The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 25 April 1939

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 15,760. ESTU. 1835. TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1939. 5 CENTS.
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    SPANISH TROOPS AND GIBRALTAR
    88 1 tendon, M )r HORDING to the Governinformation, the rivers of Sp«ud. m ar Gibraltar had bet>n M l demobilisation Sby tte Spanish Goveij. (jrrhirt ,l Mr. K. A. the Lnder Foreifi ry. m reunions ht to Oibrmlincc m lade no I 01 the Gibraltar, Lord of
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    Britain Does Not Recognize Czech Coup
    25 1 London, Apr. 24. In deno N The port rt, he of leave. v. Sir '>urse the kia, Mr. Reuter
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    Chinese Die At Japanese Stage Show
    14 1 and 36 ded on •it cele*he new O..vern-
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    CHURCHILL DROPS HINT ON CONSCRIPTION
    148 1 London. Apr. .'4. A HINT RESPECTING compulsory national service was given by Mr Winston Churchill speaking at the Mansion House today, when he revealed that all territorial units had reached var strength. Good progress was bein? made m the formation of a second line. Mr.
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    Egypt Would Like Non-Aggression Pact
    60 1 Egypt Would Like Non- Aggression Pact Cairo. Apr. 24. ACCORDING TO the newspaper Alahram. Egypt has received an Inquiry from Germany regarding her sentiment! on the question of aggression. Egypt has replied that she was not informed of President Roosevelt's message beforehand, and added that while deeply interested m safeguarding
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    Man-Power In British North Borneo
    64 1 A Government communique m the British North Berneo Herald says an emergency man-power register; on the same lines as of that recently formed m Singapore, is being compiled m British North Borneo. It is said that In an emergency, volunteers would be required for A.R.P.
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    50,000 Men To Defend N.Z.
    71 1 Wellington. (N.Z.), Apr. 24. THE Prime Minister, Mr. M. J. Savage, m an interview today hinted that a force of 50.000 men may be required tor New Zealand's defence. Mr. Savage declared: 4 The first thing we have to do to help Great Britain is
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    NO RESULTS YET, PREMIER SAYS
    306 1 M. Gafencu Starts London Talks TRADE AND POLITICS T London, Apr. 24. HP- Premier, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, stated m the Commons tonight that the Government was maintaining close touch with other Governments, including those of Turkey and Russia. But he was not yet m a
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    Prepared For Anything
    22 1 THIS RECENT PICTURE was taken from H.M.S. Royal Sovereign and shows H.M.S. Resolution and H.M.S. Ramilies following Fleet manoeuvres.
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    100 1 Reuter reported yesterday that arguments used m Germany's wooing of Rumania were that it was unnecessary for Rumania to join the anti-aggression bloc, that she had more to fear from joining with Russia than from Germany or Hungary, and that Germany would be prepared to guarantee Rumania's frontiers as Britain
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    Berlin Forming A Separate Balkan Bloc
    167 1 Berlin. Apr. 14. SECOND dose of 'Axis persuasion" i |a store for the Yugoslav Foreign Minister, M. Markovitch, when he arrives here on Wednesday. Official German circles evidently are pinning great hope.-s on his visit. Little secret is made of the fact that Germany's
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    94 1 Jugoslavia, with its enormous undeveloped or only partly developed mineral wealth and agricultural fertility could be highly valuable to the Axis Powers. Germany imported from Jugoslavia last year, for instance. 380,000 tons of bauxite— the raw material from which aluminium is made 49,000 tons of copper and 74.000 tons of
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    Englishman Dead In Shanghai Sensation
    256 1 A Is £i irishman who left Singapore a week ago yesterday m the liner Gneisenau on his return from Home leave lies dead and his wife seriously injured following a sensation U incident m the Japanese-occupied district of Hongkew, Shanghai, last night, according to Reuter.
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    Navy As Strong As In Nelson's Day
    268 1 ENORMOUS EXPANSION HE^m^™ t London, Apr. 23. LLTOK By water, naval correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, writes today that the British Navy is absolutely and relatively stronger than it has been since the Napoleonic Wars, barring a period m 1918 when it overshadowed
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    Arrest Follows French Liner Fire
    47 1 Le Havre, Apr. 24. pESAR FRANCK, an auxix^ liary fireman on the French liner Paris, today was committed to prison and charged with wilful incendiarism as the outcome of the recent nre which resulted m the sinking of the big liner.— Reuter
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    Perth Leaves Rome
    43 1 Rome, Apr. 24. Lord Perth, the retiring British Ambassador, departed for London today He was seen off by Count Ciano and the French and German Ambassadors, the South African and Eire Ministers and other members of the Diplomatic Corps. Reuter
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    MR. QUO TAI-CHI EXPECTS WAR TO END IN YEAR
    201 2 MR. QUO TAI-CHI EXPECTS WAR TO END IN YEAR Japan Tires; Powers Resist Aggression U.S. FLEET^ESTURE London, Apr. 24. THE Chinese Ambassador, Mr. Quo Tai-chi, told the Manchester China Relief Committee at a meeting* tonight that he thought that another year, whether there were an international war or not, would
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    Tokio Drops Bombs With Propaganda
    52 2 Shanghai. Apr. 24. IN LINE with routine bombing activity, Japanese naval planes also are engaged In "pacification" work. Already, 100,000 bills have been dropped from the air by naval planes which flew over Hunan Province on Apr. 21 and Chekiang, Kiangsi and Fukicn Provinces yesterday.—
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    72 2 THE WEDDING tock place at Vie CJn.rch of St. Maria Victoria m Borne, m the presence of the Croitn Princ? of Italy, of Sic/norina Maria. Imviacclata Badoglio, Duchess of Addis A^.aba, and daughter of Marshal Badoglio, who was created Duke fcr h:s leadership of the Italian troopf during the Abyssinian
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    Two Foreign Envoys Seen By Hirohito
    77 2 Tokio, Apr. 24. fHE Japanese Emperor this morning received m audience M Anathes'i tU the newly-appointed Greek ulster, who presented to His Majesty credentials. Mr Hachiro Arita. the Foreign Minister, assisted at the function. The Greek Legation v<as reopened by M Politis after a
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    Chinese Victories And Bond Prices
