The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 16 February 1939

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 15,703. ESTD. 1835. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16. 193S 5 CENTS
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    BRITAIN STILL CAUTIOUS OVER SPAIN
    659 1 BRITAIN STILL CAUTIOUS OVER SPAIN "Not Desirable" To Make Peace Move VIEWS Dirm vivp *.1 London, Feb. 15. EPLYING to Mr. Arthur Henderson m the House of Commons tonight, the Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain said the Government was most anxious to see a termination to the war m Spain
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    Crisis In Burma
    59 1 Crisis In Burma i;,: goon, Feb. 15. time m iry, the passed a lulence m by m and Indian lined from V nown what have on the M which will a similar eensur ;>)n m tne tomorrow. In anticipation of disDistrict Magistrate banned of more than the preof the secretariat
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    Republican Government 'Figment Of Imagination'
    171 1 THE TIMES ON SPAIN W BAill London, Feb. 15. HAT it describes as the obvious importance of appointing an ambassador of the highest standing and character when the time for such an appointment m Spain comes is emphasised m The Times today m a leading
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    HEROISM OF IMPERIAL AIRWAYS OFFICER
    82 1 HEROISM OF IMPERIAL AIRWAYS OFFICER London, Feb. 15. p: Stanhope Gold Medal, for the bravest deed of ir, was yesterday unanimously awarded to First Officer Ralph Mountain, who, *hen an Imperial Airways crashed while Brindisi Harfour m December, 1937, was the rescues •f passengers. hurled through n the crash oche
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    Bus Blown Up
    23 1 rusalcm, Feb. 15. *oun d J 7 were seriously "Plosion u'de- l: r >U^ a landmine us, near Nesuziona. Reuter
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    Bombay Drinkers' Grim Prospects
    104 1 Bombay, Feb. 15. J*HAT "an era of half -bottle parties" is approaching is the general verdict of Britons and Americans here, who are new discussing the prospects following the initial shock of the Bombay Government liquor prohibition decision. Although authoritative details are n& available it appears
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    Jewish Ancestry Ousts A Premier
    59 1 Budapest, Feb. 15. THE Premier, Baron Imredy, today resigned. He said the Government Party had resigned office because his great grandfather was a Jew. He declared Opposition allegations regarding his ancestry had been substantially proved and he considered this rendered his continuance m office incompatible
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    Leaves Bed To Address Rotarians
    52 1 (Prom Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 15. For a few hours tonight, Mr. E. O. Shebbeare, Chief Game Warden, left the Bungsar Hospital, where he is a patient, to provide Rotarians with a running commentary of a film of the 1933 Everest Expedition, produced
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    Home Comment On Rubber Decision
    180 1 London, Feb. 15. COMMENTING on yesterday's rubber quota decision, most of the morning newspapers agree that all sections of the industry should be reasonably satisfied with the committee's decision The Manchester Guardian admits that the 50 per cent, rate is unpleasantly low for growers, but
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    Refugees Flock Back To Spain
    134 1 Barcelona, Feb. 15. ALTHOUGH no land activity is re- ported by either side m Spain, the Nationalists have been busy near Salamanca. A communique states two Republican destroyers were hit m raids at Alicante and Castegena. Apart from intermittent shelling all was quiet m Madrid
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    Ranee Has 'Flu
    26 1 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Feb 15. THE Ranee of Sarawak is confined to A her room with influenza.— Free Press Special Cable.
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    Amazing Siglap Kidnap Attempt
    194 1 YOUNG BOYS IN SACKS AN amazing attempt to kidri nap two Eurasian children aged three and four, sons of Mrs. I. W. de Souza, of Kee Soon Road, Siglap, and take them away m sacks puzzled Singapore police yesterday. The attempt was made yesterday afternoon, shortly
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    U.S. Aircraft To Defend France
    85 1 Washington, Feb. 14. The French Embassy announced today that a French military mission had placed an order for 500 new war planes In addition to 100, ordered m 1938. The order is divided between the Douglas, Curtiss and Glenn Martin companies and the North American
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    R.A.F.'Lockheeds
    61 1 R. A. F.' Lockheeds London, Feb. 15. The first of the 250 Lockheed general reconnaisance aircraft which are being built m the United States for the Royal Air Force arrived at Liverpool last night and travelled by road during- the night to an airport at Speke 11 miles from Liverpool.
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    CHINESE FORCES CONVERGING ON CANTON CITY
    208 2 Chungking View Of Hainan Situation LITTLE OPPOSITION Canton, Feb. 13 THE Chinese forces around Canton are converging on the city from three directions, according to a late report from Chinese headquarters m West Kwangtung. Strong Chinese forces from Pakhoi and other Chinese ports m
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    Japanese In The Caribbean
    55 2 San Juan, Puerto Rico, Feb. 15. I TOTTED States naval ships report the presence of Japanese fishing vessels m the Caribbean m the general area where the combined winter manoeuvres of the United States fleet will take place. It is stated Japanese vessels previously have not
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    Tanks At Rangoon
    24 2 Rangoon, Feb. 15. A consignment of 200 light tanks for China have arrived at Rangoon today In an American steamer. Reuter
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    Hainan And Third Powers
    116 2 Chungking, Feb. 15. The effect of the Japanese invasion of Hainan on Great Britain, France, the United States and the Netherlands far exceeds that of mere menace, says the newspaper Ta Kung Pao t"The Impartial"). The New York Times is farsighted when it says the conquest
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    Jamaica Trouble
    43 2 Kingston. Jamaica, Feb. 15. OEVEN ships are held up m Jamaican ports, and unable to discharge, as a result of a lightning strike called yesterday. The labour leader. Bustamente. is touring the island demanding that the strike spread throughout Jamaica.- Reuter
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    Japanese Push On In Hainan
    232 2 Hoihow, Feb. 15. pOLLOWING the Japanese occupa tion of Kiungchow, capital of Hainan Island, and Hoihow biggest city on the island, the Japanese military forces have penetrated so far into the interior of the island that the northern plain has been virtually brought under the
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    Europeans To Leave Killing
    76 2 Shanghai, Feb. 15. IT WAS OFFICIALLY announced to- day that the British. Americans and Japanese had reached a tentative agreement that five British and Americans, including the captain of the gunboat Ladybird and the British vice-consul at Hankow, would proceed to Kuling on Friday to escort
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    No Ashtrays For State Servants
    55 2 Tokio. Feb. 15. Iron lamp-posts, iron railings, and lids of street manholes will be removed from all Tokio thoroughfares and parks to help the national drive for the collection of scrap iron, the Government deckled today. Ashtrays and braziers from Government offices will also be
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    Doctors For China
    48 2 T Chungking:, Feb. 15. HE London China Campaign Committee today cabled the Chinese Peoples Foreign Relations Association that it was sending a large batch of physicians to China to assist m medical relief. Chungking is preparing to extend them a big welcome.— Chinese Central News.
