The Straits Times, 7 June 1941

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    47 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY CENTURYI MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER—LARGEST NET SALES SINOAPOUK 140 CECIL ST. CPHONE 5471). KUALA LUMriU. 26 JAVA ST. CPHONE Jf>J*'\ 16 PAGES, SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 1941 PRICE 5 CENTS. The Straits Times 16 PAGES. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 1941 PRICE 5 CENTS.
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      189 1 AW MIEN CHONG for SMART TAILORING S4 Colrmin St.. S'porc rhone 4816 AniUblc— Suit Length. -Kockrillr" SalUno— U.S.A. WAIN SHIKI.I 'S. In Silk and Wool Also AMERICAN SHARKSKIN. In various colours \sornpanu cA^inutea SINGAPORE PENANG IPOH KUALA LUMPUR MALACCA. ■—^m^— IM Warms 3SA mwb^b^^m 'PLASTALEKE' jf|K .ijwN FOR ALL fvSlliP
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      79 1 1 flA^* o c v AGENTS AID Illff lCE EXPERTS ROBINSON &CO.. LTD SINGAPORE: rOVKiRM.-. To THL bi'l'< UIP« -MM MUMI I STIRDV ALL STEEL CONSTRUC- I TION Rl STPROOFED OPEN J VISIBLE SPRINGS HARBOUR NO INSECTS I EXTREMEI V COMFORTABLE I DOES NOT SAG. jot dcunpnte /oUtr S^Km FuUHOHD
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      108 1 FINAL EDTN. ELSIE MARY Battery Road. Morning Afternoon Evening Dresses. Recognised Everywhere as the Supreme Beverage for Health, Strength and Vitality OVfILTINE you can tell by the flavour it's LAMB of exceptional quality It is the very finest Lamb WIMMB«Bf«M«MB-MB Australia produces ...deliriously AUSTRALIAN tender... a real pleasure to carve
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      621 2 wie Straits Uimz TIBBS— At Dublin on 31st May 1941 to Marie, wife of Dudley M. Tlbbs, the gift of a daughter. SITUATIONS VACANT WILL AITL1CANTS kindly note that thi post advertised under Box No. 485 has bea: filled. WANTED by European firm an experienced fiMesinan, apply with full particulars
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      559 2 I FPJLJSALE. FOR SALE, very nice old Dutch diningroom suite CKxxi as new, J300. Also Chinese cupboard from Shanghai (woodcraft). Apply 324. Orchard Road. ATTRACTIVE MODERN HOUSE In excellent position, Tanglin, 3 bd. rnu.. M.S.. double garage, m ac. Compound. Freehold, empty possession Augu*t. Owner occupier leaving Colony. Box 643,
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      599 2 BOARD RESIDENCE f" JF AST *"GLIA. 6 Oxley Rise, cool and quiet. Term* moderate Tele. 4390. MS "ATUHP8 at "Uoyd Boomf_ Lloyd Rd Own bathrooms. Board or meal* BELLEVILLE. IS Scotte Road. Phone «14 large- airy rooms PrtT. Verandah, mod. tan ORCHARD HOUSE. 852 Orchard Road. Single room vacant, mod.
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      733 2 FOR HIRE BEFRIGBBATOB— N«w or OMd Pnooe S33» i MOTORING LESSONS UjABN D&IVING H Q on your. A lady write* -Ytrar courtesy ma patient* truly tnaptre confidence and I thovourhly Stir" deU htlUl drhrto l««»om" TW EDUCATIONAL H MISS NO A IKE E. BAILEY was it successful In passing th«
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      607 2 TENDERS SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. TENDERS are Invited for the supply of 110 z 40 gallon drams of Disinfectant of i approved quality and British manufacture f Tender* will close at 12 noon. 30 June. 1941. !y For further Information *ee Notice In I Tender Room. W. W. DUNCAN AT- Municipal Secretary.
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      254 2 BUSINESS CARDS ETC, JOIN THE GREEN CIRCLE LENDING LIBRARY 1st FLOOR IB-f BATTERY Kll. P.O. BOX 34. SINGAPORE. ■(•derate Cfrmi: Special rate* OaUtaUaa Members (lob. and Hma Open Daily: l.3« A.M. to P.M. Satrdayt: I.Zt A.M. to 1 P.M. EUGENE Perauol W.,^ EUGENE H«.wec M 4fiti M i n MAISON
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      276 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. (Incorporated tn England) PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N CO. MAIL PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICE. The best possible unto w w «~5; talned by the P. •>&. N. Co. from tht Straits to their tuual P^ 1 f^i° India. Ceylon and the United Kingdom.
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      279 3 (Incorporated In Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LINE. TO SAN FRANCISCO Manila, Hong Kong. Kobe, Yokohama, Honolulu. San Fraacloco and U* Angele* Lein Leave Manila H'kong sjl YAWATA MARU June 8 June 11 ma. ASAMA MARU June 29 July mi. TATDTA MARU July 12 July IS sj.
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      441 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 Fremantle (Perth) via Java by first class passenger ships. Single fare $192 (A £28)
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      179 3 ToPrivateTrustees. Carrying out the wishes of dead friends is often difficult, laborious and thankless work, encroaching seriously upon time needed for your own affairs. Your burden can be greatly eased if you secure the aid of corporation specially formed and qualified to undertake such duties, namely: The British Malaya Trustee
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      187 3 Broadcasting TO-DAY SINGAPORE ZHL 1.333 fce/s (225 i"THP1 969 me/i (M.M m.) (ZHP2 8,175 me/I 48.5* m-» ZHP3 1.25 me/i (41.M zhl, ziipi tan. B p.m. Mandarin Dance music by the Chinese Dance Band directed by James Ow Lai Weng. (Prom the Studio); 5.J5 p.m. News In Cantonese; 6.50 p.m.
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      175 3 -"Capt. Marryaf, By*Krle Olllett. Relayed from London; 10.35 p.m. Prank Fereras Hawaiian Trlot; 10.45 p.m. Close down. (ZHnt 5 p.m. Malay Programme by the Kampong Olam Kronchong Party. (From the Studio); 5.50 p.m. Hindustani muslct; 6. OS p.m. New* In Hindustani; 6. SO p.m. Tamil music; 6.40 p.m. New» in
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      908 3 EMPIRE STATION Berts** rraqneacy SehesaWi Eastern TraJttmlsstn •.IS on t« \IJS PJB. OST— 17J1 me/i: 16*4 Metre* M< GSf I$.H 1M1 Fnm 9.95 P-m. U-M P-". OSD— 11.11 me tiM meuea Nscth American TraassalsssB* CSD: GSC HI ssetre MNi an* OKI (Hit »-!M ac/tt 6.15 p.m. London Calling: 6.30 p.m.
