The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 2 June 1939

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  • 18 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 15,793. ESTD. 1835 FRIDAY, JINE 2, 1939. 5 CENTS I
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  • 905 1 MOLOTOV DAMPENS NO OPTIMISM London Confident Of Early Pact PRESS OPINIONS London, June 1. pENDING receipt of the formal Soviet reply to the Anglo-French proposals for a pact against aggression, the speech delivered yesterday in the Soviet Parliament by the Prime Minister, M. Molotov, is being carefully studied in appropriate
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  • 45 1 Sir E. Phipps Jees M. Bonnet J'.im- 1. ish Am- today nnet, the .<ter rer--: Of the I corresthst the Molotov's received in the impres«n official >:ences bewpoints are rather ..States a suaranhat every J*^ >pendence .1 matter force a i SUU anall acts Reuter
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  • 57 1 YEAR'S WORK IN COLONIES i.i:i. June 1. 3 work in :npanyMiddle East there f > mces \r I the c i > have (hex the> ..::d the which Lsturbcd em--V::\. 55.000 MX) rbanc ei in •rid. tht tendea »r i •;.-.>:!■•:.•• iv^ t :.> pointec .-ilness ol r *tot C
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  • 22 1 First New Class Of Cruisers London, June 1. launched fc T err ot lhe new '■ft Sil-inph cnir»(? m* niii^o British Wireless
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  • 18 1 Pronce Paul And W ife In Berlin Berlin. June 1. r. avia and Berlin thfc k- BUfe visit,
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  • Foreign Press
    • 132 1 Paris, June 1. THE majority of the French news- papers are optimistic regarding the successful conclusion of an Anglo-French-Soviet Pact following M. Molotov's speech. Le Matin says objections to the form in which the document is drawn up are to be expected, although as
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    • 61 1 |>OPOLO DI ROMA, commenting on M. Molotov's speech, writes: "The Commissar's speech sounds, above all, a note of reproof and reserve. "The situation remains as it was when M. Litvinoff was torpedoed, but Britain had not then given way on every point, as she has done
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    • 49 1 New York, June 1. THE first American reaction to M. Molotov's speech Is one of amazement and confusion, according to the New York Times, which adds that question now for Britain and France to decide is how much more thev will and can concede.- Reuter
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  • 73 1 Rome, June 1. Cadiz was gaily decorated and beflagged and a triumphal archway was erected at the quayside when the Italian legionaries embarked for home this morning. According to a message from Cadiz the last of eight Italian transports sailed at two o'clock this morning. The
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  • 40 1 London, June 1. Dr. Robin Flower, Deputy Keeper of the Manuscripts at th e British Museum, expressed the belief yesterday that three cages of manusciipts in the museum are in the handwriting of Shakespeare.- British Wireless Reuter
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  • 137 1 LABOUR REJECTION London, June 1. THE Labour Party Conference by over 2,000,000 votes defeated an amendment calling for Popular Front negotiations with the Liberal and Communist Parties. The voting was 245,000 for and 236,000 against. The resolution urged that negotiations should be based on a
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  • 96 1 London, June 1. THREE were killed and 12 injured when a London-bound passenger train crashed into a straw-laden lorry on a crossing at Hilgay Fen goods yard, near Downham Market. Norfolk, today. The lorry driver escaped with a broken arm. The train was partially derailed
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  • 97 1 Berlin, June 1. The term^ of the German-Danish Non -Aggression Pact signed yesterday were made public today. They provide that neither party make war or use any kind of violence against the other. Neither will support action taken against the other by a third party. The
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  • 79 1 New York, June 1. The Baer-Nova heavy-weight title eliminating bout at the Yankee Stadium tonight will be the flrst American fight to be televised. There is even money in the betting at which price Baer's camp has placed £1,000. Manager Jim Braddock, former world's champion,
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  • 40 1 London, June 1. Prince Mahmud brother of the Sultan of Trengganu today married Miss Joyce Mable Blencowe, daughter of an Oxford tailor, at Giles Registrars Office, Oxford. Tomorrow the couple will sail in the Corfu for Malaya. Reuter
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    • 51 1 SE CLEARED J $1.55 C -ACH ijKOTIRMALL'S oTREET. Tonight H kiai| Dance 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. and DANCE (informal) 9.45 to midnight ,Js* ORCHESTRA "T" DAN HOPKINS IKB most POPtLAi: DANCE MUSIC IN TOWN (No ADMISSION CHARGE bj^ Ig— CT ATTRACTION— LA PERI ET JEAN^VAR~ lN SOMETHING SPECIAL IS
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  • 268 2 JAPANESE REVERSES IN NORTH HONAN HUPEI Guerillas Come Behind Attacking Invaders TANKS CAPTURED Ichanfc, June 1. T ATEST reports from Central China state that the Japanese suffered more reverses in North Honan and in Central Tlupci on Tuesday. Seven thousand Japanese infantry, assisted by 5,000 cavalry, launched an attack on
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    25 2 Signer Mussolini stands up in his car to receive the cheers 9/ population, as he drives through the town of Aotta, faring his I Piedmont.
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  • 86 2 Japanese Hold Briton Shanghai, June 1. LIKUT. COOPER, a British language officer, left today lor Katean from Peking in an endeavour to contact Col. C. R. Spear. L Spear, the British Military Attache in China, has been detained by the Japanese near Kalgan. Three months ago Col. Spear started a
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  • 157 2 London. June < I. Waaf arrived at Croydon b> air tlil] fron- him to represent hina on the Olympic liames oinmittee. Ho told Reutcr the promotion of athletics was now his chief interest. \thletics had done wonder* for Ifei >oung generation in ihina. "1 hope the time will
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  • 290 2 Changttnffi June 1. LAST week saw the complete collapse Of the Japanese "May offensive"' ever the entire front, as a result of Incessant Chinese hammer blows and the successful employment of new tactics, claimed a Chinese military spokesman today. H e said that in Hupeh Province.
