The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 9 June 1939

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  • 17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 15,799. ESTD. 1835 FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 1939. 5 CENTS
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  • 680 1 kING QUEEN GREETED BY PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT Thousands Cheer As Rulers Meet ELABORATE PLANS FOR SAFETY Tnrr, Washington, June 8. IHh King and Queen arrived here and were met by President and Mrs. Roosevelt at 1 p.m. today. Wildly cheering crowds greeted Their Majesties as they stepped from the train and
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  • 87 1 SINGAPORE FLEET PREMIER QUESTIONED 1 „nJ.>n. June 8. b Neville Com- report inference reved .>hed. reover, rencc were I to erned. and naent cjuid its had UttlTftft" pportunity ..ews on ki X Fleichci (Lab.. ihe Australian |U j :he conference -B>rf ews regarding that the defence of Aaswas based w
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  • 68 1 London, June 8. nttTING the loreign affairs m the House of Lords ■fc Lord Snell, Labour), thf (ntvernment was U>t t■ i p t the main *f collective security. PtJ^P .^aid, was per[V*: Mat what they ju supposed F*wr p... biezi taken over XS ULr sur^
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  • 14 1 rra. June 8. R. G. Men*:J' 11 negotia- Canberra by C',\ r .1 new
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  • 72 1 J_ Shanghai, June 8. IT is authoritatively learned that the Japanese have presented a further ultimatum to the authorities of the British Concession m Tientsin. The Japanese threaten to erect barriers and take other steps to co7npletely isolate the Concession, unless four Chinese alleged to be
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    65 1 THE LATEST PICTURE TO BE RECEIVED FROM POLAND of the defence measures now being taken. This is the biggest type of gun in Poland's heavy artillery. This one, and many like it, are now being moved up to the German Frontier. They can fire a shell 50 miles. The men
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  • 357 1 NEW PROBLEMS TO FACE London, June 8. "U7E are now m an emergency position m which un- fortunately we seem destined to live", declared Dr. Burgin, Minister of Supply, moving the second reading of the Ministry of Supply Bill m the House of Commons
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  • 42 1 London, June 8. Tv.o by-elections are rendered necessary by the elevation to the peerage of Sir H. Cayzer, Conservative member of Parliajnont for Portsmouth South and of Captain Dixon, who represents East Belfast m the Hou^c of Commons. Reuter
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  • 82 1 Mystery Death Of Briton In Shanghai Shanghai, Jun 8. ANOTHER BRITON, belonging to the same company as R. M. Tinkler of the British -owned China Printing: and Finishing Company has died m mysterious circumstances. In response to an urgent telephone call, an ambulance was sent to the Customs jetty last
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  • 234 1 Carrying Out League 's Resolutions London, June 8. DEPLYING m the House of Commons tonight to a question m connection with the recent speech of Lord Halifax. Foreign Secretary, at Geneva, Mr. R. A. Butler, Under-Secre-tary for Foreign Affairs, said the Government proposed to continue to
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  • 42 1 London, June 8. The Tinkler case was prominently (Continued m next column. reported m most newspapers today though there is no comment. It is regarded as a particularly bad c.\se m official circles, but action awaits a consular report from Shanghai. Reuter
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  • 38 1 R. M. Tinkler. 45-year-old British foreman of the China Printing and Finishing Company's mill at Pootur.g Point. Shanghai, re ceived fatal wounds from Japanese sailor* during a riot, believed to have been caused by Chinese strikers, on Tuedsay.
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  • 90 1 Rome, June 8. THE ITALIAN navy's contribution to Gen. Franco's victory m Spain MM cf the greatest importance, declares the newspaper Forzearmate. crgan of the forces, today. Giving indication of the activities of the Italian navy m Spain, th? newspaper says- "During the period
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    • 5 1 (Welcome from Press: Fa«e 4).
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    • 67 1 SEASON'S NEW CREATION LACES OF ALL KINDS IN LEADING COLOURS SEE AT:— *i ii Thi Mm <" SEA VIEW |l HOTEL TONIGHT 6c SATURDAY SPECIAL DINNER, DANCE CABARET ENTERTAINMENT PROVIDED BY ANNA LOVTSOFF CELEBRATED LYRIC SOPRANO DANCE TO THE NEW, MOST MODERN JAZZ BAND IN SINGAPORE DIRECTED BY A. BERSHADSKY
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  • 255 2 U.S. PRESS GIVES KING QUEEN WARM WELCOME "A Message From People Of England" CEMENTING THE TIES OF FRIENDSHIP New York, June 8. THROUGHOUT the industrial east, m the mid-west and m the deep south. United States newspapers today unite m bidding a welcome to the Kinjr and Queen, whose dignity
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  • 157 2 Colonies London. June 8. REPLYING to the debate m the Hcuse of Commons, the Secretary of State for Colonies, Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, denied the Labour allegations that he was complacent towards the present situation m the Colonial Empire, but agreed that labour conditions
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  • 60 2 London. June 8. AMONG the new baronets m the Kind's Birthday Honours list is Mr. Hurry Oakes. a member of the Legislative Council of the Bahamas, for :c and philanthropic services. Mr. Oakes. a generous benefactor of St. George's Hospital, has given the rebuilding fund £90.000. His
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  • 31 2 Mexico City, June Unions of petroleum workers now holding a convention have made a statement omcially that they will not under any conditions return exproed properties to the owners.— l Reuter
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  • 109 2 Royal Visits To Other Domin ions London, June 8. TVf£ success of the Royal visit to Canada is the theme of leading articles m newspapers here today. The Times concludes its tribute by remarking that "after the happy experience of Canada ice must expect that Australians, Ncic Zealanders and South
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  • 153 2 British Demand Over Pootung Shanghai. June 8. CIR HERBERT PHILIPS, British v Consul-General at Shanghai, called on the Japanese Consul-General ihis afternocn and requested that immediate measures be taken fully to protect British property at Pootun?. to suppress anti-British agitation there and to prevent intimidation of Chinee workers m British
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  • 58 2 AN ENGLISH-SPEAKING Chinese clerk employed by the Singapore Municipality, stated to have been held up at pistol point by five Cantonese ma back lane behind the Municipal buildings. Connausht Drive, shortly of $20 Pm yesterday was re^ved him* aS^ P his assail^nts to return mm a
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  • 211 2 FATAL STABBING AT NAVY HOUSE ENTRANCE j^NIPED m the chest and robbed of about $10 when waylaid by two Cantonese cyclists at the entrance to Navy House, Grange Road a Hainanese "boy" employed by Commodore T. B. Drew, Commodore Malaya, died shortly after 3 p.m. yesterday m hospital. Two Cantonese
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  • 23 2 King And Queen Meet Indians unen they paid ;i visa lo the Indian village at Fort V\illiam, i anada' during the Royal tour.
