The Straits Times, 4 February 1941

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    34 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED ICXARLT A CENTURY] MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER— LARGEST NET SALES 1C P BINGAPOWF., «\v. FEBRUARY 4. 1911 PRICE 5 CENTS The Straits Times I>> I'AGBS SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1941 PKICE
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      1052 3 Broadcasting TODAY S|NGAPORE /in 13.33 mt'% tti m.) ZHP1 «e <*•■•• ■»■> ZHPJ 12S M'l (41.M av) (ZHL /HPli 5 00 p.m. Modern Mandarin musict: »4Q p.m. News In Cantonese; 5.55 p.m. Hok*lin trusict- 6 05 p m. News In Hokkien; 6.20 p m. News In English. Relayed from London;
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      1053 3 EMPIRE STATION USB »SI me (Sl.SS CSC <31.« m.». GSD mi Ml (25-5S All U.8C mt .25 29 m.|; OSP ISM «c < 19.81 mil GSG 1179 me'* 1 10-M "SB 8147 me>» 1 1J.M G8I 15.8* <t tlS.tf m.»; GSJ »I5J «ie'» |U-M s 11.82 (25M nv>: G8P I5.JI
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    WAR TAX BILL AMENDED Regulations Tightened To Prevent Evasion
    763 4 WAR TAX BILL AMENDED Regulations Tightened To Prevent Evasion IMPORTANT ameidments to the War Tax Biil, imposing income tax in the Colony, designed to bring the legislation more into conformity with the Joint Committee's recommendations, to prevent evasion and to remove all possible doubts about the interpretation and intention of
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    EXCHANGES
    192 4 Tbe following are the recnamce rttci CM* morning according to the dally circular Issufr. by the Hongkonf and Sbaocoa) n»nn ry Corporation SELUMO Uujdoo r.T. 1/4 x/ 16 LordoD demand 1/4 1/16 Switzerland demand (T.T. only) 202^ New York demand 47 3/33 Mcnteal demand 61 27/32 Batawu demand g£%
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    JANUARY RUBBER SHIPMENTS FALL
    39 4 QCEAN shipments of rubber in January totalled 64,638 tons, compared with 69,565 tons in December. Of the January shipments, 42,134 tons were consigned from Singapore; 14,506 tons from Fenan(t and 8.002 tons from Port Swettenham.
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    AROUND THE MARKETS
    547 4 Tin Shares Ease On Larger Offerings From Australia By Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, Fel. 4. THE easiness which has existed in the tin share market for several days continued yesterday and fur.hefairly heavy offerings from Australia depressed prices to lower levels. These offerings .\pparently have been made
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    TIN PRODUCTION JUMPS IN 1940 Malaya Exports 85,384 Tons
    232 4 TIN PRODUCTION JUMPS IN 1940 Malaya Exports 85,384 Tons London, Feb. 4. THE International Tin Research and Development Council estimates world tin production in December at j 28.000 tons, making the total production in 1940, 236,600 tons, compared with 184,300 tons in 1939 and 149,700 tons in 1938. Exports from
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    TIN SHIPMENTS RISE LAST MONTH
    46 4 COREIGN exports of tin being final shipments on ocean steamers at all Malayan ports in January totalled 12,467 tons, compared with 11 967 tons in Decemb?r and 13,886 tons in January last year. There were no shipments of tin-ore in January.
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    HONG FATT OUTPUT FALLS SHARPLY
    27 4 THE output of tin-ore from Honp Fatt (Sur.pei Besi) Ltd. in January was 2 300 piculs, compared with 4,250 ptculs in December.
