The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 21 April 1939

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 15,758 ESTD 1835. FRIDAY, APRIL tt, 193!). 3 CENTS
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    POWERS SCRAMBLE FOR ALLIES
    1018 1 POWERS SCRAMBLE FOR ALLIES Rival Line-ups Bait Smaller States ROLE -OF^MOSCOW p^TENSE diplomatic activity in every capital of Europe was the maun feature yesterday in the Powers' scramble tor allies. There never was a busier international lull than the present one," is how The Times describes the position. Bt Stalin,
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    EMPIRE ALONGSIDE ENGLAND
    36 1 EMPIRE ALONGSIDE ENGLAND I ndon, V« :o. i Nlr Chamto give i 01 the free country i ar its the thirstiChur- tional by the Empire hment which Ir. Cl to il >- in it. P Domilother Reuter
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    New Ministry Of Supply
    41 1 New Ministry Of Supply Ipr. tM. in th? Governuld be lntab- Dr. L. as to tl lull ™M uth probhich now were 1 dethe armyj ne* Ministry also n Ibilta tor aintenance oi I and other d in connection programmes.— Reuter
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    17 1 N Apr. u\ aed States i i{ th. Pacific in com n lh order issued on Reuter
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    Congratulated By King George
    23 1 London, Apr. 20. j^/A'G George today sent a telegram of birthday congratulations from Windsor Castle to Herr Hitler Reuter
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    MUSSOLINI RIDICULES ROOSEVELT
    256 1 Axis Powers Not Seeking War Rome, Apr. 20. CIGNOR MUSSOLINI ridiculed President Roosevelt's peace message when addressing the executive committee of the 1942 Rome Universal Exhibition today. He said the fact they were getting on With the exhibition should be considered a promising simi that they did
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    Bonnet Backs U.S. Appeal
    107 1 Paris, Apr. 20. "11/ITHOUT pretending to settle at one stroke international disputes the causes of which are so complex, and whose expression is mo confused. President Roosevelt has made nonviolence an immediate rallying point of all men of goodwill," declared M. Bonnet, the Foreign Minister, addressing
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    Adolf Hitler "Greatest German Of All Time"
    377 1 POMP MARKS BIRTHDAY Berlin, Apr. 20. <-QUR Fuehrer, Adolf Hitler, is the greatest German of all time," declared Field-Marshal Hermann Goering in an article in the Voelkischer Beohaehter todav on Herr Hitler's 50th birthday. "To serve him and to help him to realise
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    Singapore Husband Deserts Wife
    48 1 (From Our Own Correspondent* London, Apr. 20. Mr. Justice Hodson today granted a decree nisi, with costs, to Mrs. Rene Taylor, of Orchard Road, Singapore. on the grounds of desertion by her husband. Stanley Edward Taylor. The suit was undefended. Free Press Special Cable
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    Singapore Party For The Fuehrer
    45 1 SINGAPORE'S German comO munity celebrated the Fuehrer's birthday quietly at a "coffee and cakes" gathering at the Deutsches Hans late yesterday afternoon. A eulogy of Herr Hitler was delivered by Herr A. V. Lorenz-Meyer, a leading member of the community.
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    Army Cuts Overseas Term
    108 1 Lundon, Apr. 20. ARMY reforms introduced today In- elude the reducing oi the period of foreign service from six to four years and an announcement that reservists may rejoin the colours. Any soldier in the last year of active Iservtoe-xuay now engage for 21 years, which
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    Ties Between London & Lisbon
    100 1 Ties Between London Lisbon Lundon, Apr. 20. Tlie Portuguese Ambassador, Doctor Monteiro, at a dinner in his honour in London last night said that next year Portugal would complete eight centuries as an independent nation. She was one of the oldest in Europe. During the course of her long labours,
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    24 1 Muien.s, Apr. 20. Five were killed and 20 injured today in an accident to a fast railcar on the Amiens-Lille Line, near Naours.— Reuter
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      51 1 FABRICS ''°7^N«NG FROCK* t tVABtE TAF^tA AND I* B***'8 CEPE- METAL tf0 tt* c«= p I TONIGHT 7 ■>-■- DANCE (inlormal) 9.45 to midnight y. ATTRACTION hE 3 MANHATTANS vs PARODY ACROBATIC DANCERS u Non-diners $1.00 1 l)j r ,U lIKj *TRA TOMORROW: SPECIAL RACE DINNER 0*» Dan ii DANCE
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      72 1 JUST RECEIVED NEWEST STYLES IN CHINESE HAND MADE LINGERIE AT ten, >tw)r j j f*^, 1 3C». SEA VIEW HOTEL TONIGHT SPECIAL DINNER DANCE ADELPHI SEA VIEW HOTELS OK( IIESTRA SATURDAY SPECIAL RACE DINNER DANCE ADELPHI SEA VIEW HOTELS ORCHESTRA DIRECTED BY A. BERSHADSKY DINNER $3— NO ADMISSION CHARGE. DANCE
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    CHINESE CLAIM STILL MORE SUCCESSES
    212 2 CHINESE CLAIM STILL MORE SUCCESSES Japanese Evacuation Of Canton Predicted NEW SOVIET PACT Shanghai, Apr. 20. HARDLY a day passes now without further claims of Chinese successes on various fronts. Among the latest assortment is one alleging that the Chinese vanguards have reached a point only five miles from Canton,
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    Hirohito To See U.S. Naval Men
    63 2 Tokio. Apr. 20. IT has been officially an- ncunced that the Emperor of Japan will receive in audience Captain Richmond Turnei and Commander Paul The. i Of the U.S.S. Astoria on Monday. Twenty-five officers of the Astoria was invited by the Emperor to a
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    18-Inch Tokio Gun Myths
    82 2 London, Apr. 19. The Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty, Mr. Geoffrey Shakespeare, was a.ked in the House of Commons last night if he would give particulars of reports received by the Admiralty that the Japanese Government was contemplating building war-hips arm- d with It-Inch guns and
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    Bright Chinese Stage Entertainment
    63 2 Appearing iur the first time in I ngapore, the Ching Ljo Troupe, of Shanghai, a Chinese company which in«ludes 28 artists, gave an excellent cnU rtainment of vaudeville and magic to packed houses at the Theatre Royal la^t night. Western stage dances by Chinese girls are
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    British Ambassador Now In Chungking
    31 2 Chungking, Apr. 20. The British Ambassador to China. Sir Archibald Clark-Kerr, arrived by air from Kunming today on the completion of his journey from Shanghai. Reuter
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    Invaders Tell Another Story
    313 2 MANY VICTORIES Tokio, Apr. 20. NOTWITHSTANDING Chinese pro- paganda to the contrary, the Chinese offensive is not succeeding. According to a field report from Canton, Japanese troops who succeeded In encircling Chinese troops at Paitanhsu. about 15 miles north of Tsengcheng, in Kwangtung Province had killed
