The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 17 May 1939

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 15,779. ESTD. 1835 WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1939. 5 CENTS
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    BRITAIN TO RESIST JAPANESE DEMANDS OVER KULANGSU
    120 1 noport trotn U.S.A. Is Expected NDING OF BLUEJACKETS AS DEMONSTRATION? London, May 16. lapaniM* demands m Kulangsu m London, and plainly the demands gsu Council to a Japanese machine, if the chairman of the Kulaogsu eply to the Japanese that he s :<>
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    New Soviet Talks To Begin Soon
    161 1 New Soviet Talks To Begin Soon London, May 16. THE Russian note replying to the 1 British proposals, is still under consideration, states Reuter's diplomatic correspondent. It Is thought conversations with the Soviet will be actively reopened m the near future, and there v.ill be no loss ct time m
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    NO MUNITION LICENCES IN PAST YEAR
    76 1 London, May 16. No licences had been issued lor the pxpert of war material since Feb. 4, 2938. .said Mr. Oliver Stanley, President of the Board of Trade, m the House of Commons today. He was replying to a question whether such material as
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    ADMIRALTY WILL CALL UP FLEET RESERVE
    276 1 ADMIRALTY WILL CALL UP FLEET RESERVE M^ London, May 16. R. ERNEST BROWN, Minister of Labour, stated m the House of Commons tonight that registration of all men between the ages of 20 and 21, liable for service under the Military Training Bill, will take place on June 3. The
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    Nazi Colonial Congress In Vienna
    134 1 Nazi Colonial Congress In Vienna Vienna, May iC. IJNDER the slogan "Heraus Mil Unseren Kolonien" "Fork Out Our Colonies") three days of intense colonial propaganda began here today with a meeting of the Reich Colonial Congress. Almost 30,000 people are taking part, including many former colonial Governors and administrators, and
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    AXIS MILITARY PACT
    29 1 Berlin, May 16. Count Ciano. the Italian Foreign Minister, arrives here on Sunday. It is expected the Italo-German military treaty will be signed on Mon- Reuter
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    Rubber Quota Raised Five Per Cent
    241 1 London, May 16. THE International Rubber Regula- tion Committee, at its meeting m London today, fixed the export quota for the third quarter of the year at 55 per cent., an increase of five per cent over the quota for the present quarter. The
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    Supreme Gesture To America
    320 1 as. view OF ROYAL VISIT New York, May 16. WELCOMING the King and Queen to the American continent, and next month to the United States the HeraldTribune \*ntes today "The royal visit registers a vast, slow change m the importance of America m the mind of
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    JEWISH THREATS OF VIOLENCE
    74 1 Jerusalem, May 16. THREATS of Jewish violence if the 1 promised Palestine White Paper Ls unsatisfactory are made m Hebrew broadsheets posted on the streets here today. These publications state: "If Jewish hopes are disappointed, the sword of Israel will b e unsheathed." The newspaper Palestine
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    ARGENTINA CHECKS FOREIGN PROPAGANDA
    70 1 Kuenus Aires, May 16. CTRONG measures aimed at curbing the activities of foreign associations m Argentina, including the banning of uniforms and singing of political hymns, is contained m a Government decree, which was signed by President Diaz today. Members of foreign associations must not propagate
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    JAPANESE THREATEN SOVIET AFTER
    323 2 BORDER CLASH "Might Have To Resort To Drastic Measures" SANWUI CITY CHANGES HANDS AGAIN Hong Kong, May 16. A REPORT emanating from a Japanese source states that Soviet-trained forces m Outer Mongolia crossed the Mongolia-Maneljukuo frontier and clashed with a Manchukuo outpost at Hailar. The raiders,
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    VON PAPEN TO REPORT ON TURKISH PACT
    48 2 Istanbul. May 16. Herr von Papen is reported to be returning to Berlin. It is stated he will report to Herr Hitler on the situation following the conclusion of the AngloTurkish agreement, and the poeriMc effects on future German-Turkish relations. Reuter
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    Britain Opposed To Chengtu As Chinese Capital?
