The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 16 May 1939

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    15 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 15,778 ESTD. 1835 TUESDAY, MAY IG, 1939.
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    SOVIET REPLIES TO BRITAIN
    400 1 SOVIET REPLIES TO BRITAIN Contents Of Document Still Secret ON WAY TO LONDON Moscow, 3lav 10. IV j MOLOTOV, the Soviet Commissar for Foreign Affairs, iVI today handed Sir William Seeds, the British Ambassador, the Soviet reply to the British counter-proposals. This is now being transmitted to I_ondon. The nature
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    Roosevelt To Try Again ?
    16 1 Roosevelt To Try Aga in fork. Vlay 15. I 1 v c it an i Reuter
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    Spain's Biggest March Past
    37 1 i.h Maj iv idrid *'or*xmish, m- being ladrtd for illy fixed c I milimoo will Ut 160,000 under 100 Ger- thofen. the L re le .Ting from [ing to prel ailing I Reuter
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    Japanese Ease Anti-British Propaganda
    27 1 Japanese Ease AntiBritish Propaganda Ikdon, May 15. question or ugainsl ipaneae conMr Butlei Bntlsr who hac T a panes* nth howot hac Inue to b repi Reuter
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    Yugoslav Regent Returns From Rome
    18 1 IKonie, rlaj 15. for Bel Ith II Duct tha rself i rivA Reuter
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    Polish Defence Minister In Paris
    13 1 IK'»rsa VUj 15. I D< lodav c titers.'
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    Tokio Appeal Is Urged
    193 1 London, May 15. MR Arthur Henderson asked m the Commons tonight, whether, with the object cf focussing world opinion upon methods of warfare which entailed wholesale massacre of civilian populations the Government would consider approaching other Govern- menU to organise collective representations to Japm m favour
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    Soviet May Not Be Satisfied
    170 1 London, May 15. lITHILE absolute reserve is maintained m British official quarters m regard to the contents of the Russian reply it is thought the British proposals are termed unsatisfactory because they do not go far enough and do not even indirectly guarantee Soviet territory,
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    MUSSOLINI REAFFIRMS PEACE AIM
    358 1 Speech At Factory Turin, Italy, May 15. BIGNOR MUSSOLINI made a brief! speech when opening the newi workshops at the Fiat factory to-! lay. 11 Duce declared he spoke with extreme clarity on the international situation yesterday and added "I reaffirmed m the most explicit manner
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    Travel Ban On The Yangtse
    133 1 London, May 15. Regular facilities were not yet available and discussion-! on the subject were proceeding with the competent Japanese authorities replied Mr. Butler, when asked m the Commons tonight whether transport facilities yet were available for British business men desiring to travel between Hankow
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    SAKAIS FIND WRECKED PLANE
    654 1 Charred Body In Cockpit (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, May 15. MAKING a final search of the high ridge of dense jungle near Ginting Peras, on the Selangor-Pahang boundary this morning, keen-sighted Sakais found a burnedout aeroplane and charred remains, presumed to be those of
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    Tokio Denies Reich Protest
    54 1 Tokio. May 15. THE spokesman of the Jap- anese Foreign Onlce today categorically denied a report that the German Government had protested to Japan against an alleged press campaign regarding an alleged rapprocnement between Germany and the Soviet Union and against Japanese participation m the Italo-German
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    Cairo Stages Real A.R.P. Test
    112 1 Cairo, May 15. A 36 hours state cf war" for big air raid exercises began this morning, British and Egyptian troops and air forces co-operating. Troops r/ith war equipment and fixed bayonets have taken strategic positions m the city and anti-aircraft guns and searchlights are
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    CHINESE STILL RESIST AT KULANGSU
    91 2 Strongholds Close To Foreign Oil Tanks SUNDAY^ BOMBING Amoy, May 15. pHINESE forces who have resisted Japanese landing units on Kulangsu Island from pill-boxes established at Sungsu are clinging to strongholds near oil tanks belonging to the Asiatic Petroleum Co.. and the Standard Oil Co.,
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    Fresh Anxiety In London
    163 2 London. May IS Although they make no comment, the London newspapers giwe full prominence to Japan s doings m Kulangsu The gravity ol th? situation is fully recognised la both oftvial and business circle, especially as the thin end of the for similar action m more
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    H.Q. Of British Envoy To China
    131 2 London, May 15. Asked by Mr R. Gibson. .Lab.. Greenock >, '.vhere Sir Archibald ClarkKerr's permanent headquarters were, the Under Foreign Secretary, ivir RA. Butler, said the Ambassador found Shanghai the most convenient place from which to maintain 'touch with British interests. From Shanghai
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    Admiral Noble For Kulangsu
    79 2 Hong Kong, May 15. ADMIRAL Sir Percy Noble, Commander-in-Chief, China Station, left m H.M.S. Birmingham this morning for Amoy, where it is presumed he will make a personal investigation into the situation at the international settlement of Kulangsu, near Amoy. He is proceeding .later to Foochow,
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    Landing At Kulangsu Just A Feeler ?
