The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 12 August 1938

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  • 17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 15,546 ESTD 1335 IRIOAV, AITGI/ST It, 19.-.8. 10 CENTS
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  • 314 1 Moscow Receives News Quietly XILFUL COMPROMISE: PRINCIPLES REMAIN THE MANCHUKUO-SOVIET BORDER CEASED FIRING AT NOON (TOKIO YESTERDAY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARMISTICE DECLARED FOLLOWING THE BETWEEN THE SOVIET BIGN MINISTER, COMMISSAR LITVINOV, JAPANESE AMBASSADOR IN Moscow MR. MAMORU SHI6EMITSU. the news was published
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  • 46 1 London, An?. 11. Following v visit to the Prime Minister by specialist this morning it was stated that the improvement In Mr. N'pvill? Chamberlain's condition continues and that the nasal catarrh, from 'which he is suffering Is yielding to treatment, says British Wireless.
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    48 1 lORD KIXCIMAN called on Chechoslovakian Cabinet .Ministers and also lunched with President Benei. m connection with his task of acting as observer m the dispute between the Ciecho Slovakian Government and the Sudeten Germans. Lord Kuncimmn is seen above being interviewed by Journalists at bis hotel m Prague.
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  • 118 1 Camp Battle Shanghai, Aug. 11. LJOISTING the Kuomin- tang: flag: the famom Shanghai Doomed RattaHon" mutinied inside their concentration camp today. Contingents ot a regiirent of White Russian volunteers were rushed to the scene. I'shiß onl> truncheons the Kussians forced their way into the
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  • 194 1 l.urgos, Aug. 11. THE Nationalist authorities toda\ v informed Sir Robert Hodgson, the British representative to the Franco* Government, that the delay in replying to the British plan for the withdrawal of foreign volunteers from Spain was purely due to the intricate nature of the
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  • 61 1 Ketliii. Au?. H« NKWS was revealed iv Berlin Hi- morning that a German Fockcuulf i ondor aeroplane left Staakcn aerodrome secretly at night (BST) on a non-stop flijnt to New York. A Boston message reports that me plane passed over Noiredam Bay. Nortn Coast of Newfoundland
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  • 113 1 Poland Becoming Scared? i Prague. Aus U. A GERMAN aeroplane flew over Chechoslovakian territory, today, m the neighbourhood of Troppau and designed a smoke swastika m the sky. The plane fired a rocket and thru returned to Germany, says Reutei. It is semi-offlcially stated m Warsaw, that Poland intends to
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  • 34 1 Tokio, Aug. li. The French Ambassador in Toki M. Arsene Henry, today called at tbc Foreign oaice and prot;sied agains. the recent bombing of French Mission j property at Canton. Reuter
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  • 143 1 Vienna. Aug. 1i 'THOUSANDS of perplr have PMt#4 the "Et.vral Jeu" exhibition open m Vienna. Admission costs only the equivlant of Bd. and for thU t>ierj a cinema, where extracts are shown of the worst tl'ms irhich cu!d be found produced by Jewish
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  • 204 1 Anti-Soviet Meeting Istanbul Aug. 11. TH E .semi-official news- paper Ulus, today publishes under the heading of ''Mysterious Meeting," a strong protest against the present conference of all Japanese diplomatic representatives credited to the Balkan States and Near East countries. They are meeting to examine
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    34 1 rur WBKCKKD tUeptnj coac*** the principal daVy trai,\ fr..m Haifa to Egypt, derailed between Haifa and Lydda, by a band oi terrorists. The I'rirrr and fireman it ere injured, but pa^exgers. had lucky escapes.
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  • 67 1 Paris. Aiis. II It L; undorstood that t\*c Bank 0 France has rcquost-.'d banks tr» tV down rOTWird devKn^s 01.o 1 Wanes *o minimum The Foreign Knrhtntt markn I±: a^oin j.ervou.s t;<lav ;«nd Frc.u-h contj:fl til remppred ta Intervene t» defend the Irani- by lar:4e
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    • 48 1 r M V 4 BflONCHIAi__ a^B Bi hvJI M ilayi'i Premjsr Mote!. cocrt*,, TOHIGHT Dl||^Un NCE 630 PM to c 30 PM (inforir.al) 9.30 P.M to midnight "DUO NO VAC" 1 Ms? aviis*c™s« Bil M oiT NON-DINERS $1.00 %AF r t r c ORCHESTRA DIRECTED "^^fcJ^L DAN HOPKINS.
