The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 14 November 1939

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 15,934. ESTI). 1835 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1939. 5 GENTS
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    SOVIET-FINNISH TALKS BREAKDOWN
    224 1 Delegation Returning To Helsinki HOW RUSSIA INTENDS TO GET HER WAY Helsinki, Nov. 13. BfIATIONS hit Wif Finland and Soviet Russia r*Hii suspended and no agreement has been |V Finnish delegation is leaving Moscow for ymt 10-iugnl. lown of the negotiauons and the recall of were announced
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    SPOKESMAN ON FOOD RATIONING IN BRITAIN
    97 1 W London N»\. 13. i L> utter and bacon ■od is absolutely t of being able to fully honour its jJ^Gwtnanent'b spokesman, giving this t*Hla- oed that bacon sup7k* 5 A T nri^ n had ht*en applies from the Domi■Jo a contract has been
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    R.A.F. Plane's Direct Hit On An U-boat
    146 1 R.A.F. Plane's Direct Hit On An U-boat London, Nov. 13. THE A:r Ministry announces, that an utta k on an enemy sutwnarine was made yesterday by British reconnaissance aircraft ol the coastal command The submarine was at the surface Khvn the attack was delivered. It began to submerge rapidly as
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    AMERICAN "FLYING FORTRESSES"
    58 1 Lima, (Peru), Nov. IS. SEVEN American "Hying fortresses" are leaving here m the morning n a non-stop flight to Asuncion, Para nay. The flight hzs hitherto cot been attempted. The planes arrived here yesterday after flying 1.600 miles from Panama m eight hours and were greeted at
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    NAZI AIRMEN PICKED UP
    85 1 THRFE German airmen were picked up m the North Sea on Saturday night by a Dutch cargo boat Their machine had fallen into the sea and the pilot had been drowned The three survivors have been interned b\ the Duuh authorities- Reuter London Stock Exchange markets
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    PREMIER PROGRESSES
    42 1 London, Nov. 13. FOLLOWING the visit of the physi!l* dam this morning, it was stated that the progress reported yesterday m the condition of the Prime Minister, Mr Neville Chamberlain, is continued. He has been suffering from gout.— British Wireless
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    NEW BURMA AIR CENTRE
    34 1 Lundon, Nov. 13. THE Government of Burma has sanctioned the establishment of an air centre at Mingaladon Aerodrome to nrovide facilities for training of young Burmans m flying- British Wireless
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    13 1 London, Nov. 13. rE death has occurred oi Brigadier Richard Thomas Ridway. Reuter
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    77 1 A RETMARKABLE PICTURE of a cr ou^ded lifeboat leaving the Sirdhana as she was sinking. It was taken by a passenger. Mr. Edwin uamara, from one of the decks of the ill-fated vessel Mr. GaiUard put his camera m his pocket and jumped in'o the sea. Camera and film were
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    Mr. Eden And Ministers At The Front
    200 1 Mr. Eden And Ministers At The Front London, Nov. 13. FIVE Empire ministers, who with the Dominions Secretary, Mr. Anthony Eden, have been visiting the British front, are leaving to-day. Mr. Eden told Reuter'.s special correspondent \\\th the British Expeditionary Force that no visitor could fail to notice the excellent
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    THE SIRDHANA DISASTER
    311 1 Rescue Work And Low Death Roil PLEVEN DECK PASSENGERS, chiefly infants and children, lost their lives when the British India steamer Sird- nana of 7.745 tons, sunk m Singapore! harbour yesterday after striking a Train p— A further nine passengers, ail Asiatics, remain unaccounted to*- All Europeans
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    Holland & Belgium Still Working For Peace
    556 1 Holland Belgium Still Working For Peace QUEEN WILHELMINA SEES AMERICAN ENVOY THE Netherlands believes negotiations i?. still open, m Government circles at Since yesterday afternoon, there has been considerable diplomatic activity m Belgium and Holland and it is stated to ha\ r e been concerned with peace moves. Soon after
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    Contraband Control Works Smoothly
