The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 25 May 1939

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    Masthead
    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 13,786. FSTD 1835 THURSDAY. MAY 25, 1939. 5 CENTS
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    AREEMENT WITH SOVIET SOON
    379 1 Result Of Lord Halifax's Talks REPLY BY PREMIER CAUSES UPROAR FULL AGREEMENT WITH RUSSIA IN THE NEAR FUTURE WAS FORECAST BY THE PRIME MINISTER, MR. NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN, IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS LAST NIGHT. "I have every reason to hope that as a result of the
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    Spies Aided By German Consul?
    24 1 I! n Maj I Liverpool 1 a e,sc in| ft Germany, of 11 was -.he under with ible. Reuter
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    DEFENCE GIFTS: MacDONALD VOICES THANKS
    45 1 K-itd p. Ma> .'4. c.:-: in the |qr to the Maiay te Wertl C of st of the m:- Empire, the :.ent and erf the Perlii to ?.ld, „-ked ey to ol the .::.cil. arm us gift 4 lidating Reuter
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    More Battleships For N. I. Urged
    23 1 Maj M. in fleet, in r Lohh. torlcall .1 of for paying e Dutch that more. I
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    "ANOTHER MUNICH" PROTEST
    240 1 "ANOTHER MUNICH" PROTEST London, May 24. OEPLYING to a question regarding the representation of British interests in Bohemia and Moravia Mr. Chamberlain stated in the House of Commons tonight that on the departure of the Charge d'Affaires Irom Prague on May 25. British interests would temporarily be left in charge
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    44 1 MAL T i?7C£ DUPLESIS, Prime Minister of Quebec, (back to camera) reading the 'Official welcome to the King and Queen when they arrived in Canada on May 17. This picture ivas sent by radio to London and arrived in Singapore yesterday by Dutch airmail.
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    Pact "Already An Accomplished Fact"
    47 1 Paris, May 24. NEWSPAPERS here are almost unanimous in declaring that as a result of the talks between Lord Halifax and M. Maisky at Geneva, an Anglo- Soviet agreement for co-operation to resist aggression in EuroDe is already an accomplished fact Reuter
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    Halifax Reports To Cabinet
    58 1 London, May 24. Lord Halifax, the Foreign Secretary, reached London this morning from Geneva in time for the Cabinet meetin" which lasted nearly two hours. It is understood Lord Halifax placed before his colleagues plans ior the Anglo-Soviet dnti- aggression agreement and that these were the
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    Japanese Threat To Foreign Concessions
    204 1 "WE WILL NOT TOLERATE ANY MEDDLING" Tokio, May 24. "JAPAN is determined to eliminate anti-Japanese eleJ ments from the foreign settlements and concessions in China by military force," the Japanese Foreign Office spokesman declared today. "THE ACTIVITY of these ele-. ments is directed by the
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    Seven Rescued From U. S. Submarine
    85 1 Portsmouth. (New Hampshire), May 24. SEVEN SURVIVORS from the U.S. submarine Squalus, which sank jesterday off White Island, with 62 men aboard, reached the surface in a rescue chamber tonight. A diver had hooked a line to the submarine, and the rescue chamber was
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    Queen Mary Has Restless Night
    80 1 London. May 24. AN official bulletin says Queen Mary passed a restless night, after the accident in which she was involved yesterday. This was partly due to an injury to one eye which, though painful, is not a source of anxiety. Her general condition is
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    Fascist Work In Palestine
    88 1 MR. LLOYD GEORGE'S ALLEGA TIONS London, May 24. DROADCASTING on tb? Government's Palestine policy, Mr. Lloyd George declared that "mischievous activities, fostered by Italians and Germans in recent years nmong a small section of Arabs, has driven them into an act of national perfidy which brings
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      36 1 INSIST ON lIGIA TE^ TONIGHT I Richest ral Concert Ijj S .IT> to 9.15 p.m. N|<:i and DANCE (formal) 9-45 to midnight ui T d DAN HOPKINS 'I POTOLAB DANCE MUSIC IN TOWN. "^^sj ADMISSION CHARGE
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      6 1 (Kulangsu, new demands, see page 2).
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      74 1 BIGIA TEA is BEST Special China News Today Madame Chiang's Message Page 4 Cable News Pages 2 and 12 SEA VIEW H HOTEL TONIGHT FRIDAY SATURDAY. SPECIAL DINNER, DANCE CABARET ENTERTAINMENT PROVIDED BY I ANNA LOVTSOFP CELEBRATED I.YRIC SOPRANO DANCE TO THE NEW AND MOST MODERN JAZZ BAND IN SINGAPORE
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    OPPOSITION TO GOVERNMENT'S PALESTINE PLAN
    346 2 OPPOSITION TO GOVERNMENT'S PALESTINE PLAN Commons Vote "Almost Equal To Defeat" FEDERATION AS ONLY SOLUTION? London, May 24. THE comparative smallness of Government's majority in the House of Commons on last night's Palestine vote is seized upon by Press commentators today, particularly in Opposition organs, as an indication of the
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    White Paper Criticised By Archbishop
    252 2 White Paper Criticised By Archbishop ♦•SCANTY JUSTICE TO THE JEWS" London, May 24. •THE Hc^ise of Lords debated the Palestine White Paper on a motion approving the Government's policy, to which Lord Snell moved an amendment on similar llnei to the Official Labour amendment in the House of Commons, criticising
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    19 2 An amnesty for A loan Lin political m rs was proclaimed In the\iame ol King Victnr Emmanuel in Tirana.
