The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 1 March 1939

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  • 19 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS no. 15.7M i Sl i>. i»:;.->. >VhI>NESDAi', MARCH 1, J:)OM 5 CENTS
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  • 6 1 WILL LIVE AT POLE I Reuter
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  • 21 1 He Likes Snow Too Tiir johore at St. Moritz, where h been jor i->any W him .an > dancer. Hiss Lydia HiU.
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  • 42 1 HITLER TO OFFER 25 YEARS PEACE 1 eb. 28. nge in polic) Dail) Extondent, official of i .ill a Id play I em admit >lonie I] \ll\\ \l\i s <r in In place e mai led, ic i^ Mussolini Ft nice lather
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  • 5 1 Mr. a Cabinet ■alth a.—
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  • 53 1 fturgo*. Feb. !8. A crowd oi 40.000 cheered General Franco today when he said: has recognised us. Tomorrov:. it will whole world." While warmly praising Germany, Italy, Portugal, Japan and "those Sou f h American States which have encouraged us" General Franco made no re enre
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  • 103 1 SPANISH PRESIDENT RESIGNS Urges Republicans To Surrender DEFEAT CERTAIN rp..,, London, Feb. 2s. |UK formal resignation of President Azana of Spain was officially announced in Geneva today. A letter making the announcement was ->en( to Marline/. Hirrio, President of the Cortes. It explained that as the Republican General Staff considered
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  • 392 1 MR, ATTLEE'S BITTER PROTEST London, freb. 18. QUESTIONING the authority ui Mr. Chamberlain to act Independently in the matter or recognition of General ico, the Labour leader, Mr. C H. Attlee, tnon idal iboux vote nirc in The Commons tonight. ;ain tuok the Premier to task not acquainting the House
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  • 246 1 i onion, Feb. \'K. A \i.w:i' IKA of feeling •< tatori >n ui Gei Tin tcogniUo successful party and support 01 Its leader I tenance of Spanish penden I logical culmination to 30 months' consistent policy The Dally Telegraph thinks refusal to r e
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  • 19 1 New Delhi Pefc. -8. The duty on raw cotton will b€ doubled tomorrow.— Reuter
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  • 105 1 l< «ir4«».M«. l'P«>. -o. /\N* MOSLEM was killed und 17 Hindus and nine Moslems injured lln t-ommunal fight la.st night. Tho dead man v.:^ .stabbed to death by a Gurkha, who had attacked his sister. The man tried to resdie her. In the llghL
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  • 67 1 -1 REE PRESS SPECIAL CABLE London, Feb. 28. THE decision of the Duke and Duchess of Kent, announced today, to travel to Australia in the P. O. liner Strathaird in the middle of October is officially considered to rule out the possibility ot a visit
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  • 120 1 Rangoon, Feb. ZM AN Imperial Airwi achine of the old Atalanta f>pe lu.s only Just arrived from Calcutta, indicating that the announcement of tiic Inauguration of the regular Chungking o>n service tomorrow La somewhat premature. Renter. An airmail message from the H Koiiij correspondent ot
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  • 72 1 Bur :o>. Feb. B*. Bit Rotx H »n, the new Bril d*Affairs, had an cxirer Hal Interview today with c-nvv Jcrdana, who ini- him I at the Nationalist 3ov6rnment accepted him with pleasure, pending the appointment of an AmbasTiOoi It was hoped rite Union Jack nld
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  • 39 1 Berlin. e!>. J8 Thr Insurgent authorities Intend to nullify marriages contracted in Cdjilonia during the Republican regime should one of Uie parties petition for a decree of this i>;)n on political grounds. Ant ta Trans-Ocean.
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  • 31 1 Fietermaritzburg. Feb. IX. M.C.C. beat Natal by nine wlckeU, Natal making 219 < Wright 655 and M.C.C. 110 for one wicket. Hulton. 53 not out; Edrlrli. 45 out. Reuter
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  • 134 1 JEWS FIGHT BRITISH SCHEME Adamant Attitude (.on don, Feb. 2S. DKITKR learns in authoritative Jewish quarters thai, in spite of the informal talk fixed for today, the Jewish delegation maintains its decision to reject the present Government proposals for Palestine. At last evening's meeting, Reui understands, the British delegate were
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  • 83 1 1 6 Arabs Die In Clash With British I Mi .'..'ill. I H T-iF. lay In Acre mini fo tachment it Ulsters and Hamp The tro d 12 rlfl I munition. Armed Arabs 1 oth and shot (k-.id a on and ;'h'd to death an ci ','r shot and seriously
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  • 80 1 Bucharest, ie»>. 2k uwe .shall leave intact to future generations the patrimony herited from our ancestors.' dec! King Carol, receiving today members of the Government on Lh" occasion o. the first anniversary of the promulgation of Rumania's authoritarian cmistllution. King Carol added thai his r-^i:)!^ i!d
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    • 49 1 CHINESE esT styles PERFECT CUT LA TTER YOUR [H OT!RMALL'S ONC 7957 TONIGHT Dance 6.30 to 3.30 p. m D *NNER AND DANCE (informal) 9.30 to midnight and Ui.iKm: CABAEKT ENTEBTAINBBB JOSE "*^NI ,ur vi i PERSOK UJTI v m tlaera MM i/. i HESTRA directed by DAN HOPKINB.