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  • 44 2 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Juno 1. Mr. E. A. Snewin, a former member of the Straits Times stall in Singapore, who had been gravely ill at the Royal Sussex County Hnsnitai nriorh_ 1 ton, died yesterday. Free Press Special
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  • 23 2 Japan Slovakia Tokio, June 1. Japan's forma] lecognition of Slovakia was announced by the spokesman of the Foreign Office this morning. Eastern News
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  • 41 2 Chungking, June 1. "/^HINA is the first country resist effectively the a egression that has aroused the Indignation of the entire world,"' says an International Peace Campaign message to the movement's China Branch. Chinese Central News
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  • 171 2 CHINESE CONSUL PRAISES SOVIET FORCES UAVING resigned from his post as Chinese consul-general at New Siberia, a group of islands also known as Liakov Islands, to the north of the Eurasian landmass "m order to give my services to China In the country Itself/' Mr. Chao Chi-hua parsed through Singapore
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  • 130 2 Tokio. .fune 1 Mr. Hikozo Tanaka. Japanese Con-' sul In Tientsin, yesterday afternoon sent a note to the British Consul General. Mr. Jameson, requesting the try oi the a>.sassins of Mr. Cheng Chi-kang, Customs Commissioner in Tientsin, and manager of the Tientsin branch of the Federal
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  • 210 2 Peking, June 1. lUNE was opened in North China with "monumental progress in the rehabilitation and reconstruction of the once-war-stricken Provinces," it is claimed by the Japanese. Today witnessed the opening of telegraph offices at Linfen and Yucheng, in Southern Shansi Province. Thus the
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  • 107 2 London, June T. THE King .I..''. Q\ Lftl from Victoria bo Vancoiw evening today jo::ied the Royal ti for their ret'.;.;:i journey Canada. The cr/.s of scores of Japa:. Ulg cralt in the Fraser K which the line runs, i.d' ,d I cheers to those
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  • 221 2 The Manchester I it B was In attendance at the I son Church yes: of Miss Br-r er c: M |or A. rirl Offl r Command 1 A Ch i drig< Mr. non:.M Era Ri Pm srrvi je. The I irho was fetta, with a train
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  • 136 2 THE colourful Italian waterfront A colony of fisherfolk in San Francisco forms the background for 'Fisherman's Wharf," the latest film starring Bobby Breen, accomplished \oung singer. It began a Mtton the Capitol yesterday. But apart from the excellent si: ing of Bobby Breen. this production
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  • 10 2 JUDGE INSPECTS TWo SHOPS T G fend I He I
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  • 357 3 RINGS FORMED BY RICE -MILLERS IN MALAYA Attempts To Force Down Growers' Prices PERAK GOVERNMENT SETS AN EXAMPLE DICE-MILLERS' rings in Malaya are referred to by Sir Frank Stockdale, adviser on agriculture to the Colonial Office, in the report on his recent visit to Malaya which has just been published
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  • 128 3 bad Year For Malayan Agriculture Products iffECTS OF RESTRICTION tmmoditks in 1938 failed to recover eg recorded for the second half of hile t<>r many agricultural products I further decline during the year Mr. 1). H. Grist agricultural Ma> issue of the Malayan Agricultural rates, the upoi I to i
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  • 24 3 Tanglin Garrison Wedding ER after their wedding at the Tangli» GarI MM formerly Miss Bertha Elvina I t»4 Ifff. A. V. Holdridge, of Changi.
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  • 201 3 A Suggestion To Chettiars 9 Chamber AMONG MANY suggestions put forward by Mr. k. v. R. m. Alagappa Chettiar. president of the Chertiars Chamber of Commerce. Penang, at the fifth general meeting, was one that an Indian commercial museum be established in Singapore. He suggested that
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  • 200 3 THE FOLLOW IIfb newly added books will be ready for issue at Raffles Library on Saturday:— The Inner Reality. Paul Brunton; Harris of Japan. Illustrated. Carl Crow; Germany s Next Alms, Oswald Dutch: Twilight on Parnassus. G. U. Ellis; Fastest on Earth. Illustrated. G. E. T.
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  • 42 3 pete with similar products in an open end unrestricted market, and to me absence of well-organised control oi production and marketing, it is unlikely that any improvement may expected while international trade is affected by political uncertainties as are now being experienced."
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  • 532 3 SUCCESS OF OLD METHODS pOMMENT ON RICE production in Malaya la made by Sir Frank Ctockdale in bia report. Sir Frank is strongly of the opinion that a greater proportion of the peninsula's requirements of rice should be produced locally and emphasises the need for
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  • 247 3 DIFFICULTIES in co-ordinating road traffic regulations in Malacca and the F.M.S. are mentioned in the annual report of the vehicles department of Malacca Municipality just published. "The recent F.M.S. motor vehicles legislation was severely felt by owners of public service vehicles and lorries in Malacca." it is
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  • 184 3 lITONG PIAK, a Hakka, pleaded guilty fT before Mr. C. H. Koh, in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday, on a charge of using as genuine a forged document, a certificate of admission, which he knew to be forged, at the Immigration Office on May
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  • 80 3 'From Our Own Correspondent* Penang, June 1 A motor fatality at Sungei Puyu village, Province Wellesley, was recalled when Mr. J. L. McFall, the District Judge, sentenced a Chinese lorry driver to eight months' rigorous imprisonment. He was charged with causing grievous hurt to
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  • 327 3 FUTURE OF NA TIONAL PARK OPTIMISM OF CHIEF GAME WARDEN QPTIMISM regarding the future of the King; George V National Park is expressed by Mr. E. O. Shebbeare, Chief Game Warden, F.M.S., in his annual report, just published. Mr. Shebbeare says it is not possible to make a definite statement
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  • 55 3 The band of the Straits Settlements Police will perform in public today at Teloli Ayer. at 6 p.m. under the direction of Mr. Chapman, Bandmaster. Following: is the programme: March, "Florentines Fucik; selection, "Rigoletto," Verdi; intermesso. "Rendez-vous," Alletter; tone poem, ''Finlandia," Sibelius; trombone novelty. "Slidln Easy." Alford; selecUon,
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  • 22 3 During Father Souhait's absence, Rev. Father Green, of the Redemptlst mission, will be in charge of the -Assumption, reports our Penang correspondent.
