The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 13 April 1939

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  • 16 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 15,751. ESTD. 1835. THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 193«j. CENTS
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  • 303 1 TODAY'S VITAL DECLARATION OF BRITISH POLICY Plain Words To Italy Are Expected DUCE AGREES TO RESPECT GREEK FRONTIERS PERMS of the declaration of British policy, in the light of the condition of Albania, which will be made today in both Houses of Parliament, specially summoned for the purpose, were finally
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  • 146 1 Reich Wants A Peaceful Settlement Berlin, Apr. 12. IT IS BELIEVED that the Polish Ambassador, Dr. Lipski, who left for Warsaw yesterday, carried with him definite suggestions from the German Government for settling the outstanding differences with Poland. These are thought to be: Firstly, that Poland
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  • 37 1 Nazi Party Suppressed in Bulgaria Sofia \|»i it. I >r, Gen V Bulgarian i nisi, ntry and ss that -rb:d>wed it lonths on the m uut it planning to Jtal another I nee Professor ied hai Reuter
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  • 38 1 DEPORTED exchange of private personal letters between the Prime Minister. Mr. Neville Chamberlain, and Signor Mussolini i-> categorically denied in official quarters in London, according to a British Official Wireless nies•^a«,e last night.
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  • 203 1 Daladier To Explain French Attitude Paris, Apr. T». TpiE Council oi Ministers tod-ay vn- animously approved the declaration ro be issued tomorrow by the Premier, M. Daladiex, in the name of the French Oovernrr«n v The declaration will make clear the French policy toward the present European situation. After the
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    30 1 WOKE REFUGEES FROM NAZI TERRITORY arrived at Croydon airport last week, including Frau Krampflecek of Vienna, who is 91 years of age. She is seen being assisted from the aerodrome.
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  • 102 1 Japan Claims Destruction Of Air Force Tokio, Apr. 12. WARNINGS In regard to possible Chinese air raids on western Japan were withdrawn today. The withdrawal follows Japanese raids by both military and naval planes which, according to the War Offlce, resulted in the "destruction of the Chinese air force." Japanese
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  • 48 1 Bombay, Apr. 12. NEWSPAPERS are not disposed to believe the denial by Dr. Schacht, former President of the German Reichsbank, that his tour In India has any political or economic significance. They unanimously warn Indian business chiefs against trade negotiations with Dr. Schacht. Reuter
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  • 577 1 Roosevelt' s Warning Is Welcomed London, Apr. 12. THE acute international tension continues to be the subject of editorial comment in all newspapers. The Times says the whole situation will become clearer when the Government have declared their policy and have submitted it for the support of Parliament and the
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  • 56 1 Paris, Apr. li. The purpose of Dr. Lipski's return t<» Warsaw is to receive Instructions from his government, according to authoritative Polish circles, quoted In a Warsaw message received here. It is denied in these circles that Dr Lipski has taken with him German "conditions" fcr
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  • 43 1 London, Apr. li On the Stock Exchange, the belief that the international situation is le»i.s tense was responsible for a brighter sentiment today, though traders were extremely cautious, and unwilling to extend commitments prior to the reassembly ot Parliament tomorrow. Reuter
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  • 23 1 Tirana, Apr. I>. The Constituent Assembly, meeting for the first time, decided to offer the King of Italy the crown of Albania. Reuter
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  • 39 1 Algiers, Apr. 12. Moslems are holding mass meeting in almost every town and village in Algieria, protesting against the Italian invasion of Mhania. Those attending are taking an oath "to avenge the insult to Islam sooner or later." Reuter
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  • 39 1 Paris, Apr. 12. Increasing discontent in Moslem circles in Tripoli is reported hy travellers arriving at Tunisia, according to a Havas telegram Rumours of a revolt at Senussi have aroused an undercurrent of hostility towards the Italian Government Reuter
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  • 296 2 GUERILLAS HARASSING JAPANESE NEAR SHANGHAI Districts Retaken After Heavy Fighting CANTON SUBURBS REACHED BY CHINESE? Hong Kong, Apr. 12. ATEST reports from Shanghai state that sporadic fight- ing around the city has been going on for several days, with Chinese guerillas initiating most of the attacks. The town of Lunghua,
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  • 195 2 Shanghai Brawl Shanghai, Apr. 12. A BAND ot between 35 and *0 Italian marines last night wrecked thi Little Clnb, a cabaret on Nanking Ro?d overlooking the iacecour.se, daring a free-for-all light with a much small* i party of British. American and i- ct ndi service
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  • 89 2 IFI tn Out Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. \Z. MIDDLE-AGED Malay, -Saslia bin Butte, who cut off a piece of his .s nose because she wanted a liTorce, was sentenced to 15 months' imprisonment at the Assizes today. His wife said they had Dean
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  • 79 2 China Missions Hit Peiping, Apr. 12. poR the sixth time within a month the American Embassy has protested to the Japanese authorities at the bombing of American property in China. The latest incidents occurred at Yingtan in Kiangsi and at Hengyang in Hunan. Each time American
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  • 107 2 Shanghai Expects 10,000 Jewish Refugees By May Shanghai, Apr. 1?. JHE number of Jewish refugees from Germany in Shanghai is expected to pass the 10.000 mark by the end of May Refugees at present number about 6.009 and will be increased with the arrival of a batch of about 600
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  • 77 2 Paris, Apr. 12. to authorised sources, states the Albanian Legation, fierce lighting occurred this morning at Matidibra, Argyrocastron and Elbasan where mountain tribesmen, supported by officers of the regular army, ore fighting under the leadership of Prince Sali and Prince Hussein, both former pupils at Saint Cyi.
