The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 24 June 1931

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    Masthead
    18 1 The Singapore Free Press v ESTABLISHED 1835. SINGAPORE, S.S. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1931. 20 PAGES DAILY. 10 CENTS.
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    THE DAY'S NEWS
    431 1 The eyes of the world are on France for the success or failure of Mr. Hoover's plan to save Germany Pages 11 and 12. Eleven are believed to have been blown to pieces m an explosion at a naval cordite factory m Dorset Page 11. Two American
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    THE DAWN CHORUS
    797 1 May is the month m which birds attain to their full powers of song, yet, with what appears to be a deliberate slight on man, they exhibit them perfectly at an hour when he Is either wrapt m sleep or suffering m a vain pursuit of it.
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      215 1 KLIM p( ,\VF)ERED MILK „.1 4ITROACH TO PUKE, pasTCOBBBDI Mn.K UNX IN THE TROPICS. AT ALL LEADING Oo po -VISION STORES. ft"'' I RAFFLES HOTEL ,\< I I LENT ACCOMMODATION WITH MODERN SANITARY ARRANGEMENTS •si assßfsSasjssasss] -i THIS EVENING 6.30. j Tea Dance Thursday, June 25th I Special "RANPURA" Dinner
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      245 1 Good lamps u^K/k a good, name EDI SWAN Lamps Sole Agents for Malaya* McALIST£R Co., Ltd. 1 EUROPE HOTEL I f "Renowned by Recommendation" w S Finest Cuisine. Best Wines and Spirits, etc. at THE LOWEST HOTEL PRICES. jS jj TO-DAY TIFFIN MENU TODAY jj 5 Iced Consomme Scotch Broth
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      81 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Notices etc.— Page 9. Hotel announcements Page 1 Cinema advertisements Page 2. Willard batteries give lcngtr life Pai»e 18. For the linen chest at the Gift Shop Pace 1. I CHRYSLEFL POWER j r "for" "s j THE LINEN CHEST I BRIDGE AND TEA CLOTHS LUNCHEON AND BREAKFAST
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      21 1 KLIM POWDERED MILK THE NEAREST APPROACH TO PURE, FRESH. PASTEURIZED MILK OBTAINABLE IN THE TROPICS. OBTAINABLE AT ALL LEADING PROVISION STORES.
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER CORPS.
    161 2 Programm< i J Drills up to and for ending June 28th, 1931. •Tednesday, 5 p.m.. Drill Hall, S.H a iv), Battery Paradi 5 IS p.m., Drill Hail. Bur MO PL, Advanced Gun Drill. 2nd. Bn Sis,' OwtVm, Signal Tralnlns;. Thursday. 5 p.m Drill Hall. S Fortress Coy.
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    CYCLONE TRAGEDY IN BURMA.
    89 2 4 Workmen Killed When Steel Structure Collapses Vrnaii^yaiiny. JsUM S. a violent cyclone passed over Bingu on Saturday evening when tht> stt «-i structure ol thr n« \v main Office ol the 8.0.C.. which ms m thr course of construction, collapsed completely. Foui workmen, three Burmans
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    UNITED CALL TO PRAYER.
