The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 25 July 1939

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 15,838. ESTD. 1835 TUESDAY, JULY 25, 193"). 5 CENTS
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    BRITISH NEUTRALITY IN CHINA AFFIRMED
    345 1 premier's Statement On Tokio Agreement TALKS CONFINED TO TIENTSIN ISSUE London, July 24. r]\\ Prim Mini>ter, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, m the nmons tonight, gave the text of the id at Tokio between the Japanese Foreign rhiro Arita, and the British Ambassador te Tokio Itolwi Craigie.
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    Tokio Parleys Make Smooth Progress
    210 1 Tokio Parleys Make Smooth Progress Tokio, July 24. IT IS authoritatively understood that today's Anglo- Japanese meetings, this morning and this afternoon, made smooth progress. A free and frank exchange of views on the question of the maintenance of peace and order and the policing of Tientsin was made at
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    CHINESE ENVOY TO SEE LORD HALIFAX
    36 1 London, July 24. The Chinese Ambassador, Mr. Quo Tai-chl, is to see the Foreign S<l retary, Lord Halifax, today to inquire into the exact situation m the Tokio talks.— Reuter
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    Not Letting Down China, Says Times
    233 1 Not Letting Down China, Says Times COMMENT ON AGREEMENT London, July 24. THE TIMES Tokio correspondent 1 says that the formula which cleared the way for the termination of a dangerous dispute places British neutrality on the same basis as the neutrality of America and other Powers which practise it.
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    Singapore Interest In The Talks
    60 1 OINGAPORE Chinese are followm? the Anglo- Japanese conversations m Tokio very closely indeed. Mr. Tan Kan Kee, chairman of the Singapore China Relief Fund, last night despatched cablegrams to leading British statesmen and newspapers expressing overseas Chinese opinion. A mass meeting is planned for today.
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    NO COMMENT FROM CHUNGKING YET
    107 1 Chungking, July 24. FE Chine.se Press has so far not published any details of the AngloJapanese agreement. The Press merely states that negotiations are going and expresses the belief that "Great Britain will not sacrifice her friends to help the Japanese." No official comment has
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    STOP PRESS
    89 1 Chungking, July 24. (ien. Chiang Kai-shek today made a lengthy statement expressing confidence that Britain much as she desires a peaceful settlement of the Tientsin dispute can only make concessions such as will no! conflict with China's interests or the provisions oi the Nine-Power Pact* At the s'lmc
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    The King Sees His Horse At Sandown
    36 1 The King and Queen Hatching their horse Great Truth being taken from the paddock stable at Sandown. It -finished third after an objection to the winner had been sustained.
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    NO QUESTION OF LOAN TO REICH, SAYS PREMIER
    428 1 NO QUESTION OF LOAN TO REICH, SA YS PREMIER Statement On Talks Between Hudson German Minister London, July 24. TN the House of Commons, Mr. Arthur Greenwood, Deputy Leader of the Opposition, asked the Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, if he had any statement to make regarding the alleged proposals
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    BRITAIN HAS PROTESTED TO JAPAN
    475 1 BRITAIN HAS PROTESTED TO JAPAN Lord Halifax On Demonstrations London, July 24. THE Foreign Secretary, Lord Hallfax, speaking in the House of Lords tonight, revealed that the British Ambassador to Tokio, Sir Robert Craigie, had represented to i the Japanese Government the great importance of discouraging Press recriminations and exaggerated
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    Some Of Their Kit
    29 2 The first 30,000 militiamen to oe called up entered barracks and camps all over the country last week. Militiamen with their kit at Kingston Barracks.
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    Thetis Salvage: Tide Causes Difficulties
    188 2 Thetis Salvage: Tide Causes Difficulties London, July 24. AN official statement issued last night by the salvage authorities engaged on the Thetis says that Saturdays failure to carry the submarine inshore on the first lift has been investigated. It is established that instead of ihe load being distributed over eight
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    FIGHTING DIES DOWN NEAR SHANGHAI
    47 2 Shanghai, July 24. Fighting on the outskirts of Shanghai between the Japanese and the Chinese Fourth Route (Communist) Army died down before sunrise when the Chinese withdrew. The usual practice is to attack under cover of night and retire before daybreak. Reuter
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    Prices Jump With Fall Of Dollar
    75 2 Shanghai. July 24. REFLECTING the fall of the Chinese dollar, a number of advertisements have appeared m newspapers announcing price increases. Motorists are hard hit by increase m the price of gasoline from $1.40 to $2 a gallon. Butter, eggs, bread, cigarettes and many
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    Success For Japanese In S. E. Shansi
    113 2 Success For Japanese In S. E. Shansi Chungking, July 24. CUCCESSES for the Japanese are recorded m Chinese despatches from south-east Shansi, where bitter fighting has been m progress since the Japanese launched an offensive designed to encircle the Chinese forces m the Taisan mountains. Unable to withstand the Japanese
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    LABOUR LEADER IS "VERY DISTURBED"
    93 2 London, July 24. OPEAKING at a London conference, Mr. Arthur Greenwood, Deputy Leader of the Opposition, declared: "I feel very disturbed about the news m this morning's papers of a new attempt to make friends with Hitler. "If Mr. Chamberlain goes back on the tracks
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    PUBLIC OPINION AND WAR IN CHINA
    47 2 London, July 24. TTHE News Chronicle gives prominence to the results of a survey of public opinion m Britain and America showing that 59 per cent British and 57 per cent. Amercian favoured strong action against Japanese regression m China. Reuter
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    Queen Mary Greets Militiamen
    56 2 Oueen Mary was at Shorncliffe when the first batch of men to be posted to the Royal Armoured Corps <13th/18th HussarsJ arrived there As Colonel of the regiment she carried out various inspections, and attended an "at home" at which 200 Comrades of the regiment, as
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    PEACE LOAN RUMOUR IS SPLASHED BY PAPERS
    289 2 Report Of Secret Talks With German Minister London, July 24. DEFERRING to Press reports of a scheme, said to have been sponsored by highly-placed persons, involving a one thousand million sterling loan to Germany m return for a German undertaking to limit armaments,
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    Big Black-out Test At Tilbury Docks
    136 2 London, July 24. DORT of London Authority officials are studying aircraft reports on the visibility of the Tilbury Doci: area under black-out conditions tested there at midnight to examine the ability of the Port of London to carry on m wartime. Special lighting devices
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    None Taken In By German "Peace Scare"
    265 2 Tactics.' Th ing article, says: now that the pn T?J ment made m Berlin on tJ of Danzig a* j of has hardly produced the mtwl effect, for m so far had any conseqm-r.( •<< only made tin concerned with I City more
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    SINGAPORE CHINESE LEADER CABLES TO BRITISH STATESMEN
    377 2 SINGAPORE CHINESE LEADER CABLES TO BRITISH STATESMEN Local Views On Tokio Talks |UJR. TAN KAH KEE, the Malayan Chinese leader, last night informed the Free Press that he has sent telegrams to a number of British statesmen and to London newspapers regarding the Overseas Chinese view of the Tokio talks.
