The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 31 May 1938

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  • 17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 15,483. ESTD. 1835. TUESDAY, MAY 31, 1938. 10 CENTS.
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  • 59 1 French Banks Back Rail Road Construction Paris. May 30. GROUP of French banks hr.uled by the Bank of Indoiki. have agreed to provide a ng i«>r the construction of a i\ from French Indo-China N inntaffi in the province K.. ui«:si. railwftj will he an e\toni t!ie cvistinK line from
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  • 81 1 Tattoo Palace Wrecked By Storm CHANNEL SHIPS IN TROUBLE A TERRIFIC storm swept the south of England luring the week-end states Reuter. The magnificent palace built for Aldenshot Tattoo, which opens rsday, va^ wrecked by the pile i i palace built by .ry VIII and 100 workmen e months to
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  • 100 1 Britain s Aerial Bombing Draft Plan London, May 30. rtact that the British Government was working on draft plan tor an intemationoement of limitation of .■•rial bombing was mentioned Mr. R. A. Butler. Foreign Lnder-Secretary in the House ►f Commons today. He said the Government's views rial bombardment of civilian
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  • 31 1 Koine. May 30. i:iiaily announced that Italian In Spain since the battle at 1 In February 37. are killed 2.022 led 6.996, mining 163 and pri- Reuter
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    20 1 ONE OF ITALY'S NEW CAMOUFLAGED ARMOURED CARS brought out for the inspection of the Duee during his visit to Genoa.
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  • 292 1 London, May M. THE results of this week's meetings of the international rubber and tin committees are the subject of animated discussion in Ixmdon today. The rubber committee tomorrow will have the difficult task of deciding on a quota equitable to
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  • 496 1 Graphic Accounts By Eye- Witnesses DESTITUTES FLOCKING INTO HONG KONG PANTON today presented rights so ghastly that they beggared description, according to Reuter's correspondent in that city. He describes vividly the havoc caused by Japam- bombs during yesterday's raids. A jroug woman and
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  • 83 1 Bucharest, May 30. iTN view ol the situation in Central Europe great importance is attached in Rumania to the departure tor Warsaw oi the chief of staff of thr •Rumanian Army, with 12 high offlcfr.s representing all branches of the .crrvice. It U the strongest Rumanian
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  • 115 1 Canton, May 30. A READING MAN, Mr. J. T. Bell, who is an employee of Yeet Soong Co., and a Chinese clerk narrowly escaped death when Japanese planes bombed Taishatao Station, and the Canton-Kowloon Railway ter-' minus, this morning. Mr. Bell, who was visiting the
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  • 54 1 London. May ::n. The chief of Commom business this week is likely to be the debate on Wednesday on air raids precautions devices, which the Home Secretary, 3?r Samuel Hoare. will open Other principal business is second reading of the Money Resolution of Essential Commodities
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  • 251 1 BOY'S BODY BOUND WITH WIRE f Sequel To Gangster Kidnapping New Rochelle, May :i(). DOUNI) with wire the body of Peter Irvine, the young: son of Mr. Murray Irvine, a New York lawyer, who was kidnapped on Feb. JS, was found today by detectives on the shore at Davenport Nock,
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  • 30 1 Led by Cardinal PMtM Md dignitaries a procossion of 50M.000 ]mtsons passed throuqh the str- Budapest after pontineal ni:«.s.s >vsterday morning to mark the close of th* Fueharlstic Cor. Reuter
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    • 41 1 BIGIA TEA rings the freshness id fragrance of the ala y a n gardens irect to your home TONIGHT COCKTAIL DANCE 6.30 to 8.30 I DINNER DANCE (informal) 9.30 To Midnight CABARET ATTRACTION NIKITINA SVETLANOFF POPULAR ARTISTS I NON-DINERS $1 00
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    • 172 1 There is no better Tea than BIGIA TEA GROWN IN MALAYA ADELPHI 5r HOTEL SPECIAL DINNER DANCE DINNER AND DANCE Ml SIC BY HELLER'S FAMOUS HUNGARIAN BAND ai^lphigrill THE BEST FOOD AT REASONABLE PRICES SEA VIEW HOTEL TOMORROW FRIDAY dc SATURDAY SPECIAL DINNER DANCE 6c CABARET Saturday. 4th June. 1
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  • 308 2 Showgirl Sues Producer DANCERS WORKED OFF HOTEL EXPENSES (From the Free Press Correspondent) London, May 18. *IT seems rather dreadful that these girls should be taken out of England and stranded in Penang at a moment's notice because a man chooses to say, *I stop this
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    82 2 MISS GRACIE FIELDS, THE ACTRESS, was invested with the ii lit-pointni cross in connection with her appointment as an oilicer sister of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, at St. John's <iate, E.C Miss Fields is the first actress to receive the distinction, .tnd the King had to approve
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  • 103 2 Shanghai, May 30. T«HE Japanese military in Shanghai are tightening their vigilance against Chinese guerilla fighters siround Shanghai, the western side of the city in particular, states Union Times. Scores of armed lorries patrolled the streets outside the International Settlement on Saturday and yesterday and
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  • 56 2 London, May 30. DRITISH agriculturists are grateful for heavy rain which fell during the week-end and which continued intermittently today. It brought to an end a very dry period. The drought had severely threatened the safety of crops and even the domestic water supplies in some
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  • 41 2 Paris. May 3ft. News has been received that Valencia was raided by rebel planes lour times within two and a half hours last night. Heavy damage resulted, but the number of victims are as yet unknown. Reuter
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  • 318 2 ADVANCES CLAIMED BY CHINESE Japanese In Retreat Hankow, May 30. THE town of Tasushan, 25 miles south of the Lung-Hai Railway near the ll u a i River, was recovered by Chinese forces who commenced a big attack on the Japanese positions between the town and Hofoi on Saturday night.
