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

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 13,83*. ESTD. 1835 THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1939. 5 CENTS
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    RESERVE FLEET REVIEWED BY THE KING.
    372 1 Impressive Spectacle At Weymouth VETERANS OF GREAT WAR CHEER ROYAL BARGE London, Aug. 9. r greatest air manoeuvres continued today, vessels of the reserve fleet, anther in Wevmouth Bay. the King made the journey ith. back from Scotland, over 1,000 two successive rights in
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    PROTEST OVER THREAT TO MINES
    61 1 London, Aug. 9. THE British Ambassador in Tokio, Sir Robert Craigie, has been instructed to make a strong protest to the Japanese Government regarding proposed confiscation by the Japanesesponsored provincial government of Hcnan cf anthracite mines in north Honan, property or the Peking Syndicate, which
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    TRENCHES DUG NEAR BRITISH BORDER
    34 1 Gibraltar, Aug. 9. TRENCH digging operations arc being carried on by Spanish authorities in "neutral ground" 25 yards from British sentries. Spanish frontier guards have been reinforced recently.- Reuter
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    '"Talks May Not Be Resumed"
    137 1 London, Aug. 9, NO da;e has been fixed for resumption of the Tokio discussions on the Tientsin concession, and there is still a possibility they may not resume at all. says the political correspondent of the Financial News today. 'There are grounds." the corr capon
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    DUTCH CABINET FORMED
    45 1 Haffue. Aug. 9. DR D DEGEER, the Christian Traditicnalist leader, has succeeded lin farming a cabinet. Dr. Degeer ,s Premier and Minister of Flnani-e. Dr. Pyxhoon is Minister of Defence; Dr. van Kledens. Foreign Minister ana IDr Welter, Minuter of Colon-s.— Reuter
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    JAPAN GROWS IMPATIENT OVER PARLEY DELAYS
    274 1 Tur r 7 Tok »o, Aug. 9. THK Government is revealing impatience over delay in the Anglo-Japanese conference on Tientsin, arising from British consultations with Third Powers. Mr. Sotematsu Kato, Minister-at-Large to China, leader of the Japanese delegation, has made representations to Sir Robert
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    Il Duce: Reports Of Heart Attack
    58 1 Il Duce Reports Of Heart Attack Koine, Au£. 9. QFFICIAL circles here declare V reports that Muxsolini has had a heart attack, with other complications, are "simply ridiculous." It is stated he is perfectly well, that he appeared in a gymnastic display at the Mussolini Forum in Rome on Sunday,
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    4 Killed When Bomber Crashes
    127 1 London, Aug. 9. COUR of the crew were killed and one injured when an R.A.F. bomber crashed at Tollington, near York today. Out of the 1,300 planes taking part in the mimic war, three have so far failed to return, including the crash at lollington.
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    "EXPECTING PEACE" SAYS GOERING
    68 1 Berlin, Au£. 9. "The wall in the west keeps watch on the Rhine and the wall can never be shaken/ 1 said Field-Marshal Goering on his return from a tour of inspection of industrial plants and air force garrisons on the western fortifications today. "We are
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    BRITISH CREDITS FOR RUSSIA ?
    42 1 BRITISH CREDITS FOR RUSSIA London, Aug. 9. Under a new Soviet-British trade pact, which 13 likely to follow the conclusion of a military alliance, Russia may receive cre<lit of £10,000,000 to even up the balance of trade, says the Daily Express.- Reuter
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    Great Mock Air War Over Britain
    319 1 BOMBERS RAID LONDON, WEA THER AIDS A TTACKERS t .<,'■• London. Aug. 9. f ATESI reports regarding the 1,300 R.A.i. aeroplanes taking part in the mock air war— the biff/at ever staged— over Britain, indicate that some "invaders" succeeded in creeping through defences at
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    EMPIRE AIR MAIL IN BOMBERS?
