The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 20 June 1939

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  • 18 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 11.808 5 CENTS ESTD. 1833 TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 193' J.
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  • OBSCENE DEGRADATION FOR BRITIONS
    • 711 1 New Outrages By The J apanese SCREWS TIGHTEN London, June 19. arc among: the latest victims of Japanese ictka m Tientsin. Their names are not eported at the British Consulate that they entirely naked and submitted to the most lations. While naked, their clothes were c the >earch room, so
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    • 521 1 NO SANCTIONS FEAR Tokio, June 19. DENYING a British allegation that Japanese claims would affect the rights of all those Powers who have treaty rights m China, the spokesman of the Japanese military authorities m a statement this afternoon declared that the current "isolation"
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  • 53 1 London, June 19. MR. CHAMBERLAIN said m ITI the Commcns tonight that the discussions with Moscow were still proceeding. Asked by Mr. D. Adams, £Lab., Durham', whether there were any difficulties outstanding beside the position of the Baltic States, Mr. Chamberlain said: "Yes, there are several
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  • 133 1 London, June 19 nLPLYING to Commons questions on Bohemia and Moravia, Mr. R. A. Butler, the Ui lier-Foveign Secretary, said Sir Nevile Henderson had been instructed to make application to the German Government for a Consul General In Prague. While the Government realised that this step
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  • 97 1 Daylight A.R.P. In Chelsea London, June 19. A FULL SCALE air rai i test took place m Chelsea. London, this n.ornins to the presence of the Home Secretary, the Lord Privy Seal, the commissioner of Metropolitan Police i.nd 300 other official visitors. Sirens brought all outdoor activity to a standstill
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  • 58 1 Marseilles, June liJ Carrying 30 people, Pan American Airways* Atlantic Clipper, which left Port Washington on Saturday, arrived here today. This is the largest number ever to fly the Atlantic m a heavier than air craft. The flight is preliminary tl the inauguration of the
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  • 235 1 London, June 19. THE RESULTS of the medical examinations of the first batch of young men who have registered for military training shows that 93.3 per cent, were fit for training and of these, 84.5 per cent, were "first class." Only 2.3 per cent,
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  • Article, Illustration
    23 1 NfWLY-WBD Robert Taylor and Bariaia Stanwyck at a Beverly Hills restaurant. They told reporters they wUt have "no honeymoon for ueeks and iceeks."
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  • 91 1 Warsaw, June 19. MONSIGNOR CORTESI, the Papal Nuncio, today left for Rome to report to the Vatican on his recent conversations v;ith M. Mosciki and M. Beck, Polish Premier and Foreign He had another talk with 11 Beck on Saturday. Polish official quarters admit that Monsignor
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  • 52 1 Prague, June 19 GERMAN TROO? MOVEMENTS towards the Slovak border are reported to have continued during the week-end Large numbers of tanks, armoured cars and transport vehicles are passing through here eastward. Nearly ten divisions are stated to be concentrated c:i the border, raainly near
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  • 41 1 London. June 19. The International Sugar Council's negotiating committee is continuing its efforts to arrive at a quota figure lor the coming 12 months. Contrary to expectations, no meeting of the sugar council was held i today.- Reuter
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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    • 51 1 BIGIA TEA BRINGS THE FRESHNESS AND FRAGRANCE OF THE MALAYAN GARDENS DIRECT TO YOUR HOME ADELPHI HOTEL ROOI— t.ARDEN TONIGHT SPECIAL DINNER, DANCE CABARET DINNER S3— NON -DINERS Sl— DANCE INFORMAL FNTERTAIN'MEVT PROVIDED B\ '$:'&s& EDNA BELLEFONTAIME NOTED YOUNG ENGLISH UANCEB VIEW HOTEL: WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY. SATURDAY. SPECIAL DINNER, DANCE
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  • 228 2 Precautionary Measure To Forestall Invaders COFFIN OF SILVER Sianfu, June 19. THE most important symbolic event for the Mongols since the 17th century took place last week when the remains of Gheniriz Khan, far-famed conqueror of the 12th. Century, were removed from Inner Mongolia to
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  • 36 2 Minneapolis. Jur.e 19. Fkv:i were killed and 60 injured m a that swept the country nd Minneapolis during the night. About 10 buildings were destroyed Nones and doctors attended the ined by cand>-!i2ht. Reuter
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  • 228 2 Shanghai, June 19. TWO fresh terroristic incidents occurred here on Saturday. Seven Chinese gunmen attacked the I hend office of the Morning Leader, a Chinese language daily, m Ningpo Road, m the International Settlement, o about nine o'clock on Saturday nit;ht. Firing at random, the
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  • 72 2 More Talks At Kulangsu Amoy, Junf 19. |LIR\ GOKO UCHIDA, the Japanese 1 Consul -General ?nd Rear-Admiral Snunzo Mito. head of the Amoy office of the China Affairs Board, yesterday returned to Amoy from Tokio after conferring uith the Home Government on the Kulangsu affair. Diplomatic negotiations are likely to
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  • 37 2 Kulangsu, June 19. An international food committee is being formed by British. Americans and French to arrange for the importation of foodstuffs m foreign ships m view of the continuation nf t>io m™i-_ ade. Reuter
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  • 60 2 Shanghai, June 19. Mrs. Cherry a former Russian, but a British subject owing to marriage with v Briton, was lound shot dead m bed m the French Concession at 11 a.m today. Beside her was an unidentified man, also dead with a revolver beside him.
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  • 70 2 Hong: Kong:, June 18. A NEW arrival here from Nankins re- veals that Wrn Tsung-yao and°Yen Yuan-tao, two leading puppet members m th? "reformed" government, have not yet passed the danger stage and are still m a coma. It will be recalled that both were poisoned
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  • 55 2 Chungking, June 19. A Chinese press report states that 50 British and Norwegian surgeons who did medical work m the Spanish War are leaving shortly for China to join Chinese units. A Swede Dr. Holm, already has arrived, and now is m active service at
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  • 29 2 Chungking, June 19. The American and French Ambassadors, Mr. Nelson Johnson and M. Henri Cosme, today called senaratPiv or. Gen. Chiang Kai-shek.- Reuter
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  • 306 2 TRICKING TIME Ivomion, June 19. THE ttoyal liner Empress of Rritain, steaming 24 knots, was clear of the iceberg zone within 2^ boars of leaving Newfoundland and has now slowed down to less than 20 knots a more economical and more comfortable speed for
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    18 2 ADMIRAL RAEDER presenting decorations to the naval Members of the Condor Legion from Spain at Dobcntz last ivee?:.
