The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 19 July 1938

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  • 13 1 AND DAILY NEWS NO. 15,r>*5. ESTD. 1833. TUESDAY, JULY 19, 19%. 10 CENTS
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  • 277 1 Nationalist Leader's Confidence WANTS BRITAIN AS FRIEND Republican View Burgoo, July 18. pIK Nationalists will win the war within a year/ declared General Franco m an interview with Reuter's special correspondent at Burgos today. General Franco, who was commenting on the prospects for the
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  • 49 1 Paring Flight B Californian Dublin, July IS. L T |2ffl i irold £15i Mr. Douglas Corrigan, .old < ilifornian air- D «bHna< 2.30 p.m t^ajr I'ork .it 10.1 irst sui irisj tils i HNEND.S MISLED York un- ittempt t these v.jrc he the Reuter
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  • 49 1 abmet Considering Drastic Step "km. July IK. I vV.il, the 1 i Shi parr of >n's 8U0.000.000 yei order to ob•r the Importwary for export, rapar wia I JU .000.000 Hit and Bank of lold l removed m 1930 the how- in2 Reuter
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  • 7 1 I In Anschluss, or 27.7
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  • 72 1 Berlin, July 18. IT WAS DECREED today that all in- habitants of the Reich, together Aith registered business concerns, must henceforth make, from their property, contributions In kind for the requirements of the armed forces, whenever so required. The decree Is described as "of fundamental importance" m
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  • 66 1 Kome, July 18. •pASCIST Italy is proud to v have given its contribution m blood and material to the victory over the destructive forces m Spain and Europe," says Signor Mussolini m a telegram to General Franco on the occasion of the second anniversary yesterday of the
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  • 196 1 Trade Follows The Japanese Armies M. P/s Questions In House Of Commons London, July 18. ILJR A. E. L. Chorlton (Conservative) m the House of Commons today asked what action was proposed to set at rest the widespread British fears m Shanghai that the Japanese Government was deliberately encouraging Japanese
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  • 33 1 Colombo, July 18. The Governor of Ceylon, Sir Andrew Caldecott. today opened the new graving dock m Colombo Harbour. The dock cost more than £100,000 to build. Reuter
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  • 271 1 Members Of Military Court Exonerated A^,^ London, July IS. CROWDED House of Commons today heard the Speaker fCapt. E. A. Fltzßoy), give his ruling on the new breach of privilege issue raised by Colonel Heritage Capt. Fitsßoy said the new information was that individual members
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  • 72 1 A new design of postage stamps, known as "Patriotic Stamps," has just been issued by the Hankow Postal Administration. The stamps, which are only for air mail use, are of the denominations of 15 cents, 30 cenU, and 50 cents. They are sold with an extra
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  • 22 1 Gen. Aube. a member of the French Supreme Air Council, has been placed at the head of the organisation lor passive defence.
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  • 136 1 Km barest. July I* 'T'Mf. i m 004-urred m Ru<*hare*< today <>f Marie. Qu*en Mother •»< Rumania Queen Marie has been ill for more than a >ear. She wjs the mother of King CAroi and th*» grandmo't-cr ot Crown Prince Michael. Sho wa< <i grand<ljugh?«r
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 42 1 BIGIA TEA |!rin! ,s flu- freshneslO d fraunnuo of the 0 your home Ma 'ayas Premier Hotel. TOMICHT COckxati OlMhf.' DANCE 63 PM to 8 -3° PM R DANrr r Unlormal) 9.30 P.M. to midnight *> ADMISSION CHARGE. ORCHESTRA t »»y Dan Hopkins
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    • 96 1 There is no hotter Tea than BIGIA TEA GROWN IN MALAYA ADELPHI HOTEL ROOI G-UUMEN > > t 1 TONIGHT i SPECIAL DINNER DANCE DINNER AND D.%TCI MI'SH BY RF.UJ-RS POPULAR HUNGARIAN HANI) |j DINNFR $3.00 NO AFTFR DINNFR ADM HAROK A. w^ w _-_i i_ U I ADELPHI GRILL
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  • 186 2 Zeppelin Museum For Germany A ZEI-PELJN Museum will be dedicated m Germany this month. The occasion Will be the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin. This museum has had a more or los.> unofficial character niice 1930, being housed lo one of the larger rooms of
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    17 2 PARISIAN sdMOlehiMtCß learn "Cod Save the King" m readiness fur the rov*| visit to Paris this week.
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  • 513 2 Hankow Headquarters Claim Bombs Hit Several Vessels FOUR MASS RAIDS IN ONE DAY Hankow, July, 17. fHINESE air units played havoc with Japanese naval concentrations along the Yangtse River yesterday when four mass raids were staged against Japanese warships at Chinkianir, Wuhu,
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  • 297 2 Channel Escort Of British And French Warships lx>ndon, July 18. THE King: who, with the Queen and the two Princesses, returned yesterday from Ihe Royal Ixxige, Windsor, to Buckingham Palace, has completely recovered from the Anh which kept him indoors last week. All arrangements
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  • 262 2 THB Chinese t, jq Singapore has it ..-:..j a dispatch from Hankow which contains a number of resolution* adopted at the 'National Council convened by the National Oorernm-nt at Hankow yesterday. The resolutions were: "The Chinese natirn shall mjbilis with firm determination, all available material and
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  • 112 2 "Cheer The King and QucjtT Parisiaag ToW Paris. Ju!y 18. licltsmert over the visit of th»» Klnu and Queen to Franc- tom-jrrow is hourly becoming more intense. This morning Parisians awakened .0 find the cap tal placarded wth a notice from the President of the Municipal Council. The
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  • 37 2 MIDDLESEX BEAT YORKSHIRE London. July 18 Middlesex beat Yorkshire by ri^m wlskete: Torkshltc: 141 and io?. Xii cl> fBciKS 5 tor 67) and «3 for 2. Mo Unffha ochiic 147. JUHtMttttu for 2 i>t elese <>* play.- Reuter
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  • 47 2 M*\ J. H. roan*, of Stiv.it.: PUnUU i-oo a Dat^h i, b^ ei q^mjjng r-os4 ol his h-uve j ;l ».is home town m t2*L He mnd-: h speci;;l uiu to n to ;.U>Md the malaria course Will rail i.i a few u,.^r*r.<: Hmg ior Mai ays.
