The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 4 February 1939

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 15,693. KSTD. 1833. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1939. 5 CENTS
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    Gandhis Wife Arrested
    33 1 a,.v (,\M'"I nifr -r Mahatma landh.^^^r^ted on arrival brf t,di>t.'UU part in the civil o,HJien.-r H'^' which hannfd m Kajkot state. hfr tfftri she was r (irtrll Mtai* the Reuter
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    World Parley At Tokio?
    53 1 m p I.il.t. "i I .1 i-tn.terei.ee at „r(1»M t ...quaint Third uith Japans .milmle toI hlll N is mm imned by Mr ,1 kit* \nti. F«rH__l Minister. I r ii lumen*, today. here disp Uiiis jj ian w u Ru reeling advised k_-« need- m
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    STOP PRESS
    89 1 Ujshm^mi. I eh. li. ;i idrni Ko trveil t. iftf des>*N j< "deliberate lie" the >'» thjt be told the Senate ■hi] (iiniinittcr thai the Mmrruan frontier w;\> i n trance ■'"I thf Klunr Wdrf>-in- „r conference R.^wli -i^e a four""^unmiarv t.nerican foreign fT-tlv. the t'nited State* i
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    15 1 Malta, lei). (,ri,r,n anu K w riM lii last shik vvl> ho,< d an <» Reuter
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    10 1 Hague, leb. 3. vk 'i» V,,', M, ll mother Reuter
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    MORE BRITISH AND AMERICAN HELP FOR CHINESE?
    290 1 Reported Discussion Of Loan LORRIES FOR USE ON NEW BURMA ROUTE REUTER understands that the Chinese Government purchasing commission is likely in the very near future to sign contracts for 300 three-ton and seven-ton lorries, payable from the British credit to China of
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    Britain Told Of China's Heroic Women
    182 1 Britain Told Of China's Heroic Women London, Feb. 3. MISS Pao-Sun Tseng, grand -daughter of the famous viceroy Tseng Kuofan, founder of Ifan Girls' College. Changsha. who arrived in London from the Madras International Missionary Council conference, is the first Chinese woman to be televised in London. She graphically described
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    Nazis Attack U.S. President
    71 1 Berlin, Feb. 3. OH ESS attacks on President Roose- velt continue today. Volkischer Beobachtcr says Roosevelt is "a demon of strife" and compares him with the Communist Dimitroff. Boersen Zeitung speaks of the "penetration of Bolshevism into America" and describes Roosevelt as "a danger to his
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    GERMAN RAIL SERVICE TROUBLE
    99 1 Munich, Feb. 3. WHOLESALE cancellations of passenger train services are officially announced today. This is the latest development in Germany's increasingly grave railway situation. Already many express crains have been cancelled this year and passengers have been standing in corridors or left behind altogether through lack
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    36 1 TWENTY-TWO BRITISH REFUGEES FROM BARCELONA-ei S ht men. ten women and four children— were landed at Marseilles by the British destroyer. Greyhound, last week. The British refugees arc seen aboard the Greyhound on arrival at Marseilles.
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    PEARL RIVER CLOSED
    19 1 Shanghai. Feb. 3. Japanese authorities have temporaclosed the Pearl River because of rily "military operations."— Reuter
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    Mussolini To Start New Crisis Today?
    63 1 Mussolini To Start New Crisis Today? London, Feb. 3. TPHE Times' Berlin correspondent writes today: 'Well-informed circles here expect that on Feb. 4 Mussolini will state in concrete terms what he wants from France and that a crisis will then have begun, although it may not become sharp until two
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    France Sends Envoy To Franco Spain
    97 1 France Sends Envoy To Franco Spain Paris, Feb. 3. ■T*HE Government has decided to ap- point on official "observer" to the Spanish Nationalist government, and M. Leon Berard, senator and exMinister, who has been nominated for the post, left for Burgos last night. It is understood M. Berard's immediate task
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    Reich To Make New Colonial Demands ?