    124 1 London, Nor. 13. IT IS AUTHORITATIVELY stated that U-boats claimed only one victim last week, cf 96 tons off the Carmarthen ,Ua^t Hitherto 32 neutral ships, aggregating 8&.461 Urns, have been sunk by Qefmftn action. It is understood that the British contra jand control is now
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    MEGAN TAYLOR TURNING PROFESSIONAL
    50 1 Sydney. Nov. 14. MEGAN TAYLOR, the English holder of the women's world figureskating championship, has turned ressiontl, according to her father, vith whom she is co-starring m an ice vue. gan will later tour America from ere she has received an offer of £300 weekly Reuter
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    AT THE TELOK AYER WHARF
    295 2 Doctors* Work For The Survivors SCENES reminiscent of those m the newsreei of the arrival of the survivors of the Athenia disaster were witnessed yesterday on the Telok Ayer wharf whert survivors of the Sirdhana were landrd. Five ambulances, the first arrivals to Uie call
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    EUROPEAN SURVIVORS
    139 2 A MONG the survivors of the Sirdhana who are staying at the Adelphi He* el. are Messrs. W. N. Powell, W. R. J. Lowndes, L. H. D. Oatway. C. W. O. OoKins, J. E. Hatei. J. E. "Norton, J. II W. Da we, B. Paynter, J. B. Rymer,
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    Banishees On The Sirdhana
    207 2 SOME 137 Chinese undesirables were on the Sirdbana being banished from Malaya, and were saved from drowning by the quick action of Inspector S. W. R. Marsden, who was m charge of the police escort taking them to China. The Free Press understands that nine banishees
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    European Children Among Survivors
    100 2 'TWO European children, a girl aged two years and a boy of seven, who were among the few British children on board the Sirdhana, were *mong the last to leave the ship yesterday They were the. children of Mrs. E Ley den, from Hong Kong who
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    Officers Who Dived To Save Three Children
    409 2 LAST MOMENTS ABOARD ILL-FATED SIRDHANA GRAPHIC stories of the last moments aboard the British India liner Sirdhana were given by survivors interviewed by the Free Press yesterday. One was of the heroism of two offi cers who, among some of the last to
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    Passengers Who Were Terrorised
    129 2 AN Indian shop assistant, one of the survivcrs, said that he was on deck when the explosion occurred. Itie passengers immediately ran m all directions to put on their life-beits and get into life-boats. Mothers with babies m arms became very panicky and some of them
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    RUGGER PLAYER HURT IN CAR CRASH
    117 2 'From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 13. MEMBER ot the Cup- winning Selangor rugger fifteen last year and vice-captain of the Selangor Club this season, Mr. D. Mcßride was badly injured m a motor-car accident this morning It appears that Mcßride v/ho is
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    120 Lascars At The Hostel
    185 2 OVER 120 Lascars, including the ship's firemen and stewards, are being looked alter at the Mission to Seamen Hostel. Most of them, who jumped overboard after the explosion, were lying m bed m their wet clothes yesterday afternoon, while others preferred to walk around m
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    Rescue Work In The Minefield
    172 2 A FREE PRESS reporter who apprcached the scene of the disaster m a launch within an hour oi the explosion saw rescuers being transferred from small boats into tugs and larger vessels which took th3m to the Telok Ayer Basin. Shipping m the harbour went
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    European Climbed Down A Rope
    201 2 A^UROPEAN, Government official bound tor Hong Kong on the illfated vessel, told a Free Press reporter that the explosion took place shortly after he had had his breakfast. A large tower of water followed the explosion. The boats were lowered as promptly as possible. European
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    CLOTHING WANTED
    38 2 AN APPEAL for clothing for the survivors of the Sirdhana disaster is made by Rev. A. V. Wardle, chaplain ol the Singapore Marine Hostel, Anson Road, where a large crowd of Indian survivors are being housed.
