The Straits Times, 6 August 1939

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    38 1 THE SUNDAY TIMES THE LEADING SUNDAY NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA FINAL EDITION No. 398 Sunday, August 6, 1939 Price 10 Cents THE SUNDAY TIMES The Leading Sunday Newspaper In Malaya No. 398 Sunday, August 6, 1939 Price 10 Cents
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    GRIM WARNING TO JAPAN
    9 1 Great Britain's Patience Nearly Exhausted
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    NATION'S TEMPER RISING OMINOUSLY AT CHINA OUTRAGES
    447 1 NATION'S TEMPER RISING OMINOUSLY AT CHINA OUTRAGES London Press And Reprisals Threat T<HE Daily Telegraph, in an editorial on Mr. Neville Chamberlain's statements in the House of Commons on Friday, says, "as regards Japan, the Prime Minister used words of grave warning that should make plain to Tokio that our
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    Japanese Tighten Tientsin Blockade
    129 1 Japanese Tighten Tientsin Blockade TOKIO'S REPLY TO CHAMBERLAIN Tientsin, Saturday. Till". Japanese blockade of Ihe British Concession at Tientsin has rigorously tightened, presumably as retaliation against the statements of Lord Halifax, the Frrei.cn Secretary, ami Mr. Neville Chamberlain, the Prime Minister, in the Home of Commons this week. Conee c
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    Excursion Train Over Embankment
    143 1 TTIIE Isle of Arr«n boat ex- press from Glasgow met with disaster at Saltcoats. Ayrshire, this afternoon when the engine plunged down a st? p embankment dragging after it three carriages which were smashed. Fojr bodies have been recovered, one of them that of the fireman.
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    INTERPRETATIONS IN FRANCE
    198 1 Paris, Saturday. lAPANE.SE claims are preoccupying French public opinion. Mr. Chamberlains speech and the position of Japan regarding the Axis is lengthily discussed in the Press. Pertim.x, writing in L'Ordre says "If the Japanese offensive is intensified and the Tokio negotiations do not make pi ogress Mr.
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    Caused Stir
    51 1 Mr. Robert S. Hudson, Secretary of the Department of Overseas Trade, admitted that he was the British Minister who talked in a private conversation with Herr Wohltat of a sensational scheme to lend a va.>t sum of money to Germany on condition that Germany took the lead in
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    You Will Be Cheated
    70 1 If you do not receive a four-page coloured comic supplement FREE with this issue of the Sunday Times. If this. c»pj U offered for sale without the "om»c supplement, please refuse ft. The price of the Sunday Times with the supplement is 10 cents. and the
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    Best Picture Of Queen
    94 1 'T'lIE years mtaA charming picture of the Queen was taken when she arrived at a garden party at Grove House, the home of Mr. S. Goetze, where she receive i purses in aid of the St. Marylebone Housing Association. Both Her Majestj and the little rlrl
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    Japanese Reaction
    213 1 Tokio. Saturday. IMR. CHAMBERLAIN'S statement that Great Britain might nave to send a fleet to the Far East has been taken calmly In Japanese naval circles, wnose only comment has been, Britain la free to dispose of her navy as she pleases." Mr. Chamberlain's warning to Japan is
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    Christened
    34 1 The baby daughter of Brlj.-General Critchley and Mrs. Critchley (formerly Diana Fishwick, the golfer) was christened at the Savoy Chapel, London. The baby (here in her mother's arms) received the names Glenna Ramsey.
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    POLAND STILL MOBILIZING
    82 1 LATE NEWS Warsaw, Saturday. In view of the concentrations of German troops round southern and western Poland, Polish mobilization is continuing, officers ..nd men being called up every few days. Mobilization will reach its maximum strength towards the end of the month. The Kurjer Polski says Germany's
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    Britain Could Halt Tokio
    161 1 Britain Could Halt Tokio POTENTIALNAVAL STRENGTH London, Saturday. QREAT Britain's potential naval strength in the Far East is reviewed today by Hector Bywater, the Daily Telegraph naval correspondent, following Mr. Chamberlain's statement yesterday in the House of Commons. Bywater says that even today it would be feasible to dispatch to
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    COUNTY CRICKET CLOSE OF PLAY
    93 1 Oval: Surrey vs. Notts. No play. Rain. Burton -on -Trent: Derby 28 for 2; vs. Warwick. Rain. Bristol: Gloucester 71 for 0; vs. Somerset. Rain. Canterbury: Kent 148 for 8 (Ames 51); vs. Hampshire. Leicester: Leicester vs. Northants. No play, rain. Hove: Middlesex 41 for
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  • £20,000 FOR RAJAH'S DAUGHTER
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    Singapore Air Rally: Crowds Gape In Wonder
    353 2 Singapore Air Rally: Crowds Gape In Wonder of people from every community in Singapore yesterday packed the roof and balconies of the airport terminal building and the precincts of the Royal Singapore Flying Club to see the club's annual rally. They craned their necks U> watch perfect formation flying by
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    JAPANESE PLANE TO CIRCLE GLOBE
    100 2 Tokio, Saturday. A GIANT monoplane of Japanese make, which is scheduled to takeoff from Tokio at the end of August on a round-the-world flight under the sponsorship or the Nlchi-Nichi Shimbun, was named "Nippon" by Mnw Nashimoto yesterday. The plane will visit 35 countries on
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    REAR-ADMIRAL YARNELL ON WAY BACK TO U.S.
    67 2 REAR-ADMIRAL YARNELL ON WAY BACK TO U.S. Kobe, Saturday. Rear-Adm. H. E. Yarnell, who has Just relinquished command of the American Asiatic Fleet, arrived here yesterday from Shanghai aboard the s.s. President Coolidge en route to the United ftates. —Eastern News. r: 'M.-.cca Government and Muni J?al health departments, photographed
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    KIDNAPPED BY JAPANESE?
    212 2 Indian Watchman On His Ordeal Hankow, Saturc'ay. tr ATAR SINGH, an Indian watch- man employed by the Asiatic Petroleum Company who was kidnapped on July 20, allegedly by Chinese guerillas, was freed last evening by the Japanese gendarmerie. He said that after he was taken prisoner he
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    DEFENCE OF GERMAN INDUSTRIAL REGION
    79 2 "Red" Bombers Repulsed In Manoeuvres Berlin, Saturday. AN oiTicial report on the German air manoeuvres, which ended yesterday, states "'red' bombers (representing Soviet Russia) repeatedly tried to penetrate a 'Bluelands' industrial region but were quickly located and driven back, causing little 'damage.'" The report says
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    DEAD IN AIR CRASH
    33 2 Berlin, Saturday. Colonel von Schwele, German military attache at UN Embassy in Spain, was among the seven killed when a Lufthansa passenger aeroplane crashed at Hospitalet, Just outside Barcelona.
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    NEW DRIVE AT SHANGHAI
    113 2 Airfield And Radio Station Attacked Hong Kong, Saturday. *T*HE Chinese guerillas who have been active around Shanghai lately have launched a three-way drive on the Japanese-occupied section in Shanghai since the night of Aug 1, with the object of destroying tht newly-con-structed Japanese airflek and the
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    Letter Box Bombing In Four Towns
    95 2 London, Saturday. LETTER box bomb outrages were reported from Blackburn, Preston, Bradford and Halifax yesterday, several letters and postal packets b?ing damaged and a Blackburn postman slightly injured. Pour more Irishmen against whom expulsion orders were made left Birmingham last night under police escort
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    U.S. SENATE PASSES THE DEFICIENCY BILL
    89 2 Washington, Saturday. •"■"•HE Senate has passed the Defl- ciency Bill after approving amendments increasing thp provisions to about $189.000 000 wnljh Is $135,000,000 more than that previously approved by the House of Representatives The bill now goes to the joint conference of the Senate
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    Shanghai Flood Scene
    48 2 Added to other troubles in China are the heavy floods which have turned the main streets of many cities and towns into rivers. Picture shows a car ploughing: its way through one of the main streets of Shanghai which has been affected by the floods.
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    Juliana And Baby Well
    231 2 Soestdijk, Saturday. QROWS Princess Juliana and her infant daughter are both doing well, says an official bulletin signed by the Court Physician, Dr. de Jong, and the gynaecologist, Dr. Jan de Groot. The bulletin describes the baby princess as "sturdy." She weighs eight-and-a-half pounds. The baby
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    STRANG TO RETURN
    61 2 POLITICAL Issues under discussion In Moscow between Britlan, Prance and the Soviet have so narrowed down that the services of Mr. William Strang, chief of the central department of the Foreign Office, who went to Russia to assist the Ambassador, Sir William Seeds, are no longer necessary
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    JUDGE CAVERLY DEAD
    50 2 Chicago, Saturday. The death has occurred of Judge John R. Caverly at the age of 78. He was a London-born lawyer. He presided at the sensational LoebLeopold trial In 1924 In which the two boys, sons of wealthy parents, were given life sentences for murdering a child.
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    NEW RAILWAY PLANNED FOR NORTH CHINA
    45 2 Tokio, Saturday. Representatives of the Ministry of Railways and the Japanese NorthChina Railway Co. are planning the construction of a new railway linking Tangku, Tientsin, Pelping, Tatjmg and Suanhwa. Work will be started In October this year.— Eastern News.
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    Anti-British Riot In Tientsin
    82 2 (Delayed by censor) Tientsin, Saturday. IT has been definitely established that the Japanese authorities did not attempt to check the activities of Chinese rioters during antiBritish disturbances in the former Belgian Concession here, yesterday. It transpires that the ZOO rioters, who smashed tbe offices of the
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    JAPANESE OFFER £8,175,000 FOR GOLD MINE
    66 2 JAPANESE OFFER £8,175,000 FOR GOLD MINE TTHE Oriental Consolidated Mining Co., reputedly the oldest Americancontrolled gold mining enterprise in the Far East, has been offered £8,175.000 for the sale of its operating properties in Japanese controlled territory to Japanese Interests. St' ckholders will vote on Aug. 29 on the proposal
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    BRITISH FLIGHT OVER ATLANTIC BEGINS
    96 2 London, Saturday. DRITISH air history was made today when Caribou, Imperial Airways transatlantic flying boat, left Southampton Water to operate the first allBritish air mall service to America, completing the Journey in 34 hours. Caribou is carrying more than 70,000 letters, mainly souvenir covers, weighing
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    LETTERS OPENED IN GERMANY
    81 2 London, Saturday. r? was alleged in a parliamentary question addressed to the PostmasterGeneral. Major- General G. C. Try en. yesterday, that letters sent from England to South America by way of ths German air service had been opened in transit through Germany. I have received a
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    I.R.A. EXPULSIONS
    48 2 London, Saturday. SIR Samuel Hoare, Home Secretary, has signed four further IRA. expulsion orders, bringing the total to 57, including five prohibition orders. Among the already deported are two women, one of whom is said to be considered the leader of I.R.A. women sympathisers In London.
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    "SCIENCE OF LOVE"
    33 2 There will be a lecture on "The Science of Love by Mr. C. R. Menoii on Wednesday, Aug. 9, at the Singapore Buddhist Association English section hall, 731, Gcylang Road.
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    SCOUTS IN CAMP
    61 2 Johofe scouts from English and M:*l&y schools will be n camp tan t-.-j.iy at Mersing. The scout movement has spread rapidly in the State and Johore now has over a thousand scouts, mostly from Malay schools. The British and French military missions left for Moscow on Saturday.
