The Straits Times, 21 January 1941

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    36 1 The Straits Times I^STABLISIiED KEAKLV A CENTuRV] MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER—LARGEST NET SALES It PA(;KS SINGAPORE, TUESDAY. JANUARY 21, 1941. PRICE 5 CENTH The Straits Times 16 VM.y t SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1941. PRICE 5 CENTS
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      281 1 MIEN CKONG SMART TAILORING AfilbM» Salt LM«ih* WAIM NlllH.Lh Ik SUk Wml AH* AMEBKAN SHARKSKIN In *mrt*«< c»l«»r» J« C«toMMM St. Bpw» rhM* «si« SINQAPORS, 140 CECIL ST. PHONE 5471), WHITBREAD'S "G«T BEER TRY IT IT WILL PLEASE YOU ASK FOR WHITBREAD'S r^ LABEL L^otnpanu oLitnited V (Incorporated in England)
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      87 1 FINAL EDTN. KUALA lUMPUR, 25 JAVA ST. ('PHONE 3583). v SPECIALLY BLENDED FRESHLY ROASTED w «i4^^ (P^^ i!r^^f/%\ GROUND DAILY i lb Tlfl so 40 1 lb TIN S0-76 l lb 51 42 &mLAIIJUKaI& mLAllJUKal BEAMS (Whtie Roasted) C 5 cts. per !b. ROBINSONS LOOSE COFFEE SINGAPORE 66 cts. psr
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      8 1 ELSIE MARY Battery Rood. Dresses lor all occasions
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  • The Straits Times DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      ACKNOWLEDGMENT
      28 2 The Family of the late Mr. L. R. Chandran wish to express their heartfelt thanks to all friend.* who attended the funeral and •ent wreaths and telepramy
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      1707 2 I PIANOS I PIANO WANTED. State make and lowest jcash price Box Mo. 551. Straits Times. WANTED WANTED TO BUY: Winter Clothes; Stock size Woman: Boy and Girl: Ages 3 it 2 respect. Deposit, Approval. Singapore BoxNo. 636. Straits Times. FOR SALE SHELVADOR Refrigerator Pnoo* US). FOE SALE, Huttenbach 6
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      852 2 BOARD RESIDENCE NO. 2. TANGLIN HILL, vacant. Feb. Ist. large room. (M.S.) Officers of H. M. Fortes are offered quietude, and a convenient address. Tel. 2478. BEACH HOUSE beautifully situated by the sea. Large rooms with bathroom attached Excellent cuisine. Quiet. Garages Term. Court. Phone *****. HOLLAND HL'IS, 304 Orchard
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      825 2 LOST LOST dark coated Cairn terrier dog. Last seen Itt Mile Bukit Timah Road, evenin' 19th. Finder please telephone 6934. Addn.* 15 Malcolm Road. Reward. "auction notice THE SINGAPORE AUCTIONEERS (By Order of The Custodian of Enemy Property. S.S.) IMPORTANT AUCTION SALE Of 130 drums suiphitc soda. 80 drums Bisulphite
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      752 2 EDUCATIONAL 48 Dickson Road I'HONK MM MORNING CLASSES— Owing to rush <>f students, a new class is being formed only 20 vacancies. Admission closes on Ist February. EVENING CLASSES— Admission oily to Jr. Bookkeeping, Typewriting and Shot (hand speeds 70/160. NOTICES INOIICK. Importers and stockist* of Hydrochloric mm? Sulphuric Acids,
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    Radio News In English
    206 3 1.20 8.8.C. 25.53 m. 19.82 m. 5.5« Manila IKZRM 31.35 m 6.05 8.8.C. 31 55 m. 6.55 Manila (KZlttt 31.58 m 8.28 8.8.C. 31.55 m. and 49.59 m 9.27 Rangooa 49 .91 m. 9.4* Melbourne 25.25 m. (except Sunday i 11.4* Delhi 31.3t m p.m. 12.50
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    SCIENCE WINS
    254 3 It is a wen established tact tnat millions of dollars are expended annually in repairing the damage done by Termites or White Ants as they are commonly called [n a recent Dress survey It was shown that, on the estimates of the Kuala Lumpur Worss and Buildings Department,
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      380 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. rlncorporatedr Incorporated in England) FZNINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S N Co MAIL PASSENGER AND CAROO SERVICI The best possible services are being maintained by the P O S N Coy from the Straits to their usual ports of call in China. India.