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    • 110 1 PASTILLES I P AMLGfifNS TEKNISKA FABR'K I V OfFLC SWEDEN SEAVIEW tgg^ HOTEL s TONIGHT Jc SATURDAY I ROMANTIC NIGHT I DINNER SERVED ON IHE MOONLIT LAWN DANCING IN Tin: ballroom FOR A ROMANTIC NKiHT THE SEA VIEW HOTEL. SITI ATED AS IT IS. ON THE PALM FRINCiED SEASHORE IS
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  • 377 2 POLICE TO PROTECT THOSE WHO WILL Little Hope Of Early Transport Settlement A FRESH effort is being made to persuade the Singapore bus strikers to return to work, despite the apparent majority opinion m favour of continuing the strike. Officials of the Singapore
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  • 188 2 i^HOVLD enemy bombers ever spray poison gas over towns m Great Britain the Post Office telephone operators at their switchboards v.\ll immediately put on gas masks which have been specially fcvianed for their use cm duty. A feature of the new masks is
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  • 146 2 Air Ministry Moves To Berkeley Sq. Room For 3,000 In New Offices London, Aug. 11. THE Air Ministry has acquired the lease, as from the end of September, of a great new building, Berkeley Square House, m Berkeley Square to serve as its headquarters. The Ministry has outgrown its present
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  • 117 2 En tertainmen t In "Limelight" yERSATILE Anna Neagle as a chorus girl m "Limelight" a Herbert WOccx production, which opened at the Pavilion Theatre, Singapore, last night, paps a role far removed from her icork m "Victoria the Great:' Although the story is not a strong one, good entertainment is
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  • 77 2 <From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Aaff. 1L Th- mengkuang basket industry at Port Dickson has shown a marked increase lately, both m the sales and quality of work produced. The amoun 1 realised last year, it is revealed wai 52"! J*? n double the amo-ont obtained by
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  • 30 2 allegation, that goods of Japanese manufacture were being sold m a Cxiinesj shop m China Street. Sin~aiS'ifiSF E£f pelted at the SSi No iimti have been made
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  • 277 2  -  Nanvang Siang Pau Sin Chew Jit Poh Vt— and Heavy Fighting Near Kiukiang Hankow. Aug. 11. A BIG BATTLE is expected along the Chamchow-Nan-chang Railway, according to a late Chinese report which states that large enemy forces are being massed at Kiukiang. the riverport m
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  • 80 2 Swatow. \uk. II THERE tttl been only s;><.radi.- flght- in^c on the Island of Namoa. BWfttow, during the last four days The Japanese hav;> occupied nios the villages nnd trading rentirs m the whole district and the Chines* (r assisted by hundreds ot urmed p<i.'ants. are
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  • 18 2 a Duttiai of tbt J.)h m BtaAt C cil wili fee h:\d at Jolicrj Bahru on £cpt. 6.
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  • 111 2 Promotion For Ex-Singapore Officer (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Aug. 11. MALAYANS who remember Col. Alan Cunningham as one of the local staff office r? responsible for some of the initial planning for the Singapore Base will be interested to hear that he has Just been promoted major-general to command
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  • 4 2 Bangkok's New "In dustry"
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  • 97 2 BRITAIN'S REMINDER TO ITALY Alleged Hi^ For Franco l."ndu:. Ll I A r::% I 1 I British Charg: I Co i I I HOB "f Italiar. Qtwf I th( I lian Mri .> I Pnu H I I Vii rex I K:- I 1.r. I Vtntion j)laj I I I
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  • 33 2 Librarian Of Free Press Dui.ur. It.. 7* died In Arnold ihiM P** 9 Mr H. and M.^ lofc: \\RM' H i i- K iff trff 'j*r_^ 1
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  • 8 2 REVOLVER FIND LEADS TO ARRESTS cow I I
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    • 137 2 make sundaes m you> own IlOlllf* Wlltl a MasnoUa Ice Cream fc cl t livered, packed with "d*--M A Lr l> v L, 1 A ssrjff&szzxs. An ordf^r placed or phoned W J^t <before 5.30 p.m.) will be ice Cream sr&jsjr Every ono likes attractive Sundaes especially when they are
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    • 10 2 DEPIL ATOR V Aetu.l,, (t< Wedical Han 3 Bs; :e
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  • 166 3 j r m aik will »>e carried to Hong Kong from Malaya and most other "A f the Empire w ithfai a few weeks. Although it was announced in the (l _j,,n three nights ago that the service would start on Aug.
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  • 37 3 I Rural Bo ird H Municipality ccasion. I hydrant illty should ir^e was i ihairB i m ft!ng :h the >r luture. also not ng the C Health be »r the the hydrants
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  • 33 3 l Singapore, by- for the rural ai iral Health 1 mee»Jn« l the Sinthat it tin areas be allowed. is would have uld not pla be--1 Of pig.? rmittecl. hoy
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  • 145 3 EX-PRESIDENT IN COURT AN a charge of criminal intimidation by threatening L. C. Edwards, an employee of the Singapore Traction Company with injury if he returned to work, M. Curu>amy, until recently president of the Singapore Traction Company Employees 9 Association, appeared m the Third Police Court yesterday.
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  • 123 3 Convicted For Going Armed Ram Das. an employee Of the Traction Company, was convicted on a charge cf pcins armed m public and bcund ever for six months m one surety cf $100. m default four months' rigorous imprisonment, by the Singa-por-3 Fifth Police Magistrate. Mr. L.
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  • 32 3 The death occurred on Au°. 2, at Balmer Lawn, Brockenhurst, Hants., of Terence, the six-year-old younger son of Mr. P. N. Knight, of Messrs. Hoejan. Adams and Alan. Penang. and Mrs. Knight.
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  • 76 3 THE fourth of the Short Sunderland flying boats being supplied to No. 230 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Far East, arrived at Bahrein on Wednesday and was expected to fly from Bahrein to Karachi yesterday. The Sunderland .should reach Seletar about Tuesday. She is being flown by a crew
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  • 329 3 IUK new $16,000 school building of th? Bethel Church of England School at Fowlie Road Katong. was opened yesterday by Mrs. Shui Kei Won« and blessed by the Bishop of Singapore. Rt. Rev. B. C. Roberts. At the ceremony. Archdeacon Graham White announced that
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  • 54 3 Mr. J. Cocper. secretary of Penang Harbour Beard, returns from leave In October. He hopes to be accompani?d by Mrs. Cooper who, although she is still m a Reg?nt.'s Park nursing home, is making a splendid recovery from the illness which caused her to return to England seme month? m
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  • 192 3 A KUALA LUMPUR report says that, because the Federal Capital and other main towns of the F.M.S. may soon have municipalities instead of sanitary boards the administrative cojitrol of la S es is receiving attention, and the Selangor Government is u rin into proposals to establish rural
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    31 3 f^ENERAL L. GONDY. officer Commanding Infantry. Cochin-Chine and Carribodia. icho passed through Singapcr?. yesterday, fo? Fra;:c2 after two and a half years vi Indo-China. With him is hii smilinj daughter Suzanne.
