The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 11 July 1938

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1 16 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 18 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 15.518 ESTD. 1835. MONDAY, JULY 11, 19 38 '0 CENTS.
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  • 434 1 J Revelations By Naval w'riter FIANY NEW SHIPS UNSEAWORTHY LONDON, JULY 10. TOP-HEAVY WARSHIPS," THE in ARTICLE ON THE CHIEF NEWS PAGE OF ;«|KMM>.n TIMKS ISY THE NEWSPAPER'S NAVAL [■)Ki:l -io\!>l\ 1 IKIT.-COM. KENNETH EDWARDS. f STARTLING REVELATIONS. says: "I understand on well-informed circles in Japan I
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  • 45 1 •THREE taxis in Serangoon Road were yesierday pelted with stones by hooligans near Rumah Miskin. One of the taxis was slightly damaged. Later, in Middle Road, a taxi driver had tar flung in his face. Generally, however, the strike position was quiet.
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  • 146 1 NEED FOR Neutrality REVISION Washington, July 10. T^IE years war in China, de- dared Senator Pittman, in a press interview today had demonstrated that the Roosevelt administration must be granted wider latitude in its economic and commercial dealings with China and Japan in other words, revision of the Neutrality Act.
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  • 51 1 A MAN who attempted to jump on President Roosevelt's car here today was knocked down by a secret service officer and severely pummelled by soldiers and police before being arrested. The man later told police that he merely wanted to ROOSEVELT. shine the President's shoes.
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  • 85 1 Burgos, July 10. 'THE Nationalists are at present advancing south along the coast and are now within .sight 01 Sagunto Fierce fighting is in progress on the slopes of the pine-clad Sierra Ssj,aden. Renter reports from Valencia that the Nationalists are using an impres.s:ve numbor of tanks
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  • 57 1 Buenos Aires. July 10. Ail agreement between Bolivia and Paraguay, which ends the long Gran Chaco dispute, has been initialled. Mr. Cordell Hull, United States Secretary of State, in a statement from Washington, expressed satisfaction at the poreement, which he described as a major step towards
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  • 26 1 £ING Carol of Rumania and Prin ce Michael attend the 23 rear, MtfftS celebration., of the Regiment Granniceri in Bucharest.
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  • 420 1 a irrru Haifa, July 10. A*TEK a comparatively quiet 21 hours Haifa was t» again the scene of Arab-Jew terrorism todav and the atmosphere of the city is tense w«™ G T OCCUPANTTS OF A JEWISH BUS WERE INJURED WAS EN L^^ B h E a^°
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  • 159 1 2 At Kiukiang 1 At Anking Shanghai, July 10. A (CORDING to a report from Chinese military headquarters, two of three Japanese Warships which heavily shelled Kiukiang, the river port in North Kiangsi, this morning, were sunk by Chinese hea\ v bombers. The third warship
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  • 124 1 Berlin. July 10. CWEEPING changes have been made by a new code 01 marriage laws for Austria am! the Reich Signed by H*»rr Hitler. Austrian pftettl are no loilgtl per- mitt^d to rt>tltHf marrid««^s. and i only porform rtUgfcWM rUfmnilUllM lOC r->uples who have already beta
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  • 28 1 Berlin July 10. A n<«w regulation ir/aed *.oday forbids Jews to engage in real Mtfttt brokerage, detective a;, T rncies. nnancial advice work and matrimon::»l agendtt.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 24 1 CC€)@OOO PASTILLES fc' M Malayas Premier Hotel. TONIGHT COcktsii D ANCE 030 P.M. to 8.30 P.M. (informal) 9.30 P.M. to midnight S^^_^ »>> Dan Hopkins
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    • 128 1 _iL_£«onchiaVV% FAHLGfffNS TEKNISKA F AB R.K Gf*L£ S«VFO(N SEA VIEW Jg^ HOTEL !s IDEAL SEASIDE RESORT v oni: or Singapore's RECOGNISED bfaity spois BEACHED IN 10 MINITES BY CAK FROM ft MI If 111 ij IN TOWN TUSBDAT AND VVKDNKSDAY s j ROMANTIC NIGHTS I S DINNER SERVED ON IHE
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  • 969 2 Madame Chiang's Letter To Chinese Consul i U /ANE thing is certain Japan can never *J^ conquer this country, and even if we lose cities, or battles, in the end we shall win the war." Thus writes Madame Chiang* Kai-shek in a personal letter to
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  • 120 2 She Read Malayan Newspapers jU|.\I».\MI. Chiang Kai-shek has ***been reading leading articles on the Sino-Japanese war from the Singapore Free Press and other Malayan newspapers which were sent her by Mr. Kao Ling Pai. the Chinese Consul-general in Singapore. In a letter to Mr. Kao, acknowledging these ■rttfl'M, Madame (hiang
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  • 114 2 Copenhagen, July 10. The International Congress of the I Ixague of Nations Societies, at a meetin' heir, passed a resolution exhorting member states of the League to con- i ider what measures should be taken to observe the obligations of the! League Covenant and to accomplish the
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  • 40 2 London. July iJ. A ucrki record duration flight by .1 two-seater glider of 22 hours 11 tnlnu- tcs was .set at DunatsJMe by an RAF. pilot. Flight-Lieut W. B. Murray, iviui an dieinrcr. Mr. StanVy Sproui«-. Reuter
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  • 277 2 Chinese Forces Strongly Defend Kiukiang (ienrral Yanjf Chen-chang and several other officers of th«* Centra! (.ovemmetit fortes uere sentenced to life imprisonment for failing to carry out important military orders during the hattlo <»f Smhou, the vital rail\\a> inn, tion on the TtWMIIB ffsAfW :uid l-iing-Hai lines. Hankow, July 10.
