The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 30 May 1941

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  • 20 1 LATE SINGAPORE EDITION The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 16,521. ESTD. 1835. FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1941. 5 CENTS
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  • 719 1 "Germany Must Not Be Allowed To Violate Peace Again" FLOOD OF HATE GATHERS FORCE AGAINST HITLER piVE times in the last century Germany has violated peace and she must never be in a position to play that role again/' Thus declared Mr. Anthony Eden British Foreign
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  • 219 1 BRITISH ADVANCE ON BAGHDAD Rashid Ali For Turkey? London, May 23. *mm Ui Iraq are now icing on Baghdad accord- r 0 latest reports on the Iraq which add that the \bdul Ulan, has arrived in |fc UN iomier Premier, Government will when the capi- 1 bf the British. ebeck
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  • 26 1 Well-Known Fascist Leader Dismissed London. May 29. arrounced to-day JSsji Starve, one of the I leaden, has been poat of chief of !e isi Militia. Reuter
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  • 154 1 Tokio, May 29. "THE vernacular Press to-day ex- pressed fears of a breakdown of the Netherlands Indies trade talks with Japan because of the former's alleged "lack of sincerity." The Nichi Nichi Shimbun said the parley had entered "its most crucial stage" on account of the Indies'
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  • 81 1 Gibraltar, May 29. THE Governor of Aleciras. Gen. Munoz Grandes, this morning return ?d the official call paid on him on May 19 by Gen. Lord Gort. newly appointed Governor of Gibraltar. Salutes of IT guns were fired for the ?rrival and departure or Gen. Munoz
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  • 58 1 London, May 29. A BRITISH warship has inter- cepted the German freighter Lech, 3,290 tons, while on her way from Rio de Janeiro to a port in occupied France, announces the Admiralty. The Lech arrived at Rio de Janeiro on Mar. 3, dodging the British blockade for
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  • 101 1 London, May 29. Fis authoritatively confirmed in London that British planes attacked the Tunisian port of Sfax when an Italian T^argo ship they had damaged took refuge in the port. The Vichy news agency alleges that the French steamer Rabelais was hit and
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  • 180 1 London, May 29. HTHE cruiser Ycrk must now be re- Warded as a total loss, onncimces the Admiralty. Tl;e warship was damaged some time ago and was under repair in Suda Bay when the battle for Crete began. The ship has sine* been repeatedly bombed and
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  • 53 1 London, May 29. II is iearned in London that there weiv only three survivors from the Hood— an officer and two men. The battle-cruiser blew up so suddenly during the acticn that those not killed outright had little chance of escape. The Hood's normal complement
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  • 32 1 IT is officially stated in London that over 100 officers and men from the Bismarck were picked up by our forces and are prisoners of war. Reuter
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  • 235 1 London, May 29. RAF. Coastal Command aircraft yesterday morning successfully attacked a German supply ship of 5,000 tons in a convoy off Brest. Direct hits were scored with heavy bombs. The ship was left listing heavily and settling down after the pilct of the British
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  • 82 1 London, May 29. THERE has been ne official news from Crete since yesterday, though reports continue to come indicating that fierce fighting is in progress in the western sector, says Reuter. Troops from Britain. Australia and New Zealand are fighting
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  • 381 1 In the latest attacks by our bombers the fields and objectives around Maleme aerodrome were littered with the wreckage of German planes. The official German news agency announces that the Germans captured this morning the town, and harbour and aerodrome of Heraklion. German dive-bombers are carrying out
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  • 409 1 London, May 29. TTHE methods of parachutists are described in an interview with a news agency correspondent at Cairo by a young officer who tells in vivid terms of the first German landing at Maleme aerodrome in Crete. He said: "We saw
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    • 74 1 THIS WEEK BRITAIN DELIVERED PRINTED RAYONS STRIFES— S POTTS FLORAL DESIGNS VISIT SEAVIEW HOTEL BALL-ROOM PERFECTLI AIRCONDITIONED BY SEABREIZFS TO-NIGHT 6c SATURDAY SPECIAL DINNER -DANCE CABARET ENTERTAINMENT PROVIDED BY MARLENE STARR CUBAN DANCER IH GLAMOROUS EXOTIC OANCES DINNER $3.— Non-Diners $I.— Incl. Tax APELPHI GRILL vvnttnei you require ugtu rerresntienia
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  • 342 2 Manila, May 29. IMPORTANT metals and vegetable oil supplies to the Axis were shut oft at noon to-day within an hour after the United States High Commissioner to the Philippines, Mr. Francis B. Sayre, was advised that President Roosevelt had signed the
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  • 742 3 Washington Believes Tokio Militarists Are Losing Power ROOSEVELT'S SIGNIFICANT SILENCE ON PACIFIC DESPON^mr v1• i Washington, May 29. platers who talked with President charUvSj f^ ho I|: s Previous to his radio "fireside AdminK?S £*f t here fa a r<win K **lief tS ml?
