The Straits Times, 30 December 1940
1940-12-30
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Title Section35 1940-12-30 1 FINAL EDTN. The Straits Times MALA YA '5 LEADING NEWSPAPER— LARGEST NET SALES i PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1940 PRICE 5 CENT The Straits TImes v\ SINGAPORE, MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1940 PRICE 3 CENTS.35 words
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Advertisement412 1940-12-30 1 MIEN CHONG SMART TAILORING ImflßMi Salt l^«cili» V% MS SIIIKI I In Mlk ml Wool Ata>« Mil KM \N -lI\KK MPM In T»rt*«* i-sUnr* 3« Mrman St. S port. rkNf ff |n W JACKHAMERS fWll ON E ff liN H Are Far Ahead of ««rviric OHl*^ 1 dj@ Ull «P412 words
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Advertisement856 1940-12-30 2 SITUATIONS WANTED AVAII IBU ABOUT ItTH JANUARY. j efficient syce. Highly recommended. Apply Box No. 457. Straits Times. IHIJ.ET WANTF.D. Bouth Indian seeks post a* cook or cook-boy Good experience Speak and write Good English. David, 31, Jalan Tan Heuk Nee, Johorr. v EUROPEAN LADY seeks position with European concern856 words
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Advertisement485 1940-12-30 2 PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE. Tlie Exchange Banks will be closed on: Ist Juwrj Wednesday New Year* Da; (Ptblic Holiday). CENTRE INTELLECTUAL FRANCAIS DE MALAISIE The "At Home" previously arranged for the second of January Is cancelled. We remind our members and their friends that the next one will be held on485 words
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Advertisement348 1940-12-30 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. incorporate m Knirlana i rFNINSULAR AND ORIENTAI 8 N Co UAII PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICE The best possible services are being maintained by the P O S N Coy trom the Straits to their usual ports of call in China. India.348 words
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Advertisement573 1940-12-30 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)573 words
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1630 1940-12-30 4 European Staff Mobilization: Asiatic Labour Troubles (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 28. niFFICULTIES which face the Malayan tin mining inU dustry were discussed in an address to shareholders by Mr. J. Gordon, director, who presided at the annual meeting of Sungei Way Dredging1,630 words
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Article273 1940-12-30 4 Quiet Period And Few Price Changes (By Our Financial Correspondent) Singapore, Dec. 30. •"■"•HE local share markets are experi- encing a quiet period and it is unlikely that much activity wili be seen until after the New Year. On Saturday there was only a moderate inquiry for273 words
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Article88 1940-12-30 4 Monday, Dec 30, noon. Buyers .4HI«n Prices PrUei No. DC R.S.S (Spot loose) 37?4 38 No. IX R.S.S. f.o.j. to cases Dec. -Jan. (Sellen option) 38 38 <, G.F.A.U. K.S.S. r.o.b. In bales Der -Jan. (Sellers option) Vt% 37". F.A.Q. R.S.S. fob. in bales Dee.-88 words
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Article1071 1940-12-30 6 The Straits Wooes SINGAPORE, MONDAY, DEC. 30, ISHO. (484 th Day Of The War.) Miners' Society Speaking in the Federal Council recently, the High Commissioner had quite a lot to say on trades unions, industrial legislation and the relations between employer and employed. He expressed the hope that bodies of1,071 words
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120 1940-12-30 6 London, Dec. 30. TtH£ Rome radio in its efforts to create 1 mistrust of British war news has adopted a rather feeble expedient. It accused the B EC. and Cairo yesterday of issuing widely diffrring reports of the number of Italian machines destroyed— alleging that whileBritish Wireless - 120 words
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1111 1940-12-30 6 BRITAIN KEYED-UP FOR NAZI INVASION ATTEMPT By Our Own Correspondent London, Dec. 27. JV3VER is being heavily bombarded by guns across the Channel as I write this cable. All the midday editions of the London evening newspapers carry reports from neutral and Continental sources that the "German army is on1,111 words
