The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 18 April 1939

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 15.755. ESTD. 1835. TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 1939. 8 CENTS
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    HITLER TO SAY "NO" IN HIS ANSWER TO ROOSEVELT?
    373 1 Reichstag Called To Hear Reply FUEHRER EXPECTED TO BLAME DEMOCRACIES Berlin, Apr. 17. HERR HITLER has summoned the Reichstag to meet on Apr. 28 in order to hear his reply to President Roosevelt. The announcement of the meeting reads "The American
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    EIRE'S POLICY OF NEUTRALITY
    94 1 London, Apr. 17. (THE aim of the Eire Gorrraif t*n policy is to maintain and in the case of war" declared the >re ident. Mr. K union de Valera, speaking at Ennis today, tain of thv Irish people and the Government is keen the nation out
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    Tornadoes Leave Trail Of Havoc
    18 1 17. n killed .ado •her n Louirooped K. maktnmunity a hole in the
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    Craigavon's Reply To De Valera
    99 1 Craigavon's Reply To De Valera lielt'ast, Apr. 17. IN prompt reply to the declaration by Mr. cie Valera of Eire's neutrality in the event of war, Viscount Craigavon, Prlm« Minister of Northern Ire- j land, said that such a policy added one more to the many reasons v/h; Mr. dej
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    U.S. Fleet Move Surprises Japan
    70 1 Tokio, Apr. 17. ORDERS given ior the transfer of U.S. worships into the Pacific caused considerable surprise in navy circles here, since in their opinion Japanese-American relations have recently taken a turn for the better. It is also considered the full strength of the American
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    Fascists' Reply
    38 1 Rome, Apr. 17. The Fu.dcist reply can be only a vigorous and final no," declares the newspaper Popolo Roma, discussing President Roosevelt's appeal today. Articles appearing in 7ieicspapers today are very hostile to the message Reuter
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    FLAT REJECTION NOT CERTAIN
    181 1 London, Apr. 17. EVEN if President Roosevelt's challenging gesture fails to evoke a favourable response from Berlin and Rome it will still be eminently worthwhile/ This is the consensus of British Press commentators today, though reports of perturbation at Munich are cited as an indication that
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    AMERICA BACKS THE PRESIDENT
    177 1 AMERICA BACKS THE PRESIDENT London. Apr. 17. PRESIDENT Roosevelt's action has met with nation-wide support in America according to the Daily Telegraph's Washington correspondent. A group of writers, who have always asserted that negotiations with the dictators are useless, criticise the President for his policy of "appeasement." Others complain he
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    AUSTRALIA'S BIG NAVAL EXERCISES
    54 1 Sydney, Apr. 17. Australia's biggest naval manoeuvres since the war have begun and are continuing until Wednesday. The New Zealand flagship Leander and eight air force squadrons are cooperating with the Australian squadron. The exercises are planned as realistically as possible and include the stopping and
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    42 1 Calcutta, Apr. 17. Twenty-five persons were killed and 26 injured when a passenger train from Dacca collided with another train at Najdia, 66 miles from Calcutta today. Among the dead Is Mr. B. N. Majumdar, a member of the Bengal Assembly Reuter
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    More Troops Sent To Egypt & Gibraltar
    241 1 More Troops Sent To Egypt Gibraltar Britain Watches Spain, Mediterran ean London, Apr. 17. THK transference of troops from Palestine to Egypt, and the despatch of the Welsh Guards to Gibraltar are signs of the close watch which Britain with France is keeping on the Mediterranean and Spain, says The
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    Warships Mass At Malta, Gibraltar
    76 1 Gibraltar, Apr. 17. WHILE there are now 13 French warships at Gibraltar, Reuter learns that practically the entire British Mediterranean Fleet is at Malta or in the vicinity. A few British ships are at Gibraltar, and they are mostly destroyers based locally. The number of
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    BOOM YEAR AHEAD FOR INDUSTRY
    302 1 BOOM YEAR AHEAD FOR INDUSTRY Expert's Forecast London, Apr. 17. MR. JOHN M. KEYNES, the well- known authority on economics, emerging from a silence imposed by a prolonged illness, urges in The Times today complete readjustment of Britain's mental outlook concerning the economic implications of the Government's crisis finance. "The
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    FIRE ON ARK ROYAL: OFFICIAL COMMENT
    46 1 London, Apr. 17. An Admiralty official told the Daily Mail today that the cause of the lire aboard Ark Royal, Britain's newest aircraft carrier in commission was technical and there was no structural damage to tho ship or casualties. Reuter
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    STOP PRESS
    87 1 Washington, Apr. 17. Senator Walsh, chairman of the Senate Naval Affairs Commission, called for expansion of the navy and air corps "to protect this nation against any eventuality. We can no longer adequately defend a two-ocean nation with a oneocean navy." Senator Walsh simultaneously demanded revision of the
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    WILL DICTATORS HEED WISHES OF THEIR PEOPLES?
    524 2 Now Supreme Question Says The Times COMMENT ON EFFECTS OF ROOSEVELT'S MESSAGE London, Apr. 17. COMMENTING on the international situation and President Roosevelt's message to the dictators, The Times today •>ays, the supreme question for the German and Italian peoples is whether they
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    Rapid Advance Towards Canton By Chinese
    263 2 JAPANESE TRADERS 9 PLAN TO EVACUATE Hong Kong, Apr. 17. I ATEST reports from West Kwangtung confirm earlier messages that the Chinese are rapidly advancing towards the city of Canton, where Japanese merchants are reported to be making preparations to remove their merchandise from
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    Free Medical Aid For Poor Indians?
