Morning Tribune, 10 August 1936

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    14 1 THE MORNING TRIBUNE VOL. I.— No. IG3. SINGAPORE, MONDAY August 10, 1936. FIVE CENTS.
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    GERMANY REASSURES BRITAIN
    1048 1 m o iNti:nv e x t i o x IX SPAIN BRITISH PLANES FIRED AT MYSTERY OF FORMER MXii THF (.erman Fmbassy has given explicit assurances to the British Foreign Office that Germany has supplied no war materials to the Spanish rebel and will not supply any
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    ABYSSINIAN ARMY OF 100,000
    132 1 Attack On Dessie Denied Port Said. Aug. 7. RAS Imru, the Abyssinian commander on the North West front, has reorganised an army of 60.000 men. according to reports received here, and with 40^000 other troops is now advancing towards Dessie and Addis Ababa. It is claimed
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    18 1 Ex-King Alfonso of Spain, around whom there is an air of mystery. He has left Czechoslovakia for Cor-
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    No Clash
    18 1 Moscow, Aug. 9. Reports from Dairen of a RussoJapanese clash at Pouranitdmaya are, without foundation.— Reuter
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    CRISIS IN EUROPE
    173 1 British On The London, Aug. 7. T HE delicacy of the international situai tion is emphasised by the fact that Lord Halifax, who is ncting for MT. Anthonv Eden (Foreign Minister) whttfl the latter is on holiday, has interrupted his own holiday to-day and returned to the
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    KING EDWARD'S HOLIDAY
    137 1 KING EDWARD'S HOLIDA Y London, Aug. 9. WING Edward left Windsor by motor- car this morning for Heathrow Aerodrome, Middlesex, where he flew by plane to Calais on the first stage of his holiday in the Mediterranean. His Majesty had originally nlann-d to leave Windsor by plane but changed his
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    New Panic Grips Kwangsi Province
    453 2  -  sin chew Jit Poh EXPORT OF SILVER Arms Bought From Abroad Hongkong, Aug. 9. MERCHANTS in Kwangsi are panic--stricken as a result of the report that Generals Li Tsunp Jep and Pah Chun? Hsi are exporting silver amounting to $15,000,000 for the purchase of arms
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    NEW CABINET IN GREECE
    62 2 Athens, Aug. 7. pIE new cabinet has been an--1 nounred with General Metaxas as Premier, Foreign Minister and Minister for War, Navy and Air. The Kinsr left this evening on board a destroyer for Corfu, where he will vlay until the middle of Seotember. General Metaxas
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    59 2 Tho Boat inn of Retrofit by the bands of tho InnLskillinq; Fusiliers on the SC.C. padanr recently was much appreciated by the public. It is now announced that Renting of Retreat bv a io"Jmental band will take place on the SC.C. ground on the third Tuesday in each month until
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    Plea By Chinese Consul-General To Malayan Chinese
    892 2 Plea By Chinese ConsulGeneral To Malayan Chinese A STRONG plea to the Malayan Chimse to take more interest in the affairs of the country in which thev live, politically, industrially and socialVv was made by Dr. Philip K 0 Tyau, the Chinese Consul(leneral in Singapore, in a farewell interview with
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    ECCENTRIC AMERICAN, SENATOR
    50 2 Suicide In Sight Of His Wife Seattle, Aug. 8. QENATOR Zionceck, the eccentric Amea rican Congressman who ran amok during his hon« ymoon, and later escaped from the mental hospital, committed suicide to-day by Jumping from a fifth flw window in the sight of his .V.U' Reuter
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    LOCAL GAS DEFENCE
    182 2 Demonstration This Morning A DEMONSTRATION was to hve been staged at 'he Police •> •> Singapore, at 7 a.m., this mo-n n» (Mcndav) to show what wou'd > ">.' pen in the oj»*p of an a r n 1 n an area in Singapore. TV t of
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    Britain & Japan
    160 2 Britain Japan Rcnnral Of \Hhnce In Sifjht? London. Air: 8 THERF have lately bd I cations that Japan Is thinking in terms of an Anglo-Jan Prochement, Bays The Times. -Proud, and defiant and perhaps a little l!p> ho dod Japan faces the future but faces it alone. The outlook for
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    23 2 His Excellency the OOejrAdmtaWJ ing the Government has awoi.";^ M. LI. Wynne to act as Sup of Police, Singapore, with effeci June 13.
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      30 2 DIGESTIVE DISTURBANCES ARE PREVENTED AND CURED BY I 11 1 7YM OBTAINABLE FROM ALL DISPENSARIES in boxes of 20 or 50 drawees Sole Agents: SCHMIDT AND CO., 90 Robinson Road.
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    Tributes To Late Mr. Lim Nee Soon
    698 3 MEMORIAL SERVICE I large Gathering In S'pore Singapore, Sunday. MIMING tributes were paid to the C lieMr.LimXee Soon, the weU'mm(i:; the in^apore Chinese JSKer 1 omn.er?e in Hill Street th Sphering, including fjoil ft i\ es of associations, guilds E S nd many
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    SINGAPORE – LONDON AIR LETTERS
    134 3 SINGAPORE LONDON AIR LETTERS All Empire Mail At l%d. An Ounce <By Air Maili (From Our Own Correspondent) London. July 29. WITHIN twelve months letters will be conveyed between Singapore and Great Britain for l i>d an ounce, I am informed by a Pest Office official. This consummation of an
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    Municipal Commission
    88 3 A THIRD candidate has been proposed for fee post of nominee of the Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association an i he Municipal Commission In place oi Mr. H. W. Raper. The candidate ls Mi. J. A. Clarke, who is proposed by Mr. George Parbury, 8 conded by Mr. H.
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    39 3 His Excellency the Oilicer Administering the Government has appointed Dr. L M. Thompson to be a member ol 'ho Central Board oi Examiners in connection with the Scheme for locally trained nurses vice Dr. E A Elder on leave.
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    FRENCH DEFICIT GROWS
    178 3 Obstinate Hold On Gold Standard London, Aug. 8. TEARS of the French Cabinet's ability to carry out its reflationary programme without resorting to devaluation persist, causing a further fall in gold currencies in terms of sterling, though the volume of business is smallish. The franc is also
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    CHINESE LEADERS CONFER
    189 3 Shanghai. Aug. 9. MARSHAL Chiang Kai Shek has requested Generals Yen Shi Shan. Fu Tsoi Yi. Han Fu Chu. Suns Che Yuen and Liu Yu Mine-, the Governors of Shansi. Suiyuen, Shantunc;. Hopei and Charhar. respectively, to porceed to Ruling to discuss important national tiefenc? schemes. General
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    Kertpel Golf Club
    49 3 Fourt.vn cards we.-e taken nn\ for the August Ladies Spun and ttt following w*re the scorjs returned:--Mrs. (t L. Eyre, 1 upMrs A. McK. Lo v. All squa r r\ Ifisi m Evuns, l w Miss 3. R.rst, 1 down. Mrs. P Polla. u, 1 devn.
