The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 16 June 1939

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  • 17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 15,805. ESTD. 1835 FRIDAY, JUNK 16, 1939. 5 CENTS
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  • 107 1 Preparations Point To Fresh Coup London, June 18. Hen Heinnch Himmler, Chief of the Police, has tended to heighten the feeling m PragM, according to The Times' Prague (•rrv* tidt*nt. Kladno and Nachod, where German Bvea have been lost have made the people ihange
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  • 70 1 Reich Bulgar Trade Ties >ofia. June 15. f:he Axis Powers' Slip on Bulgaria is d negotiations Minister of Finance, aving on Thursday for vith the recentlyxKptneci foliations. ft Kb ..be joined m Berlin ?ar. m on who have been taair.. commercial agreeJBt the ibo width is to increase ftct Qm
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  • 71 1 London, June 15. p 2 "r.usiasm which k?e ;nied the King and -ole of their Canadian r.e of their favour most unfavourable iy*s welcome by the J 1 *-3:: ed m Nova Scotia was Canadian tour ends with Royal train m Halittu Governor-General this to meet
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  • 217 1 Confirmation In American Dispatches New York, June 15. pERMANY L* reported to have con- centrated 250,000 troops along the Polish frontier m Northern Slovakia, according to a New York Times message from private sources abroad They embrace five infantry, two tank, and one heavy artillery divisions. At the same time,
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    28 1 This 12-yccLi-Gld Spanish loy, Lorenzo Murias, whose parents were killed during the civil war, has been adapted by Mrs. Roosevelt to set a good example to American citizens.
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  • 90 1 New Type Imperial Flying Boat London, June 15. GOLDEN HIND, first of the new G Class Imperial Airways flyingboats is to be launched within the next few days. Driven by four Hercules engines. Golden Hind will cruise at between 180 and 190 m.p.h., with a maximum speed of over 200
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  • 179 1 Naval Visit Stresses AngloFrench Accord IDEALS OF TWO NATIONS Londou. June 14. lILADED by its flagship Dunkerque, the French Atlantic Squadron left yesterday on the conclusion of a visit to Queen's Ferry. Firth of Forth. The Home Fleet, which has entertained the French visitors leaves Forth today and continues its
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  • 144 1 Canberra, June 15. FE support of the Commonwealth Government for Britain's efforts to conclude a pact with Russia "extends to the conclusion of a direct defensive agreement," stated Sir Henry Gullett, Minister of External Affairs, m the House of Representatives today. He added: "Such an
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  • 56 1 Osaka, June 15. THE Kosei Mam, first Japanese refrigerating ship, with a tonnage of 8,223, owned by the Nippon Suisan Kaisha, a fishing concern, left here fcr Kamchatka today. The ship will return to Osaka early m August and go again to the Antarctic Sea for whale-fishing at
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  • 1475 1 Admit Tientsin Only Test Case TANKS IN USE London, June 15. TOKIO messages indicate that m the view of the Japanese over the Tientsin blockade the time has passed for the settlement of individual questions piecemeal and only a fundamental solution of the whole question of foreign
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  • 313 1 London. June 15. IN a. in the Commons on A Tientsin, the Prime Minister the British military authorities were taking all precautions and maintaining order and H.M.S. Lowestoft VI moored alongside the Bund at the Br:--tish Concession. Sir Robert Craigie had made full reports to Mr. Arita
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    • 90 1 ■<? STYLE y/4 AND FINISH GUARANTEED „,0 E R THE SUPERVISION EUROPEAN LADY *nt* AND DES.GNER CHOTIRMALL'S x \.i.y HIGH ST. w^r > -H. 1.1. 1 -j«. < «^b-» 'W^' TT«JHftL.^S pS*^ t^il^* COCKTAIL DANCE 7pmto 9 pin. D >NNER DANCE (informal) 9.45 to midnight COMPLETE CHANGE OF PROGRAMME L
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    • 71 1 UNCRUSHABLE BUT WASHABLE LINENS FOR YOUR MORNING AND AFTERNOON WEAR SEE AT. CHOTIRMALL'S 41-43, HIGH ST. SEA VIEW H HOTEL TONIGHT <Sc SATURDAY SPECIAL DINNER, DANCE CABARET rNTERTAINMENT rT?OVII»ED BY EDNA BELLEFONTAINE NOTED YOUNG ENGLISH DANCER DINNER DANCE MUSIC PROVIDED BY A. BERSHADSKY'S POPULAR 10 PIECE BAND DINNER $3.— NON-DINERS
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  • 203 2 CHINESE CLAIM NORTH HUNAN VICTORY Japanese Retreat Cut Off On Two Sides CITY GATES CLOSED Chungking, June 15. THE Japanese lost 800 men, m a battle at Yoyang, *m North Hunan, on Tuesday, when the invaders were forced to close the city gates. The Japanese retreat is reported to have
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  • 86 2 Chungking. June 15. TTrIE Executive Yuan, at a meeting yesterday conferred posthumous honours on the late Mr. F. J. M. Bourdrez, Dutch conservancy expert, who was drowned while investigating the navigability of the upper reaches of the Golden Sand River, on the Szechwan-Yunnan border, on May
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  • 31 2 London, June 15. Hie Gold Cup resulted: 100-6 FLYON 1 20-1 MAR ANT A 2 13-3 SCOTTISH UNION.. 3 Nine ran. Won by five length > hree lengths.- Reuter
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  • 41 2 1 h.i>N.i June 15. UncitT the sponsorship of Regent Jechen Hutukehtu, the acting temporal ruler m Tibet, all lamasarles at Lhassa prayed on May 12 for China's victory and General Chiang Kaishek's health.- Chinese Central News
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  • 101 2 Peking, June 15. The Provisional Government of the Republic of China has decided to organise its own regular army by the end of this year, to co-operate with the Japanese forces m North China. The troops of the projected new army are expected to be posted
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  • 246 2 London, June 15. THE Briiish Government had decided not to set up a peacetime Ministry of Information, but to establish a Foreign Publicity Department of the Foreign Office under the general direction of Lord Perth, it was announced by Mr. Chamberlain m th: Commons tonight.
