The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 23 July 1940

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  • 17 1 LATE SINGAPORE EDITION The Singapore Free Press NO. 16,146. ESTD. 1835 TUESDAY, JULY 23, IiUO. 5 CENTS
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  • 515 1 Cost In Trained Airmen Since Outbreak Of War Estimated To Be 10,000 MORE ENEM^TPLANES ARE SHOT DOWN OVER BRITAIN IT t~ a m IT is now estimated in Tendon that the total of German air losses since the air war on Great Britain be?an
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  • 165 1 Minefield In Irish Sea I melon. July 2*. T H \dmira!t> announces th it minefield had been laid across the Bristol ncl to the Irish Sea. loses the St. George's and h.mnels. and vessels hIIIS to enter these channels nM st 40 round the north of IreIhe \dmiralty's announcement ht
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  • 111 1 Britain's Raw Material Position Better London. July 21. Biterta] poitttoa tau Improved that it is now tall avocation of r export trade while :ully maintaining no- i lim Ifllhl BUmik>n. rtance of maintaining rul'y realised by the HI stated to-day, and .:cy ci taking steps me consumptipn .where c pursued.
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  • 36 1 f rs i n the Belgian Congo ided to set up a tin comiquarters in Elisabethr representative committee in bem? no longer able to funcnrier Germin occupation. producer interests Reuter
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  • 201 1 London, July 22. YELLOW smoke rose to 1,000 feel and flames to 300 feet when Blenheim bombers of the coastal command fired German oil tanks at Vlaardingen, near Rotterdam, on Saturday nisht. "We could see the oil tanks very clearly in the
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  • 28 1 Sydney, juiy zz, THE death has occurred of Sir George Fuller, former Premier of New South Wales, in his 80th year.— Reuter
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  • 32 1 London, July 22. IT was learned in London to-night that one of the Italian submarines j destroyed last month was sunk by the Reuter i Australian destroyer Voyager.—
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  • 152 1 Nazi Planes Sink Panama Steamer ONLY THREE OF CREW SURVIVE /^■ERMAN methods of waging war at sea have resulted in the loss of a ship belonging to one of the American Republics. She is the Frossoula of 1,200 tons of Panama. The Frossoula left Barcelona on July 15 and sank
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  • 64 1 Berlin, July 22. ALL land in Lavia has become the property of the nation by a decision or Parliament according to a Riga despatch to the German news agency. Each peasant is limited to a holding of 30 hectares and any land held
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  • 57 1 DECREES for lending funds to private industries in France and two colonial possessions are published in the official Journal at Vichy. Loans up to 200,000 francs may be made to private industries for paying salaries, buying raw materials, while other loans may be made to Algeria and Tunisia
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  • 37 1 ARGENTINE and Uruguayan delegates to the Pan-American conference arrived in Havana yesterday. Spain, Japan, Germany and Italy have not sent observers to the conference. Britain is represented by the Minister at Cuba Reuter
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  • 400 1 STOP PRESS Giving what can be considered a virtual negative reply to Hitlers pea^e proposal, Lord Halifax, Foreign Si 4 retar?, broadcast n* from the 8.8.C. last night, pointed out that the Fuehier's proposal contained no suggestion that it would be based on justice, nor a
