The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 24 January 1939

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO 15.083. ESTD. 1833. TUESDAY, JANUARY Zi. 193!). 5 CENTS
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    BARCELONA PREPARES FOR DESPERATE LAST STAND
    237 1 City Turned Into A Military Stronghold CABINET WILL STAY Barcelona, Jan. 23. ii'llll the Nationalists closing in on Barcelona, the Republican Cabinet, as a further defence measure, has 0( to dedal* a "state of war"— a drastic form martial law— throughout Republican territory. It
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    Net Of Steel Closing ln
    151 1 I enda. Jan. 23. •THE Nationalists are giving the Re-' publicans before Barcelona no time to reform their ranks, states a iield report. The net of steel Ls gradually being drawn round the capital. The Moroccans advancing along the coast road are stated to be
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    U. S. Citizens Warned To Leave
    49 1 Kart-rluna, Jan. 23. V ■> i citizens here and have b *en ordered to at] ML The order was United States consul- itei charge d'affairs > the American destroyer di r/Ule Franche, tonight proc 'ed immediately I mild north of BarceUnited States citizens. ,ea
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    Women Had Bombs & Explosives
    47 1 Women Had Bombs Explosives London, Jan. 23. TWO young women were remanded ln custody at Manchester today charged with having ln their possession or under their control explosives and bombs including a barrel of explosive, two miles bombs, 14 sticks of dynamite and ten electric generators— Reuter
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    Malayan Labour Delegation Begins Conferences
    62 1 Malayan Labour Delegation Begins Conferences Madras, Jan. U. THE Malayan delegation which is visiting India to discuss with tne Indian government matters relating to Indian immigration to Malaya arrived here today. Conferences were held with the Premier of Madras and the Minister of Industries and Labour, when all aspects or
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    Royal Wedding In Rome
    109 1 Rome, Jan. 23. BEFORE a brilliant assembly which included royalty, ministers, academicians and Signor Mussolini himself, Princess Maria of Savoy, youngest daughter of King Emmanuel was married to Prince Luigi BourbonParma today. The chief chaplain of the royal household performed the ceremony in the Paoline Chapel
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    Refugee Parley To Be Postponed?
    98 1 London. Jan. 23The meeting of the Evian Conference on Refugees, fixed for Thursday, may be postponed on account of recent events in Germany, acco fling to well-informed opinion in London. It is considered, however, that the talks of Mr. George Rublee. chairman ot the refugee
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    Appeal By Governor Of Memel
    93 1 Kaunas, Jan. 23. DR. Viktor Gailius, new governor of Memel, speaking at the inauguration of the new Directory today, said he hoped its activities would be in conformity with the Memel Statute. He asked the Directory to bear in mind the sacrifice and _ar-reaching concessions
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    PREMIER TO SPEAK ON ROME VISIT
    73 1 London, Jan. 23. I When Parliament reassembles on 1 Jan. 31 a statement by 0* FfWJ Minister on his Rome visit will, it is expected, be made immediately after questions. Important Government pronouncements on other current questions are also expected in reply to questions
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    NEW F.A. PRESIDENT
    28 1 London, Jan. 23. The Earl of Athlone has been unanimously elected President of tne Fo t ball Association in succession to Mr. William Pickford- Reuter
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    Hitler Reviews "Iron Guard"
    35 1 Hitler Reviews "Iron Guard" THE SCENE outside the new Reich Chancellery, in Berlin, when Chancellor Hitler inspected the steelhelmeted troops before entering the Chancellery to hold his annual reception of the Diplomatic Corps, last week.
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    7 Die In Lifeboat Tragedy
    99 1 7 Die In Lifeboat Tragedy London, Jan. 23. /''ALES sweeping the southwest of England una West Iceland tjday caused the less of ten l'ves. $even were drowned when the St. Ives. Cornwall," uter^at capslaed in a terrific north-westerly gale while answering a rocket distress signal from a small steamer which
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    Japan Would Hit Back
    74 1 Tokio, Jan. 23. THE Japanese Government was determined and prepared to take effective counter-measures if any Third Power tried to enforce economic pressure against Japan. This statement was made today by Mr. Arita. Foreign Minister, replying, to questions in the Lower House. He said he doubted
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    PROGRESS OF CIVIL AIR GUARD
    77 1 London, Jan. 23. Commissioners cf the Civil Air Guard, formed in July to provide a civilian reserve of trained pilots, have issued a review of the first four months' progress. It is reported that over 5.550 persons have enrolled and over 1.38C possess "A" licences.
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    STOP PRESS
    58 1 Cairo, Jan. 23. it is understood complete agreement has been reached on the composition of the Palestian delegation to the London conference on Palestine, after consultations lasting three hours between General Nurl, British Embassy officials and various Arab leaders. The delegates will sail for Trieste tomorrow from Port
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    69 1 Lerida. Jan. 23. Aided by fine weather the Nationalist advance today progressed rapidly along the whole front. Martorell, an important road junction 14 miles from Barcelona is within the grip of Navarrese troops. This afternoon Maestrazgo and Aragon divisions are reported to be deploying around Manresa, while in -the coastal
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    HIGHER TAXES: JAMAICA GOVERNOR'S WARNING
    44 1 Kingston, Jan. 23. Sir Arthur Richard*, new governor of Jamaica, at a Mayoral banquet, said drastic increases in taxation were inevitable if Jamaica desired land settle ments and other necessary schemes for the prevention of further social disorders. Reuter
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    Unrest On E. Swiss Frontier
    118 1 Unrest On E. Swiss Frontier Berne, Jan. 23. DECAUSE of "news from Switzerland's eastern frontier" the Government of the Canton of St. Gall has strengthened its frontier protection by a force of 100 hundred police. While the nature of the news referred to Is not disclosed, rumours of the mobilisation
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    British Ships Bombed In Spain
    65 1 Barcelona, Jan. 23. The British steamer Dover Abbe> 1958 tons> suffered a direco hit during a Nationalist air-raid today. Another British steamer, the Stan brook, Ls reported to have been attacked and hit seven miles off the shore. Other British ships hit include African Mariner,
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    OFFER BY MUFTI TO GOVERNMENT?
