The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 24 November 1939

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Pres AND DAILY NEWS NO. 15.i M.-i. ISM) 1835 FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 24, 1939. 5 CENTS
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    DUTCH ANXIETY AT MINE WARFARE
    423 1 Vessels Advised To Stay In Harbour GERMANS LAY MINES BY PARACHUTE FROM AIR the loss of many neutral vessels as a Ik (ierman mines* campaign, the Netherlands advised shipping companies not to allow to leave harbour temporarily. are discussing projects to avoid the >r. The
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    Japan's Policy To Remain Unchanged
    81 1 Japan s Policy To Remain Unchanged Tokio, Nov. 23. JAPAN'S SHIPPING policy will not be altered as result of the loss of the Terukuni >laru. acct dial to an announcement by thr Ministry of Communications. An orticial said that if there were two or three such incidents Japan misrht be
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    GERMANY & THE BALKANS
    45 1 GERMANY THE BALKANS Bucharest. N»»v. 23. pERMANY'S -trenucus opposition ii a Balkan neutral bloc is revealed by circles close to the German Legation. These circles state that the Legation ha; received inductions to oppose by all possible meuns the formation of such a bloc- Reuter
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    SUCCESSES AND LOSSES
    527 1 Three British Vessels Sunk Off Coast THE loss ot three more British ships has been reported. The first is that o! the Hull steamer Geraldus < 2.500 tons*. Her crew ot 26 is sate. She was sunk off the East coast on Thursday night, and her crew
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    43 1 CWITZBRLAND has chartered 15 merchant ships from neutrals for tho duration of the war. Their total tonnage is 115.000. and ~-.aht of the ships have already been taken over. Hitherto, the only Swiss ships are the pleasure steamers en the Swiss lakes. Reuter
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    Fascists Do Not Talk Politics
    85 1 Rome. Nov. i.». IN line with Italy's newly inaugurated "Si'ence Campaign," the Rome Federation of Fascist Groups ut Coinbaf h.is ordered distribution of posters saying* "In this office we do not discuss high politics and high strategy. Here we work!'* The posters are being given
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    Dutch & British Contraband Control
    147 1 Dutch British Contraband Control London. Nov. 23. WITH REFERENCE to the Dutch Government's criticisms of British Contraband Control. Renter learns from an authoritative source that the contraband service is working with all possible speed. The British Government is just as anxious as neutral governments to avoid delays and although the
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    RAID ALARM AWAKENS SLEEPING PARISIANS
    82 1 Paris. Nov. 23. r FHE SHRIEK of sirens shattered the sleep of Parisians a few minutes after midnight, just after alarms had been sounded m north -western Frante. Residents m the northern suburbs and the centre of the city heard the thud of guns almost
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    RUMANIAN CABINET HANDS IN RESIGNATION
    178 1 Bucharest, Nov. 23. T*HE RUMANIAN Cabinet resigned to-day. It is believed that the Premier. M. Argentonianu, may be requested to form a new government. King Carol has accepted the resignation. No official reason is given for the resignation whk*h followed that of the Minister of
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    Nazi Airman Thought He Had Sunk Ark Royal
    252 1 "REAL STORY" OF ESCAPE OF AIRCRAFT-CARRIER THE "real story" of the escape of the British aircraft- carrier Ark Royal, when a 500-lh. bomb exploded near the ship on Sept. 26, was told at the Overseas Press chlb m New York yesterday by
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    HITLER SEES CHIEFS
    75 1 London, Nov. :!3. HITLER to-day had an extensive discussion with Gen. von Brauchitsch Army C.-in-C.. Adm. Raeder. naval C.-in-C., and Field-Marshal Goering. air force chief, according to the German "wireless, which says that thf Fuehrer gave instructions regarding future strategy. It was the biggest military confer- i
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    GERMANS QUIT LATVIA
    50 1 Berlin, Nov. 23. OVER 30.000 people have left Latvia bo re f urn to Germany, according to x Riga telegram received by the German news agency. This means that over half the German minority m Latvia have I e 1 r their homes, it is added.— Reuter
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    LATEST CONTRABAND CONTROL FIGURES
    67 1 London. Nov. SOME 14,000 tons of contraband L.teroeoted by the British Contraband Control during the week ended Nov. 18 brings the tola! volume of goods detained during the lot eleven weelts of the war Lj 441.000 tons The latest seizures included 3.100 tons ol petroleum products.
