The Straits Times, 27 September 1941

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    35 1 The Straits Times fESTABUSHZD NEARLY A CKNTUR7 MALAYA'S LEADING NEWSPAPER-LARGEST NET SALES 12 PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1941. PRICE 5 CENTS. The Straits Times 12 PAGES, SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1941. PRICK 5 CENTS.
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      6 1 SINGAFORe. 140 C?*C/t ST CFHONt S47H
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      202 1 Oh! those dirty nailsShame on yon madam and you sir! >„ EBH Perox-Chlor THE MAGIC NAIL CLEANER HAND BEAUTIFIER Keeps nails quite clean You can have clean fin&er nails whatever work you undertake. The preparation is antiseptic and invaluable to Surfeeons, Nurses, Typists, Motorists, Mechanics, etc. You will find that
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      99 1 FINAL EDTN. ELSIE MARY Battery Road. Morning Aftermon Evening Dresses Tel. 4772 KUALA LUUH'R Zi lAVA Iff. ('PHONE *****. I M*tm Mm f* a fC I V A^ I I Ho waste because there's a nothing to throw away ¥»r PrnkLfiUllCQ.L a meal m a minut firr BHflHrHI»W»» oerause they
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
    • Obituary
      DEATH
      70 2 TAN—Mrs. Tan Chay Van, MB.E. nee Marl;un Chua Wan Neo passed away peacefully at the age of 68 on Monday. Sept. 22, 1941, at her Malacca residence No. 73. Heeren Street. She leaves behind her one son Tan Hoon Siang. three daughters Mrs. Chua Poh Siang, Mrs. "hee Guan
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      437 2 ®ic Straits Wmt% SMALL ADST Minimum charge $1. far advt. not exceeding 8 More than four Hues 25 cents per line (Six word*) Box No. 25 cents extra. DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES BIRTHS, MARBIAGEB. DEATHS, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. ANNOUNCEMENTB r.PC. CARDS are charged $3 eacb per insertion per toch. Over 1 bwh IS eta.
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      511 2 SITUATIONS VACANT SELL INSURANCE ON SALARY. We propose to pay salaries from 840. to $300. a month to men and women who can sell Life Insurance with success. Details from Box No 376, Straits Times. WANTED, Girl as assistant filing clerk with large and old established firm: apply In hand
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      525 2 FOR SALE BHtLVADOR Refrigerator Phot* 3153. ENGLISH BUNTING SADDLE for sale. Box No. 371, Straits Times. FREEHOLD. Tanglln District. Modern well built houce (three bedrooms). Apply Box No. IS6. Straits Times. ELECTRIC LIGHT SET 32 V. Diesel fuel with wiring fittings and tamps, complete $250 Apply Wakelam, Kluang. BICYCLES. 1
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      820 2 LPfJT LOST recently from 25. Adam Road, near Siamese Tomcat. Clubbed tall. Information appreciated LOST from 32 Jervois Rd Golden retriever ***** answer name of Pat. 6 months old. Reward offered. Box No. 392, Straits Times. HOUSES ft ACCOMMODATION WANTED EUROPEAN, SINGLE, requires small room with private family. Apply 0.P.0.
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      954 2 TEN DERS TENDERS, TENDERS will be received up to noon on 31st October, 1941. at the Colonial Secretary Office for the following services for the Department of H.M. Customs and Excise for a period of one year commencing from Ist January, 1942:— (1) Making of copper pans, sixes and dimensions
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      413 2 BUSINESS CARDS ETC. JOIN THE GREEN CIRCLE LENDING LIBRARY Ist FLOOR IH t- HATIKIO Rl>. P.O. BOX 34. SINGAPORE M»*tr»l» term: Speriai rain Oautatiaa M—lwrt Club* and Mnw Opes Dally: ».3« VM v. t r M Satentay: »-M iM UI PK EUGENE Nam w.,,.« a EUGENE H«ir*«<m«iM«i«. MAISON PERM Curopea*
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      263 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. (Inronrarateo id England i PF.MMSI I.AX AMU OKIENIAI S X CO MAII PASSKNOFR ANI» CARCO SERVICE. Th* oeal ponlble KrrUe* a« oelnn maintained o> th» P O 8 N Co. tram the Strait* to then moil portt ol call la China
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      147 3 N. Y. K. LINE. TO JAPAN SINGAPORE TO KANMON. KOBE AND YOKOHAMA. TO INDIA Singapore and Penang t« Colombo and Bombay also Rangoon and Calcutta. Indication of any sailings available will be given en Application. NIPPON YUSEN KAISYA (Incorporated tn Japan) Meyer Chambers, IS, Raffles Place. Tel. Nos. 5841. 5842
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      397 3 d^P (^P'ZtRW/irS SYSTEM Fortnightly Services to MANILA WEST INDIES HONOLULU CENTRAL 6c SAN FRANCISCO SOUTH AMERICA ALASKA with connection* to EUROPE «Sc NEW ZEALAND MANSFIELD A CO., LTD. GENERAL AGENTS SINGAPORE PENANG TEL: 5151 (10 LINES) TEL: 1366 (2 LJNES) BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated ID P—3t TELETHON! f reach! MIL
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      291 3 RAFFLES HOTEL TODAY'S POPULAR TIFFIN-TIME RENDEZVOUS LUNCH IN THE BALLROOM GRILL RIJSTTAFEL aerved from 12.30 to 2.30 p.- ORCHESTRAL CONCERT TO-NIGHT SPECIAL DINNER DANCE (formal) 8 p.m to I am SKS^m. BUSTER MAGGIE SL"S_i BOOK YOUR TABLE SmSTmrn TO-MORROW EVENING IN THE PALM COURT MILITARY BAND CONCERT 8.30 to 10.30
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    AROUND THE MARKETS
    312 4 AROUND THE MARKETS QUIET CONDITIONS: PRICES UNCHANGED (By Oar Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Sept. 27. 'THE share markekt opened quietly this morning and being Saturday it is expected that very little business will be den? to-day and no price changes of importance are anticipated. Yesterday conditions were quiet and only a
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    43 4 London, Sept. 26. I'D* opened idle. The turnover was 25 tons. The market was rather of a week-end character. Smelters' small oflerintrs of threemonths at their £260 limit were poorr absorbed. After official hours, prices -were unchanged and no business was transacted.— Reuter.