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    MUSIC FOR KIPLING BY S. S. MASTER
    102 2 /COMBINED school choirs, orchestra, organ and audience joined in i songs at a special Empire Day children's concert at the Victoria Memorial Hall last evening. There wa^ a combined school choir of 220 on the platform, an orchestra of 30 and the organ,
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    "Most Important Place In Empire"
    514 2 "Most Important Place In Empire" OVERSEAS LEAGUE'S VIEW OF SINGAPORE CINGAPORE was considered the most important place u in the British Empire today by the Council of the Overseas League, said Mr. Philip Noakes, Travelling Secretary of the League, speaking at the Singapore branch's dinner and dance, in celebration of
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    Marshal Balbo In Egypt
    34 2 MARSHAL BALBO, Governor of Libya., who last week raid an MM»fiV <i to Egypt, visited the Italian school at lioul^^ near Cairo. Here is the Marshal speaking during his visit.
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    Proposals To Chiang From British Envoy?
    258 2 AMBASSADORS TO MEET IN HONG KONG Tokio, May 24. CHANGING his original schedule, Sir Archibald ClarkKerr. British Ambassador to China, will stay in Hon*; Kong until May 2ti to confer with Mr. Nelson T. Johnson, American Ambassador to China, according to a Honii Kon<r
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    No French Army Mission To China
    99 2 No French Army Mission To China OFFICIAL DENIAL Shanghai, .May 24. THE French Ambassador to China, If Henri Cosmp, has authorised ;i denial of a Japanese press dispatch, alleging that the French Government had placed a military mission at the disposal of the Chinese Government "He has learnt liiat a
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    60 2 It was reported by the Japan, agency, Eastern News, yestercla- That a group of eight French military ucuLvrs including two retired generals and four retired colonels of the French Army, recent^ arrived in Chungking via Hanoi to serve In the Chinese army. The report said they were employed by the
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    Poverty Of Malaya's Soil
    120 2 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, May 24. THE basic factor controlling Malayan agriculture is the general poverty of the soil, says Sir Frank A. Stockdale, Agriculture Adviser to the Secretary of State for Colonies, reporting on the tour of Malaya he mad<: early in 1938. The
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    New Demand To Council By Japanese
    69 2 N ew Demand To Council By Japanese KU LANGS? I a not cf the Ku] mem request!] Jap sion in Ar The j flye-poinl tniti The itatora; Jap. coinu-ii and chj an Increase in I poli< Thirdly, rlghU to to Form, subjects: Fourthly. ese by th, Maintenan nil the thr.
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      "The Duke Of West Point"
      67 2 Mf THB Duk< opened at tl .-Mr. i to "A Yank at Oxfoi almost have West Point."' L< uia Hay* i American Point after univei jit y in 1 Engllsh-than-the I air ted by h. of his brilliance In football to Ice The ri:. to
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      ITALIANS NOT LEAVING SPAIN?
      47 2 London, Tm p Srmal of Oomn Italian anna drawn from S] Asked wh( I Italian stated th( not i whether tl the treat had not Askod great diffl accepted a I which not tl ing, Mr. I the beat I I cannot Reuter
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      JAPANESE HOLD UP FRENCH LINER
      22 2 Shanjb»i ACCORDING I J Shanghai-* to stop 17 mil* sent a pa were examin. I > Sre. Reuter
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    8 2 3 AfcbbUl a. nunitHT o. I'' 1 1
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    Malacca A.R.P. Explained
    191 3 From Our Own Correspondent I Malacca. May 23. jyin. \v. a. c. haines. Regional lvm Inspector oi A.R.P. in Malacca, wuv* a general outline ot the schemr for raid precautions in Malacca on he addressed members ot the Malacca Rotary Club today. The Rev. Ho Seng Ong.
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    Wife-Enticement Alleged
    72 3 A 26-year-old Hokkien. An? Chwee Lian, til charged in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday before Mr. E. E. Coleman, with enticing away a Chinese woman, N(j Keoh, th e wife of another Chinese, Luah Yong Leng, alias Luah Liap, on Mar. 19. with in- i tent that
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    Perak Raja Muda At Telok Anson
    76 3 Yang Teremat Mulia. the Raja Muda of Perak. who. prior to his installation in his present office, lived at Ipoh, has now moved to Teiuk Anscn and is living at the Raja Muda's Istana at Syed Abu Bakar Road. Tcluk Anson li the official
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    Chinese Falls In Street And Dies
    69 3 A verdict of death from natural causes was returned by the Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter, yesterday, when he held an inquiry Into the death of an unknown Chinese, who died shortly after staggering and falling in front of a shop in Havelock
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    $3,200 FINE FOR A CHINESE WOMAN
    144 3 $3,200 FINE FOR A CHINESE WOMAN Caught Leaving Ship With Tins Of Chandu TIED ROUND WAIST ML m. imposed oii r*'.viar.o™« rhi J"""™* ™l"l">«--\ock. by Mr. Conrad nin.lL- :f ln c! ""man. Leone District Court ySterta" sil W«re Criminal She was convicted on a charge ol possessing 40 tahils of
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    Woman Takes Disinfectant
    91 3 Pleading guilty to a charge of attempting to commit uicid- by drinking a solution P« otassiu m permanganate, V"! n e Chew, a 25-year-old English speaking Chinese joman, was bound over for tl\ m i nths a $25 bond in tne Singapore Third Police Court, yesterday. w*
