The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 10 May 1939

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    14 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS N"' ESTU WEDNESDAY. MAY 10, 1939. ESTf.
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    PEACE MOVES IN CAPITALS OF EUROPE
    329 1 PEACE MOVES IN CAPITALS OF EUROPE Brighter News Last Night Pope's Proposal For Danzig Settlement ANGLO-GERMAN TRADE WORLD NEWS LAST NIGHT WAS THE BRIGHTEST ?l FOR SOME TIME PAST. FROM SEVER \L EUROPEAN CAPITALS CAME REPORTS OF OPTIMISTIC NATURE. In London possibilities of negotiations in the PolishGerman dispute were being
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    Government Is Not Leaving Chungking
    68 1 hupgking. M iv 9 thi IAPaNBSE r»*p.>rt tb.it the tmmmt Nati< Ml <• I its i.ii'n ei la I henftM iM) denied he re It i Mtattted, however, that ■Malca v. ill be scattered out■rthecitj proper, hut trill be mi TViuth to em h othei
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    CORPORATIVE PARLIAMENT FOR RUMANIA
    13 1 Bacharest, tfaj 9. I the '-ve sysnext of Reuter
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    STOP PRESS
    14 1 Britain, h lodging a S jj^hangkiiig *«rina Reuter 22 belni '•"••►uraeing Reuter
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    AMBASSADOR TOLD TO PROTEST
    24 1 AMBASSADOR TOLD TO PROTEST IfM?*"'- i tfaj 9 -:i Am j nstract- ig of t ructions tie Britias al- rrn- chungment- < ralparti- the Chinese
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    MOLOTOVTO MEET SEEDS AGAIN
    173 1 MOLOTOVTO MEET SEEDS AGAIN London, May ii. k FULL report of the conversation between Sir William Seeds. British Ambassador in Moscow, and M Molotov. Soviet Premier and Commissar f r Foreign Ailairs, has been received in London and is being carefully studied by the Government. It is assumed here the
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    Britain Richer Now Says Chancellor
    195 1 Britain Richer Now Says Chancellor London, May f>. THE Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir John Simon, speaking at a Banker's Association dinner tonight, referred to the control of foreign borrowing as an example of the type of problem with which the government were faced in the present unprecedented times. At
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    Training For Britain's Reserve Forces
    339 1 London, May 9. MOVING the second reading of the Reserve and Auxiliary m Forces Bill in the House of Commons tonight, Mr. Hore Belisha, War Minister, after detailing the present lengthy mobilisation system said: i; We live in conditions of tension. Hostilities are undertaken without
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    46 1 SCENES LIKE THIS ARE BEING ENACTED DAILY in most European capitals. A little Basque boy is seen in tears as he arrives at a station m Brussels for departure to Spain, after Belgian authorities had decided last week that many Basque refugees must return to Spain.
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    Australia's Pledge To Mother Country
    82 1 Australia 's Pledge To Mother Country In War Would Make A Common Cause Carberra, May 9. "JHERE IS ALMOST complete unanimity between Britain and Australia, both as regards to British policy, and any action which might arise therefrom." This statement was made today by Sir Henry Gullett. Minister for External
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    Lithuanian C.-in-C. In Warsaw
    94 1 Warsaw, May 9. General Rasztiki. Lithuanian Com-mander-in-Chief, is arriving here today on a two-day visit. He will meet Marshal Smigly-Rydz, Col. Beck, Foreign Minister, and President Moscieki. He will see various military units in action. A report from Kaunas says official circles suggest that Gen. Rasztiki's
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    The King Plays Deck Tennis
    156 1 Aboard Impress of Australia, May 9. W/HILE -he wind lashed the sea into white horses and the ship til which they are travelling to Canada pitched, the King and Queen dined with the Royal party and afterwards attended a cinema ihotc. The films /or the
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    Goering & Franco To Meet
    58 1 Goering Franco To Meet San Remo, May 9. Fjeld Maranal Goering sailed for Valencia in the motorship Husscaran, csccrted by two German destroyers today. After a short stay in Spain he will return to Hamburg. A meeting between Field Marshal Goering and Gen. Franco is considered most likely. It is
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    R. A. F. PLANES TO JOIN SEARCH FOR K. L. PILOT
    454 2 Messages Last Night Raised Hopes FLIER FORCED DOWN IN JUNGLE AREA? (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, May 9. TWO flights of six R.A.F. planes are leaving Singapore early tomorrow morning to continue the search over Selangor antl Negri
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    55 2 THE COMMITTEE OF THE WESTMINSTER MARKET and Festival of Food and Wine, which is being: heJd in London today at the Horticultural Hall, Westminster, met last week. M. Albert Georges Mempfer uho was chef to King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, is seen explaining to members of the committee how
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    Germany's Proposals To Scandinavian States
    224 2 NON-AGGRESSION PACTS DISCUSSED Stockholm, May 9. THE Foreign Ministers of Sweden Norway. Finland and Denmark a:e meeting here today to discuss Germany's moves for non-aggression pacts with the northern countries. The conference, says Reuter. will *ast all day and it is expected a communique will
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    Tokio Accuses Britain Of Encirclement
    173 2 Tokio Accuses Britain Of Encirclement Tokio, May 9. COMMENTING on the conclusion of the Italo-German military agreement, Japanese papers here assert that "Anglo-French encirclement policy" led to the conclusion of the agreement. The necessity for Japan to establish a firm policy following the new situation is stressed. According to the
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    Many Dead In Tokio Factory Blaze
    113 2 Many Dead In Tokio Factory Blaze CHEMICAL WORKS DISASTER Tukio, May 9. k DISASTROUS explosion occurred a\ in a chemical works at Shimura, on the outskirts of Tokio. this morning fifty persons are known to have been injured, while about 30 are missing, and believed dead. A motor-lorry with a
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    Bombers' Raid On Neutral Zone
    108 2 Shanghai, May 9. jyjOKANSHAN, the summer resort 50 m miles to the south-west of Shanghai was bombed yesterday, according to a telegram from Mr. E. W. Norwood, who is in charge of refugee camps there. The telegram, despatched yesterday, says: "Today Japanese bombed Mokanahan. Urge
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    JAPANESE VICTORY ON HAN RIVER?
