The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 27 November 1939

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Pres AND DAILY NEWS NO. *****. ESTD. 1835 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1939. 5 CENTS
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    THREE MORE GERMAN MINE VICTIMS
    288 1 p.&O. Ship Slightly Damaged Off Coast LONDON STEAMER SINKS IN FOUR MINUTES Cuwiw mine campaign has claimed three more nmv it was announced during the week-end—two vessels and an unidentified ship. was the P. and 0. cargo vessel which reached a British ted hv tugs
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    German Guardship Strikes Mine
    49 1 \GBRMAM guardship struck a mine m the vicinity of Langeland Island near a German minefield and sank within three minutes, according to a Copenhagen report. It is stated that S3 of the crew v. ere rescued oid some 12 are presumed to have perished. Reuter
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    75 1 t+ie Navy, hinted the commentator, will very soon have an antidote. He pointed out that the export restrictions on Germany would have a :ar greater effect on the enemy than any of her mines could have on us. The commentator concluded by sneaking of the one thing that the Germans,
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    PREMIER'S BROADCAST ON THE WAR
    85 1 London, Nov. Hi. IN view of the [»Ct that the Prime Minister, Mr Chamberlain, did not ■live m the Hous? ot Commons -his usual periodic review o! the progress ot the WW before tlve end of *he session on Thursday, many listeners are nking forward
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    U.S. HELP FOR I.L.O.
    59 1 Geneva, Nov. 26 THE strong hope that the United I Mate, uovernment will continue unrelaxed the work of the IntemationM Labour Office during the present worM crisis was expressed m a message from President Roosevelt on the occasion of the labour conference of American states at
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    NEUTRALS & THE ECONOMIC WAR
    461 1 NEUTRALS THE ECONOMIC WAR Representations To British Government IT is officially announced that Sweden has made a demarche to London resoecting the intensification of economic warfare. The demarche emphasises the grave consequences the measure would t&awe on the maritime trade of neutral countries. Denmark, according to a Copenhagen message, has
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    Italy's Attitude To Exports Prohibition
    145 1 Rome, Nov. 2(». PIE DICUSSION which Count Ciano. the Italian Foreign Minister, had on Friday night with the British and French Ambassadors an the Allied decision to seize German exports is featured with bis headlines m the newspapers which, however, with the exception of the
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    Crown Prince Michael Takes Senate Seat
    152 1 Paris. Nov. 26. "THE new Rumanian Cabinet, head- ed by M. Tatarescu, the Prime Minister, paid their formal visit to the Rumanian Parliament yesterday and were giv'en an enthusiastic welcome. Crown Prince IVlichael also took his seat m the senate for the first time,
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    14 Die When Pilot Boat Runs Ashore
    130 1 ONE of the little Liverpool pilot boats ran ashore yesterday and 14 men are known to have lost their LVes. Shortly after 4.30 a.m., a watchman saw the boat's plight and sent a message to an air raid warden. He also enlisted the
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    Another R. A. F. Flight Over N.-W. Germany
    299 1 WILHELMSHAVEN AMONG THE TOWNS VISITED London, Nov. 26. ANOTHER British flight into Germany was announced n yesterday, the third within two days. Royal Air Force craft flew over north-west Germany, Wilhelmshaven and Heligoland being among the areas visited. The planes met heavy
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    Snow Falls On Western Front
    53 1 THERE was patrol activity on Saturday night m the Vosgts region, the southern part of the Western Front where the Maginot Line and the Siegfried Line face each other across the Rhine, says Reuter. It has been quiet since Thursday for snow has fallen deeply
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    Report Of Chinese Cabinet Resignation
    65 1 rwas revealed on Saturday, according to a 8.8.C. news broadcast last night, that the entire Chinese Cabinet resigned last Tuesday. New ministers will be appointed at to-day's meeting of the Central committee of the Kuomintang. The Cabinet is reported to have resigned collectively to make
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    GERMANS ON LINER INTERNED BY FRANCE
    34 1 SOME 250 German passengers of the Italian liner Neptunia were interned and a quantity of German mail bags seized when the ship put m at Mar seilles. Reuter
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    RUSSIAN ABUSE OF FINLAND
    113 1 Premier Called A Jackanapes" OUSSIAN anger at the determina- tion of Finland to defend her independence is reflected m abusive articles yesterday m all the Soviet newspapers. Pravda, the official organ of the Communist Party, is particularly furious and declares that Finland is being supported m
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    HOLLAND TO PROTEST TO GERMANY
    132 1 The Ha*ue, Nov. 2(i. rIE Government has decided to protest to Germany regarding the Venlo incident on Nov. 9, when two British agents, Best and Stevens, were abducted across the frontier from Dutch territory and taken into Germany following a shooting affray outside a cafe
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    SIR THOMAS BRIDGES
    40 1 THE death has occurred of General Sir Thomas Bridges, aged 68. reports Reutw from London. The late General Sir Thomas who had a distinguished military' career. Was a former Governor of S. Australia, from 1922 to 1927.
