The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 22 January 1940

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 15,900. ESTD. 1835 MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 1910. 5 CENTS
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    WAR WILL SPREAD, CHURCHILL WARNS
    1733 1 Hint To Neutrals To Stand With The Allies "Speedy End Only By United Action" FINLAND'S "MAGNIFICENT" SERVICE TO MANKIND WARNING that the present conflict m Europe would not remain confined to present frontiers but become j more extensive, spreading to the north and to the
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    Troop Moves In East Reported
    57 1 Koine. Jan. 21. Mr* lINC. of the Yugoslav and A uumanmi toreign ministers ts prominence m the Press report, of German and Soviet tr.vop iBBBBBB vi eastern lon* despatches irom Budapest I Bucharest speak of alarm >.-r re ported German con- .ns m Galicia and
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    Italy Reaffirms Attitude To Red Expansion In The Balkans
    76 1 Italy Reaffirms Attitude To Red Expansion In The Balkans London. Jan. 21. I rrespoiident of the A tales that he learns that during Italian GovernI the German la what would be Berlin to possible ihe Balkans. .:i formation. ■he could not netration and res nre full liberty of I definite
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    U.S. TREATY ABROGATION AND TOKIO TALKS
    73 1 igi m. Jan. 2b. j- -for the proUnited pan draws n about ra '.oi txeen H FJJB Secretary of when questioned kd not know when ikio would be I >urse they ice of the word is held to confirm the Ins which can be
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    U.S. AVMBASSADOR'S TRIP UP YANGTSE
    50 1 Shanghai. Jan. 21. mcd that the United 1 -ador. Mr. Nelson returned frjm North r wffl be accomhis when -Admiral Glassford rd the U.S.S. Luzon. SB to the belief that La i irrying out an inof the Yangtse to as■uld not be opened up Reuter
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    DESTROYER IS SUNK IN NORTH SEA
    206 1 73 Believed To Be Lost THL Admiralty announces that the destroyer Grenville has been sunk either by a mine or a torpedo m the North Sea. A hundred and eighteen officers and men have been landed. Eight men arc known to have be m
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    Mass Murders Of Poles By Nazis
    129 1 Paris. Jan. 21. ACCORDING to a report received here, attempts to exterminate the Polish population in German-occupied territory in Posen, Pomeranla and Silesia are being carried out i>y systematic mass murders and tortures by Storm Troopers and the Gestapo, who, the report states, pick
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    GANDHI MAY MEET VICEROY AGAIN
    76 1 Wardha, Jan. 21. A MEETING between Mr. Gandhi and the Viceroy, Lord Linlithgow, is considered probable at an early date. The Congress Working Committee, it is understood, has unanimously decided that Mr. Gandhi should seek clarification of certain points m Lord Linlithgow's latest speech with
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    Soviet Raiders Wreak Havoc On Big City
    326 1 INCENDIARY BOMBS START HUGE FIRES AT ABO Abo, Jan. tL CIREMEN are struggling to quell blazes which burst out here, the second largest Finnish port, when 150 high explosive bombs and 75 incendiary bombfl were rained down vesterda\ m the city's worst raid
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    Pictures Taken By The R.A.F. Over Germany
    233 1 London, Jan- 21 SOivlK inch- a. .jxi of sacb laconic reports as ti. issued yesterday by the Air V [which announced "during the Last two Idavs the Royal Air B\>*ce arried I reconnaissance flights over north-west Germany", is revealed In the publi- cation
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    Some S.H.B. Strikers Returning
    235 2 Some S.H.B. Strikers Returning A SECTION of the 1,300 :»rtbans employed by the Singapore Harbour Board who went on strike i.n Jan. 13. returned to work yesterday mo mm if. walking through the dockyard gate* past the pickets without Interference. The men who resumed work were Malay employees m the
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    KILLED BY CAR
    41 2 -From Our Ov**n Correspondent* Penang. Jan. 19. AN aged Chinese amah died at the General Hospital yesterday without regaining consciousness six hours after admission following a motor accident at Bui mah Road, near the Junction of Kinta Lane.
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    SIR JOHN REITH
    25 2 London, Jan. 21. SIR JOHN REITH. the new Minister of Information, has been unanimously adopted National Liberal Parliamentary candidate for Southampton.- Reuter
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    Malayan Chinese In Kunming
    41 2 Kunming. Jan. 20. THE Chinese War Corps organized by Chinese residents m Malaya arrived here yesterday evening. Headed by Mr. Lo Kirn-hung, the Corps is proceeding to Chungking to start activity, states a Chinese Central News message.