    78 2 Shanghai, May 9. JAPANESE military authorities here u claim toaay that 20 Chinese di/i--sions have been thrown into confusion by a successful Japanese northward thrust along the Han River. Japanese vanguards, it is stated, reached an area to the south-east of Sianyang, la north-west Hupeh
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    FORMER P. & O. COMMODORE DIES
    25 2 FORMER P. O. COMMODORE DIES Lonuon, May 9. The death occurred today of Mr Gordon Manley, late commodore of -he P. and O Cnmnany. Reuter
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    PRINCE PAUL'S VISIT TO ROME
    39 2 Belgrade, May 9. Prince and Princess Paul are now en route to Rome for a three-day visit, as guests of the King and Queen. They are accompanied by M. Markovitch, Yugo-Slav Foreign Minister Reuter
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    COMMONS' ALL-NIGHT SITTING
    126 2 COMMONS' ALL-NIGHT SITTING Conscription Debate London, May 9. ILSEMBERS cl the House of Commons went home "with the milk' today after the longest allnight sitting for two years. The mon<v resolution accompanying the Military Training Biil, <vhich unearned eventually by 159 votes to 65. kept the members up until dawn
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    "60 Glorious Years"
    229 2 "60 Glorious Years" Last Night's Films WHEN QUEEN VICTORIA reigned, she saw the birth of the industrial age. She walked at the head of her people through the gates to a new era in human history. That lifetime of a great sovereign, which we call the Victorian age. is the
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    "DAWN PATROL" AT ALHAMBRA
    173 2 OPLENDID NEWSREEL shota of the O Spitfire, the world's fastest fighter aircraft, and other new units of Britain's air armada are a fitting prologue to "The Dawn Patrol," the Warner Brothers air epic of the war at the Alhambra. There is no woman in this saga
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    Mussolini Watches Army Day Parade
    87 2 Rome, May 9. Speaking from the balcony of the Palazzo Venezia, after the Army Day parade today, Signor Mussolini declared: "The strength of our arms is undoubtedly great, but greater still is the determination in our hearts, and when the hour strikes we shall prove
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    Fine Playing By Clifford Huntsman
    177 2 Fine Playing By Clifford Huntsman Vctoria AfeJ Hall Jfcjy I was r from ein!,,.! ii, piai Victor.,, Anv, iu.; tl Alexander tary and I L vw In Mr. II L brillianci d with virtu an artistic Schumann and di Impressionism ol r> Essentiailv subtleties of Schu technique, I blunder D.,
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    BRITISH ENVOY SEES ARITA
    32 2 I Foreign Mi yesterdav baaa t i have i•• views n In tl British An. to tbe F an raids on C:. ration ol Bank In Shai I
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    Japanese & Police Parley
    59 2 Japanese Police Parley Axwo-ho held Navy and the contro tions and pu Uonal S< Col Koichi of the Japan mander Toy the Naval 1'Shlnya Sak Allans Bureau < cral. confen Bourne. Con Municipal P misaioner Mr of the Special ww S.M.P. On Mu> Police ordered papers in the ll <
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    French Cruiser Here Today
    43 3 |(rlll s,.rrnm.u.uuet aaaf**! t,ld t0 to ne Efi Nalaj i I «»m---'^'Y n,i the „1-C. -nrr.il Monsieur ifJ^'roilouini «h„h the the capUlß and 4 7(,iMi-t«»n crui?U n 1924 carrytail <-»Kht 0 f£»i for 33 v pf (^d la reaaaiai
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    Dying Man In Arms Of A Cyclist
    39 3 W. G in inquiry Chii md linen Hock n knockLow Apr. 18. D Of iurther nee of will be reDEATH in HOSPII U disth€ n Ital deeding I the was j alight-
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    $100 Vanishes From Sikh Temple
    27 3 |< Qt) c- aaaf, May 8. KlUi into in the *ing disj Sikhs n min** Vrhich r charpojß, len. afai izine IN. Rodwav
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    40 3 k-eoaaaa rious IKdallv it of ajubUd b n 50 n putting boa am Baaa> ol pools I HI mean h, dreaded Qd causes I the southexpected to officers are ■adyhave of leaflets contain standard iorM l,lp Leairue of r
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    Stole Packets Of Toothpaste
    168 3 Caught running away with three packets of toothpaste in his hand, after visiting K. Baba and Co. hi Middle Road, on Monday afternoon, n Chinese, Tang Ah Siong,' who pleaded guilty to a charge of theft in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday was sentenced to
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    CITY SAWMILL STRIKE ENDS
    110 3 CINGAPORE sawmills resumed work yesterday afternoon after settlement of the three-day strike cf more than 1.000 coolies. The owners of all 12 mills in the Kallang Basin and Rochore Canal area gave their reply to the men's eight demands on Monday night agreeing to a 10
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    BOYS ACCUSED OF ARMED ROBBERY
    123 3 Victims Allegedly Held Up At Revolver Point JEWELRY INVOLVED 4S^5! ln c nection w{ th a S6OO armed robbery in a house m Upper Hokkien Street on Anr 27 and Sam Wat Y\ Ah 18 "year Thlrd'Tolice'coS' ShlffaP re After a charge of armed robbery
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    CAUGHT AT DOOR OF A FLAT
    174 3 For trespassing with intent to commit an offence. Ng Ah Heng. a 22--year-old twakow coolie was fined $20. in default of payment, one month's rigorous imprisonment, by Mr. K. A. Blacker. Singapore Third Police Magistrate, yesterday. Ng Ah Heng who had claimed trial to
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    Law Notice For The Day
    122 3 Law Notice For The Day Before the Chief Justice in lst Court at 10.30 a.m. Judgment in D.C. Criminal AppealNo. 33 39— Ong Hock and Aw Tong vs. Rex. Thereafter: Magistrate's Appeals: 1. Gulam Shah b. Shadali Shah vs. Rex. 2. Mahmood bin Madon vs. Rex. Before Mr. Justice Pedlow
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    25 3 The late Mr. R. C. M. Kindersley, who died on Mar. 8 leaving £3,283 (net £3,084), bequeathed the whole of his property to his wife.
