The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 18 June 1938

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1 16 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
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    • 325 1 ._________________________________>_________■_____ _______________H___________________________________________________________________B r^mmm Jf _KB^^______________________. \m\WAmM m? J> JmmW II Wr m A AmW Tr^mW*m\ bW k Um^ mm t Qf fß WW\\r Wlmim^mX m m W mr B_i__B M m, BBS m^^^m m\ mm W \mm. .^mm^mt _____B m\ m\m mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm M BL THE CHINA WAR, AND WHAT NEXT?
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  • Singapore Free Press China War Supplement
    • 10 1 Singapore Free Press China War Supplement SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 1938.
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    • 512 1 4 LTHniT_PH 4U as A (,H lhe Singapore Free Press riv~ w.r rss* muf tedj^^r fro v he cannot hope to deal adequately wtth T of events m the Far SStltod!? organised on a vvartimp ho«£ j a been owj I*. nation 't'ltep^d S* J
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    • 156 1 QNCE Tse Kung. one of the disciples of Confucius, asked the Master what a man should do m case of an obligation to aver.ge his parents. In reply the Master said. Wear your sword even when you are sleeping m order that you may be always ready
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    • 247 1 American Girls Boycott Silk Stockings Feminine Way Of Helping China DV refusing to wear silk stockings, women m the United States arc "m their own little way helping China m her war of sell-defence against Japan, said Miss Molly Yard organising secretary of the United Students" Peace Committee of America,
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    • 20 1 The coloured portrait on this page is of Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek l the modern "Saviour" of the Chinese people.
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    • 837 2 Patriotic Youths Left Their Homes Without Permission Encouraging the Masses AT the end of last year when the Chinese forces were suffering heavy reverses on the eastern war front and when the civilians were evacuating en masse from coastal areas to the interior, there
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    • 467 2 Terms Of The Agreement 41JHILE the Soviet Government ¥v have made no satisfactory statement on the visit to Russia cf Mr. Sun Fo. President of the Chinese I Legislative Yuan, the few facts which are not disputed indicate i that the report of a Sino- Soviet
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    • 131 2 For the purpose oi financing the piesent campaign ol reaistance, the National Govemmen. has decided to issue national defence bonds to the amount of $500,000,000 The bends, which are to be secured on the income tax. were formally issued on May 1 m the denominations of
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    • 327 2 Station Moves Chenju Radio To Szechuan Capital THHL powerful Chinese Govern- ment radio otation at Chenju. near Shanghai, which was removed just before it came under Japanese naval gunfire last year, has been set up outside Chengtu. capital of Szechuan. It is now functioning a.s usual
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    • 214 2 HTHE Library o| War-time Liter.. ture. established In March by several Chinese newspaper editors In Hankow, has come to be regarded as an indispensable institution to students and commentators ol the Bino-JafantVs war and h\ organisations serving the cultural need the people. Perhaps to
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    • 265 3 Chu Yuan Was Dejected But Not The Chinese Today pOR the first time In centuries, the Dragon Boat festival— one of Chlna'j biggest and most timehonoured Jubilees which falls on the fifth day of the fifth moon according to the now defunct Chinese
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    • 875 3 A Dangerous Journey For Red Cross Units Patients THREE BOMBS FALL NEAR REFUGEES INTENSE drama under constant threat of aerial attack made life on the last train from Suehow more thrilling than fiction. The train, a long string of 42 coaches and open cars pulled
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    • 247 3 Actress-Heroine Who Would Not Be Evacuated T^HE "Juliet" of China and her 1 troupe of 25 Chinese amateur dramatic players have been missing since the withdrawal of Chinese troops from Suchow en the southern Shantung front. They refused to be evacuated. Miss Yue Pei-shan.
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    • 1830 4 Relief Activities In Many Of The Occupied Areas y^HRISTIAN missionaries m China have faced unbelievable hardship and danger m organising and directing the most hazardous and difficult humanitarian relief work m modern times. A few facts will suffice to indicate the magnitude and importance of
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    • 701 5 United Front Formed Of All Korean Associations How Students Are Helping 4LL Chine.se soldiers and civilians who uphold their country's cause against Japan above everything else find a sister-in-arms In Mi.ss Lin Chen Ai, Korean uirl revolutionary. Miss Lim has all the qualities known to
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    • 112 5 To show its sympathy and respect to China's armed resistance, the Italian Government has presented to China large quantities of medicine. Part of these medicine will be sent to Hanleow, part will be given to the Cluristian churches for distribution m the interior and part
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    • 513 5 LIEUTENANT-GENERAL Y. Chew had made up his mind. He had Just received urgent orders frcm Chinese Army Headquarters to defend Mencheng and delay the progress of the Japanese toward the Lunghai Railway as long as possible. So General Chow and hus five hundred dare-to-dies made
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    • 397 5 n industry Goes On Despite The War A LTHOUGH the war may have r% swerved the aesthetic appreciation of many a Chinese into more serious channels, the furnaces m Klngtchchen. the famous porcelain manufacturing centre m the Central China Province cf Klangsl, are still burning
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    • CHINESE AVIATORS DESCRIBE THEIR ADVENTURES
      • 771 6  - Start Of The SinoJapanese Clashes In The Air TA FENG BY HrilK Chinese air force did not come to the limelight until its furious clashes with the Japanese air raiders over the skies of Hangchow and Nahing last August, but still little has been written about it. With the object
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      • 710 6  - "How I Bombed The Japanese Camps Near Shanghai" WEN CHI A PENG BY (\\S THE night of December 21 last, I flew back to Hangchow from a certain place and I was immediately told that I was one of those who had been ordered to fly to Shanghai and bomb
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      • 414 6  - Barracks Hongkew Attacked TA NIAN BY |T was drizzling and the weather was unusually bad. but that did not stop military activities. Six Chinese bombers penetrated the thick clouds and made direct for the Japanese barracks at Hongkew, Shanghai. It was then reported that owing to repeated reverses a greater
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      • 491 6  -  HUANG CHEN HSIA BY TPHE terrific blow dealt on the Japanese air force raiding Wuhan on February 18 gave new hope and courage to the whole Chinese nation. As a reply to this air raid, a fleet of the Chinese air force swept across the Strait
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    • 734 7 Chinese Temples Now In Ruins r PHE Laughing Buddha is now grief-stricken 3 many of the tens thousands of Buddhist temples m China m which he had his sanctuary have been destroyed by the war machine of Japan. of the biggest and most famous
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    • 362 7 Wartime Food Economy QWING to the abundance of supply, the time may never come when China has to go on rations su» did the European nations during the Great War. But as a precautionary measure further progress m foodstuff conservation has been made as a result of an order issued
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    • 215 7 '•r\UR officers always told us tnat we were sent to China to fight the Communists. But ever since 1 came to this country four months ago. I have not seen a single Com munist." Thus admitted Fujida, a 23-year old Japanese captive, who, before he was hur/ied
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    • 728 7 Legless, He Wants To Fight On For China vr £00 bad my mother only gave me two legs and two feet at birth, otherwise I could go on fighting! The ?nan who said those brave words had dragged himself from a battlefield to a hospital. SheUfire had
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    • 100 8 KVRB/i~ *±«SSS« II S T A m& w b js k s H ife g| H Mg 4fc nm it ft m X H 3* -t Jh ft Ht Mj fa ,Z ft H6 m 4 *fc h UMflift g ft IS J# nq ft Ift
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    • 70 9 T ikj h m *J 4« r9 W tf. #< ffi WM* m V M« g n *fc ____M_U__M Above: Troops on Great Wallonce built for protection. Left: A Japanese soldier takes aim at a Chinese. Right: Bombs rain death on a suburb of Canton.