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    Medical Bursary For Penang Youth
    146 3 Medical Bursary For Penang Youth 'From Our Own Correspondent. Penang, May 23. THE CAPITAN Kling Mosque Scholarship, which entitles the holder to course of study at the College of Medicine. Singapore, has been awarded to Mr. Abdul Wahab Ariff bin Md Ghouse Mean, a senior student of the Penang Free
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    Tar-Throwing In Penang
    143 3 (From our Own Correspondent* Penang, May 23. pENANG HOOLIGANS who have hitherto been busy tarring business premises in town, today turned their attention to a private dwelling. Two hooligans this morning cycled past Mr Goon Kwee Chee's residence Transfer Road and threw liquid tar a-, the door
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    RITES FOR DEPARTED PRINCESS
    284 3 RITES FOR DEPARTED PRINCESS Elaborate Ceremony In Siam Capital THE one hundredth day rites In connection with the remain of Princess Valai Alongkorn of Bejrapuri, the late Aunt of the King of Siam commenced in Bangkok yesterday, when, at 5 p.m., the Council of Regency proceeded to the Dusit Maha
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    Charge Under The Labour Ordinance
    69 3 An Indian Mohammedan. P H Mohamed Noohu. appeared before Mr L.C. Goh in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday, on summons, charging him with failing to furnish a labour return for the quarter endin* September 1938, as provided for under the Labour Ordinance. After the
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    Four Cm. Maximum For Siam Boys' Hair
    282 3 PRECISE BANGKOK RULES FOLLOWING the strict orders issued to the students of the Chulalongkorn University last week, a similar order was issued to every government school in regard to the discipline among the students of both sexes, says the Siam Chronicle. The order
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    Empire Day In Schools
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    Quality Of Export Rice Perturbs Siam
    402 3 Quality Of Export Rice Perturbs Siam CIAM rice is undoubtedly the best in the world but. for some reason j or other, the proud name of the couni try's main export' commodity has been seriously threatened for rome years says the S.am Chronicle. There has been no deterioration In the
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      52 3 f m off Coridor last 0 Job Man Steals From police Station I offenc< thai i lancethe bad .th th( though previou "CAUSE Of CAUFIG'« CWTLI NATURAL lAXATIVI THAT IS GOOD fOR HIM ■rnu S*™J 5T P^«tl the lilood. 41 §1) r *»«n«u tod .loret. Jim OF FIGS BUGS A
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      37 3 any time all the time with GAS Come to the showrooms and see the new range of Gas Water Heaters, cheap to run cheap to hire. MUNICIPAL GAS DEPARTMENT. PHO^E 5101- MUNICIPAL BLDG., COLEMAN STREET. WPS. 19A
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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      93 3 Law Notice For The Day The Chief Justice at Kuala Lumpur Court of Appeal. Before Mr. Justice Manning in 3rd. Court at 10.30 a.m. Magistrate's Appeal Hussain b. Kaial Ahmad vs. Rex Thereafter— OS. 140 38 Re Will of Tan Kwan Kok, deceased (if not concluded). Before Mr. Justice Worley
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    Flora Robson Returns
    144 4 pLORA ROBSON slipped quietly back into London a few weeks ago after her Hollywood succors as Nelly Dean in "Wuthering Heights." She was urzed to stay in Hollywood and consolidate her position and was offered the part of the housekeeper In "Rebecca." "But I don't want to
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    8 4 Map sf'Oni::g ChunnSura. mutiy miles up the Yan<j\t:.
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    Madame Chiang Speaks Of "Wanton Mass Murder" In China's New Capital
    1468 4 "THE failure of China to 1 continue successfully to resist until the aggressor is driven from her shores would mean the creation of a menace to the whole Democratic world a menace which would first jeopardize the safety and
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    R. C. Sherriff To Work For Korda
    342 4 JMR R. C. Sherriff, author of T "Journey's End," who has recently bern responsible for the nim scripts of "!he Four Feathers" and "Goodbye, Mr. Chips!", has joined Alexander K rda as literary adviser and scenarist. Mr. Sherriff is still the modest retiring
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    London Scenes In A New Film
    547 4  -  JOAN LITTLEFIELD By j^jICHAEL REDGRAVE, who is rising: rapidly to world-stardom, spent three days the other week driving cranes on the new Waterloo Bridge, His "mates said he was good at the work and within half an hour was driving the craiie like a
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    THE WINDSORS AT VERDUN
    175 5 LEFT: Gen. Rashtikis, Lithuanian C.-in-C. (left) and Marshal Smigly-Rydz, inspecting a ?uard of honour at Warsaw, when he arrived for an official visit. ABOVE: Standing in front ot the memorial to the "Victory of Verdun" (left to riffht): The Duchess of Windsor; M. Jean Giraud. vice
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    City Schools Observe Empire Day
    425 6 City Schools Observe Empire Day CWIPIRE DAY. origin.; .y the birthday ol Quern Victoria, was celebrated throughout Malaya and the rest of the Empire yesterday. Flags were flown from ships and bllildlllgl and In schools the day wai celebrated in song and story, -leant and parade. Celebration took different forms
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    33 6 A C.FRMAN DELEGATION, led by Yu-e-Admiral von Trotha, arrived in London last week to take part in the fourth annual meeting of the (■emiAii-Anglo-l'Yenc'h War Graves Comnutteo. Vice Admiral von Trotha in London.
