The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 25 March 1939

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  • 18 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 15.7J5 I STD. 1835 SATURDAY, MAKCH 23, 1938 5 CENTS
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  • 145 1 ITALIAN WARNING TO BRITAIN Dangers In Policy Of Encirclement THE ROLE OF ROME utd n i» Rome, Mar. 24. Britain wishes to punish Germany then war declares the newspaper Telegrafo. li Britain merely wishes to organise a safety system to avoid surprise in future, then she will be wise not
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  • 51 1 Moscow, Mar. 24. Mkmtmlssar for >c!e. and one closest friends, holiday to receive tde envoy. Mr. R. much Imprestm\s businessMr. Hudson told reception so far re than friendly." Hudson expects e Rrst concrete dis- possibility of rade relations. tral European talks may assume I ieal imoort-
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  • 169 1 Paris, Mar. 24. ALTHOUGH Rumanian officials deny that the Germa nRumanian Trade Agreement means the subordination of Rumanian intercuts to those of Germany, and although it is pointed out other countries can sign similar agreements, it is asked in French quarter- whether Rumania can have much
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  • 88 1 P Mar. .M lj •;> were still in itc list evento a Havas report d reinhad been mat to Slovak that Hungarian fi ntler and ttinf m >tot Hungarian it Ikiv-' occupied of the valley v.f the obj.-ct of ensuring railway. Rutheni;i 1 ■rlv delineated."
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  • 14 1 I Wars* v M tnd to strengra. Reuter
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  • 80 1 London. Mar. 24. In a. radio message to King George from the steamer conveying him and Kfme Lebrun back to France. President Lebrun expresses thanks for the welcome given him and says his reception vull b- interpreted by the French p <jpi«» m a new
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  • 71 1 Budape>t. Mar. 24. erv. helming majority, the Chamber of Deputies today adopted a bill designed to curtail Jewish .es.s activities. Such amendmeAtfl as were introduced tended to j tighten the provisions of the bill, the of which will be to j render it practically impossible
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  • 41 1 London m»« U Tv. ry quiet but generally prices tended to bo higher, apart irom gllt-e< h eased in the of demand. Lan bonds w rlsip to on r at unconfirmed, of a possible on Brazil's dollar securities. I firm.- Reuter
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  • 56 1 Berlin. Mur. M I ty with Rumania is x described by the Deutsche Allgemelne Zeituns as "'far more than a tnercial treaty ot the usual kind.". It is claimed that a considerable portion ot Germany's needs, particularly those of industrial war materials, w be met
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  • 206 1 "REAL INTERESTS OF PEACE" London, Mar. 24. THE China Currency Stabilisation Bill was read a third time in the House of Commons tonight without a division and has been sent to the House of Lords. Before the third reading, the amendment by Mr. H.
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  • 93 1 Bucharest, Mar. M. 11/HILE large sections of the public. v particularly Jewish business leaders, are undoubtedly uneasy about Rumania's new trade agreement with Germany, official circles insist that the country's economic independence has not been compromised. They say the document does not preclude the signing ol
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  • 135 1 London, Mar. :i »r»HREE ocean flying-boats bein^ built at Rochester Tor Imp Airways are likely to be launched in April, May and Juno, respectively. The boats, which were Ki'ig yncl Que?n lasfl week, are rly twice as bis as the Empire >oats and are
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  • 87 1 lialtimore, Md., Mar. 24. THE Yankee Clipper, one of Pan-American Airways' 42--ton Boeing llying-boats, which was expected to take of! on her first trans-Atlantic flight to Southampton today, will not leave until tomorrow. 7he flight will be In the nature of a survey flight the
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  • 163 1 OTHERWISE, NO TRADE JF Great Britain recognises the new Nanking Government, she will be able to maintain her market in Fast Asia. Mr. Lien Yu, acting Minister of Foreign Affairs in the "Reformed Government of the Republic of China" said in a statement issued
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  • 107 1 Surrender Arranged tome, Mar. 84, "J*HE entry of Nationalist troops i Madrid has been llxed tor row, accorciin«i from Burgos. The announcement tha Hlalist troops will cnt»T Madrid foil the arrival at Burgo. d civil aeroplane carrying ftve nwn two Of whom aro said to have
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  • 58 1 More Men For Pacific Talks London, Mar. 21. 1 IEUT.-COMMANDER R. FLETCHER (Lab., Warwick) will ask Mr. Chamberlain in the House of Comtmos on Tuesday, whether he will consider the strengthening of the United Kingdom representation on the forthcoming Pacific Defence Conference In view of the increased gravity of the
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  • 20 1 Tokio, Mar. 24. A new destroyer Yukikaze .slid dawn the ways of the Sasego Naval Dockyards this morning. Eastern News
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  • 75 1 The United Kingdom n pr< seal I was announced in the Commons on Wednesday night, would be Sir Harrv Batterbee and Sir Harry I,uke, High Commissioners for the United Kingdom in New Zealand and the Western Pacific respectively; Admiral Sir Ragnar Colvin. the.*: three representing the British Government. Air Vice-Marshal