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    • 1268 10 "Our Calamity Calls For Special Qualities" THIS appeal the people of China by the wife of the Generalissimo w as given to the Chinese nation on the inauguration of the people's spiritual mobilisation movement which aimed at intensification of public interest and active practical
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    • 1794 11 Chinese Guerillas Prove A Them maw W oV^_. EQI^Er7&~^DEQUATE SUPPLIES OF AMMUNITION IMAJOR hostilities m China are ITI becoming of relatively minor importance. The victorious Japanese invaders find themselves faced with a new military problem —one where there is no front and no rear,"
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    • 319 12 Singapore Chinese On Tour JJEADED for the East Indies where thousands of Chinese, from merchant princes to the humblest coolies, have made their homes, ten youths and two girls of the China Youth Publicity Corps left Hankow to conduct an extensive publicity campaign m the Interests of China's war chest.
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    • 354 12 A LTHOUGH no epidemic has developed m the army since the outbreak of the war with Japan, the Chinese Army Medical Service is taking every precaution against a possible outbreak of such diseases as cholera, typhoid, and smallpox. This was stated by Dr. Hu Lan-sun.
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    • 1147 12 WHEN CHINESE BOMBERS RAIDED JAPAN Leaflets Dropped On Town Explode Safety Illusion tTROM the historical point of view, the bcmbless raid oi Japanese cities by Chinese planes m the early hours of May 20 was highly significant, for it ruthlessly ended the Japanese boa^t that since time immemorial no foreign
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    • 90 12 CHIANG KAI-SHEK IN GOOD HEALTH DC J pa Lhal l B el d*l man oi Atfuii I nurd <_\ t^u: of the Knomlnti r wound d dti.ii J I trails Imo i- enjoj s bes h lv Hanta d nine pounds In tl few months since he mewed his h
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    • 586 13 Appeal To Japanese To Understand The Chinese WHAT must have then sounded like pleading for mercy from Japan has now, by a change of circumstances, proved to have been a timely warning, had the Japanese leaders had the foresight to profit by the words of
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    • 458 13 'WE are going home." That is the joyful note of tens of thousands tie Chinese boys and girls whose seemingly endless trek from the war :<xeas is now leading them to the homes where they will be educated brought up through charity of :y and
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    • 41 13 Over 50C.000 people arrived m Shanghai from the nearby cities m the past month and all t'.ie hotels and houses m the International Settlement and French Concession have been occupied by them, creating a serious problem of housing m that city.
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    • 80 13  - CHENGTEH-TUNGCHOW RAILWAY BUILT BY JAPANESE Ta Mei Wan Pao In an attempt to dominate North China and to penetrate deep into Inner Mongolia for their future attacks against Outer Mongolia, the Japanese have built a railway connecting Chengteh m Jehol and Tungchow near Peiping. Construction work of the line was
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    • 327 13  - How Cement Is Smuggled Into Shanghai Ta Mei Wan Pao Chinese Factories Closed Down •T*HE Shanghai Chinese Cement Works and the China Cement Works at Lungtan suspended operations since the outbreak of hostilities m Shanghai last August. Heavy damage was sustained by these factories as their plants and machinery were
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    • 85 13  -  Speaking on the recent developments In the international situation, Dr. Wang Chung HuJ, Minister of Foreign Affairs, dwelt at length upon the Anglo-Italian Agreement, the Abyssinian problem and the future relations between China and other Powers. The Fjirelgn Minister made the final remark that
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    • 288 13 A n ti- Wh ite Campaign In Nanking A PPARENTLY m an attempt to obi*- terate Chi:; recollections of Japanese atrocities, the Japanese authorities m Nanking, according to informal 311 just received m Hankow, have begun a campaign urging the people "to break away from tho clutches of the White
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    • 68 13  -  Ta Mei Wan Pao al Hi v ..•>.-. h. t was revealed thai th< Mi;. Bai pany made a net \n fit $3no.<iOo In 1937. Messrs. T. V. Soonp. Chunn l Chuan, Chow Tso Mi.i. Tv V Sen, Tv Chung Yuan and lluane J
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    • 611 14 China's Hollywood Now In Hankow WAR left Shanghai a city minus its fame as China's Hollywood when Chinese artists of the silver screen marched inland en masse after the withdrawal of the Chinese troops from their Sh a n crh ai fronts. Th? march end^d at
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    • 788 14 200 Godchildren For General Chiang •yHE great task of promoting the education and welfare of warafilicted children In China is now m fu'.l swing with the inauguration of the Child Welfare Committee In Hankow. The Committee's ambitious plan to care for 20,000 out of upward of
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    • 467 14 Effect Of Boycott JAPAN'S all-important foreign trade, the backbone of Japanese economy, sustained further declines during January, February and a part of March this year, statistics available m Hankow reveal. Japan's exports during that period totalled Yen 435.000.000 as compared with Yen 530.000.000 for the corresponding
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    • 2274 15 UNIFICATION OF THE NATION Japan's Weaknesses Problems "THIS article is a summary of the views expressed by the Secretary of the Chinese Communist party and published In a recent issue of The Masses, a Hankow journal and translated by Pacific Higest. It is of
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      • 71 16 W^ SHERLEY'S JLJ_^_-__.B^* T w^c__^u. SHERLEY'S "^H^*S^2»S^ii3S Tojiic and Conditio* Powdara And <W _X__T^- Jeap, their b'ood cooi. then appet.te* P Ff) riIJH Wn. their spirits bubblm* and* n._k__ M•■ Isf I LV fk &r^sssrtr_2s2_! ,t,ifcC gaag&a^gys tomk condition powders dog. start the wise habit of fivm. *mmCAmm w s*,»
