The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 4 April 1939

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    14 1 The Singapore Free Press NO. I I-Vil). 183"> TIKSDAY, APRIL 4, 10;» 5 CENTS
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    ANOTHER PLAIN WARNING TO GERMANY FROM PREMIER
    275 1 l Turning Point In British Policy lOPES FOR REASON IN PLACE OF FORCE London, Apr. 3. GREENWOOD (Labour, Wakefield) initiating 'the Foreign Affairs debate in the House of Commons! light, declared his belief that when the House rose, would be clear to the
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    Statement In Commons On Rumania
    105 1 Statement In Commons On Rumania II Foreig the I ill ti arms require of Runi sphei tiether i had i the pi Gen troop.-* and warplar.es In [1 Mr. not confirm sue: Replying to a question on Mr. Butlei >=id the mattei oi Danzig would no doubt come up in
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    27 1 lIF.IIR VON KIBBENTROP, the German Foreign Minister, and Dr. Joseph Urtwta, Lithuanian Foreign Minister, signing the agreement, in Berlin, by which Lithuania gave up Memel to Germany.
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    Britain Not Trying To Encircle Reich
    484 1 Britain Not Trying To Encircle Reich J ORD HALIFAX. Foreign Secretary, in the House o Ai Lords this evening made a statement on foreign affair? Lord Halifax referred to the ret*..,* kvUration on Poland and said contacts with the French government throughou these anxious times had heen very close. The
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    Re-election For Lebrun ?
    53 1 Re-election For Lebrun Paris, Apr. .">. TTIII.KK arc good reasons foi supposing that Iff. Lebrun will stand for re-election to the presidency. If this i«* m> Ms elect i foregone conclusion as M. Herriot and M. Francois Pietri have already renounced their candidatures, conditionall) upon M. Lebrun agreeing to stand
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    GAOL FOR LONDON BOMB TERRORISTS
    121 1 London. Apr. Seven men, found guilty at the Old Bailey on charges of conspiracy to cause explosions and possessing explosives or firearms, were sentenced today. The heaviest sentence, ten years' penal servitude, was passed on a 35--year-old Irish terrorist named Wharton, whom the judge said
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    STEAMER FIRE WORK OF I.R.A.?
    49 1 London, Apr. 3. A fire which broke out on the steamer Slieve Bearnaghon, on a voyage from Heysham to Belfast, is believed to have been caused maliciously, possibly by Irish Republican Army sympathisers. The lire was quelled before any serious damage was caused. Reuter
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    Beck's Visit To London FIRST MOVE IN NEW LINE-UP
    197 1 Beck's Visit To London FIRST MOVE IN NEW LINE-UP Anti-Aggression Folicy London. Apr. :>. MEWSPAPERS today give prominence to news of Col 1 Beck's visit, regarding it as the first step in the policy linking peace-loving states against aggression. Several newspapers declare that Rumania has been guaranteed protection by Britain
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    British Gtiarantee To Rumania
    93 1 British Gtiaran tee To Rumania London, Apr. If ING CAROL and his cabinet, it is understood, have decided to accept a guarantee by Britain against aggression by Germany, similar to that given to Poland, according to the Daily Telegraph. The newspaper states that if a reply to this effect is
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    French Views On Anti-German Bloc Plan
    124 1 French Views On Anti-German Bloc Plan Paris, Apr. n L VIVED confidence marks Press comment hen on developments Ing from the Anglo-French Initiative over the European .situation. Describing Mr. Chamberlain's plan as "vast" Petit Journal considers that n Col. Josef Beck. Polish 1 Minister (due in London this noon), t
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    Rumania To Receive Aid?
    99 1 Bacharest, Apr. IT is fell here that Britain and France, by their guarantee to Poland, have tnken a .step which involves them in the defence of other stem European couir A gliai> antee. for Rumania, against sion would, according to authoritative circles, be followed by credit
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    FOKKER BOMBERS FOR N.I.
    28 1 FOKKER BOMBERS FOR N.I. Hague, Apr. 3. Ministry oi I rdei ed 31 two-engined Pbkker bombing planes lor co-operation frith navy in home and East Indies wa Reuter
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      34 1 S THE FRESHNESS ,i) FRAGRANCE OF THE AYAN GARDENS DIRECT TO YOUR HOME TONIGHT I Cocktail Dance i DINNER and DANCE (informal) 9*45 to midnight SO ADMISSION CHARGE BAFFLES ORCHESTRA directed by DAN HOPKINS
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      113 1 1 1 THERE IS NO BETTER TEA THAN BIGIA TEA GROWN IN MALAYA SEA VIEW A HOTEL TONIGHT 6c TOMORROW NIGHT I——— ARE 1 J?£!y!^!!!I jc nights DINNER SERVED ON THE MOONLIT LAWN APPROPRIATE Ml SIC PLAYED BY OUR NEW ORCHESTRA DANCING IN THE BALL-ROOM 945 U MIDNIGHT DANCE TO
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    500,000 Troops For Defence Of Changsha
    46 2 Shanghai, Apr. 3. LJALF a million Chinese tro by newly-arrived mechanised units and well-trained up position apital of Hunan, •o Chi: hang, capital I n both KUngmen i i hinesc i i ted < t« n^ kirenftli in U»o .ijn Reuter
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    BRITISH MISSION BOMBED
    49 2 Shanghai \pr. s. A T ht- auditorium or I SngBaptist Mission was d< raid dropped more than 50 Lbs on the heart of the citj The historic drum tower was hit. and the offices of a Chinese newspaper •royed. The business quarter 01 severely damaged.- Reuter
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    CHINESE COUNTER-DRIVE ON PEARL RIVER PORT
    196 2 CHINESE COUNTER-DRIVE ON PEARL RIVER PORT Check For Southward Advance Of Japanese RAIDING BOMBERS ACTIVE IN KWANGTUNG PHINESE forces commenced a counter-attack on the at Kongmoon, river port on the south bank of the iVarl River, yesterday and succeeded in holding ud the iouthward advance of the Japanese, whose chief
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    Moscow Agreement Ends Fishery Dispute
    289 2 SOVIET-JAPANESE PACT t^ ile Moscow, Apr. 3. Ihk signing of the Rosso-Japanese new fishery pact look place here between Mr. Shigenori Totfoh, Japanese Ambassador in Moscow, and M. Maxim Litvinoff, Foreign Commissar of the Soviet Government. This followed a nine-houi iaik between Mr. Togoh and
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    "Japan Must Change Policy"
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    Chinese Fighting Back In Hupeh
    85 2 THF first of the counter-offen-se ev which the Chinese high command has been predicting is BOW in full swing. according to hinesc despatches from the llupeh front. These messages claim that Chinese troops launched a cotm-\er-orrt>:i»:w t<, the wtsi of Yokow. and succeeded in crossing
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    Gaol Sentence For Stealing Sand
    258 2 Gaol Sentence For Stealing Sand THEFT FROM SHORE "I AM satL-ned that the. accused n^d ao excuse for not knowing the gravity of the 1 ffence and f or thai >n it should be treated as an ordinary case of theft." .said Mr Conrad Oldham, in th^ Singapore Sr^ond Police
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    Republican Leaders Going To England?