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    News In Brief
    372 3 News I n Brief 1 THE funeral of Mr. P. Plotskin, Rus- sian band leader of Isako's Circus, which is performing in Penang, took place on Monday morning at the Western Road Cemetery, Penang. He was 52 years old, and is survived by !.i. widow and two children. EQUIPPED with
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    Siam's Arms Needs Stressed
    91 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) wx Bangkok, May 7. JN war time it would be too late, and useless, to start looking for armaments to defend one's country; it was, therefore, essential for the security of one's country that armaments should be accumulated during peace time. This
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    One-Cent Counterfeiting Alleged
    242 3 One-Cent Counterfeiting Alleged /^•LOSE imitations of Straits Settlements square-shaped one-cent coins were exhibited in the Singapore Assizes yesterday when two Chinese, Lim Chong Har and Tan Soo Hua, Stood trial before Mr. Justice Manning on charges of possession of materials for counterfeiting and possession of 743 counterfeit one-cent coins. A
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    Chinese Boy Dies In Ricksha
    73 3 <From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, May 8. An ailing three-year-old Chinese boy. while being taken to the General Hospital succumbed before arriving at his destination. The child was being brought to the hospital in a ricksha by his father from his house in Weld Quay.
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    Perak Chinese To Honour Sultan
    58 3 'From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, May 8. THE PERAK CHINESE community 1 will entertain the Sultan of Perak to an "at home" on June 3. on the occasion ot the bestowal of the K.CM.G. on His Highness by the King. A silken address will be
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    Improvements In Cinema Machinery
    60 3 IMPROVEMENTS are constantly being made in the technique of motion picture reproduction. Some of these latest improvements will be demonstrated at the Adelphi Hotel next Monday when the Western Electric Co of Asia will demonstrate their new Mirrophonic Master sound system to local cinema managers and
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    Science Fights Malaria
    37 3 AC mut£i£l I y™JJ ITs£1 T$£ cXeZ S f nd M Cr 9ineer trom Eastern eo B ri lear »< Le "B"e 0/ Nation, iwojy coune at the College o/ Medicine, Singapore, about mahr.a-carry.ug mosquitoes.
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    Car Thief Admits 12 Previous Convictions
    165 3 CAREER OF A BENGALI ADMITTING 12 previous convictions, nine of which rv were for car thefts, a 28-year-old Bengali Islam, Mohamed bin Ismail, who pleaded guiltv to two charges of car thefts, before Mr. Conrad Oldham, Singapore Second Police Magistrate and District Judge, vesterdav,
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    Ex-Singapore Man Dead
    164 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, May 7. The death has occurred of Mr. James Wroughton Haffenden, formerly wellj known in Bangkok. Mr. Haffenden opened Syme and Company's branch here in 1911, and closed it at the end of 1933. Before 1(11, he was for some years on
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    A Singaporq NAN in LONDON
    2245 4 A Singapor q NAN in LONDON London, May 4. ALTHOUGH we may have travelled a long way from such simple pleasures as being wakened early because we are to be Queens of the May, or because we are to dance around a Maypole garlanded with flowers, no one can say
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    GAFENCU SEES R. A. F.