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    32 1 •yHE death is announced of the 9th Earl of Denbigh. Lord -in- Waiting to Queen Victoria and King Edward VII from 1897 to 1906. aged 80, says a Reuter report from London.
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    SHOT CHINESE LEADER
    191 2 Thai Murder Si'lu- mow, Nov. ML I^WANGTUNG re. cived the news of the mmtaatton QJ Mr Vi Kwangycn. the tete i Opines? Chamber o e C /n.mer I at Bangkok, v.ith grief, particularly i It was expcrtiru^ him to come 11.I 1 attend the second sc. the
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    Malay To Broadcast From London To-day
    85 2 A MALAY, Dr. Amang bin Hassan, will broadcast from the 8.8.C. m London to-ni^ht m the series "The Empire At War." His talk, which will be at 10.20 p.m. Malayan time, will be relayed by the 8.M.8.C. which is extending its transmission for this
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    REPERTORY PLAYERS' "ROOM FOR TWO"
    141 2 UJJOOM FOR TWO" a farce by "Charles Wakefield. 'Ahich is still running m England, was given on Saturday night by the Repertory Players at the Victoria Memorial Hall and was handled with great ability. The plot centres around a persistent lover Hubert Crone (Alan D.
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    A TOPICAL FILM
    88 2 WHEN "Espionage Agent" begins a season at the Alhambra about the end of this month, it should be a good draw because of the t opical nature of its story. The picture had a midnight premiere on Saturday. Sterrir.s: Joel McCrea, Brenda Mr.rshail. Jeffrey Lynn and George
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    19 2 Kampar Malays will stage a Malay p!ay m Ipoh op Dec. 16 m aid of the Malaya Patriotic Fund.
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    "To Conquer Hate"
    441 2 LORD HALIFAX TOC H AIMS J ORD HALIFAX, the Foreign Secretary, m a letter to The Times (London) writes: "As one of the presidents of Toe H I want to call attention to its particular functions In the present emergency. An old play upon the letters of
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    EUROPEAN INJURED
    28 2 Tlfß. D. SUTHERLAND, a European, A" who was involved m a motor accident early yesterday m Connaught Drive, was taken to hospital suffering from minor injuries.