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    Must Drive Out Enemy, Says Chiang
    317 2 Hong Kong, Saturday. 'THERE can be no hope of peace so long as the invading Japanese army remains In China, Mr. Hans Melchers, Far Eastern manager of the Trans-Ocean News Agency, was told by Gen. Chiang Kai-sh?k during his recent visit to Chungking. Mr.
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    SPANISH FALANGIST PARTY'S POWERS
    108 2 Extended By Gcr%:ral Franco Madrid, Saturday. PAR-REACHING powers for the Falangist (Fascist) Party in Spain are provided in a decree issued by Gen. Franco yesterday, revising the constitution of the party which will have rights to control external policy, national education and press propaganda. The Falangist
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    EVIDENCE AGAINST TIENTSIN SUSPECTS
    70 2 London, Saturday. IN the Commons yesterday, Mr. P. J. Noel-Baker (Lab., Derby) asked whether the Japanese Government had yet furnished any evidence showing the guilt of the four C^^ese who are alleged to have murdered a JaDanese agent In Tientsin. Mr. R. A. Butler, Uncler-Secretary for
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    DANZIG BOYCOTT OFF
    97 2 Warsaw, Saturday. IT Is understood the Danzig Senate has agreed to withdraw the boycott of the majority of Polish customs ofnc'als in the Free City. This follows a strongly-worded note from Po'nnd. COMMANDS S.S. CATHAY Captain F. C. Hopkins took command of the P. and O. liner,
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  • Malays Criticise Proposed Change In Policy For Rice Cultivation
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      "GIVING MALAYA TO FOREIGNERS"
      516 3 Capital Subsidy Urged Before Drastic Action (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. THE High Commissioner's proposal for abandonment of the Government's protection of Malay peasants' monopoly in rice cultivation, made by His Excellency at the opening of the Malayan Exhibition this morning has been received
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      HAVE FLED AUSTRIA
      31 3 According to the official ilgur^s 99,672 Jews have left Austria with the approval of the central office for the emigration of Jews since Germany incorporated Austria last year.
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    A New Method For Treatment Of Rice
    271 3 A New Method For Treatment Of Rice BEING INTRODUCED INTO MALAYA A NEW method of treating rice, to increase its nutritional value, is being introduced into Malaya by the Hon. Mr. Somerset Butler, of Rangoon, who has been in touch with Government. Vitamins and other nutritious elements of rice are
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    CORONATION POOL
    41 3 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping. A SUM cf $200 has been received by the Board of Trustees for the Taiping Coronation Pool from 3. T. A. V. Saminathan Chettiar. This donation is towards the cost of building the pool.
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    Girl Found Stabbed To Death In Malacca
    488 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Saturday. pRIM details of a tragedy which resulted in the death of an attractive young Chinese girl, in a densely populated area of Malacca's Chinatown, were unfolded in the Police Court at a preliminary inquiry into the death
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    ALLEGED FATAL ATTACK WITH RICE POUNDER
    155 3 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping, Saturday. pOLLOWINQ a quarrel between a Tamil man and woman at Temerloh Estate, Trong, on Wednesday evening, Sinathamby, who worked as a gardener on the estate, was alleged to have attacked the woman, Palan'mah, with a rice pounder causing
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    TOUR BY SCHOOL SOCIETY
    122 3 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Saturday. •TWENTY-ONE students of the Anglo- Chinese School, 16 of them members of the ACS. Geographical Society, are going on a holiday excursion to Kuala Lumpur, Klang and Fraser's Hill, under the charge of Mr. Wong Hon Chong, senior geography master,
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    NEW YORK ABANDONS BRIDGE PLAN
    77 3 Handicap In War Time New York. MEW York has been forced to abandon Its much-debated plan to build a bridge across East River connecting the battery with Brooklyn. This follows the War Department's statement that such a bridge would constitute a potential hazard and in
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    MEMORIAL SERVICE
    29 3 A service In memory of the late Queen Marie of Rumania, who died m year ago, was held at her burial place at Curtia de Arses, Rumania.
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    IN SINGAPORE TODAY
    118 3 SPORT Today Soccer: South China vs. Singapore, at Anson Road. Cricket: Colony vs. Malay States at S.C.C.; 5.A.0.8. vs. Naval Base, at 5.A.08 S.C.R.C. vs. Royal Engineers, at 8.C.R.C.; S.R.C. vs. Y.MC.A-. at S.R.C. Golf: Week-end comp -titions. CINEMAS ALHAMBRA: "Confession of a Nazi Spy" with Edward
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    Air Mail Arrivals And Departures
    366 3 IMWAKI) Wearnes From Penanj. Ipon and Kuala Lnrapnr. Arrive* evr.n evenint X.L.M.: From Europe: Arrives Monday evening. Qantaa From Australia Arrives this afternoon. Imperial: From Europe: Due Monday afternoon. K.N.I.LM.: From Netherlands ladle* Arrives Monday afternoon. K.N.1.L.M.: From Salmon: arrives Tuesday afternoon. KIM.: From Netherlands
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE
    69 3 Aden (Imperial* 3 om Fast Africa (Imperial) ..3 o.m. South Africa Imperial) I on. Burma (Imperial) Sin Whole Canada Imperial) ..1 o.ra ■Sgyijt Sudan and Palestine (Imperial) ..a n Great Britain acd Ireland (Imperial) 3 <\ Europe except O Britain Ireland X.*nnerlai> i p m» Whole lodki
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD
    110 3 Mrnday, Aufj. 7. The following ships arc alongside the Singapore Harbour Board Wharves or expected to arrive: Main Wharf: Entrance Gate 2: Exit 3: Formosa 13; Gewang 17; Islaxnl 16: Calchaj 14; Hawaii Maru 11; Prachaiipok 11; rranc* Maru 9; Hector 7. Fmplre Dock: BQtranre Gate 2:
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      325 3 TIDE TABLE SINGAPORE Toaay. H. W. 1 39 a.m. 9 ft.; 2.C8 p.m. 8.9 ft. L. W. 7.48a.m. 2.6 ft.: 8.11 p.m. 3.2 ft. Tomorrow H. W. 2.19 a.m. 8.5 ft.: 2.40p.m. 8.6 ft. L. W. 8.21 a.m. 3.1 ft.: 8.54 p.m. 3.3 ft. Tuesday H. W. 3.05 a.m. 7.9
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      341 4 Continued Success of Warner Bros. Authentic Spy Drama DAILY AT 11 a. 3.15, 6.15 9.15 p.'a. SATURDAY sth AU6. MID.IIGI-.T SHOW 12 p. m. ALH AM BRA p ea°oSlL tw mswhs m rut. HlfU TMT CALLS SNASHM I on, WARNER BROS. mh m» Confessions of a rß^ I fc©* \Rs
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      140 4 The BIG HOLIDAY WEEK COMEDY SHOW! 4 SHOWS TODAY A M 3 15 CAPITOL 915 MUSICAL Jm& SHOW of SHOWS! I f^^ ftjd&t^. V ">^ iloaiaßce/lau©A<eWMoonlight I 'II'i'POWHI-YOUiIC W^im BURNS -AUIN rpfcye. I •M«i riKi ikR > K mM «i lllal> W« \mm/ IhMI,IMIni l^v; With Splendid Supporting Pictures" Including
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      NEW SPIRIT IN DANCING & MUSIC IN INDIA
      202 5 NEW SPIRIT IN DANCING MUSIC IN INDIA A FTER a period of stagnation, Indian dancing is experiencing a period of rich progress, according to Rosalind, who with Severyn is presenting cabaret Items at Singapore's Raffles Hotel. The pair arrived only recently by way of Burma from India, where Rosalind made
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      "Food Of The Gods" For The Screen
      103 5 "Food Of The Gods" For The Screen LI G. WELLS'S The Food of the Gods" Is to be filmed in Hollywood by Edward Small. At present Mr. Small is making "The Man In the Iron Mask," with James Whale directing, and Louis Hayward, Joan Bennett, Warren William, Joseph Schildkraut and
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      THIS WEEK'S FILMS
      151 5 ALHAMBRA Now Ou. "Confessions of a Nazi Spy" (Edward G. Robinson, Francis Ledercr, George Sanders, Paul Lukas*. A Warner Bros, documentary drama. Next Change. "Invitation to Happiness" 'Irene Dunne, Fred MacMurray. A Paramount comedydrama. PAVILION Now On.— "Tie Gang's All Here" (Jack Buchanan, Syd. Walker, Goojie Withers,
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      Organ Recital Next Sunday
      126 5 PVA CLARK will be soloist at the organ recital to be given in the Singapore Victoria Memorial Hall by Werner Baer at 9.15 p.m. next Sunday. The programme Is: Prelude in G minor (J. Brahms Minuet (Handel) and Choral Prelude: The Old 104 th (C. H.
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      Leslie Howard May Be Prince Charlie
      150 5 Leslie Howard May Be Prince Charlie A Aim called "The King Over The Water," based on the life of Bonnie Prince Charlie, is to be made by a new British company now being formed. Leslie Howard, who has long wanted to play the part, has been approached for the title
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      Merle Oberon
      19 5 WERLE Oberon has been given "Manon Lescaut," the classic French love story, as her forthcoming British nlm.
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      "Goodbye Mr. Chips"
      126 5 OODBYE, Mr. Chips," a picture to be shown at the Capitol shortly, had Its European premiere on June 8 at the Empire Theatre, London. The Metro-Qoldwyn-Mayer production, starring Robert Donat with Greer Oarson, received a great reception. Among those present at the openIng show were the Belgian
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      Astaire Will Dance Again With Ginger
      158 5 pRED ASTAIRE declares that there is no foundation for the statements that he and Ginger Rogers will never dance together in pictures again. Dismissing the idea that the Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers team had been dissolved, the dancer said: "Ginger and I have made 10
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      449 5 MALAYAN PEWTER I J n A Si** -^mJM If m SMB.* Mbfys <lß'^£ !Ht MALAYA'S MOST ARTISTIC PRODUCT A visit to the Malayan Pewter Stand at the Engineering Exhibition in the Happy World Stadium will give you an idea of the wide range of handmade articles inhabit as gift* in
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    TROOPS FROM INDIA ARRIVE TODAY
    194 6 Will Go Under Canvas At Selerang MORE SHIPS DUE IN NEXT FEW DAYS THE first of the 8,000 troop reinforcements expected from India in the next few weeks are due early this afternoon, The Sunday Times understands reliably. An infantry battalion of Indian troops which
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    HIGH JAPANESE SERVICE MEN FOR NAZI MEETING
    119 6 HIGH JAPANESE SERVICE MEN FOR NAZI MEETING 'TWO men who will represent Japan at the Nazi congress at Nuremberg in September, Count Hisaichi Terauchi and Admiral Mineo Osumi, left Singapore by the N.Y.K. vessel Kasima Mam yesterday. They will leave the ship at Naples and travel to Nuremberg through Italy.
