The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 23 August 1938

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  • 21 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS (SfECUL DELIVERY NOT FOR PUBLIC SALE) NO. 15,551. ESTD. 1835. TUESDAY, AUGUST 2J, W3g
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  • 287 1 Sequel To Premiers Financial Speech APPLAUD FOR ECONOMIC SHOW-UP Paris, Aug. 22. IHAMATIt sequel to the broadcast speech by the French I Premier, M. Deladier, last night, is the resignation of Minister for Labour, M. Ramadier, and the Minister for Pnblif Works, M. Krossard. m
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  • 118 1 YANGTSE OFFENSIVE Big Attack Starts 11/ HAT appears to be the re- sumption of the Yangtse offensive was be^un by the Japanese today, who subjected Chinese positions at Juichang to intensive naval, land and air bombardment. At the same time a landing was made six miles east of Juichang and
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  • 147 1 Italian Invents New Wonder Car London, Aug. XL TPHE first gearless. clutchless motor car which, it is claimed, may revolutionise the future of transport, was demonstrated at Cambridge today to members of the engineering section of the British Association by Professor F. C. Lea. The car is the result of
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  • 51 1 The Hague. Aug. 22. Forty-five delegates of 25 nations are attending the conference of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. Germany is not represented but Italy sent 12 delegates. The parliamentary system, it was said by one speaker, was good, and parliaments could do much to keep the peace of the
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  • 116 1 THK Straits Settlements (ioyeni- menr tKUt night "issued" V communique stating that a group of alien Chinese m Singapore have not heeded the recent official warnin? against arts of violence carried out m the name of "patriotism." It is stated that several Chinese have been arrested and
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  • 38 1 Vienna, Aug. 21. A decree signed by Herr Hitler, providing for the trial of those accused of treasonable activities, includes, apart from Dr. Schuschnigg, former Chancellor of Austria, three ex-ministers and ex-police president, Herr Skubl.- Reuter
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  • 24 1 New York, Aug. 22. Three persons were killed and 50 injured m a collision m the New York underground railway system.- Reuter
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    44 1 THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND reservists of the German Army from the ages of 22 to 45. took part m manoeuvres, the largest since the icar, which kept Europe on edge last week. A camouflaged artillery observation post m North Germany is shown here
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  • 209 1 4 FTER the second day of the final Test being played at the Oval, Australian bowlers have only managed to dismiss half the English side and the mammoth total on the score board at close of play last night was 634 for
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  • 334 1 Press Sees End To Anglo- "itaHatr -Agreement*- 5 ™*> London, Aug. 22. AN undertone of pessimism pervades press comment on the reply by General Franco to the withdrawal oi volunteers from Spain. General Franco's reply repeats the Nationalist Government's acceptance of the principle of withdrawal, but
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  • 98 1 Tokio, Aug. 22. JAPANESE-SOVIET borJ der tension again flared today when, according to a communique issued by the Korean police, Soviet bombers flew over the Korean and Manchukuo borders. They flew on the non-Soviet sitfe of the border as low as 1.000 feet and observed
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  • 64 1 Moscow. Aug. 2'! JEWISH Greefc Orthodox Baptist. -cGtitfiter revolutionaries have been 'liquidated" at Bedichev. nsar the Polish irontler. according to "Bezozhnik." the organ of th-* Leasu? cf Militant Atheists. The Journal adds that the Jewi forra the majority of the populat'.on oi 56.000. They have 13
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  • 69 1 Kiel. Aug. 22. IN the presence of the Recent of 1 Hungary. Admiral Horthy. Herr Hitler. Admiral Kaeder, General Brauchitsch and Herr von Itihben trop, Madame Horthy today named and launched the new German 10.000-ton cruiser Prince Eugene. The ship is named after the man who
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    • 54 1 5I GIA TEA p^ thc frcshnCBS r^.nce d the „,.>••» ardenS to your home Malaya's Premier Hotel. TONIGHT BtH|, E J T IL OAN CE 8.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.: k DAN CE (informal) 9.30 P.M. to midni-. Th U PERI ET JEAN VAR" s^J^IGHTFUL SPANISH DANCERS. NON-DINERS $1.00. ;ii:i^^£^?T
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    • 111 1 There is no better Tea than BIGIA TEA GROWN IN MALAYA Iff fff ff. r /rf w t'^>^ jj/- jjj jjj- I! SEA VIEW HOTEL WEDNESDAY, THtItStAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY. j SPECIAL DINNER DANCE MUSIC BY KELLER'S POPULAR HUNGARIAN BAND ENTERTAINMENT PROVIDED BY DUO KIRILOFFI l CONTINENTAL ARTISTS AND "WIZARDS OF
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  • 445 2 Reaction Of All Classes Startles Nations Leaders ITF the Japanese Government wanted to find out what the people of Japan thought about a possible war against the Soviet they chose an excellent trial balloon m the Changkufeng affair. The answer was that the Japanese
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  • 81 2 £5.000 A Year Golfer To Marry Golfer London, Aug. 22. DRIGADIEK-GENERAL CRITCHLEY, who is reputed to spend £5,Mi a year on coif, will tomorrow, m Paris, marry Miss Diana Fish wick. General Csitchley, who is 4f an* Miss Flshwick, who is 27 have* fer the past seven years, played together
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  • 180 2 *TO reciprocate the warmth or his reception m Singapore. VlceAdmiral Le Bigot, Commander-in-chief of the French naval forces m the Far East, will land with a detachment of 50 ratings at Clifford Pier this morning at 10.15 a.m. meet a detachment of 50 from the
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  • 51 2 Girl Youth On Bomb Charges Jerusalem, Au* 22 OACHEL KOKA. a 22-year-old x Jewish girl, is being tried for carrying a bomb during a. bus outrage m Jerusalem on July 7. A Jewish youth of IT, Eliahu Mish!ali. Is being taried as the actual bomb thrower. Both pTcndeel not guilty.-
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    31 2 Pkture. NX. ANB Mas. JOACIIt:vi BM£B, a young: German couple from Berlin who passed through Singapore yesterday m the Lloyd Triestin* liner Conte Rosso on their way t» Hrn, Free Press
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    49 2 FLOWN BY COMMANDER ROSSI, the famous long-distance airman General Vuillemin, chief of the French Air Staff, has just completed aii official visit to Germany. General Mv c h, of the German Air Ministry welcomes the visitor at Berlin. The Fr nch Ambassador, Af. Francois Poncet is on the right.
