The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 3 October 1940

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  • 21 1 LATE SIHGAPORE EDITION The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 36,20*. ESI I) 1835 THURSDAY. OCTOBFR z i<m« 5 CENTS
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  • 217 1 "Men Of Goodwill" Could Prevent Clash envoy~saYs it is not too late T^ lU time is ot P ass <* "wl^n m°en JJJW correspondent of ,hc few York Daily N<£ ars-swas J the united M^& Questioned in Tokio to-day meanwhile, regarding foreign reports of a
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  • 105 1 150,000 Chinese Troops Reported Massed On IndoChina Border Shanghai, Oct. 2. OUT 150,000 Chinese troops have up positions along the .n-Inco-Chlna border awaitrtructtona to march into the h colony, according to the Chinese Press. It is reported that high Chinese in.litjry traders have arrived in the border areas time since
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  • 94 1 Four Days Nights In Open Boat I Mdon. o t 1 hungry alter b2ing I our nights in an out of 29 members of >t :he Norwegian steamer landed at an Eire west -rd was torpedoed last he Hebr.des and sank in said that two torpedoes The first struck the
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  • 98 1 London, Oct. 2. t-rnment has decided that 'I further notice no more children nt oversea* under the child mi n^rption scheme recent loss of children in the -"arcs illustrated the dangers Pinter vessels were exposed -n in convoy under the neather now prevailing In the Atnment has come
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  • 257 1 NEW HEAVY RAID ON BERLIN London, Oct. 2. A HEAVY R.A.F. raid on Berlin last night is recounted in a brief phrase in an Air Ministry communique issued today, which i states: "Strong forces of R.A.F. bombers last night -attacked a munitions factory In Berlin." The pounding administered to a
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  • 58 1 mtrm a Bucharest, Oct. 2. THE American legation has filed a strong formal protest concerning the arrest and treatment of Mr. Lester Freeman, an American citizen, who was among the employees of the *\cmano-Americana oil company Mr. Fresman. who was arrested recently at rioesti, was
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  • 42 1 rroiTp Simla, Oct. 2. THE sum of £382,C00 has bean remitted to BrUain from th? Viceroys war purposes fund for ch« purchase of three squadrons cf R.A F flshters. The fund now tnt»w nvor £1,500,000. Reuter
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  • 32 1 T lT^ Stockholm, Oct. 2. H* Swedish ste.imer, Gondal. 2,000 tons, sank to-day after striking a mine in the Oeresund Strait, hetwepn Sweden and Denmark.- Reuter
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  • 227 1 London, Oct. 2. IT is learned in London that several enemy i Janes which attacked south-east England were intercepted and driven off this morning. First reports show that nine German aircraft have been shot down since midnight without any British loss. Enemy
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  • 189 1 ■pK complete failure of the Italian mission to^yda their goal and a flat rejection of their demands bv M Puaux French High Commissioner in Syria, isTeported in a Beirut message to the newspaper Al-Masri reported in a M Puaux, it is said, rejected the
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  • 162 1 *itT?^e\nvc Madrid, Oct. 2. jyp^Althb from Rome indicating that there will be no change in Spain's non-belligerent policy have resulted in a feeling of anti-climax here after all the propaganda emanating from Rome and Berlin about the visit of benor Suner, Spanish Minister
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  • 82 1 London, Oct. 2. DRITAIN is to have a GHQ of science uto co-ordinate and stimulate researches and discoveries of scientific workers in all spheres. The personnel will consist of internationally known scientific Investigators, including Sir William Bra*,'? Dr E. F. Appleton, Sir Edward Mellanby] Sii Edwin
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  • 59 1 Peshawar, Oct. 2. jrING Zahir Shah of Afghanistan to- day conducted a review of his trocps, including practice by heavy guns and armoured cars, according to a report from Kabul. The review luted two hours while aircraft circled overhead. The King later expressed apprsciation of
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  • 65 1 T London, Oct. 2. HE Air Minister, Sir Archibald Sinclair, accompanied by Admiral Sir Edward Evans, one of the regional civil defence commissioners for London, last night paid visits extending over six hours to a number of air raid shelters in London They had long
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  • 53 1 Berlin, Oct. 2. TEGOTIATIONS which have been 1 taking place In Berlin between the German Minister for Transport and re- presentatives of the Soviet commissariat for transport hare resulted in the j conclusion of a final railway agreement between the two countries, according to the official German
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  • 56 1 GOVERNMENT MAJORITY IN AUSTRALIA IT is expected that the Australian Government headrd by Mr. R. Q Monzies will have a bare majority for the new Parliament pfter the elec ion of the Speaker. At the invitation of Mr. Menzies part> leaders will confer at Melbourne on .he best means of