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    JAPAN AND THE SPRATLY ISLANDS
    196 2 JAPAN AND THE SPRA TL Y ISLANDS Use For Military Purposes Denied Tokio, Apr. 20. ■THE Japanese Navy and the Press have denied foreign reports that Japan will use the Spratly Islands for military purpose. M The Japanese Navy has no intention of extending its defence lines to the Shlnnan
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    Guerillas In Clash Outside Shanghai
    83 2 Shanghai. Apr. 20. AN engagement, between a force oi about 200 Chinese guerillas and a small body of Japanese troops occurred last night in the vicinity of Hungjao Aerodrome, on the western outskirts of Shanghai. Both sides used rifles and machineguns The clash, which lasted
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    Troops Held Up At Gibraltar
    54 2 London, Apr. Si. The troopship Somersetshire, with the lst Battalions of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and Welsh Regiment aboard, is being held up at Gibraltar pending the arrival there of the Guards, who are leaving lor a period of duty at Gibraltar on or
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    TIN PRICE FIRM WITH U.S. BUYING
    123 2 Comment On War Reserve Scheme (From Our On\ Correspondent) London, Apr. 20. AMERICAN purchasing today was a continued source of strength to tin prices. Inquiries by the Free Press revea 7 that any public move by the United States Government will be sympathetically considered
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    Burma Riot Committee Slates Monks
    291 2 London, Apr. 20. INCREASING political mischief-mak- ing by the younger Buddhist priests is exposed in the final report of the Burma Riot Inquiry Committee as a conspicuous cause of the •^'disturbed political condition of Burma after two years of self-govern-ment." "The committee strongly emphasises the
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    U.S. Defence Bill Through The Senate
    40 2 Washington, Apr. 20. The Senate approved the National Defence Bill authorising expenditure of $668,000,000 on naval and air bases. The Bill now goes back to the Hou.se Of Representatives for action on amendments. Reuter
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    Sir John Anderson And A.R.P. Shelters
    220 2 London, Apr. 2U. CIR John Anderson, announcing in the Commons tonight the Govern- j ment's A.R.P. shelter policy declared deep or bomb proof shelters for the j whole civil population were impracticable. No grounds had been shown for departing from the policy of blast
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    Bitter Strife In Australian Parliament
    178 2 Bitter Strife In Australian Parliament PAGE ASSAIL NEW PREMIEU i m!»,'. i- t FOLLOWING G. Menziea Australia par of the Country P acung Prime M of Mr. J. A. L>on.s the Governor-Oc commissioned Mr Menzies to Government. Mr. Menzies expecta to com, Caoinet in time h>r the to be sworn
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    Price Of Raw Sugar Soars
    70 2 -THE recent itn was carried fui May position touch hundredweight, whicl price recorded 11-informed rii that sugar's stn n h centiated in n< I enco rinj mand follov. large sales to C presumably for th in? emergency At the same I that there is uii
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    Rhodesia Calls Up Special Police
    46 2 The Northern u Constabulary. whi< h the Septemb. r < points in the coj been called up again The Northern Rl rate from the special composed of nath officers, and non-con A military force. I desia Regiment, con rank and fn Reu-ter
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    STOP PRESS
    55 2 Ankara \itcr kci ii tomp»t:li"" {f0 tish and Dutch firms uroup today obtained t from the Turkish Govern k^ the construction ol a" k Turkish naval ba-e at Gu«' r the Gulf of Ismid imf» JJpcndilure of nearly v. M h ,*> The Dutch eoawers frrTp* mitted a
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    SUIT OVER WILL OF WELL-KNOWN COLONY CHINESE
    437 3 Trustees' Application w m m*^^\ o Court $2 MILLION ESTATE ot wellknowa Singapore Chinese, the late 5 h Uang Seah, whose father, the late Mr. Seah gg one of thr earliest settlers in the colony, "subject of I suit l>efore Mr. Justice Pedlow
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    R.A.O.C. Officer Weds At Cathedral
    286 3 THE wedding took place at St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday of Miss Margaret Wark Divine, daughter* of the late Dr. and Mrs. T. Divine of Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, and Capt. Charles Harold McVittie, of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps. The Rev. K. Puntan, chaplain to the
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    SOLDIER CAUGHT BY TRAFFIC TRAP
    69 3 DLEADING guilty to driving a motor lorry at a speed over the 30-mile limit, along Serangoon Road on Feb. 13. J. Vaughan. of the Manchester Regiment, was fined $10 by Mr. C. H. Whitton in the Singapore Traffic and District Court yesterday. The prosecution alleged
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    52 3 Members oi the Kuala Lumpur Tamil Epworth League will hold a social on Saturday at 6 p.m. in the Abraham Memorial Hall. 17. Malacca Street, when they will bid farewell to Miss Norma Cia\an. and Mr. R. S. Ariaratnam. who was the hon. treasurer of this chapter for a couple
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    35 3 Satisfactory progress is being made by Mr. J. Gallinagh. a European, who is in the General Hospital with injuries received yhen he fell from the verandah of the Ponggol Sailing Club, early on Wednesday morning.
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  • News In Brief
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      92 3 "-THE best news that the Malayan tin industry has received for many j months" summarised Singapore marj ket comment yesterday on the proposals that the United States Government should purchase for cash a reserve stock of tin, which the London correspondent of the Free Press j places at 25.000 tons,
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      55 3 ANDED at the quarantine station at St, John's Island from the British vessel Thistleglen, ten days ago, the third officer of the vessel, Harry Robertson, aged 23. single, of Sunderland. Durham, died from smallpox this morning. He is believed to have contracted the disease at Saigon, the ship's last port
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      57 3 umHE Malay language has no future in Malaya. It will gradually be replaced by English." declared Dr. C. A. Mees. a Hollander, who, with his young wife, is travelling by motor caravan Irom Holland to Java. Born in Java. Dr. Mees is a doctor of philology and has been teaching
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      49 3 EXERCISES in the vicinity of Singapore will be carried out by the cruiser Cornwall before she arrives at Singapore and during her stay here, on her way to re-join the China Station. The vessel is expected to arrive at Singapore today and will probably go to the Naval Base.
