The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 8 July 1938

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. NO. 15 f 516. ESTD. 1835. FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1038. 10 CENTS.
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    FRANCO ASKED FOR EXPLANATION
    194 1 FRANCO ASKED FOR EXPLANATION Meaning Of Denial Q{ Spain Bombings COMMONS CHEER CHAMBERLAIN LONDON, JULY 7. \r\\\, PRIME MINISTER, MR. NEVILLE CHAMBER--1 LAIN, IN V COMMONS ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY, kui) HE WAS NOT ABLE YET TO MAKE A FULL STATEMENT <>\ GENERAL FRANCO'S REPLY ON THE BING OF BRITISH SHIPS IN
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    ARMY RECRUITING
    13 1 I regular ;u my last r any week during 1 British
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    DEBS MAKE SINGLE CURTSEY
    57 1 London, July 1. The Third Court of the season was held at Buckingham Palace last night by the King alone. Owing to the death of her mother, I Countess of Strathmore, the Queen was not present. For this reason debutantes made only one curtsey as they
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    No Leave For Police
    103 1 T*HER2 was no leave for police' yesterday. Everybody had '.o be in readiness, from the senior European officer down to the constable. Those not actually on duty were requested to stand by. Special patrols were on duty in Ihe Japanese quarter in Middle Road and the
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    Nine Die In "Mock Fire" At Lisbon
    126 1 Nine Die In "Mock Fire" At Lisbon Lisbon, July 7. NINE PERSONS were killed and 13 were seriously injured when a mock nre arranged by the flre brigade department led to a panic here today. Most of the casualtie were boys. The fire department had erected a four- -Jt~ eyed
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    R.A.F. Training In Canada
    101 1 London, July 7. ASKED by the leader of the r\ Opposition, Mr. C. R. Attlee, in the Commons, whether the Canadian Government was prepared to afford facilities in their own establishments for the training of pilots for the R.A.F.. the Air Minister, Sir Kingsley Wood, replied
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    ARMS MANUFACTURE IN CANADA
    126 1 London. July 7. Sir Thomas Insklp, Minister for Co-Ordination of Defence, was asked in the Commons whether he could now state what arrangements the Government had been able to make for the manufacture in Canada of aircraft and other munitions. He said that t' e report
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    35 1 London, July 7. Sir Kingsley Wood, the Air Minister, announced in the Commons that during the six months ended July 1 last 19.140 men had applied for enlistment in the Royal Air Force. British Wireless
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    Memorial Meeting Packed
    25 1 Memorial Meeting Packed PORTION of the crowa of 10 000 which packed the Happy World Stadium y cst^day for the Chinese "Double Seventh" memorial meeting.
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    STRIKE MAY BE PROTRACTED
    408 1 Emergency Transport Effort For Today I^VERY effort to establish an emergency transport lj service in Singapore today is being; made by ill authorities. Thousands of Singapore workers had to walk home last evening. Transport arrangements were fairly smooth in the morning, when services were provided by
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    BOMB THROWN AT POLICE OFFICER
    137 1 Palestine Terrorism Jerusalem, July 7. rpERROKIST outrages A took another serious turn today when the Deputy Police Superintendent, Mr. Laurence Harrington, had a narrow escape when a bomb was filing at his car outside the Galilee Hotel, Nazareth. Harrington pulled out hfa revolver but it
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    AN ARMED CAMP
    168 1 Shanghai, July 7. PHANGHAI was turned into k? an armed camp today following the brief, but intense, reign of terror this morning when 15 bombs were thrown in different parts of the International Settlement during an hour. All military and police forces, including several companies of volunteers
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    Rain For Test
    94 1 Manchester. July 1. •yHE outlook for the third Test match which begins today, is gloomy, as it has been raining for .several days and has rained most of today and tonight. The weath?r was 50 bad fthst it prevented the Australian and English players practising at the
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      42 1 r ,-n pmmm ■Sj'^nLjJV^SJ^ i Premier Hotel. COckta,, T ONIGHT DINNE DAN D r A r N E 6 30 PM to 8 -3° P M -(mformal) 9.30 P.M. to midnight Lft R VERSATILE COMEDIAN ANDY RICK TELEP wo. 5381 NON-DINERS $1.00
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      117 1 I *^_i _i a 1 j-TjbT^^^Bj k in iiiiiiini mi _^r \__l!:!!i y f/j^ fff Iff L~^^ fff ~//f SEA VIEW HOTEL TONIGHT SATURDAY SPECIAL DINNER SERVED ON THE I.AWN DANCING IN THE BALL ROOM. JULY 12TH. 13th. I ROMANTIC NIGHTS j DINNER SERVED ON THE MOONLIT LAWN DANCING IN
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    COMPETITION FOR TRANSPACIFIC SKYWAYS
    429 2 Vital Importance Of Islands GERMANY SHOWS GREAT INTEREST rpHE United States, Great Britain and other nations -1 competing for control of trans-Pacific airways arc contemplating new steps to establish possession of "key'* inlands in the south and west Pacific. America recently ran up the United States
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    Canton Awaits Raid
    109 2 Canton Awaits Raid July 7. r* ANTON waited apprehensively today for Japanese air raids "to commemorate the anniversary of the start of the Sino-Japanese war." Just before 10 a.m. air raid alarms blared throughout the city, but no planes came over. The city waited, nervously expectant, until the all clear
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    Plan Not Fair To Republicans
    103 2 Paris, July 7. UTle emphasising his whole-hearted support of the British plan for the withdrawal of volunteers from Spain. M. Leon Blum, former French Premier, writing in Le Populaire. asks whether, in the Interval preceding re-establish-ment. frontiers will remain open to the benefit of the
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    Lords-Commons Proposal
    175 2 London, July 7. AFTER an interesting debate in the House of Lords, In which the weight of opinion was opposed to the proposal a motion by Lord Mansfield asking the Government to investigate the advantages of permitting Cabinet ministers to address either House of Parliament, the motion was
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    Tokio Asks Paris Questions
    98 2 Tokio, July 7. Mr. ICensuke Horinouchi, the ViceMinister for Foreign Affairs, today made representations to the French Ambassador to Tokio. M. Arsene Henry, about the French occupation of the Para"?l Islands. On July 4, the French occupied the Paracel Islands, which are south of Hainan. The
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    COOEE ON WAY
    23 2 Kupang, July 1. Cooce, the Empire frying bt;it oil the first Sydney -Southampton liikhi arrived at 8.00 a.m. Lodav Reuter
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    Trials For Army Riders
    31 2 A MASKED rider being checked in at Surrey Hi I. in the HMQihoi area, d-.i-.nn an Eastern Command trial by service machines wcr CO miles of road.
