The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 25 January 1939

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    Masthead
    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. NO. 1J.681. ESTD. 1833. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1939. 5 CENTS
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  • Article, Illustration
    Memorial To King George V
    75 1 j approve! 0/ the d^t.n for ,'utionai vi''in<,rial to \eorge v i a^ been five* by and Queer and Quern 1 v f ra model of the ring tl l '.ate King Garter rofctfl beiieaili ■u>>pi/ fius been M6M re! r. ad CouncV. is Sir
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    World Boxing Championship Today
    162 1 World Boxing Championship Today Nfu York, Jan. !4. J'»l KM |> m 7 _i on favourite hca( John Henry Lewis, lu-uw irdghl champion, m "•st ill -black world heavy*tm fight m his:»t lladi imi Squat e Garden Borrow ni erliici predict an for Louis but Lewis Is t ol outbosing
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    BRITAIN'S GREAT NATIONAL SERVICE SCHEME LAUNCHED
    379 1 "TO ENSURE PEACE WE MUST BE STRONG" Prime Minister's Call For Volunteers THK British Government's great voluntary national service scheme will be launched today, when distribution is to begin of twenty million cosies of the National Service Guide. The Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain,
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    Press Comment On Premier's "Grave Call"
    331 1 Press Comment On Premier's "Grave Call London. Jan. 24. yilE Prime Minister's broadcast 1 address last night inaugurating the campaign designed to produce a systeircf organised national service 011 a voluntary basis encounters no serious challenge In the London press, all sections cf which set out the "grave call" prominently
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    FASCISTS RETURN WAR MEDALS
    49 1 Asmara. Jan. 24. Eritrea Fascists m Italian East Africa have opened a subscription list to obtain funds to secure the return to Italy of the remains of Italian soldiers buried m France. Fascists are also returning war decorations pr.|.3ntpd to them by the French.- Reuter
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    39 1 picture. (Story on page 9). MAJOR 11. c. PHILLIPS. R.A.. leavin Tangriin Garrison Church yesterday with his bride, under an archway of -words provided by fellow Royal Artillery officers. The bride was formerly Miss Valda Barclay Black.— Free Press
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    China C.-in-C. Going To Manila
    36 1 Saijjon, Jan. 84. Admiral Sir Percy Noble. Commnn d?r-in-Chlei ci t^e China Station, left m the flagship Kent today accompanied by the escort vc&sel Faimoiuh. He is p'TK-e^riinr* to Manila Reuter
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    Nazis Want Economic Supremacy In Europe
    179 1 Berlin. Jan. 24. THE programme of Germany's future economic policy 1 Wftf laid down by Herr Koehler, leader of the economic policy of the Nazi Party, at a meeting of tho Party's Economic Committee at Munich today. He said the German people was the
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    FUTURE COURSE OF STERLING
    175 1 London, Jan. 21. <fc r THERE arc plenty of reasons why ly-ars should act wiih caution." says J. Henry Schroeders, m the Quarterly Review, referring to the future course of sterling. He points out that a further decline m the exchange value of the pound would
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    Peace Prize For Mr. Chamberlain?
    59 1 Stockho'm. Jan. 24. •"TWELVE members of the Swedish Riksdag: have proposed that the Nobel Peace Prize for 1038 should be awarded to Mr. Neville Chamberlain. They have forwarded the proposal to the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament, expressing the view: "Without doubt Mr. Chamberlain
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    AID FOR SOLDIERS' FAMILIES IN JAPAN
    40 1 Tokio, Jan. 24. Another Yen 16,500,000 was added to the fund for aid and relief of families of soldiers today, when the House of Representatives passed the bill submitted by the Government. Eastern News
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    STRACHEY "IMPROPERLY BARRED" FROM U.S.
    75 1 New York, Jan. 24. The United States Court of Appeal* has ruled that Mr. John Strachey, the well-known Leftist author, who was prevented from landing m New York on Oct. 11, was improperly barred from entering the United States and has ordered a full Inquiry.
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    Barcelona Is Under Rebels' Gunfire
    285 1 Barcelona Is Under Rebels Gunfire MOORS FIVE MILES AWAY Lcrida, Jan. 24. NATIONALIST forces are now within sight of Barcelona and city is under direct artillery fire. Maniesa Is completely surrounded and the rebel advance continues with great rapidity m all sectors. A Morrocan corps is believed to havcaptured Gava.