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    London Stock Exchange
    389 4 Kaffirs Advance Gilt-Edged Easier London, June rpHE Stock Eichange to-day tu quietly Irregular, apart from Kaffln where useful advances among non -producers, especially West Wits, to 67s. 8d. Iron 62s. «d resulted from Cape buying. Ollt-edged were dull and fractionally lower. Industrials were mainly steady with a
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    MAIL ARRIVALS AND DISPATCHES
    135 4 Malls close at the General Post Office as follows: TO-DAY Australia air 1230 pm. Java air 12.30 p.m. New Zetland air 12 30 p.m. Medan air 12.30 p.m. Palembang air 12.30 p.m. TO-MORBOW I Aden ate 4 p.m. I Burma air 4 p.m. Ceylon air 4
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    WALL STREET
    61 4 Dow Jones Average j'T'HE following were the Dow Jones 1 Averages at the close of the New York Stock Exchange yesterday and the I preceding day I I —United Press 0 Industrial* 10 Rails 5 UtHItlet 10 Bonds Commodity Indpx Stock sales 118.13 27.72 1746 91.02 69 54
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    EXCHANGES
    179 4 r&e (aUowlo* arc (be -«»*«««i Tr rates tnfc mcrnlng according ir.t daily etrcOar tatu» ov the Bongkon* aoo •P>»"tiai Banklni Ton»r»tlon:— •BIX IMG London T.T l/< S/» London demand a/4 I/32 Switzerland (T.T. only) 203 46 New York demand 47.10 Montreal demand Sl.ts Bauvia demand at 71 damarang demand
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    DONATIONS TO THE WAR FUND
    197 4 ■FHE following donations to The Wai Fund are recorded to-day:- The JessHton Ire and Power I Company, Limited 2,W0 i The Post Office flub, collections on the occasion of the eleventh Anniversary Celebration from sale of dance coupons and bidding of prizes 194 Tay Koh
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    TINPLATE SHORTAGE IN AUSTRALIA
    109 4 TINPLATE SHORTAGE IN AUSTRALIA Canberra May 20 „,K«»itn... (,ir tinnht.- in -THE use of substitutes lor tinpiate in the packing Of foodstuns ana many other goods is expected to result from experiments now being made by manufacturers In Australia. Because tinplatj is required for defence purposes tt wiil become increasingly
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    126 4 rN opened flrm. The turnover was 125 tons. United States consumers I resumed sizeable purchases overnight at about the previous prices but this did not much affect London in view lof the export embargo from the Unitled Kingdom. The London rise Is 1 ascribed to better United Kingdom consumer demand
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    MALAYA'S EXPORT TRADE LOWER IN APRIL
    290 4 Four Months Favourable Balance $89,782,000 A SHARP fall in the value of Malaya's overseas export trade occurred in April, compared with March. April exports were valued at $98,327,000, compared with $104,866,000 in March. This fall is attributable to lower exports of tin and rubber
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    WORLD TIN STOCKS RISE IN MAY
    114 4 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, June 6. W H. OARTSEN estimates that world tin stocks en May 31 were 41.185 tons, compared with 39,145 tens at the end of April, an Increase of 5 2 per cent. Visible supply stocks, landing and afloat, w<*re
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
    109 4 I Singapore June 6. Surer* MM OamMcr TJO Hunburc Cube 11J2S J*«m Cube ***** Coorm mim4 n.» Bus Dried UM Trrif White Muntok 15 00 White |!(.H Black $725 Uar Horn i»/- > Untn M8S MJ5 Fftlr UC'i $462' 2 Sarawak SJ.»y rwM ■mall Flake «7 SO
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    66 4 Fri4*>. Jaat a***. tmrtn B*lmt> Ptmc> Prfcr N» IX E-8 S (Spat Immi MH N* iX aVS.B k i* im» Jim MM GKA.Q. K.B.S t.aa hat Mfc fJi.Q. a.8.8 f.«a n> Jue »M 3»S H TL'HE QLOTAIION* No. IX B.&S. miMeva i.on« Jue MM ««H
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    AROUND THE MARKETS
    398 4 STEADY CONDITIONS BUT LITTLE BUSINESS RUBBER QUIET UNCHANGED <By O«r Financial Correspondent) Singapore, Jun 7. t/ERY steady conditions prevailed in the local share market yesterday although the turnover was very small. In the dollar tin section Bata Selangor were again favoured and buyers rals?d their bids to
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      301 4 BIGGEST MUSICAL EVENT OF THE YEAR SINGAPORE KRONCHONG BAND CHAMPIONSHIP AMATEURS -3 GUPS I EARLY ENTRIES PROFESSIONALS 3 CUPS CALLED FOR PENANG'S MAY QUEEN OF 1941 I MISS AMY YAM JOINING TO-NIGDT THE MODERN TREND IN $yn SARONG WEAR j'. COME AND SEE THE ggf' BROADWAY MANNEQUINS ffttJ* ON MONDAY
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      468 4 PUBLIC NOTICES AMMON (MALAYA) LOOTED. (Incorporated In 'he Strata Settlement*) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the F<:urWenth Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders of the abovenamcii Company will be held at the Registered Office of the Company. 63. Oeylang Road. Sin?aoore en Saturday, the 21«t June. 1941, at 12 noon.