    265 2 Landing At Kulangsu Just A Feeler Chungking. May 14. «T<HE Japanese landing at the Inter--1 national Settlement of Kulangsu without evn notifying th e municipal council, of which the Japanese Consul is a member, is meant to be a test of the real attitude of the Powers towards the Far
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    Japanese Seek 5 Points
    205 2 Tokio, May 15. jygß. Goro Uohida, the Japanese Con*Tl sul-General m Amoy. has handed Mr. J. M. Morhause. chairman of the Municipal Council at Kulangsu, a fivepoint representation on the maintenance of peace and order at Kulansu with a view to eliminating terroristic elements, according to
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    Chungking Raids
    100 2 "The ridiculous rumours circulated by the Japanese Domei Newsagency on May 9, alleging that th? recent raids on Chungking had produced an antiwar feeling among the Chinese public and that the Kuomintai-g elders were attempting to turn the tide ot public opinion m favour of pe;>ce are merely
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    PALESTINE STATEMENT NOW READY
    105 2 PALESTINE STA TEMENT NOW READY Announcement mS London, .May 15. Thc long-awaited statement on the British Government's Palestine policy will be made m the House of Commons this week probably tomorrow, and it will be followed almost immediately by the publication of a White Paper. The Government will seek an
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    Bombs, Shrapnel In Swatow
    85 2 Swatow, May 15. The property of the British concern Jardine Matheson <tnd Company was showered with shrapnel during a raid by Japanese aeroplanes this afternoon. A bomb fell less than 200 yards from the company's office. The property was machine-gunned and a number of Chinese coolies
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    Porto Rico And The Carribean
    60 2 San Juan, May 15. DORTO RICO will become the centre of defence for the Carribean. according to General Marshall, the new United States Chief-of-StafT, who arrived here today to select sites for advance air bases. General Marshall said the development of the aeroplane had put
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    Goddard's Bowling Feat
    53 2 London. May 15. Thanks largely to magnificent bowling by Goddard. Gloucester beat Worcester m the county cricket series by three .wickets. Scores: Worcester: 149 (Goddard nine for 55) and 105 (Goddard seven for 44). Gloucester: 165 (Howorth six tor 45 1 and 90 for seven Perks Aye
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    STOP PRESS
    169 2 STOP PRES S Shanghai. May 15. The U.S.S. Marblehead left Tsingtao for Amoy today to watch U.S. interests at Kulangsu. The American destroyer Bulmer also is at Amoy. Gibraltar, May 15. Since 7 a.m., 100 Spanish soldiers have been digging trenches m neutral ground half -a- mile from the Gibraltar
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    Hungary Out Of Davis Cup
    26 2 l.udapest, May 15. Yugoslavia eliminated H-.ingary by three matches to one m thc second round of the Davis Cup competition. Reuter
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    KING DUE IN QUEBEC TOMORROW
    166 2 Atlantic I C c V/ ors For Twenty V*_ bark Conditl terd Meik :il rt r( lin Elrst realriL^ Thursaa Xt te :id:, f 'nsha»b_ lh WOl rienced on the Atianf r 20 j The St. Lawrence Rh open i:. i, m mi(l i JJ5
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    Troops Back Law In U.S.
    102 2 IABMmX Mj> ft The News Chr Sn fl correspondent isyi the Governor* Kentucky hai called ost 5W State Tra i» n "iss r today when the coalown County begin I reopen defiance ol the mil 11 "Bloody Harlan County" ha» the scene ol many violent
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    Britain Equipping Turkish Railroads
    18 2 Istanbul, I'm M The Tui ed Britl h rail wav Cl following da v.
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    Chiang Bans Opium Cultivation In S.W.
    17 2 Hi' Gr sued an i cultivatK I cm Pi puni i
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    Conscription Bill
    17 2 i Thc rcn tary Tra the H,, Consid mittee will be third reading British Wireless
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    ALLEGED RESCUE OF PRISONER BY CHINESE GANG
    200 3 ALLEGED RESCUE OF PRISONER BY CHINESE GANG picture Teochews Said To Have Taken Handcuff Key TWO MEN CLAIM TRIAL ALLEGED to have been among eight Chinese who rescued a prisoner from the custody of a Revenue Officer, and to have stolen a pair of handcuffs, two Teochews,' Loh Hing Yap,
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    Killed While Playing
    376 3 SCHOOLBOY RUNS INTO BACK OF CAR WHILE playinv, with friends at the side of the road, n his ua> home from school, a Chinese schoolboy, Wah Senjc, ran into a car that was travelling along* Car.tonmenl Road, mi the afternoon of May 1. Ut: DIED It of
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    THE BEST WAY TO CLEAN TEETH
    82 3 And *Jted mouth and gums M th-o same lime at by just Uarly they are decay. That D teeth which iour *d and healthj will not properly Ol the main attack the l cause smai) into painful perly clean Idi must be h Paste
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    Death Of Police Sergeant-Major
    177 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, May 5. THE DEATH has occurred of SergeantMajor Karam Singh, of the Straits Settlements Sikh Police Contingent m Penang, at the age of 43. The late Sergeaot-Major Karam Singh who had been m the force for 27 years— joining the force
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    Co-operation Helps Pulau Kra Fishers
    479 3 fJISHERMEN have nearly always proved difficult material to form Into a successful co-operative society. They are usually m debt: their income? la very unstable; they are rarely literate and they are intensely individualistic. It was. therefore, with some scepticism that the officers of the department
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    HAWKER KNOCKED DOWN BY CLCLIST
    48 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, May 15. An elderly Chinese hawker was knocked down by a Chinese cyclist at China Street yesterday afternoon. He is thought to have sustained a fracture of the arm. He was removed to the General Hospital by ambulance.
