The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 11 July 1939

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  • 16 1 AND DAILY NEWS (SPECIAL AIRMAIL EDITION 10 CEHTS) NO. 15-826. ESTD. 1835 TUESDAY, JULY 11, 133f>.
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  • 661 1 British Statement On Situation In Danzig Chamberlain Fears Of Fait Accompli DEVELOPMENTS FACED CALMLY BY WARSAW hi promised statement on Danzig m the House Wrf Cenunons yesterday, the Prime Minister, Mr. Neville >aid that recent developments m the Free disturbed confidence and rendered it difficult
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  • 105 1 PEACE AND FATE OF ONE CITY Archbishop On Danzig London, July 10. TT seemed inconceivable that the peace of Europe should depend upon the affairs of a single city, which surely should be capable of reasonable adjustment by negotiation, declared the Archbishop of Canterbury at the Canterbury Diocesan Conference. The
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  • 99 1 London. July 10. THE House of Commons, said the Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, had been asked to give an assurance that no sovereign state, contrary to its. wiß« should be included m any non-aggres>ion pact entered into by Britain. Mr. Chamberlain stated that it was
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  • 179 1 Great Efforts Of Past Few Months London, July 10. QPEAKING at the conference dinner of the National Association ol Auctioneers at Brighton, Lord Winter ton, Paymaster-General, said that a tact that could not be too often emphasised and was not realised by our friends abroad was that
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  • 65 1 Mexico City, July 10. Mexico intends to pay foreigners for interests m expropriated oil properties within ten years, declared President Cardenas. He said that 20 per cent, of the funds from sales and exports of petroleum had been placed m reserve account. The President
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  • 82 1 Tientsin, July 10. A JAPANESE soldier ashore this afternoon fired on the British tugboat Saxon as a sampan was trying to hitcn up to a lighter which it was towing for a free ride up the Hai River. The sampan man and two
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  • 18 1 Adelaide. July 10. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Don Bradman today.- Reuter
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  • 187 1 London. July 10. -THE Liberal Party leader, Sir Ar--1 chibald Sinclair, speaking at Leominster, said that it was the liberal spirit which consciously, or perhaps unconsciously, informed the firm clear and noble utterance of Lord Halifax. On two most vital issues m the
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  • 83 1 A great Nazi demonstration was heli last week at Tiegenhof, a village m ihe Danzig district, at which members of various Nazi orgariisations paraded past Herr Forster, the Nazi district leader m Danzig. Herr Forster, afterwards made a speech m which he said that the Danzig
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  • 136 1 Thetis Salvage London, July 10. A PROTEST at the suggestion— described by the president as misleading and unfair— that there was delay m the Thetis salvage operations was voiced by counsel when the inquiry into the submarine disaster was resumed today. Counsel for
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  • 86 1 Mission Property Damaged ChangMng, July 10. /jHIN^SE reports allege that mission property m van Shansi towns, including Kur.tunand Chaochen, was set on fire ana destroyed as part of the Japanesesponsored anti-British campaign m North China. Many Chinese Christians are ali-eged to have been arrested and executed. The
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  • 153 1 What French Circles Think pROM reports m French diplo- matic circles it appears that Saturday's and Sundays talks at Moscow revealed a narrowing down of the gap between the two points of view. It is considered probable that the talks will continue for some time
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  • 78 1 DECREE NISI FOR MINER «Frcm Our Ow; London. July If. IN the Divorce Court today. Mr. Justice Collins panted a der nisi to Mr. George Millard Johns, a mine superint m Selanjot*. do the ground him by re. a. It was stated that Mr. and Mrs 1911. Johns went to
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  • 33 1 Salamanca. July 10. PIGHTY-SIX were killed and 320 4-1 injured m an explosion m the powder magazine at Penaranda de Bracamonte, about _5 miles lrom Salamanca.- Reuter
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    • 78 1 THERE IS NO BETTER TEA THAN BIGIA TEA GROWN IN MALAYA ADELPHI i|^ HOTEL ROOh-oARDEN TONIGHT SPECIAL DINNER, DANCE CABARET FNTERTAINMENT PROVIDED BY EDNA BELLEFONTAINE I NOTED YOLNG ENGLISH DANCER DINNER $3— NON-DINERS Sl- DANCE INFORMAL DANCE TO THE NEW, MOST MODERN JAZZ BAND IN SINGAPORE DIRECTED BY A. BERSHADSKY
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  • 158 2 British Attitude On Tientsin Reaffirmed London, July Id. THF Times m a leader on the forthcoming negotiations 1 in connection with Tientsin m Tokyo, reaffirms that only local questions connected with Tientsin can properly be made the subject of Anglo- Japanese talks, as any
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  • 52 2 The Duke and Duchess of Kent attended the wedding m Florence of the Duke of Spoleto, cousin of the King of Italy, to Princess Irene of Greece, m the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore. Here are the bride and bridegroom leavina the Cathedral after
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  • 66 2 BIG BLACK-OUT WAS GREAT SUCCESS London. July 10 Tr raid defence i held m Eritain. InTOlTh tock place v.. re most •ucceaaful. le not perfect In every detail, ail -erned. din* thousands cf Lan A.R.P.. volunteers and the ral public. performed their iently and benefited from whicn is preparatory to
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  • 85 2 Two Chinese. Soo Ah Theng and Jhco Giok Soon, were fined $50 each oy Mr. Conrad Oldham, m the Siup.apon Second Court yesterday, when' they were convicted of assisting ta tne management el a common gaming house m Waterloo Street on Saturday.; rce others. Loh Tin,
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  • 20 2 cs ry Cai Pearson, a formed cheer of the Bri:ish Keith Borneo constabulary, cied suddenly m London on June 27,
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  • 429 2 Earl De La Warr On New Spirit Of Determination London, July 10. [WRING the last few months there had been a steady change of feeling m Britain moving from the usual spirit of easy tolerance to that of steady determination, said Lord