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    MR. CHAMBERLAIN TO PAY VISIT TO JAPAN?
    189 2 Invitation May Be Sent From Tokio "TO SEE REALITIES" Tokio, Jan. 24. OPINION is gaining strength m Foreign Office circles that an invitation will be sent to the British Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, or the Foreign Secretary, Lord Halifax, to visit Japan
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    33 2 A public lecture will be delivered by Srimathl 'Nawab' Sardar Bogam Bahmlb, under the auspices of the Indian Youth League. Singapore, at the League's Hall, 113, Race Course Road) today at 7 p.m.
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    Japan Ready For Economic Blockade
    188 2 Japan Ready For Economic Blockade S^okio, Jan. 21. IAPAN is determined to push forward its policy m China by all means." Baron Dr. Kiichiro Hiranuma. Prime Minister, said today, replying to a question from Mr. Yosl.iji Yutani, of the Tohokai. at the plenary session of the H^se of Representatives. Therefore,"'
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    Forest Search For Bandits
    67 2 FHENCH MOBILL GUARDS have been hunting the Saint-Germain woods for three bandits who stole three «*ars and have been stopping motorists and stealing their money. Several times the bandits have been cornered but have shot their way out. Later one of them was found dead m
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    British Troops Break Arab Revolt
    760 2 PALESTINE AWAITS ROUND TABLE CONFERENCE Jerusalem, Jan. 16. PREAT Britain's armed forces have, it is believed, broken the back of the Arab Nationalist revolt m Palestine. Since early last summer a machanised British army of 20,000 troops, backed by war-planes and 5,000 armed police, fought
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    French Concern Over Reich's Troubles
    139 2 French Concern Over Reich's Troubles Paris, Jan. 24. CONCERN over the possible climax of economic difficulties m Germany is manifested m the French Press today. M. Leon Blum, writing m Populaire, commenting on expert opinion that the situation m Germany is daily getting worse, says any event which reveals or
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    Wellknown U.S. General Visits Singapore
    204 2 Wellknown U.S. General Visits Singapore IN the course of a tour of countries m j the Western Pacific, General William D. Connor, Superintendent of the United States Military Academy for six j years until his retiiement last year, has arrived m Singapore from Australia. The 64 year-old American general has
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    "Weakness Will Bring War"
    131 2 London, Jan. 24. •pEEBLENESS at the present time 1 on the part of England will only bring war nearer," declared the exForeign Under-Secretary, Lord Cranborne. speaking at Weymouth Dorset. He declared that he saw little sign of response to Mr. Chamberlain's policy of appeasement from either
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    Chinese Guerillas Threaten City
    331 2 Kinhua, Jan. 24. m co-ordination with the guerilla units m Chekiang, the 63rd Chinese Division, which has been resisting the Japanese m the Changhsing district, off the Shanghai-Hangchow railway, attacked the northern suburbs of the Chekiang capital on Sunday, when they recaptured the towns of Ishing,
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  • Last Night's Films
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      "The Chaser" Is Good Comedy
      68 2 THE -nightm... 1 corporations story ot 'The Ch j Singapore premie] night The story, a cidenN attending j chasing ambulana land profit m vl jircm the openln Dennis OK, i lawyer embarjein on a obtain rights tor m accidents. He become. side of a tract!
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      WAYNE MORRIS A BOXER-COMBOY
      88 2 scription whlcfi to the Warner Bros. Rim Comes Back" which opened i Alhambra Theatre, night. Based on tin 111 I cowboy, who aeej joins the pugil I I picture tells of hla jc'om and decline, i en ron pears. In the way Wayne Morris p rtr
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      BRITAIN PREPARES FOE NEXT CENSUS
      69 2 London, Jan I I Provisional iffulattons lor tr SUS of 1941 have I Minister of Health In j normal date. j It is recalled that the L I j Seal on Dec. G j m the Commons on I said that necessary .ster>. I taken
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    STOP PRESS
    184 2 l.riuloii. J.i" In the FA ru t i»urlh Hj play, C.rimslu itintfi .3— 2.— Renter BarcdtM. Jjn 1 The lirst cttttifOrf workers detailed to pttpw fications be^an work at today digging a lino li and emplacement- m I tempt to hold out Nationalists. neuter's correspond l lon-d states
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    JURY ACQUITS SEAMAN OF MURDER
    834 3 JURY ACQUITS SEAMAN OF MURDER Coolie Stabbed Aboard K. P. M. Steamer DYING DEPOSITION A DYING deposition by an allegedly murdered man was read out to Mr. Justice Home m the Singapore Assize Court yesterday at the resumed hearing of a murder charge against a 21 -year-old Malay seaman, Lolo
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    36 3 PH. PI I hardly feel tike an fcj piunse into during the BnggWi winter, i suimmers feel otherwise. some members of a lull m London who m the old are on their way to thr Serpentine.