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  • 74 1 EJizabethville, Congo, July 22. BROADCASTING on the occasion o£ the Belgian national festival the Governor-General, M. Ryckmans, expressed the inflexible determination of t)*e Congo to stand bv Britain and the British Empire until victory was achieved. The Congo, he said, would place all its
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  • 359 1 NAZI INVASION OF BRITAIN IS DOOMED TO FAIL New York, Julv 22. TN an article in the New York Times Alexander *Seversky, the noted flier and aeroplane designer, says that an effective invasion of the British Isles is impossible as long as the defenders retain mastery of the skies over
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  • 131 1 Washin?ton, July 22. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT has recommended to Congress an increase of $500,000,000 in the lending capacity of the Export and Import Bank to enable the Bank to assist in the disoosition of surplus commodities of Latin American countries. Mr. Roosevelt also proposed that the restrictions on
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  • 108 1 Washington. July Z*. '•Vr° L< vant the children— >■• >iiio and &et them." The*e words are contained in si cable from the American committee in London for the evacualion of British children oversea* addressed to the Ame r i < n women's
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    • 60 1 rHERt IS NO BETTER TEA THAN BIGIA TEA GROWN IN MALAYA 1 v 4 l^^3 BsH p^l H i^H *OB H^^h 18-^i TONIGHT DINNER DANCE (informal) 8 p.m. to midnight Dinner $3.00 NO BALLROOM ADMISSION CHARGE^ tllv IN THE VERANDAH GRILI^SPECIAL DISH FROM Ml .YER WAGON 51.5« Served from l?.3O
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    • 89 1 BIGIA TEA BRINGS THE FRESHNESS AMD FRAGRANCE OF THE MALAYAN GARDEN! DIRECT TO YOUR HOME SEAVIEW H HOTEL TO-NIOHT SPECIAL DINNER DANCE music at KELLER'S BAND DINNER S3.— NO AFTER lII IV N Kit ADMISSION CHAKt.t SATURDAY: AUGUST 31, 1940 GALA DINNER DANCE CABARET in aid of THE WAR FUND
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  • 564 2 No Party Men In Japan's New Cabinet Tokio, July 22. THE lisu of new Cabinet members headed by the Prime Minister, Prince Ayamaro Konoye. has been completed. The investiture of new Cabinet members will take place to-day in tne Imperial Palace. Mr. Ichizo Kobayashi, President of the Tokio Electric Light
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  • 183 2 Said To Have Carried Off 20 Sakais In The Last Three Months (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, July 22. HUNTERS are endeavouring to track down a man-eating n tiger which is terrorizing the Sakai settlement at the foot of the Lassa hills, near
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  • 236 2 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES »From Our Own Correspondent) London, July 12. pOMMODITY and Exchange markets closed as follows with previous quotations to parantbesis: RUBBER: Firmer. Spot J2 3 16d I2 5 16d (12»«d 12l«d) August 12 3 ;d I2 3 «d (12 116d 12 3 16d) Oct-Dec 11 \d *****6d (ll%d II
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  • 88 2 (From Our Own Correspondent) TKuaU Lumpur, July 22 US death took place yesterday of heart «JS! hl 2# a L Pra3er>s Hm of M"- Mary of Sungel Smarut Estate. Batu Anam. Johore Mrs. Booth had gone to the Hill with her two-year-old child fox a
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  • 224 2 ARRIVING at the Capitcl Theatre in Singapore shortly will be a large company of American and Oriental stars featured in the mystic revue "A Trip to Hades." At the head of this company wfl] be "Chang, the "Miracle Man." who since leaving New York has
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  • 191 2 Tre following are in., Jul > quotations. Shares arr- u unless otherwise si*--Cou uoudi a% iy*4-t)^ Fundiiig Loan f% ;d6O-d0 Wai Loan 3fc«?o Com Union Assce (Uniti i Prudential Assce A' Royal Assce Great Western Rjj Or; 'Can. P'fic Rly. Ord Chartered PanK <£5 H.K. S'nai Bk.