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  • 315 2 Envoy's Vivid Account Of Death Dinner HOW CHINESE POISON WORKS Tokio, June 15. THE Parliamentary Foreign Vice-Min-ister, Mr. Tomesaburo Shimizu, cne of the guests served with poisoned Chinese wine at a banquet held at the Japanese Consulate-General In Nanking on Saturday night, has given a lull account of the poisoning
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  • 171 2 Tokio, June li>. AS a standing organisation designed to effect closer economic cooperation between Japan, Manchukuo and China, the East Asia Economic Council will be organised on July 7, the second anniversary of the outbreak of the China war. The finishing touches were put t«j
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    11 2 Albanian refugees being questioned by Yugoslavian frontier guards near Scutari Lake.
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  • 171 2 Indian Fined p or Abusing A European <**■ Our 6^ rrtspQ||ft^ Kuala L umpur F OUND mx i-csier. c Moonhy, was fined S5O first magistra: R one mm rtgorou was ordered :i: cleaner In Batu Road ft seen the accused was proceeding towaj v/hich was parked
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  • 173 2 From Our Own Correspor. Kuala Lumpur. June 15 U7HEN replying to a plea that I money should be spent oa ing Malay school m ountry tt^ v:hich were urgently m n«JJ» schools, the acting British Major G. M. Kidci. neclared \M >J* inspector of ft***
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    • 273 2 Carl Crow Talks To Japan Chungking, June 15. IF any Japanese are listening, I would like to divulge to you some military information of the greatest importance. Your aviators are not raining bombs on points of any military importance. Instead, they are killing as many civilians as possible. In recent
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  • 727 3 flow Youth's Hacked Body Was Found CHARGED hand underneath the counter to feel for blanket and felt a body. My hand felt wet and 'l looked at it I found it to be covered with j- .lid Yeong Sionß Loong, a Cantonese tailor, m
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  • 62 3 A CHINESE. Yap Hai. was yesterday A produced m the Singapore fifth police ccurt charged with criminal trespass by entering a house m St. Thomas Walk on June 14 with intent to commit an offence. Accused claimed trial and the case was p^tponed to June
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  • LOYALS OFFICER & CITY FIREMAN
    • 258 3 MR. Bernard Charles Jackson Buckeridge, of the Singapore Fire Brigade, was married to Miss Lucy Nora Feehally, daughter of the late Mr. ana Mrs. W. J. Feehally of Devon, at St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday. The bridegroom is the son of the Late Mr. and Mrs. H. Buckeridge,
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    • 97 3 A CHINESE. Chua Joo Hup, yesterday pleaded guilty m the Singapore Traffic District Court to three traffic Ch On Se the first charge of driving his car at the junction of Balestier Road and Serangoon Road on Apr. 25 ma negligent manner when his car
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    • 100 3 Capt. Holohan Mrs. Armati AT the Singapore Presbyterian Church yesterday, Capt. W. J. Holohan, Quartermaster cf the 2nd Battalion, the Loyal Regiment, and Mrs. Hilda Louise Armati, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pollard of Sydney, Australia were married by the Rev. A. A. MacPherson. Capt. Holohan is the son of
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    • 223 3 Fight Against Ipoh Typhoid Menace (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, June 15. CAPTAIN H. J. COCKMAN, chairman of the Kinta Sanitary Board, made a statement at the monthly meeting today on the incidence of typhoid. He said: "Since January this year a greater number of typhoid cases has occurred m
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  • 589 3 STATEMENT ON LOCAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS "M/HILE there is no legal obligation to appoint mem- bers of particular nationalities on the Rural Board, it has been found to be convenient to mix the nationalities," said Mr. W. S. Ebden, chairman of the Singapore Rural
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  • 179 3 IN the dignified setting of Raffles College, Singapore, yesterday 119 girls and youths from many parts of Malaya put their names on the register. With this act, they became "freshers" m a college which must surely comprise the largest number of races of any college m the
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  • 101 3 TRAFFIC OBSTRUCTED yHE ATTENTION of the Chief Police Officer is to be drawn to obstruction caused on Mandai Road by lorries being washed on the roadside. Thus decision was made by the Singapore Rural Board at the Board's meeting yesterday, when the question of speed limits for
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  • 204 3 THE FOLLOWING new books will be ready lor issue at Raffies Library tomorrow I Helped to Build an Army. Joso Martin Blazquezz: Gibraltar and the Mediterranean, G. T. Garratt; Eigh-teenth-Century France, F. C. OmftS The Territorial m the Next War, V. E. Green: Hermann Georir.g. Illustrated,
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  • 201 3 Clean your teeth now but also protect them against future decay Of course you want to clean your teeth every day so that they will be bright and sparkling for each day uid Phillips' Tooth Paste does that too. But that is not