    174 2 Free Medical Aid For Poor Indians 'Frcm Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 17. A PROPOSAL to give free medical attention to poor Indians will be considered by the new committee, elected at the 29th annual general meeting of the Selangor Indian Association. An amendment to a resolution that an
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    25 2 Chesham's former Wesleyan Church which became a Labour Exchange and social centre, on being elosed through amalgamation, is now being converted into a police station
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    Anti-Comintern Festival Fails
    72 2 Shanghai. Apr. 17. TTHE so-called "holy anti-Comin- tern festival on the eve of the second world war," which influential Japanese arranged for Saturday night, was cancelled. The Japanese Press asserts the affair did not take place because of lack of sufficient accommodation, but other reports, however, assert
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    "DARE-TO-DIE" CORPS' FEAT
    123 2 Chungking, Apr. 17. CUCCESSES on various fronts are claimed by the Chinese Army spokesman, who said today that after three days and nights heavy fighting. Chinese troops on Apr. 14 occupied Tsengchen. east of Canton, which, under cover of an artillery barrage, was stormed by dare to
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    Japan Sends More Warships To Amoy
    72 2 Foochow, Apr. 17. TWO more Japanese warships arrived at Quemoy Island, off Amoy on Apr 12. bringing the total of Japanese warships in the Quemoy-Amoy area to Military observers believe the concentration of Japanese warships in FuKien waters Is for the purpose of derending
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    KWAMMON STRAITS TUNNELLED
    51 2 Shimonseki, Apr. 17 Shimonosekl on the mainland will be linked with Moji in Kyushu, by a tunnel across the Kwammon Straits on Apr. 20 or Apr. 21 when the completion of the tunnel is expected. The work was started by the Railways Ministry two years ago.— Eastern
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    Genghis Khan Descendant's Offer To China
    126 2 Genghis Khan Descendant's Offer To China HELP IN CONQUEST OF MONGOLIA Chungking, Apr. 17. I^IPATSAN, twenty-first lineal descendant of the great Mongol conqueror. Genghis Khan, has offered his services to the Chinese Government lor the "complete conquest of Inner Mongolia." A report from Shanghai says that the Chinese claims the
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    Japanese Hopes For Peace
    162 2 VIEWS ON APPEAL TO DICTATORS Tokio, Apr. 17. •"THE newspaper Nichi-Nichi Shimbun today expresses the fervent desire that the Pacific will remain peaceful, and forever true to its name, with Japan and the United States mutually prospering and each playing her role in maintaining peace in
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    U.S. Cruiser Brings Home Ashes Of Japanese Envoy
    124 2 U.S. Cruiser Brings Home Ashes Of Japanese Envoy Tokio, Apr. 17. VUITH her nag flying at half-mast, the cruiser U.S.S. Astoria arrived at Yokohama today, bearing the ashes of Mr Hiroshi Saito, late Japanese ambassador to the United States. The vessel was escorted into harbour by a flotilla of Japanese
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    Defence Chain From Baltic To Asia Minor
    72 2 Paris, Apr. 17. FNEALING wit>h the international situation an article in the newspaper Petit Parisien declares: "A chain stretching from the Baltic to Asia Minor is on the eve of being completed by the addition of Turkey to the defence system." "It will
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    $100 In Fines For A Taxi Driver
    73 2 A total fine of $100 was imposed on Mir Alam Gul, a taxi driver, by Mr. C. H. Whitton in the Singapore Traffic and District Court yesterday. He was convicted on two charges of driving negligently and causing hurt to a ricksha puller
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    STARTED BY PREMIER'S FATHER
    136 2 STARTED BY PREMIER'S FA THER Medical Reset* Institute ■From Our Own i THAT •.■S&rVM Research owi i Ita b. .Joseph Chambei presant Prime M Mr. Neville Chamberlain 4 J T by Dr. A. Reave Kingsbury iw the Institute, at th "rj. sixth international cur.se in i! ology today. Mr. Chamberlain
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    MEMBER OF SMUGGLING GANG CAPTURED
    106 2 <From Our Own I Jolwrr H.ihru. Anr ALLEGED to 1 i rubber Ah Kian. a Chinese, v drlault three months' sonment, by Mr. J. B. v. Magistrate, today, on a smuggling 273 lbs. of rubber b Ah Kian pleaded guir charge. On another chan the
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    JAPAN'S WARNING TO THIRD POWERS
    40 2 A WARNING to forei a i** deliberately disturb the J the Far Ea.st bf ang Kai-shek was uttered Itagaki. Jap: i. interview on Japan. He declared this solely responsible far stubborn refistance of armies."- Reuter
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    Greeks In Egypt To Mobilise?
