The Straits Times, 29 March 1941

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    39 1 FINAL EDTN. The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY! MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER LARGEST NET SALES 16 PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1941. PRICE 5 CENTS. The Straits Times 16 PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1941. PHK E 5 CENTS.
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      6 1 SINGAPORE. 140 CECIL ST. CPHONE Sill).
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      604 2 SMALL APS. Minimum charge $1. far advt not exceedint 4 Haw. More than four llnea 25 cents per line (Six words) Box No. 25 cents e Ira. DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES BIRTHS. MARRIAGES. DEATHS, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. ANNOUNCEMENTS A PPt: CARDS are charted S3 each per Insertion per Inch. Over I Inch 25 eU
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      654 2 I LOST LOST, Dropped outside No 5 Lloyd Oariens on Wednesday night. Blue Beaded Purse containing hanky aud 4 Yale Keys. Please return to same addre&s. Reward. FOR SALE A GLASS DESICCATOR Is Ideal for keepIng precision Instruments In good condition Obtainable in two sizes from THE SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT CO,
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      822 2 BOARD RESIDENCE EASl ANGI.1A. 6 Oxley Rise, cool and quiet Tcrnu moderate, Itle. 4390. 44, OX LEY BD., roans and private suites meals and service opt. Central, quiet. (m.s.). ROOMS FLATLETS at IJoya House' 1 Lloyd Ra Own Bathrooms Buu-d or meal* BELLEVILLE, 15 ScotU Road. Phone 4274 large airy
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      337 2 AUCTION NOTICES VALUABLE FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD PROPERTIES to be sold by Public Auction at the Saleroom of CHING KKNQ LEE CO. LTD, No. »-A. (Ist. floor) D'Almeida Street Singapore, on Monday, 7th: AprlL 1941, 2.30 P.M. KAWANA BAWANA SHAIK MOHAMED MARICAR Deceased Lot 1 Leasehold (99 Years from 20.2.1851) Land
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      642 2 PUBLIC NOTICES I THE MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE (Chapter 133) NOTIFICATION OP PROPOSED ALTERA TION OP THE LIMITS OF THE MUNICIPALITY :>F 6-INQ-PORE. NOTICE a hereby nven under Section 302 of the Municipal Ordinance (Chanter 133 that It is aroposed to alter the limits of the Municipality of Singapore by the exclusion
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      156 2 BUSINESS CARDS Etc. JOIN THE GREEN CIRCLE LENDING LIBRARY 1st FLOOR 18-1- HATTER t RD P.O BOX 34. SINGU'ORE Moderate terms: Apectal rates Outiuilon Member* flab* and Vlmn Open Daily. 8.30 AM u> P M. Saturdays: 8.30 AMUI P.M. EUGENE Permanent Waring EUGENE Hair-reconditiomng. MAISON PERM European Ladies Hairdressers 79.
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      334 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. (Incorporated ip England) FEN INSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N Co MAIL PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICE The best possible services are being maintained ov the P. O. S. N. Coy, from the Straits to their usual ports of call in China. India. Ceylon and the
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      218 3 (Incorporated In Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LINE. TO EUROPE VIA AMERICA Through fares to North America to urope via America and Round Tours In the Pacific quoted m U-S. S on application. To California from the Orient via Honolulu tea Manila lea. HTcong S.S YAWATA MARO
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      447 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. BLUE FUNNEL LINE. Frequent Sailings to United Kingdom. Dates are not guaranteed, all cargo bookings subject to Conference War Clauses. WESTERN AUSTRALIA THE SHORTEST SEA ROUTE AT THE CHEAPEST FARE Regular Services to Fre mantle (Perth) via Java by first class passenger ships. Single fare $192 (A
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      271 3 Radio News In English a.m 1.2* 8.8.C. 31.53 m. 1982 m. 5.50 Manila (KZRMI 31.35 m. 6.05 B.RC. 25.53 am. 6.50 Manila (KZlb) 31.58 m 7.20 8.8.C. 31. J! and tUI m. 9.27 Raniroon 49 94 m. 9.4 C Melbourne 25.25 ra (except Soaday) 10 40 Delhi 31.30 m p.m.
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      114 3 INSURANCE FIRE-ACCIDENT MOTOR FIDELITY GUARANTEE-MARINE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION THE LONDON ASSURANCE. nONO KONG CIRE INSCE CO- LTU PHOENIX ASSURANCE CO.. LTD. WESTERN ASSURANCE CO FAOLE STAR INS CO. LTD BRITISH AMERICA ASSURANCE CO. GUTHRIE CO., LTD. inrorDoralca In 5.8.) To Private Trustees, j I Carrying out the wishes of I dead
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      182 3 Broadcasting TO-DAY SINGAPORE ZHl 13.33 me/I < !25 m.) 7.11 PI 9 6* me/t (S0.M m.) ZIII'3 7.25 me/t (41.JS m.) (7.1IL. ZHP1 A ZHF3I 10 a.m. Kronchongst; 11 a.m. Indian Musict; 11.45 ajn. Hokkien Musict 12.15 p.m Chinese Programme Summary and Pelpeng Dramasi; 12.55 p.m. Mid-day Market prices, in
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      194 3 aizrz) 5 p.m. Malay Programme by the GcntlKronchona Party. (Studio); 5.50 p.m. Hindustani Musict; 6.05 p.m. News in Hindustani: 6.20 p.m. Tamil Musict; 6.40 p.m. News »n Tamil; 7 pjn. Sydney Lipton and hv Grosvenor House Dance Orchestra* 7.10 p.ai. News in French: 7.20 p.m. Sydney Upton and his Grosvenor
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      569 3 EMPIRE STATION EASTERN TRANSMISSION will be radlatei to Malaya on: GSP- 19.82 metre* (15.15 m/cs) and OSO —16.80 metre* (17.78 m/cs| rrom 6.15 p.m to 8.50 p.m. GSB— 31.53 metre* (9.51 m/cs) and GSb —24.53 metre* (11.75 m/es> from 9.05 o m to 11.50 P.m NORTH AMERICAN TRANSMISSION MM am
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    Malayan Collieries Dividend Policy Explained
    2099 4 $25,000 Donation Made To Miners Bomber Fund RESERVES STRENGTHENED: NO LABOUR TROUBLES CHAREHOLDERS in Malayan Collieries Ltd. at the annual u meeting yesterday in Kuala Lumpur unanimously approved a donation of $25,000 to the Malayan Miners Bomber Fund. The chairman, Mr. H. H. Robbins, explained
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    AROUND THE MARKETS
    378 4 Brighter Conditions And Prices Rise Slightly (By Our Financial Correspondent) Singapore. Mar. 29. THE share markets were much brlght- er yesterday as a result of the better te.eV.ng caused by the satisfactory war news from Europe. Tin shares were a firm market and a good many Issues
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    D.S.O. TO GALLANT DOCTOR OF R.A.M.C.