    85 1 Reich To Make New Colonial Demands London, Feb. 3. IMPORTANT changes in the form of the renewed German campaign for colonies will become apparent in the near future, says the Daily Telegraph's diplomatic correspondent. "I learn that all branches of the j Reich Colonial Association are be- ing, instructed to
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    86 1 "REALISTIC POLICY" Belgrade, Feb. 3. Reference to Herr Hitler's "realist foreign policy" and nuule by M. Gafencu. Rumanian Foreign Minister, in statement following his talks with Dr. Milan Stoyadinovitch, Premier of Yugo-Slavia. M. Gafencu declared that Rumania and Yugo-Slavia would welcome the friendly interest of a grear power whenever shown.
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    More Bomb Outrages Startle London
    299 1 More Bom b Outrages Startle London EXPLOSIONS AT STATIONS London, Feb. 3. TTWO explosions occurred within a few minutes of each other about 6 a.m. today in the "left luggage" offices of Tottenham Court Road and Leicester Square underground railway stations. A ticket collector at Tottenham Court Road was seriously
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      179 1 There s* no belter Tea than BIGIA TEA GROWN IN MALAYA SEA VIEW HOTEL TONIGHT i ROMANTIC NIGHT 1 DINNER SERVED ON THE MOONLIT LAWN DANCING IN THE BALL-ROOM FOR A ROMANTIC NIGHT THE SEA VIEW HOTEL, SITUATED AS IT IS ON THE PALM FRINGED SEASHORE IS A SETTING THAT
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    JAPANESE TO USE POISON GAS ON WEST RIVER?
    296 2 JAPANESE TO USE POISON GAS ON WEST RIVER? Effort To Dislodge Cantonese Troops INVADERS RETREATING IN N. KWANGTUNG Hong Kong, Jan. 3. TAILING to dislodge Cantonese troops from their positions in the West River regions, the Japanese are reported to be preparing to use poison gas against the Chinese. Fifty
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    Arab Delegation For London
    4 2 Arab Delegation For London
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    CHUNGKING FEARS AIR RAIDS
    86 2 CHUNGKING FEARS AIR RAIDS Chungking:, Feb. 3. REARING air-raids the inr habitants of Chungking are Decoming apprehensive as the good weather season approaches. The weather in Chungking, ex.remely cloudy and foggy during the jrtnter, has kept the Japanese bombers 4 way and is popularly referred to as "air-defence weather' or
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    Ferguson Wins S.A.O.B Kicking
    107 2 CCORING 11 out of a possible 2C points, Joiin Ferguson of St. Andrew s Old Boys rugger team won the first place kicking competition held at Farrer Park yesterday for the Johnston Cup, presented by Mr. J. H. Jjhnston, coach of the team. His brother WlWaa
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    Wuhan Songsters Draw Crowds
    75 2 THE Wu-Haii Songsters are continuing to receive enthusiastic support in Singapore, and their performance at the Victoria Theatre last night was again well attended. Among the new items were a soprano solo. "Three Wishes of a Rose." and "Heroine, sung by Miss Pauline Chow, and new
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    FIGHT TO HOLD TWO KEY CITIES
    162 2 Chungking. Feb. 3. A LTHOUGH there is fighting on the north bank of the Yangtze, Chinese dispatches claim that no maior engagement is expected there, since the majority of the Japanese troop* in that area comprise the "Imperial Allied Forces," under the command of
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    Nazi Praise Is Blow To Enemies Of Roosevelt
    119 2 Washington, Feo. DRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S position remains unassailable, in the opinion of circles close to the Administration, following the latest foreign policy developments. They declare the President's declaration was a secret, so cannot effectively be quoted against him. Secondly, his power to recommend
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    VICE-ADMIRAL NOT ON WAY TO SINGAPORE
    53 2 It is officially stated that information which recently appeared in some sections of the press to the effect that Vice-Amiral Sir Percy Noble had left Manila for Singapore in H.MS Kent is incorrect. He has left Manila fOT Hong Kong and is adhering to
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    CAPT. CLARKE'S NEW APPOINTMENT
    49 2 The appointment is announced by the Admiralty of Captain M. L. Clarke D.S.C., to H.M.S. Courageous, in command and to H.M.S. Furious in conv mand on transfer. Captain Clarke's last appointment was Commodore Malaya, where he was succeeded by the Commodore Commodore T. B. Drew.