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  • 54 2 Miners' £82,500 For Spain TTO provide food and coal for civilians in Spain, the Mineworkers' Federation is to raise 82.500. The Executive decided to provide the money by a levy of 2s. 6d. from every member. Representatives of Yorkshire, Durham and South Wales miners agreed to recommend their associations to
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  • 132 2 London, May 30. AT the Press Club Derby luncheon owners, trainers and jockeys today told of their hopes and fears for the Derby. Mr. James Rank is hoping that Scottish Union will at lea-st confirm his Guineas' form in the Derby. Sir Humphrey de
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  • 86 2 London, May SO. AT the annual meeting of the Footle* ball League, Ipswich Town were elected to the Southern Section of Division ni, displacing Glllingham. Walsall were re-elected. Barrow and Accrington re-elected to the Northern Section. Port Vale were transferred to the Southern Section from the
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    26 2 THIS SOLID GOLD MOSAIC BATH is being built at Mm M d'Orsay for the use of the King, during the royal visit to later this month
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  • 31 2 Dr. H. W. Jack, who is now Director of Agriculture. Fiji, and was formerly a member of the Malayan Agricultural Department, is at home on leave He Is staying In Dublin.
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  • 107 2 PASCH AT 5-2 IN DERBY QUOTES lond.n M. The l.tt«M i>«:i\ ,v Hover to R«'Uter a* luiw><*v t oiler* d except when I 2 Pai. !i 17 2 Scotch Union 13 1 Golden s. k 100 7 Port Marnock. 15 1 BoU Ron < 100 6 MIT7R 13 1 Kiy
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  • 118 2 Mr. F. A. Mavquisten << on Argyll) asked the Colonial Sfrrt tary. Mr. Malcolm Maw lk>n.»ld whether he had received a rirv patch from the High (oinnns sionrr. Sir ShenUm Thorn .cv following the meeting of tin mmm at Kuala Lumpur on Apr. 13 He further a*ked whether
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  • 45 2 ADY ASTOR, nearly 60 years of age, wants to learn tapdancing. She expressed this wish after watching a display at Plymouth Jubilee Centre. "I shall seriously consider attending lessons myself," she said, "and I advise every grandmother to do the same.**
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  • 493 2 Output Costs Could Be Reduced In Emergency BOLIVIA'S increased capacity for productton, 1 ability to produce her quota under the 1 national tin restriction scheme, and her idvoc of the buffer pool project wen ntnwuod by Bolivia Minister in London, Senor Antenor I in
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  • 225 3 AT SINGAPORE and Penan g flares for ni';ht landings by Imperial rays ilying-boats are beinj inod. In the past, if a flying -boat I .it Penang too late in the ternoon to continue on to Singait had to remain overnight at ing The night landing facillshould help
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  • 107 3 RIBED by the Court Inspector as a person who would m anyone to help her. an elderly woman. Grace was sent to the house of detention yesterday, after charged In the Third Police Court With lodging In the air with 10 visiolc means
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  • 19 3 :s OF UUr.GARIA watches a military march-past in Sofia. Mules trot by carrying gun parts.
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  • 141 3 (\N a week's visit to Singapore, the 2,000-ton French sloop Dumont d'Urville is expected tomorrow from Pondicherry on her way back to Indo-China. The sloop will berth at the Singapore Harbour Beard wharves, where minor repairs to her windlass will be carried out. On arrival the
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  • 66 3 Rev. J. A. MacDonald, assistant at Dundee Parish Church, has been left a Hock of 200 sheep. They have been bequeathed to him by Mr. Angus MacDonald. an eighty-year-old fanner of North Uist, of which Mr. MacDonald is a native. The men had always been close
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  • 47 3 Ramaya. a young Indian, was yesterday charged in the Third Police Court with voluntarily causing hurt to Letchmanan Naidu, his father. He was alleged to have stabbed his father with a penknife. He pleaded guilty and was bound over in the sum of $50.
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  • 59 3 The P- and O steamship "Naldera," wh ch left London on May 20. and is cire at Singapore on June 17, carries the following passengers for Singapore: Dr. J. H. Bowyer and Capt. G. H Sworder. Messrs. B C. Ashwell. N. Boasso C. H. Gregory. B. Grimley. VV. E Lancaster.
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  • 161 3 Sailors Could 'Have Landed TWENTY-THREE Chinese seamen were yesterday, in the Fifth Police Court, fined $20 each, in default 20 days' rigorous imprisonment, for landing in the colony without permission from the Immigration Officer. The Magistrate, Mr. L. C. Goh, said that the
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  • 85 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, May 30. INURING the visit of the two Japanese training ships to Siam recently, it was said that Chinese had planned to bomb the train on which a number of Japanese officers travelled to the elephant hunt. This information
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  • 136 3 Warrant Issued After Inquiry A WARRANT for the arrest of a Chinese, Kee Tow, was issued by the Singapore Coroner. Mr. W. G. Porter, yesterday, following an inquiry into the death of another Chinese, Low Hi San*. Low died in the General Hospr.il after an alleged quarrel with Km Tow.
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  • 36 3 Irma Matthea Dekker, a Hollander, was yesterday fined $5, in the Third Police Court, when she pleaded guilty to a charge of failing to notify the Registrar of Aliens of her change of address.