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    STRAITS SETTLEMENTS ASSOCIATION'S BUSY YEAR
    1736 6 STRAITS SETTLEMENTS ASSOCIATION'S BUSY YEAR Close Watch Kept On Community Interests VARSITY^ QUESTION A WIDE range of matters of public interest is covered n in the annual report of the Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association to be presented at the annual general Meeting on Wednesday. The subjects include a university for
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    Perlis And Empire Defence
    86 6 I*HE State Council of Perlis on the suggestion of the Raja has given $25,000 for Imperial Defence as a token of loyalty and appreciation of the benefits which the State has enjoyed for many years under British Protection. At the request of the Secretary of State
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    Plane Down In Playing – Field
    76 6 Plane Down In Playing Field TWO HUNGARIAN OFFICERS MADE A FORCED LANDING in a cl .il iron's playing field at Gunnersbury Park S. W., last week. The pilot's names stated to be Oztozyozy and Brandvozy, who said they had down from Budapest. They were interviewed by police at Gunnersbury Park,
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    Rotarians Hear A.B.C. Of Tropical Milk Storage
    649 6 FOUR DIFFERENT TYPES COH the guidance of Singapore residents who wished Ito follow the advice of the Governor, Sir Station Thomas, and huild up an emergency stock of food, information on the length of time various kinds of canned milk would keep in
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    'SMASH AND GRAB' TIN MINING
    235 6 'SMASH AND GRAB' TIN MINING Ut Mlnes Meeti n? A *h, wealth 1' H i port the ,el] toward Ot jus:: Otht less. Bu] m< n not tl could dustry. ii« Perm r minim itiVi Col i. oi 81 Lewis pul regardii Restriction Ihrishjp i. i. -ma d yeai 1
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      109 6 CONSTIPATION Is on ailment that requires far more than simply taking a laxative. For real relief, you must get at dXj^JXL the cause, restore the natural activity of the in- C^fl M testines. Phillips' Milk of Magnesia is ideal for this MM K^k purpose. A genMe, but effective laxative, it
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    ROYAL DUKE NO DANCER
    196 7 ROYAL DUKE NO DANCER •yhe Duke and Duchesa ol Gloucester will be very busily occupied in London now tor the Duke is the immediate deputy of his brother, the Kins, and while the Duchess will arnpany him as the Queen does his Majesty, she will also undertake a 1 great
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    37 7 M .rn,,p, «un through the unrter K r«»th «kfafc uill make the ri K ht ...mo ,t a frontier post on the Yußo-Slav-Ilun^ria,, border, iroons this let have I.een kept at full strencth read, for any emergency
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    Unspoiled Tennis Star
    200 7 Unspoiled Tennis Star IF, as is being predicted, Miss Jean Nicoll becomes champion woman tennis player, there is little danger at least of her suffering Iron: swollen head. She was defeated by Miss Peggy Scriven in the hard courts championship at Bournemouth, and now all the experts are spillirjs ink
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    "Conchies " Will Not Be Penalised
    82 7 "Conchies Will Not Be Penalised MR. CHAMBERLAIN has assured Free Church leaders that a sympathetic attitude will be taken under the Conscription Bill towards conscient ous objectors. Dr. Sidney Berry told the sprint; assembly of the Congregational Union in London that he saw the Premier with six other Free Churchmen.
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    The Bustle May Come Back
    163 7 Paris, May 8. FARLY Victorian fashions, recently seen in the dress houses, may soon give way to styles of the 1880's, one of the ugliest dress eras etfer known. Crinolines and poke bonnets, which gave women charm, are being replaced by bustles. They look piquant,
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    South Africa's Need Of Shore Defences
    141 7 Cape Town, May 12. nTHE necessity for South Africa to have adequate shore defences was stressed by Vice-Adml. Lyon, Com-mander-in-Chief, Africa Station, at East London yesterday. Referring to the Possibility of isolated bombardments of Union ports, Vice-Adml. Lyon said that the British Ncvy would
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    Gafencu Returns From Belgrade
    59 7 Bucharest, May 23. pOLLOWING the return of M Gafencu, the Rumanian Foreign Minister, from his meeting with his Yugoslav opposite number, M. Markovitch, well-informed circles understand M. Gafencu is satisfied with the results of the trip and that the possibility of Yugoslavia's breaking away from the
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1939. Agreement At Last
    624 8 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1939. Agreement At Last MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S announcelfl ment in the House of Commons yesterday that Britain has reached agreement with Soviet Russia on all essential points is welcome confirmation of the reports, discussed in this column yesterday, that the Geneva talks during the
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    Fighting Forces Of The Soviet Union
    913 8 MO really effective system of collective security against further aggression by the Fascist and Nazi States can be organised without the participation of the U.S.S.R. Her immense resources in raw materials and men, her huge area, her rapidly developing industry, and her powerful military
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    Shipbuilding Industry Boom
    175 8 TTHE RECENT Government decision to subsidise shipping has greatly stimulated the British shipbuilding industry. Reports from the yards show that orders are being freely placed. Within two or three weeks 190 merchant ships, of over 850,000 gross tonnage were contracted for, and further orders were known to
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    3 8 POLITICAL FILM NOTES
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      26 8 Ihe true To Life R,t'/io ON DISPLAY AT 29, Orchard Rd. FREE Home Trial Phone 4096 Sole Agents: H.L. CARTER Sc 22, Orchard Rd. Spore Co.