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  • 181 2 5 Years Gaol For Eurasian Burglar 'From Our Own Correspondent.; Kuala Lumpur. Apr. 12. JAMES H. NELSON, the 26-year-old Eurasian, former railway fitter, who confessed yesterday at the Seiangor Assizes that he had commuted 22 burglaries in Kuala Lumpur towards trie end of last year, was today sentenced to five
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  • 218 2 Hong Kong. Apr. 12. CIR Archibald Clark Kerr, British Ambassador in China who Is due in Hong Kong today in s.s. Taiyuan, will fly to Chungking from Hanoi. He is expected to sail for Haoni today, if the circumstances permitting. The British Ambassador left Shanghai
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  • 40 2 DORIS SIENFE.N TAN, niece of the Chinese Ambassador, holds the umbrella while Miss Kano, daughter of Viscount Kano, lays a stone for Japan at the foundation-stone laying ceremony of a social centre in Camberweli Road. London.
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  • 179 2 Washington, Apr. 12. ]\IORE light was shed by President Roosevelt at a Press conference yesterday on the significance of the remark he made when he left Warm Springs for Washington on Monday "I will be back in Warm Springs in the autumn if we don't
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  • 52 2 Los Angeles, Apr. 12, JOAN CRAWFORD was granted a divorce today from Franrhot Tone, reports Reuter. Miss Crawford alleged mental cruelty in filing her divorce suit. She claimed that Franchot Tone frequently sulked for thr?^ or four days "because I was too tired to follow Hollywood
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  • 244 2 Official Aid For Singapore Athletics THAT Government should be ap proached to give a grant towards j the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association on the grounds that it is an international and physical movement, was proposed at the annua! meeting of the Association at the Singapore CricKet Club last night. It
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  • 74 2 T Tokio, Apr. 12. HE Tohokai, reactionary political party, has been dissolved following the loss of its leader. Mr. Seigo Nakano, president of the party, has resigned his seat in the House of Representatives. Ten M.P.'s cf the party have become independent as a result of the
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  • 32 2 Washington, Apr. 12. THE United States Senate today passed the $100,000,000 Relief Bill for public works after rejecting a proposal to increase lhe amount to 5150.000.000. Reuter
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  • 139 2 Scenes From Singapore In "Trade Winds" Last Night's FU ms SINGAPORE Ken* than usual Winds" f United opened at the a night. Fredric March la Pn races with Joan Bennct g Timah. making love a b do along the East Coast H,^ mg Raffles Hotel Th, graphed bj Tay Garni
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  • 78 2 A FAST-MOVING Hon I married life, urfe'l ambitions to have a succ< career, the Warnei Bl are such Pools," which Alhambra last night. I bright performances bv young stairs. Prlsd 1 Morris, who U'Am well Priscilla start members of the I large New york get her ahead
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  • 61 2 t> K.O.'S picture 1 which opened st Theatre last night, depicts ti a woman crook who the police by sdoptln an evangelist. Starring Sally ed nngel. supported Paul Guilfoyle and Let story tends to drn". but this offset by some good I til Miss Eilers nukes a
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  • 49 2 "EVE OF WORLD WAR Shan A FESTIVAL of lion the eve of tri war," is how the Bhanghsi local Japanese new the anti-Comintern according to the Jj scheduled to be held u Of the anti-Comintern C of Shanghai at a hotel In H8 next Saturday night.- Reuter
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  • 30 2 Bangkul To cover the di Bangkok and Calcutta ril on a goodwill flight to Japanea^e plane S>vc> 6.20 a.m. The plane arrived here > from Canton. Eastern News
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    • 19 2 GOING ON LEAV^ B «y a new SPONGE a SPONGE BAc from MEDICAL HALL [n 3 Ba «ery Roa(J
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  • 319 3 Surrounding Land Bought gy Chinese Bankers PLEA BY CARETAKER pi TK <»t' r P<> sse s > on °f a kramat in Miri Road, A Mohamed Ibrahim, and two prominent M l Chinese bankers, Lim Song Kee and Lim Tee Nn^.*' re 1( ue i
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  • 76 3 TAKING caustic soda in mistake for coffee led to the death of a middle-aged Chinese. Chin Ngee. in the hospital on Feb. 4. The Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter, yesterday returned a verdict of death by misadventure at an inquiry into his death. Medical
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  • 394 3 EVIDENCE AT MURDER INQUIRY A daylight chase through the Vic- torla Street area after two Chinese, one of whom was allegedly armed with a knife, was described by G. Narainasamy Naidu, an Englishspeaking Tamil motor-car broker, in the Singapore Second Police Court, yesterday. Naidu's
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  • 87 3 return *?7ih%2 < T m^SHI /l j )wsands of miles by the time they thTZJLrt n fter th East6r h ?J d ?l s left s o»M<™Pton last week in mm%JK*m* om l C °°Z C Ten-year-old John Raisman covered nearly 6 000 T'vL^J^iJZi h VT ht
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  • 257 3 Attitude In Crisis 'THE first function we can perform 1 in this changing world is to try to maintain and develop a spirit of tolerance." said Dr. H. O. Potter speaking en "Rotary and the World Crisis" at the Singapore Rotary Club yesterday In a troubled
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  • 69 3 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Apr. 3. UM.S. CORNWALL is to reach 11 Singapore on Apr. 21 and to remain until Apr. 28, announces the Admiralty. Captain C. F. Hammil is hi command of this County class cruiser, the recommissioning of which has been expedited
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  • 233 3 TRIAL CLAIMED t A LLEGED to have wilfully assaulted i•■ a Chinese boy, Lau Ah Sung, oy beating him with a cane, a midd'eI aged Teochew, Tan Khin Cheok, claimed trial beforo Mr. L. C. Goh in the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesI terday, when answering
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  • 126 3 A COLLISION between two motor-cars on Sir Arthur's Bridge in Kallang Road, recently had a sequel in the Singapore Traffic Court, before Mr. C. H. Whitton, yesterday when the driver of one of the vehicles, a German. Andreas Fischer, was charged with negligent driving. Fischer was
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  • 90 3 THERE WERE 308 members of the Christian Brothers' Old Boys' (Singapore) Association at the end of 1938 including 20 new members, states the annual report, to be presented at the annual meeting at St. Joseph's Institution on Apr. 20 at 5.15 p.m. The association
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  • 75 3 Trolley Bus, Full 0ut— 21.5 m.p.h A QUERY as to the maximum speed of a trolley-bus arose in the Singapore Coroner's Court yesterday, when Mr. J. MacNeish, of the Singapore Traction Company, declared that the greatest speed a trolley-bus could attain was 21.5 miles an hour. This, said the Coroner,
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  • 378 3 riRST news of the Ningpo junk Pang Jin. which sailed from Singapore for New York via the Cape of Good Hope nearly three months ago with two Singapore Europeans in its crew, has been received in a cable from Mahe in the Seychelles, about 1.000 miles from
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  • 251 3 FIVE YEARS 9 SENTENCE he was found guilty by a unanimous verdict of the jury of attempting to murder a man by shooting him with a pistol, Koh Ah Liat, a coolie employed at the Singapore Harbour Board, protested to the last that
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  • 204 3 ASSESSMENT CASE A MOTION in which the Singapore Municipal Commissioners were asked "to show cause" was heard by Mr. Justice Pedlow in the Singapore High Court yesterday. The applicants were Ong Sam Leong and Sons, Ltd and the matter related to a certain
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  • 73 3 While jumping oft' a trolley bus that was in motion in South Canal Roid on the night of Apr. 6, a Chinese, Tan Chok Tong, fell to the toad with such force that he sustained a fracture of the skull and died the same
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  • 44 3 CINGAPORE people were guests aboard the U.S. cruiser. Augusta, last evening, when Captain J. H. Magruder, the ship's commanding officer, gave an "at home." Augusta leaves today for Haiphong, French Indo-China. and will later visit Hong Kong and Shanghai.
