The Straits Times, 31 January 1941

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1 1 The Straits Times
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    36 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NKARLT A CKNTUBT] MALAYAS LEADING NEWSPAPER— LARGEST NET SALES 16 pa(;es SINGAPORE, FRIDAY. JANUARY 31, 1941 •RICE 5 K\ The Straits Times 16 PAGES. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1941. PRICE 5 CENTS
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      372 1 MIEN CKONG SMART TAILORING AraUaMe Noil I rn C ih» HAIN SHIELLS la Milk in Wml Aim UnmiCAA SHARK SKIN In various raj*ur« U (Mfffltn g|. HHft till ,11 Miiiiihax mi IBf&& re protectlon now universally recognized as I iIMw^X forming an essential part of the equipment or every I
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      11 1 ELSIE MARY Battery Road. Cash Sale FR I DAY JAN: 31st
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      DEATH
      119 2 Chiow SUr.p fUU? Chief .an of Mi-: arby «fc Co years passed away 43;5 Klcban;. ■a 23-1-41 leaving his .i. 3 sonj-in-law and 1( mourn his Ukss. Funen on 4-2-41 and th > i.itununt will be at th Lunal Ground at Bukit Please do r»oi send Cblnese Scrolls. BE
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      714 2 SITUATIONS VACANT i:h>i ired IN BANDOENG: very experi- younir lady (European or Eurasian) office assistant. Must be exceptionally neat and capable of looking after entire English correspondence and filing. Commencing Mlnry »150 p.m. with good prospect* for right type of girl. 2nd class X.P.M. passage paid. Box No 688, Straits
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      830 2 FOR SALE •»hkl\ miuh Refrtferator Pboue %m NEW RIFI-E .22 Remington with cover and cleaning kit $40. Apply Box No. 704, S. T CAPTAIN'S TELESCOPE. Clark.«on*. London. Splendid condition $40. Apply Box No. 703. Straits Times. FOR SALE very good mannered hack, English mare would suit a lady. Also English
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      742 2 M OTOR VEHICLES MASTER CHEVROLET— 1936. H.P. 26.3 Saloon In perfect condition. $600 <no bargain ing or dealers! can be seen after 5 p.m. Box No. 676. S. Times. TO. *****. !tt. O. TOl'RER, SERIES T— 1938 Guaranteed In perfect order and condition. Price $1,750 nett. No dealers. \opJy H.
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      372 2 THOMPSON OPTICAL CO. 4, ARCADE BUILDING Specializing; Ocular Muscle Anomalies. Crossed Eyes. Intricate Visual |*SSJt^ Problems. i X^^ Glasses if needed. R. A. Thompson Dr. ot Ocular Science. 35 years' European Clinical Experience. •Phone 3002. A HOME FROM HOME Situated on Institution Hill and away from the noise of Singapore,
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      110 2 BUSINESS CARDS ETC. WIGGLESWORTH TEXROPE DRIVES ALLIANCE ENGINEERING CO., LTD. SINGAPORE AND KUALA LUMPUR. for a ~-<f** PERMANENT O ig^^^ cXlH^i^*^^ PKRMAMENT \vavin<: II you have bine eyrs and sm"-t from glare, 1 NEOPHAN GUssm which ran he Rround to your own Prescription. Consult MJZzehiel s, Sen} M;inu,jcuning Opticians. Only
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      271 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. Incorporaico to (England) PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL 8 N Co UAU rABBKNGFR AND CARGO SERVICE The best possible services are oeing maintained by the P A O S N Coy trom the Straits to their usual ports of call in China. India
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      246 3 (Incorporated Id Japan I GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LINE. TO SAN FRANCISCO Manila, llnnj Kong. Kobe. Yokohama. Honolulu. San Francisco and Lw Angcle* Leave Kave Manila H'konp mx ASAMA MARD Feb 8 Feb 11 mjt. TATUTA MARO Feb. 22 Peb 25 sj. NTTTA MARU Mar. 8 Max.
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      341 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 lo Fremantle (Perth; via Java by first class passenger ships. Single fare $192 (A £28)
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      224 3 r ff-BElOllx SKICICIC TO NEW VOBK. VIA M.INILA, HONG KONQ AND PANAMA CANAL RUBBDJ TIPTON *>*• Arrive N 7 PASSENGER FREIGHT SERVICE SINGAPORE TO NEW YORK I AND BOSTON VIA PENANG. COLOMBO. BOMBAY AND CAPE OF GOOD HOPE nr,^ .r~ Arrive 3 oore Sau S'Dore Arrive N V B.S. PRESIDENT
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      174 3 Radio Programmes TODAY SINGAPORE Zm. 13.31 me < 82S m.) Zliri 9 60 me/1 (30 94 m. ZHP3 7.M me t «LU m.) rZHL A /ifPl) 5.00 pjn. Teochew musict; 5.40 pm News In Cantonese; 5.55 p.m. HokkJen music: 1 6.05 pjn. News In Hokklen; 6.20 p.m. News In English.
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      184 3 In Tamil: 7.00 p.m. Jack White and Ms bandt; 7.10 p.m. News In French: 7.20 p m. Jack White and his band, (contd.)t; 7.30 p.m Annajcum Arabic Ohazal. (from the studio i; 8^00 p.m. Warning to mariners. News in Malay; 8.15 p.m. News commentary In Malay or music; 8.20 p.m.