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  • 77 2 According to a Chinese report, 7.000 labourers m Singapore employed by Chinese contractors have stopped work as a protest against the arrest of two Chinese on •*anishment warrants. It is also reported that at a meeting held last night by the Malayan Chinese A nti Japanese Associations it
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  • 399 2 Transmitter For t Government (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 22. THE Malayan Amateur Radio Society, which has been broadcasting from Kuala Lumpur for the past nine years, will, l>ecause of lack of finance, suspend broadcasting programmes on Nov. 30. AT a meeting of
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  • 124 2 t4OO Invade Consulate (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug tl. 4 BOUT 400 Chinese students of both sexes entered the grounds of the Chinese Consulate tonight and asked the Consul, Mr. Sze Tsau-sung, to work for the release of the two Chinese men
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  • 107 2 Ex-Colonial Secretary An 'Unqualified Success (From Our Own Correspondent! London, Auk. IC. THAT Sir Andrew Caldecott's Gover- norship of Ceylon has proved an unqualified success, and that his arrival m the Colony last November put an entirely new complexion on internal situation In the island, is th«* freely expressed opinion
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  • 120 2 IF GERM ANT STARTED Wji Captain v^ to Sydney O r I*22.?** wealth Relations ConX^ address n lhe Eu &•»< Volunteers' Drill YiT "^1 "Do you suppo* FYanci declarations of n ux by and «c CierXj?** and let HltJer wilkW^ 11 But British pe^ v m
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  • 176 2 (From Our o*n r<>m >9M<hi M:ii: i U THAI thr MjLv krr.MU 1 thr youn<r«| recimeni m British Inn strong foundations «v thr ment of l.irut ul <• \M Bruce, Officer onimand.ur Malay Regiment. »h« \nm Malaya shortly. irpl>mc sprwh at a ffin«li»»n .rri"'*' the Sr
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  • 409 3 Hollanders Surprised At Aviation Writers Comments "N.I. CAN~PROTECT THEMSELVES 9 CURPRISE at the sentiments expressed by Mr. William Courtenay, aviation correspondent of the Evening Siandard, (London) and well-known British civil aviation writer, when he passed through Singapore on Sunday m an Imperial
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  • 100 3 I DANCER, Lai Man, was acquitted by the SingaMagistrate (Mr. K. A. Blacker) yesterlg to make a report of armed »olice. |uel to an armed robbery m Oeylang iroag 20 shortly aft?r midnight on v oth »r taxi when by three
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  • 30 3 Rattan For Mealing Cigarettes I I".-. Slew Say. were sen-i the rattan Singapore Third theft of 1 rth $2 73 I '-MUItV tO I the ftr t. .1 from night
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  • 18 3 BUDDHISTS CELEBRATE NEW MOON-DAY Temple, -morrow; and Mrs. premlaea V V S Illuminated for o, all i ittend.
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    28 3 lhis it'iions looking si \n has been erected outside a private wild lift* sanctuar> m Nesri Sembilan It i>» believed to he the skeleton of an elephant's head.
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  • 87 3 pSPATRIATES tram Malaya to Madras during July numbered 4,055 adults with 1.032 minors and 56*? infants. Deck passengers amounted to. labourers. 1.300 with 114 minors and 121 infants, and traders and others 1,904 with 74 minors and 50 infants. The total departures were 9.871, compared
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  • 130 3 (From Our Own Correopondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 2",'. •THE HIGH COMMISSIONER Sir Shentoi: Thomas, has decided on an informal meeting with unofficial members and British Residents on Aug. 81, the day before the next Federal Council meeting, for the first discussion of its kind. The
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  • 59 3 Charged with causing hurt to three People by driving a motor-car negligently along Scrangoon Road on Sunclay afternoon and also driving without a licence. M. Kubota, an elderly Japanese, appeared m the Singapore Traffic Court, yesterday. He pleaded guilty to all charges and sentence was
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  • 99 3 "Representations I Wilfully False' 1 [JAMAGES of SI. OOO were allowed by Mr. Justice Home m the Singapore High Court yesterday to Ernest Ceorge Mozar, managing director of a firm of advertising agents, m his action for damages against Ernest Anderson, former Gwner of the sports
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  • 271 3 WHILE lying on the rocf of his home at Hungjao. three miles from the International Settlement. Richard Norman Keys. 22, was kil'ed by a machine-gun bullet during a minor skirmish when a stream of bullets from Chinese guerillas passed over the house. Mr. Keys v/as the son
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    86 3 vIOSI SINGAPORE CHINESE SHOPS were closed and suspended business yesterday following demands by gangs of men, alleged to be members of anti-Japanese organisations, that the shopkeepers should join m protests against the detention of two Chinese on banishment warrants. Similar demands are also believed to have been made to ricksha-pullers
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  • 71 3 A SECTION of the thousands of Jews, men and women with- cut country, who were forced to leave Nazi Austria arrived at Singapore yesterday morning: m the Lloyd Triestino liner Conte Rosso. On their way to Hong ing and Shanghai a party of 20 Jewish
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  • 279 3 That three months' notice was rea--1 sonab'e to a person Of Major G. B. Gould's position In the action brought by him against Messrs. Dobb and Co.. Ltd.. for the recovery of six months' salary for wrongful termination cf his services, was the
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    • 10 3 'N In- _5^ PL 100 and restaurant Special rues London.