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    NAZI SHIP AGROUND
    33 2 Rome, Nov. 26. TTHE GERMAN steamer Pritzen, 6,000 tons. M has run aground near the Dutch island of Schiehmonnikoog, according to an Amsterdani messape to tne semi-omciai uanan newsagency.- Reuter
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    RICE SHORTAGE IN JAPAN
    388 2 Chinese Comment On Dilemma Chunskinc. Nov. 24. JAPAN cannot escape from an imT>en<ding rice shortage, as she is short of 20,GC0,G00 ptculs of rice or 25,G00,000 ipiculs of staple food for the coming year, predicts the independent Ta Kung Fao < Tim-partial) The jcurnal roints out
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    THE SINGAPORE C.-OF-C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION
    119 2 DAILY PRICES CURRENT Nov. 25. 1939: 12 O'clock Noon Buyers Sellers No. IX R.S.S. Spot loose.. 40 S 40 5 No. IX R.S.S. m cases Nov-Dec. (Sellers option* 40\ 40 7 8 G.P.A.Q. R.S.S. FOB m bales 39 T 40 b FAQ. R.S.S. FOB m
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    IN GERMANY TO-DAY
    494 2 EVEN the collection of fruit leaves to provide a substitute for tea is being organized with the usual Nazi love ol bureaucratic procedure. A news paragraph runs as follows:— In exemplary fashion the Hesse-Nassau union of allotment holders have thrown open their plots for harvesting blackberry and
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    Hitler May Intensify Mine Warfare
    309 3 Hitler May Intensify Mine Warfare «MOST POTENT WEAPON AT PRESENT," THINKS FUEHRER ftgk .tudvinir the results of the first week of unJVfrided mine warfare Hitler has ordered its inten(ii;l accrdkg to information reaching Amsterdam 1 I;.-! n. reports Reuter. Fuehrer flatters himself that he has put Britain c by mines,
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    GERMANS SEIZE TWO FINNISH SHIPS
    67 3 T^ttt Helsinki, Nov. 26. JHE Finnish shio Britannic, 3,100 tons, was seized by Germany m the Baltic near the Swedish '-oast, bound JOT Gothenberg with a cargo ol cellulose, Another Finnish steamer was later reported to have been seized by the Germans m the Baltic.
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    MYSTERY FIRE DESTROYS DUTCH MOTORSHIP
    56 3 Odense, Denmark, Nov. 26. A 10.000-ton motorship. the Slogerdyk. oi the Holland Amerlka line, was destroyed on the stocks here by a fire following a mysterious explosion within month of its completion. One workman died while several are injured. An inquiry has already been oDened
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    GERMANS IN CHINA TO DISGORGE GOLD
    63 3 Peipins, Nov. 86. IT is reliably learned that the German authorities m China are putting pressure on Germans to transfer to the German Government all gold dollars and securities m the United States for the purpose of purchasing American products. It is reported that
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    REGENT OF JOHORE HELPS WAR FUND
    52 3 IOHORE'S contribution to the Malaya •J Patriotic Fund now totals $13,218.44. Among the principal contributors have been the Regent of Johore 51.000 >. the Johore Civil Service Clu'o $500». Mr. Cheok Huan Checng <$3CO>, Ungku Abdul Aziz and Mrs. Aziz (s2so>, and Mrs. W.
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    STRANGE COURSE OF WAR IN WEST
    380 3 British Minister On The Nazi Giant M_ TTT London, Nov. 26. R. WALTER ELLIOTT, the Minister or Health, speaking at Glasgow last night, reviewed the course of "this strange war." In the east, he said, the armies of Germany, marching over huge plains, met
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    Craigie Protests At Dardanus Incident
    115 3 Tokio, Nov. 26. TIE Japanese newspapers feature a 90-minute interview which Sir Robert Craigie. British Ambassador, had with the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs yesterday afternoon. The Yomiuri Shimbun says that Sir Robert firstly stated the British Government's views regarding the Terukuni Maru, and, secondly, officially
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    U.S. Export Embargo & Far East Policy
    90 3 U.S. Export Embargo Far East Policy Washington, Nov. 2fc. SENATOR KEY PITTMAN. chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee, predicts that Congress- will approve his bill authorising the President to place an embargo on exports to Japan. He Pdds that he desires the reestablishment of peaceful conditions m the Orient,
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    Cost Of War To Canada
    264 3 $315 MILLION IN ONE YEAR, SAYS MINISTER London. Nov. 26. IN a wireless address from Ottawa, Colonel Ralston, the Canadian Finance Minister, stated that credits provided by Canada for the United Kingdom Government already amounted to $100,000,000, which would enable payments on purchases for some
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    PREMIER WITH R.A.F.
    33 3 London, Nov. 25. 'T'HE Air Ministry announces that the Prims Minister and Mrs. Chamberlain this afternoon visited the headquarters of the fighter command of the Royal Air Force.— British Wireless
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    30 3 London, Nov. 26. 'X'HE Minister of Shipping has appointed Sir Edward Beatty to be his representative m Canada. Sir Edward Beatty Is president of the Canadian Pacific Railway.— British Wireless
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    STRENGTH OF THE ALLIES
    230 3 London, Nov. 26. THE statement issued after the meeting of the Supreme War Council on Nov. 17 concerning maximum unification of Allied war potentials is discussed m the current issue of the Economist, which describes it as being "of quite extraordinary importance." The Economist says: "For
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    Can Russia Spare Oil For Germany's Use?
