The Straits Times, 29 May 1938

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    38 1 THE SUNDAY TIMES THE LEADING SUNDAY NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA FINAL EDITION No. 336 Sunday, May 29, 1938 Price 10 Cents THE SUNDAY TIMES The Leading Sunday Newspaper In Malaya No. 336 Sunday, May 29, 1938 Price 10 Cents
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    CANTON A CHARNEL HOUSE Merciless Bombing Of City By Japanese
    287 1 CANTON A CHARNEL HOUSE Merciless Bombing Of City By Japanese Planes Unload Death Cargoes In Relays HORROR-STRICKEN CROWDS PANIC Whole District Wrecked By Raiders pEL AYS of Japanese planes yesterday pitilessly unloaded high-explosive bombs on Canton, transforming the densely populated area in the vicinity of Wongsha railway station into a
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    SALVAGE OF TONGKING
    105 1 (From Our Own Correspondents Penang, Saturday. CALVAGE work is proceeding on the burned out vessel Tongking. which sank in low water WVCD miles from Petums following fire at sea eight weeks ago. At high tide the decks are under water. It Ls hoped to pump the ho'.ds
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    CLOSING PRICES
    97 1 •;n Our O«n Correspondent. > London. Saturday. RIRBKU: Firm. london 5' d. V-.d. July-Stpt. s\d. 5 11 l«d. «>. t 5 11 13 d i 13 161. Jan M»r s\d 5 7 d. 1 M OIL: 114 1S«. OI'KA. 111. < OTTON: 4.75 d. EH: Wh'u- Muntofc. in
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    Darkness Brings Respite
    293 1 Darkness Brings Respite Canton, Saturday. Darkness brings respite after a day of horror in which the material damage exceeds September's holocaust, although loss of life is .somewhat less, as the population la more raid-minded and sought timely shelter. Nevertheless, hundreds of families have been bereaved and the streets resrjnd with
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    125 1 The sympathy of the whole icorld went out to Dr. and Mrs. Herman Colan, when they had to make a great decision regarding their five-week-old daughter. Helaine Judith. The child was suffering from a malignant tumor which attacks the optic nerve and spreads rapidly to the brain. Specialists sated that
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    More Aircraft Factories For Britain
    97 1 More Aircraft Factories For Britain BIRMINGHAM Corporation has been I asked to sell 130 acres of land near Castle Bromwich aerodrome for the purpose of erecting a factory in coni nection with the a>r expat :^n programme. It is understood that Lxd i Nuffield is responsible for this factory. Another
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    The Train Certainly Won This Race
    93 1 AND DEATH GOT THE LOSER: Roaring down the main line at Roc'.iville entre, long Island, U.S.A., train No 1458 shrilled its whistle, at thr treacherous Rotklyn Avenue crossing Smolien Green was approaching the tracks in his sedan, the whistle screamed again. Green thought he
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    BRITAIN'S FLYING BATTLESHIP
    75 1 BRITAIN'S FLYING BATTLESHIP London. Saturday. Notwithstanding rain more than 2,000 aeroplanes took part In Empire Air Day displays at over 80 aerodromes. One of the outstanding attractions was Britain's newest "hushhush" flying battleship on view at Felixstowe which is capable of carrying sufficient explosives ts sink warships. It has two
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    NAZI PROTESTS TO PRAGUE
    93 1 Czech Elections Today ON the eve of the second day of the Czechoslovak Municipal elections, which will be held today, the German Minister at Prague has handed two further protests to the Czechoslovak Government against "continual frontier violations by Czechoslovak aeroplanes." The latest case of alleged
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    90 1 "Baby" wonder whistler: Three-year-old Peter Fryer, of the Station Hotel, Hathersage, Derbyshire, has a remarkable gift. His greatest pleasure is a walk in the nearby woods, where he takes a delight in listening to the song of the bird-, and a few months ago, to his parents' amazement, he started
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    F. M. S. Chamber And Tin Pool
    91 1 EVERYTHING has already been said on the subject which can be said. A referendum of producers has been taken and the matter now rests with the Government." said Mr. E. E. G. Boyd, the president, referring to the tin buffer pool scheme at
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    GERMAN TRIBUTE TO PREMIER
    100 1 Berlin, Saturday. rE Nationale Zertung, or Essen, which generally reflects the views of Gen. Goerinß, commenting j on European problems, characterises the British Premier, Mr. Chamberlain, as combining in himself in typical manner all the best Fetish qualities which justify the trust accorded him by Britain
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    "Cabinet Changes Show Weakness'
    264 1 "Cabinet Changes Show Weakness' London, Saturday. rpHE Japanese Cabinet recon--1 struction is featured in every paper and possibilities are widely canvassed. The Manchester Guardian says the Japanese forces have a Ion? Wav to go before they conquer China but apparently they have already conquered Japan. Official circles are awaiting further
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      8 1 RENE ULLMANN WEDDING PRESENTS Raffles Place, S pore.
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    MINES MUST HAVE NEW AREAS TO DEVELOP
    856 2 Chamber President Criticises Slow Alienation Of Land POSITION AS PREMIER PRODUCER ENDANGERED (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Saturday, niSSATISFACTION with the inadequacy of the present policy of alienating new areas for tin prospecting was expressed by Mr. E. E. G. Boyd, presiding at
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    Col. Hornidge Chamber Of Mines President
    209 2 Col. Hornidge Chamber Of Mines President New Building To Be Bought (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Saturday. I IEUT. Colonel G. M. P. Hornidge was elected president of the F.M.S. Chamber of Mines at the annual meeting today in succession to Mr. E. E. G. Boyd. Col. Hornidge is a
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    ACQUITTED ON CAUSING DEATH CHARGE
    81 2 ACQUITTED ON CAUSING DEATH CHARGE l^U CHEE MOU, who was charged with causlnp the death of a 18-year-old Malay boy, Hassan bin Sulong, by driving a motor-car negligently, at the 6V 2 milestone. East Coast Road, on Dec. 8 last year, was acquitted by the Singapore Criminal District Judge (Mr.
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    Tin Control Easier If Standard Tonnages Were Fair
    621 2 (From Our Own Correspondent). Ipoh, Saturday. UOW much easier it would be if the standard tonnages under the International Tin Agreement represented exactly what each country could produce," said Mr. E. E. G. Boyd, during the course of his presidential address at
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    Last Of Satyrus
    38 2 CATYRUS. the old type of Imperial Airways flying boat, which uas used on survey flights over Empire air routes, is note being broken up at Singapore Airport following her sale for scrap. Sunday Times picture,
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    Reduction Of Tin Stocks Big Burden On Malaya
    328 2 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh. Saturday. UEAVY world stocks of tin could only be worked off by keeping the total supply below consumption and it was unfortunate for Malaya that, under present arrangements, the burden of working off the stocks would be
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    GAS MASKS BURNED
    29 2 Large quantities of gas masks ana rubber clothing were destroyed in a fire in the military fort at Aubervllliers. a suburb In the north of Paris.
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    High Fares For Labourers From China
    257 2 High Fares For Labourers From China Chamber Of Mines Takes Up Matter (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Saturday. the steamship fare from South China to Singapore is about $53 (Chinese), the cost for a coolie to get from his home to Singapore is $220 (Hong horn-.). Reference to these figuies,
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    KLANG HIGH SCHOOL
    57 2 (From Our Own Correspondent. > Kiang. Empire Day was observed ftt the Klang High School when the marten and the pupils assembled on the open space in front of the school building. Mr. E. R. Davies, the headmaster, read the Empire Day Message and spoke to the
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      28 2 WHITEWAY'S CYDER WEEK Go to your nearest COLD STORAGE branch and have a free sample of Cyder from It is delicious Advt. of Singapore Cold Storage Co.. Ltd..
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    Singapore's Short-Wave Radio Station On The Air Next Month
    252 3 Singapore's Short-Wave Radio Station On The Air Next Month Will Transmit ZHL Programmes To World WITHIN a month the British Malaya Broadcasting Corporation's new short-wave station will be on the air. Singapore then will possess a radio voice that should be heard on the other side of the world. Housed
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    YOULVER MEN AND MORE CHANCES FOR ARMY STAFF
    258 3 YOULVER MEN AND MORE CHANCES FOR ARMY STAFF DISORGANISATION of the Army Staff CoPese. with increased opportunities for younc; officers and reductions in the aye of entry and jjraduatum, has just been announced by Mr. Hor -!!elisha, Secretary for War. lie said that the presi nt college at Camberlev to
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    Bridge Lessens End In Divorce
    46 3 MtiS. EDNA SLAUGHTER, twenty-six-year-old Chicago wife, was so slow in learning to play contract bridge that her husl and twice struck her in the face. She left him after six years cf marriage. Mrs. Slaughter has now been granted a divorce.