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    TIN FAMINE IN GERMANY
    842 5 Shortage May Accelerate Nazi's Collapse (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, May 2. /"KKAIANY is already suffering from a severe shortage of tin and is thus handicapped in the manufacture of heavy guns, range finders and warplanes in all of which bronze (an alloy of tin and
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    List Of Current Dividends
    224 5 Oonio»n» Dividend Clot rn Hong Patt 8" lr.t. June I Kamuntlng Tin 5% Int. less tax June 11 Pangnga River t% Int. less rax June 11 Raub 3d. lr.t. Junt 20 Talam Mines 5% int. ..June 12 MM Ba^setl 3tt final June 8 Baft Un'.ang 5%
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    Malayan Sharebrokers Assn. Singapore Quotations
    1014 5 Ampat <5»> 3s 3d is 9d Austral Amal. (5si Tt lHd 7s 4V4d Austral Malay 33a 6d 34s 80 A7er Hitam (Ss) 17» 18s Ayer Weng ($1) .65 .70 Bangnn Ttn 12s Oo 14c Batu 3el<mgcr (fl) 1.&8 1.41 Ber junta! (Ss) »s 6d Burma
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      73 5 -oh, AIRPORT HOTEL Famous for its FRESH STRAWBERRIES by K. L. M. AIR LINERS. PHONE 3156 GOOD FOOD-PROMPT COURTEOUS ATTENTION are the reasons for its INCREASING POPULARITY at the CAPITOL RESTAURANT Air-Condit ioned WT NOT A CENT TO PAY! LUCKY PATRONS AT THE HAPPY CABARET ON MON. 16th TO DANCE
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      98 5 B^r ~5? a SSS! tt rte? "•s^»^""»si 1 1 BTNIN AMAKA v a central tonk which Is iDvaluable la all cases of general debility —Compounded from nerve reatormc, flesh fsrminc and diccaUve natrimenU it ■sdekly prsssnten a fnll return of health and energ*. Allenburys Obtainable from all Chevutu Sole Agents
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      346 5 CATHAY at 9 p.m. sharp MONDAY 16th June. *f m SatAlta Menbu sssssssssssssssmmV^S. STANWYCK FONDA -CRARIiS COBURN EUGENE PALLETTE MARTHA OORISCOU WIIiIAM DCMAIEST ERIC BLORE- XZX PRESTON STURGES Supported by "Xmas Under Fire." By Courtesy of the Associated Theatres Ltd. and Paramount Film Service Ltd., the total proceeds to the
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      54 5 SINGAPORE TIDE TABLES To-day H.W. 8.55 a.m. 7.9 ft.; 8. 50 p m. 8.8 ft L.W. 2.30 a.m. 2.1 ft.: 2.40 p.m 3.5 ft. To-morrow H.W. 9.57 am 8 4 ft.; 9 36 p.m. 9 ft. L.W. S.'SS a.m. 1.4 ft.; 3.S5 p.m. 3.5 ft. June Sunrise Sunset 7 8.18
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      195 6 BETTE DAVIS TOPS PREVIOUS EFFORTS in "THE LETTER" Everything about this production STAR, STORY, DIRECTION MAKES THIS THE TOP SCREEN ATTRACTION OF 1911. EARLY BOOKING ADVISABLE TO-DAY TO-MORROW 4 SHOWS n a.m. ::.i->, in^BTl i?i .1 -T.^ (> is o.is NM^pBMi^POTHIH Warner Bros, present Mb pW 0^ >f v_a b
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      176 6 "A Really Worthwhile evening's entertainment" Straits Times. COMEDY WITH MUSIC DANCING! igM TIADFOR. "'''^mM^ fy> I RRESISTABLE ENGLISHMEN tJSEB '""jfc TOGETHER AGAIN S*^\ 1 _"^p^^ _k S L. d °_^^^S GYN T s______v A BRITISH NATIONAL •GPl' D.twtfd b» JOHN BAXTCR iT^l'' p^t_~»-^ JOHN CORFIEU) > wli i V\ Spc
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      269 6 IT'S JUST ONE SUCCESSION OF LAUGHS I What a Toj)j)inp Weeh-End Show!; CAPITOL T0 DAY vWI I I \J_L C.15— G.15— 9.15 MYRNA and MELVYN TOGETHER in the greatest MAJUTAL MISFIT Imaginable! A MYTH IS AS >\^Jt GOOD AS A MALE! TKat'i what man-proof I Myrn» thought to »h» l^^f^
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    A God Slow To Anger, With Mercy & Truth
    511 7 A God Slow To Anger, With Mercy Truth A3 we read in the pages of the Bible 111 1 we find— if we think about it. that nowhere do the Scriptures contemplate men as ignorant of the exlft?nce of God. Every prophet and writer moves among ideas that resuppose His
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    CHURCH SERVICES FOR THE WEEK
    1268 7 CHURCH OF ENGLAND ST. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL.— Trinity Sunday, 6.50 a.m. Holy Communion: 7.30 a.m. Matins: 8 a.m. Choral Eucharist; S.30 p m. Evensong and sermon. Preacher: The Archdeacon. ST. PAULS CHURCH Bunday. S a.m. Holy Communion: 5.30 p.m. Evenaong and sermon. ST. HILDA'S CHURCH. Katong.—
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    ANTI-BRITISH CAMPAIGN RENEWAL URGED
    115 7 Ptiping, June 6. AN editorial in the Japanese-controlled newspaper Hsin Mm Pao deplores the cessation of the "eflective" anti-British campaign In North China and urges its renewal. "Indirectly lt will help the Axis powers to defeat Britain," lt says. •'This is the most Important reason why
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    SHANGHAI FREE FRENCH LEADER HELD
    90 7 Shanghai, June 6. ALTHOUGH arrested exactly two months ago on allegations of persuading French bluejackets to desert, M. Roderick Bgal, leader of the Free French movement In Shanghai, la still waiting patiently In prison in Saigon from where he will be removed shortly after his
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    FLYING-BOAT IN ACTION
    41 7 London, June 6. PATROLLING over the Bay of Biscay yesterday evening a Sunderlaiu flying-boat of the Coastal Command encountered two German seaplanes. The flying-boat engaged them, says an Air Ministry communique, and shot down one German machine.— Reuter.
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      349 7 HOTELS RAFFLES HOTEL TO-DAY'S POPULAR TIFFIN-TIME RENDEZVOUS LUNCH IN THE BALLROOM GRILL RUSTTAFEL SERVED FROM 12.30 TO 8.30 P.M. SPECIAL CONCERT by RAFFLES ORCHESTRA TO-NIGHT THE 2ND OF THE "THREE GREAT CAUSES" rnder the Distinguished Patronare of SIR SHENTON LADY THOMAS ST. ANDREW'S MISSION HOSPITAL BALL CABARET 10 SPECIAL ITEMS
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      202 7 AT THE CATHAY TODAY POSITIVELY LAST FOUR SHOWS! 11 a.m. 3.15 6.15 9.15 BOOK EARLY FOR TO-NIGHT 'PHONE 3400 TA I f^ Jjk^ CAY. FAST I A /^^'J AM> TUNEFLL > IHLL fey 100!^/ nni#c^' twv 11 I|L HWfc CCSA* ROMERO. VIRGINIA "X f4 I /JA4/J BERLE •WB ••'••I M^
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE. SATURDAY. JUNE 7, 1941. (644 th Day Of The War.) A Great Arsenal
    1142 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE. SATURDAY. JUNE 7, 1941. (644 th Day Of The War.) A Great Arsenal In that historic "fireside chat" about which so much has been 1 written, President Roosevelt refer- red to the doubling and re-doubl-ing of the vast production of the United States. He promised that
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    FIRST AID
    38 8 To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— The picture on page eight ol Die Straits Times of June 4- -Is that he correct way of tying an arm iling Yours, etc., INTERESTED. Muar, June 4.
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      HIT HARD
      467 8 And Below The Belt If Necessary! To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, The progress of the war has not Improved to any appreciable extent ol late. We have had to evacuate Norway. Dunkirk. Greece and Crete. The reports of fighting In Crete suggest that bayonets are
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      EDUCATION
      306 8 A Pet Topic Among The Uninformed To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir. Once upon a time, there was a conference of all professional men of a certain city. In the main hall sat the professional men and there were spectators in the galleries. First the engineers held
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      INDEBTEDNESS
      107 8 Credit System At Root Of The Evil To the Editor of the Straits Times '< Sir,— A lot has been written lately about indebtedness among ihe clerical class. Some quarters seem ta blame the money-lenders. The real cause is the credit system prevailing not only in Singapore, but all
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      TOTAL WAR
      1211 8 Time For Us To Copy Enemy's Tactics To the Editor of the Straits Tinea 81r,— At present there are people here who are going round saying that we cannot win this war," trr.t Germany Is too strong, for us that Germany has more arms and more men that
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      WAR AIMS
      200 8 A Permanent AngloAmerican Alliance To the Editor of the Str.iits 1 imrs Sir.—l have nor got the slightest notion as to what Apri-s la Guerre i means but I have read you: I which followed those outlandish word*! 1 And 1 am so pleased with it. that I
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      GET GOING
      275 8 Time We Ceased To Be Saintly Fools" To the .ditor of the Str -.it* Times Sir. It has really done one good t» read your leader to-day. I. for one. cannot see why our people should always yield to the wishes, expressed or unexpressed, of our enemies In
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      INSULARITY
      139 8 A Spot Of Bother For "The English" T» tbe Editor of the Straits rimes Sir,— l was pleased to see '■Cla^hnacuddin's le.ter in to-day's your paper, protesting agains. tho M.B.C. c n. 'in ing its appointments to those o'. "English" nationality. I, in addition, would like to draw your
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      138 8 WEDDmtb Vifts P. H. HENDRY Jeweller Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Penang. 4 ANY TIME! g ANY WHERE!! g because it's i REMINGTON g NOISELESS g, TYPEWRITER 1 REMINGTON HAND Si BATTERY B«>AD 4 I.APID CAM DLAiaOm by A. ft Rusoeli, "The :.lathe-Mag.clan'\ CAN YOU Multiply ***** by 246<» In M nconds?