    135 5 ABOVE: M. Ga/encu, Rumanian Foreign Minister, raisin? his hat to the crew of a Wellington bomber, while inspecting Hernchurch aerodrome, near London, during his recent visit to London. Kii.il i ftfiw Megan Taylor, world slating champion, waving goodbye at Southampton when she left for America
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    Sir W. McLean To Tell America Of Colonies
    460 6 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, May 3. V^IU WILLIAM MCLEAN, who headed the Colonial •^Office Educational Commission which visited Malaya in 1988, has been invited to represent the British Colonies at the World's Fair in New York and to lecture in many
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    Cotton Men Seek Subsidy
    157 6 London, May 8. WITH the idea of pressing for Gov- ernment help a Lancashire cotton industry deputation representing the Lancashire loce.l authorities called on the President of the Beard of Trade, Mr. Oliver Stanley, today and had two and a half hours discussion with him. The
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    Where Whisky Is 10d. A Quart
    163 6 Zara. The 22,000 people who live in this Italian city on the eastern shores of the Adriatic Sea probably pay less for luxuries than any people anywhere else ln the world. In Zara, petrol costs 2»/ 2 d. a gallon American cigarettes 4d., and
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    ANGLO-RUSSIAN TALKS WORRY TOKIO
    176 6 ANGLO-RUSSIAN TALKS WORRY TOKIO "Grave Concern," Foreign Minister Admits NEW AXIS MOVE? Tokio, May 8. "JAPAN cannot hut have grave concern over the British ♦/proposal to the Soviet for participation in the AngloFrench camp, aside from the problem whether it will affect the Oriental situation or not." This was stated
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    65 6 MORE 'I HAN ?.COO CABLES FROM TROOPS IN MALAYA AND PALESTINE to their relatives in Britain were among the first messages received at the Loudon attteea of CV.ble and Wireless Ltd. last week in response to the ro""p:;n>'s after to send cabled greetings to the Empire free for one day.
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    BLOWS TO BRITAIN IN CHINA
    256 6 London, May 8. IN the House of Commons, Mr. R. H. Morgan (Con. Stourbridge) asked, lin connection with the new Central Bank at Nanking, whether steps will |be taken to safeguard British trade in respect of currency which traders as a whole do not recognise.
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    Fever Strikes Nazi Refugees
    62 6 Shanghai, May 8. AN epidemic of scarlet fever 11 has broken out in the refugee camps of German and Austrian Jews in Shanghai. There are 181 cases and one fatal victim, Fritz Betelheim, aged 25, who arrived in Shanghai on Apr. 3. Four hundred and forty
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    Where Reporters Should Have Babies
    492 6 Where Reporters Should Have Babies Rome. MARRIAGE and babies are two cardinal requisites for an Italian newspaperman who wants more money from his editor under the terms of the new Fascist code for journalists. The old code has been revised to include demographic advantages for Italian newspapermen who got married
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    Romeo Forgotten In Own Home Town
    427 6 Romeo Forgotten In Own Home Town FAN MAIL FOR JUM OOMEO MONTECCHI. suitor of .JSj S a* a forgotten man in his home (own ,f v I Although, according lo Shakesp, a re s 3 immortal lovers died together, rather than k. no evidence is to he found hero of
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    Smooth Tourist Guides For Rome
    81 6 GETTING READY ford IM2 v Fair young m< ::I]? n differ* nl la reC j atir 'hesecj interpreting and act capacity ol booths for ployoc Concern, tiny wear esial on their uni!r. Italian fla; rial American, French, Ora English. Spanish. Polish flag, indi languages the;
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    Anti-Spy Scan In Berlin
    67 6 PLACARDS cat n >Z ali over H-.-rlin. n lowiiu •i even :i •T will m T ry to u lone- "I versa i plover or tl J not aole forces, but i defence, such \\J munication »ma»»| dnatrial organls tion j\ There is no hope J
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    Tweedsmuir's Stam During Royal Town
    64 6 I t- till G Tweeds i tions as ii. sentatiw i mental -omnu i mecoaimlttt His Majesty's M^#J*\ not be appropriate General to V^fffi tions in King. rf J/ "The preaentath half axis, I for H> M iJ|S one* 9 1 several at I time."
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    OIL-STEALING MEXICO AND THE AXIS
    1215 7 OIL-STEALING MEXICO AND THE AXIS Friendship With Italy And Germany BUT ANTI-FRANCO MEXICO is on better diplo m of the Rome-Berlin-Tokio democracies. It has no diplomatic rela or Nationalist Spain. The one consistent thing about Mexico's foreign policy in recent years has been its defence of lost causes. During the
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    44 7 AT LAMBETH is unique among schools for ferred W at the schoc-l as the CongregarfttfiMtoil.tiy since the Institute icas opened in teen in session with members of the "White Blue H wee" opposite. The President and k§ table end a debate is in progress.
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    Rush To Use State Subsidy
    193 7 London, Apr. A LTHOUGH it was realised ln shlp- ping circles that there had been a general rush by British shipowners to 1 take advantage of the Government's j proposals for assistance to shipbuilding, surprise has been expressed in some quarters at the magnitude of
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    Ship Arrested After Two Years
    102 7 London, Apr. 28. a^EARLY two years after a Brixham. Devon, ketch disappeared tn the Channel, an Italian tank steamer, stated to have been in collision with the boat, has been arrested. Lloyd's reported last night that the steamer Portofino. which arrived at Gibraltar on Wednesday,
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    Kid Berg's Wife Seeks Divorce
    82 7 Los Angeles. MISS BUNTY PAINE, the actress 1U wife of "Kid" Berg, the former British light-weight champion, has filed a suit for divorce in Los Angeles against her husband. They were married in London. Last January it was reported that Berg and his wife had
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY,MAY 10, 1939. "Stay Pat" Defence
    650 8 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY,MAY 10, 1939. "Stay Pat" Defence MR C. A. Vlieland's statement on Singapore air raid precautions policy is so important that it demands further analysis. The unwise decision to discourage any evacuation of Singapore in wartime and the Government's unfortunate refusal to formulate a scheme for
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    2 8 SICM, PLEASE
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    Arab Rebel Secrets From Palestine
    1093 8  -  JACOB SIMON This is the first of a series of articles from Palestir^^ remarkably intimate details of the methods which th*P rebels are using to harass the British. By DKITISH and Jewish police have been baffled in recent months by a series of bombings in
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    TAXI GIRL NOW TOO GIDDY TO DANCE
    959 9 TAXI GIRL NOW TOO GIDDY TO DANCE Chinese Wins $3,000 In Court Action ACCIDENT IN CAR (From Our Own Correspondent) R^ m Kuala Lumpur, Mav 9. EMARKING that although the plaintiff had no doubt exaggerated somewhat as to her present physical condition, she probably would not be as efficient a
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    Sailing Round The World
    45 9 1 '.CUT TRAM, which ha> arrived at Si'.c d the icorid. (Below). Two of th* crew, and John Potter, sen of the Sydney owner, Mr, figurehead is of the late Mr. Colin Archer, Wansen*s fa nous Frnm need in Arctic iteration.