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  • 64 1 II«m& Kong. >lar. BJ, p ih'- Shanghai United Btal sulate today protested to the J ilnst the Japanea cation of 13 p.i ol the March j ol the ma^az: carrying ar. tide by Dr. Lin Ya-tang called Birth of the New Chin.i The ma sines were
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    • 70 1 3IGIATEA Brings the freshness a nd fragrance of the Molayun gardens r to your homo TONIGHT CONCERT 8.15 lo 9.15 p. NNER DANCE (formal) 9.45 to midnight riONAL RADIO ,v STAG! STAB GILLIAN WARNER \m KM AN HLI 18" BINGBB BOOK rOUB I Alii, i: -Non-tiiiH r> 1 oi* 1
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    • 117 1 There is no better Tea than BIGiATEA GROWN IN MALAYA SEA VIEW HOTHL TONIGHT SPECIAL DINNER DANCE DINNER $3. Non-Diners si. DANCE FOR MAI CABARET ENTERTAINMENT JUNE 6c COLLETT BURLESUI I AMI M ROBATII DANCERS COMPLETE CHANGE <*! PROGRAM Ml SUNDAY LAST POPULAR SUNDAY MORNING CONCERT PROGRAMME l Ouverture "HI
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  • 257 2 "Delay Is Dangerous," Says British Press THREE-POWER STAND URGED lvondon, Mar. 24. PHI •<!> formation of an international front to combat German ssion is urged in the newspapers. Says the Daily Telegraph: "It behoves us to fix once and for all the line where we shall
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  • 193 2 Shanghai, Mar. 14 pHIN£B£ report! claim that 60,000 Japanese reinforcements have arrived to support the Japanese troops on the east bank of th e Han River, which bisects Hupch Province from north to south, and predict that the biggest battle since the fall of
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  • 27 2 Dwiin, Mai. 24, Ot;}\>Ki leaving Germany the Brazilian air I sraphod to Field Marsha] Qoering hoping lor further co-operation between the two natio Reuter
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  • 79 2 Chungking, M.ir i\. T r Junkers aeroi inchow belonging to the Ministry or Communications left t hungking today on the Inau t of the new China-Soviet ;ur service. Th.^ plane wUJ fks to H;imi. terminus of the Chinese section oi tin service, after an overnight stay
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  • 57 2 l-ki-». Mar i services to the Btat< I a Offici 1 u In honour of the late Mr Yotaro Sugimurs Ambassador to Paris, who urned ciicd here this morninß. The same honour wiil be paid to the late Mr. Hiroshi Saito, lor to Washington whosi on the
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  • 66 2 London. Mar. 24. •"THE Caledonian (Sclangor) Rubbet Company. Limited, is to Acquire Liu Caledonian Limited, on Mar. 31 of this sear l>> the issue of 266,976 N shares at a priee of 2s. d. Caledonian (Setangwr) Limited have 1.784 acres in the Sdangor district, 1,697 of which are
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  • 47 2 London, Mar. A DECREE has been published in the D« Official Oazettc to en•vrrit rly liquidation 01 th I community.' According to a Danzig telegram the decree cornea Into opt ration immediately and will remain to force for two i ye or Reuter
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  • 124 2 Lomi'in. Mar. £4, A series oj explosions in the v wich Common district was heard over a large area L »ndon this morning and all available police wt r. concentrated In th< immediately. A res:.;, the Amerley disf the explo lona were loud eno :o wake
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  • 47 2 Washington, Mar. 24. J> f today signed clamatton which will come the under the .ik trade will not bo bee th< Unit Ida that the Independent iO-sio. temporary, clamation the schedule ied by ti adthem under the n •ured nation^ clause Reuter
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  • 24 2 BrMiane. Mar M JUR. George Pollock, Speaker in the Queensland Legislative Assemblv was found shot dead in Parliament Ho^se. Reuter
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  • 35 2 Mr. Koith Littlewood Johnson Acting Assistant Superintendent of Police has been appointed a Justice of the Peace for the Settlement of Singapore it was announced In the Government Gazette last night
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  • 17 2 Kaunas, Mar. :!4. Several thousand refugees from Memcl Land have reached Lithuanian towns. Reuter
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  • 70 2 Chungking, Mar. 24. J i is learned that all four passengers, including a woman, oi" the Ministry U Communications plane which crashed in ilames o n Mar. 12 last while travelling to Kunming from Chungking, were killed, the only survivors be!?is the pilot,
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  • 42 2 we»t hnansi. This is one of the many enterprises rapported bv the Chmese Industrial Co-operatives, which aim at ma i,,U?n ng rhlna' war fme produ.tion. The mo-or,e.,t is discussed in a leading urlfrle «n pas:e SIX
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  • 167 2 State Visit Is Over i."»:<i«..:, Mar. L SIMPLE ceremon: Msit to Lo don i Presi t, M. L Shortly before l leave Mr Chamber!; in, Lord Hall M. Bonn. 1 .<inri officials ol th VEmbass] rod at V: A few minute: 1 tei M. am > Lebrun, accompai v th
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  • 240 2 A Shanghai, Mar. 24. N official report confirms that heavy fighting has broken out in the Cheintang River regions, in East CheSeveral regiments of enemy troops succeeded in crossing the river at Fuchun and Tunglu on Wednesday night simultaneously. The Japanese vanguard forces are reported
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  • 25 2 Civil Defence cost To Excesd £25,000,000 pit. dealing cental; prehensta bl merit m recent The bill co] schi aiiIt c-v.f n un< Th< broadly Reuter
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  • 8 2 tions Fli; Of c-. embarh Reuter
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  • 19 2 Soviet Conciliatory in Fisheries Dispute M iions with lied tin is m v. auctio the v II Eastern News
