The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 22 August 1939

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 15,862. tSTU. 1835 TUESDAY, AtGUST 22, 1939. 5 CENTS
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    SOVIET-GERMAN TRADE PACT AS A POLITICAL STEP
    132 1 lloscow Comment On "Improved Relations:'* Staff Talks Resumed Tment may improve not only economic political relations," the official Russian Pravda, commented yesterday on viet trade agreement, according to a iLr icport from Moscow last night. The paper was "designed to relieve the atmosphere/
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    Cabinet Meets Today: Premier Back In London
    237 1 Cabinet Meets Today: Premier Back In London London, Aug. 21. TOMORROW'S meeting of ministers has been converted into a full Cabinet me?tlns.*ft was announced tonight The Prime Minister. Mr. Neville Chamberlain, returned to London today, to prepare for the meeting. He looked fit and cheerful when he stepped from a
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    "THIS WEEK WILL BRING DECISIONS"
    39 1 I i lai .1. I d whether fl .:ain BriI nge m the I as autom by iv^r 8 'he I I ijipiece, I :tn| which I regard to I other in!Dcrtant aues- Reuter
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    CSAKY REUTRNS
    15 1 IL>»*»t. Auk. 21. irian Foreign ii- dapest this «S visiia to r,frman\ Reuter
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    53 1 LARGE-SCALE EXERCISES TOOK PLACE IN ENGLAND to test the country's air defences and the efficiency of the R.A.F.'s counter-offen-sive striking power. More than 1,300 aircraft took part, also 500 balloons and 1,400 anti-aircraft guns. Picture shows pilots running to their planes, to take off from Biggin Hill aerodrome. (Another picture
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    "NO CAUSE FOR UNEASINESS"
    64 1 "NO CAUSE FOR UNEASINESS" London, Autf. 21. REUTER'S diplomatic correspondent learns that nothing is known m London regarding reports of the proposed blockade of Hong Kong. It is considered there is no cause ur uneasiness, because as far as is known the situation is a repetition of that m October
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    NO BLOCKADE MOVES AT HONG KONG
    120 1 Hong Kong, Aug. 21. HESPITE numerous rumours of a blockade, Reuter definitely V established .today that no blockade has- so far been attempted, although its momentary possibility is well recognised. A TOUR of the border revealed all quiet. British and Japanese staff officers had
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    PARIS MINISTERS TO MEET
    78 1 Paris, Aug. 21. A meeting of the cabinet will be held tomorrow afternoon under the presidency of M. Daladier, the expected the meeting will be devoted exclusively to foreign affairs and will prepare the way for a more fmportant meeting on Thursday when President Lebrun will
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    Man Charged In Espionage Case
    37 1 London, Aug. WILLIAM BRAND, 28-year-old radio engineer, was charged Police Court today with ML fl under the OfflcW B£rd« A ct night m a local Informary. *.th tsctlvea at his bcdjlde.- Reuter
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    Minister On Britain's Armed Strength
    125 1 Minister On Britain 's Armed Strength London, Aug. 21. DR. Leslie Burgin, Minister of Supply, declared today that the democratic peoples were now fully awake to the dangers threatening the world, and had determined, whatever the cost, to make pood their defences. Britain's defences had been brought to a very
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    STOP PRESS
    128 1 Berlin, Aug. 21. Reliable information suggest! Germany's trial mobilisation i* rapidly progressing. Nurses are being called up and propaganda units organised. Soldiers are being inoculated and cars and carts been requisitioned, especially m Prussia and long trails of lorries and tanks are on the move. Cologne and other
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    28 1 Warsaw, Aug. 21. The British Consul-General advised British nationals m Poland today that if they had no special reason for remaininc. it is desirable they should leave.- Reuter
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    JAPAN & AXIS: POLICY WILL BE DECIDED TODAY
    236 1 JAPAN AXIS: POLICY WILL BE DECIDED TODAY Tokio, Aug. 21. TT is believed Japan's final decision on her policy regard- ing the Axis powers will be determined at a ministerial conference which, according to the newspaper Kokumin Shimbun has been called by Baron Hiranuma, the I lender, for tomorrow afternoon.
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    Tientsin Is Isolated By Heavy Floods
    163 1 Tientsin Is Isolated By Heavy Floods Tientsin, Aug. 21. [JAIN slopped today and the floods, which are the heaviest experieno ?d m Tientsin for 80 years, are likely jo recede within the next 24 hours. Virtually the entire town, including all the foreign concessions Is now flooded to a depth
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    Oslo Powers Will Meet In Belgium
    97 1 Brussels, Aug. 21. AT a meeting of the Cabinet today it was suggested the so-called Oslo Powers should be invited to a meeting m the near future m Brussels "to examine various questions of common interest." No indication is given of the Questions concerned.
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    CIANO FLIES HOME
    32 1 Tirana, Aug. 21. Count Ciano, Italian Foreign Minister, who arrived here on Sunday morning for a lightning tour of Albania, left Durazzo this afternoon for Rome by air. Reuter
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    Settlement Soon, Thinks Gayda
    88 1 Rome, Auk M ROME is seething with rumours of all kinds Indicating the tension felt here over the present situation. No confirmation is forthcoming of a rumour that the Pope has sent a high prelate to Warsaw. Signor Gayda <"the mouthpiece or Mussolini*' > writing m
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    TENSION THREATENS OVER SHANGHAI SHOOTING AFFAIR
    260 2 TENSION THREATENS OVER SHANGHAI SHOOTING AFFAIR Japanese Authorities' "Very Serious View" COUNCIL HAS PREPARED ENERGETIC PROTEST Shanghai, Aug. 21. A CRITICAL situation promises to develop m Shanghai *as a result of the shooting incident on Aug. 19 m which two members of the Japanese-fostered Chinese police were killed and two
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    Terrorism By Palestine Jews Condemned
    183 2 Terrorism By Palestine Jews Condemned Geneva, Aug. 21. T"HE idea of Jewish terrorism was condemned by speakers at th* Zionist Congress here today. B:i Katznelson one of the most Influential Jewish labour leaders, declared that a Jewish terrorist campaign m Palestine would be spiritual and moral submission to the Mufti.