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    • 32 3 J^!* nd rep^irrr of rattan 1 Cfcida Canvas ard 1-rpaulins. Tents, -ns. Bertam %Lr** Netting Fencirg, 1 bu! »tin 2 > and Flags 11 RAHMAN, Koad, Co) J»o (biat Place, S **»D!U Urtuted.
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  • 966 4  -  Rose Patterson By THE Museum of Man is shortly celebrating its first birthday, but it had is be^inninss a £ood many years a?:o. These were b Mtd in one of the two wings ot the old Trocadro before the central portion oi trnt boihtins was demolished
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  • 100 4 rvERV m ther, naturally, thinks her baby the most perfect in the world but. according to a Nrw York message, the •'most perfect boy" was vercd at a baby show held at Providence 'Rhode Island- last month. Ho was fourteen-manths-old George Anthony Curr, who eats pork crnas
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  • 187 4 Guard For A Bride At The Abbey PRINCESS ELIZABETH and Princess Margaret, foreign Ambassadors, members of the royal household, and nine Tyneside working girls were among the 1.200 guests at the Westminster Abbey wedding of tht Duchess of Northumberland's daughter, Lady Diana Percy, to tlscount Brackley. With them wove Mrs.
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  • 424 4 IN MALAYA there is barely a table '-anywhere that d:x\s not display -ts quota of iced drinks wi*h their drlicioua flavours, and refreshing tinkle o* Ice. Hjw many people ever stop to wonder how, why and where iced drinks first berime known. Actually
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  • 211 4 Resthouse Funiture Travels 4,000 Miles FOR HABBANIYEH, IRAQ TEN tons of special English furniture, comprising 1,012 pieces, is being shipped from London on the first stages of its 4,000-mile journey to Habbaniyeh, Irau, where it will be used for furnishing Imperial Airways' newest and most up-to-date resthouse, on the England-Australia
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    • 284 4 <\he became m|^ beautiful t 11l M lfECl\| Miss Chambord made this amazing 00^ change in her appearance in 8 days. J m Read below her personal letter in which uight-itnouhshesandUauti. she explains exactly how she did it and lieswhile you sleep. Skin becomes how any woman can do the
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    • 92 4 SPECIALLY for GOVERNMENT PARTY! (JSB^ MODE ELITE RoJney House Battery R: IS SHOWING A LARGE GOLLH I GOWN i specially ordrr«d l:om LONDON and NEW 8 R for the GARDEN PARTIES EVENING and DINNER GOWNS U» :>" AIR-CONDITIONED FITTING BO N ntrt*, Phone 4'":». U- S)ELETAR^j [3 coowTRY HO 1
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    91 5 m, vith the Belgian and French ambassa- *eek at St. Pauls Cathedral, for the annual memptibles. The ambassadors arc seen leaving St. Paul* Mtfr the servue. i±,...^-J— ;aw— ™,>*>*ifnr« in the 3Uh annual public competitions of ihe group of competitors in me 01 g Musical Condition Festival, held 1 the
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  • 594 6 MOLOTOV'S PLAIN SPEAKING ON PEACE FRONT Warning To Japan Over "Border Provocation" Moscow, June 1. POMMENTING on the latest Anglo-French proposals for a common front against aggression, M. Molotov, Soviet Premier and Foreign Minister, in the course of his speech tj Parliament yesterday recognised that they admitted reciprocity. "This course,"
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  • 535 6  - A NATIONAL SHOW OF CHILDREN'S ART Marie Falco By New York. I have been watching the change I art for the last 36 I iwa; felt th.u it would b t Uliun ask the directors I art education throughout the to choose examples of school work fee a general exhibia
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  • 36 6 Amoy. June 1. Fresh Japanese naval units arrived here yesterday afternoon. After parading the main streets the reinfor-cnvnfs were reviewed at Amoy Park by th? Commander of the aaDiiiiese Fle.-t n South China waters Eastern Nev.
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  • 61 6 M. Ulrych, the Polish MinL'/or of Transport, gave a dinner in Warsaw at which Sir Howard Kennard, the British Ambassador, Mr. A. J. Drexel Biddle, the American Ambassador, and M. Leon Noel, the French Ambassador, were present on the occasion of the arrival of competitors for the international gliding contests.
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  • 96 6 Kulangsu THERE might be a need to J* ments of Japanese blueja. f l the Japanese naval Bpokesman i:: when his attention wa report that Japanese naval landed in Amov. r If such a landing took place, tic sd, it would be because the landlni
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  • 30 7 to open the €100.000 Clubland and -road. London, founded and managed by The Qieen opened the Clubland the day ■d in a motor accident last iveek.
