The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 11 October 1938

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  • 17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 15.595. ESTD 183.V TUESDAf, OCTORER 11, 1938. 5 CENTS
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  • 277 1 20,000 Japanese Reported Killed CRACK TROOPS WIPE OUT TWO BRIGADES HANKOW, OCT. 10. RIVALLING THE FAMOUS CHINESE SUCCESS AT TAIERCHWANG, A SWEEPING VICTORY IN WHICH 90 000 JAPANESE ARE CLAIMED TO HAVE BEEN WIPED OUT IS REPORTED IN A MILITARY DESPATCH TWO ENTIRE BRIGADES ARE SAID
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  • Article, Illustration
    34 1 TKZ LORD MAYOR OF LONDON lor the coming year was elected m Guildhall with all the ritual of the City. Alderman Sir Frank Sowater, seen here m the procession to the Guildhall, was elected.
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  • 92 1 Nazis Anti-Catholic Demonstrations Vienna, Oct. 10. DOLITICAI consequences of the recent anti-Catholic riots 1 ny likely to be serious, according to close observers It b considered unlikely that any fresh effort be made to reach an agreement between the x\ the Nazi Party. Cart ir.nitzer. who had I linter of
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  • Article, Illustration
    40 1 r P weartel gas mask; and decontaminat on suits being t__ Z ai office, m anti-gas work, near Cairo. The masks and ,n rr recently kssvei to the troops as part of the scheme to moder,u;l> ni.se the Egyptian army.
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  • 150 1 Barcelona, Oct. 10 INCREASED AERIAL activity i; reported from Spain where nalist air raids were car- on Barcelona today. PThe British steamers Gothic and Bramhill were struck by Bombs. The Bramhill took fire flames were quickly Tu d and 10 wounded m district ucia was also aimed
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  • 80 1 Nobel Peace Prize For Premier? Stocknoim. A proposal that Mr. Neville Chamberlain should receive the Nobel Peace Prize, says the Stockholm "Tidningen." is warmly sapported m all quarters m Sweden. Norway, and England. The newspaper publishes views which its London correspondent obtained from the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Mayor
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  • 46 1 London. Oct. 10. An advance party of the British Legion volunteer police force, provisionally selected to maintain order m the Sudeten plebiscite areas, if their services are required, left London by air for Prague today to make prelimin- ary arrangements.- Reuter
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  • 188 1 How Navy Reserves Answered Call London, Oct. 10. ALTHOUGH mobilisation of the British Fleet was never completed, it is revealed that nearly 30 000 men were at their posts within three days of the signing of the mobilisation proclamation by the King. Nearly a quarter of a century had passed
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  • 59 1 Sofia, Oct. 10 MAJOR-GENERAL PEEFF, chief of staff of the Bulgarian Army, was shot dead this afternoon when on his way to war office. The assassin, who was armed with a revolver, is variously reported as a civilian and an officer of the army reserve. He
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  • 24 1 Brussels, Oct. 10. Twenty persons' were killed when a Belgian airliner crashed m Westphalia, Germany. Sixteen of the victims were passengers. Reuter
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  • 164 1 Paris, Oct. 10. fVISTRLST regarding the valve of the Munich agreement and apprehension of Herr Hitler's future intentions are keynotes of press comment on the Fuehrer's Saarbruecken speech. L~ Jour-Echo de Paris says Hitler will make a grave mistake If he dots not realize the Indignation
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  • 69 1 "Far-Reaching" Demands By Hungary Prague, Oct. 10. pAR reaching demands, which are regarded here as involving the VsintegTation of Czechoslovakia's remaining territory are made m an Hungarian note, presented at yesterday's Komarom conference. The note demands immediate cession of a strip of territory containing the towns of Bratislava Kosice, Nitra,
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  • 96 1 Queen Of Holland's Appeal The Hague, Oct. 10. /\UEEN V/llhelmlna addressed a perzonal message to her peonies m support cf an appeal for "moral spiritual rearmament.'* Her mesrrage say v "Nov: for the time being the danger has been averted of that total ru!n \7hlch seemed 1 1 threaten our
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  • 83 1 Damascus, Oct. 10. THE Palestine Arab Committee of Defence has sent an emphatic demand to the Jews to abandon the idea of further immigration to Palestine m a strongly worded telegram to Dr. Welzmann, head of the Zionist organisation. Says the telegram: "The Arabs, even if
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  • 159 1 Prague. Oct. 10. THU question of the election ol a successor as President to Dr. Eenes is being discussed by a special meeting of the permanent Ways and Means Committee of *he Czechoslovak Parliament today. Although the constitution stlpula:s that an election must take place
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 84 1 BIG IA TEA the freshness Bring B llw and fragrance of Om Malayan .ardens your home t~— JLZJf- -^faa___wtss_TW&^*^zWmL mi^ m £q__^q^m^_^m9mm—m&*]¥ Malaya's Premier Hotel. onr TONIGHT rp-XTAIL DANCE FROM 6.15 P.M. TO 8.15 P.M. °mv DANCE (informal) FROM 9.30 P.M. TO MIDNIGHT j iT SISTERS AND BILLY HEATON" :i:j.T?T"
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    • 87 1 There is no better Tea than BIGIA TEA GROWN IN MALAYA SEA VIEW HOTEL TONIGHT v TOMORROW MI6HT SPECIAL DINNER SERVED ON THE LAWN DANCE AND ENTERTAINMENT IN THE BALL-ROOM EDNA BELLEFOKIAINEI TRADITIONAL INDIAN DANCES DINNER $3. NON-DINERS Si. DANCE INFORMAL THE ROTARY CLUB OF SINGAPORE MEETS TOMORROW AT 1
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  • 376 2 Land Naval Forces Massing At Formosa Hankow, Oct. 10. REPORT from Fukien states thai the Japanese are massing land and naval forces at Formosa preparatory to starting an invasion of South China. There are altogether fifteen Japanese warships blockading the port of Swatow, according
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  • 91 2 'From Our Own Correspondent) Penang:, Oct. 10. Penang Chinese celebrated 'Double Tenth" today with a mass meeting at Wembley Park, attended by 5.000 people. The meeting was very orderly and jthe presence of police wa? not nece***- sary. Today is a 'so of special significance I
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  • 225 2 KING KONG DEFEATS GERMAN CHAMPION MICHAEL GILL, the English wrestler, stopped Wong Bok Cheung's sequence of victories m Mr, George loncsco's championship competition at the Happy World Stadium. Slngapzre, last night, holding the Chinese champion to a draw after three gruelling rounds. Both men gave a good demonstration of the
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  • 115 2 THE famous herd of Shorthorn cattle en the Duke of Windsors "E.P." j ranch near Calgary (Alberta) has been sold by auction. Three auctioneers conducting a sixhour sale to 500 American and Canadian cattlemen, sold seventy head of pure-bred Shorthorns for £2,000. Mr. W. L.
