The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 22 June 1939

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    Masthead
    16 1 SfeSkppw Jfce* fttj$ AND DAILY NEWS NO. 15,810. ESTD. 1835 THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1939. 5 CENTS
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    MORE BRITISH TROOPS SENT TO TIENTSIN CONCESSION
    204 1 Rumours Of Coup By Japanese ALARM OVER SUPPLY OF FOOD Tientsin, June 21. r\\y (iitoiHt* force at the British Concession here was .mnuthened today by the arrival by train of a company purhum-. This reinforcement is welcomed by Britons, who art wondering how
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    Chinese Currency Move
    33 1 Nhanghai, June 21. Chinese banks this declare a three-day .ending all transacd the reason for this it»foyr to force foreign foreign currency more raise the exchange of ese dollar Reuter
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    STATEMENT IN COMMONS BY PREMIER
    219 1 London, June 21. REPLYING m the House of commons to a series of questions relating to Un situation m Tientsin, the Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, said I the barrier restrictions remained the same. Four British subjects had been stripped and searched, but no further
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    33 1 GENERAL G AMEIJN, CHIEF OF THE 1 KINCH GENERAL STAFF, last week visited Aldcrshot, where he inspected tanks, armoured cars and guns. Picture shows General Gamelin inspecting an armoured car during his tour.
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    America & Defence Talks
    151 1 America Defence Talks Manila, June 2i. MANILA, generally serenely un concerned amidst the defenceconscious colonial capitals m the Far East, is watching the AngloFrench defence talks, which open today m Singapore, as an "outsider." Army and navy circles stated today that no United States observers were attending. Initial editorial comment
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    No Staff Talks With Soviet Yet
    198 1 London, June 21. TX the House of Commons tonight Mr. Wedgwood Benn (Lab., Gorton) questioned the Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, regarding staff talks with Russia. Mr. Chamberlain replied that obviously an agreement must be settled before this question arose. In answer to a
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    Nazis Say British Consul Must Go
    101 1 Berlin, June 21. pER MA N V has requsted Britain to recall the British Consul-General m Vienna. This is a reprisal to the British request for withdrawal of the German Consul at Liverpool, after it had been alleged he was involved m an espionage
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    King & Queen Home Today
    189 1 King Queen Home Today London, June 21. TIE Royal liner bringing Their Majesties home from their triumphal tour of Canada and the U.S. is expected to pass Bishop's Rock lighthouse this evening and early tomorrow morning the Empress of Britain will be met by a destroyer bringing out the mail
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    TIGHTENING THE BLOCKADE OF CHINA'S COAST
    465 1 Capture Of Swatow JAPAN struck a surprise new blow m South China early yesterday when marines and troops landed m the neighbourhood of Swatow. It was officially announced m Tokio, reported Reuter, that Japanese warships entered Swatow Harbour after removing mines. The main body
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    NEW MEASURES AGAINST TIENTSIN CONCESSION ?
    344 2 NEW MEASURES AGAINST TIENTSIN CONCESSION Volunteers Mobilised, Stand By EVACUATION OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN Shanghai, June 21. TIENTSIN spent a night charged with subdued tension, due to a precautionary mobilisation of the Volunteer Corps, which was attributed to disquieting rumours that the Japanese were contemplating a fresh move against the
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    57 2 pictures. AIR MARSHAL PHILIP BENNET JO I BERT DE LA FLUTE (left). Air Officer Commanding, Air Forces m India, and Colonel G. B. Henderson, Deputy Director of Military Operations and Intelligence, Army Headquarters, India, both delegates to the Imperial Defence Conference which opens at Singapore today. They arrived by K.LJVI.
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    Women & Children Leave Tientsin
    52 2 Women Children Leave Tientsin Tientsin. June 21. HUNDRED British women and children sailed this morning lor Chinwai.gtao, Peitalho and other resorts. The party was taken by launch from the British Concession to Ton&ku at the mouth of the Hai River, where they boarded a British steamer. The Japanese did not
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    Turning Local Incident Into Issue Of Policy
    174 2 THE TIMES ON TIENTSIN London, June 21. THE situation at Tientsin is still confused by the attempt of the Japanese military authorities m North China to make a local incident into an issue of general policy, declares The Times m an editorial today.