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  • 270 2 INSTRUCTIONS TO ENVOY IN TOKIO Trr London. June 8. |1 was stated m the House of Commons today thai m order to enable British subjects to proceed' up the langtse the British Government has acquiesced m the requirement that they hold Japanese military nasses The
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  • 16 2 Chambery, June 8. Francois Garron, father-in-law of the Aga Khan, died here today, aged 75. Reuter
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  • 145 2 London. June 8. Bad weather has interfered with the efforts to me the sunken fUteurine Thetis. A Lloyds' message from BOflata \mj*; "The camels were pinned down at 9.30 last night but the weather deteriorated and about midnight a heavy sweli caused a parting after the
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  • 188 2 MISSIONARIES MEET AT SINGAPORE ITXDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP oi the U Rev. E. S. Lav, pastor of the G lang Methodist Church, 63 Biflfon acd Church workers of various denominationsL in_Sing&pore part m the "united training school for workers m the Kingdom." which opened yesterday at the residence of Sir On?
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  • 18 2 CHINES? D OLLAR TO FIND OWN LEVEL c how bin 15 lj to do th m Shanghai Reuter
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  • 44 2 Message From Workers To Chinese S^ <»eneva. Jim I OME Groups o: it T!. >: velt rt to achie' ourr-b!e pc;: Ihe second res q mp:ith\ hf thf 1 lnnfsr I tss»'* who are her alh &."i'. China against 1.. ers v: the Bed.-. Reuter
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  • 20 2 GOOD ACTING IN "FRENCH WITHOUT TEARS" THE i and Bin i The I Bin: mum Joan: mas, Bel B I
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  • 749 3 GRIEVANCES OF INDIANS IN MALAYA Inadequate Representation And Low Wage Levels REPORT OF AGENT •WAGE rates are unsatisfactory. A curious practice prevails, that whatever the planters decide to pay, the Government departments follow suit," says Mr. C. S. >enkatachar. Agent of the Government of India m Malaya m his annual
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  • 27 3 Indian Coolie And Industry DSkUted t practically I difficult lustry, as •:al public could be the docile ings of 5 Mr. C. of the India m rt.
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  • 20 3 the Tri- "i n> not tad to the the a principal kayci of ■:as. iull ■■rte
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  • 452 3 Recipients Of Colony Honour Certificates AS announced m the Free Press yes- j terday. the Governor has awarded j Certificate of Honour to the follow- j ing persons m recognition of their loyal and valuable services to the Government of the Straits Settlements, Dr. Ong Huck Chye, Mr. Ching Kee
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    49 3 Those who have been picking Sir Bernard Henry Bourdillon, Governor of Nigeria, (above) as the mail most likely to succeed Sir Shenton Thomas as Governcr of the Straits Settlements at the end of next year, will be disappointed. Sir Bernard has been appointed to be Governor-General of the Sudan.
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  • 363 3 Johore Bahru To Have Two Black-Outs (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, June 8. DLACK-OUTS will be held m Johore Bahru, and an area of ten miles surrounding the town, on June 13 and July 3 states the Johore Government Gazette. The Gazette notification states: 'All persons and bodies charged
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  • 289 3 Extraordinary Marriage Tangle (From Our Own Correspondent) London, May 28. "AM I a widow? Have my children a father? And rt have they a stepmother as well as a mother of their own?" Mrs. R. B. White, of Penang House, Heath Road, Ipswich, asked reporters these
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  • 65 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) lpoh, June 7. k CHINESE man and woman were charged at Kuala Kangsar with ill-treating a seven-year-old girl. The man said that since his wife's death his sister-in-law had looked after the child. He was discharged The woman explained that the cane
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  • 71 3 From Our Own Correspondent! Kuala Lumpur, June 8. Efficiency decorations and medciLs were presented by the Acting British Resident, Major G. M. Kidd, f ollov the birthday parade this morning to the following: Lieut. E. C. S. Sichel. 2nd Lieut. H. S. Duncan. Serg. G Johnston, Corporal Goon
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    • 135 3 FREE Illbk 13 lITIA COST) •ill this fine EQUIPMENT k i.»m« j%: j» N^Monal School* Am asidttMi nvationally r«cogmt wfan m -n< \>ur »p«r« tune ■irathtM Taaafe *nj^ EAIN HGGcR PAY C -»mm uaitratiorv* Ma* l«v Hiag Broadoajfan« Nkk Tclev^on USY-TO-lUBN MITHOOS «»t«d for 34 O^aaaM your own '< r
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    • 308 3 USHERS IN THE DRUGLESS AGE THE MOST PREDIGESTED MINERAL VITAMIN-FOOD I§3»\ IN THE WORLD. HBP)\ HEALTH, STRENGTH, RICH RED BLOOD FOR ALL. P?53A\ DEPRESSION, LOSS OF WEIGHT, BRAIN-FAG IhPs\\ STOMACH TROUBLES, LASSITUDE, SKINNINESS I^^ GLAND STARVATION 1$ RECTIFIED W^mP^^S/* Justaia house if buiH with bricki »o mineral and too much
