The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 18 November 1937
1937-11-18
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The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
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Title Section8 1937-11-18 2 THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1937.8 words
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706 1937-11-18 2 Nanyang Siang Pau - Nanyang Siang Pau Continued from page 1) rlaration was justifiably published In the name of the conference, since it was supported by one Power which iM not a signatory of the Nine Power Treaty and amon? signatories to that treaty one Power voted against706 words
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Article297 1937-11-18 2 Continued from page 1) guard, is advancing westward along the Shanghai-Nanking Railway, has reachad a point only 11 miles from Soochow. Japanese bombers were comparatively inactive yesterday and today, owing to rain and poor visibil^y. The Japanese air ace, Lieut. Shiraso, who participated m 24 raidsReuter - 297 words
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Article87 1937-11-18 2 A SPECIAL jury will be present this morning at the inquest by the Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter, on Mr. V. D. Knowles, the well-known criminal lawyer, who was found dead m his bath on Nov. 9 at his flat m Katong. Among those87 words
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222 1937-11-18 2 T HE Government has refused to reconsider its decision not to allow any remission on petrol tax on rue) used by a local internal air service. This announcement was made by the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, m the Legislative Council yesterday. He said there222 words
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547 1937-11-18 2 Warm Welcome For King Of Belgians Continued from page 1 ngs were hung witn Dunung aiong w*c route which His Majesty followed at icon today on his 25 minutes' drive j ;rom Buckingham Palace to the Guildiall where an address was presented -,n behalf of tbj city of London and547 words
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Article23 1937-11-18 2 London, Nov. 17. H.M.S. Appollo, with the body of Mr. Ramsay MaeDonald, has left Burmuda ror Plymouth.- British WirelessBritish Wireless - 23 words
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Article194 1937-11-18 2 London, Nov. 18. Mr. Quo Tai Chi, Chinese Ambassador to Britain, has returned to London between the two Brussels conferences. He and Madame Quo were guests at the banquet to King Leopold at Buckingham Palace test night and attended the ball m the Palace later. Interviewed by Reuter.Reuter - 194 words
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Article93 1937-11-18 2 Berlin, Nov. 17. I ORD HALIFAX, Lord Pre- sident of the Council m the British Cabinet, arrived m Berlin today at 6.45 p.m Greenwich mean time. Reuter. London, Nov. 17. Lord Halifax, who left London for Germany yesterday afternoon, arrived m Berlin early this morning. HeReuter - 93 words
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Advertisement512 1937-11-18 2 NOTICES. NOTICE. This is to notify the public that Mr. Foo Keat Kheng is no more under my employ and that he is not authorised to have any dealings on my behalf. ALAN LOKE. SCHOOL EXHIBITION AND CHARITY SALE. The Lady Superior, the Sisters and Staff are pleased to invite512 words
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Advertisement878 1937-11-18 2 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS^ FOAMINOL. ™J SlnaipD* The four-in-one preparation for men. t*CC 111 women and children, embodying a sti- mw Vr ||v l^Q^ mulating hair tonir and food, a Mend Oflii-t- .1 cleansing and soapless shampoo, a x "t*»<#i hair rostorative and a scurf and dandruff eradicator. llrl l tmm" UntMiom878 words
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Article, Illustration1392 1937-11-18 4 In Same Position As Nazis Were In 1930 FHE TWO dominant features of Brazil today are German penetration on one hand and the increasingly strong bid for power by the "Action Integraiista Brasileira" on the other. Whether there is any direct connection between the two,1,392 words
