The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 2 June 1938

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  • 18 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS N O. 15,485. ESTD. 1835. THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1938. 10 CENTS.
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  • 435 1 Mr. Chamberlain On Compulsory Service POSITION OF THOSE WHO VOLUNTEER M R NEVILLE Chamberlain. the^Pr'i^eMinW announced at question time in the House of Commons today that plans exist in Britain for compulsory military service in the event of war. the Jche™ e in
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  • 230 1 MALAYA IRON ORE FOR JAPAN No Export Ban Proposed London, June 1. Hi: British Government is not to stop Japanese iron mines in Malaya from exporting i»re to Japan. the House of Commons today \stion time. Mr. A. C. Moering ced whether, in view of the AusLian Government's embargo on
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  • 122 1 Hope has been abandoned that the kidnapped son of Mr. James Hill be returned alive. Keuter. See story on page 2. test trial at Lord's: The Rest Bt for 5 (Paynter 79. Fishlock 2. V.irdle* 31. Wileox 20. and Dollery -•">>. Keuter. It was stated in Parliament that
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  • 160 1 French Advisers For Chinese Army No Munition Problem Says Dr, Kung A LARGE number of French military experts are reported to have entered Central China by way of Indo-China and Yunnan to replace German military advisers who have been recalled by their Government. Interviewed by German journalists at Hankow yesterday.
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  • 42 1 The scheme for a London airport at Fairlop, in Essex, with an electrified I railway service into the City, lias J reached the stage at which the acouisition of practically the entire area required has been completed. British Wireless.
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  • 36 1 The British Government do not re- j gard. and have never regarded migra- tion to the Dominions as a direct j method of alleviating unemployment, Lord Stanley told the House of Commons at the question time.
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  • 113 1 2 SUDETEN GERMANS WOUNDED Fresh Czech Incident A BERLIN message states that in the course of a dispute in a Czech cafe, two Sudeten Germans were shot and wounded by a Ciech soldier. According to the German news agency, the soldier was arrested. A Prague report on the incident ctates
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  • 36 1 Saragossa, June 1. The Nationalist troops today overran the strongly fortified area which was Valencia's first line of defence. Supported by aerial bombing, the Nationalists are now advancing downhill to Sagunto. Reuter
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  • 28 1 At Chantilly, in the French women's open golf championship final over 3»i holes. Mme. Rene Laroste, the French champion, beat Miss Pam Barton bv two to one. Reuter
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  • 231 1 London, June 1. .••AS A STORE of value, gold still has its place in the monetary and financial arrangements of nearly all nations, and innumerable individuals, and it is, perhaps, one of the brightest signs of transition that the world should have
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  • 348 1 Outsider Wins Derby Favourite Third Epsom, June 1. A 20-to-one outsider won the Derby today when the Hon Peter Beatty's French-bred. Bois Roussel beat Mr. James V. Rank's Scottish Union, by four lengths with Mr. H. E. Morriss' Pasch. which was the favourite, third. The King and Queen, with Queen
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  • Article, Illustration
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 34 1 BIGIA TEA Irtngfl the freshness and fragrance of the Malayan gardens direct to your home j TONIGHT ORCHESTRAL CONCERT 8.15 to 9.15 DINNER DANCE (formal) 9.45 to midnight NIKITINA SVETLANOFF POPULAR, DANCERS NON-DINERS $1.00
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    • 130 1 There Is no better Tea than BIGIA TEA GROWN IN MALAYA ADPLPHI *M§j HOTEL TONIGHT SPECIAL DINNER DANCE ■mm \m> mmci mi si< n RKi.i-KRs roriLAK momumuM mam SEA VIEW HOTEL Saturday. 4th June, 19.18 GALA DINNER GRAND MANNEQUIN PARAOE sponsored by Madame L. ChrLstie. Net proceeds to be donated
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  • 305 2 London Comment On I. R. R. C. Action WILL COMPANIES EARN PROFITS NOW? (From Our Own Correspondent) T rp t London, June 1. IT is generally recognised that the International Rubber Regulation Committee, by taking drastic quota action yesterday, narrowly averted a collapse
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  • 72 2 Washington, Jane 1. THE United States today sharply expressed "its increasing concern" at Japan's refusal to permit Americans in China to return to their properties from which they were forced by the Sino-Japanese conflict. Mr. Cordell Hull, the Secretary of State, today instructed Mr. Joseph
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  • 162 2 $50 FINE ON CHINESE pHARGED with theft of seven bottles of whisky, and six bottles of sauce, from the Singapore Swimming Club, on the morning of May 1, and alternatively with dishonestly retaining stolen property, a young Chinese. Lee Keng Yin, was fined $50, in default
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  • 333 2 Buffer Pool Scheme To Be Redrafted Malayan Comment On Official Statement 'From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. June 1 JtTEWS of Whitehall's acceptance of the buffer pool proposal was received by pro-pool enthusiasts her" with the comment: "We shall now watch the tin price rise." But. though the news was
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  • 155 2 Danger Of Accepting Plan "In Principle" From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, June 1. Kinta mining opinion received the buffer pool announcement with mixed feelings, although most Chinese miners welcomed it. A few Chinese, particularly the English-speaking section, were not so enthusiastic, however, expressing the view
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  • 323 2 Progress Of Fighting In West South Shansi A Hankow, June 1. N official report from Loyang states that the Japanese in South Shansi have evacuated the district of Chaihsien and withdrawn to Yunchen^. Chinese forces in West and South Shansi commenced a counter-attack on the
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  • 144 2 Today's I.T.C. Meeting r London, June I. E announcement of the result of the Malayan tin buffer pool referendum did not cause any fireworks at tins mornings session of the Metal Exchange. Tin did, in fact, move erratically towards somewhat lower levels Previously there had been
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  • Article, Illustration
    31 2 picture. A a MURE PATROLMAN from the U.S. Navy oK tanker Ramapo now at Singapore, snapped with a companion keeping him company when on duty at Clifford Pier, yesterday Free Press
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  • 284 2 'Appalling' Says Chinese (From Our Own Correspondent) Penan?, June 1. y^FTER a long debate the Penanp Municipal Commissioners rejected by nine votes to four a proposal to appoint a woman medical officer for child welfare work in the town. Dr. Ong Huck Chye said that not
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  • 29 2 Tar was thrown and p^ate-glass windows broken at the Van Hin Furniture Company's shop in Orchard Road ophite the end of Oxley Road, kW nignt.