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  • 180 3 "Convoys Are Obsolescent" -Roosevelt „a^»»ngton. May 28. the problem of £rV Britain. President rd 2?^d to-day he is con*sVhat convoys are obsolescent •^JSrated his last night's surface raiders and air- Ju£d new elements requiring of protection. *^Tls certainly to the United to know the exact 9**E* of ..übmarines, surface ainrVi't
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  • 34 3 ARGENTINE PROBE INTO NAZI ACTIVITIES W-. Mjlj 79. bate requested i r o be present •n June 4 to testify wtMttM of the fcHowr 2-»«^ if 1 measures the trmtl >*^-i propa- SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS Reuter
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  • 71 3 Germans Dread Long War Zurich, May 2<J. L^r X? 1 n(ien of the Nue PJ^Germ! Says the last Si >?* h Ls Prolon'gaS*^quent J he Hess cas 2 Is Object of conversaliOft imposing PL? Cf. a ve been intTO sale of tobacco, beer C!> thp u. K^ *£L r ur
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  • 371 3 London, May 29. THE high point of President Roosevelt's broadcast was an unequivocal declaration that the delivery of needed supplies to Britain is imperative and this can. must, and will be done, says The Times. Thus the President commits htmsell and the
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  • 47 3 Do«rn, May 29. miLHELM 11, Germany's Kaiser durW ing the last great war, is seriously ill. The ex-Kaiser's physician to-day expressed anxiety for his health which has greatly worsensd during the past months, during which he has not left his room. United Press
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  • 79 3 Shanghai, May 29. MANY British firms in Shanghai are reported to be reorganizing their staffs in consequence of a good response by local voung Britons to the recent appeal of the British Ambassador. Sir Archibald ClarkKerr for recruits for the fighting forces. Many non-Britons are also
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  • 54 3 Basle, M»y 25--rEB chief clril administration of AUace states that French sequestration of German fortune* In Alsace has been annulled, according to a report received here Persons possessing and man*? I**.1 ■"petered property are ordered to culars immediately. Regulations restoration of the fortunes art
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  • 118 3 Invasion Of Britain After Crete? Wellington (N.Z.), May 29. ■pHE acting Prime Minister, Mr. W. Nash, expressed his belief that if the Germans succeeded in Crete they would attempt an invasion of Britain, when he addressed the Returned Soldiers Association. He did not think that they could succeed because he
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  • 212 3 French In Syria Desire British Victory London, May £9. ALL remains quiet on the Syrian frontier although British frontier patrols are standing by with the utmost vigilance. "I met this evening at the frontier post a merchant who, with his wife, were the last Britons to leave Syria," says Reuters
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  • 134 3 London, May 29. 'THE gallantry of a British naval officer is revealed in an announcement this morning of the loss of the naval auxiliary vessel Patia. The Patia was attacked by German aircraft with bombs and muchine-gun flre. The enemy aircraft was shot down by
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  • 221 3 WMhinct— May 29. The U.S. War Secretary. Mr. R. Stimson, revealed that Vkm tmtnhn «rf 8.4*0 R.A.F. fliers Hi Africa wfll beffia on J«bc 7. Boiler. Cftir*. May 2f A Britisfc; withdrawal to portions east ot Soda Bay la Crete is aanoaneed in to-day's GJLQ. Kiddle East Mmm«n!.
