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

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  • 20 1 LATE SINGAPORE EDITION The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 16.232. tsTl> m5 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1940. 6 CENTS
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  • 662 1 Greek Waters Already Mined By British ITALIAN LANDINGS AT CORFU, CRETE DENIED London, Oft. 30. 11/HILE the progress of Greek military operations is considered in Athens as satisfactory, the Athens radio to-day declared that British warships "are already near at hand." An Admiralty communique
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  • 106 1 CESAREWITCH RESULT NcvMffctt, Oct. 30. r*ey. Gordon narrow escape Licb he was tra- bomb and was -day won the irewitch on Edward Intiuli .French- bred HunUr's Hood IV, ng P. Jackson's Sir tarn by a neck in a thrilling race. Jfcl Gannon's King Legend
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  • 135 1 i hunfkin*. Oct. 30 I** M mr-old American pilot, Mr. t. popular»» known as "Foxey." nm«l when thr p»vyn;rr airliner flyinx from Chanffkinc maun* wu shot down by Japany«t*Tday at Chancyi (se« I veJ-knovn Chinese war corsyodents \w mmbfn of the Junior Ministry of Communt»nd j, Mi^iir%cman with
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  • 79 1 Cairo. Oct. 30. MINISTERS representing the Balkan states met at the Egyptian ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday !in order to discuss the situation arising from the Italian invasion of Greece. The Turkish Minister, M. Sevki Alhan, is understood to have declared that Turkey was in complete agreement with
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  • 49 1 Washington, Oct. 30. AWING of the War Department, which housed some coded messages, was swept by fire last night. Soldiers were thrown round the building to protect the codes, as some quarters stated that the fire was du? to sabotage.— Reuter
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  • 23 1 London, Oct. 30. A REPORT from Rome says that Count Ciano, the Italian Foreign Minister, has left for Tirana, the Albanian capital.— Reuter
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  • 50 1 GERMAN TROOPS A.-A. GUNS IN MOLDAVIA Belgrade, Oct. 30. MORE trains carrying German soldiers and anti-aircraft batteries have gone to Jassy and Botosani. in Moldavia, according to a Eucharist despatch The newspaper Timpul reports from Brasov that a group of German officers headed by General Rotkirch has arrived there.-— Reuter
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  • 310 1 London, Oct. 30. XHE Paris radio says that Laval j 1 has arrived back in Paris and will stay there until the end of the week He has apparently returned to continue negotiations with the Germans, it is stated in London. It mould be
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  • 115 1 New York, Oct. 30. DEPORTS from different sources in Sofia and Belgrade that Hitler may attempt to stop the Italo- Greek war are published by the Herald-Tribune and the New York Times. According to the Herald-Tribune's correspondent in Sofia, these reports are current
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  • 186 1 DOMINIONS SECRETARY ON EMPIRE'S BIG EFFORT London, Oct. 30. THE Empire air training scheme, designed to produce 20,000 pilots. an<L 30,000 fur crews annually when in full operation, is a!rea#y months ahead of -sibedule, declared Lord Cranborne, the Dominions Secretary, speaking in London to-day.
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  • 70 1 Lisbon, Oct. 30. "CPAIN will never embark on any conquest at the expense of, or against, Portugal/' declared the Duke of Seville on his arrival at Lisbon as the representative of the Spanish Army at the Portuguese centenary celebrations. That Franco will not disappoint in
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  • 32 1 Hong Kong, Oct. 30. /^ETURA Yamaguchi, a Japanese; merchant, has been released on instructions from London. Yamagu- chi was arrested last August under i the defence regulations.— Reuter
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  • 136 1 'Proud To Be Fighting On Side Of Britain' London, Oct. 30. 'YJREECE will bear the ordeals that lie before her with patience and dignity, and with God's help we will add a new page to our history," declared the Greek Minister, M. Simopoulos, speaking at a luncheon in London to-day.
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  • 106 1 Nine Believed Killed In Airboat Crash Hong Kong, Oct. 3C. IT is confirmed here that a Douglas airliner belonging to the SinoAmerican (Chinese National Aviation Corporation line) has been lost between Chungking and Kunming en route for Hong Kong. It was reported from Shanghai yesterday that the Douglas airliner had
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  • 114 1 London. Oct. 36. RAF bombers carried out extensive operations over Germany last night despite bad weather and severe icing conditions. Berlin was attacked and fires were started at oil plants in Hamburg, Sterkrade and Magdeburg. In addition, shipyards were bombed at Bremen, Wilhelmshaven, Den Helder, Ymuidcn.
