The Straits Times, 7 January 1941

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  • 37 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY] MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER— LA RGEST NET SALES IS PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY. JANUARY 7, 1941. PRICE 5 CENTS The Straits Times 16 P\(.KS SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1941. I'HICE 5 C'ENTH
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 158 1 MIEN CHONG SMART TAILORING AvalUMe S«H L**fU» WAIN MIIIIX-8 la |M «nei Hml Ate* \M» KM \N MMRR- In rartow rolo«r« 14 (tkaii SI, B*w% WffITBREAD BLUE LABEL JHirT^^6p^ beer is a new brew which will be found light >>S<^ an<i exhilarating possessing f/»e J^ la characteristics of genuine British
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    • 6 1 SINGAPORE. 140 CECIL ST. (PHONE 5471)
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    • 236 1 ta the 131 Monon o uta«» nsho tec thot our he We can S »««C^ tc "W SharUs'-n W— 5l 7.50. > y r M«s J»* et $27 .50. Sl X 9 TCI La" Y94J~ Jl^ I "7Sodei""Q44 The Jfaadavp DE LUXE with SPREAD -BAND TUNING Has no equal in
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    • 53 1 ELSIE MARY Battery Road. if NEW AFTERNOON AND COCKTAIL DRESSES KUALA LUMPUR, 25 JAVA ST. ('PHONE 3683). Your km Need CorredNourishment VOVHLTINE I /t. v .j, J if 1 f "wkat sfia// afc here I or<fer are some today sussesHoHs PHOIE 5376 M»£ LIICB OS. M7A Arfrt 0/ S'njapcrc Curd
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
    • 61 2 HADDEft Passed away at Kluan^ :nl 3.45 p.m. y?sterday Funeral at Bidaciari 4 p.m. to-day. On 7ih. January, 1941 at n Knad. Singapore. Agnes early beloved I 01 Mr 11. J. iuxl.-isfues of tlie rnrnt Audit Offir-. Mt):icca. The fiinfrn! r re-idcncc at 6 p.m. to-day for the Church
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 1404 2 SITUATIONS VACANT RKWIRKD by European firm one experi(l typist arid one young man for general office w.irk with some experience Apply with copies of testimonials stating salary im+td to B- No 531 Strata Tii u\s. WANTED An efficient and experienced Stenographer Male for service m isolated l*in mine m South
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    • 643 2 BOARD RESIDENCE AT ROCHFORT. 4 Oxley Rise Tel. 6700 quiet elevated vacant Feb. Ist. comfortable well furn. self-contained flat, private entrance. AH meals served tn flat. HOLLAND lUJIS, 304 Orchard Rd. Large airy rooms at moderate prices. Cuisine under personal supervision. Sundays Javanese Ricetable. Mod. San. Tel. 2462. THE GUESTHOUSE.
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    • 445 2 PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE. The Exchange Bank.* will be rlrxied on:— 9th January, Thursdny. Hari Raya Hadji (Public Holiday). THE SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMKRCE KIRBFR ASSOCIATION Notice is hereby given that the Rubber Market will be closrd officially on the following dates:— Thursday. 9th January. 1941 Public Holiday. Monday. 27th January.
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    • 208 2 EDUCATIONAL M X Mill II N M^TII is urn: In jaz?.. $2.."i0 per nour lesson. No be^nmrrs, but advnneed pupils only. AppU 8 P(hi!.> aa. WANTKI) TI m»i\ ten) fn.m fentleninn or lady with k>uiiii knowledge of Engll: h iinrt Italian I qua! lf. rations and < ~DEAN' S~SC H
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 377 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. Incorporate in England t iAI SN Co U\:i ivv,»NOFH 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 tn China. India. Ceylon and the
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    • 245 3 (Incorporated In Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LINE. TO EUROPE VIA AMERICA Ihrourh fare* to North America to Europe rla America and Round lours, in the Pacißt quoted in U.S. S on application To California from the Orient via Honolulu lea. Manila lea. H'kons m.s. KAMAKURA VIARU
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    • 546 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 F reman tie (Perth) via Java by first class passenger ships. Single fare $192
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 1087 3 Broadcasting TODAY SINGAPORE /111 13.J3 rac/» 523 m.) /lIPI 9 60 me/i (30 M m.) ZHP3 7.55 mc/t (41.38 m.\ (/in znpit 800 p.m. Mandarin musict; 5.40 p.m. News In Cantonese; 3.55 pjm. Mandarin music, (contd.)t; 6.00 p.m. News m Hokklen: 620 p.m. News m Engilsh. Relayed from London: 6.35
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    • 766 3 EMPIRE STATION CSB 951 mri (31.55 m.); GSC 9.58 mcl (31.32 m.); GSD 11.75 me i (25.53 mi. ('SB 11.88 mrt (25.29 m.); GSP 15.11 me (19.83 m.); GSG 17.79 me s 16.88 m. > CiSU 2147 me s (13.97 mi; GSI 15.2 b me <19.M m.»; GSJ 21.53 me
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  • 199 3 a.m. 1.20 8.8.C BMI m. 19.82 m. 5.50 Manila IKZRMI 31.35 m. 6.05 8.8.C. 31.5.-. m. 6.55 Manila (K/.IUi ILM m. 8.20 8.8.C. 31.55 m. and MJt m 9.27 Rangoon 49 91 m. 9.40 Melbourne 25.25 m. (except Sunday) 10 18 Delhi 31.30 in p.m. 12.50
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  • 1211 4 Outcome Of War Depends On Help From United States ERN has been caused in the la.«?t few weeks by reports of C.<rrn_n raiders at larpe in the North Atlantic, and by circumstances of the attack, on Nov. 5, upon a larjre convoy. Although the jrreat majority of
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  • 481 4 B.O.T. PRESIDENT TALKS TO U.S. Appeal To Buy Goods From Britain London, Dec. 5. |?OR the first time a President of 1 the Board of Trade addressed the North American public when Capl. Oliver Lyttelton broadcast in the early hours of this morning. Capt. Lyttelton explained wh_t were the functions
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  • 671 4 BACK TO PRE-BLITZ LEVELS BUSINESS BEST SINCE MAY (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Nov. 20. LONDON stock markets have just enjoyed their best week since the German offensive which opened on May 10 inaugurated both the Battle of France and the series of disasters which followed.