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    • 87 3 fJr \T 1 I suppliers cf y I DECK L ENGINE STORES X 7 J OUTBOARD MOTORS 1 ENGINEERING TOOLS 177 Q W• i I II lll!lb_.^4 jH I l^H __FS ___H ■HH E I n^BHx 1 Ivlll*j »A i_TR %t it i JKHmBTtH^m^B Ship-chandlers, General Ironmongers, Sail, Aiming, Screen,
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    • 266 3 AMERICAN H.M.V. RADIOS CHOICE OF EXPERTS TESTED, APPROVED, AND ACCEPTED TO BE THE H H_|^^~' BEST MAKE IN MALAYA FOLLOW THEM YOU 111 •TtStfiT'Vh" *Sft*i_fi hLs Amerkan H-M.V. fUdin K r.im Model ImiL a r lorlouslj to* ,i i„. isS^a •*■'■< W. minuti- instrument, extremely ea«y I *-ra!e. ith its
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    • 156 4 AN AMAZING OFFER. SPECIAL CHEAP HOLIDAY TOURS TO JAVA FOR MEMBERS OF H. M. FORCES BONA-FIDE RESIDENTS OF MALAYA. ROUND TRIP TO JAVA PORTS. (Singapore. Batavia. Cheribon. Semarang, Singapore) occupying about 9 days. BY RED FUNNEL LINE residents of Singapore and Malaya who did this trip described it as "marvellously
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    • 142 5 OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION, LTD. Authorised $40,000,000.00 Issued Paid Up $10,000,000.00 HEAD OFFICE: CHINA BUILDING, CHULIA ST- SINGAPORE. LONDON BANKERS MIDLAND BANK LTD. LLOYDS BANK, LTD. NEW YORK BANKERS IRVING TRUST CO. CHASE NATIONAL BANK. Amoy, 219, Chung Shan Road. Kuala Lumpur, 113, High Street. Bangkok, 184, 186 188, Sam
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    • 102 5 COLEMAN HAIRDRESSING SALOON 37 Colrman Street (Head Office) ft, Hill Street (Branch) Hygienic Hairdressing under the personal j supervision of Mr. Chiang Kiah Kee who was f r many years with the late Europe Hotel. COURTEOUS SERVICEss ENTIRE SATISFACTION PROMPT HAIRDRESSING LOW CHARGES. TKV OUR CRE VTIONS:— COLEMAN LEMON SHAMPOO
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    • 111 6 Superbly tailored from the finest imported IW^Wtw materials from Suit length to Sharkskin, our j jH clothes are the highest Standard of Excellence, Ifl J usl c us a tria l you can judge heller j \M MIEN CHONG |f ffl TAILOR OUTFITTER 34 COLEMAN ST, SINGAPORE PHONE 4816 MANILA
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    • 42 7 i KATONG MOTOR HIRING COY. NEW LIGHT SALOON CARS AVAILABLE FOR HIRE DAY AND NIGHT AT MODERATE CHARGES. SPECIAL RATE FOR MONTHLY m^mtma^r^mm—mmmmmwmMm No 189. EAST COAST ROAD PHONE 5742 mtm^m^^m^^mmmm^^^^^^^ j BRANCH OFFICE W. D. No. 134. PHONE No. ***** 1
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    • 18 7 BECK'S KEY BEER vi J 1-^ "~^y> N. V. STRAITS JAVA TRADING CO., SINGAPORE PENANG KUALA LUMPUR. I
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    • 37 9 DRINK ONLY BRANDY o%h OF MATURE AGE jOy BRANDY Ammm\Wm I 1 I m\mmT9^' ■jl ■Lv^W ,mT ~f £^S \\\\wW^'^^J^ i Always use it for festive occasion b 1 YftV\ __f J* 4^_^fc£V .mmWmW I T T
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    • 114 10 I fe }3I i f________B *.L^~-^ :■:>■•<-:'«•;>**>.»■.■_*•_ r '^^^^^.^^^K^x^r..^.^ g|ga|g(|lgggi||gg .W^ have heaps of lovely fif appealing gifts for I all occasions that are sure to please I We solicit your early inApection without obligation I I ALWAYS AVAILABLE > i i i 8 j ALWAYS ON DISPLAY. J All
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    • 102 11 QUALITY and WORKMANSHIP j Every Pair of Shoes that leaves our Shop j I You can buy from us with every confidence 0 We have more than 25 years' reputation We Invite Your Inspection of the Widest Range IE of Shoes on Display. J^___W&^' m YOOKG CHEONG SHOE CO., J^^fm
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    • 93 11 ALHAMBRA HZIZ PHONE 6909 UNPARALLELED IN HER Kay Tells screen A. 11l mmmW*^tm\ KAY FRANCIS I How could a man she nr.rr P^ JS I_^ loved blackmail her out of hrr UAIII/tj homer What was the secrtt she kept from her daughter at the risk of hrr life? You'll hold
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    • 52 12 LARGEST STOCKISTS IN SURGICAL DRESSINGS AND ALL MEDICAL AND SURGICAL MESSRS. SINCERE DISPENSARY LIMITED. Wholesale Retail, Chemists Dru?-?>i<.ts SOLR-D istribu tors throughout British Malaya of T.C.P. ANTISEPTIC, used throughout the leading RECENT SOLE- STOCKISTS of famous UPJOHN'S SINCE RE'S Cough Specific, Dusting Powder, LimonU Draught, etc., etc. BRANCH OFFICE:--60 Chulia
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    • 78 12 NEW FUL-VUE RAMSEY GLASSES N^B gPr C?ajs« nojv K«^« "v!cnd«r^cd" «f>d b« aut.'ci.y curvtd h.n 9 f t, 4 r*v* col-Tr It T cp».c«l 9 ?ld, «r,d «{r« C Oy« *<+, *jfc_ J «-W*»o< lenw» Lent« «rt oi»K#on«d ttttMn^ 4rci t v o'«Clcd by <_orv«d tpnnf.' 4%^t Jte bcajtiKil «nd
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    • 56 13 m m >¥ ffi NANYANG SIANG PAU THE PREMIER DAILY OF MALAYA MORNING EVENING ED ITION EDITION 15,000 15,000 THE ONLY CHINESE PAPER IN MALAYA THAT PUBLISHES A FULL FRONT PAGE PICTORIAL-SUPPLEMENT WITH EVERY EVENING EDITION A NEW INNOVATION OF COMMENTS IN ENGLISH COMMENCES FROM NOW ON THE NANYANG SIANG
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    • 177 13 ggggggg "y .jVQHK^EI Spectacles made B§|m* as (> *M a' ld *kitl can fc__^_r m\ fj| ir v i make them Y<>i \\K AmmmW sKhI be impress* d i f h ex§P>^ ?Sb* M P er t *V C exam aturi to HMBMBKH eye strainings arid give nmVmL.M^gg. t^>u SHARP
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    • 99 14 HAMMOND ELECTRIC CLOCKS STEWARDESS PARKWAY gFff£ \jsj s'• H&" *^C F^Wa V mfSr PRICE $9.- p R|CE $6- 'sin-ilt SBK"?* attractiv treatment for a Wall clocknl" ted i~I 1 S i a 2 t c se finished m **«*> K^en and red. chrome Case six hands, legible white dial Mi"
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    • 262 14 If you Do rend a Chinese newspaper, you will insist on THE SIN CHEW JIT POH for its up-to-the minute news together with abundant current pictures. THE SIN CHEW JIT POH The only Chinese newspaper m Malaya that has a circulation which necessitates the installation of a $150,000 rotary press.
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    • 44 15 CHOY SUNG COMPANY (ENGINEERING WORKS) 153 6 155. LAVENDER STREET. PHONE 7695 SINGAPORE. Mechanical Engineers. Boiler Makers, Blacksmiths. Iron Brass Founder. Repairers of Ste a m Motor La v n C h es Rubber Machines, Oxv-Acety-lenes Welder and General Contractors oi Machinery. CHARGES MODERATE.