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    kustralian Family Sails To Finnish Olympics
    156 9 1,000 BOOKS TO READ N TOjragC round the world, the 'kiatifuUy -appointed io-ton Australian ketch-rigged yacht ha- arrived at Singapore from Sydney. Her Mr. Bradford Potter, a retired Sydney nv'facturer, is taking his wife and John, aged 22, and David, aged 8, with him
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    Bail Refused To Chinese
    87 9 Bail was opposed in the case of a Chinese. Ng Hong Giok. in the Singapore Criminal District Court yesterday, before Mr. Conrad Oldham, acting Singapore Criminal District Judg-. when he claimed trial to a charge of possession of an automatic pistol at Tlong Bahru on Apr.
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    Defended Himself With Garbage Pail
    98 9 'From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping:. May 8. Rebuked by a Sikh watchman fur Lathing in the Jual Morah Market where he. as an outsider, was not alii wed a Chinese lost his temper and. seising a parang belonging to another Chinese, attacked the watchman with
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    Selangor Sultan 41 On Saturday
    108 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Mav 9. UISAMUD-DIN ALAM SHAH, Sultan of Selangor, will celebrate his forty-first birthday on Saturday, whUh has been proclaimed a public holiday. On that morning:, anak-anak. raja, chief. Government officials, penghulus, kathis and the public will gather at the
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    NEW TRAFFIC RULES IN CITY TODAY
    160 9 I^TEW ruie-s regarding traffic filtering In Orchard Road and Stamford Roads will come into operation tcday. On the way out of the city, the turn left previously permitted from Orchard Road into Tank Road opposite Goverment House gates, will be closed. Traffic travelling toward
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    FORTNIGHTLY CLUB
    94 9 A meeting of the Fortnightly Club was held on Monday, when Mrs. F. J. j Clark gave an address on "Form in Music." Mrs. W. Lake presided in the absence of the president, Mrs. A. E. Davies. The speaker illustrated types of musical form, concluding by playing two
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    Lorry Kills Seven-Year Old Boy
    315 9 Lorry Kills Seven- Year Old Boy $60 FINE FOR SIKH \UHILE two young schoolboys were walking home in Seletar Road recently, one of them, seven-vear-old Lee Boon Poh, was knocked down by a motor-lorry and killed instantly. There was a sequel to the accident in the Singapore Traffic Court, before
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    Tea Party For Indies British Consul-Generai
    333 9 aaR. H. FITZMAURICE retiring British Consul-Generai ot Batavia j and Mrs. Fitzmauriee were entertained at a tea party by Syed A. If. AisagofT j at his home at Siglap last evening. Mr. Fitzmauriee. who has Deen I Consul-Generai at Batavia for the past eight
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    40 9 THIS IS THE MISSING PLANE, V&.RAN, for which R.A.F planes from Singapore will search today, snappc i ly a Free Press cameraman at the -tart of a recent cross-country night Irom Kuala Lumpur, from another plane. Story cm page two).
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    SHE LOST WEIGHT EACH WEEK
    196 10 The Ideal Way To Reduce A woman writes to tell how she Is reducing excess fat and her way seems to be the ideal way. "lam 49 years old, 5 ft. 5 l 2 Ins. In height, and was 13 st. 8 lbs. when I
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    Faster Air Mails
    98 10 London, Apr. 27. A SPEED-UP in Empire air mail by the use of separate aeroplanes for mall and passengers is urged by the London Chamber of Commerce in a letter addressed to Sir Kingsley Wood, the Secretary for Air, during the weekend. Mails can be carried continuously
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    WAR FEARS A BULL POINT FOR TIN PRICES
    1642 10 U. S. Buying May Lift Level To £230 POOL LENDS TO MARKET (From Our Own Correspondent) London, May 2. AMERICAN consumers who fear that their supplies of tin may be interrupted by a European war continue to buy far more metal on
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      411 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 Three Chlorine Flow Recorders. Date of Closing. 4 p.m., July 3. 1939. Supply, during second half of 1939. ol (a) Lump Steam Coal, (b) Metals Hardware,
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      118 10 BOARD RESIDENCE. SEA FRONT ILATONG GRANGE— 77. Meyer Rd (near Swimming Club; Board-Residence at moderate rates Large Gardens Tennis Phone: 5758. EAST ANGLIA a oxjLt? aisa aiNGAPoaa. 9 ruius to town alga level garage*, daily or monthly rates, large grounds, excellent calatna t^nn^t, tingle and double rooms PBONB ilt* NAPIER
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      369 10 RADIO PROGRAMMES SINGAPORE ZHL 225 metres. ZIIP 30.06 metre* p.m. 1.00 Miscellaneous programme of new qran '.phone records (contd.). 1.30 Mid-day rubber and tin prices. 1.32 Miscellaneous piogramme of new gramophone records (con I 2.00 Interval. I 4.50 Running commentary on the sixth racv of the Singapore races by John
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      381 10 BANKoF^> R^erve Fond, u, *Ch, ft of H| Hau Total Assets <* 1 approximately iw* g»-Chan» S" 46 ??N Ts uyee PH. A»bti\, t C^? er i** undoo. Brftg PAon*. oft 3* iL BankJoJJ* l^: "vin TrL ß^ NKt^ Correspo ndenU l IN CDBRENi, sV&*»* POSIT ACCOUNT* n aD «X>FOREIGN
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      LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCK & SHARES
      91 11 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCK SHARES I iSI Night's Quotations c m i., Jon 530p.m. Yesterday i h<"^ Ord.. 1 RuDWr no oar> g Unit*).... robicco i -its) to) a to I fnef tod N'^wai' 'Drd*. r> Bffllltlld jj:, I ggggg m <♦ r>e80§)...,.. j Pref..... a 4b •> rt>...