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  • 107 4 Singapore. Jan. 7, noon. Buyan aeUtn Ovnttim I 7.78 Hamburg Cub* $is.Ot Jara Cube J12.6C White Muutok $14 50 $l«j» »>»<* $7.25 Covra Mixed $2.13 Sun Dried t2.40 Saoc riom No I lin«S» $4J7fc Fair $4J5 Sarawak $4.45 ietctione Palembang $13 00 BanJ» $12.00 Sarawak $13.00 lamoca
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  • AROUND THE MARKETS
    • 357 4 By Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, Jan. 7. T*HE share market was very firm in all sections yesterday and this morning there was an early Inquiry tor one or two tin shares which closed with unsatisfied buyers yesterday. Prices in the tin share
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    • 287 4 T*HE domestic exports of rubber from Malaya. Brunei and Lahuan in December are estimated at 50,200 tons, states the Controller of Rubber. The over-export at the end of November was 16,429 tons and the monthly exportable allowance at 90 per cent, of basic quota is 48,187 tons
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    • 92 4 FURTHER details of the United States agreement with Bolivian tin pro ducers disclose that shipments in approximately equal monthly quantities are to begin as soon as the projected United States smelter can normally receive them. The payment basis will be 43' i cents for the
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    • 82 4 Tuesday, JjkJ 7 jutmm. Bayer* fallen Prlre* Prloei No. IX K-S.fc (Sp«H ktMt) 37! i 37% No. IX R.S.S. fab. is cases January 37% 3« U.FJLQ. 8.5.& 1.0. b. to bain January 37% 37^ F.A.Q. R.S.S. tojki la bales Janaary 37^ 37^, HJTUBK QUOTATIONS No.
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    • 178 4 The following are cde excnanse rate* tnimorning according to the daily circular issue, by the Hongkong %nd Shanghai Banking Corporation HUM Lo^oon r.l. 1/4 i/it Lordoc demand S/4 i/i« Switaerland demand (T.T 00)5) 202 ft New York demand 47 3/3S Montreal demand 51 27/32 Batavia demand 88% SamaranK demand
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    • 44 4 The production of coal m Malaya, all of which is produced by Malayan Collieries at Batu Arang m Selangor totalled 58,830 tons m November of which 4,807 tons were exported. At the end of November there were 88,970 labourers employed m mining m Malaya,
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    • 153 4 Some Rejected Owing To Faulty Packing TT T London, Jan. 6. HE Ministry of Supply requests olTera of rubber from the East for January and January-February shipments 1 to the United States ol New YorK grades No. I.X and No. 1 by United States vessles.
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  • 349 4 Shanghai, Jan. 7. THE Shanghai brrnch of the Central Reserve Bank did not open to-daj as expected. The opening of Mr Wang Chingv/ei's bank at Nanking failed to alfect) the Shanghai excnange market unfavourab'.'. On the other hand the Chinese national dollar firmed uil markedly. Among
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 129 4 A NEW YEAR IDEA TO HELP THE BRITISH WAR EFFORT? The SIMPLEST and SPEEDIEST way YOU can help WIN THE WAR is to v\ive refcukr DONATIONS to THE WAR FUND durinfe the Coming Year Can You Afford $1 per month Can You Afford $10 per month .J Can You Afford
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  • 223 5 Lot:dot). Jan. 6. f) Mr Block Exchange to-day the Bardla yj I >*y created a good dlvpoftttlnn and generally Improved. -edg«4s were again bought at high- r !Un loan.- thowrd KubnUntlal aase and &c.. iii.oji t*xid\, were well supine raus were better, oils and rubber Kafßn r.iren
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  • 43 5 AMAZON RUBBER Inquiries By Argentine And Uruguayan Importers A in lmriog nuercst in inquir.es havi oi!'' shipment nade to bueno-s iiipping rubber icing countries are .ibuut these enpii'. rding to ndvices re- ot London and exporters there arc uibUshing new bu<i.: r«>:.:i "ctions.