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  • 44 1 PaLna. Ort 2 Japanese Buddhist monk named Maruyama has been arrested under the Defence of India regulations. Maruyama ipent abou. five feai India and has headed several Buddhist 3-odwill misions at annual f>! the Indian National Cor. Reuter
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  • 356 1 Storm Troopers Goose-Step In Wooden Footwear! HOW BLOCKADE R.A.F. HIT NAZIS r^ London, Oct. 2. shortage of leather in Germany is now so acute that Storm Troopers have to goose-step n wooden footwear. This was one of the minor examples of the German raw material shortage cited by Dr. Hugh
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    • 34 1 BIGIA TEA IS BEST I; TO NIGHT DINNER DANCE (informal) 8 p.m. to midnight POPULAR CABARET ATTRACTION MINI JOSE -AN DANCERS OF INTERNATIONAL FAME "'nncr «.00 Non-diners $1.00 LgAFFLEs ORCHESTRA directed by DAN HOPKINS
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    • 65 1 INSIST ON BIGIA TEA ADELPHI W&t4 HOTEL SPECIAL DIKNER DANCE DINNER 53."0 NO ADMISSION tIMRCI ADELPHI HOTEL. Whether you require light refreshments or an elaborate ADELPHI GRILL is renowned for its excellent food and courteous service The maximum in quality the minimum in price. MONDAY- WEDNESDAY SATURDAY Special Curry For
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  • 246 2 WHEN "Tom Brown's School Days' opens at the Alhambra theatre In the near future, those who haveread Thomas Hughes* book will b« able ta see a fine interpretation of this celebrated story on the screen. At a special screening of the R.K.O. Radio film yesterday previewers
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  • 167 2 'TEXAS immediately after the civil war was filled with settlers—homester.ders who wanted to fence in the iand and grow crops, and cattlemen who resented this enclosing of their pastures. A bitter feud resulted. Gary Cooper, as 'The Westerner," now showing at the Cathay, tries to
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  • 91 2 The Singapore Ftp Brigade received four calls yesterday evening. Two were for grass flres La Holland and Upper Serangoon Road?;; the third was a false alarm, while the fourth call came from a house in Merchant Street Two engines which rushed to ♦he last cane discovered that some oil split
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  • 307 3 Franco Not Likely To Make Duce's Mistake London, Oct. 3. *|O information is available ii London to confirm reports cur the Press that Ribbentrop Hi Foreign Minister, ha; gone to Moscow. As these report: I to originate in Germany, i ted here that the story i: iiblj more propaganda pui
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  • 168 3 London, Oct. 2. M and villages com- United Kingdom and d States has now been lelect- the destroy -rs transferred the Uni:ed State's navy. ps are to bear names of •ommon to Newfoundland as the United Kingdom and I States. They are St. ::d St. Marys.
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  • 26 3 This plcturesh »»-«he interior of a.hurch In the Dover area, which was aaina?ed by shells tired from the French coast.
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  • 175 3 M K PETE R IRASER'l RASER the New^S^rim^Minister, announced lo day that, following the change of government in Oceania in favour of General de Gaulle, it was thou-ht S* S at >L New Zealand Government, acting on behalf of other Empire governments, should make contact
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  • 58 3 An igna, Leeward Is., Oct. 2. former Governor of French colonial services, M Carde, and the former adminis'rator of the same services, M. Revoi!. were detained here to-day while en rouie from Martinique to Miami by Pan-American airways. It is sated that they possessed certain
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  • 107 3 Cairo, Oct. 2. AN interesting ceremony marked the visit of Sayed I. dress, chief of the Senussi inhabiting Cyrenaica and north-west Egypt, to Libyan prisoners of war in camps nenr the Suez Canal, most of whom belong to the Senussi tribe. Indian troops provided a
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  • 60 3 London, Oct. 2. i^VNE of London's frcnt line civilians,! an elderly man, was killed by a bomb. His job, known as that of a roof spotter, was to stay on a roor' and watch lor flros and give the alarm. He vas killed when
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  • 61 3 Mexico City, Oct. 1. QEN. Andres Zarzoza and his second-in-command were shot dead shortly before dawn to-day after the police and troops had surrounded his home at Monterey. Gen. Zarzoza who had assisted the election campaign of Gen. Almazan. a candidate, was alleged to be
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  • 313 3 Vk-.<-» London, Oct. 2. The following are to-day's closing middle j Quotations. Shares are of £1 denomination unless otherwise stated: Con. Loan B% 1944-64 107% Funding i,oan 4% 1960-9( J l2 War Loan >•_% 101 Vi 1 Com Union \ssce (Units 6 Prudential Assce "A".. 19* Royal
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  • 493 3 NEXT TRIAL OF STRENGTH IN NORTH AFRICA Italian Movements Point To Early Flare-Up GERMAN TROOPS TO HELP GRAZIANFS ARMY? BIRD'S EYE VIEW of the position tajfe. Africa >vhich now that invasion plans seem to be fading rut be the scene of the next preat trial of strength is made available
