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

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 15.56R. ESTD. 1833 THURSDAY, SEPT. g, 1938. 10 CENTS
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    New Far-Reaching Proposals To Satisfy Sudeten Demands
    345 1 OE-POINT SCHEME OFFERED BY CZECHS Programme Rushed To Nuremberg PRAGUE, SEPT. 7. TOE CZECHOSLOVAKIA GOVERNMENT HAS I MADE NEW AND FAR-REACHING NINEPOINT PROPOSALS OFFERING THE SUDETENiFKMWS [DEAL AUTONOMY, REI TER UNDERSTANDS. re yet published locally, but as the Parliarentually be consulted, the possibility
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    Still To Insist On Main Points
    24 1 i: [a „>.:"• •■•>»»"«. Sept. 7. reliably stated in that the Germans In C/echoto insist *2ds main Points of their
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    Berlin Criticism Of Earlier Proposals
    65 1 Berlin, Sept. 7. IN AN OBVIOUSLY inspired message from Prague a German news agency describes the Czech Government's earlier proposals as "a sketchy presentation" of planned reforms. It adds that further investigation. regarding the manner in which the proposals are to be put into practice,
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    42,000 Germans Ready To "Sacrifice Lives"
    186 1 42,000 Germans Ready To "Sacrifice Lives" ROUSING RECEPTION FOR HITLER AT NUREMBERG Nuremberg, Sept. 7. UERR HITLER, addressing 42,000 men and girls ol the labour service today, said, "Your spades work in the North, in the East, and in the West in the service of safeguarding and preserving the Reich
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    Japanese Crash Third Air-Liner
    159 1 Japanese Crash Third Air-Liner Shanghai. Sept. 7. rpHE JAPANESE army official- ly announced that Japanese aircraft today shot down another Eurasia plane, 30 miles southwest of Hankow, states Reuter. Hankow reports say that the plane tcok off from the aerodrome there on the appearance of Japanese persult planes in order
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    FRANCO'S EBRO PUSH CONTINUES
    43 1 Burgos, Sept. 7. THi: Nationalists arc continuing to advanc? on the River Ebro front. It is stated the* now command all the slopes to the river. Many prisoners have been taken, including Italian belonging to the Gersadl Brigade. Reuter
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    London Hope For Better Spirit
    66 1 London, Sept." 7. THE ABSTRACT of the new Czech Government's former proposals was being studied in official quarters in London this morning. The first impression is to represent a basis on which negotiations might well be conducted. It is hoped in London that both sides
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    THE OLD MAM OF DOORN
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    "Hitler Wants Plebescite"
    101 1 Paris, Sept. 7. PRESS commentators today emphasise that the Czech crisis is reaching a climax. Madame Tabouis, writing in L'Oeuvre, declares that foreign circles at Nuremberg believe Hitler particularly wants to put forward the principle of a plebiscite, thinking that by this he will retain the opportunity
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    TIMES SUGGESTS SECESSION BY CZECHS
    176 1 TIMES SUGGESTS SECESSION BY CZECHS London, Sept. 7. RECESSION from the Sude- ten districts as a possible solution to the Czech problem is suggested in a leading article in The Times today. This proposal in The Times* article, it is stated in London, does not represent the views of the
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    Japanese Now Allege Use Of Poison Gas
    84 1 Japanese Now Allege Use Of Poison Gas Geneva, Sept. 7. THK Chinese accusations against the Japanese for using poison gas is countered in Japanese Permanent Bureau communique issued this morning. It alleges that Hankow's calumny against the Japanese is an attempt to conceal unjustifiable acts by Chinese troops. The DOii
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      110 1 There is no better Tea than BIGIA TEA GROWN IN MALAYA ADELPHI HOTEL UOOi (.\!tl)l\ TONIGHT SPECIAL DINNER DANCE DINNER AND DANCE MUSK BY KELLER'S POPI'LAR HUNGARIAN BAND ENTERTAINMENT PROVIDI l» BY TREVOR DAWN CELEBRATED INTERNATIONAL SPECIALITY DANCERS DINNER S3— NON-DINERS Sl— DANCE INFORMAL SEA VIEW HOTEL F ROMANTIC NIGHTS
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    13,000 Sing For Dutch Queen
    278 2 Amsterdam, Sept. 1, QUEEN WILHELMINA was enthusiastically greeted by her subjects from all over the country today when she drove through decorated streets to visit the Colonial Institute, where an exhibition iz being held to give an almost complete survey of the development of the
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    20 2 Mr. P. H. Forbes, chief F.M.S.R.. and Mrs. Forbes are staying in Jersey. They return to Kuala Lumpur in December.
