The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 28 May 1940

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    20 1 LATE SINGAPORE EDITION The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 16,098. ESTD. 1835 TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1940. 5 CENTS
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    HEAVY GERMAN LOSSES IN GIGANTIC BATTLE
    977 1 Nazis In Desperate Bid To Overwhelm Allied Defence Lines ALL ATTACKS MELD that the Germans are hurrying reinforcements iioriN m the Siegfried line and the Swiss «ate the gigantic scale of the battle raging tfthen France, writes Reuter's military correspondent. iur part of the
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    Modern Battle In Ancient Setting
    69 1 London, May 27. TPHE last quarter of Boulogne to hold out was the 12th century citadel whose ramparts drop sheer In true Norman style. The four gates flanked with mediaeval bastions lead into the old town built within the small compass of the ramparts. It
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    SON OF GERMAN CROWN PRINCE KILLED
    47 1 Berlin, May 27. ris announced that Prince Wilheim, the eldest son of the former German crown prince, has died from wounds received on active service on the Western Front. Prince Wilheim was a lieutenant and leader of an infantry company.— Reuter
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    Curfew Ordered In Malta
    76 1 Malta, May 27. T^HE Governor has ordered cur- few from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. from to-night as a defence measure against parachutists. Only members of His Majesty's forces and men "In uniform will be permitted out of doors between these hours. The public are informed
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    GERMANY CANNOT KEEP UP PRESENT PACE FOR LONG
    256 1 London. May 27. THERE is a general recognition of the fact that the I mam interest and importance of the present battle lie not m the present situation but m that which is likely shortly to develop. The Times says: "Neutral correspondents
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    Tin Quota For Third Quarter 100 Per Cent.
    126 1 London. May 27. THE International Tin Committee at its meeting m London to-day hxed the quota for the third quarter at 100 per cent. Under existing conditions tin circles were not surprised by the Committee's decision. It is considered that Urn market
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    Eire Army To Be Put On War Footing
    110 1 Eire Army To Be Put On War Footing Dublin, May 27. TTHE Eire army is to be brought up to war strength and placed on a war footing almost at once. Army reserves and volunteers are being called up and a compaign has been opened for new recruits. A local
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    R.A.F. BOMBERS STILL HARASS ENEMY
    47 1 London, May 27. *|tHE Air Ministry announces: 1 "Throughout last night heavy bombers of the R.A.F. continued their attacks on enemy communications. Aerodromes occupied by the enemy m Belgium and Holland were also attacked. We sustained few losses m these operations." Reuter
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    39 1 London, May 27. A NOTkER 600,000 men will register for the armed forces before the end of June under an order Just requiring the 1911 class to register on June 15 and the 1919 class on June 22. Reuter
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    STOP PRESS
    78 1 London* May 27. A British communique states to-day that the enemy violently attacked French and Belgian forces on the flank of the B.E.F. British infantry counterattacked successfully m co-operation with French tanks. In Belgiam British forces fought side by side with the Belfian army, meeting attacks of strong
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    60 1 London, May 27. The War Office announces that LieutGeneral Haininy, General Officer Com-manding-in-Chiei, Western Command, has been appointed Vice-Chief of Imperial General Staff. General Sir Henry Jackson has been appointed G.0.C., Western Command. Major General B. C. T. Paget, Commander of the 18th division, has been appointed Chief of General
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    Nazis Say U.S. Refugee Liner Threatened
    131 1 Nazis Say U.S. Refugee Liner Threatened New York, May 27. OFFICIALS of the Unitea States Lines stated to-day that they have not been officially informed of the Berlin report, published m the newspapers here, alleging that the safety of the refugee liner President Roosevelt is threatened. They added that they
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    FRENCH EX-SERVICEMEN READY TO FIGHT
    69 1 Bel fort (France), May 27 THE ex-servicemen's organizations In A the districts of Belfort. Montbeliard, Audincourt and Hericourt have issued an order affirming their complete loyalty to the French nation which "has given us hospitality, work and liberty. Placing our unshakeable confidence m victory of
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    Ensuring Effective Food Distribution
    129 1 London. May 21 I ORD WOOLTON, Minister of Food. announced to-day that the country had been divided into 800 sell-con t:; ed areas, each with one main and one "buffer" depot of food, making 1.600 depots m all. These 800 areas had sufficient supplies of essentials
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    King's Cousin With B.E.F. Missing
    49 1 London, May 27. rf is learned m London that Lord Frederick Cambridge, who is serving with the British Army m France, is missing, reports Reuter. He is the cousin of King George VI and was appointed A.D.C. to the Oov-crncr-General of Australia last year.