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    STORY OF WARRANT OF ARREST OF WEDDING DAY
    645 3 Eurasian Charged With Obtaining Loan While Under Wage-Earner *s Order piAT he heard of a warrant for his arrest on the dayhe was to be married was a statement made before Mr. J. McFall, m the Singapore Criminal District Court, yesterday, by
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    Volunteer Drill Programme For The Week
    75 3 Volunteer Drill Programme For The Week lor the n „s up to i ..v 30 is as q u Timah praf r ers, Ist Bn. training; B leeHQ. Ist tral i ticc H -.\dQuar V P iin- Coy. rainS.R.A. practice -tors. 515 c Pla- D S. li id A.M. Tiir.ah
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    Alleged Theft Of Weighing Machine'
    16 3 Alleged Theft Of Weighing Machine iIICC Court b Conrad 01d- Ed :rial 15 weighing Road for
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    SINGAPORE ROTARY CLUB MEETING
    14 3 SINGAPORE ROTARY CLUB MEETING .ry Club held at the morrow >ill address Oldest Profes-
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    SUICIDE ATTEMPT IS ALLEGED
    58 3 A CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED suicide by jumping into the sea off the Esplanade, was mentioned against a Hainanere woman, Boon Teck Ngo, m the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday. She was stated to be m hospital. The offence was alleged to have been committed en Saturday
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    Attempted Extortion Charges Against Vehicles Inspectors
    336 3 Attempted Extortion Charges Against Vehicles Inspectors iFrom Our Own Correspondent Malacca, July 23. V. D. BOCK, Rural Beard Vehicles Inspector, who is charged with committing extortion of $5, and L. M. Nunis and Khan Chou Foon. Vehicles Inspectors employed by the Municipality, against whom charges of attempted extortion are preferred,
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    Liquor Distilling Is Alleged
    110 3 TWO Chinese, Chan Cha and Tan Tian Lim, appeared before Mr. C. H. Koh m the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday on charges of possession of three and five-sixth gallons of samsu, distilling intoxicating liquor without a licence and fermenting intoxicating liquor. The offences were alleged
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    WIFE KILLER GETS TENYEAR SENTENCE Coat Of Paint For Clock Tower
    306 3 WIFE KILLER GETS TENYEAR SENTENCE Coat Of Paint For Clock Tower (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, July 21. rIED on a charge of murdering his wife, Chai Seong Mol, on May 8 at Jalan Ah Fook, Johore Bahru, a 30- year-old Chinese Liv Lok, was found guilty on a
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    "You May Hang Me, "Says Indian To Magistrate
    374 3 CONVICTED OF CHEATING "T PLEAD guilty without any qualification. I admit my fault. You may hang me or send me to gaol," declared Abdul Rahman, an Indian, when pleading guilty before Mr. L. C. Goh m the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday,
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    CHOPPER ATTACK ALLEGATION
    127 3 A LLEGED to have caused hurt to See Kwok Chye by means of a chopper at the 6V2 milestone, Bukit Timah Road, on July 22, a 29-year-old Hokkien, Tan Ah Low, appeared before Mr. L. C. Goh, m the Singapore Fifth Police Court, yesterday. The accused claimed
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    SOLD FROGS WITHOUT HAWKER'S LICENCE
    59 3 PLEADING guilty to selling live frogs, a 26-year-old Chinese, Tan Chew, was fined $1, by the Singapore Fourth Police Magistrate, Mr. C. H. Koh, yesterday, when he was charged with hawking the frogs without a licence, at San Leong Road on Sunday afternoon. "Tell him
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    Magistrate's Sentence Was Inadequate
    477 3 Magistrate 's Sentence Was Inadequate (Fiom Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, July 22. AN ELDKRLV Chinese named rL Cheah Wai, who was fined $35, m default 35 days' rigorous imprisonment by a Kuala Lumpur magistrate for possessing a loaded revolver, will go to prison for 12 months. In the Supreme
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    Law Notice For The Day
    110 3 Before the Chief Justice m Lit. Court at 10.30 a.m.:— Magistrate's Appeal:— Alex de Costa vs. Rex. Before Mr. Justice Pedlow m 2nd. Court at 11 a.m.: Part heard:— <S 442/37 and S .268 38) Shaik Awath bin Abdul Rahman Baswaydan vs. Shaik Awath bin
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    63 3 IX7HEN THE CASE m which a 28- year-old Teocnew, Goh Ah Kow, is alleged to have cheated two persons m respect of $15, was called before Mr. L. C. Goh. In the Singapore Fifth Police Court, yesterday, Court Inspector A. R. McEwan, informed the court that the accused was m
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    Woman Teacher Starts A School Industry