    76 2 Lmsm, Isum It. A call prayer for the mrroso of tin coming World Disarmament Conference at Geneva was Issued to-day over the signatures <>t the Archbishops of Canterbury and York. also other Anglican and Pree Church leader*. i i, addressed ;<» all members of the Christian
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    RADIO SAIGON'S CONCERTS
    17 2 Wednesday. JSBM 14, Chamber musk by thi iffhrtrts oJ Radio Ba .■<•!! (>m tv- ira
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    87 2 At the recent annual genera] meetli m <;f ihi Singapore Shorthand Writers' Association, th* (oUowina were elected offlce bearers for 193i-.— Mr. Cheang >*«:ir Moh, (Patron); Mr. Lav Hong Chiani (President); Mr. m r Menon. (Vicei Ident) Mr Bon* Teck Ht»- (Honorary Secretary i Mr. Ooh Ouan Hock (Assistant Boretar
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      568 2 DESTROYS ALL INSECTS Non-poisonous, Non-explosive, Non-staining. BUT very eflfec- V tive. j* Price per tin SI. IO and 51.95. RIDS Continuous Sprayer $SjM each. 3 MKhIiAL HALL LTD. Opposite O P O Singapore SJKVK I K\\ ALITY— PRICE ECONOMY i Rapid Service Excellent Cuisine j i I Charming Surroundings i
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      225 2 HUNGARY'S GREATEST VIOLINIST SZIGETI TO-DAY A WORLD SENSATION. Recent English Press, 1929-30. Times. He played with a touch of the diablerie which one Imagines must have been Paganini's secret. Daily Telegraph. A more brilliant performance than this it would be hard to imagine. Liverpool Post and Mercury. He is one
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      343 2 1 WWOOPEE is on the wn?>l Im m 1111 m 3 9 I ifi fc^mfa^^^ TELEPHONE N2 6909~^^. I I TO-NIGHT 6.15 9.15 I yi Fox Movietone's Baffling Murder Mystery 1 I WARNER I I OLAND! AND STAR CAST IN I I Charlie Chan i ir- if I I Carries
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      341 2 THE WKKK W.'ljM-sdiy. iltl-.. Bftfta Water, 0444, BJ f 17.H T Pootball i;n. I alouc ;<• »s. M I I »s li ii ii bin m Q C v\ir A > rdei v Vehldea at BLR C SlI; Ocnfei in--. Clergs Ri treat CIU B C.C. < i:..ii;ii dinner lo
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      VERY FREE VERSE
      739 3 Strange New Hook by Mr. Drinkwater Mr. John Dnnkwater, the celebrated poet.' has found a new source of inspiration and a new cutlet for his creative genius. He has written the life of a film macnate. It is not m verse. It is not intended to be
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      ESPIONAGE TRIAL
      74 3 Theft of German Chemical Trust Documents Leipzig, June 9. A sensational espionage trial, following the theft of important documents from the famous Leuna works of the German Chemical Trust, said to have been sold to the French secret service, began before the Supreme Court today. The proceedings against
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    LIFE IN RUSSIA
    240 3 Jewish Visitor's Catalogue of Prices The prohibitive cost of foodstuffs m Soviet Russia WAJ tnttniantai frt tuC: annual ponierenee of the Federation oi Jewish Relief Organisations held m London. Mr. S. Koldofsky, who went on a mission to Russia on behalf of the Federation to 'ascertain the
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    IS AMUNDSEN ALIVE
    95 3 American Explorer's Belief Musruw, |WM 11. The possibility inn iiif famous explorer Amundsen is ttiU alive on Crown Prince Rudolf Inland, new Francis Josephs I. .uid m the Arctic Ocean is ailinned by th American Antic explorer, Mr. Fiaia. In tetU r to tin* Bovlrl Russian Company
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    HUGE SANDWICH MAN
    128 3 New York. May 16. James Finch, lamiliar figures to hundreds Of Harlem residents and believed to toe the largest negro m New York, has died of uremia at the age of 28. Finch, who was best known as a sandwich man. weighed 678 pounds. He was .seven
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    WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE
    41 3 Paris June 1.1. French women must renounce any hope oi obtaining the suffrage fur some time to com; 1 as the Chamber refusal by 320 to 208 votes to discuss a BiU proposing to ?ivp tbc .suffrage to women.
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    23 3 Wo understand that the natiws of M.uieira art prepared to .sell their r« volution or uould t'.\ change for .^omcthinu ust'ful. Punch don
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      219 3 I Estate Trust Agencies f 1 (1927) Limited. I I BRANCHES: jj ll t t^ r t°r S ot Str( et MALACCA. 11. "r ht S n PKNANG. I 14, Mvm Strret KI'ALA LUMPUR. i I Registered In and Security deposited with the Straits Settlements Government. Act as Trustees, Administrators,
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      88 3 E S<^EE*l FINDS \js VOICE OF LOVEV&B&&*****.''" Ill* IM «U vM tl m. Ml I I Ml t\ mm! ill i I 1 1 M I < j i i g k/^W ft IM fill; it I H ii|i'i' i I Cost never has and never shall govern TRIUMPH Equipment
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    BOMBER LAUNCHED BY CATAPULT
    555 4 1.000 U.P. Ciianl Power m Small Compass A huge bombing aeroplane, weighing nearly Dint tens, was catpulted into the air at Farnb rough, Hampshire, a.s easily as a boy catapults a stone. I was a new air wonder; a new scientific •enlevement By tiii mean- a
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    UNWASHED MOSCOW
    247 4 Privations for Lack of Soap Mi scow. May 12. One of the sharpest of Moscow's present-day deprivations is the lack of nap. D Ini on< recent month no was sold on some of th ration booklets; and during the last month the ration, at least for non-manual work
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    THE NAUTILIUS
    94 4 Expedition May be Abandoned London, June 15.. it is bettered hen that sir Hubert Wilkins will haw to abandon his Polar trip this year. :ts the submarine Nautilus, which is Ixhm towed to cork (formerly QtMicinilowu) by the American battleship Wyoming after having ■eriom engine defects midway between
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    WILD LIFE AS THE HUNTER SEES IT
    773 4 7 MILES FROM ANYWHERE Happy Beaet3 m a Park of Bluebells The new Whip;nade Zoo. near. Dunstable, Bedfordshire, was opened to the public on May 23. You arrive at this place which is seven miles from anywhere— before you know where you are.
