The Straits Times, 11 December 1940

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    36 1 The Straits Times IKSTABLISII^D N£AHLY A CENTUHVJ MALAYA'S LF.AKTXG NEWSPAPER— LARGEST NET SALES 16 pac;es SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1940 PRICE 5 CENTS The Straits Times 16 PAGES. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 11, 1940 PRICE 5 CENTS
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  • The Straits Times DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      DEATH
      131 2 lurapore on Dec. 11. 1040. William ■fcunmon Russell, beloved husband of Id* Rnv«*l Ptsmral Service will be held at ■Mftdari Chapel at 5 p.m. to-day. No Covers by roQuest Mr? Yeo Tin Hye. nee Chan Teck Nrti acrd 74 rearv parted away p?acelully at licr son-in-law. Mr. I.. C.B
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      ACKNOWLEDGMENT
      31 2 Mr. Oiig Soon Um and family v. iih to thank all friend.'- and relatives who sen'- ivreaths and r.tt<-mi»*d tl»e luncral of his brother Mr. leang K:\wf Kuala Lumpur paper.
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      222 2 \uwe. witt of W. R. Vandwput, Singapore Mun»rtp*Iity. on Due 9. 1—0, aon. FtCURINO GRIFTITH-JONLS— Tho rnKacrairat fat announced of Jolin Bryc" Pk-krring and Ciwcndolyn. only (UugJbtrr ol tbr tat* O. P. Orillith- Jones, and Mrs. Stnraporr. SITUATIONS VACANT w Will*. Inspector of Indian Labour. Salary $150 to $250 according
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      283 2 FOUND FOl'ND— An Airedale ***** Apply MMBtelpal Animal Infirmary. SITUATIONS VACANT EUROPEAN OR M'RASIAJt ASSISTANT to art as Branch Manager of wholesale Wine and Provision Depot In Ipoh. Pu-vtous local experience eteential. Wrtte Bo:; No. 355. Straits Times. WANTED COOK-AMAH for house in country Staff all amahs, and one T.A.
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      591 2 SITUATIONS WANTED WANTED by a Competent European Lady a post in any capacity. Able to read write ani spsak four languages, but not any experience in typing. Replies Box No. 334. Straits Times. ACCOUNTANT seeks engagement. BriUsliEurasiftn, English-traming and experience. Capable organiser with plenty of initiative, energetic and efficient. Wide
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      538 2 PIANOS I EASTERN PIANO CO. 64 Rangoon Read J Singapore Pianos for Sale and on litre, tuning, repairing and removing. Will boy Pianos In any condition or for exchange. BOARD RESIDENCE ■AST ANOLIA, 6 Oxley Rise, cool and quiet. Terms moeVratr. Tele. 4390. BELLEVILLE, 15 Scotts Road Pham 4274 large
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      364 2 EYE EXAMINATIONS EYEGLASSES, EXCLUSIVELY. Personalised Service by a duly qualified licensed J and registered praiti- f^M^^M^ tioner with legal juali- I j£^^ THOMPSON OPTICAL CO. 4 ARCADE BLDC (COLLYER QV AY) K. A. Thompson, Dr. of Ocular Scieaee 35 years' European Clinical Experience. BUSINESS CARDS ETC EUGENE Permanent Waving EUGENE
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      99 2 OS**"" 1937 AUSTIN 10/4 SALOON PRICE $1350. First cJmi order throughout good tyres and very attractive duco. A most economical car, any trial. 1936 AUSTIN 14 SALOOK PRICE $750. A very roomy car yet inexpensive to run. It is in sound mechanical order and fitted vrith good tyres. HUMBER SNIPE
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      379 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. Inriwpormrfi in England \R AND ORIENTAL 8 N Co ItAll PASsrNOEB AND CARGO SERVICE The best possible services are being maintained by the P O S N Coy troro the Straits to their usual ports o! call in China. India. Ceylon
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      309 3 (Incorporated tn Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS rX)R GUNARD WHITE STAR LINE. TO SAN FRANCISCO Hong Kon«. Kobe. Xokonama. Honolulu. San Francbco and Los Angele* mt TATUTA MARD leave 3 hal Dec IS sa NTTTA MARC from H'kong Dec. JO m* KAMAKURA MARU from H'kong Jan. la Y/.WATA MARU from H'kong
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      527 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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      261 3 MOTION. SMITH SON, LTD. for SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS that arm BUILT TO LAST and are SPECIALLY DESIGNED for TROPICAL CONDITIONS DEMON STRA TIONS AND ADVICE FREELY GIVEN at 15, BATTERY ROAD. EFFERSAL FRUIT SALINE. Invaluable In all dlgcatire ailment*. BRITISH CEMENTS "RED HAND" PORTLAND "FERROCRETE" "SNOWCRETE" "COLORCRETE" stocked by (incorporated in
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      149 3 INSURANCE FIRE-ACCIDENT MOTOR FIDELITY GUARANTEE-MARINE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION rHK LONDON ASSURANCE UONO KONO FIRE INSCE CO I.TTJt PHOENLX ASSURANCE CO. LTD. WESTERN ASSURANCE CO. BAOLA STAR INS CO. LTD BRITISH AMERICA ASSURANCE CO GUTHRIE CO., LTD. (IncorDoratea id S.S.) To Private Trustees. Carrying out the wishes of dend friends is often
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    DONATIONS TO THE WAR FUND
    1276 4 THE rollowing donations to The War Fund are recorded to-day S Transferred from Penan*. 5.1W (Hcneab Plantations Ltd. 5JM W. H. Macgregor (11th contribution) l,*60 Manager and Employees of Uhi Kuaial Estate. Kelantan 650 R. L Hastie 30© Kmployees of Singapore Traction Co.. Ltd.. Singapore
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    PAJAM WILL PRODUCE FULL RUBBER QUOTA
    855 4 PAJAM WILL PRODUCE FULL RUBBER QUOTA Shareholders Get $293,625: $40,000 To War Fund "THE company will produce m full the increased quota for 1941 (the exportable a'lowance for the first quarter has been determined at 100 per cent, of basic quota) if labour is available" declared Mr. F. M. Edmonds,