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  • 101 2 LONDON TO LISBON AIR LINK London, Oct. 10. a RETURN survey flight between London and Lisbon, for British Airways was completed yesterday by a Super Lockheed 14, which landed at Heston after a non-stop flight lasting five and three-quarter hours. The chairman of British Airways made the following statement: "The
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  • 172 2 §OVIET authorities have seized three British trawlers fishing m Arctic waters. They have been taken to the Russian naval base of Murmansk. Their names are York City, St. Attalus and Dalmatia. The British Ambassador, Viscount Chllston, has drawn attention to their seizure, pointing out that
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  • 431 2 Britain' s Food Plans: No Slackening ALTHOUGH the crisis has passed, there will be no slackening: of the Governmpnt's activities to ensure that, m face of any eventuality, food supplies and a senerallv high standard of living can be maintained m Britain. Conferences have been held by: THE FOOD DEFENCE
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  • Article, Illustration
    37 2 Left: The Selangor Chinese Consul (Mr. Sic Tsau Sung) speaking tj schoolchildren at the "Douhl? Tenth" parade at Kuala Lumpur. Right: A view of the parade, held on the S.C.R.C. padang, and attended by about 1,000 schoolchildren.
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  • 51 2 ABOUT one million flowers, representing 5200.000 (Chinese currency) were sold on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, m Singapore m aid of the China Relief Fund More than 1,000 grouos of Chinese boys and girls patrolled the city selling the emblem.-;. The highest price paid for one fiawer uas
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  • 135 2 fl RING of routine life ashore. Captain Dod Orsborne, hero of the Girl Pat runaway voyage, is now planning another adventure. He intends to try to sail from London to New York alone m a vessel 19ft. long. The vessel will not be equipped with
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  • 38 2 ftJSi n Pe rec3ivi ne a number of nSS h pllgnms In audience at Castel Gandolfo. oflfered condolences f> Catholics m England for the grave °At C H C V^ Gcd caused b th Athe^t r^nerers" m London
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  • 157 2 TBR u t itrt 1 of 1938 to Poland's |y from the Great D World j.r. ducts 1. of an unusually b j Poland. Canr.rv •other wheat and r i tries. Thli is om problems facr. for about 70 pt r < tlon is rn?arert
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  • 86 2 {From Our Own Cv JV* r fHF c Pc-ang 1 Dr. V c three of the Wtimntk I All the brides had thi and two were related The Rev. Ng Bong i pastor of the chapel daughter and sister n mony, while hi man to the third
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  • 74 2 Arbitration In Ricksha Strike? f ate Leal |**jjluitton of t;.( l pullers' strike reveal settlement may be* a( Four loading B ciations. the F.>* chow Hock Ching Hu.iv X Huay Kuan and J i mumty Guild, h proached the own r offering to form to consider settle re Representatives !r
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  • 43 2 Two ntdler William w ■John IfeOoeaMtto of tl appeared In the Bl: I Police Couir |of robbery of n {Mala y. Sulong bit l Chiat Road on Satan to them. The hearir.". vk for mention and bail extended.
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  • 19 2 Mr. Herbert Fidd* I of the British I 5.719 tons, is m th I pital. Leixoes. Portugal. threat injury
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    • 98 2 LIV L X and bbanc n I* a—^ Jffi i_r j_^^'^^^i_\\\\\\\\\__^ __\___WV^."' m 'Jbi%" A^rTiJ^^B^^- A__jr^ '>>S Xi C&^ *9____>f*' &f f s&v.'Sf -4^l 3E3^jfei_" yy a small meal with a high nutrition value. Liver can be classed as one of the energy foods being rich m proteins. It has
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    • 18 2 FORMOSA FLESH- kW CREAM, FORMOSA KfttM FOAM CREAM, Formosa STRENGTHENING LOTIsJ now or, MEDICAL HALL LTD 3, Rati.tN
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  • 158 3 Arbitration Appeal To Owners And Strikers V NF (ll THE STRIKING SINGAPORE RICKSHA Yrl I i ERS, WHO SAID THAT THEY WANTED TO r i < X T<> CHINA AND FIGHT, REPORTED TO THE EMIGRATION U THORITIES YESTERDAY TO AVAIL BKfIELVES OF THE
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  • 76 3 Ms irifc and "—breaker. liter i d »^P<>rted irrfst fd him uho late r ribed m the Distriel Court ie, Wong Uu' ri__ro,? n f fnc d t 1 'mprbonmeni on •i,,„ "a, with I theft on Aug. 78. :nese, said fowl house.