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    'THE CATS' BARONESS'
    220 4 'THE CATS' BARONESS House and Furniture Left to Animals Vienna, May 13. Recently the ex-baroness Pransdska von Dittner died at the town of Mcediing, near Vienna. In her Villa she had kept a large number of catl and do!>,s. and she was known al--"the cats' baroness." m her will she
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    CALENDER REFORM
    237 4 Divided Opinion on Proposed Geue'u, June 14. In answer to the questionnaire sent out by the League of Nations committee of exports on Calender Reform to the Governments, organij sations, and leading men of all countries more than 8.000 answers have so far been received The replies seem
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    TRAPPED IN MOLTEN GLASS
    158 4 Blanket Lean for Life London. May IS. Molten glass (lowing from a huge tank winch had burst, burned everything j t touched at the works of the City Glass Bottle Company In I Ford's Park. Canning Town. E., early yesterI clay. Workmen, ai great risk to
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    CAMPAIGN AGAINST LOCUSTS
    89 4 a flve-year campaign against locusts has been organised by the Imperial Institute ol Entomology, uuh the support of the Empire Marketing Board, and three expert win leave England thla .summer to locate U» breeding. BTOlUlds m the Sudan and Kenya, to which the Insects retire between theii
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    CAPT. BAIRNSFATHER
    62 4 (ioini; to England to Re His Wife Captain BrUCC H.nrn.vl.it li> I uh<> routed 01. lull." tin character, told Intenriewei roiled mm as be embark* d on Ifauretanla at New York, thai affairs have bee. \U ho is ing to Bntland to _'"n> 1 I Laat year Mr
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      281 4 BgtwMtrWir^^^TTrnnT'' tM 17<)l< colds, chills, tin. sore thro. <-t< Rspa ir<- iron !.-r fu! remedy Whrn dissolved m the mouth i i l*ep« tablet gives od healing and germicidal fnim i r., h jj ,ir.- inr ill, (I tm-i t mi., the i.: !'«•]•> promptly allay inflammation and soreness m
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      435 4 THE FUTURE OF THE EMPIRE lies m the arms cf every nursim maker Y^^tejJST^J^y 'TpHERE arc occasions when, do what you i\ I y A. will, the Mother's milk remains scanty, v J weak and unsuitable. In these cases Sunshine Glaxo has proved helprul to the Mother, remedying the difficulty
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    CORNERING THRILLS AT BROOKLANDS
    654 5 BLUE BIRD'S RUN Famous Drivers m 'Hairpin' Races Racing round hairpin bends with cars frequently going to within a few inches of the edge of the track one actually touched it at speed, shot completely round and went on again provided thrills m plenty at Brooklands,
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    BACK SEAT DRIVING
    389 5 Car Owners and Responsibility A mild pother has been raised as a result of the announcement made by the Singapore Automobile Club on the question of the liability of owners when their drivers are charged with dangerous driving, says the Pinang Gazette. Referring to the charge of
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      281 5 a sporty Roadster a t a truly low price Gleaming with chromium plate, finished m sporting colours and built on low rakish lines, this 1931 Chevrolet de Luxe Roadster is one of the handsomest cars on the road. A wide, easily-entered "dickey" at the back seats two people m comfort
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      388 5 PURE [11 MILK r T*is. RE v J l nHSEDM]^ Sleek, well-kept cows -^aboutthe Milkmaid ife: '"HA graze all day long m pastures which defies tjm fw lffl these fertile valleys, illustration m black and Their Milk is pure white. Blue skie^ PC^S^J^H and rich; full of nourmirrored m silvery
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    Chess Problems and Solutions.