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    134 4 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Dec 10 COMMODITY and Exchange markets closed as follows with previous Quotations IT parenthesis:— RUBBER: Steady. Spot 11 1516 d 12V«d ll sd ***** d) Jan. 12 l'l6d 12 316 d (12d r_",d> Feb. 12 3'l6d 12 5 16d <12 3 IM 12
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    NOVEMBER TIN-ORE PRODUCTION
    79 4 THE following outputs of Un-or«- are reported for November: Hours. Yardage. Piculs ore. Kinta Kellas G26 125,700 711 Renong Tin 1,363 Sione Tin 599 106.000 321 K. Kamuminp 623 140,000 78!) Thabawl.ik t;27 164.000 1,453 Pungah Tin Dredge 1 646 285.000 1,682 Dredgf 2 620 292,000 922
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
    122 4 Kiee quoted per koyan 40 pleuU Other commodities quoted per picul except wberr otherwise dated Singapore. Dec. 11, noon. Buyers Sellen Cranibiei I 7.79 Hamburg Cube $13. Ot Java Cube $12.50 Pevv* White Muntok $15.00 While $14.50 Black 6.50 C.r,:»ro Mixed $2.15 Sun Dried $2.40 Saoo Flout
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    81 4 H'rdn-dav. Dec. 11, noon. Bayers Helton Prices Prl«rt No. IX K.S.S (Spot laatc) 3*% 3SX No. IX R.S.S. f.o.j. W case* December M% 3»fc G.K.AAJ. K.S.S. f.«.b. in bales Dwsemk«r U% 38K. F.A.Q. R.S.S. o.b. in bales December U% 3S% rUTUKE QUOTATIONS No. IX B.S.S.
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    EXCHANGES
    177 4 I'ae following are che sxcnangt rates cni* morning according to the dally circular Issue--by the Honskonp and Shanehgi Bankta! Corporation SK1X1NG Loaaon i.i 2/4 i/ig London demand a/4 1/1* Switzerland demand tT.T only) 802 New York demand 47 3/32 Montreal demand 51 27/32 Batavia demand 88% Samarang demund 88
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    AROUND THE MARKETS
    383 4 All Shares Steady: Rubber Down (By Our Financial Correspondent) Singaoore, DSC 11 LOCAL share markets yesterday on the whole, were fairly brisk with most of the inquiry concentrated in the Australian tin share section. In some cases shares were difficult or impossible to obtain. Kundang was hid
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      143 4 Sotrtkinc/ SkavtiUj H/hto. youappUt Just the rufitt a*.unud oj Kmft s*Y"* Poor Jatft^*®^ 11 ""^H igjjS^ SUSPENSION HOLDER KEEPS ERASMIC TIP MOIST -JUST f>jjk RIGHT FOR PERFECT SHAVES ILJL The Erasmic Sb^ing Stick is hune \8 K^jj^k upside-down in a special container. Elj^^^ Moisture collects in the tip, giving the
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      457 4 PUBLIC NOTICE THE MALAKA PINDA RUBBER ESTATES, LIMITED. (Incorporated in the Straits Mtttaueuta) NOTICE is liereby pivcn that M Thirtieth Annual General Meeting of tbo Company which will be held at the Ri mistered Office of the Company. No. t)G, M. Street. Singapore, on Tuesday. 31s;. Detsmber, 1940, at noon,
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    ALOR GAJAH RUBBER
    388 5 15 Acres Replanted Last Year pKol'osiNf. tfct adoption of the report at the annual nitMtinp r <;a.iah Rubi>er Estate Ltd. in Sii day. Mr. K. M. Edmonds, the chairman, said: The profit lor the year amounted to which, with the amount of $7,806.93 brouuht forward from the
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    RAUB GOLD OUTPUT RISES
    73 5 THE output ot gold from Raub Aus1 tralian Gold Mining Co.. Ltd. in the four weeks ended Dec. 7 was 1.608 ounces nne. compared vith 1.553 ounces in the preceding four- week period The particulars of the sourc of production, that is from crushing battery and
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    London Stock Exchange
    370 5 London. Dec. 11. ALTHOUGH sentiment was brighter busineas generally ruled quiet on the Stock Exchange to-day. Oreek and Far Eastern Loans, especially Chinese Issues moved higher but Brazilian issues were occasionally offered. OUa met a grad inquiry, Anglo-Iranian advanced from 31s. 3d. to 355. Several Industrials strengthened
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    MAIL ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES
    118 5 Mad* ck*?e at the General Poet Office as follows: TO-DAY Indo-China surface 4p.m. TO-MORROW Aden surface 1 p.m. Australia air 4p.m. Burma surface l p.m. Darwin air 4 p.m. Egypt surface 1 p.m. India surface 1 p.m. Java air a.m. and 4 p.m. New Zealand air
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    Malayan Sharebrokers Assn. Singapore Quotations
    1335 5 Tt KSIIAY. DEC. 1», IM4 4 P.M Ml.fiMG amjea seller* An-.pat Tin (4s> 3s 4V4d 3s 9d Austral Amal (5s 6s 6d 7> Austral Malay (f> Us 6d 35s 8a Ayer Hitam (Ss) 19s 21s Ayer Wenjj ($1) .67 .72 Bangrin lln 15* 16s Batu
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      54 5 RENDERHM REPAIRING WATERPROOfIK Outstanding features: OLD AND NEW 1161 OEISITY CONCRETE STEEL TIMBER STRUCTOfCS EXCELLENT AOIIE S I 0 R Wiilclv tutd for reconditioning repairs to spccal descriptive illustrated 20 page handbook RESERVOIRS ft AQUEDUCTS. "°s7 on c quest to JETTIES. WHARVES BUNDS gf% A BIA BIA gf% B\l I
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      535 5 X^ Kit NUAT RaiiiCi. >r Prom *}6«^** o'^0 89 BRAS BASAH ROAD (Next door to K.ifllis B.ikcrv) INFRARED RAY TREATMENT by appointment for: Acne. Eczema. PLnplP.s and Rashes, Arterio-Schlerosb (/over Common Colds. Head Cold and Sore Throat. Asthma Bronchiti.s. Nervous and Rheumatic Ailments "HEALA RAY" TREATMENT tor Injuries, Accidents etc
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      128 5 SINGAPORE TIDE TABLES To-day H. W. 8.04 a.m. 8.5 ft.: 9.08 p.m. 7.8 ft. L. w. 1.55 a.m. 4.4 ft.; 3.92 p.m. 2.9 ft. To-morrow H. W. 8.40 a.m. 8.9 ft.; 9.54 p.m. 8.1 ft. L. W. 2.45 a.m. 4.4 ft.; 3.34 p.m. 2.4 ft Friday. Dec. 13 R. W.