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    CHINESE CRITICISES M.C.S. COLOUR BAR
    225 2 "AN INJUSTICE DIFFICULT TO REMOVE" (From Our Own Correspondent) Penan?, Sept. 7. 'ALTHOUGH we welcome the kind gesture of the Government in creating a Straits Settlements Civil Service for coloured subjects the consciousness that we are suffering from injustice is hard to remove as long
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    Chinese Withdraw From Hill Positions
    281 2 Hankow, Sept 7. THINESE forces south of Km Irian* have further withdrawn to fresh positions following Japanese occupation of the Mahuiting Hills. Despite air artillery and gas attacks by the Japanese, Chinese forces have managed to consolidate their new lines from the southern slopes of
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    34 2 HERR HITLER, ON THE BALCONY OF THE DEUTSCHE HOF, takin* the salute at the march past of Hitler Youth with their banners, aurtnf the Nazi Congress at Nuremberg last year. (See page one story).
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    LORD HALIFAX CALLS* ON KING BORIS
    56 2 London, Sept. Lora Haliiax. the Foreign Secretary called upon King Boris of Bulgaria at his London hotel this afternoon. Kiny; Boris, with Queen Joanna, will probably leave London on Saturday tor Balmoral, where they are expected to stay as private puests of the King
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    Ship Left In Arctic Ice
    257 2 Moscow, Sept. 7. rpHE SOVIET ice-breaker Sedoff has been abandoned In the Polar ice by the big icebreaker Yermak, which is leading the expedition to re»cia the score of merchant ships and 3ve ice-breakers caught in the ice last autumn. The Sedoff has a skeleton
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    LANDMINE KILLS TWO SOLDIERS
    30 2 Jerusalem. Sept. 7. Two soldiers were killed and four wounded when a landmine exploded under a car on patrol at the northern frontier last night. Reuter
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    Scottish Union Wins —Pasch Third
    344 2 Scottish Union Wins —Pasch Third St. Leger Result THE St. Lejrer run yesterda> a* Don w i hnriongi and 132 yardi rwttHad: Mr. J. V. Ranks BOOTTBH UNIDM K if*l») Sir L. Philipps' CHALLENGE (fLSnilk) Mr. H. K. Morris/ PASCH (Cordon Rkfatf*) Betting 7to 1: 1(K» to 8; 6to to
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    "Three Combrades" A Grim Film
    50 2 "Three Combrades" A Grim Film f The at r, tut**** s hunv.Mr ware*, to nnrf if sliiw anr Manrarrt Si:l,.ivan huZZI* better perforirun, heroine of thj happlnrs-: to red by mam Then thei men. Robrri FYanrhol Toi anew are &tur*n-ljr moMnr,.x wel]-knomn pltyrn their work onh i.Vfngfci 5 of deprr£^Gn*twhu.,
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    S. Africa's £5 Million For Defence
    66 2 S. Africa's £5 Million For Defence E I > r ;>< I £5.000 W equipaien: and defence mm annou:. -cl t .day. Also Jl1.(KK).()O0 will br ijr: coastal <t(?!cn<*fs MB thre* j»«n It IS ACJtitil tUt L.. I Ing land KMIH which, unier Ml Africa;: „.s arr superior t<> k;
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    Favourite And Third Again
    21 2 P\v< il .n "'I 11. in hm la i i.. m Mm Ulufi |),r!»v I in tlv
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    New Colony Traffic Laws Expected In Hear Future
    276 3 loititnittee To Consider Trimmer Report (ringing Singapore Into line With Federation 1 committee to investigate the Trimmer report on traffic in Singapore as well as has been appointed, and new legislation ;ent outmoded traffic laws is expected months Matters outside the scope
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    CHINESE CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
    33 3 Nli'-jnus me2tlng with J* B.u.d. the Bays' Bri- straits Chinese J members of the :c: School, will be Chinese Christian Asso- Street Church rtll K ire an adJ to Youth."
