The Straits Times, 27 February 1941

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    38 1 FINAL EDTK. The Straits Times fEBTABLWHBP NKARLT A OKNTURYI U4M^'S LEADISG NEWSPAPER LARGEST NET SALES 24 I SINGAPORE, THI'RSDAY. IKBRI ARY 27. 1911. PRICK CENTS The Straits Times 24 PAGES. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1941. PUKE 5 CENTS
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      151 1 ME E N CHONG TAILORING «>tkM> MaM I w<<^ W4OI *mni Mfc a»d «?«ri Htm Ir 14 limit <M s p^» h W^ 4 DEPENDABLE LOW-COST W»A f §fi I ELECTRIC LIGHT AND ll* *wi POWER FOR QnS It v n g a I o w s %mj J Launches
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      6 1 SINGAPORE. 149 CECIL ST. CPHOMK i4W.
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      137 1 ABOUT THIS TRANSPORT BUSINESS!!! If you've no more petrol coupons!! If you cannot walk for heat or corns (or both)!!! If you want reliable unrationed transport It will get you there on time, anytime ej^T*^ all the time and without coupons too \^Jr IfV^ I SOLE A6EHTS I YJ ROBINSON
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  • The Straits Times DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      DEATH
      23 2 •:>Y— At her residence in Nallur on the Utk. Instant Marrlrt pajkiam «red 70 fctiawd mother of Mkbi J T N. and
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      1383 2 FOR HIRE REFRIGERATOR -New or Uwd. PbODe 1333 EDUCATIONAL 1 1 ITION In Malay. Arabic and Tamil given to todies and gentlemen mt their homes by appointment Chartas moderate. Apply Box Ma 915, Straits Times. HOUSES FLATS, TO LET FURNISHED BUNGALOW 81<Up. Apply Julian Israel 11 Malacca Street 3«. M
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      889 2 BOARD RESIDENCE 1 1 n BY" Tiisllimiisi m, Bn«ifch board residence near town. Bxcllen. cuisine. Vacancies from March. Ist. Terms reasonable. Mod. san. garage. Phone 7257. SEA -PRONT— LocaI leave and Board-Res Double and Blngle rooms with bathrooms and modern sanitation Katong Grange. 77 kfeyez Road, near Swimming Club. Tel.
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      605 2 LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICES THE AVER (RAHMAN) DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTING CO., LTD (Incorporated to the Straits Settlements) NOTICE Is hereby given that the Share Transfer Books of the Company will be closed from 3rd March. 1941 to 6th March. 1941 (both days Inclusive). By Order of the Board, KENNEDY, BURKILL A
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      546 2 BUSINESS CARDS ETC. A HOME FROM HOME Situated on Institution Hill and away from tfce noise of Singapore, in surrounding* of natural beauty HILLTOP offers you a home where you can live enjoyably. In peace and comfort. Large Gardens, and an excellent Table. Bedroomi with bathrooms attached. Pbone the Manaireresa
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      215 2 MASSAGE HALL MANICURE ANO MASSAGE Mrs. MARU and Miss rtANA. 60. WATERLOO STREET. Telephone 7467. WESTERN AUSTRALIA City of Perth is nenrest Capital to Singapore and F.M. I The mokt delightful climate in AuslralU. Spen.l your holldayii in Western Australia. For particulars regarding Bungalows. Flat.s of propel ties, write JONM'II
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    Churchill's Daughter In Broadcast
    70 3 Sarah (hurjhll, daughter of Britain's Prime Minister, and h.-r com .1 an husband. Vie Oliver, run over their script far the 'Starlier»'t' fpatu-e of the BBC's short wave overseas service, with Gerry Wilmot. th« Canadian compere. The rehearsal took place in the producer's nfllcc (formerly a
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      555 3 SHIPPING .ANNOUNCEMENTS P 0. BRITISH INDIA |3Kfl[4|l|7|i AND APCAR LINE. ""J™"™" t lacorporateo to Bum Ch \l X I' \ssr.\GEß AGFNTS rOUmOLAft AlfD ORIENTAL 8 N Co v \PM U'HITK STAR MAIK lASSENOER AMD CAROO BERVICK FOX CLNARD WIIIIL bl AR L UML The best possible services dre being maintained
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      605 3 For A Holiday Embodying the Maximum of Enjoyment and comfort visit ALBANY WESTERN AUSTRALIA Average Temperature: 74 Dogs. Albany's reputation as a nralth and pleasure resort Is an enduring one, endorsed by thousands of Visitors annually. rhe port also serves a rich and Droductlve Hinterland producing export Lambs. Primary Products
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      778 3 TO-DAY SINGAPORE /III 11.33 mc/» tZi m.) Z.UP1 9 60 met (30 96 m.) Z1IP3 7.25 mo (41.38 m.) (ZHL ZHP1) S p.m. Cantonese Music?: 5.40 p.m. News in Cantcne-re; 5.55 p.m. Hokkien Musict: 6.05 p m. News in Hokkien; 6.20 p.m. News in Fn^lLh. Relayed from London; 6. 35
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      844 3 EMPIRE SYATIOI7 EASTERN TRANSMISSION will be rudatet to Malaya on: GSF— 19.82 metres (15.15 m/cs) and (MQ —16.86 metres (17.79 mat) from Ml p.m. to 8.50 p.m. GSB 31.53 metres (9.51 m Ml and (iSI> 21.53 metres (11.75 m H) from 9.03 p.m. to 11.50 p.m. NORTH AMERICAN TR ASSMISSH
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    London Stock Exchange
    329 4 Quiet But Brighter Tendency London. Frb M. fn M«fc Mwr to turn «*m tat umt wmmMmmtJ IB WlUrn 31OS MdMi then ni mm Inquiry for Indtei Hob* rate Iwptwad: otto attracted man «H««n; laiwliUti wtn mainly firm bu VCK MIUul aaOd OOCMiOßftll] lrrr»ular; Kaffir* Unproved at Uw
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    TEA QUOTA REDUCED
    21 4 London. Feb. 26. X .1 Tea Committee baa reduced the exportable quota at 1 which ends on Mar.
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    AROUND THE MARKETS Better Tendency On Easing Of Political Tension
    404 4 AROUND THE MARKETS Better Tendency On Easing Of Political Tension (By O«r Financial Correspondent) Singapore, Feb. 27. FE heavy fall in the price of tin in London yesterday It a welcome feature of this morning's market. It is Kenerally believed that the drop reflects a general easing in the political
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    133 4 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES (Prom Our Own Correspondent) London, Feb. 34. pOMMODITT and Exchange markets cio;.<^ m follow* vita prertoua gaoUUons ir oarer, 'Jiesto: 8.5« d <$.55dK et.rrtH White Muntok: a\d. (t^d.). Lanipong blagk In bond: s'*d >s\d > TIN: Weak. Spot: £270U (£2764). Forward £2€7* ,£2725). New York: 51-* rU. 153.25
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    TIN WEAKENS IN LONDON
    64 4 London, Feb. 26. *T*IN opened weak. The turnover was 325 tons. The market slumped on heavy profit-taking, following the relaxation of the Far Eastern tension and weak Eastern and American advices. The liquidation caused a further contraction of the near premium. After official hours the market
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    Liquidation Of British Securities In VS.
