The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 24 February 1939

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  • 16 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS I I Nit) I FftIDAY, FEBRUARY 24. l" CENTS
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  • 14 1 Britain, France To Recognise Franco? DOUBT rnn and ptplomatic Reuter KJHQ UILY British Wireless
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  • 10 1 K.O. Forecast In Boon Bout i i] und. unch Reuter
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  • 34 1 SOLDIER GOVERNOR PASSES Jh'lltl i L rd B who WE9 nd op (id and I I I rsona' ll] Membei Paxil :c?CCdi: iointed G jay. In I Joh:. Governor I >rd Linlit British Wireless
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  • 54 1 I MldOß I The United X >m m 193J I broad £55,000,000 more than it '„000,000 m 1937. Recallii b the I that the 0 visible trade and Gcv.1,000.000 ,5,000.000 less than m 1937, the Board i ible income about improvi leavl anal balance about 1
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  • 179 1 BRITAIN AND THE GREAT POWERS iYiuch Diplomatic Mm 3 J *w\** (L» fwl CLAIMS 0)T ITALY London, Feb. 23. D RITA I K'S relations itli Prance, Germany and Italy all ire at present claiming attention from diplomats observer- and considerable importance is expected to attach to the statement regarding Anglo-French
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  • 389 1 The first blackout jokj heard m Singapore "Darling, close your eyes. They are so bright/ mmw*mmmwmmtmwwmmmwmmx'^m^^^^^^**m^^Bri^ mm^n^ *mimm \7ALUABLE knowledge as to how future black-outs at V Singapore can l>c made more effective was gained bj observers aboard Royal Air Force aircraft flying over
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  • 68 1 London, Feb. which day U I members ol the Brill, Jew. a:. dele?. I >pened '•hen 14 »und one table for the COB 'ions 0] d. Authoritative QUarl phasise thai the me I Informal and not part of thi atioi Today's «lon was general ither
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  • 50 1 Germans Seize Jewish Property Berlin. I eh. Within a fort ht from todaj, Jews Of German na* ty and Jews witll- ut nationality m ndered tor sale to municipal pawnshops al >Jects In thel ion of gold, siland platinum as w^ precious d A decree to thl official I Reuter
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  • 27 1 th? Commons to: He said that wh m IoJ was it would pectively as lar m respect of the 1' cere. Reuter
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  • 122 1 London. I eh. ASKED it.-Comm. R. 1 (Lab., Warwick', m the Comas tonig t :nained the Governments po 1 re no need to enlist a r o infantrymen with a view to the Continent, t replied that the policy was to recruit to the exten* m
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  • 8 1 Marie Antoinette In Hospital Reuter cd I portray
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  • 130 1 I ion on a pi I me: companl Tn<' ible i homely of one o: ll ad. Lord ided tl There bet r m Fran "his country, was ar. rtion of our d. tore long, we should have an -:,unily ol empha.s. when we welcomed the
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    • 59 1 L BRONCHIAL I PASTILLES SKA FAJI j 1 V GE FL£ Svs J SEA VIEW HOTtl TONIGHT SATURDAY I SPECIAL DINNER -DANCE CABARET I KJUNE 6c COLLETTE JAY EXTENSION TO 1 A. M. ADELPHI GRILL ROOM Till BEBI POOD \l REASONABLE PRICES LUNCHEONS AND DINNERS Ut RANGED AT SHORT NOTICI
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  • 313 2 Embassy Counsellor Flies NEW CRISIS LOOMS MM Morito Morishima, Counsellor of the Japanese Embasy m China, today made a detailed report to the Foreign Minister, Mr. Hachiro Arita, on the situation m Shanghai. .1 L. 4 1 Lv He arrived m Tokio from Shanghai
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  • 74 2 AN assertion that -lews **are behind the terrorist campaign m Shanghai is made m a dispatch ifrom Tokio yesterday by the Japanese-owned Eastern N'ewsagency. Large numbers of Jewish refugees from Europe recentIly have settled m the city. The dispatch says the Dowakai, the State party m
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  • 118 2 'ACCORDING to a Japanese report I** from Hanoi, the French Indoi China Government, has prohibit foreign vessels from unloading arms at Haiphong, under instructions ft Paris. Seven to i foreign vessels are now held up at Haiphong unable to unload arms intended for the Chinese Government
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  • 102 2 Drill For Backs Of China London, Feb. Z.,. CU totalling 20,000,000 yards. and val I I between €500.000 and £750.000 are the subject Of negotiations between Lancashire cotton Interests, and a leading Manchester firm ol r'ar Eastern shippers and merchants acting on behalf of the China In an announcement to