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  • 122 5 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES Prom Our Own Correspondent > London. Jan. 6. £OMMODITY and Exchange markets closed as follows witb orertoua quotations i» parenthesis:— KIKBF.R: Quiet Spot 12Sd 13<*d <12* d 12B|18d) Feb 12 71U U9 16d 12Sd 13% d) Apr Jine 12'- a 12\d (129!6d 12 11 l«d> July-S-pt I 2
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  • 129 5 Malls close at the General post (Jtnce follows: TUESDAY Aden surface 4 p.m. British Columbia air 10 a.m. Burma surface noon Canada air 10 a.m. China. Amoy. Canton. Chuan Chow. Klung Chow. Shanghai und Swatow surface 10 a.m. Chungking and 'Kunming via Rangoon surface noon H£ypt
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  • 171 5 To- da* H W. Sam 8.3 ft.; 541 p.m. 7ft L. W. 1132 a.m. 42 ft.; ll.Mp.m. 4.6 ft. To-morrow H. W. 6 a.m. 83 7.24 p m 6 9 ft. L. W. 1 01 p.m. 39 ft. Thursday, Jan. 9 W. 7 a.m. 8.3 tt.; 8.45
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  • 1323 5 MONDAY. JAN. 6. IM1 4 P.M. ■MM swen seller* Am pat Tin (U; 3s 0d 3s 10*4 d Austral Amal (ss> 6* lOVid 7s l*4d Austral Malay (C> 3S« 36s Ayer Hltam (ssi 21s 22s 6d Ayer Went ($1 .85 .M Bam:rln Tin (t) 159
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  • 149 5 THE following particulars of tin-ore production of companies under the technical management of Angle-Ori-ental (Malaya)" Ltd. refer to December: Hoars Cubic Hernia yards Ore Ampat Tin Dredging i,g7l 523,000 1.372 Southern KlnU 6.312 1,633.000 6.244 Kamunttng Tin 3.749 1,212,000 4,396 Ttwgkah Harbour 1.355 337.000 848 Anglo-Thai Tin
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  • 75 5 MALAYA exported 180,792 tons of iron ore in November, all of which, presumably went to Japan. This compares with 235,081 tons in October and brings the total exports for the 11 months of this year to 1,745,524 tons. Of the November exports, 44,902 tons were
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  • 110 5 THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA (TRUSTEES) LIMITED. Guaranteed and Controlled by THt MKRC \NTII,E BANK OF INDIA LIMITED The Company wnich is incorporated in the S3. and registered as a Trust Company, undertakes the following duties: EXECUTOR OR TRUSTEE OF A WILL ADMINISTRATOR OF ESTATE OF DECEASED PERSON TRUSTEE OF
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 353 5 AUCTION NOTICE The Ist New Year Auction Sale ft M Sir-japore properties, at the saleroom of Messrs Cheong Koon Seng Co Ltd No. 10 Chulla Street on WetaKi* Stfa January. 1941. at 2.34 F.M. laatf u:ui i.'.urn-;, No.. 20 and 22, Swanagc Road, Singapore, area 10.830 Mj It. Rent $40.
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    • 169 5 List Of Current Dividends Issued by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association. Singapore, Jan. 6. Book* Total tot romfiaj Otrttead Ota* Oftta c& w, ObmicUU yew SIM Payab* Date to date Idrte Hyd. 2%% tat. leas Ux Jan. M 10% K. L. Tin 1». No. 39 Jan. 24 13*4% Malaysiani Tin 5%
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    • 475 5 For economy try oar cotton duck American white caara« hand-aewn baga far packing rubber. The costs are cheaper than other makes of cases and last long. Stoe:— 2' an« I' 9" wide x IT>" high at $5Jd each ex, ear onVe. 66-Robiason Read. ABDUL RAHMAN MOHAMED BIN HOOSAINSAH CS-Robinson Road.
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    • 201 5 SEND A CALL TO UNIVERSAL RADIO HOUSE, 205. Orchard Roaa Phone 4967. When You Need Mende Service or Spare Parts (Mende Servicing Specialists). WAKE UP YOUR LIVER BILEWhkort Clootl-And TeaD J*np Owt of Bed Fall ci Via u« Vigov. Yuur liver should pour out two pint* of liquid bile into
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 217 6 OWING TO SUCCESS SEASON EXTENDED ONE MORE DAY ZriXZ ALHAMBRA JAMES ANN! CAGNEYiSHERIDAN with, FRANK CRAVEN DONALD CRISPS-FRANK McHUGH -ARTHUR KENNEDY An ANATOLE LITVAK Production A WARNER BROS First Nafl Picturt Semi fUj Ij John wenc From the Novel 17 Aht n Rairtelj_B»s»e If Mai StdMT; air mail "PATHE GAZETTE"
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    • 440 6 i g^^fc TB^^^m.^^T^ Kino of j Okw Rabin t Strict Tfrnpo Orchcstr* M4B By the Sleepy Ijwoon— WaJte Au Revoir— S.P.T. BOly CotUn A his Bmml 9984 Pool* Rush in— P.T. Turn your money Q.S. Jay Wilbur hb B*nd 9844 Imagination— S.P.T. I haven't time to be a Millionaire, M
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    • 223 6 "IT IS FAR and AWAY THE BEST ADVENTURE FILM SINGAPORE HAS SEEN FOR A LONG TIME "STRANGE CARGO*' IS of ABSORBING INTEREST TO ALL, A REAL HIT TO ANY TYPE OF AUDIENCE" S. FREE PRESS (Reviewing the Midnight Premiere) OPENING TO-DAY la.is-s.is s.isj a, the CAPITOL THE STRANGEST GROUP THAT
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  • 176 7 Britons Turn Tables On Their Italian Captors Alexandria, Jan. 6. A BRITISH sergeant and eight men, captured on Christmas Day outside Bardia, turned the tables on their captors by battening them down in the hatch when the 100-ton Italian schooner in which they were being
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  • 55 7 London, Jan. 6. BREST —important "Invasion" portwas again attacked in daylight yesterday by British bombers. Shipping in the docks and an enemy aerodrome were the targets. One German plane was shot down and the British planes returned, states the Air Ministry. The attack fo.lowed the
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  • 327 7 hopping about the deck frantically waving shirts and caps and shouting "Prigioneri Inglesi" (British prisoners). There was little need to indicate there were British prisoners aboard because, at the sound of the destroyer's shot, the British sergeant and his eight companions, guessing help was at
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  • 54 7 Vichy. Jan. 6. CONTINUED fighting on the Thai-Indo-China frontier is reported here. A strong Thai reconnaissance column was counter-attacked on Friday by French troops and withdrew after having sustained losses. On Saturday Thai artillery shelled Bannapaksoum. 47 miles south-east of Savannakket. The French carried out
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  • 56 7 London, Jan. 6. BOMBS were cropped in the London area in Kent and the eastern counties by single German aircraft which flew over these areas on several occasions to-day, states an Air Ministry communique Some damage was done to houses and shops and a small number
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  • 40 7 New York. Jan. 6. MR. Harry Hopkins, who is to act as President Roosevelt's personal representative In Britain pending the appointment of a new United States Ambassador, left for England by Clipper this morning.- Reuter.