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      1006 6 LAST NIGHT'S WAR FUND PREMIERE AUDIENCE UNANIMOUSLY HAILED IT AS 'THE YEAR'S MOST DEVASTATING COMEDY!' NO WONDER 65,136 PEOPLE PACKED THE STATE THEATRE, SYDNEY DURING A 3 WEEKS 9 SEASON! (see facsimile of cable reproduced below):- ii ii i i a >wa4at^M «-4.l*u. giM~> t* TO_^% tk \I -T -rill-
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    ENEMY AGENTS EXECUTED IN GREAT BRITAIN
    444 7 Both Posed As Refugees From Occupied Territories London, Dec. 10. TWO enemy agents acting on behalf of Germany were cxcA cuted at Pentonville prison to-day, announces the Home Office. One, whose name was given as Jose Waldberg, aged 25, was born at Mainz, in
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    Shipping Losses Decrease
    76 7 Shipping Losses Decrease London, Dec. 10. THIRTEEN ships— nine British, three Allied and on« neutral aggregating 52,229 tons were lost owing: to enemy action during the week ending midnight on Dec. 1. announces the Admiralty. This was about 10,000 tons below the average weekly loss since the beginning of the
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    Fresh Attack On U-boat Base
    441 7 Londcn, Dec. 10. THE R.A.F. offensive against Ger1 many was continued last night with another heavy attack on the enemy's submarine base at Lorient. From this base, German U-boats go out to attack shipping in the Atlantic. The R.A.F. is dealing with it m the
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      336 7 I RAFFLES HOTEL TO-NIGHT- DINNER DANCE (informal) 8 p.m. to midnight CABARET DMCT PR ft MAfifilF 1N TAPS ATTRACTION DUO I til <X IfIAUUC t TUNES Dinner $3.00 Non-diners $1.00 SI NGAPORVS NEWEST MOST POPULAR ENTERTAINMENT SUNDAY EVENING REGIMENTAL BAND CONCERTS IN THE OPEN AIR PALM COURT— B.3O to 10.30
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      226 7 VICTORIA THEATRE A Thriller Presented by the Birds of Passage THE TWO M.s CARROLLS 9.30 p.m. Saturday, 14th 21st Dec. IN AID OF LOCAL WAR CHARITIES BOOK NOW LITTLES $3.00, $2.00 AND $1.00 Including Tax POSITIVELY LAST THREE SHOWS TO-DAY CATHAY 3i5 sis 9is BOX OFFICE 'PHONE 3400 Where Everybody
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY. DEC. 11, 1540. (465th Day Of The War.) Tell The Truth
    1125 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY. DEC. 11, 1540. (465th Day Of The War.) Tell The Truth On the whole. Malayan newspapers have very little cause for complaint against the working of the wartime organization for the censorship of news. There have j been occasions when we have felt called upon
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    "WHO LIVES...?"
    98 8 To the F.di.or of the Straits Times Sir,— With reference to the latter part of your leader "Dominate or be Dominated' One great consolation to Britons Is that the two countries you mentioned as being in a position to ease our difficulties stand to gain nothing by our
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      THE WATCH TOWER
      201 8 Indignation Growing In Malaya To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— ln view of the letter of complaint about the Watch Tower Society in one of your recent issues and the reply thereto by one of "Jehovah's Witnesses," I enclose a cutting from an Australian paper
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      The Experience Of A Chinese
      250 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, I am glad that your correspondent Commonweal has written to you about the activities of the Watch Tower Society. I first came to know about the existence of this society when, one day last year, on arriving
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      No Compulsion To Read The Tracts
      125 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— Funny, is it not, for Commonweal to condemn the Watch Tower Society when he himself acknowledges that he was reading its publications for the past ten years Malaya is a free country and we are at
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      ALIENS
      124 8 Revised Legislation Welcomed To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, It is with great relief that one learns of new laws about to be applied to aliens. Because there have been less frequent letters recently, and because many Germans have left the country, one is no less apprehensive
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      AIR MAILS
      57 8 To the EdLor of the St-aits Times Sir, I was agreeably surprised today to find I could get a letter to my brother in England in time for Christmas. The air mail goes via New Zealand, Trans-Pacific and Trans-Atlantic Clipper. Perhaps other readers are not aware of this
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      AIR RAID SHELTERS
      453 8 Water-Table Difficulty Exaggerated To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir— The recent article by "Civil Engineer' on the subject of air raid shelters was both sensible and timely and in view of the return to duty of H E the Governor, this vitally important matter may
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      EAGER TO SERVE
      214 8 Position Of A Eurasian Ex-Service Man To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— I have read with interest Mr. Noel Hay's letter regarding the appointments of Junior immigration officers. He has quoted an instance of a Eurasian exService man with six children who was not considered
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      INCOME TAX
      161 8 Solidly Opposed By Chinese Merchants To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, The Chinese representatives ot the Legislative Council may express their personal views, but cannot possibly support a Bill for the Introduction of income tax in the face of such a strong opposition to It by
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      CURRENCY TAX
      529 8 Criticism Of "Simple Simon's" Scheme To the Editor of the Straits Time* Sir,— The correspondence columns the Strait* Times are becoming lihtims^ ingly interesting, arising possibly Irorui the slow but sure development of "wart nerves and mass hysteria. "Victim" fills half a column with hi* wail regarding "Lend
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      NO "SAFE JOBS