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    29 2 Among the passengers in the s.s. Feb. 20, is Captain J. C. WestaU RM who is relieving Major Quill as' Staff Officer <Intelligence) on the stall of Commodore Malaya.
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    Reich's New Navy Is Growing Fast
    965 2 PREPARING FOR COLONIAL EMPIRE NEEDS? Berlin, Jan. 27. GERMANY'S new navy, still coast-bound by its years of post-war stagnation, is pushing its first feelers out toward blue water, and a possible colonial empire, as the Nazi regime enters its seventh year. The intention to
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    Move To Tighten Discipline In Russian Army
    136 2 Move To Tighten Discipline In Russian Army the n__ w 1 the Centra] Q ,W, *«J <* the High O0___S_____ and consented r"f, R «S Pom.ca, commit SJ, New rules will ho intmn ing that If Ott^S^ffH colonel upwards ar, h count for political delin_ f'^ are, henceforth ,ot lower
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    EUROPEAN POPULATION OF MALAYA GROW
    122 2 EUROPEAN POPULATION OF MALAYA GROW ALTOGEIHER IJM i Malaya by air la left the country by I Those who arrived Europeans. 177 Chinese, 63 km 15 Northern Indians and I among these who left peans, 156 Chim Northern Indian and 13 The arrivals Includi i under 12 years of age
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    Wu Pei-fu Not To Be A "Puppet"
    50 2 rhuiukinc. MEWS ot KB inter. General Wu Pei-lu I pondents in Peipin? h ven >\ encc in Chungking newsi contended iirst'y. th.u Gen has no Intention of Japanese "puppet,- tfjj reports concerning his w» 9 been "entirely fabricated to mislead Japanese Chinese public."'
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    Mandarin Play At Great World
    49 2 Mandarin Play At Great World PELEBRATINC r t^ r *i t sary,thoLaRAi-Am --g Association staged on*** Mandarin plays w _J2_» i *S last night. The ll sent new progw-w tomorrow l A high standard o. P reached lasi %,i^ larly prafceworthy t L ciation'.s first tW in public. f
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    JAPANESE SUBMARINE SINKS AFTER COLLISION
    27 2 THE n.,v r i V the submarine A gnother sub:nan e yesterday murmi^ in manoeuNros bat .ts.* The I 6^ SU Reuter
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    HOMAGE TO TWO FRENCH CHEMISTS
    157 3 d have ol exprcoin;-, ItWlMlim when b to show their raaptd for those d down to history. On da of ftpptc iAtln? men rarj la proportion til which they, I hrmted In thta v.ay. we see a«:ierals and ii:..;uois -1. MM ai statues imposing and
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    WHAT DO THE 'NO HORN' RULES MEAN?
    447 3 New Puzzles For City Motor Drivers VAGUE WORDING TS E T ndil l g °i horns by vehicl <* »n Singapore, as nf *™i r WIU .i >e P rohibi^ "except for the purpose of avoiding an accident." mP Jfcf tOri t f
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    Singapore Authorities Criticised
    361 3 Singapore Authorities Criticised (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Feb. 2. THE through passengers on the Boy King's Danish ship, the Selandia. have a grouse agaiast the Malayan medical authorities. One of them writes to the Bangkol: Times from Colombo on Jan. 24 "The voyage up to now has been a
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    Imperial Airways' New Flying Chief
    305 3 Imperial Airways' New Flying Chief IMPERIAL Airways announce the appointment of Captain L. A. iWaitsro, formerly Deputy Air SuperinI tendent at Croydon, to the supreme I command of the company's flying personnel with the title of Establishment Officer, Navigating Staff. The appointment took effect on Wednesday. It will place in
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    Singapore And The Empire
    180 3 (Frcm Our Own Correspondent London, Jan. 25. "IT we were to be denied the use of Singapore, it would lay open to any j hostile power immediate approach to India. Africa, Australia and New Zea-1 land. It would mean the beginning, 6f the break-up of the
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    18 3 The "Narodny Osvobozeny_,'' newspaper oi the Cz2choa!ova!: Legionaries a democratic body, has been suppressed by the Cscch Government.
