The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 5 May 1941

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  • 19 1 LATE SINGAPORE EDITION The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS lb,299. ESTD. 1835. MONDAY, MAY 5, 1941. 5 CENTS
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  • 627 1 Call lo Feople To Overthrow Rebel Premier BRITISH DRIVE OUT IRAQI FORCES FROM BASRA London, May |iroriamation to tho people of Iraq the Regent. n ir \lmliii IHah. jhrlwci that he is returning to lo retort- orclt^r to his country and bring back
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  • 80 1 Tokio, May /CURRENT rumours mention a possible visit to the United States by the Foreign Minister, Mr. Matsuoka. In authoritative Japanese circles quoted bj the Domei news agency, it is considered that after the conclusion of the Japanese-Soviet neutrality pact it is only "natural" that settlement
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  • 348 1 Americans Ever Ready To Fight Again' Roosevelt Maun ton. (Virginia), May 4. CPEAKING at the dedication of Woodrow Wilson's birthplace as a national shrine to-day. President Roosevelt declared that the American people had fought before and were "ever ready to fight again" for the j existence of "democracy m the
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  • 92 1 Vichy, May 4. rE Wilhelmstrr.sse is observing ar ostentatious silence over events ii: Iraq, according to Berlin reports quoted j j by the Vichy news agency. A correspondent m Budapest ro i marked that reports of the appeal by i the Iraqi Prime Minister, Rashid
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  • 424 1 London, May 4. Speaking to-iLty at a session of the Reichstag, Hitler said: "At a time when deeds are everything, I do not intend to come before you more than is absolutely necessary. •I turned to you for for the first time »t Uie outbreak of war when,
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  • 185 1 London, May 4. WHILE 16 German raiders were des- troyed m the raids on Britain last night, R.A.F. bombers all returned safely from a heavy attack on Germany. Incendiaries and some of the most powerful British bombs were among the many tons of high explosives
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  • 181 1 TANKS WITHDRAW IN FACE OF VIGOROUS ARTILLERY FIRE Cairo, May THE enemy attack on Tobruk has been brought to a standstill and enemy tanks have withdrawn, announces to-day's communitiue issued by British (J.H.Q. m Cairo. The communique says: "Although the enemy attack
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  • 456 1 Lonaon, May 4. THE Australian Prime .Minister, Mr. R. G. Menzie?, left England yesterday for the United States and has arrived m Lisbon. He flew from England m a former Royal Dutch air line plane, accompanied part of the way by R.A.F. planes. 'If
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  • 45 1 Gallup burvey On "Should R.A.F. Bomb Civilians?" Ne»v York, May 4. A GALLUP survey of public opinun on the question of whether the RAF. should bomb German civilians resulted m 53 per cent, answering "yes," 38 per cent, "no" and 9 per cent, undecided.- Reuter
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  • 75 1 Boston, May 4. "AtJR best hope of avoiding a lutrr battle against desperate odds >s to become a n 1 r al belligerent now." declared the president of Harvard Unij versity, Mr. James B. Conant, jn a i nationwide broadcast to-day. To think that the
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  • 187 1 JAMES ROOSEVELT IN RANGOON Rangoon, May 4. CAPT. James Roosevelt, eldest son of the United States president, arrived here to-day by air from Chung--1 king. He will continue his journey to-morrow to Cairo, where he is to act as militnrv observer Reuter Reuter London, May 4. COL. KNOX. United States
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  • 19 1 San Francisco, May 4. PAN-AMERICAN Airways' California. Clipper left for Singapore o-day. inaugurating th cnw service via Manila. Reuter
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  • 59 2 THE Popular Concerts of the Singapore Musical Society 1 have established themselves firmly m the hearts ol all music-lovers m Singapore and it was fitting therefore, and peculiarly heart-warming, to see the large audience at the Society's first concert of
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  • 553 2 lULBERT-COURTNEIDGE COMEDY HIT A GRAND aggregation of stars, romance, music and laughter, "Under Your Hat," British Lion production which opened at tne Pavilion yesterday and drew crowded houses, is a real comedy hit. It has exceptionally bright dialogue with Jack Hulbert and Cicely Courtneidge m the leading
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  • 43 2 is a riotous comedy with laughter from beginning to end. Cleverly directed by Hal Roach, this film version cf Eric Hatch's novel is one of the most entertaining pictures seen m Singapore for a long time. The comedy is enhanced b> clever acting.