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    Johore Exhibit "Best At The Fair"
    372 3 Johore Exhibit "Best At The Fair" PRAISED BY TOURING EDUCATIONIST (From Our Own Correspondent) /rw Penang, May 15. "THE JOHORE PAVILION at the 1 Golden Gate International 1 Exposition at San Francisco is! by far the best exhibit at I the Fair," said Miss Clara' Snyder, a Honolulu school teacher
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    Admits Theft Of Sarong
    101 3 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, May 15 SENTENCE OF TWO WEEKS' rigorous imprisonment, m addition to a period of six months' police supervision, was imposed by Mr. Lim Koon Teck m the Middle Court on a Chinese, Chin Ah Yean, who pleaded guilty to a charge
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    News In Brief
    343 3 THE last European engine-driver on j 1 the F.M S. Railways Mr. Bruce Nelson, was the guest of honour at a i function held m the Gemas Club on Saturday night. Mr. Nelson leaves j Singapore next Friday on retirement after 27 years' service m this country.
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    Death Of A Well-Known "Die-Hard"
    275 3 Death Of A Well-Known "Die-Hard" FORMER COMMANDANT OF F.M.S. VOLUNTEERS (Trom Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, May 15. INFORMATION reached Kuala Lumpur today that Lieut. Col. H. B. W. Savile. until last year Commandant of the F.M.S. Volunteers, died m Southampton during the week-end. Lieut. Col. Savile was one of
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    TRIBUTE TO NEGRI CHIEF
    417 3 TRIBUTE TO NEGRI CHIEF S(From «>-.r Ovv.i Conespondent) Penang, May 15. a TRIBUTE to th*- -veterminatlcii A and courage; ci the present Undang i f Rembau, one of the major chiels of Negri Sembilan, ll contained n the annua! report ci the Survey Departments of Malaya. One of our surveyors
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    MERCANTILE EMPLOYEES' SOCIETY
    69 3 MERCANTILE EMPLOYEES' SOCIETY 'From Our Own Correspondent! v Penan?, May 15. The following were elected officebearers for the year at a committee meeting of the Penang Mercantile Employees' Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society: President; Mr. H. E. Nixon; vicepresidents; Mr. H. Oke and Mr. A. C. Gilbert; hon secretary: Mr.
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      79 3 For The Day The Chief Justice at Kuala LumpurCourt of Appeal. Before Mr. Justice Pedlow m 3rd. Court at 11 am. 5.210, 38— M.P.L. Renganathan Cheti tiar vs. Yap Mun «if not concluded). Thereafter:— O.S- 159 28— Re Song j Tiong Cheng, deceased. Before Mr. Justice Manning m 2nd. Court
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    Chinese Heroine Tours World
    473 4 lI7ORLD sympathy is on thc side of China and all peace-loving peoples are ready to help the Chinese nation at war, according to Miss Yang Ilui-min, Chinese virl guide of Doomed Battalion fanu\ who h:»s jusl returned from an I tensive tour of America and Europe
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    A STORE CUPBOARD TO HELP THE HOSTESS
    411 4 A STORE CUPBOARD TO HELP THE HOSTESS rVERY housewife likes, to be prepared, whether for a national emergency 01 for an unexpected suest. The variety of good tinned food li now s./ great tnat with little time and trouble excellent dishes may bp added to the menu. If hors d
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    SLIMMING IS NOT A MODERN CRAZE
    439 4 Mr. W. Banting Did It CORGIVE me for asking a personal question— are you banting? I suppose there Is still a rage today for slimming and many young women (and some not quite so young) run away with the idea that they are being
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    Glamour Girl's Fashion Ideas
    506 4 TJOW does a Hollywood "glamour girl" choose her off-screen wardrobe? Hedy Lamarr, Europe's mos 4.smartly gowned woman who is now transferring this title to Hollywood explains the answer In one little word. That word is "simplicity." "In America as m Europe," sne explained. "I endeavour to
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    CROCHET WORK
    100 4 lI AVE YOU up all h coloured wool, by DLaJdn rainbow bright Uthion can get very < cushions a the seats vi Wood* n If they are backed v. the cushions are Ideal for gti too A medium a working up the irool into en* which can be
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    NEW YORK TO SEE PRINCESSES' CORO NETS
    131 5 NEW YORK TO SEE PRINCESSES' CORO NETS A V.m ILL 1 I Credit Part) for untcd on I ii^ the Bgure >i a c o'cl. a mask and carrying a load «>i debt on his back. I' r 5 r the New York 1 I d Yard i i. m
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    JAPANESE SAY BRITISH ENVOY HAS ABUSED HIS PRIVILEGES
    306 6 Flight From Chungking With Chiang NEWSPAPER'S THREAT Tokio, May 15. ALLEGING that the British Ambassador to China, Sir Archibald Clark-Kerr, recently used his position to protect (leneral and Madame Chiang Kai-shek, the Tokio newspaper Kokumin Shimbun declares:— "If Sir Archibald continues to
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    "Incitement" By Britain Allege Nazis
    201 6 "Incitement" By Britain Allege Nazis Berlin, May 10. The line that the Polish attitude to I r ard Danzig and Germany's demands j S supported and largely instigated by England and France is generally taken >y the German Press today "It can already be said today that Chamberlain and Halifax,
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    Axis Powers Try To Scare Portugal
    202 6 Axis Powers Try To Scare Portugal Lisbon, May 10. PORTUGAL'S real feelings towards the Western Powers were demon- >trated when several French warships paid their courtesy call on Lisbon. The French sailors received a more sincere welcome than that reserved for the German warships when they arrived. Portuguese authorities are
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    Five Children In Eleven Months
    49 6 Turin. AN Italian peasant woman, Giuseppina Garigho, who lives m the Piedmontess village of Macello, has given birth 10 five children m eleven months. The woman, who is- 38 years old, has just had triplets, all e.rls. She had twins last June.-British United Press
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    CONTE ROSSO
    44 6 The S.S. Conte Rosso is due at 7.30 a.m. on Thursday, from Shanghai. Hong Kong and Manila. She will berth at the S.H.B. wharf r.nd is expected to sail again at 5.30 p.m. for Colombo. Bombay, Port Said, Brindisf, Venice and Trieste-
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    COURT HEARS DOCTOR'S LETTERS TO GIRL
    500 6 London. A FFECTTONATE letters written by a 47-year-old doctor to a West End saleswoman who, he said, asked him to marry her, were read at Clerkenwell County Court. They were produced during the continned heaving of the case m which Dr. Thomas William Edward
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    Jungle Chiefs Have Refrigerators
    398 6 Jungle Ch iefs Ha ve Refrigerators GIANTS INVITE PYGMIES TO BE PHOTOGRAPHED London. MR. Arthur L. Fisher, of Raynes Park, the explorerphotographer, who took the film of the second flight over Mount Everest, has returned from three months' work m the African equatorial forest with the first pictures of giants
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    50,000 Soviet Troops Sent To China?