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  • 34 2 Prayers For Peace A. B. At Sea, June If. DRAYERS were ollercd abcard the Royal liner yesterday at divine service for peace and lor Able Seaman Batt. who fell overboard the previous day. Reuter
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  • 224 2 Haifa. June 19. yWO BOMB EXFLOSIONS occurred this morning, one m m Arab vegetable market and the other m a manhole m the Jewish suburb sf Hcr.darha Cajnel. Troops are taking up stra; positions and patrolling the town :o prevent demonstrations by angry Arabs According to
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  • 50 2 (From Our Own Correspondent) Pcnang, June 19. "IT is an excellent suggestion," said Mr. J. A. Harvey, chairman of the Rml Board, Penang, when Mr. Wee i Theang Siew suggested that shade trees should be planted all along Rur?l Board roads. The suggestion was accepted.
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  • 23 2 TAXI SYCE EMBRACES JEWESS Offence In Li .1 T m i in can -< 1 The poi Road Apr Passenger Accus.d d not beli
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  • 56 2 1 T force In COB] pa:: I fltf 1 cerns, tbej den I e:es Between tin The a. pc are di B.E pretati i un Imp i M N( otaoct i cab iimDOCi cur. of ad TIM m their let! deli:, capacit;- a frcm
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  • 21 2 Jane Withers At Alhambra i J which yesterday I*' win otht i film. HBon acting of a redeemed and Oh SingaporDrogramnic.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 244 2 Japan To Grow All Own Cotton Tokio. Jane 19. TPHE overseas Ministry has drawn up a three-year plan for cotton, aiming at an annual crop of 500.000.000 ibs., with the intention of making Japan self-sufficient m raw cotton. Five million pounds of cotton seeds will be sent to Tsingtao. 1.500.000
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    • 8 2 THEATR^ MAKE.nT i /rom MBI «I. MIL IT,
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  • 183 3 MAN FAT ALLY B URNED IN R. A. F. BOAT AT SELETAR Tragedy When Engine Catches Fire LEAP INTO SEA AFTER EXPLOSION .tartinß the engine of an R.A.F. boat at Seletar Ihc morninu: of June 5, a Malay seaman, Kathan Lg| Jumit, wai badly burnt when the engine caught an
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    33 3 More than 1,000 Chinese, including many young women, sailed on ihe pleasure cruise around Singapore on Sunday m celebration of the Dragon Boat festival. Passengers are s?en getting aboard the ship.— Free Press
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  • 79 3 C nts Qc -us Scholar a Km Chwee has ktfa Lav Tripos px- abridge with first i -tted at the Anglo- i and Raftle^ Institution. Is i Downing S.ngapnr.?. who when the flying -boat I i near Calcutta, is ki been able to corres- i s family.
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  • 245 3 Salesman Kept Money From Indians 3 WEEKS' R.I. FOR MISAPPROPRIA TION of three weeks' rigorous imprisonment were passed by Mr. L. C. Goh. m the Singapore Fifth Poiice Covr: yesterday on a middlec.?ed Cantonese. Lam Kwee Yam, who was convicted on two charges of criminal misappropriation m respect of $14.40.
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  • 186 3 'THE 15 Ningpo Chinese firemen of ItW Norwegian vessel, Sheng Hwa. who were charged m the Singapore Fourth Police Court on Saturday with rioting and voluntarily causing hurt to the chief officer, Gustav Fjereth, with a beer bottle on Friday night while the ship was
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  • 81 3 A LLEGED to have obtained credit for $155 from M. Seah, without informing her that he was undischarged from the Wage Earners' Administration Order, m Feb. 1938, G. W. Perreau, a 30-year-old Eurasian appeared m the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday. After the charge had been explained
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  • 733 3 Rural Board Issue Of Building Permits "NO INTENTIONAL DELAYS" A IMPLICATIONS to the Singapore Rural Hoard for building permits are dealt with m rotation and there is no intentional delay, stales Dr. J. W. Scharff, Chief Health Officer, m a report to the Rural Board. "It is merely a matter
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  • 350 3 DISAGREES WITH VIEWS OF DEFENDANT CHOULD the dates and numbers m a promissory note *^be written m English numerals? Raised m a suit between R. M. N. Sathappa Chettiar and Song Chwee Oon, this question was answered m a judgment by Mr. Justice Manning
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  • 69 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) Muar, June 19. IJOUR Javanese, Musa Abu Hassan. Sharriff and Kasdan, were produced before Inche Haron bin Ahmad and charged with having jvn\'c3d<:;l their bicycles. It was stated by the prosecution that each of the accused was carrying over a hundred katis of various vegetables on
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  • 125 3 A LLEGED to have pulled out a clasp-knife with a blade si., inches long and stabbed another man, inflicting a wound two-and-a-half inches deep, an Indian, Maniokam, was sentenced to a week's rigorous imprisonment and a fine ot $20, m de f ault of payment
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  • 79 3 I*WO iwmm, a Malay and a Siamese, Fatimali binte Dollah and Hanai Suate, were charged m the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday with persistently soliciting for immoral purposes m Waterloo Street on Saturday night. An alternative charge of behaving m a disorderly manner at the same
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  • 63 3 A LLEGED to have been involved m a fight described by the Court. Inspector as a stand-up boxing match, an Arab, Syed Hussein bin Bakar and a Malay, Ahmad bin Idris, were charged m the Second Police Court yesterday with fighting m public m North
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 79 3 ECZEMA WORMS OCGS' ARCH-ENEMIES WIPED OUT I ads Hospital. HOUSAND consecutive i tnd Tapeworm have seated with TASTELESS &VAPORAL .'-Conditioner > iind Cats. SPECIFIC THAT HAS NEVER FAILED. Nta No fasting or fuss. ipormT with the food. -.Tifdy is now within ciovj and cat owner obtained of all Chemists I
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    • 43 3 MAGNETIC CHUCKS ECLIPSE NON- ELECTRIC MAGNETIC CHUCKS possess unrivalled holding capacity and cannot become demagnetised. NO ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS REQUIRED, The capacity of a lathe is increased by fitting a non-electric magnetic chuck LASTING SERVICE GUARANTEED BY EFFICIENT DESIGN Write for particulars. AlB 18
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 113 3 Law Notice For The Day Before the Chief Justice m Ist. Court at 11 a.m. 5.245 38 Re estate of Araidunachial etc. deceased. 5.457 36— Chop Lee Kheng Hong vs. Chop Thian Kheng Long. 5.462 36— The British Malaya Trustee and Executor Co. Ltd. vs. II Mohamed Abdul Azeez Maricar
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  • 662 4  -  Rose Paterson By IT has been remarked m ■Several quarters of late that nobody m Paris seems to give a party er a dance for the sheer joy of the thing; such functions have to be for some charity or for some £ood cause, like the Adam and
