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

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    20 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 15,603. ESTD. 1835. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1838. Australian Defence Scheme 5 CENTS
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    43 MILLIONS TO BE SPENT IN NEXT 3 YEARS
    308 1 43 MILLIONS TO BE SPENT IN NEXT 3 YEARS Result Of Lessons Learnt In Crisis A R^ E SCALE CO-ORDINATION PLAN FOR AUSDEFENCE WELL PROBABLY BE Dliorl r?twtt J t°m N^ IE H ING AT CANBERRA ON «tTtp 'p?!mYi£F«, N 7s£ FEDERAL CABINET AND STATE PREMIERS AND LOCAL COUNCILS. The
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    FORMER CZECH PRESIDENT AS U.S. PROFESSOR?
    64 1 Chicago. Oct. 18. nl! OOABD MENU, former 1/ pr^ident of Czechoslovakia. has accepted an imitation to be,onif visiting profess©! at the [nnrrsit> of Chiia.;O. accoidin- to the I niv«r>it> pre>ident who intinl aifd that Dr l>nos uill leave PnflC within a Itfi weeks to
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    HOPES FOR ANGLO-JAPANESE UNDERSTANDING
    58 1 London. Oct. 18. rom the Japan today to Mr. v .ia. Japanese Amba.ssaJapanese Emr was pro as .1 mark of rk in London. P: 1 1 Sir Francis i regret V eparture. Ho addpd the ambass.t--n utual undert'ri€r jjfaip between cilfiovtt la family !ev?c visß Washrefused
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    CURFEW IMPOSED IN JERUSALEM
    25 1 >. Oct 10. JIX-HOI B enrfew has been the !< lem, bcginalmi Jl »clock tonight Jerusalem and i with fixed! ie suburbs. Reuter
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    POLICE UNDER MILITARY CONTROL
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    PREMIER ENDS HOLIDAY
    16 1 lUmcUn, Oct. 18. learln, scotbeen spending a I 1U preside met on W«l.
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    AFTERMATH OF ARAB ATTACK
    85 1 AFTERMATH OF ARAB ATTACK toO£Z'*»? ARABS were killed fn two engagements between British troops and planes and brigands in the Tiberias. Palestine, area last week J^n jZTThlV^i^ b€ the remUants f the n which malsTcTed Royal nster iSSST" f E**?™* SUnday ere en wd mcn aircraft pf fles K and
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    CAPTURE OF CANTON IN TWO WEEKS?
    207 1 tvtfwspap™* u Hong Kon *> Oct 18 JVi^VM'AFKKh here give prominence to the accounts of a major battle raging near Tsanghsinfr, 45 miles east ef Canton where the Chinese are said to have held up the Japanese for 36 hours. Reuter learns, however, from
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    Ireland's 'End Partition' Campaign
    228 1 Ireland's 'End Partition' Campaign Dublin, Oct. 18. jyp. de Valera presided at a meeting of the special subcommittee established to inaugurate the campaign at home and abroad in favour of an early end cf partition of the country. The meeting approved Mr. de Valera's poli-y of offering Northern i-.i th*
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    Japanese Claim Successes
    128 1 Japanese Claim Successes Tokio, Oct. 18. A NUMBER of Japanese successes are claimed in dispatches received here from various fronts, including the capture of Yanghsin which is described as an important Chinese base on the HankowCanton railway after a two-day converging movement by three. Japanese detachments. On the north Yangtse
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    "Germany Won't Have All Her Own Way"
    83 1 "Germany Won't Have All Her Own Way" Paris, Oct. 18. riHE view that Germany is not likely to have things all her own way in her apparent intention to dominate the markets of South East Europe, following the tour of Herr Funk, German Minister of Economics, is expressed by a
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    Crisis Troops Released
    51 1 Berlin, Oct. 18. nELEASE began today of several hundreds of thousands of reservists who were called up during the crisis. Others, whose two year military service expired at the end of September, are also returning to their homes. The release Is being spread over a fortnight. Re
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    French A rms Industry In Grave State?