    41 2 Alexandria W The Greek Cov.r instructions to pr< Greeks between the I residing in Egypt. It is believed that and 12,000 Ore* In war time, R< living in Egypt special battalion *nd western dPM t Reuter
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    BELGIAN CABINET CRISES ENDED
    39 2 ~~"r> y The six weeks' cab:: today when Senator I formed a three-party ernment. Earlier an uUf» J t :lude the Socialists effort, due to the in« in:^' vlK ,<*' tion was made and proved Reuter
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    P. & T Man's N.Z. Bride
    26 3 P. T Man's N.Z. Bride picture. \M) fER :iitir their wedding at St. Andrews rick 1 was iormerlv \n«* u..tu ii.ll. ia4 last week Free Press
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    Wedding At St. Andrew's
    97 3 a rday, A;- B r Posts I N -m in Ruth Mr. and Mrs E i land. officiatA'ay by E V G. Day British. a ;>irt ure gown I with white I ce and rows and .ds on the wide place by >he .ids. the bridesU
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    Trolley Bus Service Delayed
    20 3 be tiffin i when 1 ich other Brid'-e trolley an e at first Shortly •> on the
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    CRISIS MILK BECOMES WHITE ELEPHANT
    540 3 CRISIS MILK BECOMES WHITE ELEPHANT Deterioration Alleged In Dealer's Excess Stock REMOVAL OF LABELS (From Our Own Correspondent) Tur o Penang, Apr. 17. JHk crisis in September last year was responsible for large stocks of condensed milk being ordered from Europe. After the Munich Pact, the milk could not find
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    Theft In Trolley Bus Alleged
    70 3 £HARGED with the theft of a gold ear-ring valued $3.30 from a Chinese woman, Moi Hue. white she was in a trolley bus travelling along Victoria Street in the afternoon of Apr. 16, a middle-aged Chinese, Hoo Seng Ho, appeared in the Singapore Second Police
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    21 Previous Convictions
    106 3 A MAN who, it was stated, had 21 previous convictions, appealed successfully before the Chief Justice, S.S., Sir Percy McElwaine, in the Singapore High Court yesterday. He was Ahmat bin Bacha who was sentenced to five months' rigorous impiisonment on a charge of failing, while under police
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    25 3 Air Vice-Marshal R. Williams. exChief of Air Staff. Royal Australian Air Force, is to be Air Officer in Charge of Administration R.A.F. coastal common d
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    News In Brief
    450 3 "DRITAIN and Portugal have been allies for four centuries and our feelings today are very friendly." the Governor of Portuguese Timor. Senhor Alvaro Eugenio Neves da Fortoura told a reporter on arrival at Singapore yesterday by the K.P.M. vessel Op ten Noort. The Governor is returning to
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    EMPLOYEE OR A FREE AGENT?
    447 3 EMPLOYEE OR A FREE AGENT Status Of Insurance Canvasser W7HETHER a man was an employee or a free agent was the question discussed in the Singapore Assize Court before Mr. Justice Manning yesterday, when Tan Chuan Beng was arraigned on charges relating to insurance premiums collected by him for the
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    Sought Gaol To Escape From Wife
    50 3 Burlington (Vermont). DERNARD CARDORETTE, aged 23. held up a market here, locked the proprietor in a refrigerator, rifled the till and fled. He explained to the police: "I wanted to get a good stretch to get away from the wife.'"— British United Press. picture.
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    Ceylonese Seeks Transfer Of Taxi Fare Case
    275 3 COURT BIAS ALLEGED ALLEGING that the Registrar of Vehicles, who was trying his case, was biassed against him, A. Chelliah, a Ceylonese, made an application before Mr. Justice Pedlow in the Singapore High Court yesterday to have his case transferred to another court.
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    Malayans For Drivers On Burma Road
    136 3 Malayans For Drivers On Burma Road COUR hundred of the Malayan Chinese lorry drivers and mechanics who left Singapore last month for service ii? China will drive on the Yunnan-Burma Road. A batch of 600 men sailed by the Hong Peng on Mar. 27. the third and largest Malayan party
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    JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT
    30 3 The Nederland Line vessel Jon an van Oldenbarnevelt is expected at 1 p.m. today alongside Godowns 8 and 9. She will sail at 6 p.m. for Batavia.
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      81 3 lit V I l^j J^H ART CHINA SHOW to be held at the Shops, of BABA CO. Ltd. during the period of 18th April to 6th May. Over 150 items of highest grade of Dinner. Tea Coffee Set, Vase. Figure, etc., matching quality of which has never been brought here
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    More Beauty Hints From Hollywood
    259 4 "Make the most of you* assets, the least of your defects," says Max Factor, Jr., Hollywood make-uo soecialist. With KUen Drew as his model, Mr. Factor shows how a woman's hair can be used to help or hide her best and worst features. The girl
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    "Glamour" Has Lost Its Meaning Now!
    150 4 "Glamour" Has Lost Its Meaning Now TONI FRISSELL. New York socialite photographer shed a crocodile t»ar for those photogenic society Kirls whose pictures constantly appear in American publications and reported that real glamour girls are glamorous mentally as well as pny.sica]ly. She iiiuned WvenU ''beauties" as examples of "dead pan"
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    LONDON GOSSIP
    970 4 Scottish Art And Lovely Women Careers For Girls Crowds On The Buses Society Luncheon Films For Princesses THE Exhibition of Scottish Art at Burlington House has been the talk of London. It is one of the best shows ever brought together under the auspices of the Royal Academy.