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    NEWS IN BRIEF
    203 3 A NGLO-SIAMESE friendship and the close relations between Malaya and Siam were emphasised by Sir Shenton Thomas. Governor of the Straits Settlements in a speech at Bangkok when he and Lady Thomas were the guests of the Foreign Minister at a banquet. "Any misfortune that befell Siam."
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    28 3 plane was Imperial A five-year-old girl was killed when she wa3 thrown to the bottom of an A.R P. trench at Edinburgh by the collapse cf the roof.
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    Atlantic Her Grave
    229 3 £\NE of the moot extraordinary accidents in the history of the sea was that to the 9,827-ton oil-tanker Jaguar, which split in two in heavy seas in mid-Atlan-tic. All the men were saved by the crew of the Norwegian freighter Duala. after they had given themselves up
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    Did Bombardier Strike Senior Officer ?
    790 3 Did Bombardier Strike Senior Officer HONG KONG CASE (From Our Own Correspondent) Hong Kong:, Jan. 26. DOMEARDIER John Sutcliite D Whitehead. ot the 30th Heavy Battery, Bth Heavy Regiment, R.A., was the defendant at a Court Martial held at Stanley Barracks yesterday. Major S. E. H. E. White of the
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    CHINA'S NATIONAL ECONOMY REFORMS
    440 4 Big Achievement Of Past Year NEW SYSTEM WORKS WELL Chungking, Feb. 3. THE year 1938 has gone down in China's history, as Mt was not only a significant period of national reconstruction in spite of the war, but also the dawn for the reformation of national
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    55 4 Hong Konjf, Feb. 3. /"V*E of three foreign coastal steamers which were forcibly intercepted and taken to Tsingtao while plying on the China coast has been released by the Japanese as a result of vigorous Anglo-Norwegian representations. The released steamer, the Yungchen, left Tsingtao yesterday for Shanghai. Two other boats
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    Japanese Plane Brought Down
    53 4 A JAPANESE Beachcraft biplane was destroyed by Chinese guerillas near Kating on Dec. 30. Later information reveals the plane was brought down when flying to Nanking from Shanghai and crashed into some fields nearby, but when the guerillas arrrved on the scene the crew had already
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    Japanese Ask For Reinforcements
    134 4 Chungking, Feb. 3. IAPANESE commanders in China re•*cently asked for reinforcements from Japan, but that is impossible for military and financial reasons. Therefore, the much heralded Japanese drives in the north-west and south-west of China cannot materialise for the time being, according to a Chinese military
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    Marshal Pei-Fu's Attitude
    136 4 THE TRUE POSITION Hong Kong, Feb. 3. A TIENTSIN dispatch divulges that the Japanese are trying every means to induce Marshal Wu Pei-fu to assume the post of chairman of the so-called Central Pacification Commission recently instigated at Peiping. They issued a circular "supporting" Wu and also
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    U. S. S. Gunboat To Leave China
    80 4 Hong: Kong-. Feb. 3. TIIL American authorities are to re- call the U.S.S. Monocacy, which has exceeded the age for service, being built in 1914. The Monocacy is leaving Shanghai fDr the United States shortly, while the captain and majority of the crew
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    Canton Mayor's Message
    101 4 Chungking, Feb. 3. /^ANTON'S Mayor Tseng Yang Fu, whose municipality at present is in Japanese hands, has cabled International Peace Campaign officials thanking them on behalf of the Canton population for their protests against wanton Japanese aerial bombardments, also 400 mayors of the world for their response