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    HUNGARY'S BONDS WITH POLAND
    100 2 Budapest, Aag. 21. THE pi-ess here is discussing, Hun- u-iry's traditional friendship v ith Poland, and how this can be reccn;i!ed with a foreign policy whic*'i can only go m harnvny with the foretec policy of ihe Axis. The newspaper Nemzetor says friendship with Poland has
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    SUEZ BARRACKS SCHEME HELD UP
    67 2 Calf*, Aus. 21. I d that m uew of the ttona] situation and on 4rouna< of economy, the government has deeded not to prcrced. at lerut foe the present, with the new barheme m the Suez cana! zene. The barracks were intenfled for the British
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    RYDER CUP TEAM
    42 2 London, Au^. 21. The following golfers have been I cho^rn to represent England In the Ryder Cup match against America at Pontevcdia, Florida, on Nov. 13 and 19: Cotton, Adams, Burton, King, Padgham, Rees, Charles Whitcombe, Reginald Whitcombe.- Reuter
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    "An Open British Challenge"
    87 2 Tokio, Aug. 21. THE official Domci newsagency states that at the emergency conference held aboard the Japanese flagship Izumo, at Shanghai it was decided to "adopt a strong attitude" towards the International Settlement authorities as a result of the shooting affray between nen of the Shanghai
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    Cautious Mood In The City
    239 2 PRICES MARKED DOWN ON STOCK EXCHANGE London, Aug. 21. I ATE^T developments m the inter- national situation led all sections of the City to leassemble after the week-end holiday m a very serious I frame of mind. The feeling is perhaps best exemplified by the
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    THE "WHISPERING CAMPAIGN"
    108 2 London, Aug. 21. TTIE Germans have inspired a whisp- ering campaign, says The Times diplomatic correspondent, which is intended to create suspicion and doubt among the smaller Powers who look to Britain and France for a firm policy. The best answer, he says, is the plain fact
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    Young Dancer Denies A Romance With Hitler
    236 2  -  Anetu-Havas London, Auj. 21. jyjiss Miriam Verne, petite American dancer who so charmed Herr Hitler that he sent her a gold swastika and a signed portrait or himself, has arrived m London to Savoy S" g engagcffient at The first question she was
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    Preparing For A. A. TEST
    23 2 An cnti-aircmft gun being: polished and prepare.!, "somewhi bi Kent/ during: the big: air defence exercises m England.
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    Facing Aggression In Europe & The East
    269 2 Facing Aggression In Europe The East London, Aug. 21. A WEEK of hurried comings and goings on the con- tinent has brought solution of the immediate problem no nearer, says The Tirr»es today. "T*HE whole of the British people realise that critical days He ahead," The Times adds. "They have
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    Democracies "Confident & Calm"
    168 2 Democracies "Confident Calm" Paris, Aug. 21. "PRANCE and Britain *re confident hi their strength and are csba because their de?i ion has already taken." writes the newipaper P ft Paririen t^day voicing the note of calm j determination which runs through th<> whole press. The newspaper continues, that France and
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    Backed Car Over His Son
    126 2 London, Aug. 12. A JERSEY FARM foreman. Mated Henti Jegou, told this story to the Jersey coroner yesterday. "My employer tent me his car to take my wile and daughter to a cinema. I started up the engine, put the car into reverse, and as
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    SPAIN TO RELEASE FRENCHMEN
    55 2 Paris, Auk. 21. pOLLOWING the personal intervention of M. Bonnet. Fren h J Minister, and representations by M shal retain, French Ambassador m Spain, to Spanish Foreign Mini is confirmed here thnt the Spanish Government has decided to release all the French prisoners or w?.r n
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    GERMANY WINS ATHLETICS
    81 2 London, Aug:. 51. Germany beat Great Britain by 93 2 points to 42!-' 2 m the athletic contest at Cologne. Germany won all the events except the 110 metres hurdles which was a dead heat between Lockton (Britain) and Pollmans. The most exciting event of the contest
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    Salvation Army "Dictatorship" Reform Wanted
    130 2 Salvation Army "Dictatorship" Reform Wanted HIGH COONQ r Dreiimim: SU I Repn. in I Gen. Boo-: the i Her thc autocr.. Bo' Reform I A "re fori.. from the new render the "ah\. direction perse v I. power I being Howc\ that I rule i 0 Gen. L men' DOR
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    Big decrease In Rubber Exports From British North Borneo
    91 3 Big decrease In Rubber Exports From British North Borneo N rth Borneo I c. Phillips ia] meeting of of commerce the year 1938 >: -hi din? proM\d local exxcluding capifJfi/S R venue and local id railways i with the state an m«- to ihe c In A'Treement, "35 pounds xported
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    EUROPEAN MOTORIST IS FINES $25
    45 3 i'nilision At function United C Mr. C. H. rth Pchce ed cha: i section of ice. rgod with to be likely :> rlnf the d him appeard that Fries :he iunc- ■us Roads Stevens a car which. Road. The Corbett and
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    Stole Hat From Motorcar
    32 3 Stole Hat From Motorcar belonging to El a motorcar 16, Cheng Cantonese, reis days' simple Sued $5. m de- y r imprisonment. :."..ra Police Court. r.t, it was V". DM Qi |C-
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    ROTARY SPEAKER
    10 3 I re Rotary I Bote! tomorrow. I Dragons."