    112 4 London, Mar. 29. THE award of the D.S.O. to a gallant doctor, who for many hours directed treatment of c.iualties in spite of his own wounds, is announced. During the battle of Sidi Barrani Lieut. Muir of the R A.M.C. was severely wounded, but
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    MR. MATSUOKA'S VISIT OVERSHADOWED
    80 4 Madrid. Mar. 29. THE visit of Mr. Y. Matsuoka, Japan- ese Foreign Minister is no longer the chief centre of interest in Berlin, tays the Alcazar's Berlin correspondent. Not only among the public but in official circles it is admitted the Japanese Foreign Minister's visit has
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    CENSUS OF UNESSENTIAL RAILINGS IN BRITAIN
    74 4 T -tTV*T*. Mur. 28 OYMBOUC of Britain's determination to throw all her resources Into the struggle Is a call from the Ministry of Supply for a census of all unessential railings and Iron work in 15 provincial towns. This Is expected to disclose a
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    38 4 London. Mar. 29. T"HE Queen visited four salvage cen- tres during a tour of Paddington yesterday afternoon, where during six months over 1.000 tons of salvage and 18,000 m'.lk bottles were disposed of realizing over £3,300.— British Wireless.
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    26 4 London, Mar. 29. THE King yesterday visited the head- quarters of the Home Forces, where he lunched with the Com-mander-in-chief, Oen. Sir Alan Brooke.— British Wireless
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    London Stock Exchange
    379 4 Ltndon, Mar. St. BUSINESS on iJ>e Stock JiX'-tanqe to-day was generally *irm and more active, with sentiment ch.-erful -m the latest African i,uccesses and Yugoslav developments. Gilt-edged securities and MM ralk were a^aln in chief request but thro was also a better d«mand l->r ..'.dustrlals, KMn and
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    88 4 Friday, lar. noon. duyers Selien Prices Price N* IX R.SS. (Spot h«e) jg^. 3914 N« IX R.S.S. IM m cases i M*r.-Apr. (Srtlers Option) J9'i 39% G.F.A.Q. X M to b in oalet Mar.-Apr. (Sellers Option) zs% 38Ji F.A.U U.SS fob id bain Mar.-Apr. (Sellers
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    49 4 London, Mar. 28. JTIN opened very steady. The turn1 ovar was 350 tons. There was general buying, main.y of forward. It is understood that the Ministry or Supply sold cash at the fixed pice of £2.4.15. AUer official hours the market was steady but there was no business —Reutrr.
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    Jeram Kuantan Gives Another $2,000 To The War Fund
    573 4 SHAREHOLDERS in Jeram Kuantan Rubber Estate Ltd. at the annual meeting on Thursday unanimously confirmed a donation of $1,000 made to The War Fund in 1940 and approved a further donation of $2,000. The proposal was made by the chairman. Mr.
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      234 4 THE NATIONAL CITY BANK OF NEW YORK I lncorp irated under the National Banking Laws of the U.S.A. with limited liability to Shareholders Head Office 55, WALL STREET, New York Singapore Branch, Ocean Building, 9, Collyer Quay Condensed Statement of Condition as of December 31, 1940 (In V.S. DMart) INCLUDING
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    TELUK ANSON RUBBER IMPROVES POSITION
    823 5 Finances Now Satisfactory: Forward Contracts Made PROPOSING the adoption of the report and accounts at the annual meeting of Teluk Anson Rubber Estate Ltd. at the annual meeting In Singapore yesterday. Mr. F. M Edmonds, the chairman, said: The profit for the year amounted to
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    RUBBER FOR WAR WORK Wilkinson Process Has Good Year
    545 5 RUBBER FOR WAR WORK Wilkinson Process Has Good Year SPECIALIZED demand, largely for wsi work, was largely re.spor>s Wo for an increase in- tho company's sales in London about wnich only v biic: re- ference could be made, said Mr. J. B. Leask. chairman, at the annual meetin; of Wilkinson
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    EXCHANGES
    179 5 Singapore, Friday. rne (oUowlug art cbc excnangc rate* U)b mcrnlng according to the dally clrcdar Imu*. &v the Hoogkonc »iwl Shanghai Bunklnt Corpora Ion:— 3OX1NG London T.T. 2/4 3/32 London demand zfAVJ Switzerland (T.T. OQly) 202 46 New York demand IS Montreal demand I.?? liatavia demand 88.71 Samarang demand
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
    107 5 Singapore. Mar. M. Buyer? -xavt Gambler 7.S0 Hamburg Cube *12.5C Java Cube %12M ora Mixed *2.2t> Sun Dried 5° -.1'.."WhiU: Miuitolc *U.5O While uoc Black *'25 ttm t'omt No i IJngga »6.00 P»ir $5.90 B*ra«M **-2 fl Small f lake *'-50 Pair Flake M-00 Medium-Flake *>M SmaU
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    Malayan Sharebrokers Assn. Singapore Quotations
    1259 5 FRIDAY. MAR. 2S. 1941: 4 PM. MINING Buyers seuero Ainpat Tin (4s) 3s 3d 3s 7ttd Austral Amal. (5i) 6s 9d 7s Austral Malay 33s 6d 34s 6d Ayer Hi tarn (5s) Us 9d IBs 6d Ayer Weng <*1) .82 .86 Bar.RTin Tin if) 13s
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    MAIL ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES
    133 5 Mails close at the General Post Office as follows ARRIVALS Mails from Australia (a!r; general delivery 3.30 p.m. to-day. Mails from Java (air) general delivery 8.15 a.m. Monday. Aden a»r ».w p.m. Africa air 12.30 p.m. Australia air 12.30 p.m. Burma air 12.30 p.m. Ceylon air
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    List Of Current Dividends
    210 5 aooti Oomoanj OffUteae Clear MB Ayer Hlttun Tin 10% le«s Us Idrls Hyd 2%% less tax Johan T-i'.' final Apr. 12 Kent 5% less tax Pengkalen Ord 6d. less tax... Srhn. Tronoh 7H% int. less tax Mar. 18 Sungel Luas 7Vi% tat. Mar. 29. Talpin* Con
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      319 5 r 1 PUMPS AND PUMPING I MACHINERY REASONSFOR evER V F P °o rpose nllenuUrUS j manufactured by r A CTi^D J° SEPH EVANS SONS I (WOLVERHAMPTON) LTD. s~\ CULWELL WORKS, V KJIL V WOLVERHAMPTON t nn u ia. -no A ENGLAND. A nausea or after-taste. H OBTAIHAB LE FROM
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      192 5 SINGAPORE TIDE TABLES To-aay H. W. 11.54 a.m. 8.9 ft. L. W. 5.41 a.m. 1.4 ft.: 5.54 p.m. 1.6 ft. To-morrow H. W. 12.24 a.m. 8.7 ft. L. W. 6.07 a.m. 1.2 ft.: 6.16 p.m. 1.9 ft. Monday. Mar. 31 H W 00.24 a.m. 8.9 ft.; 12.55 noon 8.5 ft.