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    PHOTOGRAPHS TRACE RIOTERS
    632 2 Many Arrests Made (From Our Own Correspondent) PtMMff, July T. PENANG Police are hard at work investigating the cause of the disturbances. Guided by a batch of enlarged photographs showing mob scenes in the streets, detectives and police are trying- to trace the people who*e features are
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    MYSTERY OF U.S. DOLLAR ACTIVITY
    83 2 MYSTERY OF U.S. DOLLAR ACTIVITY I ••11,1,, j prattled i activity of tIM boing 4 9359 with 4M'JB confess that t!., mystifi. It is ir. tinted BtaU is und«TV;;i u .-<! d this fart mi <. r< allLMfl m< lit] oiK-ned up i ren pasition.s ,>f i Mftinst pun bcinß
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    STOP FRESS
    173 2 PALtSifM While the latrvt rerw rorist outbreaks in V*l*stm t viewed with arttiru m i^^ there is no disposition that the situation iv crttm h*nd. llrrause of thr nature lountrv and the \\pr "1 <In>tirt» <«. th" i»i..r.i.. Mould appear u> l» matter for mobile i>«.{.. lltuai tary,
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    OTTAWA REVISION TALK
    37 2 OTTAWA REVISION TALK 1..., I L): ministers in moi.s the Otttwi A Australia h.i\i >.<me w««'Jcs. but 1 Depart u, I UllC Commons. position to nmk« Ho denh d that Itamprred B» menus with Om British Wireless
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    Storm Centres Of Th* Yangtse Fighting I
    127 2 Hankow, July 7. r\iE storm centres today in the 1 Yangtze valley are the reKions around the river-port of Hsiangkow, opposite Anking capital of Annul, the area between Matang forts and Pen cheh and the districts between Hukow, the "entrance to thr yan
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    ***** ATTEND
    77 3 SH AS IN SINGAPORE WERE IDLE YESTERDAY MORNING, (he pullers were not certain whether they had stopped >(ilhP ,f the transport stri te or on account of the anniver•f the beginning of the Sino- Japanese war a year ago. The i ))W shows yard full of idle rickshas.
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    Orderly Observance By Kuala Lumpur Chinese
    140 3 i From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, July 7. Efor a few incidents outside the Chinese ire kept open for business in spite lination to regard today as a holiLumpur's Chinatown commemorated the beginning of the Sino-Japan-i tly. w itsiae an whore tor lor
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    LET THE TROOPS DRIVE BUSES!
    127 3 (To the Editor of the Free Press > Sir. Although lengthy discussions mus; be expected before a settlement can be arrived at in the present transport strike, what the public needs is quick action in dealing with the crisis. There is only one solution: "get
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    News In Brief
    247 3 VL'HILE Blngapore'i Chi] population observed a holiday to mark the fir.st anniversary of the outbreak of war, Japanese in the city observed on the stroke of noon one minutes silence. Winches came to rest on Japanese ships at the docks, while the staffs in the Japanese Consulate,
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    WAR ANNIVERSARY MEETING
    681 3 SINGAPORE CHINESE GREAT ENTHUSIASM Nearly 10,000 Chinese, men, women and children, stood up and cheered at the Happy World Stadium yesterday when Mr. Tan Kah Kee, chairman of the Singapore China Relief Fund, presiding at the biggest memorial meeting held in Singapore for a long time, said
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    Very Quiet
    116 3 f THE Singapore Police Courts appeared to be very quiet yesterday. The usual bustle and general air of restlessness ivas missvig. The ushers, although they caled out the navies of the accused persons, witnesses and coviplainant. did so soft y. There was no need to shout because of
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    Judge In Disagreement With Jury
    311 3 Judge In Disagreement With Jury DRIVING INSTRUCTOR DISCHARGED A DRIVING instructor, Ong Teck Swee, alleged to have abetted in the commission and use of three forged driving licences was found not guilty by a unanimous verdict of the jury and discharged at Singapore Assizes, yesterday. Mr. Justice Home remarked that
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    $222 Breach Of Trust Alleged
    113 3 $222 Breach Of Trust Alleged AN English speaking Chinese. A. C. Loh, claimed trial in the Singapore Third Police Court, yesterday, when he was charged with criminal breach of trust of $222 3i. when employed as a servan: by another Chinese. Hoe Boon Lecng. on two different dates. April 7,
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    WIVES ARE SCARCE IN ABYSSINIA
    38 3 Statistics published show that of 23.000 Italian subjects now living In Addis Ababa only 5.000 are women. It is believed that encouragement is to be given to married women to UfC in Abyssinia.
