The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 29 November 1939

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 15.947. ESTD. 1835 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1939. 5 CENTS
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    ALLIES' CONTRABAND CONTROL DECREE
    671 1 German Exports To Be Seized CHAMBERLAIN EFFECT OF MOVE ON NEUTRALS SXINC next week, the Allied contraband control German exports carried m neutral ships, ie retaliation for the indiscriminate mine warfare ofg\\zr. of the German Government. A decree to give effect to this decision was published
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    Rome Paper On New Allied Measure
    84 1 Rome. Nov. ZS. ANALYSING the effectiveness of the Allies' measures of economic warfare, the newspaper II Messagero declares: "The blockade represents not only a siege of Germany but a siege of the Allies/* The newspaper arsrues that Germany, by reason of her alliance with
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    THE KING OPENS PARLIAMENT
    312 1 "The War Commands Energies Of All" •"THE KING, accompanied by the Queen, opened the new session cf Parliament m person yesterday. His Majesty's intention was not announced m advance and people m the streets were surprised when they saw the Royai car leave Buckingham Palace for
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    Premier & Conditions For "New World"
    149 1 Premier Conditions For "New World" MR. CHAMBERLAIN, m his speech m the House of Commons yesterday, said it would be worse than futile, it would be mischievous, to attempt to lay down conditions to-day, conditions under which a new world would be created. "We have not entered this war with
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    BRITISH SHIP SUNK
    22 1 THE British steamer Uskmouth (2,483 tons> has been sunk and three of her crew of 25 are missing.— Reuter
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    American View Of Germany's Position
    89 1 New York, Nov. 28. AFTER three months of the war the majority of diplomatic opinion holds that Germany appears to be now less likely to win than m the early days of the conflict, says the Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia Public Ledger. He continues
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    Hitler Weaker To-day Than 12 Weeks Ago
    213 1 "KNOCKOUT BLOW CAN NEVER BE DELIVERED" SIR SAMUEL HOARE, Lord Privy Seal, speaking yesterday at a meeting of the Chelsea Conservative Association, said that m the early days, the German government believed that their agreement with Russia meant at least a balance of
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    Finland's Note To Soviet On Frontier Incident
    235 1 FINLAND has sent a Note to Russia offering to withdraw her troops some 16 miles from the frontier if the Russians will do the same. The Note also rejected the Russian protests about Sunday's Incident m which four Soviet soldiers are stated to
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    Rawalpindi's Lifeboats Battered, Say Survivors
    465 1 LONDON NEWSPAPERS HAIL VESSEL'S GALLANT FIGHT I^LEVEN survivors of the armed merchant cruiser H Rawalpindi, former P. and O. liner, which was sunk by the German pocket battleship Deutschland and another *nemy ship on Nov. 23 while on contraband control duty south-east of Iceland, have
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    NO CHRISTMAS RATIONING
    242 1 Scheme To Come Into Force On Jan. 8 RATIONING will be introduced m Great Britain on Jan 8. Christmas m Britain will thus be entirely free from food rationing. The only commodities to be rationed at first will be bacon and butter, and the allowance m each
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    Distinguished flying Cross For Officers
    195 1 T*HE award of three more Distinguished Plying Crosses is announced with details of the recipients' gallantry. The first is Squadron Leader P. R. Barwell, who led a flight of six aircraft over the Noi th Sea to intercept nine enemy bombers approaching a British convoy.
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    COMMANDER OF MINED DESTROYER DIES
    42 1 London, Nov. 28. ris announced that Lieutenant. Commander Nigel John Crossley, commander of the destroyer Gipsy, which struck a mine off the east coast and was subsequently beached, died yesterday of injuries received m active service. Reuter
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    Britain's First War Film In Singapore
    363 2 Britain's First War Film In Singapore "THE UON HAS WINGS'* CICTION has little place m one of the most gripping films to be made lin England "the Lion Kas "Vings," [produced by Alexaader Korcb. fo. I London Fi ms, and shown at the Ca.nay yesterday or the first tlfhe m
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    COMMODITIES AND EXCHANGES
    139 2 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Nov. 28. RUBBER: Steacty. Spot: ll 111W ll%d (11 llil6d n .id) Jan-Mar: ll»;d ll'.d (li%d ll^d) Apr-June: U%d 11 11 16d (ll%d ll%d) July-Sept: 11 7il6d 11 9il6d (11 9 I6d ll li|i6d> New York (opening price): 20.43 cts. (20.45 cts.).