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  • 893 4  -  Rose Patterson A Woman Journalist's By |T is to be hoped that Paris fashion will not go to the lengths or rather heights of the time of Ivouis XVI. The expansion of summer hats, m more than one direction, and especially with the higher and more decorative crowns,
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  • 443 4  -  SHEILAH GRAHAM BY CKIRTS are going higher and higher every day. Take a peep at the dress worn by Jane Bryan, who is appearing with Bette Davis m "The Old Maid." It is at least 1£ inches from the ground and is fashioned of black
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  • 57 4 VOICE AND BEAUTY B^E DAVIS fc~ *n d end ***>< the j*^ wretch:. amplest one requires ver» h h hr* r <U When P^jS? < •ov;est part m k xh U Pi lash; tef io to spe^j^ Today (an be overcome ceasing the v^S^' on jeadlnc looking' v r< J*
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    • 33 4 Jluprecedefded PrkeGd FMS $0-99 c f\ $0-B9« FMS Sl-ffO* /^i^^^y^Ti I SS SO-38C FMS $0-35' <^'' SO-93C Jf^ 1^ Unbelievable reductions m numerous childrens', ladie^ and genes' shoes. Advt^ of Batg.."hce'Co v Ltd, Bfefa»or«
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    • 302 4 How I Made This AMAZING CHANGE fWv^ In 7 Dnuc Mr? k-jßV**- *:XS9IH a-^^ g^% tom| WK.A T^ a aS P M AS SHEJSJ3 Miss Orouet made this omoitng change m her oppeoronce m 7 days Read below her personal letter m whicn ihe exp'oins exactly how she did it
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    180 5 picture. picture pirtme. pictnrr Free Press picture. picture. I picture. IMB <>MMANDEE-IN-CHIEF, Sir Shenton Thomas, lide-de-tamp. Captain R. A. Gwvn, arriving at Farrei it| for the King's Birthday parade. Free Press TW fM r \H\NG (rifht) leaving the dais after the paraik >est«rdav. Free Press '^'-"M M B„ v )V
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  • 397 6 Tokio Tries To Cripple British Trade Hong Kong, June 8. TAE China Press m Shanghai reports that the British Consulate there i? detailedly studying the Japanese blockade of the Yangtze ports along the China coast, but is unable to announce :it present whether to resort to "diplomatic means" to reach
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  • 87 6 £1,000 Awaits "Lost" Man may be a man entitled tD £1.000 without knowing it Ke is the nephew of the late Mrs. Martha Rebecca Day, of Ashl?y-avenue, Cheriton, Folkestone, whose £1,664 v.lll. published yesterday, left the reridue of her estate to The son of my late sister, whose maiden name
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  • 588 6 Mr. Mac Donald Lauds Modern Imperialism PRESENT DAY AIMS London, June 7. <*DRITAIN has achieved a triumphant success m her rule of the Dominions;' declared Mr. Mac Donald, introducing the Colonial Office estimates m the Commons today. He added: "We guided their affairs until our
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  • 658 6 WORK OF OVERSEAS LEAGUE Unity Of Empire TODAY is the birthday of the Kins:, at present on a tour of Canada and the United States amid oven more than the expected manifestations of enthusiasm," said Mr. R. B. Willmot, British Government Trade Commissioner at Singapore and chairman of the Singapore
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  • 202 6 I EONARD FREEMAN, aged 17, was 1 found dead last week tn the backyard of a house m North End Road, Fulham, W., where he was lodging. Forty feet above him was the open window of his bedroom, from which he had fallen. For two days
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  • 300 6 NEGLEY FARSQN'S v VMHfcKk are the English settlers m T Farson asks this question m ih. "^""J'k*? of articles caMed to the Dtih M- ;,T rH He blames Whitehall^ chronic 'n,S? T "i3 of imagination lor enabling (^rman S&2 *3 and multiply while the
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  • 10 6 Chiang's Call To Overseas Chinese A pro Phi, >.h, Maprodu,
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  • 24 6 I OK, Vu- 4 Till. D th< E reying ed to c. build msinta:: Thf ccntly tl me:., d
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    • 63 6 LAST 2 DAYS OF -SALEFurther redaction on all articles "t nniAr on screens. Cabinets, ■j^r I KlUt krobrcHdVnes, Evening Bags, and Porcelain. 18, Battery Road. v <M^ Phone 7143. Ist floor. Have You heard of the big "LOVE AFFAIR" 0% k IRENE DUNNF CHARLES BOYEP Hp^|^y They're the leading figures
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    • 25 6 11 111 l H '^rv^V'^ Bp h^'See this u^tt O.H.V. enßine. luggape boot. etc. ORCHAHD ROAD. SINGAPORE. n Represented throughout Malaya by WEARNE 880' lf
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  • 448 7 Other Reasons Also Postpone Discussion AMERICA EUROPE Washington D.C. A MOVEMENT to abandon neutrality legislation at this session of Congress is developing m responsible Administration quarters, the British United Press was reliably informed. It was understood that Chairman Key Pittman, of the Senate Foreign