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  • 22 2 Dublin, |VS mi In Bin c the I an c able to d< Op I in h Reuter
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  • 30 2 Haytor Estates' Year Net profit [> 31, amount to din added the forward from I a total 01 the eha;: ent Haytor Rubbei I Saturday w A dividend ol toreser^ 0f53.39S
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  • 11 2 a camp to tied near I lands, and no i; adn
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    • 74 2 JhJ g. f*\ (/dvJCH+A <w »<> FRESHEST SELECTIOK l>(iea?ant OBTAINABLE ANYWHERE ,J >r rt trl 1 geB Ml M 41 I I for occasions which call foi u. rilc d-m,:*--something unusual. Poultry or J naDDIW m Lw%°t; t sLtLSs «r?” and you hints and suj^cstions '^rkeyt, Geese on how to
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    • 14 2 with a SCHICK D RY SHAV ER STOCKS B y !J!SDICAL HALL LT 0
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  • 198 3 ELDERLY INDINA ALLEGES ASSAULT IN MOSQUE punched By Caretaker While Praying PUGNACIOUS" BEHAVIOUR IN COURT EATIONS that he wa S punched in the mouth while i ,1 H ir? ah >I<>M|Ue Singapore vere n elderly Indian Mohammedan. Sheik DawSod pore Third Police Court, yesterday awood I a aulting Sheik Dawood
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  • 482 3 GOVERNOR ON VALUE OF FLOWER SHOW CIR Shenton Thomas, the Governor, was evidently fa u happy mood when he opened the Singapore Flower Show, at the Victoria Memorial Hall, with a humoi Lady Thomas wa.s handed a basket of flowers by Deborah Hclttum, 3
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  • 347 3 A Saravjak Diorama In London •From Our Own Correspondent) London. Mar. 17. |N' the Exhibition Galleries at the Imperial Institute. South Kensins- ton. are many dioramas that reproduce :in colour, outline and atmosphere! typical scenes of productive effort In I many parts of the British Empire. The latest addition of
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  • 34 3 It is ofllcUlly stated that following the announcement that the international tin quota release tor the second quarter. 1939. is 40 per cent, the domesquota has been fixed at 28.5 per cent.
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  • 39 3 Malayan Voluni ors will regret to hear ol the death of Mrs. Marguerite Cecile Nettlefold. wife of Lt.-Col. E. J. Nettlefold. ol Moyclare Glebe. Maynooth, Ireland. Lt.-Col. Nettl?fold was Start Oflicer. Local Forces, Malaya ee years a; r o
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  • 468 3 CHARGE OF INTENT TO OUTRAGE MODESTY P^ YOUNG Malay woman's allegation that an 18-year-old Singhalese came into her bedroom while she was asleep and woke her up, was heard, before Mr. K. A. Blacker, in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday. The accused.
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  • 89 3 CHARGED with theft of a handbag containing $3, belonging to Urn Ghee Gin, In Loke Yrw Street, a mid-dle-aged Hokkien, Teo Gim Hock, pleaded guilty before Mr. K. A. Blacker, in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday. Sentence was postponed to Mar. 28. Mr. H.
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  • 106 3 J UNDERSTAND that the accused has agreed to hand over red candles to the complainant," said Cou~t Inspector T. E. Wray, in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday. Mr. Wray's reference to the traditional Chinese manner of indicating apology uas made when a case against
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  • 142 3 Confidence Returning To Markets Rubber Report A NOTHER disturbing week has passed with all markets violently affected by the events in Europe, write Messrs. Lewis and Pcr.t (Singapore* in their weekly rubber report yesterday. First Czechoslovakia, then the threat to Lithuania, nnd the seizure of Memel. On the whole in
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  • 130 3 (From Our Own pondent. > Talplng, Mar. 24. A MALAY youth, Ramli bin Haji Dorani was charged in the Taiping PoUre Court with .stealing $I.OOL' belonging to his father! at Cbangkat Jering. Rair.li admitted the rharg*. but said he only took $750. Court In^p-ctor Mohd.
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  • 282 3 ALL markets yesterday morning re- fleeted the improvement in the 'European political situation. Th3 L»*n don and New York Stock Bxe«l9nge< registered considerable gains and there a remarkable change for the bin sentiment. Tin and ruDber have also advanced on all markets and Singapore brokers yesterday said
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  • 46 3 SIR JOHN BAGN ALL'S COUNCIL APPOINTMENT It was notified in the Governs sette last ni<*ht that the Kin<^ I approved the re-app^intment o: John Bagnall as an Unoffl ol the Executive Cetm :i] < the Strait* Settlements for a further perl tn I ra .71)11 Jar. 9.
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    • 99 3 THE BEST >OD ENOUGH FOR YOUR Dfl fi GIVE HIM SPILLERS SHAPES WINALOT MEAL ■m meal for all doss. i to three months uppiea three 10 six months THE FEDERAL DISPENSARY LTD., -d in the F.M.S 3INGAPOBJ SEBEMBAN— K. LUMPUR. from all Good Stores. fe£ Unbreakable Waterproof I^-n^ Wrish Watch
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    • 352 3 YOUR DAUGHTER'S HEALTH. Young girls entering their teens need special care and attention in ord' help their delicate q themselves easily to functional chai Careful parents realise this but 01 overlook the fact that complete regular bowel movement* are neces to maintain a healthy condition of body. It is very
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 41 3 For The Day Beffrc Um hiei .lusii^c la l^t. ourt at 10.30 a.n Magistrate's Appeals: Rex Sin Pong and Yio Sin Luan. Ooh Cheng Koh v.s Rex. Mr. Justire Tedlow at Malaria C vil cabBelore the Registrar at 10 a.m. >i:s.
