The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 14 October 1938

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 13,599. ESTD. 1535. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1938. S CENTS
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    TENSE SITUATION IN CANTON AS JAPANESE APPROACH
    408 1 Severe Fighting Begins: Drive On Waichow PANTOX authorities have already completed preparations for the defence of the city m the event of Japanese troops from Bias Bay attempting: to penetrate further inland, according" to reliable information received by Reuter last night from Hankow.
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    "Concession Of Failure"
    76 1 i onion, Oct. 13. lftM»esc landin? at Bias I'" ,fe-on «f Japans H ff.l IB her adventure m illUrP ihe rxr.nin.ham Post hi^"* 1 ihe U>t eff«rt of these U S vl ie- r> to avoid a disertvm as an> thins "m,. <„.,..-' .il>brin s down "I
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    CRITICISM OF NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT
    86 1 Wellington <VZ.>, Oct. IS. ipe i --ere issued irt] >3ders ill connecZealand general h takes place age, Prime Minister. it the Government had ful- n pie lgea Hi held that cere the key *o prosperity. Mr Smge added that th^ Labour pledged to maintain ■>
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    Colonies Return "Not Feasible"
    49 1 Vretoiia, Oct. 13. 0 arPirow, r. reprejen- Germany's coloi nothing to add itement made lared that the either South A-as not a there was a good deal PPort for h is b eii ef that Ger-<"-oi><>rati ,n m Africa was »bit/r maintenance of the Reuter
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    Fighting Palestine Rebels
    46 1 A British armoured car m front of a military outpost on the HaifaJerusalem road. These outposts have been established m an effort to stamp out the raids on convoys of lorries. Every car and lorry that passes these camps is stopped and searched.
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    "Grave Concern To Hong Kong"
    129 1 Hong Kong. Oct. 13. rPHE GOVERNOR, Sir Geoff ry Northcote, daring his budget address m the Legislative Council, pointed out that hostilities so close to the border were a grave concern to the Colony as threequarters of the vegetable and a large portion of the
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    Tokio's Assurance To Britain
    96 1 Tokio's Assurance To Britain London, Oct. 13. REL'TER learns that the Japanese Government has assured the British Government that instructions have been issued to Japanese leaders m South China to avoid any action likely to create an incident. It is understood the British government is temporarily watching to see how
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    100,000 Men Needed To Take Canton?
    107 1 100,000 Men Needed To Take Canton? London. Oct. 13. MILITARY expert* .po^nj out that j the two lines "of Virfls~a7ter Bias Bay and the extensive tangle of rivers and creeks ot Canton recall the estimate ot General Chiang Kai-shek's German military advisors that the Japanese j would need at least
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    Gunboats "Bottled-Up"
    75 1 Cantcn, Oct. 13. AUTHORITIES here definitely con- firmed the news that the Pearl River will be closed from tonight. This will mean the bottling up of the British gunboats Tarantula. Cicala. Robin, and Moth— the latter being at Wuchow— the American gunboat Monocracy, and the French gunboat, Argus.
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    "Comb-Out" In Sofia
    73 1 Sofia, Oct. 13. CITY-WIDE "ccmb-out" Is being carried out by the police and military m a search for undesirables, following the assassination of Major-General Peef. Bulgarian Army Chief of Staff, yesterday. All traffic except that which is indispensable is being stopped during the search. An official announcement
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    FORMOSA ANTI-WAR DISTURBANCES
    44 1 Anti-war disturbances are reported to have reached grave proportions throughout Formosa. Police and army are reported to be mobilised to deal wii/h the situation. Many policemen are believed to have b-en assassinated, and numerous arrests are reported.— Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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    MURDER & ARSON IN PALESTINE
    206 1 MURDER ARSON IN PALESTINE Jerusalem, Oct. 13. THE severed heads of two Moroccans j who have bsen missies for sexe-i j time from Jerusalem were found in- ::.lde a sack near ths Damascus Gat?. > Jesmsalem. It Ls believed the dc^d men were jformerly bodyguards to the Mv.fli el Jerusalem.
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    U.S. LOAN FOR CHINA?
    62 1 Washington, Oct 13. /CONSIDERATION is being given to the Question of a wheat loan to Chilis. Mr Henry Morsenthau. Secre- tary of th Treasury, indicated at Press conference. Ho added that the Treasury was not considering lowering of the dcmestte silver price at present. "I have
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    CHINESE RUSHING UP TROOPS TO MEET INVADERS
    377 2 CHINESE RUSHING UP TROOPS TO MEET INVADERS Japanese To Land Near Stvatow? Canton, Oct. 13. A SEMI-OFFICIAL report states that bitter fighting: is taking place at several points between the districts of Pingshan, Nimshan and Tamshui, northwest of Bias Bay where Japanese forces landed yesterday at daybreak. Heavy Chinese reinforcements
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    37 2 THE MANSION HOUSE FUND for Ul2 relief of the refugees m Czechoslovakia has now reached a total of over 60.000. The Lord Mayor is seen putting m the first donation for the fund, at the Mansion House.