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    • 143 2 GREETED BY PACKED HOUSES AT LAST SATURDAY'S MIDNIGHT PREMIERE! GALA SCREENING TO-DAY 3.i5, 6.i5 and 9.i5 ALHAMBRA A SHAW IJROS. FIRST -M VMBITIOUS MALAY TALKIE >1 'MUTiARA' f K %j x*. t WITH A CAST OF WELL-KNOWN LOCAL TALENTS including Miss TINA, HARON, YEM, HABSFIA. TALIP and NOORDIN WHETHER YOU
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    • 116 2 capitol r°T 9 v s JOLY 29th I _J at 9.15 p.m. ENTIRE PROCEEDS IN AID of THE WAR FUND GRAND MALAYAN PREM 1 ERE SCREENING of M.G.M's Magnificent Musical Operatta V^ i RU^ Gl ES MORGAN ATWILL Admission: CIRCLE S3 (Rc^ervedl Stalls: S2. and SI. ALL SEATS FREE OF
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  • 414 3 Naval Base Aerodrome Suffer Considerably TWO ENEMY PLANES SHOT DOWN OFF MALTA T? llanI Ian naval base at Tobruk and El Gubbi aerodrome m Libya have suffered considerably as the result of more raids by the Royal Air Force during the
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  • 186 3 Undercurrent Of Resistance Is Seen In France MANY LISTEN TO 8.8.C. UEN .en and children in »re living under restric:ch as they have never re. says an American D a dispatch to the New .ud-Tribune. upied France is an eco--1 country, with mil.e broken in spirit, duped nda and grouped
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  • 121 3 London, July 22. pENDINO >:\ -.al British reaction to ech, German radio proda fcr horn? consumption is marking time. Care is taken r to discourage any hop?s which exift f>r a conciliatDry British .ie njr to conceal from its listenipfi s.'dly negative na*ure of final commen'.
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  • 31 3 ll len who were saved u German -Hell ship' ruary last iIC making l the H.M.S. Cossack, d them. The presentation ronze flag which will be ck.- Reuter
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  • 90 3 LJITLER has presented Mussolini with a heavily armoured train, mounting several batteries of antiaircraft guns to protect II Duce in his travels. Mussolini inspected th* train yesterday morning. In handing over the train with a staff entirely made up of Germans, Hitler's representative said that
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  • 293 3 MR. Winston Churchill, the British Prime Minister, has sent a message to the Prime Minister of Australia, Mr R. G. Menzies, congratulating him and the Australian Navy for the brilliant action of the Australian cruiser, S\dney, in sinking the Italian cruiser, Bsrtolomeo Colleoni, in the Mediterranean. The
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  • 44 3 Wellington, July 22. ENLISTMENTS in the expeditionary force under the voluntary pystem ended to-day It is estimated that 50,000 men joined up in a last-minute rush throughout the Dominion. Henceforth single men will be selected by conscription ballots.— Reuter
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  • 170 3 Soviet Russia's Bloodless Conquest London, July 22. WITH the decision of the Par- liament cf Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia to be incorporated in the Soviet Union means that without shedding a drop of blood Russia has added over 60,000 square miles to its territory, increased the population of the U.S.S.R.
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  • 157 3 UNIT THAT LOCATED SUNKEN THETIS T^HE Admiralty announced yester- day the loss of the destroyer Brazen (Lieut .-Commander Sir Michael Culme -Seymour) which was damaged in an attack by enemy aircraft and sank while she was being towed into port. There was no loss of
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  • 47 3 Bucharest, J ily 22. RUMANIAN-Turkish economic negotiations have been broken off without any important result and the Turkish delegation left yesterday for Istanbul after a two-month stay in Bucharest. Exchange of Rumanian oil for Turkish cotton was one question under discussion.— Reuter
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  • 63 3 17TCE-ADMIRAL E. A. Taylor, MP. for the London division, is taking up an Admiralty appointment which will involve his leaving London. He will, however, continue to represent his constituency. It was he who commanded the Renown when the Duke of Windsor (then the Prince of