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    Temple Murder Alleged
    339 3 A LLEGED to have caused the death of a compatriot at the Hindu temple at Rungkup Estate, Teluk Anson, a Tamil named Nagiah, of the labourer class, was charged at the Perak Assizes before the Hon. Mr. Justice Raja Musa and two Assessors, Messrs. M. P. Croxford
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    Cathedral Wedding
    99 3 Scharenguivel Armstrong rE marriage took place at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd. Singapore, yesterday evening of Miss Beverly May Armstrong, of Singapore, to Mr. George Howard Schavenguivel, of Ceylon. The bride Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Armstrong of Singapore, and the bridegroom the
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    36 3 l_Mta was christened by Mrs. C. F. J. Quarles van Uff^d Director of the Java-China -Japan Line, and launched V™„ •he Netherlands Shipbuilding Co. The mimhSSlna de Vlu... Mayor or Amsterdam. This picture sho'wsThe .nth. 5_2_
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    JAPANESE ON CAUSING DEATH CHARGE
    525 3 |)RUNKEN People not knowing what they have done can oo certain things mechanically. This was the opinion of a medical practitioner in the Singapore Traffic Court, yesterday, when giving evidence in a preliminary inquiry into charges of causing death by a negligent act, and failing
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    Charge Against Lorry Driver
    239 3 A FTER a further hearing, the case against a Chinese lorry driver, Tan Sie Chie, charged with having caused the death of a cyclist, Koh Goh San. by negligent driving at 5 1 mile, Yeo Chu Kang Road, on Mar. 18, was adjourned at the Singapore
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    Indian Arrested With Drugs
    117 3 PRISON SENTENCE AT SINGAPORE AN Indian. Persan Singh, was sen- tenced ta two years rigorous imprisonment by Mr. H. A. Forrer, the Singapore Criminal District ..udge yesterday, when he was convicted on a charge of possessing a sack of deleterious drugs, (cannabls satlva), worth $200, on
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    MALACCA MAN DUE BACK FROM EUROPE
    62 3 JU|R. P. G. PAMADASA. of the tutorial m staff of St. Francis Institution and president of St. Francis Association, Malacca, will be returning by the Fiona after a four months' holiday in Europe. "My travels abroad" will be the subject of a talk given
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    Malaya's Gold Deposits
    506 3 Hopes Of Finding Further Lodes lI7HAT Is known as the Pahang Gold Belt is a strip of country of approximately 1,400 square miles running from Raub in the south up to the boundary of the State with Kelantan in the north and having an average width of
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      94 3 tN «w Method Of Jjri»l Castor Oil to nd elderly people 0^ incorporating Castor form ls entirely new, manufacturing under the disma of "CASTO--10 taste and flavour, cj f«-v eaten by nen who ordianythint in the o' powdera, which ible taste, but jWta and act as a, use is Mti
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      300 3 Burning Acid 2| million sweat glands or pore3 ar« on duty in your skin. Those are small tubular drains, and their lob is to rid the body of poisonous acid .Your feet have about 3.000 pores tc thu square inch Most foot troubles »r« caused by the 3.000 sweat viands
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      64 3 Law Notice For The Day _> Before the Hon. Mr. Justice Perliow in the 2nd Court at 10.30 a.m. Assizes: No. 3— Rex vs. Tan Sie Chie (if not concluded). No. 13 Rex vs. Wong Onn. No. 6— Rex vs. Basanta Singh. Before the Hon. Mr. Justice Home in the
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    NEW GUINEA'S CAPITAL TO MOVE FROM RABAUL TO SALAMAUA
    1694 4 NEW GUINEA'S CAPITAL TO MOVE FROM RABA UL TO SALAMA UA A Malayan^ World Scraping A YEAR after volcanic eruptions made Rabaul, in New Guinea, an abandoned "Pompeii of the Pacific," comes the announcement that Salamaua has been chosen by the Australian Government as capital of its mandated territory of
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    Wordsworth's Birthplace May Be Demolished
    175 4 fUK birthplace of the poet William VfordsiLvrth k »*——< demolition just at a time wher. the Wordtworth SaiioHi Committee have raised 11,000 by pubic appeal to memorial to the Cumberland poet. Subscriptions have been received fnm (A DMM stut different pcrts of the British Empire