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  • 484 4  - CLINIC CALENDAR: ILL-TREATED KNEES A MASSEUSE By I AM amazed by the number of women who come to have treatment because their knees have either "given way" or are so painful that they have had to give up kneeling altogether. They just hobble about their household tasks, too crippled by
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  • 342 4 pRETONNE loese covers, unlike those made of chintz which needs professional cleaning m order to preserve the glaze, can easily be washed at home. The secret of success lies m the use of bran, which softens the water, brings up the colours of the fabrics and stiffens
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    168 4 The decision of the Duke of Connaught to sell his villa, Les Bruycres. at St. Jean, Cap Ferrat, will leave the Cape without a Royal residence since King Leopold 111. has disposed of the great house built there by Leopold 11. The Duke bought Les Bruyeres In 1917
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  • 106 4 Visitors from other lands received by the Pope are delighted by the lacilrty with which Pius XII. speaks to them m their own languages. His Holiness has been speaking flucntJy m English, r*reneh, German. Hungarian, Spanish and Portuguese at private and public audiences. Pius XI. knew but four
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  • 152 4 The vAiUe of eurhythmies, providing the foundation for creative expression Dy means of dancing and exercise, the voice, or through a musical instrument, by fostering rhythm and training the 2ai\ is appreciated by some of the most beautiful women m the land. Lady iJunburnholmo, wtio is with
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  • 326 4 Charity Exhibition A t Queen 's Old Home f\N their return home from America, the King and Queen will pay a sentimental visit to their old home, i 45, Piccadilly, which His Majesty is lending for three months lor the Royal and Historic Treasures Exhibition m aid of the Heritage
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  • 127 4 pRINOLINES have brought about. the return of the glote for evenIng wear. Apart from formal occasions, when white gloves and decorations are the rule. Englishmen are choosing decorative gloves to accompany their ball gowns. They may be had In all the tones of the rainbow,
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  • 232 4 FILM STAR PRODUCER jy|ARY PICKFOKD, ac:o:r.: by her husband Buddy Rofm^ sailed into London m per. mer weather "the sun a!-.:--lows me anc rtotHti tut at her Hotel. Ittktal very c. In an emerald ereen dre from neck to IKM, black tfpai a black feit hai vttb 10 Quill The
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 126 4 WE OFFER NEW MATERIALS < REDUCED PRICES OPENING S ALE of our new premises 70 HIGH ST. S.A. MAJEED CO., AUTHORIZED TOO T A L DISTRIBUTORS 70, High Street and 35. North Bridge Road. TAILORING A SPECIALITY fll[f^^BHftßßil^ttHiUl |T^ilte<S|| Mr True that natural blondes have > 'ia«fc^r «i*turala3!ure. but tbla
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    • 26 4 (^v^^^' CEILING F« COMFORT tri COOLHESS lans can Ix hired for Sl* per month which u.c'u*« installation and imiiKt«W» MUNICIPAL nS^-^r^-^ LLfcblßlbllY DEPARTMENT Showrooms: COLtiviAN STREET
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  • 113 5 RIGHT: Members 01 Parliament watching a display of high speed air hombinj at Northolt aerodrome last week. MEN OF THE NAZI gmloi Lc; uho fought m Spain were honoured 1 > the Reich. Here is Field Marshal Goering fecwatfag inemhT LINE I h \>; inine? U
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  • 305 6 INCREASING DISCONTENT IN BOHEMIA MORAVIA Authorities Said To Be Uneasy COMMENT BY THE TIMES C London, June 17. OMMENTING on the uneasiness that exists m Bohemia and Moravia, where the latest reports state that all events except horseracing have now been forbidden until the end of the month, The Times,
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  • 283 6 London. QHftttMTO trade war against Britain is collapsing— poor quality goods and delays m deliveries are annoying those countries who are doing business with her. These facts were given by Mr. R. S. Hudson. Secretary of the Department of Overseas Trade, when he addressed the
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  • 153 6 Parts. gKITISH CUSTOMS ffl r^ have seized jewels insur;d for €12,000, part ofl eolkrtloo brought from Russia by Mrne Makhonine, a former opera linger at tho Imperial Theatre, Fetrograd. The jewellery diamond rings, brace-. *ets and necklaces- -:.:.v housed to the j King's Warehouse Custom House,
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  • 177 6 New York. JAPAN'S atU:mpt tj secure a new economc lifeline on the Asiatic continent bftl led to violent dislocation established trade channels and instead of a war boom there have been losses all along the line, the Institute of Pacific Relations reported m a survey of
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  • 109 6 hungking, June 18. •piIE Chinese press report that the Chinese Government would continue payment of principal and mii iere^-t on domestic bonds secured by i the Customs surplus was incorrect the [Spokesman ot the Ministry cf Finance stated today The Chinese Government was not making
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  • 135 6 Hurjjos. DLANS for transforming Spain into a National-Syndicalist State, with ail Industry under Government supervision or control, were discussed at the meeting of the Grand Council ol the fralan?ist Party In Burgos. The projected Syndicate Law is intended to carry out the provisions of the
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  • 66 6 rru a Uong Kong. me serious increase m crime m the Colony is indicated by the fact that *>9 persons are at present awaiting trial on charges of murder, ranging from piracy m British waters to bush-rant-ing. The increase of crime is attributable to
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  • 67 6 U.S. Urged To Stand By Britain Shanghai, June 19. JiV a leading article on the Tientsin situation, the Ex^cning Post, only American newspaper m Shanghai, urges the United States co stasd by Britain and France. The newspaper warns that American failure to co-operate on the technical grounds that America has
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  • 636 6 ♦From Our Own Correspondent) i Ipoh, June 19. IT is not generally known that Perak has one of the best equipped police I i photographic studios m the Federaj Hen. which is attached to the photo branch of the Detective Branch, Perak
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  • 442 6 PUPPET NEWSPAPER ON TOKIO'S AIMS rvrnrwTTv Shanghai, June 19. CVIDENTLA referring to Lord Elibank's remark m the House of Lords on June 12, a special article m the Japanese Owned Chinese newspaper Sin Shun Pao declares: -Let us assure our jittery British gentlemen that
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    28 6 e TI^ ES F VICTIMS OF THE TOETIS DISASTER arriving to board 11.M.5. Hebe for the memorial service over the spot where the iU- fated submarine went down.