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    54 4 Eastern front ot Barcelona. He is an ex-sio»emason in d Trade Union official, and helped to form the early Rp 3u!> Shortly after civil war broke out he was promoted t., n _f to captain of the sth. Regiment. Then he was made m chief of the Ist. Brigade of
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    Red Activity In Japan
    120 4 Hong Koiik. lfb A CCORDING to information in Ti received from North Chm Japanese are instituting a close a of Japanese residents m that «l* similar to their vigilant watch over Chinese. Recently Japanese Kendarm« > tained many anti-war, allegedly i» Japanese. Red elements in proper,
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    10 4 aircraft to be loaded or unloaded at the same time
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    Chinese University Reopened
    55 4 Kttn f *0*a. •TOE National Tungcto 1 the only school in Ch g ed along the toes J, j£j Technische Hochsch f0J< few German in_tru< fc>rs of engineering reopened yesterday. a^imoWst^i One of C! \,< c^-V. stitutes in i ;V-\ 1 euV-' r,nl ri___-n-vcd bv the J
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      275 4 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS TENDERS. SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. Tenders. Tenders are now tnrtted for the following material* or services Far particulars «ee MurddpaJ Tenders Room: Supply of Sulphate of Alumina for period June 1, 1939 to May 31, 1940 Date of Closing. 4 p.m.. Apr. 3, 1939. Supply of Mild Steel Wash Water
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      368 4 HEARTBURN KEPT HIM AWAKE. He Was Afraid To Eat. What a worry he must have been to his wife! No food agreed with him. Acid indigestion made him positively wretched. In this letter, his wife tells how she found a way to end his trouble:— "My husband developed a wretched
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      462 4 Air Mail Arrivals And Despatch INWARD Imperial: From Europe due Wednesday, Friday, Saturday mornings Wearnes: From Penang, lpob. and Kuala Lumpur. Arrives »ery evening. K.I ...M From Netherlands 1/ idles Arrives Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday afternoons. liantas From Australia: .rnve* Tuesday, Friday, Sunday mornings. K.L.M.: From Europe: Arrives Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday
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      172 4 closing at lo »jh MVILS I I'M in, (K M LM fr m "^^IM* (K..L..M. i an- tXSM ted In Ru l Mails from Euro;* Lonely n Mails from South and Easr KtrtfTl don Maru are SINGAPORE HA ft BOIII The following .1. the wharves or expected to Mam Wharf:
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    Chile Seeks Trade With Great Britain
    851 5 TASK FOR NEW ENVOY W/HEN the new Chilean Ambassador to the Court of W St. James's, Don Octavio Senoret, takes up his oost he will be faced with the difficult task of trying to conclude a trade agreement with Great Britain— a task which
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    Periis Miners Seek Greater Export
    333 5 Periis Miners Seek Greater Export (From Our Owr Correspondent. Penan 5. Feb. 3. PHE Periis Jdaster Miners have petitioned the High Commissioner, isking that the Perliii exportable al- owance of tin be increased to avert he ruin of the State's tin industry. In the course of the petition, exlaining v.hy
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    Anchor Mystery
    48 5 Residents in Bloemfontein are mystified by the discovery of a large sailing ship's anchor during excavations in the centre of the city, which is 500 miles from the sea. From its appearance the anchor 1 seems to be at least 50 years old. British United Press
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    5 6 GOOD BUT NOT GOOD ENOUGH
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    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4. 1939. The Eclipse Of Gandhi?