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      37 3 AN INDIAN coffee hawker saved a Chinese woman who fell into the sea near the Cenotaph. He jumped in and pulled out the woman, who could not swim. She was not hurt, but was taken to hospital.
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      29 3 THE PORTUGUESE 9G6-ton escorl vessel Goncalves Zarco, on its way from Macao to Portugal, is expected to arrive at Singapore on Monday. The vessel has a complement of 128.
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    Funds Wanted For New School
    73 3 THE CONTRACT for the main building of the new St. Andrew's School, Singapore, has now been signed, it is stated in the Cathedral Courier. Owing to lack of funds, it has been decided to postpone the building of the tower, chapel and second assistant master's
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    Sudden Death After Playing Golf
    218 3 Sudden Death After Playing Golf MR. V. P. F. WALSH 117ITHIN a few hours of playing golf at Bukit Timah on Wednesday, Mr. Victor Philips Francis Walsh, 45-year-old manager of the Singapore transshipment department of the Asiatic Petroleum Co. (S.S.), Ltd., was taken ill. He died in the General Hospital
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    Lottery Raises Money For Fighting Malaria
    350 3 RESEARCH UNIT'S VISIT TO MALAYA (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 20. A STATE lottery is providing Rhodesia with money to send a medical research unit to Malaya to study antimalarial control methods. The unit, which consists of Dr. G. R Ross, head
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    Advertisers' Guide To Malaya
    126 3 THE H. T. Tan Publicity Bureau, Ltd., Singapore, has issued an Advertisers' Guide to Malaya, in the form of an attractively-produced brochure. The booklet aims at presenting a collection of facts economic, social and statistical to make known to the world the potentialities of Malaya as
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    NEW BOOKS AT RAFFLES
    242 3 THE following newly-added books will be ready for issue at Raffles Library on Saturday. Wanderings among Words, Henry Bett; The Poems of Gaius Valerius Catullus; How to Use Your Miniature Camera, Illustrated, Ivan Dmitri; A Journey round My Skull, Frigyes Karinthy; The World of Atoms. Illustrated,
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    Took Debts Of His Brother
    98 3 THE Singapore High Court suit In which Pana Ibramsah, merchant, la claiming $5,000 from a business acquaintance whom he has known for 30 years, Soona Shaik Dawood, Market Street money changer, occupied another day before Mr. Justice Manning yesterday, and is proceeding. Ibramsah claimed the
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    480 Candidates For Examinations
    73 3 I OCAL examinations of the London Chamber of Commerce and the City and Guilds are about to begin in Singapore. There are 360 candidates for the Chamber of Commerce examinations, embracing commercial subjects, and which begin on Monday The City and Guilds examinations are in trade
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    Singapore Charity Cabaret In August
    40 4 Below are four of the helpers at a charity cabaret to be held at Raffles Hotel. The cabaret will probably be in August. MISS MOIRA MIRNANE MISS CONCHA FEIN MISS SHEILA MLRNANE MISS ROSANNE AURELY
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    Swimming Pool For Princesses
    160 4 fHE swimming pool which King George is having built at Buckingham Palace for his two daughters, the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, is going to be a much more elaborate affair than was first planned. It will be the last word in modern pools with steam vapour
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    A QUEEN'S SPECTACLES
    183 4 JIM EMBERS of tlie royal family always manage to find some delightful trifles in their respective collections of objects d'art to send to the yearly exhibition of the Royal Amateur Art Society The first thing that caught the visitor's eye in the loan section was the last
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    ONE CREAM HAS THREE USES
    115 4 IT is always a pleasant experience to find some toilet accessory which serves a double—or a treble purpose. So it is good to know of a cream which not only serves as a foundation for powder, but also protects and nourishes the delicate skin tissues.
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    Woman Who Is Eating All Day
    358 4 11/IRS. DOROTHY BARBER, a young woman of Kansas City, is slowly eating herself to death. She ate and ate and ate while physicians at hospital, frankly puzzled, made numerous tests in an effort to arrive at a true diagnosis. They said she would die
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    Mothers Who Are Not Demonstrative
    426 4  -  Victoria Chappelle A HOMELY INCIDENT By MY FAVOURITE cousin is a charming person and an excellent mother, but she is almost painfully undemonstrative. As a result, her nine-years-old daughter was a self-contained, prim little person, whose reticence was queerly unchild-like and seemed extraordinary beside the
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    ANNUAL OVERHAUL
    270 4 ■DOOMS are less crowded nowadays, household devices simpler and quicker, and "cleaning" is not the business it used to be Even so, it is a wise plan to fix a time when the contents of every drawer and cupboard are sorted out. The sorting brines a grand opportunity
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    TOKIO BATH ATTENDANTS STUDY BEAUTY OF THE NUDE
    386 4 If ALE ATTENDANTS still scrub V the backs of persons of both sexes in the public baths of Japan and an enterprising contributor to Hanashi, Tokio's gossip monthly, has discovered that geisha demand more exacting service than other customers. Geisha are the
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    Hollywood Actress' Copies Of Shirt
    617 4  -  SHEILAH GRAHAM BY BARBARA STANWYCK was so enamoured of a shirt worn by Joel McCrea in Paramount's "Union Pacific," she had it copied for her wardrobe. In light blue gabardine, the shirt, with its side-closing and careless necktie treatment, makes an ideal blouse for spectatoi
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    A ROYAL POSE
    152 5 K,N v uzior* uonian to take a photograph when thev visited Haekiie* il >d' :i h "-w london County Council Kingsmede housing estate of 1« storey blocks of Hats last ueck Hall." lS Sl:i 2?™"* A FOUR-SQUARE GOSPEL DEMONSTRATION at About 75 candidates were completely Immersed by
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    Speed-Up In Palestine Solution Attempts
    212 6 London, Apr. 13. FT ifl reported from Cairo that the British Government la seeking to hasten a solution of the Palestine problem in view of the international situation. A new round-table conference, it is, believed, will be held shortly to at- I tempt to reach
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    27 6 Miss Maureen Blair has left for home. The school for European children which she started in Kuala Lumpur has been taken over by Miss L. E. Travers-Drapes.
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    War Resem Of Cotton For Britain!