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  • 41 6 Montreal, over «o geological and mapping parties, consisting of 250 mining and other experts of the Canadian Mines Department, are letting out to survey the minerals ana flora of the Yukon and North-West Territories and other immappe/1 Canadian regions.
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    • 220 6 New l)riM<.. i, V dizzj V) the writer never «n Chardox c remedy i road thU stomac-. combat trouble relief rrom than evervthin claim that •^d!ty ta me. i cere mar* prepnrat T r The MtaMle ..rrd.v stomach it treads o -2 tJ^ face. Like a hold.^ ercry pan INSECTS
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  • 417 7 U. S. WILL INSIST ON RIGHTS IN THE FAR EAST Reaction Of Western Powers To Recent Developments THE TTnito/i mi Washington, June 6. A "Level r J?% W1 almost certainl y Participate m of wwe? m T T T y t made of the balance as Z,H J t Fa
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  • 91 7 Spanish Premiership For Franco's Relative Paris. ANISH border reports! Generalissimo Francisco decided to give the pre- Spain to his brother-in-Sa rts whi« h origin, ted trcm id Franco would announce Monday*! meeting o* Nat 1 Council despite I Garttstl a; d Monirn's new cabinet will o! senerals. The mcmi to
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  • 51 7 Shanghai. J- > papers report that I Dtcal China Railway ComB first -class coaches en the Hainan line belghai and Nanking and with pretty Chinese hai four compartments ol accommodating 30 passeng>es will keep the coaches th Dowers, books, magazines ty and provide for other British
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  • 93 7 Large-Scale Conscription Impossible rknT-TTCTT London. gRITISH conscnptjon on the large J.cale of European countries is "financially impossible" unless England imposes an income tax of 50 per cent and a surtax adjusted to take all bu* five per cent, of current incomes of the wealth, Francis W. Hirst prominent financial authority,
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  • 88 7 Berlin. What is believed to have been the world's first metal saw has been excavated m a field near Saekingen on the s Swiss frontier. The saw is made of bronze and is absolutely undamaged. It Is thought to! have been fashioned and used during the
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  • 193 7 France Asked To Explain Coal Quotas London. THE Daily Telegraph understands that the French Government has been arked for information regarding the working cf the Anglo-French coal pact of last December. Purchases of British coal during the -arly months of this year have been tar below the figure which it
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  • 105 7 Nairobi. THE lar«se district of Songhor, m the Kenya Highlands, which has been ne of the coffee-growing areas for many years, is likely to abandon that crop, except m the most favourable areas. The failure of coffee as a paying crop is due to continued low prices, the
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  • 106 7 American Observer For China Air Force Chungking, June 6. COLONEL Ralph Royce, of the United States army air service, with station at Manila, has arrived here by plane from Hong Kong to act as United States army observer with the Chinese air force for a period of one month. Col.