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  • 25 7 Sofia. Jan. 6. KING Boris aao pardoned 389 political and criminal prisoners on th° occasion of the celebration of Orthodox Christ mo > Vruter.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 247 7 RAFFLES HOTEL TO-MIOHT DINNER DANCE f informal) 8 p.m. to midnight Dinner $3.00 NO BALLROOM ADMISSION CHARGE EVERY SUNDAY EVENING REGIMENTAL BAND CONCERTS IN THE OPEN AIR PALM COURT 8.30 to 10.30 p.m. DINNER PANITS ON THE LAWN X 7. y °'/1 Z*2. SINGAPORE'S MOST POPI'LAR SOCIAL RENDEZVOUS SEA VIEW
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    • 297 7 FRESH ROCK OYSTERS FRESH STRAWBERRIES STOCK ALWAYS FRESH, THE SINGAPORE phone mi AIRPORT HOTEL PAVILION RESTAURANT AIR-CONDITIONED Arrange your parties now Enjoy excellent food good service Private parties catered for. Telephone esso DANCE FLOOR OF A THOUSAND SPRINGS SCIENTIFICALLY CONSTRUCTED TO PUT 'SPRING* INTO YOUR DANCK DANCE AmCTJM- K7s ?jiiiii
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  • 927 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JAN. 7, 1941. (492nd Day Of The War.) Still At It! There has been no mention of j The War Fund in this column during the whole of the present year The omission must be rectified at once— and we make no apology for this
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  • 326 8 Among the many excellent schemes which have been organized \by private and public bodies in Malaya to supplement the efforts of the Malaya Patriotic Fund and The War Fund, that of the Automobile Association of Malaya is of outstanding interest. Acting through its branches in various parts of
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  • Letters To The Editor
    • 274 8 A Bachelor's Reply To The Married Men To the Editor of tbe Straits Times Sir,— l observe without surprise that the old war-cry Sting the Bachelor" is being raised again in connection with local income tax. Because for once justice has been doae to a deserving minority,
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    • 322 8 Complaint By Owner Of "Baby" Fiat To the Editor of tbe Straits Times Sir,— The powers-that-be in Malaya hay? discovered a peculiar method of venting their ire on Italy, or so it seems. This has been brought to light by the Schedule of Taxes for Vehicles, for the
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    • 301 8 Fowler Is "Not The Last Word" To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— Would you kindly allow me to respond to "Zeal's* reply to my letter to you of Dec. 18 on good English, whether in writing or in speech? I have looked at that letter once
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    • 356 8 Danger Of "Trying To Be Young Again" To the Editor of the Straits Times Bir,~l would like to refer to the final paragraph of the letter of Volunteer Planter," In your issue of Jan. 3. He refers to the civil and military chiefs of the country as follows: "They
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    • 263 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— l am afraid Estate Asiatic Staff" and "Estate Wallah" missed the point of my letter. Asiatic stalls did very well while Europeans were away in camp, but I maintain that there need be no embodiment. Volunteers can
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    • 112 8 "He Looks As Though He Was ,Sick" To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— ln reply to the strictures of the "Euphonious" in your issue of yesterday on my earlier letter on the use of good and correct English, I am well aware that correct English demands
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    • 98 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— Your correspondent, Mr. E. N. K. Pillai, has grasped the wrong end of the stick. The flower of our youth is being frittered away through promiscuous association with uncontrolled prostitutes 3 and it is because cf this that an outcry
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    • 697 8 Prof. Silcock And Planters Miners To the Editor of the Straits Timr* Sir, A recent letter In your columns, signed H. W. Reid, professes to be a* comment on my broadcast of Nov 15, 1940. This letter says that the subject* nf my broadcast was the "profits made
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    • 254 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times > Sir,— ln or before the year 1155 thq monk Wac compiled an Arthurian Chronicle known as the Roman d^ Brut. The following passage has curiously familiar and up-to-dut€| ring. The context is that the Romans arH threatening King Arthur
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 70 8 Master PADLOCKS R EVER BUILT j-\Y^ I RirrteJ in Lmym likt H^nH Dovt. UTM OST SECUR ITY AGAINST THEFT-EXCEP-TIONALLY MODERATE PRICES ON TYPES FOR BANKS. OFFICES. REPOSITORIES AND HOMES. MASTER padlocks ARE UNIVERSALLY RECOGNISED AS THE FINEST PADLOCKS EVER MADE. Sole Agents for Malsya: CHIN HO CO., SINGAPORE. Steel Office
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    • 89 8 ELEMENTS OF PRACTICAL FLYING by P. W. F. Mills. A Detailed survey /or Students Air Pilots, and A Thoughtful, Concise Informative ex- pue-ition of the Bas.c Theory St Practice of Modern Flying. Trice only $2.7*. Poctafe 3*c. G H. HIAT A CO., LTD CAS, Robinson Ro»d, Si»r»P*re Latest Most Improved
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  • 1134 9 "Most Useful War Role As An Arsenal" WEAPONS NOT MEN ARE MOST NEEDED Safety Of U.S. Depends On Events Far Away [>KKSII)KNT Koosevelt, in his most eagerly awaited speech ggMC I're'.ident Wilson's historic declaration of war in ••17, to-da> reported to the narked seventy -seventh Congress
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  • 54 9 Amy Johnson first woman to complete the London to Australia and back flight is reported missing, reports Renter frovi London. Flying as an air transport auxiliary pilot, which service she joined early in the war, something happened to her machine over the Thames Estuary and the machine
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  • 46 9 London. Jan. 7. A MEETING of the Italian Cabinet j the second tc be held this month has been summoned for to-day according to the German radio. Mussolini will preside and, it is stated, the new Italian budget will be discussed. Reuter
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  • 94 9 Shanghai, Jan b pWFNCiIMEN sympathetic G«n. de Gaulle r have established a branch organisation in Shanghai, says the Chinese press, similar to the organizations already set up in Hong Kiaip. Singapore, and other ports. The Shanghai organization has launched a publicity campaign and will undertake
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  • 43 9 More than 63.000 Italian prisoners have already been taken by the British forces in the present offensive in the Western Desert. Picture shows a small section of the 35,000 Italian prisoners taken in the Blitzkrieg against Sidi Barrani.
