The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 15 July 1938

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 15,522. ESTD. 1835. FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1!)38. 10 CENTS
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    A. R. P. In England
    57 1 GE0FFRC1 LLOVI Ui Kai*l Precautions Chief, made a tour o( Metropolitan Boreagha *hm he inspected the offices and training B of th»- \KP Nr. Lloyd here >een with Mr. Dan (hater. M.F. for letiMl Green North East, *atthing the decontamination squad at work durme his
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    Gibraltar And New Strategy
    60 1 London. July 14. REPLYING for the Prime Minister to a question m the House of Commons today. Bit John Simon stated the Committee of Imperial Defence already has under review thr whole question of the strategical position of Gibraltar and its defence, m the light of
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    Hughes' Round The World Flight Record
    32 1 Hughes' Round The World Flight Record IS»-H .r. July 14. i Rtillian- "jn producer, ls exjv I wnd the i Summer 1 Line, n six York| crested iund I h iars Reuter
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    Arab Terrorists In Syria?
    17 1 II >ndon. July M i,he affa'rs In Pale 0 the rritory lea--1 dlrectnn-
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    CHINA'S OPIUM POLICY
    9 1 I, the .king. I .still hot
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    New Flood Danger To Kaifeng
    113 1 Peiping. July 14. IfAIFENG. whk-h has been sur- rounded for a fortnight by floodv/aters from the Yellow River, is today faced with a r.ew danger from snoth'er stream of flcodwater sweeping past the eastern suburb A new break occurred m the Yellow River dykes, east
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    NO BRITISH LOAN FOR CHINA
    31 1 London. July 14 The British Government, it is unitocd. is not prepared to guarantee a loan or erelit for China alter con- the whole position. Reuter
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    STOP PRESS
    18 1 Hutfhes (see column one) arrived New York. Flying time round (he world 61 hours 7 minutes.
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    300 CASUALTIES IN CANTON'S DAY OF AIR RAIDS
    208 1 300 CASUALTIES IN CANTON'S DAY OF AIR RAIDS Bombs Fall On INTENSIVE JAPANESE ATTACK ON CITY A Canton, July 14. Qb r ICIAL figures issued tonight show that the casualties m today's air raids on Canton total more than 300, including dead, 60 missing and 144 wounded. Canton's East Bund
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    SANDYS CASE DEVELOPMENT
    188 1 Mr. W. Churchill New Evidence London. July 15. AN important development m the recent controversy on Parliamentary privilege occurred at the end of questions m the House of Commons today. Lt -Col. A. P. Henea^e. supported by I Mr. Winston Churchill, asked the i Speaker to consider
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    "EVER NORMAL" WHEAT GRANARY PLAN
    120 1 I.S. Officiars Suggestion For Rumper Crops Washington, July 14. That, the wheat producing nations ot the world should establish wliat he called an "international ever-normal granary" to regulate and equalise the flow of grain into tne world export markets, is the suggestion of the United
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    NEW CHAPLAIN OF THE FLEET
    76 1 The Rev. Thomas Crick has been appointed Chaplain of the Fleet, m succession to the Venerab'c Archdeacon Arthur Gilbertson. Mr. Crick has been chaplain a*: H.M. Dockyard. Portsmouth since 1935. He was aboard H.M.S. Malaya at the battle of Jutland, and during the Duke of
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    Olympic Games Not To Be Held In Tokio
    154 1 Olympic Games Not To Be Held In Tokio Japanese Cabinet Decision Expected lok m July 14 CANCELLATION of the 1940 Olympic Games at Tokio. which is expected to be made officially by the Japanese Cabinet tomorrow, is regarded as an indication that the Government expects the Sino- Japanese war to
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    St. Bernard Dogs In Himalayas
    82 1 T\\i M\ St. Bernard dog*, out* iiwrd from the Swiss Alps a year ago after one killed a rhild. have been taken to a French mission m the Himalaya Mountains, it is learned. Brother Cyrille. n Saint Bernard monk, convinced that the child's deat:» had
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    KING GEORGE
    44 1 London. July 14 It is stated that the King will fef well enough to make at least a briet appearance at thf garden party a* Buckingham Palace before leaving loi his State visit to Paris with the Quee > on Tuesday next Reuter
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    BOMBERS RAID HANKOW
    194 1 Chinese Anti-Aircraft Defences Fail i VUnkow. July 14. < Nine Japanese bombers raidea Hankow today and concentrated on the aerodrome, the detonations of the bursting oombs shaking the whole city. Some hours later more bombers appeared. but withdrew without dropping any bombs after circling round Hankow for
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    PREMIER'S STATEMENT ON ANGLO-ITALIAN PACT
    145 1 PREMIER 'S STA TEMENT ON ANGLO-ITALIAN PACT London, July 14. TTHE Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, told the Commons today that he did not exclude the possibility of calling the House together during the summer recess to discuss the Anglo-Italian agreement Questions were addressed to Mr Chamberlain, about the date
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    'Doomed Battalion' Girl's Tour
    94 1 WISS Yanf Wei Mm. the heroine who braved Japanese machinegun Are to hand a Chinese national l%*g t» the 'doomed" battalion on the south bank of the Soochow Creek during the Shanghai fighting, will be passing through Singapore next week on her way to attend the
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    F.B.I. CONCERN AT TRADE OUTLOOK
