The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 15 July 1939

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  • 20 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS (SPECIAL AIRMAIL EDiTIOW 10 CENTS) NO. 15,830. ESTD. 1835 SATURDAY. JULY 13 lm
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  • 350 1 [>- :r And Clerk To Give Their Help GREAT CONCENTRATION OF NATIONS POWER 500,000 Men Under Arms Air Fleet Exercises London, July 14. Tjj' r tide of Britain's astronomical Defence Budget mntinued calling up of men under arms is a Ie comment m
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  • 66 1 Reuter July 14. 2 oi scores of from German be Post Office i _re produced Police Court ol a charge Secrets Act ma, of Richracing iournmmt Cooke, of the :of the War that during into Gerar_-i. perating I ;tion. Manual at by air
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  • 31 1 Bis ley, July 14. The Rajah of Kolapore's Imperial Challenge Cup junior event was won ov the Straits Settlements with 553. The Malay States were fourth with 532.
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  • 140 1 Britain's Attitude To Tokio Talks London, July 14. |MO official information has yet been received of the date of the opening of the Tokio conference. Officials are reticent regarding the possibility of a British protest to Japanese regarding the Tsingtao outbreak, but the impression prevails that the Japanese Government will
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  • 159 1 Mob Threatens Embassy In Tokio Tokio, July 14. TWO attempts by 4.000 demons- trators returning from an antiBritish rally to break into the grounds of the British Embassy were prevented by the police. Demonstrators found the main gates of the Embassy closed and a force of i several hundred police
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  • 129 1 Soviet Denies Use Of Gas Bacteria Bombs Moscow, July 14. THE Japanese Kwantung Army' 3 allegations that Soviet and Mongolian troops have used poison gas and bacteria bombs m recent fighting on the Manchukuo-Outer-Mon^olian frontier is vigorously denied m a communique issued by Soviet-Mongolian military headquarters, which calls the allegations
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  • 30 1 DEI TER learns that a Bill is betas introduced m the Hong Kong legislature to make training with Volunteer units compulsory for British subjects Reuter
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  • 80 1 Afrs. Tom CZorfce. Mjfdoto of one of thy executed leaders of the Easter rising m 1916, has been elected Lord Mayor of Dublin and is thus Eire's first woman mayor. She was elected by the casting vote of the outgoing Lord Mayor, Alderman Alfred Byrne who
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  • 392 1 30,000 March Past British And French Generals Paris July MOT since the Victory March of July 14, 1919. have such scenes been witnessed as those connectecl with today's Great French National Fete parade m which British troops and sailors participated for the
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  • 61 1 THE General Officer Command--1 ing, Malaya, Major -Gene rai W. G. S. Dobbie, has sent the following cable to the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Army of France m Indo-China: "All ranks under my command send cordial greetings to their comrades of the Army of France m
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  • 26 1 Berlin, July lt. JJERR HITLER will speak on Sund.y at Munich, when he opens the three-day Festival of German Art.— Reuter
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  • 301 1 Credits For Her Allies London, July 14. THE Secretary to the Department oi Overseas Trac^e, Mr. R. S. Hudson, stated m the House of Commons that it was the intention of the Government to continue every effort to help export trade, on the occasion of
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    • 70 1 FO g QUALITY AND economy DrJNK BISSA TEA 111 II _^^_^-___-^-^-l--W---------li-_^^^ Cn kht t\ l> Wcn <t i Concert 8.15 to 9.15 P*m. Ah and DANCE (formal) '.at and Ne.v Cabaret Programme by °UO NUSANOFF Non -Diners SI. 00 BOOK EARLY for He c| hcus comes to town 6 0
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    • 13 1 [Japan's attitude to >.c talks and the anti-British campaign m Japan.— Page TWO.]