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    Volunteers At Work In K.L.
    41 3 nCTUBES taken during the Sel.mgor Volunteers' mobilisation test on Sunday. The top picture shows a volunteer patiently tries to make a fire lor his cooking, while the bottom picture shows some of the men peeling potatoes.
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    Teachers From All Parts Of Malaya To Attend Vacation Course
    210 3 Teachers From All Parts Of Malaya To Attend Vacation Course IV TORE than -a third of the teachers m the Government and aided English schools of Malaya will attend the vacation course which begins m Singapore on Thursday. The course is on a larger scale than any previously held m
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    Soliciting Charge Against Woman
    58 3 fHARGED with soliciting for immoral purposes m Waterloo Street on Sunday, a 30-year-old Javanese woman Minah binte Sanbujl. had police bail extended m the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday, when she claimed trial to the charge, and also to an alternate one alleging indecent behaviour. 4
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    EXPORTS OF TINNED PINEAPPLES
    85 3 DURING THE WEEK ENDING Aug. 12 exports from Malayan ports amounted to 20,914 cases, of which. 7.06 > 34 per cent.) cases were to the United Kingdom. 11,488 (55 per cent.) cases to Canada, and 2,366 (11 per cent.) cases elsewhere. Total exports for the period
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    COST QUESTION IN TROOP MOVES TO MALAYA
    368 3 British Government Or India To Pay? MATTER REPORTED TO BE UNDER CONSIDERATION Simla, Aug. 21. [HE Associatca r*ress ot India learns that the question whether the Government of India or the British Government should bear the cost of transfer of Indian troop units
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    Armed Robbery Allegations Against Two Men
    105 3 Armed Robbery Allegations Against Two Men ALLEGED to have committed armed robbery m Prinsep Street at 125 a.m. on Aug. 14, a Hokkien, Tiew Ah Kow, 26, and a Cantonese, Learn Yap Fai. 18, appeared before Mr. J. Fletcher-Cooke, m the Singapore Third Police Court yesterday. After the charge had
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    CHINESE PLEAD GUILTY TO CHANDU CHARGE
    94 3 WHEN two Chinese, Tan Guan and Lim Scow, pleaded guilty before Mr. J. McFall m the Singapore Criminal District Court yesterday on a charge of possession of 80 tahils of chandu, Mr. Wallace Kemp, of the Excise Department said that the accused were coming
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    Obtained Money Under False Pretences
    263 3 Obtained Money Under False Pretences LJOW a young English-speaking Chinese obtained various sums of money from Europeans by making them believe that he was being held by the police on motoring offences and needed money for bail was told m the Singapore Criminal District Court yesterday. The accused, Goh Ah
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    Law Notice For The Day
    78 3 Before the Chief Justice m Ist. Court at 10.30 a.m. Magistrate's Appeals: 1. Ng Thong Hai vs. Rex. Thereafter:— Bkcy. 391 38— Re Mohan Singh— Motion for Directions etc. Mr. Justice Pedlow at Malacca Assizes. Before Mr. Justice Manning: m 3rd. Court at 11 a.m.
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    OLD VEHICLES USED AS TRANSPOLT BUSES
    88 3 IT WAS stated at the annual meeting of the British North Borneo Chamber of Commerce that the committee had approached the Government regarding the conversion of old and worn out motor vehicles into motor buses (plying for hire) m Sandakan, both as to the
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    Snatch Thief Is Told "Whipping Next Time"
    136 3 Snatch Thief Is Told "Whipping Next Time" "I HAVE ALREADY issued a warn- ing about snatch-thieving. H you commit the offence again you will get a whipping/ remarked Mr. J. Fletcher Cooke, Singapore Third P° iic M g trate, yesterday, sentencing Yec wan, a 31-year-old Cantonese to six weeks rigorous
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    Boy's Death After Fall From Tree
    241 3 UOW SHE HEARD a thud outside her house and then discovered an unconscious Chinese boy, Yeo Koon Choo, lying face downwards under a rambutan tree on Aug. 14, was told by a Chinese woman, Goh Tit, m the Singapore Coroner's Court yesterday at an
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    DEATH OF SANITARY INSPECTOR'S WIFE
    44 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Aug. 20. The death took place at the Seremban Hospital of Mrs. V. Slnnathamboe, wife of Mr. V. Sinnathamboe, Sanitary Inspector, Seremban. The funeral took place at the Hindu Crematorium and was well attended
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    STOMACH PAIN GOES INSTANTLY
    192 3 New Remedy That Removes The Cause Flatulence, hetftlMn, pain, distension, palpitations, and shortness ol breath— you knew these distressing symptoms of indigestion only too well. Do you know th(*r cause? They caused by wind which m turn is caused by undisesUci and fermenting food We have
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    Removed Wheel From Bicycle Outside Cinema
    248 3 Removed Wheel From Bicycle Outside Cinema ACCUSED SAYS IT "TOOK HIS FANCY" 1 HAVE A BICYCLE of my OWH. I took a fancy to the DQ* wheel I took it," explained Lai Kong, a 16--year-old Cantonese youth, m the Singapore Third Police Cmrt. ye.- when he pleaded guilty to a
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    Supervisee Fails To Report
    80 3 ADMITTING nv c previous convlc- tions, two lor the same offence, a Malay, Ahmat Choljk bin Yahaya, p'eaded guilty m the Becond Police Court to a charge oi tailing to report as a police supervisee en Aug 8. The case was postponed a week for further
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    MAHARAJA LIVES IN HIT, COOKS OWN MEALS