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE BIRTH
    21 4 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE BIRTH JAOATHEESAN —At the General Hospital, Singapore on September 26. 1941, to Mr. A Mrs. K. Jag&thees&n, a daughter.
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    Malayan Sharebrokers Assn. Singapore Quotations
    1040 4 FRIDAY, B*PT. 36, 1941: 4 P.M. «wmo Bayer* SeOen Ampat (to) 2s M to Austral Amtl (to) 1* 7» Id Auctnl Malay (I) 32s 33s Ayer'HlUm (to) l«s 9d Hi Sd id Ayer Weng ($1) .86 .M Bangnr I» ifi 13* So 14* Batu Selangor
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    NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
    69 4 Dow Jones Averages New York, Sept. 26. iTHE following were Dow Jones a»er- aces on the New York Btock and Commodity Exchanges yesterday and to-day: Sept. 25 Sept 2fi 30 Industrials 126 38 125.81 20 Rails 28.64 28 66 16 Utilities 18 27 18 22 40
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCI! RUBBER ASSN.
    76 4 Kinrapore, Friday, Sept. M, mwfi ■■ren Seller* Prices FrfcM* a 8.5.& <Sn>t Ink) n% n% n« a BAA Uk ks csass September jijj M^ G.F.A.Q. 8.8.8 f.a.j. to bate, September vVt »H P.A.Q. 8.8.8. f. b o. tales September 3754 ji rVTVUM QUOTATIONS >*» a
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    EXCHANGES
    173 4 Tr.e following art üm ncnance twm Oik ■ncrcint according u> tee daily clreuai usu*. j> the Honckoof ano q*""«-*>Tiiq*""«-*>Tii Btntlni OorporaUoa:— umaoD I.I I/l|/n London demand j.'« j/33 Switzerland tT.T. only) 202.46 New York demand 47.10 Montreal demand H is Batavia demand M 71 Samarang demand 88 58 Calcutta.
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    HITAM TIN PAYS 15 PER CENT.
    599 4 Directors Get Feer "Free Of Tax" PROPOSING the adoption of the report and accounts at the annual meeting of Hitam Tin Ltd. In Ipoh on Monday, Mr. R. P. Brash, the chairman, satd:— A tout of t3J64.1t. representing $260 54 against plant and machinery,
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    STOCK EXCHANGE QUIET
    86 4 London. Sept 26. QN the Stock Exchange to-day week-end considerations dominated markets which generally ruled somewhat easier In very quiet trading. The outstanding feature was Urn drop of Ss. to 525. M. of Associated Portland Cement on the halving of the Interim dividend. Other building shares were
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      817 4 AUCTK3N NOTICE Ordinance No. 61 (Pawnbrokers.) UNREDEEMED PLEDGED GOODS AND JEWELLERY PROM THE FOLLOWING PAWNBROKERS' SHOPS No. 21. New Bridge Road. Chin Chong Pat •nd Chin Shee Teck (Chop Thye 8beng) No. 135. New Bridge Road. Lam Chin Gee <Choo Ju Thung). No. 189. South Bridge Road. Lam Joon Chong
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      154 4 TENDERS SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. Tenders axe Invited for the supply of 3 Ice Making Machines for the Water Department. Tender forms etc. may be obtained at the Municipal Tender Room. Tenders will close at 12 noon on Oct. Si, 1941. W. W. DUNCAN. Act*. Municipal Secretary. Singapore, Sept. 27, 1941. TENDERS.
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      625 4 AUCTION NOTICES UNDER INSTRUCTIONS PBOM ASIA INSURANCE CO., LTD. AUCTION SALE Or 39 tauixl'ia of Chinese fishing r.rts from Swato* To be held at uur Saleroom No. 64, Chulla Street, on Taeadav. Sept .tftth. fill tt I* M A.M. sharp Now On View. THE SINGAPORE AUCTIONEERS ATTRACTIVE AUCTION SALE Of
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      48 4 SINGAPORE TIDE TABLES < H W. 2 4« a.m. 8.0 ft; 2.32 p.m. 9 ft. l.w. 8.23 a.m. 3.8 (t; 9. OS p.m. 1.6 ft. ro-rnorro« j H.W. 5 29 a.m. 7.4 ft; 4.44 p m 7.9 ft. i L.W. 10 29 a.m. 6 ft; 12 noon 2.6 ft.
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      197 5 TO-DAY 11 A.M. 3.15. 6.15 9.15 P.M. IAtH^TOjg&TREi NOW SHOWING WITH GREAT SUCCESS FOR ENTHUSIASTIC AUDIENCES! NEAGLE X I EDWARD EVtRETT FRIEDA TftOICCi lilc nAIIi RAHd "SUNN YMY M A HAPPY AND TUNEFUL PICTURE THAT PLEASES EVERYONE! Added Attraction SPECIAL ISSUE OF THE MARCH OF TIME 'CHINA FIGHTS BACK' ALSO
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      198 5 YOU LUCKY SAILOR! igflB) YES AND YOU i-'|m|fc yljgr W^ TC^ Till** P^ I BRILLIANT M COMEDIANS IN J#S A ROLLICKING TOMMY COMEDY OF TRINDER G AIETY! CLAUDE MUSIC! HULBERT LAU GHS! MICHAEL WILDING SM0WS IN TO-DAY "SAILORS 11 >- 3.15 <.,. THPFF f? and 9 15 ALSO LATEST PA
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      376 5 3 SHOWS TO-DAY and TO-MORROW The CROWDS Applaud ,^H§^"G.W.T.W." Again 10 A.M. 4.15 and 9 P.M. NOTHING CUT BUT THE PRICES The World's Greatest MOTION PICTURR comes back AT POPULAR PRICES! j^^^"22£j E? CLAICIV uAoLt jHKvHKjlf VIVIEN LEIGH Olivia de HAVILLAND I^^Biiii^li^li^V^^li^ililllliiiiilli^^^iiH^V 111 M.G.M.'s Magnificent TECHNICOLOR Epic "GONE WITH THE
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE. SATURDAY. SEPT. 37, 1941. (755 th. Day Of The War.) A BULL AND AN OUTER
    867 6 The Straits Times SINGAPORE. SATURDAY. SEPT. 37, 1941. (755 th. Day Of The War.) A BULL AND AN OUTER Mr. Peterson's humble guess was seven weeks He believed that the Russian armies would hold out to the point where German supplies began to fail and German morale began to crack.