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    What Holland Invasion Would Cost Nazis
    141 3 ..QIiAVE CONSEQUENCES" ARE FORESEEN I New York, Nov. 11 oust CO Germany of a possible invasion Belgium, the New York Times Bays measured not merely m ammunition. German lives lost but m the profound effect !h have on neutral, and particularly British and H
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    UNKNOWN DEAD IN GERMAN RAIL COLLISION
    19 3 UNKNOWN DEAD IN GERMAN RAIL COLLISION PKeriin. Nov. 14. killed and over collision between aasenger trains Upper Silesia. Reuter
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    12 3 hengtu. Nov. 13. li presenting a hinese air force for J-paiiese planes.
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    German Planes Again Over Belgium
    160 3 London, Nov. 13. DELGIAN NEUTRALITY was again violated by German aeroplanes this morning for the second time m three days. The planes were returning from a flight over France and they caused an air raid alarm to be sounded m Paris at 3.20. The planes,
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    N. CHINA GARRISONS TO BE REDUCED
    104 3 London. Nov. 13. THE WAR OFFICE announces that the British Government, who maintain m North China, m accordance vrith the international protocol ot 1901. certain military forces, has decided for reasons ol military convenience arising from the conflict m Europe, to maintain there only
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    TOBACCO CHARGE
    71 3 CHARGED with having In their possession dutiable tobacco, three Chinese, Yeo Scow Koon. Lee Kan Sam and Yeo Ah Quee were oroduced m the Singapore fourth court yesterday. The first and third accused pleaded guilty, ihe second accused claimed trial. Hearing was fixed for Nov. 23 m the
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    MASS ARRESTS IN GERMANY
    693 3 Sequel To Munich Bomb Explosion A WAVE of arrests has followed the Munich bom I: expkviton. Reports rcm neutral souives suggest that the nciuent is being used as an excuse to round up a great numtoer of Germans who have property or are thought to be
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    NEW MILITARY COMMAND IN SOUTH AFRICA
    104 3 London, Nov. 13. THE Governor-General of South Africa, Sir Patrick Duncan, with the approval of the King, has accepted an appointment as Colonel-in-Cnief of th* South African Air Force. The creation of a new military command m South Africa is also ann^unc--d, namely the
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    WHY FINLAND REJECTS SOVIET DEMANDS
    294 3 London, Nov. 13. 4 SPEAKER over the BBC. last night explained, the. Russian olans and what they would involve if Finland were to grant them. The negotiations, he said, had arisen is a result of Russian claims upon both m the extreme north and extreme
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    Lord Rothermere Tells Of Payments To Princess
    878 3 £5,000 A YEAR CONTRACTS London, Nov. 13. HETAILS of £5,000 a year contracts with Princess Hohenlohe were given by Lord Rothermere, proprietor of the Daily Mail, giving evidence m the case brought against him by the Princess for damages for alleged breach of
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    BIRTHDAY HONOURS IN PERAK
    154 3 (From Our Own Correspondent Ipoh, Nov. 13. ON the occasion of the birthday of the Sultan of Perak to-morrow, Nov. 14, the following have been appointed Justices oi tne Peace for Perak: Mr. A. C. J. Towers dpoh). Mr. A. C. Smith <Bagan Datoh». Lav Pak
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    TRIBUTE TO WOMEN'S VOLUNTARY SERVICES
    108 3 London, Nov. 13. IN a letter to the chairman of the Women's Voluntary Services lor Civil Defence, Mr. Walter Elliott, Minister of Health, said: "We shall m a duy or two have completed, I trust, the transler of school children, mothers and children under school
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    Temporary Rise In Unemployment
    145 3 Temporary Rise In U nemploy ment London, Nov. 13. THE TEMPORARY iiKre.ue m unempioymenl revealed m the recent Ministry ul Labour returns was inevitable as a result af the change-over from peace to war conditions, but, as is pointed out m an Intel view with the Minister o! Labour, the
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    LAW NOTICE FOR TO-MORROW
    110 3 Before the Chief Justice, the Honourable Sir Percy McElwaine m Court No. 1 at 11 .».m. Judgment m 5.40 39 Cheng Kirn Meng vs. K. Oli Mohunied. Judgment m 5.41 39— Yup Seug Teow vs. K. Oli Mohamed. Before the Honourable Mr. Justice Pedlow m Chambers
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    BUS DRIVER LOSES HIS APPEAL
    93 3 A CHINESE omnibus driver, Ken Ail T« k who viii, convicted m the lower courts for dangerous driving, fined $50 and had his driving licence suspended for a year, appealed against the conviction before the Chief Justice. Sir Percy M^Elwaine, yesterday. The appeal was dismissed.