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      83 4 T^% Wli« them all] L^tfKU Bit is suro dootfi to InsocH bocovso it is H l^^JPl^ a combination of poUnt killing agonts H A «sm wn4< ««n«ot bo oxcollod. Flit has undor- B^idM *no most oxhowstivo tosts and U I TSL-^Tv of k nown dofrnho kilhng powor. That's *s<s*l NN
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      74 4 Wounshing- FjStw£? *'<? presented with a wholesome crispness the sn*^-" that lends appetite to the meal and delight v^ Ryvita helps to keep teeth and gums hearty antidote to constipatitn. It promotes nu> g nesa. Ahr.^ have RyN'iu w.th your J» Afld -little meal" with arml^ o brt. Sol4 Ia
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    SINGAPORE ROTARIAN'S PLEA FOR REFUGEES
    720 5 SINGAPORE ROTARIAN'S PL EA FOR REFUGEES o uld Help Malaya To g e Self-Supporting (l^ from China were admitted into Malaya they tfhelo make the country self-supporting, commented "f flung Pan** a member o f tne Singapore Rural t l!l the Singapore Rotary Club yesterday. W e do that Chinese
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    "Doctored" Log-Book Alleged
    251 5 "Doctored" Log-Book Alleged (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 7. TTWO charges of having "doc- tored" his log book summary and his log book were made against Ali bin Sutan, a police lorry driver, when he stood his trial at the Selangor Assizes before Mr. Justice Cussen He Is
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    New Life For The League
    677 5 International Police Force? JLIR. Winston Churchill and Lord Davies are signatories of a letter to the Editor of the Free Press aoking for support for the New Commonwealth, a society for the promotion of international law and order through the creation of a Tribunal In
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    Rotarians Hear Famous Chinese Sayings
    292 5 jJJAXIMS of a iamous Chinese Prime Minister— Li Kew Ngoh, who held office during the Ming dynasty— were quoted at the Singapore Rotary Club meeting yesterday by Mr. Lim Chong Pang. This wise minister, Mr. Chong Pang said, drilled into the minds of his sons
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    ALLEGED ROBBERY OF CHETTIAR
    181 5 Chinese Charged After Seremban Incident (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Sept. 7. TPHE story of the alleged attack and rabbery on a Seremban Chettlar was told Jn the local police court when Mr. Forbes Wallace, O.C.P.D^ Seremban, produced a Chinese, Lee Chong, on a charge of
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    APOSTOLIC DELEGATE'S K.L. VISIT
    73 5 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 7. The Apostolic Delegate Mgr. Leo Kierkels C.P.. Titular Archbishop of Salamina, who is In Singapore on his first visit to Malaya, will arrive In Kuala Lumpur tomorrow. He will say Low Mass at the Church of St. Anthony,
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    Discord After Prison
    291 5 SINGAPORE MANS ALLEGATIONS. ]U|R. JUSTICE Home yesterday AVI heard a petition in the Singapore High Court by Norman Albert Jansen for the dissolution of his marriage with his wife Bertha Elvira Jansen Alter hearing the petitioner, who was represented by Mr. P. C. Nathan, and his witness,
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    Flower Trimmed Hats Guards
    54 6 B*o*: ''^Moffil^ZX^^^ assist in Kntin, tHe u-ounSe* into ambulance! right, no matt!r what thtytninko"^'ott^e" Caie CM We do ftat wc b A*n V L fOr tH i St<Lrt f thCir baUle against the Coldstrcam Guards 7i :ar Winchester t,, Street, to attend a special Cabinet meeting
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      173 7 /^TwFIT"^ UTH MAN TOGETHER WITH THE SCREEN*" KJJ SING'NG STAR IN A JOYFUL COMEDY WITH GRAND SONGS! I-^UTLT^6 15 9.15 Gr 3f oore excel, her*>V fes^O^_ -as-; *ACi MOORE.CARY GRANT .WHEN YOU'RE m LOVE" .^rfitfi^Rr^^^^^^^^^^^Htfetttttf^^.' N i s?3^^ *^'^?3B .--^E- ;4^^^^^S Hrik^^^B' COLUMBIA PICTURE WITH i UINE McMAHON HENRY STEPHENSOM
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      275 7 HAVE YOU EVER BEEN I>an J e To Be Launched By v^ueen Today lEA^^ 20,000-Ton Liner For jfl VP^RI T HE Nederlal| d Line's 20,000--1 lf»lii] I m II m th l^ n liner Oranje bullt for IliMl^MdJAfl SSL be laun ched V^^Qjeen UipMTH VViihelmina at Amsterdam to- 1 3
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      242 7 "ONE of The best films to appear at I the ALHAMBRA Theatre since its re-opening "Gold Is Where You Find It" The picture has more than entertainment to offer Singapore audiences." MALAYA TRIBUNE 3 SHOWS DAILY-3.15, 6.15 9.15 P.M. AT THE NEW AIR-CONDITIONED ALHAMBRA WARNER BROTHERS' GREAT 4 STAR HIT!