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  • 273 3 POLICE BLAME GERMAN DRIVER PLEADING guilty to two charges of causing hurt to two Europeans. James Walker and D. W. Pot, by driving his car negligently at the junction of Moulmein Road and Balestier Road on the night of Oct. 5. and colliding with a car
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  • 72 3 Appearing m the Singapore Traffic Court yesterday on charges ot negligent driving: driving without a licence, and with driving without third party insurance, a Chinese. Wong Sek Choon. was fined $25 on the first charge, $6. on the second, while hearing on ths third was
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  • 187 3 THE results of better understanding between the Education Department and the managers of Tamil estate schools are emphasised m the annual report of the department. Free uniforms are o-t~n p? .J Tor [rom the toddy-shop profit?. FREE UNIFORMS Structural alterations, at the suggestion of the Education Department
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  • 281 3 THE Governor and High Commissioner. Sir Shenton Thomas, whose adverse reply to a petition for the development of the Cameron Highlands was issued last week, will visit the Highlands next week. 9 a> h- MANY Singapore Malays prayed and read the Koran m the mosques on Sunday
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  • 56 3 Sultan Names Sunderland Flying Boat The Short Sunderland flying-boat Selangor awaiting its christening by the Sultan of Selangor at Port Swettenham on Saturday. In the lower picture, the Sultan is seen inspecting. with Capt. M C.flf. Sheppard, a guard of honour provided" by "D" Company of the Selangor Battalion of
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  • 194 3 "Poor Man's Soup" Among Canned Foods (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT BANGKOK, OCT. 10. rE SIAM STATE PAPER FACTORY OPENING ON SEPT. 18. ADDS ONE MORE INSTANCE OF THE GOVERNMENT'S PLAN FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF INDUSTRIES IN SIAM. The Army has its munition and clothing
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous

  • 438 4 Definition Of An Educated Man (To the Editor of the Free Press.) Sir- Your poser as to what an educated man exactly is has interest. There is hardly one of the opinions given with which I would agree. Most of them are incomplete, and, where complete, not lucid, and even
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  • 242 4 WILL Miss Feng Fong, "Liberty Bond bride," marry a Sikh if he denote $10,000 to the China Relief Fund? This question is raised by a Sikh correspondent, Mr. Atma Singh, of Queen Street. Miss Feng is the rctress-dancer now In Singapore who announced that,
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  • 64 4 Stated to have been a member cf a crowd which prevented the right of way of a ricksha owner m Duxton Read. Singapore, on Sunday night,, Chong King Swee, a 36-year-old Hokkien appeared m the Singapore Third Police Court, yesterday, charged with rioting He claimed
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  • Article, Illustration
    67 4 sic; NOR MUSSOLINI received a tumultous welcome from thousands of people when he arrived back m Rome from Munich. The Duee drove through the city m an open car and then addressed the crowds from the balcony of the Palazzo Venezia. Picture shows Mussolini standing up m his car as
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  • 266 4 riGHT new llying-bcats, "modified" versions of the famous Short fourcngined Empire class which have contributed so largely to the initial success of the Empire air mail scheme, are rapidly being prepared for service. First of the new fleet. "Champion," is ready for launching,
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  • 163 4 DOMESTIC EXPORT OF TIN 631 Tons Over Exported At End Septen. :ar THE DOMESTIC production, as represented by exports from 1 the FMS. U.M.S. and Malacca, of tin and tin-in-ore at 75 5 pel cent, tin content, m September totalled 2.375 tons. This compares with an estimate furnished earlier m
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  • 103 4 «|T is clear that schools must undertake propaganda with pupils to correct inflated ideas regarding the initial salary that a boy should get when he is untrained m the work he is about t«> do," says the acting- Director of Education, Mr. A. Keir, when commenting
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    • 203 4 SHE PUT OH 2_ POUNDS OF FLESH I "Feelt *»or.der* I Net:. weight, ro i,: 1 InR apah.-t hop t rut,. '\k.- IhV I MBhl .^t night ?.o:v. I is on the may know Urn mental b Yet th< re it r. flesh quirkly -»i hundrni cut Malay.i erpc that
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  • 606 5 japan, A Skill-Determination Must Be Admired NOTHING can excuse Japan's rulers for letting loose dt;lt mid unexampled misery upon millions of h people of hina, but the skill and determination with Z organisers o( the Island Empire have turned their ntn into a sell -supporting armed camp
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    32 5 DURING LONG r/»/ r tl Vile no. rieen thrcughoul E&mt uud larg^ districts are under uater. The picture shoics a fruiterer's trouble m collecting fruits as his plantation la entirely und'r tenter