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    • 106 3 Warn mkF prescription B 3 i from B g >ra*. Ringworm, Dhobias Mm rtaeum. Pncklj UmK WT Siagmpor? Foot. Ifcokfc Dm %rd RxMbe*. mm i '0. PrMcriptioa Just for tui xmrveiloua k>tioa&a4 a»»« instant relief. Irriutioa P^a go«a at one«. and a f«v -li w A> Qsuxlly effeot -ure G«t
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  • 207 4 Make -tip Pencils Recommended DEXCILS for Perfection is the unusual make-up slogan of Geraldine Fitzgerald who makes an auspicious debut In "Dark Victory." On her dressing table are pencils m red. white, blue, green, purple, black and brown. The red pencil is for outlining lips. The white one is moistened
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  • 41 4 m/IRS. PAT O'BRIEN protects the volumes on her open bookshelves by covering them with cellophane jackets. They keep the No~ks clean, the titles can be read through the caper, and they lend a shining no note to the library-
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    866 4 HIGH JINKS AT ZOO—DOMINION PARTY—REFUGEE PROBLEMWOMEN IN THE NEWS QUEEN MARY is ensuring that the two royal Princesses do not have any excuse for moping during the absence of their parents. Following a thrilling river trip with grandmamma, which revealed to their keen eyes an entirely unexplored Thames
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  • 533 4 These Proclaim 1939 Informality And Smartness Of Fine Crepe Frocks By Yvonne AFTERNOON dresses made of fine crepe fabrics have that indescribable air of smart Informality which is certainly very charming. They are useful, too, at this time of the year when it is ret too early to think seriously
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  • 56 4 ROSEMARY LANE, at the Hollywood opening of "Oklahoma Kid," with Dick Mayberry, who was assistant director on the picture, caught the fancy of the fans by wearing a miniature holster and gun on either lapel of her beige wool suit, proving that an original girl can
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  • 64 4 WIMBLEDOM STAR and shiru. her' hair 1?« by an invteiblc J °*3 fi?ure to watch "a^ «g her play pert she amrctlmeM* tennis nerves' bef^, atU( X oncesh P(? ci, her rival m the fina seemed to play upon j there ns no ,o ct i a{ the match and
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    • 250 4 It Seemed Like Afn 1 1^31^10 says Miss Rumsey ITI I Idl/IC of London, tngfand I ACTUALLY LOOKED YOUNGER A WEEK Whole appearance changed H^^HR* I looks twice as attractive. BP|P V Friends positively envious Bp >*^"y of her marvellous complexion fe- -^-\l> ■X'^ct-T. Jf&t m >:■'' As \JhB I^^^
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    • 205 4 Business Expansion necessitates Extend S.A. MAJEED Co. Leading Silk and i^ Goods Merchants ARE NOW AT 70, HIGH ST. 35, N. BRIDGE RD. Your call and inaction of the widest and bf Ran^e of all Br;;. and Continental are cordialh in\ iud. TAILORING is executed b\ skilled cutter and ou
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  • 140 5 m Rotten Kov.. Hyde Park. London, ;top to watch the coaches fo by during a coaching: rally last week. RIGHT: Sir Robert Vansittart, Chief Diplomatic Adviser to the British Government, fa** a slidt down the chute at Foreign Office Sports Association fete, with Z
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  • 227 6 Axis Disclosures Arouse Indignation QUESTIONS IN COMMONS London, June 14. INDIGNATION which has been aroused among members of Parliament by the cynical disclosure by certain foreign governments of the extent of their intervention m the Spanish civil war intervention which they publicly disclaimed at the
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  • 129 6 RUSH TO JOIN FORCES CONTINUES London, June 15. VPPROXIMATELY 236,000 persons have joined the regular and auxiliary forces m the past three months, recording to a statement by Mr. W. S. Morrison, Chancellor ot the Duchy of Lancaster, m the House of Commons. Authoritative British quarters, both medical and military,
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  • 175 6 London. June 15. 1 1 SITED Kinfd m exports increased last month. They were valued at 273 350 compared with £35,148 691 A; md '-'38.164.810 In May last In. I I KW In vhlue 'c 78.541.325 from t;70.854.719 m April, 75.398.71*4 year ago. The value
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  • 221 6 London. THE War Officj announces that it has decided tj raise a detachment of the Royal Army Pay Corps as part Of the Territorial Army. This is a departure from precedent as the R.A.PC. has never previourly had the distinction of a Territorial Branch of its
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  • 88 6 Bagdad, June 15. The Irak G m nment has announced Ha decision U pay a lump sum to compensate the widow of the British Consul Mr Monck -Mason, who was murdered on April 4. The amount is not given, but it is stated the British
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  • 150 6 London. June 14. "THE International Sugar Council, at its meeting m London today, unanimously decided to adopt a recommendation made by the Executive Committee last month that part of the additional sugar required during the current quota year should be obtained by allowing British Dominions and Colonies
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  • 75 6 Tientsin, June 15. Major E. L. Law, the Briton who was arrested on Monday, encountered trouble with the Japanese police for photographing the sp3c:al Third D!s trict tan Tientsin, a forbidden zone, from the steamer Peking Maru. Major Law was to sail from Tientsin for