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  • 65 2 Shanshai. Jml> U. V\KSPITE the persisUnt heavieel Japanese bomhinc. the Can-ton-Hankow railway made a net profit of 54 million for the fiscal year end.'nx: June 29. <M this sum. $1 million has already been paid to the SiitoBr;»L\h Boxer Indemnity Hoard tritstee», as interest on the loan
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  • 144 2 HANNIGAN SHEILD SOCCER AT K.L. (Ftom Our Own C>rr spotui. ni< Kuala Lumpur. July 18. The Den.t poucv, leaden of tbt "A" division oi the local tOCCtf iMfM dls playrd their mottle when thry txat th Perak police o the tune of two to nil m th<? firm! of the
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  • 166 2 London Surger On Trial At Old Bailey Attorney G«J Leads ProsecutJ .IllslM, M....N, i h< that "Or with v of a v in.nrurr. Nt the < I 1861 It MM si was th. Horse < Evirj Mr B til i < KjC Mr B< urn. curt lo i. > sent
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  • 79 3 leaving For fear's London foaming i| PAH «»f the Singapore V.M.C.A. palfej of recruitimc local men and inn; them fur responsible posts.; Mr. unistant physical iiir of the iMOCiation, is leaving bftand nt%\ month for 12 months' (he ion i'»n Central Mr. i I athlei and
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  • 1048 3 Malayan Arts And Crafts May Disappear A ltogether How Sultan Idris School Is Keeping Them Alive rpHAT Malay arts and crafts may disappear within the 1 present generation unless they are carefully fostered is the view or Mr. M. C. ff. Sheppard, M.C.S., m an article m th? M.A.RA. Journal
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  • 102 3 Ordered To Maintain Wife CHAN Hong Choon, a clerk appeared m the Singapore Fifth Police Court, yesterday, charged with refusing to maintain his wife, Mary Chiang. Giving evidence on oath, the woman stated that Choon had neglected her and her two children, who had died. She had been married to
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  • 36 3 With the permission of the United States and Portuguese Governments, the German Lufthansa Airway Co. is to run an experimental air-mail service across the North Atlantic this summer from Lisbon to New York via tht Azores.
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  • 117 3 CEVEN Chinese, including a 13--u months-old baby and a woman, passengers m a bus travelling along Victoria Street, Singapore, were burned when acid was thrown at the vehicle yesterday afternoon. The incident occurred near the Kallang Bridge and the bus involved
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  • 28 3 Mr. James Marshal., Chairman of the Central Perak Planters Assocation, will be m Scotland shooting during August, and plans to return to Malaya at the end of September.
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    15 3 THIS CRAFTSMAN is a specialist m creating shining silver spoons oul of drab Perak silver.
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  • 169 3 Fractured Skull And Died A VERDICT of death by misadv ture was recorded by |bt Sin*;* pore Coroner. Mr. W. G. Porter, at an inquest yesterday on a IfllnintM cook who was employed by the SlngaporSwimming Club. The? deceased. Boon Wall Meng. *rli was 57
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  • 38 3 Three brothers. Detile Raditladi Leban Raditladi and DLsang Radltladi who were alleged to have defied the authority of Tshekedi. regent native chief of the Bawangwato, Bechuanaland, are to be banished trom th« tribe's territory by the High Commissioner.
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  • 54 3 j^ORTH Borneo has so'ne very dirty and dilapidated currency notes. The condition of the notes has attracted the attention of the North Borneo Chamber of Commerce, and at a recent meeting H was decided that a request should be made to the Financial Department of the Government for
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    • 19 3 plDangerous; Germs kl) I 1 Iff lli I kill all R I rates I I ,5K I vf LIT
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    • 111 3 siZ^\ IBaMuetfortkPakte--I *m £a a Holiday fordieTkoatf* >k M* BP^ m m BR^- I *i 1 Sk \Jinofsoj Rothmans Pall Mall de Luxe jflf A D^ lX X are not for five and ten jßM*(^^ c "{i&s9''^E Smokers apart from the fact Btf^SC l^jM M that not enough are made.
