The Straits Times, 15 February 1941

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    35 1 The Straits Times 'ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CUTTURYI UfALAYAV LEADING NEWSPAPER LARGEST NET SALES >IN(;\PORE, SATURDAY. KKhIU ARY 15, 1941 PRICE 5 CENTS The Straits Times I'\(.F SIN (A PORE, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1941 PIW I
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      241 1 Up-to-dato T*"-ORTNG M* E N CHONG VKIS In i»rt— ratmmrt rsmmr «*l« mmmr"' W\ HOW DO YOU INVEST YOUR SAVINGS? YCU probably save some money every month or two. until you have accumulated a sufficient amount for investment. BUT HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TEMPTED TO SPEND PART OF YOUR SAVINGS?
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      6 1 SINGAPORE, 140 CECIL 6T CPHOHE &471).
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      164 1 I TO FAMILY MEN! i Von toil nil your lives to bequeath I i sound estate to your heirs. How often are these intentions destroyed by weak or dishonest executors, and your families reduced to novelty! Guard ugainst such evils by entrust me your cstiite to the administration of a
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      7 1 ELSIE MARY Battery Road. New American Dresses
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  • The Straits Times DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      DEATH
      64 2 DEA TH CHWOIta Mrs. Cheat* Te«* lab. ne» M«Um Ouilt. rd a* ay ptfcct. rally at her mMHm 142 Prankel EsUto Off but O«»t Roml U. U«» at 2JO a m I »ff "f il. 1-aUr.e behlnJ 5 ions. 1 damth'rr. a «aufht4T>-in-law. 1 »on-ui-tew and rrnn<l< hildrrn to mourn
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      FUNERAL ANNOUNCEMENT
      40 2 ■">« funeral of the Ut* Madam IJir lal Him. of Singapore. *lfe of the lstp Mr Twi Swee Hoe «'UI Uute plare on Tu t «»»y. P>bru*r> 18 U leave her MMn »t 1.00 P for Buklt Brown ornr
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      365 2 Ur-, »V:,r .»im> tmm r- M Mr. I. 1; m Kf and IDrktf Mr Urn K«»y XMtai Tap took •■urtitrr of Mr. and Mm Tap Cboo Our rtn (RobfTt). »^WO"~^i*AJl —i nc cf^a(TCTncnt is afinooDc* v Mr Ong Soon yoMopwt mb of the la'.r Mr One Fn- Wai- I and
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      504 2 WANTED WANTED double barrel 12 bore shot gun in good condition. State particulars and Hoi No. §21. Straits Times. nt«:d— Bugs of freth cuttings ot Mikaals Scandrns by Ertate in South Jihore. Reply stating price to Bo* No. §14. 8. Times. WANTFD Book* an Btagmncre. Malaya and Aria— Politic*. Natural
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      524 2 HOUSES FLATS, TO LEI TO LET. Compouno Houie 32 A Meyc Road 4 Bedroom* Ana Bathrooms Qee Ueht and Water. Garage. Apply The Britisl Malaya Trustee and Executor Co., Ltd. Tel MM, IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE, one larff double and one single well furnished bed ritttnirroonj with private ve_an<iah, Inthrooti with hot
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      645 2 PIANOS PIANO WANTED. State make and lowest c*.«h price Box No 716. Straits Tlmca. DOGS CATS FOB SALE Great Danes, Pekingese Spaniels, Pomeranians (pure white and Coloured) alro Persian Cats. AU breeds of do«— supplied. Mavfie'.d Kennels <Boardii.gr Kennels i, 5*9, East Coast Road Singapore. JJPARDjBt RESIDENCE "TENBY." Institution Hill,
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      378 2 FOR SALE Reconditioned Heavy Dvty DIESEL MARINE ENGINE m. a. n. 1,200 Brake Horsepower at 225 R.PJW. 6 cylinders 20V bore, 20V 2 stroke Four cycle, air injection type Complete with lots of spare parts Picture and specifications can be seen at office of STRAITS TIMKS For further Information and
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      190 2 BUSINESS CARDS ETa 'join the green circle* lending library Ist KLOOK IS-J HMIKKN RO. P.o. box si\(;moim Modrrjtr Irrms: Special ntrs Out UliOß Metnfxr- f'luks and Mrw. j Open Dally: 8.3* A.M to I" M f S»tar4ay»: g3t AM to I P.M. EUGENE Prnoanent Wsviog 4 EUGENE Hair-rfconditionmg. MAISON PERM
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    Radio News In English
    194 3 a.m 1.2* 8.8.C 23.5.1 m. UK? tn. 5.50 Manila (KZRM) M.M m. «.O5 8.8.C. SI M m. 6.5- ManiU (KZIB) 31. .18 m. 8.2* 8.1 i.C 51.55 m. and 49.59 m. 4.27 Rangoon 49 SI m. ilf Melbourne 25.25 m. (eiee*4 S»»d«7.' 10 m Delhi 31.3*
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      539 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. 0. QRITISH INDIA lEftU^sflßlsi AND APCAR Lint. w^ %tto m mo B lncarparoM* m > CFNFRAI .PASSENGER XGFNTS rcw imIEMT^ 88 rt FOX CINARI) WHITE STAR UHtl. I'ASMNOB AND CAROO SERVICE rw v LINE. Tb« b«st possibU s«rric«s or* b#ing maintained t>Y P O S N Coy
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      555 3 INSURANCE <?(&«<*¥- 1 \2ti c 22SJ!SSI I mi^ I WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION I HOE BOOH LEONC to* london assurance. SINGAPORE HONQ KONQ nHK ujscb CO LTD. I Kuala Lumpur. EAOLC STAR INS CO. LTD. TME RADIO SOUND SJERVICE. I British amtoica assurance co a. I SU GUTHRIE CO., LTD. Alor Star,
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      957 3 Broadcasting TO-DAY SINGAPORE na 1».*3 me/* i «M "M /HP! 9M me <"•**•' ZHM VtS («IM «•> (ZIII 'HPl' 450 pm Commentary on the sixth race of the Singapore Races, by John Durm;resqu_ and lE. 3. Adler. Relayed Iron, Bukit Tlmab Racecourse; 5.10 pm. Modern Mandarin Muslct; 640 pm. News
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      787 3 EMPfAE SiATION U&B »SI me .31 Si "MS OSt <■•* illU mi. OSU IU-W >l1 is. «c mm osi .s.« .19 S3 n> GSU 17 71 mm in* win i 3.»: csi \%M ,19.M m.»i OSJ 21 43 «•■•<»> !l!l 19.M m.X OS! tl SS mf <l.t.M m '•>« 17
