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Singapore, Feb. 20. The British merchant- man "Fortune" sailing out of Singapore seized on Feb. 8. by the Dutch Navy. when the ship entered Cheribon Roads with fire burning two holds and at- in tempted to unload pro- Hibited cargo.

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Commander G. B. Fortuyn off Kortenner said he gave the "Fortune's" captain permission:

which to unlpal cement loaded. Burning coal prevented! Aremen from getting, at the flames. He said when he re- turned to the ship four days Inter he found the fires still unloaded burning, the cement

and the crew busy removing-550 bicycle tires from the after, holtis

The "Fortune's" enptuln tokl the Dutch that his ship's engines! had been damaged to prevent the whip from sailing and thự Dutch Navy repaired the en' **gines.

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BIG FREEZE-UP CONTINUES Story An SMUTTY JOKES &

Ice Endangers Shipping Off Norfolk

DAUNTLESS

BRITAIN

Melbontur, Feb. 19, Stating "we can never res pay the debt ser age to dount- 19J0 Jenn Britain, when in

"Sir Howardt sakë átgoð alone.”

Lloyd Chairman of the Bank of Adelaide, prating in the "Melbourne Bevold", aperiai fisarial appleirut, acid s

"A fine gekurs, congelat de for the Australian Guvern- ment to make ruightout,

pift to Britain of ray 100,- 000,000, #prend avby a num fe of years, all of whirl ferent in the form of funt- studs and ram materiniu.“- -..

Reuter

Occupation Troops Kick

Tokyo, Feb. 20.

Railways Blocked By Fresh Snow

MOUNTBATTEN

FOR INDIA? -

Bandon, Feb. 19,

It is strong rumoured in knowledgeable Landon quOT- ters that Admiset Lord Louis, Moen, former Supreme nf SEAC, will

ancered Lord Wavell

of Indio, Official ters decline to make ang comment upon the suggest Hon.

London, Feb. 20. Snow powdered London anew today and more snow and gales were forecast as a "token strike" of 3,000 tugmen of coal barges on the Thames threatened to add to the city's woes. The unofficial strike, like that of truckers in Jan-

uary, was in protest against delay in the nego tiations with masters on their demand for a. regulated week in industry. The Union issued no statement and the men were expected to re- turn to work tomorrow.

Squadron. industrial temperature is, keeping the les The Midlands' plaats planned partial reopen. thick and hard in Oala Fjord ing after the Monday switch- Reuter.

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on of electricity promised yen. Bannisters As Fuel

Prime Ministeri terday by

London, Feb. 20. Altler bu most of the majori Old people were burning ban- Industsins. including the Austin pisters and picture frames Motor Company, Imperialheep warm in some parts of Eng-. land yesterday, and the month-

to

į Chemical Industrics and Gener-long cold wave that hastened the Bal Electric, såld today, they collapse of the country's fuel sys- wouldnt be able to work atani continued with no forecast of five-day week with the coal an early relief.

The temperature dropped, to 19 allotted them.

degrees below zero (Fahrenheit) some districts and was below freezing generally.

It was unofficially re-

But as the cold passed its ported here today that

record-breaking nineteenth am Fortuyh said the emptain the British authorities | less day withint promise of a agreed to take the ship, at Kuré in northernet-up stories of suffeting came Baluvly only after the Dutch Japan have arrested a

in' from all parts of the coun. thrantoned-ke-put-a-éreu-abuard. 13 He said it arrived at Batavia Tumber of troops, be-Seamen heroically Chinging four days inter with coal at lieved to, belong to the their little colliers hrough ber. 1890, was the longest pre- burning and nobody paying Dorsetshire, Regiment, sales and heavy sens any attention to the fire."

The Dutch ordered the ship to Batavia because I was sus-

Coal

London's proverbially gloomy weather broke an all-time record. For the 18th successive day the zun-failed-en-penetrate-thick-groy clouds. Seventeen days in Decean

to get viour sunless peftod.

Suburban Luton, following the to fug-short Southeast

Pliat

The Admirally entonanerd in November

Lord Mountbatten had been, nje

Invention

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A complete fabrica- |tjon" was the description applied by his son to re- I ports of an assassination attempt on Mr. Liu Hou- wu, Control Tuan Com! missioner fo Kwang- tung-Kwangsi, in.. Can- ton on Wednesday even-. ing.

The reporta,

which

way home from his office.