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    THE SINGAPORE C.-OF-C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION
    116 2 DAILY PRICES CURRENT Nov. 28, 1939: 12 O'clock Noon Buyers Sellers No. IX R.S.S. Spot ioose.. 40^_ 40% No. IX R.S.S. P.O B. m cases December 40 Vi 40% G.P.A.Q. R.S.S. FOB. m bales December 39-* 40% F.A.Q. R.S.S. F. 0.8. m bales December 39%
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    ALLEGED THEFT OF $50 SAMPAN
    41 2 TWO Chinese, Tee Chong Kui and Kuan Seng Long, yesterday appeared m the fourth court, charged with the theft of a sampan valued $50. Hearing was postponed to .Nov. 30 bail being allowed at $100 each.
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    GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF ENGINEERING STORES
    40 2 F.RTHER measures m connection with Government control of certain items of engineering stores are contained m an important order issued by the Director of Engineering Stores, which appears as an advertisement elsewhere on this page.
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    London Stock Exchange
    305 2 CLOSING QUOTATIONS London, Nov. 28. The following are to-days closing middle quotations. Shares are oi £1 denomination unless otherwise stated. i_oau a' .9'i*-_4 108^ übu-iia l-^an 4% 1960-90 1-5% +H ,vui Loan SV* 92^ join Union Assce (Units) 6v_ .-udeii-iai Assce A' 2o^ -ioyai Assce jieat Western
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    33 2 MR. JOSEPH KENNEDY, the Amer;'c2_i Ambassador m London, was the sruest cf the King and Queen at lun?he:n at Birkin.-hom Palace yesterday. Mr. Kennedy is shortly re- turning on leave to Amer^ca.- Reuter
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      380 2 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE ENGINEERING STORES An Important New Order. A new ORDER published by the Director of Engineering Stores requires a licence to be obtained by any person who has m his possession more than a named minimum quantity of certain items of Engineering Stores. Such licences are to be
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    labour Leader On peace & War Aims
    439 3 labour Leader On peace War Aims "pEEP CHANGES IN EVERY FIELD OF ACTION" London, Nov. 28. g the course ot a broadcast, Mr. Herbert Morrihon. chairman of the London County Council, recalling th jt he had -pent his life m tho struggle for security at work n(j home for the
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    AN INVITATION TO THE GERMANS
    222 3 New York Times On Premier's Address New York, Nov. 28. MR. CHAMBERLAIN m his broadcast ITI on Sunday night issued a direct invitation to the German people to act m their own self-interest, says the New Ycrk Times, commenting on Britain's peace aims. The newspaper
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    HALIFAX SEES SOVIET AMBASSADOR
    70 3 LORD HALIFAX, Foreign Secretary, saw the Russian Ambassador m London, M. Maisky. yesterday. The interview took Dlace at the invitation oi Lord Halifax to enable him to obtain some clarification on Soviet policy. It is understood, says Reuter. that the Russian Ambassador could throw no further
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    Tentative Raids On The Western Front
    107 3 CXCEPT for one small sector, opera- tions on the Western Front remain I unrelievedly quiet. There has Deen practically no important activity since the middle of last week, says Reuter. The exception is the area lying between the Moselle and the Sarre where it
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    SIBAJAK NOT TO SAIL YET FOR THE EAST
    52 3 Berlin. Nov. 28. 'T'HE Rotterdam Lloyds liner Sibajak (12.200 tons) which would have sailed on Nov. 25 from Rotterdam for the Netherlands Indies will not leave at present, because of the increased danger at s_a, according to a news agency dispatch from
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    KING ON DRIVE TO HELP NATIONS YOUTH
    66 3 TTHE King has given his support to the big drive to help the nations youth, sponsored by the National Youth Committee. In a letter to the Prime Minister, the King appeals for volunteers to act. as leaders m the work. They can be
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    CHINESE "BOY" FOUND DEAD: WOMAN STABBED
    68 3 A CHINESE "boy" was found dead and the wife of the Chinese cook stabbed several times with a knite, m the servants' quarters of the residence of the French Consul-General m Gallop Road yesterday. The boy is believed to have taken poison after stabbing
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    NAZI PRISONERS LANDED AT SCOTTISH PORT