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    • 290 15 |l& ~^~^~~~'^Hra Orders, P 0 -J*s W3m\ however small, iK^Sy^S w x^ rcce Viour «"<» s t prompt S Ja j^^^ nul B»W fill nttcntinn L^_^ U •PRICES MODERATE SERV!CES UNEQUALLED. /jT>\ PIMM call inspect our Sim* Room ot th» fw'ff A widest ram»e of Cameris and Cane Cnmer.s, gM
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    • 216 16 _P THE ORIGINAL FILTER-TIP VIRGINIA .____________________________H^^"vV V V v v\l^B I I B B /^Y Each ci Baret8 arett contains m the mouthpiece JJ 1 k f\ has been added a minute quantity of pure v^^/^^^^ Menthol. Ivv^^i>^^(^Q^ They are a highly beneficial anti -septic and ensure to the I
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  • 17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 15,499. ESTD. 1835. SATURDAY. JUNE 18, 1938 10 CENTS
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  • 267 1 New Issues Available IF HANKOW .^.......^b HONG KONG, JUNE 17. TT IS STRONGLY RUMOURED HERE THAT THE 1 CHINESE GOVERNMENT BANKS ARE ISSUING NEW CURRENCY, OF WHICH $200,000,000 ARE SAID TO BE ALREADY AVAILABLE. Renter says that it is impossible to ascertain any definite information on the
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  • 132 1 Canton, June 17. JAPANESE AIRMEN from the bombers which were shot down yesterday by Chinese pursuit planes are at large m the mountains on the border of Kwangtung, according to Chinese reports, which state that the remaining three Japanese bombers have been discovered, but only four
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  • 77 1 £7,500,000 For British Food Reserves London, June 17. WHEN the Commons went VT into committee last night on the Essential Commodities Reserves Bill, the Minister for Co-ordination of Defence. Sir Thomas Inskip. m answer to questions, said that the volume of commitments already incurred for wheat, whale oil and sugar
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  • 252 1 London, June 17. •pHE Australians won their match against the Gentlemen at Lord's by 282 runs. They declared at 335 for four and the Gentlemen made 149. Gibb saved the Gentlemen irom complete disaster with 67 m 95 .ninutes. including 12 lours, and FleetwoodSir.ith. with clever
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  • 49 1 Paris, June 17. ffHE SENATE today unanimously approved the Wartime Organisation Bill with few changes, the most important of which are designed to allow the naval command to retain certain independence m naval operations. The Bill was passed In the Chamber last March.- Reuter
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  • 36 1 Washington, June 17. The United States national income lust year was $69,800,000,000, says the Department of Commerce. This figure is $6,400,000,000 over 1936 and $29,800,000,000 over 1932. but &UU $11,300,000,000 below 1929. Reuter
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  • 60 1 Hankow, June 17. OCORES of lower rank officers of the Chinese forces were sentenced to death and others received long-term imprisonments by the Chinese High Command at Hankow yesterday. Among the convicted officers were a number of colonels and captains who had retreated from the
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  • 662 1 THE FIVE NORTH CHINA PROVINCES Flood lOMiles Wide Peiping. June 17. CCENES of utter desolation under a burning sun were witnessed by a Reuter correspondent during a I,(NM)--mile flight over flood-stricken Central China during the past 24 hours. PRACTICALLY THE ENTIRE STREAM OF THE YELLOW RIVER IS
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  • 224 1 Yangtse Openiiig Shanghai, June 17. THE Japanese are believed, according to usually well-informed circles, to be at present engaged m working out a "face-saving plan" to re-open the Yangtse River for foreign merchant ships. This is believed to be a result of the representations made by the
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  • 61 1 London, June 17. It Is announced thai Air Commodore Arthur Travels Harm ha. pointed Air Officer Comm md Air Force. Palestine and Tr.msjordanla. In place of Air Commodore Roderlc Maxwell Hill Harris was a memo* r of th- Air Ministry mission which recently visited the United States
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  • 785 2 Need Of Utopia Of One House For One Family APPEAL FOR BETTER HOUSING "T ET us co-operate, work, plan and agitate until slum areas are cleared, overcrowding is eliminated and better houses built fit for human habitation," urged Mr. G. H. Kiat m
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  • 96 2 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, June 17. TT IS THOUGHT m London tin circles that the most likely candidates as successor to Mr. A. G. Glenister, who has resigned from the Malayan delegation to the International Tin Committee owing to disagreement with his colleagues on the
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  • 127 2 "BRIGHT entertainment is provided by "If You Could Only C<h>k," the Columbia picture which opened its Singapore season at the Pavilion Theatre last night. It is light, whimsical comedy, with Herbert Marshall as a motor m. nulacturer who meets a girl m a park aud
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  • 423 2 African Empire Agreement A NOTE by the Air Minister, Sir Kingsley Wood, and the Postmaster-General, Major G. C. Tryon, issued as a White Paper last night announces that it is proposed to make arrangements with Imperial Airways for a further extension of the South African Empire
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  • 65 2 Tl»e following fixtures will start today At lord's. M.C.C. vs. Oxford University' At Manchester. Lancashire vs. Australians At Burton-on-Trent, Derbyshire vs. Gloucestershire. At Chelmsford. Essex vs. Middlesex Swansea, Glamorgan vs. Cambridge Uni*i \f i ?a\ 6tc L• Leic J tershlre vs. Hampshire. i^ ££X\ ghaln Nottinghamshire vs. Kent
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  • 35 2 'Frotfi Our Own Correspondent London, June 17. Epigram, with Cazalake up, won the Queen Alexandra Stakes by six lengths SSmSS I^ w was ««ma and Dytchley (P. Beasley) was third
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  • 29 2 rTHE Bois de Boulogne Station m Paris being painted and overhauled for the arrival of the Kmg and Queen at the end of the month.
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  • 84 2 jQfSCUSSING the fishing industry m Trengganu. the major occupation of Malays of the State. Mr. A. E. Coope, Acting British Adviser, states that Japanese poachers were active during the year m Trengganu waters. These poachers, he says, proved difficult to catch as their motor boats
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  • 76 2 CONFESSION featuring Kay Francis, Basi: Ruthbwie and Jane Bryan, had its premiere at the. Alhambra Theatre last night. Kay Francis has an entirely new role m this interesting drama, p.avinn ;L part of a mother torn fr m "the love of her husband and chid, when she
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  • 304 2 F. M. S. Government Increases Surplus (From Our Own Correspondent} Kuala Lumpur. June 17. THOUGH April was a 1 lean month, the F.M.S Government has added a total of .57,125,2VJ/;i n January, February. March and April to \U ntrphuu This is disclosed m \hc figures published today, which give the
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    • 133 2 q c 3fiA j ■•J,! X** s i M Tfifßfc^l^a II l| mwmm VH |S WS^I ft HBw ;SjO&£- *^i3£"-'!fc- SBi__^'' < <\ PJF- -Ammmiamwmwiv ~^a_o_£!_B_^___'__njlln_________> j^v/T _^_i 46 My. TwniH_.> -vts_W9S4K_Sn_T_rwB<Sl________L ._____Siv^ A'.&vSi. 3 *T -^^B]m\m6. J__\^nyif_fl_R tSjC ______>^" An .jAAn. _______K^ss^9E^^»^__i____H_y^ "x^^jijjv K^J__l____v"i___'i^^_______p^ «__-_r^^^^*_«_i* _il______________9 ***J>^|^_^^^ae^fc_H_lM_^______. v _^_fEjm&^
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    • 10 2 y^f^S *t£s imi > FEVER So!eageits GRAFTON LABORATORIES 20b, COLLYER Qt'AY.
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  • 250 3 SINGAPORE WILL BE HEARD MORE CLEARLY ON THE SHORT WAVES Gratifying Results Of Recent Tests j^EbULIS of tests carried out during the past tew weeks with the new 8.M.8.C. short-wave plant indicate that when the station opens m the near future the Singapore programme will be clearly heard m all
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    90 3 I „d Mou.stone celebrated his 70th birthday by having a ride over the downs above his home m the Isle of Wight, on Warrior 30-->"r,tdr i n Whith Went rUht throU?h tht war «"hout a *.i itch and m 1918 won a point- 10-poiat Twenty years ago Warrior irried his
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  • 229 3 Knocked Woman Down At Naval Base A FINE of $200, m default -m months' rigorous i ipris nment, was imposed on a Chinese, Lav ►on Tonic, who was convicted on a charge of riving a motor lorry m a negligent manner, causing the death of a Chinese woman, Leone Moey
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  • 251 3 "Provocation" Appea' Dismissed Without calling on the Crown Counsel for a reply the S.S. Court of Appeal consisting of the Chief Justice. Mr. Justice McElwaine. Mr. Justice a'Beckett Terrell and Mr. Justice Home dismissed yesterday the appeal of I Yeap Teik Kee against, the sentence I ot
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  • 64 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) Scrcmban, June 16. Second and third class railway fares from Seremban to Kuala Lumpur and stations en route have been reduced, according to leaflets issued by the Railway Department. The second class far? from Seremban to Kuala Lumpur- a distance of Over
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    32 3 lEili Di MENUHIN, the young vtaHalst and his pretty briu?. who uore married last week, photo. graph?d at Waterloo before leaving- on the He d*» France boat train, en route for America.
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  • 44 3 The Chinese friendly Association calls attention o." Its members to the revised rules and regulations of the association, before they are passed at the special general mating t) be convened later. The list of rules are p sted at tho club-house.
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  • 160 3 Accelerated In Error JPHAT he became excited and pressed the accelerator first and then the brake was a statement made by a Boyanesc motor-ear driver, Baksin bin Moksin, m the Singapore Coroner's Court yesterday, during an inquiry into the death of a 7-year-old Boyanesc boy. Asuri bin Ariff, who was
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  • 145 3 Suicide Verdict On Doctor (From Our Own Correspondent > Muar. June 16. THE inquest into the death of Dr. Viswanathan. former assistant Medical Officer attached to the Muar Hospital, who was found dead m his bed was concluded yesterday when laeSM bin Ahmad (Coroner) returned a verdict of suicide. Dr.