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    CHINESE SALESMEN
    92 3 THE following were elert/d officials of the Chinese Salesmen's Association President Mr. Tan Kirn Chwee; vice presidents. Messrs. Teng Kirn Hock. Lan Tt-ow Lin. Teh Chan* Ngee, Koh Lian Seek: honorary secretary Mr. Yeo Boon S<ng: assistant honorary secretaries, Messrs. Urn Lean Tatt and Lim Quay Tow; honorary
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    The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1939. Sirdhana Sinking
    619 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1939. Sirdhana Sink ing THE deepest sympathy must be expressed with the Relatives of those who lost their lives in the sinking of the British India liner S i r d h a n a yesterday. Sympathy must also be expressed with the
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    Are Mere Denials Of Nazi Lies Sufficient ?
    1599 4 Are Mere Denials Of Nazi Lies Sufficient I Qf7/? LONDON LETTEk] London, Oct. 31. ARE we too complacent? rt That is the question oc- copying quite a number of minds this week. The answer I is not easy to decide. Whereas before the outbreak of hostilities we complained that the
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    2 4 RUSSIAN LAKE
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    SURVIVORS' STORIES OF SINKING OF LINER OFF SINGAPORE
    190 5 jl Asiatics Drowned And Nine Missing •AfIBHEES FREED FROM CtLL BY EUROPEAN ot the sinking of the British India fier striking a mine outside Singapore and descriptions of the rescue work page survivors of the disaster in with Free Press reporters. Highlights
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    Official Statement On Ihe Disaster
    54 5 THt Krr.Hi $i.:!ia SUMI >ird- !„■> mm «»li SJagmp— .n result «»f iayi .»n orticial ;-r« <; .i>t night. V» eiptanatio as to ham the kruJen. Hto^P to he lafthiu"- tf!er -m inquiry is stated. tfca! 1! deck past> and childM i heir lives. »hile
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    They Jumped To Safety
    649 5 '"TWO uf the last passengers to 'jump lor it" were M_r. Chanes Vance and Mr. Edwin «"Eddie" > Gaillard. both member*, of Nicolas company of magirians who have been performing m ?.ialaya. Mr. Gaillard U>v,k pictures ot the sinking until the vtry last minute when he
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    Japanese To The Rescue
    107 5 U ond officer of ■a awa Maru. the first res■:x the scene, said bunt to weigh anMiiman rei.ip about a .id been holed m slewing round m down by the bows. •o have been liieboat had ned by 12 men. and into the minef Out Beacon,
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    Nicola Loses All His Magician's Equipment "ENTIRE FORTUNE GONE"
    753 5 Nicola Loses All His Magician's Equipment "ENTIRE FORTUNE GONE" WILLIAM NICOLA, the famous magician who has just concluded a tour of Malaya, lost more than U. 5.5100,000 worth of property when the Sirdhana sank, "my entire fortune," he said/ His props were not insured. Illusions, costumes and scenery— a collection
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    Something To Tell Her Friends
    85 5 IT certainly will give me something to write home about," said Miss Mary Camp, a young American ex-high school girl, who ww one of the passengers on th<Sirdhana yesterday. She is the youngest performer m Ni-ola's troupe of magicians. She left high school m America
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    Japanese Journalist At The Front
    173 6 Tokio, Nov. 10. JAPANESE and other neutral news- paper correspondents who arrived m France last night to begin their tour of the British sector on the Western Front to-day got their first clcse-up glimpse of British troops making energetic preparations for an eventual German offensive,
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    21 6 duns which suard Britain's maritime trade. This picture was taken by a photographer who accompanied a naval patrol m Home waters.