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    German 'Locos' Seized At Singapore
    135 2 UNLOADED AT HONG KONG THE chasjls and unassembled parts of nine German locomotives which v:ere seized at Singapore as contraband have been unloaded at Kowloon wharf, say* the JrVuth China Morning Post. Ihe locomotives which were destined j lur China, were originally consigned through Hong
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    20,000 Plants In Government House Domain
    247 2 <From Our Own Correspondent) London, Jan. 5. MORE than 20.000 flowering plants' have to be grown every year to provide decoration tor Government j House, Singapore, according to the current issue of The Field. Flowers are changed twice a week i by the Government
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    "Man In The Iron Mask" Is Great
    174 2 ALTHOUGH history does not reveal IX the identity of the Man m the Iron mask, of Louis XlVs time—except for supposition— United Artists have made play on this controversial subject by "revealing" it, for entertainment purposes, m their magnificent 10,145-foot-long production of the
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    LOADING IN MALAYA FOR NEUTRALS
    83 2 SHIPS loading cargo at Singapore,] Malacca and Penang for neutral j countries m Europe will pass through the British contraband control more expeditiously as a result of an important change of procedure which comes into force on Wednesday. A detailed statement explaining the new procedure
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    AMERICAN TIN MYTH IS EXPOSED IN U.S.A.
    345 2 Exploitation Has Proved Costly And Difficult T ONDON newspapers have recently published stories of L the activities of American smelters, and particularly of an offer of American-refined tin to the U.S. Navy Department. It is interesting to see what an authoritative American commentator
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    BRITISH RIGHT TO SEARCH MAILS FOR CONTRABAND
    376 3 London Reply To U.S. Protest Published WASHINGTON CONSIDERS FURTHER NOTE tui' London, Jan. 21. Lit f c I )ubhsned of the British reply to the United States note of Dee. 27 m regard to British j examination of United States mail m United
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    Rival Air Forces Active Over Week-end
    79 3 Rival Air Forces Active Over Week-end icsserschmiTT down m france Par.s. Jan. M. d German air I very active m the planes made ance flights passing ever i c Lnied out by r over north and man fighters were, front lines and -hmitt 109. was I r d -ii titers
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    "Stern & Terrible Ahead"
    51 3 "Stern Terrible Ahead" 1 ».v.ion. Jan. 21. t rat Comla referring to the bs under our ri m and terriWe are ton- j my led by i by i ptimlicy win oL>MDO to do SO. i >: decency cr I al la them f SBYBads. her conn- rbarians will demand
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    INDIAN PEEK FOR HOUSE OF LORDS
    34 3 I.ond »n. Jan. SI. Dad i tMbvEmpire m he war rd Sbiha. the cnly bility to take Lords was remmittee ol neat I real ;n the British wireless
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    Communist Spies In Sweden
    72 3 Stockholm, Jan. 21. THE newspaper Social Demokraten states that the police have unearthed a Communist spy organization with tentacles m every part of the country. Many Swedish Reds are stated to have been arrested fol'owing the discovery of a secret wireless station transmitting details of military,
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    Neutral Ship Sunk Without Warning
    103 3 London, Jan. 21. CAPTAIN Ericsson of the Swedish steamer Pajala. 6,873-tor.s. which was tcroedo?d by a U-boat on Saturc!j\. states that the ship was sunk without notice although the Swedish tl^s: painted on the ship's sid^ wis illuminated by arc lamps, so that the nationality
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    32 3 ACCORDING to the Copenhagen newspaper National Tidende, most of the cwb oi the Danish tanker Danniark, which sunk a few days ago, incline to the vifw that lob ship was torpedoed. Reuter
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    Behind The Lines
    36 3 'Ihousands of miles of telephone wires, as well as temporary exchanges, are being installed behind the lines m France and a squad of engineers is here seen at work m a French village.