    1166 4  -  JOAN LITTLEFIELD By London, July. A NEW village industry has been started by the children of Wilsfone school, near Tring m Hertfordshire, thanks to the enterprise of their headmistress, Miss A. Mac Donald. The children, both boys and girls. Are learning to weave all
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    Countrywomen
    123 4 The recent meeting m London of the Countrywomen of the World delegates has caused some new fashion ideas. Jewellery experts were interested m the heirloom pieces worn with national costumes, and English women are now asking for earrings similar m style to those worn by the Scandinavian women. These,
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    Towering Ostrich Feathers Return To Favour
    967 4  -  ROSE PATTERSON A Woman Looks At Europe BY MO doubt a great deal of annoyance but also something of the old flavour of things Continental is appearing since the introduction of the new tariff for tipping French railway porters. You must call it a
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    Nothing Stops The Guards
    106 5 SIR JOHN REITH, head of Imperial Airways, waves goodbye M h*» Imvti for an Atlantic flight m the Yankee Clipper. MR. K. L. IRQUHART, the 29-year-old race-horse trainer, was married fu Miss Isabella Jumieson Cairne*, aged 27, at (ax ton Hall Register ofNre. The bride and
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      218 5 aows Topical Budget Jinn T J^ y^scv^ v I OR.tStS- LATEST /^^Pi& h Vss^ APPEASEMENT FOR CHURCH/li I i* A meeting of tfie Inner Cabinet was held unocr j "i^j!^' Dauason's desk at IVt« Times office. Ittua-s decided To offer Chunch'il "Chequers* and a couple of p&rK> l^o A 4
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    12 6 fdllagdfsng.s, A FRENCH IIICYCLISI seen demonstrating a cycle with a streamlined body.
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    NEW PLANTING IN JOHORE
    199 6 Most Done By Asiatics •t*he io:ui area of new planting In Johor;- is 5'J,012 acres, of which 14,274 acres had been approved to European estates and 5 >5.733 acres to Asiatic owners. This ir> formation .iven at a committee meeting of the Johore Planter/ Association. A
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    Johore Planters & Quit Rent
    185 6 Johore Planters Quit Rent 1 ATE fees m connection with i**3 payment of quit rent was one of the subjects discussed at the last committee meeting of the Johcre Planters' Association. A letter was read from the Commissioner cf Lands pointing cut that an amending Bill had been read m
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    SILTING OF RIVER THROUGH ESTATE
    165 6 Johore Planters Discuss Flooding Problem QUESTIONS regarding the silting of the river through Sun^ei Sayong Division of North Labis were dismissed at a committee meeting or the Johore Planters' Association. It was reported that the Drainage md Irrigation Board were proceeding with the work although
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    Prison Escape Over 50-Ft. Wall
    207 6 London. July T. JERSEY POLICE were scouring the island last night for a prisoner who climbed a 50 ft. wall surrounding Jersey gaol and escaped wearing a suit belonging to the Governor's son. He Is Edward Chapman, 24, a professional dancer, who was serving a
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    LAST STAGE IN A.R.P. SHELTER PROGRAMME
    500 6 Whole Range Of Policy Now Completed FREE REFUGES FOR ALL London, July 7. THE last stage m the Government's programme of pro- viding air raid shelter for every section of the community is announced by the Lord Privy Seal's Department m an official statement,
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    COOLIE LINES "GOOD BUT RATHER EXPENSIVE"
    90 6 STANDARD eooli? lines for Johore based on plans suggested by the Johore Government were rather expensive, it was considered at a committee meetins of the Johore Planters' Association. Though the General Adviser, Johore, was to be informed that the Association offered no objection to
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    U.S. Navy Plans 45,000-Ton Ships
    49 6 U.S. Navy Plans 45, 000- Ton Ships New York, July Ifc THE NAVY DEPARTMENT are 1 to ask Congress at its next session to authorise two more 45 000-ton battleships. These, with the two already planned, would give the United States the most powerful battle fleet m the world.
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    Pigs Slaughtered By Lepers
    114 6 A correspondent wr tes regardA ins a report that appeared m a loral Newspaper that the Singapore Rural Board have approved a plan whereby the inmates of the Singapore leoer asylum at Yeo Chu Kang Road are to have a pig-farm r.nd that the r>igs are
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    34 6 Derbyshire are becoming known as the -Lwo-day team." Already this season they have finished seven matches on the second day. Five of these were wen. but Yorkshire and Lancashire gained quick wins against them.