    302 6 50,000 Soviet Troops Sent To China? TOKIO REPORT OF $ECRr> MILITARY Pact tokio m FIFTY thousand Soviet troops have already Uf territory en route to north-western China v (Chinese Turkestan), according to the Hon*V respondent of the Nichi Nichi Shimbun r< .l V The correspondent adds that the i Chiang
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    NORWAY AS ANSWER TO HITLER
    90 6 Ncu York. Mr. Florella ("Little Flower" Laguardia, Mayor of New York, speak- ing at a banquet to the Crown Prince i of Norway and Princess Martha, re-' ferred to Hitler's demand for "lebenstraum" diving space) for Germans, l and said: "Norway '< c the complete
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    S. AFRICA ALMOST SELF-SUPPORTING
    76 6 Capetown. IN THE EVENT of South Africa bcinr isolated by war she could be practically self-supporting, said Mr J. R. Sharp, secretary of the Chamber of Industries. "Everything needed for clothing and food can be produced here." he added. "A certain amount of machinery can also
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    Terriers To Work In Khaki?
    192 6 Terriers To Work In Khaki? TUTORIALS tbr^; rounlrv m ;i> UMM )f t H IS to t':.«ir v.«.rk mm fcj X wearing nniftra B Khaki H he count H vherr th*' I I lame I Drove H There I \bout the H iiscusscri X _B bumble H Ignor H wearing
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    'Inadequate' Sentence On Malay
    538 7 PRISON FOR MAN WHO BEAT AGED CHINESE (From Our Own Correspondent) Baqt\^ i i Ku ala Lumpur, May 15, A j NG J 11S 1 T that the a fine, v inadequate/ the Legal Advisor FM S Mr. Adrian-Clark, was successfu when he iZL before the
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    Hemlock Used By U.S. Gang
    138 7 Philadelphia, May 4. JJEMLOCK, the poison administered tl) Son by the Athenian executioner i d to have been used by the murder syndic? to which Is d to have caured 100 d is m th Dnit d Sti I Victims are i to have been
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    MIRROPHONIC MASTER SOUND SYSTEM
    63 7 The Mirropnonic :\la 'or sound system was I ►played by Western E'ectric at an exhibition of modern cinema projection and hearing aid equipment at the Adeiphi Hotel la ci Thc motion picture projection equipit is to be used m tin n 1 and Ls the lrir<
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    AgrHvHural Display At Batu Kurau
    71 7 <From Our Own I indent J Taiping, May 12. Batu Kurau will hold an agricultural 'how en July 1 and 2. The mul.ims oi the district have been requested to i3ring out their best agricultural produce for exhibi'ion, and olso their 'tock. Padi and rubber
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    The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1939. Axis Activity
    611 8 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1939. Axis Activity CIG;;OIx MUSSOLINI'S speech at Turin during the week-end and the comment on it made m Berlin, dees net materially alter the European situation, but it does provide further evidence that the Anglo-French peace front is beginning to have the desired
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    Move Against Faseism Growing In Japan
    1126 8  - Move Against F aseism Growing In Japan FRANK H. HEDGES M_B__B«_a_H__-__C_r_____i j BY A DISTINCT (rend away from Fascist and Nazi doctrines and practices, away from the present alignment with Germany and Italy, is perceptible m certain circles m Japan, and they are circles of great importance. Japan's experience since
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      30 8 I Here's a Device to Save Lens Strains and Breakage. THIS SCREWLESS CONSTRUCTION only obtained _mm Kaa San Optical Hoi I luring 0 ans PHONE 6363. S'( rth Bridge R<
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    347 9 PHASE DESCRIBED IN AREB STREET MUDER CHARGE __t Wounded Man Pursued By Chinese j INDIAN TRACKS ALLEGED ASSAILANT fi\ Indiai ho claimed to have seen two Chinese chasing another t ese, who was wounded m the si eh and who subsequently died from a stab wound gave evidence for the
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    General Support For F.M.S. Defence Gift
    198 9 General Support For F.M.S. Defence Gift I 7 BURDEN OF -*mmr I SECURITY I the Malay Rulers, that the E a -lift oi $4,0 B hearty suopoii of al] the I ral Council. Rulers' desire to contribute B Defence, m view of the B to the High Commissioner I ri
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    ORGANISING NEW REVUE COMPANY
    99 9 TOURING the Colcnles to organise a, new musical comedy company Mr. Sergei, director-producer of the r London Revue Company is In S ngapore. is on his way to Alrica. frcl nd. i had booked a reason ■he Capitol Theatre Singapore, for the' a Revue Company a