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  • 541 3 No Decision Yet Reached (Free Press Special.) IT is understood that Rotary International is considering the question of closing their office for Asia which was opened m Singapore m July last year. NO DECISION HAS YET BEEN PEACHED. IT IS UNDERSTOOD. BUT THE QUESTION WAS
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  • 111 3 PARLY yesterday morn m; a Malabari Hindu coolie. Balakrishn.i Pillai. livinj m the old Admiralty coolie lines at the Naval Base, Sfletar. Has found dead m bed. There was a deep saih m his neck ar.d a blocd stained a::? was found m the room.
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  • 137 3 PREVIOUSLY unnamed, some"* of 60 villages m Singapore are to be called after wellknown Singapore Chinese who have earned public recognition by their work. Along Yio Chu Kang Road a village will be called Chia Keng Village: along Thomson Road. Ang Mo Kio Village. Yew
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  • 75 3 THE full moon was celebrated yesterday at the Singapore Buddhist Temple. Spottiswoode Park Road, under the patronage of Mr. D. P. Hinniye. The hall was decorated for the occasion. After the offering of Bud dha Puja. the residing Bhikkhu M. M. Mahaweera delivered a sermon. The fo
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    • 7 3 II "s so deadlu to /MtSN* \MOSqmTOES
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    • 529 3 DARED NOT EAT FOOD HE FANCIED. Until He Discovered Chardo::. Are you at war with yc\ir inM !>•? Afraid to cat thi SOSJVd to death cf that because it dcesn't a;->ree with you? Therc'j a way to end this storrarli tyranny there's Chardox' Chardcx is a new form ci highly-activated
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  • WOMEN'S INTERESTS
    • 696 4 A FTER last week's hectic August holiday weekend things have quietened down considerably. Visitors from upcountry and afar have now returned to their respective homes. Miss Doreen Sansoni (a picture of whom appears on this page today), who was th 2 guest of Dr. r.r.d
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    • 101 4 Floor rugs are apt to become frayed at the ends, and if they are fringed, the nit is the fringe which first begins to show signs of wear. It is a good plan to cut off the fringe, and to bind the edges with coloured webbing, which can
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    • 369 4  -  Madge Ames By THE NEW-COLOURS for interior decoration show a tendency towards softer tones, forming a perfect background for the more colourful furnishings— the chintzes and soft hangings which decorate modern rooms. There is much yellow to be seen, usually of the creamy
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    • 122 4 DUTTERCUP yellow chiffon mr.kes "an adorable blouse, trimmed with a jabot made of self-frills, one above the other and each one edged with the tiniest of scalloping In blue. So too, does snow-white muslin, trimmed with a round. Peter Pan collar and bib" made entirely of narrow,
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    • 57 4 QNE of the largest dress clips ever created was worn by Joan CrnwTord m "Mannequin.'' The clip— ten inches In length and Jour inches m width- Is a mass of diamonds and square -cut emeralds. It should bo worn diagonally at the rc-k or a pi m rxnd
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    • 169 4 Woman Is Superintendent Of Island 520 Natives Under li,, I A POPULATION of 520 native and five whites on the island of Badu is "ruled" by a woman, Mrs. Ethel May Raho], who is enjoying her bi-annual vacation m Australia at the present time. Twenty-nine years ago stauAustral News, the
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 164 4 Beautiful Grandmothers I Try this simple easy way to look fresh and young flat ar ~"^9lfc C^REAM of milk and olive oil, both preand pasteurized are blended with other valuable secret ingredients m the renowned formula used for twenty years m making Creme Tokalon non-greasy white colour. It quickly nourishes
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    • 111 4 MM i II jujZ om I I PEDIGREED I KETCHUP 9V» M^^K \^lJ W I kH3£( Jw <^Etl^. t^ r JKr H6 k^J''^y\v. J^mmw il HAI ncfi. rucidvred color has «jnh «ne i Cfck source vi m -ripened. s>un bJessed tomat'H*^. [ncketi <*t > |R their peak of perfectjoi BB
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  • 554 5 friticism Of Speech Led To 1 rouble I FF icer beats zinc i cover gong tVrtM Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Aug. 10. ,r o f the Bangkok ducking incident last 11 f ln which Nai Liang Jayakal, M.P. for Übol, into a p<>»d after he
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  • 71 5 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Aug. 8. DRINCE CHULA CHAKRA- BONGS has decided to return to Siam m November, at the same time as the King. It is believed that Mom Catherine, his mother, will accompany him. Prince Birabongs and his consort. Mom Ceril, will also return.
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  • 36 5 picture. \ftf. TCHENG TCHONG HUIM, the ?ietc Chinese Consul for Paris, ivho arrived at Singapore this morning m the French liner Felix Roussel. Mr. Tcheng was former!* Chinese Consul at Saigon. Straits Times
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  • 59 5 Canton, Aug. 10. IT IS officially estimated that 296 persons were killed during the past two days' air raids on Canton by Japanese planes. In addition 399 Lire reported to have tc2n wounded, while 340 houses were demolished. Meanwhile. Japanese planes visited Canton twk3e this
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  • 189 5 Darwin Has Improved DORT DARWIN, storm centre of the flight to Australia a month ago because of mismanagement m the reception and handling of the passengers and the lack of suitable accommodation, has improved. Although proper airport facilities have yet to be built at the harbour and a decent hotel
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  • 169 5 Brussels Aug. 2. I\IAMOND-CUTTINO as done In; Renaissance times by the expert I Van Berg, will be a feature of the Belgian Pavilion at the New York Fair, where $8000,000 worth of raw and cut diamonds from the Forminiere mines m the Belgian
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  • Article, Illustration
    77 5 Af/SS Rorkyah. heroine of Terang Bulan 'seen above as she appeared m one of the scenes) and her troupe of players will return to Singapore after touring Malaya and ivill appear at the Neu< World Arena on Friday, Aug. 19, and August 20. This will be the troupe's last appearance
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    34 5 STAND-IN GIRLS who are now appearing at the London Palladium. Lto r Margaret Bryson as Lorttta Young. Carole Dietrich as Marine Dietrich, Betty Dietrich as Greta Garbo, and Sylvia La Mar as Joan Crawford.