    306 3 REPORTED 800,000 TONS DEAL SCEPTICISM London, Nov. 26. COMMERCIAL circles m London are sceptical regarding the unconfirmed reports that Russia has contracted to supply the German Government with 800,000 tons of oil products. According to statistics published by the American bureau of mines,
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    Alleged Evasion Of The Censorship
    116 3 London. Nov. 2(1. IT IS officially announced that the Press and Censorship Bureau is conducting: an inquiry into an alleged case of evasion of censorship. Reuter learns that the inquiry relates to damage to the cruiser Belfast, the news of which was known to agencies
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    RED CROSS FUND
    20 3 London, Nov. 26. 'I 'HE Lord Mayor's Red Cross Fund has now Massed the £700.000 mark.— Reuter
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    More American Warships In The Pacific
    128 3 More American Warships In The Pacific THE acting Secretary of the U.S. Navy Department. Mr. Charles Edison, urges m his annual report that the greater portion of the U.S. fleet should be maintained m the Pacific He goes on to say that the present building programme will probably have to
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    ARTISANS' QUARTERS FOR HARBOUR BOARD
    25 3 ALEXANDER SMALL, the Colonial Secretary.- wiil open the new Singapore Harbour Board artisans' quarters at Morse Road on Friday next.
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    INTERMINABLE OVERTURE
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    The Singapore Free Pres MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1939. Food Prices To-day
    646 4 The Singapore Free Pres MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1939. Food Prices To-day /CRITICS of lood control m Malaya rarely understand the fundamental reasons for the increase m prices that have taken place over the past two or three months. They do not see existing price levels m their correct perspective and
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    Cost Of Living Is Rising In Britain
    1518 4 OUR LONDON LE'ITER THE Ministry of Labour announces thai mi Xov. 1 the general living cost Index figure m Britain was 6J* per cent, above the July I*U4 level, as compared with 65 per cent, at Sept. 30 last. This four- point rise
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      21 4 X MAS BARGAINS Commences on MONDAY November, 27, 1939. At. B. H. T. DOULATRAM CO. 48-50, High Street, Tel: 7846. SINGAPORE
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    APPLICATION TO RAISE BUS FARES IN KUALA LUMPUR
    1506 5 APPLICATION TO RAISE BUS FARES IN KUALA LU MPUR f.M.S. Transport Board Reserves Decision p E TROL AND OIL COSTS ion for permission to increase bus fares m di\ as a result of the increased cost of is now being considered by the F.M.S. ad No announcement has yet been
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    British News & Propaganda
    276 5 British News Propaganda JAVA CORRESPONDENT HAS A COMPLAINT QTRONG Criticism of the Ministry of •3 Information and British propaganda overseas is made m London newspapers which arrived m Singapore en Saturday. A correspondent of The Times quotes the following from a letter he has received from Java: "Here m Java
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    Civil Centre Is Needed In Singapore
    376 5 Civil Centre Is Needed In Singapore •*|T must be emphasized once more," states the annual report of the Friends c»! Singapore society, "that the lack o! a genuine civic centre is not merely hampering hyphothetical cultural developments, but is actually preventing Sinsap~re from taking advantage of offers which would be
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    MALAYA PATRIOTIC FUND
    92 5 I JSE of the name of the Malaya Patriotic Fund m appeals for support for any form of entertainment or m any other ronnecticn tan only be made with the sanction of the secretary or chairman of the executive committee of the fund m Singapore. For that
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    MALAYS HELP PATRIOTIC FUND IN PERAK
    101 5 '.From Our Own Corresoondent* looh, Nov. 25. MALAYS from the district of Kuala Kangsar met at the Iskandar Poio Club. Kuala Kangsar. and passed the following resolutions to facilitate collectins m aid of the Malay section of the Malaya Patriotic Fund: All Government servants,