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  • 144 7 London. A WOMAN novelist's obsession that her young daughter would be taken away from her was referred to at an inquest at Mtfdstone. Kent, on Mrs. Marie Elspeth Asnes Winch. 43. of the Crofts. West Farleigh, near Maidstone. Better known as Evelyn Winch, author of "The Girl
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  • 428 7 Relation Of Teeth Tonsil Infections St. Louis, Mis. TWO Philadelphia physicians report- ed to th e American Medical Association that a relation between infections of teeth and tonsils to other diseases has never been proved and that its importance has been greatly exaggerated. Drs. Hobart A. Reimann and W. Paul
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    • 242 7 y<~^v* of "DAWN PATROL" Bring You fl* no ther Thrilling Air-Drama rffjlNG TODAY 3 SHOWS OF THE f :^sC^#^}T OLIVIA DeHAVILLANb >„„ JOHN PAYNE hhrl **r* Q \X- rtnk McHunh John Litel ~WW rr*. «V Stlr »>ri^ Victor Jory Henry O'Neill >l o»^r 1^ »»y LLOYD BACON nU ">€ A
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    • 64 7 WW n,ore P^^^sgendin.. BLACK OUT Wh, s ,t home hi •Uffj'Z To?" tni 3 c the CAPITOL TUES. NEXT JUME 13th Speciil Return Screening ONE DAI ONLY MYRNA LOY and WILLIAM POWELL m MGM/s Up™a'- M > us comedy hit DOUBLE WEDDING Note In order to avoid inconveniences of the
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    • 298 7 3 SHOWS TODAY 3.15 6.15 9.15 AT THE CAPITOLI TWO GREAT STARS RE-UNITED IN THE DARING PRIZE PLAY THAT ELECTRIFIED LONDON FOR 2 YEARS! Also: A Beautiful coloured ■H«Ti&|TMw4^4^*(i I WT^^H Travelogue SYDNEY, PRIDE of AUSTRALIA EDWARD ARNOLD CHARLES COBURN JOSEPH SCMILDKRAUT Latest Gaumont News. TONIGHT 6.15 9.15 x^Sr m^^^k
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  • 575 8 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 1939. Colonial Policy UR. MALCOLM MACDONALD'S speech m the House of Commons on Wednesday, when he introduced the Colonial estimates, will be studied with deep interest m Malaya. In considering his remarks and their application to this country, it must be remembered that
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  • 1126 8 By A Special Correspondent lUST for a change, lay aside your book by Edgar Wallace, or Dorothy Sayers, or Bruce Graeme, or R. A. J. Walling, which has supplied you with a thrill a minute m murder mysteries, and turn to a local publication
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    • 160 8 4 I agree.. You find I ROSES Lime Juice I satisfies all tastes!" -s il 1M H "VV)au»tS3v». ASK FOR i^B ft Jflj I fl /Vt? //AMe Mw/r/rr //v/o >i/k/ SOLE AGEHTS: JOHN LITTLE CO., LTD. i Incorporated m England SINGAPORE, KUALA 1.1 MPt'R, PENANG IPOH. is sure death ■/J
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    • 33 8 In iV"S I What is the oomethlng? m every garment leaving this establishment It cannot be describee exactly.^. but it is Style i TRY MIEH CHONG TAILORING I —34 Coleman St. Phone 4516-
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  • 242 9 GOVERNOR ENTERTAINS COMMUNITIES More Than 1000 At Brilliant Garden Party A MYTH SHATTERED ANOTHER Singapore myth was shattered yesterday: the myth that this Outpost of Empire, w here men are men and the heat gets them down, lacks beautiful women. There were more beauties to the square foot at the
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  • 28 9 Guests Of Sir Shenton picture. GARDES PARTY: A vicvr of some of the 1.000 pccple I party at Gcverxment House last evening. It f Government House. Free Press
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  • 74 9 OORITA TELLS AMERICA ;IT\ SOFIA ALVAREZ, aged 22, Mexico City ied m New York from Singapore recently Rev wearing $25,000 (VS.) worth of sapand told a romantic story of a arriage from an Indian prince who later b} introducing her to his wife. company,
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  • 13 9 I en at 7.30 p.m. I ground. be brought
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  • 17 9 t^p-Jntient I »re Bahru. June 8. T^t- General Adviser, -den party Hnfl BirthSaujana; 21 the fort at
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  • 276 9 Well Known Hollanders Leave Malaya TWO OF THE best known members of the Dutch community m Singapore are leaving Malaya. Mr. C. van Burken, manager of the Nederland Lino- at Singarore for the pas: 18 months, will leave for Rangoon m the Slrdhana tomorrow, while Mr. J. Ph. N. Dv
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  • 48 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, June 5. The death occurred last night oi Datin Yahaya, wife of Lieut-Col, Yahaya, acting Commandant, Johore Military Forces. At th- funeral this afternoon, tnerj W2s a large att:ndane?, includ ng the Tun-ku Mahkcta. Regenr cf Johore.
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  • 31 9 (From Our Orn Correspondent) Bansko'.;, June 8. King Georges birthday today vquietly observed by the British There wu no formal csletralun the British Legation but visitor., cailed there to leave cards.