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    AROUND THE MARKETS
    419 4 Slight Nervousness Causes Easier Prices •B» «»ur KinaniUl Correspondent) Steffi pore. Frt>. 15. r:E share nurk with f*ir imiirtrr fir tin share* yestTd.tr. became wry nf-rvous later In i b—lnm n share •rrtlan shrunk b!y. Such 111 1 atnris as was transacted was all done at Jouer
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    AVOIDING INFLATION IN GREAT BRITAIN
    68 4 Amount Obtained From I ertificates dim, Feb. 14. •♦*T"HK had a two-fold re In its efforts to Lord SiTion the war and i 1 "T« fl 111 n v >pular r>rms of tid that he War w :ar hid of £220.000 000 whi'e bonds issued
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    GOVERNMENT NOW SOLE IMPORTER OF COTTON
    102 4 London. Feb 14. T at has decided to be- come the sole importer of all grades of raw cottin. states a notice issued this afte-noon on tlie Liverpool Cc n ."ge. on is the result of six negotiations between repref the Liverpool and Manr
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    100 4 Friday, Feb. 14. noon. doyen Sellen Frieea Price Ml IX E.6S. <»©i t—t) 31% J7H Xo IX R.S.S fob m rates Feb. -Mar. I Seller* option i 37', 38 G.F.A.Q. R s.s f.o b m bales Feb.. Mm. (Sellers o»Uon| 37 37>i FJI.Q R.S S
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    A.E.C. EARNINGS JUMP
    265 4 £262,400 Higher ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT COMPANY aid much b«tter m the year ended Sept. 30 than was suggested by the preliminary figures, even though these disclosed an Increase of £17.000 m net profit to £198,500. The full accounts show that trading profit, etc including estimated profit on certain
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    ECONOMIC SURVEY IN BRITAIN COMPLETED
    162 4 London. Feb. 14. *PHE survey of the government's economic and financial war plans has been brcucht to an end. Lord Stamp, who in Ju!y 1930 undertook the work with the assistance of Mr. H. O. Henderson and Professor Henry Clay, has reported to the Prime
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
    108 4 ww Singapore, Feb. 14. Buvert deuert Gambler 7.50 Hamburg Cube $12.50 Java Cube $12.00 onro Mlsed $2 25 Sun Dried $2.50 *ep%<"» White Muntok $13.75 White $13.25 Black $6.75 1 s'aoc Flour No 1 lir.gga $1,824 Fair $4.75 Sarawak $430 r.vwco Small F.alie $7.00 Pair Flake $6.50
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    EXCHANGES
    233 4 Slncmporc, Friday. Tbe following an ttu ;*.Tt*ag< ,-aw» air morning according -x> tt.t dally circular isroei. b> the Hongkong tod Shanghai f*-"**it Corpora Uoo: lOUJKI UKidoß r.T 1/4 1/16 Lot don demand 1/4 l/lf Switzerland (T.T. only) 202*4 New Yorfe demand 47 3/99 Menu-eat demand 61 37/13 Batavia demand
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    BORNEO COMPANY CHAIRMAN REVIEWS WARTIME TRADE
    2079 4 ADDRESSING shareholders at the annual mee'ing of Borneo Company Ltd. In London recently. Sir Adam Ritchie, the chairman, said: The accounts cover an abnormal period comprising five months of peace and seven months of war. During the year we have experienced many changes and
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    Further Blow On Rhodes Bases
    122 4 Cairo, Feb. 14. ANOTHER heavy attack on the Italian Island of Rhodes Is announced In to-day's official communique Issued by the R.AJ*. headquarters in the Midd'e East, which states on Wednesday night heavy R.A.F. bombers attacked the harbour of Rhodes. Several fires were started at
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    NEW FIRE RAID ON LONDON FAILS
    81 4 London, Feb. 15. HUNDREDS of incendiary bombs were dropped in several London districts during a brief raid last night. Squads of organized fire-watchers covered the streets, preventing the bomb> from causing fires. Explosives were also dropped In some parti, but little damage and lew
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      809 4 PUBLIC NOTICES NOrn |IN THE MATTER OP THE COMPANIES ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 151). and Any person having any claim against the M*"er of cf the late Sgt. D H WOODWORTH. HAI HSIN FILM CO., LTD. Mr Pcrco. must communicate m voluntary Liquidation.) Cor-mittsc of Adjusta F Siation. Sektar before the The
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      498 4 LEGAL NOTICES NOTK NOTICE is hereby jrlven that the employment of Mr. Tan Soei Lin with Chop Guan Seng Kee ol No. SG. Telok Ayer S'reet, g&pore. has been terminated as from the 10th February. 1941, and he h no longrr authorised to act for or transact miv I ness
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    London Stock Exchange
    345 5 Steady After general Easiness Lnodon. rVb 14. T«r Stoat Bacfeaaa* t*-day clwii imitr 1 a/ur mi nrlr itaml nKtaick. due to MRMrtMMHB NVaWVNK mmC fIMWtMB In th* r U-ftUan Jumxw Ml Chines* lomh. ar<l tin. n*ia»-. mi fin l xji»r^* n fnrn a.j O» ■<**< made up
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    123 5 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES (From Our Own Omi— poooent) London. Feb. 14. roMMOUHY and Bxchanc* marfceu dowo roiiovt wttb pmriom outfcim ~-ren?.hes_r— RiniUK rim. E; 12 13 16d ISIS 1M 1-Sd 12Hd) I2\d 13d (12Hd 12%d> Apr June 12", d 13d (12% d 12S-) July. Brpt 12% d 13- (13^4 X2»d) New
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    SINGAPORE TIDE TABLES
    296 5 10-omy H. W. 00 46 a.m. 9.5 ft.; 12.41 pjn. 10.4 tt L W. 6.30 a.m. 2.4 ft 7 p.m. 1 ft. To-morrow H.W. 1.20 a.m. 3.6 ft; 1.28 pjn. 10 ft. L.W. 7.13 am. 2.2 ft. 7.36 p.m. 1.6 ft Monday. Feb 17 H.W. 1.55 am.