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  • 54 2 Melbourne, July 10. THE Defence Minister, Brigadier G A. Street, and the Supply Minister. Mr. R. G. Casey, attended the ceremony at which the Royal Australian Air Force took delivery of the first five locally built Wirraway aeroplanes. It is expected that 137 wiil be produced
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  • 112 2 F. C. Johnson Receives I.S.M. In Whitehall MR. F. C. JOHNSON, who recently retired from the post of Superintendent of Reformatory, Singapore and who was m Government service In Malaya for 30 years, was presented with the Imperial Service Medal by the Secretary of State for the Colonies. Mr. Malcolm
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  • 38 2 I don, July 10. -American Airways' flying-boat Yankee Clipper leted hrr first c trans-Atlantic flight to Great Britain at Southampton last even. The Clipper carried 19 passengers. 11 crew and 550 pounds of mail. British Wireless
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  • 83 2 Canberra. AUSTRALIAN breweries now make about BOV2 million gallons of beer and lager a year. This is enough to provide two pints a week for every man, woman and child of the population. It has been calculated by the Commonwealth statisticians, who also
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  • 37 2 The King and Queen attended r thanksgiving Service at Westminster Abbey on their return from North America. The King and Queen talking to the officiating Clergy, when they left the Abbey.
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  • 34 2 THE Nazi pn 1 Chamberlain b: delivered his ipeei !i t« The newspap stales: "iVc shall cisted m 1 1 Britain sic Poland m her crazy c: linst Damfe." Reuter
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  • 140 2 WATCH YOUR CYCLE, SAY POLICE EUCYCLE thieves are active In Singapore and reports of thio tvne of theft are continuously Increasing, says a Police stolen* Eicycles are frequently left unattended and unlocked m all parts ol Singapore and are stolen at all hours cl the day j The detection of
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  • 69 2 Cairo, June :,0. Contrary to regulations, six Itmilitary planes on their way to Abyssinia flew over the Royal Air Force station at Heliopolis, outside Cairo today. They were searched by the British authorities as soon as they landed. The Italian officers apologised profusely, saying that
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  • 82 2 Sydney. SOME of the finest paintings m the Louvre will probably go to Australia fcr exhibition m IC4O. Mr. Charles Lloyd Jones, a trustee of the National Art Gallery of Australia, and one of Australia's best known art j patrons told Austral News en oil I
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  • 450 2 Chungking, July 9. HTHE Japanese casualties up to the end of June this year totalled over 917,800 and 8,555 Japanese and puppet soldiers were captured alive, announced General Ho Ying-chin, the War Minister, reviewing the Sino-Japanese war during the past two years. "During
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  • 23 2 i. Mr. Chamberli-m's 1 contains nothing Din i ing new m the quarters. It is dcclai not change the pre Reuter
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  • 15 2 A son was b< G Charlesworth. of 1 Bishop's Ctortford ho it* i June 28.
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  • 97 3 CHA RGE AGAINST SOLDIER TO HAVE committed -d theft by night Hiding belonging to orchard Road on July I ::a?hed to the hester Regiment. appeared before Mr. ;.ipore Fifth Police roovuting, said tm \ed to say that the •cutor. who had n 181 of the
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  • 70 3 0ATCAR" AMBULANCE r i >f: in war Melbourne. u la nee for use m 1 n invented by List year, rode 600 miles from m 10 days. the defence departI m his "floatcar.* .-^elaide to Sydney. by land and river. ll really a rowing fitted with well I j wheels
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  • 45 3 r.d.nt> mban. July 9. Ive days the j Ahmad, until titer m the Serem- j charged with the reach of trust I olose yestermagistrate. DO 3rown, coniflfence and sen:orous imis counsel, .1 and bail m one 1 -.is aUi i
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  • 13 3 Director! Services. Ltd., will; -gapore on Thursday Raffies Hotel.
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  • 79 3 Johannesburg, July 1. Major C. Gordon Ross, a native of Edinburgh, has been promoted officer commanding the Witwatersrand Command. When the war broke out Major Ross, who was educated m South Africa, was still m his teens. He went to England and Joined the Royal
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  • 70 3 A charge of murdering a Chinese, Tan Kop Ten, m Java Road on May 27,. and one of attempting to commit suicide by stabbing himself with a knife at the same time and place, was preferred against a Chinese, Chin Teng Kong^ m the Singapore
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  • 32 3 picture. (Report In Page NINE). Some of those who attended the laying of the foundation stone of the new St Andrew's School at WoodsviUe Estate, Serangoon, yesterday.— Free Press
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  • 771 3 CHINESE CHARGED UNDER CHANDU ORDINANCE MR ROLAND BRADDELL was among the several counsel m who appeared before Mr. J. McFall m the Singapore Criminal District Court yesterday m defence of three Chinese who were on trial on a series of charges under
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  • 320 3 FOUR ACCIDENTS AFTER NIGHT AT CABARET European Sentenced To Prison At Ipoh COUNSEL GIVES NOTICE OF APPEAL (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, July 10. A EUROPEAN, R. G. Weddell, appeared before the Ipoh magistrate this morning and pleaded guilty to four charges, namely, causing grievous hurt to a Chinese by
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  • 62 3 rVO European houses were robbed by "walk-in" thieves over the weekend. A camera, razor and watch, worth $305, were stolen from the house cf Mr. A. E. Banfield, 7 Joo Seng Road, by a thief who walked m during the day. A camera and shoes were
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  • 72 3 THE management committee of the City High School Old Boys' Association for the season 1939-40, is as follows: president, Mr. A. Chellia; vicepresidents, Messrs. Hew Mock Sung and M: Subramaniam; honorary secretary, Mr. A. Hamid: assistant honorary secretary, Mr. Yap Soo Hai: honorary treasurer,
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  • 33 3 After seven years In Malaya, Mr. H. C. Shrubsole, manager of Nestle and Anglo-Swiss Milk Products, Ltd, sails on retirement leave m the Rotterdam Lloyd liner Sibajak on Friday.