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    RESERVES SHARE POINTS
    211 2 S.C.C. 0: Police- 0. A DULL DISPLAY o: soccer was seen on the padang yesterday when the S.C.C. met the Police m a reserve division game, and played a scoreless draw. Both teams gave a poor showing, and there were not more than a dozen interesting phases
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    LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE
    315 2 Ayer Hitam 213 d Ipoh Tin (16s) 25- Kamunting (ssl 99d London Tin Ord. (4s) 3 l-.d Malayan Tin (ss) 35 3d —4 Pahang (ss) 14- Pctaling ($1) 20- Southern Kinta (ss) 11 3d —3d Southern Malayan (ss) 23 £>d —2 6d Sione Tin 13 dd Southern
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    174 2 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES Prom Our Own Corre-uorident) London. May 27. POMMODITY and Exchange markets closed as tollows xlih previous auotaiions ud parenthesis:— RUBBER: J^rm. Spot ll^d ll a 4 d ill^d 11 »,16d) July-Sept 11 >jd 11 %d (11 11 Oct-Dec. HUd ll**d (ll*4d ll*id) Jan-Mar 10 15 16d 11 1
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    "GONE WITH THE WIND" PREMIERE TONIGHT
    106 2 LONG heralded and much publicized, •'Gone With the Wind" will be given its Far Eastern premiere to-day at the Capitol Cinema, which also celebrates its tenth anniversary. The premiere to-night will be an occasion long to be remembered, and a full house is a
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    FLYING THRILLS IN CATHAY FILM
    93 2 ACTION full quot;. Of 1 make 20th Centur; a Year." at the Cat] made out I entertainment romance. Centrec: for young i< handsome Ra:'«chance to sonality Margai and youth'ul oeiithus^rr. an youngster who up Dying b! Foster, who dors not have not have been In
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      67 2 Exhibition of PAINTINGS AND DF.iWINE; h\ tm THE ART CU B Victoria Memoria! Hal! May 28 to June I, 8.30 a.m. to 6 30 p.m 40° o from wkfl will bt law i The Malaya Patriotic fi^ Bches raw- Low of Appetite I throw off acids to joint* ar<i kills
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    ROOSEVELT ON "IMPOSSIBILITY OF ISOLATION"
    887 3 "Illusions Shattered" In Past Two Weeks UNDILUTED POISON" MUST NOT SPREAD, HE SAYS ment would have spent $1,487,000,000 more on the navy than it had spent In the seven years prior to 1933. The fighting personnel of the navy had risen from 79.000 to 145,000.
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    Fifth Column Behind Panama Revolt?
    70 3 Panama. May 27THE possibility is being investi- gated of the fifth column being involved m a revolt against the Government which was foiled by police yesterday with the arrest of ten Opposition leaders. Officials have known for some time that totalitarian elements have been endeavouring
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    "Psychological Preparation For Americans"
    127 3 New York, May 27. p is generally believed that the President had more than one purpose m mind m making: his broadcast. In the first place he used the occasion to rebuke isolationists. His insistence on the strength of the United States' armed forces was probably
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    Allied Recovery Becomes More And More Evident
    134 3 GERMANS ADMIT BATTLE IS FAR FROM WON Paris, May 27. ALTHOUGH secrecy is still maintained regarding the Allied operations m Flanders, all newspapers this morning express the view that an Allied recovery seems more and more evident. General Duval, for instance, writing m
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    Young N.Z. Pilot Defies 111-Luck
    442 3 WHAT HAPPENED ON HOP OVER WEST FRONT London, May 26. A YOUNG New Zealand fighterpilot has just brought his damaged Hurricane safe to England from France after challenging bad luck and superstition. He underwent an extraordinary experience. The aircraft was severely damaged before the pilot
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    SOVIET REPLY OVER BRITISH MISSION
    73 3 London, May 27. A REPLY has now been received by British- Government from the Soviet Government about the visit of a British mission headed by Sir Stafford Cripps to Moscow to discuss Anglo-Soviet trade relations. There is no reason, says Rsuter's diplomatic correspondent, to believe
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    Japanese Bomb Chungking