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    KING'S SPEECH TO PARLIAMENT
    252 1 "We Cannot Doubt Cause Will Prevail" London. Nov. 23. THE KING'S speech at the prorogation of Parliament to-day said The shadow of war has once more fallen over Europe. Despite the efforts of my Government to preserve peace, Germany m violation of hn solemn undertakings, wantonly
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    "Glaring Piece Of Nazi Lawlessness"
    97 1 THE Australian Prime Minister. Mr R G Menzies. yesterday described th" i British decision to seize German ex ports as a retaliation for the mtn» campaign as "a very restrained answer to a glaring piece of lawlessness The German radio last night pointed out that
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    EARTHQIAKE HAVOC IN ASIA MINOR
    50 1 AT least 18 people have been killed m a series Bf earthquake shocks m Anatolia, reports Reuter. from Istanbul The deathroll is likely to be milch higher as dozens of people are 4tinH under debris Great damage has been done. tm4 fommunication has been disrupted
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    Nazi Captive On Screen
    178 2 IWAS A CAPTIVE OF NAZI GERMANY." the Malvlna production he 4 h. rsbra, Is valuable as a mentary film because it is the true I rv of an AT.eri^an woman, brought to the screen by American cameramen. and mad? before the xar. Ihe charge o: uniair
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    AT THE CAPITOL
    132 2 COLUMBIA'S -Good Girls Go To Paris" at the Caoitbl is amusing. Mflvyn Douglas is an Aesop-faoles quoting English proiessor of Greek who ploys kindly protector; i a pert American waitress. Joan Blcndell. whose ambition is to go to I a by hock, cr that once profitable j
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    "FOUNTAIN HEAD OF LOCAL LOTTERIES"
    93 2 BAIL of $1,000 was allowed 11 Chinese inchiding three women, m the third court lay when they were charged with assistt.\j? m carrying on a chap-jce-kee lottery m Vcprasamy Rofid on Wednesday. The men were Yew Kirn. I,eo San Chea, lee Sicng. Urn Cheng Lain.
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    A PROFITEER NAILED
    33 2 fHARGED with selling nails at a price higher than that fixed, an offence under the Mence Regulation, a Chinese. Tan Tian Chtp. was yesterday fined $150 m the fifth curt.
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    Situation On China Coast
    217 2 COMMONS' STATEMENT POSITION AT PORTS London, Nov. 23. WHARFAGE facilities made available to thiTd Power shipping at Tsingtao will continue to be inadequate, said Mr. R. A. Butler, Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, in the House of Commons. At Chefoo. pressure had been brought to bear
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    CHAP-JIEE-KEE FINES
    48 2 FINES of $300 and $150 were imposed on Yew Seng and Lim Ah Teck respectively m the third court yesterday, for assisting m the management of a chap-jee-kee lottery m Tanjong Pagar Road on Wednesday. The first accused was stated to have had a previous conviction.
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    MAUYAN TAMIL VIEW OF WAR
    535 2 Indian Newspaper Hitler's Hesitation THE keen interest with which the leading Asiatic newspapers of Malaya are !ol." owing the complex situation m Europe is well exemplified by a Isadino: article m the Tamil Nesan, o! Kuala Lumpur. This ner.vs paper is one of three ICaftayan
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    MORE N.I. ENEMY FIRMS
    88 2 THE Government Gazette last night published the names of seven additional firms which are deemed to be enemy concerns under the terms of the Trading with the Enemy Ordinance. The first list was published on Wednesday. The new names are: Behn Meyer Cc. Handel MiJ (Batavia).
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    16 2 Regulations published m the Government Gazette last night fix maximum prices for formic and acetic acid.