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      325 3 EMPIRE STATION B 951 mc/t <"•" BL)! osc ci (31.32 m.|; GSD 11.15 me/* (25.53 mi; "8 11.86 mr/i (85.29 m. GSP 15.14 tnc (19.83 m,); OSO 17.79 mc/» <1«.S6 m.); U8I SI. 47 mc/g (13.97 mi; CSI 15.26 me/ 119.6* m.i; CSJ 21.53 mci (13.93 m.>s jSI 11.82 me/1
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      360 3 NIROM rDB I5 SI mc/t < I9 *»C 15.19 at*/* (19 80 m.i; PLP 11.00* mc/i (27.2: m i- PMM n 10.26 mr (Z9.U m > VDB J.55 me i i31 II m.»; VDD 6 04 met (49.67 m. I* 4.50 p.m. Prcgramme prtrl w. Tea concert: 5.35 p.m. Gymnastics,
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    RUBBER SHIPMENTS SACRIFICED TO DEFEAT MUSSOLINI
    840 4 London Explanation Of Freight Shortage (From Our Own Correspondent.) ijondon. Dec. 17. AN interesting sidelight on the! great British victory won in Egypt this week is provided by £Sdon reports that diversion .of shipping to supply the Bntisn Army of the Nile with reinforce-
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    RUBBER PRICES ADVANCE
    119 4 RUBBER PRICES ADVANCE Lewis And Peat's Weekly Report ■N a weekly report on the rubber rrarket Issued this morning Lewis and Peat (Singapore) Ltd write: The heavy selling locally, reported last week, has ccme to an end and prices have advanced about on* cent New York is three quarters of
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    73 4 Friday. Jan. 31. noon. Bayers Seller* Prices Price* N«. DC K.S.S. <Sp* toour) 37*» No. IX E.S.B. f.ob. U.fa»« February 3 G.F.A.Q. R.S.S. fob. la Oata February 36^« /.A.Q. R.S.S. f.o.b. U, bale. February 36 36 FUTURE QUOTATIONS No. IX E.S.S. on Ec«lstered tender February
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    EXCHANGES
    158 4 The following are the excnange r»te* till* morning according to the daily circular issue-j by the Hongkong mmS Shanghai Benkln* Corporation:— Loaaon UL BEU^°. Lor don demand J««,r Switzerland demand (T.T. only) New York demand 3'" i Montreal demand olJ" Batavla demand Samarang demand 8 Calcutta. Bombay and Rangoon
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    AROUND THE MARKETS
    251 4 FEW PRICE CHANGES AND QUIET CONDITIONS RUBBER STEADY BUT QUIET (By Our Financial Correspondent) Singapore. Jan. 31. rpHE share market yesterday wal 1 steady but there was only a moderate turnover in the tin share section whore prices were maintained in ease and rather mom shares were
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
    94 4 SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES Singapore. Jan. 31, noon. Buyer* Bella* Ctunbiet lilll Hamburg Cub* Java Cube 12SW Covrn Mixed OT.IS Sun Dried 2 4t) 'white Muntok 4n f White Black 7W S.i/.-< |i"!01J* Sarawak "sS"r 88 Sarawak il3 VMM t7/v i Small Flake Fair Plake *6.*0 Medium-Flake »°"X Small Pearl BW
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      236 4 INSURANCE HRt ACCIDENT MOTOR fidelity guarantee-marine WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION TO* IO.VDON ASSURANCE kono nRi iN»ci co trn ,'1K>KN1N ASSURANCt CO- LTD. MVR5TFRN ASSURANCE CO EAGLJ. STAH INS CO. LTD BRITISH AMFRICA ASSURANCE CO GUTHRIE CO., LTD. lincnrportted tn 8 8.) <pCE LIFE FJ%^ When you decide to install and use j"jjj
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      31 4 PUBLIC NOTICE EX-SERVICES ASSOCIATION OF MALAYA. 7.1 S p.m. Memben are asked to make a special no* ol the altered time of meeting OEO. 8. MBGGSv Hon: Secretary. Singapore Branch, E.S.A.M.