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    Chinese On Six Different Traffic Charges
    252 3 Chinese On Six Different Traffic Charges OBJECTIONS By COUNSEL TAN JOO CHI' AN, a Chinese, eared m the Singapore Court yesterday m to six traffic charges. rstly, he was charged with ng the death of a Chinese, Geok Gee, on Dec. 18 by ng his car m a negligent r
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    Did Not Want Wife To Be A. Waitress
    85 3 i to bo a waitress f park, because it race to me.' said a Lent, before Mr, In the Btncmpott irt, y iterday upon to show cause not complied with an «t to pay hLs uife. a woman, no month. J »adr
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    Told Woman Husband Was In Trouble
    395 3 Told Woman Husband Was In Trouble AN inc.d?nt two yoars ago was rv?callod before Mr. L. C Goh m th? Singapore Fitth Police Court yesterday when Yeong San. a middle-aged Cantonese, appeared on a charge of cheating. Yeong v/as alleged \c have cheated a Chinese woman. Yong Ah Chat, by
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    Middle-Aged Chinese On Bookmaking Charge
    369 3 ACCUSED OF LOITERING QN a charge of loitering between Coleman Street and North Bridge Road on Dec. 31 for the purpose of bookmaking, a middle-aged Chinese, Sim Su Kun, yesterday appeared m the Singapore Fourth Police Court before Mr. K. A. Blacker. Inspector F. G.
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    23 3 JOAN BLONDELL, held up by the Press— a scene from "There's Always a Woman," at the Pavilion at the end of this week.
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    Death Of State Pensioner
    99 3 (From Our Own Correspondent > Kua'a Lumpur, Jan. 23. Ttie death occurred at his residence n Bungsar Road. Kuala Lumpur, last night of Mr. Philip Maximilian Nunis. at the age of 58. Mr. Nunis. a Government pensioner, has been ailing lor some time. He was formerly
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    Wanted Whole Of Husband's Wages
    129 3 Wanted Whole Of Husband's Wages MAN TURNED OUT OF HOUSE? fAURING v claim tor maintenance heard before Mr. Conrad Oldham, In the Singapore Second Police Court, yesterday, a young Chinese woman told the court she was willing to live with her husband again provided he gave her the whole ot
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    Gaoled For Kidnapping His Bride-To-Be
    287 3 Gaoled For Kidnapping His Bride-To-Be OFFENCE BY YOUNG TAMIL rONVICTED on charges of kidnapping and committing an offence against a girl under 16 years, a 23-year-old Tamil, Ramasamy, was sentenced to three months' and five months* rigorous imprisonment on each charg? respectively, by Mr. L. B. Gibson, m the Singapore
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    Acquittal For Canton Woman
    86 3 "The detective who arrested thf accused has since been dismissed and has left the Colony," said Court Inspector Sharp m the Relief Court, v&sterday. during the trial of a younj Cantonese woman, Lee Peng, on a charge of voluntarily causing hurt to a man named Tay
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    Australians Fool Their Chickens
    93 3 Sydney. Hens la die county 01 Cumberland New South Wales, are being fooled into taking an extra meal, thus forcing eg<» production to a maximum High powered electric lights are switched on about 3 a.m. to mako the birds believe it Is daylight. They prompt'y jump
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    Sir Cedric Makes It Up With Hollywood
    237 4 CIR Cedric Hardwicke has forgiven Hollywood. It is very good of him to do so, and we should hope the town will be worthy of his magnanimity. He got train from New York for the coast, having accepted an offer to appear with
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    "LANCER SPY"
    203 4 By Free Press Film Correspondent A DARING British secret agent who sat with the German high command m the uniform of a Prussian Lancer could have struck a deadlier blow than a million marching men. If he succeeded, it meant heartbreak; if he failed, the firing squad That
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    "There's Always A Woman'
    128 4 fOLUMEIA'S "There's Alicays A Woman" opens at the Pavilion at the week-end. This comedy starts on a novel note, introducing Joan Blondell as the new operator of the defunct private detective agency of her sleuth-hus-band, Melvyn Douglas, now happily reinstated on the Distiict Attorney's staff. And
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    English Life In "The Citadel"