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  • 232 3 i A MORE untrue and more ungenerous statement could not have been made, said Mr. S. C. Goho in regard to the criticism by Sir Sikandar Hyat Khan (Premier of the Punjab) of Mahatma Gandhi's jemands to the Government of India in connection with thr
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  • 45 3 r London. Oct. 2. -DAY'S Cairo communique states "During an air ra!d on Haifa on Sept. 29 one Italian bombsr with a crew of five was damaged by anti-air-craft fire and subsequently made a forced landing in Syria. OtViPF frnnt*- oil r n i Reuter
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  • 82 3 Beaverbrook 'Flow Of U.S. Planes' Washington, Oct. 2. f OKD BEAVEttSKOOK, the Min- ister for Aircraft Production, in a message to the British purchasing commission and public here, s.i%sVniiJV? f aer °P lan^ from the pJ ?}l S *u te lves «newed confidence in the triumphant conclusion of t!?e Icnj
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  • 256 3 FOOD SCAPXITY LEADS TO STRICT RATIONING London, Oot. 2. A C^ RESPO *EENT of the AitadatoTp^rififn^/1^ 8 a 6e V™^*Z Picture 1 Twf V nd f r German occupation. I There is strict rationing in Cta resS*K.*SSS OI food and fresil !jf. lar e shops
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  • 111 3 Men Women In Shelters Turn Firefighters London, Oct. 3. £VIDENCE is constantly accumulatmg of the courage of London civilians in the Nazi ni-ht raid.; One party of 200 men, women and children, accustomed to take re! nightly in the basement of an IEnd library, have organized a "talent" competition, performers
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  • 167 3 One Egg Only For German Weddings R A Lone! >n, Oct. L ATIONING in Germany ior lamJr celebrations, such as marnagr.s and silver and golden wedd ngs. which already includes meat and fat, is ex- ded to flour and bread nutritive f< sugar, and coflee substitute. One will be allowed
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  • 45 3 Washington, Oct I. at his Wnm BHtam to-ca> PtoaiMnl R^os^v It said he wiectpd to make no recommendation for relaxation of :ha i Johnson Act which prohibits loans Gov rnments which have dpfaulted on debui to the United States Reuter
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  • 48 3 London, ()<t. 2. FOR the first time in history mosque ninarett at Alexandria. Port Said. Suez and Ismailia will not be H'.umi'iatod durine the Ramadan fast, beginning this week This order is made by the Egyptian Defence Ministry as a black-out precaution acainst nirr' t c.ttark. British Wireless
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    • 112 3 11 A Gk«£3 I A ■AIR DRELSiHG A valuable |>r. -n o ionic fo» the Hair. Is stn i.-i> M nib!) R a nd a sure cure and p eventa!i\p ot Oandruft The minute its applied vuv feel a (oolirß, exhilarating effect /ou'l! I. ike it Pkil B:-^I4I and KJf
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    • 84 3 WEEK-END EVENTS AT V\( HT CLUB T .^'aT^R.yal Singapore u Club there will be the usual U cla «M. starting at 5.23 A class, and at 5.25 pm. for classes. '-urday the second race for the Uullen-e Cup (for women) xir.Q at 4 pm toy the -A- class will sail
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  • 1775 4  -  MARY HEATHCOTT Free Press Feature By THE Women's Section of the Malaya Patriotic Fund had it* big moving day on Tuesday when the central depot was changed from the supper room at Government House to the Salvation Arm> headquarters in Tank Road. Packing < .<><>).
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  • 585 4 Froni Our Special Correspondent Sydney, (By Air Mail). CINCE much of the East has moved to Sydney, one of the chief delights of young: Australians is to watch the amahs take their charges walking in the parks. Chinese nurses are something new to Sydney. The sight of
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    • 223 4 WP.S. Z This SKIN CURE ff^Sg INSTANTLY RELIEVES As& l£k. AND QUICKLY HEALS IK^^ T l6 eason hv Eczema. PsoriAsis, and other M M9 0 0 lilt A di£easca £eej a difficult to cure is frequently due to iPMI IB faUure to reach the roit of the malady Hlrxki to**
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    • 16 4 *i MUNICIPAL GAC DK- <TMFNT PHQIF sini n I r ID B Btf»' w— P < M
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  • 27 5 Green Howards Are Ready On The Beach 'u^ h 'ei^r.nu!V r -l!- J re"con« e 1 th X' !h t!le ri urs last France, find their summer
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  • 138 5 HE basmenfcs and cellars of London hold> have become r dtraritories, furnished with mattresses. ally crowded by 3 gone uncier- :onage by pro- ter faaMtt West Knu restaurant l\ne and dance safely r 1«» tl ><»t-N ot reinforced con- for
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  • 39 5 S LcmkM jarra^e litl! splin- ft! njored beI curiosity. r.ers are con- -tcrs and shell t naiioiVs scrap iron Street jewellers are sir cellars. Dross, <Vcn for business as soon ave been cleared of
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  • 90 5 LONDON'S air raids have given the world a new profession "snore detective." One famous West End hotel employs a woman to stay awake all night listening: in the hotel's shelter. At the first sound of a snore she shakes the offender and politely asks
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  • 9 5 station in southern Eneland.