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  • 177 3 "THE SINGAPORE CORONER, Mr. W. G. Porter, yesterday exonerated a 16-year-old schoolboy, Khoo Soon Huat, at an inquiry into the death of a 63-year-old Chinese woman, Tan Wah Neo, who died of her injuries when she was knocked down by a cycle ridden
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  • 99 3 Berlin, June 26. THE REPORT of the Reichsbank for 1938, which will be made before the general meeting of the bank on June 30, reveals that during the year tne amount of German currency m circulation rose from 7,121,500.000 marks, £356,040,000, m January to 10,387,--800,000 marks,
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  • 207 3 Comes Back To Face Charge: Acquitted MAGISTRATE'S COMMENT "IT is a most unfortunate thing for Edema that he was brought back to Singapore on a charge of theft, when he was about to obtain employment In Penang," said Mr. Conrad Oldham, Singapore Second Magistrate and District Judge yesterday, when ioaaltttni
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  • 57 3 The K.N.I.L.M. air service from Batavia to Saigon by way of Singapore, will from next week, be on Mondays instead of Tuesdays. Departure times will be the same. The change m date will enable passengers and mail to connect with the Air Force service between Saigon
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  • A Woman's Letter From London
    • 1101 4 London, June. Harry Mercer, Comptroller of Supply at Buckingham Palace, has retired after 42 years' service with the Royal Family. He first entered the Royal service In the year of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, and was one of the men responsible for seeing that things went smoothly
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    • 116 4 Slimming, Is So Simple! COUR simple "rules" for slimming without trouble or expense have just been published m Helsingfors, the capital of Finland. They are: When ascending stairs always take two or three at a bound. Tear a newspaper into small pieces and strew the tits all over the room.
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    • 960 4 By A Woman Corresponden t tt\X7HERE did you get that hat?" asks the old song without providing an answer. We might ask the same question about each article of clothing from ties to waistcoats and the answer m many cases is provided m the garment
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    • 307 4 THE SMARTEST costum-> WOPB 1 Joan Blondell m her i coming "Good Girls Co Z is a summer travelling cno two-piece suit with brief f^JS* A crisp pique collar cl neckline and the ,V* Down the front of the 1 V r nautical buttons. The short skirt n
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    • 205 4 f Why I use I the new I PoudreTokaion 2, Mm Kjs^j? B 31 mm ■A _l [^princess i lalatroubetzkoyl I JL. It is made ia so many up-: > 1 B date flattering shades. g I JL. It is finer and lighter than any B 1 JL I love
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    • 76 4 Buy ALL YOUR REQUIREMENTS..PERSONAL HOUSEHOLD at GIAN SINGH'S GRAND ANNUAL STOCKTAKING SJU* at pnces lower than offered o?se where Here are a few ==j| jfSQ* MALAY SILK B.UU _T' J $1.95 each. -*7 AMRITE-TCOTTON V** SOCKS Size 9H HJ4 a COTTON UNDERPANTS _^_feMl^_Bi SINGLETS Sise 30—40 REDMIL 4k REVERINA TIES
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  • 119 5 MUSICIANS WHO WILL JOIN U THE CIRCUS COMESTO TOWN" This page is devoted to studies of some of the members of Dan Hopkins' band which plays at Raffles Hotel. The band will participate m "The Circus Comes to Town," a charity show which will be staged at the hotel on
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  • 363 6 Desperate Fighting On Manchukuo Border SOVIET ARTILLERY HOLDS ENEMY ADVANCE London, July 10. WITH a heavy thunderstorm drowning the roar of a surprise bombardment, Japanese troops last night penetrated the advance Outer Mongolian positions and tried to gain their objective, the banks of the Halahar
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  • 298 6 Gen. Franco Is Teetotaller Non-Smoker GENERAL Kranco is a teetotaller and non-smoker, Madrid's internationally famous barman Perico Chicote, who received his training m New York speakeasies, told me m an exclusive interview, writes Mr. Reynolds Packarc Round-faced, ever smiling Perico, rho despite his 40 years and the Pptiwlntl war, still
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  • 79 6 Paris, Juiy 9. COMPLETE militarisation of French industry during wax was demanded on Thursday by l'Homme Libre," a newspaper closely connected with the Foreign Minister, M. Georges Bonnet. In case of war. the newspaper demands that the Government should take over entire industry and put all
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  • 82 6 Chungking, July 10. THIE Government has announced a new tax to be known as the Emergency Period Excess Profits Tax whicn will be imposed eating retrospectively from Jan. 1. The rate of payment will be based on the amount of profits m relation to capital.