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  • 353 9 SINGAPORE APPOINTMENTS FLLOWING are brief biographical details Of some of the newly- appointed Singapore Justices of the Peace: Mr. Lee Kong Chian ONIC of the foremost exporters of Rubber and canned pineapples m Malaya, Mr. Lee Kong Chian is .inder of the Lee firms: Le
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  • 83 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penan?, June 7. THE DISTURBANCE caused by two cockerels being urged to fight made a police inspector living at Dato Kramat Road look out of his quarters. He saw a Chinese egging on the birds. As a sequel, a Chinese, Foong
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  • 216 9 1939's 5TH PUBLIC HOLIDAY T£N days after enjoying the Whitsun t holiday week-end, thousands of Singapore office-workers and tuan besars had their fifth public holiday Of the year, yesterday, celebrating the King's birthday. While hundreds flocked to the city's seaside resorts, Katong and Changi, some hoisted sails and hired craft
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  • 266 9 LJIGHLIGHT of the Farrer Park parade yesterday was the fly past by 29 R.A.F. and S.S.V.A.F. aircraft, Dressed m the blue uniform and piumed helmet of colonial governors, the Governor and Commander-in Chief, Sir Shentcn Thomas, took the salute at what was probably the Empire's
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  • 211 10 Hong Kons, June 7. MADAM CHIANG KAI-SHEK. accompanied by her A vker and friend, Mr. Donald, arrived here by plane this mornI hi-h officials from Chungking arrived m the British ecleny by the same plane. It h, pounced uhat Madam n will be. but
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  • 103 10 R iii lid Massey last week refused to d:.s.uss reports that he would marry society woman. Mrs Dorothy Ludingtci Whitney, after his divorce from Adriannc Ail^n. But close friends aud the actor^ manager, William Fields, saia tbe reyuili were "undoubtedly acCUTAU\' Mrc>. Whitney is thr
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  • 26 10 A ii n of £23.000 fiom the Rockefeller Foundation to provide and equip a res'.t re h laboratory for organic chemistry at Oxford University *as aoknnw-
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  • 352 10 Godfrey Brown Puts His Work First London, Ma> 25* GODFREY brown, Britain's best quarter-miler of a generation, wiD be teaching hero-worshipping class at Bedford School tjday instead oi having a Whitstm athletics holiday White C He said, he will not, as a newlymarried man. allow athletics to interfere with his
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  • 33 10 Work will be resumed at four miles of Morfa tinplate works, Llanclly. which have been idle for more than a year, and are now being token over by Rlrhard Thomas and Co., Ltd.
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  • 399 10 "Killing Off A Few At A Time" GUERILLA WAR METHODS Chungking, May 29. MILITARY dissension between Eighth Route Army guerillas who went to drive the Japanese army into the sea immediately and those who see greater profit m the longrun by killing off enough Japanese troops, but
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  • 127 10 London, THE WAR OFFICE announces that owing to the concentration of military efforts on the Regular and Territorial armies all arrangements for cade camps this year have been canit Jed. This includes the Whitsun camps. The Officers Training Corps camps of both Senior and Junior Divisions were
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  • 576 10 Promotion Of Public Health In Szechwan Chengtu. May 29. U/AR RELIEF SERVICE has been added to the long list of activities that for two decades has made the West China Union University of Chengtu, the capital of Szechwan Province, the outstanding agent of progress m local health conditions. Ninety-two students
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    21 10 A SiiOT from G. B. Skate's "Pygmalion," which has been filmed and will open a season at the Pavilion on Tuesday.
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    29 10 THIS LO.i^LICAIEL) appafu will, at the World's Fair m New York, have to collect enough cosmic rays to build up sufficient energy to lijht the buildings of the fair.
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  • 31 10 Teams of young farmers from 16 countries will compete m a sheepshearing contest m Hyde Park, when Earl De La Warr, President of the Board of Education, will present the prizes.
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    • 212 10 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS TENDERS. SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. Tenders. Tencers are now invited for the follow m? materials or services. For particulars see Municipal Tenders RoomSupply of Three Chlorine Flow. Re- corders Date of Closing. 4 p.m.. July 3. 19b9 Supply Ol Straight Pipes and Special Cz or period Oct. 1. 1939 to
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    • 162 10 BOARD RESIDENCE. SEA FRONT KATONCi GRANGE— 77. Meyer Rd (near Swimming Club; Board- Residence at moderate rates Larpe Gardens— Tennis. Phone: 6758. EAST ANGLIA 6. OXLET KiSE SINGAPORK. 3 mins. to town nigb icvei garages, daily or monthly rates, large grounds, excellent cuisine tennis, single and double rooms. PHONE 43H
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    • 87 10 BANK 0??^ I excess ot loUl Asseu I •PPreximatel» I SEtan I FOREIGN CurreSv £T Sv* I au^rr rained or erQ «t^ I EXCEL Dullness f G uc Qc,^ individual v I provide I lm v. „j VMt ns h "hen- v, h c Vlfp I vnious sizes tur hire
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    • 425 10 RADIO PROGRAMMES SINGAPORE I TODAY ZHL 225 metres ZUP 30 06 tnrtrea. p.m. 5.00 Recitation oi the Koran. From iFe Studio. 5.20 Arabic mui.ie.+ 5.40 LagU Melayu." 6.00 Tecchew dramas. -7.00 Children*! programme I 7.15 Time, weather, news and announcements. 7.30 "From the Studio Armchair." 7.45 Tne request programme.---8.35 The
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    • 108 10 BERLIN TODAY |)i DJB 15 10 d»c s t->° DJN IM p.:. i C 8.35 9.3 Gi I CALCUTTA I C DAY v. PJB. I "Girb» b P NiROM lODAY p.m. 1.10 K< I 1 22 b 1 .ft ItMl J.I it N' 'A3 I 2.2« i Clos- d 4Si
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    • 298 11 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCK SHARES t sterday's Quotations from L< ion 5.30 p.m. Yesterday I >**** tftOO unless I 44-64 90 poJ $125).... .3; 1. rjuJtti.... .••I'........ I al Prat B Ne. York) can. n ~< > m gp> j 18.) Sjci Cbmi rd«) 5BJ Crc 4s.) 'Xt\\ J
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    • 44 11 I'aris. May i:>. led tradi- n Ifusemn I i Id ma^tMilan 10 the now be- s 'St. :ncia- Vcror. Venice galleries have nous vrorks the Louvre I the exchange d no politithe tradic»: lending to another 1 cxhibi-
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    • 25 11 $15 MILLION FOR SPANISH SHIPPING ''Udhd, June 8. 00.000 has been sh mercantile >; 20 years, Tor and modern--cuion Is that' or repaired m j Reuter
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    • 203 11 Queen Mary At King's Birthday Parade London, June 8. THE KING'S BIRTHDAY was officially celebrated m London with the centuries-old ceremony of trooping the Colour on the Horse Guards Parade. More than 1.500 officers and men of the Brigade of Guards were on parade, or otherwise took part m the
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    • 65 11 From London: Latest Quotations TIN: Easy. Spot: £225 7s. 6d. Previously: £226. Three months: £222 17s. 6d. Previously: £223 10c. NEW YORK TIN: 46.65. Previously: 48.75. COPPER: £42 2s. 6d. Previously: £42 7s. 6d. GOLD: Yesterday: £7 Bs. 5d Previously: £7 Bs. 4d. SILVER: Spot: 19 15
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    • 220 11 From London 5.30. p.m. Yesterday RUBBER: Steady. London: B^d. 83 B d. Previously: S^d. a2 B d. July-Sept.: 8 5 16d. 8 7 16d. Previously: 8 3 B d. 8 7 16d. Oct.-Dec: B%d. 8 J 2 d. Previously: 8 7 16d S^d. Jan.-Mar.: 8 7 16d.