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  • 210 4 Early Inauguration Of Chungking-Hami Service EXTENSION TO THE U.S.S.R. Chiigfcimg, Mar. 24. A NEW weekly air service from Chungking to Hami, leading town in rn Sinkian& China's far we.-t frontier province and commonly known abroad as Chinese rkestan, will be officially inaugurated shortly by
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    26 4 lOUNDEBS' DAY CELEBRATIONS AT HABBOW SCHOOL— Straw hatted Harrow boys calling: their names out to master dnrin? roll fall in the quadrangle of the s< Imjol.
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  • 102 4 Second Fishery Auction lokio. Mar. tt. THE second auction of the fishery lots 1 in northern waters will take place at Vladivostok, according to information received in Tokio. The announcement of the second auction was published by the Soviet newspaper "Red Flag** ai Vladivostok on Mar. 22. The first auction
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  • 110 4 rirrr. r^ TokiO, Mill". 13. J^HE Premier, Baron Dr. Kiichiro Hiranuma, will broadcast to America cia message for the New York World's Fair at 2.30 o'clock on the afternoon of Apr. 3. The Premier's speech will be preceded by the national am hem, plaved by a
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  • 104 4 Canada Eager For Action Toronto. Mar. :_*4. TIIK i>Mt.irio licux* o! Commons hai passed a unanimous resointion ieelariac that **tbe present International crisis in Europe calls for immediate action on the part of the component n.irt of the British Empire to support any action which may be necessary for the
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  • 177 4 Tammany Leader Sentenced V u \.-rk. M| Hines, i lour to eight fears' imprisonment i I orta R ui i id guilty on Feb on all covnts a:- the clort of his ret ial Th? twelve founts of the indniment concerned charges or fetony. each carrying maximum penalty o: two
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  • 103 4 Vienna, Mar. 23. IT is expected Dr Ki.rt mn Schuschnigg, former Austrian Chancellor who has bcsn under arrest sin?e the Nazi coup, will be released in two or three weeks' tts The ex-Chancellor, the man who d Ken- Hitler, is at present In prison in a
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  • 28 4 *wtlt^ Shang-hai, Mar. 2S "THE British Ambassador to China Sir Archibald Clark-Kerr, will leave for Chunking by way of Frenrh IndJ v>nina. Reuter
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  • 29 4 The Ranee of Sarawak intends to remjtta jj, Ellsland until states our London Corre- s or d«t. *e wUI sail for the umt^d Btatei oa a four-months' lecture tour
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  • 300 4  - College Of Medicine Examinations Wong Kin Leong pOLL the results oi the first and third year examinations 01 the King Edward VII College of Medicine. Second year and final results have not yet been announced: MEDICAL ftrsi I'roJoHsioiial. Par. I < hem/kstrj and Pfcjitea:— Afadul (toil b Taher Abdoolcader, T.
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  • 91 4 Shanghai. Mar. 28. TPHE hope that "Third Powers will realise how Japan respects their peaceful trading,*' and win therefore 'co-cperate in the establishment of a now order in Fast Asia," was cxw s«»d by the Japan? e Consul-Gent Tsin-tao in a .statement an&OUiu the re-cprn;n?r of
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  • 94 4 Moscow, Mar. 22. TPRE British delegation headed by Mr. R. S. Hudson, Secretary of the Department of Overseas Trade is expected today for his four dayo' economic discussion. It will be the first official British delegation to visit Russia since Mr. Anthony Eden went there
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  • 1111 4 CHAMPIONSHIP AWARD Tn MR. K. J. O'DELL AWARDS at the Singapore Flower "the. Governor, Sir Shenton Thou Memorial Hall yesterday. ORCHID MEDALS er: Mrs. C. R. Cherry; Mr K. J. ■O'Deil: Air. M. S. Tan and Mr. M. G. or; Mr. Yee Ah Mun; Mr.
