The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 3 June 1941

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  • 19 1 LATE SINGAPORE EDITION The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 16^24. ESTD. 1835. TUESDAY. JUNE X 1941. cents
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  • 693 1 Must Seize Initiative To Protect Cyprus HUGE DIFFICULTIES CONFRONT NAZIS IN DRIVE SOUTH London, June 2. JPOLLOWING the British evacuation of Crete, commentators here to-day suggest that, for once, Great Britain will seize the initiative in the Middle East and invade Syria in order
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  • 69 1 Rome, June UIUFR nd Mussolini noet to-ilay Hit the Brrnner Pass. The ronff ration b«-t»ern the tuo Ax« adrrs lxsted nours with ount fiano Italian Foreign MinM and von Ribbentrop. German >ortun >linuster. present. O^ciab in Berlin, confirminf the Rrtnnrr conference, u<!Ui?d that •ht me^tin; resulted
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  • 120 1 OBJECTIONS TO HITLER PLAN New York. June 2. PI a full campaign Free French Gaulle, and "eneri regain the colonies ed for Gen. de* by Italian objecHitler's plar to i territory, accordrne correspondent of rimes, citing reports liplomatic quarters. mentions recent
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  • 52 1 ttnnr protest not yet N LONDON A r iron- Vichy tha* its note the British Government sent r.bassador in Madrid. re, on "the subject of lid on a vessel in the hars be?n "curtly rejected" c! in London. I that the Vichy protest to Sir Samuel in lot vrt rnarh*»d
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  • 37 1 Rome, June 2. MONSIGNOR Massino Brinaldi, Bishop of Rieti, died to-day, aged 63. He was one of Italy's best known bishops and spent many years as a missionary in the territories of Brazil peopled by Indians Reuter
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  • 387 1 London, June 2. DECLARING that "every month will see more Canadians v, "-y you .to share in your defence," the Canadian Prime MinLster, Mr. W. L. Mackenzie King, promised Britain big, new reinforcements in the course of a two-way broadcast with Mr. Churchill
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  • 407 1 London, June 2. TO-DAY'S R.A.F. communique from the Middle East says that large formations of the R.A.F. and South African fighters continued their protective patrols in the Mediterranean over ships of th^ Royal Navy engaged in the evacuation of Crete. Enemy aircraft were repeatedly intercepted and
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  • 36 1 Cairo, June HPHIS afternoon's British G.H.Q. com- munique reports that in the Sollum and Tobruk areas our troops have been active. In Abyssinia operations in the lakes area are continuing. Reuter
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  • 53 1 Sydney, June 2. rIE monthly quota for enlistment in the Australian Air Force has been increased according to the director-general of recruiting. A new series of monthly figures has been adopted for each state ba^d on the number of men of military age between 20
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  • 19 1 Harbin. Jane 2. 'I'HE Emperor of Manchukuo Is leaving Hsinking to-morrow on a routine tour of north-west Manchukuo.- Reuter
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  • 271 1 Baghdad, June 2. THE British column which left 1 Palestine less than three wee its ago played a considerable part in bringing the hostilities in Iraq to a sudden and dramatic end. In this short period the column reached Iraq, relieved Habbanlyah and
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  • 65 1 Andover, New Jersey. June 2. TVIE German -American Bund was threatened with a State order Ut disband to-day after Camp Nordland had been closed by a sheriff's raid on Saturday. The camp was closed when Paul Huissel, 38-year-old toolmaker from Poughkeepsie, New York, was arrested and
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  • 78 1 Norfolk. Virrini*. Junr 2. FIRES broke out In one of the lar(jest lumber yards in the United States, an oil distribution plant and! a bottling works today, destroying both of the former. Detective P. E. Sawyer said that the latter was broken
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  • 40 1 Bombay. June 2. rIE communal riot situation deteriorated to-day when three people were stabbed to death and nine others seriously injfi Stray assaults continue and the total rasualti^s ire 3! kM'ed ?nd 21? Injured. Reuter
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  • 878 3 Spirits Of Men Unbroken By Full Fury Of German Luftwaffe i if- j•■ Cairo, June 2. i BRITISH naval vessel slipped slowly into a Middle East A mainland port on Thursday Down her gangways jourtd the first battle-weary troops to be evacuated "from