    56 4 New York, Feb. 26. rpHE Wall Street Journal says that the liquidation of British securities and direct investments may be curtailed or abandoned in order that holdings may be delivered to the United Sta.es Government as collateI ral for war material advances after i
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    RUBBER MARKET REVIEWS
    580 4 MALAYAN STOCKS RISE LAST MONTH FREIGHT POSITION NO EASIER |N* a weekly report on the rubber market, issued this morning, Lewis and Peat (Singapore), Ltd. write: The International Rubber Regulation Committee which met on Tuesday decided that the quota for the serond quarter should remain at 100
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    F.M.S. SURPLUS UP BY $3,000,000
    77 4 DEVENUE collected by the F.M.S. Government, including special war duties on liquors and tobacco, but excluding all other war taxation, in October was $8,111,782. Expenditure in October was $5,001,270, therefore the surplus for the month was $3,110,512. For the ten months ended October the total
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    87 4 Thursday. f«*. 27. noon. doyers Srllen rriccs Price No. IX H.S.S. (Spot loose) 3«s^ 26% No IX B.S.S. f.o.b. la rases Feb.-M*r. (Sellers epUoo) 36% S6% O.F.A.Q. R S.S. f.o b. in bales Peb.-Mar. (Sellers option) 36**, Z6% F.A.Q. R.S.S f.o.b. to bales Feb.-Mv. (Sellers
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    FREIGHT MARKET
    33 4 London, Feb. 26. "THE demand for freight was active. Inquiries Include flour, Australia to the Orient, at 6218; copra, Rabaul to Mazatlan, at $16; potash, Haifa to Baltimore, at 1201 Reuter.
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    Malayan Sharebrokers Assn. Singapore Quotations
    1347 4 WEDNESDAY FEB. I«. 1941: S P.M. MINING na*er» Srnm Ampat Tin <5s> 3s 3d 3s 7 1 d Austral Ainal. (5s) 6s 3d 6s 9d c.d Austral Malay i£> 35s 36s c.d Aycr Hit am (5s) 30s 21s Aycr Wcng ($1) .70 .75 Bar.«rln Tin
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    EXCHANGES
    180 4 roe tallowing are J--e excnanw rate* tbta mcrnlng according io the dally circular iseueu ov the Hongkong tnrt Shanehai Banking Corporation:— SELLING UoiiaoD I.I 1/4 1/16 Lorrton demand J/4 l'lt Swi; ;nd (T.T. only) 202.46 New rit demand 47.10 Mont '.1 demand 61 85 Batiiv, demand 88.71 Samarang demand
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    DONATIONS TO THE WAR FUND
    299 4 THE rouowins donations to me Wai Fund are recorded to-day Residents of Kluaiiß 7.o'i!» Tcoh Slew Koh, J.P., $1,000. $500 each: Chiong Boon b»ong, O Sitw and Q. F. Staynrs. Liang Phong Aik $300; and G. E. Cliuk-, 5230. $200 each: TM KWM I m:ih,
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    RUBBER GROWERS' CASE Treasury's Viewpoint' London Commudity Prices Rise
    541 5 1 r mm uur uwn <. omsponaem i London. Jan. 4. KR ha* been a steady rising market in London this week. Tiainlr because the severe air raids >f recent nights have emphasized to Boaramers the necessity of maintaining amp!, ■toekl
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    SINGAPORE RUBBER AUCTION
    97 5 SING APORE RUBBER AUCTION T Chamber of Commerce Rubber A*sto?iation held Its 1.327th auction y«terdar wh^n then was catalogusd 3.223 7»0 !b. 1439 19 to- 670 148 tb.. 1.192 03 tons: sold 2 ::i 157 h 991 59 PRH iU-» CIS. •rl ill! 4 Mi IV, If, 36', to 36'
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    MAIL ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES
    56 5 MAIL ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES i<> Ml 1 p m 4 p.m ith and W noon 1 n.m a 1 p.m 4 p.m 1 p.m 4 n. m 4 n m TO-MORROW 4 p.m 4 p.m .11 a. 4 p.m 4 p.m 4 p.m 4 p.m 30 p.m 4 p.m \.:::i\
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    AGAINST 100% E.P.T.
    766 5 sent bears but little relation to absorption "None of us will quarrel with the principles which have led to the Im- position of EPT concluded Mr. Fairbalrn. "but for reasons I have outlined its application in the case of the rubber plantation industry would appear to be
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    PETALING TIN CHAIRMAN REVIEWS PAST YEAR'S WORK
    1483 5 Dividend Of 125 Per Cent: $924,202 Government Royalty ORM'OSiMi tiie adoption of the report and accounts at the annual meeting of Petaling Tin Ltd. in Ipoh on Monday. Mr. J. U. Mead, the chairman, said: The icpMHM of additional rights enabled us t
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      764 5 LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE. NOTICE Is hereby {riven that the partnership business erf case makers and suppliers heretofore carried on by IJin Hong Keat and Low Hock Slew under the style of Tong Ouan and Co. at No. 57 Ktm Seng Road. Singapore, hns been dissolved as from the 5th day
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      173 5 «Bp>^QL<^, it is impose s|hle f° r n individual to provide for his vaiuro possessions the safety that is afforded by our vaults where we have safe boxes of various sines for hire at moderate rates. HIRERS themselves hold the KEYS and ONLY THEY ran have access to these safe
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      428 5 SINGAPORE TIDE T.AWJSS I .-o.i H W 11D6 am tt I. W 5.39 a mi 6 ft 6 01 p.m 0 9 ft Io-morro» H 00 16 am 8.7 ft: 12. 10 noon 9 4 u I W 60S am 2.3 ft: 6.27 o m 1.2 ft Mar I H
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      269 6 HOJSTHIS MAN REUTER Bp^ Bm. By^ r^ Mbl I Mot oV F 5 ooT* i«^^ a^BI Br 4F B. I t^or oB «9oooT No Man^l %L W yet HIS Iflnli m^ r!r 1 o.tt SHADOW |/iIAI/ ilA1 (r U..^MIAI COVERS KNOWS H1M. .73 r THE WORLD! NOW. AT LAST. REUTER
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      255 6 top y l pavilion 1 ENTHUSIASTIC PRAISES FROM THE PUBLIC THE MOST THRILLING THING EVER SEEN IN PICTURES" *"JL 0000! oflt oook^oooL *^pßp^ JUDY CAMPBELL fe^ EDWARD CHAPMAN m™. j Jka^Bßß^^^^^V^i^ioflorjoooflßßßoooh^^ y _^^M t MMr C^HL. aooflW fl :*****09. F 1 Bit #1 BBL*w tf^h^^ooi ook oofl^S^y B^ok A (Tv^^JbH
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      381 6 ITS THE ONLY COMEDY IN TOWN? DEANNA DANCES NOW TOO! CAPITOL j.s^rVs 4 SHOWS ON SATURDAY A SUNDAY Crowds acclaim this her Best and most Joyous picture! I DEANNA DURBIN in NEW UNIVERSAL'S W^^^ LATEST MUSICAL COMEDY HIT |J| SPRING BuJj^_B_? with MISCHA AUER RJ Rolxrt Cummiiufs Fi^j/?^™ J and
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    "RAID DAMAGE IN LONDON IS MUCH LESS THAN BELIEVED"
    386 7 "RAID DAMAGE IN LONDON IS MUCH LESS THAN BELIEVED" Mr. Menzies Says Australia's War Effort Already Near Its Peak London, Feb. 26. HKVASTATION in Britain is much less than the world has been led to believe, said Mr. R. G. Menzies, Australian Prime Minister, speaking in London to-da\. The Germans
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    Australia's New Shipbuilding
    124 7 £600.000 Set Aside For First Part Of Scheme Sydney. Feb. 26. rIE personnel of the new commission which will plan building of merchant ships in Australia is expected to be announced on Friday. The commission will survey existing yards and shipbuilding equipment. Naval and munitions work will
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    43,000 BLOOD DONORS IN SCOTLAND
    50 7 London. Feb. 26. HTtHK Princess Royal who recently became A a donor of the blood transfusion service. learned when she visited Edinburgh Royal infirmary that there are 43.000 blood donors in Scotland and that it is hoped to Increase the number to 60.000— British Wireless.
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    Nazis Said To Have Made 700,000 British Uniforms For Invasion
    117 7 New York. Feb. 26. UITLER is known to have manufactured 700,000 British uniforms and an equal number of parachutes for an invasion, declared the former assistant Secretary for War. Mr. Louis Johnson, in a speech here. Hitler also has ready
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    Fresh Air Sweep Over Channel
    321 7 Fresh Air Sweep Over Channel R.A.F. Attack Enemy In Northern France London, Feb. 26. COR the second day in succession, r R.A.F. bombers and fighters have taken part in an important offensive over the Channel and northern France. It is described in an Air Ministry communique issued to-night, which says.