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  • 97 5 INDIAN WOMAN WHO CLAIMED PURDAH RIGHTS Parbati, a North Indian woman, v. hose claims of Purdah rights recently necessitated the clearing of the Singapore Third Police Court of the public for her to give evidence, again appeared m the same Court yesterday. Owing to unforeseen difficulties the Court was unable
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  • 131 6 Singapore "Double Tenth" Conference THE BAND of the Yang Cheng Boys' School (above) which led delegates into the conference room, it the "Double Tenth" Chinese conference, at the Singapore Chinese Hish School, yesterday. Left: Hoisting the Chinese national flag which marked the opening of the "Double Tenth" Conference. Thirty girls
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 231 7 fIOM GREAT STORIES COME THE GREATEST MOTION PICTURE OPENING TODAY WITH 4 SHOWS 11 A.M., 3.15, 6.15 AND 9.15 P.M. AT THE AIR-CONDITIONED ALHA MBR A FOR THE FIRST TIME ON THE SCREEN! sir kidnapped M?!%k. r HpR WARNER FREDDIE Mfc*?' BAXTER -BARTHOLOMEW ,n A/5 m 5f dashw 9 picfure
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    • 380 7 4 COLUMBIA'S NEW COMEDY FUN* FEAST •••PACKED WITH LAUGHS! I iWm OPEN,NG PAVILION 615 LA WmW TONIGHT #«tvlfc.l\#Ml 9 15 M 1 MJgjfr ■W'iMM*W''*-*M*BM**aMi^^^ M M M jJMJfAKMJ HLeAV ___V UT F THE STUD, THAT MAD E "MR. DEEDS'* AND S |fT'___rl__4 AWFIL TRUTH COMES ANOTHER (.RAM) AND GLORII m\t
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    • 190 7 ■Mi»WM^M^_^_«____^-_-__-._-_--_-_-__. J yoi li. meet muring THE MOST EXCITING CHA- I sedictive RACTERS THAT EVER HEDY LAMARR thrilled you from the TOMORROW SCREEN Thieve-* and adventurers men who hid from the light and \T THF women who soueht it eagerly. -y^ Wli||ii_|i_ mr shamelessly living their f^ ML W fj
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  • 631 8 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1938. Double Tenth f»HINESE the world over yesterday celebrated the "Double Tenth," the anniversary of the founding of the Republic of China. Since they last celebrated that day great changes have come over their nation. When the "Double Tenth fell last year, Japan
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  • 1219 8  - Czechoslovakia Lives Through Her Hour Of Sorrow Vincent Shean By Mr. Vincent Shean, who wrote this dispatch just as Germany was marching into Csechoslovakia a week ago, is not only the author of a number of distinguished books, including "Personal History," "Sanfellce" and 4 A Day of Battle." but is
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 215 8 V V^/, ■fl[_ssss^ J*-fTSftt THE CONNOISSEUR COMES TO 201 CANTONMENT RD. SINGAPORE. PHONE 5371/2 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm^m^maamma^m^ammmr^mm^ -masters-^ BY SPECIAL TO H M THE APPOINTMENT >®|13F KING OF SIAM ESTD. J|pi|f^ 1872 ENGAGEMENT 3c ETERNITY RINGS. Choose Carefully The DIAMOND RINSS You would be proud of years from today and carefully choose
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    • 30 8 HERE'S A DEVICE TO SAVE LENS STRAINS AND BREAKAGE. THIS SCREWLESS CONSTRUCTION is only obtained from NAN SIN OPTICAL HOUSE Manufacturing Opthalmic Opticians 325. N?rth Bridge Road. Singapore, PHONE 6363
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  • 323 9 OVER HUNDRED MEN GO INTO HOT PIT Middle-Aged Woman Wanted Same Ordeal W/HAT TO MANY SEEMS A REVOLTING AND DISn OUSTING EXHIBITION, THE ANNUAL FIREWALKING CEREMONY OBSERVED BY TAMIL HINDUS IN SINGAPORE, WAS WATCHED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON BY 500 EUROPEANS AND 1,000 INDIANS IN THE
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  • 173 9 Prison And Rattan For Chinese tt JN frequency of thieving m Siniraan example to be man. He has a tiviction for the and 1 suggest a narked Court \i. M. Whittles m the^ s Third Police Court, i an 18-year-old I n Ah Sen£,
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  • 54 9 Devotees Walk through Hot Embers ;\\<» PH 11 RES «<t the Hindu Fi e Walking ceremony yesterday. The „p j, shows the image oi Goddess Draupadhai before which the devoted m .ilkrd on hot embers m the fire pit. Below devotee?, who hire j t GoMeM Draupadhai. are seen walking
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  • 149 9 FOil threatening to injure a police constable with a knife. Boh Huat, Chinese ice-cream hawker, was lined .40. or m default sentenced to three weeks' rigonus imprisonment, by Mr. G. S. Rawlings, Singapore Third Police Magistrate, yesterday Convicted also on a charge of causing obstruction by
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  • 102 9 Th^ trans-Tasman airmail is scheduled to begin m January, states a report from Canberra. I- will cover a triangle linking Sydney, Auckland and Wellington, a route almost as difficult tj prepare and service as the At'.aiuic crossing. In th^ early stages Auckland will be the N*w Zealand
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  • 48 9 Germany is floating a new £120 000.000 loan at 4% per cent to enable the Government no continue with the tasks it has shouldered Already £44.000.000 have been taken up, and the remainder is being offered at W-* per cent., the official announcement sates.