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous

  • WOMEN'S INTERESTS
    • 625 4  -  Joseph Martin By VOLUNTARY effort m the field ol social service is part of the British tradition. Many social organisations which have n initiated by authority as quite new features m some of t le totalitarian states have been for a long time more or less
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    • 232 4 pVERY day the Duchess of Kent snatches a little time from her strenuous round or duties and retires to a large room 1 1 her house m Ec.'Udve-Square, London. There she sits down before an easel and paints. One of her paintings, a water colour study of
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    • 143 4 Blende or Hazel- they're both h'-rrys. /nd today's travel tip has to do w vli blond and hazel piggies. In fe >vej and bags— but mainly m bags, ore's nothing m all the \>hole woili as comfortable as n. big rocviy purse when you travel. You have a
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    • 605 4 White, More Than Ever Marks Sum mer Garb Unusual Tone Made From Lipstick WOULD you like to have some fun with your next lipstick? First, try it on with your complexion and be sure that it is as becoming to you as you think it is, and then do a
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    • 110 4 Open pores are often found on quite young skins, and they should be given treatment early if the girl is to be saved from the annoyance of a coarse skin as she grows older. There is a good home-made refining lotion which, used once a day for
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    • 208 4 Drill Physical Culture For English Princesses A CCORDING to a London newspaper, an outdoor gymnasium for Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret has been fitted up m the leafy grounds of Royal Lodge, WindGor. The gymnasium is for their exclusive use and ha« been provided m response to the Princesses' direct
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 61 4 Over one hundred kitchen proven recipes many illustrated m colours are contained m "Simpson's Book of Baking Treats" which will be sent free of all charges with the compliments of the Makers of Simpson's Self Raising Flour to housewives upon request to The Advertising and Publicity Bureau Ltd 144. Robinson
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    • 122 4 ANNOUNCING ARRIVAL OF NEW SHIPMENTS LATEST FASHION FABRICS FOB MORNING, AFTERNOON EVENING WFM CALL TODAY AT CHOTIRMALLS 41-43, HIGH ST. PHONE "CHRISTIE is having for the last week CLEARANCE SALE Evening dresses Afternoon dresses Linen Costumes Morning dresses HATS, HANDBAGS A FLOWERS AT HALF PKMCE. 19. Stamford Road. Telepnont w
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  • 30 5 Visiting Indians In Malaya Seremtan, July 18. ISTER-AT-LAW. p pandiar M.A.. today m the course bCC Uan institutions. .dying conG v rtiaver, the chua one <v Ita Left to- Java.
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  • 29 5 B line H im I Chili <.'nX I 1 posI Koh conW l clothes. On X said, he H i ie tahil tin ft
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  • 78 5 From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban. July 18. TiWO drama presentations were the chief items m a concert given by the Methodist Tamil Church. Seremban, on Saturday night at the Seremban Anglo-Chinese School hall. Among the musical items. "Veena" vocal item with violin accompaniment :>> Mesdame.* Naysadorai and
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  • 802 5 How Malayan Aborigines Obtain Poison For Their Blowpipe Darts Government Official's Encounter With Perak Semang SAP FROM IPOH TREE WHICH CAN KILL LIOW the Sakai and other aboriginal tribes m Malaya secure poison for the poison-tipped darts used with their blow-pipes is described by Mr. J. N. Milsum, of the
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  • 276 5 CTOCKS of Japanese teas m this country are standing at an abnormally high level. At the end of May supplies m London totalled about 6,750,000 lb. A year ago they were 2,50\000 lb. says the Evening Standard. Towards the autumn of 1937 huge imports of
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  • 375 5 Britain 's Mr. Mrs. Aircraft Designers FACE tip- tilted to the sky, dark eyes alight with enthusiasm, a slim figure m white dungarees stands out on the airdrome watching a tiny plane defy all the laws- of gravity. Down from the clouds it hurtles m a screaming power-dive, flattening out
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 144 5 Hddie Cantor I For England j ivroK ie p»P-eyed |ri>l^ t r ls arrived m l-"^ tl^Ut Jewish chUdren X- Ulld V 0 sHtir m Palestine, |»< r 3ny ti the J-,,h Trie- •^S* yfe, c" *^^m KTlflC& t/ JntfiX* Jggl^gf da> -D-W Vo >" '«th rtr e Ivory Ca.tle
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    • 474 5 LITTLE BOYS WEIGHT WENT UP LIKE MAGIC! Read this Schoolmaster s story. Hoh anxious fathers and mothers gel when they see their little ones losing weight. Those thin, pathetic little arms and legs] thot>e ribs sticking up through the fle^li. thoee hollow little cheeks do they mean that some far
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  • 39 7 Lent Car But Did Not Know Why ndcnt.) J«U I* llliu r „.,1 sem Hock V lll 1 1 motor-car, LgjJ r BS ins a Private ear he irrj t umpur. for the i not know imed b.»th. fln-
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  • 41 7 i London, July IK. of retail Into aelled by the approximately 4 July, r cent, at at July 1. s were rhe rise m with a riu.> mainly to the hut the the price British Wireless
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  • 9 7 I monthly Home compa-l N v York, hai be?nj
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  • 330 7 News I n Brief QN its way to Singapore, where it will be handed over to No. 230 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Far East, the third of the Sunderland flying boats to leave the Short slipway left Pembroke on Saturday. The Sunderland made Malta on Saturday night after a non-stop
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  • Article, Illustration
    35 7 MB. HOWARD HUGHES, the American millionaire airman, who flew round the world m record time last week photographed at the miscrophone before_he left Le Bourget airport m Paris for the next stage of his flight.
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  • 68 7 Chinese And Western Culture IN place oi the business meeting which was to be held at the Singapore Rotary Club tiffin next Wednesday, an address will be given by Mr. Peh Der Chen, B.A. <Oxon) on "Chinese and Western Culture." Mr. Peh Der Chen, who is visiting Singapore for a
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  • 33 7 H. Irving-Jones, a European, was fined $5 m the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday, when he pleaded guilty to a charge by failing to conform o traffic signals.
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  • 89 7 <From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, July 18. A shield presented by past and present officers of the detective police for inter-State shooting among detectives m the F.M.S. was won by Negrl Sembilan branch when it was first competed for yesterday at Kuala Lumpur. Mr. E. M. Allen, of
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  • 19 7 Mr. Noel Coward Is sailing with the Mediterranean Fleet from Malta to investigate the Mm tastes of the Navy.
