The Straits Times, 8 February 1941

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    126 1 h l'\(.Ks PRICK S CKM SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1941. [ESTABLISHED IJKARLT A CENTURY] MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER LARGEST NET SALES The Straits Times STOiN ES BRO/NZES and/white stone 'a TONUM Metals art- the result of over a century's experience In the production of Bronzes, White Metals and other non-ferrous alloys
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      6 1 SINGAPORE. 14$ CECIL ST. (PHONt 5471).
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      308 2 MOTOR VEHICLeS_ FOB SALE. HIMBER Sports Saloon 39 h.p. Uxed and Insured. $320. Phone MM. MORRIS < OWLET mi model 5-seater tourer In good running order $300 or nearest offer. Box No 764 Straits Times. USED CARS: Austin*. Morris Citroen. Fora Wolselej nc The Eastern Auto JO. Ltd. 69/79 Orchard
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    London Stock Exchange
    352 4 United Eng. Ord. (85) 9.70 980 Unii«j uiisineers Prat 7% (810) 16 10 18.39 Union Insurance (£6) 212.00 217.00 Wearne ess) 14. 60 15.00 J- utHLMTUKEif AKli U»*NL 6% Maynard ana oa, 810.000 bit. Apr. 90 Oe* tl 80.0 b 100. nest siNOArnn- mjNicrrAx 6% 1901 red 50.i.50 I «40ii.
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    SINGAPORE TRACTION RECEIPTS RISE
    136 4 (Prom Our Own Correspondent) London, Feb. 7. COMMODITY and Exchange markets closed follows wltn previous auouuonj to oaren thesis:— RIBBEH: Easier. Spot 12 7l6d 12 9 16d (12 7 16d 12 9 16d> Mar. 12 7 16d 12 9 16d (12 7 16d 12 9 16d) Apr.June 12 7 16d
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    Malayan Share brokers Assn. Singapore Quotations
    132 4 THE following particulars of tin-ore production refer to January: Hours Cubic Piculs yards ore K. Kamunting 598 13*2,000 563 Thabawleik 615 186,000 1,268 Pungah Tin Dredge 1 642 267,000 1 077 Dredge 2 370 162.000 658 Austral Amal. 1,238 365,500 1,528 Kitam Tin 147 The net value of the output
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    45 4 New York, Feb. 6. THE Steel industry has submitted to the defence authorities an expansion programme bigger than was previously expected. Reuter. Henrietta Rubber Estates Ltd. harvested 163,400 lb. of rubber in January and Sungei Ma tang Rubber Estate harvested 50,000 lb. AROUND THE MARKETS
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    JANUARY TIN-ORE PRODUCTION
    464 4 HONG FATT JUMP ON DIVIDEND MORE INQUIRY FOX RUBBERS (By Onr Financial OMMpMtMll Singapoi. Fls possible to npori a slight :.nprovement >n the tin share BUT Ml this morning. Yesterday fewer seU n« orders were received from AuMn lia and this would inrikate that the filling of nervousness th- Inn
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    MAIL ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES
    88 4 Friday, r>b. 7. noon. rinyers SrlpM Prices PnMB No. IX R.S.S. (Spot laaat) 36' i 3614 No. IX K.S.S. tok. in rase* Feb.-Mar. (SHlrrs option) H% 3? U.F.A.Q. X S.S fo b. In o»lr% Feb.-Mar. lisssan option 1 MM 3H% F..VQ. R.S S fob. in balr* Frb.-Mar. (MsstS option) 35%
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    47 4 THE following crops 01 rubber were harvested in January: 16. New Bends! 26,061 Alor Gajah 22,200 Australasia 20,200 Ayer Panas 90,000 Bukit Kubu 11,500 Glenealy 63,500 Juljn Kibun 14,900 Kluan* 50,500 Pajam 203,000 Port Swe.tt:nham 10,800 Talisman 12 700 Tambalak 21,000 Teluk Anson 63,978 Ulu Benut 35,000
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    List Of Current Dividends
    145 4 London, Feb. 6. OIL circles deny th,^ Mexico City reports that the I -.ted States Government has t»iven an ultimatum to the Royal Dutch and Standard companies to reach an atfreemen: witn the Mexican Government. The companies continue to hope for the restoration of their properties.— ReuLer. London Stock Exchange
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    AROUND THE MARKETS
    404 4 London, »b. T. AN toe Stock Kxrhantf to-day sentiment w was dill eased In the early stafts by uncertainties rrgardlnc taxation but this sharply Improved on the news of the capture of Benghazi, and toe widespread small loam were generally retained. »Net rains were recorded in several rections of industrials.
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    1033 4 F January the Singapore Traction Co. Ltd. traffic returns were $282,000 or $53,000 more than collected in j January 1940. Total collections for the four months of the company's financial year, ended January, were $10,040,000. or $146,000 more than collected in the corresponding period jef the preceding financial year. rWDAV.
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    JANUARY RUBBER CROPS
    10 4 List Of Current Dividends Issued by the Malayan Sharebrokers' Association.
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    6 4 Malayan Share brokers Assn. Singapore Quotations
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      151 4 TENDERS o<)\! onncATioN yT^ l V° 7WJ. <aa^^^ ftDd OttaTssV* af^aj^swj BWOBss, BsM^ApQsTV No l Class HB Quartan No 3 Class 111 Quarters No 3 Class Iv Quartan •d j Praioaa* TnstsllslW«i Ocverasaetit rasetrai the right te h* sach m the abov* as separate Contracts. Ptans and Bpeelflcd BUki af
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      364 4 PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE. The Bnoange Banfe win be closed M rrtmo, MUfcy, Tfcaiaw THE SIMc.APOKE CHAMBER OF COMWM'E Kl'BMUt ASSOCIATION NOTICE Is hrrtby given that the Rubber Market wiu be eloard officially oo Monday, lOtta Pabruarr. 1*41, being Bank Holiday. By Order of the OrwUm, OATTET ft BATKMAJf. Secretary. NOTICE.