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    R.A.F. ALSO ACTIVE IN ALBANIA
    58 7 Athene, Feb. 26. DESPITE very bad weather and intense anti-aircraft fire. R.A.P. bombers escorted by fighters heavily attacked military buildings and motor transport and troop concentraon the repelini-Kltsura road in Albania yesterday, says an official communique issued to-day by the headquarters of the British air
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    ROLE OF ROYAL MARINES
    221 7 London, Feb. 26. T*HE part which the Royal Marines are playing in the war has been described to-day as just as important as that of their predecessors in j the Service, which is that oi "both soldier and sailor too." There are marines in all warships
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    U.S. Workers Gift Of Planes To R.A.F.
    64 7 London, Feb. J6. THREE American Tomahawk fighters and Spitfires have been given the K.A.F. by 20.000 American workmen who are building the biff new United States army camp in Massachusetts. Week by week, stated the Ministry for Aircraft Production, these men have contributed
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    GREEK WAR CHARITY CONTRIBUTIONS
    100 7 London, Feb. 26. MONEY (or Greek war charities is being; j collected in the Dependencies. The Gold Coast Legislative Council has unanimously ipproved a grant of £1,000 as a contribution towards the Greek relief fund i sponsored by the Lord Mayor of London and other collections
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      317 7 HOTELS RAFFLES HOTEL TO-NIGHT DINNER DANCE (informal) 8 tf.m. to midnight (M.Mvii tuc acthr nun c b tic ATTRACTION nt AO I UK UUU DANCERS Dinner |MH Non-Diners $1.00 SUNDAY EVENING IN THE PALM COURT SIN(.\I'OKI. S MOST POPILAR SOCIAL RKNDKZVOUS MILITARY BAND CONCERT -8.30 to 10 30 p.m. ARGYLL
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      241 7 La A 1 11 AY 3.15 6.15 9.15 Where Everybody Goes. PHONE 3400 A* you enjoyed "REBECCA" so you will enjoy thit magnificent production I f Scenes of a magnitude <7Zjl /A^^*^y rarely equalled! '<P?£f6C+&&U5' c LjIIIHIKSSBhmIhIB K>\ H Masterly directed Superbly prouueed Also 2Oth Century Fox Movietone New* just
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, THURSDAY,FEB,1941. (543rd Day of The War.) The Back Door
    1061 8 ts of the fighting ir ried considerably in degree ol n by the Italians n told onderrd in r which a flat J to flght. small l sported to Ml they completely overwhelmed by iperfor for-- I
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    JAPAN'S RESTRICTIONS ON FOREIGN BANKS
    107 8 Shanghai, Feb. 17. THE cei»ei tbftt recent regulations issued in Japan appeared to have been designed to restrict or banish i 1 re i tin banks from Japan, as ha(3 happened in Manchukuo, was exp. cd by Mr. J. J. Paterson, chalrmai. the Hongkong-Shanghai banking
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      COMPLEX IS
      236 8 Working For The Uplift Of Mankind To the Kdi tor of the Straits Times Str,— I agree with Mr. C. K. I But it is a matter of great regret that the Editor, cither Inadvertently or may be for th< sake of brevity, did m publish tullv niir
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      DUST-BINS
      64 8 To the Editor of the Straits limes I thank your correspondent Disgusted for raising 1 his voice against the rough handling of dustbins by the municipal coolies in the early hours of the morning. Apart from the tiamage done to the lea, the damage done to' the of children
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      BROADCASTING
      290 8 Suggested Changes In Indian Programmes To the Editor of the Straits 1 Sir,— The Singapore Broad ion could bo made more popular. among the Indian community and I desire to put forward a few suggestions for the consideration of the authorities. The Indian music programme Is monotonous. Very rarely
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      "ANGLO-MALYAN"
      389 8 Something More Original \Yf!!lt To the Editor of tin- struts 1 concur that th that I WOttld i. I Iortu n Ing to tttly been i and not blindly i atlnn. rdred i. East I; vious than a Wide DlffcrcK and a Eurasian, in Ind Indian is a much
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      CHINESE SCALES
      39 8 To the Editor of the Straits thmm —It Ls common knowledge Uiat the Chlin la u vciy t; i instrument. K; httV<i LntroducU but Dothij maierniiz^d therefl Migl I 'iat tht- pyun to denote kattif-i ..nd I
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    DEFEAT OF THE DAY BOMBER
    873 8  -  David Mead (By In Spite Of Five Changes In Nazi Tactics eflkiency ol th.. H.A.F. (.'ommand has forced 'he Luftwaffe to change its air off en- c agftiiwt GrMt Britain o three months aj It the enemy hurled his bombers in formations of 300 and
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      40 8 J«at ty*ttr*4: <«RrV. MXK.IkS Ol 194! "f^txtf Stamp < »l. (BrNMI Wmfk t 4.M 8 Ma.Mi CM. ml Ik* Wkato WtrM HIM l«tm Kttrm. <• H KMI A CO.. LI. BaMaaaa fTte^apuii. THERE IS NO SAFER OR BETTER WAY THAN THE RAILWAY
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    JAPANESE PRESSURE ON INDO-CHINA & THAILAND
    324 9 JAPANESE PRESSURE ON INDO-CHINA THAILAND Large Naval Force In Hainan Waters 1 1 Mi: MM II SET FOR REPLY n\ NEI TO MO PEACE PLAN French Admit "Delicate Sla<j<'*' Now Reached U i I il the Franco-Thai armistice talks in Tokio reported to he on tit' of a hreak-do>wi, the
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    MR MATSUOKA FOR MOSCOW?
    124 9 MR MATSUOKA FOR MOSCOW? Visit May Hold Up Move In South London, Feb. 27. JAPANESE circles in Shanghai crt that the Japanese Foreign Minister, Mr. Y. Matsuoka. will «horU Moscow to sign an agreement with the Soviet Government, the Shanghai correspondent of the Free French agency reports. The agreement is
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    Japano-German Discussions
    128 9 (io-o|M'ralion Problems Raised \l Salzburg? Tokio. Feb. 27. I'.TY of views on basic principles of J rman co-operation. it is understood d in a l«nKth\ Aoen the Japanese ambass:> Gen H. Oshima and the German Ftoreign Minister. Rlbtx-ntrop. which began at the latter's villa mt Salzburg, at noon
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    FAMOUS U-BOAT OFFICER DEAD
    86 9 London, Ftb. 27. f\SE ot Hm bart known U-boat com- manders of the last war. Vlce>1 Lothar de la Periere, German naval commander lor occupied terri•net with a fatal accident on Monday, it is announced. Grand Admiral Raeder, Command* r- rman Fleet, yesterday paid a warm
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    Thai Envoy To U.S.S.R. On Way To Berlin
    82 9 Moscow. Feb. 27. AFTER only a week in the Soviet capital, the newly appointed Thai Minister to Russia left Moscow for Berlin last night. He has been negotiating for the establishment of diplo- matic and commercial relations. On the eve of his
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    Further Raids On Malta
    119 9 Vuletta Malta). Feb. 27. pONSIDERABLE air activity was experienced over Malta yesterday. A slight action in the morning was reported, when a formation cf enemy fighter new over the island and British fighters went up, but there was no definite combat and no casualty. At mid-day
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    TIGHTENING OF BLOCKADE
    270 9 New Measures To Be Enforced London, Feb. 27. AN important fresh stage will shortly be reached in tightening the British blockade. New regulations are announced which will have the ettect of harnessing marine insurance to the blocade en- I forcement. Navicerts and certificates of origin will be
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    BELGRADE PARLIAMENT TO BE RESHUFFLED
    96 9 Belgrade, Feb. 27 WHEN the Yugoslav Parliament meets in May it will for the flrst time in ten years be composed solely of deputies who are elected by majorities in their constituencies. Deputies elected by a minority will no longer be included. As the number
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    AIR ATTACKS CANNOT HALT BURMA ROAD TRAFFIC
    288 9 Lashio (Burma), Feb. 27. AIR ATTACK can never seriously impede the steady flow of traffic along the Burma road. That is the conclusion I have reached after a ten-day trip along the road In a convoy of ten lorries, cables Reuter's special correspondent.