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  • Letters To The Editor
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      EDUCATION
      342 6 Overloading The Unskilled Labour Market J To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,- In recent years the educational policy has admittedly undergone some changes, leading to a considerable divergence of public opinion as regards not only the aim, but the effect of that policy upon the general education
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      A CRY FROM KRAI
      95 6 To the Editor ot the Straits Times 1 Sir,— The refreshment stall at the Krai (Kelantan) railway station is elw ed. It is said that the space is to be utilized for a third-class booking office. I The platform is open and does not I boast
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      TRAFFIC PROBLEMS
      445 6 Petrol Ration, Services Cars And Lights To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir, Your correspondent "X's" letter in Tuesday's paper on the driving of I Services cars. Is very timely. The rea- son for this is probably rtw to failure to appreciate the difference between the bullock-cart
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      ABSENT CHILDREN
      129 6 Ban On Holiday Trips To Malaya To the Editor of the StraiU Times i Sir,— l should like to endorse the sentiments expressed by "A Mother" in your correspondence column on Sept. 17. My son. aged ten, is also at school in West Australia, and I cannot get
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      BROADCASTING
      122 6 Journey In Quest Of Ideas? To the Editor of the Straits limes Sir.— After nearly a year's muddling, the public is informed in a small para- i graph in your issue of Sept. 24 that the chairman of the M. 8. C. is on his way to London by
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      "SANGUINARY"
      89 6 M.B.C.'s Pronunciation Is All Wrong Now! To the Editor of the StraiU Time* Sir, Is there nobody at Broadcasting House brave enough to tell the midday announcer that the word "sanguinary" should be pronounced with the accent on the first syllable, not on the second, and that "Indictment" should
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      CHINA'S COURAGE
      776 6 Determination To Resist! Remains Unshaken To the Editor of the Strait* Times Sir,— lt gives me great pleasure to read in the report of the broadcast speech by Dr. V. K. Wellington Koo. Chinese Ambassador in London, appearing In the Straits Times on Sept. 22 that the tide
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      REALISM
      153 6 Leave Russia To Deal With Murderers To the Editor of the Straits Times 81r— The "V" campaign in Europe is being met by the enemy with a counterattack in the form of the shooting of hostages. These hostages are not guilty of the crimes for which they are shot,
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      WILL TO SERVE
      237 6 Asiatics Want To Join Fighting Forces To the Editor of the Straifs Time* Bir,— l am sure Mr. Duff Cooper came to Malaya solely to consider strategic problems. This being so, I would like to reveal to him some facts In regard to the military and voluntary
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      FIRST THINGS FIRST
      255 6 Cultural Movements In Wartime h. Ur- Editor of the Straits Time* Sir. I shall be Rlad If you will allow me to state that I have no inclination to "discuss" matters with "Verity." For oil' thing. I do not like to wr subject of purely academic but
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      NATIONAL ANTHEM
      128 6 Reminder Of Privilege And Honour o the Kditor •>. thr Straits I tmrti Sir,—l notice that your correspondent "V.C.A." objects to the National Anthem being played at the end of a cinema show and says that tt is quite I emphatically disagree. When I go to a cinema,
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      69 6 To the Editor of the Straits lime* Sir,—Your correspondent James E Wheeler writes that the National Anthem '•will always be played at the close of a cinema performance!" My experience is that In Australia especially in Sydney, the National Anthem is played at the beginning, and not at the end.
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      DRESS REFORM
      110 6 "Going To Extremes'* In Shorts To the Editor of the StraiU limes Sir.- Quite a number of business houses have advised their employees to dress in shorts and but the employees are fighting shy of this new relorm which seems both sensible and economical. Personally I do not
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      138 6 OW MUN4OR *Hk colmnd SEE OU« ~S gam. %t WINDOWS J <£* m P. H. HEN DRY Jeweller Singapore. Kuala Lumpur, Penang. Ati-valve Ail W*vc Uci-eiver with SIMPLIFIED bandspread. Enfinerred by Amalgamated Wireless of Australasia, Ltd. Australia's largest Radio concern. Ask for a demonstration from EMERSON'S 29 Orchard Rd: Singapore.
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      68 6 TACBTING How to Ball and Manage A Small Modern Yacht By Arthur E. Bullen and Geoffrey Prout. Fully Illustrated. Price f4.M PMtace 38c. O. H. RIAT ft CO., LTD, CAS. Robinson Road Singapore, Don't Neglect Your Vision! Have your rjn seientlflcally runUMl ami defect* of Vision properly rorrected by i
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    ALLIED AIR FORCES HIT HARD ON EAST FRONT
    675 7 118 Nazi Planes Downed In Day ENEMY HURLED BACK IN THE LENINGRAD SECTOR 15,000 Germans Wiped Out On Two Islands RUSSIAN bombers and fighters aided by Royal Air Force -fighters are taking a heavy toll on German planes, troops, tanks and equipment.
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    GERMANS FIRE AT PILOT ON GROUND
    75 7 London, Sept. 27. AS a South-African Hurricane pilot who had to bale out after being hit by a German fighter near Halfaya pass in the Western Desert of Egypt was reaching the ground, shots were fired at him. says the Air Ministry news service
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    REDS MAKE SMALL LOCAL ADVANCES
    334 7 Nazis' Efforts Against Leningrad Foiled THE spotlight of interest on the Russian iront is for the moment concentrated on Leningrad in the north and the Crimea in the south, states a Reuter military commentator. At Leningrad the meet desperate efforts by the Germans have not
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    HALIFAX RETURNS TO U.S.