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    'Brutal And Arrogant' Nazi Methods
    237 2 S TT^ London, Oct. 13. IR TERENCE O'CONNOR, Solicitor-General, m a speech last night recalled that Germany had disclaimed emphatically all desire of further European conquest. It was true, he said, that they had broken their promises m the past, but was it sufficiently certain
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    Belgium's "Mission Of Peace"
    160 2 Belgium 's "Mission Of Peace" Paris, Oct. 13. QPEAKING at the unveiling of his fatlver's statue, King Leopold of the Belgians referred to the "terrible cyclone which nearly passed across the world," and said that the moment when *i determined desire for peace and the great hope of agreement was
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    GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF INDIA RETURNS
    52 2 London, Oct. 13. Tl T Jjf v Gov e™>r-General of India, Lord Linlithgow, left London on his return to India, after four months leave He was seen off by the Marquis of Zetland Secretary for India, and by Lord Halifax, Foreign Secretary, who la former Viceroy.-
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    5,000 RAILWAY WORKERS ON STRIKE
    39 2 v, London, Oct. 13. The chairman of the railway strikers organising committee estimates the number of strikers now involved m the St Pancra* Station and Euston Station strikes is 5.000. Further ovfcm*!™. anticinnted. Reuter
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    Sacrifices To Help Poor Of China
    296 2 Sacrifices To Help Poor Of China i THAT In giving strong support to the Ptnk of China, Malayan Chinese were helping their motherland to tide over her difficulties, was stressed by Mr. Parkcane C. Hwang, manager of jthe Bank of China. Singapore, at a dinner given last night at his
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    PRETORIA CASTLE LAUNCHED
    48 2 London, Oct. 13. PRETORIA CASTLE. 17,000 ton pas- server and cargo vessel built by iHarland and Wolff at Belfast for Union Castle Companies' South African service, was launched today e/by M^.TS W^r^; 2 n Ata High Commissio^r'in Dimensions of the vessel are£SfhV£t feet: breadth 76
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    Perak State Council's $9,000,000 Budget
    166 2 (From Our Own Correspondent) A T S C Sta^ c CoUncil budgS mee^ng on Oct. ™a \i} s antl ?pated that provision will be ShM, «T^ e n^ pc ure of more than ?».000.000, of To give immediate effect to the building scheme a new
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    World's Best Plane Radio
    100 2 A DE UAVILLAND Brajon ccrop!c?ie equipped with the most advanced radio and automatic czntrol system m the icorld reached Singapore last night on its way from Croydon to Sydney. The Dragon left Victoria Point. Burma, at 7.30 yesterday morning and landed at Singapore just before sunset.
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    Tin Monopoly Criticised
    336 2 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 13. A PROTEST that people not holding quotas or certificates of transfer cannot prospect for tin or open new mines was made m the Selangor State Council by the Chief Kathi of the State, Raja Haji Othman. He said that
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    SINGAPORE MAN'S DIVORCE
    66 2 •From Our Own Correspondent* London, Oct. 13. IN the Divorce Court today Mr. Jus- tice Lanpton granted a decree nisi to Reginald Charles Rex Land, off Gllstead Road. Singapore, on the RroundLs of the adultery of his wife Evelyn Maud Land, with Albert Stephen Gisport, at Kingston,
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    31 2 Ivan Simpson, the Scottish film star is m a critical condition after being found suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning m his car m the Riviera Country Club, Santa Monica, Califor-' nla.