    102 3 Allahabad, Aus. 11. I IVINO the austere life of an ascetic and cooking his own simple meals! the Maharaja of Hathwa is today sharing the hut of a holy man Garhwa, near Ballia, United Provinces. Since he left his stately home m Patna
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    TENNIS TEAM TO JAVA SAILS
    58 3 The Malayan tennis team, consi: ting of Chin Kee Onn, Gojn Kok Ying and Goon Knk Lem, together with Mr. Chung Ah Mtng, the non-playing raptain and Mr. D. H. Kleinman, the manager, sailed to Java yesterday morn'ng to play at inter-port match against Java,
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    London Doctor Will Challenge Dr. Goebbels
    460 4 London Doctor Will Challenge Dr. Goebbels London, Aug. 5. DR. Myer Coplans, or the Approach, Hendon, N.W. 4, is to challenge Dr. Goebbels, the German Minister of Propaganda, to let him visit a concentration camp m Germany and ompare it with South African prison camps which are described In the
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    UNEXPLORED MOUNTAINS HAVE OWNERS
    54 4 UNEXPLORED MOUNTAINS HAVE OWNERS raE Gaston Baavedia Ski c. of Ifl thought the Andes Mounains—still largely unexplored— were space. n they gUrted la build their :3e near the top ol a howtver, they found (aajf 8.U.P.) that I D the mountains have owners, and they have had to pay a
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    Malays & Proposed New Rice-Growing Policy
    535 4 Malays Proposed New Rice-Gro w ing Po licy RENEWED APPEAL FOR BAN ON IMMIGRATION (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala T umpur, Aug. 21. DEFLECTING the great agitation among Malays against the proposal of the High Commissioner, Sir Shsnton Thomas, to give oppotunities to non-Malay Asiatics to plant padi m Malaya
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    39 4 In the glorious setting of Torbay, Devon, yachts raced m the brilliant sunshine, while huge crouds of holidaymakcrs icitnesscd the Channel yachting contests lo.ct week. Picture shoios crowds on the jetty on Bablacombe Beech near Totbay watching the racing.
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    SUEZ CANAL RECEIPTS
    41 4 Paris, Aug. 8. Suez Canal receipts for July 21 to 31 were £250.600, against £282,600 for the corresponding period of 1938. Receipts for the first seven months were £5,353,600, against £5,628,100 for the corresponding period of last year.
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    Women Become "Wool-Conscious"
    489 4 IT is astonishing how wool-conscious wor.cn have become as regards fashicn wear, and how various axe the ways m which wool fabrics are being u. c^d. writes a woman correspondent. For wool is now featured by all leadIns: designers not only for the classic tailored suit and
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    NEW HEADQUARTERS FOR PENANG POLICE
    593 4 Work Well Under Way On $1| Million Building WILL BE BOMB-PROOF (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Aug. 21. U7ORK is well under way on a five-acre site m Penang Road of the new Police headquarters which are expected to cost $1,500,000. This forms part of
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    Anglo-German Fellowship is Marking Time
    192 4 Anglo-German Fellowship is Marking Time London, Aujt. 11. THE Anglo-German Fellowship hrjs bee-: without chairman ever since Lord Mount TemDie. who died last month, res ?.ned the position m November of last year as a pretest against the German Governments treatment of the Jcwf, w a H c rrespondent. No
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    RUBBER DIRECTOR BEQUESTS
    58 4 RUBBER DIRECTOR BEQUESTS "Happy HomeFor His Dog s IFi *i* former d Ltd., w; soaalty his will th. "who i. should h count: A* m the cou Mrs. L hoped i. care ol his Hrn An £1.000 of Ripca; £500 each I lei Agr,' £lOO to silo £300 lisle, PCX)-
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    Chinese Postage
    28 4 adsfasdf pointi memontt4 I tien of T that (SsJ Arr: not ccir the ann taken to foi the star rat? I hrn $50 British United Press
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    £15,000 Gold Found, In One Day
    87 5 £15,000 Gold Found, In One Day r|NE OF THE RICHEST parcels of gold ore ever tre;x'.?d m West Australia was dug by James Carrot t and j his son at Morley's Find, near Kalgoorlie. In one day they raised twelve hun-dred-weight ot ore, which yielded 1.727 ounces or gold, worth
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    Refuelling In Mid-Air Is Tricky Task
    364 5 Refuelling In Mid- Air Is Tricky Task REFUELLING a 22-ton flying-boat m SfiSj A£ as fascinating to watch as the Indian fakir's famous rope trick— especially when seen, as I have just seen it irom the cabin window of a second flying-boat, writes the air correspondent of the Evening News
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    Volunteers Drill Programme For The Week
    244 5 Volunteers Drill Programme For The Week pp.OGRAMME of drills for the Singapore Volunteer Corps up to and for the week ending Aug. 27, is as follows: Today: 5.15 p.m., Headquarters, S.V.A.C.S., reconnaissance; Ist. Bn. S.S.V.F. Sig Section, demonstration; U 8" Coy., M.©. Training; Gas Chamber, '"S" Coy., anti gas; Headquarters,
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    ITALIAN FRONTIER PATROL ARREST EGYPTIANS
    65 5 ITALIAN FRONTIER PATROL ARREST EGYPTIANS Cairo, Augr. 11. NEGOTIATIONS are m progress for the release of two Egyptian engineer officers who were arrested by an Italian patrol while working on the Egyptian-Libyan frontier at Sollum. The Italians allege that the Egyptians entered Libya and examined defence works. The Egyptians say
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    The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1939. In The Far East
    649 6 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1939. In The Far East DRITISH POLICY m the Far East appears to have taken a welcome turn during the past few days. The refusal to discuss currency or Chinese silver questions at the Anglo-Japanese talks m Tokio, unless other Powers interested are