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    ELEPHANT DAMAGE ON ESTATES
    102 6 ELEPHANT DAMAGE ON ESTATES rDEAL WITH elephanis mhlth had caused damage to Jchore estates, the Johore Planters' Assoriaticn iias suggested to the Johore Government the strengthening of the Game Warden's Department and a trial of "Verey lights" which had been successfully used m the FM.S. At the committee meeting of
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    KIDNAP CHARGE AGAINST TAMIL
    80 6 From Our Own Corre/pontienl > S^rramat, July '23. BEFORE Inche Rauf bin Mohamed Sa'at. the Sesamat magi^trute, today a young Tamil named Kohlikan appeared on a charge of kidnapping Nagamah from her father, Marimuthu, of Buloh Kasap Estate, last September, j The man claimed trial and
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    MOTHERS-TO-BE WHO HAVE HEARTBURN
    73 6 Should jj. 1 with its DUH; no 1 penalty matter of the remark: which nur today. Resd -Nur: valuable m I and always her ras, bag it has marv< heartburn i Certified lOdwi Tor rears c. charcoal for st< dox Is .super-. The n stomach it
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    TOKIO PRESS COMMENT ON EAGREEMENT
    286 7 TOKIO PRESS COMMENT ON EAGREEMENT Tokio, July 24. AGREEMENT which was reached on Saturday between the Foreign Minister, Mr. Hachiro Arita, and the British Ambassador to Tokio, Sir Robert Craigie, represents a big change m the British policy towards China m reaffirming the actual situation m China, refraining from moves
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    The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY,JULY 25,1939 No Betrayal
    607 8 THE joint Anglo- Japanese de- claration based on the Craigie-Arita conversations m Tokio is not such a painful document as Japanese Press reports had suggested it might be, and accords very closely with the forecast given m this column yesterday. There is
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    How Soviet Industry Is Functioning Today
    1464 8 How Soviet Industry Is Functioning Today [By A Special Correspondent AN impartial survey of m the Soviet Union today leads to the conclusion that heavy industry is functioning fairly well, military industry very well and agriculture adequately. Industry for the production of consumers goods is far from satisfactory, although production
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    HIGH COURT OPENING: RETURNED INVITATIONS
    357 9 HIGH COURT OPENING: RETURNED INVITATIONS pictures. Some Members Of Local Bar Are Annoyed "UNFORTUNATE" USE OF WORD "PRIVILEGED" gECAUSE guests for the opening of the new Supreme Court building on Aug. 3 have been divided into "privileged" and "other" guests several members of the Singapore Bar have returned their invitations.
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    Registration Of Trade Marks In Colony
    133 9 the period within which appiicae for registration of trade marks, anendment) Ordinance will be introlative Council at a special meeting •JHE Trade Man;s Ordinance came o K-rce on Fe'o. 1 this year, and, as the ir.rv now stands, the period would expire on Oct.
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    High Commissioner Visits M.A.H.A. Show Grounds
    108 9 High Commissioner Visits M.A.H.A. Show Grounds (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala. Lumpur, July 24. (^PENDING a few hours m Kuala Lumpur on their return to Singapore from their visit to Perak, the High Commissioner, Sir Shenton Thomas, and Lady Thomas paid a surprise visit to the Malayan Agri-Horticulturai Association grounds
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    European's Claim From Contractor
    202 9 European's Claim From Contractor TWO CHINESE, who were working p.s clerks at Fort Canning, and a pilot employed by the Admiralty, were also working for a Chinese contractor, it was stated m the continued hearing of the action between J. N. Jones, a building engineer, and Wee Cheng Scon, a
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    Manchesters Beat Retreat Before G.0.C
    21 9 Manchesters Beat Retreat Before G. 0. C U to Gen. W. ad of the r Rfcire Major- r p] If. R.
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    SAYS RICE WAS DISCARDED
    25 9 of five aiucd SI, from B surd ecdowns Quak lust him rii :.i the rt yestervcnl to a rice which if.
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    INDIAN CLAIMS TRIAL TO THEFT CHARGE
    29 9 INDIAN CLAIMS TRIAL TO THEFT CHARGE I n a leather nts, rrom a an Indian, <*d bail of $50, to the charge Police Court by another to July 31
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    Ex-Detective On Theft Charge
    150 9 'From Our Own Correspo.ncic.iu Segamat. July 23. ry.^CRIBED as a former detective m Singapore, Antony Joseph, an English speaking Indian, made his emrmnee before Inche Rauf bin Mohamed Sa'at, the Segamat magistrate, yesterday, to answer a charge of theft of four gold bangles valued at $172,
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    CHARGED UNDER RUBBER ENACTMENT
    116 9 From Our Own Correspondent Muar, July 21. "IT \v;;s due to engine trouble that I was delayed till after 6.00 p.m. In fact I started to pack the rubber at 4.00 pm." said Chin Hun when he claimed trial to a charge of having conveyed sheet
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    46 9 JUtR. W. R. Webber and Mr. J. S. Foley are to be invited to serve on the committee of the Johore Planters' Association m place of Mr. A. W. Porter and Air. W. Miller Mackay respectively, It was decided at a committee meeting of the association.
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    $5,000 Fine For Smuggling
    105 9 < Prom Our Own Correspondent I Johore Babru, July 24. A FINE of $5,000 with the alternative cf Bis months' rigorous imprisonment was passed by Mr. M. Ismail m the Magistrate's Court today on a j Chinese, Tan Ah Ho, who pleaded guilty a week rgo
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    Man's Fatal Attempt To Remove Fallen Tree
    166 9 II^HILE a Chinese, Lim Kirn Teow, climbed an uprooted tree that had fallen on his house m Cantonement Ro?.d on July 19, th? tree suddenly collapsed, pinning him underneath. This was revealed at the Singapore Coroner's Court yesterday, when the Coroner, Mr. W.