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      240 3 (Incorporated in Japan l GENERAL PASSENGER AGFNTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LINE. TO EUROPE VIA AMERICA Through Cares te Nortb America to Europe via America and Round Toms In the Pacific quoted in t.S. S on apptl««tlon To California from the Orient rl» '*****0 lea. Manila lea. fTkonT ■S. TAWATA
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      444 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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      293 3 INSURANCE fireacclde^i fidelity guarantee-marine workmen's compensation l-HE LONDON ASSURANCE HONO KONO FIRE INSCE CO. LTTX PHOENIX ASSURANCE CO. LTD. WESTERN ASSURANCE CO. EAGLE STAR INS CO. LTD imrnsH America assurance co. GUTHRIE&CO..LTD. (Incornorateo to 83 i SEND A CALL TO UNIVERSAL RADIO HOUSE, 205 Orchard Roaa Pnone 4»6"? When You
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      181 3 TO-DAY SINGAPORE ZHL 13.SS me/l 22S m.) Zliri 9 M me (SON m.) ZRP3 Its me (41 M (ZHL A ZHPl: 5 p.m. Modern Mandarin Musict, 5.40 pjD. News In Cantonese; 5 55 p.m. Hokklon musict; 6 05 p.m. News In Hoktlen; 6 20 p m. News In Englivh. Relayed
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      192 3 News in Tamil; 7 pjn. Light Orchestral music played by Georges Boulanger and rua Orchestrat; 7.10 p.m. News in French; 7.20 p.m. Georges Boulanger and bis Orchestra (contd.)t; 7.30 p.m. Malay Programme by ?h» Ria Melodlans. (contd) 8. p.m. Warning to Mariners. News In Malay; 8.15 p.m. News Commentary In
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      782 3 News In English. Relayed from London6.35 p.m. Grand Massed Brass Bandat: 6.50 p.m. Warning to Mariners. Weather Report. Early results of Ipoh Races; 6.55 p.m. Children's Programme: Further instalment of "Simon of 'Smu(jgi»».3' serial story by Joan Grigsby. Read7 bv the Authoress; 7.10 p.m. Arensky'- "Trio in D Minor. Opus
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    London Stock Exchange
    388 4 Business Slow And Prices Irregular London, Jan. 20. QN the Stock Exchange to-day business was slow with price movements Irregular. Tea shares, however, continued to meet good buying and building shares and heavy Industrials were supported. On the other hand, some recently popular Industrials net profit-taking. Mexican
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    132 4 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Jan. 20. COMMODITY and Exchange markets closed aa follows wlUa previous quotations In Daren thesis: RUBBER: Steady. Spot 12* d 124 d (Uttd U7il6d) Feb. 12% d 12 7116 d U2Vld 12% d) Apr.June 12% d 12 7|l«d (12>4d 12% d) JulySept. 12
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    92 4 Tuesday, Jan. 21, noon. Bayers Sellers Prices Prices No. IX K.S.S. (Spot loose) UK M% No. IX R.S.S. fob. In cams J ml -Feb. (Sellers option) 36% 37 G.F.A.Q. R S.S. fob. in bales Jan.-Feb (Sellers option) 3«Vi 3«% F.A.Q. R.S.S. f.o.b. In bales Jan.
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    MAIL ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES
    109 4 Mails close at the General Post Office as follows: TO-DAY Africa (South) surface 1 p.m. Canada surface 4 p.m. air 4 p.m. China i except Yunnan and Szechwan Province surface 4 p.m. Ceylon surface 1 p.m. Formosa surface 4p.m. Hong Kong surface 4p.m. Philippine Islands surface
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    Reasons Why Police Consider Lotteries For Any Purpose To Be Undesirable
    1524 4 THAT confidential information which the police have come into possession of during the course of their work over a period of years pointed conclusively to the undesirability of public lotteries was stressed by Mr. A. H. Dickinson, Inspector General
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    AROUND THE MARKETS
    343 4 Tins And Rubbers Easier: Small Turnover (By Our Financial Correspondent) Singapore, Jan. 21. TTHE local share market was much quieter in all sections yesterday and it also opened quietly this morning. In the tin share section yesterday the feature was the continued good demand for Kramat and
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    MALAYA'S TIN EXPORT DEFICIT REDUCED
    152 4 II^ALAYA'S deficit in tin exports for IT! 1940 was not so great as was suggested in a recent issue of the Straits Times. This report stated that the deflci v at the end of 1940 was 7,405 tens, and was arrived at by using the
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    56 4 London, Jan. 20. TIN opened barely steady. The turn- over was 125 tons. The fresh consumer demand was disappointing. United Kingdom weekly stocks showed a further fall of 187 tons, v 4.450 tons, due to shipments to the United States. Af.er official hours there was no business bin there wer;
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    NOTE CIRCULATION RISES IN MALAYA
    64 4 A SHARP rise in the amount of currency in circulation in Malaya occurred in 1940. The amount in circulation on Jan. 1. this year was $164,578,897. compared with $126,215,108 at the end of December 1939 and $157,817,899 on June 30 last. The amount in circulation
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    SINGAPORE TRACTION RECEIPTS RISE
    62 4 •yRAFFIC receipts of the Singapore Traction Co., Ltd. continue to rise. In December the receipts were $256,000, compared with $251,000 in Nuvc:and $225,000 in December 1939. The total receipts for the period October to December, being the first three months of the company's financial year were
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    December Rubber Corps
    34 4 The following crops ot rubber wcr harvested in December Lb. Brunei United 33,774 Bukit Timah 6,994 Changkat 27.721 Haytor 14.183 Indragiri 140.446 Lunas 52,710 Nyalas 46,500 Tapah 90.157 Ulu Pandan 1,936
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    EXCHANGES
    176 4 the following are die exenange rates Ibu mcrulng according to tht dally circular issued by the Honsionp and Shsunrhal Banking Corooratlon:— U>uaon 1.1. 1/t 1/1| Lor.don demand 1/4 l/lf Switzerland demand <T.T only) 202 New York demand 47 3/32 Montreal demand 61 27/3S Bata via demand 88 S&tnaranß demand
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    Order Of Running & Non-Acceptors
    160 4 Order Of Running Non-Acceptors Ipoh Races rE order of running and non-acceptors at Ipoh to-morrow, the second day of uw Perak Turf Club's iyiUire mectlnfj are RACE 1: Horses, class 4, div 3 515 1 furlongs.—Nil. RACE 2: Horses, class 4, div. 2, .>' furlongs.—Quick Money. RACE 3: Horses, class
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      314 4 BE PREPARED FOR OUR SPECIAL -BLACKOUT DANCE" TOMORROW! TOMORROW! NON-STOPfT 9 j DANCE -I PtOVL P M 1 NfITC Special Dinners can be obtained at the De Luxe Restaurant at very moderate Charges I* TO-NIGHT DANCE TEA DANCE 9.30 TO 12 P M. TO-DAY 6.30 to 9 P.M. WATCH FOR
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    GLENEALY PLANTATIONS PAYS 12½ PER CENT.