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1594 1940-12-30 6 COME extracts from letters received by Malayans from friends in Great Britain giving an interesting picture of conditions in England and showing how the people are facing the ordeal of the Battle of Britain, appear below: From .1 doctor in Lancashire to his1,594 words
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Advertisement331 1940-12-30 6 MALAYAN PEWTER Travelling alarm clocks with Bwiss 8 day lever movement fitted in solid Malayan Pewter cases. $S6.TWO HOOKS FOR THE TRICE OF ONEINDIAN PRINCES UNDER BRITISH PROTECTION. A Study of their Personal Rule their Constitutional Position by P. L. Chud»ar $3 00. TIIE ORDINARY MANS INDIA by A. Claude331 words
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Advertisement45 1940-12-30 6 DEAN'S SCHOOL FOR EUROPEAN CHILDREN (Tanglin) NEW TERM Commences 10th Jan., 1941. Vacancies for SENIOR SCHOOL (10-16 Years) JUNIOR SCHOOL (7 —10 Years) KINDERGARTEN (5-7 Years) NURSERYSCHOOL (3 —5 Years) Telephone Secretary 7323 3W,l>; Orchard Road JOHN DUKE Ma n ufacturing Optician. 21, BATTERY ROAD.45 words
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178 1940-12-30 7 Showers Of Bombs Dropped On City J LLFIW AFFE'S BID TO CAUSE WIDESPREAD FIRES Capital Has One Of Its Earliest "Alerts" I OMKJN last nifcht had one of the earliest alerts for some time, and in its early stages the raid proved to beReuter - 178 words
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Article, Illustration66 1940-12-30 7 ilou c, a royal resilience until about the close of the 17th iriilury and now occupied by the Hoard of Inland Re venue and by the Principal Probate Registry and the office of the Rejjistrar-Gen-•cml of Births, Marriages and l>eaths. was partly damaged during a66 words
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Article136 1940-12-30 7 Fighting On Thai Border Worse Bangkok Claims Rout Of Indo-China Forces London, Dec. 30. "lARGE- SCALE hostilities" be- tween Thailand and French troops on the Indo-China border are reported in a communique issued by the Thai High Command yesterday. The French were routed, and arms and munitions captured by theReuter - 136 words
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88 1940-12-30 7 London, Dec. 30. DEPORTS that a French plane with x live persons on board, including r.i^h personages, was shot down by Fpa:.:sh anti-aircrait fire near Gibraltar on Christmas Day while on its vay to France from Morocco are denied by neb wireless frum Lyons.Reuter - 88 words
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Article45 1940-12-30 7 Ahuuson bomber named "Spirit of Ixx-khced and Vega" has just arrived hi Br.tain Irrm America. This machine presented by the managers and rmployees of the Lackhecd Aircraft ny and Vega Aeraplone Company is a gift to 'he British nation45 words
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Article86 1940-12-30 7 R.A.F.In Big Clash With Italians Cairo, Dec. 30. 'TWO Italian aircraft were brought down and five others damaged during an encounter between R.A.F. fighters and a large formation of enemy bombers escorted by fighters. Announcing this, R.A.F. headcuarters in the Middle East also says that during a raid on TobrulcReuter - 86 words
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96 1940-12-30 7 Stockholm, Dec. 30. CARCASTIC comments about German propaganda appeared in the newspaper. Dagens Nyheter. Referring to the Koenigsbcrg broadcast on Friday, which purported to give Stockholm opinion of Mr. Churchill's broadcast to the Italians, the newspaper points out the Swedish Press had not thenReuter - 96 words
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Article, Illustration33 1940-12-30 7 More than iti.uou Italian and Libyan troops were taken prisoner in the British blitzkrieg in the Western Desert. Picture shows Italian prisoners being escorted through the streets of Cairo.33 words
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Article, Illustration37 1940-12-30 7 i his radio picture shows Pierre Laval, Vice-Premier of Unoccupied France who was recently unexpectedly dismissed by Marshal Petain. shaking hands tcith Hitler. Ribbentrop, the Nazi Foreign Mtnistrr, U seen in background.37 words
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Article, Illustration20 1940-12-30 7 t* Damift to the historic Tower of London, caased daring a Nasi air raid.20 words