    332 4 ENGLISH people as they are, clothes as the English wear them. British life, speech and habits are accented m "The Citadel." which will come to the Pavilion Theatre on Tuesday. British actors were so excited about the story that many clamoured for a chance to
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    Hard Work For "Suez" Director
    382 4 THE way to save money m Holly- wood is to spend it. For spending money saves time, and more than anywhere else m the world, time is money m Hollywood. When Twentieth Century-Fox hired two top-notch directors, Allan Dwan and Otto Brower, to work on
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    COMEDY AT CAPITOL
    112 4 THERE is certainly a new note m the advertising of "Letter of Introduction" which comes to the Capitol tonight. The cinema management tell us that it's not the greatest film of the year, it didn't take three years to make, and that it didn't cost a million
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    SLUMP SENDS PRODUCERS BACK TO OLD STUDIOS
    800 4  -  Joan Littlefield Britain On The Screen By ONE of the results of the 1938 slump m British film production has been the tendency to return to tne older studios, pinewood and Denham, though the last word m modernity, are expensive to rent. Money
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    "The Citadel" -Behind The Scenes
    56 5 "The Ci tad el" -Behind The Scenes rt isf „1 a J a "d still t/ Rober t Donat, Director II Ml The Citadel" through his eyes— Director Kin? Vidor, maker 01 lilri classics. KOBERT DON AT as Dr. Manson, hero of "The Citadel." ROSALIND RUSSELL likes country life. Here
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    FLYING-BOAT SURVIVORS INTERVIEWED
    336 6 Swimming For Ten Hours In Dark Sea COOLNESS~OF CREW New York, Jan. 24. U7ONDERFUL tales of cheerfulness during ten hours m the dark sea were told by survivors Irom the wrecked Imperial Airways flying-boat Cavalier on arrival here tonight when the steamer Kssobay Town docked to the
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    Line Of Reich Foreign Policy ?
    379 6 Line Of Reich Foreign Policy CONJECTURE BY THE TIMES London, Jan. 24. yHE next move of German foreign policy is the subject of much curiosity m Germany, which it is hoped, will be satisfied when HenHitler, makes his Reichstag speech on Jan. 30, according to The Times' Berlin correspondent, who
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    Australian Public Has Sweet Tooth
    82 6 Canberra. Whereas the world consumption of sugar as a whole averages less than 50 lb. a head, the Australian average is 1239 lb. a head on the basis of raw value. This fact, just released by the Prime Minister. Mr. J. A. Lyons, during a
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    Gunmen Drill Chinese Mayor
    102 6 Shanghai, Jan. 24. LIO TSAN. Japanese-appointed Mayor of Ilangchow. got a I. ul < t In his h'tjh when two gunm?n entered his home at Hangrhoiv last night, emptied pistols and threw two hand grenades. His w'fi and four other persons were also wounied and a'l
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    Many Moors Fighting For Franco
    548 6 TALKS WITH NANCY CUNARD London. THERE arc 75,000 Moors still fight- ing for Franco, including hundreds of French nationality, according to Miss Nancy Cunard, outspoken champion of the negroes, daughter of the well-known American-born Mayfair hostess, Lady Cunard, whom she has not seen for seven
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    23 6 A GYMNASTIC display at the Mmstiini Forum m Rome m honour of Mr. Chamberlain and Lord Halifax.— Lv.cq phctoyraph from the Italian Consulate-General.
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    'Yen Bloc' Is Formidable Japanese Weapon
    677 6 CLOSING OPEN DOOR San Francisco. DV creating a "yen bloc" between the nations that she is carving out of China, Japan is forging another effective weapon for further closing the open door trade policy m China, m the opinion of the Institute of Pacific
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    How Air Mail Affects Factories
    52 6 Melbourne. To meet the increasing demand for air mail paper, manufacturing stationers m Melbourne have had to modify their machinery. Since the introduction of the lower surcharge on letters to England sales have trebled. These now comprise 12 to 15 per cent, of the total.-
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    Canals Become 'Poles' Of World Diplomacy
    377 6 SIGNIFICANCE OF "BIG DITCKSS^ THE Panama and s ui y x have become pofe ai> politics, rcsptTiu \2 r attraction for clip, trigue amon? the eh of five Con(in<ut> t [he days of Fordid V"? Lesseps have the tv" V ditches" received co»! attention.
