The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 16 October 1939
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Title Section13 1939-10-16 1 AND DAILY NEWS NO. 15,90f>. KSTI) 1835 MONDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1939. 5 CENTS.13 words
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Article799 1939-10-16 1 Manning A Heavily Fortified Sector WITH THE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE IN FRANCE With the B.E.F. m France, Oct. 15. B HITCH Krttfi of the expeditionary force are now firmly lied m their allotted sector of the Maginot Line. orrc^pondents visited some of them to-day. Brit sector799 words
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Article152 1939-10-16 1 Paris, Oct. 15. C1 F.1.1) MARSHAL von Blomberg. former Commander-in-chief of the German army, and five other high officers are confined m the Landsberg Fortress m Bavaria, according to a Berlin report quoted by Madame Tabouis, the political commentator m to-day's I/Oeuvre. Landsberg is where HitlerReuter - 152 words
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Article127 1939-10-16 1 London, Oct. 15. THE latest French war communique dees not announce any change m the situation on the Western Front. The news of the last 48 hours has tended to show that activity has been rnnfinpri fn raids hv pnpmv reconnaissance patrols, particularly between the127 words
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Article437 1939-10-16 1 Hitler Expected On The Western Front J7VERYONE wains to know where Hitler's "bis push* 1 is going to come, and it is reasonably sale to as- Slime that lie intends to make one Rut fcofur? he could do anything at I all m the nature437 words
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Article121 1939-10-16 1 London, Oct. 15. GERMANY now admits that her submarine campaign against British shipping has been defeated by the convoy system but explains that her aircraft will proves ffectiye where submarines have failed. The German promises that British sea power would be defeated by aerial bombing hasReuter - 121 words
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Article44 1939-10-16 1 IT is reported from Kaunas that refugees from the Russian -occupied areas of Poland yesterday swarmed over Lithuania's new frontier. It is estimated that many thousands of these refugees are heading for the strip of territory round Vilna which has been ceded to Lithuania.44 words
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Article75 1939-10-16 1 London, Oct. 15. r[E Turkish foreign minister is due to leave Moscow to-day. Yesterday a report from Istanbul that a satisfactory agreement had been reached which did not conflict with the Anglo-French Turkish agreement was echoed m Rumania this morning. It was stated mReuter - 75 words
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Article46 1939-10-16 1 London, Oct. 15. THE Admiralty announces that gifts of 1 money from the public for men of the fleet and their dependents will be welcomed, also gifts m kind for the fleet, including knitted articles, tobacco, books, magazines, fruit and vegetables. ReuterReuter - 46 words
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Article150 1939-10-16 1 CO that Malaya and the rest of the Emnire may have news direct from the Western Front, two 8.8.C. staff observers, wearing officers' uniform of no particular rank and under orders to salute "no one below the rank of major," are now m France. They are150 words
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Article211 1939-10-16 1 GERMANS PUZZLED BY AN UNIDENTIFIED PLANE/ F^_ London, Oct. 15. OR two hours last night the people of Berlin suffered all the alarms of an air-raid without the air-raid warning. At 0.30 p.m. heavy gun fire was clearly heard, and searchlights flashed into theReuter - 211 words
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Article80 1939-10-16 1 A WAR OFFICE investigation has begun into complaints that the Ministry of Supply have failed to produce an adequate supply of soldiers' greatcoats. Major-General B. A. Hill, Director of Ordnance Services at the War Office, is conducting the investigation. He and other high Army officials have found80 words
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Article15 1939-10-16 1 THE King and Queen arrived at the Palacr on Saturday from Windsor Castle.— British WirelessBritish Wireless - 15 words
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Article, Illustration429 1939-10-16 1 Admiral Drew Was Former Captain AN Admiralty announcement last nijrht states that there are now 414 survivors of the Royal Oak, the Home Fleet battleship sunk by enemy action on Saturday. The Admiralty states with regret that the possibility of there being further smvivors mustReuter - 429 words