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    OTHER MAILS CLOSE
    133 3 Tom arrow Medan (Ophm 9am Jay Sou: n- Weft Sumatra si -Ba»! Borneo Celebes Moluccas St Timor Dilly i Bonn II am Tandjong Pandan (Both) .11 a.m AIR MAILS INWARD Wearnes: From Penan ft, Ipoh and Kuala Lumpur: Arrives on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday evenings. Imperial: From
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    THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR HOARD.
    106 3 Monday, May 30.. Ships alongside the Wharves or expected to MrtN Location Shlo Godown l;»U East Wharf Rajula 22 1 Main Wharf PionU 18 2 Rantau Pandjang 16 2 Kotnpar 10 2 Glenlffer 14 2 AJax 9 2 Abler 7 2 Empire Dock Bsnvorllch 30 2
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    Judgment Reserved In Murder Appeal
    196 3 Judgment Reserved In Murder Appeal IrPHAT the judge had disregarded the j defence of insanity put up by the appellant and had misdirected the jury on the point was the main sub- mission of Mr. R\ H. Green, counsel assigned to argue the appeal of a middle-aged Chinese. Song Chian
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    SENT TO GAOL ON CHANDU CHARGE
    154 3 P"OR having been in possession of j 2985 tahils of n>-n-Government chandu valued at $23,880 two Chinese. Chan Lol and Tan Ah Cheng, were sentenced to 19 months' rigorous im- I prLsonmcnt each by the Singapore I Criminal District Judge (Mr. H. A Forrer)
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      236 3 England now 5\ days across the air all the way by Empire Flying-Boaf The big 4-engined Empire flying- boats now leave Singapore for England twice a week They are the last word in air-guing luxury. You have a smoking room on board, a promenade deck, hot and cold meals served
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      392 3 IN SINGAPORE TODAY TIDE TABLE SINGAPORE. Today. H. W 10.36 a.m. 8 2 ft.; ID 05 p.m. 9.2 ft. L. W 4.03 a.m. 0.9 ft.: 4.03 p.m. 3.7 ft. Monday H. W. 11 23 a.m. 8.4 ft.: 10.46 p.m. 9.5 ft. L. W 4 46 a.m. 0.3 ft.: 4.46 p.m.
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    Young Film Star To Be Bride Of Joseph Schenck
    221 4 Young Film Star To Be Bride Of Joseph Schenck New York. THHE North American News- paper Alliance in a copyright message states that a gossip column in a Hollywood paper states that Joseph Schenck, chairman of 20th Century Fox Films, will shortly go to Europe, where he will meet and
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    Shirley Temple Outcry
    110 4 New York. niALOGUE spoken in the v Shirley Temple film, "Rebecca of Sunnybrook F*\nn," is the basis for a £100,000 libel action filed here against the Twentieth Century- Fox Film Coiporation by an association of American sweet manufacturers. National Confectioners' Association, which claims a membership of 325
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    Lily Brayton To Marry Again At 61
    136 4 Lily Brayton To Marry Again At 61 I ILY BRAYTON, sixty-one-year-old widow of Oscar Asche, creator of Chu-Chin-Chow," is to marry Dr. Chalmers Watson, sixty eight year old former senior physician of the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. Lily Brayton, famed for her Shakespearian and romantic characters, met Oscar Asche during her
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    Bobby Breen Trust Fund
    55 4 Hollywood. DOBBY BREEN, eleven-year-old film star, will be safeguarded in a trust fund, it was disclosed by a petition his parents filed in Superior Court. The action, taken voluntarily by Mr. and Mrs. Byman Breen, was the first such case since Jackie Coogan. former child film
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    AT HOME
    38 4 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Saturday The Resident Councillor. Hon. Mr. G. W. Bryant, and Mrs. Bryant have Issued invitations to an At Home at the Residency on June 9. in honour of the King's birthday.
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    CHINA WAR HITS ENTERTAINING IN MALAYA
    587 5 Chinese Business Men Give Fewer "Spring" Banquets SHARING LUCKY WIND OF NEW ARRIVALS (From Our Chinese Correspondent) TVHE Sino-Japanese war has not only tremend- ously affected the Chinese import and export trade, but it has hit Singapore Chinese restaurants hard. There has been very
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    State Soccer Player Weds
    88 5 11l' 1 ><■: goalkeeper, Mr. Wong Kuni IV :i of Mr. and Mrs. was married to M iMMf. daughter of Mr and Mrs. •n Yon-,-, cif Kuala I.umpur. The at tht Selar-gor Chinese \*»e the only to hi ;-ih Ti.u>» S'.-o. nas m.> lied at Mir
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    INDIAN CATHOLIC WEDDING
    86 5 I*HE wdding took place at the Ctavcta oi St. Francis Xavier. Malacca, of Mr S. Aroul, son of Mr. S. Sundaram Pillai. of Karlkal. to Miss Lily David, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David, old Malacca resident.*. Mr Aruul is of the staff of IIeMH. Sime Darby
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    39 5 IJBM ererj aoi li tec Boy SeOMta ktnua Sohool. Singapore, invite $cjuts of neighbouring schools to visu Ihrrci. T'.ie ptetuva >'...;«» the Scou.j oi' IVadiii Mas and Gan Eiic Sens schools with those of Outram School, at i recent meeting.
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    'SELL GOLD' CAMPAIGN IN JAPAN
    64 5 Tokio. CUMULATING Italy during the Ethiopian war. the Japanese have launched a nation-wide "Let's Sell Gold to the Government" campaign. The campaign is being actively backed by the powerful Nichl-Nlchi chain of newspapers. Two thousand employees of the Ministry of Finance throughout Japan have already
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    HE CURES FEAR OF CHILDBIRTH
    193 5 IN his Harley-street surgery, Dr. Grantley Read is curing women's minds of the fear of childbirth. He has discovered that psychology Is far more powerful .an any anaesthetic in making birth painless. His research showed that to primitive women the absence of fear makes the
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    35 5 Croup photograph taken at the Oldham Hall Boarding School at a farewell gathering in honour of Mr. John A. Bird, the Principal, and Mrs. Bird (seated in centre), who sail today for the United States.
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    Municipal Posts For Local Men
    191 5 ATTRACTING much attention in Singapore, a re- cent local report that the Singapore Munk-ipil ommissioners had advertised in London for an Assistant Treasurer at an initial salary of $400 has led to further speculation as to whether the Commissioners were breaking faith in their promise
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    35 5 Mr. Thomas Joseph Albuquerque. the staff of the Asiatic Petroleum (i, Ltd. Singapore, and Miss Myrtle Mary do Kobarfci. who were married at the Church of St. Joseph. The Rev. Father Re? took the set-rice.
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    Crown Prince Of Yemen For Batavia ?
    77 5 Crown Prince Of Yemen For Batavia (From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia, Saturday. •"PHK Crown Prince of Yemen, who is now in Tokio for the opening of a Mosque there, has, in response to an invitation extended by the local Arab community to visit Batavia, sent a telegram to the Board
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    AUSTRALIA'S WICKEDEST CITY
    95 5 AUSTRALIA'S WICKEDEST CITY Adelaide. "Iff Australia's cities and big towns today, the spiritual position is utttrly pathetic. Only from 5 to 10 per cent, of population go to church," said Mr. J. Edwin Orr, Irish author and evangelist, on arrival at Adelaide. "The wickedest city of Australia is Kalgoorlie. There
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    PREVENT FOREST FIRES
    26 5 Herr Hlmmler. the German ciilef or police, warned the public of the s cm measures in fore? for tht Dr2vention of forest fires.