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    3 MONTHS' FOR THEFT OF ELECTRIC SWITCHES
    97 9 A TOTAL sentence of three months' rigorous imprisonment was passed on Leng Buk Hong, a 29-year-old Chii»:se, m the Singapore Second Court yesterday, when he was convictec of two charges of stealing electric main switches from houses m Victoria Street on July 10.
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    $180 FINE FOR SAMSU POSSESSION
    85 9 $180 FINE FOR SAMSU POSSESSION A FINE OF $180, m default two months' rigorous imprisonment, was passed by Mr. C. H. Koh m the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday on a Hokkien, Ng Jiang Boon, who pleaded guilty to possession of seven and a half gallons of samsu at the
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    Century-Old Trees Cut Down
    74 9 BECAUSE THESE OLD TREES around the open space opposite Raffles Library, m the Stamford Road area, are rotting they have had to be cut down. In addition to this tulip tree m llenroolen Street, two flame of the forest" trees m Queen Street Lad to be
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    Local Taste In Jewellery Becomes "Westernised"
    213 9 'From Our Own Correspondent) London, July 12. THAT the taste m jewellery of Asiatic residents m Malaya Is becoming Westernised is the conclusion reached by Mr. Walter Buchler, a London jeweller who has been touring the British Empire m order to study conditions m
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      11 9 »00R CONVENiEKCE HE AFTER THE SHOW "WE AT 5* CAPITOL ■*"> Oyster,
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    EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT WOULD BRING BOOM '
    1331 10 EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT WOULD BRING BOOM Tension Holding Up HighYielding Shares "BUSINESS PROSPEROUS" (From Our Own Correspondent) Ixmdon, July 14. T ONDON investors and business men have been greatly L heartened recently both by the firmness of the Prime Minister's and Foreign Secretary's foreign policy speeches and by swiftly accumulating evidence
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    19 10 A CHINESE WOMAN SOLDIER photographed m Lyshan, m Central China, where she is being held prisoner by the Japanes-.
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    Knight Of 80 Marries A Baroness
    166 10 London, July I. AFTER celebrating his eightieth birthday on Wednesday, Sir Frederick Rutter, who began life as "assistant to an office boy," was married yesterday to Baroness von NatsohHendrick. There were two ceremonies, one at Norbiton (Surrey) Register Office and the other at St.
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES IN MEMORIAM
    17 10 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES IN MEMORIAM GRACE AUYANG CHAN passed away on July 25, 1938 Ever m our; thoughts.
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    SHIPPING IN GERMANY
    559 10 London, July 5. OUTSIDE observers at least will n be surprised to learn that there i v. v little encouragement m the i financial returns of German shippir.^ i taring the year 1938. At the annual meotins cf on? of tt)£ largest companies m that country the
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    S.S. CHITRAL
    34 10 THE P. and O. liner Chltral lus left 1 Hong Kong and U expected to arrive In Singapore at 7 a.m. on Thursday. She will proceed alongsidt the SUB. wharf on arrival
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    Indian Visitors See Automobile Plant In Canada
    52 10 Win* APART' enter tory here i Canadun-ir.ade destined created on the ft* sl mrdern I Included Jamshed) 1 Jehaneir B B E. Vacha and M they stated food but tnai thln<4" sot t jt£A liked best ?<*\^. 4 wa y "everybody so nice
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    Inter-Coastal Trade Of The U.S.A.
    219 10 Inter-Coastal Trade Of The U.S.A. 4<>tt Jih k niFFICUL'; Men BBttetf B 4 referred inquiry II accountant foi ed that the from eneotir: that it was do able to build present cor. a He nibmitted Of builc. the C-2 ann I struction for ti. mission and p: that current re
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      570 10 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS TENDERS SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY Tenders. Tenders are ntm invited for the following materials or services. For j particulars, see Municipal Tenders: Rona Supply of Pumping and Auxiliary Plant for Pontian Ketchil Pumping Station. (Deposit $100 >. Date of Closing. 4 p.m. Oct. 2. 1939. ;pply of Reinforced Concrete Pipes
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      388 10 VIKING'S ENERGY FOR EVERY MAN The Vikings of old were gods among men. Superb m physique —energy and vitality pulsed through every muscle and sinew—through nerves, body and brain. Their diet was rich m fish laden with strengthening Vitamins. The Halibut, caught m the ice-cool waters of the North is
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      74 10 BANK OF tW (Incorporated **IU caite Air« ai 5 •««rre rand* to a I i excew of I S| T»UI Atteu iJh approxtoui«i, f^ MidUad Bank- C NEW FORK l\T?£.'> Ml BKAs Corr^pondrnt, m Ji, p C|| *l cußßtra. Sn£L** r POSIT ACCOL'N FOREIGN Carre: ascertained on aoDtoL? 111 i||
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    FREE PRESS SPECIAL COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    12 11 Yesterday's Quotations j From Exchange Telegraph Co.
