The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 21 July 1938

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  • 18 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS WO. i:>..-»? 7 ESTI>. 18*15. THURSDAY, JULY 21. 1938. 10 CENTS
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  • 182 1 IWIEDEMANN TALKS [CCOUNTS REGARDED AS UNAUTHORISED' Jritish Refugee Hint To Germany I London, July 20. horised," is the description attached m I circles to all accounts of the conversa- ax, the Foreign Secretary, and Capt. \w up to Herr Hitler, during their meetH m
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  • 13 1 NEARLY 50 PER CENT RECRUITING INCREASE s joinIn the i a British Wireless
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  • 105 1 Bluejackets On Way To Hankow Hankow, July 20. A FORCE of British bluejackets, numbering 110, are expected to arrive m Hankow by train from Kowloon today, says Reuter. A supplement of British sailors •re already here and available for assistance m the event of an extreme emergency. They will, it
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  • 53 1 (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, July 20. Six seaplanes, for the Slam's four submarines and one light cruiser, all new vessels for the Siam's navy built m Japan, were anointed yesterday afternoon when received m commission. Air Force squadrons flew over the scene of ceremonies
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  • 331 1 Tennis Star's Singapore Bridesmaid MOMINATION of a board of arbitrators acceptable to them was made at a meeting of striking transport workers last night, following long discussions with Mr. J. M. Barron, Controller of Labour, who has been visiting Singapore m an effort
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  • 105 1 MEXICAN EMBASSY BO.HBED Madrid. July 2d. During a two hours' bombing of Madrid today four shells, two of which failed to explode, hit the American Embassy at present unoccupied. The port* of Valencia aNo sun Vied severe bombing (luring the day. .CABLE DELAYED BY CENSOR) Hankow. July 20.
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  • 175 1 Passengers And Company To Blame Challenger Inquiry Findings MELBOURNE. JULY 20. fJiR. H. V. C. THORBY, THE AUS--ITI TRALIAN MINISTER FOR DEFENCE, TODAY ANNOUNCED THE FINDINGS OF THE INQUIRY INTO THE CIRCUMSTANCES THE ARRIVAL OF THE IMPERIAL AIRWAYS FLYING BOAT, CHALLENGER, AT PORT DARWIN ON JULY 4. Mr. Thorby declared
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  • 146 1 King's Wreath For Unknown French Wa rrio r Paris, July 20. THE KING, m field-mar-shal's uniform, accompanied by the British Ambassador, Sir Kric Phipps, placed a wreath on the tomb of France's unknown soldier at the Arc de Triomphe. this morning. His Majesty was received by the Minister for Pensions.
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  • 105 1 Earthquake Kills Many In Greece Athens, July 20. AX earthquake, iinprecederued m the history of Greece. occurred today, states Renter's Athens correspondent. Severe shocks were felr throughout the country durin the morning and many houses and buildings were destroyed. A number ol lives wore lost m a vil lace near
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 33 1 kIGIA TEA home Premier Hotel. Ln TONIGHT P R CHEST RAI |0i Nker C °NCHRT 8.15 P.M. TO 9.15 P.M. and DANCE (formal) FRQM p M TO MIDNIGHT $1.00 RCHESTRA iS:;;= '>> Dan Hopkins
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    • 73 1 There is no better Tea than BIGIA TEA GROWN IN MALAYA SEA VIEW HOTEL IDEAL SEASIUE RESORT ONE OF SINGAPORE'S RECOGNISED BEAITY SPOTS. REACHED IN 10 MINUTES FROM ANYWHERE FRIDAY SATURDAY SPECIAL DINNER DANCE DINNER AND DANCE MUSIC BY KELLERS POPULAR HUNGARIAN BAND TONIGHT DAN<:E INFORMAL. NO AFTER DINNER ADM
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  • 55 2 Chinese Heroine Of The Crowd pictures. A SECTION OF THE DIG CROWD which welcomed Miss Yang Wei Mm, the Chinese "Lost BaitalioJi" gi?*l at the Singapore docks yesterday. Miss Yarn is seen 07i the left. Bcloic: Miss Yang is seen carrying a bouquet given to her by admiring Singapore Chinese
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  • 286 2 Heroic Life Dash To Troops Recalled MISS Yang Wei Mia, who braved Japanese machineIVi ;nm j\ Ye to hand B Chinese national Hag to the "Doomed Battalion" during the Shanghai fighting, arrived m Singapore yesterday. She was given a big reception by local Chine
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  • 101 2 JHE DEATH occurred m Melbourne yesterday of Mr. Archibald McEacharn Marshall, formerly chairman of McAlister and Company, Limited, Singapore. Mr. Marshall came to Singapore from Australia about 1915 and m 1932 hi retired as chairman. He went to Australia to ;ot;i the l>oard of Mcllwraith, UcEacharn,
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  • 118 2 Although "Crime and Punishment," which opened at the Capitol Theatre last night, was made m 1935, it stands comparison with much more recent productions. Dostoievsky's great novel is grim material for the cinema, and the film is not one for the over-imaginative, but it is well worth
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  • 67 2 Tokio. July 20. IT IS LEARNED that th< Soviet Embassy protested to the Japanese Foreign Office m regard to a demonstration ft terday. It Is alleged that members <»r ;\n organisation taking part m the demonstration threw into the Embassy hand- bills urging "punishment for Rus,
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  • 83 2 gENE RAYMOND and Ann Sotlurn 1 U ih prinripais m fclM RKO U picture, "Shn's Got Evcryihlng," v^: ipenrd at th? Pavilion last night d not give con. perf m The picture has a weak plot ai.<: only brightened by the work of VI Moore and Helen
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  • 24 2 Six .state-aided labourers will info today by s*. Rajula. They will pro ceed to Port Swtttcnham for quarantine there.