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Article12 1939-10-16 1 THE Lithuanian Parliament has unanlmous--1 lv ratified the Soviet -Lithuanian treaty.— ReuterReuter - 12 words
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Advertisement44 1939-10-16 1 CHOOSE! K)R VOIR BVENING FROCKS VELVETS wm PKIVTH>. MFTALK Nl EM9OBBO N l*«i»O SOAMB CHOTIRMALL'S 41 4J HIGH STREET. TO NIG HT Cocktail Dance 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. DINNER DANCE (informal) 9.45 to midnight NO ADMISSION CHARGE LijNUS ORCHESTRA directed b* DAN HOPKINS44 words
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Advertisement42 1939-10-16 1 EXCLUSIVE BUT NOT EXPENSIVE LADIES DAINTY LINGERIE CAN BE HAD AT:— CHOTIRMALL'S 41 43 HIGH STREET. SEAVEEW H HOTEL TUESDAY 6c WEDNESDAY SPECIAL DINNER, DANCE CABARET FAREWELL PERFORMANCES oJ J^m m^K 4^jl TUESDAY 6c WEDNESDAY FAREWELL PERFORMANCES FRIDAY 6c SATURDAY: SPECIAL DINNER-DANCE42 words
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268 1939-10-16 2 BOOKS GRAMOPHONES FOR THE TROOPS (To the Editor of the Free Press) Sir. The response to my appeal for books, magazines, gramophones, records, cards and games, for the troops, has been very gratifying. As examples of the generosity of these donors. I would like to mention the gifts of 19268 words
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Article78 1939-10-16 2 MICOLA once again baffled audiences iJ m "One hour of Mystery" at the Capitol TheaUp .-esterday. In the sam* programme is Co'umb!" picture:, "North cf .Shanghai" with "James QraJg Keye Luke, and Betty Furncss, m the leading roles. Depicting the adventures of two newsreel cameramen assigned to78 words
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171 1939-10-16 2 HIS "HITLERIAN DOCTRINE" London, Oct. 15. PREAT offence has been caused m Canada by a broadcast given m the United States by Colonel Lindbergh on Friday night, m which he virtually suggested that Britain and other European countries should withdraw from the western hemisphere lestReuter - 171 words
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Article150 1939-10-16 2 ON her maiden voyage, the Dutch motor ship, Klipfontein, will sail from Singapore during the coming week for a non-stop trip across the Pacific. The ship will touch at Batavia and Manila before going direct to Portland, San Francisco and Los Angeles. The Klipfontein." which150 words
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Article191 1939-10-16 2 Tokio, Oct. 15. A* EN. N. Abe, the Japanese Prime Minister, informing the Japanese Press to-day that the Foreign Office imbroglio had been settled, declared that there was no question of Adm. X, Nomura, the Foreign Minister, resigning. It is understood that M. Kato. Ambassador- at-largeReuter - 191 words
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Advertisement131 1939-10-16 2 AGAI NG YOU A POtST-RATC LAI GH SHOW— T2IE I i AIN.M:.XT i?i TOWN THIS WEEK! a^ m■■ m UNDOIBIIDLV TIIF NADDESI AND MFFKIFST HK HAS MADE" .> 11*11 I I.V.N.Ni jao *^m Hr il Women's eferna/ dufy ro comforf o fallen hero! YOU, TOO, W2LL THRILL TO THIS INSPIRING131 words
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Advertisement226 1939-10-16 2 A BIG STAGE and SCREEN DOUBLE Bill! TO-NIGHT at the CAPITOL 6.15 9.15 At Usual Cinema Prices! Extended Season of the Worldfamous Wizard of Mystery Presenting "ONE HOUR of MYSTERY" featuring the amazing new sensation "SEEING THROUGH A WOMAN" See a girl cut Into three parts and whit the head226 words
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322 1939-10-16 3 Was A War Manoeuvre Says "Scrutator" London, Oct. 15. THK attitude of the London Sunday newspapers, looking Hack on the week following Hitler's Reichstag speech, during which important declarations have come from the French and British Premiers, is well summed up m a phra^Reuter; Wireless - 322 words
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Article577 1939-10-16 3 Ambassadors "Cross-Talk" In Germany To-day PENALTIES IMPOSED FOR EATING ROLLS TTHE telephone conversation between two United States' Ambassadors which the Nazis tapped, as reported m the Free Press recently, was dealt with m the German Press after the manner of a music-hall cross-talk act. The conversation was between Mr. Biddle,577 words
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Article66 1939-10-16 3 Rome, Oct. IS. THE Rome radio last night reported Mr. 1 Cordell Hull, the U.S. Secretary of State, as saying that President Roosevelt might intervene m the European war to make peace m Europe, only If he was invited to do so by all three belligerents.Reuter - 66 words