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    VAST GERMAN ATTACK SOON EN THE MEDITERRANEAN?
    102 9 ARTHUR KROCK, chief Washington correspondent of the New York Times, states that Germany's spring plan according to the best military opinion in Washington, is not an all-out attack on Britain, but a vast Mediterranean campaign. "The expectation in military circles is a decisive
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    First British Landing In Dodecanese Group
    198 9 Italian Battleship Damaged At Taranto Said To Be A Total Loss London, Feb. 27. DRITISH forces have effected their first landing- in the strategic Italian Dodecanese Islands Castellorizo, small Italian island in the Dodecanese group in the eastern Mediterranean, was occupied by British forces
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    Greeks Push On Despite Cold
    200 9 Bad Weather Slows Up Albanian Fighting London, Feb. 27. SNOWSTORMS and heavy rains still continue to impede operations on a wide scale in Albania, according to dispatches from the front quoted by Athens radio. The Greeks, however, maintain the initiative in minor engagements and patrol
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    Government Plan To Film ' The War
    126 9 Government Plan To Film The War London, Feb. 27. I*HE Minister of Information, Mr. j Alfred Duff Cooper, stated in the House of Commons yesterday that lon land accredited newsreel cameramen and cameramen of the army film unit cover all important operations. At sea it has so far been possible
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    FRESH EXODUS OF U.S. NATIONALS
    49 9 Shanghai, Feb. 27. THE largest group of Americans to leave Shanghai aboard one ship since the evacuation liner Monterey last year, sailed yesterday in the liner President Coolidge for the United 1 States. Many prominent Shanghai Americans were among the large pas- sender list.—Reuter.
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    26 9 London, Feb. 27. ONLY a few bombs were dropped by enemy aircraft yesterday, mainly over coastal districts of Kent and East Anglla. says the Air Ministry.
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    German Troops Now Entering Bulgaria ?
    424 9 German Troops Now Entering Bulgar ia EVASIVE STATEMENT MADE BY BERLIN SPOKESMAN New York, Feb. 26. TWELVE THOUSAND Ger- man motorized troops invaded Bulgaria yesterday afternoon, says a Sofia report reaching Belgrade. The Germans are said to have crossed the Danube near Chernavoda. Hitherto, however, no confirmation of this message
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    Mystery Fire Near Turkish Oil Tanks
    69 9 Mystery Fire Near Turkish Oil Tanks London, Feb. 27. A MYSTERIOUS big fire threatened to engulf oil tanks in th° Bosphorous te reported in an Istanbul telegram to the Italian nmt agency. FIV3 vessels loaded with pet paraffin caught fire s-nd the blaze spread to other parafTm-ladcn boat* It was
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    New Russo-Rumanian Trade Pact
    63 9 London. Feb. 27. NEGOTIATIONS for a comiiur la. trraty between Russia and Rumania proceeding during the pat) year ended yesterday with the tlgnlai of a trade and shipping agl concerning goods and payments, according to a Moscow telegram to th< I official German news agency. Rumania
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    WAR FUND REACHES $5,026,530 TO-DAY
    531 10 WAR F UND REACHES $5,026,530 TO-DAY How $1,000 Donation Led To $7,000 Coming From Kluang "BUY A BOMBER" EFFORT SENDS FURTHER $1,000 CINCE passing the five million dollar mark. The War Fund appears to have taken a new lease of life. kerdaj Wi acknowledged receipt of more than $16,000. ami
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    S.R.A. PETROL INQUIRY Special Meeting
    73 10 A SPECIAL suo-commiuee of the Singapore Ratepayers 1 Ation will consider and report on the 11 of petrol rationing it is understood A special meeting of the association *-as held yesterday, and it was decided to form the sub-committee report will in the first instance
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    HOW F.M.S. MOTORISTS GET RATION TICKETS
    80 10 MOTORISTS in the FMS need not •My to the Registrar of Vehicles for petrol ration coupons, as coupons will be posted to them. Automatically at the end of each month, coupons for the ensuing month Will I) -*****151 V All coupons are valid throughout
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    Mr. LANDSDALE-RUTHVEN IN MALACCA
    71 10 m Our Own Cnrespondent Malacca. Feb 26 BEFORE Mr Justice Pedlow in the Supren'" Court to-day Mr. Hugh Landsdale-Ruthven was aiir; idv(x%ate and solicitor of nu. ippeared for tne Yt-w Lin for the mmittee. while Mr. J ted the Attorr.ey--al I' v> Landscia:e- ..s lormerly Legal
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    TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF N.L PLANTERS' UNION
    77 10 (from Our Own Correspondent > Batavia, Feb. 2C THE Planu«r>" Union haj just cel«brated Ka tenth anniversary at Bandoeng. Hundreds of planters were present, and also a numb?r of Government offlc: of loyalty and "X pressed by the of the hal! Meb a Holland
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    REFRESHER COURSE
    19 10 St John Am>. .lano' rrfrertier course :or nurx wtll tow at the College Cf Mt-dl .:i a'
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    AMUSEMENTS
    65 10 KA»I It v noil l niaJi 3 i.n OAKKK K I lit IKI Gl 1 i Thr < lioo K»u-; Hun* i: .a at I <.K> \l WOUI li MduiK" HAITI Illl I.) i^pp. HtrMl i -low. H Mire.- ana Clnem**. oarrt O*ncls« M, p.m. ioxt n»r«iN«. MA IIIW
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    BIG INCREASE IN N.I. TRADE
    277 10 Last Year s Exports At Gs. 920 Million (From Our Own Correspondent> Batavia, Feb. 26. AN excellent review of the economic .situation in the Netherlands Indies In war conditions Is furnished by the annual report of the Netherlands Handel Maatschappy for the last quarter of
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    RED CROSS ACTIVITIES THE A.I.F.
    88 10 WITH IN the Straits Times on Monday it was Inadvertently stated that the Commissioner of the Australian Red Cross Society, attached to the General Hospital with the A. I. F. in Malaya was responsible for the supply oC contorts to all the Australian troops. Actually
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    Straits Times Annual 1941
    82 10 /CONTRIBUTIONS for this years Straits Times Annual are invited. Articles, photographs, paintings and drawings of Malayan interest and suitable for Ihe Straits Times Annual should be submitted within the next few weeks. Owing to wartime conditions the Annual is being prepared earlier this year than usual.
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    50 10 Seven people were injured only two seriously when this lorry travelling along Tiong Bahm in the direction of Tanglin, turned on its side The driver is said to have swerved violently in trying to avoid a pedestrian causing the lorry to turn on its side. The accident occurred this morning.
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    Johore Smallholders Not Interested In Replanting
    445 10 'From Our Own Correspondent 1 Johore Bahru, Feb. 26. •THE total area under rubber in Johore at the end of 1940 waa estimated to be 954,476 acres. The production of rubber in Johore amounted to 143.179 tons of which 63,123 tons were produced on
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    WANT TO BOMB JAPAN
    264 10 Former Journalist Singapore Man Chinese Air Force THOSE who are aware of Japan's many weaknesses know that talk of a Japanese southward move are nothing more than mere threats," said Flight. Lieut Ong Siow Peng, a former Singapore Chinese newspaperman, on his return here for a
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    PETROL IN JOHORE
    27 10 ■pHE Petrol Authority, Johore. In an announcement on Page 2 to-day, notifies details of petrol rationing for the information of Johore r«ristered car owners.