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    • 148 1 SUPPORT MALAYAN PRODUCE. DRINK BIGIA TEA Credits for China— Page TWO. SEA VIEW HOTEL TONIGH. SPECIAL DINNER, DANCE CABARET ENTERTAINMENT PROVIDED BY EDNA BELLEFOHTAINE NOTED YOl NG ENGLISH DANCER DANCE TO THE NEW, UP-TO-DATE JAZZ BAM DIRECTED BY A. BERSHADSKY DINNER $3.— DANCE FORMAL NON-DINERS R— SUNDAY MORNING 11 A.M.—l
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  • 337 2 TOKIO CONVERSA TIONS ON TIENTSIN TOD AY? Anti-British Rallies In All Parts Of Japan FARMERS IN THE CAPITAL Tokio, July 14. THE Foreign Minister, Mr. Hachiro Arita, sent an invitation to the British Ambassador, Sir Robert Craigie, through his secretary, Mr. Kuramatsu Kishi, at 10 o'clock this morning regarding the
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  • 62 2 London, July 14. THE report carried by a Japanese news agency of Sir Archibald Clerk Kerr's resignation of the Ambassadorship to China and that the resignation had been accepted by the British Government is denied m official quarters here. lt is stated that there is absolutely
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  • 150 2 200 At Opening Of French Society's Clubhouse I^ORE than 200 attended the fete IYI given by the Centre Intellectuel Francais de Malaisie last night on the occasion of the French National Fete and the opening of the new clubhouse at 20. Mount Elizabeth. British and French flags were nung together
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  • 196 2 Bombs Thrown At Consulate In Tsingtao EARLIER THREAT OF BLACKMAIL Shanghai, July 14. TWO BOMBS were thrown this morning at the British Consulate at Tsingtao. Nobody was injured, but windows were broken and other minor damage done. The Japanese Consul later called at the British Consulate and apologised. He promised
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  • 179 2 CIRF broke cut m a Chinese Jtaik after she had taken a loaa oi kapok from a French ship m f he S^nirarx)re Roads yesterday afternoon j The fire was among the cargo v.^ ch j was piled hi eh m ba_rs. Hailing a launch,
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  • 62 2 picture. Frcm left: Captain E. I. Pcrciva!, who sa'led by thc P. and O. liner Rawalpindi yesterday after acting as Staff Officer, Sirai.s Settlements Volunteer Force with Major A. A. Croak, Assistant Staff Officer, Local Forces, Fort Canning, and Mr. 11. H. Ellis, secretary, Singapore
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  • 470 2 The Times On The Will To Meet Force With Force London, July 14. THE Tinier, m a feeding article this morning, after 1 referring to the French watchword of "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" says, "it is, however, on the idea of fraternity that British admirers
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  • 52 2 Spain Would Remain Neutral Franco Lisbon, July 14. IN the event of war Spain would remain neutral if her territory, honour and vital interests were not affected, General Franco deciared m an interview with the editor of Deario de Notieeas. He added that the Spanish regime is neither Italian nor
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  • 734 2 London, July 14. OEVERAL references to British J exports credits to China were made m the course of the debate following Mr. Robert Hudson's motion for the second reading of thc Government's Overseas Trade Guarantees Bill, which was carried without a division.
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  • 40 2 London, July 14. THE Eclipse Stakes resulted as fol- lows 1, 2/7 Blue Peter. 2, 100/6 Glen Loan. 3, 100/7 Challenge. Ei?ht ran. Won by one and a half lengths with three lengths between second and third.- Reuter
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  • 88 2 Jul. ]< r»REAT cities and Manchester. X Sheffield and L' the big black-o night covering lar counties m the Nori and the Midi:...' Unlit streets and m buildings were centres. There w T as littfc w.th armament fa although the 1 operated m tl
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  • 107 2 I I uiui.t i COUNTY CRUDE] lows Lancashire won Lancashire. 403 for field 125, Itfdoi. 111 for I. Worccstersh DpflT 104 not out I. Notts led on the flj 278 and 263 for 4 dc. shire 246 and 26 for 1 Essex led on the fl 474 (Avery
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  • 56 3 In Last Night's Government Gazette lost night's! I Government j 3 to officiate Officer Bukit > Hector of Land be a Coroner :o be a Police re Penang and :g. a judge of S appointed a risd-CUon un<!e. N n-Domiciled 1931.) pc to officiate as g x pore. member of
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  • 13 3 rs publ-SL^-H C Read, S.S. :.ant Com-SAV-F., to the Decoration to
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  • 38 3 spondenl ;.-n,\ July 12, I Phoon Hoy. A :_ed-water ■r into the -s at the JuneIk and Campbell. chase. ing middle harge of at~as convicted •.rate. Mr. Lim ced him to six nunent
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  • 364 3 STATEMENT IN COURT THAT an average of well over 100 bicycles are stolen monthly was revealed before Mr. J. McFall, m the Singapore Criminal District Court yesterday when a Chinese woman, Lav Chin Tong, and a man, Lee Boon Cheng, were convicted on
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  • 214 3 THE incidence of cholera In Calcutta continues to fall, 169 cases being notified during the week as against 206 during the previous week, states the health bulletin of the League of Nations Eastern Bureau for the week ended July 8, 1939. The incidence of cholera
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  • 77 3 Oil Worth $10,000 Lost (From Our Own Correspondent) Batavia (By Air Mail). TWO COOLIES were drowned and oil worth about $10,000 was lost when a lighter sank m Sabang Bay m heavy weather. The lighter, filled with 270 drums f oil, was being towed
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  • 45 3 THE COMPTROLLER of Customs, Mr N. R. Jarrett. has been appointed Food Controller for the Colony. MR. CHEAH INN KIONG has been re-elected by the Straits Chinese British Association, Penang as the'r nominee en the Chinese Advisory Board, Penang, for the current year
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  • 339 3 THE word "reservists" is substituted for the word "auxiliaries" m the Volunteer Force (Amendment) Regulations, 1939, published m last night's Straits ements Gazette. It Is also provided that Reservists "A (first line reinforcements) shall attend all mobilisation parades, the annual inspection of their unit and a minimum of
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  • 114 3 Report Of Forthcoming Conference In London NO INTIMATION RECEIVED BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES ACCORDING to an Aneta-Trans-Ocean report, directors of all broadcasting companies m the British Empire have been invited to attend a conference m London at the end of this month for a discussion of future
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  • 244 3 A VERDICT of death by misadven- ture was returned by the Singapore Coroner, Mr. W. G. Porter yesterday when he held an inquiry into the death of police constable, Govinda Rajulu, who died as a result of injuries received when he was knocked down by a
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  • 135 3 DRIVATE DAINTON, of the Royal Engineers, Changi, yesterday appeared m the Singapore Traffic District Court on a charge of negligent driving along Lavender Street on July 17. It was alleged by the prosecution that Dainton drove a taxi m a negligent manner and collided with
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  • 125 3 TTO ENABLE the Singapcre Harbour _A Board to collect store j^ent charges on goods as such charges are incurred, the Ports (Amendment) Bill will shortly be introduced into the Legislative Council. At present rates are only payable when the goods are removed or shipped and
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  • 323 3 M.G.S. Students Celebrate Cambridge Day ASSEMBLING m the Wesley 11 Church Hall at five o'clock yesterday afternoon, the Methodist Girls' School, Singapore, celebrated Cambridge Day with addresses and anthems. Mrs. W. Linel.an, wife of the Director of Education, presented the certificates. The following girls were successful: SCHOOL CERTIFICATE Crate I:
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  • 151 3 FLYING hours for the month were 138 hours 35 minutes, of which five hours, 50 minutes were spent m night flying, states the Perak Flying Club renort for June, 1039. Mr. J. D. Mead successfully did his first solo flight at night. Bad weather
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  • 42 3 Dr. Lim Boon Keng, 0.8. E., gave an interesting lecture on "Human Life before a large gathering of members and friends on Wednesday night at the premises of the English Section of the Singapore Buddhist Association, 731, Geylang Road. Swaml Bhaswarananda presided.