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  • 63 5 THE bridge and mahjong party organised m aid of the Child Welfare, Society, Singapore, has been postponed from Aug. 19, to Aug. 24. to avoid conflicting with the reception to be given on the former date by the Consul-General for France. The bridge and mahjong
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  • 100 5 Father Divine, the Ncj?ro preacher regarded by his followers as a M Messiah," has been presented by them with a mansion containing 50 roonis i Recently they bought a 500-acre estate on the Hudson River opposite President Roosevelt's home at Hyde i Park. Father Divine has
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  • 129 5 Melbourne, Aug. 5. CEX EQUALITY is the objective of a new club formed at the Melbourne University. Male members, who number 100 to date, have pledged themselves not to pay for women at student entertainments and women, who are much In the minority, have also
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  • 304 5 pHRISTMAS EVE must con tinue to be considered a day of "abstinence and fasting according to a verdict recently handed down by the Congregation of the Council, Vatican City. The Congregation reached this decision after considering the petition of a group of bishops who pointed
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    • 181 5 YOUNG Bank Assistant Promoted fffTT <31 when he yo/ffl/s/jjIGHT STARVATION *[hAD EARLY lhA HALK Wfjl ftffM^O^^ ™""<> MAN VOU'ReJI ?f fl JS^{ hT^oTZTiIp AN HOUR AGO I MUST I wA W^ LATE A6AIN THIS MORNING, WHATS I^-* IpO^ NO ENERGY all PAY- iQQKS GET UP WISH DIDN'T < w/\ JWROMG
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 49 5 Law Notice For The Day The Chief Justice at Ipoh Court of Appeal. Before Mr. Justice Pedlow in 2nd Court at 11 a.m. Bankruptcy. Before Mr. Justice Home at 11 a.m Sunrmon.ses-in-Charnbers and Originating Summonses. Before the Registrar in 3rd Court at 10.30 a.m. Fixing list of civil cases.
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  • 133 6 LEFT: Kins Leopold of the Belgian < hats with his children as they arrive at the Palace Poelart m Brussels t see a Belgium National Fete parart Edinburgh lawyer. cordon Thomson, 40-year-old ■lAJOR K. 1,. MAYO, imlgmsr of the Maia-Mercury composite aircraft, with Captain Wilrockson, pilot
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  • 1446 7 Chinese Replies To Criticism Of Recent Speech he ntc I'ross.) X" B r .or )t>ra,blch p I by Iriendi ■.■.nuns i hi to be taken into r ruined. „i m some peo- a better term would ;in(l most practised some ,y restricting the nr by
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  • 47 7 At the 14th. milestone, Woodland Road, yesterday, an F.M.S.R. lorry loaded with bricks, on the way to Johore Bahru, ran off the road and fell into a ravine. A Tamil, who was driving was killed. Three Tamil cojlics who were also on the lorry received severe injuries.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 142 7 KITX IT N(IH! PHONE 5261 TODAY Sesday, aug. ieth sth b C A^l T L MUVV \N WEMIEEI OF BRITAIN'S SUPREME MOTION jftHAUTM tn l I(nKK TRIUMPH (h Hi ihc Governs has kindly consented to attend. tAYMOND MASSEY f ;%^lv*^ and )000 others. j^^,%p^^^| ACTUALLY FILMED KJWSNOW OPEN! makelt your
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    • 37 7 9s?^ -"n i ->jS s^n HF^inji i* jenn rrthur the gal who took Mr, Deeds to town steos out with JOCL mcIREH flduenture m monhattan REGINALD OWEN THOMAS MITCHELL HERMAN BING A COLUMBIA PICTURE WEXI CHANCE PAVILION
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    • 247 7 TOH)6hT 6.15 9.15 BOOK EARLY N^lPili' WHtKL LvEnYONE Gv>U: •N > PULSES LEAP! 4 x MJ HEARTS BEAT FAST! '.%»2t*jtLb f AS ENGLAND'S REIGNING SCREEN FAVOURITE UN- FOLDS THE STORY OF HER Jl OWN CAREER. IN A LAVISH MUSICAL REVUE SENSATION B» HERBERT WILCOX V Jf^^ PROUDLY PRESENTS Wi TW
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  • 599 8 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1938. Employ Local Men THERE is nothing new m Mr. H. 1 R. Checseman's comment that Malayan education is too bookish and abstract, and, therefore, as he puts it "divorced from real life," and for several years past the cry m many quarters
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    32 8 TO-DAY there are 185,000 more motor tthutes of all elates M ,K< faa j I f BETTER move To The Top flat, My dear, for peace.'" I MQVt TO-.HE M^j^-^ I
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  • 803 8 The Rural Scene THIS article on the drvrlnpmrnt of Mala} an arriculturc is extraded by kind permission, from (he Outline of Malayan Agriculture, a manual published n> the Hepartment of Agriculture. The article traces arriculture m this country from the
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 200 8 MASTERS** never runt cold GAS-HEATED I saves mess and work 1 makes wasn n g- u P quicker VV A I t X I —is always on tap I costs very little "x I* I |BHf k^v y M<% o»ocv too' w L^^^B MUNICIPAL PAS DEPARTMENT. PHONE 5101- CALL AT
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    • 34 8 Ladies Dressmal.ing calls for expert care m order to ensure Satisfaction. Our expert Chinese Tailor is rendy to serve you. Give us a trial order and you will be convinced. Jl\ DOULATRAMf £.'<} HIGH STREET.