    25 7 London. Sept. 27. I ORD Halifax, British Ambassador to America, left Britain for Lisbon yesterday en route to America. Rev- ter.
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    Axis Pact As "Keynote Of Japanese Policy"
    271 7 f Tokio, Sept. 26. T*H£ President of the Japanese In- formation Board, Mr. Nobufuml Ito, in a radio broadcast to- day, said the Tripartite 'Axis- Japan > Pact "constitutes the keynote of our diplomacy." Mr. Ito said that "whatsoever difficulties we may encounter,
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    ROOSEVELT SENDS ENVOY TO DISCUSS REFUGEES
    39 7 Washington, Sept. 26. fHE State Department has announc- ed that Mr. Myron Taylor, President Roosevelt's personal envoy to the Vatican, has gone to London to discuss refugee problems with the British leaders.— Reuter.
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    ATTACKS ON NAZI SHIPS
    175 7 New Hurricanes' Successes London. Sept. 27. MIXED squadrons of the latest 12-gun and four-cannon Hurricane fighters were in action yesterday, attacking mine-sweep-ers and anti-aircraft ships off Dunkirk. After two attacks from stern to bows, two mine-sweepers were seen blazing fiercely and a sheet of red flame
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    Polish Army In Soviet Russia
    204 7 London, Sept. 27. SOME 45,000 Poles at present form an army in Russia and are the j I the nucleus of a force which will eventually number more than 100,000, possibly 150.000. This was revealed to the Press here yesterday by Dr. John F. Retinger,
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    MOSCOW'S GREAT WELCOME TO R.A.F.
    128 7 THE British Air Ministry has issued 1 a communique stating that RAF fighters continue to escort Russian bombers on offensive operations British fighters have shot down two mare Messerschmltt 109's without Icbs to themselves The crew of an R.A-F Coastal Com- mand aircraft, the flist
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    More Allied Warships In American Docks
    78 7 Washington, Sept. 26. THE United States Navy Department has officially disclosed that tbe British submarine Parthian and the Free French submarine Surcouf are at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and the British destroyer Burahan. at Boston. Massachusetts, being repaired under the Lease-and-Lend Act. This announcement makes
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    British Troops In Successful Raid On The Coast Of France
    92 7 New York, Sept. 26. A BRITISH expedition raided the coast of occupied France recently and captured 28 German officers, believed to constitute the majority of the staff of a German division. They were sleeping in a villa in Brittany, according
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    Threat To Hunan
    271 7 Capital Grows Japanese Claim To Be Nearing Changsha Shanghai. Sept, 71. THE threat to Changsha, capital of I Hunan Province, is growing as Japanese forces continue to advance rapidly towards the .-ity from several directions, according to both Chinese and Japanese reports received here. The Japanese claim
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    British Mission To Chungking
    207 7 Sequel To Gen. Chiang's Suggestion London, Sept. 27. CIR OTTO Niemeyer, the British financial expert who has undertaken a financial and economic mission to China, will travel with Mr. H. Merle Cochrane, technical assistant to the United States Secretary of the Treasury. Sir Otto has recently
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    TWO MORE DESTROYERS LAUNCHED IN U.S.
    36 7 Kearney (New Jersey), Sept. 27. rpHB destroyers Hambleton and Rodman 1 have been launched by the P>ederal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company. Tbe keels were laid on Dee. It. IMo— Reuter.
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    Lyttelton In London For Consultations
    86 7 Lyttelton In London For Consultations London, Sept. 27. CAPT. Oliver Lyttelton, Minister or State and War Cabinet representatiTe In the Middle East, is said to be in London for consultation wit!the Cabinet. This follows the recent visit of Oen. Sir Archibald Wavei: former Commander-in-Chlef, Middle East. The visit of Capt.
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    SOUTH AFRICA BUILDING SHIPS FOR ROYAL NAVY
    89 7 Durban i South Africa). Sept. 21. COUTH AFRICA hat built two 45- tun antisubmarine vessels for Uie Royal Navy and taken orders for other naval craft. Two vessel*, which will be launched shortly, an itie largest sea-going craft buflt In tbe Union of
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    JAPAN WANTS TO SEND EVACUEE SHIP TO U.S.
    60 7 Tokio. Sept. 27. JAPAN is negotiating about the possibility of sending ship to America to evacuate her nationals, said Mr. Koh Ishli, deputy s.jokesman of the Japanese Information Board, at a press conference yesterday morning. He added that the negotiations were not
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    NAZI "REPRISAL ACT" AGAINST IRAN
    64 7 London, Sept. 27. IRANIAN legations and consulate in Oarmany and German -occupied countries are to be closed This la a reprisal measure following the Iranian Government's action against German diplomats. Iranian onWt** have been given 10 days to pack their bags. The Iranian Government announce!
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    CEYLONESE RECRUITS
    34 7 London, Sept. 2C A PARTY of 15 Ceylonese recruits for the Royal Air Force has arrived in Britain and will be seen shortly by Lord Moyne. Secretary of State for the Colonies.—Reuter.
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    43 7 London. Sept 26. M. MAXIM LITVINOV. former Russian Foreign Minister. and Lieut.-Oen. Oolikov. who headed the Russian military mission to London, have been added to the delegation which Is to confer with the British and American missions to Moscow, states the Moscow radio.—Reuter.
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    "U.S. IN WAR IN 30 DAYS"
    217 7 Cleric's Appeal For Full Aid London, Sept. 27. A MERICA will be in the war in .'M> days, according to Dr. J. Frank Noms, Baptist minister >f two of the largest Churches in the United States. He leaves Britain to-day and will report to
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    "Quarter Of Britain's Food From U.S."