    77 2 Hon- KMlft, Apr. 23. THE CONSTANT stream of ne'.vs of Chinese military succei ci has caused a. continuous rise m the price G eminent bond* oa the Shanghai Bond Market, on which the 1936 Cousolidation Loan today registered four to six Chinese d icrease, while
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    Chinese Check Food Profiteering
    40 2 lion; Kons;, Apr. 24. The Chinese Government has established an office for the sole purpose of enforcing the regulation* regarding the control of foodstuffs. Dealers caught profiteering are Hab'e to be dealt with severely.— Union Times
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    More Japanese Demands In The Settlement
    223 2 TERRORISM PERTURBS TOKIO Shanghai, Apr. 24 QKAWING attention to the fact that the recent terroristic cases m the settlement had connection with the Chinese National Spiritual Movement, Mr. Yoshiaki Miura the Japanese Consul-General, today sent an official note to Mr. G S Franklin, chairman
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    Meeting Of British Envoys
    144 2 London, Apr. 24. A SKED BY Mr W. Gallacher (ComFife), m the Commons what Sir Robert Cragie and Sir Archibald Clark Kerr had discussed at their recent meeting m Shanghai, the Under Foreign Secretary, Mr R. A. Butler, said Sir Robert made his trip primarily with
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    New Tokio Mayor
    63 2 MTokio, Apr. 24. R. KEIKICHI TANOMOGI, former Minister of Communications, and at present president of the Hocni Shimbun, popular daily newspaper has been formally returned as Mayor 01 TokJo, m place of Mr. Ichita Kobashi. who resigned on account of ill-health Mr. Tanomogi obtained 99 votes against
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    CHINA'S NEW OFFENSIVE PROCEEDS
    175 2 CHINA'S NEW OFFENSIVE PROCEEDS Important Gains In Kiangsi Province Hong Kong Apr. 24. QEN CHEN CHENG. Vice-Minister Of War. who is now directing a b!f offensive m North Hunan, reports the recapture of the town of Ka-j-an. on the south bank of the Tungting Lake and several important military points
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    Japanese Bomb Southern Port
    79 2 Fooohow, Apr. 24. TpHE JAPANESE heavily bombed Swatow on Friday. A German warehouse was razed and a beflagged American hospital bombed. The custom house was damaged and the windows m Jardine Mathesons property shattered by the force of nearby explosions. The Japanese last week boarded foui
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    Jews Protest To Pope About British
    80 2 Haifa. Apr. 23. rpHE Jewish community here tcday 1 telegraphed the British Government, the Hitih Commissioner for Palestine. Sir Harold Mac Michael, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Cosmo Gordan Lang, Pope Pius and others protesting against the "inhuman treatment" of Jewish immigrants. An earlier
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    Socialist M. P. Dies
    82 2 London, Apr. 24. WHE DEATH occurred yesterday of Mr. 1 Morgan Jones, Socialist M.P. for the Caerphilly division of Glamorgan since 1921. Mr. Jones was taken ill while m the West Indies as a member of the Royal Commission to investigate conditions m the islands and
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    Spectacular Blaze At N.Y. Fair
    45 2 New York, Apr. 21. A SPECTACULAR but short- lived fire .swept the glass industry building at the World's Fair today. Three ruomen were injured and damage was done to mirrors and other decorations. It is estimated to total $103.000. Reuter
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    A Semi-Official Budget Forecast
    240 2 London. Apr. Z\. IN ACCORDANCE WITH practice. Sir John Sin.jn, Chancellor of the Exchequer, was summoned to the Cabinet meeting this evening to inform nil colleagues of the Budet propr which he will submit to the House of Commons tomorrow. The debate on the Budget resolutions
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    STOP PRESS
    130 2 Berlin, Apr. 24. The British authorities are reported to be makin? representations on behalf of three well-known British business men threatened with expulsion, believedly as reprisals for the expulsion of three Germans from Britain recently. One of the three is John Neill, chief partner m the well-known auditors
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    69 2 London, Apr. 24. Rumania has replied to Herr Hitler's query by Note, Reuter learns. The Note states that as Rumania has not a common boundary with the Reich, it is difficult to say whether she feels threatened. The question could best be answered by Germany herself. Rumania was not informed
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    European Rugger Player To Go To Gao
    548 2 European Rugger Player To Go To Gao MAN'S APP--13 DISMISSED Ku i DISMISSING Hunter a Selangors .last yeai month i having driv< n Influence the c. I 'The public n c 1 d Ifr. E. D app; al Ad\ Pro. Mr. Shearn j I which ):t .sentence. 1 1 m
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    NATIONAL RADIO FOR MALAYA
    354 3 i m portance In A Time SUGGESTIONS AT COUNCIL 5 MEETING nul necessity of a national radio system use m time of emergency, was stressed r. Wollerton. of Singapore, m the Legislative -i yesterday. thai there should be one powerful .mission m Malaya and that it
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    STRICTER RULES FOR CAMERAS
    429 3 New Bill Before Council IN addition to the Food Control Bill j *< reported on page six> six other bills 1 were introduced m the Legislative Council yesterday. They were The Naval and Air Bases (Amendment) Bill, which extends the area of the foreshore and sea-bed
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    Russian Prima Donna To Sing Here
    182 3 Russian Prima Donna To Sing Here THE public of Singapore will soon have the opportunity of hearing Anna Lovtsoff. one of the leading Russian lyric sopranos. She is an accomplished artiste of outstanding ability and a real prima-donna. She is at present travelling round the world. Singapore radio listeners may
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    SYSTEM NEEDED
    37 3 picture. FRENCH AIRMEN, Capt. Henri Martinet and M. Paul Klein, alighting from their monoplane on arrival at Singapore yesterday m the course 0/ a holiday flight from New Caledonia (Pacific Ocean) to France.- Free Press
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    Airmen Reported Lost Enjoy Adventure
    280 3 "I AM still glad we did not go by ship/ laughed Captain Henri Martinet when he brought his CaudronRenault sports plane to a perfect three-point landing at Singapore airport yesterday afternoon. /^APTAIN MARTINET and his passeuger, M. Paul Klein took of! from a palm-surrounded field
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    Sports Plane Sticks In Rubber Tree
    128 3 PLANTER-PILOT'S MISHAP piLOTING his Hillson Praga sports plane, which he bought three weeks ago. Mr. H. L. Salmon, a planter on Regent Estate, of the Dunlop group at Batang Malaka. southern Negri Sembilan, struck a rubber tree near the estate padang on Saturday evening.