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    • 127 3 HEART OF LONDON. theatres and shops. 100 »:ns. with bathroom and Fully licensed restaurant en till mid-night. Special rates tor Overseas visitors. DETAILS FROM MAPLETON HOTEL ventrv street, Piccadilly Circus. Bachflat, I.c.square, London. RUIN YOUR 1 CLOTHES- KM THEM with Skin Itch Cause Curbed Overnight •'-kin hu noarly 50 million
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    • 78 3 !WL^ **>*. Am i I i! Mil 'i ll^ l^ l y jljL JJ cLXLLI IICLIui lllL lclldlly fm. lv BS^^ -u X I x m I > j > I I ill /H^HH^Hflh^^"^-^/ M M that not enough are made Kl^wm l^m I Rothmans make this grand "^^^^^f mE^^^M
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  • 276 4 U7ORKMEN who have been engaged for the past few months on alterations at Arundel Castle, home of the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, have just completed their task in preparation for the birth of the duchess's baby, expected early in June, says a
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    135 4 MISS \K\I.F. of Blakan Mati, one of the mannequins at the fashion parade held at John Little's on Saturday in a flowered linen play suit. iFree Press Picture). MISS BRADLEY, from Seletar, in one of the smart swim suits she showed at John Little's fashion parade. (Free Press Picture). TWO
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  • 258 4 Glamour Gowns With A Difference Matching Personalities IT IS no easy matter to create clothes for a popular film star. The garments worn by the glamorous women of the* screen are copied a thousand times, criticised and discussed over and over again in fact, their dresses are so much part-and-parcel
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  • 261 4 IT is not always easy to make brown gravy, so brown thoroughly a quantity of flour in the oven, and put it in a sealer, and it is always at hand to make gravy thick and brown. When making moulded gelatine salads and desserts, butter the
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    • 292 4 S&lShapeVy IfJ^ m ou can n ot only reduce i^s 1 4^^B your hips, ankles and j >y^^^^^*aistlme, but a'so im-*-iL J^^^H^prove your health and \cAi\l Bkgreatiy increase youx 5j ~7 a k' n K Jour times a V-O^^^^^B da >' a Marmola tablet. 11l I Thry contain in exactI
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    • 65 4 SALE is ON HERE ARE BARGAINS THAT SHOULD BE LOOKED AT BUT NOT LOOKED OVER PRINTED SATINS -/70 per yd. PLAIN CHIFFONS 36" -/70 PRINTED SILK LINEN 32" -/75 HUNDREDS OF YARDS OF MATERIAL REDUCED TO AN ASTONISHINGLY LOW LEVEL. CHINESE SILK EMB'D UNDERWEAR OF 4 PIECES $4.20 SENTS SILK
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  • 348 5 Nation- Wide Survey To Be Made In HOW Ceylon s working class spends its money is to be the subject of a nation-wide survey by the Department of Commerce and Industries Officers will begin by probing the budgets of about families living in Grandpass,
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  • 103 5 HPHE suspension of half price 1 military concession tickets during the run of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," the first full length Walt Disney colour cartoon film which opens at the Capitol Theatre today is to be partly withdrawn, it was announced yesterday. Military concessions will
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  • 52 5 pilot, wireless operator, and >u^engers cf a nine-seater Irish escaped unhurt when the Ine overturned while landing at n aerodrome. e machine ,va> badly damaged. "M 'iid not catih fire. Hie nilot was Mr. D. F. Armstrong. the passengers. Mr. Middletcn. Mr. and Mr. Pillin-, were
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  • 38 5 r Bruno Heck, former director of ?rman Continental Gas Company sau, was sentenced to six years six months* penal servitude and exceeding .£700.000 for tax frauds, -ry and currency offences in Berlin.
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  • 41 5 22 n B f R Jf cCULL CH "Uncle Mac", of the BBC. children's hour, who lost a foot m a motor accident, leaves for a cruise to South 4merica Sailors are shown carrying him up the gangway.
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  • 151 5 COON alter about 600 passengers had toft the 19,840-toiLs Orient liner, Orama. one— a man living near London developed symptoms of typhoid fsver. To prevent any possible spread of the lever the remaining passengers, now scattered all over the country, were asked to report to their
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  • 27 5 Law Notice For The Day Before Mr. Justice Horn? in the 3rd Court at 11 a.m. S. 532 37— Aminah binte Ibrahim etc. vs. M. Mohamed Ibrahm.
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  • 27 5 At the Rotary Club luncheon tomorrow at the Adelphi Hotel, Professor T. H. Silcock, of Raißes College, will talk on "The Uses of Economists."
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  • 37 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, May 30. Five Siamese military officers passed through Kuala Lumpur today for Paris to study military science in Europe. They will board the President Doumer at Singapore.