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    SENTENCE ON CAR THIEF DEFERRED
    36 9 nrad Old- econd Pol c, a .ad ti I ejheadnii; -rd th. A .1 of the King and Queen': ture for Canada, an today, will be shown tonight at .lion Theatre
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    Tourists' Taxi In Crash
    138 9 AFTER A TAXI TRIP through Singa-j pore, a party of American tourists. from the steamer Raby Castle, were involved In a street accident. Thc- taxi which contained Mr. and' Mrs. H. M. Connors, their young daughter and a woman friend, was returning to the ship through
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    Alleged Possession Of Firearm
    85 9 4 LLEGED tc nav e carried a Mauser <-* automatic arid two rounds of ammunition m public, two Cantonese, Cheong Leon:. 22. and Lam Bee Lay. 20. arrested on Apr. 11 on Kallang Bridge, made a second appearance before Mr. K. A. Blacker In the Ettngae
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    FIGHT CAUSED BY STRAYING PIG
    52 9 tir;::.:; a fig strai i farmer's und into Bukit og, Singa) rnlng. It Btarted a Quai i vi n the farmers' wives. The l: led In, sticks and rail-studded boards were wielded, and the afTair ended with all four being taken to hospital with bruises
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    Maintenance Petition In High Court
    151 9 Maintenance Petition In High Court k PETITION lor maintenance by Dorothy Merle van C uylenburg, again* her divorced husband, John Bertram van Cuylenburg, was made before Mr. Justice Pediow m the Singapore High Court voterday. B >* ccl i ties, an order made Iding for an allowance I of £16
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    A. R. P. LECTURES FOR CHILDREN
    168 9 CIX HUNDRED boys o; the Victoria > v School, In Jalan Besar. Singapore applauded A.R.P Department offici alter they had been shewn exploding bombs yesterday morning. L It was th*- first of A.R.P. demonstra- tions to a number cf Singapore schools. Yesterday evening the
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    Fined For Cutting Woman's Clothes
    94 9 ALLEGED 'O have committed mischief by catting the clothes of a Chinese woman, causing about S6O worth of damage, Khon^Chee Hiang, a 30-year -old Teochew. was convicted m the Singapore Third Police Court. yesterday. Khch was fined $10. m default of payment sentenced to one
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    FINED FOR TRESPASS AT CHANGI
    140 9 A LLEGED TO HAVE ENTERED Wi r nent r unds at Chi it 1 an Indl: p Manala, was fined T r Conrad Oldham. Singapore ad Police Magistrate and Addi- 1 n I Dl trict Judge yesterday, for trespass. Charged last week. Manala stated he
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    LENGTHY DEPRESSION OF SHARE PRICES?
    1022 10 London Expects No Early Recovery A FEW INVESTORS ACTIVE (Fiom Our Own Correspondent) London, May 5. AN extremely interesting and complicated situation is developing m the City of London. An unceasing supply of depressing international political news continues to force clown stock and share quotations
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    Cut Telegraph Wire, Saved Life
    161 10 Darwin, May 1. "I KEPT THE LAST BULLET for m?- self." said Tom Hamilton who was found found lost, starving and near death from thirst between Broome and Derby. North Australia. He was found by a mechanic sent out to find out why the telegraph
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      564 10 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS TENDERS. SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. J Tenders. i Tenders are now invited for tho c following materials or services For i particulars see Municipal Tenders Room i Supply of Three Chlorine Flow Re- I cordcrs. Date of Closing. 4 p.m.. July 3. 1939. Supply and fixing of steel roof trusses
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      415 10 SANATORIUM PATIENT CHECKS LOSS OF WEIGHT Took Flesh-forminpr Tablets If you are troubled by steady loss of weight read this letter from a man who put on flesh steadily after taking a course of tiny, tasteless, flesh-forming tablets— although 12 months m a sanatorium had failed to help him. "I
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      33 10 •wen of b Ck »,Jl ■Wroxinaa,,, ,J ij _?_ra_3i B CTJRR EVI S^lJSl POSIT ACC-rv U -l FOREIGN^ I asce: I godown r ■.-,wl COLLEC *<**?*| SHI f3J I Full oai I p I
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      370 10 RADIO PROGRAMMES ESINGAPORt TODAY 7111. BBS metres. ZIIP 30 06 metres, p.m. 5.00 Teochew music. R. from 1 8.M.8.C. studio at the R Little World. 6.00 A musical entertainment by the X Glam Kronchcng Partj i from the 8.M.8.C. studio at the I Exhibition. Little World. 7.00 children's ame (English).
