The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 31 August 1940

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    20 1 LATE SINGAPORE EDITION The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS KO. 16,180. ESTD 1X35 SATURDAY. AFGfTST 11 iqia 5 CENTS
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    DETERMINED BID TO PIERCE DEFENCES OF LONDON FAILS
    610 1 DETERMINED BID TO PIERCE DEFENCES OF LONDON FAILS 42 More Raiders Shot Down London, Aug. 30. 0 German raiders were shot down m more r Britain to-day. At least six were .hot wrae ot %yhat was apparently a determined c London's defences which 'was broken un ftre and fighters. While
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    30 1 London, Aug 30. rE Grand Duchess of Luxemburg was received by the King at Buckingham Palace to-day and afterwards lunched with their Majesties. Oueen Mary was also present. British Wireless
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    Fifth Columnists Guiding Raiders?
    70 1 Fiittu Aug. 30. If-TH columnists are believed to have been active m signalling to enemy plants during the recent night ra.ds on Britain. They are suspected of having caused a number of fires as guides to Nazi pilots. The police, observing, flashes of light convng from
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    Crypt Of Church Is Now Canteen
    32 1 ilie crypt of St. Martin m the fields, before the war a shelter for homeless people, has now become a canteen for soldier, sailors and airmen.
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    Hungary To Get Two-Thirds Of Transylvania
    386 1 Hungary To Get TwoThirds Of Transylvania NEW FRONTIER FIXED AT VIENNA CONFERENCE AGREEMENT m the Hungarian-Rumanian dispute was signed m Vienna to-day, according to the official news agency, which adds that the agreement "finally fixes the new frontier between Hungary and Rumania" It has been decided to give Hungary nearly
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    Nazi 'Hands Off' Warning To Soviet?
    290 1 Nazi 'Hands Off' Warning To Soviet? Bucharest, Aug. 30. i JT is unofficially but reliably reported here that the German and Italian Ministers m Moscow will visit M. Molotov, Soviet Premier and Foreign Commissar, to-day and hand over a formal declaration that Rumania lies m the German, not Russian, sphere
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    ORPHEUS CASUALTIES
    40 1 London, Auk 30. 17 IS officially stated that casualties In the submarine Orpheus, the loss of which was announced on Au?. 19, total five officers, 49 ratings and one Chinese steward missing, presumed to have been killed- Reuter
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    ITALIANS BOMB U.S. MISSION STATION
    222 1 Husband Wife Are Killed In Ruthless Machine-Gun Attack Tiirrk 4 Cairo, A us:. 30 VVO American missionaries were killed and two other sn En? 3 8 7»" nded »'h«« <wo Italian aircraft dronoed 5%5?« I"t then MW "*?unned isolated stat 17 ,f n 7 n
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    "INTERESTING CLAIM" IN ROME COMMUNIQUE
    77 1 .XT London, Aug. 30. interesting claim is made m to-day's Italian war communique. It is that ''enemy fighters which were m the air when Itaiian bombing formations arrived to bomb Malta refused to engage m battle with the Italian fighters and tried to escape." The
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    STOP PRESS
    274 1 I~ »c Bucharest, Aug. 30 T IS officially admitted that the Rumanian Government received note* from the Axis powers m the nature of an ultimatum. The latest reports from Transylvania indicate that there is a strong: spirit of resistance to any attempt at occupation b> German or Hungarian
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      122 1 FOR QUALITY AND ECONOMY DRINK BIGIA TEA SEAVIEW HOTEL TO -NIGHT BUY A BOMBER BALL IN AID OF THE WAR FUND EXTENSION TO 2 A.M. Dining Accommodations fully booked, but (here is plenty of room for non-diners. Entrance S2. NOVEL CABARET DANCE HOSTESSES m attendance. SUNDAY MORNING 11 A.M.-l P.M.
