The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 18 July 1939
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Title Section17 1939-07-18 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 15,831. ESTD. 1835 TUESDAY, JULY 18, 1939. 5 CENTS17 words
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Article, Illustration14 1939-07-18 1 Übl Olive Liddell. of Gibraltar -jphed before ■or the Rock.14 words
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75 1939-07-18 1 I London, July 17. I I AS IK B KIP. the ury, addressing the Federation of the cribed the as the Foreign Ottawa a:ree- the keystone system and and also to his inability to i Empire's it provides een free A forces I >fReuter - 75 words
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Article49 1939-07-18 1 London. July 17. AN incendiary bomb explosion occurred m the cloakroom of the parcels office at Wolverhampton Station early this morning. Windows were Mown out and .he office partially wrecked. No one was injured The Irish Republican Army is believed to be responsible.— ReuterReuter - 49 words
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Article39 1939-07-18 1 Tsingtao, July -7 "THE ENTIRE CHINESE staff of the British Consulate has resignea. it :s believed that they have been IniLI midated, although the staff themsel- es j state that their action is voluntary.— ReuterReuter - 39 words
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Article, Illustration362 1939-07-18 1 No Demands Made Yet, Says Chamberlain POSITION AT TIENTSIN SAID TO BE BETTER London, July 17. QUESTIONED m the House of Commons regarding the Tokio discussions on Tientsin, the Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, said that there had been many statements m the Press, both362 words
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87 1939-07-18 1 Inquiry Into P. O. Liner Explosion Colombo, July 17. TT IS THOUGHT that spontane- ous combustion may have caused the explosion m the P. and O. liner Narkunda m which it is now established four members of the crew were killed. A court of inquiry has been opened into theReuter - 87 words
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Article126 1939-07-18 1 London, July 17. DEFERRING to the trial of Lieut.-Col. C. R. Spear, British Military Attache to China, the Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, said that m view of the obviously unsatisfactory nature of such procedure the British Ambassador to Tokio, Sir Robert Craigie, had madeReuter - 126 words
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Article97 1939-07-18 1 London, July 17. IN THE House of Commons, Mr. Geoffrey Lloyd announced that comprehensive plans have been prepared for the maintenance of the production of coal m time of war and for the control of the distribution and price of coal, coke and manufactured fuel.Reuter - 97 words
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Article26 1939-07-18 1 rrHE BLACK-OUT m Penang last night was a complete success, telephones the Free Press Penang correspondent. Three R.A.F. plane* took part m the exercise.26 words
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69 1939-07-18 1 London, July 17. T^HE HOME FLEET Is being strength- ened by one capital ship for the period of the summer exercises. The Admiralty announces that H.M.S. Ramillies will be attached to the Home Fleet temporarily for exercises m August and she will arrive atReuter - 69 words
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Article68 1939-07-18 1 Tokio, July 17. OOVIET Outer Mongolian warplanes have penetrated Manchukuo territory as far as Fularki, according to a Kwangtung Army communique quoted by Domei Agency dispatch from Hsinking. They dropped eight bombs and two houses were destroyed, seven people being seriously injured. The Manchukuo Foreign68 words
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44 1939-07-18 1 (From Our Own Correspondent/ London, July 17. &/IAJOR R. L. NUNN, Director of Public 1"1 Works, S.S., was the leading Colonial shot m the King's Prize at Bisley, finishing sixth with 275.— Free Press I Cablegram.44 words
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201 1939-07-18 1 Men Were Alive 33 Hours After Fatal Dive London, July 17. AT the Thetis inquiry today, the Mersey Harbour Board salvage officer, Captain Hart, described two attempts to take off one of the stern covers of the lost submarine and said that after the secondReuter - 201 words
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123 1939-07-18 1 London, July 17. r\URING 15 Parliamentary day^ that remain before the House of Commons rises for the Summer recess, the Government intends to dispose of all emergency legislation as well as to transact other outstanding business, apart from that which can conveniently be leftBritish Wireless - 123 words
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Article132 1939-07-18 1 GENERAL ON VISIT TO WARSAW Anglo-Polish Staff Talks London, July 17. A NGLO-POLISH STAFF talks will begin m Warsaw tomorrow and General Sir Edmund Ironside, Inspector-General of Overseas Forces, left Croydon by air this morning, travelling to Warsaw via Copenhagen and Gdynia. He will proceed from Gdynia to Warsaw byReuter - 132 words
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87 1939-07-18 1 London, July 17. THE Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, stated m the House of Commons that instructions had been sent to Sir William Seeds, British Ambassador at Moscow, and he was not m a position to add anything to recent statements on the progress ofReuter - 87 words
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Article107 1939-07-18 1 London. July 17. THE CONGRESS si the Federation of Chambers ol Commerce of the Empire has adopted a resolution declaring that a balanced distribution of population within the Umpire is essential to continue welfare and security and has called for a conference of Home -inri Empire Governments, including107 words
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Advertisement68 1939-07-18 1 BIGIA TEA BRINGS THE FRESHNESS AND FRAGRANCE OF THE |U A H GARDENS DIRECT TO YOUR HOME J°aieht Cocktail Dance 7 p.o to 9 p.m. ft N* X R an cl DANCE (informal) midnight. Raffles Orchestra NO ADMISSION CHARGE "Tup HOok 3!AL EVENT of THE SEASON! EAHLV£ orTHE CIRCUS COMES68 words
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Advertisement71 1939-07-18 1 THERE IS NO BETTER TEA THAN BIGIA TEA GROWN IN MALAYA SEA VIEW H HOTEL TONIGHT WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY 6c SATURDAY SPECIAL DINNER, DANCE CABARET MaaaM-.----_-_-_-___-__-_--_---MMaßM«^>^-» SPLENDID FLOOR SHOW BY EDNA BELLEFONTAINE NOTED YOUNG ENGLISH DANCER DINNER NON- DINERS SL— DINNER DANCE MUSIC BY THE ADELPHI SEA VIEW HOTELS ORCHESTRA DIRECTED71 words
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395 1939-07-18 2 Verbal "Sparring Match" Gets Prominence In London Papers THE second conversation between the Japanese Foreign Minister Mr. Hachiro Arita, and the British Ambassador to Tokio, Sir Robert Craigie, scheduled for yesterday afternoon was postponed until tomorrow. The Anglo-Japanese verbal "sparring match" m Tokio on Saturday395 words
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133 1939-07-18 2 China Watching Tokio Talks Closely BELIEVES BRITAIN WILL BE FIRM Chungking, July 17. CHINESE CIRCLES here are paying very close attention to the Anglo-Japanese talks m Tokio and Chinese observers are confident that Great Britain will not deviate from her fundamental Far Eastern pohc> m the face of Japanese threats.Chinese Central News - 133 words