    230 6 War Resem Of Cotton For Britain! LANCASHIRE II BARTER SCHE& Manchester. Apr BECAUSE oi a widely-held v: Britain should sccumul reserve" of raw cotton, UjJ cotton men arc keen! the United States ptan to (jx tiations with Britain, H Belgium with the obJ( raw cotton and wheat for fl** tin.
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    NAVAL DEFENCE PROBLEMS OF AUSTRALIA
    806 6 NAVAL DEFENCE PROBLEMS OF AUSTRALIA Commonwealth's Need Of Capital Ship PROVISION OF DOCKING FACILITIES URGENT A PROBLEM of close concern to Sfagapore-4fc defence of Australia— was discussed recenfii L H Sydney Morning Herald. In view of the p., conference now in progress, this matin j! interest. ,;I In normal times,
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    Hitler Gives Up Flying
    118 6 Berlin, Apr. 14. 1 1TLER it is reported here, has forbidden his Ministers and experts to use aeroplanes, except in an emergency, unless flying conditions are "perfect." This ban has been effective for some months, and the Fuehrer has himself kept it. He has not flown
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    EFFECTS OF ROOSEVELT SPEECH
    256 7 EFFECTS OF ROOSEVELT SPEECH j Market Reports j ■ANCE again the new world has been v called in to redress the balance of the old, state Messrs. Stanton Nelson and Co., Singapore, in their weekly rabbet market review, issued yesterday. By crystallising in his message what the vast majority of
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    LOCAL RUBBER SUPPLIES LOW
    157 7 m THE general sentiment has shown little or no improvement and buying is mainly restricted to consumers' nearby requirements, state Messrs. Lewis and Peat I Singapore) in their weekly rubber report, published yesterday. Locally rubber is very slow in coming on to the market this quarter,
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      227 7 000 0^ K.sr »K rCBM SEEN IN SINGAPORE FOR MANY A fZa fH |H s,i Rl FO\ PRODUCTION -ALWAYS GOODBYE" EJIS M( ,mMH> AT TIIE ALHAMBRA. IT TELLS A v.W ,l,V .;> «>l RFA! IU'MAN INTEREST ANO IN ALL M Tl s f ISFIKM CLASS ;.Mi:».TAINMENT-MALAYA TRIBUNE. ALHAMBRA 6»* 5
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      103 7 PLANS NOW FILLING! Gala Premiere CAPITOL WEDS. APRIL 26th As presented before Their Majesties THE KING and QUEEN at Sandringham. f I From Columbia I S* J Pictures the 7**^ COfPta'S L J I -fl X Tf J r J I K^iill YFfR'3 Hi 1 TH 5 *§Hr I >^H
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    The Singapore Free Press and Daily News FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1939. Russia And Pacific Defence
    538 8 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1939. Russia And Pacific Defence I ORD STRABOLGI raised an important point during the House of Lords debate of foreign affairs when he asked the Foreign Secretary whether the present Anglo-Soviet conversations covered the situation in the Pacific as well as in Europe.
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    6 8 "UTTER LOUTS'" ANP SCRAPS OF PAPB
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    A Spanish Prisoner's Civil War Story
    1394 8  -  JOSEPH ESCUDER BY [J IS experiences as a prisoner of the Spanish Loyalist goum ment and as an inmate of an illegal Communist prison Q r t described lure by a Spanish-born, American-trained neu, paper man who has just returned from Spain. After 16
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    EUROPEAN CHARGED WITH CAUSING DEATH OF AMAH
    187 9 EUROPEAN CHARGED WITH CAUSING DE ATH OF AMAH Sequel To Car Crash In Woodlands Road saYS HE TRIED TO AVOID HEAD-ON COLLISION prROPEAN »>' ion Frederick James Fuller, ttached to the Johorf Government, yesterday appear' ■V Singapore Traffic District Court, before Mr. C. a UTiitton on charges of causing the
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    Mr. C. R. Cherry As Chamber's Councillor
    186 9 Mr. C. R. Cherry As Chamber's Councillor WILL BE THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MR C. R CHERRY, Eastern head of 1 Boustead and Co, Ltd.. and chairman of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce, was yesterday elected the Chamber's representative in the Legislative Council, in place of Sir John Bagnall. who has
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    16 9 T Kandiah of the Labour Office, Klang. will be proceeding on long leave to Ceylon shortly.
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    CONSTABLE'S APPEAL IN 5 CENT BRIBE CASE
    303 9 HTHE appeal oi an Indian police constable with 14 years' service. against the decision of a magistrate in the lower courts, was argued at length belore the Chief Justice S. S. Sir Percy McElwaine, in the Singapore High Court, yesterday The appellant. Sakandar
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    Police Raid Stall In New World
    573 9 Police Raid Stall In New World CHINESE CONVICTED ON GAMING CHARGES TONVICTED on charges relating to gaming at a stall in the New World amusement park, two Chinese, Tan Ah Lak. a 14-year-old Teochew and Tan Kwang Keng, a 36-year-old Teochew, were fired $25 and $50 respectively by Mr. K.
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    British Minister Returning To Siam
    65 9 (From Our Own Corropondent) Bangkok, Apr. 20. TPHE British Legation announced t.»day that Sir Josiah Crosby, the British Minister in Siam, who left for leave in Europe on Apr. 12, will return to Bangkok in the near future instead of proceeding on leave as he
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    Woman Smokes In Court
    88 9 "WHO is that smoking In Court." asked Mr. K. A. Blacker, Singapore Third Police Magistrate, yesterday, when he came on the Bench to begin the morning's proceedings. Thin whlsps of smoke rising from the body of the courtroom had attracted his attention. Mr. Blacker's suspicions were
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    S.C.R.C. GIFT TO RELIEF FUND
    38 9 The China Relief Fund Committee of Singapore has received from the Straits Chinese Recreation Club the sum of $649.50. the proceeds of a tennis exhibition held on Mar. 31, organised by the S.C.R.C.
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    "KEEP FIT" CLASS
    41 9 Requests for an evening "keep fit" class have encouraged the Y.W.C.A to arrange for such a class on Mondays and Thursdays from 5.15. p.m. to 6.15 p.m. The classes will be open to all interested women or girls.
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      22 9 H Y0 CONVENIENCE ErORE r AFTER THE SHOW j OIKF. AT ill *«E CAPITOL i REs UURAHT Oysters and STRAWBERRIES 0B TAiNABLE
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      246 9 tPOWRPAKT' ELECTRIC FAN MODERN ECONOMICAL This fan <;-.»- not produce a teiritic blast at short range in •> the two 8 inch Airplane type blades move a large \olume of air (»'»00 cubic feet per minute). Bearings are oiless. No Brushes to adjust. No Radio Interference. Very quiet in operation.