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Article28 1939-10-16 3 London, Oct. 15. RUSSIAN troops will enter Estonia on Wednesday m order to carry out the provisions of the Russo- Estonian agreement, according to a Moscow broadcast. ReulerReuler - 28 words
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Article86 1939-10-16 3 London. Oct. 13. ALL r^nvoys arriving or leaving will now wm lection extending hundreds ■f I>^ out to sea. states the Ministr;- of tttn the past week's storms and gales and CrvlriMlity raused only slight interruption •rk of reconnaissance planes, rainstorms the planes guarding con*nf»reuter - 86 words
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Article64 1939-10-16 3 Stockholm. Oct. 15. /^RATIFICATION at the King of Sweden's move In calling a four-power conference here on Wednesday is generally shown by the people m Stockholm and the Swedish Press While no programme of discussions has been made the public are generally agreed that the meeting is primarilyReuter - 64 words
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Article38 1939-10-16 3 Paris, Oct. 15. THE Gestapo have arrested 1 Thomas Bata, the shoe magnate, m Zlin (Moravia), according to a report m the Nouvelles Tchecoslavaques. The Gestapo alleged that Bata recently acquired British national- ReuterReuter - 38 words
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Article108 1939-10-16 3 INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT Paris, Oct. 15. A SEMI-OFFICIAL statement by the French Ministry of Information states: "Without exaggerated optimism it can be forecast that when our industrial mobilisation is achieved we shall construct five times as many planes as m peace time, and France and Britain togetherReuter - 108 words
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322 1939-10-16 3 TO RETURN TO MOSCOW THE Finnish delegation m Moscow, which has been 1 discussing the Soviet demands to Finland, is returning to Helsinki for consultations. The head of the delegation, Dr. Passikiv, left Moscow yesterday. His return is considered m Helsinki as the normal diplomaticReuter - 322 words
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164 1939-10-16 3 London, Oct. 15. THE House of Commons will meet this week on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and the House of Lords is also expected to sit on the same days. The Prime Minister, Mr. Chamberlain, will make his statement onReuter - 164 words
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Article59 1939-10-16 3 New York. Oct. 15. ¥T is our intention to find such a solution as constitutes a feeling of safety m this part of Europe where we live and we believe our neighbours, m suggesting U\se discussions, are also striving for such a solution." declared M.Reuter - 59 words
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Article51 1939-10-16 3 London, Oct. 15. r[E British air mission to Canada, headed by Lord Riverdale, reached Quebec yesterday on its way to Ottawa for a conference with Canadian, Australian and New Zealand representatives on the new plan for building up combined air forces with final training concentrated m CanadaReutet - 51 words
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Article35 1939-10-16 3 Eton boys have been forbidden to wear top hats about college, because if there were an air raid they would have to take them off to get their gas masks on35 words
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Article, Illustration12 1939-10-16 3 French guns on the move to the Western front "somewhere m France."12 words
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Article125 1939-10-16 3 i\ew york, Oct. l.i. A BREAKDOWN m Germany's industrial system within four to eight months, owing to lack of raw materials and soaring costs, is forecast by a German economist m the steel and trade publication, The Iron Age. Germany, he says, is short ofReuter - 125 words
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Article161 1939-10-16 3 New York, Oct. If. ACCORDING to the Mexico City correspondent of the New York Times, at least one more German U-boat is now suspected of being ready to attack Allied shipping m the Caribbean Sea. There is a report that these U-boats are bring supervisedReuter - 161 words
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Article40 1939-10-16 3 Shanghai, Oct. 15. WHILE a minor Japanese puppet official. Lee Ting-zu. was entertaining friends last night, a Chinese gunman entered and started shooting. A .Chinese sing-song girl was killed and two Japanese wounded. The gunman escaped. ReuterReuter - 40 words