    70 2 C Marseilles, Apr. 3. OL. Casado, former chief or the Republican forces, and other member* of the former Spanish Republican defence junta, arrived here on a British hospital ship today. Other Republican refugees aboard included General Mcnendez. and 200 other civil and military personages They
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    19 2 Ankara, Apr. 3. General Isrr.et Ineunu was today declared re-elected president of the Turkish republic lor four years —Reuter.
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    BENGAL MEMORIAL TO KING GEORGE V
    37 2 Calcutta, Apr. 3. Sir Robert Reid. act|ig-Governor of Bengal, today unveiled a bronze statue of Kins George V. which torm.s part of the state memorial to the king, now nearing Reuter
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    23 2 The Archbishop of Canterbury, who is 74. left London, on medical advice. to take some weeks' complete rest and change. Reuter reported ssterday.
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    Victims Of The Czech Tragedy
    81 2 MM>VB: An ofßeei t.t the C«e h bUU in in. worm. :uni..l hy his wife a»ul carrying h:s child, aa he ;;rri\ed in t; tfa Rni anian town of Siphet, to which he iled niih his eeJleagves from Carpatho-rkraine, following the sccapatlon of their country
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    CATHOLICS GAIN IN BELGIAN ELECTIONS
    73 2 CATHOLICS GAIN IN BELGIAN ELECTIONS Brussels, Apr. 3. piNAL r the Belgian elections show the new Chamber will be (old figures In parenthesis) Cat he: (63); Liberals, 33 (23); Socialists, 64 (70); Commii nine 'same); Rexists, four (21); Flei Nationalists. 17 <16>: Frenssen T rocrats and Ex-Sen one each. in
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    4 Hurt In Crash At Serangoon Road
    104 2 A N iamil woman and three male Chinese were Injured in accident in igoon Road, near the World, y* y ing, shortly before six o'clock. It appears a motor-car, driven by an E Ush-speaking Chinese, and a Chinese cyclist, came into collision, alter
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    JAPANESE VICTORY NEAR NANCHANG
    26 2 Reuter Shanghai. Apr. 3. Japanese military authorities officially claim the capture of Kaoan about 30 miles south-west ol Nanchang, capital of Kiangsi.—
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    15 2 lisbon, Apr. 3. The Portuguese QoTernment is buytog 15 Rpitnre fighting pianos from Britain.—Reuter. Reuter
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    24 2 Paris, I The French Air Iffnisfc Chamber, is leavinp by nir for thi.s afternoon. He will confer Sir Klngsley Wood, the B Minister.- Reuter
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    German Wor Hold Up Troop Trains
    50 2 German Wor Hold Up Troop Trains LAY DOWN ON ILJOVV Gemma u. children lay d»n\n u waj lines to taj the if nget vh« arrived P re by the K V >1 13 T] tli! The departur and c from happy under I 4 him but we bu personal liberty
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    "There's Always Tomorrow"
    89 2 Last Night's Fii "THERE'S ALWAYS TOMPi an Ursula Parrot morality play of several yeari back to the Pavilion Then performances yesterday, has st test of time better than most What one notices most In < son with modern films is tta overloaded with talk. 'There's Always Tomor:
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    Secrecy Over German Budget
    53 2 \TAUH for the promotion promt] U d into l.<the I ;tw which n rnment has no presenting cut and dr. ures to the public The Finance I I to assume guar for promotion of Ind limits of f In future it will h« rman> armanh n'
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    Singapore S. A. Cadets Get Their Commissions
    83 2 Singapore S. A. Cadets Get Their Commissions "Till to be tran ed I re given their c a commit the headquarter Road, last The ceremony. dier II. a. Lot d branch, wa 100 The CS who had month> in S commissioned lieutenants and their sections: (Men), Liai B h ip;
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    RISKS OF INFECTION IN PLANES
    79 3 Special Gear For Imperial Craft Tl any possibility tion being carried by mi the Imperial Airways I fitted with to permit disinfectation in ihr annual report ilth Bureau ot the ■upore. ridor conside- >rt 1 in South ming and p] In the ..d. Proposal From
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    APPEAL
    29 3 A Malaj koleh paddling under the loutidations of the new bridge which is hcini; built at Mental U connect the Mersing-Kndau road with the main Johore road system.