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    'Merely Tedious' Arguments
    304 3 LONDON GOEBBELS SPEECH London, Jan. ill. 'THERE is practically no comment m the morning newsoapers on the speech m which Dr. Goebbels yesterday, standing on the very ground the invasion of which by German armies set Europe alight with the flames of war. quaintly described the Allies
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    Relaxation Of Rationing In Britain
    225 3 Relaxation Of Rationing In Britain BACON AND HAM ARE "PLENTIFUL" London. Jan. 21. AN agreeable relaxation of rationing "is announced for to-morrow. Bacon and ham are so plentiful that the Government is permitting the purchase, without coupon, of cooked baccn and ham. The manufacture of M macon" is Delng clscontinued,
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    CRAIGIE ON "GIVE AND TAKE"
    118 3 Tokio. Jan. RL 'I FEEL sure that mv country is very much awake to cmd'ticns not only m Furooe but also m the Far ftist," ceclared Sir Robert Craigie, British Ambassador to Jaoan, at a luncheon party yerterday m honour of the newly appDinted military
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    GERMANS SEIZED BY BRITISH NAVAL UNITS
    79 3 A NUMBER of Germans of military age who were trying to return to Germany by way of Japan and Russia have been seized by British naval units. Their capture was announced m a British naval communique issued m Hong Kong yesterday. The men were
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    YUGOSLAV-RUMANIAN DISCUSSIONS
    83 3 Belgrade, Jan. 21. M. CINCAR MARKOVITCH, and M. Gafercu, the Yugoslav and Rumanian foreign ministers, m^t to-day at Ersexz. on the Yugoslav-Rumanian frontier. An official communique states that they examinei questions relating to the organization of the forthcoming meeting of the Permanent Council of the Balkan Entente at
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    Gallantry Of R.A.F. Men
    178 3 London. Jan. 21. THE King has approved the following awards to two members of tht R.A.F. for gallantry m Hying open tions against the en mv. Pilot -Officer G. W. F. Carey |f awarded the Distinguished Flying Cress and Leading-Aircraf:man R. A Crumpton awarded the Distinguished
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    HERBERT MORRISON ON A "WELCOME VICTORY"
    108 3 London, Jan. 21. K/tR. HERBERT MORRISON, leader Bwl of the L.C.C., m a speech yesterday, said: "Let us not b> under illusions as to the impcrtance of victory over gang-terdom represented by th pre ent German regime. "And by victory I mean cither a
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    LORD MAYOR'S FUND NOW £971,000
    86 3 London. Jan. 21. DURING the past week the Lord Mayor's Red Cross :und has increased by £14.000. The amount now stands at £971.000 in cash and in the vaults ot the Mansion House are Jewels which are expected to realise many thousand pounds. Th? Lord
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    SAVING CERTIFICATES: RECORD SALES
    67 3 London. Jan. 21. NATIONAL BBTingß certificates to the value of £31.085,000 have been sold during the first two months of the war savings campaign. Tlrs total is nine times greater than thai of sale certificates m the corresponding period of 1938-39 and larger, by nearly £4.000,000,
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    The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 1940. Two Speeches
    652 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 1940. Two Speeches THE speeches made during the week-end by Lord Halifax and Mr. Winston Churchill are to some extent complementary. The Foreign Minister devoted most attention to the events of the past and gave his audience a new survey of the incidents
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    LONDON LETTER
    1170 4 From Our Own Correspondent From Our Own Correspondent London, Jan. 10. AT Canterbury Cathedral the other day there was an extraordinary position. The Archbishop and Primate of All England was present at ft] service at which special prayers were said for Finland. In attendance on Dr. Lang was
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    3 4 I TRAFFIC BLOCK
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    Nazi Propaganda At Work
    521 4 From A Special Correspondent A COR RESPONDENT m The Times has reminded us of the deliberate care with which Goebbels plans and conducts propaganda campaigns. Strategy—the lines to be "plugged" and those to be "faded" and tactics the exact dates, for example, particular British villanies shall
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      19 4 LATEST QUALITY PIECEGOODS FOR ONE AND ALL INSPECTION INVITED B.H.T. DOULATRAM CO., 148 50, High Street, Tel: 7846. Singapore.
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    AUSTRIALA BUILDING VAST AERIAL ARSENAL
    552 5 Strengthens Singapore's Power In The Air GO-AHEAD FACTORIES PRODUCE ANY TYPE UQi vu-iralia*> war effort, m increasing aircraft and (munitions production, strengthens the defensive resources *jn<-up»r< vvas mentioned by Sir Shenton Thomas m I !a .i broadcasl to the peoples of Malaya. What is LtraEa
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    New Colonial Office Appointment
    78 5 New Colonial Office Appointment H Si at ary of thai Sir Cosmo! -elected for apmanent Under-Secre- Dominion AlTairs. m ">;;- i ard Harding; and has been selected Permanent Underr the Colonies, m smo Parkinson. a would have been ted, had it not reals of war. which m being pu: into!