    59 1 London, Aug. 9. /COMMENTING on Imperial Airways decision to reduce passenger accommodation on Empire routes, owing largely to the Government's armament I.rcgramme effecting supplies, the News Chronicle calls it a "shocking state of affairs The Daily Express suggests flying Empire mail in a fleet of
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    Danzig Nazis Plan Big Demonstration
    215 1 Danzig Nazis Plan Big Demonstration FORSTER RETURNS FRCM HITLER Berlin, Aug. A BIG demonstration agaiust "Polish threats to batter down Danzig wttfa guns" will be held at Danzig tomorrow night, according to the. official Geraaan News Agency. Herr Forster, the Danzig Nazi leader, returned to Danzig by air todav aftrj
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    36 1 Jerusalem, Aug. 9. A British sergeant wu killed and two British constal.les injured when a new patrol launch, raMßf oft Nathnaya was destroyed by the explosion of a timebomh The rad ot the crew escaped- Reuter
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    FRANCO HAS BIG RESHUFFLE IN SPANISH CABINET
    315 2 Move To Give Fascist Party Wide Influence REORGANISATION BRINGS SURPRISE APPOINTMENTS Paris, Aug. 9. details of the reconstruction of the Spanish cabinet, following reorganisation of the Falange (Fascist) party, making the party the decisive influence on life in new Spain, are officially revealed
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    No Increase Id U.S. Trade With Dictator States
    89 2 No Increase Id U.S. Trade With Dictator States Washington. Aug. 9. "THE I nited States will find it impossible to expand trade relations with totalitarian nations until they see fit to alter their fundamental economic philosophies." declared Mr. H. F. Grady, after being sworn in as Assistant Secretary of State
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    Chile Refuses To Hand Over Refugees
    97 2 Santiago, Aug. 9. TPHE United States Charge d' Affaires, and diplomatic representatives of 14 other American nations, in a long interview with the Chilean Foreign Minister, are reported to have agreed with the policy pursued by Chile over negotiations with Spain on the right
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    British Envoy's Visits Arouse Speculation
    304 2 Anglo- Japanese Parley Tokio, Aug. 9. JAPANESE newspapers today draw attention to the visit of the British Ambassador, Sir Robert Craigie, to the French and American Embassies in Tokio yesterday afternoon, following his interview with Mr. Sotematsu Kato, Minister-at-large to China, and chief delegate to
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    Britain Outlaws I.R.A. Chief
    109 2 London, Au,. 9. CEAN RUSSELL, chief of general staff u of the Irish Republican Army, has been outlawed under the new I.R.A. Bill. Another officer of the I.R.A. has also been outlawed by a decree of the British Home Office, reports Aneta-Trans-Ocean. The measure enables the
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    HOKKIENS PLAN SHOW FOR RELIEF FUNDS
    58 2 THE Hokkien. community in Singapore have made arrangerrients* to raise funds lor relief work in Cuina. The whole Chinese population of the city and of Malaya will be asked to exhibit any ancient drawings, art writing, or works of art in their possession, to
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    37 2 London, Au£. 9. According to an Athens preso report, the Duke and Duchess of Kent 3re expected at Salonika today from Belgrade. They will embark Tor a cruise in the roy?.l Yugoslavia yar-ht Duchess. Brit ish wireless
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    Conditions In Palestine Are Improving
    251 2 Conditions In Palestine Are Improving London, Au>. MEWS received today from Palestine show gradual but marked improvement in conditions there. The High Commissioner, Sir Harold MacMichael, is taking leave and will be absent from Palestine for two months during which the Chief Secretary will administer the Government. Sir Harold will
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    "HUSHHANGS OVER THE WORLD"
    193 2 "HUSHHANGS OVER THE WORLD" Winston Churchill's Broadcast To U.S. London Aug. 9. UTHERE is a hush through all Europe nay, over all the world broken only by the dull thud of Japanese bombs falling on Chinese cities and universities, or near British and American shins" declared Mr. Winston Charchill, broadcasting
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    CHINA PUSHES BUILDING OF NEW "LIFE-LINES"
    99 2 Chungking, Aug. 9. THE government is pushing construe- tion of the new highways linking i Sikong Province with India and Sining, 'according to a member of the special economic mission sent to Sikong. The entire highway between Chungking and Tachienlu, he states, will be
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    Germans' Abilities To Be Registered
    83 2 Berlin, Ail-'. I. pOMPLETE registration of "intelitcand physical Qualities" of ull Germans is to be taken between Aug. 12 and 19. One of the objects is to enable the authorities to draft non-combatants for various jobs in wartime An official announcement states "Should Germany be
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    LEAGUE RADIO STATION TO BE SOLD
    98 2 Geneva, Aug. 9. THE Swltt Government is negotiating for purchase of the League of Nations' private radio broadcasting fetation. Official circles disclosed today that negotiations have been in progress for the last two months. A League official said they had been prompted by two
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    DOLLAR PURPOSELY SENT DOWN BY CHINA?
    208 2 London, Aug. 9. A REPORT in the Daily Herald of a Soviet loan of 700,000,000 roubles to China is discredited In Chinese circles in London. They express the opinion the report is an offshoot of the Sino-Sovtet commercial agreement, concluded in May, under which,
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    Dr. Hoops Sent For Trial On Bigamy Charge
    163 2 Dr. Hoops Sent For Trial On Bigamy Charge BAIL REFUSED ■From Our I I B D R R A M Hoops, lava, who wu am st*d at Jai, by Scotland Yard cieeUi^jy charged at V with bigamous > i and remanded mi locav tmm for trial at the Bail was
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      A Baby Steals The Picture
      73 2 DING CROSBY md v.:: Bfaotf air *f wooad iriMi eyed baby. "Sa:. I Heaven", me Hi which opened :.t tl I Tbrt last night "Sandy" is a who strike* pote and his app< m more ■■mil il or appr the audi* or Mischa Auer's cast,
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      Jackie Cooper Gets Totrth
      41 2 JACKIE < star gives a* 'Newsboy H ijapore prcmi« light. Jackie pi I tey who, left I shelter in a a s^' :ity, and Kill tacular rircnlaUon -ween two d*> Lo leadership of Edmund I>'V supply the r-:r.'