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
    90 4 Singapore, Feb. 4, nooii. Stiver* Ganibicr Hamburg Cube Java Cube Belle*-* 7.50 $12.50 $12.00 Mixed *2.15 Sun Dried $2.40 White Muntok White Black <qoi flout No I Lingga $4.50 Pair $4.50 Sarawak $4.30 $14.00 $13.50 $7.WJ lamoc* Small Rake Pair Flake Medium-Flake Small Pearl mmmm Palembang Banja
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    FIXED TRUSTS
    113 4 (Prom Our Own Correspondent) London »vb. 3. The following are to-day's "bid' quotations for Fixed Trusts: s. d. British Empire 'A" not available British Empire "B" not available British Empire Cumulative not availat' British Empire C'prehenslve not avol British General "A" 14 0 British General "B" 11 ixd
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    100 4 Tu«-«day, Feb. 4, noon. •tuyrrs Seller* Price* Trier* Vo. |< (Spot li>os*l 3t> v No. IX R.S.S. f.o b. in rases Krh.-Mar. (Sellers option; 3<;--, .17 C..F..V0,. R .s.s fob n oale« Feb. -Mir. i Sellers option) 36 s t o r.s.s. f(i b. m
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    DONATIONS TO THE WAR FUND
    233 4 THE tollowinfl donations to The War Fund are recorded to-day F. <; K»i«bie (further contribution) on Singapore Swimming ('lab, 50 per rent, of the total of War Lattery for January M4M R. K. Prentis (sixth contribution) .<•» Staff of Chief Censor's Office. Singapore 4«t Refund
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      158 4 We c Hn ju*t the right alkaline character to neutralise aftef* dinner acidity ©FgN 1 <. ATtK Mineral I'airr from the S«l«t«l Hot bpnng, iporr 1 1 1 1 D b v Fra<er&lStavt\ Limited TWO WAYS TO DEFEND BRITAIN .^^^^■i *V «te^^^Lsßßsi ■bbtj y^ V- -^h£ f f _^BSY 1
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    London Stock Exchange Quietly Firm But Gilt-Edged Ease
    123 5 London Stock Exchange Quietly Firm But Gilt-Edged Ease ondoti. Mb. 1. M Mil fmn nit rd K «1 jnrt I-.dwn •t *h*u r»»d in tot* dealing. -1 rl— iawil f.ir Hmnf r%iu w»» the rt aturr whll* KaAra wrrr flrmlf h«M -.-trti in Johann— km DlMn<O«k Ud Ok hMTOVMl UKl
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    JANUARY TIN-ORE PRODUCTION
    6 5 JANUARY TIN-ORE PRODUCTION T 367 644
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    133 5 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES PTom Oar Own Correspondent 1 London. Feb. 3. /*OMMODITY and K»cnan«e market* dosed v foUows vtto arena— qwotattoos t» oaren thesis:— RIRBKR: Steady. Spot 12Sd I2\d <12 9 16d 12 11 16 d) star. 12 918 d 13 11ll8d <13»18d 12 11'16d) Apr June I 2 9 16d
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    MAIL ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES
    79 5 Malls close at the General Post OOoe as follows: TO-DAY Ceylon surface 1 p.m. TO MORROW Australia (East and SouUi only surface 4p.m. Java air 10 30 a.m. New Zealand surface 4 p.m. Sarawak (except Mirii surface 1 p.m. Medan surface 10 a.m. air 11 a.m.
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    Malayan Sharebrokers Assn. Singapore Quotations
    1305 5 ■1H1NO fMjert MUot* Amptt Tin (Ss) 3i 3i Sd Austral Amal. (5s) 6* M 7« cd. Auttml Malay |5s 36s adAy* Rltam (5s> Sis 23s 6d Ayer Wcng ($1) .85 .90 Bangrin Tin (I> 14s 6d 15* 6d Batu Srianffor ($1 1.38 1.43 Borjuntai (5*i
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    List Of Current Dividends
    179 5 Issued bj the Malayan Sh iarel brokers I \ssociation. I Books COR: DAD? GITtaenC ClOM tm 1 Mala* 9a. 9d xrous lAffltl. 3d. IVid- bonus tai Is. No. 3 Feb. 3 Ipoh Tin Uit less tax Jan. "> .ntlii? 3d No. 68 1 3 bonus Feb.
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      145 5 A fortnightly illustrated magazine published by the Straits Times Press will make its first appearance on WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 5 and subsequently on every second Wednesday. The Publication will be known a$ The EASTERN GRAPHIC The first issue will contain 48 pages of good pictures and good reading. Pictures will be
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      636 5 LEGAL NOTICES MONKS HILL ROAD 9CHOCM HEADQLABTt'.RS OF SINOArORI*. LOCAL mm corp< NOTICB is hereby given that application mill be made by Mr ERACH KEKHUSHRO VAKIL, of No. 18 Battery Koad. Singapore, to tbe Board of Licensing Justices, at their next Session, to be held on the 10th March. 1941.
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      319 5 THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA (TRUSTEES) LIMITED. Guaranteed and Controlled ay TUfc MERCANTILE BANK Of INDIA LIMITED The Company wnich Is incorporated In the SJS. and registered as a Trust Company, undertakes the following duties: EXECUTOR OR TRUSTKE OF A WILL ADMINISTRATOR OF ESTAIF. OF DECEASED PERSON TRUSTEE OF A
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      108 5 SINGAPORE TIDE TABLES To-day II W 3.13 a. in. 87 ft; 3.40 p.m. 7.6 ft. I L.W. 9.25 a.m. 3.5 ft; 9 19 p.m. 4 ft. To-morrow M.W. 3 J4 am 8 5 ft: 4.40 pm 7 ft. L.W. 10.21 a.m. 3.6 ft; 10.05 pin. 4.6 ft Thursday, Feb. 6
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    BAUDOUIN ARRIVES IN VICHY —NEW CABINET CHANGES?
    456 7 Nazis Continue Press Campaign: Threat To French Prisoners Seen London, Feb. 3. SOMETHING of a sensation has been caused at Vkhy, according to The Times' correspondent on the French frontier, by the arrival oi M. Baudouin, former Foreign Minister, who resigned from the
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    Lord Lloyd Reported Slightly Weaker
    35 7 London, Feb. 3. j OKI) LLOYD, Secretary of State for the Colonies, had a fair night but is a little weaker, according to a Colonial Office announcement this morning. Reuter.
