The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 15 June 1939

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  • 18 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. *****. ESTD. 1835 THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1939. 5 CENTS j
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  • 847 1 B AN SINGAPORE TO JAPANESE Urges Reprisal For Tientsin TOKIO ADAMANT London, June 14. MOKKING, (Govt., Preston), asked m the >niijht whether the Government would immethe Japanese Government that unless the were discontinued, the Japanese would ienied all use of the ports of Hong [L >inijap'»r< and Penang. A. Kutler.
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  • 69 1 i London, June 14. THE International Tin 1 Committee today fixed the quota for the third quarter at 45 per cent., an increase of five per cent. It is understood no change whatever was made to the Buffer Pool arrangements and that the various current
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  • 141 1 AN UGLY CASE London, June 14. THE British Government has requested the German Government to,, arrange for the withdrawal of the German Consul at Liverpool, Herr Reinhardt, announced Mr. Chamberlain, m the Commons today. This is sequel to a case heard m the Manchester
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  • 142 1 London, June 14. THE pronouncement of the informal conference of Princes and Ministers of the Indian States at Bombay on Monday that the terms offered to the States for joining the proposed All-India Federation were unacceptable has disappointed seme English expectations. The Times says: "There is
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  • 78 1 Tokio. June 14. Recovering from the effects of poi sonlng Mr. Tomesabiiro Shimizu, Parliamentary Foreign Vice-Mlnister. arrived m Fukuoka, Kyushu, from Nanking yesterday by air. Mr Liang Hung-chih, President or the Executive Yuan m the "Reformed Government of the Republic of China, who was among Japanese
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    46 1 A REUTER message from Tientsin says a Briton, Eric May ell, (above) who was one of the Panay survivors, yesterday was arrested on the International Bridge for taking photographs. He is still being detained. Mayell, a professional cameraman, icas m Singapore for some weeks last year.
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  • 605 1 GERMANY AND THE ROYAL TOUR Press 'Warning' To j United States London, June 14. A FTER a week of consistently miniA misins the value of the Itoa^our •kWT 3tre>smg some of tKe lronyoT its less formal aspects, sections of the German press now admit that thp visit has proved a
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  • 263 1 Unwillingness To Be Protected Moscow, June 14. AN the eve of the arrival here of Mr. William Strang, head of the Central European Department of the British Foreign Office, Pravda, chief .organ of the Kremlin, commenting on the negotiations for an Anglo-French-Soviet alliance, again insists
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  • 30 1 London, June 14. Mr. Chamberlain told the Common* today that the suspension of the ordinary activities of Parliament did noi form part of the Government': emergency plans.- Reuter
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  • 53 1 Paris, June 14. T*HE text of the Franco- Turkish agreement is now taking definite shape, according to well-informed quarters. The agreement is understood to be m two parts, one relating to the Sandjak of Alexandretta and the other involving a declaration of mutual assistance m the
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  • 101 1 London, June 14. APoltab uoncmic minion, head<M by Col. Adamoc, arrived m London this afternoon, and wa^ formally welcomed at the station on behalf of the Government, lattr proceeding to the Foreign Office, pfcWC Lord Halifax received the delegates They will have conversations there with the
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  • 197 2 JAPANESE AND SHANGHAI MILL STRIKES Commons Questions On Anti British Agitation PROTESTS TO TOKIO London, June 14. JHE Under Foreign Secretary, Mr. R. A. Butler, replying to Mr. A. C. Moreing (Govt., Preston) m the Commons tonight, said that as a result of anti-British agitation, a number of strikes recently
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    32 2 ike at m at tht New World's Fair is a "dove dmmctr," t execute* her danc< n mwen uhite pigeons fitting on her head o.nd arms. They as o substitute for clothing.
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  • 100 2 Shanghai. June 14. AT the nptntoj today of the Tinkler A bM at the British Court. British eycwltnOMl testified that Tinkler did net fire a revolver shot at the nrt at the ground. rued until wr. A British colleague o: Tinkler testihe cowje of a srruggk
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  • 15 2 Loudon. Jun_» 14. Lord Wimborne. Lord-Lieutenant of .nd from 1915 to 1918, has died.— Reuter
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  • 62 2 Hung Kong, June 14. The Western China University, Chengtu, has cabled to President Roosevelt, urging the Government of the United States to stop selling aeroplanes and gasoline to Japan "for the purpose of bombing defenceless cities m China." The cable was signed by
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  • 508 2 TOKIO VIEW OF TIENTSIN DEADLOCK Britain New Order Tokio, June 14. COMMENTING on the British proposal for the organisation of an investigation commission m Tientsin, the Yomiuri Shim tun, says what Japan is concerned with is not the question of the British Concession m Tientsin, alone, but the question of
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  • 230 2 BRITAIN AND PALESTINE Geneva, June 14. THE League Mandates Commission today concluded its examination of the administrative sections of the report on Palestine and Trans-Jordan. The examination largely occupied economic conditions. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald gave a warning that while Palestine trade figures for 1938
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  • 107 2 Prague. June 14. A CZECH woman was arrested today on suspicion of being an accomplice and knowing the identity of the murderer of a German policeman at Kladno. On the night of June 7, a chief sergeant of the German Orderly Police. Wilhelm Kniest, was murdered
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    27 2 KING AND QUEEN IN HAPPY MO OD— One of the happiest pictures of the King and Queen taken during their Canadian tour, as their Majesties left Toronto.