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, SEPT. 8, 1938. Singapore
    655 8 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, SEPT. 8, 1938. Singapore MR. W. BARTLEY'S latest report as President of the Singapore Municipality is more a matter of facts and figures than a commentary on the present condition of this city, but it prompts a number of reflections. The financial position of the
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    Czechoslovakia In Pictures-III
    17 8 Czechoslovakia In Pictures -III I.ORKY LOADS OF CHECHOSLOVAKIAN TROOPS ON MANOEUVRES \F\n Tin L M '^Ms m.^.p
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    Nazi Monument For A Millenium: Nuremberg Today & Yesterday
    778 8  - Nazi Monument For A Millenium Nuremberg Today Yesterday John A Smith Where Hitler Speaks This Week By 'THE eyes of the world are this week focussed on Nuremberg where the Nazi Party Congress is meeting. Herr Hitler has derided that Nuremberg shall become a monument to himself that will endure
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      163 8 THE BY SPECIAL TO H M THE APPOINTMENT KING OF SIAM ENGAGEMENT be ETERNITY RINGS. Choose CarrfuUy The DIAMOND RINGS Voo would be proud of year* from today-and carefully rhoose Mi miker. Erer, HE SILVA'S ring to^easured fty a standard of rxcellence which insures qoality that cannot be duplicated (incorporatca
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      28 8 THE AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY PROVIDES TROUBLE FREE TRAVEL OUR WORLD WIDE TRAVEL AND BANKING FACILITIES COMBINE TO ELIMINATE ALL TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES No Booking Fee 1 Collyer Quay Singapore.
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    GENERAL'S A. D. C. SON MARRIED AT TANG LIN GARRISON CHURCH
    1244 9 G ENERAL'S A. D. C. SON MARRIED AT TANG LIN GARRISON CHURCH Lt. O. C. S. Dobbie And Miss Florence Dickey GOVERNOR AMONG GUESTS AT BIG RECEPTION 7HE biggest military wedding yet seen in Singapore, took place yesterday when Lieut. 0. C. S. Dobbie, Royal Artillery, son and Aide-de-Camp to
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    9-Foot Shark Caught In Singapore Harbour
    305 9 lENTH CATCH OF MEMBER OF CORFU CREW >hark was caught in the sea off the Harbour Board wharves yesterday 1 1'-moon, by Mr. Fred Westmoreland, a member mm of the P. and O. liner Corfu, which ■wed from Hong Kong yesterday. Tho >hark measured
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    DRIVER WHO HELD UP RAFFLES PLACE TRAFFIC
    81 9 Alleged to have been drunk and Incapable in the motor-car stand at Raffles Place on Tuesday and to have held up the traffic, a Tamil motor-car driver. N. Murugesu, appeared in the j Singapore Third Court, before Mr. G. S. Rawlings, yesterday. Murugesu
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    Don't Pull A Hair From Elephant's Tail
    71 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) A Bangkok, Sept. 7. N unusual case was filed with the Criminal Court yesterday by the Public Prosecutor against a Siamese tricycle driver. He is alleged to have pulled a hair out from the tail of the King's elephant
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    BOY OF 10 BEFORE "COURT MARTIAL"
    256 9 WITHDRAWS BULLYING STORY rOMMANDER G. Gordon Grant, captain oi the training ship £tork, with five boys from the vessel as witnesses, held a **naval court martial' 1 on ten-year-old David ITugh Austin, who overstayed his leave, was found locked in his bedroom, then complained
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    Health Talks From B.M.B.C.
    64 9 IN co-operation with the health authorities, the K.M.B.C. will begin on Sept. ].t a series of talks on health .subjects, to be given fortnightly. These talks will he on subjects of interest to the public and will explain various aspects of health problems not usually understood
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    Sir A. Caldecott Returning To Ceylon
    74 9 Sir A. Caldecott Returning To Ceylon London, Sept. 7. CIR ANDREW CALDECOTT, the Oovernor of Ceylon, formerly Colonial Secretary, Straits Settlements, will Mil from England shortly on the conclusion of his leave. It Is understood tl\at during Ms stay in London he has discussed wtth the Colonial Office the constitutional
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    FREE PRESS SPECIAL COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    12 10 Last Night's Quotations From Exchange Telo grank
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    LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCK & SHARES
    380 10 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCK SHARES From London 5.30 p.m. Yesterday Chare oi £1 denomination unleas Latest Quotation* Prenously otherwise stated Conversion Loan. 5 pc. 1944-64.... 114% U4I/ Funding Loan 4 pc. 1960-90 112 7 8 113 Com. Union Assce (Units) 9 7 a Royal Insce share 10s. pd. 8%
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    New York Market
    415 10 The tallowing New York quotations are supplied bv Reuter OOVV-JONES AVLKAGhS: Previously Yesterday's Close Ciobt Changes 30 Industrials 142.43 141.47 off 1.01 20 RaiLs 27.78 27.48 off .30 20 Utilities 19.59 10.42 off .17 40 Bonds 88.27 88.17 off .10 Business done total volume 420.000 iharea Last
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    Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association
    84 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association Sept. "5, 12 o'clock noon Buyers Sellers No I.X.K.S.S. in cases 'F.0.8. September) 26 7 T 27 ;i Good F.A.Q. in bales (F.0.8. September* 26 1 26 3 8 No. I.X.R.S.S. (Spotlocso <awurdab!e Tone of Market:— Easier. Latest Cable: London Spot Sheet 7 J5 lGd.