    44 3 London, Nov. 28. SEVENTY-THREE German prisoners disembarked from a British auxiliary cruiser at a Scottish port to-day. Among them were twelve officers. It is understood that they are survivors of a U-boa_t and three German cargo ships- Reuter
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    Another R.A.F. Flight Over Germany
    60 3 u |"riE Air Ministry announced yes- terday that machines of the Royal Air Force carried out yet another successful flight over north-west Germany on Monday night. Belgian anti-aircraft guns opened fire on several foreign planes which flew high over Brussels about noon yesterday. The planes
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    GERMANY IS NOW DESPERATE
    175 3 Submarine Campaign Failure Indicated New York, Nov. 28. "QERMANY'S mine-laying tactics indicate the failure of her U-boat campaign," writes Commander Edward Ellsberg, American naval expert, m the New York Post. "The campaign of indiscriminate sowing of mines m one ot the world's main traffic lanes is
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    Progress Of Empire Air Training Scheme
    75 3 Ottawa. Nov. 28. MISSIONS and committees representing the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and Canada nave completed discussions regarding the joint air training scheme, Mr. Mackenzie King revealed m a Press statement to-aay. Mr. King added that the basis or agreement has been worked
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    GREAT OVATION FOR ROYAL FAMILY
    100 3 London, Nov. 27. THE King m admiral's uniform, the Queen, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and the Duke and Duchess of Kent went to a London theatre tonight for the first time since the outbreak of the war. They entered the royal box m
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    AT THE ALHAMBRA
    56 3 THE thrills of the racing track are again brought to the screen m "King of the Turf" which opened its season at the Alhambra Theatre last night. Adolphe Menjou gives his usual polished performance and the rest of the cast, which includes Dolores Costello. Roger Daniel, and
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    NEW YORK AIR BASE
    33 3 New York, Nov. 28. The naval authorities have announced the building of a new air base adjacent to the city to accommodate 24 igiant seaplanes for neutrality patrol Reuter
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    A REALISTIC VIEW OF THE NAZIS' MINE WARFARE
    394 3 London, Nov. 28. r[E new turn given to Germany's war on shipping during the past week is the subject of much public discussion here. It is recognized that the surprise factor can always be introduced by an enemy which does not scruple
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    NAZI PILOT AT R.A.F. MESS
    290 3 Honour For Man Who Fought Bravely A YOUNG Nazi bomber pilot who landed his bullet-riddled plane behind the Maginot Line has just dined as the guest of honour m the mes~. of the men who brought him down, and that dinner changed his whole outlook
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    U.S. Relief For War Sufferers In U.K.
    164 3 London, Nov. 28. IT is announced m London that, m order to assist m meeting the problems of relieving war distress m Britain and France, two new United States coroorations have been created with the object of affording Americans an opportunity to make
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    GALLANTRY OF BRITISH LIFEBOAT CREW
    68 3 London, Nov. 28. THE gallant work recently accomplished by lifeboats around tlie British coasts is exemplified by the experience of one Kentish lifeboat crew, to whom the Royal National Lifeboat Institution has made awards amounting to over £124. They were called out eight times m
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    BANGKOK-TOKIO AIR SERVICE
    235 3 Japanese Plan To Start Next Year Tokio, Nov. 28 BEGINNING next February, a weekly air sei vice between Tokio and Bangkok will bo inaugurated. The signing of an agreement regarding tlie opening of the air Ml I lot between the two countries took place between the Japanese
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    IF JAPAN-U.S. TRADE PACT LAPSES
    68 3 Tokio. Nov. 28. IN case the existing treaty lapses without being replaced by a new one trade between Japan and the UnitedStates will be carried on with some difficulty, according to the spokesman of the Japanese Foreign Office. Replying to a question by a newspaper
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    ENGINEERING STORKS
    33 3 Details oi the precedurc for obtaining engineering stores, including supplies of steel and other raw material from the United Kingdcm arr given m an advertisement m page 6 o! this issue.