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  • 134 3 New York. May 29. rE New York Dally Mirror columnists, Drew Pearson and Robert Allen, state, "President Roosevelt has just had a private poll taken of Midwestern sentiment on the question of intervention in the European war. "A personal representative has
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  • 288 3 HOSPITALS BLASTED WITH PATIENTS Cairo, May 29. TWO hospitals were burnt out with all their patients when German airmen destroyed Canea, capital of Crete, on May 24, according to an eye-witness story given by the Greek Minister of Labour. He said: "German airmen have added to
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  • 133 3 Canberra, May fs, ALL persons resident in Australia c^/ning United States dollar funds and currency of any form in Australia or overseas are reauired to sell them to the Commonwealth under an order gazetted to-day. The Federal Treasurer, Mr. A. W. Fadden, estimates the proceeds
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  • 74 3 London, May 29. CONSERVATIVES retained the seat at Hornsey as the result of the by-election announced this morning as follows: Capt. Gammans < Conservative 11,077; Mr. Noel Pemberton Billing (Independent) 4,146. Mr. Pemberton Billing made a protest at the dec I r ation poll, alleging
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  • 215 3 NEW ATTACK ON THE MERSEYSIDE London May 29 QERMAN raiders were reported over a town Northern Ireland to-day, says United Press. A few bombs were dropped early this morninf on a south-eastern coastal town ii» England Only one person was killed and a few injured when a
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  • 72 3 Shanghai, May 29. "THE Nanking regimes two principal bank* ing institutions. Central Reserve Bant and Hwa Hslng Bank, were among the subscribers when the Shanghai Municipal Council this morning floated Ch. 58,000 .000 loan which was oversubscribed by several millions in half an hour
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    • 5 3 (See story in Pa*e ONE)
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  • 652 4 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1941. Swift Revenge JHE Royal Navy has exacted a swift and terrible revenge for the ioss of the battle-cruiser Hood and the destruction of the German raider Bismarck has been accounted througnout the world as a triumph of naval organization, with special credit
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  • 43 4 "Thumbs Up!" says this British soldier after the Battle of Gr«eco In spite of the hard^hirs „f fc. he, like thousands of his comrades, kept his good spirits whk'i have become a byword of Riitio forces.
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  • 616 4  -  Captain H.C. Bia By (of the Royal Air Force) WHEN Adolf Hitler pressed button "A" to be^in the air blitz, hundreds of German flying butchers, red-handed from Poland, Holland, Belgium and France, thundered toward Britain in massed formations. We burned them
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  • 373 4 London, May 9. THE other week I told you about food ramps. Since I last mentioned it, much publicity has been given to the matter. Though it seems scarcely believable there are a number of men in this country who are deliberately gambling in foodstufTs. Worse
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  • 22 4 Th, Ne* S.- establish an ""fRj?? is official tarT h-.> Acent -Genera! I '^l^, study General. ll** made a^" in London 4
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    • 335 4 I I agree. .You find I ROSES Lime Juice I satisfies all tastes!" -^S i i i B w I m u g mm j PASSENGER FREIGHT SERVICE SINGAPORE TO NEW YORK I AND BOSTON !VIA PENANG. COLOMBO. BOMBAY AND CAPE OF GOOD HOPE 1 Ar rive S'Dore 6AIJ 9
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    • 75 4 You Always Feel Best when you look beat We have a wide HflA range of suit lengths, "Rock- iK&'V w ville" USA. Wain JBE^Bk£J& Shiells, in Si 1 k |K|j^f p| and Wool also It AMERICAN ffi:.§ I SHARKSKIN l|f V fl[ W in Various Colours |M :^B You will
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  • 984 5  -  MARY HEATHCOTT Free Press Feature By r\T,<T appearance of "les 1 L rirls "of Mrs. E. A. Elder's ion-stop cabaret was made on Wedu lay night when the fathay Cafe had a ni^ht aid of St. Andrew's Mission Four items were triven from the
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  • 1268 5  -  CLIO 5F CO heavy was the booking for Saturday's production of the '•Diggers' Revue" by the Australian Imperial Forces that those responj.bie were able to announce on the programme that it will be repeated in a new form at a later date. This is good news because it