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    BLOCKADE IN OPERATION
    305 5 WHILE the British Ministry of Economic Warfare is busy draftin? regulations to cover Britain's seizure of German exports, the existing Contraband Control is settling down to a smooth routine A 8.8 C. observer who witnessed the system said m a broadcast to Malayan listeners that from what
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    The R.A.F. Officer Who Came Back
    581 5  -  Walter Duranty By With the R.A.F. m France. I HAPPENED to meet the first R.A.F. officer to fly his unit to France some three months ago. He ii a slim, goodlooking, youngish nun who commands a group of heavy planes and his unit is
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      272 5 LAW NOTICE FOR THE WEEK Ust or wmm tar tne week to-day Before the Chief Justice, thr Hop Mr Si. Percy McLlwaine m C o«rt No l Wednesday. Nov 29. at 10 a 111 Petition for Decree Absolute m Divorce N-. 1 39. Before the Chief Justice, ss ihr Chief
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    German Naval Crew "Afraid Of War"
    206 6 German Naval Crew "Afraid Of War" THE crew of the 'pocket battleship" Deutschland the German raider ranging tho South Atlantic, are nearly all 21 or under. And they are afraid of the British Navy which is relentlessly hunting them. They confessed this to 36 British seamen wh^m they took on
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    "MARNIX VAN SINT ALDEGONDE"
    34 6 rIE Nederlaiid Line Royal Dutch mail steam :r. M.s. Marnix van Sint Aldegoncie. is expected to berth aloniskie the Singapore Harbour Board Wharves tomorrow and will sail later for Java.
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    CHARITY MATCH
    25 6 The gate receipts for the Marigold-Devon-shire charity badminton match m aid of the China Relief Fund held at the Happy World realized $531.75.
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    S.V.C. Drills
    543 6 CINGAPORE Volunteer Corps programme of Drills up to and for week ending Dec. 3 1939 'Monday: 17.15 hrs.. Headquarters S.R. A (v) Gunnery Instruction: 17.30 hrs., Headquarters. S.R.E. (v) W<>.3 »jjton^ Section Training; 17.15 h« Fort agingsing. S.F.C.R.E. (v). Section Training. 17 00 hrs.. Medical College, College of
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    HONOURS EVEN AT JALAN BESAR
    279 8 Johore R.N-R.A.F. Play Draw CONTRARY to all expectations, the RN. and RAF. failed to beat Johore m an H.MS Malaya Cup rugger game at Jalan Besar stadium on Saturday. The result was a pointless draw. With due re ne-t to th* visiting side, the R.N
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    Selangor Beat Perak 1-0 At Hockey
    117 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh. Saturday. pLAYING on a wet field this afternoon. the Selan&or hockey team beat Perak by one goal to nil. Perak gave a disappointing dis- t play There was unc last- minute change m the Selan^or side. Mohaidin replac- ing
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    HOME RUGBY LEAGUE RESULTS
    71 8 Saturday 's Home rugby results were YORKSIIIKK SECTION Batley 5 Huddersfield 10 Bramley 6 Dewsbury 2 Featherstone 11 Hull K.R 23 Halifax 26 York 5 Hull 13 Castleford 12 Hurdle 4 10 Bradford N 5 Ke.'ghley 4 Leeds 10 UHMMH SECTION Lt igh 0 Salford 2
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    RUGBY UNION
    80 8 Ouy's H"-pi f ai '< St. Thomas's Has. 10 Pyljl Park 13 Combined London Irish L. Welsh 9 St Barfs Hos 3 Harlequins 6 St. Mary's Hos 20 An Army XV 8 An Army XV 6 Weston Super Mare 14 Bedford Cambridge 4 Bridgend 6 Swansea 0 j
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    STARLIGHT B.P.
    71 8 Thf following players will represent tin Starlight B.P against the M^rry-Union B P 011 Thursday at the covered stadium, at 7 p.m F X I^ee. M P. Chan. H A Shea. Michael Tan. X S I«ee. B S Koh. S- A Mattar. Andrew c I.oh. V S. Tan.
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    Sappers And Miners Beat I.A. 5-2
    88 8 Sappers And Miners Beat I. A. 5-2 ••pHE Sappers and Miners beat the 1 Indian Association by five goals to two m a hockey match at Balestier yesterday Five minutes from the start the home team scored through P. Dhass. and Arokia Samy. the military centre forward, equalized soon afterwards.