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    LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCK & SHARES
    290 11 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCK SHARES from Let don 5.30 p. m. Yesterday i mm« Latest Quotation Previous IM4 M J <* 1 < 109' 4 J^Lean. 4 p.c. 1960-90 1051. lw r 92 *s 92» ;v.: 3 w 5 35^ ce 34f> J4\, re JO3. pd.) S mm O:d
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    THE COMMODITY MARKETS
    195 11 I tiom London 5.30. p.m Yesterday RIBBER: Steady. 8 3 B d. 3 7 16 d. Previously: 8 3 8 d 8 7 16 d Oct.-Dec.: 8>/ 2 d. 8 g;i6d. Previously: s^d 87 6d Jan-Mar.: 8 9 16d. B*«d. Previously: 8 716 d 8 lilt' Apr.-June:
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    THE METAL MARKETS
    70 11 I From London: Latest Quotations I TIN: Steady. Spot: £229 17s. 6d. Previously £229 17s. Bd. Three months. £224 17s. 6d. Previously: £225 2; 6d NEW YORK TIN: 43.50. Previously: 48.67 COPPER: £42 17s. 6d. Previously. £42 15s. COLD Yesterday: £7 8s .V^d. Previously: £7 8s V>d.
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    SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES
    1296 11 J Fraser And Co. 's List I MONDAY, JULY 24, 1939: 5 P.M. MIKING 1. Bujert fellers Ampat rm (It) 3 S 8c j 4s 3d Austral AmaL iss) 4s 6a 5s Austral MaJay <£) 38s 40a Ayer Hltam (ss) 19s 9d 20s 9d Ayer
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    64 11 I London Closing Quotations. I Metnoa oj Parity oeiore Latest Centre Quoting 20-9-31 ftate Previously Paris Franc to 124.11 176 1116 176 li;i6 New York... to 4.8655 4.68 316 4.68 4 Amsterdam.... Guilders to 12.10 8.83 S.SS'a Kong Kong.. Per dollar U. 2%d. Is. 211 16d. Shanghai...
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    Exchanged His Clothes For Pearls
    111 11 Sydney, Australia, July 1 1 CHIVERING m shorts m a wintry wind on the deck of the Esthonian ketch Ahto m Sydney Harbour, iT-ycur-old Will Stein of Buffalo, N.Y., explained that he exchanged his clothes for pearls during the vessel's voyage across the Pacific. "Several
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    Printers Lose To Police Depot
    116 11 K. L. LEAGUE SOCCER •From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, July 24. fHE Police Depot, who are the runI ners-up m the League, beat the i Government Printers at soccer today by the only goal of the match. Though possessing the stronger side, the Depot
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    Daily Share Report
    53 11 TDI U I Bl SINESS n STCRDAI vsa Mtt, up i B rubber at lour N-t UH tents, Etturtu i%k uu-et lUtl itunge to ren rob^ or tm .shares toda> J <.T.41l volume of busilrar -"ir«i m these «ier I and h^J lor Straits I r.itcd n
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION
    58 11 sOON Mm I SI 9 18 -'d 916 Future Months Quotations No U K.S.S. on Registered Tender Aug.-Sept 23 23% Oct.-Dec 28 ■'< W% Jan.-Mar 28 11 16 28 13 15 Apr.-June 28 1116 23 13 16 Toi.e of Market: Steady quiet. latf^t Cable: I
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    Local Exchange Rates
    172 11 JLLY 24, 139; SELLING London T.T. 2,4 Londen demand l* 4 Lycns demand 2055 Switzerland demand 241 J.i Hamburg demand 135 New York demand 54 9 16 Montreal demand 54 9 16 Batavla demand 101% Samarang demand 101 Calcutta, Bombay ana Rangoon demand 156; k Tnidrcs and
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    PARENTS FIND CHILDREN DROWNED IN WELL
    161 11 Coroner's Sympathies For Father And Mother DLAVING NEAR their father who was making pig's food, two children were suddenly found missing. A search by the father, Ang Tak, and his wife, found the two children one aged five and the other three^ drowned m
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    Bound Over For Theft Of Sampan
    128 11 DLEADING 13UILTir to^ stealing sampan valued at $16 belonging to one Bulat at Kranji on July 6, a 20--year-old Malay, Dollah bin H. Abdul Hamid, was bound over 1n the sum of $50 m one surety for a period of six months, by Mr.
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    Current Company Dividends
    165 11 List Supplied Hy Messrs. Irascr Co. MONDAY, JULY 24, 1939: 3 P.M. Total for Dividend P^ t 1 1N Kampong Lanjut 6d. No. 12 July 26 Aug 2 July R *>i Pungah 9d. No. 18 6d bonus July 21 Aug. 4 July 22 Rantau 2fe% July 21
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    CAMERA GLIMPSES OF MODERN THAILAND
    83 12 Ihe Island Wat Arun, showing the main tower and three of the smaller towers of ('•'>. MniMis Bangkok templ<v Shakri Hall, Grand Palace, Bangkok. view ovei the citj of Bangkok Marble lion* jt IVai H Two Buddhist monks before a carved figure at the Grand
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    SPRING FOREST FIRE HAZARD IN CANADA
    326 13 SPRING FOREST FIRE HAZARD IN CANADA F Ottawa, Canada, July 10 IRE hazard m Canadian forests is usually high at this time of the year, according to the Dominion Forest Service of the Department of Mines and Resources, Ottawa, which compiles nre-hazard tables and carries on other research work m
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR
    165 13 The following ships are alongside the Singapore Harbour Board Wharves or expected to arrive Last Wharf, Entrance Gate 1; Exit 1 Cremer 22. Main Wharf, Entrance Gate 2; Exit 3:— Mata Hari 13; Kolam 16; India 14. Glenearn 11; Malacca; Ajax 9; Gcvang 8* Cuacam; Kaisyo Maru 7.