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      THE COMMODITY MARKETS
      161 11 From London 5.30 p. m Yesterday IUBBEK: Steady. London: 715 16d. Bd. Previou-'y 71SI1M 8d July-Sept.: 3 116d. Bi s d. Previously d 8? d Oct.-Dc,: 8> B d. 8-d. Previously 8 -,d sflfirf oan.-M.,\.. s 6 16d. 8 5 16a Previonslv q «j ie^ oi j
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      SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES
      1309 11 From Exchange Telegraph Co. Fraser And Co. s List TUESDAY. MAY 9, 1939: 5 P.M HUONG Huj ttt Sellers Ainpai Tin els; .Is 9d 3s Gd Austral Amal < ss> 4s 9d 5s 3d c.d. Austral Malay <£) 38s 42s Ayer Ilitam < 55) 18s
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      THE METAL MARKETS
      45 11 From London: Latest Quotations Spot: ~225 ss. Previously: £225 2s. ed. Three months: £223. Previously: £222 17s. 6d A ~4l 100. Previously: £41 17s. 6d. ll* Yesterday: £7 as. ftl&d Previously: £7 Bs. Gd. Spot: 20 3 16d. Previous.}': 20 5 16d.
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      Foreign Exchange Rates
      66 11 London Closing Quotations Method ol Parity oeiore Latest Centre Quoting 20-9-31 Rate 4*rcv:ousi\ Paris Franc to 7 24.11 176 1116 176 1116 New Vork... S to 4.8655 4.68 316 4.68 316 Amsterdam Guilders to 12.10 8.83 l 2 S.SSU Kong Kong.. Per dollar Is. 2%d Is. 2^d
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      Brighter Outlook In Local Sharemarkets
      497 11 IN eommentlna that the week has been politically uneventful, it Is perhaps Wirt to cross one's fingers nowadays, says the weekly report of Fraser and Company. Col. Beck's speech was generally con- ceded to be most modcarte and reasonable and no doubt, further discussions will
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      Local Exchange
      228 11 SELLING London T.T. 2 3 13 16 I oodon demanJ 2 3 1316 Lyons demanc 2045 Switzerland demand 240 Hamburg demand 134 New \oik demand 54 3 16 Montreal demand 54 Batavia demand 100 7 i Samarang demand iOO-v Calcutta. Bombay £z Rangoon demand 155 Madras Colombo demand
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      Daily Share Report
      60 11 Nll, BI FRASER ft <0. AT 1,11 mj Bl s|\| RSTERDAI No .ii nlddas ias Uthaarai There wa^ U report todav *»K market, and prices "'^'Hl. irith practical 1^ PM-a. There .as :;;r f,,r > i4 ten r,^ rved 1 price of rubber bayih Spot HH Jui
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION
      7 11 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION Seller, s
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      91 11 Current Company Dividends List Supplied By Messrs. Fraser Co. TUESDAY, MAY 9, 1939: 5 P.M Total for Company Dividend Books Financial TIN Close Date klx. Div. year Austral Amal l l 2 d May 12 May 19 May 13 2» 2 Hong Fatt VrY* 2V 2 Hong Kong Tin 2»/
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      Development Rivals That Of Szechwan
      769 12 LINKS CHINA AND WORLD Kunming, Apr. 27. SERVING as the main international link between China and the outride world, Yunnan Province is fast becoming the nation's leading economic unit. Exporting over 85 per cent, of China's tin I production, which annually nets this south-western frontier
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      Storage Of Rubber In Britain
      91 12 (From Our Own Correspondent) London. Apr. SJSj. TPHE Board of Trade and im- porters of rubber into Great Britain are conferring on plans for the distribution and safe storage of stocks. The Ri. Hon. Oliver Stanley. President of the Board of Trade, gave this information
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      Grace Moore On Hollywood's Bad Taste
      192 12 Grace Moore On Hollywood's Bad Taste San Francisco, May 1. /*RAGE MOORE, opera singer and film star, tonight turned down Hollywood offers to appear in Noel Coward's "Conversation Piece." after seeing her picture "Broadway Serenade" exhibited at Portland. Oregon. Hollywood producers she declared, had "atrociously bad taste. They do not
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      SINGAPORE HARBOUR
      147 12 The following ships are alongside tho Blngapore Harbour Eoard wharves or expected to arrive: East Wharf: Hi ti ance Gate 1: Exit 1:— Haltong 22. Main Wharf: Entrance Gate |j Exit 3: Hosang 18: Bulan Hi; Hector 14: Johan d^ Witt 11; Achilles 9. Empire Dock: Entrance Gate
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      Air Mail Arrivals And Despatches
      273 12 INWARD Imperial: From Furope due Monday. Thursday. Friday afternoons. Wear^s: From Penaug, 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 afternoons. KIM From Europe: Arrives Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday evenings, K.N.1.L.M.:
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      SURFACE MAIL DESPATCHES TODAY
      76 12 SURFACE MAIL DESPATCHES TODAY Kerteb Praeh-tipok 1 p.m Djambi and K. Toengkal Toba 2 p.m. Java. S:juth-Wesi Sumatra. S.-Ea.-t Borneo. Celebes, Moluccas and Timor Dilly x K.N.I. LM. noon J wi. Soutb-West Sumatra. S.East Borneo. Celebes. Moluccas and Timor Dilly x K.L.M. 9 p.m Medan Both 3 p.m Muntok Theden>;
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      MAILS EXPECTED
      38 12 Mails from Eurooe etc. (Amsterdam) by Air (K.L.M.) are expected in Singapore today. Mails from Holland etc. by Johan de Witt are expected in Singapore today. Mails from China bv Gneisenau are expected in Singapore today.