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  • 319 2 British Blockade Affects Italy THERE is no doubt that the Greeks will fight to the last, 1 but they will have to depend to a great extent on "outside help," said a Dutch professor of archaeology, Peter Reimer, who arrived in Singapore
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  • 106 2 pOMEDY and thrills have been skill* fully blended in "Ghost Breakers," the Paramount picture which opened at the Cathay last night. Bcb Hope is in characteristic wisecracking vein as the broadcast expert on rackets and racketeers who gets caught up in a mystery set in
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  • 94 2 CHIPWRECK, attacks by lions, pan*3 tners and crocodiles and fights with enraged Africans are among the inci dents in "Zanzibar," a Universal picture which opened at the Capitol yesterday. Lola Lane and James Craig play the leading parts and make the love intercst International
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  • 212 2 Recent British Shipping Losses TWO MAIN CAUSES EXPLAINED London, Oct. 30. OSSES ot British merchant shipping L have been considerable recently and the weekly totals may continue to be high, while present conditions continue. There are two main causes for this, the Ministry of Information, explains. Firstly, the defeat of
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  • 55 2 A WOUNDED Nazi pilot shot down in England kept up a running tirade of abuse against the British while he was being treated m bosHe was given a blood transfusion. A doctor told him later: "Now you have two pints of Jewish blood in your veins. "I
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  • 144 2 IHE Island Club's October medal competition resulted in a win for T. Hayashi with a net score of 73 in "A" division, while A. Yamada and 1*!. Osaki tied with net scores of 65 each in "B" division. This tie will have to be
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  • 60 2 TNTERSPERSED with the brilliant L music of the famous composer Oscar Straus, the French picture "Trois Valses" <The Three Waltzes), which opened at the Pavilion yesterday, is a fine musical entertainment. The principal actors are Yvonne Pr:ntemps and Pierre Fresnay. both French, while the dialogue
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  • 73 2 f*REEK women who deducted a few years from their ages when the national censvs was taken were liable to severe punishment. One of the objects of the census was to determine the average age of the Greek peoples The director of the census had warned
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  • 63 2 Norway's legritimat-e aspirations include not only the Shetland Islands, Iceland, and Greenland, but also South Polar regions.** The Propaganda Minister (Gud brand Lunde) of the puppet Government set up in Norway by the Nazis, said this In a radio address. He said Norway's sphere of influence
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  • 18 2 London, Oct 80. THE death has occurred of Princess 1 Andrew of Russia. Italian by
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    • 38 2 MIDNIGHT SHOW ON SATURDAY NOV. 2 AT THE CAPITOL ml I •"'?BWi^^^ wk 1 TOIVT^SON I wV WFtt h WmM W FAY GEORGE XIA W BAINTER BANCROFT W K Virginia Weidler Eugene PalUtte f/J A Great Screen Tribute
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  • 151 3 U.S. MUST KEEP OUT OF WAR" V .v York, Oct. 30. U: JO6EPB P. KENNEDY, the United States Ambassador to wY\ now back in Amerbroadcast. strongly supient Roosevelt's candian:. ted that the United and will, keep out of bat ocean* alone were [Tiers against the rethrea cuing
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  • 82 3 London, Oct. 30. making a further reply L if C£ i dent Ro °sevelt to-day. al? u he were el ected he would S amba ssad?r to Germany. swered the accusations of Ro-sevelt that he and his 1 r^ Up^ rters had del ayed
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  • 60 3 London. Oct. 30. SIR Cyril Newall was invested by the King with the Order of Merit at Buckingham Palace yesterday. He is the first Royal Air Force officer to receive this honour, which was conferred on him at an audience he had on
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  • 46 3 Cairo, Oct. 30. GEN. Sir Archibald Wavell, Com-mander-in-Chief of the armies in the Middle East, broadcast on Turkish Independence Day eulogizing Turkish recovery, post-war progress and military spirit and greeting Turkish comrades and allies on behalf of the Bri- tish troops- Reuter
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  • 26 3 Athens. Oct. 30. TT is officially announced that Gen 1 Alexander Papagos has been appointed generalissimo of the land forces.- Reuter
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  • 41 3 London, Oct. 30. MEXICO is to ti it r-rTJi uii ner own territory air and naval bases in the defence of the American Continent. This was announced by the President to-day in Mexico City. Reuter
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  • 307 3 \tfhy Japan Need Not Go To Italy's Aid ONLY SPECIFIED POWER CONCERNED IN TREATY? Lonclon, Oct. 30. THE >lu* P ro ress f tl Italian advance against Greece ha> aroused suspicion in some quarters that one of [talv purposes may have been to test
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  • 377 3 28 German Raiders Are Destroyed COMMUNIQUE ON NAZI ATTACKS London, Oct. 30. TWENTY-EIGHT enemy planes were destroyed yesterday, according to an Air Ministry communique issued to-day. Two others were shot down during the night. Our losses were seven aircraft but only two pilots were lost. It is now known that
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  • 142 3 London, Oct. 30. IN a ten-minute air battle fought whil* flying at 300 miles an hour over Kent yes.erday a Scottish auxiliary squadron shot down eight ME 109s This fight tcok place shortly after midday when about 50 ME 109s tried :o reach London.