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    HYDRAULIC ENGINEERS BUSY IN CHINA
    811 10 Irrigation Work Being Hurried Along RIVERS BEING CLEARED Chungking, Apr. 12. OYDRAULIC engineering works aiming at the improvement of existing irrigation and navigation systems, and the building or finding of new ones, are functioning at full wartime pressure in China's north western and southwestern provinces.
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    Vatican City And A. R. P.
    253 10 Rome Apr. 12. EXPERIMENTS IN A.R.P. on a more 1-1 extensive scale than hitherto organised are announced as being imminent in Rome, and it is being asked how far these will affect the Vatican City. The Vatican authorities have already considered the provision of
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    Cleaning Up Madrid
    42 10 Midni Madrid has started "sprin in earnest. Tne Mayor Alcocer. ordered the dean habitable houses in the capil were occupied by people other their owners. "I wiU make Madrid OM cleanest cities in Eur pt." b British United Press
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    MARKET PRICE LIST
    384 10 Singapore, Apr. 14. MEAT Beef steak Kati 36 Beef stew or curry do 30 Fillet Steak lb 55 Mutton. Australian do 35 Pork, lean Kati 44 Pork, lean and fat < Ist quality) do 36 POULTRY Capons (locally reared) Kati 55 Ducks each 40 Fowls Kati 30
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      336 10 CLASSIFIED AD' DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES DEATH. WALSH— In Singapore, suddenly on Apr. 20. 1939. V. P. F. Walsh. Funeral at 5.30 p.m. today from Bidadari Roman Catholic Chapel. r TEN OERS. mMMmMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMmmmmmm^MMMMMMMmm^MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM. SINGAPORE i MUNICIPALITY. Tenders. Ti nders ar? now invited for the following materials or services. For j particulars see
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      265 10 VERTISEiMENTS BOARD RESIDENCE. SEA FRONT KATONG GRANGE— 77. Meyer Rd (near Swimming Clob; Board -Residence at moderate rates Large Gardens Tennis. Phone: 575X. THE MANSION OXLEY RISE PRIVATE HOTEL Tel. *****. EAST ANGLIA S. OXLEY RISE SINGAPORE. 3 mins to town tUgb teveL garages, daily or monthly rates, large grounds,
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      155 10 BANK OF cin£ (Incorporated m Chira i 1 »2. Cecu si J, Telephone,: M,na^' J !lUt«r t -n, Cable Paid Lp Capital V Nf J Reserve Funds in M|L excess of Total Assets (h approximate!? f Tse-Vun 8 Soon r* 6un« Han-Chan* < 5> Tsuyee PM. A London. g?f^ B«ft
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      652 10 Radio Programmes CINPADftDE 9.30 Dance music. Relayed from the New 11.35 Greenwich time signal. 8.40 Events of the moment by J OlllVJ/VrV/IVlw World Cabaret. 11.35 Dudley Beaven at 8.8.C. Theatre 8.50 Comic operas by Charles 10.00 Close down. Organ, with "The Cavendish Three."* 10.10 Rates of exrhanKr Frencn »GramoDhone records.
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    LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCK & SHARES
    245 11 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCK SHARES r as t Night's Quotations from London 5.30 p. m. Yesterday I York prices quoted ln US. currency. The above are dealers middle prices jobbers margins, brokerage »i*d Um D dut> are not included. n anlesa no 1944-64.... 1960-90 O ;Xi 1 Bank »S126)...«
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    Daily Share Report
    51 11 BStED II iSEB CO. AT l,u I LOSI OY BUSINESS HSTERDAY m U M1,.... oun 1,1(1 lh <* Sri Kubbcr 4 t 4 1 spot M!4 cents, '•»3 Bex-ember 7J> t entg rtead, but quiet ««i littk .utua. busi- today the tone "^rkei v,,v dkrtinetty „<l,,irV '<*
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION
    19 11 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION Mr "'< '"(K NOOK -7 9.16 27 27% 27% »eH 7 Isi6d. WTi per lb.
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    Local Exchange Rates
    175 11 Local Exchange Rates APR. 20 London T.T. 2 3 23 32 London demand 2)3 23,32 Lyons demand 2035 Switzerland demand 240*4 Hamburg demand 134 New York demand 54 Montreal demand 54 3 16 Batavia demand 101 Samarang demand 101% Calcutta, Bombay and Rangoon demand 154% Madras and Colombo demand 154%
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    39 11 An international cookery course, organised by the Y.W.C.A., will commence on Saturday, Apr. 29, at 9.30 a.m. Raffles Quay. The first lesson will be the making of doughnuts and pancakes. All classes are under qualified teachers, at reasonable fees.
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    THE COMMODITY MARKETS
    149 11 I From London 5.30 p.m. Yesterday I RUBBER: Steady. London: 715 16d. Bd. Previously: 7 15 16d 8d May-June. 7 15'16d Kd. Previously: 7 15 16d Bd' July-Sept.: 8 1 16d. <*<«d. Previously: 8 1 16d 8 d Oct.-Dec: 8 B d. 8> 4 d. Previously: 8>
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    SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES
    1325 11 From Exchange Telegraph Co. Fraser And Co. 9 s List MmMMMMmmmmMMM^MmxMMMmmimM^m^K^M.m.MMm^^im.mT^mm^r-mmmm^MAMMMMMMMi^mjMmKmMmMMMm' OWING tO DISTURBED CONDITIONS IN EUROPE A NUMBER OF THESE QUOTATIONS MUST BE REGARDED AS NOMINAL. THURSDAY, APR. 20, 1939: 5 PM. MINING Bu>cr» Srllers Ampat Tin (.4s) 2s 6d 3s (id Austral Amal.