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  • 432 9 N.I's FIRM ATTITUDE TO JAPAN No Politics In New Batavia Talks (From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia, Jan. 6. ANY Japanese attempt to introduce politics into the econo- j mic negotiations with the Netherlands Indies will be rejected, it is authoritatively stated here. These discussions are expected to be resumed this
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  • 275 9 WESTERN DESERT FRONT NOW 100 MILES INSIDE LIBYA Italians Have Lost Half Of Entire War Supplies London, Jan. 7. THE Italian front line now is Tobruk— Marshal Graziani's 1 big naval and air base nearly 100 miles inside Libya, cables Gordon Young, Reuter's special correspondent at the British Headquarters in
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  • 77 9 REI'TER'S special correspondent with the British naval forces in the Mediterranean, quote'! l»y the 1V8.C.. telegraphed ycsUr.Vv that he was now able to reveal the part played in the storming of Bardia by the monitor H.M.S. Terror. Operating with Terror were two other
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  • 201 9 U. S. LEADERS HAIL SPEECH Warm Tributes From Both Parties Washington, Jan. 7. QKMOCRATIC and Republican leaders of the Senate praised Mr. Roosevelt's speech. Senator Barkley ikffhirnd' "it was magnificent and expressed the overwhelming determination of the American people." Senator Austin, acting Republican leader, thought tha speech would "do much
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  • 75 9 Story Of German Ultimatum DRIVATE information has Ix-ert received in the United States that German troops will march into Bulgaria shortly, according to a completely unconfirmed report given over the Columbia broadcasting network yesterday, reports Reuter. The report has it that Bulgaria has accepted a German ultimatum presented by Ribbenlrop,
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 135 9 SAL VITAL ■ALTM MSXffStlk SALTS JP^i°is!sk IEIIOM fuvoured l \?f> Vital In a gla&s of cold water mak A I T il^\ ■> o 2i— T/^^ggTW v delightful drink that Is unequalled !yS =^^^^'^l^-\^^\\ lor its cooling and thlrst-quenchlng gT Voi _J^ mrm^rk qualities. Sal Vital stimulates the I 13^^
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  • 581 10 TWO FOUR-FIGURE ITEMS IN WAR FUND LIST Brunei Donations Now Total More Than $9,000 EUROPEAN MAKES HIS TWELFTH GIFT OF $1,000 TIIKICK are iwo four-figure items in the latest list of contributions to The War Fund. One, amounting to $1,377.68, is a further contribution from the people of the State
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  • 79 10 Mir Own Correspondent) Batavia, Jan. 7. II is estimated that for the first time In its history, the Netherlands Incur., will this year have a rice export surplus of between 25.000 and 50,000 tons. Some of this rice will go to Malaya in
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  • 13 10 Mr lUlm;.p Morin. Associatwd Press correspond' -nt in Tokio, has arrived In Slns»porf\
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  • 156 10 SINGAPORE BAt n.Ks HOTEL :>lnner Dance (Informal) 8 p.m. to Midnight. O4Kt.lt X THEATRE. GEYLANG Zofbalcla The Sensational Malay Talkie at 6.45 <k 9 p.m. uun world Cabaret: 9 p.m. to Midnight. Olobe: Zoebaida. Sky: When Tomorrow Comes. HAPrv THEATRE (Happ? World) 6.45 9.1 R Sathl Ahalya. Seaside: Bpm
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  • 116 10 THE Straits Time s is receiving an embarrassingly large number of articles for sale on behalf of The War Fund. Money raised in this manner is extremely welcome, but we regret that it is not possible for us to take into our custody any further articles whirli
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  • 105 10 Local Consul's Announcement THE Belgian Consul m Singapore, M. A. Graff, has been informed that the Belgian Government, which is now m London, has decided to reconstitute m England a Belgian Fighting Force. The Belgian Government is recalling to this effect men from the classes 1935 to
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  • 113 10 "From Our Own Correspondent) Batavia, Jan. 7. •THE significance of the recently com1 pleted guilder-yen agreement has been misunderstood m some countries. It is emphasized In Batavia that the agreement does not involve the linking of the guilder and the yen, but is merely an agreement
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  • 31 10 There will be Harl Raya Haji holidays m Johore on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Mr. Tham Ah Kow, Field Assistant m the Fisheries Department, has left for Australia for further study.
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  • 660 10 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru, Jan. 6. pAPT. R. D. Bell, of the R.A.M.C., Singapore, appeared before Mr. J. Bernard Weiss, First Magistrate, to-day, on the following two charges: (1) that he on Nov. 10 at the Grand Prix races at
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  • 504 10 Election Of Delegates jDUSINESS sessions of the Malays annual conference of the Mtthodist Church were resumed on Monday in Wesley Church. Tho chief feature of the day was the I commencement of election of delegates to the central conference. The general conference of the Methodist Church, meeting in
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  • 994 10 FILM 'SCOOP' OF WAR TO BE SHOWN HERE TO-DAY Australian Newsreel Record Of Western Desert Battle THE greatest pictorial scoo the British onslaughts on Desert will be shown to Sing It is Capt. Frank Hurley's "The Battle For Bardia." which was flown to Australia and has now arrived in Singapore
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  • 15 10 Mr. Justice Manning, the Johoro Judge, has returned after spending v holiday at Fraser's Hill.