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  • 64 6 Ex-Fremier \s Expelled From Party Belgrade, July 9. r fllE Prime Minister, M. Dragisha Tsvetkovitch, was elected president of the Government Party of the Yugoslav Radical Union, while the ex-Prime Minister,. M. Stoyadinovitch and eight other deputies were expelled from the Party. The expulsion decision
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  • 507 6 Burgos. THE city fathers of the Burgos municipal council have approved a special appropriation of 1.000,000 pesetas for the enlargement and beautifying of the square and adjoining street m front of the historic Burgos cathedral where Spain's famous medieval hero El Cid lies
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  • 63 6 Canadian manufacturers are sending a delegation to Britain m the hope of securing orders for armaments, stated the Canadian Prime Minister Mr. Mackenzie King, after a Caoinet meeting m Ottawa. The Canadian Government would hold a watching brief, but negotiation of contracts would be mad? directly between the
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  • 57 6 THE KING AND QU__SN, with the Lcrd Mayor and Lady ftfa*CK~l M either side of them at the luncheon table at the GuiidhaH on Uie day following their triumphal return from Canada and the U.S. Mr. Joseph Kennedy, the United States Ambassador, is seen standing
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  • 65 6 London, July 1. Eighty thousand feet of motion picture film were taken of King George and Queen Elizabeth on their 11,000--mile tour of Canada and the United States, says British United Press. The Dominion Government is expected to authorise the Joining together of all the pictures, which
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  • 132 6 FINLAND'S ATTITUDE TO GUARANTEES "No De>:, UCa(lli m Ot Freedom" I W Eh,vc, no,-iight-lrom i a moral viewpoiiu independence is i these p:- I FinnL-li Hi "Thi.s would Wm Wi Soviet Un.".n interfere m I dc.erminaticn. "Finland k*A i tude m this matt- r all the toremmei Finnish viewpoint "While
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  • 106 7 Law Notice For The Day Before Mr. Justice Pedlow m 3rd Court at 11 a.m.: For mention, only:— 5.507/37— Ng Poh Hock vs. Cheat, j Kiam Keong. S— l32/37 -5.174/3a— Tan Swee Biow vs. Goh Swee Leng. 5.240/33— J. N. Jones vs. Wee Cheng Soon. For he 3 ring: Malacca
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  • 128 7 Two Soldiers On Trial THWO privates of the Royal Artillery, Chen si, John Murphy and Douglas Eric. Oxley, who were recently charged with theft of $5 from a taxi-driver at Pasir Panjang on June 24, appeared before Mr. J- Fletrher-Cooke, Singapore Third Magistrate yesterday, when their
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  • 534 7 Judgment Of Chief Justice In Appeal Of Chettiar "I THINK that a person who collects and launders 1 clothes of a number of persons who are not resident m his home is not carrying on an ordinary domestic laundry but is carrying on a
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    • 264 7 jmC^ WHAT WOULD ft _V a m^ ■WW WW B a t^iA^ <S YOUR BRIDE %^9i m^ mm \mMMMm\^MMr r __tV b ™usht another man Into I MM YouT the m W mm. Weddin I -L_r *1 refuse to take your boy _^___B" fri nd alon? on the Honeymoon? kZjRB
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    • 133 7 OPENING TONIGHT 6.15-9.15 CAPITOL J I A BRIGHT STAGE AND SCREEN DOUBLE BILL! SINGAPORE'S POPULAR ENTERTAINERS THE CAPITOL DOLLIES 22 ARTISTES PRESENTED BY O.v the screen Columbia 's Uoroarious Musical Comedy Jfr_ ~f_^ Jftjfl^B^^^ "IP «B _^r ■»^___!m. sj* «3 If ~fey ><-'"'HS£i Bl_L 9 Jj*" J_R* '^*\S' !MaMtr^^^-».-JL— i
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  • 628 8 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, JULY 11, 1939. The Municipal Year JYjR, W. BARTLEY'S report as m President of the Municipality of Singapore, issued last week, will be his last as he is retiring shortly, and it is perhaps a pity that a larger section of the report was not
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  • 695 8 By A Special Corresponde; TO celebrate the 30th anniversary of its establishment as the first company m the world for the production of aeroplanes, a banquet was given m London by the great aircraft firm cf Handlev Pa^e, Ltd. Among the numerous guests were famous
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  • 501 8 A BRITISH soccer football team recently visited the Continent, where it played three matches, one m Milan against the Italians, one m Bucharest against the Rumanians, and one m Belgrade against the Yugoslavs. The decision to carry through this project, and notably the match with Fascist
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    • 300 8 I ■r aFJ Ir i i -_-jH^J caldbeck's BY SPECIAL l^'A*^ TO H M THE APPOINTMENT KING OF SIAM ESTD. 1872 NEWEST DESIGNS i DIAMOND JEWELLERY. NECKLACES BRACELETS BkOOCHES RINGS CLIPS WATCHES. uncorporatea In Ceylon) SINGAPORE IPOH PENANG. —■_MM_«M_M_M__sna—_M__K_M— ■MßM_B_a_«_BMHaMa_M—_i "VOGUE" FOR SPORTSWEAR PERHAPS your sports-life is a /fW> quiet
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    • 54 8 Be Careful m wearing unground Sunglasses, which may cause your eyes to be defective. Go to K;\a iSm and the modern frames fitted with Genuine Chance English Crookes' B or B 2 Dark glasses for Safe and Comfortable Vision. ht $5.00 per pair. Nan Sin Optical House 3"5, North Bridge
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  • 125 9 Re risal To Measures In Tientsin TOKIO CONSIDERS MOVE PROVOCATIVE PM ,1 I HONS concerning the way m which Japanese can Singapore, which have recently been imposed, a hed with keen attention m official circles there they are considered provocative, states cablegram from Tokio.