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  • 2505 4 A Singapore MAN in LONDON London, Apr. f>. IUITH April actually here and Easter right upon us, we can at last regard the winter as over. Possibly, however, by the time this appears a snowstorm will be raging, but I am hoping for the best. Few people have a good
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    49 4 MR. Horc Belisha, the War Minister, pave the new territorial campaign in London a send-oft when he made a speech at .1 ,lin giving of the 6th (Bermondsey) Battalion Queen's Royal K__h Pr e their drill hall. Picture shows Mr. Hore Belisha presenting *S Lieut G. W. Nicholson. phl
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  • 654 4  -  JOSEPH MARTIN BY WHENEVER the scene of political events moves towards the Near East, general interest in matters connected with the Suez Canal is roused and there is much discussion of the history and development of this great artificial waterway and its significance to the western Powers,
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  • 90 5 lees IraviuQ the British freighter Newfoundland, and p?. 7'disabled sealer Ranger, in the North Atlantic about 150 Miles, U taken a >ard Neicfoui'dtond, tha contain tiut ioushj ior tWO dai/.s V' h •ht to i-aie'j. EARL STAFHOFE, First lord ot the Admiralty, inspecting a guard >i Jmnoor
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  • 276 6 UNIONISM IN INDIAN INDUSTRIES M ember ship Shows Slight Decrease AN increase in the number ol re/is- tered trade unions in India, coupied with a decrease in the total and average membership in unions, and increase in women membership, and the recognition lor the first time oi trade unions as
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  • 186 6 A PLAN intended to encourage wet padi cultivation by non-nati/e settlers is announced by the Government of British North Borneo. This provides for the cultivation of land on nominal terms leases on the following condition says the 8.N.8. Herald: A temporary occupation licence will be granted:
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  • 71 6 Hyderabad. Hyderaoad has "nerves" as a result of recent bomb outrages. When someone saw a cigarette tin planted near the High Court building the crowd backed. Police arrived, and the tin was "cordoned off." Traffic was diverted, ixnd the police dropped a large dustbin over
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  • 168 6 '•QNE must be rather alarmed at the present trend of education. Many of our labourers' children are being taught to read and write our language Instead of theirs, and having mastered a certain amount of pidginEnglish, they say 'Good morning sah' instead of 'Salaam.' They naturally demand
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  • 796 6 'No Unity Of Policy, Direction Or Control' MENACE OF JAPAN IN the House of Commons, last week, Mr. Ben Smith 1 (Lab., Bermondsey, Rotherhithe), asked the President of the Board of Trade whether any observations had been received from the Dominion Governments on the
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  • 84 6 Sydney. A TRAIN arrived at Alice Springs Station (Australia) from Port Augusta 34 days late. This was one of the results of the flooding of the normally arid centre of Australia where, in some districts, children aged three have never seen rain. Some of the
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  • 156 6 Wool Bounty For Australia Sydney, Mar. 30. THROUGH good seasons and bad, wool has always been the sheetahchor of Australia's overseas trade. Hitherto it has always stood on its own feet, without any of the assistance from the taxpaper that wheat, fruit, wine and other trades have received and are
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  • 33 6 "London's Poultry World" states that Mr. A. Lermit, who is about to return to Malaya from leave in England, is bringing back with him some Salmon Faverolles poultry for table and egg-producing purposes.
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  • 224 6 "JIiIUCH has been done in Hong Kong but, much more remains to be done if the campaign for better health among the public is to be successful. A walk along any of the streets will bear out this statement," says the Hong Kong Daily Press.
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    42 6 THE WEDDING took place last week of Lt. Umdr, _^J Alexander, R.N., to Miss Marion Cicely Robinson. da\ Mr. John Oakshott Robinson, at St George's Chun H L There was a large retinue of children including tin of the Duchess of Hamilton.
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  • 33 6 i; A series >>: U C ilonia I is to be is>urd >. Office to commen tion of the [ta conquest of Ab Each stamp s lini's catch-phra British United Press
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  • 36 6 The Nederland i.i e Mail steamer, m s C i gens will anchor li this evening at 9 md will cm alongside the Board wharves al morning, and trill at 10 a.m. lor Bur
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  • 240 7 Tokio. SEVEN persons in Japan have incomes of more than a million American dollars a year. The exact Income of the seven w.js not given in the finance denartrrunt statistics which showed that the largest tax-paying proup was in the bracket earning about US $400 oer year.
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    25 7 inht -weight champion, ha? now started rehears- a music-hau act at the London Coliseum. He w th the Eight Chatteris Lovelies, and >nimpet and accordion.