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    Nazis Kill 700 Polish Priests
    111 7 3,000 More Still In German Camps London, Feb. 3. A BOUT 700 Polish priests have been shot in the Nazi concentration camps at Oranienburg, Dachau, (Oswiecim) and Buchwald, according to news in Polish circles in London by way of Rome. There are estimated to be
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    King To Receive Willkie To-day Final Event Of English Tour
    132 7 King To Receive Willkie To-day Final Event Of English Tour London, Feb. 3. AS a culminating event of his in- tensive tour of Britain under war conditions, Mr. Wendell Wi'lkie expects to see the King and Queen to-morrow Mr. Willkie to-day was seeing how Liverpool is taking the blitz. Early
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    IRAQ'S TRADE ASSISTED BY THE BRITISH
    123 7 London, Feb. 3. •yHE extent to which Iraq trade and proe1 perity is bound up with Britain and dependent on British sea control and friendliness is revealed by trade figures for the nine months ended Sept. 30, 1940. During that period Iraq's exports increased
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    5,600 REBELS ARRESTED IN BUCHAREST
    46 7 Berlin, Feb. 3. OVER 5.600 rebels nave been arrested in Rumrmifc. according to a Rumanian official communique quoted by the German agency. It adds thar more arms and ammunition used by re'oela have been wised during the past few days.— Renter.
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, TUESDAY,FEB.4,1941 Folly
    1218 8 For the second time in history, income tax is the law of the Colony ■of the Straits Settlements. It may be known by a different name, but a tax on incomes is an income tax whatever the title of the Bill im1 posing it.
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    BUS SERVICES
    68 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, Some time ago I read, with interest an article on Jalan Besar bus services, by M.K.S. I would like to endorse his statement that bus services along Jalan Besar have been unsatisfactory during the past few years, and his suggestions,
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      FAULTY REASONING
      458 8 Effect Of Resentment Of Taxation Policy To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir— With reference to the letter headed Income Tax In your Issue of Jan. 25. may I ask your correspondent, Led but Not Driven." to reconj sider his decision Apparently, he has made up his
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      PETROL ECONOMY
      246 8 Scheme For Giving "Lifts'* Recommended To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— lt is astonishing to see the number of cars that are on the road In Singapore, but what is more astonishing is the number of cars one meets in the morning carrying just one person
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      THE "COMET"
      90 8 Has It Any Views On Income Tax To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— These last two evenings between 7.30 p.m. and 9 p.m. I have noticed a comet in the Western sky. I wonder if any of your readers would explain this Intruder's presence, his name
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      OPPORTUNISM
      76 8 To the Editor of the Strait* Times Sir,— As it is the Intention that any increased taxation shall be applied to war expenses, it should be compulsory for shopkeepers to report the amount of goods on hand at the date of introduction of increased duties on drink and tobacco
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      "ASSURANCES'
      270 8 Criticism Of H.E.s Speech At Kuala Lumpur To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— l have read with interest your leader entitled "Assurances," and I desire to make two comments upon H.E. the Governor's speech in the Federal Council. The Governor li His Majesty's Representative in Malaya, and
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      DICTATORSHIP?
      328 8 Here's Luck To His Excellency! To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— As the controversy on Income tax has apparently reached boiling point, from what I read in one of the morning papers, and the attack on H.E. the Governor seems to me unjust and I earnestly hope
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      "FAST ONES"
      253 8 People Who Will Pay Double Taxation To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— Judging from the lack of comment in the Sunday Press the suggested imposition of increased duties on liquors and tobacco seems to have passed unnoticed amongst all the hubbub caused by the war tax
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      "WHITE COOLIES'
      999 8 Another Winchman Describes His Experiences To the MHM of the Straits I inir* Sir. Dredging men are UMU mortals, so perhaps thr views vA Ml* other one of them on tho Mbje t of your editorial of I*v 30 may b interest to you. My friend served his
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    GERMAN BID TO EXTEND CONFLICT TO PACIFIC
    551 9 Object fa To Weaken America Britain MENACED COUNTRIES ABLK TO PUT UP STIFF STAND Will Tokio Take Step Disastrous To Self? UN I (,rrin;m> w;ml> i* for Japan to become embroiled in (he Kuropcnn war the mm \ice thercb) rendered (Germany > ihiM
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    Martial Law In South Italy
    488 9 London. Feb. 1. jy|rsS'JMM has decreed the whole of southern Italy as a war mne and placed it under martial law. according to (irec-h Press reports quoted bj the Athens radio. Reuter. The speculative tendency of Japanese flnanc- meant tha: the great !>:ump cf 1929
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    IRON GUARDS PLEDGE TO GEN. ANTONESCU
    918 9 London. Feb. 4 rg Bucfcuefct radio say* that a&suranctE of nd>uty to Gen. Antonrscu as the Iron Guard leader are pouring in from peniWnt .*rds ail over tl.e country. They wj they were misled by "dlnhonest leaders who betrayed the faith of O<L eaau,"
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    FRESH BLITZ BY THE R.A.F.