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  • 25 2 Haifa, June 11. COrit Arabs captured m a military enira^enient near Safad on May 29 were sentenced to death today. Reuter
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  • At The Cinema
    • 45 2 GOOD age Chine which op< night. It i classical vai laid m any, selv< m complished -800 8 verriici thil Chi., I* yet. for Ch heroine, i. no rises to rar- Gof the tak delighted p: by her per: "Sable c
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    • 43 2 Tii;existed I erica toward is tfa the 20: fean d fUnu of din some which. tined to burn ai There stor; whi h n key R(»< which and Jan* 3 I The i a Pa ihe G ol iesr
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    • 4 2 Jftt ject tomorrow- Reuter
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    • 60 2 an economical treat full of concentrated go odn ess. Kidneys on toast have long been a favourite of the breakfast table. Not tfiey make a very palatable, light, early morning meal but one possessing an abundance of nutritive elements. Kidneys are very easy to prepare— and cheap too. AdvL of
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  • 297 3 in adequacy Of Alarms Revealed By Black-Out fII YS A.R.P. WARDENS ARE PRAISED if air raid warning sirens for Singapore .nrroased, as a result of the black-out and irfeflcea exercises on Tuesday night. t i, obvious that we must have more sirens,'* Tongue,
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  • 446 3 PREJUDICES HANDICAP EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS i^rom Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, June 11. ESTABLISHMENT ot a college m Negri Sembilan for Malay girls was suggested by Tuan Sheikh Ahmad at the meeting of the Lower Chamber of the Negri Sembilan State Council. "It is well-known that
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  • 227 3 to by the bo had i:ot long id when the glory once so powerful. md when the Powers Turkish possessions But this nickname no untry which, m an > baa ceased to be a i and one Nights modem State or 1^.2 .:;:r.g manr.tr State.
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  • 34 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, June 14. IN outlining plans for the introducI tion of a ban on horn sounding m of Kuala Lumpur, the me lowiwiny Ppnne-
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  • 90 3 THE Singapore Harbour Board, which has its own A.R.P. organisation, carried out successful excercises m its area, during Tuesday's black-out. "Bomb hits" were recorded m godowns, docks and lallang areas oy A.R.P wardens ir each of the three sectors. Keppel. the West Wharf and Tanjong Pagar.
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  • 160 3 Membership Of Clerks' Union Falls THE report cf the Council of the Clerical Union. Singapore, for the year ended Mar. 31, 1939. states that the total number of members as at Mar. 31 this year was 1.492, as against 5 The a statement of accounts showed a loss of $741.30.
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  • 75 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, June 14. THE NAMING ceremony of the Sunderland Flying Boat, cost the Negri Sembilan Government, $704. The cost of the ceremony was enhanced by the necessity for postponement from the first date fixed at a stage when the arrangements were well
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  • 115 3 $450,000 For New Hospital Quarters JOHORE SCHEME vFrom Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, June 14. THE Johore Oovernmen; is to spend about $450,000 this year on the construction of quarters lor hospital employees. Tenders huvc been closed and work will commence shortly. This undertaking forms part of the scheme which
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  • 43 3 MAJOR F. H. Vinden. G.S.O. 11. Malaya Command, returned from Hong Kong by the P. and O. liner Ranch! yesterday. Groftp Captain W. A. S. Duck, R A F also returned to Singapore by the Ranchi yesterday from Hong Kong.
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  • 153 3 CANING FOR YOUTHS IS ORDERED One Found Unfit FIVE STROKES of the rattan and an order to be placed m the custody of the Salvation Army for six months, were imposed on each of two 15-year-old Chinese youths, m the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday, by Mr. Conrad Oldham. They
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  • 123 3 CRITICISM OF CYCLE SCHEME IN SINGAPORE (Frcm Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, June 14. WHEN replying at the Sanitary Board meeting this morning to a suggestion for the registration of bicycles, the Chief Police Officer, Mr. J. P. Pennefather-Evans, formerly of Singapore, made a criticism of the Singapore system, which
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  • 370 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, June 13. NO fewer than 3.000 people, mostly hill cultivators, turned up en masse to view exhibits of ccpra, model copra kilns rubber smokehouses and poultry houses and pictures relating to rubber and other Malayan produce when a rural
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  • 134 3 JI^ORE than 100 Singapore school- children are looking for "Bonzo." a missionary's pet dog, which has been missing for a week. "Hr is no pedigree dog," Mi owner, Mr. Paul E. Thomas, manager of the Methodist Eock Room at Mount Sophia, told a
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  • 58 3 Claiming trial to a charge of robbing Amany of a steel trunk containing clothing and cash valued $67.10, m the Railway Quarters, Ayer Rajah Road, on May 2, an Indian Vardur Raju. was allowed $50 boil m the Singapore Criminal District Court yesterday before Mr.
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  • 296 3 A SUM of $10,300 has been sanctioned by the Finance Committee of the Negri Sembilan State Council as a special expenditure for the purchase of a fire engine for the Seremban Fire Erigade. OUR Seremban correspondent reports that 20 women passed the St. John's Ambulance Association examination
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    • 54 3 Qlostbra His first date? Yes! Worried about his appearcnce? Hardly! The daily use of just a few drops of Glostora keeps you looking your best brings out the natL ir al lusrre of your hair r~~ l ~-.y to manage. M i^ 4 ATI; I «fcr mt* mm M^ v
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  • 1110 4  -  Joan Littlefield By T AST year when the Sept- ember crisis looked as if it might put an end to British film making, Hollywood made its biggest effort to get Charles Laughton back into its fold. The actor again refused, saying ;hat his
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  • 699 4 THE PANAMA CANAL between 1 the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans is fully entitled not only to the claim of being one of the greatest engineering feats In th? known history cf the world, but also to a claim that it is part of the world's most picturesque and
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  • 1011 4 NEW ZEALAND 'S CENTENARY YEW ZEAI*AND is shortly to ccle- brat? her centenary. It was on Jan. 30 1840, that the dominion WM proclaimed as under the sovereignty of Britain. Among the celebrations will be a great exhibition this winter at Wellington, the capital. It is almost certain that the
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  • 243 4 DEVEPTION: A WAR SCIENCE such a rat^tl slri<l on ordinary Barawd ir.a.sks and Sir **>» shelters." course mtheo Mini; t<3 he :Ji;,>M of camouflj All To n y tv tSbUit, ol a job to fir, may oe a; that, irom up abov, way. Factor:, es of a:v disguised so tha-
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  • Article, Illustration
    120 5 !\K<;i TOM t ieft > and Alary Rose Ruckle as the Kin? and I m the children s play "The Princess and the Enchanpre^ented at the Child Welfare Garden Party at Bishopsbourne on Friday. THREE LITTLE SOLDIERS. (From left) Brian Cox, Joan and John Chester. From left: Sheila Roberts (Princess).