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  • 27 2 J^/." G Leopold of the Belgians being greeted by M. Camillc Hysmans, jnnjnr of Antwerp, on arrival to open the Congress of Hanseatii TOW7IS.
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  • 349 2 Yet Not Unsatisfactory London, July UK JN the House of Commons 9 debate on merchant shipping this afternoon it was pointed out that our mercantile marine, considered from a defence aspect, was not unsatisfactory, but more tonnage was needed. THE TOTAL BRITISH TONNAGE IS NOW
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  • 51 2 London. July I(• ituiht Boldten in the* new 'bii'Uo dflM" were inspected by the King at thr Buckingham P.ilacc today Two officers were amonn thr party wearing gai masks likf the rest. Open-necked tunic and different shades of khaki urc under consideration for the "battle drcsa British
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  • 90 2 London, Jul> 10. trary m general money n. expectation! that, with the tan of the half-year, credit WOOkl again b( easy. lending institutions OUtlftde lite rlrariritr banks cir. hi n btffl ablr to Charge up to one per <""nt :cr I rnmnindation Igmintt bonds as security (nrln .to
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  • 45 2 London. Jul> to TtlC lOtft] Ml :\pp'ir tenders for the *;4S 000.000 trei b T.s wa.s 1 85,160.000. The maximum amount wj; to bin.s it thrco month.*; iTerarc rat< r>«r cent v^in? 10r. |.43d a.s against !fs. SJSd a week v.zi- British Wireless
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  • 77 2 CHRISTIAN Art EXHIBITION jm i Sort I which c; n h VhlU ra< exhibition r Mission I in 1940. The rxluiui.. rvery MStth anhiterturr. p*,,,, minor .md ..ppl.rd The obj. show that th< not bct-i Christian f a r. k miti\( ra 'people whi differs wldelj and Anif-r. Althjuph m
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  • 11 2 ANOTHER BENCH VACANCY TO FILL Tort irt '1 i Jy Reuter
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  • 302 3 Watch "Cookie" Or He May Infect You With Typhoid! MANY EUROPEANS BEING INOCULATED BE CAREFUL! Your cook may give you typhoid. Infection through the servants who prepare their oo<l is the most likely means of Europeans catching typhoid fever. No Europeans are unlikely to eat food which is not prepared
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  • Article, Illustration
    52 3 A SMALL BOY waits patiently for medical students at th e clinic of me new dental school at the Singapore General Hospital. Only the purely dental subjects are taught at the school, which last year examined 3.300 new patients and 1.200 who had undergone previous treatment. Altogether !!9, 000 treatments
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  • 35 3 Gave Maid Chewing Gum Orchids To Wife p,,N<. FOR DIVORCE at C l Mrs. Alexandria i^ton Haul thml when her husband ok rum— but he took r and lhr.*» i room. a on <"•„ ouimJs of
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  • 164 3 government slow TO ACT number of tin dredging Ing dawn ti ea the price in the I with EuroI rms and factor- number i iltural •\ires Perak imber o! Free I v placed ij rdlng to ...-i to j July 1 i on I v
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  • 30 3 ■ft l 'i>' B AriyaB 1 1 USt k-U Terrell I 1,, w-ln-Cham- I'/ n USti(C "-ne in in d i Lee Beon| Hi B ■>
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  • 594 3 ADVERTISE-And Bring Tourists To Malaya MALAYA is poorly supported by tourists and the Government s\uj U \d supply sufficient funds for advertising to put he country more prominently on the map and make it the veritable tourist paradise it has boon acclaimed This opinion was expressed by Mr. Una Cheng
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  • 413 3 THE Malayan Exhibition which will be opened by the High Commilbioner. Sir Shenton Thomas, at Kuala Lumpur on July 30 promises to give [visitors irom all parts of the country a reflection of Malayan life and industry such as has never been created beiore. The exhibition will
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  • 283 3 one regards "The Naughty Wife" as a good play or not credit had to go to Singapore Amateur Dramatic Club for a well acted production of Frederick Jackson's comedy at the Victoria Theatre on Saturday night. Though it is tho view of many that
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  • 37 3 London, July 8. The ]n>t objection of the Soviet to j the non-intervention plan has boon J removed. The Soviet representative has informed the Foreign Office that his Government has accepted the .scheme.— Reuter
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  • 308 3 Pretty Girls Are The Attraction At People's Park £\NE of the few food and refreshment spots in Singapore to remain open until 2 a.m., Chinatown's People's Park in New Bridge Road is favourite night haunt for Chinese clerk* and coolies alike nnd has the reputation for being an expensive place
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 11 3 ■"enMadelToune I lncreas "n 24 tmi [m< 1(J Energy, is 5
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    • 87 3 [No mistaking quality and smoothness W/^ NDE R 1 ULL Y M^KMH/k W fresh aren't they? imbi^^^^^^wl I get much more pleasure Mj/^ from smoking since I *k «W| switched to Craven c A.' «-~^^r They do not stain my jßi fingers or stick to my £i I .^■■^^^C^i^Hß)^ Whether
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  • 757 4 Building Societies For Malaya? Britain's Example AMONG suggestions recently put forward to help solve the housing: shortage in Singapore is one that building societies should be started in Malaya. This article describes the building society movement in Great Britain which has done much to improve housing conditions at Home during
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  • 728 4 New Chapter In History Of Medicine A London Letter a NEW chapter in the history of medicine was opened some time a«?o with the discovery of the value of a substance known as "Protonsil" in cases of puerperal fever, severe sore throat and other complaints. Protcnsil had certain disadvantages, however,
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  • 214 4 THE last of the great British sailing ships has moved to her last bmh. Next to Nelson's flagship, the Victory, the Cutty Sark Veteran Chinatea clirDer and winner of many of the old sail-ship /aces from Australia to Ixmdrxn with the years wool clip- is probably the
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  • 645 4 Sherwood Forest In Ca liforn ia n Park THREE HUNDRED L'Oth century modtrns wlio started north from Hollywood recently wound up the next clay 600 miles and 800 years away. The 600 miles carried them to r. beautiful park ne.ir the thriving city of Chico. California The eight centuries carried
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 146 4 White Canvas Tents. Maker and repairer of rattan and Bertam Chicka. Canvas and Spring Blinds. Tarpaulins, Tents. Rags. Rlue Screens, Bertaro Pa neb. Wire Setting Fencing. Wool huntings and Flag*. ABDUL RAHMAN, Telephone 2454. Office:— 66, Robinson Road, 'Opposite Telegraph Co* Workshop: 293, Joo Chiat ?Ut«, Singapore. Orders promptly tfvee«ted.
