The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 10 July 1939

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 15,8>5. ESTD. 1835 MONDAY, JULY 10, 1939. 5 CENTS
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    BRITAIN HOLDS BIGGEST BLACK-OUT YET
    222 1 16.000 Square Miles Of South England HOLIDAY-MAKERS IN REALISTIC TESTS I London, July 9. air raid defence test attempted m Britain 'lull nfff the week-end m Southern England was a ,p?cu Muck-out of 15 counties covering an area of square miles, including a long coastline
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    MAURETANIA ENDS HER MAIDEN VOYAGE
    18 1 MAURETANIA ENDS HER MAIDEN VOYAGE 'r London, July 9. 1 on Cunard White retania has conn trans-Atlantic Wireless.
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    Holiday Season Held Best For A.R.P. Test
    230 1 Holiday Season Held Best For A.R.P. Test London, July *j. r»OMM_NTING on th* big- A.R.P. tests m South England, the Daily Telegraph, m a leading article, says: "So far as Kent and Sussex are concerned tonight should provide I test of complete war organisation of civil iWence, though the anti-aircraft
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    NEW TREATY FOR BRITAIN & TURKEY
    111 1 NEW TREATY FOR BRITAIN TURKEY Co-operation In All Spheres Ankara, July 9. THE fact that a treaty is m the A course of preparation providing for Anglo-Turkish co-operation m all spheres was announced by the Foreign Minister, M. Sarajoglu, m the Grand National Assembly. Details of a long-term agreement to
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    Normal Relations
    142 1 If. Sarajoglu declared that Turkey's adherence to the Peace Front had not modified m the least the peace principle of Turkey, who had decided to maintain normal relations with all states, including Germany and Italy. Speaking on the Anglo-Turkish and Franco-Turkish declarations, M. Sarajoglu said that unity of
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    The "Invisible" Policeman
    69 1 London, July 9. A novel feature of the big A.R.P. test m the South of England was "invisible" policemen, wearing capes treated with luminous paint which showed only when the rays of shielded car lights fell upon them. They were stationed at various points, but m one
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    COLIJN UNABLE TO FORM CABINET
    89 1 The Hague, July 9. Dr. Colijn has abandoned the task of forming a government, which is being undertaken by M. Koolen, Catholic member of the Council of State. Queen Wilhelmina on Friday decided to consult the President of the Chamber and also her army and
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    £84,000 IN FUND FOR THETIS DEPENDENTS
    94 1 London. July 9. THE Mansion House fund for the der pendents of men lost m the submarine Thetis now stands at £84,000. Yesterday the Lord Mayor received a gift to the fund of just over £277 from Chinese m the Colony of Hong Kong.
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    IMPASSE OVER NEW U.S. NEUTRALITY LAW
    128 1 Washington, July 8. THE attempt last year by President Roosevelt to remove certain senators recoiled today upon the administration when Mr. Cordell Hull, the Secretary of State, and other high officials tried to persuade Senators Gillette and George to vote for the Government m
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    A. R. P. Train On Instructional Tour
    59 1 The Southern Railway is using an A.R.P. instructional train Lo give practical demonstrations to employees of the railway m A.R.P. work. A gas-7nasked engine driver and fireman are seen leaning out of their cab which is completely covered with black canvas to prevent
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    PRACTICALLY A WHOLE NEW FLEET FOR BRITAIN
    207 1 Rapid Progress With Great Naval Programme London, July H. THE Navy's enormous shipbuilding programme is being further accelerated and as a result practically a whole fleet will take the water within the next few months, according to the Daily Telegraph naval correspondent. Next
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    Rumania Does Not Want Nazi Instructors
    82 1 Rumania Does Not Want Nazi Instructors Bucharest, July 9. THE economic section of the German Foreign Office, which has been here discussing the Rumano-German economic treaty, is returning to Berlin to obtain further instructions. Contracts were signed recently for the exchange of Rumanian cattle and pigs for German equipment, such
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    A.A. GUNS ON HILL ABOVE DANZIG
    250 1 A.A. GUNS ON HILL ABOVE DANZIG Rapid Military Development Danzig, July 9. DEUTER'S correspondent visited m the forbidden zone at BUchofsberg, which is the hill dominating Danzig m order to test the statement m the Nazi local press that children's playgrounds were being built there. As the correspondent ascended the
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    RAILWAY DAMAGED BY GUERILLAS
    85 1 Shanghai, Jul} 9. •TRAFFIC on the Japanese controll- ed Nanking-Shanghai Railway has oeen disrupted as the result of an attempt by guerillas to blow up the express on Friday, according to Chinese reports. A mine m the path of the express exploded a few seconds before
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    FRESH OUTRAGES PLANNED BY 1.R.A?