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1939. Undue Pessimism
    627 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1939. Undue Pessim ism A GREAT deal of unjustified pessimism regarding the progress of the war at sea is noticeable In Singapore because during the past week there have been apparently heavy losses of merchant shipping following the intensive mine campaign of the
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    Organization Of R.A.F. In France To-day
    686 4  - Organization Of R. A.F. In France To-day WALTER DURANTY By With the R.A.F. m France. ANE of the things I have learned from this war although I am willing to bet that Imperial Airways knew it long ago is that the aeroI lane is not only the fastest but, rlso
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    Peace Plea Reasons
    803 4  -  PERTINAX By Paris, Nov. 20. TTHE PASSAGE m Herr Hitler's speech at Munich m which he isaid that the German Reich would not surrender and that Field-Mar-1 1 hai Goering had been ordered i when war broke out to prepare for I a five years' campaign has
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      19 4 x*9£ _lAi)£ TAES •NEW STOCK <>f LINGERIE Just Received UNUSUAL INEXPENSIVE 18. BATTERY ROAD. j PIRST FLOOR PHONE 7143.
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    NAZI PROPAGANDA & INDIA
    605 5 NAZI PROPAGANDA INDIA L; s h.ul Thinking On The I Congress Controversy t 0 W GERMANS ENLARGE FRONTIER INCIDENTS rom A Special Correspondent) order li ifatH-d attention from the internal dissensions I hK h ..trinanv is now racked, the Nazi Ministry (Prop a«:i:Kl i is trying hard to make capital
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    Port Of London Remains Open
    66 5 A recent news agency report from a neutral sour.c stated that the Port of London is closed owing to the channel being blocked by a transport sun k Dy a German aircraft. The Admiralty officially announce, m a message received m Singapore yesterday, that .he
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    LAW NOTICE FOR THE DAY
    98 5 Before tiie Chief Justice, the Hon'ble Sir Percy Mrl.l_.iinr m Court No. 1 at 10 a.m. Petition for Decree Absolute m Divorce No. 1 39. Before the Hon'ble Mr. Justice Pedlow m Court Na 3 at 11 a.m. Assizes: Rex vs. Chan Tian Chye and
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    FIGHTING OUTSIDE A SINGAPORE SHOP
    83 5 rUT he called the police to arrest a man who was creating a disturbance m his shop, and was arrested himself, was the excuse given by Lee Kwong Seng, m the second court yesterday when he and Huang Pah Fah wer> fined $1 each. They
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    MONKS HILL SCHOOL PRIZE-GIVING
    46 5 I\i|ONKS HILL SCHOOL held its first I™ .parents' day- prize-giving and. exhibition of handwork yesterday. Pupils gave a concert before the prize-giving by Mrs F. Angell. Mr. M. R. Hol gate, senior Inspector of Schcols, was present and made a short address.
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    PENANG GIRL IN CHINESE FILM
    35 5 A Penang-born Chinese actress, Miss Chen Yun Shang, appears m "Queen For A Night." a Chinese film, with English super-imposed titles, which opened a season at the Capitol Theatre yesterday.
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    inspector Who Assaulted An Indian
    270 5 inspector Who Assaulted An Indian TO APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION FINE IBRAHIM bin Omar, an inspector m the Straits Settlement^ Police Force, was yesterday convicted and fined $50. or six weeks' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. Kenneth Byrne, m the fourth court, when he appeared on a charge of voluntarily causing hurt
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    SULTAN OF LANGKAT IN SINGAPORE
    59 5 RULER OVER 400,000 subjects, the Sultan Mahmoed Abdul Djalil Rahmitsjah, of Langkat, Sumatra, is !n Sinsapore on his way to Batavia. The Sultan is accompanied by his secretary and aide-de-camp. He makes these trips yearly and was last m Batavia m 1933. He leaves Singapore
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    THE ROAD TO GLORY
    69 5 ARE-ISSUE of 20th Century-Pox's great war picture "The Road to Glory" starring Fredric March, Warner Baxter, Lionel Barrymore, and June Lang, was screened at the Pavilion last night. Last shown m Singapore three years ago, this film, which depicts with vivid realism the horrors of the
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    Remittances Overseas And The Defence Regulations
    249 5 AN ANNOUNCEMENT regarding the effect of the Defence (Finance) Regulations on remittances overseas by money order and postal order i§ made m the Post Offlce List. It is stated that there is no restriction on remittances to countries within the sterling bloc. The limit
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    Camouflage On The Western Front
    36 5 At the edge of a French wood, British gunners are adding the final touches to one of our big guns, and when finished the big gun will have disappeared m camouflage.