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    Japanese Consul For Shansi Capital
    45 2 Taiyuan, Shansi, Feb. 15. A Japanese Consulate will be formally opened here on Mar. 3. The Consul, Mr. Shirai, and 16 consular policemen have already arrived m the Shansi capital, where Japanese residents are claimed *a nnmHo,. 5,000. Eastern News
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    Palestine Talks
    43 2 JEWISH REPRESENTATIVES to the Palestine Conference arrived at Paddington Station and were greeted by Mr. Malcolm Mac Zonal* the Colonial Secretary The delegation on arrival at P adding ton -Tabo' i Dr Stephen Wise (right) and Dr. Wiseman (with beard left)
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    Nazis Tighten Screws On Non-Aryans
    242 2 Nazis Tighten Screws On No n- Aryans NEW BUSINESS LAWS THE German Ministry of Economics today d£r!>ed that Jewish financial interests must be eliminated from every wholesale business and industrial undertaking, including forestry and farming. UUI K The decree, the publication of which coincides with the payment of the second
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    Allegations Follow Air Crash
    151 2 Allegations Follow Air Crash Bucharest, Feb. 15. THE police are visiting two young in- jured Iron Guard airmen In hospital today, following the discovery of Incriminating documents m the plane m which they crashed near Bucharest Aerodrome. The police found them talking to five beautiful women. Some of the women
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    Anglo-U.S. Trade
    83 2 Ottawa, Feb. 15. Asking the House of Commons to approve the recent trade agreement between Canada and the United States, Mr. MacKenzie King the Prime Minister, said that m negotiating the treaty Canada played her true role m world affairs, namely, that of Interpreter between Britain and the
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    Bremen Breaks Panama Records
    61 2 Panama, Feb. 15 JI'HEN the 51, 000-ton North German Lloyd liner Bremen passes through the Panama Canal today on a cruise trip she will be the ™ogest vessel ever to have made the transit. The previous record was held by the Canadian Pacific liner Empress of
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    Debate On U. S. Defence
    114 2 Washington, Feb. 15. JHE passage of the $75,C00,00Q EmerdPh ff a c Cy efence Bil1 < on which a of R.nrf t k J ng PlaCe m the H^se coneSr 11^ 1 5 SeemS a f The Republicans, m line with the f/<; 1S10 f
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    P.C And Wife As Escorts
    171 2 (From Our Own Correspondent THP uaI Lumpur. Feb. 15. JHE necessity for sending a female nh^fJ^ IZ female P rlson ers was emphasised today by Mr. A.J. Grattan Bellew the First Magistrate, when he was asked to make an order transferring to Singapore a woman
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    25 2 The Hague, Feb. 15. Queen Wilhelmina will visit King Albert of the Belgians m Brussels, arriving there on May 23 and stavi^" three days. Reuter
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    Crazy People In A Hurry
    160 2 Crazy People In A Hurry JT seems taken lor Panted American film hero mv**T and brag and that l£3J* right as long,and has a uriaecrai situation. lo One day Clark Gabfc mhi to play a h( if only one oi nat It i s a rogue "Too Hot to Hand',
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    New Katharine Hepburn
    80 2 New Katharine Hepburn Starring a nc\ I 1 'Holiday' wl m last night, s I totally dJffereni we have previou erives a One I The story r. I m love will: I brought up to v lure is well doj young man wh rebels the girls fatl those of hit
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    Local A.R.P. Book Issued
    88 2 Local A. R.P. Book Issued A comprehensive and handbook on the duties wardens wu Issued yestertoJ Air Raid Precautions pep Singapore. The book out dual duties, m addition to t lying behind the organisation Mentioning that the prt>n<* and ••him" are used throusho referring to warden*, t the book adds
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    Goes To Police With Injuries
    22 2 A Chinese ridli bleeding In his si Read Police I He mutt,;. tUng and Seng Ha conscious.
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    Wedding Of State Footballer
    70 3 picture. |M*d at the Church of St Theresa at Hampong Bahru yesterdayMr J.hn Then. S.C.F.A and State soccer player, and his bride, forml erly W* Dorothy See Glm Lin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. See Chen* Ann. »f Singapore. The bridegroom, who is the son of
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    "All Men Are Liars" Is Not Law Says Judge
    308 3 "CO far as I am aware the adage 'All men are liars' not part of the law of the Colony, even if it is confined to money-lenders," said Sir Percy McElwaine, Chief Justice. S.S., m a judgment m the Singapore High
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    BIG "BLACK-OUT" PLANNED FOR SINGAPORE
    308 3 BIG "BLACK-OUT" PLANNED FOR SINGAPORE Services And Civilian Heads To Co-operate REQUEST TO PUBLIC BY THE GOVERNOR fIVILIANS m Singapore will participate m the combined Services exercises on Mar. 16, m so far that the whole population of the island will be required to observe a complete "black out" of
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    Preparing For Chinese New Year Festival
    270 3 SINGAPORE Chinese are taking out some of their savings to buy Jewellery and order new clothes, to whitewash their houses and buy provisions and are looking up suitable dates for weddings—^all for the coming Chinese lunar New Year, on Sunday. It is the custom
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    Scrub Fires In Singapore
    252 3 CIX lallang and scrub fires have kept the Singapore Fire Brigade busy m the past three days. Three of them occurred yesterday One was a small fire at 11.10 a.m. at Balestier Road near the junction of Moulmein Road. It represented no difficulty. Less than half-an-hour
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    More Trouble In Rangoon
    80 3 Rangoon, Feb. 4. |y|R. W. H. Tydd, Assistant Commls- sioner of Police, was injured during yesterday's disorder, when a mob attacked the car of the Commissioner. Mr. Reynolds. A Burmese woman, addressing a meeting last night, boasted that she had assaulted Mr. Reynolds. The audience applauded.
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    SIAM CENSORSHIP
    45 3 The article In the Singapore Free Press yesterday quoting extracts from a Ba&t*nk newspaper and pointIng out that certain parts of the article had been deleted In Slam, was wrongly attributed to our Bangkok correspondent. The article In question was written m Singapore.
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    Blows Struck With Stick
    127 3 JJESCRIBING himself as a canvasser, a 36-year-old Tamil, n. Ramiah, pleaded guilty before Mr. K. A. Blacker m the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday, on a charge of voluntarily causing grievous hurt, under sudden and grave provocation, to Yeong Ec, by means of a stick, m
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    FLU REDUCES CITY OFFICE STAFFS
    50 3 Influenza and mild fevers are prevalent m Singapore at present, and several offices are working with depleted staffs. "It is very easy for influenza to spread." a doctor told the Free Press yesterday. "One man can easily infect most of the others m his office."