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  • 38 2 Shanghai, Feb. S3. Laying booms at the mouth of the port, the engineering corps of the Naval units completed blockading Haimen. a seaport m Chekiang Province on Monday, a Navy communique veals- Eastern News
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  • 54 2 Osaka, Feb. A new addition was made to the Japanese Navy this morning when the destroyer Natsushio slid down the ways of the Fujinagata Dockyards. Vice-Admiral Muneo Yoshinari, head of the Kure Naval Arsenal, and other high naval officers attended the launching ceremony, m addition to
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    76 2 After flying from Paris a Crlt'.sh Airways Lockheed airliner with > passengers and a crew of three was unable to land at Croydon I week owing to troub'e with its BB !eroarr?age. One leg of the undercarriage jammed la the up (or flying) position. After circling aerodrome for 1H hours,
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  • 60 2 Tokio, Feb. Is. On the ground that it was still premature for the three minority parties I organise a new party, the Tohokai Social Masses Party and Parmer Reformists Party will not amalgamate for the time being. This point was made clear by the parties
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  • 402 2 Japanese Demands Stir London Press GENERAL INDIGNATION London, Feb. 23. [ON DON newspaper comments ail reveal indignation at Japan's pretensions for greater control of the International Settlement, emphasizing that the Japanese themselves are primarily re >pon<iWo for the murder-. through the breakdown of law and order and the general absence
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  • 76 2 Berlin, Feb. ".:>> 117 ELL-INFORMED German circles ar e optimistic about the progress of the trade talks being conducted by the economic adviser to the Foreign Office, Mr. Ashton-Gwatkin. According to the present an ments, Mr. Ashton-Gwatkin Dr. Funk, President of the Reichsbank, tomorrow, and Field
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  • 107 2 London. Feb Speaking m the House of Commons the Secretary of State for the Colonies Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, threw light on the question of where arms takon from Arab terrorist gang! m I. tine come from. He said an analysis by the Pi Government between
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  • 109 2 London, Feb. £3. THE times commenting on the official Japan cription of The recent Hong Kong bombing as "a regrettable accident." says it is probable that the regret is not wholly insincere. No nation likes its air force to give a public display of either ill-discipline oi* incompetence,
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  • 143 2 Resistance On Hainan Island Hong Kon;-. Feb /^hinl'se headquarters on the n land of South Kwangtung state the Japanese, m their atterrr occupy the whole of Hainan, have leady suffered 7.000 casualtia few districts on the East ano B coasts of the island, the Japanese have only been successful m
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  • 7 2 Lady Weds Cowboy Gary which >imi md
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  • 15 2 Two In jured In Cruising Tragedy AN AMI Injured Tin and 21 Th< S Reuter
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  • 19 2 2o rears, w< being found aal alleg Road on W< The fll the 24 ho
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  • 18 2 "Sal I catcl 1 To!. lions ol AIL thr rife. I par;. Jim SUj
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    • 58 2 -B. i ''m**im&m\\mffi& MJ ff ™Ml M M MT^mf MJ 'S+*y^Mmmf&l^fi on to the table. Selected i jsh <>| tempting flavour, unusual A food value, and rich vitamin content can always be obtained \I\Y ZEALAND BILE (OD BLOATERS < FIIOPHANE WRAPPED ARBROATH SMOKIES mm §mmm Advt. of Singapore Cold Storage
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  • 279 3 INDIAN'S APPEAL DISMISSED IN KIDNAPPING CASE "Protecting Family Life Young Girls" SERIOUS VIEW OF TYPE OF OFFENCE IfIDNAPPING was a serious offence and the legislature took such a serious view of the question of Intimacy that it had recently increased the age of consent from 15 to 16, pointed out
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    45 3 picture. ranwvitch, irhiefa i> m Bin l> X1 from Odessa. She will be lipping to pmas through the North Fast m- baa .1 iraaght of S3 feet, believed to be the i <ts ngapore's wharves after the riant p i »1 Bti tain.- Free Press
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  • 13 3 Addis-Skeiton Wedding At Cathedral iAddl I bou--5 to m. Mr \Y Q rr.
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  • 21 3 Ipoh, Feb woman morning Leach Street. infcnown but it man was dci] troubles. blgating. The the Ipoh hos:amlnation.