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  • 37 2 <From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, June 1 roximately ***** cases of I**apples were exported during 1937 compared with 356.000 in 193Y acVnn t0 l Ji? report of the Customs and Excise Department for 1937
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  • 170 2 Ransom Paid But Child Not Returned Mr. James Cash Tells Police Princeton (Florida) June 1 Mr. James t wealthy Miami oil dealer. the ransom of HO. OOO f,,r u.. return of his five-year-old son. 4 was kidnapped while s)erp. his cot yesterday, the bo> I, yet been returned. After making
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  • 172 2 "Of Human Hearts** The Pavilion Theatre D:?ILLIAN'I ACtlnf by i all 100 Utt'c tA I been seen reeonl, feature in Of HumJUl Metro>Ooldwyn-May( r opened at the tvtli< nipht. Hustons portraval of a hard country parson in early jup to the itAixUrd i come to nptel
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  • 77 2 CABINET SECRETARIAT CHANGES ANNOUNCED London. June 1 Cabinet. Pe.-retamt ell U sequent, on the retirv Maurice Hajikey. are annoui i day. Mr. E A. Bridges. MMI Poet Laureate, has L< <ri Permanent Secretary to a unif flee covering the Cabinet, t! .<• c tee of Imperial Defence. th» jAdvisory Council,
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  • 47 2 London. June I Recruiting for th.« regular ..rrm Tfnues to be brisk throughout country, particularly for thand the Royal Artillery The total Intake la.st bercd 902, an IMNMI of M 7 per cent., over the UMl^^wmill period of last year British Wireless
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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    • 19 2 SCHICK DRY~ SHAVER. No Blades. So Lather. Save Time. Demonstrated without ob!iß,t, by MEDICAL HALL LTD. 3, Battery Road.
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  • 86 3 pROFESSOR Mar. ton Taylor Rogert, a leader of America's chemical attack and defence organisations in the great war, told the International Chemistry Congress in Rome: "Deadly gases rained from the sky, wiping out vast numbers of soldiers and civilians, will decide the next war not
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  • 278 3 CUSTOMS OFFICER'S REVELATIONS Quota Helping British Trade (From Our Own Correspondent) .m,.m,. "As an instance of the development of this trade, imports into Malaya from India and Hong Kong have jumped from 5.500.000 yards in 1934 to 31,500.000 this year," he points out.
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  • 136 3 T H al L cr Reic > cargo motor vessel built by United Engineers Ltd., Singapore, for the Island Trading Co. Ltd., Selalana Brunei Z S ter a da7 VniM I shipyard \t7an%c ,S Present at the informal launching were Mr. T. E. Edmett,
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  • 185 3 Passed Three Cars At 50 M. P. H. ALLEGATION AGAINST SINGAPORE DRIVER ffHAT he overtook three moLor-cars at a speed of about 50 miles per I hour near a dangerous junction were allegations made against a young English-speaking mo*or:st. Phai Phu Bang Phai. when he appeared before the Singapore Fourth
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  • 85 3 A fatal street accident, involving the death of a ten-year-old Chinese girl. Ang Yoke Kee. had a sequel in the Singapore Coroners Court yesterday when Mr. W. G. Porter opened an inquiry into the girl's death. The evidence disclosed that the girl was knocked down by a
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  • 50 3 Law Notice For The Day Before the Chief Justice in Ist Court at 10.30 a.m. Judgment:— S 369 '37— Kim Chew Lim vs. Lee Choon Chhing and or.s. Before Mr. Justice Home in 3rd Court at 11 a.m. 5.60 38 The Malayan Live Stock Cr., Ltd. vs. S. K. Muthugani.
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  • 51 3 The four Germans, George Baker, Erich Fisher, Franz Endejan and Horst Wilkerling, who were charged before Mr. F. V. Duckworth, in the Singapore Second Court last week, with robbinu another man, Joachim Windfuhr, of i wallet containing papers, photographs and about 20 and 30 cents, were acquitted
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  • 21 3 For biting the ear of a compatriot on Batang Benar Estate, a Tamil, Munusaxny, was fined ?5 by trie Seremban magistrate.