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  • 144 7 Keep— Fit Girl Has Her Pint London. MISS PEGGY ST LO. senior instructress of the Women's League of Health and Beauty, drank a pint of bottled beer, smoked three cigarettes, ar;d went through a set of highly exacting physical training exercises with 3,000 other girls m a temperature of 75deg.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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  • 638 8 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 1939. Entente In The East ALTHOUGH it has been taken lor granted lor several years past that l/.tain and France would act together m the event of war m the Par East, this has always seemed comfortably vague and theoretical to the man-in-the
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  • 777 8  - Aim Of Bombings In China Is To Keep Up Japan 's Mora le Frank H. Hedges By DENKWMI) Japanese offensives m China, particularly spectacular air raids, like those over Chungking recently, are due not only to military strategy to brintf the hostilities with China to a close, but are bein^
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  • 415 8  -  G. Kidd By Berlin, June 7. •"THE fojd shortage m Germany has become perceptibly aeuter the pa.st few weeks. Such staples as meat, butter, egns, coffee pncl fruit, never plentiful since 1936. are increasingly difficult to buy. German housewives are grumbling more openly than ever before
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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    • 55 8 Be Careful In wearing unground Sunglasses, which may cause your eyes to oe defective. Go to Nan Sin and see the modern frames fitted with Genuine Chance English Crookcs' B or B 2 Dark glasses for Safe and Comfortable Vision At $5.0(1 per pair. Nan Sin Optical House 3"5, North
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  • 451 9 HOW GANG AIDED ESCAPE OF PRISONER Revenue Officer's Court Story TWO CHINESE ON TRIAL that the accused were among eight men who held him, thus allowing the escape of a Chinese who was detained for an alleged offence, were made by a revenue officer m a case m which two
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  • 22 9 \AL BASE WITNESSES CALLED AGAIN Winston Frugniet, Christopher Vivian Haw-lock Williams, appearin the Singapore Second Police N
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  • 153 9 Alleged Axe Attack On Young Widow ACCUSED "MADLY IN LOVE WITH HER From Our Own Correi it) Muar. June VJ. "CHE I idj my wife, but we arc not married," said Mohamad, an when he v;as charged before be Haron bin Ahmad with having sed hrrt to a woman Gayah,
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  • 38 9 nk Sailor Returns picture. uh.> was one of tne crew of the illN.iilm? to th? New York World's Fair, bevterday by his mother. Mrs. M. Rartelle. Ihe '->nk sank m the Red Sea. while beinr rimer. Free Press
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  • 14 9 June IT. t v i I the and C
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  • 120 9 From Our Own Correspondent) Penan?. June 19. •I ASK you most earnestly once again 1 to leave no stone unturned to pronote m even' way the aims or our association to bring to the notice of those eligible the desirability of membership and by f
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  • 74 9 From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia, (By Air Mail). THE production m the Nether- j lands Indies of basic chemicals which are indispensable to the Army m wartime is being considered. Professor Van Iterson from I Holland Is at present m the Nether- i
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  • 163 9 ALLEGED to have robbed a woman of a trunk containing property valued at $67 at the Railway quarters at Tanghn. an elderly railway coolie, \ardaraju. was acquitted by Mr J. McFall. Singapore Criminal District Judge, yesterday. Chief Court Inspector Tunn alleged that the complainant, a Tamil
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  • 162 9 Chinese Fined For Theft From Ship QNa charge of the theft of two tins i of asparagus, valued at $1, belong- j ing to the President Polk, a 37-year-old i Teochew, Tan Ah Wan, was fined $18, I m default three weeks' rigorous impri- sonment, by Mr. C. H. Koh,
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  • 309 9 Stereoscopic Films Invented By Australian Melbourne, <By Mail). IT is a rar cry from the "still" thrills of the plush-edged parlour stereoscope of the placid nineties to the animated realism of the new Vita-Vue cine-projection process by means o 4 which film images are presented m convincing gui^e of "lifelike"
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  • 52 9 Frcm Our Own Correspondent) Penang, June 19. IN order to facilitate practical work and tests for air raid wardens, the town has been divided into wardens' i sectors. Wardens are being posted In different sectors to become conversant with i property and residents under
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  • 128 9 Snatch Thief Wanted Rent Money U| DID hot have enough money, 1 and I was hard pressed by my principal tenant lor rent money," explained Kiang Choy, a 32-year-old Cantonese carpenter, m ths Singapore Third Police Court, yesterday, pleading guilty to a charge of snatching a gold hair-pin from a
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  • 86 9 From Our Own Correspond Muar. Jun«- > AN India:. MUBed Changan charged before Tuan Haji Nassir bin Haji Salleh wtth having enticed away a married w^nian, An amah, at Landaron Estate. Panchor. Muar. or June 11. In answer to the charge the accused said it was
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  • 64 9 huru-kiiu June 18. THE Sino-Sjviet Cultural Aisociation here, the China Branch of the International Peace Campaign, the Chinese Literary Society, etc- Jointly held a. meeting becc this eveninp to tommemorate the third annlvf-rsuy of the death of M. Maxim Gorky An exhibition of M. Gorky's
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  • 42 9 From Our Own Correai»ndenM Batavia, (By Air Mail). ANEW expedition to Dutch New Guinea will begin shortly. The commander of the Naval Air Service has placed two Fokker seaplanes at the disposal of the leader of the expedition
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    • 22 9 CONVENIENCE l AFTER THE SHOW Me at E CAPITOL ttAURANT Oysters and *5 strawberries ■Wimble baby *°°0 KETT. K^iui LTD. s »n?apore.
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    • 86 9 HbbV b^t T&C^^. w^Br^ BIbW 4r x^ O p U I a l' "H.M.V." RECORD PLAYER Model 122 (A.CJ SELLING AT*\ 9.50 ROBINSON CO., LTD. "H. M. V.' 1 AGENTS AND SERVICE EXPERTS b3_" Ute acute \o^»^ 9AVA- C AKC oQdutdven/ NOW -.FOR THE GROWN-UPS PEEK FREAN ASSORTED ASSORTED CREAMS
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  • 15 10 LOST.— Little monkey (BraaiUlan marmosette) vicinity Lloyd Road. Finder rewarded. Apply 52 Lloyd Road.
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  • 112 10 London Confirming tho accurate forecasts published In the British and French Press, the official German communique ii.,ued at the end of Prince Paul o: YttffO-Slavia'i State visit to Berlin revealfl that Herr Hitler has not been able to persuade Yugo-Slavia to join the
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  • 124 10 Auckland. T'HE GOVERNOR-GENERAL. Vis^ count Galway, has been petitioned by the Auckland Importers' Bureau to suspend the import regulations, which have been declared invalid by the Court. The petition declares that the continued enforcement makes the Crown, through its representative, a party to an illegal act.
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  • 1533 10 SOVIET'S COYNESS CHECKS MARKET ACTIVITY Employment Level Highest Ever Attained RUBBER SHARES SOUGHT (From Our Own Correspondent) London, June 9. THOUGH a check has been administered to the persistent rise m prices and to the amount of business passing on the Stock Exchange during the past week, it has perhaps
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    • 591 10 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS TENDERS SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY Tenders. Tenders are now invited for the following materials or services. For particulars see Municipal Tenders RoomSupply and delivery at the Municipal Transport Centre of 19 lorry chassis. Date of Closing. 12 noon. June 28, 1939. Construction of semi-permanent drains and culverts m Still Rd.