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  • 346 9 New St. Andrew's Will Be Biggest School Building In Singapore FOUNDATION STONE LAID BY GOVERNOR THE foundation stone of the new St. Andrew's School, *at Woodsyille Estate, Serangoon, was laid by the Governor, -Sir Shenton Thomas, last evening. THE new buildings are expected to be ready for occupation by the
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  • 54 9 Australian Yacht Leaves For Europe Blngaj her voyage to Europe. Fracford Potter, is Mr. G. Thompson, the tpore yachtsman, who i several extendhl own cruiser. The d by two Malays. call at Malacca, belorc making a South Alrica, d will leave the i s to be m London by i
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  • 241 9 London, July 3, CIR HALFORD MACKINDER, chairman of the Imperial Shipping Committee lor 19 years, has resigned, and ncceeded by Sir William Clark, U.K. b Commissioner m Scuth Africa. s his post In South Africa In the ai In his letter of resignation, Sir Halford :-ie
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  • 83 9 Chinese Tourists From N. E. I. Visiting Malaya A PARTY OF 30 Netherlands Indies' Chinese tourists on a round trip of Malaya and Sumatra arrived at Singapore yesterday by the X.P.M. vessel Op ten Noort. The tourists, who are staying at the Rex Hotel, will spend several days In Singapore
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  • 166 9 a heavy-duty barge, taken over by Imperial Airways at Bermuda for carrying staff, engines, and stores between the mainland and the air-base en Darrell's Island, is a vessel with a very strange history. Named the "Secret," it is reputed to be more than 125 years
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  • 448 9 Inquest Into Death Of Royal Engineer (From Our Own Correspondent) .lohore Bahru, July 10. LfOW LANCE-CORPORAL James n Parker of the Royal Engineers, met his death while driving a motor van at Plenthong, South Johore, on June 13 was told today when Raja Suleiman held an inquest m the Coroner's
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  • 93 9 Allegedly Allowed Prostitutes In Cafes I IM BENG SIANG, a Hokkien aged 22, and Tan Meng Han, a Hainanese, aged 63, were charged In the Singapore Third Court yesterday before Mr. J. Fletcher-Cooke with, being licencees of the New Green Light Cafe, m Lavender Street, and the Moonlight Cafe respectively,
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  • 69 9 I did not steal the sampan," declared Dollah bin H. Abdul Hamid when he appeared before Mr. L. C. Goh m the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday, on a charge of stealing a sampan valued at $16 belonging to one Bulat at the seaside at
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  • 534 9 CAUTIONED ON CHARGE OF RIOTOUS BEHAVIOUR WILL take into account the fact thai you wtfll m a hurry and were m a fit of temper but mi must understand that an assault on a public sen ant will not be viewed very lightly," remarked Mr.
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    • 44 9 M, ,fc, -""-"--_—«_«i MHWH-MM* FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE BEFORE t, AFTER THE SHOW DINE AT THE CAPITOL RESTAURANT F 't,h Rock Oysters j and MNDOEKG STRAWBERRIES OBTAINABLE Hermes BABY TYPEWRITER Kir*. X Hin. inches high M to U oa. 960L00 next. **^V WALSH LTD. Singapore.
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    • 136 9 Birk 's l^ B ml CHOICE MUSHROOMS THEY'RE CL2^?!___DELICIOUS! m WSO^ MUSHROOMS ||E__i____! IN BUTTER \W WM FRENCH TYPE §rln_KrN MUSHROOMS pSr^NRJwI ROBINSON CoTITXX f'_ wWJEWBH_H_y f A--*-- t*F'- _»>-- a X^. *$r**mmt Flu Jl we\ VAJuJJjfr^i urst taste of these purely Canadian «fft«|^^gyy^?^^H^^f^ Soups will convince you of their
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  • 264 10 London, July 1. VOI A SINGLE MEMBER of the Br.- tisfc Institute of Philosophy, meeting at the House of Lords, managed to solve the problem of a mysterious bell which repeatedly drowned their deliberations. It was the biggest meeting they had ever had. Nearly
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  • 2271 10 Italian Super liner To Hit Dutch Prestige 1 PLANS FOR FUTURE 8 TO discuss Totalitarian shipowning and its operation on different trade routes needs but little temptation at the present moment, writes the prominent shipping writer A. C. Hardy m the Journal of Commerce.
