The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 6 April 1939

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 15,745 ESTD. 1K35. THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1939. 5 CENTS
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    Swiss Increase Strength Of Their Army AGE LIMIT RAISED
    31 1 Swiss Increase Strength Of Their Army AGE LIMIT RAISED tin, M>i service p towards U be reorgan20 .aid 32 undergo a God forbid acritn could mony— Ilin, MM r*a m Reuter
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    More Slovak Border Trouble
    13 1 li. Apr. nt occui iVhen Hun- S •1 be
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    Small Baltic States & Fuehrer's Party
    8 1 Small Baltic States Fuehrer's Party J a Reuter
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    ATTEMPT TO SUPPRESS NAVY SPEECH
    425 1 Prime Minister Defends SCARING THE PUBLIC AFTER Karl Stanhope, First Lord of the Admiralty, declined last evening to diseuss with the press reports about the alleged suppression by the Admiralty of publication of a speech he delivered aboard the aircraft currier Ark Royal at Portsmouth,
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    Hundred Seek Lebrun's Job
    76 1 Hundred Seek Lebrun 's Job Paris, Apr. 5. HPHE Socialist group in the x French Chamber, presided over by M. Leon Blum has elected a former Minister of Public Works. M. Bedouce, as its candidate lor the Presidency. The Communists have decided to vote for M. MarcelCachin, Senator for the
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    SON AND HEIR FOR KING ZOG
    49 1 Tirana. \pi. 5. The birth of a son and heir to King Zog was proclaimed this morning with a salvo of 101 guns. The streets in the capital are filled with crowds cheering frantically for the King and Queen Geraldlne. Gi King Zo
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    15,000 Footballs For Battlefronts
    57 1 Tokio. i- thousand footballs are among i large variety of sportsmen'& presents that are being distributed to the Japan- in China. There ar; 1.700 sets of ba ball equipment, 8,000 table tennis sets. 500 sets of quoits. 500 sets oi darts i. ci 2 000 pairs
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    23 1 Pan-. \pi France i.- tied to have decided to send the cruiser Alexandretta to reinforce the garrison This a- present numbers 1">.000 Reuter
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    Malaya To Grow Own Tea?
    87 1 (From Our Own Correspondent! London. Apr. A(H!KEMENT has been reached between Maiaya and the International Td\ Committee, the Free Press understands, whereby Malaya undertakes as an act oi grace to limit the planted afsa to such an acreage as is likely to produce an annual
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    Trade Goes In North China
    131 1 London, Apr. 7*. The position remains unchanged respecting the reopening of the Yangtse i River commercially, said Mr. R. A. Butler. Foreign Under-Secretary, in Commons tonight. MWe are continuing to press tor restoration 01 normal trade conditions,' j he added. The effect on trade with
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    Lithuania Seeks Complete Neutrality
    80 1 Kaunas, Apr. ~>. Lithuania Will lloof from an; 'collisions between the kieat Powers ording to a Government declaratioi I read in Parliament today The main points of the declaratioi S were: new problems following th -sion oi Memel to Germany could b tied bv a united
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    King Ghazi Laid Next To His Father
    172 1 King Ghazi Laid Next To His Father Baghdad, Apr. 5. KING GHAZI was laid to rest in the royal mausoleum at the side of his lather. King Feisal. this morning. Parliament will be convoked to decide on the question oi a Regency, the Emir Abdullah having been appointed provisionally. London
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    JAPANESE ENVOY'S LAST TRIP
    77 1 Mr. Saito's Body At Honolulu Honolulu. Apr. 5. ACCORDED full honours, includ- ing an escort ot six patrol boats and bombers, ancl a .-mute of 19 guns, the ashes of the late Janse Ambassador to Washington, Mr. Saito arrived at Honolulu on a grey, rain-drenched morning
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    Telegraph Service Fails Again
    82 1 pon ihe fourth time in a month, telegraph lines between Hing, and Penang were broken jet The line was broken at 4.30 p.m. and communications were not rest until 8 p.m. The faift occurred betwe< and Kuala Lumpur, the section on which all the previous bre
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    28 1 London. Apr* 5. Ov i Q an inflamed throat and a high temperature, thc Duke ol Kent been advised to remain indoors for the time being.—B British Wireless
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    38 1 This iui L-ntion u ai the Leipzig Fair. The Is of the heavy agricultural tractor are provided with many claws which. by means of one twist* can h > placed ct: tt; the machine is working in soft ground.
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    GANG BEATS UP JAPANESE EMPLOYEES
    156 1 Chinese Printers From Singapore Herald p¥o Chinese compositors employed in the Singapore Nippo and the Singapore Herald, the latter a new Japanese daily newspaper in English shortly to be published were beaten up b\ a gang oi Chinese shortly alter T> p.m. in Telok Ayer
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    Tokio Plane For Teheran
    133 1 Tokio, Apr Co (stance ol ***** k metres between Tokio una Teheran h: eight days, mad. lirci Jesse will rislt the capital 01 Iran on Apr 15 on a goodwill lli^iit. Tho plane will be piloted by Ifl Shojiro iwamoto and manned by iiv< other iip
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    Premier Reports To The Cabinet
    51 1 I ondon, Lpc The usual weel I i held at N<» Ten D morni: [1 imed that the Prime M r and the Fore: ned their colleagues ol V>° progress (heir tasks with the P tf u Minister, Colonel Beck, who la ndon —B British
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    JAPAN READY FOR TALKS WITH POWERS?
    190 2 Air Cleared Bv SetUement Of Fishery Trouble READJUSTMENT TALK Tokio, Apr. 5. WITH the perennial trouble between Japan and the Soviet t tied, following the conclusion oi' Ihe fishery modus vivendi, Japan's diplomatic energy has been shifted to talk- vith the western Powers in
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    MAN LOST IN HARBOUR
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    Death Of Mahararah
    5 2 Ben i
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    Semi-Savages To Fight For General Chiang
    108 2 Semi -Savages To Fight For General Chiang hnngking, Apr. £\VER 200 irom the Yao and Mi -u trit ol Yu_ an who b eted tht ir military trail dy to take over the d lines In th nt fronl i In <*< I and Bast China. ling iu an offit
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    Tokio And The International Settlement
    81 2 Tokio And The International Settlement Tokio, Apr. 5. I tOd IgU Hr •undent whet Per anderst mding lad vet been reached between the al Municipal Council and the mese anti rding terroristic elements In the International Settlement, the spokesman of the Foreign Office said: •There appear to be some difficulties,
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    Crash Kills Franco Air Ace
    42 2 Burgos, Apr. 5. QARCIA morato. Leader of VJ tht "Death Squadron." who is said to have brought down 40 enemy planes during the Civil War was killed -non today when taking oft* tor an exhibition Bight.— Reuter.