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    The Modern Mirror SOME IDEAS
    253 4 The Modern Mirror SOME IDEAS (By A Woman Correspondent) QIFTS to a recent Society bride included an array of wall mirrors, and no doubt she rejoiced in them, for mirrors play an important pajt in modern rooms. Nothing serves more effectually to disguise the cramped look of a small room
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    A Book Of "Don'ts" Causes Trouble
    399 4  -  VICTORIA CHAPPELLE By COMB UNKIND person has just presented me with a small book to which the author has given the depressing title: "Don't." And if there's a word more likely to bring out the worst in human nature. I should like to know
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    SCULPTURE TRIUMPH Mrs. BroadW & New Wort
    400 4 SCULPTURE TRIUMPH Mrs. BroadW New Wort pROM memorials i n Pra Viceroy's bedstead, > such is the variety o in which Mrs. E R R ?%5 wife of the weli-knn,, ad^ sculptor, Mr. E.R.fe^ collaborated with h ent whose latest work of L hu *s veiled last month in*^ Imperial
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    LOW'S TOPICAL UDGET
    88 5 lIERR HITLER inspecting a guard of honour of girls and boyt in u»iior*i before he disembarked from the "Strength through Joy" liner Robert Ley at Hamburg at the completion of his short cruise. LADY KENNET, the sculptress, is now engaged on a monumental statue of the late
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    AUSTRALIA HASTENS HER DEFENCES
    252 6 Government Makes Plans For Sea Blockade A NATIOI^AiTcOUNCIL Sydney, Apr. 5. THE speed with which Australia is improving her defences and the need for a maximum national erfort were emphasized in the speeches of Federal and State Ministers when the Governor-General, Lord Gowrie, opened the annual
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    Mr. Bruce Has An Umbrella Too
    85 6 Sydney. KMR. STANLEY BRUCE, Aus*Tl tralia's High Commissioner in London, has just acquired an umbrella that is making Australia talk. He took the umbrella with him to Prince's, a fashionable restaurant in Sydney. It is gaily striped and it has a transparent peephole. A
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    Great Britain Regiments Food Firms
    650 6 Great Britain Regiments Food Firms SCHEME FOR TIME OF WAR *THE Food 'Defence Plalis) Department Board of Trade, has pre oared a scheme lor 'he lormation of groups of wholesale provisions and grocery business in Great Britain In maintain the distribution of prons and uri cries in time of war.
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    Englishman Gets £5000 In Heart Balm Suit
    239 6 *XT T* NeW YOl AN English -born bank official, Mr n Herbert R. Stevens, has been awarded £5 000 in the last suit for alienation of affections permitted by the laws of New York State Mr Stevens, who stated in evidence that he
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    Native 'Murdered' By A Stingray
    96 6 Cape Town. A native fisherman at Lamu, Kenya, died in hospital from a wound apparently caused by an instrument such as a stiletto. Another fisherman vas detained. He was released after he produced a large stingray and showed that the fish had a serrated bone,
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    LOSS OF WEIGHT STOPPED IN 3 WEEKS!
    102 6 LOSS OF WEIGHT STOPPED IN 3 WEEKS! This Wen.,!, Perfed many pr, v doing. Simply flesh-forming and see ho, pounds on yo too good to bletter: "O* March v, 3 tbi. 12 02 st. Clbs. ft o phased ago. I have during th r to been irond iwt« Ctofabi a
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    MR. STIMSON AND U.S. FOREIGN POLICY
    946 7 MR. STIMSON AND U.S. FOREIGN POLICY Safeguards For Peace Of World T Washington, Apr. 5. HE appearance this morning of Mr. Henry Stimson before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee gave the former Secretary of State the opportunity to set the question of neutrality legislation which he had been asked to
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    Rhodesia's "Grand Old Lady" Dies
    21 7 gateway* •an. who M lee l n IW as the RhodeBuuw»yo Africa. Rhodesia's Brirish United Press
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      267 7 A Notable Companion Picture to 'The CITADEL' The First of a new series of "FAMILY" Stories by thr producers of the popular 'Judge Hardy's Children" Series. TONIGHT at the CAPITOL WOMEN IN SABLES j^MUM screrm of a siren <*^^£T^L -J^^^H is this story of *^W^^B^^_ fet, < d n d
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    The Singapore Free press TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 1939. U.S. Warning In The Pacific
    631 8 The Singapore Free press TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 1939. U. S. Warning In The Pacific ILTHOUGH overshadowed by A President Roosevelt's appeal to the dictators to declare their peaceful intentions, the decision of the United States Navy Department to send the American fleet to the Pacific is one of the most
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    Two Men Are Fifty: Hitler And Chaplin
    1383 8  -  ANDRE DE HEVESI By Charlie Chaplin wan SO on Sund<ty. Herr Hitler celcbrai his 50th birthday on Thursday. In this article the auf'c points out some parallels and paradoxes in their careers U/ITHIN a few days two men who are famous the world
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    1,000 REICH REFUGEES HERE YESTERDAY
    274 9 1,000 REICH REFUGEES HERE YESTERDAY Pitiful Incidents At Jewish Relief Office MANY PENNILESS MORE than 1,000 German Jewish refugees for Shanghai, the largest number ever to be in Singapore the same clay were here yesterday aboard the Lloyd Triestino liner Conte Biancamano and the Norddeutscher Lloyd liner Gneisenau. The largest
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    No Easing Of Japanese Boycott In Malaya
    177 9 MERCHANTS A TTITUDE Chinese boycott of Japanese goods conunrelaxed throughout Malaya, Japanese express no fears regarding their ability to continue profitable trading, of Japanese goods is considered stronger ;ipore than in any other part of the world, and rming nearly 75 per tent
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    Sikh Prince In Singapore
    112 9 "With all the other Indian Princes I offered all my troops and resources to Biitain during the September crisis. We shall do so again if war comes," the Maharajah of Kapurthala SUte (Punjab), India. Colonel Sir Jagatjit Singh, told a Free Press reporter when he passed
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    Magic Circle Show
    50 9 A variety show will be given by leading magicians of the Malayan Magic Circle on Friday night, at their headquarters. This will be the last performance given by the organisation at its present clubhouse. It will move into new premises next month. Dancing will follow the show*.
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    Dutch Bank's New Face
    25 9 Dutch Bank's New Face P skyline has been made oy tm tndischt Handclsbank. af the. id K« Road, which has just been finish' < !>'■> u picture.