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  • 463 5 is to be held at the Adelphi Hotel Roof Garden in aid of club funds. ij* *x» *ji *f* *T* New Play TTHE Sceneshifters, the Y.M.C.A. dramatic society with many well presented and well acted plays to its credit, are now in rehearsal for their
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    • 120 5 i off Mrt%*± j[<Cs Wb». „"'>• io, ft, J "/""Refuse"" 1 31 M^9Kl substitutes for Flit. If the soldier is not on the tin, C *£j>/0? FLIT EYES SORE, TIRED ON E MINUTE A DAY u/Jrh an Optrex. In any case, whether you nath is like having an you, C
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    • 68 5 FEARLESSLY... Grwl'? She faces wind and sun, V s z^m*^-^ vet her skin remains smooth YV W snd soft, thanks to the faith- f ful use of Elizabeth Arden !/0^ preparations for Cleansing, fcj} j Toning and Nourishing the M I* /C faAon. TELEPHONE 6115. c i,EiV^ Sl^ MAYNARD CO.,
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  • 139 6 Flown Tom Britain in 20 days across the Atlantic, America and the Pacific, the pictures < n this pa?? of Britain's paratroops in training were brought to Singipore by the second California Cl'pper. Above is an angle shot of parachute troops round the hole in
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    • 57 6 QUALITY BLADES AT A VERY LOW PRICE Nacet Blades enjoy great popularity because blade in ey/try packet gives many speedy, close, clean shaves. You can rely on the keen cutting edges of Nacct Blades to give real shaving comfort at the lowest possible price per shave. Bring your three-peg razor
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  • 441 7 Effective In Johore Next Month: Singapore To Follow Suit Shortly THE > slcm of c< rtain foods to registered 'consumers only, which is to be enforced in Johore fr»m June 15, wiH come into operation in Singapore shortly afterwards. Details
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  • 117 7 n U4ERICAH Airways new 3HA California Clipper i the United StatesXva aii passenger service when here on Wednesday, took the return flight to San c ov:orday with 470 lb. of mail for America and had arrived with 668 lb. of -am London, the
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  • 266 7 ms~^ >' v.o misgivings among worker :or the Women's Section if the Maiaya Patriotic Fund that their efforts are no: appreciated by those Abb they are intended to benefit. :s recently received from remove any doubts on that follow many similar character. fbrpmttsa Bridgeman, vice-chair-the Central Hospital
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  • 50 7 to have used abusive words and th?L w to Mis Clara Yuen Mo Yan Me* of Corona Flower Shop In JS*^ Road on May 23. Joh Jensen claimed fcv tI Sln «*P°rc fourth court yesterj hfarin* of the case was postponed jJJ J when Mr. T. W. Ong will represent
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  • 191 7 PTJRTHER evidence in the case in which a Japanese photographer and his wife allege that their employee, John Leong, attempted to poison them by putting potassium cyanide in the food, was heard at the Assizes yesterday before Mr. Justice Worley and a common jury. Leong
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  • 46 7 STATED to have taken a suit of clothes to the pawnshop instead of the laundry, Ratnam, a 30-year-old Indian, was convicted in the Sinagpore third court yesterday. Bail of $100 was offered and the case was postponed to June 5 for sentence.
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  • 33 7 Returned to Abyssinia after the fall of the Italian East African Empire, the Emperor of Abyssinii is here pictured unfurling the Standard which now Hies over his country again.
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  • 198 7 A BRITISH fighter pilot, des- cribing in a broadcast from Singapore yesterday his experiences while piloting a Spitfire over Dunkirk and in the Battle of Britain, said he was now flying a Brewster Buffalo in Singapore. "We cannot say how the Buffaloes will compare in
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  • 176 7 •ywo men, Ng Tian San and Ong Kim Seng, who were alleged to have .been found in possession of a large quantity Of counterfeit coins,; were committed for trial at the next assizes, by Mr. W. D. Carew, the Singapore third magistrate, yesterdayThey will be tried
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  • 353 7 Presentation To Professor J. L. Rosedale IN appreciation of the work which he has done, the eollege of Medicine has presented the diploma in medicine and surgery of the College, honoris causa, to Professor John Lewis Rosejdale, the expert on nutrition. The presentation of the diploma was made by Dr.