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    Farewell To Wuhan Party
    105 2 had •en colli d irln their tour mor by Dr c Bii tendent or th, La Hall. "W< havi h n sakL Um I our n i ns." up Ol Th da new Dumber: 'fo the Japanese People." which ed. E. ilaining the Dr. 1 e
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    Japanese Bomb An American Mission
    52 2 Shanghai, Apr. f>. A bomb fell on an American church l< u when two Japanese planes raided Changsha yesterday. The damage was slight and there was no casualties. An unofficial survey shows there have been 15 Japanese bombings of American property in China since Mar.
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    Three Bomb Explosions Shake Birmingham
    185 2 London, Apr. 5. FIVE bomb explosions occurred In three big provincial cities during the night. After Birmingham had been shaken by three single outrages occuired in Liverpool and Coventry, both apparently in a vain attempt to dislocate tramway services. Birmingham was shaken by three explosions
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    Farewell To Summer
    13 2 Farewell To Summer eto I imer. A picture i.-oni l\i_m B near Sydney.
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    'Varsity Here "Little Short Of Tragedy"
    107 2 VIEWS OF AN H.K. PROFESSOR (From Our i < a Kuala Lumpur. Apr. 5, QTRESSING the importance of H< pi or i<>r 27 sor C. B Mid -Smith d it .ort oi r!v I university were 1 lished in Malayan t, uld lessen th
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    Sacred Cantata At Cathedral
    99 2 r pHE sacred cantata Thi Cruel- Axiom" by Sir John Stalner sung by a luil choir of nearly 40 in St. Andrew's Cathedral last evening. Mr. R Waddle was at the organ and the loists were Mr. R. Caunee au(\ Mr. H.W. Haines. The choir maintained
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    British Envoys Meet In Shanghai
    80 2 Shanghai, Apr. 5. The British Ambassador to Tokio, Sir Robert Craigie. arrived today from Tokio and is the guest of Sir Ai hibald Clark-Kerr. British Ambassador ln China, with whom he will confer on the general Tar Eastern situation. This is their first meeting as
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    "Inequitable Position" Qf Malayan Tin
    130 2 .Selangor NEW RF LAND A (From Our < Kuaia Lum C RITL able p maae by the chairman m.v mil ::sequei n cur ue by gii I am sure thi appreciated who \vi,h I ment In the tin labourers ance repatriated it w mr them
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    Johann Strauss On The Screen
    76 2 At The Cinema SINGAPORF should like Waltz." whirl: premiere on Saturdason proper at the Capll Strauss melodies ar» compn.niment tc a H of the life' of Johann can never have too much Fernand Gravet and handle the romantic r surance. Milisa Kotjus discovery. St., cording
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    Doctor Tells Women Why Marriages Fail
    72 3 Doctor Tells Women Why Marriages Fail 1... ut marriages and mothers-in-law were told by j, »nch Oliver, traveller and Hible expositor, to tl a i address to women on "Why Marriages Fail" Kra> Basah Road, Singapore, yesterday. i in kd I the treqm I bv Irl, forcing her lelj y.nd
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    SCHOOLBOY DROWNED AT KATONG PARK PICNIC
    275 3 SCHOOLBOY DROWNED AT KATONG PARK PICNIC Stunned When He Dived In Shallow Water? TRAGEDY DESCRIBED BY TEACHERS LIOW an 11-years-old Chinese schoolboy, Loh Yong Tat, was drowned while bathing at Katong Park with a party of boys and girls, was described to the Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter, yesterday
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    READY FOR THE EASTER HOLIDAY
    436 3 WHILE the majority of Malaya's city populations will enjoy four days' holiday, beginning tomorrow, Good Friday, 85,000 Catholics in the country will celebrate their Church's greatest festival with religious solemnity. The Roman, Greek and Armenian churches regard Easter with even greater significance than Christmas, as
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    johore College Speech Day
    23 3 rungku Msbkots distributing prizes A t the annual speech day of fohore English College, on Tuesday. Free Press picture.