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    13 6 In the Straits of Johore during the Naval Ba«e Yacht C luh's regatta
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    German Restrictions On Jewish Life
    1317 6  -  DANA A. SCHMIDT By Berlin (by air mail). THE Jews left m Germany today are living m a state of isolation and dissolution, figuratively with their bags packed, with pressure on them to leave, yet for the most part unable to do so. There are
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    COUNSELCONTENDS CHARGE AGAINST SEAMEN WAS INAPPLICABLE
    644 7 COUNSELCONTENDS CHARGE AGAINST SEAMEN WAS INAPPLICABLE "Free Fight, Not Riot, Occurred On Ship" JUDGMENT RESERVED IN APPEAL OF SHENG HWA MEN U/HAT was alleged to have been a riot on board the Sheng Hwa while it was m Singapore Harbour and during which the chief officer, second engineer and wireless
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    Skoda Director On "Dissatisfying Feeling" In Czechoslovakia
    86 7 Skoda Director On "Dissatisfying Feeling" In Czechoslovakia i behaving tactfully and courteously declared Mr. C. J. A. M. Geldens, S oda (Malaya ltd., when he arrived y by the Lloyd Triestino vessel, six months m Prague. •d, '"while normal m jible to every- if utis- is no ler the conJava
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    G.O.C. RETURNS
    10 7 V. Bond, ...anding. apore by Lumpur Bond day.
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    No Repeat Shows Of "The Circus Comes To Town"
    69 7 No Repeat Shows Of "The Circus Com es To Town" NO REPEAT PERFORMANCES of "The Circus Comes to Town," the j show staged at Raffles Hotel for the i Children's Aid Society, are being given. It was previously planned to hold performances on Sept. 8 and 9. but as several
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    HOWARD HUGHES PLANS STRATOSPHERE FLIGHT
    50 7 New York, Aug. 12. lIOWARD HUGHES, the millionaire aviator and film producer, is planI ning a New York to Paris stratosphere flight He has filed an application with th»> civil aeronautics authorities at Washington for permission for the flight. but no date has been set
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    Pandit Nehru In Thailand: Flying To See Chiang
    81 7 Pandit Nehru In Thailand: Flying To See Chiang (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Aug. 21. DANDIT NEHRU, en route to Chungking by air to see General Chiang Kai-shek, landed at Don Muang aerodrome this afternoon. He was welcomed by most of Indian community. In the course of a brief speech,
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    Pahang Padi-Planters Lag Behind
    252 7 Pahang PadiPlanters Lag Behind "•"THOSE who have practical experience of rice growing elsewhere are convinced that the Pahang padi planter is not making the best use of the rather poor land that he has because he insists In adhering to cultivation methods which have been successfully replaced m other parts
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    HIT BY CAR IN TRYING TO CROSS ROAD
    238 7 A FATAL motor accident m Tank Road on the morning of Aug. 15, had its sequel m the Singapore Conrer's Court yesterday when Mr. W. G. Porter held an inquiry into the death of an aged Chinese, Tan Seng' Tiang, who died
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    BAND ENGAGEMENT
    30 7 THE band engagement fixed lor Fri--1 day at Telok Ayer at €.00 p.m. will now take place at the same tim« and place on Thursday, it is announced.
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    Sikh's Alleged Trespass In Municipal Building
    412 7 DENIES HE IS MONEYLENDER ALLEGED to have wilfully trespassed IB the Municipal building without satisfactory excuse on Aug. 4, a 70--year-old Sikh. Jassar Singh, claimed trial before Mr. L. C. Goh m the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday. Mr. R. D. W. Edwardes-Ker appeared
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    FOOD SUPPLY OFFICERS IN JOHORE
    107 7 T*HE Food Controller hM appointed the following to be Area Supply Officers m the state of Johcre: In the town and district of Juhore Eahru, President, Town Board, Johore Bahra; District of Mnar, the Assist,., t Adviser, Muar; District of Batu Pahat, the Assistant Adviser,
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      37 7 STUDIO Le Marquis FOR ARTISTIC PORTRAITURE HOURS OF BUSINESS FROM 10 A.M. TO 1 P.M. AND FROM 2 P.M. TO 4.30 P.M, SECOND FLOOR ROBINSON'S The wise motner gives plenty of milk to her Children. Children love
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    French Posters Washed Up In Jersey
    152 8 French Posters Washed Up In Jersey London. Aug. 11. A TIN-LINED wooden case bearing the mark "XV" and no indication of origin, and containing about 1 cwt. of posters and handbills In French, was washed up m St. Aubins Bay. Jersey, yesterday. The posters were apparently intended for display m
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    STRANGE BEQUEST
    52 8 Pretoria. Aug. 11. A WILL filed In the Pretoria Estate Office includes the following bequest: "My wife will receive the sum of Is. 3d. to buy one bottle of spirit.; of salts, half for her and half for her father to drink first thing m the morning." British
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    MODERN EDUCATION AT CONFUCIAN TEMPLE
    476 8 Chengku Shensi). LFOUSED m the Confucian Temple and old Examination Hall where Chinese scholars formerly qualified themselves for official posts by competitive examinations, the 1,114 young men and women of the National Northwestern United University m Hanchung and Chengku, southern Shensi cities by the Han
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    SEVERAL NATIONS IN THE ANTARCTIC
    802 8 Meeting In May Next Year To Discuss Rights Paris, Aug. 12. THE representatives of twenty nations will meet at Bergen, m May, 1940, to discuss claims to millions of square miles of uninhabited and practically uninhabitable land m the Antarctic, pui forward by several nations.