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  • 146 3 airo, June 2. *MZ were prepared to pay a certain price to hold Crete, but as soon is h price exceeded the value which we placed on holding the island, we if-'ded to withdraw." I these words the military author l fcm summed up the
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  • 64 3 Melbourne. June 2. U? R 0 Menzies. Australian Prime n Minister, said here to-day that the *rt played in Crete by the magnifl Australian troops must fill fcrtralia with pride. is necessary that this heroic en- j •rcns* should be manfully pursued. The Home authorities have
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  • 174 3 E B London, Jane 2. reports of last night's heavy and wntrated raid on Manchester Indicate 2_«W casualties were not particularly the fierceness of the bombiJ 0 0^ of incendiary bombs and many 51 1L eavy hl?h explosives were rained c «ndi«nminately and the objectives hit
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  • 49 3 1 .^uon of arms for Britain S**n<V unher speedei up in con- **w£tl Si9:ne(3 P«rmitUng grant r W'sory pnorities to orders from M;. errments within the terms V d ***<* Act Only orders o' the United i^u ani n avv have been enm v+^x prioriLe*.- Reuter
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  • 134 3 British Await Showdown In Egypt A LARGE scale attack on Egypt <r^ can only be a matter of time, sairl Major Allen Murray in broadcast last night from the BBC. on the evacuation of Crete. "When the showdown comes in Ecrpt, no longer shall we be found unprepared,* he added.
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  • 280 3 How Corporal Defied Nazi Raiders Cairo, June 2. A BEARDED lance-corporal of the Royal Marines, whose exploits in Crete have already become legendary, was last seen near Canea against a background of burning trees blazing away single-handed at Geruan dive-bombers with an antiaircraft gun which he commanded for the last
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  • 68 3 Washington, Jane t. AT to-day's rally of the Anti-War Association, Mr. Norman Thomas, Socialist Party leader, demanded that Congress pass a law permitting Americans to vote whether or not the country should enter the war. He said United States foreign trade was only six per
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  • 263 3 London, Jane 2. LONDON newspaper comment on the withdrawal from Crete shows there wiir be no effort to minimize the consequences of this development and many questions are asked concerning the lack of air supoort. The Daily Telegraph writes: "This stubborn battle will rank
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  • 147 3 Ottawa, Jane 2. aif the occasion of the opening of Canada's $600,000,000 victory loan campaign. Mr Churchill, British Prime Minister, expressing confidence that it will be successful says: "Your comradeship during this mortal struggle fortifies the people of these islands." Mr. Churchill added that nobody doubted
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  • 24 3 Batavia, Jane 2. '■•HE Governor-General has authorized the commander of the army to accelerate calling up of the militia of the 1933 class Reuter
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  • 447 3 London, June 2. IN his inaugural address at the 1 40th annual conference of the British Labour Party which opened at the Central Hall, Westminster, to-day, the president, Mr. J. Walker, delegate of the iron and steel trades, declared that events have proved
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  • 343 3 Shipping Crisis Now Threatens Axis REASON FOR DARLAN'S BLUSTERING SPEECH London, June 2. THE Axis countries are facing a shipping crisis. This is the reason given by the Ministry for Economic Warfare for the speech of bluster and threats by Adm. Darlan, Vichy Vice-Premier, in Paris. A statement issued by
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  • 99 3 Turkish Indignation At Darlan 's Attack Istanbul, June 2. THE entire Turkish press to-day expressed the deepest 1 indignation at the declaration of the French Vice-Premier, Adm. Darlan, that the Turks had ejected the French from Cilicia as an instrument of British policy. The newspaper Cumhuryet, charging that Admiral Darlan
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  • 44 3 Chungking, June 2| HEAVY fighting is progressing along the highway from Hungtung, on the Tur;r»iu railway, eastward toward Wuhu as the Chinese, after moving northward from Chungtiaoshan mountains, are pushing against the Japanese, according to Chinese field dispatches.- Reuter
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE
    • 25 3 THAM —At "Labuan ViMa" Singapore, on Monday, June 2, 1941. to Mrs. Tham Ying Yin, a daughter. Both mother and child are doing well.