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    Confession Extracted By Police "Priest"
    117 5 Confession Extracted By Police "Priest" New York. pLERGY of Seattle, Washing ton, have signed a monster petition of protest against the alleged action of police and State troopers in entering prisoners' cells dressed as priests to extract confessions. They quote the specific case of seventy-two-year-old Mary Eleanor Smith, who confessed
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    PORT SWETTENHAM THRIFT AND LOAN
    94 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) Klang. At a meeting of members of the Jaffnese Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society Ltd. residing at Port Swettenham a separate district committee for Port Swettenham was elected. The following were unanimously elected to §erve on the committee for 1938 subject
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    MALACCA WOMEN'S GIFT FOR WAR ORPHANS
    47 5 i From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca. Saturday. A SUM of $3,000 (Chinese currency) has been remitted to Madame Chiang Kai-shek by the women's section of the Malacca Chinese Home Relief Fund tot the relief of destitute children in the war-stricken arras.
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    WAR SUFFERERS OF FUKIEN
    195 5 New Fund Opened In Malacca MALAYANS RALLY TO AID OF CLANSMEN (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Saturday. AT a public meeting of the Fukien community of Malacca, held at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, it was decided to form a Mal;ur;i Chinese Fukien Relief Fund Committee
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      139 5 To provide the income that a family must have in the event of the father's death. THE SUN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA offers the Famil\ Income Plan. $100 per month for each $10,000 of life assurance, or £10 per month for each £1000, plus the sum assured at the
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    YOU CAN LEARN TO FLY IN SINGAPORE FOR $130
    401 6 YOU CAN LEARN TO FLY IN SINGAPORE FOR $130 Flying Club Now Has Fleet Of Ten Planes WITH the addition of fast monoplanes to its fleet, the Royal Singapore Flying Club is now in a position to give members training on the more advanced types of aircraft. The Club's latest
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    MARRIAGE IN MID-AIR
    107 6 AFTER taking a young couple and their five friends for a flight over the Empire Exhibition at Glasgow, a pilot discovered on landing that the man and girl had gone through a form of marriage in the air. Miss Agnes Gilmour Spencer, of Polmont, Stirlingshire, and Mr.
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    Sextuplets For Burma Woman
    212 6 Sextuplets For Burma Woman Rangoon. MA NYEIN, wife of a Burmese cultivator in the Sagaing district, has given birth to sextuplets, three boys and three girls. One girl died, but all the others are well. Ma Nyein is proud of herself, and 5s thoroughly enjoying the attention she is receiving.
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    Love Clinic Planned
    73 6 NEW methods of dealing with love courtship, and marriage problems will be planned by the Marriage Guidance Committee, which, has just met for the first time at Caxton Hall. London. Members include eminent dtctors, clergymen, and lawyers, anxious to promote happier marriages. It is hoped to set
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      181 6 /T*O prove the superior performance of Westinghouse JL Electric Refrigerators under extreme conditions, a Westinghouse Proving Kitchen was established in the hot, sticky tropics of the Amazon. This was the first of more than one thousand Westinghouse Proving Kitchens now operating in homes everywhere. Daily tests, month after month, prove
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    POISON GAS NOT THE MENACE IT IS GENERALLY SUPPOSED TO BE
    1044 7 But Singapore Could Not Be Evacuated MAJOR SPARK ON BOM 3 PRECAUTIONS POISON gas is not the menace which it is popularly sup--1 posed to be," declared Major A. D. Spark, M.C., permanent secretary of the Air Kaid.i and
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    "Mutiny" Ship Chinese Landed At Singapore —Police Allegation
    366 7 "Mutiny" Ship Chinese Landed At Singapore Police Allegation A 14-YEAR-OLD boy who was among 24 Chinese seamen who appeared before the Singapore Fourth Magistrate (Mr. L. C. Goh) yesterday, on a charge of entering the Colony without the permission of the Immigration Officer, was acquitted after the captain of his
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    JAVANESE COOLIES FOR NEW CALEDONIA
    126 7 JAVANESE COOLIES FOR NEW CALEDONIA IYom Our Own Correspondent. Batavla. A BATCH of 400 Javanese coolies has left for French New Caledonia to work there on plantations. Javanese coolies are not permitted by the Dutch Government to work in mines. This Is the third batch to go this year. Already
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    Gregg Shorthand's Golden Jubilee
    124 7 CELEBRATING the golden jubilee of Gregg Shorthand, the Gregg Shorthand Writers Association, Singapore, last night held a dinner at the Rex Hotel. It was fifty years ago. yesterday, that Gregg's shorthand was first published In Liverpool by Dr. John Robert Gregg. About 80 guests attended the
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    MISADVENTURE DEATH
    56 7 From Our Own Correspondent. > Malacca. Saturday. A VERDICT of death by misadventure wa s returned by Mr. G. E. Turner, sitting as Coroner In the Malacca police court today, at the end of an inquiry into the death of a 22--year-old Hylam. Ong Wee Long, who died
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    Noel Coward Plays Presented
    218 7 Noel Coward Plays Presented FOR amateurs to attempt a Noel Coward production shows praiseworthy ambition and self-confidence. And when amateurs take several Coward plays, poles apart in requirements, and successfully combine them in one programme, it is something worthy of commendation. Last night the Singapore Amateur Dramatic Committee, at the
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    TEACHERS MEET
    45 7 In addition to an address on air raid precaution by Major A. D. Spark, permanent secretary of the Air Raids and Bombardment Committee, the programme at yesterday's terminal meeting of the Singapore Teachers' Association Included prize-giving, various competitions and musical items and dances.
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    THE WEEK'S MARKET ACTIVITIES
    1116 8 Values Maintained In Dull Period maARKETS generally have had a dull period and on balance 'ices of shares and commodities shuw little change. On the whole this comparative steadiness is encouraging in the face of a continuous stream of bcarisn news from America. Every day has
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    78 8 Saturday, May 28, Noon. No. 1 K. R. S. S. in cases (F. 0.8.) May 18»,4 18^ Good F. A. Q. In bales (F. 0.8.) May 17% 17?* No. 1 X R. S. S. (Spot loose) Awardahle U% 18% June 18-4 19 July-Sept. 19 19>/4
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    MANILA GOLD SHARE MARKET.
    75 8 MANILA GOLD SHARE MARKET Manila, May 27. Last Sale Prices Prerious Today Pews. Antamok 0.42 0.43 Atok 0.245 0.25 Coco Grove 0 475 0 48 Demonstration 0.26 0.355 I. XL 0.62 0.62 Masl>at« 0.12 unq. Mines Operations ..0.10 0.10 San Mauricio 0.42 0.435 United Paracale 0.30 unq. Gold Share Averages:
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    EXCHANGES
    85 8 The following were exchange rates yesterday morning according to the dally circular issued by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation: SELLING London T.T 2/3 11/16 London demand 2/3 11/10 Lyons demand 2050 Switzerland demand 249V^ Hamburg demand 141 New York demand 57 Mor f real demand 57 11/16
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    SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES
    1306 8 Fraser And Co.'s List SATURDAY, MAT 28. I9SS: I P.M. MINING Bayer* setters Ampat Tin (4s) Ss 7M is lttd As* rr KumUm <£) Ml JIM Austral MaJav (I) 42s 6d 47s tk) N Ayer Hitam (ss) 22e 6d 23s 6d Ayer Weng (fl) 60
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    106 8 List Supplied By Messrs Fraser Co. SATURDAY, MAY U, 19M: 1 P.M. Financial Company Dividend Book* Date Ex. Dlv. year TIN Close Payabir Date to data •ahang Consol 10% Int less tax Apr. 26 June 1 May 9 10% 'engkalen 3d less tax May 31 May 23
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      410 9 I Philips Wuojrtt&titiq H Wk it New Philips wonder valve eliminates background noise THE amazing new^'Silentode" valve, reasons why the fc "New Listener" "get» found exclusively in. the 1938 Jubilee clearer tone and hears more stations. There Radioplayers, not only drowns out back-; are six other "New Listening" teatures ground
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      2153 9 Today's Wireless Programmes uIIIUArUI\L pare (Tri e Magic Flute) (Mozart"). Or- MID AM yni 1 -t nw .!•>•> e». 1 chestra: Intermezzo. Act II (Madam lllKUlVl ZHL 1.33 me (22.5 m.) Butterfly) (Puccini). Heddle Nash and Wilt VIM. ll'ci Mllitarv band music t Orchestra: Questo o Quella; Scena and IDC
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    DON'T LET EMOTIONALISM CLOUD PROBLEM OF SOCIAL DISEASE
    1872 10 DON'T LET EMOTIONALISM CLOUD PROBLEM OF SOCIAL DISEASE Says Special Sunday Times Contributor •"THE film "Damaged Lives" which has recently been shown in Singapore has rought the subject of social discu s into the limelight of public interest, and it may be an opportune time to review the position as
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    These Foretell The Weather For You
    385 10  -  BEVERLEY MANNING BY DAROMETERS, meteorological wea- 1 ther forecasts, chemical devices, and even the "Little Old Man and the Little Old Lady" can tell us what is going to happen with the weather: but if we look to the animal and vegetable worlds we
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      145 10 STRAITS TIMES ANNUAL FOR 1938. READY NOV. 1. Both previous issues were completely sold out within a fortnight of publication. ORDER NOW. U»i C/\ CA postage to any part of $1.50 Per copy 50 CtS. Co r i dinc luding packing. •"*£T JT, ffi Wg^fr ABUDJA why pay m re?