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    Street Urchins Active In Ricksha Picketing
    238 3 PICKETING on a small scale was done by a number of Chinese street urchins, headed by a handful of grown-ups, during the commemoration of the China war anniversary in Singapore yesterday. In an attempt to enforce a holiday on all Chinese workers, picketers stopped
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    Rioters' Damage Cause Big Losses
    100 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penan?, July 6. WIDELY varied estimates are made of the extent of the losses caused through destruction of property during '.he riots on Monday and Tuesday. There is no doubt the total losses must b» considerable, not only in ou' right
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    MANILA GOLD SHARE MARKET
    52 3 Manila. July •> Last Sale Prices Previous Today Pesos Antamok 0.375 0.37 Atok 0.265 026 Coco Grove 0.485 0.4-3 Demonstration 0.275 0.27 I x.L. 0.70 unquoted Masbate 0.155 0.15 Mines Operations 0.105 0.11 San Mauricio 0.44 0.4^5 United Paracale 0.29 3 0.29 Gold Share Averages: Previous
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    MOTHERS-TO-BE WHO HAVE HEARTBURN. Should Read This Nurse's Letter.
    219 3 MOTHERS-TO-BE WHO HAVE HEARTBURN. Should Read This Nurse's Letter. Here is something of real inter: st to these mothers-to-ba who are mfftctnc with indigestion in one or another o£ its various fcrm.s: flatulence, heartburn, sickness or acidity. Today it is no longer necessary to endure this penalty. Relief can fce
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    Farewell Dinner To Air Vice-Marsh al Tedder By R.A.F. Officers
    374 4 Farewell Dinner To Air Vice-Marsh al Tedder By R.A.F. Officers picture AIR Vice-Marshai A. W. Tedder, Air Officer Commanding, Royal Air Force, Far East, who Is leaving for England today in the Imperial Airv/ays flying boat to take up his new position of Director-General of ftesefirch and Development of the
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    AROUND THE TOWN WITH MIGNON
    691 4 QFFICERS erf the Gordon Highlanders gave a delightful pahit party to a large number of friends in the Officers' Meas at Selarang Barracks, Chan pi, on Monday evening, and before pahit* they and their guests watched the "Beating of the Retreat" on the barrack ground.
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      259 4 r Doctor's Amazing Discovery Brings Back Youth To Faded Wrinkled Skins *A Vienna medical lourn*i announces sole rights to the l*rofessor > s discovery the »atest triumph ot science which will have been acquired at enormous expense startie the world. Not only has the cause by Tokaion His extract M
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    Millions have Fled From China War Areas
    439 5 Migratory Movement Without Precedent San Francisco, June 25. of China has precipitated in the latter I J movement of population so vast that it iout precedent in modern history, accord--1 the Institute Of Pacific Relations. The Institute estimates, from the best inntion available
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    HURT FELLOW INDIAN WITH A KNIFE
    60 5 Two months' rigorous imprisonment, and a fine of $200. in default, a further four months' imprisonment, was inflicted on an Indian, Veer Singh, in the Singapore Criminal District Court yesterday by Mr. H. A. Forrer. Singh was convicted of a charge of voluntarily causing
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    SULTANS SECRETARY
    26 5 Che Mohamed Zain Ariffin, private secretary to the Sultan of Kedah, is visiting Singapore. He will return to Kedah in about a week's time.
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    Man Who Defeated U. Boats
    298 5 London, July 1. DROF. J. T. MacGregor-Morris, inventor of the directional hydrophone for detecting submarines, which played such an important part in defeating the U-boat menace during the war, is to retire from his position as head of the Department of Electrical Engineering at Queen
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    A Year Of Nipponism-Out Of Japan
    437 5 A Year Of NipponismOut Of Japan Letters To The Editor To the Editor of the Free Press CIR. The Japanese onslaught against China has now lasted one full year. The anniversary of the Nipponese "peace" operations will be observed by all Chinese throughout the world by having the simplest vegetarian
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    43 5 picture "I AM COLD. TIRED AND DISGUSTED."— A scene from the S.A.D.C* production of "The Naughty Wife, which opens at the Victoria Theatre on Saturday night. In the front is Enid Ritrhi*«. and behind Joan Hawtrey, and Carl I. aw son.- Free Press
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    What Did Japan Gain?