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  • 7 3 The Walter Reid For A Brunei Company
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  • 248 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) T up r m Kuala Lumpur, June 1. |Hh Commissioner of Customs and Excise, Mr. W. D. Barron, reports that the total gross revenue from the sale of chandu during 1937 was $6,723,764. Approximately $1,301,000 was paid out partly
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  • 110 3 A "SOUND CAMOUFLAGE** invention, which will reproduce the noise of machinegun fire, has been submitted to the French military authorities. The technique of the talkie film and the wireless has been used in its construction. The invention is designed to economise ammunition by causing an attacking enemy
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  • 91 3 i The sixth annual general meeting of the Singapore Chinese w *hangti Brokrrs' Association was held at tho Association's premises No. 12. South Canal Road. Singapore, when the folluwlncr OfßoMl were elected for 1938 President. Mr. Ng Chor Choo: vicepresident. Mr. Wong Lee Swee; hon joint
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  • 152 3 gENTENCES totalling to two and half years' rigorous imprisonment were impos-ci by the Criminal District Judge, Mr. H. A. Forrer. yesterday, on 1 a Eurasian. Vincent Osb.irne Pace He was charged with cheating the manager of the Radio Malaya, S'amfor/i Head, Mr. Law Peck Jim. of
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  • 233 3 DIG army manoeuvres will be held in West and East Java in August, September and October, it is announced by the Department of War. T^-EARLY 500,000 square feet of swamp land in the Geylang district, between Guillemard Road and the winding Geylang River, opposite the Airport in
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 269 3 KON I APTAIN G. D. G. FER;,I miner -in -Charge of the Naval Hospital. Hong K.>ik. who is passing through Singapore ir the P. A O. liner Chitral on h s way t« London. Free Press pictt it. gives AMAZING [,uJ% RELIEF Wjf J iai on Stomach J^tfrttL Heartburn I
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    • 218 3 Burnm& Achinp k fired reef 'y^ *^TV~ refreshed ji like Magic O you are afflicted with sore urea aching, burning temlet or perspinrtf teet hard skin corns caliou»os anj bunions vou should know that tne*« troubles are caused through >xces« foot acid You've jot to mt na of that ictd
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  • Our London Letter
    • 1484 4 Sir Thomas Inskip Admits Delay In Air Force Expansion From Our London Correspondent DEFORE he resigned from the Air Ministry Lord Swinton inaugurated extensive preparations for the announced expansion but they may not be sufficient. The R.A.F. have a number of secret schemes in a progressive series. The present plans
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 78 4 PITMAN'S COLLEGE ESTABLISHED IN ENGLAND 63 YEARS UNITEERS BIG. RIVER VALLEY HLlSffira GIVE YOUR SON OR DAUGHTER A REAL CHANCE. rn°l^ U? c tr ainin S in all COMMERCIAL SUBJECTS and LANUUAL»fcb and a good position awaiting the completion of TRAINING. Write, call or telephone No. 5022. g: 1 tIITS
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    • 236 4 WHY SUFFER B^TBAAAI TORTURE WITH BV4CMA; T llO »oothing, healing power of D.D.D. l*rt*< rip. I U7/ tlOn Wl^ &mazo an^ delight you. It< hing "Ix^l 8to P 9 two or throe eecomls after vou apply I> I) [> HWWT^^«7 Kv |»«evering with D.D.I). iYtocnption, the grrma and n Wi
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  • 34 5 \VAHG AND ITS CAPTOR: General Li Tsung-jen, Commander the Chinese forces in the Tieritsrn-Pnkon- Raihcap 7var zone, th>: bullet -marked railway station sign at Taierchicang. after the re-capiure of the city.
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  • 580 5 Management Research Group For Singapore Raffles College Professor 's Move "MIGHT PRODUCE GOOD RESULTS" CINGAPORE Rotarians were invited yesterday to join a management research group which Professor T. H. Silcock, Professor of Economics at Raffles College, aimed at establishing. Dr. Silcock said that he had taken steps towards forming such
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  • 78 5 IN BAD VISIBILITY, the 781-ton Norwegian vessel Haftftor ran aground at one o'clock yesterday morning on a mud bank between St. Johns Island and Blakan Mati. after leaving the Inner Roads. Singapore, bound for Malacca. At low water the fore part of the Ilafthor yesterday i/his stuck
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  • 50 5 A Malay named Abdul Talib appeared in the Third Magistrate's court. Peuang. charged with abduction of a minor. Florence Pereira. under 16. out of the keeping of the Penang Convent. The charge was explained and the case postponed till June 7, bail of $500 being allowed.
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  • 91 5 I^HE giant red-bearded Fakir of Ipi has again bern causing trouble in Waziristan by inciting the tribesmen to renewed attacks following the cessation of major hostilities last winter. It is officially indicated, in a report from Simla, that further steps will have to be taken
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  • 53 5 The bakery machinery at the new Alexandra supply depot of the Royal Army Service Corps was supplied by Melvin. Gillespie and Co Glasgow, and the cold storage equipment by J and E. Hall. Ltd.. Dartford. The machinery was installed with local labour, supervised by
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  • 193 5 Canton, May 25. TO solve the chronic shortage of rice, prices of which have risen lately to new levels, General Wu Te-chen, Chairman of the Kwangtung Provincial Government, plans to raise $11,000,000 for the promotion of agriculture in the province. This sum is based on
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  • 32 5 Mr K. A. Suppiah. State Treasurer. K .^mbilan, has been transferred to I s :.k as secretary of the Kinta Sanitary Board. Mr. Suppiah is succeeded at Seremban by Mr. Maurice Nonis.