      241 8 Government Servants Who Have Enlisted To Ihe Editor of the Straits Thill Sir,— Your correspondent Sacriiict' who has criticized government ser i who have joined various branches of the Services, was grossly unjust. Suctt men are precluded from replying publicly to the charges made againsC them, but
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      FOR CHEQUE USERS
      46 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— Might not all banking houses in the country be persuaded to ask their clients, before issuing new cheque baoks, whether they would like the leaves "chopped" as undor, (or similar), and their account debited accordingly:
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      333 8 BROADWOOD GRAND UPRIGHT PIANOS BRITISH SUPERIORITY BEST IN TONE SOLE AGENTS ROBINSON PIANO CO., (S.S.) LTD. Opposite New Pier, Singapore. Just Arrived! DIARIES FOR 1941 Popular Diaries mad* by the Leading British Manufacturers: JjtUs Quikitl. Charles Letts, John Walkers J. M. Smith etc., Commerrl&J Diaries from $1.65 to $4.80. Pockets
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      40 8 TNE AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY PNO tI NES 1 NOUBLE FREE TRAVELOUR WORLD WIDE TRAVEL AND BANKING FACILITIES COMBINE TO ELIMINATE ALL TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES No Booking Fee. 84 Robinson Road Singapore. JOHN DUKE Manufacturing Op t icia n 21. BATTERY ROAD.
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      14 8 SUBSCRIBED TO THE RED CROSS FUND 25 cts —Yours, ttc« C.T. Sepang, Dec 5.
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    ITALIAN FORCES AT SIDI BARRANI NOW CUT OFF
    572 9 British Armoured Units Reach Coast WEDGE IS DRIVEN BETWEEN ADVANCED BASE LIBYA Enemy Being Ceaselessly Hammered By R.A.F. SMASHING through the Italian lines in the western Desert, British armoured units are reported to have cut off part of two Italian divisions at
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    TWO DIVISIONS DEFEATED
    224 9 British At Grips W itli Main Force London, Dec. 11. A LKAP of 75 miles between the British forces and enemy, a fJatic tfulf due to the nature of the rountrjr, has l*>en accomplished, Lieut.-Col. T. A. Lowe. Keuter's military correspondent ommenting on the British offensive in
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    Great Fires At Invasion Ports
    171 9 Flames Seen Across The Channel L«>ndon, De*\ 10. RESIDENTS on the Math east •oast of England had a r.?mark>ble demonstration to-day of havoc mwgfat by the R.A.F. on the other i»l<> of (ho Channel during the 'ife'ht. wore the fires s.ar ed in /tacks they
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    LAVAL TO CONTINUE TALKS WITH NAZIS
    38 9 London, Dec. 11. AVAL. Vij -Premier of the Vichy Government, is *-o continue negoUtions with the German authorities. i Vichy message to the official Gern:m news aeency says he returned to Reuter.
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    GERMAN ARMY DISSENSION
    127 9 Austrian Troops Massacred Washington, Dec. 10. A USTRIAN and Sudeten soldiers of the German army were recently mowed down by German machine-gun bullets in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris, according to reliable Frenchmen who hav#^*just arrived in the United States. These French refugees state that the shooting
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    ACHIEVEMENTS OF A.A. DEFENCES
    89 9 London, Dec. 11. SOME achievements of Britain's antiaircraft defences are revealed by the War Office in announcing award of the 0.8. E. to Lieut.-Col. Norman Vause Sadler, commander of the antiaircraft defences in Dover and East Kent, which have shot down no fewer than 90 enemy
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    Carnarvon Castle Leaves Montevideo
    73 9 Montevideo, Dec. 10. THE 20,060-ton armed British merchantman Carnarvon Castle, which was slightly damaged in a batvle in the souih Atlantic on Friday with a disguised German raider, sailed tonight at 10.15 o'clock G.M.T. at the conclusion of the 72-hour stay permitted by the Uruguayan authorities.
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    TRANSJORDAN RULER AN AIR COMMODORE
    111 9 London, Dec. 11. AN Eastern ruler who is a warm supporter of the British cause has been appointed an honorary air commodore, It is announced In the London Gazette. He k Emir Abdullah of Trans Jordan Immediately on the outbreak of War, the Emir telegraph
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    HITLER ON POSSIBILITY OF DEFEAT BY GREAT BRITAIN
    318 9 lon don, Dec. 10. HITLER'S speech at Berlin today was pitched in a distinctively minor key, and the whole tf»ne of the speech was defensive rather than aggressive as are his usual tirades, writes Renter's chief diplomatic correspondent. There was less of
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    Roosevelt Tightens Anti-Japan Embargo
    104 9 Roosevelt Tightens Anti- Japan Embargo Washington, Dec. 10. A FURTHER decrease in shipments of vital iron and steel to Japan is expected to result from an order issued by President Roosevelt to-day, placing iron-ore, pig-iron, ferro-alloys and "certain iron and steel manufactures and semi-manufactures" under export licence control. The order,
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    Mr. Roosevelt On World Freedom
    110 9 Explains Why America Is Arming Baltimore, Dec. 10. A CLEARER realization of tfoe value of democracy has already ■emerged as a result of the present iwar, said President Roosevelt here to-day in a message to the convention of the American Farm Bureau Federation. He added
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    U.S. Officials & Aid To Britain
    140 9 U.S. Officials Aid To Britain Defence Fiscal Chiefs Meet At Treasury Washington, Dec. 10. JLJIGH officials of the United States defence and fiscal departments were summoned to-day to the Treasury to meet Mr. Henry Morgenthau. The Secretary of the Treasury, it is announced, told them faces concerning Britain's financial resources
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    GREEK ADVANCE CONTINUES
    44 9 Athens, Dec. 11. /"•REEK offensive action continued with success along the whole front and soms strong positions were taken at the bayonet point, says last night's communique. It adds that the enemy suffered heavy losses. Three 3.9-inch guns were captured. Reuter.