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    SINGAPORE WEDDING
    207 3 At Presbyterian Church Singapore. Saturday. THE Presbyterian Church was the setting for a pretty wedding this afternoon, when Miss E. Hope Job, daughter Of the Rev. and Mrs. H. Allen Job. of Twickenham. London, became the bride of the Rev Arthur Hay. son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
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    Law Notice For To-day
    30 3 Law Notice For To day The Acting Chief Justice* at Malacca Assizes Before Mr. Justice Adrian Clark at 11 a.m. Summonses-in-Chambers, Originating Summonses. Motions, Petition of Course and Judgement Summons
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    29 3 The Secretary of State for the Colonies has approved the appointment of Captain Eric Lois Percival. to be Staff Officer. Straits Settlements Volunteer Force, with effect from June 5.
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      10 3 I -MAJV c% MOV* W^iJ RAP 'D HARDENING j CEMENT
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      43 3 XAUSTIC SODA. Stock Available Competitive Prices. Send Inquiries to Rahamin Penhas, 86, Robinson Road, Singapore. Look For This R^W Trade Mark fy/F^n Buying A Watch. VERY ATTRACTIVE SELECTIONS IN GOLD, CHROMIUM STEEL. AT ALL DEALERS THROUGHOUT MALAYA m MODERATELY PRICED. r/m Sole Agents:
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  • REUTER'S COMMERCIAL SERVICE
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      LONDON COMMODITIES
      102 4 London. Aug. 8 RUBBER price To-day's Change. Tone DULL CLOSED B S B S B Soot 7% 711|16 Closed September 7% 7 ***** Oct.||Dec. 711J1C73/4 Jan.jMar. 73/ 4 7 13il6 Last Quotation To-day PALM OIL (Malay) In bulk AugJSept. Shipment. £20.10.0. Value Unchanged COPRA (Straits, F.M.S.) August Shipment
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      FOREIGN EXCHANGE
      56 4 London, Aug. 8. Previous Tb-Day Change T.T. on Paris (closing middle rate) 76.26 Not Received T.T. on Amsterdam (closing middle rate) 7.393/4 T.T. on Shanghai (closing selling rate) l'2y 2 T.T. on Hongkong (closing selling rate) *****16 T.T. on Japan (closing selling rate) 1'2 3'64 T.T. on New
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      BULLION MARKET
      37 4 London. Aug. 8. Previous To-day Change GOLD Fine Bar per 02. £6 18.6 £6 18 4 __2d SILVER n 1 .u 19 19 1116 up 1118 2 months forward m 19 1116 u P p
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      LONDON SHARE LIST
      81 4 lundon. Aug. i Shares of £1 denomination unless Previous Tn h_ b otherwise stated. To da y Change J. P. Coats ko/q Distillers J!2 closed Dunlop Rubber 37/ 3 General Electric 84/3 Imperial Chemical Industries 39/10 Imperial Tobacco 160/ Canadian Pacific 12% Gula Kalumpong 28 a Langlaate
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      METAL MARKET
      20 4 London. Aug. I. TIN Standard. Cash (official price) £182 3/ 4 closed 3 months forward (official price) £179%
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      NEW YORK CABLE
      38 4 New York. Aug 8. RUBBER Previous To-day Change. Tone Quiet Closod B S B S B S Spot I6V4 16% closed Oct.jDec 16% 16 V2 TIN Standard Quiet Quiet Tone Dull Quiet Spot 4234 42%
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    VANCOUVER AND THE JUBILEE
    119 4 Visit Of London Lord Mayor r London, Aug. 9. E Lord Mayor of London, Sir Percy Vincent, accompanied by Lady Vincent and a deputation from the Corporation of the City of London, left yesterday morning on an official visit to Vancouver, British Columbia, to be thafcity
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    Chinese Association
    108 4 Chinese A ssociation Two semi-finals were played off last week in the Billiards B' Handicap tournament, and the results are: Ong Soo Keng -50) beat Lim Tin Soon (so 200—199, and Wee Beet Chay <sc.) beat Lim Peng Long (—7O) 200—40. The following are the ties fixed for next week:—
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    30 4 Arrivals and departures of Indian labour during July were as follows Arrivals (State aided. -261 adults, 41 minors. Arrivals (ordinary deck passengers),--2,943 adults, 262 minors. Departures.— 2,4B3 adults, 204 minors.
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      17 4 Overseas Assurance CORPORATION, LIMITED, China Building, Chulia Street, PHONE 5808. SINGAPORE. Fire, Marine, Motor VEHICLES WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION
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      33 4 &2H:::L :::::::£:::Hu::::::»^ SOUTH 1 |g| BRITISHJ %^K# INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD. |j FIRE, MARINE, WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION, I MOTOR CAR 1 INSURANCE AT REASONABLE RATES. W. J. DEXTER, Manager. Tel. 5926. 2, Finlayson Green, jjiii
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES.
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      MINING.
      503 5 Saturday, Aug. 8 1.00 p.m Fraser Co. Lyall Evatt Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers 1 North Taiping UD4 u.&y 055 0.60 5i- Pahang Con 14.- 15- 14 6 15 3 5;- Pangn&a K 7i3 8 3 7,6 8,6 5!- Pengkalen 91- 111- 10,- 11!--1 Petaling Tin 7.15 7.35xdxb7.10 7 30cd
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      GENERAL.
      437 5 Par Pd 2 2 Alex Brick Ord. 1.20 1.30 1.20 1.30 22 do 7!/ 2^ Prefs. 1.45 1.55 1.45 1.55 10 10 Atlas Ice 10.30 11.00 10.00 11.00 £1 £1 BAT 5.15.0 6.0.0 5.15.0 6.0.0 1 1 B. If, Broadcasting 0.90 1.00 090 1 00 10 5 BM. Trustee
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      DEBENTURES AND LOANS. SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL
      124 5 DEBENTURES AND LOANS. SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL 5% 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 Int S% 4 6 n0m Jan. 20 July 20 n8 120 cl 4^% 1930 red. 1970-80 $6,000,000 Int. Mar. 1 Sept. 1 125 127 ci. 3% 1935 red. 1975-1985 $4,000,000 Int. Apr. 1 Oct. 1 101 103 ci. PENANG MUNICIPAL
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      RUBBER SHARES.
      255 5 (Shares arc $1 unless otherwise stated) Allenby Alor Gajah *2f r65 r55 1 65 HP tf ,i 5! Baiu Untana 60 065 60 65 Clli ng U5 125 HO 1.20 Brosas I2# l-57»>xd 1.40 l.SOxd Brunei Uii"iisi 082^ 0871/z 088 091 ffg! 9 ?:i 3 o^ 5 3
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    THE LOCAL MARKETS
    10 5 (From Our Financial Correspondent) Singapore, Saturday noon.