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    Aerial Check On Manuring
    172 9 USE OF CAMERA A ERIAL photographs of a rubber estate In central Malaya are to be used In the near future to ascertain the effects of special treatment of trees over large areas. Official tests recently determined that aerial photographs can show the age of patches
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    Sewerage For Government Houses
    78 9 'THE tost oi laying the necessary sewers to serve the 186 proposed houses for Government subordinate officers at Haig Road, between Geylang and Dunman Roads, will be borne by the Municipal Commission. This was decided at the last meeting of Committee No. 2. It was also
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    New Solicitor Admitted To Bar
    60 9 Mr. B. H. Smith was admitted as an advocate and solicitor of the Straits Settlements Bar before Mr. Justice Pedlow in the Singapore High Court yesterday. Mr. R. Williamson appeared for the petitioner. Mr. Paul Storr, who represented the Attorney General, and Mr. R. H.
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    Cycle 'Races' In Katong Park
    39 9 As cyclists racing in Katong Park are still causing trouble, it has been decided to have police constables on beat in that area to patrol the park for a trial period of three months.
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    Salvation Army's Appeal
    82 9 THE Salvation Army annual appeal in Singapore, has so far realised over $6,00(>. Among donations received is one of $250 from the Singapore Harbour Board and $100 from Sir Shenton Thomas. Sir Alexander Small, Sir George Trimmer and Sir John Bagnall Ma-jor-General W. G. S. Debbie, the
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    Theft Of Butter Trays Alleged
    79 9 On a charge of house-breaking and committing the theft 01 two butter trays, one gold ring and three silk suits, totalling in value $40, from a house In Lorong 6, Geylang, shortly after midnight on Apr. 14, two Chinese. Ang Kia Hai and Low Huat
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    Forged Admission Card Allegation
    73 9 On a charge of using as genuine a forged document, a certificate of admission, the date of which had been altered at the Immigration Office on Apr. 12, a middle-aged Chinese, Hoe Teck Kee was produced before Mr. C. H. Koh in the Singapore Fourth Police
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    Planting Problems In Ceylon
    49 9 I LEAVE Ceylon very favourably impressed by the successful manner in which the planters are solving the different problems of tea and rubber cultivation." said Sir John Russell, director of the Rothamsted Experimental Station, and of the Imperial Bureau of Soil Science, in an interview.
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    Advances In Treatment Of Malaria
    233 9 Advances In Treatment Of Malaria 'From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 17. MALARIA control progress and the nature of future experiments were briefly touched upon by Dr. A. Neave Kingsbury, director of the Institute for Medical Research, in a speech after tlfc opening by the Federal Secretary, Mr. C.
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    K. L. Exhibition Of Malayan Timbers
    303 10 K. L. Exhibition Of Malayan Timbers MALAYAN COMMERCIAL timbers are displayed at a permanent exhibition at the Forest Department office in Kuala Lumpur. This is part of the propaganda work of the timber purchase section of the department, which sells all types of Malayan timbers. You can buy chengal. balau.
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    CONTINUED PARALYSIS OF LONDON MARKETS
    1066 10 Little Stock Coming Forward ONE OPTIMISTIC SURVEY (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Apr. 6. I ONDON stock and share markets, which have enjoyed nothing resembling normal activity since Germany's march into Austria a year ago, are today almost completely idle. Two immediate developments have precipitated
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      589 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 200 tons of Pig Lead. Date of Closing. 4 p.m.. May 9. 1939. Supply of 6" Water Meters for period Aug. 1. 1939 to Dec. 31.
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      310 10 STOMACH PAIN GOES INSTANTLY New Remedy That Removes The Cause Flatulence, heartburn, pain, distension, palpitations, and shortness of breath you know those distressing symptoms of indigestion only too well. Do you know their cause? They are caused by wind which in turn is caused by undigested and fermenting food. We
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      75 10 bank of c^. (Incorporated u, China O v Paid Up CpiUl Vl^GttQ.tolM R«*erve Funds in h MH»y. exc«s of .f ToUl AjseU th Sj Hki Approximately n Tse-Vun* Soong, Cha^li Rl2 «m* was raK? Midland B.i,k_?K«"^ NEW VOKK BAnJ'i Correspondents n al J:" 1 ascertained on application l *s! EXCELLENT
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      610 10 RADIO PROGRAMMES SINGAPORE TODAY ZHL 225 metres. ZHP 30.06 metres. p.m. 5.00 Batak songs. 5.15 Malay rumbas. t 5.30 Kronchongs.t 6.00 Teochew selections and dramas, (request programme). 7.00 Childrens* programme. (English). 7.15 Time, weather, news and announcements. 7.30 "Up River to Oxford." A talk read by Arthur Moreton. 7.45 Light
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      394 10 7.50 Clase down. 10.50 The operetta 11.30 Broadcast lor 11.50 Luncjioon va: p.m. 1.10 News and am 1.22 Luncheon variet 2.i0 News announcements 2.20 Close down. 4.50 Programme music. 7.'40 K£ lOUa and !U l anderS 8.00 Recorded musk 8.50 Ercadca.st fitWJ 10.50 Close down. J CALCUTTA VL'C io me
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      TomON AND NEW YORK STOCK & SHARES
      162 11 TomON AND NEW YORK STOCK SHARES Last Night's Quotations I from London 5.30 p. m. Yesterday I d uule»» Latest Quotation* Previously IW% 106 m '> 4 34^ rd 25 t 25 o<s. .'ct. 87s. IPs e I JOo .<••••••• 4 6s 3d. 755. 6d. 31 40s. ...>••*■. BIS. oG.
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      Daily Share Report
      21 11 CUJSI i<t BUSINESS KSTttDA, m UM cents. ->u*t and May -Well „e h the 1 ->»» muM od and
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION
      11 11 ■Jqww MM 7*4. per per lb.