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    Loans To Aid Industries
    89 3 {WS IN SIAM espondt Bangkok, Apr. 1. N itionai Aspion yetU rthe first of tl. tsion for merryvcted. but hes to the laws provide l new internal ota in materials In agriculture ■tart and pder to d i materials; and the' the which the litiea are
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    Theft Of Wallet By Tamil Alleged
    29 3 rOLEN a wal- property of tau- 30-year-old B in the Singapore ](t ned trial to the -.ned T 1 &m* n 1 ""so.u
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    Chief Justice On Sympathy For China
    196 3 Chief Justice On Sympathy For China -pROBABLY most people in this C I r.v mpathise with anxiety oi r*ople ol tne Chinese race to help their country In Us present troubles" said Sir Percy McElwaine, Chief Justice. S.S.. dismissing an appeal in the Singapore High Court yes- terday. The appeal
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    Complainant In Hospital
    77 3 4<THK complainant is in hospital with a broken leg and is likely to be ned for some time." said Court Inspector Frew, in the Singapore Traf--1 fie Court yesterday, when a Chinese motor-bus driver, Neo Teck, was produced on a charge of causing grievous hurt to Mohamed
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    RAFFLES EDUCATION EXAM. SUCCESSES
    66 3 The following students have satisfied the Raffles College Examiners In the theory and practice of education, following a postgraduate course. Miss M. I. Boswell, Miss E. P. da Silva. Miss H. A. de Souza, Colin R. Deans, Miss Emma Ferroa, Lee Teow Seng, i Peter Lim,
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    News In Brief
    304 3 THIi fi POUR Singapore volun flre-fighters attended their first at the Central and Geylang fire iterday. The men have' ponded to a call issued by the A.F P. partment for volunteers to learn I Bremen and aid the Munici] ,uW in i mei Including two iropeans, all
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    Gruesome Find On Estate At Seletar
    187 3 Gruesome Find On Estate At Seletar JHE GRUESOME DISCOVERY of the dead body of an unknown Indian was made by a Chinese estate employee. Chye Chai Fatt, on an estate in Seletar. on the morning of Mar. 29 while he was on his rounds. This was told the Singapore Coroner,
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    FELL ASLEEP AT CAR WHEEL
    107 3 HAD driven all ihe way from Malacca and fell asleep at the wheel;* said a young Chinese. Chua Yan Buck, in the Singapore Traffic Court yesterday Chua pleaded guilty to a charge of negligent driving in Vietoria Street at 5 a.m. on March 13. Court
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    Latest Books At Raffles Library
    188 3 I THE following newly added books will be ready for issue at Raffles Library today: England: Before and after Wesley Illustrated. J. Wesley Bready; Alone Richard E. Byrd: Horses in Action Illustrated. Collin Davy; The Lord General. Illustrated. M. A. Gibb: Sir j Walter Scott,
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    A BATTLE WITHOUT CLASH OF ARMS
    324 3 Uneasiness and war trouble the world at large We Me effort* being made for expanding territories, discontent and privation caused by social shortcomings leading all too often to wars between peoples A war that devastate all before it, a war cajising massacre* and.... making
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    ADDED INGREDIENT PROTECTS TEETH
    188 3 A DDED INGREDIENT PROTECTS TEETH Destroys Mouth Acids Too. Even the most sparkling white teeth are not safe from decay. Very often on close examination, you will discover small brown specks which are a sign of the painful cavities to come later One ol the major causes of tiie cavities
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      103 3 Laic Notice For The Day Before the Chief Justice in Ist. Court ;at 10.30 a.m. Magistrate's Appeals:— Lim Goon f^eng vs. Re>:. Tan Kai vs. Rex. Before Mr. Justice Pedlow, if available, at 11 a.m. I Originating Summons. Before Mr. Justice Home in 3rd. Court at 11 a.m. Judgment:— S.
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      244 3 LOCAL CHURCHES' SERVICES EASTER, the most significant festival in the Catholic calendar and one of the most important occasions in the Christian year, will be marked by special services In Singapore churches. ROMAN CATHOLIC Cathedral of the Good Shepherd.— Today (Maundy Thursday*. 6.30 a.m., Pontifical High Mass with Consecration of
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    A Singapore MAN in LONDON
    1831 4 A Singapore MAN in LONDON T ..ridon. Mar. 31. I HERE to be conscription or com- pu'sory nati' Will the rr°w changed their ■he boat 'heir chances of I Did tl.- '.'.lstar mudf r Paget of her I? Are pa* out for I i shall Promised Or Not? AM the
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    King Or Dictator In S pain
    735 4 r< \L FRANCO has triumph- d in the Spanish civil war. but he probably fears the fut; than he uid the pa_y Por the greater part of the last three rs the various sections of the Nationalist Party have worked together against what they
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    150 5 II [RAN, with the EtJWmmmXn Minister .>( National DeiVn.e. Hus-ein S.U.ry Puha, washing icm— ittatt— by cad*»t- place -*i Saathaaptaa li. t weeU «>f the V r ac4 whieh i<? the fir,st passenger vessel and R r 1 Wtmki u^«» the VtMtli Si hucider Ivwrm <». propulsion. This enables her
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    AIRCRAFT INDUSTRY WORKING TO FULL CAPACITY
    228 6 Air Minister Tells Of Growing Production PLANES AS FORMIDABLE AS ANY IN WORLD w landon, Apr. .1. THE Air Minister, Sir Kinsley Wood, speaking at Liver--1 pool on aircraft production, said that the Government had taken many stepi to add to the strength of
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    4 6 Mr. li. Ranclnv Smith
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    40 6 R-4LGIAX ex-Serviccmeii photographed during their parade with their flags to the tomb of the Cn known Warrior, in Brussels last week, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of. the foundation of the National Federation of Soldier* and Invalides of the War.
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    Duke Of Devonshire To Visit S. Africa
    71 6 London, Apr. 5. I«HE Duke of Devonshire, Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Dominions, will visit South Africa and the Commission Territories and Southern Rhodesia during the next few months. The Union Government and Government of Southern Rhodesia have invited him to be their guest.
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    ROYAL HOUSEHOLD APPOINTMENTS
    54 6 London, Apr. 5. Th* King ha.s approved the appointtoi Capt. Charles Waterho use. m.p., to be Treasurer of His Majesty's Household; of Lieut -CoL Charles Kerr, M.P.. to be Comptroller of His Majesty*! ehold; and of Major Sir James nondson, MP., to be a Lord Commission- Hie
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    Airways Make Important Appointment
    437 6 Airways Make Important Appointment TRANSPORT EXPERT JOINING IMPERIAL Imperial Aim nnounce that they < have appointed to take charge Ol Public Relations. Mr. E. Rawdon Smith, who is at presvnt Public Relations Officer of the Londun Passeivier Transport Board. Mr. Rawdon Smith will In his new duties on Apr. 17.
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    Madrid Gets Food From Portugal
    60 6 Lisbon, Apr. 5. Uvndpeds of Portuguese flags were hoisted In Madrid and crowds red Portugal when 125 lorries arrived today carrying from Portugal for the population. Mayor ol Madrid said that the tiards would nevt r I >rgi I how much they owed to the
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    Tragedy Of Refugees In Japanese Areas
    772 6 GOOD WORK OF QUAKERS THE need is particularly argent just now among the Chinese refugees in the areas controlled by Japan," said Professor T. H. Silcock, of Raines College, in a talk on the >vork of the International Service of the Society of Friends,
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    Japanese Suffer Heavy Losses
    90 6 Chungking, Apr. v TT is officially claimed that 24.4!»8 Japanese officers and men were killed and "TOO Japanese taken prisoner in 134 engagements In China in the lirst half of March. During that period the Chinese raptured 757 horses. 3.420 rifles, 26 machine guns, live artillery
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    Japanese Not Satisfied By Fishery Pact
    170 6 Tokio. Apr. 5. AS a result of the conclusion, on Apr. 2, of the fishery pact between Japan and the Soviet Union, In Mos- representatives of the Japanese Fishery Union interested in fishery In ■hern waters, took part in an aucheld In Vladivostok yesterday.