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  • 1302 11 Singapore Man's Evidence At Mines Dept. Inquiry CHIEF CLERK'S REFERENCE TO HIS SON'S GOD-FATHER (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 6. A PI'LU'ATIONS which he made for prospecting licences on several occasions had been refused by the F.M.S. Mines Department without reasons being
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  • 88 11 Netting Offences Are Alleged I. J KENLAY. a 45-year-old Britisher. lumi.d trial la the Rinparore third court yi-sterday to a charge that, being i jpicr of a room in the Burlinsv>n Hotel in Coleman Street, he BMd that room as i common betting house c>n Saturday
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  • 100 11 A MALAYAN C.vil Service cflicer who three yean ag) wps priva:e secretary to the Govennr, Is now acting a< .i.m. Mr Arthur Hugh P?iCr:i Humr'ln'V, who us aped 29 years and who n i!' In i iv.l millet tor six Mr Humnhrej wa, priva.e secrttary
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  • 46 11 The K»v P. L. Peach, of Kuala Lumpur, will speak on "Twenty-five Years under th< Union Jack" at the luncheon g ol the Rotary Club of Singapore at the >delphi Hotel to-morrow Mr Peach has been attached to the M'thodi.'t Mission since he came to Malaya.
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  • 437 11 THE following donations to The Wai Fund are recorded to-day mtributions from the miden's of Brunei for December, l''4O. sth. <■ >n rihu.i< n (per British Resident). 1,3*7.63 Malay School Concert '2nd. part receipts*, $13.97; Slaff and labour Force of Biunei fniu-d Plantations. Ltd, $54: Persaudara-an
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  • 37 11 When the Italian Army of Marshal Graziani fled before the British Imperial forces In the Sidi Barrani offensive, which preceded the capture of Bardia, this Italian tank was left deserted on the sea shore.
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  • 135 11 Plea For Kwangtung Member IySAPPOINTED by the official re- ply that the Government cannot approve of the request to include a representative of the Kwangtung community on the Singapore Municipal Commission, the Kwangtung Huay Kwan is considering the question of taking further steps in the matter. Representation
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  • 235 11 AN Australian commercial air service linking Darwi.i with Dilli, cap; .a! of Portuguese Timor, has bsen authorized by the Civil Aviation Department. The Portueuese and British Governments have signed at Lisbon, an agreement for landing rights. It has been under consideration for more than a year.
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  • 75 11 IT is announced that the forthcoming periods of continuous training for the Colony's Volunteer Forces will be as follows: Singapore Units, F«b. 1 to Mar. 31; Penang (3rd. Battalion SS.VF.), Feb. 1 to Mar. 31; Malacca (4 h. Battalion SS.V.F.) Feb. 9 to Apr 8 A formal
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  • 154 11 One Day 6? Fine For Chinese A DAY'S simple imprisonment and rt a fine of $60 was the sentence passed by the criminal district judge, Mr. J. L. McFall yesterday on Tew Koon Teng, plantation owner i and proprietor of fishing stakes, whom he convicted on
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  • 49 11 rl death occurred at Kluang. Johore, yesterday afternoon of Mr. C. T. L. Hadder. who was engaged on construction works In the district. A member of the Ex-Services Association he had spent 29 years In Malaya and was 54 years of age.
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  • 296 11 Malacca Member's Notice Of Motion In Colony Council THE running of lotteries controlled by the state to raise money for the furlher prosecution of the >\ar is to be debated at the meeting of the Leffcfetfrt Council on Jan. 20. Mr. G. Wiseman, member of
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  • 113 11 iFrom Our Own Correspondent) Batavla. Jan. 7. TIE X.P.M. celebrated its fiftieth anniversary with the annual meeting of the company last week. The President of the Company, Heer vas Dias, in his speech, emphasized the strong financial position of the company and the close
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  • 95 11 A TOTAL of £4,000 has now been remitted to Britain from the Trengganu SD'tfire Fund In caring last week an acknowledgment of the fourth remittance of .f} 1.000, the Secretary of State for the Colonies expressed the grateful thanks of His Majesty's Government to the Sultan
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  • 194 11 Returning Shortly To Australia From Our Own Correspondent Penang. J.ui 6 •■pHE Penang Tribunal, compruin*; Mr. A. E. Cocpe (chairman), Mr J. A. L.ack and Mr. E V. C. Thomson, to-day told jockey W. G. Eastburn who applied for a postponement certificate that h»« was nat liable
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  • 153 11 £1,320,000 Windfall For N.Z. Harbour Board A COURT decision Just given means that, by a freak of nature, the disastrous 1931 earthquake idded .€1.320,000 to the assets of the Napier (N.Z.) Harbour Board. A heavy toll of life was taken. ;\nrt Napier was wrecked, but 8.000 acres
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  • 254 12 Police Statement At Trial TWu men who were arrested distributing pamphlets in China street on Dec. 11. one of them a the General Hospital, were convicted in the third court ysterday on a charge of being members oi an unlawful society, the Singapore Chine.-c Workers' Antl-Japanc-o
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  • 90 12 Msat in Holland l% Rood early on Sunday morning, Ptc. James Boyd. of the Aiyyll and Sutherland Highlanders, appeared ii. the 'raffle court before Mr Conrad Oldham yesterday on a charge ot causing the death of a Javanese, Badri bin Noor Sadar. by negligent
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  • 798 12 Sequel To Motor Car Crash In Kuala Lumpur Town (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 6. THE force of the impact was so great that an entire house was shaken v/hen a car collided with it, said Mr. A. J. Grattan-Bellewf Deputy Legal Adviser,
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  • 119 12 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Jan. 6. THKRE will be a mass exhumation of bodies, nearly 10,000 in number, in old and neglected graves in Cantonese cemeteries at Mount Erskine, Penang, in April. This is to be carried out by the trustees of the Kwangtung and Teochew
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  • 39 12 A SALOON car was damaged by ftre while it was parked in Penang Lane last night. On receiving the alarm, two fire engines proceeded to the scene, and the fire was extinguished within a few minutes.