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      198 2 BOOK NOW FOR THE HAPPIEST PICTURE OF THE YEAR TO-DAY TO->IORROW 4 SHOWS K.r> jus p.m. ALHAIViBRA Seat> booked by phone must be taken up before 9.15 p.m. each n!«rht finnfl nEHGLE /O rn =3 RHY miLLHnD M(*^£/^ *^k y .<s^.\ ''•'vnßHHHnff^v Srotdwy i t«Jt '«r It K O HA0!O
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    TONS OF EXPLOSIVES ON NAZI AIRCRAFT WORKS
    550 3 RA.F. Continue To Wreak Havoc In Germany aerodromes^oll factory power house bombed Ovro i- -L. London, Aug. 30. v*.K lo tons of high explosive and incendiary bombs were dropped on a large Junkers factory at Dessau by the X.A.X on Wednesday night. The
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    Italic Troops ConcentratedOn Greek Frontier
    174 3 OPE N ACT OF WAR BEING AVOIDED" London, Aug. 30. no evidence ••\y intends to make says The Times. In reports that he :ri a state of preM at any moment. trocps are site the Greek rd ot the demi'itariz- -roplanes have Greek owners -hat
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    What Delhi Talks Will Bring
    74 3 S I ondon, Aug 30. fl T ,:aph, m an editorial d less than a Dominions have created 9 rces of their own for 9 the Empire. M ments of united I a:11 come from the ber of the conference M Delhi with reprem i.
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    MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC WARFARE WARNING
    58 3 MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC WARFARE WARNING 9 r. London, Aug. 29. H Ie Warfare has 9 BOOdi loaded into 9 >sels, or vessels 9 Italian or French 9 ernment m any 9 led by the enemy 9 ped unless cover- r have a British S bt^iug loaded. Ships H not covered,
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    SUCCESSFUL DANCE AT MEMORIAL HALL
    33 3 SUCCESSFUL DANCE AT MEMORIAL HALL Ii A*r~ present at the the War Charities Victoria Memorial Uob dances m the *nd attractive pri7es were v orsp. < Aided for men who -■:.--:> ■>. ne band of the
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    Gifts To Britain For Warplanes
    118 3 London, Aug. 30. THE Secretary ol State for the Colonies, Lord Lloyd, has on behalf of His Majesty's Government gratefully acknowledged the snlendid response to the Northern Rhodesia "speed planes fund" from which a further contribution of £18.000 was recently made. He has also expressed
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    COMMODITIES & EXCHANGES
    176 3 COMMODITIES EXCHANGES Up to the time of going to press yesterday's closing prices had not been received. fcruni Oir Own correspondent) London, Aug. 29. COMMODITY and Exchange markets closed as tollows with previous quotations Id paranthesis:— RUBBER: Steady. Spot l2Vid 12% d (12^d 12% d) Sept. 12^d 12% d (12Vid
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    R.A.F. Shatters Nazi Myth
    92 3 New York, Aug. 30 THE RAF. raid on Berlin, says the Berlin correspondent of the New York Times, has shattered the myth circulated through all s rita of the population s'nee the beginning of the war that Berlin is so well protected by antiaircraft batteries that
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    South American Trade Barred To Germans
    246 3 South American Trade Barred To Germans I, >ndon. Aug. 30. TPHE failure of Nazi efforts to inter- rupt shipments from Britain end the efficiency of the tightened British blockade are effectively stalemating attempts by German firms to secure business m South America by guaranteeing delivery of goods of German origin,
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    Four Burned To Death In Ipoh Fire
    69 3 (Fom Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Aug. 30. COUR Chinese, three women and a boy were burned to death when they were trapped on the top floor m a fire which broke out m a shophouse m Brewster Road shortly after 10.30 pm. L0
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    German Bombing Of Cargo Steamer
    113 3 London, Aug. 30. EIGHTEEN members of the crew of a cargo steamer which had been attacked by a German bomber reached a Scottish west c^ast port last night. They had been picked up by an Irish steamer after bailing water out cf their lifeboat for
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    Hudson Plane Flies Safely Back In Storm With Nose Shot Off
    349 3 Hudson Plane Flies Safely Back In Storm With Nose Shot Off m London, Aug. 30. built Hudson air- the coastal command 1 base with its 1 S >f y shot off an <i all the >ne pilots cockpit blown r return journey 1 the pilot and navi- d with rain
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    French War chips In British Port
    36 3 An escort vessel, a destroyer and four sub-chasers, part of the trench Fleet taken under control of the British Admiralty, are here seen lyinff at anchor m a British port.