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    Halifax Tells Lords Of Discussions
    181 2 Halifax Tells Lords Of Discussions London, June 21. I ITTLE fresh light was thrown on the present discussions between the British and Japanese Governments on ihe situation at Tientsin by the Toreign Secretary, Lord Halifax, making his first statement on the blockade m the House of Lords this afternoon. Lord
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    FRENCH VIEWS ON U.S. INTEREST
    102 2 Paris, June 21. AMERICAS interest m Tientsin is represented m sections of the Press here as being much greater than generally reported. Figaro says that the United States is following the position much more closely than would appear, adding: "How could she forget that England
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    Manhandling Is Denied By Tokio
    153 2 Manhandling Is Denied By Tokio Tokio, Ju;ie 21. rOREIGN press reports regarding the r manhandling of Britons at Tientsin by tr.e Japanese authorities categorically denied by the spokesman of the Foreign Office today. According to the spokesman, antiJapanese propaganda had been let loese m connection with the Tientsin affair, but
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    DEFENCE MISSION ENTERTAINED
    237 2 THE HEADS of the French Defence Mission which arrived at Singapore I yesterday morning to take part m the Anglo-French defence conversations .beginning at Singapore today, were taken for a drive round the city yesterday afternoon by the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, whose guests they are. Last
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    SENATORS FIGHT U.S. MONEY BILL
    171 2 New Y T ork, June 21. •PHE monetary bill before the Senate for extending for two years the administration's authority to devalue the dollar and maintain the Stabilisation Fund is meeting with filibusting and obstruction tactics, according to the New York Times, with a view
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    Sudden Death Of Lord Inchcape
    116 2 London. June 21. T^HE DEATH IS ANNOUNCED of Lord Inchcape. who died suddenly at his home m Chinthurst Hill. Woncrsh, near Guildford- He was found dead m his dressing room. Lord Inchcape, who was 51. was apparently m normal health until yesterday when he complained
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    A.R.P. SHELTERS FOR 1,200
    104 2 London. June 21. T\R. DAVID ANDERSON, the eminent engineer, m a lecture to the Institution of Civil Engineers today, disposed that heavily protected air raid helters to accommodate 1.200 person* 1 and caoable of resisting a direct cf a 500 lb. high explosive b.mb had been
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    Salvage Equipment At Singapore
    71 2 London. June 21. IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS today, asked what submarine salvage Ut.es existed at Singapore and on tbC China Station, Mr. Geoffrey Shakespeare. Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty, said a number of dockyard and pr:\ate firms' lighters and mooring equipment were available
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    DEATH OF WELL-KNOWN SOCIAL WORKER
    40 2 DEATH OF WELL-KNOWN SOCIAL WORKER Chicago, June 21. Miss Grace Abbott. well-known social worker who has represented the United States since 1932 on the League of Nations Advisory Committee on the traffic of women and children, died here today. Reuter
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    WANG FLIES TO TOKIO
    137 2 Chungking. June 21. jy[R. WANG CHING-WEI, former Vice-President of the Kuomintang, who has just started a new "peace move" fostered by the Japanese, returned to Tokio by plane on Monday, m official Chinese report states. He is reported to have conferred with Chen Chung-fu, another proJapanese
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    SOIL EROSION EXPERT FOR PALESTINE
    87 2 SOIL EROSION EXPERT FOR PALESTINE 1 d n luiu- DALESTI] irosiuii pr, U>wdermii_ Reseaiof the Dr. Love Palestin< count:;, In makin and m Q i bear upon I cultivation pc j water Palestine wh has trafon i.eao.oco. The pr lur. peodl dl Hpon sc; a of i\ sources and this
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    Is Film Star In Penans?
    40 2 GLORIA STUART, actress, who was expected s who v. believed to br f/: Presict her bus! Iter. They State, to Jap. and (topped re. From H r X riand at BlngJ They wen plai h
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      "Tom Sawyer-Detective"
      48 2 "Tom SawyerDetective" MARK TWAIN Huckb charactei strei T: is apt to \y youn li I -Tom Saw; mount film Alhambra fl Far film of ti, achieves most do, but entertainrm Billy Cook Sawyer. aU I less happily ca,: M» Tne suppoj a newsree. and Queen Troopir." th< I
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      HITLER TO SPEAK NEAR POLISH FRONTIER
      30 2 HITLER TO SPEAK NEAR POLISH FRONTIER Berlin Ju v .tipr on A* her. rl f_nQtW*> be?K. near I E& •for versary oi «>« ckW''"' L* Russia !r $er man t:e>p» Reuter
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    Unexciting Singapore
    50 3 \D Singapore far less 1 ting than I expected, the inhabitants," p R. Noakes, of the League, at the Sinpotary Club yesterday. le here were less wormd less concerned about »nal affairs than home. People here .vhole were more satish life and their own .ircle than people m
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    WORK OF OVERSEAS LEAGUE
    160 3 WORK OF OVERSEAS LEAGUE ty In Empire .ety founded m 1910 A unity and good feeling peoples without any I class, colour or creed, of a talk by Mr. the Oversea) League club jester- the Oversea! bin the British blp oi 50.000. the s in every imporwn m the world.