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    MALAY NEWS BULLETIN
    473 2 CUATU perbiuitaii pcrkasa yang luar biasa telah di-iakukan oleh sa-buah kapal torpedo Peranchis. ia-itu ia telah menenggelamkan dua buah kapal selam Jerman dalam masa tiga hari. Sa-buah daripada kapal selam mi telah di-lihat mula2-nya oleh sabuah kapal terbang. Dengan serta-merta kapal terbang itu pun menghantar perkhabaran radio
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    TOBACCO CHARGES
    56 2 P^O Chinese. Yeo Scow Koon and Yeo Ah Quee were yesterday fined $400 or five months' rigorous imprisonment, when they pleaded guilty m the fourth court to being m possession of dutiable tobacco. A third person. Lee Kam San, claimed trial and the case was fixed to Dec:
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    SPECTACULAR ADVANCE IN RUBBER PRICES
    350 2 A SPECTACULAR advance has been the feature of the week, and values now stand at levels higher than at any time since April 1937, writes Messrs. Stanton Nelson and Co., Ltd. m their rubber market review. The tone of the London market yesterday was described
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      62 2 LAW NOTICE FOR THE DAY The Chief Justice, the Honourable Sir Percy McElwaine at Kuala Lumpur Court of Appeal. The Honourable Mr. Justice Pedlow On Special Duty. Before the Honourable Mr. Justice Manning hi Chambers at 10 a.m. Summonses-in-Chambers 373 and 695. At 11 a.m. m Court No. 2: Bankruptcy.
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    EPIDEMICS RIFE IN WARSAW
    95 3 oW r Britain Helps p o !ish Refugees i>mics of typhoid, rr diseases have v was admitted officer inter- man radio. d to bo n spttal m Wiarrtion r> ring not from diseases 000 which Brt.sh Govern- r ■>.:>!: reiugees bmi already Warm Clothing: employed man
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    Death Knell Of Nazi Foreign Trade
    47 3 Part* Nov. 23. t .or explains -Britisr eoncthe Nazi oarter Hurter OcrUt and F^r example, GerraJa rrcm the altered with a I The pro--3 sold i the fa he money \\d buy jc estopped, the :.c "We are o: Germany's Reuter
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    COMMITTEE OF ALLIED PROGRAMMES
    115 3 London. Nov. 23. A COMMITTEE of Allied programmes and purchases, under the presidency of M. Daladier. the French Premier and War Minister, has been formed In order to ensure maximum efficiency m participation m the Anglo-Frer.ch executive committees the creation of which was decided by the
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    STOP PRESS
    69 3 J 1 i. nnoum rd t'-..<t th.Xmbassador m Mm. Mr. J. P. Kennedy, has been «H bane for consultation with the He plans to leave by 1 %n*n«an Clipper from Lisbon on *t- 1 rttarang shortly after Christmas. rMihabad. Nov. 23. M.Kt>> working committee resolution leaving fc«r «p
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    Mein Kampf In A New Edition
    26 3 JpN KAMPF," Hitlrr's autof'OKraphv. is to be published han n H» OrdCr 4< d cc the b-ok to a Reuter
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    Chinese Shot Dead In Thai Capital
    139 3 Chinese Shot Dead In Thai Capital mMr Tokio, Nov 23 Jflß VI KUANG-YEN. an executive ho, m f ci ber cf the Chinese Chamber of Commerce m Bangkok, and a leading Chinese business man was shot dead on Tuesday nisht m o Bangkok street, it is reported He was shot
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    JAPANESE CAPTAIN PRAISES BRITON
    161 3 Paris, Nov. 23. J7LRTHER evidence that the recent losses of British and neutral merchant ship* off the east coast of England have been due to German mines, purposely laid m order to inflict loss on neutrals, was provided by thr testimony of the CftptaJo of the
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    LATEST NEUTRAL MINE VICTIM
    519 3 Greek Ship Sinks With Grain Cargo T TTr London, Nov. 23. HE Greek Elena, bound from the River Plate m Antwerp, with a cargo of grain is the latest neutral victim of German mines. Within an hour of the explosion she had disappeared. A south coast
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    How Exports Ban Affects Neutrals
    139 3 London, Nov. 23. COMMENTING on the effect on the neutrals of the British Government's decision to seize German go^ds on the high seas, The Times writes that through all this objectionable business Britain's supreme desire is to keep international trade going m every possible way
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    Mr. Chamberlain & Prisoners Of War
    69 3 Mr. Chamberlain Prisoners Of War A SKED m the House of Commons rk to consider the advisability of putting German prisoners of war under guard on< British ships as a deterrent to Germany's illegal marine policy, Mr. Chamberlain replied: "No such action would contravene the convention governing the treatment of
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    SECRET SESSION OF PARLIAMENT?