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  • 49 6 War Materials For Turkey Poland London, June 13. TURKISH and Polish mksons repre- sjnting the three defence services are stated officially to t>2 now In London engaged m technical dlscussionis concerning war material. The Polsh mission is headeG t>y Gen. Rayski and the Turklrh by Gen Orb- y. Reuter
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  • 68 6 Rome, June 14. HTHE steel magnate, Signor Silvio Cereiti, his sen and brother wer? sentenced to five years' imprisonment on a charge of fraudulent evasion of regulations governing metal imports under the Italian s?li -sufficiency .system. Signor Cerettl's iron and steel worKs allegedly employed an ing?nious contrivance between railway lines
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    79 6 New York. June 14. JUST as Marlcnc Dietrich and her husband were about to sail tor Europe inland Customs officials boarded the liner NormanclL 1 and seized the film star's luggage for alleged unpaid income tax. She strenuously denied sne uwea any and the Normandie was held up In the
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  • 104 6 TOKIO PAPER ON TIENn* BLOCKADE MERE delivery af the awpected a^Sfe ft ITA Shi-kang, Customs Commissionei T manager of the Tientsin Branch of Bank, by the British Concession lr settle the Tientsin affair, according Shimbun, influential bpanese oewspa Referring to yesterday^ cooicro between the Premier,
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  • 32 7 ta ot Mr. Lye Ene Hon?. of the Hoon Seek TradiptfC jnd >!r. Lee Sung 800. of Singapore who were i IMA f St. i\ter and St. Paul yesterday
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  • 204 7 Action Against Market Inspector Urged (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, June 14. "I VENTURE to submit that a mere reprimand m this case would not only have absolutely no deterrent eiTect on those employees of ours who are inclined to regard themselves as masters and not as servants of the
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  • 76 7 TLIAS SASOON JOSEPH, who yester- day pleaded guilty to a charge of smoking opium without a licence at Neill Road on June 6, was fined $12 m the Singapore Fourth Police Court. Accused stated he had been suffering from asthma and bronchitis for a number
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  • 28 7 The following rubber outputs for the month of May, 1939, are announced: Perak River Valley Rubber C 0,,, Ltd. 22.895 lb.; Java Estates Ltd., 22,000 lb.
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  • 336 7 TIENTSIN CRISIS FORCES PRICES DOWN Weekly Rubber Market Reports THE blockade of Tientsin, disappointment over the Russian negotiations, and disquieting reports from Central Europe have this week been the dominant market influences, and under their combined pressure prices have fallen back step by step, but with obvious reluctance, state Stanton
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  • 184 7 MARKETS throughout the world are being affected by anxiety concerning the possible developments of tho Anglo-Soviet discussions, and the fact that there is no news so far, although perhaps to be expected, is causing operators to hold off the market, write Lewis and Peat (Singapore) Ltd.. m
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  • 128 7 FE continued uncertainty i the political situation m Europe had now been reinforced by the developments m Tientsin, and this, combined with the recession m business activity m the United States, has had a depressing effect on the rubber market, state Guthrie and Co., Ltd., m their
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 211 7 Most Thrilling Sea Drama Ever Screened! 4LHAMBRA- TODAY 3.15, 6.15 9.15 p.m. MS^F— WITH THE MUI^ OF OUTCAST MEN!.. .LOVE HEROIC I ON A SHIP OF HORROR Im.ADVENTUBE j SWEEPING OVER HALF THE WOULD! I ITU GMXMTTWT WITH PICTUBIS OF THEIR MAJESTIES I THE i'.RITISfI a: AMERICAN SUBMARINE DISASTERS, ILDEBSHOI
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    • 62 7 3 ANOTHER BRITISH SCREEN I TRIUMPH! THE MOST BEAUTIFUL COLOUR FILM EVER MADE! Opens PAVILION 27th Based on me Opera b r V/.S GILBERT m ARTHUR SULLIVAN By arrangement with H RUPERT DOYLY CARTE tdoptea C jitd jc tec T^^^'M^^F deduced t>t SlOffW 1W jffr \W Jutiled by aL B
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    • 260 7 One of the most Polished and most entertaining Productions of the Year! opens TONIGHT AT THE "g^"l CAPITOL f^is" Two Famous Stars together for the first time m the Picture all London is raving over or „.<- o""^"' 1 He Searched Lo s Highways c* pc <a^H w itb a
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  • 593 8 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 1939. Blackout Lessons \I7ITH three thousand civilians on duty during the blackout last Tuesday night, the extent and intricacy of the passive defence organisation m Singapore is now realised more fully by the general public. Attention was concentrated m this blackout on the
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  • 909 8  - Pact With Russia Will Deter Aggressors In Both East And West Sir Arthur Willert No Return To Appeasement By $IR ARTHUR WILLERT, K.8.E., the writer of the hllowinf article was for many year* head of the Newt Department of the Foreign Office and remains m close touch with tho* administering
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    6 8 THE MOMENT TNAT SECMS A YEAR
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  • 163 8 117 HEN Great Britain ww pursuing for so many years the policy of disarmament the Navy was allowed to deteriorate to an almost alarming extent. With the introduction of a rearmament policy rapid improvement has been made. Since the first official statement on rearmament was issued