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    Southampton Docks Centenary
    121 2 Southampton Docks Centenary A LL shippin I frjni the Qu tURs and yach' connection with laying of the c! reports R decorated 1 On Oct. 12. 1838 lOf JlWthlMplou jaiid four yeai jnow famiii, j Southern Ram trafflc-was opeiif i c In the coui accommodation 1. '30.000 ft. of qua>
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    HUNDREDS FIGHT FLAMING OIL
    53 2 I<J ndm |Hn J I FIFTEEN In ndn teer^ arc Qghlin of flaming Oil vhJ trol last night, t.' one of the nation A crowd or 25 loot flames rising .tanks belonging i Company. The fire began wUh Tin rqiiriff' an 1.000 gallono ta:.. mated already
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    "YELLOW JACK" TELLS OF FIGHT AGAINST FEVER
    56 2 "YELLOW J ACK" TELLS OF FIGHT AGAINST FEVER DOBERT MONK roles m Y« which romnr.cn r I at the PaviUr-.) i "Yellow Jack sacrince m th fever following the War. In many wiwith the Mm i against malar:. Piayinx opposil I ginia Bruro wbi tent cast are I I Devine
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    1,800 IN SINGAPORE SCOUT RALLY
    44 2 1,800 IN SINGAPORE SCOUT RALLY Aboul I.BOH officers will Scout Rally at J tomorrow Cfttttl The Governor. I will be present Seating In v.)c reserved for ru< invitation inv\ Associ.u.c B The eiu! I and bark of th« entered from Ik will be charge
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    Extortion from Rickshaw Owner Alleged
    39 2 Charged I ri.''.;sh.i »>wnfr o J at Rochore R I Bane Bang. Lee H I Chciiß appears; In I cond Police Ooui I They all clftH I Injj was post; Bn'l or ??oo I
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      149 2 for dinner will have an entirely fresh meaning if you have not already eaten some of the delicious ice cream made by the Cold Storage Creameries. Easily the finest, richest, smoothest ice cream you ever tasted, and so digestible too— because it's homogenized. There are a dozen superb flavours to
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      13 2 with m SCHICK i D «Y SHAVej STOCKED 8 y MEDICAL MALL m
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    MALARIA —EMPIRE'S GREATEST ENEMY
    472 3 MALARIA —EMPIRE'S GREA TEST ENEMY hen Port Swettenham Was To Close I! From Our Own Correspondent) London, Oct. 15. \i\PH. was described the British Empire's most HMtferous enemy by Sir Malcolm Watson, Director of p^ Institute of Tropical Hygiene, when he addressed Planters' Group and Empire Social Services Group of
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    Malayan University Declared Essential
    695 3 INDIAN SUPPORT FOR PROPOSAL THE Central Indian Association of Malaya is definitely of the opinion that to cope with the increasing complexity and competition m life and for the conservation of local resources and material, human and otherwise, higher education has become a matter of great
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    Ship's Officer Weds
    91 3 S hip's Officer Weds T*IIK ueddin? took place at the Presbyterian Church yesterday of Mr. Eric Hebblewhite, a ship's officer, and Miss Esther Helen Butler, of Singapore, daughter of Capt. and Mrs. J. A. Butler, of Vancouver, Canada. Rev. Richards cf the English Presbyterian Mission officiated at the ceremony. The
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    YEAR-OLD POLICE RAID RECALLED
    199 3 A MIDNIGHT raid by the police vho dispersed a party of alleged counterfeiters at a house m Sophia Road m the vicinity of Kandang Kerbau Police Station was described to the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice McElwaine, yesterday when Am.it bin Sairen, a young Malay, was on
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      94 3 I /fitt Mtirs _'^\\v i I //JL/<- OWL/ *r/ THAT ABE REALLY OVEN-BAKEO Ha^«l m hot, dry ovens baked through and ■gn until they ha>e almost popped. Just as ty »nd nualv as can he. And the sauce! Rich sauce, seasoned with the tang of rare H**gand flavoured with tender
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      578 3 J^ FLATULENCE GOES W nn LIKE MAGIC. m iMfTiiiniin Painful Stomach Distress I MbtMRVB stopped Instantly R HAVE A Never a B aln need your stomach be 9 distended by gas. No more heartburn. W LIKENESS No more flatulence. Chardox gives m«- stant relief. Read this glowing tribute: *L^ m
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    35 4 A JAPANESE SOLDIER, who has fought at the front m China, and for first time during a year has been fortunate enough to come home on a furlcugh. He is seat greeting his little daughter.