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  • 98 5 The United Party Congress at Windhoek, South-West Africa, have protested against the proposed visit to the territory next month of 2,000 Germans trom Germany. The tour has been arranged by the Strength Through Joy movement. Commandant von Maltitz said that the object of the
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  • 60 5 French children are excited at the idea of seeing our King and Queen in June. Details of the official programme announced last week showed that special arrangements will be m£»de for them to have good seats along the royal route in Paris. The King
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  • 119 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) A* initial of $400, risin* by $25 annually fc $6^ ters w?li q h^iS K n f t llo^ anc c ot $50 in place of free quarwoman mil, d hj *^l Pcnan Municipality to an Asiatic ner^r ai fflce
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  • 170 5 'Fiddle Warning' Used By Gamblers INURING the case in which three men and six women appeared in the Penang Police Court on gambling charges, Detective-Inspector McLennen described a "fiddle warning" erected by the gamblers. He said he raided a house in Kinta Lane. The accused were playing a game of
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  • 74 5 (From Our Own Correspondent* Penan;, May 30. One of the smallest of British cruisers ever to come to Malayan waters has arrived in Penang from Colombo on its way to Singapore. H.M.S. Thanet, commanded by Lt. Convdr. R. C. M. White, R.N., is manned by a
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  • 56 5 Two men in the Cameo News Theatre. Charing Cross Road, were attacked by the rest of the audience. A film, "Nazi Germany Today," was being shown when the two men, who were in the audience, started shouting "Up, Hitler," and "Up, Mussolini." Before attendants could
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    • 87 5 ODD ftrescription Mi W yOU ani rafterer from iaj Kcreraa, Ringworm, Dhobiea ykW l**K Salt Rheum, Prickly Heat, *9^ P»oria»U. Singapore Foot, ItohV Eruption* and Raafaoa, uae j 1 >.D.D. Prescription. Juat a few i Iropa of thi» marvellous lotion and you hav* inatant reUef. Irritation I and pain goea
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    • 372 5 when ijftr'NfljJM keen m^'jmA >i" i jj i.,.v r* tooth tr^J«f* ov^U SoUd D*n»; CHASTE I*-* Your teem are Ivory Cattle* defend them with /?Jos DENTIFRICE riie Advrrtisiiij? Publicity Bureau LW 144. IlobhiscMi Ri»d. Smgaj)orr. Pl f ase send5 end me a free ""P 1 eof OiWJ* UenUfrlc€ for Ng/XCt
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    • 101 5 Kidney Germs Wreck Health Tour Kidneys are a marveloun structure, w Jthtn them are million tiny tubea wht. t\ act aa filters for tho blood When (erma attack them you suffer from Hurnlnc Itrh2*, -Oettlnt- Up Nl«hts. :> L*c l'aln-i. Dixsineea. Rheumatism, l.mnbuo N-r-vlneu. Circles under Ky M ,»r Swollen
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  • 68 7 London. May 30. A further lessening of the European r* 'Utical tension was reflected on this <in ing's Foreign Exchange market where much calmer conditions were in evidence. While turnover was not large the Mjority of European currencies had a more settled undertone. In markets the
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  • 18 7 In six month* the strength of the Ist Anti- Aircraft Division < London) has grown from 0,000 to 18.000.
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  • 46 7 The engine of the Toulause-Paris express was badly damaged by an explosion as it was travelling at nearly 70 miles an hour near Albias. in the Tarnet-Garonne Department, and the train had to be taken on to Paris by a relief engine.
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  • 38 7 At the last meeting of the Singapore Ratepayers' Association it was stated that no reply had been received to the association's request to the Municipality for an explanation regarding the minimum charges for electricity, water 'and gas supplies.
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  • 260 7 AN accused N.C.O. told a Chatham court martial that he thought money placed in his hat was intended for a wedding present. This was the reply ot Corporal < Temporary Lance-Sergeant > G. C. Yates, of the Training Battalion Royal Engineers. Brompton Barracks,
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  • 210 7 SUMMONS TO WAR COUNCIL TWO unforeseen major obstacles are retarding Gen. Franco's advance on Castellon and Valencia. Ono is the bad weather; the other, the stiffening Ol the Government's resistance. I have just visited the sector between Villafranca del Cid and Cantavieja, which is reached by
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  • 121 7 Alleged Possession Of Chandu When the cuse was called in which a Malar of rank named Raja Ismail was charged at Taiping with three counts against the Chandu Enactment. Mr. P. T. Ho said his senior partner, Mr. K. C. Chan, had been retained for the
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    • 448 7 TODAY'S GALA EVENT AT THE CAPITOL I SOO.OOO PEOPLE SAW IT DURING ITS RECORD 5-WEEKS' NEW YORK RUN! 3 5~ 6 5~ 9 5 I 19 WEEKS IN LOS ANGELES! NOW BREAKING ALL RECORDS IN LONDON, SYDNEY, CAPE TOWN, Etc HIS FIRST FULL LENGTH FEATURE PRODUCTION Military Half-Price concession valid
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  • 625 8 The Singapore Free Press New Tin Lands TUESDAY, MAY 31, IMS. ALTHOUGH Malayan tin miners hold widely differing opinions as to the wisdom of a buffer pool and a few are half-hearted about the demand for a revision of standard tonnages, there is one matter on which complete unanimity exists
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  • 835 8  - Germany Encourages Sudeten-Deutsche To Be Unreasonable Sir Arthur Willert A British View Of Europe By I ONDON is far from discounting the recent Hitler-Mussolini m€*ting M a picturesque spectacle. It If believed that it may mark the turning point for good or evil m E;irai)Cc-n affairs. The international controversy which
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  • 645 8 As I Was Saying CFNGAPORE e members some iiery words spoken by General Sir lan Hamilton a few rronths ago about the Japanese menace to Malaya and the British Empire. The General appeared in a new role in
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    • 156 8 CALDB E C K S BY SPECIAL WfiL^Jm TO H M THE APPOINTMENT KING OF SIAM ENGAGEMENT 8c ETERNITY RINGS. <hoos« Carefully The DIAMOND RINGS You would be proud of years from today— and carefully choose its maker. Every lit SILV.VS ring is measured bv a standard »f excellence which
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    • 26 8 For A CCIDENT INSURANCE APPLY TO THE GENERAL ACCIDENT FIRE V LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION LTD. (Incorporated in Great Britain) HONG KONG BANK CHAMBERS SINGAPORE PHONE: 6480
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  • 338 9 APPEAL TO GOVERNMENT AN^TURF CLUB TO GIVE WORK TO MEN BOYS Would Relieve Unemployment t S.S.CS). ASSOCIATION SUGGESTIONS SUGGESTIONS that the Government should be «Hh tO ivC u e 7 porary J' obs t0 schoolboys vwtn Senior Cambridge qualifications instead of pensioners and that the Singapore Turf Club should be
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    18 9 bun elected an Honorary of Magcda'en College. Oxford, ing to the Free Press London correspondent. sin CKCir CLEMENT!