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  • 143 9 L NiLL M. TO FLY foNCE A WEEK INGA PORE-SAIGON 5 1N FOUR HOURS KFTWEEN MALAYA AND FRENCH SE« "vv v 11 UK FORCED WITH THE INsn o.| HINA V o! A BATAVIA-SWGAPORE-i« AT "S I UV THE ROYAL NETHERLANDS V^S "IK'-- 1 •Miners, the
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  • 59 9 French Stewards On Chandu Charge pHARLES Victor Drouet and Guillaume Gouttebroze, both stewards of the Messageries Maritimes liner Felix Koussel, were yesterday arrested by revenue officers and charged with being m possession of non-Government chandu. One is alleged to have had 40 tahils m his possession and the other 34
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  • 56 9 <Frcm Our Own Correspondent' Seremban, Aug. 11THE average monthly rainiall In Negri Sembilan last year was lower than m 1936. The average for 1936 was 7.35 inches, the highest recorded bein<4 16.65 inches at Tampm. Last year the average was 7.05 inches and the highest at
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  • 411 9 Five Men In Criminal Court CIVE leamen, Fazal Rahman Khalil Vl-Rahman, Lai Mian, F Mascarenhas and Shah Alam, o£ the 8.1. Rohna who \LL were sentenced to a day's imprisonment. The first was fined S5OO. m default 10 months' rigorous imprisonment and the others
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  • 39 9 "SHANGHAI LUXURY." Lorn/on Ex- Edit or Return? k C Japan and A Mr W. L. editor of the London, arrived at m the er Felix back to EngSh ingha! Mr ttU <Xr are xthe nd their led. ol Indo-
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  • 27 9 Johorv ,ht that ol the tlements, Braddell nber of the c iuncU of let period also been unofficial member of ineil
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  • 134 9 fPIIE second course In air raid and 1 bombardment precautions is to fee held for the heads of Government^ cm Municipal Departments and others W Singapore. .__j The course, which will begin nexi Monday, has been organised by Major A D. Spark, secretary of the local a'.r.p!
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  • 64 9 .From Our Own Correspondent Sercmban, Aug. 11. It may not bo generally known tfcat all Negri Sembiian production oi paci, coconuts, market garden crops .rui fruit Is consumed within the Stcue Bananas and Pi nea PP :es ?re exDorted irom Nesrl Sembiian, but rxre sold for consumption
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  • 29 9 S^ ScleS: o7 the Loyal mcntls to be Adjutant J-^^ the Johore Volunteer Force It .was^n nounced m the Johcrc Government Gazette last night.
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  • 657 9 NEED FOR MORE NIGHT CLASSES Stressed In Cheeseman FUGGESTIONS for increasing the number of evening classes m Malaya and the extension of ordinary school hours, either by opening on Saturdays or m the afternoon are among the proposals made by Mr. H. R. Cheeseman, of the Malayan Educational Service, m
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  • 332 9 N. Z. DA IRY INDUSTRY WORRIED 40-Hour Week And Higher UK II »»ges and the 10 hour introduced h> the Labour OK< H ernmcnt, uere having deleterious effect on the New „irv industry one of the largest industries m the country, said Mr. OH P ££erl. managing director of a
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  • 48 9 From Our Own Correspondent) London, Auff. 11. Air Vice-Marshal J. T. Babington. who succeeds Air Vice-Marshal A. W. Tedder as Air Officer Commanding, RAF Far East, will arrive In Singapore In the f. ana kj. uurr iw»ji#ui^»ii. on Sept. 9. Free Press CabV.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 23 9 lNl(l^ GOOD FOOD to, n X >NVENIENCE SAKE hr WINE CAPITOI il}^ MFTERthe SHOW 52*0 TON ««HT fc NY DOMIM m JSifiOUT MUSIC"
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    • 180 9 LAST DAYS OF ROBINSON'S SALE FINAL PRICE REDUCTIONS TO-DAY j AND TO-MORROW That depressed danger-signal r take Phosferine lF Prolonged depression is almost surtlv the prelude to a ner\ ous breakdown. It is no condition to trifle with. If i ka«. neglected, worse will follow. i^ttmkm,nm The most effective treatment,
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  • FREE PRESS SPECIAL COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    • 489 10 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCK SHARES Last Night's Quotations From London 5.30 p.m. Yesterday •New York prices quoted tn U.S. currency The above are dealers' middle prices; jobbers' margins, brokerage •nd stamp duty are not included. Share 01 £i denomination unless Latest Quotations Previously otherwise stated Conversion Loan. a pc.
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    • 390 10 The following New York quotations are supplied by Reuter DOW-JONES AVKKAGfcS Previously Yesterday's Close Close Changes 3 Industrial 143.21 142.40 oil .81 20 Rails 29.80 29.56 off .24 20 Utilities 20.48 20.30 off .18 40 Bonds 80.90 89.65 off .25 Business done total volume 810,000 shares i
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    • 77 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association Auk. 11, II o'clock noon Buyers Sellers No. I.X.R.SS. m cases (FOB. August) 26 3 4 27 I Good F.A.Q. m bales (F.OB. August) 26 26" R No. I.X.R.SS. (Spot loose) (awardable Singapore) 26- 26 3 August 26^; 263 September 26 3 26"« Oct-Dec. 27,,
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    • 169 10 From London 5.30 p. m. Yesterday RUBBER: Firmer. London: 7? 8 ri. 7 15 15d. Previously: 7 13 16d. 7 7 8 d Oct.-Dsc: 7 15 16d. 8 1 16d. Previously: 7 7 8 d. 8d Jan. -Mar.: 8 1 I6d. 8» 8 d. Previously: 7 15
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    • 69 10 From London: Latest Quotations TIN: Firmer. Spot: £194 12s. 6d. Previously: £194 5s NE hF ee m nths: £195 12s ftl Previously: £195 7s. 6d ™«222? lng PflCe: 4337 Previously: 43.25. Settlement: 041 4» 2 d. Previously €41 5d GOLD: Yesterday: £7 2s. 6d Previously: £7 2s.