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  • 239 5 Fantastic Lies Told To Nazi Airmen £OJ/£ of the German pilots shot down in Britain in the past fortnight believed that halt of thltJl Uas l n Germ *n hands, that thousands of soldiers had ini;aded Britain and Ireland, and cfiat London was the last centre of resistance. a» A
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  • 135 5 HURRICANE FIGHTERS FOR EGYPT DHITAIN has sent Huiricane lighter planes to Egypt, according to the Sunday Times air correspondent. The Hurricanes will reinforce the Gloster Gladiator squadrons, which have proved more than a match for the Italian fighters. "Some Italian bombers are faster than the Gloster Gladiators, but the Hurricanes
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  • 570 5 In Action With London's Great Anti Aircraft Barrage Hfc fury of London's -reat 1 anti-aircraft barrage in potion is vividly described by Mr. MacAlpine. chief of the l>aih Telegraph. opent one night at an antiirt post -somewhere on the of London. >od to watch London's de- back at the Nazi
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  • 485 5 U.S. General's Praise For Quality Of R.AF. Planes And Men "(JERMAN pilots don't like British fighter squdkmt and would do anything to get rid of them/' t Brigadier-General Strong, a member of the U.S. military mjssion which has been visiting Britain to
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  • 66 5 THE Recorder at the OJd Bailey, sentencing three men to one year, nine months, and six months, respectively, for looting property damaged in 'd'r raids, emphasized that the legislature regarded the offence as most serious The regulations mentioned the death penalty and penal servitude in aiming
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  • 71 5 TROOPS in Palestine have been 1 warned not to give A.I F. tadset'tnd buttons to cabaret artists. The authorities foar the badees end buttons may be copied r.nd manufactured in lar?e quantities for distriiDUtion amon? Fifth Column agents in the Middle East. British and
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  • 21 5 Ihe (Jueen looking thro -h in instrument during a tour of a gauge and tool fa< i«»rv
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  • 116 5 THE word blitzkrieg" will probably remain in the Ene language, but 'ersatz" probably will not. say.s Pnfp.s.sor e. R. Holme. Professor oi English La: at Sydney University. Professor Holmp hai asked English students at the University to consider the recent introduction of the* other foreign w^rds
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  • 79 5 DOM3S damaged Lambeth Walk. south of the Thames. It is the heart of -'Cockney' Loftstafl For three-quart^r.s cf a mile alon< ccch side of the narrow little street run lir.es cf market stalls and small shop*. Three years a&c "The Lamb. Hi \\alk" became world-famous, when its
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  • 14 6 The Ducc I bring my blessings to you my peopfa
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  • 618 6 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1940. Attempt That Failed /GERMANY'S savage air attacks upon London and its people have failed in their purpose, and have temporarily ceased. Raids are now on a smaller scale and are apparently concentrated on the outlying suburbs and the provinces. The amount of
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  • 1339 6 Britons' Confidence Is W ithout Limit Our London Letter j By Our Own Correspondent London, Sept. 1. AS is usual when Parliament goes into recess in such limes the air is full of rumours of impending changes in the Cabinet. There a.re those who would have Lord Beaverbrook. whose work
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  • 675 7 SAYS ECONOMIST Gifts To Government Better Than Loans BIG CASH RESERVES IN BANK ALSO HELP niK ihinß is to save," states Dr. T. H. Sikodc Professor of Economics at Raffles College, in answer to an inquiry for guidance on wartime gift's and loans addressed
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  • 132 7 F.otd by the Conrad Oldham. as a your.g Tamil was .ths 1 riscorous imprison UM rotan in tht sterday. Lous weapon' was variously irixig the he^rir.,: of the case as p and black."' and '"what be a blade. ax inchca :.e list of Mn\d. to fastened.''
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  • 45 7 he peopl2 in French -led up" with the i ua n of the country were! mgapor. yes crday frcm Sj Igon. d id" in Haiphong .si lor. though it m Saigon e and report of bor- d not be a nflrm^d
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  • 156 7 MR. P. W. STEVEN of the East Asiatic 11 Co., Ltd., was married to Miss Flory Namenwirth, at St. Andrew's Cathedral. Singapore, yesterday. The bride is the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs S. Namenwirth of Antwerp, Belgium, and the bridegroom is the son of Mr.
