The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 11 May 1939

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS N° 15'771 ***T*y 1835 THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1039. 5 CENTS.
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    MOSCOW'S STATEMENT ON TALKS
    52 1 MOSCOW'S STATEMENT ON TALKS •are 1 et nt rnthe the uid tions ler- I ind is «.iid regardthe So\iet ..i m iacoeity, retain if the grnri .i\ui into mili- v m fulfilment ol the ken w itli :tip of the «»th«»r states PtISI in LONDON Kr? Mr. I nt. I
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    PREMIER TELLS OF PROPOSALS TO SOVIET
    167 1 Russia's Doubts Over Anglo-French Scheme- OPPOSITION QUESTIONS EVADED London, May 10. Al Tl K he had concluded his statement on the Anglo-Soviet negotiations, a large number of questions were fired at the Prime Minister from the Opposition benches, but Mr. Chamberlain declined to be
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    Malayan Students & Conscription
    23 1 Malayan Students Conscription I Presi -t night ind other rih t\- taken by a general alii I the i :ion rt hr>r Reuter
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    ROYAL WELCOME FOR PRINCE PAUL
    13 1 ROYAL WELCOME FOR PRINCE PAUL ftfcq in irrived the lini, and immense Reuter
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    Pledge To States In E. Europe
    639 1 AWAITING A REPLY FROM MOLOTOV London, Mav 10. A CROWDED House of Commons tonight heard the Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, make his eagerly-waited statement on the progress of the AngloSoviet negotiations. At the outset Mr. Chamberlain referred to the statement issued in Moscow
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    Anglo-German Non—Aggression Pact?
    100 1 Anglo-German Non— Aggression Pact? London. May 10. MR GEOFFREY MANDER Wolverhampton) asked Mr. Chamberlain in the House of Commons this afternoon what reply had bee" received from Germany to the British Government's offer of a guarantee to Germany against aggression, ana whether the offer had been conveyed through diplomatic channels.
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    48 1 HEUR lIIILER last week I ad long conversations with Count Paul Teleki, Hungarian premier, and Count C ky. foreign minister, in Bit 1. Herr are Count Teleki (right) with Count Csakj and Herr von Ribbentrop, German I oreign Minister, inspecting a guard of honour on arrival in Berlin.
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    BRITISH MOVE FOR PEACE IN CHINA?
    236 1 London, May 10. TN the House of Commons tonight Mr. R. W. Sorenson (Labour, Leyton) asked whether in view of the recent decision of the Japanese Government not to enter into a fuller alliance with Italy and Germany for military and other purposes, the
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    Conscription For Rhodesia?
    82 1 Empire Defence Salisbury, May 10. SOUTH RHODESIA'S intention to organise the whole of the colony's manpower by means of national registration was announced by the Minister of Defence, Mr. Robert C. Tredgold. during the budget debate today. He added that the economic life of the colony would
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    AUSTRALIA PREPARES FOR CAPITAL SHIPS
    42 1 Canberra, May 10. IT WAS ANNOUNCED today that Sir Leopold Savilie. well-known harbour engineer, has been engaged to visit Australia immediately to advise the Government on the provision of a dry dock to accommodate capital ships Reuter
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    British Ship Threatened By Japanese
    108 1 British Ship Threatened By Japanese Shanghai, May 10. THE BRITISH steamer Tungwo arrived at Shanghai this afternoon after having been detained by a Japanese destroyer, off the Yangtse delta, until the crew 7 had unloaded ViO pigs w r hich were aboard. The English master of the Tungwo only complied
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    Price Control In N.Z.
    137 1 Wellington, May 10. WfTH A VIEW to protecting the public Irom exploitation, price control la to be established in New Zealand. Mr. A. Sullivan. Minister for Industries and Commerce, announcing the Government's plans, which follow the imposition of stringent import and currency restrictions, said the Government
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    ARMY RECRUITING RECORD
    49 1 London, May 10. Recruiting .or the Regular Army lor April beat all postwar records. The number of men accepted was 3.342. this being C23 above the figure tor April, 1938. Last week's intake— l.Bl2 men— waa a record for any week of the postwar period. Reuter
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    NEW MOVE FOR PEACE IN CHINA?
    188 2 Reported Plans For A Conference QUO TAI-CHI MAY ACT IN LONDON Hong Kong, May 10. PERTAIN members in the Kuomintang Government have resumed their movement for peace through an international 'conference, according to a message from ChungKing, reports Eastern News. The leaders of the
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    BRITAIN LENDS PICTURES FOR MILAN SHOW
    73 2 London, May 10. IMPORTANT contributions are being made from public collections and those of private connoisseurs in Britain, to an exhibition of works bv Leonardo Da Vinci, which was opened at Milan on Tuesday. Exhibits from Britain include 19 drawings preserved in Windsor Castle,
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    Shanghai Council Chief's Appeal To Chinese Writers
    153 2 Shanghai Council Chief's Appeal To Chinese Writers Shanghai. May 10. IN compliance with Japanese representations, Mr. C. S. Franklin, chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council, this morning urged representatives Of Chinese newspapers in the International Settlement to refrain from making anti-Japanese comments or references, in view of the delicate situation
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    POLISH-SOVIET TALKS
    87 2 POLISH-SOVIET TALKS M Warsaw, May 10. POTEMKIN. Soviet Deputy Com- missar for Foreign Affairs, called on Col. Josef Beck. Polish Foreign Minister, at noon today and had a lengthy interview, in which, it is understood, Polish-Soviet relations were discussed in the light of recent events and Germany's changed attitude to
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    Royal Letters Thrown Overboard In Barrel
    225 2 M ID- ATLANTIC CEREMONY Aboard Empress Of Australia, May 10. RESPITE bad weather, the Empress of Australia, which ifl carrying the King and Queen to Canada, forged ahead throughout the night, at a steady seventeen knots. Rough seas are still causing considerable pitching. There
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    AMERICAN WAR RISK INSURANCE REDUCED
    39 2 New York, May 10. The special general reduction of war risk Insurance rates became effective yesterday. Rates to Germany and Italy, recently quoted only on application, are now back on a standard basis. Reuter