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  • 398 6 "Another Stroke Against British Trade LONDON PRESS COMMENT London, June 14. I DY the Japanese blockade of the British and French concessions at Tientsin, another stroke has been delivered to British trade m the Far East, and another provocation has been added to the
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    36 6 OXE-LEGGED Maj:r Gardner broke a world's speed record by driving his 12 h.p. M.G. at an average speed of 203 m.p.h. c:i an autobahn at Dessau, Germany— Major Gardner m, his M.G., before his record run.
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  • 189 6 From Our Own Correspondent) London, June 5. A daughter was born at Cairo, on .7un3 1, to Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Belton, formerly of Singapore. The birth of a son, on June 3, ta Mrs. Amy Mackintosh, wife of Mr. Alan Mackintosh, of the AP.C, Singapore,
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  • 85 6 Tokio, June 14. 'THE TieJitsin situation came before the Cabinet yesterday when Mr. Arita, the Foreign Mi?iistcr, is stated to have reported on "Japari's determination to cope with it." The Yomiuri Shimbun, commenting on the British compromise proposals, states: "What Japan is aiming at is not
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  • 274 6 "Cat" Gas Reveals Leaks In Cables London, June 2. A GAS that smells like cats and a trained Labrador dog that hates cats are being employed by the Post Office authorities to detect leaks m the cable connecting the aerials to the new trans-Atlantic radio-telephone receiving station under construction at
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  • 57 6 THE fine work of pilots of the Royal Singapore Flying Club m locating three overdue vessels has been recognised—by^the^ piesenlation^oT^aT^lveF salver to the club by the Straits Steamship Co., Ltd. On various occasions when vessels have been overdue, Flying Club planes have made nights m
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  • 286 6 Chungking, June 14. PERSONALLY do not think the Japanese can increase their army strength m China to 6,000,000 men," asserted General Chen Cheng, Director of the Political Training Department of the National Military Council, at a reception given to the cultural circles m Chungking.
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  • 131 6 JAPANESE prevented the 3,554-ton British steamer Haitan from landing her cargo jmd passengers at by firing on Chinese junks and lighters approaching the vessel. This was the report received (says the British United Press) when the Haitan reached Hong Kong. Bluejackets from the British destroyer Diamond
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  • 209 6 Paris, June 14. IT is understood that agreement has been reached to divide the 907 German Jewish refugees aboard the German liner St. Louis among Great Britain, France, Belgium and Holland. These refugees had been refused permission to land m Cuba. The Belgian Government has decided
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  • 52 6 Chungking, June 14. The United States Ambassador, Mr. Nelson T. Johnson, arrived at Kweiyang by motor-car last night, resuming his motor tour to Chungking alter a brief stop. The French AnibfvS^ador. M. H nri Cosme, is arriving here by air from Kunming en June 15. Chinese
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  • 51 6 Honj Kong, June 14. The British owned South China Morning Post praises the steps taken by the Chinese authorities to readjust the exchange level, and optimistically declare that the Chinese dollar is m no way imperilled and China's credit is m no way Impaired. Chinese Central
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  • 59 6 The Church of the Assumption, Penang, was the scene of a pretty wedding when Miss Alcina Eliza Lopez, third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. Lopez, was married to Mr. Hilary James Peterson, second son of the late Mr. James Richard Peterson and Mrs. Mary Hearty Peterson, of Burmah Road.
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  • 366 6 CHINA MORE CONFIDENT OF VICTORY fit I nURING the last two months mSmfct X v China showed conclusively that the Japan! spirit has weakened, that Japanese troop difficulty m manoeuverability, that they harder to obtain replacements owint; to t'i tion of manpower that the Japanese officers
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  • 206 6 When Hitler Was Only Small News HOW OFTEN do U, altars jaw? £H« George, the Premier, told The h2 of Commons that Bol4n tottering, and announced Kaisers trial would be London. When the V« ed, the verdict was that the Ge -7* must man-el at the restra:< tors had shown.
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  • 41 6 The memberfession m Malacca lU| Dr. D. M. McSwai. shortly leaving Malacca on Perak. A tea party was I an American tennis I F. X. Oliveiro partnered by Siu Lian won !iie rrntest. Dr Thambipillay and 111 I 0 were runners-up.