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    Three Light, Amusing Novels
    243 11 Three Light, Amusing Novels Any Port. By John Glyder. The Girl who Dared. By David Durham. The Mamwhf Myth. By Wyndham .■\lartyn. All from Jenkins' Colonial Library. |_|ERE are three light, amusing novels, if you do not expect too much sense in the plots, and are prepared to take beauteous
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    2s. Fiction
    72 11 More and more excellent books are b< in' 4 added to Murray's list of 2s. fiction. Amoni? the latest are: "Spanish Maine and Explosion," by P. C. Wren, both exceptionally good reading; Shining Windows and Beauty's Daughter" by Kathleen Norris; and Dorothy Whlpplc's really first rate novel They
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    Study Of A Charming ad
    438 11 Study Of A Charming ad Pity of the World. By Elinor Mordaunt. Michael Joseph. 7s. 6d. MRS. MORDAUNT "uses" Kenya as a background for her study ol a charming cad. She explains at once that she has made no attempt to be either historically or geographically exact, and although she
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    Former Singapore Man's Thirty-Seven Years
    656 11 Former Singapore Man's Thirty-Seven Years Of Crowded Experience JOURNALIST WHO WAS ON STRAITS TIMES "Restless Quest" In Many Lands Restless Quest. By Jerome Willis. Hurst and Blackett. 10s. 6d. IN 1010, as a lad of 18, Jerome WillLs was one of the British airmen sent to the Caucasus in the
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    TIGER SHOOTING IN NORTHERN INDIA
    621 11 Jungle Trails In Northern India. By Sir John Hewett. MethuVn. 12s. 6d. rllS book has been a disappointment to me. Sir John Hewett's name as one of the great English shikaris in India of a few decaaes ago is so well-known to all who have
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    Full-Blooded Adventure
    270 11 Khyber Contraband. By Victor Rayley. Robert Hale. 7s. 6d. Murder on Safari. By Elspeth Huxley. Methuen. 7s. (id. BLOOD and rapine on the Khyber, with a first class inter-tribal war, gun-running and intrigue are the themes of Mr. Bayley's new story of the North-west Frontier. The "House of
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      345 11 NEW BOOK JUST RECEIVED •THE ARTS OF MANKIND" by Hendrik van Loon. In the space of nearly 600 pages and with the lively aid of the most extraordinary drawings many in full colour i Dr. van Loon gives the general reader a love for an understanding of the background of
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    HONG KONG A.P.C. MAN WHO WAS IN AMAZING WARTIME ESCAPE
    402 12 HONG KONG A.P.C. MAN WHO WAS IN AMAZING WARTIME ESCAPE He Will Not Be Able To Attend London Reunion Hong Kong. fJiR. J. K. BOUSFIELD, the ITI general manager in Hong Kong of the Asiatic Petroleum Company, who figured in a dramatic escape from a German prison camp curing the
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    WOMAN FLIES ALONE 2,670 MILES
    87 12 WOMAN FLIES ALONE 2,670 MILES Paris. ELIZABETH LION, French airwoman, broke the women's non-stop record with a flight of 2,670 miles from Istres, near Marseilles, to Abadan, Iran. The previous record, set up in 1932 by the late Miss Amelia Earhart, was 2,447 miles. Mile. Lion landed in her 100
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    Ascent Of Everest
    116 12 London. ra copyright message to The Times, Mr. W. T. Tiltman, leader Oi party attempting the Everest ascent, states that after its arrival on April 6 the expedition established a base camp at a height of 18,000 feet, on the snout of the East Rongbuk glacier. Stores
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    BECAME BAD BOY WHEN TWIN LEFT
    205 12 LJOW, when parted from his twin, a 12-year-old boy changed his habits for the worse was told at South London juvenile court. The boy was taken before the* court as being beyond control. The father said that up to three years ago he was
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    NO NEW INDIAN NAVAL BASE
    30 12 Bombay. Reports that the Government of India Is contcmDlating the establishment of a naval basa on the Kathlawar coast, north of Bombay, are official!-, denied.
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    TAIL OF A WHALE
    70 12 IS the Lech Ness monster a whale? During the hearing of a case relating to whale oil in the Court of Appeal in London, Lord Justice Mcckinnon asked whether whales tceie found in the Arctic. Lord Justice Grecr: You might find one in Loch Ness. Lotd
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    Menuhin's Sister Is Engaged
    109 12 Menuhin 's Sister Is Engaged London. rpHE engftjement is announced 1 of Miss Htphzibah Menuhin, the elder sister of Yehudi, to Mr. Lindsay Nicholas, the brother of Mis>: Ncla Jicnolas. daughter of Mr. G. Nicholas, of Melbourne, whose engagement to Yehudi was announced last week in The Sunday Times. Hephzibah
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    NAVY DESERTERS GO BACK TO HONG KONG
    55 12 NAVY DESERTERS GO BACK TO HONG KONG Brisbane. piVE deserters from H.M.S. Dorsetshire which were taken into custody in North Queensland have left Brisbane to return to their ship. The authorities placed them on board the Eastern and Australian Line steamer Nankin for transport to Hong Kong, there to be
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    25 12 Ex-servicemen's memorial to King Albert: the equestrian statue of the late King Albert of the Belgians which is being erected at Nieuport by Belgian ex-Servicemen.
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    Cancer: "Dramatic Advances"
    154 12 "T|RAMATIC advances in can- cer treatment were described by Mr. Cecil Rowntree, senior surgeon of the Royal Cancer Hospital, Fu In am -road, at the annual meeting of the hospital. "We know." said Mr. Rowmrtf which are the kinds of cancpr best treated by surgical operation. We
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    Behind The News... With Crux Australis
    1267 13 Behind The News With Crux Australis CAS-CAN r\EMURE. petite BarDara Wood, who v..is the baby of the "Quaints" eomnany that R. B. Salisbury brought ast year, has fallen on her feet. Bhe is the new leading lady in "Follies ie Can-can." England's number one revue, at the Prince of Wales
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      180 13 t Did you Maclean your teeth to-day? #bY JHKr *>^ 1 I *7m Ah! I see you did MACLEANS PEROXIDE TOOTH PASTE If you dm (olid dentifrice, uy the new MKUANS SOLID PIIOXIDE DfNTimCI Gain 5 Lbs. In 7 Days Don't be dlsoournK. d if you are weak, raight tlrad
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      267 13 in 'Ovaltine' there Is no ,'>' x i?'- |mL household svgar no starch l^Mtf c/ »o« '<»'« nor a large _*^(i^k L^Lh vercentaoe nf cocoa. IU/ S, M^ I flß^flh^* i When you buy Ovaltine \p^* y. JM M V° u W e concentrated f JU^' nourishment. -V* 'v/ A
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    "BIBLE" YACHT REACHES BRISBANE FROM SINGAPORE
    270 14 "BIBLE" YACHT REACHES BRISBANE FROM SINGAPORE It Has Distributed Tracts In Malaysia WILL BE STATIONED IN N.L WITH 20,000 miles added to her wake since last she entered Brisbane waters three years ago, the auxiliary yacht Lightbearer, which twice called at Singapore within the last 18 months, has reached Brisbane
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    They Would Hardly Do For Singapore
    276 14 r VEX rules for the perfect dinner have been drawn up by a group of Chicago chefs. They include: No shop talk; no discussion of politics or religion; No cocktails containing spirits before dinner; Table napkins to be tucked under the chin; No "nursing"
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    27 14 Many people were injured when this Delage car, driven by J. Paul, dashed into section of the crowd at Brooklands turning fiercely, during the International Trophy race.