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    MALAY NEWS BULLETIN
    362 6 BAGINDA King George dan President Peranchis telah manjawab seruan damai daripada King negeri Belgium dan Queen negeri Belanda itu. Dalam jawab itu di-terangkan bahawa pehak British dan Peranchis sedia akan menimbangkan apa2 chadangan dari pehak Jerman, asalkan chadangan itu memberiharapan yang betul bagi berdamai, dan melepaskan Eropah
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      114 6 THE SINGAPORE C. OF C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION NOV. 13. 1939: 12 O'CLOCK NOON Buyers Sellers No. IX R.S.S. Spot loose.. 39 39^ No. IX R.S.S. F. 0.8. m CM6B November 39 v t 39 u, G.P.A.Q. R.S.S. F. 0.8. m bales November 38 *s 38% FAQ. R.S.S. F. 0.8. m
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    SECOND DAY OF SINGAPORE RACES
    1353 8 Winsome Taken To Score Again This Afternoon GANDERDOWN TO WIN TKAINLNCJ honours should be evenly distributed at this 1 afternoon's races at Bui: it Timah m the second day of the Singapore Turf Club's winter meeting Winners have not been too difficult to pick, but
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    New Year Sports Carnival
    102 8 AT a representative meeting held at; the Singapore Cricket Club yesterday evening at 6 30, it was decided to run a New Year sports carnival, both land and sea, on Monday, Jan. 1. Those present at the meeting yesterday were Mr. H. K. Rodgers m the
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    RUGGER OFF
    29 8 The rugger match between the Singapore Teaohers' Asvj nation arid St. Andrew's Old Boys, to be played on Thursday is off, «wing to 3ie black-out and curfew.
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    Singapore Beat Perak By Odd Goal In Three
    791 8 THRILLING HOCKEY IN YESTERDAY'S MATCH (SINGAPORE beat Perak bj two goals to one in a grand game of hookey on the S.C.C. padang before a large crowd yesterday. In spite of the turf being rather on the soft side, a high standard
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    Singapore Rugby XV For Saturday
    72 8 T^HE following have been selected to represent Singapore against \e*ri Sernbilan-Malac am a Malaya Cv;» rugby match on Saturday at Seremban: L G. Kur.eii.sun; A. P. Craigje. W. N. J. lee I. N. Scott, I). M. fewaitf; J. %V. Ewart. .1. B. PotterB. M. Purser,
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    BATAVIA CREW ARRIVES IN SINGAPORE
    122 8 TTHE crew from Butavia to contest the Interport rowing cup against Singapore arrived yesterday morning and had their first practice on the breakwater course yesterday evening. They have brought with them a woman cox. Miss H. M. Noordijk. A change has had to be made
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    Further Lawn Tennis Ties
    199 8 Further S.C.R.C. tennis ties are To-day, Veterans Handicap Singles P. L. Loh (owe 12) vs. Chia Keng lye <scr). To-moirow, Open Doubles Championship: Chin Kee Onn and Chua Choon Leong vs. Dr. G F de Souza and P. de Soma; John Lim and Tan Huck Toe
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    FREE PRESS SELECTIONS
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    Perak Play Indian Army To-day
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    Qualifiers In Cup Golf At I.G.C.
    251 8 THE lollowing qualified lor match play m the R.A.F. and H M.S. Cornwall cups at the Island Goir Club en Saturday P. G. Minns and T. Y. Chm 81— 16 U--64. 7 b J. Murphy and H Hunter 73—6=67; Tan Chili Tuan and H
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    HOCKEY OFF
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