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    THE METAL MARKETS
    61 11 I From London: Latest Quotations Ij 3 Spot: £218 17s. tid. Previously: £218 17s. 6d. Three months: £216 12ft W. Previously. €216 12s. i3d. COPPER: £41 17s. 6d. Previously: £41 15s GOLD: Yesterday: B7 Bs. fi^d Previously: €7 Bs. 6Ud. Spot: 20 i i6d. Previously: 20 1
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    Foreign Exchange Rates London Closing Quotations
    63 11 Foreign Exchange Rates London Closing Quotations Method ol Parity oeiore Latest Centre Quoting 20-9-31 Rate Previously Paris Franc to U4.1l 176 1116 1763 4 New York... to 4.8655 4,68 4.68 Amsterdam. .Guilders to 12.10 .8.81*2 8.81V 2 Hong Kong.. Per dollar is. 2 3^d. Is. 2 3 /id Shanghai... Per
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    PASSENGERS BY CORFU
    736 11 DASSENGERS leaving for Europe by the Corfu this morning are: Mr. A. J. Abbott. Sister V. Avilu, Mr. L. A. Arming, Lt. A. T. Board, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Barton, Mr. and Mrs. G. E. W. W. Bayly, Miss N. Bond, Mr. R. Boyd, Mr. A.
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    UNEASINESS CAUSES DULL MARKET
    87 11 WITH the statistical position of the rubber market improving steadily, the political tension in Europe is having little effect on prices, but the uneasiness which it engenders is no doubt largely responsible for the dullness of the market and the limited volume of business passing, say
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    N. Z. Urges Rugger Sides Of Fourteen
    50 11 Wellington, Apr. 19. The New Zealand Rugby Union Executive today decided to suggest at next year's Empire conference that Rugby teams should be 14 a side to avoid a return to the wing forward. It is thought this would mean better rugby. Reuter
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    57 11 Mr. P. R. V. N. Veerappa Chettiar. a leading banker and planter of Klang, was entertained by his business associates to a series of farewell dinners on the eve of his departure to India on holiday. Mr. A. N. Nagappa Chettiar, who has come from India, will manage the business
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    Current Company Dividends
    164 11 List Supplied By Messrs. Fraser Co. THURSDAY. APR. 20, 5 P.M. TotaJ for Company Dividend Books Financial TIN Close Date Ex. Div. year Ayer Hitam Tin 2» /2 Apr. 18 May 5 Apr. 24 less tax Kramat 3d Apr 19 Apr. 26 Apt 20 2u o Larut
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    AUSTRALIA'S INDUSTRIAL TREND
    699 12 Migration Problem Is Thus Made Easier 6000 ARRIVALS THIS YEAR Sydney, Apr. 15. THK tide of migration towards Australia has again set in. Apart from central European refugees, of which the Commonwealth is taking 15,000, a rapid increase in the flow of British migrants has taken place
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    Flood Disaster In Portuguese Colony
    68 12 Li -.buii. Apr. 12. THE biggest flood disaster in the history of Portuguese East Africa has been caused by the overflowing of the Zambesi and Chire rivers. Nearly all the susar plantations are said to have been destroyed. It is understood that many natives and
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    Greek Services For The Duchess
    116 12 Canberra, Apr. 12. •THE gold and silver crowns whicn wore placed on the heads of the Duke and Duchess of Kent at the Greek church ceremony ol their marriage In 1934. are to be taken to Australia when the Duke assumes office as Governor-General The
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    17 Conversations On One Wire
    96 12 Sjdney. AN installation which will make telephone history is shortly to link Sydney and Maitland With it. two cables. 117 miles long, will each carry 17 independent conservations simultaneously Up to the present the maximum carred. air here, on one cable is 12. An English
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    Barrier Reef To Be National Reserve
    82 12 Brisbane. ■THE Great Barrier Reel the largest coral formation in the world whieh runs about 1.200 miles along the coast of Queensland is to be a national reserve. The Queensland state government has announced strict measures to protect the reef and coastal coral islands
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    36 12 Vice-Admiral Botelho de Sousa has taken up the appointment of Chief of the Portuguese Naval Staff. Admiral Botelho de Sousa was the chief Portuguese naval collaborator with the British Services' Mission during its stay ln Portugal.
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    Canada's Air Progress
    167 12 Montreal, Apr. 17. AN over-night transcontinental air mail service from Eastern Canada to the Pacific seaport of Vancouver and a corresponding flight eastward has been inaugurated The first plane to make the flight irom here carried a load of 500 pounds oi mall, including 15.000 letters mailed
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    DEATH OF A FAMOUS ADVENTURER
    149 12 DEATH OF A FAMOUS ADVENTURER A^FTER braving death in a thousand- and-one forms from murderous head-hunters to thirst in a waterless desert— Alexander MacDonald author, explorer, and engineer, has died at his Sydney, Australia, home, aged 40. His books which included "In Search of El Dorado" "The Lost Explorers," and
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    Gas Masks For U. S. Diplomats
    32 12 Washington, Apr. 12. Tlie State Department in Washingten has sent 1.550 Army gas masks to United States Embassies and Lsgations in Europe Shipments fftarted last Aug'i^r.
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    More Haste.