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Article399 1937-11-18 4 Drawings Of A Mad Dancer VASLAV NIJINSKY was once the greatest dancer m the world; he is now a middle-aged madman, an example of the mental disease called schizophrenia, and psychiatrists cannot cure him, says Tangye Lean m the News Chronicle. But this man had a passion lor self-expression. When399 words
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Article, Illustration147 1937-11-18 4 If ILLY" was a small trr thought he ua> n says the Daily Hera'd H s up] was <?(> -fancy" that an,* L weeks of eating sea-shorr f) he i aft ed ichen he walked But 'Billy" dtdnt car, dogs thought he u^as a qr147 words
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250 1937-11-18 4 Dying Negro Paraded Through Streets In Hearse TO pacify a Ku Klux Klan mob. howling for the life of a negro, the police at St. Petersburg, Florida., a few da\s aj?o paraded a dying man m a hearse through the streets, and then, while he still lived, exhibited him as250 words
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Article201 1937-11-18 4 ONE thousand pounds m Bank of England notes has remained unclaimed m the possession of Plymouth police for a year. Its disposal is to be determined shortly by an application to the magistrates. The money was advanced as bul for Hyman Kurasch when he was committed201 words
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158 1937-11-18 4 IVfIRS BLANCHE WILHELMINA m VICTORIA FARNOL, of Ashburton Road, Southsea. wife ot John JefTery FaniDl. Ul2 author was granted a decree nisi v/ith costs by Mr. Justice Lang ton m the Divorce Court today. Mrs. Far ml petitioned tor the dissolution of »ber marriage becau.se158 words
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Advertisement40 1937-11-18 4 l/UffIHSPIUS B f%r There ia no better pill ■MM than MARTIN'S. You cm I WTWr r 'f^' l MARTINS PILLS. I WT^ Soid^ y a'' l Chtmiai* Store, and S i by THE FIiOERAL DISPENSARY, I Raffle* Square. Siß^a#Offc. W40 words
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Advertisement35 1937-11-18 4 WIRE ROPES Latch Batchelor Patentees and Originators PLOUGH and EXTRA PLOUGH /j^?\ STEEL WIRES LOCKED COIL FLATTENED STRAND E||;^ CONCENTRIC STRAND v{oj Vy ROPES Supplies of general purpose ropes m stock. Sole Agents and Stockists:35 words
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Article, Illustration218 1937-11-18 5 IMM \MI i: (IP OF CHINA TKA."...BY LITVINOFF— M. Utvinolf. the Russian delegate to the Nine Po.ver Conference m Brussels, enjoys a nip of tea. during a break m the conference i Xl N nUM BOI'RNEMOITTII TO PARIS —Mr. Kenneth H. Bailey, a Bournemouth ai- ithUte. last week started to218 words
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Advertisement151 1937-11-18 5 Photographic copies of Free Press local pictures can be obtained on application to the Manager. Price 50 cents each Lokkee taste, much nicer r* s^^^*^ I With the addition of a little s^^>>--— —^Zj^^ Acorn Milk. It mak-es it taste NiJ^^^_^^--^^,^ so good that you can hardly i^-T"™^^Tk.l w l151 words
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521 1937-11-18 7 Lowest Infant Mortality Rate In Colony STATEMENTS IN STRAITS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MINETY per cent, of the families m Province Wellesley were undernourished and this, m the view of the iocai^health officers, contributed largely to ill health m that district. THE HON. MR. A.521 words
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128 1937-11-18 7 Tengku Besar Profits From Coronation ir Qw:i Corresponds it Seremban, Nov. 17. >urn of $1,000 per month I I -utal of $4,000 for the foui paid us allowance to the r >>f Sri Menanti. who acted U nit— Besar of Negri m the Yam Tuan was :i>r the Coronation, is128 words
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Article452 1937-11-18 7 UPKEEP WOULD BE EXPENSIVE U7ITH the words "I do not agree that construction of the road up Penang Hill is an essential part of service m Penang," the Hon. Mr. A. M. Goodman, Penang Resident Councillor, blighted Penang's liopes of an early construction of a452 words
