The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 15 March 1939
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The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
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Title Section18 1939-03-15 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. NO. 15,726 I STD. 183.) WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1939, 5 CLNTS18 words
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86 1939-03-15 1 Where Will £6,000,000 Czech Loan Go j f itain v Positiom ion the would ;n it entered itorial inteikia and consult and with th -lit whe'id regard .th he underirer Benn ied to Ch imbei hat the [.provoked lir. CHAMBERLAIN SILENT ILumluii. Mar. 11. mi answering a private notice question86 words
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Article55 1939-03-15 1 lokio, M.u 11. ese i 7 0.000 -lain rday. >mmage ol more I 1,189 in 1 1 000 tons. planning to mnage of the 500,000 by 1942 nip companies 0 the :ruc\om '<nder I at 87. Annual put at :ted vessels > two categories, on 255 words
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Article65 1939-03-15 1 Berlin, Mar. I 1. that Czecho-Slovakia h fallen to pieces is the verdict ot the German press on today's dramatic events. Sample headlines are 'Czecho-Slovakia BreakAsunder; Mosaic State Fallen in Pieces" The* Berliner Zeitung "it is impossible for the Czech terror to continue. It can65 words
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Article88 1939-03-15 1 tin, Mir. 14. d to m ;iu du few houi Traffic if morning was at B soldi a through the .s' 1 lull war k idin ier Tlu ed by Renter whether inn occupation oi Invasion 01 had begun replied: 'not jet," adding that it probable,88 words
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Article74 1939-03-15 1 Berlin, Mar. 14. T. New York Times declares: "It now appears the present situation is to be used by Herr Hitler as a pretext for another thrust. "What gives the situation its greatest element of instability is the fact that there is nothing in the present structure74 words
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Article352 1939-03-15 1 Great Britain London. Mar. 14. The relationship oi the AngloFrench guarantee regarding the postMunich boundaries of Czecho-Slovakia uu the threa I new di flaemberment cepabli not lon in the l o idon n newspai> It 1 coes not arise at the present juncture While some writers are352 words
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Article154 1939-03-15 1 olovaks And Kuthenes r orm Independent btates GERMAN ARMIES MOVING AS German troops moved towards Slovakia yesterday, two new sovereign States vrere proclaimed in Czecho-Slovakia, and the Prague Government resigned. A declaration of the independence of Slovakia announced that Dr. Josef Tiso, would be President and154 words
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288 1939-03-15 1 Slovaks Gain Independence Bloodlessly Prague, Mar. 14. a DECLARATION o* Slovak Lndepen-I A dene announced tonight with Dr. Jose* Tiso as President and Premier and Herr Durchansky, whe aecompantod Dr. Tiso yesterday to Berlin and others, who recently were impri- embers of the Government. Herr Karol Sidor, Premier in I288 words
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Article36 1939-03-15 1 Durban. Mar. 11. There is m; Question <»i the lest match being resumed tomorrow as the tourists now have only barest margin time in which to dash to Capetown and eaten their home. Reuter.36 words
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Article138 1939-03-15 1 Prague. Mar. 14. THE Czech President. Dr. Hacha, accompanied by the Foreign Minister, Dr. F. Chvalkovsky, left by special train tonight for Berlin Members of the German Legation wero present at the departure. An tfflcial communique Btal "Today the onion between the d the Slovaks disappears.138 words
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Article76 1939-03-15 1 I'r.i tut s 11 I i^VER IUO i UTed a Czech 111 Chual capital of Ruthei Serious encounters between patho-Ukraine Ruthenian i tlonal tin i reported from Accordin. ill I cupled more than 30 Ruthenia and Hungarian concentrating on the B R -rlin m< ilso st76 words
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Article23 1939-03-15 1 ,i'nna, Mar. 1 A DECREE formally conflacatlm Habsburg property in favour ot the German Si ate will be publla Tuesday. -Ren23 words
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Advertisement60 1939-03-15 1 WOMEN L FRENCH CREPE SHOW... (HOTIRMALL'S **^-a^lla__hfcjfi& "^JE-WB^ifJaaP P^^^^mSf^^StKmP^mwS^K^ j TONIGHT I I c OCKTJML DANCE 7 p.m. to 9 pm j ii<NE OANCE (informal) 9.45 to midnight N< > ADMISSION CHARGE NOXICE FOR TOMORROW WITH ill! VK.lv BUM KOUI ABMANGI 'inooM WILL BE CLOSED A1 -M5 MJ nn ih60 words
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Advertisement144 1939-03-15 1 STYLED FOR THE FASHIONABLE PRICED FOR THE THRIFTY thc quality UNDERWEAR GUARANTEED... AT:CHOTIRMALL'S 41-43, HIGH STREET. SEA VIEW Wk HOTEL IDEAL SEASIDE RESORT ONE OF SINGAPORE'S RECOGNISED BEAUTY SPOTS REACHED IN 10 MINUTES BY CAR FROM ANYWHERE IN TOWN TONIGHT SPECIAL DINNER DANCE MUSIC BY KELLER'S POPULAR HUNGARIAN BAND DINNER144 words
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141 1939-03-15 2 JAPAN'S NAVY MINISTER WARNS OF WAR RISKS International Conflict When Diplomacy rails 'NEW ORDER' DANGERS Tokio, Mar. 14 POSSIBLE international friction" which may be caused in Ihc course of the construction of Japan's "New Order in East Asia" was forecast by Admiral M. Yonai, the Navy Minister, at the plenary141 words
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Article, Illustration45 1939-03-15 2 Sefl Mar. 14. THE B an Premier. M Ki u :'ow for Ank. the Invitation ol Turkish Bi tier an. admission oi Bulgaria into Balkan Pact I eet Bulgai I *rial rouja and an outlet Into the n.— Renter. I45 words