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  • 483 7 Chinese German Barter Agreement Irks Japan A JOLT FOR THE AXIS? JHE 10,000,000 yuan Sino-German barter agr^ent in addition to the apparent Japanese reluctance to convert' tlie a_uSS___2 pact into a miHtar > T a,,i an<*> is believed o be threatening to affect Tokio-Berlin relations, particularly o SSL the J
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  • 565 7 Hearst Awaits Death In Actress' Home (From a Special Correspondent) Los Angeles, Calif. ALL America is absorbed in the rk drama ol William Randolph Hearst, world famous newspaper magnate, who is just awaiting the summons of death in the luxurious home of the film star, Marion Davies, at Santa Monica.
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  • 53 7 Mr. E D. Kibble, a retired officer of the Malayan Public Works Department, has been appointed chief technical adviser to the A.R.P. Regional Offlce at HM. Prison, Reading. Berks. His work will be to advise on the construction of air-raid shelters of various kinds on prison premises In Berkshire and
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    • 251 7 SINGAPORE'S ON THE SCREEN AGAIN! Come and meet FREDRIC MARCH and JOAN BENNETT at BUKIT TIMAH! See them filmed 'midst many local scenic backgrounds 1 capitol j t.,r-i.s-"; Jf^£P Added Attraction MICKEY MOUSE in "MICKEY'S AMATEURS" GS^y-Y^A Walt Disney Technicolor Cartoon) and LATEST GAUMONT BRITISH NEWS including Boat-Race 1939. By
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    8 8 BEFORE THE. SELECTION COMMITTEE OF THE PEACE ACADEMY
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  • 607 8 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, APRII, 13, 1939. Precautions For Peace WITH precautionary measures being taken in most countries in Europe, the atmosphere of impending war becomes heavier. At this grave moment in the world's history, people everywhere must look back on the past 20 years with a feeling ot
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  • 1112 8  -  ROSE PATTERSON Cosmopolite Gossip By DARISIANS have learned a tfood deal about the Eiffel Tower from the number of articles written in honour of that structure, to celebrate its fiftieth birthday this year. They know, for exa. iple, that the weight ol the
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  • 24 9 Bangkok-Africa Service Ship picture. el Straat Soenda the first of iwo accommodation for the Dcngkok- Africa her maiden xoyuae yesterday from RotDurban. Free Press
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  • 54 9 Death In Siamese Bw Game Hunt Rome, Ape. Grande, I th( Italian s spiclon today Italian th< son oi proof Turin. ruls laa rear, he Virando, j Turin m ouni U hunting big ftutborelng oue suspicious, minatton Turin. ar- j be dV arly it a
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  • 44 9 would I had lost 'he declared a Iton'j Koe Mr. L. C. Fifth Police of makH .land Road Static it n the sum of ol od bethe police at whii he was topped by two thej laid him 7 SO.
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  • 25 9 Law Notice For The Day ■jj Chid Jttrtfct in IU Court 1 u i. j, p. usher. JUT* M nn[ g m nd tt>w Heng
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  • 349 9 BOMB PROTECTION FOR CITY FIRMS Companies Start Tests With Shelters CHINATOWN PROBLEM MOW the view has been accepted that the greatest clanger to the civilian population in Singapore during an air raid is not so much from gas but from high explosive and incendiary bombs, some local companies have begun
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  • 80 9 No A .R.P. Shelter For The Governor QOVERNMENT House, Singapore, has no bomb-proof shelters. But inquiries by a Free Press reporter showed that there is a cellar which may be adapted for A.R.P. purposes. Raffles Museum also has no shelter. But Mr. F. N. Chasen, the Museum director, said: Plans
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  • 218 9 Five -Year -Old Boy In Court A IYE-M-ar-eid Indian boy answered a summons before Mr. L. C. Goh In the Singapore Fitth Police Court yesterday, charging him with posting a letter bearing a need posLat?e stamp j on Mar. 20. He is Butukhbai. who appeared In court v. ith his
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  • 42 9 Mr. Eric Michael Reed, son oi tht late Rev. Benjamin Reed and Mrs. I Reel, was married at Lagos. Nigeria, on Mar. 30 to Miss Doris May Hogg, daughter of Mr. Walter T. Hogg, of Kenley, Surrey, and the late Mrs. Hogg.
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  • 313 9 "THIS is a series of escapades daring which the accused did not return to the barracks. They had apparently been living in a cave at Labrador on provisions taken from the canteen, and there was no trace of them until they were arrested/'
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  • 248 9 Decree Nisi With Costs For H. L. King NOT DEFENDED From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Apr. 3. UERBERT Lawrence King, now on leave from his employment In Singapore, was In the Divorce Court today granted a decree nisi, with Costs against the co-respondent, on the ground of the alleged adultery
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  • 149 9 Our Own Correspondent.) London, Apr. 4. A DECREE nisi on the grounds of desertion by his wife, "J^rs. Alice Elizabeth Miller, was granted by Mr. Justice Langton in the Divorce Court today to Joseph Miller, a member of the Bangkok staff of the Chartered Bank of India.
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  • 26 9 The new police station at Port Swettenham, opposite the Customs and Excise offlce. is nearine completion It is a single-storeyed building and built on modern lines.