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    List Of Current Dividends
    105 5 fi th«- I Malayan i Sharebrokers' Association. Singapore. Feb. If, Otr 14",. 10% J3 N 16 185 O*M P»vabl» Mar 10 Mar 10 eb 17 Feb 26 eb. 26 Mar. 5 eb. 21 Mar. 11 cb. 21 10 eb. 22 Mar. 7 lot*» fa Ex Dtr
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    Malayan Share brokers Assn. Singapore Quotations
    1359 5 FKIDAV. FEB. 14. 1941: 4 P.M. ■MM M?«n Heller* Atnpat Tin (Sa) 3a 3d 3s 74d Austral Ami!. (Sal 6s to M cd Ausirmi Malay it) 35a 36a cd Aver Hltam (5s> 30a 31a Ayrr Weng ($1) .75 .80 Bangrtn Tin (£> 13s 6d
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    MAIL ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES
    121 5 Mails close at the General Post Office as follows TO-DAY Australia air 12.30 p.m. Brunei surface 12.30 p.m. Java air 12.30 p.m. Labuan surface 12.30 p.m. New Zealand air 12.30 p.m. North Borneo surface 12.30 p.m. Sa-awak (All parts' -urface 12.33 p.m. Medan air 12.30 p.m.
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      469 5 PUBLIC NOTICES Tin WI.K MOUEK lUMOI F{AI IJsIN F »-M CO., LTD. OMI'WY 1 IMITI D lln Voluntary Liquidation.) NOTICE Is hereby given that a Meeting of the Creditors (if any) of the abover.amed Company will be held at No. 96. Market Ktven that at the thirty Street. SiiWDcre. on
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      404 5 AUCTION NOTICE AUCTION SALE Of freehold and leasehold Singapore properties. At the saleroom of Messrs. Cheong Koon Seng Co., Ltd No. 10 Chulia Street, on Wednesday. 19th Feb. 1941. at 2-30 P.M. Lot 1 Valuable freehold lan and house No 16 Burmah Road, Singapore, area 9,766 sq. ft. Rent $50.
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      512 5 —i II i i_______bse_?_ww>vj^^^^7.v, r^, I j j I r_ vl,||lJ I I *0& compound of Halibut Liver Oil and fresh V^ orange juice which completely eliminates gjj^gl the fishy taste of the oil. The Vitamins A and D in the Halibut Liver Oil helps you to build up resistance
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    Story Of Noah Is Aid To Christians Of To-day
    293 7 IT is doubtful whether many people look upon the familiar story of the Flood as having what has been well described as a "background of reality," for when some 70 years ago the parallel Chaldean legends were brought to light, they
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    NEW CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY
    203 7 TIE first serrfces to be hrld in the new < liurrh of the Holy Trinity In Horn* Road are to be hrld on Sunday. Thr rerv«re«. whlrh will be In Chinese, wPI be follows:— Sunday 5.3« a.m. Matins in the oochow dialect. Preacher. Fey.
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    CHURCH SERVICES FOR TO-MORROW
    1173 7 CHI RCH OF ENGLAND ST. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL.— Sunday. 6 10 a m. Holy Communion: 7.30 a.m. Ma f in<;: Bam Choral Eucharist 9.15 am. Cow^unioi: 5.30 p.m. Evep'on? and Preacher: The Rev. P. B. Clear. Nn'al Iw St PAULS CHURCH— Sunday. Bam Holy Communion; 5.30 p
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    FEAST OF OUR LADY OF LOURDES
    70 7 j "POT titular least of the Church of Our Lady i of Lourdes will be ce'.ebratsd at the Ophlr Road Church to-morrow. At 8 a.m. high mass will be celebrated and at 7 pm. the Proce-^lon of the Niche containing the statue of Our
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    The Church On Social And Economic Reform London. Feb. 14.
    279 7 The Church On Social And Economic Reform London. Feb. 14. A VIGOROUSLY worded plea that members or the Church of England should more closely indentify themselves with social and economic re- 1 form, coup'.ed with a criticism of the exist'ng sccial order, has been issued) by the Archbishop of York.