    755 5 Forward Contracts For 48 j Tons Made As "Insurance" ADDRESSING sharel iers at the annual meeting of Glenealy Plantations Ltd. in Singapore on Saturday. Mr. J. Edgar Jones, who presided in the absence of Mr. F. G. I.umdon. the chairman, said: Tho profit for
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    COMPANIES STRUCK OFF COLONY REGISTER
    32 5 •yHE following companies have beer. struck off the register of companies The New Sterling Trunk Co 1935) Ltd.; Telom Valley Development Co., Ltd. and Queen's Theatre Ltd.
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    Malayan Share brokers Assn. Singapore Quotations
    1342 5 MONDAY, JAN. 34, 1941: 4 P.M. MIXING ns»fr Srllert Ampat Tin (ss> 3a 3d 3s 7ft Austral Amal (ss> 6s 7ftd 7* c.d. Austral Malay 35s 36s c.d. Ayer Hltam (ss> 21s 22s 6d Ayer Weng ($1) .82 .86 Bangrin Tin (C) 15t> 16*
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    SINGAPORE TIDE TABLES
    75 5 To-da> H. w. 4 a.m. 8.8 ft.; 4.41 p.m. 7.9 rt. L. w. 10.18 a.m. 3.4 ft.; 10.29 p.m. 4.1 ft. To-a»orrow H. W. 5 a.m. 8.6 ft.; 8.26 p.m. 7.5 ft. L. W. 11.45 a.m. 3.3 ft.; 11.44 p.m. 4.8 ft. Thursday. Jan. 23 H. W.
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      97 5 TWO WAYS TO BUILD FOR VICTORY MiTaU *^UBBOHP"^^^i ww^^^^^^ *^^^^h Hep" Britain relies on cement not only to build fortifications, factories and A.R.P. shelters but also to strengthen the economic front. Every bag exported provides additional revenue to pay for essential war materials. This export trade is most valuable when
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      943 5 AUCTION NOTICE. MORTGAGEES* AUCTION SALE Of valuable 999 years leasehold Singapore properties to be held at the saleroom of Messrs Cheong Hock Chye Co.. Ltd No. 1-A (First Floor) Raffles Place, Singapore, on Thunda*. 23rd January, 1941 at 2.30 P.M. MORTGAGEES* SALE Lot 1. Nos. 31. 33 and 35 Kirn
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      296 5 THE MERCANTILE DANS OF INDIA (TRUSTEES) LIMITED. Guaranteed and Controlled oy THf, MERCANTILE BANK Ol- I.NDI* LIMITED The Company wnich is incorporated :n the SJ3. and registered as a Trust Company, undertakes the following duties; EXECUTOR OR TRUSTEE OF A WILL ADMINISTRATOR OP ESTATE OF DECEASED PERSON TRUSTEE OF A
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      241 6 The Famous Star off 'The HUNCHBACK of NOTRE DAME' in RKO Radio's Outstanding Dramatic Hit! RESERVATIONS MUST BE TAKEN UP BEFORE 9.15 P.M. KKO RADIO PICTURES *2S^ftft£ Prize-Winning T»o-Season H^ft H#^ f l^ Stage Sensation dMM/MSa Ty| v \af I A *^^T 1L bW ate. jf VIl -JsS *S!Hb^b«»^l u\
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      254 6 Richard Tauber R*****9 When Day Is Done Solitude Detl Arnai A Hb Orchestra* R2756 Union Trlste— Bolero J Vlra V Vtra— Conga 1 Billy Thorburn (Piano) P1768 Walte Medley Pox Trot Medley Ivor Moreton A Dave Kaye P1767 Tin Pan Alley— Medlty No. 29 WUI Bradley His Orchestra R2758 A
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      285 6 The new Dance Team Sensation of the Screen GEOKGE MURPHY LANA TUftNER Their brilliant dancing in this gay musical picture will astound you B I 3 SHOWS DAILY CAPITOL j 3.15-6.15-9.15 I in romance set to song I 'Z OTMT TAYT nR < < ILc<J>l 1 1 1\ I Lull
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    PEACE OVERTURES REPORTED OFFERED BY INDOCHINA
    376 7 I Air Naval Fighting Mentioned In Two Rival Communiques Shanghai, Jan. 20. THE French authorities are believed to have made overtures for an early settlement of the Thai-Indo-China conflict when the acting Minister, M. Roger Garreau, spent one hour yesterday conferring with the Thai
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    Sweden's Neutrality Is Reaffirmed
    136 7 Stockholm, Jan. 20. SWEDEN'S strict neutrality was reaffirmed by M. Guenther, the Foreign Minister, in a speech yesterday. Trade with western countries had practically ceased following developments In Norway and Denmark, he said. "Although trade with the Soviet Union, Germany and Italy has been intensified by
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    Death Of Dame Margaret Lloyd-George
    78 7 Death Of Dame Margaret Lloyd-George London, Jan. 20. rvAME Margaret Lloyd-George died to-day three days after her husband's 78th birthday, reports Reuter. Mr. Lloyd-George made a car dash from Churt, Surrey, to Criccieth, Wales, but is believed to be held up in the Midlands. Dame Margaret was 75. Three weeks
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    New Submarine Replaces Orzel
    60 7 London. Jan 21. ANEW submarine named Sokol to replace the famous Polish submarine Onel has been launched somewhere in the north." Gen. Sikorski. taking it over, advised Polish sailors to emulate the virtues of the British seamen. The Oriel escaped Glynia and reached Britain after a
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    Enemy Claims In Malta Raids
    278 7 Berlin, Jan. 20. "17IVE German aircraft yesterday failre d to return from operations against the enemy," states a German High Command communique. The communique records an attack made yesterday on Valetta harbour. Malta, by considerable numbers of German bombers <uid dive-bombers in which "several hits