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    Separated One Month After Marriage
    424 7 Separated One Month After Marriage A MONTH after their maniage, a middle-aged EurasLan, Daniel Ferrao, and a ytung Hokkien woman, Lee Quek Moey, lived apart, and the woman sought the help of the law when she caused her husband to appear before Mr. Conrad Oldham. m the Singapore Second Police
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25. 1939. The Ukraine Problem
    587 8 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25. 1939. The Ukraine Problem The Siock Exchange, that most delicate of political barometers, is stated to be nervous about the situation m Europe. Mobilisation reports have renewed fears of war, and one hears on many sides gloomy forecasts that Italy and Germany are
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    Soviet Russian System Is Doomed To Fail: Red Army Weakness
    912 8  -  EDMUND J. LOWRY A Modern Bolshevik State THIS is the first of a series of articles. di>cl<Mii. inside facts about conditions m Soviet Uu»ia. written on the basis of information supplied bj v American technical expert, a native of Uhode
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    Preparing For The Run Dowr
    29 8 GFNERAL VIEW OF SKIERS collected on the Corveglia peak above St. Moritz, Switzerland. prttMrtaj fort thrilling run down the snowy slopes m the sunshine.
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    HOPKINS DIVORCE SUIT HEARING RESUMED
    389 9 fj 0 Evidence Called For Co-respondent Respondent ADULTERY DENIED X o evidence **as ciltod tor the respondent and co-respondent n w hcfl I* lhil f lustice S -S- Sir Percy McElwaine, linu( hearing <>t the petition for divorce by George Hopkiius a *\"pw™ chmce band
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    European On Trespass Charge
    77 9 4 KlKOrivVN, W. X Rigby. ap- feared m the Singapore Sixth Police Court yesterday m answer to a summons alleging criminal trespass at about midnight on net. tt, by entering into the tornpound uf a house m Balmoral Koad. then m the possession of a hinese.
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    Raffles Hotel Head Bar Boy Robbed
    292 9 Raffles Hotel Head Bar Boy Robbed TQONQ AH CHYE. 18-year-old EngI Uah-speaking Straits-born Chinese. waj I ntenced to ten months' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. L. B. Gibson, ill the Criminal District Court, yesterday, on being convicted en a charge oi robbing the head bar boy of Raffles Hotel of $20
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    Selangor Sultan To Be Crowned Tomorrow
    306 9 SPECTACLE FOR KLANG (From Our Own Correspondent) prwpniTvnrn i vi Uala Lvm Pur* Jan. 24. $LRROUM)EI) by nobles m their special Coronation costumes and by the State regalia, Sultan AJam Shah and his Consort, the Tensku Ampuan, will drive State on Thursdai. after the
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    Cinema Show For School Funds
    88 9 With the sole object of providing education for the poor, the Nanyang Pin Mm Free School, the oldest local establishment of its kind, has been established m Singapore for 18 years. During this period 6.0C0 i*>or children have been educated m the school. As expenditure
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    Special Coronation Supplement
    118 9 yilE Straits Times wiJl publish today an eight-page supplement to commemorate the Coronation of the Sultan of Selangor at Klang tomorrow. A full description of the Malay ceremonial at the lustration and coronation, together with other articles will be included m the supplement, which will be fully
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    Struck Palm With His Aeroplane
    260 9 Q. BALKE. a Dutch amateur flyer, peadcd guilty before Mr. L. C. Goh In the Singapore Sixth Police Court yesterday, on charges of flying an aeroplane more than three miles from a licensed aerodrome without the prescribed certificate of competency and, secondly, with flying m
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    263 9 rjIHE MARRIAGE TOOK PLACE YES- TERDAY at Tanglin Garrison Church of Major H. C. Phillips, Royal Artillery, and Miss Valda Barclay Black, daughter of Major R. Barclay Black and Lady Marcla Miles, ot 4 Cornwall, Alexandra. The bridHgroom is the son of the late
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    Aussies Should Not Become Temperamental
    280 10 Aussies Should Not Become Temperamental 4 USTRALIA won't Le kept out of the news just because there are Test matches m South Africa. Their coming wicketkeeper. Don Tallon, of Queensland, equalled the world's record —which hadn't been beaten or equalled since 1868 when he dismissed 12 batsmen m a match.