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      420 7 RAFFLES HOTEL TO-NIGHT SPECIAL RACE DINNER DANCE formal 8 p m to 1 a. m. < \i.\in i TUP AQTftR DUO ATTRACTION lilt MSIUK ISUU 4RNSATIONAI ACROBATIC DANCKRS Dinner *3.QO— HOOK lfOUl TABLR— Non^iners $1.00 IM.ISTT A F I L W&rmi to^ay from 12^0 to 2.?»0 p.m. TO MORROW EVENING
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, FEB. 15, 1941. (531th Day Of The War.) Soldadas
    1095 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, FEB. 15, 1941. (531th Day Of The War.) Soldadas In September, 1932, the Federal Government announced that the formation of a Malay Regiment had j been approved in principle by the War Office and the Colonial Office, and that in the previous March the tfrst
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    THE MINER'S LOT
    74 8 European Association Might Help To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— l suggest the wlnchmen and her European subordinate employees •rking on mines, submit a statement their case to the European Associa>n of Malaya and ask the help of that dy. One of the main objects
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      FIRST THINGS FIRST
      623 8 No Time For Political Reform To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— l read the letter headed "In come Tax" in to-days issue with grea interest and I would like to say tha your correspondent has expressec generally what one feals on the ques tions arising
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      HOSPITAL FEES
      220 8 Revision Of Volunteers* Privilege To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— All those who are Volunteers vith ten or more years' service and who are now doing work normally dont jy three men so that each firm can I send as many employees as posslbl- i -o
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      CAR LICENCES
      82 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— Can you inform your readers /hat is being done to those car owners /ho are still going about sporting last ear's licences? In a space of five minutes this mornig I have counted 17 cars travelling on irchard Road with
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      TAXATION
      405 8 Additional Allowances Required To the Editor of the Straits Time* Sir.— l quite agree with the vkws expressed by "Observer" in the Stra'ts Times of Feb. 7. Perhaps you will allow n>? ta say a f?w words in this connection. Some of the patriotic speeches made at the second
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      How Sterling Rubber Companies Are Hit
      190 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, So that the opponents of loca income tax may read of a concrete eas< as evidence of the manner in Great Britain can and does furnish m Mily the men, but the money to fight a
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      JAPAN'S AIMS
      208 8 "Beneficence* Which Chinese Do Not Want To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— l find It difficult to accept thr tatements made by Mr. Ken Tsurumi. he Japanese Consul-General, in trw i ntervlew reported in the Straits Times I if Saturday last. Does the Consul-General really ex-
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      CHAPLIN'S SPEECH
      69 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times 1 Sir,— lt would be very kind of you r you would arrange to publish the full r sxt of Charlie Chaplin's speech In rhe Great Dictator." Most of us, I link, were so twisted in knots by the t jrriflc
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      "ANGLO-MALAYANS"
      441 8 Grounds Of Objection To Term "Eurasians" To th* Editor of th? Straits Times Sir,- It is the desire of earnest men and women of the Malayan Eurasian, community, as times tiavc changed— and they with them -to approach Government to favour the community by a more modern and appropriate
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      EDUCATION
      182 8 Insufficient Atteni To Local Matters To the Editor of Urn Slru.ts Sir, -in aprakinj of English edw lon in Malay. i. I wish to dl ittention of the authoriti ned o the fact that eren i-called :ompulsory elementary subjects not Ui ay t:; are not taugl nanner which will
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      SCHOOL HOURS
      202 8 Attendance On Saturday Mornings To the Editor of the Straits limes Sir,- Saturday Kboo] whkta itroduced by the au. .critics thia ;ems to be a new id' upils are required t>> al I for wo and a quarter hours on S I take it that the bu )me
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    GREECE PREPARES TO MEET GERMAN ATTACK
    814 9 Massing Forces On Bulgarian Border A FTI VrFK MKNACE IN THE BALKANS OVER-RATED Eve Of faiteiiaified Air War In Thr West THERE haw been considerable movements of troop* along: th« Balkan frontiers, it is reliabU reported in Sofia, reports Keuter. Several (Jreek divisions are
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    YUGOSLAVIA NEW VICTIM? Fuehrer Meets Prime Minister
    106 9 YUGOSLAVIA NEW VICTIM? Fuehrer Meets Prime Minister HITLI X in thr presence of lUbbenlr..|>. th. N ui Forfi|;n Mini^trr, yeslrrdiiy received the Yugoslav i'rmir Minister and Foreign Minis- r >: |t Hr-ikiiMKh and Dr. A iik U M.fk'iv ii< h. rt >p< c lively), ili-|,.tii h la Berlin from \n
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    SELASSIE ENDS TRIUMPHAL TOUR
    88 9 SELASSIE ENDS TRIU MPHAL TOUR r id. Ehas comur of th" i writes l Emprror v he Ip i nd I I i«- tbs Wd f«r a tlrne by an uirbren:i -n ot^ haiid arid I out a ar.d pro- n i i rouU t with th' »turn Ui anoUw
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    Queen Launches New Battleship
    29 9 Queen Elizabeth performed the launching ceremony of a new battleship at Clydeside recently, which she named the Duke of York. The King teas also present.
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    Royal Navy Ready For All Comers
    103 9 Royal Navy Ready For All Comers Lomton, Feb. 15. •TTHE British navy is growing in 1 strength and is now abK- to take on attacks in every part of the world," dt- lured Mr. A. V. Alex:'nrer, First L~rd of the Admiralty, in a speech at Ba h. Ncv-'r in
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    British Attack In Italy?
