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

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 15,610. ESTD. 1835. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1938. 5 CENTS
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    ANOTHER NEWS SERVICE FOR FREE PRESS
    132 1 kt irran^ecl to supplement its foreign news THE Free lr X Snatches from the British United Press. I nffkt^ 11 which to British organisation with corresTbi> n o aee 'l f the world, enjoys an unsurpassed record in indents in all P^ eftwvrkaN in
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    CHINESE AID POPPY DAY
    36 1 Poppy Das >' -General t c om8M.8.C. microneeds ol claim on A generoH man* mmuDay function* sense lebt ol hon »ur, which j think o: Mem to Let u j something j pteaaare
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    Thousands Visit Abbey Grounds
    41 1 POPPIES PLANTED London, Nov. j rth side Abbey, in recent custom. :o the public. of whom ppiea in the Great Hid. ntinued last night aai midnighl being Armistice Sunday. parades 01 ex- ere held Bri ish Wire-
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    Prince Gaoled On Serious Charge
    28 1 Prince Gaoled On Serious Charge v Berlin, v,v. Friedtieh Leopold, of !*J was sentenced le imprisonment. to an official an--s*2* to, charge us one \g**i i Mral offence-
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    R.A.F. Moves Into New Home
    111 1 London. Nov. 7. THE Air Ministry plans to move in a day or two into the largest air force headquarters in the world. The site is on Berkeley Square, and originally was purchased by the Canadian Pacific Ra Iways for a hotel. The Canadian Pacific
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    International Justice Held To Be At Stake
    201 1 International Justice Held To Be At Stake CHINESE ASSEMBLY VIEW Chungking, Nov. 7. "EVERYTHING we predicted at the beginning k of the war has turned out exactly as we anticipated;' said Mr. Wang Ching Wei, in his address at the conclusion today of the Chme.se National Assembly's seven-day meeting. "China
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    166 1 "REVENGE" IS CRY Paris. Nov. 7. y-RSCHEL Feibel Grynszpan. a 17I 4 year-old Polish Jew. today entered the office o£ Herr von Rath .secretary at the German Embassy, and shot the German twice, once in the shoulder and once near the Uyer. As he fired from his revolver, the Jew
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    NEW DEAL ON
    29 1 ITALIAN NAVAL RATINGS aboard the 7,000-ton, 40-knot, Italian cruiser Raimondo Montecuccoli at work while their ship was berthing at Singapore yesterday for her four days* visit.
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    Aviation Circles Hail R.A.F.'s New Achievement
    299 1 a VIATION circles in all lands Hjc A hi-h praise to the pilots and i crews in the Royal Air Force's spectacular flight which yesterday broke the world's long distance record vhhe Wing Commander Gayford r eceiveb B^aln R r w^ld stop air record
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    TRIAL AT U.S. POLLS TODAY
    166 1 Election Interest At Fever Heat POSITION IN NEW YORK New York, Nov. 7. FORTY million American voters will %o to the polls tomorrow to give the nation's verdic* on President Roosevelt's New Deal when the entire membership of the House of Representatives, oie third of
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    Cantonese Troops Attack Enemy
    158 1 - REINFORCEMENTS ARRIVE I Chungking. Nov. 7. I f^ANTONESE forces, now reinforced I J bv central units from Hunan and i iKiangsi. have started a general attack en the Japanese stationed in the districts east of Canton. I The towns of Waichow and Waiyang are reported to
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    Soviet Rattles The Sabre
    142 1 JAPANESE TAUNTED Moscow, Nov- 1. M. Stalin, todav reviev _d the crarl; rocp, of th-* garrison ::i an lmpre_Ive parade en Red Square. M. Stalin was accompanied Ly laiabal Vorcsliilov. Commander 01 he Rv*l Armv, and M. Malotov, Prenier ol the Soviet Union. The review ta
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    Sino-Soviet Amity Stressed
    76 1 Chungking Nov. 7. Sino-Sovlet friendship today i* stressed in Chungking newspapers, in which Lenin. Sun Yat-sen. Stalin and Chiang Kai-shek's portraits appear in special supplements on the occasion ot the 21st anniversary of the October Revolution. Editorials emphasise that "since thwar. Russia has been Chinas good friend
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    Overseas Citizens Spread Reich Influence
    448 2 HUGE MOVEMEN Present Aims Asserted Mainly Cultural Berlin, Nov. 7. rONSOLIDATION of nearly 80,000,000 continental Germans into one "Greater Reich" by Hitler's two thrusts of 1938 has lent new impetus to the pan-Germanism of the Nazi Party's "Auslandsorganization", dedicated to binding fast to the homeland