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    SABOTEUR WRECKED F.M.S.R NIGHT MAIL
    1208 3 SABOTEUR WRECKED F.M.S.R NIGHT MAIL Committee Findings Leave No Doubt A fulUlnquiry (From Our Own Correspondent) A^T\rr.T\rr. .i_ Kuala Lumpur, June 21. BINDING that the derailment of the Kuala Lumpurwo apore i T ll i?*" 1 on Ma y 28 w as due to sabotage into the 'misha raiJ way
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    Repercussions Of Imperial Airways Delay
    105 3 Repercussions Of Imperial Airways Delay (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, June 21. DECAUSE the southbound Wearnes' Air Services plane was called on to carry Singapore passengers and mails from an Imperial Airways flying-boat that has broken down at Penang, the plane did not land at Ipoh today. Ipoh mails are
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    32 3 picture. SALUTING THE COLOUR at the inspection cf a guard of hvueur furnished by the Ist Battalion, the Manchcs cr Regiment, by the French Defence Mission at Clifford Pier yesterday. Free Press
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    8 3 THE FRENCH CRUISER Lamottc-PicQuct lying m the Roads
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    Municipality's Appeal Allowed By The Court
    448 3 Municipality's Appeal Allowed By The Court NEW WORLD CASE rpHE appeal cf the Singapore Municij pal Commissioners against an j order of Mr. Justice Pedlow m a matter 1 concerning the assessment of certain properties m the New World Amuse- ment Park was allowed by a unaniI mon! Judgment of
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    YESTERDAY'S RUBBER AUCTION
    169 3 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 1439 th auction, on June 21, when there were Catalogued 1,075,936 lbs. tons 480.33 Offered 999,682 446.29 Sold 839.C46 374.34 London Spot B^d.; N. Y. Spot 16% cts. PRICES REALISED Ribbed Smoked Sheet Cents per lb. Standard Quality
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    What Hotel Director Said To Mrs. Troller
    634 3 THE reason she accepted the £6 weekly allowance provided Aby her husband, was because she expected a recon* ciliation and nothing more, and also that she was still fond of him and of no one else m the world, declared Mrs. Annie Emmie
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    Ministry Of Shipping Needed For Britain To Fight Possible War Perils
    1118 4  -  David England By THE step which the British Government announces it intends to take, the building up of a reserve of merchant ships, is one which haa been advocated from many quarters for a long time. It is true
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    11 4 Swastika flags over Pr.nzi?, with the city hall tower m background.
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    Danzig Clouds And Problems Of Polish Corridor
    721 4 Danzig Clouds And Problems Of Polish Corr idor (By a Special Correspondent) UENRY SETON MERRIMAN, m what is perhaps the most delightful of all his novels, tells m "Barlasch of the Guard" of a cloud that came out of Corsica and overshadowed Danzig like a shroud, w r hen Napoleon
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    Bligh's Bounty Men On Pitcairn Today
    844 4 THIS month's calendar contains the 150 th anniversary *of the historic Mutiny of the Bounty and next year will see the 150 th anniversary of the foundation of the little colony on Pitcairn Island, that lonely spot m the South-Mid-Pacific There is no more
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    Zulu War Hero Dias 60 Years Later
    307 4 Zulu War Hero Dias 60 Years Later N EWS t"™ Xo W V annou J ;m not the yf the i f amorcorded m enough it year, that this at To Vict noto m o:n news, for to nbdoe eventually d ccrdin, to th Personal Heroic At military m anna*
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    Anglo-French Defence Parley
    144 5 picture. picture. I s wr GENERAL M, MARTIN (nearest camera) and Vice-Admirai i i* >u\ m the Governor's car as they left Cliitord Pier to call on His \xct\- In the background is the G.0.C., Malaya. Major-General W. G. S. D«>hbie. THE CRUISER RENT, fla-ship of Admiral
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    BRITAIN OF THE SOUTH SEAS
    782 6 Australia's True Destiny A COUNTRY, powerful, determined and complete a new Britain m the Southern Seas. An Australia, divorced from the squabbles and entanglements of Europe, but playing a tremendous part m fashioning future civilisation and peace. This wai the vision of the future Commonwealth
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    Peace Efforts Succeeding
    213 6 1.0.Hi m. June 9. OIK JOHN SIMON, Chancellor of the Exchequer, speaking at Yarmouth yesterday, said. "As the weeks go on and as the months go by I get an increasing confidence that our efforts: for peace will succeed." M. Daladier, he went on. was justified when
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    PASSENGERS BY AIR
    155 6 Arrived from Europe, India ar.d Medan by KLM plane on Monday: Miss C. J. Klcene. Mr. and Mrs. de Geer. Mr. M. A. Phillips, Mr. H W. Cowling, Mr. A. Gujadhur, Mr. C. F. Moore. Mr. U. R. Moseley, Mr. N R. Wickersham, Mr. H. J v.