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      SIR J. REITH WITNESS IN U.S. SUIT
      31 2 THE air. the liner Q Keith, rhairn is stated I give evident brought r Mrs K. hi" 1 Ufe in the disaster in Reuter
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    SEAMAN TELLS OF FATAL FIGHT ON WHARF
    17 3 i Comrade Staggered And p e ll After Being Struck
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    CORONER'S VERDICT OF CAUSING HURT
    167 3 who was the better man resulted in the r-old, Thomas Middleton, an ahle-sea- inv rend, s.s. Benarty on Saturday r i CMfft bean Middled nal action i ad of $100 District on and Institute He l ther he the Ittddl rrd up ./.eir ~nd :.d
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    Law Notice For The Day
    66 3 MUM >lr Mln Pedlow in the 2nd Court at 11 a.m. 352 37-s. v. R Ve:r. IPP a ChrtUaT Wee Kee Kan Sio ig if not con iluded Before Mr. Justice Manning in the ord. Court at 11 a.m. E 240 38- J. N. Jor.es
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    ARMS CHARGE AGAINST JAVANESE
    63 3 ALLEGED to have gone armed in r\ public in Seran^oon Road on luesday night. Ahmat bin Simin. a ear-old Javanese, appeared before Mr. J. Fletcher-Cooke, in the Singapore Third Police Court, yesterday. The weapon was alleged to have been a dagger. Police bai. f*j extended after
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    THEFT FROM CAR
    53 3 c&nnsNCE o. three weeks rigorous imprisonment was passed on a ese. Tan Heng. in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday, when he was convicted of stealing meat worth $1.50 from a car which was parked in Beach Road on Aug. 4. Tan was stated to have had
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    Found Son After 20-Year Search
    124 3 London. July 31. AN liali?.n mother who had moved to London and had not seen her first S3ii since birtn, has just d'sccvered him after a search lasting 20 years. T r e lad, r»?v/ a soldier in Turin barracks, had been cared for since
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    Lorry Driver Is Fined For Negligent Driving
    295 3 -THE SPEED LIMIT REGULATIONS for brrles are not to irritate the ririvprs but to safeguard them and other users of the road," said Mr. C H. Whitton, District Judge and Traffic Magistrate, when he convicted and fined a Johore lorry driver, Chay Soo
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    Court Story Of Raid On Municipal Offices
    363 3 A.S.P. TELLS OF DISCOVERY OF BETTING SLIPS A POLICK raid on the general office of the Assessor's Department in the Municipal Offices and the subsequent discovery of betting slips, was described in the Singapore Ihird Police Court, yesterday, during the trial of Ibrahim
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    39 3 pirture. he camp alon e the Johcre Strait edge of the playing field at Changi, where the 15th Field Company, Queen Victoria's Own, Madras Sappers and Miners, are accommodated. They are part of the rcinforcem from India. Free Press
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    ''NOTORIOUS BULLY" IS SENTENCED
    174 3 Use Of Knife On Schoolboy CTATED by the prosecution to be a notorious bully and known to the i police as a member of a gang, a thick- set Chinese youth, Tan Hock Guan, wau I yesterday sentenced to two months' I rigorous imprisonment by Mr.
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    Firm's Alleged Excess Stock Of Rubber
    864 3 Firm 's Alleged Excess Stock Of Rubber EVIDENCE in a case 01 considerable importance to rubber dealers was recorded bg Mr. J. McFall, in I Singapore Criminal District Court yesterday. Aik Hoe and Co., Ltd., weO-known Singapore robber dealers, who were represented by Mr. D. K. Walt are alleged to
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    A.R.P. At A Motor Factory
    107 3 IT WAS ANNOUNCED recently that 1 the directors of the Standard Motors Co., of Coventry, have 1 sanctioned a further .sum of £15.000 (o be fpeir on Air Raid Precautions. This expenditure is to ccver the cos' of constructing more sted and concrete air raid
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      154 3 INTRODUCING KLEEN-RITE THE SCIENTIFIC REFILIABLE XOOTH&RUSH SBHB9HBBH COMMENDED BY 74 OF THE DENTISTS BPpPPSFBP I" mos t of the popular Toothbrushes the bristles are 15£Sy|E i£Jyifi| cut Curved-shaped "—only a few bristles actually ■cB yS||ZZ^W| coming in contact with the teeth. Now look at 9^*9 bottom figure. KLEEN-RITE is Different
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    PLANT BEHAVIOUR IN SINGAPORE
    987 4 Growth Cycle Determined By Life Of Leaf INTERESTING TALK BY ROTARY PRESIDENT IT is the limit of the life of the leaves which give plants and trees in Singapore their cycle of growth and change, said Mr. R. E. Holttum, Director of Botanic Gardens and president
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  • Correspondence
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      New Name For M.A.H.A. Show Advocated
      169 4 New Name For M.A.H.A. Show Advocated (To ihc Editor of the Free Press) OIK,— Many a child has had to squirm through life because enthusiastic parents branded him Algernon, Cuthbert or Aloysius, but has the Malayan Agri-Horticultural Society ever paused t3 think of the harm done by giving its annual
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      REQUEST FROM A.A. MALAYA