    232 9 Rome Story Of Daring Parachutist Raid London, Feb. 14. A DAKING escapade by British i** parachutists during Monday J night in the Lucania district of Calabria, at the southern extremity of Italy, is mentioned in a comI munique issued in Rome to-day. It declares that the
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    JAPANESE WAR CHIEF REPORTS TO THRONE
    40 9 Tckio, Feb. 15. rE Japanese War Minister, LieutGen. Hideki Tojo, was received by the emperor yesterday morning. Acccrding to the Domei news agency he reported to the throne on "matters under his jurisdiction."— Reuter
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    BATTLE WITH RAIDER
    150 9 Convoy's Ships All Return Fire Funchal (Madeira II.), Feb. 15. OIK ships in a British convoy steaming northwards between Madeira and the Azores are believed to have been sunk by a German surface raider apparently a •pocket-battleship." More than 100 survivors were landed here yesterday. The convoy
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    Roosevelt & Far East Tension
    217 9 Roosevelt Far East Tension Washington, Feb. 14. WHEN President Roosevelt re- ceived the new Japanese Ambassador, Adm. Kichisaburo i Nomura, to-day, the President took note of the serious strain on Japan- cse-American relations, but welI corned Adm. Nomura's assurance that he was resolved "to achieve j better understanding" and thereby
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    Japanese No Longer Confident Of Ultimate German Victory
    322 9 Tokio, Feb. 15. A SPECIAL article in the newspaper Miyako expresses grave misgivings about Germany's ability to win the war. The writer points out that although Germany has accumulated stocks of oil, rubber and other vital war materi- als, these are steadily
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    ITALIAN RESISTANCE IN ALBANIA WEAKENING
    391 9 "War May Now Be Entering A IMiase Of Rapid Development 11 Athens London, Feb. 13. THE Athens radio, announcing heavy Italian losses in Albania, speaks of two enemy battalion* being: "practically annihilated besides the capture of many prisoners and much war equipment, and goes on
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    NEW AFRICAN SUCCESS
    173 9 NEW AFRICAN SUCCESS Two Soinalilaud Posts Takru Nairobi. Feb. 15. Fls announced h?re that an attack by East African troops on the Important post of Afmada. in Italian Somaliland. on Tuesday was successful. "We suffered no losses and much material was captured," It Is announced. Tr-e communique continues. Early on
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      62 9 SINGAPORE CYCLING CHAMP TRAINS ON TITOGEN GERALD LAPORTE, Singapore Island Ramblers. with T \ft» O FIRSTS ONE SECOND wins Championship at Third Annual Carnival on Monday 10th at Jalan Besar Stadium Mis Team also won the .t MILES INTER-CLUB RELAY by more than one lap THE ENTIRE TEAM TRAINED ON
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    WAR FUND REACHES $4,978,769 TO-DAY Balance Sheet Of M.R.U. Games For War Charities
    301 10 WAR FUND REACHES $4,978,769 TO-DAY Balance Sheet Of M.R.U. Games For War Charities 162 nd. PENANG INSTALMENT THE War Fund is still nljdding along but very slowly. 1 To-day the collection is ara'n below $1,000 and this includes the transfer of J27.M being the 16? nd instalment i»t \\h monc>
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    AMUSEMENTS
    33 10 k*OW KAMI IH. ill rowl) 8 Dm i c. i it 4i> Fathers li*pp> MorMi .0 ''■"mil > Irmptr mact A C*o*x«t i m» of c*p»i !.-b. 13 vAJur «ltt hedrjocxu. PUjoc 3SM.
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    A Warning
    116 10 A KKADKR has srnt to us two s.implfH of permits issued by the rumpe'rnt authority for the purchase of coagulant*. These atea are small—one and a half inrhes by two inches —arid huvr a border design which bears some resemblance to a currency li'.ty are dated for a
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    TERMINATION OF S.S. R.N.V.R. COMMISSIONS
    147 10 Officers Not Available Fcr Mobiiizßtion 1* ITNATION of their commissions In t>e Royal Naval Volunteer Pe- c Fo towing officers, who v 11 nnt be available fcr m~":il i zat;en csthe needs of ;he r essenti" 1! civil occuoatons. has l'een a^provd L'?u* 'rrrn Feid:
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    SPECIAL KEDAH POLICE
    38 10 A SPECIAL police force is beini formed ii? Kedah, says the Kedah Government Gazette. The dufes of the force will be to assist in th« preservr'inn and rr^i'-teance of the internal security of the State.
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    26 10 Air Raid Shelters are being built in many districts tn Kuala Lumpur Here are the entrances to d:-o-ou f thtH*en -concrete A.UJ*. shelters in Kuala Lumpur.
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    How Argylls & Sutherland Highlanders Amalgamated
    229 10 How Argylls Sutherland Highlanders Amalgamated DESCRIPTION of how the Argyll and Sutherland Highlandars jrmed ot two famous regiments, the 91st Argyllshire and the yard Sutherland liighlanders, the better known as "The Thin Red Line," was given by Major L. B Robcrison last night, from ion, in another of tin- i,.
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    THE ARK ROYAL IS STILL UNHARMED
    85 10 This remarkceble picture shows an Italian aerial attack on the Ark Royal, the famous British aircraft carrier which German propaganda has so often falsely claimed to have sunk. This picture shows bombs from Italian aircraft raising huge columns of water as they fall clear
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    RUBBER EXPORTS AND SHIPPING PROBLEMS
    589 10 LJAVING cost the Malayan rubber industry over U.S. 11 $1,000,000 already, the lack of accommodation for export tonnage to the United States is getting no better and an extremely bed situation is developing, it is learned in American quarters in Singapore by the Straits Times.
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    A.R.P. SHELTERS IN KUALA LUMPUR
    102 10 (From Our Own Correspondent.) A Kuala Lumpur Feb. 14. IR raid shelters In Kuala Lumpur are fasc nearing comoletion and the newly-appo:ntcd Director of Pasrive Defence for Kuala Lumpur, Cant. H. J. Page, is organ's'ng very quickly but efflcently, the vinous nassfve defence services. Air
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    ST. VALENTINE'S BALL RAISES $4,000
    117 10 OVER $4,000 was realized for the "Buy A Bomber" Fund at the St. Valentine's Ball at the Victoria Memorial Hall last evening. M^J-Gen R. H. Dewing. Chlef-of- Staff, Far Ea f t Command, and par.y; i Rear Admiral T. B. Dr?w, R?ar Adjmlral. Malaya. Mrs.
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    SAMSU STILL IN SWAMP
    223 10 Over 1,000 Gallons Fermented Rice 'THE discovery, by revenue officers, of 1,030 gallons of fermented rice buried in drums and jars in a swamp in a kamponc off Thomson Road, was described in the fourth court yesterc'ay. Two men. On? Teng and Ong Chwe-* Teng. were
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    BOMBER GIFT TO THE R.A.F.