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Article172 1939-03-15 2 Pacific Conference NO NAVAL PROTECTION London, Mar. 11. rut Pacific defence conference to be hold in New Zealand is a move in ihe direction of the Dominions taking steps for their own protection, says the Manchester Guardian. The urgency of the situation obviously is172 words
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Article, Illustration29 1939-03-15 2 DE REER VAN DEN BUSSCHE, retired vice-president of (he Council of the Indies, who passed through Singapore yesterday in a K.N.T.1 ..M. plane. Story in page <)— Free Press picture.29 words
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Article46 1939-03-15 2 Hong Kong. Mar. 1 1. Over tOO cead .Trpanese soldiers were cremated at Holhow, the trading n on Sunday. A lati it il on the island huve not the Interior districts, which are well guarded by Chinese troops and armed pel Times.46 words
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177 1939-03-15 2 Chungking, Mar. 14. "WHAT Japan calls a war of 'Asia for the Asiatics' is, in fact, a war to conquer the whole of Asia. To eradicate the danger of Japanese militarism, which is the common enemy of both India and China we need your177 words
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47 1939-03-15 2 •wn C Qt > i mdon, Mar. 14. ent is announced Dayrell Br Saranly son >tain Bertram Br. Dayang Mud a i B M thleen Mary Hudd I daughter! of Mr and Mrs W E C. Hudder Ho.: bourr.t Br: Free Press47 words
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Article93 1939-03-15 2 lokio. Mar. 14. MEW International air routes be- tween Tokio and Hsinking and veen Taihoku, in Formosa, and Canton will be opened in June and October respect ivel v. The Japanese MinL>ti\ of Communications has announced it will ask the Diet for 10,000.000 yen93 words
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Article79 1939-03-15 2 Hong Koiip. Mar. 14. The Japanese are reported to be planning to enter Shensi by way of Shangyang and Fancheng and take Changsha. capital of Hunan, where the j headquarters of the Chinese training jcamp have been established A number of Japanese rubber boats, under79 words
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64 1939-03-15 2 Chungking, Mar. 1 1. pOURTEEN PERSONS, including g Kwan. head of the II Kong branch of the Central Bank China, are missing since the disappearance of a Eurasia Corporation passenger plane, which left Chungking lor Kunming on Sunday and sent an S.O.S. above a point64 words
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Article25 1939-03-15 2 Brussels. Mar. 14. Belgian Airlines (Babena) plane on the London-Brussels night service crashed last night near Brussels Three were killed —Reuter. i25 words
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Article, Illustration35 1939-03-15 2 Wong-Foo Wedding Japan At Berlin Wr.Oshb am be Exhibition of An Art, which he visit Berlin la*: The account ol the wedding of Miss Rosalind Wong and Mr. Foo Yin Chiew appears on page 15.35 words
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Article106 1939-03-15 2 Canberra, Mar. 14. MR. R. G. MENZIES. AttornevGeneral and Minister of Industry in the Federal Cabinet, resigned today as a protest against the Cabinet's decision to repeal the pensions provisions in the National Assurance Act. The Cabinet has decided to amend the Act owing to the high106 words
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Article78 1939-03-15 2 Madrid, Mar. 1 1 The Junta io< cided to dt mol I rvists of the 1915 to 1916 and also men belonging to I -ond group of auxiliary i nor Casado told foreign papermen the Junta was busy plan: liquidation of the war and added:78 words
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Article45 1939-03-15 2 Paris, Mar TWELVE PERSONS were kill* 30 injured In a collision an express and a goods train today. The crash, which occurred at 10.30 p.m. yesterday, was caused by the derailment of a wagon of the goods I —Reuter.45 words
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Article57 1939-03-15 2 Br I Parade Of C I I in Sir to (< abu did numbers in which built play No Delays I Palace of S appears in j I Thi I silver tra] Linki numb: merit. Alva Agai which of th of t; tumblin each McAtli57 words
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Article11 1939-03-15 2 Mrs. Dobbie To Visit Hong Kong Prida: Whil Punj 'tO ID11 words
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Advertisement82 1939-03-15 2 a. r k- *i^ ipife-' JaaaV "^*a* iM^Sfe. Jet" T most important item on my shopping list. ix at every meai IteJ necessity to tveiy member of the family, Butter must be of the very best quality and full of concentrated sroodness and nourishment. S.C.S." Butter possesses these attributes and82 words
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Advertisement8 1939-03-15 2 CHIN s '»a7, THRO MEo '«l HAIL in8 words
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Article, Illustration296 1939-03-15 3 KtLEGED. DEATH THREAT TO RICH BUSINESSMAN Prison Sentence For STORY OF DEMAND FOR 1 AA AAA ''^(.nmhtoir'h""- Vl rV ,nanV off are being moan™ Tfi l7^ ai<T ff 1 TSh 2* District InH.r,. v 7 •l lhs,, n- Singapore Criminal Tan Ah K»! >^ r <'a>. when sentencing a young296 words
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16 1939-03-15 3 Millionaire Will Lead Sumatra Exedition iely- :or the he si M<><>\ Seas. ..i ordered to ooo.ooc16 words
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Article23 1939-03-15 3 Evidence 'Incredible Says Judge the I District Chinese tan, on a burt by pedesbave ocnibus and •tlon of re Road. -an was in-23 words