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Article181 1939-07-18 2 Tokio, July 17. THE situation m Europe as well as m the Far East will forbid Britain to persist m her assistance to the Chiang Kai-shek regime, according to the Kokumin Shimbun, Tokio daily. Therefore, the paper says, let Britain assist the Chiang Kai-shek regimeJapanese Eastern News - 181 words
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Article68 1939-07-18 2 London, July 17. REPRESENTATIONS had recently A^ been made by the Foreign Office to a bank with headquarters m London and whose branch m Shangha had been co-operating with the Japanese authorities m weakening the Chinese exchange fund, said the Foreign Under-Secretary, Mr. R. AReuter - 68 words
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59 1939-07-18 2 Hong Kong, July 17. JIEAVY RAINS m North China have flooded a large section of the Japanese-occupied areas and washed away a sections of railway tracks, affecting four railways, namely the Peiping Hankow. Chengting Taiyuan, Feiping-Kupeikow and Tatung-Puchow railways, with the Peiping-Hankow line being theChinese Central News - 59 words
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Article51 1939-07-18 2 London, July 17. DURHAM drew with the West Indies. Durham 101 and 42 for 3. West Indies, 203. Rain interfered with play. Kent won by 98 against Gloucestershire. Kent 182 (Fagg 77 and Srott 5 for 86) and 189 (Ames 79). Gloucestershire, 170 and 103 (Wright 6 forReuter - 51 words
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Article41 1939-07-18 2 IfNOCKED down by a motor-car m Kallang Road yesterday afternoon, a Chinese cyclist who has not yet been identified was taken to hospital by ambulance m a dying condition. He is believed to have fractured his skull.41 words
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Article28 1939-07-18 2 London, July 17. DRINCE AND PRINCESS PAUL of Yugoslavia have arrived m London and are staying at Buckingham Palace for a few days. ReuterReuter - 28 words
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Article85 1939-07-18 2 Chungking, July 17. 'THE PEACE overtures recently made by Wang Ching-wei, the former Kuomintang leader, are denounced m an article appearing m today's issue of the Chungking Daily News. "The war of resistance," it says, "will be prosecuted until the Japanese are driven beyond theReuter - 85 words
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Article49 1939-07-18 2 Tientsin, dismisses the contention made m the anti-British campaign stired up by Japan that but for British the conquest of China would soon be complete as "manifestly absurd. 1 and concludes that the outcome of the Tokio talks will show whether Japan genuinely desires an ac.ommodatian with us. ReuterReuter - 49 words
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122 1939-07-18 2 Santiago, July 16. A HITLER Youth military instruc- tion manual was among the objects found by police following the recent discovery of a plot to overthrow the Government of Chile. Other discoveries included particulars re Ten ing to the entry into the country ofReuter - 122 words
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Article, Illustration46 1939-07-18 2 Miss Florence Horsburgh, M.P., recently visited and made a tour of inspection of the Black Watch Depot, Queen's Barracks, Perth, Scotland. Miss Horsburgh was particularly interested m the new fighting kit which is shortly to be issued to the troops.46 words
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321 1939-07-18 2 What Captured Japanese Documents Reveal Moscow, July 16. TASS, the official Soviet news agency, m a survey of the Manchukuo-Outer Mongolian border fighting, says that important documents were captured by the Soviet forces which revealed that the Japanese attacks on the border front321 words
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84 1939-07-18 2 Rome, July 16. IN a temperature of 90 degrees m the shade, Fascist leaders are strenuously training for the test which they have to undergo privately m the Mussolini Forum, including rifle and pistol shooting, swimming, divins, motor cycling (including a field test m whichReuter - 84 words
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113 1939-07-18 2 AN OFFICIAL SECRETS order, en- 1 acted by the Rajah, is published m a Sarawak Government Gazette extraordinary issued m Kuchln?. The order, which follows the line ol anti-espionage legislation m Malaya, 1 imposes penalties for spying, the l wrongful communication of m forma-113 words
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87 1939-07-18 2 Musical Comedy Version Of "Musketeers" DOISTERING CX Brothers and iuli-thr. I ing by Don An Century-Fox mv I sion of "The the Alhambra ment. I There is scr.itthe Ritz Brothi duelling match m one of the most _odes they ha\ Den Ameche Lings and acts w< Pauline Mcore I Gloria87 words
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Article71 1939-07-18 2 ADMIRAL of the I Backhcu.^e who c\ied, m London i j Saturday, a^cd 60 w; I throughout the Nav\ I brilliant officers. J He was m ili healir. v. I ber he succeeded 1 I First Sea Lord a:.d two dm I expressed a wish toBritish Wireless - 71 words
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35 1939-07-18 2 I UIGI Pome. Parti rorrespcr.- the Giornnle dll newspaper edited Gayda, known as piece." has been oi France. There are now th ists m Rome compr* m Paris. ReuterReuter - 35 words
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Article40 1939-07-18 2 THREE new cruisers this week. Th< I of 8,000 tons and m< 'guns and eight thn I guns. The second is Di I mounting ten 5.: third is ihe Mauritius wh ship of Nigeria.- British WirelessBritish Wireless - 40 words
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Article34 1939-07-18 2 A list of bUpd compiled sod, mobilisation. serve with snl fleet. Experiments have revealed I greater se: men of normal i the presence ol I scientific Instruments- ReuterReuter - 34 words
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Article278 1939-07-18 2 A SUM of $500 to be kept as a reserve m the savings bank was approved at last night's meeting of the Singapore Amateur Boxing Association held at St. Andrew's School. Capt. I. L. Cronyn presided. After the adoption of the accounts. *hich revealed a278 words
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Advertisement121 1939-07-18 2 *_j_?'- ixii- TMBl.l.[_^_i^_SiiS.iM-''^^^S^^iß-« _(_r »B____aA :^A _>i!'isi^^--tfe:^at i? "i«§J??_: _saiß»!_^^R__6^^ j^^*^ <rf________Hsf£' *JS_KSK_BS»t^ "-JS-Baw*^^ ■•>"- vl HPm^^_yoßpp: A|&A > TJ_ft 4 v > Avvw afc*'. __'________>-4^ I_B* _S**£v **J_?^L» *y > '^NSra^'^wSfc'" #if^ :^^B^'^!^^_l___?m''' _____:_sgife-^.' -SJ^T -4P^WSV >> A ~''v 40^ _»*'<ia___M^^^ PINEAPPLE HAM «£i, I LIVER SAUSAGE mahc leliaour121 words
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Advertisement19 1939-07-18 2 RED PALM oa for cooking RICH IN VITAMIN as recently RADIO HEALTH TAU MEDICAL HALL LTD I__WBB r„ a19 words
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Article89 1939-07-18 3 Acc vu sed5 ed Bound Over to cut my finger •J n*> Sultan bil I an r.p.emploved ekman m the SingaCourt yesterday. ..;ty to a charge public. >• the magistrate, .vhy he carried _M to believe .cher-Cooke, comg reply. 1 ever *o keep the sureties89 words
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Article95 1939-07-18 3 Our 0 iident) imat, July 17. 1 by Inchc A imed Sa'at, thai „:e today, on Ong mg Chinese lorry ..egligent driving r Dhadi bin Yassin :hat accused was Batu Anam and was past the Buloh over the Muar River, a i on the extreme95 words
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131 1939-07-18 3 500 AMERICAN CATHOLICS TO VISIT NAGASAKI I Mara which sails Angeles on Sept. 22 is due on Oct. 9 and Kobe on c, the schedule will be The vessel will sail from Kobe j ■r.ved at Nagasaki on Oct. aid on Oct. 23 and 1 aghai on Oct. 27. ison131 words