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    New Scheme To Guard Food Supplies
    161 6 ORGANISING BRIT A.A 5 WHOLESALE FIRMS London, AS part of the plans for maintaining food event of war the Food Defence Plans D< framed a .scheme in consultation with their a< mittee on provisions and groceries, foi* tht wholesale firms of provisions dealers and
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    10 6 The K. wei sor yesterday, to tab Windsoi i Brl
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    MARKETS' ATTACK OF NERVES
    314 6 Market Review rpHE tinal warning of Great Britain A and France with the moral support of the rest of the civilised world, has now been delivered, and it. remains to be seen whether or not it will be heeded, state Stanton Nelson and Co., Singapore, In
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    MADE FALSE REPORT TO POLICE
    212 7 MADE FALSE REPORT TO POLICE Incident After A Wedding a FINE ol *50. in d< fault ol payment one month'., rigorous imprisonment, was imposed by Mr. L. C. Goh. in the Singapore Fiiih Police Court yesterday, on an eldeiiy Hokkien T Guan, who pleaded guilty on summons charging him w:*h
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    Local Churches' Services
    200 7 d from Pa^e 3> iurs' Devotion (Rev. D. E. J Hodge o p.m Lantern Servl Holy Saturday: M al m, Ante-Communion. 5.30 p.m Service ot Remembrance i Bidadari Cemetery), 6 30 p m Evening Serv. 0::e oi the Clei Church r the ol hearing con:ess:sting people to
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1936. Emergency Plans
    618 8 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1936. Emergency Plans TN VIEW of the part that the S.S.(S.)A. played in urging the authorities to go ahead with air raid precautions, it was appropriate that Sir Shenton Thomas could announce at last week's association dinner that the scheme for the protection
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    Air Raid Shelters For All In Britain
    1188 8  -  H. L. PERCY //V a Europear war Britain, for the first time in 900 years, would be in grave danger of armed invasion. In the past the navy kept her shores intact. The danger now is from the air. To meet this modern
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      48 8 Why is the W m%M///^fAKlol/l 9 mmWlI 1 rL Wl mm\Sm lv J M ri I THE TRUE TO LIFE RADIO definitely /^^x popular rffi .v»\ t-«gw v ■Tnp Malaya. n FREE lIOMF TRIAL will show you why. 66IS=^= H, L. CARTER CO. 22 Orchard Road Singapore. ii
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    MINISTER SAYsHSe^WAS ATTACKED IN SHOP
    115 9 Alleges Bottles Were Smashed On His Head BL A D FOR DEATH OF ND ANT'S CHILD brok< bottles ol chicken medicine G. Brentan, Minister ol -t Churches of America, at in Orchard Road on Feb. 13, and to u fractured nose and two broken tian.
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    Chitral Due Here This Morning
    52 9 T^HI ND O I t Hong Kong to tag Kong berth about 7.30 a.m. Chitral h. who who a. their ol Malayi Nearly K at] Chitral ii bringing Canton's! mail and cargo. The voyage to Eng-' land will be continued at n< nor normal sailing
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    Car Fire Charge Dropped
    81 9 \UHFN' thi n which Haji Marsud >in Haj Redzwan, who appeared belir. L. C Ooh, in the Singa; rth Police on Tuesday last on using mischief by Ore motor-car was mentioned yester i A R McEwan Inform- i court that he had been d by the
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    MALAY ON CAUSING DEATH CHARGE
    76 9 4! RESTED on the Singapore Coro A ner's warrant, following an inquiry the death ol a cyclist, a Malay. Abu Samad bin Singah. appeared here Mr C H Whlttoi, in the SingaLfflc Court yesterday on i the death of a hinese. Tuh Nee Tor by
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    50 m.p.h. On Wrong Side Of Road Alleged
    221 9 INSPECTOR'S EVIDENCE AGAINST EUROPEAN THAT tll€ car was driven on the wrong *ide of the road at an intimated speed of about 50 miles an hour, causing him to apply his brakes violently and to mount a concrete kerb, were allegations made
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    INDIAN ATTACK ON SON-IN-LAW AND WIFE
    180 9 WADAISON, an elderly Indian coolie, who was charged ln the Singapore Criminal District Court on two counts of volui tartly causing hurt to his son-in-law and his son-in-law's first wife. was fi berday convicted and sentenced to three months' rigorous imprisonment, on the charge
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    Mexico To Expel Fascist Leaders Mexico City. Apr. S.
    57 9 Mexico To Expel Fascist Leaders Mexico City. Apr. S. A THOUSAND workers participated In an anti -Fa -cist demonstration: today and smashed windows at the Spanish Casino. Two hundred police wf re called out disper. .d the demonstrators. Five persons were injured. President Cardenas has ordered the; expulsion of three
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    Chinese Causes Court Sensation
    104 9 a sodden dash by a frensled middle-aged Hokkien down On .lisle and into the witness box, .iiised a sensation in the SingaIK»re Second Poliee Court. yesterday, while the Cowl was session during ihe morning. Shouting "pah. pah'" ("strike, strike**) in a loud voice, the nan lumped
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    CHARGES OF ASSAULT ON WOMAN
    218 9 CHARGES OF ASSAULT ON WOMAN Benefit Of Doubt For Accused APPEARING before Mr. C. H. Koh, in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday, a 50-year-old Heng hwa, Leng Ah Tui, claimed trial on a summons charging him with voluntarily causing hurt to a Chinese married woman and, second, with using
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    Batavian Married At Cathedral
    60 9 A C Andrew's day, Mr M:. I .1 IfacK Smith, of B. named f lai licence to M I Marv j Ve: of I England Archdeacon Graham Whit ed a < oi the RF, rhe organ. The bride v. |K. C. Johnson-H. man Mr. R D
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    Appeal Fails In Betting House Case
    45 9 Appeal Fails In Betting House Case SEQUEL TO RAID TH; RI tr on WU "1 convict I CcE Chief Ju Ooh <. I and b Judgment in raided Dt- 31. equence he was conthe b of 1 mon betting house. ppellanl in- uniting I ting id.