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    WHAT MALAYANS HEAR FROM FRIENDS AT HOME
    343 5 WHAT MALAYANS HEAR FROM FRIENDS AT HOME THE STRAITS TIMES, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1941 REPRISAL RAIDS We Shall Bomb Nazis Without Mercy Letter To The Editor like them to be. Letters from the country (from where many business firms now operate) are often several days in transit. The 'phone too
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      REPRISAL RAIDS
      2848 5 To the Editor of the Straits Time* Sir, Yesterday's issue of the Straits j rimes carried the following headlines: —"U.S. Leaders Expect Invasion of Britain 500n— 35,000 Planes May Be Jsed In Attack— Torpedo Carrying Planes vs. the Royal Navy etc. From :he above, from your leaders and from >ther
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      296 5 Manufacturing Opticians THE GREAT EASTERH OPTICAL Wl., 275. South Bridge Rd.. T«l. 2164. Established la IMS Optician C. T. FAN Gliwn Mp»Ue4 with a iruaranteed coupon Constipation sap* energy, [xi/ mint health, undermine* l*k vitality. Banish it now with BROOKLAX. the delicious Chocolate Laxative. Safe, gentle, thorough, it brings relief
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      84 5 1 \<%m f I 1 89 BRAS BASAH ROAC RAFFLES IIOTF.I. Rl 11.D1.N0 9 a.m.— BY APPOINTMENT— S p.m^ Siocl.illy recoir mended cure For Sintapore-Foot (old or nrw> Singapore-Ear Eczema. Pimples and R.islips, Rheumatic Ailments. Hail and Scalp. Ten year-old 'Singapore- Foot successfully cured. "lIEAI.A RAY" TREATMENT Injuries, Accidents, etc.
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      211 6 POSITIVELY LAST 4 PERFORMANCES IV^VL ALHAMBRA Warner Bros, p reseat H^^^^^L F.RROL H»'"l? i n W *J$ JLnii i I '*A\/r~ SEA P fi HAWK' I W! with mJL Mk m. BBBNDA MARSHALL CLAUDE RAINS ALSO AIR -MAIL BRITISH NEWS GALA MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS TO-NIGHT and TO-MORROW l^cK^jAtMAMftKA A$ *W RKO
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      59 6 THE MALAYA'S FAVOURITE Laeii bm^lc pUy. Tan Records T. U. A. MUSIC HOUSE DON'T BE BEHIND TIMES! LEARN THE M^\ v 1941 STEPS! 'm ..M YOIK mHNDS WITH I lit 1941 BAIXKOOM DANCING H\ lII.HIMM. Ki:HA*,OGV AT THK: MODERN DANCING STUDIO i A. ANN bIANU HIIX, KINUAPORt. (ThU tMt Is
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      243 6 to -day PAVILION I A GIRL'S DISASTROUS REBELLION AND INDULGENCE AS SHE APPROACHES FULL WOMANHOOD! A STORY THAT SPRINGS FROM A FAMILIAR RUSSIAN TUNE! "BLACK EYES" Matinees: SATURDAY, SUNDAY MONDAY 3.15 J ADDED ATTRACTION LATEST GAUMONT BRITISH NEWS AND SPECIAL the FALL or BARDIA (Australian Cinesound Newsieel) Showing the Actual
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      365 6 ALL PREVIOUS RECORDS HAVE GONE WITH THE WIND CAPITOL DA T shows! t 10.30 A.M.— 3.1>— «.10— 9.1") HE'S HERE! CHARLIE CHAPLIN in his new comedy sensation 'THE GREAT 1 DICTATOR' with PAULETTE GOPDARP I IJnited JACK OAKIE, BILLY GILBERT Artists Release etc. ALL ADVANCE RESERVATIONS FOR CASH ONLY CAPITOL
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    RIGHT RELATION OF SEXES IMPORTANT TO SOCIETY
    512 7 •T*HE Old Testament story of the ori- pin of marriage (Genesis II.) culminating in the injunction, almost formal, therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother and cleave to his wife," Is a vital one. Tiw writer of this picturesque account
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    CHURCH SERVICES FOR TO-MORROW
    966 7 CHURCH Or ENGLAND ST ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL.— Septuage- aim* Sunday, 6.50 a.m. Holy Communion: i 8 a.m. Choral Eucharist; 5.30 p.m. Even- j j song and sermon. Preacher: The Archdeacon. St. PAULS CHURCH— Sunday, 8 a.m. j Holy Communion; 5.30 p.m. Evensong aii.i ■ermon. ST. HILDA 'B
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    Sabotage Plots In Mexico
    106 7 Sabotage Plots In Mexico COINCIDING with an Axis drive against Britain, Nazi agents on the Mexican side of the border will launch a campaign of sabotage in United States plants, it is stated authoritatively in Mexico City, says the Sunday Sun of Sydney. Qualified Americans estimate Nazi agents in Mexico
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      333 7 RAFFLES HOTEL I TO-NIGHT SPE^L RACE~DINNER DANCE 8 p. m to 1 am v! 11 :\Vv 1(N THE ASTOR DUO NBATIONAI ICBOBATK DANCERS Dinner S3.«kl_B(X)K YOUR TABLE— Non-diners $1.00 IMJSTTAKKI, wnwrf to-day from 12.30 to 2.?»0 pjiJ TO-MORROW EVENING 111 THE PALM COURT ORE'S MOST POPI I.AX SOCIAI HMMBVOOT MILITARY
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      222 7 C«A 1 HAY 3 .i5 f 6.15, 9.15. Where Everybody Goes 'PHONE 3400 Singapore Free Press "A fine eveniml's^ entertainment. Magnificent natural A THOUSAND LOVE THRILLS... JUNGLE THRILLS! Also first actual scenes of the FALL of BARDIA the Aussies TAKE OVER! By arrangement with the British Ministry of Information EXTRA
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY. FEB, 8, 1941. (524 th Day Of The War.) Think For Yourself
    499 8 One of the mast interesting publications issued by the Department of Information, Malaya, is a pamphlet entitled "World Issues of Today and Tomorrow" by Victor Purcell, which has just been published. It is a review of current problems from a Malayan angle, and it is written in a manner which
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      THE SOCIAL EVIL
      502 8 Idiosyncrasy Stands In Way Of Reform To the Editor of the Strait* Times Sir, Since you published my plea for the establishment of brothels under government surveillance, many pens have been at work. Some pens have been well directed, ethers not so well. This disturbing of opinions is irritating, even
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      FOOD CONTROL.