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Article15 1939-07-18 3 I Hand, who was adGeneral Hospital. Singa- and has undergone Processing satisfac-15 words
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Article, Illustration26 1939-07-18 3 picture. THE MISSES HAZEL (left) and Gloria Barrett, two South African tourists, wearing attractive beach hats, wno arrived at Singapore yesterda>. Free PressFree Press - 26 words
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172 1939-07-18 3 Bit Constables In SelfDefence, Says Woman CRIMINAL FORCE CHARGE ALLEGATIONS that a Chinese woman hawker bit two police constables and hit them with a broom while they were taking her m custody for hawking without a licence, were made m the Singapore Third Police Court, yesterday. TTHE woman, Teo Huat,172 words
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139 1939-07-18 3 Woman Charged With Theft Of Scrap Iron (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, July 16. A CHINESE WOMAN, Lam Geok Choo, was produced before Mr. Lim I Koon Teck m the Middle Court i yesterday on a charge of theft of old scrap iron valued at $21.50, belonging to Yeoh Hee139 words
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Article75 1939-07-18 3 i i Cheating Charges Against Two Chinese ARRESTED m Singapore on a warrant issued m Malacca, for allegedly cheating m respect of $540, two Chinese. Tan Chai Seng and Chan Kirn San, were produced before Mr. Conrad Oldham m the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday.75 words
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71 1939-07-18 3 ALLEGED TO HAVE HAD REVOLVER DAGGERS Two Hainanese Charged ALLEGED to have been found m possession of a revolver and three daggers m Jalan Besar on Saturday, two Hainanese, Wee Pang Van 22, and Wee Yuk Yuan, 27, appeared before Mr. J. Fletcher-Cooke m the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday.71 words
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86 1939-07-18 3 CHEAP railway tickets for the August Bank holidays are announced by the F.M.S.R. Return tickets, single fare for the double journey are available subject to a minimum fare of $5 first class, $2.50 second class and $1.50 third class. The following are examples of86 words
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Article46 1939-07-18 3 PLEADING GUILTY to a charge of negligent driving on June 13. colliding with a Johore car while riding his motor-cycle at the junction of Selegie Road and Middle Road a Eurasian, F. N. Ebert. was yesterday fined $20 m the Singapore Traffilc District Court.46 words
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550 1939-07-18 3 CAFE PROPRIETOR IS WARNED BY MAGISTRATE Allowed Prostitutes On Premises ACCUSED IS CONVICTED, FINED $50 WILL take the view that the accused be allowed a chance to run the Cafe m a proper manner. I will not cancel his licence but will impose the maximum fine. Warn the accused that550 words
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Article238 1939-07-18 3 Two Designs Issued CIAM, which has until this month been using postage stamps bearing a portrait of ex-King Prajhadipok, who abdicated m 1935, is not yet to issue stamps with the portrait of the boy King Ananda Mahidol. Two new stamp designs have, however, just been made238 words
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Article141 1939-07-18 3 Law Notice For The Day Before the Chief Justice m tat Court at 11 a.m. 5.255/37— Lim Yew Pheng vs. Sim Inn. Before Mr. Justice Pedlow m the .id Court at 11 a.m. To jeport settlement S-452 3& A vena Ahna .odul Ra^k vs. Sree Kannabiran and Co. 5. 455/33—141 words
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Article77 1939-07-18 3 PINES TOTALLING $40 were impost d by the Singapore Traffic District Judge, Mr. C. H. Whitton yesterday, when he convicted K. Campbell on two traffic charges. On the first charge of driving his car without a licence, Campbell was fined $5, and he77 words
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79 1939-07-18 3 Ismail bin Kadir, a 20-year-old Javanese, appeared before Mr. L. C. Goh m the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday, on a charge of housebreaking by entering: into a building occupied by Miss H Heale m Lloyd Road, m order to commit theft of a hair brush79 words
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64 1939-07-18 3 A PICK-POCKET who pleaded guilty to stealing a fountair pen and who admitted two previous convictions was sentenced to three weeks' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. Conrad Oldham m the Sin?apo-e Second Police Court yesterday. Court Inspector Such told the court that the accused, Choy Yok Van.64 words
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Article65 1939-07-18 3 Stated to have threatened a Chinese with arrest and to have dishonestly induced him to hand over a sum of $80, Lee Kong Hwai, a 26-year-old Hengwah, claimed trial when charged m the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday. The offence was alleged to have been committed65 words
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Article27 1939-07-18 3 A business meeting of the Rotary Club of Singapore will be held at the Adelphi Hotel roof garden at 1 p.m. tomorrow.27 words
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Article23 1939-07-18 3 Mr. E. Gregory-Jones and Mr. E. C. H. Charlwood have been invited to serve en the committee of the Euroor-an Association of Malaya.23 words
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459 1939-07-18 3 WITH the graduation of five new military aviators from the Philippine Army flying school at Zablan Field, Camp Murphy, last week, the Philippines' air corps continues its programme of expansion. There are now a total of 31 military aviators m the air corps, and459 words
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Article227 1939-07-18 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) Batu Gajah, July 17. COLLOWING an inquiry into a charge of murder against a 20-year-old Malay, Mchamed Ali. Che Bahaman bin Samsudin, the Batu Gajah Magistrate, committed accused to stand trial at the next Assizes. The accused reserved his derenc;\ The227 words
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20 1939-07-18 3 An agri-horticultural show for Seremban and Coast districts will be held at Seremban on July 29.20 words
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Advertisement33 1939-07-18 3 °°9 SHOW SUNnlw' B> HEU on *r 2 ,h AUGU T Ar RACE COURSE SH °1 CONDITION w SBBBQ ON ■cm ***\J X AND MEAL 2LE Prom R *L IHSPENSARY *s^_A_^_l£oa__. S ngaPOrl33 words
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Article, Illustration741 1939-07-18 4 JOAN LITTLEFIELD - JOAN LITTLEFIELD BY London. THE old-fashioned fair, with modern additions, still flourishes m all parts of England, and it is no uncommon thing, if you are motoring about the country at this time of year to meet long processions of vans and equipment741 words
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Article56 1939-07-18 4 IF you find those airmail oysters from Sydney difficult to open get the boy to put them m a large saucepan with a little water. Cover saucepan with tight lid and heat slowly, shaking frequently until oysters open. This does not make the oysters tough or56 words
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Article352 1939-07-18 4 IF the Japanese begin to wonder why their silk imports to Britain have dropped— they can attribute some, at any rate, of the blame to one of London's most popular actresses, Miss Hermione Baddeley. Hermione is well known to West End theatre audiences. Small, dark352 words