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    Indenture Of Settlement Appeal Concludes
    311 3 Indenture Of Settlement Appeal Concludes COUR T RESER VES DECISION DEGUN last week, the appeal relating to an indenture of settlement made h\ Sycd Shaikh bin Abdulrahman Alkaff, who died in HMO, was concluded before the Court of Appeal at Singapore yesterday. Judgment was The appeal is against the judgment
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    Siam's Healthy Rice Trade
    171 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Apr. I. \lf B Internati c imm tmpleted the 25th year I extern d it wi ■orv thfi 'ho yi i i lai free pivoted on »osal illy iii k Ing with the heavy surplus available, the present season hud not
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    European On Serious Charge
    77 3 A EUROPE/.^'. F. J. Pull who was involved in a fatal motoring accident in Woodlands Road on Feb. 26 will stand his trial before Mr. C. H. Whitton. Traffic Court Judge, on Api. 20. on a charge of ca the death of a Chinese woman, Koh
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    'A Notorious Switch-Box Thief Caught
    129 3 A D is a notori -bo. "*ih: t have personally an ed him In remarked Court Inspector M. M Whittles In the Singapore- Third Police Court, yea Appearing before Mr. K. A. Blackct, the magistrate, en a charge of attempting to steal the cover of
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    Three Eurasians On Charges Of Forgery
    152 3 THREE Eu s, M. W. Fruigtnsit, CO. Rodrigo ana V. H. Williams, appeared before Mr. Conrad oldham, The Singapore Second Police Court /day when a preliminary inquiry into allegations of forgery, abetment Of forgery and using a forged document as genuine was commenced. Accused,
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    Association Of Shorthand Writers
    99 3 At the 31st annual general meeting on the Singapore Shorthand Writers Association, the following were elected office bearers ior 1930:— Patrons, Mr. M. R. Menon. Mr. Cheang Peng Moh; President, Mr. Loke Weng Che.-, vice-president. Mr. Lau Hong Chiang (re-eiected) hon. secretary. Mr. Chan Thye Jim;
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    ST. JOHN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION
    44 3 The date ol the next St. John Ambulance Asscciation class m first aid is April 20, 6 p.m. at the General Hospital. The next class in Home Nursing will commence on Apr. 21 at 6 p.m. at the General Hospital.
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    JUDGE HAS TO VALUE SHARES
    588 3 Effect Of Restrictions On A TAXATION CLAIM pHE value of a block of shares in a Singapore company was fixed at $150 a share for the purposes of estate duty, by judgments by the Court of Appeal at Singapore yesterday. u he shares W€re held
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    FLATULENCE GOES LIKE MAGIC.
    204 3 Painful Stomach I)istre>>i Stopped Instantly. Never again need your stomach be distended by gas. No more heartburn. No more flatulence. Chardox gives instant relief Read this glov/in? tribute: "I have had wonderful tpIU-i since using Chardox. I read about it in the paper, and bought a
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    NEWS IN BRIEF
    320 3 /^•OOD progress Is h> ■]•.'>.: made by recently-inaugurated tre Intellectual Francais d< a club designed to enable Europ communities in Singapore to min more freely with Frrnch people and learn more of the French la and culture. The group will attempt to p ters with library of
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      71 3 The Picture hundreds are waiting for! mmm TAY GARNETT SPENT fr 2 MONTHS FILMING < r^j SINGAPORE SCENES jejgß WMf> FOR THIS EXCITING N A'^\X^:^"^Sfc ADVENTURE STORY— Jj '*)&Swff\ You'll see them j .1 a// in 'I jf "TRADE VVi^3DS" 4 l| flfl m\f BB^^^^^BB!9 VV i V^V TT _i^nl
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    QUESTION OF COIFFURE
    146 4 IJRESS designers asree with fash- ion writers, apparently, that the new "little girl" froclu, the s\irt which a: en inches from ground, extremely full, and often worn over petticoats which show below the I rvelv suited .e upswept hair-dressing gt Little girls do not dress their hair
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    Gay Hues In Sports Wear
    310 4 Gay Hues In Sports Wear THE pull there is these day., toward outdoor fun! All along the Pa t^l. Hollywo nd starlets of both ■exefl suddenly yearn to do a job of iiit Santa Barbara, Yacht ia or the tor of in- tnd whirr cameras is lr at tho drop
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    The Queen's Wardrobe For Canada
    947 4 BLUE ENSEMBLES PALE LILAC GOWNS CHOSEN /CANADIANS who remember the Queen's betrothal and the early years of her marriage associate with her a fondness for blue, for it was certainly one of her favourite colours at that time. Actually, she has not worn a great
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    What Do You Collect ?