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  • 251 7 Bucharest, June 2. A Jewish namesake of the world's foremost anti-Semite lies buried among 20,000 other Israelites m the Jewish cemetery "Filantropia" of Bucharest. The Jew was Adolf HiUler, who spelled his name with one more t" than the German Fuehrer. Like the German dictators, he
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  • 203 7 OFFER IN ESSAY CONTEST (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, June 14. HISPLAYING practical interest m efforts to encourage v Government subordinates to read more His Excellency the High Commissioner, Sir Shenton Thomas, has offered a medal, known as the High Commissioner's Medal, for
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    38 7 picture. These nurses and first-aid men of St. John's Ambulance Brigade, headed by Dr. Chen Su Lan (extreme left), staffed a first-aid post m North Canal Road during Tuesday night's blackout of Singapore and South Johore.- Free Press
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  • 49 7 Chungking. June 10. Mr carl Crow, the well-known American writer on Chinese affairs who is at present visiting Chungking, will deliver broadcast sSesfwm the Chungking radio station on Monday, June 12, at 3.0a a.m. (G.M.T.). The sufr*" f 'ThunKking durm? air raids." Chinese Central News
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  • 56 7 Use Of Torches In Black -Out QINGAPORE AIR RAID Wardens report that a number of persons were using electric torchlights unrestrainedly during Tuesday's black-out. "They will have to be made aware of the fact that when torches are used at all they must have screened light only," Mr. Edwin Tongue,
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  • 119 7 Washington, June 13. T7HE administration's Neutrality Bill providing for a repeal of the embargo on arms and ammunition for warring nations was approved m full by the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives. During consideration of the Bill representatives of the State Department were
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  • 679 8 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1939. Tientsin VERY few people outside Japan believe that the present critical situation m Tientsin arises solely as a result of the murder of a pro-Japanese official, and the Japanese wiih to punish those suspected of the crime. There are enough anti-Japanese incidents
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  • 4 8 FOKMULA FINDING
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  • 966 8  - London Paris View Of Soviet Pact Talks PER TINAX By IN order to understand what is at stake m connection with the negotiations now proceeding for the drawing up of a pact with Russia, the following summary of British views, as seen from Paris, may be useful. In the first
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  • 228 8 rIE threat of international strife and the state of tension m the world during the past year or more have tended to turn public interest and attention almost entirely to questions of defence and armed force. At the same tim e it has been realised that
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  • 183 9 In spector Describes His Gruesome find In Tailor Shop Murder Case pbbed Body On A Counter Shelf CHINESE ARRESTED inquiry into a charge of murder Vu, 22-year-old Cantonese, who is alleged killed a 13 -year-old Chinese youth, Lee Liew tailor's shop m Pagoda Street on the night kas opened m
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  • 67 9 Law Notice For The Day Mm Mr JuMi-e Pedlou m Ind m at 11 a.m. omte Abdulrah- Kasstan (if not Mw Mr Ju>ii«f Manning m 3rd wall m. iB— R. 11 N. hwtt O 38— Ong Ho?k fcfci Mr Justice Worlcy m Ind \M u.,r. *»er.ts:-(r. I Re Arbitrahu Ing
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  • 115 9 Malay Woman's Action Against Stepfather A CLAIM by a 60-year-old Malay r^ woman against her stepfather was heard before lt| Justice Pedlow, m the Singapore High Court yesterday. The plaintiff. Ahminah binte Abduirahman, a widow, is asking the court to set aside an indenture of conveyance dated Aug. 8, 1933.
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  • 90 9 CENTENCE of two months' rigorous imprisonment and a fine of $3,600. m default a further six months' imprisonment, was imposed on a Chinese. Wang Ah Eng. by Mr. J. McFall, Singapore Criminal District Judge yesterday. Wan? was charged with being concerned m the importation of 450
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  • 54 9 INQUEST ON DROWNED WOMAN The Singapore coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter, yesterday returned a verdict of found drowned, with no evidence to show how death was caused, at an inquiry into the death of an unknown Chinese woman, whose body was found m the sea off the Esplanade, on the
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  • 38 9 Warsaw, June 13. A Polish Economic Mission headed by Col. Adam Koc, former Finance Minister, has left for London where it will discuss the question of financial co-operation between Poland and Bri- tain.— Reuter
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  • 18 9 Guernsey Parliament is to be asked to vote £180.000, spread over three years, for defence. Population is 40,000.
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  • 90 9 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penan*. June 12. A European engineer, Fredrick George Harper, was convicted by the Penang Police Magistrate, Mr. A. W. Bellamy, on a charge of negligent driving. He was ordered to pay a $30 fine. The case was a sequel to an
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  • 76 9 A MARINE Engineer, John De Pass, who pleaded guilty to three traffic charge?, received fines totalling $41 In the Singapore Traffic District Court yesterday. On the first charge of driving his car without being covered by a third party insurance policy he xfis fined $35. On
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  • 145 9 Man Power Bureau Wants More Non Europeans ALTHOUGH non-Europeans arc registering daily m the new ManPower Bureau, opened a week ago m the Singapore A.R.P. Department, Municipal Offices, the response not fully up to expectations. En»li«h-speak"ng non-Europeans who renter there may m critical times be nUced m paid positions as
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    43 9 MODERN (above) and old-fashioned (bel:ic) Chinese styles, photo;raphed at a meeting of Singapore representatives of Chinese KOtnen't and girls' organisations. The meeting icas held m connection vsith China's "spiritual mobilisation" campaign, and the delegates are seen taking the oath, to aid their country.
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  • 277 9 Airboat Crash Inquiry THE inquest into the deaths of the four members of 1 the Royal Air Force who lost their lives when an R.A.F. Short Sunderland flying-boat crashed into Johore Strait near Seletar early last week will begin at 10.30 this morning. The inquiry
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  • 127 9 MORE THAN 100 women and girls, representing practically all the Singapore Chinese women's and girls' associations and schools, gathered at the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce to take part m the "national spiritual mobilisation" campaign. Begun by the Chinese Government, the campaign has gained wide
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  • 180 9 THE story how he ran into a sandbank off the coast of Queensland was told by Mr. Bradford Potter to ;he Singapore Rotary Club yesterday. A retired Sydney artificial flowsr manufacturer, Mr. Potter arrived m Singapore recently from Sydney on his 46-ton ketch-rigged yacht
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  • 77 9 A VERDICT of suicide was returned by the Singapore coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter, yesterday, when he held an inquiry into the death of a youny Chinese, Chiang Joon Hai, former 'boy' m a Singapore cafe, who was found floating m the sea near the Cenotaph
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  • 161 9 Arrived from Europe. India and Medan by KLM plane on Monday: Messrs. P. H. Visman, F. Nell, A. E. F. van Capelle, J. Ruttner, U. R. Moseley. Left for N.I. by KLM plane on Tuesday: Mr. F. H. Visman, Mr. J. Ruttner, Mr. F. Neil (Sydney). Arrived
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  • 106 9 Difficult Days In Shanghai CONDITIONS are very diBOUt m Shanghai," Mr. S. Young, the retiring Senior Deputy Commissioner, Shanghai Municipal Police, told a Free Press reporter on arrival at Singapore yesterday m the P. and O. liner Ranchi. Mr. Young, who is on his way. home to
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    • 45 9 YOUR CONVENIENCE *9K o. AFTER THE SHOW DINE AT THE CAPITOL fcSTAURANT Sydney Rock Oysters and toOOE&G STRAWBERRIES OBTAINABLE T> P^writer i., r Kye^onf &ERMES HZiWRITER Typewriter. N s 7 1 i drawer r l nMoMi «H m. high 560.00 Nett. s?^* WALSH LTD. Singapore.