    66 1 Cjn.'ern at the recent tendency of British overseas trade is expressed m a memorandum of the Federation of British Industries to the President of the Board of Trade, drawing attention to the recent increasing adverse balance of payments and declaring that the farts of the
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      45 1 0000^ SsTfiXES i j Bf* HW-'" V v -»»r-- :/r^" I ac=r 7^<- j/»4* J^^By aT^ y^o^ s Premier Hotel. TONIGHT I M^ DANCE 6 30 P.M. to 8.30 P.M. linlormal) 9.30 P.M to midnight I N A °M'SSION CHARGE. I orchestra l>v l>an Hopkins
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      126 1 Vakcpo/ PASTILLES PAWLGfifNS TEKNISKA FABR'K v OfFLE SWEDEN > CrA V/ICTIA/ fiarvil UAT C I JLM V ILff SPECIAL DINNER DANCE DINNER SERVED ON THE LAWN DANCING IN THE BALL-ROOM TOMORROW ROMANTIC NIGHT I DINNER BOWED ON THE MOONLIT I AWN DANCING IN THE BALL-ROOM FOR A ROMANTIC NIGHT THE
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    JAPAN WILL HAVE TO FACE FORMIDABLE POST-WAR PROBLEMS
    634 2 JAPAN WILL HAVE TO FACE FORMIDABLE POST-WAR PROBLEMS Danger Of Economic Collapse Forseen WHEN INDUSTRY RETURNS TO PEACE BASIS pHiNA'S continued resistance to the Japanese invasion forced Japan to build up a war-time industry that will constitute her greatest danger of economic collapse, according to the U.S. Institute of Pacific
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    Police Guard At Hospital Ward
    64 2 4 SUSPECTED case of smallpox resulted m a police guard being placed on one block at the General Hospital last night and ill visitors were excluded. The patient, a Chinese woman, d>J soon after adi. issicn. It is now believed that she was not suffering
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    INTERNAL AIRWAYS TO RESUME DAILY SERVICE NEXT WEEK
    428 2 Flew Out From England Two New D. H. 86 Planes Arrive In Singapore £IGHT days out from England, the two new De Havilland $6 airliners to be placed on the Malayan internal air service by Wearnes' Air Services, Ltd., landed together at
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    AUSTRALIANS WIN AT BIRMINGHAM
    80 2 London, July n. The Australians defeated Warwickshire by an innings and 03 runs m the match at Birmingham. The Australians scored 390 for 8 v.-ickets (declared). Warwickshire who scored 179 m their fait inningi.' were out for 118 m their second Innings. Bradman soared 135 In
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    Indians Go On Strike On Local Island
    80 2 Indians Go On Strike On Local Island pORTY-THREE Indian labourers m the employ of the Standard Oil Company of New York, at Pulau Sebarok, went on strike, yesterday A labourer, who was dismissed on the spot, it is alles d, was the cause of the strike. Numerous complaints by the
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    MR. TAX KAH KEE AND GOVERNMENT WARNING
    82 2 Mr Tan Kali Kee. chairman of the Singapore China Relief Fund, says KM will not call a public meeting to make a fresh appeal to Chinese to refrain from anti-Japanese demonstrations or issue handbills m English anl Chnese warning (TWlUni •gmlnst breaches of
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    Chinese Given $15,000 Bail At Penang
    135 2 Chinese Given $15,000 Bail At Penang Crown Counsel Accused's Intcntiot tWnm o IN |ht Bai Mr. r D lialf of M En* Kool for refused to where tin under serti c which refers I Mr. Hogan ml M :.;m t*i was born :uid was managing vi Lee. and ill >
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    Sakai Express Railway Line Cleared
    66 2 Ten Goods Truck Derailed (From Our Own < Kudt I TIIK I\jh uas l«\»r«*d r I tlm»*^ aflrr Tuesday's <l«r uiarol foods tr.iiu, m t tin «<» J passcnjcrr trim \>< uithiHil tit la x The n.. Urai st rabout SO m. 11l ten u-MKi.s
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    Singapore Film Censor Passes Soviet Propaganda Picture
    392 2 (Free Press Special) IT is surprising tnat with anti-sedition and anti-seditious literature bills likely to bo passed in the Straits Settlements, and the ban on Communism which exists, a pro-Soviet Russian film should have been passed by the film censor for exhibition in
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    INCIDENCE OF ELEPHANTIASIS CALLS FOR INQUIRY
    629 3 Malaya To Deal With Mosquito Spread Disease AN inquiry into the incidence of elephantiasis (Glariasis) m the Malay States is bein^ conducted by Dr. J. O. Poynton, of the Institute of Medical Research. 1 his is revealed m the annual report of the Malaria
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    AVALANCHE ON THE ALPLIGEN LUCKE
    48 3 AVALANCHE ON THE ALPLIGEN LUCKE j oi Zuriv Luck< Realn m Switz rland. I 1800 UNG Xl =un»W* Neo who uerc 4 a tht Si»*»l fis ry rjv_. Ih briderroom ia the 3M. Khoo 800 Ga, ;i r and the bride th€ '(f >, r and Mrs W<* Kin
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    Indian Reply To Chinese Threat
    157 3 Indian Reply To Chinese Threat A LEADING Indian merchant, who discussed a threat made to merchants by Chinese patriots on Double Seventh day to close their shops, yesterday referred to a Free Press reporter to a letter written to the Straits Times by a Malay. He said that the letter
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    JOO CHIAT-BEDOK RUN TO BE CONTINUED
    233 3 Rural Board Announcement -THE announcement that the Registrar of Vehicles na<l no intention of discontinuing the present mosquito bus service between Joo Chiat and Bedok Board'yeLrday. f the Rural j^ECENT public controversy had been aroused by a sugRoad to Bedok. Mr. Jansen that the
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    RATTAN FOR CYCLE THIEF
    156 3 RA TTAN FOR CYCLE THIEF Will Get It "Every Time" WARNING the accused that In future ho might receive the :attan every time he appeared In court, Mr. G. S. Rawlings. m the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday, sentenced a Malay, Suradi bin Sapawiro. to a total ot n\e months
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    KING OF BELGIANS ON RIVIERA
    22 3 The King of the Belgians has left Brussels for a short visit U> the South of France.