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  • 105 5 IT is authoritatively learned that Frederic Fourre, the French missionary who was killed at Ciianglo on Apr. 11, met his death under circumstances entirely different from those given in the Japanese version. The Japanese account claims that Fourre was killed during a house-to-house sear- for bandits
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  • 56 5 Mr. F. C. Millington. managing director of Mlllingtcn. Limited, advertising agents, arrived in HHngI|MTTT from Shanghai in the P. and O. liner Chitral yesterday. He will be itaytag in Singapore for a short time before returning to Shanghai. He was accompanied by his wife and four
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  • 112 5 Quickly, Safely And Pleasantly In A Few Hours Enjoy lite to the full and keep 100 per cent nt. Start taking Castophene today and banish the curse oi Constipation for ever Castophene purifta* the blood stream, by keeping thw internal passages and organs clear It
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 140 5 Ry\ita with at least one meal daily assures appetite and helps digestion, in the pkasantest way possible. Its whole-grain rye is nourishment easily absorbed; and it is natural nourishment that aids the digestion of other foods as well. You cannot have too much of Ryvita; its crispness is good for
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    • 92 5 THE CONTINENTAL RESTAURANT. Those who want good English and Continental dishes at reasonable prices need look no further as we have engaged a former restaurateur of one of the foremost Dutch passenger lines. Ri|sta££el Every Sat. OUR SLOGAN is GOOD FOOD AT CHEAP PRICES. 44&46, Cross Street. OUR SALE ATTRACTIONS:—
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  • 73 6 fHE British "Railway Queen", Miss Irene Topham, being received in Si helm by the Director-General of the Swedish Railway Office Mr back (left). He presented her icith a link for her "peace chain', which i fains a link from every country through which she has
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 191 6 d.ou/s nt&teal Budget At la»T oor Nav correspondent" tiatbwnabk "6 <tel f*! i paiTfnecensorcK.p H^ W facts of CHamb«rl a ;S I mn.jpmm.^.^ V 'T' V^W^V ll rnse^ personally J^ *C l—-ta -iM H^>B^^ I~~7*~~ '_J Terror reigns and *t^7c r^e publicafior? of /^V \/j0 OpposM'on leader under Sr^emes fur
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  • 88 7 20 Spanish Deserters Shot In Wood TWO hundred deserters from the Spanish Govemri?nt Army hiding In a wood near the Franco-Spanish border at Palaud de Ceragne were trapped by Loyalist militiamen, who shot dead 20 of then and wounded 30 others. This was revealed when lurvivOTS appeared near the village
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  • Letters To The Editor
    • 332 7 Criticism Of Katong-Bedok Service In Rush Hours (To the Editor of the Free Presso Sir.— With reference to the letter of Mr. A. Cheng Leng, manager of the Katong-Bedok Bus Service. I strongly support Mr. J M. Janscn's suggestion that the Singapore Traction Company
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  • 598 7 PITIFUL SCENES AT IP OH pITIFUL scenes were witnessed in an Ipoh police Court when six Chinese Women, two of whom were carrying babies, were fined $5, in default ftv e cays' rigorous imprisonment, each for Having sold fruit and v -ffetables without a licence, saya
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  • 88 7 MRS HELEN WILLARD, Wc-ymouth mother of two children, put a handsewn banner with tho words Calling Womanhood: Stop War 1 on the war memorial at Wey mouth. Police told her to take it oil. Slu refused. A middl )-aged man staying at an hotel near
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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    • 277 7 "IT IS A PICTURE WHICH EVERYBODY SHOULD SEE" FREE PRESS (Yesterday) ALL SHOWS PACKED OUT! You'll want to see it Again and Again!! (^pjTnQT 8 S»OWS DAILY I 3.15 6.15 1>.15 SPECIAL MORNING MATINEES: SATURDAY and MONDAY NEXT j AT 10.30 O'CLOCK The Picture that 800.000 people paid over a
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  • 596 8 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1938. Over-Ruled THE Colonial Omce statement about the buffer pool scheme surprises no one, as their acceptance of the I.T.C. proposals was a foregone conclusion. Even those who were encouraged by reports that Mr. Malcolm MacDonald might take a different view of the
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  • 1166 8 Luang Pradit Speaks Out The Siamese Are Not Ambitious Foreign Minister Interviewed An Interview With Mona Gardner "OIAM is not playing favourites," declared Luang Pradit, Siam's young, serious and hardworking Foreign Minister in an exclusive interview. •'Siam's relations with Japan differ in no way from Siam's relations with a dozen
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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    • 27 8 For PLATE GLASS INSURANCE APPLY TO THE GENERAL ACCIDENT FIRE V LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION LTD. i lncorporated In Great Britain) HONG KONG BANK CHAMBERS SINGAPORE. PHONE: 6480
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  • 572 9 VOLUNTEERS MUST BE PREP ARED TO JUNCTION IN WAR EMERGENCY Training For Role In Crisis Time LESS EUROPEANS IN FORCE JHE Straits Settlement Volunteer Force forms an integral part of the first-line garrison of (he country as a whole, and of the Singapore fortress in particular, and, as such, it