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    • 273 10 ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT YOUR WEIGHT A Quick Way To Put On Flesh If you are worried about less of weight ani fear that something worse is on the way, do as so many hundreds of men and women throughout Malaya are doing today. Take Clotabs, the tiny, tasteless, flesh-form-ing
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 371 10 RADIO PROGRAMMES SINGAPORE I TODAY ZIIL Bl mrtm ZIIP 30 06 r^etm. p.m. 5.0J :.I S 5.20 Coned] 5 4 'J Kr on r hon 2s 6.00 Teochew Guaka;:? muM I 7.00 Children's programme. (EngUi 7.15 Time v e?'\ BMBti T.JO Health tft] von 5! why?' T.4.S Concert by Mck'i
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    • 35 10 P£Na TODAY 'm ii TO" BERLIN TODAY IM4 Ml a, m Dig .528 TOMORROW 6 NIROM TODAY IM 6.N VI)B MS nw :iil PMN 4.5 5 M Hammond w 6.50 N>« me 8.35 PARIS TODAY
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    • 291 11 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCK SHARES f ro m Lc.idon 5.30 p.m. Yesterday at^on unless Latest Quotation* Previously :M J* 109 108% 0 90 JO' 3 106% 94 93% lts> 3 8% 3^ 34% ,:e Iflft pa.) 8U gl/ 32S 31 3* KgtfP^ *7 10s Ban* $125).... £79 £19 I
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    • 195 11 From London 5,30. p.m Yesterday RUBBER: Steady. London: 3 3 16d. 8* 4 d. Previously: 8 3 16d. B^d. July-Sept.: 8»/ 4 d. 8 5 16d Previously: 8' 4 d. 8 5 16d Oct.-Dec: 8 5;16d. 8 7 16d. Previously: 8 5 16d. B%d. Jan. -Mar.: s%d.
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    • 1300 11 Fraser And Co. 's List MONDAY, JUNE 19, 1939: 5 P.M. MINING Buyers Sellers Anipat Tin (4£) 3s 6<i 4s Austral Am&L (53) 43 7fcd 5s 1-n^C AustraJ Malay (£> 38s «2s Ayer Hitam (ssj 22s 9d 23s »d Ayer Weng (fl) .72 .76 Bangrin
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    • 66 11 From London: Latest Quotations TIN: Firm. Spot; £228 7s. 6d. Previously: £227 15s. Thrcr months: £225 7s 6d Previously: £224 17s. 6d. NEW YORK TIN: 49.00 Previously: 48.75. COPPER: £41 25^. Previously: £41. 10s. GOLD: Yesterday: £7 Bs. Gd Previously: £7 Bs. 6%d. SILVER: Spot: 19 s
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    • 27 11 London Closing Quotations Metnod oJ Pant* oerore Latest r^nrre GuoUn* 20-9-31 Rate Previous^ centre n uuu "r r .n, i^asSSW- rr, w SS i2K
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    • 396 11 Singapore, June 16. MEAT Beef steak K u -}5 Beef stew or curry ao ib Fillet Steak lj>- Mutton. Australian do 40 Pork, lean Kati 44 Pork, lean and fat (Ist quality) d 0 Jt) POULTRY Capons 'locally reared) Kati nucks eacn 40 Fowls *f Hens (locally
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    • 192 11 List Supplied By Messrs. Fraser Co. MONDAY, JUNE 19, 1939: 5 P.M. lotaj tor Company Dividend Boot* Financial TIN Close Date Ex. Dlv. year Hitam Tin 5 f r int. June 19 June 24 June 20 10% Kramat Pulai 5% final June 7 June 28 Jure 19
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    • 45 11 i* O'CLOCK NOON Buyers Sellers 28 4 a m 28 H 28^ 28 1 16 28 316 *****28 116 26 27 Tt*m -4 u% >ns -8 28^ M Mtt 28 S 28S 28 s >ady i soot Sheet Clo»ed. rkm±
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    • 152 11 JUNE 19 SELLING London T.T. 2,3 13,16 London ciemana 2 3 13 16 Lyons demand 2042 Switzerland demand 240 Hamburg demand 134 New York demand 54 Vi Montreal demand 541* Batavia demand Samarang demand 101 S Calcutta. Bombay Rangoor. demand l|* v Madras. Colombo demand 155 1*
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    • 51 11 Hobart, June ia. «T«he "RADIO PILLOW" Is the latest 1 local invention to lessen tedium lor hospital patients. Obviating the need for head-phones, ihe pillow is of sponge rubber into which the sound reproducer has i oeen luilt It operates when the patient a head rests on it, says Austral
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    • 45 11 i m nusm co. ai 081 OF BUSINESS nSTEBMI midda* Has $115»4, up pn. f rubber at 4 o'clock 2S9i cents, buyers 28>. cents, marof the share dull and inert day. There were a i*| enquiries but m ny pronounced direction values
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  • 431 12 Mr. S. W. Nelson On Trend Of Malayan Transport RAILWAYS ROADS ARE COMPLEMENTARY (From Our Own Correspondent) IKuahr Lumpur, 177 DEFORE he left Kuala Lumpur on his return to England, D Mr. Stanley W. Nelson, chairman of the F.M.S. Transport Board, expressed the hope that road
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  • 235 12 Moscow, June 8. ADML. Kusnetzoff, Russia's young Commissar for Naval Affairs, yesterday inspected the Baltic Fleet m the Gulf of Finland. The Admiral, who is barely 37, and the youngest supreme chief of any navy, is a real sailor, not a politician. After rapid promotion, he
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  • 131 12 Nice, May 31. A number of young women of the Nice district fear that their fianceesall members of the crew of the United States cruiser Omaha will be obliged to sail to America before they can marry. The Omaha has been at Villefranche, near Nice, for
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  • 178 12 London. DRINCESS KATE FAZIL, the wife of Major Prince Ibrahim Fazil. of Upper Wooaford, Salisbury, pleaded not guilty at Salisbury to driving a car while under the influence of drink and to driving dangerously on the Wood- ford-Highpost road at Durnford at 11.30 p.m. on
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  • 576 12 £80,000,000 FOR DEFENCE Sydney, June 10. THE Australian military forces now comprise a militia of 70,500 men and permanent troops numbering about 3,800, and consisting of staff and instructional corps, artillery, and engineers. When the Lyons Government began m 1934 to rebuild the military establishment
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    21 12 SOLINI inspects women's army In Rome.-_ 70,000 members of the Italian Women. Fascist Corp* were inspected m Rome by Signor Mussolini.