    60 1 Cairo, Jan. IZ. General Nuri Irag. the Premier, who returned from Beirut today after seeing the Mufti, declared to Reuter "I have brought back proposition which I must immediately communicate with the British Embassy I am sure the Arab delegations will leave for London for
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    37 1 Fukuoka, Jan. 12. It was new feared 92 people have died as a result of the mine explosion at Miyadacho. in the Fukuoka prefecture. There are only four survivors. Two of the rescued persons have died. Reuter
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    S. CHINA CIVILIANS WARNED TO LEAVE COASTS
    344 2 S. CHINA CIVILIANS WARNED TO LEAVE COASTS Defenders Prepare For Japanese Attack THOUSANDS OF PEASANTS JOIN KWANGSI ARMIES Nanning, Jan. 23. j/WANGSI and Kwangtung authorities have ordered the 1X people living in the coastal districts of these provinces to evacuate their homes and leave for the interior immediately. Large numbers
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    32 2 M. STOYADINOVITCH. Premier of Jugo-Slavia, who has been eonducting talks with Count Ciano, Italian Foreign Minister, photographed last week while taking a short holiday in St. Moritz. (See story in col. 3)
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    Nazi Attac On Vatican
    119 2 Berlin. Jan. 23. AFRESH attack on the Vatican, which is accused of a campaign of **anti-German propaganda" was launched by the newspaper Yoelkischer Beobr.chter today. The journal declares: "All kinds of intentions against the Catholic church are imputed to Germany, particularly the expropriation of church property.
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    Closer Ties Between Italy & Yugo-Slavia
    163 2 Closer Ties Between Italy Yugo-Slavia j Rome, Jan. 23 STRENGTHENING of the ties between Italy and Yugo-Slavia is envisaged in a semi-official statement on the talks between Count Ciano, Italian i Foreign Minister, and M. Stoyadinojvitch. Premier of Yugo-Slavia The statement says the ministers ;have examined thoroughly with the "utmost
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    F.M.S. TIN PROSPECTING POLICY DEPLORED
    282 2 D™ R P n,- EMENT the P ol^ the F.M.S. Govby ™Ho„ n if?"* T to P^pecting for tin was voiced the Federal CmS^i reen minin S member of comnanv^ortb g the WOrking of the bot h of the industry and of MW rn company
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    Rescue Dash To Dutch Freighter
    120 2 New York, Jan. 23. TTHE British freighters Cardare and Deer Pool have answered the S.O.S. of the Dutch freighter Parklaan which is leaking badly in the Atlantic, 1,300 miles out from New York on a voyage to Hamburg. The Parklaan, which has a crew of
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    Regent Of Brunei In Singapore
    71 2 Free Press picture. HIS HIGHNESS THE RAJA BENDAHARA OF BRUNEI, photographed at the tea-party-reception accorded him by the Singapore Branch of the Brotherhood of Friends of the Pen, at the bungalow of Mr. A. M. Alsagoff, Siglap. Mr. Alsagoff (in white) is seen standing behind
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    Japan's Promise To Third Powers
    549 2 mr!.- Tokio, Jan. 23. IHb plenary session of the House of Peers opened this morning, when the Premier, Baron Dr. Kiichiro Hiranuma, and the Foreign Minister, Mr. Hachiro Arita, replied to an interpellation of Dr. Tadao Yamakawa, of the Kenyukai. The Premier said that the
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    Death Of Former Envoy To Siam
    106 2 London, Jan. 23. The deatn is announced of Sir Reginald Tower, the distinguished diplomat, at the age of 78. reports Reuter. After service in several European capitals he became Secretary of Legation, Peking, in 1900. In 1901 he was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
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    Brrtons Resign To Position In China?
    133 2 Brrtons Resign To Position In China? A TOW* m(l(m Jan JBW far-sighted pe inquiring about th bih ies of capital S£ India to offset lossoSS_ mties in China, wXHS 0 the rJJ He says that the Far Eastern a greater amount India both on .tr. grounds. OQ p «m It
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    China National Congress In February
    134 2 Cham fHE National i\ gress will h under the chair r. Chiang Kai-shek h( The Congress will political parties in I racial groups, pr>, institutions. it represent* Kuomintang to allow the people in G v mm The Centra! establishing Governnv south-west provinces, I open branches
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    TIN EXPORTS EXCEED QUOTAS
    113 2 From Our Own C Lond-Ji. hn EXPORTS of tin from mm participating In the I:;tc JjsJ Tin Control agreement, quotas by 1,885 ton Amsterdam eon-.-' Financial Times. This correspond* learned from a rella! total exports in r J trolled area>. wt l4j „„J, pared with a
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    CHINESE GAINS DAMAGES AGAINST GAMMONS
    1274 3 Judge Comments On 'High-handed' Conduct LIBEL IN LETTERS rUMAGES of SKM) for alleged libel were awarded against U j Minmon (Malaya) Ltd. in favour of a Chinese building contractor, heong (hark, in a judgment delivered by Mr. Vustice Hon* in the Singapore High Court yesterday.
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    40 3 PREBENDARY CARLILE. founder of the Church Army last week celebrated his 92nd birthday. He was photographed at the Church Army headquarters in Bryanston Street, W., playing a tune on his trombone which he .-as had since he was a boy.