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    VICTORIA OLD BOYS DINNER
    170 6 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. /CONCLUDING a speech at the Hotel Majestic In the course oi the annual dinner of the Victoria Institution Old Boys' Association the acting British Resident of Selangor, Major G. M. Kidd, said that old toys' associations were a focus for
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    102 6 The Union of the X.P.M. Asiatic Staff, Pakctvaartbond (Singapore branch) taken at a meeting in honour of Mr. Tan Pek Seng's visit from Batavia. Sit ing (left to right) Mr. Lim Cheng Geok (hon. treasurer), Mr. Chia Geok Wan (hon. secretary), Mr. Tan Pek Seng (committee, Batavia-Cen-trum), Mr. Lee Yew
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    GAOL FOR RAIL STATION THIEF
    183 6 (From Our Own Correspondent) Segamat. "j AM not satisfied with the trial and wish to appeal," declared Mahlod bin Arsol, a young Malay railway porter employed at Batu Anam, when convicted before Inche Rauf bin Mohamed Sa'at, the Segamat magistrate, on a charge of breaking
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    TAIPING TEACHERS
    70 6 From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping. r"E Anglo-Chinese School Teachers' Union, Taiping, held an At Home in the school hall to bid farewell to Mr. Percy B. Bell, manager of the school, and the headmaster Rev. N. G. Manickam. Mr. Bell is going to Europe while Rev. Manickam will
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    LIBRARY FOR INDIANS
    43 6 From Our Own Correspondent) Port Swettenham. MR. S. R. Karuppusamy presided at the half yearly general meeting of the Port Swettenham Indian Union, Mr. R. H. Nathan, the hon. secretary said that the committee was endeavouring to form a library.
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    17 6 Mr. A. V. Ames, (rcncral manager pi Dunlop Plantations, Paya Lang. Batu Anam, has returned from leave.
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    Singapore Chinese Gets Ground Engineer's Licence
    263 6 Singapore Chinese Gets Ground Engineer's Licence "TWO Singapore men have now been granted ground engineers' licences for aircraft. The first was Kwok Fook Sum, of the Royal Singapore Flying Club, and he was followed by R. Mi.'ne. of Wearne's Air Services. Ltd. Another member of Wearnes' staff is sitting shortly.
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    WELLS RUN DRY
    80 6 'From Our Own Correspondent) Sejjamat, Friday. TpHE drought still conti jes in north Johore but rain Is expected to fall shortly. Outlying areas have been hard hit and wells in several villages around Segamat town have run dry. Kampong dwellers have had to resort to river water
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    GOLD CHAIN CHARGE
    90 6 "I ADMIT taking the chain only," said 16-year-old Chan Ah Sim. a Cantonese youth, when charged in the Singapore Third Police Court, yesterday, with stealing a gold chain and locket worth $29 lrom Kok Moh Kean in Upper Chin Chew Street on July 27. The cass was
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    Off For A Holiday Cruise
    37 6 Waiting on Clifford Pier for a launc\ to take her to the steamer I'ahang, on a Bank Holiday cruise up the Eazt C^ast, this Singapore girl helped to make an attractive camera-study.
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    MALACCA INDIAN ASSOCIATION
    186 6 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Saturday. AN attractive programme was given at the Malacca Indian Association j this evening, when a musical social was held under the chairmanship of Mr. D. N. Bannerjea, president of the Association. Following an invocation by Swam; AJarananda and a group rendering
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    RAJA SAMSUSAH DEAD
    44 6 (From Our Own Correspondent) Klang. The death has taken place of Raja Samsusah bin Raja Aspar. He was 49 and a brother-in-law of the late Sultan of Selangor. He was employed as a religious adviser in the State Mosque at Klang.
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    New Bungalow For Cameron Highlands
    80 6 New Bungalow For Cameron Highlands A TWO-STOREY holiday bun- gralow, to cost $30,000, which xvill be the forerunner of two more, is beta? huilt by Mr. George E. Lee, proprietor of a Singapore amusement park, at Tanah Rat a. Cameron Highlands. The bungalow is expected to br ready !n six
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    ST. ANDREW'S 0.B.A.
    94 6 The annu-J re-union dinner of the Singapore St. Andrew's Old Buys' Association will be held on Foundf i"j Day Sept. 8, at the Rex Hotel. Applications and dinner subscriptions should be sent on or before Sept. 5, to any of the following: The Hon. Secretary. St. Andrew's
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    MEMORIAL SERVICE
    41 6 A memorial servko for Mrs. Emily Rose Pavalam Naysa Dorai, wife of Mr. B. T. S. Naysa Dorai, of the, Audit Department, Kuala Lumpur, will take place this evening at 5 p.m. at the Methodist Tamil Church, Kuala Lumpur.
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      373 7 Miller Armstrong lyiß. Harry Miller and Miss Dorothy Rose Marion Armstrong, both of the staff of the Straits Times Press Ltd., were married at St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday by the Rev. R K. S. Adams. The bridegroom is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Miller, and tho
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      156 7 From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang. Saturday. IVfIR. Percy Robert Campbell was married to Joan Brotherton at the Church of St. George the Martyr yesterday. The bride is a daughter of Mr Geoffrey Spencer. ot Fort William, Ontario, and the late Mrs. Spencer. Mr. H. E. Nixon save the
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      37 7 Mr. Chia Wai Yin. son or Mr. and Mrs. Chia Peng Kuan, and Miss Won* Choon Ho. daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Wong Cheng Tok. married at the Straits Chinese Methodist Church, Kampong Kapor, Singapore.
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      Ang—Sim
      81 7 Ang Sim •yHE wedding took place at the Straits Chinese Methodist Church yesterday of Mr. Ang Seah San, of Borneo Motors, Ltd., Singapore, and Miss Sim Choon Ken*. Rev. Goh Hood Keng took the service. Mr. Seah San is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ang Nghee Seng of Singapore,
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      SERVICE MEN FOR SINGAPORE
      74 7 (From Our Own Correspondent; London, July 29. Lieut.-Col. Gordon Stokes, Commandant of the Straits Settlements Volunteer Force, is a passenger for Singapore in tne P. and O. liner, Ranchi, which left London on July 28 and is due in rmgapore on Aug. 25. Other passengers for
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      12 7 Mr. Kong Kirn Aun and Miss Chong Kai Fong, married at Segamat.
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      Gan—Chu
      216 7 Gan Chu AAR. Gan Wan Quay, a teacher at m the Choon Guan English School, was married to Miss Chu Shuen Choo at the Straits Chinese Methodist Church yesterday. The Rev. Goh Hood Keng took tIM service. A captain of the Fifth Singapore com pany of the Boys' Brigade, Mr.
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      15 7 Mr. and Mrs. H. Suppiah Pillaj, after their marriage, at Ulu Remis Estate, Layan? Layang.
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      Mathie w— Ferroa
      295 7 Mathie w Ferroa |ii|R. Eric Cyril Mathiew, of the Health Department, Municipality, Singapore, was married yesterday to Miss Emma Ferroa at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Mathiew, of Singapore, and the bride the daughter of the late Mr.
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      Byrne—Marcus
      51 7 Byrne— Marcus iWJR K. M. Byrne, Assistant Civil District Judge, Singapore, was married to Miss Elaine Marcus, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Mircus, of Singapore, at the Church of the Holy Family, Katong, yesterday. A reception was held at the home of the bride's parents at Marine Parade.
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      "ON THE SPOT"
      76 7 rDGAR Wallace's thriller "On The Spot was given by the Singapore Repertory Players at the Victoria Theatre last night. Carl Lawson was at his best as Tony Perrelli, cheap Chicago gangster, while among others In the cast of this wellknown play were Betty Hume-Brett, as Minn Lee,
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      44 7 Yang Amat Mulia Tengku Nor Sa'adah, a sister of the Sultan of Selangor and sister-in-law of the Sultan of Perak, and Yang Mulia Raja Uda bin Raja Muhammad, acting Secretary to the British Resident, Selangor, who. were married at the As tana Mahkota, Klanr.
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    366 8  -  The Onlooker MORE than 18 months went to the planning and designing of the new Supreme Court, described by the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, at the opening ceremony last week as "the last and greatest work" of Mr. F. Dorrington Ward, the Government Architect, who retires in
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    Read Of The Men Who Helped To Build The New Supreme Court
    996 8 Read Of The Men Who Helped To Build The New Supreme Court load per pile being 50 tons, irrespective of the length of the pile. At King's College COME of the other major works for which Mr. Le Cain designed the reinforced concrete portions were the General Hospital, Malacca, Changi
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      222 8 austinl NOW MAKES TRUCKS! SEE PAGE 19 I n»- w.p.s. i jjjjttS>s\ 4REASONS FOR USING V V '''%%*mu 1 Now a pure white emulsified >sSffi V i 4^^^^/// cream. \\ii I J// *fe Doe* not soil linen, hats, £m-!I> uD( mt pillows, etc. /f \VV \SkU 4*""^| W7 Does not
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  • CARNEGIE GRANT AWARDED SINGAPORE WOMAN DOCTOR
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      FALSE NEWS OVER GERMAN RADIO
      118 9 FALSE NEWS OVER GERMAN RADIO Cape Town. LIES broadcast by the German station Zeesen to South Africa were sharply criticised at a United Party meeting at Pietersburg, Transvaal. Col. J. F. T. Naude, M.P. for Pietersburg, and Chief Whip of the United party, said that not only had the United
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      BLUE OVERALLS FOR A.R.P. WARDENS
      94 9 MEN and women air-raid wardens in Great Britain are to have a national uniform, consisting of dark blue overalls in heavy drill cloth, with a red badge bearing the letters "A.R.P." For women a blue felt hat will be added. Women drivers and attendants of
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      THE SECRET OF CHAMPIONS
      119 9 Good health is the first requisite How often have we envied some man or woman who has climbed to the heights of fame. Ability, of course, is of great import tnce, but without good health, one can never achieve his ambitions. For more than 60 years
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      GERMANY TRAINS 2,000,000 MEN
      128 9 Berlin. "PHE training movements of the Oer- man Army and reserve are now bHng carried out on a large scale. Many men of classes which have already received military training have now been recalled to serve for three months with the colours. German Field strength will
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      11 MEN FINED £300,000
      44 9 Rome. PLEVEN men, found guilty of breaches of the currency laws, have been sentenced by Ministerial decree to a collective fine of nearly £300,000. Nine of them now await sentence of imprisonment the other two being foreigners, will be deported.
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      MAN WITH COLORADO BEETLES DETAINED Sybil Gunatilaka To Study In England & Canada
      221 9 MAN WITH COLORADO BEETLES DETAINED Sybil Gunatilaka To Study In England Canada Ruse To Get Reward Amsterdam. "PHE Dutch police detained at the Dutch-Belgian frontier a man who w-is carrying in his pocket a matchbox containing two Colorado beetles. He appeared to be an unemployed man living at a frontier
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      KING ZOG'S PROPERTY SEIZED
      135 9 KING ZOG'S PROPERTY SEIZED Rome. HTHE sequestration of all of King Zog's Albanian properties was decided upon by a commission set up for the purpose at Tirana The commission examined the ca^ of all the Albanian notables, inch Ing the King, who had fled the country following the Italian occupation.
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      FAITH OF LORD LOTHIAN
      157 9 f ORD LOTHIAN, the newly- appointed Ambassador to the United States, was the chief guest at the annual dinner of the Strat-ford-on-Avon branch of the Eng-lish-speaking Union— his last public appearance before leaving for Washington. After a reference to great men whom Americans universally worshipped George
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      WILL BE AWAY ONE YEAR
      126 9 WILL BE AWAY ONE YEAR qualified woman to have been awarded a Carnegie Grant. While Miss Gunatllaka is away her work will be carried on by her sister, Dr. R. G. Gunatilaka, who returns from England at the end of this month. Carnegie grants are controlled by the board of
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      How Sir Dan Godfrey Got His Job
      106 9 How Sir Dan Godfrey Got His Job CIR Dan Godfrey, director for 41 years of Bournemouth municipal orchestra, died at Bournemouth on July 20. He was 71 years of age, and had retired five years ago. The musical Godfrey family had provided bandleaders for generations, but his own appointment to
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      114 9 DOYS of Audley Park Senior School, Torquay, have a special reason for v hoping that the Dictators won't try to alter the map of the world any more. In front of the school buildings they have laid out a complete outdoor geography station. Its main feature Is a map of
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    GUNS AND RADIO
    43 10 Artillerymen from the Ist Regiment, Royal Netherlands Indies Army, who stood ty their Krupp guns on the Koningsplein in Batavia, day and night, ready to sound a rcyal salute on the birth c/ a child to the Crown Princess Juliana.