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  • 761 3 Britain's Inflexible Resolve To Continue The Struggle nrv London, July 22. :iTS* testimony that the aage of Dunkirk was that un would prove an impregnable calls for extra heavy head- all London newspapers to sive quotations from the South Prime Minister's broadcast. in an edit:rial devoted i j»pe^h which It
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  • 129 3 Entertainment For Munitions Workers TPHE Minister of Labour, Mr Ernest Bevin, was present at a concert given to munitions workers somewhere in England yesterday. The idea of holding such concerts originated from Mr. Bevin himself, and it is intended to provide entertainment and relaxation to thousands of munitions workers throughout
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  • 73 3 A NORWEGIAN sea captain who was marked out for execution by the Germans because he carried food and munitions for the British in Norway has reached a Canadian east coast port after a perilous 3.000-mile voyage. He was accompanied by his wile and a
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  • 57 3 New York, July 22. fJE Buenos Aires correspondent of the New York Herald-Tribune says: "The Minister of the Interior was ordered by the Government to-day to prosecute the Nazi newspaper El Pampero because it published an anti-Bri-tish article described by the Government spokesman as obscene
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  • 62 3 London, July 22. f\N the Stock Exchange to-day gold minings and Home rails attracted the majority of attention, the former owing to the Imminence of dividend declarations and the latter en buying as a contra-budget hedge. Gilt-edged were fractionally easier and industrials Irregular, though a stronger tendency
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  • 159 3 London, July 22. COUNDED by a group of American? living in Britain, the American Ambulance in Britain is closely associated with the Allied relief funl which, under the auspices of Mr. Winlhrop Aidrich. has already given amongst many other things nine ambulances, five X-ray apparatuses and
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  • 54 3 Empire Air Serv ce To Be Doubled London, July 22. IT is expected that the Empire air -service now in operation once weekly in each direction from Durban to Sydney and then across the Tasman Sea to Auckland will shortly be increased to twice a week in each direction, probably
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  • 41 3 A FOURTH sum of £5,000 has bee i received from Jamaica for purchase of aircraft and Lord Beaverbrook, Minister for Aircraft Production, has sent a telegram to the Dail Gleaner of Kingston expressing hi? profound gratitude." British Wireless
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    • 185 3 RED PALM OIL This oil contain-, considerable quantities of Yitamm-A and is specially prepared for u*e as a cooking oil and as a medicine. It is excellent for preventing influenza, coughs and colds. 50 cts. per bottle Obtainable from MEDICAL HALL LTD. 3. BATTERY ROAD @IVUAII Where OPEN|NG ITHNV Everybody
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  • 663 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1940. Britain's Strength IN the unexpected interval between the collapse of France and the anticipated attack on Great Britain there has been plenty of opportunity for British subjects everywhere to reconsider the issues at stake and to decide that the fight shall continue
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  • 1289 4 I IKE Belgium and Holland, L- Switzerland is a rich and economically strong country occupying a strategic position of the first importance. Swi£ economic power is built up in th* first place on modern industries— engineering, the electrical industry, akinMnium and the chemical industry, whteh Save
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  • 274 4 London, July 22. A *TER a sharp clash lasting only 15 minutes, in which six hurricanes took on 80 German shipping raiders over the English Channel on Sunday afternoon, the enemy fled. The Hurrij canes had sent a Messerschmltt 109 crashing into the sea and damaged