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      34 10 TCD.V) p. 8.20 I ,s CALCUTTA MT P j fi 1 a 7 4 I or I I c Fri II B. OS 8 2 1 fi 8 4 9 I d'»"'" suß >. i»5
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      LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCK & SHARES
      169 11 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCK SHARES cm U l° n 5>30 p.m. Yesterday Latest Quotations Previously 107 107" 8 1055 fc 105 3 8 92 3 b 9 H% B 8 8 -34 10 ;84 10s. '--3 £25 24s 10> 2 d. 795. 7» 2 d 275. 3d. 112<2I 1
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      Daily Share Report
      54 11 Daily Share Report *'***<* BUSINESS HSTEKDAI I at middaj vai k, JtL Xy "M»al on «ai <.uiet but u^uiry for fc7 su h m Hon, I aits. ,r tW ami Wit while M ■<' the price '""< ""'(.or at mid- price. s C h h •unte, Km,r n nere Mhj
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION
      8 11 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION >* m 2: DU
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      Local Exchange Rates
      226 11 MAY 15. 1939 SELLING London T.T 2 3 13 16 Ixjudon demand 2 3 13 16 Lyons demand 2043 Switzerland demana 240 Hamburg demand 134 New York demand 54 3 16 Montreal demand 54 Batavia demand 100% Samarang demand 100's Calcutta. Bombay 6i Rangoon demand 155 Madras
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      THE COMMODITY MARKETS
      170 11 I From London 5.30 p.m. Yesterday mbblß: Quiet. London: 7 15 16d Bd. Previously 715 i sd o rt July-Sept.: M a 1 16 d Previously! L &d Oct.-Dec: 1 i 6d 3 3 10 d. Previously: u»-d 83llid Jan.-Mar: |*d 8 d Previously: 8 3 iGd
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      THE METAL MARKETS
      73 11 From London: Latest Quotations TIN Firmer. Spot: £225 Is. 6d Previously: £225 5s Three months: £222 17s. 6ci Previously: £222s 12s 6d NEW YORK TIN--49.00 Previously: 49.00. COPPER: £41 12s. 6d Previously: £41 12s. bd. GOLD: Yesterday: £7 8s SJ->d.5 J ->d. Previously: £7 Us. 5 1
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      Foreign Exchange Rates
      71 11 London Closing Quotations Method oi Pant> Deiore Latest Centre Quoting 20-9-31 Rate Previously Paris Franc to 124.11 1763 4 176^4 New York... to 4.8655 4.68 1 4.G6 3 1(5 Amsterdam Guilders to 12.10 8.79% 8.34» 2 Hong Kong.. Per dollar Is. 2 3 4 d. is. 2
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      MARKET PRICE LIST
      403 11 Potatoes (MX) do 06 Pumpkin (labu merah) ..do 03 Spinach (bay am; do 04 Tomatoes. Chinese do. 16 Yam (keladi) do 04 FRUITS Bananas (pisang hijau) 10 10 <pisang kellng) 10 10 (pisang mas) 10 10 Coconut each 04 Limes, large (about 30 to kati) Kati 03
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      SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES
      1310 11 Fraser And Co. s List MONDAY. MAY 15, 1933: 5 P.M. MINING Bt*>tr» Sellci* Amput Tin <.4s> 3s 3s 6d Austral Amal iss) 4s 7 v 2 d 5s IHd xd Austral Malay (£> 38s 42s Ayer Hitam (ss) 193 6d 20s 6d Ayer Wc;ig
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      Current Company Dividends
      81 11 List Supplied />> Messrs. Fraser Co. MONDAY. MAI IS, til* S I\M lotai ?or Company Dividend 8og«~ Financial TIN Close Date Cx Dlv year Austral Amal l^d May 12 May 19 May 13 2» 2 Mong Fatt 2»/2% May 17 Muy 26 M?y 18 2 1 2
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    NORWEGIAN EYES ON GREENLAND
    88 12 Denmark Fears For Her Colonies ANGLO-FRENCH ALLIANCE "Copenhagen, .May I. JJERR Hitler's off* r of non-aggression with the Scandinavian countries may be less welcome i illy m N< than m Denmark, Sweden and Finland. •cntly there have en signs that the Norwegians il i ition In
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    9 12 1939 Souvenirs In Waterloo Bridge 1 n L I
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    Conscription "Hard Cases" To Get Fair Hearing
    332 12 piANS are being made by Ministers to meet "hard *SS M_s P S m nthB ""**«*> Each case will be considered separately The official* to recognise that certain "personal" financial Habilities continue even while the men are training d include the care of
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    Oil Dispute To End Soon?
    67 12 Oil Dispute To End Soon Mexico City, May 4. A SETTL3 rising m G emm >nt a o is m from a by Pr Care' iy An President Cardenas and Mr Donaid Richber? i interests, Lined at SaltUo on May l and the 'The discussion 'nave been truitfin Pi h
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    Forty Japanese Miners Drowned
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    ANTI-FASCIST MOVES IN RUMANIA
    94 12 Bucharest, May 14. Jant cxi trends m Rumania ore re] m re A leading ne\ c irential, which Is fi has been b Mined for article ai dng Fran Joseph C day to a year's imprisonment on a charge of insulting the state. It alleged that
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    Land Planes To Carry Atlantic Mails
    271 12 Land Planes To Carry Atlantic Mails PAN AMERICAN PLAN DAN Ameri* tn Airways, th company, propor.es to ru: I 'tween America and Frai England. The s/arting date Details were laid before the United tea Civil Aeronautics Authority, and i he hearings have now ended. It will. ever, be at least
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    SOVIET RELATIONS BALTIC STATES
    42 12 Ka Tress re he] relations now Russia xnd (he Baltic stat ft is tated thai M. P Jn (Sovi Den. Commissar fairs), will visit these co League oi Nation.- meet! now Soviet minister ai Kaunas shortly be appointed
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    FLATULENCE GOES LIKE MAGIC.