    84 3 Chungking:, May 27. JAPANESE planes heavily bombed the western suburbs of Chungknig yesterday afternoon, causing many civilian casualties. The city proper and the immediate neighbourhood was not bombed. Weather conditions were so bad and visibility so poor that it was believed impossible for raiders to reach Chungking,
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    NAZI SUCCESS CLAIMS IN FIGHTING IN FRANCE
    260 3 Berlin, May 27. ACCORDING to a High Command communique issued here the German forces are continuing their attacks m Flanders and Atois. North of Menin they have penetrated deeply into enemy positions and advanced almost to Ypres. The German air force facilitated the
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    Right Men In Key Posts
    215 3 BRITISH HIGH COMMAND CHANGES WELCOMED London, May 27. THE Government's decision to raise the Home defence to a status equivalent to that of the army of the field has the approval of the British Press. With Gen. Sir Edmund Ironside as Commander-in-Chief of the Home
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    45 3 Genoa, May 27. DROFESSORS and students of the Genoa unversity have sent a message to II Duce pledging their support to him m realising the "great aim of Imperial Italy which is to destroy m our Italian sea the intolerable hegemony of other powers." Reuter
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    Army Officers Emergency
    109 3 London, May ?7 THE War Office announces that the Army Officers emergency reserve, which was closed In November to enable the overwhelming numbers of applications for enrolment to receive attention, is now to be reopened on a limited basis as to age. Until further notice the upper
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    Japan To Protest To India
    81 3 Tokio, May 27. MR. Torao Wakamatsu. Japanes? Consul-General at Calcutta who represents Japan m the Indo- Japanese trade negotiations at Simla, will shortly make a protest to the Government of India under instructions from the Foreign Office against restrictions on imports comprising 68 articles promulgated
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    INTERNMENT OF WOMEN IN BRITAIN
    57 3 London, May 27. THE Home Secretary. Sir Jolm Andersen, has authorised the temporary internment throughout Great Britain of all German and Austrian women between the ages of 16 and GO whose present classification Is "B", namely, those who though hitherto exempted from internment have been
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      148 3 WHY SUFFER from Prickly Heat? Cure it with MEDICAL HALL LTD. Prickly Heat Lotion Obtainable at 3, BATTERY ROAD. IT lift If vvhBd TO9AY lIIIHT Everybody 3.15 6.15 kAIAYA'S^aN£HA.Df.IiQCi Goes 9.15 "The best film of the week is '20,000 Men a Year/ says the London Sunday Despatch. And so it
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      The Fog Of Battle
      645 4 THE continued absence of really 1 detailed news about the progress of the fighting m Belgium and Northern France is a severe test of the patience of the public. We know that a tremendous battle is raging over a wide front and that the future of
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    Britain Working Up A Wartime "Hate"
    1462 4 By Our London Correspondent London, May 17. A WEEK ago there was little real "hate" m this country. There was a war on and we all desired to win it but, at heart, we were still mild and peaceloving. All that has gone almost
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    3 4 ALLBEHIMO YOU, WINSTON
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      37 4 Here V a Device to Save Lent Strain* end Breakage! THIS SCREWLESS CONSTRUCTION is only obtainable from Nan Sin Optical House Manufacturing Ophthalmic Opticians I'HONE 6363. 325. tfcrtb Eric'gn Road, Singapore. Branch 113, High St., K. Lumpur.
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    SITING OF CINEMAS
    59 5 k v .ay replace the .nema which is between Bukit Timah -ie Road, if plans now palC mmlsstonera are mittee, at a meeting ed id. m principle, the cinema subject to .1 municipal and ■H has existed on I years. rcvr i he siting of three K.
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    BOY TO BE KEPT IX CIVIL PRISON
    57 5 X Chinese boy who be kept m the Salvation imnnci he had escaped .dy. was yesterday c kept m custody m the hen his case was posteek m the Singapore v .-barged last week with a house m Lavendei "er. manager of LindeMedan.