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  • 591 4 fOMMENT on the I, I of the PtaM in r I and on the wmk *>■ Mr i,. |t I i Cooper a* NWtter «i I i formation is i»- r 1 Timos [LtßtoO. I Mr. Dull I I J has showed himsdf alivi I which
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  • 80 4 Belgians Fight n At Britain's Side THE Belgian Ambassador I Baron de Cartu I in a broadcast speech:, sitici I long history Belgium I many reverses, but ti. Ap» I gian peoples will to U jJJ^fd I acpendent she had I victorious. I Belgium, tin Bun>n 1 j eluded no
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    • 61 4 Be Careful in wearing unground Sunglasses, which may cause your eyes to be defective. Go lo Nan Sin and see tne modern frames fitted with (ienuine Chance English Crookes' B or B 2 Dark glasses for Safe and Comfortable Vision. At $5.00 per pair. Nan Sin Optical House 3?5, North
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  • 2495 5  -  MARY HEATHCOTT Free Press Feature lT ,lonu now. men and V Ln an nwoming good bSss**w and rifle S ,di! '-'-'ran) misguided •*fS. *t. his foot on W lj h civilian wives officers and following the A.T.S. at Home to handle a J ITS A >ih
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    • 46 5 I mm» mm I 'ed Colours. I c uholesale. I all your D?V CLEANING I th skttfaf handling I*^ Mention of IW INTERNATIONAL CO. P who give I Ml uou. ■pieman st Singapore. ISS;P«ONE1 S5; P«ONE 6341 I Protect i/our I clothes v nu |f^ y*i
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    • 100 5 Jf WBf W^liil When youth combines with dignity. *^tsr\ and freshness with elegance when wliS^^L. the effect is perfect from the hem of her gewn to the curl of her ostrich V I feather, Elizabeth Arden 'you may be >J surei has completed ner masterpiece. MAYNARD'S Battery Road. is^ showing
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  • 1597 6 The Problems Faced ABOUT July or August every year the Gulf Stream, which flows across the North Atlantic and around the serrated coasts of the British Isles, meets a south-bound current from the chilly seas of Iceland. The result of this union of tropic
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  • 274 6 Tokio, J«ly 22. ATTENTION is drawn* to the participation of two leading business men in the new Japanese Cabinet. One is Mr. Ichizo Kobayashi, President of the Tokyo Electric Light Co., who is to assume the portfolio of Minister of Commerce and Industry, and
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  • 34 6 Mr. Subhas Chandra Bose, who was recently arres:ed under the Defence of India Regulations, has nominated Sardar Sardul Singh Caveesher to succeed him as president of the AllIndia Forward Bloc.
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  • 445 6 "GIVE HITLER FOOD" SA YS BERNARD SHAW London. iy|R. Bernard Shaw, in an inter- view recently, gave his opinion of the international situation and advice to Britain on the conduct of the war. "First, I warn you that, because I think clearly, I am regarded as Public Enemy No. 1,"
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  • 449 6 HITLER NO LONGER FIGURE FOR SATIRE THERE is some doubt whether Charles Chaplin's great film The Dictator "—now almost completed— will ever reach the screen. Chaplin has more than 300,000 sunk in the picture, which is known on the sets as Production No. 6."
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  • 437 7 BREACH OF TRUST ALLEGATION AGAINST CHINESE BANK CASHIER Story Of A Surprise Check Its Result PRELIMINARY INQUIRY IN $11,500 CASE xijONS that he bad committed criminal breach A mi t. M servant m the employ of the Overseas Bwkiag Corporation, were made at a preliminary j, the Sini.ap<^e se:ond court
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  • 99 7 f\ IMJ Queen's iell. wships to and' dates wore u .as: night. Mr. Chua Yew whan name publLhed has been is on the toachIr.s atution. Ult Anglo-Cr incse s In.^itutlon. Mr. Yew Raflfc. c.lbge. r fcfa RMtgy Course :.e Bachelor of tanLnaitan of the to
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  • 58 7 r DAVIES, ah Indian, was cnarged in the Singapore fcurih courc yesterday with usinc: abusive language to Mohamed bin Haji Osman, Malay police court interpreter, at an hotel in Waterloo S.ree:. on June 23. Davies said he had ured abusive 1 aiguage under great