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    FINE, GAOL FOR LYING TO INSPECTOR
    495 9 FINE, GAOL FOR LYING TO INSPECTOR Different Statements To Judge And Police EVIDENCE In CASE A r SKNT f K: > i C!: one da v s sim Pk imprisonment and a nee of $50, defauU. one month's simple imprison- £t?% y eBterday 0I a middle-aged Hokkicn, Lian Km Hock,
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    Milk And Fruit Ideal Tropical Tiffin
    100 9 NO NEED FOR SIESTA THK bosl suitable tropical mid-day meal is a glass of milk and *ome fruit. Thi* suggestion was made by Mr. S. S. Franklin, "Kat Milk" at the Singapore Rotary Club ■Mcrda). ;:tillull that ot-ssary to body," Mr ted by The
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    10 9 .<■ textile and d their £5.000,--i the United States -wo.ooo ad-
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    A HEALTHY LUNCH
    18 9 A HEALTHY LUNCH picture. ating what Rutarians were told is the ideal trofruit (iv d millr. Free Press
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    Milk Trade And Feeding From Bottle
    308 9 "IT is just commonsense that it is to the advantage of the milk trade to ensure that as many people as possible reach the stage of healthy childhood, for every human being between nine months and 70 years old is a potential consumer of
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    Salvation Army's Annual Appeal
    45 9 •THE SALVATION ARMY'S annual appeal in Singapore, which closss at the end of this month, has so tar resulted in a total of just over $ll.Dou. Brigadier Herbert A. Lord hoped that '12,000 will be reached before the apical is closed
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    Singapore Junk's Voyage
    144 9 STRIKING a bad typhoon when on her way to the Cape, the Ningpo junk Pang Jin, bound for the New York World Fair with two Singapore Europeans in her crew, put back to the Seychelles for repairs and then sailed by Suez lor America. A letter received
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    Soldier Has No Licence
    54 9 pLEADING guilty to a charge of driving a car without a licence and without being covered by a third party insurance policy, a private of the Gordon Highlanders, N. Atkinson, was yesterday fined $5 on the first charge and $20 on the second charge by the
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    EMPIRE FACING AXIS PERIL
    265 9 'The Card' Returns THE situation we are facing now is more serious than anything else since the British Empire was founded. Unless they secure the Soviet's aid Britain and France, with a combined population of 90,000,000, must face the 150,000,000 of the Axis powers in Europe."
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    26 9 Sir Kaye Le Blemlng, chairman of the Council of the British Medical Association, arrived in Copenhagen, where he will study methods of physical training In schools.
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    3,500 Men To Parade On Farrer Park
    151 9 pARRER. PARK is again to be the 1 scene of the Kings Birthday parade on Jurie 8. After naval, military and police units have marched past th e Governor and Commander-m-Chief, Sir Shenton Thomas, aircraft of the Royal Air Force will fly past.
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    Ambulance Work At The Waterfront
    53 9 T-HE two units of the Singapore Harbour Board division of the St. John Ambulance Brigade were inspected last evening by Mr. H. K. Rodgers, acting chairman of the Harbour Boards, Singapore and Penang. There were also demonstrations of first-aid to an "accident victim" and to
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    Tanjong Pa gar – Geylang Bus Company Mooted
    133 9 Tanjong Pa gar Geylang Bus Company Mooted A proporal to operate a service be- tween Tanjong Pagar and Geylang is soon to be made by the Singapore United Omnibus Co., Ltd., a projected new concern, the Free Press understands. The proposal will be made to the special municipal sub-committee formed
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    OVERSEAS LEAGUE CAMPAIGN
    220 9 OVERSEAS LEAGUE CAMPAIGN More Empire Members Sought O make an appeal in Malaya lff more members of the Overseas League, a society founded for the promotion of goodwill and understanding in the Empire, Mr P. R. Noakes, a travelling secretary of the League, arrived at Singapore yesterday in the Karapara
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    $25 Fine For 15-Cent Theft
    129 9 "I plead guilty,' declared Lv2 Yuc Wah, a 32-year-old Hokkicn when he appeared before Mr. C. H. Koh In the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday, on a charge of theft of five kattles of potatoes, valued at 15 cents. The offence was alleged to have
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    JOHAN DE WITT
    47 9 The Nederland Line Royal Dutch Mail steamer, s.s. Johan de Witt, will anchor in the Eastern Roads at 10 p.m. this evening, and will come alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves at 7 a.m. tomorrow She will sail the same morning at 10 a.m.
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    34 9 Au employee of a Brussels bank was robbed by a man, who struck him on the head with an Iron bar, or .Cd.TOo. which he was carrying in a ui»L r in tho street.
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    25 9 picture. MR. 11. K. HALES, former British M.P., and author and the original of Arnold Bennett's character "The Card," is visiting Malaya again. Free Press
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    TIN CONSUMPTION ON THE UPGRADE
    1406 10 Mr. E.V. Pearce Defends Buffer Policy BARTER PLAN ATTACKED (From Our Own Correspondent) London, May W. "JHERE are indications in an already increased demand from the U.S.A., and in more activity in the tinplate trade in this country, that tin consumption is definitely on the
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      462 10 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS TENDERS. SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. Tenders. Tenders are now invited for the following materials or services For particulars see Municipal Tenders RoomSupply of Three Chlorine Flow Recorders. Date of Closing. 4 p.m.. July 3. 1939. Excavation and deposition of earth at the Spillway and Scour Channel to Seletar Dam. Mandai
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      397 10 BOARD RESIDENCE. SEA FRONT KATONCi GRANGE— 77. Meyer Rd (near Swimming Club/ Board- Residence at moderate rates Large Gardens Tennis. Phone: 5758. r 5 EAST ANGLIA C OXLEY BISR SINGAPORE S mina. Co town &lgfc level, garages, 1 daily or monthly rates, large grounds, excellent snlslne tennla. single and double
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      304 10 «cts» of "tij, Midland Bank-uK k ■aaro g "88-JS TOMORROW p.m. 5.00 R. studio. 5.20 Arabic n 5.40 T 6.0D I 7-00 Chi].:. tiu JSS- i 10.00 Cfc) I •Dectrtc r ruramoDnoni EMPIRE STATION TODAY TRANSMISSIONS 2 AND 3 CSH 21.17 me > (im m, (iM SjK! atM p.m. 6.05
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      611 10 RADIO PROGRAMMES ZHL m metres. ZHP SO 06 metres. p.m. 5.00 Cantonese histoiical dramas. t 5.40 Cantonese comeay interlude. t 5.50 Miss Lee Lai-Lin variety son<?s.-f 6.15 Children's programme. (Mandarin). t t<.3o Sonss from the movies. (Mandarin). t T. OO Children's programme. (English*. 7. 15 Time, weather news and announcements.