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    • 118 9 Birk 's CHOICE MUSHROOMS Tv r yd r DELICIOUS! WZWM MUSHROOMS f^ii!i|lljM IN BUTTER FRENCH TYPE "fCtKrH MUSHROOMS p^^fe^ ROBINSON CO., LTD. ANNOUNCEMENT We take pleasure to announce the appointment of "UNITA" 29, Stamfford Road, Singapore. as Sole Distributors m Malaya for our line of ROMANCE COSMETICS HAIR CREAM, AMBER
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  • 335 10 Every Sign Of Big Trade Recovery London, 2 HM 4. ALL THE EVIDENCE points to the fact that a substantial trade recj.ery is under way. always dependent. however, en the political future of the world. There are almost as many people at work now as m the record year o:
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  • 814 10 Bolsheviks As Saviours Of The Democracies SCARLET VISION Moscow, June 2. THRILLING episodes of a war m the air, with the A "Stalinist Falcons" of the Red air force coming to the rescue of democracy m Eu rope, are told m Russia's latest best-seller."
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    43 10 IN SPITE of two cvi fingers, Kiny George still offers his right hand t> would-be handshakers as city officials welcome him to Regina, m Sakatcheuan Province, Canada. The Queen is seen behind the King. The King's hand was jammed m a carriage door.
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  • 511 10 Development Of Industry In Shensi Chungking, June 4. THREE cotton mills, three flour milb two dyeing factories, two machine j ihops, a match factory and a cotton iand gauze factory have been established m and around one of the southwest Shensi cities since the outbreak of Sino-Japanese hostilities, according to
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    • 644 10 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS TENDERS i SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY Tenders. lenders are now Invited for tho following rmteiials or services. For particulars see Municipal Tenders R m: Supply and delivery at the Municipal Transport Centre of 19 lorry chassis. Datj of Closing. 12 neon. June 28. 1939. Execution of earthworks at Changi Road
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    • 130 10 BOARD RESIDENCE. SEA FRONT KATONG GRANGE— 7I. MeyeT Rd (near Swimming Club; Board -Residence at moderate rate? Large Gardens— Tennis. Phone: &75H. EAST ANGLKA S. OXLKT KISK SINGAPORE 3 inlna. to town blgb level garages, daily or monthly rates, large grounds, excellent colslne tecnls, single and double rooms. PHONE *39f
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    • 24 10 Tenders have been called for a new Government bungalow to be called •■Portsdown" at the 2 l 2 Mil Port 1 Dickson Coast rood.
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    • 245 10 BANK Op^l iotai ii i t m «l>proxiniaieu iH »nB Tsp- m S'lr? fj J l C orr P Pondpnu M CURR, posh FOREIGN -M ascerr^n M EXCFLLI M GODOV m SHI GENEFJA M %re otct-. PENANG I TODAY I 5 55 India:, H 7.00 Cla j 8.0) Ught r.
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    • 155 10 SINGAPORE HARBOUR The :..;.v.u:j j arc c i :oir i :i..j the Singapore H^r?: i ird WUaives w e:ipected to aiii\c:East Wharf. Ent>..ate Gate 1; Exit 1:— Wy\eiu, Ho-fan^ zl. Main Wliarf, Entrance Gate Exit 3Ranchi 18; Darvel 15; Kamuning' 14: Aiamis 11; Conte Verde 9; Hopepeak 7. Empire Dock,
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    • 520 10 RADIO PROGRAMMES SINGAPORE TODAY /.in 01 metre* ZKP 30 06 metres. p.m. 5.00 Cfciitoncse orchestral recital.' 5.2U CfeatOOMt variety programme.--6.15 Children's programme <M.indarn. 6.30 "Papnitr Singers— l 7" (Mandarin*. 7.00 Children's programme. < English' 7.15 Time, weather, news, and announcements. 7.30 T&ik In tii BocteJ Bfcdife' B? Arthur Eyron-Jones. 7.4s
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  • 323 11 yesterday's Quotations 10ON AND NEW YORK STOCK SHARES I ffotfi 1< C d° n 530 p.m. Yesterday l*»p dot? ire not included. S**~ Latest Quotations Previously 109 109 90 107*4 107 54 943« 9 9 v 353 b P*l gl 2 8 i 2 3S1
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  • 49 11 i> b\ nuan co. at tLOSE OF BUSINESS YESTFRDAY r «itmidda> ts sin, up Sl.OO, "**irite of Rubber at 4 o'clock *^vrs spot :s ents, buyers :s> re nts, market "■i 0; ih»> market were N*U v^ith buyers !<Kale hut m the absence lice was little
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  • 48 11 0 1 LOCK NOON Buyers Sellers 28 fc 28', iJIS* 'n 29 9 IS 28 11 1G 3 16 28 5 16 j. red Jj*st 28 -S i 28', 2tH k7-l«ar -8 29% •••2?, 28 So^t sheet 8 3 lvi. U.S. ctr. 16U
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  • 155 11 JUNE U, 1939: SELLING London T.T. 2.3 13 16 London demand «1« IJ Lyons demand 2040 Switzerland demand i*i Hamburg demand UNI tfork demand Montreal demand mil Batavia demand {JJJ Samarang demand 101 Calcutta, Bombay Rangoon demand JJJ2 Madras Colombo demand Hong Kong demand JJJ« Shanghai demand
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  • 33 11 Bucharest, June 14. The Rumanian Government has ordered more than 50 bombers and chaser planes from the German mm of Junkers at a cost oi aouu 1 £5.500,000.- Reuter
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  • 110 11 Paris, June 14. WRITING on today's events m Tientsin, Le Jour-Echo de Paris, a commentator, M. Pobers, says there is reason to believe that Japan, whose military prestige has been seriously impaired by recent Chinese successes is seekirn to take revenge en the interests of
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  • 208 11 I From London 5.30. p.m Yesterday I I RUBBER: Quiet. London: 8 3 l&d. 8' 4 d. Previously: 8< 4 d. 8 516 d. July-Sept.: 8' 4 d. 8 5 16 d. Previously: 8 5 16d B%d Oct.-Dec: 8 5 16d. B%d. Previously: 8 3 fed 8
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  • 69 11 I From London: Latest Quotations I I TIN: Firm. Spot: £226 17s. 6d. Previously: £225 ss. Three months: £224 7s. 6d. Previously: £223. NEW YORK TIN: 48.75 Previously: 48.25. COPPER: £42. Previously: £41 7s. 6d. GOLD: Yesterday: £7 Bs. sd. Previously: £7 Bs. 4d. SILVER: Spot: 19