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684 1939-07-18 4 CHAMPS ELYSEES CINEMAS GOING BRITISH Cosmopolite Gossip ORITISH HOUSE, m Paris, which has just been inaugurated m the Champs Elysees. as a meeting place for members of the British Colony and their French friends, is situated m a quiet little yard at the back of the office of the Travel684 words
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Article, Illustration655 1939-07-18 4 Chatter From English Film Studios A GERMAN DISCOVERY London. YOUR aeroplane crashes. Ten days afterwards you wake up m a Paris nursing home with a bullet wound m your head ana rind yourself acting as chauffeur to an attractive French girl. What has happened to you during those ten days655 words
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Article, Illustration178 1939-07-18 4 Scotland's Servant Problem SCOTLAND'S Am^ problem has U* so acute that a has been appointee vestigate condition, rf mestic emplovrr, A New Zealand graduate, Mi_>s who is returning 8r *a\ Y.W.C.A. appouv. country spent two yean i J working as travel Scottish Girls' Friend much of her Port vV^*J mestics.178 words
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Advertisement89 1939-07-18 4 EB«* MARKUP MALES... li ____r"*v_...________________________w__"g-__________. I wives coo- M__L>___________^a Mfitrate en face ccs■Mtics and let hatr-beanty take second plact.. Tike home _&_8 today to your wife this remark•tie new shampoo tonic. Brunltex. You will see how tne silky sparkle of her \f* kair will reflect m her face. For »_FjH^89 words
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Advertisement135 1939-07-18 4 YOU WILL FIND BETTER BARGAINS HEBE THAN ELSEWHERE. Convitice Yourself Call Today GIAN SINGH'S GRAND ANNUAL STOCKTAKING A W W |r=77i<? following are a few of them=n jfi^\ FACE TOWELS W^ W 12" x 23" 75 eta, a dot. COW BOY FELTS A &****> ALL SIZES [J MENS COTTON Jg\135 words
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Article, Illustration176 1939-07-18 5 F BEE PRESS PICTURES OF VOLUNTEERS' RIFLE MEETINC I Marker* m the bntts hzlding *p snapshooting targets. tWt'veyW tori^U: Sjt J,. Stab l es Capt c chrWfe rsta^ oi?lcer z.z.v.tj Lieut. L. A. Williams, Pte. H. L. King. Lt. R. Lyne supervising targets m the butts. Ul S Company team176 words
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Article253 1939-07-18 6 Air Ministry's Reply To Foreign Designers ORDER FOR FLEET OF 14 London, July 6. UAIREY AVIATIONS reply to the Air Ministry's invita- tion to build a large, fast air liner is F.C.L— a four-engined, sub-stratosphere 'plane, with a retractable tricycle undercarriage, a new retractable auxiliary253 words
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Article441 1939-07-18 6 Johore Has 232 Air Raid Wardens TWO GIRLS PASS EXAMINATION (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, July 16. TRAINING of air raid wardens m Johore has been completed and a lecture course for the training of instructors is being prepared by Dato A. L. Birch, director of air raid precautions,441 words
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Article145 1939-07-18 6 Munich. July 3. fTHE Oberammergau Passion Plays will begin at the end of May, 1940, m their traditicnal form. Almost half of Oberammergau'< population of 2,600 inhabitants will take active part m the Passion Plays. But only persons who had their permanent residence for the past145 words
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Article93 1939-07-18 6 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Muar, July 15. pHARGED with the theft of a rubber tree, valued at $10, two Chinese boys, Tan Chal Huat, giving his age as 14. and Goh Ah Long, giving his age as 12. pleaded guilty to the charge and said93 words
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52 1939-07-18 6 A case of infantile paralysis Is suspected at Clifton College, Bristol, one of the leading puoiic schools m Britain. The boy is under observation m the achool sanatorium, and as a precaution his friends and boys In the same house, numbering about 25. have52 words
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378 1939-07-18 6 Petition Sent To Customs Superintendent FALSE INFORMATION IS ALLEGED (From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru, July 16. ALLEGED to have sent a petition affecting the reputation of two outdoor officers to the superintendent of the preventive branch of the Johore Bahru Customs, Saman bin Jamal, a Malay fisherman, was on378 words
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Article112 1939-07-18 6 London, July 6 WHEN lightning struck two girl cyclists near Shoal Hill, Cannock (Staffs), last night, one of the girls was killed and both were stripped of their clothing. The dead girl was Constance Mary Blewitt (25), of Orchards Farm, Lower Perm, Wolverhampton. The other girl,112 words
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Article164 1939-07-18 6 "Ration Cards" For Petrol Planned London, July 5. DETROL ration cards for owners of public service vehicles and restricted passenger services these are two of the Minister of Transport's proposals m case of a national emergency. The scheme, outlined m a pamphlet yesterday, provides that all operators of public service164 words
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Article100 1939-07-18 6 The following are passengers m the t_s.s Hector from the United Kingdom due m Singapore on Aug. 8: Mr and Mrs. D. W. Fletcher, Eng. Capt S. Hocken, R.N. and Mrs. Hocken, Mr H D. Noone. Capt. T. Sutherland, Mrs JL h' W. Oodftee, Mr. O. J.100 words
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Article121 1939-07-18 6 From Our Own Correspondent) Muar, July 17 T imagine that ability to cook an ■a appetising curry will always be more important to a Malay girl than the ability to solve quadratic equations but there is no reason why a mind trained could deal with equations121 words
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267 1939-07-18 6 London, July 6. IN an attempt to arrest the increasing adverse trade balance, amounting last year to £8,129,000, the Chinese Government has announced a drastic prohibition of "non essential" Imports. The ban comes into force immediately, and affects 234 items, of a total value267 words
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420 1939-07-18 6 (From Our Own Correspondent) Batu Pahat, July 16. A LARGE number of guests were present today when Ungku Suliman Khalid, State Commissioner, Batu Pahat, officially opened the new girls' school, Batu Pahat, and named it the Temmenggong Ibrahim Girls' School Mr. J. W.420 words
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Article, Illustration36 1939-07-18 6 enoW IN THE INDIES.-A sight seen by few Europeans. This is an S view of Cartensz Peak, 12,0(10 feet above sea level and the higbe^t point m tbe Netherlands Indies. The snow remains all the year.36 words
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Article220 1939-07-18 6 London, July 7r[E problem of providing more adequate accommodation m the House of Commons for American, Empire and foreign Journalists generally was discussed m the lobbies and behind the scenes m the House last night, writes a Daily Telegraph correspondent. The Speaker, m reply to Mr.220 words
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Article206 1939-07-18 6 London, July 1. A FEW moments before he was due to leave on a motor Journey to Bournemouth, where he was to spend his holidays with his wife, Harold John Unwln, 52-year-old resident manager of Barclays Bank branch here w?.s found shot dead m206 words