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 289 8 M Don+ ijou just love ROSES?" Yes f buf best m raJ-?Kfl a C I M LET r LJnS caldbecks BSkSBtSSSSI K^M HB JO&9 aO* ■♦A^S^^f i-**v^«vvv, PIE fruiis of Empire! luscious >.i.C. The pick ol Australia's orchards packed the day they ripen. Juicy pears, delicious peaches and apricots to
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    • 28 8 What is the .something* m every garment leaving this establishment 7 It cannot toe -describee exactly..., but it is Style MIEN CHONG TAILORING —34 Coleman St. Phone 1816-
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  • 1024 9 EYE- WITNESSES DESCRIBE HOW R.A.F. FLYING-BOAT CRASHED Dived Into Sea After Take-Off R ESCUERS' STORIES AT OPENING OF INQUEST rU.WITN KSS accounts of the crash of the Royal Air r riT <hrt Sunderland flying-boat into Johore Strait on 'morninii «»f June 5 >verc iven by two airmen tpmng h >
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    51 9 picture. THESE FRESHMEN, like 115 others v.-ho enrolled m Raffles College yesterday, began a new life when they unpacked their bags m the college hostel. They are (1. to r.) Yap Siew Choong (Seremban), Alias Inn Yassin (Kajang, Selangor), Soorier Pillay (Seremban) and Choy Sicw Hong (Kuala Lipis, Pahang).- Free
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  • 843 9 SPECIAL SUB-COMMITTEE IS APPOINTED TO investigate the time taken by the Singapore Rural Board m the performance of its duties, particularly with regard to the issue of permits and approval of building plans, the Board appointed a sub-committee at its meeting yesterday. Comprising two
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  • 282 9 NO FEAR OF PROSECUTION A FORMER lawyer's clerk who was giving evident m the Singapore High Court yesterday, m a case m which a 60-year-old Malay woman made a claim against her stepfather, was told by Mr. Justice Pedlow that he could answer all
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  • 83 9 OLEADING guilty to pen automatic pistil 15 rounds of automatic pistol cartridges, and 12 rounds of revolver cartridges, en June 6, m a house m Upper Hokkien Street, without the permission of the Chief Police Officer, a 27-year-old Chinese, Lam Kam Tong was bound over
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    • 55 9 FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE BEFORE 0. AFTER THE SHOW DINE AT THE CAPITOL RESTAURANT Ff esh Rock Oysters and &MOOEKG STRAWBERRIES OBTAINABLE '.^•writer for Everyone HERMES B *BY TYPEWRITER Portable Typewriter. upped m a drawer "r a suitcase H m. by 2U m. hi*h vc*i tmm :ib. 12 oz. 560.00 Nctt.
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    • 288 9 SI BEAUTIFUL HAND CUT LEAD CRYS T A L Listed below are a few prices: Salad Bowk— diameter 9"— $6.50 Square Spirit Bottles from SI 2.50 Triangular Whisky Decanters f r0m51 2.50 mm mmmmmmm mm J«*« from 55.25 O Designs and patterns of Crystal arc continually changing. Quotations upon applications.
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  • 766 10 Value Of Sino-British Cultural Relations CHUNGKING BODY'S WORK Chungking, June 3. A HIGH tribute to the courage and endurance of the Chinese people was paid by Sir Archibald Clark Kerr, British Ambassador to China, m the course of his speech delivered before some 50 members
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    36 10 VOL'NG FARMERS of England and Wales began a sheep shearing: contest m Hyde Park for prizes to be presented by Sir Philip Sassoon. The contest has been organised by the National Federation of Yean* Farmers* Clubs.
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  • 497 10 Guerilla Raid Ends In 48 Captures Chungking, June 4. A HIGH MILITARY officer who re- turned to Chungking m mid-May to report on the progress of Chinese forces m the "occupied" areas said that the close co-operation of mobile units of the Chinese army and the common people could be
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  • 85 10 London. AN iron lung of the latest "drinker- respiration" type was one of the exhibits at the hospital? exhibition at Charing Cross Underground station. Visitors will see how the lung allows a patient inside it to eat, drink, and sleep while the machine administers artificial
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    • 533 10 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS TENDERS SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY Tenders. lenders are now invited for the following materials or services. For particulars see Municipal Tenders Room Supply and delivery at the Municipal Transport Centre of 19 lorry chassis. Date of Closing. 12 noon. June 28, 1039. Execution of earthworks at Changi Road from Jalan
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    • 502 10 BOARD RESIDENCE. SEA FRONT ILATONO GRANGE— 77. Mejer Rd (near Shimming Clubi Board-Residence at moderate rates Large Gardens Tenrls Phone: &75K. EAST ANGL3A 6. OXLt) UlSfc SINGAFOKKS mins Co tovrn Qlgb teteL garages, dally or montiiiy rates, large ground*, erailent cuisine ternis single and double rooms. PUONE €39« NAPIER HOUSE
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    • 248 10 BANK OPc^ Tse-Vun 8 12.1*,^ I<»M»()N U^W Midland Hank-/./ X; lrviß{ Tn,., Kt|: -211 BRxs!,' V.': m l"» orrtsponOfn,, llv nntin s'/r"?,: 1 1 POSH ACCOUNTS shipments ousiness transact lnc BXchi^ Ftl] nnrtir U i ars PARKC ANI r e a OVERSEA CHl||E SE BANKIK6 CORPORATISI LIMITED beg to anncunce