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    Chungking's Defence Plans
    133 8 Chungking's Defence Plans Chungking:. pHUNGKING is being rebuilt over wide area m order to maintain itself with a minimum of disruption from anticipated bombings, according to General Ho Kuo-kwang. Director of the Air Defence Headquarters and concurrently Mayor of Chungking. With this m view, the Municipal Administration is concentrating on
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    All Germans Will Be Card-Indexed
    98 8 ESTABLISHMENT of a "people's register/ m which qualifications, training and physical condition of all Germans from the age of five to 70 will be recorded, is decreed by the German Minister of the Interior,* Herr Wilhelm Frick. Men and women, "Aryans" and Jews must register.
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    CALIM TERRITORY
    85 8 In the St. John's Wood studio of Mr. Bairb> first decorations t: be set up m the new C are now being completed. They a-, the blasted glass panels which, except for a tap* dess theme, will be the only wtimmenU ci J A large carving of the
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      446 8 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS TENDERS SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY Tenders. Ter.aers are now invited for the folio* ins materials or services. For! particulars see Municipal Tenders Room Erection of cne block of coolie lines at Mandai Road (Meter). (Deposit $50 >. Date of closing, 12 noon. 23. 1939. Supply of Explosives to Water Dept.
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      254 8 HOW INFLUENZA PATIENT PUT ON FIRM, SOLID, FLESH Took Tasteless Vitamin Tablets If you are worried to death because you can't put on weight, do as this ladydid. She was weak and thin after a bad attack of influenza, but after taking a course of tiny, tasteless, tablets which are
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      573 8 RADIO PROGRAMME" SINGAPORE SIS TftHAV IUUAI 8.10 Fi s m, rT S:S! I: 8 3 5 h v,.. 5.00 Malay musical entertainment rrom the g5O v studio, by tha Rlilow Truna Mlnistrel 9C5 Party. 9 20 v 6.00 Cantonese dramas. t 9 55 X 6.40 Children's programme. Cantonese}. t '1045
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    TURKEY TO BUY SHIPS IN BRITAIN
    68 9 Ankara, Aug. 8. The Turkish Ministry of Communications is inviting tenders for 11 mixed passenger-cargo merchant vessels— namely, four of 4,300 tons and seven of 1,800 tons. British shipyards alone are allowed to quote. The contract, which is estimated at two million sterling, will
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      449 9 fT6»d BRITISH INDIA LINES I W .^PORATED IN ENGLAND* I <s O. S. N. COS SAILINGS. mrrwAßM Due Uc« Icrinace Spore, Tonnage Spore. kM 25 CORFU 15.000 Oct. 20 SOUDAN 6.000 Oct 20 Sept 8 CANTON 15 500 Nov. 3 Sept 22 CARTHAGE 15.030 Nov. 17 23 RAJPUT AN A
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      161 9 CASTLE LINE *OR NEW YORK, BOSTON, BALTIMO;.* AND SAVANNAH via The Cape Arrives Sails Due New York mv. THURLAND CASTLE Sept. 7 Sept. 12 Oct. 24 m.v. RABY CASTLE Oct. 7 Oct. 12 Nov. 28 m.v. PENRITH CASTLE Nov. 7 Nov. 12 Dec. 23 LIMITED PASCKNGM ACCOMMODATION. BEN LINE .ondon.
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      592 9 Ocean Building. Collyer Quay, Singapore ie| 51 JL. Chartered Bank Building. Fenang Tri 1Z66. BLUE FUNNEL LINE. FAST SERVICES MARSEILLES, LONDON. CONTINENT AND GLASGOW (m conjunction with the Glen Line) Doe Sails GLENROY Mars., L'don. R'dam, Ham., Ant.. Midd. In Port Today ANTENOR Mars., L'don. R'dam. and Glasgow Aug 27
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      886 9 Air Mail Arrivals And Despatches INWAKD nwmT^. Imperial: from hurope due- X //Vff A Y*f\ TP Monday, Thursday. I rid ay after- Ai f vJT/T.^ XJIVMIi W carries: From Penang, Ipoh. A//4 iffiflfHtf and Kuala Lumpur. Arrives everj *JU M.MIMJKSUAI evening. X.L.M.: From Netherlands In- The following ships ore alongsL?.;rH.