    334 5 To the Editor of the Free Press ClR,— Time passes imperceptibly and it is already a year since the outbreak of the hostilities at Lukouchiao. During this period, what did Japan gain by her brutalities? Practically nothing. Instead of gaining. Japan now finds herself surrounded on
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    China Missionaries See History Repeated
    181 5 W Hankoic, June 26. ISTUKY is being re-enacted by hundred* of missionaries scattering over the territory now occupied by the Japanese in China and in those regions lacing immediate occupation. During the Middle Ages, when the barbarian tribes overran Europe *fw the Church that offered
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    Plea For Conferences Of Malay Newspaper Editors
    352 5  -  Zaman By COME years ago the subject periou dical conferences of Malay editors was keenly discussed in the vernacular Press. The object was to establish a standard spelling of Jawi and to open laudable avenues of the attractions of Malay literature. The suggestion,
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    TUNGKU MAHKOTA TO PRESENT MEDALS
    31 5 The presentation of Efticiency Medals by Tuiv^ku Mahkota Sir Ismail will t.ike place at the Teluk Baku Vfetantttl Camp today 11 12 noon, at a parade
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      110 5 S T C "CIAN^W? A MONTH'S LEAV* The great Empire flying-boats have shrunk the map and brought a visit to England within the limit of a month's leave. Time spent in travel there and back from Singapore is only eleven days. Fares include everything even tips There are special rebates
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    SINGAPORE'S "DOUBLE SEVEN" STANDSTILL
    197 6 SINGAPORE STREETS PRESENTED AN UNISI'AL APPEARANCE YESTERDAY— a "double* <lj% >.. rr^ than one. Firstly, the strike declared overnight by Singapore Traction Company workers prtWftttd port difficulty for city workers and those without cars. Rickshas were off the streets ifoi anothi Picketers were busy and, while
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    TRACTION COMPANY'S REPLY TO WORKERS' MANIFESTO
    689 7 TRACTION COMPANY'S REPLY TO WORKERS' MANIFESTO Employees Demands Not Clearly Formulated willing to Negotiate with men's association A DENIAL that the Singapore Traction Company has ever suggested that its employees' association had no right to approach the company on behalf of the workers, or that the association was of ill-repute,
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    F.M.S. Chief Justice Is Retiring
    100 7 F.M.S. Chief Justice Is Retiring CX n C rr< powtentj Ku.tl.t Lumpur. July 7. ,f:er hlfl aril' ndl W yean due to retire. Sir v Hall Chief Justice. F.M.S.. etlrement at the «th. i under. ■„,d to be resretirement. id Londoner, is r juie in the FJIA He 1 ffoi
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    BIG U.S. ARMY MANOEUVRES
    15 7 summer Army manrdered In peace time will :h«» United States through--1
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    RAFFLES LIBRARY
    201 7 The following new booKs at Raffles Library will be ready for issue on Saturday. The New Chemistry, N. da C. Andrade; D'Annunzio, Illustrated, Tom Antongini; Mr. Belloc Still Objects to Mr. Well's "Outline of History," Hilaire BeHoc; The Barrie Inspiration, Illustrated, Patrick Chalmers; Literature and Society. David Daiches;
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    King's House
    271 7 Tuesday, Jun« 28. Ho". Rir CK E. Cator, Hon. Mr. C. C. Brown and Hon. Mr. C. L. Green arrived to stay at King's House. The following were the guests at a dinner given by His Excellency at King's House this evening: Han. R* a Uda bin Raj-,
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    RIOT PRECAUTIONS IN BRITISH GUIANA
    78 7 As a precautionary measure against further rioting on the sugar estates in Berbice County, British Guiana, where the labourers are on strike, the Government has proclaimed illegal the assembly of more than five persons. The carrying of any kind of weapon is also forbidden. Officials
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    FILM PRODUCER'S WORLD FLIGHT
    45 7 New York, July 6. jftflß. HOWARD HUGHES, the millionaire airman and film producer, arrived in New York yesterday from Burbank, California, via Wichita, Kansas. H,} is ma!;!ns a round -the -world flight and wsa accompanied by a crew of four.— Reuter.
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    The Singapore Free Press The Bus Strike
    642 8 MtIL>AY. JULY S. 10;»8 IT IS extremely unlikely tha<Singapore transport workers vail gain anything at all by the strike which is inconveniencing thousands of people in the city Yet it seems that it is necessary to have the strike to convince the men
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    Rifle And B ayonet Are Now Old Fashioned Weapons
    1016 8 Rifle And B ay onet Are Now Old Fashioned Weapons A Lesson From Spain By A Special Military Correspondent A tEW days ago there was pub- lished a report that in the civil war now going on in Spain the rifle was hardly, if at all. used by the infantry
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    THREE IMPORTANT POINTS DRAWN FROM TIN MINE COOLIES' STRIKE
    238 9 Contractor System Again Exposed GOVERNMENT'S ATTITUDE TO TRADE UNIONS 'Iron Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, July 7. POLLOWING yesterday's settlement of the five I j n>' strike by 1,000 labourers on the Hong u'. Siiiim i Besi, the present position of
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    "Don't Care A Hang
    73 9 - When You Sit At The Pmno" i "I irt-rdom iind i» paying Ike piano r- db] I>r V u ((lUski in a «m S nraporc Chinee 1 V(l rcsterday. he I chntque of the s thai t!ie' wstiaA h pointed *as aU for free- I the
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    Vegetables?-No. They Were Hungry!
    87 9 Vegetables?-No. They Were Hungry ALTHOI7GH < II INK Si: ueie supposed to he eating only vegetables yesterday, a hungry trowel of hinevc >ouths attending the memorial meeting at the Happy World Stadium in the rnorriiig invaded an Islam rating: shop near the park and practicall> ate up his sto.k for
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    New Industry In Bangkok
    102 9 From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, July 7. THE latest etlo't at r/.ahir.^ Siam se'fsupporting In regard to certain I classes of material is sponsored by a cement company, which has opened a .actory for the manufacture of fibrecement sheets for ceilings and roofs. The total cc*t
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    Singapore Bride In Blue Blue Lace
    179 9 rvRESSED in blue lace, with a U short train, and wearing a veil of misty blue tulle, Miss Doreen Marguerite Hocquardt, of Singapore, was married to Mr. Cyril Francis Baumgarten, at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd yesterday. The bride, who carried a bouquet
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    Cordelia Flies Mail From Koh Samui
    255 9 W/ITH the delayed EmW pire air mail and two passengers from the Imperial Airways flying* boat Cassiopeia, which has been delayed at Koh Samui Island, an emergency stopping and fuelling place off the coast of Siam, the flying boat Cordelia returned to Singapore at
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    68 9 BECAUSE THE CHINESE COMMUNITY WERK OBSERVING HOLIDAY YESTERDAY, hooligans intimidated ricksha pullers and drove them off the streets in an attempt to enforce a similar observance among the coolies. Here are rickshas lined along a street in Chinatown after being taken out and forced to abandon business Kit ksha pullers
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    Special Court For Traffic Offences
    272 9 Special Court For Traffic Offences CONVERSION OF OLD POLICE STATION IN an attempt to avoid delays in dealing with cases arising out of trafficoffences, a special police court is to be established in Singapore within the next six or seven weeks. The new traffic court will bt additional to the
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    Law Notice For The Day
    99 9 Law Notice For The Day COtJBT OF APPEAL lhe Chief Justice, S.S., Mr. Justice Mills and Mr. Justice Murray Aynsley. Judgment to be read by the Chief Justice, S.S. in Ist Court at 10.30 a.m.: In Appeal No. 3 Chan Peng Jin il*G i 1 nor. vs. Goh Moey Phor
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    GERMAN WORKERS VISIT GENOA
    22 9 A parly of 840 German workers arrived ftt Genoa in the "strength thrcuah \9f liner, Wi helm Gustloff.