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      396 4 SHIPPING NOTICE STRAITS /PACIFIC CONFERENCE 1KHI.HT 1ARIFT NO. 8. 1** RATES OK FREIGHT. It is notified for information that, with effect as from March 1st. 1941, all contract rates quoted in this Tariff will be increased by 25 r rounded off •*< the nearest quarter dollar. Non-contract :ates, as hitherto,
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    London Stock Exchange
    309 5 LOMon. Jan 30. rE bunk Exchange to-day wu generally listless with a slight drift downward toward the clour In industrials, on provincial •Bering* Kaffirs and Home Rails. »idy. Oils wore irregui»r i Issues and Anglo-Iranian but others Inclined to be easier, pn bonds, •wim? Jxpmnear issues "Ted
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    ITALIANS' STORY
    44 5 Jan 30. Ti vpii'ncd refaction ii I'aly. 's habit of critK lia. 1 so ottaa nl-lf v da Hi to their true ferUo i: "Any criple t :^>r!'.. of t'-manrK :..r more and jnore igour to be us<-d >f the v/nr." Reutrr
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    128 5 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES rom Our Own Correspondent, Ltoodon. Jan. 30. fOMMOurnf and Exchange markets closed m follows f#ttb oreMous auotatlcDs in oarenthesu:— RI'BBER: Steady. Spot ***** d *****6d(12Hd l2Sd> Frb 129'16d 12 11 I6d 124 d 12% di Apr June 12 9 1«d l2Hd (12 9;l«d 12 %d^ JulySept. 12ttd 12%
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    MAIL ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES
    199 5 Malls close at the General Post Office aa lollows-TO-DAY Atlen air 4 p.m. Africa air 4 p.m. Australia (AU parts) air 4 p.m. Australia (BMt, South cV West) only) surface 4p.m. Burma air 4 p.m. Canada surface air 4 p.m. Ceylon air 4p.m. China iExcept Yunnan
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    33 5 N-'w Delhi. Jan. 30. ri retary of the Labour Department, j Mr. M. S. A. Hydari. ha.-" L-j<?n appointed j M Oovprr.ment of India represtntative on I the Eastern Group Supply Council.—Reuter. I
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    Malayan Sharebrokers Assn. Singapore Quotations
    1310 5 THURSDAY. JAN. M. 1911: 4 P.M. WINING amftn jeton Ampat Tin (5s» 3a 3d 3s 7 Austral Amal. (9a> 6s 6d 7s c.d. Austral Malay (C) 35s 36s c.d Ayer Hitam (Sa) Us 22s 6d Ayer Weng ($1) .85 .90 Bansjrin Tin (C) 15* Batu
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      50 5 V\ s si^4 Exceptional Storage Capacity— ?£^l fi\^y Spec,..., con..r U c.ed sturd, C-aweW |^J £>^3 inß endabim¥i assurea economy v^M Pt^Xi long, satisfactory service. KA^ |f^>M The MORRIS lOcwt. Light Van |^j 111 H M^."«" 1 &£&s2 n .pr«.nt«l throughout M^. by |^J ?l^4 WEARNE BROS. LTD. C£ Ututert.
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      578 5 Beauty Expert 10SI 26lbsUGlYSFAT i ,am "1 Tko*a «fco deals* to be *b> VV tj *cdre and healthy mud gnari Lfa^^N^^p^l amnii nceaaiv* Cat. And to a* wonuui can fame** b« ■rran* ■•> A [..n/tif^p c-vf tragrdy than to th* MH kf^jA Btauty Bzpett. Read what Mm M I"W Cor
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      171 5 jB 2"' grff|FfjSiM IB tt'll. STKIH slftiiArUK*. Tr fph if Manacer's Office (SIX Snb-Manarer 1 Offirr 4513 Kxehange i»ept. 4M4 General Office 4761 Cable Address: PRO VINBANK." Head ORlce Sluchow. Kwamctung PAIU UP t Al'lT.tl (Ck.) lO.UM.tM RESERVE FUNDS 13.000.000 TOTAI ASSETS (appro*.) f108.000.M0 Hoard o/ Director* T. U SOONO
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      97 5 SINGAPORE TIDE TABLES To-day H. W. 1.15 a.m. 9.4 ft.; 12.58 noon 9.8 ft. L. W. 6.55 a.m. 3.4 ft.: 7.16 p.m. 1.6 ft To-morrow H. W. 1.40 a.m. 9.3 ft.; 1.32 p.m. 9.4 ft. L. W. 7.25 a.m. 3.3 ft.; 7.42 p.m. 2.2 ft. Sunday. Feb. 2 H. W.
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      291 6 Any Aggressor's Thirst for World Domination can only he Quenched in the ENGLISH CHANNEL said Sir John Hurleson in 1885! Then as to-day the ENGLISH CHANNEL was the deciding factor and will be so in to-day's struggle SEE 'THE SEA HAWK' AT 7~~"~ BOX-OFFICE Tim ALMA WSft A <»"■•• DAILY
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      316 6 PADEREWSKI. This UP I PoUUrian-Musician Is I stated to have locked JM I up hb Piano and E» -^V^l I declared that he H- ka I would not touch it m^ J% I again until his counKJMH I t^y Poland regains I Its Freedom. ForI tunately, we have his Records
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      49 6 Bth DAY and STILL DRAWING LARGE, ENTHUSIASTIC CROWDS! M.G. M.S GREAT 5 STAR DRAMATIC HIT CAPITOL 3 Shows TO-DAY 3.15 6.15 9.15 6ABIE TIIACY COLBERT- iKlßß^^g 1 Trt^T 9 DirectX by MCK(ONWAY l^JwV fl produced by SAM ZIMBALIST iiWa^sLr, Other cinema entertainment announcements appear on pages 2, 5 7
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      177 6 As Shown at Three Packed Midnight Screenings during Chinese New Year Holidays Special Attraction for our Chinese Patrons I—————— TO-MORROW (Saturday) MORNING, at 11 o'clock SUNDAY MORNING) SPECIAL MO UN ING SCREENINGS OF The Inspiring Chinese Patriotic Production, endorsed by the Chungking Government FATHERLAND CALLS" Produced by the company that
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    NEW REQUEST SOON FOR HUGE SUM TO FINANCE THE WAR
    125 7 Regarded As Sign Of Growing Strength Of British Forces London, Jan. 30. THE House of Commons will shortly be presented with a 1 request for another heavy vote of credit for financing war cxnenditure writes Reuter's diplomatic correspondent. P Tt
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    Victory Despite Bad Conditions South Africans Win In Abyssinia
    367 7 Victory Despite Bad Conditions South Africans Win In Abyssinia London, Jan. 30. THE brilliance of the operations at El Yibo, over the Abyssinian border, in which the South Africans clayed a prominent part, are emphasized in further details received in London. Fighting took place under the most frightful conditions. Rougher
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    Selassie Back In Abyssinia Sharing Life Of His Patriot Forces
    250 7 Selassie Back In Abyssinia Sharing Life Of His Patriot Forces «THE Emperor of Abyssinia received me in audience at a camouflaged army tent between his troops under a thorn tree protected from the glare of the sun by a grass palisade." writes Kenneth Anderson, Reuter's correspondent, from the headquarters of
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    ITALIAN LINERS NOW BEING ARMED?