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    Suppression Of War News In Japan
    401 4 ENTHUSIASM lor war In Japan is definitely on the wane. A year ago every patriotic Japanese was daily waiting for news of the final victory and of the conquest of the celestial empire; today every patriotic Japanese is daily dreading to read of how
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    SINO-BRITISH CO-OPERATION IN SOUTH CHINA
    451 4 SINO-BRITISH CO-OPERATION IN SOUTH CHINA Economic Measures F Of Defence Purposes IN VIEW of the likelihood of war m Europe afirrtm China, there will be close Sino-British co-upi ration part of the country especially In the military Dha^ the New Policy Weekly, an official orcan of Canton The article recalled
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    Military Leader Optimistic
    337 4 Military Leader Optimistic Hankow. AN optimistic view of the military operations was expressed by General Chang Fa-kwei. famous Ironsides Commander and Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese Forces on the Kiukiang-Nanch?ng Front, m an interview here. After analysing the present military situation, General Chang said that the [Government is determined to defend
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    German Opera Star To Become American
    107 4 JVfIME LOTTE LEHMANN, the famous 1V opera singer, has taken out her first American citizenship papers m New York. Her decision to become an American was announced some weeks ago. "I don't want to remember anything about Germany." she said. **I feel happy to
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      594 4 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 m 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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      252 4 BOARD RESIDENCE. SEA FRONT ILATONfj GRANGE— 77. Meyer Rd (near Swimming Club) Board-Residence at moderate rates. Large Gardens Tennis. Phone: 5758. THE MANSION OXLEY RISE PRIVATE HOTEL Tel. *****. I LOXTON" First Class Private Hotel. Bedrooms with i modern bathrooms from $65 per month. Hot j water to Bathrooms Ceiling
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      125 4 Jw^^^^ a strenuous day! c.-: •j^^^Wß^y^^S^^^^^^ J^SS B^r i«^^^^^^^»^m^»^^^m^ >• •••ffig— v'^F^tt^B Mk. E* <- j •;■> •iSiAff^' s^ni BSb Off 1 1 1 1' 1 "^^v ■X**- i>,.->3^^y^^^'^^'* x -j^«hJ^^^v* ""^v?8B > o i >- it .^^A^^^m^^^ f When hours of unremitting Atkinsons Eau dc Cologne i- mou? activity
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      105 4 Law Notice I For The Day Before the Chief Justice m Ist Court at 10.30 am. Assizes Rex vs. Ahmed bin Sairen. Before Mr. Justice Pedlow m 2nd Court at 10.30 a.m. Assizes— Poh Choo Lai. Before the Registrar at 10.30 a.m. Fixing list of civil cases. SHIPS IN TODAY
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    $500 Swindle Story By Father Of Ten
    425 5 o! an un~ c with ten swindled out of the Singapore ,rt, yesterday, ing Latvian, is induced to part Lttcd, on the promise of being given employnient as an office assistant and bill collector m the Chinatown Dance Palace, Kuala Lumpur, but on
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    28 5 IN MODERN WARFARE cavizuflagc plays a great role. Picture shoivs a British scldter, duiKng manoeuvres, fixing tivi'js en his helmet, ivhich for camouflage purposes, is encased m \ire.
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    Singapore Poppy Response Hopes
    156 5 THIS year's Poppy Day cimpuigi; will be discussed at a meeting at R:\ifles Hotel at 9.30 o'clock this morning. It has been called by the organiser fcr Singapore, Mrs. H. G. Baxter, wife Of the manager of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. The
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    SINGAPORE'S $300,000 TO CHINA
    53 5 A FURTHER 53C0.000 (China L rk ewn9atf htlmg first remittance for October was cent to the Legislative Yuan «:f Chinese Government yesterday by Singapore Chinese Relief Fund Committee. This is the !4th remittance to China collecteJ from monthly contribution* bringing the total of n:onth!> equations up
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    News In Brief
    158 5 lasting a week, m order to giv* the Singapore Volunteer Corps more concentrated training, were envisaged for next year by the General Officer Commanding. Malaya. Major -Gen-ral W. G. fc>. Dobbie. speaking to Volunteers at the Drill Hall. Reviewing the worfc of the corps m the week-end
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    MURDER OF WOMAN ALLEGED
    78 5 Ay 3- YEAR -OLD Hokkien Chines, Yeo Soo Chi. appeared m th 3 Singapore Fourth Police Court before Mr. Kenneth Blacker yesterday m answer to a charge of murder and one of attempted murder. It is alleged that he rr.uruered a woman and attempted to kill
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    DRY RUBBER EXPORT FIGURES
    38 5 The export of dry rubber, uncorrected figures, from Malaya, Brunei md Labuan tor September: Mainland 20.027 tons. Straits Fettle--ricnts Island- 234 tons, Brunei 79 tons md Labuan 12 tens, the total being 10,252 tors.
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    The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1938. Volunteer Changes
    669 6 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1938. Volunteer Changes /CHANGES m the Volunteering system m Malaya which will affect not only every Volunteer but every business enterprise as well were foreshadowed by the General Officer Commanding, Malaya, Major-General W. G. S. Dobbie, m an address to Volunteers m Singapore
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    3 6 BACK TO -NORMAL
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    Industrial Relations In Britain Are Envy Of World
    758 6  - Industrial Relations In Britain Are Envy Of World Joseph Martin By IT is generally conceded that Great Britain is the pioneering country m the movement for co-ope/ation between employer and employee m industry. Indeed, visitors arrive from all parts of the world to examine for themselves the basis on which
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    Television Progresses In Great Britain
    387 6  -  JOSEPH MARTIN (BY rACH year for the past 13 years British radio manufacturers have held their trade show, the National Radio Exhibition, at Olympia. Dealing as it does with an application of science which influences nearly every home m the country, this show, popularly called
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      21 6 JUST UNPACKED NEW SHIPMENT OF LADIES HAND BAGS FOR EVERY OCCASION Ladies are Cordially Invited at DOULATRAM'S 48 50, HIGH STREET.