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    Belt Of Allied Territory Right Across Africa
    370 3 IMPORTANCE OF FRENCH CONGO'S NEW STAND London, Aug. 30. THE strategic importance of the decision of the French Congo, or French Equatorial Africa, to continue the fight rests mainly m the creation of Allied communications right across Africa between Nigeria and the Sudan.
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    Nazi Apology To Eire
    63 3 Dublin, Aug. 30. Fis officially announced that the German Foreign Office has informed the Irish Charge d'Affaires m Berlin that investigations concerning the bombing of the Irish-registered vessel Kerryhead on Aug. 1 have shewn that the aircraft involved was German. The Foreign Office expressed to the
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    Japanese Liner Is Allowed To Sail
    105 3 Bombay, Aug. 30. THE Japanese liner Fushimi Maru, which was yesterday rewrted to have been unable to sail because the British navicert system prevented her taking on water, has been permitted to continue her voyage, according to the Japanese consul here. She will sail
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    London Stock Exchange
    339 3 The abcve are dealers middle prict •.mkers margins brokers Re and stamp duti •re not trrluded Exchange Telegraph Up to the time of goin,$ to press ysurdav closing prues had not been pmftttti Londun, Aug. 29. The following are to-days closing middle quotations. Shares are of £i
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    ITALIAN POWER HOUSE EXPLOSION KILLS TEN
    39 3 Kome, Aug. 30 TEN were killed and numbers injured m an explosion m a power staM< n six miles from Bologna, Italy. Several buildings caught fire and the injured were prompjy evacuated- Reuter
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    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1940.
    742 4 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1940. "Je Maintiendrai "THD-DAY Queen Wilhelmina of the 1 Netherlands celebrates her sixtieth birthday and the thoughts and hopes of the people of the Netherlands, physically crushed by the German terror but erect and proud m spirit, are with her en this day
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    7 4 TOO MUCH DEFENCE IN THE WROMG PLACE
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    New City Exchange —For Vegetables
    1236 4 New City Exchange For Vegetables Owr London Letter From Our Own Corresoonck London, .luh 23. IF I write to you about my old favourite topic, the country, I do not think it will be necessary to apologize m advance. In almost every corner of the British Empire there has been
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      65 4 BUY ALL YOUR REQUIREMENTS from GIAN SINGH'S It is here that you can really practise economy. We have always m stock A Bigger and Wider Range of:- Fabrics Silks Ladies Pyjamas, Hosiery Hand Bags Tapestries Leather Suit and Attache Cases, Cotton Blankets Perfumes, Men's Bathing Trunks Men's Shirts Ties Hats
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    US PRESSMEN TOUR NAVAL & AIR BASES AND VISIT INDIAN TROOPS
    790 5 US PRESSMEN TOUR NAVAL AIR BASES AND VISIT INDIAN TROOPS Aviation Writer Inspects Drome Impressed By Might Of Britain's Great Bastion In Far East I A AY NAVAL RATINGS I CAMP INSPECTED N .,f the formidable array of IJritish 1 n 'I 16 F East was "JS he vfantng Amenoan
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    Data Being Collected On Fresh Food Supplies
    125 5 fYATA is being collected by the special committee appointed by Government to investigate the supply and marketing of fresh vegetables, fruit, poultry and eggs to the Singapore and Johore markets. A questionnaire is being prepared for circulation among certain Government Departments and the
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    Mussolini Is "Arch Enemy" Of Islam
    50 5 Mussolini Is "Arch Enemy" Of Islam I LOCAL MUSLIM I RESOLUTION I j ,ent m B m commu--9 .s. to propose m rtanl re^oluI S all I S urage- .a them to fl ol m :noi:e. I m wili fl -cim m m. m Sept. m rer ny Mi S