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      268 6 POSITIVELY LAST 3 PERFORMANCES SVE RI A M |P^^' HOPKINS I^^ v RED HAIR" CLAUSE RAINS, LAURA HOPE CREwb RICHARD AIMLEY Also BRITISH MINISTRY of INFORMATION'S DOCUMENTARY PRODUCTION "'COASTAL DEFENCE and "PATHE GAZETTE" TO-NIGHT at MIDNIGHT PoctocK°ALHAIVBRAI The Biggest Double Attraction Programme ever presented HanlLt ilii&yfe neag\e C nA si4>B
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      310 6 PA CKED HOUSE EVERY PERFORMANCE! ::zi pavilion i THE BEST SHOW IN TOWN! GET YOUR SEATS EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT ALSO IN THE PROGRAMME LATEST GAUMONT BRITISH NEWS. SUCCESS FOLLOWS SUCCESS IN OUR LAUGH CAMPAIGN! THE FUNNIEST NAI IN FUNS fife, IN THE FUNNIEST. JaFSfc FILM Of THE YEAR I
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      210 6 POSITIVELY LAST DAY! THE BEST COMEDY SHOW IN TOWN! CAPETOL 1 j«% TO-DAY 3.15 6.15 9.15 J^^ L Come and See p .^mW^M BRIAN A^^RNE \i S k 909*% get mixed up \^s*f WAV in an afifair with mm "THE LADY IK QUESTIOK" 3^ BRIAN AHERNE ik! RITA HAYWORTH I
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    Where The Dictators Fail To-day
    465 7 f\ LORD, I am not eloquent, neither V^ heretofore, ever since thou hast spoken unto thy servant; for I am slow of speech and of a slow tongue.' And the Lord said unto him Who hath made man's mouth or maketh a man dumb, or
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    CHURCH SERVICES FOR TO-MORROW
    1361 7 CHURCH OF ENGLAND ST. ANPREW'S CATHEDRAL.— Sunday. 6.50 a.m. Holy Communion; 7.30 a.m. Matins; 8 a.m. Choral Eucharist: 9.15 a.m. Holy Communion; 5.30 p.m. Evensong and sermon. Preacher: The Archdeacon. Subject: "Charity." ST. PAUL'S CHURCH.— Sunday. 8 a.m. Holy Communion: 5.30 p.m. Evensong and sermrn ST.
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    YOUTH APPEAL MEETINGS
    153 7 Three Planned For Coming Week "APPEAL to Youth" meetings will be held on next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, each beginning at 8 pjn. in the Victoria Memorial Hall. All ycung people between the ages of 17 and 30 are invited to attend. Brigadier A. D. Curtis will
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      353 7 HOTELS I RAFFLES HOTEL TO-NIGHT SPECIAL DINNER 6t DANCE (formal) 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. CABARET T||C ACTOR 1111(1 ATTRACTIONS I»t Ad lUX UUU DANCERS Dinner $3.00. Non-Diners $1.00 RIJSTTAF E L served to-day from 12.30 to 2.30 p.m. JO-MORROW "EVENING 111 THE PALM COURT SINGAPORE'S MOST POPULAR SOCIAL RENDEZVOUS
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      270 7 A PICTURE REALLY WORTH SEK1NG FOR YOUR WEEK-END SHOW. RRTURN SEASON AGAIN EXTENDED OWING TO HUGE SUCCESS t ■T A TIT A V T0DAY TO-MORROW l tw shctacuui muskai ixtia vacakza \Jr> A M P E c H E .it 9Tft^ CX ABLE BOOK EARLY 'PHONE 84OO Also 20th Century
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MAR. 29, 1941. (573rd Day Of The War.) HOW STRONG IS GERMANY?