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  • 368 3 THERE now is lip chance of last Tuesday's Imperial Air mail reaching Singapore bei'oie Sunday. Th'^ mail that is due today probably will arrive the same 6^.y. Flying boats were expected to icave Gwaiior and Karachi yc-terday morning. <■ i* THE live- week strike of Singapore diamond
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    • 33 3 THE SCENE SHIFTERS present "LOVE ISN'T EVERYTHING" A COMEDY IN 3 ACTS v ICTORIA THEATRE TOM3GHT at 9.30 p.m. shirp and on 22nd and 25th JUNC BOOKING AT LITTLES; PTUCES SX. Cx SI
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    • 360 3 B^^i^^v ___l WW A\ sm a TO -BALI- from June 24th until July llth from July &h until July Zsth. AT GREATLY REDUCED RATE. Detailed information from X.P.M. LINE TEL 5451 FINAL DAY of OUR SALE j WE EXPECT THE BIGGEST RUSH TODAY! BRING YOUR FRIENDS TO MAKE THEIR LAST
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  • 2046 4 Young Men Get Responsible Jobs In Malaya (What Visitors To Glasgow Exhibition Are Being Told VISITORS to the Empire Exhibition at Glasgow this year will learn a lot about Malaya if thrv read the informative booklet published by the Malayan Government for free distribution m the Malayan Court. They will,
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  • 189 4 Rigours Of Police life Did Not Harm Him. At 50 years of age he waa presumed to be beyond the arduous d< m«i police duties But aas he? Read he says now— five pensioned: "1 am a man of It JMII 111 five years since
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    • 71 4 VICTORIA MEMORIAL HALL THE SINGAPORE MUSICAL SOCIETY Popular Concert on Sunday, 19th June. ib3B at 9.15 per. by lull Symphony Orchestra of 50 I performers assisted by Harry Ore. Solo Pianoforte A- a Lahowska Mezzo-Soprar.o Conductor— William Win dram Principal Orchestral Items Beethoven "The Emperor" Concerto Finale from the Bth
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    • 111 4 REFRACTING m T?*%^ 7^ MANUFACTURING DISPENSING SPECTACLES A SPECIALITY. OPTOMETRIST A. TAN. DO.. M N A O. THE OPTICAL HOUSE EU COURT c;, STAMFORD ROAD SINGAPORE. TWYFORDS SANITARYWARES 1 V? ilL i Jmm JSfrfrvfc J HJ I Si i^TArta II I Wr* mmi ___P >— WWW^r6_\ /^3/ u^^ -^M I^^
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  • 950 5 "I Will Get Him" Allegation T"annn on H^TV 0 the recent footing of a tracT Hon, ff2t% at th Centrfl MagisDwyer Mas cha?&d Sv. c eaman Edwin MoreJand RoW K|\ cnai^ crt With murdering Leading- Seaman Robert Dickinson on board the
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  • 172 5 LONDONER ROUTS REBELS IKIIH M toihi scouts a British officer has routed a swarm of tribesmen m the scrubi_ hiil> m Waziristan, on the rth-west frontier of India. \A Lieutenant Godfrey Londoner, whose parents. r.-Leader F. W. and Mrs. Lerat Bedford Park, Chiswiek. oack of the rebels is the us
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  • 179 5 Importation Of Chinese Silver i Owner Acquitted Coins Confiscated TF.II POH HONG, who was charged with importing or attempt's; U> import 1,000 Chinese silver dollars into the Colony, was acquitted and discharged by the Penang lh rd Magistrate. tinaj Abidin, a local moneychanger, who was similarly barged, was convicted and
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    33 5 MODERN CARPENTER now examines me moisture of the wood While formerly this was done at the laboratories, most carpenters today undertake this measuring by v >t this type of hygrometer, constructed m Germany.
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  • 26 5 Ir R E. Holt turn, director of the Gardeni returned to Singaafter leave In England by the P. O. liner Nalderm, yesterday.
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  • 61 5 Impersonated A Revenue Officer J^ CHINESE Quek Cheng Tee, was charged m the Singapore second Police Court yesterday With impersonating a public servant, by pretending to be a revenue officer and attempting to arrest a man. Sin Ho Chwee, for being m possession of illicit liquor on May 29. The
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  • 169 5 ADMITS DANGEROUS DRIVING A PENANG European. Harold Ferguson, was fined $50 by the Taiping Magistrate. Raja Salim. MCS on his pleading guilty to a charge o f dangerous driving. Mr. J. H. L. Davis. 0.C.P.D.. Taiping prosecuting, stated the accused who was driving his car
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  • 55 5 While working m the Chin Chye Hin saw mill In Kallang yesterday a Chinese coolie came into contact with one of the large circular saws and was badly cut on the left forearm and left leg. The wounds bled profusely and he was conveyed to hospital
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  • 44 5 .voundei Z RXI CHIN ESE A.MBI lAM X DMR attend...* l« s one br«nih. k h had arrived Irom «he front lines at Kaifen* station is one bronsht bacc from China by a Malayan member of the Overseas Chinese War Correspondents Corp.
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    • 273 5 HERE IS IHE OPPORTUNITY S7 Y()U H\VK KEN AMONG for \*^jjp MIYNA R D 'S /f^M?^\ JULY 6TO AUGUST 5 feei^^V ELIZABETH ARDEN JKH^ SENDS YOI \N I \IMKI \*\jE FROM Mi X j& LONDON SALOON A D V I C E PHONE 6115 \NJ) T R E A T
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    • 256 5 L5LEAN OUT YOb R STOMACH and enjoy your food There arc some PSSpti w! t really enjoy mtkl food cause no matter bow long ago it was since thry last had a meaJ, they a/a ays feel full up Soma •eel as though a lump were lodged m tli« middle
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  • 665 7 Letters To The Editor How The Disease May Be Spread In Malaya (To the Editor of the Free Press) Sir. With reference to your leading article on typhoid m Singapore, may I be permitted to add a few further I facts to the statements contained therein? I
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  • 76 7 A fine of $30. was imposed upon a rubber deader m the Singapore Fourth 1 Court yesterday, when he appeared on {a summons for possessing unjust scales and an unstamped weight. He was a Chinese. Tan Kok Kee. of (Church Street. It was stated that six
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  • 141 7 WIFE ATTACKED WITH CHOPPER I admitting that he attacked! his wife with a chopper and severely injured her. an elderly Chinese, Loh Chong, was sentenced to nine months' rigorous imprisonment, by the Singapore Criminal District Judge. Mr. H. A. Forror. yesterday. He ATAA charged with
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  • 154 7 CrRJ£CT to judgment of SI.WO Siow Soo Chin, manager of a motor iirm, was discharged from bankruptcy by the Chief Justice. Mr. Justice MiElwaine. m the Singapore High Court yesterday. Mr. J. W. I). Ambrose. Asst. Official Ass'.gnec. said the application nas opposed by Hooglandt and
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  • 157 7 Mr. G. Marshall On Good Progress Of Society The sixth annual general meeting of the Singapore Traction Company Employees Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society was held m the office ot the Singapore Traction Co. The committee's recommendation o! a four per cent, dividend for 1937 was confirmed.
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  • 59 7 The promotion of Second Lieut -nant Lim Chiam Ghee m the Straits Settlements Volunteer Force to the rank of Lieutenant v/as announced m the Straits Settlements Government Gazette last night. The resignations of the commissions held by Capt. A. M. Drysdale, Lieutenant H. B. Knox and
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  • 42 7 It was stated m the Straits Sett'ements Government Gazette last night that the Governor has appointed Dr. L. W. Evans to be a member of the Dental Board m place ot Dr. G. V. Allen.