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    Religion For The Ethiopians
    91 10 Venice. An altar piece with the image of St. Mark has been presented by the City of Dc^es to the principal church at Debra Mrrcos, m the Goggiam region m Ethiopia. The altar piece is by Armando Tonello. It recently left for Massawa. The church to
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    ITALY MAKES EXTENSIVE USE OF RADIO
    492 10 20,000 Students Belong To Correspondence School TRIPS TO ITALY AS PRIZES Rome, Jan. 15. TWENTY thousand students from the four corners of the globe are inscribed m Italy's radio correspondence school which daily broadcast lessons m Italian literature. Courses wind up each June, when
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    402 10 Musicians Ask For Protection Of Rights Geneva, Jan. 15. THE latest appeal for help from the International Labour Office comes from radio and phonograph artists. Through the medium of the 1.L.0. their national and international unions are campaigning for international recognition of their rights, which they hope will be finally
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    Miners' Mortality Highest In U.S.
    237 10 Geneva, Jan. 15. AN International Labour Office re- port reveals that with the exception ol Japan, accidents li coal mine have a higher fatality rate m the United States than m any other country, though the output of the United States miner is the highest
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    Italy Remembers Great Sicilians
    71 10 Rome. Nineteen-thirty-nine will be dedicated to commemorating illustrious men of Sicily. The year 1938 was set aside to tributing the great man of Liguria. Two years ago Piedmontese were honoured. This is a custom which Mussolini himself ordered for the first time m 1937. Its object
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    Three Motor-Cars On Bermuda
    91 10 London. Jan. 15 OERMUDA. British island m tIM Mlantic, where private motor-car I banned even the Governor is allowed to run one— will shortly s first Army lorries. A company of the 2nd Battatto King's Shropshire Light Infantry soon to sail from Pembroke Dock, South Wales,
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      289 11 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCKS SHARES from London 5.30 p. m. Yesterday I ted U.S. currency. iealen middle prices; jobbers margins, brokerage <lut\ irr ft »t included. mnatloa unless Latest Quotations Previoii-lv PC 1944-64... '""9° IQ 7 207 97 >' g T rcl 4n o 341, v 3 3 lid
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      71 11 From London: Latest Quotations tin: .Firmer Spot: .£214 7s. 6d. Previously: ';213 17s 6d. Three months: £214 17s 6d Previously. £214 12s 6d. NEW YORK TIN: (Opening prior >: 46 35 Previously: 4b. 20 COPPER: Bett!cment: J. 42 7s. 6d Previously: £42 10s GOLD: yesterday: Bl s<
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      72 11 London Closing Quotations Metiiod oi Parity oe:ore Latest Centre Quoting 20-9-31 f?ate Parti Franc to 121.11 177 177 New Y or*; S to iv 4 8665 4.67»_. 4 67 5 s Amsterdam. Guilders to X 5 8.96 r 8.66 8.64 1 Hor.2 Koi:g Per dollar Is. 2
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    1049 12 Effect Of Increased Taxation WOOLWORTH'S RECORD PROFIT (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Jan. 14. A/ILL the happy day ever come when consideration of earn- ing capacity and prospects, instead of international politics, will govern the prices of stocks and shares quoted on the London Stock
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    Australian Gold Production Jumps
    56 12 Canberra. In the financial year just ended, Australia produced nearly l»/ 2 million fine ounces of gold, valued at £10,200.--000 sterling, or 13 per cent more than m 1936-37 Since 1930, when Australia's production began to increase, the total output has been nearly trebled and the
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    42 12 The m.v. Victoria is due at 10 am tomorrow from Shanghai, Hong Kong and Manila. She will berth at the S.H.B. wharf and is expected to sail again at 5 p.m. for Colombo, Bombay Aden, Port Said, Naples and Genoa
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    38 12 The s.s. Sphinx, from Marseilles via Port Said, Djibouti, Colombo, Madras and Pondicherry. is expected to arrive tomorrow about 7 a.m. and to sail on the lame day about 12 noon, for Saigon, Tourane and Haiphong.