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  • 202 3 Celebration Of Bastille Day In Singapore CYMBOLS of peace front solidarity, French and British flags flew side by side m Singapore and other parts of the two Empires yesterday, Bastille Day, one of the most memorable days m French history. It epitomises the overthrow of despotism. That happened 150 years
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  • 132 3 (From Cur Own Correspondent. Penang, July 1 MINETY-THREE Chinese youth who have volunteered for service on the China war front received their colours yesterday at the Wembley Park, from the Chinese Consul, Mr. Huang Yen-kai. Mr. Huang and Mr. Lav Geok Swee, chairman of the
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  • 85 3 U/E are trying to keep the country--side clean," said Mr. W. S. Ebden, chairman of the Singapore Rural 3oard, at a meeting of the board The beard was discussing a large .•jn, advertising the sa!e of land, at Changi. The sign, 10ft. high, was n~t erected
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  • 113 3 IN CONNECTION with the M.A.H.A exhibition at Kuala Lumpur. t.« Straits Steamship Co., are quo! cheap return tickets to Port Swef from Singapore and Penang The return fare trcm both ports will be $18 Ist class and $7.50 2nd rlass by sailings between Aug. 2 and
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    • 66 3 SINCERE DISPENSARY LTD. g| !p|g| WHOLESALE RETAIL Jp% SIS CHEMISTS fljm 15' DRUGGISTS HR I Distributor* for British Mat.- |X___s__^f-^ r.C.P. A T.B.P. Preparatione. K_j_^_^ SINCERE*? bo prodocta of Brlthh Alkaloids Ltd COUGH SPECIFIC and Continental Drug Co. ol India. fCBETi LIMONIft Larre N eta. Head Office: 59. Hill St.-Tel.
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  • 228 4 Joint Loan By Banks Chungking. ITOUS Government banks are reported to be planning a joint initial loan of 3,030,000 yuan to assist m the evacuation of Chungking residents and the construction of the new dwellings and business centres outside the capital The Central Bank. Bank of
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  • 67 4 Tokio, July 13 A FAREWELL DINNER party was held under the auspices of the Japan Press Association last night m honour of the visiting Thaian tSiam) Press Miss.en led by M. Nai Santhana, editor ot the Sri Krung Daily News. The mission will leave here
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  • 249 4 Three Charges Of Cheating j .From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, July 13. THE short-lived business career of an Ipoh Chinese was related m the Ipoh magistrate's court when Chin Chong Kirn pleaded guilty to three charges of cheating, and was sentenced to nine months* rigorous imprisonment
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  • 174 4 Chinese Gets Four Months' Gaol (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, July 13--ar\ISTURBED from sleep at midU night by a noi.e. I flashed mv torch to see accused m my shop," stated a Chinese shopkeeper, Tan See Foo, to the Johore Bahru Magistrate. Mr. If. Ismail, today.