      441 8 Experiences In Two Local Markets To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,—Having heard considerable comment recently on the fact that it is apparently impossible to buy at the maximum prices fixed by the Food Controller for pouitry, eggs, fish, vegetables, etc.. I have made several tours of the Orchard
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      284 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, I have read with eager interest all the speeches, leading articles, and other correspondence dealing with the vexed question of income tax in this country. The attitude of the European Unofficial Members is beyond my comprehension and that of the Chinese, deplorable.
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      INCOME TAX.
      175 8 HONG FATT Causes Of Fluctuation In Output To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, Your Financial Correspondent's views in relation to Hong Fatt tin mine as expressed in your issue of Feb. 4, are misleading. If he made the effort to Inquire in the proper quarters, he would find
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      Rates Should Be From 8 To 25 Per Cent
      114 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, Please allow me to comment on your excellent leading article on the conditions of mining employees. All you wrote about a particular company is quite true. The directors in Kuala Lumpur are fair and Just, and are honestly under the Impression that
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      HONG FATT
      588 8 DEMOCRACY Should Our Government Make A Gesture To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— I am srrc your leader of 1 day, under the heading- of "Folk. presents the feelings of many of us, l>ut it Ls difficult when one looks an and notes the many anomalies injustices not
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      "WHITE COOLIES"
      126 8 'PEACEFUL SLUMBER Validity Of Orders Made By Absentees To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— I have read with great Interest the letter entitled "Peaceful Slumber" by "M.TJS." I have also seen this notice and have wondered why it was still in existence, but I just took it for
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      DEMOCRACY
      86 8 A POSER Legal Adviser's Reference To Communist To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, One is glad to note that what your correspondent "Citizen" referred to as "a gratuitous insult from Legal Adviser" has been received witn the unconcern which it deserves It would, however, be Interesting to know
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      'PEACEFUL SLUMBER'
      729 8 rueut, for LnaUmce, makes, than it has the power to alter the laws made by Spain or Brazil. There is nothing to prevent any Dominion seceding from the Empire at any moment. A Dominion can even remain neutral when others are engaged in war, as the case of Eire at
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      A POSER
      5 8 THE SOCIAL EVIL INCOME TAX.
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    R. A. F.'s TWO-DAY BLITZ AGAINST INVASION BASES
    30 9 THE STRAITS TIMES, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1941 R. A. F.'s TWO-DAY BLITZ AGAINST INVASION BASES One Japanese Column In Honan Said To Have Been Wiped Out Intensive Attack Across Channel
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    PREPARATIONS OF NEW B.E.F.
    161 9 6RE Vr EXPLOSIONS SEEN FROM BRITISH COAST Home Guard Chief Warns Of German Offensive 1.1 \\K<M Sl^ *ith the jfreat British offensives in \frica which threaten to bring about the collapse of the It »linn Kmpire. the R.A.F is continuing: to pound away at Ibc Herman invasion l>a*es thereby considerably
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    Luftwaffe Chief On R.A.F. Offensive
    215 9 Important Arm) K. \.T. Decisions ■dOB K»b. 8. Inical decisions itur< battle cothe RAF. and t)ecn reached, kir correspondent, ro improve on the trarole of the Luftwafle in atinp with the German army. r- ;i to the now Army Cooper RAF. whicli WU intensive training proirimnif i» iioh in pr>Kress
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    'Doomed To Fail,' Says Sikorski
    316 9 London, Feb. 8. t v r everybody in 1/ d red G( n Milch. fe, in (iormanv the Bremen radio last i because of .e who believed in man people must 'lcr "how small by the British Member that our great goal can u rlench your tie great task linns
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    Stirring Call To The Home Guard
    218 9 'Doomed To Fail,' Says Sikorski Nazi Soldiers Fear Imasion Order London, Feb. 7. AMI drmun attempt to invade Britain is "doomed to failure" and Gen. Sir Archibald Wavell's lightning victories in Libya "are decidedly checking Hitler's plans in th>- Mediterranean and North Africa." These were the two main point* made
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    One Japanese Column In Honan Said To Have Been Wiped Out
    140 9 Stirring Call To The Home Guard L1EUT.-GEN. T. R. Eastwood, who 1* the Director-General of the Home Guard, made a stirring call to his army of nearly 2,000,000 men who have volunteered to guard their country against invasion. Onre the enemy has been found, he miut not be allowed any
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    COLLAPSE OF ITALIANS
    27 9 Vichy Cabinet To Resign To-day? BATTLE OF ABYSSINIA IS NOW GETTING UNDER WAY Italian Loss In War Material At Benghazi Believed Te Be Heevy
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    Premier's Broadcast
    68 9 Cairo, Feb. 8. WITH the British conquest of the whole of Cyrenaica apart from a few isolated posts south of Benghazi, the Italian naval and air base which fell io the British and Imperial forces yesterday, interest here is now beginning: to shift to the Battle of Abyssinia which is
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    PROGRESS OF "AID" BILL Passage To-day In House?