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Article, Illustration30 1940-12-30 7 Extensive damage was caused in Coventry by indiscriminate bombing of the Naii air force. Picture shows the wrecked Coventry Cathedral with only its oqtside walls left standing.30 words
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Article101 1940-12-30 7 Stresses Need For SelfSacrifice London, Dec. 30. MARSHAL Petain made a national ITI broadcast yesterday afternoon, but threw no light on the present Franco-German relations or negotiations which had been the subject of a big crop of week-end rumours. He confined himself entirely to aReuter - 101 words
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Article339 1940-12-30 7 Story Of 'Coming' Nazi Invasion London, Dec. 30. AGENCY news messages show that neutral correspondents in Rome jare now receiving hints from official circles there of important developments of a decisive nature in the very near future, and they report that the Italian public isBritish Wireless - 339 words
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74 1940-12-30 7 Athens, Dec. 30. A SACRED ikon of the Blessed Virgin has been presented to the British forces in Greece by Archbishop Chrysanthos o f Air Commodore Dalbiac, Commander or the British forces in Greece, has sent o letter warmly thanking the Archbishop fothe giftReuter - 74 words
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568 1940-12-30 7 Late News ROOSEVELT ON MENACE OF AXIS TO AMERICAS Terrible Era If War-Mongers lii Europe And Asia Succeed COME Americans believe that the wars in Europe and Asia do not concern us, but it vitally concerns us that European and Asiatic war-makers should not gain control of the oceans leading568 words
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Article185 1940-12-30 7 Speech Relayed To Far East More than 500 radio stations transmitted President Roosevelt's fireside chat" In America, and a dozen shorrwave transmitters carried tho talk throughout the Western Hemisphere and into the Far East in many languages. Urging Mr. Rooccvelt to give the country a strong lead for increased aid185 words
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Article49 1940-12-30 7 Tokio, Dec. 30. DURING the first 11 months of 1940, the Chinese lort 290,000 dead, and 55,000 surrendered in the war in China, states the Japanese Army press bureau. Since the beginning of the SinoJapanese conflict, the bureau adds, the Chinese have lost an aggregate of 1.800,000 dead. —Reuter.Reuter - 49 words
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Advertisement68 1940-12-30 7 mo waste because there's nothing to throw away J J a me a' a minute TOr BCOKOiHICM because they are ready m to serve. See our it tig CCLSLIU selection of delicate.s:,< n ****77 at your nearest branch. aFODQrPtM Wi on I* liver sausage, urvuurcu mvats pineapple ham. PRESSED TONGUE.68 words
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961 1940-12-30 8 War Fund Increases By $3,800 Over Week-end HARBOUR BOARD OFFICERS' TRIBUTE TO MR. W. E. RUSSELL omrilmiions, many of which come monthly, again provide the main feature of The War Fund list published The total is S 1,708,617. an increase of $3,831. In addition, there961 words
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Article105 1940-12-30 8 1: \rn s unit 1 Dinner A i>:<. dc (InfoaMtl) 0 .in. u> MidniKli C\KKt(K imilKl <.HI\N(. llm Hawi; Misar-Ka-Sltara !><jubi>- dustant Talkies at 7.15 p.m OK» I I OKI I > Caburf 7 Ji» 10 9 S pm. to Midnight. QMbC Itiiien.Wr Man Returns. II vrr k TIIKATKI105 words
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Article105 1940-12-30 8 FS following ■eot donations to the Malay* Patriotic Fund as tokens cf remembranc* >i Mi... OMfl Bae. of Ipoh. The British Resident Mrs Marcus Rex. Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Bcntlr.ck, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Hope. Mr. and Mrs. R. Adamson. the vlct -Chairman am! members105 words
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58 1940-12-30 8 iy|R Frank Clune. an Australian writer, who has just returned to the Commonwealth from Singapore, stated that he had been astonished by the completeness of the British defence preparations in Malaya. Mr. Clune said he visited Navy, Army, and Air Force establishments at Singapore, and found58 words
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201 1940-12-30 8 Sceneshifters Score With New Play LIVELY, entertaining comedy comes to the fore in "Winter Sunshine," a play by G. A. Thomas presented by the Sceneshifters, dramatic society of the V.M.C.A. Excellent support should be accorded the repeat performances on Friday and Saturday evenings, Jan. 3 and 4, Judging from the201 words