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    New Malayan Air Service Planes Due Next Week
    288 9 THK two new De Havilland 86 Airliners btnignt by Wearnes 3 Air Services, Ltd., to operate the Malayan internal air service left England for Singapore yesterday. They should srr Wednesday or Thursday. Flight-Lieut. J. Pugh is piloting one of the planes, and
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      LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCK & SHARES
      469 10 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCK SHARES Last Night's Quotations From London 5.30 p.m. Yesterday Share of £1 denomination unless Latest Quotations Previously otherwise stated Conversion Loan. 5 pc, 1344-64.... 114% 114 Vi Funding Loan. 4 p.c.. 1960-90 114»/ 2 114*/ 4 War Loan. 3»£ p.c IOSVfe 103% Com Union Assoe.
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      New York Markets
      380 10 Tho follow, ing New York quotations are supplied by Reuter. DOW -JONES AVERAGES Previously Yesterday Close Close Changes 30 Industrials 136.52 137.78 up 1 26 20 Rails 27.21 27.59 up .38 20 Utilities 21.83 22.19 up 36 40 Bonds 87.96 88.18 up .22 Dusiness done total volume
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      Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association
      85 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association July 7, 12 o'clock noon Buyers Sellers No. I.X.R.S.S. in cases (F.0.8. July) 25% 25 1 Good F.A.Q. in bales (F.0.8. July) 24% 24*4 No. I.X.R.S.S. (Spotloose) (awardable Singapore) 25U 25% July 25'/ 2 25% Aug. -Sept. 25 7 26 Oct. -Dec. 26 2 26%
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      THE COMMODITY MARKETS
      155 10 From London 5.30 p.m. Yesterday RUBBER: Firm. London: 7%d. 7%d. Previously: 7%d. 7%d. August: 7%d. 7%d. Previously: 7 516d. 7%d. Oct.-Dec: 7%d. 7 9H6d. Previously: 7%d. 7%d. Jan.-Mar. 7 9jl6d 7 5 a d. Previously: 7 7 16d. 7 9116d. New York: 14.80 Previously: 14.80. STOCKS: London:
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      THE METAL MARKETS
      66 10 From London: Latest Quotations TIN: Firm. Spot: £194 2s. 6d. Previously: £192 2s. 6d. Three months: £195 7s. 6d. Previously: £193 7s 6d. NEW YORK TIN: Opening price: 43.75. Previouslv: 43.67. COPPER: Settlement: £39 15s. Od. Previously. £39 17s. 6d GOLD: Yesterday: £7 ls. l» 2 d.
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      Foreign Exchange Rates London Closing Quotations
      72 10 Foreign Exchange Rates London Closing Quotations Method of Paritj beiore Latest PreCentre Quoting 20-9-31 Rate viously P^ris... Franc to 121.1 177 13 16 177^4 New York to 4.88 4 93 1 4 94 Amsterdam Guilders to 8.97 n i 8 95 5 SDe 1^ Hong Kong.. Per dollar Is. 3d.
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      LOCAL EXCHANGE RATES
      175 10 Yesterday's Singapore Quotations July 7 SELLING London, T.T. 2(3 29 32 London, demand 23 29*32 Lyons, demand 2060 Switzerland, demand 250 *4 Hamburg, demand 142 New York, demand 57% Montreal, demand 57 ***** Batavia. demand 104 Samarang, demand 103% Calcutta. Bombay, and Rangoon, demand 155V 2 Madras
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      Daily Share Report
      27 10 ISSUED BY FRASER AND CO. AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS YESTERDAY -j 1 1 lOCa arket Un sh r w«r« flrm throughout the day
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      SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES
      1257 10 I Fraser And Co. f s List From Exchange Telegraph 0. M THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1938: 5 P.M. MINING Buyers Sellers Ampat Tin (4s) 4s 3d 4s 9d Asam Kumbang 29s 31s Austral Malay If) 44s 48* nom Ayer Hitam (ss) 34s 9d 25a 9d
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      69 10 S. E. Levy Co. Shanghai, Hongkong. Manila Singapore. invcatment Banker and Broker* in Securities and Commodities Daily Foreign Market Coble* and Quotation Servic MEMBERS. NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANOE. COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. NFW YORK COFFEE SUGAR EXCHANOE. CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE. CANADIAN COMMODITY EXCHANGE. SHANGHAI BTOCK EXCHANGE. HONOKONO SHARE BRDKERB* ASSN.