    437 9 Little Opposition Over France London, Feb. 3. TARGETS in north west occupied France were bombed in the course of an offensive patrol by a small force of bombers shortly before dawn to-day, it is learned ia London. The RAJ. fighter sweeps over occupied France are
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    British Speed Up African Drive
    166 9 London, Feb. 4. pONTIMING to fall back in the L face of ever-increasing British pressure on the Eritrean and Abyssinian battlefronts, the Italian forces are now abandoning the main roads built at a cost of hundreds of Italian lives and millions of lire and taking
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    "U.S. MAY SOON BE AT WAR IN EUROPE, ASIA AND AFRICA"
    402 9 Washington, Feb. 3. THE "Lease and Lend" Bill would "vest in one man the decision of peace or war in this country," said Senator Philip La Follette before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to-day. Senator La Follette has been
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    Japan's Claim To South Seas As Her Life-line
    122 9 Japan's Claim To South Seas As Her Life-line Tokio. Feb. 4. IT is self-evident that Japan will go forward with her fixed policy whatever attitude the Netherlands Indies may take toward Japans request for co-operation in the establishment or a sphere of common prosperity throughout (.reater East Asia," states the
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    DARLAN GOES TO PARIS
    313 9 No Surrender Of French Fleet London, Feb. 4. IT was officially announced at Vichy last night that Adm. Darlan, the French Navy Minister, has left for Paris. This announcement crowned a day of conflicting rumours in connection with his intentions and whereabouts. During the morning the
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    Willkie's Tribute To British Unity
    133 9 London, Feb. 4. MR. Wendell L. WUlkie's 60-minut tour of the bomb-damaged area of Manchester ye.'terday included some of the most enthusiatic scenes there for many years. Dense crowds .stopped hicar time and again, and the police bodyguard had to be augmented to save him
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    Important Base Bombed BvR.A.F.
    118 9 TonsOf Bombs Dropprd On Tripoli Airfield Cairo, Feb. 4. CASTEL BENlTO— lmportant Italian base in Tripoli— and its environs were very heavily and successfully bombed yesterday by the R.A.F., statean R.A.F. communique. The raid took place in the early hours and several tons of high explosive
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    Donovan En Route To Egypt
    67 9 Ankara. Feb. 4. pOL. William J. Donovan, President >* Roosevelt's roving emissary, had an interview yesterday wi'h Dr. Refik Saydam, the Turkish Prime Minster. M. "ukru Sarajoglu, the Foreign Minister and Marshal Chakmak, eh r of the general staff. Col. Donovan, who was accompanied in
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    GREAT GREEK SUCCESS Key To Whole Of S. Albania Falls
    244 9 GREAT GREEK SUCCESS Key To Whole Of S. Albania Falls London, Ftb. 4. /^REEK troops defying hea> on the whole front scored new succcssrs yesterday, according to a Press Ministry statement broadcast by the Athens radio. It s.iy.s that th;> Cirrck fa d their rclen less pressure on Italian p
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    U.S. SCHEME FOR 200 SHIPS APPROVED
    109 9 W.i. •hiiiKton. p i rIE United States Senate to-daf p:if»sod a bill providing for thf <rinstruction of 200 merchant »hlpi i«»r which President Roosevelt recently asked CmillCM. The bill had been passed by the House ot sentat In a recent message to Corgn Ml
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    WAR FUND REACHES $4,952,501 TO-DAY
    384 10 Three Substantial Gifts In The Latest List MONTHLY CONTRIBUTIONS Wlill yesterday's fhmations amuuntin^ to well over $5,000, Ihe War Fund total is no a 14,952,501. list of acknowledgements is a \Uft contributions. There are also three substrihution of $2,500 from and another beinp a sixth
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    6 10 n laying a wremth cenotaph to-day.
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    THE EASTERN GRAPHIC
    148 10 New Magazine Out To-morrow nr es Press, Ltd., i I publish the jmber of nen publication ;n Graphic, a frrtnifhtly tine 48 pages of good i reading. Includes •>r Purcell, "The Sound rea include an on the life i-f a a < and an <■ feu" ure
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    13 10 "T* <A the Legislative Coua- liv been flxwl provUionallr for Apr
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    16 10 Sultan Mmrlr.ni, founder of tl»« lsl h*s voluntarily nalm^S from the An>:l'>-CIi)nf«e School MBguporr and Ipoh.
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    AMUSEMENT
    54 10 SING \I'«»ki "III rowlj t pni KM i in i i.i QB1 UUM Kuui Taikl--OKI I i MM On t: <rf I,umu*rr\ mi Mrtii (il IMncln« i a 30. KIN, lilt Ol t *|Ml%l Piw:.r 16 Krt> L*c «*b. i AU New Kl u^ ntchU; good Buitr rfci n
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    MAN WHO ABUSED EUROPEAN P.C.