    44 7 London, Jan 30. ACCORDING! to messages reaching London. Rome correspondents of Swiss newspaper* say that several large Italian liner*. frrUulin* the Rex. are undergoing hurried reconstruction by day and night, working to be put into service merchant cmiaers Renter.
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    British Imports Up During Past Year
    88 7 London, Jan. 30. IN «pite i»f the Na«i claim to have dealt a death blow to British sea-borne trade, figures of imports and exports durin? 1910. issued in London to-day, show that during last year imports were actually considerably hl;ber thrm in lttt, while
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    JAPANESE ATTACK IN SOUTHERN HONAN
    66 7 Shanghai. Jan. 30. TT is reported that fierce fighting is 1 raping in southern Honan following the launching of a large-scale Japanese offensive with the object, according to Japanese official reports, of trapping and crushing 180^00 Chungking troops concentrated In the area Chungking admits that
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    NEW N.I. PLANE GIFT
    22 7 London. Jan. 30 A GIFT of £5,000 from Prince Bernhard on lot Aircraft Production, Lord Beaverbrook. —British Wlrr'ess.
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    SUBMARINE IS LOST
    29 7 London. Jan. 30. TIE loss of ft Netherlands submarine In Allied war operations is a^^^J^i day by the London headquarters of the Royal Netherlands Navy —Reuter.
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      271 7 i ro-niGHT- DINNER DANCE (informal) 8 p.m. to midnight Dinner $3.00 NO BALLROOM ADMISSION CHARGE SUNDAY EVENING IN THE PALM COURT .1 nun MOST POPULAR SOCIAL RENDEZVOUS MILITARY BAND CONCERT-8.30 to 10.30 p.m. By the Band of the MANCHESTER REGIMENT j DINNER »AHITS ON THE UWN iVff., o VJ££ SEA
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      217 7 GREAT WORLD Chinese New Year's Celebration A very biff crowd visited the Great World for the last three nights. The Little World, where the Tait Show is, was packed to its capacity. The crowd, the children particularly, enjoyed Tait's $1,000,000 productions, The Octopus, Merry-Go-Round, Tilt-s-Whirl, Fairy Wheel, Dodgem on the
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      253 7 SEASON EXTENDED OWING TO TREMENDOUS SUCCESS! CATHAY 5 UH I Hnl 4.15 p.m. 6.30 p.m. I Where Everybody Goes 9.30 QM. PHONE 3400 Acclaimed with wonder UNITED and applause by the I ARTISTS I thousands that have f I r«?*n it already! ■■pFT|ppHpf3|Hy7HKfl| B Starring I W^rMwrmM^r^ku^^^^l I SAIU I
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JAN, 31, 1941. (516th Day Of The War.) A. R. P.
    1065 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JAN, 31, 1941. (516th Day Of The War.) A. R. P. In May, 1939, Mr. C. A. Vlieland, the Secretary for Defence, delivered from the Singapore Broadcasting Station an address on air-raid precautions policy. He spoke strongly against the dispersal principle. j Among other things
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    MONEY-LENDERS
    227 8 "Reasonable And Adequate" Tax Wanted To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— The money-lender is the least taxed person in Malaya because it can Uc ecl t i lat yer fe exceptions, almost all forms of industries iif a hPr a i nd r feSslons are P ayin
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  • Letters To The Editor
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      MR. CHAMBERLAIN
      219 8 An American View Of Appeasement To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— With reference to the letter headed Appeasement" which appeared in ihe paper of to-day, your corres pondent 'Memory has expressed in the matter of your reference to the late Mr. Chamberlain what most people who
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      LEADERSHIP
      168 8 "Social Crusade" Wanted In Malaya To the Editor of the Straits Times vonl 1 11 iust possible that some of your readers, after perusing the article on sooal evils b y your corres 5332* i; <3h3 hi Yea f s in w wonder If his statements are true 1
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      THE BLACK-OUT
      182 8 Regulations Which Were Misunderstood To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— Permit me to say a few words about last night's black-out wwS lon?be?or UU P Se th° ld m USt be exttaJuiSS thP g «Si i c urfe w an d also after served by all
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      THE WAR FUND
      389 8 Collecting Organization Suggested To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— ln your Issue of Jan. 25. a letter signed "Auld Scotia," draws attention to the poor response to The War Fund effort, and as a comparison draws attention to the fact that the City of Glasgow
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      SUPPLYING "PEP"
      248 8 Mr. Sundram Should Not Be Suppressed To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir I absolutely disagree with nnrf leleult? a atP ttt r Mr St^H inSt the S leveuea at Mr. M. Sundram by "Tho3 Jan a"*,? the Stralts T Speaking for myself and mv friends h«
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      FOOD PRICES
      198 8 Ignorance Leads To "Fleecing" To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— May I suggest that you add nnhii 1 0^ 2°kW. many ser vices to the public by publishing a copy of Governmum nc ations giving the maximum food prices. •Juh. J i n ;u 24 the
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      LOTTERIES
      741 8 Speeches Which Made "Very Uneasy Reading To the Editor of the Straits Time* Sir.-Your reports of the anti-ln speeches at Monday's mating of t Legislative Council make very ueasy reading. It was very evident from t»»theories and reasons advanced Mmtaa lotteries that many of the bob found it difficult
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      FAST MOVERS
      156 8 To the Editor of the Straits Timrs nSJST^J b Privileged to warn Mr. Churchill through your good self Jtaf^S" 1111 PS are cun- wSi'sr^rwiVT got us on toast! We are all patting ourselves on tin Jw* W n £"15 driven the W °P S outot ?h*?r ?U? Ut
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      256 8 R*«P up 1483 For all Photographic Requirements Whether it is an Inexpensive baby Brownie or an expensive Cine Kodak we have stock to MM your requirements. Developing, printing and enlarging undertaken. GIAN SINGH and Company. Men's Tailors and Outfitters. l>r*p«ps and House Furnishers. 4 Battery fttf. Be pcre BICKFORDS B.P.S.