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  • 46 7 picture. £aBKWM WITH BURNT POTS AND PANS this clearing in Silat Road nad been occupied by some 60 huts before the fire on Saturday raxed mew. Squatters are here seen searching for personal belongings' among the debris yesterday Free Press
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  • 277 7 COIN HOARDING UNWISE BAD FOR BUSINESS THE attention of the public is drawn to the fact that currency notes are ieeal tender throughout Malaya for the payment of any amount, says a Department of Information communique. This means that no person to wnom any payment is due has any legal
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  • 594 7 Quartermaster Commended At Singapore Inquiry *THE quartermaster, Mr. L. G. Veltmann, showed unusual courage and bravery. I commend him for it, and I think that there should be some official recognition bestowed on him for the initiative and resource he displayed," said
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  • 133 7 $4,570 FINES FOR CHANDU OFFENCES A FINE of $1,750 or in defaulc seven months' rigorous imprisonment was imposed on Lee Ah Mak, who was convicted in the Singapore Criminal District Court yesterday on a charge of importing or doing an act preparatory to or for the purpose of importing 45
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  • 65 7 MAI-K Priifah Europeans in Johore are given until next Tuesday to register for compulsory mi'ilary service in the Suite. The centres vt registration arc the office of the C'Jtnmissioner cf Lands. Johore Bahru, for British Europeans re>uiine: in the districts of Johore Bahru, Kota Tinggi,
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  • 60 7 TWO YOUTHS, Goh Ah Hock and Tng Ah Seng, were charged in the police courts yesterday wKh gang robbery and remanded for a week. It is alleged tha^. the accused were among several Chinese who forcibly took a wrist watch from a schcolboy, Spencer Tan,
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  • 179 7 THE Ranee of Sarawak's latest book, "A Star Fell," has Just been published in New York. Central figure in the story is Rama Chandra, an epileptic Tamil, brought up by missionaries whose teachings have a lasting effect on his unhealthy imagination. The
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  • 605 7 TEN CHINESE CHARGED WITH RIOTING UOW an objection to a collection being made tot their reserve fund, led first to a dispute and then to a general fight, was told to the Singapore Criminal District Judge, Mr. J. L. McFall yesterday, by a pineapple carrier,
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  • 417 7 "Magistrate Viewed Case Correctly AN Igpal by the Crown against Ml acquittal of a Chinese contractorTan Yong Cheng, on a <-harg e of giving a sanitary inspector a bribe of $200 was dismissed by the re ing Chief Justice. Mr. Justice a*Bo<±ett Terrell, yet: relay. Tan Yong
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    • 399 8 P.&O. and BRITISH INDIA LINES (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND) P. 6c O. 8. H. GO'S SAILINGS. The best possible services are being maintained by The P. 0. S. N. Coy. from the Straits to their usual ports of call in China, India, Ceylon and the United Kingdom. I Passengers are requested
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    • 310 8 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated tn FMS.i TELEPHONE: Frdfbt MS* r»**# Hdmn mciiic Regular service from the Orient to Vancouver by GIANT EMPRESSES— Across Canada through the Canadian Rockies-!*ke Louise— Banff. Trans-Atlantic by "EMPRESS- "IHICHBSS" or "MONT" steamers to the United Kingdom.— All under one management. tn detailed uuormatloo appij to
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    • 460 8 MANSFIELD CO., LIT BLUE FUNNEL LlN E Frequent Sailings to United Kingdom. Oaies a r e guaranteed, all cargo bookings subject to Confer^ War Clauses. WKSI'KRN AUSIR Al A THE SHORTEST SEA ROUTE AT THE CHEAPEST H Regular Services to F re mantle (Perth) *i» j by first class passenger
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  • 165 9 TO cope with the coin shortage in Singapore, which has hindered the .business of tha small vendor and. trader, the management of the Great; World amusement park has introduced" a system of transaction within the park only. Patrons of the park who are likely