    56 12 More Haste New York, Apr. 12, jytß. JOSEPH LONZINI was in a hurry to build a laundry in Chicago. So he set up an eight-ton well drilling apparatus on the site and started the builders patting up the walls at full sp^ed. Nov/ they nave to pull do-viotaO wall again
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    Cow's 18½ Tens Milk In A Year
    109 12 L?:.;ilon, Apr. 12. I^HERRV, th e non-pedigree tffc'ry Shorthorn which recently became the first cow to yield 4,000 gallons in a year, yesterday completed her recorded 365 days of milking. Averaging 11 gallons 3 pints of milk a day, her total of 41,
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    Woman Gains 3lb. A Day
    105 12 I>OCTORS are pussted over the strange affliction oi Mrs Mar. a Garcia, a 30-ycar-old women of Eallinger, who in the first three months of this year gained in weight 18 stone j Mrs Garcia has a normal appetite and she eais the same type of
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    Montreal Shipping Custom
    87 12 Montreal Shippin g Custom Montreal. Apr. 12. IT IS EXPECTFD that the first ship' to ent-r the Port ol Montreal ior the 1939 shipping season will be the s.s. Easter Wales, hailing from Argentina with a cargo of linsee-1 Every year there is a lively race between ships using this
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    Mountain Slide Buries Swiss Children
    213 12 T HE whole €1 t,i!i tainside in tl of Gr sons, slid down i mile snd jat noon today, burying 28 p a children's holiday camp, u Mng 17. among them 13 ch jageu between one and i hall 15. Parents, taking ad' Eastern hohda;
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    27 12 Lieutenant-Colonel b M has bsen appointed M to the Viceroy of Indi to Lieutenant-Colonel C 0 who is ta assume cammand ment. and will leave Delhi 00
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      46 12 l&^-Sfj***} vfet WI jfcif S— «-j.*3 k »«wa«iMvfti WOOD PRESERVATIVE "ATLAS A" wood preservative can give to every class of timber positive all-round protection at little cost. An extremely simpie method of treating woodwork to enhance its appearance lengthen its useful life. SOLE AGENTS: APB 17
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      694 12 Airmail Arrivals And Despatches INWARD Palestine. Esypt. Soudan, Great I Africa South Imperial 2pm! bv train to in mi ml vHfe I Britain and Ireland: Mails close Australia :-whole Qanta* 745 am 2 pm. Tuesdays, Fridays, Sundays. Australia .-Whole Qantas 9 pim! Pen n Registered n.ai) imperial: From Europe due
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    Government Assistance For Shipping
    820 13 Government Assistance For Shipping BIG FIVE YEAR SCHEME F AR REACHING proposals for the SSt^S British ships and shipping were announced by Mr. Oliver Stanlev 1 Dot" f ff h B a l d f Tl a( I?' 7" V l6 House of Commons'' ments foi the purchase, sale, and
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      501 13 mrzi^^mXmm mm\J H EJ^ I Ifl BB ■*H IHIP 1 milliniin ill^l^tef> i WfclfliTTlHi *T I /piOand BRITISH INDIATINES I ATED IN RMOLAMDI P. 6c O. S. N. CO'S SAILINGS, IMIWARDS Due Due v l' ore Tonnage S'Dore II SOUDAN 6.500 June 2 CHITRAL 15,000 June 16 6 CORFU *****
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      137 13 McALISTER GO., LTD. (Incorporated in Straitr Settlements.) GRESHAM HOISL. BATTER! KD.. SINGAPORE. PHONE 5172. ELLERMAN BUCKNALL S.S. Co.. Ltd, (Incorporated in England.) HAVRE LONDON ROTTERDAM HAMBURG VIA PORTS AND SUE2 CANAL Steamer Due Sails CITY OF LINCOLN Calls Glasgow Apr. 29 May 2 CITY OF ATHENS Mav 90 June 2
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      652 13 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Ocean Building, Collyer Quay. Singapore TeL 5151 Chartered Bank Building. Penanj TeL yj BLUE FUNNEL LINE. FAST SERVICES MARSEILLES. LONDON. COMINENI AND GLASGOW (In conjunction witn the Glen Line) GLENAFFARTr- Ma r S Casa L don. Rdam. H'burg G'ow Apr""* Apr^G HFPtA^ h d n R dam
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    For 50,000 Parisians Air Raid Protection
    131 14 Paris, Apr. 11. A SUM of £1.600.000 is to be spent in transforming 27 Paris underground railway stations into air raid shelters. The Government and the city of Paris are to share the cost. Bomb shelters have already been completed in two Metro stations.
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      569 14 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated ln F.M.S.) TELEPHONE: Freight 5433— Passage 543L m************'***m*»' CANAOIAN PACIfIC QjAVEI JYTTHiIj (incorporated in Kngland) THE "EMPRESS" ROUTE offers TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES via HONOLULC ©r 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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      631 14 BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. (APCAR LINE) FOR HONG KONG. SHANGHAI. MOJI KOBE AND OSAKA s. s. SIRDHANA 8,000 TONS SAILING MAY 4, 3 P.M. The above vessel has excellent modern accommodation for First Saloon and Second Saloon passengers. Special Holiday Return tickets to Chins and Japan (Interchangeable with
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      584 14 AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINEsTItT Ai *l TO EUROPE FROM SINGAPORE AND PENANG TO COLOMBO, BOMBAY mwxmm ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES, GENOA, MARSEILLES AND %mv VO r Rl S *Q> Arrives Leaves Leaves PRESIDENT ADAMS STrnm STm *T"* X PRESIDENT VAN BUREN May 6 May J k? 27 Jl *M PRESIDENT HARRISON May 20
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      152 14 SINGAPORE HARBOUR The following ships are alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected to arrive:— Main Wharf, Entrance Gate 2; Exit 3: Rajputana, Corfu 18; Anyo Maru 14; Aeneas 10; Kamuning 8; Gleniffer 6. Empire Dock, Entrance Gate 2; Exit 3: Loche Dee 30; Steel Navigator 32; Thurland Castle
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    Today's Contract Bridge Problems
    126 15 Today' s Contract Bridge Problems d Bruce r. Oswald h nken) Norths and and I South I -laps he and dia■es ot tcettin? to, I are Ided to bid the ist's double •md ana ii West had m con- '< d lead, he! dia- would i. the with acre 'ia
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    STATUE OF LIBERTY NO LONGER FREE
    25 15 STATUE OF LIBERTY NO LONGER FREE ..■*n yln >g the I Slates, '-y wil lime. Secretary I > who aa pMb, pairing «rtH be 1, light
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    Duke To Have Racing Stable?
    67 15 Canberra, Apr. 12. J*HE Duke of Ken* contemplates racing four or horses in Australia, after he becomes Gov-ernor-General. George Duller is mentioned as the Dukes possible trainer. It is expected that the Duke will take a greater interest in sport in Australia than it has
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    Galento No 1 Challenger
    364 15 New York. Apr. 12 (npONY GALENTO, from Orange. NewJersey, was picked as th* No 1 challenger frr the heavyweight crown held by Joe Louis of Detroit, according to quarterly rankings of the National Boxing Association. Bob Pastor of New York City WhOft ;y distinction is that
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    GALENTO WILL FIGHT REFEREE
    756 15 Defiant Attitude Toward Coming Big Fight ROUGH TACTICS LIKELY altpp Omn e, New Jersey, Apr. 12. ILK spending an entire day in the bosom of Tonv ualentos family in this New Jersey town I am convinced that there will be trouble before' Signer Galento tangles with
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    Y.M.C.A. Tennis Tourney
    305 15 FOLLOWING are the results ot yesterday's ties in the Y.M.C.A. open invitation tennis tournament; Junior Championship Chia beat Wong, 6—l, 6— l. R. E. Thoy beat H. L. Wee 6—l 6—l. P. Buranasiri beat A. Leicester 6—3, 7-5. A. G. B. Pakir beat D. Rozario 6—2, 6—l.
