The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 18 January 1939

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 15,678. F.STD. 1833. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1933. 5 CENTS
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    FRANCO TAKES FOUR MORE TOWNS
    287 1 Republicans' Guns, Munitions Seized RAPID ADVANCE pENERAL FRANCO'S forces, advancing' from' Cervera Walon- the highway to Harcelona, have captured four ,noro towiM and now are within 12 miles of the big jfidttttriml centre of Igualada. V further 1,100 prisoners are reported to have been eaptared,
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    39 1 M. uaiaaier s lour of Tuiu&ia took him to the edge of the Sahara to inspect the Mareth Line. He is with General Vui'cmin fright) and General Georges, taking the salute at the viarch past of troops at Gabes.
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    Ten-Thousand Mile Bombers
    103 1 St. Louis, fft 17. THE possibility of enemy bombers flying non-stop from Europe and bark home again is in no way an idle fancy, according to Major-General Frank Andrews, who addressed the National Aeronautical Association today and asserted that the United States Air Force was inadequate. The
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    Quarantined King Plays With Gliders
    209 1 BOY RULER LEAVES AGAIN U/ITHOUT having landed at Singapore, owing to his ship being in quarantine, Siam's 18-year-old King Ananda-Mahi-dol continued his voyage to Europe aboard the East Asiatic motor vessel Selandia last evening. The Selandia will be quarantined again at Penang and probably also
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    Unemployed Lie Oown In Street
    59 1 London, Jan. 17. >uiUment of an innu tram taxi and motor mpioyed men today staged firi «r Lie-down* 1 demonstration in London rain, SO members of the Ml Unemployed Workers Movelay down on their backs across •rd 6treet and traffic was held up IS abuttal
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    Gales Sweep New Zealand
    51 1 rm Wellington, N.Z. f :u> are seeping the and causing v/ide<soread farmta estimate they have W of their crops. »r and teleptxKM lines are down a«ton has been twice in the post few days. erupting communicastorms, hi the Esk [ten* that motors with ha* collided headon
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    Germany And Intervention
    80 1 Berlin, Jan. 17. A hint that Germany would back any action by Signor Mussolini if he should consider the Spanish nonintervention understanding broken by a third Power is contained in an utterance from competent circles which says French intervention in Spain would be regarded here as a
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    Potsdam Brings Another Smallpox Case
    212 1 BIG LINER IN QUARANTINE THE second passenger ship I from China to be quaran- tined at Singapore within a week after arriving with a case of smallpox, the North German Lloyd liner Potsdam, with 180 passengers, spent five hours at the quarantine anchorage yesterday. The
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    Athos Carries French Troops
    86 1 Athos Carries French Troops Jibuti, Jan. 17. ITHE remaining battalion of French, troops which is being sent to the Somaliland frontier arrived here In the Messageries Maritimes liner Athos today. Th« Governor of Annet taured the frontier yesterday. A Rome message says movement began today for the return of French
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    Trans-Jordanian Discussions
    45 1 i London, Jan. 17. A 90-minute conversation on interjnal matters relating to Trans-Jorda-nla tool: place yesterday, \;hen Teuflc Pasha Abou El Jouna, Chief Minister of Trans-Jordania and Trans-Joraa-nian representative on the Palestine Delegation, called upon the Colonial Secretary, Mr. Malcclm MacDonald.— British Wireless
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    Jews Vetoe Ethiopia Scheme
    54 1 Reuter. Paris, Jan. 17. Jewish colonisation in Abyssinia was (opposed today at a meeting of the executive committee of the World j Jewish Congress. It was decided to co-operate In the organisation of Jewish emigration only to countries which recognised the [principle of equal rights to
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    Japan's 'Terms' For Britain & U.S.A.
    278 1 Japan's 'Terms' For Britain U.S.A. A STRANGE ASSORTMENT T TTri Tokio, Jan. 17. HE actual "terms" on which Japan is willing to talk business with Great Britain and the United States over rights in China were predicted in well-informed Japanese circles in the capital tonight. While Japan's reply to the
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    Arabs And London Talks
    134 1 Beirut, Jan. 17. The Aiab Higher Committee lias formulated conditions for its participation in the London Conference. It is understood it will insist that the basis of the conference be Arab demands as defined by the committee, that the Nashasbibi Party ot Palestine Arabs, led by
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    Britain Regiments Road Transoort
    80 1 I ond< n. Jan. 17. A PLAN for the mobilisation ol Bri- tain's goods transport and the immediate rationing of fuel in the event of war is outlined in a booklet from the Ministry of Transport, which appeals to operators of some hallmillion motor lorries to
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    48 1 Detroit, Michigan The American Olympic Committee has voted to favour Detroit as the site lor the 1944 Olympics. The vote means that the American Committee will cast its ballot for Detroit when the International Committee selects a site for the 1844 games. The International Committee meets next summer.
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    China Welcomes British Note
    37 1 Chungking, Jan. 17. THE British Government's Note to Japan is profoundly welcomed here. Press opinion declares the N ts has dispelled ence and for all time Chinese misgivings ecu cerning British policy— Renter
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    JAPANESE MEET STRONG RESISTANCE
    303 2 Strength Of Communist Troops In North HEAVY HUNAN FRAY Chungking, Jan. 17. I ATE reports from Chungking and West Shansi state *-Mhe Chinese are having their own way in both North and West Shansi. Credit is given to the Chinese Communist forces operating in the north-western
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    67 2 The three Peters Sisters, famous coloured American singers who have been on a vaudeville tour in England, went to Croydon to fly to Paris. But after being weighed, it teas found they were too heavy to ravel on the plane, and special trrangements had to be made for hem to
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    Corruption In New York's Underground
    99 2 New York, Jan. 17. The theft of at least £250,000 by means of "rigging" automatic fare machines in the New York municipal 'Mibways was revealed today by the i District Attorney, Mr. Thomas Dewey. He said three per cent, of the gross revenue in the
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    More Japanese Views On British Note
    340 2 ATTITUDE ON TREATIES Tokio, Jan. 17. ALTHOUGH Great Britain is at liberty to make any understanding of Japans mission in the Far East, she must fully realise that Japan's Continental policy is quite different in nature from her own, the Hochi Shimbun, popular Tokio
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    Law Notice For The Day
    78 2 Law Notice For The Day Before the Chief Justice in Ist. Court at 11 a.m. 5.421 37— Lim Lip Chong vs. Lee Choon Chin etc. and 2 others. Before Mr. Justice Pedlow in 3rd. Court at 11 a.m. Part heard: 5.395 36-— Urich Humphris Baker vs. Asia. Insurance Co. Ltd.