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    BRITISH FREIGHTER SINKS
    64 2 Manila, May 10. The United States destroyer Pope rescued the officers and crew of the British lreighter Lindenbank, which sent out an S.O.S. after striking a reef in the Sulu Sea 250 miles south oManila. The vessel sank in 600 fathoms. About 60 persons were aboard the
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    EX-PRESIDENT ARRESTED
    38 2 Quito (Ecuador), May 10. Colonel Lius Larrea Alba, left-wing leader and ex-president of Ecuador and 50 followers were arrested today It is alleged they were found discussing a revolutionary document making accusations against President Narvaez Reuter
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    Scandinavian "No" To Hitler
    69 2 Stockholm, May 10. ftORWAY, Sweden and Finland ore expected to giv e a polite negative to Hitler's offer of nonaggrcssion pacts, folloicing yesterday's conference here. Denmark however, will probably find herself obliged to accept the offer. A cojnmuniquc issued today states that the replies of the
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    FRENCH VIEWS ON POPE'S PLAN
    99 2 Paris. Hay 10. DEPORTS that the Pope has' made soundings in various Capital* in favour of a peaceful solution of the German-Polish dispute are broadly discussed in the French Press today. While Humanite and Le Peuole both show some misgivings on th e question of
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    In War Law Courts Would Be Moved
    94 2 I London. May 10 N THE EVENT of an outbreak of war. or the probability of war the Law Courts would be moved to places outside London. The Lord Chancellor has presented ln the House of Lords a bill, the text of which
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    23 Die When Plane Crashes In Street
    84 2 Quito, (Ecuador), May 10. Twenty-three people were killed as the result of an army plane crashing in the streets of Guayaquil. The plane started a conflagration which, in addition to causing loss of life, destroyed much pronertv Reuter Tokio, May 10. Mr. Kikuji
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    BIG DRIVE ON CANTON SOON
    303 2 BIG DRIVE ON CANTON SOON Chinese Forces Are Ready To Attack Changsha, Apr. 10 FOREIGN OBSERVERS on the Kiangsi front report that the Chinese have accomplished the following objectives during their 50 encounters during the month of April: By launching a general attack on the Japanese in Kiangsi before the
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    RUMANIA'S NEW PARLIAMENT
    114 2 Bueharest, May 10. ELECTIONS to the new parliament under the first electoral laws of the authoritarian regime, it was announced last night, will be held on June lst and 2nd. Parliament will be summed on June 7— the eve of the anniversary of the restoration of the
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    King's Birthday Parade
    104 2 King's Birthday Parade A CEREMONIAL PARADE of the troops in honour of the Kings birthday will be held at Farrer Park on Thursday, June 8, at 7.30 a.m., it was officially announced last night The Governor and Commander-in-Chief will attend and take the salute. Seating accommodation in the enclosures will
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    200,000 EVACUATED FROM CHUNGKING
    77 2 Chungking, May 10. THE NUMBER of refugees evacuated from Chungking by the Government on May 5, 6 and 7 amounted to more than 200,000 apart from many thousands who made their own arrangements and fled on foot, in rickshas and sedan chairs. Mr. Ll Yao-ching, manager
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    SAKAIS IN HUNT FOR FLIER
    192 2 SAKAIS IN HUNT FOR FLIER Naval Pl ane3 T( Jolj i Search (I. K,,: 'I.» Lump, ir T ss Hay, the Kuala who has b, Will 1> stretch of steenh m thick rtrgln jungle is Z? r b' ties-. of Kuala Lumpur, where believed tc ban made 1 1 landing
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    Lombard Goes Maternal
    100 2 Last Night's Fm From her former "J-J Carole Lombard love in -y. latest film at th, opening twice gives pror.a U what her more ard< as her natural becomes a mother. responsibiliUei As might competently and InteUi is hard to get out of Miss Lombard ll «tfl
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    Cabinet Considers Palestine Plan
    42 2 Cabinet Considers Palestine Plan M Loi It i, the Brit settlement of l K was i of the Cabin. A rep tion of h 9 l considei Dr. Wei -JJI pected to arrive^ Palestine, to. Government w fixe year period tion Reuter
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    party For consul-Ceneral
    88 3 party For c onsul-Ceneral picture. picture. n Mil n x PAETl given by Syed A. M. AlsagofT in honour J I fltfrnaariee, retiring British Consul-General at Batavia, and r^ „ded iron, left: Lady Small, wife of the Colonial m.kiII. the Consul-General for the Cnited v ration, Mrs. Weisberg, wife of
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    Two Caught Using 'Dud' Immigration Cards
    64 3 CHINESE GO TO GAOL convicted in the Singapore Criminal urday of corrupt!} using as true <>t admission into the Colony. T I M 8. cerbe to six and ■tnt- imprlSettle- a tion an the Mar esented in •er- the red Ana J he pre-
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    Annual Report Of Thornycrof ts
    148 3 A net profit of $32,014 is reported by Thornycrcft (Singapore-. Ltd.. for the year ended Jan. 31. This compares with $54,754 in the previous year. As previously announced, the directors propose a dividend of 3 1 per cent, the first since 1929. on the' preferred
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    New President Of Rotarv
    89 3 MR. R. E HOLTTUM was elected president of the Singapore Rotary Club at a meeting of the Club yester- aay. Mr. T H. Stone was the last president of the Ciub. Vice-presidents elected were Mr. H. R. Cheeseman and Dr. Chen Su Lan. Other office-bearers elected
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    News In Brief
    398 3 A RADIO exhibition opened at the Great World yesterday. A feature of the exhibition was a studio which the B.M B.C. erected in the section of the park where the exhibition is being held Programmes will be bioadca^t from the exhibition each night during the exhibition, which
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    RIGOROUS. IMPRISONMENT FOR A CHINESE YOUTH
    368 3 RIGOROUS. IMPRI SONMENT FOR A CHINESE YOUTH Work For Anti-Enemy Backing-Up Society ONLY 17 YEARS OLD CENTENCE of two months' rigorous in,™*™,™ 4 0 passed on Tan Ting, 17-year-oW Ha in?„?«! 'Z2 by Mr K. .A. Blacker, Singapore lllrtM^BlSSSg yesterday, on a charge of managing or asskE t management of,
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    Military Band At B.M.B.C. Tonight
    109 3 HHHE BAND of the lst. A Manchester Regiment will make its radio debut at the studio of the Singapore 8.M.8.C. stations tonight. The band, which is playing by permission of Lt.-Col. N Clowes, the 0.C., and officers of the regiment, will be conducted by Mr.