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    • 68 11 London Closing Quotations Metnoo 01 Pant> oeiore Latest Centre Quoting 20-9-31 Rate Previously Paris Franc to 124.11 l 76 3 4 176 3 New York... S to 4.8655 4.68 716 4.68 916 Amsterdam Guilders to 12.10 8.79 3 4 8.79U Hong Kong.. Per dollar 15.215;i6d 15.215 16d.
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    • 88 11 Tokio, June 8. WELL-KNOWN liners will m future be exempted from being stopped and examined by Japanese warships, an Admiralty spokesman stated today. He added that there had been no change m the policy of the Japanese navy, which was to respect the peaceful commerce
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    • 78 11 Detroit, June 8. THE FIRST EFFORT of the Committee of Industrial Organisation to obtain a closed union shop for the motor car industry has failed. This was disclosed when it was revealed that the contract ending the Bnggs motor plant strike here did not contain this concession.
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    • 68 11 London, June 8. Mr. William Straus, head of the Central Department at the Foreign Office who is proceeding to Moscow, probably at the week-end, to render technical assistance to the British Ambassador m the conversations on negotiations for a non-aggression pact, is expected to return
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    • 236 11 Prime Minister Announces Thetis Inquiry London, June 8. IN THE House of Commons tonight the Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, announced a public inquiry into the Thetis disaster, presided over by Mr. Justice Bucknill. Questioned regarding today's abortive attempt to raise the Thetis, Mr. Chamberlain said all the lifting wires
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    • 1299 11 From Exchange Telegraph Co. Fraser And Co. 9 List WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1939: 5 P.M. MINING Bayers Sellers Anipat Tin (4ft) 3s Hfcd 4s l^d Austral AmaL (ss) 4s IMA 5s U*d Austral Malay 38s 42s Aver Hitam (ss) 22s 9d 23s 9d Ayer Weng
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    • 74 11 List Supplied Hy Messrs, rhuti Cm. WEDNESDAY. JIXE 7, 1?39: SPM iota i rot Company Dividend Books Financial TIN Close Date Si int year Kitam Tin 5% Int. June 19 June 24 June ?J 10'e Raub sd. int. June 8 June 14 June ftd. Renong Consold. 6d.
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  • 1018 12 No Real Trouble To The Japanese WARNING FRO M CHUNGKING Shanghai, May 31. THE possibility that Japan may succeed m building 1 up new industrial areas throughout China, even without substantial foreign financial assistance, causes anxiety among some foreign military and naval circles. These quarters predicted the
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  • 205 12 McNutt Campaign For Presidency Washington, June 1. 117 HEN Paul V. McNutt. American high commissioner to the Philippines, arrives here he will rind his followers eager to launch the campaign for his Democratic nomination for president, although he is not expected to start his personal campaign until autumn, political observers
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  • 300 12 Paris. May 2ti. •THE longest electrified railway line m France— from Paris to Hendaye Via Bordeaux. a distance of 505 miles was inaugurated today when the Tours- Bordeaux section was placed m service. A special train of nine Pullman cars oi a total weight oi sou
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  • 789 12 NATIONAL PACT DUTIES Tv Chungking, May 2;>. Ia a nation-wide broadcast on the evening of May 1 at the first People's monthly Meeting of the National Spiritual Mobilization Movement, Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek dealt at length on the significance of the Movement and the supremacy of
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  • 144 12 London, May 25. CIR MORTON SMART, manipulative v surgeon to the King, foresees a chain of industrial clinics where workers m every industrial centre could receive th? Dencflts o- mecfaani-l cai aids to healing. Urging this at the Public Health Congress at Hastings yesterday, he said
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  • 31 12 "Today we launch our National Spiritual Mobilization Movement. I know that, all Chinese, wherever they manna L SS ert. when they arrived m Paris on the Norniandie bout train.