    677 4  - What Do You Collect Marian Morgan By ■"THE pa>si n for making a collection of something or another seems to be inherent in I very one of us. Even tho.-e who ire not "collectors" in the obvious of the word find, upon probing into their tastefl and interests, there is
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    POSTAGE STAMP HATS & HOW THEY STARTED
    558 4 POSTAGE STAMP HATS HOW THEY STARTED JOHN FREDERICKS, the master-mind of the millinery world, disclaimed responsibility for posta<*e-<4amp stamp hats and advised women who owned them to toss them in the dust bin. "People. hiLsoa.nds n particular have been binmin-?: me for starting this fashion," he said. "They've called me
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    Something New In Decoration
    338 4 Something New In Decoration VyoMKN wfa want new in buttonhole! suits, by the way, may be in the idea of haviiu natural-looking flow ed in silks and sequins on of the jacket, or a traiiln mixed blooms tumbling out pocket, or their Iriiti coloured enamels fixed n the other on
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      28 4 DEATH V FLIES Photographic copies Of Frvv Press local pictures can ne obtained on a pp. lica t i o n to t iu* Price SO cents each
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      82 4 Economise today! si,op GIAN SINGH'S 2ND GRAND F EASTER OFFERS JP V You buy more for EAST EH These Bargains are your Jfc f^x BOYS STRIPF.I) SII.K '^V Jg I HORK()(RSFv |if X n U i/ M cotton rru naom Jll ™»xou \si:s (oioi itkt» fVfIS CALL TODAY L__~^^^^ il
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    206 5 >ENT is replying to the ad.lres. .;f fllcNN at the Guildhall, vhen ho his the guest of th^ Lord Mayor. Sir Frank Bowattr. and CorItj 01 London u lun. hean. Itesuie him »re th« Lord Mayor and Mm*. Ulmut Seated on ri^ht are (L to R, The Ludv Mayoms: i-lie«
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    WHAT CHINA CREDITS REALLY MEAN
    532 6 Value Political Rather Than Commercial HONG KONG'S ROLE Hong Kong. TIIK decision oi the British and United States Govern- nunls to aid China through credit loans and a currencj stabilisation fund is considered in this British Colony to have more significance politically than it has
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    53 6 Ml .11 1 Mrs. J. M. Warden, who were au aided the prize for the bc^t expoKition of the Viennese unit* at Raffles Hotel Mi SaturcU> night are seen just after receiving their awards from the jud«e.v Also is the picture, Mt. Vyner (>«>mez, Miss Helen Palmer. Mm Vvner Gome/,
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      Grievances Of Warders
      164 6 Grievances Of W arders <i«> the Editor of the Free Press) Sir,— l certainly ngreo with you tha the formation of a permanent boar< is certainly a necessity so as to enabl European prison officers to air ti:ci grievances. At Home I hear the Prison Officer have a :o:ird, and
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    69 6 A bandmaster for the F.M.S. Police has been selected and may be ex- j pected to arrive at the end of May, I says the Malayan Police Magazine. The Resident oi Selangor has appointed Mr. W. S C. Leech to be a member of the Pilot Board in the plac?
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    U.S. As Buyer Of By-Products From Coconuts
    477 6 U.S. As Buyer Of By-Products From Coconuts IMPORTANCE OF PHILIPPINES Washington. fOCONUT oil and olive oil were the only important products In the and oil fields that arrived in the United States in larger volume during 1938 than in 1937, according to annual survey by Mr. Charles E. Lund, fats
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    Where Planes Have To Be Restricted
    74 6 Ottawa. With changing methods of transportation, Canadian trapping laws have had to be altered to prevent the wholesale destruction of lur-bearing animals in Canada's northlands. Use of aeroplanes by trappers has been limited In the Dominion only to transportation between the points of outfitting
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    22 6 MR. NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN leaving- No. 10 Downing Street on the evening of Mar. 19 for the Palace, where he met the King.
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    Philippines Offer A Home To The Jews
    252 6 Philippines Offer A Home To The Jews 'AN EXAMPLE TO OTHER: Manila. IN offering a peri: home to 10,000 Jews cast out of Germany, the Philippines sets an example Cor other democratic nations to follow, according to Jorge Bocobo, president of the University of the Philippines. It is a striking
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    PIPE LINE FROM CAIRO TO SUEZ
    73 6 1™ T is U Governnu at has I pipe line from Buei to des< rl The 1 I, but will b fully protected. In vu w Of the present Eastern Europe and the Egypt, through Alt largely upon I ation oi this first-class Important
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      112 6 fSINGAPUIit. LIU.J upcountry distributors. A NEW MEMBER OF THE STANDARD OUTSTANDING FEATURES of the "8" Federal Motor Garage Ltd.—lpoh, fFOr Wr?LcyTK%ahT iriCe FAMILY dedicated to those requiring a include 48 miles per gallon top ipted Federal Motor Garage Ltd. K Lumpur (For Setangor, Pahant really economical car, providing full 60
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    Clark Gable Breaks Into "Who's Who"
    326 7 Clark Gable Breaks Into "Who's Who" London, Mar. 22. CLARK GABLE and Robert Taylor have made the British Who's Who for the first time m the 1939 edition, while the Duchess of Windsor again rates but a tare mention. Along with the two Hollywood actors. I who get a paragraph
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    New Wealth In Tokio's Slums
    154 7 I okio, Apr. 3. DOOMING munition industries axe bringing prosperity and luxuries to a class of Japanese previously restricted to the dreary, poverty-stricken life of the slums. A Tokio department store recently received an order for two "extraspecial" easy chairs. The delivery truck driver was
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      14 7 ALHAMBRA NEXT WEEK Another Comedy Hit from Warners presenting The Sweethearts of "BROTHER RAT"
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      182 7 OPENING TONIGHT PAVILION Rflurddr in The Movie Colony !oS^Bk ..Panic in the hearts of dn v 4^ innocent boy and girl 1 A \^j^Br^B mystery melodrama to hold m^ you breathless with suspensel ojL^ |0W "FRANK ALBERTSON tLEAHOR LYNN ALLAN LANt JONATHAN HALE ii^i, BRADLEY PAGE RUSSELL HICKS ■MM ADRIANNE
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    The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 1939. Poland & The Powers
    611 8 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 1939. Poland The Powers pOLONKL JOSEF BECKS visit to London this week, although arranged several months ago, could not have come at a more appropriate- moment. The seriousness of the European situation in relation to the German threat to Poland is made clear
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    6 8 ADOLF IS A GREAT LITTLE UNITER
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    Four Power's Pledge To Resist Aggression
    660 8  - Four Power's Pledge To Resist Aggression PERTINAX By rvilE DIPLOMATIC negotiations now in progress appear to have reached the following point. The British Government, has proposed that France, Soviet Russia and Poland should sign a joint declaration whereby they and Britain would pledge themseh to lend each other mutual assistance
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    Seven Danger Spots Today
    471 8  -  J.A. Morris By ADOLF Hitler's drive to the east in the past month has added 35,000 square miles and more than 10,000,000 people to Greater Germany and brought repercussions from points as far away as the United States and Australia. The question the democracies are •asking
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      35 8 I Here's a Device to Save Lena Strains and Breakage. I THIS SCREW eSS CONSTRUCTION is only obtained from Han Sin Optical House I Manufacturing Ophthalmic Optician I'HGNE 6363. I ;<jo, North Bridge Road, Singapore.