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    Dayang Leonora Bereaved
    146 6 1 ADY Inchcape, the former Dayang Leonora, eldest daughter of the Rajah of Sarawak, was bereaved yesterday by the death of Lord Inchcape. Lady Inchcape and her infant son and daughter are seen m the picture above, Lord Inchcape'B picture being inset. Meeting on a P. and
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    Why Bermuda Governor Quit His Job CARLESS MAN
    321 6 Why Bermuda Governor Quit His Job CARLESS MAN AN anti-climatic chapter m Gover- nor Sir Reginald J. T. Hildyard's attempt to persuade the Bermuda Assembly to allow him the use of a motor-car was written a few weeks ago when it was announced through the Colonial Secretary's office that Sir
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    Dead Man's Five Children Sue Motorist
    218 6 TTHE five children of a Chinese who was alleged to have been killed by the negligence of a Singapore motorist sued the motorist before the Chief Justice, S.S., Sir Percy McElwaine, la the Singapore High Court, yesterday. The plaintiffs, Lim Goon, Lim Pang. Lim
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    ITALY BUILDS A NEW ROMAN EMPIRE
    898 6 ITALY BUILDS A NEW ROMAN EMPIRE Balbo's Achievements I Libyan Desert THE BALANCE SHEET ITALIANS have admitted that lt a k ni v K(,n 1 East Africa has assumed tho shape if (mpir( lr "white elephant" which already had co<i the'r npi>n^ more than two and one-quarter milliard fk,ii; ,mtTn,
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    Sweet Adeline Sung In N. Y. Traffic Court
    221 6 Sweet Adeline Sung In N. Y. Traffic Court cwEET A-a-a-oe-h-1-ine .s still bringing m royaiiies to Henry W. Armstrong, co-author back m 1903 of the classic barroom and barber shop ballad. He sang his way out Of a $2 One a i iew days ago In a New York traffic
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    Where Ministers Walk At Night
    139 6 Chungking, June 12. rpHE^ GOVERNMENT appeared today to be carrying out strictly its order requiring owners of all private automobiles to secure special permits to operate m Chungking. Several automobiles were reported to have been detained at the garrison headquarters for failure to display cfficial
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    21 6 Ti tween M of *J Mr. anc Lumpur, and M daughter Swee and V also of Ku r M V <mtto
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    City Schoolboys Hide In Lavatory
    825 7 GOVERNMENT VISITATION DEFUSING to plead m answer to a summons charging him on a complaint for a breach of the regulations under the Registration of Schools Ordinance, P. E. Perera, principal of the Mercantile Institute, Queen Street, appeared before Mr. L. C. Goh m the
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    20 7 MR. G. D. MACORSGOR, vicepresident of Pan American Grace Airways, who arrived at Singapore yesterday m the X.P.M. liner Ruys.
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    14 7 ITIAMAN beinc medically cxa: .mr d al the new Drill Hal?, \Vood Lane. London.
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    Charge Of Wife Murder
    152 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, June 20. After a prelim'nary inquiry lasting j four days, during which 23 witnesses gave evidence, Liv Lok. a Chinese weeding contractor, was committed fer trial at the Assizes by Mr. If. Ismail. I acting Second Magistrate, today, on a
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      337 7 Law Notice For The Day Before the Chief Justice m Ist Court at 11 a.m. 5.294 38—Lim Goon and ors. vs. D. N Chatterji and anor (if not concluded). Thereafter:—S. 74 39—Kang Chin Soo i vs. Sado Singh etc. Before Mr. Justice Pedlow m 2nd. Court at 11 a.m. 5.514
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1939. Defence Problems
    647 8 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1939. Defence Problems A LTHOUGH the general political and strategic significance of the International Defence Conference which opens m Singapore today is generally appreciated and has been analysed here, there is much uncertainty regarding the actual topics which will be examined by the
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    Netherlands' Fight To Reclaim More Land
    965 8  -  J. H. HUIZINGA J^HE writer of this article, Mr. J. H. Huizm^o a dli guished Dutch journalist who v v Nieuwe Rottedamsche Courcnt" of Rotterdam, ,r> L on( I He is the ton of Dr. Johan Huizinga, who hold* th- Che Hixtnry at the
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    3 8 HAVE YOU HFARD?
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    Negro Soldiers Of Portugal
    169 9 filE cookj bl the X.P.M. liner R:ns have had to extend their cuisine on the present voyage to South Africa. Amzng the deck passengers m the liner, which reached Singapore yesterday, are IS? coal-black crinkly-haired South African Negro Portuguese soldiers. whose catering needs vary from those
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    BLACK-OUT FINE FOR M.C.S. MAN
    135 9 BLACK-OUT FINE FOR M.C.S. MAN Servant's Mistake Malacca, June SL :r. al Engi(J ta the police: r to ramen 11 pin i n a m OQ June 16 he 7 Prinj .r the outi_de m Lighting OramI the *n In qu bad i I fa itinc..:s pre d. leWmma OUHllent
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    Cyclist Rides into Bus
    66 9 net Ifi w. O. returned a verdict .are when he M death of a Bal Tlang, who Hided with a bus Ng Huay Len.. June 12. .-Jay's inquiry rest came out of tbe night m ques-t-it into the bus as "he junction. ta the Malay Unit
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    ANGLO-FRENCH DEFENCE TALKS TODAY
    678 9 Conference Will Have Incalculable Effect CO-OPERATION IN FAR EAST DUO AI) outlines of Anglo-French co-operation m the Far East are expected to be traced at the opening of the International Defence Conference at Singapore at 9.30 o'clock this morning. Although some doubt has hitherto existed as
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    Carload Of Europeans Ends Up In A Drain
    278 9 INJURIES TO WOMAN PASSENGER C. E. CURTIS, ii European attached to the Naval Base Police, yesterday appeared In the Singapore Traffic District Court on a charge of negligent driving and causing grievous hurt to a European woman, Mrs. Doreen Veibiest when his
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    57 9 Admiral Un bends picture. A JOItE by the Governor brought a smile to the face of Admiral Sir Percy Noble (lower picture) just before lunch at Government House yesterday. Usually the Admiral's expression is stern and serious (top picture); certainly it will be when he presides at the opening; of
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    Building Trade Workers Back On Job
    130 9 ACCEPTING the recommendation of arbitrators, a large proportion of the 4,000 building workers who went on strike m various parts of Singapore on Tuesday morning, returned to work yesterday. The construction of military works near Nee Soon village, Seletar, and of private buildings m
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    18 9 Mrs C. Wilson, wife of the Controller of Labour, arr ved m Kuala Lumpur from Home last week.