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    • 560 9 FAMOUS AU British LAWN MOWERS THE "BRITISHER £ofs\ Mowe.' that will last a lifetime. It is fitted with FIVE Cutter Blades. Btader, and Soleplate of best ShefVi field Steel with special cutting edge. I tB|\ 5X9.50 $7.50 W* «4" $31.50 $-.50 Jfeklllal' ROBINSON CO., LTD. SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR 4*p\ B
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  • 1272 10 Prices Fall In Face Of War Threat OVER -EXPORT PROBLEM (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Apr. 5. WAR clouds swiftly gathering over Europe have cast a deep^ shadow upon the London tin market. Prices have fallen, instead of advancing, as they would in
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  • 94 10 Tokio. A theft of 13 sen (about eight Straits cents) brough Juji Suzuki, aged 25 a gaol sentence of 13 years— one year for each sen. Suzuki has been held in gaol since the night of the robbery, Oct. 28, 1938. The severity of
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    • 426 10 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS TENDERS. SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. Tenders. Tenders are now invited for the following materials or services. For particulars see Municipal Tenders Room: Supply of 5.500 ft. of 12" nominal internal dia. Steel Straight Pipes. Date of Closing. 4 p.m.. May 3. 1939. Supply of 5.300 ft. of 18" nominal internal
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    • 436 10 BOARD RESIDENCE. SEA FRONT KATONG GRANGE— 77. Meyer Rd (near Swimming Club) Board -Residence at moderate rates Large Gardens— Tenuis. Phone: 5758. THE MANSION OXLEY RISE PRIVATE HOTEL Tel. *****. --M-B-«a^teMai-a-M-a«a-M-a a— a— ii im »i tm EAST ANGLIA S. OXI.KV UISE SntGAPOaU--8 mins. to town nlsb lerti. garages, daily
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    • 146 10 BANK OF CHIS. (Incorporated in China by Soen,, 12. CecU Street. Sln^' C **W Telephones: Managers Office Asst. Manager's o«i Exchange P t ffk I AJ 9 enei "»J Office 6 UI Cable Address: "fuiv (B sig»_. Paid Up Capital C h i Reserve Fonds In 1Oo O0^ N excess
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    • 467 10 10.20 Press review (English 10.35 Special broadcast for Bri I 11.05 Polowetzer dances I din. 11.20 Close down PARIS TODAY 19.68 m.. LSJM mc and l'J.ai ;Si p.m. 6.20 Leading press articles 6.50 Gramophone records, 7.10 Talk on current F. Spanish 7.20 News in English. 7.35 Gramophone rccorda. 8.05 Tall:
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    • 237 11 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCK SHARES Last Night's Quotations from London 5.30 p.m. Yesterday Vo. 1 quoted in U.S. currency. arc dealers middle prices jobbers margins, brokerage •»u itamp duti arc not included. ion unless Latest Quotations Previously ited ,c 1944-M.... 10. 107 Loan. I pc 19W-90 104'.. 104 i;
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    • 86 11 1 I' Bl FRASER (O. AT 1 HI-. LOSE OF BUSINESS YESTERDAY ,MN <- lin nt midday was 1 I while according to received hmm London tin were marked down there, 'V a *hl fall took place. IS r****** *ere rsrj idle V ,KV Th< P"<e of
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    • 57 11 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION 1 1 <* 0< K NOON 23 23>! No. IX R.S.S. on Registered Tender April 27 XtH May-June 27 27V4 July-Sept 27 *4 27 M Oct.-Dec 27^ 27*; Tone of market: Quiet and easier. Latest Cable: London Spot Sheet 7 1516d per lb. New York
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    • 182 11 AI»R. 12, if»:*y: SELLING London T.T. 2 3^ London demand 2 3}i Lyons demund 2040 Switzerland demand 240 1 4 Hamburg demand 133 H New York demand 54 Montreal demand 541-4 Batavia demand 101 V2 Samarang demand 101 > 8 Calcutta. Bombay and Rangoon demand 154 '2
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    • 166 11 RUBBER: Firmer. London: 7T5 16d. 8 l;16d. Previously: 715 lfid 8d May-June: 7 15 16d. 8 1 16d. Previously. JSiS Id July-Sept: 8 1 16d. B^d. Previously- 8d 81 1 fid Oct.-Dec: 8> B d. 8 316d. Previously*; g 1 16d W
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    • 60 11 From London: Latest Quotations TIN: Easy. Spot: '0 215 15s. Previously: £214 />s. Three months: £213 7s. 6d. Previously: £212. NEW YORK TIN: 16.3ft. Previously: 45.90. COPPER: e42 2s. (3d Previously: £42. GOLD: Yesterday: £7 B^. 6' 2 d. Previously: £7 Bs. i>d SILVER: Spot: 20d. Previously:
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    • 65 11 London Closing Quotations Method ol Parity Delore Latest Centre Quoting 20-9-31 Rate Previously Paris Franc to 124.11 170% 176 V New York... to 4.8655 4.68 IHi 4.68 'b Amsterdam Guilders to 12.10 8.81 s 8.8l :l i Hong Kong.. Per dollar Is. 2 3 4 d. Is.
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    • 57 11 Washington, Apr. 12. APPEASEMENT has failed" declares the Washington Post in an editorial today, adding "and resistance has been substituted. But unless Russia and the United States actively sympathise, resistance now may come too late, for the dictators' boasts are justifle'd and the axis no
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    • 78 11 Peiping, Apr. 12. MR. WANG KEH-MIN, head of the puppet government here, interviewed on return from the Nanking meeting of the United Council, denied there was any connection between the puppet government and Mr. Wang Ching-wei. Mr. Wang Keh-Min added that the possibility of forming a
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    • 77 11 London, Apr. 12. A DAILY Telegraph report from Bor- deaux states the French authorities are closely watching the situation created by the reported presence of large bodies of Spanish troops at Santander and other places in the neighbourhood of the Franco-Spanish frontier. Reports from Spain
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    • 33 11 Liverpool, Apr. 12. A bomb exploded late last night in Islington Square, a popular open air meeting ground, blowing up a telephone kicsk and shattering over a hundred windows. Reuter
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    • 37 11 A Chinese was found hanging in a cell in the Central Police Station last night. He was taken down by a policeman and found to be unconscious. Later he was conveyed to hospital.