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    Crowds Hail Farouk
    57 2 KING FAROUK of Egypt photograph as he laid the fundation stone of a new hospital, watched by Mohamed Mahuoud, the Premier, when he visited Fakkcus, where he rarried out several o^rial 'utics. He received a tunultoits welcome from the crowd, who are eagerly awaiting the happy event
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    Mr. Bartley Criticises Municipal Employees
    614 2 FEW ATTEND MEETING COMMENT on the lack of co-operation among* Singapore Municipal employees was made by the Municipal president, Mr. W. Bartley, when he referred to the poor attendance at the half-yearly general meeting of the Singapore Municipal Employees' Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society, Ltd.,
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    Trolley Bus Murder Alleged
    76 2 STABBING ON SUNDAY AS a sequel to the fatal stabbing in a trolley-bus in Hill Street on Sunday morning, Chow Lai Eng, 30--year-old Shantung land coolie' appeared before Mr. G. S. Rawiings Singapore Third Police Magistrate' yesterday. A charge of murder of a compatriot him heng
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    Car Kills Chinese
    21 2 An eight-year-old Chinese boy was 'Med by a motor-car In Jalan Besar rear the Ncv World, last nigh*:
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    Engineer Dies In Waterfront Mishap
    95 2 Engineer Dies In Waterfront Mishap QEOP.GE ADAMS, 17-year-old enginn.r apprentice from th2 Castle Line steamer Thurland Castle, berthed at the Singapore wha_\cs. jresterda. morning was killed when he fell 25 feet into a hold. It is believed Adams, together with another apprentice. lan Turner were unscrewing nu's from the fore
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    Gangsters Active Last Night
    51 2 A Cantonese pedestrian in Queen Street last night was robbed of a wallet containing $7 when one of his countrymen held him up at pistol point and two others went through his pockets. The robbers escaped. A wide police search for them was carried out last
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    What Konoye Plans For China
    177 2 What Konoye Plans For China VIEWS IN TOKIO Tokio, Nov. 7. T^HE Miyako Shimbun, popular dally, says the Premier, Prince Konoye. seems to advocate as the political system of the new China a federal system, in the broader sense, on the basis of which an Asiatic League can be formed.
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    Firm Builds A.R.P. Shelter And Trenches
    117 2 London Nov. 6. ARP. accommodation for staff of 22,000 persons, including a bomb-proof shelter at the centre for the essential control of services, a blast-proof concrete shelter for 4.000 women members of staff and extensive trench system to shelter male workers is being completed
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    Government House
    449 2 Saturday. Oct. *>•). Lt-Col. G. D. A. Fletcher and Mrs Fletcher arrived to stay at Govern men* House. Sunday. Oct. 30. Mr. A.M. Goodman and Mrs. Goodman and Lt.-Col. E. A. de Buriatt? and Mrs. de Buriatte arrived to stay at Government House. Commodore M. L. Clarke and
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    Chamberlain To Speak Today
    76 2 Chamberlain To Speak Today PROBLEMS A pouowna I Lords t omoi Minister ..J* expected o:. i Comni. 'Interest defence but islSbtfaSJ i the Premier be In VI2S deal with t! morrow. 1 The scop. Qtum^ 'ultimate,, Mr. Chamb.!.. pursue coi., Eur r an^ ;i ,'ise to speculation in pouSa as
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    Mr. D. Perreau's Death
    98 2 of a veil sian I urn |dence Ij)Oh L. short llln< Mr Pt rn [menl isrvl wai iii 1 Mr- M Mr F. .:nt(cr to I Old s.VI I a wasamr tl.i v.u. the Autt A dan t and v relative The Ven official i".e BMM
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    Diary Of The Day
    45 2 Diary Of The Day mm < U'lM'l MV, ILMAMiW ul ii ruiimv Load KO\Y v HAITI mi Armour" GLOW mi \in o: R Land! IMMIKI ROITAI B baf* NKW WOHIP night; i GREAI IVOltll' midri hatm wimui midnifl Amalour Iff st. am»i;i^ <M pi lo C
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    More Troop Laqnd In Palestine
    12 2 More Troop Laqnd In Palestine Infantry, sn I ship Vass Kcuwr^" I
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    POLICE PATROL RAID SUSPECTS
    111 3 POLICE PATROL RAID SUSPECTS afltonese On Gang Robbery Charges oil arrests ere made hy P° ,ice during the weekend nection with recent alleged armed robberies in lM trolwasonduty in Thomson Road on Sunday u two Chinese on cycles whose movements I .melon. ...thepolicv. me uw" off, but the md one