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    STRONGER GUARD ON PALESTINE FRONTIER
    39 3 Jerusalem, Feb. 15. The British District Commissioner of Galilee yesterday met the French chief of Police and a French military officer from Lebanon to discuss the strengthening of the Palestine-Syrian frontier security measures. Reuter
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    Woman Motorist Fined
    87 3 A PPEARING before Mr. C. H. Whit- ton, m the Singapore Traffic Court yesterday, on charges of driving a motor-car without a third party insurance policy, negligent driving and having no licence, a young woman, Lilian Howe, pleaded guilty and was fined $30, $5 and $1 respectively.
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    Aircraft Expert 111
    86 3 Mr. L. C. Ord, on his way from England to Sydney, It is reported as one of the experts sent to Australia by the British Government to advise on the manufacture of aircraft, was suffering so badly from influenza on his arrival m Singapore early yesterday morning
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    WHEN SEPOYS MUTINIED IN SINGAPORE
    240 3 TWENTY-FOUR years ago this week the Fifth Light Infantry mutinied m Singapore. On account of the war, the mutiny was described m England merely as a "serious riot/ but there was a casualty list of seven officers, 15 other ranks and 14 civilians. The mutiny
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    THEFT CASE WITHDRAWN
    70 3 When the case m which Tan Cheng Kiat, a 20-year-old Hokkien, was charged with the theft of a bicycle, valued at $75 belonging to Poh Kirn Huat, at Anson Road stadium on May 6, came up for mention before Mr. K. A. Blacker, In the Singapore Fourth
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    Fire-Fighting Volunteers For Colony
    144 3 Fire-Fighting Volunteers For Colony fO deal with wartime emergencies, the fire-fighting equipment of the Singapore Fire Brigade is to be trebled. Ten Europeans and 200 Asiatics will be enrolled as auxiliary firelighters. The Immediate formation of the corps of auxiliaries has just been sanctioned by the Straits Settlements Government. There
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    A.R.P. CHIEF FOR PENANG
    88 3 OENANQ is shortly to be aligned with Singapore m air raid precautions. Police Inspector H. Hall, of the Kandang Kerbau station, Singapore, has been seconded as Regional Inspector of the Air Raid and Bombardment Precautions Department and will soon leave to assume his new duties m
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    S.S.V.C. COMMANDANT LEAVES
    47 3 Lt.-Col. V. G. Stokes, M.C., Commandant of the Straits Settlements Volunteer Force, sailed from Singapore last night m the X. P.M. steamer Tegelberg, on home leave, via Capetown. During his absence. Major (local Lt.-Co.) W. H. Kingsberry, M.8.E., the Loyals, will act as Commandant.
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    ALLEGED ASSAULT ON GIRL
    58 3 K. C. Joseph, a 30-year-old Malabarl, appeared before Mr. K. A. Blacker, m the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday, on a charge of attempting to commit rape on a Tamil girl m Silat Road. After the charge had been explained to him, the case was postponed
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    ADDED INGREDIENT PROTECTS TEETH
    191 3 Destroys Mouth Acids Too. Even the most sparkling white teeth are not safe from decay. Very often on close examination, you will discover small brown specks which are a sign of the painful cavities to come later on. One of the major causes of the cavities
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    A Singapore MAN in LONDON
    2720 4 A Singapore MAN in LONDON (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Feb. 9. THIS is the time of the year when everyone seems to be yearning to be somewhere else. Where dees not seem to matter much as long as they can go away. London, however, is fuller than usual this
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    63 5 EARTHQUAKES which shook southern Chile are reported to have taken a toll nearly 10 000 lives. Conccpcion, Chile's third largest city, suffered most. Two-fifths of the houses were destroyed, and thousands of oeonle killed. Here is a wrecked street m Concepcion. rRINCE FEIS/^ of Saudi-Arabia (centre) and his entourage leaving
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    WILL TIDE OF CHINA WAR TURN IN SIX MONTHS ?
    532 6 WILL TIDE OF CHINA WAR TURN IN SIX MONTHS Hopes Of Pushing The Invaders Back To Sea CONFIDENCE GAINED FROM WORLD EVENTS (Free Press Special) Shanghai, Feb. 10. CLOWLY evolving British-French-American foreign poli- cies toward the Orient, which already have resulted m concrete assistance for China, led some observers today
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    24 6 POLICE REMOVING UNEMPLOYED DEMONSTRATORS who forced their way into Grovernor House Hotel, London, while Sir John Anderson, Minister for Defence, was addressing a meeting.
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    In Debt For More Than 100 Years
    146 6 London, Feb. 4. AVER the head of Frederick William Dallow hangs a debt that will take more than 100 years to pay. Dallow, a painter, of Uplandroad, East Dulwich, S.E., took out an insurance for his 20 h.p. car, but did not disclose
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    Gaol For Alleged German Spies
    65 6 Metr, Feb. 15. Roger Schneider, a French subject, and Jean Nicholas Beverding, German, were yesterday both sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment and 20 years' banishment on charges of spying for Germany. The men escaped death because the the charge was made last March whereas the
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    Chinese Art Treasures For World Fair
    252 6 Chinese Art Treasures For World Fair San Francisco, Feb. 6. Chinese art treasures will be one of the outstanding features m the Pacific Culture Division of the $20,000,000 (U.S.) Fine Arts display of the 1939 World's Fair. Some pre-historic masterpieces dating as far back as 3,000 years will be on
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    N.I. Pavilion At Golden Gate Exposition
    233 6 rvTTTC3TAMnTMP Francisco, California, Feb. 16. QUTSTANDING among the foreign pavilions at the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Ntth^ds^ast^r that of Copied from one of the temples dating back to the time of Mod jo Pahit, when the world-renowned Hindu-Javan-ese temple of Boroboedoer
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    Japanese Property In P.I. Will Be Seized
    103 6 A Manila, Feb. 15. LL property In the Philippine Islands leased to foreign interests, excepting that leased on Government licence, will shortly be confiscated, according to an announcement Dy the Secretary of Agriculture. The effect of this decree will first be felt m
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    Beauty Spots Sent To Relief Fund
    176 6 Beauty Spots Sent To Relief Fund D_ Shanghai, Feb. 8. R. John Baker, head of the American advisory committee on civilian relief, is wondering what to do with 7,200 courtplaster beauty spots which were found among refugee relief donations from the United States. Dr. Baker refused to reveal the Identity
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    Big Response To Appeal For Recruits
    141 6 Big Response To Appeal For Recruits London, Feb. 14. 17URTHER successful recruiting figures are announced for the Territorial Army and the Air Force. During January Territorial recruits were 4,492 a record. In the same month 1,764 women Joined the Auxiliary Territorial service. Owing to the time lag between recruitment and
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    Korean Protest To Russia
    87 6 Seoul, Korea, Feb. 15. The Korean Government-General has decided to demand the Soviet authorities, through the Foreign Office authorities m Tokio, to release immediately the Hakuyo Mam, a vessel which belongs to the Marine Product Experimental Station, of Kankyo Hokudo Province, m northern Korea. The ship
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    Russia Plans New 5 Year Programme
    308 6 BIGGEST DEVELOPMENT SCHEME IN HISTORY COVIET leaders have formulated onl°oul Feb> 6 development programmes m worhTi?,** 1111 the third Russian five-year plan mv«; hlstor J b to 1942, the official Tass new agenc^ V^ Jea 1 Premier Molotov will announce tL Unws plan to
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    World Silk Production Lower ?