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      514 13 I "f §t- =i B jyp&O and BRITISH INDJATiNU p. 6i O. S. N. COS SAILINGS, OITWARDS Doe Dae Tonnase Spore. Tonnage Spore. 15.000 li'lv 28 BHUTAN 6.100 Sept 23 6.800 July 28 BEHAR 6.200 O-t 2 ***** Aug 11 CHITPAL 15*000 Oct' 6 17.000 Aur 25 CORFU ISooo Oct
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      193 13 CASTLE LINE tOR NEW YORK, BOSTON. BAMUIOKt AND SAVANNAH via The Cape Arrives Sails Due New York m v GRETVSTOKE CATTLE Aug. 7 Aug 12 Sept. 23 m.v. THURLAND CASTLE Sept. 7 Sept 12 Oct 24 UMITEH PABCKNGKB ACCOMMODATION. BEN LINE Foi LONDON 4NTWfcKI\ KOTTtKDAAJ UAM lit KG LEITH A^D
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      605 13 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Ocean Building, Collyer Quay, Singapore Ic| 515 L Chartered Bank Building, Penang Trl 1366 BLUE FUNNEL LINE. FAST SERVICES MARSEILLES, LONDON COMINLM AND GLASGOW (m conjunction with the Glen Line) Uue Sat!* GLENEARN Mars L'don, R'dam, Ham., Ant., Midd Tu ToPATROCLUS Mars. L'don. R'dam, and Glasgow J,.ly
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      464 13 Air Mail Arrivals And Despatches INWARD Imperial: From Europe doeMonday. Thursday. Friday afternoons. 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. X.L.M.: From Europe: Arrives Saturday, Monday, Wednesday evenings. K.N.1.L.M.: from
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      53 13 CLEARANCES July 25: Diala (Brit.). Kong only; ±To Connect with s.s. straat IMalakka at Batavia. MAILS EXPECTED Mails from Netherlands Indies by air (KLM) are expected m Singapore today. Mails from Australia. Netherlands Indies etc.. by air (Qantas) are expected m Singapore today. Mails from China by Cremer are expected
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      592 14 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated In P.MB.) TELEPHONE Freight 5422— Passage 5421 MU&OM* MCIIIC IHK FMPRESS" ROITE offers IRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES via HONOLM I or direct EMPRESS to VANCOUVER ACROSS CANADA by IRANS- ONTINE.NTAL TRAIN without change— thence by CANADIAN PACIFIC ATI ANTIC SERVICES TO ENGLAND or the CONTINENT— aII under ONE
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      158 14 For Everything Appertaining to Ocean Passages, Foreign Money Exchange and Freight apply CORK'S WACO§SIJTS ZO, ROBINSON ROAD No Booking Fees. Telephone 5908. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO.. LTD. (Incorporated la England; (APCAR LINE) FOR HONG KONG, SHANGHAI, MOJL, KOBE AND OSAKA s. s, SHIRALA 8,000 TONS SAILING JULY 28 AT
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      489 14 AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES l^ TO EUBOPE FBOM SINGAPORE AND PENANG TO COLOMBO, BOMBAt M) 7 AIEXANDRLV NAPLES, GENOA MARSEILLti ANu'm Arrive* Uaves f^-, Soore. Sport JJ Vn^ I PRESIDENT MONROE July 31 Aup PRESIDENT ADAMS Aug. 13 X PRESIDENT VAN BUREN Aug. 22 Aup PRESIDENT HARRISON Sept 9 Se&t U
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      593 14 RADIO PROGRAMMES i SINGAPORE TODAY ZHL 225 metre*. 711 V 2006 metreft p.m. 5.00 Songs by Ahmad C. B. Malay) t 5.20 Malay tangos and rumba3f. 5 40 Kronchongs*. 6.00 Cantonese dramas. t 6.40 Children's programme. (Cantcnese).f 7.00 Children's programme. (English). 7.15 Time, weather, news ard announce ments. 7.30 Talk:
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      548 14 ♦WORK OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE 1 j Duke oTKent On Cancer Research London, July 5. v v nc tf mnporters tne lJp a Tillage SetUement referred to Z th™ Solved by Dr. jtertlH CruicS^, one of the Papworth res/arch workers, that there is an association between tuberculosis and canCe "Since Dr.
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    BRITAIN'S TENNIS 'KING'LOOKS BACK
    162 15 BRITAIN'S TENNIS 'KING'LOOKS BACK Lunatic With Revolver Sought Helen Wills I London, July 11. Larcombe, manager and secretary of nd Lawn Tennis Club (retiring in'Septtold me how he once had to humour ho entered his office and threatened ites Stanley X. Doust. ..de" story j play afh Queen he match,
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    Portsmouth Made £15,000 Out Of Cup
    96 15 don. July 11. I :.ing: the I these I I sood thing I Rice. I dm moI t WemI if folk m I they I ith's I ies G I I and the BIS 000 I Cup. E I vhen I Uth i [n
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    MR. E.W.P.FULCHER
    9 15 I. I 'rical <sly ill at slightly
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    67 15 The following will play cricket for the S.C.C. vs. a Women's XI on Friday, at 4 p.m. on the padang: C. W. Auchmuty, T. G. D. A. Cooper, J. A. Dean (capt.), Capt. E. Dynes, A. C. Growder, Major D. V. Hill, P. W. Holt, A. F. Hunter, W. H.
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    14 15 Brown hits out during the game between Lancashire and Middlesex at Old Trafford recently.