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    • 89 4 B^^^H^ PEPSOOENT ahnc o( tf toctti pasm toitins mn tfanfcet ■jjL^. tts e $eeln 9 <*"" clo-id lift and the H|^S^^^Pf lun fining through again! t# -^Thaf» H^^^^^^^S^ 4£&gBfk how m;llfons {eel ff ♦»»••> «"1 e fc periB^^te^ff^^ enco Wlf^ Popsodent Tooth Pesle conS^^^Bif So amazingly effective is IRIUM that
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  • 480 5 sden5 den British Premier oosevelt World Leader .SAYS 'OLD MOORE'S" ftfgnor Mussolini's dictatorship and Stalin and his regime are prophesied ham's Original Old Moore's Almanack, published under an original copyright 1 '7. decline is predicted for November i of which
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  • 413 5 WITH China the third largest coal country in the world, Japan, through occupation of the live northern provinces, has brought under her control more than half the Chinese coal deposits, the U.S. Institute of Pacific Relations reports. Coupled with the extensive iron fields in
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  • Article, Illustration
    26 5 UKNERAL VIEW DIKING the first open-air performance of the opera "AHta." performed in the ruins ->t the Colosseum m Rome, in the presence of Signer Mussolini
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  • 147 5 Wife Bounced Him On Her Knee Too Much! g/LL/JS CURTIS, 3 ft. 11 in. n idget, who married 6 ft. 4 in. de Fee at Florida, U.S.A., last January, is suing for divorce. He announced the fact at Los Ana d he i He's tired of being bOV up and
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  • 58 5 Manila, July 8. Ciold Sh.tre Averages: Previous 75.75 Today s 7G.05 Last Sale Prices Previous Today Pesos. Antamok 0.375 0 385 Atolt 026 0.265 Coco Grove 046 unquoted Demonstration 0.27 0 28 'x L 070 unquoted Masbate 0.15 0 15 Minrs Operations 0.11 0.105 .San Mauricio
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  • 561 5 DANGER OF WORLD WAR IMMINENT Washington, June {ft. ACCORDING to Senator Key t\ Pittman. chairman of the Senate Foreign Relation.-; Committee, there is at present •imminent, danger" of a world war which eventually might involve the United States. "Although we might keep out of a world war," he said in
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  • 232 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, July 4. DRINCE CHULA CHAKRA- BONGSE of Siam, Prince Bira's cousin, is anxio\is to get Siam represented on the International Association of Recognised Automobile Clubs, in which case Prince Bira will exchange a British licence for a Siamese
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  • 151 5 Industrial isation In Colonies TWO eminent ex-oflicial.s of the Malayan Civil Service. Sir Richard Winstedt and Mr. A. S. Haynes. will be prominent delegates to the International Congress for Geography which la to be held at Amsterdam from July 18-28 under the patronage of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands. The
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  • Article, Illustration
    44 5 i the United States a now Federal fall has been constructed on Terminal Island, near Lo> Angeles, costing $IJ9SJH9. Threo Towers. similar to the one in this picture, have been built at strategic points m» as to enable the jailers to supervise the prisoners.
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  • 98 5 HITLER TO BECOME GREATER? IJERR HITLER is putting the finishing touches to a book in which he describes a new form of religion embracing all pure Nordics, with himself as the spiritual founder. It is said that the political Implications of the book are tremendous; it hlxita at a division
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  • 98 5 During the week ending July 2, exports from Malayan ports amounted to 58.658 cases, of which: 36,320 (62 per cent.) cases were to the United Kingdom, 2,730 (5 per cent cases to the Continent of Europe. i 11,976 i2O per cent.) cases to Canada, and 7,632
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  • 32 5 I July H Managers and promoters have tvi triven until Aug 5 to irnuifC tiki 1 Phillips Biiiish aiid Empire title Otherwise. oOcU] inviuition to offers will f>« made Reuter
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 66 5 (IMPORTANT y\i'TS ABOUT FEVER 2 hen you have [u. ;r wasted body '->ut for moisture m ou desperately thirsty. Syour weakened to rebuild your °dy quickly i HORLICKS 20. I' ThSs heals L 1 Bleeciag mid Ke iven up ho] E* Be perJl*' Absorp- -^1. mowing W Van Vleck's gf-
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    • 146 5 ESk* "*4'j^ZA 9 V i~ "I SUFFERED rFor Years With GAS PAINS" "Then a frienei told me about Alka-Soltzcr. Now I juit take cne Alku-Seltter Tablet and I feel fine." If you suffer with Stomach Gas, here*t the way to g«t quitk, effective relief. Just drop an Alka-Sekter TaSlet into
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  • 194 6 SAPPERS of the Czechoslovakia Army demonstrating their skill during manoeuvres near Prague. After blowing up barbed wire barricades they proceeded to construct a pontoon bridge across a river. Horses swam the river while the troops crossed on foot carrying the saddles. TOP BIGHT: At the Women', A.A.A. Championships
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  • 923 7 Messrs S. E. Levy's American Stock Market Review rpHE New York stock market re-opened after Aits celebration of the Glorious Fourth in a somewhat more sober mood than it was at the close, write Messrs. S. E. Levy in their weekly report on the
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  • 285 7 Even London Had Never Heard Of It MORE CRITICISM OF SELANGOR RATING Oui own Correspondent) Kuulu Lumpur. July 9. ENQUIRIES in England thai 'not even the hotheaded, ultra-red r evi n the Socialist nty Council has ted the introduction into ind of the system wo have in force here." said
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  • Article, Illustration
    15 7 ZECHOSLOVAKIAN cavahyinlll 4lld a irHI trained horse |Om bine in an exhibiti-ii of ridIm stunts.