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    CHINESE GETS 9 MONTHS FOR DRUG OFFENCE
    171 3 OLEADING for leniency a Chinese, Lim Urn. was sentenced to nine months* rigorous imprisonment by Mr. C. H. Whitton, Singapore Traffic and District Judge yesterday, for possession of $532 worth of Indian hemp on board s.s. Suddadhib. on Mar. 21. It was alleged
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    CHARGES OVER CYCLES: TRIAL CLAIMED
    51 3 Six Chinese, including two women, appeared m the Singapore Third Police Court, yesterday, on charges relating to the retention of bicycles and bicycle parts which they had reason to suspect had been stolen. They all claimed trial and the case was -postponed a week for
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    S.S. SOMALI
    22 3 The s.s. Somali is expected at Singapore at 6 a.m. tomorrow. She will proceed alongside the S.H.B. wharf on arrival
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    High Tributes In Council To Sir J. Bagnall
    284 3 "THE value of Sir John Bagnall's work is, I think, so well-known throughout the Colony, and indeed throughout Malaya, that there is litt'e I can say which can enhance the high reputation he already enjoys," said Sir Alexander Small, the Colonial Secretary,
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    Swimming Tragedy In Outer Roads
    345 3 INQUEST ON EUROPEAN SEAMAN WHILE bathing with two other seamen m the Singapore Outer Roads, west of the man-o'-war anchorage, a European seaman, James Douglas Elliott, of the British motor vessel Hopecrown, got into difficulties and died after being brought on board. AT the Coroner's
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    BUONA VISTA FIRING GROUND
    35 3 Approval of rules made by the General Officer Commanding m regard to areas at Buona Vista whicn have been declared a firing ground was given at yesterday* meeting of Legislative Council
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    Chinese Says Tar Was Poured Over Him
    147 3 PIECE OF CLOTH CAUSES TROUBLE HTHAT he was assaulted and hac bucket of tar poured over him, because he bought a piece of cloth which was alleged to have been of Japnese manufacture, was a statement made by a Chinese before Mr L
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    Law Notices
    110 3 List of cases for hearing during the week commencing Apr. 24 BEFORE MR. JUSTICE PEDLOVV O.S. *****— Re Will of Scan Liang Scan deceased— For Apr. 25 »P.ut heard). 5.366 37— Re Yeo Soo Theam deceased Not before Apr. 26. 5.256 37— Lim Yew Phen* ft Sim Inn
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    Chinese Fined For Perjury
    47 3 A fine of $20 was imposed on a Chinese, Low Wing Kee, m the Singapore District and Traffic Court yesterday, for perjury m open court on Mar. 23, m a case m which another Chinese, was acquitted on n charge of speeding. ticrhtly
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    ILLUSTRIOUS MEN
    370 3 It is a well-known fact that most Un. trious men do not receive the praise honour due to them until after their dem,. c Many historical anecdotes coniirm these facts. After art (we refer here more particularly to Rembrandt, Van Gojih and many other, it is above all
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    Don't Take Chances With Your Baby
    1474 4 No 1 Ann Sheridan, attractive Warner Brothers starlet, demonstrates a speedy and efficacious "mendins" job. After removing the polish from the nail, Ann cuts a piece of transparent waterproof mending tape, wide enough to seal the break completely. JT'S just a half-turn from the
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    "Chancing" A Wedding Gift BETTER WAY IS TO CONSULT BRIDE'S LIST
    635 4  - "Chancing" A Wedding Gift BETTER WAY IS TO CONSULT BRIDE'S LIST Agnes Alford By |T Is certainly exasperating for a newly-wedded couple to find that there are a number of things they want and can't afford to buy, and at the same time they have quite a lot of money
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    ANY OLD CLOTHES?
    195 4 THE wardrobe overhaul means trouble, but why keep a coat and skirt beautifully tailored six seasons ago. now too old-fashioned to wear? Get it altered or give it to a jumble sale. Old dresses, too, will have to be considered, and evening frocks always live too Ion?!
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    FOLLY'S "FLOWERS"
    103 4 A LITTLE folly now m relished by the wZ That "goes" for women aS The latest buttonhole for -w lapels of suits are anythl, 2 Hte smarter the, lonsi(ift^ Among the newest ut see r*» realistic, though miniaiure J? tables— geneialiy of the 3 variety. All vegetable in^rZ
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    BABY BORN AFTER MOTHER'S DEATH
    80 4 A GIRL EORX at Em* aftor the mother dW^ reported "doing very t^rs reported qbe The child was delivered by p*. mortem rnosaiian opmt. hospital within an t r mother, Mrs. Anuila Czatalst Chicago died. News of tlie unusual birth hit been withheld while doctors
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      117 4 End Rheumatism Whc!e You Sleep If you Buffer sharp, stabbing pains, if j' ints are swollen, it shows your blood is poisoned through faulty kidney action. Other symptoms of Kidney Disorders are Burning, Itching Passages, "Getting up Nights," Backaches, Lumbago, Leg Pains, Nervousness, Dizziness, Headaches, Colds, Puffy Ankles, Circles under
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    ITALIANS ENTER TIRANA
    156 5 ABOVE: Lorr> -loads of steeU helmeted Italian troops entering Tirana, capital of Albania, after the seizure of the country by Italy. ISHV War Minister, and Earl Dc La Warr, Lord Privy Seal, leaving No. 10 Downing Street ftfltf a meeting of the Cabinet last week. ABOVE RIGHT:
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    HERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S BETTER THAN COD LIVER OIL!