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  • 109 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) Melbcnrne, July 17. T^HE Australian War Cabinet has been considering Australia's strategic position. Important to Aus.ralia's future war moves are the fata of the Netherlands Indies, French Indo-China, and New Caledonia, a French possession in the Pacific, linked by
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  • 809 9 Last Year's Increase Shows Big Advance RUBBER'S PREDOMINANCE AGRICULTURAL industries' position of chief importance in the economy of Johore is shown in the annual report of the General Adviser just issued. The total value of all agricultural exports amounted last year to $69,401,840 an
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  • 277 9 (Pram Our Own Cc vsspondent) Kuala Lumpur, July 22. TPHE fact that Sakais axe now taking up flshing off Kuala Langat district and are reportedly displacing Malays there, is recorded In the annual report for Seiangcr for 1939. The report declares that last year,
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  • 167 9 Drank Poison, LayOnMother's Grave To Die 44I THIS is truly a pitiful case," 1 said Court Inspector D. R. C~\vie in the Singapore third court yesterday, when he related the circumstances surrounding an attempt to take his own life made by a 23--year-old Chinese, Loh Sim Qwee. Lch Sim Qwee
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  • 124 9 PKICES CURRENT July 22. 11 «Vlock noon Buyers Sellers No. IX R.5.6. Spot loose 36^ 37H No IX R.SS P. OB in cases July-Aug. (Sellers option) 37 37S Gi'.A.Q. R.S.S. F.0.8 ID bales July-Aug Sellers option) 35*-, 36^ FAQ. R.SS K.O B ID
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  • 108 9 FE following notifications relating to the Volunteer Force Ordinance are gazetted Lieutenant (Acting Captain) J. B. Best, S.S.V.F., appointed Acting Major whilst commanding Singapore Royal Engineers (Volunteers) Field Company. Second -Lieutenant R. D. Wilkie, S.S.V.P., appointed Acting Captain whilst in command of "F" (Malay) Company, 2nd Battalion, S.S.V.F.
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  • 25 9 WHENEVER MR. WINSTON CHURCHILf, THE PREMIER, reps n» .i. House of Commons, a London crowd gathers to see the famous statesman enter.
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  • 267 9 Hiing Konj.. A BLUE FUNNEL liner of 7.7C0 tOM gross was damaged in a colh-un which occurred when sh: was m ored 200 yards off Taikoo Do~ks. The ship had only Just come out of dock and had taken on a large amount of
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  • 42 9 ARRESTED in connection with an incident in which a Hainanese cook was robbed of a purse containing about $16, a man named Tang Yeo Seng was charged in the police courU yesterday and remanded lor i week
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  • 32 9 IT is announced in the Government 1 Gazette that the King has awarded the Imperial Service Medal to Mr. Samuel Wright, formerly gaoler in the Straits Settlements Prim Service
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    • 506 9 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS BOARD RESIDENCE. SEA FRONT KATONG GRANGE-:; Meyer Road (■ear Swimming Club) Modem bathrooms with Sanitation. Larre Gardens— Tennw. Phone 14 758. NAPIER HOUSE Napier Road Teie. 7406 Overlooking Garrison Golf Course. Private bathrooms with row and hot water, mjj. to every single and double suite English cuisine. Meals
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    • 117 9 Pains in Back. Mervous, Rheumatic! Wronjr foods and drinks, worry, overwork and frequent colds often put a strum on the Kidneys and Kidney and Bladder Troubles are the true cause of Excess Acidity, Getting Up NlghtH, Burning Passages, I^eg Pains. Nervousness. IMzslnemi, Swollen Ankles, Rheumatism. Puffy Eyelids, and feeling old
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 160 9 POST OFFICE MAIL LIST TO-DAY Mails tlo«>e at the General Pest CXEce as follows: Canada surface 5 p.m., air 9.30 a.m. Amoy surface 5 p.m., air 9.30 a.m. Canton surface 5 p.m., air D.30 a.m. Chuan Chow surface 5 p.m., air 9.30 a.m. Chungking surface 9 a.m., air 9.33 a.m.