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    • 59 3 You: t^eth arc* Ivory Castles defend them witli /*j££s DENTIFRICE I The AdvertLsm^ tc Publicity Bureau Lta 1^ 144. Robinson K;;;d. Singapore. I Please send me a free sample of Glbbi Dcntllrice mr •J@ r C I which 1 enclose 5 cts. In stamps to cover postage. (?OULpOn>J°, I Name
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  • 209 4 Five O'clock Tea 'THE Duke and Duchess of Kent found English five-o'clock tea a regular institution with their hostess. Princess Olga, this summer, at her lakeside home at Bled, Yugoslavia. Here tea is served out of doors under the shade of a tree on a lawn overlooking Lake Bled, the
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  • 114 4 While the rest of the wcrld periodically concerns itself with the propriety or otherwise of women wearing beach pyjamas m the street, m Nilwood, Illinois, it is still a punishable offence for a woman to walk down the public streets without a petticoat whether she
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  • 701 4 IUOW that Gail Patrick has completed her role as Deanna Dur bin's mother m "Mad About Music," she has returned to fashionable young womanhood with three youthful early spring ensembles. Her favourite is a black crepe daytfcne dress with the reverse of the
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  • 226 4 PARIS FASHION NOTES rjINNER trousers are one of the daring innovations for autumn, though it may be some time before their wearers sport them outside the home. They are of the harem type, baggy and secured by jewelled anklets. Made m satins of lovely pastel shades, the dinner trousers <*re
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  • 99 4 There are three reascne why blonde Phyllis Brooks arouses envy m the soul of aay columnist one, she Is. the speciai girl-friend of Cary Grant; two, she is very beautiful, and, three, she has a great flair for wearing clothes. Phyllis mader her latest headgear purchase with
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  • 1099 4 By A Special Correspondent THE oldest women's club m Lon--1 don. the Alexandra, has recently celebrated its 55th birthday. It began m Old Bond Street m 1883, but after a few months moved to its present premises m Grosvenor Street, which still have a somewhat old-fashioned
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  • 266 5 May Be The Cause RATE of In- mortalrty m year, as tor Mr. (j. z>h Resident, ial report. ths amongst of age fcr born alive was 142 during 1036 935. greatest .-<•■ were second preceding fjfV M>l TO BLAME? i ;gested that this high th«
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    14 5 SINGAPORE TRACTION COMPANY VFHiri ir« to Singapore streets v«»^, CLES made welcome return picture.
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  • 54 5 F> <>v'u Own Correspondent) Arm o eremban Auy. 21. r^oiNG MEN want to C a ,J° Ulh league m < T the Ne?ri Sembilan x SS m iationi*?TH». President, and;^ half yearly gen :i^ratio^ S the su gg e stion ,^^il d in g the
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  • 299 5 Vatican City, Aug. 15. AFTER FIVE YEARS 1 waiting, 300 lepers of the Heaven Leper Asylum, Kongmoon Vicariate, m China, have new homes, according to news received by the Congregation for the Propagation of Faith. For five years these lepers lived m palm
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  • 347 5 Axe-Parang Contest Re-called "Uncrowned King's" Argument With Brother (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Aug. 22. REFERENCES to a controversy between two brothers m "One Hundred Years of Singapore" is recalled following the report m the Free Press yesterday concerning Mr. Athelstone ("Abang'*) Braddon, who is known as the "Uncrowned King
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  • 36 5 The Singapore Italian Consulate, with the commercial section, will be moved from its present address, E6 Hong Kong Bank Chambers to new premises m "Glencaird." 11. Dalvey Road on Sept. 1.
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  • 697 5 Little Increase In Living Costs But Clothing Material Risen In Price to what is happening m Japan, the war, m general, has not radically effected the rice bowls and other daily necessities of the Chinese people on the streets and^ farms
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  • 112 5 Car Crash Inquiry Lasts A Week THK preliminary inquiry into the Serangoon Road car crash m which two Chinese and a Tamil lost their lives has not concluded yet. Opened m the Singapore Fourth Court on Tuesday, before Mr. K. A. Blacker, the hearing continued until Saturday. Yesterday the evidence
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  • 73 5 Accused Her Mother Of Theft (From Our Own Correspondent) Srremhan, A tiff. 22. "I FED her and brought her up and now she accuses me of theft," said an elderly Chinese woman m the Seremban court, when charged with the theft of a ring, some cash and a temporary occupation
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  • 46 5 At the last meeting of the Board, of the Takuapa Valley Tin Dredging N.L. Mr. Edward A. Lamb was appointed General Manager of this Company m the East to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. W. S. Grieve.