TOO MUCH BING

ALondon, Feb, 20... Embattled BBC, already plagued by accusations.

of Socialistic blas and commercialism in song- plugging, today found itself the object of par- Ilamentary wrath because "70 per cent of its Jokes are smutty," it gives overdoses of Bing, Crosby which is as dangerous to listeners as alcoholism and it insulted the women of Scot- land.

Are en-

and

erooners to regard this sort of thing as the highlight of hap- piness."

This bill of particulars was We who make laws are perturb. were hurled Inst night during a wild fed at the number of divorces, published in several Chinese debate in the Commons on a cares at homes for illegitimaten. broadcasting and at the Bumbor of parents newspapers in Hong Kong and supplementary. caused #

acnaation In the appropriation of nearly £1.000,-who take their responsibilities. Colony yesterday, alleged that C00 which was approved only lightly. Those peopl five shots were fired into Mr. after the BBC had been drug couraged by BBC entertain pointed

Rear Admiral Com-Liu's car while he was on theged verbally over the coul ments, band programmes manding the First Cruiser

Scottish. Mrs. "Jean Mann, Mediterrancea,

It was stated that Mr. Liu's Labour M.P: for Contbridge. attack on chauffeur was killed, following led off with an On

"Iima," a variety comedy pro: which has more ramme listeners than any BBC show..

Too Much. Bing Mr. Li's relatives in Hong

"This programme has a Scots Kong declared they knew girl who was supposed to be nothing of the reported attempt. | falling off her head for that and his son received a cable little twerp called Itma." Mrs. from his father later in the day Mann said wrathfully. "In my stating the story was a "com. | generation` no Scotawoman plete fabrication."

Fleet, the appailutment ta`take efact, in Aberll this year. January 6, he joined a neniar officers technical courRA Portsmouth Reuteg

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Stampede In Ladies' Cloak Room

Capetown, Feb. 20. The Royal Family visited the historic naval base at Simons- town while Capetown officials investigated the apecular tis-

who refused to board the England were reported, to be lead of Berlin, opened the first order which broke out on Tues. vessel Rajula, pected of carrying prohibited transferring cargo without permit in Dutch Singapore.

territoriál waters. It is owned. by the Singapore, Hong Kong Shipping Company of Singapore. -United Press.

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THE WEATHER:

The Inter antivacione persiste over China, N. Japan and the China flea. A trough of low prewars has developed in

..., the P. of Mouthern Hunshự............

Today's Puercant:trang NE wind

offubore i moderate N and NE whole be shore: weatjier cloudy anil' cold,

Yesterday's Weather Maximum:- 60d-lee, Pah. Minimum: Ma Urk, Tal.

Sunshine: N1).

Rainfall

62.3 mm.

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Hut drinks as well as

the ball attended by the King and Queen and the two Prin

cesses.

to and in some en were has heat were provided from 1000 to

pitalised.

ice flocs interrupted navigation The Rafult sailed - yesterday

Naked Man In Snow with the first batch of United A baby was found abandaned, on the river Mans, in south Bel-which lasted for nearly Kingdom troops

in Southsea gium. Little "midget icebergs transferred a doorstep

choked the Scheldt, estuary! woman's from Japan to Malaga,

inpped only in a So far there is no confirma shawl and suffering ferribly tion of the Jaeläint. *** [from expoBUTE; ́ ́===

The troops are stated to haye

Thirty-three-year old Offee complained that conditions in Mills was rescued from the sea the ship were not sanitary and near Brighton under mysterious staged a virtual sit-down strike circumstances and was taken to intervened. The number detain unt the military authorities

ed

was not known, it WAK stated.-Reuter.

PAPERS TORN. UP Paris, Feb. 20.

two

which the car crashed into an electric light standard, and that Mr. Lu himself was "seriously

Wounded."

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The cloak room, disturbance, hours, broke out just after the Royal Family left the civil ball,! -Berlin Deaths

As pieced together from otileial! Temperatures in the Paris res

'sources," "who declined use of i gion dropped to 19 degrees their names, and from witness. A Fahrenheit, a drop of about sise, this is what happened: degrees from Tuesday's lowest, the sharpest weather of the cur rent cold spell.

Walter Elliott, Conservative member for the Scottish Uni- versities, complained that "for. the 40 days and 40 nights" BBC "rains Biny Grosby on the heads of the people."