    1137 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MAR. 29, 1941. (573rd Day Of The War.) HOW STRONG IS GERMANY? Shortly before Hitler launched his thunderbolts against Europe, Count Pucklcr, a prominent German publicist, wrote a book entitled How Strong Is England That .liuminating work did not take a particularly flattering view of
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      IF WAR COMES
      251 8 Scheme For The Care Of Children Wanted To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, Two very important questions put forward by the Perak Chinese Chamber of Commerce should be studied and discussed by the leaders of every town and village in Malaya. Who Is to look
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      SPARE PARTS
      266 8 How The F.M.S. Transport Board Helps To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— Your correspondent Kreta Api" has written well on the domes Of the P.MS. Transport Board. Not only has the Board seen to the comforts on the travelling public in the F.M.S. but has also
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      ROAD DANGERS
      819 8 Action Wanted Against Jay Walkers Cyclists To the Editor of the Str.iits Times Sir,— To read of a death as a result I of a road accident must cau;e quit a lot of thought to others than the bereaved, but one is indeed glad wlien a verdict is
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      CURRENCY NOTES
      133 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir. Reading your paper of Mar. 25 one learns from the Financial Secretary, S.S. and chairman of the Board of Commissioners of Currency, Malaya, that new currency notes of $1 and $5 will not be released as there Is still In
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    WHAT MALAYANS HEAR FROM HOME
    1162 8 Picture Of Wartime Life In A Public School This extract is taken from the j Bancroftian, the magazine of Bani croft School, for December History, if there Is to be any, will approve some record of the topsyturvy routine of these hazardous days. Belonging to
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    GERMANY RECALLING MINISTER FROM BELGRADE
    487 9 Yugoslavia Soon To Reject Axis Pact? NAZIS UNLIKELY TO MAKE IMMEDIATE COUNTER-MOVE Italian Forces Said To Be Massing On Border npHE German Government is recalling- its Minis- ter from Belgrade, according to usually wellinformed circles in the Yugoslav capital. That the new Yugoslav Government led
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    Significant Step In Belgrade
    123 9 Lcndon, Mar. 29. Y UGOSLA V Government circles appear s^iil undecided as to the lins th?y must adopt in their foreign policy, says a Belgrr.de messpg? to the official Gorman newj agency. The .ne.sage emphasize?, however, an important change in the Yugoslav news ag.ncy, where a
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    ANXIETY IN BERLIN "Events Closely Watched"
    220 9 ANXIETY IN BERLIN "Events Closely Watched" London. Alar. 29. A CUTE anxiety in German official circles in Berlin regarding the events in Yugoslavia is reflected in last night's issue of the Diplomatische Korrespondenz, official organ of the German Foreign Office. Commen.ing on the semi-official Belgrade statement that the coup d'etat
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    Hitler Foiled By Boy, Says Gen. Smuts
    71 9 Cape Town, Mar. 29. pEN. JAN SMITTS, commenting on events in Yugoslavia, said yesterday, The Battle of the Balkans is lost to Germany. And who hns done it? A young boy, King Peter— let us call him 'Peter the Great." All the pi..
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    SUCCESSFUL GREEK AIR ATTACK
    48 9 Athens, Mar. 29. /"'■REEK Army Headquarters confined war news last night to a brief announcement of normal action by patrols and artillery, together with a successful bombing attack by Greek aircraft on Italian installations in Albania. It Aids that all Greek aircraft returned safely.
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    LONDON HAS EIGHTH RAID-FREE NIGHT
    53 9 London, Mar 29. THE capital was again raid-free ud to a late hour last night. This is the eighth night running that the capital's sirens have been silent. No af er dark ra ds are reported in the provinces where this is the fourth idght
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    E. AFRICA WAR NEAR END
    207 9 View Of Military Circles In Cairo Cairo, Mar. 29. Pis not unduly optimistic to state that the end of the campaign in East Africa is in sight, declared usually reticent British military circles here yesterday. The British casualties in Keren have been comparatively slight considering
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    R.A.F. Fed Units At Fronts
    283 9 "Delivery Of Grocery" To Advanced Troops London, Mar. 29. THE R.A.F.'s nonstop relentless bomb- ins of the Italian positions in and i around Keren was varied by what pilots described as "early morning grocery delivery." There were difficulties in supplying i seme British uni.s holding
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    72 9 Vichy, Mar. 29. OUMANIA once rao.e faces a change I £X in her system of government. Replacement of the present military i regime by on" with a larger civilian element may be expected shortly, ac- cording te a Bucharest dispatch to I the Vxhy njws agency. i Gen. Antrnescu remains
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    HOW COUP WAS CARRIED OUT
    400 9 (Delayed By Censor) Belgrade, Mar. 28. rPHE coup d'etat which placed young King Peter on the throne of Yugoslavia was completed within a single hour. Precise organization and swift, quiet efficiency were responsible for this result, and it is noteworthy that this revolution, unlike many
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    NAZI MORALE HIT BY RAIDS
    164 9 Many Casualties In Shelters London, Mar. 29. OEPORT3 reaching the Air Min- istry show that far greater punishment has been inflicted by the R.A.F. on German cities than is commonly understood, and German morale has noticeably weakened. Although bomber pilots are deliberate and accurate in
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    N.Z. Premier Going To London
    46 9 N.Z. Premier Going To London Wellington, Mar. 29. THE New Zealand Prime Minister, Mr. Peter Fraser, is to pay an official visit to Britain. He informed Parliament before it adjourned for three months yesterday, that he had accepted Mr. Winston Churchill's invitation to do so. Reuter.
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    Mr. Menzies Was Misquoted
    120 9 London, Mar. 29. MR. R. O. Menzies, the Australian Prime Minis; er, denied yesterday rumours circulated by enemy propagandists that he had told North American Journalists in London on his return from touring British arcraft factories that "the majority of Brlcish aircraft factories have been hit
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    Enemy Transport Sunk By Greeks
    80 9 J A GREEK submarine has destroyed a 5,000-ton Italian transport and seriously damaged another smaller vessel, according to Athens Radio. The Italian transport was heavily laden and sailing in a strongly-pro-tected convoy, says the Athens radio The Greek submarine Tron sighted the convoy off the
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    "BATTLE OF BRITAIN" IS BEST-SELLER
    99 9 London, Mar. 29. ON the day of publication there was a phenomenal demand for "The Battle of Britain." a small booklet giving an account of the great air flght from August to OctcVr last year. The edition was soon sold out. Orders within few hours
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    POISON GAS MAY BE USED IN ATTACK ON BRITAIN
    416 9 Grave Warning By Mr. Morrison: Reported Nazi Preparations Londni. Mar. 29. "THE increased threat of a direct attack on Britain which the present season brings involves an taeKMed threat of a Nazi gas attack It is absolutely essential for us to
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    Dutch Forced To Work IN Reich
    236 9 118,000 Labourers To Repair Raid Damage v, Mar. 29. I D EPORTS of wild mttllHtun of ihe i people in Yugoslavia who refuse to come under the German heel lend poignancy to news of what the German New Order mrans In the occupied countries.
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    WAR FUND ADVANCES BY MORE THAN $7,000
    648 10 Handsome Sum Raised By "Buy A Bomber" Show DONATION OF $2,000 FROM JERAM KUANTAN ESTATE fHE War Fund has advanced by more than $7,000 since yesterday and the total is now $5,209,460. A donation of $4,280.54 has been paid in direct to the
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    Major-General
    52 10 The Sultan of Johore, on the advice and with the concurrence of the Council of Ministers, has been pleased to assume the rank of a major-aw.ral of the Johore Military and Volunteer Forces, it has been announced in a Johore Government Gazette Extraordinary. The Sultan formerly held ihr rank
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    BOMBER FUND FOR MINERS
    199 10 Over $330,000 Has Been Collected flE chairman of Uie Cuiiu oiling Coaimittte announces that the sum ol S.i37,472.57 had been subscribed to the Malayan Miners' Bomber Fund up, to Mar. 24. The new list of donation* I Previously acknowledged. SM4SSS.71 Way Dredging Ltd., $20,000; Mr A.