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    CAR THIEF GOING TO CHINA WAR ?
    165 3 CAR THIEF GOING TO CHINA WAR A CHINESE from Penang who told j th e Court he was a candidate for an ambulance corps to leave Singapore for China en May 20, was fined $10, in default, 20 days' rigorous imprisonment, by Mr. K. A. Blacker, Singapore Third Police Magistrate,
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    Two On Drug Charges
    118 3 Alleged to have been the occupier oi a house In Silat Road and not being a medical practitioner or registered dentist and to have used the premises for the smoking of a deleterious drug cannabis sativa (ganja), Ajuman apa 38-year-old Tamil, son uf Mudiappan appeared in
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    Malay Sapper's Trouble With A Postman
    322 3 "pRIMINAI. FORCE does not nect*mean using force to a great extent," remarked Mr. C. H. Koh. me Singapore Fourth Police Magistrate, yesterday when binding over a young Malay sapper. Borhan bin Nordin. for using criminal force on a postman, Jankri Rai. at Pulau Brani
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    Dagger Found In Pocket
    163 3 rpHREE MONTHS rigorous imprli J ment was passed on a Chinese. Lim Kim Kee. by Mr. Conrad Oldham acting Singapore Criminal Dis t rid Ju yesterday, for going armed with a dagger on Apr. 24 in Singapore. The prosecution alleged that owing to a fight that
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    Gaol For Exterminator Of Traitors
    229 3 Gaol For Exterminator Of Traitors "T HIS rack et has been going on in i- S f m gapore f or over a year now. w is still flourishing and I ask your honour to take a serious view of this case remarked Mr. J. N. N A. Nicho'ls Assistant
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    Leprosy Work In Siam
    180 3 tFrom Our Own Correspondent I Bangkok. Mav 7. 1 COME remarkable leper research is being done at the Leper Asylum Chiengmat North Siam under the j direction of Dr. J. Martin Oberdorffer 28-year-old German doctor, who is specialising in the treatment of leprosy. !He is following
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    "Never Again" Says Mother Of Four
    70 3 "I'm tired of children." says Mrs. G. Johnson, of Dunedin. mother of New Zealand's famous quads who have been visited by more than 2 000 people during the last three years and have just celebrated their fourth birthday. •'Mine are beautiful babies, of course,
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    DEMPO DUE TODAY
    62 3 The m.s. Dempo bound lor Europe, is expected to arrive in the outer roads at about 8 p.m. today. She will come alongside the S.H.B. wharves at about 6.30 a.m. tomorrow and will leave for Belawan and Europe the same day at 10 am. PRIVATE VJEW DAY
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    English Books Popular In France Today
    1186 4  -  Rose Patterson Cosmopolite Gossip By THERE are vogues and 1 seasons for the great Eng-lish-speaking writers in France and (his year Paris has gone in for the Brontes. There is a wide sale for translations of their works and one of the recent successes
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    "JOINING UP" ADVICE
    606 4  -  N. C. O. By INURING the past few weeks any number of young fellows, who know that J. was one of the what-did-you-do daddies in the Great War, have asked me what I should do now if I were they. All these naive inquiries came from able-bodied
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    Hitler's Plan
    695 4  -  PERTINAX By a m pOR some time past, competent observers have balanced between two interpretations of Herr Hitler's policy. According to som e the Fuehrer has made up his mind to face the risks of a European war in order to carry out his scheme of continental domination.
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    TROPICAL DOCTORS GO BACK TO SCHOOL
    99 5 "CAN you see them?" asks a demonstrator holding up a i-i of. tarrae from a uond. m m h loUr K ln I^—y the delegates to the International malariology eourse organised by the League Nat.ons health 11, Dele ga.es have con>e from Indo-China. India.
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    Britain Finalises Evacuation Plans
    402 6 A COMPREHENSIVE SCHEME WHILE the Singapore authorities announce that no plans exist for large-scale wartime evacuation from Singapore in fact that evacuation would be active, v discouraged' ihe Ministry of Health announced in London la*t week a comprchensi>e scheme This embraces 3,000,000 schoolchildren, babies with their
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    36 6 THK HATS WORM HY THESE DUTCH NAVAL RATINGS, who passed through Singapore in the Nederland Line vessel Johan de Witt to Java jnafltcriay, are reminiscent of those worn by sailors in Nelson's day. Free Press picture.
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    Latvians Stop Having Babies
    174 6 Latvia Is troubled about its seriously fallen birthrate. While there were 30 8 births per thousand in the years 1397 to 1903 only 18 3 per thousand took Place In 1931-35, so that in less than forty years the natural annual ine f; Population has fallen
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    Advance In Empire Cable Facilities
    415 6 DEVELOPMENTS In cable and radio communication between Empire countries were referred to bv Mr. Edward WUshaw at the annual meetling of Cable and Wireless Ltd., held in London on Monday. Mr. Wilsha-v mentioned the success of the Empire flat-rate scheme and said: "Despite the fact
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    STILL WEAK LINKS AT SINGAPORE
    1301 6 Food S :or age Might Cripple Fortress AUSTRALIAN VIEW THE suggestion that Singapore's security could be jeopardised by the arrival of large numbers of Japanese soldiers in disguise aboard sampans and fishing craft is made by an Australian journalist, Rupert Lockwood, in the current issue
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    24 6 AS A LESSON in civics as trell as On area recently destroyed by the £9.00 enquiry on strictly official and judicM "ivii;<c:s" is being >
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    ARGUMENTS AGAINS NAZI COLONIES
    440 6 ARGUMENTS AGAINS NAZI COLONIES THE rase against restoring to Germany her former African colonies under existing conditions, though not under any conditions, is presented in a comprehensive survey of all the relevant factors by Mr. George L Steer In a book published In London last week under the title "Judgment
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    Chief Judge Rejects Chandu Appeal
    847 7 CONVICTION UPHELD 4 J DISMISS the appeal of the first appellant and must say that had the sentence been one of three vears instead of 11 months. I would not have reduced it n said the Chief Justice, S.S., Sir Percy McElwaine, giving judgment in
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    19 7 OFARP FXCKRCISES ichich have been carried out at Sudith a mock air raid uhen derelict cottage* ir'mnri) nPri-arta-'aemlhVsnga. T
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    "NEW ACT WILL HIT WOMEN
    504 7 M AN Y wives in Britain entitled tc 1 l?1 present a divorce petition will be anxious concerning a new law which > comes into operation on July 13. Their problem is this: Is it better for 1 a wife to obtain freedom by divorce
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    Death After Few Punches
    200 7 "W E wer e discussing our futures and I expressed the hope that he would join his life and career witli mine on the basis of an unbreakable bond of friendship This statement was alleged to have been made by Niall MacDermott, Oxford undergraduate, aged 22,
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    Frugtniet Asks For Postponement
    61 7 THE TRIAL OF M. W. Frugtniet and C. G. Rodrigo on a charge of fraudulently using as genuine a certain document, which was to have begun at the Singapore Assizes yesterday, was postponed to the next Assizes on an application by Frugtniet. Frugtniet, who looked unwell
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    Chief Justice Going To K.L.