    168 1 French A rms Industry In Grave State? A Paris, Oct. 1«. 45 HOUR week instead of a 40 hour week for men engaged lu aircraft construction Ls d^reed by the Minister of Labour, in agreement with the Minister of Air. This is in accordance with the arbitration award announced in
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    STOP PRESS
    74 1 (From Our Own Correspondent > P London, Oct. 18. OSSIBILITY of Germany demanding the Malay State* was mentioned by Mr. Harold Nicolson (Labour) addressing h« constituents at Leicester. He said Germany would sooner or later demand colonies. It was almost Impossible to tell Tanganyika they must return to
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    U.S. REGARDS GERMANY AS AGGRESSOR
    154 2 Cause Of American Armament Scheme? Washington, Oct. 18. AMERICA is about to embark upon a rearmament pro- gramme of breath-taking proportions for which she holds Germany responsible, declares Mr. David Lawrence, one of Washing ion's most conservative publicists. This statement is made in articles syndicated
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    GOODBYE BROADWAY AT CAPITOL
    79 2 GOODBYE BROADWA Y AT CAPITOL OOD3YE proadway," with Cnarles Winning*! and Alice Brady. I which opened at the Capitol, Singa- pert, last night is the story of a vaudeville troupe, but lacks the usual j musical comedy finish. The two stars as troopers in a small tewn, suddenly find themselves
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    BRITISH INSTITUTE IN BUCHAREST
    167 2 BRITISH INSTITUTE IN BUCHAREST London. Oct. 18. ON the occasion of the open in s of the British Institute in Bucharest, telegrams signed by Lord Lloyd i chairman of the British Council, and Iby Mcnsieur Tilea, president of Anglo- Rumanian Society, were sent to King George and King Carol, who
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    Prince Chula's Bear
    230 2 Prince Chula's Bear (From Our Own Correspondent* London, Oct. 11. PRINCE Chula of Siam 1 cousin of Prince Bira, the racing motorist) recently acquired a bear, as pet from a Lcndon animal dealer. Subsequently, the Prince decided to send the bear to Bangkok and yesterday the animal was caged in
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    BIBLE SOCIETY MEETING
    80 2 THE first public annual meeting of 1 the British and Forei< .1 Bible Society, Sir.grapcre, *rill be held in the Wesley Hal at 9.13 p.m. tomorrow. The Rt. Rev. b. c. Roberts Bishop of Singapore, wttl preside. The annual report will be submitted Iby the .secretary, Mr.
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    Gunners To Play Airmen In Cup Final
    420 2 MALAYS BEATEN BY ONE GOAL TO NIL yilE Royal Artillery «Changi> qualified to meet the Royal Air Force jin the final of the S.A.F.A. Cup com- petition at the Stadium yesterday, ibcating the Malays by the solitarv goal scored in tho second half.
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    Japan's Fate Staked On S. China Invasion
    307 2 Hankow, Oct. 18. IN an open Message to overseas Chinese, Gen. Chiang: Kai Shek assures them that the Japanese military are staking the fate of the whole of Japan on the invasion of South China and ur^es them to exert their utmost in
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    WOMEN'S MEDAL AT BUKIT TIMAH
    150 2 The L.G.U. competition f|| play*: a at Bukit Tim ah on Monday and resulted in a win for Miss S. Lucas with a net score of 69. Tho foUowin; were the cards returned: Miss TS. I.uras 80 IT: 6C Mrs. R. Wakef ord 93 23
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    Y.M.C.A. TENNIS
    53 2 Dr. G. Haridas and A. H. Yap 3o) beat K. Kcguti and K. Yoshii (—l5) in the handicap men's doubles in a tie of the Y.M.C.A. lawn tennis tournament played yesterday. The unfinished game in the men's "B" singles final between U C. Goh and Mohamed Hussein will
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    Y.W.C.A. CLASS PROGRAMME
    53 2 Dressmaking, international cookery. French conversation, "keep fit" and handcraft classej are announced in the Singapore Y.W.C.A. new programme. Classes are open to women and girls of all nationalities and are organised, not only as part of the Y.w.CA. educational programme, but as a means of creating frimdsh'p