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    Policeman Fell Asleep On Guard
    74 5 A FINE of $75, or one months rigorous imprisonment, was imposed on a p >lireman. Mohamed Syed bin Samad, m the third court yesterday, when he was convicted of sleeping while on guard duty at the Cable and Wireless office on Nov. 3. Accused, m
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    ACCOUNTANT AND BANK ROUTINE
    523 5 Counsel's Questions To Witness CURTHER evidence by Mr. D. K. Anderson, acting accountant m the local branch of the Mercantile Bank of India Ltd.. was recordeci yesterday at the continued hearing of the case at the Assizes m which Chan Tian Chye and Robin Aylmer Elliott
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    MALAY NEWS BULLETIN
    558 5 I OUATU cherita yang hebat ada-lah di-nyatakan dalam suatu kenyataan dengan jawatan darihal peperangan laut yang a__hir-nya kapaJ Rawalpindi telah tenggelam oleh kapal perang Jerman bernama Deutschland j serta sa-buah kapal perang Jerman lain j dekap pan tai Pu_au Iceland pada hari i Khamis dahulu I /^APTAIN
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    More Gifts To The Malaya Patriotic Fund
    610 5 More Gifts To The Malaya Patriotic Fund PRONATIONS to the Malaya Patriotic Fund now total $743,695. The list issued last night includes $222 trom JMa'acca and $168 irom Singapore Malays. The donations include Oylonesp Section $360.75, S. G Ttlaka $20. 1 Malay Peninsula Agricultural Association $500. C. E. C. Stapledon
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    IMPROVEMENT TRUST SAVES PAPER
    76 5 THE Singapore Improvement Trust has decided, m view of the need for economy of paper, that instead of each trustee receiving a copy of the monthly schedule of receipts and payments and schedule of contracts m progress, one copy of each only shall be prepared and
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    Daily Share Report
    219 6 ISSUED BY FRASER CO. AT CLOSE OF BUSINESS YESTERDAY THE Singapore price of tin remains at $117*8. At 4 p.m. bids for Rubber were 39 .8 cts. for spot. 40's cts. for December, 38 cts. for January March 1940 and 36 cts. for April' June. The market
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    THE BALLOON BARRAGE & HOW IT WORKS
    278 6 THE BALLOON BARRAGE HOW IT WORKS LONDONERS have come to regard ths<ir balloon barrage with some affection, even callini?. a few favoured balloons by nicknames- "The Archbishop," or .*_t£C_l-»-__wp, H for instance —iwhich bl ws a'oove a famous archiepiscopal palace. But not many realise that the intricate organ isalion behind
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      476 6 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS DOMESTIC OCCURsRENCmES MARRIAGE. MESSENGER-SPOONER— On Nov. t 15, at Holy Trinity Church, Malta, Squadron Leader Arthur Douglas, son of the late Mr. A. T>. Messenger and Mrs. L H. Hunt of Fiowerdown, Dovercouri. Essex, to Diana Beryl, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. C. G. 1
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    Good Fields At Selangor To-day
    1460 8 QUEEN BEON LAY OFF BEST BETS First Day Of Meeting THE scratching* at noon yesterday for this afternoon's races at Kuala Lumpur m the first day of the Selangor Turf Club's winter race meeting were light and, as a result, good fields will face the
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    MALACCA STATE HOCKEY XI
    98 8 (Prom Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Nov. 28. FOLLOWING yesterdays hockey trial, the following players have been selected to represent Malacca against Singapore on Saturday, and ti>e Combined Services on Sunday Wee Tiam Hung: J. Skadian. L. V. Tavlor: B. W. Reeve. R. P. Leon (capt,. W
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    SAPPERS BEAT S.C.C. "A" 9-0 AT RUGGER
    354 8 SAPPERS BEAT S.C.C. "A" 9-0 AT RUGGER Yesterday's Match On The Padang INTERESTING but scrappy rugby was s~«n on the padang yesterday, when the R.E. "A" defeated the S.C.C. ".V by nine points (three tri^s) to nil. The Sappers dominated play m the set and loose scrums and their bustling
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    WEEK-END EVENTS AT YACHT CLUB
    102 8 On Friday at the Royal Singapore Yacht Club there will be the usual afternoon races for all classes, starting at 5 25 p.m. On Sunday the 'C' class will sail the second race for the Lemberger challenge cup. smarting at 9.50 a.m. Tlf "A" class
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    SEGAMAT MALAYS BEATEN
    264 8 (PI.NH Our Own Correspondent) Segamat. Nov. 26. CCORING a lucky goal towards the end of tho first half, tho Chinese managed to beat the Segamat Malays by one goal to nil In a friendly hockey match on the English School padang yesterday. There was little to choose
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    S.C.C. NOMINATIONS
    69 8 rE following nominations for election at the annual general meeting of the Singapore Cricket Club at 5.15 p.m. on Nov. 30 have been made President, Mr. J, A. Dean (present president) and Mr. E. A. Brown; vicepresident, Mr. M. N. Wardell committee, Messrs. D. E. L. Anderson, F.