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  • Article, Illustration
    50 9 AKEfi IS Ah AMBULANCE from the P. and O. liner Chitral to ttU U€*HospUal pestertop was Mr. W. Warren, who is convacscing from pneunia. After his dischuroe from hospital he icUl oo to Neiv Zealand This ->iou\r h:m being conveyed down the gangway from the liner Free Press
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  • 218 9 AFTER witnessing 31 > cars' progress in travel India, llurma and Ceylon, Mr. N. L. Fisher, of Thomas Cook and Son, Ltd., arrived in Singapore yesterday, on his way to Kngland, via the Far East and United States. Mr. Fisher has retired
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  • 122 9 To the editor of the Free Press Vl R.— With reference to the article in the Free Press dealing with the payment to temporary employees on race days of approximately $12 daily. Soldiers are doing some of the work on race-days arid they appear to have
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  • 56 9 Singapore's infantile death rate has creased from 178.8 per 1.000 a year :he previous week to the high figure of 2)2.7 last week. A year ago the rate was 158.5. The weekly health statement for Singapore says that 278 persons died viuring last week, the chief
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  • 86 9 Shortly before leaving for England on leave, and then going to Nigeria, where he will be Senior Assistant Government Auditor. Mr. R. Lilley, Assistant Auditor. Singapore, was given 9 farewell party at. the Airport Hotel, yesterday, by members of the Government Audit Department staff. About
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  • 174 9 THE extent to which Malaya's prosperity depends on the prices of rubber and tin in the world markets, and the manner in which these can fluctuate at short intervals, even under a system of international control of production, would indicate the desirability of broadening
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  • 59 9 The number of calls attended by Singapore Fire Department Accident Ambulance Service during May was 263. Of there 32 were to cases outside Municipal limits. The ca^es are classified as follows: motor-car accidents 44, motor lorry 14, motor bus 6, trolley car 12, collapse cases 29, attempted suicide
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  • 121 9 "BEAUTIFUL AND LIFE-LIKE" Prom Our Own Correspondent. > Kuala Lumpur, June 1. THE Sultan Hisamud-Din Alum Shah of Selangor. and his wife, the Tengku Ampuan. viewed the Malay kampong diorama which has been pre pared in the M.A.H.A. Hall. Ampang Road, for the Glasgow Empire Exhibition. His Highness, who was
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  • 49 9 picture. MR. F. XV. PERSUING, only son of Genrra' Pershiny. famous Commander-in-chief of the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe, who arrived with his bride in the P. and O. liner Chitral, from Hontj Kong, In the course of a lionc'jmoon-tr'.Tp round the uorld.— Free Press
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  • Article, Illustration
    38 9 picture. DR. W. A. FELL, Professor of Anatomy at King Edward VII Colhye of Medicine, who returned by the P. and O. li7ier Chitral. yesterday, after conducting examinations in anatomy at the University of Honq Kong Free Press
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  • 491 9 COLLECTOR TELLS OF THEFT (From Our Own rn Kuala Lumpur. Juih JADE STONES from Mum; formed part of the exhibit* shown to Mr. a. j. OrattanBellew, thr rirsi Maglatrati Kuala Lumpur, today, when Tan Klioon Seng was charged :i, abetting the th« a (> i
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  • 50 9 un nu muni lo km tor .1 holiday and bllfllM trip to A t-e frier.d.s oJ Mr .S Y A'a'A JJ». rcnera! munaxer IfoMTI Alkali Co. arc nlvlnß a Iff n h!s ir it tlie Empre.v* II. Middle H tCM'.uy at 4 30 p ni
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  • FREE PRESS SPECIAL COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    • 454 10 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCK SHARES From London 5.30 p.m. Yesterday The above are dealers' middle prices; jobbers* margins, brokerage and stamp duty are not included. Chare ol £1 denomination unless Latest Quotations Previously otherwise stated Conversion Loan. 5 p.c.. 1944-64.... ll3»/ 2 113*/;, Funding Loan. 4 p.c.. 1960-90 1133/
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    • 194 10 From London 5.30 p.m. Yesterday RUBBER: Quiet. London: 5 9'l6d. 5 11 16d. Previously: 5 5 B d. s**.id. July-Sept.: 5 5 B d. S^d. Previously: 5 11T6d. 5 13 16d. Oct -Dec: 5 3 4 d. 5 13T6d. Previously: 5 13 16d 5" B d. Jan-Mar.:
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    • 1102 10 Fraser And Co.'s List Sulob (50 CU.) .35 m4Q Sungel Bageo (91) 1.90 i.cq Sungel Ramai (91) .95 l 0 Sungel Tukang (91) .99 i.'oo r<t TambaJaJc (81) .42 Tapah ($1) t 571 j' 6 T. Anson (91) „37,^ < Temerlob (91) .50 Trafalgar (32)
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    • 49 10 From London: Latest Quotations I I TIN: Firmer. Three months; £163 ss. Previoi L >M63 7s. 6d COPPER:' 1115 PriCC,; 36 87 Previously 37.12. Settlement: €33. Previously: £33 15s. Yesterday: £7 Os. 7Ud. Previously: £7 Os. 5' 2 d Two months: lS^d Previously: 18 9 I6d.