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    Canada's Big Game
    289 15 Montreal, Apr. it, QANADA may well be called the place of ice hockey. This popular game appears to have commenced when a nondescript game of "shinny" took piace on McGill University grounds here, back in 1879. A student of the uni-ersity i s credited with producing the
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    A Discourse On Picking A Winner
    516 15 A Discourse On Picking A Winner A HARD TASK MADE SIMPLE wmrm >. (>s Apr. 1?. WHY don t yuu toll the experti t to blazes and strike out alone In ft search for the winner ol the Kentucky Derby? Heme handicapping is a very mn. Die > thing. Wrct
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      89 15 1 IBr^ EraHSßnal S^i^^'^SASmmMi^LMM^mm^^iiS^mm^SflSX'^^ Kt^l w •fiKitt<° v %iSSߣmmßVlkWfMfqMw*m 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
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    Home Football Fixtures For Tomorrow
    240 16 ARSENAL PLAY STOKE ftfOME f' otball fixtures for tomorrow are s i follc> FIRST DIVISION Birmingham va. Blackpool. Boi ion VS Wolve hariton fa. Ever ton. Chelsea vs. Portsmouth, Leeds vs. Aston Villa. Leicester vs. Orimst Liverpool VS. Sunderland. Manchester u. vs. Brenttord Middlesbrough vs.
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    Y.M.C. A. Beaten By J.C.S.A.
    164 16 I pi.AYING erratic soccer, the Y.M.C.A. went down 5—2 to the J.C.S.A. yesterday, on the Association ground In a second division (b"> game. The Y.M.C.A. were the first to score, through Kite, and then Leembruggen. three minutes after the start, but the J.CSA. replied three
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    Dutch Club Tennis
    94 16 THE Dutch Club is organising tennis matches for its members and guests to start on Apr. 29. Entries can be made up till next Wednesday at the premises of the Club. The following events will be held: Women's singes handicap, men's singles, men's singles handicap, women's doubles
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    Overseas Bankers Have Sixth Victory
    192 16 3-0 WIN FROM JACKS QVERSEA Chinese Banking Corporation footballers registered their sixth win in the Business Houses League yesterday, beating Jacks Sports Club 3—o. Jacks thus suffered their fifth defeat. They might have won with more finishing power. Whereas their forwards did not show up
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    Anniversary Cup Tomorrow
    283 16 ]i>|AIN attraction tomorrow, the opening day of the Singapore TUrf Club's summer (Governor's Cup) meeting, will be the race for the An- j niversary Cup. when some of the best I sprinters In the country will be seen I in action. The race is an open one.
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    Youngsters' Union Win At Soccer
    58 16 The Youngsters' Union defeated the Chiate Sing A.U. at soccer by 2 goals to nil. Donald Kessler and Yeo Koon Chye scored for the winners. The Union also defeated the Mental Hospital team by 2 goals to 1. Hong Siew and Chwee Kim scored for
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    USEFUL B.P.
    52 16 Members of the Useful Badminton Party who are desirous of competing in the local badminton championships, men's junior singles and doubles, are requested to communicate with the honorary secretary, Mr. Wee Kim Wee, 501 Buona Vista Road, not later than Apr. 25. Special practices for intending competitors will
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    40 16 The annual sports of St. Mary's School, Kuala Lumpur, will be held in the ground of the Methodist Boys' School on Saturday, at 4.30 p.m. Mrs. S. W. Jones, wife of the British Resident has consented to distribute the prizes.
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    Probables For
    93 16 London, Apr °0 DHOBABLES for the Two Thousand Guineas are: f" l am (Jones* High Peru (Richardson) Wheatland (T; Burns) Jairstone (Beary) ™guero S (Bartram) Signal Light (Pat Beasley) Control (Maher) xamworth (Perryman) Dispenser (Gordon Richards) Romeo n (Brethes) Llanda"ff (Lowrey) Morwell (Sam wragg) His Highness (Crouch) Admiral's
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    Banka S. C. Teams
    107 16 The following will play soccer for the Banka Sports Club: Today, vs. Post Office Club, Post Office Club ground, at 5.15 p.m! Ah Poon, Bee Cheow, Joon Boon, Stephen Ding, Lim Swang, Thian Teek, Ah Bah (capt.), Boon Kwang, Choon Teek. Chin Geok, Khle Fah, Chioe
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    Dutch Club Table Tennis
    55 16 A TABLE tennis tournament organri ised by the Dutch Club for its members, resulted in W. van den Bosch, as last year becoming champion of the Club. In the final he beat Drabbe 21—9 21—13. The Club is hoping to have matches against other clubs, and
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    WEIGHTS FOR SPECIAL CLASS FOUR RACE
    183 16 The weights for the Special race for horses class 4, over 6 fur. for the Singapore Turf Club meeting are: A handicap for horses that have not won since May 1, 1938. Achilles 9.07 Patrambie 802 Wee Jock 9.03 Meg 801 Success 8.13 Tetuen
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    ONE-SIDED S.C.C. TENNIS FINAI
    409 16 Mrso Cherrington And Clerc Are Champions STRAIGHT SETS VICTORY P CLERC and Mrs. Cherrington became mixed doubles champions in the S.C.C. spring lawn tennis tournament yesterday when they defeated E. C. Cherrington and Mrs. Sewell, 6—l, 7—5. Cherrington and Mrs. Sewell had entered the final round
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    Postals Lead In Division II
    227 16 pLAYING a more Post Office beat the pa. at the Stadium second division (a) ol The two points gained Office at the l. It was a good pun* in doubt until the final In the Ural h p two goals in front fore half-time, when
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    S.C.C. Tournament Cricket
    40 16 The following will vs. Public Services si day at 11 a.m. at S.C.C.: r*i A. C. Growder. A. Foster, i Anderson, W. K Todd, G. W. 8. Bosch. L. A. Hygate, w. F. W. Leonard. W. B
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    S.C.R.C. Results
    38 16 RESULTS or S.C.R.C. lawn U were as follows "Singles "A" Kim (ser.) beat Wo \X* fr— 3, 6—l. Singles B hi Yang (-3) beal W ft* 6_l, 6—l: Lee Teek ceded a walkover to O* (-12).
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    Men's Doubles At S.R.C.
    166 16 DLAYING a fast game, H. N. Balhatchet and M. A. Cordeiro won their semi-final match in the S.R.C. championship doubles yesterday by beating P. D'Almeida and E. Le Mercier, 6 3, 6—2. The winners are seeded players. They were never in danger in the first set,
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    Keppel Golf Club
    22 16 The Keppel Golf Club's April L.G.U. Medal was won by Mrs. W. Gunstone with a score of 103 36—67.
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