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  • 316 9 Schools For Every Type Are Needed AIM OF ADVANCED EDUCATION Our Own Corresponds n: Kuala Lumpur. May 30. -rVJR SCHOOLS need to pro\J vide not lor Jiist one type but for t very type, not ig the boy whose brain Its best outlet in his This new school is part
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  • 27 9 Baron Gottfried von Cramm, the an lawn tennis player, who was itenccd to one year'i Imprisonment moral offences, has decided to opj>
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  • 435 9 10 p. c. CUT IN QUOTA IS EXPECTED yERY little business was done on the Singapore rubber market yesterday in view of today's meeting of the International Rubber Regulation Committee. It is generally expected that the Committee will announce a 10 per cent, quota cut for the third quarter cf
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  • 83 9 MODERN MALAY MISS AT SPORT THERE will be a rare opportunity to sec the modern Malay girl on the sports Meld next Monday. The Malay girls' school in Singapore is then holding its annual drill and games competition on the Geylang school ground. Mrs. R. F. C. Markham will give
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  • 66 9 At the lasr, meeting of the Singapore Ratepayers' Association, a letter from the Municipal Secretary was read stating that as the existing Municipal sewage plant is unable to cope with any increase in the volume of nightsoil, no new areas for compulsory Municipal collection of nightsoil
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  • 53 9 A Sarawak Government Gazette extraordinary states that with effect fr.jm May 28, a cess is to be charged on all rice and paddy imported into the state. The c?£s lor rice \*ill be at the rate of 45 cents per picul, rncl for paddy 30
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  • 67 9 The P. and O. Somaii Is rxp ctrd lo arrive at this port from Euroijr tomorrow morning, oncl will pr< alonjj.side the S H.3 wrhmrf un m rival Wr r.n Informed that Mrs Ai ratne who died In Bingapon U wxs not u member ol tl Klnj4ap«»:e Huddhbt
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  • 117 9 Settlement For Clerks And Pensioners <f*rcm Our Own Correspondents Seremban, May 30. SEREMBAN may start a settlement for clerks and pensioners at GeMdong La Hang. At, today's meeting of the Seremban Sanitary Board it was decided that, if i sufficient applications for building 'sites were submitted and approved by the
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  • 79 9 Owing to heavy rain and the fact that the aerodrome was under water the internal air mail plane, the Governor Fullerton, did not land at the Ipch aerodrome on the return flight lrcm Pcnang to Singapore en Saturday. The mails and a passenger were
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  • 35 9 Tomorrow at 9.30 a.m.. a elan foi women interested in country dancing will commence at the Hostel. Fort Canning TRoad Country dancing \s recommended as being ben.ncial to women in Singapore.
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  • 139 9 AFTER a strenuous period of administration during the recent Jewish-Arab rioting, General Sir Arthur Wauehope, lately British High Commissioner and Commander-in-Chief, Palestine and Trans-Jordania, who arrived at Singapore last night by Wearne's plane, is on a trip round the world. Arriving at Penang yesterday from India by
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  • 41 9 The Mecsageiies Mari Limes Mareehal .Toffre from Marseilles via PortBald, Djibouti r.nd Colorr.bo is expected on Thursday at about 6 a.m. and will sail about noon for Saigon. Hong Kon?r. Shanghai and Kobe. Berth: S.H.B wharves.
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  • 39 9 Prof. Ilarcld Temp~rley, Of Cambridge, and £ir David Ross, of Oxford, were introduced to the King of the Qelgiaill at a Brussels gathering in memory of the late Henri Pirenne, the ,:,mous Belgian historian.
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  • 243 9 I TRGENT SUPPORT OF THE ACTION TAKEN BY THE U STRAITS SETTLEMENTS (SINGAPORE) ASSOCIATION CONCERNING AIR RAIDS PREC AUTION. MR K K OCONNOK TOLD MEMBERS, AT THE ANNNUAL MEETING YESTERDAY THAT IT DID NOT REQUIRE MUCH IMAGINATION TO DfVISAGE WHAT WOULD BE THE RESULT
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  • 132 9 Army Opportunities For Eurasians pvR J F Smith, the recently appointed Eurasian representative of the ftffjlllflfl Council. may dISCUSi with Major-General Dobfefte, OjOjC., Malaya, tht possibility of giving Bunuftani opportanlttei to rnli.st in th* Army. Many Eurasians haw urged recently that a Eurasian regiment should be formed in Singapore Speaking
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    • 117 9 I ii I m k II f V j» ml m m viH, T^M WEAI THE DURO C l SPORTS SHIRT for your Health's sake FAWN-GREY-BLUE-CANARY-GREEN in WHITE Sizes- 14£- 161 (collar) $1.95 each ROBINSON CO., LTD. Qiatural, llaijour Discriminating hostesses serve AYLMER SOUPS because of that delightful natural flavour.