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    • 270 7 ALHAMBRA "^l^r I NE XT CHANGE TOMA HE GREAT" COMES i riAm/v,_« the si>iciisT-c;AYiST most GLORIOUS ROMANCE! TUNEFUL COMEDY cTfnnm^ STIRRING DRAMA! s b«chJ_.ai. mm m t HEARTS IN li^^mm. BONDAGE JEAN GILLIE WITH ELSIE RANDOLPH JAMES DUNN MAE CLARKE RELEASED BY COLUMBIA PLANS OPEN NO\v\ I SWEETHEARTS SENDING LOVERS
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    • 10 7 SMART SUITINGS by Expert Tailor. jDOULATrtAMS 48 SO. HIGH STREET
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    • 259 7 1 ;£*££v\ T,IF nwwwrui ntwi 01 i ca<sS? AI>V wmo c,ni: lp rAIB ?< T iALHAMBRA -T&, c*Bjb>, 3SHOWSTODA Y 3.15 6.15—9.15 SO POIGNANT AND mi ■■^iiiibib— aBBBBI J^ B^ DRAMATIC o\(\X^ Wit JU TEARS. FEEI. A CATCH IN YOI X V\^S^ ftSK _r\ THROAT. WANT SOMEONE YOI X>^ 1^
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  • 615 8 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 1933. China Fights On IT is nearly a year now since an incident between Chinese and Japanese soldiers near the Marco Polo Bridge m North China precipitated a crisis which led to the Sino-Japanese war. It is. therefore, appropriate that the Free Press
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  • 1141 8  - U.S.S.R. Commissar Of Defenc e Is A Railway Workers Son Norman B. Deuel Europe's War Chiefs V By DECENT changes, through cxc- cution or arrest, m the Red Army's higher commands have placed upon the shoulders of relatively unknown men the task of directing the giant Soviet military machine m
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    • 170 8 Pi*j*.*?jf*. >_. __^^^__b___^ _t\y BY SPECIAL _£_>%$ TO H M TH E APPOINTMENT KING OF S!AM •Bft 1872 ENGAGEMENT ETERNITY RINGS by standard of excellence which lusorcs aZlitl t£l! l n| L te me sured •4 lower orlct uxsorcs quality that cannot be duplicated C_BB^ HEB A) f BfV^lil'gsiis (Incorporated
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    • 26 8 For _4 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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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous

  • 320 9 MALAYA'S BRITISH AGENT MAY RESIGN POST To Remain On Tin And Rubber Delegations (From Our Own Correspondent) London, June 17. JT is believed m I^ndon thai Mr. V. A. Lowinger, Use Malayan Agent m the United Kingdom, will relinquish his post at the end of the year, or early It
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  • 170 9 <From Our OOnw n Correspondent.) U mn Ipoh, June 17. NDOCBTEDLY one of the most is m? h *ms of the day present-day youth. fn! n fiT enailff there ls an agitation Tor the employment of educated 252T" youths m the -can tile marine service. In
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  • 323 9 TRENGGANU RICH WITH MINERALS Tin Ore Found Last Year "THERE are good grounds for the belief that Trengganu will improve its position as an ore exporting country hen road communications and other administrative 5. ntials have developed" says Mr. A. E. Coope, ting British Adviser, Trengganu, m his annual report.
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  • 149 9 •om Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, June 17. THEATRE-starved Kuala Lumpur Hocked to th^ first night of Jay IU-y's "Sweet Aloes,* comedy-drama produced by 'Mrs. Patricia Mills last night last September has Kuala en a play, but it was not ■■.lis which made the current
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  • 408 9 Chief Justice Alleged Note Forger's Appeal Succeeds 4, TP{E notes may have be hi forgeries hut the fact that they were forgeries was not proved at the trial; the appeal is therefore allowed," said the Chief Justice, S.S., Mr. justice M Kiwalne, yesterday m
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  • 65 9 SUBMERGED sampan m the path of shipping was seen by oflicers of the P. and <). liner Naldera about seven miles from Pulau Pisan«; light at noon yesterday, when the liner was on her way to Singapore from Penang. A warning to shipping was radioed to
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  • 79 9 Flying Boat Service Approved THE Australian Commonwealth 1 Government has officially appro* ed the first fiying boat service on the Qantas route between Singapore and Sydney. The inaugural service will leave Singapore, eastbound. on July 2 and Sydney, westbound, on July 5. In the initial stages one flying boat service
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  • 49 9 It is stated m the Straits Settlements Government Gazette that the following have been electrd members of the Bar Committee m Singapore: Messrs. C. V. Miles (Chairman H. D. MundeU, E. R. Koek, D. K. Walters. X K. O Connor, F. G. Vaux and Philip Tloalim.
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  • 80 9 PON failinp to eot.r m ,un» 1 books daily, the ,»arti< cerning t: i-'ion.s ol rebber duruu the ]> ri<Ml of May 1. *nd M.i V :<], year, M i<_-quired 1,. j. ,i,h -r Dealeri Ordinanc the manager of Chop Ooan retail Street, Sin tap
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  • 275 9 riGIITV-MNE INSTRKTOKs m A l.i RAIDS HUECAI I lON L* HAVE QIALIi lED IN SINGAPORE TIIKOI (II THE < LASSI > ORGANISED ISY THE ST. .ioiin AMBULANCE BRIGADI Three groups have already been trained and four more arc at present undergoing instruction.
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  • 21 9 Revenue freight arr.. d on < railways during 1937 totalled 81 99.V161 tons, an Increase of 6.485 1 15 tons over 1936.
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  • 462 10 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCK SHARES Last Night's Quotations I From London 5.30 p.m. Yesterday %^b_______________________________________________ The above are dealers' middle pices; jobbers' margins, brokerage »nd stamp duty are not included. £1 denomination unless Latest Quotations Previously Funding Loan 4 p.c. 1960-90 113'k 113t f Com Union A.ssce (Units) 9?,,
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  • 383 10 The following quotations art- pub- I Ushed by courtesy of S. E. Levy and Co and Swan Culbertson and Fritz.. nOW -JONES AVERAGES. Previously Yesterday Close Close Changes so Industrtali 113.24 113.97 up .73 2C Hails 20.23 20.05 oil .18 20 Utilities 18.56 18.65 up (9 -10
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  • 97 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association DAILY PRICES CURRENT June 17, 12 o'clock noon. kt rv r> Buyers Sellers No. I.X.R.S.S. m cases <F. 0.8. June* 19' i, 29 7 Good F.A.Q. m bales <F. 0.8. June/ 19 ii 6 19 316 No. I.XR.S.S. (Spotloose) < a ward able Singapore \sz.