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  • 53 3 Iron Guard In AntiNazi Demonstration Rome, June Z. ACCORDING- to a Bucharest telegram, attempts were made to stare a political demonstration during a football match between Germany and Rumania at which there were 40.000 spectators. Prohibited Iron Guard songs were sung. The police intervened, arresting those responsible. Germany won four
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  • 108 3 Louisville (Kentucky), June 1. A PROPOSAL that the current American production of 500 heavy bombers monthly be used across the Atlantic on a air highway 200 miles wide as a solution of the convoy problem is made by Mr. John Souett, president of
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  • 648 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 1041. Iraq And The Future THE Emir Abdul Illah, constitutional Regent of Iraq, is once again in Baghdad, the traitorous Rashid Ali, betrayer of his country and the cause of Islam, has fled and British lines of communication from the Persian Gulf to
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  • 1182 4  - Royal Air Force Lives Up To Its Great Traditions RONALD A. MONSON The Battle Of Greece— ll By The writer, who himself became news last week for a striking act of bravery when he swam some 500 yards under heavy fire to bring back one of the advance British party
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    • 62 4 Be Careful in wearing un ground Sunglasses, which may cause vonr eyes to be defective. Go to Nan Sin and see tu*. tucdern frames fitted with Genuine Chance English Crookes' B or B 2 Dark glasses for Safe and Comfortable Vision. At $5,041 oei pair. Nan Sin Optical House 325.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 36 4 J I 1 iff ARRIVAL OF SPRING -^■bk^., Bluey <c Curley 1 tAxi Ai OtyMAttv a f *rr t^ I -^oo^ I *oa<^ V> T^ j ARMY iiSul tm<CWC r Soif JL 1 oPt«*D ,©aiiwb f
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  • 1200 5  -  MARY HEATHCOTT Free Press Feature By THERE was so much going 1 on this last Saturday night that one person, at least, belan to feel, rather dazedly, fhat the whole of Singapore L s uut dancing, though I exnect there were some people
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  • 153 5 Incidentally, while on the subject of Raffles' War Fund night, who was the cheerful gentleman who joined in with the chorus girls when they danced the finale Roll out the Barrel He was cne of the big successes of the evening with the audience. Betty Bryant and
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  • 204 5 HUNDREDS of tons of snuff are stilt being sent overseas from Great Britain every 12 months. In the last year of peace the quantity was 662 tons, but most of it was used for killing insects. Of the whole amount six •tons only was for human
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  • 637 6 THERE is little use in talking and planning foreign trade 1 unless the outcome of the war is favourable for free peoples," said the US. Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull, in a broadcast inaugurating World Trade Week in Washington recently.
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  • 237 6 UR. John Paroissien, well-known in Sydney as a wool-buyer and wool appraiser, has returned to Sydney after having served as a reservist in the French Indo-China Army. He was called up in December, 1939. He said that reservists from foreign countries in th* French
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  • 122 6 CANBERRA officials expect to discover seme large families of small children when applications for endowment start coming in, but one family in New South Wales will take some beating. According to information received from State officers, there are 14 children under 16 years M
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  • 38 6 Free Belgians in Britain are training in preparation for the day when thev will be able to set foot on their own soil again and drive out the invader with the help of British arms.
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  • 296 6 AUSTRALIAN air squadrons may be sent to the Middle East soon to strengthen the resistance of th© Royal Air Force to increasing German threats against Syria and Iraq, says a Melbourne message. Formation of a large number or R A A.F.
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  • 39 6 Destroyers at sea, forming into line ahead, in the course of their vigil along the sealanes, enabling merchant ships to reach all parts of the Empire despite elaborate Nazi schemes to establish a counter -blockade.