    610 6 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4. 1939. The Eclipse Of Gandhi? THE circumstances under which Mr. Subhas Chandra Bose was elected for a second term of oflice as President of the Indian National Congress are unprecedented in the long history of ix>c party. The growing volume ot outside opinion
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    Civil Air Guard In Britain & Its Duties
    1220 6  - Civil Air Guard In Britain Its Duties Capt. H.H. Balfour By M.P (in a speech to the Royal Empire Society] TT is fashionable these days for politicians of all Parties to make speeches containing ringing* phrases on the duty of democracies to the rest of the >torld exhorting democratic citizens
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    Damages For Wife Of Perak Miner
    65 7 HEAD BURNED pondeni I l ,,ii(lon. Jan. Mi BI DI OOX wi i H engi againsl ..mi the Product th< w rl day. e uravi he too r heath i to 1 l to go 1 i ven th is l)n Skin On _*_alp
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    31 Air Raids Cn Shaokwan
    35 7 S trategic point RailtOO kilometrei n^d by lan 16, planes dUlni and nesklng >. Idlngs and alarms have month. a day atm xvv.b--n are forcuaytime. reOentnU buMi mm oe oil ancj
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    45 7 p<; cure. LIEUT RUDOLF JENNET OJIC of tht crew 0/ tuo of the tJerman Arado Ugh* aircra;t ichicf) lefi. Singapore early yesUrday morning on the return flight to Berlin from Australia. 'life plane eume to Singapore bf nay <f Celebes and th< PhiHpptnes.- Free Press
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    Malaya At New York Fair
    156 7 iFrom uur Own Correspondent) London. Jan. 21. JLTHOLGH the Muluyan aut/i--oriti- Btfced for 5.000 square feet at the New York WorM'r Fair this year, yalaya has had to be content to rhar? with Fiji the Western Pacific Hio'u Comirussion :< Itorles and Bong Kong a
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    "Disgrace To Singapore"
    191 7 "Disgrace To Singapore Letters (To the Fditor of the Free Press) Fir.— l was greatly interested to read a paragraph In yom journal, entitled "Trade Disgrace to Singapore," which reported a speech made by Mr. R. E. Prentis at a meeting ol the Singapore Municipal Commissioners, describing the appalling conditions
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    CHRISTIANS SEE TAMIL TORTURES
    1049 7 CHRISTIANS SEE TAMIL TORTURES Gruesome Scenes At Thaipusam Rites scienceHmocked (Free Press Special) THE reasoning European mind sees no object in selfmortification of the flesh. We are so far removed from the physical existence of the ancients, our minds h.ive become so much the controlling factor in our lives, that
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    Strange Things Happen In A Year—IN FILMLAND
    1260 8 Strange Things Happen In A Year—IN FILMLAND By Free Press Film Correspondent CTARS is like skittles. *^As the cockney would tell you You puts 'em up and you knocks 'em dahn. Look what last year did At Metro, world's No. 1 film studio, young Mickey Rooney went to the top,
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      661 9 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Ocean Building, Collyer Quay Singapore Tel. 51 51. Chartered Bank Buildinr Penan* TeL 136<L BLUE FUNNEL LINE. FAST SERVICES MARSEILLES, LONDON. N. CONTINENT AND GLASGOW (in conjunction with the Glen Line) »tt^ Oue Sailn NELEUS L'don, R'dam, H'burg, Ant., M'borough In Port Feb. 1 SARPEDON Mars., L'don.
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    IDLE SHIPS IN BRITISH PORTS
    377 10 IDLE SHIPS IN BRITISH PORTS More U.K. Tonnage In Commission THIRTY-SIX FOREIGN CRAFT London, Jan. 24. COMPARED with the total on Oct. 1, 1938, idle tonnage ports of Great Britain and Ireland on Jan. 1, 1939, showed a decrease of 3,30J net tons, or 0.7 per cent., but an increase
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    Shipbuilding Situation Is Precarious
    277 10 Shipbuilding Situation Is Precarious London, Jan. 24. DEFERENCE to the precarious state of merchant shipbuilding in Britain was made by Mr. S. M. Turnbull, managing director of the Oreenock Dockyard Co.. when speaking at the annual staff dinner ot the Greenock Royal Naval Torpedo Factory, in Gourock. Greenock was to
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    62 10 King Boris of Bulgaria and Kin^ Victor Emmanuel of Italy, his father-in-law, together inspected the works now in progress for the expansion and improvement of Rome's railway stations. Three Italians who confessed that they had dressed in clerical clothes to enter a seminary in Paris were arresta nnn r, the
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    New Vessels For The High Seas
    391 10 New Vessels For The High Seas London, Jan. 21. P'JRTKER details are available of I* the two passenger ships of over 1 27,000 tons gross ordered by the Nippon Yusen Kaisha for their trans-Pacific service. The ships will have steam turbines and are designed for a speed of 24 knots.
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    PASSENGERS BY M. S. JUTLANDIA
    194 10 Passenger list of the East Asiatic Line ms Jutlandia, due on Feb. 24, from Hamburg is as folows: Mr. and Mrs. u. Liebrecht, Mrs. P. Reed, child and infant, Mr. and Mrs. Werner Hartwig. Mr. H. Liebrecht, Mrs. H. Uebiecht Miss Margaret L. Gordon, Mrs.