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    • 1314 11 From Exchange Telegraph Co. Fraser And Co.'s List OWING TO DISTURBED CONDITIONS IN EUROPE A NUMBER OF THESE QUOTATIONS MUST BE REGARDED AS .NOMINA I.. WEDNESDAY, APR. t2, 1939: 5 P.M. MINING Buyers Sellers Amp&t Tin < 4s) 3s 3d 3s 6d Austral Amal. (ss)
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    • 145 11 List Supplied By Messrs. Fraser Co. WEDNESDAY, APR. 12, 1939: I P.M TotaJ for Company Dividend Books Financial TIN Close Date Ex. Div. year Batu Selangor Vh% *pr 12 Apr. 18 Apr. 13 Johan 5% Final Apr 8 Apr. 15 Apr. 9 10'c Kramat 3d. Apr. 19
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  • 621 12 Greater Economic Power Since Czech Absorption NEED GREATER THAN EVER Berlin, Mar. SI. r\\l. PUNK, President of the Reichsbank and Minister of Economics, urged a resumption of trade talksinterrupted by the German absorption of the Czech State— between Germany on the one hand and Britain
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  • 113 12 AN English girl is leaving Lon- don this week-end for Munich, to train German women in perfect womanhood. Miss Eve Alwyn. twenty-five years-old daughter of the famous London physique expert, has been invited by the German authorities to lecture and give demonstrations to German teachers
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    105 12 KING OF IRAQ INAUGURATES KUt BARRAGE- lhe laU King QhtW of Iraq watch, d by nxmbers of the Cabinet and Diplomatic Corps, inaugurated the £1.120M0 Kut Barrage, designed to control the river Tigris at Kui better knewn as Kut Al Amarah, 110 miles from Baghdad. It dams the main stream
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  • 411 12 COMPLEX NEW AIRCRAFT London, Apr. 2. THE formation of a specialised engineering branch in 1 the Royal Air Force is now under consideration. At present, although both the Navy and the Army have their own specialist engineering branches, the Royal Air Force, which
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  • 199 12 U.S. Rail -Roads Are Safer New York. Alar. 30. SUBSTANTIAL advances in safety were recorded by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1938. when accidents to employees per million man-hours worked were reduced by 14 per cent President M. W. Clement revealed today In announcing the winners of the thirteenth annual safety
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  • 81 12 London. Apr 2 A RT expert Mr. William Mcßain yes*i terday discovered a hitherto unknown work by Raeburn famous Scots portrait painter, among heirlooms from Saddell Castle, historic home of the Campbells near Camnbeltown Argyllshire. Mr. Mcßain at once marie an oiler ol £500 for it.
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  • 141 12 Mr H. N. Brailsford the Socialist writer, said last week that he had sent the following letter to Mr. J. S. Middleton. Secretary of the Socialist Party. "Will you be good enough to convey to the National Executive my request that they should include me
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  • 145 12 London. Apr. >. TOUGH meat can be made edible within two days by means of ultraviolet radiation and storage in controlled temperature and humidity, declares Dr. M D Coulter, of the Mellon Institute. Pittsburgh. All cuts of edible beei can be raised "approximately one grade in
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  • 198 12 Australia's Big Plane Building Programme FIRST DELIVERY NEXT YEAR AUSTRALIA with the f rPat Britain ta I Plane construction pro«rtmm, millions oi pounds, annou Commonwealth Prime M A. Lyons, in Parliam today. He said that the re )t the air mlsi 01 the beginning of th invitation of the C(
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  • 42 12 the shortest broad-i America —which owes no debts and annual profit is bj The railway, which I Ls called the Exelor Dave Dingier the ownei d.i^-o hlmaeii, b I fers to be just the pi United Pre
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    • 89 12 a PRODUCT OF BRITISH MALAYA l_^a^____. 1 ga_%^^fl g^jk ss^^^^s^^^ I j^m^^^^^^m^^^ ssT^^^^^aassaHii /J I X^^sg Ha g S Am* KAm^r L Canvas— Ru W^X.. Shoes at "!^__j__i^*^^^ Economical In White or brown I n Black, Brown or White sizes 36—42 S.S. SIZES Mt 42 s.s U.M.S. $0.47 39 U.M.S.
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    • 391 12 PASSENGERS BY ANTENOR ■Ins for gurape b-. IhaJ T.s.s Antenor today m Mr. and Mrs. w g. Metntoata and infant. Mr. O. C. i Nicolson. Mr pnd Mi >. Cameron, lira. McGuflan and ehil i Mr. and Mrs. a I. WUaon, Mr. and Mrs R.I vi- ar.n Barkar, Mr. rn.d
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    • 198 12 Air Mail Arrivals And Despatches INVVAIaU imperial: From Furope due WedBS iday. Friday. Saturday mornings Wearnes: Fn.m P?nang Ipoh. and Kuala Liu* pur. Arrives every evening. K.L.M From Netherlands indies: Arrives Tuesday Thursday Saturday aiternoons. Qantas: From Australia: Arrives Tuesday, Friday. Sunday mornings aVIi.M.i lYom Europe: Arrives luesda>. Thursday, Sunday
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    • 207 12 days, Thursdays Qantas: To Australia and New Zealand: Mails close 7.45 a.m. Wednesdays. Fridays. Saturdays, Postage rate 8 cents per halfounce. Imperial: To Hong Kong: Mails close 2 p.m. Sundays and Tuesdays Postage 8 cents per half-ounce. K.N.1.L.M..- To Saigon: Mails close 11.30 a.m. Tuesdays. Postage 12 cents per half
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    • 33 12 CLEARANCES Apr. 12: Dosinia (Brit J K Hoea «Dut.>; Bangalori Bri kel «Dut. >; Kudat. Klang Bri toniat <Dut.>: Soli (Dan.); Kelantan. Larut BJ Tat' dens. Toba ICajang. Both (Dul Apr. 13: Saddluriib (Siami
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    • 547 13 •••Y ss^i *Uiiu.*L iYP Oand BRITISH INDIA LINES I I w tPORATBD IN ENOLAMDi p. fU O. S. N. CO'S SAILINGS. O I .WARDS i ..j,e S"pore. Tonnage S'pore. ill SOUDAN 6.500 June 2 i i A steamer June 16 6 CORFU 15.000 June 30 fiOOO May 15 BURDWAM 6.070