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  • 316 9 Central Organisation For Relief Fund? "Double Tenth" Conference OVERSEAS Chinese may form a central organisation for the collection of relief funds for China as a result of discussions at the "Double Tenth" Conference which opened at the Chinese High School Bukit Timah, yesterday. The conference, which was declared officially open
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  • 1166 9 COURT STORY OF FIGHT IN HOUSE A GRAPHIC description of a scuffle between two well known Singapore Eurasian families was described by a witness m the Singapore Sixth Court, before Mr. S. C. Cheah, yesterday, when a further hearing was reached m the summons case m
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 12 9 10 E*JO\ GOOD FOOD FOR VOI IH.JNNENIENCE DINE WINE at the CAHTOL
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  • 1079 10 "CONTINUED RETREAT WILL LEAD TO CONFUSION"— MR. EDEN J^R. EDEN, speaking at the annual dinner of the Strat-ford-on-Avon branch of the Eng-lish-speaking Union said the conviction was growing that continued retreat could only lead to ever-widen-ing confusion. The British people knew that a stand must be made. They prayed that
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  • 419 10 THOUSANDS TO BE BUILT Tested Over Swamps TENS OF THOUSANDS of "gas-generator" passenger motor-cars, lorries, and tractors will be rolling across the broad face of Russia within a year, according to the latest plans of the Soviet motor-car 1 industry. Wide publicity was recemly given
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  • 203 10 DOCTOR'S PROPOSALS FOR ERADICATION MALARIA kills 2,000,000 people a year and affects one- third of the human population of the globe. Its cost to British India is about £80,000,000 a year. These striking: facts were given by Dr. Ali>erto Soeiro, of the Central Hospital
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  • Article, Illustration
    69 10 A NOVEL AMI SPECTACULAR 'christening" was adopted for the formal opening of a new passenger station which has been built by the L.M.S. Railway at Apsley, Herts, between Hemel Hempstead and King's Langley Stations. As the special train bringing guests from /jndon ran into the new station, it burst through
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  • 226 10 Evolu tion Storm In Japan THE putting up of a sign reading "Be 1 Kind to Our Ancestors." for the purpose of protecting a tribe of wild monkeys lrom molestation, has aroused ft controversy reminsecnt oi the antlevoiution lows and "monkey trials" m the United States. A number of monkeys
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  • 218 10 Japanese Village Spy Hunt AN AMUSING ILLUSTi: of Japan's obs< the menace of foreign sp; the solemn inaugurate i "anti-spy dcfcno shores of Lake Tow;. d I Japan's more remote known pleasure northern part oi ft Island. As there arc no millur trial objectives an* lake, spies night be cv
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  • 66 10 Alleged to hive offered flcatlon of 30 cents to a stable. Y. Taguchl i J ed m the Singapore T! yesterday. He pleaded guilty am! or In default senlemve. rigorous imprisonment The offence was star d committed m Stamford R day afternoon.
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  • 20 10 m Mr. David 8. Wftlte. < I ipore Free P;.--. fcßd I I have bit for a sh. n heluiav I
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 506 10 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS TENDERS. SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. Tenders. renders are now Invited for the following materials or services. For particulars, see Municipal Tenders Room: Annual Supplies for 1939 See Notice In Tender Room. Supply of 39" dia. Steel Pipes and Specials for Water Dept. Date of Closing. 4 p.m.. Nov. 2, 1938.
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    • 190 10 BOARD RESIDENCE. SEA FRONT KATONG GRANGE— 77. Meyer ltd. (near Swimming Club) Board -Residence at moderate rates Large Gardens Tenjiis. Phone: 5758. THE MANSION OXLEY RISE PRIVATE HOTEL Tat. *****. "LOXTON"^ First Class Private Hotel. Bedrooms with modern baUirooms from $65 per month Hot i water to Bathrooms. Celling fans
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    • 280 10 BANK OF CHINA (Incorporated to China oy Srx.u It. Cecil street. Sta^p" Telephones: Manager's Offirr AmL Manager v t t a Exchange ivpt General Office Cable Address: "CHI m.m,, n Paid Up Capital Ch tfjL... Reaerve Funds In excess of eh ToUl Aaa*t« '•""•A** approximately h. X HEAD OFFICE S||%n..|
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  • 876 11 Last Night's Quotations Fraser And Co.'s List I|OVD AY.Oi r. 10.1938: SP.M. MINING Buyer* Sellers 4 s 6d Cd 30s norn 43s 47s norn tJ 65 L'3s 1.45 L.50 I M 1 Ifl ::s 6a 31 .49 .83 8s i-d T.i 75 30 :«> M
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  • 105 11 Lht Supplied By Messrs Fraser Co. MONDAY, OCT. 10, 1938: 5 P.M. Financial lin Div.aena tJoojLs uai? Ex. Dlv. year m Close Payable Date to date less tax Oct. 11 Oct. 10 20% Final Oct 13 Oct 10 17V 2^ less tax int. less tax Oct. 8
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  • 186 11 From London 5. 30. p. m. Yesterday RUBBER: Finn. London: 8 7 16d. 8 9 16d. Previously 83« d Ri< rt Oct-Dec: B>id. 8 9 16d. Previously: 8 3° d Si'ld" Jan-Mar.: 8* B d. 811 16d Previously: 8 «1d 8 9 16d Apr.-June: Billed. S^ 4
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  • 69 11 TIN: Firm. Spot: £1201 2s 6d. Previously: £204 2s. 6d. Three months: £208 Zr. Previously. £205 7s. 6d NEW YORK TIN: Opening price: 45. 15 Previously: 44.80. COPPER: Settlement: £45 ss. Previously: £44 ss. GOLD: Testerdly: £7 5s 10d Previously £7 ss. 4 1 ->d SILVER: Spot:
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  • 70 11 Foreign Exchange Rates London Closing Quotations Method of Parity beJore Latest Centre Quoting 20-9-31 Rate Previousl? Paris Franc to 121.1 178 15 1G 173 15 16 New York.. to 488 4.76» 2 4.78 5 16 Amsterdam. Guilders to 8!97 3 4 8.86Vid. 8.80*4 Hong Kcng. Per dollar Is. 3d. Is.