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    Increased Sentence On Acid-Thrower
    163 3 Oxn Corresp ndent.) KuaU Lumpur, Nov. 7. iken the liberty of bringing plainant t. the court so I see the full extent I received. Dented Mr H. J. Draper j i to the lull Court of sting of Terrell, Acting F.MS. Mr. Justice Mcrustice, S3, and
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    Woman 'Worships" Court
    88 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Nov. 7. PALLING on her knees and "worshipping" the court, a Tamil woman, Muniammah, created a scene in the Seremban police court today when the preliminary inquiry was held into a case in which she stood charged with voluntarily causing grievious hurt
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    JAPANESE ON CAUSING DEATH CHARGE
    66 3 JAPANESE ON CAUSING DEATH CHARGE J. IKEDA, a Japanese, appeared before Mr. L. B. Gibson, the Singapore Criminal District Court Judge yesterday in answer to a charge of causing death by a negligent act on Oct. 20 at Tanglin Road, to a Chinese, Low Ah Tai. The cas? was adjourned
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    Bride Of 10: Mother At Wedding
    93 3 New York. "THE marriage last week of a 10-year-old girl to a coal miner aged 31 In the isolated mountain region of Kentucky was revealed by the local health officer. Th? girl, Rosie Columbus, is one of a family which has lived for the
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    Law Notice For The Day
    77 3 Law Notice For The Day The Chief Justice at Kuala Lumpur Court of Appeal. Before Mr. Justice Pedlow in 2nd. Court at 10.30 am. Assizes: Rex vs. Lim Ah Kee. Rex vs. Nawab Din. Before Mr. Justice Home in 3rd. Court at 10.30 am. 5.185/38— Chia Teck Leong ors. vs.
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    CHASES
    95 3 TUNGKU MAHKOTA. Mr. W. E. Fcpys. General Adviser, Johore Lngku Aziz, Mentri Besar, and Major Musa bin Yusof are seen in the top picture taking the salute at tie turning the sod ceremony at the Fort, Johore Bahru. yesterday. Below: Inspecting the guard of honour at the ceremony, which
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    News In Brief
    124 3 MALAYAN SIKHS yesterday cale- brated the anniversary of the birth of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of the Sikh religion, who was born In Punjab about 500 years, centre of the celebrations was the Sikh Templ-e in Queen Street. The Sikh holy book was being read and
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    Prison Sentence On Rioters
    143 3 Prison Sentence On Rioters Charges After Pullers' Clash With Police OENTENCES of three months' rigorous imprisonment each were passed on the three Chinese, Ng Slew Kee, Ng Ah Too and Teng Ah Tong, in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday, by Mr. Conrad Oldham, after he had convicted them on
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    "Hit Back" Plea Fails
    92 3 (From Our Own Correspondent > Kuala Lumpur. Nov. 7. DARUPU CHETTY appealed unsuccessfully today, before the full Court of Appeal, consisting of Mr. Justice aßeckett Terrell, Acting Chief Justice, F.M.S., Mr. Justice McElwalne and Mr. Justice Murray-Aynsley. against the sentence of 18 months' rigorous Imprisonment imposed
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    Regent Starts Work On $2 Million State Offices At Johore
    348 3 Regent Starts Work On $2 Million State Offices At Johore r\EALING a few strokes with a changkol on a circular patch of earth at the Fort, Johore Bahru, the Tungku Mahkota, Regent of Johore, officially started building operations yesterday morning on a Government building which is to cost nearly $2,000,000
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    URGENT! A MESSAGE TO ALL WHO ARE LOSING WEIGHT
    258 3 All over Malaya, there are men and women who are gradually losing weight. First their cheeks begin to get a little thinner— then their dresses and suits seem to hang a little more loosely They try not to notice but they
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    Itch Germs Killed in 7 Minutes
    88 3 Itch Germs Killed in 7 Minutes Your skin has nearly 50 million tiny teams and pores where g.rm.. hide and cause terrible Itching, Cracking, Eczema. Peeling. Burning. Acne. Ringworm, Psoriasis, Blackhead* P.mples, Dhoby Itch. Singapore Foot and ofi blemlshea Ordinary treatments give only temporary relief because they do not kill
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    I Wish I Had Been My Mother
    678 4 I Wish I Had Been My Mother says URSULA BLOOM I KNOW there is a lot to be said for modern times, but all the same I wish I had been my mother. She had a happier and more contented life than I have had, or am ever likely to
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    These Hats Are Tricky YVONNE