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    32 2 picture-. The IMP director of the rnriujuese naval dockyard at the fortified island of Macao. Mr. V. Abrantes Pereira. who arrived at Singapore yesterday in the Rotterdam Uovd liner Sibajak. Free Press
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    NEW NAZI TERROR BEGINS
    266 2 NEW NAZI TERROR BEGINS 1 1 ERR HIMULMR, head 0/ the Gcstupo. Nazi secret p:iicc, is directing a nac terror drive throughout Germany to stamp out tlic "defeatist spirit" that shoiced itself during thr recent crisis, according to reports current in London. Radical Naal quart-crs have express ed themselves as
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    Soviet Attack On Litidberfl
    128 2 vi&Jlcd Soviet Kuvsia nened the annu.i >lir violently ntt organ Praxis Ho k alicepe! t. M dining at Ihi Astor, M is left v.i\ cf chr.a*/* Imrtkfr dared that th, ccpclilc of defca:. air JU i sia and r. Co!. Lindbergh i w em having said
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    Mr. Duff Cooper Confidence Voce
    81 2 ppnup um Kail. L nci ofl tli a th st c > lha p n.ir.ilt' II; a resolution st.«n Jlder thcr..s< tv< I .it pi n< r.\l rltd The l Mr Dull C t complet. a.of th, J r ml crnm It iCooper emp tl
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    ATLANTIC FLYER CRASHES
    28 2 ATLANTIC FLYER CRASHES T pa* Alexander M airman. Iroin Hi H faeroai I when the r H ofT lor Natal. H m cupt Papi I ihu: 1 Reuter
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    ROYAL FAMILY RETURNS TO LONDON
    21 2 The Kin« by Princes i .v J Margaret, left Ml** train on t! v Irom Balm.
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      10 2 ■ft* a SCHICK DRY SHAVpb STOCKED BY MEDICAL HALL LTn
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    200 Ricksha Pullers Unabl fo Leave Singapore For China
    102 3 A/AR FORCES SHIP rn CHANGE PLAN «o uaiiin d dav >vith their wordl > belongings, 10 Singapore ricksha pullers, who decided yesunl t 0 China, did not leave Singapore as steamer An'.iui, because at the last moreceived in tructions that she
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    NEW COMMODORE DUE
    27 3 who will L Clarke led to England Nov. ;ed some I [or the past two H. M. Clarke has per? rl I ward the
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    New Traffic System For Singapore
    294 3 New Traffic System For Singapore WHEN, in a feu weeks' time, a new system of traffic eont/ol lights is introduced at six intersert:on> in Singapore main th Toushfare from Tank Road to North Bridge Road, traffic at rush hcurs wlfl h^v« an almost uninterrupted passage. The new systam has been
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    CHANDU TIED ROUND HIS WAIST
    70 3 A lenience or' 12 months* rlgcrsvi] iir.priscnrr.ent waj passed en a Chinese. Blow Eru Lai. oy Mr. H. A. Forrer. the Singapore Criminal District Court Judge, jrettcrdaj en a cliargs c IpOSSestlng $105 worth cf ncn-Govcrr- ment chandu. en toard the ss. 0.0. Pasquier. which
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    PULLERS "CHOPPED" ARMS
    48 3 An immigration officer (top) inspecting: the chopped arms of Singapore ricksha pullers, who were to have b?cn repatriated to China yesterday. Below Ricksha pullers with their wjrdly belongings waiting near the Immigaticn Depot, Singapore Harbo r Board to board the steamer Anhul in the Roads.
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    Transport Tribunal Opens Today
    132 3 HEARING of evidence before the arbitration tribunal set up by Government to inquire into the issues between the Singapore Traction Company, Ltd., and it employees, arising: out of the transport strike some weeks ago, will begin today. The hearing is expected to occupy some time, as
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    Blind Boy To Bead Scriptures
    106 3 A BLIND boy from the Salvat.cn Army Flomc will read a selection trom the scriptures at the firsi public WMttl mee'ing cf the British z.n& Toreign Bible Society which will b- htlJ i?i the V/eslcy Hall. Singapore, en Oct. 20, at Ml p.n. The scrintures
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    SMOKE HOUSE INN
    23 3 Th^ c??nir.rr c£ Smclio Honso Inn. Bintansr,* Camcr-n Highland? v.i 1 takj pUCfI en th3 evening cf Thursday. Oct. 7.