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    King's Speeches In Canada
    54 2 Ottawa, Jan. 17. Mr. MacKenzie King announced in Parliament today that during the Royal tour, the King will deliver addresses at Quebec, Winnipeg and Victoria or Vancouver. They will be broadcast all over the Empire. The Queen will lay the cornerstone of the new Supreme Court
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    Dangers Of China's Loan Default
    308 2 LONDON PRESS i COMMENT London. Jan. 17. THERE is no particular rush to sell Chinese loans. The impression is widespread thai China will find a formula enabling her to recognise the British-Japan-ese Agreement in view of the supreme importance of not allowing her credit to
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    Worker's Wife Launches Warship
    44 2 Brest, Jan 17 When the :-5,000-ton battlesiu Richelieu was launched today, Madamp Mons, wife of a dockyard worker, cut the tricolour releasing the vessel. She accompanied her ten children and husband, who had worked manv (months on the warship- Reuter
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    Irishmen Responsible For Explosions?
    249 2 INQUIRIES BY THE POLICE London, Jan. 17. TN investigations into the amazing: sequence of explosions in London and the provinces yesterday, apparently aimed at crippling vital electric services, Scotland Yard now is examining a theory that sympathisers with the Irish Republican Army are responsible. It is
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    Ports, Irish 'Colonies' Watched
    96 2 Ports, Irish 'Colonies' Watched London, Jan. 17. Following yesterday's explosions the Scotland Yard Special Division, in cooperation with ordinary police, all over the country today instituted one of the biggest vigilance campaigns for many years. Detectives kept watch on London tube stations and electric power plants and gas works in
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    Geometry In Politics
    173 2 Rome, Jan. 17. ■"THE conclusion of a pact between 1 Hungary and Jugoslavia is the main object of Count Ciano's forthcoming talks with M. Stoyadinovitch, the Jugoslav Foreign Minister, at Beljc, according to the newspaper Popolo di Rome. The chief point of the new pact are that
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    World Gold Production Jumps
    73 2 London, Jan. 17. World gold production for 1938 increased by 5.5 par cent, compared with *****, which itself was a record y-ar showing a 7ȣ per cent, increase ovei' ;1936, according to the Union Corporation, which puts 1938 production at tlr ,new record of 36,700.000 fine
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    Governor At Jewish Benefit Cinema Show
    190 2 PROCEEDS NEARLY $6,0 J A PROGRAMS F **•^Capitol Theat* night in aid of Jewish reft in Singapore attracted house and amassed prJ totalling- just under si; (Ml The Governor. Sir Shf r Thomas, Lady Thomas the r of Sarawak, the Colonial SecretSir Alexander Small,
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    Australian Minister On Way To todies
    157 2 '"y^HAT i turn comprehensive stud;. defence works on Bingapon I should be of great benefit la ing out Australia's b: programme, especially In the housing of garrison i under tropical condiUoni I win." said Mr. H. V I Minister for Works and Cn tion
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    Further Mishap On Railway
    45 2 (From cu c ipct '<•" Delay to > casioned by a 1 srcnc of the r !C River. Bolorc the i train fftl due to pa thfl ballast train fell from the lin< Department is eoi [ot ratelni two loc Ito six earrtafM
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    CHANGI GUNNERS COMMENDED FOR CATCHING ROBBER
    595 3 Chase Follows Hold-Up Of Canteen "Boy" ACCOMPLICE ALLEGED TO HAVE USED PISTOL I^o G iwiew, Cyril Hull, of the 11th Anti-Aircraft Battery, 1 hanjri, 1!)1 w rr »tt, of the 32nd Heavy Battery, ,j were ommended yesterday hy Mr. Justice Horne* the Singapore Assize
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    Eurasian Youth's False Story Of Hold-Up
    314 3 AFRAID TO TELL MOTHER OF GAMBLING LOSSES A EURASIAN youth, E. de Souza, a clerk employed in the office of the Inspector of Schools, was charged in the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday with making a false report to the police about a hold-up,
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    Alleged Use Of Axe In Quarrel
    391 3 Alleged Use Of Axe In Quarrel A young Chinese. Teo Beng Cheng and two Eurasian youths. J. P. Smith and H. Angus, were acquitted by Mr. K. A Blacker, in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday, en a charge of voluntarily caus;ng hurt to Ng Poh Lai with an axe.
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    ALLEGED TO HAVE CHEATED WOMEN
    78 3 Wong Soon Yuen, a SO-years-old Cantonese, appeared before Mr. K. A. Blacker, in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday, and claimed tiial to three charges cf cheating. Wong is alleged to have cheated j two women, Chong Lai Hong and Peck i Kel: and a
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    Famous Comedian Gets Better
    51 3 London, Jan. 17. The ccndiiicn cf Mr. George Robay, the famous comedian, has improved and he has been allowed to get up, reports Reuter. On Jan. 2 Mr. Robey fell and broke three ribs during a performance of the pantomime '"Robinson Crusoe" at the Alexandra Theatre,
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    GODOWN FIRE ACTION IN HIGH COURT
    227 3 GODOWN FIRE ACTIO N IN HIGH COURT /CONNECTED with a fire which brcke out in a eodo^'ii in Weld Quay, Penang, four years ago, an action for damages, which commenced in the Singapore Higii Court In August last year was resumed before Mr. Justice Pedlow yesterday. Hearing will be continued
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    European Motorist Acquitted
    113 3 European Motorist Acquitted J B. \V. PUGH, a European was acquitted by Mr. K. A. Blacker in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday, on a charge of driving a car-car negligently and colliding with another car at the junction of Hill Street and North Bridge Road on Feb 5. 1938.