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Article98 1937-11-18 7 To be hit on the head by a lathi and removed unconscious to the Bombay hospital was the experience of Sabita Dcvi, the well-known film star, when making a scene m her latest film. The story includes a scene when the star has to address98 words
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Article233 1937-11-18 7 Conditions Governing Distribution (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Nov. 16. The draft Estate Toddy Shops < Distribution of Profits) Rules werp passed at today's meeting of the Lower Chami ber of the Negri Sembilan Si?.te Council, which was presided over by Mr. G. L. Ham,233 words
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Article, Illustration616 1937-11-18 7 Conference To Be Called In Federal Capital In Kuala Lumpur F.M.S. Junior Service Disappointment From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. Nov. 17. of Sir Shenton Thomas's refusal to consider further the question of non -European Govern* ment servants' salaries caused severe disappointment m Kuala Lumpur today. The Free Press representative616 words
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Article283 1937-11-18 7 40 Years As A Government Clerk Mr. Cheang Cheng Lim Retires M X Cheanf < hen X Lim, i hief <lerk to the Government Veterinary Department, Singapore, is retiring from the service on reaching tinage limit. He has served the Government for over 46 years, and m recognition for his283 words
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Advertisement192 1937-11-18 7 i^^U^V^ fashion decrees dQlj^py^^ Beautiful Ringla aAßkjßß|i^^'^r Entrust mrai to ou. CWEQT x P ert<> 101 completf ™£B^T^ J >atrstaotion. See v* today. i Ladies Hair Dressers i> Bjsuh Kd. and Kaffles Hotel Phonr >KSS. WATCH FOR SCREENING SOON AT THE CAPITOL JT PARAMOUNT S GLORIOUS BIG PARADE OF MIRTH,192 words
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Advertisement132 1937-11-18 7 Jane's Most Lovable Role! usual cinema prices' ALHAMBRA H.o«TLr S^TTSi TiS mmm mum us -m CAPITOL LOUMS: MM <* TH6 WEST WASN'T WILD .:^HK' TIM „^A II ERICH REMARQUE'S IHRILLING j|jPPW»TIU NOW! SEQUEL ro xv QUIET JAWI I I n W W^P >^ IF VMA/IN(> DISCLOSURES V< F WHAT HAPPENS132 words
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606 1937-11-18 9 NEW INQUIRY REFUSAL CAUSES DISAPPOINTMENT "We Are Not Giving Up Our Claims Without Struggle** J.C.S.A. TO MEET THIS WEEK MON-EUROPEAN Government servants m Malaya are very disappointed at the announcement by the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, at the Legislative Council meeting yesterday, that he606 words
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Article, Illustration62 1937-11-18 9 picture*. P.I I IKK. Director of the International Labour Office. of Nations, (ieneva. who will study Labour conditions m md Netherlands Indies, photographed yesterday, with the \.,i, dr-t .imp to the (Governor. Captain K. A. Gwyn, who met him 1 h\ the Kolterdam Lloyd vessel Sibajak. Mr. Butler is AlterFree Press - 62 words
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Article, Illustration747 1937-11-18 9 MORE THOROUGH INQUIRY NEEDED Resolution Of Perak Junior Officers A STRONG plea for a more thorough inquiry into the case ill Eurasian and Asiatic Government servants than was madr by the MacGregor Committee is contained m a resolui passed at a meeting of junior Government officers of ftuk, which formedFree Press - 747 words
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Article107 1937-11-18 9 From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Nov. 17. An elderly Chinese woman was fined $5 m the local police court today for letting an unmuzzled dog out of control. It was stated that the dog had chased children, biting one who was now m hospital for107 words