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  • 165 2 lllimUu. .lub*| THE SITUATION m the Yu*t* th* I 1 rally unchanged, with the Japan* narrow strip of bank hcUccn Httkoi on the south bank. Besides having to face attacks by newly imported light torpedo motor boats, and up-to-date bombers used by
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  • 454 2 Hoihow. July 14. FRICTION between France and Japan is threatened as hotheads of the Japanese navy arc insisting on Invading Hainan Island, says a Chinese report. The Junior officer! of the navy supported by Admiral liitsumasa Yonai. Japanese Minister of Navy, ar^ agitating for
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  • Article, Illustration
    21 2 two m Irlik I J h Until f i i! tail Bit* j J.ipancvr t pit tun i Free Press
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  • 31 2 Malayan Trac Improvement Last Month jyj Jun« tiny Q $88. H'.: In m... I for t: porr M .1 >• m\ month ibe s:>M».\r,.oO<» ..Mi.p.rrd i m o«#— A million the ed
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 158 2 Ice-Cream Cool and refreshin::. dcliciously smooth and crsamy Magnolia Ice Cream makes the perfect ■weet ccursc. There are lots of novel PER QUART BRICK ways you can serve it too for instance, as sundaes or slices, garnished with plain $I.oo, special $l,»o fruit and nuts and whipped cream. not Your
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    • 9 2 SCHI' DRY SH A L Me dical Hall L
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  • 86 3 \>e$ernblance Between Singapore And Old Chinese Outposts YOUNG EMPIRE, WAS BUILDING JiuUPS THE GREATEST CIVIL SERVICE ll' '.I;, had EVER KNOWN, SAID MR. PEH 11 ii THE SINGAPORE ROTARY CLUB i» m. v H |il England, where he has spent most g Mr. Henry Peterson,
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  • 133 3 WE are sure that Commissioner T. H. Stone will pull a very effective oar m the Municipal barge." "Instead of shooting elephants, tigers and lions. Commissioner A. J. Braga can find his target m the shameful housing conditions of the town, the unchecked spread of disease, the
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  • 143 3 Something Will Have To Be Done Says Coroner '•pVKATII by caustic soda poison- lag is almost a daily occurrence and something will have to be done about it sooner or later," said the Singapore Coroner, Mr. Porter, during an inquiry yesterday into the death of a
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  • 111 3 A PRELIMINARY enquiry into a charge of attempted murder was yesterday prefarred against two Sikhs. Harnam EUngh and Partap Sin^h. before Mr. G. S. Rawlings. m th? Singapore Third Police Court. The alleged incident occurred In the compound of a house m Tai Gin Road, on
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  • 24 3 Paris reports '.hat Germany intended to occupy the Principality of Leichtrnstein. between Austria and Switzerland, were officially denied m Berlin and Vaduz, Lelchtenstein capital.
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  • 114 3 mlque because 1 1" irs ago cultura 1 I virtues: r I r I ft 7 l \Tnl l m oi the written B m i, of m i into B m,., 5.000 m POINTS 01 ONI I'CIL'S ft B lhe rid. m Hu tamed Bh| .hat
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  • 24 3 BANISH THE CURSE OF CONSTIPATION i>. Safely Ami Mlj In icy Hours i 100 Con- parities the it c the merit Casto- r Ul-
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  • 29 3 Law Notice For The Day Before the Chief Justice m Ist Court at 11 a.m. Judgments:— Special Case— R?x vs. Boota Singh. Criminal Revision— Rex. vs. Lam Chip Heng.
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  • 50 3 HMS KENT (Cjptain L. H. Ash more, R.N.» sailed from Plymouth o.i July 19 for Malta and the Far East. She is expected at Singapore towards the end of August and then will relieve H.MS. Cumberland on the China Station as flagship of the Com-mander-in-Chiel.
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  • 35 3 The London Auxiliary Fire Service recently made its first public appearance m full dross uniform, when it was Inspected by the Home Secretary, Sir Samuel Hoar?, at the London Fire Brigade headquarters.
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  • 32 3 Two were killed and 30! injured when earthquake shocks demolished buildings at Tlaltizapan. Mexico. To buy gas masks .€746.000 La bens advanced by the Treasury to the Seine Department, which includes Paris.