      163 4 'From Our Own Correspondent* Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 8. A LETTER was sent by the Automobile Association of Malaya Singapore, requesting that the Sanitary Board by-laws be amended to enable compulsory provision to b« enforced for adequate parking arrangements in all new public buildings erected within Sanitary
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      CRASSI, ONE OF THE CONQUERORS OF MALARIA
      370 4 pi fit "^t far boa Rjme. is in deep mourning Whereas iht advent of Spring means new life everywhere, this village has just been Diur.ged into sadness by the death of an old man who devoid the Ml seven years of his active
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    Dawson Appeal Is Dismissed
    121 4 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Aug. 8. JiHE F.M.S. Court of Appeal, cDnslctA ing of Mr. Justice MrElwaine. Mr. justice Gordon Smith and Mr Justice Murray Ainsley, dismissed the appeal of T. R. P. Dawson #ho was I convicted by the Kuala Lumpur Maiglstrate on a
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    OIL-ENGINED CAR FOR MOTOR SHOW
    89 4 London, July 30. DRITISH motorists are soon to be! offered an oil-engined car for the first time. One will be on exhibition at the Motor Show in the autumn. The car will be American, but the engine is made by a British firm who have
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    K. L. SEWERAGE SCHEME
    262 4 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 8 QUESTIONS whether it was usual to first test an experimental waterborne sewerage system and what were the details for the proposed $60,000 experimental scheme were asked at a meeting of the Kuala Sanitary Board. At another meeting, the
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    World Rover Moot
    63 4 IX THE presence of a large crowd, Lord Somers, Deputy Chief Scout, and Mr. John Colville, Secretary of State for Scotland, spoke at the opening of the first World Rover Scout Moot held in Britain. Over 4.000 Rovers from 42 countries attended the moot at Menzie Castle,
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    Correspondent's Story Of Air Raids On Ichang
    546 4 "UNION JACKS IGNORED" Chungking, Aug. 8. A VIVID account of the Japanese raids on Ichang, on Aug. 6, in which British property was bombed, is given by a correspondent of Chinese Central News who, together with several foreign residents, witnessed the bombings from
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    GOT OUT FROM TRAIN —TNTO RIVER
    73 4 GOT OUT FROM TRAIN TNTO RIVER MEXT time Mr. William Curtain, of Cooranbong, Australia, leaves a railway carriage he will l<Y>k T'hsre he is going. When his train stopped on Dora Creek Bridge, near Newcastle, Mr Curtain, thinking he was at the station, got out— into the river. It was
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    He Blamed Smoking For Gunpowder Plot
    68 4 He Blamed Smoking For Gunpowder Plot A N iection of b of Harv a some of tb 1507- A rr.' can natn 1571 < Salvado: 1590-i !?*<*• widely M»— Tobacc for the "me IGO4- I's famous the first atta was pub.. v. 1612-Tob.. renting o: clay n£L k 1616Deacon Med
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    15 DAYS SERVICE FOR STATE IN MADRID
    195 4 Affects Men Betwen 18 50 Years Madrid Juj, I CERVICE u the Slate for p^ reconstruction is madf coop*. I by a law approved by th«? Govqm f yesterday It afferU men bet\ years. They are compe'icc to rtafc l*rsonal service lor 15
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    MADE GETAWAY FROM POLICE CUSTODY
    26 4 MADE GETAWAY FROM POLICE CUSTODY From Ou: BROUGHT up inp from young Chinese. "Zw* know it was an offence v getaway 'W The mapi: riays' taprta
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    New Hope For Tuberculosis And Leprosy Sufferers?
    239 5 New Hope For Tuberculosis And Leprosy Sufferers? Baltimore, Aug. 6. TUBERCULOSIS and leprosy, twin scourges of mankind since the dawn ,of history, may be treated with nev> effectiveness with a derivative of sulfanilamide, delegates to the 97th: annual convention of the American Chemical Society were told. Dr. Perrin H. Long,
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    BRITAIN TO HAVE FASTEST AIRLINERS IN THE WORLD
    317 5 Maximum Speed Of 330 m.p.h. London, Aug. 1. JUREE new 32-ton air-liners— the fastest in the worldare to go into experimental service on British routes next year. JHE PLANES, provisionally known by their specification number 4< 14 38," are to be capable
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    Londoner Seeks Lost Diamond Mine In Mexico
    312 5 Londoner Seeks Lost Diamond Mine In Mexico London, July 3L A RTHUR JAMES HAMILTON, a young Londoner, is preparing a search for Mexico's lost diamond m.n».\ vTites the Mexico correspondent of Fvening Standard. According to Mexican records the rrine yielded a considerable number of gems before those who worked it
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    Brought Back To Life In Vain
    96 5 London, July 26. AFTER his life had been restored by a doctor three days previously. William Rendall. a sixty-eight-years- old alms-house inmate of Yeovil, has Idled in Yeovil Hospital. Last Tuesday he collapsed, and while on his way in the ambulance to hospital his
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    Doctor Writes His Own Epitaph