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    23 10 TROOPING of the colour ceremony on Horse Guards Parade. Queen Mary and Princess Margaret Uosc driving from Horse Guards Parade after the ceremony
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    57 10 THIRTY-THREE member, cf the trew were saved by mean:, of a n.v' type of divi n „.e submarine Squalus had sunk off the Kew Hampshire coast. The I— sf~^f vcre r ri,l pi r? section of the submarine.— Tho first seven survivors of tho submarine arc *?cn to vtiic oi\.
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    Timber Reserves Open To Sawmills
    75 10 Canberra, June io. A LARGE AREA of forest country m Bulolo district of the Australian ..dated territory ol New Guinea, containing fifty million super feet of p and k!:n-:ii pine and a quantity "dar and secondary timbers, is to be thrown open by the administration
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    Australia Has More Cars Than Italy
    81 10 C anbcrra, June 10. AUBTRALIA NOW HAS a wir?. ess set to every six persons, a car to every eight, and t iV eph_ne to every ten Registered cars now aggregate 882.6-9 or 16.500 more than there wen three months aso. 'I here are
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    Workless Miners' Handicraft
    130 10 L ORD Macmillan, chairman of the Pilgrim Trust, paid a tribute to the unemployed miners m South Wales m their effort to fight enforced idleness when he opened an exhio'Uon of their handicraft work at the Housing CenI tre. SufTolk-stre-t, S.W.I. Locking at a pair of beautifully
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    "GREAT COMMON DESTINY"
    596 10 Back Slapping At The Palazzo Venezia DEMOCRACIES ATTACKED Rome, June 8. THE toasts exchanged last night at the Palazzo Venezia *by Signor Mussolini and Senor Serrano Suner, Spanish Minister" of the Interior, aye the subject of approving comment m today's newspapers. The Spanish Minister's prayer that the
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    Burglary Gang Active
    171 10 CJNGAPORE police connect three attempts to burgle p]uropean bungalows this week with one gang which has a wide circle of operation. The only success attained by the gang so far is the theft of a tin of cigarettes from the verandah of a house m Cornwall Garden
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    Japanese Again Misunderstood
    146 10 Shanghai. June 12. IN an ci-jn to correct a "mis-Inter-pretation" of the Japanese stand regarding anti-Japanese terrorism m the international settlements, the Japanese embassy today issued a new statement on the subject. "A settlement or a concession." the statement said, "does not constitute a territory but simply
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      276 10 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS TENDERS SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY Tenders. Tenders 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. 1939. Construction of semi-permanent! drains and culverts m Still
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      260 10 RADIO PROGRAMMES SINGAPORE TODAY ZMI. OS metres. ZIIP 30 0- metre.. p.m. S.OO Bi r 5.30 Cantonese historical drami 5.55 Cantonese orchestral recital 6.05 Cantonese BMsi 15 Children's prrsramme Hand 6.30 Mandarin dance music* 7.00 Childien'.s procrt-nme i English 7.15 Time, weather, news and -mc- .-7.30 Talk. 7.45 Orchestral 8.35
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      59 10 EMPIRE STATION TODAY ntAJts-Hsaow j mc. i <lK.Bf. gsj unit!. .25.:. TO B»H*«* V I 6 2 B. Co 8 50 v i 9 n. 11.35 I 12 D S IS. 2 Cl PENANG TODAY St < ROME TODAY «-UO 1 1 HI p.m. I I Talk I P CALCUTTA
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      347 11 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCK SHARES Yesterday's Quotations from London 5.30 p. m. Yesterday I prices Qnctcd m US currency. N>- ire dealers n.iddle prices jobbers margins, brokerage *M stamp ijutv are not included wtM rtated 5 p.c. 1944-64 p.c. 1960-90 puC I Cnits).... T A" :.~re 10s. pd.)...... RlJ
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      95 11 K l»b h\ KK.stK CO. M Till. LOSE OF BUSINESS TESTERDAI la> wis >115' Ull-u-d the price of rubber »> buyers .spot 28 I,ts eti October Decern Ml' 1 rents, market steadier. h th» London and New York Nhowed satisfactory N -lth.nj, the tin share section »Pptv.rs
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION
      62 11 U O'CLOCK NOON Buyers Sellers 5| 28% 28*4 Wars -po»"s bales June 24 25 Future Months No. LX R.S.S. on Registered Tender M OJI Timp 28 a 28-* SwT g* Oct./ Dec 28J. 28. s Jan./ Mar 8 Ton- o! Market: Steady quiet. hSmi Cable:
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      157 11 JUNE 21. 1939 SELLING D T.T. 2327 32 London demar..: 2 3 27 32 Lyons demand 2045 Switzerland demand 240 1 Hamburg demana 134 Yoi it demand 54 U Montreal demand 54' i Batavia demand 101 vi iSamaranj demand 101 Calcutta. Bombay Rangoon demand 153 1 Madras
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      THE COMMODITY MARKETS