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    YEMEN FAMINE THREAT
    24 3 It is reported that a famine is impending m the Yemen owing to failure of Lh2 crops for lack of rain.
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    Law Notice For The Day
    50 3 Law Notice For The Day Before the Chief Justice m Ist. Court at 11 a.m. Bankruptcy. Before Mr. Justice a'Bsckett Terrell at 11 a.m. Originating Summonses and Moticn. Before Mr Justice Home at 11 a.m. Sumir.onses-in-Chambers and Interpleader Summons. Before the Registrar at 10^0 a.m. Fixing List of civil cases.
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    News In Brief
    272 3 THE telephone and telegraph communication between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. Ipoh and Penang, which was interrupted last night when a tree fell across the lines at a point north of Tampin, Negri Sembilan. was restored to normal yesterday morning. The lines were repaired shortly after ten o'clock
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    ACIDITY RELIEVED IN TWO MINUTES.
    215 3 New Drugless Remedy Succeeds where Other Remedies Failed. You can be so distressed with gas and fullness and bloating that you think your heart is going to atop beating. You feel suffocated— You feel dizzy. You want quick relief. So did the writer of the
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      252 3 SKINNY Weak Rundown, Ailing i I H f(^y CyC3 wttf j B B m m I%»iUiMl« o« tr.«n §>»J wum«n tay jSZ&BKfr; iMr-<^^' -h«,4Bh lvofS P loachorl3W!»^ofLeUac«..Yo«tWe» icheit n<Jt on r rrjurenated but malnutr.t: n. (aultf ru«ia> > j r.J l^m.crn^t, nation. «a*tritis. ((o.trr and other ar*ta«Bß) t i."'smi an
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      251 3 Waterproof QrttO CIBTM Maker and repairer of rattii and Bertam Chicks. Canvas. Spring b.inds raroaulin^. Tents bags. Blue screens Bertam pan?Ls. Wire netting fencing' Wool buntings and Fla'i.s Abdul Rahman. Telephone 24. H. Offlee: 66 Robinson Road •opposite Telesraph Co Workshop:— 293 Joo Chiat Place. Singapore. :.l:V"."j!sk o t r:-rn
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      LONDON GOSSIP
      517 4  -  Joan Littlefield By QUEEN MARY, an ardent art-lover, is training her granddaughters, the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, to take a practical interest in things artistic. Her Majesty frequently takes the little girls to the various London Museums and Art Galleries and talks to them on pictures and artists,
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      AROUND THE TOWN WITH MIGNON
      996 4 T'O celebrate la Fete Nationale irancaise, anniversary of the storming of the Bastille July 14, the Consul-General for France at Singapore. M. P. A. Ballereau. held a reception at his consulate yesterday. In the befiagged consulate, several hundred guests drank champagne and toasted "Vive La
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      61 4 •Simpson's Book of Baking Treats," prepared by the makers of Simpson's Self-Raising Flour, containing over en? hundred delicious recipes, many illustrated m colours is available to all housewives. Post free, upon request to The Advertising and Publicity Bureau Ltd.. 144 Robinson Road. GEGILE Every fortnight the latest model gowns, hats.
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      152 4 Before You W -^J O 4 1/1/ I I -lit LOOKM -H SF >^» before and after using ft MAKE THIS ft^-*^# SIMPLE TEST rS-all KO(/NCf/? rO'NIGBT: Apply rime fokalM^ para I Ko;e Colour. It contains BiOOtl from i-li .ij btM :•:ii the hearts ot deep skin cells >>t younj;
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    INERNATIONAL RED CROSS SPENDS $800,000 FOR CHINA WAR RELIEF
    681 5 Provision Of New Hospitals And Medical Equipment Sntr/iv x. Hankow, July 6. INCB its inauguration last September, the International Red Cross Committee for Central China has given $800,000 (Chinese currency) as subsidies for hospitals and special grants for refugee relief, m
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    Confiscated Japanese Boat For Sale
    27 5 1 nS ;.l.iPu.-,- Ashing b~t lf! b order U* rS^ooriin K.chi K fslri says the Sarawak ft gin !»f.im •■■<? litf j i
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    Raffles Library
    90 5 issue I "St. I ick- j I K. M. I With I F. D. and i Derived 1 ma an f D B'-ndix. If or j Lapland and: I ops B Man I [fie fm noN v Mary Bui By. PJ Guilty Thing. B fab; The Rearden Conner;
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    SCANIA RUNS AGROUND
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    ESTLESSNESS IN CHILDREN
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    28 5 AM 111 EfTIVE STUDY of the new star Sigrid Gutic as she appears m the limed Artists production "The Adventures of Marco Polo' now showing at the Capitol.
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    Bullet Riddled Ambulance Returns To U. S. A.