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  • 438 7 McAlisters' Retrospective Provision OAYMENT of a general war allowance to all in the company's service retrospective to the beginning of the war was referred to by Mr. E. J. Riches at th? annual general meeting or McAlis.er and Co. in Singapore yesterday. He said
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  • 51 7 Mr. Amos H. Lin. assistant manager of the Central Bank in Kunming who has spent three months in IndoChina, arrived in Singapore from Saigon yesterday with Mr. Ou Tseng Sin of the Farmers' Banking Corporation which is sponsored by the National Government of Chungking. They are on their way to
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  • 67 7 TTHE following telegram was sent A yesterday by the High Commissioner for the Malay States, Mr. S. W. Jones, to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Lord Lloyd: Trengganu has telegraphed 550.000 to the Crown Agents for transfer to the Imperial Government. This is a
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  • 108 7 A CHINESE baby show will be held In Singapore at the Great World en Oct. 20. The fhow will be open to three classes: one lor babies under six months old, the second for babies from six to 12 months old, and the third
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  • 240 7 TAN KAH KEE AT FT* MEN MEETING i 1 Chungking:. Oct. 2. NVITATION for overseas investments in the live-year economic plan of Fukien was j among the resolutions passed by the third j Fukien Provincial People's Political Council which adjourned at Yungan on Sept, 28 after half a month's session.
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  • 410 7 CONTRARY to popular belief, no v serious problem of unemployment has yet arisen among labourers formerly employed in pineapple plantations and canning factories. This in spite of the fact that canneries have been idle for some months now. In Johore, where the largest pineapple
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  • 668 7 PLANE DOING EXERCISES OVER AERODROME (From Our Own Correspondent) A PT]PTT p Ip<>l:, Oct. 2, PUBLIC inquiry into the causes of the Perak Flying Club plane at the Ipoh en Aug. 20, in which three persons were killed i at the Ipoh Town Hall
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  • 148 7 JOliE -to men are espected to bo eaib j for intensive training bi Singa I Saturday, when Volunt <ruits eo into variou The Volunteers called up «S exempted froa the July-A continuous training. The present trailing p^ one monih. un:.i Oct. 3 Four can:; be
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  • 56 7 'h" mm r of Road r,n a the Binieapon hsstats .i fcinc;h. Lhe Ff-ro^.d hcarincr Mr. S. C. Goho defence. Bawa his defence h caa v.ho is being defended by Mr J is proceeding. ht the Ifannint and counsel tho allefed murdi r. Mr. E. N. Griffith-
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  • 80 7 }(l r\ iNG track had become su.spjon;; five followed bin from Orchard 1 Killiney Road irfaen be ra« s*en I black»lane and emerg. i i vith a bundle. The 6rU man and examined the burdie: It v&< founi to contain some cloth* that the clothes had
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  • 94 7 SLEEFING In his noire at Bukil a fntnfe householder suddenly b :onscious of wnmMM walking behind louse fa the early hours of vesterda.- mornng. Rising, the householder. Chu Ah vent behind his hou««' and found a "nines? in the act of taking away a
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  • 1033 8 Chungking View Of Axis- Japan Pact News From China From Our Chinese Correspondent QVERSHADOWED by events in Kurope for some time, ihe war in China came into the news ai'ain with the signing of the Axis-Japan pact and the additional G$25,BM£M loan from the Tnited States to China. intending to
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  • 420 8 Germany Massing Forces In Norway London. fjERMANY may attempt to take Iceland and use the u country as one of several bases for an aerial invasion of England, it is believed. This deduction is drawn from the fact that Germany is massing strong forces
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  • 230 8 Children Collect Shrapnel Souvenirs London. CVERY district in London, and almost every street, has, in some form, felt the German "airblitz." But London's life and work go on. United States newspapermen, veterans of Warsaw, Holland, and Spain, say London is taking a heavier hammering than any other
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  • 54 8 A ft p. v/or:;;r$ recently freed a you.)- mother who was irappeci under the wreckage or her ondcn suburban horn-, 27 hours after they iWaby* <>PloasC help me Rescuer? had to dig 13 feet before they reached l^er She was rPeons-i-MM. The babv
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  • 242 8 "BROOMSTICK" ARMY Drilling Without Firearms rimE War Office announced rex cently that local authorities may now organize "broomstick drill" all over the country for men of all ages anxious to do some form of military training in their spare time. Th?re are still many thousands of these, said the announcement,
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  • 26 8 THE House of Coir, mons will fa tatur* meei resulurJy r. t dates and f>7ics which will not be mrde nubile It
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  • 36 8 The entrance to a cinema which was damaged during the air raids on London at the end of AugusL A view inside the cinema which was damaged during a raid.