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  • 58 3 Aircraft Factories Use K. L. Rubber Nt) Kuala Lumpur. Feb. gg, k special type of rubber, m tured by Lubber Compai y I m Kuala Linn- I sing luant r r v._u B I at the annua] From air Id be .d that pr cmlose of the year on tion
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  • 182 3 2 1/2 Million Words Of Information MANTANG BIANQ PAU. a pore Chinese newspaper, I published its year-book, which is t t be 'ome a standard werk ol refer n Mal-aya. Published entirely m Chinese, covers a wide field and gives complete information regarding geography, history, economics and other facts aboui
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  • 111 3 Lend n. 1 efa, Tin Chiii campaign Committee announ< .it for the lirst months the collection for the int tnati hospital In China aver- £400 a month 8900 profits From the recent dJ by Javan Lft ol 8700. The Committee La I ing a meeting on
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  • 285 3 YOUTH'S FALSE REPORT OF ROBBERY •/v\ r account of your age and in-' t-xperL-ncj I will treat you with exceptional leniency and give you th i jption ot a line." remarked Mr. Conrad Oldham. Singapore Second Police Magistrate, yesterday, imposing a line ol $30 on a 17-year-old Tamil coclie. Gopalan
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  • 251 3 from a trolley-bus m! Bukit Tlmafa Road, m pouring rain, on Feb. 3. a Chinese carpsnter. j n Kam, ran across the road and was knocked down by a motor-car. 3e died th me day at the General Hospit Th: driver cf the car involved. Airman
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  • 160 3 A 51-YEAR-OLD Cantonese woman, Wong Ah Kiev/, pleaded guilty before Mr. K. A Blacker, m the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday, to a charge ol theft of Jewellery valued at $f-30, belonging to a Chinese woman, Lim Swee Neo, m Keong Seak Road, on Feb. 2.
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  • 123 3 j^* the Issue cf the Singapore I. Press on Jji^. 11 ye published v n4 Item stating that a European, Eustace 3. Dunn, of Kuala Lumpur, had bet c sentenced to t::rej weeks' simple imprisonment and a fine of $150. on a charge which was' not disclosed.
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  • 899 3 QUESTIONS ANSWERED QUESTIONS arising out of a 38-year-old indenture of settlement, made by a wealthy Singapore Mohammedan, Syed Shaikh bin 'Abdulrahman Alkaff, who died 2S years a^o, were decided by a judgment delivered by Mr. Justice Pedlow m the Singapore High Court yest irdav.
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    • 36 3 ECZEMA.. WORMS B3GS' ARCH-ENEMIES j WIPED OUT tml, ecutive tapeworm have I ith AST EL ESS EVAPORAL PACIFIC THAT HAS NEVER FAILED tuss. fO (3 thin Der riE DISPENSARY LTD.. I I 11*1 X jTTtSI el.
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    • 343 3 Requesting you to II Indore- Benares Sarees Palace STYLES OF SAREES WORN BY INDIAS LEADING ACTRESSES 39 Bras Basah Road SINGAPORE. WE IMPORT 50 NEW DESIGNS OF SAREES LAUGH At Yourjjpil OLD self ¥™m. Yeast Vite Gives You The Power! ?V!s,r Let Yeast-Vite make you well! Let it change /fa
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  • 253 4 Representations By Organisations THE I Comm. the Of th Status Ol Women, which has been m I up foe the purpose oi directini »m;ji!ation and publication of a Mirvey of the 1 us of women, finished its second last n The sci ntiflc institut Jertaken to
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  • 123 4 JYJRS. LEILA CODY, widow of 'Colonel Cody." the "king of cowboys," died last week m England at her home at Ash Vale, near AiderBhot, at the age of 87. She was said to be the first woman m the world to fly. In 1901 she went up
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  • 895 4  - How To Bring Up Your Baby R. G. GOOD YEAR By •THE modern child is not infrequently criticised —particularly bj people ol that dreary kind known as the old school— for its bad mannei general lack of discipline. "In my day.'" gays the old scholars. shaking their heads and pur.
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  • 475 4 London, Feb. 20 ALTHOUGH it is too soon yet to say what Queen Elizabeth will wear on her visit to Canada and America m May. dress conferences are already going on at Buckingham Palace, and Her Majesty will give many hours to fittings
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    124 5 AT PRIMROSE HILL. REGENTS PARK ROAD, LONDON, last week member -> ol the ln employed Workers' Movement fished for eels In uncompleted Alt. P. trenches. Wal Mann ington, leader of the movement, is seen showing Professor, J. B. Haldane m eel camjlit m the trenches. BELOW: MRS. I. OOWANS MEETING
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  • 223 6 Sequel To Bombing Of British Territory ATTITUDE TO BE "FIRM UNCOMPROMISING" London, Feb. 23. THE British Ambassador m Tokio, Sir Robert Craigie, will make a second and "stiff" protest against bombing of the new Iveased Territories, according to the Daily Telegraph diplomatic correspondent. This time
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    49 6 The for the U.S. Supreme Court, Professor Felix Frankfurter, of Harvard ity, u-kom President Roosevelt has nominated to the I nitcd States Supreme Court, has had a unique career since Uis arrival to America when 12 ./cars old He leas born at Vienna m 1882 of poor Jewish patent's.