    1118 6 Chess Problems and Solutions. J" By Our Chess Editor. I ProMea No. 120. (By H. Dudley.) i Black two pieces I I World Championship NO date h;«s yt t been Oxed 1 W the long h ped fcr return match between Dr Alekhlne and Benor Cap;iblatu:i The negOttaUcm are I
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    ALE AND FAREWELL.
    374 6 The A.O.F.H. Drinks Its Last Toast So the Ancient Order of Froth-blowers exists DO longer. After a merry life of seven years it has gone into voluntary liquidation. The organisation has lost its moving spirits by death— Blower No. O. Mr. "Bert" Temple, and Sir Alfred Fripp.
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    MY LORD'S ENGLISH
    487 6 Wb"n Mr. Justice Hawke and counsel spend five minutes dLscussing the prounciation of geyser" it is evident that the Courts are still particular about the English used m them, which is just as well m days when the niceties Of speech are rather despised, writes L. S.
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    GIBRALTAR CRUMBLING
    341 6 Shattering Effect of Fire of Guns Tiie rock of Gibraltar is not such a symbol of strength to-day ar it ru when, more than 200 years ego, Brit; m first fortified M geological exports m Paris declare. Thf rock i.s said to be crumbling an 1 .shrinking. The
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    BOOKS THAT BANISH WORRY
    233 6 BOOKS THAT BANISH WORRY Excitement of a Good "Thriller" Publishers* statistics have revealed the fact, Mil |N hint to many, that during the present period of difficult economic conditions, the sale of novels has increased greatly. Books have ceased to be a luxury and have become a necessity. The type
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    HANKERS' BIOGRAPHY
    281 6 Six Copies at $25,000 a Volume N*'»v York. A dramatic insight into the psychology of the late George F. Baker, known as the "Dean of American Finance. 1 has come to light with the discovery that the great banker, who I abhored publicity, had a biography of his
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    FOR THE BOOK SHELF
    460 6 Money agrafes, by Upton Sinclair. (Werner Laurie Ltd j This is a series cf critical essays on writings Gf Present day American authors. It consist ,of 47 chapters teeming with sarcasm, yet with patches of intense human sympathy. Upton Sinclair was earnest m his early book
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    Bridge Notes and Problems.
    1033 6  - Bridge Notes and Problems. HORATIUa THE UNCONSCIOUS CHEAT 'THERE is nothing more reprehensible among men than cheating at cards. It is ,he unforgivable crime and its perpetration inevitably incurs the ostracism of tv culprit. But there are degrees of cheating, which range from the perceptible intonation of a voice to
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    AWKWARD GIFTS
    222 6 Once the small river steamer leaves 'he old stone quay beneath the masque at Bagdad for her journey down the Tigris, the captain the only Briton on boaid. is responsible for the safety and well-being of the 500 deck passengers she carries for village ports on the river
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    THE BRIDGE CLOTH
    400 6 instead of the eternal green rhseb i M-y easily becomes worn and girl bridge cloth is coming into hi bion has the advantage that it will .suit otfa I than those dedicated entirely to card times it Is made m bfltee, but re. any scft woollen material
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    36 6 The Rockefeller contract has b) for the erection of a three- t building for the accommodation oi I at the Bangkok Suiraj Hospital I structure will cost £15.000 and proi gardens for the recreation of BUT
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    ENCAGED THE SECOND TIME THEY MET
    383 7 "I AM SO HAPPY" An Ambassador's Daughter Tells Her Love Story Frankly, when I called at the Turkish. Embassy to congratulate Mile. Emel Peret Bey, the Ambassador's daughter, on her engagement to Wahid Yousry Bey, son of Princess Chivekiar of Egypt, I was a
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    LENGTH OF SERMONS
    422 7 Controvery Among London Preachers How lone should a sermon last The Archbishop or York. Dr. Temple, favours sermons that take at least thirty minutes, combined with a shortened service of a hymn ?nd bnet prayers. "The fact that the principal sung service on Sunday mornings is usually
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    STOLEN LUTHER BIBLE
    105 7 Valuable Book Recovered Halle, June 12. Tbe Luther Bible dating from 1522, said to be worth more than 100.000 Reichsmarks and stolen years ago from the Canstein Institute has been recovered, police investigations having led to the arrest of a former watchman employed by the Institute, who
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    COMEDY OF ERROR
    167 7 Gilbertian Situation m S. African Senate Capetown, May 18. A Gilberlian situation m which Ministers of the Crown narrowly averted their own disenfranchisement enlivened the usual drab dtocuMftcm m the Senate f dij Dr. Malan. Minister of ihe Interior, discovered that if the Government's amendment to the
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    LABRADOR NOT FOR SALE
    109 7 Newfoundland Premier's Emphatic Denial A report published by a New York news- 1 paper that Newfoundland was f.u-inu bunk- 1 ruptcy and proposed to sell Labrador "to Europe for £20.000.000 has met with a categorical denial from Sir Richard Squires, the Prime Minister of Newfoundland. "Labrador
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    39 7 Miss Aldworth, whose father. Mr. J. R. O Aldworth, was a well-known member of the Malayan Civil Service several years ago. recently came put from Home on a visit to Malaya. She is at present with friends m Taiping.