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    WARRANT ISSUED FOR ARREST OF A EUROPEAN
    184 9 WARRANT ISSUED FOR ARREST OF A EUROPEAN Failure To Appear On CHEQUE~~FOR $70 ANOTHER warrant of arrest has been issued against a European, Philip Farrington, aired 50, who tailed to make an appearance in the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday, to answer a charge of alleged cheating preferred against him,
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    39 9 pkltllte. iIRPOB I SNAPSHOT.—Mia Helen Palmei (left), »4wrmei member of the M.irms Show, who left < uni[>,ui\ at Singapore and is retarnlß| to h#r luie in North Caroi.i \t Sunday. Also in the Mctmrt is viis^ S>»»il Kleminan. Free Press
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    SAILORS STEAL A $1,000 CAR
    29 9 Naval Men Fined $7 Each TiiKFH ™1 seamen, ;V,;, I). Miller, 23, Owen and Sydney uuilt> to motor-car i fined ST Third her tiOll,
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    Oranges For Soviet Sailors
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    Sikh Conference At Easter
    117 9 lpoh. Apr. 1. 0 U 8,000 are at lpoh fro:;i lu -ter vach the confern of 0 A)^r. 7 ;ind ihi ing lary arrangethe visitors. tield periodically the lust having Lumpur In 1932. ;übject« that tition ol the conlon of i<ikh chll- i tongue. At the
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    37 9 'liie Resident of Selansor has appointed Mr J. E. S. Coaner to be a member of the Rubber Supervision Licensing Board for the district of Ulu Langat. in the place of the late Mr. J. H. Bailie.
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    Youth Steals Four Medals From Host
    155 9 MARKET TALE OF HARDSHIP I >ld Indian youth who lin and a key from a compatri who had given him board and lodging, appeared In th< Third Police c<-urt j The /out! i pleadtheft f ai i months on a ii the sum ol
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    Husband Lives On Ex-Wife's Prostitution
    212 9 VTACOB bin H.gi Jaffar, a Malay who was accused by his former of forcing' her into prostitution. (i living on her earnings, was sentenced u> two month orcus Imment by Mr. Conrad Oldham. .id Police Magistrate Tie was d with havlni in part of the
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    Law Notice For The Day
    49 9 Law Notice For The Day Before the Chief Justice, S.S., Chief Justice, F.M.S. and Mr. Justice a'Beckett Terrell in Ist Court at 10.30 a.m. Court of Criminal Appeal. Appeal No. 1/39 Rex vs. Chan Yeow. Mr. Justice Pedlow at Malacca Civil cases. Before the Registrar at 10 a.m. Taxations.
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    25 9 pi« tur**. .Mr. vl V. Moore, B *<>u»f; Shanghai Chinese, who has arrived at Singapore after studying aviation in England for several years.— Free Press
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    CHINESE AIR EXPERT
    143 9 Trained In Britain AHIGHLY-qualined Chinese at .tical t who was on the staff <>t imperial Airways at Croydcn Airport and whe has b «n trained at a leading British flying school as a pilot, has arrived v by Imperial Airways flying-boat He is Mr. M. if. Moore,
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    A New Malayan Religious Journal
    50 9 A new quarterly religious journal, the Malayan Theosophist, has just been published. The first issue includes h list of Malayan lodges of the Theosophical Society, a list of books and pamphlets, an editorial and two articles -—•'The Ideals of a Theosophlst" and "The Golden Stairs."
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    How Royal Artillery Gunner Died
    444 9 THE Coroncr'.s inquiry into the fatal shell explosion on Pulau g during the recent defence i' suiting in the death of Gunner Janu I Murray of the 22nd avy Battery, the Royal Artillery. came to a conclusion ye.sterday with the evidence of Gunner David Allen,
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    LONDON WELCOMES CUT IN TIN QUOTA
    1413 10 LONDON WELCOMES CUT IN TIN QUOTA Visible Supplies Must Be OVER-EXPORT PROBLEMS (From Our Own Correspondent I London, Mar. 22. OXDON'S Metal Exchange cordially welcomes the decision of the International Tin Committee, announced this afternoon, to cut the gross export quota by 5 per cent, to 40 per cent, for
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    B. B. C. Welcome German Broadcasts
    91 10 London, Mar. 24. Sir Stephen Tallents, Director of Public Relations at Broadcasting House, stated yesterday that the 8.8 C. wel--come without reserve the new German service of broadcasts in English. He added that they could not but regard them as a .sincere comoliment to
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      415 10 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS TENDERS. SINGAPORE f MUNICIPALITY, Tenders. h g Tender* ar now invited for the t follow! materials or services. For particulars see Municipal Tender i Supply of 4.200 Jinrickshaw reflector 1 1 OS. (Deposit $50). Date of t Closing. 4 pin., June 1. 1039 C Supply of Bitumen and
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      452 10 URGENT A MESSAGE TO ALL WHO ARE LOSING WEIGHT All over Malaya, there are men and romen who art gradually losing v;eight. 'ir.st their cheeks begin to get a little hinner —then their dresses and suits eem to hang a little more loosely... 'hey try not to notice —but they
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      630 10 RADIO PROGRAMMES SINGAPORE IUUAI ZHL 825 metre* ZJUP 30.36 metres. 5 00 Programme of Malay variety, f 6.00 Teochew muiic. t 7.00 Children's p.ogramme. (English). 7.30 News announcements. 7.45 "The Y.W.C.A. Pioneers." A talk by Miss F. Knight. 8 00 Gypsy music, t 8.35 News and unnouncemente. Relayed from London.