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  • News In Brief
    • 83 3 THE Singapore Improvement Trust, with a block of 150 Hats at Tiong Banru to its credit, plans fcr next year another block of tho same type, two other large blocks on the same estate, a block of tenements m Chinatown and more houses at Balestier. The now block of flats,
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    • 21 3 THE Singapore-bound freighter City of Derby, is aground off Salina Island, near Manila. She I due In Singapore on July 20.
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    • 46 3 REVISED divorce legislation for the Straits Settljments on the lines of the A. P. Herbert Act is planned. Draft legislation will be submitted to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. For years there has been criticism of the divorce laws here.
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    • 43 3 THE chairman of the British Malaya Broadcasting Corporation, Mr. R. C. Giggins, said yesterday that at no lime had hta organisation approached the Governments of the S.S., F.M.S. or the Unfederated Malay States to receive a share of licence monies from up-country listeners.
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  • 43 3 J^UREE full-size elephants and a baby elephant uere walked through London from Stepney to Bloomsbury to take part m a circus opening at the Coliseum. The keeper gives one cf the elephants a drink when they reach the stables.
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  • 272 3 (FREE PRESS SPECIAL) I WOMEN'S cricket is gradually gaining popularity m Singapore. The S.C.C., recognised as the headquarters of cricket m Malaya, will tomorrow sponsor a women's match to be played on the 1 adang to celebrate the completion of the renovation of
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  • Correspondence
    • 193 3 (To the Editor of the Free Tress Sir According to the "Free Press' the British Air Ministry has placed an immediate initial order with Lord Nuffield for 1.000 fighting planes. This disclosure was made by Sir K.'ngsley Wood, but I notice that Sir Kingsley Wood is not reported
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  • 95 3 London, July 19. The United Kingdom delegation to the next meeting of the League of Nations Assembly m September will consist of the Foreign Secretary. Lord Halifax and Lord Privy Seal. Earl Do La Warr, and the Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Colonies. Mr. D.
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  • 58 3 Low Lai Woon. a well-dressed Chinese, appeared m the Singapor? Criminal District Court yesterday charged with causing the death of onother Chinese. Lee Soey Boey. at Middle Road, on June 21, by a rash act. He claimed trial and the rase was postponed feill July
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  • 30 3 Dartmouth Corporation called a conference of local authorities and motoring associations to consider the question of constructing a briogo ur the River Dart near the town.
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  • 2161 4  - British Tastes Are C hanging S lowly In Modern Literature Rebecca West Books And Bookmen By £\F writers who dominated English literature before the World War there remain but two: G?org<2 Bernard Shaw and H. G. Wells. Mr. Shaw no longer gives us plays which seem highly important, but this
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 67 4 PITMAN'S COLLEGE ESTAbLISHED IN ENGLAND 65 YEARS UNITEERS BLG. RIVER VALLEY RD.SaSaTr" MR. J. V. GTHA. M.A., BL, offers under the aos.picc> of IMTMAVS COLI.IGE In nndertakc SPECIAL INDIVIDUAL COACHING for SENIOR CAMBRIDGE 193S I'WMINATIONS m MATHFMATICS, ENGLISH, GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY. Hours 2 p.m.— p.m. Fees strictly moderate. For particulars
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    • 226 4 I^h fe^ Good-Bye ■P% RCID InDICESTIOi) ■■LV l\ ■b^b«BbBBb1«b«bmb1b1BB««^^»^-»^ I Hcrc'i how \ou can lay "> ySnjiML'S J ge»tion M arvl from cxiCM aciJ. Juk i Vy ii» a kI-»^!» of water and Bokcs Jr -.k it. Alm«>»r trouble will dj k .ippcar ar. Ar. o»« llu-r u*o afvJ h
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  • 466 5 Inadequate Attention Paid To Problem I CRITICISM BY ALCUTTA ROTARIAN wig to be a strong maritime unit holding the world, it should build up a system gs maintained by a naval force and an adequate mercantile marine, said Mr. ,i a meeting of the
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  • 563 5 Of Crocodiles And Cricket (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, July 20. MEANDERING sluggish*ly through the heart of the town, the Klang River is only a shadow today of what it was 10 years ago. Then it was a menace to the town, a little
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  • 58 5 'Circle House" has been the scene of much activity for several weeks, individuals and teams assiduously rehearsing for "Le Diablo", which is to be presented at the Victoria Theatre shortly. Novel features are included m the programme, which will conclude with a scene based on favourite Strauss
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  • 153 5 <Kroni Our Own Correspondent* Bangkok, July 18. QN Wednesday, the Ash Wednesday yj Of the Buddhist Lent, the chairman of the Council of Regency sent [Lenten presents to a monk m residence at Wat Benchamabopitr I the famous Buddhist temple of the Five Kings,». The gifts
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  • 35 5 ciueiAZ w ***rJr n 0 ««ißtoMd to seeing "OMJUS." on confab Zlt*!Z n^- cwt eking Cases at the "'I""* ™<> contain night -ending beacons for the Empire flyinrj boats -Free Press picture.