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  • 210 8 Oil Problem For Germany Soon London rVHE disastrous lasses inflicted on day raiders have disturbed German Air Force. The present known production of German aircraft would not p<the German command to sustai: large-scale air offensive for a I period, while suffering the pr< losses. Germany must
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    • 148 8 PRUDENTIAL Monthly Budget Savings Plan Illustration or tne MONTHLI BIDGET SAVINGS PLAN Date of Birth. Age Guaranteed Maturing MM Cash. at Age Deposit. Ist Jan. 1910 30 £1,750.0.0. 55 ft* GUARANTEED CASH REIIRN Amount available in Cash at Age 55 Total of Deposits (25 xl2 x £4.15.0, fiUJJ! Excess of
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  • 824 9 Malayan Sharebrokers Assn. Singapore UII>M<!»\Y. fKT. 2. 1940: 4 P.M. OIMNG Bu-*en» sellers 3s l'.d 2s -a 3o 6a yd (3s 6d 35s *.d 1 9S 20s ■$1) i;5 i.OO I lis 9J Mi 9d 1 50 1 55 M BB 9$ bd M 21s 8d 16 19 tl 44
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  • 335 9 iens due to leave internment camps in Britain for rmu have been impersonated by others who have e the voyage instead. there has been some :erm of persuasion by people scheduled to leave Britain, vnicn has b*- en powerful enough to i other
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  • 315 9 Fined £20 For False Statement London. CTANLEY HAWKE, aged 48, stated to be the head of a Spiritualist cult called Arrowism, was fined £20 and costs at Exeter recently for 1 making statements likely to cause alarm or despondency. The statements v.ere made at the Church of the
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  • 127 9 T London. HE War Office has issued a leaflet assuring relatives of members of ■the services posted as missing that, v/ithout riny application on their part, every endeavour is being made at home end abroad to trace missing personnel. Departmental inquiries are made, and ic addition the
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  • 146 9 iDOBERTO FARINACCI. former seclv retary of the Italian Fascist Party, has attacked the Pope for his recent message of hope to the bishops of France. The attack is made in the Fascist journal Regima Fascist^. In his message the Pope said: "The very misfortunes with which
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  • 480 9 Half Century Of Railway Progress FEE year marks the 50th anniversary of the railway in Selangor and the 40th annixersary of the completion of the first permanent wharves at Port Swettenham which, from humble beginnings, have become the most busy outlet for Malayan produce in the hinterland.
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  • 757 9 "Tell Your Children How You Bombed The Red Cross I QjCREEN star Robert Montgomery has just returned to 1 A m s ric^' h l s h omeland after seizing in the American *ield Service Ambulance all through the Battle of France He
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  • 382 9 Men Who Flirt With Denth nknown ba London gradually being brought to j new that awards for gallantr. the face of Hitler's Intensive rv£. ing of Londr be-in*: annoui rnr- baldness o: the m o boldsr relief the m. menwho wKhd the |«econd r of safety, have
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 127 9 STRAITS TIMES for 1940 Bi££er and better than ever the Straits Times Annual for 1940 is now in course of production. A lavishly illustrated volume which includes many sections and plates in full colours. An ideal Christmas Gift for your friends Overseas. All previous issues were quickly sold out. ORDER
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    • 415 10 P.&O. and BRITISH INDIA LINES 'INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND) P. O. S. N. CO S SAILINGS. The best possible services are being maintained by The P. 0. S. N. Coy. from the Straits to their usual ports of call in China, India, Ceylon and the United Kingdom. Passengers are requested to
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    • 317 10 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated In FM.S) TELEPHONE: Freight 5432. Passage 545! pmk*m pack tc M»i|i^t^tiDnifc (Incorporated in England) Regular service from the Orient to Vancouver by GIANT EMPRESSES— Across Canada through the Canadian Rockies— Lake Louise— Banff. Trans-Atlantic by EMPRESS DUCHESS or MONT steamers to the United Kingdom.— All under
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    • 462 10 BLUE FUNNEL LR?£. Frequent Sailings to United Kingdom. Dates are not guaranteed, all cargo bookings subject to Conference War Clauses. WESTERN AUSTRALIA THE SHORTEST SEA ROUTE AT THE CHEAPEST FARE Regular Services to Kre mantle Perth via Java by first class passenger ships. Single fare $192 |A £28] Frequent connection
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  • 150 11 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 1,506th auction yesterday and there were catalogued 2,684,704 1b.— 1,198.53 tons; offered 2,543,399 lb.— 1,135.45 tons; sold 2,061,911 1b.— 920.49. London Spot llffctf. New York 19 9 16 cts. PRICES REALIZED Ribbed Smoked Sheet Cents Per Lb. Standard
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  • 122 11 DAILY PRICES CURRENT Oct. 2, IS o'clock noon Buyers Sellers No. IX IJ.S.S. Spot loose.. 37*^ 37}* No IX R.SS FOB. in cases October 38 38% OPAQ R s S. F.0.8 in bßles October 36% 36% P.A.Q RS S P. OB. ID bales