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Article196 1939-07-18 6 DARED NOT EAT FOOD HE FANCIED. Until He Discovered a Are you at war wi*h ait k Afraid to eat tl that because it <. you? There's a Bray t end a* tyranny-there s char a new form of highly-acti. ccal which is toe: subject to indiges-. they fancy with<196 words
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338 1939-07-18 6 Vistula Island Is Now "Closed Area' LIKELY TO BE FORTIFIED ftajassL Juii 'TtlE little island estuary cf the V declared a "closed area' and is pus* ably being fortified and turned arsenal. It occupies an imp pos.ticn exactly o; shipyards. Further arms and munitions sot landed lart night works. On338 words
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83 1939-07-18 6 (From Our Own f**V Sc am aUa«^ v° u have been a bld 1 be whipped," dccl bin Mohamed Sa'at. the magistrate today, fJ r nine-year-old Chines? I victed of placing granite railway line at Sc on Juiy 8. The boy war hospital for83 words
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462 1939-07-18 7 Vienna, July 3. VIENNA will soon be richer by one museum as an indirect result of the anti-Semitic measures. The museum will be dedicated to music which contributed much to Vienna's fame. It will contain relics connected with Johann Strauss. Behind the relics is462 words
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194 1939-07-18 7 rerriDie uottage rrageay London, July 3. TWO sisters, aged 70 and 65, named Sleightholme, perished in a fire at their coitage in the old town district of Bridlington yesterday. With them dead were found ten cats. It is believed that the flame194 words
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Article94 1939-07-18 7 Paris, July S. rERE is reason to believe that during the last few days the Quai d'Orsay has approached the British Government for the purpose of including Luxembourg among the States of which the political independence and territarial integrity are deemed to be of vital interest94 words
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Advertisement162 1939-07-18 7 c.sf.ivr. IVARTAGNAN'S FLASHING BLADE CARVES OUT NEW THRILLS and The RITZES CUT UP AS E>l PHONEY Musketeer's. TODAY 3.15, 6.15 and 9.15 P. M. 'rf$iNGW6, FIGHTING DARTAGNAN VENTURES FORTH H FOR 10VE AND THE RITZES GO AIONG FOR J^ > THE WW I O ne or one yooi si Bs^_162 words
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Advertisement374 1939-07-18 7 OPENING TODAYIrAPTTOI 3.15 6.15 9.15 ___i________L-rJ± _MW— MRU RP I hm— 1939'S GLAMOROUS SHOW OF SHOWS... A THRILLING "GREAT ZIEGFELD" ON ICE! tOT TOtnattCß The drama of s man woo dreamed ot becoming a "Ziegield Of The Ice" and a beauty who refused \Mm FoT thrills Famed stars ol the374 words
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Advertisement147 1939-07-18 7 "A Light-Hearted Comedy is gay Enter Uinment'' FREE PRESS PAVILION 6.15 9.15 LAST NIGHT Lew Ayres can resist one college beauty but what chance has he against five man-hunting maids! Merrily they love hilariously you'll howl! "SPRING MADNESS" '^Jh'H jB^B "W^ -^^mV-^Lw^k -1 w'".- < Bb-B -B-_> »____>' v .-.j;-^^147 words
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606 1939-07-18 8 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY. JULY 18. 1939. Preparedness NO feature of the news from Europe at the present time is more striking than that which concerns Britain's preparedness. Day by day we read of some new development m the defences of the Empire. Last week estimates for additional expenditure606 words
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924 1939-07-18 8 ROBERT BELLAIRE - ROBERT BELLAIRE By THE determination of the Japanese army that Britain must conform to its thesis that Japan now is the dominant power m East Asia was the real cause for the Japanese blockade of the British Concession m the great North China924 words
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Article, Illustration454 1939-07-18 8 CEEKING to achieve an intimate understanding of Christopher Columbus and to rewrite accuracy the opening chapter of American histGry, Professor Samuel Eliot Moriscn, Harvard historian, and a group of alumni will embark about August 1 to retrace Columbus' four voyages to America. Aboard the 140-foot steel454 words
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Advertisement175 1939-07-18 8 mm [Jffifc* 1 CHLOBECK* 5 BY SPECIAL LjF A &1 TO H. M. THE APPOINTMENT KING OF SIAM ESTD. pll|§s# 1872 NEWEST DESIGNS IM DIAMOND JEWELLERY. NECKLACES BRACELETS BROOCHES RINGS CLIPS WATCHES. •-.incorporated m Ceywn, SINGAPORE IPOH PENANG. Ka______________B-Ban_____-b*_M_r____-_SS---Zr----c^-t*i>''~-- -m* at <» «*> jf*—»*mmmm^*m»amm*m3mm*mtdmm^^a^**»^kMeißm miwi=MP FOLDIHG PRAMS JOHN LITTLE CO..175 words
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Advertisement30 1939-07-18 8 Here's a Device to Save Lens Strains and Breakage, THIS SCREY.LESS CONSTRUCTION is only obtained from Nan Sin Optical House Manufactiirinr Ophthalmic Opticians I'IiONE 6363. 325, North Bridge Road, Singapore.30 words
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Article, Illustration106 1939-07-18 9 THE 2nd Battalion, Straits Settlements Volunteer Force, under the officer commanding, Lieut.-Col. D. G. MacLeod, held a route march through Singapore yesterday. Headed by the band cf the Gordon Highlanders, the Volunteers marched from headquarters m Beach Road, ..long Bras Basah Road, to Newton Circus, andFree Press - 106 words
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74 1939-07-18 9 Charges Of Forgery Against Chinese ITION and defence court rose yesL trial ot Loo Ho C which had occupied two c Manning m forgery and ges cf abetwere preferred ted by Mr. alleged rv cf a draft letter and fortively he was t of the three of- that he Ujed74 words
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96 1939-07-18 9 ITratredy On Ship London July 2. were getting < 3.563-tons steamLiverpcol yesterday da sailed for South America, a I In the engine room. ■ea were two seriously aed by Fumess tea, Ltd., was ln dock, Bootle. :s cf escaping y stowjded the men. They96 words
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Article55 1939-07-18 9 Ik ndon, July 0. P -13, youngest of j l"ir fcrfw r klssed hcrj ;s she left her home k Hayes. Middlesex, to F^l yesterday and said: l -an^ 0n c early toni h Pss^ own carnival." I she was involv-d r Wn h a lcrry55 words
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Article252 1939-07-18 9 No Reason To Ban It* Says Minister CONSIDERATION BY LOCAL COMMITTEE OF APPEAL (From Our Own Correspondent) M Sydney, (By Air Mail). "fONFESSIONS of a Nazi Spy," the first big anti-Nazi picture made m America, has been passed for exhibition m Australia after a252 words
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Article169 1939-07-18 9 London. J. B. PRIESTLEY has been commissioned by the 8.8.C. to write its next broadcast serial. This is a new departure for the 8.8.C. and the first time that Mr. Priestley has had a novel serialised before publication. It is a "scoop" for the BB.C, for169 words
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Article248 1939-07-18 9 Banned by the censor, "Confessions of a Nazi Spy" will be considered by the Committee of Appeal at Singapore this week. Here is what lan Coster, film critic of the Evening Standard, London, had to say "The hush-hush film, made behind locked doors m Hollywood, has arrived. It248 words
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Article67 1939-07-18 9 Gibraltar, July 6. HPWO British pilot boats here today picked up 16 Spaniards who had swum from the Spanish coast during the night. They had escaped from a concentration camp. Most of them were former soldiers of the Republican Army. They included two officers and67 words