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  • 201 5 France Renounces Privileges In Siam From Our Own Correspondent* Bangkok. July 18. A DDRESSING the French Colony at the Legation on French National Day, M. Paul Lepissier, the Minister, said that France had made an important contribution to the work undertaken by the Siamese Government In order to place Siam
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  • 345 5 JLfOKK Italian women A rr mm** m farming than m any other occupation or calling m the Peninsula. There are 1,538.669 women In Italy who work the soil. Although this may seem surprising at first glance. It must be remembered that this
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 40 5 AFRAID OF CATCHING COLD? Afxl and the entire A \l speed." the throat and ll >"ust be dear, therefore I JW ke^p a tin of GARA \9 v fl \m \\\^^%jy «M Mii& dr X^?£^L^ Price 20 ct.. WJ».S. 4
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    • 6 5 ARS E N E LUPIN RETURNS
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    • 145 5 M^M^» 111 I I 111 IMMIIIII ■I mKLmS m_t BB HHB HJBH HHH BHH] pJpHJ ™^pHJ pHV; Here is the Mmple but all-sufficient evidence you are looking for compare these features before you b«y: Overhead valve engine with float- Narrow body pillars. Large wind J^^^^^^^^^m ing oil intake. screen. Six
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  • 313 7 Empire Pageant At R.A-F. Seletar School Prize Giving And Concert p\l)f\(; m a colourful and spectacular pageant of Empire, the ronrert presented by children of the Royal Air Force School. Seletar. before the distribution of prizes m the station cinema hall on Tuesday night, reflected commendably on the organisation of
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  • 205 7 The following new booics at Raffles Library will be ready for IflStK on Saturday: Donoghue Up! The Autobiography of Steve Donoghue, Illustrated; Paperchase: Adventures In and Out of Fleet Street IlluLtrnted. James Dunn; Hell On Ice: The Saga of the "Jeanette"', Comd. Edward Ellsborg; The Oxford Companion to
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  • 49 7 Captain Graham, general manager of the Empire Exhibition at Glasgow, thinks that 15,000,000 will be attracted during the six months' run. Dr. H. Lightstone will be Director General 0/ Medical Services, Ministry Of Pensions, during the absence of Dr. J. H. Hebb on special duty with the Health Ministry.
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  • Article, Illustration
    17 7 HANDSOME WARREN WILLIAM, Metro-Goidicyn-Mayer star, soon to be seen m "Arsene Lupin Returns" at the Pavilion Theatre.
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  • 101 7 Sing:ij>t)re. July 20, 12 o'clock noon Buyers Sellers Gambler 7.5 i Hamburg Cube $13.50 Java Cube $11.00 Pepper White Muntok $14.25 White $13.75 Black $8.25 Copra Mixed $3.40 Sun Dried $3.70 Tapioca Small Flake $3.60 Fair Flake $3.50 Medium Pearl $3.90 Small Pearl $3.70 Jeluton? Palembang $7.75
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 131 7 VICTOR THEATRE J NIGHTS only I TONIGHT AT !>.:s<> I\M. Aug. 22nd 23rd.. -at 9.30 p.m. J)f A X A«m %:r!% "a €T* W INF the MA*& the honour of appearing before J EDWARD VII H. M. KING GEORGE V and PRESIDENT HARDING. OPEN AT LITTLE'S I 53. 00 And
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    • 163 7 IS^ i% 13 3 ft% R I COIJ MXI lIKI V r% I I BLa 6.15 9.15 OMST\M)I\<; DRAMATIC X flflik. DOSTOIEVSKY'S FAMOUS NOVEL I CRIME and PUNISHMENT Eagerly awaited m every corner of thj Earth rousin* I WITH LATEST PARAMOUNT audiences as it has roused millions of Readers! BRITISH
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    • 138 7 Wh4re wm he strike? MM Th v How Kill he baffle the M M crs '<'tvl.s ivorld again with M M But ki"d a his silent note* after M M hl.^.de or an MM When an American Here is your supreme I M !an fh> mystery thnll if notorious u-ith
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  • 607 8 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1938. Britain France THE visit to Paris of the King and Queen recalls to mind the exchange of Visits between Herr Hitler and Signor Mussolini. For once, the understanding which exists between the two great European democracies and the complete harmony between their
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  • 1395 8 H.M.S. Kent Returnin Soon As Flagship Of The China Statin Services Notes By A Special Correspondent •THE cruiser Kent under th^ command of Captain L. H. Ashmore, should soon leave Chatham, where she has been under extensive repairs, for her station m China, where she will resume the duties of
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 141 8 PRODUC€ OF «fINC€ fM2 I COCMAC CALDBECK r S BY SPECIAL TO H M THE APPOINTMENT ]§Pi^ K «NG OF SIAM ESTD 1872 ENGAGEMENT ETERNITY RINGS. Choose Carefull; The DIAMOND RINGS Too would be proud of rear, from today— and carefully choose its maker. E*er, |> E SILVAS rin t
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    • 34 8 GIAN SI HGH'S GRAND ANNUAL STOCKTAKING SALE help you to save more money here than elsewhere m town. CALL WITHOUT DELAY CALL I roo\y GIAN SINGH 6c CO., 4, Battery Rd., Spore Phone 2483
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  • 98 9 Mm OVERESTIMATION OF WAR MACHINE Chinese Peasant Is A Splendid Soldier ARE ACTING LIKE BARBARIANS I N china; said general Alexander von FALKENHAUSEN, CHIEF <;KRMAN MILITARY ADVISER TO CHINA, IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW NVITI THE FREE PRESS WHEN HE PASSED THROUGH SINGAPORE YESTERDAY. r Powers
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  • Article, Illustration
    40 9 'JTHESE fiats, built by the Singapore Improvement Tru^t t r will provide healthy accommodation for Simavore 7v> n Jr h the front liew showing the balconies for each "tint n-n* *v ers 2 I i-ucn jiar, ana the open courtyard.