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    ANOTHER AIR RECORD
    153 7 French Airmen's Closed Circuit Flight Istres (France i, June IS. The Trait Union, piloted by l.rljii:.. Doff* and Cadiou. m an attempt «;n Urn world record m a closed circuit, had at :\.\l p.m rour•:d 9.013 kms. 400, beati; v the previous record made by Paillard and
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      194 7 f* HENLEYS I NON-ALCOHOLIC j I CVDERSNAP t /r)i~iivv i iljijjl i r> II PRIfF \|.,il<» mm All riuix Jrf H ill dozen I PVnED J* s *—m*w''¥; Non-Returnable S HULK Pi <#^ #4fJlfs2M Bottles. BOTTLKD BY I I THE PHOENIX AERATED WATER WORKS. SINGAPORE. I |£9^ BAAi Motor Cycle,
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      201 7 [f^WXtr tte^wm LUrivCilMfflLt? ggggggaffA I WnL V 4 Jf^gßß^|BßßajaßßßßßßßaajaaßßßJßßJg^Bja^g^|B^g^g^|^g^g^g^B^g^^^^^|^|^|^|^|^|^|^g^^^|^^HH^^HMß^^^^H^^ BY BBf H «af H fl LIVER EXTRACT IN TABLET FORM Supplied m bottles containing 240 Anaemia caused by impoverishment or insuffkreney of blood, ta n>p<mviblc for tablets $5. and 120 tablets $2.7&— lack of vitality and general debility. It has
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    'YARD' READY FOR THE TRICKSTERS
    376 8 TEASHOP G.H.Q. Record Invasion of "Easy Money Men" Confidence trick merchants, share pusliers. and card shurpers are flocking to London at the present time m numbers far beyond the seasonal average. There are more "easy money men" of this kind there than the police even
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    N.E.I. PEOPLE'S COUNCIL
    252 8 Dutch Labour Delegates' Rudeness [From Our Own Correspondent) Batavia. Junp fi. At the opening of Ihg People's Council the Governor -Genial delivered the last speech of his term as he ".ill leave for Holland m Va^ist next. His speech vaa a general review of the present depression,
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    DELAYED AIR MAIL
    238 8 Held Up At Akyab Much anxiety was felt locally yesterday, says the Straits Echo of Saturday, when It became known that there was no news of the Royal Dutch air mail which left Amsterdam on the 11th instant and which was expected to arrive at Alor Star
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    CRIME WAVE IN WASHINGTON
    327 8 U.S. Capital Holds Its Head UP Washington, May 20. Washington, which for some months has struggled against the stigma imposed upon it last year by the President as being the "country's model city." is rejoicing m a small but undeniably authentic crime wave. For the past
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    51 8 Believing that he is doomed to death within a month or two from distomiasis, a rare parasitic disease of the Far East, the Rev. Ralph Thurber. former missionary to Korea, has decided to offer himself as a subject of experiment to the medical staff of the Johns Hopkins University at
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      262 8 wmm^i #w^^ MALARIA. g 1 1 I Start taking |l I XTVII, TO-DAY/ I m OBTAINABLE AT ALL CHEMISTS AND STORES. if; at 51.50 and $2.60. The 52.60 size contains double the quantity. jj g Distributors: ADAMSON, GILFILLAN Co., LTD. !fi Singapore and Branches. j Natural Chemicals, Ltd.. 28. St.