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    Rubber
    112 5 Singapore: 26% cts., unchanged. Market Tone: Quiet. London: T'/sd., unchanged. Market Tone: Quiet. New York: 16*4 cts. unchanged. Market Tone: Quiet. This morning's market has been very quiet with no business passing, quotations being more or less nominal. U.K. stocks are expected to be down about 1.400 tons this
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    THE SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    79 5 THE SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN. DAILY PRICES CURRENT. Singapore, Saturday noon. No. I.X.R.S.S. in cases (FOB. August) 26% 2615|16 Good F.A.Q. in cases (F.0.8. August) 2613|16 26% No. I.X.R.S.S. Tone of Market:—Very dull. Latest Cable: London Spot Sheet 7%d. per lb. New York Spot Sheet U.S. cts. 16V
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    Tin
    28 5 Singapore, Saturday noon. Singapore: $89 7 8 down $Vs. London: (Spot) £183, down 205.; three months £179 15s M down 20s. New York: 42% cts., down ct.
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    Share Market
    272 5 Singapore, Saturday 1 p.m. MESSRS Fraser and Company, In their daily market report, write as follows:— Bids from London were rather higher to-day, buying orders include Hongkong Tins. Killinghalls, Lahats and Pahang Consolidateds. The local market was firmer, Southern Kintas quoted $5.20 buyers. Sungei Luas $1.33, Ulu Klangs
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    The Exchanges
    198 6 SELLING Singapore, Aug. 8. London 4 months' sight 2|4Vfe London 3 months' sight 2|4% London CO days' sight 2|4 3|32 London 30 days' sight 2|4 3|32 London demand 2|4 I|l6 Ixjndon T.T. 2|4 I|l6 Lyons and Paris demand 892 Hamburg demand 40 New York demand 58 916 Batavia
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    Produce
    168 6 Singapore, Aug. 7. R. (Slam) W. Coast No. 1 per £oyansl4B r. (Slam) W. Coast No. 2 per Koyan $140 R (Siam) W. Coast No. 3 per Koyan $131 R. (Siam) "Siuhuay" No. Al $215 r. (Siam) "Sinhuay" No. 1 $174 R. (Siam) "Sinhuay" No. 2 $162 R. (Siam)
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    CUpper Surprise
    287 6 Restriction Rate Reduced London, July 30. ON behalf of the copper producing companies operating under the Restriction Scheme, it is officially announced that, effective Aug. 1, production will be increased from 30 per cent, to 25 per cent, curtailment. Thus producers will be permitted to produce copper at
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    Suhgei Bahru
    245 6 Dividend Prospect At Early Date (By Air Mail) London, July 30. THE fourth annual ordinary general meeting of the Sungei Bahru Rub ber Estates, Ltd., was held in London to-day. Mr. P.J. Burgess (the chairman) who presided, said the past year's workii y lesulted in a profit of
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    48 6 Thomas Scantlebury, a native of Bodmin, Cornwall, died in the Civic Hospital at Ottawa five days before his 101st birthday. He had emigrated with his wife to Ottawa in 1866, and worked first as a farm labourer and then as a quarryman up till the age of 88.
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      22 6 Jim. -~o— 9 It ABSOLUTE SECURITY j Motor Dxiox S INSURANCE COMPANY. LTD. I Agents: SIME DARBY C0 M LTD. Singapore Branches
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      363 6 THE YO KOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LTD. (Established in 1880) Capital Subscribed (Fully paid up) Y.iooooooon Reserve Fund Y.1291H1 Head Office: YOKOHAMA m SINGAPORE BRANCH MEYER CHAMBERS RAFFLES PLACE. Manager, t. YAMAMOTO. Tel: No. 6049 Manager's Room. 5922 General Office 5923 6472 Compradore's Desk BANK OF CHINA (Incorporated in China by
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    LONDON RUBBER MARKET TOPICS
    1348 7 L ONDON RUBBER MARKET TOPICS Stability Of Prices: Bright And Promising Outlook (By Air Mail.) London. July 30. «hf Mincing Lane raw rubber market. l H h f been remarkably stable «r»tf Vpfu Vanning of this year, aid wde situations in prices whkb h/ve hitherto been customary in Srket b
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    ANGLO-JAVA RUBBER MEETING
    1172 7 Important New Uses For Rubber •By Air Mail) London, July 30. THE second ordinary general meeting of the Anglo Java Rubber Co., Ltd was held yesterday at 19 Fenchurchstreet. EC. Mr. R. F. McNair Scott (the chairman) presided, and after dealing with the balance-sheet, said: The financial
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      105 8 A Vital, Thrilling new Romance of CIVIL AVIATION! Action! Adventure! Sensation on al3 Hours Air Trip 10,000 feet above the world with the strangest passengers you could ever Imagine! CAPITOL To-D ay 3.15-6.15^!U5| ZaSu Piff A Paramount Picturt .7^^^^^ J-'i LT:< >~ Special Additional Attraction— Alß MAIL PICTURES: THE UNVEILING
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      181 8 The Whole Town's Waiting lor It] PREPARE FOR THE OUTSTANDING EVENT IN MALAYA'S ENTERTAINMENT HISTORY Wednesday Next I v^ \*^i wty BBEffIiSSHHI I Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Giant Entertainment 1 WILLIAM f^OWCLL^V I MYRNA LOY LOISK HAINCH Immmmmmmmi^mm In cast of SO Stars i W%i«^ I 2.15 p.m. I 300 Oorgsous Qlrts Jfc^^^
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    Mine Mishap
    243 9 I Eight Hurt In Cage Crash Stirling, EIGHT miners were seriously injured at Milhall, Colliery, near here, when the cape in which they were descending to begin work crashed nine fathoms to the bottom 1 The injured men are: John Fleming, aged fifty-three Dou-(riis-street, Bannockburn; Charles McFwan twenty-seven,
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    Aerial S. O. S.
    81 9 Pilot Seriously 111 In Mid Air 'Pilot seriously i11. make arrangements ...landing. Southampton. THIS dramatic message was picked up from a 'plane in which Samuel Carter of the Surrey Flying Services, was soaring 7.000ft. up during night operations in co-operation with the Dorset Fortress Royal Engineers
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    Killed By Lightning
    126 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca. Saturdav Tuesday night was a night of tragedy in Malacca. Bong Soo, a vegetable gardener living at Bukit Kechil, with his younger brother, went to tie up his buffalo to a tree. While doing so, lightning struck the tree, killing Bong Soo
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    Defence Against Air Attack
    72 9 London, Aug. 7. THE War omce announces that MajorGcneral J. M. R. Harrison been appointed Commander of the Second AnUAircraft Division, which ls to be iormed to provide further anti-aircraft defences lor the Midlands and North of England from units of the Royal Artillery and haunt
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    The Pavilion
    84 9 Return Of Magnificent Film THE Pavilion opened last night with 1 one of the most popular films seen In Singapore, "Dangerous," which is now having its second run. The picture, which won the highest award for a film in the United States, is really worth seeing. Bette Davis
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    42 9 Vivian Arthur Baron, 41, sales manager, who had been committed from the West London Police Court on a charge of being under the influence of drin 1 when driving a motor-car, was found "Not Guilty" at the London Sessions and was discharged.