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      Local Exchange Rates
      181 11 APR. 17, 1939: SELLING London T.T. I' 3 23 32 London demand 2 3 23 32 Lyons demand 2035 Switzerland demand 240 \i Hamburg demand 134 New York demand 54 1 16 Montreal demand 54 3 16 Batavla demand 101 Samarang demand 101 -a Calcutta, Bombay and
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      THE COMMODITY MARKETS
      173 11 I From London 5.30 p.m. Yesterday RUBBER: Steady. London: V*d. Bd. Previously: 7?*d 8d May- June: 7%d. Bd. Previously via 8d July-Sept.: Bd. 8' B d. Previously! 8d B°»d Oct.-Dec: 8 1,16d. 8 3 16d. Previously 8 1 16d 8 lfid New York: 15.66 cents. Previou.ly 15.72
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      THE METAL MARKETS
      58 11 I From London: Latest Quotations I UN: Firmer. Spot: £216 17s. 6d. Pioviously €216 10s. Three months: €214 12s. >d. Previously: £214 ss. KEfV YORK TIN: £41 15c Previously: £41 IT- I Yesterday: €7 Bs. 6' 2 d. Previously: €7 <Js 6d« Spot: 20d Previously: 20d. Three
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      Foreign Exchange Rates London Closing Quotations
      73 11 Foreign Exchange Rates London Closing Quotations Method ol Parity oeiore Latest Centre Quoting 20-9-31 Rate Previously Paris Franc to 124.11 176 3 4 176 3 4 New York... to 4 8655 4.68 116 4.68 116 Amsterdam Guilders to 12.10 8.81% 8.81 3 4 Hong Kong.. Per dollar Is. 2 3
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      400 11 Coconut each 04 Limes, small 30 to kati) Kati 10 Oranges. China do 16 Pineapples each 07 CURRY STUFFS Chillies, fresh Kati 18 Cloves vchingkeh) do 42 Coriander (ketumba) do 08 Garlic fbawang puteh; do 10 Nutmeg fbuah pala) do 16 Onions, Bombay do 05 Onions, Siam
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      SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES
      1318 11 From Exchange Telegraph Co. I Fraser And Co.'s List I OWING TO DISTURBED CONDITIONS IN EUROPE NUMBKR. OF THESE QUOTATIONS MUST BE REGARDED AS SOMi\ ai MONDAY, APR. 17, 1939: 5 P.M. MINING Buyers Seller* Ampat Tin f4t) 3s 3d 3s 6d Austral Amal. (ss)
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      Current Company Dividends
      148 11 List Supplied By Messrs. Fraser Co. MONDAY, APR. 17, 1939: 5 P.M. i otaj .or Company Dividend Books FinanciaJ TIN Close Date Ex. Div. year Kramat 3d Apr 19 Apr. 26 Apr 20 20'* Takuapa 6d. Apr. 24 Apr. 29 Apr. 25 2» 2 r /o Ulu
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      39 11 British Trade Improves London, Apr. 17. DKITISH overseas trade showed an encouraging improvement during March, when imports at £77,976,374 showed an increase of £12,460,862 compared with Ferruary. Exports totalled £41.634,577, an increase of £3,5*2,361 com. pared with February. Reuter.
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    BRITISH FIRMS MAINTAIN PROFITS
    798 12 Encouraging Figures From Company Reports STEEL TRADE EXPANSION London, Apr. 10. fOMPANY reports published during the first twelve weeks of this year show that the profits declared by 791 British companies during that period reached an aggregate of over £100,000,000. This figure, though somewhat lower than
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    All For The Love Of A Lady
    112 12 London. Apr. 6. TWO YOUTHS will face one an- other in the ring at an amateur boxing tournament at Maesteg. Glamorgan. But neither of them is a boxer. They are rivals for the hand of the same girl who have decided to settle
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    Students On Horseback
    294 12 Chengtu (Szechwan) Apr. 5. TWO HUNDRED students ol the Associated Universities in Chengtu are taking several hours off their classrooms each week lor extra-curriculum military training, which especially emphasises shooting from horseback. These able-bodied collegians spurned the idea that the pen is mightier than the sword when
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    Link With Bonnie Prince Charlie
    261 12 London, Apr. 5. A SECRET message is slowly appear- ing on the back of a royal proclamation, issued 193 years ago, offering £30,000 reward for the head of Bonnie Prince Charlie. The document is in the Elgin Museum. Scotland, and the curator. Mr. James Buie,
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    FELIX ROUSSEL
    38 12 The m.v. Felix Roussel, from Mar allies a P° r B*W. Djibouti and cS£nb£ *e£ pected tomorrow at about 2 p.m. and will sail the same day at about pm for Saigon only. Berth: S.H.B. Wharves
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    Schneider Cap Victories Biggest R.A.F. Triumph
    846 12 PROGRESS IN 21 YEARS YT7.arr.Tnr>™ Londttll, Apr. 2. bSTERDAY, at a time when the country had urgent and grim reason to reflect upon how much its security is bound up with air power, the Royal Air Force came of age. At the same moment,
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    N. Y. Police To Parade In Shirts
    72 12 A New York. SPECIALLY DESIGNED, nonwrinkling shirt is to be issued to New York police this summer. It is lor wear in warm weather instead of a tunic. Shoulder straps with police buttons give the shirt a military appearance. It has patch pockets
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    Fruitlover Breaks Into A Prison
    57 12 Cape Town. Adam Fortuin, of De Aar in the Cape Province of South Africa, has just broken into the local prison—to steal the gaoler's grapes. He was found plucking bunches from the vines in the prison courtyard and had a largo hanr nnHor hi* v»-
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    Ancient Chinese Hand-Carts Fy New Usefulness