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  • 289 6 A nmnn Chungking, Feb. 23. ten days of deliberation the Third Session of the People's Council— China's representative bodyconcluded yesterday, [n his closing address Gen. Chiang Kai-shek, who presided as Speaker, said after witnessing the unexcelled spirit of unity pervading the entire session he
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  • 92 6 Chungking, Feb. 23. TIIK (hine.se air force authorities elaini that the Japanese planes shot down during the Lanehow air battle yesterday were Italian S.tvoia 7!> twin-engined bombers tarrying a crew of seven each. It »s claimed that out of the nine Japanese planes shot down, the
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  • 104 6 Japanese Warn Fo re ign ers Staying At Kuling Shanghai, Feb. 23. FORTY N foreigners, including 18 Britons and 11 Americans, seven Germans and three Belgians descended from Killing Mountain today and will to Shanghai by Japanese military transports, according to an official Japanese communique. Forty-seven foreigners ate remaining Kuling,
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  • 61 6 ANTI-JEW MEASURES IN HUNGARY Budapest. Feb 23. Anti-Jewish measure- which causer] the downfall of Dr. Imredy's Government will be piocecded with by a new Government, declared the Prime Minister, M. Telefcy, m Parliament He added that the new Government would proceed '.ith the same programme as Us predecessors both r
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  • 298 6 Signs Of Increasing Optimism Market Review UOLIDAYS m Malaya .aid America have combined to produce slack markets, but the undertone is verysteady, state Stanton Nelson Co. m their weekly rubber market review issued yesterday. The pull between war neurosis and restrained optimism appears for the present to be going m
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  • 72 6 New York. An Albany, New York, court of apP als has ruled that American schoolchildren can be forced to salute their country's flag "It is not an act of worship." and compulsion therefore does not violate the religious freedom clauses of the Constitution, the court found.
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  • 103 6 pictures. "CTURES AT IHE TWO ANNIVEKgAR? „ALLS held m Singapore on IV I\ lC n Ye A JO,,y party d in the p Glide at tiie Ladysni, i, Hall Kiven by the Warrant Officers' and Sergeants' Mess of the Ist. Battalion, The Manchester Regiment. at Tanglin Barracks. Below:
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  • 246 6 "Arabic Axis" From Coming Wedding PERSIA EGYPT Cairo, Feb. 16. AN Arabian Nights wedding of rk the 25-year-old Crown Prince of Persia and the beautiful Princess Fawzia, 17-year-old sister of King Farouk of Egypt, may be the starting point of an "Arab Axis," observers believe. The wedding is fixed for
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  • 1469 6 STORY OF STRUGGLE BARRACK ROOM Plea Of Self-Defeno Hon# Kong v v AT the conclusion of the Court Martial l 5« n Capt. D. L. S. Northcote, 30th. Heavy nl*^ Heavy Regiment, R.A., the President announ T sentence on the accused would Im> considerSl^ that
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  • 160 7 Drug Smuggled In False Eggs Alleged CHINESE GIVEN BENEFIT OF DOUBT A C: I of smuggling cl b ny by stuffing th? drug •alse goo.se eggs, wa fen the "fit of the doubt by I B Gib i Dl *> 'urt. yesterdaj ed The i t accused, riving from li
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  • 99 7 LOUD TALKING ALLEGED CAUSE OF STABBING TT nant reeei >uo wounds, one of which penetrated a Juns and tor a time his i m said Chief Court Inspector Tunn m the Singapore Criminal District Court the outset of a CciC 3 ye, f -d wit- tuntartly causing grievous hurt t
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  • 69 7 Christian A tioo will be 49th anniversary meeting tomorrow at 8.15 p.m. In the V.M.C.A. Hall, Orchard Road. There will be r.n attractive prounme and a special collection will ,aken for the new organ fund cf the straits Chinese Presbyterian Church. Prinsep Street. Admission wnl be by
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  • 57 7 CRIMINAL BREACH CHARGE WITHDRAWN C. ABBAS ALL a 31-year-oid Indian. was acquitted on a charge of crixnlna] breach of trust of property worth $322.41. m the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday. Court Inspector T. E. Wray told Mr. Conrad Oldham, the Magistrate, that he had instructions to withdraw the case
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  • 66 7 Two Henghuas, Lim Teck Huat. aged 41, and Tml Ah Thai, aged 27. were produced before Mr. K. A. Blacker. In the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday, on a charge of robbery of $102 cash from Koh Ah Choon m Chin Swee Road on Feb. 2.