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    Cause Of Succcss
    155 9 Instinct Luck, Says Actor {WANT to conduct my life so that i will always have a fresh viewpoint and never get Into a rut." This Is the way in which Herbert Marshall summed up his "greatest desire," before a small audience of professional people gathered in a
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      169 9 THE PICTURE IN WHICH BETTE DAVIS WAS AWARDED^ THE OFFICIAL TROPHY BY THE MOTION PICTURE ACADEMY.J* FOR THE BEST PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR j£ 1" 915 Bbp^U "You may r.<)t love m?, but HHE^^ J you'll always conic back «J» I I to. And each time yc.:r: V BBK\ j&i
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
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      295 9 VOLUNTEER CORPS prills For This Week j 1936. TO-DAY AUG. M 5 S.R.A. (v), 5^ ra T -HSuarter, S.R.E. (v,. M" P--f.jr.ora P,, SP.C.R.E. (v,. (T), Europein. D.E.I^ at e pm I_Headquar«ers.S.V.F.A.,1 _Headquar«ers.S.V.F.A., 4»tt £>J3s& T,mah Range. "G" V 'ChivJe) Coy.. Revolver. TO-MOtttOW Al'Ci. 11 5 15 p.m.-Headquarteri>, SV.A.C S
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    Too Much Talk Of War At Geneva
    436 10 GERMAN VIEW OF THINGS League Reform Plans Berlin. rIE German Press, with the assistance of the daily inspired commentaries, criticizes with some severity what little has been indicated at Geneva about plans for reform of the League. The semi-official commentator finds, after the
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    Torpedo School
    128 10 New Commander Appointed CAPTAIN DA. Budgen has taken over v H.M S Defiance, torpedo schoolship at Devonport, in succession to Captain L F Potter, A. DC, who was appointed two years ago and is now (fourth on the list of captains. Captain Burigen has returned recently from China
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    New Airport
    160 10 Opening Ceremony At Frankfurt Berlin. THE "Rhine-Main Aerodrome and Zeppelin Port" was officially opened at Frankfurt in the presence of General Milch. Secretary of State at the Air Ministry and Heir Sprenger, the local Governor General Milch announced that a construction programme had been prepared under which "numerous
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    25 10 The Duke and Duchess of York at the opening of the new Imperial War Museum. Their Royal Highness inspecting women of the guard of < honour.
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    Atonement
    115 10 Mr. Morrison And Rennie Fund MR. Herbert Morrison, leader of the L.C.C. has sent a contribution towards the proposed memorial to John Rennie, builder of Waterloo Bridge. Mr. H. B. Amos, of Bournemouth, who suggested the memorial has received a letter from Mr. Morrison, stating that when the L.C
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    Air Crash
    102 10 Ministry Findings Issued rS accident to the air liner City of Khartoum, in which 12 lives were lost off Alexandria on Dec 31. is reported by the Air Ministery's inspector of Accidents to have been due to the exhaustion of the flying-boat's fuel supply, which had been consumed
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    43 10 George Parsons, 57. an unemployed miner of Sitwell Street, Eckington, was at the Derby Assizes found unfit to plead to a charge of murder of his sister, Mrs. Jane Clayton, by shooting her. He was ordered to be detained during his Majesty's pleasure.
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    Anti- Aircraft
    188 10 A nti- Aircraft More About British Safeguards THE latest list of Teritorial Ann;, to be converted for ftnti-airi work brings the total number < and Northern units for conversion to These, with existing formations and one specially raised, make the units for anti-aircraft duty 43—18 artillery brigades and one battery
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    Lord Astor
    111 10 Granted Freedom Of Plymouth rE presentation of the honorary freedom of the City of Plymouth to Lord Astor, in recognition of his services to the State and to Plymouth, took place in the Guildhall. The Labour Lord Mayor 'Mr. H M Medland), who moved the formal resolution conferring
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    England Rugby Captain Married
    42 10 England Rugby Captain Married MR Douglas Andrew Kendrew Army and England Rueby captain, married Miss Nora Elizabeth Harvey, Malin Hall. Co. Donegal, at/ I™™1 P&rish Church. Co. Donegal The best man. Mr A. L. Novis. is also an Army and England player
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      26 10 NOW OPERATIVE. SUBSTANT.A.A s NGApoRE TQ: REDUCTION^ fENANG 9 ($77 approx.) IN FARES BANGKOK £22 ($lB9 RANGOON £37 ($317 MALAYA INDIA (;ALCurrA £50 ($429 Imperial Airways
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    Is Hapsburg Restoration Likely?
    626 11 CONFUSION IN AUSTRIA [Europe's Melting I Pot Vienna. nrPORT^ published in London P FP that the Chancellor. 5 P Snfnw will *o to Dr next autumn to discuss the London next a d on h!s H r b Told an referendum on 'his are officially denied
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    66 11 Audrey Crossley, aged three, a daughter of a Metropolitan policeconstable, was swinging on a rope she had fastened to a mangle and a water pipe at the rear of her parents' home in Richford Street, Hammersmith, when the mangle overturned and fell on her. She died from a fractured skull.
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      70 11 LUGGAGE CARRIER j SINGAPORE i LUGGAGE J CARRIER CO. j I Baeeaee Contractors Forwarding Agents. Booking Agents for TMB. Railways Baggage Agents for:— Blue Funnel Line East Asiatic Line t Nederland Line 8.1.5H. CO., Ltd., etc.. etc. Tel. Address— "LUGGAGE" PHONE 242« or call Union Bldg. BOOKSHOP SURVEY DEPARTMENT PUBLICATION.
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      81 11 A TOURIST'S SHOPPING GUIDE BEAUTY dorothr more... has received a beautiful collection of flap- jacks and cocktail boxes. A few leather zip fashion powder boxes are still available. 18, battery road, phone 6995. HAIRDRESSER Maison Marcelle i srf^tss&L For a Natural J^^^Mi Permanent 'T^ Wave. J K^^A^ s l r^
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      126 11 STATIONER New shipment of ship-soiled 3 6 and 7 6 NOVELS arrived! To be cleared at .10 CTS EACH GOOD TITLES by well-known Authors Come early for better selection E. M. GLOVER Co. 9, The Arcade, Singapore. EYES PRACTICE LIMITED TO THE EYE Specializing: Ocular Muscle raHl?^ Anomalies. Complicated defects
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      75 11 CHEMIST Softens and loosH «ns corns »af quick and easy. Buy an Applicator Agents: FEDERAL DISPENSARY LTD. (Inc. in P^.S.) 8. Raffles Place. Singapore. RESTAURANT Real European Food Come and have your steak cookJ ed as you like it on an open charcoal rrill by JOHN, Slnrat pore's leading Chef.