    243 9 Why Libyan Push Should Continue London, Feb. 8. rpHE fall of Benghazi, though j j inevitable, took place evenji sooner than was thought possible. Italian resistance in Cyrenaica must have completely collapsed. writes Gen. Sir Hubert Gough, Reuter's military correspondent. With the exception of one rearguard action, there seems to
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    Vichy Cabinet To Resign To-day?
    231 9 IT is announced that Mr. Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister, will broadcast in the 8.8.8. home and overseas services at 8 p.m. on Sunday (3.20 a.m. Monday, Malayan time).—Reuter. the world at large. Including Britain's other enemies, are not the only advantages to be seized by the capture of Tripoli.
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    Italian Attack Beaten Back
    146 9 PROGRESS OF "AID" BILL Passage To-day In House? Washington, Feb. 7. PRESIDENT Roosevelt's M Lend and Lease" Bill to aid Britain was rapidly moving toward passage in the House of Representatives to-day. Leaders of the Democratic Party confidently predicted that It would be passed by the lower house this weekend,
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    BRITISH DESTROYER DOWNS A BOMBER
    114 9 Adm. Darlan On Way Back From Paris Talks London, Feb. 8. ADM. Darlan, Vichy Minister for, the Navy, left Paris last night ind is due to arrive In Vichy this; norning. While in FariS, he conferred with I ..aval, former Vichy Vice-Premier, :omte de Brlnon, Vichy Minister in hols, and
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    MADRID AWAITS ITALY'S " COUNTER-ATTACK "
    105 9 Large Numbers Mown Down By Greeks London, Feb. 8. I LARGE forces of advancing Italian infantrymen were literally mown down by Greek flre in an unsuccessful two-hour attack on the Albanian battle front on Thursday, according to j the Athens radio last night. The announcer stated that th? Italians were
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    ITALO-SWISS BORDER CLOSED BY DUCE Zurich. Feb. 7.
    63 9 London, Feb. 8 THE British destroyer Vanity has shot down a German Dornier twin- j engined bomber which was attempting to attack a convoy. An Admiralty communique says that a direct hit was made on the enemy aircraft, which crashed into the sea. There was no survivor. No damage or
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    BATTLE OF ABYSSINIA IS NOW GETTING UNDER WAY
    298 9 Madrid, Feb. 8. THE occupation of Benghazi came as a j irreat surprise in Madrid, where the fall of the town was not expected so quickly. Spuin is still waiting to see the Italian coun-ter-offensive, which messages from Italian sources have been warning observers here to expect Reuter. ITALO-SWISS BORDER
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    BIG ADVANCE IN ABYSSINIA
    247 9 Shanghai, Feb. 8. 1*HE Japanese forces In the Piyang, Tang River an! Pai River. regions of southern "lonan are being completely encircled, according to Chinese Press reports. Six Chinese divisions are now < ngagod in operations against the Japanese at Piyang, some 30 miles west of Mingkang, on the Pei-ping-Hankow
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    WAR FUND INCREASES BY ONLY $1,150 TO-DAY
    123 10 A.R.P. TERMS OF SERVICE Details Of Scheme In The F.M.S. tttf <rrRArrR "mrps. «rvmnTAY. February s. inrr "Black Eyes." (Mary Magulre, Otto Kruzer). Associated Pic torn. Ala* special newsreel of the Fall of Bardia. At the Pavilion. THE great moral on which it to baaed commends this picture to every
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    AUSTRALIAN WOMAN DOCTOR FOR TAIPING
    29 10 IN connection with the Thaipusam festival, a special train will leave Kluang at 3.15 p.m. to-morrow, calling at all stations en route to Singapore. DUAL ATTRACTION AT PAVILION THEATRE
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    WAR FUND DIARY
    244 10 "ENEMY IS STILL IN THE PACIFIC" TT is only facing the facts to remind you that the encm> is still in the Pacific," the Air Minister (Mr. McEwen) said recently. There is a powerful and populous Pacific country which has joined in a military alliance with the enemy, and we
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    PERAK MINES AND A.R.P.
    114 10 MORE PILOTS FOR R.A.F. Malayans Among Volunteers London, Feb. 8 MORE evidence of the Iruits of the» rapidly growing Empire air training scheme was provided to-day when a contingent of R.A.F. personnel from Britain who had completed the training m Canada returned with their wings." They were acL«>:rpanied by new
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    EURASIAN BANKRUPT GIVEN DISCHARGE
    29 10 MAIL TRAIN LATE OWING to engine trouble, the nii{ht mail train from Kuala Lumpur which was due in Singapore at 7 a.m. to-day did not arrive until 10 am.