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  • 40 7 E G. L Russell, a European, was yesterday fined $1 In the Singapore Traffic District Court, when he pleaded guilty to a charge of parking his car m a prohibited area m Battery Road on Nov. 12
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    • 282 7 I .1,1., .mi POSITIVELY I AST NIGHT son miss his scsi hum B PAVILION JS"^ I»M1V nagGRAPM AMI MOKMM PQSI Li B BEBI FILM. ONE OP PERFORM CHARLES LAUGHTDN IN CLEMEN* I DANE'S ST. MARTIN'S LANE' VIVIEN LEIGH REX HARRISON LARRY ADLER CARROLL GIBBONS and his orchestra Also Mickey Mouse
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 81 7 Law Notice For The Day Before the Chief m i»t Court It a Pubii D ,rsuAt 11 ...in B ore Mr. Pedlow In 'ad ourt at 11 a.m. nmonses-in- rs, Origin: Aions Before Mr. Justice Home m ourt at 10.30 a.m 3 Summonses-ln-Chambers. At 11 a.m. -Probate 252 38. Suit
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  • 645 8 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1939. Premier's Viewpoint I LTHOUGH most people are sick to death of discussing the peace or war issue, the two speeches made this week by Mr. Neville Chamberlain demand careful consideration. His comments formed the very type of utterance for which so many
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  • 1106 8  -  COL. FRANK PALMER Bx 1 Ul\ ±N evaluation of the cold facts and fata alarmi about rr c A, ner,ca > national defence is presented here from th, U.b. viewpoint ,n a series of three articl t huh tkkk the second, by a veteran
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    • 354 8 I I jgrj _~a __Jf _\\\\\w £y ___w ____r fl dt ____S?o v?_r ■t:-> ufl i___^ «pS^" >e__oBc?K'^ -NflH w« jy fl 1_ I_^ I r iVe rP^^^fe___t_P f ■HI II I m v S<S «S. <«■ _P 1 ILIUI-UIlaJ x^yail \W If your chest is your weak spot general
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    • 39 8 If you want to decorate your house, please call DOULATRAMS where you v. i!l lind beautiful Chinese and Indian Carpets and Mats A; House furnishing material. B. H. T. OOULATRAM CO. 43, HIGH STREET. SINGAPORE. TttefT-J-- Tel DOVECOT. 7S4G.
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  • 195 9 Initial Practice Surprisingly Effective ASIATIC RESPONSE moon from a cloudless, sUrIH sky shed on a blacked-out Singapore last nighl first complete AJLP, trial was held which lasted from 6 o'clock to 8 o'clock and Singapore Mann and Johorc Hahru i«> a miles, was effective
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  • 28 9 ry par! o/ v out. a tneir wares safely ec 9 a rking a I r strati pt icilUrii *y. d, ineessantl] \e of Pl& ad.
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  • 588 9 Crowds 'Watch' Blackout From The Streets DARK HOUSES r\ rvi < -of-doon by curia dense crowds lined North Bridge R ad and High Street, peering ex- j pectantly into the star-lit sky. A trickle of lights percolated along the thoroughfares as cars with side-lights only, omnibuses and trolley-buses with shuttered
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  • 575 9 DISPUTE AFTER ERECTION OF NEW CHAPEL piE Rev, M. Jackson and the Assemblies of God Missions, Malaya, were sued hy an Indian huildinß contractor, N. K. Pereira, m an action before Mr. Justice Home, m the Singapore Hi^h (ourt yesterday. Pereira claimed $3,132.80 as
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    16 9 SINGAPORE waterfront, i~ teem ».y 2 os r m last nitf-t, shortta before the Uackonl began.
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  • 283 9 ALLEGED STREET MURDER jy|R. K. A. BLACKER, m the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday, recorded depositions of Loesses In connection with an alleged murder, on Aug. 4 at 3.30 p.m. at the corner of Ava Road and Balestier Road when, it was alleged, a Cantonese was shot. The man who
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  • 83 9 £HARGED with being aliens m the Settlement, and failing within 48 hours of their arrival from Johore to report to the Registrar, on Feb. 19, two Japanese, Toms! Honda aged 34, and Hisashl Fukushima, 34, were produced separately before Mr. K. A. Blacker In the Singapore Fourth
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  • 29 9 The outward bound Imperial Airways plane, which was due at Singapore this morning, will not arrive until tonight or tomorrow morning, together with the next outward plane
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  • 218 9 Malay Chinese Fined For Rubber Smuggling "IT is the duty of this court to deter you people from A smuggling. Don't associate yourself with those kind of people m future/ commented Mr. G. S. Rawlii Singapore Third Police Magistrate, yesterday, when imposed fines of $300 each, on a Malay and
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  • 234 9 Gaol Sentence In Chinatown Robbery Case "•"TAKING into consideration your record and your youth, I sentence you to four months' rigorous imprisonment, which Is a very lenient sentence for the offence," said Mr. L. B. Gibson yesterday, m the Criminal District Court, convicting a 20-year-old Hokkien, Toh Loon, on a
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  • 1488 10 TIN OUTLOOK IS STILL GRAVE One Man Foresees Higher U. S. Consumption BUFFER CRISIS FEARED (From Our Own oNDON metal market int tial body of producers, co; look with grave concern. They believe that, m substantial expansion oi within the next week 1 Tin Committee will be c< on Mar.