    354 6 World Silk Production Lower TOTAL wor,d prS^U. cocoons for 1938-pym,. China and IHHa-toeafift t: 11.5 per cent less than^a T,^ o "tput according to a report..^ 1 ed by the International ffiSff? 1 Agriculture. "WBBtefc Production this year k mated at 790,600,000 pounds J?--892,700,000 pounds m 1937 if' also 14
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    Court Witness Warned To Tell Truth
    567 7 CHARGES FOLLOW CAR CRASH A WITNESS who was one of <ri six victims of a car crash was warned to tell the truth, by Mr. C. H. Whitton, Singapore Traffic District Judge, yesterday, during the trial of a young Teochew, Tan Joon Phuan, on
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    92 7 New York. An Alsatian's keen instinct enabled him to find the body of his 14-year-old boy friend four days after the child had been drowned. Three days after the boy disappeared the Alsatian accompanied the boy's father to the river to watch dragging operations. The dog refused to stay with
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    Two Malays Sent To Gaol
    183 7 jJENTENCES of 20 and 18 monthsrigorous imprisonment were passed on two Malays, m the Singapore Criminal District Court yesterday, by Mr. L. B. Gibson, when he convicted them on a charge of attempted housebreaking, m a sundry goods shop m Jalan Kledak, on Jan. 22.
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    A. R. P. SCHEME IN JAPAN
    107 7 Tokio. Feb. 15. A new architectural act, designed to safeguard cities m Japan from airraids, will be put into force from April Salient points of the new act, which will be announced by the Home Ministry, include: All wooden houses ta be built on
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    Social Security Scheme In N. Z.
    117 7 Auckland, Feb. 4. II PREPARATIONS lor the coming Into force of the Social Security scheme J on April 1 include the merging of the j pensions and unemployment divisions of the Labour Department, and the I completion of an eight storey building I at
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      179 7 jLHAMBRA PA1 "»"»g/^ Worner Bros. Muaical-Comedy-Romance! DICK POWELL, PRISCILLA LANE pA T O BRIEN. DICK FORAN. ANN SHERIDAN J^^Hft^^^^^lL^^^ft^H I^^ jl^^ll^ftw-B J T£j^ ft^FM^ft^N^* m "ROMANCE a»d RHYTHM" Its a stampede of singing, a Rodeo of romance and Herdful of Howls! ALSO LATEST "BRITISH MOVIETONE NEWS" and other interesting short
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      41 7 I: j^^B .A COLU^MBIA PIfTIIRP*^— WIRFPTFP KATHARINE CARY illK^Sti HEPBURN GRANT K^^fH VVITH K'WARI) EVERETT HORTOW— BINNIE BARNES— LEW AYRES li^-jftifl LATEST CAUMONT NEWSREEL (BY AIRMAIL) *H THE GREATER MARCUS SHOW IS COMING! fflarox'JSft v 4 8O ARTISTS! CO GIRLS !I
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      232 7 See CLARK GABLE filming the WAR m China! MYRNA LOY as a dare-devil round-the-world flier! Its a grand show! B TODAY i^^^s^^^^L^^^^^^ 1 jp^B I I 6.15 9*15 m I B "Excellent m brighr and enter- L*CcZ%4? /f2lfA*U? 8 »ining a comedy as one could hope JPI fIA H^ 0
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1939. Rubber Prospects
    687 8 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1939. Rubber Prospects T^HE outlook for rubber is dis- tinctly brighter as a result of the decision of the I.R.R.C. to keep the export quota unchanged during the second quarter of the year. The fact that on the eve of this decision Messrs.
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    New Territory Found In Antarctica For U.S.
    704 8  -  LINCOLN ELLSWORTH by by ELLSWORTH Leader, Fourth Ellsworth Antarctic Expedition On Board M.V. Wyatt Earp m Antarctic Waters EIGHTY THOUSAND miles of country never seen before by human eyes have been added today to the world's surface. Following the precedent set by earlier
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    University & Industry
    546 8  - University Industry Joseph Martin By TO talk of England's oldest 1 university town as an industrial area would shock most people who have visited this time-honoured seat of learning: and admired its lovely old colleges and halls. Yet, during the last 25 years, Industrial development has taken place In Oxford
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      98 8 All I f LIQUEUR CALDBECKS BY SPECIAL T H M THE APPOINTMENT KING OF S!AM ESTD. 1 872 NEWEST DESIGNS IN uIAMOND JEWELLERY. NECKLACES BRACELETS BROOCHES RINGS CLIPS WATCHES. {incorporated m Ceylon) SINGAPORE IFOH PENANG. Sole Axtntit V L^^P B JOHN LITTLE^^S^H^H CO., [boord'sl See the sign and know the
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      58 8 D. to LIM'S INDIGESTION HERB TEA relieves constipation. Good Result And Easy To Take. D. T. LIM COMPANY. 353, North Bridge Road, Singapore, ■fll There is mo better ptli m mm w <baa martins. y«i cm mWmW r«ly upo« MARTIN'S PILLS. MBmW Suld br CbcmMU ft Stores aad T by
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    UNKNOWN
    848 9 Meeting With French Governor-General FLEW FROM SAIGON IN DEFENCE SEAPLANE JHE Governor and High Commissioner, Sir Shenton Thomas, and the Governor-General of French IndoChina, M. Brevie, were within 150 miles of Hainan strategic island off the coast of Indo-China, when the Japanese occupied the island last Friday morning. This
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    Doctor's Opinion In Will Case
    387 9 rVGAPORE Mohammedan, who was alleged to have lie hi? will while of unsound mind, was "dull, somebackward and slightly stupid" according to a desL of him by a European doctor, who had attend/d •wo month? prior to his death. •c was also somewhat dell Apart,
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    "HANGOVER" LED TO MEDICAL DISCOVERY
    154 9 "HANGOVER" LED TO MEDICAL DISCOVERY THOUGH known hundreds of years ago. chiropractics— the science of manipulating the Joints, especially tho spine, to cure disease— had made real progress only since 1910, said Mr. H. Mclntyre, speaking on the origin, history and development of chiropractics it the Singapore Rotary club meeting
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    "Evans Of Broke" Next Governor Of Singapore ?