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    MR. K. TSURUMI INTERVIEWED
    441 10 Straits Times cameraman as they were having a discussion about tha mothercraft certificates handed to them by Lady Thomas after the opening of the new creche in New Market Road yesterday. MORE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM LOCAL BUS SERVICES THK War Fund has increased by only a little over $1,150 1 since
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    How Gordon Highlanders Won Badge Of "Royal Tiger"
    38 10 AUSTRALIAN WOMAN DOCTOR FOR TAIPING AAISS F. A Craig, an Australian DoctDr of Medicine who Is going to take charge of the Infant Welfare a Taiplng, arrived in Singapore "sterdav to take uo her new WAR FUND DIARY
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    A.R.P. TERMS OF SERVICE
    437 10 THIS Diary is intended to call attention to functions wbub are being held in aid of The War rand Organiser* ot such functions are invited to submit details for inclusion in this feature Tomorrow: Baseball: Canadians rs. Americans, lalan Bcsar stadium at 4 p.m. Feb. 22 Singapore Amateur Boxing Association
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    DUAL ATTRACTION AT PAVILION THEATRE
    58 10 EURASIAN BANKRUPT GIVEN DISCHARGE OTATED by the Assistant Official Assignee, Mr. G. H. Poh. to have paid about 90 per cent of his liabilities oi about $3,500, a Eurasian bankrupt named P. J. de Rozario was granted a discharge subject to a suspension oJ nine months by the Chief Justice
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    SPECIAL JOHORE TRAIN
    575 10 IN these days when Japanese statesmen are uttering threats against the Uni.cd States and Great Britain and some bel.eve they may be persuaded by their German allies to disturb the peace in the Far East, a Straits Times reporter thought it would be interesting to secure the views of the
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    228 10 A VIVID account of how the Gordon Highlanders had fought their way through numerous leading battles including the Great War to gain themselves a name among the world's finest fighters, were given by an officer of the Regiment I last night, in a broadcast talk from i the Singapore station
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    "ENEMY IS STILL IN THE PACIFIC"
    274 10 it was here that they won the badge of the Royal Tiger superscribed "India" which Is worn embroidered on the collar of Officers' full dress doublet and which U to be seen on the collar of every other rank of the Gordon Highlanders. It was a hard-won honour as It
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    MORE PILOTS FOR R.A.F.
    8 10 MR. K. TSURUMI INTERVIEWED Views Of Japan's Consul-General
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    MAIL TRAIN LATE
    13 10 WAR FUND INCREASES BY ONLY $1,150 TO-DAY Royal Singapore Golf Club Raises $422
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    ANTI-OPIUM CAMPAIGN BEING ORGANIZED
    56 11 THE STRAITS TIMES, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1941 Concrete "Bunding" Between Pillars Example of concrete walls, called "bunding." between pillars, now being constructed on five- foot-ways, verandahs and archicays. as one of the AJiP measures for protection of office workers and pedestrians taking. shelter. "BUNDING" TO PROTECT PEOPLE FROM BLAST Simple
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    REGISTRY WEDDING
    54 11 A CONSPICUOUS feature of the down-town distrid of Singapore to-day is the protection of public building against blast and splinters from bombs by the method known as "bunding." This consists of the construction of a wall of hollow concrete blocks along the five-foot-way, usually from pillar to pillar or across
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    Concrete "Bunding" Between Pillars
    123 11 Offence To Retain Back Numbers rIE importation, publication, sale, olTere for sale, distribution or reproduction of publications of the Watch r^wer Bible and Tract Society, which have been banned, are an offence punishable by imprisonment, states a reminder to th? public published in the Gazette. The public is also reminded
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    'WATCH TOWER' PUBLICATIONS
    113 11 Alleged Membership Of Unlawful Societies T-HREE women were charged in the Singapore third court yesterday' with being members of unlawful j societies, on Thursday and r.ll claimed trial. Leong Mah Fong, 25, was charged with being a member of the Patriotic Workers' Association; 110 Fin Kiam. 17, was charged with
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    WOMEN CLAIM TRIAL TO CHARGES
    79 11 Ft^m Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 7. I*HE High Commissioner has, with the advice of the London Advisory Committee, appointed Mr. C. E. T. Mann to act as Director of the Rubber Research Institute with effect from Jan. 21 last in the absence of Capt. H J. Page, who
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    MR. C. E. T. MANN TO ACT AS HEAD OF R.R.I.
    56 11 *Y*HE Indian Youth League, Singapore, has 1 made arrangements to accommodate up-country pilgrims who visit Singapore for the Thaipusam festival at the SaradamanJ Girls' School. Arya Samaj. City High School, St. JohnV School and in the League premises. League volunteers will be on special duty to render all assistance to
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    YOUTH LEAGUE TO HELP THAIPUSAM VISITORS
    295 11 Man Who Entered i Naval Dockyard ROBERT Brooks, a European, was convicted in the Singapore third I :ourt yesterday on a charge cf using i sailor's pass to which he was not lawfully entitled, to enter the dockyard o! the Naval Base on Jan. 26 at 11 a.m. Robsrt George
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    NOT ENTITLED TO PASS
    142 11 Decomposed Body Of A Baby In Drain WALKING along Bukit Timah Road on Thursday evening, a Javanese, Ahmat bin Haji Mohamed Idris, employed as a railway gateman, noticed the body of a smr.ll child lying in the drain running bes'.de the road, its head immersed in water. He immediately reported