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    Ricksha Puller's Theft Of Purse
    136 3 QWOK AH NONG. aged 32, a ricksha puller. wa3 convicted by Mr. K. A. Blacker, in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday, on a charge of theft of a purse containing 30 cents, belonging to a Tamil mandore employed at the New World. Sentence was
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    "THE INSIDE STORY" AT ALHAMBRA
    103 3 Just what happens when a film of oil separates two metal moving parts will be seen In a film "The Inside Story" which will be screened at a midday matinee at the Alhambra Singapore today. The fundamentals of lubrication are explained in this film which
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    27 3 The Singapore Coroner. Mr. W. O. Porter, who is indisposed, has besn i unable to hold any enquiries In the Coroner's Court for the past two days.!
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    Malay Who Stabbed Bride To Death
    347 3 "UNSOUND MIND" DECISION (From Our Own Correspondent) Alor Star, Jan. 17. THAT he was of unsound mind when he' stabbed his 1 wife to death was the plea at -the trial of a Malay, Abu Bakar bin Mat, who was charged with the murder
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    EUROPEAN DISOBEYED TRAFFIC LIGHTS
    82 3 A European, G. G. Hough, yesterday appeared in the Singapore Traffic Court charged with failing to conform to a lamp signal at the junction of Orchard Read and Dhoby Ghaut on Nov. 6, and secondly with driving at the same place and time with an expired
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    NO REAR LIGHT
    46 3 Pleading guilty to a charge of driviiig a car along Bras Basah Road on Dec. 6 without a r?av light a European, A. W. Longdon, of the Police Officers' Mess. Naval Base, Seletar, was yesterday fined 50 cents ir the Singapore Traffic Court.
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    Woman Made Illicit Liquor
    139 3 'From Our Own Correspondent > Pcnanj, Jan. 17. As a result of a raid carried out by Revenu? officers under Mr. A. E 3 Talbot, Assistant Superintendent Excise Department, at East Jclutong. Chinese woman, Tan Gian. wa§ produced before Mr Llm Keen Teck. Third Magistrate. Penang,
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    Assault Alleged By Dying Man
    87 3 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penan*. Jan. 11. The dying deposition of a Chinea* named Khoo Ah Bah was taken at the General Hospital by the Penang Thlrdl Magistrate, Mr. Llm Koon Teck. The man, when admitted to thtf hospital, was found on examination to be
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    CANTONESE ON ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGE
    62 3 CANTONESE ON ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGE Alleged to have been involved in si shooting incident in Waterloo Street on Jan. 12, Wong Chuen, a 35-year-old Cantonese, was produced before Mr. K. A. Blacker in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday and a charge of attempted murder by shoot* ing was explained
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    GALLANT COMEBACKS
    479 4 GALLANT COMEBACKS These Stars Are Enjoying I By Free Press Film THOUGH the saying is that "they don't come back/' some of Hollywood's top celebrities are enjoying the fruits of gallant comebacks right now. Consider the related cases of Raoul Walsh and Warner Baxter. A few years ago Walsh was
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    Marcus Show Back In Singapore Soon
    437 4 Marcus Show Back In Singapore Soon TiIOSE who saw the Marcus Show, the American revue, when it was in Singapore just over a year ago will be pleased to hear that a return visit of the company is expected about the end of February. The show is booked for the
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    "Four Feathers"—l939S Outstanding Film?
    1028 4  - "Four Feathers"— l939 S Outstanding Film? Joan Littlefield I—* I "FOUR Feathers" looks like being a worthy successor to "The Drum," and possibly one of the outstanding hits of 1939. It is an Alexander Korda production, with Zoltan Korda, director of "Drum," directing and two rising stars, John Clements and
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    106 5 lOMI IN t (HNTKY STYLE i> what Robert Montgomery had limiseli ii> Ilr\rrly HMls. p-i tinned after the star's farmhouse in THE POWELL family (baby missing) meaning Joan Blondell, Dick Powell and Norman Scott Powell gather around at home to make a little noise. 'WE ARE SEVEN new Paramour.* starlets.
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    ACTION AGAINST TRADE URGED
    153 6 £300 MILLION BRITISH INTERESTS London, Jan. 17. A> a sermon the British note to Japan was highly effec- tive, says the Financial News, but is it to be imagined that the Japanese authorities at this stage will reverse their policy at the "wagging of the pedagogic
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    NORWEGIAN PRINCE AT SANDRINGHAM
    41 6 London, Jan. 17. Crown Prince Olaf o' Norway arrived at North Shields this mornIng on board the Oslo New CasUe :notor ship Black Watch. He went to Sandringham to *iay with the King and Queen— British Wireless.
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    SYRIAN TREATY PROTESTS
    85 6 Damascus, Jan. 17. I OUFTI HAFFAR, Minister of Fin- since, resigned his portfolio but txiay withdrew his resignation. Fayez Thewy, Minister of Public* Works, has resigned. To protest against the French Government's failure to ratify the con- -'udrd Franco-Syrian Treaty of Independence is said to be the
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR
    145 6 The following ships are alongside the Singanore Harbour Board Wharves or expected to arrive: Main Wharf: Entrance Gate 2; Exit 3: Mata Hari, Hakodate Mam 18; Gazsma 16: Kenkon Maru 14; Kamuning 12; Boissevaln 7. Empire Dock: Entrance Gate 2: Exit 3: Karoa 30: Pynhus 36. West Wharf:
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    Royal Wedding In Rome
    41 6 Roir.c. Jan. 17. The wedding of Princess Maria to Prince Louis of Bourbon-Parma, which was postponed owing to the l'lne&s of Princess Mafalda. daughter of the Kin? of Italy, has nov- been fixed for Jun. 22.— Reuter.
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    Japanese Counsellors To Stay?