    302 6 Tasteless, flesh-forming tablets for thin people. All who arc too thin and weigh far too little for their peace of mind, know that if only they could take enough Cod Liver Oil. they might begin to put on a pound or two
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    Tapper Attacks Three Others
    232 6 <From Our Own Correspondent) Johurc Rahru. Apr. 23. A CONCUR RENT sentence of two years and six months' rigorous imprisonment was passed by Mr. Justice Mills at the Johore Assizes today on Chathu Nair. a 23-year-old Indian rubber tapper, who was found guilty on three charges
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    34 6 Under the auspices of the Singapore Teachers' Association. Dr French Oliver will give a lecture on Teachers as Character-builders" on Thursday, Apr. 27, at 5 p.m. at Raffles Girls' fecnool. All interested are welcome
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    DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT DENIED
    1852 6 Governor And Colony Volunteers DEFENCE GRANT MAY BE SPENT LOCALLY THE General Officer Commanding, Malaya, is to recommend 1 that the Colony's £1,000,000 defence gift should be spent locally, as have previous contributions, the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, said during yesterday's Legislative Council meeting, after the
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    Governor Thanks Major Zehnder
    97 6 ■TRIBUTES to Major H. R. S. Zehn--1 der were paid by the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, and the Colonial Secretary, Sir Alexander Small, m tht Legislative Council yesterday Major Zehnder had found it necessary to retire on private grounds, said Sir Alexander, referring to Major Zehnder's
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    Governor On Emergency rood Stores
    871 6 Governor On Emergency rood Stores HOPES FOR SOLUTION a, VITAL PROBLEM "EMERGENCY food supplies, whether aid private householder or arranged for h 1 of labour, would not be commandeered by th*. r m^ declared the Governor, Sir Shenton Thoma, m th ?S Council yesterday, speaking on the Food f^ "On
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    500 Sites For A.R.P.Car Parks
    218 6 London a m ran< parks which o lid raid shelters In describing the B of dual-purpose structure! mil issued to local aurhor the country. It states tl.it curing theyo'J months a sur i great number ol sitei su?ge?trt i suitable for dual-purpose struct* and it
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    MALAY FORGES BIRTH RECORD
    73 6 **>«<»* |11P1I1 i! PLEADING birth cert.:. certificate, a Mai ll lib, .said he did desperate need >• realise he had C He had an old m Senior Inspector M Abdul Mutalib applied l r into the Pen and lie WM below two eertlllcMtes to 18. by
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    European's 54 Years In Malaya
    724 7 European's 54 Years In Malaya WELL-KNOWN PIONEER DIES (From Our Own Correspondent) piFTY-FOUR years m Malaya, Mr. James r! Crawford, the oldest member of the Perak European community died m Ipoh yesterday, aged 74. The funeral tooJT place the same evening*. His earliest days m Malaya were connected with the
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    The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1939. Defence Matters
    598 8 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1939. Defence Matters IT was not unexpected that a comparatively large part of yesterday's Legislative Council meeting should have been devoted to defence matters. The unanimous approval for the £1,000,000 special defence contribution was anticipated immediately the terms of Mr. J. R. Bennett's
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    Japan's Preparations To Fight Soviet
    888 8  -  FRANK H. HEDGES By AN impregnable military and naval position, from the extreme northern end of the Japanese Islands, through Manchukuo and China itself, with an arm extending southeastward to Japan's mandated islands, which practically touch the Equator, emerges as the basic aim of Japanese
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    THE PLASTICS INDUSTRY
    350 8 ALTHOUGH the plastics Indus- try as we know it today is a comparatively modern development, it was built upon foundations laid long ago. Over a century ago it was shown that natural processes could m some cases be copied m the laboratory, and organic synthesis opened up
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      31 8 Here's a Device to Save Lens Strains and Breakage, P THIS SCREWLESS CONSTRUCTION is only obtained from Nan Sin Optical House Manufacturing Ophthalmic Opticians PHONE 6363. 325, North Bridge Road, Singapore.
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    INTENSIVE MANHUNT AFTER MURDER IN SHOP
    222 9 INTENSIVE MANHUNT AFTER MURDER IN SHOP Search For Killer Of Chinese Youth WORKMAN WHO WAS LEFT WITH VICTIM MISSING fOLONY police are engaged m an intensive manhunt m an effort to find the perpetrator of one of the most gruesome crimes m Singapore m recent times, committed m a tailors
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    OPINION OF PUBLIC IS WANTED
    407 9 OPINION OF PUBLIC IS WANTED Parking Ban New Traffic Rules Before Council |0j oi l»': >'' li! l( l>n lhe V i,.,i on parkinf m sirti Mni.itnn Ko.id ni mere -<•»»,in (i. m tht Ugis\ ««iw I '""< .on--. M t put sed the xt Ba- re- et rd H
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    REGISTRAR BIASED SAYS CEYLONESE
    368 9 REGISTRAR BIASED SAYS CEYLONESE Judge Told He Was Harsh "T THINK you have been harsh," 1 replied A. Chelliah, a young Ceylonese, to Mr. Justice Pedlow, m the Singapore High Court, yesteraay when the judge dismissed an application and said he would make no order for costs against Chelliah because
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    "BEATEN UP" BY MALAY CROWD
    147 9 A PPEARING In the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday with his head bandaged and a plaster on his right arm, and alleging that he was "beaten up" by a crowd of Malays after he had stolen four flower plants, Teh Fok, a 39-years-old Hokkien, was
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    Alleged Midnight Armed Robbery
    72 9 ARRESTED m connection with an alleged midnight armed robbery m Connaught Drive on Apr. 7, three young Cantonese, Cheah Loon, 22, Lam Lam, 19, and Tham Pak Hoy, 18, appeared before Mr. K. A. Blacker m the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday. After the charge had
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    LOUDSPEAKERS FOR CHINESE COURT
    71 9 A public address system for coping the hundreds of Chinese who flock to the court of the Assistant Controller of Labour (Chinese) during labour disputes is to be installed at the court. Expenditure of the necessary $315 was approved by Legislative Council yesterday. The apparatus will
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    "60 Glorious Years"