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    • 102 1 TOURISTSJ YOUR SHOPPING IS INCOMPLETE WITHOUT A VISIT A 1 UHGTiRMALI'S WE OFFER YOl KIMONOS, DRESSING GOWNS, BRIDGE COATS <c ETC. ADELPHi k~3 HOIPI r\ %j 1. 1- r^ n i n v I t L TONIGHT, IHK ROOf GARDKN IS RESERVED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE MEMBERS or ST. DAVID'S SOCIETY
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  • 115 2 Extra Japanese Troops Withdrawn TALKS PROCEED Shanghai, Fob. 28. TENSION eased somewhat in Shanghai today. Extra Japanese troops stationed at the entrances to the International Settlement were withdrawn and the strength of sentr> posts returned to normal. The British Ambassador in Tokio, Sir Robert Craitfie,
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  • 93 2 Shanghai. I -vh that further activities by iff terroristii- elements might lose the thy of the third Powers, the ii Chinese Chamber of Commeree and other Chinese commercial bodies yesterday cabled a joint n. to Chungkin Inttnt out that the terror! demonstrations had had no effect on
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  • 108 2 Ttfdo, Feb. A PARTY Of more than 40 expert Japanese civil engineers are proceeding to Shanghai to build a Greater Shanghai along the left bank of the Whangpoo River adjoining the International Settlement. The engineers have bet'ii engaged by the Shanghai Re?,l Estate Company, a
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  • 73 2 Tokio, Feb. 28. JAPAN will not take any dis- criminatory action against Shanghai Jews on the mere pretext that they are Jews. This point was made clear by Mr. Hachiro Arita, the Foreign Minister, at a meeting of the second budgetary subcommittee in the H^e of
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  • 193 2 RAILWAY DESTROYED Hon* Kong. Feb. 28. [M.RIMJ the last week, Chinese guerilla units in the regions on the north bank of the Yellow River have launched a eo-ordinated attack on scores of districts simultaneously and succeeded in capturing many towns and destroying 50 miles
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  • 168 2 London, Feb. 28. IN the Commons Sir John Wardlaw--1 Milne (Govt. Worcester) asked the Prime Minister, Mr. Chamberlain, whether he would give orders for the immediate dispatch of a British cruiser for the protection of British interests on the island of Hainan as long as the Japanese
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  • 75 2 A t The Cinema iiriTH .t story built around the ti and tribulations of an American country doctor, RKO Radio's "A Man to Remember,' which opened at th< Pavilion last, night, is average entertainment. The fine character of the practitioner in small towns, is well stressed
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  • 97 2 TYPICAL Joe E. Brown humour flour- ishes in "The Gladiator," which opened at the Capitol last ni^ht a bit of slapstick, some wisecracks and scraps of pathos in .hh Joe comes, out as the "good pal of everybody." Moving from American college football to all-in
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  • 62 2 IN COMPARISON with other more spectacular pictures dealing with San Francisco in its lustier days "The Sisters," (more fully reviewed on Monday), which opened last night at the Alhambra, is disappointing. Errol Flynn is at his best, but the story is so broken as to
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  • 36 2 Warsaw, Feb. 28. According to Polish sources, the Danzig authorities today complied with a Polish request to close the Danzie Polytechnic, the scene of recent iriction between Polish and German students- Reuter
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  • 333 2 Britain 's Big Naval Building Londn.i, Feb. MS. FE Na\y estimates for 1939, published today, reach a gross total of 153. 665,68 1* raid a net total of £69,399,000, against €130.190,519 and £96,117.500, respectively, last year. In a statement accompanying the estimates, the First Lord of the Admiralty, Lord Stanhope,
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  • 94 2 Philadelphia, Feb. 28. P WILHELM HOLLMAN, former German Cabinet member under Chancellor Gustay Streseman, said today that he learned from unimpeachable sources the personal bodyguard of Field Marshal Goering administered the recently reported beating of the Propaganda Minister. Dr. Goebbels. The alleged beating se\ weeks ago was
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  • 238 2 London. Feb. is A BELIEF that industrial activity i<Britain was fully ready for swing was expressed by the Pi of the Board of Trade, Mr. Oliver StanIcy, in a speech at Birmingham nigh If and as international tendon laxed, we could, he believed, hope
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  • 18 2 MALAYAN MAGIC CIRCLE ARGUS Anoth. in 1 be gh. son R<> will be a 6 p.m. tod applical
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  • 62 2 Twelve Days From Amsterdam TWO 1 Jus! He \Y. D. B Singapori 12-day trip fron on a bus trip to the They I ing- and exp. middle o! M Each o i pia:. two "We Europr Frti Pi Forced Landing In in land on a
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  • 8 2 Brazil wen- Eastern News
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    • 186 2 -iT' -£—l°j* come ok! t *i^o THERE S g Pineapple HAM I* OR llr'ilft Delicious, tender slices and fresh tomato salad what more could hungry men wish for? Pineapple HAM, baked or boiled, makes an appetising and mouth-watering spread and what a welcome change to the menu also. When in
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  • 209 3 Imagined Animals Were Rushing At Him mr DAVID GALLOWAY GIVES EVIDENCE Malay woman, who said thai her "saw animals which were not there" probate suit of Essoofl Mohamed Mr. Justice Home, it. the Singapore ay. Q Ifohaborn In June o
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    28 3 pi< tun*. Some oj (ho peop^ wh€ aUem Pd fi.e dedication and official QMninz 01 me new st. Ajitlrew's Mission HospHal. at Si?lap, yesterday afternoon F ree Press
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  • 280 3 'very unfortunate that China and Japan, two countries which should be in accord, are in conflict. The situation now is complicated by too much interference l>y European powers." declared Dr. F B Robinson, president of the College of New York/ the largest institution
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  • 118 3 Alleged False Report Of murder Threat ALLEGED to have made a Use to which he used hia ning to kill him with a pistol unless he paid a subscription to a society, Chew Biew Hal a 25H kklen, appeared in the Singap ire Second Pol i uri yea C! waj
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  • 185 3 London, Feb. *>. jctric sh taring-machines now b Inj in Australia for shearing sheep are causing an uproar this year among Bradford wool textile manufacturers. The latt.-r complain that the machines run so dose to the sheep's .skin that they nip off pieces of
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  • 56 3 of the General Hospital Recreation Club bade an informal iarewell yesterday to Dr. J. S. Webster, lecturer in radiology and formerly Prolessor of Medicine at the Kins Edward VII College of Medicine, who goes on leave shortly prior io retirement. A group photograph
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  • 38 3 JLfR. WILLIAM HAY, manager of the Singapore branch of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, who is ill in the General Hospital, has made further improvement, but his condition is still regarded as serious.