Some listeners, he auld, have un inordinata fondness for Bing but a "wireless addet does more injury to his neigh- bours with his radio set plways would have looked at him twice.on than a drink addict - doen except when he is in delirium tromens."

Ex-Shanghai Man On Grave Charge

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Inquiry Demanded

Wing Commander Geoffrey Cooper, Socialiat for Middles borough, who originally raised the question of staff bribery In BBC nong-plugging and brought about an official inquiry now under way, was ruled out of order when he tried to ask that the investigations De broadened.

London, Feb. 19. John Joseph-Holland, 39-year-old seaman, who was arrested on an ofl tanker at Hull, was charged in London today with entering the service of a German-controlled radio station.

This matter goes far beyond in Shanghai in February, 1942, and entering the allegations of gifts in con- the service of the Japanese broadcasting sys-

músic nection with dance tem in Tokyo in the same year.

broadcasts," he said. "I intend detective said that when shown a number of to press for a full-scale invest tigation into the BBC by an documents received from Australia, Holland

Independent. firm of business replied: "These look like some of my broad-

consultants and also the form. casts."

tlos of a National Broudienst- Holland told the magistrate: island and made no attempt to ing Council representing brai "I have been in custody prat-avold arrest or to escape.” casters of all types.-United tically since the end of the war' In June last, Holland declar Pregs, In February last year, I was ed, he was released by the taken by the Australian mili- Commonwealth, authorities and what I wanteda. I.

found it tary forces to an island in the offered a passage to Sydney, rather difficult to get employ- Celeben, where I was placed which he accepted. On arrival, mont as I had not been in the under open arrest. I had the he reported to the Security country for about 16 years.". oppurtunity for making an ea Police headquarters. No re- The magistrate intervened to cape-if-1-wished-I-have-a-striction-was placed on his-any-that-Holland would be re

the captain In movements

manded until March 6 and bail letter from charge which states that I amr

would be granted if he could- "I went. to. Western given complete freedom on the tralia, where I understood produce two suratles each

war completely as liberty to do 2500-Reuter.}

Cloakroom attendants.left' their posts to watch the Royal!

and exposure. The pollee are around 20 degrees. hospital suffering from shocki Belgian temperatures hovered Family leave the hall. Several women became impatient and Continued bad weather in Rome entered the room to get their carrying out investigation.

Police at Paries Way, Wal-kept public works project labour-own coats. There was a mixup of them engaged in and something like a-stampede era, most lington, chased a naked

man clearing jobs on the banks of the through, snowdrifts until be Tiber, from working the required

got under way. Faces were collapsed. He was taken to a minimum of 24 hours weekly, and slapped and coats grabbed re- gardless of ownership before A newspaper vendor selling hospital at Croydon for obser- they called for special Govern police and army men restored

ment assistance. Belgian-papers-outaldea Parvation_ underground station this morning

Berin with 20 degrees of front order. Ausociated Press- For the first time since the was attacked by a group of press great freeze of 1894-95 skaters and snow flurries, had at least five Coloured People's Ball strikers who, tore them all up.

Capetown, Feb. 20.- on Friday will skate eight more death from freesing. Several news-starved

Four thousand of Capetown's Poristans miles along the River Waveney city's warming halls overflowe.l protested and, a brawl began from Beccles to Oulton. Broad, and queues formed before many

population 180,000 coloured which the police stopped-Reuters)

of

A new temperature drop in danced old time dances beforo south Germany kept dozens at the King and Queen and the people of the Cape. factories Idle and sent hundreds Royal Princesses at the City] Before entering their box. Queen Bhook of Gernians to the woods in Hall last night while, at least the King and desperate search for fuel. U.S. 50,000 other coloured people hands with 14 couples repre Army forecasters predicted new I watched outside.

senting various non-Europeu now falls and continued cold for

All Not Well On The Rice Front

Singapore, Feb. 19.

Suffolk,

Ice Threat To ....Shipping

them.

Jeeflse. From cantinental jeltas Edve · grørsel the North Sea threatening fishing and coastal shipping of Eust Norfolk. Four

rawlers, were trapped by a flue Press. but escaped when 40 miler off Great Yarmouth.".

Trairis from "Scotland were run- „ning into London lata because of new snowfall and some lines were blocked.