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      399 10 BANK OF CHINA (Incorporated in China by Special Chart/- r 12. Cecil Street, Singapore. Telephones: Manager's Office 61 it Asst Manager's Office »;«}< Exchange l>ept 6 in General Office «i.i Cable Address: CHUNGKBO* Tour A S Ss°e f U* Ch-f 52°n approximately Ch. JB,(K»9 000 OM ot Tsc-Vunß Soong. Chairman
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      LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCK & SHARES
      322 11 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCK SHARES Last Night's Quotations j from London 5.30 p. m. Yesterday animation unless Latest Quotations Previously D 5 PC 1944-64.... 101 107^ < po 19«H)-W 105 r, a lOS 1 nc 95 951 4 \s?ce (UJitfl) 8 r > 8 B s^ hare 10a pa.)
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      THE COMMODITY MARKETS From London 5.30 p. m. Yesterday
      176 11 RUBBER Firm London: 8 1 16d 8'jd. Previously: 8d. 8 1 16d May-June: 8 1 16d. 3 3,16d. Previously: 8d 8 1 16d* July-Sept.: 8 3 16d. BV4<1 Previously: 8 1 16d 8> 8 d Oct.-Dec: g».,d. 8^. Previously: 3'qd. 3
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      SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES
      1253 11 From Exchange Telegraph Co. Fraser And Co.'s List MONDAY, APR S, 1939: •> P.M. Buyers Sellers Ampat Tin »4_) 3s 3d. 3s 9d Austral Amal. vos) 4s 9d 5s 3dAustral Malay 39s 44s Ayer Hitam (ss) 20a 21s Ayer Weng ($1) .05 .70 Bangrin Tin
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      THE METAL MARKETS From London: Latest Quotations
      58 11 THE METAL MARKETS From London: Latest Quotations Spot: ~2H> 3s. Previously: £215 17s. 6d. Three months: £215 2s. W, Previously: 8214 12s. 6d. NEW YORK 11 N 46.65. Previously; 40.50. COPPER: .43 7s. 6d. Previously: £43 ss. GOLD: Yesterday: £7 Bs. Previously: £7 Bs. 6d. SIL\ ER: Spot *****6d. Previously.
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      Foreign Exchange Rates London Closing Quotations
      68 11 Foreign Exchange Rates London Closing Quotations Method ol Parity oerore Latest Centre Quoting 20-9-31 Rate Previously Paris Franc to 124.11 176 13 16 178% New York... Sto 4.8655 4.68 3 b 4.68% Amsterdam... Guilders to 12.10 S.Sl^ B.Bl* Hong Kong.. Per dollar Is. 213 16d. Is. 2\ t d Shanghai...
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      Daily Share Report
      73 11 V HI I) liv I K vm R \\o CO. AT J,i^ CI > I BUSINESS RDAY at middas was M«s up Price of Rubber at I >uyers Spot IS cents. epteaaber !8'. cents, ta the l,n and Rubber shwwew a t is compared *daj ».m business
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION
      45 11 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION <" LOCK NOOM Muyers Sellers April ty-June -7 28 July-Sept t/ h 28 Oet-Dee n 28^ Tone of Market: Very steady. Latest Cable: London Spot She.-t 1 15 16d per Id. New Tort Qpot Sheet U.S. cU 'e U|l< Der 1b
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      Local Exchange Rates
      155 11 till I and 2 3 Switzerland demand MOfc Hamburg demand 134 Montreal demand 54 li Batavla demand 101^ bamarang demand 101 Calcutta, Bombay and Rangoon demand 154 Madras, Colombo demand 154 Hong Kon^ demand 53H ..ti demand 30 J .B Amoy, Canton. Foocnow and 30^ Swatow demand
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      MARKET PRICE LIST
      415 11 Singapore. Mar. 31. MEAT Be< k. Kati 36 Beef stew or curry do 30 Fillet Steak lb- 55 Mutton, Australian do 35 Pork, loan K. 1 Pork, lean and fat (Ist. quality) do 36 Capons 'locally reared) Kati 50 Ducks each 38 Fowls Kati 30 Hens (locally
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      Current Company Dividends
      138 11 List Supplied By Messrs. Fraser Cf Co. MONDAY, APR 3, 1!»39: 5 P.M. Total for Company Dividend Books Financial TIN Close Date Ex. Div. year Batu Selangor 2W* Apr 12 Apr. 18 Apr. 13 2 l 2 rr Johan 5% Final Apr. 8 Apr. 15 Apr. 9
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    THE MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE
    2092 12 THE MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE (CHAPTn i proposed Municipality re under Section j 362 ol luntcipal Ordin^ Chapter I pfOpO ed to re-define the Limius oi the Munitmder: All penonj affected by such retiition and who object thereto ar i invir Ice their objections known in writing to the Colonial y in
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    Civil Defence To Give Work For 300,000
    290 12 Civil Defence To Give Work For 300,000 London. M;ir. M. THERE is work for a year for more than 300,000 people In Britain from the civil defence programme on which, it was announced yesterday, a further 1 £25,000.000 will be spent from Trea- i sury funds. This is only about
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    JAPAN'S POLICY A TTACKED
    535 12 JAPAN'S POLICY A TT ACKED Ignoring Third Powers' Interests In China ISOLATION OF SHANGHAI MR. Cx. Boolsen, German chairman of the Shanghai t] General Chamber of Commerce, in his annual report published today, charged that Japan was ignoring third t< power trade interests in China for the furtherance of c
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    U. S. Air Base In Puerto Rico ?