    149 9 /COMBINING the poignant drama and the romance of the reign of Queen Victoria. "Sixty Glorious Years Heibert Wilcox's companion picture to "Victoria the Great" presents a pageant of a brilliant period. Highclr,.>s technicclour photography embelUshei it with impre^ive beauty. This film, which was shown privately yesterday and
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    Free Press China War Supplement Banned In Japan
    51 9 Free Press China War Supplement Banned In Japan INFORMATION has been re--1 ceived from Japanese post office authorities that the Singapore Free Press China war supplement of June 18, 1938. has been placed on the list of publications for confiscation. Importation or circulation of the supplement m Japan is also
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    Dangerous Use Of Dynamite Fuses Alleged
    294 9 HOKKIENS CHARGED /\N a charge of using fuses of dyna- mite so negligently as to endanger human life or to be likely to cause injury, two elderly Hokkiens, Quek Leok Teok and T'ng Tuan Lim, claimed trial before Mr. C. H. Koh m the
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    "Slavery Will Not Be Tolerated"
    90 9 •T'HE passage of this Bill will indicate to people m Britain and here that there is no intention of tolerating slavery or semi-slavery m any form m this part of the world," said Dr. Urn Han Hoe, seconding the second reading of the Children Bill
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    AIR-CONDITIONING IN X-RAY ROOM
    54 9 X-RAY apparatus m the operating suite at the Singapore General Hospital will not function m Singapore's climate except m an air-condi-tioned room. The spending of $3 000 for airconditloning of the x-ray room and those used by the ear, nose and throat department was authorised by
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    Gallipoli Veterans To Meet Today
    321 9 TEN men who fought at Gallipoli 24 years ago will meet m Singapore today at an Anzac Day tiffin. This will be the first Anzac re-union held m Singapore since the years just after the Great War. The ten men will be: Col. C. L.
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      10 9 yOU CONVENIENCE jßhr *FTER THE SKOW DIKE AT Koch Oy.un
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      177 9 jj|. TENNIS JJj§ RACKETS '^^^P. New Stocks Arrived tfijf F. H. AYRE'S R. c. l. $19.50 jfiSr "DAVIS CUP" 17.50 Bjf MODEL "C 15.00 H SLAZENGER'S all white $19.50 mwm FRED PERRY $i. 50 Mm S PAL DING'S kroflite $25.00 KBm "TOPFLITE" 25.00 ImK q ALL RACKETS ARK STRUNG WiTH
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    LONDON MARKETS CALM
    1435 10 Prices Marked Down But Little Selling GOOD COMPANY RESULTS (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Apr. 14. I ONDON stock, share and commodity markets have been faced this week by an imposing array of adverse factors, including the rapid deterioration of the international situation following upon Italy's Albanian
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    32 10 IVIARSHAL PETAIN, the French Ambassador to Spain, who presented his credentials to Gen. Franco last month, returned unexpectedly to Paris. He is seen here leaving the War Ministry after seeing Premier Daladier.
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    BANK OF CHINA
    73 10 (incorporated m Vttat Reserve fund* v, excess of r 'S total Assets Ch s^^ approximately T-se-Vuiig Soc»n 8 Churm M 2 0.«H* Phong, O^k.-, aild (U| LONDON R.\VKi 5Ofll Midland Bank-o c N N^ row Kssyj? Correspondents m ,n HlN^ CU R R tm g^fi business transacted
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      453 10 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES DEATH ELLIS— At Kingston -on -Thames, on Apr. 4. aftor a long illness. Janet Spittal Ellis, wife of H. H. Ellis TENDERS. SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. Tenders. Tenders are now invited for the following materials or services. For particulars see Municipal Tenders Room: Supply of 200 tons of
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      406 10 DARED NOT EAT FOOD HE FANCIED. Until He Discovered Chardox. Are you at war with your inside Afraid to eat this, scared to death of that because it doesn't agree with ysu? There's a way to end this stomach tyranny there's Chardox! Chardox is a new form of highly-activated charcoal
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      174 10 PASSENGERS BY AIR Arrived from N.E.I, by KLM plane on Satuiday: Mr. J. Ter Marsch, Mr. A. G. Mac Donell, Mr. P. Jansen, Mr. A. Moes, Mr A. J. Kane, Mr. Loe Sik Hah, Mrs. Cochrane. Mr. J. Heslinga. Mr. S. v. d. Vrugt Left for Medan, India and Europe
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      437 10 RADIO PROGRAMMES K SINGAPORE TODAY ZHL 225 metres. ZHP 30.06 metre*, p.m. 5.00 Malay songs by S. Abdullah. 5.20 Malay tangos. t I 5.40 Kronchongs.t 6.00 Teachew Gukang selections and drama*, t 7.00 Children's programme. (English >. 7.15 Time, weather, news and announcements. 7.30 Health talk— l5 "Smallpox." 7.45 "Diary
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      412 10 EMPIRE STATION I TODAY I I TRANSMISSIONS 2 AND 1 I GSH 21.47 mc/s (1:5.97 m.c fiae I p.m. 6.35 BaUad rental 7.05 8.8.C. Northern on-;. 7.45 "The Thin Red m 8.35 Big Ben. The DC 8.50 "Pood for Though--9.05 Greenwich Umg v 9.05 Sports news and mar... 920 Big
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      LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCK & SHARES
      211 11 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCK SHARES Ast Night's Quotations from London 5.30 p. m. Yesterday 1 nan PC 1944-64.. SJ^.pci^w -T-bafi. 3l > pc Cdxb aw* 'CJiW Jiwi Awe. Mit westfni BiJ O*pacific <>25) ,%pr.(3 Ban* l£s> twdSMngtai Bv± (1186).... All oie»: Eec'-ric Co. Ltd...... l^s Ort v.cu .c Bras'
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      Daily Share Report
      60 11 *g W FRASEB CO. AT ftSTERDAI lh < *k» 9i ||n ;il mid up „,d thc b a I o'clock was !2£m? .lulysep- (fn »v market stagnant. condition pre,."^rubber and tin share k*q na l f UmlIn rather a t r Ut Uith enqoiria for at r
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION
      14 11 WUHM noon tfnmt Sellers i 41. 7 lUUM. per
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      Local Exchange Rates
      180 11 APR, ii, 1t»39: SELLING London T.T. 2 3 23 3? London demand 2 3 23 32 Lyons demand 2038 Switzeriana demand 240 \i Hamburg demand 133 New York demand. 54 Montreal demand 54 3 16 Batavia demand 1014 Samarang demand 101 a 8 Calcutta. Bombay and Rangoon
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      48 11 ALTOGETHER 50.145 ships, of 33,- 047 207 tons, entered and cleared the port of Singapore last year, according to the annual report of the Marine Department, tabled m Legislative Council yesterday. This is a decline of 1.516 ships and 1.505,373 tons compared with the record year of 1937.