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 475 10 RADIO PROGRAMMES SINGAPORE TODAY ZItL 225 metres. ZIIP JO 06 metres. p.m. 5.00 Mtifftfffl entertainment by the Beaton Amateur Party. Johcre. From the s'udio C.05 Commentary en the depuftißC cf tbeir itejfitki the King and Que.'i. tram Malifax. at the eooctalJß ol thfir v 4 >it to Caiiacia and I'm
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  • 304 11 I Yesterday's Quotations OJON AND NEW YORK STOCK SHARES I from Lc.idon 5.30 p. m. Yesterday I £2 ri^J^SSTU- 4 «Ump dot? are not Included. Y^ ion unless Latest Quotations Previously L<*r 0.1944-64 108" H 90 1067 b 107*4 94»' 8 8 9 35 35i
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  • 63 11 B\ IKASER CO. AT CLOSE OF BUSINESS IDIBMI aidday was up Prne of Rubber at 4 o'clock '??rs Sp4,t :B', tents, buyers ?8' t r ents, market l "ns i.f the SlnKaport uerr slightly easier 'npithy with the rest of n.trkets. There was urp It xell, however,
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  • 44 11 HAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION IS O'CLOCK NOON Buyers Sellers 28 |11 28 716 28 M I 27 *X R§T red 28 S Mi 28 v 28' j 283s 28S -8 28H ur:d easier. •'ii Spot Sheet 8 3 16d. US. cts. 16 316
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  • 153 11 JUNE 15, 1939: SELLING London T.T. J3 }316 London demand 2,3 13 i*J> Lyons demand Switzerland demand ,«i Hamburg dsmand 4 New York demand j>* Montreal demand J4j* Batavia demand JJJ}* Samaraiig dexnanu 1U1 Calcutta. Bombay Rangoon demand JgJ* Madras 8c Colombo demand 155 Hong Kong demand
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  • 48 11 OWING to other engagements thnext monthly organ recital to be -Wen by Mr. Werner Baer at he Victoria Memorial Hall, <">*" th ama'ces of the Municipal Commit loners which normally would have taken place on the ""t Sunday m July, has been postponed to July
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  • 199 11 I From London 5.30. p.m Yesterday I RrBBER: Firmer. London: 81 4<i- 8 5 16d. Previously: 8 316 d 8' 4 d July-Sept.: 3 5 16d. 83^. Previously: BV^d. 8 5 16d Oct.-Dec: B%d. 8 716 d. Previously: 8 5 16 d. 83/ 8 d Jan.-Mar.: B%d.
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  • 64 11 TIN: Firm. Spot: £227 2s. 6d. Previously: £226 17s. 6d Three months: £224 12s. 6ti. Previously: £224 7s. 6d. NEW YORK TIN: 48.75 Previously: 48.75 COPPER: £41 10s Previously: £42. GOLD: Yesterday: £7 3s. sx2d.5 x 2d. Previously: £7 Bs. 5d SILVER: Spot: 19 7/i,d. Previously: 19
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  • 66 11 I London Closing Quotations I Method o? Pant> oe:ore Latest Centre Quoting 20-9-31 Rate Previously Paris Franc to 124.11 176^ 176% New York... $to 4.8655 4.68*4 4.68 516 Amsterdam.... Guilders to 12.10 8.8 l?/ 8 8.8 l»/ 2 Hong Kong.. Per dollar Is. 2 13|16d. 10. 2
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  • 221 11 Roman Legacy London, June 15. »THE question of Italian war materials left m Spain after the civil war was raised by the Labour Opposition m the Commons late last night. The Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Mr. R. A. Butler, replying, said the question of war materials
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  • 97 11 Tokio, June 15. THE Association of Wool Exporters m Argentina desires its Government to conclude a new trade agreement with. Japan and to improve trade relations between the two countries, according to information received by the Trade Museum m Osaka. The information says since the enlorcement
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  • 64 11 London, June 15. MAJOR- GEN. Lavaracks, Chief of the Australian General Staff, arrived m London last night for a six months' visit to study modern military methods. He will confer with the Chief of the Imperial General Staff, Viscount Gort, on questions of organisation and
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  • 34 11 London, June 15. Dery beat Surrey by an innings and 43 runs. Derby, 247 (Parker six for 34) Surrey 77 (A. Pope six for 44) and 127 <G. Pope five for 46).—
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  • 1297 11 From Exchange Telegraph Co. I Fraser And Co. 's List I THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1939: 5 P.M. MINING Buyers Sellers Ampat Tin <ls) 3s lUVsd 4s 3d Austral Amal. (ss) 4s 7%d 5s l%d Austral Malay 38s «2s Ayer Hitam (ss) 22s 9d 23s 9d
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  • 156 11 List Supplied By Messrs. Fraser Co. THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1939: I P M lotaJ for Company Dividend Books Financial tin Close l>ate Ex. Dlv. year Hitam Tin 5% Int. June 19 June 24 June 2C Kramat Pulai bo nnal June 7 June 28 June 19 80% less
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  • 784 12 Number Quadrupled Since War Began BANKING BENEFITS A YEAR and a half of Sino-Japanese war has resulted m the of 4he number of- rural co-opera-tivea m Szechwan. From a pre-war figure of 3,393 societies that counted a total membership of 185,996 family units m May 1937, the figure
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  • 600 12 Improved Stock On Szechwan Farms Chengtu, Juns i. TME war and the demand for more butter, milk and beef have made the farmers of Szochwan grateful to Mr. Frank Dickinson, Professor of Agriculture at the West China Union University of Chengtu, for the services he baa rendered to them m
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    41 12 IN THE presence of King Boris and guests of honour from all parts ot the world tt- i has just celebrated its 50 years' jubilee, m Sofia. Dr. Stanischeff, Rector of the tJnlmsi guests of honour m the procession m Sofia.