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    $3,000 Bail For Chinese
    86 3 "TT IS quite true I cheated them. I plead guilty." said Loo Hoo Cheng. a 25-year-oid Hokkien, who appeared before Mr. K. A. Blacker in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday, on separate charges of cheating. Loo was alleged ta have induced several Chinese in Singapore
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    Six Allegations Of Cheating
    93 3 Six charges of alleged cheating in respect of various sums of money, totalling $1 970, were preferred against a middle-aged Cantonese. Yong Yeng Kwai. in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday. Yong was alleged to have induced various Chinese to deliver him goods on different dates
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    Kidnapping Of Young Girl Alleged
    252 3 ENGAGED TO ACCUSED A TAMIL GIRL whose age was given as about 13 years was the complainant in a case of alleged kidnapping against a man named Ramasamy, who appeared before Mr. L. B. Gibson in the Singapore Criminal District Court yesterday. There was a
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    Allegation Of Robbery In Street
    65 3 Poh Ee Koh. a Cantonese, appeared before Mr. K. A. B!acker in the Singa pore Fourth Po'ice Court yesterday on a charge of robbery. Poh was alleged to have robbed Koh Kah Ying of seven dollars in Cross Street on Jan. 22. The charge was
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    News In Brief
    299 3 Bomber) Squadron wtlng Burma from Seletar i n Rangoon to Akyab. -turn Ul Rangoon to- stop at Bas>eln en ir:i to Singapore Mday. the planee being BeteUr on Monday. ——u has* taken of the two l m hospital at the "p -t Bt John's Island. i :i
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    'Reputed Thief Goes To Prison
    119 3 DLEADING GUILTY to a charge that being a reputed thief, he was found between sunset and sunrise loitering in River Valley Road and unable to give a satisfactory account of himself, a Hokkien, Lim Ah Tee, was yesterday sentenced to three months' rigorous imprisonment by
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    Two Hokkiens Caught In Gaming Raid
    161 3 Two Hokkiens Caught In Gaming Raid A RAID conducted by Mr. F. G. Minns of the Gaming Suppression branch, on a house in Selat Road en Saturday night, resulted in the appearance of two Hokkiens. JLi Tak and Teo Sit Pay before Mr. K. A. Blacker in the Singapore Fourth
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    Admits Theft From Employer
    120 3 ©LEADING GUILTY to a charge of theft of $100 from his employer, a young Chinese coolie. Koh Sang Wah. was yesterday convicted in the Singapore Sixth Police Court. Sentence was postponed until Friday. It was alleged by the prosecution that accused, who was working on a
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    Theft From A European Alleged
    58 3 Charged with theft, and, alternatively, with dishonestly retaining stolen property, a blanket worth $2. the property of Mrs. D. McMullin, of Grange Road, Yin Kong, a 42-year-old Chinese, appeared in the Singapore Fifth Police Court, yesterday. He claimed trial and the case was postponed a
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    Magistrate Thanks A Hokkien
    155 3 Magistrate Thanks A Hokkien U T WILL c?rtainly recommend that you be given a reward," said Mr. K. A. Blacker in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday, thanking Ong Tiang Soon, a Hokkien, for his prompt action in apprehending a Chinese snatch thief in South Bridge Road, on Saturday evening.
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    European Child Dies After Scalding
    321 3 European Child Dies After Scalding Badly scalded by hot water en Saturday night, Ruth Beryl, three-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Williams, of Johore Bahru, died in the Johore General hospital early on Sunday morning. Mr. Williams is a European warder attached to the Johore State prison. The
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    Varied Diets in Commonwealth
    82 3 Canberra. Investigations made by the Federal Health Authorities over the last 18 months reveal that 3,222 average families used 1.172 different food items These foods included 183 kinds of cakes and pastries. 114 types of biscuits. 112 different cuts of fresh meat, 78 kinds of prepared
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    NORMAN HARTNELL TRIUMPH
    154 4 NORMAN HARTNELL TRIUMPH AS an English dress designer N'or- man Hartnell steps from triumph to triumph. The fashions parade at the Beau Gestc Ball, in London recently, may be accounted one of the triumphs, but perhaps his greatest were the designs he made for the Queen's wardrobe which she wore
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    CARE OF THE SKIN
    761 4 How To Benefit The Complexion Without Overdoing Things AT all times the normal skin needs very little coddling and in these days it often receives far too much. A healthy skin does not require constant doctoring. Jf it receives this it trill eventually bexome immune to
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    17 4 HERE Ak_C x\,o E_AMIU_ ol me ten jjpc ot spirts siitc where the thick sole is appropriated.
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    NOBEL PRIZE WINNER
    128 4 MRS. Richard Waish, or Pearl Buck, as the famous American author of "The Good Earth" is better known to her readers, paid but a brief visit to London, before leaving for Stockholm where she received the £8.000 Nobel prize for Literature from the hands of King Gustav.
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    STOCKING NEWS
    598 4 Skirts Are Shorter; The Glare Of Publicity Is On Your Stockings CKIRTS are shorter, almost knec- high. So the glare of publicity is on your stockings. You have to choose them as carefully as you choose your make-up. A fuss was made recently because dyers proposed to reduce
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    A DOCTOR DISCUSsg
    691 4 Excessive Increase In Weigh A TENDENCY towards obesity is *^more marked ln people belonging to some races than others, for example, the Dutch, South Italians, Maltese. South Germans, and natives of parts of India, Ceylon, and Africa; and, in the same way, it often runs in certain
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    227 5 Till EGYPTIAN AIR FORCE is being enlarged and thi» lAtt-*.t rtm K_H s___ w Farce have trained Egyptian pilot's snj engineers^an^Tow memt"^?^ l h by Great Britain. Officers of the m„nt m thai of Ihe Royal Air Force, consisting of jacket uUh B I,? I E y J» llan Air
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    CHINA LOOKS TOWARD THE UNITED STATES
    214 6 Press Praises Formation Of Stimson Committee SIGNIFICANT EVENT' Chungking, Jan. 23. ALTHOUGH ihe League Council's resolution inviting members to aid China was given prominence in the Chinese press, the news of the formation of a committee in America nnder the leadership of Mr. H.