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    • 141 2 Thank You, Bill Myrna for Cheering us up with a week of real Fitn Hilaritj /^^^k LAST DAY! < %*t'i You'll enjoy it even more the Second Time 2 ITS ONE LONG. 3 g'C^TjjtM^^ IT'S 811.1. "OWK^TT* ■WCJnrFtV*^^^ funnie>t p«<!i*i« "MY MAN (,ui»K]. Kv with a Splendid PETE SMITH N«vdtj
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  • 177 3 Cyprus Palestine Now perfecting Defences NAZI "TOURISTS" STREAM INTO SYRIA Nicosia, Cyprus, May 4. lT n the »ar drawing nearer m the eastern Mediterranean, 1\ \nrus and Palestine have been quietly and swiftly L* their defences. y precautioiia against possible air attacks on
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  • 230 3 >. May 4. Iraq iollows .-prepared saya Rev\li to show the Iraqi effected the Apr 1 had B rin and I All agreed pi m order that he mvv ■enow me; that negotiating >h auth unties the nece»I ;ard their ossiole d.s--y
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  • 169 3 Turkey's At titude Must Now Be Soon Revealed NAZI THREAT TO SOVIET London. May 4. I and Mosul, now i direct consequence it m Greece. used new diplo- lc difficulr s diplomatic '"V menta are The Germans I y is im-vk-tory m ed by the fact yd a trade believe
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  • 56 3 London, May 4. i^ING G.orse and the Queen with the two Princesses enjoyed a hearty laugh yesterday at a variety show for troops "somewhere m Britain." Th;> stage and film comedian. George Pcrmby. was the principal artist. The royal party joined w*th the audience m
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  • 53 3 Cairo, May 4. SOUTH AFRICAN fiffhter and bomber squadrons are already m Effypt ready to meet the Germans. One of these squadrons shot down 42 Italian machines m East Africa. destroyed 53 on the ground and damaged 56. The squadron's personnel includes four holders of
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  • 78 3 Dutch Ministers For Sydney Batavia, May 4. THE Dutch Foreign Minister, Dr. 1 van Kleffens and the Colonial Minister, Mr. D. J. M. Welter, are flying to Sydney on May 11 and will travel back to London via the United States. i'.rfore leaving they will visit the naval base at
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  • 276 3 Willkie Urges Convoys For Material Going To Britain EXISTING SEA PATROL INADEQUATE, HE SAYS Washington, May 4. "WE have got to get the goods de- livered to Britain and the existing sea patrol is inadequate," Mr. Wendell Willkie declared m a Press statement yesterday. "The rate of sinkings is so
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  • 66 3 London, May 4. "•T'HE Red Army on May Day showed it can meet victoriously any army m any theatre of war whatsoever." writes the Pravda, according to the Moscow radio. "The May Day parade was a demonstration of its fighting power and invulnerable technique.
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  • 28 3 London, May 4: a SPECIAL German mission has arrived at Rome to inspect the Itaban anti-aircraft organization, according to the Rome radio Reuter Reuter
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  • 660 3 IfcDivmv, nU n May 4> 'TING to the Polish all over the world en the of Poh<h naiional day. Mr. Prime Minister, t to keep the day holiday because the 1~9l was the pat- -^nt political thought. m those bygone •v adoption of this V
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  • 321 3 London, May 4. HPHE part played by the R.A.F. m 1 the evacuation from Greece has been told by the Air Ministry. It is revealed that not only did our heavily outnumbered fighters afford protection to the continuous stream of ships but
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  • 364 3 1 6Ra ide rs Sh o tDo wn Over Britain On Saturday Night CIXTEEN German raiders v last night, when night were both carried out on Bombs were dropped at many points m England, Scotland and Wales and an Air Ministry communique admits that substantial damage was done at south
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  • 157 3 Darlan Leaves Vichy Suddenly For Paris MEETS NAZI ENVOY Vichy, May 4. A DM. Darlan, Vichy Foreign Minis- ter, left here unexpectedly for Paris yesterday morning. Immediately on his arrival he had a talk with the German Ambassador. Otto Abetz, whom he failed to see on his last visit. Acm.