    189 3 Why Mr. Attlee Is To Ask For It London, Nov. 23. 4t| THINK the time has come when 1 I should give notice that m the new session we shall ask for a secret session of the House at an early opportunity m order to discuss
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    New Zealand Force For War Front
    138 3 MR. NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN stated In the House of Commons last night that he had seen the statement intimating that the first echelon of the New Zealand military force for overseas, which had undergone intensive training, would embark after completing their training m the dominion
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    NAZIS INVENT NEW YORK NEWSPAPER REPORT
    138 3 London. Nov. 23. A curious leature of a recent propaganda broadcast from Germany wa c the attribution to the New York Times of reports to the effect that the British battleships Hood. Repulse and Renown were being sent to Canada for repair, it being
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    BRITAIN AND HAPSBURGS
    39 3 In a House of Commons answer, the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Mr. R. A. Butler, stated that the question of the restoration of the Hapsburg Monarchy had not been discussed with the French Government. British Wireless
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    London Stock Exchange
    357 3 Berlin. Nov. 22. T^HE LITHUANIAN minister m Berlin has informed the Slovalcian minister m Berlin that the Lithuanian Government has accorded de jure recognition of Slovakia, says the official German news agency. Reuter CLOSING QUOTATIONS London, Nov. 23. THE t ol lowing are io-^u., i ithm ui.uun
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    COMMODITIES AND EXCHANGES
    186 3 'From Our Own Correspondent* London. \o\. 23. COMMODITY and Exchange markf I as follows pMi previous quotations m parenthesis ftUBBKR: Firm Spot: 11 11 9 16d (11 \d U 7 Dec: 11 7 Kid 11 d <11 5 16d 11 7 16o> Jan. -Ma: 11 fl 16d
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    The The Singapore Free Pres FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1939. Sirdhana Lessons
    548 4 The The Singapore Free Pres FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1939. Sirdhana Lessons A VERY full inquiry into the loss of the Sirdhana which ended yesterday has revealed a great .ieal of information as to the method of issuing warnings regarding the presence of minefields and the n-.easur.es taken to prevent the
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    Communists In China
    816 4 T*HE strength of the Chinese Communist Party m determining whether or not peace can be negotiated between China and Japan is greatly exaggerated." Dr. Chu nhia-hua. secretary of the Kuominfang Party, told a journalist m an exclusive interview. "If peace terms were to be arranged between China
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    A Wartime Miscellany
    808 4 From Empire Sources I ISTENERS to the local radio k in Gold Coast heard the following "perfectly untrue story." There was once upon a time a burglar and he loitered outside a house tor so long that the householder got rather suspicious "Look here," said the householder
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    CAPTAIN FAIRBAIRN'S CERTIFICATE SUSPENDED
    1527 5 CAPTAIN FAIRBAIRN'S CERTIFICATE SUSPENDED Findings Of Sirdhana Court Of Inquiry "WRONGFUL DEFAULT" OF MASTER 2nd OFFICER JHE certificate of the master should be suspended for one year, with a recommendation that he be granted a first mate's foreign-goin°; certificate during the period of the suspension The second officer should be
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    A Labour Crisis Well Handled
    103 5 A L abour Crisis Well Handled .H.rO«" (^respondent) lMir 11l ninirur. N«J- 23. KuJ n r jhute to the .tf* 1 4 m,nner «n which handled the labi« spejkinc at gW NiH Couni he hart been ur M .ears ar\d .„> labour irises, h.mdlrd so the universal P ***%tn t«