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    • 188 4 THi BEST WAI TO Li:.\\ TEETH Lad |»rotod Mouth and gtuni \i Um same tint b which hx will are main b aeeay the which develop into painful mouth a'ids must be Be. r\>. ooenuine Phillips Milk the best lor properly protecting the teeth. For the m •ps destroys the
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    • 67 4 SINCERE DISPENSARY LT(T f^S} WHOLESALE RETAIL ]W% CHEMISTS 1 s»2 DRUGGISTS i P i^s??r Distnbut:)i> fot i3ritihi> Ml Bp I^— TCP. T.B P Preparot»«»ns. 2 SINCLKI-'S *te« products of Britifch MbM* Ltd COUGH mono and Continental Drug Co of India. „>,. Larw 90 cts. Head Office: 59. Hill St Tel
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  • 147 5 THE mere Jewish refugee musicians of real talent allowed to enteL Far Eastern countries, the better, provided they can find a large enough clientele/ 1 said Dr a. Mlstowski, Far tern 'examiner for Trinity College of Music, London, on arrival at Singapore
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    • 193 5 IS i.OOll FNTKKTAINMKNT KTTI GREAT UN STR/UTS TIMES MXKKs HUGH h NTE^TaTnm^ TRIBINF > >O!K WKKK-KMI-SHOW 18 AT PRFSS The ALHAMBRA »ON AMECHE SIMONE SIMON ROBERT YOUNG N '■»"""»^"t MMdQ i,, |1K( Mv M f< JOAN DAVIS and BERT LAHR ALSQ BRITISH MQVIETONg NEWS" COMING SHORTLY AL\IAMBRA I 31 JOHNNIE
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    • 328 5 I ANOTHER GRAND NEW SHOW CAPITOL I New Songs! m^i THE MARCUS show P&J& k W1 mm B W%, Sam Esi V M BRAND NEW 1939 EDITION 1: m "THE STiEAM CURTAIN M %^BMgmmiji See 'The DEVJt'S PLAYGROUND' I and T^ E VINEYARD OF GIRLS' 1 HRSSmhE spectacles of beauty
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  • 645 6 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 1939. Helping China To Win The War DECENT visitors to Chungking 1X report that China's will to win in the present struggle against Japan is as strong as ever. There have been no important military engagements for several months and the Chinese are
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  • 740 6  - German Onslaught On Central Europe PERTINAX By JHE S.ngapo.e free Press, by arrangement with the American Newspaper Alliance, is publish,™ to Ume articles specially contributed by thl Frc, ch 'Z' These articles will deal with, world o/foir. Paris, Mar. 16, THE Pan-German onslaught >vill extend sooner or later to other
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    2 6 ROADt MAKING*
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  • 265 6 JUST as for a long period Great Britain was the traditional leader in the worid of mercantile shipping, so she is now seeking an equally honourable position in world air transport. That the British defence air arm has been recently expanded at a phenomenal rate the whole
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    • 134 6 to can bahk on Al£soi>Mr (v JC^ 6 Oil yO BY SPECIAL TO H. M. THE APPOINTMENT Sf rj% KING OF SIAM ESTD. 1872 NEWEST DLSIGNS IN l imMOND JEWELLERY, NECKLACES BRjXCELETS BROOCHES RINGS CLIPS WATCHES. i!:corpora To a in Cryion) SINGAPORE IPOH PENANG. I B^f HH m^^L ANNUAL CASH
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    • 10 6 FINEST CHINESE ■JADE 18. BATTERY ROAD. FIRST FLOOR PHONE 7143.
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  • 134 7 Tragedy During Night Defence Exercises GUN LOADED TOO SOON? of a t;ital shdl explosion on Pni,., t l ni defence excerefees «;M if was inquiring inio the death of Gun ySk £d*S y "SwS .ioirf Ii manned by lour nun. KUn who achB the ictice
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    38 7 pi< ture 2S in the^av"loLrr f the Si "^P«re Fire Brigade u»o Shaw wife «ft, P "r ?e f*!^ 7 P h «^>^aphed with Mrs.J. G of the acting supenntendent. on the deek of the liner- Free Press
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  • 330 7 MANDORE SENTENCED TO DEATH Story Of Devil And -A onake "pUSONEBS .t the tar, 70m and thT <> i d iltv ot ™»rder. and the se.Xeme of ,hc court is h. shall han e „v the nc< k until \v i AT€ < t^ ru j ThU W K Hornr
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  • 65 7 A Sikh. Swara Singh, was yesterday produced in the Singapore Traffic District Court, when a charge of causing the death of a Chinese boy, Lee Boon Tiat, by driving his car In a negligent manner along Seletar Road on March 23, was explained to him.
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  • 46 7 AJtR A B. Jordon, Secretary for W* Chinese Af lairs, left Singapore on leave yesterday in the K.P.M. vessel Op ten Noort for Batavi At Batavia, Mr. Jordon will join the K.P.M. liner Ruys and travel to England via South Africa.
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  • 231 7 Chinese Bill Collector Sent To Gaol pONVICTED on his own plea on a charge of criminal breach 01 trust oi $997, a 34-year-old Chinese bill collector, Song Kim Puah, was .sentenced to four months' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. L. B. Gibson, in the Singapore Criminal District Court, yesterday. Chief Court
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  • 756 7 Broker's Big Losses In Rubber Deals "VINDICTIVE PURPOSE" FOR ACTION ALLEGED SIM.AFORE J t »w Isaac A. EKm, who had offered m hei los r es In rubber transaction, with three loc a rhough the petition for a receiving order acainat Elias was opposed on the ground that such »n
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    • 49 7 rUNCEMENT! y rsi RESTAURANT SPECIAL EXTENSION OF UCEMCE UNTIL TONIGHT NECI DINNER $1.75 A L^ CARTE ALSO OBTAINABLE I'''1 SI H'ERS will be until 1 A.M. ir tables NOW •void the Incon•f a lii K Rush. f'hono 1<M»« MARCUS SHOW J" T| «E CHANGE OF PROGRAMME U VIE PAREE"
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    • 170 7 The ELECTROLUX "F LO O R POLISHER jn, WILL POLISH VOUR B^ IN\ SPRINKLL YOUR WAX Kil KEST TOR YOU. ITS tJgK^J ||1 SO I:ASY To "ANDLI K > Minrmum Charge S3 *:0 Nfc^at- ie $3.50 for Ist day &$2 r per day on fot'owmj. days D D v c
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  • 908 8 Experience Of Ulu Benut Consolidated NO DIVIDEND PAID "CHORTAGE of labour has been evident recently in connection with the new planting programme, but your manager has been able to meet this difficulty without experiencing any serious delays/' said Mr S Q Wong, the chairman, at the annual
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    19 8 THE KARL OF MINSTER, Parliamentary ttar. inspects a battery of the nev 4.5 i.,.. mt j "somewlicic in Kent."