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    • 62 10 London Closing Quotations Method of Paritv before Latest PreCentre Quoting 20-9-31 Rate viouslv :in Franc to 121.1 1785 16 173 3 16 New or 5 to 4.88 4.94'. 4951, Amsterdam Guilders to 897-, 4J$% 4 MS? Hong Kong.. Per dollar u %»d i< d *T doUar IoVd
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    • 190 10 Yesterdays Singapore Quotations SELLING June 1 London. T.T. 2 3 11 16 London, demand 2 3 11 16 Lyons, demand 2050 Switzerland, demand 249? 4 Hamburg, demand 141 New York, demand 571 a Montreal, demand 575.' 8 Batavia. demand 103 3 8 Samarang. demand 103«.j Calcutta, Bombay
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    • 46 10 ISSUED BY FRASER AND CO. AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS YESTERDAY MINING. Tin at midday was SBl.OO, down Sl.OO. According to cnanse the *Si of the Stock Ex' last feu weeks. du!l as lhey havc bcen for the nnd'rs^; I^" fresh i t
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    • 270 10 The following quotations are published by courtesy oi S. E. Levy and Co., and Swan ClllbertsOQ and Fritz. DOW -JONES AVERAGES. Previously Yesterdav Close Close Changes CO Industrials 108.90 107.74 off 1 16 *J0 Rails 20.58 20.31 off .27 20 Utilities 18.12 17.88 off .24 «0 Bonds
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    • 208 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association DAILY PRICES CURRENT June 1» o'clock noon L. Buyers Sellers .No. I.X.R.S.S. in cases <F.O.b. June) 19 v 4 19 i., Good FAQ. in bales (FOB. June. i8 3 8 18 r, 8 Nc. I.XK.S.S. (Spotloosot (awardable Singapore) 191, 19 a 8 June 19 3
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 51 10 S. E. Levy Co. Shanghai. Hongkong. Manila, Singapore MEMBERS. NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE COMMODITY EXCHANGE. INC NEW YORK COFFEE SUGAR EXCHANGE CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE. CANADIAN COMMODITY EXCHANGE SHANGHAI STOCK EXCHANGE HONGKONG SHARE BROKERS' ASSN MANILA STOCK EXCHANGE. Meyer Chambers, Singapore (Second Floor) PP. Box 333 To, 5251-5252 cabie Address:
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  • 74 11 A CONFERENCE regarding the Netherlands Indies native rubber industry began last week at the Department of Economic AfTairs at Batavia. At the conference was the Director of the Interior. 12 commissioners of na'ive rubber districts and several officials. The main subjects dealt with were the
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  • 117 11 Chinese Scheme To Stop Abuses Mr. Au Yong Su Fung made a series |of suggestions for the handling of i domestic t in quota rights at special general meeting of the Selangor Miners Association held in Kua.a Lumpur. Among Mr. Au's suggestions was
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  • 1104 11 GOLDS AND AIRCRAFTS ONLY BRIGHT SPOTS Company Profits Advance Begins To Slow Down (From Our Own Correspondent) A ft™ fi• u* 0 London, May 25. A*TER a fortnight of comparative steadiness following the conclusion of the Anglo-Italian Agreement, the prices of most securities quoted on
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  • 180 11 Singapore Produce Prices Singapore, Junr I I? noon llu>«n» Nriirrf Gambler j D <) Hamo'ir* Cut>e 114 M Java Cube IIIM IVpper wijito Ifontok si4««i White If] n\) Bla.-k i Copra Ind.tvs pri.r* Mixed $2 Sun I)ii' i U 2it I .ipiuca Small FJ u.e %.i «j«> Fair FJ iK<
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    • 909 11 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS BOARD RESIDENCE SEA FRONT KATONG GRANGE-77. Meyer Rd Board-ResHJence at moderate rates Law Gardens— Tennis Phone: 575*. THE MANSION. OXLEY BJSE NON-LICENSED RESIDENTS K3TEI Oailv and monthly larmc TEL. *****. "LOXTON" First Class Private Hote: ftftfiraomi with modem bathrooms tram M per month Hot water to Pat^ooms Ceiling
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    • 178 11 BANK OF CHINA Incorporated in <"hin« If Rprrlai Cf;.. 12. CrrU Sirerl Sm t *p*r*. MODERN BANKING 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 ol every description. TO LET OFFICES IN
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 724 11 RADIO PROGRAMMES j SINGAPORE TODAY IHL 1.33 me s .22.5 m.) p.m. 6.00 Indian music. II 6.30 Ctune&e music. t 700 Violin re.ital by Humor R Won? 7.10 'Talks for Women— l." An outline of the series :ommencing next *v<k by the organiser 7.30 Time, weather, ncu.s and announcements. 7.45
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  • 1158 12 Admiralty Studies The Far East CONVOY SHIPS AND NO SMALL CRAFT IT IS acknowledged, both inside and outside the Service, that the convoying of merchant ships in narrow waters, or at thc focal points of the trade lanes, is one of the Navy's major problems, says the Manchester Journal of
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  • 98 12 A BILL to provide for the protection in the colony of manufacturers' designs registered in the United Kingdom was published in the Straits Settlements Government Gazette last week. The Bill, which proposes to repeal the present Registratior of United Kingdom Designs Ordinance, will confer upon
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  • 178 12 Bluejackets Desert From British Cruiser EIGHT DESERTIONS from the Dorsetshire, the 9,900-ton British cruiser, in which a shooting affair recently occurred, were confirmed by the Admiralty. Reports from the cruiser show that the men, believed to be ordinary seamen, were missed after the vessel left Sydney on Apr. 28, following
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  • 40 12 The Nederland Line Royal Dutch Mail liner Johan van Oldenbarnevelt is expected to arrive alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves at 7 a.m. tomorrow and will .sail for Europe the same day at 10 a m. sharp.