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123 1937-11-18 9 Dutch Liner 's Furniture Smashed In Bay Of Biscay Storm DURING 12 hours' rough weather m the Bay of Biscay on her voyage East, the Rotterdam Lloyd vessel Sibajak. which arrived at Singapore en route to Java, yesterday, suffered a heavy buffetting. Furniture throughout parts of the ship had to123 words
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Article240 1937-11-18 9 "Come To Learn Not To Criticise," Says 1.L.0. Chief •"HPHE Orient is nowadays Ixrom- ing more and more important from an industrial point of view." remarked Mr. Harold Butler, Director of the International Labour Office, Geneva, when he arrived m Singapore yesterday, m the course240 words
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Letters To The Editor
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308 1937-11-18 9 "UNJUST TREATMENT" IN MACGREGOR REPORT True Hardships Among The Civil Servants (To the Editor of the Free Press) Sir,— After reading your interview with a senior Asiatic Government servant m connection with the report of the MacGregor Temporary Allowances Committee, and other articles on that subject, including your splendid leader308 words
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174 1937-11-18 9 READER CONGRATULATES THE FREE PRESS (To the Editor of the Free Press) Sir, You recent leaders on the MacGregor Report are just wonderful, and you are to be congratulated for the able way m which you have presented the Asiatic and Eurasian case. No doubt the "Singapore newspaper" i referred174 words
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195 1937-11-18 9 (To the Editor of the Free Press) Sir, You hit the nail on the head when you said m your editorial that the paper, which claimed to champion the Asiatic cause, let its readers down by its spineless comment on the finding of the195 words
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Advertisement42 1937-11-18 9 W^^ t DRESSWEAR OF DISTINCTION m. SHIRTS $475 EACH. S^^aHSHffiDH COLLARS $500 PO2. 1 A C X O TAILORED DRESS VESTS TIES IN THE LATEST STYLES "JASCO" PATENT LEATHER OXFORD SHOES LIGHT PLIABLE LEATHER SOLES. J PRICE $8.75 PAIR ROBINSON CO., LTD.42 words
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1369 1937-11-18 11 MORE BUFFER POOL PROPAGANDA Pahang Chairman Demands "Fairer Deal For Malaya" our L<«nd<»n orrespondent) London, Nov. 10. AlllinU.H the rapidity with which tin prices have slumped Ptek has amazed London representatives of Eastern producers ire n»t takinjr an alarmist view „i (he situation. It1,369 words
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Article, Illustration52 1937-11-18 11 List Supplied By Messrs. Eraser L Co. picture). BRINGING A SMILE FROM BERLIN. Fraulein Hilde Netz (on right) a photographer from Berlin who is visiting Singapore photographed with her fiiend Mrs. R. Kellernxan, who met her on arrival yesterday by the Lloyd Triestino liner. ConU Rosso. FreeFree Press - 52 words
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Article324 1937-11-18 11 50,240 Tons For The Coming Year (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Nov. 17. RUBBER producers m Siam have applied for domestic quotas totalling 50,240 tons for the whole of 1938. The basic qi^)ta for Siam for 1938 as fixed by international agreement is 40,000 tons and the324 words
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Advertisement370 1937-11-18 11 HONGKONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION (Incorporated m the Colony of Hong Kong) The liability of members Is limited to the extent and In manner prescribed by Ordinance No. 6 of 1929 of the Colony. Authorised Capital $50,000,000 Issued and Fully Paid-up. $20,000,000 Reserve Fund: Sterling £6,500,000 Hong Kong Currency $10,000,000 Reserve370 words
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Advertisement500 1937-11-18 11 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CMNA (Incorporated m England by Royal Charter) Paid up capital m 600.000 shares of £5 each £3,000,000 Reserve Fund £3.000.000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3.000,000 HEAD OFFICE: 38, Bishopsgate, London, E.C. i. Agencies and Branches. AJor Star *****0 Rangoon Amritsar Ipoh Saigon Bangkok Karachi500 words