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    Suggested Sites For New Guinea Capital
    135 14 Canberra. A FINAL inspection of the suggested sites will be made by the Minister in Charge of the Territories (Mr. W. M. Hughes) before the Federal Cabinet finally determines upon the removal of the administrative capital of New Guinea from Rabaul. Mr. Hughes will
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    Operation Feat In 7 Hours
    89 14 Melbourne. WORKING continuously for seven hours the neuro-surgi-cal team "at the Alfred Hospital successluHy removed a large tumor fr jir. the train of a rrildle aged woiran ppti?r(,. It was one of the longest and most hazardous operations performed in Melbourne for some years. The
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    Cheap Joy Rides For Airminded Youth
    48 14 B:rlln. AN airline has just be:n formed with the object of ma!:ing Germany^ youth airminded. The line, the Hansa Air Service Company (a subsidiary of Lufthansa. Germany's chief air firm) will organise cheap joy rides for young Germans ail over the country.
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    ELLSWORTH FOR ANTARCTIC AGAIN
    214 14 New York. 'THE New York correspondent of the North American Newspaper Alliance. in a copyright message, says Mr. Lincoln Ellsworth, the American explorer, in an article in the New York Times, announces that he is to make a fourth expedition to the Antarctic, and hopes to
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    4 14 Marshal Smigly-Ititz, Poland's dictator.
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    HITLER MAKES ARMY 'HEIL'
    89 14 Berlin. OITLER, in a decree has ordered the whole German Army to rive him the Hell Hitler Nazi salute. Soldiers, however, must continue giving the military salute to all other people. This means that Hitler is the one man in Germany whom the army must honour
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    Mother Of Four Expects Quads
    89 14 Mother Of Four Expects Quads W E liave four cnildren already, bu* wo are looking forward to the event." said Mr. George Taylor, a Liverpool cart.r. whose 29-year-o!d wife is expecting quadruplets. "My wi. r e is in high spirits. She has been in hospital more than a fortnight but
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    Lily Pons Will Wed In June
    56 14 New York. I ILY PONS, the "pocket prima donna," announced that she will marry Andre Kcstelanetz, orchestra leader, early in June. Kostelanetz met her when the Normandie docked In New York. They have been engaged for threeyears. Last month, in London, Miss Pons said
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      31 14 ESTD. 1845. MAJOR GREY'S (OUINE INDIAN tONDIM&Vft GOLD DOLLAR Amsterdam 1883 1886, Colonial 4 1896 r.t c SWEET SLICEdIt* {(mango chutneyj) 2 Lbs. Bottle 65 Cents. i Lb. Bottle 4O Cents.
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    Sitting On The Fence By Nathaniel Gubbins
    1509 15 Sitting On The Fence By Nathaniel Gubbins yj\l\T do I road? People often ask me this question, and in nnler to evade it I usually aasw r that I am oblijfed to read so many newspapers that I have no time to read anything for pleasure except a few plays.
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    CONTRACT BRIDGE
    391 15 By THE FOUR ACES i"|NE of the simpler cases of the forcing pass occurs when you and sour pariner have contracted for a Slam voluntarily, aud now one of the opponents puts in a defensive bid. Of course, you can double and sot this defensive bid, but being
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      277 15 Keslnol soothes and heals V^, sick skins End burning, itching skin or painful eruptions with Rcsinol. You'll find this soothing ointment a blemae, Rcsinol is so effective in healing sick skins that it lias been a standard skin treatment among physicians for few application! seldom fail r away the irritation.
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        Technical Schools
        182 16 THE announcement that the commission which is to invest: j higher education in Malaya will possibly be consulted on the problem of a new technical school for Kuala Lumpur is a welcome one. This country can well afford to encourage anything which lessens the emphasis placed on "white-collar"
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        Food For The Army
        109 16 ALTHOUGH the bill for Britain's- defences is mounting almost daily, there is ample evidence that the money is being wisely spent and that costs are being pared wherever possible. Singapore has a first-class example of this economy in the new supply ck-pot and bakery of the
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        Malay Change Alley
        181 16 TIMELY warning against the weekly fair at the Malay Settlement degenerating into a combii.ation of an extension of Change Alley and an ar.ni.scrnerit park was uttered by Mr. C. W. A. Sennett at a meeting of the Singapore Rural Board. The regular supervision he suggested should feo
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    The Biggest Japanese Iron Mine In Malaya
    1812 16  - The Biggest Japanese Iron Mine In Malaya Kaye Account Of A Visit When Undertaking Was In Early Stages By Trip Up River By Launch 'THE Japanese iron mine at Bukit Batu Besi in Trengganu, for which the port is Dungun, has been in the news a good deal owing to
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    LOPBURI WILL BE SIAM'S ALDERSHOT
    738 17  -  S. R. Hutchinson By Military City Near Ruins Of Ancient Capital DANCE FLOOR ON TOP OF WATER TOWER SUM'S NEW ALDERSHOT. AT LOPBI'RI. AROUT SO MILES NORTH OF BANGKOK, UNTIL RECENTLY LITTLE KNOWN EXCEI»T AS AN ANCIENT CAPITAL OF SIAM, HAS BECOME A CENTRE OF
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    Only Three Men Know War Secret
    206 17 /"VNLY three men in the world know the complete plan of thr Masinot Line, the impregBaMc Jin? of fortifications which defends the eastern frontier of France. Aimy officers in command of BCtors of the line are allowed to pc the intricacies of only one
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    Dictaphone Test Of Girl's Love
    140 17 Dictaphone Test Of Girl's Love I OVE has survived trial by ordeal, war, separation, and torture now it has survived trial by dictaphone. Thomas W. Warner, 23-year-old son of an American millionaire, making love to a beautiful blonde, couldn't decide whether she loved him for himself of his money. So
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    Franco Threatens Film Producer
    108 17 Hollywood. QENERAL FRANCO has threatened Walter Wanger, producer of the Spanish war film, "Blockade," with "violent Spanish and Italian reprisals" if the picture contains any criticism of rebel policy. Wanger was advised to submit the film, which stars Madeleine Carroll, the British actress, to the Italian
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    R.A.F. To Go In For"Flying Tricycles"
    92 17 R.A.F. To Go In For"Flying Tricycles" "PLYING tricycles" are to be used by the R.A.F. A five-seater Monospar. the first British three-wheel-'.ype plane to complete its trials, has been bought by the Air Ministry. The Ministry hope to develop giant three-wheeler bombers. Half a pilot's "feel" for flying goes into
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    Baby Weighs 14lb. 4oz. When Bom
    92 17 A BABY girl weighing 14 lb. 4 oz. has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Best, of Peake avenuo. Conisbrough. near Doncaster. This is more than double the normal weight of a child at birth, but it is not a record. A boy born
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    Indian Girl Excused Court Curtsy, Gown Made It Impossible
    198 17 CLIGHT, ivory-complexionc-d Mis<« Piloo Nannvu'.hy. twenty-Ihroe-year-old daughter of an Indian judge. «as excised by the Lord Chamberlain from curtsying before the King and Queen at Court. Her 200-year-old Indian saree made curlsying an impossibility. Instead, she was given permission to bow,
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    Infant Welfare Staff's Fine Work
    96 17 Infant Welfare Staff's Fine Work AN important aspect of the work done in the three Infant welfare clinics of the Health Department of the Municipality described in last week's Sunday Times -is the fight against b^ri-beri. Mothers are told that it is polished rice which causes beri-beri and they are
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    BLOOD TEST CLEARS HIM
    463 17 TOR the first time in a Britlsa court blood tests have proved that a man could not possibly be a baby's father. Miss Ena Dorington. of Ramsbury. Wiltshire, accused Mr Loslie Rich.ird Hawkins, of Castle Street. Aldbourne, of being the father of her child. Mr. Hawkins
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    SWEDEN ARMS
    24 17 The plans of the Swedish Premier, M. Hsnsson. for the immediate strengthening of land ard air defences were approved by the Rikrdag
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    1199 18 AMONG Malayan tin leaders who have delivered broadsides against the buffer pool scheme is Mr. Harold Huntsman, of Ipoh, who is, perhaps, better known in the Federation than in Singapore. One of the most senior members of the Perak Bar, he has for some years been legal
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    As Others See Them—7
    32 18 As Others See Them 7 Besides having a great keenness for music. Dr. C. H. Withers Pair:?, here caricatured by Trctchikoff specially for the Sunday Times, is an ardent student of heraldry.