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    SARAWAK SUPREME COUNCIL
    40 10 M*' J U Arch--:- Ml. Ong Hang S*ie and Mr. G. T. M. Mat-Bryan have been anpauH i to Mrve on Uv; Supreme Council of Sarawak. Mr. Archer in-comes president und Mr Uacßryan secretary to the Council.
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    18 10 Kingdom for lmprovlnn the method of the apparatus for refuellinc aircraft In the sir, states a Gazrtto notification.
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    AMUSEMENTS
    158 10 BBfOAPOBK KAK> LM IiOTtL Special Dinner Dance (Formal) 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. GABKICK THEATRt. GfcVLANG Larry Buster Orabbe in Buck fevers Complete Serial 7 45 p.m. ORJKAT WORLD Cabaret: 7.30 to 9 6c 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Globe: Young People. Sky: Advwituiv in Diamonds. MAW* TIIEATKC (HappT
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    ALTERATIONS TO THE ORANJE BEGUN
    94 10 Our Own Correspondent) ABatavla, Mar. 20. LIBERATIONS to the Dutch liner Oranje which has been presented by the N I Government t<i Australia for service as a hospital ship in the Middle East, have already beeun at Sourabaya. The ship will shortly proceed to Australia
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    TO MAKE N.I. YOUTHS "AIR-MINDED "
    49 10 TO MAKE N.I. YOUTHS "AIR-MINDED 'irutii Oui- Ow;; Corrtii,i)jijdeiit, UATIVfc,BORN youth! In "the' Netherlands ludien are being mcouraged to become It and set-minded. A i-unpr.lgn has b( .i ,rtt-u t> "inrrease heir nlr-mlndedness" wliMe n separate Is nl.o U'liiK loiiduru'd to nrouse t of local yuu'hs for commercial ■I
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    A.R.P. Radio Chain In The Indies
    43 10 Just a simple attap shed, but it contains one of the :nany central T htohbl atU chain c/ communic,-tlns in the highly developed system of air raids precautions which has been built uv in the Netnerlands Indies.
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    WHY PER AK RACES HAVE BEEN ABANDONED
    605 10 Turf Club Chairman On Commandeering Of Buildings (From Our Own Correspondent) HAT donations totalling over $80,000, compared with $4,102 in the previous year, were made to various war funds during 1940 by the Perak Turf Club was revealed at the annual meeting of
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    Envoy To China For Singapore
    48 10 Shanghai, Mar. 29. JT is authoritatively learned that the British Ambassador to China, Sir Archibald Clark Kerr is leaving Tuesday for Singapore and Rangoon en route to Chungking. He returned here from a several months' stay in Chungking only three weeks ago— Renter.
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    INDIES MUSLIMS
    38 10 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia, Mar. 22. THE Muslim educational organisation, "Persatuan Tarbiyah Islamiyah," opens next month's congress with a prayer meeting for the liberation of Holland, and for the welfare of the Royal Dutch family.
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    CZECHS IN INDIES
    45 10 (Prom Our Own Correspondent.) Batavla, Mar. 22. A COMMEMORATION of the occupa- tlon of Czechoslovakia by Germany took place at Batavla when representatives of the Czechoslovak and Polish communities in the Netherlands Indies discussed the formation of a CzechPolish committee of co-operation.
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    Straits Steamship Profits Show Large Increase
    450 10 T«HE Straits Steamship Co., Ltd. earned a net profit of $1,176,794 in 1940, after charging depreciation of $683,936 and directors' and auditors' fees totalling $13,000. This compares with $680,953 In the preceding year. Against this net profit the directors have charged a donation of
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    SERVICING THE WORLD'S BEST AIR FORCE
    911 10 Wonderful Organization Of Maintenance Command Special Cablegram to The Commander (JHITISH reserves of aircrj for immediate operation! They are kept in secret store This revelation by Lord Beaverbrook draws attention to the work cf a little known but vitally Important part of the R.A.F.
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    COMMISSIONERS PROTEST
    1082 11 Saddled With Share Of A.R.P. Expenditure "SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN PUT FORWARD BY GOVERNMENT" T ODGING what he termed his "strongest protest" against L Government's action in saddling the Singapore Municipality with certain A.X.P. expenditure, Mr. E. J. Bennett, speaking at yesterday's meeting of the Commissioners, said that
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    CONSERVANCY BY-LAWS NOW UP-TO-DATE
    45 11 ARKViStD version of Singapore's 12-year-old Municipal conservancy by-laws was passed at a meeting of the Municipal Commissioners yesterday. Movins the approval of the revised rules, the president. Mr. L. Rayman. said that the by-laws had now been brought up to date.
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    AWOKE TO FIND HUSBAND DYING
    186 11 Widow's Evidence Before Singapore Coroner HOW she awoke at three o clock to the morning to find her husband lying on the floor beside her bed, dyms from a seU-administcrcd corrosive acid, was related by the widow in the Singapore coroner's court yesterday. Koh Wah
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    COMMISSIONERS' THANKS TO MR. F. D. THOMPSON
    75 11 vi R f. J. Kem!o, who was appointed to the Singapore Municipal Commission In place of Mr. F. D. Thompson, resigned, wa, welcomed by the pre.ident. Mr. L. Ravman, when he attended his first meeting yester- Mr Thompson resided to go on leave,
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    KILLED IN ACCIDENT
    38 11 A CHINESE was reported to have beer knocked down by a military lorry at th^ function of Jurong Roal and Bukit Tlmah Road yesterday shortly after n"on. He diea before the arrival of the ambulance.