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  • 72 12 QUEEN .NAZI I. the mother of the King of Egypt, has now returned to (airo, from Iran where she attended the religious part of the wedding ceremony of her eldest daughter to the frown Prince of Iran Here is Picture of the Queen with a lady-in-waiting
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  • 129 12 Chinese Y.M.C.A.'s Service To Soldiers iChh. I s train-, anc regulati ditlon U Helj are conducted :V d current topto s exercise., provided DRESSING STATIONS si Tea and cd. Dr, voun and men a I head by c n amu tels and aden Baltic < \v servi. on board I
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  • 24 12 (From Oi f Am winy. I The pi d and tl pro n who e&i i DDfl On hy •tea
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  • 528 13 S. S. Panama Is Almost Unsinkable TWELVE COMPARTMENTS TWIT QC T> L•• NeW Y rk > Ma > T 20--|tti- 8A Panama, hailed as the safest-ship m the world trom the standpoint of fire-proofing and structural it lof three sister sh^ to be sssss m the 812,000,000 programme of the
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  • 136 13 The following ships are alongside ux Singapore Harbour 3oard wharves or expecied to arrive: East Wharf: Entrance Gate 1; Exit 1:— Sinihana 22. Main Wharf, Entrance Gate 2; Lxit 3:— Balaklava 18; Benavoo it; Manila ifm 14; liiarapoera 11; Kepong 10: Calchas 8: Kutsang, Ipoh 7. Empire Dock:
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    • 412 13 if.r fIH fpTOand BRITISH INDIA LINES I I 1 ...L^'FIPORATED l>i ENGLAND) P. <5c O. S. N. COS SAILINGS, OITWARDS Due D lv 1 BANGALORI A 000 Af II JUU 14 RANPURA 17 000 S^nt I =8 RAWALPIND 17 000 |?ot 2BHUTAN 6>loo sept 23 HOMEWARDS I«vea Leave* Twnzfe. >pore
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    • 141 13 MeALISTER CO., LTD. (Incorporate! >v s'f»-Mt« Settlements. IiKKSHAM MOUBB BATTCRI ftn. SINUATOKB. rUONI 5172 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL S.S. Co.. Ltd. incorporated m England.) HAVRE LONDON ROTTERDAM HAMBURG VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL Meamer Due Sails CITY OF PITTSBURG Calls Glasgow June 29 July 2 CITY OF DERBY Calls Glasgow July 30
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    • 698 13 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Ocean Building. Collyet Qua? Slnnport TeL 515 L Chartered Bank BaiJding Penang xel 1266. BLUE FUNNEL LINE. FAS I SLU VICES MAKSLILLLS LONDON, COM IN EM ASD GLAMiDW (In oonjanetioD witn the Glen Line) DIOMED L'don, R'dam. Hull and Hburg June 10 June IS AGAMEMNON Maii., Casa,
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    • 620 14 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated In F.M.3.) TELEPHONE: Freight 5433— Passage 51SL (CANADIAN PACIf IC twwiPi CftMnni Clncorporateci tn li<r> g l a r Hll IMt -KMfHtSS- KOITE offers TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES via HONOLULU or direct EMPRESS to VANCOUVER— ACROSS CANADA by TRANS-CONTIN-■HTM TRAIN without change— thence by CANADIAN PACIFIC ATLANTIC SERVICES
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    • 444 14 RED FUNNEL LINE SUGGESTIONS lOK YOl'U HOLIDAYS Singapore-Iljtaua-Cheribon-Scmarang-Singaiiorc Round trip occupies about 9 days. First Class $90.00 Sailing from Singapore every Tuesday and Friday Singapore -Sourabaya -Band jermasinSingapore Kound trip occupies about 1? days First Class 5100.00 Sailing every alternate Friday Singapore-Indragiri River Torts-Singapore Kound trip occutie* 6 days First
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    • 64 14 BRITISH INDIA STEAM KAViGATIOK CO.. LTD APCAR LINE) FOR BONG KONG, SHANGHAI. MOJI, KOBE AND OSAKA s.s. SANTHIA 8.000 TONS SAILING ItJNI 15, AT 3 P.M. The above vessel r.as excellent modern accemmedation for First Saloon and Second Saloon Dassenaers Special Holiday Return tickets to China ano Japan Interchangeable with
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    • 455 14 AMERICAN PRESIDENT LiHEsTTfTi ro etKOP». FBOM SINGAPORE AND FtNANG TO COLOMBO B (tM«i. ALEXANDHIA NAPLES. GENOA iSSiI SSVj jg*«» PRESmENT POLK June 17 ppn^« PRESIDENT GARFIELD Ju v ,V n X PRESIDENT MONROE ju v 2fi PRESIDENT ADAMS Au O I 2 X PRESIDENT VAN BUREN Au* J PRESIDENT HARRISAN
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    • 417 14 Air Mail Arrivals And Despatches INWARD days. Thursdays, Fridays. Postage Imperial: From Europe due- rate 8 cents per half-ounce. Monday. Thursday. Friday after- J-*** *™%rH>yl noons. Postage 8 cents per half-ounce. Wearnes: From Penang, Ipoh, h.N.1.L.M.: To Saigon: Mails and Kuala Lumpur. Arrives everj close 11.30 a.m. Tuesdays. Postage evening
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  • 116 15 Today's Contract Bridge Problems Bruce r Oswald to ed such m In Lded t be- I :ade penlng. Dbl. then >pades. <pade and up. cle- letting I m down De--.e bitter .y is was i inds oi the Ace Kin? or •c wouldn't thrown m Xc ced to lead i
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  • 241 15 How To Apply Siam's NewFound Names (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok. June 7. IN an order of the day. the Minister of Defence, after pointing out the desirability of changing the name of 'Siam' to 'Trades Thai" enjoins his officers and men to adopt, when alluding to their country. "Prades
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  • 180 15 40 -Mile Tiger Hunt In Johore From Our Own Correspondent > Segamat, June 7. A maneating tigt r is reported to be prowling m the Labis Forest Reserve. A Chinese was carried away while out tapping jelutong. The man went with two others to tap rubber m thfck jungle. He
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  • 53 15 London, May 29. THE 758-ton passenger and mail steamer Dalriada. on service beUeen Campbeltown (Argyllshire) and Glasgow vestarday. passed tnrougn a shoal of 'forty basking sharks m the Flrtt! of Clyde. Four sharks were killed. A passenger said later "We sailed through a