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      167 18 Gillette reduces your shaving costs Insist on Gillette don't be pet* suaded to buy inferior blades on the grounds that they are cheaper. They may be lower in price, but they are not economical in use. The best way to reduce your shavinc costs is to buy Blue Gillette blades
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    NEW BRITISH ATTACK ON WCXILD LAND SPEED RECORD
    414 19 NEW BRITISH ATTACK ON WCXILD LAND SPEED RECORD Captain George Eyston In Redesigned "Thunderbolt" Wolverhampton. H/IIEN Captain George Eyston, holder of the world's landspeed record of 312 m.p.h., sets out for Bonnevillc S;;lt Flats, I tan, next month, he will take with him a redesigned Thunderbolt containing such secrets that
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    THEY DANCE IN HELL
    81 19 rpUERE are IACb people in Hell and they have a dance every Saturday night. It is?i't so hot there. In fact, the temperature of Hell never gets much abeve 86 degrees Fahrenheit. And it's not much use swearing fidelity "till Hell freezes," because Hell docs jrecze
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    CAR BANDITS KIDNAP WRONG GIRL
    103 19 Montreux. I£ ID NAPPED hy car bandits shtle walking along the quay at Oucby. Lake of Geneva, a Swiss girl was left in a forest 35 miles away. After thrusting her into the car, the men blindfolded her and asked her if she were the
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    Angle Shots Can Be Very Effective If Used Wisely
    489 19 Snapshot Guild WHEN you walk down the street ol your home town, looking for pictures, what are some of the things you see? Do you notice a new building going 1 up, and tilt back your head to get a good
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      411 20 LAUGH At Yourfjpi OLD SELF W^m Yeast-Vife Gives You The Power! rS^ly Let Yeast-Vite make you well! Let it change t those frowns and furrows of pain into the bright, /^gi happy smile of bubbling health and energy I Iy HEADACHES— Let Ycast-Vite show you what it is to ««c
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      235 20 Is jthe place for an ideal holiday! Always plenty to do and much to see and for those who desire it, quiet and rest. With every facility available for sport and pleasure there need not I p^j^^= be an idle moment. An excellent I .gj ||Jf Js cuisine delights the
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      591 20 $100 FREE ENTRY CROSSWORD PUZZLE MON^Y PRIZES FOR CROSSWORD ENTHUSIASTS OUR WEEKLY "MUST BE WON" OFFER The Sunday Times offers today $100 for a correct solution of the Crossword Puzzle printed below. Should no reader succeed in solving the puzzle correctly the $100 will be awarded in respect of the
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    812 21 Care Of Skin Is Vital To Your Beauty —Says Sunday Times Beauty Expert "|£EEP FIT" is the slogan of the year, and it is one that should be applied to beauty as well as to the health of the body. It is true that if you have a healthy body
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    Max Factor Beauty Experts Will Make Tour Of Malaya
    376 21 A FTER a stay of several months in Hollywood, Mr. and Mrs. T. M. West, personal representatives of the Max Factor's Hollywood and London Make-Up Studios arrived recently in Singapore for an extended stay in Malaya. Mr. West, in the capacity
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    What Well-Dressed Women In Europe Are Wearing
    367 22 What Well-Dressed Women In Europe Are Wearing London, May 21. J7DGE-TO-EDGE coats are a happy investment for welldressed women being assets for both the bright days to come, and those days which bring bitter north-east winds. A simple, typical design is that made in magenta cloth which is well waistec"
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    NEW LAMPSHADES AS PART OF YOUR FURNISHING SCHEME
    418 22 IUEW lampshades aid the spring furnishing scene, rather than screen the lights! At least, shades are now bought with an eye to their appearance during the day when the lamps are not lit. Pretty new designs to top squat bowl lamps are
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    Don't Let Yourself Become Merely A Shadow Wife
    939 23 Don't Let Yourself Become Merely A Shadow Wife Ursula Bloom Warns Singapore Women: ARE you a shadow wife? Are you merely a wisp of a person who trails at your husband's heel, pottering after him wherever he goes? Do you reflect his ideas and opinions, and, merging your own personality
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    Negri State Sides Do Well In Cricket And Soccer
    218 24 Negri State Sides Do Well In Cricket And Soccer (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban. BOTH the NegTi Sembilan State soccer and cricket sides met with great success last week-end. Contrary to expectations, thr cricket team, without one ol two of the best men, defeated Malacca by a wide margin and
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    23 24 Santhok Singh, a Negri Sembilan State hockey player who won the 220 yards race for Old Boys at the Seremban AngloChinese School sports.
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    EMPIRE DAY OBSERVED IN NEGRI SEMBILAN
    721 24 From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban. I*HE English schools in Negri Sembilan observed Empire Day in traditional manner. At King George V School, Seremban. after the class masters had given talks on the significance of the day the classes marched to the hall while a
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    Kuala Pilah School
    373 24 'From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Saturday. HTHE first annual speech day and 1 prize giving of the Tuanku Muhamad School, Kuala Pilah, Negri Sembilan, was held recently and was a great success. The school, which is a government institution, is named after the late ruler of Negri
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    23 24 Mr. Chan Kirn Seng, of the Forest Office, Klang, who has presented a silver cup for competition in the Klang Chin^. football league.
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    Negri Notes
    93 24 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Saturday. Mr. E. W. Mumford has succeeded Mr. T. F. H. Kemp as Chief Polico Officer. Negri Sembilan. There will be an at home at the Seremban Residency on June 9 on the occasion of the King's birthday celebrations. Mr. Nagamuttu. clerk of
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    CLOCK TOWER FOR KLANG
    78 24 (From Our Own Correspondent) Klang. The proposal to erect a clock tower in Klang to commemorate the Coronation has materialised. The plan of the clock tower has been approved by the Klang Sanitary Board. It is proposed that the clock tower shall be erected in Maxwell
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    KLANG ITEMS
    126 24 i From Our Own Correspondent) Klang, Saturday. Dr. E. S. R. Alfred and Dr. Abdul Ghany, of the Klang District Hospital, are proceeding on transfer to Singapore on a training course for 6 months at the end of the month. Farewell functions are being held in their honour.
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    ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOL SPORTS
    467 24 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Saturday. THE Seremban Anglo-Chinese school held Its annual athletic sports on the school padang before a large, gathering of spectators Results were 50 yards Primary girls. 1. Yet Neo, 2. Leong Lee Moy. Bun Race Primary Boys, 1. Pitchaypillay, 2. Leong Soo
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    MALACCA DID NOT HAVE BEST OF LUCK IN CRICKET MATCH AGAINST NEGRI
    1184 25 MALACCA DID NOT HAVE BEST OF LUCK IN CRICKET MATCH AGAINST NEGRI From Our Own Correspondent .1 Malacca. NO one would grudge Negri Sembilan its hard-earned victory over Malacca in the annual inter-State cricket fixture played here recently. The visitors won by 59 runs with exactly seven minutes t:> spare
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    Fine Cricket Performance
    80 25 GW. S. Waites, Uw Malacca allrjunder. has so far scored 683 runs In cricket games in Malacca this season His knocks included a century when playing for Ocnuans earlier this and 64 and 58 against Selangor ilacca respectively. has been the most successful i Jrtng in all
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    LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT
    248 25 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Saturday. THE annual lawn tennis tournament held by the Malacca Club has reached its final stages. G. H. C. Coventry, the former Combined Services champion, reached the final of the men's open singles championship when he accounted for B F Bridge in
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    NO NEW SOCCER TALENT
    237 25 (From Our Own Con-espondent.) Malacca, Saturday. The recent soccer trial game, in prepaiation for Malacca's Malaya Cup fixture against Johore early next mem'h. did not In any way reveal useful talent from new bloods and it looks as if the selectors will have once' again to
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    MALACCA THRIFT AND LOAN
    383 25 (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca. Saturday. A profit of $7,346.85 which included the surplus brought forward from previous, year's account was recorded in the statement of accounts and report to be presented at the 13th annual general meeting of the Malacca Government and Municipal Servants' Co-operative
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    CHINESE WIN KEY MATCH IN MUAR LEAGUE
    586 26 They Are Now Only Unbeaten Side (From Our Own Correspondent.) Muar. OEFORE a record crowd, the Muar Chinese football team trounced the Muar Police to the tune of five goals to one in the key match of the Muar F.A. league, played at
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    How Teams Stand
    218 26 i From Our Own Correspondent.) Muar, Saturday. IF the Muar Chinese football team can keep.up their present form they sl.ould finish at the top of the table. The Johore Military Forces have shown great improvement and will give other teams a hard fight in the second round.