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    for Comforts & Not Munitions
    99 5 for Comforts Not Munitions PATRIOTIC FUND I if ndent I i la I unipur, Nov. Z*. I n for drawing atI rumour that the I --Fund was a war fund. I speaking at the reaffirmed the I i Patriotic Fund I i understand how id he gave I and total
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    THREE CHINESE FINED UNDER DEFENCE LAW
    62 5 I tan Bo!c Joo and Tan t Chinese, were yesterday 5 **rh when tfcf) pleaded guilty m court *.o two charges of exporting <i foods and exporting kerosene oil. under ttv Defence Regulations it v.is boarded by •:v Marine Police staanicies were discov--aid that
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    SOLDIER DIES AFTER FAIL FROM TRUCK
    49 5 ■RITE Dune:. Wa'son. aged 20. I ton Highlanders, whj I e| entirely severed above I he fell off a light miliI Bast C^'St Road yesterrmng. d ed m the General HosI the day. as a result of take place at Bida- to-day, with
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    WOULD-BE THIEF AT NAVAL BASE
    27 5 WOULD-BE THIEF AT NAVAL BASE imprisonment was <» X Padmanabhan. m the disr <rdav for housebreaking into I hous* m the naval base steal $120 'or Tunn prosecuted.
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    SS. "CONTE VERDE"
    35 5 '^rdf ka due here at 6 p.m Shanghai. Hong Kong **rth at the SH.B. wharf rp d to sail again at 10 i n rrow f nr Colombo, Bombay. Said, Bnndisi. Venice
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    VOLUNTEERS AND MOBILIZATION
    568 5 Sir Shenton Thomas "Simple Question" <From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 23. pONFIDENOE that the people of V* Malaya womd readily respond to any demand made on them, was expressed by Sir Shenton Thomas when he spoke at the Federal Council to-day. He referred to the
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    NO RICE LICENCE
    316 5 FOO Chee Pcong, of Chop San Seng Ixjng. was produced In the fifth court yesterday, and Pned $150 lor beinc an unlicensed rice dealer. The Court, however, decided to make no order for costs, for them. Mr. R. Williamso'n, on behalf of the pilot, argued that he
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    More Chinese Gifts To Patriotic Fund
    486 6 More Chinese Gifts To Patriotic Fund TTHE latest list ci contributions to the Singapore Chinese section of the Malaya Pa trie tic Fund brings the total received by the section up to $112,115. The latest donations, which amount to $5,870, are as follows: Tan Kah Kee, $500; Ong Seng Say,
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    226 6 ISSUED BY FRASER CO., AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS YESTERDAY TIN at midday was $117%, unchanged, while the price of Rubber at 4 o'clock was buyers Spot 40 cents, December 40% cents, January lMarch 38% cents and April June 36% cents, market steady. Bids from London to-day
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    INDIANS BEAT CRICKET CLUB 3-0
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    Selangor Race Weights For First Day
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    STATE HOCKEY TRIAL IN MALACCA
    118 8 From Our Own Correspondent* Malacca. Nov. 22. IN preparation for th?ir hockey en- COMPtw with Sins.ipore on Saturday. Dec. 2. Malacca will hold a trial on Mo., lay Ihp f llowine have been selected to Colours: Wee Thiam Hong: J. Skadkin. D Hendroff: Capt. W
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    HOC KEY DRAWN
    50 8 IN t hockey match played at Prince 1 Road pel terday. the YMC A. drew one-all with Fort Canning. The first h?lf was scoreless. In the second penrwi s Hope opened the scorinc for th~ Junior, and two minutes from the end Blake equalised for Fort Canning
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    TODAY'S RUGGER
    21 8 A ru^er nittch between Victoria Srh<» i mid Raffles Institution will be pl;>yM n the R.I ground this alterii'>on.
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