      205 11 I From London 5.30. p.m Yesterday RUBBER: Steady. London: S^d. 8 5,16 d. Previously: ZV 4 d. 8 516 d. July-Sept.: 8 5,16 d. B%d. Previously: 8 516 d. 8 5 B d. Oct.-Dec: B%d. 8V 2 d Previously: 8 3 'sd. V/ 2 Jan.-Mar.: 8 7
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      THE METAL MARKETS
      67 11 I From London: Latest Quotations I TIN: Firmer. Spot: £229 2s. Od. Previously: £228 15s. Three months: £224 17s. 6d Previously. £224 17s. 6d. NEW YORK TIN: 49.25. Previously: 49.12. COPPER: £42 ss. Previously: £41 17s. 6d. GOLD: Yesterday: Is. s'Vd. Previously: £7 Bs. 5 J 2
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      Foreign Exchange Rates
      63 11 I London Closing Quotations I Metnoa o? Parity oerore Latest Centre Quoting 20-9-31 Rate Previously Paris Franc to 124.11 IWk 176'/ 4 New York... to 4.8655 4.68 316 4.68 516 Amsterdam...- Guilders to 12.10 8.81 7 8 8.81 7 a Hong Kong.. Per dollar is. 2 1316
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      Engine Trouble Holds Up Airboat
      142 11 Engine Trouble Holds Up Airboat THE delayed eastbound Imperial Air- j \;ays flying-boat, which was expected to arrive at Singapore yesterday afternoon, is held up at Penang with engine trouble. The aircraft left Penang at 10.12 a.m. yesterday, but about ten minutes later was forced to put back to Penang
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      BIG FIRE IN NEW YORK'S CHINATOWN
      67 11 New York, June 21. At least seven were killed In a fire m the heart of New York's Chinatown today Firemen were handicapped by the intense heat m the narrow streets and wirfding passage of old buildings but managed to extinguish the flames a
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      27 11 It is stated Mr. G. E. Devonshire, A S.P., Officer Superintending the Police Circle, Perak South, stationed m Tapah,' Will be shortly gcing on transfer to Singapore.
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      Japan Ignores Protests
      168 11 London, June il. •TOE UNDER-SECRETARY for Foreign Affairs, Mr. R. A. Butler, stated m the House «of Commons he regretted that no reply had yet been received m response to the British protests to the Japanese regarding the death of Mr. R. M. Tinkler. Asked if he
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      PROPOSED TAX ON FILMS DROPPED
      94 11 London, June 21. SIR JOHN SIMON, Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced m the House of Commons today that he had decided to drop the proposed excise duty on cinematograph films. There would be minor adjustments m Customs duty, he said. This is a sequel to
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      SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES
      1298 11 From Exchange Telegraph Co. Fraser And Co. f s List WEDNESDAY. JUNE 21. 1939: 5 P.M. Buyers Sellers Anipat Tin < 4s) 3s 6d 4s Austral AmaL (sjs) is 7&d 5s lV4d Austral Malay 38s «2s Ayer Hitam (ss) 22s 9d 23s yd Aver Weng
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      170 11 List Supplied By .Messrs. Fraser Co. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1939: 5 P.M Total ror Company Dividend Boom Financial TIN Close Date Ex. D\t. year Hitam Tin 5% Int. June 19 June 24 June 20 10"c Kramat Pulai 5% final June 7 June 28 June 19 80Cc less
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    GERMANY'S VITAL PART IN SPAIN
    583 12 Hitler Reviews Events At Berlin Parade NO COLONIAL AXE TO GRIND Herluir June^ t>. SOME 15.000 men of the Condor Legion, Germany's military and air contingent m the Spanish civil war, together with 3,000 men of the German Navy who had served m Spanish waters
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    Thetis Salvage Attempt
    26 12 WIRES FIXED TO THE 111. 11 ASSISTANTS HOLDING IU AIK ami IBJ imioni- PlHi inspects the submarine below the surface m Liverpool Ba>.
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    Trooping Season Starts Earlier
    101 12 TROOP movements to and from the Singapore garrison will j begin next month instead of m September, as originally arranged. This is cne of the elfects of an announcement made by the War Office m London regarding the 1939-1940 season. It is stated that it has
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    60 Years In The Colony
    342 12 THE European with the longest residence m the Colony over 60 years Mr. R. H. Young, who will be 81 next Tuesday, was the guest of honour at a surprise tea tendered to him by the Official Board of the Wesley Methodist Church yesterday afternoon.
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    Where Trams Hustle Along At 11½ M.P.H.
    68 12 jyiELBOURNE'S trams, it :s claimed, are now faster than any other trams m the world. Their average speed, Including stops. is 11.58 miles an hour. London's trams. inelud ng stopr, crawl by comparison at 1 10.13 miles an hour, Toronto's at 10.5. San
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    27 12 REHERSALFOR TOPPING TWM COLOCTL-A general view during the rehearsal of the trooping of tbe colour at the Horse Guards Parade. The troops wore caps instead of bearskins.