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    • 58 10 London Closing Quotations Metnod ol Parit.v oerore Latest PreCentre Quoting 20-9-31 Rate vlously Paris... Franc to 1211 178 7 8 178'; New YorH to 4.38 4:W d 437" t Amsterdam Guilders to 8.97 3 i 395i 4 sqc, Hong Kong.. Per dollar Is 3d ls 3d 4
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    • 198 10 Yesterday's Singapore Quotations SELLING Singapore. Aug. 11. London. T.T. 2 3 29 32 do demand 2 3 29 32 Lyons, demand 2075 Switzerland, demand 246 3 i Hamburg, demand 140 i:, New York, demand 56 11 16 Montreal, demand 56 13 1G Batavia. demand 103 15 ig
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    • 169 10 ISSUED BY PHASER AND CO. AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS YESTERDAY at 04 cents m the mornhfr I i J instance after business done asking SI 01 Closet! bu y« s at 99 cents with sellers the dollar shares weVe firmer lo day S nera V SDeak
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    • 811 10 From Exchange Telega Fraser And Co.'s U st TIIIKSDAY. AL(i. 11. l»r,«. 5 rM FINING Buyer* Seller* Ainpai Tin (If) 4s 4s 6J A-sam Kumbang <£> 28s fid ;>os 6d Austral Malay (f, 44s 48* ned Ayer Hitaro »sa; 24s jkj 2ix« ya Ayer Weng
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    • 90 10 List Supplied />'>• Messn Till KSDAY. \l Q. II I I Company Dividend Books TIN Close Austral Malay 9d. div 3d. bonus Butu Belangor 2 l 2 t Au^ II Johan Tin 5% Int. Auk 13 KamponK Kamunting 3i div. Aup. 19 9d bonus it KUllf Hivcr
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  • 1214 11 MEANWHILE— "A FIRMLY STAGNANT MARKET" Big increase In Visible Supplies (From Our Free Press Correspondent) London, Au^. 5. fON DON observers, basing their belief 0:1 their confidence m an early American economic recovery, continue to predict a reasonably near return of prosperity to the
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    • 162 11 ADVERTISEMENTS I HOARD RESIDENCE. L «tMii 5 ESCriIF TlOri BAfBS %in«:iporf w|lh|l Without Wata walafa r**m* j ,^y M2.M *1* <•< oil %ir>W» AD vrnnsEMr:iT RATES iOl Der -rata Auctions tr mmpur Office, tbf t* I'enanj f»mre the I>ordon MrrrtHns \fnt rENDERS. SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY, Tender-. d for the sa Por
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    • 429 11 SEA FRONT KATOMG (iKANGE— ti Mcyei Rd (near Swimming Club) »■<; a ;\l- Residence at moderate rates Larir? Gardens— I t-nnis Phone: 575 K. ThE MANSION OXL£Y SSSS •PF.iVATE HOTEL Tel. CCO9B. j U LOXTON M rir&t Class Private Hotel Bedrooms vith modern aathrooßM rrcm $'Jb D3r nnnth Hot water
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    • 269 11 WANTED. Free 2nd Class passage London In Naldera Aug. 2t) offered for conscientious supervision of two children 3 and 6. Apply Civil Secretary, Naval Base. FOR SALE. Two complete electrically driver. Sand Fumpinq Units, each capable ot dealing with 1,700 gals, per minute, mounted on a Steel Pontoon. Apply to
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    • 623 11 BANK OF CHINA Incorporate© m Cnina IpKUI r afr. 12. Cecil Strfrt Singapore MODERN BANKING With branches and sub-branches throughout China, and correspondents m all the principal cities of the world, the Bank is MtM equipped to transact modern banking business of tvtry description. TO i.ET OFFICES IN BANK OF
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    • 454 11 RADIO PROGRAMMES SINGAPORE. TODAY. /111. 225 rartfs (I*3l me s) /.lir 30.% metrrs !».j nir ;■> p.m. 5.00 Mala; RtUsJc.l 6.00 Teochew music. t »'.15 Troche*' Gwa-kanr music 7.00 Children's pro^ramir English"! 7.30 Time, weather, news a;.d anaounoe*] ments. 7.45 "From the Studio Armchi'iv. 8.00 Request prc'fcjranv.ne of lecorda 8
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  • 61 12 JHE Rt. Rev. F. S. Hollls. newly conHhl f n raed Bis hop of Sarawak and In th 'm passen S er 'or Singapore I m the East Asiatic Line's MS Bormgia, f Tom Marseilles The Boringia is due to arrive here on Aug •Otto passengers m
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  • 77 12 The Eni and Co uir t.-,., BgMOOt, who an> back m Calvary. JUbtrta, from England, intend to lay out a m country estate and build i rtsMi to replace their £5.000 h '.w whl h was destroyed by lirr last Febru Their new home will be
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  • 25 12 Shipping Notes bee: i>nau|i ttM Sk rfMtOHMMlk'flii PMHBtH NT o vn MBfl tic ptMenger trtiupi r but •i--the r Bulgarian Plant Pofo IV) trld 11l
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  • 996 12 Mercantile Yards Faced With Renewed Depression IJOW to escape the depression threatened because high costs are dri\ ing shipowners to postpone or place abroad their orders is a problem engaging the serious attention of the shipbuilding industry says the Financial Times. Reports from
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    • 461 12 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated m F.M.S.) TELEPHONE: Fi eight 5433— Passage 5431. LLOYDS AGENTS. BOOKING AGENTS FOR FEDERATED MALAY STATES RAILWAYS ROYAL STATE RAILWAYS OF SIAM. IINAOIAN MClffIC fWtmtW? f r*£h+---Si KH#*r*W»2Jf «:incarpora»-?-j lv England/ THE "EMPRESS" ROUTE offers TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES via HONOLULU or direct EMPRESS to VANCOUVER— ACROSS CANADA
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    • 126 12 RED FUNNEL LINf HEAP ENG MOM SS H« i *h PMMMM (il< iUj3 fiooi smt»|WMf ro J»»» w |4»K HUtiM «H»««»° S I i ss OIAN Idi; SOI IMIUM IN" v OIAI mm; iiiinmh ry MLLITON 11 1 tii EDKNDAUt n s^unrnttm 0 l.urop.jn Mi ll>- LW^^ *»r\fd on txurd
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    • 431 12 Local And Foreign Mail Dispatches And ArrivalsDESPATCHES BY TRAIN Bangkok every Saturday 7 p.m. Thursday 7.45 a.m Swettenham, Taiping and Telok Anson, Weekdays* Kota Bahru, Kuala Krai. Thursday and Friday* 7 am. Sunday 7 p.m. Kuala Lumpur and Penang Weekdays: 7.45 a^n Malacca, Batu Annam, Batu Pahat. Gemas. Kajang, Kluang.