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  • 191 11 Yesterday's Singapore Quotations OCT. 10 SELLING Loudon. T.T. 2,3 25 32 London, demand 23 25 32 Lyons, demand 2070 Switzerland, demand 241 2 Hamburg, demand 137 1 New York, demand 55 1 i Montreal, demand 55% Batavia, demand 101 5 Samarang. demand 101' Calcutta. Bombay and Rangoon,
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  • 258 11 ISSUED BY FRASER AND CO. AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS YESTERDAY MINING. Tin at midday was $104' h. up $IB. The tin share market today was firm although the sterling section, m the absence of sellers, was rather quiet. Southern Kintas had buyers at $5.40, sellers asking
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  • 486 11 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCK SHARE From Exchange Telegraph Co. From London 5.30 p.m. Yesterday Share of £1 denomination unless Latest Quotations PwfcJttJll otherwise stated Conversion Loan. 5 p.c 1944-64.... 11<)S 8 IK Funding Loan. 4 p.c 1960-90 100 m War Loan. 3^ pc ioi> 2 101 Com. Union As?ce.
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  • 247 11 London, Oct. 10. /\N behalf cf copper pre- ducing companies ope^. ting under the restriction scheme, it is officially announced that that from Oct. 15 production will be increased from 95 per cent, to 105 per cont. cf agreed tonnages. The announcement of the increased
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  • 79 11 Of Commerce Rubber Association I»\lL\ IWCBi CTRRLWT Oct. 10. l» ©Yl»ck noon Latest Cable: London Spot BTsd.8 T sd. per lb. Ne-v Tort Bpol Sheet US tU 17 pa :b. Buyers .Sellers No. IX. R.S.S. i-a cases (F. 0.8. Octooer) 29- 4 Good FAQ. m Bales 'FOB. October) 29
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  • 34 11 The Nederland Line Royal Dutch Mail liner "Chrisliaan Huygen.s will berth alongside the SUB. wharves at noon, today. The vessel will sail again t.:c sam<* day at 5 p.m. for Batau.i
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  • 2858 12 A Singaporo MAN in LONDON London, Oct. fe. I ONDON has lived through a memorable week. Nothing, quite like it has ever happened before. I have purposely delayed writing this letter until today— some 72 hours after my usual timebecause m the first flush of the news that the Great
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 24 12 For Everything Appertaining to Exchange and Freight. Ocean Passages, Foreign Money ccfSk's IWOPtQ TWAVgI SgttVlcfl apply 39, ROBINSON ROAD No Booking Fees Telephone 5908.
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    • 304 12 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD Incorporated m IMb ■UMM rrelgbt 54lS~Paaaagt MM LLOYDS AGENTS. BOOKING AGENTS FOB FEDERATED MALAY STATES KAfl i\\y. ROIAI STATE RAILWAYS OF SUM THE "EMPRESS" ROUTE offers TRANSIT, il„ SERVICES via HONOLULU or direct EMPRESS t VANCOUVER— ACROSS CANADA by TRANs< o\T|\ ENTAL TRAIN without change— thence by
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  • 198 13 TO widen interest m country life, a short course for selected boys from English schools m Malacca was held last year at the Sungei Udang Farm School, Malacca, states the annual report of the Education Department. It was a full week's course and was arranged not
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 406 13 |Il|fc^Balj§jj 1h _J^fc^-_ fc >Mi iYPsOandBRITISH INDIA LINES NCORPORATET IN BNOLANDi P. 0. S. N. COS SAILINGS, OUTWARDS i..:irure Spore. Tonnage Spore. 100 Oct. 21 BHUTAN 6.100 Dec. 17 6.800 Oct it BEHAR 6.000 Dec. 26 0 Nov 4 RAJPUT AN A 17.000 Dec SO v 18 1939. 6.000 Nov.
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    • 433 13 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL S.S. Co., Ltd, {tncorvoratea m Cngiana.) HAVRE LONDON ROTTERDAM HAMBURG VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL Stealner Due Sails CITY OF OHAN Calls G^gow Oct 30 Nov 2 CITY OF PITTS3URG Nov29 D2C 2 CITY OF NEWCASTLE Dec> 30 Jan 2 FOR HALIFAX BOSTON NEW YORK BALTIMORE CITY OF
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    • 637 13 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. llncorporated m Straits SeV.cmcnts) Ocean Building, Collyer Quay, Singaporo Tel. 5151. Chartered Bank Building, Penang Tel. 1366* BLUE FUNNEL LINE. FAST WEEKLY SER'JCE LCNDO.! NORTH CONTINENT lin conjunction fikn Line) AND FAST FORTNIGHTLY SERVICE MARSEILLES GLASGOW. MTOCAMOH Mars. C'blanca. I ..a. R J^:n. H'burg G'gov °Tn Port
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 145 13 PASSENGERS BY AIR Arrived from N.E.I. by KLM pUn. "Ibis* •n Oct 8. Mr. and Mrs. Jot.c., Mr. Richard Mr. Oosrcle. Mr. Goodman. Mr. Draidin- Mr. and Mrs. Ohandy. Mr. S Bulder. Mr" I auw TJip Tck. Mr. Lim Kip Sic, Mr. Llm G;ok Xc ng. Left for Medan. India
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 580 14 K. P. M. MAETSUYCKER— Tuesday. Oct. 11, Saigon. KAMPAR— Tuesday, Oct. 11, Bengkal s, Paneh, Berombang, TanjongMengeidar, Tanjong-Leidcng and Asahan.. TOMOHON— Tuesday. Oct. 11. Singkawang, Pemangkat and Sambas. M APlA— Wednesday, Oct. 12. Poeloe-Kidjang. Sapat, Tembilahan, PoeloePallas, Hengallan-Estate and Rengat. THEDENS— Wednesday. Oct 12, Muntok and Palembang. TOGl AN— Wednesday.