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      LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCK & SHARES
      90 11 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCK SHARES Last Mgnrs Quotations from l-< on 5.30 p.m. Yesterday latent Quotations Previously 1(l8> 108^ 4 103 tOf% 'A 34 33^ £7 lTt. 6d £7 17s 6d ua vjB3 10, €84 lOs mUO. DQ. >" 1 1 J «5n *"t S 34.5. On. 33s 9d
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      THE COMMODITY MARKETS
      166 11 From London 5.30 p. m Yesterday RUBBER: Steady 8 81 3 d l6d 8' 3 d 13d r eViOUSly 8116d »*l6d Oct-Sec 8 8 iid Sad Pwioualy: 8 3 16d 8' 4 d. Jan-M^r- 8 5 16d I n% d 8 i 4 d. B^d. Newark- 16
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      THE METAL MARKETS
      29 11 From London: Latest Quotations TIN: Firmer. Three months: £223 1 7s 6d Previously: 12s. Si Three months: .9 7 8 d. Previously: 19 7 b d.
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      Foreign Exchange Rates London Closing Quotations
      65 11 Foreign Exchange Rates London Closing Quotations Method oi Parity Dei ore Latest Centre Quoting 20-9-31 Rate Previously Paris Franc to 124.11 176 3 4 176% New York... to 4.8655 4.68 1 4.68 316 Amsterdam Guilders to 12.10 8.71 3 4 8.71% HongKong.. Per dollar 15.215;16d. Is. 215 16d. Shanghai... Per
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      SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES
      1302 11 From Exchange Telegraph Co. Fraser And Co. *s List WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1939: 5 P.M HIMNG Bu>er> >rtler» Ampat Tin -4.>) 3s 3s 6d Austral Amal. (ss; 4s 7 '.id 5s i^d Austral Malay <£) 38s 42s Ayer Hitam v ssj 20s 21s Aver Weng
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      Current Company Dividends
      83 11 List Supplied Hy Messrs. Fraser Co. WEDNESDAY. MAY 24, 1939: 5 P.M. i otaj ror Company Dividend Boots Fin an rial TIN Close Date Ex Div. year tlong Fatt 2\' 2 May 17 May 26 M?y 18 ftfcft ft^ub sd. int. June 8 June 14 June 9
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION
      80 11 1 UH K NOON Srllers Lit 28 Ml it 27 15 16 lf) T IM6 2W3 1C ITU bales May 23 T v 34 Future Months tjuotations No IX R.S S on Registered Tender June 28^ 2t* July Sept 28^ 28 *i OcL Dec 28^
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      Excise Beat R.A.F. (H.Q.) In Scrappy Game
      308 11 Excise Beat R.A.F. (H.Q.) In Scrappy Game A WIN OF ONE-NIL for the Excise over the R.A.F. (H.Q.) was a poor result for the second half opportunities they had in the Second Division (B) soccer at the Stadium yesterday. But it was a fair indication of the poor finishing of
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      "Isolation Is Death," Says Burgomaster
      212 11 Brussels, May 24. DEACE WAS THE KEYNOTE of speeches exchanged between Queen Wllhelmina of the Netherlands, and Burgomaster Max, when the Queen was welcomed at Brussels Town Hall today, on the occasion of her state visit to Belgium. Burgomaster Max stressed the necessity of small
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      Daily Share Report
      81 11 "n!!\ L ""SUI CO. AT ,H 1 M(.sr u| BUSINESS VESTEKDAY rn.dda. u; ,v MM K up H rabbet at 4 o'clock IN rents, huvers M cent* market HUtft u < h Mta Ub ami rubber »«a«j throughout the M ""'"Mh< i,arket in these u-.v a. n
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      Local Exchange Rates
      187 11 M*Y ?4, 1938: SELLING London T.T. 2,3 25 32 London demand 2 3 2532 Lyons demand 2040 Switzerland demand 239 a Hamburg demand 134 New York demand 54*4 Montreal demand 54 V* Bataiva demand 100 Samarang demand 100 h» Calcutta. Bombay £z Kangoou demand 155 Madias Colombo
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    JAPAN'S "DELICATE POSITION"
    469 12 Apologetic "Nothing Doing" To The Axis CENTRAL NEWS EXPLAINS Hong Kong, May 23. THE American Shanghai Evening Post has published a special dispatch from Tokio on May 21 giving detailed reasons why Japan has decided not to join the ItalyGerman alliance. The report says that the Japanese
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    Raids in Shanghai Railway. Zones
    88 12 Hong Kong, May 23. 'THE Chinese forces operating at the 1 triangular eastern front in East China have not relaxed their efforts to attack the Japanese outposts, and large-scale raids have been carried out along the Shanghai-Nanking and Shanghai-Hangchow railway zones. The Chinese forces are
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    Free Ports' Trade Is Favourably Balanced
    73 12 Hong Kong, May 23. •THE Shanghai Custom House announces that major treaty ports in the occupied areas registered an unfavourable balance while the "free ports" registered a favourable balance In the year's first season. Shanghai, Tientsin, Kiachow, Chefoo and Amoy registered an unfavourable balance,
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    Girl With Left Eye Inverted
    267 12 Johannesburg, May 12. AN extraordinary case of a nine-year-old Johannesburg girl who .saw everything: upside down through her left eye is described by J. Raphael, I vice-president of the South African Optical Association, in the current issue of the South African Optometrist, the official organ
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    Merchantmen Detained By Japanese
    66 12 Merchantmen Detained By Japanese Hong Kong, May 23. AT LEAST twenty third-power merchantmen are still detained by the Japanese Navy in Chinese waters. Some have been commandeered by the Japanese Nisshin Kisen Kaisha. Foreign shipping companies affected are seeking redress from their home governments while British navigation firms are reported
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    36 12 aZi A A l,?u lfi^ g S ar L ranZ Z^VT^,^- 1 01 5" ear «<* al tournament at oiympta. He s shot! A Toy Soldier drops his wooden rifle as fcj /aM* *W*y to the ground.