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  • 89 7 THE rubber planters' conference, arranged by the Rubber Research Institute of Malaya, which lias been fixed for Friday, July 29 at the Institute's headquarters, 3rd n C U Ampang Road Kuala Lumpur, ml^ pened by m s B Palmer, M.F.C., President of the United P anters
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  • 297 7 S.V.C. PROGRAMME OF DRILLS The Singapore Volunteer Corps programme of drills up to and for week ending j u i y 24 are as followsToday (Tuesday) 5.15 p.m HeadMo a r r i e p 1S SV F Sign^ Se Morse Practice; "A" Coy MG Train ing; Miniature Range H.Q..
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  • 160 7 Consumption Is Continuing Upward IN discussing the latest cut m rubber export quotas, the National City Bank of New York states, m its current monthly review, that if the 45 per eont. export rate should be continued through the fourth quarter stocks might be reduced during the
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  • 62 7 Wiulc a Singapore police constable was on rounds m the Teluk Ayer Basin early on July 12 he saw an elderiy Chinese hanging from a beam m one cf the Sheds. He had been dead for somo time. Subsequent inquiries revealed the deceased to be a
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  • 62 7 CONCEALED CHANDU UNDER HIS BED Alleged to have concealed 14 packets of chandu, worth $224. under hi.; bed a Chinese, Chng Kirn Koo, was sentenced to two months' rigorou 0 imprisonment by Mr. H. A. Forrer m the Singapore Criminal District Court yesterday. He pleaded guilty to a chafge o:
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  • 37 7 Ten thousand people oi Havana, Cuba, took p^rt m a monster parade m honour of Britain and the United States— a reply to a recent demonstration m favour of Mexico's policy towards British and American oil companies.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 118 7 VICTORIA THEATRE For 3 NIGHTS only July 21st, 22nd 2 3rd... at 9.30 p.m. MAX MALANI iw MAGICIAN. Who has had the honour of appearing before HM. KING EDWARD VII H. M. KING GEORGE V I KING OF SIAM and PRESIDENT HARDING. j BOOKING OPEN AT LITTLE'S I j 53.
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    • 221 7 POSITIVELY LAST NIGHT! Bth DAY and all shows packed out since Last Tuesday's Premiere!! CAPITA! 6.15—9.15 L W F**tf li I TONIGHT fjtfffcfc^THl WARS MOST MAGNinqW YNTfRfAIMMmrri D 0 N T liflUßi 5ii 'Xt LAST NIGHT c.is 9.15 PAVILION PARAMOUNT'S THRILLINCi STORY OF A YOUNG GIRLS EXPERIENCE IN A SCANDAL-LOVINC;
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  • 653 8 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1938. Scientists And Planters IN those days when learning WAS the prerogative of the few, no one troubled about making the knowledge of the savants available to the many. Today, however, when applied science is the handmaid of industry, the scientist must needs
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  • 883 8  - Communist Leader Says Chinese Unity Will Not Collapse George K. Wang 'Reds Ku om m tang By TPHE programme of the former Chinese Commutiist party, now united with other groups m Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek's .<n < h.ri.t anti-Japanese front." is explained by its political head, Mao Tse-tung, m an exclusive
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 184 8 yi IU better breio man, caldbeck's Al BY SPECIAL 'Jjkk'Mj TO H M THE APPOINTMENT KING OF SIAM I ESTD 1872 ENGAGEMENT ETERNITY RINGS. Choose Carefully The DIAMOND RINGS Voo would be proud of years from tod»y-<uid carefulJ, choose iU maker. Erer, HE SILVAS rin t la measured by a
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    • 74 8 GENTLEMEN'S REQUIREMENTS have also been priced very low during our GRAND ANNUAL STOCKTAKING SALE Buy Now Buy Economically. Here are a few rood bargains Dress Shirts with Double Soft Front All Sixes $2.75 Men Slipovers m Plain Colours. Sires from 32 40 2.90 Striped Pyjamas All sixes at 3.25 Bee
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  • 351 9 WEARNES' PILOT m CRITICAL CONDITION i-R foyt v r flvinK one of Wearnes new I^e Havila U airliners from (Voydon to Singapore, Capt. Beresford narrowly escaped death when a small p raj pa monoplane he was piloting crashed on the rr ound between Singapore
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  • 153 9 Singapore's Short- Wave nation Opening Tonight tonight the call-sign at I KM.B.C. station will L H1 for liberty; and rai.for progress." i Sirsbenpened the new at seven programme asSF Philippines. aa many I about st, the new modern, it tied lor its J Anderson, toe B.M. jjjlfc J. F< BarrailT.
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  • 150 9 Praise For Singapore J.C .S .A. pAVOURABLE comment on the many successful activities of tho Singapore Junior Civil Service Association was made at the annual meeting of the Pcnani Junior Civil Service Association. Mr. s. Manikram, the pres dent, •^iiid that the Penang association had no right to feel satisfied
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  • 12 9 The annual Nilai motor gymkhana will take place at Nilai on Saturday.
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  • 326 9 $10,000 A Year Wanted From Government By Mr. John Hands (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, July 18. HEFORE leaving Kuala Lumpur to catch the X.P.M. liner Boisu sevain for a two months' round trip to Capetown, Mr. John Hands, widely known m Malaya as the champion of Selangor^s destitute
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  • 223 9 TODAY, "Adi Tuesday Fasting," is an important occasion for barren Hindu women of Southern India— no matter where they are living. These ivomcn, m Southern India. Burma, Ceylon and elsewhere, will celebrate today by making offerings to the goddess, Thayanayaki, who is supposed
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  • 75 9 (Prom Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, July 18. Mr. M. T. Stanley, who entered a dog for the Central Dog Show during last week-end, did not fly his dog from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur. He flew his own plane, but the dog was m Kuala Lumpur.