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    • 582 13 McALISTER CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements.) GRfSHVM BOLSE. BATTERI RD., SINGAPORE PHONE 5172, ELLERMAN BUCKNALL S.S. Co.. Ltd. (Incorporated in England.) HAVRE LONDON ROTTERDAM HAMBURG VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL CITY OP LINCOLN Calls Glasgow Apr. 29 May 8 I CITY OF ATHENS May June2 FOR NEW YORK, BALTIMORE,
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    • 674 13 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Ocean Building, Collyer Quay, Singapore TeL 5151. Chartered Bank Building. Penang TeL 1360. BLUE FUNNEL LINE. FAST SERVICES MARSEILLES. LONDON. CONTINENT AND GLASGOW (in conjunction with the Glen Line) EZr" d n J? dam and Hull A P r 16 Apr 18 riFNAPPinr/, 3 Casa Ldon Rdam
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  • 764 14 Germany's Shortage Of Shipping BUILDING AND FINANCE AN article dealing with the problems of German shipping, in the Bulletin of the Hamburg World's Economics Archives, includes the following comment on the world tonnage position and the shipbuilding policy of the maritime nations: Considering all the difficulties, some of which were
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    • 589 14 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated In F.M.S.) TELEPHONE: Freight 5433— Passage 543L mm*mnomno*o*mmm Canadian pacinc |jry¥H SYyTttd^ (l__orporatul In England! HIE ♦EMPRESS* ROUTE offers TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES via HONOLULU or direct EMPRESS to VANCOUVER— ACROSS CANADA by TRANS-CONTIN-ENTAL TRAIN without change— thence by CANADIAN PACIFIC ATLANTIC SERVICES TO ENGLAND or the CONTINENT—
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    • 201 14 HENDERSON LINE SCHEDULE OF SAILINGS By Fortnightly Passenger Steamer Between Rangoon, Port Sudan, Marseilles and England. HOMEWARD SAILINGS Leave Rangoon 1939 BURMA Apr. 29 YOMA May 13 PEGU May 27 SALWEEN June 10 KEMMENDINE June 24 AMARAPOORA July 22 SAGAING July 22 PROME Aug. 5 BURMA Aug. 19 YOMA Sept.
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    • 91 14 For Everything Appertaining to Ocean Passages, Foreign Money Exchange and Freight annly COfKS WACOHg»LITg I -aWTT.~~_. a Lwooto TftAVfi sgpvict; 39. ROBINSON ROAD No Booking Fees. Telephone 5908. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO.. LTD. (APCAR LINE) FOR HONG KONG. SHANGHAI, aMOJI KOBE AND OSAKA s. s. TALMA 10,000 TONS SAILING
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    • 765 14 AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LTD/ -—T S|? 2S_k_n IO fcUKOPfc FROM SINGAPORE AND PENANG TO COLOMBO, 30MBAI. SL'fc? ph.. ALEXANDRIA. NAPLES, GENOA MARSEILLES AND NEW Vorjl S Uo Arrives Leaves Leaves S'pore. S'pore Penan lrr Ues PRESIDENT ADAMS Apr. 22 Apr. 25 aT 97 *2 V< B PRESIDENT VAN BUREN May
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  • 130 15 h.ndnn Mar. 28. K Kennerley. the in the final of rds championshir Ithough there the match appeared of a closer rred. Et voung i twenty years of r who, if he has don.; maj uitiplon. v.vn In a match tl play- the bettei merle? had
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  • 25 15 table-t nnis tment against I < Satin day at 7.15 pin. In r Lim Keng Hlan, Lau e Weng, Pung Ong Kok K
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  • 466 15 Wearnes Play Good Football, Win 1-0 BIG CROWD AT B.H.L. GAME fyJESTANGLO met their Waterloo yesterday when Wearnes R„i,nl rtS u Club d f feated h y one goal to nil in their Business Houses League hxture on the S.H.B. "round Both teams were undefeated when they
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    17 15 „,,i;l< \s aSSOCIAIHW of Singapore baseball team which lost to I ss Augusta at Jalan Besar Stadium.
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  • 44 15 Copenhagen Apr. Ll aS aSAMLEL. the Malayan hidminton player, was beaten in the semi-finals »f the baafefa < ihmm 'iiMuiships. Samuel lost. 15—9, 15-5, to the former England champion. Nichols, from whom he had won matches in England recently. Free Press
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  • 590 15 Penang Most Successful In Badminton Tourney THAT the standard of badminton In Malaya has improved considerably in all department was proved at the recent Tlvrd Malayan badminton championships in Penang. Honours were eveniy divided, but Penang was ea c ily the most successful State in the *v:o respects, firstly by
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  • 207 15 pLAYING at Tanglln yesterday, Fort Canning cricket team beat St Andrews School by 60 runs. Fort Canning compiled 137 runs for the loss of six wickets, Dowling contributing a bright 50. The School replied with -77. Scores: FORT CANNING Stott b Meyer 15 Wilton c and
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  • 82 15 CATURDAY against Mine Sweepers second eleven I. A. ground. 2 p.m.: R. S. Sithambaram «eapt.>. If. S. Dhoss, Nakoda Bhatri. a Angullia. N. Raja, Dr. A. K. Sinra, D. K. Samy, Therein Singh, Gupta and G. Singh, reserves. Dharmaraj. Asghar. Sunday, against tl:° Noval Ba^e Cricket Club.
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  • 38 15 In a second division <a) league foccer fixture played at Pulau Brani yesterday Pulau Brani beat the R.A.F. (T) by three goals to one. Half-time score was 2—o in favour ol the home team.
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  • 168 15 TIES roc Saturday in the Y.M.CA. tennis tourney are as below. Ii it should rain on Saturday, ties will be postponed to Tuesday. The first-named competitor must set re:eree lor the match. Junior Championship Robert Chia vs. Ce.-il Wong. H. L. Wee vs. R. E Thoy. A.
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  • 143 15 JUNIOR DEPARTMENT against H M.S. Terror, today, 2lb p.m.. Prince Edward .Road ground. J. B. Shaw < captain-. Au Kong Chu. S. Hope. L. Newman. Cheong Thiam Siew, Seah Cheng Blang, L M. Aeria. C J. Moxon, H. Lewis. T. Hale, Edward Wee- reserves, Lau tfock Chyc.