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  • 228 7 Closing Time Too Early In Singapore Raffles Hotel The Clubs REFERENCE to the refusal of the authorities to grant a permanent ex-ension of hours to Singapore hotels was made by Mr. J. A. Clarke, presiding at the annual meeting of Raffles Hotel, Ltd.. on Saturday. Mr. Clarke stated that the
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  • 205 7 Acquitted— Then On Another Charge EX-BANKRUPT AND BORROWED MONEY IMMEDIATELY after being acquitted on a charge of obtaining credit of over $100 without disclosing he icas a bankrupt, another charge of a similar nature icas preferred against G. G. Stubbs, a Eurasian clerk with over 18 years' Government Service who
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  • 98 7 An account of Czechoslovakia's defences has been given in a broadcast talk by Major Broz., of the General Staff. "The defences consist," he said "of a chain of machine-gun nests all along the frontier and deep into the interior. "In the event of invasion the van of
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  • 20 7 One person was killed and eight injured in a motor accident in which s!x ears were in collision near Pargnr-lM-Feims.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 33 7 the greatest film °f ALL TI ME S^T^K v ill be screened oJQI DURING THE GALA J^Sf OPENING OF THE ALHAMBRA R bi Hood's fer« 1 AIR-CONDITIONED J-^fTuA? y AND COMPLETELY J RENOVATED
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    • 247 7 ONE of the BRIGHTEST and BEST MUSICALS of the YEAR! Greeted by Packed Houses during the Week End ll j^^KHHmL CAPITOL Positively LAST MIGHT! I I NEW UNIVERS AL present the Screens roost l^rf ALICE FAYE with a Star Cast JBk^*mm "YOU'RE A SWEETHEART" The LOUIS -SCHMELING <-" *w <m^^,M.^M
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  • 660 8 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, JULY 11, 1938. The Tin Pool PUBLICATION of the details of the buffer tin pool does not reveal much which the Malayan tin industry did not already know, for some vital matters remain unsettled. The most important points about the detailed scheme are that the
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  • 1148 8 Infantry Battalions To Train Detachments Of Sharp Shooters Set~vices Notes By A Special Correspondent C*ACH battalion of infantry is to train a detachment of men in the role of sharp-shooters or snipers." The number is fixed at 72, and they are to be chosen because of their keen vision, quickness
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 158 8 \W GIMLET X^^r/ and botf make it with LIME JUICE caldbeck's PHOWF 5934 *^lN Telegraphic Address I fxlUWt 5933 /'"A Vs. GOODWOOD CHAK^Vn.NGLIf SITUATED IDEAL FOR VISITORS AND TOURISTS Unrivalled Facilities tor Private Entertainments. WE EMPHASISE THE EXCELLENCE OF Wf v GO WHERE YOU WILL, YOU'LL iv FIND NO FINER,
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    • 26 8 Fop BURGLARY INSURANCE APPLY TO THE GENERAL ACCIDENT FIRE V llf I ASSURANCE CORPORATION LTD. (Incorporated In Great Britain) HONG KONG BANK CHAMBERS SINGAPORE. 'PHONE: 6480
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous

  • 772 9 Company's Statement On Men's Working Conditions TIME TABLE ISSUED FOR SPECIAL SERVICE THERE were no important developments in the Singapore 1 bus strike during the week-end. The 1,400 Singapore Traction Company employees remained adamant in their demands, but arbitration suggestions were discussed informally.
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  • 400 9 I long Kontf. July 5. I^ll WEN Chinese girls, six between the ages iol I s and 20, and believed to have been awaiting transport to Siam and Malaya after Mild through an organisation trafficking: in n \\m\ tfirls were found
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  • 129 9 r order to enable the Dutch community of Singapore to see and choose the latest books for themselves and their children, an enterprising representative of a leading firm of booksellers in Java ftas brought several hundred volumes and is exhibiting thcra at the HoVcndache Club. He is
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  • Article, Illustration
    48 9 MR. A. A. FERNANDO, and Miss Violet Dc Vcs, who were married at St. Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore, o n Saturday. The bridegroom is the feon of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Fernando of Colombo, and the bride, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Orchard, of Singapore.