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152 1940-12-30 8 Fr >m Our Own Correspondent' London, Nov. 6. WHEN a pctiuon for a decree nisi waa presented in the Divorce Court today on behalf of Mr. Charles Cuthbert Brown, described as an official in the service cf the F.M.S., it was stated that there152 words
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Article64 1940-12-30 8 MR. Hon Sui Sen, of the Straits Set- j tlements Civil Service, has been appointed a police magistrate ror Singapore. Mr. Hon has been for a week acting second magistrate in place of Mr. Conrad Oldham who went to the Traffic I Ccurc to relieve Mr. C. H.64 words
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Article60 1940-12-30 8 Pilot omcer uira ton -merrier, k.a.*\. wno j is known to many people la Malaya, recently lost most of his personal possessions when j his home in G.W. London was severely damaged by a Nazi bomb. Mrs. StratonPerrier, who Is an air-raid warden, has refused to leave her post and60 words
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304 1940-12-30 8 MORE than 80 per cent, of the officers and men of the Loyal Regiment in Singapore are beginning to look fierce. They are responding to a wish by their commanding officer, Lieut.-Col. M. Elringion, that "ali ranks shall cease to shave the304 words
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Article, Illustration41 1940-12-30 8 Pilots of the Royal Indian Air Force, who are now on active service in Britain. The war has seen the rapid expansion of the Indian air forces along with the Indian Navy and Army.41 words
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468 1940-12-30 8 Islamic Cultural Centre For Empire's Capital (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Nov. 14. MALAYAN and other Muslims in Britain are feeling gratelvl ful to the British Government for its magnificent gift to them of a £100,000 site for the construction of a new468 words
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Article206 1940-12-30 8 Possibility Of A Speed-up LONDON COMMENT .ON DELAYS (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Nov. 12. WHILE expert views as to the possibility of accelerating air mail communications between Britain and Malaya still differ decisively, there is at N least a faint prospect, I understand, that arrangements206 words
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Article100 1940-12-30 8 (Prom Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 28 TiE M.B.S. Magazine, for 1940 just published by the Methodist Boys School, Kuala Lumpur, is well illustrated and cowtains interesting articles which, according to the editorial, "are written Informallyfree from the official atmosphere of lh6 classroom. They are100 words
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Article145 1940-12-30 8 At The Cinema "NEW MOON" "New Moon." (Jeanette MacDonaia and Nelson Eddy). M.G.M. Midnight premiere on Saturday. At the Capitol. fO-STARRING two of the screen's greatest v singers, the M.G.M. film "New Moon." which was shown at the midnight premiers at the Capitol on Saturday, Is a depurturs from the145 words
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Advertisement73 1940-12-30 8 1 own h 1 rHFVR 111 FT 1 ■uncvn v ll i •It has improved springing and a roomy body providing maximum comfort. It has vacuum power gear shift which gives ease of control. Chevrolet's proved 29 H.P. engine gives ample power with maximum economy. It has a genuine Fisher73 words
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Article244 1940-12-30 9 Safeguarding Civilians In Event Of Emergency SPECIAL COMMITTEE'S REPORT BELIEVED COMPLETED THE Straits Timis understands that a committee appointed nsviitly I>\ Governmcat with Mr. L. Forte*, Commissioner of Lands, m chairman, has completed a report recommending a scheme for the evacuation in an emergency from244 words
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Article126 1940-12-30 9 'ountry s (iifts To War Charities 111 Our t>wn i'.irnspopdenl* London, Nov. 20. MALAYANS at Hutu.- .nntitiuv to <l with pride ot th c cenerous contribution made by their f riends in to BrttWi war charities. xample. the I*l subls to tho lord M ivors126 words