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  • 95 15 IT _s understood that R. West, the Seiangor fast bowler, is shortly to be transferred to Singapore. West has not long been in the country, but he has a good record at Home and has already shown good form in Kuala Lumpur cricket. Playing in the
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  • 110 15 TRt tenth annual picric of the Syrian Christian Avsocia 'on, Singapore, was held at Tanab Merah, in ideal Weather, members and friends who at-te-.ded numbering more than fifty. Alter land and aquatic sports a genera', meeting was held at which M.\ M. Matthew presided. Prise winners
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  • 95 15 Playing at the Fairer Park rrrourd the C.S.A. drew m\h i^.c Jo! ore £ng'lii>h College (Old Boyi 2—2. At the S.H.B ground the .TS.A beat the Singapore Chimse Engineering Mechanic Assoc iation hy 7 goals to 3. The following will play lor the Cninese Sports Association against
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  • 54 15 Following are the results of the Keppel Golf Club's Easter compe litions: Four-ball Foursome C. W Lindsay and W. Fryer, 4 up. Guillemard Cup: A. '.A. LOW and P. V. Talbot Jones, 88- -14 74. Tn the final of the Niblock Cup W Fryer beat A. M.
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    46 15 THIS IS THE IT.S.S. AUGUSTA BASEBALL TEAM which beat the American Association of Singapore by four runs to three and collected seven hits m a game at the Jaian Besar. Mr. Kenneth Patton, the American Consul -General in Singapore, is in the centre of the picture.
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  • 255 15 Johore Win Golf Match With Island Club THS social Ro'if match played at Johore Bahru between the R >yal Johore International Club and the Island Club resulted in a win for the home team by 6 points to 4 3 4 points. The results are as follows: Dr. T. E.
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  • 152 15 Y.M.C.A. Soccer Teams JUNIOR DEPARTMENT against Singapore English School, Monday, at Anson Road. 5.10 p.m Wee Ak Chan H Dcai. Chan Nee Stan, \y. j. page, g. j Moxon, D. R. Yetton, D. Deans, Goey Teck Chiang Gan Ee Ken.g, Steven Orten ian (i ian Hong; reserves. Phoa Watt aSenp
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    • 83 15 LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP OF SPORE OVER 15 (3) Rds S MARQUES >_v__ HEMCHIT •^^^'■mmW^ (SENSATIONAL < Ht\>-> HALLENGI K J& W FRIDAY, 14th APRIL JBBf^_g?% StPPOKTEO KV EXCELLENT P„KLI a^^^^^^k MINARIES WITH FOFR NEWCOMERS. f^W CLEVER SISO VS (MANILA) BOY QUEE *S* KID CAKPEN'MER vs BATT SAM Y m W fi
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  • 1240 16 309 Horses And Ponies To Compete OPENING SATURDAY WEEK ENTRIES for the Singapore Turf Club's Summer (Governor's Cup) meeting-, which opens on Apr. 22, issued yesterday indicate that the racing will be a huge success from every point of view. Many horses will be making their
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  • 178 16 Selangor Club Overwhelm The Printers From Our Own Correspondent.* Kuala Lumpur, Apr. It. GIVING a glimpse of the form which made them cup champions last year the Seiangor Club overwhelmed the Government Printers today on the padang by seven goals to one in a first division soccer fixture. The Club
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    19 16 picture. >APPfcR GETS HIS FOOT to the ball first during the padanf match S.C.C. vs. Sappers yesterday. Free Press
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  • 161 16 S.C.R.C. tennis tournament ties are: TODAY Singles Handicap: court "A," Tan Chim Tuan (scr. I vs. Poh Chee Juay cscri court "B" Arthur Lim <-12» vs. Low Kee Pow 9». "B Singles Handicap: court "C." Freddie Tan l5 vs. T. G. Sect 6»; court "D." Evan Wong
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  • 51 16 Play in the S.C.C. tennis tournament was postponed yesterday on account cf rain The mixed doubles semi-final v*i!l be played today and the final tomorrow. The men's doubles match will be played on Tuesday. There will be no r/.ay on Monday on Recount of the beating 0 f
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  • 48 16 The following will pluv for the Junior Department igalnat the Gordon Highlanders today at Fort Canning at 4.15 p.m.: Chan Joo Miang, Loh Heng Kee, Chia Kok Loong. Wong Fat' Lim, Chua Kim Chiang, Chan Suay Bail. Tan Ban Hoe* reserves. Benny Fones. Cheong Pak Lo'
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  • 25 16 picture. TAYLOR, S.C.C. GOALKEEPER, clears during the match S.C.C. vs. Sappers on the padang yesterday. The Sappers won 3 l. Free Press
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  • 450 16 GOOD FIGHT WITH TEN MEN DLAYING on a slippery turf on the Padang yesterday, the Sappers beat the S.C.C. by 3 goals to 1 in the first division of the league. Good football was impossible under the conditions and as a result bad
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  • 87 16 The soccer match between the SCR C. and the Signals to have been played yesterday at Farrer Park was cancelled owing to the rain. The second division (b> match between the S.C.F.A. and r.a.F. (HQ> to have been played at the Stadium yesterday also was postponed. The Committee
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  • 48 16 The following will play ior S CC. II vs. R.A.M.C. (Reserve division) today at S.C.C: G. W. S. Wallas; A. Ferguson. W. R. Ravie; A. Morgan. K. C. Gillctt, J. Welsh E. A. Corless, R. A. Hooper, J. B. Potter, A. Fraser, Lieut. T. G. Hazel
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  • 181 16 FOUL CHARGINr TACTICS CPECTATORS booed were senfc off the fleld bvt feree in a mod-and-sh, h Clerical Union, Balestier when the Moravia ciuh Changi (W.D.) dtiUan o Both were Moravia more members of the cd. Referee We.stho, game well and cheektool charging b
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  • 34 16 I.imd-.n \j, j THE latest eallover fn. the L ofte'el 1 Bh e 100—8 Rogerston, Casanova offered 100— G Triguero and offered, 20—1 Dhoti. :>3__l pai r chance ri r_f«_ ed Reuter
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