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      THE COMMODITY MARKETS
      170 11 From London 5.30 p.m. Yesterday RUBBER: Dull. London: 77 B d. 8d- Previously 715 ifid ah May-June: V/ S d. 7 15j16d. Previously- 7isil6d 8d July-Sept.: Bd. 8 l|l6d. Previously- 8 1 16 d 2?' d Oct.-Dec: 8V B d. 8 3 16d. Previously:' 8 3 16d
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      THE METAL MARKETS
      61 11 From London: Latest Quotations TIN: Firm. Spot: £222 12s. t>d. Previously: £220 2>. 6cl. Three months: £220 2s. 6d. Previously: £218 2s. Sd. £41 28. 6d. Previously: £41 15s. Od. Yesterday: £7 Bs. 6d. Previously: £7s. Bd. V z Spot: 20 1 16 d. Previously: 20*. Three
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      Foreign Exchange Rates London Closing Quotations
      65 11 Foreign Exchange Rates London Closing Quotations Method ol Pant> oeiore Latest Centre Quoting 20-9-31 Rate Previously Paris Franc to 124.11 176 1116 176 3 i New York... to 4.8655 4.68 1,16 4.68 Amsterdam Guilders to 12.10 8.81 3 4 8.81*2 Hong Kong.. Per dollar Is. 2%d. Is. 2 3 4
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      Raffles Museum & Malays' Shyness
      143 11 Raffles Museum Malays' Shyness BECAUSE the sllghest semblance or control at the entrance to Raffles Museum is certain to deter many shy up-country Malays < chiefly from the East Coast) from entering *the building no complete record of visitors has ever been kept, states the annual report. On several occasions
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      Estonian General Ends Polish Visit
      80 11 Warsaw, Apr. 24. General Laidoner, Commander of the Estonian Army, today concluded his visit to Poland. Before leaving, he said Poland and Estonia had many interests m common and might have dangers In common. There were no alliances or written treaties between them, because they
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      33 11 London, Apr. 24. SIR NEVTLE HENDERSON, Britisn Ambassador m Berlin, who was recalled to London immediately after the German annexation of Bohemia and Moravia, arrived m Berlin this morning to resume his duties.
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      FORTNIGHTLY CLUB
      79 11 Members of the Fortnightly Club were the guests of Mrs. P. Sammy at their meeting yesterday, when Mrs. Sammy spoke on "Old and New Vienna.' At the conclusion of the talk a typical Viennese morning tea was served A vote of thanks was passed to the speakers by
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      SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES
      1314 11 From Exchange Telegraph Co. Fraser And Co. 's List OWING TO DISTURBED CONDITIONS IN EUROPE A NUMBER OF THESE QUOTATIONS MUST BE REGARDED AS NOMINAL. MONDAY. APR. 24, 1P39: 5 P.M, MINING Bayers Sellers Ampat Tin (4s) 2s 6d 3s 6d Austral Amal (ss) 4s
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      Current Company Dividends
      169 11 List Supplied By Messrs. Fraser Co. MONDAY. APR. ?4. 1939: I PM Total for Company Dividend Books Financial TIN Ciose Date Ex. Div. year Ayer Hitam Tin 2V 2 Apr. 18 May 5 Apr 24 5" o less tax Hong Kong Tin 2\^% less tax May 10
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    CO-OPERATIVES ARE SAVING CHINA
    1325 12 System Is Producing Balanced Economy STUDENTS TO CARRY ON Paochi, Shensi, Apr. 16. THK Knontintang'a answer to both Japanese economic penetration and the social reform programme of the Communist party industrial co-operatives m the short space of seven months has grown from an ill-nourished infant to
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    34 12 PRETTY MADRID GIRLS, WEARING THEIR BLACK LACE mantillas once again. They wen« photographed on their way to church where a special service was held jointly commemorating Easter and the restoration of peace to Spain.