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    40 10 A tourist traffic department to be M«?| te f d J n. the Relch Propaganda Ministry is tj be placed under the control of Herr Hermann Esser Herr Hitler's chief i mt~-,nt In the' early days of the Nazi nty
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      642 10 AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LTD. TO fcUBOPE rROM SINGAPORE AND FfcN%NG TO COLOMBO. BOMBA*. SUEZ, POK'I SAID, ALEXANDRIA NAPLES, GENOA. MARSEILLES AND NEW YORK. Arrives Leaves Leaves Arrives Snore. S'pore. Penanj New York. PRESIDENT HAYES F-b 11 Fcb 14 Feb. if Mar 28 PRESIDENT POLK Feb 25 Feb 28 Mar 2
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      SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES
      953 11 SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES Last Night's Quotations P Fraser And Co. 's List J Tambalak ($1) 35 1 l»l -1.55 1.70 T. Anson ($l) v>2o ,3Q Temerlob tsi, 33 3g Tratalgat ($2) M w Ulu Benut (50 cm > .26 30 Ulu Pandan <$1> l*.^ lM United Malacca ($1)
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      Current Company Dividends
      73 11 Ust Suppi ied By Messrs. Fraser Co. THURSDAY, FEB. 2, 1939: 5 P.M. Coa »janj rotai roi I lin Boots Financial s '^hai inlf'r Feb 17 Feb 17 sfo jnd l« int Jan. 24 Feb. 6 Jan. 25 40% ik Jan 25 Jan. 31 Jan 26 11»4%
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      LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCKS & SHARES
      520 11 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCKS SHARES From Exchange Telegraph Co. From London 5.30 p. m. Yesterday Share of £i denomination unless Latest Quotations Previously otherwise stated Conversion Loan, a p.c 1944-64 110% nol/ Funding Loan. 4 pc 1960-90 107*y, l07 7/ g War Loan 3V 2 pc 97" 2 97
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      Shareholders Say M.G.M. Pay Too Well
      412 11 Shareholders Say M.G.M. Pay Too Well New York. A COURT battle over £6,000,000 assets in Loews Incorporated, stockholders in MetroGoldwynMayer, major Hollywood producing company, has ended in victory for the company. Supreme Court Justice Louis Valente denied the motion for an accounting of the profits and refused to allow the
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      Wei-Hai-Wei Cup Golf Match
      119 11 THE following are the Garrison Golf Club and Sepoy Lines Club teams for the first round in the Wei-Hai-Wei Cup competition, to be played at Tanglin tomorrow, Garrison names first: 9.00, Lt. Col. N. Clowes vs. J S. English. 9.10, Capt. C. L. Archtiale vs. F
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      THE COMMODITY MARKETS From London 5. 30 p.m. Yesterday
      150 11 I RUBBER: Steady. London. 7 13,16d. 715 16d. Previously: ******1 7 15 16d Apr.-June: 7? B d. Bd. Previously 7%d. 7 15 !6d July-Sept.: 715 16d 8 116. Previously: 715 16d 8d Oct-Dec: Bd. 8' B d. Previously: Bd. B'Ad New
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      THE METAL MARKETS From London: Latest Quotations
      67 11 THE METAL MARKETS From London: Latest Quotations TIN: Steady. Spot: £215 2a. 6d. Previously: £215 2s. 6d. Three months: £214 2s. 6d Previously: £214 10s NEW YORK TIN: (Opening Price): 46.00. Previously: 46.20. COFFER: £42 17s. 6d. Previously: £42 17s. 6d. GOLD: Yesterday; £7 Bs. 7' 2 d. Previously: £7
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      Foreign Exchange Rates London Closing Quotations
      66 11 Foreign Exchange Rates London Closing Quotations Method ot Parity oe.ore Latest Centre Quoting 20-9-31 Rate Previous!* Parts Franc to ii 121.11 17f1516d 177 New York. to 4.8685 4.67% 4.67% Amsterdam Guilders to P 12 10 8.69 3 4 8 69" 4 Hong Kong Per dollar Is. 215 16d. Is. 215;16d.