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    • 602 12 PASSENGERS PasoonKer.s m the P. &o. Ra*.. pindi lor BVOfM and intervening p.»r alt Mr. and Mrs. T. Aiktn. F O A. S A; Cp!. F. Ayre.s. Mr. and Mrs W. W h. Mr. Barker. Mr. Barker Mr. ana Mi Burrell and child. Cpl. R B»kr: M Brown. Mr. G.
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    • 29 12 si 5 ri West Wh«H r^^ Relau rit "".«w,, Whtrf rnt. u25 j «»ti m, ul DM** F, tar Albert h, kk Victor.., O Keppel H4r»», ur Klnfs [Km,
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    • 380 13 iv 1 1 bkitish r^BRSTISH INDIA LINES .lIP IN ENGLANDp &0. S N. COS SAILINGS, Due l>wc Spof€ Tonnage B*poM. ,s 1038 12 RANPURA 17.000 Oct 7 RAWALPINDI 17,000 Oct 21 I SOMALI .6.800 Oct 21 Sept 8 CANTON 15,500 Nov 4 s^pt 23 CORFU 15.000 Nnv 18 SCDt 24
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    • 470 13 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL S.S. Co., Ltd, [iJicorporatea m England.) FOR UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL Steamer i> a <- Sail* CITY OF SINGAPORE Havre. L'don Rdam, Hburgr, Gla^aw Aug. 29 Sept 2 CITY OF BAGDAD Havre. L'don R dim. H'burg g epl 2 9 Oct CITY OF
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    • 892 13 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. SINGAPORE AND PENANG PHONE 5154 (7 Lines) REPRESENTING. SHUVISQ lilt ULI fc FUNNEL LINE (Ocean Steam The llua Khton Stnunsfeip Go (***** U4 Sbip Co., Ltd. and Cbina Mutual steam Cunard White Star Ltd. Navigation Go., Ltd.) Aberdeen A Common wealth Line Tbe Straits Steamship Co. Ltd.
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    • 663 14 c^n r*Ssb smßd fl^B Mf Jaßt VAN RIEBEECK— Friday. Aug 12. Rhio (passengers and mails only», Paaang Bay (passesgers and mails only >, Amp-enan (passengers and mails oiiiyt. Bo3leleng < passengers and mails only> and Sourabaya OP TEN NOORT— Friday, Aug. 12, Muntok (passengers and mails only). Batavia. Semarang and
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    • 345 14 JOINT SERVICE OF PRINCE LINE SILVER LINE FOR HALIFAX, BOSTON, NEW YORK, BALTIMORE AND PHILADELPHIA, VIA CAPE OF GOOD HOPE Due Sails Due Singapore Singapore New York M.S. SILVERSANDAL Aug i 8 Aug. 25 Oct 9 MS S^R^Ew'^^ SePt l SePt 9 Ct26 MS SILVERYEW Sept 18 Sept 2 5
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    • 303 14 FOR AFRK A AM. La Plmta Maru Buenos Aires Cape Towr.. R and Montevideo. Africa Mara Buenos Aires Zanzibar, Darn i Buenos Aires Maiu Buenos A Zanzibar. D. ir Marques. Durb Town. Rio de J Grande and M Tosan Maru E.tst London rtf I Karachi. M n Btlitm, Lout.' 'OR
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  • 1086 15  -  KENNETH FORD By JAPAN having refused the Olympic Games for J 1940, it has recently been decided to hold them m Finland. In this article the author describes Helsinki, the town which will be visited by thousands of athletes from every country, where preparations
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  • 14 15 Nearco Is Now "Tommy" p dinner, Mr. Mr. ■It. .1 11(1 II .nLord •re
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  • 63 15 CWnese Association Tournaments i the Chi. (s >pen biliards s to be t RlLl.lAßlis W. Tay vs. \V Beng vs Low H T .-I Chow 8 .1 vs. fieab w* 1 Chec Mou vs. winner '<' 17th tie K^ok Ming vs. X c. 1 Hvang. I*™
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  • 48 15 **a*nii£ u illb annual tenni^ a t take Place op. Saturate M ,fr^wting will be held ne:: triends are cordi- tennia tournament :^e s Championship Vi m succession, she H^Ua P; Wl:;ner: Mfs CL u Mlss h Oehl< ap Winner: Miss D iad Editii de
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  • 5 15 c 2^r ce!or < »»M Sum,.,
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  • 431 15 Plague In French Indo-China THE health bulletin of the League of j Nat .011s Easi/Crn Bureau for the; week er.ded Aug. 6 is: PLAGUE Pnompenh, m French Indo- j China, was the only port m the Eastern Anna to report the presence of human plague during the week, one case
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  • 433 15 HARD FOUGHT GAME IN K.L. SCHOOLS' SOCCER (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. Aug. 11. PIVE HUNDRED Methodist school boys yelled themselves hoarse when the Thompson Cup, the premier award foe Selangor School Soccer, was handed to Fooi.g Kiew
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    29 15 picture. ROBERTSON, R.A. goalkeeper, colics out for ojic of JMj numerau saves against the Malays m the first divisioji match at Anson R^ad, n;hich ua: draiai one-all.— Free Press
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  • 52 15 Singapore Ceylon Tamil community, at the Ceylon Tamil Assn., meeting on Wednesday expressed their gratitude for the fair and Just treatment accorded to the Ceylonese Tamil community by Mr. J. A. Hunter. M.C.S., during his 24 years' career m Malaya. They congratulated him on his promotion as
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  • 56 15 The following will be the S.CR.C. cricket team on Sunday versus the Royal Engineers, Changi. at 2 p.m. on their ground. Scan Keng Siew, Eu Cheow Chyc, Shim Kah Poo, Ong Swee Keng, Ong Swee Law, Onx Kirn Hoe, Chang M.n Kee, Low Kee Pow, Chla Keng Hock,
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  • 61 15 DOBBY LOCKS, young South African golf rhampion, who, with Byd Brews was defeated by Henry Cotton and Reg: Whit combe m a recent 72 holes match for £500 a side. Is to meet Alf Padgham over :ui holes for Urn« side stakes.