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      78 8 ytfT\ 75 ct«. EACH v^u) TYPEWRITER V3^ RIBBONS BLACK OX BLACK AND RED FOR I'SE ON AU- POPULAR HACMNKS (FACTORY FRESH AIRSKILFD TINS) BASRAI BROTHERS MAMJFACTVRING STATIONERS AND MERCHANTS 111 LI A STREET, IM BATH ROAD SINGAPORE. KUALA LUMPUR. PHONE M 97. Don't Neglect Your Vision! Have your ejm MicnUfically
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    MR. ROOSEVELT RIDICULES PEACE RUMOURS
    709 9 Nazi Propaganda Is Held Responsible "ISOT EVEN TENTH COUSIN OF OFFER BROUGHT BY WINANT" President Accuses U. S. Dupes Of Germany "PEACE offensive" talk was put in its rightful place by President Roosevelt at his Press conference yesterday, reports Reuter. The President stated that Mr.
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    King On Visit To Scotland
    21 9 His Maje«ty being cheered by workers «t naval establishment he vislud during a tour of Scotland.
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    Roman's Evidence In Nairobi Murder Trial
    142 9 Nairobi, June 7. rE statement that Major Sir Delves j Broughion was willing to do every- j thing possible to enable his wife t marry Lord Erroll w.is made by Lady i Carberry yesterday at the trial of Sir; Dejvcs on a charge of
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    Egyptian Genera! Is Arrested
    83 9 Eg yptian Genera! Is Arrested Cairo, June 7. GEN. Aziz el Ma.«ri, former chief-of-stair of the Egyptian Army, and his two companionj who att mpted to I escape by air from Egypt last month, i have been arrested. Gen. Aziz is retarded as a supporter of the Axis powers. They
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    Air Cadet Corps For Australian Youth
    62 9 I.ie.b3urne, June 7. T;:E Formation of an air cadet corps (or boys of 16 and older, similar tJ the pre-serriee scheme training for the RA r. in Britain, was announced by the Air Minister, Mr. J. McEwan. Mr W A Robertson, a lllsht commander
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    Vichy Stories Of Peace Drive
    258 9 London, June 0. MANY rumours are circulating in Vichy of an impending peace gesture by Hitler Intended to forestall United States intervention in the Europran war, says United Press. The official French news agency, wlinoui offlcial confirmation, tajs the Axis Is prepared to restore independence
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    EGYPT PROTESTS TO AXIS POWERS
    73 9 Cairo, June 7. Fis officially stated in it Eeypt has lodged a strong protest to Germany and Italy against tlie bombing of Alexandria durinj Wednesday nijht. It is understoinl the Government i s asking compensation from German and Italian property ia Egypt. The Na«i \it
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    MR. HULL ON N.I. NEGOTIATIONS
    202 9 American Interest Is Reiterated Washington, June 8. MR. Cordell Hull. Secretary of State, at his press conference to-day, reIWTtag to reported talks with the Japanese Government, said United States policy in the Pacific remained unchanged Mr Hulls remark left clear, the implication that any improvement
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    Most Vital Months In Britain's History
    108 9 London, June 7. TIE next three months will be the most vital in our history," deli .-lured Mr. Ernest Bevln MinWer o. i Labour, in a s:jeorh last ni?ht in which I he appealed tor still qu cker and greater war production. i -It
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    54 9 Jersey City (New Jersey). June 6 t A FIRE of undetermined origin broke A out in the hold of the liner Presi- I dent Jackson while the vessel was tied L up at the pier at the Erie Terminal tos day. The terminal was the scene of a huge fire
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    U.S. Takes Over 80 Foreign Ships
    131 9 Vessels May Be Used For Foreign Service Washington, .une 9. PRESIDENT Roosevelt ta-day signed legislation permitting the Governi ment to seize and operat? approximately 80 foreign ships now idle in American waters. The President then immediately ordered the Maritime Commission to carry cut the
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    Germans And Turks To Resume Trade Talks
    75 9 Ankara, June 7. j Fis understood that negotiations are si.or.ly beginning in Ankara between the Turks and Germans to incr.a:? commercial exchanges between the two countries. Mi: v refugees are arriving in Turkey 'r m th* Greek is'ands The Turkisn -ovFrnmert hxs adopted
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    NEW MEMBERS FOR AIR COUNCIL
    162 9 London, June 7. rpHE Secretary for Air, and the 1 1 Minister for Aircraft Production j announce that Sir Henry Tizard has] been appointed as an additi-nal member of the Air Council. In this j capacity and as a member of the Aircraft Supply Council
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    Nazi Brutality Fails To Stop Sabotage In Seized Lands
    470 9 London, June 7. EVIDENCE reaching official Greek circles in Egypt shows that the ffazis are dealing with Greek workers in the Athens district with the I greatest brutality, says a Cairo dls- patch According to M. Dimitratos secre-tary-general of the Greek
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    VICHY TO REINFORCE ALL COLONIAL GARRISONS
    344 9 Germans At Beirui Now Saul To Be In Control Of Syrian Government GEN. M. Weygand, commander-in-chief of the Vichy forces in* North Africa, has assured the Vichy Government about the defences of Syria, a>id measures are beln^ studied to reinforce all French colonies against
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    'POCKET U-BOATS SEEN AT BEIRUT
    24 9 Aiikara. Jure I. EIGHT German "pccKef subwmttmm wtn h r> r-t l»ar».c-r lr«t f"^ M is rrifal.lv r^p«r>d Reflirr.
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    VICHY 'SURPRISED' AT U.S. WARNING
    129 9 Vk-hy. June 7. A GOVERNMENT spokesman, rflerrin' to fie statement c.i Vichy's prli-r Bade by the TJnitel sta'es Secretary of Sat?. Mr. c )rdc'.l Hull. said. AuiharitaUve Frrncii circle? are astonished to see th=> Secretary of Btate characterize M a policy of a*gres~»i n and
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    SUBMARINE IS LOST
    22 9 London, June 7 FE Ad>.Vr:lty wiwiwi that t.ie vjomani.; 1 Undanrue;! i overdue ;.:ia EMHt b< (or.sidered k»t. Reuter.