    195 2 Yard Investigating Story Of Plot In Dartmoor Gaol London, July 9. CCOTLAND YARD special branch officers and Home Office authorities have been making inquiries during the week-end into a report that further I.R.A. outrages are bein^ planned inside Dartmoor prison and other prisons. A special
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    Moscow Talks Continued
    57 2 Moscow, July 4). THE British and French Ambassadors, accompanied by Mr. William Strang, of the British Foreign Office, had a two-and-a-half hour talk with the Soviet Premier. M. Molotov, this evening concerning the Anglo-Soviet pact plan. The Vice-Foreign Commissar, M. Potemkin, was also present. Negotiations are continuing
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    6,000 FACTORY WORKERS IN A.R.P. DISPLAY
    53 2 London. July 9•THE Lcrd Privy Seal, Sir John Ander--son, was chief guest at a demonstration of A.R.P. organisation held at the new Southgate factory of Standard Telephones and Cables Limited at which 6.000 factory workers were taken to a series of shelter tunnels and
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    SYRIAN CONSTITUTION SUSPENDED
    43 2 Damascus, July 9. IT; IE Hi_;h Commissioner has suspended the Syrian constitution trusted executive authority to ii under his direction, communique announcing Uu says it does not mean that France intends to repudiate the panting Syria full indeoennezt year. Reuter
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    Ciano On Way To Visit Gen. Franco
    53 2 Rome, Juiy 9. pOUNT CI ANO, the Italian Foreign Minister, embarked on a cruiser today en route for Spain. Telegram says that the visit will cement collaboration between the two countries m the economic, political and military fields with a view to very
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    ANGLO-SWEDISH TRADE BETTER
    140 2 London, July 8. INCREASED trade between Great Britain and Sweden is expected on both sides to result from discussions which representative industrialists oi the two countries have been having m London this week. The talks ended yesterday m an atmosphere of mutual satisfaction. At the conclusion of
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    FALL FROM WINDOW
    35 2 A YOUNG Chinese girl was severely injured when she fell from a window of a house m Bernam Street yesterday evening. She was taken to hospital by ambulance m an unconscious condition.
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    "CAFE SOCIETY" AT HAPPY WORLD
    57 2 IJOLLYWOOD has produced another film of a romance between a newspaperman and a milionairess. This time it is "Cafe Society," Paramount's picture, which is showing at the Happy Theatre at the Happy World. With Fred Mac Murray cast as the reporter and Madeleine Carroll playing
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    STOP PRESS
    151 2 Danzig, July 9. pRIES of "The Poles must vanish from Danzig" were raised by a large crowd addressed by Herr Forster, the Nazi leader, whose sarcastic reference to "good neighbour" Poland drew derisive laughter and Jeers. Herr Forster declared that the will of the people of Danzig to
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    Air Minister Inspects A Speed Boat
    41 2 During a tour m Hampshire, Sir Kingsley Wood, the Air Minister, visited the Hythe works of the British Power Boat Co. Here he is getting out of the cockpit cf the latest motor torpedo boat.
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    CIVIL AVIATION'S AID FOR R. A. F. EXPANSION
    272 2 40 Aerodromes Available For Volunteer Reserve London, July 9. THE Director-General of Civil Aviation. Lieutenant 1 Colonel Sir Francis Shelmerdine, said that civil aviation was faced with many difficulties, mainly due to the increased speed of rearmament, speaking at an aviation dinner
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    Maharajah In Life Guards
    66 2 Maharajah In Life Guards THE MAHARAJAH OF JAIPUR, one of the wealthiest of the Indian rulers, is now doing a short period of attachment to the Life Guards, as an officer and m this capacity he rode m the royal procession of the King and Queen's return to London. The
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    SOVIET RADIO BROADCASTS
    87 2 Chungking, July 8. THE first special radio programme broadcast for the Chinese m China from stations at Moscow and Khaborovsk was successfully relayed by the Central Broadcasting Station XGOA here to local listeners and the inland provinces yesterday. The programme included ten num bers of chorus singing
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    SHIP'S OFFICER RELEASED
    179 2 Hankow Consul's Strong Protest Hankow. July 9. HTHE British Consul-General has lodged the strongest protest with the Japanese authorities not only fcr detaining Mr. C. Winterbottom, a British ship's officer, but for not informing the consulate Of his arrest. Mr. Winterbottom has since been released. Mr. Winterbottom
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    EX-PRESIDENT DENES FOR BRITAIN
    90 2 Washington. Jun» j f$ Dr. Benes. former President of Czecho-Slovakia. announced m Washington today that he was leaving ior Britain within the next fortnight for an indefinite stay. He added that he would probably return to the United States to his position as processor at the
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    SOVIET BUYS BRITISH LIVESTOCK
    43 2 London, July 'J. The Soviet delegation to the Royal Agricultural Society's Centenary Show at Windsor bought 800 head of British livestock, it is revealed tonight. An official of the show statin that this may only be a beginning- Reuter
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    KING TO DINE AT ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE
    47 2 KING TO DINE AT ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE London. July 9. THE King accompanied by the Du^e of Kent will travel down the Thames m the royal barge on Tuesday to Greenwich to dine m the new "painted hair 1 nf t>w» nmmi w-^i I College- British Wireless
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    CYCLIST KILLED
    49 2 A CHINESE cyclist who has not yet been identified was fatally injur- ed when he was knocked down by a motet tai m Bukit Timah Road shortly after 3 p.m. yesterday. He was taken by ambulance to hos- pital where he died later from a fractoed skull.