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      364 12 MORE serious international turn has been given to the Spanish civil war by the loss of two l.ritish lives, the destruction of a British Consulate and of othei British property (some of it on consignment to the Singapore Naval Base) and tin >hooi ing oJ four Germans.
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    700 12 IT is good to see from the month'y official statement Appearing In tx»c F.M.S. Government Gazette, that tii. revenue of the Federation is as saus factory as could be desired Indeed. income for the first five months oi the current year exceeded that ol last pear by nearly
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    BRITISH RAILWAY PROSPERITY
    86 12 BRITISH RAILWAY PROSPERITY Huge L.MS. Building Programme London. Aug 7 Nkx i year's construction programme ot the London, Midland and Scottish Railway Compam involvl expenditure of i 3.20t).0ui) will mean big orders for many British Indu I The programme provides for iO5 t locomotives, include. i ol the Princess Royal
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    Air Ministry Appointment
    63 12 London Air 7. THE Prime IClnlster, Mr. Stanley Baldwin, hns approved the appoini ment of Col. Sir Do'iuld Banks. Direc-kor-General of the Post Office, as j,er manenl Undtr-S ci\tary to the A :r Ministry in succession to Sir Christopher Bullock. Sir Donald Banks is surcer ded bv
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    Cost Of Britain's Re-Armament
    601 13 PROFITEERING CONTROL Select Committee Reports THE procedure of the Air Ministry 1 for the prevention of excessive nrofiN in accordance with the asfurances gtnn in the Statement Relating to Defence, has been under the consideration of the Select Committee on Estimates. The Committee, in their report
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    Commercial Treaty Negotiations
    73 13 THE President of the Board of Trade has appointed Sir Charles Innes. K. C.S.I and Sir Frederick Whyte. K.C.8.1., to act under his directions as Commisioners to assist the Commercial Relations and Treaties Department of the Board in trdae negotiations. This arrangement, which is provisional, is designed
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    68 13 Portsmouth Corporation refuse collector demonstrating its ability to spray a neutralising agent high into the air in the event of a poison gas attack. Such collectors are equipped with powerful pumps for compressing the refuse. It is these pumps which can be turned to other uses. The neutralising agent can
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    Scotsman Murdered In Barcelona
    79 13 MR. Jack Hood Mitchell, a Scotsman. aged 56, who for many years has been the manager of the firm' known at La Eseoecsa. enea^ed in the manufacture of lace, was shot while driving to his office, and his nephew, who accompanied him. was wounded. The tragedy
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    Dalai Lama
    143 13 Tibetan Regents Vision At Holy Lake k MESSAGE from Darjeeling states liiat, according to pnvau- advices from Lhasa, the Regent of Tibet, after having remained in seclusion for a month since his return from the holy lake of Kali, has issued a manifesto about a vision he had
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    Mr. J.C. Reid, K.C.
    64 13 Solicitor-General For Scotland THE King has approved that Mr. James 1 Scott Cumberland Reid, K.C.. be appointed Solicitor-General for Scotland in succession to Mr. Albert Russell, KC, who was recently appointed a Judge of Court of Session. Mr. Reid was elected as Unionist member for Sterling
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    41 13 Joseph Pattenden, 56, of Lodge Cottages. Harbledown, near Canterbury, a gardener employed by Mr. L. V. Hubble, of Harbledown Lodge, died in hospital from gunshot wounds received when his pun was discharged while he was walking through a copse in the
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    Selangor Ret The Malaya Cup
    146 14 Selangor R et The Malaya Cup A characteristic snap of A. L. Henry, the Selangor skipper and ce ntreforward, in action. Zam Zam, the Monopolies forward, often jumped higher than the others in incidents like this. A line piece of work b, Kum Pak. Selan R or' s goalkeeper, while
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      36 15 m: A J WATCHES at RENE ULLMANN ARE BETTER THEY COST LESS THEY LAST LONGER We are the only firm which guarantee is valid in Hong-Kong and various ports of China. RENE ULLMANN Raffles Place. Singapore.
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    3151 16 Books and AUTHORS i fictional Biography of a Pagan of the Borneo Hill*- Eccentric Ladies of the Will century— An Elizabethan Hcro-SoiiH' American Latter-day eccentrics— ln the j Library I THERE is a common complaint that modern novels have become formnliztd: that they fall into well defined categories, like motion
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      28 16 Mai son LffIKSU 4610. fj/f^ Jvf|J|Jl < 8 I Lampshades made to order la all styles and materials. Mrs. J. de Graaf 192P. Pasir Panjang, 6»/ 2 Mile Stone.
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      84 16 Braids for evening and c day time wear, Distinctive styles and shades, Orders promptly executed by our i i > new expert. Maison Interlandi 'Phone 4410. Capitol Bide I FREE SAMPLE OFFER I Send 10 cents in cash or stamps, to cover postage and packing, and a free sample will
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    71 17 To the loven <»f London Mr E O "Hoppe's "a Camera or Unknown London" brings more hiddrn treasures of Lond'i' concealed in Odd corners, in CUlsde-sac, and unexpected places Tin's book on sale in Kelly imd Wal.sh, has 60 I full-page half-tone illustrations, descriptive notes, and directions by bus and
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      468 18 BY P&Oand BRITISH INDIA LINES Doe Dae Tonnage S'pore. Tonnage S'pore 1936. 1936. CHITRAL 15,000 Aug. U RANCHI 17,000 Oct. 0 BHUTAN 6,100 Aug. 27 BURDWAN 6,070 Oct. 22 RANPURA 17,000 Aug. 28 CARTHAGE 15,000 Oct. 23 BEHAR 6,000 Sept. 6 NALDERA 16,000 Nov 6 RAWALPINDI 17,000 Sept. 11 SOMALI
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      168 18 m. m. LINE. (Incorporated in France) (MESSAGERIES MARITIMES) General Agents for Cie GENERALE TRANSATLANTIQUE Air-FRANCE MAIL PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES Homeward for Colombo, Djibouti, Port Said and Marseilles CHANTILLY 9,986 T. Aug. 9 ARAMIS 17.536 T. Aug. 18 PRES. DOUMER 11,898 T. Sept. 15 CHENONCEAUX 14.825 T. Aur. 29 Also Calling
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      104 18 GENERAL PASSENGER AG] CUNARD WHITE STAK. I (Incorporated in Japan*. To LONDON, via Penang, Colombo Aden, Port Said, Marseilles Gib S.S. FUSHIMI MARU s.s. HAKOZAKI MARU f m.s. TERUKUNI MARU o S i; s Rates to Ist Class Naples $497 $540 $317 Marseilles 514 557 326 London 557 600 343
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      351 18 JTHE HARBOUR I Van- hi"* Escape Anxiety Felt For Crew Of Shanghai Vessel ANXIETY was felt in Shanghai when it became known that the local yacht Nance had not returned to her moorings A search party was organised and reached Woosung as Messrs. J. Daiton, G H Mann and R.