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    KILLED BY MISTAKE IN MASKED MEN'S RAID?
    296 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Segamat, Saturday. THERE was a sudden turn in a preliffiirary hearing, 1 before Mr. K. G. A. Dohoo, First Magistrate. Se^amat, when a eh; j r;re of murder again 't two men was withdrawn, and one of abetting assault
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    ANNOUNCE ROYAL BIRTH TO N.L
    261 10 Tattoo Torchlight Parade Last Night PLANE TRAILS AN ORANGE STREAMER OVER BATAVIA (From Our Own Correspondent) Katavia, Saturday. TROPICAL Holland is joyously celebrating the birth of Princess Juliana's second daughter this morning. Artillerymen day and night had manned three cannon which thundered out a royal
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    Water Is Cause Of Bad Teeth
    119 10 |\R. H. TRENDLEY DEAN, of the U.S. public health service, says that drinking too much water is often the cause of bad teeth. Observing that schoolchildren of one town suffered three times as much i from tooth decay as schoolchildren of another town, he
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    NEW TECHNICAL ORGANISER FOR TRADE SCHOOLS
    108 10 (Irjn (?:r Own CoiTCopondent) London, July 29. TJl*t- R- Henderson, newly appointed Technical Organizer for Malayan Trade Schools, hopes to arrive in Malaya towards the end of Semember. At present Organizer of Arts. Crafts and Handicrafts io the Lancashire Education Committee, he be^u- his
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    Women Are Wearing Glass Sandals Now
    47 10 OANDALS of unbreakable glass are the latest craze in Paris. They are transparent and Jewel-like, in white or iridescent colours. They are held on with straps ot coloured leather which, for evening wear, are chanjed fcr gold cr silver lame ords.
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      234 10 THATCHED 'OUAN\... it's a danger to your health SMOOTHLY CLEANED WITH VIM it's safer from germs Harsh cleaning products do not get things clean. They leave tiny pits and scratches traps for decaying grease which breeds germs often dangerous to health. It is safe to use Vim. Vim is extra
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    Two Unusual Novels
    330 11 Two Unusual Novels Run Masked. By Robb White. The Bodley Head 7s. Gd. The Noise of Their Wings. By MacKinlay Kantor. Robert Hale. 7s Gd. "DUN Masked is an attempt to convey the influence of carnival licence on the entire population of a West Indian island. The author Introduces us
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    ANTHOLOGY
    119 11 Selections from Modern Poets. An Anthology. 1918-1928. Macmillan. 2s. 9d. A VERY pleasing addition to Messrs. MacmUan's English Literature Serits is an anUiology of verse written during the past- War years uo to 1938. The effect of the Great War on the sensitive poetical mind is apparent in many
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    Story Of Prisoner Of War In Germany
    479 11 They also Served. By Cecil Thomas. Hurst and lilatwctt. Bs. 6d. •TOE Great War of 1914—1918 still affords themes and Inspiration for the writing of adventures and of reminiscences. Some of these books have identical themes and the present one. though by no
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    Afghanistan As A Modern State
    550 11 Books Of The Week Modern Afghanistan. By Sirdar Ikbal All Shah. Sampson Low, Marstou and Co. 21s. ANE may truly welcome an essay like the present on a country about which far too little Is known by the average reading public throughout the British Emp.re.
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    IMPRESSIONS
    185 11 Memory Be Good. By Evelyn Bell. Michael Joseph. 10s. 6d. AJIRS. EVELYN BELL has a gay and natural style of writing which is specially suited to the first half of her new volume of impressions. In it she relates the trials and tribulations of a young and high-spirited girl
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    Romantic Variety
    502 11 North West Mail. By Victor Bayley. Challenge for Three. By David Garth. Robert Hale. Bs. and 7s. b«L Not one of Us. By Jennifer Am:«. I Hodder and Stonrhton 7s. 6d. The Runaway. By Kathleen Norr- j lis. Murray's Imperial Library. UERE are four novels of the romantic
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    Police Life In South Africa
    323 11 Police Life In South Africa Trooper in Charge. By .ohn Lambonrne. Robert Hale. 7s. 6d. Grasdanka. By Sergey Potemkln. Werner Laurie 7s. 6d. The Kiwi Club. By Norman Leslie. Ward Lock's Colonial Library. JOHN Lambourne's books about the trials and excitements of the life of a trooper in the British
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      245 11 "Be like me— f^ Enjoy LIFE again j Look how healthy and happy I am And to think that only six months ago i lelt run-down and dead-tired. The doctor recommended Sanatogen. Sanatogen helped me at once. It seemed as U a stream of new life flowed through my veins.
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    SINGAPORE MAN'S INVENTION
    318 12 New Process In Canning Of Pineapples CLAIMS MALAYA'S PRODUCT WILL BE IMPROVED A PROCESS discovered by a Singapore chemist may cause big changes in the Malayan pineapple canning industry. Ever since the Industry started there have been constant complaints from consumers regarding the variability in the quality
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    Women's Transport Service
    27 12 Members of the Women's Transport Service, in camp at Mytchett, near Aldershot, being inspected by the President, Princess Alice, Countess of At b lone.
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    SCOUTS BANNED BY THE GERMANS
    46 12 Under a German police regulation 22 youth organizations In Germany and in the former territories of Austria and Czechoslovakia are forbidden, Including the German and Austrian Boy Scout movements and a number of associations of a religious character for young people.
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    WHY BYRON WAS LAME
    412 12 Statement By Vicar Who Opened Tomb FOOT THAT HAD BEEN AMPUTATED Hucknall Torkard, Notts. IN the parish church where Byron is buried I talked with the only man who claims to have seen the poet's body 114 years after Its entombment in the family vault, writes
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    MAN IN- GAOL BECOMES BARONET
    136 12 Brisbane. CIX FREDERICK AFFLECK, Bt., who died in Brisbane at the age of 83, is succeeded by a 34-year-old son who, with a younger brother, is serving four years in the city gaol for blackmail and robbery. The new baronet, Sir Frederick James Slddartha Affleck,
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    58 12 'THE Kin; of Sweden, accompanied by members cf the ioyal faun.-. opened the Lingiad Gymnastic Festival in the Olympic Slatiiur.i m Stockholm. The festival was in commemoration of the centenary of the death of Pehr Henrik Line, "The Father of Swedish Drill." More than 5,000 gymnasts from 14 nations took
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    What Women Will Wear In The Coming Season
    334 12 What Women Will Wear In The Coming Season Secrets Of The Paris Fashion "Dictators" Paris, July 27. WINTER fashion secrets wiU begin to leak out tomorrow when the Paris dress dictators open their shows of what women will wear from October to February. Will skirts be longer or shorter, narrow
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    COUNTRY MANSION FOR COURTALLDS Possible Use In War
    56 12 COUNTRY MANSION FOR COURTALLDS Possible Use In War COURTAULDS Ltd., textile manufacturers, of St. Martin 's-le- Grand, London, E.C., are negotiating lor th» purchase of the home of Lady Burton, The Islet, Maidenhead. A representative of the firm said: There is every possibility the mansion will be used as alternative
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      401 12 The Blood it the Stream of Life." cT^fe IMPURE BLOOu Is the root cause of Skin "?f Diseases, Boilt Eczema, Rashes, Ulcers, -4»w^ Sores, Painful 'oints. Rneumatic com- /|^^^H\ plaints. Unless the bl^od is cleansed of j| impurities and poisons, the arteries -^ffGff? and internal organs are damaged, causing jioflifiiiXTUf
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    They Make The Desert Safe
    140 13 Meharis Always "Get Their Man" AS the Royal North West Mounted Police patrol the backwoods and wastes of Canada, so the Meharis patrol the desert wastes of Egypt. These men are a picturesque sight on their dromedaries and are acknowledged as being the finest shots
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    Find At Town Of Cat Goddess
    369 13 EGYPTIAN TEMPLE OF 4,500 YEARS AGO Cairo. A DISCOVERY of importance for Egyptology has been made at Tel Basta, close to Tantah in the Delta, on the Cairo-Alexandria line, writes the Daily Telegraph correspondent. Tel Basta was the site of the ancient city of
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    Chutney Secret Left To Chauffeur
    97 13 Chutney Secret Left To Chauffeur IN her will, an 83-year-old widow, 1 Mrs. Sarah Maxwell Maynard, of Brcomrigg House, Fleet, Hants, leaves her secret chutney recipe to her chauffeur, Frank Potter. She gives him £500, her business, "and the use of the name of Pucka Chutney," recording that she has
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    Officer Who Gets No Pay
    163 13 Officer Who Gets No Pay A WAR OFFICE "gentleman's agree- ment" was described as extraordinary by Judge Haydon, at Kingston County Court, when he adjourned a judgment summons for inquiries to be made. Mr. E. Grant Ddwardes, who answered the summons, said, "I am an officer attached to the Ordnance
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    Maharajah Gives Up Riches
    131 13 Maharajah Gives Up Riches Calcutta. THE Maharajah of Hathwa, who vanished recently, has been found. Of deeply religious bent he has sought peace and quiet in India's holiest city, Benares, where for the present he has renounced all the cares of his vast estate. The Maharaja and a party of
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    RAPID GROWTH OF CHINESE EDUCATION IN SINGAPORE
    26 14 RAPID GROWTH OF CHINESE EDUCATION IN SINGAPORE The front elevation of the new $30 900 ■ll—llf lo the Singapore N&nyang C lij-k On IV High Schoo
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    NAMED FOR £3,000 A YEAR POST AT 42
    88 14 NAMED FOR £3,000 A YEAR POST AT 42 MR. E. C. H. SALMON, the 42-year-old Deputy-Clerk to the London County Council, is being recommended to succeed Sir George Gater as Clerk. That is the decision of the General Purposes Committee. Mr. Salmon was appointed deputyclerk at £2,000 a year from
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    India's War Cotton For China
    82 14 India's War Cotton For China Karachi. INDIAN cotton exports to China have increased enormously this year, with the result that stocks held in Karachi in July amounted only to a few thousand bales. So far this year cotton exports to China from Karachi have totalled 2,962,686 bales. Last year total
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    SOLDIER JAILED FOR 1917 SURRENDER
    61 14 SOLDIER JAILED FOR 1917 SURRENDER Paris RENE RABAT, 44 year old French soldier, who in 1917 on the Western Front climbed the parapet of a trench and surrendered to the Germans, has been sentenced to ten years' jail by a Paris military tribunal. After the war he lived in Germany
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    25 14 Two Glasgow members of the crew of the Donaldson liner Athenia, 13,465 tons, died at sea while the liner was on her way to Montreal.
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    Contest For Model Gliders
    83 14 Teams from eight countries competed in the second annual International Model Glider Contest for a gold cup presented by King Peter of Yugoslavia, held at Great West aerodrome, Heath Row, Middlesex. The contest has been organized by the Society of Model Aeronautical Engineers. Some of the
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    79 ARRESTS IN MOSCOW
    279 14 Public Degradation Of High Officials FAR EASTERN CHIEFS INVOLVED Moscow. BY a special decree 79 leading Army and Navy officers and high civilian officials have been stripped of their decorations. This means that they are already under arrest and presumably charged either with treason or counter
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    Many Schools Extend Their Buildings
    206 14 Many Schools Extend Their Buildings TO cope with the rapid development of Chinese education in Singapore and (he increasing number of boys joining Chinese schools, new additions are being made to a number of Singapore Chinese schools, both boys and girls. Among the first to follow tne example of the
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    PREMIER AS BIRD-LOVER
    375 14 Observations In St. James's Park CROW THAT COMES AT SUNRISE A MONO the persons recorded In the report of the Committee on Bird Sanctuaries in Royal Parks as having made bird observations last year was Mr. Neville Chamberlain. He was one of only three people who reported
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    AIRCRAFT FROM U.S.