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  • 64 11 I London Closing Quotations I Method ol Paru> oeiore Latest Centre Quoting 20-9-31 Rate Previously Paris Franc to 124.11 1763/4 176% New York.'.'.' to 4.8655 4.68 5.16 4.68 916 Amsterdam.... Guilders to 12.10 8.8H 8.81V4 Hong Kong.. Per dollar Is. 2^d. Is. 2 7/ B d. Shanghai
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  • 114 11 London, June 14. llilß. D. Kirkwood, (Lab., Dumbarton) asked m the Commons tonight if the Admiralty were aware that there v.ere no means of fixing ropes or hawsers on a submarine, and II it t would consider the advisability of; fixing shackleplates to submarines,; similar to
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  • 164 11 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 1438 th auction on June 14, when there were: London: New York: Spot 8 3 16d. Spot 16U cts. PRICES REALISED Catalogued 1,112,848 lbs. tons 496.81 Offered 1,060,961 473.64 Sold 768,313 343.00 Ribbed Smoked She. t Cents Per
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  • 135 11 Tuesday, June 13. Mr. G. Wiseman left Government House. The Sultan of Pahang, The Sultan of Trengganu and Tengku Ampuan, Mr. N. R. Jarrett, Mr. T. Perkins, Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Howitt, Mr. J. D. Dalley, Mr. H. C. R. Rendle, A.D.C. to The Sultan of Pahang
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  • 1327 11 From Exchange Telegraph Co. Fraser And Co. 9 s List WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 1939: 5 P.M., MINING Buyers Sellers Ampat Tin (4:-) 3s lu-^d 4s id Austral Anial. (ss) 4s l^a bs 1 Vsa AustraJ Malay ICJ 38s «2s Ayer Hitam «ss> 22s Ud 23b
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  • 173 11 List Supplied Hy Messrs. Fraser Co. WEDNESDAY, JL'NE 14, 1039: 5 P.M. I otaJ for Company Dividena Boo&s Financial UN Close Date Ex Dlv. year Hitam Tin sr/c5 r /c Int. June 19 June 24 June 20 10% Kramat Pulai M final June 7 June 28 June
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  • 681 12 Series Of Documentary Pictures Needed VALUE AS PROPAGANDA (GREATER use of documentary motion pictures as a means JL^JiLsho^iW^kJa^* 0 the world is advocated by Mr. E. Jago, Deputy Malayan Agent m London, m the annual report on the administration of the Malayan Information Agency for 1938.
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  • 504 12 Armed Might Of Germany On Parade Berlin, June 2. COR nearly three hours this morning r the armed might of Germany was paraded before Prince Paul, the Prince Regent of Yugoslavia, and his wife, Princess Olga, who arrived her^yesterday on their eight days' State visit to Germany. Protected from the
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    50 12 DURINCi a lightning tour of Rent, the Duke of Kent visited eight towns and about 20 villages m the course of six hours. Here he is exploring a A.R.P. Tunnel 65 feet below ground, which will have 23 entrances. The tunnel runs through the centre of the town of Rsmssjate.
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    29 12 THE DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER attended an Old English Fair which ;vas held m the grounds of Lady .Mildred Fitz-Gerald's home. Warren Hoi at Stanmore The Duchess with a Pikeman.
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  • 38 12 Berlin, June 13. The German and Brazilian Governments have rcappointed ambassadors to Rio de Janeiro and Berlin respectively, thus marking an end of the diplomatic differences which culminated m October, lO m the Ambassadors Reuter
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  • 460 12 Heroism In Air Raid On Chungking Chungking, June 4. OVER 10,000 boys and girls of the San Mm Chu I Youth Corps were ::irbilised. within 24 hours, by their Director-General General Chiang Kaishek, to do whatever they could to aid the victims and refugees of the vicious Japanese bombing on
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  • 24 12 Ro.ne, June 13. Gen. Franco will visit Rome at the prvd of September, according to a tefcfnMi trom Burgos- Reuter
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  • 296 12 London, June 4. THE disaster to the Theti> has evoked the sympathy oi' every naval power m the world, particularly the United States and Germany. German newspapers, m long telegrams, have described every phase of the attempts at rescue, and their readers
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  • 256 12 Japan Has Already Lost The War, Says Professor J)R B. LAUTENSCHLAGK It reaarfed m 1 peace-lovers favoured Chiiu of Sino-Japanese hostilities and I unanimously condemned by the or^ I world opinion, as evidenced Assembly and the Brussels Conl "to the^ Nirre^PoweT TreaiyT^ In answer to the world's protests r.gainst force
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  • 136 12 TUyillLE troops of the Anti-Air-craft Brigade of the Singapore garrison manned fixed and semimobile anti-aircraft defences nndei wartime conditions for 38 hours continuously, hostile aircraft attempted to bomb Singapore town, the Naval Base and other vital points of the island. The exercises, the largest eve:
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  • 53 12 Amsterdam, June 13. TWO hundred out of the 900 Jewish refugees aboard the German lirr:r St. Louis, who were not allowed to land m Cuba, have been given permission to enter Holland, where trK j 7 will remain until they have an opportunity to find Dermanent
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  • 31 12 (hun?kin*, As two era, Stal decided innl denomii eenti sent I other n On I 1501 np Cfcin dlttei will be s mm mwXt „untrv ">■ Ju may l!l
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 479 13 koandBRITISH INDIA LINES 1 1 .INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND) P. <5c O. S. N. COS SAILINGS, OITWARDS Dv Due Tonnage S^re. Tonnage Spore SOMALI 6.800 July 28 BHUTAN 6 100 Spnt 2*? HOMEWARDS pt 23 Leaves Leaves iooji.»te SThht ropvsc Spore SOUDAN 2 3 6.500 July 20 17 OCO June 16