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    RICKSHA PULLERS MAKE CHINA RELIEF PROPOSAL TO OWNERS
    232 7 5 Cents Difference To The Fund A PROPOSAL that the hire charge for rickshas be reduced to 30 cents per day was made by pullers <o owners last night. puucr* ri^i* S00? Ii as wne 4 rs s^ nif y th <^
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    34 7 ts at the party siver. at ih esidence of Mr. A>\ .ip«.rc Chineae millionaire, m Pasir Fanjang yesterday «ur of the delegates of the "Double Tenth Conference, meeting at the Chinese Boys Hi?h School.
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    Heated Discussion At "Double Tenth" Conference
    145 7 f\' a n of voting, 1 scussion took he Chinese Conferthe t ►urth tinese High :oo Chin rta of Malaya Indies was Mr Tan Chiam rec days .1 TC'riay. the because di to be dla- er- t raised by Mr. H S. j FHB.B
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    SUB-WARDER FINED
    24 7 h Buna* bin by the Singapore for riding a third party Member. .had borrowed the! «3 a month, he I m instal-j
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    Investment In China Urged
    181 7 J SUGGESTION thai wealthy Malayan Chinese ziiould ?o"*ow ihe example of Mr. An- Boon Ham m Investing money for the development of China's inland territories icas made by Dr. Hn Tsa? Knen at a lea party at Haw Per Villa, Pasir Pcijang, yesterday. Th^ party was
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    BAG SNATCHER SENTENCED
    93 7 BAG SNATCH ER SENTENCED Sentence of six weeks' rigorous imprisonment was passed on a Chinese Ah Teng, who pleaded guilty m the Singapore Third Police Court, yesterday, to stealing a handbag from a woman, Mrs. E. M. Elias, as she was walking along Penang Road on Tuesday night. It was
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    REWARD FOR PEDESTRIAN?
    104 7 Jl^fß. G. S. Rawlinga, Smgapore Third' ITi p oii cc Magistrate, yesterday com- I mended an English speaking Indian for reward for his capture of a thief. Ng Chin King, pleaded guilty m court yesterday to stealing a coat containing $4.50. the property of a European. J.
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    16 7 SOME OF THE PARTY OF JAPANESE STAGE GIRLS from Tokio photographed aboard the Yasakuni Mam yesterday.
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    31 7 Freedom tc translate bocks from Oriental Into European languages and vice versa is to be claimed by Japan before the International Copyright Expert Committee, which will meet In Paris next month.
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    Sack After Accidental "Stowaway" Trip
    175 7 Sack After Accidental "Stowaway" Trip I TWO young officials from the Department of Excise who paid a social call on the Nederland lirer Christiaan Huygens on Tuesday night were brought back to Singapore from Batavia yesterday afternoon m a Royal Dutch Airlines plane. They had been inadvertently carried to the
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    Tokio Theatre Girls Arrive In Singapore
    244 7 THIRTY attractive young Japanese girls, a section of the more than 200 strong: Takarazuka Theatre Company m Tokio, arrived m Singapore by the Yasukuni Maru yesterday and performed at the Victoria Theatre last night. The girls are on their way to Naples, where they
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      Pink And White Colour Scheme For Singapore Wedding
      410 8 Pink And White Colour Scheme For Singapore Wedding /^LEAMING whice and the palest of pink wu the colour scheme chosen by Miss Dulcie Red f earn for her wedding to Dr. E. O Laidiaw Thomson en Wednesday I x lucky day, I hear, for brides). St. Andrew's Cathedral, where the
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      Cinema Party On Moonlit Lawn At Katong
      662 8 Cinema Party On Moonlit Lawn At Katong THOSE who were present at the cine-party given by Mr. Joe Fisher at his Katong residence last Sunday evening will doubtless look back on this event as being one of the most delightful they have enjoyed p for some time. Mr. Fisher, who
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      129 8 RED FUNNEL LINE HEAP ENG MOH S.S. CO.. LTD. (Incorporated m Straits SctUementa) ?r«S U AR PA SS£NGER A CARGO Serrk* from Singapore to Java. Borneo, Banks lad BHllton. SEm B KANS ATAV A CH«,BON ».ND m. oZSS'«BS lM mlld r F r !f aj^ t 14 ■f, BAN HCNG
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      393 8 BOUSTEAD CO jj 1 (Incorporated In F M b TMH'IIONE 1 rrelf ht S43J— Paa«af« 3131 LLOYDS AGENTS. BOOKING 4GENTS FOX FKOtRATEO MALAY STAT SOTAL STATE RAILWAYS OF SLt>l Canadian mckic I THIS IMPRESS" ROUTE offer> 1 >u,J 1 SERVICES via HOXOIXLI or direct ji n VANCOUVER— ACROSS CANADA by
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      410 9 B-- jyp&Oand BRITISH INDJA~LiNES .INCORPORATEn 1?^ ENGLAND) IP. 0. S. N. COS SAILINGS, OUTWARDS DuP Due r— nue Spore. Tonnage. Spore. RAWA 17.000 Oct 21 BHUTAN 6.100 Dec. 17 1800 Oct *:i BEHAR 6.000 Dec. 26 Nov. 4 RAJPITTANA 17.000 Dc^ 30 Nov. 19 SOUDAN 6.000 Jan. 13 15.000 Dec.