Hundreds of sheep were feared Jost in Yorkshire and Inishing time, naw her,, came at the worst possible time. Many lambs' were

Stating that events justified the warnings he had given earlier, that better rice allocations to southeast Asia territories for the first six months of the year did not justify any relaxa- tion, Lord Killearn, at the Southeast Asia Liai- slon Officers' Conference ending at Singapore today, added a special warning of rice exhaus- tion in the Netherlands East Indies, which he called "the greatest danger point on the whole rice front."

that the emergency was only temporary. It would cover a number of years, he said."

Oslo, Feb. 20. Lord Killearn referred to the

A convoy led by an lee-breaker atrikes in Burma which had may be sent to the reller of 40 completely stopped the flow of ships stranded in the "port" rice, and to the closing of Kristiansand by persistent thick banks, which, meant curtailed { ice. rice purchases-Reuter.

The zhips were bound for Oslo and Gothenberg. Continuing low)

Lord Killearn said that the position of the unrationed part population of of the town Batavia and the rural districte around Sourabaya was alarm-

rate. Ing. The death

from under nourishment was rapidly,

ecoming apparent

programme of 17,000 tons monthly was required between January and April to maintain the total cereal ration of 4% ounces daily. So far, they vers 13,000 tons short of the appropriations. •

The new procuremont scheme in Siam, put into operation, an January 20, he said, had result- ed in increasing the flow of rice arriving at Bangkok from Unless January 27 onwards: unforeseen conditions arose, it was confidently expected that the March programme would be 'achieved.

Siam Cautious

Terrorists Pipe

Coal continued to`qrrive. nt: London in large quantities. Col. Ters braught 25,000 tons to thei Thames Fitary yesterday. Great Western R.R. brought 35,000 ton in 78 frains-limited Press..

Ships Iced In

Blow Up Line

Jerusalem, Feb. 20.

The vital Iraq Petroleum Company pipeline was blown up and cut in two places near Halla

early today.

A communique said blasts severed the line in the

interior near the refinery on Haifa Bay.

Presentatives of the com

The pipeline of the petroleum mon, thought-to-have- bleed Slam Rice Commission group which is an international ones who attacked the

concern, runs 800 miles from the

uzoresand caution, about the oil, feld zinks. Kirkuk" in "north" prospects of the new scheme, he castern Iraq through

Mdded. They had accepted the Jordan to listfer

rch shipment Wipro, piAn oficial anno

full but did not the Roy Air

In naming a Ogura in Shemar

Friish troops were ported to have been

"qt"Tel-Aviv {follo

blasts which wor

The

an indefinite, periot-Associated It was the Royal Family's organisations. The Royal party

first real contact with coloured stayed 90 minutes.--Neuter.

BANK REFUSES INSPECTION

Canton, Feb, 20, The Central Bank of China here

yesterday refused to submit its accounts, for an inspection by the Kwang- tung-Kwangel Supervisory Office, which in conjunction with the Local Court has been carrying out an investigation of to ascertain the amount

Pro- gold in Government and. vincial banks in Canton.

The Supervisory Office. besides expressing Indigna-.. tion, declared that, the Central Bank will be severaly dealt with Central News.

Sino-British Air Talks

Nanking, Feb. 20. Members of the British Air: Mission to China had a long meeting with the Chinese Gov ernment aviation adthorities <today, it was reliably learne

but the

The nature of "their" discus sions was not disclosed.

Overseas Chinese Exempt From Order

Narking, Feb. 19.

Overseas Chinese will be exempted from the Gov- ernment's order requiring the transfer of for- eign exchange deposited abroad to Chinese banks, the Minister of Information, Mr. Peng Hsueh-pei, announced at a press conference today, in, commenting on the measures re- cently promulgated for the stabilisation of China's economy.

The types of foreign ex- This exemption, will affect approximately 8,500,000 Chin-change covered by the now re- can nationals living abroad. The gulations are: Firstly, bank menutes governing foreign ex- deposits and, crodita, change specified that deposits Scondly, telegraphic trans in foreign countites must be fors, demand, sight and time. transferred to Chinese banks | drafts, cheques and hates due or converted into National cur in one year or less, letters of rency at the official rate of ex credit and bank and trade

acceptances.RPENTER chango,NAZARDAS

"Thirdly, Government -- bonds, Overacas Chinese realding abroad are exempted from this-bills treasury notes, savings. order, Mr Pong stated, adding certificates of other obligations that detailed measures are be due within one year or less. Tag drawn up regarding this » Fourthly, other gotiable Instruments due thin offe avern year if they are

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