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  • 185 9 Today's Time Table For Suburban Travel The emergency bus and taxi service between Raffles Quay and the suburbs will run to a time table from today. The service is expected to run every day until the bus strike ends. MORNINGS Convoys of three 9-seater buses and three
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  • 515 9 How Buffer Tin Pool Will Work THE text of the agreement to establish a 10,0o<> ton buffer tin pool to stabilise the price of tin bttweeil £200 and £230 was issued in Kuala Lumpur on Saturda\ A SUMMARY OF THE AGREEMENT, WHICH WAS FTOUMUD IN LONDON 24 HOCUS FARMER. APPEARED
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  • TRADE AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE
    • 164 10 From London 1.30 p.m. Yesterday KIBBEK: < Previous tone Easy; London: Closed Previously: 7> 4 d. 7 5 16d. August: Previously: 7 5 16d. l\<i.-lOct.-Dcc: Previously: 7%d. l\ f 2 Jan-Mar: Previously: 7'id. 7 9!16d New York: Previously: 14.71. STOCKS: London: 50,654 tons (59,778 tons) Liverpool: 31,800
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    • 67 10 From London: Latest Quotations TIN: 'Previous tone Easy* Spot: closed Previously: £189 17s 6d. Three month*: closed Previously: .£l9O 17s. 6d NEW YORK TIN: closed Previously: 42.87. Settlement: <;38 7s. Gd. Previously: £38 7s. 6d. Yesterday: £7 Is. i»/ 2 d. Previously: £7 Is. Ifed I v
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    • 69 10 Foreign Exchange Rates London Closing Quotations Method ot Pantj ooiore Latest PreCentre Quoting 20-9-31 Rate viousJy Piiris Franc to 1211 178 7 16 178 1 New York > to 4.88 4.94 116 4 94«£ Amsterdam Guilders to 8.9734 8.955r 8 95*;, Hong Kong.. Per dollar Is. 3d. Is 3d Shanghai
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    • 178 10 Saturday's Singapore Quotations j July 9 SELLING London. T.T. 2 3 29 32 London, demand 2:3 29 32 Lyons, demand 2060 Switzerland, demand 250 Hamburg, demand 141% New York, demand 57* Montreal, demand 57 11 16 Batavia, demand 103 7 a Samarang. demand 103% Calcutta. Bombay, and
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    • 358 10 The following New York quotations are supplied by Reuter. DOW-JONES AVMt.W.tN Previously Saturday's „n Close Close Changes JO Industrials 137.45 135.67 0f11.73 20 Kails 27.93 27.10 off ..3 20 Utilities 22.15 2.. 53 on* .57 40 Bonds 88.67 88.50 off .17 Business done— total volume 1.570.C00 shares
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    • 81 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association July 9, 12 o'clock noon Buyers Sellers No. I.X.R.S.S. in cases (FOB. July) 24% 24 Good FAQ. in bales (F.OB. July) 24 24 No. I.X.R.S.S. (Spotloose) (awardable Singapore) 24 3 4 24' 8 July 25 25 Va Aug.-Sept. 25i/4 25?s Oct-Dec. 25% 26 Jan-Mar. 28
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    • 855 10  - BRITISH FINANCE AND COMMERCE By Robert Mackay THE size of British gold reserves is such that they are sufficient to cover any likely withdrawals of money from London, and it is a striking sign of the stability of British financial administration that the recent £80 millions Defence Loan (coming as
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    • 144 10 List Supplied By Messrs Fraser Co. SATURDAY, JULY 9, 1938: 1 P.M. Financial Compaq Dlvlclend Boo** Date Ex. DU. Kamunting Tin 8% less tax Jun^2B jSy 3^ July* 4 Kuala Lumpur Tin is. No 34 Aug 19 15? Kucfcai Tin 5 Int. July 13 July 18 July
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    • 1071 10 Fraser And Co.'s List SATURDAY, JULY 9. 1938: 1 P.M. MINING Buyers Sellers Ampat Tin (4si 4s l'jd 4s 7l*d Asam Kumbang (£> 29s 31s Austral Malay 44s 48s nom Ayer Hitam (5s) 24s 9d 25a M Ayer Weng ($1) .57 V* 62 >4 Bangrin
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    • 54 10 S. E. Levy Co. Shanghai. Hongkong. Manila Stngiiwr*. MEMBERS NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC NEW YORK COFFEE SUGAR EXCHANGE CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE CANADIAN COMMODITY EXCHANOE. SHANGHAI BTOCK EXOHANGE HONGKONG SHARE BROKERS' ASSN MANILA STOCK EXCHANOE Meyer Chambers, Singapore. I (Second Finor P.O. Box iii T el.: 5251
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  • 49 11 London, July 8. Chinese bonds displayed a firmer tendency on the stock exchange, following the news that the Chinese Ministry of Communications had handed over the funds relative to the coupons, which wore due on July 1, for the various issues of the Lung-Hal Railway.— Reuter
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  • 1154 11 MEXICAN PETROLEUM INDUSTRY AND WORLD OIL MARKETS Will Cardenas' Bold Scheme Succeed HOW CAN THE PRESIDENT COMPENSATE OWNERS? J ACK of foreign markets, shfopiii* facilities and technical skill jeopardises President Lazaro Cardenas* socialistic effort to nationalise the Mexican petroleum industry. Foreign wells and equipment, largely British and American, were seized