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      497 9 {incorporated tn s f m'~ Sctflcmcnrs i IS&JBSSSBh ELLERMAN BUGKNALL S.S. Co., Ltd, {Incorporated tn England.) I HAVRE LONDON ROTTERDAM HAMBURG VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL Steamer Due Sails CITY OP ORAN Calls Glasgow Qct. 30 Nov. 2 CITY OF PITTS3URG Nov 2 9 Dec. 2 CITY OF NEWCASTLE j^^
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      776 9 ♦Incorporated m Stra: S» kiiicii' > Ocean Building, Coilycr Quay, Singapore Tel. 5151. Chartered Bank Building, Pcnang Tel. 136 G. BLUE FUNNEL LINE. FAST WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON NORTH CONTINENT (m conjunction Glen Line) AND FAST FORTNIGHTLY SERVICE MARSEILLES GLASGOW. GLENIFFER Lon, R'dam, H*burg. Ant. M borough "^Oct 16 <vt IS
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      575 10 K. P. M. TOSARl— Friday, Oct. 14, Belawan-Deli. VAN DEN BOSCH— Friday, Oct. 14, Rhlo (passengers and mails only), Padang-Bay (passengers and mails only), Ampenan (passengers and mails only), Boeleleng (passengers and mails only) and Sourabaya. SlBERG— Friday, Oct 14, Rhio, Dabo, Bllliton, Batavia, Semarang, Pekalongan, Tegal and Cheribon. PLANCIUS
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      543 10 JOINT SERVICE or PRINCE LINE SILVER LINE FOR HALIFAX, BOSTON, MEW YORK, BALTIMORE ANO PHILADELPHIA, VIA CAPE OF GOOD HOPE Due Saito ÜBt Singapore Singapore New York MS. SILVERWALNUT Oct. 19 Oct. 25 Dec. 9 M.V. SIAMESE PRINCE Nov. 1 Nov. 9 uec. m M.V. SILVERASH Nov. 19 Nov. 25
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      515 10 O.S.K. LINII Incorporated In Japan On leave? I TRAVEL HOME VIA SOUTH AFRICA AND I RETURN VIA SUEZ I Round-trip fare; £91-8-0. I For further particulars, please apply to: OSAKA SYOSEN KAISYA I No. 9. de Souza Street, Singapore THOS. COOK SON, LTD.. AMERICAN EXPRESS C).. |v I 39. Robinson
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      SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES
      1112 11 SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES Last Night's Quotations Fraser And Co.'s List I T-CBSBAI, OCT. 13. 1938: 5 P.M. T" l,v MINING Buyers Seller* 4* IM W 10 28s 3 J Dom 5 5 =33 3d M. 3d tl (i) n) 1.40 1.51 10s3dlls6d l« 21s6d22sCd mm If! J4S 15S
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      LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCK & SHARE
      497 11 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCK SHARE From Exchange Telegraph Co. j From London 5.30 p.m. Yesterday I mmmmmUmmmUmmmmmmm ******************l******mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmnUn*mmmmUnmmmmmmmmm9^-----m-m Share of £1 denomination unless Latest Quotations Previously otherwise stated Conversion Loan. 5 p.c. 1944-64.... 110 l 10 i' o Funding Loan. 4 p.c. 1960-90 108*4 108> 2 War Loan. 3y
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      THE METAL MARKETS
      57 11 IV I London: Latest I I 7hr; e month.'"" Previously: £206 2s. 6d. y ork Tin: 7s M Previously: £207 7s. 6d. (OPFKR n n^rice: 45. Previously: Closed. I*****'- 46 15s Previously: £46 5 "V^ £7 fe 9%d. Previously: £7 6s. 5d. fnontos. (H ,j Previously: 193/
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      THE COMMODITY MARKETS
      160 11 I From London 5.30. p. m. Yesterday I RUBBER: Firmer. London: 8 7|16d. 8*2(3. Previously: 8%d. 8V 2 d. Oct.-Dec: 8 7|16d. 8y 2 d. Previously: 8%d. 8^ 2 d. Jan.-Mar.: 8 9|10d. 8 1l!l6d. Previously: 8 9!l6d. 8%d. Apr.-June: 8%d. 8%«1. Previously: 8%d. 81l!16d. New York:
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      Daily Share Report
      215 11 ISSUED BY PHASER AND CO. AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS YESTERDAY MINING. Tin at midday was $105, up SI 50. According to cable advices from London the tin share market there yesterday was steady although there were rather mote sellers than buyers. In the local market Rantus
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      Local Exchange Rates
      183 11 OCT. 13 SELLING Loitfon T.T. 2 3 t^ltf London, demand 2 3 13 16 Lyons, demand 2070 Switzerland, demand 241 \i Hamburg, demand 136% New York, demand 54 v m Montreal, demand 53*- 4 Batavia. demand 100% Samarang. demand 100 "n Calcutta, Bombay and Rangoon, demand 154"i
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION
      80 11 OCT. 18, 12 O'CLOCK NOON Buyers Sellers No. I X.R.S.S. m cases (F. 0.8. October) 29 4 29 Vi 3ood FAQ. In bales (FOB. October) 28* W% No. IJC.R.S.S. (Spot-loose) (awardable Singapore) 29 29.i No. I.X.R.S.S. October 29* 29. Nov.-Dec.: 29 »i 29 f< Jan.