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES BIRTH
    16 2 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES BIRTH To Dulcie. wife of rnomson, at th, sir Hospital, on July 9. a
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    Hawaiians In Good Show
    157 2 1 ARGE av.ciic. Theatre en Sat peared to enjoy revue. "Old anci sented by the R Entcrtainsrc. As always. Quee were the life cf Urn ringing bu: th hula dancing by Mian hula maidens Miami broug!.: k. hi the rhythm of the B Other attractive Keawe
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    Traction Co. Mens Function
    87 2 jyiOKL than I celebrated the oecond the Singapore Tti Employees' Aaociati crn Hotel last night Mr. Kartai welcomed tin were Mr. G. H tl the Clerical DhlOO Handy Labour*. Ifr. If. B I S. Iyer. Many sgM Singh's opening addr Mr. Handy urged twecn employers and
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    BOY INJURED
    21 2 If NOCKED down by Kallang Road noon, a 14-year-old C taken to hospital with juries and ahtariom o legs,
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    WERNER BAER GIVES FINE ORGAN RECITAL
    201 2 WERNER BAER'S organ recital m W Victoria Memorial Hall last night again proved a treat for those who attended it. Mr. Baer now seems completely at home on the Municipal organ and his recital, all the better for some delightful singing from the soloist
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    FEARS FOR HONG KONG'S SAFETY
    943 3 FEARS FOR HONG KONG'S SAFETY Defence Measures Held In Abeyance POLICY OF "PRUDENCE AND PATIENCE" Tjj Hong: Kong, July 4. HAT it is ''not practicable to attempt any large-scale schemes for the protection of the general public, such as tunnels and steel shelters" was part of a statement made by
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    Hazi Buttons For The Volunteers
    106 3 Hazi Buttons For The Volunteers lions: Koni;. July 4. v,. KONfi Volunteer am ever go to war, 1 ir most important means I. i» l* supplied by Gerhu ttons on newly supplied neer uniform trousers are rOa-«*— JZh*** Pl-t to catch the lads wM have "Axis" iL The I nited
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    Malayan Art For London Exhibition
    152 3 Malayan Art For London Exhibition rthcontJ I Greater n it -ear. I leadtbe experience be m a arias' of some re. or even Basrf End of ■f the art of rayei wheel from .mir, a bronze rving from Burma poppet DO anted by the object, have Lized by the! ttral
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    86, Will Cycle 5,200 Miles
    40 3 M London, July 1. 3AILEY, a-ed 36. m. Vermont, on a UK* miles to Sioux *<*a, and back. on a relative whom 55 years. He exMer ab °"t M miles a day. British United Press
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    I;i •' !,; <ROP RETURNS
    62 3 RU BB ER CROP RETURNS ibber crop returns oeen reported: The F j£S.) R UbD er Co. The Badek Rubber Tho 'D r M dm w Estate), 17,000 :;FM.s.&gt; Wber 'as The Chersonese Ltd.. 62.000 lbs.; states Ltd. &lt;Denlos.: The High- .'■&gt; Pwa Rubber Co., T&gt; Kla ng Rubber "■&lt;&gt;
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    Band At Teluk Ayer Today
    63 3 THE BAND of the Straits Settlements Police will perform m public today at Telok Ayer at 6.00 p.m. under the direction of Mr. S. Chapman, Bandmaster. The programme Is as follows: Marcn, 'The Kings Guard" Keith; Overture, "Merry Wives of Windsor," Nicolai; Selection. "Lighting Switch,"
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    EXPORTS OF TINNED PINEAPPLES
    97 3 During the week ending July 1, 1939, exports frcm Malayan ports amounted to 57,956 cases, of which 43,646 (75 per cent.) cases were to the United Kingdom. 550 (1 per cent.) cases to the Continent of Europe, 10,516 (18 per cent.) cases to Canada, and 3,244
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    Future Of Ship-Building Held To Be Gloomy
    273 3 Future Of ShipBuilding Held To Be Gloomy London. CPEAKING at the annual meeting of Elder Dempster Lines Holdings Ltd. m London, Sir Richard Holt, Bart., said that West Africa was not m a prosperous condition at the present time. There would certainly have to be some reduction m freight rates,
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    Japanese Ask U.S. Oil Firms To Give Up Leases
    120 3 Japanese Ask U.S. Oil Firms To Give Up Leases Peking. THE JAPANESE-CONTROLLED Pro- visional Government has notified the Socony and Asiatic Petroleum Company officials here of plans to enlarge railway station facilities at numerous North China points and requested the foreign firms to relinquish a number of leases they have
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    ENGAGEMENT
    48 3 The engagement is announced between Captain Walter Mark Wilkinson, Royal Artillery, elder son of Mr. and Mrs. It E. Wilkinson, of Orwell Park, Suffolk, and Margaret Scott (Wendy) Gattey, only daughter of JMr. and Mrs. Edward Gattey, of Barrington, Ilminster, Somerset, and late of The Ambush, Singapore.
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    "BRITAIN WILL MAKE HER STAND AT SINGAPORE"
    236 3 IN case war breaks out m the Far East, all British ships m Oriental waters have instructions to steam full speed to Singapore, those near Hong Kong to call at that port to evacuate nationals, according to an officer of the s-s. Anking,
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    23 3 LIELT.-GENERAL SIR GUV C. WILLI.? MS, general offl.er commanding-in-Chicf, Eastern Command, inspecting cadets at the half-yearly inspection at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.