    121 6 Tokio, Jan. 17. ■THE Prime Minister, Baron Kiichiro Kiranuma. has asked all Cabinet Counsellors, who tendered resignations on the formation of the new Cabinet, tc remain in office. They include Mr. Klyoshi Akita, former Speaker of the Lower House, Mr. Yosuke Matsuoka, president of the [South
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    Thos Cook & Son (Bankers): 1938 Balance-Sheet
    280 6 Thos Cook Son (Bankers): 1938 Balance-Sheet I r\£SPITE thz exceptional circuin- stances of the year, including Inter alia a contraction of tourism in various countries which need not be I mentioned, the balance-sheet of iThos. Cook and Son (Bankers) Limitjed, which conducts the banking activities of the well-known travel organisation,
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    "Hit-&-Run" Charge Against Ex-Envov
    68 6 Hanover (Virginia), Jan. 17. WILLIAM DODD, former United States Ambassador to Germany, has been indicted on a charge of "hi* and run" driving. The charge arises from an accident in which a four-year-old Negro girl was knocked down and badly injured. When informed of the accident
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    JAPAN'S| FEARS THAT ITALY Will SEIZE DJIBQi
    1420 6 JAPAN'S FEARS THAT ITALY Will SEIZE DJIBQi WEAKNESS OF FRENCH "DOOR TO EMPIRE' AS tension between France and Italy increas the question of Djibouti, PVench colonial are worried that the situation may lead i<> occupation of the thinly-guarded French colony Djibouti, best port on the East African coast its railhead
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    Nazis Think It Is "Ungerman" To Pray
    592 6 Be-.i.», Jan. 10. IT is "unjerman" to pray to God and ask him for help, at least according to the late General von Ludendorff's bi-weekly "At the Holy Spring of German Strength/ 9 In a recent issue of this bi-weekly, a principal of
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    FRANCO COURT TO TRY GOLDING
    100 6 F London, Jan. 17. is learned in London that Mr. Ernest Golding, British Proconsul at San Sebastian, will shortly be tried by a Spanish Nationalist Court. Golding is now in prison at San Sebastian, having been arrested shortly after the discovery of an incriminating package
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    Chinese Gang Tars Shops
    301 6 <Fivrn Our Own Correspondent) r Pcnang, Jan. If, O tarring cases have occurred in Pon?.n:\ two Chinese shops in Buckingham Street being th2 targets ol hooligans. From inquiries made it appeared that the proprietors had oeen warned preWously, as they were alleged to be dealing in
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    LINE TAMPERING WRECKS EXPRESS
    47 6 Calcutta, Jan. 17. Fourteen more bodies have been recovered from the debris of the Kowra-Dohra Dun express, and the total dead is now 21. It is officially announce 1 after Inquiries that the accident was due to •naliclo'os fcxmnerln* with rK-» iin* Reuter
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    Share Report Influence On Markets Of Rome Talks
    550 7 Share Report Influence On Markets Of Rome Talks THE Anglo-Italian conversations In Rome have been the main influence on markets during the past week, state Fraser and Co., Singapore, in their weekly share report, issued yesterday. At the outset the Press took a gloomy view of the situation and for
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    OTHER AMUSEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT SEE PAGE 15.
    89 7 OTHER AMUSEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT SEE PAGE 15. "A" series $58, $59 and $60 and there are buyers of Fraser and Neave Ords. at $13.80. Cold Storages $5.55, McAllsters $28.75, Alexandra Brick Prefs $2.37»i j cum div. and Wearnes $13.40. A small parcel of Straits Steamships exchanged iat $13.50 whilst Hongkong Bank
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1930.
    637 8 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1930. By Air To Borneo THE survey flight last week-end 1 to Kuching, and the announcement that if financial questions can be satisfactorily settled an air service will soon be opened between Singapore and Sarawak, calls attention to the importance of a comparatively
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    Behind The Scenes With Leaders Of The Armament Industry
    1239 8  -  VINCENT BROME I By HEEP-RED glow, half smoU thered in the smoke pall. Momentarily it reddens, sends out a shower or sparks and dies. Again the monotonous beat of machinery. Vast furnace doors have opened and shut. Doors giving upon every
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      13 8 LINGERIE DRESSING GOWNS NEGLIGEES HANDKERCHIEFS.. BLOUSES. 18. BATTERY ROAD, FIRST FLOOR PHONE 7143.
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    TAXI-DANCERS' ALLEGATIONS HAVE COURT SEQUEL
    536 9 TAXI-DANCERS' ALLEGATIONS HA VE COURT SEQUEL Fine Imposed On Wife Of Merchant ASKED GIRLS TO BECOME PROSTITUTES A FINE of $200, in default of payment, a month's r> rigorous imprisonment, was imposed on an attractive Chinese woman, Tang Sui Fan, alias Suet Ying, described as the wife of a well-to-do
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    Johore Roads Open Again
    59 9 v ,s u> Johore which were Ljn wln ic floods re if^kH to traffic ai*in. Inforti <Ilun |t that rftect w*s received th< xutomoMle .\ssaciation of m} m (r.ni thr Johore PubUc UgHu i»<"p.*rtmrnt yesterday. ir rmN which had been 4)1( „trd rhieH> were those between
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    Chandu Hidden Pin False Goose t.ggs
    110 9 Chandu Hidden Pi n False Goose t.ggs m Ih ti <• >..taining false la w'ich were conworth of non Governwere exhibits ir. the riminal District Court bell. Gibson yesterday, during of a Chinese vegetable CtM ng M>h, on a charge of the drug. rrifed from China on Dec. baskets of
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    $600 FINE IN LOTTERY CASE
    95 9 CaYICTED on two charges o! assisting the carrying on of public tterJet, Tuo Chin Cheng was lined a nf $600 by Mr. W. J. Thorogood. Singapore Relief Court yester- tctrre-Inipector Minns arresteG ised in a cubicle in Victoria on New Years day. Betting 1 pertaining
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    Pickpocket »Sent To Prison
    61 9 >j. Yarn Ah Hong, who told that he picked a compatriot's th latter refused to l cents, was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment, by ad Oldh:;.i. in the Singapore lice Court, yesterday. •Jso said that he asked for use he had been without .VS. ucd that Yam
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    CHINESE FINED FOR RUBBER OFFENCE
    60 9 tilts to a charge of imtbont 17 piculs of rubber without a certificate Chinese, Ang Chong ton Chin Chye. were fined $100 respectively, by the Sixth Police Court magisC Koh, yesterday. In the fines, accused were to month*' and six weeks* nt. rnsbd in a
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    Burglars Busy In Cairnhill Road Area
    175 9 "A NG of burglars, working methodically in the Cairnhill Road area, for three months has been eluding the patrols that walk the streets every night. hm ea along Cairnhl H Road, CairnHin J ideford R^d and Emerald! Hill Road, have been raided and sev-
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    Germany And U. S. Jews
    155 9 Berlin, Jan. 13. 111? recent exchange of notes between the United States and Germany regarding treatment of American citizens in Germany in connection with the anti- Jewish laws reveals that Germany denies the right of interference in the internal affairs of the Reich. Germany points
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    Singapore Bridge Players To Meet Ex-Champions
    101 9 Singapore Bridge Players To Meet Ex-Champions pOR five Incurs on Sunday evening, Mr. W. J. M. Warden and Mr. J. H. KortrigUt, two Singapore bridge players, will play the 11 remaining rubbers of their 25-rubber bridge match against Mr. and Mrs. Schlednger, two members of the Austrian bridge team which
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    WAR MINISTER RESIGNS
    29 9 Hacsan Pasha Sabry, the Egyptian V/ar Minister, has resigned. It is he was unable to asree with his colleagues in r?g^rd to army pay. reports Renter.