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Article189 1939-03-15 3 MALAYAN ALLADIN'S CAVE? Treasure Ground For Archaeologists A MALAYAN Alladin may contain gold and silver, may one day pi )use for •haeologi>'. Th I r -'d by Dr H G. Quaritch-Wales when carrying out I investigation I ikualn Siam. on the west i Malay Pennsula ju.~ ith ot the .mus189 words
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Article454 1939-03-15 3 TRADING CONDITIONS IMPROVE Market Report THr. eful trading, reminiscent of :id Co.. eekly reday. 1 day or two ver, seen some redui artly owing .lied a clinal part of i] turther ahead, and a use of another hitch In the the continent of Europe. A n of ihe Slovak comity,454 words
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435 1939-03-15 3 P.W.D. WITNESS ALLEGES FAULTY BUILDING THAT a retaining wall which collapsed and smashed part of another hou^e, killing a Chinese hoy, Yap Chian Ling, was made of inferior quality concrete and faultily designed, was alleged in evidence yesterday hefore the Singapore Coroner, Mr.435 words
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182 1939-03-15 3 Flower Show To Be Best Ever In Singapore IN the hundred different cla exhibited at the annual Singap Flower Show, at the Victoria M< Hall, on Mar. 24. 25. and 20. there will an unusually large number of L lish fl This group i.s a feature among th< entries being182 words
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43 1939-03-15 3 Singapore motoring enthu. > Kuala i umpur for I M to be held i March 26 team will b» p K Braid Midget*. EL. William M W. > and Li: L. A Special Other dr: k i ila i >.:■ I43 words
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Article46 1939-03-15 3 Mr. Jayjit Singh, 8 in ol I hat h oi Penai i join Un i study is i by a Sikh »e first I apichea ttie He i and i the lnters< n. Mr. Round's car ut 15 .aw it on right46 words
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Article39 1939-03-15 3 Th ot the Bth rSinga- Heavy Battery Hong Kong-' -apore. Royal Artillery, win man the new Penang de Penang yesterday. The comprises about rs an. 130 other ranks, but I lr >[ the men I '■>'■39 words
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350 1939-03-15 3 Car Crash On Return From Golf Club AS A SEQUEL to a motoring accident al the Intersection ot Adam Road and Sime Road, on Dec 22. In which a European. Mr. H. Elphick was badly injured, a young Malay syce. Abbas Mohamed. appeared before Mr. LB Gibson, in the Singapore350 words
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Advertisement22 1939-03-15 3 i I, TOP lAT COUGH GRIPS >T AID TILLES SORE THROATS, LE TO BRONCHITIS NFLUENZA from :pensary ltd. IIUK *U- CHEMISTS I22 words
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Advertisement19 1939-03-15 3 Try SELLER'S LOTUS At all BOON PHARMACY, IPOH PENANG. Brwarr ot lmiUtiun InMst un BI I I J I19 words
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522 1939-03-15 4 Science Fishing HOW RESEARCH SHIPS USE IDENTITY DISCS T Der the 'markisandi re caught the purpose, and liberated ore ed under the expli of the most lm D the i this year, and it is row pi tak m in h and other rivers, in o, profit .ble pr tion.522 words
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Article, Illustration28 1939-03-15 4 MARCIS SHOW GIRLS SMILING FOB I IMERAMAN at the s,,u Station after their arrival i,,\i Int Billv 15, r rl Sofia llvarea (Mexico and Loretta Clymas (New York)28 words
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106 1939-03-15 4 Mr. J. Roosevelt To Work In Hollywood JAMES Roosevelt, eldest son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and until recently a member of the White House secretariat, has joined. Samuel Goldwyn. Inc. as a vicepresident. Mr. Roosevelt made the followlni statement: 'T am very happy to be associated with Mr. Goldwyn.106 words
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Article, Illustration995 1939-03-15 4 JOAN LITTLEFIELD - JOAN LITTLEFIELD BY Ilxmdon. r ONDON— the real London has played so small a part in British films, being rest rid ed in so many pictures to that stock view of Piceadilly Circus and a few neon signs, that it is good to know995 words
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Article163 1939-03-15 4 piHFEKFUL news tor Sabu fans arrives from London. Alexander Korda has purchased the film rights to Rudyard Kipling's "Jungle Book" to be produced on his next year's schedule, with Sabu in the chief role. The story revolves around the hoy, Mowgli. who is brought up163 words
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345 1939-03-15 4 FOOT FAULTS THAT ARE AVOIDABLE A LONDON CONFERENCE J HOSL lonjr sufTerinu members of the human body, our feet, are in the nev.^. Five hundred leading chiropodists have been in conference in London, during which it was revealed that people in the North of England suffer more foot trouble than345 words
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Article, Illustration17 1939-03-15 4 MB. COLEMAN, THE KOCNG MVSICAI 4 hattin, W,U, K. proprietor of <hc l,! S.n e lp( Rai1,,,17 words
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Advertisement98 1939-03-15 4 BRITAIN'S FINEST FRUITS^ BRITAIN'S LEADING FRUIT jJP^g^ aAr £l3Ebl A r J> S <*\ "'^^Batai* JaW* A'^lfiaay V aaßaaUHaaaaHaar aft 'La.'C wJEr f %S With a stork of Chivers Canned fruiu in your larder you are able to enjoy your aalaaaaaaaWP l f lC^ favourite varieties at any time of98 words
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Article, Illustration171 1939-03-15 5 SP ANI SH CAYAL R Y SURR ENDEH m I <u the H atarnri SPANISH REPUBLICAN REFUGEES are still crossing the border into France. Members of the mounted civil guards, in this photograph, taken last ireek, are seen riding into the border ISHTJtf o\ IRBIVAL AT MELBOURNE. They are "key"171 words