    370 4 These Hats Are Tricky YVONNE HPHE type of hat which is going to suit jxm this season depends not' cniy upon your features, but also to a very large extent upon the way you do your hair. The "upward sweep" of the fashionable hair-line of the moment, has so definitely
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    SOME HOSTESS HINTS
    264 4  -  MARY BENEDETTA By For anybody who has inherited real linen pride there are some revolutionary ideas for linen cupboards that will make it all much more worth while. Most of the usual old linen cupboards have plain rows of slatted shelves, with no division or distinction for
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    MALAYAN BUNGALOWS ARE EASY PREY FOR BURGLARS
    125 5 a nt Of Care Adds f 0 Temptation our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 7. hdß«k>WB are "easy meat" for burglars, and rik* carelessness increases (heir temptation to mnll has liarnl Hie truth of this from experiweeks, v. hen hauls totalling $10,000 were
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    New Air Routes To Australia
    139 5 IT is now announced that the ex- pcriiucnt.il flights on the British air route between New Zealand and Canada early next year will be the first practical steps towards the establishment of several new air routes to Australia. These will include A direct American line
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    France's Falling Birthrate
    30 5 France's Falling Birthrate birthdurlng the r.ed indefi- untrj eopl in th? ind 1931 the annual 134.000. jnd during ex- these confronted which at Limo- to study the S th? country's
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    WERGH NO FRIEND OF FRENCH UNKNOWN
    31 5 WERGH NO FRIEND OF FRENCH UNKNOWN m weekly La Cclcnel Lindbergh is He has said that is capable cf beatCzech, French and combin Me ts understand the which Lindberg has Germany."
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    Commercial Plane Built In Philippine's
    74 5 Commercial Plane Built In Philippine 's T*Hl Philippine bureau of aeronautics has issued a licence to the first commercial aeroplane ever built in the Philippines The low-wing monop'ane. built by the Philippine Aircraft Corporation, was tested and approved by Capt. Alden R. Crawford, of the U.S. Army air corps, acting
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    Ellsworth And The "Last Horizon"
    328 5 Ellsworth And The "Last Horizon" New York, Nov. 7. THE End.rby Quadrant in the An- j tarctic. a bleak, unexplored region 750.000 square mil:s larger than all of j Europe, will be explored during the coming months by an expedition under the leadership of Lieutenant Commander Linco'n Ellsworth In associatian
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    Eastern Culture Needed By Western Civilsation
    302 5 Manila, Nov. 3. ORIENTAL culture is needed to complement the Occident's contribution to civilisation, according to Prof. Gregg 11. Sinclair, director of the University of Hawaii's Oriental Institute. Prof. Sinclair visited Manila while en route to India to visit colleges and universities and study
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    Norwegian Tankers Seized
    163 5 Oslo. THE Norwegian tanker Mexico. 3.056 tons on arrival at Gibraltar, has reported to her owners that she was seized by a Franco trawler in the strait between Sicily and the coast of Tunis. The Mexico was taken to Majorca, where she was detained for seven days.
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    Civil Service Women Cause A Problem
    115 5 Civil Service Women Cause A Problem (From Our Own Correspondent* Bangkok, Nov. 7. THE Council of Ministers have found It necessary to instruct the various Ministries to co-operate with the Civil Service Commissioner in laying down certain regulations for female officials. This has become necessary because women and girls are
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    73 5 FOUR REGALIA-BEARERS attended when the Tungku Mahkota performed the ceremony of turning the sod at the Fort, Johore Bahru. yesterday From left to right: Inche Ahmad bin Abdul Kadi, Inche Ahmad bin Ali, luche Mohamed bin Haji Jamaludin and Inche Abdullah bin Hussein. They carried "perbaraan" "tupong tawa" "sura at
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    Bangkok Bridge "Bombed" : "Poison Gas" On Hospitals
    378 5 Bangkok Bridge "Bombed" "Poison Gas" On Hospitals RAIDERS CLAIMS IN A.R.P. TESTS (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Nov. 6. D ANGKOR'S first Air Pvaid Precaution day and night exercises lasted from noon to nearly midnight. The operations were described at the close (10.30 p.m.) by the Minister of Defence in
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    U.S. 'PLANES FOR R.A.F.