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  • 138 4 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, July 14. IJO GREAT significance is attached to the conference between Mr. H. J. Page, director of the Rubber Research Institute, Malaya, and the director of the Ceylon Rubber Research Scheme. Mr. Page, who has just returned from leave,
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  • 594 4 PAUL V. McNUTTS VIEW San Francisco. DAUL V. McNatt urged twice today that the Philippines be given a status resembling that of a dominion. The U_S. high commissioner to the Philippines made two speeches one this noon at a special luncheon meeting of the
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  • 99 4 Hong Kong, July 13. n ELI ABLE SOURCES today con- finned an early report that the Chinese Government has completed a barter arrangement with German interests m Hong Kong and has signed a deal with an American agency for purchase of arms supplies and fighting planes. The
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  • 131 4 i hungking. A PACIFICATION commission to accelerate administrative affairs m connection with the national mobilisation campaign is m process of organisation, Chinese sources have revealed. Fifty-five representatives would be sent to the provinces of Szeeh.vi .1, Shensi and Hupeh, where sub-commit-tees would be organised to rally the
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  • 77 4 "f ASKED my wife for a few cents to buy today. She refused so I hit her," explained Krishna Samy, a 35--year-old Tamil, pleading guilty m the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday to a charge of disorderly behaviour m public by fighting m Canal
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  • 93 4 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, July 14. ARMED with poles and bags of tar, four Chinese entered a piecegoods shop ln Klmberley Street, smashed window panes and showcases and smeared tar over all the goods on display. A large crowd gathered* outside the shop but nobody
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  • 76 4 Le Havre, France, July 1. PEDERICKL SNITE, Jr., has sailed for home aboard the liner Normandie m the "iron lung" which has helped him breath since he was stricken by infantile paralysis m China two years ago. The young invalid has completed a visit
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  • 263 4 Four Commited For Trial On Murder Charge (From Our Own orrespea^ Kuala Lumpur, j u AT a preliminan i nqili the First Magi yesterday into the a Chinese m Koala I two of four Chii they were forced t fessions which v i rT Court. The four Chines. Yap Swee,
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  • 61 4 b THE Overseas Affair.. B vi Chinese Nationalist commended the Tien £L Kuomintang orgi via, Java, for its Chinese government. The board said the ci. established 25 years Mf* the national cause by most extensive publicity abroad and soliciting b contributions to China's The Chinese govern
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  • 64 5 dward VII raduated 5 rill receive Justice, <• at the c.l- b year. A re-union dinner of graduates and undergraduates will be held at the Adelphi Hotel tonight. Speakers at the dinner, at which Mr George Supramaniam, president of the Medical College Union will preside,
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  • 38 5 picture. These men resurfacing the seaward deck of Anderson Bridge kept Singapore office workers away from their desks for ten minutes yesterday morning. Traffic icas held up between 8.30 and 9.30, Free Press
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  • 409 5 MUSSOLINI'S NEW MOVE Rome, July 3. THE gargantuan strength of Italy's volcanoes will soon be harnessed and controlled by the will of Benito Mussolini. With every muscle of the nation Strained towards economic self-suffi-ciency, II Duce ii now attempting to carry out an achievement which
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  • 25 5 |yiR. J. F. Hannyngtcn of the Malayan Establishment Office and his wife returned to Singapore from leave by the P. and O. liner Canton yesterday.
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  • 380 5 London, July 3. pRINCESS MARGARET ROSE used the same plain bassinett cot, with a white-painted iron frame, that held Princess Elizabeth m her infancy. This cot, their babyhood playthings I and the bathroom they used, with its large old-fashioned porcelain bath and wash-basin, are among the
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  • 100 5 MALAY VOLUNTEERS of the 2nd. Battalion, S.S.V.F., under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel D. O. McLeod will hold their annual routs march through Singapore on Monday evening next. Leaving the Volunteer headquarters m Beach Road at 5.15 p.m., and headed by the pipe band of the Gordon
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  • 606 6 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, JULY 15, 1939. Chinese Affairs TWO IMPORTANT matters are discussed m some detail m the annual report of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, Malaya, which was published this week. Regarding the Sino-Japanese war and its effect on the local Chinese, Mr. Jordan has to report
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  • 955 6  -  ROBERT BELLAIRE By Shanghai, July 7. THE possibility that Japan may succeed m building up new industrial areas throughout China, even without substantial foreign financial assistance, is causing anxiety among some foreign military and naval circles. These quarters predict the entire far eastern military
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  • 250 6 TRADE m the town of Northampton is booming. The centre of the British boot-making industry, Northampton is welcoming large orders from the Government for footwear for the hundreds of thousands of men who are now joining the colours. A recent urgent order for one million
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  • 172 7 Provision Of Facilities For Non- Christians BILL TO BE INTRODUCED IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MONOGAMOUS non-Christians m the Colony will be able to obtain divorces m the High Court m future. The Divorce (Amendment) Bill, 1939, which is to be introduced into the Legislative Council, will
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  • 574 7 Frugtniet Rodrigo Are Sentenced UNANIMOUS VERDICT OF GUILTY RETURNED \J S. FRUGTNIET, who claimed he was former confiden- tial stenographer to the Air Ministr}', and later o the Colonial Secretary, and C. 0. Rodrigo, previously one of Mabja'i leading cricketers, each received 18 months' un imprisonment at the conclusion of
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  • 75 7 picture. eader ot the su.cessful survey flight across the Indian Ocean, Cap- BselsatSl for th- late Sir Charles Kingsferd Smith m fin flights and Mr. JL Pcrcival, the official newspaper rej|L— utiv«* on the flight, arrived at Singapore from Mombasa yesterday ncr ->fe_ber_r F* -m left:
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  • 176 7 Malayan Chinese And Peace Appeal IN A TELEGRAM to the Chinese Foreign Minister, Dr. Wang Chunghui, the chairman of the Overseas China Relief Funds Central Committee, Mr. Tan Kah Kee, says that Dr. Wang's recent speech, warning the Powers against ?ny attempt at mediating m the Sino-Japanese war, has had
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  • 65 7 Afine of $15, m default three weeks' rigorous imprisonment, was passed by Mr. Conrad Oldham m the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday on a 32-year-old Hokkien, Tan See, who pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing a bag of rice, valued at $1.20, from
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  • 61 7 Invitations Issued For Residency "At Home .From Our Own Correspondent Ipoh, July 14. The High Commissioner, Sir Shenton Thomas, has issued invitations for an "At Home" at the Ipoh Residency on July 20 during his stay m Ipoh next week. It is understood
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  • 206 7 BORROWED $30: SIGNED FOR $150 ADMISSIONS that they had signed promissory notes for amounts considerably m excess of the sums they had received were made by three bankrupts being publicly examined m the Bankruptcy Court yesterday. An English-speaking Chinese clvk admitted signing for $150 and receiving $60 from a watchman,
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  • 25 7 Jb|R. A. C. SIMMONS, general manager of the Straits Times Press Ltd. returned from leave m England by the P. and O. liner Canton yesterday.