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    WAVE OF CONFIDENCE IS STILL SPREADING
    418 11 Demand For Rubber Continuing MESSRS. STANTON NELSON'S WEEKLY REPORT 'fKK general >va>»j of confidence is still spreading, and there is no adverse news of any kind To report, write Messrs. Stanton Nelson and Co. Ltd. Demand for rubber continues from all sources. light offerings
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    STEADY MARKET WITH SELLERS RESERVED
    61 11 Rubber has enjoyed another active and cheerful week. write Messrs. Guthrie and Co. The disappointing op ning of New York alter the lony week-end holiday produced a &'ight reaction, but the better sentiment evinced by' America 00 Wednesday has allowed the ground tost to be
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    APPLYING A LONG-TERM PLAN TO INDUSTRY
    720 11 Messrs. Stewarts And Lloyds Achieve Self Sufficiency A NOTABLE instance of success in applying a longr-ierm financial plan to industry is that of the well-known firm of Stewarts and L'oyd;, the most important unil in the British tube trade. Of rJI essayi In Industrial
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      261 11 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS x»fii-ion« to jl> depart' „,rnts) Te»: Tlmw SIMM*™ L "gl lava Stmi. I none: MS3 ■mm •>-"«■ rh«a»: !••< Sl fft ICrjd D I i 4 lf l eadmal»'» l.on#oD SUBSCRIPTION RATES A.thir OoUide Without ijt.va Malaya Posiaje v no 1.10 9 2.30 I < 1.91 <l!00 5
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      267 11 BOARD RESIDENCE SEA FRONT KATONG (JRANGE-77 Ueyer Kd (near Swimmir.g Club) Board Residence at moderale rates Large Gardens Tennis. Phone: 5738. THE MANSION OXLEY RISE PRIVATE HOTEL Tel. *****. "LOXTON" First Class Private Hotel. Bed: con .s with modern oathrcoms from $05 per month Hot water to Bathrooms. Ceiling lar.s
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      489 11 BANK OF CHINA <In"orporatcd in Chira o? SDeciai Chai'en IS. CecO Strwt. Slarap^-e. MODERN BANKING With branches and sub-br nche? throughout China, and corres pondents in all the principal sUfttt of the world, the Bank is well j equipped to transact modern banking business of every description. TO LET OFFICES
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      713 11 RADIO PROGRAMMES SINGAPORE. ZHL 1.33 me* |ffj| tn > e.iii. 5.00 Liaia> music. t 6.00 Teochew music. t 6.50 The third test match Relayed from London 7.00 Children's programme. (English). 7.25 Time weather, news and announcements. 7.40 The thiru trtt matcii. Relayed from London. 7.55 Requert programme. 8.35 The third
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    MAINTAINANCE OF SEA COMMUNICATIONS
    1077 12 National Concerted Effort Required A NATIONAL concerted endeavour by all sections of the community fw: the strengthening and maintenance of the sea communications of the British Commonwealth of Nations is urged by Mr. F. C. Pyman, president of the Shipbuilding Employers' Federation. In the course of
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    Shipping Notes
    263 12 IN' less than one month's time, tne Cunard White Star liner Mauretana will be launchexl by Lady Bates, wife of the chairman of Cunard White Ptar Ltd., from Messrs. Cammell Laird's shipyard at Birkenhead. It is estimated that many thousands of people from all parts of the country
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR
    279 12 SINGAPORE HARBOUR The following ship* aloei**^ ,wharves or expects t Sheers Wharf, Enlramr <„,, Planciiw 22; 11!twa s> Main Wharf, Ka trance (i*tr h KoJam 18; Cuaram m 14; Meon.a 11. Impi re Dock, F.nUaure a ir Greystoke Cattle 3u < i; ley 32: Clngaleae Prinrf < 4 Kmpire Dock.
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      489 12 BOUSTEAD CO.. LTD. (Incorporated la PJtLSr) TEL*raoNmi rrdffat mss— ram»g« un* LLOYDS AGENTS. tMH>lTT?r<f 4OKWTB FOB FEDERATED BftALAT STATES RATTWAT* ROYAL BTATI RAILWAYS OF BIAM. ONAOIAN PACIfK THE "EMPRESS" ROUTE offer* TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES via HONOLULU or direet EMPRESS to VANCOUVER— ACROSS CANADA by TRANSCONTINENTAL TRAIN without change— thenee by CANADIAN
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      196 12 RED FUNNEL LINE HEAP ENG MOH SS CO LTD (Incorporated in Straiu < V»wem*nu BKGIJLAB PASSCNGkB A 4K4.0 fraaa <U«faa«r« t» Java. B«rtw* IMBI ■Mam *OK BAIIVIA. flirKlH''^ SEMABANG. (Every Ta«a4ay *o* .s-t. NAM YON(i S.S. QIANU SEN(» FOB SOt'BABAYA AND BANBJtBfIUi (Kortnlchlh Ser*««"» SS QIANIi ANN M. OIANO ANN
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      581 12 Local And Foreign Mail Dispatches And Arrivals.' DESPATCHES BY TRAIN ,^gkok every Saturday 7 p.m: Thursday 7.45 a.m? Swettenham Taiping and Telok Anson. Weekdays* Kota Bahru, Kuala Krai. Thursday and Friday* 7 a.mJ Sunday 7 p.m? Kuala Lumpur and Penang Weekdays: 7.45 a.m. Malacca, Batu Annam, Batu Pahat, Gemas, Kajang,
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      46 12 SHIPS IN T()I)A> J Bertiilii4{ arrAnHeuuiiL J Slamat Ea»t am 4 5 <«*i»wm Pianclus W«'st in 22 Meonia West noon 11 China Maru East 1 I Oa lax la.. Wc«» iKK>n M Tilawa East am 20] Cuaoam P Bukom Bam \i Kolaxn Roads 7 a.m. 1R
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      389 13 BY psOand BRITISH InDIATIINES FQfCORFORATSD TN ENGLAND) 0. S. N. CO'S SAILINGS, OUTWARDS *>oe Due Tonnage Spore. Tonnage S'pcre. I*3B 1938 CARTHAGO 15.000 Auk 26 17.000 Jul* 15 RAJPUTANA 17.000 Sept. 9 15.000 July 29 RANCHI 17,000 Sept 23 fi.loo July 30 BURDWAN 6 070 Sept. 24 0000 Auu 8
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      476 13 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL S.S. Co., Ltd. (lncorjx>rate<i In Bngtantt.) rOR UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL Steamer n CITY OP DERBY Havre. Ldon R'dam. H*burg qv O w T,.iv A Salb CITY OF SINGAPORE Havre. Ldon EVdam. Hburg Gls^ov, a!Z U8 i CITY OF BAGDAD Havre. Ldon. R'dam.