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    AMERICA IMPROVES HER MERCHANT FLEET
    814 10 Safety Features In New Ships Second To None London, Aug. 7. CTEPS taken by Great Britain, France, Japan, Italy and Norway to stimulate the construction of merchant tonnage were summarised by Mr. J. Louis Luckenbach, president of the American Bureau of Shipping, m his address
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    510 Ships Lost Or Broken Up Last Year
    196 10 London. Ajig. 9. THE merchant vessels totally lost by casualty or stress of weather, broken up or condemned throughout the world, during 1938, numbered 510, totalling 965.346 tons gross, according to a statistical summary issued by Lloyd's Register of Shipping. These figures
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      595 10 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. {Incorporated In F.M.S.) TELEPHONE: Freight 5433. Passage 5131. r £mksm Kerne I wile's ccwi>nj uacornorated In £nglaa*i itl*. -EMFKESS" KOtTE otTen IRANS-PACIFiC SERVICES via HONOLl LU or direct EMPRESS to VANCOUVER ACROSS CANADA by IRANSCONTINENTAL TRAIN without change— thence by CANADIAN PACIFIC ATLANTIC SERVICES TO ENGLAND or
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      87 10 For Everything Appertaining to Ocean Passages, Foreign Money Exchange and Freight apply ctfSk's WACCJjIfojTS [WOPtO T^AVfi^StftVlCtj 39, ROBINSON ROAD No Booking Fees. Telephone 5908. KERR STEAMSHIP COMPANY INC. ROUND WORLD AND STATES AFRICA EAST INDIES SERVICES REGULAR SERVICES TO HALIFAX, BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA. BALTIMORE AND SOUTH ATLANTIC AND GULF
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      70 10 BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. (Incorporated m England) (APCAR LINE) FOR HONG KONG, SHANGHAI. MOJI, KOBE AND OSAKA s. s. TALMA 10,000 TONS SAILING SEPT. 7 AT 3 P.M. The above vessel has excellent modern accommodation i'or First Saloon and Second Saloon passengers. Special Holiday Return tickets to China
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      485 10 TO EUROPE AND AMLRn > VIA SINGAPORE AND PENANG, COLOMBO, BOMRM ALEXANDRIA. NAPLES, GENOA. MAKShII 1 1 1 v^ Tu^ Arrive XK t Klh X PRESIDENT VAN BUREN In Port PRESIDENT HARRISON Sept. 9 Sent X PRESIDENT HAVES Sept. 19 senPRESIDENT POLK O~t 7 Oct PRESIDENT GARFIELD Nov. 4 Nov
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      SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES
      744 11 SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES fraser And Co. s List I 40s c.d. X SKI 76 M 3d 111 34 Ift ?d Ts !9s 6d LSI 9d fid 85 6d N 9d I* 1 8» Sd !>s 9d :d. td m e^ od •>d I 43 ■ft 1 I I
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      LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCK & SHARES
      414 11 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCK SHARES From Lcidon 5.30 p. m. Yesterday The above we dealers middle prlc» Jobbers marmu, ttamp duty are not included. Share ot £i denomination unless Latest Quotation* Previously otherwise stated Conversion Loan. 5 p.c 19*4-64 109' 8 109% Funding Loan, 4 p.c. 1960-90 104' 2
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      Current Company Dividends
      128 11 1 I by Messrs. Fraser Co. MONDAY. AtG. 21, 1939: 5 P.M. Total :or Boots Date Ex. dlv. Financial f Close Payable date Year Sept. 1 Sept. 8 Sept. 2 IJJ Aug 22 Aug. 24 Aug. 23 j>^ Aug. 23 Aug. 30 Aug. 24 W Aug. 23
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      Daily Share Report
      77 11 ISSUED BY FRASER CO- AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS V ESTER DA* Tin at midday was tfUtti down v and the price of rubber at four o'clock was buyers Spot 28 916 cents, buyers October -Dec ember 28 11 16 cents. There was little life m rubber
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      TANGUN CLUB TENNIS TIES
      64 11 Following are ties m the TangUn Club's tennis tourney.— WEDNESDAY WOU.CU-, Handicap HouM^ Jjg^uff »TZ M^ DUB' and Miss U* THLHSDAY jt«. 1 ss i «.,t-"' 1)SS! T. J. A. Green <-* 5> R g Bateman A D. Anderson <scr.> O. R^ S^ palmer and Miss
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      Local Exchange Rates
      160 11 AUG. 21, 1939 SELLING London T.TV 2 i' 32 London demand 2.4 132 Lyons demand 2058 Switzerland demand 241 1,4 Hamburg demand 13 5 New York demand W% Montreal demand M% fcatavia demand Wl^» Samarang demand 101% Calcutta, Bombay and Rangoon demand 1561 -b Madras and Colombo
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      BORNEO CO. SOCCER
      65 11 THE FOLLOWING have been select ed to represent Borneos m a friendly return game of soccer against Mansfield XI tomorrow, at Farrer Park 5.15 pjn. Choy Khun Heng, Scow Khlam Cfcuac. J Guy, Charlie Kane. W. B. Ravte *Capt. Chua Ah Koe, Sim Kang Hal. Koh nan
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      Britain Orders £1,500,000 Of Australian Steel
      165 11 Britain Orders £1,500,000 Of Australian Steel Sydney, Aug. 11. /^HARIERS HAVE been arranged m V^ London for 22 ships to carry steel to Britain from the great Austra'.. steel-works at Newcastle and Port Kembla, the first ICO miles north, I other 60 miles south, of Sydney, respectively. British orders for
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      AMATEUR ATHELETIC UNION
      102 11 The following are selected to represent the A.A.U. "B" team against the Eclips? B. P. "B" team, m a friendl> badminton match, consisting of five singles and two doubles, to be played at their court, 25 Sea Avenue, Katone, on Sunday at 2.00 p.m. sharp Lim Kian