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    MALAY GATEMAN'S GRUESOME FIND
    35 11 THE Singapore branch of the Indian Overseas Bank Ltd., Madras, will be formally opened by Mr. C S. Venkataohar, Agen. of the Government of India, on Feb. 12. Mothercraft Now Recognized Subject In School Syllabus
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    INDIAN OVERSEAS RANK
    565 11 TTHE latest additions to the creche service o! Singapore, two buildings, donated by Messrs. Aw Boon Haw and Aw Boon Par were declared open by Mrs. Aw Boon Par yesterday before a large gathering. Dr D. W. G. Faris, acting Chief Health Officer, in calling upon Mrs. I Boon Par
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    "BUNDING" TO PROTECT PEOPLE FROM BLAST
    864 11 This method is recommended Dy me ARP. Department as it offers ample protection against bomb splinters and blast to office workers who are liable to be exposed at window openings or doorways on ground floors, and it has the additional advantage of offering protection to pedestrians seeking cover during a
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    FUNERAL OF MRS. MARY RANGEL
    77 11 'From Our Own Correspondents Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 7. TTHE War Taxation Bill will h;ivr Itl committee stage and second reading at the meeting of Federal Counci on Tuesday at 10 am. It will be :<r informal meeting and no uniform wil b« worn. The Federal Secretary, Mr H Fraser, will
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    FEDERAL COUNCIL MEETING
    12 11 ANTI-OPIUM CAMPAIGN BEING ORGANIZED Big Singapore Conference To Plan Re-opening Of Clinics
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    Mothercraft Now Recognized Subject In School Syllabus
    220 11 y\\ hinese guilds in Singapore will bt rc1 aDed for Tuesday to organize i] conclusion an anti-opium campaign the meeting will lv held at the Chinese Consulate, Uidwii; rbyxMr. Kao Ling-pai, the ConsulG«aeral. The re-oj>ening of anti-opiun clinics is expected to one rwilt of the conference. Following the meeting, ment
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    U.S. URGES PETAIN TO STAND FIRM AGAINST THE NAZIS
    158 12 THE STRAITS TIMES, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1941 U.S. URGES PETAIN TO STAND FIRM AGAINST THE NAZIS Laval Seeks Dictatorial Powers: May Form Government In Paris New York, Feb. 7. I AVAL'S terms to Marshal Petain are understood to be tantamount to an ultimatum, it is gathered m Berlin according to
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    Amendment To "Aid" Bill Rejected
    57 12 Washington, Feb. 7. DY a vote of 246 to 145, the Home of Representatives to-day defeated the first attempt to chance the original text of the Lease and Lend Bill. The proposal was to supplant the bill under which aid to Britain would be supplied
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    NEW ITALIAN ATTACK FAILS
    87 12 I Machine-Gunners Defeat Tanks London, Feb. 7. I\RENCHING downpours of rain in Albania have not prevented the J Greeks from consolidated their i newly-gained position in the moun- tain range beyond Klisura. They repulsed attacks by Italian tanks and armoured cars. An American commentator, broadcasting from
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    Treasure Island To Be U.S. Base
    50 12 London, Feb. T. SAN FRANCISCO has undertaken to lease to the United States Navy Department Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay. It is to be converted into a powerful air and naval base. The agreement would operate for the duration of the war. Reuter.
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    ROAD WORK FOR PRISONERS IN SOUTH AFRICA
    58 12 Capetown, Feb. 8. pOTJR Uvwuand Italian prisoners of war wi'J be employed on construction of a national road from Capetown to Worcester and j through Mm Nont*«u Pass. The remainder it the total of 20.000. which the South African Government agreed to accommodate
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    PETAIN EMPHASIZES NEED OF U.S. HELP
    248 12 Laval wants to be the head of the government with powers to appoint and discharge ministers and of being responsible only to Marshal Petain, who would be chief of state In the manner of the president of the French Republic. Leahy's Warning: Hardly had Adm. Darlan left Vichy yesterday for
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    900 MORE ITALIANS ARRIVE IN INDIA
    107 12 Vichy Feb 7 RJ|ARSHAL Petain had a' long and ITI cordial conversation to-day with Mr. Howard Kershner, European director of the America Friends' service. This service Is a relief organization sponsored by a religious sect Known as "Quakers." Mr. Kershner described the relief work done by the service, particularly for
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    Duke Of Kent May Soon Go To Australia
    137 12 A_ Tr> Bombay, Feb. 7. FURTHER 900 Italian prisoner*, including 104 officers, arrived here yesterday.— Reuter. London, Feb. 7. DRESIDENT Roosevelt's nomination of Mr. John (i. Winant as Ambassador to Britain has been warmly welcomed in Britain. bassador has yet to be confirmed by tha Senate— Reuter The Times says
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    U.S. Correspondent Sec Duff Cooper
    60 12 WINANT,S ROLE MORE THAN THAT OF ENVOY New York. Feb. 7. A SUGGESTION that the new Ambassador to Britain. Mr. John G. Winant, Is destined to fulfil more than an ambassador's conventional role is made by the New York Herald-Tribune, which, approving his selection, finds It, like that of Lord
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    LONDON PRESS WELCOMES WIN ANT'S NOMINATION
    50 12 American journalists photographed loith Mr. Alfred Duff Cooper. Minister of Information, before a press conference. Duke Of Kent May Soon Go To Australia I ONDON newspapers indicate that the Duke of Kent may soon go to Australia as Governor-General, in succession to Lord Cowrie.