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 388 8 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS TEN DBRS] SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. Tenders. Tenders are now invited for the following materials or services For particulars see Municipal renders le ot Plenty Oil Engines, Dynamos, hbo.ird. etc. (Deposit $50 > Date of Closing. 12 noon, ft, Supply of 7.500 tons of Australian or Oa Coal July August
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    • 467 8 NINE INCHES OFF HER WAIST. Eats What She Likes— Yet Reduces. When excess fat starts to overtake a woman, her dressmaker, with the tell-tale tape measure, will soon detect it. U you are beset with the fear of losing your girlish proportions— of finding yourself catalogued "Out-size" —read the letter
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    • 740 8 RADIO PROGRAJ SINGAPORE >Sm rnr\A v 10 50 n i 12:45 Light orchestral concert. Relayed from' the Adelphi Hotel. ill or. 1.30 Mid-day rubber and tin Prices. 45 The I 1.32 Light orchestral concert. Relayed from 12.20 Close do' the Adelphi HoteJ I contd. > aj rn rn, 2.00 Interval
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    • 441 9 JIT P& 0 and BRmSrTIND lA LIMES P. fSc O. S. M. CCS SAILINGS, Due i'onuaec S'pore t )Ue 15.VK»0 In Port 'BEiIAH r °V"* £;e *Q°r* IS.COO Apr 1 RANPURA 00< May 15 6.000 Apr 8 RAWALPINni l «°«2, 19 17.000 May 5 oa^TON A'1221 J UnC 2 6.100
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    • 443 9 McALISTER CO., LTD: Incorporated in Stratu Settlements GKESHAM IiOLSE. BAIItRV RD.. StNQATOSB. PBONB »72 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL S.S. Co.. Ltd, <lncorvoraUx in Engiana > HAVRE LONDON ROTTERDAM HAMBURG I VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL I Steamet Due Sails %E* OF BEDTORD calls M: r An. cr^ of L th- <>lls <■'-—■
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    • 634 9 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Ocean Building, Collyer Quay. Kinraport f.i Chartered Bank Ruildinr. Penang m j>i BLUE FUNNEL LINE. I W SERVICE! MAKSi:iLLLS. I.ONIM>N, CONTIMM Wf> >,1 Ssr.OW (in conjunction with the r.len Mne) I) I. l* ills PERSEUS L'don, R'dam Hull, i: MEMKON Mars.. London. R'ciam. Utrairg and OIM GLENROY
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  • 451 10 China Finishes A Gasoline Plant BIG DAY FOR ENGINEERS Chungking. THE faces of Chinese chemists and engineers who have 1 been toiling incessantly for the past few months in an improved building somewhere near Chungking, China's wartime capital above the Yangtse Gorges, are radiant. They are fast approaching their red-letter
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  • 33 10 Hsinking, Mar. 24. rTHE supplementary agreement to the Treaty of Amity of May 12 was Signed by the Manohukuo Premier Gen. Chang Chin, and the German Minister. Dr. Waerner. this morning Eastern News
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  • 23 10 Mr. T. \V. Ong. of Braddcll Bro^ and iv S n V^ yesterday Tor m h nhS leave in Eur ope. in thl
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    • 511 10 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated In F.M.S.) TELEPIIONK. I, eight 5133— Passage 5431. €AWA©fIAN PACIffIC lB^ Vgt -S27S!I (Ixicorporatad In £t)glandi im I MI'KKSS' ROUTE offers TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES via HONOLULU ©r dirett EMPRESS to VANCOUVER— ACROSS CANADA by TRANS-CONTIN-ENTAL TRAIN without change— thence by CANADIAN PACIFIC ATLANTIC SERVICES TO ENGLAND or
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    • 87 10 For Everything Appertaining to Ocean Passages. Foreign Money Exchange and Freight apply CORK'S LWOPIO T^AVgT'sgWVICtJ 39, ROBINSON ROAD No Booking Fees. Telephone 5908. BRITISH INDIA STEAM CO., LTD. (APCAR USE) FOR HONG KOxNG, SHANGHAI. MOJI KOBE AND OSAKA s. s. SANTHIA 8.000 TONS SAILING APR. 6, AT 3 P.M. The
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    • 200 10 BIBBY LINE (LONDON ADDRESS): MALL. LONDON S.W. 1 RANGOON'. COLOMBO. PORT SIDW £?h KS tH ILLE K S PLYMOIT LONDON »ith through connection from Singapore and IVnan* HOMEWARD SAILINGS Leave Leavo Rangoon Colombo 1939 STAFFORDSHIRE Apr. 6 Apr 12 OXFORDSHIRE Apr. 20 Apr. 26 WORCESTERSHIRE May 4 May 10 CHESHIRE
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    • 419 10 AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINETTTir TO LtKOIR .ROM SINGAPORE AND FENANG TO COLOMBO Rr^,n,» ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES, mO^mS^BLL^l U* J PRESmENT GARFTEU3 In' P PorV S' P re o «JJf52 X X PRESIDENT MONROE inr 28 PRESIDENT ADAMS 3 Apr 5 Apr X PRESIDENT VAN B'JREN Mav Jf r 25 PRESIDENT HARRISON Mav
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  • SPECIAL COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    • 418 11 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCK SHARES From Exchange Telegraph Co. From London 5.30 p.m. Yesterday Share of £i denomination unless oth^n*r;se stated Conversion Loan o p.c 1944-«4.... Funding Loan Pc i960 90 Wai Loan 3y 2 pc Com Unicu Assce (Ualts)... Prudential Assce 'A' .7.7.!!!! Royal insce share 10a od.)..!!!!