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    £1,486 INCOME "INADEQUATE"
    287 15 London, July 7. THE Hon. Mrs. Lan Finlay, sister of Lord Glenarthur, gave details of her household expenses when her examination m bankruptcy was resumed at Glargow yesterday. At the previous hearing it was stated that her liabilities were £26,798 and her assets £174. Mrs. Finlay stated
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    Tenders For New Malacca School
    60 15 THE following tenders were received for the construction o! a new Vernacular School and two Teachers' Quarters at P.idang Temu, Malacca Goh Tiong Sin ($l4 000), Koh Lian Seng $14,025). Bak Hoi ($14,600 Pang Nyit Chik ($14.650 Chan Twee Kirn $14,950 YeD Chal ($1^,800) The
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    DOUBLE YACHTING WIN FOR FELICITY
    397 15 Wins Monthly Cup And Vinette Trophy A frtfb south- westerly wind was blowing lor the start of the race m the Monthly Cup series. A run was made for the first mark where the fleet arrived well bunched with Ajax holding a slight lead, but
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    'My Husband Admired It'
    336 15 QUEEN MARY REMEMBERS TINY RED FLOWER Windsor, July 6. QUEEN MARY, walking round the massed blooms of the Royal Show flower tents m Windsor Great Park, came on a little flowering strawberry, a Potentilla. It is a member of the rose family. Its flower was red
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    PLAYED SOCCER ON LAVA
    139 15 Corinthians Home From World Tour London, July 11. DACK home from their football tour m Iceland are the Islington Corinthians, who played m Malaya. Mr.. Thomas Smith, the secretary, says that all the games were played on a pitch of powdered lava, which the ground watered
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    Bobby Locke's Challenge To Burton
    311 15 Bobby Locke's Challenge To Burton London, July 15. IN the golf world Bcbby Lcclie is hop- ing to make a little profit at the expense of the new open champion. Richard Burton. He is playing him for £250 a side on the Mere Club's course, Cheshire, which isn't far from
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    Atlantic Yacht Racing Thrills
    49 15 A MEMBER OF THE CREW applies his weight to the main pooseneck downhaul M the 3 Moot yawl Dorade takes i>art of the Pacific Ocean over the weather bow. The Dorade was defending her title m the trans-Pacific yacht race from Treasure Island to Honolulu.
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    Today's Contract Bridge Problems
    406 15 (By the four Aces, David Rurnstone, Merwin D Maicr Oswald Jacoby, and Howard Schenkei North, Dealer Neither side vulnerable The bidding: North East South West 1C Pass 1H P. 2C Pass 2S Pass 3C Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass There is an old Bridge rait to
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    CHINESE POSTMAN IS ALLOWED $250 BAIL
    78 15 Misappropriation Of Pastel Article Alleged ALLEGED to have disk] y mfe- appropriated ;i postal art* cover containing p cash, Oob 1 Teng, a 34-year-old Kockchia pi ppeared before Mr. J. Flet« m the Singapore Third Police Court. yesterday. Alter the charged had been explained
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    WICKETS FALL QUICKLY IN SECOND TEST MATCH
    497 16 England Declare With Seven Down For 164 FAST 76 BY HARDSTAFF SAVES HOME TEAM Manchester, July 24. AFTER rain had allowed only 32 minutes play on Saturday, it again interfered with run-getting at Old Trafford today m the second Test match between West
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    65 16 The following will play cricket for the Singapore Non-Benders vs. United Services' Officers at the S.C.C. on Sunday, at 11 a.m. J. A. Dean <capt.», A. Gilmour, Comdr. H. J. Haynes, C. Hewetson, Major D. V. Hill, Major F. E. Hugonin, T. J. Leijssius, Lt.-Col. H. F. Lucas, Major A.
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    Publishers' 2—1 Win Over Malaya Signals
    319 16 AT the Stadium yesterday, before a handful of spectators, the Publishers beat the Malaya Signals by 2 goals to 1 m division lIA of the league. The Signals were two goals down when they rallied and reduced the deficit with the best goal of
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    TODAY'S SOCCER MATCH
    30 16 Malays vs. Loyals soccer match to be played at Anson Road Stadium today has been postponed and the new date of the fixture will be advised later.
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    R.A.M.C. Draw With Pulau Brani
    468 16 R.A.M.C. Draw With Pulau Brani A GOAL EACH IN KEEN GAME SCORING a goal each m the last ten 3 minutes of play, the R.A.M.C. and Pulau Branl shared points m their second division (a) league football fixture played at Tanglin, yesterday. This was the second meeting of the teams
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    MANCHESTERS DEFEAT S.C.C. 3-0
    410 16 MANCHESTERS DEFEAT S.C.C. 3-0 picture. Waite Tower Of Strength In Club Goal A GAME of fluctuating fortunes was seen on the padang yesterday, when the Manchester Regiment beat the S.CC. side by three goals to nil m a reserve division league soccer fixture. The Manchester' first goal came late m
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    5 NEW HORSES CLASSIFIED
    129 16 5 NEW HORSES CLASSIFIED Association's Li,t Straits Raci ng FIVE ne* been cla>. I the classification the Straits R J > First Ra, Sir l.^arTu*?.^ are classified Iwhile Alba, and I Valagundi. are <?** Q* Freedom v was a wihi. i Perak Turf Chi iSnJj been promoted < The list
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    Garrison Golf Club Women's July Medal
    83 16 The wom< petition of the July, played at win for Mn I score of 33. The follov. Mrs. P. W H Mrs. J. A. Allen 40Mrs. F. G B: Mrs. W. J H Mrs. H C. Re Mrs. J. J. O Dv *0Mrs. L.
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