    82 7 Chief Justice Going To K.L. The Chief Justice. S.S.. Sir Percy McElwaine. will leave Singapore by train on Saturday night for Kuala Lumpur to sit in the Court of Appeal, which opens there on Monday. Sir Percy will go to Penang to hear an appeal by two Sikhs who have
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY. MAY 11, 1939. The Moscow Talks
    615 8 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY. MAY 11, 1939. The Moscow Talks IT is not surprising that anxiety Ifl being felt in 'many quarters regarding the slow progress of the Anglo-Soviet talks. The statements made yesterday in London and Moscow do not make the situation much clearer, except to increase suspicion
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    Prison Rats Conceal Illicit Cigarettes
    1240 8  -  JACOB SIMON This is the second of a series of article, fr "T"** giving remarkably intimate details of the rneth 0 T £ft Arab rebels are using to harass the British chl By THE rats of Acre prison have brought together in common cause Arab
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    MISADVENTURE VERDICT ON EUROPEAN
    1160 9 MISADVENTURE VERDICT ON EUROPEAN Official Found Shot At Changi Gaol OPINION OF JURY VERDICT of misadventure was returned by a jury Bitting m the Sinppore Coroner's Court, before Mr. Jll» r^u >' este ,a >'«. followinjc an inquest into the ceath of Charles Bonning, 51, acting deputy gaoler attached to
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    28 9 I IC ED LOBBI W\s ONE OF THE THREE VEHICLES ,npl I" Orchard Road. Singapore, yotcrday. uhen four v. ere hurt.— Free Pres;- picture.
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    Orchard Road Crash Seriously Injures Two
    59 9 IDENTITY NOT KNOWN pedestrian* wen seriously injured and three motor I Nicies darni in I triple crash in Orchard Road, Pavilion Cinema, yesterday. tplc were taken to hospital, hut only the detained. They are a Chinese man yet unidentified. Oani, the scene the Hnih
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    Australia In Eastern Flour Market
    165 9 AUSTRALIA, DOW the largest exporter flour in thr world, supplied practically S9 per cent, of Malaya's and Netherlands Indies' requirements. Mr C L. Kimpton. partner in the firm of W S Kimpton and Son, one of thr largi rrrJian flour exporters, told a Free Press
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    Law Notice For The Day
    21 9 Law Notice For The Day in tbi lat a.m peal Instki ivniou i„ uu- 2nd Y i Soo X| the Rex.
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    Spanish Warship At Tangier
    15 9 Spanish Warship At Tangier II aujjitr. 26 tl rmans nt'y Vulcana British, ipa will re-
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    Two Chinese Drown In Perak
    66 9 i From Our Own Correspcnaent) Ipoh, May 10. Not realising the Kinta River was In spate, a Chinese went bathing at his customary spot and was carried away by a strong current. The body later was recovered by the police. Another drowning occurred in Lahat
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    Alsia Fire Started In Ship's Engineroom
    268 9 THE FIRE reported yesterday morning to have broken out in the East Asiatic 4,812-ton motorship Alsia near; Colombo occurred in the engineroom.' a later message received by the Singa- j pore office of the owners states Lloyds Colombo agent reports, that, the passengers and
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    Ship's Firemen Go To Prison
    91 9 pOR REFUSING to obey the captain's orders, six Indian firemen attached to the vessel City of R o tt b a i s were sentenced to one week's rigorous imprisonment each in the Singapore Marine Court yesterday. Capt. H. G. Booth, master of the vessel,
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    JURY FREES 2 CHINESE
    300 9 Coining Charges AFTER deliberating for more than an hour, a verdict of not guilty was brought in by a common jury against Lim Chong Har and Tan Soo Hua, two young Chinese, in the Singapore Assizes yesterday. Both were acquitted. The two men were on trial
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    Pickproof Pocket May Beat Wives
    75 9 A new kind of pocket just invented is claimed to be "pick-pocket-proof." It closes with a zip fastener; but the zip has a "remote control" so it can be shut on the inside of the pocket. One thousand four hundred of these pockets are already
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    Alleged Trespasser Allowed Bail
    49 9 Claiming trial to a charge of lurking nous* trespass Into a house In Victoria Street, on Tuesday, between sunset and sunrise, a Chinese, Lee Kim Liong, was allowed $100 bail yesterday in the Second Police Court, when the case was postponed a week for mention
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      13 9 y CONVENIENCE O!iU AFTER THE SHOW BIKE AT **cl< Oy slers STRAWBERRIES Finable
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      438 9 The OXFORD TAN WILLOW CALF by Lotus Delta BBflflßMßaflflflflflflflVlflata*«r*Vfi3ay *yj||F r SBaanaspapssae**' "Loius" 15.5C "Delta" $13.51 I Sole Agents ROBINSON CO., LTD. SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR Starves You Of Health -You Need Yeast-Vite Does the Picture hero illustrate a VCACT WITC ic 1 irt-i soene to YOUR home? Are there times
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    Passengers By Air
    229 10 The passengers by aircraft Corio from Southampton, Karachi. Burma, Bangkok and Penang. Arrived on Friday: Mr. C Ross from Bangkok: Mrs. K. J. S. Byrnes and Miss A. B. Byrnes from Penang. Aircraft Corio for N.L, Darwin. Brisbane and Sydney departed on Saturday: Mr. W. H. J.