    94 5 London, July 31. DR. ARTHUR CROOK, 73, for nearly 50 years a member of the Norfolk and Norwich Chess Club, has left his home in Norwich and gone to London. Reason? In order to live near the new National Chess headquarters in Cavendish Square, which
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      36 5 The True Story of the famous Pilot who "took the wrong turning" to Europe! I— M v I The Original— CAPITOL. TUESPAYJiEXiJ Wrong Way DOUGLAS CORRIGAN -The FLYING IRISHMAN" -^uTIiOBERT ARMSTRONG RKO RADIO picture PAUL. KELLY
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1939. Thai Oil Dispute
    676 6 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1939. Thai Oil Dispute DRITISH and ether foreign busiu ness interests in Thailand are watching with close interest the dispute between the Thai Government and the Standard Vacuum Oil and Asiatic Petroleum companies which have now ceased business in that country. Superficially, the
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    Irgun: Jewish Military Organization Activity
    691 6  -  JACOB SIMON By Jerusalem. TRGUN, a secret voluntarily financed, voluntarily recruited Jewish military organization, which forms the nucleus of a Jewish international army, is the reply of the Jews to Arab terrorism. Similar to the Vigilances, leaders of Irgun are armed with rifles, bombs, handsrenades,
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    Mystery Of The Thunderstorm
    328 6 CCIENCE can neither predict nor explain completely Nature's grandest spectacle— the thunderstorm. "iere does the electricity come from Why does lightning follow its zigzag path What causes ball lightning? Thunder is sound caused by the rending of the air by lightning. The series of crashes after
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    FOUND MAN COVERED WITH BLOOD AFTER SCUFFLE
    1354 7 FOUND MAN COVERED WITH BLOOD AFTER SCUFFLE European Tells What He Saw From Window INQUIRY INTO DEATH OF HAINANESE "BOY" JJOW a European while m his bedroom heard shouts coming from the road and, on going to the window saw two persons riding away on bicycles in opposite directions, leaving
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    56 7 l.MO (AMP: Top. men of the loth Field ComOtna, Madras sappers and Miners pitching camp ffcey arrived on Tuesday from India lo help reBftoM. two of .he f the 5th Battalion, one of the battalions from India, who are in Ihe officers are Lieutenant M. G. D. Kallue <lefn ieatenaal
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    Chettiar's Claim Against Building Contractor
    358 7 Chettiar 's Claim Against Bu ilding Contracto r p ryhood friends, two men from i claim for over $10,000. one other as defendant, before Mr. Justice S gapore Hi^rh Court yesterday. f r Ipi Chetount .gned by who I I'HFM'WI > i I AIM the proI o wipe off te
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    22 7 Miss Barbara Gilman, a singer, will be arriving in Singapore on Aug. 15 to give a concert at the Victoria Memorial Hall.
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    CONSTABLE FOUND WOMEN PUNCHING TAMIL
    120 7 two women who were alleged to have been seen by a police constable to be punching a Tamil pleaded guilty when charged in the Singapore Third Police Court, yesterday, with behaving In disorderly manner in public. The women were Monijah blntc Hassan, 27, Javanese, and
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    Sikh Acquitted On Murder Charge
    96 7 Sikh Acquitted On Murder Charge 'From Our Own Correspondent; Penanr, Aug. 9. THE SPECIAL JURY returned a un- animous verdict of not guilty this morning at the conclusion of the retrial at the Criminal Assizes, in which Hazara Singh was charged with the murder of Najar Singh, a watchman employed
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    51 7 A charming photograph of little Prince Albert of Liege, the youngest child of King Leopold of the Belgians The young prince dressed in sweater and shorts was playing with his pet lamb in a flower covered field on the royal estate at Laeken, when his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth snapped this
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    Story Of Ear-Cutting Threat
    189 7 Story Of Ear-Cutting Threat A LLEGLD to have posted "slogan H posters, containing the word* Overseas Chiuese Antagonists Opposition and National Salvation Party iStudc-ntfi Division*," on a coffee shop in Char.gi, two Chinese, appeared beicre Mr. Conrad Oldham m the Se-ond Court yesterday, charged with beiiig -nembfrs of an unlawful
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    Look On Her Face Gave Her Away
    73 7 Great Yarmouth, July 31. A MOBILE POLICE OFFICER said this about a 19-year-old girl xrotor*st at Great Yarmouth court today: "The expression on h«-r lace gav« me the impression th&l she had no driving licence. "As I passed her she coloured up Lnd
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    PASSENGERS BY AIR
    162 8 •d tram n.e.i. by kntlm pis 7: Mr. Gillmore. Mr. Seferiens Lert for Saigon by K N.I.L.M. plane 7: Mr. and Mrs. Gordan. Miss Gordan. Arrived from Europe. India and! lan by K.L.M. plane on Aug. 7: Mr. and Mrs Sohuller, Mr. W. G. ii. Mr. X.
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    MARECHAL JOFFRE
    42 8 mail and passenger steamer *n.v. IfarectuU Joffre from Japan, China and Saigon ls expected to arrive today at about 4 p.m. and sail at about 10 pm. for Colombo, Djibouti. Port-Said and Marseilles. She will berth at the she tames.