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  • FREE PRESS SPECIAL COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    • 401 10 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCK SHARES I From London 5.30 p.m. Yesterday Share ol £1 denomination unless Latest Quotations Previously otherwise stated Conversion Loan, 5 p.c., 1944-64.... 113 f/ t 113*4 Funding Loan. 4 p.c. 19G0-90 113 1 113i,4 War Loan. 3V 2 PC 101% 101 3 <-, Com. Union
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    • 270 10 The following quotations are published by courtesy of S. E. Levy and Co., and Swan Culbertson and Fritz. DOW-JONES AVERAGES. Previously Yesterday Close Close Cnanpcs 30 IndustiiaLs 107.98 108.90 up 92 20 RaiLs 20.26 20.58 up 32 20 Utilities 17.91 18.12 up .21 40 Bonds 85.96 85.99
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    • 385 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association DAILY PRICES CURRENT May 30. 12 oclock noon. INo IX r<^ I Buyers Sellers iNo. J..A.R.S.S. m cases (FOB May) 8 3., i 8 t/ b Good F.A.Q. in bales •FOB. May* 177,, 18 Nc. I.X.R.S.S. rspotloose) (awardable Singapore) i83 4 18 7^ Ju ?e
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    • 57 10 From London: Latest Quotations I TIN: Firm. Spot: £162 5s Previously: £157 17s. 6d. Three months €163 Previously: £158 10s. Od. 1 .ppf n i 1 r i v Settlement. £33 150. Previously: £32 15s. Od. Yesterday: Zl Os. 5 2 d. Previously £7 os. 9d. Two
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    • 74 10 Foreign Exchange Rates London Closing Quotations Method of Parity before Latest PreCentre Quoting 20-9-31 Rate viously Paris Franc to 121.1 17R' H 1785* n New York to 4.88 4 95 3 8 494 916 Amsterdam Guilders to 8.973 4 4 96* 8 4 96^ Hong Kong.. Per dollar i s
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    • 183 10 LOCAL EXCHANGE RA TES Yesterday's Singapore Quotations I SELLING Bangkok, demand 124>b Ma >'« 30 Japan, demand 197^ London. T.T. 23 11,16 Australia, demand 2 10 19 32 London, demand 23 1116 New Zealand, demand 210 516 Lyons, demand 2050 Switzerland, demand 249'^ BUYING Hamburg, demand 141 London* T.T. 2-3
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    • 62 10 ISSUED BY FRASER AND CO. AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS YESTERDAY JOINING Tta at midday was SBl, up SI. In spite »f the inactiv- ity tin shares in sympathy with the metal were rather nZr today, and most of the popular centers showed small sains RaX were
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    • 1096 10 Fraser And Co. 's List MONDAY, MAY 30. 1938: 5 P.M. MINING Buyers Sellers Ampat Tin (4j) 3s 7&d 4s l'-d 4.,-ur Kumban* 285 iu> Austraj Malay (£> 42s 6d 47s od N Ayer Hitam (5s; 22.- 6tl 23s 6<1 Ayer Wcng <$1> wj 65
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    • 67 10 S. E. Levy Co. Shanghai, Hongkong. Manila. Singapore. Investment Bankers and Broken in Securities and Commodities Daily Foreign Market Cables and Quotation Sertu™ MEMBERS. NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE. COMMODITY EXCHANGE, INC. NEW YORK COFFEE SUGAR EXCHANGE CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE. CANADIAN COMMODITY EXCHANGE. SHANGHAI STOCK EXCHANGE. HONGKONG SHAKE BROKERS' ASSN.
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  • 688 11 Effect Of Cutting Scrap Exports BIG PURCHASES OF METAL IN AMERICA HAVING almost quadrupled its exports of scrap metals in the last year, as compared to official figures for 1936, the United States, according to expert authority, is now in a position to
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  • 460 11 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London. May 23. COPRA prices on the London market have varied little lately. There has been a steady demand from consumers for Ceylon F.M.S. at from £12 7s. 6d. to £12 10s. per ton, for Straits F.M.S. at from £12
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  • 77 11 Manila. May 28. Last Sale Prices Previous Today Pesos Antamok 0.43 0 44 Atok 0.25 unq. Coco Grove 0.48 0.48 Demonstration 0.255 0.255 I XL. 0.62 unq. Masbate 0.12 0.13 Mines Operations 0 10 unq. San Mauricio 0.435 0 455 United Paracale 030 030 Gold Share
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  • 202 11 ltu>< > g l!« i Oamoiei H.muu; Java c.ir* sr. n Ti-ppei White MvntQk 31 I WhAe W.n-l: Copra iT«nla>\ ri« < Mind $'a i i Bun Dried s. i I apiora Bmall Flakt I Fair I'kiKt Medium Pearl Small Nail Si w .Naj;o I lour No
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 909 11 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. U&e Sinoapore board residence Jree |p,rc»e sea-front i 3d 1 1 SBwTSS T"^ re -wUh KATONG GRANGE-77. Meyer Kd. extensions to all depart- I (near Suimnur.e Club> ments) Tel: -Times" Board-Residence at moderate rates Singapore. i., M r- j moaerave rales Kuala mmpur »-ar«e Gardens— Tennis. OBice: 25
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    • 229 11 BANK OF CHINA (Incorporated in Chin« bt Sr^cUi Chartcxl. It. CerU Street Sinra»«re. MODERN BANKING :zi With branches and sub -branches throughout China, and correspondents in all the principal cities of the world, the Bank Is well equipped to transact modern banking business of every description. TO LET OFFICES™ IN
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 701 11 RADIO PROGRAMMES SINGAPORE TODAY ZIIL 1.33 me s (22.5 m.) p^i. 6.00 Indian music. 6.20 Chinese music! 6.45 Children's pro(,aamme. <Ennllvh>. 7.. 00 Dance mu.sic played by de Sihas Band. Relayed from the New World Cabai.t. 7.30 Time, weather, news i*nd announce- ments. 7.45 "Books I Rcni-'ul.c". A talk by
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    • 52 11 ROME. TODAY UO II 81 Me/ pm 6.2<i Openiim nnnounrr ment NMM la LnvlLsh K< Utlion fi<»m oprras. If R. Ba.stlanlnt: Pol.uk] arid Km Nf *.s in Italian. HONG KONG TODAY I- pm 6 30— 10 20 Riiropoan programme. I 7 10 Ttmr signal, vrathrr rt-purt and «n--nounccments io 20
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  • 166 12 QERMANY'S new 26.000-ton now in commLssion. She and her s^ter ,ship. the Soharnhorst. arr. writes the Naval Correspondent, by tar the biggest warships Germany his completed since the end of the Great War. They have been built as the "reply" Ito the French 26.000-ton battleships.