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  • 43 3 Pleading guilty to a charge oi driving his car at the junction of Grove Road and Crescent Road wl Hit a rear light, on Dec. 22, a European. R. If. G. Barr. was yesterday fined 50 cents In the Singapore Traflic District Court.
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  • 227 3 - CINGAPORKANS conU mplating leading, driving or riding a camel or an elephant through the streets, will have to be careful to obtain the written permission ol the Chief Police Officer, it the new traflli- regulation! presented lo Legislative Council are approved.
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  • 121 3 "IT IS A SERIOUS thing to be disorderly, but to be guilty of disorderly conduct in a police station aggravates the offence." Thus commented Mr. Conrad Oldham to Wee Chang Heng. a middleaged Chinese timber merchant, in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday, when Wee pleaded
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  • 51 3 Law Notice For The Day The Chief Justice at Ipoh— Court of Appeal. Mr. Justice Pedlow at MalaccaAssizes. Before Mr. Justice Home in 3rc" Court at 11 a.m. Part heard:— Probate 252 8 BaY No. 408 38 Re Essoof Mohamed S AngulUa, deceased. Thereafter:- o.s. m 38-Re Seal Li&ng Seah.
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  • 331 3 EUROPEAN MASTER FINED APPEARING before Mr. L. C. Gob, in the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday, a European, R Duncan, master of the s.s. Helga Moller, pleaded guilty to a summons charging him with having two male Chinese on board the vessel in excess of
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  • 161 3 ATTAP HOUSES: COMMISSIONERS' DECISION •THE fact that the Municipal Com- missionera have asread, in principle lo the erection of attap houses on properly laid out sit\s with drainage, in specified areas within the Municipal limits, is pointed out. in a letter trom the Municipality received by the Singapore Ratepayers' Association.
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  • 183 3 London, Feb. 1 «S. DHBUMATISM In relation to national liealtii was discussed at a conference opened yesterday at the Hospitals and Nursing Exhibition. New Horticultural Hall. Westminster. B.W. by Dr. J. F. Halls Dally. Medical Referee under the L.C.C. rheumatism scheme Dr. Halls Dally
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  • 126 3 |7 OK many years there lias I>< <• i an erroneous beiel amOßf motorists that cars parked a'.tm] CoUjrCff Quay have t.i be parked facing the building. In an effort I eai i can len In rush hours, motorijt asked to park in either direct On.
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  • 144 3 ALLEGED to h." atl nptcd break info a house In Bl I v >nue, a Chinese, Leo Bang, avicted by the Singapore Second Police M trate yesterd and sen id I days' simple Imprisonment from the day of his uric The alleged offence took place
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  • 61 3 STOLEN CAR STILL MISSING MO TRACE has been reported y.;< or B blue Morris Minor motOl s 4615, belonging to a Chinese, c Soo Wong, which was .stolen irom Lavender Street on Feb. G. Police believe that thai the thiel i have t-aken the cjr uocountry Anyone with any knowledge
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  • 42 3 L G. Lee, a European, v.a< veal day fined $2, In the Singapore frailly District Court, when ho pleaded guilty to a charge oi driving his car ilor North Brides Pn.id on Jzn. 1 wit] a driving licci.