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Article153 1939-10-16 3 DAMAGE DONE Chungking. Oct. 15. /CHINESE aircraft raid' d Hai three t imes yesterday bombing a Japanes? airfield and munition dur according to a Chinese military communique. All Chinese aircraft returned safely to their base, it is claimrd The first group of bumbrrs appevr <d above HankowReuter - 153 words
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44 1939-10-16 3 London. (Kt. 15. A Cairo report states that braadcasting last night on the occasion of the beginning of the feast of Ritrm dan King Farouk urged his sublets to pray for victory to the democrat!" powers. British WirelessBritish Wireless - 44 words
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Article138 1939-10-16 3 Copenhagen, Oct. 15. Moscow correspondents of Danish newspapers report from a ''reliable source" that Russia has made the following four demands of Finland: Firstly, cession of the islands of Tytaesaari, Lavansaari. Seisk.t.ir and possibly Surrsaari, which commands the entrance to Kronstadt Bay m the Gulf of Finland. In138 words
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Advertisement67 1939-10-16 3 STOCK FD BY:— MEDICAL HALL LTD. 3 BATTERY KOAD BOX OFFICE I sss-^im >~mr I TO-DAY PHONE I Ijjlljljy 3.15 6.15 54 0 0 I I 9,|5 THE JOLLIEST COMEDY OF THE YEAR! p "MIDNIGHT" M WITH 0 CLAUDETTE DON LAUGHS 1 COLBERT AMECHE LAUGHS t LAUGHS SECOND 20 \S67 words
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618 1939-10-16 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY. OCTOBER 16, 1939. Financing The War QIR JOHN SIMON'S war budget proposals were but the first taste of the sacrifices which the British taxpayer will be called upon to make as his contribution to the war against Hitlerism. But if the nations confidence m the618 words
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Article, Illustration1588 1939-10-16 4 A Singapore Man In Wartime London OUR LONDON LETTER Somewhere Near London, Oct. 1. "•T*HE laughter of the people of England is going to smash htm once and for all." The speaker was Sir Seymour Hicks j "him" was Hitler. Just at the moment we are trying U. laugh off1,588 words
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Article336 1939-10-16 4 Kaoal perang hes<* < battleship ln«en> yang bernama "Royal Oak' it gelam. ia-itu di-ner< hayakan la-lah srrang oleh kapal .sclani 'submarine Jerman. Enipat ralus oranq t.«)ah selamatkan daripada tMItS a JM* se-ramai sa-ribu dua ratu nya. Kapal "Royal Oak' 11.1 ita Iww tetapi sangat kuat. telah d;336 words
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Advertisement303 1939-10-16 4 UUAUIY vi lIN AC U^} c 0* Jv V seas PLYMOUTH^ QUALITY DRY GIN g^ CALD B ECKS (Koyal Netli. Ind. Airways.) Singapore Saigon Hongkong m two days. Monday dep. 1 2.30 Singapore arr. 16.40 Saigon Tuesday dep. 6.00 Wednesday arr. 12. 10 Hongkong for passage Phone 7H58 3/1, Collyer303 words
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Advertisement50 1939-10-16 4 Wool Buntings f'uw Maker repairer of ratI tan and Bertani rh' kn Canvas Hi Spring B«<nds tarpaulins. Tents Bags. Blue Screens, Bertam Panels, Wire NrtUto* J*encing. Wool bun 'in..* and Flags ABDUL RAHMAN. Telephone Mji Otlicc-Wi Robinson Road (opposite Telegraph Co.) Woikshop:— ZM 100 (hiat Place Singapore Order* ni'nmntlv Executed50 words
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976 1939-10-16 5 jvjow In Singapore On Active Service (From A Special Correspondent) ,r |ON Maininir and route marches have brought ,v Regiment to a point of fighting efficiency »ctly have been imagined by those who formation of the regiment only 6% years To-(lii> officers and men976 words
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Article, Illustration445 1939-10-16 5 THE pagal gymkhana held by the Uh. Halt. 19th. Hyderabad Regiment on Saturday provided fine entertainment for a civil and military gathering, which included MajorGen. L. V. Bond, the General Officer Commanding, Malaya. The presence of Indian women m gorgeous sarees lent colour to the445 words
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Article93 1939-10-16 5 CIX pirates, guilty of one of the worst crimes m the Far East for many years, were hanged recently at Hong Kong. This was the record number of hangings m one day m the history of the colony. During the trial it was revealed that93 words
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171 1939-10-16 5 15,000 Ton Liner Become Armed Cruiser London. Oct. 15. THE m^st recent addition to the British Navy is a 15.000-ton luxury liner about the size of the average P. and O. mail liner— which is being converted into an armed merchant cruiser ready to deal with enomy raiders above orBritish Wireless - 171 words