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      33 8 S. P. C. K. ■Mi BOOK-SHOP Btm BMth Ro»d. Phon* 42M (Close to Raffles Institution, stocks RIBLES Of ALL KINDS FOR OIFTS AND STUDY JOHN DUKE Manufacturing Optician. I? 1 BATTERY RQAn i
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    FRESH SUCCESSES FOLLOW FALL OF DERNA
    739 9 Victory Gained By Minor Actions BULK OF GARRISON REPORTED TO HAVE FLED WESTWARD British Gain Two New Positions In Eritrea SIM F the capture yesterday of Derna, small Libyan seaport 100 miles west of Tobruk, more news has come in of further process of
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    KUNMING SUBJECTED TO HEAVY BOMBING
    37 9 Chungking, Jan. 31 JAPANESE arcraft subjected Kun mm* to heavy aerial bo mbtng yest*rdav It l s repor-ed that 27 planes bombed Kunming yesterday riroppinx WJW bombs In densely populated dlstrtcU Reutor.
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    Japano-Russian Trade Talks
    82 9 Tokio, Jan. 31. npHE Soviet Government has agreed 1 to resume negotiations for the conclusion of a commercial agreement with Japan, besides undertaking to discuss a permanent Soviet-Japanese fisheries agreement, it was revealed at a Press conference. Questioned regarding the statement 'to the Diet recently by the
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    Yugoslavian Action Against U.S. Pressmen
    89 9 London, Jan. 31. "THE Yugoslav Government has taken 1 action against two American Journalists in Belgrade, correspondents of the New York Times and the Columbia Broadcasting System respectively for allegedly initiating reports of disorders n Turin, Verona and Milan, according to the Belgrade correspondent of
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    MEETING OF CANADIAN CABINET COUNCIL
    59 9 t>tt*wa, Jan. 30. AFTER ihree days' almost constant meeings. the Canadian Cabinet War Committee, at which reports were given by CoW. L. I***™ d Mr C. D. Howe, Defence and Munitions Ministers respectively, on their visits to Britain, Mr. W. L. Mackenzie King the Prime
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    TRANSJORDAN RULER'S JOY AT VICTORY
    116 9 EMIR Abdullah of Transjordan has sent the following message to the High Commissioner of Palestine and T"«»J<»*»- With a heart overfilled with Joy and pride. I request you to accept and convey to the British Government my congratulations on the successive victories wW"h have been
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    60,000 Italians In Greek Hands
    223 9 Enemy Casualties Are Steadily Mounting London, Jan. 31. ITALIAN losses in Albania already I exceed 60,000 men, according to the Greek Press Ministry, reports the Athens correspondent of the New York Herald -Tribune. Meanwhile new Greek successes on the Albanian battle front with very heavy
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    ANTI-TOTALITARIAN MEASURES IN CUBA
    94 9 Spanish Consul-General At Havana Withdrawn Havana, Jan. 30. "THE Government of Cuba to-day de1 creed that all totalitarian associations are illegal and has prohibited the use of totalitarian flags and emblems and banned all totalitarian propaganda. The decree is considered to 1>« aimed at the Naris,
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    ANTI-GAS HELMETS FOR BRITISH CHILDREN
    31 9 MR. Herbert Morrison, the Home Secretary, stated in the House of Commons yesterday that his department had issued about 1,750,000 antigas helmets for babies.— British Wireless.
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    Hong Kong Man As War Hero
    173 9 Leading Road-Builders In Abyssinian Bush London, Jan. 31. REUTER'S special correspondent in Abyssinia reports that he is travelling with a British convoy which is forcing its way through the dense bush to build a road aimed at the vital centre of the Italian forces.
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    How Manchester Won Honour
    322 9 London, Jan. 31. HOW the cruiser H.MS. Manchester won her first battle honour w« told in a broadcast war commentan by Mr H C. Ferraby, naval writer, who saij "It has only recently been disclosed that the Manchester was in SEvSfof Admiral Sir James Somer vino's
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    ABYSSINIAN BORDER POST IN RUINS
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    MR. ROOSEVELT PROMISES EVER-INCREASING AID
    325 9 Fresh Assurance Given To New British Ambassador Washington, Jan. 30. A FRESH assurance of the United States' firm determineA tion to continue her assistance to Great Britain on an ever-increasing scale was given by President Roosevelt to Lord Halifax in the formal exchanges which took
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    AXIS BID TO STOP "GREAT DICTATOR" FAILS
    39 9 AXIS BID TO STOP GREAT DICTATOR FAILS IT was Minounced In Oosta Ric* that Charlie I chap Un's film. "The Great Dictator." will ibe shown in Costa Rica in spite of diploi maUc protests by the Germans and ?laUans.