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    THE COMMODITY MARKETS
    171 10 From London 5.30 p. m. Yesterday RUBBER: Dull. London: 7 15J16d. Bd. Previously: 7 15.16d. 8,16d Oct.-Dec: Bd. 8 lil6d Previously: Bd. 8 B d. Jan.-Mar.: 8 1 16d. 8» B d. Previously: 8 1 /8d- 8 3 16d. Apr.-June: B»ad. 8»-id. Previously: 8 3 16d. S^d.
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    THE METAL MARKETS
    66 10 From London: Latest Quotations TIN: Easy. Spot: £191 7.5. 6d. Previously: £192 12s. 6d. Three months: €192 7s. 6d. Previously: £193 7s. 6d NEW YORK TIN: (Opening priced: 42 67. Previously: 43.00 COPPER: Settlement: £41. Previously: €41 ss. GOLD: Yesterday: £7 4s. Id. Previously £7 4s. 2»
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    Foreign Exchange Rates
    70 10 London Closing Quotations Method ot Pantj beiore Latest PreCentre Quoting 20-9-31 Rate vlously Pans Franc to 121.1 178 5 lod 178 5 16d. New York to 4.83 4.82U 4.823 R Amsterdam Guilders to S 97 3 4 8.92 7 8 892 Hong Kong.. Per dollar Is. 3d
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    LOCAL EXCHANGE RATES
    193 10 Yesterday's Singapore Quotations Sept. 7 SELLING London, T.T. 2 3 7 8 London, demand 23% Lyons, demand 2080 Switzerland, demand 246! 2 Hamburg, demand 138?4 New York, demand 55 15 16 Montreal, demand 53 Batavia, demand 103 7 16 Samarang. demand 103?8 Calcutta, Bombay and Rangoon, demand
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    Daily Share Report
    184 10 ISSUED BY FRASER AND CO. AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS YESTERDAY MINING. Tin at midday was $97*4, down !i. The market in London yesterday was reported as being firmer with an expansion in the volume of business. In the local market, however, there was no response in
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    SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES
    939 10 Fraser And Co.'s i ist WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 7, 1938: 5 PM MINING Bo>er» seller* Ampat Tin (4s i 4 S 4., fi(l Asam Kumbang 28s «a 3Us 6d Austral Malay (£> 43, 4 7s j Ayer Hitam (ss> 24s 25s 6d Ayer Weng ($1) >t
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    Current Company Dividends
    125 10 List Supplied />>• Messrs //.'>•' WEDNESDAY. SEPT. I, I M Company Dividend Boons TIN Close Austral Malay 9d div Sept. 2 3d. bonus Burma Malay 6d. No. 18 Bept tX KatuTin. Cd. No. 19 6d bonus Sept 8 Raub 4d. Sept 8 Renong Consol .6d No. 23
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    WORLD TIN STOCKS NOW 80,000 TONS?
    1158 11 Six Months 9 Supplies BUFFER POOL AND A SLOW RECOVERY (From Our Own Correspondent) CTATISTIC'S published by tl^Tl^^Statistical Office of thc International Tin Committee save tin Drodiuin- and marketing interests in London an unpleasant jolt. We were not greatly worried to learn that world
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    Yesterday's Rubber Auction
    165 11 ♦THE S.n^apore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 1,398th auction yesterday when there were catalogued 1.341,913 l'os. < 599 07 tons): offered 1.058.282 lbs. (472.45 tons); sold 884. 651. lbs. (394.93 tons). Spot London 7 15 16d. NC7/ Ycrk 15 116 c l 5. PRICES REALISED
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    MANILA GOLD SHAKE MARKET
    82 11 Manila, Sept. 6. Last Sale Prices Previous Today's Asked Bid Asked Hid Peso*. Antamok 0.32 0.37" 2 038 0.:<7' 2 Atok 0.38 037 038 I M t Coco Grove 0.43 042 042 Mljfc Demonstration 0.31 0.30 0.30'.. o.uj I.X.L. 068 068 067 0 66 Musbatc 0.16
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      380 11 BANK OF C'HNA 1 Incorporated In rrjiin.i bv Special Cha'tTfc 13. Ceril Street. Sincapore Tetrphjnr*: Manager's OfTke ftia \*%t. Munatn > Office i»I4: Kxrhantr Dept 61 1 1 <.rnri.il Oflit t '''H t Cable \ddre*«: 111 A'CRI o raid L'p OpitaJ Ch. f 4C.e00.^0.M Reserve Funds In ei( ess of
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    11 12 M.S. ARGENTINA MARIT, new O.S.K. ship now under construction at Nagasaki.