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  • 551 7 "HUMAN FLY" GAOLED FOR FOUR YEARS King Of Cat Burglars Sentenced Fru> i London. UK a crime he would have sneered at in his hey-day, George William Enright, known to the vard as "Kins of the Cat Burglars," "The Human Ape" and < The Human *ly will spend the next
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  • 250 7 IMPROVED SENTIMENT CONTINUES Market Report JHE IMPROVEMENT in market sentiment continues, caused by the fixed belie* that the Russian agreement, in spite of delay and difficulty, will soon be an accomplished fact, write Stanton Nelson in their rubber market review. There is, however, a marked resemblance between the present phase
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  • 136 7 The last week in May appears to have been the turning point in the market, and the long period of stagnation has given way to moderate activity and gradually advancing prices, state Messrs Lewis and Peat (Singapore) Ltd. in their weekly market report. The demand has
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  • 161 7 A COLLISION between a light deli- very van and a saloon car. at the Grange Road— Patterson Hill crossing, had a sequal in the Singapore Traffic Court, before Mr. C.H. Whitton yesterday The driver of tht van. a Malay nam- ed Awang bin Hassan, was
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    • 122 7 rrffisr comedy of the year: Tlhambra t 6 5 d .*Lm.j tSO LATEST "fA-.tE GAZETTE" with Pictures of THEIR MAJESTIES, THE KING QUEEN IN CANADA "THE DERBY 1939" BROUGHT BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND ALHAMBRA morning show ii a.m. sat. sun. LATIN'S WORLD FAMED CLASSIC! w ii i— iiM^T~ni •«*->« «*"*t^r»»»
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  • 577 8 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, JINE 2, 1939. Soviet Viewpoint ls MOLOTOV'S speech to the Soviet Parliament on Wednesday was extremely puzzling in its references to the AngloSoviet negotiations, but exceptionally illuminating in its comments on the Far Eastern situation. Precisely why M. Molotov decided to speak as he did
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    3 8 CRIME MARCHES ON
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  • 671 8  -  WALTER DURANTY J^HE writer of this article is the distinguished journal* wit has resided for many years in Moscou. and is an ackno! ledged expert in Russian affairs. He is now making of European capitals on behalf of the North America News paper Alliance,
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  • 184 8 THE air power of the Royal Navy was enhanced recently by the launching of the Illustrious, the second of seven new aircraft carriers ordered under the expansion programme. Five of these vessels will have taken the water before the present year expires, and it will
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    • 30 8 1 H 'hat is the "Something," in every garment leaving this establishment It cannot be describee exactly but it is Style TRV MIEN CHONG TAILORING —34 Coleman St. Phone 1816-
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  • 699 9 Sailed Yesterday After Visits Here GOVERNOR ENTERTAINS ROYAL GUEST P^i Oriental empress, a British peer, a former Russian Princess, a famous stage and screen actress and a noted Hollywood film director left Singapore yesterday afternoon Europebound on two liners. On board the Menageries
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  • 164 9 in the Singapore Coroner's Court connection with a fatal accident which Timah Road on May 19, Inspector F. scene the 5 milestone was a treaet He had received many reports complained of violent skids for no THE Coroner. Mr. W. g. Porter, was inquiring into
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  • 126 9 Late Nights Cause Of "Nerves" ■0T COMMENT ON ikBARET DISPUTES h ft lai and d with cr.-irlie .\ret on Mr. c. H. h Police in- rhed a :.r the spoken to his apology :r the ase. ted rt.r.c saia e :he conse- the case. pat by the said he the
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  • 110 9 Law Notice For The Day Before the Chief Justice in Ist. Court at 11 a.m. Bankruptcy. Before Mr. Justice Manning in 3rd. Court at 10.30 a.m. Summonses-in-Chambers, Originating Summonses and Motion. At 11 a.m.: Judgment in O.S. 61.39— Syed Mohair, ed b. Ahmed b. Snail: Alkaff vs. Syed Abdulrahman b.
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  • 292 9 MORE AIR RAID SIRENS FOR CITY MORE air raid sirens may be erected in Singapore, as tests on the seven already mounted in the city have proved them to be insufficient to gi\e adequate warnings. Municipal electrical engineers and ARP. officials, who recently tested each alarm in turn, «ceivcd reports
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  • 229 9 "THE prosecuting officer has failed to prove the most elementary ingredients of the offence, failed to identify the twakows which were obstructing the river and failed to connect the accused with those twakows," remarked the Chief Justice, Sir Percy McElwaine, in the Singapore High Court yesterday,
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  • 667 9 Judge's Decision On Will Of Chinese PAYMENT OF TRUSTEES QUESTIONS in the will of a Singapore Chinese, Tan *v Kwan Kok, who owned a business which was one of the biggest producers of da mar and jelutong in the world, were decided by a judgment delivered by Mr. Justice Manning,
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  • 197 9 "AMERICAN aircraft factories axe expanding very rapidly and are now supplying military aircraft to Poland, Great Britain, Holland and France," Mr. Ai. Gilhousen, the American test pilot, who will demonstrate the new Lockheed bomber in Netherlands Indies, told a Free Press reporter en
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  • 218 10 London, May 20. INCREASED CARGO and passenger traffic was recorded in Southampton docks during the month of April. Figures Issued by the Southern Railway 52 220 tons in April. 1938. to 56.353 tons, fifing an increase of 4.163 tons, which more than offset, the decrease of
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  • 209 10 Sydney, May 20. A TERRIFIC STRUGGLE between a Uf-gUBi fisherman, Errol Bullen, and a monster tiger shark estimated to weigh 1.500 lbs., took place three miles outside Sydney Heado. It was the longest battle In the history of Australian bi ,-game fishing and its
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  • 38 10 The cost of living in Canada at the close of 1938 was 1.1 per cent lower than at the close of 1937. Easier prices for focds and declines of Josser importance in clothing and miscellaneous Items were responsible.