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Article, Illustration33 1939-03-15 6 V Warship Launched in> KING GEORGI entering the watei after her launchin iiw KinK ..t Neweastle-08-TVaie. s he Will be completed early in I 10 and will then have eatl ««wr S.oim o<)o.33 words
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443 1939-03-15 6 Hitler s New Retreat In Mountains WHERE HE PLOTS DESTINY OF GERMANY Berlin, Mar. 5. (j\ the inaccessible summit of the Kehlstein Vi ain, 3,500 feet above Berchtesgaden, a new retreat of gleaming steel and glass has been constructed for Adolf Hitler. In absolute solitude ihe Fuehrer there charts the443 words
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Article375 1939-03-15 6 Becoming A Japanese Concentration Camp HOUSE OF COMMONS TOLD I OF PROTEST London, Mar. 14. IN the House of Commons, Mr. P, J. Noel-Baker (Labour, 1 Derby) asked whether it would be correct to say that the British Concession at Tientsin was gradually becoming a Japanese375 words
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Article55 1939-03-15 6 MOSCOW, Mai J THE unity of the population ol the Soviet Ukraine to Stalin u emphasised by KruschchorT, a high Ukraine official, at the eighteenth Congress of the Communist Part) "All Fascist aggressors will break Ueir heads against this unity union of the Ukrainian people might55 words
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Article139 1939-03-15 6 Shanghai, Mar. it. DIFLE and machine-gun tire was heard on the outskirts of the occupied western suburbs of Shanghai on Sunday n ght as Chinese guerillas carried out their previously announced threat to attack the Chin- ese corps sent by the pro-Japanese Nanking "Reformed Government" to help139 words
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Article90 1939-03-15 6 Washington, Mar. 14. A RESOLUTION providing that the President might at his discretion authorise the Secretaries of War and Navy to manufacture in America armaments and ships for Latin American countries was introduced by Senator Pittman in the Senate. h Under the resolution all contracts90 words
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180 1939-03-15 6 London, Mar. 1 1 THE Prime Minister, Mr. Neville CI herl a in. was asked in the Hou Commons today whether he was a that more than 100 3ritish subjects at Hankow require passages to 8h hai in addition to those who for business180 words
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Article146 1939-03-15 6 F Chungking, Mar, 14. In Central Hupeh has ved down considerably in past few days both sides resortin occasional artillery duels. Chinese forces in .si province have launched a three column countcr-otl'ensive against the Ja] ese forces with their ba*e at Lishih. One Chinese column is146 words
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98 1939-03-15 6 I.K. REPRESENTATIVES AT WORLD FAIR London, Mar. 1 l JLJR R. B. HUDSON, Secretary of I Department of Overseas Trade, will leave for New York on April 22 to represent the British Government at the opening of the World Fair on April 30. He will remain in the United Stal98 words
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Article157 1939-03-15 6 London, Mar. 1 13 LI LYING to a question in the House of Commons, regarding a Japanese demand for 32 posts in the Canton Customs, Mr. R. A. Butler, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, said that the Foreign Secretary was aware of the suggestion but there was157 words
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Article63 1939-03-15 6 Miami, Mar. 14 A DMIRAL Byrd, in a copyright inter- view with the New York Daily News, says he is preparing another Antarctic trip soon and expects to claim 1.000,000 square miles for the i United States. e "I know there are mountains there with63 words
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Article, Illustration140 1939-03-15 6 JAPAN TO BUILD BIG PORT NEAR TIENTSIN Tokio, Mar. 1 1 P T° let a huge harbour at TakU, at the mouth of the Peiho. near Tientsin, a Sino-Japan-n, capitalised a Yen 100,000,000 will be soon organised. according to reports, ted here. For the pur a] atlons are already being140 words
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Article54 1939-03-15 6 Haunking, Mar. 14. Another eiash occurred between Soviet sodiers and Manchukuo troops on the eastern Manchukuo-Soviet border yesterday morning. Soviet soldiers are alleged by Japanese officials to have crossed th<* border into Manchukuo territory, re- suiting in an hour's righting. Both sides suffered a number54 words
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213 1939-03-15 6 V Tokio, Mar. 11. ERNACULAR newspapers con- j tinue to express nationalistic sentiments, reflecting growing bitterness toward foreign powers not in accord with Japan. The newspapers uniformly inter- i jreted Navy Minister Mitsumoso i ronai's remarks to the Diet concerning naval expansion as a notice213 words
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Article75 1939-03-15 6 Trouble Growing In Germany? w I I Mtl I r I I an ;ij^ I I I i cautioned «kM dan r „j estat, PRODK 11, s slo I I I no I or port* I dov I oth( I I I I i ibc i I ■••tn.n M'litrd I75 words
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Article21 1939-03-15 6 CONTROL OF N. CHINA COTTON T cludin app: i Won Th< of r answ( export ti d II Chin. I 2xpe21 words
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13 1939-03-15 6 JAPANESE BOYS WILL MAKE MUNITIONS I |K>KIC 1 25,( I I I I13 words
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6 1939-03-15 6 AMBULANCE OFFICIAL TO VISIT INDIA v6 words