    165 9 "Evans Of Broke" Next Governor Of Singapore (From Our Own Correspondent.') London, Feb. 6. WHERE is still considerable speculation m London as to the successor who will follow Sir Shenton Thomas as Governor and High Commissioner when his extended term of office ends. The latest rumour is that the much-coveted
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    "CARS MUST BE PROTECTED"
    91 9 PEOPLES' property m unattended motor-cars must be protected." declared Mr. Conrad Oldham, Singapore Second Police Magistrate, yesterday, sentencing Tang Peng Huat, a 33-year-old Teochew, to six weeks' rigorous imprisonment, to be followed 'by six months' police supervision, for stealing a clock from an unattended motorcar. "There
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    SIR S. WALDER TALKS OF DEFENCE PLANS
    359 9 f IKE most Australians these days, Sir Samuel Walder, Member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales, and former Lord Mayor of Sydney, enquired after the advance made m the Singapore Naval Base and fortifications, immediately after his arrival by Imperial Airways
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    KILLED WHILE LOOKING FROM BUS WINDOW
    381 9 WHILE driving an omnibus between a sewage construction m the middle of Joo Chiat Road and a telegraph post on the left side of the road, on the night of Jan. 8, the driver suddenly heard shouts from his passengers of "Orang mati, orang
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    Appeal Won In Tile Making Dispute
    447 9 Appeal Won In Tile Making Dispute fIJANUFACTURERS of tiles within the Municipal area will m future have to take out licences from the Singapore Municipal Commissioners. Delivering judgment m the Singapore High Court yesterday, as to whether that section of the Singapore Municipal Ordinance forbidding the manufacture of bricks without
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      4 9 FRESH OVSTERt MAI,., TON.GHT
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      72 9 and "Kleenoff" Cleaning means Nicer Cooking >dC3EB^. s o^'^^ to prevent grease from splashing the >^S3HKpi^^^» inside and top of your oven x^ .-^^g^P^^M^f when cooking. ffl Khi A Caked-on grease prevents fc^#^- use being made of the H heat obtained* besides causQjM ing obnoxious odours. Use 3jjm week and
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    INSURANCE GOES AHEAD
    816 10 Business Was Good Last Year BRITISH FIRMS PROSPER THE good results reported by British life assurance companies for the year 1938 are a reminder of the importance of insurance business m the finances of the country. At least thirty British life assurance concerns may be ranked among
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    Catholics And Mussolini Still At Variance
    521 10 Catholics And Mussolini Still At Variance Rome, Feb. 4. THOUGH tne test of strength between the Catholic Church and the Fascist Party has not yet resulted m a clear-cut victory for either side, it has shown Mussolini that opposition is still possible m spite of 16 years of dictatorship. In
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    45 10 SPRING Session of the Church Assembly at Central Hall, WestminsterSir Philip Baker Wilbraham, first secretary of the Church Assembly since 1919, who is retiring seen next to the Archbishop of Canterbury, who is proposing a vote of thanks to the assembly for the secretary's service.
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      686 10 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS TENDERS, SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. Tenders. Tenders are now invited for the following materials or services. For particulars, see Municipal Tenders Room: Supply of Sulphate of Alumina for period June 1, 1939 to May 31. 1940 Date ol Closing. 4 p.m.. Apr. 3. 1939. Supply of Standard High Pressure Copper
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      496 10 BOARD RESIDENCE. SEA FRONT &ATONC GRANGK— M. Meyer Rd (near Swimming Club) Board -Residence at moderate rmtet Large Gardens— Tennis. Phone: 5758. THE MANSION I OXLEY RISE PRIVATE HOTEL Tel. *****. I EAST ANGLIA 1 OXLKY RISK SINGAPORE. 3 mina. to town nlgb level, garages. dally or monthly rates, large
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      125 10 Tou A SS€t t\, *PProxhnate| y 5^ C^espon dents L^S I N (H Vi CURRENT l^*^ POSIT ACCO^ IAL Ifid FOREIGN c?ri n* 3 °B««'A gold mm a UMiTEft. incorporated q...... Notice Of Dec^J Final Dividend. I NOTICE isho^., I Fmal Dividend Ql 1 bonus of two pace ml I
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      420 10 RADIO PROGRAMMES SINGAPORE THURSDAY ZHL 225 metres. ZHP 30.96 metres. p.m. 5.00 Cantonese dramas. f 5 25 Cantonese musical interlude, t lude.t 5.35 «ew Cantonese dramas. t fi.ls Mandarin children's programme. 6.30 "Popular Singers "—3 Miss Wang Z«n Mee. (Mandarin) .t 7.00 The Folk Dance orchestra.t 7.15 "Wide Horizons." 7.30
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      18 10 NIROM THURSDAY 1.C2 L'iU^ jn 2*lo NfWS. 2!ju n-c ft* r ,vi*« asssj: 8 Oj M"--^ rat es.
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      LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCKS & SHARES
      444 11 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCKS SHARES from London 5.30 p. m. Yesterday I d -miration unlfss latest Quotations Previously c stated X a Loan P-C 1944-64.... 11l ln <aanc US" so 107% 108 JljiiPC W* ;,a^ (units) 9i/ ,i As.cc -A" H* WA' snare 10s Pc!.) 8? 3 B^B m
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      S.R.C. Spring Tennis Tournament
      49 11 PONIS TOURNAMENT will be held •c S.r.ftapore Recreation Club, from Monday, Mar. 20. -owing are events:— r or^ singes, championship J2"»- handicap, veterans' an^cap, mixed doubles hant f •tOKn'i championship »i*lng to participate are -n the entry list at the T close on Monday, Mar.
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      Yesterday's Rubber Auction
      155 11 THE Singapore Chamber of Commerce 1 Rubber Association held its 1,4215t. auction yesterday when there were catalogued 1,209,074 lbs. (539.77 tons) Offered 1,092.691 lbs. (487.81 tons) Sold 868,798 lbs. (387.86 tons) Spot London 7 15|16d. New York 16 cents PRICES REALISED Ribbed Smoked Sheet Cents Per Lb.