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    Commission & Parking At The Cathay
    76 5 Commission Parking At The Cathay M a. decision they V g rdtaif parking tsid the C fl Reuben, reverS I ..vision li fl jo requested to j H .-ement of the H parking space be, H roMl wMhln reason-' hich the management S The 9 ad parking ae- V for
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    GROUP CAPTAIN FOR VOLUNTEER AIR FORCE
    130 5 THE Government Oaz tie annouii a number of new commissions m r Straits Settlements Volunteer Air Force. These Incluti Major R. L. Hunn, DJ8.0., as Group Captain: Mr. H. \V. Chattawty, ARC a Souadror. Leack t Mr. J. Sale met Mr. E. Burn, as
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    NEW COMMISSIONER
    59 5 ON behalf of tne Commisrior.cr.3, Mr. L. Rayman, the president, welcomed Mr. R If. Meyer on his appointment to the Board m place of the late Shaik Yahya Afifi. Mr. Meyer took his seat on the Commission for the iirst time yesterday. He was also appointed to fill
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    GRANGE ROAD ROUND-ABOUT
    38 5 GRANGE ROAD ROUND-ABOUT I A at, the round- about Commissioners at R a.i uud Pater- waa made by Mr. r -.<y's meeting of 1 m sand t: would be i the question permanent Mr. Bennett that on erpeiluicnt.
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    CZECH OFFICIAL ON VISIT TO INDIA
    78 5 ON his wi:/ to BfltnhfJ to Wbt Uae Czechoslovak Consul about Crecho-Slovak nationals m the Far East, Mr. Oldrich Mojzisek. Far Eastern representative of the Czi-cho-Siovak Ministry of Finance m London, arrived m Singapore from Hong Kong yesterday. Mr" Mojzisek. who Is stationed at
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    24 5 Second Ueut. T. Watson. Adjutant, Ist. Battalion. Straits Settlements Volunteer Force Is to be acting captain while employed a* adjutant, states a Gazette notification.
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    Magistrate And Definition Of "Naval Base"
    695 5 -WHAT is the Naval Base?" asked n Mr. Conrad Oldham, the Singapore second magistrate, m court yesterday, and replying to his own question said: "The Naval Base is an area, within the jurisdiction of this court, to which persons who have no business there
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    60-Year-Old Lawyer On His Bankruptcy
    195 5 60-Year-Old Lawyer On His Bankruptcy A 60- YEAR-OLD Singauort advo- cate and solicitor. Kow Soon Kirn. with a practice extending over 25 years, told Mr. Justice Manning m the High Court yesterday that he had been m debt ever since he started business. Kow Soon Kirn. who had become bankrupt
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    MUNICIPALITY'S $4,000 FOR WELFARE SOCIETY
    42 5 fV'liE Comn»i.sti oners at tlieir meeting yes- j I 1 terday confirmed a committee decision I to donate $4,CK)O to the Singapore Child J Welfare Society this year, subject to a like com'-ibution by Government. j I
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    Mr, Jones Registers As Blood Donor & Appeals For More Volunteers
    306 5 Mr, Jones Registers As Blood Donor Appeals For More Volunteers AN appeal to the people of Singapore to rahmta r m large numbers and to volunteer quickly a- bl donors for the emergency Mood transfusion Rervice marie by Mr. g. W. Jones, the Officer Adminisb Government, at the Medical College
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE BIRTH
    13 7 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE BIRTH xife of C. C. Pti.r-lope Ann, at Singapore, on i
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    REMOVAL OF EXPORT QUOTAS ON SUGAR
    103 7 lIT is announced by the Ftxxl Controller, I*" Malaya, that with effect from Aug. 30, 1940, the export of sugar from Singapore I Will no longer be subject to expert quotas. It is intended, however, to introduce at an parly date a minimum stocks