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    FALSE EVIDENCE BY CLERK
    119 9 WILLIAM LOW, a Christian Chinese who was formerly a clerk in the Singapore Chief Police Officer's office, and who was serving a sentence of three months rigorous imprisonment, on failing to pay a fine of $100 for offering illegal obstruction to the police, was further sentenced
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    Gaol For "Boy" Who Raided House
    154 9 Gaol For "Boy" Who Raided House OENTENCE of 18 months' rigorous imprisonment was passed by Mr. L. B. Gibson, in the Singapore Criminal District Court yesterday, on a young Hainanese "boy," who broke into the house of Mr R. Irving, Secretary to the High Commissioner, and took away cash and
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    NEXT MUNICIPAL PRESIDENT?
    109 9 MR. L. RAYMAN, M.C.S., who is authoritatively stated to have been chosen to succeed Mr. W. Bartley as Singapore Municipal President when Mr. Bartley retires at the end of the year, goes en leave by the P. and O. liner Ranpura on Friday week. 11? will be
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    Sir P. Sassoon In Singapore
    90 9 gIR PHILIP SASSOON, Britain'* First Commissioner of Works and formerly Under-Secretary for Air, passed through Singapore by Empire flying-: boat yesterday on his way back to England after a visit to Java and Bail. Accompanying Sir Philip are two friends, Mr. P. Wimbush and Mr.
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    COURT WARNING ON CYCLE THIEVING
    100 9 •DICYCLE thieving has got to stop," said Mr. Conrad Oldham, Slnga- pore Second Police Court magistrate, yesterday, when a Chinese, Eng Leng Cheng, pleaded guilty to theft of a cycle from an amusement park. When Court Inspector Wray said the j value of the cycle
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    $10,000 CLAIM AGAINST FILM AGENCY
    267 9 A CLAIM for damages of $10,000 by Lam Voo Kuan, against the Eastern Film Company Agency, was disposed of in a few minutes before Mr. Justice Pedlow in the Singapore High Court yesterday. When the suit came up for mention, Mr. S. K. Das, on
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    Bees Or Leeches Can Be Sent By Post
    353 9 You can send live bees or leeches by post, if they are packed up in the right way. Information on this and many other curious points of Post Office procedure is contained in the Malayan Post Office Guide for 1939 just issued.
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    Evacuation Plan Makes Fresh Start
    556 9 Evacuation Plan Makes Fresh Start I. union, .an. 8. A FTER a long halt at the cress-road^ the Government's new evacuation scheme, involves a fresh start from th<» very beginning. That is the meaning of a circular which local councils in nearly all parts of England except Greater London will
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    SPECIAL CONSTITUENCY FOR THE SPEAKER
    1419 10 Proposal Afoot In England AN HONOURED POSITION London, Jan. 8. THE House of Commons is seeking some way of en--1 suring the election of the Speaker as a Member of Parliament without a contest. If rumour is correct, a special constituency of St. Stephens may
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      458 10 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS TENDERS. SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. Tenders. Tenders are now invited for the following materials or services For j>articuJars. see Municipal Tenders Room: Supply of 100 tons of Pig Lead for the Water Dept. Date of Closing. 4 p.m., Feb. 13. 1939. Supply of Cast Iron Pipes and Specials for the
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      677 10 LEGAL NOTICE^" At page 10 of our issue of the 17th. instant, under the heading ''Acknowledgments" the following announcement appeared: "Mr. Tan Teck Chuan and family thank all relatives and friends for their kind attendance at the funeral of his father Mr. Tan Kim Sure, the eldest son of the
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      582 10 i RADIO PROGRAMMES SINGAPORE TODAY ZHL 225 metres. £HP 3096 metres. p.m. 1.00 Miscellaneous programme of new gramophone records. 1.30 Mid-day rubber prices. 1.32 Miscellaneous programme (contd.). 2.00 Interval. 5 00 Hokklen Amoy music, t 5.30 "Two Years Ago." A miscellaneous programme. Chinese) t 7.00 Organ recital by Werner Baer.
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      475 10 BANK OF CHINA (lncorpor.ua cwo. w g^,,, MTSS General Office M<l p..- mar: 7W*& sltti Beserre Fund* m '^.Wi N escesa of rt% ToUl Asseu UIL ••»»».e^ l| approxlmauiy Ch. «i Tse-Vung soong. Chairman *£?***> 8un B Han<shang. Genera) mJ****London, New Vork and "ft** LONDON BANiFRS U Midland Bank-Orer*,, Tbt.^i.