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  • 166 6 THE United States Ambassador J- in Britain, Mr. J. G. Winant, in a speech to the English Speaking Union recently declared: "In a total war it is total strength that counts. On the wise use of the navies of the world may hang
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  • 106 6 AOMMENTING on developments in v Syria, the Tokio Yomiuri Shimbun declares that the Near East "must not be trampled on or oppressed as a mere stage in the battle between the European Powers for supremacy." It urges the Japanese nation to watch developments in
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  • 248 6 Tokio Airs Views On Convoying INFORMED circles in Tokio state that the Japanese Foreign Minister (Mr. Yosuke Matsuoka) has taken the stand that American convoy of ships to Britain could be interpreted as a hostile action against Japan's allies. In this event, says the Washington correspondent of the Sydney Sun,
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  • 183 6 A SWITCHING gear, which is said to eliminate the main obstacle to the use of a third rail, is claimed as a solution to the differences in State railway gauges in Australia. It is the invention of a Government technician. The gear, which represents 20
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  • 603 6 Australia Seen As Future Centre Of World Industries ADDRESSING members of the Chamber of \i n N.S.W. recently the acting Prime Minister M actur Fadden, said he believed that when the war was A*' lia would become the centre of the industrial t Austr a Australia, he said, would be
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  • 73 6 AT the Federal Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia, 1,000 prisoners have increased production of delenc? articles by 100 per cent, in a month. The increase has followed the warden's appeal to prov<* that men in prison are not only loyal and decent, but ready to do
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  • 305 6 Commander's Problem At Tobruk THE biggest problem that 1 the Australian bat?,, m^ mander in Tobruk tt? select a party f or a pre l a >* patrol job, as even One t^ volunteer. nc tr to To men who have soent u perimeter post the S Wee^i outside with
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  • 167 6 Fifth Columnists Relatives Of A. I. F. Casualties AUSTRALIAN military intellitene officers have definite evident* that enemy agents are carryin? ©i a pacifist campaign amonp the n latives of A.I.F. casualties, savs tl* Sydney Daily Telegraph In every known ca.«e, confer: m been made anonymously by pww Typical statements made
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  • 479 7 programmes To Cover Whole Of Far East POWERFUL TRANSMITTER SPECIALIZED STAFF TI lj; Malaja Broadcasting Corporation— to operate a broa<!oa<tin<r service from Singapore and radiating f ar north as Japan and southwards to the Netherlands Indie>-i< being established by the Governor-in-Council 5
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  • 20 7 Dr. Glen Meyer, research chemist for United States Rubber Co., has arrived in Singapore from America by the President Taylor.
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  • 76 7 T Main Bnasa of the Singapore arbour Board Fire Brigade were Jrw when a lcrry in which they '•ling somersaulted in Keppel rday afternoon. The lorry tiatin? a bend when the acfcappened. It landed on its toe ten occupants were flun? the hrry. Eight
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  • 22 7 j\ ;}AK keast- is th e title of a be broadcast from Singag* by the Rev. H. B. Airetutz to-
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  • 42 7 Though overshadowed to some extent by events in Crete, there is still severe fighting in the Western Desert. This picture shows an Italian Breda gun emplacement deserted by its occupants but being inspected by the British.
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  • 145 7 SHIPYARDS ARE BUSY COUR hundred motor torpedoboats, powered with American aircraft engines and capable of more than 50 knots, are being constructed in shipyards of the Netherlands Indies, a recent arrival from the Indies told a Free Press reporter yesterday. He declared that there was
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  • 131 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) johore Bahru, June 2. "HTHE generally prosperous trade conditions which prevailed during last year brought an increased volume of business to the Johore post offices and I'-i^fe was an expansion in nearly all classes of transactions," states Mr. E. W.
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  • 339 7 MO formal agreement has been reached in the recent trade negotiations between an Afghan trade mission and the Japanese Government. The Afghan mission, led by Mr. Ghulam Ghaus, ViceMinister of the Afghan Ministry of National Economy on whom the Order of the Rising Sun
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  • 810 7 Australian Soldiers Wish To Know More About Malaya mute should remember that our soldiers in Malaya are citizens as well as soldiers and are making every use in this mission of the opportunity that their presence there affords," writes Mr. Paul McGuire, the Australian author and lecturer, who saw the
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  • 405 7 Malaya's Preparedness Shown In Official Film "ALERT IN THE EAST" TO BE SCREENED HERE (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Apr. 10. MALAYANS home here who have been wondering what might happen to Malaya in case of enemy attack have been amply reassured by a splendid Ministry of Information film entitled
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  • 39 7 Mr. D. H. H. Ingalls, a junior fellow of the Society of Fellows, Harvard University, arrived in Singapore by the President Taylor yesterday en route to India to study Indian philosophy. He expects to be away for a year.