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      281 18 SHIPS li\ DOCK SHIPS ALONGSIDE THE WHAK OR EXPECTED TO ARRIVE Godown Gate Rohna > Op ten Noort 18 Kutsang Kj Silverguava 14 President Hayes 11 Demodocus 9 Aeneas 7 Chinese Prince 30 Tinhow 32 Muncaster Castle 3fi Marudu 38 Benmohr Kudat 48 Nieuw Zeeland 5 Rimau 3 Shunko Maru
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      90 19 Inmrana Rates Again Lowered Ottawa, Canada. t last O l .run are during the ber may be coni pini r ■■;>!' and Joint United Kinev been of 'he freedom es in! We.st;ated 'a nee from saving 1 transport i)\\ SHIPMENTS idvanta] hich overcome. What. aside from the tnd
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      British Shipping
      214 19 Plans For Tuo 25/MO-Ton Liners AVTFAI about throe weeks' sta} in Engnd in connection with the proposed >v shipping in the Pacific. Sir B M sident of tho 1 returned to Canada itly when he left Bouthampt En pi bc iol Britain. Sir Edward ha* had a busy
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      283 19 nrn\K piiilp liive. In Australia) 28 3 M/LKbL»LA Sent 28 Oot t I fra a tes roUnd trl P tlcfe ets from Singapore to Australia Issued at" th Rngen may transfer at Singapore. Brisbane Sydnev or Mel Rl^.Mvr«n" n:ieetin ß KPM VeSSel Mm Of wvi? N V return $642M lst
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      400 19 s jKj^m To french ports \\~ir^~ir\ HOMEWARDS. 1 CAP PADARAN For Marseilles, Nantes, St. Nazaire Bordeaux S< t 2 DUPLEX For Mars Miles Havre. Antwerp Dunkirk Sept. 14 DESIRADE For Marseilles, Nantes, St. Nazaire Bordeaux Sept. 17 DALNY For Marseilles, Haviv, Antwerp Dunkirk Oct. 4 OITWARDS (from Marseilles). I lft'v
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    Savage Attack On Warders
    330 20 GAOL BREAK ATTEMPT Warder Severely Injured Melbourne. AS the result of a sensational at- tempt to break out of Pentridge Gml by a prisoner named Robert Twomey, Warder I. S. (larton is lyiiiff dangerously injured in the Koyal Melbourne Hospital Twomey is at present serving cumulative
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    Officer Sued
    95 20 Wife And Maintenance Order Singapore, Friday. THE rift in the family lute of a ships officer, C. A Eklund. had a soqu u!SSSJ& SL&: Davics thc Foun: Be was summoned In respect of noncompliance with a maintenance order month had U) ;< his Wif 35 a Mrs. Eklund
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    Messel Medal
    75 20 CIK Hob, n Mond was presented with the Messel Medal at a meeting in dusf Ol thC 80Ctety f chemi(>al In Slr Robert .aid thai hi started his business life by taking lunch to his father and then washing his father's test tubes. worked in different workshops, joineries,
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    German Duels
    187 20 New Law Recognises Principle Berlin AS a result of the decision of a subcommittee of the Commission for Reform of the German Penal Code, a Law will be parsed to "regulate affairs of honour" in the Reich in such a manner that members of officially-recognised bodies will have
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    31 20 G. Von Cramm and H. Henkel (Germany) congratulating J Crawford and V. McGrath (Australia) after the Australians' victory in the doubles match by 6^4; 4—6; 6 4; and 6—3 at Wimbledon
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    Billingsgate
    132 20 Enlargement Scheme Pending COMPREHENSIVE scheme for im- proving Billingsgate Market has been prepared by the Billingsgate and Leadcnhall Markets Committee. The matter has been before the committee since 1019. and at one time negotiations were begun with the Government for thn acquisition of the Custom House and its site.
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    Civil Service
    192 20 Clerical Association's Resolution THF Executive Committal of tho r ':vi; Service Clerical association met to deal with the position in the dispute with the Treasury on the pay and prospects of department cl?rks. In b resolution which wns pnnicd, the Executive Commit: re refused to accept the offer
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    Property Sale
    117 20 Thursday'*! Transactions In Singapore Singapore, Friday. DROPERTY to the total value of $10.- 8(5(5 was sold by public auction at the sale room of Messrs. Tan Ho O > and Co., Ltd. 90-92, Market Street, yesterday afternoon. Freehold hind and houses Nos. 5 ar 5A Lorong 26 Geylang,
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    Imperialist
    139 20 Joseph Chamberlain Centenary IN connection with the recent cent. Ol the birth of Joseph Chamberlain the National Association of Local ernment Offlceri sent the message to Mr. Nevile Chamb. Chancellor of the Exchequer. Austen Chamberlain: •"Gratefully recounisinu the tribution made by Joseph Chamberla to the progress of local through
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    Johore Assizes
    165 20 Five Cases On The Calendar <Frotn Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Air. C. THE third sitting of the Joho Assize Court for the s on Aim. 9 in the Supreme Court before Justice J. V. o. Mills. There are five criminal caa list so far, the first one
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    Terrorists
    93 20 New Activity In Bengal Calcutta RECENTLY then 1 have been •everal In dications that the Bengal po expecting a recrudeacence oi activities. At a meeting of the Chi Terrorist Association Mr I trlct Megistrate, said that the precautions taken had d was not well. Active recruitin rorism was known
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    New C.J. Of Tanganyika
    52 20 THE colonial office announce th King has been pleased to approv* the appointment of Mr. u^l; r 'Chisholm Dalton, Senior Puisne JujUW I of Ceylon, to be Chief Justice ol ganyika Territory in succesM Sidney Solomon Abrahams. wh< sc pointment as Chief Justice ot I was
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    31 20 A Lausanne message 5 1 Admiral Sir Charles Carpendale puty Director-General of the n.n has been elected a vice-president oi International Broadcasting unjo" the next meeting In Berlin In reo"" 1937
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    Germany's Plans For The Next War
    216 21 CONSCRIPT ARMY \o Economic Hold-Ups Berlin nriTll the organisation of OeriV' 1 conscript army VVnv completed, ami iVll "nd.r way, Oer- 'nuillary leaders have star.ed (W r e EconomS), at present dom.--2£ .(ono.nic disiussion in Oerm;in\. no unTRIOM nt of War Economics in preparing
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    After Midnight
    43 21 Singapore. Saturday. CHA rw- T p an th Ucense of th Singawdm Z Pn rth M»«tetnte f Mr g that tht chmSfJ 1 flrp s(1 f'- asked M to imsSSi** file. "5 hT{£W the convic- the sum of $75 was allowed.