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Article533 1940-12-30 9 "Both Were In At The Kill" Here (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Nov. 12. "THE dispute in the columns of The Scotsman as to whether Singapore was founded by Sir Stamford Raffles, as most people understand, or by Colonel Farquhar, as the latter's descendants contend, has533 words
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Article70 1940-12-30 9 (Krom Our Own Correspondent) Penang. Dec. 29. TIE wedding took place here jrwAwdal afternoon of Mr. Eu Cheow Teik. welli»n Malayan cricketer, to Miss Mabel i.j n. Mr. Lim Cheng Ean performed the nmony. The bridegroom is attached to Tobacco Distributors. Ltd. Penang. He has irprcj-cnted70 words
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Article51 1940-12-30 9 (Prom Our Own Correspondent) Penang. Dec 29 *T*liE death occurred last night at her I residence in Airatoon i.^.ui, of Mrs. P. Mathleu. at the age of 75 years. She Iwives seven ehildri n. three sons and four 1 :mt:hters. The funeral takes place this51 words
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Article240 1940-12-30 9 Mr. M. W. Pett Dies In Devonshire MR. Montague William Pott, formerly chief officer of the Singapore Fire Brigade, died at 12. Clifton Hill. Exeter, Devon, on Nov. 10. after a long illness which he bore most bravely, writes our London correspondent. A brother-in-law Of Mr.240 words
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240 1940-12-30 9 (Prom Our Own Correspondent Segamat. ixv. 28. I AM retting old and my joint* give u-.e i J a lot of trouble. I have been advised by friends to take sajn.su and as 1 cannot 1 afford to buy any from the shops I240 words
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193 1940-12-30 9 Official Plans For Reception In State Capital (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bfthru, Hoe. £>. ARRANGEMENTS ar*> in hand to Accord a fitting official reception to the Sultan of Johore and Lady Ibrahim, who are expected to be in Johore in the near future.193 words
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Article, Illustration24 1940-12-30 9 Lady Marcella Ibrahim, the new Sultanah of Johore, tcho arrives in Malaya shortly with the. Sultan. They were married in London on Nov. 6.24 words
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Article116 1940-12-30 9 GIFT OF £1.250 TO WAR FU ND Home Papers' Tribute To Sir David (Galloway (From Our Own Cbtrespondent.l London, Nov. 1 1 LONDON iv wspapvrs ••xpross warm gratitude !<>r sir David Oallo £1.250 pift t<> 11m Btralti Settlements War Fund, announced In London to-day. A typical tribute is thai of116 words
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425 1940-12-30 9 AFTER a Qve weeks' tour of the peninsula from Johore Baliru in the south to as far north as Alnr Star Kedah, Gen. Wu Teh-chen, China's goodwill envoy, declared on his return to Singapore yesterday: "1 find the authorities eveywhere very congenial425 words
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818 1940-12-30 10 R. A.F. RE SUME OFF ENSIVE ON NAZI INVASION BASES Bombs Fall At 100 Per Minute: 41st Attack On U-boat Station London, Dec. 29. DV daylight and during darkness R.A.F. and naval aircraft in the last 24 hours have resumed the offensive on German invasion and blockade bases from NorwayReuter - 818 words
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Article195 1940-12-30 10 a.tn 1.20 S.5« 6.03 6.S5 8.20 9.27 9.40 10 40 p.m. 12.50 1.35 1.35 2.00 3.20 320 4.05 4.20 4.20 4.40 4.50 5.55 620 6.20 B.B.C. 25.53 m. 19.82 m. Manila (KZRM) 31.35 m. B.B.C. 31.55 m. Manila (KZIli) 31.58 m. B.B.C. 31.55 m. and 49.59195 words
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81 1940-12-30 10 New York, Dec. 29. A RECENT report from Los Ane>.-les to the effect that aircraft production has been curtailed owina: to a shortage of aluminium drew a rotort u>-day from Mr. E. R. Stettinius, D?fence Minister in charga of Indus. rial materials, that suppliesReuter - 81 words
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57 1940-12-30 10 Bucharest. Dec. 29. DIPLOMATIC circles here pzr.'Jct a change in German diplomats following the checks Ribbentrops (Nazi Foreign Minister) > diplomacy has received in the Balkans. It is believed that the Nazi envoys are tc be recalled from Belgrade and Sofia, Rlbbeiitrop transferring the envoyReuter - 57 words