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Article55 1939-07-18 9 MR. CHUAH ENG HOE, son cf Mr. and Mrs. Chuah Yew Chuan of Padang Rengas, Taiping, was married to Miss Yeoh Phaik Lan, youngest daughter of the late Mr. Yeoh Chia Kee and Mrs. Yeoh Chin Kee, at the Penang Buddhist Association, on Sunday. Following the ceremony, a reception was55 words
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100 1939-07-18 9 London, July 6. MR. G. M. Huggins, Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia, who arrived m England by air on Tuesday, would strongly object to Germany acquiring colonies m Africa north of the Equator. He said so m an interview yesterday, and added: "It may100 words
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151 1939-07-18 9 A VOLUNTEER helmet and two pairs of shorts were among articles stolen from a former police inspector's house m Changi Road on June 24. This was revealed before Mr. Conrad Oldham m the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday when a Malay, Mohamed Serat bin151 words
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Article68 1939-07-18 9 (From Our London Staff.) London, July 8. CIR JOHN HAY, managing director of Messrs. Guthrie and Co., Ltd., whose fame has previously m business spheres, is turning his attention to sporting fields. Playing cricket for the Lord's and Commons against The Times at Ravensbourne today, he68 words
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101 1939-07-18 9 A EUROPEAN, A. H. Carruthers, was yesterday acquitted m the Singapore Traffic District Court on a charge of driving his car at a dangerous speed along Orchard Road on the morning of June 2. Carruthers was acquitted without the defence being called. The charge101 words
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Article195 1939-07-18 9 London, July 7. |UJRS. Florence McDonald, of Ba :k 1U Salem Street, Sunderland, 21, the mother of three children, was at Sunderland yesterday sentenced to three months' imprisonment for stealing 13s. lid. from a gas meter at h r home. Mrs. McDonald has a195 words
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Article100 1939-07-18 9 London, July S. A MAN who was bitten by a camel during a visit to Chessington Zoo last summer yesterday lost his claim for damages against the proprietor, Mr. Reginald Stuart Goddard. Mr. Justice Branson, at Kingston, Surrey, Assizes, said that camels were100 words
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190 1939-07-18 9 Dispute Between Women "THE Deputy Public Prosecutor considers this is a case where both parties should be bound over," commented Court Inspector M. M. Whittles m the Singapore Third Police Court, yesterday. THHE FOREGOING remark was passed when a Chinese woman, Lim Siew Kirn,190 words
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Article84 1939-07-18 9 WHEN A CHINESE named Toh Koh Koh pleaded guilty before Mr. Conrad Oldham m the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday to a charge of theft of an iron rod belonging to the Municipality, Court Inspector Such said that the man had been bound over for84 words
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Article36 1939-07-18 9 OISSING his footing wh.le engaged m loading work on board a ship at Sweetenham Pier, Penang, an Indian coolie fell with the load on top of him. He was removed m a serious condition to hospital.36 words
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Advertisement14 1939-07-18 9 IRRR CONVENIENCE OREw AFTER THE SHOW BINE AT 55 CAPITOL J^UURANT Rock Oysters and14 words
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Advertisement133 1939-07-18 9 BEAUTIFUL j HAND CUT WW LEAD «jgjr CRYSTAL pill Listed below are a few prices: f/ SAUD BOWLS $8.50 j&^SS SQUARE SPIRIT BOTTLLS 12.50 SStl^ TRIANGULAR WHISKY T^jf DECANTERS 12.50 [^i^; JUGS 5.25 l^ala^cS! fjuotatwns upon application Designs and patterns of Crystal are continually changing. ROBINSON CO., LTD. SINGAPORE g133 words
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255 1939-07-18 10 NERVOUS EXHAUSTION made her an INVALID FOR YEARS. Too often the sufferers from exhaustion get little or no sympathy. Weighed down by a burden of fatigue, they drag their way through the heat and fever of the day, half-dead with lassitude. Yet there is a way oovat a diet rich255 words
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75 1939-07-18 10 Chungking, July IG. T"HE CONGRESS for Democracy and 1 Callectiva Security of the Philippines has sent a cable to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. The message says, "With hearty acclamation the National Convention sends to you the warmest greetings and pledges and support to the Chinese people75 words
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Article, Illustration1994 1939-07-18 10 Life Of The Malayan Alluvial Deposits SHOULD TIN COMPANIES MERGE? (From Our Own Correspondent) London, July 4. I ONDON leaders of the Malayan tin-mining industry L are discussing many important topics today, including the current critical stage m the development of the buffer pool policy, the1,994 words
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Advertisement610 1939-07-18 10 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS a TENDERS SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY Tenders. Tenders are now Invited for the following materials or services. For particulars see Municipal Tenders Room Supply of Air Compressing Plant for Mandal Quarry. (Deposit $25). Date of Closing. 4 pm. July 31. 1939. Supply of Pumping and Auxiliary Plant for Pontian Ketchil610 words
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Advertisement184 1939-07-18 10 BOARD RESIDENCE. jSEA FRONT KATONG GRANGE— 77. Meyer Rd. (near Swimming Club) Board-Residence at moderate rates Large Gardens Tennis. Phone; 5758. EAST ANGLIA 6. OXLEY RISE SINGAPORE. 3 mlns. to town high level, garages, daily or monthly rates, large grounds, excellent cuisine, tennis, single and double rooms PHONE 4398. NAPIER184 words
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Advertisement194 1939-07-18 10 B-4NKOPc^ 'Incorporated taChlr? Cecfl Street tj^i fi_A Telephones: Mana*,* *£*n\ Swb.-Mai.L A 6^ General in* Cable 4_dre__ SS j*« HP Capita.** Vi^O Reset »c runds m Ch i excess of ToUl Assets <* I approximate!, N Tse-Vun* Soong c^ **-«*l__Sun. Han-ch.n R S? a ?S Tsuyee Pel Assist *2 OVERSEAS194 words
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Miscellaneous307 1939-07-18 10 RADIO PROGRAMME SINGAPORE I TODAY ZHL MB oetra. ZHP 30 06 metres p.m. I 5.00 A programme Rhlow Truna Mlnstre. PartT i 8.00 Cantonese corr.ic-ai drama "B«i Lo Chal".t Sung- by Boor. 6.25 Cantonese orchestra! rt 6.40 Children's program.-* iCw 7.00 Children's prrCTamme 7.15 Ttme. weather, news and laasi ments.307 words
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Article184 1939-07-18 11 From London 5.30. p.m Yesterday RUBBER: Firmer. London: 8 5!16d. B%d. Previously: SV*d. 8 5 16 d Aug.-Sept.: 8 5!16d. B%d. Previously: 8y 4 d. B%d. Oct.-Dec: 8 7!16d. B^. Previously: B%d. 8 7|lGd. Jan-Mar.: ty 2 d. 8 9'l6d. Previously: 8 7;i6d. 8 9!16d. New York184 words
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408 1939-07-18 11 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCK SHARES Yesterday's Quotations from Lc.idon 5.30 p. m. Yesterday JJ** Yon ;nces Quoted m U-8 currency. «se above are dealers middle trices Jobbers margins, brokerage sbj stamp datj are not Included. v 0 denomination nnieas Latest Quotations Previously nn Loan 5 pc IM4-M lOQfc 109^408 words
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Article65 1939-07-18 11 Local Exchange Rates J ILY H. 1939 X 23 3132 -"■KSttST 23 3132 Basssssat*. 20 J55 BBSSSII 54 916 j Ss?^2_*d 102^ I XS 2^ Foochow I a urn _T? frnuuxi B« 6a_9_L 1091 dSL*., ***** 32 fe*T T BIY,NG *****32 X fflS'fcaafld 24 316 H Cav_- 247 32 I65 words