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    • 540 10 CLASSIFIED AD 1 TENDERS. j L SINGAPORE M I NIC -!W LIT Y Tenden are invited (or the roi. For Municipal renders 1- m (it Alumina me l, IW9 to May 31, r.i B 4 p.m Apr. 3, 1939. M Kallang Road I) K>n, Apr. ,p!y of Coal James Power
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  • 6 11 F REE PRESS SPECIAL COMMERCIAL SERVICE
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  • 111 11 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCKS SHARES N lghrs Quotations STOCKS from London 5.30 p. m. Yesterday LM4-M.... IHi ppsr t >••••••••• I.) la.l d :n 0.8 duKT? middle i t included Latest Quotation* Previously if)** ZS. tid. 3d. d. 83s. 82s Gd. M. 83s. M2CI. sd. Cs 7. I 3d
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  • 52 11 0 \I Hi! I INESS at nnd- (n diii ma: es remainI quiet market cm <>f rubber April June IX routed enru> today but ittle busiwerc well industrial I*3 hut the ><le m the apparent, W be readily 01 v and a ess w »uld uere I
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  • 190 11 Local Exchange Rates London T.T. -2 London demand 32 :is demand _045 Switzerland demand Hamburg derm. 134 New York demand Montreal demand Batavia demand 101 Samarang demand 101 Calcutta. Bombay and Rangoon demand 1 54 s 4 Madras and Colombo demand 154 Hong Kong demand 53% Shanghai demand Amoy, Canton
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  • 189 11 Lo^on: 8 3 16 d B',d. Previously: 8> B d. 8 3 I6d. t»iv"i Un f 81ld 8516 Previously: 8 3 16d. 8> 4 d. ?if y 'Tw l 8516 83ad deviously: 8' 4 d. 8 5 16d. 81 8d 8716d Prev
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  • 67 11 From London: Latest Quotations -m __———_______i i _—_____________________________H_M_H_| TIN: Qu. Spot: £212 15s. Od. Previously: £212 12_ CA. Three month E212 1 6d Previously 5212 7s 6cL NFW VOKK TIN: Opening price- 4r Previously: 45 50. OPPER: Gd P.-' v\ ius! :i 15s i>: S I L
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  • 67 11 Foreign Exchange Rates London Closing Quotations Method oi nty oe:ore Latest Centre Quoting 20-9-31 Rate Previously s Franc to 124.11 177 177 to 4.8655 4.68 15 16d. 4.68 13 16 m ..Guilders to 12.10 3.79 3 4 8.77* j HongKoi t dollar Is. 2 15 16d Is. 2 15 16d.
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  • 495 11 p SENGEKS by the bj Ranchi. leaving at 9.30 a.m. fori C .P. Amuler and m: Mr. A. Archibald, Ifn H. Abduiia, Mr. K. O. Andereg] H. F. Bate man. Mr. ana Mrs. B F. Dd child, M and Mrs. Bail, y, MiM r, A.C.1., GR.T.