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    30 INJURED IN LABOUR RIOTS
    163 8 Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. IN THE WORST LABOUR riot since the steel strike of 1937, police and pickets, including scores of women, battled this morning with clubs, gas bombs and stones as members of the United Aut/#nobile Workers attempted to put Into effect their threat to
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    NAZI AIR DEFENCE CHIEF ON SAFETY OF BERLIN
    126 8 Berlin, July 31. OERLIN is safer against enemy air attacks than any other city in the world." said Major-General Hoffmann who is in charge of the city's air defences, in a statement made in Berlin General Hoffmann controlled last week's "black-cut" tests
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    Man's Thanks To Empire Pilots
    94 8 Sydney. July 31. ALTHOUGH he has never flown in an Empire flying boat, Mr. John S. Ingrain, of London, has sent a letter of thariks to the pilots on the England-Australia run. He thanks them for "so faithfully carrying viail between myself and my beloved
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    Forcible Feeding For Jewish Hunger Strikers
    178 8 Forcible Feeding For Jewish Hunger Strikers Palestine, July 31. AFTER FIVE DAYS' hunger strike, 80 Zionist Revisionists in the concentration camp at Sarafand. Palestine, were forcibly fed today. The men demand definite reasons for their detention, and thnt they be held for specific periods. Dr. Isaac Herzog. Chief Rabbi of
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    "Little" Man Who Will Have A Busy Time
    144 8 "Little" Man Who Will Have A Busy Time London, July 31. TRENCH Rear- Admiral Victor Petit r (whose name means "Little") has been appointed: Inspector of Protection Against War Gases; Chairman of the Higher Committee Studying Chemical Experiments and Protection Against War Gases; Chairman of the Higher Fire Committee; Inspector-General
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    FRANCO WINS £8,000,000 GOLD CLAIM
    304 8 FRANCO WINS £8,000,000 GOLD CLAIM Paris, July 27. FOLLOWING A DECISION by the Paris court today, the £8.000,000 of Spanish gold, deposited in the Bank of France by the Bank of Spain in 1931 as security for a loan, has been released from any legal lien. Claims advanced by the
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    SHIPS USING MALAYAN PORTS HAVE INCREASED IN LAST TWO YEARS
    690 8 Marked Decline In Japanese Tonnage London, July 28. PARTICULARS of Malayan shipping arc given in a report issued by the Department of Overseas Trade on economic and commercial conditions in Malaya. The following table shows the number and tonnage of
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      310 8 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS TENDERS SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY Tenders. Tenders are now invited for the iollowing materials or services. For particulars see Municipal Tenders Room Supply of new or second-hand steel sheet piling. Date of Closing. 4 p.m., Sept. 14, 1939. Wiring Installation for Paya Lebar Pumping Station, Eastern District. Date of Closing.
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      755 8 RADIO PROGRAMME SINGAPORE 11.20 Rose down TODAY TOMORROW ZHL 225 metres. p m ZUP 30 06 metres 5.0a "Der MuslWdnd P-™ T 6.05 LIKiJ 5-00 Hindustani music. J 6.20 M 5.30 Teochew Guakar.c music bv the Thaw 72 0 MUSICaI ASsLCiatlCn l.*Uusl 7.0 nr^amrne. fEntflUn J "g a d 7.15
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      470 9 '•if— flß^B Im &&SS^^Bte*mm^ '••111 I 'RATED IN BIOUUIDi p. 6t O. S. N. CO'S SAILINGS. OVTWARDS I ,t >norf lonnajfe Spore. jj A'.:g 11 CIIITRAL 13.000 Oct 6 I.j 2b CORFU 15.000 Oct 20 SOL n AN 6.000 Oct.' 20 8 CANTON 15 500 Nov. 3 Sept 22 CARTHAGE
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      334 9 THURSDAY, AUGUST 10 TIDORE Selat-Pnndjang, Bcngkaiis. Soencei-Paknlng, Sink and PakanBaroe. BOELONGlAN— Sinjkawans and Pemanskat. ROCHUSSEN— ToboaIi. Sourabaya, Boeleleng (passengers nnd mails only), Ampenan (passengers and mails only), Padang Bay (passengers and mails only), Benoa (passengers and mails only) and Banjoenwansi. MERKUS— Letong, Kramat, Maras, Tarempa Genting, Poeloe-Panjang, Serassan and Midai.
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      614 9 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Ocean Building, Collyer Quay, Singapore i>|. 51 jl. Chartered Bank Ballding, Prnans t>l 1366 BLUE FUNNEL LINE. FAST SERVICES MARSEILLES. LONDON, CONTINENT AND GL.ISGOW (in con junction with the Gl«n Line) Hoe Sail* MEMNON Mars., Cai>a L'don. a'cam. Ham. 6z U'gow Aug. 13 Aur 15 GLENROY Mars.,
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      267 9 Air Mail Arrivals And Despatches INWARD Imperial: From Kurope dueMonday. Thursday. Friday afternoons. Wearnes: From t'enang. Ipoh. and Kuala Lumpur. Arrives every evening. K.L.M.: From Netherlands Indies: Arrives Tuesday. Thursday. Saturday afternoons Qantas: From Australia: Arrives Tuesday, Friday. Sunday afternoons K.L..M.: rrorn Europe: Arrives Saturday, Monday. Wednesday evenings. K.N.1.L.M.; from