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    29 6 MR. CHAMBERLAIN accompanied be '.ind by Lord Halifax and Lord Perth following Italian Cendr.rmcs catTjif-I the hu;e wreath th:it .Mr. Chamberlain laid on the Unknown Warrior's Tomb in Rome.
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    Gaol Term For European Bankrupt
    894 6 Gaol Term For European Bankrupt COMMENT BY CHIEF JUSTICE THE OFFENCE of obtaining credit while being an undischarged bankrupt should be punished, except in very exceptional cases, with imprisonment, held Sir Percy McElwaine, Chief Justice, 5.3., in a judgment, delivered in the Singapore High Court, in which he sentenced Hendrik
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    What U.S. Business Expects Of 1939
    1179 6 TEMPERED OPTIMISM New York, j < [TNITED STATES business and fin-/ ancc faced the New Year with he expectation that industrial recovery which featured the latter Dart of 1938 will continue well into i939. They admitted, however, iears that political developments abroad might act
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    At The Cinema A. J. Cronin's 'The Citadel' A Fine Film
    108 6 At The Cinema A. J. Cronin's 'The Citadel' A Fin e Fil m QNE 01 the SC eened ta '-^'apor. long time v.. which will opei Jan. 31. following screening on S Packed tall r j finish this plci be desired and m offilmgocr., It in parts but U brilliant
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    Man And Woman Jointly Chared
    62 6 Lim Ong Bui nanese and Fui Bui i a Hainanese woman appeared b_i Mr. K. A. Blacker in Fourth Police charges of house ti .<j tarily causing hurt I i Lim K'm Lan. at Loi Jan. 21. Both ihe accusi d trial u the case
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    Corrigan On Show At S.F.
    128 7 San Francisco. Douglas Corrigan's flying "crate" which carried him on his famous "wrong direction" flight from New York to Ireland, will be placed on exhibit at the Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay in 1939. The "flying Irishman" also will
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    The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1930.
    626 8 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1930. Perronal Contact: JJ OLID AY trips by Cabinet ministers and Government Official.! arc net always to be judged at their face value, despite the warning In this column the other day against attaching too much political significance to them. It is noticeable
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    What Paris Has Gained From Its Exhibitions Of The Past
    1185 8  -  ROSE PATTRERSON Cosmopolite Gossip By OF the surviving: parts of the 1937 Exhibition, it had been thought that the noble wooden bridge spanning the Place de TAlma would be taken down and sent to New York for the forthcoming Exhibition
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      30 8 HERE'S A DEVICE TO SAVE LENS STRAINS AND BREAKAGE. THIS SCREWLESS CONSTKLCTION is cnly obtained from NAN SiN OPTICAL HOUSE Manufacturing Opthalmic Opticians PHONE 6363. 325. North Bridge Road, Singapore,
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    ADMIRALTY LOSES HUGE AMOUNT OF PETROLE
    384 9 Nearly 50,000 Gallons In i_)€sv©n i ©£trs ONE SYCE GAOLED rril AT there had been an unaccountable loss of 49,000 unUons of petrol at the Seletar Naval Base during the bwf ierf-i years was revealed in a remark passed l,v Mr. R. I>. W.
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    48 9 A FAMILY of Jewish refugees from Vienna waiting their turn to be interviewed by members of the Singapore Refugee Relief Committee aboard the Lloyd Triestino liner Conte Verde yesterday. They were part of some of the 450 refugees, who passed through Singapore yesterday bound for Shanghai.- Free Press
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    Malay Woman Goes To Gaol
    92 9 fXMTVICTED on a charge of theft of a pair of silver bangles, a Malay woman, Isabe. teas sent' enced to seven weeks' imprisonment by the Singapore Second Magistrate, Mr. Conrad Oldham, yesterday. The conplainant, another Malay uoman named Che Nah, told the cziirt thai when
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    European PoKce Officer In Court
    305 9 COLLISION WITH TAXICAB AN ADMIRALTY Police Officer. J. A. Williams, yesterday claimed trial in the Singapore Traffic Court to two charges ot neg igent driving and causing hurt to two police officers of the Naval Base. Edward Gilroy and Howard Elston, when his car, in
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    Murder Alleged Aboard A K.P.M. Steamer
    373 9 STABBING OF A CHINESE "THAT while walking along a passage in a ship, he" heard his colleague cry out that he was being stabbed by a Malay, was the story told by a Chinese coal coolie, Tay Kee Lee, to Mr. Justice Home, in
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    Charge Against A Hokkien
    102 9 I CHEE Huat. a. 28 year-o'd Hokappeared before Mr. K. A. or In the Singapore Fourth Police tauri yesterday, on charges of attempted i xtortion by putting a Chinese woman into fear of injury and. ondly, with possession of one round r ammunition without a perittae
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    Father Seeks Sons, Shown Their Bodies
    192 9 BOTH FOUND IN SEA U7HEN his 13-year-old twin sons failed to return home "on Sunday morning, after having gone out on Saturday morning, Mr. Raquiza, a Filipino musical instructor living in Queen Street, enlisted the aid of the police. When he went to Kan
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    Chinese Youth In Court