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    RAMAYANA & THE NAZIS
    194 10 RAMAYANA THE NAZIS Javanese Artist's Unusual Cartoons DARALLELS between the wars of the Hindu epic, the Ramayana. and the present war against the Nazis are drawn in a series of cartoons by Prawito, a Javanese artist. The cartoons, six in number, are reprinted by the Department of In- I formation
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    INDIES INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
    104 10 (From Our Own Correspondents Bauria. Feb. M. T*> make the Netherlands Indies as far as 1 possible industrially self-dependent, the Government Is to establish basic Industrial which will produce some of the country a defence requirements. This Industrial scheme, which la nearly complete, will be submitted to
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    ATTRACTIVE FILM FARE AT THE CATHAY
    131 10 At The Cinema "Foreign Correspondent.'* (Joel McCrea. Laralne Day. Herbert Marshall). United Artists. At the Cathay. T»HIS Alfred Hitchcock production Is packed with action and the 10,800 feet of film Is devoid of a dull moment. How a young reporter from the United J
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    DEANNA DURBIN IN NEW PICTURE AT CAPITOL
    90 10 "Spring Parade." (Deanna Durbin, Robert Cummings and Mischa Aver). N«w Universal. At the Capitol. 1 AN Austrian peasant girl goes to a fair A to sell a goat. She falls asleep on a hay-wagon, and is taken to Vienna where I she is
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    A.I.F. General
    14 10 Maj.-Gen. H. Gordon Bennett, G.0.C., Australian forces in Malaya, at his headquarters.
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    N. KEDAH A.R.P. GATHERING
    199 10 Over 200 Attend (From Our Own Correspondent) Alor Star, Feb. 27. OVER 200 persons were present at M meeting of A.R.P. workers at th» Sultan Abdul Hamld College. Mr. I. W. Blelloch, who has been appointed Offlcer-in-Charge of th« newly-created corps of air raid wardens in
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    KLANG CATHOLIC ACTION^
    83 10 (From cnu *^wn Correspondent) Klang. Feb. 23. "pHE annual general meetly of the Catho. lie Action Society, Klanjr, *ar held yesterday, at the Parochial House of IhQ Church of Our Lady of Lourdes. The society was responsible for the collection of S 180. 05 for St. Francis
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    SPEED-UP IN MEASURES FOR FIRE-FIGHTING
    290 11 More Personnel For Regular Volunteer Services 1 IRE-WATCHING ANTI-LOOT SQUADS ALSO BEING FORMED SINGAPORE'S fire fightinK personnel, both regular and volunK i i- Inihu increased, and a large plot of land. clow to the central fire station in Hill Street, has been mad* t\;iil;il>l« ns
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    PREVIOUS CONVICTION IN"NOVEMBER, 1943
    88 11 PREVIOUS CONVICTION IN "NOVEMBER, 1943 Wl rocord ol 35- con- second stealing a pair of rtxx-s. tu exarr:r.ttl in court, he was found u> have been "f offences on five tm-o of which were In and (inr in "November. IM3 T»,e I >-\i lait were. >>ked. romir.itt-1 in TrenKRanu Mr
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    CROSSED ROAD CARELESSLY
    181 11 Javanese Woman Fatally Injured HOW, in turning his car round the corner from Rochoi-e Road into North Bridge Road on Feb. 16, he i knocked down a woman, was related by Lee Tiong, at the inquiry held at Singapore Coroner's court yesterday into the circumstances of the
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    NEW ORDER RELATING TO CHARTERED SHIPS
    56 11 AN order issued yesterday states that no person lawfully engaged to serve in any ship chartered or requisitioned by or on behalf of the Government "shall leave his employment in such ihip notwithstanding that his aer»'m-nt to serve has expired Enforce ment ot this
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    STOLE BICYCLE FROM FIVE-FOOT-WAY
    60 11 ONG Tiang Lee, 15. appeared before Mr. Conrad Oldham. the second magistrate, yesterday and was eh.. Ed with stealing a bicyclr valued at S5 from th? flve-foot-way of a hotel at th« Ivnctton of Beach Road and Seah I on Tuesday. Ong pleaded guilty to the
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    ALLEGED CRIMINAL BREACH OF TRUST
    63 11 ALLEGED CRIMINAL BREACH OF TRUST TAN Chung Mcng, 44. claimed tnai in the second court yesterday to a charge of committing criminal breach of trust of $142.68, bflonjrint; to Lim rheoh Ml as a clerk employed at a r.ork shop in Joo Chiat Road, between urr last year and February
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    28 11 iid Mrs Liv llai-..u at the professor's Txhibition of paintings wh«-h is now being held M tie Chinese Chamber of Commerce in aid of the China Relief Fond.
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    DANCE RECITAL Miss Hilary Napier At The Victoria Theatre
    222 11 A STAGE show unusual for Singapore audiences was presented last night at the Victoria Theatre when Miss Hilary Napier gave a programme of her dances. Mlm Napier is young—«he Is 21 and a one -toman recital is a difficult undertaking for
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    AMERICANS NOT ADVISED TO LEAVE DITCH INDIES
    91 11 'From Our Own Correspondent^ Batavia, Feb. 20. AMERICAN Consulates in the Far East have advised American citiI us to leave at the earliest opportunity. The advice, hewever, is not applicable to the Netherlands Indie*, the Java Bode learned from the U.S. Consul-General in
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    ALLEGED ILLEGAL RATIFICATION
    73 11 V. C. MITRA. a Municipal BMltt Iv pector, claimed trial in the Singapore fourth court to a summons charge of accepting »n ille^nl Rrattr.eation of $7 from Ngai Keh Eng at a rhop in Tanjor.s Pagar Road on Feb. 17. It wa* alleged that Mltra accepted the
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    RAID DURING BANQUET
    293 11 Lottery In "Boys" Dressing Room HOW the servants' dresslng-rocm at the Mnquot hall of a local amusement park was raided by the police while a dinner bl honour of General Wu Teh-chen was ;n progress, wns related in the WlnfpifW third -ourt yesterday. Foo Ah Hong, defended
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    MILITARY BANDS More Performances For Benefit Of Public
    122 11 A DECISION taken by a standing committee of the Municipal ComI missioners will give the public more j opportunity of hearing military bands. In addition to public performances by the band of the Police, there will be fortnightly programmes by military bands
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    ENGINEERING STORES BEING CONTROLLED
    59 11 'THE salr of engineering stores is be- ing controlled, and maximum prices j have been gazetted. No fewer than 271 j items of engineering stores are involved, and their sale can only be made by i persons to whom a special licence has been issued by
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    CHAP JEE KEE IN JOHORE
    125 11 From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru. Feb. 25. PONVICTED on a charge of assisting In the management of a chap Jee kee lottery, Tan Hal Tong. a Chinese, was fined $200 or five months' riuorous Imprisonment by Mr. J. Bernard Weiss, First Magistrate, to-day. Prosecuting,
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    Tank Hunting, Patrol In Exercise
    20 11 An anti-lank motor cycle patrol oi Royal Scots Fusiliers in field exercises "somewhere in England."