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  • 435 10 Dividend Generous In The Circumstances IN STRONG POSITION (From Our Own Correspondent) London, May 21. |TMTED Sua Betong Rubber Estates, Ltd. report a U profit for 1938 of £152,577, compared with £219,613 for the previous year. The sales of the exportable rubber crop
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    30 10 picture MISS GENEVIEVE TOBIN, the flim actress, admiring a jade tree presented to her at the 8.M.8.C. rad u studio on Wednesday niaht when she made a broadcast.— Free press
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  • 169 10 (Jhungking, May 20. JJY special order of General Chiang Kai-shek, most of Chungking's hospitals were removed from the city by the morning of May 9. This measure is only one in a series to enable the city to be in a better condition to cope with
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  • 131 10 0 Sydney, May 20. UTSTRIPPING MEN in the rapidity of their organisation, 85,000 Sydney women have already enrolled under tne New Souvh Wales Government's A.R.P. and emergency .services scheme, says Austral News. The response of women to the scheme, only a few weeks old, is
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  • 463 10 Szechwan As A Salt-Producing Centre hun -kin-. May 20. CINCL THE EXPANSION of the war area into the northern and coastal provinces, which formerly supplied 80 per cent, of China's total salt produej tion, Szechwan Province has become the most important source of salt for 1 1 China'! millions. More
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  • 71 10 Passengers by the Danish East Asiatic vessel Jutlandia from Singapore are Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Muschter, Miss Jeanne Muschter, Miss M. Vogels, Mr. G. K. Johannes, Mr P. C. Tuck, Mr. and Mrs. Ismar Preysinger, Mr. Herbert Schvrare, Mr. Max Heino Bab, Mr. Sommer. Mrs. A.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 419 10 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS TENDERS. SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. Tenders. Tenders are now invited for the followins: materials or services. For particulars see Municipal Tenders Ror-m Supply of Three Chlorine Flow Recorders Date of Closing. 4 p.m.. July 3. 1939. Supply of one Die~el Driven Compressor (New or Second-hand). Date of dosing. 12 noon.
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    • 118 10 BOARD RESIDENCE. SEA FRONT KATONCi CiRANGE--77. McytT Rd (near S.ummicu Club) Board -Residence at moderate rates Large Gardens— Tennis. Phoner 575K EAST ANGLEA ft. OXLL'I KISk SINGAFOKK 9 nuns, to toxfD nlgfi level garages dally or monthly rates, large grounds, excellent cuisine tennis, sing!? And double rooms PBONfc «39f NAPBER
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    • 79 10 4# is A*s, •C^ i CUR!-.- Uor^^ asm EXC GODOV.V collfct': SH o^ TOUR VAUIASLB Our B4TCB| h l!i|v irf l'r»te(ti««. It is impoaMc for an tadiri. dual u, pnnide i his Tiktf p sessions Mm saffty thl B ailorded h- :ifft have safe boxes of whsfe for hire ?t
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    • 466 10 RADIO PROGRAMMES SINGAPORE TODAY ZHL 22 metres. ZHP 30 Oti metre*. p.m 5.00 Malav drama. 5.30 Malay lolk tongs.' 6.00 Tcochew music 7.00 Children's programme fEn^hi. 7.15 Time, weather, news and announcements. 7.30 "From the Studio Armchair." 7.45 The request prc^ramnie.r 8.35 The news. 8.50 Musical comedv selections. t 9.30
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    • 142 10 rao 7 8.00 afalaj i 9 00 Cantciif I 10.00 dan BERLIN TODAY DJA 956 me 0U DJB IS.JO bk i IS* D.IQ 15 me t UJ.« aU. DJV S. 54 mr (31.45 a p.m. i 7.20 Nea-s li- En« 7.35 Cor. n V^ 8.20 Nea-s and f conor O^
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  • FREE PRESS SPECIAL COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    • 287 11 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCK SHARES from Lonon 5.30 p.m. Yesterday In 5 -jcted in US. currency. 1* »bete are dealers middle prices jobbers marfins, brokerage ■i naffip duty ire not Included. 0t^ u Latest Quotations Previously 101 109- 8 los 108u 96 9 2D o3i 4 8 _> 2
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    • 167 11 JUNE 1. 1639: SELLING London T.T 2 3 «32 Lundon aemana 3 jLyons demand -j* u Switzerland demand ,ii Hamburg demand New York demand Montreal demand J>4 Batavia demand Xn- 2 Sainarang demand .00'* Culc Ktt, Bombay Rangoon demand J^; h IMm Colombo demand 155* Hoig Kong
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    • 72 11 Daily Share Report j Bl FRASBI CO. AT TO < LOnE OF BUSINESS mourn 1»* pn;*- ti tin at raid- la the ab■s and nith z small enqum :m shares loiall> firmer «i:h medeThr price «f rubber n >pot 29 September 20\ The recent to the more popular tl todav
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    • 70 11 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION m mt -_i__r a\ fi r avtmtm mm **aa s_ler> «52 '»o* :s- s5?j2?"-h w 2 No. IX R.S.S. on Reciit-rai Ter.oer June 29 g£ July-Sept 29 h Oct.-Dec. 29 Jan-Mar M z Tone of Market :-St«idy. Qugt. Latest Cable: London Spot Sheet 8 516d.
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    • 178 11 THE COMMODITY MARKETS From London 5.30 p. m. Yesterday RI'RBER: Dull. London: 8 5 16d. 83 s d. Previously: 8 5 16d 87 16d July-Sept.- fi3 B d. 3 7 16d. Previously: 8 3 e d. B^ed. Oct.-Dec: 87 16d. 8' 2 d. Previously: S^d. 8916d Jan-Mar.: By 2 d.
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    • 66 11 TIN: Easier. Spot: £226 17s. 6d. Previously: £227 7?. 6d. Three months: £224 7s. Gd. Previously: £225 2s 6d NEW YORK TIN--49.00. Previously: 49.12. COPPER: £42 10s. Previously: £42 15s. GOLD: Yesterday: £7 Bs. ML Previously: £7 Bs. SV-d. SILVER: Spot: 19 15
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    • 59 11 Foreign Exchange Rates London Closing Quotations Method oi Parity oerore Latest Centre Quoting 20-9-31 Rate Previously Paris Franc to 124U1 176* 4 176* New York... I to 4.8655 4.68 516 4.68 516 Amsterdam.... Guilders to 12.10 8.74 8.72 HongKong.. Per dollar 15.215|16d. i5.215|16U Shanghai Per dollar ay 4 d. nom.