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    • 668 14 JOINT SERVICE PRINCE LINE SILVER LINE FOR HALIFAX, BOSTON, NEW YORK, BALTIMORE ANO PHILADELPHIA, VIA CAPE OF COOO HOPE Singapore Singapore New *ork M.S. SILVERWALNUT Oct. 18 Oct 25 Dec. 9 M.V. SIAMESE PRINCE Nov. 1 Nov. 9 yec. M.V. SILVERASH Nov. 19 Nov. 25 Jan. M.V. CINGALESE PRINCE Dec.
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    • 344 14 O. S. K. LINEI FOR AFRICA ANI» SOUTH AMI UK II Tasmn Mara E*** Lon* OB vl Colombo. Bombay. K„ xws Mombasa. Zanzibar. Dar-es -SalaaaL U> w M Marques and Durban ..c.ntom Mara Buenos Aires via Joiombu, Duih.r. p Town. Rio de lanelro Santo? and Mon- i II Atlaa Mara
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 544 14 Local And Foreign Mail Dispatches Arrivals I DISPATCHES BY TRAIN WA/riW)//f 1 Bangkok every Saturday 7 am.) &M 11 JrWJT \Ji \MJ Swettenham. Taiping arid Tefok H /X If lif tl H Anson. Weekdays* 11/IIIU'M i» i Kota Bahru. Kuala Krai. Thurs- day and Friday* Sunday 7 am. x^ following
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  • 182 15 simplf method to Develop Personal MrnPt ism. Memory, Concentration o|wo-rewet M P^re Book Fully PneriMU this I'nique Method, to,fthfr with Character Delineation HIKE t<> all u*ho write at once. I onal Influence Mtnd-C ntro. call it be i cquired by everyive or i—iccessauthor of the
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  • 172 15 26-Year-Old Inniskilling's Death T S S AMI' EL STEEVENSON, of the Ist. Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, died m the Singapore General Hospital yesterday. He was 26 years old. The funeral took place last evening at the Bidadari cemetery. The coffin was carried by Battalion Officers. The Battalion band
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  • 56 15 Alleged to have robbed a Chinese of $100 m cash m Amoy Street, Singapore, on Friday evening, a 21--year-old Hokien, Tan Seng Kee appeared m the Singapore Third Police Court, yesterday. The charge was explained to him and hearing was postponed a week for mention. Bail of
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  • 346 15 CANADIANS BEATEN FIVE MATCHES TO TWO QREAT BRITAIN defeated Canada by five matches to two m the women's international foil match at the Royal Ottawa o]u>»'g cour.se here this month. The outstanding feat of the day was that of the young Irish player Miss Clarrie
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  • 221 15 Favourite Scratched: Joy Among Bookmakers London, Oct. 10. WEDNESDAY'S Cambridgeshire as usual bears an open appearance even the absence of Michoumy I does net help backers' problems much although it delighted the bookmakers.' who must have lost the best part or a million had he won.
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  • 64 15 pOLLOWING is the Singapore rUffby team to pUy Johore on the S.C.C. padang next Saturday: F. E. Hutchinson; G. D. A. Lundon, A. P. Craig>, D. M. Henderson, R. A. Elliott; G. E. Jones. J. B. Potter; R. J. Many, J>. M. Walker, H. G.
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  • 115 15 DASAHATA SINGH, a BDdl charged hoforo Mr. Jostlca RORM at the .<• Assiz:.s yesterday, on two counts cf fraudulently makin .>. claim far $274 54, which bt knew to M false, and dishonestly using as genuine a forged document, namely, a promissory note. Accused claimed trial
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  • 88 15 A PPEARING on charges of cau.N.ng hurt to a Chinese by driving negligently and failing to produce his driving licence, a European. W. G. Herbert, claimed trial m the first instance and pleaded guilty m the second, before Mr. C. H. Koh. m thSingapore Traffic
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 70 15 Backache-Nervy Gel Up Nights! rs from Kidney trou- have stopped Ha he, Circles Unkh Nervousness, Dlrrlness, I.urn rtlnc. Acidity a I- tor's new dis--1 rstex (SIM-tex). Gently I heals, raw sore I rstex starts elimBrlnss new health. ranteed I nta f back. Get .matmim Protect if our clothes TV, ,^r
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    • 33 15 FIRE-FIGHTING APPLIANCES MERRYWEATHERS Fire Hose Extingu ishers Ladders Portable Pumps Fire Engines Salvage Boats HAVE STOOD THE TEST OF FIRE AND TIME Write to the Sole Agents for full particulars W.P.S. 159 A
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 436 15 RADIO PROGRAMMES SINGAPORE. TODAY ZHL 225 metres (1.33 mc/s) ZHO 48.58 metres (6.175 mc/s) p.m. 5.00 Malay programme. Gramophone records. 6.00 Tecchcw murle. Gramophone records. 7.00 Children's programme. (English). 7.30 Time, weather, news and announcements. 7.45 Heaith talk. 8.00 Light orchestral concert *|,layed by Keller's Hungarian Band Urected by C.
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    • 189 15 8.50 News and announcements. 9.05 Greenwich time signal. 9.20 Big Ben. Scottish dance music Strings of BBC Scottish Orchestra leading ™r^ I ouland B -Sbie; conducted by lan Whyte. 9 4 (t^r recital. Jan van der Gucht 10.00 Reginald Porter-Brown, at organ of the Guildhall, Southampton. 10.20 Reading by Eric
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  • 384 16 R. A. Win Three-One After Being Goal Down ALL SCORING DONE IN SECOND HALF AN accidental goal against the Veterans while they were leading one-nil against the R.A. started them on the road to defeat by three goals to one by the
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  • 337 16 Golf rHE qualifying round of the women's club championship will be played on Friday at the Garrison Golf Club. The following is the draw: 3.33 p.m. Mrs. J. G. Ronaldson and Mrs. E. Gregory- Jones. 3.40 p.m. Mrs. H. C. Reir.y and MLss B Go'.dlng.