    52 5 TOP: The Ked Cross on this American ambulance is shown riddled with bullets, as it left Southampton aboard the Aquiiania for the return journey to America, after it had been engaged on the Spanish war front. BELOW is a front view of
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    Government Would Be III-Advised To Allow Freer Emigration
    362 5 Government Would Be III-Advised To Allow Freer Emigration Letters To The Editor (To the Editor of Free Press) gIR,— Since the report appeared in your paper that the petition for the freer immigration into the Straits Settlements of Chinese war refugees has been handed over to the Governor, nothing further
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    SHAMI PIR FLIES TO SYRIA
    37 5 SHAM I PIR FLIES TO SYRIA The Shami Pir, whose activities Wazirlstan m trying to raise levies cf tribesmen for an incursion into Afghanistan caused some uneasiness recently, left Karachi m an Imperial Airways flying-boat for Syria.
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    Why India Wants Independence
    210 5 Why India Wants In depen den ce pUNDIT Jawaharlal Nehru, form r President of the Indian National Congress, told a packed audience in the Queen's Hall in London why Indians demanded independence and not Dominion status. Since the war. he said. Great British combines had been digging themse! in. "creating
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    PARIS SCIENTIFIC PALACE OF DISCOVERY
    28 5 The Scientific Palace of Discover, one of the most successful sections oi lust year's Paris Exhibition, will be rcopenort at the Grand Palace
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    DR. LEY TO VISIT RUMANIA
    28 5 Dr. Robert Ley. Chief of the German Arbeitsfront. has been invited by the Rumanian Government to inspect the organisation of the Rumanian workers
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    La Fete Nationale Francaise
    156 6 THE FRENCH THROUGHOUT FRANCE AND THE FRENCH COLONIAL EMPIRE YESTERDAY CELEBRATED THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE FALL OF THE BASTILLE- LA FETE NATIOSALE FRANCAISE. MOST OF SINGAPORE'S FRENCH community were present at the French Consulate at an anniversary reception given by the ConsulGeneral for France, M. P.
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    TYPHOID CASES IN PENANG INCREASE YEAR BY YEAR
    551 7 Health Officer Urges Stricter Control Of DANGER OF INFECTION THROUGH ICE of cases of typhoid m Tp ni r ha< been increasing from year to year, and tVio number last year, which seems to originate not small, Dr. W. H. Brodie, the
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    5 7 the Capitol Theatre next week
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    Brigadier Lord's Silver Wedding
    103 7 FOLLOWING the celebration of the golden wedding of their parents in London last month, Brigadier and Mrs. Lord celebrated their silver wedding at the Salvation Army Headquarters, Tank Road, Singapore, yesterday. Among- those present were the Bishop of Singapore and Mrs. Roberts. Mr. and Mrs. A.
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    PROPAGANDA BLAMED FOR CHINESE RIOTING
    611 7 Letters To The Editor Straits Community Adversely Affected By Incidents (To the Editor of the Free Press.) Sir, Coinciding with the issue or the Government communique, Mr. Tan Kah Kee has decided to appeal to the alien Chinese community to reirain irom breaking the peace
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    Upward Move Of Rubber Price Arrested
    316 7 Upward Move Of Rubber Price Arrested Singapore Market Optimism *THE past week has witnessed somewhat sharp fluctuations and the upward movement appears to have been arrested, but m the general belief only temporarily, write Messrs Stanton Nelson m the weekly report on the rubber market. A certain amount of liquidation
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      228 7 One of the Grandest Adventure Stories ever filmed! rADITAT 3 SHOWS DAILY Ay j WL» 1.15-6.15-9.15 SEE: The Storming of KUBLAI HB KHAN'S PALACE! K^ The Amazing Tortures of KUBLAI KHAN'S Traitorous (1 i s SICWDGURIE The Beautiful Girls of the \..s«mwi Coidwynt n.w d,t«ov^y f~» Chinese Imperial Court NdfW<nr
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    The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1938. The Strike
    667 8 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1938. The Strike SINGAPORE bus workers have now been on strike lor more than a week, and there appears to be no sign of any improvement m the situation. The strike may very well last six weeks or two months at this rate,
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    How Jazz Swept The United States And Led To Modern Swing
    1044 8 How Jazz Swept The United States And Led To Modern Swing A 1938 Fashion- II By Frank Brookhouser THIS Ls the second of a series of article* on swing music, its unique history and unusual personalities. PvOOMED like most pioneers m U the field of jazz to ride the chute
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      24 8 BAGGAGE INSURANCE APPLY TO THE GENERAL ACCIDENT FIRE h LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION LTD. (Incorporated m Great Britain) HONG KOM. BANK CHAMBERS SINGAPORE PHONE: »;»8«
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    $831,000 PROPERTY COMPENSATION
    380 9 I 93 7 Assessment Department Report RENTS HIGHER: MORE HOUSES OCCUPIED MORE than three-quarters of a million dollars paid m compensation for property m Singapore last year, the rise m rents and the big decline m vacant premises are items featured m the annual report for 1937
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    FRANCE WANTS PEACE WITH HONOUR
    203 9 Bastille Day Celebrated By French C ommunity Vive la France echoed m the French rday, when the French community the Consular Corps as well of the British and other immunities, toasted the Republic at the by the French Consul-General, M. v, to celebrate la Fete
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    Taxi Drivers Provide Food For Strikers
    90 9 Taxi Drivers Provide Food For Strikers AMONQ t?,cse who have contributed gifts of food to the II iking transport rrork<:rs are the independent taxi-drircrs, icho are reaping a harvest during the dislocation of bts scri'iccs. The emergency transport system is still functioning admirably, and scales of fares, m English and
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    Train Window Jump To Death
    141 9 Till: NIGHT MAIL TRAIN was speeding from Singapore to Johore on July 6 when a passenger leapt through a window of a third class compartment. He was found lying dead m a drain near the track the following morning. Yesterday, at a Singapore inquest, t
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    TRIED TO SELL NUTS AND BOLTS
    75 9 Said to have attempted to sell five tons of nuts and bolts worth $586, the property of the United Engineers, to a detective, a Malay, Aman bin Ahmad, P^aded guilty to a charge of attempted criminal breach of trust m the Singapore Second Court
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    Daytime Horn Silence For Singapore?