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    • 579 13 McALISTER CO., LTD. (Incorporated tn Straits Settlements.) GRESHAM HOUSE, BATTERX HD., SINGAPORE. PHONE 5172. ELLERMAH BUCKNALL S.S. Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m England.) HAVRE LONDON ROTTERDAM HAMBURG VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL Steamer Due Sails CITY OF PITTSBURG Calls Glasgow June 29 July 2 CITY OF DERBY Calls Glasgow July 30
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    • 754 13 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Ocean Building, Colly tr Quay. Singapore Tel 51 5 L Chartered Bank Building Penang Tel 13CC BLUE FUNNEL LINE* FAST SERVICES MABSfcILLES, LONDON. IUMINLM LSD GLASGOW (m conjunction witn the Glen Line) 000 SaOs AGAMEMNON Mars., Casa, L'don. Rdam, Ham. and G'gow June 18 June 21 GLENFINLAS
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  • 176 14 Paris. June 4. THE Marquis da Vogue, chairman of the board of directors of the Suez Canal Company, made a vigorous retort at the annual meeting here today to Italian claims for a bigger share of control of the Canal. Italy's aim, he said, was
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  • 122 14 London. NEW secrets of Britain's past have been yielded up by the great caverns of Wookdy Hole, near Wells. Somerset, home of man 2.000 years ago. Wookey Hole caves, which penetrate 400 to 500 feet under the Mendip Hills, are a natural repository of relics o' tribes which
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    • 554 14 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated tc F.M.S.) TELEPHONE: Freight 3133— Passage 513 L lINAOIAN PACII IC IWQtlb^ CDfUn nj Unccxporjited la gngi^n^j TMI -mm 1 KOLTL offers TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES via HONOLIiLC •r direct EMPRESS to VANCOUVER—ACROSS CANADA bj TRANS-CONTIN-ENTAL TRAIN without change— thence by CANADIAN PACIFIC ATLANTIC SERVICES TO ENGLAND or
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    • 192 14 For Everything Appertaining to Ocean Passages, Foreign Money Exchange and Freight apply CORK'S WAGONSaJTS TftAVgl SCPVICf] ROBINSON ROAD No Rooking ?eej. Teleplio S*W HENDERSON LINE SCHEDULE. OF SAILINGS By Fortnightly Passenger Steamer Between Rangoon, Port Sudan. Marseilles and England. HOMEWARD SAILINGS Leave Rangoon KEMMENDINE June 24 AMARAPOORA July 22 SAGAING
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    • 479 14 AMERICAN PRESIDENT UNES^ to euKope FBOM SINGAFOKR AND PtNANG TO COlftMiu. o» ALEXANDRA U^^S^^S^S^ Sf^^ PRESIDENT POLK Jur Tn j^J'o PRESIDENT GARFIELD Ju 7y 15 22 1 H I PRESIDENT MONROE ju Juif |q 1 PRESIDENT ADAMS jKg A Aut jl* X PRESIDENT VAN BL'REN AuJ n J JJJ 12
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 687 14 Air Mail Arrivals And Despatches INWARD Imperial: From Europe aue— Monday, Thursday, Friday afternoons. Wearnes: From Penang, ipoh, and Kuala Lumpur. Arrives every evening. X.L.M.: From Netherlands Indies: Arrives Tuesday. Thursday. Saturday afternoons. Qantas: From Australia: Arrives Tuesday. Friday. Sunday afternoons. X.L.M.: From Europe: Arrives Saturday, Monday, Wednesday evenings. K.N.1.L.M.:
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  • 147 15 Today 's Contract Bridge Problems David Brace H :A6 nken) m agreement I worst final conanp, since ks beyond game and MB, However, toxample o! one really j bid. East SB 3S Pc 5S Pass Pass ':..ible to bid ovei lite properly abanI Slam. At the to give up his
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    18 15 I-.i.:nl e»lf match tteiwern French and bglWi teams ■nauhot. Mile. Lallj- Yag liana driving from the first tec.
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  • 140 15 London, June 4. JW'HES nirittecn-ycar-old Jimmy Tidlis Logic. "sft. Sin bricklayer, left the Cowdenbeath ground on Satl day night a?:d went home to Edinburgh, he W€U m the compana of officials of the Arsenal Football Club. And at home he signed as an Arsenal player
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  • 67 15 The Combined Services Athletic team championships will be held at Gillman Barracks on June 21. L 2; and 24. starting at 3.30 p m. each day. Lady Thomas will give away the prizes on the linal day of the me. tine An open invitation medley relay
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  • 884 15 Wooderson's Chances In Mile Of The Century SLOW RACE MAY CHEAT HIM A MILE m four minutes of Sydney Wooderson compete m the "Mile of N.J., June 17. Many here believe he Wooderson never has had him absolutely all out m His three world records 4
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  • 28 15 WOMEN'S INTERNATIONA^ GOLF MATCH. -The annual International folf match between French and > Mm* A Strauss drivinjr from the second tee English teams «h>k pt*<x Mme A trmu s
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  • 141 15 (From Our Own Correspondent > Kuala Lumpur, June 14. \I7OMEN'S doubles ties m the Selan- gor tennis championships today saw Mrs. C A. Whitchurch and Mrs. H. J. Sinclair beat Mrs. Leong Hoe Yeng and Miss Gladys Loke, 9 7. 6—l. Leong Hoe Yeng and Hoh Chup
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    54 15 During a lightning tour of Kent, the Duke of Kent visited eight towns and about 20 villages m the course of six hours. The Duke of Kent riding with the Mayor of Ramggate on the engine through the A.R.P. tunnel which has been cut through the chalk cliffs through the
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  • 325 15 Delahaye Is Fastest Car In Britain /^•OUNT HEYDEN'S 3^ -litre Dc-lahaye, driven by Arthur Dobson, won the yesterday, which was supposed to determine the "fastest car used on the roads of Great Britain In the first heat H. C. Hunter's 3litre Alfa-Romeo beat the Deleave over three laps of the
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  • 33 15 From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, June 14. In a senior division soccer match today the Seiangor Club beat the Malays 2—o. The scorers were Abbott and King.