    136 7 New York. Sept. 28. I "THE United States espscts to provide approximately one quarter of Bri- tain's food needs during the forth- coming 12 months, mainly proteins 'like powdered, evapor.itrd and con1 densed milk, cheese, dried eggs, beef, veal and poultry, it was revealed
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    WAR FUND ADVANCES BY MORE THAN $1,000
    394 8 Generous Gift From Stiawan Belia Muhammadiah Assn. TO-DAY'S additions to The War Fund exceed $1,000 and 1 carry the gross total to $5,812,137.93. The principal item in the latest list of acknowledgments is a generous gift of $872.17 from the Stiawan Belia Muhammadiah
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    NAZIS HELD AT NOVGOROD
    252 8 Reds' Bold Attacks Moscow. Sept 27. SOUTH of Leningrad tha Soviet forces during the past month have been h aiding the eastern bank of the Volkhc v River where it flows out of Lake I. men to the north-east, says a di-spatel; to the Rsd Star
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    NEW G.E.C. BRANCH OFFICE
    89 8 THE General Electric Co., Ltd.. will be opening a branch in Bishcp Street, Penant; early next month. Employees of the G.E.C. in Britain have contributed £129.000 to the purchase of war savings certiflcatea during the year ended March, 1941. They contributed £7.360 for the purchase of
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    TAMILS' PLANE FUND
    51 8 At a public meeting held on Thursday, Ceylon Tam.ls resident in Singapore d?cided to elect a committee to collect money f:>r the Malayan Ceylju, Tamils Fighter Plane Fund Mr. M. V. Pillai was t-lected chairman of the committee. Mr. M. Gunaratnam secretary and Mr. R. A. Ritnajn
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    A.R.P DEMONSTRATIONS
    61 8 CEVERAL hundr J., of fire-watchers Irom business houses assembled in Raffles Place yesterday for tho first of a sertes of public demonstrations on how to fight flr .'-bombs, which are to be held thero every Friday at 5.30 p.m. for the next month or so. Those d.-monstratioius are
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    WATERWORKS SCHEME
    51 8 rE Singapore Municipal Commissioners yesterday confirmed a committee decision approving propusaU for the completion cf the Gutioiid PMliii waterworks scheme at ntual total cost of approximately $f>. 000. 000 involving provision for preliminary work In 1942 of a minimum of *2.:>0.00d. subject to thi' sanction of thp Governor-
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    "A PICTURE OF INDIA"
    57 8 A.SKCOND and revised edition of "A Picture of India" by Edwin Haward. No 1 ■apartment ol Information and Piibliril- i! issued. Til.' it 1 he recent MpMMtOn »f the Viceroy'! Executive Council and the Interchange of ministers between India and the Utiiteu BtaU\s < America. The
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    AMUSEMENTS
    159 8 KlfUl* HOTFI Dr. n. v Dance (Fomu'i 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. G 7.I. AT WORLD Cn'uan t Tea Darcant from 7 30 >mi .'.at.- mno- 9.30 to 1 a.m. Club": Rliydim on The River. Sk. Captain Caution. HIPP> I m:\TKl' iHapov World. MChUnf With Kit Car-on Seaside: OoUlTtr*!
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    TO-DAY'S LIST
    129 8 et»> SitiAwan Bella Muhammadiah A*. •.oclaticn. Keiantan. nett pr*er«4» of a dramatic show entitled "Why the Brltivi Fight" aa acted by the members of the Association at Ho»a Bahru on 11th September. l»4l $78.17 Staff of Dobb and Co.. Ltd.— raonthlT contribution 51 Children of Alexandra School. 57th
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    36 8 An increase in the charge for Shell fuel oil for St. James Power Station will cost the Singapore Municipal Commissioners approxl mately $40,000. A decision accepting this i Increase was confirmed by the Commissioners i yesterday.
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    CONDITIONS IN INDO-CHINA
    273 8 People Ignorant Of A.B.C.D. Front IGNORANCE in regard to the 1 A.B.C.D. front on the part of people in Indo-China has accounted for some of them being rather pessimistic about the "future of the Pacific," according to Mr. Jack Shepherd, a member of the international secretariat of
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    22 8 Air raid wardens of Central Division forming up at Clifford Pier for their parade yesterday.— Straits Times picture. Story on Page 9.
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    FRENCH CRUISER LEAVES JAPAN FOR INDO-CHINA
    87 8 Tokio. Sept. 27. THE French cruiser Lamotte Picquet. after being in drydock at Osaka, is sailing for Saigon to-day as an es- cort for the French merchant shipj Kindia. which Is carrying supplies to complete the warship's overhaul after she reaches Indo-China. The Lamotte
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    O.S.K. SHIP ALLOWED BERTH
    65 8 THE 0.3.X. evacuation ship Huso Maru which is talcing back to Japan about 600 Japanese nationals from Malaya will, it is now understood, berth alongside the S H.B. wharves tomorrow morning to embark passengers She is scheduled to sail either on Monday or Tuesday. Of the
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    MERSING CHINESE
    76 8 THE Secretary tor Chinese Affairs. Malaya. 1 Mr. A. B. Jordan, has received from the Protector of Chinese. Johore. Mr. R. P. Bing- ham. a cheque for $374.34 contributed by the Chinese or Merslng for the relief of British air raid victims. Mr Jordan has seat the cheque
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    41 8 The new building of the All-Malaya Muslim Missionary Society. Singapore, at Lorong 12, Geylang. has been completed. Ttie office of the society wIL be removed to the new premises on Sept. 30. An official opening will take place after the Ramadan
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    Currency Charges Preferred Against Three Japanese
    321 8 THREE Japanese, one of whom had i booked a passage on the Japanese evacuee ship Huso Maru, now in port, appeared in the Singapore Criminal District Court yesterday on charges under the Defence (Finance) Regulations. Kenji Nishiyama was charged with attempting to take out
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    British Soldiers Training In Jungle
    30 8 British soldiers new to the tropics have quickly adapted themselves to conditions in the Malayan jungles. Picture shows a machine-gun team at work in undergrowth.