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  • 229 7 Advancing The Clock: Hong Kong Example THE statement that Hong Kong has introduced an hour's daylight saving mainly for the purpose of conserving fuel and electricity is contained in a suggestion to the Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association by a member asking that, the Government of this Colony should be asked
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  • 70 7 PR the protection of the public and the trades concerned, a Bill will shortly be introduced in the Johore Council of State, giving the Government power to restrict the number of trade licences. In crder to improve the Government's control over diseases conveyed by
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 931 8 Broadcasting^ TODAY empire STAT SINGAPORE j-u^KISST' 7 2HL 1,333 ke/s (225 aU 15 u> ||j| ZHP1 9.69 «e/s (35.9€ as., «nc/s Ujtl GS* (ZHP2 6.175 mc/s 48.58 CL^?« I5, «c fl ZHP3 7.25 mc/8 (41.38 m.) r0IB 9 95 p.m u.^ J£* JMi 10.00 a.m. Laguextrat; 10.30 a.m. Tangos GSD;
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  • 284 9 ii>EAL conditions favoured the Sussex Cap Polo final at (he Singapore folo Club yesterday when the RJk. beat the Combined Senrteef by five and a half roals to three. The Combined Service* conceded a handicap of one and a half The game was keenly contested
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  • 25 9 THE Loyal Regiment beat the Gordons by three goals to one in a reserve division league soccer match at Gillman Barracks yesterday.
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  • 22 9 Mr. E. H. S. Bretherton, an officer of the Malayan Educational Service, has been appointed to officiate as Inspector of Schools, Selangor.
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  • 1225 9  - In The Garrison MAC BY Amateur Boxing THE Fortress Signals suffered isurprise defeat at the hands of the R.E. (Pulau Brani) when they played their Div. 2A engagement at Pulau Brani last Thursday. Each team had played 11 games, the Sappers having lost two to the Signals' one lost and
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  • 1022 9 Hera Singh's Fine Innings For Winners THE Rest won a fine victory by six wickets over the Europeans in the annual Clarke Cup cricket match which was played on the padang over the Whitsun week-end. They needed 68 runs to win with eight wickete
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  • 69 9 Mails close at the General Poet Office as follows: TO-DAY Indo-China air 9 30 a.m. TO-MORROW Java air 9 a.m. Medan air 11am. Palembang air 9 a.m. ARRIVALS Mails from Australia (air) general delivery 8.15 a.m. to-day. Mails from Java (air) general delivery noon to-day. Mails
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  • 26 9 DLAYTNG at Alexandra yesterday thr Stfnals beat the Malay Regiment by sit goals to nil in a second division (a) leagua soccer match.
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  • 25 9 Lieut. David Leggatt, R.N., son of Mr. W. Leggatt. of Bolton Estate. Belangor. to reported missing. Lieut. Leggatt was service uith submarines in the Mediterranean.
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  • 1413 10 VAN BREUKELEN SADDLES FOUR WINNERS East Lynne Pays $76 In The Third Race (From Our Own Correspondent)* Ipoh, June 2. CAST Lynne paid the highest dividend, $76, in the third k race, here to-day, the second day of the Perak Turf Club's June meeting. There was a good holiday crowd
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  • 38 10 Perry Badge Win Doubles Title Chicago, Jane 2. PCD Psrry and Donald Budge won the world professional doubles championship when they beat Stoefen and Geldhill 6—4, €—4. 6—3 in the final. The winners showed much superior teamwork. Renter.