    371 12 Ancient Chi nese Hand-Carts Fy New Usefulness ACTIVITY OVER BURMA road Chungking i n RETRIEVED ironi the u,. one of China's most p of transportation, th* outshines twentieth-,^;?; lined machines in oteftunel torn eastern province J »<r. China, where thousand o t t to a 700-!b. load -are puiiTn trewht
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    Malaria Risks In Ceylon
    83 12 rxcEPT in certain an observation, there If pi suggestion that Ki ria is anticipated K Rustoinjee. supcrim Anti-Malaria C.impainn He added: The tarn conditions now jr.-. ?cent of those that pr erent period oi the preceded the grew I 35.' Since such coiidi t u favourable
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      117 12 DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES HIRING RATES I INSTALLED (60 ft. OF WIRING) AND READY I FOR USE WITH FREE MAINTENANCE I TYPEOF MONTHLY I APPARATUS RATE of HIRE I Ceiling Fan with Regulator $1.00 I Extra Large Cooker with Kettle 2.50 I Large Cooker with Kettle? DeLuxe> 2.00 I Large Cooker
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    First Of Six Aircraft Carriers Launched
    500 13 TO CARRY 70 PLANES •xt i y London, Apr. 6. aircraft carrier of the 1936 programme, H.M.S. Illust«.JlT S f W v- f afdy A lau ched a the "aval construction floiks of Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd., at Barrow yesterday ine launching ceremony was carried out
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR
    159 13 me loiiowing ships are alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected to arrive: East Wharf, Entrance Gate 1; Exit 1;— Van Hcutsz 22. Main Wharf, Entrance Gate 2; Exit 3:— Cuacam 18; Aliporc 16; Theseus 14; KeYmtan 12; J. v. Oldenbaiievelt 9; Kertosono 6. Empire Dock. Entrance
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      142 13 MgAUSTER 60., LTD. (Incorporated in Strcitr Settlements.) GHESHA.M HOUSE. BATTERY RD., SINGAPORE. PHONE 5172. ELLERMAN BUCKNALL S.S. Co.. Ltd, (Incorporated in England.) HAVRE LONDON ROTTERDAM HAMBURG VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL Steamer l>u© Sails CITY OF LINCOLN Calls Glasgow Apr. 29 May Z CITY OF ATHENS May 20 June 2
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    Munitions Dumps In Tanganyika
    181 14 Mombasa. Apr. 5. AN ANNOUNCEMENT that ar ammunition dump of considerable size has been found in the 3ungi delta area of Tanganyika, not far from a well-known ginnery, has revived interest in the question of secret stores of arms and ammunition, in the mandated territory. The
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      581 14 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated In F.M.S.) TELEPHONE: Freight 5433— Passage 5431. CANADIAN PACIIIC Wt-*'&Vw£ ''•'5 •Hfi?^-Jfy?*!!l (iucorporated in Kngi^M* THE "EMPRESS" ROLTE 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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      179 14 For Everything Appertaining to Ocean Passages, Foreign Money Exchange and Freight apply WAGOJJS^LITS [WOP CO TRAVC^ SEBVICtJ 39, ROBINSON ROAD No Booking Fees. Telephone 5908. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO.. LTD. (APCAR LINE) FOR HONG KONG. SHANGHAI, MOJI KOBE AND OSAKA s. s. TALMA 10,000 TONS SAILING APR. 20, 3
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      662 14 AMERICAN PRESIDENT LiNEsTl^l TO EUROPE FROM SINGAPORE AND PENANG TO COLOMBO, BOMBAY su? ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES. GENOA. MARSEILLES AND Nt\y yqr R1 Arrives Leaves Leavp» S'pore. S'pore Pf n l PRESroENT ADAMS Apr. 22 Apr. 25 aT*-» e v n I PRESIDENT VAN BUREH May 6 May 9 J?' 7 PRESIDENT
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      571 14 Air Mail Arrivals And Despatches INWARD Imperial: From Europe due Wednesday, Friday, Saturday mornings. Wearnes: From Penang, Ipoh, and Kuala Lumpur. Arrives every evening. K.L.M.: From Netherlands Indies: Arrives Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday afternoons. Qantas: From Australia: Arrives Tuesday, Friday Sunday mornings. K.L.M.: From Europe: Arrives Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday evenings. K.N.1.L.M.:
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      235 14 Mails from Netherlands Indies by air (KLM) are expected in Singapore today. Mails from. Europe etc. (Amsterdam) by air (KLM) are expected in Singapore today. Mails from Australia, Netherlands Indies etc. by air (Qantas are expected in Singapore today. Mails from Europe &c. (London) by air (Imperial) are expected in
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    Today's Contract Bridge Problems
    131 15 Today's Contract Bridge Problems David Br ice *waM i and is j teems I d was not hand nra, I have no tin* lound pened his The realling in co De- rhimm\ d i' d layed South dummj a led HI ether k I to rum tag club, finessed sue-
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    Island Golf Club
    19 15 of the WJ in a wm Ho with a rtng are 343 4 H lay, n^
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    Request For Olympic Cross-Country Race
    62 15 CCOTLAND will organise next year's international crosscountry championship, probably the ueek after Faster. At their meeting in Cardiff recently the International Union decided to apply to the International Athletic Federation for inclusion of a cross-country race in the Olympic programme. Of the seven countries represented
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    Minesweepers Win With Late Goal
    323 15 I A LATE goal by the Minesweepers I rk gave them a close victory by three I goals to two over the J. C. S. A in a j second division ib> soccer game on the J. C S. A. ground yesterday. The Mineswec pers
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    Law Notice For The Day