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      RUBBER RETURNS
      82 11 Rubber returns for September are: lbs. The Ayer Kuning (F.lf.S.) Rubber Co., ltd 68,000 The Badek Rubber Estate Ltd. (Staffleld Estate) 17.500 The Bradwall (F.M.6.) Rubber Estate Ltd. 45,000 The Chersonese (P.M.S.) Estates Ltd 65,000 Dennis town Rubber Estates Ltd. (Dennistown Estate) 27.500 The Highlands and Lowlands Para
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      Raffles Library
      249 11 THE following newly added non-fiction and fiction works will be ready for issue at the Raffles Library on Saturday: Mohammed, Essad Bey; The Evolution of Physics: The Growth of Ideas from the Early Concepts to Relativity and Quanta. Albert Einstein and Leopold Infeld; Plve Years IX ao A
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      Foreign Exchange Rates
      65 11 London Closing Quotations I I Method of Parity before Latest Centre Quoting 20-9-31 Rate Previously ParU Franc to 121.1 ******18 *****116 New York... to 4.88 4 73»/ 2 M1K Amsterdam. Guilders to 8.97 3 'i 8 80 2 8.844 Hong Kong. Per dollar Is. 3d. Is. 3d.
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      345 11 BANK OF CHINA Incorporated tn CThlr.a by Special Charters 12. Cecil Street. Singapore. Telephones: Man« C er's Oflßc* «44« u-i Aiaaarer 1 office kui Exrban S r Drpt C 441 General Offlre MSg-l p.ih B F aa leJ c Ad^ re »J 'tin Nr.Kioi£nj£.' ••••<*« •«••«->.. approximately Ch. SIAOO Q»a
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    MALAYS REACH SEMI-FINAL OF F.A. CHALLENGE CUP
    837 12 Sappers Beaten Three Goals To Two THRILLING SOCCER BY BOTH TEAMS A clear goal scored shortly be fore the end helped the Malays to beat the Royal Engineers 3 2 yesterday m a fast and thrilling second rounJ S.A.F.A. Cup at the Stadium.
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    Tanglin Beat Municipal Services
    68 12 Tanglin Beat Municipal Services i IN the Kliney Cup tennis tournament the Tanglin Club, having won two singles against the Municipal Services on Wednesday, won the doubles yesterday when Dr. H. O. Hopkins and T. A. Green beat Bark 1 Yew and S. S. Ting 6—2, 6—l. l They win
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    S.C.R.C. TENNIS RESULTS
    115 12 The following are results of play m the S.C.R-C. open tennLs tournament, at Hong Lim Green yesterday: Open Singles: Liem Djce Djien beat Seah Keng Slew 6 l. 6 l. Mixed Doubles Handicap: Miss Nellie Chia and Tan Huck Tee (—30.3) beat Mrs. L. H. Teo and
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    Y.M.C.A.
    60 12 In the V.M.C.A. men's doubles handicap tie played yesterday. Dr. G. Haridas and Yap Ah Hian (—3O) beat L C. Goh and R. Nathan (—15.3), 6—3, j 6—4. i Ties for Saturday are:— Men's Singles: M. S. Hussein vs. L. C. j Goh. Men's Doubles: K. Koguti and U.
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    HOCKEY TEAMS
    100 12 S.C.C. vs. R.A. (Blakang Mati) today at S.C.C. F. J. L. Mayger; S/Ldr. F. E. Watts, R. A. U. Todd; Th. G. Glelchmann, Lt. I. L. E. MacMillan, J. K. Gale; C. P Llston, H. F. Earl, R. B. R. Todd, R. W. F. von Pestel, A. Fraser.
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    HOCKEY CANCELLED
    29 12 The hockey match between the Khalsa Sports Club and the Poet Office Sports Club, which was to have been played on the P.O. ground yesterday, was cancelled.