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  • 286 12 Toys For Children In Britain I ADY THOMAS, wife of the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, appeals to the children of Malaya for toys to be sent to England for children whose homes have been bombed or who have been sent out from the danger areas. "I should
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  • 222 12 "IN this case the driver of the car which emerged from Chua Choo Kang Road Is entirely to blame," said Mr. Conrad Oldham, convicting a taxi driver, Dom bin Haji Dalip. ln the traffic court yesterday. Dallp was fined $30 for negligent driving. The case
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  • 157 12 SINGAPORE Muslims have decided to J render assistance to Malayan Muslims who are in difficulties In Mecca owing to the war. and to seek the co-operation of Government in the matter. At a public meeting held ou Saturday at the All-Malaya Muslim Missionary Society,
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  • 63 12 BUDDHIST WEDDING (From Our On Correspondent) Penaog, Jan. 9 THE marriage took place at the Penang 1 Buddhist Association yesterday of Miss Cheah Lean Kin. youngest daughter of the late Mr. Cheah Chim Yean and of Mrs. Cheah. and Mr. Oan Teng Hool, second son of the late Mr. Oan
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  • 574 12 CTATING that he was an eye- witness of a murder outside a cofleeshop in Jalan Besar on the night of Dec. 10, a 15-year-old Hokkien boy admitted to a Singapore magistrate yesterday that he was a member of a secret society. The
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  • 680 13 Tanks Co-operate FOUR-DAY ATTACK CAPTURES LIBYAN "CORNERSTONE" A VIVID account of how detachments of Australian troops, supported by British tanks, marched into Bardia, much-extolled and boasted bastion of Italian libya and cornerstone of Fascist North Africa, and the marching away from Bardia,
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  • 385 13 London. Jan. RICHARD Dimbleby, 8.8.C. observer in the Middle East, describing the fall of Bardia, tells how one Australian officer, with only seven gunners, forced 2.900 Italian officers and men to surrender. With only a revolver in his hand, he came to the month of an
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  • 789 13 advance troops pressing on their on-M slaught. Tanks were In action, and J behind them was a company of Austra Han Infantry, coming into grips with t the remnants of the Bardia garrison. During this advance, I heard an t Anstralian officer say that the t
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  • 60 13 Hong Kong, Jan. 6. THE French Ambassador to China, M Henri Cosine, suddenly changing his original plan to visit Peiping via Shanghai, has left here for Hanoi, according to a Chinese newspaper report. He arr.ved here from Chungking on Dec. 29 M. Cosmes visit
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  • 534 14 Forces Are Steadily Closing In On Albanian Town Of Elbasan London, Jan. 6. riNFIKK from both sides indicates that the Greeks and Italians are both preparing for a major battle in the Elbasan-Poffradec sector, cables Reuter's special correspondent on the Albanian
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  • 176 14 London, Jan. 6. SIR Kingsley Wood, the Chancellor oi the Exchequer in a speech yesterday, referred to the cheerful fortitude and dogged endurance and grit of the British people in the great cities, and in the towns and villages, which, he slid, had been the
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  • 43 14 New Delhi. Jan 6. THE Gove*"ment of India has selected Mr.S. Ldt:, Jt present additional deputy secretary cf the Education Deoartm.nt. as thp next, Indian Agent in Malaya He will take charge at the ond of March— Reuter.
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  • 43 14 London, Jan. 6 THE death is announced to-day In a flying accident of Wing-Comman-der Arthur Sweeney. British Olympic sprinter and winner of the 100 yards and 220 yards events in the British Empire Games in London in 1934.— Reuter.
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  • 34 14 MR. Tsuneo Hattorl, the Japanese consul in Shanghai, has been appointed to be consul in Sydney and is scheduled to leave Kobe at the end of this month.— Reuter.
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  • 22 14 An Indian tank-hunting squad receiving instructions before going toward the Italian lines in the Western Desert.
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  • 225 14 REICH-VICHY TENSION Berlin Talk Of "New Situation" Basle, Jan. 6. fWFFICIAL circles in Berlin, states the Berlin correspondent of the Basler Nachrichten, admit that there has been a deterioration in the relations between Berlin and Vichy, and add that this will possibly lead to an entirely new situation." The correspondent
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  • 43 14 Calcutta, Jan. 6. A BIG rally of industrial workers passed a re^olu.ion of s)lid:ritv with British workers in their fight against Fascism and called on the Indian masses of workers to stand shoulder to shoulder with the British workers.—Reuter.
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  • 23 14 A son and he!r has been born to the cricketer Nawab of Pataudi, who is a son-in-law of the Nawab of Bhopal. —Reuter.
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  • 384 14 Campaign Surpasses German Offensive London, Jan. 8. TTHE victory of Bardia opens up great possibilities in the opinion of the London newspapers. The Times, for example, discussing the Imperial forces' next move, remarks, "Owing to the material and moral damage suiTered by the Italian army,
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  • 50 14 London, Jan. 6. ROME is still trying to keep the surrender of Bardia from the world. In a French broadcast this morning the Rome radio said As we mentioned yesterday evening, fighting in the Bardia sector has redoubled in violence and is being continued." Reuter.
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  • 60 14 JAPANESE naval air units from an undisclosed base in Indo-China in large formation raided Kunming, capital of Yunnan Province, yesterday afternoon, bombing the Provincial Government tuilding there, according to a naval communique. Another naval air unit severely bombed the Kungkuo br'dge, on the Yunnan-Burma route,
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  • 65 14 Madrid, Jan. 6. LITTLE importance is attached in Berlin to the report that a protest will be madr by Eire against the alleged German bombing of "some place in Its territory," says the Berlin correspondent of the newspaper ABC. He adds that it is stated
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  • 55 14 New Delhi, Jan 6. rE altered position in the Mediterranean has led many Middle East and Near East countries to turn to India for coal supplies. In recent months orders for thousands of Wns have been received from Sudan, Palestine, Greece and Egypt, while Hong Kong has
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  • 272 14 Russia The Most Important Route London, Jan. 8. """PHE blockade is very effective though I should like the net drawn tighter still," stated Mr. Hugh Dalton, Minister for Economic Warfare, in a special interview with the Sunday Times. Germany still has important supply routes the route through
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  • 64 14 London, Jan. 6. MUELARTIEST congratulations on the memorable part played by the Australian forces in the victory of Bardla,". says a telegram from the Dominions Secretary. Viscount Cranborne, to Mr. R. O. Menzies. Australian Prime Minister. "By their courage and dash they have added fresh lustre to
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  • 21 14 The two Junior Maharanis of Nepal have contributed 5,000 runees each to ithe Vicereine's fund for the purchase of ambulances. —Reuter.