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  • 253 10 I/ond.,n. June *S THE AMERICAN AIRWA. i Clipper, inaugurating censer air services across tl arrived at Southampton at i This was 13 hoars tad after her departure Newfoundland. The Clipper flying the M tic route from New York le. at 1.55 a.m. E.S.T. and tau at
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 458 10 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS TENDERS SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY Tenders. .enders are now invited for the following materials or services. For particulars see Municipal Tenders Boom: Supply of Air Compressing Plant lor Mandai Quarry. (Deposit $25). Date of Closing. 4 pm. July 31. 1939. Supply of Pumping and Auxiliary Plant for Pontian Ketchil Pumping
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    • 362 10 STOMACH PAIN GOES INSTANTLY New Remedy That Removes The Cause Flatulence, heartburn, pain, distension, palpitations, and shortness of breath— you knew these distressing symptoms of indigestion orfly too well. Do you know their cause? They are caused by wind which m turn is caused by undigested and fermenting food. We
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    • 135 10 bank op ci-nS •rr«_f^^^s Telephones: Maaa*er fc Offik^ X Esehan;, f* p g t °*<* lit. Gcarral Other CabU Addraca: •r»r__ f faW Up Capital th L 0 Reserve Funds tn f, -**J_ exceaa of c a ratal aaca f >2H.m„ approximately th. »m. T*-Vun* Soong. Chan tnan Sun» Haa-Chan*
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  • FREE PRESS SPECIAL COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    • 333 11 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCK SHARES from Lc.idon 5.30 p. m. Yesterday Hi MttlW unless Latest Quotations Previously SP.C. 1944- W 1091 4 1091/ b 10 «V 2 10 6 i/ 2 93-% Units) 8% 8 5^ 34^ m lit pd.) 3 8 Ord 32 1 32 OS) *X 4%
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    • 187 11 ttom London 5.30. p.m Yesterday RUBBER: Quiet, London: 8 316 d Wrf. Previously: 3 3|l6d. S\' 4 d Aug.-Sept.: 8 3il6d. 8 5 16 d. Previously: 8 3;16d. 8 5!16d Oct.-Dec: 8 s|l6d. B%d. Previously: a s;iGd. C%d Jan.-Mar.: B%d. 3 7!16d. Previously: B%d. 8 7'l6d New
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    • 68 11 From London: Latest Quotations TIN: Steady. Spot: £229 I7s. 6d. Previously: £229 17s. 6d. Three months: .£224 7s. Gi\. Previously: £224 12s. 6d NEW YORK TIN: 48.60. Previously: 48.65 COPPER: £43 ss. Previously: £43 2s. 6d. GOLD: Yesterday: £7 Bs. 6d Previously: £7 8s 1 Gd SILVER:
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    • 62 11 London Closing Quotations Metnoa o! Pant> oeiore Latest Centre Quotlnp 20-9-31 Hate Hreviousiv Paris Franc to 124.11 176 11.16 176 1116 New York... $to 4.8655 4.68» 8 4.68 3.16 Amsterdam... Guilders to 12.10 8.31 1 2 8.82 Hong Kong Per dollar Is. 2d. Is. 2d. Shanghai Per
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    • 298 11 No First Soloists Last Month r[E FLYING HOURS for the month show quite a considerable improvement though there were no first soloists or "A" Licences obtained. This is the first month for some considerable time during which over 150 flying hours were obtained. It is to
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    • 180 11 Mr. Tan Kah Kee's Anniversary Message CHINA is fighting not only for herself but for the peace and security of the world," states Mr. Tan Kah Kee, chairman of the Singapore China Relief Fund committee, m a printed leaflet issued m conjunction with the commemoration of
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    • 1296 11 Fraser And Co. 's List MONDAY, JULY 10, 1939: 5 P.M. MINING Beyers Sellers Ampat Tin i.4s) 3s 6d 4s Austral Amal. (ss) 4s 6d 5s Austral Malay 3»s 4Co Ayer Kitam (ss) 20s 21s Ayer Weng (fl) .72 .76 Bangrin Tin ($1) 18s 3d
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    • 69 11 M !K\stß CO. AT I LOSE OF BUSINESS TESTRMI i.idiN was $113' 4 down and the price of rubber at 4 ■H buyers Spot 28 116 buyers October December market idle. the absence of any particular vvs J*Ns and tin shares were 'Elected today and little business
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    • 26 11 12 O'CLOCK NOON Buyer* Sellers Au K 28 3 16 28 516 °ct-D*r" 28 3 16 28 516 2a> 4 28\
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    • 170 11 JULY 10. 1939: SELLING London T.T. 2 3 31 32 London T.T. 2,3 31 32 Lyons demand 2053 Switzerland demand 241 *i Hamburg demand 135 rie-.v York demand 54 916 Montreal demand 54 9i16 Batavia demand 102 -T* Samarang demand 102^ Calcutta. Bombay and Rangoon demand 156
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    • 68 11 London. SIX STORKS, brought over by air from Warsaw to London on June 21, and sent through to Haslemere, were released from there on June 24. The bringing over of these storks to England forms part of a plan for studying the homing instincts of birds
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    • 87 11 London. THE EMPIRE'S YOUNGEST air pas- sengers so far for 1939 are the Misses Camela and Jill Scott, of Nairobi. Camela is two years old, Jill, one. Accompanied by their parents they have Just arrived m England for a four months holiday— and they came all