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    WAR FUND ADVANCES BY NEARLY $3,000
    589 10 Contribution Of $2,000 From Jesselton Company POST OFFICE CLUB DONATES MONEY RAISED AT BAZAAR THE War Fund total has advanced by nearly $3,000 1 to-day, to $5,573,471. For this we arc indebted largely to the Jcsselton Ice Power Co., Ltd., which has sent a
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    ACCUSED ACQUITTED ON MURDER CHARGE
    267 10 1 1 r'Mr. Ou- Own Correspondent, Malacca, June 6. jTKMJND vo t guilcy by a special Jury's un- anlmous verdict on a charge of murder, I.oh Yin Ban, a Kheh Chinese, was discharged l>y Mr. Jus;-- Home at the Malacca Assizes to-day. Mr. C. H.
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    AMUSEMENTS
    148 10 im;\porf. rafh>s hotel lie*■;, niividi Hospital Ball. Extension 2 ia.m GKZAT WORLD Oabarct: 7.30 to 9 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Glob?: The Tliief of Hurhciac;. .Sky. I Want A Divorce. H.\PFI THEATKK (Happy WorM) 'ilie S<»a Hawk. Seaside: SwbleN»«* HVOKI.iI Talide*. RMMIM *"v Cinemas. Shew, Calxuet, Dancing QI'MN-v
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    "Churchill In Every Home"
    119 10 PLASTER busts of Mr. Winston Chun-hill, with his inevitable clear, are being sold for The War Fund in Singapore. Bought by Mr. C. de Wit. manager of the Holland Trading CoCecil Street, from Australia where a factory Is producing them at a rate of thousands a
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    £5,000,000 FOR CHUNGKING
    87 10 Credits For Buying In The Empire London, June 6. AN agreement was signed in Lonr don on Thursday whereby Britain granted the Chungking Government £5,000,000 export credit for purchases within the sterling area, it was announced here to-day. Negotiations are proceeding for the allocation of the Chinese
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    IMPORTED PIGEONS
    43 10 J IM Ticng, 31, was fined $15, or 15 days' simple imprisonment, in the Singapore second court yesterday when ho pleaded guilty to a charge of importing into the Colony on Wednesday 100 pigeons without the permission of tht Competent Authority.
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    Estate Labourers Sent To Gaol For Unlawful Assembly
    758 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, June 6. UOW several hundred Gandhi caps worn by a crowd of labourers on Raja Musa Estate disappeared along with the sticks, Iron bars and other [weapons with which they were armed, on the appearance or
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    The Australians Carry On In Beseiged Tobruk
    74 10 Australian and other Emptre troops defending Tobruk have held the town against the heaviest attacks by Axis mechanized and air forces. The top picture shows Australians receiving their pay, while In the centre "Diggers" are reading the Tobruk Truth, a one sheet daily
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    CENTENARY OF H.K.S.R.A.
    154 10 Message From King On June 12 A MESSAGE from King George, congratulating the unit, will be read to troops of the Hong KongSingapore Royal Artillery when they celebrate their centenary on Thursday, the King"s official birthday. Apart from the anniversary celebration* of the II K.S.R.A., there will
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    GAS DEPARTMENTS 1940 PROFITS
    147 10 THE gross profit made In 1940 by the Gas Department after allowing lor public lighting at cost was $270,684.77 and, after deducting loan charges, depreciation and contribution to rate and 1 leasehold reserve funds, there was a trading profit of $97,487.18 of which i $54,122.98 was
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    DONATIONS FOR WOOL
    375 10 Malaya Patriotic Fund List DECENT donations to the Wool anfl Material Fund" of the women's section of the Malaya Patriotic Fund include the following: Anon, $1,000; Mr. Aw Boon Par ana Mr Aw Boon Haw. $2,000; Mr. J. B. David, $200: Malayan Rugby Union per Mr. Vaug-
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    PILOT OFFICER JOHN JEFF MISSING
    85 10 (Frcm Our Own Correspondent.* London, June 6 piLOT Officer John Jeff, the young- est son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Jeff, formerly of Seremban, and brother of the RAF. ace Flight-Lieut. Robert Voase Jeff, is reported missing In air operations against the enemy. He was
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    JAPANESE ARE DISAPPOINTED
    395 10 Dutch Reply In Trade Parleys STATEMENT BY DR. VAN MOOK IN an official statement regarding the Netherlands Indies reply to the claims of the Japanese trade delegation, Dr. H. J. van Mook, leader of the N.I, delegation, stated to-day: I cannot comment on the contents of our
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    95 10 THREE more arrests were made by Singa- pore police yesterday in connection with an Incident alleged to have occurred In the Na i tional Theuti on June 2. As a sequel, three I Malays. Ahmad bin Jalil. 18, Mohamed bin Ibrahim. 29. Haihlm bin Ishalc. 24. appeared I before Mr.
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    GOVERNOR GOES TO SEA ON MINESWEEPER
    375 11 Two-hour Inspection Of Work Performed By S.S.R.N.V.R. IMPRESSED WITH EFFICIENCY OF VOLUNTEER NAVY THE tJovernor, Sir Shenton Thomas, went mine-sweeping with the Straits Settlements Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve yesterday for the first time since the outbreak ef war. Spending about two hours at sea,
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    INSPECTION OF A.R.P. PUMPS
    281 11 Official Action To Ensure Efficiency MANY firms and individual house- I holders in Malaya are respond- ing covnmendably to the call to equip themselves with appliances for dealing with incendiary bombs. and otherwise making sensible provision for the saving of life and prevention of destruction of
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    OWN PREMISES FOR ANZACS
    264 11 Government Gives Site For Club AN Anzac Club building will soon make its appearance on an historic site in Singapore granted by the Straits Settlements Government The site is the old gaoi compound between Bencoolen and Waterloo Streets opposite Raffles Museum. The cost of the building
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    UNSUCCESSFUL APPEAL BY HEALTH INSPECTOR
    191 11 AN appeal oy a former Municipal Heaim Inspector who had betn fined «00 for »U «"dly accepting a bribe was dismissed by tie Chief Justice. Sir Percy McHwalne in the H«h Court yesterday. Ine appellant. K.C. Mil ra. was alleged to have accepted a b.-lb-of
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    CLERK'S DEFENCE IN RUBBER CASE AT ASSIZES
    180 11 MAKING his defence on oath at the SlngaA.siizcs yesterday in a case in which he is charged with criminal breach of trust in resprt of $30,000 wcrth of crepe robber, Teo Kwee Liang, a former clerk in the Bata Shoe CX< admitted taking
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    SIR GEORGE SANSOM TO BROADCAST
    88 11 A BROADCAST from the Singapore station in the Far Eastern Commentary series wiU be pi-en to-morrow at 9.15 p.m. by Sir Gcorpe Sansom. for many years Commercial Counsellor to the British Embassy In Tokio. Sir George has been resident in the Far East for 37
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    BIG INCREASE IN USE OF ELECTRICITY
    600 11 Progress Would Have Broken All Records But For War COMMENTING en the financial results of the Electricity Department last year— it showed a surplus of $206,256 after appropriating' $485,550 for works of a capital nature. $19,030 for special charges and $100,000 as contribution in
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    OLD RAFFLESIANS MEET
    123 11 fJAYING a tribute to the way Raffles InI stltution. Singapore, was "doing her bit" in general preparedness. Mr. O. E. N Oehlers who presided at the annual dlnn r of the Old Rafflpsians' Association yesterday, appealed to old boys of the school to contribute towards the purchase
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    SIR GEOFFREY LAYTON
    28 11 VICE-ADMIRAL Sir Geoffrey Layton. Com-mander-ln-Chief. China Station, is to broadcast from the Sirx'aoore station on Tuesday at 915 p.m. on the Navy in the Pacific.