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    U.S.-JAPANESE DISCUSSIONS Statement Urged
    190 8 U. S.-JAPANESE DISCUSSIONS Statement Urged London, Sept. 27. /*\N behalf of the China Campaign V/ Committee. Mr. H. G. Wells. Mr. J. B. Priestly. Mr. Harold Laski. Mr. H. M. Murray and other prominent authors ;vid writers have sent a letter to Mr. John G. Winant, United States Ambassador, to
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    CHARITIES & WAR TAX
    98 8 CHARITIES WAR TAX A SUGGESTION for the improvement of the position of unorganized charities in regard to the payment of war tax was made at a recent meeting of the committee of the European Association of Malaya. A letter from a i member relating to the incidence of war tax
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    TEACHING OF CHINESE
    90 8 |N 1939 Government approved of the lncluiion of Chinese as an additional optional iubj«ct for English schools. To prevent delay in the Introduction of the subject, there have been generous benefactions to Oovemmem and Aided English Schools to pay for additional specialist teachers of Chinese. The latest
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    37 8 Aj a temporary measure, the Singapore Municipal Commissioners have agreed to supply to the Government of Johore a quantity of water greater than the maximum previously agreed of 1.300.000 gallons but not exceeding 1.750.000 gallons a day.
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    Netherlands Envoy TO Australia
    84 8 .»..iU-b. of an A»sir.Ui<ui representative t«> the Netherlands Indies on a reciprocal basis becomes more likely since the announcement was made in Melbourne yesterday that the tint Netherlands Minister to Australia will be Mr. T. Klink Schnurniau, at present Netherlands consulgeneral for Australia and New Zealand.
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    B.N.B. WAR BELIEF FUND
    31 8 THE British, North Borneo Stale War Relief I Fund on Sept. 5 donated £250 to the Hospital for Bick CWldren. London, and £250 I to St. Dunstani.
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    Pay Increases For Australian Forces
    112 8 Melbourne. Sept 26. rE following pay increase for the Australian force* are announced Extra shilling a day, to be credited to deferred pay, beginning immediately for the A.I.F, the sea-going Rovil Australian Navy. and the R.A.A r on "'special force" rates. The R. I overseas
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    Emergency Food Plans In Janan
    64 8 Tokio, Sept. 27. THE Japanese Cabinet adopted an emergency food policy yesterday under which all foodstuffs besides staples such as rice and wheat will be placed under plans seeking increased production and control distribution In order to cope with any emergency. So far the chief
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    AUSTRALIAN BAND AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE
    75 8 COR tbc first time, an Australian regimental band played musical selections at a dii ncr party at Government House In Singapore last night. Sir Shenton and Lady Thomas were hosts to Mr. Alfred Dull Coopt-r Biltl&h Cabinet Minister i and Lady Diana Duff Cooper. Sir
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    61 8 A tu.'.ic roundabout with a central Island 155 feet la diameter Is to be Introduced at trie junction of Serangoon Road with Brad- dcil and Bartley Roads. While steps are being taken to provide this. "Stop Major Road Ahead" signs will be erected in Braddell and Bartley Roads. At a
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    EX-SECRETARY'S APPEAL FAILS Two Years' Prison
    283 8 EX-SECRETARY'S APPEAL FAILS Two Years' Prison |L|. MURUGASU, former secretary to the Principal of the College of Medicine, is to undergo two years' rigorous imprisonment as a result of an unsuccessful appeal before Mr. Justice Worley in the Singapore High Court yesterday. While secretary to the Principal. Dr. O. V.
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    REGULATIONS FOR TRADES UNIONS
    215 8 rE Secretary for Chinese AiTair* Malaya, has been appointed Registrar of Trade Unions. The Assistant Secretary for Chines* Affairs, Malaya, and all deputy controllers of labour and assistant controllers of labour are appointed assistant registrars of trade unions. I The Trade Unions Ordinance, under I which
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    TAMIL MUSIC ON AIR
    42 8 THE M B.C sj^purces a imall change in the prograrrßaw w> be broadcast from tn« Singapore station over ZHP3 to-morrow At pm In place of the Mercy Anthony Party. ihere will be a progrrmme of Tamtl mi'slc 1
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    60 8 A Municipal committee will reconsider the request of W. Hammer and Co. Ltd. far permisMou to add to the charges made for water supplies to shipping, to cover the cost of marine war risk insurance. Such a reqvest had been refused, but on the motiaa of Mr. C. F Smith
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    DRESS REFORM MOTION FINDS SMALL SUPPORT
    368 9 Commissioners' Views CINGAPORE Municipal Commissioners yesterday decided by a majority against a motion that "Municipal employees be at liberty to wear open shirts if they consider that it would conduce to their comfort at work and counter the present rising cost of living." Before
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    GRAVES IN NEW CEMETERY Appeal To Chinese
    308 9 GRAVES IN NEW CEMETERY Appeal To Chinese DURIAL grounds are taking up such large amount of space in Singport that the question has bscome "really very alarming,' said the Municipal President, Mr. L. Rayman, at yesterday's meeting of the Commissioners. He appealed to the Chines? members to use their influence
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    ENGINEER CONVICTED
    167 9 MC. HINDS, a 29-year-old British ship's engineer, was sentenced to two weeks' staple Imprisonment by Mr. C. H. Whltton in the Singapore Traffic Court yesterday for deserting his ship. The prosecution alleged that Hinds was brought down from Hong Kong to Singapore, where he JolneV a ship as
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    SHIPS MAY BE FIRED ON
    82 9 /CONTROL of navigation in the har- hours and territorial waters of the Colony has been tightened. A new rule made under the Defence Regulations authorizes officers to order the firing upon any vessel and on the persons aboard her— which does not comply with orders
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    A.R.P. WARDENS PARADE
    82 9 WORE than 900 Air Raid wardens from Ccn f ral Division <whlch extends from Stamford Road to Prince Edward Road) assembled at Clifford Pier yesterday to form a parade In honour of Mr. F M. Edmonds, their Divisional Warden, Mr. O G. Lewis, the Deputy Chief Air
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    CHILD WELFARE GIFT
    43 9 Singapore Municipal Commissioners confirmed a decision at their meeting yesterdaj to give $4,000 to the Singapore Child Welfare Society subject to a like contribution bj th- Government. Mr. L. Rayman, the President, announced that Government hac sanctioned the Municipal contribution.