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    • 100 11 WHEN a Chinese motor-lorry driver pleaded guilty, before Mr. C. H. Whitton, in the Singapore Traffic Court yesterday, to a charge of speeding, Court Inspector A. H. Frew said the accused had a previous conviction for a similar offence and had also been sent to prison,
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    • 98 11 ALLEGED to have borrowed money from a moneylender, Song Chwee Oon was sued for $690 by R. M. N. Sathappa Chettiar, before Mr. Justice Manning, in the Singapore High Court yesterday. Judgment was reserved. The sum claimed was said to be the balance of principal and interest due
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    • 65 11 WHILE a Chinese woman, Lim Ah Boy, was lowering the collapiible side of a motor-lorry, which was full or large stones, the load fell over her, causing multiple injuries, from which she died the next day. At an inquiry into her death yesterday, the Sngapore Cofoner. Mr
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    • 88 11 Bail of $10,000 was allowed to a Chinese, Wang Ah Heng, in the Singapore Criminal District Court yesterday, when he claimed trial to a charge of being concerned in the importation of chandu worth about $3,500 into the Colony on Wednesday evening. An alternate charge of
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    • 114 11 From Our Own Correspondent) Penan*, June 1. DEFERENCE to the damage done to overhead wires in the Pulau Tikus area by a storm on May 7, was made at the meeting of the Penang Municipal Commissioner?, by Mr. J. A. Black, president. Mr. Black pointed
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    • 76 11 I IM AH SAN, a middleaged Hokkien. appeared before Mr. C. H. Koh, in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday, on a charge of abetting the offence of importing 38 pickuls and 80 katties of rubber into the Colony, without a certificate of origin. The
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    • 1274 11 SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES Fraser And Co. 's List MUSSOLINI sot> down a mine. During his week's tour of noilheru Italy, Siunor Mussolini wont down a* an iron mine at Cogue. THURSDAY. JUNE 1, 1939: I P.M. MINING Buyers SeUers Ampat Tin (4 I____I 4s 1 Austral AmaL (5s>
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    • 59 11 Current Company Dividends List Supplied By Messrs. Eraser Co. THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1939: 5 P.M. Total for Compans Dividend Boot* financial TIN Close Date Ex. Div. year Raub sd. int. June 8 June 14 June t h&. Renong Consold. 6d. No. 26.. June 17 June 24 June 18 GENERAL Wearne
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  • 776 12 CAMPAIGN AGAINST CACTUS Washington, May 25. A TINY Argentine moth has saved a large part of a continent from being turned into desert by a predacious plant which was devouring more than I,O(XUXM) acres a year, literally driving farmers out of their houses, and resisting
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  • 192 12 CHUNGKING TOUR Chungking:. GENERALISSIMO Chiang Kai-Shek made another tour of inspection ot the afflicted areas in Chungking and the outskirts of the city where victims of the Japanese bombings are quartered. Touching scenes were seen when the Generalissimo made enquiries about the needs of the suffering in
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  • 40 12 Charlottetown, cradle of Canadian confederation, is planning fittingly to observe the 75th anniversary of this event next summer. The celebrations will be held from July 16 to 21 and will likely to attract many visitors from all parts of Canada
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  • 305 12 Ottawa. May *0. OF several hundred whistling swans which landed on the river above Niagara Falls about the middle of March, not more than twenty were swept over the falls, according to information received by the Department of Mines and Resources. Ottawa. The Royal
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  • 84 12 Transforming Australia's Front Door Port Darwin, May 25. A NEW DARWIN is to arise to greet air travellers to Australia and to act as an important defence base. A new R.A.A.F. aerodrome and station is to be built, as well as a water supply project, a mobile garrison, naval wireless
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  • 50 12 The Rocky Mountains, immediately west of Edmonton, are becoming well stocked again with Canada's famous grizzly bear after being practically extinct for a number of years. The Canadian grizzly is one of Canada's largest and most powerful game animals and this district promises to become a big game hunters' paradise.
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  • 240 12 Mussolini Gives His Approval BARRACKS FOR 100,000 Rome, May 16. CIGNOR Mussolini has approved the plans of Marshal Badoglio and General von Brauschiteh concerning the fortification of Lybia. These plans include an increased colonisation of Lybia with the object of creating a background for the large
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  • 88 12 Dr. E. V Lupprian, acting Chief Medical Officer. Penang. Is going home on Saturday with Mrs. Lupprian. Thev wore entertained to dinner by Mr. Foo Soo Meow at the Tai Pak Low Restau- rant. In addition to Dr. and Mrs Lupprian, Mr. Soo Meow's guests included Mr. and Mrs. A.