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  • 165 10 TIES in the Y.M.C.A. open tennis tourna- ment are: TO-DAY Men's Open Doubles (Semi-finals): Lim Hee Chin and Yong Loon Chong vs. Chua Choon Leong and Chin K|ee Onn. Handicap Men's Doubles: S. K. Gaw and K I. Tan vs. J. G. Houston and R. A. W.
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  • 216 10 AN anti-aircraft battery had a rather easy victory over the "C" Company. Loyals, in a encket match played at Changi yesterday The Gunners, batting first, declared at $24 runs for he loss of seven wickets whi%? the risking team in reply were all out for a
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  • 405 10 A FEATURE of the crick«t match at McNair Road yesterday when the Singapore Colts drew with the Sinhalese Association, was the fine bowling of C. Seneviratne, who just missed a double hat-trick, and annexed seven wickets for 16 runs in the Colts' first innings. iv.e scores were:
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  • 153 10 RAF Kalian? 3. Stamford Club 1. jN an one-sided second division (b) game on the Fraser and Neave ground yesterday, the RAF. Kallang beat the Stamford Club by three goals to one. The Airmen should have scored many more points than they actually i did
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  • 271 10 IN defeating the RAO. C. by three wlckrts in a closely contested match at Alexandra, the Singapore Fortre-s Signals qualified to meet the Loyal Regiment in the Gillman Area final of the Large Units cricket competition. "*he R.A.O.C. batted first, and compiled 142 and.
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  • 86 10 South China Beat Tamilians 4 2 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, June 2. A HUGH crowd saw the South China team play their last game in Kuala Lumpur to-day at the stadium against the T.P.C.A., whom they beat after a bard struggle by four goals to two. It was
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  • 214 10 Fords 3 BrlnkmaniM 1 FORDS beat Brinkmanni by three goals to one at Anson Road stadium yesterday in a key match in the Business Houses' League. The result leaves only the Oversea -Chinese Bank and Fords in the running for the honours. Fords have completed the series
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  • 103 10 manns' forwards missed a couple of good openings, but they eventually scored through Hoi Seng, whose shot went into the net off Mahmood's boot. Brinkmanns continued to dominate the exchanges, directing hard shote for the mark, but Jaffar saved well time
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  • 178 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, June 2. rjtHE following are weights for four races on Wednesday, the third day oi the Perak Turf Club's June meeting: Horses, Class 1, Div. 2. s*i Furs. Str: Mercury 9.00 Annie Rooney 8.03 Carloca 8.13 Houlichan 8.03 The Fox
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  • 113 10 rE following are results of sports events held at the Singapore Swimming Club during the holidays: SUNDAY Long Plunge: 1, T. H. Silcock 59 ft. 8 ins.; 2. C. C. Payne 53 ft. 3 in. YESTERDAY Women's Breast Stroke: 1, Myrtle Spurgeon 59.; 2, Pat
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  • 56 10 CCORING five minutes before full-time the R.A.F. (Tengah) beat the R.A.F. (Seletar) by one goal to nil in a second division (a) league soccer match at Tengah yesterday. The winners' goal was scored by Brown and the Seletar side missed a penalty. Play became
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  • 58 10 THE following were the best cards r^turned in the June mixed foursome competition at the Island Club: Sq. Ldr. and Mrs. Lewis SO— ls 35 Lt Col. and Mrs. Pop- 46— 9% 36 V4 Miss E. C. Padday and P. Wocdaii 48— 11*4 36% Lt.
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  • 262 10 N .S. Club Score Innings Win (Prom Our (fe. Correspo*^ THE Negrl Sembilan cIJTSSJ** I from an infants. ■•<»«« i Players who played for STJF?*- 1 Jack PetUt scored a br liL?^ ing 11 fours and a six .2? seven wicket 14 Dionysius took six wicker™ f~ The scores were
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  • 629 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumrur i CELANGOR scored a moral victory against v° l their annual cricket encounter on the padanir'p k 86 runs behind at the end of play with ik 11 kin* in hand. h thr <* wi^ Selangor, who
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  • 27 10 THE Post Office beat Fort Canning by goals to two in a second di\l<loc > league soccer fixture on the Pwt Off-? i ground yesterday.
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