    184 10 Petaling Tin Co/s Proposal OVER $3 MILLIONS PROFIT LAST YEAR 'THE first Malayan company to offer a gift of a bomber airjcraft to the Imperial Government, is Petalinjr Tin Ltd. one of U^e largest tin-mining companies in Malaya. In the annual accounts for I1I 1
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    LONG SERVICE MEDALS FOR MALACCA POLICE
    136 10 (From Cut Own Correspondent) Mai \oca, Fc l 1 1 DETACHMENTS or Sikh and Malay polce and dctcc lives narad?d on the barrr.ck ground at the Central Pclice Sta ion to-day when Mr. G. W. Bryant, Resident Councillor, pi long service medals t<; v
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    CERTIFICATE CANCELLED BY TRIBUNAL
    80 10 MR. A. G. MaMOO of D>i>3 and Co., Ltd., who was granted a postpone* men: certificate from continuous training w.th the depot recruits Uuri year, yesterday had his certificate cmcelled by the local tribunal Mr. J. C. Cobbeti, chairman of the Tribunal which also consisted of
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    COMMISSIONER FOR CIVIL DEFENCE
    35 10 MR. L. H. Gorsuch has been appoint ed Commissioner for Civil De fence, Malaya, while Mr. B A. F Gater has been appointed Deput Commissorer. Local Defence Corpj Penanc and Malacca.
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    PASSIVE DEFENDERS & LIFE INSURANCE
    295 11 PASSIVE DEFENDERS LIFE INSURANCE Problem Of Additional Premia Which War Work Entails il( Passive Defence Services who are covered by life insurance policies are seeking (iovimment ass or relief in cases where some insurn ire :>>kin£ for extra premia to cover them for nd war ri-ks a* are entailed by
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    Volunteer Airmen To Be Embodied
    77 11 AN order calling up members of the Volunteer Air Torce f«r continuous training at S ngaporc for tw > months this year has been published. Th' < -minanJ.r of the Force will t the pine and tinKS at and du-in» whJch number* yhall atlend for
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    MAN PLUNGES INTO SEA
    259 11 Midnight Drowning i Off Esplanade ON duty near the Cenotaph an hour j aft?r mirnlght on Sunday. Jaffar bin Mohd. Saad. a police constable it. ached to Hill Street Police Station, aw a man some distance away leap fn m the Esplanade escarpment into the sea.
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    TOOK POLICE PISTOL
    108 11 Ex-employee In Armoury Gets Prison Term I ATIFF bin H3ji Jaffar, a former em- ployee of the police armoury at Mie )epot in Thomson Road, was sentenced o two months" rigorous imprisonment n the third court yesterday for th<» :heft of a pistol. A week agD Latin*
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    F.M.S. VOLUNTEER FORCE AWARDS
    123 11 *T*H£ award ot a clasp each to the Effi- ciency Medal to the following members of the P.M.S. Volunteer Force, has been announced: Staff Sergeant Instructor Abdul Aziz bin Mohamed Noordin, Armoured Sergeant Mchamed bin Lachi, Corporal Percy Frederick Blakcy, Corporal Mohamed bin Abdul Rais. Efficiency
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    STRICT CONTROL OVER MARKET FOOD PRICES
    641 11 Immediate Action If Maximum Prices Are Exceeded DEVISED market prices were published yesterday, ami it is announced by the Food Controller that these prices will be strictly enforced from now onwards and immediate action will be taken against anyone found to be selling above
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    ROBBERY ALLEGED
    54 11 ALLEGED to have rsbbed Tang Swee Chsng of $92.80 in cash at Jurong Road on Wedn?sday at 11 pm, 28- year-old Choo Tiang appeared in the fifth court yesterday. A charge of robbery was explained to him. and the case was poscpened a W2ek for mention. He was
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    EXTENSIONS TO CIVIL WIRELESS STATION
    31 11 MORE land is being acquired by Government for extension to the civil wireless receiving station off St. Michael's Road. The total area involved is 33 acres.
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    Efficiency Of Malay Soldier Was Proved At St. Helena
    480 11 WITH the British Empire once more I at war, the Malay Regiment stands I side by side with men from Great I Britain, Australia, India, as well as j with Malays who are now Joining units of the British forces and
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    CHANGI LAND ALIENATION
    207 11 Plots For Growing More Foodstuffs GOVERNMENT'S plot 300 odd acres of land in changl has not yet been fully alienated to vegetable pardeners It is expected that rhe v.ork of dividing up the land and handing it over to suitable gardeners will take some time Only those
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    ALLOWANCE FOR HIGHER COST OF LIVING
    81 11 {NCREASED cost of living al owances to Government employees have been announced for February. In ihe cas^ of Cla csrs I (a) nnd II '?> cm- p'.oyees the increase is 10 cents per i month, bringing the allowanrc to $2.sKi In all other Classes
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    16 11 Mr. W. A. Ward has beon appointed Secretary to the High Commissions for the Malay States.
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    BOXING MEN IN COURT
    520 11 Promoter's Action Against Board JUDGMENT wil reserved ir the II.; b Court J by Mr. Beckett Terrell In a r action for th ry of $1.8 brought by C. M. Ho i| ht( n Ing pn m< r, g» of Control of the Singapore Boxing Association.