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    • 147 11 List Supplied By Messrs. Fraser Co. MONDAY, JULY It, 1939: 5 P.M. Total for Books Date Ex. div. Financial Company. Dividend Close Payable date Year TIN Burma Malay 6d. No. 19 July 14 July 20 July 15 2\ 2 London Tin 4% less tax June 28 July
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  • 193 12 MRS. D. L. LITTLE (Dorothy Round), who staged a at Wimbledon this year IG-YEAR-OLD Jean Nicoll who took. a set off Miss Alice Marble, the American champion, m the Beckenham tournament. Miss Marble won 6 3, 6 6 3. She is seen
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 549 13 .> C&, *_____rfc g^-fcjfc-^ I'"'"'1 SdBRmSK INDIA LINES f I m r-CORTORATED IN ENGI-AND: p. <fc O. S. H. CC'S SAILIHGS. mnrwAßM One One Tooi»^e S po^e Tonnage Spore. T :'v 1« RAHPDRA 17.000 Srpt 8 28 RAWALPINDI 17.000 Bert 21 v IS BHUTAN 6.100 Sept 23 IT m 11
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    • 180 13 CASTLE LIHE FOR NEW YORK, BOSTON, MLTIMOXi AND SAVANNAH via Thc Cape. Arrives Sails Due New York m v MUNCASTER CASTLE In Port July 12 Aug. 23 mv UREVvSTOKE CASTLE Aug. 7 Aug. 12 Sept 23 m.v THURLAND CASTLE Sept. 7 Sept. 12 Oct 24 LIMITED »»AS:»GLR ACCOMMODATION. BEN LINE
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    • 618 13 MANSFIELD GO., LTD. Ocean Building, Collyer Quay, Singapore Tc|. 5151 Chartered Bank Building. Penang _>!. I3GC. BLUE FUNNEL LINE. FAST SERVICES MARSEILLES, LONDON CONTINENT AND GLASGOW (m conjunction with the Glen Line Doe Sails ACHILLES L'don. R'dam. Hull and Ham. In Port Today DEUCALION Mars.. London. R'dam. Ham. and Glasgow
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 448 13 Air Mail Arrivals INWAKQ unperial: From Europe due Monday, Thursday Friday afternoons. Wearnes: From I'enang, Ipoh, and Kuala Lumpur Arrives every evening. K.L.M.: From Netherlands indies: Arrives Tuesday ThorsdaySaturday afternoons Uantas: From Australia: Arrives Tuesday, Friday. Sunday after■mse K.L.M.: frrom Europe: Arrives Saturday, Monday, Wednesday evenings. K.N.I.L.M.: From Sai?on: Arrives
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    • 502 13 And Despatches Muntek *nedens 3pra Pa.embansx KNILM noon Falembaiig Thedens 3 p.m THURSDAY. JULY 13 Europe except Great Britain and Ireland x Rawalpindi 7 p.m Tarcmpa Merkus 11 a.m. U.S.A.: —Eastern Rawalpindi 7 p m NOTE: Imperial, KLM and KNILM are aircraft x Correspondence prepaid at special s»i r mail
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 591 14 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated In F.MB.) TELEPHONE: Freight 5433— Passage 5431. mmm»mamfam lin/kom pacinc IW9ItDI Uacarporaied U. KngiandJ THt "L/.iPiIL.W fcOfffl offers I K ASS-FA tTFIC SERVICES via HONOLl LL or direct EMPRESS to VANCOUVER ACROSS CANADA by TRANSCONTINENTAL TRAIN without change— thence by CANADIAN PACIFIC ATLANTIC SERVICES TO ENGLAND
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    • 578 14 AMERICAN PRESIDENT UNES, LTD ,/h c- i T *'^fl----8i s_i_ E_l ?*_3gSaUEM-W 'J tfSMß^mmmmmammmmmm^-' TO EUROPE FROM SINGAPOKE AND PENANG TO COLOMBO, BOMBAT. SltZ po H i i AJEXANDRIA, NAPLES. GENOA MARSEILLES AND NtW *Or£ ih Arrives Leaves tea m Arri &9*r*. ltt»ore Penan g»B PRESIDENT GARFIELD July 15 July
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 1125 14 RADIO PROGRAMMES SINGAPORE EMPIRE STATION TODAY TODAY ANn zhl TRANSMISSIONS 2 AND 3 ZHPUoSotttr» m/t (1} GSQ P-m. mc (16.SS BL): GSF 15.14 mc/» (1».«2 m.): 5. C0 Songs by Miss Julia. (Malay). > GSJ 21.63 mc/» (IJ.M >»•>' <S SD 5.20 Kronchongs.t (25.53 m.) 5.40 Stambols.t m 6.00 Cantonese
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  • 417 15 West Indies Defeated By Eight Wickets I London, June 29. first test match against the West wickets with just over half an hour to .v like, it was a magnificent effort, was ever present, and it needed not li but real team-work. Headley was
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  • 431 15 London, June 29. WITH Johnny McGrory m agony on the canvas from a fierce smash to his body, Eric Boon, Britain's lightweight champion, was declared winj ncr on a ninth round knock-out on the Peterborough football ground last: 'night, writes Geoffrey Simpson. A more unsatisfactory
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  • 111 15 Minesweepers IN a fast and Interesting of soccer played at the Naval Base yesterday, the Naval Police defeated the Minesweepers by two goals to one m their second division <b) fixture. The result was a fair indication of play. The winners had a slight ad- vantage of
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  • 110 15 Contract Contract Bridge Problems Oswald few oed the layed to hold to be cernd play i.n event nder of w< Pi i nd the vould haw i to rer. to a sp. \de. torn then led a I t*s club I trick that the Mr Fry made his unusual hold-up
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  • 32 15 BUKAN MATI DEFE AT R.A.M.C. b» fixture playlay, the the KJLM.C. by dominated play thoroughly deserved attempts at they should seals, as id moveaade desperate Uied through P-t up by the Gun-
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  • 57 15 The tenth annual athletic sports of the Mercantile Institution will be held at Jalan Besar Stadium on Saturday commencing ot 2 30 p.m. Old Boys, visitors and thread and needle races will be held after 4 p.m. Well wishers and friends are cordially invited. Dr. (Mrs.) G.