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    Aga Khan To Visit London
    47 10 mi Cairo. The Aga Khan who has been suffering from a slight attack of dysentery has now recovered. He left Alexandria on May 3 by atr for Brindisi. continuing his Journey by train to Paris Later he will so on to London
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    RECONSTRUCTION WORK IN YUNNAN
    697 10 RECONSTRUCTION WORK IN YUNNAN Railway Brings Province New Importance CULTIVATION OF COTTON Chungking, May 1. ALTHOUGH the reconstruction of Yunnan, a frontier province in China's south-west, commenced some years ago, it has been intensified and accelerated since the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese hostilities in July, 1937. Since then many factories
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    Tea Industry Flourishes In Spite Of War
    463 10 Tea Industry Flourishes In Spite Of War Chungking. May 1. /CHINA'S tea export totalled 91.767.- 000 lbs. in 1938— the highest figure in the past five years according to figures released in Chungking in April by Mr. "A. G. Witham. English expert In the China National Tea Corporation, which showed
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    Two Solicitors Struck Off Roll
    119 10 The Disciplinary Committee in London last week ordered the names of two solicitors to be struck oif the ro 1 of Solicitors of the Supreme Court on the ground of professional misconduct The first case was that of Joseph Rowland Bradley, of 27, Ravenswood Road,
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    Ship Afire 80 Miles From Port
    76 10 Ship Afire 80 Miles From Port Lob* WHEN W the Bril reached H two foi by the H F re bl ■towed in tbe which Is Lii and I Sweden The use end l or two m bv I .As the T< I ship 1 pDI in the str tame
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      503 10 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES BIRTH n HOLIDAY. -To Rika, wife of E. G. Holiday, on May 8. at Maternity Hospital, Singapore, a daughter. TENDERS. SING A PORE MUNICIPALITY. Tenders. Tenders are now Invited for the following materials or services. For particulars see Municipal Tenders FOOm: Supply of Three Chlorine Flow
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      182 10 BOARD RESIDENCE. SEA FRONT KATONG GRANGE— 17. Meyer Rd (near Swimminf Club* Board -Residence at moderate rate* Large Gardens Tennis. Phone: 575*. EAST ANGLIA a OXLEt BIS* sINOAfOKL f min* to town oigb level parages dally or monthly ratet. large grounds, •zgeUent ealslna tennis, tingle and double rooms PHONE «3tf
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      56 10 BANK oTt^ "aoorDoratea r h ***Ai K <*«*ve t und 7 5 'ai 0 c *>* of 'S* lotal 9mm*m '0, approximate!, *W Tse-Vun, (ft r S»mc Han-ci m.^^.N rsuyee P, tendon x^ > < Mid, 11 Midland l»ai,kJw NRl «b n lr^t Trust V H HtCamsaeaSC N ,H N
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      617 10 RADIO PROGRAMMES SINGAPORE ■TODAY ZfIL 225 metres. ZIIP 30.06 metres. p.m. 5 00 Cantonese dramas. t 5.40 Cantonese musical lnterlude.t 5.50 Cantonese selections from "Ko Kwan Poh See Thum Yeng Fong."t 6.15 Children's programme. (Mandarin) ,t 6.30 "Popular Singers -15. (Mandarin;— Miss Lung Ye-slew- t 7.00 Children's programme. (English). 7.15
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      177 10 BERLIN TODAY ■MS •<.;„, !>'»'. 15.21 r. 1>: > 15.28 a* WN I S4 p.m. dl r.20 N. v 8... 9.20 N 9.:h Ori }J J 10. 3a > 11.20 Ctoat i PARIS TODAY i!>.6« m.. 1521 aae/a aai U4I a p.m 5.20 i, iding 5.50 Qramophi i 6.JC Talk
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      LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCK & SHARES
      216 11 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCK SHARES s l Night's (Quotations I'' from l° n 5.30 p.m. Yesterday I I in l«i Latest Quotation:? Previously M 245. 4' 2^* 15.5. 15?;. v q s x d 30 35^ 8 275. 3d 265. Ms. 3d 32-s. DnttSK... l<B*. 96 98v l- 2
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      Daily Share Report
      81 11 i,( W rRASEH A t O. AT 1,11 CU>SI 01 m SINI S8 nSTERDAI a1 aaiaaiaj uas I uas quite Uir > h i I4fja todav dura, and with reined from New lhat -'Editions r scttft M our lre market today. However >■***, a ain J SSart
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION
      76 11 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION I UM k Noon 11 Rattan 15 16 1 27)3.16 Flat Bart Creoe FOB in baits May 23 24 Future Months Quotation* No IX RSS on Registered Tender May 28 28 j h June 28 28 l ,s Julv Sept 28 SStt Oct Dec 28N
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      Local Exchange Rates
      178 11 Local Exchange Rates a T.T. 2 3 13, 1u London demand 2 3 13 16 Lyons demand 2045 Switzerland demand 240 4 Hamburg demand 134 New York demand 54 3 16 Montreal demand 54 3 8 Batavia demand 100*8 Samarang demand 100},. Calcutta. Bombay Rangoon demand 153 Madras A: Colombo
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      THE COMMODITY MARKETS
      159 11 From London 5.30 p. m. Yesterday RTBBER: Firm London: Bd. .8 1 16d. Previously 715 ifij Rri July-Sept.: B'ed. 8 3 16d. Previouslyi 8 1 16d" 3'«d pct.-Dec: 3%A 8 5,16d. PreviorelJ %i\d B^l .Tan.-Mar.: <;i 4 d. 83 B d. Prev.^jy- 16d i«!8d *<" 16.09 cents
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      THE METAL MARKETS
      57 11 From London: Latest Quotations TIN: Firmer. Spot: £225 17s. 6d. Previously: ss. Three months: £223 12s. Oc. Previously: £223. NEW YORK TIN: 4gg Previously: 40.10. 2^. Od Previously: £41 10s COLD: Yesterday: £1 v'd Previously: £1 Bs. b >6. SILVER: Spot: 20 1 16d. Previously: 20 3
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      Foreign Exchange Rates London Closing Quotations
      69 11 Foreign Exchange Rates London Closing Quotations Method oJ k»ariL> oerore Latest Centre Quoting 20-9-31 Rate Previously Paris Franc to 124.11 176 3 4 176 1116 New York... $to 4 8650 4.68 316 4.68 316 Amsterdam Guilders to 12.10 8.81*2 8.83 1# 2 Hong Kong.. Per dollar Is. 2 3 4
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      Teachings Of West Cause Of China War?