    122 9 IN ADDITION to banning the sounding of motor horns in Singapore's main streets at night, a restriction mooted some time ago, it is now planned to restrict hom-sounding between nine o'clock in the morning and 5 30 in the afternoons in a number of the
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    Forgery Of Signature Not Proved
    107 9 HARNAM Singh, the Sikh corporal, who was charged In the Singapore Criminal District Court with forging a petition to have been sent to the Chief Police Officer, was acquitted by Mr. H. A. Forrer yesterday. It was alleged that he forged the signature of an
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    Fish Bone Causes Mans Death
    74 9 A MSH BONE, whk-h stuck in a man's tongue while he wa« having his meals, caused his death four days later. This was revealed in evidence yesterday during: the Singapore Coroner's inquest on a Chinese, Lee Kuan (55). Lee. it was stated, entered hospital on
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    Lived 2½ Years After Poisoning
    106 9 Lived 2½ Years After Poisoning A YOUNG Chinese woman who attempted to take her life three years ago by drinking poison, died from its effects last night. At an inquest, held by Mr. W. G. Porter, the Singapore Coroner yesterday, medical evidence revealed that her death was due to a
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    PRISON FOR POSSESSING ILLEGAL CHANDU
    87 9 A sentence of 22 months rigorous Imprisonment was passed on a Chinese, Teh Kheow Seng, by Mr. H. A. Foirer in the Singapo.^ Criminal Distnct Co art yesterday. lie was found guilty of possessing 200 tahils of non-Government chandu worth $1,600 in a house in
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    ALLEGED USE OF FORCE AGAINST POLICE
    119 9 /> G. RODRIGO, was yesterday produced in the Singapore Third Police Court charged with using criminal force against Inspector Goodship in the execution of his duties, at Serangoon Road on July 13. He was secondly charged with voluntarily causing hurt to a man named
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    13 DAYS' HEARING ENDS
    199 9 13 DAYS' HEARING ENDS •From Our Own Correspondent) Penan*, July 14. AFTER 13 days' hearing, the Penang land acquisition case ended this afternoon in the Supreme Court when Mr H. D. Mundell and Mr. C. D. D. Hogan concluded their final addresses on behalf of the owners. Mr. Mundell submitted
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    ALLEGED FALSIFICATION OF ACCOUNTS
    66 9 A Malay, Abdul Wahab bin Mohammed, was charged on three counts with falsification of accounts of Messrs. Praser and Neave, Ltd., m the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday. It was alleged that during July, Abdul obtained $750, for the postage and telegraph department, of which he
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    UNKNOWN SPIRITED ACTION
    116 9 A n ti-Japa nese Scene Averted DUT for the spirited action of |fl MlkßOVn person a st-rious incident might have occurred m Victoria Street. Singapore, oarly hist night. Shortly after 8 o'clock a Chinese entered a Japanese bicycle shop on a business errand. He was seen by
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    DAY'S IMPRISONMENT PLUS FINE
    68 9 In the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday a Chinese, Yam Kuan, who was charged with the theft of printers types on July 8, while in the employ of Printers limited was convicted and sentenced to one day's simple imprisonment and fined $25 or io default one
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      390 10 imiw-JOM-.s AVtKAGKS. Previously Yesterday 30 Industrials 137.49 136.90 off .59 20 Rails 27.32 27.12 off .20 20 Utilities 21. 68 21.55 off 13 40 Hoods B*6B 88.92 up .24 Business done total volume 2.620 000 sh art-s Lj_it Sale Stocks July 12 j u iy 13 Adams
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      LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCK & SHARES
      501 10 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCK SHARES Last Night's Quotations 1^ From London 5.30 p.m. Yesterday flhare of £i denomination unless Latest Quotations Preriously otherwise stated Conversion Loan, a pe. 1944-54.... ii4i/ 2 114 |l Funding Loan, 4 pc, 1960-90 114% 114 War Loan. 3y 2 pc 102% 10 3 i/
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      75 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association July 14, 12 o'clock noon Buyers Sellers No. I.X.R.S.S. m cases iF.0.8. July) 24% 24% Good F.A.Q. m bales (FOB. July) 23 3/ 23% No. I.X.R.S.S. (Spotloo&e> (awardable Singapore) 24^2 24% July 24% 24% Aug.-Sc 25 25% Oct.-Dec. 25^2 25% Jan. -Mar. 25% 26 Apr.-June
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      THE COMMODITY MARKETS
      186 10 I From London 5.30 p.m. Yesterday i» RUBBER: Dull. London: 7 1 I d. 7 5 16 d. Previously: 73 s d. 7%4 August: 7»id. 7%d. Previously: 7 7 16d. 7 1 2 d. Oct.-E>ec.: 73 B d. il 2 d. Previously: 7 9 16 d. 7
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      THE METAL MARKETS
      74 10 I From London: Latest Quotations I TIN: Easy. Spot: £190 17s. 6d. Previously: £193 12s 6d Three montbs: €192 2s. 6d. Previously: £194 17s. 6d. NEW YORK TIN: Opening Price: 43.00. Previously: 43 50 COPPER: Settlement: £38 12s. 6d. Previously £39 GOLD: Yesterday: £7 Is. 2d. Previously:
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      72 10 London Closing Quotations I Method ol Paritj Deiore Latest Pre-Cenu-e Quoting 20-9-31 Rate viously Pari s Franc to 121.1 178 516 178 516 New York to 488 4.93 493»« Amsterdam GuUders to 8 97*4 sge 1^ 8 9534 Hong Kong.. Per dollar is. 2 15 16a is
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      LOCAL EXCHANGE RATES
      178 10 I Yesterday's Singapore Quotations I July 14 SELLING London. T.T. 2|3 293 2 London, demand 213 ***** Lyons, demand 2069 Switzerland, demand 249'^ Hamburg, demand ***** New York, demand 57 5(16 Montreal, demand 57^ Batavia, demand 104 Samarang. demand 103 7 8 Calcutta. Bombay, and Rangoon, demand
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      SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES
      1149 10 I From Exchange Telegraph f I Fraser And Co.'s List THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1938: 5 P.M. MINING Buyers Sellers Ampat Tin (4s> 4s 4s 6d Asam Kumbang (£> 39c 31s Austral Malay if) 44s 4Kb norn Ayer Hitani tss> 24s 9d 25» 9d Ayer Weng
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      33 10 ISSUED BY FRASER AND CO. AT THE CLOSE OP BUSINESS YESTERDAY MINING. Tin at midday was S9«, down $1.59. WiUi IltU* infer zszv; 2T" ora L<md>>n the m k %££m
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    Rubber Auction
    169 11 T*HE Singapore Chamber of Commerce j Rubber Association held its 1390 th auction on Wednesday when there were catalogued 1.377,497 lbs. (614.96 tons); offered 1.034.303 lbs. (4G1.74 tans); sold 810,731 lbs. «***** tons. London 7 1 B d. I New York 15 cents PRICES REALISED Ribbed Smoked Sheet
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    BIG TURNOVER IN BAR GOLD
    91 11 London, July 13. Further intensive Continental hoarding demand was again responsible for a big turnover m bar gold at today's bullion market, when metal valued at £1.302,000 changed hands. Gold coins also encountered sustained inquiry from the same sources. In the foreign exchange market, energetic
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    MANILA GOLD SHARE MARKET
    55 11 Manila, J«ly 13. Last Sale Prices Previous Today Pesos. Antamcl: 0.38 0.38 Atok 0 265 unquoted Coco Grove 0.44 0.445 Demonstration 0 27 unquoted I X.L. 0.65 unquoted Masbate 0.15 unquoted Mines Operations 0.105 unquoted San Mauricio 0.43 0 435 United Paracale 0.295 0.29 (Wild Share
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    STOCK EXCHANGE IGNORES ADVERSE INDICATIONS
    1385 11 CARRIED UP BY WALL STREET REVIVAL Big Buying Orders Develop On Set-Backs (From Our London Staff) London, July 7. those Stock Exchange operators who rely upon business indices and graphs, and reports upon industrial activity to indicate the probable trend of share prices, recent days
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    DECLINE IN BRITISH SHIPPING
    657 12 DECLINE IN BRITISH SHIPPING "Government Inactivity" Deplored By Lord Lloyd SPEAKING to the Parliamentary Committee of the Empire Industries Association at the House of Commons, Lord Lloyd said that the Merchant Navy was certainly a vital factor m any scheme of security and as integral a part of our defences
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    301 12 lIN the House of Commons Li^ut Commander R. F. Fletcher iNuneaton. Lab asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if lie could state the average time taken during the war of 1914-7^ to lit merchantmen with nuns for dtftttM .1 .ur.st .submarine attack. Mr. Dutf-Cooper The time required
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    119 12 HEAP ENG MOH S.S. CO.. LTD. (Incorporated la Straits Settlement*) KfciOl'l. %m PASSKNGEK CAKCO Service trma Slocapwt to Java. Bornro. Banks aoo BUI i ton. A^ tt ch El ibo 4NI (Every luesda* u.i i M d.t« S.a. BAN HON(» I.IONG Fri. July |1 NAM YONO Tues
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      68 12 M/S "MEONIA" ARRIVED 8/7/38. Consignees of cargo per the above motorship from Europe are hereby notified that a general survey of ail cargo landed in a damaged condition will be held at Godown No. 12 at 9 a.m.. Bonded "D" at 2 p.m. and Matches Store at 3 p.m. on
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      559 12 Local And Foreign Mail Dispatches And Arrivals DESPATCHES BY TRAIft Bangkok 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.m Sunday 7 p.m. Kuala Lumpur and Penang Weekdays: 7.45 a.m. Malacca, Batu Annam. Batu Pahat. Gernas, Kajang,
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      337 13 YPsOndBRITISH INDIA LINEI w (RATED IN ENGLAND) P.&O. S. N. COS SAILINGS. OUTWARDS Tomuiff "i'porc. Tonnare Spore. IMt 1938 July 15 RAJPUTANA n.OOu Sept. 9 July 29 RANCHI 17.000 Sept 23 30 BURDWAN 6 070 Sept. 24 RANPURA 17.000 Oct. 7 ■prn?AL AU S- I 2 RAWALPINDI 17.000 Oct. 21
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      680 14 K. P. M. VAN RIEBEECK— Friday, July 15. Rhio (passengers and mails only), Padang Bay (passengers and mails only), Ampenan (pa&sengers and mails only), Boeleleng passengers^nd mails only), and Sourabaya. OP TEN NOORT— Friday. July 15. Muntok (passengers and malls only) Batavia. Semarang and Sourabaya. TIDORE -Friday, July 15 Belawan-Deli.