    42 14 Britain has been able to obtain delivery from the United States on virtually all orders for aircraft, whilt France has obtained some 25 per cent, of her orders, according to the halfyearly report of the National Munition* Control Toard.
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    Laughs Over The Fence.... Nathaniel Gubbins Is On Holiday
    1139 15 Laughs Over The Fence.... Nathaniel Gubbins Is On Holiday •THIS Is a very fast car, constable—I couldn't have been doing less than fifty." Shaved, Sir? M.AUGHTY little Freddie Frazer Stole his dad's electric razor; Jiugs and mats that once were hairy Now are bald— and so's t'camry Suspicious I ITTLE
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      305 15 SLEEPINESS AFTER MEALS Means Stomach Disorder Have you been in the habit of dis* missing that sleepy feeling after a meal aa just a kind of laziness, or the result perhaps, of eating a little too well? If so, you may be quite wrong. It is probably due to the
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    443 16 The Sunday Times Opinion Military Housing EDITORIAL, MANAGERIAL AM) ADVERTISING OFFICE Cecil Street. Singapore. THE arrival of 8,000 troops from India within the next few weeks may possibly cause an uni expected difficulty In housing. Officers are not bringing their wives in the meantime, it is stated, but it seems
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    1324 16 Germany's Western Wall And France's "Crust Of The East" By Murray Oulton I ITTLE by little the world is gaining information about the gigantic system of fortifications, Germany's "Western Wall," which is the German answer to the equally tremendous French defence system, the Maginot Line, more picturesquely known by the
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    IF THE JAPANESE ATTACKED SINGAPORE
    254 17 "One Or Two Bombers Might Reach The City" BRITISH AIR ACE ON "ALL THAT JAPAN COULD DO" "Retaliation Could Be Terrible Indeed" (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, July 2G. QECRYING suggestions that Japan is, or may become, a formidable air power, the famous air ace,
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    Science In The Army
    123 17 l OOKING after the health of the Army is a very important matter these days. Young men who enter the Army and have an aptitude for medical work and the necessary school certificates are put into the Royal Army Medical Corps and are sent to the
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    CLOUDBURSTS
    21 17 Unprecedented cloudbursts lasting two days caused disastrous floods in Turkey, in which 40 people are reported to have been drowned.
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    "CAR 'SUCKED* WOMAN FROM FOOTPATH"
    162 17 "CAR 'SUCKED* WOMAN FROM FOOTPATH" r*AN a car create sufficient air current, when travelling fast, to "suck" a pedestrian off the footpath? The suggestion was made by Mr. W. Trimmer, a solicitor, at an Inquest at Alton on Louisa Munday, 73-year-old widow, who was killed at Four Marks. Mr. John
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    Claims He Has World's "Largest Army"
    25 17 M. Jean Bretonnier, of Strasbourg, claims that his "army" of 800,000 lead soldiers is the largest in the world.
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    Storm- Troopers' Competition
    54 17 Storm- Troopers Competition IWE annual Storm -Troopers competitions to find the most efficient individual Storm-Trooper and team in Germany, were held near Berlin. Here are competitors in the hand-grenade throwing event. They have to run forward, Jump into a trench, and knock down a target with the grenade within two
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    Caddie Fined For Refusing To Caddie
    115 17 Caddie Fined For Refusing To Caddie A CADDIE who refused to carry a player's clubs on Scotland's St. Andrews course was fined ss. in the police court. David Martin, the caddie, said it was raining hard that day and he was "afraid for his rheumatism." Martin, like all the caddies,
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    CRICKETER LEAVES £2,204
    49 17 CRICKETER LEAVES £2,204 ESTATE worth £2,204 was left by Mr. Charles Harry Bull of Worcester, the 30-year-old Worcester county cricketer, who was killed in a motor smash on his way to Chelmsford on May 28. As there was no will, letters of administration have been granted to his widow.
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    Oldest Film Actor Dies
    170 17 MORTON SELTEN, Great Bri- tain's oldest screen actor at 81, died a few hours after finishing his part in "The Thief of Baghdad" in studios at Denham. He was taken suddenly ill and a doctor was called when he reached his home in Fairfax Road, St.
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    R. HEINZ KILLED
    51 17 Pittsburgh. MR. Rust Heinz, 25, second son of Mr. Howard Heinz, head of the pickle and sauce business, died as a result of a motor-car crash. He and some companions were returning from a dance when their car was involved In a collision. Six other persons were
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    Civil Air Guard Girls
    56 17 THE section of the Civil Air Guard which is stationed at Plymouth Aerodrome, has a woman's ambulance section. These girls have been learning first aid from a qualified nurse and are specially learning how to deal with those injured in flying: accidents. Here is a "victim"
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    LAUGHS FROM THE COURTS
    266 17 Woman: There was no money in my hantioag. I carry It like cars carry spare wheels— just for the look of the thing. Counsel: Which nay was the defendant's car facing? Witness: In the direction in which he was travelling. Clerk: Do you want to ask
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    SHOULD ROOSEVELT VISIT LONDON
    323 17 SHOULD ROOSEVELT VISIT LONDON America Is Asked New York. CHOULD President Roosevelt and bis wife go to London to cay a return visit to the King and Queen? This question has been submitted to a representative crosssection of Americans in every State by the American J Public Opinion. Only one
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      77 17 J)s Lfour Baby a t /AX f* l\ I \X/ Za i I/e should be. It is his birthright. But It is up to you his mother— to ensure his happiness by giving ZaSuKTSI nim > natural feeding fails, the food that is next best to breast. msLm Cow Gate
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    THE WEEK'S MARKET ACTIVITIES
    688 18 Quiet Period With Prices Steadier In All Sections BY THE SUNDAY TIMES FINANCIAL CORRESPONDENT MARKETS on the whole have had a quiet but steady week, although New Yoik records falls In the Dow Jones averages for all groups. Wall Street has been fairly active with the
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    JULY RUBBER SHIPMENTS
    104 18 /\CEAN shipments of rubber from all Malayan ports in July, according to an amended return issued by the Reg strar-General of Statistics, were 45.962 tons and not, 46.07 C tons as stated in the original return. This brings total shipments in the seven months ended July to
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    TIN COMPANY PROFITS FALL SHARPLY
    212 18 Five Concerns In AngloOriental Group (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. LIEAVY falls in profits for the year ended March last of five tin-pro-ducing companies in the Anglo-Oriental group are disclosed in the directors' reports and statements of account, issued today. Kampong Lanjut Tin
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    SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
    199 18 Singapore, Aug. 4. noon. Buyers Sellers Gambler 750 Hamburg Cube $13.25 Java Cube $12.00 Pepper White Muntoi $11.50 White $11.00 Black $7 50 Copra Mixed $2.35 Sun Dried $3.60 Sago Flour No 1 LJngga $2.32 Vi Fair $2.32y 2 $2.32V 2 Sarawak $2.35 Jelotong Falembang $7.50 Banja
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    EXPORTS OF TINNED PINEAPPLES
    494 18 INURING the week ending July 29. 1939, exports of ca'- aed pineapples from Malayan ports amounted to 33,264 cases, of which 25,015 (75 per cent.* cases were to the United Kingdom, 2,542 per cent.) cases to the Continent of Europe, 3,960 (12 per cent) cases to
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    37 18 •"PHK copyright in this service is 1 owned by PHASER and COMPANY, share brokers, and THE STRAITS TIMES PRESS LTD. The quotations may not be reproduced without the written permission of the joint owners.
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    ANGLO-ORIENTAL MINING MONTHLY OUTPUT
    118 18 TPHE following statistics relating to tin-ore production of companies in the Anglo-Oriental group refer to July: Hour* Cv: yards Pculs Ampat Tin 631 135,000 CIS Southern Kinta 1,299 446,000 1,780 Kamuntlng Tin 1,491 398,000 1 768 Tongkah Harbour Tin 1.987 452,000 1,847 Anglo-Siamese Tin 1,023 130,000
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    SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES
    1314 18 Fraser And Co. s List FRIDAY, AUG. 4, 1939: 5 P.M. MINING Bayert Sellen Ampat Tin (4s > 3s 8d 4s 3d Austral Amal. (ss) 4s 4s 7Vid Austral Malay (4) 38s 40s Ayer Hltam (ss) 19s 9d 20s 9d Ayer Weng <$1) .72 76
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    131 18 List Supplied By Messrs. Fraser €<* Co. FRIDAY, AUG. 4, 1939: 5 P.M. lotai ror Books 'ompany. Dividend Close Date Payable Ex. div. date Financial Year TIN L Kamunting 3d. No. 65 and bonus l'.^d. Aug. 4 'etaling 5% Int. July 29 'alam 2»/ 2 Int. Aug.
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      113 18 |$bW^#'nevervaru- they are always smooth and I easy on the throat/S?^ Jm m&T < T Cns "'-c that rh test M L th care ,t ms to me thar I M on ~~Vou can I jM M utisraction cv Poking gJ'ghc up™" ««nr UxxiTkZ I Wm Graven '4- WKi HE
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      25 18 CLOSING PRICES (From Oar Own Correspondent, ivondon, Saturday. GOLD: n Bs. «K4. ULTKK: Sp*. 1« 13/IM.; S rnlhs. 16fti. EXCHANGE: Amsterdam, g.78; Shanghai, t%4. ■iih»l,
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    WIDOW OF FIRST MAN TO FLY ENGLISH CHANNEL VISITS LONDON
    336 19 WIDOW OF FIRST MAN TO FLY ENGLISH CHANNEL VISITS LONDON Story Of "Dreadful Hour Of Suspense" "IT WAS TERRIFYING TO SEE HIM VANISH WIDOW of the first man to fly the Channel, Madame H'eriot arrived in London on July 24 to attend an anniversary banquet the next night at which
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    CABBAGE COST HER £800
    105 19 A WOMAN went to Blackpool market to buy a cabbage. She chose one a 'big one and put down her bag for a moment to take the cabbage from a shop assistant ui!h both hands. When she put out a hand «.o pick the bag up
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    EUROPE TO U.S. IN 33FT BOAT
    110 19 One-Cylinder Engine New York. THREE Swedes arrived at the World's Fair after navigating a lotor-boat from Stockholm to New York in 37 days. 1 heir craft, which was a one-cylinder Diesel engine, and is equipped with an auxiliary sail, had an uneventful voyage of
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    Boxer Dies After First Contest
    130 19 Boxer Dies After First Contest DAYMOND Rees Morgan, 18, or Livingston Avenue, Long Lawford, Rugby, thought his younger brother's boxing opponent at a Dunchurch tournament was too strong for him and deputised for him although he had never boxed in public. In the last of the six rounds he was
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    SWALLOWS CAN FLY AT 111 M.P.H. Test With Mother Bird
    110 19 SWALLOWS CAN FLY AT 111 M.P.H. Test With Mother Bird Turin. EXPERIMENTS to compare the speed of a swallow with that of an aeroplane have recently been concluded by ornithologists at Lanzo, near here. As a result it has been ascertained that the birds can fly at 108.5 miles an
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    Granada Patience
    761 19 Cards For All TPIIIS patience seems to possess all the j virtues. The rules arc moderately tasy; it requires a certain amount of Kkill. and It does not come out so frequently as to make it a routine pastime. I feel confident, therefore, in bringing the game to
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    Tauber Loses His Voice
    95 19 Cor nhagen WHILE giving a concert in Copenhagen Richard Tauber, the tenor, lost his voice. He had sung through the programme with the exception of the last item, when suddenly he became hoarse. Richard Tauber said later: "I sang five ra.igs with great difficulty, My throat
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    PANDA'S FIRST BITE
    254 19 Ming's Lapse MING, the Zoo's young giant panda, has fallen from grace. While on view In the bandstand which has been converted into an exhibition cage for her. she bit one of her young admirers, writes H.M.S. in the Daily Telegraph. Though there is some doubt as
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    GEORGETOWN SHORT OF READY CASH
    93 19 Georgetown. IT is only now revealed that the Secretary of State made a suggestion, in a despatch In April, 1938, to defer the decennial generat valuation In British Ouiana until a satisfactory system of assessment had been evolved. The Government refused the Georgetown Municipality's request
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    Son For "Clive Of India" Author
    60 19 The birth of a son to Mr. W. J. Llpscomb, one of Hollywood's highest paid film writers and an internationally famous playwright, Is announced. Mr, Llpscomb, Joint author of Cllve of India," is 51 and was married in 1937 at Caxton Hall, Westminster, to
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    IN OPEN BOAT
    32 19 Five Czech refugees, including a woman, arrived in an exhausted condition at an island near Stockholm, after a voyage in an open boat across the Baltic Sea from Estonia.