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  • 35 3 London, Oct. 30. 'THE death has occurred of M.. J. E. F 1 Dekok, President of the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company. It is announced in London that he died at The Hague on Monday. Reuter
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  • 45 3 DEPRIVED BY VICHY OF FRENCH NATIONALITY fllms law and **te[U lgu re in a list of 2 f.-ed of French naticnalitv ny° rZ Rene Clair, the fllra fi era i the French m^i Vera Korene. actress and M. r -ji. former editor of th« Reuter
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  • 234 3 London, Oct. 20. PARTIAL military law has been proclaimed in many Norwegian cities, including Oslo, and traffic has been suspended as a result of demonstrations against the Hitler puppet, Major Quisling. Anti-government pesters wero plastered around the cities during the night, and Government supporters were
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  • 33 3 This picture shows the "innards" of a German raider shot down by R.A.F. fighters, sprawled over a common. Soldiers and R.A.F. men are seen searching the wreckage.
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  • 141 3 New York, Oct. 30. AN important deal, it is reported, is being: considered by the United States and Britain involving exchange of British raw materials for American war supplies. A Washington despatch to the Journal of Commerce says that the Administration has
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  • 165 3 Food Being Sent Into Occupied Region Zurich, Oct. 30. GERMANY is sending 100,000 tons of potatoes into occupied France, according to the French newspaper Le Petite Parisienne. It is suggested in Zurich that this indicates a German attempt to influence French public opinion
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  • 95 3 New York, Oct. 30. HITLER'S "stooges who are granted merely the privilege of trustees in their own concentration camps" is the description of Laval and Gen. Franco by the St. Louis Star Times, which adds that Britain's heroic resistance and Hitler's increasing efforts to
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  • 63 3 New York, Oct. 30. UiNCEN&ORED reports from United States diplomatic and military observers abroad confirm that Britain's resources thus far have not been materially impaired, says the Chicago Daily News, which also quotes an independent observer from unoccupied France, who states that 9
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  • 34 3 "THE Secretary to the Fascist Party has resigned because he wishes to give his whole time to war purposes. He is a pilot in t'i3 It?lian air force Reuter
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  • 37 3 Chungking, Oct. 30 THE Chinese authorities categorically deny reports that Chinese troops have crossed the Indo-China border. Meanwhile, according to Chinese official circles, traffic on the Burma Road is going on smoothly. Chinese Central News
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  • 94 3 All Demands On Allied Shipping Met In Full London, Oct. 30. MR Ronald Cross, Minister (for Shipping, said to-day that all the deniands made on the merchant ships of the Allies so far had been met in full. In recent months the biggest task of the merchant navy h.id been
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  • 92 3 London, Oct. 30. GEN. Le Gentilhome who, until the Franco-German armistice, commanded the Allied forces in French and British Somaliland at Djibouti under Gen. Sir Archibald Wavell. arrived in London yesterday. He immediately put himself at the disposal of Gen. De Gau'le, the commander of the
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  • 120 3 Chinese Forces Close In On Nanning Chungking, Oct. 30. THE fall of Nanning is hourly expected with the Chinese vanguard having reached the outskirts of the south Kwangsi city after vigorously pressing on Nannin? from two directions since Oct. 23. according to a field dispatch from Liuchow. The dispatch adds
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  • 71 3 London, Oct. JO *I*HE United States Departmert n f Commerce reports that 44 per cent of United States exports went to com* tries in the British Commonwealth during the year ended Sept. 1. During August 95 per cent, of all aeroplane exports
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  • 57 3 New York, Oct. 30. AM ready to fight any timr\ any ■1 where, whether against Hitler. Mussolini or Joe Louis," said Arturo Godoy. the Chilean heavyweight boxins champion, whose name was drawn among the early list in a lottery to determine the order
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  • 672 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1940, Dutch War Effort OEOPLE in Singapore know far too little about the war effort of i he Netherlands Indies but articles! which have recently appeared in j the Free Press and other Malayan newspapers have given an indica-! tion of the very