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Advertisement152 1939-03-15 6 Glands Made Young -Vigour Renewed Without Operation old before your time or suffer you will find new hapj and health In rlcan medical discovery which re mouthful vigour and vitality qu nd operations. It is a simple homo I In tablet form, discovered by an t<-r. Absolutely harm but the152 words
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Advertisement657 1939-03-15 7 Author who twice Thrilled The \V,..-i,i TODAY JTi~ rP m THE MARCUS SHOW BREAKS RECORDS AGAIN.' I us 9. is p.m. A L H A M B R A CArITOL A aCflaV Jaa* Jaaa taaaaa aaaaaaS -x' fl BLACKOCI rotaOBROWTHI SE^md mum fe 8^ V P,n The Ma«,nce f.nsT S„Q657 words
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634 1939-03-15 8 The Sinagpore Free Press WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1938. Singapore The Pacific Conference NOT for many years has an announcement of greater importance to British interests in this part of the world been made than the statement concerning the forthcoming Pacific defence conference. The three British countries most intimately concerned with634 words
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Article, Illustration819 1939-03-15 8 OUR SERVICES CORRESPONDED - TV! HE cruiser Cornwall, recently attached to the Second Cruiser Squadron, Home Fleet, is to leave I)e--vonport, where she will be commissioned by Captain C. E. Hamill, this week for the China Station. She will take the plact ol her sister ship. Cumberland. In819 words
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Article, Illustration31 1939-03-15 8 THEY NEVER TOLD US IT WAS A LION! Wfc HOPE THAT FOREIGN BUYERS WILL REPORT TO THEIR FELLOW COUNTRYME\ IS NOT DOWN AND OUT*— (SAID MR. HUDSON IN LONDON m I31 words
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Advertisement273 1939-03-15 8 v e* >v al%^ 0 c CRLO BECK'S WM^ |>l l lBll > l>>l B>>>tßßMlMWMM>>W B > aßaaaaaaaaaaaaaawaaaaaaaaaa»aaa^^ 1 m *jK-j.r -n SaV aaaSB9 Hf jtg^ B^fc%> ,4t aflUlfi pa ar I jBA s IS MB* ja>mnav v Bt^pav* fa^aaw^ ggp^aa^ aa^aa^R^ V% ■•^"^aal.Ba^lßMßk 1^ vß^sikl3i^ \aaa™aiK*'^^»« lf^ aßr' ■ai273 words
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Advertisement22 1939-03-15 8 Ttf£ 4Ai>£ 7ft££ BLOVSES IN SATIN, GEORGETTE AND CREPE-DE-GHINE. In stock and made to order 18. BATTERY ROAD. FIRST FLOOR PHONE 7143.22 words
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Article, Illustration316 1939-03-15 9 Tragedy During Test Of Defences BLANK SHELL BLOWS UP was killed and throe other injured-.*,, oi ntically— when a blank >hell exnlnri«i ur tl m entrance, on Monday night the fixed defence ed in con junction with manoeuvr. 1 Sin men involved belong316 words
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67 1939-03-15 9 G Findlayilanden I half c ewaii vhi ii od I In Co. I E. time, In the regimi driving v > -"ssed a di ITING cret I MSI \v f:s not p: .:.ees and that, the unfrequented one hat your regime. qualif> n, I .ion67 words
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Article48 1939-03-15 9 a, Professor Ju oition opened at the Hall yesterday aftervariety of rthoi x Cto 1 the European old painting of 500 Follow* proportions all. His Chinese i teeing, lappy in his copies i rs. 8 Bhenton Thomas. m among those .ne of the exhibi-48 words
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Article11 1939-03-15 9 I Superintendent teamship Co., ind Glen Lines, elected t a Feints.11 words
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42 1939-03-15 9 Alter JS pent m c service in Netherlands Heer Cornells van den Bussche. vice-presi-dent of the Road van Indie (the inner council ol advisers to the GovernorGeneral', passed through Singapore on his In th< K.NJX.M. plane42 words
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Article216 1939-03-15 9 jUp FRANK CIUNE, .-old Australian writer, who pi. I through S: :e with his wif< on I their way to in the K.N.I.LM. j plane, confess* to having had 69 jobs !in his life. by wanderlust at the age oi 11 years, he has roamed the world216 words
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327 1939-03-15 9 C'HARGED with two others with the attempted murder by shooting of a young Singapore Chinese, a water coolie nployed at the Singapore Harbour Board, Koh Ah Liat, denied at the trial before Mr. Justice Home, in the Singapore tasizes yesterday, that he was present at327 words
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581 1939-03-15 9 Heavy Sentences On three Kidnappers (From Our Owa Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. JJ. N some states in America, the penaltv for kidnapping i- c'seath," said Mr. .Ju>tice Gordon Smith, in the Assizes today, when he sentenced to long terms of imprisonment three Chinese, whom he convicted of kidnapping and extorting581 words
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304 1939-03-15 9 Eye Hospital Built By Singapore Doctor TEN YEARS' WORK FOR CITY'S POOR ro fulfil Singapore's need for a bigger eye hospital tl that existing- at present, a Singapore Chinese eye specialist has built a new hospital at Balestier which, it is honed will be ready by May. H< is Dr.304 words
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Article, Illustration47 1939-03-15 9 MfcsK < irupins Won* daui Llti ol Datota and Datin s. Q. u»> .1 oo STin Chiew, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Fee Nyit Is e of Ipoh aha v. ere married at the residence of the brides parents. < airnhill Circle, Singapore, yesterday. Free Press picture.47 words
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116 1939-03-15 9 OFFICIAL CALL BY C.-in-C. OF INDIES STATION ITH L I V landers furnished honour at Cornmander-in-ChleJ tion (Vlce-Admiral j ClifTord pier yesterday. The c.uard wat und< i th of Lieut. R. i M li colours were, be: Arriving m his I j°f 15 I from ,and mi pier U* Malaya116 words