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    MAGISTRATE'S COMMENT ON MACHINE – WRECKING
    344 5 MAGISTRATE'S COMMENT ON MACHINE WRECKING Imprisonment For Two Chinese Workmen CAUSING MISCHIEF CHARGE -il/HEN men break tools lti a machine shop and cause •topic to cease work, they inflict a great deal of hard-hiP and suffering on their fellow-workers," commented 'onrad Oldham, Singapore second magistrate, yesterday. nvicted two young Cantonese
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    Salvation Army For Malacca And Ipoh
    134 5 Army Ifl opening new bo Malacca and Ipoh. ment was mad? yes- -Co.. H. A Lord. Officer Salvation Army m locally trained r.ussloned as officers :-sr appointments. t n ew officers are the second ;detN to be trained and „t.ed m Singapore. m contact
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    The MacGregor Allowance: A Suggestion
    378 5 The MacGregor Allowance A Suggestion A SUGGESTION that the educa- tion allowances to European Government officers should be suspended and used to help m the prosecution of the war is made m the Malay newspaper Majlis, published m Kuala Lumpur. Extracts from the article are given below To-day we take
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    HAD BEEN DOING IT FOR 40 YEARS
    183 5 "THE three accused have taken shells from the seashore ever since they were kids, and since they seem to be well over 50 now, it means that for 40 years they have done s© without knowing it was an offence." said Mr. P.
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    MR. BAND'S SPEECH
    71 5 IN the report of Empire day celebrations at the Singapore Chinese Girls School, it was stated that Mr. R. W. I. Band, m an address to the school, spoke on the recent Commons debate on "Communists." Mr. Band's subject, however, referred to the debate on the Colonies.
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    MEDICAL COLLEGE
    176 5 THE following have been awarded entrance scholarships cr exhibitions to the medical course at th 3 Edward VII College of Medicine, commencing next month: Scholarships: Ong Sim Kcat St. George's Institution. Taiping). Wong Poh Lam i Anglo-Chinese School. Ipoh>. Ling Ding Seng (Anglo-Chinese School, Malacca"*, Choo Jim Eng
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    EURASIAN AND MALAY TO GO TO PRISON
    160 5 HARRY de Souza, a young Eurasian, describing himself as an employee of the Naval Base, was sentenced to lour months' rigorous imprisonment, to be followed by six months' police supervision, by Mr. J. G. Rappoport, Singapore third magistrate, yesterday for stealing a purse
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    ART EXHIBITION AT MEMORIAL HALL
    77 5 AN exhibition of paintings and drawings by members of the Singapop i Art Club, begins to-day at the Victoria i Memorial Hall, and ends on Saturday Forty per cent, of the proceeds fron the sale of the pictures exhibited wil be donated to the Malaya
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    COMFORT MISSION
    64 5 Lanchow, May 26. MR. TAN KAH KEE. a Singapon Chinese leader, and head of tin Malaysian Comfort Mission, and hi; party left here for Sian, capital o Shensi Province, by motor-car. Mr Tan said he was gratified to see fo] himself the great progress achieved ir Kansu Province,
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    AERIAL AMBULANCE
    55 5 MALAYAN Guide Headquarters is asking all Guiders and Guides, who are no longer connected with Guiding to take part m the collection for the two ambulance aircraft now being constructed for the B.E.F. Guides and Brownies m Malaya have done their bit, but there has so far been
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    TRESPASS NOT PROVED
    143 5 MR. J. G. RAPPOPORT. th? third magistrate, acquitted a Sikh. Guarachan Singh, who was charged m the third court yesterday with wilful trespass m the Municipal offices at Coleman Street. The accused, who pleaded not guilty. said that he went to the offices to pay his water
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    MERCHANT TRIED TO BRIBE SENIOR CUSTOMS OFFICER
    251 5 LIM TOW SENG, proprietor of a merchandise shop m Beach Road, was fined $60. or two months' rigorous imprisonment, by Mr. J. McFall, Singapore criminal district Judge, yesterday, for offering a bribe of $20 to R. S. Tufnell, a Senior Customs Officer. Giving
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    Indians' Gymkhana In France
    35 5 The Indian troops with the B.E.F. held a gymkhana recently ici Be entertainment of the local inhabitants near where they are stationed. Punjab dancers are here seen participating m the show.