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    233 NAZI AND ITALIAN SHIPS STAYING IN NEUTRAL PORTS
    206 12 Vessels Totalling 1,000,000 Tons Bottled Up By British Navy A TOTAL of 233 German an 1,000,000 gross tons are she cording to the latest figures co are free to leave, but are dete them at sea. Though some have moved from
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    Plane's Success Against Odds Bomber Fights Off
    217 12 Plane's Success Against Odds Bomber Fights Off Four Attacks London, Feb. 15. QERMAN night fighters m force i** tried to intercept British bomb- er raids on Bremen and Hanover on the night of Feb. 11. states the Air I Ministry news service. One British heavy bomber was attacked four times
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    "SAVAGE MORALS" FOR NAZI YOUTH
    173 12 London, Feb. 14. "T*HE morals cf say; ges are being i inculcated into millions of Germrn j boys and girls, said Mr. H. Ram:botham, Mini.tar or Education, speaking 1 at Sakord to-day. It would take, he said, at least a' generation before Germany was likely
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    Slight Air Activity By The Enemy
    148 12 Lo..don, Feb. 14. P*NEMY aircraft fly.ng singly drop- p?d bombs at a point in northeast Scotland and in Kent to-day, but caused no damage or casualties, states an A r Ministry communique. During patrol activity in the Straits of Dover this morning an enemy
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    POUR RAIDS ON MALTA DURING ONE NIGHT
    52 12 Malta. Feb. 15. rNEMV aircraft new over Malt. m tour occasions on Thurs day night, says an official communique Bombs were dropped and persons were kll'ed seven Injured and Government and civilian property slightly t i imaged. A British fighter damaged one enemy
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    R.A.F. Accuracy Gains German Tribute
    76 12 R.A.F. Accuracy Gains German Tribute London, Feb. 14. A TRIBUTE to the accuracy of the RAF., who do not drop their bombs aimlessly resulting in the killing of innocent women and children, is paid by the Lord Mayor of Hanover, the German town in which military objectives have been battered
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    "Nuisance Shelling" Across Channel
    60 12 London, Feb. 15. A CROSS-CHANNEL artillery duel took place yesterday when German long-range artillery en the French coast resumed their "nuisance" shsll;ng of England's south-east coa-st for the fourth successive day. Shells fell in the Dover area at in-2gular intervals, but so far no casualty or
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    Creek Exploit In Libya
    203 12 130 Interned Men Take 3,000 Prisoners London, Feb. 14. AN Associated Press message from Libya tells of a successful action fought by a party of Greeks against the Italians at the time Benghazi was attacked by Imperial forces. The Greeks, who numbered 130. had been interned
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    IRAQ SENDS £5,000 TO JERVIS BAY FUND
    56 12 Basra (Iraq), Feb. 14. FE British War Relief Fund has sent £5,000 to the *dmira'.ty for d'stnbuf.on among dependents of seamen who lost their lives in the sinking of the Jervis Bay, which saved a convoy by heroically drawing the full flre of
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    CALCUTTA HAS FIRST BLACK-OUT TEST
    54 12 Calcutta, Feb 14. CALCUTTA has just had its' first b!ackout test. The city's population of 1,500 000 responded willingly to the test and the tlack'-ut was so complete that an observer in an aeroplane declared that it miTht a? well have besn a forest, seen
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    HEAVIEST RAIDS OF WAR BY THE R.A.F. IN ALBANIA
    409 12 i London, Feb. 14. I THE heaviest and most successful i bombing attacks of the Albanian campaign were made by [the R.A.F. last night and during i the day yesterday, says a oom- munique from British headquarters in Greece. > All
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    RUMANIA NOW REGARDED AS ENEMY OCCUPIED STATE
    242 13 London Announces Extension Of British Contraband Control London, Feb. 15. IT is officially announced that the British Government has decided, from to-day, that Rumania shall be regarded as being under enemy occupation, for contraband purposes. All Koods of Rumanian origin or ownership will
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    PROTEST TO GEN. ANTONESCU
    263 13 Rumanian Officials In j London Resign Lcndon, Feb. 14. f\F the members of the Rumanian j Legation in London who were recalled to Bucharest in retaliation for the British recall of the Minis- ter at Bucharest, only six minor j officials have responded. Both the Charge
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    EX-KING ALFONSO ILL
    41 13 Vichy. Feb. 14. EX-KING ALFONSO is suffering from heart trouble, according to a Rrnv; atch to the Havas agency. He has been crclered to remain in bed but his do-tors state that 'all danger has been 1 emoved."—Rcuter.
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    Spain & France Sav'No'To Axis
    98 13 Spain France Sav 'No' To Axis London, Feb. 14. ACCORDING to reports from Vichy quoted by thr Haily Ma'l special correspondent. Mu* olini at the niTtint at Rord:g!irra, in Italy, a«-kcd <lcn t'ran.-o Hthtr to attack Gibraltar with Axis aid by sea and air or allow the Germans to cross
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    U.S. MAY TRANSFER 46 MORE DESTROYERS TO BRITAIN
    108 13 Early Decision Believed Likely After Roosevelt-Knox Meeting New York, Feb. 11. THE transfer of 46 more United States destroyers to Britain A shortly appeared likely last night following a conference between President Roosevelt and the Navy Secretary, 01. Frank Knox, according to
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    Three Factors That Won Battle Of Cyrenaica
    907 13 London, Feb. 14. |i rpHE conclusion of the Cyrenaica campaign enables a survey to be given of this achievement which, by general consent, will goi dowr. In history as one of the most brilliant military operations ever i accomplished and as an outstanding
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    ANGLO-TURKLSH STAFF TALKS
    153 13 Ankara, Feb. 14. FE final mating between the officers of the British mtlltary mission representing the Middle East Command and the Turkish general .«t"fT h»s I held here. Lieut.-Gen. J. P. Marshail-Cornwall and Air Vice -Marsha) T. W. Elmhlrst. who have just returned from a tour of
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    WHY PLANTERS DO NOT JOIN THEIR SOCIETY
    1868 14 Younger Men Fail To Realize Their Responsibilities By Our Planting Correspondent AT the annual general meeting of the Incornorat-d Society of Planters on Jan. 26, the chairman, Mr. E. M. Allen, when reviewing the society's activities during the past years, made the following
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    187 14 ;d as being completely outweighed o-day by other reasons for Joining t, but the only apptai I will make to hose who are not yet members, or vho have in past years resigned, is o appeal to their sense of fair mindtfness of things; if one can't get
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    AUSTRALIA'S EXPORT PRICES
    171 14 Last Year's Stability •yHE export price level of Australian commodities for December, 1940. showed only a fractional variation on the figure for the previous month. The index has now remained practically unchanged for a year, the great est variation between any two months being only two points.