    6 12 FLATULENCE GOES LIKE MAGIC. limit! <t
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    Ribbentrop Greets Guest
    56 13 YUGOSLAV FOREIGN MINISTER IN BERLIN.-M. Alexander Markoviteh, the Ju?o-Slav Foreign Minister, arrived m Berlin 15 days ago for talks about Jugoslavia's relations with the Axis Powers. Here is Herr von Ribbenlrop, German Foreign Minister, greeting M. Markovitch at the Hotel Esplanade m Berlin, where he gave a
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    Conscription Alarms The Shipping Industry
    265 13 DEMAND FOR RATINGS A London, May 2. LARM is felt m the shipping industry over the probable ejects of ;he Government's conscription proposal* Strong representations on the sub- j ject were made to the Admiralty by a| joint deputation of shipowners and union leaders. It
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      526 13 l__^ -S&a^mn,,,. a V*U||Hj IS vi ___M_____£!________Q_____^___^ '■n»ii. S_______SS___^___ta__L:' -m* __________l____9fcfe-*«____ c^ wr iEb'RITISH INDIA LIMES v rED IN ENG! AND) p. 6c 0. S. N. CO*S SAILINGS, Ol 1 WARDS B pore. Tonnace Spore. 19 BURDWAN 6.U70 July 1 CANTON 15.500 July 14 CARTHAGE 15.000 Jl'ly 28 c 2
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      141 13 McALISTER CO., LTD. (Incorporated m strait* Settlements j tiKESHAM UCHSt UAITLKV KO., SINGAPORE. I'UONfe 5172. ELLERMAN BUCKNALL S.S. Co.. Ltd. (Incorporated m England.) HAVRE LONDON ROTTERDAM HAMBURG VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL Steamer Due Sails CITY OF ATHENS Calls Glasgow May 30 June 2 CITY OF PITTSEURG Calls Glasgow June
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      671 13 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Ocean Building, Collyei Quay. Singapore Tel 5151. Chartered Bank Building, Penang Tel 1360. BLUE FUNNEL LINE. FASI SERVICES MARSEILLES, LONDON CONIINLNI AND OMMOW (m conjunction witn the Glen Line) gggSJßg L'donß dam huh a and R-burg mSS Ift^i c7Sn?ff??P S r s£?*\.SK! b d n A R
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    U. S. Move To Help China
    260 14 Chungking, May 4. JTNDEK the aegis of the China Aid w Council and the Medical Aid for I China Committee a conference known las the Pacih! Nortn-We.^t Conference jwas held at Vancouver 8.C., on Apr. 22 and 23 "to unite all efforts m Washington,
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    SWEDISH DEFENCE MEASURES
    45 14 D Stockholm, May 14. EFENCE measures approved by Parliament last night include increased naval service from 200 to 300 days, 30 days' special service by all army conscripts, formation of antiaircraft detachments m various centres, and a general strenp+.hpnin<- *c cadres.- Reuter
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      504 14 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated m F MS.) TLiFPIIO.\E k Erei_hl lift fl—^l 5431. i..- 0 lllM MM-I9IAN MMI fIC KKiL S incorporate m England *v_ ->aii_i_g TIK ::\;.-.ss «:;>i IL oHers I\\ ANB-PACIPU3 SERVICES vij UONOLI Ll «»r ilrerl BMPRBBB to V VVJOLVEi:-- ACROSS CANAII A b> TIJANS-CONTIN-ENTAI IKAI.\ u.ihout
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      88 14 For Everything Appertaining Ocean Passages, Foreign Money Exchange and Freight apply cojijrs JWOPIO T«AVfI SEpyJcTJ 39, ROBINSON ROAD No Booking Fees Telephone 5908. BRITISH INDfA STEAM NAVIGATION CO.. LTD. (APCAR LINE) FOR HONG KONG, SHANGHAI, MOJI, KOBE AND OSAKA s- s. SHIRALA 8.000 TONS SAILING MAY 18, AT 3 P.M.
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      457 14 AMERICAN PBEsii^J^ t-^x*\3^*ym __E^^B_K t\ "^s_ I rmOM SIMOAToki and nw.r V?. illl{)i} 4____k 0 „,ft^_,V_ ■Vr. U, 'Ml M PRESIDENT HARRISON w a PRESIDENT HAVES PRESIDENT POLK PRESIDENT GARFIELD PRESIDENT MONROE PRESIDENT ADAMS X PRESIDENT VAN BUREN (X) carry no passengers *0 AMI FROM HONG KONG TO SAN I
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      570 14 Air Mail Arrivals And Despatches INWARD Imperial: From Europe due— Monday. Thursday. Friday afternoons. Wearnes: From Tenant lpoh, and Kuala Lumpur. Arrives every evening. X.L.M.: From Netherlands Indies: Arrives Tuesday. Thursday. Saturday afternoons. Qantas: From Australia: Arrives Tuesday, Friday. Sunday after- noens. X.L.M.: From Europe: Arrives Tuesday. Thursday, Sunday evenings.
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      219 14 SINGAPORE HARBOUR The fcllov/ing ships aie alongside the Singapore Harbour Board Wharves or expected to arrive: East Wharf, Entrance Gate 1; Exit 1:— Van Heutsz 22. Main Whart: fcntrantc Gate 2; Exit 3:— Cape Nelson 16; Fhiloctetes 14; VAlayal 11; Sarpedon 9; Indrapoera 7. Empire Dock: Entrance Gate 2: Exit
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    FRANCE'S DAVIS CUP PROBLEM
    293 15 Petra And Pelizza Are In Barracks MAY NOT SECURE LEAVE WHETHER France has a chance of winning the Davis Cup this year depends on how fond of tennis are the colonel of a regiment stationed on the Spanish border and his superiors at the War Ministry.
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    Today's Contract Bridge Problems
    39 15 Today's Contract Bridge Problems v jce I as band over des. diatwelve tsful >;• the *aly club .Ed diumo" to on- 1 A.rd tO De- pon held l his a which art- no i i r^ bid. I 1 Maiei
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    Useful B. P.