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  • 24 7 The Lotus Club will hold a sewing class at B, Raffles Quay, at 5.30 pjn. to-morrow.- Mrs. M. V. Pillal will be In charge.
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  • 1256 7 Eurooean Motorist On Three Traffic Charges STATED by his counsel to have fallen asleep at the wheel of his car owing to the "combined effects of his previous two nights' sleeplessness, a drug, and the night air," H. Harley Clarke, secretary of the Singapore Swimming Club, was on trial ill
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  • 155 7 Flintstones Stolen From Ships At Singapore Are Valued At $30,000 "ABOUT $30,000 worth of flintstones (used for igniting petrol lighters) have been stolen from ships at the Singapore Harbour Board docks in a series of small thefts, and the police are taking special steps to deal with this pilfering," said
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  • 261 7 Indians Compound Case In Court A EUROPEAN who saw two Indians fighting in Telok Blangah Road and disarmed one of the men, who was holding a pair of dividers in his right hand, gave evidence in the Singapore fifth court yesterday. The witness was Alexander Rhind,
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  • 156 7 "VOU men must understand that if you commit this offence again you will be sent to prison for a week or more," warned Mr. Conrad Oldham, Singapore second magistrate, yesterday, addressing two British seamen, John Cobb, 21, and J. Murton, 16, who appeared on a
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  • 36 7 The Eurasian Women's Association will hold a dance at the Adelphi Roof Garden on Saturday, June 7 from 9.15 pjn. to 2 a.m. Admission tickets priced at $1 per person are obtainable from the hon. secretary.
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  • 241 7 WHAT was described as "perhaps the first case of its kind in Singapore." came before the Singapore second court yesterday when Tan Liew, 32, Lim Ah Peng, 38, Ang Chck, 33, and Yoong Yoo Hoon. 27, were charged with importing 1.762 British trade
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  • 182 7 DESCRIBED as the prcawisr of "wha hoay," a lottery similar to chap-jee-kee, 54-year-old Lian Ga Sing was convicted in the Singapore third court yesterday on a charge of carrying on a public lottery in a house in Kallang Road on May 28. Outlining the case,
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  • 83 7 MAXIMUM prices have been fixed for tyres and tubes, and although the prices obtaining in Singapore have not been gazetted, those effective in the Federated Malay Strtt^ rr«ve b'^n announced. The Free Press unaci^i^ ins tuut the fixing of maximum prices for tyres and
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  • 50 7 Further v.reaths received at the funeral of Capt. C. O. Woodward in Singapore on Tuesday are from Alice, Bob and family. The Clerical Staff, S.V.C. Headquarter?, Mr. and Mrs. A. Buchanan and family, Capt. and Mrs. J. EL McDonnell and PaUy. and The Committee and Members of the S.I},. A.
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  • 254 9 GRIM PICTURE OF LIFE UNDER THE NAZIS London, May 29. A DISPATCH from somewhere on the Dutch-German frontier describes the worsening situation in Holland. Coffee stocks are nearly entirely finished, and now only available in quantities of one-twelfth of a pound every eight weeks. Milk is
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  • 259 9 Washington, May 28. QUOTAS on imports of wheat and flour to the United States, by means of which nearly Ul American imports of these commodities will come from Canada, were announced in a proclamation issued by President Roosevelt to-day. The quotas are imposed on 30 countries
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  • 91 9 London, May 29. IN recognition of the recent successful operations in East Africa, the King has ordered the following promotions in and appointments to the Ore the Bath. To be Knights Commander. MajorGeneral Alan Gordon Cuningnam, Commander of the British force? In Abyssinia and Major-General
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  • 950 9 Chinese Topics By Our Chinese Correspondent fHINESE circl^ speak of being in progress^ for the establishment of a Chinese Consulate in Perak. It is said that the Consulate will with the approval of the local Government, be opened in Ipoh. .It may be
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  • 123 9 DAILY PRICES CURRENT May 29. 12 o'clock noon Buyer* Srtlert No. IX R.S.S. Spot loose 40 40 No. IX R.S.S F.0.8 m cases May -June (Sellers option) 40 40 1 Of AQ. R S.S. F.0.8 bales May-June ißeDan option) 39^ *0 P.A g a S.S.