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    IMPORTANT CHANGES IN BILLETING LAWS
    513 11 Governor Makes Amendments Under Emergency Powers IMPORTANT amendments have been made to the Defence 1 Regulations These deal with billeting, and the amendments have been made by the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, under the Emergency Powers (Defence) Acts. A competent authority may cause to i
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    Petrol Ration & Right Of Appeal
    105 11 Petrol Ration Right Of Appeal FERE is an impresrion that there is no appeal from the decision of a petral rationing officer on an application Mr a supplementary allowance of petrol, but the Ompetsnt Authority for Oil Fuel and Lubricants advices that this is not so. Clauses 6, 7 and
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    LOANS TO OWN EMPLOYEES
    221 11 Commissioner Says Interest Is High SURPRISE that the Sir.iapore Municipal Commissioners should charge one of its employees interest of 5 per cent, on a loan of $1,000 was exposed by Mr. C. Reuben at the Comims- fn i.-idav Mr. Reuben was referring to a decision of
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    NEW OFFICES & QUARTERS
    271 11 NEW OFFICES QUARTERS For Hammer Co. In Fullerton Road MEW offices and Quarters for W. 1' Hummer md Co., Ltd., may yliortly be built at rullcrtcn Read, it, was stated at a meeting of the tin u pore Municipal Commissioners yesterday Reference w;is maci- by Mr. A. W II "r
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    CHAP-JI-KEE LOTTERY CONVICTION
    141 11 Malay Youih hentencea For As c l«timr MR. Conrad Oldhain. the Wtett trtite. ye-*Tc'a-. S-Otw*d a fMlll::'f Mlll: youth na-.cd UmH Mn B-llo^. to six months rl"c-rus imp. isonnent on a el'.ai-e of assisting in the BimMMUent of a eh:ip'"The p'O'S-ution Etorj vu that two pollce.-n-.-n Etoppe-J
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    WAR SAVINGS Sates Of Certificates Going Up Steadily
    96 11 WAR SAVINGS Sates Of Certificates Going Up Steadily WITH the end recently of the Asiatic festivals anJ holidays taa. occar early in .he year money t';nt was oeing spent in connection :th those pelebrrt'ons is r w betai used to buy war savings certificates. The Chief Accoun ant, Posts ana
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    Neglected Burn Caused Death Of Cantonese Woman Cook
    201 11 MISS Edith May Wood, matron of the St Andrew's Orthopaedic Hospital, described In the Singapore coroners court yes crday, how Tan Ah Foon, a 28-year-old Cantonese woman whom s!e employed as a cook in the hospital. neglected to treat her burnt nngers
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    NEW GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE
    363 12 Amendments In Colony Law T*HE grounds upon which a petition 1 for divorce may be presented have been added to in an amendment bill which is being introduced into the Legislative Council. The bill will Incorporate In the Colony's divorce legislation provisions similar to those of
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    ANGLICAN CHURCH IN MALAYA High Court Judge On Legal Position
    339 12 ANGLICAN CHURCH IN MALAYA High Court Judge On Legal Position r'jM possible that most churchman, without taking much thought, have assumed the position of the Church here to be the sams as in England," said Mr. Justice N. A. Worley when addressing the annual general meeting of the Singapore Diocesan
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    SOUTH SEAS CONFERENCE
    426 12 Chinese Assemble In Singapore To-day MEETING AT GREAT WORLD MAY OCCUPY A FULL WEEK T EADERSHIP of Chinese living in the South Seas— L Philippine Islands, British North Borneo, Netherlands Indies, Malaya, Hong Kong, French Indo-China. Thailand and Burma is not likely to change hands, although the
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    CHURCH FINANCES
    154 12 Little Money Available For Missionary Work TRIBUTE to the work of the late Bishop of Singapore, the Right Rev. B.C. Roberts, who has been appointed warden of St. Augustine's College, Canterbury, was paid by Archdeacon Graham White at the annual general meeting yesterday of the Singapore Diocesan's Association
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    26 12 The following have been appointed second lieutenants In the Singapore Local Defence Corps: Messrs. C. P. Ambler. H. M. Wyllie, R. MacLeod and P. Vaughan- Jones.
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    JUDGE & JURY VISIT CAMP
    220 12 JUDGE JURY VISIT CAMP Scene Of Alleged Barrack Murder KIR. Justice Ma-min-", (Assize judge), a special juiy, tbe Deputy Public Prosecutor (Mr. T Wallace), defence counsel (Mr. A. YclWpa), Inspector Goh and a witness visited a military camp somewhere in Singapore yesterday where Havildar Mehtab Singh is alleged to have
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    Local Production Of Passive Defence Equipment
    410 12 of stirrup pumps, incendiary bomb covers, sand basins ana other necessary, A.R.P. equipment to supply Malaya's needs in case of an emergency, are being i.urned out by various factories in Singapore every month. Thpsc implements, which range iron gas-masks, of several types, long handled
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    NAZIS STUPEFIED BY COUP D'ETAT IN YUGOSLAVIA
    422 13 Mr. Matsuoka's Plans Upset: May See Hitler Again Before Leaving London, Mar. 28. 'CTUPEFACTION' is the only word to describe the of the Berlin public to yesterday's military coup d'etat in Yugoslavia," cables the Berlin correspondent of the Swiss newspaper Gazette de Lausanne,
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    KING PETER TAKES THE OATH
    89 13 Belgrade, Mar. 28. KINO PETER took the oath this morning in the royal palace amid i Impressive scenes. 'ihe Serbian Patriarch, the Prime Minister, Gen. Simovitch, and members of the Government and high civil and military officials were present. Afterwards a solemn service was celebrated
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    Prince Paul Leaves For Athens
    150 13 Belgrade, Mar. 28. Pis officially announced that Prince Paul, ex-senior Regent of Yugoslavia, left Belgrade for Athens wlti. his family last night at his own request. The text of the resignation of Prince Pau: and the two other members of the Regency Council Is published
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    HUNDREDS OF JAPANESE KILLED BY MINE
    58 13 Shanghai, Mar. 28. SEVERAL hundred Japanese troops, I including high officers, were killed when a trx>p train was blown up by a lars? mine in the vicinity of Chiehhsien in Shansl Province, says a Chinese Press report. The report adds that remnants of Japanese
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    British Envoy Calls On New Premier
    65 13 London, Mar. 28. WR. RON t ID CAMPBELL, British Minister in Belgrade, was .eceived by Gen. SimoviUh, the new Yugoslav Prime Minister, and by the Foreign Minister, after the formation of the new Government yesterday, says a Belgrade dispatch to the Vichy news agency.