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    • 38 5 8 A OV*& js^Sl Drains, T" 07 ther ch iWren's ail- I^^?^ M ac?d r^ u L entl y a case of too V=»T§£*' \\\l kJ^u^ rif >l 111 I, |h Tlffl|ll|.AF 1 TABLET 2 AP3 J' 1
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    • 52 5 Ironite makes concrete grease proof water proof dust proof Specification: 2O lbs. IRONITE to 100 lbs. Cement (mixed dry)* parts Sand or Screened Granite. 1 part IRONITE and Cement as above. Lay as Granolithic Rendering. Topping i" thick will require 3~*i lbs. of IRONITE per square yard. Sole Agents -iv
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  • 190 6 THE FRENCH ALPINE TROOPS' manoeuvres have been taking place m Savoy and the Hautes Alpes The eastern limit of operations was only three miles from the Italian frontier. Below Alpine troops are seen advancing on the Gal birr Mountains with the assistance of ropes. Right,
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  • 48 7 vf department heads Cl^ r X en .mother Anti-Air > "Ins leaure yesterday p^ 31 1 Jackson, assistant t re"-tlyc3inp: ted .V^V! ARF. .school m Palf'/fjje undor rover protec- feted at the conclu- s?i ~-s 20 minute lecture, ■frJEfin Singapore would be s; \>' one used common proper materials.
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  • 963 7 BRITISH M.P. SA YS EUROPE MAY SOON BE AT WAR Czech Solution The Only Safeguard A WARNING that war would break out m Europe m the near future over the Czechoslovakian question unless a satisfactory solution was found was made by Captain Victor Cazalet, the visiting British M.P., m a
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  • 47 7 Sir Shenton Thomas will visit Kuala Lumpur next week for the meeting of the Federal Council. He will leave Singapore by train on Monday evening next and return by the night train arriving m Singapore on the mornlne of Sept. 2.
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  • 68 7 Admiral MarkWardlaw To Marry (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Aug. 22. THL engagement is announced m The Times of Rear-Ad-miral William Penrose MarkWardlaw, D.5.0., elder son of the late Col. W. L. P. Mark- Wardlaw and of Mrs. Mark-Wardlaw, with Miss Agnes Nancy Riddell, only child of Dr. and Mrs.
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  • 90 7 July rubber returns are: The Ayer Kunlng (F.M.S.) Rubber Co., Ltd. 65,000 lbs. The Badek Rubber Estate Ltd. (Staffleld Estate) 17,500 lbs. The Brad wall (F.M.S.) Rubber Estate Ltd. 48,000 lbs. The Chersonese (F.M.S. > Estates Ltd. 60,000 lbs. Dennlstown Rubber Estate Ltd. (Dennistown Estate) 31,200 lbs. The
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    • 85 7 [JIANDS SEVENTEEIH i J OLD STAR IN A SIUNG TALE OF |)|OERAND ROMAMCEJjJWW WITH LONDON'S j| BHWIBIE STAGE ACTOR Ih I nix iidOWING SOON PAVILION J jn Ideal Entertainment to chase off "the Blues" OPENING TODAY at the *±ll!iiiil CAPITOL ENGLAND'S QUEEN OF COMEDY Becomes Hollywood's Biggest Star J»G CROSBY,
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    • 28 7 A CABARET GIRL STEPS OUT BUT CHOOSES A MARRIED MAN TO STEP OUT WITH! A SEXSATIONAI. STORY WITH A MUSICOMICAL BACKGROUND WM SARA]! CHURCHfU i f. TOMORROW PAVILION
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    • 384 7 EXTENDED ANOTHER NIGHT BY POPULAR DEMAND 'j£ilS^ 'AVILION THE FUNNIEST MERRIEST FILM THAT EVER CONVULSED AN AM|^^kH§ AUDIENCE NEVER HAS THERE iW^^^ m BEEN A COMEDY WITH SUCH ""^EHB HILARIOUS SITUATIONS! CONSTANCE BRIAN l^ff BEMHETT AHERNE 4 MERRILY WE LIVE" W T WITH yl ALAN MOWBRAY BILLIE BURKE II j*W
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  • 596 8 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1933. Britain And N.I. ALTHOUGH many Europeans m Singapore may pretend to be shocked at the views expressed by Mr. "William Courtenay m an interview during the weekend, that the Dutch Empire is dependent on British protection, and should contribute towards the cost
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  • 957 8  -  Junius B. Wood In Central Europe— HI By THE CZECH is a strictly honest, energetic and highly capable individual and at the same time stubborn, dour and brusque. The country invites tourists but its nationalism, or chauvinism, insists that
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    3 8 SITMWN.FRIEMM.IT ISN'T PRIVATE.
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    • 204 8 THE PGI BY SPECIAL Lj£ JL^ TO H. M. THE APPOINTMENT KING OF SIAM ESTD. gj^^^^^, 1872 ENGAGEMENT o: ETERNITY RINGS. Choose CareluUj The DIAMOND RINGS Vod would be proud of years from today—and carefully choose its m^ker. Every I>E SILVAS ring is measured by standard ot excellence ftbicb insures
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  • 270 9 Government Will Not Tolerate Interference CONSUL-GENERAL 'S APPEAL TO MOB FOLLOWING further activities by Chinese "patriotic" organisations m Singapore, the Straits Settlements Government last night announced that several arrests have been made under the Banishment Ordinance and says that "other arrests are to follow."