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    Judge Sees No Grounds For Damages In Divorce Suit
    234 11 A DECREE nisi to be made absolute after three months was granted b. the Chief Justice. Bir Percy McElwaine. giving Judgment in the High Court yesterday in a divorce petition brought by S S. Nathan, an unemployed compositor, against his wife,
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    RATIONING OF MOTOR SPIRIT IN MALAYA
    278 11 Maintaining Services That Are Essential To Community CONTROL oftff tht sale and distribution of petroleum "in the interests of defence and the efficient prosecution <>f the war and for maintaining supplies and services essential to the life of the community," is the ul\i»it of
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    MISTAKE COST LIFE Man Scalded When Taking Hot Water Bath
    115 11 MISTAKE COST LIFE Man Scalded When Taking Hot Water Bath FUTY-year-old Goh Ah Peng carried a pail of hot water and a pail of cold water to the bathroom of his house in Short Street to have his bath one afternoon early l.»*t week. He called out to his wife
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    CHINESE WORE PAPER NOSE
    181 11 Clerk's Allegation In Police Case ron *ith h i luce. on-* unmasked, and the thud wi ;irmK paper no second court yesterday t. have robtvd a Chineae el rk and his ii. im gold ring and $1 In si.vi mi thr night Dec Thi.s I'll 111
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    "WAR AND ORDER" Interesting Documentary Film Shown At Capitol
    104 11 WAR AND ORDER" Interesting Documentary Film Shown At Capitol Ithk inapUrini Mlbta doevi film. "War and Ord t, whld I night a1 the Capitol I i air 'M'-ii-sivp found the London Police Tin r are 'ene i depictii [tralnin Auxiliary Po aR I1I 1 technique, and tho m ißnlfl n
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    Scouts Cook Their Own Food
    8 12 'Ijsw^sr.ss tn&sr&gs. tsu
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    MINERS' BOMBER FUND GETS FLYING START
    396 12 $300,000 Already Promised By Malayan Supporters QVER $300,000 has so far bee,, promised in response to the j v appeal for a Malayan Miners' Bomber Fund. ($214,285.71) by the Petaling Tin Ltd already announced. Austral i^ay Tin Ltd. and associated companies have promised $50
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    U. S. ITALIANS URGE TRUCE
    189 12 Separate Peace With Britain I UIOI Criscuolo. financier and leading Italian-American political writer, has written to the British Ambassador to Washington (Lord Halifax), urging Britain to imake a separate peace with Italy. Criscuolo says ho writes on behalf o T 10.000.0CO Italian-Americans. •Britain and the
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    INVASION BEING POSTPONED
    303 12 Dash For Gibraltar Theory Revived "WE must always be on guard against invasion, but there is no evert evidence of preparations for™ mmediate onslaught," an informant in a completely trustworthy quarter declared to me. says tne London correspondent of th« Sydney Mbrning Herald. Hitler, he said, would
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    GOVERNOR'S SON
    37 12 I nlnlotu Office has advised M. Oovcrnor of New Caledonia that hia son. Raymond, of whom he has hai i. i news for eight months, is rally- ich at Brazzavillt 1 1 E'luatorial Africa I
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    ONE OUTCOME OF THE WAR Rotarian Predicts Anglo-U.S. Union
    315 12 ONE OUTCOME OF THE WAR Rotarian Predicts Anglo-U.S. Union QUT of the present world conditions Y will com e Anglo-American union probably in our generation," said Mr. Lester L. Goodman in a talk a»x>ut the United States, to the Singaoore Rotary Club last night. The occasion was a dinner to
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    VOLUNTARY SERVICE Auxiliary Motor Driver Corps Being: Formed
    133 12 T% ESIDENTS of Singapore who are not yet giving voluntary service in any of the civil defence services or armed forces now have an opportunity to do so in a new field for which many are qualified. It is officially announced that
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    RAFFLES COLLEGE UNION OFFICE-HEARERS
    164 12 AT the annual mcetinp; of the Raffle College Union, he.d recently the followin? were elected to hold office for the academic year 1941-1942 Managing committee.— President Lee Mun Wan: vice-pre,-iient: H. D LdwIs general secretary: Unpku A. Aziz bin A Hamid; hon. treasurer: Chin Fung Kee
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    Detecting & Preventing Fires Started By Raiders
    384 12 Detecting Preventing Fires Started By Raiders THE great importance of ensuring f?i i* vansu a n5. very com mercial and industrial building in Malayan towns has its own squad of fire watchers, properly equipped and trained, is showily the damage done by Nazi fire raids hSiiHfn ngU i h cities
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    ITALIAN DIVISION WIPED OUT IN SOMALILAND PUSH
    294 13 ITAL IAN DIVISION WIPED OUT IN SOMALILAND PUSH <m\ Force \imiliilate«l By rmoored Can 1 Machine-gnni London, Feb. Wk .lumbo, strongly ,nk of tho Jula River, they made fences in the south of Italian man, cabhs ReuUr's s]>ocial th African forces. on the other hand, suffered severely. j n jhr
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    Indian Seamen's War Risks
    83 13 In dian Seamen' s War Risks m.i|m n-alioii Silhmuc |l I \i«iul«(l FVb. 26. rx vmbly of the .roved the k 1 .11 be j ;tnitt<e val :ni>en- in* on .«h i under th< M Aft <<ablcmetn d m r I and alVow30 v ooo bmtun alrt'.idy in force lso
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    Indians In Sinkiang Hit by Boycott
    13 13 New MM, Feb 26. c bajpai demission
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    3,500 CHILDREN SENT ABROAD FROM U.K.
    77 13 3,500 CHILDREN SENT ABROAD FROM U.K. Looilon Peb 2t r^ry for the Dominion* '.Try ShakecpeM*. *«t«l in of Common* t»-4mt that tli*number of rhlMrva rr*ruat«d tr> earli nonunion under m*nt .srh-m* was tu:.a*l» 1 533 Au South Africa Zealand Idrrn ware "nit^d State* .v It *U Mr-pendf rt ni *39
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    NEW BID TO TERMINATE INDIAN IMPASSE
    38 13 NVw Delhi. *YD 1J ■TOE proposals mad»- by Sir Tej Baha 1 itiru and .minen r shape, and it U announce! that t n« will start in Bom k.. wuii Mar. )<- Britisi
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    Treatment Of Aliens In The Dunera
    150 13 Treatment Of Aliens In The Dunera London. Feb. 26. rE qiwstion of treatment of Interned aliens by their puards on board U* the pasr««- to Australia wa« raised on r<; 'mrrment of the Hourt of Com- a yThe Fir.aiicial Secretary to the war Orace, Mr B X Law. informed the
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    Anglo-Turkish Talks Begin
    488 13 Mr. Eden And Gen. Dill Cheered On Arrival Ankara, Feb. 26. MR. Anthony Eden, British Foreign j Secretary, and Gen. Sir John Dill. Chkf of Imperial General Staff, arrived at Ankara this mornint?. Huge crowds assembled at tn^ station and as the train with Mr Eden and
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    ALBANIA OPERATIONS RESTRICTED
    23 13 Feb. 26. RESTRICTED operations by small frroupf and artillery is the text of a brief Greek Command communique to-day.— Reurrr
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    Palestine Stands By Britain
    32 13 J«-wv an 1 Ar.ihs in Palestine have sunk Iheir differences in their common drsirc to support the British ca us? Picture shows Jewish recruits undergoing training in Jerusalem.
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    Rumania Handing Over Poles To Germany
    245 13 London, Feb 26 f^REAT BRITAIN has emered a most vigorous protest against the sending of interned Polish soldiers In Rumania to Germany. Mr R. A. Butler. Under-&?cret»ry for Forsign Affair*, revealed this in the House of Commons to-day, when he characterized the action "us
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    TAR EAST PEACE HINGES ON FRENCH & THAI REPLIES"
    126 14 TAR EAST PEACE HINGES ON FRENCH THAI REPLIES" Tokio Journal On New Japanese Plan To Settle Bolder Dispute pKA< m the Far East hinges upon the replies by France nd Thailand to the Japanese compromise proposal for m iilrment of the dispute between them," says the rieht wine •ewspaper Knkumin.
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    MOVEMENTS OF FORMER INDO-CHINA OFFICER
    44 14 MOVEMENTS OF FORMER INDO-CHINA OFFICER rßaUvla, Feb. 26. IK French consul here aetiied reports that Ueut.-Ocn. afarun. former Commander-j^-jP>**f << VB» French Indo-China forces, by the Vichy y*^*—*■> two months ago. Is stated to mw# paved through Singapore en route to Franre vta Palestine.—Eastern Men.