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Page 11 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous479 1937-11-18 11 RADIO PROGRAMMES FOR TODAY SINGAPORE ZHL 1 33 Mb s (225 m.) p.m 6.00 Indian music. Gramophone records 030 Chinese music. Modern Mandarin songs sung by Miss Butterfly Wu. Gramophone records. 7.00 Well-known songs by well-known singers. Gramophone records. 7.30 Time, weather, news and announcements 7.45 Cowan and Bailey and479 words
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Advertisement473 1937-11-18 13 MJ&V EL BUM ISH BYP&OandBRITISH INDIA LINES INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND) P O. S. N. GO'S SAILINGS, OUTWARDS Due Due Minnie Spore. Tonnage Spore. 1938 1937 '•SOMALI 6.800 Jan. 14 i-^uin m«« iq CARTHAGE 15.000 Jan. 14 NTURA li.ooo Nov. 19 COMORIN lsm Jan2B 6.500 Nov 20 KAISAR-I-HIND 11.500 Feb. 11473 words
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Advertisement354 1937-11-18 13 (Incorporated tn Straits Settlements.) H ELLERMAN BUCKNALL S.S. Co., Ltd. (Incorporated In England.) FOR UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL Steamer Dae Sails CITY OF ATHENS Havre, London, R'dam, Hburg. Glasgow Nov. 29 Dec. 2 CITY OF CHRISTCHURCH Havre, London, R'dam, H'burg, Glasgow Dec. 30 Jan. 2354 words
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Advertisement962 1937-11-18 13 REPRESENTING SHIPPING THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Oceaa Aberdeen and Commonwealth LSa* Steam Ship Co., Ltd., and China Mutual The Hua Khiow Steamship Co., (1952) Lt4 Steam Navigation Co., Ltd.) (unard \.m star Ltd. The Straits Steamship Co., Ltd. Shaw Savill and Albion Co.. Lid. The China Navigation Co., Ltd. The962 words
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767 1937-11-18 15 Cannot Afford To Pay More To Players SUGGESTED POOLING SCHEME INEQUITABLE IT IS stated that the Players' Union are engaged m drawing up a scheme to submit to the Football League for an allTound increase m the and emoluments Mt players, That767 words
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Article370 1937-11-18 15 DEFENCE LINE OF NANKING 100 Miles Long NEW AIR FORCE FOR KWANGTUNG THE first national defence line east of Nanking, says a Sin Chew Jit Poh cable, is over 100 miles long. It starts on the south bank oT the Y.iiut/,- River at the village of Wupokow, and crosses the370 words
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250 1937-11-18 15 OUTWARD BOUND IS GRIM PLAY FOR RELIEF MORBID and highly philosophic. Suton Vane's well-known Outward Bound" was hardly the type of play to present m aid of the China Relief Fund on the day it was announced that 800,000 Chinese had died m the struggle with Japan. But the high250 words
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Article35 1937-11-18 15 Malacca, Nov. 17. Two Tamil Mohammedan traders, who had used unstamped liquid measures, were fined $2 and $5 respectively by Lt. Commander J. C. Derrick, the police magistrate, today. Chief Inspector F. J. Dale prosecuted.35 words
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Article162 1937-11-18 15 Yesterday's Rubber Auction THF pofrc Chamber of OommftTCe R Association held its 1.353 th .j:i yesterday when tliere were riococd 1.267.200 lbs.; 565.71 tons; oirered i.056.91"3 \'o> ***** tons: sold ibs 410 43 tons. Spot Lond 7d York H»4 cts Kibbfd Smoked Sheet Cents Per Lb. •rd Qua!. 22« 8162 words
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Article75 1937-11-18 15 -,d on two charges of having -d to enter a description of two mutches which he took to be pawned. Chop Teck Seng, a licensed pawnr of North Bridge Road, was fined $10 on each charge, by Mr. L C Goh. n the fourth Dolice court y75 words
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Article41 1937-11-18 15 Hu nga ry Recogn ises Franco Budapest, Nov. 17. IN reply to a question m the Chamber the Hungarian Premier, M. Dekanya, said that the Hungarian Government established effective contact m September with General Franco, whose representative was m Budapest ReuterReuter - 41 words