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  • 139 16 F. D. Amr Bey. the world's greatest squash rackets player, announces his retirement from championship play. Amr. who is an Egyptian subject, first went to England as an auxiliary member of the Egyptian Davis Cup lawn tennis team. He soon showed an aptitude for squash rackets and
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  • 88 16 In the mixed doubles tie of the T.li.p.A. tennis tournament on the V.M.C.A. courts yest?rday Yap Ah Han and Miss Sivlonscn beat M. I. Reshty and Miss Lcckerbill 6 l, 6 l. Ties lor Wednesday are: Men's Doubles: S. A. Dawood and Noel Barber vs. Dr. P.
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  • 78 16 Results cf the matches played between the Malay Sports Association and the Royal Air Force on the Malay Sports Association's courts: Singles: Yadl beat Cpl. Dimmer 9—7, 6 l; Sujak. Mohsiii lest to w.o. Spillard. 2 7. 4 6. Doubles: Suari and Hajl Jamil beat Cpl. Passingham
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  • 43 16 London, Oct. 9. IT is discluoed that the injury to Michoumy. who entered for the Cambridgeshire tomorrow, a sprained suspensory ligament, has not yielded to treatment and the colt will be scratched. Possibly Michoumy may not run again this season.— Reuter.
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  • 159 16 AUTUMN CUP FIRST ROUND RESULTS Draw For Second Round fHH first round of the women's Autumn Cup was played at Buklt Timah yesterday and resulted a: follows: Mrs. R. Wakeford beat Mrs. H. H. S.urt 2 and 1. Lady Bagnall beat Mrs. \7 L. Quirke 4 and 3. Mrs. W.
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  • Article, Illustration
    20 16 picture. KINSLV DISPUTES possession with a Fort Canning player m the drawn hockey match on the padan? yesterday.- Free Press
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  • 91 16 The folic wing are the results or the S C.R.C. t?nnis ties played at Kong L'm Green yesterday: Open Doubles: Chua Choon Leong and Woon Chow Tat beat Y. T. Wee and Hock Een 6 o. 6—2. Singles Handicap: Ong Chew Bee 3> beat Sim S:ng WaU
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  • 64 16 Kho Sin Kie. the Chinese Davis Cup player and British hard court champion, became the first holder of the Men's Singles Cup m the Brighton Lawn Tennis Tournament at the Sussex County Club. Kho Sin Kle took little over half-an-hour to win the final against
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  • 123 16 The folic whig members have accepted to play hockey for S.C.C. Ist XI vs. S.R.C. Ist XI on Thursday at S.C.C. ground Lt. J. S. Aveling; P. F. Kinsey R. A. U. Todd. Lt. M. Leonard-Williams. Lt. I. L. E. Macmillan. Capt. J. R. Kel'ett; Capt. R. G.
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  • 271 16 S.C.C. "A" 1; Fort Canning 1. One of the most evenly fought hockey matches of the season was played on the padang yesterday, when an S.C.C. team drew oneall with Fort Canning, after the Fort took the lead m the first half. The forwards
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  • 212 16 Evenly Contested Hockey On C. S. C. Ground A WELL-CONTESTED hockey match at the C.S.C. ground yesterday A resulted m a 2—l win to th? Ceylonese over the Colts. Though the Colts were aggressive for the major part, they met stiff opposition m
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  • 142 16 Sydney. MR. C. B KELLOWS NUFFIELD, who started at 6—4 on. won the Australian Jockey Club Derby run over a mile and a-half here recently i Nuffield beat Mr. P. Riddle's Aeolus by two and a-half lengths, with Mr. Q. iTancred's Respirator, three lengths I further behind,
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  • 36 16 Tan?lin Club's team to play the Municipal Services Club m the Kliney Cud tomorrow. Sinfles: R. L. Moir and W. J. M War:! en Doubles: Dr. H. O Hnnkins and T. J. A. Green.
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  • 29 16 The Anglo-Chinese School defeated the SC.R.C. by a goal at hockey played on the Hon? Llm Green yesterday. The gcal was scored In the second half.
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  • 23 16 The hockey game between the SRC. and the R.A. fB.M) which was to have played en the padang yesterday, was cancelled.
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  • 17 16 Correspondence to the Singapore Hockey Association should be addressed to M. S Menon, c o V.M.C.A.. Singapore.
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  • 117 16 Alterations In Soccer Laws (From Cur o < Kuala 0^ rERTAIS r,V keeping m lafesf alteratur.s j n toct€f J and juel mar/ ffte /tst or ♦>- dm*? rei'ea.'s Mc s Q Scfanpor m a come fo Zip/i? Un *J| JtcJd recently btfo "ait 2 0/ referectng, aid* the ctr^F]
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  • 152 16 League tables League up to and li F W I D :.^J Widnc.s 7 7 0 Castlefori 6 1 Leeds 6 5 0 1 31 I Huddersfieid 7 I 2 0 m 11 i Wakefleid T 7 5 1 1 10) 0 Keighley 7 5 114 Bradford N.
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    • 92 16 -m_r^^^_m_w m -"I C^mA-Wx T 1 \mWW\Ws, B^^/V mmm_\_^^T You sometimes hear of someone getting a v. en ful bargain In some article. Generally, on closer c you will find that it was nothing of the sort It was worth the price paid m its condition its market value. A
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