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  • 277 9 French Naval Guard For Governor flflgs/iip Party Appropriate End To Singapore Visit N appropriate social '..tale to the Singapore the flagship of w-Admiral U Ui^ot, «andtT-in.Chicf of the "*(i naval forces m r East, more than nests were entertainE* 5 wcktail dance the iraily decorated l p x Uraotte-Picquet st
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  • 116 9 Japanese On Causing Death Charge I£. YOSHIOKA, a Japanerj who was arrested on the night of Aug. G following a fatal accident m Grove Road made another appearance m the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday, when counsel for the defence, Mr. P. F. de Souza, asked that a date be
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  • 424 9 CRESH demonstrations 1 took place at the offices of the Singapore Chinese Consul-General, Mr. Kao Ling Pai, yesterday m connection with the detention of several Chinese on banishment warrants. Mr. Kao made an appeal to the men to keep the law and to refrain
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  • 178 9 THE ORGANISATION known as the Federation of Singapore Chinese Anti-Japanese Association, which, during the week-end, sent a petition to the Governor againrt the arrest of two Chinese on banishment warrants, yesterday, issued a further statement explaining its attitude that "our only enemy is Fascist
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  • 104 9 A PRELIMINARY INQUIRY into a charge of forgery preferred against Richardo Brillianta, a Filipino, Bun per o Miyashiro, a Japanese, and. R. C. M. Wishart, a British subject, was commenced m the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday, and will be continued today. It is alleged
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    22 9 picture. MR. 11. GORDON MINNIGEIiODE, American Vice-Consul m Singapore and his bride, Miss Anna H. Meade of Birmingham. Alabama. U.S.A.- Free Press
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  • 202 9 AMERICAN VICE-CONSUL MARRIED MH H. Gordon Minnigerode, 1?1 son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Powell Minnigerode, of Washington, DC, and American m Vice-Consul, Singapore, was married to Miss Anna H. Meade, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hardeman S. Meade, of Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.A., at St. Andrew's Cathedral, yesterday. The Rev.
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  • 55 9 The K.N.I.L.M. Batavia-Salgon air service will begin next Tuesday. The flight from Singapore to Saigon will be made m four hours. Leaving Singapore at 12 30 p.m., passengers will arrive at 4.40 p.m. The service will at first be weekly, flying to Saigon on
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    • 16 9 S?ijOMORROW BlQch &h Jtopea > o rchestra > CONCERT 93 O P.M H >l* MU*,c J M| DNIGHT
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  • FREE PRESS SPECIAL COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    • 446 10 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCK SHARES From London 5.30 p.m. Yesterday •New York prices auoted In U.S. currency The above are dealers' middle prices; jobbers' margins, broker aye and stamp duty are not included. Share ot £1 denomination unleaa Latest Quotation* Previously otherwise stated Conversion Loan, 6 pc, 1944-64.... 114%
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    • 159 10 From London 5.30 p.m. Yesterday RUBBER: Firm. London: 7 15|16d. Bd. Previously: 7%a. 715|16d. Oct-Dec: Bd. 81|16<L Previously: 715|16d. Bd. Jan.-Mar.: 8 l|l6d. 8 3|l6d. Previously: Bd. BV»d. Apr.-June: 8 3116 d. 8»/ 4 d. Previously: I a|lM. 8 3|lBd. New York; 18.18. Previously: 15.92. STOCKS: London
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    • 71 10 TIN: Dull. Spot: £191 12s. 6d. Previously: £192 12s. 6d. Three months: £192 12s. 6d Previously: £193 12s. 6d. NEW YORK TIN: (Opening price): 42.75. Previously: 42.87. COPPER: Settlement: £40 ss. Od. Previously: £40 GOLD: Yesterday: £7 2s. 5d Previously: £7 2s. 5 T 2 d. SILVER:
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    • 1165 10 Fraser And Co.'s List MONDAY, AUG. 22. 1938: 5 P.M. MMM Bayers Seller* Ampat Tin (4a) 4a 4s 44d Asam Kumbang 28s 6d 30s 6d Austral Malay (I) 44a 46a nc.d Ayer Hitam <ss) 14s 9d 25* 9d Ayer Wens; ($1) .$2 #67 Rang Tin Tin
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    • 63 10 Foreign Exchange Rates London Closing Quotations Method ot Parity before Latest PreCentre Quoting 20-9-31 Rate vlously Paris Franc to 121.1 178 S l6 178% New York f to 4.88 4.88 116 8.88 Amsterdam Guilders to 4.97% 8.92 8.92 ft Hong Kong.. Per dollar ls. 3d. ls. 3d. Shanghai Per dollar
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    • 155 10 List Supplied Ry Messrs Fraser V MONDAY, AUG. 22, 193* s** *J Company Dividend Bookj mv TIN Close Ptrf* Austral Malay M. div. Sept. 2 Sept. 3d. bonus Batu Selangor 2»/ 2 Aug. 20 Au? Kampong KamunUng 3.1 div. Aug. 1» Au n 9d bonus sept I
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    • 188 10 Yesterday's Singapore Quotations Aug. 22 SELLING London, T.T. 2;37/ 8 do demand ***** Lyons, demand 2071 Switzerland, demand 246 l 4 Hamburg, demand 140 New York, demand 56 5 /a Montreal, demand 56 13|16 Batavia, demand 103 716 Samarang, demand 103 5|16 Calcutta. Bombay and Rangoon, demand
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    • 69 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association Aug. 22, o'clock noon Buyers Sellers No I.X.R.S.S. m cases (F. 0.8. August) 27% 27 3 4 Good F.A.Q. m bales (F. 0.8. August) 26 13 16 26 ***** No. I.X.R.S.S. (Spot loose) (awardable Singapore) 27 27% August 271/4 27% September 27% 27V-Oct.-Dec. 273/4 27%
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    • 184 10 ISSUED BY FRASER AND CO. AT THE CLOSE OP BUSINESS YESTERDAY MINING. Tin at midday was $97%, up In spite of very dull conditions all sections of the tin share market remained very steady today. Business passed m Southern Kintas at $5.25 ex rights and there were
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    • 392 10 Reuter The following New York quotations are supplied by Reuter. DOW-JONES AVERAGES: Previously Yesterday's Close Close Changes JO Industries 141.13 141.20 up .07 20 Rails 28.31 28.45 up .14 20 Utilities 19.75 19.79 up .04 40 Bonds 8898 88.91 off .07 Business done total volume 250,000 shares.