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  • 88 3 Berlin, May 4. T^HE Nazis are trying to get con- trol of the nickel mines at Petsamo, northern Finland, which were wrecked during the fighting m Finland 18 months ago. The German Foreign Office announces that negotiations are going on with the "partners m the mines,"
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  • 56 3 Japan Recognizes Catholic Church Rome, Ma; 4. TPHE Japanese Minister of Education has given legal recognition to the Roman Catholic church as a juridical entity with civil rights, states a Tokio dispatch to the Italian news agency. It is added, however, that there is tc be no diplomatic representation m
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  • 35 3 London, May 4. rE Government of India bM ucdared Greece, with the exception of Crete, to be enemy territory under the Defence of India Rules for purposes of trading. Reutsr
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  • 38 3 Tokio, May 4. r -MORROW Tcldo is to have a conunuous "anti- espionage week" In which kc lures and broadcasts will instruct the public how to prevent spying and cinemas Dosters will illustrate the methods.— Reuter
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  • 178 3 Indian Ruler On Britain's Sense Of Duty Bhopal, May 4. A GLOWING tribute to Britain 3 high sense of duty which prompted her to honour r-er pledge to Greece and risk and sacrifice her troops was paid by the Nawab of Bhopal. who recently returned from a taur of the
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  • 93 3 New York, May 4THE Irish would stoutly defend Eire against any invader, declared Mr. Robert Brennan, Eire Minister to the United States, speaking here yesteiday. He asked the United States for aid against any aggressor. "Whatever the corner may be," he added, "we cannot go
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  • 164 4 How to Cure PILES Simple Application Stops Pain ami Bleeding. Pitt Heal Completely. i Until Dr. Van Week's startling discovery of hia Absorptive Pile Plasma, th« tor* geoo's knife wn the only oure for bad nUaa. But the amaiing healing tsffect of l>r. Vm Vleck's Absorptive Pile Plasma, In many
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  • 633 4 The Singapore Free Press Call To Muslim World DEPORTS regarding the situation m Iraq are still somewhat confused, but sufficient is now known to make it clear that the position is one of considerable gravity for Britain and the Muslim world. Stern and swift measures are essential against the forces
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  • 51 4 Britain's newest and mightiest battleship, King- George V, has fwHifcli including quadruple 14-inch gun turrets. This picture shows the four gianl pom d m these turrets, with secondary armament, 5.25" guns m the background. Men under ih< guns are preparing a towing cable during "general
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  • 1003 4  - Why Germans Cannot Sea Power Lord Strabolgi By TJISTORY is repeating itself l Mn the present war. The [great Napoleon had his Continental system which he organized after his armies had conquered a great part of Europe and his diplomacy, backed by force, had succeeded m neutralizing or bringing into
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous

  • 1106 5  -  MARY HEATHCOTT Free Press Feature By ,11 the mud m at the Johore hut despite the conditions, aised for the the women's re Branch of Fund, and to come m. allow the turned the Molek school i, to spoil down and h
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  • 225 5 Members of the Y.W.CA. Sports Club who attended a farewell tea party for Mrs. Pauline Price, general secretary of the Singapore Y.W.CA. on Friday. Back row: (left to right) Joyce Scharenguivel. Phyllis Eber. Araxy Edgar, and Mrs. H C. Brett. Second row: (left to right) Patricia
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  • 956 6 Australian Tank Corps AUSTRALIA'S military leaders, and particularly officers rt charged with the formation of the A.l.F.'s first armoured division, resist strenuously any contention that it would be better to build any tank, however outmoded, than to wait for the development
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  • 824 6 Terms Of Hitler's "Last Chance Offer To Vichy For Passage Of Troops INTENSIFYING the tempo of his diplomatic offensive, Hit- ler is reported from Vichy to be applying extreme pressure on Vichy and Madrid for the granting of facilities for the passage of troops for an assault on Gibraltar. rapidiy
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  • 574 6 British Sea-Power In Aegean" Factor Baffling Germany WITH the Germans m occupation of Ltmnos i virtually cut off from the outside world, longer important as a port, says the militan of the Sydney Morning Herald. rr s P<*<^ As an alternative, Turkey has a great port midway down the Anatolian