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    WINANT,S ROLE MORE THAN THAT OF ENVOY
    458 12 Recalling that the Duke of Kent's appointment as Governor-General in 1&39 is "officially" deferred and not I cancelled, the Dally Telegraph says 1 that the Duke and Duchess will be i specially interested in the commemoration of Australia Day, because the I Duke in 1939 broadcast to Australia as i
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    R.A.F. CONTINUES TO POUND AWAY AT INVASION BASES
    250 13 Docks Shipping At Dunkirk, Calais Boulogne And Dieppe Bombed London, Feb. 7. HEAVY attacks on invasion ports in occupied France were made by the R.A.F. last night despite bad weather. To-day's Air Ministry communique states that many bursts were observed in the
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    Kalinin's Cable To Roosevelt
    116 13 Sends Congratulations On Re-election Mcrcow. Feb. 7. MESSAGES containing congratulations and good wishes were exchanged between M. Mikhail Kilinin President of the Soviet Union, and President Roosevelt en tne occasion o! the American President's inauguration. The texts of the messages were published here to-day. II Kalinin
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    ATHENS HAILS FALL OF BENGHAZI
    108 13 London, Feb. MEWS of the capture of Benghazi was n retired In Athens yesterday afternoon with unbounded enthusiasm, states the Athens radio. "It hud been confidently expected that at this moment the important Italian military and naval centre voti'd fall to the British commander 1
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    India's War Fund Growing Fast
    92 13 New D lhi, Fib. 8. II/ITH spontaneous gifts pouring in "at an averag? monthly rate of £127.000. the Viceroys War Purposes Fund totalled well over £2,000,000 at the end of last year. Of this total, over £1,000.000 was sent to England including £668.000 for aircraft
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    H.A.I. Replied To Query
    112 13  -  Nazi Air Chief ».v London. Feb. 7. A WIRELESS message from Oeoring to the Royal Air Force was transmitted after the deatn in action of Capt. Wieck. German air ace. in November last year, says the German radio to-day. Wieck was shot down on Nov. 28
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    CHIANG GETS LETTER FROM ROOSEVELT
    41 13 Chungking. Feb. 8. A PERSONAL letter from President Roosevelt was delivered to Gen Chun* Kai-?hek yesterday by Mr. Lauch'in Cirrte. Mr Roosevelt's personal envoy to China Mr. Currle came here by air from Hong Kong.- Reuter
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    Little Action Over Britain
    215 13 Only 2 Enemy Planes Seen During Day London. Feb. 7. LITTLE enemy air activity occurred over Great Britain to-day. During the morn.ng, states the Air Ministry, bombs were dropped by a single en<»my aircraft on a town on the north east coast of Scotland, injuring a
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    India Redeems Five Loans
    138 13 London, Feb. 7. FINANCIAL transactions Involving nearly £90,000.000 between the I United Kingdom Government and the Indian Government were announced 1 by the British Treasury to-day. Holders of five Indian Government 1 loans are to sell them to the British Treasury at the price ruling at
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    Empire Air Scheme In Canada
    94 13 London, Feb. 7. FRTHER details were given to-day of the speed up rf the Empire air scheme in Canada by the Canadian Air Minister, Mr. C. G. Power. He stated at Ottawa that the revised cost of the plan was one billion dollars compared with
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    Vole Of Confidence In South Africa
    61 13 Capetown, Feb. 8. A MOTION for no confidence in the Government of South Africa moved in the House of Assembly by Dr. Malan the opposition leader, was defeated by 78 votes to 59 to-day. An amendment expressing confidence in the domestic and war policy
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    SECOND KING GEORGE V CLASS BATTLESHIP COMPLETED?
    310 13 [T is believed in London that two of the new King George V class >t battleships have been commisiioned They are H.M.S. King George V. which arrived in Annorecently, and H.M.S. Prince of Wales upon which construction ■eas commenced simultaneously. When the remaining
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    MORE GERMAN PRISONERS
    20 13 Tvo German airmen ihM enc c; ilu.r Injund when a ovtch of prisoners passed through London recently.
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    BRITAIN'S SPENDING THIS YEAR GREATEST IN HISTORY
    386 13 London. Feb. 7. rS vote of credit which the Chan- j ceilor of the Exchequer, Sir, ■Cingsley Wood, secured in the House j >f Commons yesterday brings Parlia- 1 nent's authorization for this year to :he biggest expenditure in British his- lory, says
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    LORD MOYNE AS LLOYD'S SUCCESSOR
    37 13 London, Feb. 8. ris learned that Lord Moyne is among those mentioned as successor to Lord Lloyd as Secretary of State for the Colonies. An official announcement will be made shortly. Reuter.
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    SANTOBRITE AS PRESERVATIVE. FOR LIQUID LATEX
    2082 14 SANTOBRITE AS PRESERVATIVE FOR LIQUID LATEX New Uses For Rubber Being Developed In America PROMISING PROGRESS MADE IN TREATMENT OF FABRICS By Our Planting Correspondent IN pre-war days possible new uses for rubber and the many uses already in being, was a subject much more in the forefront of rubber
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    474 14 ately 15 hours a day and laundering them every day, and after continuing this procedure for three full months, the wearer still has a good pair of socks. We douot that anything approaching th.s has. ever been accomplished before Finally on the subject of applying the described treatment
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    ANGLO-JOHORE RUBBER ESTATES
    294 14 A Satisfactory Profit PIE th rd annual ordinary general meeting of the Anglo-Johore Rubber Estates, Ltd.. was held in London recently. Mr. E. F. Slade, J.P., who presided, said that at their last annual meeting he had said that they had every reason to hope that the
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    SINGAPORE PARA RUBBER ESTATES
    300 14 THE ordinary general meeting of the Sin^anore Para Rubber Estates. Limited, was held In London recently. Mr. R. B Bannon (the chairman), who presided, said that the past year had been more favourable for rubber companies owing to the increased export allowance coupled with an advance
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    PROGRAMME OF EVENTS AT BUKIT TIMAH
    795 15 First Day Of Singapore Spring Race Meeting BKIjOW in Riven the full card of events at Bukit Timah today, the first day of the Singapore Turf Club'B Sprint meeting The double tote will be on races six and eight, and U»e hi* sweep will
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    FINAL FAST GALLOPS AT BUKIT TIMAH
    297 15 rvKI'OI and Eeigras* were the only class one. division one hun»«N gWNftMi at Bukit Timah this morninß. when a few of the horses runnint to-day were C i\rn sharp spurts down the home straight. The second track of the race course was used and
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    R.S.G.C. BRIDGE AND MAHJONG TOURNAMENT
    62 15 ABRIDGE and mahjong tournament will be held at the Royal Singapore Golf Club by the women's committee at 9.30 am. on Friday, Feb. 21. Admission will be by tickets only. The whole of the proceed* will go u> ,The War Fund. Ticket at $1/50 may
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    LALL SINGH TO FLAY HERE THIS SEASON
    60 15 LALL Singh, the Sel~ngor State ha t ken up an appointment with a Singapore sporta re He will moft probably play ror Singarce Indian Arsociitlm this ton, again-t whom he scored an unbeaten century for the Selangor I A. in the Indian Cup
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    Selections For To-day's Races
    157 15 SELECTIONS for to-day's races at Bukit Timah are STRAITS TIMEB Race 1: Kentucky. The Needles. Race 2: Temple, Swelter. Race 3: fly-ng Column. Shipley. Race 4: Fair King, Release. Rac* 5: Never Set, Tonroe. Race 6: Kaolin. Depot Race 7: Lord Tomnoddy. Newsy. Rare 8: Mercury,
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      PERAK THE HOCKEY TEAM OF THE SEASON
      476 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Feb. 7. BY beating Selangor by five goals to nil in the inter-State hockey fixture here last Saturday, Perak maintained a glorious unbeaten record this season. The Selangor game was the State's last hockey fixture off the season.