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  • 756 11 Curtailment Of Output In United States N.L INCREASE DURING FIRST SIX MONTHS WORLD production of crude oil amounted to 977,--344,486 barrels during the first six months of the current year and v.as 8,053.381 barrels, or 0.8 per cent., below the record-breaking total
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  • 352 11 MEAT Beef steak Kati 35 Beef stew or curry do 30 Fillet Steak lb. 55 Mu^on. Australian do 35 Pork. lean Kati 44 Pork, *can and fat (Ist Quality) do 34 POULTRY Capons (locally reared) Kati 50 Dut<ks I each 35 Fowls Kati 28 Hens (locally reared)
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  • 155 11 Singapore. Aus:. 22, 12 noon Buyers Sellers Gambler 7 25 Hamburg Cube «13 00 Java Cuhe $11.00 Pepper: White Muntok $13 CO Whits |1S r>o B!ack 8 23 Copra: Mixed 83 !0 Bam Dried $3 40 Tapioca: Small Fluke 3 GO Fair Flake 3.50 Medium Pearl 3.90
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 264 11 Classified L. £R TISEMENTS Iffmftttpag* I 111-— nun**" jfi llmrt w Lws»" rhnne- SIT! fS t tif*- Jh'.r.r: U r; tt Fit* Btrcrt 1-ondoD RATES •sineaoore ttithir lUVd** Without Ma lava P«Sto«» :,rn SIN i-50 r< in* s r on 1500 r^ jjjjh git.ii sso.co rhrpvlft shPuld nolrde LmSBMEMI RAXES
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    • 444 11 HOW TO PUT ON POUNDS OF FLESH IN A FEW WEEKS! Take Tasteless Vitamin Tab!et3. Men and women who are losing weight, who live under the shadow of a nameless dread rcii take fresh courage. During the last twe years a wonderful new flesh-forming weight-increasing tonic has come to thi<
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    • 410 11 BANK OF CHINA (Incorporated In China by Bpeclal Charter) 12, Cecil Street. Sinrapore. Telephones: Manafer'i Office 6444 Asit. Manager Office »it Exchange I»rpt. r.ni General Office 51S8-t Cable Address: III Nf;KI'O." Tald Up Capital Ch. 40.000.000 0« Reserve Funds m excess Ch. 4.A00 900 04) Total Assets approximately Ch. $1,800
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 680 11 RADIO PROGRAMMES I SINGAPORE. I ZHL 225 metres (1.33 mc/s) ZHP 30.96 metres '.9.69 mc/s) p.m. 5.00 Malay music. t 6.00 Tecchew Dramas. t 6.50 Fif th Test Match. Relayed from London. 7.00 Children's Programme. (English) 7.25 Time, weather, news and announcements. 7.43 Fifth Test Match. 7.55 Light Orchestral Concert
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  • 849 12 Hopeless Muddle Occurred In Great War IT IS doubtful whether many people, apart from the few directly concerned, ever knew of the hopeless muddle that occurred over the manning of merchant ships during the Great War. The majority of those who were best able to *cc
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  • 127 12 The following are the ships alongside the wharves or pxpecttd to arrive: East Wharf, Entrance Gat* I, Exit 1; RaJuJa 22; Van Heutsz 20. Main Wharf, Entrance Gate 2, Exit 3: Hoegh Silverlight 18; Alsia 11; Glengarry 9. Empire Dock, Entrance Gate Exit 3: Kelantan 34; Silversandal 36;
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  • 151 12 Aircraft "Cameronian" G-AEUE from Sydney, Brisbane, Darwin and N.E.I. Mr. and Mrs. Scagrave, Mr. H. Fysh and Dr.S. Peterson. Brisbane Aircraft "Coriolaiius" G-AETV for Penang. Bangkok. Burma. Karachi and Southampton. Mr. S. Lowrle, Penan.;. Mr. and Mrs. Seagrave and Dr. S. Peterson London. Aircraft "Calypso" G-AEUA for N.E.I.
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  • 272 12 Shi pping Notes T" E Hl <^ t^, »t the K a w Uakl o^Hiß Chose;; I hlchl th« her *«,£><■ Wades sh^ d aftT^ri^^H She -'be»* to '<■ I will d,r I I the r... bidders. InforaH arcki^i^B would n m isr Th. commtsrton uid thii^Sß "lald-up thcWvrM War
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  • 179 12 (From Our Own Correspondent) MISAPPREHENSION regardirg the closing IVI sept, l is removed by a notification i> »cd Deputy Commissioner of Customs, Terak. Mr H From that date all vessels proceeding up or down the Dlndings River must stop at the Lumut customs station,
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 465 12 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated In F.M.3.) TELEPHONE: Freight 5433— Passage 5431. LLOYDS AGENTS. BOOSING AGENTS FOR FEDERATED MALAY STATES RAILWAYS ROYAL STATE RAILWAYS OP SIAML Smmummc THE ROUTE offers TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES via HONOLULU or direct EMPRESS to VANCOUVER— ACROSS CANADA by TRANSCONTINENTAL TRAIN without change— thence by CANADIAN PACIFIC ATLANTIC
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    • 15 12 for Everything to mM Ocean PW- "jjT Bpplv /\kH No Bo« <kl1 T# phon» 59
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 534 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 1.31. Malacca, Batu Annam. Batu Pahat, Gemas. Kajang, Kluang,
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 432 13 Bosh india lines (RPORATEtI IN ENGLAND) p&Q.S. N. COS SAILINGS, OUTWARDS Due D ue lonnase. Spore. Tonnage. Spore, IMS 1938 SOMALI ,6.800 Oct. 21 6.500 Aug 26 CANTON 15,500 Nov. 4 15.000 Aug 26 CORFU 15,000 Nov. 18 Sept. 9 BANGALORE 6.000 Nov. 19 17.000 Sept 23 CHITRAL 15.000 Dec.