    21 15 I tint of Liadmin- at Wee, The ail] take B imin•d to Yang Tham Cheng Yap Sng Bent
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    Genuang Defeat Non-Benders
    213 15 /JENUANO were clearly superior to! the Non-Benders In a match at Qenuang on Sunday, and won on the first innings by seven wickets. Willacy was unbeaten with 93 when Genuang declared and Lockhart was 59 not out including two sixes Pearson scored 35 not out for the
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    Table Tennis Tourney
    149 15 THE 1939 Singapore Tabi > Tennis Championship will < ommence on Saturday at the Little World" of the Great World Amusement Park. The order of events is as follows: ln-ter-club league. May 20 to June 12;: men's doubles. June 14 10 June 20; I women's singles. Jime
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    Keppel May Medal.
    108 15 TWENTY -ONE cards were taken out ror the Keppel Golf Club May medal, which resulted as follows C A R Bateman 1 down R Hawtrey 4 1 down J. G. M Miliar 1 down These are to return another card by Sunday. Ball Sweeps: Saturday. Qjrst nine.
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    R.S.G.C. Mixed Foursomes
    181 15 The first oi- monthly mixed ioui- somes competition for May played at Bukit Timan resulted m a win for Miss E M. Hallos and G. S. Ilallas with a! net 31 1 4 ol 34 xrards taken out. the following were returned Miss E. MA Halla* and
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    330 15  -  By J. V. Rainbow Ed upon me that snooker amateurs of the highest grade are not far removed m general ability from the 'star" professional. Every day m the clubs and public rooms In Great Britain amateur players are hitting up breaks of 60. 70 and 80 Picking
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    Queen Mother At Wedding
    73 15 QUEEN MARY ATTENDS WEDDING OF EARL OF CLARENDONS SON— The Wedding took place of Miss Mary Forester, daughter of Major the Hon. Edric and Lady Victoria Forester, to the Hon. Nicholas Hyde Viliiers, younger son of the Earl of Clarendon, the Lord Chamberlain. Lady Victoria is
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    Many "Difficult" Shots Are Quite Easy
    436 15 THE BALL ON THE CUSHION London, Apr. 26. COME of us, ordinary billiard and snooker players are astonished at times by the ease with which the pro- fessional and high grade amateur pots a ball lying dead en or "frozen*' to a cushion. But
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    Y.M.C.A. Cricket
    47 15 The following will play cricket for the V.M.C.A against Fort Canning on Saturday, at 2.10 p.m. on the Anson Road ground: Lyne (captain); Suratta, Chrysostom. Dr. Xavier. Lee Fong Lim, J. Shaw. Siebel. Barker. Mohideen, Leembruggen. Leyssius. B. Hope, G. K. Tan, Nee Hock Lim.
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    Moravia Win With Three Quick Goals
    257 15 R.A.F. (H.Q.) GO DOWN 14 JbIORAVIA Sports Club received full points yesterday when they defeated the R.A.F. <HQ > by four goals io one m their second division <b> soccer fixture pla\ed on the S.H.B ground. The winners were the aggressors for the first
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    Modern Trends Existed 2000 Years Ago
    445 15 Modern Trends Existed 2000 Years Ago Kerne. rviDENCE of a modern c.ilture worried by divorces and labour troubles, together with specimens of some of the finest art the world has ever known have been discovered m this old Roman seaport o? Ostia. acj carding to Professor Guido Caiza, eminent Italian
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    SAPPERS STRENGTHEN THEIR POSITION
    514 16 picture. 4-1 Decision From Manchesters TWO PENALTIES HELP PLAYING at Tanglin yesterday, the Sappers strengthened their position as leaders m the first division of the league, winnine 4—l from the Manchesters. While the" Tads were well and truly beaten, the Sappers did not have everything their
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    Malays Surprise R. A. F. At Stadium
    443 16 Malays Surprise R. A. F At Stadium RESERVE LEADERS LOSE 1-3 RESERVE division league leaders, the R.A.F., tasted defeat for the first time this season when the Malays beat them convincingly by three goals to one at Anson Road Stadium yesterday. The Malays proved faster and It cleverer man their
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    Yadi And Mrs, Eber Win Mixed Doubles
    223 16 THREE-SET V.M.C.A. FINAL TN the final of the mixed doubles championduj V.M.C.A. invitation tournament played yesterday j and Mrs. Eber gained a hard earned victor m m Huck Toe and Miss Abed, 3—6. 6-3, M. Long rallies characterised thc play m the rubber
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    French Football Cup
    27 16 Paris May 15. Thc Racing Club de Paris won the French Football Cup, beating the Olymplque Lillols Club by three goals to one. Reuter.
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    S.C.C. Bowls Match
    86 16 The following will play In a bowls match on Thursday at S.C.C.: Ex-Services: H. Gray. T. B. Rogers, J. E. Jeans. A. Buchanan, E. Fozard, W H. Stuart Clark, F, Officer E. A. Turnbull, W. Williams, E.G. Mozar, L C. Hutchlngs, V. P. Barbat, F J L
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    S.C.R.C. Tennis Tourney
    245 16 |>LAYING the S.C.R.C. lawn tennis championships yesterday Wong rhian Teck went a stage further when le accounted for Seah Keng Siew m he men's singles open championship. He won 6—2, 6—o. Other results were: Men's doubles handicap: Chla Keng rye and K. H Tan (—3) beat K.
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    Football Cancelled
    21 16 The football match m tween the YMX A. and f« Sports Club on the Y.MCA p» has been cancelled.
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