    310 2 Britain Opposed To Chengtu As Chinese Capital? KWEIYUANG FAVOURED BY THIRD POWERS GTokio, May 16. EN. CHIANG KAI-SHEK is reported to have decided to transfer tha seat of the Kuomintang Government to Chengtu, capital of Szechuan Province, from Chungking, which has recently suffered severely from repeated Japanese air-raids, according to
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    Remains Of Pilot Brought From Jungle
    299 2 CRASHED AT HIGH SPEED INTO MOUNTAIN (From Our Special Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, May 16. A SEARCH party brought back this evening to Kcala Lumpur, from the steep mountainside into which he had crashed m a lifer Molh plane, the remains of Mr. Ernest Littleton
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    FRANCO MAY GET BIG LOAN
    120 2 London.. May 16. The Daily Telegraph Paris correspondent reports that M. Paul van Zeelar/d, former Belgian Prime Minister, has arrived on a visit concerned with recent conversation said to have taken place between Dutch and French financial groups for lending General Franco £20,000,000 for reconstruction
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    Troops Out Against U.S. Miners
    84 2 London, May 16. THE Times' New York correspondent reports that m Harlan County troops of the National Guard turned back 3,000 coal miners, when they were on their way to picket mines belonging to owners who have not signed the new agreement between owners and
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    Royal Liner Leaves
    52 2 rf^i^i/'T r T H? air of the Eit) P>-« ss f Australia, as with the King and Queen aboard, she saiied flown the English Channel at the start of her voyage to Canada. Escorting her are the haU!e cruiser Repulse (astern) and flying boats of the Royal
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    New Move In North China
    156 2 Currency Muddle "FEDERAL RESERVE" ZONF Peipin*. May 16. JHE pro-Japanere authorities :n North China, according to Chinese reports, are devising measures to cope with the situation caused by the disparity m the value of the Federal Reserve Bank dollar and Chinese national dollar because of
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    King Of Italy To Visit Berlin
    92 2 London, May 16. ■THE News Chronicle Rome correspondent reports today that it is authoritatively stated the King will pay a state visit to Berlin after the signature of the Italo-German pact. The exact date is not nxed, but it is thought the visit will
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    FINE SINGING BY EDITH FELLOWS
    32 2 FINE SINGING BY EDITH FELLOWS s fl1 1 the Hon^; U > add mud) to th f E^i£j Pictures which had i 3 Pavili,. actress wh< to i. I full Ufc Oft Jacquelin.
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    Sussex & Yorkshire Win
    90 2 Sussex Yorkshire Win 80S. wickets Leicester Sussex 39 Park., 141- Yort YorkMij.-. clared. Kent: 100 i d Robins. The Cambrid abandoned thr<.u K h Middlesex Cambrid Thompson 133 tux out. The Lord* Marykbone -r <■ West Indies did not bat Other scores: Notti Glared. Glum- rgan I on. 157 for
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    JAPANESE ENVOY SEES MOLOTOV
    61 2 Mb Mi) IN a one-bom inttnfct yflM *Mr Shigenorl I Ambassador to M A If. Molotov. Sort t f on problems pfndhn b J and the Soviet Union a Moscow H Mr Togoh drew tl. Soviet Government to th( gal prr.ssure brought V> Japanese c mcestioni
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    Merchant Shipping Reserve Planned
    34 2 I „.don. JWjj Prinn Chamberlain Attlee, 1 ead< r House Of C urgency <•: I ments for merchant tors and agrl Le^; quired [or th. would be pr I Premier Reuter
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    SIXPENCE MORE FOR MILITIAMEN
    20 2 SIXPENCE MORE FOR MILITIAMEN The Army attached to tl estimate new mill' months' tr Instead of _a J nounced. Reuter
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    STOP PRESS
    21 2 Mi.ii" 1 a <<* a C ainst Ihe W*^ blueja. I-"" th Br.it* iMrned so f.. |io(--have lan«l«« B Reuter
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    17 3 W COMMISSION: The first of Germany* mnnn 4 Ml placed m commission inHamZrl cruisers, tfue Admiral Hipper.
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    Johore Should Now Get Better Value From P.W.D.
    834 3 Johore Should Now Get Better Value From P. W.D. RESULT OF INQUIRY Department is our great spending Dato K'oland Braddell at the Johore ng yesterday, commenting: on the report the Sultan of Johore to inu of the P.W.D., Johore. decisions taken on that report, Johore we shall be getting more
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    THE BEST DIET DURING CONVALESCENCE
    43 3 T HE BEST DIET DURING CONVALESCENCE I ..t.d other ■bausu you'll Everyone fc 1 >«■«.» Wd naus fates J found that reta 'n« by the uenti find > Horllcks Pour new »«tedbod,. At U ladfd L :> "--r.ed and you feel Full of P Horhcks 11
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    'Rather Shocking State Of Affairs' In P.W.D.
    505 3 DEFERENCE to the frequent changes m the supervisory stair of the Public works Department. Johcre. was made by Mr. B. J R. Barton at the Johore Council of State yesterday. Mr. Barton was commenting on the report of the committee on the Public
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    GOVERNMENT RESTAURANTS URGED FOR JOHORE
    254 3 GOVERNMENT RESTAURANTS URGED FOR JOHORE 'Wasteful, Unsatisfactory' Health Inspection DR. GARLICK'S VIEW QO\ ERNMENT-owned restaurants, run either by Government staff or by letting out on tender m the same manner as the rest houses, would be the ideal solution to the problem of the control of restaurants, declared Dr. G.