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    VIKING'S ENERGY FOR EVERY MAN
    220 20 The Vikings ot old were gods among men. Superb in physique energy and vitality pulsed through every muscle and sinew— through nerves, body and brain. Their diet was rich in fish laden with strengthening Vitamins. The Halibut, caught in the ice-cool water 3 ot the
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    What The Stars Foretell By R.H. Naylor
    2381 20 What The Stars Foretell By R.H. Naylor This week's good days for: BUYING: Business deals:— Wed. 9th— Fri. 11th. Personal shopping: —Wed. 9th— Thurs. 10th. SELLING:— Tues. Bth Thurs. 10th. ENTERTAINING: Today (young folk for preference) Wed. 9th— Thurs. 10th. SPORT:— Wed. 9th: Advance note: better not make any outdoor
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    THIS WEEK FOR YOU
    342 20 LJERE, grouped according to month of birth (irrespective of year), is a statement of probabilities to be expected this week. JANUARY (Dec. 23- Jan. 20).- people try to upset your business arrangements this week, don't worry— let them go hang! Plod along quietly: risk no quarrel*.
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      299 20 A SHOWS ujL WHEN TO H REFILL ■V/l and holds 2| times at [;Yi much ink as an K ordinary self-filling pen N^Nj No 'running dry' at awkV^s ward moments bccauso •Z>jr you can see cxact ty ov> iv>3 much ink remains simply I|sCsh by holding the pen up to
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    Foundations For Feminine Charm
    678 21 Foundations For Feminine Charm Max Factor's Advice Guard Against Troubles With Your Feet JfOTH figuratively and literally, the feet are the foundation of perfection in the feminin appearance. Yet the feet are quite regularly the most abused and neglected portions of the entire body, in spite of the obvious fact
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    ' A Shady Shape
    34 21 A Shady Shape COME hats are growing larger, and, as you see in this rose felt shape, the most distinctive styles have the least trimming. Narrow ribbon of matching colour is a sufficient embellishment.
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    A Patch Of Mint
    348 21 Devonshire Mint Cakes For Tea DOLL out 1 lb. of flaky pastry and cut it into rounds. Mix together 2 oz. of butter, 12 oz. of currants, 2 oz. of chopped candled peel. 4 oz. of castor sugar, the beaten up yolk of an egg, and
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      130 21 Im Never make-up without ma, «»>^^JC5L* a proper powder base. rOl***AAG*>\ For M ch I* of .kin l.lizabctli Anfen has devised the perfect pne, J a Seek Miss Arden's expert gj^i*- ji/^J+^s* advice. Her cosmetics are %a^»r|f^ l *4P'* •%*^p always in accord with fashion, especially grouped in her individual
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      145 21 W^m FACE POWDER from Hollywood jSp^tfßJ VxM*ted by Max jgf^Ul^^ hjk l'«t*or, make-up pw*. Wk^JJ^^^^ .-f^4k Hi lv*. to drunalire natUrtl b attty Color harmony ifaadet for ffi^ ll^H bloode, braaett«, Hi. brovnette. redhead. W NfW! Max Factor* JET/ Mik.-.p FMMKiatKMI KTTY CSAMI wf^^^ kMM vcwf maka-.p fo ov 11
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    654 22 A Way To Avoid That Ever-Crowded Atmosphere In A Small Room IF you happen to be furnishing a somewhat small room and find it difficult to avoid a stuffy over-crowded atmosphere, you should use, if you can, light furniture In this room. There are various light woods 'n tables and
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    162 22 TRAVEL equipment is extremely well-designed, nowadays, so that we can pack our clothes easily and quickly, and what is very important, too with the knowledge that they will emerge uncreased at the journey's end. For in the modern travelling ca3e or trunk there is a space for everything, whether
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    In Suspense By Muriel Rapson
    198 22 In Suspense By Muriel Rapson cases, which are fitted up with hangers upon which to arrange your dresses which are then folded over once. On the top of them, there is a tray for folded articles. Neatest Way Of Packing I*HIS type of case comes in various sizes to hold
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      427 22 W &F< VrJA HXLV V J^rfßk^ '/SSI BTTW H '*T 4t**? V«bW jC t LbbbbbbSbWLs^. ■■saw > s/>* /^x Kl*%i&r BBT >^I9bbl BBbL^^bW X* .^H BBBBBBBBvJri JT^^L A bbJ^H^^B EX^^^ >N^*'^^a^£<J ■r bbV V_^p^sS i TAMPAX ISGO. TIADI UA*X SANITARY PROTECTION WORN INTERNALLY f\ doctor had the KM process ensures
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    News From The Centres Of Europe
    354 23 News From The Centres Of Europe SIMPLE styles, but very delightful materials, are being used this season for white blouses accompanying those simple black suits which are always in fashion. Cotton of a sheer, fancy weave which it is often difficult to tell from silk, is one of the first
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    HOUSEHOLD HINTS
    80 23 V^iu.A har.g:n? stuped ■■utnl to dry it Is advisable to hang it so that the stripes are vertical, the risk that the colour runs then decreases. Whei the hands m exposed to sun. windy weather and salt water, the cuticles become easily dry and frayed. Here is an
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    White Hands
    138 23 HANDS suffer as much from dryness as ones hair and skin, and that is why a special shampoo now devised which doesn't take long when you are attending to your weekly manicure is a real treasure. The treatment is provided by a box packed with a bottle of
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    304 23 length coat made in oil-silk, of a fondant colour, which is to be worn over swim suits. These coats are cut on redingote lines. They are never very enveloping, but they take away that undressed feeling while at the same time revealing every stitch of your suit underneath. Not
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      16 23 CHOOSE how/ &9fPi Exclusive GOWNS Salons MADAME PAGE 13, Battery Rd. Singapore. MAJESTIC HOTEL Kuala Lumpur.
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      329 23 it Seemed like ARnlE3l^lA saysMissßumsey If Ilia VK/ oflondonjngbnd I ACTUALLY LOOKED YOUNGER §IN A WEEK k Whole appearance changed I looks twice as attractive. W Friends positively envious J of her marvellous complexion Actual photograph of Mist W& Margot Rumsey before this one week home becu'y /T seems like
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      36 23 Vlantd Mahja-iimes d loxm ufiuor stalled with his dauoiittb *Wai knockuL out tlu [Oat turu hi [oujht cSn jtduhi] he said, 'Jvo tat tPianta oti t/'tfaa 1 What sViaight U it of koa ii a stufitoi?
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    LONDON CABLES 60 SPY DOSSIERS TO WASHINGTON AND PARIS
    221 24 LONDON CABLES 60 SPY DOSSIERS TO WASHINGTON AND PARIS MAMES and descriptions of between 50 and 60 Nazi agents operating in Great Britain have been cabled from Londen to Paris and Washington. The move was made to assist the French and United States Governments in checking on the German spy
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      640 24 This simple treatment will soon YOUR DOG^^®^l SCRATCHING^^^j When your dog keeps scratching, it shows that impurities in his blood have set up a violent po^bc cannot get rid of rh« irritation under the skin. The "certain and impurities by penciling. natural remedy is to give him Bob Martin's Mll<
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      778 24 Today's Wireless Programmes SINGAPORE /111 I metre*. ZRP Metres a.m. 11.00 Military band music. 11.15 Light orchestral concert. P^layed from the Sea View HoteL p.m. 12.10 Hubert ElsdelL (tenor) .t 12.20 Light orchestral concert. Relayed from the Sea View Hotel icontd.). 1.00 Miscellaneous programme of light music t 1.30 Interval.
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      183 24 8.35 The news. Relayed from London. 5.50 "Soft lights and sweet music." Werner Baer at the piano, (from the studio). 9.10 Light songs. t 9.30 The PUth Form at St. Ponte tract's A schoolboy burlesque with music, written by the Mellulsh Brothers.* 10.00. Close down. tarsmoohone <-econu BERLIN IMA 9.56
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      576 24 EMPIRE STATION TRANSMISSION S GSO 9.38 mc/s (31.32 m.» GSH X.31 me (31.55 m.) GSI 6.11 me s <4«10 mi a.m. 6.40 Stock exchangs report and sports news. 6.45 Geraldo and his orchestra" 7.50 Bis Bm. The news. 8.05 Greenwich time signal 8.05 "London Log."* 8.20 T P"-a' Wttf\ Anniversary
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      196 24 NiROM 1 1»A c.M dm- ifS».S m.i YDB 955 me s CM 70 m.> YDB !I.Ko me s I!j3 m.) PSIN 10.2>l me .Z9? mi a.m. 7.20 Opening annomic ncnt. 7.20 Church service. 5.35 Oaojic&l mv. 1 9.28 Church &t;:c Pro"-- "ant Clmrch, Soursbaya !0.50 Morning concert. 11.50 Tyro suit.-v
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    MR. LISTLESS —MR. LIVELY
    203 25 which are you We nil like to think we're lively. But how do you feel when you wake up? How do you feel at the end of the day? A lot of tiredness and depression isn't the effect of work or exercise— it's plain •liverlshness', especially
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    Indian Princess In London Bankruptcy Court
    297 25 Indian Princess In London Bankruptcy Court "Allowance Of £60 A Month Too Small" THE Princess Kumari Sodhira Dcvi Mander of Couch, Behar lounged back in the settee of one of her secured creditors. It was In the lounge of her tenroomed home at Hampstead, N.W., and she told me (writes
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    THE SNAPSHOT GUILD
    311 25 THE SNAPSHOT GUILD AT the World Fair in New York there is a most extraordinary photographic pageant. An enormous screen, 22 feet high and 187 feet long, extends along the inner circumference of Kodak's Great Hall. Along this screen, in single panoramic views and in groups of pictures, there passes
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    Woman Of 70 Ran An Opium Den
    159 25 Woman Of 70 Ran An Opium Den Paris. TWO detectives of the French 1 Drug Squad, elegantly dressed in white flannels, drove up to a villa in the fashionable quarter of Toulon. They knocked three times, gave the password Indo-China," and were admitted by an elderly woman. They said they
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    178 25 Nurse Says Doctor's Wife Tarred Her Calgary. I^ISS Alice Knowles, 28-year- old undergraduate nurse, has laid a charge of causing bodily harm against two Calgary society women who are alleged to have tarred and feathered her. Mrs. Ethel Allen and Miss Betty Allen, wife and; daughter of a leading doctor,
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    HEAT WAVE
    30 25 During the heat wave passing over Greece the thermometer reached the record height of 105 degrees Fahrenheit at Athens, 111 at Larissa and Drama and 113 at Agrinlon.