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    FREE PRESS SELECTIONS
    55 8 FOLLOWING are Free Press ..elections for .his afternoon's ra-es at Kuala Lumpur: Race 1. Glamour. Rosalie. Race 1. Spring Girl, Faith Race 3. Lay Off. Rebel Kin* Race 4. Inez. Davis Cup. Race 5. Sa?rifice, Adele. Race 6. Staybrite, Metro. Race 7. Queen Beon, Emily _>»*- -nu_.
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    Wearnes' Profit Falls $86,464
    377 8 BUT DIVIDEND IS INCREASED ALTHOUGH the net profit earned by Wearne Brothers Ltd. m the year ended September last fell $86,464 from that m the preceding year, shareholders are to have their dividend increased frcm 5 to 20 per cent, if the recommendations of the directors
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    V.M.C.A. HOCKEY
    68 8 THE following have been selected to play hockey for the V.M.C.A. Junior Department against the 7th Mountain Battery to-morrow on the Prince Edward Road ground: V. N. Pil'ay; V. C Armstrong. Thong Sing Ching, F. L. Wong, G. L. Day, Goh Chin Chye, J Manasseh, S. Hope, I.
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    GENTLE B.P.
    45 8 THE Gentle Badminton Party will celebrate its fourth anniversary with a tea party at the party's court on Sunday. A group photograph will be taken, to be followed •by distribution of prizes won'in the tournaments. The Gentle musical party will be m attendance.
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    WINDSORS win
    27 8 IN a hockey ,match played on the Clerical Union ground yesterday evening, the Y.W.C.A. XI lost to the Windsor XI by two goals to nil.
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    MRS. F. E. DE JONG DIES IN K.L.
    65 8 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 28. THE death occurred at her reridence m Hale Road. Kuala Lumpur, today of Mrs. F. E. de Jcng, wife of the laV Mr. L. V. de Jong. She leaves three sons, Messrs. E. V.
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    A DAGGER CHARGE
    39 8 BAIL OF $50 was allowed Cheng Khoo Hiang m the district court yesterday, when he claimed trial to possessing a dagger without a licence m Albert Street on Nov. 13. Hearing was flxed at Dec. 5.
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    WANDERERS DRAW WITH SCHOOL
    172 8 Hockey In Segamai rroT, Our Own Corre.p,,. THE WANDERERS^™* 1 1 Finish School at ho^?* KhC-Cl padanz to-d.iv and draw, each side coring tl jjf t was a .teen tussle from start The Wanderers wer. 1 strength. The boys wer? r> e iL* score through Munusarcy
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    POLICE HOCKEY DRAWN AT JOHORE
    76 8 POLICE HOCKEY DRAWN AT JOHORE •From Our Own Correspor Johore Bahru. N*. 8 THE Johore Police Depot held th. Singapore Police Depot H less draw m a hockey match pit*. here this evening The Singapore side had a M of forwards, and always had rr." the play, but were unable
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    OXYGEN B.P.
    67 8 THE friendly badminton match I singles and two doubles bet**":. the Oxygen Badminton Party .re Merry Union Badminton Par* to-morrow at the Happy V stadium, has been postponed to day at 7.30 p.m. The following have bee; represent the Oxygen Badminv R. Ramcharan N R Ponr._ Peng Hong.
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    CIVILIANS BEAT SERVICES AT HOCKEY
    547 8 CIVILIANS BEAT SERVICES AT HOCKEY Both Sides Played Below From BETTER finishing enabled the Singapore civilians to beat the oinSined Ser i( es by three goals to one m a fast, hut disappointing, game of hockey on the S.C.C. padang yesterday Neither side played up to form ar.d. m tbe
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