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    • 204 3 Gland Discovery Restores Youth In 24 Hours Suff'TTH from lofll >>i Il'o :r. -i iiucjj, weaii body. Impure I memory, and who are oM and irorn b«:for<i their tini" will be delighted to <<t a n*-w gland dlacoveri by an An. rlcan L»u<'tor. This niw discovery malt puma Ibic to
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  • 1010 4 By Free Press Film Correspondent I "A Man To Remember' A Film To See UAUREEN O'Sullivan settied comfortably in her at at a Hollywood theatre to sec a preview of herself in -Held That Ki, On th reeii flashed Leo the Lion, the customary Metro-Gold-n-Mej
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  • 1115 4  - Star Of The Finest Magnitude—Gr eer Garson Joan Littlefield Britain On The Screen By CAM WOOD thinks he has *^a new star of the first magnitude in lovely redhaired Greer Garson, the English girl whom M.-G.-M. put under contract over a year ago, but who had to come back to
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    • 91 4 1. and its resultant pains are more often then y^^J^^l not \uit a case of too much acid in the storr mr^M Phillips* Milk of Magnesia neutralizes these acio\ iKjC %>? soothes the stomach, restores proper d £3 tones up the intestinal tract. Take Phillips' or k-™, pains will disappear
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  • 105 5 js w www^^ vie .< to **eep tb^ to ri U< the ,K u is about w pcnC d p declares i*ai >UTI To ei MICKEY ROONEY in attion on a surf board at location for a new film at Malihu Lake. ONE OF TH£ STAGE
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  • 619 6 HAINAN SEIZURE SIGN OF JAPAN'S WEAKNESS 'Performance To Quieten Restive People 9 VIEWS OF OBSERVERS IN HONG KONG Hon£ Kong, Feb. 25. THE Japanese occupation of Hainan evoked no surprise, but there is still considerable comment among Hon£ Kontf official circles who vie* this most recent development afl the culmination
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    31 6 Mk. II VTELLS interested in I Unffl I hat Were This airmail pkture shows him. near Mo!h<uiriie. BUnißf one ti Anstra"ltring fnitll > ihuk-billed platvpus. during his recent visit to the (tinnmnwealth
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  • 286 6 Chungking, Feb. 28. DROFOUND British sympathy with China in her struggle is evident in a score of messages brought back by Professor Shelley Wang, who has just returned from London. Messages of sympathy came from prominent British writers, social and trade leaders, all
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  • 107 6 Sending Of Troops To Libya Is "Regretted" n, Fei SI ed in the ir Henderson (Lab >rd) >e a te« he Ang .tali. I rxample M politics and I ernwerc tow no longer sufficJ nncd the It '.ian Agreement literally cannot say it breach Itn "We do not like tlie
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  • 148 6 Air Minister Denies Plane Making "Rings" London, reh. 'TllK Air Minister. Sir Kingsle\ ori, referred in the House of omnv us today to the cor>t of planes and said there were indications that Britain now was jjettiiiK lullv into her stride. Our i finitely \o\ than i nding types. sa
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  • 236 6 "THE ban on hooting in certain parts of Singapore comes into force today. Motorists will be prohibited from sounding their horns, except to prevent an accident, in the main business area of the city, around Raffles Place, between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Between
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  • 181 6 Berlin, Feb. 16. BERLIN'S annual international motor show, to be opened tomorrow by Herr Hitler, is likely to earn its name rather by the international character of visitors and buyers than :by that of the exhibitors. Comparatively few foreign cars are shown. British ears
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  • 49 6 London, Feb. 27. pOLLOWING a Trafalgar Square demonstration yesterday, at which a resolution was carried protesting against British recognition of the Franco Admin Lstration, Labour leaders, including Mr. Clement Attlee and Mr. Herbert Morrison, delivered a resolution at No. 10 Downinz Street today.- British Wireless
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  • 35 6 As an over- worked small-town doctor in A Man to Remember Kriward Ellis makes the role a character to remember. The film, showing at the Pavilion, is a brilliant human-interest picture.
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  • 363 6 PROM a commercial emporium Singapore had jumped to the front rank of world fortresses, said the Archdeacon, Ven. Graham White, presiding at the annual parochial meeting of St. Andrews Cathedral. This change had affected life in tho Colony in every way. The tremendous building programme .started
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  • 82 6 Shanghai T^: '•I pmn tinu Sh the the Mi Oflfo A ed and authoritii by tho Japan cipa ciple tl The the Sh Feb. 25 five-p con:., stra men: The n Firstly, in regulations 1938. poli hai II their a rLstic di national 8 Secoo Munid] tion of
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  • 45 6 German Tribute To Pope v CURPRISL cal r in a sp' German Ami when th( I the Dlpl Speak, and bin deep and r of Pope P He Ponl he re niair.' for< Dr. von B the P of Church b it wor to ei
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    • 27 6 1 l troub i Try SELLER'S LOTUS JMSSS^HONEY '"^LSS^* «rtde reputed ,nd Tc^ed all Chembti Literature Free BOON PHARMACY, IPOH PENAHG. Br»ar. of Imilalion— Insist on SF.LLEVI
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    • 49 6 VISIT CAIRO DURING YOUR HOMIWhon time n* r COX Aing* arrange short trips fcy car from Su at Port For further par .Jp PATERSON, SIMONS c0 or a. any of U,, »»fJ^jLc» L^ COX AND KINGS (AGENTS^ Head Office King William Street nL |>|)jW)I tl' PORT SAID, CAIRO, MARSffli^JfSlS-^
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  • 85 7 4N Italian Breda 39 plane which was due in Singapore this week on a Eastern flight has, it is learned, ended its journey abruptly in the sea between Athens and Brindisi. its starting point. The plane was being flown by Professor B-?Dnio Brotthieri whose
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  • 70 7 fFrom Our Own Cor: I f AT tne annual meeting of the Negrrl nbilar. a Brnr. of Automobile As relation of Malaya, the foil rera ~r n eled Chairman, Mr John Wish art: vicein, Mr P R. Cook; committee E D Harding, G. E. C.