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  • 282 15 New Cricket Record TWIN CENTURIES IN FIRST BIG MATCH k CRICKET record not achieved even by the mighty Bradman, was completed at the Sydney Cricket Ground •n Saturday by A. Morris, a young St. n. writes a correspondent in ihe Sydney Morning HeraJd of 30 Following 144 in the first
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  • 47 15 New York. Jan. 6. THE promoter Mike Jacobs has announced that Joe Louis, wurid heavyweight boxing champion, meets the comparatively unknown Gus Doraxi'> it Phtkide.phla on or about Feb. 27 Louis' nrxt *ight is .riV.nst Clarence Burman on Jan 31.—Feuter.
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  • 67 15 IN nail match played on Friday lrvt. the Brcmtoro Spcrrs Club beat S;me Darby Spor.s Clu'o by I a to two. Br..mt)co's players menre: Lim Lirn I. b r Chsong Hny Foh On» Ch beat Tan Kirn Pr^ey 3 0; W J N L-.'e lest to A D
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  • 42 15 *TTHE X- ppcl Gclf Clubs consolatijn prize competition resolted in a «in fcr G CoekiMttD wlio returned a *core of 90 21 JANIAKY MEDAL T:,< M nihly Medal for January (bogey) will nc played for on Saturday and Sunday.
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  • 1093 15 MALAYA CUP PLAYERS IN OLD BOYS' FOOTBALL Young Bloods Who Have Proved Their Mettle Sports Notes From The Federal Capital (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 5. IWO less than 14 players who have represented Selan1 por at soccer in Malaya Cup matches took part in the final of
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  • 297 15 Royal Singapore Oclf Club's January bogey compHuion was played at Bukit Timah oa Saturday end Sunday and resulted in a win for D M Henderson In "A* division wi h c scure pf three up. in a win fcr A. G Dorm in "B"
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  • 114 15 ON Friday, at the Royal Singapore Yacht Club, there will be the usual races for all classes, starting at 5.23 p.m. for the "A" class, and at 5.25 p.m. for the other classes. On Sunday, the "C" class will sail the first race for
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  • 81 15 Athens, Jan. 6. PRINCE Paul and Prince Peter, Sir Charles Palalret, the British Minister and high Greek and British officers were among a crowd or 3,000 who saw an Athens team beat a side representing the British Forces in Greece by four goals to three
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  • 135 15 "PHE following is the latect classification list cf horses and ponies issued by the Straits Racing Association yesterday HORSES Transfers are: From class 1 to class 2: On Approval, Samory. From class 4 to class 3: Princ?ss Prim From class 3 to class 4: Blue and White,
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  • 43 15 THE second annual general meeting of the United Family Badminton Parcy will be held at the residence of its senior patron Mr. Heng Mvi Keng, 342. Mvi Keng Terrace, off Pasir PanJang Read, on Saturday, commencing at 2.30 p.m. sharp.
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  • 415 15 League Competitions Improve The Standard Of Soccer (From Our Own Correspondent) So ir a mat. U/FTH the year ended a review of .Tohore sport for 1940 will not be out of place. The State, though not actually excelling m any of the various
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  • 310 15 TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS RUGGER: S.C.f. vs. Loyals. S.C.C.; St. Andrew's Old Boys \s R.A. (Changi), Woodsville. HOCKKY: V.S.V. vs. Field Ambulance. Tanglin. Luckhart and StradlinK and the side went through the season with only few wins to their <redk. The inter-schDol cricket competition for the Webb Cun was won by
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  • 438 16 ADVANCE INTO LIBYA BEING X >NTINUED RELENTLESSLY Advanced Airfields Near Naval Base Said To Have Fallen Cairo, Jan. 6. TIIK K.A.F. have r»eiiun a heavy bombardment of Tobruk, 1 the Italian naval base, which advanced elements of Britrxh and Imperial forces are now approaching
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  • 228 16 London, Jan. 6. A WAR Production Executive Committee is to be set up, consisting of the First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. A. V. Alexander, the Minister for Aircraft Production. Lord Beaverbrook, the Minister of Labour. Mr. Ernest Bevin. and the Minister of
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  • 448 16 Italian Prisoners Exceed The Number Of Aussies In Action Ixmdon, Jan. (>. AUSTRALIAN casualties in the storming of JSardia. it' is authoritatively learned here, are only about 400. A' communique issued in Melbourne from Gen. Sir Thoman Blarney, Australian Commander-in-Chief, put the figure
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  • 37 16 Eleven Italian generals have been taken prisoner so far in the Western Desert campaign. licttirr shows threr of the generals and their staffs arriving under escort at an aerodrome in Cairo.
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  • 452 16 London, Jan. 6. ■pO-DAY'S Italian communique deals with the surrender of the garrison at Bardia in two brief sentences, as follows: "The battle on the Bardia front continued yesterday from morning to evening with great violence. Further strongholds have submitted after fierc-? resistance
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  • 206 16 Tokio War Chief Warns Nation T »kio, Jan. <;. yHi: blunt wirning that p«';;cc cannct be expeclei in the nt-af future, though the Tlina cam^aisn has entered upon its fourth yrur, was piven hv the War Mini Lieut. -Con. Hiileki Tr»jo, at a mt:ting of
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