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  • 48 12 Demonstration 0.255 0 2 Mines Operations 0 10 unq Sail Mauricio 0 455 0 4S United Paracale 0.30 Cold Share Averages:— Previous Today's 71 06. These prices are published by tcsy of Messrs S E Levy and Co Singapore, to whom they arc cabled
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    • 438 12 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporsted In Pl/LS.) tffKUtraONKl Frelfht 54SS— 54«* LLOYDS AGENTS. toonKTVO AGENTS FOR FEDERATED MALAY STATES RAILWAY© ROTAL STATE RAILWAYS O» SIAM. ISmaoiah pacinc \dxicocDora6ed la F r> g 1 fl > MUJ THE "EMPRESS" ROUTE offers TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES via HONOLULU or direct EMPRESS to VANCOUVER— ACROSS CANADA
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    • 197 12 HENDERSON LINE ■canon of timmw By Fortnightly Passenfer Steamei Between Rangoon. Port Sudan. Marseilles. Palma and England. MMBWABO tAILINGI Port of Disembarkation Plymouth Leave Kanco.> YOMA June il PEGU June 2d SALWEEN j ui y 9 KEMMENDINE AMARAPOORA Aug 6 SAGAINO AUK 20 PROME Sept j BURMA Se p t
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 537 12 Local And 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 0 Kota Bahru, Kuala Krai Thursday and Friday* 7 a.m. Sunday 7 p.m. Kuala Lumpur and Penang Weekdays; 7.45 a.m. Malacca, Batu Annara, Batu Pahat, Gemas.
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    • 185 12 SINGAPORE HARBOIIt The following ships are ■lOftftfii the wharves or expected to ar: Fast Wharf. Entrance Gate 1; Fxit i Rajula 22: Nagato M.iru 20. .llain Wharf. Entrance (iate V. K x it Chltral 18; Somali 16; Mar»«rh ii JotTre 14; Kamunlng 12: K Suisang 7. Benvorllch 30; City of
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    • 445 13 ij\ 111 L M BYP&Oand BRITISH riMD[A~LINES -INCORPORATED IN ENGLAxND) P. &O.S. N. CO f S SAILINGS, OUTWARDS 1 > 6.800 June 2 CORFU 15 000 July 29 17.000 June 3 BHUTAN 6.100 July 30 16.000 June 17 BEHAR 6 000 Aug 8 17.000 Julv 1 CHITRAL 15.000 Aug. 12
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    • 527 13 (Incorporated In Straits Settlements.) ELLERMAN BUCKNALL S.S. Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in England.) FOR UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT, VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL Steamer Jue s CITY OP WELLINGTON Havre. Ldon. Rdim, H burg. Grow Tn Port Ttod&v CITY OP LYONS Havre. Leon. Rdam, Hburg, G'gow June 29 Julv 2 CITY
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    • 755 13 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. SINGAPORE PENANG PHONE 5154 (7 Lines) REPRESENTING. SHIPPING THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean Steam The Una Khlow Stranuhlp C« (1932) I 14. Ship Co., LUL, and Cbina Mutual bteam Cunard WhiU Stat Ltd. Navigation Co., Ltd.) Aberdeen A ommnnvir.lt h line. The Straits Steam&hip Co.. Ltd. Shaw
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    • 687 14 KP M t( INCORPORATED IN HOLLAND) TOMOH E cJ? S^ We H dlWSd i ay J o ne o t Fcnang and Belawan-Deli. T S^"t^^h y T JUne n 2 o^ r l gKawang P^angkat and Samba*. nit n p y JU o e 2 Selat i nd J a
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    • 507 14 JOINT SERVICE OF PRINCE LINE-SILVER LINE FOR HALIFAX, BOSTON, NEW YORK, BALTIMORE AND PHILADELPHIA, VIA CAPE 9F GOOD HOPE Due Sails Due Singapore Singapore New York M.V. SIAMESE PRINCE June 3 June 11 July 26 MS. SILVERASH June 17 June 23 Aug. 10 M.V. CINGALESE PRINCE July 2 July 9
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    • 534 14 O. S. K. LINE FOR AFRICA AND SOUTH AMKKK A fSantos Muru Buenos Aires via Colombo. Durban.May 31 jm, Cape Town. Rio de Janeiro, Sant<,j> and Montevideo Atlantic Maru Cape Town via Mombasa. Zanzibar. j Dar-es-Salaam. Beira. Lourenco Marques. Durban. East London^P Elizabeth and Mossel Bay tArizona Maru Buenos Aires
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  • 2299 15 Edrich Compton In Form: Bowes Makes Brilliant Come-Back Pay Bowlers More Than Batsmen: Perry's Pupil Beats Austin: Society Girls As Stable Hands Home Sports Notes By Barney London, May 25. rpIE odds are that 1938 will prove to be the first cricket season id provide more
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  • 94 15 The flnal soccer trial match Will be played at Anson Road Stadium on Wednesday, and the following players are requested to attend by 5 p.m. sharp, prepared to play if required. Abdul Rahman Haji Abdul Rahman, Aziz, Dollah, G. Day. Haji Dol, James Goh, Harith, Ilor Khoon,
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  • 169 15 ■From Our Own Correspondent Seretnbau, May 31. The annual Negri Sembilan lawn tennis championships b<»in on the grass courts of the Sungei Ujong Club at Seremban on June 11 and wiil be continued on June 12. 18 and 19 Entries, which close on June 7
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  • 88 15 •From Our Own Correspondent Seremban, May 31. The Malay Regiment look like winners of the Negri Sembilan football league now in progress at Seremban Yesterday they brat the State Medical and Health Services team, their closest rivals, by three goals to one at Port Dickson. Negri Sembilan will
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  • 78 15 SC.RC. tennis teams lor matches are: Saturday at the Dutch Hub at 4.30 p.m.: Wee Eng Lock and Hokecn; Jimmy Kam and Y. P. Wee; Dr Ong Siow Hian and Pang Chiap Song, K H. Tann and Chia Kong Tye. Vs. RAF. at Seletar on Saturday, June 18:
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  • 379 15 II.M S. Terror. 3: skins A GOOD same of soccer was play« <1 at Tanglin yesterday whe 1 tha Terrors boat the Ski' .by three to one in the second division leazue. The solitary goal scored by the Skh.s was in the closing st.^es
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  • 146 15 ROSS BATTERED BY NEGRO IN TITLE FIGHT New York. June I IN T one of Um most amazing ex tions of non-stop llKhtiiu-. ever so n in Now York, Armstrong. Ihi n< boxer, battered Barney Ron to a pulp to become a double world ch:imj>i..M by annexing the writer effOWB
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    • 152 15 boxing TOMORROW NIGHT 9 P.M. AT HAPPY WORLD COVERED STADIUM DEBUT OF 1 BABY GUZMAN pfe FORMER TRITIE CHAMPION OF THE ORIENT. rWKK BEAT VENTIRA V JL MAR(JI ES IN MANILA i *T VENTURA MARQUES MEXICAN Af E-FEATHER A LIGHT- Vv. WEIGHT CHAMPION OF SINGAPORE 10-3 MIN.-ROl NDS DHARMARAJ vs.