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  • 234 7 pHAN SENG TOE, a 23-year-old Chin^ ese assistant section inspector of the Water Department of the Singapore Municipality, was sentenced to one day's simple imprisonment and a fine of $50, m default of payment one month's rigorous imprisonment by Mr. L. C. Goh m the
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  • 346 7 PUBLIC EXAMINATION OF SINGAPORE BROKER TOTAL indebtedness of $91,000 was admitted by a Singapore broker, Isaac A. Elias, m his public examination m the Bankruptcy Court yesterday before the Chief Justio Sir Percy McElwaine. EXAMINED by Mr. F. A. Chua, As- 1 sistant Official Assignee, bankrupt
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 60 7 Law Notice For The Day Before the Chief Justice m Ist. Court at 10 a.m. Judgment m Suit No. *****— Lim Goon and ors. vs. D. N. Chatterji and an orBefore Mr. Justice Pedlow m 2nd. Court at 10.30 a.m. Magistrate's Appeals:— l. Ahmad b<n Hassan vs. Rex. 2. Doray
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  • 110 8 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES DEATH. HENG Choo Kok. aged 52, brother ot He >o Leek <Alec> of Bor Ltd., Si -^apore. at his ience. 2:; Kovan Rj.id on July 13. •i p.m. Funeral Saturday, ihe above address at p m. lo ChUTCh of the Nativity or thc Mary, Upper Serangoon nee to
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  • 92 8 (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, July 13. A PTER preliminary inquiry into a charge of raping a 36-year-old Chinese married woman at Scudai on May 14, Kanniah, a Tamil, was disI charged by Mr. M. Ismail m the second magistrate's court today. The decision was given following
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  • 1198 8 Nineteen Years' Work Surveyed m Report JAPANESE COMPETITION IN EASTERN WATERS London, July S. A REPORT of the Imperial Shipping Committee (H.M. Stationery Office, 2d. net) contains the announcement of the resignation of the chairman, Sir Halford Mackinder, who has presided over the meetings of the
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  • 104 8 New U. S. AntiTank Gun Washington. THE U.S. Army has perfected a 37- millimetre anti-tank gun which is capable of crippling tanks carrying one-half inch armour at a distance of 1,000 yards, Lieut. Colonel Q. M. Barnes, army ordnance engineer, revealed recently. The new weapon, design of which remains a
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  • 78 8 (From Our Own Correspondent) Batu Ciajah, July 14. TTHREE Chinese women dulang washers living at Tronoh were produced before Che Bahaman bin Samsudin, the Batu Gajah magistrate, and charged with having m their possession, at Pusing, tin ore m excess of the combined weight allowed by their
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  • 55 8 A PICTURESQUE OLD CUSTOM is still carried out la near Rome. At the Feast of Corpti I.omini, the main with flowers, m desigrns of a religious and patrio.i' Zens themselves all help m this work, and when < is magnificent. Citizens of Gcnzano putting the iinish::
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    • 450 8 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS TENDERS SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY Tenders. Tenders ar? r invited for the For pur see Municipal Tenders n C mpi sing Plant for ndai Quarry. (Deposit 325). Date o. Closing. 4 pm. July 31, lt Supply of Pumpinr. and Auxiliary Plant tian Ketchil Pumping Station. (Deposit $100 >. Date ol
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    • 396 8 CRAWLING ABOUT WITH LUMBAGO Felt Like An Old Woman Here is some useful information for anyone troubled with that uncomfort- able complaint, lumbago. A woman j writes For years I suffered from lumbago. During wet weather. I could only turn m bed with great effort and pain, I was Iso
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 797 8 RADIO PROGRAMMES I SINGAPORE EMPIRE STATION TODAY TODAY gfafm'SEa TRANSMISSIONS I AND 3 P-m. CS H 21.47 mc/s (13.97 to.); CB6 t:J 12.45 Light orchestral concert Relayed mc/s (16.86 ml; GSF 15.1* me/i (1542^ from the Adelphi Hotel. CSJ 21.63 mc/s (13.9. m. Gil) H%mm 1.30 Mid-day rubber and tin
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  • 141 9 Melbourne, July S. I make Uie deliberate statement that *wool fibre will never be matched by an artificial fibre," declared Mr. A. F. Barker former professor of textile Industries at Leeds University, who is at present m Australia. "The synthetic chemist," he went on, "is i.p