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    Small- Yugoslav Navy Is "Tough"
    302 13 New Problem For Italy s Remnant Fleet London, Mar. 28. ALTHOUGH the Yugoslav navy is small, it is tough, and if Yugoslavia decided to fight against the Axis it would give the remains of the Italian navy a great deal of trouble, writes Reuter's naval
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    American Warships Leave Brisbane
    35 13 Brisbane, Mar. 28. •I'Hb United States warships which have been in Australian waters since Mar. 20 left Brisbane to-day on the conclusion of their visit. Their destination was not disclosed. Reuter.
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    NORMAN EXPECTED TO BE RE-ELECTED
    70 13 Londcn, Mar. 28. MR. Montague Norman, Governor of the Bank of England, is expected to be re-elected next week fcr the twenty-second consecutivj year of office. The journal Economist points out that during the current year Mr. Norman will pass his 70th birthday and forecasts
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    Proponents Of Balkan Unity
    293 13 Turkish Comment On Belgrade Regime rpHE presence in the new Yugoslav ■1 Government of such men as the Prime Minister, Gen. Simovitch, M. Yevtitch, and other keen propagandists of Balkan unity and solidarity, which is a popular cause in Turkey, Is interpreted unofficially in Ankara as
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    DAILY EXPRESS HAS MESSAGE FOR JAPAN
    244 13 London, Mar. 29. I THE Dally Express in a leader on the Yugoslav revolution says, Well Mr Matsucka. you have chosen an interesting time to come to Eurone You are here on the very day tnnt tns Continent has mpde one of Its rare
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    Daladier & Reynaud Reported Free
    126 13 Daladier Reynaud Reported Free London, Mar. 23. AN announcement nar be?n made by Moscow radio quoting reports frcm Vichy that M. Edouard Paladier and M. Paul Rcynaud had been released from I prison with a warnlnar that it they resume activities they will return to gaol. It will b? recalled
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    NAZIS ACCUSE YUGOSLAVS OF ANTI-GERMAN EXCESSES
    425 13 London, Mar. 28. T"HE Reich Government has not made any representations In Belgrade concerning the policy of the new Yugoslav Government, said a Wilhelmstras.se spokesman to-day, in view of the fact that it was not customary for a government to throw overboard treaties made
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    THE VALUE OF EARTHWORMS TO RUBBER ESTATES
    1850 14 Planting Topics Good Fertilizing Agent And Should Be Encouraged By Our Planting Correspondent WITHIN the last few months much attention has been directed in the U.S.A. te the value of the earth worm as the best of all fertilizing agents on which, as
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    GOOD DEMAND AT RUBBER AUCTION
    107 14 IN a weekly report on the rubber market, Issued yesterday, Guthrle and Co., Ltd.. write The local market remains quiet and steady. London has eased slightly on little buying support. New York has experienced a good factory and trade demand. The following are Malayan statistics
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    FEBRUARY CROPS
    60 14 FE following crops of rubber, tea, coffee and palm oil were harvested by the respective comoantes operating In Netherlands India in February:— Robber: kg. Ankola 8,156 Estates Bajoe Kldoel Co. 121.729 DJasinga 88,402 TJikaslntoe 37,280 Langen 51,538 Donowarle 28.000 Tea: hk. Ankola 56.3fi4 Pasir Madang ***** Coffee: kg.
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    47 14 rIE dredge of Austral New Zealand Mining Ltd., in the four weeks ended Mar. 22, worked for 306 hours, treated 185. POO cubic yards and produced 823 ounces of gold. The secretaries say that running ttme is still restricted owln? to shortage of water for power station.
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    SAPPERS BEAT CHINESE ATHLETIC TWO-ONE
    497 15 One Of Season's Best Games At The Stadium Fortress R.E 2; Chinese Athletic: 1. TN one of the nest soccer matches seen at Anson Road A stadium this season, the Fortress R.E. beat the Chinese Athletic team by two goals to one in the first
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    Nine Goals At Post Office Ground
    286 15 Nine Goals At Post Office Ground I.A 5; Post Office 4. ALTHOUGH the Indian Associa- tion worked hard for, and just deserved, their victory by five goals to four against the Post Office Club in a second division (b) soccer match on the Post Office ground yesterday, the Post Office
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    SINGAPORE RACE WEIGHTS
    469 15 'PHE following are the weights for Saturday, Apr. 5. the first day of the Singapore Turf Club's Summer (Governor's Cup) meeting THE ANNIVERSARY COP Horses, Clsus 1, DW. 1, t furs. Depot 9.04 Jack Druce 8.04 National 8.13 Royal Hampton. 8.01 Cimon 8.12Tonroe 7.13 Faststep 8.09 Booklaw
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    WOMEN'S GOLD MEDAL AT R.S.G.C.
    117 15 THE Royal Singapore Golf Club's 1 women's Gold Medal competition I will be played in conjunction with the i women's April Medal and the qualify- j i ing round of the Spring Cup on Mon- j day, Apr. 7. The following are eligible to compete:
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    TABLE TENNIS
    73 15 "THE table tonnls section of China Insurance Company, Limited (Singapore Branch) will meet the Seah Sports Club in a friendly match of five singles and two doubles at the former's recreation hall, Cecil Street, at 230 pm. to-day. The following have been selected to represent the China Insurance:
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    SOCCER RESULTS IN BRIEF
    77 15 THE following are the remits in brief of league soccer matches played yesterday: S A.F.A. League, first division, Sappers beat Chinese Athletic two-one at Anson Road stadium; Gordons beat Manchesters twonil at Selsrang; second division (b), Indian Association beat Post Office by five goals to four
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    GORDONS BEAT MANCHESTERS
    547 15 First Division Soccer At Changi Gordons 2; Manchesters 0. THE Gordons won a clean-cnt and well-deserved victory over the Manchesters at Selerang yesterday, when they beat them by two goals to nil in a first division league soccer flx*nre. Besides exhibiting a peneral pertinacity that was lacking
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    BRAMTOCO SPORTS CLUB
    62 15 yUE ioiljwing players will represent the Brsmtoio Sports Club in a friendly table-tennis mat^h against the Airport Sports Club at Hoe Chiang R--><i at, 2 D.m. to-day: Yaung Hal Wah, Hee Swse NJlan, Ong Chsng Kiat, M. K. Diman, Tan Gim Hai, Tan Gim Yang and Heng
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    Police Sports Association's First Swimming Carnival
    275 15 THHE Police Sports Association held its first annual swimming carnlI val at the Y.M.C-A. pool, Fort Canning, yesterday. Competition was always very keen, and a good standard of aquatics was watched by a large feathering. At the con^lustan of the carnival Mrs. A. H.