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    ARNOLD ROBINSON CUP RESULT
    65 8 TIE Arnold Robinson Cup competition at the Royal Singapore Golf Club resulted yesterday In a win tor A. M Pearson and T. Black, with a score of 70 2. J The second bi-monthly mixed foursomes competition played at Bukit Timah yesterday afternoon resulted m a win
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    CROSSCOUNTRY RUNNER KNOCKED DOWN BY BUS
    60 8 CROSSCOUNTRY RUN N ER KNOCKED DOWN BY BUS FYom Our Own Correspondent) Penan?, Nov. 26. WHILE running along a road m Glu^or village with a comrade, Rajwan Ali, of a Punjab Regiment stationed m Penan?, was fatally injured when he w?s knocked down by a bus. Both jvere practising for
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    Women's Junior Doubles Final
    434 8 MISSES LILLIAN TAN and Yoong S:ok Lin (MerridakM won the women's junior doubles title m the Singapore badminton championships yesterday alter a keenly contested but unimpressive final against Misses Hilda Schelkis and Mary Goh 'Devonshire*, whom they beat m two straight sets. With the exception o!
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    ARMY JUST BEAT NEGRI IN MALAYA CUP RUGGER
    460 8 ARMY JUST BEAT NEGRI IN MALAYA CUP RUGGER MAINTAINING the high standard o! rugger that has been witnessed on the padang this season, the Army just beat Negri-Malacca by 20 points Irur tries, a goal and a penalty goal> to 16 Uwo goals, a try and a penalty) m a
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    KEEN COMPETITION AT A.A.M. TESTS
    380 8 Barraclough Wins Prize For Best Performance THERE was plenty of keen competition among the 3tl entries who competed for the driving tests, organised by the Automobile Association of Malaya (Singapore Branch) at the 16% mile, Jurong Road, yesterday. The testa, which were made of five
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    SATURDAY'S HOME SOCCER RESULTS & TABLES
    1286 8 SATURDAY'S HOME SOCCER RESULTS TABLES fVHESTERFIELD, Rangers and Falkirk have still not dropped a point m their respective divisions, each side winning again m Saturday's Home Soccer. Arsenal were held to a draw, but still lead m South A. Everttwi scored a big v^torv. while cai the other hand, the
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    WOMEN'S GOLF ON WEDNESDAY
    136 8 TTHE following are the teams for the women's match between Royal Singapore Gclf Club and Keppel Golf Club on Wednesday afternoon. (R.S.G.C. players mentioned first*: 3.30. Mrs. E. A. Elder clB> vs. Mrs. A B. Menzies (18>; 3.35. Mrs. W. H. Day U8) vs. Mrs. H.
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    REST BEATEN BY S.C.C.
    116 8 IN a hustling Si^" try to 3 points .oSii ly The Rest scorer* r*fn pen^ fii* half. when'R^r points with a nenaM? having mi.ssod one a YThe Club pressed \hlt of the half and Eta?'" a penalty goal then^L2? to give the S.C.C i terval inp
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    SATURDAY'S HOCKEY MATCHES
    84 8 TWO GOOD hocke; mat^ek on Saturday on the SCC ZL** at the Police Depot At the S.C.C. the. Club a* th Regiment and thr result was a trr Scorers were Elliott 12, for th! cISfL?! 1 Balwant Singh and ohulan-. Vat^ 1 Pun jabs. Ntbl f tke
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    WOMEN'S FOURSOMES AT KEPPEL G.C
    57 8 HTWELVE CARDS ver* taken out far November Women > Poursomai rami. tion at the Keppel Gclf Cub on ft** the follow Ine were thi scor« ratarvd. Miss M. Walsh and Mrs W j n^. 4g_14i,_33i,, Mrs G E X A M. Low 45—8^—364 Mn R
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    HOCKEY
    45 8 Tne following have accept hookey lor S.CC n. ki at S.C.C Major F. E Robins-'-P. F Kinsey. D Brennsm F J. P. Wood. D. H Tudor C P Capt. H. C Christy P L I Clement, B. H Lee Umpire to E. C. Watson.
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