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    Serious Operation On Duchess
    142 9 Miami (Florida 1 Dec. 10. THE Duchess of Windsor underwent a major dental operation here this afternoon. The doctor reported that reacted promptly and favourably. The Duke and Duchess arrived at this American port to-day aboard the yacht Southern Cross, after the short trip from Nassau.
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    FASCIST EMPIRE HARD HIT BY LATEST REVERSES
    606 9  -  HUBERT GOUGH By GENERAL SIR Facing Increasingly Grave Situation On Two Fronts MUSSOLINI and his Fascist Empire are rocking. Can the "*British forces push it over? It is possible. Thus concludes Gen. Sir Hubert Gough, Reuter's military commentator, after a survey of the
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    FIRE IN RUMANIAN OIL REGION
    66 9 Rome, Dec. 10. A LARGE fire has broken out in the Rumanian oil zone in tiie Prahova valley, according to a Bucharest dispatch to the official news agency which edds that all officials and workmen connected with the nil wells there have been placed under
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      76 9 Royal BAKERY ANNOUNCEMENT We are no longer permitted to import any further supplies of HOVIS or VITBE flour and are, therefore, compelled to cease manufacture of those two varieties of bread until further supplies of flour are available. As alternatives we would likr to offer our Customers GRAHAM BREAD and
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    ANOTHER GOOD DAY FOR THE WAR FUND
    580 10 Contribution Received From Glenealy Rubber Ltd. BOY SCOUTS OF KELANTAN SCHOOL RAISE $400 THE War Fund had a good day yesterday. Contributions received totalled about 315,000 and a further $15,000 was rated at the annual meeting of Pajam Ltd. Excluding that Mcaad HMM
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    IPOH FOUNDRY STRIKE
    60 10 i from Our Own Correspond) nt i Ipoh, Dec. II ABOUT 1.000 CiJnese employees of Chinese- own d foundries in Ipoh and neighbouring i downed tools to-day following me I nice* In 11 v their demands for Increased wages. About 20 foundries are affected. Worker* In foiu.Jrie*
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    AMUSEMENTS
    102 10 MNOAMM KAM I 1 IKIIM Informal 3 p.m. t i GAKKH K IIUtTKl. Gbll.ANG PMpa UUM iz Madam Makan Double Feature Cantonese Talkies 1 4 p m. GUA1 WOKI.I) C'abarel: 9 p.m. to Midnight. Qlobe BsctcI of Dr. Kildare. He Married His Wife. NBH hoij li Talkies Theatres ax^l
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    Christmas Cards
    215 10 I*H£ practice of sending gifts to The War Fund instead of spending money on Christmas presents and greeting cards is spreading. We have to acknowledge today a cheque for $50 from "Gloria Holyoak, wishing all her friends a happy Christinas." To this cheque v attached a $1 note
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    $15,000 GIFT BY PAJAM LTD.
    212 10 Company Already Given $25,000 A FURTHER gift of $15,000 to The War Fund was voted by the directors and shareholders of r'aiam. Ltd., operators of Negri Sembilan and Johore rubber estates, at the annual general meeting of the company held in Singapore yesterday. Paj.'m, Ltd.,
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    N.I.-HOLLAND CONTACTS
    270 10 N.I. -HOLLAND CONTACTS Red Cross Helps Relieve Anxiety (From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia, Dec. 10. QNE of the tragedies of the German occupation of Holland has been the cessation of communications between the Indies and the mother country. As a result thousands of Hollanders in N.I. are without news of
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    GOOD CAPITOL FILM SWELLS WAR FUND
    455 10 At The Cinema ••He Stayed Por Breakfast" (Melvjn Douglas, Loretta Young, Alan Marshal uuJ Una O'Connor). Columbia Pictures. At the Capitol. mHE War Fund was increased by more than 1 SC.500 at the special premiere of Columbia's newest comedy at the Capitol Theatre last
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    22 10 Mr. L. Forbes, chairman of the Sinaaporc Rural Board, giving the prize money to winner at the Rural Board employees' vegetable show.
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    C.I.A.M. PRESIDENT ON TOUR OF MALAYA
    84 10 UK H. I lag ha van president of the Central Indian Association of Malaya, is now on a tour of Indian associations in various parts of Ma!-iya, accompany by Mrs. R.igh&van. Ho visited the Lower Peralc Indian Association. Teluk Anson. on Sunday and the
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    11 10 Captain and Mrs. Goodman Ambl- 1 w* j ihi»rUy Wvii-.p MaKya
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    Governor At The Cinema
    55 10 At "He Stayed For Breakfast," at the Capitol last night the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, and Lady Thomas, speaking to Mr. R. Walker, art superintendent, Department of Education. Also in the picture is the G.0.C., Malaya, Lieut. -General L. V. Bond, who was in the Governor
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    FREE FRENCH OFFICERS LEAVE SINGAPORE
    295 10 CRENCH Navy, Army and Air Force officers who arrived in) 1 Singapore from Indo-China and the Far East, have leftj for London to offer their services to General de Gaulle. Tho contingent were entertained by members of the Free French movement in Singapore and given
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    DEATH OF MR. W. E. RUSSELL
    133 10 Wharf Manager Of The Harbour Board THE death occurred at his home this morning, of Mr. William Emmerson Barney) Russell, wnarf manager of the Singapore Harbour Board for the past six years. Mr. Russell. wl\o was aged 63. leaves a 1 widow. He had
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    BODY FOUND IN SACK
    283 10 Pathologists At Exhumation SINGAPORE police are investigating two new murders -one involving the death of a Hockcha assistant in a barber shop who was stabbed in tht* back in Jalan Besar last night, and the other which was disclosed this morning wh?n the body of a
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    COMMERCIAL PRESS LTD.