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    45 12 J.M.I.ISH GIRL BEATS TITLE-HOLDER IN TABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS Miss E. M. Steventon, 26-year-old Birmingham girl, created sensation in the table tennis championships at the Albert Hall, by oeating the title-holder, red-haired Dora Beregi. Miss E. M. Steventon (left) is here being congratulated by Dora Beregi.
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    LUCKY LIFE PICKED FOR ISKANDAR PLATE AT IPOH
    1323 12 Ciimats And Two Up Should Win GOOD FIELDS ON LAST DAY (From Our Racing* Reporter) TN spite of thirteen scratchings, large fields remain in 1 most of the events at Ipoh today, the concluding day of the Perak Turf Club's January and
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    Jimmy Thomson Will Compete In Open
    423 12 BIG HITTER MAY DO WELL London, Jan. 24. a/ITH a sufficient interval between the British and the U.S. championships, it is possible that we may see one or two new men from the other side. Though not a new personality in the strict sense
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    Tribute To Dr. J.S. Webster At M.F.A. Meeting
    138 12 QFFICERS elected at the annual general meeting of the Football Association of Malaya at Kuala Lumpur were as follows President. Hon. R. Williamson; vice-president, president of the Football Association of Selangor, ex offlcio, Hon. secretary and treasurer. Mr. w! W. Dean; hon.
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    St. Andrew's Rugby Annual
    99 12 THE rugby match between St Andrew's Old Boys and the Rest will be played today at Farrer Park Play will start at 5 p.m. Old Boys: j. Ransome; J. Baker M Hartley, H. Potger, P. Smith; R Eii' G. Loh; J. Ferguson, Hugh Chee Tong' Lee
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    41 12 THK HIKE OF KLNT, AS VICE-PATRON of the National Service, last week made a tour of voluntary institutions eiuaefd and educational work in London. Here is the Duke talking Vu the gymnasium of the Pioneer Health Centra p e kham n
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    Free Press Selections
    53 12 pKKK PRESS selections for to* day's races are as follows: Race 1. PRINCESS PRIM, Pretty Quiet. Race 2. SARATOGA, All Gold. Race 3. TWO UP, Littlehurst. Race 4. LITTLE CHARM. Marnell. Race 5. BLOSSC%I TIME, Pantoi. Race 6. LUCKY LIFE. Le Touquet Race 7. CLIMATS, A.D.C. Race
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    Y.M.C.A. Hockey
    67 12 THE Y.M.C.A. six-a-side hockey final will be played on Prince Edward Road ground on Monday. The teams are: Athenians:—D. Elkington. A. C. Galstaun, Looi Eng San, K. Leembruggen, P. c. Sands and J. B. Shaw. Reserve: Au Tat Chu. Olympians:— K. Jalleh, C. Reshty, Ranatunga. Thong Sing Chin.
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    Big Northern Football Clubs In Clover
    235 12 SMALLER FACED WITH RUIN London. Jan. l\. COME of the big Northern soccer clubs are having great time these days, what with Cup and Leap cesses. Some of the small clubs are having such a )ei time that their very existence is threatened. Selby
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    Continental Riders In England
    120 12 London, Jan. 24. THREE Continental riders will attempt towards the end of next month to lower some of our road race records. Hitherto, we have had no chance of knowing the exact strength of our own fellows, because they have gone into the European races without
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    Inter-Club Cross Country Race
    160 12 (From Our Ow.i Corresponds Kuala Lumpur, ttb. /"\N Sunday, the SeUngor Bait v and the Police Depot will Mi i> the first inter-Club cross coui.cn to be held in llalAja. Set over 8* miles of varied country the race start and end at SuLiiman Bridge The
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    Y.M.C.A. Football
    54 12 AT the eoodarioo of tht tf hockey final on Ifond Edward Road ground, the first of the Inter-group lix-M* competition will bo played. U I are required to be pM matches will be p! i Pd In t: ing order: Spartans vs. ChaJd< Atheniaius \s CMympUw Trojans va.
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