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      "Paketvaartbond" Officers
      33 11 "Paketvaartbond" Officers -'^7oV,T [n held at -Tan??; Ge^ ni? Road: Hoe. urn Heng a «nt w Yew m S f p cok: hon auditor, S?«2ff Lim Whye pin Chwel T^ Us>e su Perinten-
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      13 11 •^^tf n er totralnfor »t H asu .^5 !lnenu > scheme b Proves success-
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      Home Soccer
      42 11 London, Feb. 15. Cup fifth round replay: Everton 2, Birmingham 1; First Division: Aston Villa 4, Huddersfleld 0; Preston 1, Stoke 1: Second Division: Notts Forest 2, Newcastle 0. Southern: Exeter 3, Walsall 2; Northern; Chester 1, Accrington o.— Keut?r.
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      THE COMMODITY MARKETS
      183 11 From London 5. 30 p.m. Yesterday I RUBBER: Firmer. London: Bd. 3 l|l6d. Previously: 715|16d. Bd. Apr.-June: 8 l|l6d. ii l B d. Previously: 8d 8V 8 d July Sept: 8«/«d. 8 3|l6d. Previously: 8 l)16d. B'3]l6d Oct.-Dec: 3 3 16d. S x 4 d. Previously: Q\/
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      THE METAL MARKETS
      66 11 From London: Latest Quotations I TIN: Easy. Spot: £212 17s. Gd. Previously: £214 2s. 6d, Three monihs: £211 17s. 6d. Previously: £213 2s. 6d, NEW YORK TIN: 45.20. Previously: 45.40. COPPER: £41 10s. Od. Previouslv: £42 2s. 6d. GOLD: Yesterday: £7 8s. 4d. Previously: £7 8s. 3*/
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      Foreign Exchange Rates
      65 11 > London Closing Quotations I Method of Parity oetore Latest Centre Quoting 20-9-31 Rate Previously Paris Franc to 124.11 177 177 New York... to 4.8665 4.68% 4.68% Amsterdam Guilders to 12.10 8.72" 4 8.74 Hong Kong.. Per dollar Is 215|16d. is. 2 151 16<L Shanghai... Per dollar
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      Local Exchange Rates
      161 11 FEB. 15 SELLING London T.T. 2!3 25|32 London demand 213 25 32 Lyons demand 2045 Switzerland demand 239}* Hamburg demand 134 New York demand 54 Montreal demand 54% Batavia demand 100V4 Samarang demand 100% Calcutta. Bombay and Rangoon demand 154% Madras and Colombo demand 154% Hong Kong
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION
      94 11 FEB. 15, 1939: 12 O'CLOCK NOON Bayers Sellers. No. IX R.S.S. Spot loose.. 27% 27% No. IX B.S.S. FOB. m cases February 27% 28 GF.A.Q RSS P.O B. m bales February 27% Flat Bark Crepe P.OJ. In bales February 23% 23V4 Future Months Quotations No.
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      Daily Share Report
      178 11 ISSUED BY FRASER AND CO. AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS YESTERDAY TIN. The price of tin at midday was $106 !4t unchanged. London were again small sellers of tin shares this morning, and locally conditions m this section of the market were for the most part dull
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      SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES
      1290 11 Fraser And Co.'s List I WEDNESDAY, FEB. 15, 1939: 5 P.M. MINING Buyer* Sellers Ampat Tin (4s) 3s 3d 4s Asain Kumbang 26s 2is Austral Malay 40s 45s cd. Ayer Ilitam (55.) 21s 9d 22s 9s Ayer Weng ($1) .55 .60 Bangrin Tin 20s 21s
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      Current Company Dividends
      104 11 List Supplied By Messrs. Fraser Co. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 15, 1939: 5 P.M. Total for Company Dividend Books Financial TIN Close Date fix. Div. year Austral Malay 9d. No. 48 3d. bonus Feb. 24 Mar. S Feb. 25 5% Kuala Lumpur Tin Is. Feb. 17 Feb. 17 5%
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    AUSTRALIA AS EMPIRE STOREHOUSE
    456 12 Federal Cabinet Agrees To Co-operate STORAGE OF FOOD SUPPLIES Hobart, Feb. 6. THE Federal Cabinet, which met here today, decided *to set m motion machinery to make Australia a storehouse to feed her own people and to help feed the population of Great Britain m the
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    86 12 WORKING IN THE BITTER COLD on the exposed moors at Fox House, near Sheffield, shepherds have rescued alive 30 sheep that have been buried m snow drifts for ten days. Those rescued appeared little the worse for their experience, being kept warm by their thick winter wool, and a shepherd
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    U.S. Arms Trade With East Not Good
    398 12 TWO MAIN REASONS San Francisco. ARMS shipments from the United States to the Far East, including both China and Japan, are falling oft at a very heavy rate, the Institute of Pacific Relations reports. This is atti ibuted to two general j causes.
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR
    151 12 The following ships are alongside the Singapore HarJaour Board Wharves or expected to arrive: East Wharf: Entrance Gate 1; Exit 1:— Christine Marie 22. Sheers Wharf: Entrance Gate 1; Exit 1:— Silverelm 19. Main Wharf. Entrance Gate 2; Exit 3:— Silvermaple 18; Mata Hari 17; Behar 16; Scharnhorst
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    Arms Supply: Appeal To France
    64 12 Chungking, Feb. 15. France should now allow the passage of arms and ammunition for China via Indo-China. This is the unanimous appeal of the Chinese press which ,for the first time, revealed the fact that there has never been sucji passage since the IndoChina authorities,
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    JOHANN DE WITT
    27 12 The Nederland Line vessel Johan de Witt is expected at 3 p.m. today alongside Godowns 1 and 2. She will sail at 7 p.m.
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    ANDRE LEBON
    36 12 The s.s. Andre Lebon from Marseilles, via Port-Said, Djibouti, Colombo, Madras and Pondlcherry, is expected to arrive on Saturday at about 9 a.m. and sail at about 1 p.m. for Saigon, Tourane and Haiphong.
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    Why Goebbels Expelled Comedians
    424 12 JTFFECT of the expulsion of Werner Finck, Kurt Pabst, Herren Buth, Meissner, and Dlugl, live of Germany's best-known comedians, from the Reich Cultural Chamber by the Minister of Propaganda, Dr. Goebbels. is that the comedians can never again perform m Germany. Dr. Goebbels's action follows repeated
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    Herbert Morrison Rebukes Followers
    127 12 Mr. Herbert Morrison, M.P., In this month's London News (publication of the London Labour Party), vigorously defends his action m speaking at the recent A.R.P. rally at the Albert Hall. He states that he would have been guilty of a discourtesy to London A.R.P. workers if
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    PASSENGERS IN SARPEDON
    439 12 T*HE following passengers for Colombo, Port Said and Europe, left m Sarpedon yesterday: Mr. and Mrs. A. Wedgwood. Mr. R. P. and Mrs. G. S. Davis, Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Young. Mr. W. G. Price. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Swinburne. •Mr. and Mrs. Bosanqust. Mr.