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    • 160 11 ISSLED B\ ERASER AND CO- AT TIIE CLOSE OF BUSINESS YESTERDAY MINING. Tin at midday WM |M9?i, up .Si's. The Stock Exchange in London yesterday was reported as being generally firm but According to cables received this morning tin shares showed little < hange. Locally, on a
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    • 115 11 MAR. 24. 1939: IS O'CIXM K NOON Bayers Sellers No. IX B.S.S. Spot loose... 27% 28H No Ol RS.S P.O B in cases March 28 28 Vi 3 F.A Q R£& FOB In bales March 27H 27*. t».A.Q f S S P.O.B. li-b-ales March 27
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    • 186 11 MAR. 24, 1938: SELUNG Loudon T.T. 2 3 25 32 London demand 2 3 25 32 Lyons demand 2043 Switzerland demand 240 Hamburg demand 134 Vs New York demand 54 Montreal demand 54 5 16 Batavia demand 101?; Samarang demand 101% Calcutta. Bombay and Rangoon demand 154
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    • 141 11 From London 5.30 p.m. Yesterday 1UBBER Firm. London: 8 1 16d. 8V.d Previously: 8d. Apr.-Jimc: 8 1 16d a Previously: 8 l K>d 8 July-Sept.: 8 8 d. 8 3 Hid Previously: 8 i,d 8 3 SSt'tS- 8 iVm d c YorK 160 B5. STOCKS: Luer^ 001
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    • 58 11 From London: Latest Quotations TIN: Firm. Spot: £217 7s. 6d. Previously: £216 2s 6d Three months: £215 17* Od. Previously: £214 17s fr NEW VOKK TIN: 46.50. Previously 46 lu COPPER: g01^43- Previousiy: >CU 17s. 6d. Yesterday: £7 Bs. sd. Previously. <.l ds 5d SILVER: Spot: 20d.
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    • 557 11 ist Night's Quotations Fraser And Co.'s List lAI 5 p.M MINING 4* 9tl 5a 3d 39s 44a 1 9s 9d I 1.28 cd Us lm »a 21s 22s ts.) 25 30 64 .6« 16s 9ri 18s 20s 2U 26« 3d 27s 3d 6s 6d Ts
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    • 154 11 Lirt Supplied By Messrs. Frascr Co. FRIDAY, MAR 'A. Iff* B P.M. Totai ror Dividend Books Financial Ils Close Date Ex. Div year 2% Apr 12 Apr. 15 Apr. 13 2 l 2 c /c 2*' 2 C Apr. 4 Apr 6 Apr. 5 s' Mar 25
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    • 188 11 Garrison Beat Sepoy Lines The soial golf match oetw^n the j Sepoy Lines and Garrison Golf Clu'os at the Garrison Club resulted in I for the home team by 7' 2 to Following are the detailed results. (Sepoy j lines names first Capt. I. L. Cronyn and E. A. (Ma
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    • 65 11 Tbe following will play football lor the Y.M.C.A. Junior Department against the Singapore English School on Monday, at 5.15 p.m. on the Anson Road ground Edward Wee, Wee Aik Chan 'eapt Chan Nee Sian, W. Page, G Moxon. D. Yetton. D. Deans, Gan Ee K Soong Chin Choon,
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    • 55 11 The following will represent Fort Canning vs Ceylon Sports Club, at Baiestier Road, at 2.30 p.m. today: Major Bird (cap*,) Lieut. Dobbie Sgt. Dowling, S/Sgt. Wilton. Capt levers. F Lieut. Marchbank. Sijt Tristram, Cpl. Turner, L Cpl Telford, Mr Smith, Sgt. Baker. Reserve: Pte Stott umpire: S.S.M.