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 409 11 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS Whg xtpiiMon* to all department*) TeJ: -XlniwiI L J2£ El Java Street. fhone: 5171 (I Hues wltb nm l llrrwstei Road. •P** 1 fhonr: 3683. nm*s If nisl»op Strret. Penang. fhone: 147 7 |<>n; ,043 llrrt Strrrt. lx,ndon fhone: Central 3608— SQ9'J jr l r,dtnjla\» London SUSSCniPTION RATES
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    • 402 11 BOARD RESIDENCE SEA FRONT KATONG GRANGE-77 Meyer Kd <near SwimmiKg Club) Board -Residence at moderate rates Large Gardens— Tennis. Phone: 5758. THE MANSION OXLEY RISE PRIVATE HOTEL Tel. *****. "LOXTOM" fUU Class Private Hotel. Bedrooms with modern o.ithrooins from $f>s per month. Hot water to Bathrooms. Ceiling fans and long
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    • 265 11 BANK OF CHINA 'Incorporated tu CMna tj^ Sparta. --«.-> It. Oell Street. Slngap^«. MODERN BANKING With branches and sub-br-nchea throughout China, and corres pondents in all the principal -.i'.ics of the world, the Bank (s well equipped to transact modern banking business of ?very description. TO LET OFFICES^ m BANK
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 664 11 RADIO PROGRAMMES SINGARORE. ZHL 1.33 mc/s (225 m pm 5 00 Malay music. t 5.30 Short song recitals In Cantonese. t 6.15 Children* programme < Cantonese). 6.30 Cantonese dramas. t 6.50 The third te«^t match. Relayed from London 7.00 Swn£ and piuno recital by Jo«* Hamilton and Lindsay Granville. 7.25
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    • 93 11 ROME. id lift Mr a i25.4 m.\ p.m. 6 20. Opening announcement. News in English. News in Chinese. Chamber muidc. ICtVJI In ItcllKn. MANILA. KZTt M 25 33 m. and 31 S m. p.m. p m. 4.20 Popular music. 6 50 News lo BpanlAb. 6.05 Newa to En«llsh 9 50
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  • 691 12 Construction Costs High And Freights Low ORDERS for two new liners, each of about 30,000 tons, are shortly to be given out by the Australasian Line. The vessels will be jointly owned by the Canadian Pacific Railway and the P. and O. Steamship Company, and
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  • 493 12 if OOTING. mutinous behaviour, and i* 1 cowardly hysteria by some of the coloured seamen aboard the London steamer Harmaneth (5,415 tons* wrecked on the Pensjuin Rocks. Chili, in May, (was alleged when the liner Orblta arrived at Liverpool last week with 18 shipwrecked men. A report describing
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  • 110 12 SINGAPORE HARBOUR Tht Mlovlni wharves <*r exjKct«a to East Wharf. Entrance <„, Rohna 22; Op ten N Main Wharf. Entrance <„, r Titan 18: Jwm Torak 12; Mm I Empire Dork. Entrant i. Grey. stoke Caatlfl berlev D: Rbe» Prlnec I Kajai Empire Dock, Entran e GaU j i GalaxiAs
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  • 15 12 J Hall''. <Ddt.>; City of Kli Bel l« m D Julv ii dree (Bi
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  • 23 12 KING AND QUEEN TO CRUISE London It KiDK and Quota wui i eruiM In hom«« vatei vac hi Victori la^t week in Julv
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  • 16 12 6 ARRESTED IN SEE STRIKE fort Said. Jul Six stnke for incitement, but tl tinuca.— Reuter
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 399 12 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated in F.M.S.) TELEPHONE: Freight 5433— Passage 5431 LLOYDS AGENTS:— BOOKING AGENTS FOR FEDERATED MALAY STATES RAILWAYS. ROYAL STATE RAILWAYS OF SIAM Y^^^K^^^\ SEE CANADA mji™ff*£Ji^^* s m i iJ£ i^^A CrO vla Canada t0 North Amcilca— Europe. Fast, through trains direct ■JjfiSr^/J^^uSTL^J from ships side at
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    • 71 12 "GERMANY AND NOW AUSTRIA Registered Reichmarks, at about 42% discount, are now available for use in Austria in the following forms: 1. Travellers Cheques and remittances For non-resident visitors to Austria irrespective of their nationality 2. BeNeVOlent Remittances To dependents of eon resident Germans and Austrians. 3. Haavarmark Remittances To
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    • 234 12 RED FUNNEL LINE HEAP ENG MOH S.S. CO.. LTD. (Incorporated in Btralta Settlcment*> KLGIXAK PASSENGER CARGO Servie* from Singapore to Java, Borneo. Banka and Rilliton. I OR r.\r.\Vl.\. CIII.RIDON \\|i SEMARANCJ. (Every luehday and iriday) s.s. GIANG SENO Tu.'s. July 12 s .s. BAN HONG I lONG Pri J«l] I
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    • 60 12 HENDERSON LINE SCHFJM I r <>| smi in By Fortnightly P.iv«engei lletwrrn KanciMin l'.»rl Marseilles nul I 11 ■OMEWABB s\ni\ e KingM* KEMMKNDINE AMARAPOOIU iOAINO HROMP BURMA YOMA I'I'.CJU 8" WEEN KEMMENDINI M4ARAPOORA KAGAING PROMI i!K I 1 farej Bti LONDON Biaffk Kft ttr 11 t inmitl MARSF.II.IrS Single IMurn
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    • 326 12 Local And Foreign Mail Dispatches And Arrivals I DESPATCHES BY TRAIN Bangkok every Saturday 7 p.m. Thursday 7.45 a.m. Swettenham Taiping and Telok Anton, Weekdays* Kota Bahru, Kuala Krai. Thursday and Friday* am. Sunday 7 p.m. Kuala Lumpur and Penang Weekdays: 7.45 a.m. Malacca, Batu Annam. Batu Pahat. Gremas. Kajang.