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22 1939-07-18 11 CHUNGKING PREPARING FOR NEHERU VISIT C are creparing to welcome to .jSES* fe v ru the Indian w will shortly Central NewsCentral News - 22 words
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Article63 1939-07-18 11 ISSUED BY FKASER CO. AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS YESTERDAY Tin at midday was $113, unchanged and the price of Rubber at 4 o'clock was buyers Spot 28 1, cents, buyers October/December 28 l /z, market steady. Quiet conditions ruled m all sections of the share market63 words
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113 1939-07-18 11 JULY 17, 1939: 12 O'CLOCK NOON Buyers Sellers No. IX ITSJS. Spot loose.. 28 516 28 7,16 No. IX R.S S. F.OJ. m cases July-Aug 28% 28% Oi aq. R.S.S P. 0.8. m bales July- Aug 2814 28% F-AQ. R.S.S. P. 0.8. m bales July-Aug113 words
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Article27 1939-07-18 11 MR. CHEE KOK PENG has been elected by the Chinese Town Hall Com mlttee as their nominee on the Chinese Advisory Board, Penang, for the current year.27 words
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Article66 1939-07-18 11 From London: Latest Quotations TIN: Steady. Spot: £229 17s. 6d. Previously: £229 17s. 6d. Three months: £225 2s. 6d. Previously: £225 2s. 6d. NEW YORK TIN: 48.60. Previously: 48.60. COPPER: £42 12s. 6d. Previously: £42 17s. 6d. GOLD Yesterday: £7 Bs. 6d. Previously: £7 Bs. 5V 266 words
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Article66 1939-07-18 11 London Closing Method oi Parity betore Latest r.ntr* Quoting 20-9-31 Rate Previously o fc Sane to fi I 2411 176 1116 176 11|16 r^£ 4.8655 4.68 4.68*16 New YorK... 9 to fc 191fl o Rn 8 80 3 Amsterdam Guilders to 12.10 8.80 wsu^. Hong Kong.. Per66 words
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Article391 1939-07-18 11 Singapore, July 14. MEAT Beef steak Kati 35 Beef stew or curry do Fillet Steak lb. 55 Mutton, Australian do 40 Pork, lean Kati 44 Pork, lean and fat (Ist quality) do 36 POULTRY Capons (locally reared) Ducks each 40 Fowls Kati 28 Hens (locally reared) do391 words
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Article1280 1939-07-18 11 From Exchange Telegraph Co. Eraser And Co. a List Tapah ($1) 1.50 165 T. Alison ($2) 1.15 1.30 Teznerlon (fl) .45 .50 Trafalgar ($2) 60 .70 Ulu Benut (30 ct«.) .28 .31 Uiu Pan dan <$n 1.40 1.65 United Malacca ($1) 1.4J 1.5a Utan Simpan1,280 words
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Article157 1939-07-18 11 List Supplied By Messrs. braser Co. MONDAY, JULY 17, 1939: 5 P.M. Books Date Ex. div. Financial Company. Dividend Close Payable date Year TIN Burma Malay 6d. No. 19 July 14 July 20 July 15 2V 2 Kampong Lanjut 6d. No. 12 July 26 Aug. 2 July157 words
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Article, Illustration137 1939-07-18 12 Pcpa Phis XII photographed during the beatification m th* Vatican ofCoustoni and lacobis, first Apostolic vicars to Abyssinia. The scene during; the consecration of the new church at Orly m France, which has been built m the shape of the famous aeroplane hangars nearby. The church is137 words
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Advertisement585 1939-07-18 13 BssTa^Bßsss_-an ______a____. aa_..^^.a^Tv^a.-) j^aa _____B_t_^_***s__^^_ i_ 't '>^^?Bg I Sr^^->-^^----.' i ----:a__ i^^^Mk^iiSJ-J— l l_____^v^7^^_ S' 'dBRITISH INDIA LINES |I (^CORPORA TED IN ENGLAND) p. <5c C S. N. COS SAILINGS. OITWARDS Dae Due Tonnage Spore. Tonnage Spore. P.ANPURA 17.000 Sept 8 15 000 Jrlv 28 RAWALPINDI 17.000 Sept. 22585 words
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Advertisement178 1939-07-18 13 CASTLE LINE FOR NEW YORK, BOSTON, BALTIMOI'.I AND SAVANNAH via The Cape. Arrives Sails Due New York m.v. GREYSTOKE CASTLE Aug. 7 Aug. 12 Sept. 23 m.v. THURLAND CASTLE Sept. 7 Sept. 12 Oct. 24 LIMITED PAS-IK *GER ACCOMMODATION. SEN LINE For LONDON ANTWERP KOTTERUAM HAMBURG. LEITH AND MIDDLESBKO. Arrives178 words
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Advertisement624 1939-07-18 13 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Ocean Building. Collyer Quay. Singapore Tel. 51 sa. Chartered Bank Building, Penang TeL 1366. BLUE FUNNEL LINE. FAST SERVICES MARSEILLES. LONDON CONTINENT AND GLASGOW (m conjunction with tbe Glen Line) Doe Sails DEUCALION Mars.. London. R'dam. Ham. Glasgow In Port Tomorrow GLENEARN Mars, L'don. R'dam, Ham.. Ant..624 words
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Miscellaneous1032 1939-07-18 13 Air Mail Arrivals And Despatches inward PASSENGERS BY AIR Imperial: From Europe due— Monday. Thursday, Friday after- Arrivpri fmm Z T v r^r,_ noons. July 15 1 by KLM plane on Wearnes: From Penang, Ipoh. ML and Kuala Lumpur. Arrives every Jl* a i mth^ Mr Crawevening. Mr >1 B1,032 words
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Advertisement595 1939-07-18 14 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated m PM3.) TELEPHONE: Freight $433— Passage 54:1. mm (CANADIAN PACIFIC I*9Blol CfiiAJ. n i Oncurporatea m England i*HE "EMPRESS" ROUTE offers IRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES via HONOLULU or direct EMPRESS to VANCOUVER ACROSS CANADA by TRANSCONTINENTAL TRAIN without change— thence by CANADIAN PACIFIC ATLANTIC SERVICES TO ENGLAND or595 words
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Advertisement169 1939-07-18 14 For Everything Appertaining to Ocean Passages, Foreign Money Exchange and Freight apply ccrite's *<t__a______U>» WAGON-LITS WOP 10 TRAVgj SIPVKti^ i 39, ROBINSON ROAD No Booking Fees. Telephone 5908. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO.. LTD. (Incorporated In England) (APCAR UNE) FOR HONG KONG. SHANGHAI. MOJI, KOBE AND OSAKA s. s. SHIRALA169 words
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Advertisement604 1939-07-18 14 AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, ltT al_B ■___li_M_______rO_~~~-_~J \i__B3l :Jfc-^ TO EUROPE FROM SINGAPORE AND PENANG TO COLOMBO. BOMBAY. SUEZ, pAi»» AIEXANDRIA. NAPLES. GENOA MARSEILLES AND NEW YOKE. AIL Arrives Leaves Leaves Spore. Sport Penan, JJ^J PRESIDENT GARFIELD In Port July 18 July 23 a PRESIDENT MONROE July 31 Aug 1 Au;>604 words
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Miscellaneous1263 1939-07-18 14 Passengers By Canton The following were passengers m r tl'V 1 CU'Q the s.s. Canton, which left London on Hi 1 l_-aCasv\ *J *J Penang to Singapore: -Mr. J. C. A ROUT TO FALL Jackson, Mrs. L. MacDonnell, Mr. J. -r**-*^-' w Pickering, Mr. J. P. Souter, Mr. J. C.1,263 words
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273 1939-07-18 15 "TWO BEST HORSES I HAVE EVER SEEN"— AGA KHAN pharis' Victory In The French Grand Prix SENSATIONAL WIN I London, July 2. m the unsadding enclosure at Longchamp unsaddle Pharis after his victory m a Khan remarked to me, "I with Bah ram as the two best horses on to273 words
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Article99 1939-07-18 15 I Jilv I. I H the Eng- to beat I third and' scored t bad put I the twel f iw E. Fen- toss and set f little sun' Mahon, I An was off 1 'er. receiv- returned. .South Africa well placed. W he was99 words
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Article, Illustration728 1939-07-18 15 (By the Four Aces. David Bruce Burnstone. Merwin D. Maier, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schenken). WHEN this article appears we shall be sutTering m the throes of our worst agony—the Masters' Individ' -al Tournament. Each year the American Contract Bridge League invites the maste. players of the728 words