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    189 12 Kruschen Got At The Cause. This woman's headaches were of the black blinding kind that reduce the sufferer to something like helplessness. She tried tablets. She tried pills. But the cause lay too deep for such treatment. Where they failed. Kruschen succeeded. "I used to get
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      181 12 SINGAPORE I HARBOUR The following urc ships alongside tho Singapore Harbour Beard Wharves or expected to arrive: East Wharf, Entrance Gate 1 Exit 1 Rohna 20. Main Wharf, Entrance Gate 2; Exit 3: Carthage 18; Bulan 16; Gewang 15Eumaeus 13; Glenshiei 11; Klias 10; Kedali Empire Dock, Entrance Gate 2;
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    891 14 CROSSING THE ATLANTIC IN A DREDGER Adventurous Voyages In 200-Ton Ships NINE HOURS' FINE WEATHER London, Jan. 15. THIS is the story of one of the most remarkable AtlanticOcean crossings ever made. It tells of the incredible hardships experienced by the crews of two 200-ton "mud hoppers/ 180 ft long,
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    302 14 £1,000 Damages In Shipping Case Refused London, Jan. 15. AN ACTION for £1.000 damages against the National Bank of Scot(land by the Spanish Republican Government and Pahlo de Azcarate following the shipping case was dismissed m the Court of Session. Edin- burgh, yesterday. The case concerned the loss alleged to
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    113 14 London. Jan. 15. 11MTH fire raging m one of her TT holds, the 16,000-ton British liner Kimutaka v.as yesterday steaming m the South Pacific towards an. American ship 370 miles away. Latest news was that the American boat, the Yomachicki. was also making towards the
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      468 14 AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LTD. At- -I TO ULBOPE FROM SINGAPOKC AND FEN \NG TO COLOMBO, BOMBAY. SUEZ. PORT SAID. ALEXANDRIA. NAPLES. GENOA. MARSEILLES AND NEW YORK. Arrives Leaves Leaves Arrives Spore. Spore. Penan* *ew York PRESIDENT HARRISON Jan 29 Jan. 31 Feb. 2 Mar. 14 PRESIDENT HAVES Feb 11 Feb
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    176 15 Today's Contract Bridge problems D.ivid Bruce D Mater, Oswald henkm) :>,vid BurnV You dealt and X I 1 th(l bidbCßlHß pad* When you promised UK m a and pass. would r to contiki show a even though .k. you must lor other bid. md you H v. 10 x x
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    536 15 TIN OFFERINGS PASSED BY J^ARkElb the world over have been entirely dominated by the situation m Europe, states Fraser and Companys weekly report, issued yesterday. In Germany the departure of Dr. Schacht from his position as head of the Reiohsbank struck a blow at hose
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    25 15 JUGO-SLAV dancers who took part m the International Festival at the Albert Hall beins piped off by Pipe Major Mac Donald Murray at Victoria Station.
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    94 15 Fraulein Leni Riefenstahl. German film actress-producer, friend of HenHitler, last week packed her bags and prepared to leave Hollywood. The nlm industry, she said, was controlled by men who were opposed to Germany's political activities. For a month she has been snubbed, ignored, and cold-shouldered by
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    94 15 The following have been selected to play hockey for the V.M.C.A. against RE. Changi today on the Anson Road 1 ground at 5 p.m. Edward Wee. Sing Ching. Xa%ier. Ranatunga. Chin Chye, Tian Chye, ElUlngton, Suratta, Lecmbrufgen. Galstuan end C. Reshty. V.M C.A. Juniors vs. S.C.R.C. on Thursday,
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    1141 15 Experience, Not Thick Skulls Is The Reason A FALLACY EXPLODED Fnp fu a x. London, Jan. 15. Uk the first time m the annals of the ring, two coloured boxers are scheduled to meet m a contest tor the world's heavyweight championship. It is
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    47 15 For the first time m the history of the ring, two coloured men are to meet for the world's heavyweight championship. In this article, Major Wilson, an authority on boxing, analyses the secrets of the success of the coloured champions of the ring.