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    TRAWLER LOST
    25 9 London, Jan. 31. ■TOE trawler Pelton has been sunk, 1 announces an Admiralty communique. The ncxt-of-kin of the casualties have been informed.— Reuter.
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    U.S. ANGERED BY SPEECH
    146 9 Grim Replies To Hitler's Threat New York, Jan. 30. HITLER'S warning to-day to the United States is given streamer headlines in American newspapers. The part of the speech which haa drawn the most attention reads, "Whoever wants to help Brl.aii must knew that every ship that
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    Anglo-U.S. Co-operation In Far East Affairs
    99 9 London, Jan. 31. IN the House of Commons last night. Sir John Wardlaw Milne, (ConsWorcester 1 asked whether the Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs, Mr. R. A. Butler could give an assurance that the British Government in all matters affecting relations with China and Japan
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    FOUR FIGURE DONATION TO THE WAR FUND
    440 10 Magic Circle Sends New Donation After Dance TOTAL NOW $4,858,064 JHhRE is another four-figure donation to The War Fund toMalacca r Kift f $lloo f rom Mr R B c re y <* ti Ji h l^ a iSf I und has advanced
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    COLONY WAR TAX BILL
    33 10 AT an extracrdinary meeting of ihe n Legislative Council on Monday, Mr H. Weisberg, Finaiw ial Secretary,' will ;r.ove the second reading and commit*ee of the War T..x B*ll.
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    LOYALS TROOP COLOUR
    37 10 *|*HEKE was a picturesque ceremony at Gillman Barracks to-day when members or the Loyal R-Rimpnt took part In the Trooping of the Colour to commemorate tn* 200U» anniversary of the raising of the regiment.
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    EGG PRICES REVISED
    176 10 Food Controller Advises Shoppers ■N an Order made yesterday new maxi1 mum prices were fixed for the sale of Jowls 1 eggs at 33 cents for ten, Bombay onions at 8 cents per katty and Thailand small onions at 9 cents per katty. has been a considerable
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    AIRMAIL LETTERS TO SERVICE MEN
    107 10 UVI'IH effect irom Monday r-.-iuced airmail l«s will apply to letters and postcards vldn\.M-(i to members of HI? Majesty's Armed Forces ia any country. l.(t-»rs not exrcrumg half an ounce in wpirlh will be conveyed b> air, a* far as th British Overseas Airways Corporation
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    JOHORE RAISES TIN AND RUBBER EXPORT DUTY
    91 10 A' I '*z > Extraordinary to-day lommm by 2S per cent, the extra dutiss levied <iti rubber and tin exported from the State ihe total extra duty payable on 1 rubber and tin Is new five per cent, ad whith briuifs Johore Into
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    "GREAT DICTATOR"
    74 10 W >: :-iked by the management of the Capitol Theatre to impress on those *ho hayt ;.;,ri-hased tickets for "The Great Dictator \he increased prices previously ujincunoed that they should r«-tu.n these «ith 7 s del f V they wUI receive a re. und of thr difference betw«n
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    COUNTERFEIT COINS
    62 10 JJ'JW duru, i ROHM weeka a lot of cojnterfeit had been released In Singapore. uppan-ntiv turned out by a machine, was told by ih ->, muting officer in the Sin C apor« Criminal District Court yarterday when Tan Choon was sentenced to two years 1 rigoroiu ißortHMMat by
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    R.A.M.C. OFFICER FINED
    45 10 A FINE <* 15 imposed on -r*Ueut. Bernard Lennox. RAM C In tn« R-".(tapore second court yesutrds* fo, driving a car In a nSent iSS SLSf Junction of EtncooJen Streeet and Bras tihS^ VC C mo into colu^<» *"h anLMckor r W "»»W
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    MANCHESTER REGIMENT
    45 10 Nt Misiory of the Manchester Regiment" fpom i ?h tll Qi UUe a Ulk to te broadcast! Trom the Singapore station to-night at 7 10 br an officer of the Regiment. ThL talk U onr of thy mhm "The History of the Ren
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    AMUSEMENTS
    109 10 RAKMIS HO |H UAKKKK THEATKC GCYLAMO Mutiny on The Blackhawk Mr OUAT »OK. -0 Wj d il tO MiuiuKh: c.ob? Northwest Pa«- Sk\ 1 ro[>n- Fury. HAF»-» rIIEATKK HUppy WarM KamuninK Seaside: T»rxtui and tstei A.- Honour of the West «H WOKI D uikief 1 beatrcs acxl Clnemac Bhoi
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    What Malays Think Of Japan's "New Order" Plan
    576 10 pOINTED comment on "The League To Emancipate the Peoples of South-East Asia" a new Japanese propaganda organization founded recently— is made in the! Singapore Malay newsnaper Utusan Melayu. "It is obvious," says this newspaper. I "that Japan is In a small way
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    FEDERAL COUNCIL'S INCOME TAX VOTE
    3415 10 High Commissioner's Reply To Debate PROTEST BY UNOFFICIALS TO GO TO COLONIAL OFFICE (From Our Own Correspondent) tutomtv v L I S u la Lvm P ur Jan. 30. TWENTY members— who included all the officials with the exception of one, Mr. C. Wilson, Controller
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    DECREE NISI GRANTED