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    European Drivers Fined
    74 3 PLEADING GUILTY to a charge of negligent driving m Upper Thomson Road on the evening of Apr. 19, a European from the Naval Base, L. H. Duthie, was yesterday convicted and fined $50 m the Singapore Traffic District Court. For driving his car on the wrong side
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    Women Fined For Fighting
    85 3 TWO CHINESE WOMEN, Heng Ah Leng. aged 40. and Ng Chaw Beng. aged 31. were fined 50 cents each by Mr. Conrad Oldham, Singapore Second Police Magistrate and District Judge yesterday for fighting en the five-foot-way of a house m Geylang Road on Monday morning. They
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    Naval Men For Netherlands Indies
    52 3 A DUTCH NAVAL draft of 57 for the Indies passed through Singapore yesterday m the Rotterdam Lloj-d liner Indrapoera. The draft was under the command cf Captain W. J. Waterman. Single men m the draft will spend three years m Netherlands Indies and married men
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    How To Stop Typhoid
    279 3 UOW Johore could prevent the spread of typhoid was outlined by Dr. G. H. Garlics. Principal Medical Officer, at the Johore Council of State meeting yesterday. His suggestions were: 1. A more rapid reduction In the number of hawkers, with complete elimination m view m not
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    Difficulties In Restricting Street Hawkers
    356 3 Difficulties In Restricting Street Hawkers TVD ATTEMPT the abolition of hawkerr, immediately m Johore. without making arrangements to replace them, was neither possible nor reasonable was the opinion of the Principal Medical Officer, Johore, Dr. G. H. Garlick. speaking at the Johore Council of State yesterday. Dr. Garlick was referring
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    Johore Milk Dangers
    128 3 "THE PRESENT SYSTEM for the sale of fresh milk m Johore is a definite source of danger to the public." said Dr. G. H. Garlick, Principal Medical Officer, Johore, at tha Johore Council of State meeting yesterday. He suggested that methods adopted elsewhere should be introduced into
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    Inquiry into Johore Health?
    70 3 THE APPOINTMENT of a committee to make recommendations to the Government on questions of public health was suggested by Dr Garlick at the Johore Council of State yesterday. The nucleus of this committee should be Tungku Abu Bakar. Sir David Galloway, the Legal Adviser and Princioal
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    Danger Lurks In Ice Cream
    110 3 THE sale of ice-cream m Jobora should be prohibited anted it wa" the product of a firm of Handing and reputation. whose methods were ab3ve suspicion and whose products were examined bacteriolog cally. Thij suggestion was made by Dr G H. Garlick. Principal Health Officer,
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    European Faces Serious Charge
    70 3 TVDUGLAS Fraser Gordon Stables, a 58-year-old Scotsman, appeared Lefore Mr. L. C. Goh. Singapore Fifth Police Magistrate yesterday, on a charge of using criminal force on an eight-year-old Chinese girl, with intent to outrage her modesty, m a house m Orchard Road on Monday morning. The
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    Record Of Johore Council Proceedings
    60 3 THE RECENTLY ADOPTED pro.rdure of having the proceedings of the Johore Council of State officially reported was commended by Dato Roland Braddell at a meeting of the Council yesterday. "It is very useful to have the proceedings of this Council recorded and printed." said Dato
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      84 3 Law Notice For The Day The Chief Justice at Kuala LumpurCourt of Appeal. Before Mr. Justice Pedlow in 3rd. Court at 11 a.m. S.303 38 Son Cheow Hock vs Kishen S:ngh. Before Mr. Justice Manning in 2nd Court at 11 a.m. Judgment in Bkcy. 41 39— Re P. K. Kassim
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    EASTERN RELIGIONS & WESTERN THOUGHT
    2023 4 EASTERN RELIGIONS WESTERN THOUGHT JpHiS article is the review of a new book, v Eastern Religions and Western Thought which appeared m The Times Literary Supplement a few weeks ago. It has been sent to us by a Singapore reader who suggests that it will be read with interest m
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    Women Volunteers At Work
    171 5 ABOVE: Members of the Women's Transport Ser\ices v.hen they held a Held day a* Beauly, Invernessshire, Scotland, last week. The demonstration included nursing. first aid and gas mask drill. RIGHT: Sir Perry J.oraine, the new British Ambassador to the Qiiiiinal. with Lady l.nrainr. when l*e arrived
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    MUSLIM CASE BEFORE APPEAL COURT
    623 6 MUSLIM CASE BEFORE APPEAL COURT Legal Adviser On Treaties, Religion And Custom A "FOOLISH* LAW. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, May 15. THE necessity for judges of the Federation to administer justice according to the law and to administer the law as they found it, even if they did
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    JOHORE'S DEFENCE BILL RISKS
    218 6 JOHORE'S DEFENCE BILL RISKS A TTENTION tJ the military policy of the State of Johore, which was leading the State to "a very enhanced expenditure" was drawn by Dato Roland Braddell at a meeting of the Jchore Council of State yesterday. "The Council m Johcre are only asked to implement
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    Johore Should Grow Tapioca
    147 6 "IF we are not prepared to grow foodstuffs, it is no use for us to prepare defence works." said Mr. Cheok Huan Cheong. speaking at the Johore Council of State yesterday. Mr. Huan Cheong urged that the Government should encourage and allow rubber estates to plant
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    £600 Reel To Catch 40 Foot Sharks
    115 6 £600 Reel To Catch 40 Foot Sharks Sydney, May 7. THE largest and most expensive lish- ing reel ever made has just been i brought to Sydney by Zane Grey, the I novelist and fisherman, who hopes to hook forty-foot sharks with it. The reel weighs 37 lb. is 15
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    Paris Not Interested
    26 6 Paris, May 15. The Paris press Is little concerned at Signor Mussolini's Turin speech. Several papers dismiss it In a lew line.*;. Renter
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    A.R.P. Preparations In Full Swing In Johore
    252 6 THAT instruction en air raid precau- tions was being steadily spread throughout Johore was revealed by Dato A. L. Birch. Chief Electrical Engineer, at a Johoro Council of State meeting yesterday. It was proposed to have sections with senior and junior wardens and
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    Mr. Tracy Entertains
    35 6 SPENCER TRACY, THE FILM STAR, who went to Paris after his short visit to London, gave a cocktail party to members of the Paris press. He i» seen talking: to French reporters.