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    S.V.C. Drill Schedule
    290 3 DROGRAMME of drills for the Singapore Volunteer Corps up to and for the week ending July 16, is as follows: Today: 5.15 p.m. headquarters, S.R.A (v), gunnery instruction; 530 p.m. headquarters, S.R.E. (v) f company training; 5.15 p.m. headquarters. S.F.C.R.E. (v) Malay Section, section training; S.V.F.A., tent
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    Law Notice For The Week
    184 3 Law Notice For The Week I IST OF CASES for hearing during the week: Before the Chief Justice: Friday at II a.m. Co-winding Up No. 138 Re T. B. Rogers and Co.. Ltd. Thereafter:— Bankruptcy. Before Mr. Justice Pedlow: Today at 11 a.m.: Summonses-in-Chambers etc. At 2.15 p.m.— l Summons-in-Cham-bers
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    DOCTORS' INVALUABLE DATA ON LEPROSY
    394 3 DOCTORS' INVALUABLE DATA ON LEPROSY Cleveland, Ohio. nR. RICARDO GUINTO, 31-year- old Filipino, came halfway around the world from Cebu, P.1., to bring to Western Reserve University invaluable data on leprosy which he and fellow scientists have accumulated for six years. The data may be cf importanco m solving the
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    Ipoh's New Rotary President
    189 3 Ipoh's New Rotary President (From Our Own Correspondent* lp&gt;h, July 8. THE Installation of the new president 1 of the Ipoh Rotary Cluli 100 3 m the presence of a large gathering which included the Sultan of Perak who m responding to the toast of c ai guests promised strong
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    YOUNG PEOPLES CIRCLE
    31 3 The Young People's Circle will hold a devotional service or worship tomorrow at S p.m. at the Geylang Methodist Church. Mr. Scow Cheng Joon will be the speaker.
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    FRESH CHARGE IN MALACCA CASE
    821 4 FRESH CHARGE IN MALACCA CASE Accused Claims Trial former Counts not SUSTAINED (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, July 7. AT the close of the case for the prosecution m connection with charges of theft or alternatively with dishonestly misappropriating a postal article, perferred against Lim Tian Soo, the District Judge,
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    "OVER-EXPOSED" WOMEN IN FILMS
    161 4 Delegate's Protest At Blackpool London, June 28. A PROTEST against too much photography of "over-exposed women and under-developed men" m British aims was made by a delegate at tne Cinematograph Exhibitors' conference at Blackpool. He is Mr. J. X. Prendergast, of York, who said that films
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    BERLIN LECTURES FOR FOREIGNERS
    84 4 Berlin. TTHE German Hochsehule Fuler Poll- tlk has announced the opening of a series of lectures for foreigners. The series will include the following lectures Constitutional construction of National Socialistic Germany; The lcjeal work of the National Socialistic party m the local units; The German Colonial
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    FROZEN TO DEATH IN REFRIGERATED LORRY
    81 4 New York, Jane 20. Louis Bolter, a 35-year-old delivery man, was frozen to death here when he could easily have saved himself. Apparently Bolter had climbed into his refrigerated lorry to check his next delivery and as he got m the door slammed to
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    Germany's Orders For New Cruisers
    200 4 Germany's Orders For New Cruisers London, June 29. ONE result of the unilateral denunciation of the Anglo-German naval treaty of 1935 by Herr Kitlcr is that exchange of information on shipbuilding programmes has ceased, writes the Daily Telegraph naval correspondent. I understand the British naval authorities are cognisant of German
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    U.S. PRISON "BATTLE"
    136 4 Chicago, June 29. SIX PEOPLE were wounded m the Indiana State Prison, Michigan City, today when three convicts seized Mrs. Ruth Joiner, a welfare worker and used her as a shield while they tried to run the gauntlet of pistol and rifle fire to make their escape.
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    HE WAS AMONG THOSE PRESENT
    140 4 Paris, June 30. HENRY FARMAN, pioneer of aviation, the man who made the lirst circular flight of nearly a mile, has been the victim of a little error by the Air Ministry. To commemorate the first flisnt ever made from town to town «16 miles',
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    BRITAIN'S POTATO EIGHT
    110 4 EIGHT PRETTY MEMBERS of the League of Health and Beauty are shortly leaving London on a tour of 30 seaside resorts, accompanied by a chaperone leader. The tour has been arranged by the Potato Marketing Board and the girls' job is to prove that by exercises it
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    WINDSOR'S PLANS FOR AUTUMN?
    106 4 Aix-les-Bains, Jane 2*). THE Duke and Duchess ol Windsor arrived here this evening by road, hating left their home m the Boulevard Suchet, m Paris, early this morning. They are staying at the Hotel Splen- dide, and are breaking their Journey to Antibes, where they will
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    STOUT GIVEN TO GORILLA
    113 4 London, June 28. ALTHOUGH she Is not yet on the way to recovery, Moina, the Zoo gorilla, new sits up and ta'ics Bflkhft nourishment at regular intervals. She begins the day with a cup of cocoa and takes porridge for breakfast; later m the morning she
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    "THE CAPITOL DOLLIES"
    33 4 xhp TAPITOL DOLLIES (22 m the ensemble) who will appear at the Capital as a ipc TE traLln witifthe Columbia Pictures' musical comedy "Start Cheering." which wIU be the nex.