    258 12 U. S. Air Base In Puerto Rico Washington, Mm the establishment of a UnJ air base in Puerto Rico, n i garded by naval observe certainty will go far toward this country's control of the c<: "airtight." competent sou. A favourable naval rtcommei to the next session ol C i.,r
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    POST OFFICE A.R.P. LECTURE
    28 12 En Di the I Office pore, wei IMr D. Kupp. Club Sera: ri, on 8 Mr Kuppasamy himself, ce omr i Qrade 1 tnstnid
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    23 12 While 17 nuns were ;u prayer Tyburn Convent, Hyd. Paddington. W., London, fire brokp behind the altar, but Ulched within a f*'w mimr
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    Canada's Big Fish Exports
    171 12 Canada' s Big Fish Exports Ottawa. /CANADIAN fisheries benentted by an I export for their products in 1938 tc the value or $27,506,000 which, al- though slightly below the 1937 total, exceeded the five-year average by 1 nearly $3,200,000. Fresh and frozen fish amounting to 1,256.523 cwts. valued at $11,344,363
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    Little Straits Copra Sold In London
    293 12 Little Straits Copra Sold In London London. Mar. 1 1. TIRADE in copra has been quit brisk during the past month though prices have receded bo what during the last U n <la Frank Ferur and Co. report h their current circular thai thr com modity is considered to be
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    JEAN LAHORDE
    39 12 JEAN LA HORDE The m.v Jean Laborde. from Ma ttilles, via Port Said, Djibouti ai Colombo, is expected on Thursday, about 7 a.m. she will sail at abo 12 noon for Saigos, H >ng Kong, Shan hai a?id Kobe.
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    39 12 Women On the mid wives' roll Britain increased in number by 2.0 in the year ended March, 1938, stat the annual report ot the Central Mi< wives* Board, but of the total of 67,0 only 17.494 were In practice.
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      675 13 More British Ships Use Suez Canal ITALIAN CUSTOM DECLINES r-Lii^ London, Mar. 22. THE total tonnage passing through the Suez Canal last Vvear was 2,073,000 tons, six per cent, less than in 1937, but greater than in any other year since the opening of the Canal. It may be observed
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      569 13 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Ocean Building, Collyer Quay, Sinjapor* Tel HM| Chartered Dank BuildJnr, Pen^ng T«L IMC 1 BLUE FUNNEL LINE. FAST SERVICES MARSEILLES. LONDON, CONTINENT AND GLASGOW (in conjunction witn Uic Glen line) aJSvow w arS LdOD< A dam H bur Awer P Mid. In Port A^. il9 4 THF^ptVq
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      571 14 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated in F.M.S.) IMrPIIONK: FrHsht 5433— Passage 543L CANADIAN MCINC WWIDI QStAPtn IJBAVEL SYSTHII i lxjcoi-porated In Mn^Undi "Jlli mrKlv> KUI 11. offers JHWS-PACIFIC SERVICES via HONOLULU or dired BBfTEI S8 to \N( (IL'VER— ACROSS CANADA by TRANS-CONTIN-i \l TRAIN without change— thence by CANADIAN PACIFIC ATLANTIC
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      85 14 For Everything Appertaining to Ocean Passages, Foreign Money Exchange and Freight apply CORK'S 1 woo to V^SrAvgP'sgpvtcti 39. ROBINSON ROAD No Rooking Fees. Telephone sf>oB. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION FOR HONG KONG, SHANGHAI, MOJI KOBE AND OSAKA s. s. SANTHIA H,0«0 TONS SAILING APR. fi, AT 3 P.M. The above
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      648 14 Air Mail Arrivals INWARD imperial: From Europe due Wednesday, Friday, Saturday mornings. Wearnes: From I'enang. Ipoh, and Kuala Lumpur. Arrives every evening. K.L.M.: From Netherlands Indies: Arrives Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday afternoons. Qantas: From Australia: Arrives Tuesday, Friday, Sunday mornings. K.L.M.: From Europe: Arrives Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday evenings. K.N.1.L.M.: From Saigon:
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      614 14 And Despatches SINGAPORE HARBOUR The following ships are alongside the Singapore Harbour Board Wharves or expected to arrive: East Wharf, Entrance Gate 1; Exit 1: Cremer 22. Main Wharf, Entrance Gate 2; Exit 3: Hoegh Silverstar 16; Glenroy 14; President Monroe 11; Menesti.o;is 9; Darvel 7. Empire Dock, Entrance Gate
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    ENTRIES FOR IPOH RACES
    131 15 Two Days' Skye Meeting 71 HORSES TO COMPETE ifrom Our Own Correspondent) S' -totalling 71 have bem'reiived meetin 7 hero u ill Irlrkni for the 5 furtl PONIES CLASS 4 fur wcond 5 far.. <all r for both c ifre will I Complete entries are: HORSES
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    Todays Contract Bridge Problems
    34 15 Todays Contract Bridge Problems David B his red a 'line wV In rith the, ,)ade I I risk dumi; old r uf fa m I not yo a hand. tor trump. Y 8 7
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    Clerc And Mrs. Cherrington In Today's Final
    56 15 /in is C ien of tne lawn n t hey .d Mis. y 0 6—4, n wlB A: htr in Thout. ton h d prod tr errors at >> amends in hp was I 'I play and rapport hv v vk in me--01
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    24 15 picture. I li>i i lai the S.C.C. vs. MalayS reserve division soccer fixture on the Padang j% LirJa; 'iiij won 1 1.- Free Press
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    Malays Head S.A.F.A. League Tables
    421 15 Malays Head S.A.F.A. League Tables Q* l i k i i -to-date are DIVISION I P. W. L. D. P. A. Pi: 4 4 0 0 20 3 8 5 3 2 0 16 9 6 5 2 12 0 4 6 12 0 1 7 3 5 R.C. 3
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    Canada's Bill For Feminine Beauty
    53 15 Ottawa. ladiana spent approximately I :$%500.000 in 1937 In toilet preparations I Including prefumes, toilet waters, faccj ftms. brilliantine, face powders, lip- j sticks, batli salts, compacts, manicure preparations, tooth pastes and tooth! powders. Of this total, domestic proi duction accounted ior approximate Ip« r
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    Malay Reserves Score First Win Against S.C.C.