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    46 15 a REE L\ TROVERS of the llth Destroyer I t arrived m Torbay on a four-daw visit. Here the Mace-bearer, B tflxtcr, an ex-Chief Petty Officer Gunnery ctor hi the U: val I shores his mace to interested sail rs aboard the destroyer "De Ccrdel i
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  • 1484 15 Outstanding Amateur, Says Henry Cotton nPTTTGu London, May 25. amateur golfers have settled their championship dispute, and a brilliant week at Hoylake it has been, writes Henry Cotton. i ?i? m( m n staved off the ch allense of America's best, and the trophy now
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  • 193 15 THE following new book;, will be read; for tasvt at Rafles Library tomorrow The Direction of War, W. D. Bird; How to Win Friends and Influence People, Dale Carnesie; Grandma Called It Carnal, Eertha Damon; The Navy from Within, K. G. B Dewar Trial of Field
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  • 258 16 S.C.C. BEAT NON- BENDERS Comfortable Win By Six Wickets MAJOR NEVILLE GETS 34 THE S.C.C. had an easy win, by six wickets, over the Non-Benders m their annual match played on the S.C.C. padang~~yesterday7~ The Non-Benders, batting first, made 90, thanks largely to the 34 contributed by their opening batsman,
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  • 79 16 From Our Own Correspondent; Penang, June 8. WHILE WORKING on the track this morning Sir Theo hald and Con Con collided m the straight. Con Con broke a hind \ez and had to be destroyed. McPherson was on Sir Theobald and a riding boy
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  • 361 16 Television Has Spread To The Links London. May 25. |T IS QUEER how golfers have jumped to the conclusion that Reg Whitccmbe is just a plum bird oeing offered for a killing by Bobby Locke m this week's 72-holes match at Coombe Hill. The thought has simply not occurred to
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    16 16 TiVOLii.VD BE^rs FRANCE m Davis Cup—Shayes beat Demestreav R A. Shayes during his match arjainst Demestreau
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  • 49 16 TIES m the Singapore Lawn Tennis Association championships to be ;!ayed at the S.C.C. courts today are U iollows: Women's open doubles: Mrs. Warden and Mrs. Strickland vs. Mrs. Nassim and Mrs. B. Sewell. Mrs. Eber and Mrs Pennefather vs. Mrs. Cherringtor. and 1 Mrs. Chanrj.
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  • 31 16 London. June 8. The International Olympic Committee decided the 1940 games will include boxing, fencing, canoeing, track and field athletics, the modern penthalon. cycling, wrestling and swimming.— Reuter
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  • 27 16 THE REPLAY m the Island Golf Club's May women's bogey competition resulted m a win for Mrs. F. T. WyckofT. who finished 2 down.
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  • 82 16 (From Our Own Correspondent) B: >gkok, June 7. SINGAPORE has already met sonic Siamese players of lawn tennis m previous tournaments. Now the Prime Minister, General Luang Pibul Songgram, who is also Minister of Defence, has given £135 to encourage the youth of the land
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  • 210 16 THE R.E. iChangi> put up a first in- ings score of 141 against the St. Andrew's School eleven's total of 132 tor six wickets m a game of cricket at St. Andrew's yesterday. Scores: ST. ANDREW'S N. Capel b Green 35 J. Anchant run out 35
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  • 214 16 THE Johore C.C. beat an S.C.C. team by seven wickets m a match played at Johore Bahru yesterday. Scores: S.C.C. J. H. Willmott c Wyatt b Alvls 2 W. R. King c Pearce b Alvis 4 J. E. Jeans c and b Lowson 4 K. A.
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  • 24 16 The cricket match between the S.C.R.C. and the C.S.A. which was to have been played yesterday at Hong Urn Green was cancelled.
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  • 275 16 London, May 2s. THE ENGJ-AND football team arrived home yesterday landing at Folkestone harbour by the Channel steamer Maid of Kent. Sou' enirs o: the tour and gifts for friends at home wer: Much m evidence. Every member of V.iC F.A. party which' numbered 32 carried
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  • 52 16 The following will represent the Rocklites m a lriendly badminton match on Sunday against the Seletar Badminton Party at 2.30 p.m. at Seletar, where three singles and two doubles will be played: John Phang (capU, Willie Kay. Sidney Ortega, Michal Phang, Joseph Chia, Ivan X.. Choo and G.
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    19 16 picture Free Press NON-BENDERS vlay the S.C.C.—Thc umpire, Mr. Vaughan Jones, followed, by C side, Leonard, Staunton and Milton
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  • 35 16 Today's ties m the S.C.R.C. lawn tennis tournament are as follows: Court A: Tan Huck Toll (—18) vs. Tan Yong Poh (—6). Court B: Cecil Wong (scr.) vs. Kwik Sam York (scr.).
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  • 426 16 WHITE CITY MUDDLE THE thoughtieesnees of sports rule thj really passes understanding. In 3 t j m have perhaps the greatest track athlete' had; certainly one whom we can ing better than the best. You would think, then, that red nurse Uo, m J him, wheedle
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  • 61 16 A* tour whirl. sit y cou:.- an coach. Mi M flaer to Th Car: S.C.. wh I tetm'i women Olympic i ho.-: Sept IS be fr The :doa the ityies various iwii vise at to t proveme: On the bas long worked out about the
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    • 26 16 'Steps t^^^Securitii 1111 I I I I Ail pi All Classes ■■■■■■■I of Insurance dhc ftojjai Exchange AssurancetiM^ HEAD OFFICE FOR MALAYA: 6. CHARTERED BANK CH*MI
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