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  • 58 7 From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur. Feb. 28. WHEN seven shophouscs at Ulu Yam. near Kuala Kubu. were. gutted by fire during the ueok-end, 30 families were rendered home -ss. Funned by a strong breeze, the fire gwept from house to h L*e before tl
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  • 579 7 RUBBER RISES, TIN SHOWS AN IMPROVEMENT ,[)LRINb the past week there has again been a welcome improvement in trading conditions, write Messrs Phaser and Co., Singapore, in their weekly market renort issued yesterday. The Chancellor of the Exchequer an' pounced on Monday the Government's plans
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    • 43 7 GET SET FOR THE Funniest Picture of the Year STAN OLLIE will be at the CAPITOL NEXT CHANGEI ir t^ l 9 t*~ Wl ft M' Nf PATRICIA ELLIS 1 MINNA 60MBELL Wl V'ABit LY GILBERT V~IW■ /V 1 jk PLANS NOW OPEN
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  • 628 8 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1. 1939. The Social Evil npHE Government has no ln--1 tention of. reopening th« brothels," declared the Colonial Secretary, Sir Alexander Small, at this week's meeting of the Legislative Council. This statement is scarcely .surprising as it accords With the policy which has long
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  • 639 8  - Two Mishaps During Antarctic Expedition LINCOLN ELLSWORTH BY Who Is Returning From An Antarctic Expedition On hoard motorship Wyati Earp THK Wyatt Earp was olten held up by the heavy pack ice which is so characteristic of this ear's condition in the Antarctic. We were in just as much of
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  • 393 8 British Industrie s Fair AMONG the buyers at the British Industries Fair in London and Birmingham this week there are probably a number who have visited the Fair every year since its inception in 1915; these visitors can testify to the amazing growth of what is now the largest national
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  • 163 9 preparing Camp Sites In Rural Districts PUBLIC WILL RECEIVE A. R. P. ADVICE Kit plans for the transference of nts ol thickly-populated areas ol Singapore, in threatened air raids, are bein<; made by Precautions Department. sed thai it is almost impossible t <»
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  • 1364 9 picture. ONLY INSTITUTION OF KIND IN EAST [His magnificent hospital with its wards open to sunlight and voa air combines the healing powers of nature with the most scientific and up-to-date equipment which can be purchased, said the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas in declaring
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  • 138 9 NEW LANDING PLATFORM LIKE A LIFT y\ wilt at the pier Singapore,! to facil: Qf ma ls inT j launch. pc lane. i.sed dcrable trouble, throimh being ted again I ter Attendants intled some* timt ran will rically operated, and will be Inhat it i suit as veil a»s tldi
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  • 115 9 Former Premier Of reru Mere the largest imunlty In P« ru. South America, was Japanese, said Mr. A. E". de la R. A-uero, a former Prime Minister ol the Republic of Peru and Mayor ol Lima, who arrived at Singapore yesterday by the liner Yasukuni Mam tour In Japan. JapatiOs<
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  • 25 9 .dent) in, •i uf the remban, Mrs. w. L. < iiuplain's den respecmmittee an Mr?. Gubifr, w. MUner, rd; ho; tion treasur-
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  • 66 9 TOE Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce is to request the Chinese National Government to send a strong protest to the Siamese Government against the alleged banishment of 3,000 Chinese from Siam. This decision was made at a committee meeting of the Chamber on Saturday.
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  • 97 9 DLEADING guilty to a charge ot be- ing members of an unlawful society the Blood Resisting SongTroupe tour Chinese youths, Ang Tang. Yap Man Choo, Tan Boon Chia and Ho Piaw Peck were convicted Mr. K. A. Blacker, Singapore Fourth Police Magistrate, yesterday. Each accused was
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  • 252 9 picture. Empress Of Britain Here U/ITH a considerably smaller number <>f world cruise passengers, owing to cancellations made during the September crisis by Americans, who are loath to leave their country on account of the international situation, the 43,000-ton Canadian Pacific flagship Empress of
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  • 166 9 CLAIMING trial to a charge of theft of $180 in Straits currency from a money changer in Chulla Street, on Feb. 7, a middle-aged Hokkien, Air^ Ah Bah, appeared before Mr. K. A. Blacker in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday. Mr. Mark Morrison prosecuted and
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  • 223 9 ,T HE i ilnions and colonies should be me) I developed and could manufacture goods themselves is held b h j Clifford-Turner, an em I financial lawyer, who is a p on the Empress of Britain, \v. rived at Singapore "There Is a section of opinion
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  • 43 9 The s.s. Conte Biancamano Is due litre at 5 p.m. tomomv. From SL.> hal, HOTf! Kong and Manila. She will berth at the S.H.B. whirl and is pected to sail Again at 9 p.m Colombo, Bombay, Port Said, Naples land Genoa.