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    Dispute Over Cause Of Death Of Chinese
    312 9 A CASE which hinged <m whether a man died from natural b or from the result of an accidi was heard by Sir Percy McElwaine, Chief Justi in the Singapore High Court yesterday. The plain. his. Leong Luen Kiew and Pang Chong Yee,
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      147 9 SSm holidays yOU wont look fl Xtb^^3£*Ss PeeUng. Instead vou COOL g ssfti iSp n 0 w 0 r St* v_» V_/ > l- cQ \»,w U rkt Bnv Cream 1S *i ess Does nox use W" Gie Men Women i Hair Good i° r Wen nitUNSONi.cV.Ln- Lljft .or KUALA
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    SIX MONTHS TO CLEAR TIN OVER-EXPORTS ?
    1417 10 SIX MONTHS TO CLEAR TIN OVER-EXPORTS Effective Quota Of 36 Per Cent Forecast U.S. WAR RESERVE TALK London, Mar. 28. TWO questions of outstanding interest and importance are being^ canvassed by London tin producing, dealing and consuming interests this week elimination of world and speculation as to whether the United
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      399 10 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY, Tenders. invited for the or services. For particulai Municipal Tenders .ply of 4.200 Jinrickshaw reflector (Deposit $50). Date ol Closing. 4 p ;n June 1. 1939 Of Bitumen and Emulsified unen Dafc 12 noon, 12. Ifl Supply of 5.500 nominal internal dia. Ight Pipes. Date of
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      391 10 HOARD RESIDENCE. SEA FRONT KATONG GRANGE— 77. Meyer Rd (near Swimming Club; Board -Residence at moderate rates Large Gardens Tennis. Phone: 575H. THE MANSION OXLEY RISE PRIVATE HOTEL Tel. *****. -.__NMM__________» «»«BBiB^ m^ EAST ANGLIA t* OXLtT KlSfe SINGAPORE i oUna to town nigh level garages, dally or monthly rates,
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      106 10 BANK OF CHIN, (Incorporated in ci.ina 12, Cecil Mr.,, Telephones: Mai Asst M Baehan r__hi. irnr < anle Address "r m I PaW Lp Capital V Reserve Funds In excess of h Total Assets 1 approximate!? th Tse-Vun B Soong. Cha,- Suns Han -Chan.-* r Tsu OVERSEAS BRA London. New
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      506 10 RADIO PROGRAMMKs SINGAPORE TODAY /HI. 225 metres ZHP r.0.0C metn p.m. 5.00 Cantonese music. f 6.15 Mandarin children's programme. I "Popular Singers— l0 Miss Lee M Hoo 7.00 Hawaiian music played by the Coral indera.l 7.15 A Srrie., of talks on Child Welfare by Ida M. If. Simmons 1 "W
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      291 10 EMPIRE STATION i ODAY TRANSMISSION ,D j r ,v|l M m.»; <.s. i.-.M < 51.63 ;n, <^.*t..">:; m.) p.m. 6.0. 6.3:; Band oi 7.05 Th« the sm Of Maund'. B.i 8.35 Th( 8.50 "Worl St. 9.05 Greenwich 9.20 Air i 10.35 "Lucky Dip" 11 .20 The News. rich Um< 11.35
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      105 11 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCK SHARES ,„t MgiU's (Quotations front London 5-30 p.m. Yesterday middle price* Jobtx \ge included. jnlest 1944- «4..., L960-M i >5).... I ikL)... > c Pref....* rk) i •J -S...., •••>•••• Latest Quotations Previously 8 a 25 i;83 10 s 26 10s. ML 16a 6d. -d.
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      40 11 Daily Share Report WU CO. Ai i BUSINESS SIM down i»l Rabber at 4 Vp,,t 1 113 >eptenihe' iel 1 rettardaj on ind Neu YmmTk M«.(k restraining influIhe local »*ri. es tend•r hut in the pressure to sell til business
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      Local Exchange Rates
      137 11 vr.. i I |V<. London demand 2 3^ Ql demand 2040 Switzerland ti' MOfc Hamburg demand ;34 UHI 54 litre*] demand Bata\ia demand i< ig demand ic. Calcutta. Bombay and Rangoon fumand IM ras. Colom' .aid I Hong K .-maud ind 30 Amoy, Oantoa '\v tnd Bl
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      THE COMMODITY MARKETS From London 5.30 p. m. Yesterday
      171 11 RUBBER: St London: 715 lGd. 3 1 I6d. Previously: 715 i6d 8 ned May-June: 715 16d. 8 1 16d. Previously: 8d 8 1 July-Sept.: 8 1 16d. I Previouslv 3 1 16d 8' d Ort. -Dec: gftd. 16d. Previously: 3. ad
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      THE METAL MARKETS
      40 11 From London: Latest Quotations J UN Pi —£23 2fi >d. month.M\\ \(»RK TIN: Pr- vi isi 16.65 COPPER: Previously: 242 GOLD: •y Ba 6d. SILVER: 19 15 I6d. Previoi 19 15 ll Th. 19 lljl< 19 11
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      Foreign Exchange Rates
      56 11 I London Closing Quotations MetDod of Par It) oeiore Latest tre Quotm.j 20-9-31 Rate rtousl) Paris Franc to 124.11 17<> Hi S to 4.8655 516 Amsterdam Guilders to 12 8 82 8.82 Hong Kong.. Per dollar Is. LMSIOd. Shanghai... Per dollar 3 4 c..iom. S^d. nom Kobe
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      SELANGOR MINERS
      650 11 Lnued froi policy oi pr and look land tn .d our pret nt led when tin control ts no more. 1 d^» not say it is an ea question, but liki other bu pa* nd a eel an. .al. "Or of ini Malaya, tn ilutions tn passed in
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      SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES Fraser And Co.'s List
      962 11 SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES Fraser And Co.'s List From Exchange Telegraph Co. WEDNESDAY, APR. 5. 1989: 5 T\M. MINING Buyer* Sellers at Tin 4s i 3s 3d 3s 6d Austral Amal. (ss) 4s 9d 5s 3d Austral Malay (£j 39s 44s Ayer Hitam (ss) 20s 21s Ayer Weng ($1)
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      Current Company Dividends
      114 11 List Supplied By Messrs. Fraser Co. WEDNESDAY \I'R T 193*: S PM Total u. Company Dividend 800.. Finan i Clo-e Date Ex. L. year Batu Selangor Apr 12 ,r. 18 r 13 Pinal \,>r 8 Apr. 15 ,r 9 Ida i x 2 d No. 13 Mar.