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    1,000 Japanese Casualties
    116 12 1 ,000 Japanese Casualties Ichang, May 23. •pSAOSHIH. 90 kilometres to the north-west of Hankow and junction of three highways in Central Hupeh Province in Central China, which was recaptured by the Chinese on May 20. has again fallen into the Japanese hands following a severe Japanese counter attack. The
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    A.R.P. Leaflets For Every Home
    125 12 London, May 12. OLANS arc being completed by Sir John Anderson's department for a nation-wide campaign of public education in civil defence. It is proposed that every householder shall be told, simply but directly, what to do in event of air raids As yet. this
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    Man Bites A Crocodile
    83 12 Salisbury. S. Rhodesia, IVtay 12. NATIVE who fought a croco- dile and won is recovering from his wounds in the Bindura Native Hospital, 60 miles from here. He was in a deep pool when the crocodile attacked him. biting his arm. rndaunted, the native in turn
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    Big Offensive Near Changsa
    156 12 Chaiitfsha, May 23. pIGHTING broke out along the fortyF kilometre iront along the east bank of the Tungting Lake, in North Hunan Province in Central China, a^ the Japanese launched a concerted attack on the Chinese positions to the north of the Hsinchiang River. 110 kilometres
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    Belgian Students Celebrate
    51 12 BELGIAN STUDENTS CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY.— Young Belgian girl students celebrated the 10th anniversary of the foundation of their Catholic Organisation when they attended a Pontifical Mass at the Church of St. Gudule recently at Brussels. They aftencards paraded past clergy who stood on the dais in the Rue
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    Poland Does Not Want Anything
    282 12 Vatican ity. May 1 •"PHE Osservatore Romano, the Vati- ran newspaper, publishes a letter from Warsaw on the Polish dispute with Germany. The writer expresses .surprise that everybody is so generous with advice to Poland to be prudent, moderate and peaceful, as it it were
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    Airways Merger Terms Cause Surprise
    124 12 London, May 12. TPHE terms of the Government's plan for merging the Imperial Airways and British Airways undertakings into a new public corporation were announced in the House of Commons yesterday. After lengthy negotiations between Treasury experts and representatives of the two companies, the Government's
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    Canadian National Library Proposed
    92 12 Montreal, May 12. J^R. E. Cockbuni Kyte, librarian of Queen's University. Kingston, Ontario, told a conference of librarians from Ontario. Quebec and the Maritime Provinces that Canada's future history may be written by Americans. Mr. Kyte said that as there was no national library in Canada,
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    Woman 6 Times Married Answers Polie Inquiries
    322 12 Woman 6 Times Married Answers Polie Inquiries T0 F>ND ANothe, HUSBAND MARRIED U IT 1""""" MaaaSaSS bollder ft .month g humatl were r,m,,,,., nard Bpi] a ion by Poxon. aged ,1 ZST wmu husband M V last hu. Lovely old nun. w, v fond ajfetch oiher cross word I iuld
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    Canton Food Shortage Is Acute
    37 12 Canton Food Shortage Is Acute I ,11" M AFTER A the Jai Hongkon jc» i pany'.s p; turned to H the cvtuim The crew banditry, opium overturning Canton u* are loft behind The rood Bhorttg* Central News
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      777 14 Air Mail Arrivals And Despatches INWARD Imperial: From Europe due Monday, Thursday, Friday afternoons. Wearnes: From Penang, ipoh, and Kuala Lumpur. Arrives every evening. K.L.M.: From Netherlands indies: Arrives Tuesday. Thursday. Saturday afternoons. Qantas: From Australia: Arrives Tuesday, Friday, Sunday afternoons. K.L.M.: From Europe: Arrives Tuesday. Thursday, Sunday evenings. K.N.1.L.M.:
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      306 14 SINGAPORE HARBOUR The following ships are alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected to arrive East Wharf: Entrance Gate 1; Exit 1: Talma 22. Main Wharf: Entrance Gate 2; Exit 3: Bangalore, Bulan 16; Sawahloento 16; Kenryu Maru 11; Yasukuni Maru 9. Empire Dock: Entrance Gate 2; fcxit 3:
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    Straits Settlements Association's Busy Year
    1128 15 Lll ill tip* and M n and Ens- Ui| city incc and it me it. In a error of Judgment HHANNING URGED In- r.ient .iat public critiInconvenience the Dion on the lildin ding ted me immunity in inner tnatl is <>i the e is d
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    Improvement Trust Beat S.R.C. 2-1
    30 15 fN A FRIENDLY same of Boccer played on the patfang yesterday the Singapore Improvement Trust soccer XI defeated the S.R.C. by two goals to one.