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    Trade With Syria Now Forbidden
    62 11 IT is announced In the Strait-. Sct.lrmrn.s Government (iaittte that Syria and Lf ban n <hall be treated as enemy destinations f. r the purp '«f of the Tradine with the Enemy Ordinance. T.ie ord~r h made effective retrospect ivrly from Mtv 31. Similar action,
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    RECRUITING FOR THE CHINESE COMPANY
    55 11 RECRUITING for the Chinese company of the Singapore Volunteer Corps is proceeding satisfactorily. Young men are responding we.l. bur recruiting has necessarily to proceed slowly as certain educational and physical standards must be satisfied. Meanwhile, pans are be'ng mad*" for celebrating the 40th anniversary of
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    Japanese Motorist's "Frank Behaviour" After Accident
    569 11 T JOHN FUJII. who was described as a sub-editor on the Singapore Herald, was yesterday commended by Mr. C. H. Whitton, the Traffic Magistrate and District Judge for his "frank behaviour from beginning to end," after an accident in which a motor-car he was
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    SAWMILL MEN CHARGED
    245 11 Technical Breach Of Regulations REPRESENTATIVES of seven Singapore sawmills appeared i.i the Singapore fifth court yesterday on charges under the Defence Regulations and pleaded guilty to 'technical" offence*. The repre enta'ives and th? sawmills concerned were Tan Pu:n Swee. of .he Smes Huat H.n Sawmill. Tan Tcan
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    NEW BOMBER FOR BRITAIN
    146 12 NEW BOMBER FOR BRITAIN Two U.S. Plants Join In Work Los Angeles, June 6. TWO big American aircraft factories, the Vultee Aircraft Corporation and the Northrop Aviation Factory, have pooled their resources for manufacture of a new British dive-bomber named the "Venge ance This bomber is claimed to be among
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    THREE ENEMY SUPPLY SHIPS & ARMED TRAWLER SUNK
    67 12 THREE ENEMY SUPPLY SHIPS ARMED TRAWLER SUNK Vessels Had Been Intended For Assisting The Bismarck A London, June 6. FTLK recent operations against the German battleship Bismarck, British naval forces encountered and sank three enemy supply ships and an armed trawler, says a British Admiralty communique. These ships, adds the
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    Nazi Journal On Crete Action
    129 12 London, June 6 MAZI boasting is occasionally de 1 flated at home by the Frankfurter Zeitung, a newspaper which still maintains an independent tone In the midst or tne slavish reproduction of Gobbets propaganda by the Oerman Press generally. Of the battle of Crete the
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    CANBERRA STOPS MONEY TRANSFER
    184 12 Canberra, June J. rUC Au»u-aliaji Federal Government has prohibited future collection of money In Australia for transfer to Britain to buy war equipment for the British Government declares the Deputy Prune Minister, Mr. A. W. Padden. Mr. Padden added that the Government wan sympathetic with the
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    LEADERS OF KHAKSARS ARE ROUNDED UP
    71 12 P Bombay, June 8. I LOWING the Bengal Government's ban on the Khalfsar movement a military Muslim body originating on the North-West Front lrr a numbr of leaders have been rounded up in various places. Including nearly 100 arrested in the Punjab The Governments
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    FINE WORK OF U.S. AMBULANCE CORPS
    83 12 London, June 6. yHE fine work of the American Ambulance Corps in Britain is praised by Mr. Ernest Brown, Minister of Health in a letter to the director-general of the organization. Mr. Brown mentions In particular how women drivers of the corps have constant.-/
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    SYMPATHY OF BRITAIN FOR ALEXANDRIA
    57 12 London, June t. EBP regret Is felt In London at the Urgescale bombing attack on the civilian population of Alexandria. The British people have had enough experience themselves of raids to be able to sympathize closely with the very large number of such casualties among
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    Australia Calls Up Many Physicians
    86 12 home military service. iJ^L H M<nzles Prime Minister, has Issued an appeal to resident hospital doctors to volunteer wherever possible in view of the difficulty of getting enough doctors for toe navy, army and air force The Army Minister. Mr. Percy C spender, has announced
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    TURKISH SHiP IS SUNK BY U-BOAT
    37 12 R Istanbul, June 6. ELIABLK quarters here to-day stated that a Turkish freighter bringing olive oil from Alexandretta to Izmir (Smyrna) on Wednesday w ««nk by an Italian submarine Uni.^o Press.