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    • 376 13 {Incorporated tn Stratts Settlements.) H ELLERMAN BUCKNALL S.S. Co., Ltd, i lncorporated tn England.) FOR UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT, VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL Steamer rS! 2S SINGAPORE Havre. L'don Riam, H'burg, Glasgow A ue°29 q2J/ b <> ?r£ %Z AD Havre L>don Rdam H bur B Glasgow Sent 29
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    • 694 13 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. SINGAPORE AND PENANG PHONE 5154 (7 Lines) REPRESENTING* SHIPPING ftavtcatton Co., Ltd.) Akcrriccn Commm.taith Line The Strati, Stean^btp Co. Ltd. Shai Savlli Ala.«n vi The China Navigation Co.. Ltd. The Australian Or^ntai Urn Cul JJ c f| lr w k Steamship Co- Ltd. The Irmwadth FhrtHl, Co.
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 675 14 K. P. M. KAMPAR— Tuesday, Aug. 23. Bengkalls, Paneh, Berombang, TanjongMengeidar, Tanjong-Leidong and Asahan. PALOPO— Tuesday. Aug. 23, Penang Bagan Si-Api-Api THEDENS— Wednesday, Aug. 24, Mvrtok and Palembang. TOGI AN— Wednesday, Aug. 24, Toengkal. Moeara-Saba and Djambi. MAPI A— Wednesday, Aug. 24, Prigl-Radja, Sapat. Tembilahan. PoeloePallas, Pengalian-Estate and Rengat. VALETlJN—
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    • 485 14 JODII SERVICE of PRINCE LINE SILVER LINE FOR HALIFAX, BOSTON, NEW YORK, BALTIMORE AND PHILADELPHIA, VIA CAPE OF GOOD HOPE Doe Sails l>oc Singapore Sincapote New York M.S. SILVERSANDAL In Port Aug. 25 Oct. 9 M.V CHINESE PrtJNCE Sept 1 Sept 9 Oct. 26 MS SILVERYEW Sept. 18 Sept. 25
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    • 384 14 o. s. kTu^l Africm Mar. Buenos Aires Ik I Zanzibar, Dar-e.^ renco Marques. Durnn Y^ and Cape Town V Buenos Aires Maiu Buenos Alros via r >tsa v I Zanzibar. Dtrn Marques. Durban p, nS.fcJ? llll^ Town. Rio cio Janrtr.f' s 1 Grande and lloatcrldi i Tosar. Mara East London
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  • 498 15 GRETEST SOCCER SEASON ANTICIPATED nryn J° nes Attracts Crowd To See Arsenal Trial (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Aug. 17. tt j<h football season has opened and enthusiasts tf c n d have had an opportunity of seeing players a nu m dub practice game. HL1938-39 season is expected to
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  • 150 15 WILLIE ELEY, coloured New York middle-weight, died recently after fighting Stafford Barton m Kinston, Jamaica. Barton, who recently returned from England, put Eley down for two counts ot nine with heavy blows to the jaw and face. After the tenth round Eley lost consciousness and died
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  • 196 15 During the week ending Aug 13, 1938. exports from Malayan ports amounted to 39,543 cas^, of which: 20,880 (53 per cent.) cases were to the United Kingdom. 665 (2 per cent.) cases to the Continent of Europe. 5.955 (15 psr cent.) cases to Canada, and 12,048
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    19 15 AN INCIDENT IN THE FIRST DIVISION MATCH between the Sappers and the Police at Anton Poad yesterday.- Free Press
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    33 15 A THREE-DAY "REFRESHER" COURSE FOR ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL roArnrc u*t* v the Duke of York's Headquarters, Chelsea. In the picture Mr SFRo«? fa If f V*Z* to some of the students. Jl mmy M^^TfJ^JXJSfZ'iJI
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  • 405 15 POLICE BEATEN 2 GOALS TO NIL YESTERDAY R.E 2; Police 0. CCORING a goal m each half without a reply v against the Police at the Anson Road Stadium yesterday m a first division league match, the Royal Engineers enhanced their position to the second place
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  • 155 15 London, Aug. 16. I AST evening Frank Woolley played his farewell Innings on the St. Lawrence ground at Canterbury— the most famous In Kent— by hitting 81 runs In an hour off the Australians' bowling. All out for 108 In their first innings, Kent had followed
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  • 136 15 London, Aug. 21. ARRANGEMENTS are being made by the Air Raid Precautions Department of the of London Authority for the provision of a licet of river craft to carry out rescue and repair work among ships en the Thames m the event of an emergency. About
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    45 15 REQUESTED TO CLOSE BY GANGS OF CHINESE, a Singapore shopkeeper hurriedly reshuttering his premises yesterday morning, following demands by gangs of men, alleged to be members of antl-JapaneM organisations, that the shopkeepers should Join In protests against the detention of two Chinese on banishment warrants.
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  • 85 15 MINETEEN-YEAR-OLD twins are 11 puzzling the Leeds United trainers. They are John William and Alfred Stephens, from the mining village or Cramlington, Northumberland. They are being tried out for a fortnight. John is a centre-forward; Alt an inside-left. Both want to become professional footballers. The United trainers are
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  • 145 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Aug. 21. M WEERAYAH Veerayah called the Indian Court Interpreter m the First Magistrate's court, Ipoh, but there was no response for fully three minutes, when at last an Indian came unsteadily to his feet and answered to the name of Veerayah.