    32 5 The advance tests en the North American Aviation Company's training 'planes, 200 of which were ordered by the British Air Ministry, have proved satisfactory, according to Squadron-Ldr. Adams.
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    "Telling V. S."
    40 5 Vo'ja B^nes, brother of Dr. Eduard Bene?, former President of Crcch?slcval:ia, has started a Jocture tOAmf in the United States "to infor 7ii the American people of the real state of affairs in my severely struck homeland."
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    NETHERLANDS & RUBBER QUOTA
    93 5 NETHERLANDS RUBBER QUOTA THE sharp reduction in the rubber export quota operating in the second half of the year has n:>t led to considerable unemployed in the Netherlands Indies outlying possessions declared the Netherlands Minister of Colonics in reply to a question by Professor van Geldercn a member of the
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    Women Drill While Welsh Choir Sings
    226 6 Women Drill While Welsh Choir Sings vyiiiih the Welsh women s i-noir during a Visit to London to sing" at the Welsh fair in aid of distressed areas was practising at an impromptu rehearsal in Hyde Park, last week (picture above) a parade of members of the newly -formed Women's
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    Rising Sungei Perak Causing Grave Concern
    160 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Kangsar, Nov. 7. J^ALAYA'S second largest river, the Sungei Perak, is causing much anxiety to Malay peasants living along its banks and engaged in agricultural pursuits and fishing. Continuous rain in Upper Perak and the Kuala Kangsar District is
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    £460 PAID FOR OLD SILVER WATCH
    40 7 London, Nov. 6. An early 17th century silver watch discovered some 80 years ago in a country mansion among valuables secreted during the civil war, has been sold at Sothebys for £460— British Wireless.
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    24 7 The wreckage of an R.A.F. plane which disappeared after leaving Catterick Aerodrome was found on Wemmergill Moor, Yorkshire, the three occupants having been killed.
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    The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1938. Record Wight
    584 8 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1938. Record Wight CONGRATULATIONS to the Royal Air Force who have secured for Great Britain one ol the most sought after air records in the world. The three VickersWellesley bombers under the leadership of Squadron Leader R. Kellett did more than gain the
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    Wild Life In Kenyo Where Antelope And Zebra Poach
    1126 8  -  Rosita Forbes A Garden Of Eden': Bv TO our generation Kenya has stood for romance. So much has been written about this undoubtedly attractive country, so many legends have grown around it, that it has assumed at times the qualities of
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    3 8 TIMK THE FACIMAJCtR
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    CHINA MUNITIONS FROM ITALY IN SHIP OFF SINGAPORE
    223 9 Anxious Voyage With 2,000 Tons Of High Explosives nfIHCVTING t^at althoogh Italy is ostensibly allied v* iinan, through the Anti-Comintern Pact, she is jjinfj war munitions to China, a munition ship 2k* 000 tons of Italian explosives hound for China Ja t
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    CAUGHT IN SPEED TRAP
    41 9 P charge of exceedlimit, a Johore r. Weng Choon Nam S2O or in re fault rigorous imprisonment in the rraffic Court. I thai Weng was caught for lorries and M :i the speed have been 37.5 it
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    SOLDIER'S TRAFFIC OFFENCE
    21 9 SOLDIER'S TRAFFIC OFFENCE r: 01 the Loyal ho claimed trial to tig t conform to fined S3 en one wai dis-
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    ACCUSED MUST STAND UP DURING TRIALS
    108 9 ACCUSED MUST STAND UP DURING TRIALS IT has been the practice at the Singapore Assizes for accused persons to be seated during trials. "In future I will not have accused persons sitting in the dock. It is the duty of the accused to keep standing and listen to the proceedings
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    Singapore Jews Help Refugees
    122 9 ANOTHER party of nearly 30 Aus- I trian and German Jewish refugees passed through Singapore during the week-end in the Llcyd Tri.stino liner Victoria, on their way to Shanghai. They were met by leading members cf the Singapore Jewish community who handed them funds and offered
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    333 9 *rA CHINESE woman's midnight fight with armed gang robbers was described to Mr. Justice Pedlow and a common jury at the Singapore Assizes yesterday, when a 20-year-old Chinese, Lau Chai Huat, was on trial on a charge of attempted gang robbery. The prosecution