    166 11 European's Divorce Court Action CIATING that he was satisfied that adultery hud been proved, Mr. Justice Pedlow yesterday granted Eric J»fTrry Burn, petitioner for divorce ir m his wife on the grounds of her adultery with an air pilot, a decree to b*> made absolute in six
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    ALLEGED OFFENCES AGAINST GIRLS
    321 11 Application To Hear Case In Camera PHOTOORAPHS described by counsel as •■indecent" were exhibits In the Singapore fifth court yesterday during a preliminary Inquiry Into two allegations of rape of two Astatic girls against a 59-year-old ruropean, H. F. SUlley. M the outret of the case
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    "OPPONENTS OF INCOME TAX ALLIED TO REDS"
    2614 11 Same Result Though Not Same Basis, Says Legal Adviser (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 30. APPONENTS of income tax brought themselves into alliance with the Malayan Communist Party which in an article published in their newspaper, V anguard News, had vigorously
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    1692 11 Income Tax 'Undesirable' Now, Says Mr. George Blunn (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 30. "THE opinion is very generally held that corruption is prevalent in many other Government departments, and until the whole situation has been thoroughly investigated and cleaned up, it
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    2425 12 Mr. Yong Shook Lin Expresses Opposition To Measure "LITTLE MORE THAN A THING OF SHREDS AND PATCHES" (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 30. EXPRESSING his firm opposi'icn to income tax as a measure of taxation for the F.M.5., Mr. Yon? Shook
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    F.M.S. WAR TAX ENACTMENT ATTACKED
    3313 13 I Dofficial Opposition To Income Tax Move Mil. I, I). SHEARN CRITICIZES GOVERNMENT'S AITITUDE (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 30. Til VI it >vas idle for the GotoMMBI to claim that there I W* not str«,n« opposition to the introduction of income in
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    INCREASED EXPORT DUTIES SUPPORTED
    197 13 (From Our Own Correspondents Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 30. WHEN the Federal Secretary, Mr. Hugh Fraser moved that the ad volorem export duty on tin be increas ea from 2,2 P er cent, to 5 per cent, and that, the export duty on rubber be similarly increased,
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    133 13 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. Jan. SO. BEFORE the Federal Council began its business for the day. Col. Oeeil Rae. senior uncff\ ial me.nber. welcomed on benalt of his collea<-'uo«; Sir Shenton Thomas on his '■TSSftS doubtless the High Commissioner's leadership would have toP««2
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    New Sections Being Created In F.M.S. Volunteer Force
    261 13 From Our Own Correspondent.) j Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 30. EXPANSION in the P.M.S. Volunteer Force and the creation of new sections are disclosed in reports of the Federal Finance Committee which were tabled at to-day's meeting of thFederal Council in Kuala Lumpur
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    KALLANG SEVEN-A-SIDE RUGBY CHAMPIONS
    783 15 Sembawang Beaten 16^ 10 In Rousing Final IT was an .••II- Air Force final in the Singapore Cricket Club's Sovcn-A-Sid<* tournament on the paoarm yester«la>, and th<- Mecter-footed Kalian^ "A" team became thi- rhampions when they beat Sembawang "A" by l€ points (two gMh and two
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    WEEK-END EVENTS AT YACHT CLUB
    78 15 fO DAY. at the Rnyal Singapore h Cub there will be the Mtl Mr all rh ine at 1.59 p m for th" "A" elars, and at 525 p m tat the 0 her rlnsses. On Sunday the "A". "B" and "C" < wII sail
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    JOHNSTON KICKING CUP
    50 15 Sour points out of a posslF. Pullen won the J. H. i'vp. m ibe annual n !nr St. Andrew*! Old Boys' r U<s yesterdi Pullen Bucreeded in wo of th? seven i the competitors hnd to make n thr> rrtitre of the finld. These ron r'n^*e h
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    Clay-Pigeon Shoot At Gun Club
    75 15 *TIIK Singapore Gun Club's monthly clay-pigeon competition was held at the club on Wednesday and resulted in Dr. B. I). Motesworth winning the tankard with a score of 210 out of a possible 250. There were nine competitors. The three best scores were B. I).
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    Slow Work At Bukit Timah
    268 15 SLOW work was the orrj.'r of the' day at Bukit Tirnah this morning when training in preparation for the Singapore Turf Club's Spring i meeting was ocninued on the third trark of the race curse. The going was yielding. Among horses out for the first
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    NO GRAND NATIONAL UNTIL AFTER WAR
    74 15 Ijondon. Jan. 30. TPHE Grand National, world-renowned j steeplechase, will not be run this year' and probably not again until after the war. j Mr. Herbert Morrison. Minister for Home Security, told the House of Commons to-day that he had considered a proposal to
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    BRAMTOCO SPORTS CLUB WIN FIVE-ONE
    29 15 IN a friendly table tennis match played last Saturday, the Bramtoco Sports Club teat William Jacks Sports Club by five j games to one.