    139 10 The Commercial Press Ltd.. of Shanghai, publishers In China since 1897. havr .eopen'd their sales branch at Singapore. They have nearly fifty sales branches in China with factories in Shanghai, Hong Kong *nd Chungking. The Singapore sales branch was establisneit In 191') but clewed in 1931 o«1ng
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    STRICTER CONTROL OF SHIPS' PASSENGERS
    557 11 Scheme To Ensure Closer Examination Of Travellers THE security of the Singapore Harbour Board and a »t rioter control under the Defence Regulations over currency and documents like letters, photographs and ii»aps and articles such as precious and semi-precious Mones. works of art, and stamp
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    Eurasian Gunners On Drill Square
    57 11 A squad 0/ Eurasian' gunners of a heavy anti-aircraft regiment at Changi, Singapore, watch a batch of new local recruits (on left) marching off the drill square. There are now nearly 50 Eurasians in the regiirent, including four from Shanghai and three South Africans. Recruiting
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    CHINESE WILL FIGHT ON Until Japan Sties For Armistice
    279 11 CHINESE WILL FIGHT ON Until Japan Sties For Armistice •*PHANKS to the organizations which have sprung up in China during the past few years, thus bringing about more unity and security among its peoples, the Chinese nation to-day is more determined to fight to the very last and see the
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    JAPANESE FINED UNDER DEFENCE REGULATIONS
    158 11 rro JAPANESE, Toshio Satake. a resident of 24 years in Malaya, and Yoshiyuii Kojima, who has been in Malaya lor three years, pleaded guilty to oilences against the Defence Regulations in the Singapore third court yesterday. Satake was charged witli handing an addressed letter on
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    MANUFACTURER ARRIVES
    21 11 MR. L. ROTHMAN, manufacturer of the well-known brand of cigarettes, has arrived In Singapore from Rangoon with tils wife.
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    21 11 St. Andrew's Mission Hospital has received a donation of 150 from "A Friend" (Kuala Lumpur) in response to its Christmas appeal.
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    WATCH KEPT ON CAFE
    401 11 Sikhs Deny Police Allegations T»HE story of how three detectives x kept watch on a cafe in the early hours, following information that an attempt would be raade to break into the premises, was told in the Singapore criminal district court yesterday. On trial, before Mr.
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    POLICE SUPERVISION FOR MALAY YOUTH
    69 11 AN 18-year-old Malay, Mohamed Talip bin Haji Abdul Majid who. at a previous hearing pleaded guilty to three charges of theft concerning two bicycles and a speedometer, was sentenced to six weeks' rigorous imprisonment on each charge, the sentences to run consecutively, by the third
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    GOVERNMENT HOUSE
    53 11 Friday, Dec. 6. LJIS Excellency and Lady Thomas arrived in Singapore this morning, having returned from long leave. Until the renovations at Government House are fin 'shed they will reside at the Colonial Secretary's House. Sunday, Dec. 8. Hon. Mr. G. Wiseman arrived to stay with His Excellency
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    Rent Of Partly-Furnished House Was 'Exorbitant'
    419 11 fPHAT he was charging an ex- vremely exorbitant sum for the rent of a house partly furnished was the allegation made against Mr. F. B. Oehlers, a Singapore advocate and solicitor, before the Rent Assessment Board yesterday. Mr. Oehlers who placed his own case
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    SINGAPORE CAN GROW GOOD VEGETABLES
    410 11 Convincing Demonstration Of Success Of Local Effort CINGAPORE'S encouraging response to the Grow-your- own-food" campaign was seen at the Singapore Rural Board's vegetable show at the Police Depot yesterday when nearly 200 employees of the Board, Public Works and Police departments exhibited 53 varieties of
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    MINES INQUIRY WITNESS WARNED BY CHAIRMAN
    1205 12 MINES INQUIRY WITNESS WARNED BY CHAIRMAN Man Given Half An Hour To Refresh His Memory (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 10. AT the public sitting of the Commission of Inquiry into the affairs of the F.M.S. Mines Department to-day, Mr. E. D. Shearn. the chairman, had to warn
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    REHABILITATION OF CHINA
    207 12 Many Opportunities For Overseas Youth From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Dec. 10. "THERE are many opportunities for overseas Chinese to help in the rehabilitation of China after the present struggle," stressed Gen. Wu Teh-chen, Chinese Minister of Overseas Affairs, who is on a goodwill mission here, in
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    POLICE TENDER APOLOGY FOR A MISTAKE
    128 12 pvKCLAKINCi that the policeman ou pointmJ duty had made a mistake in the number of the car, Inspector F. O. Minns tendered a full apology to Mr. B. T. de Silva. a Justice of the Peace and general manager of B. P. dc Silva.
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    TO-DAY'S BROADCAST
    32 12 •"THOUGHTS of an Englishman" is the title 1 of a talk by Dr Victor Purcell to be broadcast from the Singapore station (225 and 30.96 metres) at 7.10 p.m. to-day.