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  • 1590 4  -  VIRGINIA COWLES BY American Writer And First Wom*« Qj Any Nation To Fly On Patrol n a Sunderland Flying-boat Of The R.\ Coastal Command London. DURING the past six months, the Australian squadron of the RA.F. Coastal Command, operating from a station on the
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous

  • 2601 5  -  MARY HEATHCOTT I BY Ibc mtei important ork in Singapore Engtisk schools. i own th-im- y rang idea, alth officers en round varithe Gotoctk Officer for| H [hike, to ing in M bl Oh c:ul ••> two divithe medical ike and her
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  • 59 5 Shanghai, Oct. 31. r pHE French Embassy which was reA moved hare from Peiping in 1936 is preparing to return to Peiping with 1 the entire stall In the near future, it WU learned to-day. Embassy officials said the return v.as due to routine
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  • 14 5 The Lord Mayor of London's Red Cross fund now stands at £3,313,000. British Wireless
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    • 20 5 3E^'S SCHOOL EUROPE W Ch.LDREN SCHOOL no o cors PREPARATORY ROAD 1 •'''Phone 7323 r '«B term at ''i rates
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  • 566 7 jitter And A Parallel from Hindu Mythology DiO TALK ON DEEPAVALI iVAL'S SIGNIFICANCE tfCtiHi "hich is now fast approaching Hitler and v% ill ht' in proportion to their cruellest deeds'* \.niFP IV Vlllll J oill l a j J? of a radio talk BII E 1
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  • 273 7 1 V tho British squadrons keep up their present average and they will— it will be a sad day for Germany when we achieve anything like equality of numbers." A Brisbane pilot who has been decorated with the D.FC. said this in u recent
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  • 274 7 THE issue of the first coloured folder by the Cameron Highlands Society should represent a landmark in the Society's campaign to advertise the Highlands. v Strikingly designed, w*th a simplicity of ouJlne and an appropriate sen3e cf cclour. the folder mak?s an immediate appeal at
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  • 34 7 Members of the Officer Cadet Training unit rxently took nari in a Lght tank practice "somewhere in England." Crews are seen here jumping in their ma h no during practice.
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  • 894 7 Troops From All Corners Of The Empire Gathered In Singapore MALAYAN GARRISON AT TRAINING— NEW PICTURES DICTURES published on this page were taken by an official photographer who has recently toured the various units of the garrison at training. Malaya is one of the most cosmopolitan countries in the world
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  • 299 7 THE American reaction to a French proposal to increase the defences of Martinique has been sharp and the proposal has been described as a threat to the defences of America likely to cause the invocation of the Harana convention. The conference of the American republics which met
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  • 43 7 Mr. H. Ramiah, special representative of the United Press of India, is now in Singapore en route to Thailand, the Netherlands Indies and the Far East to "cover" events in these parts for certain Indian newspapers. Mr. Ramiah intends making Manila his headquarters.
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  • 23 7 The Society for the Protection of Hindu Children organized extensive collections yesterday on the occasion of Deeo avali. in aid oX the orphanage.
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  • 475 7 RETIRED GENERAL'S VIEWS THIN A will never be beaten by Japan or for that by any other power in the world, is the firm conviction of Gen. Chen Hsiao-wei. retired grneral of the Tai Ning Garrison n 1 former Commissioner of the
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  • 83 7 STARTING frcm the In 1 1 flnglish School in Kaom Road* Un;> i S^rangoon, abou: 70 air raid wardens attached to the Upper Serangoon division wen: on a route march yesterday evening. Falling In at about 5.15, th? wardens, under deputy divisional wardens L H
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  • 477 9 DINNER TO MOULANA MOULVI MOHAMAD i irivm to Moulana I the Imam ■yr Mosque. Singa- c i A!!ry the ViceIk M ,'.im Association 1 1 M which several r H S. Mooashi. m^ *fu.i Dr. a 1 M. Ibrahim. KB- j Amir.. J-P^ Mr. I Tuan Hadjee I Stadkk Abdullah
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  • 170 9 Shares Reaching U.S. Via Japan New lork. IN ->pite of all eH"orts to prevent the Nazis trorn liquidating American I stocks seized from holders in occupied European countries. Wall Street brokers believe substantial blocks are ieaching U.S. via Japan. They cannot be traced to Nazi
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  • 83 9 A MEASURE by which Home Guards, in certain areas, who now carry their rifles and ammunition to work may become more general. It has been suggested to the War Office that commanders in other dis.ricts shculd be officially advised to fellow this example. A;