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Article48 1939-10-16 5 THE first consignment of comforts for the troops, contributed by many members ot the public and collected by the Patriotic Fund organisation, will be sent Home very shortly. All finished articles should be sent as feooa as possible to the central depot at Government House.48 words
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Article33 1939-10-16 5 second talk by Mr. E. H. G. Dobby, Lecturer m Geography at Raffles College, will be broadcast by the 8.M.8.C.at 7.30 p.m. to-night. The title of the talk will be "Germany's War Resources."33 words
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Article, Illustration14 1939-10-16 5 MACHINE-GUN DRILL is part of the daily programme.14 words
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Article390 1939-10-16 5 Sir Shenton Malay Press JOURNALISTS VISIT I GOVERNMENT HOUSE •pHE party of Malay journalists who spent a day with the Malay Regiment on Saturday, visited Government House yesterday afternoon, at the invitation of the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas. This^ was time^ha^a^rqup representative of all thi* Malay newspapers of the country390 words
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Advertisement26 1939-10-16 5 FOR CONVENIENCE! °INE at the CAPITOL RESTAURANT (Phone 4906) or After the Show P RODUITFRANCAIS] "OinnATUREL I¥ JOLE GOOSE LIVER WIT TRUFFLES) ■^JWKR&CQ. W mchester House.26 words
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Advertisement642 1939-10-16 6 BOARD RESIDENCE. SEA FRONT KATONG GRANGE—?? Meyer R<t (near Swimming Club) Board -Residence at moderate rates Large Gardens Tennis. Phone: 5758. NAPIER HOUSE 7, MPtER ROAD. TEL 7406. Superior residential establishment overlooking Garrison Golf Course Cool. Quiet. English Cuisine. One vacancy from Nov. 1. Loxton Hotel, 7 Oxley Rise. Double642 words
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Advertisement641 1939-10-16 6 S.S. POLICE BAND The band of the Straits Settlements police will perform to-night at Telok Ayer at 6 p.m. under the direction of Mr. 8. Chapman, bandmaster: March "Florentlner" Fucik; Overture, "Fra Diavolo" Auber; Selection "Yeoman of the Guard" Sullivan; Oavotte "Premier Bonhem" Salabert; Selection, "Looking Backward" Finck. The Chinese641 words
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Advertisement561 1939-10-16 6 TO EUROPE AND AMERICA VIA SINGAPORE AND PENANG, COLOMBO, BOMBAY, SUEZ. POti BAI ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES GENOA. MARSEILLES AND NEW TORI Arrtres Leaves Leaves A^^ Spore Spore Penaac Ke»? PRESroENT GARFIELD Nov 4 Nov. 7 x PRESIDENT MONROE Nov. 14 Nov 21 Nov. 23 PRESIDENT ADAMS De~ 2 Dec 5 Dec.561 words
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Advertisement427 1939-10-16 7 jT& O. and BRITISH INDIA LINES INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND) p. 6c O. S. N. COS SAILINGS. O^ing to the uncertainty regarding the actual date o f arrival and departure of the Company's steamers due to the outbreak of hostilities list of sailings is suspended for the time being, but the427 words
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Advertisement609 1939-10-16 7 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. < incorporated Hi fMSi I'EI.EPHONE: Freifhl &4M Passage r *W LLOYDS AGENTS HOOKJMi FUR KFI)EKAJI«:i) MALAY STATES *t%ILUAYS KMVAI STATE RAIIW4VS O^ SlA\l i ySm^^i SEE CANADA ms.Mw^^UmL. O( Vla Can&t^q rr North America— Europe Fast ttirougr train? direct Sr^'i^B^ffllt^' trnm snip's side at Vancouver is Pjß^*>609 words
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Advertisement308 1939-10-16 7 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. OCSAN BUtLBIIIC, COLLY ER QUAY. SINGAPORE Tel. 5151 CHARTBRBD BANK BUILDING, PENANG Tel. 1*66 BLUE FUNNEL LINE. Frequent Sailings to United Kingdom and United States of America. Dates are not guaranteed, ail cargo bookings subject to Conference War Clauses. WESTERN AUSTRALIA THE SHORTEST SEA ROUTE AT THE308 words
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656 1939-10-16 8 Weights For Perak Turf Club Races FOLLOWING arc thr handiraps for ih. ti-M iv.o <i;ns rf thf Perak Turf CliiVs fmir day n-tnl>rr mfetFirst Day, Oct. 21. Hnr c I I ivs I. f>iv 5>., fury Royvl PaaufUMi I RttMrn Knight R u<< Smo!;#> »M-»m. R Hombtiv B':4 Jnr Dm656 words
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Article37 1939-10-16 8 The following V W.C.A. team will meet th*» O.SC. at hockey this evening: D. Ferguson; E. Frugtneit. S. Armstrong; J. Atwell Z. Elias I. Ford; M Viathialyngam, D. Pye, P Eber. G Wheat ley and P. Elliott.37 words
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Article, Illustration26 1939-10-16 8 picture. THE START OF THE 80 YARDS breast stroke race for schoolboys at Saturdays annual Y.M.CA. swimming: runihul at Fort Canning. Free PressFree Press - 26 words