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Article24 1939-03-15 9 THE 1 :i ChU M Vi ra lafay Moi ihn U i 5% The b: m is tl Charle Fred 1024 words
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Advertisement23 1939-03-15 9 >ge your Parties Now d DINE at the CApiTQL BESTAURAMJ TONIGHT GUL DINNER $1.75 CARTE ALSO OBTAINABLE 3rC your table NOW ifl 4906.23 words
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Advertisement100 1939-03-15 9 REV- ROBE sf^Wa-- TRAVEL WARDR OB t S I yfk FOR MEN LADIES 4 Ifiaaaf '"'<' so ConitHirt am.aßßaaHaar aaa^aV aaaKfiftPfal 90nS| W^Bll'^«- I i>l ont rea l'> P ,lC^ a RE.VW ROBE, you ham? Your Su t. ,^*>:. mwimiii iip Dresses in it —it rug] lr<>m the wardrobe. 5100 words
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Article356 1939-03-15 10 Economy Comes To Usually Expensive Ceremony CHINA'S NEW FASHION UKOMPTED by a dual motive of thrift and practicability, Chinese youths are nowadays entering* matrimony in mass formation. Utterly devoid of traditional extravagance and pageantry, wartime Chinese weddings can be compared with the western-style marriages by government356 words
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80 1939-03-15 10 Goering Pays £200 A Week To Britons Berlin, Mar. 3. TWELVE British engineers are working day and night under the command of FieldMarshal Goering, in building Germany's two vast new iron and steel works at Salzgitter, in the Harz Mountains, and at Linz, on the Danube. The plants will produce80 words
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271 1939-03-15 10 Cape Town. Mar. 4. THHE conviction is growing in Southwest Africa, that the mandate 1 over the territory should be terminated. This information has been conveyed to the Cabinet of the Union 01 South Africa. This authority states that the sooner the mandate271 words
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237 1939-03-15 10 BaaaaaaaaaManaaaaaaaaa.— Berlin, Mar. 4. r*ERMANY'S attention is at present concentrated on events in North Africa. Great prominence is given to Italian reports of collisions between natives and French gendarmes, and French troop movements in Tunis. There is some evidence that Germany is preparing to take237 words
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Article296 1939-03-15 10 Cyclotron May Supersede Radium London, Mar. 4. DECAUSE the Medical Research Council believes that both radiurr and X-rays may be superseded by the new ray-producer, the cyclotron, Dr F. G. Spears, an expert on the staff, has been sent to California. He is working there with Professor Lawrence, of California296 words
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Article157 1939-03-15 10 The following are ships alongside the Singapore Harbour Board Wharves or expected to arrive: East Wharf. Entrance Gate 1 Exit 1 Apoey 22. Main Wharf. Entrance Gate 2; F\it I: Gewang 16; Daldorch. Centaur 14; Phrloctetes 11; Kudat 0: Shantung 7. Empire Dock. Entrance Gate 2; Exit 3:157 words
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Article185 1939-03-15 10 Schedule Of Chungking Broadcasts FOLLOWING is the revised schedule of the Central Broadcasting Station of Chungking, China. The call signal is XGOY or. 31.58 metres wave length, a frequent 5 megacycles. The station is extremely clear every evening on this wave length, and the one directional to North America at185 words
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Article, Illustration63 1939-03-15 10 CLOSELY guarded secrets of Britain's armaments were revealed to the King and Queen when their Majesties visited the big armament works at Els wick on the start of their tour of the North East Coast, during which they launched the new warship George VI. Here are the King and Queen63 words
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Article84 1939-03-15 10 London. .Mar. 13. Representations have been made by the British Ambassador in Tokio, Sir Robert Craigie, regarding the bombing by the Japanese of Sian, which involved the wanton destruction of the English Baptist Mission Hospital there.— British Wireless. Hsiiikr II The Laianchuk lodged a protest84 words
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Article202 1939-03-15 10 London, Mar. 4. TTIh earlie of the New Testament known to exist papyrus manuscripts found in Egypt eight yeari ago— will be on view for the first time in London next week. r since their discovery they tcupied experts In separating mounting them between d editing202 words
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Article320 1939-03-15 10 Southampton, Mar. 4. Y EH UDI MENUHIN. the violinist, his young Australian wife, and his father, arrived in the Queen Mary at Southampton tonight. When asked about his sister Yalta— icported to have left her husband, a Boston lawyer, whom she married last May. YehudTs father shrugged320 words
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Article92 1939-03-15 10 London. Mar. 13 ANXIETY lest part of the British gift and loan to Czecho-Slovakia find its way to Germany again was expressed In the Commons tonight In questions about Germany's demand for transfer of part of the Czech goM reserves to the Reichsbank The Under92 words
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256 1939-03-15 10 WAR MINISTRY'S MOVE JAPANESE niilita'' subjugating Chuvi P €nt otl past 18 months or so th For tion of this ambitious "1?^ nought through thT machine. Nov. kill and destroy mented by anothei but in the op i; warlords, mightier and namely. thijapaneTe w256 words