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    Indo-China Defence Rush
    169 6 I ARGE SCALE MILITARY preparations are taking place m French Indo-China at present, according to reports m a number of Siam newspapers last week. These preparations are said to be being carried out with feverish activity. The Varasab says that large troop concentrations are going on at
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    Johore Unofficial Seeks Definition Of Status
    459 6 Johore Unofficial Seeks Definition Of Status DATO BRADDELL S P 0 E A DEFINITION of the powers of »n, ff n the Johore Council of State as souSt"! '"*Vr Braddell at a Council meting yesterday l>:t l i» "The General Adviser will agree Ihatl there is no reason In the
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    Dr. Schacht Stays With Viceroy
    14 6 Dr. Schacht Stays With Viceroy "lalma. srhach. ar -k> ass Buest ,f Ih( Linlitl,
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    News In Brief
    192 6 JIHOAPOREtJ M I consUting 01 vih raid ward, n ambu] Alters, rccu, squads pairpart:^ will b n-gir ol June 13 for prebend* black-out trial m Men wllJ run thrown owl to "bombed lobs and are will be called out t to the approval O l g. be
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    Trends On Singapore Sharemarket
    785 7 Trends On Singapore Sharemarket but interest is still more particular than general m this section. Robinson Company published their annual accounts this week, of more than usual interest as it is the first since the re-organisation. The balance sheet registers an improvement on j previous accounts. Last year's bank overdraft
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1930. King Of Canada
    627 8 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1930. King Of Canada A FTER an Atlantic crossing delayed by fog and icefields, the Empress of Australia with the King and Queen aboard, is due today at Quebec where their Majesties begin their tour of the Dominion. The visit is of historic
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    Fuehrer's Eyes Still Set On Rumania?
    1242 8  -  FREDERICK W. WILE £N analysis of Hitler's expansion policy undZT^T" for conquest that lie ahead m his D ran Nn l/""" is presented here by a journalist who, ffc, Cs n century, has closely followed the ft>rlun« o! C. From 1902 to 1914, he
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    New Johore Councillors
    17 9 l s. o w. Husband v Mr. C. eho id, L werwerwerwerewr werewrerw werewrewre
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    KELANTAN GRANT FOR IMPERIAL DEFENCE
    208 9 Most Remote Of Malay States Gives $100,000 A FINE GESTURE J^ELANTAN, remotest and most Malay of the Malay States, has j.ven $100,000 towards Imperial defence, it is announced officially. This follows ihe Straits Settlements' gift of $8 500 000 and the proposed F.M.S. contribution of
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    Mother Talks With Son On His Deathbed
    312 9 Mother Talks With Son On His Deathbed C PEAKING BETWEEN SO3S m the Singapore Assizes yesterday, before Mr. Justice Manning and a special Jury, the mother of a Chinese who died as a result of a knife assault, described an interview she had with her son on his deathbed. In
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    Bobby Locke Back In England
    349 9 London. May 8. DOBBY LOCKE arrived m England m the grand manner yesterday. Once ±:300-.a-year mining clerk m JohnrivSburr. who turned himself into a v;u>oo-a-year golf professional, Locke v here- or. his fourth invasion, having .ravelled first-class m a de luxe suite With £1.000 hard
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    Chinese Strangles Himself In Bed
    62 9 A VERDICT OF SUICIDE by strangulation was returner! by the Singapore Coroner. Mr. W. G. Porter yesterday at an inquiry Into the death of a Chinese. Chal Loon, an inmate of the Mental Hospital, Yeo Chu Kang He was lound dead, with a cord firmly
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    Hollywood Honeymooners Delayed
    504 9 Hollywood Honeymooners Delayed QENEVIEVE TOBIN, Hollywood film actress, and her director-husband William Keighley, who were due at Singapore today, will now not arrive until Friday, as the ship on which they are travelling, the X.P.M. liner Tegelberg has been delayed by the weather at Bangkok. On a belated honeymoon <they
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    Thief Surprised & Caught In Room
    64 9 Thief Surprised Caught In Room SENTENCE was deferred a week IB the Singapore Second Court when o Chinese, Seah Chuan. was convicted on a charge of theft of property valued $26 from a house m Jalan Besar on Monday afternoon. The property comprised articles and trinkets be:onging to Choy Yaw.