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    'Planes Detained
    79 21 Nanking, Aug. 7. T T«*™. Mr. Hsu the HonßkSnP r ßn Mmister said that Willing^o r P tnrn° V 7u nm nt WaS nOt 'P^es which h? *i e f Ur Chinese until hesouth!fw d from Cant o" Now that the t» St rouWe was oversettled it w,s
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    12 21 Session promises \t the Ra ™kHshna music. n da U; 8.30 Hindustan-
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    HAILSTORM IN PERAK
    101 21 Much Damage Done (From Our Own Reporter) Ipoh, Saturday. ABOUT ten thousand dollars* worth of damage was done by a hailstorm in I'inji Estate. Lahat. Perak, yesterday afternoon at three o'clock. Nearly one thousand rubber trees were blown down, broken to pieces and scattered all over the
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    Bank Theft
    140 21 Moneychanger Charged With Receiving Singapore, Saturday. A TAMIL Mohamedan, Abdullah, was produced to-day before Mr. A. D. York, the Third Magistrate, after his arrest in connection with an offence alleged to have been committed on or about May 15, 1929. He was indicted on two counts: 1. dishonestly
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    Prof. F. M. J. Stratton
    105 21 Professor F. M. J. Stratton, head of the Cambridge University Expedition to Japan to study the solar eclipse on June 19. arrived in Singapore this week on his way home. He left for Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday and thence for Bangkok yesterday. Professor Stratton has
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    Minister To China
    43 21 London. Aug. 6. Mr. Hughe Montgomerv Knatehbull Hugessen, the newly appointed British Minister to China, and his family sail for China by the Empress of Britain on Aug. 8. They will spend a few days in Japan en route Reuter
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    Lorry Overturns
    31 21 Singapore, Saturday. Thrp^ Indians were injured yesterday afternoon when a motor-lorry overturned in Havelock Road. They were throwri out, sustaining injuries which necessitated their removal to hospital by amouiance.
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    Shopkeepers Fined
    77 21 Shopkeepers Fined I Failing To Renew Their Licences (From Our Own Correspondent/ Johore Bahru, Aug. 6. Nine shop keepers, of Johore Bahru were produced before Mr. Sheikh Abu Bakar bin Yahya (Second Magistrate, Johore Bahru yesterday on charges of having failed to renew their licences for their scales used for
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    Health Report
    194 21 Infantile Death Rate Increases 4N increase in deaths from pneumonia (two more than last week) is shown in the Singapore Municipal heal'.) statement for the week ended Aug. I There were 249 deaths compared witn 234 in the previous week and 234 In the corresponding week of last
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    V. U. C. Calcutta
    111 21 49.10 metres (6,109 kcs> TO-DAY 4 46 p.m. Time signal Musical selections. 5.16 p.m. Talk (in Bengali) "Co-operative Movement in Bengal— lts Progress and Possibilities." 5.36 p.m. Light Bengali songs. 6.01 p.m. A musical entertainment by the members of New Theatres Ltd. To be relayed from
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    Z.H.I. Singapore
    77 21 49 9 metres. TO-DAY 6 pm. Recorded Music. 6 45 p.m. News Bulletin. 7pm Relay of concert artistes from the new "Z.H'l" studio: Mrs B Millard— Songs, (a) "O lovely nieht" Landon Ronald. <b) "I hear you calling me" Ch Marshall, (c) "Dear Heart" Tito Mattei. Mr C
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    RATEPAYERS MEETING
    412 21 Re-Survey Fees Question THE minutes of a meeting of the Com--1 I mittee of the Singapore Ratepayers 1 Association held at the offices of Ronnie Lowick and Co., Hongkong Bank Chambens Singapore, on Thursday, Juiy JU. 1936.' at 2.15 p.m. state- Assessment on Vacant Land The Committee discussed
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    Pasir Panjang Murder
    84 21 Singapore, Saturday. SIX Malays— Donah bin Maulot, Aman bin Taib Hussain bin Haji, Juma at bin Seman, Mohamed bin Haji and Bulat bin Dualim— have been arrested m connection with the death ef a Chinese in West Coast Road on Aug.s. The deceased was found battered to
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    Commercial Pacts
    40 21 Shanghai. Auk. 7. Negotiations are in progress for the roncluslon of a commercial treaty betwren China and Latvia. Dr Wellington Koo is negotiation with the Argentine Ambassador at Paris for a new Slno-Arfcentino commercial treaty.-Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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      963 22 jON THE RADIO j w^ 1.50 p.m. Olympic News. II t f Sll Ijnpire 215 pm. News bulletin. 2.20 p.m. Close down. a 5 20 p.m. Gramophone music. I rilt*rilllllllC 5.50 p.m. Time signal. Opening an- ftsta it at m ,t. M nouncement. Transml^ion 4: OSH 13.97 meW 5. 53
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      283 22 7.00 a.m. New.s In French. Market 1.20 p.m. Reports from tho r Prices. Games. 7.20 a.m. News in Pnglisb 1.50 p.m. Merry music <conti. 7.35 a.m. Records or Theatrical; 2.15 p.m. Greetings to Broadcast. in Australia. 935 a.m. End of Broadcast. 2.20 p.m. News and Economy d 10.05 a.m. Talk.
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    The Mercantile Institute Sports
    84 23 A group of the officials and judges The 220 yards class II in progress Winners of the 100 yards class 1 Left t<» right:— First Akira Takai, second Kens Loy. third Abu Bakar Winners of the 440 yards class 1 First Newman (left) and second A
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    Collapse Of Club Quarters: Inquiry
    1535 24 EVIDENCE OF INSPECTOR Demolition Was Recom mended (From Our Oicn Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. rri: inquiry was resumed this morning before Mr. J. Calder, into the death of a boy of the SelanRor Club and an infant of five who perished when the building occupied
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    STANDARD INSTITUTE SPORTS
    424 24 Kian Sam Wins Individual Championship Singapore, Saturday. THE third annual athletic sports of the Standard Institute was held at the Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday, in the presence of a large gathering. Competition was very keen in all the events. The individual championship went to Kian Sam, with
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    34 24 Major O. B. Williams, of Batu Gajah the well known State cricketer, has been I ?m Sferred to Kuala "P lB Both Ma J<> r Williams and his wife will be missed in Perak.