    89 10 A CASE was heard in the Singapore police rx courts on Saturday in which Walter Allen a 25 -year -old tnmmr on board a snip at the naval bas», was charged with v ing threatened and abusive language to European Police Constable Tyrcr. In the
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    GOVERNOR TO ATTEND THE GREAT DICTATOR
    51 10 r[E Governor and Lady Thomas are taking a party to the premiere of Charlie Chaplin's film "The Cr?at Dictator" which will be shewn at th? Capitol Cinrma tc-night O.hers who have reserved tickets for to-night's premiere in \\i-i the ;-ultan of Johore and Lady
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    SOHORE STORES PADI
    40 10 A POSSIBLE shortage of rice in Johore in case of an emergency will be averted as the Government ..oproved a scheme by the Food Controller (or the storing of padi in the various districts of the State.
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    Birthday Of God Of Heaven
    111 10 npo celebrate the birthday of the God of Heaven, which falls to-day, Singapore Chinese fired hundreds of dollars' worth of crackers and burned stacks of joes paper shortly after midnight last nirht. Mine to custom, relebration of the day began at midnight just xs the
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    22 10 The Princess Royal with Sir Robert Gordon-Finlayssn, G.O.C. Western Command, at a recent inspection of the Royal Crops of Signals and ATS.
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    GOVT. HOUSE GARDENER
    262 10 Contact With Live Wire Alleged pHARLES Roberts Howitt, UnderSecretary. Straits Settlements, described in the coroner's court yesterday, how. after being told by a servant that "orang ada kena i lampu," en the morning of Jan. 24, he rushed to the verandah and looking out on to a
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    DUTCH SUBJECTS INCOME TAX
    160 10 Voluntary Payment By Those T.ivincr Abroad MANY Hollanders in Singapore have already assessed themselves for voluntary Dutch income tax and have sent cheques for the tax due for the current year to the Netherlands Con-sul-General Dutch subjects resident In neutral and allied countries have been officially
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    NO AIR MAILS FROM BRITAIN YESTERDAY
    35 10 npH£ Postal Department notifies that no malls from the United Kingdom were conveyed by the East-bound British Overseas Airways Corporation Flying Boat which arrived In Singapore yesterday. I I
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    27 10 The Johore Malay Women's Associa-' tlon has been exempted from registra- tion. The association was 'orrned about a year ago and has its headquarters at! Johore Bahru
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    Large Attendance At Funeral Of Mr. Charles G. Pestana
    341 10 Tilt funeral of Mr. C. O. Pestana. late usher of the police court, who died yes-:<-rday at the ace of 54. took place the same v at the Bidauari cemetery. It wmt preceded by a full choral trrvire at the ;>h
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    BIG FIRE AT WHARFSIDE
    345 10 Harbour Brigade Saves Freighter /")NE of the most serious ship's fires seen locally broke out in the holds of a 5,728-ton freighter berthed alonpside the Singapore Harbour 1 Board wharves last night. The flames which were in the three .ifter-holds of the vessel leapt to Krcat
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    FREE FRENCH LAY WREATH AT CENOTAPH
    132 10 A WREATH desitmed as the Free French cross, and bearing the words "Homage dsa Voluntaires de la France Libre" was this morning laid at the cenotaph by two Free Frenchmen on behalf of the 40 others who have arrived here from various parts of
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    21 10 Capt. A. J. G. Crosse. M.C.. has been appointed officer commanding the Johore Volunteer Engineers In place of Major C. Pierrepont.
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    In Western Desert
    21 10 In We stern Desert Laundering with water at a premium. A British soldier in the Western Desert rinses out a towel.
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    MASKED MEN WERE ARMED
    218 10 Allegations At Assize Trial HOW a Bengali milk vendor was allegedly robbed by three armed j men in a dark road in Chpn^i was >old at the Assizes yesterday before Mr. Justice Gordon Smith and a common jury. In the dock stood 23-year-old Lee Tian Seng
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    SHORTAGE OF FOWLS EGGS
    214 10 Food Controller's Communique "COWLS' eggs have recently been, and arr still, in short supply m Singapore, a large proportion of Singapore's o^ets normally CUM from Swatow. but this source of supply is no longer available. Small quantities are obtained from Thailand and Indo-China, but these ;itf»
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    28th SESSION OF ALL-INDIA MUSLIM LEAGUE
    112 10 TIK twenty-eighth annual Uio All-India Muslim I.rmjue will bo hrlit In Madras dvi l rr l n presidentship oi Mr. M, A Jinimh Mr. Abdul Hamid Khan ii the i of the m-pMon commit Jiimali. Sir SUI Khan, and Mr. Fuzlul Hiui. Lite pr
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    STOLE KNIFE FROM SHIP AT NAVAL HASH
    78 10 COR iU-uliiiy a kiui<' valu. U ul t'2 from a ship berthed at the Naval Base on Sunday, 20-year-old James Abishagam, a Tamil, who said he m employed by the Admiralty, was sentenced to tw.) months' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. J. G. Happ.