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  • 195 10 I From London 5.30 p. m. Yesterday KUBBER: Firmer. London: 5 15 16 d. 6d Previously: 5 7 d. 6d. August: 6d. 6 1 16 d. Previously: 6d. 6 llGd Oct. -Dec: 6 l;16d. 6 3 16d. Previously: 6 1 16 d. 6'ad. Jan. -Mar.: 6 l
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  • 76 10 i From London: Latest Quotations I UN: Firm. Spot: £179 7s. 6d Previously: £174 15s Od. Three months: £180 2s M Previously: £175 5s Od NEW YORK TIN: Opening price: 40 75 Previously: 39.62. COPPER: r _Sf ttteraellt: €33 17s Gd Previously £33 15s. Od GOLD: Yesterday:
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  • 58 10 London Closing Quotations r»-,t-« I l eth d of bCtoW Latent Ple Centra Quoting 20-9-31 Rate viously an V. Franc to 121.1 178 5 I^s 18oa« cw f Y ork JIO£ 4.88 4.971. JjJS Amsterdam Guilders to 8 97^, 4 96 4 ok BT:::S S£ r iw£
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  • 193 10 Yesterday's Singapore Quotations SELLING Lonuon, T.T. 23 23 32 London, demand 2 3 23 32 Lyons, demand 2055 Switzerland, demand 249 Hamburg, demand 141 New York, demand 57*„ Montreal, demand 57 13 16 Batavia. demand 103 3 b Samarang. demand 1031 Calcutta. Bombay and Rangoon, demand 155
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  • 118 10 ISSUED BY FRASER AND CO. AT THE CLOSE MINING. Tin at midday was 588.50, up fe According to cables received there appeared to be rather more interest m tin shared m London yesterday than for the past few days and .W !iT better class stocks showed a
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  • 1204 10 From Exchange Telegraph Co. Fraser And Co.'s List FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1938: 5 P.M. MINING Buyer* Sellers Ampat Tin (4s) 3s 4 -d H J<i Aii:trai Malay <£> 42* bd 47s bd N Aver Hitam (5sJ 22s Gd 23s 6d c.d. Ayer Weng I .57
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    • 61 10 S. E. Levy Co. Shanghai. Hongkong. Manila. Singapore. Investment Banker and Broker, xn Security, and Commit... Daily Foreign Markrt Cable, and Quotatx™ MEMBERS. NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC NEW YORK COFFEE SUGAR EXCHANGE CANADIAN COMMODITY EXCHANGE SHANGHAI STOCK EXCHANGE HONGKONG SHARE BROKERS* ASSN MANILA STOCK EXCHANGE. Meyer Chambers,
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  • 1306 11 Will It Eventuate? AMERICAN Q UESTIONNAIRE FIGURES FOR MAY r VHK American questionnaire figures for May were published this week and they render it possible to view the immediate future with more confidence than has been justified for some time, writes "Scrap Collector' m
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  • 82 11 Uanila, June \6. Last Sale I'rices Previous Today Gold Share Averages Previous 77.75 Today's 70.61 These price ore published b> eovrreoy of liasors. S. E Levy .Tid Cj of BlngapXß, to wliom >hey are cabled tJafly. Ant amok 04SS 0 43 Atok 0.27 unquoted Cyo Grovo
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    • 517 11 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. Chr Singaporelrfe^rejs'jj B'*e Office; CeeU SU^t. Sln f m IH>rt Phone: 64.1 (5 liiETwitb extensions to all departments) Tel: -Times" Singapore Kuala I.umpar Olljce: 25 Java Street. Phone: 3683 Ipoh Office: Brewster Road. Phone: 3683. Penan* Office: 11 Blshon Street. Penant Phone: 1 47?. London Office: 40 43.
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    • 420 11 BOARD RESIDENCE SEA-FRONT KATONG GRANGE— 77. Meyer ltd (near Swimming Club) Board-Residence at moderate rates Large Gardens— Tennis. Phone: 5758. THE MANSION, OXLEY RISE NON-UCEKSED RESIDENTIAL HOTEL Daily and monthly terms. TEL. *****. "LOXTON" First Class Private Hotel. Bedrooms rith modern bathrooms from $65 per uonth. Hot water to Bathrooms.
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    • 396 11 BANKGFCUkrfA Incojpoiatea m CBSBO o\ < „u> 12. _><-ll Sirrrt Sincapntr MODERN BANKING With branches and sub-benches throughout China, and corres pondents m all the principal vie* of the world, the Bank is equipped to transact modan banking business of i?v^ry description. TO LET OFFICES IN BANK OF CHINA BUILDING
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    • 684 11 RADIO PROGRAMMES SINGAPORE l! TODAY ZIIL 1.33 mc s (225 m.) r i 12.45 Lii-ht orchestral conct I I ier'^ Hungarian Band, c. ller. R b_yed from ti. i liotel. 2.00 Interval. 5.00 Malay music. t 5.30 Peipen^ mask t 6.00 Duets sun': m Mandarin f 6.30 Dance music with
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    • 54 11 10 20 llirtr SSSSJB by MOM 10.3. <)o Indea". 11 .50 Close down. MANILA. TODAY K/.KM 2513 m. aod 31 J. aa nil: i M Popular B h. 4 05 Np*s m h 7 2 Melod Mo i. la. 9 50 Cl**.- 4 HONG KONG TODAY mil EYrha' Marrsa to
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  • 94 12 Chinese Carpenter' Fall AN inquiry Into the death of a Shanghai carpenter. Pang Wucng Loonpr, who fell from a height of 18 feet while at work m the Government .Printing Office on Jan. 6 was com'?_r en ed y the s "»Kaporc Coroner (Mr W. G. Porter) on Thursday. Pang
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  • 641 12 RUYS COMBINES LUXURY WITH EFFICIENCY BUILT by the Netherlands Shipbuilding Company to the order of the X.P.M., the s.s. Ruys will arrive m Singapore within the next few days. The Ruys is identical m size and measurement with the Boissevain, which arrived m Singapore
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  • 251 12 Snipping Notes THE total airway mileage o! the Pan American Airways System at the end ol last year was 52.567 miles, a gain o:' 11 698 airway miles over the total at the end of 1936. On the Pacific the extension of scheduled air service from the Philippines to China
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  • 321 12 Arrived from Europe. India and Medan by K.I M plane C.ier on Saturday: Mr. A J L. Kupperj and Mr J A Hoekstra. Left for NEE by XI M. plane Gier on Sunday: Mr. A J. L. Kuppers. Mr. J. A. Hoekstra. Mr. J. C. v. Hilt
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  • 52 12 Grand Old Man Of Mine Workers Is Dead London. June It, jyjK HtKliEKl SMITH, pr s.dcn' of thr Yorkshire Miners" Eejer ation. died m hi> chair it P.arn .«•> the headquarters of the Federal ioi toda> He li described i old m Brit hi I devol 50 real I hla
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    • 467 12 BOUSTBD CO.. LTD. (incorporated In P.M.S.) TMLU'iIONE: Freight 5133— Passage 543 L' LLOYDS AGENTS. /rr^TVO nr.KNTS FOB FEDERATLD MALAY STATES RAILTfATV' R °^AL STATS RAILWAYS OF SIAM. ft?<j ___&i r T<T. >' 1 -;.> 1 V J |ANA»iaN PACIfiC AZnoorporsrAecl la g g l ß'M^y 2SJ?.r.3 MPRESS ROUTE offers TRANS-PACIFIC
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    • 258 12 BIBBY LINE LONDON ADDRE>s 22. PALL MALL, IX)\IH)\ sv Mail Passenger Vessels betuecn RANGOON, COLOMBO. FORI Mh.v MARSEILLES. PLYMOI 111 AND LONDON vith through connection fron. Sineapore and IVh.uk. HOMEWARD n Mil so OXFORDSHIRE J...., WORCESTERSHIRE July 14 CHESHIRE July 21 Aug 4 YORKSHIRE Aug 11 A_; 1. DERBYSHIRE Aug
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    • 464 12 Local And Foreign Mail Dispatches And I Arrivals. 1)1 SPATCHES BY TRAIN Bangkok every Saturday 7 pm Thursday 7.45 a.m Swettenbam. Taiplng and Telok Anson. Weekdays* Kota Bahru, Kuala Krai Thursday and Briday* 7 am Sunday 7 pm 1 Kuala Lumpur and Penang Weekdays: 7.45 a.m Malacca, Batu Annam, Batu
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    • 119 12 SINGAPORE HARBOI The following shin, are m r^e srbai ss or c\t East Wharf Entrance l.\\v hn Tsushima Maru 22 Main Wharf. Entrant e Ciale I Mt Naldera itf: Kiitns 1 Pangkor 12; Pre ident Po 1 1 landla I Empire Dock, Entrance (ate 2, Kxil 3 Klang SI; Bo
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    • 425 13 B^ i BY P&Oand BRITISHINDIA LI NES •INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND) P. O. S. N. COS SAILINGS, OUTWARDS Tonnage Spore. T<mnw NALDERA 16 .0 00 In Port CITTTOat RANPUI 17 000 ™™J £HITRAL 15.000 Aug 12 E 6.000 July 2 CAR?HAr^ 6 s AUg 26 NDI 17.000 July 15 WuSSStf^ 15
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    • 403 13 ELLERMAH BUCKNALL S.S. Co., Ltd. {Incorporated m Enqiand.) FOR UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL Steamer cm. op fess; as 82 Hb Urg G gow te «s i I RE SS iS 5 S2s- g s i CITY OF ORAN Havre. L'don. R'dam, H bu k Sf
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  • 50 15 The annua! cricket match b.t^en fhP Past and Present boys of Raffles the Clarke Shield w. hake nlace tomorrow on tne s. nuui ground Play mII start at 11 a^m The following are «*^**l£z. -"^r r r C^O. S^h A,, S0h A an J S: Choon Seng.