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  • 126 6 DRITISH arm, d divisi*. now pouenul i.«,ugh v i? any enemy h,r <t t e ou London Daih h J» fc "Changes h, ,JJ^ «Jm the types %g* l as to produce the hardest^* unil ever known m lirnish i 1 organization U u
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  • 35 6 DR. Joseph Roncek o; Hoptti College. Long Island, reports Dutch have revived the BegunSecret Society, loan-. J Spanish conquer i The society n m m m attention to tlu (>■
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  • 52 6 FROM a Detroit emj tc produce l.OOii pMKßferfli mobiles dail' tl out the firsi of a gi 25-fc medium tanks, which the Corporation is bu.: i Arsj By midsummer, pi xprte to be ir. lull swin 15 such tank-- In Nine months the plant now itand Mil
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  • 157 7 broadcasting Officials' Request To Government ii-ht savins time may he advanced by minute*. This would place Singapore of Greenwich mean time and facilitate broadcasting programmes when the powerstation begins operation, the Free Press I 20; I 1 hour I by tr.c
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  • 322 7 Work Given To 1 74 Discharged Prisoners ALTHOUGH 19-iO presented pood op- portunites for after-care work m Singapore, and these were fully ex-ploited—-nevertheless there is an immen.se amount of work to be done for the men whoss cases w- are champicning. not so much for the habitual criminal as for
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  • 80 7 nt) r r looking :,road~ost This new -verreas pro- ..rated to-day 5 SO p.m. by imhttsadoc in 1 rded talk as United States ng to ttke up Mnese Fcre'gn bi Sin- Munr irom May n, news m SJ" broad raM by the «t»re Hff,iv
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  • 100 7 Reckless Bu c Passengers TUT increasing; number of road fatalities m Singapore caused by people lumping; on or off moving vehicles is receiving the attention off the Singapore Traffic Police. Durin? the past few weeks the Police have had to deal with a crop of cases m which passengers or
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  • 143 7 'THREE Chinese who were injured and suffered burns when a motor-ca: and a taxi came into collision m Grovt. Road late on Saturday night, are reported to be progressing well towards recovery. Both vehicles caught lire alter the collision and were completely gutted. The four occupants of
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  • 60 7 The Royal Australian Navy fleet was expanded immediately on the outbreak of war; a number of steamers were converted into armed mcTchan? cruisers and small coastal vessels wer-s converted into minesweepers. Altogether Australian dockyards have defensively armed more than 200 ships. This picture shows new wharves and
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  • 167 7 Local Chinese Schools Help Scrap Drive CAMPAIGN to collect scrap has been launched by Chinese schools m Singapore as their contribution to he general "Salvage Week" drive which has been extended to Wednesday. Teachers have done everything to make their pupils appreciate th^ importance of the drive m relation to
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  • 41 7 iProin Our Own Correspondent) lUUtu. April 26. J^OTWITHSTANDING the shortage of tonnage, sugar exports during Marc;i were exceptionally good, nearly 7^.500 tons of sugar being shipped, ngaimt 47.000 tons m the same month of last year.
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  • 652 7 UTTH lh^ inauguration of the Pan- American Airways Clipper Ser- vice to and from Singapore, and the expected arrival here of the first monster 42-ton trans-Pacific i Clipper from San Frr.ncisco on Thursday. Singapore will become a section on another .of the
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  • 1095 7 More Indian Textiles Coming Into Malaya "TIME TO EXTEND TRADE" DROSPECTS for Indian textiles m Malaya are bright, said Mr. R. Jumabhoy, president of the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce, at the half-yearly meeting" of the Chamber on Saturday. Imports of Indian textiles into Malaya m 1940 were nearly double
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  • 112 7 'T'HE Consi:!-Gencral of the Nether- lands, Mr. H.M.J. Fein. «fl the Dutch exhibition of uar cartoons 2nd posters at the HjllancKhe C!ud at 7 o'clock to-ni'. T ht. This is an official opening to which invitations have leen issued to hi£h Government officers and rrominent
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  • 1080 9 Final Day Of Selangor Spring Race Meeting FIGHTING FINISH AND SWEET COLETTE UPSET (From Our Own Correspondent) if fin «~,,u v rv .i. Kuala Lumpur, May 3. M IL iL T? 8 h l Fl S htin S finish and Sweet Colette and .fff™ u y S^ c Dodd were