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    LIQUOR SHOP OFFENCE
    95 9 DESCRIBED as the llncensee of liquor shop in Upper Serangoon Road, a woman. Chlew Choen Neo. appeared in the Singapore Fourth Court yesterday on three summons charges under the Llqmr Revenue Ordinance. They alleged that the failed to keep a proper stock book, that she kept dutiable
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    COUNCIL REFORM
    81 9 rE European Association of Malaya, like the Straits Settlements (Singapore) I Association, views with favour representation I on the Legislative Council being on a wider 'basis. The committee of the European Asaocia- tion discussed this subject at cunslderab 1 > I length but resolved that it would take
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    SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET
    57 9 A SUPPLEMENTAL budget for a total sum $250,921 was approved at yesterday's meeting of the Singapore Municipal Com- ni:.'sloners, as was a revised loan estimate I for 1941 fot submission to the Governor In Council. The revised loan estimate shows an increase in expendltu from $2,806,768 to $2,976,435.
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    BRITONS IN MANCHURIA
    54 9 ACCORDING to the Singapore Nlppo, a Britlfh subject who has recently been evacuated from Manchuria declared that the customs examinations en route were severe. "It Is said." adds the paper, "that at a certain harbour one British evacuee's baggage was examined bit by bit by no less
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    INQUEST IN CAMERA
    60 9 rE Press and public were excluded from attending an inquest before a special European jury in the Singapore Coroner's Court yesterday. "I direct that the public be excluded from this court during this in- quest under the Emergency Powers Act, 193 K." said Mr. W. O. Porter,
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    Soviet's Recognition Of Free French Committee
    260 10 Soviet's Recognition Of Free French Committee London, Sept. 27. THE Soviet Union's recognition of the Free French National Committee was announced by the Soviet Embassy last night. The announcement states that the Soviet Ambassador. M. Maisky, and the leader of the Free French have exchanged letters. The Soviet letter, dated
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    NAZI GOVERNORS SON KILLED
    166 10 London, Sept. 26. THE mysterious disappearance of the soldier son of Gen. Christiansen, Nazi militaiy governor of Holland, who is believed to be a "canal victim," has caused a sensation In Holland, an escaped Dutchman said In an article published to-day In the Free Dutch newspaper,
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    EFFECT OF MUD ON EASTERN FRONT
    347 10 Germans Can Hold The Main Roads Only Moscow, Sept. 26. "f\URINO most of my trip to the; Smolensk front I saw a great deal of 'Gen. Mud, 1 one of Russia's oldest allies," says Reuter's special correspondent. Travelling lrcm one point of the r
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    MYSTERY EXPLOSION IN SWITZERLAND
    79 10 lontfws, Sept. 26. FIVE or oix persons were killed and much damasre done by an explo- clon near the famous castle Chlllon, i on Lake Geneva, which inspired Lord Byron's poem "The Prisoner of Chillon." The cause of the explosion is being investigated. As a result
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    GEORGE ARLISS ON WAR REGULATIONS CHARGE
    75 10 London, Sept. 26. T<HE cinema actor, George Arliss, of "Dirsaeli" fame, pleaded guilty in a police court here to-day to charges of failing to register holdings in American securities worth £13,160. Arliss pleaded guilty "subject to mitigating circumstances." Thp prosecutor said he was liable
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    BIGGEST BATCH OF AIR TRAINEES FOR CANADA
    61 10 Sydney. Sept. 24. THE largest contingent of Royai Australian Air Force trainees to leave Australia since the outbreak of war has reached Canada, states an official announcement. They Include detachments of fully trained pilots, observers, gunners, technicians and ground staff personnel for Britain
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    MANY KILLED IN CANTON BOMBING INCIDENTS
    55 10 Canton. Sept. 20. CCORES of Chinese were killed and •3 two Japanese were slightly Injured In b mb'.n<s on th^ eve of the tenth [■•nrlvcrsary of the Mukden i'lt-lda.t th> Jap'r-sp autho ltles In Cantor innunced. The Incidents are ascribe to pr.i-Chunsk'np elements who
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    S.R.C. BEAT ROYAL NAVY IN CUP SOCCER TIE
    403 11 S.R.C 5; Royal Navy 2. TAKING their chances, the Singapore Recreation Club eliminated the Royal Navy in a preliminary round match from the S.A.F.A. Challenge Cup competition, winning by five goals to two at Anson Road yesterday. The Nary, who head the
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    Teams For To-day's Padang Rugby
    132 11 rE f«M»w<»> art Ike teas** far today* S.C.C. Nimiawm versa* Best Bucby m»t,h en the padaaf: Beat (Cdo«ni): A. i. A. O*c«kc; r. H. BuftH, B. J. r. Barley, Capt A. E. tal -CaaU* IX D. G. Mast-fomerr-Cwpbell; F. J. C. WtUon, J. B. Potter;
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    Good Fights At Amateur War Fund Boxing
    234 11 Good Fights At Amateur War Fund Boxing ALTHOUGH there were several' chanireg in the programme owing > to unavoidable circumstances, the SincapOre Amil ur rtoxinj Associa- 1 tion's War Fund boxing show at the Happy World stadium last night wa*,; a snteess, and provided some good fights A big disappointment
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    SELETAR R.A.F. SCORE 8—3 RUGBY WIN
    152 11 R.A.F. (Seletar) 5 R.A.O.t 3. THE R.A.O.C. were beaten by -ight points <a ;oal and a penalty goal) to three (a penalty ;»;ih in a k< enly -contested Rngby match urainst the R.A.F. 'SelrtaD No. 1 area at Selttar yesterday. The early exchanges were
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    S.C.C. TENNIS RESULTS
    61 11 rpiES flayed yesterday in the B.C.C autumn I lawn tennis tournament resultedMixed doubles handicap: Capt. E. CD. Thomas and Miss 8. Still iscr beat X H. Cantrell and Miss S. Brown 15), B—2, c— 4 Men's doubles handicap: Major R. Beford and O. W. Oilmour (—l5) beat
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    S.C.R.C. TENNIS
    24 11 THE S.C.R.C. will hold n tennis meeting at 5 15 p.m. on Wednesday to select hand (cappers for the autumn tennis tournament.