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    37 15 nUt SmiN*- I pr.mirr pony r..pn> in Mal.«»a>i rarinc, will be I rkMh this aftTnomi. Wmnrt> irv h.nr h i I I ■n- < -Klrlliis r- Mint* 193* Tre e:'a <X '0> l>*wi l*» 4», Mallinuit fiS\ Itonnellv
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    SELECTIONS FOR TO-DAY
    102 15 SIONS (or t«. daj llukn Tmnh are STRAITS lIMI> Ki(t I i Irdrti i; <\ ll.iri. <|ii I i ngo, G 'Irirn Mrl d» 'i-h Ji£. «m l>. Kiim ".it ->ri II n d-J: Warrior, Irish Jit thr Hea. Urn K»?r 3: St»<l-<:r. l.i».t in M i'
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    Wearnes Score 1—0 Victory
    120 15 Wearnes Score 1 0 Victory ius n I I 9 P; >t iriium in the X H uses" Leasu>p >rt < luh ■atek H rner Ci Ifi'lin, S M I »>'. on c al ed more ';me tr. i he Eai I Ertm m both tht I Hut 111 s
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    PROGRAMME OF EVENTS AT BUKIT TIMAH
    691 15 Final Day Of Singapore Spring Race Meeting BELOW i* Riven the full card of events at Bukit Timah today the final day of the Singapore Turf Huh's SorW meeting The double tote will be on races six and ci 2 ht, nnd the hip
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    Neol Will Provide Strong Opposition To Irish Jig
    214 15 1 1 »pni id a b'raiid gallop over 1 two furloncrs on the second track r*e* courfe thU moTi'rg when sevrral b ort purt-s »cc dOM by linrr** and pome* l- running at Bukit Timch tl>is a Nrol will p I Irish
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    A.S.A OFFICIALS FOR THE YEAR
    99 15 *pHE lo.u re-elected olnce- bearers of the Amateur Sport ng Association for the current year at tht annual general meeting on Feb. 8: Patron. Lim Hock Seng: president Ch^w Ke?w Bork: vice-preslrientc, Te< Hoe Kai?. Kiong Eens Hong. Yen Siev Chuan; hon secretary Yeo Kian
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    53 15 t the Fiea finishes fas t to win the se. vnd r«.e at Hukit lima, on W«*ne day. th? second day of the S nw>n Turf (labs spring mertinr. fr'm First Lady and Ro^aUs, wtb Pymble fourth Robrlus. the grey on the rails, was fifth, whi'e N^h 'shade was slx:h.—
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    CRICKET PROSPECTS FOR YEAR ARE GOOD
    753 15 Sports Notes From Federal Capital (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 8. THE hockey and rugger seasons are now petering out am soon Kins Willow will come into his own. As far a: Selangor is concerned, the State has had a very successfu
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    ANNUAL MEETING OF N.S. CLUB
    36 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Feb. 13. 'THE annual general mcc.ing of the Nesri Bemb;ian Club will be held at fieremban on Feb. 36. Mr. J. V. I Cowgill will preside.
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    HEPTARCHIANS B.P.
    79 15 TTHE following have been selected to i represent the Heptarchlans Badt minton Party in a friendly game of badmnton consisting of five singles and two doubles against the Merry Union B.P. at the Cierieal Union Hall i on Thursday, Feb. 30, commencing at i 730 p.m.: i Lim
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    WEEK-END SPORTS EVENTS
    77 15 TO-DAY RACES: Singapore Tii'-f Club's Spring meeting, final day, Bukit Timah. SOCCER: BILL., Guthries v*. Uniteery, stadium: Chartered Bank vs. Ford Sports Club. Depot: Sime Darby vs. A.P.C., Paya I*bar. HOCKEY: Wardens vs. Ambulance Bripade, Farrer Park. TO-MORROW BASEBALL: In aid of War Fund, Americans vs. Australians,
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    Baseball In Aid Of War Fund
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    JAPAN STILL FEARS ATTACK FROM THE SOVIET
    264 16 MATSIOkVS ADMISSION OF ONE-SIDED PACT WITH AXIS No Provision Made For Help From Reich Or Italy In War With Russia A Tokio. Feb. 1 1. (imHsion that "the wording of Article V of the Pit miuht cause some concern" and an 1 I
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    22 16 London ,Feb. 14. rE death has occurred of Mr. E. J D.vi^s, sub-Tana^er of the H n;;kon? nnd Shanghai Bank in London.
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    Chungking View Of Tension
    117 16 Chungking View Of Tension Tokio I'rohahh Waiting On Nazi Imasion < hun-xlting. Feb. 14. TIIOI .11 opinion generally in hrn:» s wartime capital is that may make a more in the 1 in or«>r to support man\, they feel that such action »i'l not be made yet. amo:;s Chinese 1
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    Reassuring Statements On The Far East Situation
    515 16 London, Feb. 14. QUESTIONED about reports of increasing A nglo- Japanese tension, authoritative quarters in London told Reuter's dioJonvitic correspondent to-day that, wh'le the Far Eastern situation has been watchod with prowin? attention for some time past and is sfll being carefully watched,
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    British Defence Moves In East
    187 16 Fully Understood By Thai Government Bangkok, Feb. 14. OEAFFIRMATiON of the cordial re- lations existing between Thailand and Great Britain is the theme of a communique issued by the Thailand Government, which states: "According! to news from var ous sources, Br.tish military authorities have stationed
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    Uncompromising Dutch Stand
    159 16 Uncompromising Dutch Stand London, Feb. 14. Both the Netherlands Government in London and the Batavia admin stration continue to take a resolute stand aga 'r.st Japanese deminds, according to well-informed circles in London. The Dutch correspondent of The Times states that the Netherlands Government has recently instructed Gen. Pabst, Dutch
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