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  • 114 12 White (loud (Michigan;. Insisting that he had Ken I '"dragging mother by the hair and ptri tin? a rope round her neck." a four-year-old boy eventually caused a I fesskm by Elton Cassid;- ear-old farmer, that he had hanged :ei-in-law. Mrs. Helen Cassidr, 20-ytar-old mother
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  • 12 12 Aer odynamics The Boomearg Sydney lectun boo: O! Oi U Dr. yeai
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  • 10 12 < MftaM, m,. A to y monu raL
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  • 81 12 Washington fD.CJ f^HE Washington courts arc considering a case in which a chauffeur claims diplomatic immunity. He is Vinard Paris, chauffeur to Mr. Hirosi Saito, the Japanese Ambassador, uho died recently He has pleaded not guilty to nine charges of illegal parking and speeding on
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    50 12 picture. WILLIAM KEIGHLEY, the Bollywood fUm director, and his wife, the $tage end screen actress, made a penonal he /Uhmmbrt Theatre on Wednesday night before the of "Yes, My Darling D v." uhich was directed by Mr. hley and iti which Miss Tob n has an important featured role.- PressFree
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 72 12 LAST time the iourney took weeks But Ifcnei have changed for the quicker by Imperial flyingboat. So comfortable, too— nice being able ftDlfl —nice being able to stroll about if you get tired of sitting— not that you do in these chairs. Good meals too, and wonderful service OFFICEKSOFH^J^-- lookinxs
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 367 13 1 lii i^*ci^~^^~^~~" i ii, KndBRITISH INDIA LINES I :afed IN BUG] aND» I O. S. N. CO'S SAILINGS, TWABOi l)ue Due KSE?* 1 00 «3 ii 1 RANPt RA it noo Spi* e LflMI I.,'mcs Inn.ice >do!p SOUDAN 2 3 6.500 July 20 ffTRAI 15.000 July 28 corn: 15.000
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    • 152 13 McALISTER CO., LTD. 'orpora' Settlements. GKESBAM HOtSe BATTER 1 KD. SINGAPORE PHONI 5172 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL S.S. Co.. Ltd, incorporated bi Englandj HAVRE LONDON ROTTERDAM HAMBURG VIA PORXS AND SUEZ CANAL Mr it: Due >uils Cin OF ATHENS (alls Glasgow In Port June 2 TY OF PITTSBURG I ills ntawgmi June
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    • 706 13 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Ocean Building, Colija Qua; Singapore lei 615L Chartered Bank Building Penans Tel 1 361 BLUE FUNNEL LINE. FASI gbttVtCLS MAlistlLLLi LONDON tU.MLNLM \SU GLASGOW (in conjunction «ntn the Glen Line) GLENIFFER L'don Didrfc, R'dam. K c.r: A werp >•■-- 5 June 7 AtNEAS Mar. L'dcn. Rdarr. :r;d
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 735 13 Air Mail Arrivals And Despatches INWARD Africa South imperial p m Imperial: From Europe due- '^^J gjjgg J JJJ Monday. Thursday, Friday after- Kr_?asek Imperial £-_na..e_. Pahang 8 a.m. noon s. E g>Pt. Sudan and Palestinl Wearnes: trorn Penang, Ipoh, Great Britain and Sd P m *nd Kuala Lumpur Arrives
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  • 89 14 Halifax, May 20. ALIVE BUTTERFLY was recently round by a miner in the Glace Bay coal mines at a depth of 1,000 feet and two miles out under the bed of the sea. At this point, the Glace Bay coal mines run out a
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  • 433 14 Passengers due on June 12 from Australia by the Nieuw Zeeland are as follows: Mr. and Mrs. H. C. D. Van Asch, Mrs. M. Bedggood, Miss E. Bedggood, Miss E. M. Bergmann, Mr. abd Mrs. E. W. Benham, Mr. and Mrs. C. Beyer, Miss J. Beyer,
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 593 14 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated in F.MS.) IEIFPHONT: Freight 513".— Passane 5131 Canadian mcimc I WQttß^ 6&EAIMT] lincofporated la England iTtAVEL SYTTfMI ll». ITUhS* i.utlt olTers IKANS-PA<JIMC StKVICES via HUM)LtLL or direct t.MPKfcSS to VAN'JOLVER- ACROSS CANADA by TRANS-CONTIN-y\\\L TRAIN \uthout lifclßgl t>l I by CANADIAN PACIFIC ATLANTIC SfcRMCtS HO FNGIAND
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    • 502 14 RED FUNNEL LINE SUGGESTIONS FOK YOUR HOLIDAYS Singapore-Batavia-Cheribon-Semarang-Singapore Round trip occupies about 9 days. First (lass $90.00 Sailing: from Singapore every Tuesday and 1 riday Singapore -Sourabaya-Bandjermasin-Singapore Round trip occupies about It days First Class $100.00 Sailing every alternate Friday Sinfcapore-Indtagisi River Torts-Singapore Hound trip occupie* 6 days First Class
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    • 403 14 AMERICAN PRESIDENT UNeT^ AuunM.4 Naples, o^r^^;,;- u, X PRESIDENT HAYES i, inil PRESIDENT POLK t"J! ,5 PRESIDENT GARFIELD jSf X PRESIDENT MONROE PRESIDENT ADAMS x PRESIDENT VAN BURE:; PRESIDENT HARRISAN IX) carry no passengers M W.I i;k PHMI HONG KONG TO SXN »,;xv |fl 0 Urn" PRESIDENT TAFT Kons Sa
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 15 14 CLEARANCES June 2:— Volpi (Ital.) Ban Ho Guan iDut.>. June 3:— Marella, Scott Harley .Brit.\
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    • 155 14 SINGAPORE I HARBOUR The following ships are alongside the Singapore Harbour Board Wharves or expected to arrive:— East Wharf. Entrance Gate 1; Exit 1: Hai Hing 22. Main Whan, Entrance Gate 2; Exit 3: Rawalpindi, Rajput ana 18; Apoey 16; Cape St. Andrew. Cape St. George 14; Kelantan 11: Op
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  • 128 15 O. liner C P. A lira, and I Mr. and MC. Bethell. E. BurkeH \I Burton. B d Mr i H. BlunsMr. W 3ar- Mi>s Bowerman, B mtxwmtk, Eraidwood. Ulttni Mr. n ci^itiah. 4 children, \V Mr. C. Cam--5 C.imi>bell Mlm H. J Cookes. II P. I
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  • 29 15 IS be Into the End ur. ine-1 I l:-- OQO A;: ind >?ntapro- uaEsed v z aland In 13 months among 15 casef of Mid Ul
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    36 15 S^V Wa rrtii ,«,->< Madrid durinr which General Franco took the lh our.h e erod l ome r■• i^n «ir foree troops.--Here are Hospital nurses nvin S th*? Fascist salute as Gen. Franco arrives at the aerodrome.