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    Woman's Place Is Behind The Lines
    618 12 Woman's Place Is Behind The Lines CHINA FEMINIST'S ADVICE Chungking, Apr. 16. TWANGS! PROVINCE, known throughout China as a model province because of its good government, adaptation of western ideas and the comparative contentment of its population, is also known as the Home of the modern Chinese feminist movement Madame
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    Anti-British Agitator Gives Himself Up
    256 12 Anti-British Agitator Gives Himself Up £500 ON HEAD Jerusalem, Apr. 14. DALES i INE'S leading anti-British agitator, the rebel chieftain Aref Abdul Razzik, who styled himself "Arab Generalissimo stumbled into a small French military post at Fig (Syria), near the eastern shores of the Sea of Galilee early today and
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    More German Tirades Against Britain
    580 12 INSULTS FROM DR. LEY Berlin, )r A REFRESHINGLY new element is uJtrod into the anti-British tirades of the Ge by a masterly excursion into dialectical Ley, leader of the German Labour Front, wh, received a friendly welcome m London. For the most part the German
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    Jenny Wren To Rejoin The Navy
    307 12 London, \m n JENNY WREN i, The Admiralty are Women's Roj il I to that which w rk ashore In 1918 i i for sea work Able Beawoman Wn n will do domestic v. :k the Jobs She will b Adjustment ol gyi .Priming
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    27 12 ME MEL'S INCORPOKIIioN m GERMANY.-B^rtuleit, president M the Memel l)ire< torate. photographed before flyinir to Berlin to nffotiau with the German authentic a Som the MeniH distri«i>
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    Portuguese Escort Vessel Here
    56 12 THE Portuguese r.v rt re calves Zarco. arrived at from Macao yeiterdajr anchored m the man-.-: -u Singapore Roads Goncalves Zarco Hred I salute Of 21 guns on anchor salute has returned gun I military battery at itort 1 Brani. «ti The escort veawl will j";
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      167 12 SINGAPORE HARBOUR Tiie following .-hips tra alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expo-ted to arrive: East Wharf: Entrance Gate Exit I Nord Anhui 22. Sheets Wharf: Entrance Gate 2 E-it 1 Goncalves Zarco iy Main Wharf, Entrance Gate 2- Exit 3 Kedah, BenaMer 18; HopecrowA 16; Ajax GiLn^'e 11:
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      411 13 JpVIXJERITISH ypTOandBRiTISH INDIA LINES P. «Sc C S. H. CO*3 SAILINGS, r Tonnage Spore. 5 SOUDAN 6.500 June 2 6 I.ITRAL 15.000 June 16 cohfu 15.000 June 30 19 BDRDWAN 6.070 July 1 2 CANTON 15.500 July 14 CARTIIAGE 15.000 Jrly 28 rHOMKWARDS I «^s Leaves roniufe I ivtre Tonu.ee.
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      137 13 'Incorporated In Settlements.' GRBBUAM HOI SL BATTBEI rtf» SINUATOSft PHONI 5172 EUJERMAN BUCKKALL S.S. Co.. Ltd. (Incorporated m England.) HAVRE LONDON ROTTERDAM KAfrSBURG VIA PORKS AND SUEZ CANAL Steumet Due Sails CITY OF LINCOLN Calls Glasgow Apr. 26 May 2 CITY OF ATHENS May SO June 2 FOR NEW YORK,
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      525 13 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Ocean Building, Collyer Quay. Singapore TeL 5151. Chartered Bank Building, Penanc Tel 126<L BLUE FUNNEL LINE. FAST SERVICES MARSEILLES. LONDON. (JOMLNtM AMU GLASGOW (m conjunction witn the Glen Line) Due Sails S£f?A£™* IC Jv don R data Hl)urg and An twerp Apr 29 May 2 n&Ksivn Mars^
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      841 13 Air Mail Arrivals And Despatches INWARD Ceylon Prpc China x Pres Adams 11 am Imperial: From Europe due Wed- Egyp Sudan* "and rSSilfe 1 ncsday, Friday, Saturday mornings. Gr «*t Britain and 'SSSSd* 2Pm Wearnes: From Penang:, Ipoh, Europe and Great BriuSn'x 2Pm and Ku»U Lumpur. Arrive, ever, BriJ^ 2
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    Merchant Navy's Part In Defence
    1084 14 Merchant Navy 's Part In Defence NEVER MORE NECESSARY MANY members of His Majesty's Forces have at the most a IVI ver y j iaz y conception of the Merchant Navy, of its vital functions, and its position m the scheme of Imperial defence. Still less do they know of
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      572 14 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated m F.M.S.) TELEPHONE: Frelfht $133— Passafe S43L JcaFaoian pacimc IJnfcAV^L SViitMl (LucorDoratad In g»^]^r^«> THE "EMPRESS n ROUTE offers TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES via HONOLULU or direct EMPRESS to VANCOUVER— ACROSS CANADA by TRANS-CONTIN-ENTAL TRAIN without change— thence by CANADIAN PACIFIC ATLANTIC SERVICES TO ENGLAND or the CONTINENT—
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      176 14 For Everything Appertaining to Ocean Passages, Foreign Money Exchange and Freight apply colors LWQQIO TRAvIr < SgPViCf7 39, ROBINSON ROAD No Booking Fees. Telephone 5908. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. f APCAR LINE) FOR HONG KONG. SHANGHAI, MOJI KOBE AND OSAKA s. s. SIRDHANA 8,000 TONS SAILING MAY 4,
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      664 14 AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, T^, «I HK^Pv rr-i-'.i'i- Ofcl^t I TO tLKOFfc FROM SINGAPORE AxND PENANO TO COLOMBO, BOMBAY Una ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES, GENOA MARSEILLES Tand NtW y Or SAr Arrives Leaves teaves PRESIDENT ADAMS I^Port A?^ STS x PRESIDENT VAN BUREN May 6 May 9 27 PRESIDENT HARRISON May 20 May
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    JACKS DEFEAT THE A.P.C.
    192 15 Four Goals To One In Second Half LOSERS A MAN SHORT JACKS Sports Club did well yesterday to defeat the A.P.C. by four goals to one m their Business Houses League soccer fixture on the S.H.B. ground. The losers, who were short of a left-winger, played
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    Today's Contract Bridge Problems
    41 15 Today's Contract Bridge Problems J I I I I I I I and I I i II I i I B I B m m m I I ison per I -ther I H *H 4 Bs v I p ass
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    Y.M.C.A. Swimming Carnival
    135 15 the v.mc.a. will hold lts handicap 1 vimxni] carnival on May 6at Fort ning pool. The meeting is open to j> rs only and entries close tomorPrelin: heats will be held on fees are 20 cents I r eu.*h event niors and ten eentl lor juniors is
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    Ayres' Almanack For This Year
    238 15 London, Apr. 14. 4LL Ihe year books nowadays :>e:*m io change their outward appearthe latest example Is 'Ayres'," which after s long and useful history mow been taken over by Dunlop and hiv. just been published as The Lawn Tennis Almanack. The look and size
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    Lad Footers' Eleven
    76 15 Lad Footers Eleven VUE following will play for the Lad Footers against the 0.C.8.C. Sports Club m a friendly game of soccer at Farrer Park tomorrow at 5.15 p m. The same players will play against th? Chinese High School's eleven at their ground on Friday. Ah Chye, Ah Bah.