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  • 1214 11 SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES Fraser And Co. 's List From Exchange Telegraph Co. THURSDAY, FEB. 23. 1939: 5 P.M. ■Minn Bayer* Sellers Ampat Tin < 4s) 3s 6d 4s Austral Amal. 1 5s> 4s 6d 5s Austral Malay 40s 45s cd. Ayer Hitam 21s 22s Aver WOlf ($1 .60
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  • 79 11 List Supplied By Messrs. Fraser Co. Till RBDAT, FEB 23, 1M39: 5 P.M. TotaJ for Company Dlvidena Bodjcs Financial UN Close Date Ex. Dlv. ycai Austral Malay 9d. No. 48 3d. bonus Feb. 24 Mar. 3 25 Raub sd. final, 2d bonus Mar 8 liar. 15 Mar
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  • 248 12 Fortunes Told For Old And Young ANCIENT FINNISH CUSTOM 'irom Our Own Correspondent) London, Feb. 15. AX New Year's eve m Finland, the old custom of pouring tin is still observed. Close to the midnight hour, the guests gather about a fireplace where
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  • 129 12 Condon. Feb. 15 ANE ol ree London barrage balloons that broke irom their rdaj was chased for miles the North Sea by arom Southend airport When night fell it was drifting cttly to Germany. Two oi the balloons snapped their cables during practice at Chigwell
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  • 63 12 M Uw _Cl*__Es_ SXA^-vKD IN A TIL*: just over the bonier near Le Perthus. They are bein? sorted by French soldiers. The men of the Republican army croning the border after the loss of Catalonia, throw down their arms immediately they crossed to save themselves the
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  • 118 12 SPEED OF THIRTY KNor ALTHOUGH details of Britain' x George v. are kept Becret by payers who are providing number of German publication, they claim are authentic. i The King George V.— first battleship built for the Navy for fourteen y< will be launched
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    • 676 12 Air Mail Arrivals And Despatches INWARD Of fPfPAI T MV IT perial: Irom Europe due Wed- Vj n^ lL^ ru da>. Friday, Saturday morttteca DESPATCHES Wearnes: From I'enang. Ipoh. and Kuala Lumpur. Arrives every TODAY .iut'ii Imperial X.L.M.: hrt>m Netherlands I »dies Imperial a> m .rrhrea Tuesday, lhursday, Satur- imp.
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    • 510 13 ytf4ygi______^^ MB BS_^___L_l s <i&^ __M i ___w____.-V k T'fn i^ *___w\li-m^^*\—*—Ll %yH ______u_\ <h _whW jy p s Oand BRITISH INDIA LIMES p. 6c O. S. N. COS SAILINGS OUTW/BDfl I>lie Due unage Spore. Tonnaee Snore 24 -BHUTAN 6 10 0 Ma^ 6 Mar. 10 -BEHAR 6JS JJg x
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    • 427 13 McAUSTER CO., LTD. (Incorporated w Strait.* Settlements.) GRESHAM HOtSE, BATTERY Rl> SINGAPORE. PHONE 5172 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL S.S. Co.. Ltd. incorporates tn Ungtana j HAVRE LONDON ROTTERDAM HAMBURG VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL Stean,cr Due -ails CITY OF FLORENCE falls Glasgow Feb 27 Mar 2 CITY OF BED! ORD Calls Glasgow
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    • 526 13 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Ocean Building. Coliyer Ou_» Singapore Tel. 5151. Chartered Bank Ruildin. Penang TeL I 3*€. BLUE FUNNEL LINE. FASI SERVICES MARSEILLES. LONDON, N. CONTINENT AND GLASGOW (m <><>n junction cvith the Glen Line) Due Safl_ DEUCALION Mars.. L'don, R'dam. H'burg and Glasgow Feb 26 Mar 1 G_ ENEARN
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    • 481 14 BOUSTEAO CO., LTO. (Incorporated tn f US) lilll'IIONt: Kreicht 51.3 -P.^ate »;:i CANADIAK MCNM iwpiiDVcfiunn THE "EMPRESS" ROUTfe offers TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES via HONOLULU or direct EMPRESS to VANCOUVER— ACROSS CANADA by TRANS-CONTIN-ENTAL TRAIN without change— thence by CANADIAN PACIFIC ATLANTIC SERVICES TO ENGLAND or the CONTINENT— aII under ONE MANAGEMENT.
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    • 863 14 SINGAPORE BRITISH INDIA STEAM HAVIGATIOH HARBOUR co LTD (APCAR LIKE) Hit following ships are alon^.ide the Harbour Board Wharvns or ex- FOR HONG KONG. MOJI, KOBE )-cted to arrive:— AND OSAKA East Wharf, Entrance flat* 1 Exit 1 m, A I A Ophir 20. Si S. S'flllCALA lata Wharf. Entrance
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    • 440 14 AMERICAN PRESIDESfyJii^ j£E*r£ _lfl_S____ FROM SINGAPORE AND FI.NANG To COLOI_BO p,,*,,.,. ALEXANDRIA NAPLES. USNOA MAltsi li n: M^ Arrive r PRESIDENT POLK rJ-bM S PRESIDFNT GARFIELD X PRESIDENT MONROE PRESIDENT ADAMS X PRESIDENT VAN BUREN PRESIDFNT HARRISON X PRESIDENT HAVES i (x) carry no passengers. IO I*NCBH FROM UONG KONG
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  • 1047 15 SHORT STRIDES OR LONG ONES? Athletes' Long Standing WHAT ONE MAN THINKS THF n. ii- London, Feb. 15. I\V ,1 y,n some us <jn AtWetics. writes H M. Abrahams, I came across the following statement:' It is hardly an exaggeration to that n one by nature makes full use of
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    56 15 HORSEWOMAN WEDS GOLFING "BLUE.r-r.The place m London of Miss Joan Call, I dUi I i K. Cull, of Surrey, to Mr. Patrick John Gold, of Che at St. Mark's Church, North Audley Street. 'I'ao bride won the best tr riding horse class at Olympia and is a well known horsewoman.