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  • 360 15 By. The. Four. Aces.. David. Bruce Eurnstone, Merwin D. Maier, Oswald Jaccby, Howard Schenken) TODAYS hand, taken from one of the 1 recent Cavendish Club Duplicates is a good example of The Four Aces Slam bidding methods. South's hand would be a sound opening bid without
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  • 97 15 London. May 17. IJERBERT SUTCLIFFE, famous Eng- land and Yorkshire cricketer, has 15-year-old sen who is showing every sign of developing into as ?reat j a plaver as his father, and that is say- I ing romething. Already he knows all the cricket answers. Many
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  • 896 15 "Chances In Open As Good As Any" BRILLIANT WITH IRONS f n n 1L London, May 25. I HAD the opportunity a day or two ago of playing with Bobby Locke and must confess that I was even more impressed than I had anticipated, writes
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  • 129 15 London, May 17. UARIOMAN'S Football Club, of Hertford, are not to be allowed anv more Cup Final tickets for five years. The decision was taken by the council of the Hertfordshire Football Association last night after investigating an allegation that the club had
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  • 73 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, May 31. THE programme arranged by the Ipoh Golf lor the month of June includes a two-day match against Selangor at Kuala Lumpur on June 10 and 11. On Tuesday, June 13, the women's medal will be held and the men's medal
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  • 178 15 Changi Sailing Notes Sheppard sailed better than ever and increased his lead over No. 1, sailed by Mr. Bird who had made a crand race to gain second place. Although Gulstan managed to outsail No. 8 the other Johore boats had such a lead that it was impossible to .gain
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    15 15 BLIE PETER" WINS THE DERBY —Lord Ro ebcry leading in Peter," ridden bj E. Smith.
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  • 366 15 WIN TO LUNAR BOW THE Changi Club paid a visit to the Johore Yacht Club on Thursday when the return race for the inter-Club Pennant was sailed in the International U footers of the home Club. The weather was ideal for sailing, with a
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  • 95 15 ■From Our Own I Penans. June I. THE inter-section sports oi the K Kon? and Singapore Royal Artillery, held at Glu^or on Monday and Wednesday. WMM von bv the Right "i'jn. "A" and B." Result! Three-mile U\.m race 'B* subsection. 880 yards relay: "C" mil WCfIOH Tnrowing
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  • 942 16 HIGH STANDARD IN S.L.T.A. CHAMPIONSHIPS Droogleever And Purnell Eliminated YADI AND KAMIS WIN A HIGH standard of play was seen in the Singapore lawn tennis championship ties played on the S.C.C. courts yesterday. Chua Choon Leong and Tan Huck Toe reached the semi-finals of the men's open doubles when they
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  • 115 16 Sultan Of Perak Enters Tennis Tourney <From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh. May 31. ENTRIES for the Perak Lawn Tennis Association tennis tournament close tomorrow and a record number of entries is expected. It is understood that the Sultan of Perak will partner Dr. K. T. Khong in the veterans' doubles.
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  • 115 16 "Bisley" Meeting At Penang (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, June 1. THE annual "Blsley" meeting of the Penang and Province Wellesley Volunteer Corps will be held at Uie Kampong Bahru rifle range over three week-ends beginning on Saturday. June 10. at 2 p.m. and concluding on Sunday, June 25 Chief
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  • 153 16 <From Our Own Correspondent) Teluk Anson, May 31. THE Lower Perak- Club, Teluk Anson. defeated the Dew Recreation Club by three doubles to one in the Sultan's Cup tennis competition, playing on the Lower Perak Club courts yesterday. Notable absentees were R. L. Grut from the
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  • 51 16 The following will play for S.C.C. vs. Medical College tomorrow at 2 p.m. at College ground: R F. W. Leonard (capt.», L. A Hygate. E. A. Corle&s. E. G. Staunton G. H. Daly. A. H. Carruthers, A. d! Dant. C. Milton, A. H. Murray, Rev A. S. Giles. H. V.
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  • 43 16 Tonight's boxing at the covered stadium is expected to draw a large crowd. With three battles of ten rounds each in which the pick of Malaya's boxers are matched against the recent Invaders from the Philippines, thrills should not be lacking.
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  • 163 16 <From Our Own Correspondent) Penangr, June 1. CINE courtcraft was seen in the men's singles final- of the Penang tennis championship this evening between Goon Kok Lem and Goon Kok Ying. Goon Kok Lem won in straight sets, 6—4, B—6, but iie had to fight
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  • 77 16 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, June 1. AN athletic meeting open to all rt Indians and Ceylonese in Selangor, will be held on the T.P.C.A. grounds at 3 p.m. on July 15. This is the nrst meeting of its kind and the purpose is to
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  • 638 16  -  J. V. Rainboiw Billiard Notes By NEWCOMER'S AMATEUR TITLE THE season's balances are being struck, as another billiards and snooker year comes to its official end. The amateur events are all over. Kingsley Kennerley" retained his billiards title for the third successive year, but he#failed
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  • 328 16 Two Sent Off In Game At Pulau Brani Two -Sip Dia sc :.in2 session. Kg ifl Wasted Their Tin* short pa&anc and *S^ but their c.«nbma a %*Hi advantage m h e lg h t J use of this by gntinB the h:gh shots. w '"•l Both goalkeepers exhibitions. DenSw^**,
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    • 30 16 Steps iqgjjgfe^SecuritJ ah m *****11l ents All Classes *****11l 1 of Insurance ■■■■■■■i^HHiHHH himhbbb* Qheftogal Exchange Assurance :ltf^ MEAD OFFICE FOR MALAYA: 6, CHARTERED BANK CHA M B E B«^
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