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    EUROPEAN'S DEFENCE IN ASSIZE TRIAL
    690 15 MAKING his defence at the Assizes yesterday before Mr. Justice 'Gordon Smith and a special jury, I Vincent Philip Baker, until recently n^istant cashier in John Little and Co.. Ltd.. described how he had won nearly $4,000 at the Singapore Turf CHib's meeting in April
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    31 15 n.e ."Mi.uifcor Posts and Telegraphs Sports Club's hockey team, which played two matches in Singapore during the Chinese N°w Year holidays and were beaten on both occasions.
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    REST BEAT EUROPEANS BY THREE GOALS TO NIL
    661 15 REST BEAT EUROPEANS BY THREE GOALS TO NIL Indian Army Forwards In Brilliant Form The Rest 3; Europeans 0 A VICTORY that was well-deserved was scored by the Rest when they beat the Europeans by three goals to nil in the annual fixture played on the S.C.C. padang yesterday. The
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    TO-DAY'S RUGBY ON PADANG
    347 15 Last Of Season's' Charity Games *T*HE last of the seasons Rugby matches arranged by the Malayan Rugby Union in aid of war charities will be player) on the Singapore Cricket Club padan; today between teams representing the Royal Navy, the Koy.il Air Force and the Royal
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    LOYALS BEAT SURREYS AT WATER-POLO
    40 15 •TTHE Loyal Regiment beat the East 1 Surreys by six goals to nil In a same of water- polo played a* Gi'.lman Barracks yesterday. Bradley (3>. Himv <2) and Rotherham (1) were the scorers i
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    22 15 RUGGER: Singapore and Johore ts. R.N.-R.A.F.. S.C.C St. Andrew's Past vs. Present, W»»d?ville. HOCKEY- V.M.C.A. vs. RJIJ". (Tenyah) Y.M.CA.
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    BRITISH PRESSING ON TO BENGHAZI FROM DERNA
    941 1 WAVELL'S DECISION DUE TO NAZI AIR AID TO ITALIANS Difficult Terrain Facing The Advancing Imperial Forces FOLLOWING the capture of the Libyan seaport of Derna yesterday morning, the British and Imperial forces are pressing on to their next objective, Benghazi, the second largest
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    Vichy Talk Of Invasion Early In February
    97 1 New York, Jan. 30. AN attack on Britain early in February is expected by competent observers at Vichy, according to the New York Times correspondent there. He says the currents and tides in the Channel are more favourable then than at any other
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    ITALIAN COUNTERATTACKS FAIL
    102 1 London, Jan. 30. I IN ALBANIA, Italian losses during uh* I1 last five or six days have been so heavy that Gen, Cavallero. Italian l Oommander-ln-Chief, has been forced I j to call off a series of local coun:eri attacks by which he hopes to regain the
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    ARRESTS IN BUCHAREST
    63 1 Berlin, Jan. 30. IT IS officially announced in Bucharest that 106 participants in the Iron Guard re- volt have been arrested in the capital and i 392 in the provinces, according to the official I German news Agency. No names have been announced but it is known
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    Further Raids On London
    324 1 Nazis Again Attacking Dover Balloons London, Jan. 30. I ONDON experienced another day of intermittent air raid alerts to-day following last night's firebomb attack, which was again defeated by civilians. German aircraft, operating singly, to-day dropped bombs in the London area and in parts of sou
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    NAZIS AGENTS ACTIVE IN AFGHANISTAN
    91 1 New Delhi. Jan. 30. rS Fakir of Ipi, whose turbulent activities or the North -West Frontier of India have made him a notorious figure, is now making contact with enemy influences in Afghanistan, according to reports reaching New Delhi. It i* learned that German propaganda
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    NAZIS SHELL DOVER
    23 1 London, Jan. 30. /"•ERMAN long-range guns again opened fire on Dover area this morning. No casualty have been reported. Reuter.
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    MR. WILLKIE PAYS VISIT TO BRITISH ADMIRALTY
    345 1 London, Jan. 30. "WE discussed the whole naval situation and the things that are most needed. Everyone talked to me with complete candour and the visit was very instructive." Thus said Mr. Wendell Willkie, defeated Republican candidate for the United States presidency, after
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    HITLER WARNS AMERICAN STATES TO KEEP OUT OF WAR
    1092 1 HITLER WARNS AMERICAN STATES TO KEEP OUT OF WAR Threat To Sink Ships Of Those Who Want To Help Great Britain London, Jan. SOL LJITLER to-day gave a warning to the United States to 11 stay out of the war in a speech at the Berlin Sports Palace on the
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    59 1 New York. Jan. 30. f)RGANIZED corps of sabotage agents in the United Stat.-s have been discovered by the Federal Bureau of Investiifati >n, declared Mr. Louis Nichols, Bureau inspector. He added that the Bureau knew the members' iden ity and has its eye on schools
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    98 1 B_ LondoD, Jan. 30. RITISH bombers attacked targets at Germany's naval base at Wilnelmshaven and other places In nor-h-west Oermany iast night. The number of aircraft engaged. It is officially disclosed, was smai!. None of the Britlsu aircraft Is missing. The raid on Wilhelmshaven,
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    GEN. SMUTS' TRIBUTE TO GEN. HERTZOG
    116 1 Cape Town, Jan. 30. THE bill granting Gen. Hertzog, ex- Prime Minister, an annual pension of £2,000 passed all stages in thi Assembly to-day. The Prime Minister Gen. Smuts, said the pension was intended not as a favour but as an honour for a
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    34 1 London, Jan. 30. THERE i M an air raid on the Sues Canal zone this morning. Bomb* were dropoed but no damage waa caused, and there was no casualty. Reuter.
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