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      LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCKS & SHARES
      422 11 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCKS SHARES From London 5.30 p. m. Yesterday I < York prices quoted in D.B. currency. Ihr ibove are dealers middle prices; jobbers margins, brokerac* A 'm? duty are not included. I nomination unless :wls« stated jmm. 5 pc 1944-84.... pc 19«0 90 oan. 3'i pc
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      Daily Share Report
      125 11 H Eli HI FKASEK AND CO. AT IHF 1 lOSE OF BUSINESS YESTERDAY Tin at midday was down >... The London t.xchange yesterday was r»p«rtei as being generally easier tlMn received from London Ihk I orning contained a lone list idling orders for tin shares at ehtu
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION
      74 11 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION 12 O 'CLOCK NOON Buyer* Sellers. <; H5 274 > 08. in Ko:B: ln 2^ r* bales January 23'» 23 s i Future Months Quotations No. IX R.S.S. on Registered Tender January 2: 27^ Feb. Mar 274 27 r i Apr. June 27% 27-'* July
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      Local Exchange Rates
      182 11 Local Exchange Rates JAN. 17 SELLING London T.T 2 3 i3 16 London demand 2 3 13 16 Lyons demand 2050 Switzerland demand 239 Hamburg demand 133 :< i New York demand 54 1 16 Montreal demand 54 716 Batavla demand 99^ Samaran? demand <.<;■ Calcutta. Bombay and Rangoon demand
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      THE COMMODITY MARKETS
      169 11 I From London 5.30. p.m. Yesterday I RUBBER: Easy. London: 715 16d. Bd. Previously a* Jan.-Mar. 715 16d. Bd. Previously- 8 d ai'd Apr.-June: Bd. 8 1 16U. Previously: 1 16-i a B^iah July-Sept- 8 1 16d. Bi«d. Previously: B»id V'd New York: 15.97c. Previously: 1592 STOCKS:
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      THE METAL MARKETS
      68 11 I From London: Latest Quotations I TIN: Steady. Spot: £215 10s Previous'.**: £215 10: Three months: £215 7s. 6d. Previously: £215 7s 6d NEW YORK Tl*' 46.30. Previously: 46.00. COPPER: Settlement: £42 io> 00 Previously: £43 2s. 6d GOLD: Yestcrdi-v £7 8 OUd Previously- £7 8;. l
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      Foreign Exchange Rates
      71 11 I London Closing Quotations I Method of Parity before Latest Centre Quoting 20-9-31 Rate i'reviouslv Paris Franc to A; 121.11 177 177 3 16 New York. to 4.8865 4.67 5 t 4.67*4 Amsterdam. Guilders to a.D6 3 j &.fiV 2 8.60 Hong Kong Per dollar Is. 3d
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      Imperialism Sound Business Is Still
      205 11 Rome. REPEATEDLY dutocd "Fa^ism's White Elephant," Ethiopia is, paradoxically enough, contributing to the realisation o! Italy's self-sufficiency campaign. According to recently published statistics, the Imperial territories supplied Italy with its entire national requirement of bail an as and 96 per cent, of formerly foreign-rmrchased j
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      33 11 Brussels, Jan. 17. The executive committee of the Socialist Labour International today adopted a resolution calling for the raising of the restriction on the export of arms and munitions to Republican Spain- Reuter
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      Rublee-Schacht Talks Proceed
      71 11 Berlin, Jan. 17. Negotiations between Mr. George Ruble? and Dr. Schacht are proceeding promisingly and have reached a stage where technical talks are being held between Mr. Rublee and German experts. It is understood the Germans are showing a definite disposition to come to terms and it
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      Humane Removal Of The Jews
      70 11 Prarue, Jan. 13. A transaction concluded between the Czecho-Slovak Government and the Jewish Agency in Palestine, may be regarded as an important step in the financing of Jewish emigration from Czecho-Slovakia and helping Jews to settle in Palestine. £500.000 was paid by the National Bank
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      Rome's Munich Ideas Misfire
      58 11 Paris, Jan. 13. Mr. Chamberlain's firmness in his talks with Signor Mussolini is ap- plauded In the French press, which declares that Rome has been given a reminder that the Anglo-French! Entente is as strong as the Rome-Berlin Axis. The press says an attempt to revive
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      38 11 Returning home from a New Year holiday, Mrs. Cloud, of Pinkerton Place, Rosyth, found her husband, George C. R. Cloud, 46, and Miss Margaret Reid, 23, of Gourlay Street, Kirkcaldy, lying iead in the scullery. They wer? gassed.
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      SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES
      1331 11 I Fraser And Co. 's List I TUESDAY, JAN. 17, 1939: 5 P.M. MINING Buyers Sellers Ampa., Tin (4ft) 3s 9d 4s 3d Asam Kumbang <i. 26s 9d 27s 9d Austraj Malay <i> 43s 47s oom Ayer Hitam (ss) 22s 23s 6d Ayer Weng «sl>
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      Current Company Dividends
      129 11 List Supplied By Messrs. Fraser Co. TUESDAY, JAN. 17, 1939: 5 P.M. Total for Company Dividend Books Financial TIN Close Oat* Ex. Dlv. /ear K. Kamunting 3d. Jan. 27 Feb. 3 Jan. 28 5% Pungah 9d. div. 9d. bonus Jan. 20 Jan. 27 Jan. 21 7Vi% Petaling
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    CAUTIOUS NOTE ON LONDON MARKETS
    2184 12 No Definite Trend In New Year FIGURES NOTENCOURAGING (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Jan. 6. lON DON Stock Exchange markets ended the old year in moderately good form, with rubber, tea and tin shares in good demand, home industrials firm and British Government securities well
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    Air Mail Arrivals And Despatches
    290 12 INWARD Imperial: From Europe due Wednesday, Friday, Saturday mornings. Wearnes: From Penang, tpob. and Kuala Lumpur. Arrives vtr\ evening. K.L.M.: From Netherlands I idles Arrives Tuesday, Thursday. Saturday afternoons. Qantas: From Australia: /arrive* Tuesday, Friday. Sunday mornings. K.L.M.: From Europe: Arrives Tuesday. Thursday. Sunday evenings.
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    MS "BORINGIA" ARRIVED ON JAN. 13, 1939.