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  • 104 9 GH all Crrrman nilitary compris--22 been rcipable of :.< yt r. know on h< war now." have plenty ol when trained and a grc.t SE \!it FORCE WAS ►MING STRONGER. JAPANESI BOMBERS Hmi DOWN m lIINF.SE PURSUIT fUNES DIKING IHI LAST BIG < KAMI ON HANKOW,
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  • 37 9 Rabies Common In This Part Of Malaya .■■■'".'Ue■n,, ,re ap In hi, won p Mr c w eported. W ten by ■■t but one admit. Uul dc V co;.cr;. >ho refused after the mbat Mr. c. enforced
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  • 228 9 •T HE Malays m Pulau Branl have stopped diving for coins since Minggu bin Sehlan, "the famous old man with the cigar." was taken by a shark near the Tanjong Pagar wharves on July 15. Mohamed Noor, a witness. at the Coroner's inquiry yesterday
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  • 191 9 •From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, July 19. »J»AN HAI, who appeared m the Malacca Police Court today, on a charge of planting 120 rubber trees without the authority of the Controller of Rubber m the town area of Malacca, said that the wind blew the seeds
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  • 139 9 Fascist Mission Makes Agreements rOLLOWING the signing of the anti-Comintern Pact, with Japan and the recognition of Manchukuo, the Italian Fascist Government Economic Mission, which passed through Singapore yesterday m the Conte Verde, has concluded a treaty with Manchukuo and a trade agreement with Japan. Headed by Ambassador Extraordinary Contl
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  • 116 9 •From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, July 20. PRECAUTIONS against the spread or typhoid m Malacca will be taken following today's meeting of the MuniciDal Commissioners. Mr. Tan Soo Chong said he noticed two cases of typhoid mentioned In a monthly report of the Health Officer. The president. Mr.
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  • 19 9 Fourteen Brighton and Hove schoolboys, under the direction of the R.S.P.C.A., are rescuing oil-covered seagulls washed up on beaches.
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  • 490 9 Doctor Tells Of Malnutrition And Starvation LJOW a Government midwife, who was called to attend a Malay mother m Siglap, found that the father had deserted the family and that there was "not a scrap of rice m the house," was told by Dr. J. W. ScharfT, Chief Health Officer,
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  • 512 9 But No Definite Move Yet (Front Our Own Correspondent) I UNDERSTAND that th* Kuala '"""Pur, July 20. 1 sion a tentative scheme for h3S s "<"«*• broadcasting m MaLya development of regional JHE opening of Singapore's short-wave transmitter last night has created a new interest
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  • 30 9 r JpHE back view of the new Improvement Trust flats c: Tiomg IMAm Neatness m design is a feature of these cheap flats tor Singapore workers.