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 159 15 Diary Of The Day HOTELS. RAFFLES: Orchestral Concert 815 to 9.15 p.m. Dinner and Dance (Formal) 9.45 to midnight. Cabaret: Nikitina and Svetlanoll. ADELPHI: Special Dinner and Dance. COCOANUT GROVE: Dinner and Dance. CINEMAS. ALHAMBRA: "The Painted Stallion," with Ray Corrigan and Hoot Gibson, Whole serial in one show 6
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  • 454 16 Four Lengths Margin From Scottish Union PASCH BEATEN INTO THIRD PLACE THE Derby run yesterday over one and a half miles resulted The Hon. Peter Beatty's BOIS ROUSSEL (Elliott) 1 Mr. James V. Ranks SCOTTISH UNION (Carslake) 2 Mr. H. E. Morriss' PASCH
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  • 395 16 Chinese Too Good For In Second Division pIE S.C.F.A. registered a decisive victory over Fort Canning yesterday by the comfortable margin of four goals to one in a vigorously contested second division league match at the Stadium. Though beaten four times Homer gave a nr.e exh'bition of goalkeepir.g. He warded
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    15 16 MRS. R. NASSIM (left) wh o beat Mrs. Sewell in the S.L.T.A. tennis ties yesterday.
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  • 48 16 London, June 1. DKADMAN has strained 1 back and will probably be unable to play cricket for the next two matches. As there was no play in the match against Gloucester yesterday, owing to rain, the Australian captain has left for London for an examination. Reuter
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  • 90 16 •From Our Own Correspondent.* Kuala Lumpur, May 31. THE final selection of Selangor players for the triangular badminton tournament to be played at Ipoh resulted as follows: Men* Singles: A. Samuel. Chan Kon Leong, Alimat and Yew Seng Doubles: Samuel and Kon Leon? Yew Seng and
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  • 62 16 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penangr, June l Goon Kok Ying's supremacy in the Penang tennis singles championship for five years was broken today when he was beaten by his younger brother ?n°?P s°t m in strai^t sets in the final. Kok Lem won decisively 6-2
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  • 66 16 ALLEN WILL NOT CAPTAIN ENGLAND London, June 1. "Gubby" Allen is not piaving in today's Test trial as he is in bed with a strained back. Wilcox. of Essex, is captaining the Rest. It is understood, says Reuter, that Allen is now not running for the captaincy of England as
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  • 180 16 Gunners Win 1-0 Against Loyals JHERE were few thrills at Biakan Mali yesterday when the Loyal* were defeated one-nil by the R a Blakan Mati in second division of the League. This was one of those games in which tension destroyed constructive football. The pa^e did not slacken until the
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  • 134 16 Easy Win For Japanese Pair In Straight Sets •THE elimination in the men's doubles of the Malayan champion. Chin Kee Onn, and his partner Dr. Chia Teck Yam was the feature ol yesterday's matches in the Singapore lawn tennis championships. This pair
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  • 229 16 Cricket Club Beaten 10-Nil By R.A.F. In First Division Game RAF 10; S.f.C DECORD for soorin* the most R oals in first division lea«u. me 5».C.C. by ten clear goals on the padang. The game. first aaid second i. was one of the most one-sided <m sion one matches .seen
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  • 60 16 The Mayflower BP. are holding a Success Dinner at the Oreat World Restaurant at 8 p.m. on Saturday in ce^ebration of the winning of the Malayan men's open singles chamrion^hip by Mr Tan Chong Tee and the Malayan mixed doubles tlt> by Mr. Wong Peng Soon and Miss Waiiten
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  • 26 16 3ch£s A/iKlo-Chine** C0m,.,,,, S r annual abiotic d^^l; ?J d who Wisil S^L*2ii n their namM aild w me sports .socreUry bv Jum i
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    • 50 16 TODAY'S TIES H. Kamis vs. Chua ObOOQ LMI Y.M.C.A. COURTS TOMORROW'S TIES Tomorrow's ties are: S.C.C. COURTS Mixed Doubles m Men's Doubles A Y ™S^^- r 1* V.. Women's Sinrlrs Mrs. Green vs. Mrs. NaasinT Y.M.C.A. ourt, \m iv# w. Vet r *n'« Singles M. Muteuhiro vs. j. S Nathun
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