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      747 13 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. SINGAPORE AND PENANG PHONE SIS4 (7 Lines) t REPRESENTING. i snip ri no QAILWATS The Federated Malay State* Railways. The Royal SUts Railway. «f si.m AIRWAYS BLUE FUNNEL LINEft GLEN LINE. MARSEILLES, LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT. Vessel Also Calls at Dae Sail* IDIOMED Hull. Gdynia July 10
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      659 14 KP IVI dßfc Mil w MM PLANCIUS Friday. Jaly 8 Muntok (passengcr.s and mails only), Batavia. Bemarang and Sourabaia. SlBERCi— Friday, July 8. Rhio. Dabo. Billiton, Batavia, Semarang, PekaIcngan. Tegal and Cheribon. TIDORE -Friday. July 8. Belawan-Deli and Penang. VAN DEN BOSCH— Friday. July 8 Rhio (passengers and malls only).
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      418 14 JOINT SERVICE OF PRINCE LINE SILVER LINE -OR HALIFAX, BOSTON, NEW YORK, BALTIMORE NO PHILADELPHIA, VIA CAPE OF GOOO HOPE Due Sails l>«e Singapore Singapore New York MV. CINGALESE PRINCE In Port July 12 Aug 28 M.S SILVERTEAK July 16 July 23 Sept B M.V. MALAYAN PRINCE Aug 1 Aug.
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      483 14 O. S. K. LINEI FOR AFRICA AM) SOI Til \\n, ::i Kanto Maru Buenos Aires via Lourrn.-p M Durban East London Port Hita Mossel Bav and Cape fora v video and Santos— on hon. x voyage) tArabia Mara Burnos Aires via Colombo M m Zanzibar Dar-es-Saiaam Bttra i renco Marques
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    How Lynch Knocked Out Jurich
    414 15 TITLE DECLARED VACANT AT WEIGH-IN (>i:isi;ou', June 30 •nflfl LYNCH, ol GLASGOW, lost his title of flyweight champion B f the wetM when he failed to make the required poundage of 8 th rhampionship hunt with Jackie Jurich, of America, at St ftfk, Paisley, writes
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    Tanglin Club Tennis Tournament
    599 15 Tanglin Club Tennis Tournament Results ol yesterday's ties in the Tanglin tennis tournament are: CULLKN CUP Miss Dunne and Mr. Hcnton (--15) peat Mr and Mrs. H. E. Hughes (4-15) 4, 6—2. Mf. and Mrs Leonard (scr.) beat Mrs. S. W. P. Perry and Mr D P Perry <-3) B—6,
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    Seeing Empire For Three Shillings
    437 15 Seeing Empire For Three Shillings YEARS' JOURNEY IN FEW DAYS IT would take a Britisher years of time and thousands of pounds in fares to get a thorough close-up of the Empire by travelling its length and breadth, but he can obtain a graphic idea of it in two or
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    15 15 MISS ALICE MARBLE (America) who was beaten by Helen Jacobs in the Wimbledon women's singles.
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    RUBBER LICENCES PROLONGATION
    120 15 Dutch Economic Chief Explains Regarding The Hague statement of the prolongation of estate rubber licences until the end of the year, the Director of Economic Aff\irs explains that it was thought that some estates were meeting with difflculles in connection with the new restriction of output, especially
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    BRUEN TAKES AN 80
    232 15 Second Round Of British Open p^AY in the second round of 1 the final 18 holes for the last 40 players in the British Open Golf Championship was completed yesterday. James Bruen, who led the Amateur players on Wednesday with a round of 70, had many
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    JAPAN SPEEDS UP MUNITIONS
    206 15 New Lalxuir Regulations The Japanese Government decided at a Cabinet meeting, to put into force articles 6 and 21 of the National Mobilisation Act. in an effort to increase the efficiency of the munitions industry and ensure a smooth supply of war materials. Article 6 empowers
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    WENT FROM DIVORCE COURT TO BE WED
    60 15 Because a young chambermaid at a London hotel was to be married at midday, Mr. Justice Hudson allowed a divorce case in which she was a witness to be called on out of its turn. As soon as she had given her evidence
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    MEMEL GERMANS GAOLED
    38 15 Memel, July g. The Military Commander here today sentenced seven Memd Germans to terms of imprisonment ranging between two to 12 months for the part tl ey played in the riots on June 29 |Mfc
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    LEGER COLTS STIRRING FINISH
    811 15 LEGER COLTS STIRRING FINISH Pound Foolish Beats Cave Man By Short Head THE SEVEN three-year-olds saddled for thr Princess of Wales' Stakes at Newmarket yesterday hold the St. Leger encasement, and the race was also in the nature of a trial for the Eclipse Stakes. tVit» }u* Vt y ?<
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    FRENCH AIR FORCK CRASH: 5 DEAD
    29 15 Two officers and three warrant officers of the French Air Force were killed when a Blooh 210 bomber crashed at Courcy. near Rheims.
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    THREE MEN DIE OF SUNSTROKE
    175 15 Three farm labourers, working in the fields near Bologna, died of sui\stroke while reaping. for the sculptured monuments of the Second Reich. An official comment says thai this work will be undertaken despite the fact that the value of some of the monuments Is questioned,
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      123 15 Diary Of The PDay HOTELS. RAFFLES: Cocktail Dance 6.30 to 3.30 p.m. Dinner and Dance 9.30 p.m. to midnight. Cabaret: Andy Rice. SEA VIEW: Special Dinner and Dance. COCOANUT GROVE Oinner and Dance. CINEMAS. CAPITOL: -You're a Sweetheart," wiih Alice Faye and Charles Winninfcer. New Universal picture, opening today: 6.15
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    WILL EDRICH BE DROPPED FROM THIRD TEST TODAY?