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  • 27 9 NEW BOROUGH TREASURER Mr. Harold Alfred n mob, D Treasurer and Accountant to H;trrr>Urban District Council. h.\s b< n pointed B irouKh Trer»sun r oi Fo!k- stono.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements

  • FREE PRESS SPECIAL COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    • 427 10 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCK SHARES Last Night's Quotations From London 5.30 p.m. Yesterday Share ot £l denomination unless Latest Quotations Previously otherwise stated Converston Loan. 5 pc, 1944-64.... 114% 114y 2 Funding Loan. 4 pc, 1980-90 114»4 114»/ 4 War Loan ZVz pc 103 102 7 8 Com. Union
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    • 167 10 From London 5.30 p.m. Yesterday COPRA: Straits S.D. Rotterdam: £11 12s. 6d. Previously: £11 10s. PEPPER: White Muntok m bond: 4d. Previously: 4d. White Muntok Aug.-Oct.: 3T4d. Previously: 3 15',16d. Lam nong black m bond: 2%d. Previously: 2%d. Lampong black Aug.-Oct.: 2%. Previously: 2%d. COFFEE: Robusta Uganda
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    • 1067 10 From Exchange Telegraph Fraser And Co.'s List WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1938: 5 P.M. MINING Buyers Seller* Am pat Tin (4s» 4s 4t 6d Asam Kumbanj; 29k 3. Austral Malay 44s 48.s n cd Ayer Hi Lam <5s> 24a itf 2m 9a Ayer Weng ($1) .6<J
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    • 171 10 ISSUED BY FRASER AND CO. AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS YESTERDAY MINING. Tin at midday was S9B.W, up $1.25. The market m tin shares m London yesterday was again a sellers one and m some instances prices were slightly easier. Locally sterling issues were generally dull with
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    • 58 10 From London: Latest Quotations Spot: £194 2s. 6d. Previously: £193 ss. Three months: £195 7s 6d. Previously: £194 7s 6d Opening Price: 43.67. Previously 43.37. Settlement: £40 ss. Previously: £40 GOLD: Yesterday: £7 Is. 6d. Previously: £7 Is 4V z d SILVER: Spot: 19 9 16d. Previously:
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    • 84 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association July 20, 12 o'clock noon Buyers Sellers No. I.X.R.S.S. In cases (FOB. July) 25 7/16 25 9/16 Good FAQ. in bales (F.O.B. July) 24 9/16 24 11/16 No. I.X.R.S.S. (Spotloose) (awardable Singapore* 25V4 25% J"iy 25% 25y 2 Aug.-Sept. 25% 25% Oct.-Dec. 26% 26»/ 2
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    • 173 10 Yesterday's Singapore Quotations July 20 SELLING London. T.T. 2 3 29 32 London, demand 23 29; 32 Lyons, demand 2065 Switzerland, demand 249 Hamburg, demand 141 V 2 New York, demand 57 Montreal, demand 57*4 Batavia, demand 103% Samarang. demand 103? 4 Calcutta. Bombay and Rangoon, demand
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    • 72 10 Foreign Exchange Rates London Closing Quotations Method of Pantj oerore Latest PreCentre Quoting 20-9-31 Rate viously Paris Franc to 1211 178 3 '<"> 178 3 16 New York to 4.88 4.92 1 4.91 7 Amsterdam Guilders to 8.97 3 8.95 8.95 Hong Kong.. Pei dollar Is. 2 15 16d. Is.
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    • 394 10 The following New York quotations are supplied by Reuter. DOW-JONES *VKK.\l,KS Previously' Yesterday Close Close Changes 30 Inaur.triaLs 140.39 143.67 up 3 28 20 Rails 27.96 29.13 up 1.17 20 Utilities 21.64 22.06 up 42 40 Bonds 89.33 89.52 up .19 Business done total volume 2,940 000
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 61 10 S. E. Levy C°StMUifftMU. Hoocfcuoc. Manlte. Slafapore tnvettment Banker* and Broker* m Securtae> i Daily Foreign Market Cable* and Qwtta" MEMBERS. >*EW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. NEW YORK COFFEE SUOAR EXCHAMCHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE. CANADIAN COMMODITY EXCHANQK SHANGHAI STOCK EXGBANOE. HONGKONG BHARE BROKERS' A3SN MANILA STOCK KX CHANGE
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  • 244 11 List Supplied By Messrs Fraser C>. WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1938: 5 P.M. FXanela, Company Dividend Books Date Ex Dlv year TIN Close Pa van Date U> date Asam Kumbang 6d No. 62 July 29 Aug. 5 July 30 10% Austral Malay 9d. div. 10% 3d. bonus Hong
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  • 30 11 A new biscuit factory on a site at Llantarnam, Monmouthshire, acquired by the Commissioner for tr-«» Special Areas m England and Wales, will comtnene? production this month.
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  • 1158 11 London Metal Exchange The Scheme "SQUARE DEAL" PROMISED TO ALL (From Our London Staff) London, July 13. rpHE mystery of the personnel of the management of the buffer pool, which has been engaging the interest of Ixmdon tin circles for some weeks now. has,
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  • 170 11 •T*HE Singapore Chamber of Commerce 1 Rubber Association held Its 1,3915t. auction yesterday when there were catalogued 1.413.867 lbs. (***** tons); offered 1.192.002 lbs. (532.14 loot); sold 879.818 lbs. (***** tons). Spot London 7 9/16 d. New York 15H cte. PRICES REALISED Ribbed Smoked She«t Cents Per
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    • 686 11 RADIO I PROGRAMMES SINGAPORE. TODAY. XHL 225 metre* (1.33 m«/i) X11P 30.96 metres 9.69 ne/i pm. 5.00 Cantonese drama. t 5.25 Selections from "Yiong Kwai Pel." Sung by Cantonese. 6.15 Children's programme, i Mandarin). 6.30 Bonp from musical comedies in Mandarin, t 7 .00 Hawaiian music, t "Sweet Honolulu" and
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  • 807 12 Last Word In Wireless Equipment For The New Mauretania I -rife largest liner ever built m an English shipyard the 1 new Cunard White Star "Mauretania" will undoubtedly set a new standard m ship equipment. In the matter of wtrrlrss communication, for instance, the very latest and most comprehensive apparatus
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    20 12 CORNELIZ CODREANV. hader 0/ Rumania* Iron Guard during his trial m Bucharrst. He has been sentenced penal servitude lor lift.