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  • 101 9 Madras, May 29. I*H£ present emergency has increased the j risk of sabotage and illicit possession and £ale of explosives and heightens the risk of sabotage to mines and industrial plant:. says a Press note issued by the Proyirv i Government announcing heavier penalties
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  • 242 9 Melbourne, May 28. IT is reported that the Australian cruiser 1 Perth is engaged in the fighting off Crete. Every radio station in Australia is making simultaneous two-minute broadcasts twice nightly of dramatized appeals for recruits for the R.A.A.P. and A. 1. P., and for purchase of war
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  • 63 9 New York, May 29. MAYOR w. C. Wu of Chungking, cabled Mayor Plorello Laguardia to-day expressing the gatitude of "the people of the world's most bombed but indomitable capital" for the efforts of Mew Yorkers for the China relief campaign which ended here this week The cable was addressed to
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  • 297 9 Canberra, May 29. "THE Empire will begin to win the war only if every output of industrial capacity all over the democratic world is marshalled and is making more machines than Germany." The Pritae Minister, Mr. R. G. Menzies, made this statement in a speech
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  • 131 9 ANNUAL MEETING OF MALACCA TENNIS ASSN. Election Of Office-Bearers Prom Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, May 27. i rpHE annual open tournan.uH of the Malacca Lawn Tennis Association will start .some time in the middle of June, it was announced at the annual general meeting held yrsterday at the Malacca Club.
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  • 112 9 Police Beat Customs 3 o (Prom Oar Own Correspondent > Johwe Bakrv, May 11 SHOWING fine lorn the Police first team beat the Customs by Uiree goals to nil Id a league soccer match at the d«pot ground to-day. Had the finishing of Uieir forwards bees
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    • 287 9 TKNP ERS -^^M^APORE >1lN |(!PALITY Tenders. for ale ma tmais or services. For i^'- Municipal Tender* n t Liauid Chlorine for the •*BLi Julvl 1941 to June 30, 1042. ffoicl'U 12 noon. June 10. n ;ui::C.ard High Pressure W^ Tubes. Date of Closing. 4 SPTuly 7. B«l tk>n of alterations
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    • 559 9 POST OFFICE I MAIL LIST Mails close at the General Post Office as follows: TO-DAY Australia air 4 p.m. Java air 4 p.m. New Zealand air 4 p.m. Medan air 11 a.m. TO-MORROW Australia air 12.30 p.m. 'Java air 12.30 p.m. New Zealand air 12.30 p.m. Medan air 12.30 p.m.
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  • 658 10 Penalty Goal Evens The Scores On Time Gordons 3; R.A.F A LAST minute soal off a penalty kick enabled the Gordons to force a three-all draw with the Royal Air Force in a first division league soccer fixture at Changi yesterday. The game produced few
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  • 189 10 TIE nine finals and three best losers' contests in the annual ToUey Cup amateur boxing competition which will come up for decision at the Happy World covered stadium to-night should provide some very close and thrilling fighting. The first boui is scheduled to start at
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  • 198 10 Max Schmeling Killed In Crete Alexandria. >b» St. MAX SCHMEUNG. *i"»* German r*nq«Uhcr ot the nefr*. Joe Umis. for the world* hearyMreight boxin* title, has been killed in Crete white attempting f escape tnm British ■Midlers escorting him U prison c*»n. according f New Zealand soorees here. yield ambulance men
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  • 374 10 fLA. (Heavy Rest.) 5: S.R.C. MEETING comparatively miW opposition, ihe RA. (Heavy Regiment* had little diftkulty m beating the Singapore Rerreation Club by five goals to nil in a first division league soccer match playrd at the nadanz yesterday. The Gunnerf played hard, skiful soccer; «td
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  • 99 10 London, May 29. 'THE demand fcr tickets indicates 1 that the crowd limit ot 45.000 will be allowed by the police to watch the Cup final re-lay between Preston and Arsensl on the Bliekbum ground en S? turd ay. P-?st n. who are undoubtedly
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  • 79 10 New York, May 28. BILLY Conn's manager, Johnny Ray, to-day signed a contract for a fight with Joe Louis at the Polo Ground; on June 18 after a stormy dispute over terms with promoter Mike Jacobs. Conn, who relinquished his lightheavyweight title to challenge
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  • 296 10 S. China Win At Kuala Lumpur (From Our Own C« f espondent) Kuala Lumpur, May 20. IN their first match here, the ?outh China soccer tourists defeated the Selangor Chinese Recreation Club by the odd ?oal in five in a disappointing sime this evening. The visitors played good soccer and
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  • 31 10 McDougall (Argylls). Welterweight: Abdul Rahman (Pottte) vs. P. Pestana (Police). Middleweight: Lee (Loyals) vs. Nutbrowne (.Manchesters). Lishtheavy weight: Parry (Loyals) vs. Barber (R.A.). Heavyweight: Jack Johnson (5.A.8.C.) vs. Da vies (Manchesters).