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    Around The World In Four Days
    1027 12 TRIP TOOK 2i YEARS BY PIONEER VESSELS THE earth-girdling feat of Howard Hughes occurred 1 near the Sesquicentennial of the first marine circumnavigation under the American flag by the Columbia. One hundred and fifty years ago, in 1788, the 213-ton merchantman Colum- 1 bla
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    JOHAN DE WITT
    77 12 As the s.s. "Johan de Witt" will not be able to sail at full speed on the next homeward voyage owing to engine trouble incurred on the outward voyage, she will not sail from Singapore |on Friday. September 16, but on Monday, September 12, at 10 am
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    Shipping Notes
    107 12 *pHE Argentina Maru And u» Brc Maru are two new ship* an construction hi Nagasaki for theOttfc Shosen Kalsva line The ship* arc bemc built tor to Japan -South American na U4 tfc Argentina Maru will pass ttmft Singapore on her nuiden na m* July The Braz.l Maru
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      479 12 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated in P.M.S.) TELEPHONE Freight 5433— Passage 5431. LLOYDS AGENTS. BOOKING AGENTS FOR FEDERATED MALAY STATES RAILWAYS ROYAL STATE RAILWAYS OF SIAM. iiJ|oMft MCIMC hmiDflttiJairri (toeorporakxi la Bnglaitf) SSTvSsV^S\*si^^st^ jk^^MKi *^BF THE "EMPRESS" ROUTE offers TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES via HONOLULU or direct EMPRESS to VANCOUVER— ACROSS CANADA by
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      25 12 For Everything Appertaining to Ocean Passages, Foreign Money Exchange and Freight. CORK'S WAG^^LITS VftAVgi SIP VICC) apply 39. ROBINSON ROAD. No Booking Fees. Telephone 5908.
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      531 12 Local And Foreign Mail Dispatches And I Arrivals DESPATCHES BY TRAIN Bangkok every Saturday 7 p.m. Sunday 7 P- m Kuala Lumpur and Penang Weekdays: 7.45 a.m. Malacca, Batu Annam, Batu Thursday 7 45 a.m. Swettenham. Taiping and relok Anson. Weekdays* Kota Bahru. Kuaia Krai. Thursday and Friday* 7 a.m.
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      430 13 |jiA^iOfllEiliii 8 W$ Bfiß^n^s^fe»iJ!r iP LoanciBRIfISHTNDIATINES p, &0. S. N. CO'S SAILINGS. OUTWARDS FDue Duc FMUUfC Spore. Tonnage. S'pore. 938 193g CANTON 15,500 Nov. 4 ipDTANA Sept. 9 CORFU 15,000 Nov 18 17.000 Sept 23 BANGALORE 6.000 Nov 19 K AN 6.070 Sept. 24 CHITRAL 15.000 Dec. 2 17.000 Oct
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      595 14 K. P. M. TlDORE— Thursday, Sept. 8, Selat-Pandjang, Bengkalis, Soengei-Pakning, Slak and Pakan-Baroe. BOELONGAN— Thursday, Sept. 8, Singkawang and Pemangkat. TINOMBO— Friday, Sept. 9, Belawan-Deli. VAN RIEBEECK— Friday, Sept. 9, Rhio (passengers and mails only), Bawean (passengers and mails only), Padang Bay (passengers and mails only), Boeleleng (passengers and mails
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    R. E. And Recreation Club Play Scoreless Draw In Division One
    199 15 0; S.R.E 0 Liuli! 1 l» tliliise (htir P°^ tJon as runners-iip in the first *L «>th H»« &WJ. whi;h ended in a goalless draw at Km yesterday. ly ten men, i usual partnce. „-vrs rouid not Idea wm
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    END OF K. L. SCCCER SEASON
    100 15 <>u: Own ft rrupondtnft) Kuala I tin pur. ooibal] .esuson will be io dOM on Friday when I tne F(.otball Association ke fh.yer* off on the Stadium *a Ok Belanfoc Club and the o are also winners of lYdMtioD of the L/asue. toe Malaya
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    I. A. SPORTS MEETING
    48 15 I. A. SPORTS MEETING I raj mesttiv of > section of the Indian JPore, will be held at Premises on Sunday at übmitted at the fct the manMinf combed in securing a for their needs wilt soon remove to their '< the end of next to the members LO^m fund
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    SINGAPORE BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS
    38 15 n i»ariminton lies will be WcaJ Union, Haw-Par Ch r n J Hee 'Mayflower; -I- wnii Devonshire). I Pp. Tan (A.A.U.) v' P AI 10 A.M. gjjojtr) vs. Tan v :ih En R Hee 'May-
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    S.C.R.C. TENNIS
    13 15 angles ol the Won. ':;il r liam ent played T?ts* .eat
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    A Long Neck!