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    News In Brief
    346 3 MB. W. G. Stewart, Senior feed tlv3 Engineer in tlie Ma 1 ay an rvblic Wor'ca vice, has been appointed senior Executive Engineer, Klnta. T;i:: ne-,v Frei.ch Ccnsul-Cer.cral for Singapore. M. J. Pingaud cf the head oflice, Ministry of Foreign AtTairs. Paris, will arrive at Singapore today
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    Quarrel Over Goats Alleged
    164 3 Indians Sent To Assizes TWO Indians, llarnam Singh and Part h Singh, were committed for trial at th? MB| assifes, bv Mr. G. S. Rawlings. th? Third Singapore Police Court Magistrate, yesterday, after a preliminary inquiry held in* to a charge against them of attempted murder
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    CLERKS HAVE NO LEADER—NO UNITY
    778 3 CLERKS HAVE NO LEADER— NO UNITY Free Press Reader Declares THE leading article in the Free Press on Monday on the conditions under which Singapore clerk's work has brought a letter from a reader, a Singapoi'e clerk, who, after summing up the clerk's position, declares that no unity exists among
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    USE- OFnNARCOTICS^PREADING IN CHINA
    790 4 USE OFnNARCOTICS^PREADING IN CHINA Ja^nese Influence Being Felt TWO items dealing with the drug evil Lmsje z.x sum aas a the courts are busy dealing out convictions to drug dealers. That the drug menace in China is a hydra-headed monster is certainly past any denying, but it is significant to
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    Chinese Hero Commended
    149 4 rfHE Executive Yuan has decided to I commend Mo Ma-hou. a villager at Tunschwantsun in Hotsmg. southwest Shansi. for his loyalty and bravery. Mo. according to a telegram received bv the Yuan from General Yan Jttlshan was forced to do espionage for the Japanese after they occupied
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    Japanese Shansi Losses Are Heavy
    430 4 COUNTRYSIDE SUFFERS FROM INVASION TN a delayed message, the Shansi Province correspondent of the North 1 China Daily News, British-owned and edited English daily paper in Shanghai, gives interesting details of Japanese losses in Shansi Province, and at the same time reveals the tremendous damage
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    Foreign Shipping At Tsingtao
    302 4 Thv Miiuvtion with regard to ioreUn tradinc in Tsingtao has now become so serious that British. American. German md other foreign businessmen hjre ire unanimous in the view that, unless son? netion-is taken by their respective Governments, foreign trading interests wi! 1 be completely driven out
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      863 4 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE BOARD RESIDENCE. birth. SEA FRONT JOSEPH- At Singapore on Oct. 18 to katONC GRANGE—*;. Meyer Rd •army wile of Ellis Joseph a daughter. (near Swimmin2 clnb) Board -Residence at moderate rates TENDERS. l-arue Gardens— Tennis. Phone: 5758. SINGAPORE HUN.CIPAI..TY. THE MANSION Tend™. OXLEY RISE renders are
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    QUIET WEEK OF TRADING FOR SINGAPORE
    865 5 QUIET WEEK OF TRADING FOR SINGAPORE NO APPRECIABLE CHANGES THE Singapore share market has experienced another week of quiet trading and conditions generally shew no appreciable change from last week. The turnover in commodity shares has possibly declined slightly, but Industrials have come in for a fair amount of attention
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    RUBBER EXPORT RIGHTS TRANSFERRED
    73 5 THE following transfers of export 1 rights for rubber between Admini istrations in Malaya took place in the third quarter of this year, states the Controller of Rubber. Total transfers Net transfers Administrations From To Pram To F.M.S. 534,789 734.746 109,957 S.S. Mainland 399,678 127.857 271.821
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    STRAITS CHINESE BRITISH ASSOCIATION
    116 5 I A total membership of 844 Ls recordj ed in the annual report of the Straits Chinese British Association. Singa--1 pore, to be presented at the annual meeting of the association at 5.15 p.m. on Friday. The membership comprises 214 life members, 352 ordinary members and
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    EX-SERVICES ASSN. DINNER
    32 5 A dinner will be held by the Singapore branch of the Ex-Services Association of Malaya at the Adelphi Hotel on Friday, Nov. 11, the 20th anniversary of Armistice Day.
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      31 5 *ftr Day *.<-*-*"■ ]l%Xa tt-PabUc Examination or flUrt j|Jrw Pei., Kim Gammon M Ju .«h, Horne in 3rd 10 30 a.m. 0t Al 5 38— Norman Elvira J3nB N. Menon .umy (m.V.)