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Article83 1937-11-18 15 London, Nov. 17. Warm congratulations are accorded by the Press to Flying Officer Clouston and Mrs. Kirby Green on their recordmaking flight to Capetown, m which rhey lowered Miss Amy Johnson's times 07 33 hours 23 .ninutes. The great flight was completed m 45 hours.Reuter - 83 words
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Article37 1937-11-18 15 London, No-. 17. Mr. John Dewar. president of the Gordon Hospital for recital diseases m London, has rebuilt the entire hospital at his own expense. His total benefactions to tins Hospital amount British WirelessBritish Wireless - 37 words
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Article21 1937-11-18 15 a m Vatican City, Nov. 17. Archbishop Hinsley of Westminster I is to be made a Cardinal.- ReuterReuter - 21 words
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Article, Illustration227 1937-11-18 15 35, 000 Spectators See England Beat Wales Middlesborough, Nov. 18. IN perfect weather 35,000 spectators saw England beat Wales by two goals to one m the soccer international played here today. Barkas won the toss and kicked off with a stiff breeze and England pressed m the opening stages. InReuter; Free Press - 227 words
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Article150 1937-11-18 15 Incident At R.A.F. Seletar Base Before Mr. Justice Home and a common jury at the Singapore Assize Court yesterday, a Sikh named Dyah Singh was put on trial on a charge of attempting to murder an Indian. Abdullah. The hearing was a sequel to an incident at150 words
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Article209 1937-11-18 15 Experiences Of Canton Air Raids Mr. Kwan Chor Pock, a well-known journalist of South China and Hong Kong, arrived m Singapore yesterday by the President Adams, to take up his new post as Editor-in-Chief of the Sin Chew Jit Poh Press Ltd. Mr. Kwan has been209 words
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486 1937-11-18 15 HEMCHIT OUTPOINTS VIDAL AT MALACCA (From Our Own Correspondent > Malacca, Nov. 15. MEIL Hemchit <9.9 i. the Siamese boxer, outpointed Primo Vidal <9.9». the Filipino, m the 12-round main event at the City Park Boxing Stadium last night. Hemchit was the aggressor throughout but his attacks left Vidal unperturbed.486 words
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69 1937-11-18 15 XIES played yesterday m the I open lawn tennb UMiriHW suited as folio > Open Singles h.«n«p Di 1 Yam beat Yap All EUftn 6—2 Foo Wo Wan bi -at Lot) V<-- CLee. 6—l: G 1 Mixed Double s U'cap 111 and E. Cherrington. 1H69 words
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66 1937-11-18 15 MUNICIPAL (AMENDMENT) BILL INTRODUCED The Registration o! Births ;md Deaths Bill and the Final Supply were read a KCOnd tin committee and read a '.hird time passed at the L c Counc:l Meeting yesterday Bills read a fir>t i::i. Vhr i Municipal Amendment No 1) Bill Forests < Amendment i66 words
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Article37 1937-11-18 15 Mr. W Snail. the Singapon Pi I r.jti-d. returned to Sii- ih<i Dollar Line fend <;. ni j after a business trip to England th«United State.s and Can i jtfvcmijjinied her husband.37 words
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Article52 1937-11-18 15 Col A. E. Percival. i Staff. Malaya Cmima.nd. and I Percival are MMBg ihos«> who due to sail lor England on th. ship Dilwara on Dec 14 Ot are: Captain R A Lm T Swindl' hurst. Captain A \V C. Rev H VaU'jha!i-J(,n-s .md Mi li52 words
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Article28 1937-11-18 15 Results oi home rugby matches played yesterday ar< by 1 as folows: Hampshire beat Mic Bournemouth. Cambridge Univ University 39-6 Notts, Lines., and I eester.shire 2S-H28 words
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Advertisement186 1937-11-18 15 H TTie AC Heat Rr.n-f tea rangf S H of nlu?'- HHHnI m all r gf H lonpth- of in.s;i]..-, IH xo well-known H laws of r>l)ysi! W 1 H<-ul will nlwa.'.-- fi from a huttd I>mJ\ to a B{ U» cor! or body n 2. The amount of H186 words
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