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    MUAR TENNIS
    226 26 (From Our Own Correspondent. Muar. A start will be made in the doubles handicap tournament run by the Muar Lawn Tennis Association this week. Partners in this tournament were drawn for and there will be twenty-two pairs competltlng. The following is a result of the draw with the
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    NEW SCOUT TROOP AT MUAR
    167 26 (From Our Own Correspondent) Muar. A new Boy Scout Troop has been formed in the Muar Government English School. The formation of this troop has filled a long felt want. The First Muar (G.E.S.) Troop was only open to Malay boys of the Government English
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    MALAY SCHOOLS' DRILL DISPLAY
    185 26 (From Our Own Correspondent) Muar. There was a large crowd present at the Muar Club padang to witness the annual Malay inter school drill and games competitions. The crowd present was treated to a first class exhibition of drill display. The exercises were smartly done and
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    DRAWN GAME
    164 26 (From Our Own Correspondent). Batu Pahat. In the first match of the Batu Pahat Football League the Ranger? were unlucky to share points with the Drivers, when they could have easily taken the lead with tw) penalties which they missed The result was a one— all draw. In
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    MUAR INDIANS
    77 26 (From Our Own Correspondent) Muar. At the annual general meeting of the Muar India Ceylon Association the following were elected office bearers: President, Mr. A. N. Mltra, Vice President; Dr. K. Damodharan Hon. Secretary: Mr. T. S. Pillay Hon. Asst. and Sports Secretary: Mr. K. Nadesan Hon. Treasurer;
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    Batu Pahat Teams
    53 26 The Young Men football team which beat the Drivers by nine goals to one in the Batu Pahat football league. The Batu Pahat Chinese cricket team, the only Chinese side in Johore The Drivers soccer team which went down to the Young: Men, I—9. in the Batu
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    Garrison Sports Notes ...By "Nomad"
    2737 27 HPHE Staff and Departments XI defeated the 2nd Bn., The Gordon Highlanders, by 50 runs in a cricket match played at Selerang last Wednesday. Scores:— STAFF AND DEPARTMENTS Pte. Mack b Darby 17 Pte. Marshall c Rich b Cass 15 Captain Dynes b Duke 24
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    Mac's Comments
    1045 27 IJELD at Blakan Mati on Sunday, 1 the 7th H.K.S. R.A sports meeting was a big success with large entries and keen rivalry. Features of the day were the gymnastic display by the Indian physical training team, the tug-of-war final, and the javelin throw, which was won by
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    Sappers And Skins Hold Sports Meets
    402 28 Here are pictures nt the athletic meetings held last week by the Royal Engineers, Chanjji, and the Inniskilling Fusiliers. RESULTS ARE IN PAGE I WEN 111-SEVEN.I 1 1 -SEVEN. A happy croup of spectators at Ui« innifkJlingV -pur Winning team in thr 886 Yards
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    BADMINTON TOURNEY
    239 28 A FAIRLY large crowd was at the Clerical Union Hall yesterday to watch the preliminary ties in the men's Junior singles badminton championship which, however, except the last fixture, proved to be disappointing. Chua Leng Kuan, of the Marigold party, and Leng Lee Choon, of the Merridale party,
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    INDIANS WIN
    233 28 THE Indian Association scored an easy victory over the St. Joseph's Institution at cricket at B ilestier yesterday. Batting first, the Indians declared at 141 runs for the loss of eight wickets, j while the St. Joseph's boys were all out for 80 runs. Scores INDIAN ASSOCIATION: Tharam
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    Y. M. C. A. BEAT ST. ANDREW'S J. Shaw's 42
    254 28 Y. M. C. A. BEAT ST. ANDREW'S J. Shaw's 42 A PTER losing nine wickets for only j runs, the V.M.C.A. went on to total 68 at the St. Joseph's Institution ground yesterday, when they beat St. Andrew's School by six runs. J. Shaw made top score for V.M.C.A. with
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    S. R. C. WIN
    214 28 AN SRC. team beat the Wearne's Sports Club by 59 runs at cricket at Farrer Park yesterday. Hoffman j scoring 38 for the SRC and Penne- father 27 for Wcarnes. S.R.C. R. Minjoot c Meyer bL. Sullivan 29 R. Hoffman c Michael b Meyer 38 F.
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    MARQUEZ TO FIGHT BABY GUZMAN
    180 28 yENTURA MARQUEZ, Singapore light and featherweight champion. may have a tough nut to crack this I time when he meets Baby Guzman on Friday night over 10 3-min. rounds t the Happy Stadium, If Guzman lives up to his record. Though this will be their
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    COMBINED SERVICES OVERWHELM NEGRI, 5-0
    343 29 State Outplayed In Malaya Cup Soccer Game (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Saturday. I^EVER in the history of the Malaya Cup Soccer competition was Negri Sembilan so badly outplayed as this afternoon when the Combined Services trounced them to the tune of five coals to
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    37 29 ijl Uavies (41 Company) taking a hurdle in fine s'.yle in the 48* yards hurdle relay at the sports held on Thursday by the Royal Enginrers, Chanel. More pictures In PAGE TWENTY -EIGHT. Results in PAGE TWENTY-SEVEN.
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    S.A.F.A. Trial
    406 29 S.A.F.A. Trial I'HE S.A.F A. selectors have a difficult problem to solve in picking a team to represent Singapore in the Malaya cup competition. Yesterday, at Anson Road, they watched two teams in play in the first ol a series of trial matches. Colours beat Whites, 3 l. The game
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    FURTHER MATCHES
    121 29 Further trial matches will be played at Anson Road Stadium on Tuesday and next Saturday. The following players have been invited to attend by 5 p.m. on those days, prepared to play if required: Abdul Rahman (M.F.A.), Hajl Abdul Rahman (Police), Aziz (M.F. U.- Do'lah Publishers >, G.
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    S.C.C, Score 155 For 5 Against "Dog"
    313 29 RAIN STOPS PLAY (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. A FTER losing their first three wickets for 37 in the annual match au<iin«;t the Selan^or Club, which started here tod;:y, the S.i'.C. advanced to 153 runs for the loss of five wickets
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    30 29 41 Company won the long Jump at the sports held by the Royal Engineers, Changi. Here is CpL Field making hit M ft. 7 in. Jump, the best individual effort.
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    S.C.R.C. WIN
    225 29 f N a low scoring game of cricket play- ed at the Padang yesterday the S.C.R.C. defeated the SRC. by 18 runs. Evan Wong for the Chinese contributed a useful 42. S.R.C. R. Bain Ibw Keng Hock 8 D. D'Cotta b Swee Law 19 R. J arisen run
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    Home Cricket
    119 29 OWING to rain in many parts of England, there was no play in numerous cricket matches yesterday, says Reuter. Play was not possible in the following games At Lord's: Middlesex vs. the Australians. At Nottingham, Nottinghamshire vs. Hampshire. At Cambridge, Cambridge University vs. The Army At Chesterfield, Derbyshire
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    MALAYS BEAT S.C.C. XI
    186 29 THHE Malays yesterday defeated th S.C.C. on the club padang by 16 runs. sec Gaillard b M. Shah 24 Garden c All Yunos b Dollah 14 McKenzie b M. Shah 2 ONeil Dunne b Puteh 16 Rolfe b Shah 1 Lewis b Puteh Jackson c Isa
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    S.A.F.A. LEAGUE TABLES
    459 29 f\Kl EAT has come to the Chinese a second time, making the issue very open in Div. I of th«* S.A.F.A. league. Though the Sappers and the Inniskillin<*s have a point less than the Gunners their chance* are just as «ood 3 the Chines*, for each has
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    A.C.S. JUST DO IT
    462 29 AN exciting finish was seer, in the two innings cricket match between the Anglo-Chinese School and Raffles Institution, played on the Institution's ground, yesterday— which resulted in a last-minute win for the ACS. by three wickets. With 30 minutes to go and nearly 40 runs to
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    SCHOOL CRICKET
    41 29 Playing at the Oldham Boarding School Ground yesterday the Raffles Institution second team beat the AC S. second team -by 67 runs. Batting first Raffles made 120 and the ACS. In reply were able to compile only 53 Mm.