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    59 7 Chungking. Jan. 20. of the attack on the Fourth A Route (Communist) Army has caused disappointment in foreign diplomatic circles where it was hoped the differences could be settled without any bloodshed. The Soviet Embassy has been the scene of much diplomatic activity during the past few days, rupercussions of
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    ITALIAN UNIT ANNIHILATED
    123 7 Greeks Advance Despite Snow London, Jan. 20. A MILITARY spokesman declared over the Athens radio last night that a new Italian division in Albania has been annihilated. Last night's Greek communique reports that many prisoners have been captured and a great quantity of war materials have fallen
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    Developments In U.S. Attitude To War
    253 7 London, Jan. 20. RECENT developments in the American attitude towards war are the subject of editorial comment In most of the London newspapers to-day. According to The Times, the mixing up of British and American plans of defence Is based on considerations broader than
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      326 7 HOTELS RAFFLES HOTEL to-night DINNER DANCE (informal) 8 p.m. to midnight at^ BB a A ct E .oh THE ASTOR DUO WKI.I KNOWN r\|.KNlEI> ACROBAIIC H\NC KRS Dinner $3.00. Non-diners PM. SUNDAY EVENING IN THE PALM COUkT SINGAPORE'S MOST POPULAR SOCIAL RENDEZVOUS MILITARY BAND CONCERT by the Band of the
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JAN. 21, 1941. (506th Day Of The War.) WHAT GLADSTONE SAID!
    1434 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JAN. 21, 1941. (506th Day Of The War.) WHAT GLADSTONE SAID! At the end of a speech in which he solved the old problem of what Gladstone said in 1859 and told us what Richard Cobden said a few years earlier, the Hon. Mr. H.
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      WAR TAX ORDINANCE
      1733 8 Many Flaws In Proposals Now Before Council To the Editor Of the Straits Times Sir,— The War Tax Ordinance, 1941. is coming before the Legislative Council to-day. There has-been a lot of public discussion of this Bill, but It remains to be seen what influence this will
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      Injustice To Members Of Partnership Firms
      101 8 To the Editor or the Straits Time* Sir,— Your correspondent "Scrutator," in reply to my letter of Jan. 6. pointing out the injustice that will b* done to partnership firms if the War Tax Bill is passed in its present form, suggests the remedy
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      Depreciation Of Plant And Machinery
      653 8 To the Editor of the Straits Tim*» Sir,- In he new War Tax Bill there is no depreciation cr wruten-down value of plant and machinery provided for. In th? English Ac; a person i« allowed one of two op. ions: '1> tha <•' claiming an
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      85 8 DEAN'S SCHOOL (Tang-lin) FOB H ROPVAN CHILDREN NKW TERM rommrnred l»th Jan.. JMI. Vacancies for SENIOR SCHOOL (I*— lS Tear*) JI'NIOR SCHOOL (7 —It Years) KINDERGARTEN (5 —7 Years) Nl RSI.RY SCHOOL (S —5 Te»n) I*Bpifo accepted during term at pro rata fees. Telephone Secretary 7523 Z-, 302 Orchard Road
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    JAPAN WARNS UNITED STATES OF RISK OF WAR
    536 9 Foreign Minister On U.S. Embargoes PROTEST ALSO MADE AGAINST BRITISH "INTERFERENCE" "No Course Left But To Organize Defence" urgent plea to the United States to "reflect deeply on her attitude with truly God-fearing piety" in order to :i\oid the risks of a
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    tokio & thai fighting
    209 9 tokio thai fighting Cannot Remain Indifferent 91 JM'W as Hrn Wader of East Asia J cannot afford to remain in•iitrcrent to the dispute between I'rench Indo-China and Thailand, ileclnred Mr. Y. Matsuoka, Japanese Foreign Minister, speaking at the r« opening of the Diet yesterday. Iff. Mai^uoka expressed the hope that
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    STATEMENT in KONOYE TO-DA\
    86 9 Tokio. .Tan. 20. draft i! pteeh i tinPrime Minister. Prince Krnoye. to be delivered to-morrow .it the tning session of the Diet was approved at an extraordinai-y Cabinet tag last night. In his sptvch. P-iuee Kon >ye will s*kss that Japan is now being confronted with
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    LABOUR PROBLEMS AT LONDON DOCKS
    96 9 London, Jan. 21. A SCHEME for more efficient dis(h.ir«e of >hip.s and lessening of it the docks is expected :o be hnr.ouneod in the House of Cimim ns by Mr. Ernest 8.-v.n. Minister of Labour, when h> sp:aks in the manpower snd production debate on
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    RUMANIAN MINISTER FOR INTERIOR RESIGNS
    34 9 London, Jan. 21. Gl'etroviccscu, the Rumanian M n.ster lor Interior has resigned •nd his successor will be Gen. Popescu, rtate* a Bucharest dispatch to the c.ermun news agency.— Reuter.