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  • 98 10 £40,000 Hold -Up At Miami Miami Heath. Feb. ,10. A DARING robbery was carried out ti. ishionable Blackstone Hou-l morning by six masked men carry- ing two sub-machine-guns and rial dozen revolvers. They made a haul valued at *****. The gang invaded the prerr. while most of the guests were
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  • 237 10 Monocled Imperial Airwoman Plans Stewardesses MRS. F. M. D. Henderson, m mother of two, newly appointed women's staff chief for Imperial Airways, is planning to introduce air hostesses on Imperial Airways' new long-distance air-liners. Pretty girls who will reassure nervous passengers, amuse the children, look after the air-sick, and talk
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  • 551 10 Social Service Costs In Britain EXAMPLE FOR MALAYA IV* R. LIM BOCK KEE of the Oversea-Chinese Banking l A Corpn., Singapore, has sent the following extracts from The Economist, London as being of interest to Malaya. He suggests it would be interesting if the departments
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    54 10 tIP, I S LEARN ARP Wo; <«-Over one thousand K irls. clerks h.M p r U^"° e fom P ani s Stockholm liave been orjanised into an Air f ar 4 <l!i s an «>"tr,,rt;on M» a week. H.,e a SM-ed.sh tin clerk jets bit* li, r d*o, t.lam-natlo,, suit,
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    • 544 10 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE ENGAGEMENTS MILUM KING.— The engagen I '.ween Leo Part Milum, B.A only son of Rev. John Parton Milum, B. Be, Ph. D. <U>n±), H. C F. Milum. of Crescent Lod^<-. Tiuro. Cornwall, and B Iv-iw King, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. King, of
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    • 294 10 EVERT LIMII "LOCKED" Hospital Case of Rheumatism The value of perseverance with Kruschen, in the treatment of rheumatism, is proved by this man's experience. He says: "I was abroad for over seven years, and when I returned I began to get rheumatism— particularly in the feet land arms. Three years
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    • 57 10 Total I approv, Londud I.o' Midla CUI POPT FORFi ascei EXI GODOWN i BHII GEN busintFull pai PARK OUR SERVICES ARE AT YOUR DISPOSAL To keep abreast with tlto progress of economic developments, no business concern can afford not to take advantage of the multifarious services offered by 3 reputed
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    • 583 10 RADIO PROGRAMMES SINGAPORE ZHL 225 metre* /HP 3U.9G metres. p.m. 1.00 Miscellaneous programme of new gramophone records. 1.30 Mid-day rubber and tin prices. 1.32 Miscellaneous programme «contd.» 2.00 Interval. 5.00 Hokkien Amoy music. t 5.30 Peiping drama. t 6.50 Chinese musical interlude. 7.00 Hawaiian music. t 7.30 Time, weather and
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    • 99 10 NIROM TODAY v»»\ fi O« mr > it f. m. vim m ,1 Vim H.86 me a PMN 12. 2U I 1.10 a 20 i 4.50 5 50 Ton: 6.20 Stuc 6.50 N 7. 10 Stud 8.00 I [wan Pi 9.00 Rob I I I CHUNGKING TODAY Iho olef of
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  • FREE PRESS SPECIAL COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    • 136 11 10NDON AND NEW YORK STOCKS SHARES Last Night's Quotations rom London 5.30 p. m. Yesterday mmamm^ mm m Baa^ l^^ mj^^^^mmmmm^^^^^^^^^^ n n U.S. currency. Middle prices j jobbers martins, brokerage t Ineli C12% Pd.)... 00. .4 iog.4 Bd. d. M 17s. 6d. 17 S M Ltd 'd. 79s 6d.
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    • 66 11 'HI I vJV VI \y .a middaj i rdin t«; rabies i London jrf li.au. H Rii la at 1 at 1 ;ire In the local qoiet but ;.c ll Of showed 1 nts, I bI 1 the itli buyers at I rubber une 29 cents, undertone
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    • 195 11 FEB. 28 M LUNG London T.I 2 3 2b 32 London demand 2 3 I*s 32 and 20-4 3 Land deman* 2JI Ha.ucrg demand 134 ork demand 54*4 M< DtreaJ demand 54% Bat;. I.; demand 101 Qg dt mond 101 Calcutta, Bombay and Rangoon nd 154 r "s
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    • 15 11 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATRION OtLOCI noon 116 28 13 1J Ml 27 1J 16
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    • 166 11 I From London 5.30. p.m. Yesterday IUBBKR: Steady. i London: B»id. 8 s|l*L Previously: S^d 8 5 16d Apr-June: 3 5 16d. 8 7.16d. Previously: 85 16d 83«d July-Sr.pt: 83 ed> 6 viHd. Previously: B^d 87 16d Oct.-Dc 8 7 16d. 8 9 13d. Previously: 87 16d
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    • 58 11 II From London: Latest Quotations j i in: Pirn 214 12s Previously £214 ss. months: 2214 ss. O<L Previously: 8214. NEW VOKK TIN: 75 Previously: 46.00 OPPKR 6d. Previously: £42 2s 6d. I) Yesterday: El 8s 2d Previously: ki Bs. 2d. SILVER: Previously: 20 3 8 d.