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  • 487 12 I ORD LLOYD, speaking ift tbt ift- nuj! meeting of the Navy League ;in Luiidjn recently said 'the. decline I— I mi?ht even use thi w jrd disruption —of our MerrharV Navy is a thinn 1 > which our energy and the cou; attention must be dtatetOd T
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  • 94 12 SINGAPORE HARBOUR The following «h nt wharves or i> h Fast Wharf Santhia 20 h M in ha Mm* «..u Bulan 17. sevain 9 »J Empire iNx-k. Fntra,,,, <I4W Steel Serif; in r 34; ■HlWttg tmpire lio.k. iMrMM Eleph.itiu 4»i li| Wert Wharf, r^tran.r i, 4l# Lyraoti. n West Wharf
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  • 85 12 ANGLO-ITALIN PACT FRENCH OPINION 1 WO KKI»HK inadr l» ti», l the I'm. tato focc< ■coord betw"*-*i th< Government an uniru i:d! Mlnlgtcr. Mr v. rill the Cummu; I ked if to t*' 1 m Room i v. 1 ment Mr c imbi ll.Ui iwar.' el the In Dtrnlog tii
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    • 462 12 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated In F.M.S.) TELEPHOVE Freight 5433— Pawa«e 543t. LLOYDS AGENTS. BOOKING AGENTS FOR FEDERATED MALAY STATKB RAILWAYS ROYAL STATE RAILWAYS OF SI AM. CANADIAN PACINC MfSu^r^w2«n^ (Incorporated vi England) ?S? m^S MPRESSW ROUTE offers TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES via HONOLULU or direct EMPRESS to VANCOUVER^-ACROSS CANADA by TRANS-CONTIN-ENTAL TRAIN
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    • 315 13 JpEbritishindia lines PORATED LN ENGLAND) p &0. S. N. CD'S SAILINGS, OUTWARDS Due Due lonna«^ Spore. Tonnage Spore. |93H 1938 RAJPUTANA x 7.000 Sept. 9 July 30 RANCHI 17.000 Sept 23 Auk 8 BURDWAN 6 070 Sept. 24 RANPURA 17,000 Oct 7 RAWALPINDI 17.000 Oct. 21 26 SOMALI 6.800 Oct.
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    • 692 14 X P M BOISSEVAIN— Thursday. July 21. Elatavia, Rodriguez, Mauritius. Reunion, Tamatav-e, Lourenco-Marques. Durban, Capetown, Mossel-Bay, PortElizabeth. East-London Reunion, Zanzibar, Mombasa and Mahe. MKRKUS— Thursday, July 21. Letong, Kramat. Maras, Tarempa, Gentinj;. Poeloe-Pandjang, Serassan and Midai. TlNOMBO— Thursday. July 21, SeUr-Pandjang, Bengkalis. SoengelPakning. Siak and Pakan-Baroe. CREMER— Thursday. July 21.
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  • 369 15 Services bporl By Audio r r .(1 it that d for the was here that idvar gether h the match is Services her I i Cup for he had vent at he on his !0 I \'MI I II nd
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    9 15 picture. ring the Barnes Cup polo matches Free Press
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  • 150 15 Diary Of The Day RAFffUS: Orchestral Concert 8.15 I 9.15 p.m. Dinner and Dance 9.45 p m. to midnight. COCONUT GROVE: Dinner and Dance. CINEMAS. CAPITOL: 'Crime and Punishment," with Peter Lorre, Edward Ar"ld and Marian Marsh, Columbia Picture. Today: 6.15 and 9.1C p.m. PAVILION: "She's Got Everything," th Gene
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  • 455 15 Regiment Beaten By Three Goals To One SXJ.C 3; Inniskillings W E V L d n^ 2 e J?2 >! Mcct n the Inniskilling's' at *Jhc Anson Road Stadium yestcrdav m the fW #iivi t the Iea S ue the S.C.C. accomplished a
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    15 15 picture C. F. SUTTON m pay for ihc SCO. yesterday aaainst the R.A.F. Free Press
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  • 365 15 IrxciTlNG football is assured at the Anson Road Stadium tomorrow when Singapore and the Combined Services meet In the replay of the southern section final. As both the sides are of almost the same standard it is difficult to say as to which will win, but
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  • 208 15 London, July J4. QNE of the pluckiest quests by a professional athlete is surely Earl McCready's attempt to start a wrestling boom m England The game is m the hands of tne c»ll-in exponents. With these McCready will have no contact whatever. He is an advocate of
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  • 139 15 Garrison League Cricket IN the inter garrison league A cricket competition between the R.A. (Changi) and the K.A.F. which finished yesterday, at Seletar, the It.A. won by X? runs. In the Fv.A. first innings m- r<> <>; runs Li^ut. C. H. Olivier scored G2 Major Maxwfll-Dumbleton
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  • 421 15 ("THE funeral of Mrs. J. E Yzt lir.an. whose de*ttl WU r ported m th Free Press yesterday took place -t u^d dadari yesterday. Mrs. Yzclman was dtCtaded ir m old Dutch family, her parents h i\ I come over m th<> early days
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  • 184 15 The death Kxlc place at the Qcnefll Hospital. Singapore, of heart faitur< X& Mr. Wi liam Charles Retm, 1 Oon rnment pensioner. He was 69. The funeral ill last night :.i jßidadaxi Cemetery. Wn;.t;v. wen m from the following: Mr. S. M Ptrmlta, BLshcp and
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  • 40 15 Alec Bell <Leith> beat Bob Scally Mussel burn h on puiut.s over fifteen rounds for the Scottish heavy-weight boxing championship m Edinburgh. Bell dictated matters from the start, and won by m comfortable marnn Scally wu tftstpDolnttnfr.