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    Roosevelt Note To King Boris?
    91 9 Sofia, Jan. 21. r" Is now known that Col. W. D. Donovan, President Roosevelt's special envoy to the Balkans will see M. Popoff, the Foreign Minister, and Prof. Flloff, the Prime Minister, to-day It is rumoured that apart from President Roosevelt's desire to establish contacts
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    Calcutta-Hong Kong Air Service Talks
    97 9 Calcutta, Jan. 21. HTHE nrst trial trip for the new air service between China and India has been successfully completed. The China National Aviation Corporation's machine left Chungking at 131 3 p.m. on Saturday and arrived at Calcutta on Sunday evening via Lashio and Chittagon£
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    Eton College Bombed Twice
    53 9 Eton College, the famous 250-year-old English public school, was twice bumbed by the Nazis recently. Picture shows part of the Precentor's house that was wrecked. The College chapel just missed destruction, but its windows have gone. Below are seen three boys of the school salvaging some
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    Italian U-boat Sunk By Greeks
    175 9 British Fighters In Clash Over Piraeus London, Jan. 21. AN Italian submarine has been sunk by Greek anti-submarine defences. This was announced by the Minister of Marine las; nigh., says the A; hens i radio. 1 1 British fighters engaged Italian i planes that raided
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    37 RAIDERS SHOT DOWN AT MALTA
    103 9 Malta, Jan. 21. SEVENTEEN enemy aircraft were destroyed in Malta on Sunday, it is now officially announced. This makes the total enemy losses in three days 37 destroyed for certain, five probably 1 destroyed and nine damaged. The firmness of the people of Malta
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    EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES IN AIR RAID SHELTERS
    144 9 London, Jan. 21. LONDONERS are having opportunities of relieving shelters' difficulties. The Londen County Council education authorities are planning to take educational opportunities into the shelters. Council officials are now finding out what to wanted by the people themselves. They are asking shelterers what
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    FLYINGBOAT RESCUES
    77 9 I ARGE numbers of shipwrecked mariners i owe their lives to the Sunderland flying1 boats of the Coastal Command who far out over trie sea have seen ships, boats and rafts I struggling with the rough Atlantic waters. I On two occasions aircraft have been able to land
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    ROBBERY OF THE POLES
    156 9 Mass Execution By The Nazis London, Jan. 21. rE eviction of Poles from all parts of Poland incorporated in the German Reich la attaining vast proportions, according to Polish circles in London. In the first twelve months of Nazi rule 1.500.01(0 Poles are stated to have
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    Armed Man Arrested Outside White House
    57 9 Washington. Tan. IG. A SENSATIONAL incident marked the closing stages of the presidential inauguration to-day. An unidentified man carrying: a loaded revolver was arrested by secret servicemen in the square fronting the White House just before President Roosevelt returned from the Capitrl. The man
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    British Advance Into Eritrea
    89 9 Cairo, Jan. 21. THE British advance into Eritrea is proceeding satisfactorily, according to reports received from the Sudan front late last night. The number of Italian troops retreating from Kassala is pstimated to be between 5,000 and 8,000. mainly composed of native troops officered by Italians
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    Seamen Convicted In Flag Incident
    92 9 San Francisco, Jan. 20. "T^WO United States navy seamen were convicted to-day of "malicious mischief by cutting down the Nazi flag from German consulate here. This is an offence against another nation," said the municipal judge, after remanding them in the custody of the naval
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    HUNGARIAN MISSION TO THE KREMLIN
    41 9 London, Jan. 21. A HUNGARIAN mission to negotiate for direct passenger and goods traffic as well as telephone and telegraph communications between Hungary and the USSR, left for Moscow yesterday, according to the Budapest radio.— Reuter.
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    R.A.F's WORK IN PREVENTING SURPRISE NAZI INVASION
    329 9 Coastal Command Planes Aiding Navy To Combat U-boat Campaign London, Jan. 21. THE R.A.F. Coastal Command is straining every nerve to assist the Royal Navy to upset the Axis plans for reducing the scale of American aid to Britain and at the crucial
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    GREEKS HEM) IN RUMANIA?