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  • 13 15 aQARDIXAL Pacc'M, the Papal Legale, blessing pilgrims m the Place
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  • 507 15 Theng Yew Wins A. C. S. Con tin nation School Championship piNE weathet favoured the Anglo Chinese Con'inuation School sports at Jalan Besar. yesterday, when 33 events were carried out. The champion athlete of the meet was Kam Theng Yew and the B division champion was Ng A:k Leong. Eagle
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  • 91 15 MEDICALS BEAT Y.M.C.A. 2-0 Third Division Soccer Match In an evenly contested third division soccer match between the R.A.M.C. and the V.M.C.A. at Anson Road yesterday, the Corps beat the home tAeam by two goals to nil. The first half was even, neither side being able to score. On the
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  • 380 15 Keen Competition At The Rangoon Road School Sports THE 14th annual athletic sports of the Rangoon Road School, n >ld In conjunction with the afternoon school, took place on the school grounds yes.terday. An all-round skill was displayed by Till the compe;itors and ail events were j keenly contested. The
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  • 51 15 The Cold Stoi ports cub feated William Jacki .^p I b i>v .-ix goali t«» three kn a fri t.s s mt.t played at i U rday Goal icoreri j<»r wtnneri wen Ah Bah three, chin Bok two, and 11 Ck one. 1 t i Ind Hw i:.
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  • 51 15 A k ted when Urn an nual Jur.mr Senior toccer m itch "f the Medical < >n the college ground Ihv. on by thrr Abbas the captain «.i scored two goall for hi lie ,nd I the other F<t th<> I and Neoh Thi.m Io > PI
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    • 509 15 CHURCH SERVICES ST. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL TRINITY I Bun: 6.50 a.m. Holy Communion. 1 a.m. Maans. 1.00 a.m. Cnoral Eucha.ist. 9.15 a m Holy Communion. 10.15 a.m. Sunday School. 530 p.m. Evensong and Sermon Preacher: The Rev. d. c. j. Ho'iee WEBBDATS:— Holy Communion on Monday Wed-m-uay at 8 a.m.; Hoiy
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    • 649 15 NEIL ROAD GOSPEL HALL (155, Neil Road). SUn: r\l°I m Sundft y t^*™ l Bible v_/»a_ses. fish! Pm GoGpel Ervice, (m EngSpecial Choral Service Mon- MSftfJ Mr A G C Ko^h. Mon. 8.00 p.m. Gospel Service (m Malay) Speaker: Mr. Ong T.ang Tye. 7 TO 8 p.m. Hokien Service Speakers:
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    • 158 15 Diary Of The HOTELS, BAFFLbo: Orchestral Concert 815 to 9.15 p.m. Dinner and D.uue Formal) 945 to midnight SEA VIEW HOTEL: Special Dinner and Dance. Entertainment provided by Don and Dolly. COCOAM 1 I OROVE Dinner aod CINEMAS. ALHAMBRA: 'Confession, with Kft? Francis. Warner lir s. today I 15 615
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  • 474 16 KAMIS YADI WIN S.L.T.A. DOUBLES Japanese Court I actios were At fault I^AMIS and Yadi became the Singapore doubles champions, yesterday, when they beat Aizawa and Murakami 9— 7, 6 m the final played on the S.C.C. courts before a good crowd. The tennis was hardly up to championship form.
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  • 75 16 S.C.C. cricket teams vs. St. Andrew's t-doj is: J A. Detn (CapO. F. M. Smith. G X C. Ash, C. Woodcock. J. W. Jackson. W. W. Lewis. Fit Lt H C Lee. Lt. C. H. A. Olivier. A. SES* H F moulds and C. H white. Tomorrow's team
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  • 194 16 oYom Our Own Correspondent I Kuala Lumpur. June 17. The Eng'neering Association will engage m a four-ba'l match eompetii tion with the Senior Golfers Society I at Selangor Golf Club on Sunday. The following are t:ams and times FROM SECOND COI'RSE 845 a.m.. Barrett and
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    30 16 IHE I.LAUN IVi.m t.L.NNERS' TEAM Ukn after fl>_. v m which they d^ad-heated with th* rV ,£I Si 5? Uvy v-_«_ neaved with the R.A. (Changi) yesterday.— Free Press pietturt.
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  • 26 16 'From Our Own Correspondent' Kuala Lumpur, June 17, Tonight. Young Tarley <B.lo> beat j David DharmaraJ <8.13» on points over 10-3 minute rounds.
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    14 16 pun. i.oc.rr. leads m Mono win800 of th. fourth race tt S^.angor on Thursday.
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  • 389 16 Two-Nil Margin In Anson Road Game R.E 2; Malays PL I JNINSPIRING soccer between the K.E. and Kie Malays resulted m victory by two goals to nil for the Sappers m division one of the league at the Stadium yesterday. f\NE
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  • 90 16 Singapore Players To Attend The following players are Invited to attend at Anson Road Stadium todey by 4.45 p.m. prepared to play if re- < quired, m the H.M S. Malaya Cup match. Singapore versus Negri Sembilan I Abdul Rahman iM.F.A.i, Haji Abdul Rahman (Policed Azii CVI.F.A.),
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  • 145 16 TBI dorkaJ Bnl m t it ths Bartow Board 4 2 m 1 IN m.\t«:h OS tht IH lord iy. Th" victory was ITmfOngl by the winners who WSN team. Play m the rtrst half was m favour id the Union three j >„:.; m
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  • 40 16 A clean and intere.t.ng SOOOOr |OfISS was played between Quthrle Club and MeaJTS Evatt and niursday at the rarror Park, he i <t. being a much more fcalonood combined t ram, wlnn ng by three sos to nil.
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  • 73 16 Malayan Golf At Sandwich i (i>om Our Own Correspondent) London, June I*. TN' the A 8..M. annual Rolf at Sandwich 11. B. Noun won the President*! Cup 3 and 2; R. I>. Stewart was the runner-up. Captain H R. Pike won the S.C..C. prise with 73. C. V. Bailey won
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  • 238 16 MacNAMARA IN FORM Fast 88 Against Fort Canning A THIRD WICKET partnership of 130 between P. K. MacKamara and A. B. Bar the lot was the outstanding feature of the cricket match between Fort Canning and Johore played at Tanglin yesterday. Bsrthelot scored fxeely all round the wicket and was
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  • 152 16 GUNNERS' SPORTS The remaining events m the athletic competition between the R A. t Changi* and the R.A. (Blakan Mati) were run of yesterday at Blakan Mati. Blakan Mati with a lead of 13 points emerged champions with 39 points to k2 points. A feature of
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  • 25 16 Owners and trainers are reminded that entries for the Perak Turf Club meeting on July 2. 6 and 9, close on Tuesday
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  • 373 16 Weights And Selections For Today |£INO CAHV.'YNE and A'lb—s ar^ the only scratchings fog the sec md j day cf the Solar.g:r Turf Clubs skye mectin-r tomorrow. SELECTIONS j Welgl ts and urder rf runn.n'; ure as j follows Rare I— Hor-e-;. 1 'ass 5. D v. I. ♦> fur.
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  • 303 16 Teams Times For Social Match Keppel Golf Club THE fod.vxvv -.re the Item fcr t«,, mntch between ths Keppel G Tmb and Sepoy Lines Goii ciub t p.ayrd tomorrow over Keppel links (Kpppei players first). a m. y N G Pril hOtt '8. and G I I <8» \s P.
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