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    S.C.F.A. MEET POLICE AT STADIUM TO-DAY
    172 11 r-DAY'Sr -DAY'S first division S.VF.A. karoe match at Anson Road stadium between the Stnits Chinese Football Asvuiation and the Police is sure to attract a laree crowd, for it U a vital tamo as far as the Chines* are concerned. Two points below the
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    MEDICOS BEAT I.A. 2—l AT HOCKEY
    61 11 THE odd goal in three ajM the Medical Collece victory over the Indian Association in a hockey snatch played at Bales! irr yesterday. The College had a nippy set of forwards, who were always quick to seize openings, while their defenders were steady and
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    PROGRAMME FOR WAR FUND GYMKHANA
    77 11 rpHE following is the programme for A the Singapore Pold Club's Gymkhana in aid cf The War Fund, which I will be held at Balestier this afternoon, t?rtlng at 3 pjn.: 3 p.m., Jumping: 4 p.m.. Malayan Kadir Cup; 4.30 p.m., women's Kadir Cup; 4.50
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    WEEK-END SPORTS EVENTS
    145 11 TO-DAT 8OCCBK: B.A.F.A. leame, «r*t dMatan, B.C.P.A. v*. Poliec, Anaon Rood (tadluaa; name dlTblon. Loyal* n. Chlaese Athletic, Gillman, KrgjUa n. 8.C.F.A.. Fairer Park; secoaa dlv talon Ik), Stamford tb. N.B. Indians, Fairer Park. Challenge Cup: preliminary round. B.A. (A.A.) n. B.A. (8.M.), Chanri: repUy, B A.F.
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    VICTORY DOES GOOD GALLOP
    264 11 (Prom Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. Sept. 37. Victory wiU probably give a good flIUp to the "V" campaign by winning at tn Sehuigtv Turf Club's forthcoming meet and. Judging by the form he showed at this morning's training, there seems to be no r asun
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    21 11 AN B.R C. side beat St. Patri.-k'g by •even goals to one In a hock-y match played on the Padang yesterday.
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    USEFUL FORM IN SECOND S.C.C HOCKEY TRIAL
    366 11 U/lULE the Singapore Cricket Clubs second hockey trial m the padin* yesterday was not productive of anythinc like the previous day* standard. It revealrd some usefal form and a few determined and not unskilful p'.ayers, Whites prevailing orer Coloars by the odd goal
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    JAPANESE BREACH OF PACT WITH FRENCH INDO-CHINA
    156 12 Arrests Of Annamites At Hanoi And Haiphong Draw Protest Hanoi, Sept. 26. WITHOUT any previous advice to the French authorities, Japanese soldiers and gendarmes last night and early this morning erected barricades and instituted cordons in various parts of Hanoi and Haiphong and
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    Mr. Churchill Pays Vigil To Coventry
    121 12 Coventry, Sept. 26. •THE Prime Minister, Mr. Churchill. this mom ing saw the destruction wrought by Nazi bombers on Coventry last autumn. Accompanied by Mrs. Churchill, the Premier drove from the station to the c-ty centre along a route lined by the Home Guard,
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    50 12 London, Sept. 26. A CERTAIN amount ot shelling has taken place ir. Libya, stated authoritative circles here to-day. One or two raids by enemy aircraft do not seem to have caused damage. To-day's British G.H Q communique from Cairo states: "In Libya there is no change in the situation." Reuter.
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    Australian Envoy To Confer With Mr. Duff Cooper In Singapore
    196 12 Toklo. Sept. 26. SIR JOHN LATHAM. Australian Minister to Japan, w.is among the 361 passengers aboard the British evacuation ship Anhui, which left Yokohama pier at 8 p.m. to-day for Hong Kong ard Singapore. Sir John stated in an interview
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    British Planes Play Important Part In Defence Of Murmansk
    69 12 London, Sept. 26. D.A.F. planes operating on the Murmansk front played a great part in smashing the German drive there and pushing the invaders back behind the Letsa River, 35 miles from Murmansk, according to a high Finnish military source quoted
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    Nazi Pressure On Croat Leader
    380 12 London, Sept. 26. F:E Nazis are pressing Dr. Matchek. Croat leader and former Yugoslav Vice-Premier, to form a new Quisling Government in Croatia, according to news reaching Croat quarters In London. He is now under surveillance in a village near Zagreb after the latest of
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    More Italians For Eastern Front
    159 12 Zurich. Sept. 26. j FRESH Italian units are aoout to be dispatched to the Eastern Front, according to the Rome correspondent of the Swiss newspaper Tribune de Geneve. It is expected the Germans will ex- tend the principle already applied to Greece and Croatia, namely,
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    Japanese May Resume Service To Hawaii
    46 12 Toklo, Sept. 26. THE Japanese Government is considering the possibility of the restoration of trans-Pacific shipping services to Hawaii, a Japanese oiliclal spokesman Indicated to-day. No new developments had, however, occurred in the general shipping situation, the spokesman said— Reuter.
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    NAZIS JAM U.S. RADIO
    53 12 San Francisco, Sept. 26. NAZI radio stations are "jamming" broadcasts by General Electrics short-wave station, KGEI, it was announced here to-day. Listeners In the Orient have reported interference all the week. The station broadcasts news summaries to the Far East in the Dutch, I and English
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    No Obligation To Axis Alliance
    188 12 No Obligation To Axis Alliance Chicago, Sept. 26. UR. JUIJI KASAI, member of the House of Representatives of the Japanese Imperial Diet, told the University of Chicago alumni to-day that the Japanese navy will not be "used as a catspaw by any third power for a fight against America. "Japan
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    Tokio Spokesman On Nakano's Views
    79 12 Tokio, Sept 26. MR. KOH ISHII, spokesman for the «1 Japanese Information Bureau, asked to comment on the asser ion of Mr. S. Nakano, leader of the Fascist Tohokal organization. that the Japanese people would overthrow any Japanese government reaching a rapprochement with the United
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