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    INCOME TAX ADOPTED BY COLONY COUNCIL
    1578 11 Unanimous Vote At Third Reading Of Bill MEASURE TO AUTOMATICALLY EXPIRE AT END OF YEAR |Ml \N;ir Ta\ Hill, imposing income tax in the Colony, for an initial period of one year with retrospective from Jan. 1, 1911. passed it* third reading on rtiflrate
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    "MORE VITAL INTERESTS"
    200 11 Mr. Khoo Sian Ewe Gives His Reasons "I FLEL it Is incumbent upon me to call attention to the existence of a strong reeling against the introduction of inccmo tax among Chinese commercial interests in Penang." said Mr. Khoo Sian Ewe, speaking at the Council meeting yesterday.
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    EXTRA $1,350,000 FOR WAR PURPOSES
    305 11 Additional Duties On Liquor Tobacco ADDITIONAL duties on tobacco, cigarettes and cigars, and on intoxicating liquors. Introduced an Saturday, are expected to yield a further revenue of $1,350,000 for war purposes. This estimated sum will be over and above the amount collected last year when
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    OFFICIAL'S REPLY TO CRITICISM
    1501 11 Mr. Hyman Weisberg Suggests Appointment Of Committee TO CONSIDER REPORTS ON WAY LEGISLATION WORKS OUT ANOMALIES or inequalities such as are said to be contained in the War Tax Bill **are inherent from the nature and purpose of the legislation," said Mr. H. Weisberg, the Financial
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    "BILL UNDERTAKES RICH"
    397 12 ViewsO£Mr.E.N.C. Woollerton "1 DO not think anyone will disagree with me when I say that this Colony is not at present contributing to the war effort to anything VkM t'.e full extent of which it Is capable, *aid Mr. E. N. C. Woollerton in the debate on
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    SUPPORT OF EURASIANS
    705 12 "Assurance Clear" Says Mr. da Silva "THE subject matter of this Bill, has received very thorough investigation and indeed not a little cast igat ion in another forum much in the fifth column and adjoining it in sentiment though there is nothing sinister in this co-incidence. "Much
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    EUROPEAN INJURED IN PARANG ATTACK
    40 12 ¥N a parang light with an aged Chinese, in Dunearn Road yesterday, a European was atten.ied to by an ambulance dresser. He later proceeded to hospital. He had an Incised wound on his left little
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    "EQUITABLE FAIR"
    554 12 Capt. Hashim < Malay View IN welcoming this Bill, I wish to say that when it becomes law, It will be a very equitable, fair and just form of legislation." said Capt. N. M. Hashim, supporting the War Tax Bill In the Lo-isia'vc Council yesterday. Th elation, he
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    ECONOMY IN CIVIL DEFENCE MATTERS
    142 12 Colonial Secretary On Mr. Bisseker's Suggestion PIE use of the broadcasting facilities for making known the man-power requirements of the various branches of the passivi defence services "will certainly be contemplated by Government," said Mr. S. W. Jones. the Colonial Secretary, speaking on the adjournment
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    HELPING PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND
    151 12 THE intention of Government to establish an income tax information bureau under the charge of a Public Relations Officer, "for the purpose of assisting and guiding the public," was referred to by Capt. N. M. Hashim ir the Legislative Council yesterday. Expressing gratification at Government's proposal,
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    Bill Not Ultra Vires, Says The Attorney-General
    265 12 IT has been suggested in certain j 1 quarters that the passing of the War Tax Bill would be ultra vires, said Mr. E. A. de Buriatte in the Legislative Council yesterday. He considered that even if the whole of the money to
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    WAR TAX BILL BEFORE COUNCIL
    2796 13 Mr. F. D. Bisseker Says It Is "Bad Legislation" GLARING ANOMALIES MANY OBVIOUS OMISSIONS AM not ae»in>t inconu tax as sueh indeed ii is the obvious nnrl btll form of taxation given reasonable iK umstance>— but lam mr.rh against the imposition of a m rel
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    GERMAN HELP FOR ITALIANS CANNOT BE DECISIVE
    113 14 Swedish Expert Sa\s Invasion Bid \\i\\ Be Made In Early Spring Stockholm, Feb. 3. VUHATCVU tho IfeiNM no to help the Italians, it cannot ho decisive, states CoL Bratt, Swedish military «-xpert in the ncuspapor Dagens Nyheter to-day. At best German help might
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    WINTRY WEATHER AGAIN IN DOVER STRAITS
    28 14 WINTRY WEATHER AGAIN IN DOV ER ST RAITS London, Feb. 3. Wi. ird to the was a fall of v-dw a hitt«r 'y w.nd Is blowing en the
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    Italians Bombed By Nazi Planes
    99 14 \1 lark <>n Prisoners' Ship Off Libya London, Feb. S. THE Admiralty has issued the fol- lowing communique: "It is reported from the Mediterranean that number of Italian prisoners have lost their lives as a result of German or Italian a< 'On the afternoon of
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    Premier On Riots In Johannesburg
    354 14 Premier On Riots In Johannesburg Full Inquiry Will Be Held Army Warned Cape Town, Feb. S. IN the Union House of Assembly today, Gen. Jan Smuts, Premier and Defence Minister, announced that a full inquiry would be held into the Johannesburg disturbances during the week-end between soldiers and members of
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    R.A.F. Operations In Africa
    209 14 Havoc Caused To Enemy Forces, Lorries Bases Cairo, Feb. 3. DOADS between Derna and Ben- ghazi in Libya were strafed yesterday by R.A.F. bombers and fighters. At Slon.a, 25 m les south-west of Apollonia, troops and lorries were machine-gunned. Thirteen lorries were destroyed. An RAF. communique
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    SURVIVORS OF TORPEDOED SHIP
    47 14 Sun>iv:rs of a merchant ship torpedoed by a Nazi U-boat are here seen eing tahan aboard a Canad.an destroyer, which ioas fortunately able to arrive quickly on the scene of the attack, and thus save nearly all who had -been aboard the vessel.