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  • 78 9 DAMAGES of £750 and costs were awarded by Mr. Justice Hodson in ihe DivDrce Court against Dr. James Leslie Hill, the co-respondsn;, when Mr William George Watson, a collector o* taxes, of Wandle Road. Toe ting. S.W.. was granted a decree nisi. The doctor had attended
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  • 69 9 A DECREE nisi has been granted in th* Divorce Court to Major Morgan Paget Evans, of the Royal A^Mery' on S? ground of the cruelty of his Italianborn wife. Carmen. The wife did not 1 Evans,' who was married at Kashmir. India, in 1931,
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  • 1500 9 News From China -By Our Chinese Correspondent MO major developments have l^ occurred in the political situation in the Far East in the past week, and the only news which trickled into Malaya concerned largely the war in China. Chinese reports speak of successes
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  • 229 9 ARRANGEMENTS have been completed for the transfer of all the activities of the Commonwealth meteorological service to Royal Australian Air Force control and meteorological units have been established at all the principal Air Force stations throughout Australia. These will form a chain of observation
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  • 144 10 Y.M.C.A. Hold Kuala Lumpur Team Y.M.C.A. 2: U (K .L.) 2. A DRAW was the result of the hot-key encounter at Anson Koad yesterda> between the Singapore Y.M.C.A. and the Kuala Lumpur Railway Institute, four goals being shared in a rather scrappy game. The Kuala Lumpur team, which is here
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  • 220 10 From Our Own Correspondent Malacca. Oct. 27. IN the MaUcca Golf Club's c"!mp otiticns held during October Mrs. Day wrn the w">m?ns medal. Mrs. Nankivell Tho Far Fund ccmpet tion With the ne: score of 28 end Mrs. Peake and T McKinscery the mixed fourfcm3s with the
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  • 70 10 HHHE following will represent the Singapore C villa ns against the Indian Army in the second of the Singap: re Hockey Association's War Fund games on the padang on Ndv. 7 O C. Aeria; R. H Barth, O. A. Scowt; L. S. ReiKeixs, W.
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  • 120 10 PLAYING at the Roseray's court last Sunday the Swing B.P. beat the Prosperous B.P. by four to three. Results, F^ing 3.P. mentioned first, were: Oivj? Kcng Wee beat John Chun I^-12. 15-4; Tan Hock Keen lost to Omar b. Othman 12—15. I—3; Ee Blan Hecng beat Khco
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  • 222 10 N a game of hockey played at Tanglin, the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank eleven defeated the Manchester Regiment "A" eleven by three goals to tne The game began rather scrappily, but ste< :tii!y developed into a very fast end exciting on'i. Five minutes before
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  • 1658 10 Van Breukelen Saddles Four Winners SECOND DAY OF PERAK TURF CLUB'S MEET (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Oct. 30. THERE was a «rood holiday crowd in attendance at the races to-day, the second dav of the Perak Turf Club's October-November meeting. The going
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    28 10 picture. iHe fccietar Airmen who beat St. Ar.f rew's Old Boys by 16 points to three in a rugger match at Woodsville ok Tuesday.- Free Press
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  • 748 10 s c.c 2 > Colts 1 TWO goals by Elliott, who scored one in each half, 1 enabled the S.C.C. to beat the Singapore Colts Hockey Club two-one in a fast game of hockey on the padang yesterday. There was little to choose
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  • 58 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penan*. Oct. 30. rE following is the Petting team for the inter-State hockey I iatch against Perak at Ipoh on Saturday: Abdul Kareem; Mohamed Din, Wee Chong Ghee; Boey Seng Poh, W. G. S. Wilson, Sukhnrru Khan: H. T. Rooke, Bakar Bin
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  • 237 10 S.C.R.C R A .i M HPHE S.C R.( boat t hf 1 X (Malaya) v tram bl UoaLs to two in a keen hockey match on th r ground yesterday. Both teams pliyed there was r^allv nd chcoss between v i The RJV.F settled
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  • 81 10 iffO-MORROW at Uu 1 i Y^cht Club. +h>''v will be Hfc I races f<T all classes, i "A" class and 5.25 p i clas-es. On Sunday the "< j third ra^e for Hie < y 'starMn? at 9.50 a.m The "A" class »vill nil
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  • 24 10 THE Useful Bacnunto!! junior and novices nionships tournament will S^turr'iy, Nnv 9. Fnti lor the open doablec syst<-m>. The clos'np d <■? u
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    • 28 10 To-day's Sports Events lIOCKrY: Indian Assn. vs. A.A. Regiment, Balestier; Singapore Hornets \s. Punjab Regiment, Farrer Park: CSC. vs. Fort Canning, Balestier: Anglo-Chinese School vs. YJM.C.A. Juniors, Y.M.C.A
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