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    CAR THRILLS ON THE GAP HILL
    310 9 CAR THRILLS ON THE GAP HILL A. A. M. Hill Climb TTHE Gap Hill will be the scene of a hill climb m which the fastest cars m Malaya will compete on Sunday, June 11. The course forms a part of the roadway over the Gap at Pasir Panjang, Singapore.
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    High Honour For Malay Police Corporal
    175 9 COR THE COURAGEOUS part he played m a gun battle with a Chinese gang, Lance Corporal Mohamed bin Majid, of the Beach Road Station. Singapore, has been awarded the Colonial Police Medal for gallantry. About midnight on Dec. 8, last year. Lance Corporal Mohamed
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    Danish Girl In Court In Slacks
    115 9 QARBED m navy blue slacks, v Gerda V. H. Nonnecke, a pretty 26-year-cld Danish girl, was among five Europeans charged m the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday, for offences under the Aliens Ordinance. The Dane, with two Hungarians, Joseph Zsiros, aged 36, and Tiber
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    Dutch Baron's Son Weds Here
    113 9 Dutch Baron 's Son Weds Here THE JONKHEER H. L. Krayen 1 hoff, son of the Baron and t-h« late Baroness c R. T. KrayenhofT, of Wasse/aar, Holland and representative of the Aviation Division Royal Dutch-Shell Oil Co., Nether-' lands Indies, was married to Miss C. Telders, at the Singapore
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    Hokkiens In Tobacco Case
    113 9 Two elderly Hokkiens. Tan Chwce Yew and Yeoh Teong Chuan pleaded guilty before Mr. C. H. Koh m the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday, on a charge of possession of 6C5 lbs of dutiable tobacco at Tanah Merah Besar, early yesterday morning. Sentence was postponed to
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    GOATSKINS TO LEATHER
    458 10 Szechwan Hides Have New Importance TEN CHUNGKING PLANTS Chungking, May 7. INDUSTRY m pre-war China used $7,186,400 worth of 1 leather m 1986, of which $4,336,000 worth of dressed hides came from her own hinterland. However, one fourth of the nations leather came from foreignowned tanneries. Actually
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    40 10 ML,, MuJy lister daie.-u'r If M Sf^sf CLARENDONS SON.-The wedding took place recentl, of Hyde M^^S^TSSVttTfcS e rfri'.-.^ rU n f "»ester. to the ••> «»ltta| SQ. ,j tv ,t"i' h e Old ha '«'ai"- L»d» Victoria Is an extra lady
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    How Guerillas Procure Their Arms
    500 10 How Guerillas Procure Their Arms Chungking, May 7. CORCED by circumstances, Chinese guerilla fighters m the North China province of Hopei have become arms-manufacturers. Their small mobile arsenals are turning out hand grenades at 60 cents a piece rifles at $27 a piece and land mines between $20 and $60
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    U.S. Thinks Britain Has Impressed Duce
    51 10 New York, May 15. Signor Mussolini's speech shows that "Mr. Chamberlain's turn to nonappeasement has had its enect," says the New York Time 3. The Hera Id -Tribune thinks the speech may relax immediate tension, but m a long view cannot be called pacific.
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      326 10 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS TENDERS. SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. Tenders. Tenders are now Invited for the following materials or services. For particulars see Municipal Tenders Room: Supply of Three Chlorine Flow Recorders Dato of Closing. 4 p.m.. July 3. 1939. Supply and fixing of steel roof trusses etc. for Pumping; Station at Scletar Reservoir.
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      366 10 NOT A PAIN AT 7 8 She Feels Like 48 Aches and pains are not inevitable In old age. When they do come, there is always a cause for them a cause that can be overcome. Here Is a little lesson on growing old. by a woman of 78 For
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      307 10 excess of H *M* M Total Amet, Ch •Pproximaiel. i2 *Jn fc Correspondents m ls ""M GODOWN FACILnTEc^^ANr, COLLECTIONS Jf? °S r^ GEN EH At BANKINci business transacted m EXCBj^ Full particulars on anm.. PARKCANE C. BWAlg^ YOUR VALUABLES Our Strong U*m ,r Protection. It is impossible for ;ui indivi.
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      593 10 RADIO PROGRAMMES SINGAPORE TODAY ZHL 225 metres. ZHP 3006 metres. p.m. 1.00 Miscellaneous programme of new gramophone records.! 1.30 Mid-day rubber and tin prices. 1.32 Miscellaneous programme (contd.) 2.00 Interval. 5.00 Hokkien Amoy music. t 5.30 "Classified character singing m Peloing plays— 6. "t 6.00 Mandarin music. Relayed from the
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      231 11 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCK SHARES r Jon 530 p. m. Yesterday I m m-m- tm m Mhmm^—. mammu mm \_m+*+*^ [Ateat Quotations Previously lOC A o7< B JO5- 105% 92L. 8- 4 303 4 4^/g BM 10 £84 10s. v -'-3 JC2S 248. Wi 89s. 9d. 15s. fed 795.