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    175 15 West Indies Cricketers For England London, Jan. 15. \I7EST INDIES, who are to tour England m the gammer, arc about to begin trial games before selecting the team, and there are indications that the side that makes the trip will be considerably stronger than the last combination captained by George
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    42 16 RING UUSTAV of Sweden has been practising for the Scandinavian tennis championships m the Alvikshallen, Stockholm. Here he is talking t > Mile. Pannetier (centre) and Mm*. La Bailly, both of France, m between practice games at the Alvikshallen.
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    Left-Handed Players Have Better Cue Control
    655 16  -  J. V. Rainbow Billiard Notes By ARTIST AND JOURNEYMAN London, Jan. 15. COME time when I have more leisure at my disposal propose to do a little research. That research will be to iind out the proportion of left-handed cue-men m the higher reaches
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    318 16 Many Players In State Sides PAST SEASON REVIEWED g C.F.A. teams finished first m both first and second divisions of the S.A.F.A. League, states the report to be presented at the annual meeting of the S.C.F.A., to be held at the Garden Club, China Building,
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    Singapore Hockey Side To Play Johore
    46 16 Singapore Hockey Side To Play Johore Singapore's hockey team to play Johore on Friday on the V.M.C.A. ground is as fo.low Patrick Yee; Sgt. Shorey, p. Mu.hucumaru (Captain); G. Clark K. Thilllanathan, P. Gupta: R. Thoy. I. Suratta, Shaikh Hussein. G. B. Armstrong. Ibrahim bin m.
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    223 16 THE Royal Singapore Golf Club's wo--1 men's fcurromes played at Bukit Timah resulted In a win tor Mrs. E. M. F. Fergusson and Miss S. Lucas with a net score of 77 The following were the cards returnee* Mrs. E. M. F. Ferguson and Miss S. Lura';
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    45 16 MKS. WALTER HAMMOND, wife of the England Test captain, leaving St. Pancras Station en route to South Africa, where she will join her husband. The rule barring cricketers' wives from accompany ing their husbands on tour, does not apply to the wives of amateur players.
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    36 16 S.C.C. Seven- A-Side Tournament Revised dalej and times m the S.C.C. Rugby seven-a-side tournament are:--Semi-Finals:— Today. 5.10 p.m S.C.C. "A" vs. 30th Coy., R.E.; 5.30 p.m. H.M.S. Terror vs. 34th Coy., R.E Tomorrow:— s.ls p.m. Final.
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    63 16 Tokio, Jan. 24. In a bid lor the world tennis championship, Jiro Yamaglshi, of the Keio University, ace of Japanese tennis players, and Fumiteni Nakano, of the Hosei University, will participate m the Davis Cup tournament m the American zone this year. This follows a
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    European Hockey Team Chosen
    55 16 rTHE following have been selected to represent the Europeans vs. The Rest on Monday at S.C.C: Sgt. Carey; Fl/Sgt. Shorey, Lt. T. L. E. Macmillan (capt.) Lt. M. Leonard-Williams, Sgt. Cronyn, Capt. J. R. Kellet: Capt. R. G. J. Kingsmill, Col. Wright, Lt.-Comdr. F. E Chevaliler,
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    339 16 Vacuna Wins Sailing Race At Changi On Friday a rac? for the monthly cup was sailed at the Changi Garrison Yacht Club. A run on the first leg resulted m the fleet of 11 boats arriving at the mark m a bunch, but after rounding it. the start of w
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    160 16 Electric Whip On Australian Racecourse London, Jan. 15. jOACING men will be intrigued by i 1 the news from Australia that an electric. Jockey's whip, which was picked up on a racecourse by a taxi-cab driver, is being inquired into by the stewards. It Li a cunning contrivance with cleverly
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    531 16 LONDON FIGHTS TOO FEW 30XERS In the North of England have a They want to see something m the nature of -,',l--on foreign boxers, who seem to be able to have m London wherever they please it sLft?3 i^iftartjrjs I have been inQuiring into these
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    247 16 "Points" For Referees Are Unfair l.oi'd'tn lvi fIETEREES. Th- old mark ng has cropped up that is the pract'ce ol dun ?iViii2 marks to the rei i of their games—ard m the opifl one famous football official hlmse once a referee -it cug! cd. Naturally, he said a man whole
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    66 16 On Friday, there wU afternoon race- for all at 5.25 p.m. On Sunday the Internal m3tre class will Bail the nr ths Black Swan l r 10.00 a.m. M The B da.<* will Challenge Cup •Johnstarting at 10 10 i.m The C dMtwlll sail for the
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