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      WEEK-END SPORTS EVENTS
      76 15 TO-DAY Races: Singapore Turf Club's tprinff meeting, first day, Bukit Timah. Soccer: S.C.F.A. cup competition, Chinese Companion Athletic Association vs. Merrilads, 5 p.m. at Jalan Besar stadium. Hockey: Singapore vs. Selangor, Kuala Lumpur; Singapore women vs. Perak women, Kuala Lumpur. TO-MORROW Baseball: Canadians vs. Americans, in aid
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      S.C.F.A. CUP SOCCER STARTS TO-DAY
      118 15 S.C.F.A. CUP SOCCER STARTS TO-DAY Proceeds For War Fund China Relief Fund THE first tie In the Singapore Chinese Football Association's Cup competition will be played between the Chinese Companion Athletic Association and the Merrilads Musical Association at Jalan Besar stadium to-day. The kickoff wili be at 5 p.m. The
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      WEI-HAI-WEI CUP GOLF COMPETITION
      129 15 THE Royal Singapore Golf Club will meet the Garrison Golf Club In a I semi-final round match in the Wei-Hai-Wei Cup competition at Tanglin to-morrow morning. Starting times and teams, R.S.G.C. players mentioned first, are: 9 Dr E Laidlaw Thomson vs. Lieut. X I McLeod; 9.05,
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    MILLING KNOCKS OUT SOM PONG IN SEVENTH ROUND
    380 15 rommy Carrie Forced To Retire 20M PONG'S gallant but futile efforts to batter his way to 3 victory against a more youthful opponent lent most of the jolour to the professional boxing programme at the New World arena last night. Rush Milling
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    TABLE TENNIS
    83 15 THE following players have been selected t» represent the China Insurance Company, Limited (Singapore B-anch). in a friendly table tennis match of five single* against the Wesley EDwurth Leaßue at mr Wesley Social Hall. Fort Canning, at 3.30 p m. to-day: Y. C. Ning (captalni. Leln Chin Pang,
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    SELANGOR RUGBY OFF
    60 15 THE rugger match be ween an RAP. 1 team from Singapore and th« I Selangor State side, to have been played at Kuala Lumpur to-day, hu been cancelled. THE lnUr-rollere badminton match between »he Medkal College and Ruffles Colieg« win not be playsd to-day, but will be
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    BENGHAZI TAKEN IN SURPRISE TANK ATTACK
    457 16 HKITISII MAKE POWERFUL THRUSTS INTO ERITREA Fleeing Italian Jettison Much War Mali rial In Bid To Escape Cairo, Feb. 7. the liveliest of the African battlefronts is now in Eritrea, where the British forces are making two rful thrusts, pushing the Italians nearer the
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    France Not To Permit Nazis The Use Of Base At Bizerta
    70 16 QEN. Weygand, Vichy delegate- general to North Africa, has formally denied the report that France would permit Germany to use the base of Bizerta. Speaking over the Algiers radio in the name of the Vichy Government. Gen. Weygand also
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    WINANT MAY LEAVE FOR ENGLAND BY FEB. 17
    47 16 M Washington, Feb. 7. R. John O. Winant, who has been nominated to be new United States Ambassador to Britain, wih probably leave for England f n ten 4asa ;ime. according to an announcement bv President Roosevelt to-day.— Router.
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    100,000 MEN CAPTURED
    163 16 Total Increased By New Victory London, Feb. 7. AT the moment nothing is known of the number of prisoners taken at Benghazi but it te thought the total of more than 100,000 for the entire Libyan campaign up to date may be Increased. It is pointed out
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    Donation Of £50.000 For Spitfires
    47 16 London, Feb. 7. 'THE Maharajah Gaekwar Of Baroda has given £50,000 for c flight of Spitfires to be called "Baroda." The Minister for Aircraft Production. Lord Beaverbrook. also acknowledges £2,000 as a further contribution from the Government of Hong Kong.— British Wireless.
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    Reinforcements For Middle East
    24 16 An Australian contingent waiting in air 0 to boarj a train for their des inaUon on the Western Desert front.
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    SWIFT AND SUDDEN BATTLE IN BLINDING SANDSTORM
    949 16 Italians Demoralized By British 150-Mile Advance In One Week London. Feb. 7. WITH another lightning leap forward in their record TT breaking advance across North Africa, the Hritish and Imperial forces yesterday entered Benghazi, last Italian stronghold in eastern Libya, after a swift
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    "MUST HAVE HAD A MOTOR RACE."
    91 16 "MUST HAVE HA D A MOTOR RACE." M'-lhniirrif. Feb. 7. A MAGNIFICENT effort; our forces must have had a motor Tace: it is extraordinary how tl I I alians were cleared out." Tkk comment was made to-da> hj Major-(ien. S.urdee, < omm mdi i in-Chief of the Aus.raTan Imperial forces,
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