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      42 12 CROWN PRINCE OF ITALY ATTENDS WEDDING' rrtmtm Prir,„ TTnhsr* r Pallavicino and his bride Sianom Ei,inn *n-,n-h*~~ < m l0 °> ltal y Photographed with Prince is onae, vgnora Eluna, daughter of the Marquis Mtdioi dd Vasccllo, when ha attended their wedding i> Turin.
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    Goering Returns From Rome
    33 12 GOERING LEAVES ROME FOR BERLIN.— FieId Marshal Goering talking to Italian Minister Alfieri, as he left Rome fir the return journey to Germany. His wife is seen with him.
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    New York En Fete For World Fair Opening
    363 12 BRITISH PAVILION ACTIVE New York, Apr. 30. THE Worlds Fair was officially opened here this morning and dedicated by President Roosevelt. Five hundred thousand people were present, and the total would have; been much greater but for heavy rain tonight. Cuming as
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    Damansara Tin Prospecting
    248 12 (From Our Own Correspondent! London. Apr. 27 v niAT it might be desirable at some future dale to revert to a smaller issued capit il was declared by Mr. A. P. Had m when be presided at the annual meeting today Ol shareholders in the Damansara (Belangor)
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    Many Chinese Students Still In London
    493 12 Man y Chinese Students Still In London Government's If Attitude la tailed the star has so Uieniua^rßcomTnMoJh? 1, indeed the total of Here counting l)llly Prop, r. b Bide, whom 1 rrcw Malaya, fc rather^EL*** ace ot recent are pr^araduatea oi sines, the sort, that i. Prepared to pi Jusr.
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      583 13 I j I I m\^^ I 1 mW «m. I I -\gaUL^ba^.. -aiaaaaV ja^SPlfffH^ 77 u fli aßJfe^tf^r^J sjrv *A sT as x S \*s~s*Hz y A'?%f mm. -m J^% —^^V^^m ;^^^^j^ BRITISH FREIGHTER BLOWN AGROSJND IN GALE— The 5.000-tons Rritish freighter, Dunelmia, was blown aground in the Lower Elbe
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    198 14 (LONDON ADDRESS): 22, PALL MALL, LONDON S.VV. 1 Mail Passenger Vessels between RANGOON. COLOMBO. PORT SUDAN. MARSEILLES. PLYMOUTH LONDON with through onnection from Singapore and Penang HOMEWARD SAILINGS Leave Leave Rangoon Colombo 1939 CHESHIRE May 18 May 25 YORKSHIRE June 1 June 8 DERBYSHIRE June 15 June 22
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    413 14 Passenger list of the T.S.S. Hector, sailing for the United Kingdom today, Is Lt. F. G. Anderson. Miss L. Barclay, Dr. J. F. Barr, Miss K. Batty Smith. Mrs. M. G. Cathcart, Mrs. M. Charnaud. Lt. R. P. Coppinger, Mrs. Coppinger, Mr. E. J. Corbin. Miss A.
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    51 15 Today' s Contract Bridge Problems wai 1 I no thai oili I I bid j m would be I B I I I I unI and I I I I m, Scheakasi I I I I r bid I I i per I two no a miniI I I K
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    13 15 „u onM-ITI TIONAL (MB LISTENING TO A SPEECH KB> 0I b> Mr. Hore-Belisha.
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    Vines Enters For British Amateur
    32 15 i •il be I the •nvcd witn .--old tacled Plain Cup teams. making his b »t his flrst •s. He EttC ,ir .^warance in Eda. and •ud..nt.
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    Peter Kane Gives Up Title
    88 15 London. May 9. DL( Al SI he is unable to make the Height. Peter Kane. Great Britain, h.i* relinquished the world tj weight boxing championship. All difficulties connected with the world \\t i v.c.ht fight been the holder. Henry ArmStrwkf and Ernie Roderick. British (hampion
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    One Badminton Entry Rejected
    244 15 At of the Management Ol the Singapore Badminton on Monday evening one entry in the junior doubled was rejected. Mr. Boh Beng Swee who had won a prize in the junior previously partnering George a in 1*34, was reed. Alter a long and thorough discussion nve
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    Fort Canning XI
    36 15 PORT canning cricket eleven tc play Rallies Institution on the In-.-t.tution ground at 2 30 today is:— Dobbie icapt Smith, Dowiing. Wilton. Baker. Telford. Turner, E Mason Whitleman and Caolin:;. LTmpirv Oi er.