    96 9 Alleged to have been a member of the "Singapore Anti-Enemy Backing Up Society," a society not being registered or exempted, Le« Beng Seng, a 16-year-old Hokkien youth, appeared before Mr. L. C. Goh in the Singapore Fifth police court, yesterday. Lee claimed trial to the charge
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    Man Changes Sleeping Season
    104 9 Water town, Wto. Arthur E. (Turkey) Gehrke stunned this quaint German community with the revolutionary announcement he U considering switching his annual hibernation season from winter to summer. It all came about this move unprecedented in 20 years because Turkey discovered a suddenly revived interest in
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    34 9 picture. PRETTY 17 YEAR-OLD Mina Sassower, from Vienna, was one of the party of 450 refugees, who arrived at Singapore yesterday in the Lloyd Triestino liner Conte Verde. She speaks E»*jlish fluently.- Free Press
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    Brunei Regent In Singapore
    149 9 The Raja Bendahara of Brunei was entertained to tea by the Persaudaran Sahabat Pena (Brotherhood of Friends of the Pen) at the bungalow of Mr. A. M. Alsagoff, at Siglap, yesterday afternoon. Raja Bendahara, the Regent of Brunei, who is a honorary member of the Brunei
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      20 9 hl NJO\ (;00D FOOD F,, «VOIJR CONVENIENCE B *''ore or After the Show D INE WINE VI THE CAPITOL RESTAURANT
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    GOLD BOOM IN PHILIPPINES
    506 10 Milling May Rival Sugar As No. 1 Industry 1938 ESTIMATE $32,500,000 Manila, Jan. 16. THE Philippines" gold boom has abandoned the stock sales- men of Manila's Escolta for the tropical wildernesses of the archipelago, the Bureau of Commerce assured in predicting insular gold production for 1938
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    Luxurious Train Transport For U.S. Horses
    364 10 Luxurious Train Transport For U.S. Horses Los Angeles, Jan. 15. A MODERN "thoroughbred" of the rails, designed especially for the comfortable and swift movement of the horses of the American turf, has been given its finishing touches preparatory to joining the large fleet of the Company's "Horse Pullmans." The car,
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    If British Museum Is Bombed—
    131 10 If British Museum Is Bombed London, Jan. 15. /\NE of Britain's greatest treasures— v the British Museum Library c. nearly 5,000,000 volumes— will have to remain in London and run the risk of air bombardment in the event of war. This fact was made plain by Sir John Porsdyke, Director
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    Australia May Alter Policy Toward Japan
    61 10 Sydney, Jan. 15. Mr. Menzies, the Attorney-General and Minister of Industry, today promised the Union leaders that if the waterside workmen at I\>rt Kembla who have held up the loading of 20,000 tons of pig-iron for Japan would reverse their decision, the Government would
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    Tom Mooney As Strike Picket
    136 10 San Francisco, Jan. 15. TOM MOONEY, San Francisco Labour leader, freed on Saturday after being in prison for 21 years for a crime he never committed, today joined pickets outside a department store here. He handed one of his fellow pickets a flve-dollar (£1) note,
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    CLEARANCES
    12 10 U J aPY o**0 Turbo <Brlt); Rheinland roer.); Antonia, Mllo (Dot.).
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    30 10 PRINCESS MARIA of Savoy, 24--year-old daughter of the King and Queen of Italy, who has just married Prince Louis de Bourbon Parma, distributing New Year gifts ir> children, in Rome.
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      577 10 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS TENDERS, SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. Tenders. Tenders are now invited for the following materials or services For particulars see Municipal Tenders Room: Supply of Sulphate of Alumina for period June 1, 1939 to May 31, 1940 Date of Closing. 4 p.m., Apr. 3, 1939 Supply and delivery of one Portable
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      410 10 STOMACH PAIN GOES INSTANTLY New Remedy That Removes The Cause Flatulence, heartburn, pain, distension, palpitations, and shortness of breath— you know those distressing symptoms of indigestion only too well. Do you know their cause? They are caused by wind which in turn is caused by undigested and fermenting food. We
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      231 10 BANK OF CHIN? (Incorporated uj yam* 0> Speci rei^iLP^" Btrm **npL* l *n 1 relepbones. Manager's Office Aast Manager* <>„„, *H fcxchange De tt n*_M G. en 'ral °ff i/aoie Address: "dan***. '18m f»W Up Capital C,cL NS jK» Beserve Funds tn 4o °H4t lli exeoao or Ph Tatal Asset,
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      411 10 RADIO PROGRAMMES SINGAPORE TODAY ZHL 225 metre*. ZHP 30.96 metre*. pm. 5.00 Malay-Hawaiian songs, t 5.15 Comic sketches.! 5.30 Kronchongs. f 6.00 Teochew selection from 'Sung Peh Ngee "—4. f 7.00 Children's programme. (English). 7.30 Time, weather and news announcements. 7.50 "Caledonia's Bard." 8.05 Swingtime." t 8.35 Serenades, f 8.50
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      288 10 1 BERLIN TODAY OJB 15.20 toe/* (|^^4 m pm. 5.05 Favourite old melodic-. 6.20 Concert of light music 7.20 News in English. 7.35 Concert of liV.ht nr, 1 8.20 News review in Gorman 8.35 Solo concert. 9.05 German music. 8.20 News review in English and Dutch 9.35 Greetings to listeners
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    FREE PRESS SPECIAL COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    12 11 Last Night's Quotations From Exchange Telegraph Co.