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  • 154 12 The struggle for commercial supremacy between Germany and the Unit ed States m tropical America was described m Des Moines. lowa last week, by Mr. Edwin E. Huber. l^rad of an American impcrtins firm In Central America The United States still leads as exporter to Central
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  • 453 12 German Countess Stopped At Croydon Itjim, June 4. pOUNTZoS BCHULENBURG, attractive fair-hailed daughter of General Count Frledrich yen der SehulenburT. Who was chief cf the general staff of the German Crown Prince during the v/ar. was relueed permsslon to stay m England yesterday. Th? Countess arrived at Croydon Airport m
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  • 390 12 (From Our Own Correspondent) Sydney, (By Air Mail). A CLAIM for £5,000 compensation against the Defence Department was made before a Select Committee of the Senate m Sydney by Captain T. P. Conway. He alleged that discreditable reI ferences, inserted m his record file
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  • 80 12 (From Our Own Correspondent Sydney (By Air Mail). MIGRANTS from Holland and other Northern European countries may be brought to Australia under an organised scheme. A condition of Commonwealth approval will be rigid assurances that no migrant will displace from work any Australian. The Consul-General for
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  • 227 12 London. June 14. IUIR. ARTHUR Henderson asked Mr Chamberlain m the Commons today whether it was the policy of *he Government to consent to the appointment cf a French General as Supreme Commander of the British and French ar:::~i fcrce.:. m the event of war. Mr.
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  • 60 12 Lisbon. M3y 31. It is learnt here that Mr. William Hogg, younger son of Viscount Halisham, the former Lord Chancellor, haf left London for Lisbon m a 45-foot sailing", boat. Mr. Hogg, who is Third Secretary at the British Embassy at Lisbon, is accompanied
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  • 127 12 Admiral To Pay Costs For A. B. Hawfce n .73 pathlsed at D r T")-year-old Major-Gene:. Pinney 'recreation. But he gave jud»n seaman agaii.s; th, m^l general vi;; JiwaMeid man '6 c Sir Begin a j^ fIM> J 'Charles John Ililyon for kOVtaf a rrad rr Since the cra^h, Hr
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  • 40 12 THREE Important part the King's broad Whenever he makes a the rad. on the table by side and evenly feels placet it r!fht hand ThJ relieves: I eiiab! £moA :ur;l: m en ting up groups Qd<
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  • 631 14 Passengers leaving for Europe by the s.s. Ranchi today are: Miss P. G. Ansell, Dr. R. E. Anderson, Mrs. J. Alia way, Master Allaway. Capt. J. Adams, Mr. S. Anand, Miss J. Armstrong, Mrs. E. C. G. Barrett. Mr. A. E. G. Best, Mr. J. J. M.
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  • 12 15 9' .:ou!d th the applithe general
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    36 15 as (HKb >lainwarin« <»L1 Mi.vfair Ja^fmeci li U months hard m the Hyde I |Oe! jfwel ia bbery m Fcbruj^t je.ir. released from PriMM r.;enily. having :i of his senplßftti rtmtoct He >*as met omc friends.
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  • 109 15 Deficiency Of Rural Board Staff m mm hi the length oi time total m dealing with the issue Ktfiiiig permits and approval of I of the staff. v Ebdfn. chairman *tfe Sin?ip<.re Rural B>ard. at a the Government of the fact r i Lands had man could be Mr. Ebden.
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  • 42 15 C.rr^spontants) b IP'»h, June 15. today ordered i with causing ■an "with an a.: Central Mental d was insane d the oiTence. J that the case n Rosicient. woman's head ■v-is seated m o no reason for
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  • 447 15 Match With Whitcombe A Tame Affair EXCELLENT SHORT GAME JHE Ljcke-Whiteombe golden golf m^JS^t into live to play!" 2 S Uth African h six U P and a hL\- Stilke WaS u soo and if m y mathematics don't go back on me each stroke of
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  • 167 15 Barter Plan Destined To Failure "IT'S an excellent idea, but I feel 1 sure that it will not materialise m spite of the fact that Anglo-American relations are better than at any other time," was the view regarding the reported rubber and tin barter plan, expressed by Mr. S. W.
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  • 169 15 -From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, June 14. AT a meeting of the Penang Municipal Commissioners presided over by Mr. J. A. Black. Mr. F. H. Grummit criticised the decision of the General Purposes Committee n3t to erect warning notices to bathers on North Beach. Mr.