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    RUSSIA'S PROGRESS IN THE AIR
    146 12 Catching Up On Other BIG SPEED-UP THIS YEAR AFTER h long struggle Russia now claims to be catch: ing up thr rest of the world in commercial aviation. In th< •\t twelve months or so, according to present plans, the average speed of commercial air
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    Two Torpedo-Boats For Philippines
    163 12 Two Torpedo-Boa ts For Philippines brand neu fleet— if a small one at pre ent has just been formed in the Far Ea*t. Two jnotor torpedo- boats, Ql and Q3, have been ompletcd by John I. Thornycroft and Co. Ltd. at Hampton-on-Thamea for the Defence Department of the Philippine Island-
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    PASSENGERS in AIR
    188 12 Mi N.I. bj KN] e on T hti Irs. o v.- Mr. C M Mi Swaan, Ilr Houwink, Mi iburg, Mr. Kwinkel m. Won Khin Ifr i H -1 Bal KMi Nt plai 'l B) N y'Kl M lane on i and ftker, Mi Mole G( iter,
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    51 12 GERMANY staged parade of their tanks throm.li the streets i the salute for which was taken br General Gayer ven Schweppenbarg, the Commander of the ::rd 1 Dlvi Lon of the German im the Wenceslas Square. H tanks rumbling through of Prague, showing the leading tank \^iUi t..«> p -i
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    Wartime Register For Actors
    166 12 London. Mar. 24. yH-UATR ELAND i.s to havo its own National Service Association —with the object of helping to maintain the morale of the civil population in evacuated areas during time of v The president is Sir Seymour Hicks; the first members of the organising committee
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    Sleeping For 25 Years
    134 12 Johannesburg. A NNA SWANEPOEL, a South woman who has been almost continually asleep ior more than 25 ven moved irom her bed In the Chronic Sick Homo. Rietfontein, to the Johannesburg General Hospital She had occupied the bed for 19 1 years. Attempts are to be
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    Hong Kong Air Route Progress
    91 12 DAPID it hard I Imperial bulletin h is se. A to Ho en the i Fron this Hon out there h ol m new so quickly that it wa long b. ry to dup] the 'klv T,: 11 as pasand mails, to reckon with. Rice
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    Banks' Big Part In Development Of China
    317 12 Banks' Big Part In Development Of China Chungking. Mar. m. T In rural I under- < In I and north time capital to tiie Interior, extra branches ot the four banks have been :^ed in the remote provinces They mav b»' found today in many cities in Ichow, Kv Yunnan.
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    Artificial Leg Goes By Air To India
    136 12 EXPERIENCED air-freight ofti- cials. when they talk of odd consignments, can tell you stories of many unusual loads such, for example, as the artificial leg whieh on one occasion. was rushed out from England on an urgent order from India, says an Imperial
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    Safeguarding China's Tea Industry PLANT EXPANSION
    322 12 Safeguarding China's Tea Industry PLANT EXPANSION Chungking, Mar. ALTHOUGH JAPAN now also produces large quantities of tea. many of the islanders have not tasted the famous Chinese Keemun and Tunchi brands. So when the 1 Japanese troops marched into the j provinces of Chekiang and Anhwei. they expected to drink
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    Hydro-Electric Power For Yunnan
    189 12 Hydro-Electric Power For Yunnan ('luiiigkiiiv \t, r riIHE MAN-MADE i pouring upon live bines in a valley ne generating hyd: the Yunnan Pr. The hydraulic power pl a as the Yao Lung Powei established with te, from Gen lit Kunming city and power for tl about 30 years, Now it
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    £2,000 For Libel Against Plan
    75 12 London, Mai I j that the o suing th< i. Ltd.. ov ier i hfcs The ipanies wer< rded C* ..w of execut! ..•ited pendin notice ol Complaint wi. U an article he I id, Pic may l>» >ed.' Ttmt P 'plane may be scrapp
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    21 12 The output ol central s in Canada i during I buildh our 160,817,332 I since 1931, exceeding or the pen. cent.