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    45 12 GRACIE FIELDS BACK FROM U.S.— The famous screen star, arrived back at Paddington on the Champlain boat train from America, wore on the lapel of her coat a police badge inscribed "Captain of Detectives, Santa Monica" given her by the Mayor after a charity concert.
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    PASSENGERS BY AIR
    138 12 The following passengers are expected to arrive m Singapore by Imperial Airways or Qantas Empire Airways: Mr. T. A. Boucher, Feb. 15 from. Bangkok; Mr. C. S. S. Higham, Feb. 24, from Bangkok. Passengers departing are: Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Bushell. Misses Piisliell, Feb. 14, for
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    DEMPO DUE TONIGHT
    45 12 The m.v. Dempo of the Rotterdam Lloyd is expected from Batavia m the outer roads tonight at about 7 p.m. She will come alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves tomorrow at about 6.30 a.m. and will leave :or Europe at 10 a.m.
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      127 12 NOTICE, WEARNES AIR SERVICES, LTDALTERATIONS TO SCHEDULES AS FROM FRIDAY, 17th FEBRUAR* FRIDAYS, SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS, MOND* Singapore Dep. 7.00 a.m. Penang Dep. p| K. Lumpur Arr. 8.40 a.m. Taiping rr 340 p .i K. Lumpur Dep. 8.45 a.m. Taiping ep 4go p Taiping Arr. 10.05 a.m. K. Lumpur Arr Taiping
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      232 12 CLEARANCES Feb. 15:— Tandjong Pinang, Medusa. Gorgon, Larut (Brit.); Khoen Hoea (Dut.); Perak, Sarpedon (Brit.); Beduin, Ngow Hock (Nor.); Burdwan, Kelantan (Brit.); Tegelberg, Toba, Both, Patras, Majang (Dut.). Egypt. Sudan and Palestine Imperial 2 p.m Great Britain and Ireland Imperial 2 p.m. Europe except Great Britain and Ireland x Imperial
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      360 12 And "s^S «»Perial: From Ear, «esda y Frida f8 Wearnes From p/" 10^ and X"a.a L UniDur evening. ArHv^TuX Nf T l £r'^ a»J "fternoons nd »>. S«% Ings. y un <>ij ei^ Wednesdays. Sal|00: Indies! drives T^^ Serial: From on VV rives Fridays. Ron is AWPORT PILUR Box Correspondence
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      528 13 ws^gaaatB W L 7ni ?tlf itf^iS Ebritis^ndiaunes f .IN CNGI^ND) p 6c O. S. N. COS SAILINGS, OUTW/BM Due Due Spore. Tonnafe. Spore. BANGALORE 6.000 Apr 8 Ffb. 24 RAJPUTANA 17.000 Apr 21 Mar. 10 RANCHI 17,000 May 5 Mar. 10 •BHUTAN 6.100 May 6 Mar. 24 "BEHAR 6.000 May
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      413 13 McALISTER CO., LTD. (Incorporated m Straits Settlements.) GRESHAM HOUSE, BATTER* RD.. SINGAPORE. PHONE 5172 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL S.S. Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m England) HAVRE LONDON ROTTERDAM HAMBURG VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL Steamer Due sails CITY OP FLORENCE Calls Glasgow Feb 2 1 Mar 2 cx 1 Z^c F o° L
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      658 13 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Ocean Building, Collyer Quay Singapore xel. 5151. Chartered Bank Building Penan* T el. 1368. BLUE FUNNEL LINE. FAST SERVICES MARSEILLES. LONDON. N. CONTINENT AND GLASGOW (m conjunction with the Glen Line) MENELAUS L'don. R'dam. H'burg. Hull, Gdynia Peb 17 Feb^l DEUCALION Mars.. L'don. R'dam. H'burg and Glasgow
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      474 14 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. 1 (Incorporated m FJd.B.) TELEPHONES Freight M33— faasare S*IL {CANADIAN PACiIIC tftAVICL vVTtiIM Incorporated In England) THE "EMPRESS" ROUTE offers TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES via HONOLULU or direct EMPRESS to VANCOUVER— ACROSS CANADA by TRANSCONTINENTAL TRAIN without change— thence by CANADIAN PACIFIC ATLANTIC SERVICES TO ENGLAND or the CONTINENT—
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      699 14 lENDERSON LIME For Ew thin t to* o Appertaining SCHEDULE OF SAILINGS Ocean Passages. Forefcn Money Exchange and Freight. By Fortnightly Passenger Steamer apply Between Rangoon, Port Sudan, Marseilles and England. Cfl^SK S HOMEWARD SAILINGS *sjsngjfc,>« Leave Rangoon WAGONS-LITS 1939 1 1 i -mm i KEMMENDINE Mar. 4 k mjml
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      661 14 AMERICAN PRESIDENTUNES^ TO EUKOPfe; FROM SINGAPORE AND PENANG TO COLOMBO r»^t». ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES. GENOA. MARsiSIS^J f0 lT v Arrive. Leav M J/ o**0 PRESIDENT POLK Pe^M 52T2 p «ns PRESIDENT OARPTELD JJJ V 5 f T eb 2 Mar 1 "'•JJ X PRESIDENT MONROE 2 8 5 r2JM^ A,? PRESIDENT
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    320 15 Today's Contract Bridge problems ,r Arcs David Bruce I- >„in A DMaier. Oswald Bfiv^S v crc Oswald V mrtner. both sides were I 1 bidding went: ,:e You ,p»n J p ass 6H P^s <» Dbl PasS ie,d. holding: S-10 9 x x X x x ,i x x x
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    25 15 t W o n H r r a Ot at EMb Viscount Doncraile pre»tntlnr th« trophy to Miss Ct>ll«d«e after she had won the title.