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    BOYS ATE A RAZOR BLADE
    210 4 ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD Charles Edwards, with half a razor blade m his stomach, lay m bed m a Bootie hospital and said that he swallowed it, m school, for a joke. Near him. m another bed, lay Ronald Williams, with the other half of the razor blade
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    JO'BURG'S SHOEBLACK INDUSTRY DEAD
    74 4 Popularity of the car has killed Johannesburg's once-thriving shoeshine Industry, m which some men made fortunes of £10,000 m the palmy days. Only five men are left to carry on a trade which once supported 70 of them. "I could have retired with £10,000 m the
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    TIGERS ESCAPE FROM CIRCUS
    205 4 London, June 2s. FLICE AND CIVILIANS Joined m a tiger hunt at Tranmere, Cheshire, when two tigers escaped from a circus on land adjoining Tranmere Rovers' football ground. One was caught almost immediately. The other eluded capture for two and a half hours. Chased from garden
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    NOT WANTED, PREMIER IS INFORMED
    149 4 Letter From Trades And labour Council London, June 27. When Mr. Neville Chamberlain arrived at Cardiff Castle last night as the guest of the Marquess and Marchioness of Bute, he found a letter from the Cardiff Trades and Labour Council waiting for him. This is
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    WIDOW'S £15,000 WENT IN 3 YEARS
    219 4 London. June 2:». A WIDOW acquitted of a charge of murdering her husband m Jubbul- :ore. Central Provinces, India, seven cars ago met an unknown sympathiser who had written to her during the case. The widow, Mrs. Rego, inherited £15,000 under her husband's will,
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    X MARKS THE SNORE...
    111 4 X MARKS THE SNORE London, June 21 THE telephone m Salisbury 5 nre tien gave a menacing b'j?z It was 4.15 a.m. "Hello, hi "there's been a bad smash "A motor-cyclist has h. pole. He is lying ur. side of the road.' "Where?" asked the He was told, and within
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    Tar & Feathers Charge
    127 4 Tar Feathers Charge N&lt; a 1 June Ti TTiIREE fox-hunting men of vv. ton. Virginia, appeared I charges that they "brat plied a coating cf tar and U: Count Cassini. the YY. writer. All were re'ea-ci or. b £500. pending the coer September. Cassinis the:r honour had ber:. alleged delving
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    TORPEDO HITS PATROL BOAT
    57 4 London. June f* A TORPEDO fired acex- the submarine Tr.i* D ship to the Thetis, s] Portland Harbour and stru.-k :).&lt; patrol \ess2l H.M.S. Pu::... waterline. The torpedo bottom o! the harbour, a feu fe from the ship which it itru tempts are being made v
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    Loretta Young's Ex-Friend Guilty
    97 4 New Yor117ILLIAM MJCUUDt, stockbroker, lormer Loretta Young, was found of £200,000 frauds m conned deals m Philippine raft A former British hi Captain John Stuart Hyde, a ed with manipulating the bond acquitted. Thirteen Hollywood I Miss Young, Ronald Coiman Hopkins, Herbert Marshal.. Morgan, Bing Crosby.
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    Son Petrol Boycott On July 15?
    67 5 Son Petrol Boycott On July 15? n, c &gt;rr^pondent) Bangkok. July 9. v announces that, a a number of fl k a combined to r private cars for and to walk to and that day n T K 6 ed that day will be Army. da this as patriot '.lowed
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    Bangkok Rotary Presidency
    57 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, July 9. ILiR F. R. DOLBEARE, Adviser m the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is the new President of the Rotary Club of Bangkok, succeeding HJS.H. Prince Varnvaidyakara Voravarn, of the same Ministry. The British Minister. Sir Josiah Crosby. K.8.E.. proposed the toast
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    KAFFIR BEER "NOT AT ALL BAD"
    52 5 London, July 1. "It is not at all bad," said the Duke of Devonshire, Parliamentary UnderSecretary for the Dominions, when he tried some Kaffir beer at the Victoria street Municipal Native Beer Hall m Durban. The Duke and Duchess are touring South Africa. British
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    B.B.C. Independence Is Emphasised
    619 5 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRESS AND RADIO London, June 29. THE relationship between broadcasting and the Press was discussed at the Empire Press Union conference m London yesterday, under the presidency of Maior J J. Astor, M.P. Mr. F. W. Ogilvie, Director-General of the BBC said that there
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    Alleged To Have Made Out Crystals Were Diamonds
    187 5 (From Our Own Correspondent; Kuala Lumpur, July 8. he was charged with cheating Chew Onn by making out that four pieces of crystal were diamonds worth $85, Lim Yook Cheng admitted that he had paid only $1.40 for the articles and claimed
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    G.O.C's Inspection At Taiping
    96 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, July 7. JUAJOR-GENERAL, W. G. S. DOBBIE, General Officer Commanding, Malaya, visited Taiping m the course of his farewell inspection tour of Malaya. At 7.30 a.m. yesterday he inspected the 2/17 Dogra Regiment at the race course and he took the
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    Pahang Sultan Opens Cinema
    65 5 THERE was a very large attendance including many prominent government officials and leading Pahang businessmen at the opening of the new cinema m Bentong on Saturday evening by His Highness the Sultan of Pahang. Sir Abu Bakar Bi* ayatu'dDin al-Mu'adzam Shah. The cinema hall, which is
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    PASTEURISATION OK MALACCA MILK
    59 5 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, July 8. Plant for compulsory pasteurisation of all milk sold by Malacca vendor:; is contemplated. This was disclosed at a committee meeting of the Municipal Commissioners m a memorandum by the Veterinary Officer, m which he recommended the establishment of a
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    FOUNDATION STONE OF NEW SCHOOL
    86 5 The foundation stone of the new St. Andrew's School, at Woodsville Estate, Serangoon, will be laid by the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, at 5.30 p.m. today. The ceremony will be m the presence of the Bishop of Singapore, the Rt. Rev. B. C. Roberts. After
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    MONDAY, JULY 10, 1939. Germany Hesitates
    679 6 MONDAY, JULY 10, 1939. Germany Hesitates ]V/JEoSAGES from European cap- itals and lrom Danzig still emphasise how grave is the situation on the Continent today. Last week's crisis may be followed by another within a few days, and so we go on from crisis to crisis wondering what will be
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    "Manila Galleon": Epic Of Spanish Pacific Commerce
    1064 6  -  H. W. FRANTZ By Washington (D.C.). U7ILLIAM Lytle Schurz, government worker, fanned a literary breeze behind the phantom sails of the old Manila's galleons and brought to library ports a magnificent cargo of lore and fact concerning Spain's quarter-millenium of transPacific commerce. Schurz,
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    Striking Power Of R.A.F.