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    VAN BREUKELEN'S HORSES EXERCISED TO-DAY
    714 15 Rubber Queen, National And Simplex In Good Form TRAINER M. van Breukelen's charges were exercised for the A first time at Bukit Timah this morning when a large number of horses were given fast work. The second track of the racecourse was used and the
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    TO-MORROW'S EVENTS AT YACHT CLUB
    82 15 THE following are to-mornw's events at the Royal Singapore Yacht Club: "C" class wiil sail the sscond race for Ovans Challenge Cup, starting at 9.50 a.m.; The "A" class w.ll sail the :hird race fcr Milner Challenge Cut starting at 10 a.m.; The "B" class
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    WEEK-END SPORTS EVENTS
    155 15 TO-DAY Soccer: S.A.F.A. league, tint division, Straits Chines*- Football Association vs. the Malay Football Association, Anson Road s adium; second division (b). Fort Cann'nr vs. Naval Base Indians, Naval Base; 8.H.L., Bramt >co vs. G.E.C.. Geylang stidium: Homrkong and Shanghai Bank vs. Harner Gilflilan. Depot. Cricket: S.
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    FURTHER TIES IN S.C.R.C TENNIS
    240 15 THE following are further ties in the SCRC. tennis rr'ampienshipsMONDAY "A" Singles Handican: Low Kee Choc (—6) vs. Kam G'm Hock (—6). William Tan (—3l vs. Ong Swee Keng "B" Singles Handicap: Khoo Kirn Swee (—3) vs. Khor Jin Sim 3V "B" Doubles Handicap: Chua
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    ITALIANS ASK FOR TRUCE TO BURY THEIR DEAD
    219 16 Heavy Casualties Suffered In Past Two Weeks' Clashes London, Mar. 28. CO serious were the casualties suffered by the Italians in the heavy attacks made on Greek positions since Mar. 16 ihat on Mar. 23 they asked the Greeks for an armistice
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    BRITISH FORCES PURSUING THE ENEMY TO ASMARA
    549 16 MUCH WAR MATERIAL TAKEN IN MOUNTAIN FORTRESS i Another Abyssinian Town Likely To Fall To Conquerors Of Harar Cairo. Mar. 2?. THE British forces in Eritrea are now pursuing the 1 retreating Italians towards Asmara, the capital, as a sequel to the capture
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    Two Danish Ships Off W. Indies Seized
    43 16 Ottawa, Mat. 28 Till: Canadian navy assisted in the recent rapture of two Danish ships rstrcsating 18 OGO torn in W^st Infl'an waters, a->-rTdiriT ti a s!rHement by the Navy Minister. Mr. A. L. MacI)ona!d. Reutcr.
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    ITALIAN GUNS TAKEN BY THE GREEKS
    19 16 Italian mortars recently captured by the Greeks in their steady advance into Albania.
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    R.A.F. BOMBING OF AXIS SHIPS AND NAVAL BASE AT BREST
    214 16 London, Mar. 28. PNEJIY shipping was harassed yesterday over a wide area by R.A.F. 1 bombers, details of which ot>er ations, together with those of attacks on industrial Germany and elsewhere are contained in an Air Ministry communique. "Many heavy
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    FRESH R.A.F. RAID ON DODECANESE BASE
    71 16 Cairo, Mar. 28. IN operations over the Dodecanese Islands, in the eas:ern Mediterranean, the R-A.F. attacked the aerodrome at Calato, on the island of Rhodes, and set fire to buildings on the aerodrome, petrol dumps causing a smoke cloud visible 100 miles away, states
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    28,859 Killed In Air Raids
    88 16 London, Mar. 28. "THE impressive strength 01 the civilian forces in Britain and the efficacy of their work were stressed by Miso Ellen Wilkinson, Joint Parliament Secretary to the Ministry of Home Security, speaking at Newcastle today. The total number of persons employed in such
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    Properties Of Jews In Rumania Seized
    114 16 Bucharest, Mar. 29. ALL real estate belonging to Jews in Rumanian towns is taken over by the state under a decree issued yesterday by the Prime Minister, Gen. Antonescu. Jews are forbidden to acquire repl estate in tcwns in future. Owners of confiscated property
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    AIR ATTACK ON CONVOY FAILS
    161 16 One Raider Shot Down And Second Damaged London. Mar. 28. CO hot was the reception accorded u two German bombers which attempted to attack a British convoy yesterday that one finished in the sea and the other made for its base badly crippled. The story
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    BRITAIN DELIVERS THE GOODS
    122 16 London, Mar. 23. "IT Is a remarkable performance that dur1 Ing the war Britain could increase deliveries of textiles, chemical and electric goods to the extent given," says the Swedish newspaper Morgonposten. "Overseas countries have found that they could not only depend on Britain's delivery of
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    41 16 Parents of children evacuated from Britain to countries of the Empire speak to their children in the Overseas Service of thr BBC Messages from parents to their children evacuated overseas are now a regular feature of the BBCs short-wave overseas programmes.
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    Sappers' Part In Keren Capture
    283 16 Cleared The Way Under Heavy Enemy Fire London, Mar. 23. pERFECT timing by Sappers as IT they cleared a road block on ne precipitous mountainside under heavy enemy fire enabled British I armoured fighting vehicles support- ed by infantry to capture Keren, cables Reuter's special
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    2 Enemy Ships Torpedoed
    82 16 London, Mar. 28. A BRITISH submarine torpedoed and found hit an Italian supply ship or troopship of about 6.000 ions and a 10 000-ton tanker in an escorted convoy south of Italy. Hits were t bscrved biit the vess?ls were not seen to sink as the
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    Japanese Landing In Kwangtung
    58 16 Tokio, Mar. 28. JAPANESE troops made an un- opposed landing to-day on the South China coast at K'tchion Bay. in Kwangtung. This is about 100 miles north-east of Hong Kong. An official announcement says that troops landed under naval protection without encountering resistance from the Chinese
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    SEIZURE OF FRENCH SHIP WAS LEGAL
    104 16 Capetown, Mar. 28. COUTH AFRICA'S action recently in re- quisitloning the French vessel Vllle d 8 j Majunga was perfectly legal, the Prime Minister, Gen. Smuts, told the Assembly to-day. The ship, he said, was within the Union* territorial Jurisdiction when action was taken.
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