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  • 252 9 fPHE possibility of standardising the quality of raw rubber is being studied by the London Advisory Committee for Rubber Research (Ceylon and Malaya). «-»ys the annual report issued yesterday. The Research Association of British Rubber Manufacturers called the attention of the committee to the difficulties
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  • 99 9 Full Flying Boat Service Tomorrow I'/ff familiar De Haiti and *6 airli .crs which have operated the 'isoane- Singapore route for Qaniaa Empire Airiiays since the inceptim of the service some years ago will be seen no m(>re m Singapore. From tomorrow, the service uill he operated entirely by Empire
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  • 92 9 After a preliminary inquiry luld m the Singapore Third Police Court y»-.s-tcrrtay, Abdul Wahab bin Mohammed, a Malay, vho uas ch:"vr on thn> counts of falsification of accounts of Messrs. Fraser and Ncav, Ltd was committed for trio! ft! th.- n^xt assizes. It was
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    • 74 9 I "DENSMORE SHUTE 79 Golf ciths f IVC .v c vreVg^^. I lot^^^i. I WOODS' HOIS'— SI3.SO etch ]j Sole Agents: Ll^y^ ROBINSON CO., LTIL J SINGAPORE 6c KUALA LUMPUR (SPORTS DEPARTMENT) LEAVE IT TO COOKIE! HE WILL KNOW HOW TO PREPARE THE MOST DELICIOUS DISHES. SOUPS. PIES. SOUFFLES. PUDDINGS.
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  • FREE PRESS SPECIAL COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    • 456 10 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCK SHARES Last Night's Quotations From London 5.30 p.m. Yesterday The above arc dealers' middle prices; jobbers' margins, brokerage and stamp duty are not included. Ohare of £1 denomination unless Latest Quotations Previously otherwise stated Conversion Loan. 5 pc. 1944-84.... 114V_ 114% Funding Loan. 4 pc
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    • 386 10 rhr following New York quotations r:--: supplied by Renter. IKW-JONLS f_VUL%G-Ca Close Close Changes 30 Industrials 137.32 138.53 up 1.21 20 Rails 27.13 27.19 up .06 20 Utilities 21.35 21.39 up .04 40 Bonds 88.97 89.06 up .09 Business done total volume 630,000 attare. vast sale Stocks
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    • 76 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association July 18, 12 o'clock noon Buyers Sellers No. I.X.R.S.S. m cases FOB. July) 25 t 25 /4 Good F.A Q. m bales 'F. 0.8. July) 24^ 8 24U No. I.X.R.S.S. (Spotloase) (awardable Singapore) 25 25' s July 25' 25% Aug.-Sept. 25 5 25^ Oct.-Dec. 26',
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    • 159 10 From London 5.30 p.m. Yesterday KUBBER: Firm. London: 7 7.16 d. 7 916 d. Previously: Closed Oct. -Dec: 7 916 d. 7%<L Previously: do Jan. -Mar.: 7%d. 7%d. Previously: do Apr.-June: 7 li;i6d. 7 1316 d. Previously: do New York (Opening Price): 15.10. Previously: do STOCKS: London:
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    • 61 10 From London: Latest Quotations TIN: Steady. Spot: £191 12s. 6d. Previously: Closed Three months: £192 17s. 6d Previously: Closed. NEW YORK TIN: Opening Price: 43.25 Previously: Closed Settlement: £39 15s Previously: £39. GOLD: Yesterday: £7 Is. 3d. Previously: £7 la. 2'-,d MLVER: Spot: 19 5 16d. Previously:
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    • 75 10 Foreign Exchange Rates London Closing Quotations iMethod or Parity before Latest PreCexure Quoting 20-9-31 Rate vlously Paris Franc to 121.1 178 3 16 178 5 16 New York S to 4.88 4.92^ 4.93 Amsterdam Guilders to 8.97 3 8.95» 8 8.96 3 4 Hong Kong.. Per dollar ls. 2 15
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    • 184 10 .July 18 SELLING London. T.T. 2 3 29 32 London, demand 2i3 2932 Lyons, demand 2067 Switzerland, demand 249^ Hamburg, demand 141^ New York, demand 57 3 16 Montreal, demand 57i, 2 Batavia, demand 104 Samarang. demand 103 7 /8 Calcutta. Bombay, and Rangoon, demand 155?4 Madius
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    • 140 10 ISSUED BY FRASER AND CO. AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS YESTERDAY MINING. Jin at midday was 596>4 down i 4. As is frequently the case on a Monday the share market was very quiet throughout In tin shares there was a rather better demand for Dollar issues
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    • 1042 10 SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES From Exchange Telegraph r Fraser And Co. s List m*m+mmm mi MONDAY. Jl LV 18, 1938: 5 P.M. MINING Bayers Sellers Anpat Tin (4s) 4s 4s Cd Asam Kunibang (£j 29s 31s cd. Austral Malay ii, 44s 48s n.c.d. Ayer Hitam <ss> 24s iM -as
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    • 58 10 S. E. Levy Co* Shanghai. Hongkong Manila Intcstmrnt Bankers ana flrolteri m Daily Foretgn Market Cablet an* Q MEMBERS NEW YORK COTTON EXCHAM.f COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. NEV; YORK COFFEE SUGAR I CHICAGO BOARD OF BUM CANADIAN COMMODITY FXCHAM-* SHANGHAI STOCK EXCHANdh HONGKONG SHARE BROKERS ASSN MANILA STOCK EXCHANGE. Meyer Chambers,