    611 16 Third Test Begins At Old Trafford CHANGES LIKELY IN AUSTRALIAN TEAM W7ITH honours still even and two Test Matches W completed, England and Australia will meet in the Third Test at Manchester today. Possibilities of rain are ever present at Old Trafford
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    National Hunt Rules Proposed Changes
    236 16 National Hunt Rules Proposed Changes POSTPONED MEETING •the Steward! of National Hunt Committee have given notice of a motion to alter the rules relating to postponement or abandonment of meetines They propose that in the ca.se of a meeting advertised to take place on a Monday decision to postpone or
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    ECLIPSE B.P.
    80 16 The Eclipse Badminton Party drew 3 -all with the Friendly Band in a friendly table tennis match at the former's premises last Sunday. Results (Eclipse first) Chla Chin Soon beat Chua Siak Phuang 3—2, Seet Beng Sin lost to See Chin Kee o—3,0 3, Chia Chin Joo lost
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    FARR TO MEET STRICKLAND
    111 16 Empire Championship Fight In Toronto Tommy Farr and Maurice Strickland, of New Zealand, will meet for the British Empire title on Aug. 22 at the Toronto Baseball Stadium, according to Fair's manager. Joe Gould. Gould states that the contest will be promoted by Bill Galbraith, who
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    16 16 11. W. AUSTIN, who was beaten by J. D. Budge in the men's final at Wimbledon.
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    Y.M.C.A. CRICKET
    65 16 The following have been selected Ui Play cricket for the Y.M.C A. vs RAF on Saturday, at 2 p.m. on the RAF ground: Players to moot at YM.CA. at 145 p.m. sharp. Lee Foil* Urn. R. Lyne, V Xavler J Ferguson, c. L. Kam. I. B. Suratta' 8
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    SOUTHAMPTON SIGNINGS
    59 16 Southampton recently signed C Wilkinson, the Sheffield United lc!tback who played in the Cup Final against Arsenal in 1936. and O. Bowdon, an m.side-left from Brighton and Hove Albion, who formerly assisted Derby County and Nottin«ruim Forest Alec Rairubeck has been appointed V rretary-manager of Bath City He
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    Loyals Beat Publishers Three Goals To Two
    292 16 Loyals 3: Publishers. .2. UAVING failed :o avail themselves of opportunities that camo their way the Publishers, who on the run of th? play should have won by a I wide margin, w^re defeated by thre? goals to two by the Loyals in
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    WILL SINGAPORE BEAT JOHORE TODAY ?
    314 16 WILL SINGAPORE BEAT JOHORE TODAY THE Combined Services beat Johore flve-nil in the Malaya Cup competition. WII Singapore emulate, the performance of the Services at Anson Road today. or will our neighbours across th*» Causeway j spring a surprise For one thing. J. hore will be? more strongly represented today.
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    Fingleton And Sir Thomas Inskip At "Defence" Table
    207 16 Fingleton And Sir Thomas Inskip At "Defence Table gIR THOMAS INSKIP, Minister for Defence, and Fingleton, Test "sitdown" batsman, sat at the same table at the House of Commons last night when M.P.s entertained the Australian cricketers. Each table had a different name: theirs was labelled "Defence." Just as manager
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    Fraser Breaks Record Discus Throw
    587 16 KEEN CONTESTS A T FIRS] DA Y OF A. A. MEETING A FEATURE in the opening- of the Bfagapore ,\m a n Athletic meeting held on the S.C.C. ptdang was the final of the throwing the discus w O!; Fraser in the record throw of
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    Weights For Tomorrow's Races
    268 16 Final Day Of //>o// Meeting for tomorrow day of the [p, meeting, are as fQIIOWI Iloram. rU» I di» i Eastern Knight 9fx Buii.shtnc Su»- 8 13 H Jack Druce kOf Pure Gold 8 08 Bn Bom bus 8 llof .rs rI«M I. Jiv StralhpeftVr 9
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    S.C.R.C. CRICKET
    60 16 ihe following will I teams this *cek-*n <; Tomorrow acain.st M" MrNair Koad (.round Slew. Can r> Krruv 0 Thlan I>k. lx>w K«Choe. Edward VfM I Swee Ltm Swan- 1< Jin Bonjf Sunday. .ican> t K\ > p.m. S.C.IK (.r.Kirul Slew. Chid Kom;^ m Tan Thean Tek. I*-
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    Y.M.C.A. FOOTBALL.
    33 16 The full -a. i play football it JolliWds {<*■ at 5.15 p m A. Smith Hl.' tun«u, T Hut M il Pullen. Tbonf Bin W©e. Hayw «rd Keserv m uid J. Prr^;.
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    JOLLILADS SOCCER
    26 16 I JolJJlads Athltii i jjlay against (he V *> i.itter's ground ;it\d MrM K'.m Scnn Ah I l K;\.v>im <C\i;>< I < Peservr and Auriklim Cfal
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      52 16 THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS LAW REPORTS 1937 Edited by John Laycook, R. Williamson and N. A. Malial Advocates and Solicitors of the Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements for the Government of the Straits Settlements. PI BUSHED BY AUTHORITY Price $15-00 KELLY 6c WALSH, LTD., (Incorporated in Hong Kong) Kn files
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      87 16 Pest Broadcast ViNGAPO'E Test match enihv11 siasts ten tune in to the "Bali to 3all" description, which is especially broadcast for Australian listeners, jrom approximately 9.20 p.m. local time. The broadcast starts en approximately IS Me*. (17 M.) a7id is later continued from u.75 Mcs. (25.53 AM The change over
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