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    LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCKS & SHARES
    444 11 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCKS SHARES From London 5.30 p.m. Yesterday *n York prices quoted in 0.8. currency. !>• above are dealcrr middle prices Jobbers margins, brokerage •d stamp duty are not included. I i .icnominatlon unless i< rwi^e stated q Loan. 5 pc 1944-64.... Om, 4 pc. 1960 90
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    Daily Share Report
    104 11 M M. Bl KHASKR ANO CO. AT m LOSE OF BUSINESS V ESTER DAY „N the pilot ot tin at midday 1 lx IlltH, unchanged. Tin shares »»<i(\ uerc a steady market with 1,11 inning or selling interest and flotations were unchanged. KCBBCS. Jhe price of rubber
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION
    79 11 C HAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION »a„9: 12 O'CLOCK NOON '^s lan.. r u -B. iU b _^mS**j>o"_."- 27,i Jar r -08. In Janiary B to c4 M y.bßto JS% 2e S «_•>&* SJ< »H Future Mouths Quotations No. IX R S.S. on Registered Tender Feb. Mar 37*4 27V4 Apr./June:
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    Local Exchange Rates
    177 11 JAN. 23 SELLING London T.T. 2 3 13 j 5 London demand 2 3 13 16 Lyons demand 2045 Switzerland demand 238'i Hamburg demand 134 New York demand 54 1 16 Montreal demand 5434 Batavia demand 99 4 Samarang demand 99^ Calcutta. Bombay and Rangoon demand 155
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    THE COMMODITY MARKETS
    182 11 From London 5. 3'Xp. m Yesterday RUBBER: Dull. London: 7 13 16d. 7 15 16d. Previously 7 15 i 6 d anifirt Apr.-Junc: 7%d. M. Previously [JJ L lll6d July-Sept: 715 160. 8 1 16d. Previously- 8d Oct.-Dec.: Bd. B>-»d. Previously r i 6d l?L d New
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    THE METAL MARKETS From London: Latest Quotations
    69 11 TIN: Ef„sy. Spot: £213 ITa. Gd. Previously: .£215 17s. 6d. Three months: £214 12s 6.'. Previously: £216 l*>s 6d NEW YORK TIN: (Opening price* 46.20 Previouslv: 46.50. COPPER: Settlement: £42 JOs. Previously: £43 GOLD: Yesterday: .£7 Ci B' .c Previous!*-: £7 Bs. B'-»d
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    Foreign Exchange Rates London Closing Quotations
    67 11 Foreign Exchange Rates London Closing Quotations Method oi Parity oerore Latest Centre Quoting 20-9-31 Rate Previous!* Paris Franc to 121.11 177 177% New York... S to 4.8665 4.67 1 4.67 5 1 16 Amsterdam. Guilders to 8.96*3 8.6 -^d 8 61 3^ Hong Kong. Per dollar Is. 3d. Is 3d.
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    Law Notice For The Day
    120 11 Law Notice For The Day Before the Chief Justice in Ist Court at 11 a.m. Part heard:— Div. 3/38 George Ralph Hopkins vs. Florence Elizabeth Hopkins and J. M. Kleinman. Thereafter:— S. 274/37— Sim Chye Leong vs. Oriental Ship Chandler and Lighterage Co. (Issue for trial). Before Mr. Justice Pedlow
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    Current Company Dividends
    98 11 List Supplied By Messrs. Fraser Co. MONDAY, JAN. 23, 5 P.M. Company Dividend Books Financial TIN Close Oatr Cx. CMv mt K. Kamuntlng 3d. Jan. 27 Feb. 3 Jan 28 5% Pungah 9d. dlv. 9d. bonus Jan. 20 Jan. 27 Jan 21 7u>% Petaling.... 5% final Jan.
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    SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES
    1296 11 Fraser And Co. f s List MONDAY. JAN. 23. 1939: 5 P.M. MINING Buyers Sellers Ampai Tin <4s> 3s 3d 4s Asam Kumbang 26s 27s Ausial Malay <£> 40s 45s nuir Ayer Hitam <ss> 22s 23s 6d Ayer Weng ;$1) .55 .60 Bang; in Tin
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    CONTINUED FALL IN RUBBER STOCKS
    1096 12 CONTINU ED FALL IN RUBBER STOCKS Absorption Fall In Last Month Is Not Serious ENCOURAGING US. FIGURES "By Scrap Collector" THK American questionnaire figures for December consti--1 tuted the most important statistical news for the rubber market this week. They represented a slightly mixed bag bat were, on the whole,
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    43 12 A BIPTHDAY party was held at the Clympia Circus, London, when Gargantua. the giant Gorilla, celebrated his eighth birthday. It is eight years since he was captured as a cub in the Belgian Congo. Gargantua celebrated his birthday by having chocolate birthday cake.
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    MAILS EXPECTED
    65 12 Mail* from Netherlands Indies by air iK.N.I.L.M.) are expected in Singapore toflay. MaiLs from Netherlands Indies by air (K.L.M.) are expected in Singapore today Mails from Australia. N.1., etc. by air (Qantas) are expected in Singapore today Mails from Europe etc. (Amsterdam) by air (K.L.M.) are expected in
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR
    148 12 Tlie following are ships alongside the Singapore Harbour Board Wharves or expected to arrive: East Wharf, Entrance Gate |i Exit ll Cremer 22; Rohna 20 Main Wharf. Entrance Gate 2- Exit 3 ufSSS PS-iS.-?"" 13; Gl enshi?l Empire Dock, Entrance Gate 2; Exit 3 Kelantan 31; Steel Scientist
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    S.S. CARTHAGE
    18 12 The as. Carthage has left Hong Kong and ls expected at Singapore at 930 am. tomorrow.