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357 1939-10-16 8 Four Records Set Up At Y.M.C.A. Annual Swimming Carnival poUR records were broken at the V.M.C.A. 20th annual swimming carnival held at the V.M.C.A. Pool. Fort Canning The new records were established by Song Kirn Suang (A.CCS.) m the boys under 4ft. 10 ins.> 40 yds. championship, the Chinese Swimming357 words
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Article15 1939-10-16 8 Challenge Cup, Fortress R.E. vs. Loyals at the Stadium m the first round.15 words
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Article117 1939-10-16 8 THE FOLLOWING are the teams and starting times for the Keppel Golf Club vs. Sepoy Lines, at Sepoy Lines on Thursday afternoon (Keppel players first): 4.00 Mrs. A. M. Low (18) vs. Mrs. A. C. Brooks (18); 4.05 Mrs. Holohan (22) vs. Mrs. P. Sharp (24); 4.10117 words
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Article351 1939-10-16 8 |JF»SULTS °f Saturday's Home Foot -j ball sames Accrington 3 Bradford C. 2 Barrow 2 Preston Res. 0 Blackburn Bury 2 6 Manchester U .4 2 Manchester City 2 Bournemouth 3 Southampton 2 Bradford 0 Chesterfield 1 Brighton 0 Southend 4 Bristol R 1 Cardiff351 words
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Article456 1939-10-16 8 Yesterday's Play In Singapore Badminton Championships U/ONG Peng Soon and Miss Waileen Wong of the Mayflower Badminton Party, holders of the mixed doubles title, qualified for the final yesterday m the Singapore badminton championships by beating Yap Chin Tee and Miss Hilda Schelkis (Devonshire)456 words
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69 1939-10-16 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 14. CELANGOR women beat Perak women m a return hockey match here to-day by the only goal of the match. Mrs. Green scored for the winners five minutes from the start. The exchanges were even and both69 words
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Article456 1939-10-16 8 Honours Even Between Johore And Negri SATURDAY'S RUGGER THREE major ru^by matches were played on Sjtm^ at Sinaranore. Kuala Lumpur and Seremban. At lr pore, the R.N. and R.A.F. were again beat™ b) pore, at Kuala Lumpur the Army beat Bdtofir b\ points to nine456 words
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262 1939-10-16 8 Argylls Impress With Good Win In Challenge Cup MAKING their debut m competitive soccer at the Stadium yesterday, the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders eliminated the Chinese second team from the Challenge Cup by a victory oi one goal to nil. A well-balanced team, the Argylls should be a match for262 words
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Article85 1939-10-16 8 OLAYING on a sodden ground on Saturday, the SR.C rugger team beat the Medical College side by eight points a goal and a penalty) to six <a try and a penalty) on the latter's ground. The S.R.C. were the first to score through D. Ross who went85 words
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Article164 1939-10-16 8 PIE LIST OF NAMES and starting times for the social match between the Royal Singapore Golf Club and the Island Golf Club at the latter \s club on Thursday afternoon over the second nine holes are: 3.30 Mrs. R. Wakeford (14) vs. Miss S. Abed (13). 3.35 Mrs.164 words
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Article23 1939-10-16 8 The hockey match between the Police and the R.A.P. Seletar. which was to have been played at Seletar yesterday, was cancelled.23 words
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Article369 1939-10-16 8 At Kuala Lumpur (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 14. POSSESSING a better pack 1 which dominated the set scrums, the Army beat Selangor m a friendly rugger match today by 12 points (one drop goal, one goal and one try) to 9 points (three tries). The369 words
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Article93 1939-10-16 8 At Seremban I 'From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Oct. 14. NEGRI-MALACCA drew with Johore In an tnter-State rugby football match played here to-day, each side scoring a penalty goal The Johore forwards, assisted by MarLennan's fine hooking, were superior In the tight and loose, but the93 words
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Article87 1939-10-16 8 •THE Japanese Hub bnt Americans by six runs to <n» m the second game m the char pionship series of the Kingap* baseball association Honour now even, as the Amerii the first match last Sunday. Yesterday's same, which v?. played on the S. J. I. ground.87 words
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