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    Kuching Europeans Support Self-Imposed War Levy Plan
    379 12 Kuching Europeans Support Self -Imposed War Levy Plan A MEETING representing -early one hundred per cent, of British Europeans in Kuching, capital of Sarawak, has voted in support of the principle of a self-imposed levy to be deducted from their salaries and to be sent to the British Government for
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    Malayan Gift Of Spitfires
    159 12 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Dec. 10. LORD BEAVERBROOK, Minister for Aircraft Production, has sent the following message to Mr. Churchill, the Prime Minister: "We in this Ministry are conscious of the honour you have done us in entrusting to our care the birthday gift sent
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    NEW BRITISH LOAN TO CHINA
    133 13 10,000,000 OFFERED TO THE CHUNGKING (GOVERNMENT Result Ol Improved Financial \mi Economic Relations A BRITISH loan ot \HMKMMMNi for China was announced in Parliament to-day by Mr. K. A. Butler, Tnder-Secretary or Foreign Affair>. Mr. Bvtler rtnlltd that the United Slates Government tad announced on
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    Story Of Attack On Indo-China
    121 13 Story Of Attack On Indo-China Japanese Krporf <M French Reprisal Tukio. Det 10. TlAi lroo| te Vientiane tli capital Laos province, parly on Sunday morning attacked Indoels in the Mekong Kiver according to a Japanese report From Hanoi p mltlnc ta :'T( WaaeiaM waa later twle aii^cxed bj Tl at
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    PETROL RATIONING IN SOVIET RUSSIA
    109 13 PETROL RATIONING IN SOVIET RUSSIA Mosrow. Dec. 10. <i for ami pri\atr cart. < •MM 10.) to 400 nd private motor-cat .s 60 t: :itrrs monthly, according to horsepower, i :inr hi mtion«Ki. X available for general purposes for purchases in any par* of the sterlin? area. This decision has
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    AUSTRALIAN AIR STRENGTH GROWS
    73 13 Melbourne, Deo. 10. L\K<iE-SCAI>: shipments from Britain of advanced training planes, b«th single and twinengined, for the Royal Australian Air Force have been resumed, it is -lated. The original order for 5»1 Avro\iM«ns and 33ti Fairey battle planes has been increased, it is nnderstood. Production in
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    Matsuoka Is Apologetic
    358 13 Matsuoka Is Apologetic ADMITS FOLLY OF MILITARISTS London, Dec. 10. WHEN he came to office in July Mr. Y. Matsuoka (Japanese j Foreign Minister) gave an expla- j nation of his policy which blended some truculence of tone with obscurity of meaning, says the Daily Telegraph to-day, commenting on j
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    New Plan For U.S. Loan To Britain Holland Could Help Overcome Problem
    134 13 New Plan For U.S. Loan To Britain Holland Could Help Overcome Problem New York, Dec. 10. A THREE-CORNERED transaction j in which the United States, would make a considerable loan to the Netherlands and the Nether- 1 lands would lend this amount to Britain is one suggestion which is attracting
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    FRESH ATTACK ON CHEKIANG COAST
    68 13 Tokio. Dec. 11. JAPANESE trotps co- operating with aerial and naval units have just attacked Chinese positions around Ningpo and Hangchow Bay, in Che- kiang Province, accordine to the Japanese Domei agency. Intensive air raids have b??n made on Chinese bases opposite Chusar. Island, at
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    PEIPING MURDER
    64 13 Japanese Said To Have Shot Compatriot Peiping, Dec. 10. ACCORDING to unconfirmed but persistent rumours among both Chinese and Japanese ctrles, the prison who murdered the Japanese colonel on Nov. 29 has been arrested and found to be a Japanese national wearing Chinese clothes. The reason for the
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    NO FURTHER NEWS OF GERMAN RAIDER
    34 13 London, Dec. 10. THERE is no further news in Londir concerning the German raider which was reported yesterday t.<> hay I been engaged by the cratoer En' rr—Reuter.
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      394 13 WHA! YOUR PURCHASE OF WAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATES WILL DO FOR BRITAIN AND FOR YOU. \rithnn-tic ma> not normally be news, but th< :irithn»etic of Victory will interest ic. Here it is: I i' 0 ii.- ><•■ 1 incendiary bomb. 17 1 stick of bombs. LOO "rtrciifh mortars. 166 bombs A:
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    "I Am Cautious In Fixing Time For Decision"
    715 14 "I Am Cautious In Fixing Time For Decision" HITLER SAYS NO POWER CAN DRIVE HIM OUT OF THE OCCUPIED COUNTRIES Berlin, Dec. 10. MOUNTED on a huge rostrum and surrounded by many leading Nazis, Hitler attacked Great Britain in a long speech to German arms workers in Berlin to-day. No
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    Rudolf Hess Is Absent
    299 14 London, Dec. 10. A DETAIL which may or may not be significant was the absence of Rudolf Hess, the Fuehrer's deputy, when Hi ler made his speech in Berlin to-day. He s has not been heard of sine* the bombing of the Muni h beer cellar
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    PROTEST TO BRITAIN
    72 14 Berlin, Dec. 10. "pHE Vichy Government has sent a protest to Britain in connection with the death of M. Chlappe, French High Commissioner to Syria, whose aeroplane was hit while flying over the Mediterranean, according to a Vichy despatch to the official news agency No protest from
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    Germany Cannot Win—Dr. Benes
    200 14 Germany Cannot Win Dr. Benes Czech Leader Lists Reasons For Belief London, Dec. 10. pERMANY could never win the war, stated Dr. Benes, President of the Czech National Committee, in an interview to-day. He said he was speaking at a moment when he thought Germany had already lost the war.