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    Former Gunman Now Artist
    68 25 An exhibition of oil paintings, sculpture and books by lack Dilbo was held at the Arlington Gallery, Old Bund Street, London. Jack Bilbo, son of a well-to-do middle class German family, naturalised American, naturalised Spaniard, and now without a country or passport, once carried a gun
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    LAG IN CIVIL FLYING
    173 25 Warning By Dake Of Sutherland A WARNING against the danger of allowing civil aviation to lag wa issued by the Duke of Sutherland presiding at the annual meeting In Lonaon of the Air League of the British Fmpire. Great Britain need now fear no military competitor
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    FRENCH STAMP
    33 25 A 40-centime French stamp, which reproduces In colour the Fragonard masterpiece "The Letter," is to be sold at one franc, about lftd* to obtain funds for a postal museum in Paris.
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    Memorial To Late King Albert
    40 25 A general view aftsr the unveiling by the Governor-General of the statue of the late King Albert of the Belgians, at Leopold viile. In the Belgian Congo. Tbe sculptor is Victor Demanet, famous Belgian sculptor.
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    Garrison Sports Notes By "Doc."
    1983 26 Garrison Sports Notes By "Doc." RQ. Company, Manchesters, were too hot for "D" Company. Manchesters. In a cricket game last week-end when they trounced their opponents thoroughly. Opening up quietly and paying due f espect to the bowling of P. S. M. Elliott, Hako and Thomas were never really settled.
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    Take Two Points
    88 26 29 ND Heavy Battery ended their sea- son in the Small Units Leauua when they took full points from the 30th R.E. and finished with 8 pom's. when previously they had enly been successful in one match. Exciting moments were seen In the last five minutes, when
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    Best Performance
    121 26 QTH Heavy Regiment gave their best performance of the season when they defeated the Gordons by two goals to one at Selerang. The game was very exciting. The 9th scored first through Noble who was the best forward on the field. The Gordons did not taka leng to
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    Small Units League
    139 26 The following is the final plac i the Alexandra and Islands Area p 31 Bty. R.A 22 11 Bty. R.A 22 14 Sec. R.A.O.C. 22 Malaya Si;. Coy. 22 "B" Coy. Lcyal.i 22 "C" Coy. Loyuls.. 22 "HQ" B. Loyak.. 22 7th HKS. R.A. 22 "HQ" A.
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    MALACCA NETBALL
    160 26 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Saturday. ST. Theresa's "A" team won the annual Clarke Shield netball competition at the French Convent here this week, thus keeping the shield for the third year in succession. St. Paul's "B" team won the second division shield. In their annual match with
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    PARIT STONGKAT ARE WINNERS
    190 26 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Muar. FAST and thrilling football was seen on the Muar Club padang in the final of the Malay inter-school soccer competition between Parit Stongkat and Bandar Malaya. Parlt Stongkat Malay School, who were the winners last year, played with excellent understanding to
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    GOLF AT KLANG
    51 26 (From oiir Own Correspondent.) Port Swettenham. The following are the results of the Klang Golf Club mixed foursomes: Middleton-Smlth and Mrs. Mac Donald 33%; Mrs. Rawcliffe and Kirk 34; Mrs. Youtman and Tucker 36: Mrs. Rowland and Rowiand 36y 2; Mrs. Ansley-Young and J. R. Me. Richardson
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    JOHORE P.W.D. SPORTS
    387 26 (From Our Own Ccrrespond;nt.) Johore Bahru. PRED PULLEN, of Kluang. obtained the championship in the annual Johore P.W.D. athletic sports. He had to his credit 12 points. Ng Ngoh Tee, of Johore Bahru, who had won the honour during the last three yaars and in 1931, was
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    MUAR TEACHERS LAWN TENNIS
    116 26 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Muar. •THE annual open singles lawn tennis championship meeting of the Muar Government English School Teachers ended when the semi-nnaJs and finals were played on the school court. After playing fine tennis in the first set N. A. Hannay played erratic tennis
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    EUROPEANS vs. REST IN NORTH JOHORE
    923 27 State's Last Big Cricket Game Of The Season (From Our Own Correspondent). Segamat. ITHE cricket season in Johore is as good as over and the curtain will be brought down in the north next week-end when the north Johore Europeans meet the north Johore
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    WHO WILL WIN HOSE CUP?
    185 27 •n Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Saturday. WII the Negri Ssmbilan Chinese Recreation Club achieve the "double"' for the second time and win the Hose Cup competition on August 12? This question is being asked by local footbf.ll followers btit is most difficult to answer. The
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    MALACCA GOLF
    128 27 'Frn i Our 0..a Correspondent) Ma'acca, Saturday. Ifal&i 'a eolfcrc seared a good win over the Senior Golfers Society. Scores (Seniors first): Gordon Smith and Stewart 0 Porter and MncKinstery 1 Brandor and Williams 1 Goode and Russell J: Carmichael and Boltcn 0 Graham and Ncrgate 1; Kitchlng
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    Negri Begins To Think Of Rugby
    303 27 (From Our Own Corresponds > Seremban, Saturday. WITH the close of the cricket and soccer season, thoughts of Negri Sembllan sportsman are turned towards Rugby football. It is too early yet to talk of the prospects of the season, but the State has always
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    TOWN BOARD AND YOUNG MEN DRAW
    113 27 •Frcm Our Own Correspondent) Batu Pahat. /^NE of the cleanest soccer matches seen at Batu Pahat for sometime was seen when the Town Board and the Young Men played to a two-all draw in the first round of the Batu Pahat cup tie. Starting
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    Muar School Sports
    726 27 (From Our Own Correspondent) Muar. AT the sixth annual athletic sports of the St. Andrew's School held at Muar Ciub padang three competitors. Yam Fook Tong, Wong Chee Wah and Chia Cheng Swee, ti»d for the senior individual championship. Arshat was the Junior individual champion. Abdul Kadlr
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    PENANG T. C. GOLF
    49 27 TTOE new golf course at the Penang racecourse will not be ready for play until after the middle of November. Weather conditions before then will decide when the course can be completed and a further announcement will be made by the Penang Turf Club authorities.
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    MARSHALL GETS A CENTURY
    201 27 (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Saturday, i HTHE English College registered a con- vincing win over the teachers in their annual cricket match yesterday. ENGLISH COLLEGE. Ahmad bin Hassan low. b Manlan 2 K. K. Watt b Wyatt 8 Ungku Ahmad bin Omar b Wyatt
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    MALAYS' TENNIS
    104 27 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Saturday. MALACCA Malay tennis players were not to lucky as their Chinese friends, who last week won the interState triangular between Chinese teams for the Lai Tet Loke Cup. Playing against Johore Malays in the Iskandar Cup tournament, Malacca lost by three matches
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    COULD NOT KNIT FOR NEURITIS
    182 27 If neuritis bothers you, deal with It as this woman dealt with hers "For years I was unable to knit,* she writes, owing to neuritis in my hands. Last year I started taking Kruschen, and now the knitting craze is on I can keep up
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    FAVOURITES OBLIGE AT THE PENANG RACES
    72 28 Going Soft On The First Day VAN BREUKELEN SADDLES FIVE WINNERS (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Saturday. FAVOURITES obliged today, the first day of the Penang Turf Club's Gold Cup meeting and dividends were small, with the exception of the Jast race, when Grand
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    Read How They Ran
    1428 28 Racr 1 Hordes, CUss 3. Div. 4, 6 furs. Mr. A. van Tooren's GLIDING 8.02 (153) Farthing (6) 1 Mis.- O. R. NoordtiVs THE WARRIOR 8.10 (126) McPherson (1> 3 Mr. W. Lewis' CISCARA 8.9 (152) Mayo) (4) 3 (Winner trained by J. Duval) Course scratching:
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    18 28 Chan Tak Fai taps the ball Into the net for a South China goal against the Combined Services
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    MUAR LEAGUE SOCCER
    320 28 From Our Own Correspondent > Muar. ►pHE Muar soccer league is fast draw- ing to a close and the Issue now is very open. Three teams have chances for league honours and in best position are the Johore Military Forces who have 22 points and one match
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    ROUND-THE-ISLAND YACHT RACE
    59 28 The annual round -the-island race of the Royal Singapore Yacht Club started at 10 a.m. yesterday. Five boats are taking part. Th?y are expected back today. SIOW LEONG JOO Pcnanj athlete and champion high jumper c« M iliya. He beared 6 ft. ZVt In. at the recent
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    Fine Soccer At Stadium
    412 28 South China Beat Combined Services "TREATING a huge crowd to one of the finest exhibitions of football seen at the Stadium this season, the South China team beat the Combined Services by three goals to two yesterday. The visitors were too fast ana nippy and although
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    RUDDOCK GETS R.S.G.C. MEDAL
    93 28 *T*HE medal competition of tne Royal 1 Singapore Golf Club resulted In a win for W. B. Ruddock with a net score of 71. Cards taken out totalled 94. The followln? are some of the scores W. B. Ruddock 81—10=71; Dr. E. Laldlaw Thomson 71 1-72;
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    HONG LIM GREEN
    23 28 Th^ cricket match between the S.C.R.C. and the R.A.O.C. to have been played on Hong Mtn Green yesterday was cancelled.
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    S.A.F.A. LEAGUES
    464 28 WHILE the R. A. F. are well ahead in the first division, the Post Office Sports Club are sweeping all before them in the second division (A) and are almost certain to win. In the second division (B) the Chiness have lost the leading position after holding it
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    KUALA LUMPUR SOCCER
    224 28 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. THE Selangor Chinese scored a victory by six goals to nil when they clashed with the Selangor Malays In the soccer match in conjunction with the Malayan exhibition at the stadium today. The score by no .means indicated the run
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    Full Weights For Monday's Racing
    317 28 Full Weights For Monday's Racing (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Saturday. pOLLOWING are the full handicap* for the second day's races of tha Penang Gold Cup meeting on Monday: Horses, Class 4, Div. 1, 6 Fur. Cluny 9.00 Amazing B.OJ Esquire 8.13 Success 8.04 Sacrifice 8.12 Paramour 8.03 Patramble 8.11
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    SURPRISE DEFEAT OF CYRIL WEE
    626 28 PLAY in the Singapore junior badminton championships was conunik'ri at the Clerical Union yesterday jand although the zumes were we'! contested, the standard of play reach ed wa.-. not n.; high as was expected In th? semi- final stage. The surprise of th? day was
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    STATES-COLONY CRICKET ALMOST OVER
    1172 29 Brilliant Bowling By Lockhart And Thoy DRILLIANT bowling by Lockhart and Thoy once again saw that the bowling dominated the batting in the Malay State --Colony cricket match started on the padang yesterday. Lockhart took six wickets for 30 runs antf then Thoy routed the Malay
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    Scoreboard
    553 29 COLONY— 1ST INNINGS F. W. Simpson b Appuni 9 A. J. Williams b Lockhart 3 J. L. Whiteing e Noon b Lockhart 21 L. Outschoorn c Dennison-Smith b Appun i g Chia Ken* Hock c Dunbar b Appuni 8 A. Foster c Murray h Lockhart 2 R. E. Thoy
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    Street's 103
    223 29 (From Our Own Correspondent). Port Swettenham. AT Kampong Kuantan, M.E. Street. who plays regularly for the Selangor Club, made a bright 103 runs against the Kampong Kuantan club, and A. J Hunter, Selangor's speed merchant, scored 71. The match ended In a draw SELANGOS CLCB. D. R. Guiland
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    Holiday Feast Of Sport
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    Kinnaird Entries
    314 29 (Front Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 4. pOUPLED with the F.M.S. rifle champlonship at the Central Rifle Meeting at Kuala Lumpur rifle range over the August bank holidays will be several competitions for prized trophies. The Kinnaird will bcghi at 10.15 a.m. on Sunday, and on the
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    AMATEUR BOXING IN SELANGOR
    176 29 <Fro:n Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. MORE enthusiasm than science was seer* in the opening fights of th« Selangor amateur boxing championships last night at Bukit Bin tang. Promoted by Mr. S. N. Chan, this contest has been revived after many years There were 13
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    DONNACONA YOUNGSTERS
    62 29 The following will represent the Donnacona Youngsters agains, the RAP. (H.Q.) In a friendly soccer game on Monday at the Clerical ground at 5.15 pjn.: P. De Souza, Neo En* Bee, Choo Seng Chye, J. Oarnell, Bong Beng Chong, T. Muijoot. J. Trail, V. Garnell. Tan L'ang Peng.