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    French Ships Use Singapore Naval Base
    335 12 French Ships Use Singapore Naval Base THE refitting and commissioning of French warships and those of other friendly Powers at the Singapore Naval Base will be disrusssed at the Anglo-French defence conference here, it is believed. In view of the close liaison whlca now exists between British and French defence
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    Chungking's New A.R.P. Work
    209 12 Chungking, Juno 1~IN an cfli »rt to strengthen Chungking's air raid defences, the city air defence headquarters announced today, that preliminary alarms would be sounded a_ soon as Japanese bombing planes cros^ the Szechwan border. It was noticed during the last raids that, preliminary alarms generally
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    Malay Labour Is Largely Used In Kelantan
    374 12 Malay Labour Is Largely Used In Kelantan TNLIKE the Western States, KelanW tan i; not dependent on Immigrant labour, says the British Adviser. Mr. A. C. Baker, m h\> report. The Public Works Department, Survey Department. Irrigation Department. Electrical Department, Posts and Telegraphs Department, the Kelantan Match Factory, the Batek
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    24,000 Polish Jews To Be Expelled
    93 12 Lmden. June 11. Till London Ne»\s Chronicle* Warsaw correspondent .ported today the Jewish Relief Committee had b?en sdtiifS 24.000 PoHsh Jews would i>c expelled from Germany or pla ed m inicentration iamp.\ 'Hie correspondent ->.\ld iv. 1 Nazi secret poiic? already had ordered 4.000
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    Japanese Ruling On Clearances Of Ships
    371 12 Japanese Ruling On Clearances Of Ships London. June S IN the House of Commons yesterday. Sir John Wardlaw-Milne 'Worcester, U.) asked the Prime Minister i whether he had seen a copy of the i notification issued by the Japanese Administrative I toms at Shangfa sting that m i future clearances
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    CLEARANCES
    21 12 June 21:— Meran, Rahman, Tandjong Pinang, Sin Aik Lee, Agamemnon "Brit.); Singkel, Majang, Thedens. Toba (Dut.); Kelantan, Klang, Kudat CBrit.),
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    Japanese Attain Cross Han River
    66 12 run B week k d surroundnear C: the rive: i ChlenHi betv.< city 01 I If the halted. directly l.orv the HinbvIcbang hi BH-tshj ever. Chi: Han the ii. men lerv ntrvioi'v Til' hilated I crossed ing tl U Hupeh a In the -a and
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    29 12 fatal p noun Harold The ex- li tarctie m provt s reQue--by the :ard E the Am United SI the Tl. Valpare I British United Press
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    Clan Fight Across Singapore Street
    35 12 LABOUHIN Road. KJ witnessed a elans ol H morning. Shelterin Cth^r the When the combatants, h numbered vii windows :ra fSttfr No casual^ ut ir.ve^ the police are earn™ tions
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    126 14 Canberra, June 15. MR. R. G. Menzies. Australia's Prime Minister, is already working far too j hard. His friends, says Austral News. are very concerned about it. Only cnee j since he assumed office has his workIng day been less than 1G hours. The Australian
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      664 14 Air Mail Arrivals INWARD Imperial: From Europe due— (Monday. Thursday, Friday afternoons. Wearnes: From Penang, tpoh, and Kuala Lumpur. Arrives every evening. X.L.M.: From Netherlands In- dies: Arrives Tuesday. Thursday. Saturday afternoons i Qantas: From Australia: Arrives Tuesday, Friday. Sunday afteruoons. X.L.M.: From Europe: Arrives Saturday, Monday, Wednesday evenings. K.
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      156 14 And Despatches SINGAPORE HARBOUR The following ships are alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected to arrive: East Wharf: Entrance Gate 1; Exit 1: Shirala 22. Main Wharf: Entrance Gate 2; Exit 3: Angelina 18; Bhutan 16; Gorgon 14; Soekamboemi .11; Ruys, Atjeb 9. Empire Dock: Entrance Gate 2;
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    190 15 David Bruce D. Maier. Oswald lid i-chenkcn'. t f.f. of Branston, 111.. i following hand, recently. Mr. the bidding was bad. Ifi v.ith hin. North East ta 8 Pass Pa Pass hearts was opened. *ed the Ace In the the ten of diamonds iartr now proceedhfc
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    30 15 H£IU N 1 ROOSEVEU GREETS THE KING AND QUFEN m Washington. Putur. by Radio A general view of the procession down Pennsylvania nue. showing the Capitol Building m the background.
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    This Business Of Darts
    332 15 London. June 12. JL|R. CHARLES GARNER is resigning: his position as honorary secretary j of the National Darts Association. He cannot spare the time from his busi- j ness. There may be other changes among executive officials. The internal affairs of the association are not as
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    55 15 ra m hnnnur of Mr R. H. Younz, the European with the longest A GROUP photograph taken at a Hill be 81 next Tuesday, was entertained by the board residency m > gjg^g* jgTJLJgSem Young with on his right, the Rev. H. Amstut,. the of the Wesley Methodist Churcn. i
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    AMATEUR ATHLETIC SPORTS ENTRIES
    690 15 Meeting On Padang This Month EIGHT IEAMS IN RELAY HOLLOWING are the entries for the forthcoming Singapore amateur athletic sports meeting to be held on the padang on June 29 and 30 and July 1. 100 YARDS R. Mrnjoot, M. K. Sundram Cpl. E. Egerton, Cpl.