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    • 67 11 Foreign Exchange Rates London Closing Quotations Method of Parity berore Latest Ce. Quoti: 20-9-31 Rate Previously is Franc to 124.11 176 15 16 177 New York... S to 4.8655 4.GS 7 B 4.69 Amsterdam Guilders to 12.10 B.BP B.Bl^ Hong Kong Per dollar ls. 2 15 lGd. ls. 2 7/
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    • 429 11 Qin i iwtic I r h °4 MEAT: B< teak Kati 35 Beef slew or curry do 30 Fillet steak lb. 55 Mutton. Australian do 35 Pork, lean Kati 44 Pork, lean and fat (1st quality) do 36 POULTRY: Capons (locally reared) Kati 50 Ducks i each
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    • 1251 11 From Exchange Telegraph Co. Fraser And Co. f s List TUESDAY, FEB. 28, 1939: 5 PJI MINING Buyer- Sellers fin 3s 6d 4r, A tral An 4s I i Ma lav 40s 45i cd. A\er Hitam t5s) 21s Ayer Weng ($1) .',;> d. Ban "in
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    • 74 11 List Supplied By Messrs. Frascr fif Co. TIFSDAY. I It. 28, 1939: .> I'M lotal ;or Company Dividend Bouks Financial TIN Close Date Ex. Div. year Austral Malay 9d. No. 48 3d. bonus Feb. 24 M; r 3 Ffeh 25 Ayer Wcng Int Mar. 8 Mar. 11
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  • 553 12 Two- Way Traffic Will Be A PRE-WAR PARALLEL Berlin, Feb. 16. IT Ls announced today that Herr Hitler has given his to a vast scheme for the enlargement and improvement of the Kiel Canal. The scheme will enable large vessels to pass through it in both
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  • 348 12 SEVEN THREATEN REVOLT Cli: JOHN ANDERSON', Minister for Civil Defence is threatened with a revolt from at least a quarter <> the Metropolitan boroughs, in consequence of hi* plan to transfer the direction of the London air raid wardens to Sir Philip Game, Commissioner
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  • 201 12 1-MHlon. Feb. It DREPARATIOI [y in hand .or the inctiona to be j :ded by the President oi the •h Republic and lime. Lehrun during >unm Mar. 21 to Mar. v Council baj depend £3,000 on street dem° the i o u^ed. The M Councillor
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  • 179 12 Disney's Latest "Ferdinand" n London Feb. 16 \yALT DISNEY ha S brought to the *<reen a new character as deUghtful as Mickey Mouse or Dopey la a Spanish bull. hi s name is Ferdinand, and his story based on Munro i,,i\ book, -The story of I llnand." U quite enchanting,
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  • 163 12 The following ships are alongside the Singapore Harbour Board Wharves or expected to arrive:— last Wharf. Entrance Gate 1; Exit 1 Suisang 22. Main Wharf, Entrance Gate 2; Exit 3Kota Radja 18; Benlawers 16; Deucalion H. Charon 12; Soudan 11; Bulan 10- Gev.ang. IVrak 8; Gler^arry 6. Empire
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  • 66 12 HITLER AT LAUNCH of 35,0M-ton battleship.— Herr Hitler spok Hamburg, where he attended the launchinf of Germany's first postwar 3a,000-!on battleship. The ship was named Bismarck, after the iron hamellor. The naming: ceremony was performed by Frau Dorothce von Loewenfeld. wile of \iie-.\dmiral von Loewenfeld. and daughter
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  • 479 12 Berlin Reaction To FurtK Arming Of Democrat f THE raising of the British defence l(| I l is linked by the German IV,creased expenditure n n rearmamenl and with the reports that still el< be established between the British 1 "What an orgy of pacifism in the
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  • 46 12 IMP' Pr year foi In approved stoiaer. li He estimai Of Civiiia: i bed the plann Plans drawn up -aid. t. Eire bel attark'-d by her other situation maintenance ol n< by a P W •ud Eir»> wi 30.000. cons
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  • 19 12 In ut from .1 numb i tonal vill no* vill Dr. Schacl
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  • 23 12 A deck: call In Gi national Impor dii oi the n Wh< ed to theii finish! Ti workei
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  • 22 12 SIR K Mir Nat. it wa than mlnin Empii war came Sir K recrultni nl
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    • 471 12 Airmail Arrivals And Dispatches INWARD ipoh and Penang: Mails close at llfuntok k.n 1.1 .\i Imperial: From Europe due Wed- tne G.P.O. at 9 p.m. daily. Paiembang x k.l.m. nesday, Friday, Saturday mornings. K.L.M.: To Medan and Europe: Sj^l^ x *Nx J M Wearnes: From Penang, Ipoh, Mails close 2
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    • 296 13 I REPEAT -*T^^ «lt VH k- FOR COMFORT AND SERVICE i:s rich rs ro china, japan. Colombo and Bombay. 1 t CfaMi ROM SINGAPORE 2nd Class !.86 $154 BRITISH 1N&IA SAILINGS P I? R Ck. P^ T^ &i t^ tC I RNING IN SAME SBI i SBf.tf MONTHS Ki 1
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    • 396 13 McAUSTER CO., LTD. 'Incorporated m Straits Settlements.; GKKSHAM HOlSfc, BATTERV RD., SINGAPOItE PHONI- 5172 ELLERMAN BUCKKALL S.S. Co.. Ltd. (Incorporated in Engiana > HAVRE LONDON ROTTERDAM HAMBURG VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL lfullier Due v iis CIT\ ot FLORENCE Calls Glasgow i n PorL Mi > r 2 rn r
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    • 669 13 MANSFIELD CU., LTD. Ocean Building, C«lljet Qoa> SiOfraporc xel 5151. Chartered Bank Buildine Penan- Tet 13€(L BLUE FUNNEL LINE. FAST SERVICES MARSEILLES, LONDON. N. CONTINENT AND GLASGOW (in conjunction «rith the Glen IJne) Dfc'JCALION Mars.. L'don, R dam. ETbiirg and CJiaepovv In Port Mar 1 GLENEARN Mars.. L'don, D'kirk, Adam.