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  • 214 15 Squash IiOwer I Ma v -Line And Faster Ball Tht 1 Executive Committee o: the Squah RackeUs Association will r?~ommend to an extraordinary general meeting to be called in September, a drastic change In the rules They will propose that the "piayllne" on the front
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  • 465 15 A" COMPANY with 29 points, won Byng '.'up of the Gordon Highlanders inter -company novi< > boxing finals at Selerang last nig When the finals of A division 13 oi vision were fought. There were four lint rou knockouts, out o; a programme 11
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  • 34 15 T:i.? F.A. arm rj n ce that the total j entry for next seasons Amateur Cup 'competition is 377- two less than List I year The dray; for tho t!»l1* rttUldt will rr.-dc De?V
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    • 69 15 Dkry Of The l)u\ HOTELS, tins t0 ***** l ITEM CWEMAS. ind Don I Today do and 9.15. MOI With rt Marshall. iv.clay, 3 15. HUOH h Anr.a 6.15 and b 15 p.m. Amiwment Parks, Oance Hall*, etc. ppvrr{K HOKl.l) IBAEET: Dance 9 might 1AP?Y WORLD CABARET: Dance SPORT KCII
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  • 616 16 GUNNERS MALAYS DRAW AFTER THRILLING MATCH Last-Minute Goal In Anson Road Game BOTH TEAMS PLAY FAST AND EXCITING SOCCER K- A 1 Malays rOOl) soccer was served up at Anson Road V yesterday when the R.A. and the Malays met m the first division of the league and shared the
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  • 143 16 Dividend Race llace Horse Rider Wfa Plate 1: l Mickey Mousa Mr. L. Whi taker $19 88 > Leonie Saaid SlO 3 Hilarity Mr R. Whitaker S8 tl 1 Army Contractor lacob $24 $11 2 Etona To Paduka $20 3 Glamour Dragon Sl6 3: 1 Kalaw Dragon
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  • 834 16 KALA W PA YS $56 IN THIRD EVENT (Irom Our Own Correspondent) POCK winners ridden by Mr. L. Whi'aker was the^feature of todays Skye races here Good dividends were paid throughout the afternoon and the meeting was well attended. Kalaw surprised m the
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  • 59 16 I The usual -follows" to the results of the Perak Turf Club Skye meeting rannot be published m the Free Press today owing to difficulties which have been experienced by our Ipoh office m securing; passes for the admission of Press representatives for this meeting. We apologise to
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    8 16 ot lhe 1| at the sports held yesterday.
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  • 35 16 The re-play of the match, Marine Department versus Mental Hospital m the Government Services pvwL Aviation League, to decide tM^ ncr of the Le ague wi!l h? Teld a Fairer Park on Monday.
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  • 156 16 I'alice 1: S.C.C. 0. UAVING missed the easiest scoring chance* that cam- In their v/ay. I Sullivan vho scored the goal five minutes belore the final whistle, and enabled th? Police to defcot the sec Iby a solitary gO3l m the third division
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  • 133 16 Rafltes B&frla held their ?nnnaJ school sports on their ground \e terd ly before a largo gathering which intruded Mr. H. R. c;he^ tmi n, Senior Inspector oi Bchoola, An Interexttaf feature cJ thp ■raj the final iL-m. w>€:i the K iri s die^sad m the familiar
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  • 187 16 A HOriJ d:sp|.M ,f sorr?r I ni ai thr II B. »r mim I frrtav. v.ho.i Mm X (R|,\.».i Ma'h heal Hip Indian Avmialioi h thrf*- tmh la .-i! i., r uriaj di i.siiui. Th« Ounn that th°y won In the fir h
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    20 16 pu-hirr Ko'.iertsrn. R.\. -oalkrcpr linn grip on the ball a > a Wall ior.vard attempts to hrad it id Free Press
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  • 119 16 r Scottish Leagxic Opens Tomorroiv Home we i ion v/iii opt i vita ma! *!'«•< Uifoachoal I Kfrorrow snd the firs! rmp 1 (uro, m float lloli Looqjiwi BccttUh Bxtafoi nr*^ I IKST DIVISION Arbroatii v. Albion Roren A\r United v. Kaitii Rorei Celtic v Kilmarnook P'alkirk v
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  • 98 16 A variety of interesting tventl I '•arrieel out at the Convent of tht H< 1. In I ant Jesus annual sports ye.si< One event that provided v i 'aughs and freat deal enthusiasm wa> ihe tug-oi-war between the sixih IB I fifth classes resulting m the toHMf
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  • 30 16 Gordens In Garrison Cricket final I I I I i I I I I 1 1• 1 1 1 1 vx j I ft v 1 I I I I
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