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      Daily Share Report
      88 11 L m\? uo- vi •*OOS| or BUSINESS HSTERDAI M i.. Idas Ul> 18m reatvrc im h„ J?*"* '"arkit today was *outhen* Kinta. to l. then asm &H rabbet .it mid. L**" <*"*». v.hile n, '-rh,d i, u >ers at J>7H r ri -M>er «,uota there *m T
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION
      20 11 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION »<«.<mk SOON Selkf, 'V j'n 7 -IU 27 7 16 1 j»- ,***** 27 Hit
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      Local Exchange Rates
      227 11 Local Exchange Rates >I\Y R, 1939: SEI LING I-iOlition T.T. 2 3 13 16 London demand 2 3 13 16 Lyons demand 2043 Switzerland demand 240% Hamburg demand 134 New York demand 54 3 16 Montreal demand 54% Batavia demand 100% Saramang demand 100 J 4 Calcutta. Bombay Rangoon demand
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      THE COMMODITY MARKETS
      189 11 I From London 5.30 p.m. Yesterday R IBBER Firm London: Bd. 8 116 d. Previously nt^ui* m July-Sept: 8i B d. 8 3 16d. Previously* gd S 1 I6d Jan-MaY- LS R3 h Previously: 8 16d 8 3 16d New York- /4 ST Previously: 8 i B
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      THE METAL MARKETS From London: Latest Quotations
      72 11 THE METAL MARKETS From London: Latest Quotations I TIN: Firmer. Spot: £225 12s. 6d. Previously: £225 7s. 6d. Three months: £223 7s. Gd. Previously: £222 17s. 6d. NEW YORK TIN* 49.00 Previously: 49.00. COPPER: £41 7s. 6ti. Previously: £41 12s. 6d GOLD: Yesterday: £7 Bs. 5* 2 d Previously: £7
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      Foreign Exchange Rates London Closing Quotations
      70 11 Foreign Exchange Rates London Closing Quotations Method oi Parity Detore Latest Centre Quoting 20-9-31 Rate Previously Paris Franc to 124.11 1763,4 176 3 /4 New York... to 4.8655 4.68 316 4.68* 4 Amsterdam Guilders to 12.10 8.71V 2 8.68 7 8 Hong Kong.. Per dollar Is. 2*-;^. Is. 2 3
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      RUSSIA TO DEFEND P.I. AFTER 1946?
      547 11 An American Prophecy Washington, D.C MILITARY theorists here believe that if the present international line<up persists until Philippine indepen--1 dtnce, the Philippine Republic and Soviet Russia may be forced into a common diplomatic camp to preserve a balance of power m the Far East.
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      SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES
      1267 11 j Fraser And Co. s List I TUESDAY. MAY 16, 1939: I P.M. MINING Bi)f> Sellers Ampat Tin dt>> 3s 3s 6d Austral Amal. ss > 4s 7%d 5s :%d xd Austral Malay 38s 42s Ayer Hitam »ss) 19s 9d 2os 6d Ayer Weng <$1)
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      Current Company Dividends
      83 11 List Supplied Hy Messrs. Fraser Co. TUESDAY, MAY IC, 1939: 5 P.M iotai *oi Company Dividend Book* Financial TIN Close Date Ex Div. year Austral Amai l*. 2 d May 12 May 19 May 13 2*£« i uong Fatt 212% May 17 May 26 May 18 2V
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    STRENGTH OF R.A.F. KEPT SECRET
    390 12 But Authorities Are Satisfied 36 TRAINING SCHOOLS London, May 4. THE actual strength of the Royal Air Force as regards pilots, ix'th Regular and Reserve, is bein^ guarded >\ith the greatest secrecy, states the Sunday Times. The only accurate figures available are for officers joining
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    Weissmuller At World Fair
    266 12 New York, Mftj 8. A ttr acted BY ITNB weather with the temperature hovering around the 80.5., the biggest crowd seen at Hit 1 World's Fair since the opening daymore than 200.000 -Hocked through the turnstiles yesterday Today's attendance was expected to be even larger. The
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    New Home For Sino-French 'Varsity
    49 12 Kunming, May IS. The Siiu>-French University, which has operated m Peking for the last 20 years, will shortly be removed to Yunnan. The university's students, who arrived at Kunming some time ago, are now attending classes at the Yunnan Provincial University.— Chinese Central News.
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    17 12 uubuh SOdETVS S»ri ngSh ow at Bailee. IrelanS. *<*„ trick ruler, MrfM tftc crowd, m ths jumping enclosure.