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  • 69 12 May 29— Pulau Kidj ing. Jar.ik. (Brit.); Parigi, Maros, Kcpah, V. der Does cie Bye. iDut.t; Scott Harley. (Brit.); Meerkerk. <Dut.); Talma, <Brit.); Hakozaki Maru. (Japan)* Juno t (Dut.»; Svenor i vNor.). May 30— Tandjong Pinang, Tandjong Balei. Sin Kheng Seng. (Brit); Tjipai, Van Outhrorn, <Dut. >; Noravind, (Swed.);
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  • 17 12 THE SKELETON OF A JUNK being constructed by Chinese carpenters, in the Singapore river.
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  • 553 12 Disappeared Between Cardiff And Vancouver ALL hope has been abandoned for the safety of the British steamer Anglo- Australian and her crew of 38 who have been missing since March 24. The fate of this steamer of 5,456 tons, equipped with every safety device, of
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  • 116 12 The following ship* are alongside the wharves or expected to arriveFast Wharf, Entrance Gate 1; Fxit I: Rajula 22; Van Heutsz. Sulsang 2f) Main Wharf, Entrance Gate 2; Kxit V Kedah 18; GlenltTer 14: Kanv 12; Kampar 10. Empire Dock, Entrance Gate 2; hn Benvorllch 30; Talisse 32;
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  • 342 12 WITH Captain S S. SchofiHcl on the bridge. HM new Jar I lAUbtaon river steamer Liwo dock at Shanghai at 7 maiden trip up the Y.\n;t ILumcn. This will be tht Ul regular run. She wili call th- r two days in the future The Liwo wu built at
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 477 12 BOUSTEAD COL. UN. (Incorporated in FJJLB.) TKL&raONBs Freight 5433— PUMff* *4*& LLOYDS AGEHTS. ''RKrmtVrT AGENTS I FOR FE DEBATED MALAY STATES RAILWAY^ BOTAb BTATB RAILWAYS OV NAM. ||||OlA|| PACIftC ftffffiri '(Incorporated la Fnglandttj THE "EMPRESS" ROUTE offers TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES via HONOLULU or direct EMPRESS to YANCOUVER-ACROSS CANADA by TRANS-CONTIN-ENTAL TRAIN
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    • 99 12 Current Company Dividends List Supplied By Messrs Fraser Co. MONDAY, MAY 3#, 1933: 5 P.M. Financial Company Dividend Booka Date Ex. Dlv. year TIN Close Payab* Date to date Pahang Consol 10% Int less tax Apr. 26 June 1 May 9 10% Raub 3d. Int June 13 June 20 June
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    • 29 12 For Everything Appertaining to Ocean Passages. Foreign Money Exchange and Freight. •PPhr CORK'S WACC^L IT 9 1 WOP IQ TttAVfl SCPVICfJ 39. ROBINSON ROAD. No Booking Fees. Telephone 5906-
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 383 12 Local And I Foreign Mail Dispatches And Arrivals DESPATCHES BY TRAIN Bangkok every Saturday 7 p.m. Thursday 7.45 a.m. Swettenham, Taiping and Telok Anson, Weekdays* Kota Bahru, Kuala Krai Thursday and Friday* 7 a.m. Sunday 1 pm. Kuala Lumpur and Penang Weekdays; 7.45 a.m. Malacca, Batu Annam, Batu Pahat, Gemas,
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    • 50 12 SHIPS IN TODAY The Singapore H;vrtx>ur Board l> ing arrangements for today Kedah West 1 pm. 18 godo* Van HeuLsz East 9 a.m 20 1 Santos Mam East 9 am. 1! Suisang East p.m. 20 1 Taisse East a.m. 32 3 Kajan* Shift 5 p.m. 8 Kamunliiß Roads noon 12
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 500 13 T JK AJ EL BJtirfeiS BYP&O and B R ITISHINDI ATI N ES (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND) P. O. S. N. CO'S SAILINGS, OUTWARDS Tonnage Spore. Tonnare S' MM 'iiMiitur o pore. 6.800 June 1 CORFU 15 0 00 Julv 2» 17.000 June 3 BHUTAN 6 100 July IS 16.000 June
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    • 445 13 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL S.S. Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in England.) FOR UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL Steamer r^t Zl WELLINGTON Havre. Ldon R'dam. Hburg Grow m SOX t^"' CITY OP BAGDAD Havre. L'don. R'dam, HTmrg! t 9 J FOR NEW YORK BOSTON BALTIMORE HALIFAX MONTREAL CITY OP KIMBERLEY
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    • 765 13 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. SINGAPORE PENANG PHONE 5154 (7 Lines) ft REPRESENTING. SHIPPINO 5S f, LUE .i I;NNEL^ fNB (OcfmD Stemm The Hoa KM9W Steamship Cm. (Hit) Sbip Co., ltd., and China Muluaj btcsMi Cunard White Stat ltd Navigation C<K, Ltd.) Aberdeen Commonwealth 1 me. The Straits Steamship C^, Ltd. Bha«
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 665 14 KP M (INCORPORATED IN HOLLAND) TALOPO— Tuesday, May 31, Penang and Bagan Sl-Apl-Apl. KAMPAR-Tuesday, May 31, Bengalis, p ane h, Berombang, Tanjong Menpeidar. Tanjong-Leidong and Asahan JJ!r E i >^ S^ W f dnesday< June Mu Ttok and Palembang. S" W C w C f day^ June l< Toen B
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    • 545 14 JOINT SERVICE I OF PRINCE LINE-SILVER LINE FOR HALIFAX. BOSTON, NEW YORK, BALTIMORE AND PHILADELPHIA. VIA CAPE OF GOOD HOPE Due Sails Due Singapore Singapore New York M.V. SIAMESE PRINCE June 3 June 11 July 26 MA SILVERASH June 17 June 23 Aug. 10 M.V. CINGALESE PRINCE July 2 July
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    • 535 14 O. S. K. LINE FOR AFRICA AND SOUTH AMERICA I Santas Mara Buenos Aires via Colombo. Durban. May i\ j U m I Cape Town, Rio de Janeiro, Santos and Montevideo Atlantic Mam Cape Town via Mombasa. Zanzibar, June 3 3 Dar-es-Salaam. Beira. Lourenco Marques. Durban East London. P Elizabeth
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  • 57 15 FORCES C.IRPEKTIER, idol of Trench boxing fans returned to (he ri.l for a brief time to show once a ß ain hi!! briUiant "Ingraft He gave a demonstration of three rounds at the charity show hHrf at the Salle Wagram in Paris for the
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  • 632 15  -  J. V. Rainbow (By IJARDY annual of the debates around the billiard tables In England at the end of each snooker championship is whether the championship should be decided by greater number of games won or by a greater number of points scored. Those
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  • 54 15 The following have been selected to p'ay football for f Y.MC.A. vs Airport XI tomorrc, x the I.A. Krouncl at 5.10 p.m. A. Smith. M. Swyny. Wee Alk Cli.ni, G. C. Ackrill. Ranatunua. B«>ntly, J;illeh, Tan Ouan Klat. Thong Mag Chins, Hodgson and Quek Kim Chmn. Reserves: A.