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    NEWCOMERS AT PENANG MEETING
    1327 15 Bal Tabarin Has Good Home Record STRAIGHT FLIGHT IS FAST account of themselves provided they are re< dv A half brother to Restriction, winner of several sprint races in this country during the past two vearf StrXt Flight is sired by Bold Archer out of Goosfe
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    Day To Get A Tide Bout?
    60 15 New York, May 24. £y\VEY DAY beat Pedro Montane* on a technical knockout in the eighth round of a scheduled ten round botrt here tonight. Montanez was blinded after rereiving a cut over his eyeDay may be given a world welterweight title bout with
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    Colourless Play In Padang Fixture
    234 15 Colourless Play In Padang Fixture A COLOURLESS display of football was seen on the Pa dang yesterday when the S.C.C. and the Manchester played a scorelers draw in a first divjsion league soccer fixture. Early in th? first half Green. Manchester Jeft wing, centred well and Cunliffe headed just w
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    Kok Ying In Penang Singles Final
    132 15 'From Our Own Correspondent) Penan ij, May ?3 THE PENANG lawn tennil championships were carried a stage iurther yesterday, when two men's singles matches wore played In his match against Goon Kok ring, Cheah Wat HUH played well, but appeared to be nervous. Kok
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    Lawrie Wins Penang May Medal
    78 15 From Our Own Correspondent) Penanq, May 23. •THE Penang Sports Club men's May monthly modal polf competition was play-.d over the week-end and resulted as follows: Dr. E. S. Lawrie 81 7 74 G. A. Maltby 78 3 75 E. 8. Redfearn 82 7 75
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    S.A.F.A. Cup Entries
    48 15 Notice is given that entries from affiliated associations and clubs, for teams to compete in the S.A.F.A. Challenge Cup Competition will be received on or beforr Thursday, June 1. Applications must be accompanied by an entrance fecV of $10 in respect of each team entered
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    21 15 picture Of the first division soccer encounter Ml the v c net the Manchester. The result Wftfl less draw. Free Tress
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    Thian Teck Stands Up Well To Kamis
    733 16 picture. KEE ONN WINS 6-0, 6-0 VADI, holder of the men's singles of the Singapore lawn tennis championship, showed excellent form when he accounted for Seah Keng Siew in straight sets in yesterday's play, winning 6 o, 6 B. Playing rn all-court game
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    Changi Civilian Man Sent Off
    213 16 A fter a very fair beginning, rough rx play crept into the second division ib> match between the Indian Association and the Changi iW.D.> Civilians at the Clerical Union yesterday, but ended when one player, the Changi full back Ah Heng, was ordered oif the
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    27 16 picture. SSif? 1 1 H???' ln possession confronted by a Manchester player in >esterday first division soccer game on the padan*. No goals were scored.- Free Fress
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    28 16 Pulau Brani beat the Royal Artillery (Blakan Mati) by one goal to nil In the most exciting match seen on Pulau Brani this year. Pickard was the scorer.
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    Holder Beaten In British Amateur
    87 16 London, May 24. THE tennis player Ellsworth Vines 1 played brilliant golf to beat E. Ratcliffe 4 and 3 in the second round of the British amateur golf championship at Hoylake. Vinves finished in level fours. I. Lye, of Liverpool, caused a surprise in beating
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    FAVOURITE'S EASY WIN IN DERBY
    408 16 Blue Peter, Fox Cub, Heliopolis FOUR LENGTHS MARGIN London, May 24. IJALF a million spectators, including the Duke and M Duchess of Gloucester, and the Duke and Duchess of Kent, saw Blue Peter, the favourite, score a surprisingly easy victory in the Derby. Blue Peter
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    Y. M. C. A. Finals
    70 16 THE FINAL of the mixed doubles 1 handicap event of the Y.M.C.A. invitation tournament will be played on Saturday on the association's courts. The finalists are M. silver stein and Miss Abed and C. Reshty and Miss B. Oehlers. The final of the men's open
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    Chinese Have Then-Own Way Against J.C.S.A.
    64 16 Chinese Have Then- Own Way Against J.C.S.A. goal The superior t terday GIVIS lecord. In the fairly even, leading b, In the Win:: and c »uld I had their rate. The Chin. half came lent combin Han Sin equalled thr alter. Just bcl ire [j the scorer. l d The
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    R. S. G. C. Events
    59 16 The Royal Singapore Xd-- Du:: Miss m. Elder be walk over. Mrs. J. McGuffln beat Mrs ft lachlan 1 up. Mrs. J. V. West beat Mrs. Q ments. 5 and 3. Mrs. W. a. Young beat Mrs E L flenton, walk over The second mixed
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    Two S. A. B. A. Bouts Stopped
    343 16 lIARD HITTING was displayed at the 1 Happy World covered stadium last night, when 13 preliminary bouts in the Singapore amateur boxing championships were decided. Two contents were stopped, and some bouts were so closely fought that the decisions were given on the
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    S.C.C. Soccer
    47 16 The following members will piay for! S.C.C. II vs. Malaya Signal Coy. aV S.C.C. tomorrow: J. A. S. Taylor; R. Etlin, W. H. Davies; A. Morgan. C. J. Bembroke, J. Welsh;! Cyril Smith, C Fitton, J. B. Potter, R.i A. Hooper and F. W. Dunhill.
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