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    Rush To Avoid Conscription
    93 12 London, May 8. VOING MEN of conscription age all over the country have made a rush to join police forces. But they cannot escape khaki by getting into blue. The Military Training Bill, as it stands, does not exempt from compulsory service men already m the
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    Queen's Wardrobe Remains A Secret
    342 12 Queen's Wardrobe Remains A Secret London. May 4. WHILE detail! oi Mrs. Roosevelt's wardrobe for the royal tour m the United States were revealed yesterday, guesses at what the Queen will wear m Canada and the States remained guesses. No one will know the secrets of the Queen's dresses until
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    Trousers For The Coolies Of China
    137 12 Melbourne, May 7. DAGS ARE NOT ALWAYS so com- pletely bags as it has just been discovered— they are m China just now. Australia has recently been exporting thousands of tons of flour to China, all carefully done up m 49 lb. bags.' each
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    33 12 SAYING GOOl|-BYi; TO DADDY: A mull ekikl uu,s h as her father, the captain of an Imperial Airway, about to take-off m the slant of the skysxa>v Jo tinent alons the Fmpirp routes
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    HE SINGS FOR CHINA
    380 12 Plans $1 ,000,000 Campaign In United States T^r^ Chungking, lN i MOT content with the result of his can ai Chinese relief m America's wesi year, m which he collected more than (> his fellow-countrymen and American friends, 1 31-year-old actor and opera singer, is now
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    Delay In Transatlantic Air Service
    254 12 THE British Transatlantic air mail to have been inaugurated <>n June the summer months, is likely to be perhaps three, weeks. A minor technical diiTicultv has arisen. It chiefly concerns the comple- j tion of a stipulated quota of flying hours with the type of
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    Monkey Gland Surgery
    22 12 pLAIMIM I m Using n |uven tl I\ A sh pmeni o n tor use n thl him -I
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      15 12 CLEARANCES May 17: Klaru*. Lnrut (Brit); Valaya (Siam>: V. der loes de Bye. Shekel <Dut>.
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      477 12 Air Mail Arrivals And Despatches INWARD Imperial: From Europe dve Monday, Thursday. Frida> afternoons. Wearnes: From Penang, Ipoh, and Kuala Lumpur. Arrives every evening. X.L.M.: From Netherlands Indies: Arrives Tuesday. Thursday. Saturday afternoons. Qantas: From Australia: Arrives Tuesday. Friday. Sunday afternoons. X.L.M.: From Europe: Arrives Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday evenings. K.N.1.L.M.:
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    H.M.S. Prince Of Wales Safely Launched
    364 13 35,000 TON BATTLESHIP riTrvrv London, May 4, thousand people yesterday witnessed the launch from Messrs. Cammell Laird and Co.'s shipyard at Birkenhead of the battleship H.M.S. Prince of Wales— the second of her class of live to be launched. Built to a displacement of
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR
    155 13 The following ships are alongside the Singapore Harbour Board Wharves or expected to arrive:— East Wharf, Entrance Gate 1; Exit 1: Hong Siang 22. Main Wharf: Entrance Gate 2: Exit 3:— Carthage, Mata Han 18; Cape Nelson 16; Sakito Maru 11; Hague Maru 9; Glenfinlas 7. Empire Dock:
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    A VEGETARIAN MOTOR-CAR
    108 13 Tokio. A KISHIGE MATSUMOTO is a Japan- ese inventor who keeps inventing I things. Now he has invented a vegei tarian motor-car which, like a donkey, runs on "botanic fuel His car, he says, "grazes on fruits I and vegetables and digests chips of wood, making its
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      35 13 PASSENGERS BY AIR Aircralt Coogee Irom N.1., Darwin. Erisbane and Sydney, departed on Sunday: -Mr D. W. Brisbane. Colonel II Clowes. Mr A. M Summerford. Rev. Dr. J. H. Hannan nnd Mr. J. J. Boyle.
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      908 14 Bren Gun Factories In South Africa Johannesburg, May 4. DREN guns, such as used m tne Acmy, are t-o be manufactured m South Africa, and a number of experts from the -Sfcoda works, m what was formerly Czechoslovakia, are to supervise tne work. These experts are already on their way,
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    CRICKET TALENT IN ENGLAND
    675 15 Many Youngsters Of Promise FAULTY PRACTICE IDEAS Ihavjt m f ii London, May 8. HAVL jUAt completed a M talmt^patUn?' Lour of the cricket grounds, and I return wth two outstanding impressions writes Charles Bray. First the S almost incredible, variety of V ration counties. Some
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    Today's Contract Bridge Problems
    143 15 Today's Contract Bridge Problems Bruce Oswald Hrrom Mr mont, N V. ting one. j North bid of four clubs. re almost lit Shim di lead •st 1 II Pi. P. Pa SB Pass Dbl. P; time I i ,sfri that :x I would pen a club. >uoled the fuur-club 1
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    Chorus Girls Get Cold At World Fair
    330 15 NOT ENOUGH CLOTHING New York, May 4. THOUSANDS of trees, millions of flowers, sparkling lagoons, fountains and waterfalls and vari-coloured buildings of immense variety m design and shape go to make the World's Fair a modern fairyland, where, a few years ago, there
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    Two Badminton Entries Rejected
    168 15 pIVE entries for the singles and seven entries for the doubles came up for consideration yesterday evening at th^ meeting of the Singapore Badminton Association held at the Clerical Union Hall. Following the lines of the recent procedure of accepting and rejecting entries at the last
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    West Indies Want M.C.C. Ruling
    91 15 The West Indies cricket team are to ask M.O.C. lor a ruling on points concerning the covering of a wicfcet. When tftumpi wore r-ravn m the match between Worcestershire and the West Indies the /viefcot *as completely covered. This was done with the full consent
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    Joie De Vivre Plus The Entente Cordiale
    37 15 JOIE BE VIVRE as well as entente cordiale are well illustrated by these English and Australian ctrm gMf enjoying an autumn morning dip. They are appearing at a Melbourne theatre.