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  • 303 11 July 15. BEAT xr M mm Kati 36 do 30 An.. lb 5 •can J lO 6i> Kau 44 do 34 rOCLTtI 1 KaU 50 each 35 .iv Kati 28 do 40 tomCBt te. fledged nab so D.(.s 10 16 erted 10 28 S S do 36
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  • 989 11 SUBSTANTIAL BUYING BY FINANCIAL HOUSES Reports Of Comprehensive Settlement With America (From Our London Staff) London, July 10 FOR some weeks past the London Stock Exchange has been almost entirely dominated by the steady upward movement on Wall Street. Now, however, two additional
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  • 242 11 List Supplied By Messrs Fraser Co. MONDAY, JULY 18, 1938: 5 P.M. Flnancla Company Dividend Books Date Ex. Div. year TIN Close Pavab Date to date Asam Kumbang 6d No. 62 July 29 Aug. 5 July 30 10% Austral Malay 9d. div. 10% 3d. bonus Hong Kong
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  • 183 11 Singapore. July 18, 12 oVIo n,»,,n l»u»r, Sellers Gambler 7 i>o Hamburg Cube Ill.M Java Cube $1100 Pepper White Muntok $14 ».-> White I! 513.75 Black 18.25 Copra Mixed $3 40 Sun Dried $3.70 $3 70 Tapioca Smah Flake S3 60 Fair Flake ,;;j Medium Pearl $3
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    • 381 11 OASsif^ 0 ADVERTISEMENTS BOARD RESIDENCE f re# sea front T KATONG GRANGE-77 Mejer Kd (>f i, Mrrrt WHft (near swimming Club) I 2SJT» deplirt Board-Residence at moderate rates ££Sf *<>• Time.- Large Gardens- Tennis. Singapore Phono 575 H. Ofltt M |1V Slr^' f {..I. Phonf 54TJ '5 lin« with hon
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    • 235 11 BANK OF CHINA Incorporates m Cnina ov s rim OMMO^ IZ. CerU Street Slncaswre. MODERN BANKING With branches and sub-branches throughout China, and correspondents m all the principal cities of the world, the Bank is II equipped to transact modern banking business of *very description. TO LET OFFICES IN BANK
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 602 11 RADIO PROGRAMMES SINGAPORE. TODAY. ZHL 1-33 mci m.) p.m. 5.00 Malay music. t 6.00 Teochew music. t 7 '°?JsF*?i by the Owe™* *n*uguratin B the new short aye transmitter. 7.05 Song and Piano recital by Marietta i>eschene 'soprano* Paul Verdayne (bassi Lindsay Granvilie (pianoforte). 7.30 Time, weather, news and announcements.
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    • 81 11 6.05 News m English. 6.50 Music. 8.10 News m English. 9.20 Music. 9.50 Close down. MELBOURNE. VK SHE 9 59 Me/a '31.2 aa.) p.m. 4 20 Opening announcement. 5.20 With the world's lamuua orchestra 6 20 News bulletin and sporting rwulta. 6.30 Tour of the world. 6 50 Leading Dance
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  • 48 12 The Uoyd Triestino. Conte Verde, Is due at 7 a.m. tomorrow from Shanghai and Hong Kong. She will berth at the S.H.B. wharf and is expected to sail axain at noon on the same day for Colombo, Bombay, Massaua, Port Said Brindisi, Venice and Trieste.
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  • 31 12 The P. and O. Somali has left Hon<* Kong and is expected to arrive at II a.m. tomorrow. The s.s. Somali will proceed alongside the S.H.B. Wharf on arrival.
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  • 632 12 LARGEST CONSTRUCTION OF KIND FOR 80 YEARS C TOR AGE buildings constructed entirely of Empire timber except for the concrete foundations and the roof covering of corrugated asbestos sheeting, for use at the wharves of Messrs. James Latham, Limited, at Leeside, Clapton, r
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  • 35 12 The Nederland Line Royal Dutch Mail vessel m.s. Poelau Tello is expected to arrive at the Roads tomorrow at daylight on arrival from Europe and v/ill sail m the afternoon for Batavia
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  • 91 12 Rubber outputs ior the first half of June arc: Brunei output for June, 1938, ***** lbs.; total to date of current financial year for 12 months; 428 468 lba Bukit Timah 9,170 lbs.; 6 months--49,948 lbs. m^ ngkat 22 781 lbs 5 months; 106.134 lbs. Haytor 11,618 lbs
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  • 793 12 'T'HE new law which follows the signing by President Roosevelt, (already reported) of the Bill curtailing amendments to the US. Merchant Marine Act of 1936 will broaden the authority ofl the Maritime Commission to assist privately-owned American shipping m foreign trade and add to its regulatory powers over
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 429 12 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated In P.MS.) TKU_niONSt Freight 5433— Fs*ug« 541 L LLOYDS AGENTS. %o«~~wff monm Fom fedebatso majlat states kailwauP ROTAT. BTATB RAILWAYS OF SI AM. PACIfIC THE "EMPRESS" ROUTE offers TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES via HONOLULU or direct EMPRESS to VANCOUVER— ACROSS CANADA by TRANS-CONTIN-ENTAL TRAIN without change— thence by