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  • 55 15 The following .will .play .for .the Junior Department against the Raffles Institution tomorrow at 5 p.m. on the R.I. ground Vow Wan Sung, Chia Soo Hiang, Koh Chit Meng, Choong Pak Lo, Lim Njit Siong, Lim Cheng Siong, Benny Fones, Kwik Sam York, Chua Yam Seng. Reserves: Loke
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  • 54 15 The following will represent the Borneo Company, Ltd. against Henry Waugh Sports Club at the Telok Ayer Epworth League Hall on Saturday, at 2 30 p.m.: See Pee Wan, Khoo Kirn Seng, Sim Kang Hal. Koh Tian Hock, Charlie Kang, Yeo Tian Hock, Robert Kang, Ng Hong ling
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  • 47 15 The following will play lor B.C.C. II vs Clerical Union today at S.C.C. W. N. Rothery; A. Ferguson, F. A. McCaffery; R. J. Forbe*. C. J. Bernbroke, R. N. Elliot; C. C. Webster, J. W. Prescott, H. EcheUheim, C. Milton. U. B. Neiissen.
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  • 599 15 Hammond And Copson Head Averages A VERAGES m Home cricket to the beginning of this month are BATTING (Qualification: 7 innings: average, 38.00) Times Not nest inns out Runs Sen* Aver S *i 111 S hols U 2 483 146 48 ,0 la: !s ar :^s S^» 6 2 272
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  • 134 15 The team chaten to n t Selan- tor m the iiiter-State atnletie match I against Nefll Som'oilan is as follows 100 Yards: Itiing and TecK Vinf (S.C.A.A. 22« Yards: Ismail (Police), Boswell. N. <Ht. John's 0.8.A.). 440 Yards: Frugtniet, A (S.C.A.A. t, Lim Weng (Victoria Inst. 0.8.A.).
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  • 74 15 The following have qualified lor the Keppel Golf Clubs St. James Cup. The draw for the first round resulted as follows: W. Dawson vs. R. V. Talbot Jones. M. G. Harvey vs. D D. Blair. E. Satchell vs. J. M. Ftaser A. M. Low, S. L. Vellcnga
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  • 495 16 KAMIS WELL BEATEN A BASELINE duel on a slippery ground between Yadi and Chin Kee Onn m one of the singles semifinals of the Singapore lawn tennis championships played on the S.C.C. courts yesterday resulted m the last year's champion. Yadi, beating Kee
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    23 16 THKRE W «3 no score In the SJkTJi. vs. R.A.F. soccer (rid >t the Stadium ,e»t*rd»y. The game W s disappointing.—Fre» Press picture.
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    21 16 picture P. F. de Sou/a competing m the kicking: the rugby ball event at the S.R.C. sports preliminaries yesterday.- Free Press
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  • 58 16 Uniteers beat Joseph Travers sevennil m a Business Houses League match on the S.H.B. ground yesterday. They led three-nil m the first half and added four mere goals m the second. Leiman scored twice m the first half, Hartley once. In the second, Hartley took
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  • 578 16 No Scoring In Dull Game Between R.A.F. S. A.F. A. WEBBER IMPRESSIVE MEITHER bright nor up to first division standard, the "trial soccer between the S.A.F.A. and the R.A.F. ended a goal-less draw at the Stactitmr^ yesterday. Soccer enthusiasts who went with the expectation of seeing
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  • 258 16 THE annual cricket fixture between Raffles Institution and Victoria School played on the R.I. ground yesterday ended m a draw. Batting first the Raffles boys declared for 171 runs for eight wickets. Barker was undefeated with an excellent knock of 115. The Victoria boys
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  • 53 16 The following will represent the Chartered Bank m a game of soccer against Henry Waugh and Co.. Ltd. at Farrer Park today: O. W. Reynolds. Jin Tong, Leng Hook, Ho~k Chiang i K. C. Gillett, Sim Chun. Joan T*i I M. Scott, Chin Lye, B. M. Purser. Ah Chow. Reserve;
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  • 72 16 Police Win By Only Goal From M anchesters A brill:, to take fuu ters m counter t The g. «ldeh defenr. I (Poll, Played i mg briil. ab) Badci game but ud ham; The fir t even exd by botl the Pcli team and Chong Nghe. m a paso from
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  • 31 16 ('Ondt)u. Juiif 11 DROBABLR run over row. an Beaot 'Bur Richards*. Owenstoi Pri nc 3 smith, Scottish U: No jockey has yet irw j fff Fr3wn. Reuter
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  • 48 16 'T7/£' South China football team, which has been touring lndoChina, mil arrive m Singapore today tii the Aramis. In the afternoon they are to play a match against the S.C.F.A. at the Stadium. Admission charges will be $1, 50 cts. and 30 cts.
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  • 90 16 pURTHER heats were run off yester- day for the S.R.C. annual athletic meeting which will be held on the padang on Saturday. Results ..Long: jump: C. Rodriguese, C. Valberg, A. Clarke. L. Valberg. K. Leembruggen. Kicking the Rugby ball (final) 1, X Leembruggen; 2, J. Reutens. Dist.
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 120 16 a*e yiH*>>He+ez if you are inside the circle you win.. The above photograph was taken on I 7th June '39. JT Cinema Patrons who can identify them- selves are entitled to one free Cinema CDEE MM CM A Tlf kCT Ticket and three bottles of Tiger Beer. rHtt LllltnA I
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