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      182 8 V Vti-^f i V j)ij) His healt h V 'w m lies m K 'Wksl^f! your keeping! PJOW can boys and girls with power to ward off infecplay the rollicking games tion. The Lifebuoy health they love without picking up element will protect them dust and dirt daitgerous at home
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      382 9 rU siness cards. fimi MERCHANTS. sixiAI'OKK CASKET CO. N r iA 3, Penhas Road. t({ l.iv.i.J«r street— Phone 6075. HE PHOTOGRAPHED BY B MlilNT BUCKERIDGE aft** I awl Work— Lowest Rate* UpLAW lUliniNG— Phone 7898. --JJfj PEWKITBB AGENCY I ATIONFRS ANl>| iJaW**"- "SK REPAIRERS. av^PHt *ZdJ** f'rompt svr.ic<- and WT|(^
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      738 9 TENDERS. SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL NOTICE. TENDERS. NOTICE is hereby given that tenders are now invited for the following materials or services. and that particulars of such tenders may he obtained m the Tender Room. Municipal Offices Supply of Carts. Bullocks and Drivers (or 1-ton lorries with drivers* for removal of materials
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      663 9 TRADE MARK NOTICE. NOTICE la heuby niven that the above Trade Mark, which formerly belonged to CALIFORNIA CRUSHED FRUIT CORPORATION of 1601. East 16th Street. Los Angeles, California. United States of America, and was used by the said firm m connection with the undermentioned articles, is now the property of
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      527 9 AUCTION SALES. CONTINUATION OF SALE OF SKLETAR PLANTATIONS. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21th, AT 2.30 P.M. VALUABLE 999 YEARS' LEASEHOLD AND STATUTORY GRANT LAND THE PROPERTY OF THE SELETAR PLANTATIONS LTD. DIVIDED INTO BUILDING AND BUNGALOW ALLOTMENTS. Al MESSRS. CIIEONG KOON SENG CO.'s saleroom. No. 30 Chulia Street 97 Lots of valuable
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1931. MR. HOOVER GETS A GOOD PRESS
    815 10 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1931. MR. HOOVER GETS A GOOD PRESS The first flush of enthusiasm stimulated by Mr. Hoover's war debt offer will, m a day or so, begin to subside, and there will come a reaction of criticism which will be inspired, at least m some
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    480 10 Yesterday being the thirty-seventh anniversary of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales birthday, all the ships m the harbour were decorated with flags. Municipal Commission meets on Friday at 2.15 p.m. Amongst other business the taking over as public streets of Jellicoe Road, Kramat Lane, and Kitchen Road will be proposed.
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    A LEGAL PROTECTION THAT IS UNNECESSARY
    908 10 CONFESSIONS TO POLICE Interesting Point Raised m Sikh Murder Case Comments on the non-justification of a Section m the Criminal Procedure Cede of the Colony which lays' down that no confession made to a police officer under the rank of an inspector is permissible
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    KUALA LUMPUR CRICKET
    137 10 [From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, June 22. In a Padang home and home match on Saturday 15 bowlers were tried by both sides and though 70 overs were delivered there was not one maiden In the Stonor Shield Foenander. playing for the V.M.C.A. against the Singhalese
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    RESEARCH AND STUDY OF LEPROSY
    389 10 DOCTOR'S WOULD Tor R Slow and Di ::oun» >, ne Treatment An interesting MMBbtl ftl fession paid a brief visit days ago. He was Dr. w Z who had practiced his prof< South West Ohio, for n« at the ripe age of 71 year, Dl
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    LAW NOTICE
    96 10 Wednesday June, 24th Before the Ar. Chief .];!;<■ Thome and Mr. Juttlce aH 10.30 a.m m the Ist Court Court of Appeal:— Ma lace i Suit S.V.S. Muthuraman Chettiar and E. Kong Guan and Others, rod I oU> peals. Before Mr. Justice Simp on 2nd Court:' Bankruptcy: Petitions
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    143 10 Saturday's R.S.Y.C. Regatta The following is the pragnmn day's Rowing Itfgnttl 4.40 p.m. Junior E'.iirs.— Co <ireen Yrllow Bow n.h. Holm fci Thompson L B Str: W. B. Pi^e D.W.lfcLßOd f Cox Mrs. Pig^e Miss Duniic 4.55 p.m. Club loins— < water. S. R. Urquhart Bam V i v.