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    • 53 11 Ihe following will represent the Banka Sports Club in a frirndly km match against the Clerical Union tomorrow on the dertc&l Union ground: Ah Poon, Soon San, Chit Lim, Stephen Ding, Ah Bah, Joon Booi Qg Hef n: Chwe.- Chua. L. Boon Kwang. Lim Swan August Chi:.,
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    • 66 11 London Closing Quotations Method ox Pant> oerore Latest Centre Quotln? 20-9-31 Rate Previously Paris Franc to ***** 176 13 16 17i I3UI New York... $to il 4 8655 4.68 511 4GB 715 Amsterdam Guilders to 12 10 882 l B.K Hong Kong Per dollar Is I 2
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    • 151 11 BANK OF CHINA I Incorporated m GtUaa o> m utritt) 12, ferij Street. Singapore Telephones: Manager's Office 61 U Aist Manager s OfTire K412 Fxrhanee l>ept 6411 flenrral Office 51*8-! Ulile Address "CHUMUKUO 1'«44 tp Cap.t.,i Ch f tQtOO.«*M ke<.nvc l-unds tn excess of Ch. 5 S ?»0.000 f« I
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    • 119 11 PASSENGERS BY CHITRAL Passengers for Singapore b. s.s. Chitral yesterday are: B i owrte, J. r. \n iu^ v. Schnelbeikf r. A. W infant, w. F. Farquharson. M Kutchuip., E Isaac, Madame i Nathon. Mn V Westerhout and chi] B. Neal. MLss A. K> A B. Agr.ew, Rev. Austin, Mrs.
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  • 400 12 Three Lengths Ahead Of MacMoffat; Kilstar Third ELEVEN FINISH COURSE Limdon, Mar. 24. WORKMAN, at 100 to 8, won the Grand National at Aintree today. MacMoffat was second and Kilstar v. as third. Of the field of thirty-seven, only eleven finished 8 to 1 KILSTAR Archibald)
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  • 158 12 Mat Noor Gets Four Goals For Post Office SIGNALS- BEATEN 1^ [at No r i nd Mexandra i iour goals, inclun: Ofl I Th rer for Um wim hla re-forward, Th( I -rth M\c\ Wilde. rhry .srrred in the .second l alf, fom «*oals down. /In- Po^t Office men the
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  • 139 12 YESTERDAY'S SRC. tennil tournament ties resulted as follows: CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES R. E. Thoy beat E. Le Merrier. 6 4—6, 6 2 HANDICAP SINGLES, A" LASS J. S de Sous* beat H. N. Balhetb. 9 7. 6 2 WdMFNs SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP s P. Eber b" klisi r> A-ria. 6—o.
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  • 51 12 yESTERD/ m the y.m.ca. tennis tournament resulted as V (I \>S FINAL Llzn Hee Chin bc^ I. Reshty 6—3, 6—l. .MEN'S DOUBLES SEMI-FINAL Comdr. E J. Ifockler and Kamis C Y Koh and H. S. Onii 6-0 o—l. RJPNDAY'S TIES KNOWLES CUP SEMI is w Coir.dr. E. J.
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  • 38 12 It R h and N. S. v. in th ;i of the s c ennis championship. In the semi-finals yesterday, Smith I Cherrington 7—5. 7-5 and Wi W. J. M. Warden 6
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  • 45 12 Our own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Mur. M )RING u goal, i n each half, the T p C accounted for the Govnent pi m B first divi &kture today. Tiie g r i ie to the level oJ a first dlvlmatch.
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  • 21 12 sec 1- ;.i the J A 8. Taylor: K/ A rery; F 1 C Websur. P H Hut helsheim,
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  • 209 12 ALTHOUGH they monopolised the greater part of the game, the Police Do pet won by only two goals to one from the Hindu Association in a dull soccer match played at the Depot yesterday. The Association*! goalkeeper. Nadarajah, brought off several good clearances. The Police had
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  • 172 12 A Johore Cricket Club t am the 1 Englnecn In a gs cricket at Changi yesten.;. Scores: ROYAL ENQINEKBfI QC Theah c Carey. is TempJeman run out B Gould b La wson Till! 0 Hibbard c Marshall b Woodh'aii Dowlint? c Marshall b MacNamara Muston
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  • 37 12 PRECAUTIONS were taken at all the jumps at Aintree today against possible bomb attempts by the Irish Republican Army, though it was thought outrages were unlikely since the Irish are among the world's foremost horselovers.
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  • 235 12 Entries For Taiping Skye Races CIXTV entries were received for the u Tafping Turf Club's extra Sky€ meeting, on Friday and Saturday next Full entries are: HORSES CLASS 1 About About A.D.C. 6f x UrS 6furs Clifton l V d .I.IIIIIHi; x Pride of Perak. x Just My Luck x
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  • 372 12 Qn:: o\ the best so< iiibitiorr; to w b<- seen In the Business "Houses League was provided by the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank f.C. and the Uniteers or. the SMB. ground yesterday. The Bankers won 5—4 In a thrilling game. Jansen, Bankers* centre forward,
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  • 411 12 Gunners Trounce S.R.C. 5-1 THREE GOALS TO COLE pOOR keeping by Bain, in the S.K.( *> their B-l defeat by the Gunn,,> in a tir sion league game played at the. Stadium J4X* me made a promising star! om.nin he score in the early stages, hut Z] Kj later Bain
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  • 183 12 C.C.C cricket teams for the v. u are: TODAY Against Khal.sa Association, 2 p.m.. McNair Road:— J. W. Jackson. D. E Westun. C. Milton. R. A Hooper. J. H. Wheeler. A. H. Carruthers. C. Fitton A. H. Murray, J. R Bulloch, K. J. Tovey and G. J.
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  • 55 12 NaniU, \i.t, T HE Strilits 'l! -tlull team mm visiting Mula beat the Y.( o Uhletfc .1 day, 3—l. The N.xuors will mee| MtiH|js champion team then will (on.n.ri cial tour. The Malaya footl r their first natch, Kgaiait thf Santo Tonus lost their Mcond, .i-.i.n>t
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