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    New Roman Road Plans
    109 12 Rome. A series of new roads leading from the capital to the most picturesque and interesting spots in the surrounding regions will shortly be constructed. One of them will connect Anguillara with Trevignano, following the circuit of Lake Bracclano. A second one of great importance will
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      409 12 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated to F.M.S) TELEPHONE Frei.ht 5 1 :i Pa<»«_c fttl tANAOMN MClffIC IS^Y i fr Si. CTJ^ (Incorporated in England) THE "EMPRESS" ROUTE offers TRANS-PiCm SERVICES via HONOLULU or direct EMPRfisn VANCOUVER— ACROSS CANADA bv TRANS-COVri!' ENTAL TRAIN without change— thence bv CANAIMa. PACIFIC ATLANTIC SERVICES TO
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      527 12 Air Mail Arrivals And Despatches r INW t RD m I SURFACE MAIL imperial: From Europe due Wed- nircr* ATr-Wirc nesday, Friday. Saturday mornings. U-HUM -lll^lll.n Wearnes: From Penang, Ipoh, TODAY and Kuala Lumpur. Arrives very I Aden imperial 2p m evening. Africa East Imperial 2 pm K.L.M.. From Netherlands
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      417 13 ■_g**__^ IV PsOand BRITISH INDIA LINES IN ENGLAND) p. 6c O. S. N. CO'S SAILINGS, OfJTW/BM Due Due lonnjKC S'pore. Tonnace S'pore. 17.000 Jan. 27 CORFU 13.000 Mar. 10 7.000 Feb. 10 CHITRAL 15.C00 Mar. 24 fi.070 Ftb. 11 CARTHAGE .5.000 Apr. 7 15.500 Ftb. 24 "BANGALORE 6.000 Apr. 8
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      521 13 McALISTER CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements.. GRESHAM HOUSE. BATTER* RD., SINGAPORE. PHONE 5173 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL S.S. Co., Ltd, (Incorporated tn England HAVRE LONDON ROTTERDAM HAMBURG VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL Steamer Due Sails CITY O. MANDALAY Calls Glasgow Jan 30 Peb j CITY OF FLORENCE Calls Glasgow Peb 2
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      555 13 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Ocean Building, CoUyer Quay Singapore Tel. 5151. Chartered Bank Building Penang m m a Tel. 1386. BLUE FUNNEL LINE. FAST SERVICES MARSEILLES. LONDON. N. CONTINENT AND GLASGOW Un conjunction with the Glen Line) Due Sailt ACHILLES L'don, li dam. H'burg. Hull, Gdynia In Port Today AGAMEMNON Mars,
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    SUPPORT FOR FIVE YEAR SHIPPING PLAN
    534 14 State Assistance Is Only Solution London, Jan. 15. THE recent meeting of the Council of the Chamber of Ship- ping may well prove to be one of the most important ever held there, for decisions were reached and a policy declared which will, it
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    Scott-Paine's New Power Boat Under Test
    499 14 Scott-Paine's New Power Boat Under Test Londcn. Jan. 15. pONDITIONS in the Solent on Tuesday were almost, ideal ior torpedo attack upon shipping, an_ enabled ihe British Power Boat Co. to demonstrate to the complete satisfaction of a large party of experts the remarkable individualistic characteristics of Mr. Hubert Scott-Paine's
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    Merchant Navy Ignored In New Year Honours
    201 14 Merchant Navy Ignored In New Year Honours London, Jan. 15. MEMBERS of Southampton .Masl?l ter Mariners' Club do not like the absence from the New Year Honours List of awards to the Mercha.»* Navy. Sir Benjamin Chave. a merchant skipper who was knighted in 1920, raised the matter at a
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    French Cider Man In City
    98 14 On his way to make a report on museums in French Indo-China. M. Alexandre Lefas, Senator for Ille et Vilaine, who was a member of the French Chamber of Deputies for 30 years, passed through Singapore in the Messageries Maritimes liner Felix Roussel last week.
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      714 14 AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LTD. ______f __^_________________________________7^ T t MM JH __k «s^— TO EUROPE I FROM SINGAPORE AND PENANG TO COLOMBO, BOMBAT. SUEZ. PORT SAID, f ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES. GENOA, MARSEILLES AND NEW YORK. j Arrives Leaves Leaves Arrives S'oore. S'pore Penan*. Mew Vork PRESIDENT HARRISON jan 29 Jan. 31 Feb.
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      426 14 NEXT TO THE AIR SERVICE" m.s. "ARGENTINA MARU" (13,000 G. TONS) Maiden Voyage JULY 24th TO COLOMBO 3 day, DURBAN 14 CAPETOWN 17 RIO DE JANEIRO 28 BUENOS AIRES 3 1 Further particulars,^ please apply >>: O. S. K. LINE, SINGAPORE It ill _kM 1 1 1 _1 1 kr%_Y
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    Today's Contract Bridge problems
    330 15 Today's Contract Bridge problems Four Aces, David Bruce Win D Maier, Oswald Howard Sehenkenj bid on yesterday's W You dealt and held: .K x x H 8 I I) X X X bid is one club. With! rd club and spade d one club first. Now; r ipofldl with one
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    MEETING OF CRICKET CONVENORS
    32 15 The annual meeting of convenors ior tl with the S.C.C he'd t I'-'™?? Cricket sea on wiil be Sav p C lub at 515 P- m on Mon-
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    R.S.G.C. MIXED FOURSOMES
    19 15 t bi-monthly mixed fourVhlV n 'TIV lor Janua nr will be 5g MW Timah on Sunday
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    Indian Message To The Chinese
    270 15 pARRYING a letter to the Chinese people from Pandit Nehru and messages of sympathy from Ghandi and the Indian poet. Sir Rabindranath Tagore. nine of the Chinese delegation to the world missionary conference at Madras passed through Singapore yesterday. The party, which arrived in the
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    Statistics Of Taiping Skye Meeting
    216 15 Statistics Of Taiping Skye Meeting MR. P. LOGUE was the most successful owner and trainer at the Taiping Skye Meeting which concluded on Saturday. The riding honours were shared by Saaid, Mr. W. M. L. Haye and Mr. D. Whitaker, but the firstnamed had fouc more third places than the
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    29 15 YOUNG MUSSOLINI GOES HQWCL Resting after a downhill run is Roland Mussolini, son of the Duce, when holidaying with his father at Rocca Delle Caminate in the Italian Alps.
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    WHITES BEAT COLOURS ON MUDDY GROUND
    358 15 European Hockey Trial CHOICE OF GOALKEEPER IS A PROBLEM DLAYING on a muddy ground, Whites beat Colours 1 4—l on the S.C.C. Padang yesterday in the second of the European trial hockey matches. No more trial games will be played and the side to
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    Late Goal Gives R.A.F. Victory Over Y.M.C.A.