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1938. Singapore Traffic
    633 6 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1938. Singapore Traffic 'T'HE modern system of traffic control by co-ordinated lights which is to be introduced in Orchard Road will be the first large-scale recommendation of the Trimmer Traffic Committee to be adopted. The system, on which work has already started and
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    How Russia Would Have Acted If War Had Come
    930 6  -  Walter Duranty By WALTER DVRANTY. the writer of the following article, is known throughout the world as an expert in international affairs. He is the chief correspondent of the New York Times in Moscow, and he has also written a number
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    GREAT BRITISH AIR RECORD
    172 6 GREAT BRITISH AIR RECORD IMPERIAL AIRWAYS has gained a world-wide reputation for tho high standard of passenger comfort in its aeroplanes. This reputation was greatly enhanced by the Heracles type of 38-passenger aircraft which operates the London-Paris route. The original Heracles aeroplane has Just celebrated her seventh birthday, and has
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      118 6 CALDB E C K 'S COX KINGS (AGENTS) LIMITED arrange SHORT TRIPS TO CAIRO for Homeward bound passengers. Apply for particulars to PATERSON, SIMONS CO., LTD. or to any of Cox and Kings Offices PORT SAID, CAIRO, LONDON, ETC. V*^ S''"iiihiiii''^^W teNJsl^^^^W you have an Automatic <L any time all
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      26 6 LINENS that make your table the envy of your friends are to be had at at popular prices. 18 Battery Road, -iB Ist floor Phone 7143
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    MAJORITY OF RICKSHA PULLERS WILLING TO RETURN TO WORK
    381 7 Small Section Still Wants Settlement THOUGH the majority of Singapore ricksha pullers are willing to return to the streets, a small section, it is understood, still refuse to resume work until a settlement has been reached in the pullers' dispute over
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    20 7 bearing the coffin of the rick>ha puller who died when pullers clashed with police. l!e!ow: Police u.iUh the funeral procession.
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    Maximum Penalty For Chinese Rioters
    415 7 Story Of Arab Street Clash Over Rickshas I AS a sequel to the rioting in Arab Street. Singapore, on .Monday morning, when two ventured on the street with their rickshas and were attacked by o crowd, the inciin a clash with the police, four and
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    SHIPPING MANAGER MARRIES
    61 7 THE veucling took place at the Singa- I pcr-c Registry yesterday of Mr. Aerrout Johannes Ramondt, manager j of the* Java- China-Japan line. Sourabaya, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. E. I Ramcndt, of Hilversum. Netherlands Indie?, and Iris Mary Montgomery of Christchurch, New Zealand. and daughter
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    Stone Caused Car's Swerve?
    113 7 A FINE of $20 was imposed on a Chinese. Lim Tcck Kim. by the Criminal District Cjurt Judge, yesterday, on his pleading guilty to charges of causing grizvous hurt and causing hurt by negligent driving. Chief Court Inspector MacQuarrie said that l-.e would offer no evidence
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    JAPAN RAYON OUTPUT
    33 7 Production of rayon (excluding staple fibre) in Japan in August was still further curtailed, totalling only *****,400 lb. against 14.323.200 lb. in July and 28,879,400 lb. in August last year.
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    Crashed When Avoiding A Cyclist
    168 7 Crashed When Avoiding A Cyclist IN BTcliiag a cyclist, who had suddenly crossed his path, a motur-lorry driver swerved and crashed into a ricksha and another motor-lorry, at the junction of Beach Reid and Rochorc Road, Singapore. A3 a result c: the accident a Chines? passenger in the ricksha received
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    WARNING TO EUROPEAN HOUSEHOLDERS.