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  • 102 9 Brisbane. July 5. 44 There is practically no limit to the expansion which could be made by the cotton growing industry In Queensland acreage and the number of growers cquld be douoled easily," declared the general manager of the Queensland cotton board 'Mr. J. L.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 528 9 i^P^BS!__!^g %m*m _______^-s__»«_l!_ M,,un4 %w B_fi| -bn mmmmmm^^zl^z—L-. YP_oand BRITISH INDIA LINES II INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND) tU C S. N. COS SAILINGS, OX/ T WARDS Dae Dae Tonnage Spore. Tonnage Spore. In Dort RANPURA 17.000 Sept 8 Ml 28 RAWALPINDI 17.000 Sept 22 HO July 28 BHUTAN 6.100 Sept 23
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    • 174 9 CASTLE LINE TOR NEW fOML, BOSTON. MLTWOHf AND SAVANNAH via The Cape. Arrives Sails Oue New York m.v QRXYBTOKB CA_JTLfe Aug. 1 Aug 12 Sept. 23 m.v THUFtLAND CASTLE .riept. 7 Sept. 12 Oct, 24 LIMITED PABCKNGUI ACCOMMODATION BEN LINE Pot LONDON Mm* MriTOD-UI M.VWJRG LEI 111 AND MIDIiLESBKO. Arrives
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    • 628 9 ~IELD CO., LTD. Ocean Building, Collyer Quay. Singapore TcJ 5131. Chartered Brink Building, Penang Tel 13CC. BLUE FUNNEL LINE. FAST SERVICLS MARSEILLES. LONDON CONTINENT AND GLASGOW (m conjunction with the Glen Line) Due Sails DEUCALION Mars London. R'dam, Ham. <fc Glargow July 17 July 19 -jfENEARN Mars.. L'don. R'dam. Han..
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    • 479 9 Air Mail Arrivals And Despatches INWARD Imperial: From Europe dueMonday, Thursday. Frida* atternoons. Wearnes: From Penang, Ipoh and Kuala Lumpur. Arrives every evening. X.L.M.: From Netherlands Indies: Arrives Tuesday. Thursday. Saturday afternoons Qantas: From Australia: Arrives Tuesday. Friday. Sunday afternoons. K.L.IM.: From Europe: Arrives Saturday, Monday. Wednesday evenings. K.N.1.L.M.: From
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    • 278 9 ?iw^'r C and JLiw.or Dilh tr. A Mcdanx J^ a 1 A Palembangx s \*l H p :n Pa!emba4 kj£* 0 m Ponfana" Benang 4 p.m. Sgnjwak (generally) Vyner Brooke 4 pS U 3 A*'-' ;,V Kajang 11 a.m. U.S.A. -Western Canton Ifl a m MONDAY, JULY 17 Inao-Cliina x
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  • 403 10 DULL GAME AT STADIUM A HANDFUL of spectators saw dull soccer at the A stadium yesterday when the Gordon Highlanders met the S.R.C. at the Stadium and won by 3 K°£WJf m the first division. The Club fielded four substitutes for Ritchie, Reutens, Hoeden and
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  • 98 10 London, July 14. THE Federated Malay States finished fourth with a score of 310 m the Junior MacKinnon trophy for rifle shooting. Singapore was fifth with 308. The event was won by Burma with a score of 324 and Trinidad was next with
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  • 69 10 The following is the Doctors' team to play cricket against the College of Medicine today and tomorrow: Dr. L. S. da S.lva, Dr. V. Xavier, Dr. If. Sockalingam, Dr. W. J. Ess, Dr. G. S. Wocdhull, Dr. M. Vythilingam, Dr. A. C. Karthigasu, Dr. Tan Boon
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  • 136 10 New Office Bearers Elected A general re-election of the Youngsters Union resulted as follows: general committee, president, T. E. Nathan: general secretary. Tan Kwang Ifeng (re-elected) sports secretary, Tan Hock Seng; non. treasurer Lim Soo Yam (re-elected); committee members. Messrs. Yeo Koon Chye, Scet Chwee Kirn, and Tan
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  • 75 10 The third half-yearly general meeting of tha Endeavour B.P. will be held at Mr. Quek Keng Hock's residence, No. 21 Rambai Road tomorrow at 10 a.m. The Endeavour's "B" team to play the Mayfair B.P. "B" at 3 p.m. will be: Edmund Yeo; Koh Kong Thian; Yeo Tiang Hock; Lim
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    • 584 10 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (incorporated tn P.M.S.) TELEPHONE: Freight 5133— Passage 51,1. ISINADIAN PACIFIC I WOtLP'I CQEAXcr. j Uucocpuraled U_ ißgJ—^j imWwm THE "r :..1P__1._... ROOTI otters I HANS-PACIFIC SERVICES via HONOLULU or direct EMPRESS to VANCOUVER ACROSS CANADA by TRANSCONTINENTAL TRAIN without change— thence by CANADIAN PACIFIC ATLANTIC SERVICES TO
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    • 133 10 BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO.. LTD. (Incorporated ln England) (APCAR LINE) FOR HONG KONG, SHANGHAI, MOJI, KOBE AND OSAKA s. s. SIRDHANA 8,000 TONS SAILING JULY 15 AT 10 A.M. The above vessel has excellent modern accommodation for First Saloon and Second Saloon passengers. Special Holiday Return tickets to China