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  • 487 11 New Methods To Be Introduced Soon MOTORISTS MUST PROVE PHYSICAL FITNESS CWEEPIXG changes are to be made in ihe methods by which driving licences are issued in Singapore. It is expected that the new rules incorporating them will be brought into force in the near
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  • 497 11 THE Malaya Patriotic Fund received a total of $1,972,094.30 up to last Monday, according to the latest list ot donations. It records an addition of $36,525.62 to the previous list, as follows Penang Branch $2,845.05; Singapore Turf Club beiiifc contributioii made by European Jockeys from their
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  • 109 11 Before The Hon'ble The Af. Chief Justice in Court No. 1 at 10.30 a*m.:— Mag. Appeal Lcong Ah Kow vs. Rex Judgment. Before The Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pedlow in Court No. 3 at 11 sum.: 5.82 40— Racha Sirgh vs. S. T. Chinniah and another
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  • 71 11 This picture illustrates the "really disgraceful inadequacy of the accommodation provided for the public using the Export and Import and Exchange Control Departments to which Mr. J. I. Dawson referred in his speech at the annual general meeting of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce last
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  • 64 11 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 2. DETAILS of how the F-M.S. War Loan of 520,000,000 was subscribed recently in just over eight days are now issued. They show that banks took up $5,333,650 worth; individuals $4,856,000; co-operative and other societies $3,707,000;
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  • 204 11 SIMPLE TRICK GETS BETTER OF POLICEMAN DN by the front door and out through the back," is an old trick, but it is still new to some people, evidently, for it was used with great success by a 22-year-old Hokkien on a policeman in whose custody he was. Arrested on
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  • 212 11 THE Hi I Air Raids' B jnt issued by the Malaya Patriotic Fund committee show/ a total of $22,507.58 received up to ftl The list is: Mr. and Mrs. E C H. Cha "Liverpool RJ Donaldson $84;: R i A. B. hfcKerron I, J. a.
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  • 139 11 T*HE question as to whether It is 1 for bricks for building houses to be made from cement, in view of the nece of importing this commodity whereas bricks are manufactured locally, was raised at a meeting oi -imittee of the Singapore Ratepayers Association. Mr. Chin
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  • 67 11 MRS. Marianne Howe, of Ryburgh. Norfolk, who is 98, nas I brothers, who also live in Ryburph Robert, aged 94, and Harry, a; Mrs Howe's two sor-s d 7,^ and 76. She has 30 great-RrandchiW .\nd five neafc-treat-crmdchtldr the has never been to a ciur-ma
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 375 11 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS Tenders singapore Mi NICIPAUTY Tenders. are now invited for the materials cr services. For MunlciDal Tenders ■r UnderBukit Timah Filters. Date of 12 noon Oct. 28. 1940. I Fuel for St. James Power during 1941. Date of Oct 31, 1940 -.-malarial Mixture 1941 D.ite of closing 12 Id
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    • 43 11 BOARD RESIDENCE SANDRINGHAM 4, Rochalie Drive has two vacant rooms with verandah and bathrooms attached, M.S.. Good cu'sine, Moderate terms. Phone No. 6757. YORK LODGE 6-1, LLOYD ROAD, SINGAPORE SUPERIOR RESIDENTIAL ESTABLISHMENT Well Furnished Rooms and Exceptional Cuisine. Dail> or Monthly. Pbone 3303.
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    • 51 11 "THE KID 1$ GREAT." (Signed) EDDIE CANTOR i "CANTOR SHOWS PROMISE" (Signed) CHUM 40 LITHE MOTHERS TWO GREAT STARS TOGETHER IN A THRILLING JOHN GALSWORTHY STORY "SCARLETT O'HARA" The bUr f KI HI (CA f Of GONE WITH THE WIND and "WITHEKINCi HEIGHTS VIVIEN LAURENCE LEIGH^rOUVIER ■Hi Ik COMING it
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 224 11 Post Office Mail List c .tt the General Post office .lows: TO -DAY St £>nd ace 5 p.m. Austral:.. West) .surface noon •J.ua air 5 p.m. surface 5 p.m. Port Danrtn turl 5 p.m. Port Moresby surface 5 p.m. Palembar.g air 9 a.m. Thursday Island surface 8 p.m. TO-MORROW Aden
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  • 378 12 Cricket-Club Open Season With Win POLICE BEATEN IN FIRST TEAM HOCKEY S < .2; Police PLATING their first hockey tnalih of the season on the pa dan; yes erday, tht* S C.C. firs, team scored a well -deserved victory of two goals to nil over the Police The exchanges were
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  • 191 12 Selangor Races <From Our Own Correspondent Kuala LumDur. Oct. 2. WEIGHTS for four races at Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday, the second day of the Belaugor Turf Club's autumn race meeting. are given below Hones, Class 3. Div. 2. 6 furlongs TTime Tells 9.00 San
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  • 570 12 Gordons Eliminated From Challenge Cup RAMLI INJURED IN CLASH, TAKEN TO HOSPITAL Malays 1 Gordon Highlanders 0. IN a match which rather lacked true Cup-tie atmosphere, except in the last few minutes when both teams exerted themselves lo the utmost, the Malays, playing*
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  • 381 12 TENNIS RESULTS AND TIES piRTHER ties in the S.C.R.C. open in- vitation lawn tennis tournament were played off yesterday, and resulted: Open singles: Chin Kee Onn beat I A Alsagoff 6 2, 7 5. Men's doubles handicap: John Lim and Gan Kee Tian (scr.)