    320 15 Malay Reserves Score First Win Against S.C.C. REGISTERING thfrir iirst win of trie .season In tour outings, tho M reseives convincingly defeated an S.C.C. reserve team by lour goals to one In a league nxtiue on the padang a.y. The Malays were the better team and rould havo won by
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    15 15 picture. .mm Kett,.^ all four soals for his side ,1 immcttt taring tbe Free Press
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    Last Year's Athletic Successes
    338 15 ASSOCIATIONS REVIEV/ championship meeting, last year, from tb- point oi view of competitive athletics, proved best since the formation of the states the report of the Seen the r Athletic Association, Mr. J. 5. de Sou P res annual meeting on Apr 12, ai th S.C.C.
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    Guldahl 279 For Four Rounds
    78 15 \Ua»: -rsia. Apr 'T'HK I.S. open fell champion. Ralph (■uUtahl. ag^rcßated .17*). a course record, in winning the Masters tournament today. Sam Snead was second with "280. and Lauson. Little and Billy Burke third with >82. Guldahi had rounds ot 70. 08 70 and 69.
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    Johore Club Golf
    65 15 The Royal Johore International Club's women's monthly competition tor April will be held on Wednesday. < Apr. 19— nine holes stroke. The men's monthly medal will be j played on Thursday, Apr. 27 and Sun-, day. Apr. 30, -troke 18 holt The c'ub championship qualifying round will
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    Malayan Golf Championship Meeting
    200 15 Malayan Golf Championship Meeting OY courtesy of the Royal Singapore Golf Club, the annual meeting of the Malayan Golf Association will be held at Bukit Timah over th< week-end Competitions are open to DM of clu^s affiliated to the Malayan Golf Association. The pi ne of events is as follows:
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    S.L.T.A. Finances Should Be Reconsidered
    463 16 LOSS OF $400 LAST YEAR »«THE main activity of the Association in L938 was the reception of the Java team which came over in \ugui id played a team match against Malaya, and members of which played in the Malayan championships." stated the report presented
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    33 16 pirture. R». s < C. goalkeeper, runs ol ,t to meet a Malay forward in \f lay'i rcMT\r division fixture played aw th< padang. The Malays won t»\ foni goals to sue Free Press
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    S.C.R.C. Meeting
    21 16 8 itifled that the annual ng V ii\ i )0 tomorn 5 M) p.ra at the club Im Green.
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    Chinese Superior To S. H. B.
    205 16 THE s.C.F.A. second team had an easy 1 Win day when they defeated the S H.B by six goals to one in a Div. 2R soccer fixture on the S.H.B. ground. Exchanges were fairly even fa the first half, thr losers giving a good
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    Mat INoor Scores Four Goals For Post Office
    345 16 yHE Post Orti.-o have a substantial lead in Dlv. ha of the league. ding seven players who have played for the State, they took lull points from tho Marines at the Stadi.un winning 4—l. All the winners' goals were scored by Mat
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    SAPPERS SCRAMBLE FOR A DRAW
    462 16 or dons N early Cause KEEN PLAY AT SELARANG THOUGH they were the more impressive side during 1 the game, the R.E. narrowly escaped defeat by the Gordon Highlanders in their first division match at Selerang yesterday. The teams drew two-all, a last minute goal
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    Escobar Retains His Title
    108 16 San .fuatl. Puerto Rico, Apr. 3. CIXTO ESCOBAB retained his world's bantam-weight title, out-pointing "K.0." Morgan, from Detroit, over 15 rounds. A crowd of 12.0H0 saw Morgan score in the early rounds with leiU to the face and with his ln<4Aghtin£, till Escobar retaliated in the
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    $100 Paid For Miss Hoahing's Racquet
    159 16 $100 Paid For Miss Hoahing's Racquet (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 3. RiIAKING her appearance in Kuala Lumpur in aid of the China Reliei Fund, Miss Gem Hoahing gave a splendid performance on the S.C.R.C. courts today. In a singles match she was opposed by Mrs. E. Q.
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    R.A.F. (T.D.) Draw With Malay Signals
    69 16 The R.A.F. (T.D.) team drew 2—2 with the Malay Signals In, their Div. lIA match at Seletar yesterdav. Exchanges were fast and Harris! made several good saves before Powell beat him to put the R.A.F. one up. Slavin equalised for the signals but ,Vout
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    Spectators Rush Player, Teams Protect Him
    113 16 FIXTURE AT 3. R. ABANDONED jyi'-'i^K n 200 spi IVI the 8 clay evening half-* .second half of a. r in an apparent attempt cne of the pi The scene, witn caused the Imi the which S.R C. and the Ban!-, play< dent v
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    153 16 I/URTHER ties were decided day in the SRC. lawn championships as folio* MEN'S OPEN Dm Bl BS Dr. S. L. Oehlers and N S beat G. E N. Oehlera and R i 8-6, 7—5. WOMEN S OPEN 3INGI Miss B. S P. O Fulton, w. o. MIXED DOUBLES
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    Amateur Boxing Championships Deferred
    254 16 Amateur Boxing Championships Deferred A NEW provisional date for the Singapore amateur boxing ch unpionships was fixed for between May 22 and 27. instead of the original dates May 8 to May 13, at a meeting of the Association held at St. Andrew's School last evening. This was due to
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    Y.M.C.A. DOUBLES FINAL
    28 16 In the men's doubles final of the Y.M.C.A. tennis tournament Comdr. E J. Mockler and H. Kamis beat Yadi and S. A. Dawood, 9—7, 6—3.
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