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    Heavy Raid On Rhodes Island
    131 12 H_..^ Cairo. June 6 EAVY bombers of the RAF. attacked the aerodrome at Kattavia on the island of Rhodes on Wednesday night. An RAF. Middle East communique states that bombs straddled the runways and fell among hangars and aerodrome buildings, causing a number of violent
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    SINGLE PLANE MAKES RAID ON LONDON AREA
    118 12 ijondop June 6 AFTER the all-clear had been rounded following London's first daylight alert since Apr. 22, heavy gunfire was heard directed at a single German plane which took advantage of low clouds to fly Into the London area. The alert was not
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    Service Motive Must Replace Race For Profits—Hore-Belisha
    420 12 Service Motive Must Replace Race For Profits Hore-Belisha London, June 8. "WE suffer defeat after defeat and always for the same reason lack of appreciation, lack of preparation and imperfect execution." Mr. Leslie Hore-Belisha, former War Minister, who is now one of I the Government's chief critics, made this complaint,
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    MEN WILL GET ADEQUATE AIR SUPPORT IN NEXT BATTLE
    346 13 N.Z. Prime Minister On Great Risks Taken By Royal Navy Off Crete Cairo, June 6. A PROMISE of adequate air support for the New Zealand Expeditionary force in its next battle was given by the New Zealand Prime Minister, Mr. Peter
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    Reconstruction Group In India
    222 13 To Plan For Post-war Conditions Simla, June 6. IT Is understood that the Government of India has decided to appoint a reconstruction, committee under the -hairmanshin of Mr. Ilomaswamv Mudaliar. Commerce Member, which a ill be composed ol tha iJconomiJ Adviser to the Government and representatives
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    New Defence Committee To Be Formed
    164 13 Simla, June C. TN pursuance of a promise given mc 1 Council of State last winter; Gen. Bir Claude Auchin'eck, Commander-ln-Chief, India. Is establishing a non-oQcial committee composed of ten members of the Central Legislature nominated by their respective party leaders with himself as
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    DOMINIONS & WAR DIRECTION
    262 13 DOMINIONS WAR DIRECTION Presence Of Special Representatives Urged London. June 6. A CASE for bringing the Dominions into closer association with the centra) direction of the wax is becoming more urgent, writes the Manchester Guardian. Referring to the campaign in Libya, Greece and Crete, the newspaper writes. These things have
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    WILLKIE ON CENTRAL DEFENCE GROUP
    87 13 Chicago, June 6. MR. WENDEI-L WILLKIE, to-day demanded the creation of a co-ordin-ation centralized defence authority under the direction of one man responsible to the President, when he addressed a mass meetins of Chicago's citizens. He said this action would asourr national defence and be
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    EGYPTIAN CABINET TO REMAIN UNCHANGED
    64 13 Cairo, June 6. FJESPITE prolonged dlscu^s.uiib, no a^. ccv ment has bK-n rcn^hed between the Prime Minister, Hussein Pasha Sirry. on the one hand, and the leaders of other political parties on the other concerning the pioposed Cabinet reshuffle. The Prime Minister has according" deeded
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    700 PEOPLE DIE IN TUNNEL
    245 13 Suffocate In Chungking Air Raid Shelter Chungking, June 8. SEVEN hundred people were sufTccated when one of the four entrances io an air raid tunnel crowded »ith people was blocked during a heavy Japiues? air raid on China's war-time capital last night, repcrts United Press.
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    USE OF STUMP BUDDINGS AS PLANTING MATERIAL
    2250 14 USE OF STUMP BUDDINGS AS PLANTING MATERIAL Planting Topics Practice Which Is Again Returning To Favour By Our Planting Correspondent I AST week I opened a discussion on the merits of using: stumpbuddings, which included preparation of nurseries and views of the R.R.I, with a few comments of my own.
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    R.R.I. SPENDS $844,313 LAST YEAR
    151 14 Expenditure Exceeds Income By $101,418 II 'j'HK Rubber Researcn Institute of 1 Malaya spent $101,418 more than j| X revived last year. The accounts for *~t were published in the TM.S Gas3ttj on Thursday and show that fie tJtal expenditure for the year, including $70,491
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    RUBBER COMPANIES GOOD EARNINGS
    305 14 Escot Estates Profits 135% Higher (From Our Own Correspondent) London. April 23. LONDON-REGISTERED Malayan rubber plantation companies continue to announce excellent profits and dividends. Among the most interesting declarations this week has been that of Esco' Rubber Estates, Ltd., which has declared a final dividend of
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    WEEK-END SPORTS EVENTS
    348 15 TO-DAY •OCCnt: Malaya Cap, Negri vs. n A.F.. Seroßbaa; S.A.F.A. loagao, ftrot «Thdoa. CaiacM Athletic ts. g.C.C, otodiua; ArryUs ra. LoyaJs, Taaglla; tLJk. (HeaTy Regt.) ts. Gordons, Changl; oeeond dlTision (b), N.B. Indians ts. LA., rarrer Park; Airport vs. Kranji, Geylang. CRICKET: S.C.R.C. to. J.C.S.A., B.CJLC; I.M.C.A.
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    ANNUAL SPORTS AT R.I.
    698 15 K. Barker Champion Athlete AN expression of appreciation that Kaffirs Institution had followf<i the example of other schools ia presenting certificates and sending the money thus saved to The War Fund was made by Mr. S. W. Jones, the Colonial Secretary, at the Institution's annual athletic
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    PROGRAMME OF EVENTS AT IPOH TO-DAY
    14 15 Final Day Of Perak Turf Club's June Meeting
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    Johore And Malacca Draw In Malaya Cup Soccer
    301 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, June j UALACCA drew with Johorc in a Ma- m Uya Cup soccer match played at Band* Hilir Park to-day, each side •coring one coal Johore played very well In the first hail when they carried all
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    OVERSEA-CHINESE BANK AWARDED WALKOVER
    89 15 •THE Oversea-Chinese Bank were awarded a walkover by the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank In a Business Houses' League soccer match, which was to have been played at the J.C.S.A. ground yesterday. The Oversea Bankers have now completed their league programme, and are level with Fords In
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    SELECTIONS FOR TO-DAY
    169 15 SELECTIONS far to-days races »t Ipoh are RTRAITS TIMES Race 1: Spitfire, Royal Desire Race 2: The Second Devil. Dadabhoy. Race J: Lnluai. Sir Mert'n. Race 4: Jeremiah. Sam«ry Race 5: Remember Me, Barran^er. Race C: Lord Bur. Sultana. Race 7: Derby, National. Race <: Scotch Melody,
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    FINAL GALLOPS AT IPOH
    275 15 Two Winners For Marland (Troea Our Own Correspondttit) Ipoh. June T. CPITFIRE, The Second Devil a»d B*yal B Dtctr* impre— at thto -orko.U when horse. numN «V*»T were rWen asefol wttUtaf-»» faBopa. The »oing »U«*Uy yirldinc SpKflrr* should rtron I b 1 UHy the opening net.
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    TEAMS FOR TO-DAY'S MALAYA CUP SOCCER
    135 15 A6TRONO skte ha* been chosen to re- present the Royal Air Fore* to their! Malaya Cup football fixture agalnw Negrl Sembllan, which will be played at Seremban 1 to-day. Nine of the players chosen to travel are i from Seletar The other three are
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    WOMEN'S GOLF AT ISLAND CLUB
    129 15 THE following were the beet cards returned 1 In the Island Clun*« women's 8tabteford con. petition for May: Mrs M 6 L. Burnett 9— 8H— 17'4 Mrs T. Mo'.wy 7— 9»',-l««: Mrs. L. R 8 MacFarlane 8 8—16: Mrs. C. 1C Lee 13H— 15H: Mrs.
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    AMERICAN OPEN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
    132 15 Denny Shutc In Lead Fort Worth (Texas). June HENRY RANSOM, the young professional from the nearby Glen Garden C!ub. "lavinr In the f-rty-Tf-h Amr I golf Champlnn.-hlp yeesterday < Thursday r equalled the outward record with a brilliant "with half the field stm playing. Denny Shut*
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    Young Frisco Wins In Australia
    91 15 YOUNG rmiSCO recently «efea**i Allen West»«ry oa po*«U at BrUbaM S Lad him alter a very rogged kattte. Frisco, write* OV Australia* corrospon sent, appears to hare »troek form after two hard lights In Melbourne, tat which a* orew with and lost to Al Basten.