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      472 12 Airmail Arrivals And Despatches ,NUUn mai V M. Us close M: Delivered London Apr. 1. b Whole j,,,,,,,,, ,n m In.nerpi 1,,,,,, i t» V''^ 11^ Fridaya, Snndaya K.L.M.: Left Singapore Mar. U Java. South-West Sumatra, s.-i nerAv iri. P P Ued ni ivi.il. lo sm ma, India. Delivered London
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      51 12 CLKAU.WCKS 6: Glenapp h> it v del I Eye <Di; v> i Uut > Durin- .lendar year 19A80 Canada produced 14,213,904 tons of' 1 coal. Imported 13,464,060 to d exported 35:nai tons in 1937 the h Canadian output a 835.954 h tons, imports totalled 16.02.U47 tons. and exports amounted to
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      523 13 McALISTER CO., LTD. Incorporated in Straits Settlements.) GRESHAM HOESE, BATTERY RD. SINGAPORE. PHONE 5172. ELLERMAN BUCKNALL S.S. Co.. Ltd. (Incorporated in England.) HAVRE LONDON ROTTERDAM HAMBURG VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL Steamer y ue Sails CITY OF LINCOLN Calls Glasgow Apr 30 May 2 CITY OF ATHENS May 90 June
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      554 13 MANSFIELD Hk 00., LID. Ocean Building, Collver Quay. Singapore m m 51R1 Chartered Bank Building. Penang TeL nG6_ BLUE FUNNEL LINE. LAST SERVICES MARSEILLES, LONDON, COM IMS I \ND GLASGOW (in conjunction witn the Glen Line) £JJK2??<? T M 5 r5 L don Rdam H bur 6- G'^ow Apr >UC
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    537 14 (Continued from page 4> "Mr. Reeder Come.s Back," by Edgar Wallace, with Will Fyffe starring. Films In Abbey a lilm serviee "which may or may not be repeated'' was held in Westminster Abbey last Sunday. Ten minutes before the start there was "standing room only." The audience
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      563 14 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. 1 Incorporated in F.M.S) rELEPHONEi Irn;ht 1 '.—Passage 5431. JCANARIAN PACIfIC I WOIIIOS CKf ATIH; I^BAVfcL SYSTBdjf (Jaicorporated lo England! Till I Ml'KKss ROI II offers TRANS-PACIFIC SERVTCES via lIONOLLLC or tired EMPRESS to VANCOUVER— ACROSS CANADA by TRANS-CONTIN-ENTAI TRAIN without change— theme by CANADIAN PACIFIC ATLANTIC
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      207 14 HENDERSON LINE SCHEDULE Of SAILINGS By 1 ortnightl> Passenger Steamer Between Rangoon. Port Sudan, Marseilles and England. HOMEWARD SAILINGS Leave Rangoon 19 JH PROME Apr 15 BURMA Apr. 29 YOMA .....e May 13 PEGU May 27 SALWEEN June 10 KEMMENDINE June 24 AMARAPOORA Julv 22 SAGAING July 22 PROME Aug.
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      89 14 For Everything Appertaining to Ocean Passages, Foreign Money Exchange and Freight apply WACOjSjS'LITS IWOPLO TRAVEL SgPVJC^ 3D, ROBINSON ROAD No Booking Fees. Telephone 5908. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTO. (APCAR UNE) mmmmm FOR HONG KONG, SHANGHAI, MOJI KOBE AND OSAKA s. s. SANTHIA 8,000 TONS SAILING APR. 6, AT
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      549 14 AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LIT ANNOUNCEMENT SPECIAL RETURN FARES HONG KONG TO THE UNITED STATES EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY FOR SAILINGS BEGINNING WITH S. S. PRESIDENT PIERCE MAY 19th AND INCLUDING ALL SAILINGS UP TO S. S. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND OCT. 21st RETURN LIMIT SIX MONTHS U S $322.00 (TOURIST CLASS) AND t \>
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      286 14 SINGAPORE HARBOUR lhe following ships are alongside the Singapore Harbour Board Wharves or expected to arrive: Main Wharf, Entrance Gate g; Fxit I:— Chitral 18; Talang Akar 16; lpoh IS' Benreoch 13; Regen.sburg 11; Qlenogh y Kamuning 7. Empire Dock. Entrance Gate 2; Exit S:_ Kogyo Mani 30; Nagato Maiu
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    Home Football Fixtures For Week-end
    32 15 Home Football Fixtures For Week-end I THREE ROUNDS TO BE PLAYED durln l I M IN I'hlM I i ti I RDAI ■•I DI therham, Dar M 1 ISH Lton Acas Division
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    PAST SIDE KEEP CLARKE SHIELD
    146 15 PAST SIDE KEEP CLARKE SHIELD Raffles Institution Hold Annual Match CHOON SENG A HAT TRICK CCORING a hat trick in the second half, Choon Seng, Of the Raffles Institution Past soccer team, enabled hls ain the Clarke Shield yesterday. Th< ide scored one goal' to the Old B( three. The
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    Y.M.C.A. Cricket Teams
    122 15 ih folli will play for thc Vai C against the .on Monday 2 p.m. on the Pri Edwara Road ground: Dr. Xaviei. A. C. Wilton. 31 ratta Lee v d i Lim, A. K. Fran tom. Tan Kiat. Slebel. 3 M. S. Hope, M >hid< Kee Tian
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    London Footballers For Italian Tour
    73 15 London Footballers For Italian Tour I ondon Alar. :s Wc Chelsea per, H good, Api nal lei (-back, and v j Hal!, Tottenham Inside forward, have been provisionally selected lo play for England during the dose season tour Ul Italy t Rumania Wolverhampton have hr»d four playi ers chosen for
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    Transfer Latitude For Home Cricketers
    253 15 Transfer L atitude For Home C ricketers London, Mar. 28. IT will be possible for first-class cricketers to be trans--1 ferred from one county to another this coming season without any residential qualification. The recommendations of the committee were accepted with only one reservation— a minor one by the County
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    Wearnes' Easy Win Over Travers
    196 15 lOSI PH ciub b> I oi 13 goals n fixture on th- .d K. croi. Ti had md could have pi d Ol ae only hardw cenind di4r buted his p in the nn v\ were Aii Choy Cullj and Webster V th» The winners
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    Pearce To Give Up Essex Captaincy
    146 15 London. Mar. ML 'Y'HERE has been mour r N Pearce, the Essex cricket captain I or seven seas. aid after all be able to play for the first hall of the and would have to give up the As lying > leave Friday for
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    R.A.F. CORPORAL ACQUITTED
    96 15 r»ORPORAL S. O. Donaldson, of the Royal Air Force, was acquitted by Mr. C. H. Whitton, in the Singapore Traffic Court yesterday, on a charge of driving a motor-car without due regard to the safety of others, by cutting across a road. The summons was issued at
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    Excise Defeat Minesweepers
    354 15 QHOWING rlority In d DC4 snd a: :ack, tl Club gained full points when they dcated the IA epers in a second division <b> match on the Clerical Union ana yesterday. won Dull soccei prevailed, due mainly •dden ground conditions, although both goals were threatened In turn.