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    Malaya: Arsenal Of Foreign Exchange
    119 5 THE FACT that Malaya is the Empire's most important source of American dollars will be stressed m an important broadcast from the 8.M.8.C- at 7.30 this evening. The speaker will be Dr. T- 11. Silcock, Professor of Economics at Raffles College, and the title of
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    After Tho Russian Raid
    18 5 Finnish BeNtters are here seen guarding a bomb crater m n field outside Helsinki.
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    Singapore Laughs At Itself
    283 5 Singapore Laughs At Itself UpI'RRY TIFFIN, a comedy ot Singapore by Mrs. L. G. Hartmann, wife of an Army oflieer of the Malaya Command, was produced for the first time by the Repertory Flayers at the Victoria Theatre on Saturday. It is good entertainment, with witty dialogue, though a Singapore
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    Lancashire Looking Up
    369 5 HUNDREDS oi Singapore soldiers j whose homes are m Lancashire— most of the men of the Manchester and Loyal regiments come from Lancashire —are getting good news from their friends and re.ations m England War brings with it many startling changes of fortune, but, apart from thej
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    Getting More Padi Out Of Malaya
    304 5 Getting More Padi Out Of Malaya vFrom Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 21. TiHE December number of the Mala- A yan Agricultural Journal, following established custom, is devoted to the task of giving an account of the selec- tion and varietal experiments and of i the manurial and cultural
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    Bangkok Fears Plague
    67 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Jan. 21THE health authorities m Bangkok have issued a warning of a possibility of the outbreak of plague m the central provinces spreading to the capital. The total number of cases outside Bangkok to date is 31. of which 10 have been
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    Y.W.C.A. DECIDES ON ITS PROGRAMME
    126 5 AT the monthly meeting of the general committee of the Y.W.C.A. on Friday, with the president, Mrs. H. J. Pedlow, m the chair, it was decided, from reports received of the second successful combined V.M.C.A. and Y.W.C.A. party for young men and women, that they
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    "THE JONES FAMILY IN HOLLYWOOD"
    109 5 SCREEN iamilies have become an institution with Hollywood. The two most popular at the moment are the Hardy family and the Jones family. The latter are back again m Singapore, at the Pavilion, m "The Jones Family m Hollywood." a 20th Century-Fox film. It is
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    Crem a tion All Right— But Not Electrically
    487 5 Crem a tion A l l Righ t— But Not Electrically SINGAPORE BUDDHIST MEETING'S VIEWS COMMENT on the recent discussion about cremation and the provision of a modern electric crematorium m Singapore was made by Mr. Tay Tiang Hoo, joint hon. secretary of the Singapore Buddhist Association (English section), when
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    49 5 AN Indian taxi driver who is reported to have been m a collision with a Chinese woman, a child and a girl at Bukit Panjang yesterday, was assaulted bj a crowd after the accident. The parties m the collision received minor inluries and were taken to the General Hospital.
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    Latest Rubber Uses Shown To Singapore
    379 5 MALAYA, whose prosperity is so ITI largely dependant on the world demand for rubber, should know more about the hundreds of uses to which rubber is put by manufacturers who buy ribbed smoked sheet and latex m this country. An exhibition held m Singapore
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    Law Notice For The Week
    278 6 List of cases for the week commencing Jan. 22: Before the Chief Justice, The Hon'ble Sir Percy McElwaine m Court No. 1. To-morrow at 11 a.m.: Bkcv. 503 39 Re K. Mohamed Ibrahim and Co. To-morrow at 2.15 p.m.: Bkcy. 377 37 Exam.: under Sec.
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    RUBBER EXPORT CREDITS
    27 6 PXPORT credits unused and therefore cancelled on Dec. 31, 1939, amounted to 4.599 lb. for the whole of Malaya, states the Controller of Rubber.
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    Australia's "Big Man" Prime Minister
    780 6 AUSTRALIA is a young and virile country. It is appropriate that it should have one of the youngest Prime Ministers m tJ»e world. Mr. Robert Gordon Menzies was 44 when he was appointed to his office earlier this year. He has now just passed his
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    15 6 lhe scuttling of the -Admiral Graf Spec": Shattered by explosions, she is shown gradually sinking.
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    SOUTH RUGGER XV HAD GOOD TRY-OUT
    441 8 SOUTH RUGGER XV HAD GOOD TRY-OUT Rest Put Up Hard Hght To End T r l.. u.» stage*} team .t l ho K*»st or the South by 14 points (two tries, a Koal and a penal v r;ral) to three (a ■emit? g^al) on the Singapore pstaasi i an Saturday.