    312 6 AT a banquet given to celebrate the rL 30th anniversary of the establishment of the first British aircraft producing company, the Handley Page, Sir Kingsley Wood, the Secretary of State for Air, took the opportunity to point out that Britain is now spending nearly £2,000,000 per
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    NEW VISTA OPENED IN HOLLAND'S NAVAL POLICY
    603 7 NEW VISTA OPENED IN HOLLAND'S NAVAL POLICY Four Battleships For Netherlands Navy? PROBLEM OF DOCKING ACCOMMODATION London, July 2. CHARACTERISING the statement that Holland intends to build three or four battleships of between 25,000 and 30,000 tons for her N.E.I. navy within the next five years as "startling," the United
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    42 7 IBOfl WWLIIMM, taken m a warehouse of Morris Industries Exre. i tmWsn Mr. Aldridge, sales manager of Morris Industries rto it.l explaining to Mr. Edwards, of Wearne Brothers, Ltd. how lun?" operates. The "iron lungs" were being prepared for shipment to Malaya.
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    Counsel On Discrepancies In Evidence
    407 7 VAIN APPEAL AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, July 8. ADVANCING as one of his grounds of appeal that the n had failed to establish beyond reasonable .entity of the accused, Mr. K. K. Benjamin un&gt;, fully appealed today to the Full
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    How Tungsten Ore Was Detected
    137 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, July 9. A PORTABLE ultra-violet lamp was used m the detection of scheelite, a tungsten ore, which fluoresced a blue light m the rays of the lamp, reveals the annual report of the Mines Department. Scheelite is more important
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    Had Revolver And Ammunition
    87 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, July 8. PLEADING GUILTY to possession of an unlicensed revolver and six round of ammunition, Cheah Wai, a young Chinese, was fined $25 on the first charge or 25 days' rigorous imprisonment m default, and $10 or 10 days' rigorous
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    Redemptorist Priest For Australia
    96 7 FIE Rev. Father Brennan, founder of the Redemptorist Monastery In Thompson Road, Singapore, sailed by the Burns Philp liner Merkur yesterday to take up his new appointment as Superior of the Monastery of Kew, Melbourne. The Rev. Father F. X. Cosgrave is to take charge as
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    High Grade Coal Mined At Batu Arang
    315 7 High Grade Coal Mined At Batu Arang (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. July 9. MORE THAN EIGHT MILLION tons of coal were mined at the Batu Arang coalfields m the last 13 years, states the annual report of the Mines Department, which adds that large reserves are still available.
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    DATO'S DEATH AFTER SHORT ILLNESS
    58 7 Our Own Correspondent) Klang. The death has taken place at Bandar. Kuala Langat, of Dato Ibrahim bin Mohamed, Dato Bengawah Muda of Bandar, at the age of 48 after a short illness. Dato Ibrahim, one of the oldest Datos m the State of Selangor, was
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    Nestles Move To New Home
    132 7 A FTER directing the whole of their Malayan and Netherlands Indian outer possessions business from a Cecil Street building for 21 years, Nestle and Anglo-Swiss Milk Products, Ltd., moved into Nestle House, Cantonment Road last week. The opening on Saturday *as attended by more than
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    'NEW KIND OF OFFENCE' IN PENANG
    155 7 Tamil Helps Passengers Ev^de Quarantine Rules From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang. July 8. COR having helped four passengers on s.s. Rohna to evade quarantine regulations, when the ship was en port on June 9, a Tamil, Nadisr:n, was ordered to pay a fine of
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    EMPIRE BROADCASTS FOR CHILDREN FROM B.B.C.
    256 7 THE SUGGESTION for an Empire broadcast children's hour was discussed by Mr. J. C. S. Macgregor, Empire Service Director of the 8.8.C. m a talk given at Daventry recently. Mr. Macgregor said that, so far, the 8.8.C. had not planned regular broadcasts for children
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    Chinese Girls Are More Modern Than Japanese
    341 7 HR. WU LIEN-TEH, well-known Straits-born Chinese 17 who was until recently head of the Chinese Quarantine Service, and who is now living m Ipoh, spoke on Chinese culture m relation to modern life m a speech to the international group of the Y.W.C.A.
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    Gold Mining in The F.M.S.
    211 7 (Frcm Our Own Co. respondent) Kuala Lumpur, July 9. I AST YEAR over 40.000 ounces of i gold were mined m the Federated Malay States and were worth approximately $2,261,752. states the annual report of the Mines Department. Yet working expenses incurred In extracting the
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    FLEET AIR ARM EXPANSION
    884 8 New Aerodromes And Carriers FOUR-FOLeT INCREASE PLANNED London, June 25. part of the naval .re-armament programme presents such problems, and no part of it is being pushed forward with greater speed and energy, than the increase m the Fleet Air Arm. Much of the naval re-armament
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    DE HAVILLANDS FOR N.Z?