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    Rationing System In Berlin Food Shortage
    332 15 EXTENSION MAY BE NEEDED AxjTxrrn x, i Berlin, Feb. 4. HINI that the present acute shortage of butter, cooking fats, eggs, meat and coffee m Germany may shortly extend to other commodities is given by the Deutsche Volkswirt, leading German economic journal. The journal
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    Y.W.C.A. Sports Club
    94 15 Y.W.C. A. Sports Club THE Y.W.CA Is forming teams for netball and cricket, and the tenrls club is to re-open with an Americn tournament on Saturday week at the hostel at 4.30 p.m. The Sports Club makes special provision for the beginners In any sport, as well as experienced player,
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    Kent To Visit N.Z. Next Year
    272 15 London, Feb. 4. THE Duke of Kent, who is to succeed Lord Gowrie as Governor-General of Australia, stated last night that, with the Duchess, he would visit New Zealand In November and December, 1940. Lord Gowrie relinquishes his office next November. The Duke was
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    Sime, Darby XI
    53 15 The following will represent Slme, Darby Sports Club against "C" Company, Manchester Regt., In a friendly game of soccer tomorrow at Geylang Stadium at 5.15 p.m.:— Mohd. Hashim, Neo Eng Bee, S. Gould, Hamid, H. G Riches, C. A. Parkinson, Abdullah. C. O. Paley, A. D. Dant,
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    TOMMY FARR RETURNS TO ENGLAND
    737 15 TOMMY FARR RET URNS TO ENGLAND Wants A Fight In London DIFFICULTIES IN THE WAY Tmm^r London, Feb. 8. OMMY Farr is coming home at last. He will be on his way next Friday m the Queen Mary. Holiday talk and family are not the reasons prompting the trip. His
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    Carter To Ride In Singapore
    95 15 pARTER, who is the latest addition to Malayan jockeys, will make his first appearance m Singapore at the coming spring meeting. Carter came to Malaya from Sydney for the Penang Farewell meeting and has had several successes up to the present. He is attached to
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    All-in Skating In London?
    212 15 London, Feb. 8. ONE thing I am sure you must have noticed is the introduction m recent years of many new sports to this country. There seems to be no end to them. The next on the list is basketball, America's winter indoor game, which is
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    Mrs. Miller Out Of Further Tennis Tests
    355 15 London, Feb. 8. THE remaining lawn tennis "tests'* between South Africa and Great Britain will not feature the dynamic presence of Mrs. Bobbie Heine -Miller, best woman player m the Dominion. She has not always "hit it off" with the authorities, and it
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    Selangor Golf Club Championship
    96 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 17. RETURNING a score of 77 m th* qualifying round of the Selangor Qolf Club championship, Mr. Justice P. Gordon Smith, led the field, and became favourite for the title which last year was won by Major W. H.
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    CEYLONESE PLAY GOOD HOCKEY TO DRAW WITH S.R.C.
    385 16 One-AU Result In Close Game PILLAY SHINES IN GOAL DLAYING one of their finest games, the Ceylon Sports Club yesterday held the S.R.C. to a one-all draw m a hockey game at Balestier. Their forwards combined excellently, and had it not been
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    50 16 picture. CHEE LIM (Nestanflo) on the left and Chwee Eng (Overseas Chinese Bank) watch a Nestanflo player leap to a header m yesterday's Business Houses League football fixture, Nestanflo won by the only goal. Nestanflo were runners -up' and Overseas Chinese Bank champions m the leafue last year. Free Press
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    Wearnes Beat Uniteers Two Goals To One
    178 16 BUSINESS HOUSES FIXTURE TNTERESTIN'G soccer was seen at Anson Road yesterday when Wearne Brothers' Sports Club met Uniteers on Fraser and Neave's ground. Wearnes won by two goals to one after a keen game m which both teams went all out to win.
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    Nestanglo Beat Chinese Bank By Only Goal
    259 16 1 AST YEARS runners-up m the Business Houses League footfc#.ll competition, Nestanglo, beat the champions, Overseas Chinese Bank, by a solitary goal m their first meeting of the new season at Anson Road Stadium yesterday. The standard of play set by these teams
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    Local Boxer In Australia
    184 16 CRESH from the smell of resin, and 1 roar of the Australian boxing crowd, Leslie Dumbleton, undefeated Singapore amateur boxing fly-wei«ht champion returned to Singapore yesterday by the Charon. Dumbleton, who went to Australia last year to recuperate from an illness, was obliged to don gloves
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    Proposed New Tennis Club
    173 16 pOLLOWING the Government's offer of a site now occupied by the Malay Volunteer Drill Hail and the ground on which it stands between Stamford Road and Bras Basah Road. for the formation of the Singapore Lawn Tennis Club, it is proposed to hold a meeting open
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    S. C. C. Football Trial
    89 16 T^HE following will play m today's S.C.C. trial football match at F. and N. ground: Colours: E. C. Barnes; J. W. Muncey <capt), W. R. Ravie; W. H. Carter A Morgan, F. W. Dunhill; A. J. A. Goetzee, R. A. Hooper, Kurt Blach, A Fraser
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    21 16 picture. WKABNES BROS SPORTS I CUJB beat Wniteer, 2-1 Vraatr nd NeaTC ZZZ yesterday. A snap during the game.- Free Press
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    Nyamok Wins Three Races At Changi
    461 16 TEN boats turned out for the second race of the series for the Monthly Cup. On the first leg, a beat to the Sekudu Pagar, Felicity held an useful lead for a short time, but a "slight sifting of the wind pushed her back
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    Rugby Football Is In A Decline
    371 16 POOR STANDARD OF PLA London. Feh k INTERNATIONAL games played already this seaVb revealed the unfortunate fact that Rugby football has clined. This was the fear when England beat Wales* Twickenham: it was emphasised when Wales beat Scotland New inspiration is needed. The standard
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    Emperor Of Annam Is Keen Sportsman
    83 16 THE Emperor of Annam is a 27 -year-old athlete who broke his leg: m two places playing football m Hue, the capital of his country. He was recuperating when he entertained the Governor and High Commissioner, Sir Shenton Thomas, during his tour of French
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    Football Fixtures
    118 16 A FOOTBALL match m aid of the Boy Scouts' (H.Q.) Building Fund. S.C.F.A. vs. M.F.A., will be played at Anson Road Stadium tomorrow at 5.10 p.m. The Governor and party will attend and the Band of the Manchester Regiment will play before the match and during the interval.
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    42 16 picture. SC&AMBU FOR THE BALL: An incident m yesterdavc **a S ue fixture. A Nestanjlo player watches Chee Lim nessH( *<r Chwee En* (Overseas Chinese Bank) struggle for dossJl™^ Chinese Bank, champions of last year, were Yeat/n Tt^Z °> year's runners-up. Free Press
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    S. C. R. C. Tennis
    44 16 S.C.R.C. members are W»J" the tennii courts at n^ Green will be opened on Feb. 23. $*&*Z take place £&et(o*fZ Pang have *arh J^ ssraisr«-j All Junl .'^Jo: take advantw Jir^ 1 are requested the form put up atu^^
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    HOCKEY POSTPONED
    5 16 The boettr«**Vtfs postponwi.
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