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  • 132 15 China Team In Basketball Display T^HE Cuina bas-i' tba 11 team, who represented China In the World Olympics In 1936, and who ore comprised cf many prominent Olympic players, will be seen m action against the best Singapore side, the Yayu basketball team at the Groat World tomorrow night at
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  • 386 15 British High Jump I Champion /^VNE of those mysterious suspensions of which sports control bodies are so fond will be up for discussion shortly when the Women's A.A.A. consider the case of Dorothy Odam. British ace woman athlete. For reasons unknown, because there i has been
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  • 55 15 The following competitions have been arranged at the Keppel Golf Club gor the August Bank Holiday: Saturday and Sunday. "Alford Cup" 18 Holes stroke competition, usual handicap. Monday Mixed Foursomes nine holes handicap. Partners will be drawn by ballot. Entries to be made on the lists p?sted
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  • 207 15 Australian Griffins For Bangkok ■From Our Own Correspondent) UAVTTr Bangkok, July 20. JHANKs to the interest of the Ministry of Defence the next racing season m Bangkok shows signs of a much healthier outlook. The Ministry of Defence has undertaken to purchase the thirty-eight Australian griffin mares to be imported
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  • 32 15 Despite a drop of £3,337 m League gates, Northampton Town report a net profit of £1,463. the explanation lying m a balance of £3,027 for transfer fees received as against those paid.
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  • 677 16 NOMINATIONS FOR PENAN G AUTUMN RACE MEEING Disappointing Entries m Class One Horses ONLY SIX EVENTS ON THIRD DAY (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, July 20. AXE hundred and forty-four horses and ponies have been entered for the Penang Turf Club's Autumn race meeting to be run over four days
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  • 390 16 A ddition a I En tries Fo r A. A. Meeting (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, July 20. It: military contingent for the Malayan amateur athletic championships which open on Friday on the Kuala Lumpur pai'ang are expected from Singapore tomorrow, as one of
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    23 16 GALLOPING WITH THE BALL a player makes his shot during play m the Barnes Cup polo match at Balesticr yesterday Free Press picture.
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  • 235 16 Medicals Win Third Division Match THE R.A.M.C. scored a fine win over the Mental Hospital al Tanglin yester.^-iy, by registering a win of four goals to one m their third division soccer match. The Medicals were on the top of their form, and attacked vigomv.slv Ircm the start, and gave
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    22 16 JJ. G. C ALDER [RAF phntojraphed during the tennis match aa««" the S.C.C. on the Club courts yc^ day. Free Press picture.
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  • 268 16 p&SULTS of yesterday's ties m the TangLin Club tennris tournament acre Open Mixed Doubles (Semi-Final) Comd. and Mrs. Moekler beat F;L. imd Mrs. Shirley 6—3. 6 3. Women's H'cap Doubles (Semi-Finals) Mrs. Grierson and Mrs. Hill (—15.2) beat Mrs. Hopkins and Mrs. Millar (—15.2) 3—6. 7—5, 6—3.
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  • 342 16 S.S.C. 6: V.M.C.A. 1 I ED by fast shooting van Daatselaar and Coombs, the Singapore Swimming Club beat the V.M.C.A. six-one at waterpolo at the club pool yesterday. Coombs, who captained the team, scored three goaLs but van Daatselaar was too well marked to take
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  • 124 16 TN the second round of thi Barn** Cup, knock-out Polo competition played on the Polo ffrour.d ye>t?rday, the Oimll brat the Loyals by three BOttll to one. Tho Casual; received a handicap of one goal. Batp.s. Carrlek and Buchanan wtf« the scorers for th-» Casuals wh!l-» Beatv
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  • 89 16 5.C.C. BEAT AIR FORCE AT TENNIS mat,:, riiHay, v hait h I having won nnt Una A. rmuiu V \V.i!!i X bi it P. A. Din I ham (RAT A O !i < fB.C.C I 'RAP I C. J «S.C( i I Rldeovi fR.AJ I a O. Raj I :'h
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  • 31 16 Foil. 0R teni I i-n ('..-"hi Open Siii-i.s S"ow Kirn s i Open l)oui» >. r.rt W- X Tftn ]i< i 4 ll.tndi* :p l» n md k Chv»» i
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