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    • 75 12 ptCtod in Sinsap< r. Mani MjtiLs :rnm Au.sir y. Indies etc. oxp«vtod 'Qant.is); mtfll delh- MaiLs from Europe expected tomorrow by iti general delivery 4 U5 j> rn Mails :rom China x i row bv Kidderporr llAlll \r m Japan \.<- by Hav.inu Maru Imperial Air Mail sm i .•:r
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 436 13 BY P&Oand BRITISH INDIA LINES INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND) P. 0. S. N. CO'S SAILINGS, OUTWARDS t)oe Doe Tonnace Spare. Connate Spore. 1938 1938 CARTHAGE 15.000 Aur 26 17.000 July 15 RAJPUTANA 17.000 Sept. 9 15.000 Julv 29 RANCHI 17,000 Sept 23 n 6.100 July 30 BURDWAN 6 070 Sept. 24
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    • 513 13 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL S.S. Co., Ltd. [Incorporated in England.) FOR UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT,. VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL Steamer n o CITV OP DERBY Havre. L'don. R'dam. Hburg, Ggow Julv 30 \ut fe CITY OP SINGAPORE Havre. Ldon R Jam. Hburg. Gl3^ow Auc 3" a CITY OF BAGDAD Havre. L'don.
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    • 869 13 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. SINGAPORE AND PENANG PHONE 5154 (7 Lines) REPRESENTING. SHirPINO JHE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean Steam The ll ua Khtow Steamship Co ft»J?> Mrf. Sbip t,, Ltd.. and China Mutual dteam Cunard White Sta* Ltd. Navigation Ltd.) Aberdeen A Common»e»itb i me. The StraiU Steamship Co.. Ltd. Shaw
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    • 628 14 KP M OP TKN NOORT—Monday. July 11. Belawan-Deli. BOTH— Monday. July 11. Tanjong-Pandan. Batavia. Semarang and Cheribon. KAMPAR— Tuesday, July 12. Bangkalis. Paneh. Berombang. TanjongMcngeidar, Tanjong-Leidong and Asahan. PALOPO— Tuesday. July 12. Penant? and Bagan Si-Api-Api MAKASSER— Wednesday. July 13. Prigi-Radja. Sapat. Tembilahan, Poe-ioe-Pallas. Pengalian Estate and Rengat. REAEL— Wednesday.
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    • 430 14 JOINT SERVICE OF PRINCE LINE SILVER LINE FOR HALIFAX, BOSTON, NEW YORK, BALTIIVI^p ANO PHILADELPHIA, VIA CAPE OF GOOD HOPE Due Sails l)ue Singapore Singapore New York MV. CINGALESE PRINCE in Port July 13 Aug 28 M.S. SILVERTEAK July 15 Jul* 23 beP* MV. MALAYAN PRINCE Aug 1 Aug. 9
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    • 368 14 O. S. K. LINE FOR AFRICA AND SOI'TH AMKIJI* > ♦Ar^Ma \laru Hueno» Aires via Colombo \i tArabla Maru Zanzibar. Dar-es-Salaam ih renco Marques Durban. Port fr. and Cape Town t*~ ".M. M.r- ««»»VowrR t o la t ,e COl j r;: '-J and Montevideo. M.nili Mara Bue«os Aires via
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  • 670 15 Favourites Beaten At Final Day Of Perak Race Meeting featured the racing on Saturday, the final day of (l ak Turf Club's July meeting at Ipoh. Kissing Cup started irprise in the first event and paid her supporters i.th. who ran a dead-heat '^"S- was the a* hi- backers was
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    13 15 fiIDERS fording the "water sp:ash" near Chohhcm Villaac during the COmV° Sendee trials.
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  • 453 15 CTILL leading in Div. I of the *J league, the Chinese have every chance of retaining the trophy. Their Reserves, however, have lost their position in Div. II, and R.A. (Blakan Mati> have gone on top. The R.A.M.C. are still ahead in Div. in, while the Oversea Chinese
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  • 172 15 Bradman Offered £2,500 A Year To Stay In England nON BRADMAN will shortly meet officials of a London firm of turf accountants to discuss their offer of a £2,50C a year pos^, says the Sunday Chronicle. The offer has been made by Sports Investors Society, Ltd., of Borland House, S.W.,
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  • 170 15 Japanese Champion's 26 Consecutive Wins Futabayama. Japan's champion sumo wrestler and national sports hero, sur- j vived the cummer tournament without defeat and brought to 26 his total consecutive victories in five seasonal competitions. Aged 27 and weighing close t j 300 pounds, Futabayama Is the idol
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  • Article, Illustration
    19 15 picture. Sim Im Peng "going over" in the high jump event on Saturrini, nt thn A.A. sports.- Free Press
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  • 51 15 Germany beat Britain by five contests to three in an International amateur boxing tournament in Berlin last week. On boxing skTl, there was little to choose between the men, but the Germans appeared better trained, and in most fights the British boxers tired appreciably in the last
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  • 105 15 Melbourne, June 'IS. The design of a white skull and crossbones on a black jacket have been banned by Melbourne racing clubs as a design fcr racing colours for a country doctor who race* under the name of "J. Sarsfield." The doctor said today that the design had
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  • 110 15 Girls interested in the promotion of cricket as another team game for girls in Singapore are invited to a meeting at the Y.W.C.A. Hostel, Fort Canning Road, on Tuesday, at 5.30 p.m. During the past few years, girls' cricket in England, Australia and New Zealand, has made great
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  • 75 15 Paris. JOHNNY KING, the British bantamweight champion, was outpointed by Paul Dogniaux over 10 rounds here. King had matters all his own way in the first two rounds, but the Frenchman, who recently held Freddie Miller, cx-feather-weight champion of the world, to a draw, began to take matters
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  • 688 15 Singapore Records Broken On Saturday A FEATURE of the Singapore Amateur Athletic meeting which came to a close on Saturday was the brilliant running of M. K. Sundram, who won the cup for the h*st performance of the day. He won the sprint