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Article, Illustration18 1939-07-18 15 A RECENT PICTURE OF RIGGS (U.S.), who with Cooke won the men's doubles at Wimbledon.18 words
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Article455 1939-07-18 15 CHANGI SAILING NOTES Entry Of Fourteen For Monthly Cup pONDITIONS for the first of the iew series for the Übin Trophy on Friday were ideal. With a fresh breeze coming from the south west, the entrants crossed the line for a hard beat to Pongoll455 words
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Article77 1939-07-18 15 Capetown, July 5. Panic has seized baboons In the Van Reenen district of South Africa. Whole tribes of them have been fleeing m terror. A local farmer whose property had suffered much damage m raids by baboons caught one of the animals m a trap, and77 words
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Article, Illustration26 1939-07-18 15 THE HARVARD UNIVERSITY CREW DURING A PRACTICE AT HEN! FY. It was the first time ft.- B >- that a Harvard crew ha d competed at Henley26 words
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406 1939-07-18 15 Americans And Personality In Sport London, July 2. \IfHILE I was at Wimbledon I couldn't help wondering again what it is about these Americans— not only the tennis players but all their athletes m general— that makes them stand out m sport. They seem to have a way with them,406 words
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Article166 1939-07-18 15 Long Distance Championship London, July 3. TAKING part m the event for the first time, J. I. Hale, a 16-year-old member of the Technical College Old Boys' S.C., Hull, accomplished a remarkable swim m the Thames on Saturday, when he beat C. T. Deane i Penguin166 words
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Article77 1939-07-18 15 Jerusalem, July 17. 11/IRELESS message picked up **m Pales me today tell of the rescue of 400 Jews from a burning Greek steamer m the Mediterranean. The Greek ship, which had 400 Jews from Rumania on board, sent out an S O S. An77 words
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Article312 1939-07-18 15 New YorK July 1. fHERE is a Scot m my hotel -he is called the capt.. ln ol the neii-* —who sighs loudly whenever I pass hint by, writes Trevor Wir.nall. He is hun.ry for another smell <~f the Clyde, and still more hongry another312 words
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Article112 1939-07-18 15 London, July 7. pOL. SIR Harold Wemhcr broke his collar-bone on the polo field at Ranelagh yesten for the Someries House team, oi which he is captain against the 10th Royal Hussars m the Ccrona.ien Cup tournament. The ball had gene ever the goalline and112 words
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Article66 1939-07-18 15 I. The London Divin: Championships, held at the Empire Pool, Wembh terday afternoon resulted as follows: In tne Women defeated the holder, Miss Betty Slade, by 36.74 points to 36.37 points. The holder of the men's title, 1 chant, retained his title with a score of 86.99 points.66 words
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Article428 1939-07-18 16 Airman Defender Scores In Own Goal CLELAND NETS TWICE AFTER accidentally kicking into their own net five H minutes from the start, the R.A.F. scored three splendid goals to beat the R.A. three-one m a first division soccer match at Changi yesterday. Sunman scored the equaliser428 words
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Article55 1939-07-18 16 The following will represent the Borneo Co. XI m a friendly game of soccer against the Sime, Darby XI at Geylang Stadium, today: Choy Khun Heng, Chua Ah Hoe. Scow Khiam Chuan, Sim Kang Hai, Charlie Kang. Ahmat, Goh Chocn Moh. Khor Tian Hock, Harry Tan. Wun Yew Tim, Leong55 words
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Article33 1939-07-18 16 Jean Nicoll, 16-year-old tennis wonder, will not go to the United States whether or not she is picked for the Wightman Cup team. Her father says "No." Youth and work are tne reason.33 words
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583 1939-07-18 16 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, July 17. J^ilSS DOREEN SANSONI, of Ceylon, will defend her titles at the Malayan tennis championship meeting this year. Her cousin, H. C. Sansoni, who competed last year m the men's events, has not entered, nor have the Java players whose583 words
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254 1939-07-18 16 Signals Lose To R. A. M. C. 3— Nil PLAYING at Tanglin yesterday m division HA of the league, the R.A.M.C. gathered full points at the I expense of the Malaya Signals, who were beaten 3 nil. It was a dull game for the most part. Forcing the play from254 words
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Article117 1939-07-18 16 •pHE NILAI CLUB will hold their 11th. annual motor gymkhana on Saturday at 4 p.m. This year's .events will include two of the most popular events from pest years and two new ones m which competitors will be able to test their skill. One of the117 words
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Article39 1939-07-18 16 THE MEMBERS of the Penang Chin- ese Ladies' Chin Woo Athletic Association entertained Mrs. Kao Lingpai, wife of the Chinese Consul General, Singapore, and her two sons, to dinner at the Violet Cafe on Sunday, states our Penang correspondent.39 words
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Article, Illustration25 1939-07-18 16 picture. AN INCIDENT IN THE RESERVE DIVISION MATCH between the Chinese and the Loyals* reserves at the Stadium yesterday Free PressFree Press - 25 words
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399 1939-07-18 16 THE completed weights for the second day (tomorrow) 1 of the Perak Turf Club's July meeting are: Ponies, Class 1, Div. 1, 6 furs. Tredella 9.04 Murray Court .7.10 Quisana 8.13 Judith Anton 7.08 Empress 8.10 Miss Wendy 7.07 Pymble 8.02 Inventory 7.02399 words
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Article114 1939-07-18 16 TTHE REPLAY m the Keppel Golf Club's Trimmer Challenge Cup between M. G. Harvey and H. Irving Jones resulted m a win for H. Irving Jones, who returned a net score of 69+70 139. JULY MEDAL Twenty-four cards were taken out for the July Medal f Staple,114 words
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Article455 1939-07-18 16 LOYALS' RESERVES BEATEN 3-2 Two Players Warned CONFOUNDING the critics, the Chinese ?ma4 unbeaten record of the Loyals' resei I by three goals to tw r o, m a reserve fixture at the Anson Road Stadium yes i The Chinese, who drew with the L encounter earlier m the season,455 words
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Article151 1939-07-18 16 THE qualifying round of tb l__ 1 Singapore Go!: was played at Bukit day and resulted a R. M. Duff A. J. Wilton P. L. Cesteloe J. E. P. Maueor. A. S. Anderson 93^ L. Howgate gO-' J. Wormald 8S E. G. Sellers "".do F. D.151 words
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Advertisement30 1939-07-18 16 H. E 5% M S BABY TYPEWRITER Size 11 m. X 11 m. only m inches high Weight 7 lbs 12 02. $60-00 NEXT. KELLY WALSH LTD. RafTle., Place, Singapore.30 words
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Advertisement113 1939-07-18 16 n With every reconditioned car we _____j__________^H__a__^^»S^^^_i?' l|j|g offer besides service, a guaran.ee. _______________^_GI_BIB^--if^^^ Bfe This is not because we have any ■_________^BS^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ fl doubts about, but because we B^^^^ _f_J flBJj Have every confidence m our fl %flftnpi \/A fMtjF M reconditioning methods. In the *\*mm+^^^ 1 process of113 words
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