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Miscellaneous646 1940-12-30 10 Broadcasting TODAY SINGAPORE ZHL 13.33 n»c/» 825 m.» ZHP1 9 60 mc's (JO 96 m.) ZHP3 125 mc'9 (41.38 ax.) /Ill ZHP1> S00 p.m. Cantonese musict; 5.40 p.m. News in Cantonese: 5.50 p.m. Cantones* I music (cont'djt; 6.10 p.m. News in Hokkien; C 20 p.m. N.k in English. Relayed Irom646 words
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Article29 1940-12-30 11 H.KKEY: S.CC. II y«. Naval r«Uee, S.C s X t% Punjab Kernnenl. v X Post Office (lab t*. RA F Kalians. Kalian^; VMC.A. t». C.8.C., ¥^IC.A.29 words
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642 1940-12-30 11 Singapore Table Tennis Championships KIM HEARN WINS MEN'S TITLE Clll Xiv HKARN. of the August Badminton Party, won the men's open singles title in the Singapore table tennis champion- < ships l>> heating Fok Hin hiu, his rlubmate. by three sets to one at tht ll.tpp> World covered stadium on642 words
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635 1940-12-30 11 Jockey Flannery Rides Five Winners On Two Days A SERIES of upsets, which was in direct contrast to the first day, was the feature of Saturday's races in Penan*? in the second day of the Penang Turf Club's Christmas-New Year Meeting. Codellus sprang the first635 words
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Article, Illustration44 1940-12-30 11 Adelaide, l>ec. H» LIEUTENANT DON BRADMAN, on leave from the Army. L*owicd the first ball when playing lor South Australia against Victoria. South Australia scored 191 and 421 and Victoria 172 and ?tt, South Australia winn.n., hy I*s iiins. —Renter.Reuter - 44 words
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Article233 1940-12-30 11 •"pwo Malayan Rugby Union games :n aid of war charLies were played in Singapore on Saturday, one on the Singapore Cricket Club padang where Singapore met the Army Crusaders and the other at Jalan Besar stadium where the Royal Navy were opposed to the RAF. Blues.233 words
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330 1940-12-30 11 »|K A. H. TODD, who for more than 20 years was secretary of thr Smgapore Turf Club and the Straits Racing Association, is boUdaytaf in Melbourne. While in Victoria Mr. Todd will attend some of the meetings and visit a stud larm or two,330 words
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Article68 1940-12-30 11 TPIIE annual general meeting of the Badminton Association of Malaya has now been fixed for Sunday, Jan. 19, and arrangements are being made for this meeting to be held at Seremban. The report and accounts just issued show that the association has had another successful68 words
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288 1940-12-30 11 Home Football Results On Saturday London, Dec. 29. POOTBALL League matches played yesterday resulted: NORTH Barnsley 6 Lincoln City 0 Bradford City 2 Sheffield Wed'day 4 Burnley 2 Preston North End 0 Chester 3 Oltiham Athletic 4 Crewe Alexandra 5 Wrexham 0 Doncaster Rovers 2 Middlesbrough 0 Huddersfield Town 1Reuter - 288 words
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Article45 1940-12-30 11 fTKREE best scores in the Keppel Golf I 1 Club December women's foursomes were: Mrs. H. K. Rodgers and Mrs R. E. Earle 4R—l2V 2 =3sVj; Mrs. E. Litchfleld and Mrs. Hitcham 46—10 M: Mrs. H. Ounstone and Miss D. Hirst 48—10=38.45 words
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Advertisement505 1940-12-30 11 °«X SSL THERE ARE STILL SOME EXCELLENT BARGAINS mmw I I mmw SL 60-66 ORCHAkD ROADKyH SINGAPORE (We open at 8.30 a.m. and close at 7.30 p.m.) mm^ m^ VICTORIA THEATRE THE SI ENKSIIIi TKUS prrs»nt WSHt^M WINt>ER i^^l SUNSHINE m twwiKKO&^im COMt;l>v IN 3 Atls BY X "''l^'^a/^'fißOO^^r'W SAT.505 words
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1116 1940-12-30 1 FRENCH COULD END GREAT BATTLE IN MEDITERRANEAN Petain s Envoy lleturns From Mystery Talks In Paris London, Dec. 20. U/HILE mystery still surrounds the Vichy Govern mi'iil'* negotiations with Germany. (Jen. de Gaulle broadcast last night a strong, dramatic appeal to French leadenReuter - 1,116 words
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82 1940-12-30 1 far East C.-iii-C. And Hong Kong's Strength Hong Kong, Dec. 29. ANY idea that Hong Kong would fall within a few days or a few weeks is entirely wrong," declared Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert P.rooke-Popham, recently appointed Commander-in-Chief in the Far East, in an interview with pressmen here yesterday.Reuter - 82 words