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    F"rebch Empire Will Again Take Up Arms"
    121 14 uaudoo. Feb. 21. •jyBPITE 1U sufferings, the French Em- plre will again take up arms," declared General de Gaulle, leader of the tree Frencli inurement, to 100 French-Canadian officers tie wa« guest *t a dlruv r to-day. The defeat last year was due
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    U.S. Pacific Defences
    242 14 LARGE SUM FOR GUAM VOTED Washington, Feb. 26. AN immediate outlay of $1,533,•v 000.000 in cash and contract authorization for the United States urniy and navy is recommended by i the Appropriation Committee of the I House of Representatives. This includes funds to develop naval and itattßM
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    INDIANS IN FRENCH INDO-CHINA
    65 14 I r:.'ew Delhi. Feb. 26. s ForeigT. Secretary informed Mr. M. 8. Aney in the Legislative Assembly to-dar that no repatriation of Indians from IndoChina had so far been ordered The Interests of all Indiana, as of ail British subjects in Indo-China, were beln? looked after
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    INDIA AND INDO-CHINA TRADE QUESTIONS
    56 14 New I>lhl Feb. 28. It U a question of time. It was added before remittances from Indo-China to India will be banned by the Government of Indo- China. The Indian Government will ascertain its exact position In the matter of remittance >lexl.^R^ t r c
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    93,000,000 KRONER FOR SWEDISH DEFENCES
    50 14 Stockholm, Feb 27 T«£. Swedish Parliament has adopted a supplementary budget amounting to 93,000,000 kronor (£6 *****0 at par) for defence. It provides for the purchase of artillery a.nd aircraft, rtns lruni ion of ce '"tain warships and the building of barracks and ether needs.—Reuter.
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    "SUICIDAL FOR SIAM TO BE BRITAIN'S ENEMY"—EX-KING Japan May First Seize Indo-China
    365 14 "SUICIDAL FOR SIAM TO BE BRITAIN'S ENEMY"— EX-KING Japan May First Seize Indo-China :X-KING PRAJADHIPOK of Sia.^fckinf .*W fiSE. auboUta u b0Ut Far Eastern aff airs, said in an interview lot wait tt leg ph to **y ♦h-t«s£m X" lot want to be under the direction of any nation 8
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    JAPAN AT DISADVANTAGE IN PARLEYS WITH SOVIET
    665 14 The Times On Significance Of Indo-China Truce Extension TO.C London, Feb. 26. JHK purposes for which Britain is aging war make i clear that there can be no question of mediation, parlej or compromise with Hitler or his Fascist partner," says Th< Times
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    25 14 Sight fighter patnls, using improved methods of in.erception, are constantly increasing their effectiveness. One of the pilots is seen resting between flights.
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    MATSUOKA AGAIN DENIES MEDIATION OFFER
    110 14 r Tokio, Feb. 26. Foreign Minister, Mr. Y. Matsuoka, again denied that he had offered to mediate in the European conflict in his memorandum addressed to the British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Anthony Edtn. j Replying to an Interpellation at a committee meeting In the House
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    ALFONSO STILL GRAVE
    37 14 London, Feb 26 THE condition of ex-King Alfonso who is seriously ill in Rome is described this morning as still very grave. Last niiht he was visited by the Italian Crown Prince.— Reuter i
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    310 14 prince Konoye Hopes For Better Japano-American relations Tokio, Feb. 26. rHE Japanese Government does not take a pessimistic view of tr, future relations with the United >tates, stated Prince A. Konoye the rime Minister, replying to a quesion in the Lower House to-day. He said the Government is going orward
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    SNOWY OWL AND KAOLIN DO GOOD GALLOPS
    601 15 Several Impressive Efforts At Kuala Lumpur Training (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 27. 0\ 1 R a 100 horses and ponies were in training this morning in preparation lor the Seiangor Turf Club's Gold (up meeting which begins on Saturday. In
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    JAVA ROAD BADMINTON PARTY
    74 15 riE following will represent the Java Road Badminton Party in a 'ri™dly badminton ma" eh against the Makerxare Badminton Party at the latter s court at 2 30 pm. on Sunday: s[n Rl«:R l«: Md Yunos. Md. Noor, Sujak and Abu Bakar Dendek. Ikmbles: Suiak and
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    Guthries Collect Full Points With Five-Nil Victory
    206 15 (luthrie?. 5; GJLC. PI \M\(; with better under* M.n.'.ai;: (.uthries beat the ,1 Electric Company by fire to ml in a Bu-sinesi Houses' matin r:- ed at the Kraser and Nrave uronnd >«--«erday. indlnf player of the game d three goals in n
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    TO-DAY'S SPORTS EVENTS
    31 15 SOCCER: Business Houses' League, I niteers vs. Traction Company, sUdium; Oversea Bank vs. Wearnes. Clcri al Union. Hongkong and Shanghai Bank ts. N.A. AFI, SH.B. Tennis: Y.M.CA. championships.
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    397 15 Success Of "Seagate Stable" Fenn -QEAGATE STABLE," with four lirsts and one second, which brourht in 52.170 in stake money, headed the owners" list at the Taiping Turf Club's two-day February professional meeting, which was held at Taiping on Thursday and Saturday last week. R. J Fenn,
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    Sime Darby Beat Bankers5-1
    282 15 Sime Darby 5: Chartered B. 1 SIME DARBY had an easy passage against the (harlered Bank at Anson Road stadium yesterday, winninc hy five goals to one In a Business Houses' League fixture. The game began with Sime Darby at- tacking Hock Leng, the right wing,
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    "YEAR OF SATISFACTORY PROGRESS"
    528 15 "YEAR OF SATISFACTORY PROGRESS" Perak Football Association's Annual Report (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Feb. 25. U THE Association is in a more satisfactory position than last year and it was able to donate two sums of $350 each to The War Fund and the China Relief Fund respectively, states
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    MIXED FOURSOMES AT TANGLIN
    118 15 rpHE monthly mixed foursomes coin1 petition of the Garrison GoLf Clud for February was played at Tansnn. and resulted in a win for Capt. and Mrs. W. F. Fin'.ayson with a nei, score of 66. The fol'o-wlng were the best return*: Cant, and Mrs. W. F
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    SHORTHAND WRITERS' TABLE TENNIS
    79 15 A FRIENDLY table tennis match of seven singles will be played between the Singapore Shorthand Writers' Association < Pitman's) and the Harmony Musical Association on Hunday, commencing at 11.30 a.m., at the latter's premises. The following will reprrsent the Shorthand Writers. Urn Choo Ann, Young Hal
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    Y.M.C.A. TENNIS RESULTS AND FURTHER TIES
    75 15 rpißß played In the Y.M.C-A. tennis X championships yesterday resulted: Knowles' Cop Singles: Chin Kee Onn beat Yap Ah Hlan ft— l, 6—o. Doubles Championship: 8. K. Gaw and K. T. San beat O. Haridas and A. L Pereira 2—6, 6—4, 6—3. TO-MORROW'S TIES
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    SUMMER RACES IN SINGAPORE
    428 15 Official Programme For Meeting THK Singapore Turf Club's Summer Ulovemor's dipt meetinc I'Ul will »><• »trld on \pr. P. 1?. 1* and 1!». according to the ofiici prorr.immr issued yesterday. Kntrie* will close at noon on Tuesday, Mar. 25, at the secretary's oflice. Horses in dWM
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    CAPITAL OF ITALIAN SOMALILAND IS CAPTURED
    343 16 GRAZIANI REPORTED TO BE A PRISONER IN ROME Said To Havr Blamed Mussolini For liaiiau Debacle In Libya London, Feb. 26. 11l A RSI I AI. GRAZIANI, Comirander-in-( hicf of the Italian force* in I jbya, is a prisoner in Komc, according to the
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    136 16 Arab Journal's Tribute To Great Britain Jerusalem, Feb. 26. THE Arab newspaper Touqan writes. The Arab shares with the sons of Britain the feelings regarding political lacts and issues, and observes that the policy of dictatorial powers is based on despotism and tyranny, and notices that British
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    34 16 HUNGARO- YUGOSLAV DISCUSSIONS Budapest, Feb. 26. DR. Cincar-Markovitch. Yugoslav Foreign Minister, arrived here this morning on a two-day official state Ttsit. He will see the Prime Minister, Count Teleki. and o'her Hungarian ministers —Reuter.
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    Airmen "Fight" With Kites
    39 16 Pilots of a South African fighter squadron in Kenya entertain themselves while waiting the alarm by flying home-made kites. M»?k air battles between kites take place and rivalry in the sport has become remarkably keen.