    92 15 Law Notice For The Day Before the Chief Justice in Ist. Court at 11 a.m. S. 442 37. S. 268 38 Shaik Awath bin Abdul Rahman Baswaydan vs. Shaik Awath bin Makforth Ba-Obeid »S| Chambers No. *****). Before Mr. Justice Pedlow in 3rd. Court at 11 a.m. S 25! 37—
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    GOLFERS MUST TAKE GOLF SERIOUSLY
    493 15 Dismal Prospects For Ryder Cup P.B. LUCAS'S COMMENTS J^AVING watched the first 1% golf tournament of the season at Bournemouth, I am now going to say some candid things about the younger British golf prof essionals, says P. B. Lucas. This is to be a
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    High Standard Of Women's Snooker
    181 15 High Standard Of Women's Snooker LONDON— BRIGHTON GAME EXPERTS were staggered at the Soho Square Hall of Burroughefl and Watts when they witnessed the recent women's inter-town snooker match. London vs. Brighton. They had not expected to witness such a hi ah level of play. The 22-ball game standard among
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    K. L. Printers Lose 5-0 To Police Depot
    264 15 K. L. Printers Lose 5-0 To Police Depot (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 17. yHE Government Printers, who were beaten by seven goals to one last week by the Selangor Club, today suffered a five-nil defeat at the hands of the Police Depot in a first division soccer
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    S.C.R.C. Tennis Ties
    162 15 S.C.R.C. Tennis Ties C C.R.C. tennis ties are as follows: TODAY "A" Singles Handicap: Court A. Tan Huek Toe -18» ff G. H. Kam 6>; Court 3. Tan Chin Tuan <scr. vs Poh Chee Juay <scr.). B Singles Handicap: Court C. Freddie Tan (—l5) vs. T. G. Seet (—6); Court
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    Records Of Newly Arrived Horses
    971 15 PLLOWING are the past perform- 1 ances in England or Australia of the horses who will make their initial appearance on the Malayan turf during the Singapore Turf Club's summer Gold Cup) meeting. TOVARICH <late Epicae) gr.e.c. by Epinard-Czarina 4yrs. Ran eight times as two-year
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    Billiard Notes By J. V. Rainbow
    158 15 Billiard Notes By J. V. Rainbow than a slight knowledge of the teehniral and de'ensive sides of the game The Brighton team invited London to a return match at Hove, the invitation was accepted with alacrity and a date was s^n fixed. The hope was expressed at the finish of
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    Keppel Golf Club
    131 15 ■TWENTY-FIVE cards were taken ou lor the Ktppel Golf Clubs Apri medal. The following were the b»w scores returned: TELEGRAPH (IP The following qualified for the Telegraph Cup The draw for the first round, to be played oil on or befor i May 7, resulted as under:
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    R.A.F. XI Beat Navy
    68 15 A FAST and exciting second division <b> match was played at Seletar yesterday when the RAF. (T.8.) area defeated the Royal Navy < Malaya) by two goals to one. CauKhey scored for the Airmen and Crouther equalised for the Navy shortly fcfterw&rds. Five minutes before the
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    Keen Races In Cycling Championship Finals
    441 16 LAST NIGHT'S EVENTS AT HAPPY WORLD THERE were no spills in the finals of the cycling* championships held at the Happy World last ni^ht. AH the events were run in an efficient manner, and the spectators were treated to some good, keen cycling. Miss
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    S.R.C. Tennis Ties
    133 16 Singapore Recreation Club lawn tennis tournament ties for today are: Championship Doubles Semi-final: P. D'Aimeida and E. Le Mercier vs. H. N Balhatchet and M. A. Cordeiro. Singles Handicap "A": C. A. Norris 3> vs. R. S. Barth (scr>; H. E. Hughes (scr.) vs. J. Scully (scr.
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    Y.M.C.A. Tennis
    20 16 Men's handicap doubles fixtures In the Y.M.C.A. open invitation tennis tournament fixed for yesterday are postponed to tomorrow.
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    GORDONS SCORE ANOTHER VICTORy
    427 16 Two Snap Goals Against The Police POLICE FORWARDS POOR DLAYING at the Stadium yesterday in the first division of the league, the Gordon Highlanders beat the Police by 2-nil. The Police had more of the play, but bad finishing lost them many chances. The forwards were
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    Louis Favoured In Title Fight
    57 16 Los Angeles, Apr. 16. Joe Louis is 12-to-l on favourite to beat Jack Roper, of California, in tomorrow's world heavyweight championship fight. Experts expect Louis to win on a knockout in the first two or three rounds. Roper is 36 years old and is said
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    Joseph Travers Go Down 9-0
    177 16 WILLIAM JACKS yesterday defeated Joseph Travers by nine goals to nil in their Business Houses League nxture on the S.H.B. ground. The winners were decidedly the superior team and dominated play throughout. With accurate shooting their team might have piled up a much bigger score.
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    Malays Head Of First Division Tables
    438 16 GORDONS &r. Af ARE NEXT JHE Malays, the r. a f 1 Gordons have each W,.m in the first «h*o*M*fl lead because of their average. In second division h D (Torpedo) have movrd tn having scored a well-desL.' over the Royal Navy y4*rd a
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    Amateur Boxing Club Formed
    174 16 A SINGAPORE Amateur Boxing Club was founded last night at the Happy World at a meeting held by the S.A.B.A. The meeting was poorly attended. Mr. W. Mitchell, secretary of the S.A.B.A. presided. It was stated that a boxing club was formed at a meeting about
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