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  • 192 12 One Goal Decides Women's "A" Team Hockey Match AN interesting game of hockey was witnessed on the G.S.C. ground yesterday when the Girls' Sports Club beat the Y.W.C.A. by one goal to nil in an "A" team match. Play was fairly even throughout the game, both sides doing their best
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  • 125 12 THE Sepoy Lines Golf Club beat the Garrison 1 Golf Club by 24 points to 21 in a women's match played at Sepoy Lines last Friday. Scores. Garrison players first, were: Mrs. R. H. H. Stewart (9) 5 vs Mrs G V. Allen (10> 1: Mrs. H.
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  • 633 12 FIRST TEAM HOCKEY MATCH S.R.C 3; C.S.C 0. A BEAUTIFUL goal in the second half by Sullivan, whose stickwork was far and away in a class by itself, was the highlight of a hockey match played on the padang yesterday between the Singapore Recreation Club and
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  • 114 12 CWIMMING contests, open to Chines? only, will be held at the Haw-Par swimming pool at 5.30 p.m. on Thursday. Oct. 10. Below are given the events, the entries for which will close at noon on Saturday. MEN'S EVENTS 40 yards free style; 80 yards
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  • 36 12 Manager Jack iVarner and his two boys, AtHio Sabatino and Ron Dennis, who figure in to-night's boxing card at the Happy World covered stadium. Their opponent* will be Youn? Frisco and Neil Hemchit respectably.
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  • 224 12 THE YM.CA. and 13th Field Ambutanci "A" teams drew in a hockey n 3 atfh played on the Y.MC.A. ground 3. relay, each side scoring one goal. 1 pt for the first ten minutes of tht* lecood half, when both the
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  • 139 12 Jfi SLMI, with a net score of 36^, and S Doi, with a net score of 38 1 were the winners in "A" and "B" divisions respectively In the Island Club's September Stapleford mpetition played over the week-end at the Some of the best cards
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  • 290 12 FAST HOCKEY AT HONG LIM GR£E i S.C.R.C. 2. IVH l) A fast game of hockt»>, u-iti slickwork its chief rm>rit w<l, seen at Hong: Lim (,r*e M when the S.C.R.C. and n dn two goals all Though both sides pi.. the Chinese fielded ten n
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  • 62 12 T^HE ioilowing haw accepted I hockey for the S.CC II Joseph's Institution on the pad morrow: Lt. J. S. Avelins; U. P I D. Brennan; F. E. Hutch'ns I S. M. Maclldowie. Lt. M. F. FraW. S. Waites. R. W. F. von P P. V. S. Holdtn. Lt.
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  • 62 12 "THE foUowinf Wrtii rcpnvx-nt I Lads B.P. against the Urea' Athletes in a lriendly badminton mat four singles and three doubles at tin World at 7.30 p.m. on Saturday. Donald Lee. Lim Seng Cheow. Wei j Hong. Tan Poh Chuan. N. Nadaraji i Ragunathan. Tan Hlans C3
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  • 40 12 TTHE following will repr- s Indian Association at h against the Hyderabad Regim I:.'1:.' the I.A. ground to-day Jean Pierre. Retnasamy. J J I P. Gupta, Shangaran. O. Kenned V. Dhoss, P. K. P Lt. Thi 1 A Ibrah'.ni T-
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 45 12 To-day's Sports Events ■r: r.allengt rup, R.A.F. iSHe».ir» w R A (A. A.). idium. Singapore Hornets vs. \M A Juniors. WMJCA.. \a signals vs 7th Ilvy. Reiiment R.V. Blakang Mati; Tennis: BjCJLC and ffJLCJL tournaments. Boxing: Atilio Sahatino vs. Young Frisco, Happy World covered stadium.
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    • 66 12 I Xp ttfafcf^B**rtr 1 i/ if oh (tire something 1 tasty, as I rfo, ok 7/ I enjoy tfeese -^j^p^^ Many nev/ and tasty dishes can W^^^Z^€t^^^^ welcome and delicious additions to your weekly menus f everyone will enjoy. a iq UJ i^ U^rJj l| UJ 11/ A] UJ i2m
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