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    YACHT IN STORM
    330 24 Sails Torn By Wind Singapore, Saturday. A 39-TON three-masted varl,» ouned by Mr. F. p,' and navigated by a Frem'iJ"*' brother M. Jeane Lcmarrhand now lying off the Yacht Clnb The vessel arrived to-dav. m will remain in Singapore until Fri clay. HEAVY STORM AT SE A
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    GOVT. LEAGUE SOCCER
    167 24 Singapore, Saturday. THE Marine Department beat General Post Office by s—l on 1 J.C.S.A. ground yesterday, in the 1 division of the Government League Taib, who will play for Singappi against Selangor to-day, played a I game for the winners. He worked I of the openings, drawing
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    Britain's Soccer Team Knocked Out
    120 25 BEATEN BY POLAND Chinese Win At Basketball the Olvmpio (James at Berlin on Saturday CHitt defeated Frame \hl basketball tournament and Uri n who l h.,d defeated China ElSas knocked out of the soccompetition hy Poland, who won 1-4. BflMtti of to-day's events at the
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    Raffles Cricket
    311 25 Pud And Present Singapore, Saturday. THE annual cricket fixture between the Past and Present Boys of the Raffles Institution, for the Shield presented for annual competition by Mr. C. H Clarke, was laved on ;he Raffles Institution ground to-day. The Past Boys have won the Shield the past
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    S.C.R.C. Tennis
    142 25 Tournament Ties For This Week THE following ties in the S.C.R.C. Tennis Tournament have been ar- ranged for this weCk: Monday "A" Doubles Handicap:- lAh Hyan and Woo Wan vs. Hoon Bung land Thian Seng; Chee Lim and Guan Hock vs. Thian Teck and Teck Chrow. 'B" Doubles
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    St. Andrew's Cricket
    25 25 Singapore. Saturday. The Present Boys of St. Andrews mH 'he Old Boys at cricket to rtnv and beat them by 10 VWKU
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    LARGE CROWD AT JALAN BESAR
    649 25 LARGE CROWD AT JALAN BESAR Mercantile Institute Annual Singapore, Saturday. IDEAL weather favoured the seventh annual athletic sports meeting of the Mercantile Institute which was held at the Jalan Besar Stadium this afternoon. There was a lorqre crowd present arm competition was very keen. THE RESULTS Putting the Shot— Class
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    Y.W.C.A. Tennis
    154 25 Y.W.C .A. Tennis Results Of Tournament Ties THE following are the results of ties played in the Y.W.C.A, Tennis Tournament for the week ending Aug.7. Handicap Singles:— Miss D. Burgess g Q licr.) beat Miss M. Joseph l5 > 7—5, Championship Singles:— Miss E Smith beat Miss Z. Eiias 6—o.
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    Rugby Tourists
    21 25 Buenos Aires, July 16. The British rusby union team tourinArgentine overwhelmed Buenos Aires today by 55 points to nil
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    HOME SOCCER RESULTS
    76 25 Scottish League London, Aug. 8. RESULTS on the opening day of the Scottish Football League season were as follows: SCOTTISH LEAGUE DIV. 1 Arbroath 2 Clyde 1 Celtic 3 St. Johnstone 2 Dundee 0 Rangers Dunfermline Ath 2 Hearts 5 Falkirk 3 Hamilton Acads. 2 Hibernian 1
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    County Cricket
    282 25 Saturday's Close Of Play Scores TLOSE of play scores in County cricket games which began on Saturday were as follows, states Reuter: At Cheltenham (College ground): All India 154; Gloucestershire 117 for 3 At the Oval: Surrey 307; Middlesex At^Hastlngs: Sussex 554 (Jim Parks 197). vs. Kent. nrt%
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    SINGAPORE JUNIOR BADMINTON
    176 25 Singapore, Sunday. mHE semi-finals in the Singapore Junior Men's Singles championship tournament were played at the Clerical Union Hall to-day. Two excellent games were seen. The results were: William Tan iA.A.U.) beat Ng Liang Chuan (Sunnydale 8.P.), 5—15, 15—10, 10 13 (5 Low Poh Hye (A.SAi beat
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    Surprise In Singapore Football
    325 26 Surprise In Si ngapore Football LOCAL MATCH CANCELLED Ban On Jalan Besar? CURPRISE has been caused in Singapore and Selangor football circles by the refusal of the Singapore Amateur Football Association to permit a joint team of the Straits Chinese Recreation Club of Singapore and the S.C.R.C of Selangor to
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    Club Draw
    279 26 Hewan Scores Fine Century THE Singapore Cricket Club and Raffles College played a drawn match on the R.A. ground yesterday. The game was marked by two good performances, a century by E. Hewan and some fine bowline; by Swee Keng. Only the drawing of stumps prevented what seemed
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    Teachers' Tennis
    202 26 Results Of Ties In Annual Tournament Singapore. Saturday. THE following are the results of ties played in the Singapore Teachers' Association's Lawn Tennis Tournament which started yesterday: MEN'S OPEN SINGLES Sim Seng Huat beat Wee Tiam Siew 2. 6— o. F. C. James beat Teo Poh Leng 6—l
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    A. P. C. ANNUAL SPORTS MEETING
    358 26 A. P. C. ANNUAL SPORTS MEETING Athletics At Paya Lebar Road Singapore, Saturday. THE Sports Club of the Asiatic Petrolr.um Co. held their annual athletic meeting on <heir own ground at Paya Lebar Road this afternoon. The field presented an animated appearance, there being a large number of spectators and
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    Selangor Retain The Malaya Cup
    1080 27 SINGLE GOAL VICTORY OVER 51 SINGAPORE Visitors A Much Better Side Throughout Singapore, Saturday. «^ov n't Singapore, the h .ho nnn| of the Anon Rond stadium i. fb* only "nil Of tbC ,i vn.i-i hr-p p*"*" rlffnrv bv thfee or ev*»n T« b lf ,-^i"
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    Gordon Lum
    161 27 Due In Singapore On Aug. 17 Singapore, Saturday. TENNIS enthusiasts in Singapore 1 wiU be glad to hear that Mr. Gordon Lum, China's former Davis Cup player, will be s-pending a few days in Singapore on his way home to China from Europe. ARRIVING ON AUG. 17 Mr.
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    BOXING IN PENANG
    183 27 Siamese Beats Diamond (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Saturday. JJEFOR^ th* largest crowd yet m m locally this year at a boxing match. Na Vee i hun t e P nmng L:g twei h Champion, success'ully defriv ed his -i f Ro r rV i D amnpi
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    37 27 His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government hns b n on pleased to grant a CommKs on a^ Rerond- T '-utenant in the Straits Settlements Volunteer Force to Mr. Will'Tn George Griffiths, with effect from Julv 2S.
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    A.P.C. ANNUAL SPORTS MEETING
    38 28 Mrs H H Sturt presenting the prizes The Judges at the Sports T. A D. Hewan, who won the long jump Competitors lining up for the Egg and Spoon Race The three legged race
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