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  • 213 10 A COAST Regiment team and the RAF. Headquarters drew In a cricket match played at Changi on Wednesday. Th;; scorej were: Coast Regiment: LtSgt. Ryan run out 16, Lt. Crickmay b Brown 4. Bdr. Maltby c Viewers b Brown 1, Capt. Barber
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  • 28 10 THE H.E. (Malays) beat the Y.M.C.A. by four goals to nil in a second division <a> league soccer match played on the Y.M.C.A. ground yesterdaj".
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    40 10 picture. Humphries, the Services dashing centre-forward, moves up with the bakl i" Tuesday's soccer match at Anson Road stadium in th Combined Services beat the South China Athletic Association football team by four goals to two Free Press
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  • 781 10 ENTRIES AND THE DRAW A PARTICULARLY good entry has been received in the open men's singles and doubles events in the Singapore lawn tennis championship tournament, which is being held on the courts of the Singapore Cricket Club and the Y.M.C.A. from Monday, June 9, onwards.
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  • 29 10 THE RE. (P.8.) beat the Signals by an odd goal in five in a second division (a) league soccer match played at Pulau Brani yesterday.
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  • 438 10 VISITORS' FORWARDS FAir TO IMPRESS Chinese (S.C.F.A.) 3 Johore. AN indication of the strength of the Johi f soccer team was provided at Anson RoV* u yesterday when the State met the Straits Chine* v*^* Association in a friendly match. Johore by three goals
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  • 126 10 TWO chan*^ in rhr i;, iroDejUi 1 to meet the f>^ t i n 1* CUrke Cup odd* SJitH starts to-morr.m on th<- J« Cricket f.uf, Padun R and n ;;r? continued on S«noav and m were announced last ni-lu N. C. Brown, the s.c
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  • 110 10 pt women s :r.iicii faetuet th> Sepoy Line» Got! ciu\> jnd tfc Keppei GoLf Club, slaved at ,hf K«pel Golf Club en Wednesday, rm&a in a win 'or the hom«* 26. as follows. Stpov ed first Mlss S. Luca.i (1] jj Low <16 > I:
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  • 36 10 M^llHHiriie. Ma: r THE We^t Au.siraii.i.i MnM R. Bunbury. the trainer. E and the jocke:-. J Pwu-ii ciated In winnln Melbourne, yc and Mastercral* Broken ribs and were suffered V: thrown (> m M c
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  • 25 10 S.C. R.C TENNIS IfW C:m Hori i— <i nit r th* men v Uie S.C R.C .^pr ycs<>rday i 'v > m 3 *6 3, o—4
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    • 53 10 To-day's Sports Events Soccer: SJkJTJL league, first division, WLVJL ts. S.C.C- stadium: reserve division. Police vs. S.C.F.A., 5.H.8.: second division (b), Stamford vs. Wanderers. J.C.S.A Bill, Sime Darby vs. Brinkmanns, Geylane; Harper Gilfillan vs. Singapore Cold Storage. Clerical Union; Singapore Traction Company vs. Gnthri^s. S.T.C. Hoiing: Tolley Cup finals; Happy
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