    112 9 Tension Follows Shooting London, Jan. 21. ACCORDING to unconfirmed I rumours, all Greeks have been forbidden to enter or leave Rumania as from yesterday. This follows the shooting of Major Doesring, a member of the German military mission in Rumania, by a man named Axiotti, who
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    RELIEF FUNDS
    81 9 THE Lord Mayor's London and national ai*- raid distress fund has reachod th«total of 2.000,000. The London Red Cross and St. John Fund for the wounded now stand at £4.221.000. Reuter. marine bases in occupied France. In December alone 200 planes dropped 100 tons of bombs on these
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    TO-DAY'S INCREASE IN WAR FUND JNDER $1,000
    610 10 Office Estate Staffs Continue To Give Good Support ADDITIONAL contributions to The War Fund acknowledged to-day amount tn barely $1,000, and the total is rarried to $1,790,022. A seventh monthly contribution of $178 has been received from the vtafT of Messrs. Ritchie Bisset,
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    Ex-Mines Official Returns To "Vindicate Himself" Before Commission
    1866 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 20. THAT there could be no half measures about it and that he wished the Commission of Inquiry into the Mines Department to say if he was guilty or not as his reputation for 40
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    AMUSEMENTS
    119 10 SINGAPORE I.UHK HOTEL Dinner Dance (Informal) 8 p.m. to Midnight CAKI.KK THEATRE, GEYLANG dw owing to the last allat ion >f Wr. leni Electric sound system. CUJtT WORLD Cubarct: 9 pm. to Midnight. Globe: Code of Secret Service. 20CHK) Men Jn a Year. HAITI Till Mitt (Happy World) Plying
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    NEW APPEAL TO EUROPEANS
    273 10 Some Still Not Doing War Work AN appeal to British Europeans who even now are doing no war work as yet," to come forward without delay, unless they are incapacitated on the grounds of illhealth, was made by the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, in a speech
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    FUNERAL WITH FULL MILITARY HONOURS
    189 10 I >vwn Ovr Own Correspondent i Ipoh, Jan. 21. Ih. iuneral ox Mr. E. A. G. Anderson, O, C H. D. Sitiawan. look place this morning the Batu Gajah Protestant Cemetery. The llev. R. J. Thompson conducted the service at too church and graveside. full
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    "Great Dictator"
    35 10 This is Charlie Chaplin as he appears in the film "The Great Dictator," in which he parodies Hitler and Mussolini and totalitarian ways generally. The picture comes to the Capitol Theatre next month.
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    RUBBER DUTY IS RAISED
    203 10 Additional 2i Per Cent, Imposed AN aciditiDnal duty of two and a half per cent, on all rubber produced and exported from the Colony v/as authorized with the passing of the War Tax (Additional Rubber Duty) Bill through all stages on a certificate of urgency at
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    "DEFENCE PARAMOUNT ISSUE," SAYS GOVERNOR
    811 10 "DEFENCE PARAMOUNT ISSUE, SAYS GOVERNOR Sir Shenton On Work Of Malayan War Committee niSCLOSING the existence of a War Committee in Malaya, *^the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, declared in (he Legislative Council yesterday that Malaya knows well that defence is the one paramount issue and that the "State Governments and
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    VOLUNTEERS MUST BE FIT FOR WAR ROLE
    1519 11 G.O.C. Replies To Criticism Of "Heavy Training" CALLING-UP IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH IS ESSENTIAL TIIK necessity of ensuring that Volunteers during their periods of continuous training are made fit for war was emphasized yesterday by the General Officer Commanding, Malaya, Lieut.-General L. V.
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    THEFT IN QUEEN STREET ALLEGED
    73 11 A LLEGED to have stolen a gold chain and two gold leckets worth $73 14 fmm Lay Ec Ciian, Tung Lian Leng a 17-year-old Teochew youth, claimed trial in the Singapore second court yesterday. The offence was allegedly' committed in front of a post office
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    Capt. Hashim Renews Plea For Malayan War Council
    552 11 A RENEWAL of his appeal for a Malayan war council, was made by Capt. N. M. Hashim, speaking on the adjournment at yesterday's meeting of the Legislative Council. "Let us be wise in time and create a practical central organization so that
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    PUBLIC CO-OPERATION NEEDED TO REDUCE ROAD ACCIDENTS
    994 11 ROAD discipline can only really be assured with the co-operation of the pubic," declared Mr. A. H. Dickinson, the Inspector-General of Police, when he applied for such cooperation in the course of replying to a speech at the Legislative Council meeting yesterday by
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    GROVE ROAD ACCIDENT: INDIAN CHARGED
    72 11 AN INDIAN. Shaikh Farced, faced three charges in th e district traffic court yesterday, of voluntarily causing hurt to Supaat bin Rakin, to Squadron -Leader Christopher Crowley, and to Wing-Commdr. C. W. Coffey, by negligent driving along Grove Road a little after noon on Sunday.
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    57 11 Replyin? to a speech by Capt. N. M. Hashim. the Governor said at yesterday's meeting ot the legislative council that he would bring to the notice of the Director of Information and Propaganda the suggestion the Malay member had made for giving more publicity to certain measures which were being
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    A. R. P. Practice Has Begun
    348 12 WW r nil further Air Raid Precautions practices taking place in Singapore and Johore for three successive day* beginning to-day, the following reminders should be noted. 1. A night practice will be between p.m. to-morrow and 6 a.m. on Thursday, with probably more than
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    HIRED A CAR BUT DID NOT RETURN IT
    228 12 HIRED the car but did not return it," I 1 admitted Soh Pong Sai. a 37-year-old Hokkien, when he appeared in the Singapore I third court yesterday charged with misj appropriating, or converting to his own use, I a motor-car belonging to
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    POLO INTERNATIONAL IN SINGAPORE
    118 12 HORSE-LOVING Mr. Robert Skene, an Australian international polo player who has represented Australia against Britain In 1937 and Britain against America iii the series of games for the Westchester Cup in June 1939, has arrived in Singapore !.-om Australia with his wife. He is on his
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    JAPANESE REPORTS POISON ATTEMPT
    45 12 A Jcpantse photographer, M. Mitsunnga, reported to the police yesterday, that U attempt had been made to poison him. Ke declared that someone had put v Lson in his curry. He said his suspicions ere aroused when he tasted the curry.