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  • 158 12 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang. June 17, AT a meeting of the Penang Rural Board, a sum of $40,000 was earmarked as a first instalment on the Bank Pulau water supply scheme as expenditure during 1940 The chairman, Mr. A. J. Harvey, informed the members that
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  • 86 12 Montreal. A bumper wheat crop is expected thi* year, according to reports to the Dominion Statistics Bureau from the three Pr.irie Provinces. The winter wheat prospect is the best I lor many years, and the outlook for the spring wheat crops is exceedingly good throughout
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  • 176 12 P. I. Refugees In Borneo Manila. DEPATRIATION OF 5.000 Filipino Moros i Mohammedans' from Borneo, where they took refuge half a century ago to escape the Spanish regime m the Philippines, is sought by National Assemblyman Adji Gulaml Rasul. of Sulu. Sole Moro member of the Philippine National Assembly. Rasul
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  • 155 12 Oxford. GIRL undergraduates are revolting against restraints and demanding their rights. They want to stay out when they wish to, entertain men m their rooms at certain hours, have the privilege of serving cocktails and relegate the orthodox academic dress for women ini.o history. Oxford undergraduates
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  • 22 12 KING CAROL DECORATES AYIATRIX.— King Carol decorating Mil** Dutescu, a Rumanian airwoman, during: a flying demonstration m Bucharest.
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  • 74 12 Bira To Stage Motor-Race In Siam FIRST W ASU I> !>ri! 1 Prince hula J. I pete m a r; I Prin I I I I I I of I I I I will I 1 Eur "But our "»<^ pri/i. ln m«ni Win, the invu,.^^ rar i \uii ;ind
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  • 46 12 nungking, Juk 1. F end or March. U MM planes tilled 29.02^ nMm other 41.58: S:. 1 mac- those on which killed 5 more than 2,000 s bull U Dm Con. houses dew. ids --ere I bombs were dropped by the JjPJJ*
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    • 471 13 aaa wM' BDB^^^^^^fc^ **%^2^ J Bi^ 1 pandBRITISH INDIA LINES I (RfOUIB) Ol ENGL.^ND) r. S. COS SAILINGS, «>l TWARDS L>ue Due .^e S pore. n nw%mt BANGALORE '"Tfi AuT^B 14 RAWALPINDI 17 S fSf" 4 ■v 28 BHUTAN lt ffi& SR" 2 --V 28 RSHAH 0 «11 CHITRAL, isooO
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    • 166 13 McALISTER CO., LTD. incorporated m ftraitt Settlements. j (.KKSHVM HOI Sh B.UTEHV HI) StMiAPOKE PHONE 5172 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL S.S. Co., Ltd. incorporated m Englanaj 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
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    • 651 13 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Ocean Building. Cotlyei Qua;. Singapore Chartered Bank Boildinc Penanj T'l 1303. BLUE FUNNEL LINE. FASI SLKVICLb MAKSLILLLS. LONDON CO.MI.NtM 4Nl> GL.ISGCUf •m conjanrtioo witn the Glen Lint) Due SafU AGAMEMNON Mars., Casa, L'don Rd.m. Hum. and Glosgow Ir Port T GLENFINLAS L'dcn. Rdam, Hburc. Awerp Ar Midd
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    • 652 13 Air iMail Arrivals And Despatches Imperial; From Europe dae- SINGAPORE Monday. Thursday. Friday after- rT4 HARBOUR Wearnes: From Tenang, ipota, and Kuala Lumpur. Arrives every The hips alongside the Singapore evening Harbour Board wharves or expected to arrive X.L.M.: from Netherlands ln- Main Wharf: F.ntiance Gate l\ Exit S: dies:
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  • 979 14 3,000 MILES WITH 30 UP Rochester, June 8. MORE than 350 years ago Sir Francis Drake sailed round the world m the famous ship the Golden Hind the first Englishman to accomplish that feat. In a few days a second Golden Hind will be
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  • 67 14 lIERE are figures showing the Golden Hind's size and performance Length: 101 ft. (half as high as the Monument, London Bridge)-Wing-span 134 ft. Wing- width 25 ft. (maximum). Wing-thickness 4 ft. 9 m. (maximum). Load 1% tons (equivalent to 30 passengers of 10 st. each). Range 3,250
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  • 137 14 Arr'.veei from MJ. by KLM plane on Saturday: Miss Tclsma, Mr. Nieuwenhuis. Miss W. K. Sehotman. Miss M. P. Tilloteon. Mr. Dunning. Left by KLM plane on Satr.rday: for Ifedan, Miss Tolsma. Mr. V. B. C. Baker Miss N. M. Baker, Mr. H. S. Janes: for Penang,
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  • 34 14 The Nederland Line Royal Dutch Mail steamer. Christiaan Huygens, will berth alongside Godown No. 11 of the Singapore Harbour Beard wharves at noon today, and will sail for Java at 5 p.m.