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  • 439 9 BRIGHT cricket was seen on the padan? yesterday m the second day of the two-day match between th? Army and the Singapore Cricket Club, which ended m a draw, time intervening;. The Army, thanks to Major Caslor and Gunner Dcuglas La Brooy who knocked up 70
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  • 101 9 Louisville (Kentucky), May 3. iimiRLAWAY, owned by Mr. Warren W Wright, starting a last-minute favourite, at 5-2, won the Kentucky Derby, value £18,750. the biggest Derby purse since Aristibs won the inaugural race m 1875. Whirlaway covered the course, one mile and two furlongs, m the record
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  • 48 9 AN R. A. Heavy Regiment cricket side defeated the Police by four wickets m a cricket match played on the Police ground yesterday. The Gunners scored 110 runs :or tne loss of six wickets, after their opponents had batted first and declared after
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  • 86 9 THE following is the Royal Aus- tralian Air Force cricket team to meet the Australian Imperial l-orce on the Singapore Cricket Club padang at 11 a.m. on Tuesday: Ci>L A. R. Barnes (capt), Lac B. Bowley, Sgt. V. M. Lette, Sgt. J. E. Undersoil, s*,
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  • 208 9 A START was made with the Singapore badminton championships when several first round ties m the men's Junior singles event were played at the Clerical Union Hall, Rangoon Road, over the week-end. Seven ties were played yesterday and those who impressed most were Koh Keng Huat (Playfair)
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  • 37 9 THE results of the novices' race (one length freestyle) at the Singapore Swimming Club yesterday morning were: 1, 2/Lt. D. R. Gow; 2, A. Gl*nville; 3, S. C. Thompson. (Time 33-2/5 sec).
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  • 59 9 Tondon, May 3. TNSTEAD of with the usual herald- ing of trumpets the cricket season made a modest beg-innin? m the several minor matches hi which the London Fire Service, takin? a well-earned relaxation, attain stole the limelight by opening the season at Lord's cricket's headouarters,
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  • 256 9 DLAY^NG at thj Giilman Barracks" yesterday, the Loyal Regiment beat PMrt Canning by 152 runs m a crick 2t match. Batting first the Loyals scored 204 runs for five wickets and declared. In reply Fort Canning scored only 52 runs, Corp. Robert and
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  • 248 9 IN a cricket match played at lion? Lim Green yesterday, the S C R C. "A* defeated the Prli:? "A" by 19 runs. Scores: S.C.R.C. •A" Gan Kee T.an b Gurdial Singh Swe? Lim Swang b Gurdial Singh 3 Ang Swee L:^w b Gurdial Singh
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  • 27 9 THE cricket match Between the Ceylon Snorts Club and the K.A.F. Headou?rlers>, which mM to have been r>!a* ed at Balestier yesterday, was cancelled.
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    • 544 9 No. 7 NOW ON SALE 56 pages of good reading matter and pictures. The Germans m France An American newspaperman tells of life m Nazi -Occupied France A returned French prisoner told me: worked for several necks with a German handicraft expert who treated me kindly, and 1 learned something
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  • 2087 10 Local Team Take Honours Of The Game MAGNIFICENT BOWLING BY SUNDRUM AND SCHUBERT AFTER two day* of keen, but all too cautious and unenterprising cricket, the match between the Australian Imperial Force and the Non-Europeans, played on the SJLC padan^ m aid of The
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  • 25 10 picture. The Australian Imperial Fcice cricketers take the field on Saturday, the first cay of the twJ-day match completed yesterday. Free Press
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  • 1053 10 Spirited Reply To Sporting Declaration (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, May 5. THE Negri Sembilan-Selangor State cricket match which was played here yesterday and to-day ended m a draw after Negri had led hy two runs on the first innings. Incidentally last year's match also ended m a draw m
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  • 192 10 London, May 3. COOTBALL games played to-day re- suited: INTERNATIONAL Scotland 1 England 3 LONDON CUP Chelsea 2 «iueen's Pk. Rangers 3 Arsenal 3 Tottenham 3 FOOTBALL LEAGUE SOUTH Bournemouth 2 Southampton 3 Brighton 4 Watford 2 Luton 2 Portsmouth 1 Norwich 5 Southend 3 SOUTH REGIONAL
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  • 275 10 Penang Beat Perak In Race Against Time EU CHEOW TEIK'S FINE INNINGS OF 57 N.O. (From Our Own Correspond* IN an exciting race against the clock i'VnLj Iby four wickets m an inter-State cricket C have yesterday and continued to-day. I» ena victory largely to an excellent knock ol the
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