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    Malayan Cycling
    153 29 "rcm Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. •"TWO old records were substantially lowered today at the sixth Malayan cycling championships held in conJunction with the M.A.H.A. exhibition. Times for the one mile open and one mile races for schoolboys were b~'iercd. Selangoi- competitors were more successful in r:e
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    V.M.C.A. BEAT MEDICALS
    196 29 TpHE \M.CA beat the Medical Col- lese Union by nine runs at cri-ket on the college ground yr^t^rday. V.M.C.A. Surratta b Kuklip Sinr'.j 'Q Nathaniels b Kuldip Elngh 15 James c and b Kuldlp Sinpli o Uivall c Hera Singh b Kuldlp Singh 0 Seymour c Kuldlp
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    McCONECHY CUP
    118 29 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Begamat C*OR the first time since the inception of the series, the Segamat P.W.D. has won the McConechy Cup for interdistrlct soccer competition between P.W.D. units. Batu Pahat were holders of the trophy, having won It in 1937 and 1938. Segamat beat Batu Pahat
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    All-Malaya Lawn Tennis Tournament
    460 29 All-Malaya Lawn Tennis Tournament (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Saturday. rpHE All-Malaya lawn tennis tourna- ment was continued here today. Mrs. Purcell and Miss Sanscnl quali- fled for the final of the women's doub!es by beating Miss Nellie Chla and Miss Helen Khong 6—2, 6—3. The Chinese pair gave a
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    SINGHALESE BEAT INDIANS
    245 29 the oed Ooiti beat the Se'angor Indians in a cri:kct '•m v i« it Kuala Luni|Wi. INDIANS Oartw Blniih b Schubert 11 ehams-her Siu-h c Gunaralne b Fernando 3 E. 3. Gill c Guucrßtne b T rubert 13 P. V. Thomas st Da BUn b Sihubert 1!D
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    GARRISON BEAT ISLAND CLUB
    73 29 The inter-dub competition resulted In a win for the Garrison Golf Club with a net score of 304. GARRISON GOLF CLUB: Major U, R Davidson 78, Capt. C. L,. Archdale 14; Capt. C Ryan 13; Major S. G. K. Brittorous 79. Total. 304 ISLAND GOLF C.'.LB
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      Question Again Before Committee
      718 30 By The Sunday Times Badminton Correspondent TTHOSE who are still hoping thatj Singapore will in the future decide to participate in the Malayan InterState tournament for the Foong Seong Cup will be pleased to hear that a letter has been addressed by the Mayflower Badminton Party
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      11 30 Mr. Er Soo Mong, hon. secretary of Johore Bahru Badmimon Association.
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      PERAK MALAYS TOURNAMENT
      619 30 (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiplng. A RECORD number of entries has been received for the third annual Perak Malays open badminton championships, being played at the Anderson School hall this week-end. Singles: Top section: Mohd. Razally vs. Moha. Isa; Haji Talib vs. A. B. Osman; Yusof Khan
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      49 30 The Kamponj Glam B.P. which lost to the Bukit Chaser 8.P., of Johore Raliru, I—4,1 4, in a badminton game played at the Haw-Par hall. Back, from left Mohamed Noor, Wee Beng Sam, Ec Wee Sian;, and Salleh Kasnan. Front, from left Taib Shahidi, Taib Mohamed, and Ahmad Karim.
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      Selangor Badminton
      1026 30 I^EEN and closely cor tested matches were the feature of the opening round of the men's junior doubles badminton tournament at the New Pudu Girls School hall during the last weekend. Incidentally the curtain raiser, the tie between L. M. Norris and Ismail Yusof. of Boon San, and
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      KUALA MUDA C.R.C.
      93 30 (From Our Ovn Correspondent) A.or Star. The Kuala Muda Chinese Recreation Club '.eat the Indra Kayangan Club by five games to one. Results (K.M.C.R.C. first): Lim Chew Engr beat Che Anl 14—15. 15—3, 15— 11; Lira Huat Chye beat Syed Arlffln 15 2. 15—4: Yeoh Yongr Hool
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      MR. GOON SIAH KONG
      43 30 The death took place last month of Mr. Goon Slah Kong, one of the foundera of the Penang Highways and Byways 8.P., one of the strongest badminton parties of a decade ago, and the forerunner of the Limstcud BP.
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      Penang Games
      528 30 •THE Penang ODen chamDlonship* have ended and as expected th« Umstead B.P. upheld their claim to b« the premier badminton party la Penane. almost sweeping the board. Ooi Teik Hock, last year's Junior singles champion, became the first junior champion to win the ODen singles crown, and also
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      TREASURY-AUDIT TOURNAMENT
      322 30 rrE draw for the Treasury-Audit SporU Union badminton tournament is: INTER-TEAM SINGLES 'A' Team: Yay Chin Tee (Capt.), 2. Tan Ouan Chuan, 3. Lim Huay Hoon. 4. A. Puspalm, 5. Hussein b. Sa'at. "B" Team:—* Pen Teng Slew (Capt.) 2. A. Rodrigues. 3. Seah Lye Sen?, 4 Lim
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      AMATEUR A.U.
      116 30 Playing at their home court the Amateur A.U. lost to the Eclipse B.P. by two game* to four, one (tame being abandoned owing tfj failing hght- Results (A. A.U. first > Yeo Horn? Chuan lost to Yap Chin Tee IS. 10—15; Low Poh Hye beat Lee Kirn Seng
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    Klang High School Sports
    903 31 (From Our Own Correspondent). Klang, Sunday. At the annual athletic sports of the High School, Klang, there were among those present: the Sultan of Selangor, the Tengku Ampuan, Tengku Ampuan Fatimah. Tengku Ampuan Kalsan of Perak, Tengku Ampuan Besar of Johore, Pengiran Permancha Regent of Brunei,
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    SELANGOR COAST CLUB
    40 31 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Klang. The annual athletic sports of the Se'angor Coast Club will be held on the Klans Padang on Saturday, Aug. 12. In the evenln? there will be a dinner at the Club premises.
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    56 31 The Sultan of Selangor was received by Mr. C. W. Bloom field, the headmaster of the Klang High School at his arrival to watch the sports. Behind the canopy-bearer are (left to right) Regent of Brunei, Tengku Ampuan of Selangor, Tengku Ampuan Fatimah, Mrs. C. W. Bloomlield, Mrs. B. Barrowman
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    J.B. BADMINTON
    284 31 (tTom Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Saturday. TPHE Johore Bahru bodminton tour- nament has reached the final stage in the majority of the events. In the open doubles Wong Peng Boon and his brother Wong Peng Yee received a dalk-over yesterday from Buang bin Kassim and All bin
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    KEDAH SOCCER
    286 31 From Our Own Correspondent) Alor Star. The Kedah Police beat the Perak Police in the Memorial Soccer Cup by two goals to one. Play was not o* a very high standard due to the slippery field. In the first half the Kedah Police dominated the play and scored
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    MUAR MALAYS
    243 31 (Prom Our Own Correspondent) Muar. COME thrilling and keenly contested matches were seen at the Bunpi Tanjong badminton court duiing the weak when several ties In the Muar district championship meeting were play. The final stage has been reached in the men's open singles and Junior Singles events
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    KEDAH SHOOTING
    157 31 (From Our Own Correspondent) Alor Star. I*HE annual small arms meeting of ihe Kedah Volunteer Force was neld at the Semeling Rifle Range. Results Winner of Individual Championship 2/Lieut. P. S. Sherwood (B Coy.). Winner of Hume Shield:— 2/lieut. P. S. Sherwood (B Coy). Best Individual Rifle Shots:—
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    ISKANDAR CUP LAWN TENNIS
    85 31 (From Our Own Correspondent) Alor Star. Kedah received a walk-over from Penang In the Iskandar Cup lawn tennis tournament in the northern zone and will now meet Perils. The teams are: Kedah: Singles: Rahlm. Shariff. Doubles: Salleh and Hussein; Syed Noh and Shuib Syed Sheh and
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    DINSMORE TROPHY
    101 31 (From Our Own Correspondent) Alor Star. Results of the Kedah Club Golf Dinsmore Trophy Che Laedin (winner) 41 34 42 39— 156; J. Scott 41 40 46 39—166: O. B. Kellagher 39 41 40 47—167: F. E. Ivery 43 39 42 46—168: O. F. J. Wat kins 41
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    Som Pong And Frisco
    222 31 Som Pong And Frisco Boxing Notes NEGOTIATIONS for the Som Pong- Frisco battle, arranged for the first week of September, are proceeding satisfactorily. A Singapore sportsman who is applying for a promoter's licence made Frisco a very tempting offer, and the former middleweight champion of the East has already cabled
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    VISIT TO KLANG
    172 31 (Prom Our Own Correspondent). Klang. The Methodist Boys' School, Kuala Lumpur, visited Klang to play Indoor games against the Anglo-Chinese School. The home team won the ping pong by three games to two but the visitors swept the board in badminton by winning all the five games.
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    KULJM BASKETBALL
    78 31 (Prom Our Own Correspondent) Alor Star. AT Kulim, the Kulim Sin Sheng basketball team beat the Sungel Patani Sin Mm teachers by 44 ppints to 36 points. Kulim Sing Sheng Lim Yehun, Zhang Giaxna, Li Xuancao. Xuang Bawang, Zuang Zogan, Su Olantiang, Wang Kilai, Xo Ouanllang and Xuang
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    CELEBRATIONS
    85 31 TWO Penang badminton parties celebrated their successes last week. The Hu Yew Scan held a dinner when Mr. Soon Eng Kong, the President, acted as host. The Hu Yew Scan won the Junior inter-team championship, and the junior singles championship through Miss Lilian Lye, besides being runners-up i n
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    School Licenses Bicyclists Making Sure Of Road Manners
    312 32 School Licenses Bicyclists Making Sure Of Road Manners *TH) give pupils a thorough training in road manners, Outram School has instituted a full scheme of road safety. Traffic lights hang in the corridors, and the boys enter and leave classrooms as directed by the lights. Bicycles are regularly examined for
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