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    LONG SERVICE AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDALS
    59 10 War Oilier ;«ppn>\;»! h award <>t the Long Service wad Medal as mirier v Havildar Ifuhd JtJiM > N R.A. EC Qr. Mr C H 1•• cq.m.s. .1 H mooaw 8.1 Ortnler Rifle Brigade grant V C. OTOonMU I c, Clarke. Ba mc S'r.a.o.c
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      520 11 1 tcctptancc Essential to I Success I BITTEB TRIAL" I t's Service] I Paris, June 23. 1 I the Hoover proposal I deckle the text of its reply I .-morrow. I k> -Official Service I Rusrby, June 23. I !i<f by Britain of PreI is warmly approved
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      JAPAN TO ACCEPT
      26 11 Eastern Service] I Tokyo, June 111. j thta morniiiK discussed the I .it is understood, virtualJ the proposal as soon as it reached.
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    CHIANG KAI-SHEK
    64 11 f or Drive on Reds and Kandits fttf Eastern Service] Vm< hunff, Kiansxi. June 23. K.n-shek arrived here yesh mm -boat from Nanking. liis headquarters here and 250.000 Nationalist troops •'i' Kiukian^ and Kian preive drive on bandits and Kianj-'si Province, where they I responsible for damage to
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    17 11 hrn arrived m M: lacca D A E. Bell (who WOrn on ttt Of the Hongkong and
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      U.S. FLIERS' PLAN
      116 11 Neck and Neck Race with Danes fßeuter's Service) «m n Roosevelt Fieli, June 23. Wiley Post and Harold Gatty. who plan a round the world flight m seven days m their acr C p la "Minniemae." took off this morning or Harbour Grace, whence they will attempt
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      LINDY'S FAR EAST FLIGHT
      232 11 Alternative Routes to China Washington. June 11. Col. Charle* a Lindbergh announces he k considering at least four routes to be followed on his proposed flight to China and Japan with Mrs. Lindbergh. Col. and Mrs. Lindbergh were the guests of honour at a luncheon given
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      LONE ATLANTIC FLIGHT.
      322 11 Woman Aims to Reach "Croydon Or Beyond" The fourth anniversary of Col. Lindbergh's non-stop trans-Atlantic flight saw the final preparations for a solo flight from America to Great Britain by Miss Ruth Nichols, the American flyer and holder of the women* altitude record. Alterations to increase the
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    COMMODITY MARKET
    94 11 LONDON AND NEW YORK TIN AND RUBBER PRICES [FREE PRESS SERVICE COPYRIGHT] London, June 23. Messrs. Lewis, Lazarus and Sons notify tc-day's tin prices as follows: Spot £107 916 (£lOB 2 16). Forward not cabled. (£lO9 14 16). The market is easier. Messrs. Symington and Sinclair notify to-day's
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    WIMBLEDON
    49 11 Further Results m Ladies' Matches Renter's Service 1 London, June 23. At Wimbledon to-day Senorita D'Alvarez b?at Mrs. Leycett 2 6. 6 l, 6 2, Mrs. Van Ryn beat Miss Clarke 6 3, 6 3. In the second round Jiro Satoh beat Rogers. 4—6, 7—5. 6—3. 6 2.
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      136 11 Engine Failure Over the Sea [FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT] Bangkok. June 23. The Dutch air mail which left Europe on June 11 arrived at Don Muang only yesterday. It arrived at Akyab two days ahead of schedule, but was then held up by the violence of the south-west
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      DUTCH AIR MAIL
      133 11 The Experimental Flight to Australia In the House of Commons m mail week Mr. Matters asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether he had any information as to the success of the initial flight of a Dutch mailcarryine aeroplane from Batavia to Australia: and whether it
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    WINDING UP PETITION
    242 11 Affairs of Siput Tin Company [From Our Own Correspondent I Ipoh, June 23. Mr. Justice Prichard was engaged a whole day m hearing- the petition for winding up of Siput Tin Company, Ltd. The petitioners were the Malayan Collieries, who. through their counsel. Mr. P. Ford stated
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    DEAD CHIEF'S PROPERTY
    78 11 Europeans Escape m Tribal Fight Durban, June 12. A big tribal fight has broken out m the districts of Grey town. Muden and Weenen. Hundreds of huts are ablaze and the native casualties are believed to be heavy. The fight arose over the distribution of the property
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    ANTI-LOCUST CAMPAIGN
    78 11 Peasant Army Mobilized m South Bessarabia Bucharest, June 12. An army of 15.000 peasants is reported to have been mobilized m South Bessarabia to fight the invasion of locusts, which has already resulted m the ravaging of crops over an area of 80 square miles. Hundreds of miles
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    RINDERPEST OUTBREAK
    34 11 Cattle Export from Siam Suspended I FREE PRESS SERVICE—COPYRIGHT 1 Bangkok, June 23. On account of rinderpest, the exportation of cattle, buffaloes, sheep, and goats from southern ports has been temporarily suspended.