    297 15 Late Goal Gives R.A.F. Victory Over Y.M.C.A. gCORING a last minute goal, the R.A.F. gained a narrow victory by three goals to two over the Y.M.CA. at hockey on the Y.M.CA. ground yesterday. Though the Y.M.CA. played with only ten men, the team gave the Airmen a keen and fast
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    S.C.C. Volunteer Snooker
    142 15 S.C.C. Volunteer snooker ties for this week are: Today: J. A. Dean and W. Chivers vs. H. R. Wilson and Capt. J. Tazelaar. Tomorrow:— A. F. Hunter and Vaughan Jones vs. H. M. Vennik and D. M. Seward. Thursday: Major A. Nevill and S/Ldr. P. E. Watts
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    81 15 BRUCE HOBBS, YOUNGEST JOCKEY EVER TO WIN THE GRAND NATIONAL, (he did so on Battleship last year) is lying in Wingfleld Hospital, Oxford, recovering from a spinal injury received at the beginning of November, when his mount, Pharnace, fell at Cheltenham and kicked him. Although he is still encased from
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    HOCKEY AT S.C.C.
    35 15 The United Services and the Civilians meet at hockey on the S.C.C padang this afternoon. Both teams are strongly represented and a good game is anticipated. There will be no admission fee.
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    S.C.C. "A" And 34th R.E. In Rugby Semi-Finals
    348 15 SEVEN-A-SIDE TOURNAMENT THE S.C.C. "A" reached the semi-final of the seven-a-side 1 Rugby tournament continued by the S.C.C. on the padang yesterday. They overwhelmed the R.A.M.C. by 19 points (two goals and three tries) to nil. In another match the 34th R.E.
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    Famous Yachtsman Goes For Cruise
    34 15 MB. AND MRS. T. O. M. SOPWITH leaving Waterloo on the Carnarvon Castle boat train, en route for Madeira, where they will board their yacht for a cruising holiday.
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      84 15 N dne v$ Must blood thru 9 miJ--1 tubes or filters. If '•■r from Hftf* r W-^der make 1 I. r Ui VS V Nl«rht«. Nervi a i n• Ircles Under Evea r'r w?* W m lch j W? n r <"nary medl■t?^ prest .;V 1S a 2l troubles with
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    ENGLAND VICTORIOUS IN THIRD TEST AT DURBAN
    676 16 South Africa Out For 103 And 353 MITCHELL SCORES CENTURY Durban, Jan. 23. E'NGLAND won the third Test concluded here today, 4 after drawing with South Africa in the preceding two. England won by an innings and 13 runs. Scoring 469 for four
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    Draw For F.A. Cup Fifth Round
    154 16 I. c idon, Jan. 23. pvRAW for the fifth round of the F.A. Cup to be played en Feb 11 is as follows: Cardiff or Newcastle vs. Preston. Portsmouth vs. West Ham or Tottenham. Wolverhampton vs. Liverpool Sunderland vs. Blackburn. Chelsea vs Sheffield Wednesday
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    Y.M.C.A. HOCKEY
    96 16 The following will piav hockey ior the Y.M.CA. against the R.E. < Changi) tomorrow on the Anson Road ground at 5 p.m.: Ldward Wee. Sing Ch'.ng. Xavier. Ranatunga. Chin Chye. Tian Chye. Elkington, Suratta, Leembruggen. Galstuan. C. Reshty. Referee: Mr. Eng San. Y.M.CA. Juniors vs. S.C.R.C. en Thursday,
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    Royal Johore Club
    60 16 Four cards were returned for the Royal Johore International Club's women's January monthly competition and Mrs. C. P. Allen was the winner with a net score of 31. Following are the scores Mrs. C. P. Allen 4o__ 9 =31 Mrs. E. E F. Pretty 52—17-35 Mrs. E.
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    Keppel Golf Club
    44 16 The Keppel Golf Club's mixed flag competition resulted in a tie between Mr. and Mrs. W. Fryer (9th hole) and Mr. and Mrs. E. Hitcham (9th hole) Twenty-three cards were taken out. the ties to be played or! on Sunday next.
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    Home Football
    23 16 London. Jan. 23. Football matches played today resulted as follows:— Second Division: Blackburn 6, Bradford 4. Fulham 1. Swansea 0.- Reuter
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    Home Rugby
    21 16 London, Jan. 23. Rugby matches played today resultas follows: Devonport Services 0. Newport 8 Crosskeys 6, Abertillery 7.. Reuter
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    C.G. Jenner Is S.C.C. Cricket Captain
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    Tom Mooney For England?
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    J. A. Dean To Lead Non-Benders
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    55 16 T. S. PROSSER driving from the 13th tee at the Royal Calcutta Golf Club in the final with Sir Henry Birkmyre. On the left is the umpire, Mr. G. D. Forrester, who is a former champion, and captain of the Club. Prosser won by 4 and 3 to win the
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    17 16 The S.C.C padang will not be enclosed for today's hockey match between the Civilians and Malaya Command.
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    Changes In North & South Teams
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    "Boy" McCormick Dies
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    HOCKEY CANCELLED
    23 16 Tlie heckey fixture between the SR.C. and the Medical College which was fixed for yesterday evening on the padang was cancelled.
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    Only One Knockout fo Army Boxing Finals
    548 16 GOOD LIGHT-HEAVY BOUt boxing. The contest between i of the R.A., and H ...ri*.n. r^ r Manchester Regiment. r •-nuZ vices' boxing. Both men werTS edly slow and took their time V ever. Harrison's heavier Wow, i__7? Bombadier in difficulties tUI tt?!? The
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    Swimming Association To Be Discussed
    41 16 A public meeting is to be convened on Friday, Feb. 10. at 5 15 pm ut the Y.M.CA. hall to form an a.ssocia: ua to promote and control ail brand-M swimming and water-po'.n compettlki in Singapore.
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