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    New Signs Of Weakening Morale In Itlay
    297 16 London, Feb. 26. DEPORTS are accumulating of signs of weakening morale among the civilian population of Italy, which may account for the issue of a decree in Rome yesterday makiiig provision for reinforcing Italian public security policy by a further 3,500 men. Mussolini's
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    GROWING UNREST IN NORWAY
    100 16 Stockholm, Feb. 26 MORE than 200 persons have been arrested in connection with an espionage case in Norway, according to reports received here. The authorities now believe that they have broken up an extensive spy system in west Norway, where passive resistance is very strong. The
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    NAZI TROOPS IN LIBYA Axis Stories Of Clash In Desert
    286 16 NAZI TROOPS IN LIBYA Axis Stories Of Clash In Desert i London, Feb. 26. •¥*HE presence of German troops in North Africa emerges in a statement in to-day's Italian High Command communique that on Monday morning "units of the German corps In Africa for the first time made contact with
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    266 16 Tangier Not To Be Fortified Spanish Assurance r lo Great Britain London, Feb THE Spanish Government hai an MSunnea that there will be no fortification ol the Tangier zone. This declaration was made in the House of Commons to-day by Mr. rt. A. Butler, Under-Secretary lor Foreli > Affairs, when
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    They Thought They Were In A Jam
    147 16 London, Feb. 26. •TWO or three RAF. intelligence officers examining an Italian aircraft abandoned at Bardia. in Libya, suddenly found themselves hemned in by hundreds of Italians. The story, however, as told in thu Air Ministry news bulletin, petered out sadly--as far as
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    WEYGAND AT ALGIERS
    30 16 Vichy, Feb. 28 GEN. WEYGANU Vichy delegate-general in French North Africa, arrived at I Algiers by air to-day after a fortnight's tour I of French West Africa.—Tleuter.
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    802 16 Imperial Forces' Splendid Feat: A Lesson Learned In France Ixmclon, Feb. 2;». AFTER a rccord-breakinjr advance from the Jmlki Hirer East and West African troops have captured Mogadishu, the capital and chief port of Italian Somaliland. The capture of Mogadishu means that the
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      16 1 -in- A Malayan Bungalow STRAITS TIMES WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT ■GHT »A(,B8. SINGAPORE. Tiim-HAY. FEKMARY 27, 1941. No.
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      57 1 aiiernoon dress is iashicued 01 iquainaruie iauit and trimmed with brown silk braid. The fitted jacket has wide puffed shoulders and slight peplum effect. Dainty white ruching Is used very effectively on the low neckline and on the snug-fitting cuffs. The buttons at the Jacket closing are repeated on th«
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        12 1 >dj LATEST D1ISS gJJo M^HRIAIS pXrmanands I 42 HIGH 5TBHT. W J
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        262 1 JUST UNPACKED "FERGUSON" DRESS MATERI A I S IN LATEST DESIGN S. A. MAJEED 00. 70. HIGH STREET. m I^HB destroy your m J *tfHk^H^^^ 1WAR-TIME conditions, with all ri-.. §PTw^ additional tax on brain and energy. mean many new problems and heavy w^ responsibilities for mother or teacher. Yet
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      3378 2 fUI'RSK Elizuheth has had expert (raining in the rare of infants and young children. If you have any problems connect id with babies or young children and would like her help write to Nurse Elizabeth, c/o Women's Supplement, Straits Times, Cecil Street, Singapore. Attach this announcement to
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        154 2 BEAUTY IN HOME BEGINS WITH FLOOR COVERINGS WE HAVE mm RANI CARPETS suitable t comfort Sizes und <listinetion to tho HOME. ALWAYS VISIT I ttnm;iiii:irca neglect a V@f& J sore throat! 'Sj'^w Z^* YOI fR DOCTOR will Inform »o© vB^""* Wkiooi is often a danger tigral of I Vfe- r,^m
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        342 2 TAKING CHANCES wpfrS^^ r>;ilnirra»er» whon' HfV^^>/ burns un>. W r J ■'ertrlc shocks ar« rather than ex-| 'Z-'-*^J ns Pen" KAVls and be pro- MM $lu. and $12.50. KAYES BEAUTY PARLOUR Specialist* In Pertnanrnt Waving. 136- A. Kim S*n< Ro.id. Nrar (irrat World M.iin Mil r ante. 1 CIU'A Ail
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      Digger And Clarence The Kangaroos Give A Party For The Aussies
      1150 4 Digger And Clarence The Kangaroos Give A Party For The Aussies Winkleday Adventures •UEY Susan, wake up!" shouted 11 Bungo last Winkleday. "The Australians are coining to Singapore, and Clarence and Digger the Kangaroos are giving the most terrific party at the Ponggol Zoo!" "How do you know they are
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      320 4 /"\NE of the most commendable ventures io the "Grow Your Own Food" campaign in Malaya is to bo seen at the General Hospital, Penang. This was begun in September, 1940, when it was decided to attempt to grow vegetables in the hospital compound.
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      723 5 For Lighter Occasions Afternoon Frocks Take The Place Of Evening Dresses I By 1 Straits Times London Woman Correspondent j) !:n dre«**-and that oru\* iil«i spark l are to be m This fay bit of brightMH Makes up. to a great •ct that practically n ha* any occasion to wear
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      1735 5 pefa ble Ga niening In Malaya VI I I>Y pvaflMfea of the Department 'i Agriculture, S.S. und FS*l£. we publish below the sixth of a series of excerpts from a book entitled "Vegetable Gardening in Malaya." by J. N. Milsum and D. H. Grist, to be published in
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      1282 6 Recent "News Letters" From The Home Front And The Art Of "Keeping Alive" Notes From Central Depot Women *«s Section, Malayn Patriotic Fund THK last notes tnm the Central Depot were vaken up almost entirely with news and letters which we had received from the Middle East War Organization under
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      175 6 Mr. Tan San Slew and Miss Soon* Enc Neo married at the United Chinese Library, Singapore. Mr. Ooi Phee Keat, fifth son of Mr. and Mrs. Ooi Eng Slew, married to Mist Chanf Galk Choo, yonnjpst daughter of Madam Lee Say Hun of Kuala Lnmpnr. Mr. Ooi Pbec Ilin,
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      837 7 Sweets Which Appeal To The Eye As Well As The Palate CWEETS, made with fruits, are interesting to prepare, especially when arranged to appeal to the eye, as well as the palate. Pineapple Ravaroise ■MMBOMII 1 packet jelly cry«tal*. 1 tin sliced pineapple, stewed or maraschino cherries, l'j tups milk.
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      34 7 i -Goklwyn-Majrar player, in a cool evening frock of ring velvet cut on slim fitting lines with a flimsy shawl which can be worn either on the head or the shoulders.
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      Things Which Help For A Good Night's Restful Sleep
      293 7  - Things Which Help For A Good Night's Restful Sleep Marion Morton By CLEEP k a very precious thing. But even if you i ant get as much time in bed as you would like, don't let that fact worry you unduly, because the quality of the sleep matters quite as
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      817 8  - War Efforts Of Singapore Women Kay "They're All Right" By P\() you if member when at some farewell party or presentation someone would shout, "What's the matter with Bill and the others would chorus, He's all ritfht That's what I leel like saying to those who criticise Singapore women in
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      Long Lines For Smartness
      81 8 I ONG iunic, long skirt are combined to make this striking even- ing coat worn by Carole Lombard, RKO plpyer. And it really is a coat, comes of! "all of a piece" In spite of its two-piece effect. It Is made of black slipper satin with
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      67 8 M you ar^ in the habit of taking a book with you to while away the helium of travelling, then a book •uver with pocket-ends in which to I lip the ends of the covers will keep .he book unsoiicd. If possible, the .•over should be
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      49 8 OUSY people who have to do a lot of walking or standing during the day often suffer unnecessary in their feet. One of the foot creams intended for preventing and relieving, rubbed into the feet nisjht and morning, will help greatly to relieve the dUcom9m.
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