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    • 223 10 For Everything Appertaining to Ocean Passages, Foreign Money Exchange and Freight COASTS Mx_g2s__--WAGONS-LITS 1 1 >>■--. LWOII LO TttAVfl SCPV.CfJ ROBIaSON ROAD No Rooking Fees. Telephone 5908. BIBBY LINE (LONDON ADDRESS): 22. PALL MALL, LONDON S.W. I Mall Passenger Vessels between RANGOON. COLOMBO, PORT SUDAN, MARSEILLES, PLYMOUTH A LONDON with
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    • 559 10 AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LTD! An I *(iL _X I M /Vl-i. II [W m\ r^^^ ____gp*___a_____B !^_B__i S_^^i TO EUROPE *MVM SfNGAPOKE AND rKNANG TO COLOMBO, COMBAT. Ulu. po„, AIEXANDRIA. NAPLES. GENOA MARSEILLES ANO MW VOkJ S *U» Arrivet Leaves Lea**, Spore Spore Penan, v PRESIDENT GARFIELD July 16 July
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  • FREE PRESS SPECIAL COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    • 757 11 Yesterday's Quotations Fraser And Co.'s List 3 5 P.M. Bayers Seller* oa ti fid 4'JS Hi sxi 6 3d 19s 3d 1.1 3^ 9s 21s x.d. Hi 12b 18s 6s 7s J ~i>b 90 6s 3d Gd is 9d 3a 9s 2Cs 6d 21* M
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    • 106 11 applied By Messrs. Fraser Co. F*n>AY, JULY 14, lttt: 5 P.M. < Total for 3ooks Date Ex. div. Financial Close Payable date Year W July 14 July 20 July 15 Ifc* w bonus July 21 Aug. 4 July 22 13*** July 21 July 31 July 22 V/
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    • 495 11 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCK SHARES From Exchange Telegraph Co. From London 5.30 p. m. Yesterday •New York prices quoted m OS. currency. The above are dealers middle prices Jobbers margins, brokerage and stamp duty are not included Share or £i denomination unless Latest Quotations Previously otherwise stated Conversion Loan,
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    • 301 11 Tokio, July 14. IAPAN'S "pUre foreign trade"— j trade with countries outside the Yen bloc— for the first half of this year is more unfavourable than that for the same period m the last year, according to the Finance Ministry. 'Pure" exports
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    • 120 11 Tokio, July 14. JAPANESE Army authorities at Shanghai, according to the Domei Agency, have rejected a protest by the British authorities m connection with the isolation of three Britishmanaged factories by the erection of barbed-wire barricades. The Japanese authorities state that the barricades will not be
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    • 186 11 JULY 11, 1939: SELLING London T.T. 2 3 3i;32 London demand 2 3 31 32 Lyons demand 2355 Switzerland demand 241 Vi Hamburg demand 135 New York demand 64 916 Montreal demand 54 9 16 Batavia demand Mt_| Samarang demand 102?. Calcutta. Bombay and Rangoon demand 156
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    • 127 11 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION JULY 11, 1939: 1% O'CLOCK NOON Buyers Sellers No. IX R.S.S. Spot loose.. 28U 28^No IX R.S S. F. 0.8 m cases July 28 H 28 1 OF A y RSS FOB m bales July 23 1 28 1 FAQ Ft S.S F. 0.8. tn
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    • 158 11 BANK OF CH INA Incorporated m Ch__:r by Special Charter), 12, Cecil Street Singapore Telephones: Manager's Ofl.re 4444 Sub. -Manager's Office C 442 Exchanjte Dept €441 Genera! Office 5188-t Cable Address: < HL.N-__-.LO raid lp L. pital Ch I 10 HI.WMN Itese. ye t-undt to ezces- of Ch 4 iMM
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    • 111 11 ISSUED BY FRASEK A DO. AT nit TLOSE Of BUSINESS YESTERDAY Tin at midday was Sll3 8 up s and the price of rubber at 4 o'clock was buyers Spot 28. cents, buyers October December 7.X market quiet. Acc-ordins to cable- received this morning tin shares m
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    • 213 11 Ftom London 5.30. p.m Yesterday RUBBER: Dull. London: 8 4 d. 8 5 16 d. Previously: a5 16d. 8 3 d. Aug.-Sept.: 8' 4 d. 8 3 .d. Previously: 8 5 IGd. 3 3 d. Oct.-D?c: 8 3 B d. 8 7 16d. Previously: fc B d.
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    • 69 11 From London: Latest Quotations TIN: Steady. Spot: £229 17s. 6d. Previously £229 17s. 6d. Three months: £225 2s. 6d. Previously: £224 17s. 6d. NEW YORK TIN: 48.67. Previously: 48.60. COPPER: £42 17s. Gd. Previously: £42 17s. 6d. GOLD: Yesterday: £7 Bs. 5'/ 2 d. Previously £7 Bs.