    80 7 WARNING TO EUROPEAN HOUSEHOLDERS. (Itam Our Ow:\ Corrapcade&t.) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 18. Jewellery and ether valuables Of considerable value have been taken from European houses In the past few weeks. The belief that thes^ burglaries are carefully thought out Is supported by the fact that goods have been removed when
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    Prison Sentence Sequel To Triple Tragedy
    395 7 AS a sequel to a midnight triple tragedy in a motor crash at Serangoon Road, Singapore, on Apr. 29, resulting in the death of two Chinese, occupants in the car, and a Tamil on the road, Poh Choo Lai, an insurance agent, was found
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    M.C.S. Man To Marry
    78 7 (From Our Own Correspondent* London, Oct. 11. The engagement of Mr. David Gray, of the Malayan Civil Service, elder son of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Gray, of Carlisle, to marry Miss Betty Rosalie Humphry, youngest daughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. P. R. Humphry,
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    50 7 A petition for the release of Pastor Martin Nlemoller, who has been In a concentration camp for months owing to his opposition to the "Nazlflcatlon" of the German Church, signed by the full names of 700 Berlin women, who gave their adresses, has recently been s?nt to various German authorities.
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    RIOTING INCITEMENT ALLEGED
    74 7 4MEGKD to liavr incited ricksha n«ri« i to riot. thre© Chinese, Ah I <•> Moi, Ang Min Terk and Kow Eh Mo> appeared in the Singapore Second Police Court, yestcrda>. All claimed trial to the charges. Ah Tee Moi, it is alleged, incite! rioting in Queen Street,
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      25 7 I JLQN^GHT I !1 »'-":n ft His 'aim I lm fTE TAW Y ou with DA CE MUSIC 9.30 rnuui I *T THE I RESTAURANT
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      52 7 Here's fsj Another i asteful Selection Robinson's- K ff|es pia Did you MACLEAN your teeth to-day? .m «*A-ha-a-a!!" MACLEANS^ yil'jL l PEROXIDE MHiMHp«Mi A. T. G.iw-ipv* pypp u n ff noijj^ w lUOTH PASTE s£j loutr/t to l«ft. If vou Mt a solid dentif r u e. try Macleans Soli<f
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    A Girl May Not Marry
    1025 8 A Girl May Not Marry SINGAPORE SCREEN 7he World Where BY OUR FILM CORRESPONDENT IT is apparent that every angle of prison life is to be explored in the present craze for crime films of which all are seen in Singapore, of course. The latest exploit of the prison story
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      580 8 ARMS USELESS ON A WET DAY. Rheumatism Made Work A Torture I Here is a remarkable instance of the manner in which damp weather can affect the joints of one who is subject to rheumatism. i "I had been suffering from rheumatism very badly." a man writes, "and had had
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      644 9 iP\\ ELLERMAN BUCKHALL S.S. Co., Ltd. Ql, v HAVRE LONDON ROTTERDAM HAMBURG VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL /kWtf^amjBm SB$W\ FOR HA FA BOSTON NEW YORK BALTIMORE A*sj E^si .1^ 7 fct W I CITY Qv ATHENS II iHI^^^^I I ISTHMifiK STEAMSHIP COMPANY JBJillltflllr 3Ji^ FCF ATLANTIC COAST PORTS O^ U.S.A.
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      676 9 iXOCOrpontod In Straits I Ocean Buifain*,, Collyer Quay, Singapore Tc!. 5151 Chartered Bank Bui'ding, Penang Tel. 1366 BLUE FUNNEL LINE. FAST WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON NORTH CONTINENT (In conjunction Glen Line) AND FAST FORTNIGHTLY SERVIC MARSEILLES GLASGOW. sSF s Ma-. R^^ g o^ M^ h I?* Bz CALCHAS Lon.. R'dam. H'burg.
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      588 10 A?kc A e JLYJL* TllEDENS— Wednesday. Oct. 19. Muntok and Palembang. TOGlAN— Wednesday, Oct. 19, T-engkal, Moeara-Saba and DJambl. MAPI A— Wednesday, Oct. 19, Prigi-Radja, Sapat, Temibilahan, PoeloePallas, Pen galian -Estate arid Rengat. VALENTUN— Wednesday, Oct. 19. Belawan-Deli. VAN HEUTSZ— Wednesday. Oct. 19, Penang and Belawan-Deli. TOMOHON— Thursday. Oct. 20,
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      579 10 JOINT SERVICE OF PRINCE LINE SILVER LINE FOR HALIFAX, BOSTON, NEW YORK, BALTIMORE AND PHILADELPHIA, VIA CAPE 0F Sa <*°° D Singapore Singapote New Vork MS. SILVERWALNUT In Pert Oct. 25 Dec. 9 M.V. SIAMESE PRINCE Nov. 1 Nov. 9 uec. m M.V. SILVERASH :iov. 19 Nov. 25 Jan iM.V.