      308 11 CHINESE STUDENTS educated in tne United States and Europe are responsible for the current Sino- Japanese war. according to Wen Tsung-yao. chairman of the Legislative Yuan of the Japanese-controlled Reformed Government of Nanking. Without mentioning the fact that he himself is a returned
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      Yesterday's Rubber Auction
      164 11 THE Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 1,433rd auction yesterday when there were catalogued 958 673 lbs. 427.93 tons Offered 927,598 !bs. 414.10 tons Sold 715,244 lbs. 319.30 tons Spot London 715 16d New York 16 cents PRICES REALISED Ribbed Smoked Sheet Cents Per Lb.
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      Marigold B.P.
      120 11 The Marigold B.P. will play a friendly badminton match with the Useful B.P. at the Marigold court on Sunday. May 21, consisting of five singles and two doubles. The following are requested to be at the court at 3 p.m.: Chung Cheng Hock, Tan Cheng Hoe. Loh Ngin
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      SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES
      1288 11 From Exchange Telegraph Co. Fraser And Co. 's List WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1939: 5 P.M. HIVING Ou> er» Sellers Ampti Tin (4s) 2s 9d 3s Cd Austral Amal. (sa) 4s 9d 5s 3d cd. Austral Malay 38s 42s Aver Hitam css) 19s 20s Aycr Wexig
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      Current Company Dividends
      84 11 List Supplied By Messrs. Fraser Co. WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1939: 5 P.M. Total for Company Dividend Book^ Financial TIN Close Date Ex. Dlv. year Austral Amal V' 2 d May 12 May 19 May 13 2 1 2 i jlong Fatt 2 1 2 May 17 May
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    SHIPPING SUBSIDY IS NOT ENOUGH
    503 12 Further Freight Contracts Should Be Sought SHIPPING MINISTRY URGED London, Apr. 29. A RUSH of orders has followed the Government's decision to grant long term subsidies to the shipbuilding industry. The amount of tonnage ordered since April began is nearly equal, it is said, to
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    29 12 FRENCH AMBASSADOR returns to Berlin. M. Coulondre, the French Ambassador to Berlin, who was recalled to Paris after the annexation of Czechoslovakia snapped as he left Paris for Berlin.
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    Hitler's Signature Is Worth £25
    166 12 IF you possess a signed letter from Hitler you can add £25 to the estimate of your assets, because that is the price you would get from a dealer in autographs. A few years ago, it was reported that an autographed letter from George Bernard
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    Arabs' New Proposals For Palestine
    358 12 Arabs' New Proposals For Palestine Cairo, Apr. 30. |\EFINITE proposals for a settlement in Palestine were adopted here last night at a conference cf Palestinian Arabs and representatives of the Arab States, joined for the first time by Indian Moslems. The conference was presided over by Mohamed Mahmud Pasha, Egyptian
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    Germany Attacks Colonial Problem Thoroughly
    427 12 Germany Attacks Colonial Problem Thoroughly Berlin, Apr. 27. HpHE release in Munich of a u Colo- nial Propaganda Film German Land in Africa"— draw attention to the fact that while Nazi propaganda for the return of Germany's former African colonies is not in the foreground in the daily Germari Press,
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    France Puts Up Her Shutters
    180 12 Paris. May 1. llfliFN Musaoitni appealed to Italians living abroad to return to streng-' then the country's man-power, thousands Living in Franc* obeyed the call That wis sjotne time ago. Now. (or reasons beat known to thei^selves. the^e Italians are trying to flock back to
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    66 12 rae rernas between Penang and Butterworth on Saturday evening met with an unusually rough sea Clouds of spray broke over the bow< ot tbe 830 launch from Butterworth and when it was In mid-channel still arger wove broke over the bows and inundated the lower deck. MemI "1 the crew
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    No Word Of Chinese Junk
    249 12 London. May I. ALTHOUGH they arc not. strictly A speaking, trading sailing ships, a ;it.od deal of attention has recently been aroused by the attempts of several Europeans to make long voyages In Chinese junks, although the precedent for such ventures Is net at all
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    Transport's New Deal In China
    452 12 Transport's New Deal In China BIG PROBLEM TACKLED Chungking, Ma\ i THE importance of interior communications in* c< 1 China has led to the recent establishment Ministry of Communications of a special c committee to look after manual transport China's human labour is inexhaustible and authorities believe that its proper
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    How the Empress Is Furnished
    118 12 't-h;-: e Canada Li uxur of 21 850 t ins. witl i und a tin j painted white with I Communicatioi decks la b passenger I On a tog-room, dr rn, and lounge. In Empin obstructed !V- r-' I The Louis X!V panelled wal I
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      52 12 BBBBBSBSS^ wmn^^ M^ Mmmmn^^^^^^' rvT§ THE SINGAPORE MUSICAL SOCIETY P" ES •CREATION uilh full (ii-ius ani Orchestra t/mtml. THE VICTORIA MEMORIAL HALL at I*lB p.m. r Nancy Fowler (Soprano), Laaghland Vi»<*nl John MacNeish (Baritone). wu< Conductor Gtaa Wl****** Seats $2, $1. and 50 cts. Book at Littles and avoid waitim;
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      471 12 Airmail Arrivals And Despatches IN WAR li Imperial: From Eurooe doe tK Vp?i IFl**'' Cl SC &t 1 Ber k^' Fd^ Koek. Padan,. Monday. Thursday Fiid?! tl t? J* ip m da,,y f Barot siak a J Selat Pandno^,iK inursrta >. Friday after- K.L.M*. To Medan and Europe: J an
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      565 13 rJlCffiaißaaaaWWWiai =i5 -^IIH^L 2!^"*satllta^ B *:*™llw---3=^ m m m r oi aaa^*aaaa^^ -a Mil aaaaaaa !*-^te*^L* iS^B indiaTines |U VU ORATED IN ENGLAND) p. 6c O. S. N. CO'S SAILINGS, OITWARDS Tonrai-e S'pore. Tonnage S'pore. CORFU 15.000 June 30 6.100 In port BURDWAN 6.070 July 1 iSjOTIH 7| oOQ May
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      545 13 McALISTER CO., LTD^ (Incorporated in Straitt Settlementsj GRESHAM HOUSE. BATTER* RU, SINGAPORE. PHONE 5172 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL S.S. Co.. Ltd. (Incorporated in England.) HAVRE LONDON ROTTERDAM HAMBURG VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL Steamer CITY OF ATHENS CaUs Glasgow m^" CITY OF PITTSBURG Calls Glasgow June 29 July 2 FOR NEW YORK,
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      740 13 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Ocean Building, Coflyet Quay Sta^apaar* ret 515L Chartered Bank Building Penang .Tel 1365. BLUE FUNNEL LINE. FAST SERVICES MARSEILLES, LONUON. CONIINENI AND GLASGOW (in conjunction witn the Glen Line) SH^SH" 23 L don Rdam Hull 1 a-*d H burg Maf 13 Ma^Hl ULENIFFER Ldon, R'dam, Ham, Am.