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  • 131 15 Bl Ol 'Id In question W at •ur You I oany bn .d the is to the one>ns for pre- I dou! .hough j interest fact that I ,ame COI U bid Ol .:iy .stro: .1 be miniT coby now Bun »ne .i may your q
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  • 95 15 IliK.iu.. Feb. 10. IMMANIX ut to be temporalis deprived of it> crack football i ers Warrants were Issued tod IJ ior the nrresi t»f the entire Kipen team ihe Rautanian cup-hold. While tlie team was n turnini 1 barest from an away mateb io irj ■menf m the
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  • 211 15 the 11. to see the first a young H v "hum all." Go r was shot 50ft. into the from the 20ft. barrel of a metal can- non. He land*. L2C nth of the sun on a net. H- came I the erumon rigidly and
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    17 15 picture. Free Press -yvresw»»swß^^ m HNmiALI .1 Stadium yesterday, when the Overseas Chinese Bank beat Imteers, J-!.-
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  • 74 15 Shanghai, Feb. 22. The police Judging by all evidence j available, did not b lieve the killing jof Marquis Li Kuo-chieh, was m the I nature of a political assassination. Circles close to Li Kuo-chieh have denied he held any official position with the Japanese, but
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    • 49 15 I SPECIAL RACE-WEEK ATTRACTION Happy World Stadium JJ| 1 TOMORROW NIGHT f JB I t" J_ B 5 -WPi JOE EAGLE vs. NEIL HEM CHIT ARQUERO vs. DHARMARAJ L-'£l£ !%^A AL RODRIGUES vs. SILVER KID ™|HSr PLUS TWO WINNER-TAKE-ALL ARQUERO CONTESTS. UIIAKMUMJ POPLLAR PRICES: 82. 1. 63 30 cts.
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  • 139 16 Uniteers Beaten 3-1 A; Anson Road BUSINESS HOUSES FIXTURE rHE Ov< Chinese Hank, champions oi' the Business 11 League football table Last season, registered win m the present season, yesterday at Anson I Stadium, where they defeated a Uniteers side by i to
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  • 89 16 New U.S. Team For Davis Cup 'I UiS 1 I I e der; a tra- It i in :i li bcti t alltit i I I i [Bl E l\< SION 01 I IIS r prea i tim i ire, bu; be to D v. c Vilil It the i
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    22 16 IT. WSmSmWSMmi < Mill I iIWiPI-__________K_Wlllll|l w ..y.:, '.j! the Overseas Chinese Bank v. Uniteers football i i the stadium yesterday. Free Press
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  • 33 16 G if Club Ln a tie I'r■. I ii I urn ol 2 up return 2 up 2 M C. V M All J K. Dale 3 < H I Al
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  • 88 16 ►r a match i n at 10.30 a m. are RUT Kufr Club: T. M Calhaem. w H. Day, Major D. V. Hill (capt >. J W. i J. E. J ins, W. H. Lait, P. J. L. Ma-..,. Maj r A A. C. C. Perl\ K.
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    13 16 pic tine. t th 0,,^, chintse Bank a ii:m r 2f Free Press
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  • 165 16 De Souza's VI Wins S.R.C. Football > ye 2 the tin. r P. P. v j. Braga, wl >nt, al the con th i m i tl I the rut Interval no had (on i F c Sou: a dama i a- ed the op i Ln i de 1
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  • 74 16 Civ are reminded of the Tiffin and D.m I i b 2 held at the Club Hous 4 on Sur day. A sp iclal attraction will the re-engagement of the well knov. Cho;.) Sin a Orchestra who will pr< vide special dance music. Members desirous of attendin
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  • 139 16 Tomorrow Night's Boxing ;UEIL UEMCHIT, the Tr^ Chine I near the top runs i f the ladder, if he beats J< agle no th? to ;l tills m Ufa cntcra Mar <nted. In the p;• t three months U. i lias removed ail obstai one from his path to a
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  • 38 16 London, I A the pi Queensland. is the the In his haa ?d two Inn A CO rui are that Con No. 2 has •ived" and that England can I teeing him m 1940.
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  • 15 16 Fili y Wins The Santa Anita Derby GENCA, OF TEXAS I Th( I this Ranch
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  • 27 16 nlng The Though th 7th Mea i Swin bur Holmes, Badm i MC A. Jvini.) Wat E r, D. V Chyp. E« K(
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