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    NEW PRIEST FOR MALAVA
    44 15 •"THE Rev. Eric H. Spott, Priest SSSISt- ant at St. Peter's, Hammer mith been accepted for work In Maiaya and will sail from England early in October He will go either to St. Andre C thedral or to Province Wellesley
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    French Tennis Chief Is Not Worried
    343 15 AMATEUR GAME HEALTHY fyJONSIEUR PIERRE GILLOU, president of the French Lawn Tennis Federation, nothing alarmii to the game as a whole in the intermittent of prominent' amateurs to the ranks of i gsionalism. In a recent interview with the French Pre* he discussed the
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    Today's Contract Bridge Problems
    200 15 ,B y J, Dap y H -liken. P pen* Iddlng en one llc he cannot respond to ible The blddii Sou- rth 1 S Pass P:< 1 1 Pa Pass Ing bid hat the bidding slble bv the fourth I Usually len lou:' hand proved to
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    Lindrum To Take a Holiday
    135 15 Lindrum To Take a Holiday London, Mar. 21. HORACE Lin drum leaves shortly for a world tour and a long rest in his home in Australia. Lindrum has had four seasons with us. He has been a tired player for the last two years and to his critics who say
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    TWO GOALS ALL AT THE STADIUM
    476 16 S.C.C. And Gunners Draw On Slippery Ground FIRST POINT FOR CLUB DOINTS were shared at the Stadium yesterday when the Cricket Club and the Changi Gunners met in the first division of the league, each side scoring tw T ice. Good football was impossible
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    Bateman Will Defend His Title
    95 16 Bateman Will Defend His Title H e.an, who won the q goll title a1 Kuaia ear last yi r Will (ten Qding [tie m the championships kl Bukit Timah. BS have lv avert, mor" spected lent Island chs E. L. tered, SI has B i. md Chili champion I -rahim.
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    Brighter Rugby Outlook
    278 16 london. Mar. 88. •r»i« fixtures with 1 pproyal In this country. Then hing to p ui cU ration meet on 21 they will not confirm the deof theli directing commit Who d-ridod to adopt the conditiondown by the torn British Unir Ah- j ries have been b.
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    Bankers' Big Win In B.H.L. Match
    197 16 Bankers' Big Win In B.H.L. Match 14 GOALS AGAINST G.E.C. rOMPLETELY outclassing their opponents, the Hongkong Shanghai Bank F.C. scored 14 goals without reply against the G.E.C. in a Business Houses League soccer fixture on the S.H.B. ground yesterday. Seven goals were scored in each half. It was a one-sided
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    Selangor Chinese Beat Tamilians
    159 16 Our Own Correspondent i Kuala I.umpur, Apr. >. pLAYING one ol their finest games •r Chi] Tamllians i [vision soccer fixture. 3 0. Chinese were without three ot John Chye. Leek 800 Ban who ill on tour in the Straits Chinese team. Tht expected ed pron
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    S.C.C. XI vs Johore
    54 16 The following will play for S.C.C vs. lohore CC. tomorrow at 11 a.m. at the S.C.C. C. Milton. P. M. Evans, A. C. Growder. A. F. Hunter. E. N. Griffith-Jones, Lt. J. L. Nicholson, R. H. Pickard, Lt. J. Pierce. E. G. Staunton. H. L. Ward
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    20 16 v( .„d the R (Changi) drew I— all at the Stadium yesterday. A moment during ihe game.— Free Press picture.
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    Two New Class 1 Horses
    94 16 [ATEST Straits Racing Association classification of horses and ponies is as follows: Transfers: Class 3to Class 4: Thaddeus. New tiassificatiins: Class 1: Carloca. Sultana (late Guinea). Class 2: Freedom date John McNab>. Grand Prix (late Bien Cuit G.). Harrilord. Class 3: Bal Tabarin. Singdalaja date
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    Successor To Perry
    134 16 London, Mar. 28. UEDLEY BAXTER, tall, well built. nineteen years old, is the latest to! adopt Fred Perry's idea Of a whole year spent full-time at lawn tennis. His father, like Perry's, has given him a year's freedom to try for the i big positions in thp
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    Inter-Colony Bowls Tourney
    46 16 Inter-Colony Bowls Tourney The following will represent Singapore in the Inter-Colony bowls tournament, Penang vs. Singapore. at Penang over the Easter holidays E. H R. Bowerman, H. R L Dyne E. B. Evans. H. Gild. C. Hewetson J. E. Jeans. H. H Markham T b' Rogers
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    S.C.R.C. Premises Need Renovating
    176 16 THE necessity for renovation of the premises of the Straits Chinese Recreation Club was stressed oy the president. Dr. Cheong Chee Hal, at the annual general meeting of the club yesterday. Dr. Cheong said that the building was in a bad state of repair, that the
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    Mr. J. A. Dean Becomes S. C. C. President
    96 16 Mr. J. A. Dean Becomes S. C. C. President It has been necessary for the president of the S.C.C, Mr BE. Ablltt, to resign as he has been ordered Home on medical grounds. The Committee is now constituted as lollows: President, J.A. Dean; vieePresident. M.N. Wardell; D.E.L. Anderson, F.H. Brooks,
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    Changi Sailing Notes
    210 16 THE lirst sailing race ot the quarter at Changi wa.s sailed on Tuesday. when the Commodore's Trophy event attracted a good entry of 14 starters. The line was crossed in a light south-easterly air and the fleet ran free to the first mark, Sekudu Pagar. where Lunar
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    Amateur Sporting Association
    109 16 AT the annual meeting oi the Ama- teur Sporting Association, the following were elected office-bearers Mr. Aw Boon Haw (Patron*, Mr. Chew Keow Bock (president Mr Teo Hoe Kang, Mr Chap Kok Chye. Mr. h. H. Kionu '(vice-presidents). Mr. Khoo Kim Leong (hon. secretary). Mr. Soh Cheng
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    Cup Final Tickets
    119 16 London, Mar. 24. AS in former years, tickets for the Cup Final on April 29 have been allocated to clubs In membership to County Associations for their affiliated clubs and to a few selected travel and ticket agencies. Extra accommodation available this year as a result of
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    Weights For Ipoh Skye Races
    171 16 Weights For Ipoh Skye Races FIRST DAY ON SATURDAY -^EIGHTS Saturday. of the lpoh su Horses. Class Ml j f||r| Sam Burger in to /i: First Blrl 10.03 Two Komolnx Silas Labis :000 r Captain Ball 0.12 Horses, < lass |>,x Wiley Friar 10.0. rinicurrin 10.M Beacon 10.0C Y M.
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