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    Joe Louis Is In A Class Of His Own CHAMPION MAY FIGHT BAER IN CHICAGO
    322 15 Joe Louis Is In A Class Of His Own CHAMPION MAY FIGHT BAER IN CHICAGO London, July 7. when some unknown young giant will Y irin« wt of the nowhere with dynamite m both I !„< middle and determination m his soul, 5 though Joseph I^)uis Barrow will be the
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    Diary Of The DAY
    127 15 Diary Of The DAY HOTELS. RAFFLES: Cocktail Dance 6.30 to 0 p.m. Dinner and Dance 9.30 p.m. :ht. SEA VIEW: Special Dinner and Dai < COCONUT GROVE: Dinner and Dance. CINEMAS. CAPITOL: "Adventures of Marco Polo with Gary Cooper and Basil Rathbone. United Artists Picture Today: 3.15. 615 and 9.15
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    SINGAPORE BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS
    223 15 The following are :he ties to be played at the Clerical Union. Haw-Par Hall, this week-end SAITRDAY AT 8.15 P.M. Men's Junior Singles Teo Thuang Klat Jacques) vs. Teo Heok Kwo:i« IC.U.). Men's Junior Double > Chin Tham and Low Keng Ann (U.C.AJ vs. George Tan and
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    AB. JENKINS' NEW RECORD CAR
    159 15 A B. JENKINS' NEW RECORD CAR Particulars of the new car onwhich Ab. Jenkins, the American speedman. wil attempt further long-distance records this year were published just as Capt. George Eyston reached the States from England. Eyston is bound for Salduro (UtalT) with hLs rebuilt ''Thunderbolt" to try and raise
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    Brady Knocks Out Palmer
    274 15 Southern Title For Scotsman New bantam-weight champion of the Southern Area is a Scotsman, Jim i Brady, of Dundee, who won the title before his own townsfolk at Dens ParkDundee, by knocking out Pat Palmer KBattersea) in the eighth round. Although the comparatively early finish was
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    EUROPEANS VS. REST AT PENANG
    123 15 'From Our Own Correspondent t Penang, July 14. The annual Penang cricket "test" between Europeans and the Rest will this year be played over three days on Saturday, Sunday and Monday for the first time. The teams areEuropeans: S. V. Adams; L. H. Best, J.
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    GRADUATES vs. STUDENTS SOCCER
    71 15 The following will represent th" Graduates m the annual Graduates vs. Students soccer match for the challenge cup, presented by Dr. W. A. Nicholas, today, at 5 p.m.:— Drs. C. J. Oliveiro (capt.), R. Valoopillay, Tan Boon Beng, Au Kee Hock, G. V. H. van Geyzel,
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    43 15 THE TRAGIC RAF. boxing lour of Scu.li Africa was abandoned half way, alter four members Gf the party had been killed m a junrle air Plane crash. The rest of the team fc h ere seen arrivin- at SouUamp"ton on the Stirling Castle.
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    47 15 A lawsuit about grazing rights over 150 acres of land begun a century ago between the villages of Cinarlik and Hojabey, near Yalova, m Turkey, which had led to sanguinary disputes, has been ended by a judicial decision dividing the disputed area equally between the two parties.
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    Golf Greens Will Be "Green "
    363 15 Golf Greens Will Be "Green T.__ Washington. HE United States Oolf Associate announced it has put an end to the favourite alibi of golfers who miss putts "because of brown patches on the green." Working with the department of agriculture, the association has developed a fungicide that not only controls
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    F.A. MEETING
    142 15 Cup Final Players To lie Numbered London, July 1. The most important decision taken by the Football Association at their summer meeting at Scarborough was to number players, other than the goalkeeper, in the Football Association Cup Final, semi-finals, international matches, international trials, and the Football Association Charity
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    HYDERABAD RULER HEADS WORLD'S RICHEST MEN
    791 15 Nizam's Fortune Not Less Than $2,000,000,000 Henry Ford, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., J. Pierpont Morgan, nor any other American millionaire can longer claim to be the richest man m the world. A quiet soft-spoken, unostentious, but all-powerful Mohammedan, the Maharaja of the native Indian
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    Anglo-Dutch Plantations
    373 15 Net Profits £e4,300 Up To £329,700 "THE 1937 accounts of the 1 Anglo-Dutch Plantations of Java show a further sharp increase m net profits of £G4.311 to £329,661. despite a .substantially heavier tax charge. Income received from the Java company during the year increased from 347,706 to £466.967.
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    Fined For Handbag Snatching
    94 15 Tan Ah Nin. a Chine.M a;>p» the Singapore Second Police OOOrl a charge of theft of a handbag from Malay woman on tho night of July v in Wate^oo Street. The complainant, Era binti In. said that on the night in question i l« was proceeding
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    KEPPEL GOLF CLUB
    27 15 riM iftlt bf which tno lirst n>uni cf the M }..ire:: Cvp rn.»st >*• played oir has btiO ox'tn.lcd Ir >m ound.ijr to July 24.