    70 15 JftACKERS were rather surprised when Durban icon the seventh race at Rukit Timah yesterday to sec the official margin go up on the board as one and a quarter lengths. Durban teas the Free Press but btt of the day, and, though admitting that the judge is
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    SEPOY LINES GOLF CLUB
    62 15 The Sepoy Lines women's stroke competition was played on Monday and Tuesday and resulted in a win for Mrs. A. D. Williamson with a score of 43—10=33. The following cards were returned:— Mrs. A. D. Williamson 43—10 =33 Miss V. V. Blake 49—15=^34 Mrs. J. S.
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    MALAYALEE ONAM DAY
    71 15 THE Singapore Malay alee Association will celebrate On am Day on Sunday. A public meeting will be held at 4 p.m. at the Victoria Memorial Hall with Mr. K. P. Mohamcd Yusof in the chair. National songs, folk dances, magic and other Items of entertainment will form
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    34 15 17-year-old Jacqueline Carpentier, daughter of the former baxin- champion, Georges Carpentier, is now practising at Stoke Poges for the Girls Open Golf championship. This is the first time she has played golf in England.
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    Duke Scores 145 In Garrison Cricket Final
    192 15 CONTINUING at their overnight score of 320 for 8 wickets in the final of Garrison inter-unit knockout competition the R.Es added a further 22 to bring their total to 342. Of the Gordon Highlanders* bowlers Major Steel had the best analysis with 2
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    S.C.C. SIX-A-SIDE SOCCER
    79 15 Two more matches were playtd cm the padang yesterday in the S.C.C. annual six-a-s!de soccer tournament. In the first game, Cherrington's team were beaten two-nil, by Hutchins:on's side. Hutchinson played In "H" side, in place of Ferguson. In the first half, Rand scared, and in the second.
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    Gordons Withdraw From Novices Boxing
    815 15 Garrison Sports Notes By Audio A MOST disappointing feature of the Command inter- unit novices tournament, the final stages of which take place at Gillman Barracks tonight, was the mass withdrawal of the Gordons on Tuesday afternoon. No fewer than eight of their competitors had
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    S. C. C. Lawn Tennis Tournament
    435 15 S. C. C. Lawn Tennis Tournament RESULTS of the S.C.C. Autumn lawn tennis tournament ties played on the pad an g yesterday were: Men's Singles "B" Class W. R. Dobbs fscr.) beat A. Greenhiil (scr.), 10—8, 6 4. A. Buchanan fscr.) beat C. E. Brooke (—l5), 0-4, 6—4. F. V.
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    R.A.M.C. INCREASE LEAD IN THIRD DIVISION
    188 15 Municipal Services Lose Three Goals To Nil rr*HE R.A.M.C. still strengthened their position as leaders of 1 the S.A.F.A. third division league yesterday, beating tho Municipal Services by 3 o at the Farrer Park. Both teams have a match each to finish. With this
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    SOCCER SUGGESTION
    73 15 A LTHOUOH the soccer season has been prolonged an interesting suggestion is being made which may, or may not, bear fruit. It is that the winners of the third division play the winners of the second division of the SAF.A. and that from two teams an eleven be
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    S.C.C. RUGCER
    28 15 A meeting of rugby referees will be held in the upstairs lounge of the S.C.C. on Wednesday at 6.45 p.m. All interested are Invited to attend. <
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    UNEMPLOYMENT & EDUCATED GIRLS
    247 15 UNEMPLOYMENT EDUCATED GIRLS (To the Editor of the Free Press) Sir,— Owing to the large number ol educated girLs who are unemployed, many of whom are sole bread winners of the family, it is* high time that the government of this colony should tackle this deplorable state of affairs immediately
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER CORPS
    138 15 The Singapore Volunteer Corps prv)gramme of drills up to and lor \vet> enoinr, Sept. 11 al>9 as follows Thursday. Telok Paku Cam<). 2i:<: Bn. SJS.V.F. Bn. Training. Friday, 515 p.m., Heatiquarir r.; I F. Signal Coy. f?) P. and T. tte WT Training; ?,o Range H.Q SFCRF
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