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    More Exemptions Granted From Continuous Training
    644 12 TTHE Singapore Tribunal, yesterday heard 75 more applications— 32 from the United Engineers Ltd., for exemption frcm continuous training with the Straits Settlements Volunteers during the Pe'jruiry-March period. Of these 75 applications, those of Fraser and Neave Ltd., and Mansfield and Co., Ltd., were
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    MR. S. W. JONES DEFENDS WAR TAX BILL
    1271 12 Essential Gesture Of Loyalty Devotion To Common Cause '"THIS Bill gives the people of the Colony the chance which the people of Great Britain have grasped so eagerly, of making a direct gift towards the colossal task of financing the war," said
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    COUNCIL REJECTS LOTTERIES
    2699 13 Eleven Speakers Participate In Yesterday's Debate CHINESE MEMBER DENIES POPULAR DEMAND EXISTS I OTTERIES ami gaming had been the means of L pauperizing a large number of the working class people ;n Malaya, was the opinion generally expressed by opponents! of Htate-controlle'i war lotteries during the lengthy
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    75,000 Greet Roosevelt
    574 14 HISTORIC CEREMONY AT THE CAPITOL Washington, Jan. 20. MIGHTY cheers swelled up from the multitude in the plaza beneath the Capitol's sun-flecked dcme as the President reached the concluding passage of his inaugural speech as President of the United States for the third time "We do not
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    No British Arms For Japan
    156 14 Assurance Given By Prime Minister London, Jan. 20. THE British authorities have pro- hibited the export of "guns" executed by British manufacturers for Japanese customers. This Is revealed in correspondence passed be.ween the Prime Minister, Mr Churchill, and the Labour member of Parliament. Mr. Alfred
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    64 14 npHE Finnish Minister to the United States 1 has appealed to the Red Cross for assistance to avoid famine In his country. The British Embassy says that Britain will permit supplies to enter Finland If the Finns I abstain from unneutral acts such as the arrangement last October, which permitted
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    MR. ROOSEVELT'S CALL TO PROTECT DEMOCRACY
    876 14 "We Must Muster The Spirit Of America," Says President Washington, Jan. 20. AN each inauguration day the American people have renew ed their sense of dedication to the United States, declared President Roosevelt in his inaugural address here to-day. In this way the task
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    36 15 Bart- m-rm a-vidr Unit- st. «n4mi'» <Hd B*ys tv Mnal B*ltrr<r. hmncl Hw-kry. CSC. t« St. *ndrf»» Old IWt*' Ami.. ItolrttM-r. Pnvt OBm CM R \.t Ordnini. Fant OBre t"*i>4; nani trial, lial«-vii»-r
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    Hockey Trial On Padang
    326 15 I> k 1" ludfe h> the h«x ktM lri.il held hy the Kuropeans M the Sirn.ipor. intkrl lul> >ester 'It*, the Rest will have a hi* < hamr •>i uiiminx thin srav.n s annual enMfJtltef r«l—n mrt Whites in thr rial and Ml hy four goals
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    Y.M.C.A. HOCKEY
    37 15 Y.M.C. A. HOCKEY THE following ha hockey Mi I R.A.F. fH.Q on the V M.C at S p.m. on 'ihurM C gar, R 1 Atkinson; Lav Bock anf, B M. Hope. I. B A. Ijan((e. Eng San:
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    BANCO FOR NEWCOMERS' PLATE TO-MORROW
    1703 15 Second Day Of Perak Turf Club's "Spitfire" Meet DVNCO has been chosen to win the Newcomers* Plate at Ipoh to-morrow, the second day of the Perak Turf 'tub's "Spitfire" meeting. \ine races form the afternoon's programme and, with fields big in most cases, more longpriccd
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    Another Successful Year For Amateur Swimming Association
    322 15 ANOTHER ujccessful year of swimming md water-polo activities is recorded in the annual report of the Singapore \matrnr Swimminir Association, which holds its annual general meeting on Friday. The report recalls the fine performances put up at the second annual open swimming championships
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    SPECTACULAR RUGBY IN SEVEN-A-SIDE GAMES
    747 15 YESTERDAY was the first lay of the Singapore Cricket Club's Seven-A-Side rugger tournament, and the three games that were played yielded keen, spectacular and grimly-contested nij»'.»y. The las; match of the day, between the I R A.O.C. "A" team and the Tengah "B" team j
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    ORDER OF RUNNING
    387 15 The order of running and nonacceptors for to-morrow^ races at Ipoh will be found in PAGE FOUR if received in time. play kept the Airmen on the defensive in <he i opening minutes, but when the ball was I almost on their goal line, IJttlewood gathered it
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    S.C.C. NOT TO RUN CRICKET TOURNAMENT
    92 15 r[E Singapore Cricket Club will not run its cricket tournament this jjeason. This was announced at the annual meeting of the club's cricket section when Mr J H. Wilmott. convenor, addressed Jie meeting. Mr. Wilmott said that the tournament was being abandonee on account
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    WOMEN'S GOLF
    16 15 TPHE Royal Singapore Golf Club's women's foursomes competition, arranred fur Friday, has been cancelled.