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336 1940-12-30 1 Christmas Day Attack On Convoy Repulsed By Escort Ships London. Dec. 29. N i riHraKenu'iit betwven a British force and a powerful enemy warship in the north Atlantic on Christmas Day is reported in an Admiralty communique to-day. It statM thai hrn ih>>Reuter - 336 words
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37 1940-12-30 1 ITALIAN FIELD GUNS ON SHOW AT NAIROBI London. Dec. 29. APOPULAB cnristmas auracuon ai Nairob' was niru" ligtU field i;uas cat tured in Hntiih raid on El Wak, on the frontier of ILaluin Ernst Africa —British Mmlam37 words
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Article118 1940-12-30 1 Athens. Dec. 29. ALL those with experience of bad weather flying are amazed that the RAF units in Greece have not only continued but increased the number of bombing raids, fighter patrols and reconnaissance flights in the past few weeks. Equally remarkable are the small lossesReuter - 118 words
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94 1940-12-30 1 Buenos Aires, Dec. 29. 117HILE publishing the news under '"streamer" headlines, the Argentin; newspapers cemmen: adversely in their editorial columns on the Governments ban on the exhibition of Chariie Chaplin's new film "The Great Dictator following representations by the Italian Ambassador to the ArgentineReuter - 94 words
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311 1940-12-30 1 Athens, Dec. 29. A ftREEK submarine has torpedcod three Italian troopships in the Adriatic. A communique issued by the Ministry of Marine, states that the submarine Papanicolis was on patrol on Christmas Eve when she sighted an Italian convoy of 14 ships, escortedReuter - 311 words
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86 1940-12-30 1 Home, Dec. 29. r\;:.\ I'll is to be the penalty far large scale ac.s of sabotage, hoarding and waste in I.aly in future. An official decree authorizes capital punishment for "cornering:" commodities against a rUe in prices and for des.roying raw nia'erinl, agriculturalReuter - 86 words
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167 1940-12-30 1 London, Dec. 29. •"pHE British Prima Minister's striking broadcast to the Italian people at the beginning of the week, in which he summoned the Italian monarchy, army and people to assume their historic responsibilities for the destiny cf their country now b2ing led to ruinBritish Wireless - 167 words
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77 1940-12-30 1 Shanghai. Dec. 29. THE member banks of the Shanghai Bankers' Association and Native Bankers' Ass >• elation as well a-s various Chinese trade guilds and money exchangers have unanimously decided not to accept bank notes tc be issued by the Central Reserve Bank of ChinaReuter - 77 words
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Article47 1940-12-30 1 London. Dec. 29. RAILWAY traffic in Hungary and Rumania has been seriously disorganized. In Hungary all the main lines are affected and in Rumania people are a«k?d to refrain from travelling altogether, because of snowstorms rind the necessity of certain supplies being sent to certain regions. Reuter.Reuter - 47 words
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214 1940-12-30 1 x London, Dec. 29. TTHE Italian garrison at Bardia now appears to be weakening under the relentless pressure of the Imperial and Allied forces there. To-day's communique from Cairo reports that in fighting in the Bardia area, our artillery has again been214 words
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67 1940-12-30 1 Plot Against King Ibu Saud Unearthed Cairo. Dec. 29 "THE discovery or a plat against Kin? Ibn Saud is revealed in a com* mun:que issued by the Saudi Arabian Legation here to the Arabic pi It sta es it is learned from Mecca that a plot has been discovered againstReuter - 67 words
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54 1940-12-30 1 ANGLO-SPANISH TALKS ON TANGIER SITUATION Madrid. Dec. 29. TpHE conversations rcgarUii-K the sltuatl'j^ 1 at Tangier arising out of the rtcrt Spanish actions there, now proceed twe^n the Foreign Minister. Scnor Suner and tile Brltist Ambassador. Sir Sanaa-J Hoare. are beitCcd to be progressing satisfactorily. Some nolnu. however, '•wraln to54 words
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