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    Sultan To Play In North Perak Tennis
    565 15 Sultan To Play In North Perak Tennis (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, Apr. 24. THE annual North Pemk tennis championships besin this Friday and continue until May 2. The entries received were very encouraging: competitors include His Hignne.ss the Sultan of Perak. Sir Abdul Aziz, who takes part m three
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    Competitive Urge Becomes Stronger
    316 15 Competitive Urge Becomes Stronger MANY NEW COMPETITIONS MOTHIXG m billiards and snooker circles m Great Britain is exciting the public interest more than the growth of the competitive ur^e. All around are to be noted now championship events, new handicaps, many of them open to players of all classes of
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    S.R.C. Ties
    67 15 POLLOWINO are ties m the S-R.C. tennis tournament: TODAY Championship singles: P. F Souza vs. P. D'Almelda. Mixed doubles handicap: M. A. Cordeiro and Mr?. L. M. Pennefather (_3O) vs. R. C. Bain and i iss D. Aeria (—3). TOMORROW Singles handicap (A): J. S. de BOOM (—3)
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    Billiard Notes By J. V. Rainbow
    230 15 Billiard Notes By J. V. Rainbow correspondent of mine told me that he had made 30 short jennies In consecutive strokes and all into the same middle pocket. My correspondent made the information more interesting by adding that he had never made use of side In playing the 30 short
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    Dance Before Pyramids
    74 15 OF CAIRO, and a large number of tourists watched a Ka.ditn Koman dancer, Leila Bederkian, perform Kurdish and Vocrish lcVs ut nv ht at to* loot of the Sphinx, which was floodlit. The p»rZ? r anC€ VflWntetd by the Soci.h; of Arts, and wot qiicn under the
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    Sandy Herd In Open Again
    122 15 London. Apr. 12. QN APR. 24 Sandy Hctd vriil be 71, and yet he is asrsin competing for the British Open championship at St. Andrews. A noble effort this, for it is exactly 54 years since he played m his first Open ehanpionship at St.
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    Rugby League Final Will Stay At Wembley
    323 15 Rugby League Final Will Stay At Wembley London, Apr. 12. I AST SATURDAY the biggest crowd that has ever watched a Rugby League game m this country crowded out the Odsal Stadium at Bradford, 66.303 spectators— no less This revived the old argument— should the Rugby League Cup Final be
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    Brunei Club Pay Visit To Labuan
    87 15 Brunei Club Pay Visit To Labuan MEMBERS of the Brunei Recreation Club visited Lab nan as guests of the Labuan Recreaton Club, various inter-state games being played between Brunei and Labuan. They resulted as follows: Boccer: Labuan won by 3 goals to nil. Hockey: Labuan wen by 4 goals to
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    Sze Hai Tong Pay 10%
    125 15 Sze Hai Tong Pay 10% r:: lee wel nam presided at he A nnual meeting ol shareho] lers •>: the Sz? Hai Topg Ban-:. I The ciirertsrs' report and for the year under review wi re >' ed Ii was decided to pay .1 d vlden< 10 per cent amounting
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    R.S.G.C Mixed Foursomes
    21 15 The .-ccond mixed fourrcmea competition ol the Royal Singapore Go:f Club v. ill be played on Sunday afternoon
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    Tennis Cancelled
    16 15 Thsre was m p-ay In either tha SRC or YJC.CJL lawn tennis tournaments yesterday.
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    Loyals Still Top Of First Division Tables
    591 16 SAPPERS CLOSE SECON THK tables published below show many important changes m the League. In the first division the Loyals are on to}) with nine points. Sappers have the same number of points, but a slightly inferior goal average. The Sappers have a
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    24 16 A FURTHER snap taken during the S.C.C. vs. RAF. reserve division match on the padang yesterday won by the airmen, 2—o.— Free Press picture.
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    Manila Boxers On Friday Night
    164 16 DFN JIMENZ and Smart Cruz, the two boxers who arrived from Manila recently, make their debut at the covered stadium on Friday. Jimonz -meets Johnny Mortell and Cruz is matched with Little Bemal, the tights to be of ten rounds each. Another ten-rounder and one
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    R. A. F. RESERVES' FIRST VICTORY
    377 16 Club Forwards Let Side Down, Airmen Win 2-0 CHERRINGTON IN FORM THE R.A.F. reserves won their first match this season when they beat the S.C.C. 2-nil on the padang yesterday. Much the weaker side, the Club were kept m their own half most of
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    Y.M.C.A. Tennis Ties
    112 16 Y.M.C. A. Tennis Ties Y-M.CA. open i nament Uet are: TOMOKftOH re^™— s? M. Silverstein. Open Mixed DMbfcr Mr R. F. Smith n m^ r Huck Toe. Handicap Mixed Do«bfer m sigliere and C. F. J e.^ M. Flinter and R N Men's Handirai) Doub E. Simon (-30) vn J,
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    P. I. Beat Chinese Basketball Team
    88 16 The Philippine basketball team bat the Chung Hwa team by the close gin of 48 points to 39 .it the Mr--World Stadium last nl The game was keen througi Philippines leading 19— h time. Early on resumption the Cbi team scored a lead till
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    B.H.L. Fixtures
    41 16 The S. A. F. A. match Nestanglo Cold fixed for Thursday will Anson Road 81 idlutn on Fridi p.m. The match Cold Times Press fixed for Fridaj postponed and will be pla Road Stadium on Tu< 5 15 p.m.
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    Win For Mental Hospital
    31 16 The Mental Hospital beat the R.A. <8.M. by two goals to one m the second division (a) of the league yer terday at Yio Chu Kang Road.
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