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    • 22 12 For Cvervtb«n« Aoj*^** l Ocean Pmmk^^ &tchan fi e and M«W COWS If 4 WAGONSjJ^ r woo to TR^jjJ> Ji;. ROBIMOM «°f
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 437 12 Local And Foreign Mail Dispatches And Arrivals DESPATCHES BY TRAIN Bangkok every Saturday 7 -p.m. Thursday 7 4 am Swettenham Taiping and Telok Anson, Weekdays* Kota Bahru. Kuala Krai, Thursday and Friday* 7 a.m. Sunday p.m. Kuala Lumpur and Penang Weekdays: 7.45 a.m. Malacca. Batu Annam. Batu Pahat. G^mas. Kajang,
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    • 76 12 I The wharves or East Wharf. rill! Charon if* »4i Main Wharf, r,, iv Oder 18. Kelantan lj Empire lk>rk. riiir^n,, Steel Sea h SUwtetk West Wharf AuUjlv.ij.s 5 Mt In. We«t Wharf, tote^,^. West Wharf, nlr4lllf Kedah 62 ult! -t*| KEPPKI lu Rll(M Main Wharf Lumut; R. van Twi.s:
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 367 13 fjjAi iX BRITISH y PiOand BRITISH INDIA LINES •ORATED IN ENGLAND) P.&O. S. N. COS SAILINGS. OUTWARDS lonn&Ke Spore. Tonnmce Spore Juiv 29 RATPUTAMA 17.00U Sept. 9 July 30 HAN'CHI 17,000 S^pt 23 6.000 Aug 8 BURDWAN 6 070 Sept. 24 Aug. 12 RANPURA 17.000 Oct. 7 6.501) Aug. 26
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    • 398 13 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL S.S. Co., Ltd. {Incorporated tn Engiana.) FOR UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL Steaaer CITY OF DERBY Havre. L'don R'dam. Hburg Grow i,n«°Qn SaU CITY OF SINGAPORE Havre. L'don R'dam. H'burg GlS?ow 1* ?S Aug (CITY OF BAGDAD Havre. L'don. R'dam. Hburg g W vg
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    • 592 13 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. SINGAPORE AND PENANG PHONE 5154 (7 Lines) REPRESENTING. SHIPPING RAILWAYS The Federated Mala, SUtcs RaUwaya. Th, R. ya i state Railway* of Slam. AIRWAYS Qaili" Emn^e A?r f«^ fWmyS U<t Royal N^erland, Indie* \lrw.ya, An^J^V^^ii^ MacKobertson-MHler A vi.U.n J... lA Butler Air "a^pori cl Aostrali.n National Airway.
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    • 684 14 K. P. M. X AMP AR- -Tuesday, Jmy 19 Bengkaj Paneh Berombang TanjongMongeldar. Tanjong-L«idong and i-..sahan. TOMOHON -Tuesday. July 19, Sln.;kawang, Pemangkat and Sambas. MAKASSER- Wednesday, July 20, Poeloe-Kidjang, Sapat, Tembiiahan, Poelce-Pallas. Pengalian-Estate nnd Rengat. THEDENS— Wednesday, July 20, M<i tok and Palembang. TOGlAN— Wednesday. July 20. Tcengkal, Moera-Saba and
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    • 488 14 JOINT SERVICE OF PRINCE LINE SILVER LINE FOR HALIFAX, BOSTON, NEW YORK, BALTIMORE AND PHILADELPHIA, VIA CAPE OF GOOD HOPE Due Sails !>■« Singapore Singapore New York M.S. SILVERTEAK In Port July 23 Sept. ft M.V. MALAYAN PRINCE Aug. 2 Aug. 9 Sept. 25 M.S. SILVERSANDAL Aug. 18 Aug. 25
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    • 295 14 O.S.K. LIM| On leave? ravel home I via South Afri CQ return via Suezi Round-trip fare: £91-8-0 up I Next Sailings to Africa t M.S. 'Montevideo Maru S. S. 'Manila Maru M.S. 'La Plata Maru Aug 22 S.S. 'Africa Maru Sop n MS. Buenos Aires Maru Sept 21 S.S. Hawaii
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  • 590 15 Malay States Side Will Be Difficult To Choose ITHf Colony rri<*ktt side which «*> announced exclusively m ihf Krrf Preys jrstrrday morn•l > ;t;»ine(1 no surprises and if.c tarn should be equal to Vftfctag that (he Mali*'. States prrvdurf C 'lony by Singapore n fame
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  • Article, Illustration
    12 15 picture. PIUIK!. l\KfN l»r KIM, THE K.S.Y.C. KKGATTA on Saturday Free Press
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  • 871 15 Old-Timers Could Whip Present Champion RAVING been around the fiehting men for 40 years or more, I'm not one of those who intends to be h.rii»,i .J belief that Joe I,ouis is the ffieatest heavvwe?*ht 2h lived! (states Hype I g «c. New
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  • 342 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, July 18. THL Selangor Football League is drawing to a close and :i survey of the positions of the clubs m their respective divisions should be able to furnish the likely winners of the divisions. In the "A" division
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  • 194 15 Garrison League \s 1 1 ft a l DLAY In the Garrison Lta?ue cricket match between the R.A. (Changi) and the R.A.F. continued yesterday and close of play scores were: R.A. Ist. Inns. 208. R.A.F.— lst. Inns. Fl. O. Cave Brown Cave c Leonard Williams b Maxwell Gumbleton..
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  • 45 15 Miss A. M. Yorke < Great Brit-airO, partnered by Mhs If. Rollin-Couquer-r-ue. of Holland lost to the South African couple. Miss O. Craze and Miss S Pierce^', m the quarter-final of the women's doubles m the Dutch lawn tennis championship at Noordwyk by 7_5, ±s 3_*.