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Article283 1939-03-15 10 INWARD Imperial: From Europe due Wednesday, Friday. Saturday mornings. Wearnes: From Penang. Ipoh, and Kuala Lumpur. Arrives every evening. K.L.M.: From Netherlands Indies: Arrives Tuesday, Thursday. Saturday afternoons. Qantas: From Australia: Arrives Tuesday, Friday, Sunday mornings. K.L.M.: From Europe: Arrives Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday evenings. K.N.1.L.M.: From283 words
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Article23 1939-03-15 10 alar, IS Leon- CBril Raub fßi Glenbr Mar. 1 Hong Lam. tau, TandJ. an (Dot.): H Ho Baroe. Khoen Centaur. Kudat Patr23 words
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Miscellaneous31 1939-03-15 10 SURFACE MAIL DESPATCHES TODAY Kreteh Valaya 2 p.m. Djambi and K. Toengkal Toba 2 p.m. Java, South-West Sumatra. SEast Borneo. Celebes, Moluccas and Timor Dilly K.N.I.L.M noon Muntok Thedens 3 p.m.31 words
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Miscellaneous66 1939-03-15 10 nbang x Palembang Pontianak Kl Tembilahan and Ren Sara row »krow America < South I Australia:— Whole Hoihow I Ireland Japan Java and Timor DMj New Zealand Eastern U.S. A x Correspond*'"!-*- l mail rates only. Mall I i m Mam tan Eu: i In: row m mm! ro Owing66 words
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Advertisement310 1939-03-15 11 mJL l l r '^mm V ex l^""" "^aaaB ml mgKk^-W*W* bV !i .'>{* aaaaa aaaaaßl <> aaaaaaaal i' 1 >^Sk mfiEL K V—^sai^E J^km*- t(\Tw I r* l\ aaV dilfflT til f •|itta¥l1 > l WE'LL LOOK AFTER YOU ON THE r p I J Ot>^ KETB TO CHINA,310 words
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Advertisement439 1939-03-15 11 McALISTER CO., LTD. (Incorporated In Strom SettlementsOMMU* HO.SF BAT.ERV R l>.. aWOATOM H.OVF ELLERMAN BUCKKALL S.S. Co.. Ltd, (lucoryoTatcc tn England) HAVKE LONDON ROTTERDAM ft HAMBURG VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL Mourner FOR NEW YORK, BALTIMORE, BOSTON, I HALIFAX and MONTREAL. CITY OF ROUBAIX v?" 6 Sails ivia\ 3 May439 words
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Advertisement663 1939-03-15 11 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Ocean Building Collyrr Quay, Singapore Tr 5,5, Charter, ai Bank Building P« nan K TH IJ<5C BLUE FUNNEL LINE. FAST SKRVKKS MARSEILLK. LONDON, (ONTINKM Q| UOOW 'in conjunction vjth the Cilen Line) PATROCLUS Mars. L'don. R dam. Oeou m J!?*im -Af^ R dam HUH ""Ki Dunkirk Mnr663 words
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Advertisement527 1939-03-15 12 wSr i«# aaaa*A aW 3 EMPRESS V v^'^aßM !^ia^^w luxurious Empress of Canada \aaaaal ikl *^ilbw Yokohama to Honolulu in eUht A^BHaatf^lldL i-l>l bV days Vancouver in five days ■Ii tf A or' r?r press or A?ia Flrrt. Tourist &k ""^"^^"-^""BI V connpctlori?; Wltn Canadian Pacific Ra can be n:ndc527 words
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Advertisement900 1939-03-15 12 Unknown Tribes In W New Guinea (apcar use) Rabaul. FOU HO NG KONG. SHANGHAI, MOJI UNKNOWN tribes have been dis- E AND G SAKA covered in the mountainous hinterland of New Guinea by a police e TBI £k WW Si patrol which struck one of the last un- S. 5-900 words
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Advertisement541 1939-03-15 12 AMERICAN PRESIDENT UNEsfnf r Alt *Vm. Bkikl' J: riir Bjß^B^B^aa^aa^L IO EUROPE FROM SINGAPORE AND PENANG TO COLOMBO. BO MBA! i., ALEXANDRIA NAPLES. GatNOA MARSHI.LLs '^V Arrives, es PRESIDENT GARFIET.D mJTm PRESIDENT MONROE Am 1 FRESIDENI ADAMS Anr. 22 AnX PRESIDENT VAN BUREN Mav 6 PRESIDENT HARRISON 20 x PRESIDENT541 words
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93 1939-03-15 13 Chinese Bank 2, General Electric 0 sid< the ated y by two H allg Dually in the They scored tkl h red more keeping of and it that preond half. e Bank plav the opposite goal. lob from the v. Thiam Koon .tre and score OND GOAI but I from93 words
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54 1939-03-15 13 lit comprising Smga- 31 visiting Malay Penang and Tangkated in a campflre and residence in SigAisagofT, Assistant r last night. rtly to welcome and partly in hon- j Al-Junied. medical i ten the dinr Mr F C San i I District/ and Syed Byed Salim54 words
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Article37 1939-03-15 13 ed f ;ers. died at Arriving e I ill on the General by a wid BidaHodge yesii the the A. PC, the A p c. ol tl Keppel Bart >ur. I and engineers of37 words
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239 1939-03-15 13 THE fwimmi rnlval i *t the V M ming pool. F< Ding, ay. W. Richard 58 poin second with points and Hose third with 17 points. Gomes and Ve: ;>es were .aid filth v mls. Rafr.f In in the inter-school 150 yards *ree style relay239 words
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46 1939-03-15 13 Bali Honeymoon For Viscount Bride ON their honeymoon B_j. Viscount Tred< the British mil-: liona.: his bride, former! v the, lan Pi; Olga Dolgoro 1 ■rdam Lloyd liner E yesterday. i Viscount ai. ar will; in Baii ui. they are ?xpected to return I I -land.46 words
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Article, Illustration161 1939-03-15 13 Police Fade Badly In Second Half PLAYER KNOCKED OUT w division match il he Stadium jresterd Vi, H V a 1 half. thew the picture in the Brat ha] cnan line ao t!„. r blank until hS-Sme T and th. Sii when Quo, ngured in an161 words
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530 1939-03-15 13 MORE THAN FOUR HUNDRED GUESTS JbIORE than 40u people from all the main communities of Singapore 'attended a leception held at 61, Meyei Road. Katong Last evening in honour the mar: erday oi Misc Rosalind Yupine Worn/, eldest ciu tight ei of530 words
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Article54 1939-03-15 13 THE folio? .11 play soccer Junior Department Inst the Pasir I' row at 5.10 pm. Edward We, Wee Alk Chan. I: Clark, Chan Nee Bian, ChOO Seng (captain), G J Moxon. D. R. Yetton. Chin Sun Swcr. i Goe y Ten: Chiang, and Tan Guan K rves: I54 words