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR
    136 14 The following ships are alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected to arrive: East Wharf: Entrance Gate 1; Exit 1: Santhia 22. Main Wharf: Entrance Gate 2; Exit 3: Kota Tjandi 18; Kepong 10; /Vhilles 9; Kedah 7. Empire Dock: Entrance Gate 2: Exit 3:— Talisse 32;
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    Discrimination Against Foreigners In Tsingtao
    867 14 QUESTIONS IN HOUSE London, May 1. TN the House of Commons on Wednesday Mr. P. J. Noel- Baker (Derby, Lao.) asked the Prime Minister whether his Majesty's Government had made representations to the Japanese Government concerning the unfair discrimination against foreign vessels in respect of
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      609 14 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated ln F.M.S.) TELEPHONE: Freight 5433— Passage 5431. CANADIAN PACK IC I Wto* Ofttorf rr| (Incorporated In England/ IHE -EMPRESS' ROUTE offers TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES via HONOLULU or direct EMPRESS to VANCOUVER— ACROSS CANADA by TRANS-CONTIN-ENTAL TRAIN without change— thence by CANADIAN PACIFIC ATLANTIC SERVICES TO ENGLAND or
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      111 14 HENDERSON LINE SCHEDULE Ol* SAILINGS By Fortnightly Passenger Steamer Between Rangoon. Port Sudan, Marseilles and England. HOMEWARD SAILINGS Leave Rangoon 1939 PEGU May 27 SALWEEN June 10 KEMMENDINE June 24 AMARAPOORA July 22 SAGAING July 22 PROME Aug. 5 BURMA Aug. 19 YOMA Sept. 2 PEGU Sept. 16 SALWEEN Sept.
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      90 14 For Everything Appertaining to Ocean Passages, Foreign Money Exchange and Freight pply ccrtta's WAG(i^^LITS [WQPIO T^ftAVgT SCPVICfJ 39, ROBINSON ROAD No Booking Fees. Telephone 5908. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO.. LTD. (APCAR LINE) FOR HONG KONG, SHANGHAI, MOJI, KOBE AND OSAKA s. s. SHIRALA 8,000 TONS SAILING MAY 18, AT
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      653 14 AMERICAN PRESIDENT LIN^SI aflß^p B^k **v!'ljcS-j B^b mi wLlZ.^mmmmmmm*m^m9~M^ rj^^^^^*"^**,. Wm a =^mmmmmmSt t^sSg^m*^^mtrnf^^^-^, BB »*i ri t:nn H FROM SINGAPORE AND PENANG TO COLOMB(» ri^^ H ALEXANDRIA- NAPLES. *****^RSHLlW* Ht^0 lT Spore, Snore PRESIDENT HARRISON Mav 20 m fnia t w"> I X PRESIDENT HAYES SSL S !U» Ma
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    Dowling Takes Wickets, Gets Runs
    58 15 Dowling Takes Wickets, Gets Runs D0 took f was the tion Scores: |\v|!M HON 5 .14 KB 13 JJnnar.balam std Bak< i h Dow ling 11 ggor' rd 0 gjft-r 0 •^H 5 8 P65 I two for 14. POKI INNING 50 7 D Siva 24 1 0 4 6
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    16 15 fjSAL *T WF.MBLEY.— The King: shaking: hands with member- of the Portsmouth team before the match.
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    N.S. Teams For Soccer Trial
    98 15 Frun Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, May 10. \^ECRI SEMBILAN will hold a State soccei- trial on Saturday prior to the selection of the Negri Sembilan State team against Selangor at Seremban on May 20. Teams: Negri Sembilan XI: G3h Wee; Ghani, Mohamed AU: Haji Ibrahim.
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    R.S.G.C. Women's Duffer's Cup Draw
    96 15 pOLLOWING are the draw and start-. ing times for the first round of the R-S.G.C women's Duffers Cup ipetltion to be played tomorrow. ;:.:<0 Mrs. R Irvine vs. Mrs. G. M. Nayior. 330 Mrs. H. A Fredrichs vs Miss M E'der. 335 Mrs. H. C.
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    Women's Golf Match
    130 15 pOLLOWING are the teams and starting times for the women's match between the Garrison Golf Club and Keppel Golf Club, to be played at Tanglin today I Keppel names first I 3.45 p.m. Mrs. O. Ford '24) vs Mrs. Rae Mouiton <27>. 3.50 pm. Mrs. R. Earle
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    Crows Make Golf Expensive
    88 15 Leads*, Apr 30. it dearer in mdreds of »len from courses ks. rds to cad- rows or are stolen *ay« m Tredegar lerthyr., GlamorganNeath. Clvne, *m curses, and crows W that thev often soar he payers until bails have -reens. Then atch them up, to their
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    S.R.A. Spoon Shoot On Sunday
    48 15 A SPOON SHOOT will be held on Farrer Range. Seletar, at 7.30 a.m. on Sunday, second stage King's. Any previous announcement made in respect of a shoot on Sunday is hereby cancelled. Members of service units are requested to bring th2ir own ammunition.