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    Judgment Reserved In Bigamy Trial
    273 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, May 27. JUDGMENT was reserved by Mr. Justice Home m the Seremban Supreme Court to-day until June 5 m the case m which a former gaoler of the Seremban Prisons, D. J. White alias Abdul Rahman, is charged with having
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    3,000 GUILDERS CASE HEARING
    189 5 A BOUT 3,000 guilders m notes and coins of various denominations were exhibits at the Assizes before Mr. Justice Pedlow and a jury yesterday during the trial of a Chinese, Lee Toh Beo, on two counts of possession: of forged money. Arrested m a coflee shop
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    Two Months For Having "Red" Pamphlets
    341 5 Two Months For Having "Red" Pamphlets MAN ARRESTED IN CLUB HOUSE TAN VIM and Tan Sun Kheng, two Hainanese, appeared two charges cf being m pos.v .m of seditious publications, i district court yesterday. The Brst char-re was that a: C 3'; en Anr. 30 at the p:\ Gi iv
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    SWIMMER'S CLOTHING STOLEN
    124 5 rp Sin Chye. a 16-ycar-oid Ho., was charged m the third i yesterday with theft o! cash handkerchicl. a pair o! tweed ti a v.hiFtlc. nine keys and enr valued altogether at 30 55. the pi of Yap Cheng Hai. at X May 2f. at 2 p.m.
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    PORTUGUESE FESTIVAL
    110 5 Sf>f Blffp inaug; ratten o' the lions of the Double Centenar the ioundation and restoration ol Portugal will take place at 4 p m Sunday at the Town Hall of U where the President ol the Si will deliver a speech. In comnu 1 ation of this occasion
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    BIGGEST BATTLE EVER ATTEMPTED
    1056 7 Impossible Yet To See It In True Perspective HITLER CANNOT AFFORD TO MAKE ONE MISTAKE Nazi Germany is completely cut off from three out of five Continents and from the greater part of a fourth; and that is a state of affairs which Hitler cannot endure
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    "Quinacrine" Instead Of German Drug
    517 7 "Quinacrine" Instead Of German Drug STATEMENT TO MALARIA HOARD THE Senior Malaria Research Officer, F.M.S. made a statement before the Malaria Advisory Board on Apr. 5 m regard to the position of atebrin supplies, since the outbreak of the war. He said that the only supplies ol atebrin available m
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    THE SINGAPORE C. OF C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION
    131 7 DAILY PRICES CURRENT May 27, at 12 o'clock Buyers Sellers No. IX R.S.S. Spot loose 36 7 s 37H No IX R.S.S F. 0.8. m cases May- June (Sellers option) 37 l 37ft G.F.A.Q. R.S.S. F. 0.8 m bales May- June (Sellers option)
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    MYSTERIOUS SKELETON FIND IN JUNGLE
    132 7 A VERDICT of death by hanging was the result of an inquiry held by the a:ting coroner, Mr. W. MacQuarrie, into the finding of a human skeleton at HV2 mile, Bukit Timah Road. Medical evidence had been read out to the effect that there were
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    CAPTAIN T. HUGHES
    80 7 /CAPTAIN T. Kughcs BL tej 01 the Indo-China Steam KMri| ..nun Companys vessel Suisang, a frequent rallor at Singapore, died at Cnlru't:. last week. Captain Hugh' s. who Vai I Panarth. ne?r Curd.il. Booth W was about 42 years of agf. Hp had been with the company
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      157 7 Post Office Mail List Mails close at the General Post, o*< c as follows: TO-DAY £&L 5 p-». 3S? da air 5 p.m. Cnlna surface 2 p.m. and air 9.30 a.m. and 5 p.m. J^yPt air p.m. Great Britain and Europe generally air 5 p.m. Hong Kong surface 2 p.m.
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    The Winner
    33 8 Dlcture. The finish of one of the 220 yards races m the Rotary Club's Empire Day sports meet, which was held on Saturday afternoon at the Jalan Besar stadium. Free Press
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    High Scoring In Alexandra Cricket
    275 8 High Scoring In Alexandra Cricket PLAYING their first game m local cricket, the Singapore Volunteer Armoured Car Coy. held the K.A.S.C. to a draw at AKxandra en Sunday. Batting first the Signals scored 231 runs, towards which Lt. Tanner and MaJ Dynes, who each retired, contributed 55 and 62 respectively.
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    MIXED FOURSOMES AT BUKIT TIMAH
    172 8 THE Royal Singapore Golf Club's second bi-monthly mixed foursomes competition for May was played at Bukit Timah on Sunday afternoon and resulted In a tie between Miss N. Clements and G. L. Gibson and Mr. and Mrs. J. V. West with a net score of
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    To-day's Sports Events
    32 8 Soccer: first division, Chinese vs. Mane Hesters, stadium; Argylls vs. Loyals, Gillman Barracks; reserve division, R.A.F. TCngah vs. R.A.M.C. Tengah, Tengah. Tennis: Singapore championships, S.C.R.C. and S.R C. tournaments.