    157 8 London, June 29. OIP, KINGSLEY WOOD, Air Minister. said m the House of Commons that there was complete agreement between the Governments of Britain and Ne*' Zealand on the recommendations of the recent air mission. The mission recommended that New Zealand should at once place an
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    B.B.C. CHIEF'S GERMAN SPEECH
    234 8 Describes Visit To War Graves London, June 29. MR. F. W. OGILVIE, Director-General of the 8.8.C., who lost a hand at Hill 60, m the war, broadcast m the German programme on "What can broadcasting do for peace?" He spoke m German. "My opinion," he said,
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    67 8 A RECEPTION WAS HELD at the Savoy Hotel to welcome back to England the well-known British star, Margaret Lockwood. who has been on a visit to Hollywood. Miss Lockwood came back to play the part of Jenny m the film version of A. J. Cronin's novel "The St.u&gt; Look Down."
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    ARMY STRENGTH OF 275,000
    218 8 Increase Of 89,000 This Year London, June 29. A SUPPLEMENTARY estimate for 89,300 required for Army service. brings the revised estimate to 275.000. A note by the Army Council says: "The establishment of the Regular Army has been reviewed, and it is desired to make increased
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    'ADAM & EVE' FIND A FRIEND
    149 8 'ADAM EVE' FIND A FRIEND London, June 2& A DOCTOR at Teddington, Middlesex, has come to the rescue of the town's "Adam and Eve." The trouble began when the local hospital announced that it would feature a Garden of Eden tableau m its annual carnival next month. A competition has
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    SEVEN RECORDS BROKEN AT Y. M. C. A. SPORTS
    215 11 Misses Le Mercier And Pereira Shine LE MERCIER and Miss M. R. Pereira :Iy m the women's events at the Jalan Besar Stadium on Saturday. rfarmers among the boys irduded Goey Han Meng Fong. Seven records were \Y. Linehaa Rave away
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    CLOSELY FOUGHT DOUBLES
    362 11 Singapore Junior Badminton CATURDAY'S games m the junior badminton championships of Singapore were, on the whole, a very tame affair, with the exception of two closely contested doubles games, when five more ties were continued at the Clerical Union Hall. In the opening tie, Wee Hong Loo
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    G. J. Bryan For Colony Side
    95 11 Q J. BRYAN has stated he will be available for the Colony vs. i Malay States cricket match to be I played m Singapore over the August I ank Holiday weekend. Bryan when available automatically selects himself, and will considerably strengthen the Colony's batting.
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    European Negri A.A. Champion
    121 11 European Negri A. A. Champion ispondentj ranaaa, Saturday J --ropean nc annexed ship at the j meet- j :wo events mi] today but the at 9 ft. 9 _d was 7.7. ata are:— 1- Sgt. Mohamed; 'd: 3, Ismail; Uni Juinri 5 ss Karaite; 2. Sgt j -0 ft. 4
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    Chinese Defeat Y. M. C. A.
    210 11 OURATTA. playing for the V.M.C.A. against the S.C.R.C. at cricket or. the Chinese ground on Saturday was injured by a ball jumping from a bumpy pitch, which hit him on the cheek V.M.C.A. 'ju c lfook Kirn b Kens Slew 2 Suratta b Keng
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    Singapore Win Police Sports
    92 11 THE police inter-contingent athletic championships were held on Saturday on the Police Depot ground. Singapore with a total of 35 points won the unit championship. Md. Tahar was individual champion with 11 points while Harnam Singh was the Sikh Individual champion. At the conclusion of the
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    79 11 Dr. Woodhull took four wickets with successive balls when playing cricket for the Johore Bahru India Ceylon Association against the Segamat India Ceylon Association on the Segamat school padang on Saturday. The eleventh annual lawn tennis tournament of the Tanjong Malim Club will be held from July 14 to July
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    Chinese Fight Back In Stonor Shield
    269 11 (From Our Own Correspondent) T Kuala Lumpur, July 8. Hb Chinese fought back gallantly after a bad start m the Stoncr Shield cricket fixture against che V.M C A today and are 37 runs short of their opponents' total with three wickets m hand.
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    POLICE SPORTS RUNNERS
    23 11 COMPETITORS m the one mile rate at Police n&gt;orts. (From left to right, Ist, ?nd, and 3rd).— Free Press picture.
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    LEN HARVEY MEETS McAVOY
    88 11 London, July 8. A TITLE that has lain vacant for 16 years— the British Empire cruiserweight crown— will be at stake m Monday's world title fight at the White City between Len Harvey and Jock McAvoy. The British title, of which Harvey is the holder, will
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    A.P.C. Draw With S.C.C.
    195 11 A.P.C. Draw With S.C.C. HTTME was the deciding lactor In the cricket match between the A.P.C and an S.C.C. eleven which was drawn at Paya Lcbar on Saturday. S.C.C. F. V. Read Ibw., b Chin 8 A. H. Murray c and b Chin 6 K. C. Johnson-Hill b Garside 14
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    Y.M.C.A. CRICKET
    63 11 The following will represent the V.M.C.A. junior department at cricket against the Minesweepers on Thursday, on the Prince Edward Road ground at 2 p.m. Ong Swee Keng (captain), S Hope, Lim Keng Wah, G. J. Moxon, S. Shirazie, R. G. Clark, Au Keng Cnu. Fung Guan Chye, C.