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    • 160 9 Law Notice For The Day Befort- tbc Hon'ble tbe Af. Chief fasti** :r Court So. 1 At 10.30 a.m C; Revn. C 40— Mui Sul kieng vs. Lee Hong Kee. At 11 a.m.— 5.576 39 Sim Seok iw) vs. Cncp Hoe Tai and Co. for mention. Thereafter— S 412 3S—
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  • 317 10 Signals Prove Too Good For S.H.B. picture. Malaya Sijfnak .4; S.H.B. 1. TPHE Malaya Signals were too ff^od for the Singapar* Harbour Board whom they defeated by four g?a!s to cue in a second divi ion (a) foHball frame at the SHB. yesterday. Th_» winners were fs.s;er and displayed more
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  • 64 10 TJIE following have accepted to play cricket for S.C.C. vs. the Officers Force EMU on Saturday at 2 p m. at the SCC W K. Jaeger (Capt), K. H. Cantrell, Capt. B. K. Castor. Lt. R. Peel, Capt. J. C. Burgoyne- Johnson, R. S. Tufne.l. R. J. Bleakley,
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  • 104 10 CINGAPORE badminton ties for the week-end are: SATURDAY AT 2.15 P.M. K. L. Leow (Playfair) vs. Cheong Hock Leng Eclipse >: Loh Ngian Hin (Marigold) vs. Lee Kim Seng (Enlinsc): Chan Khek Eng (U.C.A.) vs. Bob Quek (Merridale); Raymond Frois (UAP.) vs. Benjamin Henfc (United
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  • 264 10 TJIFTnEN players qualified for match play In the Royal Singapore Golf Club's Duffers' Cup competition, the qualifying round of which was played at Bukit Timah ever the Wick-end. P O. Wicks. H. Smith and J. W. Muncey, irho have returns scores of 79, must
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  • 618 10 15 Teams Entered For Club Tournament DRAW FOR MEN'S EVENTS riFTEEN clubs have entered for the Singapore Table Tennis Association's inter-club league championships, and the first batch of matches will be played off at the Happy World covered stadium on Saturday. Satisfactory entries have also been
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  • 29 10 OOCCER: first division, S.it.C. ts. R.A. Hvy. Regt. stadium; reserve division, Royal Navy vs. Manchesters, Na\al Base;* second division (h), R.A.F. Kalians vs. Indian /!ssn., S.R.C.
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  • 412 10 City High School's Meet On Saturday KEEN inter-house competition was witnessed at the seventh annual athletic sports of the City High School which took place on Saturday at the Jalan Besar Stadium. There was a large gathering of friends and well wishers of the school.
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  • 121 10 IN a fiiendly match of five singles and two doubles played at the Joybells Court, the Joybells B.P. defeated the Singapore Amateur Sports Union by five games to two. The results were as follows with the Joybells names mentioned first Low Poh Hye beat John Lee 15 3,
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  • 92 10 A WARNING to mariners rpgardirg dangerous areas in Sourabaya Strait, Java, has been issued by the Hong Kong Harbour Office The following are declared dangerous areas and closed to shipping: (a) An area between the following parallels:—6. 44. 30 S.. and 6. 56. 00 S.;
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  • 352 10 YMCA. 2.R.N.W.T 5: THE first to lower the colours of the Y.m.ca., m* 1 Royal Navv Wireless Telegraphists played pretty soccer to beat the Y.M.C.A. by five goals to two on the latter's ground yesterday, in the second division (b) of the league.
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  • 142 10 THE following are the latest classifications of horses and ponies according to the list Issued by the Straits Racing Association yesterday. HORSES Transfers are: From Class 1 to Class 2: Baffler, Brazeno, Oorugan, Rostrum, Sir Theobald and Waetere. From Class 3 to Class 2: Fleming, Honeypuss, Pockets
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  • 145 10 (Frcm Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Luranur, July 21. LAST year animals worth $336,155 on aggregate were imported int'J Selangor according to the annual report of the State of Selangor for 193?. This amount was made up as follows; oxen $45,900, buffaloes $172,776, Bttp $117,104 and goats
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  • 275 10 Rest Beat Europ ei For The First T^ (From Cm Own n ni.AYING only an'.' North Joh< re Peng Cup to-;:-. since the inerihey met tho Bui by 66 runs in (ic.iuang. Scheduled to Se :.nd fixed for Aug. I had to be brou forthcoming mil c
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