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    • 70 11 London Closing Quotations Metnoa o! VMSii oe:ure untst Centre Quoting 20-y-31 Hate c. uusi> Paris Franc to 124.11 176 11 1G 176 1116 New York. S to 4.8G55 4.68 3 1G 4 68 3 16 Amsterdam Guilders to 12.10 8.80 4 B.BOV j Hong Kong Pei dollar
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  • 781 12 Miss Zipp, Hard Going Will Win MAJORS IS GOOD BET By Our Racing Reporter CONSIDERABLE interest will be centred m today's races at Ipoh, the first day of the Perak Turf Club's summer meeting. Some of the crack sprinters m the country will be seen
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  • 71 12 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, July 14. THE Malay States team to play against the Colony at cricket on August 5, 6 and 7 is as follows T. M. Hart, captain (Perak); J. E. Slade (Perak); 11. B. Noon, V. 1.. Appani (Perak); 11. A.
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  • 159 12 John Lim Huck Toh Winners In S. C. R. C. Doubles IOBN Lim and Huck Toh became J the SCR.C. doubles champions yesterday when they defeated Chua Chcon Leong and Cheong Chee Lim m two straight sets, 6—l, 6—o, m the linaK iv ai TOe ms had everytnin? »r.£ own
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  • 99 12 Thc annual sports of St. Andrew's Schooi will be held on Tuesday. August 1. at 3 p.m.. at the JaltUJ r Stadi There will be three events for Old Boys: 100 yards 5.25 p.m.. 880 yards 535 Dm.; 440 yards inter-house relay 6 p.m. Those who wish
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  • 41 12 The following will represent Fort Canning vs. S.C.C. at the S.C.C. today at 2 pm..: >r Bird. Sqdn. Leader Marchbank, (Capt), SSgt. Wilton, Sgt. Dowling, Sgt. Long. Sgt. Baker, Sgt. Mason, Cpl. Turner. LCpl. Telford. L Cpl. Baker, and Pte. Whiteman.
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  • 22 12 The City High School old boys defeated the City High School by two goals to one on the Balestier Road ground yesterday-
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  • 679 12 FREE PRESS SELECTIONS FREE TRESS selections for today's races at Ipoh are as follows: Race 1: Battalion, Grand Prix Race 2: Waltz, Fair King. Race 3: Tht Caliph, Squeeze. Race 4: Majors, Easter Parade. Race 5: Royal Hampton, Bombus. Race 6: Hard Going, Grofmo. Race 7: Miltondale, Toyman. Race 8:
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  • 48 12 In one of the P.W.D. inter-district football matches for the McConechy Cup, Batu Pahat beat Johore Bahru by the odd goal at the Istana Padang, Johore Bahru on Thursday. After the match the visitors were the guests at dinner of the P.W.D. Athletic Association, Johore Bahru.
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  • 57 12 The following players will represent the Chinese Sports Association against the Loyal Regt "B" Coy: tomorrow at Farrer Park at 5.10 p.m.:— Patrick Yee, Wai Mun, Ah Kong, Sunn Leng. Soo Tuan, Tian Seng, Fook Loy, Kai S?ng, Weng Kai, Yew Tim, Tian Sin, Kok Choy, Ah Chong,
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  • 40 12 picture. THE GORDONS had no difficulty m beating the S.R.C. at the Stadium yesterday m the first division. The score was 3—l. Picture shows Alphonso saving a high shot m the Recs' goal. Free Press
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  • 623 12 Home Team Miss Chances FIXE goalkeeping by Khalid m the Negri Sembilan goal was a feature of the Malaya Cup match between Johore and Negri Sembilan played on the State School ground m Johore yesterday. The result was a draw of 3 l>. ing workouts
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  • 73 12 LIGHT-HEAVY I TITLE BOUT I A CROWD of 2 I with acd I old Billy Com I points m their i bout here tool Bettina m tfai Conn bewildered i 1 rounds. Conn I the superior I wiped out the scoring with i
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  • 195 12 G. S. C. RETAIN CLARKE SHIELD Netball I THE Girls' Spo: gj team won tht < -jj Shield fcr the sixtl. f inception of the com; ago, when they Raffles QgA School "A" side by 2S pointi to Mil the school ground yesterday. Winnie de Cruz I attacker, scored 2:
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  • 118 12 The fo for S-C.C. vs. L' I tomcrrov W. H. ItcNeill C C. F. Jennings, G I Milton, R. F. W. I IM. C. Elliott. A Dean and J. W. I The following for tha SC I II today at 2 pn A. Foster ver, J.
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  • 29 12 The following I V.M.C.A. In Royal Engineer. Changi R. Lvnr (ca] Chryscstom. I L< !j. Lovick, U. M I !S. Hope, J G N i L. Aeria.
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    • 121 12 T suffered so much with indigestion," Jl writes Mrs. Singleton, of Bow." that I dreaded mealtimes coining round I was a to eat. Since taking Bisurated Magnesia I «an eat ar y thing My husband also suffered for years with Gastric Ulcers, but since taking Bisurated Magnesia he Las been
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