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  • 64 15 Jerusalem, June 13. LIFE imprisonment was today passed on a pretty young Jewish girl known as Raohel Hovatammi by a military court for carrying an "infernal machine of a dangerous type" outside the central prison. Although she Is liable for the death sentence there was
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    18 15 vu ll li -U--1-1 mrr nrn c were inspected m Konic by Siznor Mussolini.— The members I sitss;zr^KS
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  • 39 15 picture. OFFICIALS with the touring: South China football team which arrived at Singapore yesterday by the Aramis. From left: Mr. Pau Ka Ping (captain), Mr. Mok Hhis (manager) and Mr. Chow Yun Nin (secretary). Free Press
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  • 580 15 Changi Sailing Notes CUP RACE TO FELICITY AT the start of the race for the Monthly Cup, sailing conditions were poor, and with the lightest of airs coming from the south-east the fleet crossed the line for a long leg against the
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  • 314 15 County Cricket On The UpGrade London, June 4. LIKE a phoenix from the ashes, county cricket has risen up, flapped its wings, and with a loud squawk has risen to almost empyrean heights. A number of people had a hand m rousing it; m fact, the realisation that something had
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  • 403 15 (By The Four Aces, David Bruce Burnstone, Merwin D. Maier, Oswald Jacoby. Howard Schenken) /\PENING bids or three or more arc v almost invariably intended as shutout bids. They arc imputed to portray a very good long suit but little defensive strength, and expert players agree
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  • 104 15 Rules tightening up the control st the sale of food and drinks m Singapore's rural areas were discussed at a meeting of the Singapore Rural Board yesterday. Or. J.W. Scharfl", Chid Health Officer, said it was desirable that the bylaws relating to the sale of food
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    • 86 15 Law Notice For The Day Before the Chief Justice m Ist Court at 11 a.m. Bankruptcs r Before Mr. Justice Pedlow m 2nd. Court at 11 a.m S.494'3B— Ahminah binte Adulrahman (w) vs. Ahmad bin Kassim (if not concluded). Before Mr. Justice Manning m 3rd. Court at 10.30 a.m. Summonses-in-Chambers,
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  • 105 16 In the British Women's golf championship at the Royal Portrush course quarter-finals resulted: Mrs. H. V. Newton, of Birkdale, beat Elsie Corlett, English champion, one up; Miss Clarrie Tiernan, Curtis Cup player, beat Mrs. J. B, Challen, of Blackwell, two and one; Pam. Barton.-ex-British Champion, beat
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  • 768 16 South China Lead 3-0 At One Stage KENG HOCK RISES TO THE OCCASION Bpf f0r Keng Reek's- opportunism m 4he second half, the S.C.F.A. might have taken a bigger defeat from the South China team than one of four-three m their soccer match
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    22 16 picture. THi: new champion Mrs. Eber. whose \ietory over Mrs. Pennefather yesterda> brought her the Singapore unmpn's sinsles tennis title.- Free Press
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  • 260 16 Singapore First Winners Of Far East Trophy That last year's "Bisley" meeting was not the success it was hoped it would be, was revealed m the Singapore Rifle Association's report at their annual general meeting at the S.V.C. headquarters last evening. The pavilion of the association had been rebuilt at
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  • 61 16 R.A.O.C. 3, R.A.F. (H.Q.) 0 In a second division »a> soccer fixture played at Alexandra yesterday the RA.O.C. defeated the RAF. (H.Q.) by three goals to nil. The winners dominated play j throughout and kept the Airmen's defence busy for the greater part of the game. Cartwright scored the flrst
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  • 144 16 S. T. C. Autumn Meetings ENTRIES fcl the Singapore Turf Club's Autumn Gold Cup and extra professional meetings sUrting on Aug. 26 close on Wednesday. August 16 Programme for the Gold Cup meeting, to be run on Aug. 26 and 30 and Sept. 2. 6 and 9. provides for three
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  • 107 16 The following will represent Fort i Canning vs. Singapore Recreation Clubj at cricket on the S.R.C. padang on Sunday, at 11.30 a.m.: Capt. levers tcapt.\ Sq. Ldr. Marchbank. Capt. Ewens. S Sgt. Wilton. Sgt. Dowling, Sgt. Long, Sgt. Baker, L.'Cpl. Beeston. Cpl. Turner, L/Cpl. Telford, Pte. Stott.
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  • 32 16 South China Team Play At Stadium pirlure. WELL into the air at the Stadium m yesterday's match between tiie s— th China team and the S.C.F.A. The visitors won 4—3.- Free Press
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  • 363 16 MRS. EBER WINS SINGLES VONG LOON CHONG and Mrs. Sewell became Singapore mixed doubles lawn tennis champions yesterday when they defeated Mr. and Mrs. Warden m straight sets, 6 3, 6 3, on the S.C.C. courts yesterday. By beating Mrs. Pennexather 6—2. 4
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  • 39 16 Douglas, Lsleman. June 14. Englishman, Edward Mellors. riding an Italian Benelli machine, won the lightweight motorcycle tourist trophy race and covered 264 miles m 3 hrs 33 mm. 26 sec. at an average speed of 74.25 m.p.h.
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  • 59 16 Two water-polo matches were played between the V.M.C.A. and the Chinese Swimming Club yesterday at tho V.M.C.A. pool. In the first game, the V's first team defeated the C.S.C. second team by five goals to three, and m the second game, the V.M.C.A. second team defeated
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  • 97 16 T hree Goals To Mat Noor Give Postals A Win Hospital by thr U« second d.v.M... to^ 1 on the S H B gro 5Ji» goaLs-a hat-trick when the P S on the ttti cc coni^J Pfctare mi ment oi pla attacked the right and Placed h€Bd xongChn v keep
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  • 88 16 ENTRIES v to b I final day o: letic m open t re and to the Gin ing a.-. is one mile, 220 fards, Ml Units c events are R.AI C y. R 7th Heavy Ref don Highlanders 3rc A A He.ivy Re 2nd A A
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  • 76 16 London. l mauM VJ from Regatta was reached y "We reg: ftialt head of the fc sation which controls row out German;, but we a such a visit would be pl*»* drcumftaii "British spcr assured of a cordia; *eic they come to Oenntny: The
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  • 15 16 The S.C Clerical Un;. [n a merely ,b leading }~> _g,
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