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    Harvey And McAvoy
    113 15 London, June 8. CFFORTS are being: made to stage the fight between Len Harvey and Jock McAvoy, approved by the British Boxing Board of Control as lor the world cruiser-weight championship, m either Manchester or Liverpool, instead of London. Originally the fight was to take place at
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    Olympic Games Must Come To Heel
    263 15 Olympic Games Must Come To Heel London, June \Z •TOE TIME HAS COME to cease this aimless chatter about international sportsmanship promoted by the timehcnoured Olympic Games and to get down to realities. It is many, many years since the Olympic Games were just what they were originally intended to
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    Suppiah Keeps Selangor Title
    299 15 From Our Own Correspondent* Kuala Lumpur, June AN INDO-CHINESE tussle m hf men's open singles here saw P Suppiah. holder of the Selangor singles title, beat a former champion. Or"; E. Kong, m straight sets, 6—3, 6—4. It was a match m which steadiness triumphed, for
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    Wolves May Have Something
    144 15 London, Juue 12. JHERE IS QUITE A LI JT LE story behind the recent lixing-up by Wolverhampton Wanderers of a promising youngster named Hariett. from the West Country district Two stones m fact, Hariett went to Molineux. following the receipt o! a letter by Major Frank
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    Jack Doyle Is Back Again
    403 15 London, June 12. JACK DOYLE was talking yestsrday, as Ja:k Doyle will, about Jack Doyle—" not the playboy of the ring who follows the bright lights, but the farm hand, coal-heaver, and exGuardsman." Yes, Jack's back— you m'ght as well try to step the sun
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    Davis Cup Draw
    77 15 London, June 20. 'T'HE DRAW for the men's singles at Wimbledon decrees that Ho will meet Drobny (Bohemia-Moravia), m the first quarter. In the same quarter Choy will meet Egan, the Irish Davis Cup player. In the second quarter McNeill, winner of the French championship, will meet
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    EX-WORLD'S CHAMPION DEFEATED
    538 15 EX -WORLD'S CHAMPION DEFEATED Table Tennis |M| SZABADOS, ex-world's table tennis champion, was beaten for the first time m Malaya by Loh Kum Soon, 1938 Singapore champion, m a thrilling five-set struggle at the Great World Amusement Park last night. This was the first of a series of exhibition matches
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    22 15 Miss Helen McCall, sister of Mr. R. WX. McCall, cf the Customs Department, Ipoh, arrived m Ipoh from Home during the week-end.
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    S.C.C. & R.A.F. Get One Goal Apiece
    196 16 S.C.C. R.A.F. Get One Goal Apiece IN a reserve division league match played on the padang yesterday, the S.C.C. drew with the R.A.F.. each side scoring once. Beth the goals came m the first half of the game. Both the defences did useful work. The Airmen had the better of
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    Seven Games Won To Love
    515 16 WO FEWER than seven game* were won to love In yesterday's Singapore singles lawn tennis championship final between Yadi and Loon (hong. Loon Chong. the winner, won six of these games. Loon Chong served consistently v. ell throughout the match. eighth game on his service
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    LOON CHONG RECOVERS HIS TITLE
    291 16 Victory Over Yadi In Keen Encounter LOSER'S GOOD RECOVERY A LARGE crowd which included Lady Thomas watched Yong Loon Chong wrest the Singapore singles lawn tennis title from Yadi yesterday m one of the best finals seen m recent years ~oir^the; courts. Loon Chong* got
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    Raffles Defeat St. Andrew's At Cricket
    195 16 Raffles Defeat St. Andrew's At Cricket IN A FIRST ELEVEN match against Raffles Institution at Raffles yesterday St. Andrew's were beaten by five wickets on the first innings P. Yzelman took seven wickets for S3 runs for Raffles Institution. Scores: ST. ANDREWS N. Capel c Sivaimgam b Yzelman 28 J.
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    St. Andrew's Win Second XI Game
    195 16 IN SECOND TEAM match against Raffies Institution. St. Andrew's won on the nrst m inn rs. Scores. ST. ANDREWS Son Quee low. b Gnasegaram 8 W Hoisington c Menon b G:.as._;aram 17 Z Fung b Menon 1 B. Parada c and b Gnasegaram 1
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    R.S.Y.C. Programme
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    Garrison Sports Preliminaries
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      136 16 ALTERATIONS TO TIME TABLE From June 27th 1939 until further notice MONDAY ro SATURPA* Leave Singapore 7.00 a.m. r Jir Arrive Kuala Lumpur 8.40 a.m %m Leave Kuala Lumpur 8.55 a.m. aJII Arrive Ipoh 9.55 a.m. UiSi* Leave Ipoh 10.05 a.m. LUif Arrive Penang 10.50 a.m. "j^ pin Leave Penang
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