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  • 266 15 1; Casuals 2. >NTRARY to all expectations, the Casuals soccer team beat the S.C.F.A. in the third division league at Anson Road yesterday, by two goals to one. game was even throughout. A ol the match was the splendid ng tactics employed by
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 175 15 tv C? T l■ _____j _________\j ____w\f aa^^^aaaaaaaj bjl\ \§^s&j 7//ai aa^w The new Ford "Ten" is one of the largest of four-seater cars. The long, 94 -inches wheel SW SVj I base, advanced design of body and frame. Wg^tji Wj_f_f^f_^ _h& permit maximum leg -room, elbow-room and JmlMa \_mZ£n_m
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 120 15 Diary Of The Day HOTELS. RAFFLES: Cocktail Dance 630 p.m. 330 p.m. Dinner and Dance Clnil) 930 to midnight Cabaret: Nikitina and SvetlanotT. AOELFHI: Special Dinner and e. (OCOAM'T GROVE Dinner and Dance CINEMAS. ALIIAMBRA: 'The Painted Stallion." with Ray Corrigan and Hoot G.bson, Whole serial in one show 6
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    • 417 15 S.L.T.A. TENNIS Ties For Today And Tomorrow TODAY AT S.C.C— Men's Doubles Cheong Thutt Pitt and Foo Woo I Wan vs. K. S. Hewett ar.d A. D. Andersen. Chua Choon Leong and Woon Chow Tat vs. J. N. Purnell and H. F. Foulds. J. C. Macpherson and WlComdr. White vs.
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  • 173 16 The -VLay men's Medal played during the week-end at the Lsland Golf Club. ilted in a win for L. Langdon Williams in the 'A' Division with a nett score <J 67. In the 'B' Division T. Shoda wen with a nett score of 64. tie
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  • 830 16 Surrey Crowd 800 As Australians Take Field LONDON "TIMES" ON CRICKET INCIDENT Critics Take Bradman To Task For Decision "TT was a moment of shame for the Oval" is the London Times' cricket correspondent's comment on the booing of Bradman and the rest
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  • 56 16 THE Penang State cricket team to play Selangor at Penang this week-end has been chosen as follows: A. J. Williams. Tan Ah Eu, S. T. Stewart, R\ B. Todd, Eu Cheow Teik, Lim Khye Su, F. C. D. Labrooy, S. V. Adams, J. Andres, V.
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  • 507 16 Recreation Club Beat Gordons 3-1 In First Division Match OUPERIOR in attack and defence the S.R.C. inflicted a 5-1 defeat on the Gordons in a first division i league match on the Stadium yesterday. Play was not as one sided as the .score indicates for the Gordons, in spite of
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    14 16 SPEEDY HASSAN, who uill ftgM Star Sac at the Happy World on Friday ni^ht.
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    25 16 picture. FOCJR FEET AND THE BALL. J'icture taken at Anson Koad yesterday when the S.R.C. beat the (iordons by fr.e goals to one. Free Press
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  • 59 16 In the Hnal of tl at the Kepp<l Go f Club J. L .1 worth beat H. Irving Jones 3 JUNE MONTHLY MKI»\l The June medal on Saturday and Sumi. 12 by Bawy pi iv Lniti ST JAMKS f The qualifying round James Cup will b«> pL
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  • 25 16 IT. ODWYKR replaces l>f II Hopkins, who is um.»\ ulaM* in the Furopeanj*' sidr lo pU% cricket ajainM thr Kfsi urx week-end
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  • 181 16 G*g.C 3: F. and N. 1 THE General Electric Co., beat Fraser and Neave by three goals to one in the Business Houses League soccer played on the latter's ground yesterday. The G.E.C., adapted themselves well to the bad ground conditions an.d were
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    • 109 16 1936 HILLMAN SALOON 20 H. P. $1475.00 1935 VAUXHALL 14 H. P. 1225.00 1937 MORRIS 3H. P. 1100.00 1935 AUSTIN 7 H. P. 875.00 1933 WOLSELEY 12 H. P. 7M.00 1934 SINGER 9 H P WM IWEARNES USED CAR~MART 50-A, ORCHARD ROAD, SINGAPORE FRIDAY, JUNE 3rd— 9 P.M. SHARP CHAMPIONS
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    • 50 16 .^■^H aaHaaak I L l£— 'iKß^^H RED friction I I SURFACE RUBBER I I CANVAS TRANS- I I MISSION BELTING I "Copper Queen" in your plant wHHHHHr^ meant greater efficiency, fewer I mWITU HTiVi^\ beU replacements le itrain I \j\J±rEjl\. \PLJtjMitiS on «l»ftmt and l«t. OM of I BELTING I
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