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      367 9 Iran!f nd:C <**" p.m. »ii*iaiaßr'F. M S 2 pm SS n &m?,' B3rOe Slak Javl JnS*!? Jang ™°re 4 p.m. Medai^ XIBIOr Dillyx nt&!i 9P m PamarW/ 'ii^iii'^A'iS^ TanSi *^L Eoelon-an 11 a.m Tandjong Pandan Mijer 4 p.m. o^ u Kedah 10 a.m Sarawak (generally circa 2 pm. u.s.a.:— Eastern
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    BRITISH TUG PERFORMS GOOD TOWING FEAT
    500 10 London, July 28. CPECIALLY constructed for salvage work and deep-sea towing the steam tu°: Neptunia arrived in the Mersey yesterday with the Lamport and Holt Line's motorship Linnell '(7,424 gross tons) in tow. As reported in Journal of Commerce and Shipping Telegraph, the Linnell
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      599 10 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. Incorporated in P.M.3.) TtLEPnONE: Freight Jl33— Pavsa*e 5421. giMASIAK PACIFIC Tilt -tMfftnV KOITE offers IRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES via lIONOUU or direct EMPRESS to VANCOUVER ACROSS CANADA by tRANSCONTINENIAL TRAIN tvitbout change— thence by CANADIAN PACIFIC ATLANTIC SERVICES TO ENGI.ANO or the CONTINENT-all under ONE N UfAGOBNT. LOW FAMES
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      428 10 For Everything Appertaining to Otean Passages, Foreign Monev Exchange and Freight apply CORK'S WAGO^SJLITS L WOO 10 T^AVgj^SgWVlCfi 39, ROBINSON ROAD No Rooking Fees. Telephone ."908. BRITISH INDiA STEAM NAVIGATION CO.. LTD. (Incorporated In England) (APCAR USE) FOK HONG RONG. SHANGHAI. MOJI. KOBE AND OSAKA s. s. NOWSHERA 7 920
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      500 10 TO EUROPE AND AMKRK VLA SINGAPORE AND PENANG, COLOMBO. BOMim an ALEXANDRIA. NAPLES, GENOA HAESEILLEs \m, Arrtm Le, Tts J SDOTC Spore W PRESIDENT ADAMS Aug. 12 1 PRESIDENT VAN BUREN Aug 22 PRESIDENT HARRISON Sept i Sent 13 X PRESIDENT HAYES Sept. ig SJ PRESIDENT POI^C Ot-t. 7 PRESIDENT
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      SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES
      770 11 SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES Yesterday's Quotations fraser And Co. 's List IWNAVfi MUNICIPAL Bu.Tert SciJcrt ,s 3d M 9d ..3d c.d. I 3d m 34 H .50 M I 3d x d 3d Hs s 6d d 8s 6d 2s 3d .is t>c *i •0 II 6d s 6d
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      LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCK & SHARES
      480 11 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCK SHARES From Exchange Telegraph Co. From Lcadon 5.30 p. m. Yesterday The above are dealers middle orires lohbers margins, brokerage ind stamp doty are not included. Share of £i denomination unless Latest Quotations Previously otherwise stated Conversion Loan, 5 p.c. 1944-04 109 3 a jqq^
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      Current Company Dividends
      78 11 tl'Mv-.w WO. 9, 1939: 5 P-M. IOLUI iui ■•*s Date Ex. ciiv. Financial m Payable date Year Aug 22 Aug. 24 Aug. 23 5". U* 4 AU S 11 Aug. 5 llfc* 21 A'ig. 11 Aug. 25 Aug. 12 Aug. i! Aug. 15 Aug. 12 3^ 10
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      Daily Share Report
      127 11 ISSUED BY FRASLR CO. AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS YESTERDAY Tin at midday was Sll3 7 s, unchanged and the price of Rubber at 4 o'clock was buyers Spot 28 Icents, buyers October Dscember t&% cents. table orders from London ttua morning again contained selling orders for
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      Week-end Ties In S. B. A. Tourney
      104 11 TIES FOR THE WEEK-END In the Singapore Badminton Championships are as follows: SATURDAY AT 2.15 P.M. M«.-« Junior Statics <" Ml ell c S Siew (Devonshire) vs. Yeo Hong ii "Glen's Junior Doubles (Semi-final):— P MlLin-nm and Nattunam UJoJgM Wee Kim Wee and
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      S.C.C. Tennis Ties Next Week
      276 11 THE FOLLOWING TIES in the S.C.C. tennis tournament will be played next week. Should rain prevent play on Monday, the ties will be transferred to Thursday and similarly Tuesday's ties to Friday and Wednesday's ties to the following Monday. Owing to the number of competitors
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      Local Exchange Rates
      182 11 AUG. 9, 1939: SELLING London T.T. 2 4 London demand 2,4 Lyons demand 2P55 Switzerland demand 241 'i Hamburg demand 135 New York demand .4 0 16 Montreal demand 54 9 16 Batavia demand 102 ',4, Samarang demand 102% Calcutta. Bombay and Rangoon demand 156 U Madras
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      R.S.Y.C. EVENTS
      98 11 The week-end's events at the Royal Singapore Yacht Club include the first race for the Berker challenge cup on Sunday which will be sailed for by "A" class. Tomorrow there will b? the usual afternoon races for all classes, starting at 5.25 p.m. On Sunday the "O" class
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION
      125 11 AUG. 9. 1939: It O'CLOCK NOON Buyers StUerc No. IX R.S.S. 6>ot 1 osc.. 28 916 28 11 18 No. IX R.S.S. FOB in cases August 28 28% G.F.A.Q. R.S.S FOB In bales August 28 716 28 P1« F.A.Q. R.S.S. FOB in bales Augii.«^ 28
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      THE COMMOODITY MARKETS From London 5.30. p.m Yesterday
      189 11 RUBBER: Firm London: 8 9 16d. B%d. Previously: 8 1 d. 3 9]Go Oct.-Dec: 8 9 16d. 8* B <i. Previously: 8 ~9 i6d. 8} a d. Jan. -Mar.: 8 5 B d. 811 16d. Previously: B\d. 811 16d. Apr -June: S^d.