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    146 9 BAND PIPE CONCERT TO AID POPPY FUND TTHE stage of the Victoria Memorial Hall will be beautifully decorated on Saturday, when the band and pipe concert presented by the band of the Loyal Regiment and the pipers of the Gordon Highlanders will take place. Mrs. Howell, wife of the AttorneyGeneral,
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    ALLEGED THEFT OF WALLET
    61 9 OEEN by a police constable to be stealing a wallet from a Chinese passenger in a trolley bus, on Saturday morning. Ang Bah, a 29-year-old Hokkien appeared in the Singapore Third Police Court, yesterday. Ang Bah pleaded guilty and his plea was recorded by the magistrate,
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    46 9 Helsinker, (Finland). A German artist at a restaurant cabaret here had Just finished a turn in which a machine-gun figured when the gun suddenly opened fire. Most of the bullets went over the heads of the guests, but one was sliahtly hurt
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    1008 10 Research Work Is A Vital Element In British Air Power Aviation Notes London, Oct. 25. DESEARCH provides the life-blood of aircraft development. Progress in the many branches of aeronautical engineering, ranging from the study of streamline form to tho invention of new and tougher materials, has greatly accelerated during the
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      481 11 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCK SHARE From Exchange Telegraph Co. From London 5.30 p.m. Yesterday The above are dealers' middle pr»ces: Jobbers margins, brokerage and stamp duty are not included. Share of £1 denomination unless Latest Quotations Prevlourly otherwise stated Conversion Loan. spc 1944-64.... HO*"; 110^ Funding Loan. 4 p.c.
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      117 11 ISSUED BY ERASER AND CO. AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS YESTERDAY .MINING. Tin at midday Has $107' 4, down fe. The market in tin shares today was steady but extremely dull, in the absence of any genuine buying or selling orders. Raub Australian Gold was steadier with
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    31 12 Boy* 0/ the Training Ship Warspite celebrate Trafalgar Day wlih varadc aboard the shir, t .ff Grays, Essex dipping the colours in salute heforc a picture of the Battle of Trafalgar.
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    Germany Leads The Nations In Science
    211 12 Germany Leads The Nations In Science New York, Nov. 7. THERE have been more Germans among the recipients of Nobel prizes than citizens of any other nation. Thirty Germans have been honoured in science, Ave in literature and two in peace. England ranks second with 23 l 2 awards. France
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    Seasoned Travellers At Five Years Old
    463 12 AIR TRAVEL BRINGS NO THRILL TO THEM /CHILDREN today are born fliers. Indeed, many of them have travelled by air long before they have travelled by sea or land. It is a familiar sight to see infants and children a few years old journeying
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    594 12 Britain And U.S. Come To An Agreement CONVERGING INTERESTS IN THE PACIFIC Washington, Nov. 7. A FIVE months diplomatic dispute between the United States and Great Britain over ownership of strategically important Canton and Enderberg Islands in the south Pacific, was ended when the two countries announced a working agreement
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    Puzzle Of The Three-Minute Egg
    153 12 Puzzle Of The Three-Minute Egg San Francisco, Nov. 7. LJIGH altitudes are prolific producers of the pangs of hunger; an appetite created in the clouds is at once ravenous and delicate; Principal meals served in the air must be on the light side; and the higher you get in the
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    9 15 fiENCH. competitor in l ,:< open Invitation tennis rre* Picture.
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    S.C.R.C WIN WITH TWO SECOND HALF GOALS
    80 15 hockej the S.C.R.C. I o in i heir first en- irned yester- 2-0. The oa the s.c.R.c. the picture after Thc SC.R.C. who ;ive fcr the half, made ?cond half, I heir oalthe S.C.R.C. to realise on taniTUm Siew .i hard shot from
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    HARVEY THINKS HE CAN MASTER LEWIS
    62 15 London, Nov 1. L British light- pion. disclosed iW probably fight John ho'der of the the till" in for the title in ago Lewis beat H.rr.pscead for championship on Dec. 1. on points, 1 1 can beat him American proving are--.v already I am
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    Malacca State Hockey XI
    44 15 Mala cca State Hockey XI n Respondent.) Malacca, N« v 7. side to meet •"-aiaLun^ l: mat <* on SunH. M gf i! as toUowi:« Nan, k K ,uza Hen( Jroff. ;^n^-, 1 ard H R °drlI JJ«j J M. Lee. Tay Kofi Carvallo, H.