    71 12 Consignees of cargo per the above motorship from Europe are hereby notified that a general survey of all cargo landed in a damaged condition will be held at Godown No. 58 at 9 am.. Bonded "D" at 2 p.m. and Acid Store at
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    DRESSMAKER WHO COULD NOT SEW.
    196 12 Hands Swollen With Rheumatism. Pity this poor dressmaker! Ninetenths of her work consists of sewing— and she was not able to sew. Rheumatism in the hands was her trouble, and she tried any number of "remedies." But nothing helped— until she came to Kruschen. Three-and-a-hall
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      385 12 Lmv yJsJllw*f Hiiv Pil&l ai Mil \mjM« ■■JM^iaiß I AiJiiWlllfaJiiijf I BIBBY LINE < LONDON ADDRESS) M, FALL MALL, LONDON S.VV. 1 Mail Passenger Vessels between RANGOON, COLOMBO. PORI SUDAN, MARSEILLES. PLYMOUTH AND LONDON with through connection from Singapore ana Penang. HOMEWARD SAILLVGS Leave Leave Rangoon Colombo 1939 WORCESTERSHIRE Jan.
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      370 12 Mjflfajywy empress -.I r/ I'OUr G'CT- itWORLDS GREATEST TRAVEL SYSTEM BURNS PHILP LINE i lncorporated in Australia* FOR bKISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE vi 4 JAVA. DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAM). Regular monthly sa'l'ng by s.s. MARELLA (7.375 tons) am m.v. MERKUR (6,000 tons). Both vessels are fitted with Cabin-de-luxe single and
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      317 12 SURFACE MAIL DESPATCHES TODAY Whole Australia Qantas 7.45 a.m. Ceylon Potsdam 11 a.m. Hoihow Norviken 3 p.m. Kreteh Suddhadib 2 p.m. Mauritius Boissevain 10.30 a.m. Djambi and K. Toengkal Toba 1 p.m. Java. South-West Sumatra. S.East Borneo. Celebes, Moluccas and Timor Dilly Boissevain 10.30 a.m. Java. South-West Sumatra. S.Eait Borneo.
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    B. B. C. Taken To Task For Talk On N.Z.
    317 13 London, Jan. 8. "MISLEADING and ill-informed" criticism of the New Zealand Government's policy in a 8.8.C. news talk was condemned, last night, by the High Commissioner in London, Mr. W. J. Jordan. The talk, by Professor N. F. Hali. director
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    Red Army Oath Changed
    107 13 Moscow, Jan. 8 CIGMFICANT changes are contained in the n^w oath to be taken by the Soviet Army on February 23. published here today. The oath aims rathrr at developing patriotism toward; th^ Soviet Union than towards the international working class. Men will pledge their loyalty
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      441 13 McALISTER CO., LTD. (Incorporated tn Straits Settlements t GRESHAM HOLSE. BAri'ERV RD., SINGAPORK PHONE "173 ELLERMAN BUCKNAU S.S. Co.. Ltd. Incorporated in Sngiaua > HAVRE LONDON ROTTERDAM HAMBURG VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL Steamep Due SaUs OTY OF MANDAUVY Calls Glasgow Jan m Feb 2 CITY OF FLORENCE Call* Glasgow
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      569 13 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Ocean Build in*. CoUyer Quay Singapore Xel. 5151. Chartered Bank Building. Penanc TeL 13««. BLUE FUNNEL LINE. FAST SERVICES MARSEILLES. LONDON. N. CONTINENT AND GLASGOW (in conjunction with the Glen Line) ACHILLES L'dort, R dam, H'burg. HulL Gdynia Jan. 21 Jan 24 SAramnK° N Jf" 5 R><Um
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      268 14 CASTLE LINE LIMITED MSMtKGM ACCOM V.OHVHON Arrive* Sail» Oof New York I I MONCASTEn CASTLE Feb 1 Feb 12 Mai 25 n.v GREYSTOKE CASTLE Mar 7 Mai 111 Apr 2ti •n THVRLAND CASTLE Apr 7 Apr IS Mav 26 lIMIICU P\SSIN(iKRS ALCOM!VUM)\II'iN BEN LINE tOX lONOON whUKP IVmdHMM. tIAMBL'KCi I.LITH
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      554 14 AMERICAN PRESIDENT UNES. LTD. M TO IiLBOFE FROM SINGAPORE AND riINANG TO COLOMBO, BOMBAY. SUEZ. PORT SAID. ALEXANDRIA. NAPLES. GENOA. MARSEILLES AND NEW YORK. Arrives Leaves Leave* Arrives Spore. S'pore. Penan«. Se* York. PRESIDENT HARRISON Jan 29 Jan. 31 Feb. 2 Mar. 14 PRESIDENT HAYES p b 11 Feb 14
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    Today's Contract Bridge Problems
    322 15 Today's Contract Bridge Problems (Bj The Four Aces) 1( c Burnstone, Merwln ler Oswald Jacoby, rard Sche:iken> :aV as Da\ rl Burnstone's I held: XXX DAKII I x vulnerable, and the Schenken You Pass bid is one spade. If in to a take-oat double you 11 two suits of equal
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    JANUARY STROLE ROUND
    106 15 stroke competition resulted in a win with a net 65. Tho the best returns: ter 84— 18=--66 I 85-18- 67 Davidson 77— 9^-68 Th >mson 69-scr. 69 83—18-70 B Milling 79— 7 72 i O. Brittorous 78— 4=74 86-12=74 92-18^74 f H. G. p. Armitaee 93-18=75 s
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    18 15 Loyals beat the SRC. 12^3 at Rugby yesterday. Here is an SRC. player in possession. —Free Press rfciure.