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    • 524 14 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated m F.M.S.) ILII IMH»M Freight 5433— Pmssan 5121. CANADIAN PACIFIC IHF KMf^r.NS hut It offers IRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES via HONOLULU •r direct EMPRESS to VANCOUVER— ACROSS CANADA bj TRANS-CONTIN-f.MAL TRAI.N without change— thence by CANADIAN PACIFIC ATLANTIC SERVICES TO ENGLAND or the CONTINENT— aII under ONE MANAGEMENT
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    • 93 14 For Everything Appertaining to Ocean Passages, Foreign Money Exchange and Freight apply cotftrs WAGOSS^-LITS [WOPIO TRAVft SCPVtCfJ 39, ROBINSON ROAD No Booking Fee;*. Telephone 5908. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION co^tw. (Incorporated m England) APCAR LINE) FOR HONG KONG, SHANGHAI. MOJI. KOBE AND OSAKA s.s. TALMA I 10,000 TONS SAILING JUNE
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    • 529 14 AMERICAN PRESIDEnTu^^ ym f "V--i HIb&V r"T* ft FROM SINGAPORE AND Pt\*\r t« m^. K< aßaawtasraj^a-j. PRESIDENT POLK »W PRESIDENT GARFIELD L ]K T- I PRESIDENT MONROE PRESIDENT ADAMS J* PRESIDENT VAN BL'REN PRESIDENT HARRISAN X PRESIDENT HAVES (x) carry no passengers to lantH 1 FROM HONG KONC. TO SVN
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  • 132 15 Contract Bridge Problems •r. Oswald 9 his partner's I vtlj well .i C! id openthc Ace, derabk thought, play of drop-; He planned to! rt rail and by was m eta iih v I H P.. N'T Pa and *>- tbc U D oi" nd spado k rd round of
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  • 32 15 fa played C mpar.y. Ltd. Sports Club by ere BC.L Leng Men? Ciicw, i beat Chua Kok Kirn Sen? beat Sim crt Kang beat 2-0; Ng Hong Ling Gam, l—o.
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  • 756 15 Purse Of £2,500 Is Ijoing Begging FARR NOT SATISFIED TV *,•>,>«. ~e t r- London, June 8. I ?l °!v T m ly Farrs refusal t0 Proceed with his J w i ack D oyle the Em P ire P ol remains securely put at Wembley,
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  • 625 15 Alice Marble's Third Shot At Wimbledon London, June 4. A LICE MARBLE, with the same mop of golden hair and the snme jaunty carriage, stepped m from New York yesterday to take another look at England through her big blue eyes. She is on her third trip, trying to win
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  • 117 15 London, June 8. PROM the Boxing Board of Conirol comes a statement that Arthur Danahar has withdrawn from his Southern Area championship match with Harry Mizler. In case some might think this is a run-out, the facts are that Danahar. icho is only 20, has been
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  • 47 15 A MAMMOTH DISPLAY BY MEMBERS OI THE STRAJERS SOUTH movement was given m the Anef Stadium m Bucharest m connection with the anniversary of the Restoration m Rumania. Crown Prince Michael (left) marching at the head of the Strajers as they entered the stadium.
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  • 349 15 More Canadians For London's Ice Rinks London, June 8. CO many times have I been toul that the ultimate aim Of ice hockey {chiefs is to provide all-English teams lor English rinks that I was at most believing it, tciys Geoffrey Simpson. If the Ideal still exists, it must be
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  • 396 15  - Salaries Earned On The Billiard Table J. T. Rainbow Billiard Notes by I IT Is to the credit of billiards UmC j the game serves to introduce to Great Britain, indeed to Europe, the I League system of competition. The I result we see now; almost every form of individual
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  • 333 15 Fan Mail For "Thunderbolt's" Ghost Sydney. June K>. CONSTERNATION n d CQOtinm reign m th( nee peaceful MttH town of TJralla, 240 miles n-,rth ol Sydney. "Thunderbolt's' letter-box and all bis "ftn m.r!" have I away. "Thundjibjit/ alias Fred Wura. vas a lam -us and notorious bushranger who, alter terrorising
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  • 255 16 WEARNES HAVE 4-0 WIN QOLLAH. Jacks Sports Club left fullback, was sent off for rough play m the last few minutes of play m yestenlay's Business Houses League fixture on the S.H.B. und. Wemrnc Brothers displayed supenn an I flescnred their win by
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  • 112 16 From Our Own Correspondent* Malacca, June 18. The Malacca inter-school athletic test :or the Ball Shield and Clarke' Cup will be held at the High School ground or. Saturday. Events are: Hurdles. 440 yards, 100 >~rds. high jump. 220 yards, long jump i nd 380 yards relay.
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  • 322 16 London, Jane 4. IF certain folk can get their way. the new cricket scoring system will be hung on to the Tests, and we shall be treated to the spectacle cf Bradman's Australians fighting for first-innings i points. Its the latest idea for shaking the moth
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  • 448 16 Chinese Pair Beaten After Good Fight THREE SET ENCOUNTER J/AMIS and Yadi retained their Singapore doubles lawn tennis title yesterday when they defeated Chua Choon Leong and^ Tan Huck Toe, 6— 3, 6 B, G 4, m a close contested match on the S.C.C. courts.
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  • 67 16 W ei gh ts For K.L.Races On Saturday Ij l.umn OfEIGHI Ttoaricfa Tonrc* Empiric Smoke D Gold P. Sacnden lur|f »Hi Recov, Milt Saladm on, ■inn J'« mi,! I Mea Bra Tliar.K> G: Hoimv class d Old C ■meg te m. v m Gol^ Mona\ i Lord Orej Thf I
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  • 148 16 picture. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, June 19. IWIRS. H. J. SINCLAIR and Mrs. C. A. Whitchurch became Selangor women's doubles champions today when they beat Mrs. C. F. E. Mounsey and Mrs. B. G. Chalmers 6—4, 3—6, 7—5, m a hard fought final.
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  • 125 16 (From Our Own Correspondent "-I.il v < .1. June 18. In order to ensure a maximum j entry, the closing date for entries m the Malacca Lawn Tennis Association's annual open championship tournament has been extended to Wednesday. The draw will take place on the following afternoon
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  • 33 16 The Kcppei Go:: Ctab'a replaj for i the June meda! between D. D. Blair and D. Dawson resulted m a win for] W. Dawson. who returned a soon oJ 87—21-66.
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  • 172 16 London. June 8. T^HE WORST THING the Australians have done to us m sport for a long time is to decide against sending their tennis team to Wimbledon, r sporting correspondent In a b paper. This means we shall not wtt John Bromwich. the ambidextrous one.
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    • 102 16 HOW MANY MILES HAS IT DONE After a car has been reconditioned some will suy tiuit the sped should be turned back the miles travelled have been put back into t We have never agreed with this practice. In our showroom vn e w you two identical cars one with
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