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    RAFFLES BEAT MEDICALS
    551 11 RAFFLES BEAT MEDICALS Clarke's Bright Batting HAFFLES COLLEGE beat the Medical College by 188 runs on the latter's ground yesterday, at the conclusion of their annual three-day cricket fixture. RafT.es declared for four wickets m their second knock of 202 runs yesterday. Since the inception of inter-faculty cricket nine years
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    CEYLON SPORTS CLUB DEFEATS S.C. C.
    719 12 Low Scoring In All Four Innings 10 LEG-BEFORE DECISIONS IN MATCH I OW scoring m all four innings marked the first eleven match between the S.C.C. and Ceylon Sports Club on the padang yesterday and on Saturday. After being 31 runs behind on the
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    Artillery Beat Chinese
    238 12 (OEPLYING with 71 against their opponents' 131, the Chinese were beaten at cricket by the 9th Heavy Battery, R.A., by 60 runs at Hong Lim j Green yesterday. Cecil Wong, four for 27, was the j most successful bowler. 9TII. HEAVY BATTERY R.A.— lst Inns. j Harvey
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    COUNTY CRICKET
    75 12 London, July 8. WestclifT: Gloucester 432 (Hammond 207); Esrex 34 for 2. Southampton: Northants 146 (Hill 6 fcr 45 Hants 51 for 2. Oval: Surrey 186; Kent 114 for 2. In other games, there was no play, owing to rain. Reuter. St. Andrew's School second team beat Victoria
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    WEIGHTS FOR 1st DAY OF PERAK RACES
    315 12 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, July 8. WEIGHTS for the first day of the Perak July race meeting:, opening next Saturday, were issued today as follows: Horses, Class 1, Div. 1, 5* fur., straight. Eastern Night 9.07 Barford 8.02 Royal Hampton .9.07 Artful
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    22 12 Taking The Strain picture. SINGAPORE TLG-OF-WAR team 'taking* the strain* at the Police Sports held at the Depot on Saturday.- Free Press
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    SINGAPORE DEFEATS MALACCA 5-1
    325 12 Poor Soccer At Anson Road Stadium SINGAPORE beat Malacca by five goals to one at the Stadium on Saturday m the Malaya Cup soccer competition. A fairly large crowd saw one of the dullest Cup games ever played at the Stadium. Within five minutes Singapore scored.
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    R.A.M.C DRAW WITH FORT CANNING
    258 12 R.A.M.C DRAW WITH FORT CANNING Wilton Scores 115 Not Out •THE RJ.JMLC. forced a draw with Fort Canning m their Garrison small units league cricket match at Tanglin yesterday. Wilton scored a splendid 115 not out lor Fort Canning, which made a total of 188. while the H.A.M.C. had scored
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    Sultan's Cup Tennis
    97 12 (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, July 7. THE Taiping Chinese Recreation Club is fielding a very strong team against the Perak Chinese Recreation Club when they meet m the final of the Sultan's Cup tennis competition. The final will be played m Ipoh on July 15. The
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    Negri Beat Malacca & Innings And 116
    341 12 Negri Beat Malacca Innings And 116 DUNBAR TAKES FIVE Fo* 32 AND EIGHT FOR 20 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban J u i v MEGRI SEMBILAN beat Malacca by an i nnin 116 runs m the inter-state cricket match be»-un V at Tampin. le Negri scored 206 on Saturday and
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    St. Andrew's Beat Manchesters
    189 12 I CT. Andrews School cricket team beat the Manchesters' second team by 35 runs on Saturday. ST. ANDREW'S N. Capel c Freer b Purvis 5 J. Anchant run out 7 Guan Hong b Purvis 0 Chee Heng c Woods b Freer 7 A. Neubronner st. Gardner
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    60 12 The following will represent the Singapore Cricket Club at tennis against the Straits Chinese Recreation Club on Wednesday at S.C.C. :—W. J. M. Warden and P. Clerc; R. F. Smith and Capt. R. R. G. Hoare; W. H. Droogleever and F. V. Read, A. D. Anderson and T. V. N.
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    America Sweaps Board At Wimbledon
    88 12 America Sweaps Board At Wimbledon Wimbledon WTTH an 4i mixed doubles the titles at Wimbledconsolation toexttaau the first and i btatlßg the Be!--. B—6 6—2. Britain's on'.y c Ladies Plate m whii beat Mile viewer 4—6, C— 2. Saturday's results Ifett'l doubles final &lt; 'U.S.» beat Etai 6-3. 3-6,6-3, y-
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    166 12 j THE Olyn-p: C CtUll lord. Jnr. and E heated alter a gr« Italians. Srherli and I minutes, thirty fh of the Centenary D instituted to con.: tenary of the Ben! Harvard's victor. Challenge tropUs lor the first time yard were race Burk rowed a re_\ the
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    128 12 Keppel Golf Club July Spoon THIRTY cards wen- I J*g July Spoon of the X and the following W I turned: Mrs. H. W. Rett 49 0 E. Kerr 45—9^36, Mr- A B 17 11 =36 and Mr. 36. The folowing have q Rose Bowl and the c round, which
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