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    ASTON A. C.
    26 29 Members of Aston Athletic Club are reminded of the tea dance to be held at the Club premises tomorrow, commencing from 5.30. p.m.
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    GORDONS BEATEN
    255 29 rVECLARING at a total of 184 for the U loss of only four wickets, the Staff and Department XI easily defeated the Gordons in a match played at Tanglln yesterday. Chief contributor to the winners total was Mack, who, in carrying his bat for 101, gave only one
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    INTER-STATE TENNIS
    210 29 (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Saturday. HONOURS were evenly shared in today's play of the inter- state lawn tennis competition for tne Lai Tet Loke Cup among Chinese m Mala ex, Selangor and Negri Sembiian. Malacca won two games and Selangor two games. Two games were left unfinished
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    TERROR BEAT EXCISE
    27 29 Playing at the Police Depot in Thomson Road yesterday H.M.S. Terror beat the Excise Sports Club, 3—o, in Div. n of the S.A.F.A. league.
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    TEST TRIAL SKIPPERS
    21 29 London, Saturday. W. R. Hammond captains England and G. O. Allen the Rest in the T-st trial. Reuter.
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    SUMMER B. P.
    87 29 Competition for Mr. Swee Lye Quees in-ter-team challenge cup will take place on June 25. at the home court, Campbell Lane. Closing date for entries Is June 18. The draw will take place the following day. Late entries will not be entertained. Entrance fee Is 25 cents.
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    32 29 The flnish of the one mile relay at the sports of the Royal Engineers, Chanrf, on Thursday L'Cpl Texapleman (30) finishing first. More pictures are in PAGE TWENTY-EIGHT. Results in PAGE TWENTY-SEVEN.
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    Yates (U.S.) Is British Golf Champion
    41 29 Yates (U.S.) Is British Golf Champion Charles Yates (United States) yesi terday beat Cecil Ewing (Britain) in the final of the British amateur golf championship played at Troon, says Reuter. He won 3 and 2 in a match over 36 holes.
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    Bryant Shield Tennis
    81 29 (From Oil. Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Saturday. In the Bryant Shield competition Mr. Wong Ah Leong's party gained a three-nil victory over the Malacca Muslims played on the tetter's courts. Results (Mr. Wong Ah Leong's party mentioned first):— Chan Boon Peng and Sit Chee Peng beat Eusof and
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    AIRPORT TEAM WINS
    22 29 The Airport soccer team beat the Netherlands Trading Society by six goals to two at the Geylang Stadium yesterday.
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    NEW JUNIOR BADMINTON TOURNEY RULES ?
    648 30 NEW JUNIOR BADMINTON TOURNEY RULES Changes Likely In Eligibility Clauses BY OUR BADMINTON CORRESPONDENT 'THE badminton season here was ushered in yesterday when a start was made with The first part of the tournarrent programme which, as in previous years, comprises the men's junior singles and doubles. It is difficult
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    18 30 The Jaya Stia B P.. nhich is doing very ell in the inter-rtab badminton leafiie at iUtu rahat.
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    NEGRI SEMBILAN B.A.
    542 30 (From Oar O.vn Correspondent). Seremban, Saturday. AN interes'ins report is presented by the Negri Semoilun Um\ .tun ton Association. ui.i.h will hold it-, annual general meeting a. the Ncgri Scmoiian Pa.'al Club on Satu/day, June 4. The presentation of prizes to the winners and n:nnr.-.-.-up in the
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    ECLIPSE B.P.
    346 30 The Eclipre Badminton Party celebrated its second anniversary at Mr. Tan Boon List's Bungalow. Telok Mats Dean, last Saturday and Sunday. The following were elected office-bearers for the year: President, Mr. Chan Chee Seng (re-elected) vice-president, Mr. Koh Kong Sun. Hon. secretary, Mr. Tan Beng Kirn (re-elected), hon.
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    90 30 The Summer Badminton Par v which lost to the New Li/e Badminton Party. I—6. last week-end. From left, back. Tan Chin Guan. Len s Boon. Sic Fong, Hon e Kwanc, Kirn Choon, Ho SUng Hen f front. C. S. Phuaiur. Nf Yon* Thye, Taa Ah Ilooi, Chenr Hen f Wah.
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    Selangor Badminton
    1092 30 CONGRATULATIONS to Sans Badminton Pnrty. Once again it annexed the Selangor inter-teams doubles championship, prevailing over the Malays by 4 to 1. Thou^:; Sans started favourites, yet the margin oi victory as indicated by the scores is flattering When the ties were drawn. Sans found Itscif in an
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    MUAR BADMINTON
    241 30 (From Our Own Correspondent) Muar. PrE Muarian Swallows Badminton Party held a very successful badminton tournament which was brought to a close recently. Jackcy Stanley was the open singles champion In the "A" Division and Teo Bun Hock was runner-up. Miss Poh Lian was the singles champion in
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    SIEW SIN SIA
    97 30 Members of the Siew Sin Sla are requested to note that the annual tennis and badminton tournaments are now open. The entrance fee* are as follows: Tennis singles handicap $1.00. tennis open doubles $1.(0 per nalr. badminton singles handicap 50 cents, badminton open doubles 50 cents per
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    KUANTAN GAMES
    116 30 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuantan. Playing against the Government English School the Kuantan Recreation Club won !>y 4 games to 2 in a badminton match of 3 singles and 3 doubles. Scores: (K.R.C. mentioned first): Singles Hamld beat Pang Chee Hung IS 3, IS 5; Thang Mow Chew
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    977 30 (From A Special Correspondent). MRS. BIJA BANVOR won the Penang Junior women's singles title last Sunday by beating M ss Boey Paik Wan in the final with the greatest of ease. Mrs. Bija's triumph 1* remarkable. She had been playing badminton for some time but not seriously
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    NEW LIFE B.P.
    176 30 Before a large Rathcrin^ of badminton er.» thusiasts at the Outram Road court last Sunday, an interesting match was played between the New Life Badminton Party and the Summer Badminton Party, ramltlng In a victory for the New Life by six games to one. Scores (New Life
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    CARNIVAL OF SPORT NEXT WEEK-END
    677 31  -  ARCHER BY Many Fixtures Arranged For Whitsuntide P«TNCIPAL Item in Singapore on the programme of sports events arranged throughout Malaya for Whitsuntide will be the Clarke Cup cricket match between Europeans and the Rest. This will be held on the Padang on the Saturday, Sunday
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    69 31 Louis and Schmcling sign for return title fight: Joe Louis, world's heavyweight champion, shown at the left signing a contract to battle Max Schmeling of Germany (right), for the title on June 22. In centre is General John J. Phelan, of the New York State Boxing Commission. The bout will
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    DRIVERS BEATEN
    320 31 1 From Our Own Correspondent.) Batu Pahat. The Young Men proved too good f or the Drivers and beat them by nine goals to one in tl.e local football league. The winners were superior in all departments. Ismail Hj Omar scored five goals for his side, doing the
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    CLEAN SOCCER
    113 31 (From Our Own Correspondent) Batu Pahat. It is gratifying that since the start of the Batu Pahat Footboll League rough play and the employment of questicnable tactics have been conspicuous by their absence. Another thing local football fana have noticed Is the general improvement in the standard of
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    POLICE DRAW
    191 31 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Batu Pahat. Last year's champions, the Police, were lucky to score the equaliser in their league game against the Malay Gurus who led practically throughout the game. The score was two all. The Gurus had the better of the exchanges in the first half
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    PONTIAN LOSE
    403 31 (Frm Our Own Correspondent) Batu Pahat. The Batu Pahat Cricket Club gave Pontlan a drubbing by an innings and 44 runs when they met recently at cricket at the local school padang. Rees, who was in excellent form, accounted for nine of the wickets jvith a total of
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    396 31  -  K. O. BY |\i|R- A. E. BEAVIs stages his next programme at the Happy World Stadium on Friday, June 3, and he has something good to offer. Heading the card are Ventura Marquez and B. de Guzman. The Mexican has beaten all comers during his ten
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    BATU PAHAT
    358 31 (Prom Our Own Correspondent.) Batu Pahat. Juvenile Badminton Party easily beat the Premier School B.P. by four games to one In the inter-club tourney. Chew cnong Yaiu ix-lng the only winner for the school Low leiK Ho of the Premier 3. P., who was expected to win his
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