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    KEPPEL CLUB
    18 15 N -ember medal iJr °n smurday and I so\fZ lhe N^'ember n t* instead of a
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    35 15 thf nnKF ftP KFNT was amon* tbc crowd of many thousands who attended the football match between K_sa_r._d oth0 th, K |^t 7C« Suhbur. W on by r <**- >"«« fails, resulting in England s first goal.
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    COLTS HAVE EASY HOCKEY VICTORY OVER S.C.C.
    368 15 One Man Short, Yet Won 4-1 ONE-SIDED MATCH ON PADANG QNE-SIDED hockey was witnessed on the Padang yesterday wnen a v weak S.C.C. team were beaten 4—l by the Colts "A" team In spite of being a man short, the Colts were too
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    87 15 Septuagenarian Henry Ford was bursting with optimism when he opened the preview of his own motor show at Detroit. "Everything." he said, "is on the rise. "You could not even get war In Europe. "You see, there were a lot of people who had
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    Y.M.C.A. II TOO GOOD FOR MINESWEEPERS
    38 15 In a hockey match played en the Prince Edward Road ground yesterday the Y.M.C.A. II team beat the Minesweepers s—o.5 0. Scorers were Jalieh (2), Eng San, I Hussein, and Guan Keat.
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    Italian Thoughts On Football
    107 15 London, Nov. 1. QLIVIKRI. acrobatic Italian goalv keeper, and his two backs, Foni and Rava, are the idols of the Rome sports writers, who continue to fill thoir columns with comments on last week's England vs. Rest of Europe match. Says the Littoriale, leading Rome sports
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    Germany's Big Trade Drive
    213 15 Berlin. PREPARATIONS for the great trade drive which Germany is about to launch in Britain, the United State., and other parts of the world are proceeding with great rapidity. Field-Marshal Gee-ring, Commissioner for the Four-Year Plan, attends daily conferences on economic aspects of the drive. German
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    310 15 DRAMATIC story of shots which he fired at two men who were alleged to have raided a post office at Downe. Kent, was told by the white-haired village postmaster, Mr. George Thomas May, at Bromley. Andrew Charles Edward Stephens, aged 29, of Kirkman's Place, London, W.,
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    50 YEARS' FOOTBALL IN PORTUGAL
    62 15 The 50th anniversary of the introduction of football into Portugal was commemorated by a meeting. A message was received from the British Ambassador, Sir Walford S^lby, a keen follower of the game. It was mainly by British influence that football was introduced into Portugal. The
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    RUGBY LEAGUE TEAM FOR AUSTRALIA?
    129 15 RUGBY LEAGUE TEAM FOR AUSTRALIA? AUSTRALIA has raised again the question of entertaining a Rugby League team from England next season. The proposal is that a side representing Wales shall be sent on tour. The position is that, by the international agreement. England are due Ito visit the Commonwealth In
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    40 15 Mr. G. Boyd Anderson, a former director of Bendixon and Co.. Ltd. is now living at Lossiemouth, Scotland. Mr. L. E. Morris, formerly an officer of the Botanical Division of the R.R.1.. is now an assistant master at Eton College.