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    IPOH TRAINING NOTES
    310 15 Dark Encounter In Form (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Jan. !1. 'TMIF most imprfvivf workouts kl this momiim\ tiaiiinm her*' were those d«n«- by Shlplej Neol Dark F.nroillllcr. \c\\/>. Drill »»rr Shamrock and S« ofllaw. J Dam llv win &tn on t.hr Im mornbiß aftrr a lone
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    Weights For Third Day At Ipoh
    161 15 ru following are weights for four rt Ipoh on Saturday, the third Pnrak Turf Club's "Spitfire mtinttm Horses. Class 2. Dlv. I—6 lurlonßS Viola II 9.00 LOG*? Princp 7 13 Annie Roonty 8.12 Miss Zipp 7.12 Antruii R. 09 Harlowr Sonny 8.0« Drift On
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    CHARITY FOOTBALL GAMES
    72 15 C.orrvspondenct To the Editor of the Straits Tinio. Sir, Now that the hockey and rugger charity matches aro over, and lootball season is about to begin, would it not be a grand idea to ush< r season in with a series of charity matches as follows: Europeans
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    S.R.C. RUGBY TEAM
    45 15 THE SRC. team to mccc tht; 8.0.0. •A" tram in Urn Seven-A-Side tournament on tbe padaiig thfe i will bt' as follow! J. G. Rruu-ns: L. Outschoorn. X Eb J W. Van Rooyen; W. Matthews, A. Clark. J. Lovedftj R. Thoy, V
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    BRITISH PUSH ON THREE FRONTS IN E. AFRICA
    377 16 POSITIONS IN ERITREA ARE TAKEN BY ATfACKERS Successful Operations On Widely Separated Fronts Disclosed Cairo, Jan. 20. THE British forces in East Africa are making successful 1 attacks on the Italians on three widely separated fronts. The most important is in the
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    lIITLEK & MUSSOLINI MEET IN SECRET CONFERENCE
    388 16 lIITLEK MUSSOLINI MEET IN SECRET CONFERENCE "Thorough Exchange Of Views On The Present Situation" Berlin. Jan. 20. LJITLER and Mussolini met to-day, reports the official (ierman news agency. Count Ciano and Kibbentrop, the Italian and German Foreiun Ministers, were present at the meeting, the place of which is not, however,
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    LEEWARD IS. GOVERNOR! OFF FOR LONDON
    56 16 Antigua, Jan. 20. THE Governor of the Leeward Islands, Sir Gordon James Lethem, is leaving lor London shortly to discuss with United States delegates, who are also going to the British capital, questions j conn?c»,ed with the leasing of defence bases in th e
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    Nazi War On Civilians
    178 16 8,837 CASUALTIES IN DECEMBER London, Jan. 20. /CIVILIAN casualties from air raids in Britain during December were 3,793 killed and 5,044 injured and detained in hospital. These totals include 1.434 women and 521 children killed and 1,775 women and 307 children injured. The persons killed in
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    BRITISH TRADE MISSION ARRIVES IN PERU
    44 16 Lima (Peru), J»n. 20. *r*HE Importance of developing economic A and cultural relations between En'slT^i and bouth America was stressed by Lord WllUngdon In an interview last night on the arrival here of the British trade mission.— Reuter.
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    MYSTERY ENVOY IN BULGARIA
    85 16 London, Jan. 20. /"HU.ONEL Donovan, President Roosevelt's personal representative, whose visit to Europe is shrouded in mystery, has arrived in Sofia (Bulgaria) from Athens, according to a German news agency message from Sofia. Col. Donovan is remaining in Sofia for several days to see various officials.
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    4,000 MORE ITALIAN PRISONERS IN INDIA
    24 16 Bombay. Jan. 20. FUR thousand more Italian prisoners arrived here to-day from the Western Desert of Egypt.— Reuter.
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    Italian Plan For Sudan Invasion Frustrated
    307 16 London, Jan. 20. THE importance of the British capture of Kassala was emphasized by an expert in London to-day. It is known that the Italians had in Kassala, when they evacuated the town on Friday, over two divisions of colonial troops, two Blackshirt battalions
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    AUSTRALIAN AID TO BOMB VICTIMS
    143 16 A CONSIGNMENT of comforts forwarded by Lady Julius on behalf of the Lord Mayor's Fund ir> Sydney has been landed in England just in time to succour the victims of an Intense raid on Bristol. Another Sydney consignment of blatikeis valued at £500, has besn
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    No Change Of Policy To Follow Petain-Laval Reconciliation
    640 16 London, Jan. 20. THE meeting between Marshal Petain and Laval, resulting in their reconciliation, involves no change in policy, according to wellj inforced quarters in Vichy as reported by the French 'lavas agency. The French agency says, "In well- informed quarters it
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    Vichy Borrows To Pay Army Of Occupation
    85 16 Vichy, Jan. 20. MORE money to pay for the German army of occuuation has been harrowed by the French Government from the Bank of France. A new decree approves an increase of the Bank's advances to the state from 73 milliard francs to
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