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      THE METAL MARKETS From London: Latest Quotations
      68 11 THE METAL MARKETS From London: Latest Quotations TIN: Steady. Spot: £229 17s. 6d. Previously £229 17s. 6d. Three months: £225 12s. Cd. Previously: £225 12s. 6d NEW YORK TIN: 48.75. Previously 43.75. COPPER: £44 12s. 6d. Previously: £44 15s GOLD Yesterday: £7 Bs. 6d. Vxeviousiy: £7 Ss. 6 'id. SILVER:
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      Foreign Exchange Rates London Closing Quotations
      66 11 Foreign Exchange Rates London Closing Quotations Method o; **ant> oeiore iciest centre Quoting 20-9-31 Rate Previous* Paris Franc to 124.11 176 1116 176 1116 New York. I to 4.8655 4.68«* 4.68^ Amsterdam Guilders to 12.10 8.78 8.79l 4 Hong Kong Pet dollar Is. 211 16d. Is. 211 16d. Shanghai... Per
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      22 11 BANK OF CHINA SOERABAJA SUB- AGENCY Kambang Djepeea 176, Soerabaja. Telegraphic Address:— "CHUNGKUO, SOERABAJA" will be open for business AUGUST 14th 1939.
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    S.C.C. SNOOKER
    178 12 FOLLOWINO IS THE DRAW for the first round of the volunteer snooker tournament at the Singapore Cricket Club. Byes— E. Pooard -nd F. V. Read. E. H. Coleman and E. S. Housl^y. First round:— A. P. Hunter and C. P. TJston vs. O. Pritchett and Vaughan Jones; i
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    GIRLS' SPORTS CUB
    44 12 THE distribution of prizes won in i heGirls' Sports Club annual tennil tournament will take place on Saturday, when a sporis meeting will be held at 4 p.m. Mr C. H. da Silva has kindly consented to distribute the prizes. Mem-
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    90 12 bers and their friends are cordially invited. Results of the tennis tourney were* Championship Singles: Winner- Mrs. If. G. Eber. Runner-up—Mrs. L. II j Pennefather. "A" Singles Handicap: Winner —Miss B. Oehlers Runner-up Miss Z. D. Ivf. Clarice. "B" Singles Handicap: Winner- HIM Marjorie de
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    WALKOVER FOR POSTALS
    23 12 Tlie Pa^.t Office won their second league soccer fixture yt s:erday they were conceded a mJkranst Iran th? r.a.f. it).
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    PENALTY GOAL ON TIME GIVE S. C. C. FIRST WIN
    519 12 Gordons Beaten By Odd Goal In Three A PENALTY scored by Echelshiem two minutes from the end of play, gave the S.C.C. their first win in the first division soccer league yesterday against the Gordons at the stadium. The score
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    Scratch Tads XI Beat St. Andrew's
    251 12 Scratch Tads XI Beat St. Andrew's /"VWING TO Fort Canning failing to turn out for their cricket fixture against St. Andrew's School yesterday, the "A" Co., Manchester Regiment sportingly put up a scratch team and beat the schoolboys by two wickets at Tanglin. Meyer topscored for the school with 31,
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    FRIENDLY SOCCER
    58 12 The following have been s^Lvied to i represent the Geylang Serai F.C. against the Indian Muslim team in a j friendly game of soccer on Saturday at Municipal Stadium. Kick off at 5 p.m. Wan Puteh, Bakar Sulong, Ismail Rasol, Ahmad Alias. Keju, Hamzah, I Jamil, Ibrahim Haji
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    Fall Draw For Autumn Tennis Tourney At S.C.C.
    1074 12 Fall Draw For Autumn Tennis Tourney At S.C.C. FOLLOWING is the draw for the r S.C.C. autumn lawn tennis championships which start on Monday. •A" CLASS SINGLES Fi. I: D. A. Johnston 3) v^. Lt. F, A. de L. Young (scr.»; Major R. McL More I 3) Vi. J. Mac
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    56 12 picture. The S.C.C. met the Gordons at the stadium yesterday in a first divisio?i soccer match and sprang a big surprise on the soldiers when they beat them by the odd goal in three to store their first league victory of the season. This picture shoics a phase of midfield
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    AIRMEN BEAT CHANGI CIVILIANS FOUR-NIL
    264 12 AFTER having the better of the exchanges, the BJLF. Headquarters gained a four-nil victory over the Chang i Civilians in a second division (B) soccer league fixture played on the Singapore Harbour Board's ground yesterday. DLAY was of a mediocre standard, due to the slippery
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    R.E. BEAT' AIRMEN 2-0 AT CHANGI
    91 12 R. E. BEAT AIRMEN 2-0 AT CHANGI Div Soccer I •B Yt the ha, .F--two to; they suffered the hand Biith met str defence Midway in t peoM the fir..; g( parted bmatiou between Ch^u i B goalke,, ebaU Farrar second p who rac- 1 centrcu RJ ram Q A
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