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  • 215 15 Northern Malaya Cup Final From Our Own Correspondent* Kuala Lumpur, July 18. Svlangor should overcome witnout effort her last obstacle m the Northern section of the Malaya Cup soccer competition when she meets Kedah on the Stadium next Saturday at 5.30 p.m. Preparatory to the match
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    32 15 picture. GRIM DETERMINATION is pictured on the face of this Singapore player as he attempts to head the ball past Milne, the Services' goalkeeper, m Saturday's Malaya Cup soccer match.- Free Press
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  • 90 15 Following are the results of the SCR C. tennis ties, played at Hong Lim Green yesterday. "B" Handicap Doubles Ekiward Wee and Gan Ec K«?ng (—15.3) beat Dr. Poh Chee Juay and Low Huck Leng (30.3) 6—3. 6 4. "A" Handicap Singles Hokeen (—30.3) beat Sim Seng Watt
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  • 280 15 TRACK WORK STARTS AT PENANG f^Yom Our Own Correspondent > Pcnanf, July I*. A HEAVY shower fell this morning but cleared up m tim<» to enable some training to be done. Not Many horses, h.wcver, were brought for work. Are the k xxi ones being eSHdatd j elsewhere? Not one
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  • 181 15 Volunteer Shoot At Malacca •From Our Own OORMPOOdMtt) vi 1.11- 1 a July 17. lORILLIANT WEATHER favoured th concluding day of the annual rifl meetlns of the lourth Htttllfra of th? SS.V.F. i Malacca VolunU- r OarpS) fired at Bukit *-;< bukor range today "B" ChlOM conpaay won the I
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  • 134 15 PERAK WIN FOONG SEONG CUP TIE Kedah Iteatcn H\ Gmd Margin •From Our Own COCTCSp Dd nn Ipoh, July 17. Prrjk OTtrwhelmed Kedah l-nl] the Foong Scons cup brdmiut >:i »n--countcr played here today and thef will meet the winners of Se'angor tnd Penan.?, m the llnal o[ ttM nor
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  • 40 15 m Urn garrison league, second division soccer played at Seletar yfUrdtf the R A.F. beat the K.A.O.C. oy two goals to one Guyljr and Oottt MCh .wored <o*l for the RAF. and Uvose scored lor the R.A.O.C
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    • 140 15 Diary Of The HOTELS. RAFFLES: Cocktail Dance 6.30 U) 8.30 p.m. Dinner and Dance 9.30 p m to midnight. ADELPHI: Special Dinner and Dance. COCONUT GROVE: Dinner and Dance. CINEMAS. CAPITOL Adventures of Marco I Polo with Gary Cooper and Basil Rathbone. United Artists Picture Tonight: 6.15 and 9.15 p.m.
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  • 608 16 SUBSTITUTE TEST ASKED FOR MANCHESTER WASH -OUT Opposition And Support For Suggestion HUGE FINANCIAL LOSS OVER OLD TRAFFORD GAME (From Our Own Correspondent) London, July 19. r jfHERE is a movement afoot to arrange a substitute Test at Old Trafford on Aug. 1, 5, 6 and 8, but cricket authorities
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  • 216 16 m a dull game of soccer played on the padang yesterday the s.c.c. drew with the V.M.C.A. one goal all. m a tiiird division match. Up to Interval there was no score. The B.C.C. had the better of tho same m this half and
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    19 16 picture POSSESSION DISPUTED. Picture taken at An son Road yesterday when the Cordons beat the Loyals 3-2. Free Press
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  • 222 16 TWO GOALS EACH IN THIRD DIVISION MATCH A DRAW was the resu't of the third division soccer match between the Clerical Union and the S.C.F.A. on the former's ground yes.erday. Both s'des scored a goal each. The Clerical Union were the first to open accounts, their centreforward. Johari. scoring with
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  • 42 16 The Singapore Cricket Club cricket nets will be available on Thursday aiternoon for practice by the team of •vcnren cricketers Who will play a match against the B.C.C. at the openlug of the new club buildings on Friday.
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  • 73 16 Twenty-one cards were taken out for the July mixed foursome at the Keppei Golf Club and the following scores were returned Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Can* 46— lV/ 2 ~2Ay 2 Mr. and Mrs. E. Hltcham 47— 10V..-36V, Mrs. E. O'Sullivan and G. V. Andrews 45—
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  • 38 16 The following will represent the Club In a tennis match against the RAF tomorrow at 4.50 p.m. C. J. R. Bembroke, O. Fuller. A G A a p Webb' ilm Ur C F Sutton and
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  • 295 16 Players Sent Division Two TWO players one from each side were ordered off m the second division league match between the Moravia and the X..V. which was played on the S.H.B. ground yesterday. The Gunners won threeone. The unpleasant incidents occurred early m the second period. Added to this handicap,
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  • 222 16 Results of yesterday's ties m the Tangln Club tennis tournament I were: DYNE CUP Mr. and Mrs. Strickland (—l5) beat 'Mr. and Mrs. Marph?rson (-15) 6— *> 6—3. CULLEN CUP Mr. and Miss Thorougcod (—4) beat Miss Dunne and Mr. Henton (4-15) 6-2. 6—o. Open Mixed Doubles
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  • 333 16 Cordon Highlanders 3: Loyals QORDON HIGHLANDERS turned the "tables on the LoVals to btftl them three-two m first division ?occer at the Stadium ye They had played to a proalle^s draw m tho first roun<i. Though not spectacular, t^e
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  • 34 16 Mr W. H. Har/ey for >i c yeai i :nanacer of Chesterfield has b»M»n Appointed manager of Gi lingham F.C B'forv joining Chesterfield Mr. Harvey arted as assistant manager under Ltrils KnJghtoo at Blnolnshiuß
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  • 31 16 Perak Cycling Champioship JO Cycl. S.'pt day. Th, r t:v? of thei < I Nrak < open to til I The P M pionship but i M mil rolay and M i j
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  • 103 16 TABLE TENNIS FINALS ON SATURDAY Tnn m 'ii oi th.- Sii <ati >n r mi; An ad:. will be distribute n. The roll HIM I MM up n n M Knm fCJ I I i.B.P M! N g -I\«.U> I lISM I >!i Ku alt i INTKK <II It i
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    • 99 16 Svery car is a used car the day it to dn*en **»i k utility, as a medium of transportation at th* end of iti* year it may be Worth tor Use practically as much hI at the beginning, but as a Market Commodity it Mi*** m price. So X you
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