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    ISOLATED NUISANCE RAIDS OVER LONDON AREA
    206 14 London, Feb. 3. OAIDS were made by several enemy aircraft flying singly over the east and south-east coasts of Britain during this morning and early in tbe afternoon. Bombs were dropped in several ilace-s In London, East Anglia and Kent In the London tnstri-'t
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    BRITISH TAKE ANOTHER KEY TOWN IN ERITREA
    414 14 South African Forces Capture Three Abyssinian Outposts Cairo, Feb. 3. DRITISH occupation of Barentu, another key town in Eritrea, and continuance of the British pursuit of the enemy in Abyssinia are recorded in to-day's communique as follows Libya: Preparations for the continuation of
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    New Canadian Force For Overseas
    53 14 Ottawa. Feb. 3. THE Canadian Government will spend over $100 000.000 during ,h2 1941-42 fiscal year to form and equip an armoured division and tank brigade to reinforce the Canadian corns overseas, sta.cd Mr. James L. Ralston.! the Minister o! National Defence, at a Press
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    MERCURY AND EXEVE DO BEST GALLOPS
    672 15 To-day's Fast Work On Second Track At Bukit Timah MrtJßl and Exert did the best gallops at Bukit Timah this morning when fast work was done on the second track by a larjic numbrr of horses entered for the Singapore 'lurf (lub> forthcoming Spr.ng
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    Paterson Retains Flyweight Title London. Feb. 4
    41 15 Paterson Retains Flyweight Title London. Feb. 4 'Pllr Rriti*h and I'.mpirr fly- .it boxing championship (itl< was at BtakC in a tight at MB last night between Jack Row), the R>an (Mantrronn won in the eighth M referee slopping the nehl
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    Amateur Boxing In Aid Of War Fund PROGRAMME OF FIGHTS
    132 15 Amateur Boxing In Aid Of War Fund PROGRAMME OF FIGHTS A.:ng of !<-ur Boxing As•ocl.. C thi :w was drawn up for th- Fund show at the! J2, instead of stated. I Ltherw«iffcta T Hoew rdons'. Ptr Mar.m 1 vs Pte. Worthington i her <R_A.A.F.) vs. I i Police and
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    KEPPEL GOLF CLUB COMPETITIONS
    68 15 KEPPEL GOL F CL UB CO MPETITIONS Irving .lont'^ Wins February Menial t>. retun ed in c nedal c<.mpt Mtlan .it ."lub Jones 5 84—12-72 82— 8 71 \iM«m\ (up ■MMfc cap" re- R Ollord; A. F LJolton A. L. otf by 1 id round by Feb. 23 und it
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    54 15 Pearson roes after the ball in an attack by the Royal Navy and Air Forces In the Malayan Rugby Union fixture on the S.C.C. padang on Friday in which Singapore and Johore beat th: Royal Navy, the Royal Air Force and the Royal Australian Air Force by nine points to
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    CLASS ONE HORSES WITH GOOD RECORDS
    402 15 Faststep, National And Lover's Fate THREE new horses of outstanding merit, Faststep, National and Lover's Fate, will probably have their first runs in this country at Bukit Timah on Saturday, the first day of the Singapore Turf Club's Spring meeting. They head the weights
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    BRAMTOCO SPORTS CLUB
    78 15 IN a return table tennis friendly match played last Friday at Farrer Park, the Bramtoco Sports Clab again beat. Sime Dar'jy Sport? Club by four games to o»ie Results, Bramtoco players mentioned first, were: Young Hai Wah beat Lawrence Chan 3—l; On? Cheng Kiat beat Cheongi Hoy
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    Milling Meets Som Pong On Friday
    245 15 Milling Meets Som Pong On Friday DOXING enthusiasts are promised a treat at the New World arena on Friday. Promoter Rnn Rnn Shaw has arranged a card in which three champions have been matched. Two keen rivals, Sorn Pong and Rush Milling, head the programme which is incidentally the first
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    ISLAND CLUB BEAT SEPOY LINES 7—o
    127 15 Wei-Hai-Wei Cup Golf TWE first round of the Wei-Hai-Wei Cup played at the Island Club on Sunday mcrning between th» Island Club and the Sepoy Lines Golf Club was won by the Islanders by seven matches to nil. The results, with the Island Club
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    WOMEN'S GOLF AT BUKIT TIMAH
    49 15 OWING to bad weather the Royal Singapore Golf Club's women's medal competition was postponed from yes.erday to Monday, Feb. 17, and will be played in conjunction with the women's 18 hele competition of that date, the first nine holes to count for the medal.