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  • 22 15 The next meeting of the Singapore Amateur Boxing Association will be held at St. Andrew's School on July 17 at 6 p.m.
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  • 426 15 'THE funeral of the late Mrs. Kon Cheng Kiat, nee Madam Lim Keok Neo, took place on Sunday at Bukit Brown, at which there was a very large attendance of relatives and friends. The deceased came from an old and prominent business family,
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  • 189 15 Five— One Victory In Scrappy Soccer V- M -C.A. Junicrs surprised the 11th. AA. Battery, R.A., with a five-one victory at soccer on the V.M.C.A. ground yesterday. Keen m the first he If, the game became one-sided m the secend, when the Juniors took four goals
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  • 591 15 ,1 London, June 28. THE Centre Court at Wimbledon, once described by Suzanne Lenglen as "the most frightening place I know." helped to beat Jean Nicoll, the 16--year-old Harrow girl yesterday. Having to appear on the Centre 1 Court at all frightens most players, but this
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  • 19 15 A SPECTATOR 0:1 No. 1 court Covers a a thawer at Wimbledon duriny the recent championsh..
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  • 628 15 ANXIOUS TO DEMONSTRATE FALSITY OF FORM London, Jttse 29. \I/ITH his heart set on his usual A.A.A. mile triumph, Sydney Wooderson sails for home m the rnaeniiieent new Mauretania tomorrow, anxious to demonstrate to tie world the falsity of his form at Princeton. He will be
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  • 227 16 GORDONS 5-1 Cole Nets All Five For Winners pLAYING at the peak of their form at Changi yesterday, the R.A. beat the Gordon Highlanders by 5 goals to I m the first division of the league. A feature of the match was the j brilliant form of
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  • 81 16 Rheimes, July 9. 1 /^OVERING a course of 248 miles m two hours. 21 minutes, 11 seconds,} la German, Muller. driving an Auto- j Union, won the French Grand Prix at an average speed cf 169.381 kilometres an hour. Armanhug (Switzerland) won tn* Sporting Commission's
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  • 340 16 Reserve League Football BEATING the Malays by 4 goals to 1 at the Stadium yesterday, the Loyals further consolidated their position as leaders m the reserve division of the league. With Lix victories and four- draws from 10 matches, the Loyals remain the only unbeaten team
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  • Article, Illustration
    33 16 U)VALS BEAT THE MALAYS by 4 goals to Tat the Stadium yesterday tn the reserve division. Picture shows the Loyals making one of many hoi attacks on the Malays* goal.— Free Press picture.
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  • 67 16 BL.ley, July 9. TTHE American small-bore rifle team beat Great Britain and won the Gen. Pershing Trophy by 3.950 points against 3.931 points. There have been only two previous I meetings Britain winning both. Reuter The Combined Services, who beat Johcre tv^o-cne at Jchcre Bahru
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  • 111 16 Tokio, July IC. THE Japan Golf Association has passed a resolution to file a vigorous protest with the publisher of the "Golfers' Handbook" published m London against the alleged refusal to print the results of the Japanese amateur as well as professional championships m 1938, on the
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  • 133 16 Selangor Defeat Malacca (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, July 10. CELANGOR scored a convincing vie- Tory over Malacca m the inter-State i tennis tournament, which was concluded yesterday, winning by 13 games to 4. Yesterday's results In the singles, (Selangor first) Suppiah beat H. S. Lee 6—l.
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  • 177 16 The first bi-monthly Mixed Foursomes Competition of the Royal Singapore Golf Club tor July, played at Bukit Timah, resulted m a win for Mrs. E. A. Elder and Squad Ldr. J. F. MacCallum with a net score of 3 3 4. 42 cards were taken out and
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  • 114 16 Mr. M. Suzuki won the Akusawa Cup of the Island Club with a ne.t score of 138 m two rounds and some of the best cards returned are a sfollows FIRST ROUND M. Suzuki 86—17=69 R. R. G. Hcare 91—19-72 T. Yoshioka 96—24=72 O. O. Hoy 85—
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  • 55 16 The following have accepted to play soccer for the S.C.C. II vs. S.C.F.A II on Thursday next at the S.C.C: Lt. B. A. de L. Young; A. Ferguson, W. R. Ravie; A. Morgan, C. J. Bernbroke, R. N. Pickard; J Welsh G Fitton, J. E. Potter,
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  • 247 16 INSURANCE OFFICIALS GOLF COMPETITION E.I. Henton Wins Challenge Cup WINNER of the Challenge Cup for the best score, with handicap, under Stapleford conditions at the Singapore Insurance Officials' annual golf competition played on the Royal Singapore Golf Club new course was Mr. E. I. Henton, of the Great Eastern Life.
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  • 86 16 THE Mayblossom B.P. will have a 1 friendly match of badminton with Horlicks B.P. at 350 East Coast Road, on Sunday next at 3 p.m. The games consists of 4 singles and <G doubles. The Mayblossom B.P. players are mentioned below. Singles: Ahmad Mattar, Lee Kirn Seng, Tan
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  • 348 16 Thrilling Play In Final Of Men's Open Singles DV virtue of his victory m the final of the met, v open singles of the S.C.R.C. lawn tennis champs today, Chin Kee Onn, several years Perak chami and a former Malayan title holder,
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    25 16 picture. A MID-FIELD INCIDENT at the Stadium yesterday cur.n tween the Loyals and the Malays in the reserve division i v by 4—1.- Free Press
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