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    F.A. Cup Draw
    54 12 HTHE draw for the semi-flnai of the SJU.A. Cup is as follows: Pulau Brani v. RAJ", on Monday. MT.A. v. Royal Artillery on Tuesday. Both the matches will be played at the Anson Road Stadium, at 5.15 p.m. The date of the final has provisionally been fixed
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    SINGAPORE C.C. DEFEAT C.S.C.
    305 12 Ch*ss AN interring match was played against the Chinee^ Swimming Club by th 2 Singapore Che:s Clvb t who won by 6 wins to 3. At the three top boards Messrs. Pankrift. Wilmot and Peck secured victories fcr the Chess Club. An interesting encounter was witnessed
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    Y.M.C.A. HOCKEY
    73 12 The following will play hockey for tLe Junior Department against the Lcyals Regiment today at Gillman Barracks at 5.15 p.m.: Players are requested to meet at the Y.M.C-A.. Orchard Road at 4.40 pan. Wee Hong Kirn. J. B. Shaw. Lan Hcpe, Tan Guan Kiat, Goh Chin Chyr, Wong
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    ISLAND CLUB MEDAL
    61 12 The Island Club October LC.U. competition held on Tuesday, resulted m a win for Mrs. G. F. Slmond v;ith a nett score cf 66. The following were some cf the best cards returned. Mrs. G. F. Simond 90 24=66 Mrs. E. Ruddock 90—19=71 Mrs. C. A. R.
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    I.A. TEAM TO PLAY S.R.C.
    55 12 The following will represent the first team of the Indian Association at hockey to be played today against the S.R.C. first team on the latter'^ ground. Hari Sing; Chatterjee and B. S. Varma; Gupta, Baskaran and Paul-" Ibrahim, Thar?m Singh, Chowdhury' Harban Singh and Dho
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    COMBINED STATES XV.
    40 12 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Oct. 13. The Negrl-Malacca rugger team on Saturday to play against the R.A.F. at Seremban Is Pinto, Drapes, Erskine, Holden, McCubbin, Undsay, Doconie, Trevor, Harding, Robey, Booker, Rennle Crawford, Burns and McLaren.
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    S.C.C. RUGBY
    69 12 The following members have accepted to play rugby for S.C.C. "B" vs. R R. "B" today at S.C.C: R. B. Melhulsh; O. W. Wolters J p Wood, E. J. p. Burley, p. D. Outwln,' R. A. Hooper, L. F. D. May. E. A, Corless. W. A. Ball, P.
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    S. R. C. Beat Cricket Club In Both Hockey Fixtures Yesterday
    480 12 POSSESSING a superior set of forwards, the Singapore Re--1 creation Club's hockey XI beat the Singapore Cricket Club, by three goals to nil, m the annual match played on the S.C.C. padang yesterday. When the S.R.C. got going they
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    SECOND TEAM
    269 12 IN a second team hockey fixture the SRC. defeated the B.CC. by four goals to one on th e S.R.C. padang. The winners fielded a strong reserve team and were superior m attack as well as m defence. With the bully-off the SRC. attacked and by short passes
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    CHINESE BEAT CRICKET CLUB
    112 12 As was expected, the S.C.C. were eliminated by the S.CJR.C. m their Kliney Cup tennis Uj, played on the padang yesterday, when the Chinese players. Ycng Loon Chong and Wong* TH*n Teck after leading 2—l In the previous day's play, won their singles matches r gainst
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    Home Soccer Fixtures
    255 12 £OMPLETE fixtures m the Home soccer 1 agues tomorrow are as below. ENGLISH LEAGUE FIRST DIVISION Birmingham vs. Derby. Bolton vs. Everton. Charlton vs. Huddersfleld. Chelsea vs. Arsenal. Leeds vs. Wolverhampton. Leicester vs. Sunderland. Liverpool vs. Aston Villa. Manchester vs. Blackpool. Middlesbrough vs. Grimsby. Preston vs. Portsmouth.
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    Change In Singapore Rugger XV
    141 12 Change In Singapore Rugger XV THERE has hm«,^ Singapore side to dUi the Cricket Club p a <i a afternoon. D. M Henderson will not v centre but will repi ace R who is unavailable. n the L m derson shouid be more at Ka new position as he has
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    PTE. CORY WINS QUEEN'S CUP
    70 12 TIIS final c[ the RAMc QftMkJ tennis tournan. y p-JJ Tp.nslin yr t.rrtay m the pwiencecll |D. H. Klc.:i~ai\ den r f 1 1925. The Cup v v !beat Sgt. Coleman G i~: mixed doubles ImMbU m Mrs. O. C. Link and P •<• J?r.kn
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    L.G.U. MEDAL
    22 12 The L.C.U. medal fOl (v yriiC <epp<»l Oolf Club v .us i b .\ji i A. 3. Menzlc; with 94—^0.-64
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