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      445 10 O. S- K. LINE TOR AFRICA AM» SOUTH AMIItK [Santos Mara Buenos Aires via Oiombo, Dm tun < Town, (110 de lanebo. Santos an.j Montet Atlas Mara Dakar via Colombo. Lourenro Maro Durban, Lobito. Matadl. Duala. V<y 1 court, Lagos. Cotonau. Accra. Takuradl Eouet. Monrovia and Conakry China Marn Mossel
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      239 10 Local And Foreign >'<"' Dispatches <t A rrivab DISPATCHES BY TRAIN Bangkok every Saturday 1 am Thursday 7.43 a.m Swettenham, Taiping and TrloLAnson, Weekdays* Kota Bahru. Kuala Krai. Thurj- Shanghai day and Friday Sunday 7 a.m. E "W y :>l Or Kuala Lumpur and Penanj X^ i Weekdays 74 j
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    SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES
    857 11 Last Night's Quotations Fraser And Co.'s List MJMNG Buvers Sellers 4s 4>,d 5s l.c 28s 30s nom 43s 47s nom d) .-53 2* 6d 60 -05 m 3d 24s 3d 1 43 1.48 llstd 21s 6d 22s Cd •i. 9d lla 9d .7* -R4 *d
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    LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCK & SHARE
    501 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 Previously otherwise stated Conversion Loan. 5 p.c. 1944-64.... 109 3 4 109 3 4 Funding Loan, 4 p.c. 1960-90 108 4 108*4 War Loan. 2V 2 p.c 100V
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    140 11 ISSUED BY FRASER AND CO. AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS YESTERDAY MINING. Tin at midday was 104.25, down S1 3 8 According to cable advices from London this morning the tin share market there was mostly a sellers one although prices showed little chanre. Locally dollar issues
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    163 11 OCT. 18 SELLING London T.T. -*3 T London demand -'3"< Lyons demand 2369 Switzerland demand 242 Hamburg demand 133'^ New York demand S4 s Montreal demand Batavia demand Samaran? demand 39 Calcutta, Bombay and Ran roc n demand 153 s Madras and Colombo demand Hong Kong demand
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    MANILA GOLD SHARE MARKET
    70 11 Previous Today's Asked Bid Asked Bid Pesos Airuiinol: 0.3G 0.35»s 0.35» 2 0.35 AtOk 0.33 0.32 0.32i 0.22 Coco Grove Q.ttft 0.43 0.42 1 Demonstration 0.27 U O.LT OJf7% 0.27 IXL 0.62 0.61 0.63 0.62 Masbatc 0.23 0.22 2 0.23'^ 023 Mines Operationa MS 0.11*2 012
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    CHAMBER UK COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION
    76 11 OCT. 18. 11 O'CLOCK NOON Iluyers >tll<TS No. I.X.RS.S. in cases (F.0.8. October) i3 M Good F.A Q. in bales (FOB. October) 28 28 'j No. I X.R.S.S. t Spot-loose) iauardable Sineajxjre -8* W% No. IX R.S.S. Octol^r ;8s 25.-m£'. j9 Apr- June 29^ Tone
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    THE METAL MARKETS
    49 11 J^um London: Latest Quotations I" £20° 1 Previously: £208 12s. 6d. Ir| ln C209 7s. W Previously: £209 12s. 6d Previously: 45.85. ,J Previously: £48 7s. Gd. mh -fi UfK £7 =o Previously: £1 6s. Od :r 6 1Q1 Previously: 19 9 16d. Previously: IS 516d
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    THE COMMODITY MARKETS
    185 11 From London 5. 30. p. m. Yesterday RUBBER: Dull. mmM London' 8 3 B d. 8 7 1Cd Previously: 84d. 8 9 16d Jan -Mar: 8» 2 d. 8 9 16d. Previously: 8* B d. 8 1116c! \r>ril-June 8 9 16d. 8 5 8 d- Previously: 8
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    63 11 London Closing Quotations __^_^_aa^_»a*T^BaT«-Ba^_l-B».___i_Mßa»a_»-__»_»-_«_^ a«_Ba«_«_™-»»TB^«B^^ a*»» Method ol Parity belore Latest Centre Quoting 20-9-31 Rate Prevlouslt p£s SSiCtOiB 121.1 173 11|?6 178 lUt New York... to 4£ 4.75% 4.74Amsterdam Guilders to *W\ 8.73W tWJ Hong Kong Per dollar is. 215 16J. is 215 IM. Shanghai... .*er dollar
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      374 11 BANK OF CHINA (Incorporated in China d> Bp<c:ai Coarter). 11. Cecil siirft. Singapore Telephones: Managers Office H Asst. Manager's OffK-e Etrhangr Dent. t4U Geneial Office Mtt-t Cable Address: :n m;ki o raid Up Capital Ch V 4C.n00 i-«o M Uesrrve Funds In excess of Ch I 1.800 O JO Oi
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      37 11 CLEARANCES Oct 18" Angelina <Dut>; Gran (Panama); London Manx .Jap>; Glenbeg. Anhui Jerantut (Brit): Hin Ann (Tganu.; Meran, Esmeralda, Hong Thong. Hong Lam B Oct.*l9: Bengalen (Dut); Prrak (Brit): Kho«n Hoea rDut.). Oct. 20: Bcott Harley (Brit.).