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    OLYMPIC GAMES: DECISION BY JAPANESE CABINET TODAY
    515 16 Recommendation That Tokio Forego Privilege FINLAND ARE READY TO TAKE OVER THE Olympic Games probably will not be held m Tokio m 1940. The Ministry of Public Welfare, who control all sports m Japan, yesterday made that recommendation, cables Reuter. It only requires
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    Air Force (H.Q.) Beat S.C.C. One-Nil
    210 16 LONE GOAL COMES FROM PENALTY KICK *THOUOH on second half play the RJLF. (Headquarters* deserved a bigger victory, they only finished onenil over an S.C.C. team m friendly soccer at the padang yesterday. Pag-* netted t^e solitary goal with a penalty kick early m
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    S.C.R.C. TENNIS
    48 16 The following are the results ot the S.C.R.C. tennis ties, played a'. Hong Lim Green yesterday. Open Singles Wong Thian Teek beat Dr. Chua Teck Yam. 6—0, 6—1. Open Doubles Chong Thutt Pitt and Foo Woo Wong beat Y. P. Wui and Jimmy Kam, (V-4. 6—3.
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    Women To Play Cricket On S.C.C. Padang
    74 16 Women To Play Cricket On S. C. C. Padang To ce-ebrate the completion of the re-construction of the Singapore Cricket Club a women vs. men's cricket match ivill be played on the padang next Friday The game will start at 4 p.m. The game tod be fol'otced by an At
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    Recreation Club Sports
    144 16 THE Singapore Recreation Club will be holding their annual athletic sports on the Club padang on Saturday and judging from the number of entries the meeting promises to be a success. Yesterday the preliminary heats for '.he 100 yards. 220 yards, long jump and throwing the pricket
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    PADANG SHIELD SOCCER
    79 16 For the firs, time today the Padang clubs will be competing in an annual soccer encounter for a shield to b<_> ca'led the Padang Shield which hai been presented by Mr. Conrad Clarke. The team to represent the S.C.C. will be as follows E. C. Cherrington J.
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    £4,000 Worth Of Racehorses Turned Loose
    173 16 F London. ILLIES and colts valued at £4,030 were set loose by men who broke into the Aston Tirrold, Berks, stables of Mr. J. W. Bisgood the lacehorse trainer, last week. When Mr. Bisgood returned from Nottingham races just after 8 30. he found
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    SINGAPORE PREPARE FOR CUP MATCH
    162 16 SINGAPORE PREPARE FOR CUP MATCH ALTHOUGH the Combined Services are expe ted to win Singapore on Saturday at ti>e Ansor. Road Stadium m view of their creditable record. Singapore 1.- preparing hard with a determination to uphold their past reputation. A rare soccer treat is promised and a large crowd
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      274 16 Singapore's Chances On Saturday (To th« Editor of the Free Press) Sir Every soccer fan unoub 1.ed y will not m'.ss this coming Saturday's Vital match. The Combined Services seem to be too confident of teat ing Singapore this tinu as commented by your sports' correspondent* and curtail the proud
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    WEARNE'S SPORTS CLUB.
    40 16 The heats for Wearne's Sports Club's annual athletic sports meet to be held on Saturday Aug. 6. at the Jalan Besar Stadium, will be run off on Sunday at the St. Andrew's field commencing at 10 o'clock..
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    21 16 In a friendly game ot soccer yesterday the Singapore Cold Storage beat the Heap Eng Moh by lour goals to two
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    Jurich And Montana To Contest Flyweight Title
    243 16 AMERICA CLAIMS CK<W\ VACATED BY L)\<H A WORLD box) va«-ant n i; Lynch lo»l dec«;t<>ii sea Vs. ar.d have Jumped r'.Rlv .sav.s a I, melon nr* 'lhe US. Boxing ollaring Id a I the Brit Li*' Boara I upport u\ tftC I \/eight
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    Finlay Takes Three R.A.F. Titles
    499 16 Finlay Takes Three R.A.F. Titles I7LYINC -OFFICER D O Flnlay j A A A. hurcT.es champion, secured ano her RAF. tlt'e in the championships at Uxbridg last week, winning j the high jump at 6 ft. after a tie with tiie holder. Cpl. P. K. Colcy <Gosport>. Fin'.ay a'so helped
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    V.M.C.A. FOOTBALL
    61 16 The following have been selected t > Play football for the Y MCA. v.; SC.C. on Monday, at 5 10 p m on th* S.CC. Ground: J Ferguson. R. Lyue. Koh Hor Koon, C Teller. O. L. Day, w. Mitchell. W. Pullen, S lamsudln, Urn Kim Wee. Ong
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    32 16 Ri-.su: s ol ye r.itigiJn CMb I l mi Ml son and Ml I < I M N Iff Mr a:al Mrs Alr.K-T I Mr VU Ulp Joy (scr 1
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      58 16 JUST PUBLISHED TIH WORLD STATISTICS 1938 Published by The Tin Producers Association. Price $1.50 Contents 1. Charts 1. Prices ot Metallic Tin 3. Production, Consumption and Stocks 4 World Production and Consumption. 5. Supplies 6. Deliveries 7. Statistics of Stocks 8 Miscellaneous Tin Statistics 9. Consuming Industries KELLY 6c WALSH,
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