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    Car Driving Ban For Footballers
    237 15 Car Driving Ban For Footballers London, Maj 8. TWO big lootbali ciubs m the rrovinces are Insisting upon a clause m their agreements with players that B player must not drive a car during the season. What with gland treatment, special diet, chiropodists, pounds of cotton wool, costly electric ray
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    H. AND S. BANK STILL UNBEATEN
    461 16 3-0 Victory Over Last Year's Winners PROBABLE 1939 CHAMPIONS DLAYING splendid football the Hongkong and Shanghai 1 Bank F.C. maintained their unbeaten record when they beat the Overseas-Chinese Bank, last year's league champions, by three clear goals m a Business Houses League soccer fixture
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    Draw For Singapore Tennis Meeting
    686 16 OPENING ON MONDAY rjRAW FOR THE Singapore tennis championships, to start on Monday on the S.C.C. and V.M.C A courts, is as follows: MEN'S OPEN SINGLES Byes: Yadi, Seah Keng Siew. dipt. W F. Finlayson, R. Smith. First Round: M. I. Reshty vs. Chua i
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    S.C.C. Get Better Of S.R.C.
    94 16 DV three gam?s to nil the S.C.C. defeated the S.R.C. m an inter-club lawn t3nnis match played en th» tormer's courts yesterday* V Anderson and W. *H. Drcogleevcr gained a straight sets victory over P F. de Souza and G. F. de Souza 6— Z
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    May L.G.U. Medal At Bukit Timah
    177 16 The R.3.G.C. May L.G.U. medal played at Bukit Timah resulted m a win m Silver Division for Mrs. W. B Ruddcck with a net score of 76 and m a win lor Miss B. Hegarty m Bronze Division with a net score of 69
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    CHIATE SING A.U.
    140 16 The Chiate Sing Athletic Union defeated the Ngo Sing Le Chin Sla, m a friendly table-tennis match, by four ties to three. Results (C.S.A U. players mentioned first): Chua Kirn Heam beat Wee Swee Lee. 3 l; Chua 800 Lim lost to Tan Boon Pin o—3; Tan
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    29 16 L?w K nSkOnf Bank) beats Thiam Koon (Overseas-Chinese nacLn. in C ye^sf days Business Houses League fixture on the padan*. The Overseas-Chinese Bank suffered a 3-0 defeat—Free Press picture.
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    HELEN JACOBS FOR WIMBLEDON
    60 16 Helen Jacobs, 30-years-old American tennis star, who deserted the courts during the winter to write an historical novel, is on her way to England. She hopes to regain the women's championship at Wimbledon this year. Miss Jacobs's novel is based on the life of her ancestor.
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    Y.M.C.A Tennis Tourney
    125 16 (gUPERIOR IN THEIR backhand and overhead strokes. Tan Huck Toe and Chua Choon Leong won their game against Yong Loon Chong and John Lim m the seml-finaU of the V.M.C.A. invitation lawn tennis men's open doubles. Hock Toe and partner won 6—4. 7 5 after a fast,
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    170 16 DANG CHIAP SIONG and Jec Ah Chian (+3) displayed good forehand driving to beat Ong Siow Hian and Chua Choon Sing < f3> 2— G. 6-1 6—3. m the S.C.R.C. lawn tennis tournament yesterday. After a bad start, the winners drew ahead convincingly to win the second and
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    Eight State Players In Postals' Team
    449 16 Eight State Players In Postals Team GUNNERS GO DOWN 03 CIELDING a team m which there wen 1 players, the Post Office gathered full points expense of the Blakan Mati Gunners at the 3 yesterday, winning by B— nil m the second rlivi of the league. The result places the
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    SEREMBAN SPORTS
    25 16 The annual athletic sports of the Angio-Chinese School, Seremban. will be held on "Saturday, June 10. on the School Grounds, at 3. p.m.
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    Ames To Rest Awhile
    106 16 London, Maj AiMKs. hii- ;a»l\ virkfU wi'l not k»vt) durin- v What h3 doe- .u.»'r tint r to bt* seen. Ames madt 1 ihe rfe|Uft to til K»nt CiMßMittcc himeU befti that it would he h .irr durint; th* cold weather iimm tipa at th? befinniai
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    Police And Sappers Get Point Each
    130 16 POINTS wei and the R.E n soccer fixture pi tcrday. Each sid. T^ Police are i I on their excellent displaj being two goals d sufficiently well I t goals n few m whistle. Sullivan, tl* had an of] daj however, play, cover vi)
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