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    40 15 ISLE OF ARAN HEROES VISIT LONDON. Th. 11 J"*** «g*i» .~j. wive, dressed io their island costume,, .re now visiting London ■>*«•«? e J h si htl The Ufeboat men ask the way oi a policeman when they arrive at tusion.
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    ITALIAN EYES ON HELSINGFORS
    673 15 U.S. Coach Has High Hopes For Olympics 10,000 METRES PROSPECT JTALIAN track and field athletes are bent on capturing the laurels of the usually favoured nations which will compete in the Olympic Games to be held at Helsingfors next year, according to Boyd Comstock, American Olympic
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    R.A.O.C. Have Easy Win At Alexandra
    458 15 R.A.O.C. Have Easy Win At Alexandra IN spue oi many wasted opportunities 1 hi the first naif, the R.AOC. scored a five-n:i victory over the Malaya Signals ir. a second division <a> soccer match at Alexandra Rou'j yesterd: ihe Corps scored one goal In the first ha.f pad after u
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    West Indies Have Express Attack
    275 15 West Indies Have Express Attack London. Apr 28. All the West Indian cricketers turned out for practice at Lord's yesterday, excepting V. Btolhneyer, who has a cold. George Headley and L. N. Constantine attracted most attention from spectators and autograph-hunter?. Headley batted superbly, his back play being an education, while
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    Owen-Smith To Quit Cricket
    177 15 London Apr 28. THERE is another summer to be got through before we start thinking of the next visit of a Soutn African cricket team, but a point to note U that Owen-Sm'tn their gr«at all-rounder will be cut of the side "Tuopy' has told th?
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    6 15 CONSTANTINE. sometimes styled world's leading all-rounder.
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    Badminton Entries
    52 15 DATE lor entries of the junior men's singles and doubles events In the Singapore badminton championships has been extended to May 15. Ail entries accompanied with the requisite fees should be sent to the Hon. Secretary. Mr. Chye Kim Heng, care of Asiatic Petroleum Co. (S.S.- Ltd.. 83
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    54 15 Mr Henry Kendall, who was Assistant Town Planner. F. II S.. until I*3l, is to be married at Richmond, Surrey, on May 25, to Miss Marjorie Packer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W T A. Packer, Old Shoreham. Sussex. Mr. Kendall, who will be remembered by F.M.S. tennis players, is
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    LORD GRAY FOR SIXTH RACE THIS AFTERNOON
    1366 16 LORD G RAY FOR SIXTH RACE THIS AFTERNOON Green Eyes And Rye Seamus Should Win REVIEW OF THE PROSPECTS By Our Racing Reporter CIELDS consisting of class four horses and class two ponies will be seen at the races at Bukit Timah, today, the first day of the May extra
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    49 16 Free Press Selections pREE PRESS selections are as follows: Race 1: Kit, East Lynne. Race 2: Rye Seamus, Brass Bullet. Race 3: Pantoi. Esquire. Race 4: Harfleur, Pat Burke. Race 5: Green Eyes, All Gold. Race 6: Lord Gray, Greypion. Race 7: Pinafore. Char. Race 8: A.D.C, Fifty-Three. ■Kyyyr--.---
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    23 16 FISTING CLEAR ON THE PADANG YESTERDAY, \%hen the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank beat William Jacks 6—o in a B.H.L. match.— Free Press picture.
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    20 16 THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK HAD NO TROUBLE IN BEATINR Will lAM ,»r KO yesterday. They won m\ top *2£
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    Artful Sailor, Servus, In Class 1
    243 16 Artful Sailor, Servus, In Class 1 ARTFUL Sailor and Servus, two comparative newcomers, have been promoted from class two to class one according to the latest list of amendments to classifications issued by the S.R.A. Complete list is as below. HORSES TRANSFERS From class 2 to class 1: Artful Sailor.
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    Cold Storage Win Last Fixture 9-1
    172 16 Cold Storage Win Last Fixture 9- 1 IN their last fixture In the Business Houses League at Anson Road Stadium yesterday the Singapore Cold Storage scored an overwhelming 9 l victory over the Straits Times Press SC. The winners possessed the better and faster team. Their forwards struck a brilliant
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    P.S.C. Win From Japanese
    147 16 JHE TENNIS TEAM of the Perhimponan Stia Club beat the Japanese Club by five matches to four, with three matches drawn, on the latter's hard court. Eesults: PS.C. names first, Singles: Khamis beat Kobayashi. 6—4, 6—4; A. Sujak beat Kiriu, 6—3, 6—4; A. Hamid Kassim lost
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    SIX GOALS FROM JACKS
    224 16 Bankers Move TcTV Of B.H.L. TabJ" DEATING Jacks Sports Cluh on the SRr I terday the Hongkong and Shanghai' L I the top in the Business Houses Leajni e lr I the same number of points, 17, as U\ I better goal average and a match
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    Lancashire Rout Gloucester
    64 16 London, May 9. Lancashire beat Gloucester by ten wickets. Gloucester; 267 (Barnett 120) and 79 (Phillipson seven for 18). Lancashire: 308 and 39 for none. Kent beat Essex by 116 runs. "Kent: 269 (Taylor five for 50, Nichols tour for 89) and 132 (Ray Smith nve for
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