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  • 101 15 Mi&s Shei'a Stroyan, of Sunniiulaie. holder of the Dutch women.-, championship, beat Mrs. Derhout Mtotl the Dutch international, 11 and in the thirty-Mx holes final, say. w. Amsterdam messape. Dr. Wm. Twcddell <Stourbn. former British and Worcester if champion, regained the county
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  • 278 15 A STONISHING offers have been made to Donald Budge, the British, American, French, and Australian lawn tennis champion, to turn professional They arc much larger than any offers in thr history of the game. Many sports promoters arc m the market, but the grimmest
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 130 15 Diary Of The j HOTELS. RAFFI ES: Cocktail Dance 6.30 to r..:'>o p.m. Dinner and Dance 9 30 p.m. to midnight COCONUT GROVE: Dinner and Dance. CINEMAS. CAPITOL: "You're a Sweetheart," with Alice Faye and Charles Winnin--s,er, New Universal picture, today: 6.15 9.15 p.m. PAVILION: "The Aw!ul Truth," with Irene
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  • 599 16 Services Play Good Football To Beat Malacca Five-Nil Combined Services 5; Malacca 0. SCORING their first goal three minutes from the start, the Combined Services struck match winning form on Saturday to beat Malacca by five goals to nil in the Malaya Cup tie at the Stadium. This was the
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  • 261 16 AN excit ng finish was provided in the cricket match bvween the St. Alfdrew*! dd Bays' and the Clarke Rangen at the school field yesterday. when tho Old Boys' wero beaten by 18 runs. M Kohlofl took the b'w'.ng honours with si:: wcke*o for
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    17 16 picture. Sadura Sinih. winner of the putling the weight at the A.A. sports on Saturday.— Free Press
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  • 78 16 Only one foreigner is included in the 184 entries for the A.S.A. Championships, to be held at Great Yarmouth from July 18-21, in sharp contrast to former years. The overseas challenger is a Finn. Carl Ola Grahn. from HeLsingfors, entered for the 200 yards (brea.it
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  • 80 16 At a meeting which one who was present described to a Sunday Express reporter as "heated and marked by much emphatic banging of fists on the table," the Wimbledon committee decided that if the German von Cramm sent in his entry for next year's championships it
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    22 16 picture. A s.rric!- player and a comparatively small member of the Malacca side aisiyite possession in Saturday's Malaya Cup fixture- Free Press
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  • 229 16 A DRAW was the resu't of the cricket match played between the S.CC and the Indian Association on thg latter'.s ground yesterday. A feature of tie match was the fine batting and bowling of Baskaran. He made 74 runs and took five wickets for 17
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  • 185 16 The first bi-monthly Mixed Foursomes competitirn for July was played at Bukit Timah yesterday afternocn 3 no: resulted in a win tor Mrs. P. G. P^iard ond W. A. C Henderson with a r.et score o: 35 3 4 Thirty-seven cards ware taken out and the following
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  • 79 16 Playing for Denstone Colleg2 against Trent College. J. H. G. Deighton took the last six wickets with seven balls. His bowling analysis was 8 for 12. In the school's previous match— against the Old Denstonians Deighton took five wickets with six balls and had the
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  • 120 16 Ih beating the Orange Free State at the Springbok Park Bloemfontein, the British Rugby team have now won five of the seven matches p!ayed the other two being lost. The match was marred by injuries. F. J. Reynolds twisted his ankle and was unable to
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  • 317 16 Olivier Bats Well F Or 69 Not Out DEQUIRING only another \2 run< for rt wickets in hand, the United S lucky to have had to share the honoun match with tho Ccylonese Sports Chlb match at Tan.qlin yesterday. Though they compiled their runs
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  • 234 16 Air Force Too Good For Chinese |N a cricket match played at Hong L!m Green yesterday the Royal Air Force beat the SC.R.C. by 26 runs. Scores SC.R.C. Gan Kee Tian st. Ackrill b Witts 24 Tan Thean Tek c Ackrill b Page 0 Chua Boon Unn b Lee 26
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  • 20 16 In a friendly tOCOtf OD Friday Lhr Jolliladi Athletic Union cefeated Uie Y.M.C.A. by two coals t) ni!
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  • 281 16 Racing In Malaya Is "Straight er Than Ever" AT a tiffin at the Ipoh racecoun the Perak Turf Club, speakin Malayan Racing was now straight He appealed to the Jockeys and owners to keep it so. The tiffin followed a golf competition between trainers and jockeys. Officials were guests at
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    15 16 picture. The mile race in progress at the A. A. sports on Saturday}.— Free Press
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  • 371 16 Inter-College Cricket Annual Drawn pIF. tenth annual college cricket im.u,», tween the Medical ..u, lt lM the Raffles College, pl«i\rd the lattrr's gNMi md* >esterday in a tanu- <)r JM Thi.i i.s thr second y<- ir ln cession that drawn, but in tii vious thr m.- winners. In 1930 uiui
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  • 35 16 The Veterans XI SkllllnCJ at T.i.u-lni I Both ItMM strong* 4^ sid< hould rcsvilt The Vetei;uW XI Ah Kow. KMWI Ki Taib. DoikiU. Kboon Oi Keng Hook ftO| Soon. Wan Puten an l
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