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  • 29 15 TTHE Spooner Cup polo match be- tween Selangor and the R.A. "A." team was not played yesterday and will take place at 4.30 this afternoon. picture.
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  • 99 15 Daughter of the late third Baron Napier of Magdala, the Hon. Mabel Alice Napier, aged 54, was found hanged from a tree branch near her home at Burley, m the New Forest, and the verdict at the inquest was that she "hange d herself while the
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  • 209 15 Eyston Gassed In Car At 270 m.p.h. TAPT. GEORGE EYSTON, ace British racing: motorist, was nearly suffocated while driving his Thunderbolt car at 270 m.p.h. on the salt beds at Bonneville, Utah. Fumes from the exhaust and burn ing brakes filled the enclosed cockpit, and Capt. Eystcn was only saved
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  • 199 15 Programme of Drills up to and for week ending Aug. 28, 193 R. Today, 5.15 p.m.— Headquarters S.R.A. (v) 3" A.A. Gun Drill. 1/S.S.V.F. Signal Section Signal Training. "A" Coy. M.G. Training. "B" Coy. Lecture Beach Defence. "C" Coy. M.G. Training. "D" Coy. Lecturs. S.V.A.C.S. Mounted Training.
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  • 44 15 A. H. GIBBONS, the R.A.F. and Eng- land Amateur International forward, who last season assisted Tottenham Hotspur, has now signed amateur forms for Brentford. Manager Harry Curtis states that Gibbons will play for Brentford on Saturdays when his Air Force duties permit.
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 80 15 Law Notice For The Day Before the Chief Justice m Ist. Court at 10 a.m. Summonses-in-Chambers. Originating Summons, Motion and Petition. At 2.15 p.m.:— 2 Summonses-in-Chambers and 1 Originating Summons. Thereafter: Probate 163 38— Re estate of Teo Hong Lim deceased. Before Mr. Justice Pedlow m 2nd. Court at 11
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  • 696 16 Australia's Second Day In Field RAIN IS LIKELY TO PLAY PART TODAY IT was Hutton's day at the Oval yesterday m the final Test and at close of play the young Yorkshire batsman had only Bradman's record score of 334 for England*
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  • 465 16 Batsman Bowlers MUTTONS 304 vss compiled after »c had occupied the creases for 605 minutes. After the single which save him the third century an appeal against the lit ht was upheld. Bowling figures at the present stage are: Waite one for 121, McCabe none for 59, O'Reilly 66.2 overs.
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  • 23 16 LJOME cricket results as cabled by Reuter are: Gloucester Mat Lane, by 10 wigkets. Lanes 2? f^TS?* for W) 101 <Barnett
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  • 462 16 Weights For Second Day Of Gold Cup Meeting II7EIGHTS for tomorrow week, the second day of the Singapore Turf Club's Gold Cup meeting were Issued yesterday as follows: Horses; Class 2, Div. 3, About 7f.: Lady Piper 4.00 Sly Lady c.a Safarlland 8.13 Cumbalong «.o7 Alikoom 8.13 Victor y Parade
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  • 209 16 AN UNUSUALLY large crowd wit- nessed the third division soccer match played on the V.M.C.A. ground yesterday, when the S.C.F. A. defeated the Casuals by the only goal scored during the match. The game was of a very even nature and a draw would have been
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  • 61 16 Clapton Orient continue to weather any amount of buffeting, without suggesting they will be serious candidates for honours next season. Orient's very existence seems to be one long round of trouble. In these circumstances, whatever the playing list at the beginning of a season, one must wait for
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  • 255 16 Clerical Un ion Beat Y.M.C.A. 3-1 In Third Division Match pLAYING on their own g round yesterday, the Clerical Union r~/ers- ed the previous decision against them when they beat the V.M.C.A. by three goals to one, m a third division game at Balestier. At half time the score was
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  • 249 16 (THE Singapore Rifle Association could not have chosen a worse day for shooting the National Rifle Association Overseas .303 full range postal match on Sunday. Changing light and wind made conditions very difficult and scores considerably below those returned m the practice shoot on Saturday was
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  • 32 16 S.C.C. members who wish to play hockey and rugger this season are asked to sljn the lists on the notice boards on the verandah as soon as possibl?.
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  • 109 16 S.C.C. lawn tennis tournament players are asked to note the following programme for this week This programme Is provisional and dependent on weather No olay wjs possible yesterday. Actual ties will be published en t!ie notice boards and In the pre&»: Today: first round men's douUo >
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  • 123 16 Jack Doyle Prepares For Phillips JACK DOYU n^l I 01 his support™ I train •^X^l U IPS H^^l j :acum« ny quiet con,, 1 I*' thi nlh hl|l% «S| '•amp B "t. make nj q^ in 8 thing, seriomiy Kf I this Is Hrn gr^j^ career- and one come hU
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  • 91 16 Th? result ot a *poro dm M iturdiffs I The practlrf* we:? 1 tt|ll*M hots to count at 500«. Sl* **m i. Oiblm wrns U* Namo j Ma; J o^L JorJin X AOi H < C.S.M <Lo>»L». B PI < I X A. Birarrdu* SVi K«Ok (SVC
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    • 49 16 USED <TaRS SPECIAL OFFER i4s /ro/n today we are displaying a selection of Used Cars I fftaf /iai;e freen written down. These vehicles have been genuinely reconditioned and are covered with our usual BUY WITH SAFETY -INSIST ON AAyC y H WEARitgS USED CAR WEARNtDR^W&PJOPWtTOnS SOA, ORCHARD ROAD, SINGAPORE
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