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    • 413 14 EMPRESS iJJ4ff To North America |P^si5 1 515ii ftflfiy&Sz Honolulu ship's-slde r»U conWm&y^ your pasvsage in Canadian Pacific's white Empress of Ju ran W larr.-t. testest Uiirr on the Pacific r^ v PKT*s^. —or tier running mate the "^^B STf^^HW uix.irlou? impress ot Canada woA r^PsW Vikohnma to Honolulu In
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    • 743 14 BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. (APCAR LINE) FOR HONG KONG. MOJI, KOBE AND OSAKA s. s. SHIRALA 8,000 Tons SAILING MAR. 9, AT 3 P.M. The above vessel has excellent modern accommodation for First Saloon and Second Saloon Dassensers Special Holiday Return tickets to China and Japan (interchangeable with
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    • 446 14 AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINeTT^ ro KiJKort i FKOM SINGAPORE AM) FKNANO TO COLOMBO Pomp i v Arrives i K PRESIDENT OARFTEU) PRESIDFNT MONROE ~'o PPwESIDENI ADAMS j« PRESIDENT VAN BUREN PRESIDENT HARRISON 2 PRESIDENT HAYES PRESIDENT POLK IX) carry no passengers. to lancEK FROM HONG KONG 10 SA\ FKANCISCO INU |<k
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  • 290 16 Gordons To Meet Loyals, Malays vs. Manchesters FIXTURE LIST TO MAR. 11 THE S.A.F.A. first division competition for 1939 will open on Monday with matches between the Gordons and the Loyals, at Changi, and the Malays; and the Manchester^, at the Stadium. Othor
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    30 16 picture. TIIK TWO BUBOFEAM IIOXKRS, TEDDY DONAVAN (welterweight) and [leer DoiUWhe (featherueiuht) who arrived here yesterday morning. They lire hound lor \merica :md will leave Singapore on Saturday. Free Press
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  • 161 16 MR. LEE NAM'S PURCHASES CIX new horses are among the amendments to the classification ot" horses issued by the Straits Racing Association yesterday. Two of them, Hybla and Tovarich, :ire in class one. Hybla it i»s understood, il another purchase b] Nam, the
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  • 151 16 London. Fek ,'S. pALLOVEHS ior the Grand National and the Lincolnshire are as follows: QBAND NATIONAL 15 li Kilstar taken and cfTered. 100-9 Royal Danieli. 15 1 Rockquiila. 100—6 Workman and Tcnicwillow. 20—1 Brendan's Cottage and Underbid ottered. 20—1 Royal Mall offered, 22—1 taken. 22—1 Cooleen mid
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  • 19 16 T IK s< r real tea M the clubI Urn Or iturfiay 111 be provida Band.
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  • 290 16 Wembley's Two Milton London. Feb. 16. IT was disclosed at the annual meeting of Wembley stadium. Ltd., I despite .such setbacks to entertainment promoters U the European cri.-is. Y.-eU two million people paid to see th^ various, sporting events in the arena and the stadium last yeai These ar- Ma]
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    24 16 pit ture. LA, m RI.NT. THE TAN TOOK SENG VS. HINDOO ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL MATCH at Ba.csUer yesterday. Tan Tock Seng won, 4—l.- Free Press
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  • 108 16 FOliowing arc S.C.R.C. cricke t< fcr Liiis \voek-e'/>d: Saturday vs. A.c.s.. 2 pan Fong Kim Wah, Neo Hock i Un, Chita Boor. K. T. Ooi, P. L. Tan, Low Keo Choe. Bwee Lim Bwang, Kam Gim Lock. Ong Chew Bee, Seah Keng Blew and Chua Hock Sony.. Reserves:
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  • 58 16 Rome Wants 1944 Olympics Rome, Feb. 27. TffS Italian Olympic Committee has I announced thr.t Rome will be officially proposed as the place of the 13th Olympic Games in 1944, ut a meeting of the International Olympic Committee in London in June. Other cities competing for the 1944 games are
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  • 136 16 Tan Tock Seng Beat Hindoo Association THE Tan Tock Seivj Haspital Recreation Club beat the Hindoo Association at Balesner yesterday by four goals to one In a mediocre game of soccer. The teams were one-nil at half tim? and In the remaining half, the Hospital .scored their ether goals rapidly.
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  • 107 16 t^oup lie* were played oil yesterday at the opening of the Y.M.C.A. s tournament. Results: B' (lass, Championship. Singh"* L. C. Ooh beat A. S. A. Pakir. r>— 3: 2 6: 6—3. H. S. O: it S. K. Gaw. 1-6; 6 3. class. Championship Singles R. Nathan
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  • 101 16 Pietermaritzburg, Feb. !S. IN REPLY to Natal's first innings total of 295, the M.C.C. totalled 407 yesterday. Edrich was in great form and mad;' 150, hitti'i^ one six and 2* fours. Ames made 62 and the pair add >d 114 In 07 minutes for the
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  • 116 16 Capetov n, l-el*. °8. COUTH Africa won the lawn tennis test by .seven matches to one. Results were: Mrs. Robbins (Bouth Africa> beat Mia Scott 2—6, 6—l. 6 -1. Kirby (South Africa beu.t Butler 2—6, 6—l. 6—3. Misses Scott and Saunders (Ol Britain) beat Mis>*
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  • 317 16 That European Boxing Title Question ATTEMPT AT AGREEME London, Feb. is. AN agreement may be reached in rt should have a far-reaching effe< At long last the British Boxing Boai the International Boxing Unioi their differences to t>e able to decide tion of European titles. In the days of the
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  • 48 16 I 'hristchiirch. (N.Z leb tk DLAYING the first match ol their tour of New Zealand. Sir Julien Cahn'^ cricket team compiled 410, oi which Hardstatl made 100. The match was drawn. Canterbury the home side, mad* 464 (Kerr 124 and 233.- Reuter
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  • 90 16 R. S. G. C. Win Wei-Hai-Wei Cup Wei Cu played at thi I Singapore Club bj i Following R.S.G.C W. Eldi H. B S3 J. H. B It. Craik. Dr. M. C B 1 LI. Com. II H. Lim. 1. Dr. E. 1 Bateniun. 0 Island Bogey To Ho competil
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