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      227 11 R.S.Y.C. RACES On Fritia: there will be the usual afterncon races at tne R.S.Y.C. lor all classes, starting at 5.25 p.m. On Sunda;; the International sixmetre cUl c s will sail the second ract Tor Alexander Chaileng- Trophy, start ing at 10 a.m. The "B" class uill sail the first
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    FOUR WINNERS FOR HOBBS AT IPOH YESTERD^
    323 12 Dodd In Good Form: Three Firsts WHERE AM I WINS IN RECORD TIME (From Our Own Correspondent) Gnnn j- a j j Ipoh > Oct 18 OOD dividends featured the opening day of the Perak Turf Club's Autumn meeting: here this afternoon. Irainer
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    FIGHTING A CALAMITY
    2020 12 We may safely refrain from w>ighins the pio; nnd conj o: the theory of relativity, whilst recognising tha' everything In this world must be considered In a relative way. Prom tha most far distant agea unj.e history ha; b?en determined by chroniclers, the world has undergone many
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    Y.M.C.A. BEAT AIRMEN 4-2
    140 12 "THE YM.C.A. beat the R.A.F. with comparative ease by four goal* to y :s o teV d a7 CrP 10 at F0 C.nn£M t h f A^r; e rr n at a^ ass y"m r°A te red K ttle "PW'ion" f.,e The t,m b h a
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    Cricket Club Beat Blakan Mati 11 Points To Three
    255 12 Cricket Club Beat Blakan Mati 11 Points To Three ALTHOUGH not of a very high standard Ik. ril A between the S.C.C. "A" ami the R.A. Hlak u." interesting. The Club after a keen tussle defVaiiJ a 1 pr<n ners by 11 points (one goal ami two tries) to In
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    Results Of S.C.R.C. Lawn Tennis Ties
    266 12 Results Of S.C.R.C. Lawn Tennis Ties THE following are results of ties of I the SCR C. open lawn tennis tournament, played yesterday: Open Singles: Yong Loon Chong beat 8 Abed 6 3. 6 l. Open Mixed Doubles: Mr. and Mrs Warden beat Mrs. T. W. Ong and Claong Thutt
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    ARMY XV TO PLAY VOLUNTEERS
    99 12 THERE will be no training for the t?am this week owirg to the S.C.C tournament match today. Lieut. J. A. RundaJl IRA.I; Lieut J S S t (RA> L.'CpL Richardson fR.A.M.C >, 2 Lieut. J. E. P. Pierce (RA.) Spr. Cole <R.E>; Lieut. O. Flndlay
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    RAFFLES COLLEGE BEAT TEACHERS
    51 12 RAFFLES COLLEGE BEAT TEACHERS names College b^at Singapore to.i hby 22 poinu t> hree in a rugby match played on the College ground yesterday. Scorers were Mln Tat (2) Guan Onn, Wood Kan. Wen« Choon f.rc pped a goal and Min Kee corn-erted (hreo. The Trachcrs were awarded a penalty
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    CHINESE TO FORM RUGGER CLUB
    15 12 ■Uttfci premises a' )>. Bridge Roro this < consider t) r forn
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