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    Scoreless Draw At Harbour Board
    359 8 Scoreless Draw At Harbour Board 11.A.F. (H quarters) 0: F. Canning 0. r\ESPITE the heavy ground and a U slippery ball, the consequences of a heavy shower of rain during the afternoon, a fast and vigorously contested football game was witnessed yesterday on the Harbour Board ground when the R.A.F.
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    BOXING MEETING
    34 8 Arei-iinder Is given of to-day's meet' ing of the Singapore Amateur Boxing Club at the Happy World at 6 p.m. All members who are participating m the championships are expected to attend.
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    CHINESE RESERVES BEAT NAVY AT STADIUM
    295 8 Chinese Res. 2; Royal Navy Res. c. STAKING full points from the Royal 1 Navy at the stadium yesterday with a two-nil victory, the Chinese Reserves improved their position. Although the Loyals are on top with 19 points from 12 matches, the Chinese who
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    LOCAL AMATEUR BOXING CHAMPIONSHIPS
    575 8 Several Titles Expected To Change Hands SERVICES BOXERS ARE IN FULL TRAINING MEW title-holders are expected after the Singapore Amateur Boxing championships which begin at the Happy World stadium on Monday next and run for four nights with a broadcast commentary on the final night by
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    ONG TIANG SENG WINS RACECOURSE CUP
    98 8 ONG Tiang Seng beat S. Hayashida six and rive m the final of the Racecourse cup golf competition at the Island Club en Saturday. In the first round Ong Tiang Seng beat B. Woodall at the nineteenth hole; Major F. T. Pope beat Lim
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    S.B.A. TOURNAMENT
    32 8 ENTRIES are now invited for the Singapore Badminton Association men's junior singles and doubles, women's junior singles and doubles, and veterans' singles and doubles. The closing date is June 14.
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    CUSTOMS WIN
    20 8 TTHE Customs beat the R.N.W.T. two- cne m a second division (b) soccer match at Farrer Park yesterday.
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    Cross Country Race In France
    32 8 A part of the field of nearly 200 runners, who competed m a cross country race for the championship of the R.A.F. Air Component Force m France.
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    R.N.-R.A.F. BEAT ETCETERAS IN TOURNAMENT CRICKET
    285 8 THE R.N.-R.A.F. beat the Etceteras by five wickets m an S.C.C. tournament cricket game played at Ten^ah on Sunday. Batting first the Etceteras scored 16C Leckie hitting hard for his 52 runs McNeill also batted well to score 34. The R.N.-R.A.F. knocked off the
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    GILLMAN GAME OFF
    33 8 ft WING to the unplayable ground conditions, the first division league fixture between the Loyals and the Argylls arranged to be played at Gillman Barracks yesterday was postponed until to-day.
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    TO-DAY'S TENNIS TIES
    127 8 TPO-DAY'S ties m the Singapore lawn tennis championships are AT THE S.C.C. Today's ties at the S.C.C. are Mens doubles: Mrs. F. Sewell and Yong Loon Chong vs. Mrs. Whitham and S. Cave-Chirm: Mrs. Lee Fong Lim and Low Kee Pow vs. Miss Duff and W. H.
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    Sappers Beat Rengam By One Run
    142 8 Sappers Beat Rengam By One Run THERE was a;. cricket match Sunday when the I the Rengam Club A feature of the bowling by Higo; RE. wickets for 64 ri Th 2 -cores were RK\(,\M (it,. Sidford b Hawkesby Parse ns c Webb b H Ali low Dare Hodgs:n c
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    POLICE BEAT KHALSA AT CRICKET
    56 8 rS Police scored sn easj I the Khalsa A. B of cricket played 1 on Sunday. The scores m br. Khalsa: 90 (Loi Sanderson two foe :ght, Sul.. for 14; Gurdiai Sinp!. tf for 19 PolicP: 173 fcr »cv< n wickets K"*r H Tet 57
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    MAXFLI BADMINTON TOURNAMENT
    95 8 RESULTS of the tteec ?edo. Saturday m the open championship tournanu nt 02 the Maxfli Badminton Part;. Lee Kheng Chiang beat Tay Swtt Kiat 15—5, 15—5; Ng Cheng Bl Ooh Buan Teck 15-S. 1" --15. 15-1. Lye Ah Leng beat Ang Ghrr V 1 15-6, 15—11. Ties
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