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      BANK OF CHINA
      148 11 Incorporate 12. Cecil Strtet Singapore TrJepfcones: Manage:'* Office 4*444 Sob -Manacer'fc Office «442 Exrhangr Itept 6441 Genera! Oflftee SUB-I Cable Address (HI Nohl O Paid lp Cpital C* I Id tt ttr.sei«e l-L-nd> Is exce» of Ch. 2.2«* total iaMi approximately Ch- $2,64*.t#4J.d0«J «C Tse-Vunt Soong ChaJtuaD
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION
      109 11 AIG. 21, KSS: 12 O'CLOCK NOON B«\«t> Seller* No IX R.S.S Spot loose 28 ***** No. IX RS Jb »OB m cases August 28 I 16 29 3 16 G.F.A.Q B.BH Oh -m bales August P. A Q. RS S. FOB m bales An* 2£
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      THE COMMODITY MARKETS
      197 11 ttom London 5.30 p.m Yesterday RUBBER: Steady London: 811 16d 313 16d Previou. 811 16d 8 13 16 d Oct. -Dec: B*ed. 8 ll|l6d. Previoi; 8* B d. 8 3 4 d Jan. -Mar.: 8 s K d. Bn.jd.8 n .jd. Previously 8* B d. 8?, 4
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      THE METAL MARKETS
      60 11 From London Latest Quotations TIN: Steady. Spot: £229 17s. 6d. Previously: -£229 17s. 60. Three months: £224 17s. 6d Previo. €225 7s 6d. NEW YORK TIN: 48.75. Previously: 4€.87 COPPER £45 Previously: £45. GOLD Tester daj £7 Bs. 7d. Previously: £7 Bs. 7d. SILVER: J7 916 d
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      Foreign Exchange Rates
      62 11 London Closing Quotations Method of Parity beiore Latent Centre Quoting 20-9-31 Previously Paris France to 124.11 17G 11 16 176 1116 New York to 4.8655 4.68 ft 46B l Amsterdam... Guilders to 12.10 8.72 3 4 Z~V± Hong Kong ...Per dollar ls.:>lll6d. *****16 d Shanghai Per dollar
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    Gunners Beat Police By Only Goal In Senior' Division Soccer
    370 12 Gunners Beat Police By Only Goal In Senior' Division Soccer ■m a game of little public interest I 1 yesterday the R. A. beat the ]v I division of the league. ln tin jj The winning goal came half way through the first half. Slightly the better side, the Gunners
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    W. INDIES 395 FOR 6 WICKETS AT CLOSE OF PLAY
    690 12 Weekes Scores Brilliant Century: Vie Stollmeyer Just Misses 100 London, Aug. 21. THE West Indies batted all day at the Oval today and at close of play had scored 395 runs for the loss of six wickets. A crowd of
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    Singapore Race Weights
    486 12 WEIGHTS for Saturday, the first day ox the Singapore Gold Cup meetIng are: Hones. Class 1. Div 1. 6 fun. Royal Hampton 9.07 Barf ord 8 00 Eastern Knight 8.13 Golden Glimpse 7.12 Bombus 8.C3 Hybia 7.11 Ja^-K Druce 8.08 Toyman 709 6nv>ke Dreams 8.07 Gold Point
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    FRIENDLY SOCCER
    20 12 The Chinese Sports Association beat an S.R.C. soccer side by seven goals to one on the padang. yesterday.
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    MALAYS AND SAPPERS DRAW IN RESERVE GAME
    280 12 INTERESTING soccer was witnessed on tre S.H.B. ground yesterday when the M.F.A. drew three-all wUh the R.Es. m their reserve division soccer fixture. Play began tamely but after the first fifteen minutes both sides improved sufficiently to serve up some interesting soccer to
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    30 12 picture. Webber gathers the ball almost off the foot of one of the Gunners m yesterday's first division socce- —•a-* which the R.A. beat the Police one nil.- Free Press
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    YESTERDAY'S S.C.C. TENNIS
    563 12 YESTERDA Y'S S. C. C. TENNIS YESTERDAY'S ties m the S.C.C. autumn lawn tennis 1 tournament were hard fought especially the game between D. M. Henderson and O. R. S. Bateman against D. E. Weston and O. W. Gilmour, which went to three sets, marked by long rallies. The results
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    S.R.C. Tennis Results And Ties
    157 12 S.R.C. Tennis Results And Ties HOLLOWING were results m yesterday's ties m the autumn tennis tournament at the S.R.C. Handicap singles "A": S. Moreira w. o. Dr. G. de Souza; Dr. B. H. Sheares (—30.3.) beat G. Ross .3> 6— l, 6—4. Handicap singles M B": E. A. Leicester (scr)
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    Field Was Not Marked Up For This Game.
    48 12 Field Was Not Marked Up For This Game. prup,, 4 IV uf fwt 2sf heiu. Indian gn>Und 41 PO^ WhH, m: h!* t e h arr iv d ii that the ground had not fci.T' pared. Ih neu had M^ up and a l«»^ r inswm p> J!
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    S.C.C HOCKEY AND RUGBY
    40 12 S.C.C HOCKEY AND RUGBY Members cf the sec ir> i play r J fort: "bulletin, irithout :-ir%r To date only m rugby, and 21 In ho committee strength of the cy.;:, .soon is pmt m ord.-r that can b* 1
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    WOMEN'S GOLF MATCH
    26 12 golf n ani 3.35 p. ir. 3.40 p n 3.55 p 3. 3 i p m 3.4H 3.4^ p 1.53 p.n Tu»n; S
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      171 12 WHATS IN A NAME. J^ Your £r^n-*ioUJor, perhaps 7 rjndfc* will tell you ;r at once it was barter ana trade Bur* s?^ m a store then was a kind of tug of war-you paid the same price twice. You mlgM never v received the same quality m successive occasu
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