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    "TAX IS WISH OF COLONY"
    704 15 Views Of Mr. E.C.H. Charlwood "nTOME enough has been allowed for evolving alternate methods of raising sums of money commen- surate with the country's capacity to pay, and as these have not been forthcoming, the supporters of this bill may rightly assume that direct i
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    FOUND WITH UNLAWFUL SOCIETY LITERATURE
    88 15 lITHEN a house in Pasir Panjang Road was raided by the Special Branch last Friday night, a man was found in a room in which there was a large number of documents belonging to the Singapore Chinese Oversea AU-Cirde Anti-Enemy Backing-Up Society. Yesterday, in the
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    ALLEGED STABBING
    47 15 ALLEGED to have been stabbed by a compatriot, a Bengali was removed to hospital yesterday with four serious wounds, one of which was five inches long over the left side jf the back. The vie am bled profusely, but was conscious when taken to hospital.
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    FEBRUARY MEDAL GOLF AT BUKIT TIMAH
    211 15 >PHE Royal Singapore Golf Club's February Medal Competition was played at Bukit, Tlmah on Saturday and Sunday and resulted hi a win tor R. F. C. Markham in "A" division with a net score of 71, in a win for A. 8 one in
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    412 16 N i m-Kccogi.itioii )f Netherlands Government In London Implied? JAPAN vmII ignore the rcpr. -cniations by the Nethertomls Minister rttiardine the new order in East Asia, according to the vernacular newspapers in Tokio, Reuter reports. Th." 1 Netherlands Minister in Tokio, Gen. urday delivi red
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    58 16 ant (Jiy, a 23-year-old frying instructor, has been aicarded the M for a remarkable feat of skill and courage. He rras flying a tu::n-engiticd training aircraft -rmation flying training >.7 >vi*9 aircraft collided with "•tachine, severing the starboard just beyond the engine. The succeeded in flying his •naged aircraft for
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    BRITISH AIR RAID ON SARDINIA
    64 16 London. Feb. 3. A Admiralty communique, naval Swordflsh aircraft ked one of the main powei suppiy in Sardinia i aircraft is missBritish planes dropped bomb* and two aerial torpedoes on a dam dirmg d I hi- U announced in an I Command communiqut which s&y*
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    30 16 Air photograph of a German supply ship burning off the Dutch coast, having been torpedoed by a Beaufort aircraft of the RAT. Coastal Command.
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    Step Toward Settlement Of Old Russo-Japanese Fishery Dispute
    50 16 Moscow, Feb. 3. A STEP towards settlement of the long-standing Russo-Japa-nese dispute has been taken by the appointment of a joint Soviet-Japanese commission, consisting of ten members, to negotiate a long-term fisheries convention. Conversations are expected to begin hi Moscow shortly. Reuter.
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    THAILAND EXPLAINS WHY JAPAN SENT WARSHIP
    165 16 Bangkok, Feb. S. A FURTHER violation by French forces of the Thailand-Indo-China armistice agreement is alleged in a Thai High Command communique issued to-day while the Thailand delegates were preparing to fly to Tokio for the peace conference. The communique reported three clashes in
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    APPEAL TO FRENCHMEN
    39 16 London, Feb. S. AN appeal to young Frenchmen to eniist ir. the French Navy was made this morning by the Lyons radio. The men were axked to register with the Ministry of Marine at Vichy. Reuter.
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    64 16 Bangkok, Feb. 3. pRINCE Yarn Vaidyakara Voravarn, adviser to the Foreign Ministry and chief Thai delegate, and other Thai delegates are expected to fly to Tokio to-morrow for the peace conference with Indo-China. The allegation by the Thai High Command that French forces have violated
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    38 16 Saigon, Feb. 3. THREE French delegates to the Franco-Thai conference in Tokio have been chosen. They include M. Oautier, a Cabinet director. »ni Colonel Jouan. chief of the Governmer.tOener&l's military staff. Eastern News.
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    475 16 "Not In Japanese Character To Arbitrate Without Hope Of Gain" London, Feb. DV imposing their arbitration on the French in Indo-Chiiui and on Thailand, the Japanese have Mored their first diplomatic success for a tons period, writes The Times diplomatic corresp mdent
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    130 16 Fresh Shanghai Incident Japanese Gunmen In Fire-raising Bid Shanghai. Fob. 3. WHILE the city was soundly asleep, a party, alleged to b»* Japanese, commandeered a British owned taxi at 3 a.m. to-day, threw out the Chinese driver, drove to the racecourse and attempted to burn down the matshed wh°re the
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    171 16 Loud.>n. Feb. 3 A FIGHTER pUf»t on leave. »ho was drivuiß home from early morninu church. t.n.s helped in the capture of the em of a Geimon bomber. A Junkers 86 attacking a British trawliT off the Norfolk cuasi had been so badiv
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