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    HOME RACING RESULTS
    179 15 NewDury. June T. SEX candidates for the Oaks had an outing tn the Beechtree Trial Stake*, to which Dancing Time confirmed his Thousand Guineas form by winning by one-and-a-half lengths from Flrle. with Mercy nnm third. Dick Perryman rode the winner, which xtarted favourite at four to
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    PERRY BEATS BILL TILDEN
    112 15 Forest Hills. N--W Yarn. Juue A CROWD of 3.IKW watched M le.ry beat Bill TUden by three sets to two, 4—5,4 5, 0 g a— l, f 3, 2. It Ow opsuints ma-.eh cf the flrst Round Itobln evei p'.^yca I*l aI yhe flrst day nf
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    WARTIME FOOTBALL IN ENGLAND
    127 15 i u .ne 6. 1»HE eUisUclty of wartime football when 1 clubs are allowed to lend players elsewhere Is shown In to-morrow's games In Dm last day of the English season when Cliff Bwtln and Collett, both of Ar-enal, Weave! and 8pence, both of Chelsea, are
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    MANCHESTERS AND S.C.F.A. AGAIN SHARE POINTS
    462 15 Manchesterg ti S.CF-rV MEETING at Anson Road stadium yesterday in the second round in the Grst division of the league soccer competition, the Manchester, held the S.C.F.A. to a draw, each side scoring once. The first round match produced a similar result, no goals
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    KEE ONN S.C.R.C. CHAMPION AGAIN
    200 15 /*HIN Kee Onn found BttJe cuSciiy !n i retaining his SCRC. tpr.- title yesterday when he eartly disposed of C K. P»ng In straight u V. Showing all-round superiority, Kee Otr. was on top throughout the match. He made some pretty shots, being particularly !ot<*-
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    SINHALESE CRICKET
    63 15 •|>HE following have been selected to play I cricket for lha Suil>»iW!# against the R.A.M.C. on the Sinhalese ground at 2 p m. to-morrow: P M. Slrisrn* fcapt); C. Senevlratne: O Ranatunga; H. H. Samson; V. Fernando; K. J. Perera; R. Fernando; J. N. Fernando- Fred Van Rooyen;
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    FORT CANNING BEAT AIR HEADQUARTERS
    78 15 FRT CANNING brat Air Headquarters trf four goals to one in a second division ■b) league soccer fixture played on tho SH B. ground yesterday. In an evenly contested first half, both side* scored r'ort Canning were the first to open accounts through Johnson and
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    POLICE CRICKET
    110 15 THE following have been sdected to play crtrket for the P' M.ilay Regiment at the Depot at 2 p m. to-day. U. IXnison-SrnlUi (Copt.), r' J. C. *il» son. Wool Kaon Tat, Cheah Kirn Swee. En Chcow Eang, Qordial Singh. H»rb»jun Singh, Boudewyn. Wot>K MnHM BM Umpire, Rajaratnam;
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    WEYGAND AND DARLAN SPLIT REPORTED
    248 16 PROTEST AGAINST VICHY'S 'USELESS' POLICY IN SYRIA Errors Will Not Be Repeated In My Territory, Declares General A SERIOUS split between Gen. M. Weyg'and* Vichy Commander-in-Chief in North Africa, and \dm Darlan, Vichy Vice-Premier, is reported to exist acc^.dinto a Berne message to the New
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    N.I. REPLY "DISAPPOINTING." SAYS JAPANESE DELEGATE
    452 16 Head Of Mission Avers Party May Leave; "No Ultimatum Sent" THE Netherlands Indies authorities have replied to Japan's economic demands but details have not yet been disclosed, says United Press. The reply was handed in yesterday. Reuter says that the leader of the Japanese
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    ENOUGH RECEIVED TO BUY 4 BATTLESHIPS
    65 16 Washington. June 8. 'THE nm month's sale of the new United States Defence Bonds and stamp* has realized enough to purchase four bttUeahtpe or 1.000 long-range bombing piano, declared the Secretary of the Treasury. Mr. Henry Morgenthau. In a radio broadcast. The sale of
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    Scottish Regiment In Asmara
    19 16 Men of a Scottish regiment march' n* through the town of Asmara capital of Eritrea.
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    Strong South African Forces Now In Egypt
    343 16 T Cairo, June 6. HE presence of South Arican forces in the Middle East and the arrival in Egypt of Col. F. C. Stallard, Union Minister of Mines, as representative of Field-Marshal Smuts, South African Prime Minister, were simultaneously announced to-night in an
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    GERMAN PLANES LEAVE SICILY
    32 16 Rome, June 6. •THE Rome newspaper Giornale 1 d'ltalia to-day announced tbat j German air corps units stationed in Sicily are leaving for an unnamed destination.— United Press.
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    German Designs On France
    214 16 German Designs On France Shanghai, June 6. »|*HE Free French liews agsney reports that the French delegation to the WWHM Armistice Commission re- ported to Oen Huntziger that, in the j event Germany wins the war several French departments will, like Alsace and Lorraine, be incorporated Into I Gt-rn any
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    TOKIO CONFERENCE
    74 16 Tokio, June 6. J^ SPECIAL liaison conference wan held to-day between the Government and the Japanese High Command at whirh. it is reported, various current questions facing Japan were discussed. The conference was attended by Prince Konoye, Premier, Mr. Matsuoka, Forelen Minister, and Cabinet Ministers while the services
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    Cripps On Way To London
    130 16 Cripps On Way To London London, June 6. HE British Ambassador in Moscow Sir Stafford Cripps, Is returning to London for consultations. He will return to his post in Moscow alter a stay lasting only a few days Sir Stafford, It Is learned authoritatively, is making this visit at the
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    Talk Of Molotov Trip To Tokio Revived
    115 16 Talk Of Molotov Trip To Tokio Revived Tokio. June 0. THE Hofhi Shimbun to-day said 1 tbat the Soviet Foreign Commissar, M. Mol;>tov. may visit Japan this summer in order to reciprocate the \isit of the Japanese Foreiijn Minister, Mr. Y. Matsuoka, to Moscow, according m information reaching authoritative Tokio
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    MOBILIZATION IN RUMANIA SOON
    76 16 Budapest, June 5. THE Rumanian Government has ordered a complete general mobilization on June 16 and evacuation measures have a'ready been carried out in certain parts of the country, according to advices received here from Vienna to-day. Stringent air defence instructions hu\ I also been decreed
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    Indian Sappers In Eritrea
    36 16 Indian sappers aid splendid work In the conquest of Eritrea. Here the men are seen aftc- clearing a road block in record time to enable »wlft pui: uft oi the fleeing Italians.
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    Possible Steps By America
    442 16 Vichy Would Lo«e Big Fu»»«ls Held In U.S. V.' -Islington, June C. pRANCO AMERICAN relations have reached one of the mos' critical points in history as a resul' of the protest of the United State.. Secretary of state. Mr. CordeU Hull, against France's apparent determination to
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    Italians Claim Raid On Gibraltar
    76 16 Rome, June 6. JTALIAN planes bombed the fortroM Of Gibraltar last night, according to an official communique. There Is no official confirmation of this in London. Gibraltar so far has been rat times In the war. the last time being i-n Sept. 15. 1940. Most
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