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      76 7 "FOOTLIGHTS PARADE" A VARIETY SHOW BY THE COMBINED SERVICES September 13 and 14 at 9.30 p.m. IN AID OF THE BRITISH RED CROSS VICTORIA THEATRE BOOKING AT LITTLES S3. and SI. I I THE PROTECTION GIVEN BY I II THE EMPIRE'S ARMED FORCES I 9 I! 3% ON YOUR MONEY
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    ESQUIRE AND BOOKLAW BEST BETS
    2191 8 Depot And Mystic Music For Maiden Victories FIRST DAY OF SINGAPORE AUTUMN RACES ESQUIRE and Booklaw should make the best bets at k Bukit Timah this afternoon, the first day of the Singapore Turf Club's Autumn (Gold Cup) race meeting. Big fields will face the
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    Flannery's Malayan Debut To-day
    307 8 Flannery 's Malayan Debut To-day FFLANNERY, the new Australian iockey who arrived In Singapore on Sunday, will make his debut on the Malayan turf to-day. He will ride for ••Snowy" Marland. I lannery Is anxious to ride his first winner m this country quick. He will, most probably, ride Murray
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    Sabatino And Fahmy Clash To-Night
    235 8 Sabatino And Fahmy Clash To-Night BEATEN by Young Frisco and Flashy Sebastian m his previous fights m Singapore. Moh.imed Fahmy is to have an opportunity of returning to the limelight when he faces the Puerto Rican. Atilo Sabatino, at the Happy World covered stadium to-ni?ht. While Sabatino is generally favoured
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    BRAMTOCO WIN
    64 8 IN an interesting friendly soccer match played at F. N. ground on Thursday the Bramtoco Sports Club convincingly defeated Guthrie Sports Club by six goals to one. Tet Lee. the Bramtoco's centreforward, scored a goal that gave Bramtoco the lead one-nil at half-time. Playing gcod football m the
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    TABLE TENNIS
    55 8 "TTHS following will represent the Great Eastern Life Sports Club at table tennis against the Borneo Company Sports Club at the Great Eastern Life Club at 2 p.m. to-day. Tan Lai Chuan, Chan Ah Kam. Tan Soon Kirn, Wee Eng Hong, Loh Kwong Sung, Urn Bcon Bee. Chan
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    Annual General Meeting Of Singapore Recreation Club
    220 8 PRESIDING at the annual general meeting of the Singapore Creation Club, which was held at the Club yesterday. Mr. A. J. Braga said that, In spLe of the unsettled times, the year had been very satisfactory. Thanks were due to the untiring efforts
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    SELECTIONS FOR TO-DAY
    107 8 SELECTIONS for to-day's Singapore races are: FREE PRESS Race 1. Danger Zone. Murray Court. Ba n e 2. Pockets, Oorugran. Race 3. Esquire, The Cutter. Race 4. Golden Light, Viola II. Race 5. Depot, S&nny. Race 6. Booklaw, Artful Sailor. Race 7. Never Set, Freedom. Race 8.
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    Gordons Take Full Points
    250 8 Gordons 'A; Chinese 1. CULL points were taken by the Gordon Highlanders m their first division. S.A.F.A. league match against the Chinese at the stadium yesterday. The Gordons won threeone. Play commenced m a rather unimpressive fashion, and for the first ten minutes the attack passed
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    Airmen Suffer Second Reverse In League
    643 8 Airmen Suffer Second Reverse In Lea gue MANCHESTERS IN FINf FORM AT TANGLIN Manchesters 3; R.A.F AS if to prove "the bigger they come, th.* h a «i fall," the Manchesters created a third concur prise m the S.A.F.A. first division league at terday when they lowered the colours of
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    INDIAN YOUTHS
    25 8 THE following R Indian V br.dmintfin mat at the Clen Sunday: Ramnath N Rp.jagopal. Subr nr.n, K. S;-. gum <capt.t. and V. Narayar.
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      61 8 Week-end Sports Events To-dav goon: Chinese M tt J3J stadium; second divJsT R.A.O.C. vs. Publ:si, andra ImA Crick< R.A.F. NaUym. v( f match): Mal^ ai Army, Depot (two day ma S.A.O.B. vs. S(.R.r., Races: Sin^ap Cup meeting, fe* da JTJ Timah. To-morrow Cricket: Vv Hu Malava, pad in c; Malmai
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