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    253 15 Losers Short Of One Player OT. ANDREW'S Old Bojs "A" fifteen beat the R.A. <Blakan Mati> at Farrer Park yesterday by six points (a penalty and a try) to nil In a gam** which was largely a forward battle. Thc Gunners had only
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    S.C.R.C. RUGGER XV
    68 15 The following will represent the S.C.R.C. at rugger against the SRC at 5 p.m. today at the SRC. ground: Ong Swe3 Law; Low Kee Pow; Ng Wood Kan. Shim Kah Foo, Chang Min Tat; Cheong Weng Choon. Eu Cheow Chye; Lee Slew Choh. Koh Sng Kwang. Ong
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    CHOON LEONG AND CHOW TAT ENTER DOUBLES FINAL
    246 16 CHOON LEONG AND CHOW TAT ENTER DOUBLES FINAL Wise And Abed Beaten In Final Set, 13-11 BEATING N. S. Wise and S. D. Abed 13—11 in the final set yesterday, Chua Choon Leong and Woon Chow Tat entered the final of the men's open doubles in the S.C.R.C. open invitation
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    WEIGHTS FOR TOMORROW'S RACING
    462 16 WEIGHTS FOR TOMORROW'S RACING WEIGHTS for tomorrow, the second day of the Singapore Turf Club's Win rer meeting are as below: Horses Class 2. Div. 5. Abt. 1 fur. Alum Rock 9.0.) Maid of Cashel 8.07 Spear of Sarawak 8.11 Cambalon 8.03 Double File 8.10 Tourniauet 8.02 Golden Plateau 8.10
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    Single Women Beat Married At Penang
    110 16 Single Women Beat Married At Penang (Srcin Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Nov. 7. THE Married vs. Single women's hockey match held en the esplanade today in aid of the Poppy Day Fund was wen by the Singles team. 3 l. I'ntil a week ago the teams appeared equally matched, but
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    ISLAND BEAT KEPPEL AT SOCIAL GOLF
    322 16 ISLAND BEAT KEPPEL AT SOCIAL GOLF the social match between the Keppe. i and the Island Cclf Clubs over the 'Island course? >e_terday resulted in a Iwin tor thc Island Club by S i point* to 3> L FoHowlr^ are <1; tailed r?.;ults. Keppel players first: B. Li Cio-he <S>
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    ISLAND MIXED FOURSOME
    134 16 T!l.__ Lf.jnd Club's November mixed fctfrsome plaved over the first nine ho'es re..uiled in a win tor Mrs. S. B. Tan and K. A. Mall*] v.'ith a net score; of 31. Following Alt BOOM o: the beft cards rt turned: Mrs. S. B. Tan and N. A.
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    GIRLS' SPORTS CLUB BEAT EUROPEAN WOMEN
    61 16 GIRLS' SPORTS CLUB BEAT EUROPEAN WOMEN The Girls' Sports Club beat a Euro- pear, women's team by two goals ta one at Serangoon :>eslerday in a la^t game of hockey. The G.S.C. should have scored more goals but lacked combination and enterprise. Their two goals came from the slicks of
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    Y.M.C.A. HOCKEY TEAM
    73 16 The following have been selected to represent the Y.MC.A. Junior department "B" XI at hockey against the Singapore women's Rest XI en Thursday, on the S.R.C. ground at 5.15 p.m.: Wee Aik Chan, Chiu Pin Wee, Syed Shirazie (capt), Pon Kim Chen. Chan Joo Miang. Lim Njit
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    Bradman On The State Of English Cricket
    487 16 Bradman On The State Of English Cricket London, Nov. 1. M7KAT with the return of these old English fogs and the footballers,, r jesi cricket seems to belong to the ancient past, yet the Australians have only just reached heme, and Bradman on Saturday made a speech about us. The
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    41 16 ARSENAL ARE WELL SERVED by an extensive "nursery" system for yi.ung players, who hope to be thc Arsenal stars of the future. Here Herbie" Roberts, former Arsenal and England player, coaching youngsters in trapping the ball at the Arsenal training ground.
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    Y.M.C.A. Water-Polo Teams
    89 16 THE following have been selected to represent the Y.M.C.A. first team at water-polo against the S.S.C. first team today at the Y.M.C.A. pool at 5 15 p.m.: Choo Seng Kay captain >. Lee Fong Lim. Goh Buan Cheok. Lim Thye Hock. Lee Hin Ming, Yeo Tecw Nghe3.
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    KLINEY CUP FINAL NEXT WEEK
    48 16 Owing to an injury to Yong Loon Cheng'* wrist, the Kliney Cup challenge round match between the SCR.C. and the Y.M.C.A. (the holders) will be played next week en Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday, at the Y.MC.A. Yong Leon Cheng's injury is not .erlcus.
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    FRIENDLY MATCH
    50 16 A friendly football match will be played at Anson Road Stadium en Friday at 5 p.m. between the Royal Artillery. S.AT.A. Cup champions, and the S.C.F.A., S.A.F.A. League champions. Admission charges will be:— West jtand and chairs en ground. 50 cents; Ea:. stand, 25 cents; turnstiles. 10 cents.
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    MATCH CANCELLED
    20 16 The heckey match between the SRC. and R.A. to have bee played on the Padang yesterday was cancelled.
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    Young Players Use Too Much Side
    351 16  -  J. V. Rainbow Billiard Notri PRINCIPLES OF APPLICATION THERE is a great deal of tendency on the part tf the mm.i player to use side. He uses it when it is unnecesMfJtSwi'M it like a drunken sailor spending money -with bon, ftani And nine
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    19 16 THE ANGLO-CHINESE hockey team v. ho It 4V their return match 01 the S.C R.C. fiound ycsti Free Press
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