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    49 15 Montevideo, Jan. 15. THREE hundred Jewish refugees ar- rived here with visas for Paraauay only to find that the Paraguayan Government had suddenly stopped the admission of all refugees. The Uruguayan cabinet Ls meeting on Monday to consider the situation. MOSt O' p rpfnffPM have nlpnfv g\f money.- Reuter
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    "Wanton Waste Of Benevolence"
    336 15 "Wanton Waste Of Benevolence" COMMENT ON NUFFIELD GIFT London. Jan. 8. I ORD NUFFIELD'S gift of 5,000 "iron lungs" is a wanton waste of private benevolence according to Sir Frederick Menzies, L.C.C. Medical Officer of Health, who introduced the mechanical respirator into this country. "I wcndi-r hew it ca:nc about
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    Italy's March Toward Self-Suf f iciency
    322 15 Italy's March Toward SelfSuf f iciency Rome. Jan. 8. ITALY'S economic situation and the problem of attaining national self- sufficiency looms large in the utter- uieea of her economic experts. The decree law which recently Inatl- tuted an inter-Ministerial committee 1 under Signor Mussolini's chairmanship I for the development of
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    Second Hockey Eleven Beat The First
    253 15 PRACTICE FOR WEEK-END (By Nimrod) CINGAPORE'S second hockey eleven walked off the '"'C.S.C. field yesterday patting 1 themselves on the hack. They had just beaten the Singapore first eleven 2 l in a practice. The winners are to meet Johore on Friday, and the
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    Indoor Cricket Is Popular
    164 15 London, Jan. 8. I HAVE had numerous requests m the last two weeks to recommend indoor cricket schools, writes Charles Bray. There are several now in various parts cf the country. In London there are Jack Durston's school at Acton, Andy Sandham's in I Wandsworth, and
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    Civilians vs. Command On Tuesday
    76 15 (BY NIMROD) THE Singapore civilians are put ting up a strong team to meet the Malaya Command in the hockey match to be played on Tuesday on an enclosed B.CXX padang. The eleven will be:— Pillay; Barth and Muthucumaru; Gupta. Thillianathan and Bhaskaran (captain); Thoy,
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    Kay Stammers To Visit Jamaica?
    223 15 Kay Stammers To Visit Jamaica London, Jan. 8. IF her business engagements in Ljndon allow it is possible that Miss K. Stammers will join the Bruish lawn tennis team which is lcavim* for Jamaica on Jan. 26. The team, us already announced, consists of C. E. TTare 'captain), C. M.
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    CLUB AND AIR FORCE WIN IN S.C.C. TOURNAMENT
    440 16 Seven-A-Side Rugby On Padang VOLUNTEERS WELL BEATEN THE Volunteers "A" rugger side received a set-back lin the S.C.C. seven-a-side rugger tournament on the padang yesterday, when they were beaten by the R.A.F. "A" side by 16 points, (two goals and two tries)
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    Loyals Cross S.R.C. Line Four Times
    192 16 FORWARDS CARRY THE DAY CUPERIOR in the tight and loose scrums, the LoyaLs yesterday defeated the S.R.C. by 12 points (four tries) to three (a try) in a game of Rugby played on the padang. From the outset the Loyals broke through in the
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    23 16 SKI-JUMPING THRILLS— the "sleigh park" at the bottom of the magnificent Olympia Leap at St. Moritz during the contests for the Morven Cup.
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    R.S.G.C. Women's Foursomes
    224 16 Following are the draw and starting times for R.S.G.C. women's foursomes to be played at Buklt Timah on Monday 2.15 Mrs. W. E. Qulrke and Lady Bagnail v. Miss M. Hallas and Miss P. Robinson. 220 Mrs. A. S. Gardner and Mrs. G. Ambler v. Mrs. C.
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    Garrison Golf Championship Draw
    125 16 "THE qualifying round cf the club rhampiorship of the Garrison Golf Club played at Tanglln resulted as follows:— Dr. E. Laidlaw Thomson 35—34 69 Capt. D. P. Stevenson 37— 39-7G Lt. Cj}. N. Clowes 39—38^77 Major M. R. Davidscn 39—38=77 Major F. G. Br'ttorcus 33 40
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    C. U. BILLIARDS
    49 16 The following are ties ia tin Clerical Union's three-ball billiards championship: Jan. 23.— Lim Chuan Oeok vs. Goh Bak Yong. Jan. 24.— W. F. Goires vs. P. Domingo. Jan. 23.— Lew Heck Klat V3. Goh Guan Chua. Jan. 26— Qvek Sing Kee vs. Tan Bock Lim.
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    Weight-Lifting Championships
    98 16 Weight-Lifting Championships •THE Singapore Amateur Weight: ift- i ins Federation will sta?j2 the 1939 1 <'hampionships of Singapore at the Hapoy World on Saturday, Mar. 11, at 7.30 p.m. The championship Hfti will b3: Two hands clean and press with barbell; two hands snatch and two handa clean and Jerk
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    HOCKEY CANCELLED
    23 16 The hockey match between the SR C. and Police Depot, to have been played on the S.R.C. ground yesterday was cancelled.
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    21 16 A MOMENT during the S.C.C. vs. Manchesters <H.Q hockcu n the S.C.C. yeste day. The visitors icc:i 4—o.— Free Press picture
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    Island Golf Club
    62 16 The Island Golf ClubJ UH Cup played for over the was won by C. Ishida with Some of the best cards returned *JJ C. Ishida (203> 87. Y. Nakayama (10) 73, S. Hayashida (15) 83. F. O. Minns (24) 100. ■■> W. A. Wilson (24> 98 M
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    Manchesters Too Good For S.C.C.
    355 16 WIN BY FOUR GOALS DUTTING up concerted pressure from the commencement of the game, the Manchester R.A. Headquarters defeated the S.C.C, by four goals to nil, in a hockey match played on the padang yesterday. The game Vftl played at a fas? pac2 and in
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    S.C.C. Rugby Tournament
    344 16 TIAUg edmpttlni n the Pugby wren-m-gidf i |arc: S.C.C. "A": D M. gei r p P. H. Burgee. Dr. G. f j... ft. J. llmsty, 3. m. Pdi Graham. S.C.C. "B": P. D O A. Foster, E. J. p. Barley, a. T. Crlc 'A. S. Oim nnd
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      352 16 Weights For First Day At Taiping (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, Jan. 17. U/EIGHTS for the first day of the Taiping Turf Club's Skye meeting on Friday are as follows: RACE 1. Ponies, Class 3. Div. 3. About furs, 2.30 p.m. i Poseolct 10.12 Mick y Mouse. 9.12 JSrona 10.11
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