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    MAYFLOWERS WIN AGAIN BY 5 GAMES TO NIL
    326 8 MAYFLOWERS WIN AGAIN BY 5 GAMES TO NIL Virtually Certain To Retain Shield TliB Ai Boon Hai Shield for the Inter-club badminton chanipi nships la now almost, certain to be ained by the Mayflower Badminton tv. who play their last match toInst the Useful Badminton Pal The Mayflowers beat the
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    Y.M.C.A HOCKEY
    66 8 The folhiviiut have been selected to play hotkey for the Y.M.C.A. Junior Department against 4/lfttfa Hyderabad Regiment to-rr^rrow »t 5 p m. on f h° PMhe4 Edward Road grcur.u: Hon-, Leon?- V.C. Armstrong. A.C. Edsrar; Cbeorg Thiam Slew. Goh Chin Chve. L.M. Aeria. Low H'l.-U Yang. S. Hope.
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    Selangor's Defence Taxed
    42 8 picture. SINGAPORE BEAT SELANGOK BY TWO GOALS TO NIL m a return State "a** TLlA^SS^ikA tot padang. This picture shows one of the many exciting moments m front of the >eiangor gu«*i uun ha!f of the game.— Free Press
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    ARSENAL SUFFER THEIR FIRST DEFEAT
    1305 8 Saturday's Home Soccer Results Tables London, .lan. 21. ARSENAL suffered their lirst defeat m regional soccer "to-day when they were beaten by three ijoals to nil by West Ham. This however, has not affected Arsenal's standing, as they have now scored 25 points and have
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    OXYGEN SPORTS CLUB
    124 8 In friendly badminton match played at the covered stadium, the Oxygen Sports Club heat the Thornycroft Sports Club, by six games to one. Results Oxygen first): N. R. Ponnaswamy beat D. Lange 15—5. 15 H; I Wee Peng Hong beat L. Sullivan 15—1, 15 1; L. H.
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    SINGAPORE TOP SELANGOR AGAIN AT HOCKEY
    610 8 SINGAPORE TOP SELANGOR AGAIN AT HOCKEY Result Clearly Proved Winners' Superiority AROKIASAMY SCORES BOTH GOALS OF MATCH DROVING to be the better team without the degree of doubt, Singapore beat Selangor In (a* to nil m their return State hockey match mi i JI( |)y^ on Saturday to maintain their
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    SATURDAY'S RACE RESULTS
    163 8 FOLLOWING are Saturday's race results at Ipoh m brief: Race 1:— Fernlet $25 and S>lo East Lynne $10 Explode $23. Pat Burke $20 and SJi Kit $12 Queen Beon $15. m 3:— Dewberry $44 and $13 The Poacher $24 Russian Rose $10. 4: —Turn Over $30 and
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    Johore Beat R.E. At Rugger
    218 8 From Our Own Correspondent I Johore Bahra, Jan. 20. PLAYING without several of their regular men, Johore beat the Royal Engineers (Pulau Brani> oy nine points (two tries, one penalty goal) to Aye points (a goan here today. The Sappers had slightly the better of
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    Y.M.C.A. LAWN TENNIS
    20 8 The Singapore V.M.C.A. open lawn tennis tournament will begin on Feb. 15. Entries close on Feb. 3.
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    S.C.C. HOCKEI TO-DAY
    44 8 FLLOWING i I team to meet the the padang to-day at S I Dr. Molesworth; Pt.-Lt. H A I R. A U Todd: J. P 19 I Capt. Kellett; G. W 6 I Other. Lt.-Comdr I Hoops. Lt. Franc: I Towle.
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    INTERNATIONAL RUGGER
    35 8 England will meet Wales at Rugby m Wales m aid of the Red Cross Fund on the first or second Saturday of March. It is hoped to arrange a return game m England.
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    FAST HOCKEY IN WOMEN'S STATE GAME IN NORTH
    264 8 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Jan. 21. A SURPRISINGLY fast ,ame of hockey was seen on the Hutchlngs School ground to-day when the Penang women met the Perak women m an inter-State return match. The result was a scoreless draw. Two squads
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    SECOND ANNUAL DINNER AND DANCE OF S.H.A
    183 8 SECOND ANNUAL DINNER AND DANCE OF S.H.A Function At N* World On Saturda, THL second annual dinner 1 dance of the Singapore h Association was held m ,k There was a good ratawL sent, among whom werf Selangor hockey team, whs Z the guests of the IIUOI1 Hf Mr. F.
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