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    Senior Golfers Of Malaya
    121 15 THE annual general meeting of the BeniOT Golfers' Society of Malaya was held at the Selangor 'Golf Club Thirty-two cards were taken out for the bogey competition, which was won by W. H. Eikins. alter a tie with Messrs T. Kitching and E. H. Glover, with
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    UNITEERS' SEVEN GOAL MARGIN
    267 15 8-1 Victory Over A.P.C. ln B.H.L. Game HAT-TRICK TO LEIMAN jJNITEERS scored an easy B—l victory over the >\ P C m a Business Houses League soccer encounter played at Anson Road Stadium yesterday. y The winners were clearly the superior team They played fast football
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    Kinta G.C. May Medal
    113 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Batu Gajah, May 9. RESULTS of the Kinta Golf Club's men's medal for the month of May are: Gross Nett score H'cap sc. E. B. Murrell 89 13 76 L. A. Smith 91 16 75 A. L. Birse 80 6 74 C.
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    Probable Penang Badminton Team
    157 15 <From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, May 9. FOLLOWING is the probable Penang badminton team for the Triangular Tournament to be held at Ipoh, beginning on May 27: Singles: fan Kin Hong, Chee Choon Keng and Lim Ewe Chye. Reserves: Chee Choon Wah and Lim Teow Seng.
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    Manila Basketball Team In Penang
    125 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, May 9. THE Far Eastern University basket--1 ball team which recently swept the board in Singapore, met the Chung Wah team of Penang last night at Maxwell Road court x before a big crowd. The visitors won, after a keen
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    16 15 ANNUAL PARLIAMENTARY Golf Tournament at Walton Heath Sir John Anderson studies his card before his match.
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    Johore Soccer Trial
    99 15 •From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru. May 9. The first Johore State soccer trial In preparation for the match against Malacca at Malacca on June 10 will be staged at Batu Pahat on Friday when the Probables will meet the Possibles. Probables have been chosen from Johore
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    Women's Match At Garrison Club
    30 15 THE women's Robinson Cup competition at the Garrison Golf Club resulted ln a win for Mrs. L. R. S. MacFarlane, Miss R. Armitage being run-ner-up.
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    Still Weak Links At Singapore
    438 15 'Continued from page 6) have o ra ve misgivings about the wartime food situation. "If Singapore had to relv on food ana reinforcements from Australia the most necessary defence measure,' assuming that we could not control east coast raiders, would be a road or rail
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    34 15 M,O|J A GOOBJ WINNER IN THE FIFTH RACE AT BUKIT TIMAH YESTERDAY. Carmtop won from Benedict (9) and Green Eyes An objection against Carmtop for interference in the straight was disallowed.— Free Press picture,
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      79 15 SINGAPORE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS YOU SHOULD HAVE THE BEST RACKETS THE BEST GUTS 1. Selected 'ARGUS" KLIPSPRINGER Champion(s Stars, 4 stars, 3 stars) sh «P- Guaranteed to last through this tournament. 2. Alexander Rackets 3. Spalding GUARANTEE: If one string 4. BREWERS (Special l^^VT" TT of purchase, we will give grips
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    DODD BRINGS HOME FOUR WINNERS
    2419 16 Carmtop Springs Surprise Pays $129 GOOD DAY FOR HOBBS r\ODD rode four winners at day of the summer extra Singapore Turf Club. All fo f Carmtop was the bi coming up from behind strongly three-quarters o Benedict. He paid 5129. An objection was lodged ference
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    23 16 ADELE WAS ONE OF DODO'S four winners at Bukit Timah yesterday. She v:on the third race from Resistance and Vergros. Free Press phUire.
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    Oehlers' Victory In S.R.C. Tennis
    115 16 A CONVINCING VICTORY was registered by G. E. N. Oehlers and his sister Blanche (owe 3) over G. C. Ross and Miss M. Clarke (owe 3) in the mixed doubles handicap final in the SR.C. lawn tennis tournament yesterday. The Oehlers won the first set,
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    Guillemard Cup At Bukit Timah
    55 16 FOLLOWING is the result of the second round of the R.S.G.C. Guillemard Cup competition: J. S. W. Reid beat W. L Fincher 6 and 4. A. E. Thompson beat W. Munro 1 up. F. Knight beat D. Carmichael, 1 up. R. II Young beat H.
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    Yesterday's Dark Horse
    20 16 CARMTOP (ELLIS) was a good winner in the fifth race yesterday, and paid $129.-— Free Press picture.
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    Tomorrow's Title Bout
    74 16 "^EIL HEMCHIT, the newly crowned Malayan light-weight champion, will defend his belt at the covered stadium tomorrow night against Ventura Marquez. The Mexican lost the title to Hemchit a month ago, retiring after the 14th round after taking a terrific hammering. Tomorrow's battle is sure to be
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    S.C.C. Cricket
    55 16 THE following will play for Etceteras vs. Merchants on Sunday at 11 a.m. at SC.C T. V. N. Anderson, A. C. Growder. A. Foster, W. K. Jagger, R. A. (J. Todd. G. W. S. Waites. R. F. W. Leonard. W. R. King. W. van den Bosch. L. A.
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    Nestanglo Take Four Goals From Publlisers
    92 16 Nest anglo Take Four Goals From Publlisers roft the M. P j Anson R« angioma hi hat tri The Pufa The Pub in the allow a: 10 mini j For tl geminated the loser; und w, remaining him, i It Wafi tlje f au M (Ahmat netted tire' minutes Lian
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    Y.M.CA. Tennis
    78 16 todays rn Invitatii em \s Mens linflei rhaj&pittsfcj final): Kamis V L Men's doubles (lumpioMfcfei Clere and W. J M w. Checrington aud R f Handicap mi\ed dunk Oehlers and C M. Fiinter and R N Men's handiiap siniclfv S A. Da wood licr.) n 8 (scr.). Men's
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