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Article16 1939-03-15 13 -puij match to ha played between the I and th< Gordons yesterday wai .led16 words
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Article26 1939-03-15 13 THE first division league lixture be- tween the R.A.F. and the Loyals to have been played at Gillman Barracks yesterday was postponed.26 words
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235 1939-03-15 13 S.C.C. Go Down To H.M.S. Grimsby Side FIVE GOALS TO NIL DRETTY moves by the forwards enabled the H.M.S, Grimsby soccer team to beat the S.('.< five goals to nil on the padang yesterda Throughout the first half which was dull point of boredom, the sailors had the better of235 words
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Advertisement128 1939-03-15 13 THE OEMAND FOR BLENDED CIGARETTES INrRE A 3 E S ALL THE WORLD OVER v 5* g^ jamr imm Ak rjmm^^jmmjo -irS^ <t "'L^ n l ia-., JPna. '.^artk. J**aaaaaviifiHbffllb/2^ 'naaaaaaaV fa 5 7kmmw!^jßßMßK$ P igg* aaaa jr-' sjj^RCfg^ggfPr JgJS'' A Cigarette •aa^ for Men only That's wnat the blenders128 words
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Miscellaneous55 1939-03-15 13 For The Day e Chief Jn \i Penang. Court of Apn Mr. Justice Pedlow at Malaee*. zes. Before Mr. Justice Home in the 2nd. Court at 11 a.m. Assizes:— Rex vs Koh Ah Liat, \eo Soo Chuan and Tham Yew Chong til not concluded). Thereafter— Rex vs. Samucal. Before the55 words
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Miscellaneous472 1939-03-15 13 Todav'c \J\XGLy c Contract Bridge Problems J J H Bruce Bui ,in D Her, Oswald Jacoby. hSchenken) VESTBROAY you we] Oswald Jacoby's partner and he:d: S S— x x x r H- K J 9 x P D— K Q x C— Q 10 x rkis? th Sides wtre Vllln472 words
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606 1939-03-15 14 Hammond Out For 140 Five Wickets Down TWO RECORDS BROKEN Durban, Mar. 14« WITH five wickets in hand England need 42 runs to win the fifth Test match against South Africa. Before the start heir second innings they were given no606 words
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Article, Illustration25 1939-03-15 14 AN H.M.S. Grimsby player beats an S.C.C. man for the ball in yesterday's game on the padang. H.M.S. (irimshy won S o. Free Press picture.25 words
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Article216 1939-03-15 14 id division «B> occer fixture played on the a v M C.A. th Chan i 1 War Dep'..> t Lub •:ne. All the Y.M.CA d in the tlf. play '.it the They fl ed a »ut their forwards the wrong tactic* in front ol the goalmouth.216 words
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Article, Illustration17 1939-03-15 14 A Itaai RON A crjmsbv bea an S.C.C side 5-0 on the padang yesterday.— Free Press picture.17 words
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184 1939-03-15 14 /YNLY three tied were decided In the mens open doubles event of the S.C.C. lawn tennis championships played yesterday. R. F. Smith and E. C. Cherrington found no difficulty In beating T. V. Anderson and H. S. Hewett in straight sets. 6—4. 6-2. The184 words
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Article86 1939-03-15 14 OESULTS rday's ties In Y.M.C.A. tennis tournament art.-: 4, U" elass Semi-Final H. s. Ong beat A. Pakir, 6—3. 6—4. "A" dan Yap Ah Hian beat T. Ko :>avashi. 6-3. 6—4. TOMORROW'S Tli:s Tomorrow's ties are: Men's Doubles I. B. Abed and P. Cleiv vs. Dr. P.86 words
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Article40 1939-03-15 14 S.C.R.C. members are notified that entries for the Club's spring tennis tournament will close on Saturday March 25. Following are the events:— men's singles, men's doubles, men's h'cap singles, men's h'cap doubles, veterans' singles handicap, veterans' doubles handicap.40 words
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Article137 1939-03-15 14 THE March medal competition held over the week-end at the Garrison Golf Club resulted In a win for E. Laidman with a net 65. The following were the best returns: E. Laidman 77—12 =65 C. F. Jennings 81—13 =68 J. H. Purrier 86—18 =68 Major R. McL.137 words
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Article56 1939-03-15 14 THE following will represent Fort Canning vs. the Y M.CA. Junior Dept. at cricket at Tanglin today at 2.30 p.m.: Major Bird (capt.), Capt. Elvers. Bgt Dowling. SSgt. Wilton. Pte. Curties. Mr. Smith. Cpl. Turner. LCo! Telford, Sgt. Tristram, Sgt. Coaling, and Sgt. Baker. Reserve. Sgm. Stewart:56 words
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Article22 1939-03-15 14 The cricket match on the S. CC. padang on Sunday. S.C.C. vs. Gordon Highlanders, will start at 12 noon.22 words
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1160 1939-03-15 14 KERRENA AND VALSCOURT CEVEN races will be decided at today's races at Kuala y Lumpur, the second day of the Selangor Turf Club's Gold Cup meeting. Several newcomers will make their first appearance in this country, Artful Sailor, Westernra, Anton Rogue and Guard1,160 words
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Article59 1939-03-15 14 Fr ee Press Actions l« W.MI l. Bn Me Rar GLENARRo* eessPrim. r Race figiiii Race 5: ADELF i> Race 7: REG J,*?, 11 Puritan. Tic Tac's Selections Race 1; WAIT- vBH Me. Kace I: PRINCESS PRIM nietic. Race;.: JUng NTX dean. Race I: TURNOVER, VI Race 5: ADEI.E, 1;,,59 words
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Article225 1939-03-15 14 Big Week For Sport In Perak (From Our 0 Kuala Kdii;..u lr THE and the Eu: exhibitions given by M Vfalay tenni Yadi. K 3m Man and H. 1 :enni, attractions in Per taring the installati Highness the Su The biggc hockey match in P >wn padang Europeans bj Baharon225 words