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    Greenwood Certain Of Coming Victory
    204 14 London. Dec. 10. "ORITAIN cannot lose the war unless we D are guilty of wavering on the road to victory." said Mr. Arthur Greenwood, a member of the War Cabinet, speaking in London to-day. I do not say victory is round the corner," he declared,
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    PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT CONTINUES TOUR
    57 14 New York. Dec. 10. /CONTINUING his 15-day tour of United States defence bases in the Caribbean aboard the light cruiser Tuscaloosa. President Roosevelt to-day conferred with Sir Gordon Lethem. Governor of the Leeward Islands, am? with Mr. Herbert Boon, the administrator when his vessel anchored in
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      153 14 Broadc asting TODAY SINGAPORE ZHL 13.33 me s 225 m.) ZIIP1 9 60 me (30.96 IB.) ZHP3 7.25 mc/l (41.38 m.) (ZHL ZHP1) 5.00 p.m. Peiplng Dramat; 5.40 p.m. News ji Cantonese; 5.50 pm. Teochew muslct; 6.10 jjn. News in Hokkicn; B.20 pjn. News in English. Relayed from London; 6.35
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      467 14 Brothers' Marimba Bandt; 9.30 p m. "I Hemember": a programme of musical entertainment of 40 or 50 years ago. Devised *nd produced by Percy Edgar"; 10.00 p.m. Clos; down. (ZHP3) 3 00 p.m. Lagu MelayuT; 5.50 p.m. Hindustani musict; 6.10 p.m. News in Hindustani; 6.20 p.m. Tamil musict; 6.40 p.m.
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    PROGRAMME OF EVENTS AT KUALA LUMPUR
    1130 15 Second Day Of Selangor Turf Club's Winter Meeting BELOW is irivfti the foil card of events at Kuala Lumpur to-day, the second day of the Selangor Turf Club's winter race meeting. The double totes will be drawn on races four and six and eight
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    MOUNTAIN BATTERY WIN 5—0 AT BALESTIER
    200 15 Mountain lUtUry 5: C'.S.C. II 6. SHOWING marked superiority over their opponents, the Mountain Bat- tcry scored an easy five-nil win over i the Ceylon Sports Club second learn in a hmk°y match at Balestier yesterday Tho Hattcrv ul<\ afla krcpim; iho CcyInnwt peiiiicd
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    SELECTIONS FOR TO-DAY
    186 15 THE following are selections for to-day's races at Kuala Lumpur. STRAITS TIMES Race 1: Canute, Stenella. Race 2: Royal Bean, Glitter. Race 3: Sir Patrick, Rye Seamus. Race 4: Penzance, Quick Money. Race 5: Silverlaw, Slndanflaja. Race C: Velocity. Judith Anton. Race 7: Clifton Lad, Metro. Race
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    Khalsa Association Beaten By Y.M.C.A.
    216 15 V.M.C.A. 4: Kbalsa 2. FAST, vigorous exchanges marked the hockey match at Prince Edward Road yesterday in whicJa the V.M.C.A. t*at the Khalsa Assoctation by four goals to twc. In the first rudt matters went the way of the V's throughout arrd yet weak finishing
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    S.C.C. Beat The Gordons At Rugger
    483 15 S.C.C. Beat The Gordons At Rugger S.C.C. 8 pis. Gordons 3 pts. A LAST minutp goal, scored against the run of play, enabled an S.C.C. side to beat a team of Gordon Highlanders by eight points (a penalty and a goal) to three (a penalty) in a very keenly contested
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    20 15 Hockey: SRC. vs. S.C.C., S.R.C.: Indian Assn. vs. Mountain "tegiment. Bales-tier: SCR C vs. Malaya Signals, S.C.R.C.
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    BRITISH TAKE 4,000 PRISONERS IN DESERT PUSH
    695 16 ENEMY'S ADVANCED BASE IN EGYPT NOW MENACED French Detachment Taking Part In Difficult Operations London, Dec. 10. TT is officially announced that more than 1,000 prisoners have been taken by British troops in the course of their offensive against the Italians in the
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    Bid To Drive The Enemy To Coast
    272 16 Royal Navy Waiting To Deal Final Blow London, Dec. 10. THE British attack against the Italians on the Egyptian-Libyan front is directed against the Italians' right flank and is in the nature of a surprise enfilading movement with the apparent object of driving
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    MORE RAID SHELTERS FOR TURKEY URGED
    67 16 Ankara, Dec. 10. "JT it essential that between now and next spring the largest possible number of air raid shelters be provided In towns and villages in Turkey." writes the official newspaper Ulus to-day. The newspaper publishes designs of the Anderson (small back garden
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    King Of Italy Now Duce's Prisoner?
    33 16 Athens, Dec. 10. A REPORT rear hin if here from Italy states Fascist Guards have been thrown around King Victor's residence under conditions "srreatly resembling detention."— Reuter.
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    R.A.F.'s Big Part In Operations
    204 16 Shot Down 22 Planes In Daylong Attacks Cairo, Dec. 10. RETAILED reports of the part played by the R.A.F. in supporting the military offensive in the Western Desert show that on the first day, on Monday, every enemy aerodrome from Derna to Sidi Barrani was
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    DIOMEDE TAKES CREW OF SCUTTLED SHIP
    63 16 London, Dec. 10. TT Is officially confirmed that the British cruiser Diomcde intercepted the German merchant vessel Idarwald oil Cuba on Sunday. The Diomede had sent a prize crew aboard the German freighter but was unable to prevent scuttling of the ship. The entire
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    ITALIANS SUFFER FURTHER REVERSES IN ALBANIA
    279 16 Greeks Continue Advance While R.A.F. Attack Invasion Base London, Dec. 10. THE Greeks have achieved further successes in Albania, according to information received in authoritative military circles in London. The biggest advance uas taken place in the coastal sector, where they have reached Piqueras,
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    INCREASE IN OFFICERS FOR U.S. ARMY
    68 16 Washington. Dec. 10. ALMOST 30,000 reserve officers will oe an duty by the end of December as a result of the tremendous expansion of the j United States land forces. Making this announcement to-day, the ]War Department added It appeared tliat it would be
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    276 16 New British Triumph Over The Luftwaffe London, Dec. 10. A MAJOR British triumph in wartime aerial photography wh srebj Germany is successfully spird upnr from the substratosphere w.is announced in London yesterday by c senior officer of the R.A.F. directorchir o* phonographs, wri.es Revter'l :m correspondent. This
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