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    BUNGALOW TRAGEDY
    33 11 Scotsman Found Shot Dead Calcutta, June 11. Shillong, June Uth. Mr. W. B. Urmson (50), of Scotland, Manager of Kilburn's Tezpur (Assam) Agency, was found shot dead m his bungalow yesterday.
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    CORDITE FACTORY EXPLOSION
    123 11 DORSET HORROR Sulphuric Acid Tank Bursts ELEVEN MISSING [Reuter's Service] London, June 23. Eleven are missing and were almcst certainly blown to pieces as a result of a terrific explosion m the Naval Cordite Factory at Holton Heath, near Wareham. Dorset. Work was m full swing when
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    CRICKET
    153 11 The Rest Teams for Clarke Cup Trial The following have been selected and are invited to participate m the trial match to be played on the SRC. ground on Saturday and Sunday the 27th and 28th inst.. play commencing at 2 p.m. and 11 a.m. punctually: "A" Team: P.
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    S.C.C. CRICKET
    50 11 The following have b:ci invited tc play cricket for P.S. ft L. vs. Services on Friday and Saturday: Dr. J. H. Strahan. W. Haxworth. E. G. Btatmton, A. Inglis, Paul Storr. h. g. Parr on, w. PoUenfant, f. vine, r. s Tufnell. J. C Cooke. C. C. Simpocn.
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    S.C.C. SNOOKER
    153 11 Ties m the Straight Championship Ties to commence at 6.15 p.m. Tables will be allotted. Thursday, June 25th. P. Carmichael vs. V. P. F. Walsh; O. E. H. Cutler vs. P. J. L. Mayger; P. H. Romney vs. C. P. Burke; A. V. Harris vs. F. Starr. Friday,
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    CHELSEA F. C. FINANCES
    78 11 Expenditure Exceeds Income by £3,340 TFREE PRESS SERVICF COPYRIGHT] London, June 22. In spite of the fact that Chelsea, as a result of their adoption of the Arsenal policy of acquiring star players, enjoyed large gates during the season, their accounts show that their expenditure during
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    LAWN TENNIS
    54 11 Championship Final Postponed The final of the Singapore lawn tennis singles championship between Lim Bong Soo and S. Matsukawa which could not be played yesterday owing to the rain, will be played this afternoon. The match was begun on Wednesday. When play ceased Matsukawa was leading 7 6
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    MRS. HEARN ACQUITTED
    41 11 End of Double Murder Trial London, Jufte 23. Mrs. S. A. Hearn accused of murdering her sister Lydia Eitard m July last year and Mrs. A. M. Thcmas m November, was found not guilty at Bodmin Assizes, Cornwall.
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    LEAGUE FOOTBALL
    38 11 S.C.C.-S.R.C. Match Postponed The first Division football match between the S.C.C. and the S.R.C. which was to have been played yesterday afternoon at the Anson Road Stadium was canceled owing to the ground being ur:'?r \v.:ter.
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    THE ROUND TABLE CONFERENCE
    308 12 THE PRINCES' ATTITUDE No Postponement to be Considered ITIIK BIKMA DISTURBANCES I British Radh>-OiTK ial Berflce] Ku:by. Junp 22. Tlir BteTCtary for India. Col. Wedgwood Bcnn, MHNMnd m the negative a question m Ute Commons to-day whither the Government would consider the ad\ Usability of postponing
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    AUSTRIA'S FINANCES
    62 12 Clovernment Approves Rank of England's Action I British Radio Official Service Rugby. June 22. The Forrißn Secretary. Mr. Arthur Henderson, on rrlerrirs Id >hf Common^ to the •uUance by the Brink of Ei.t'land of four and < a half million pounds to Austria, r lid the Gov- j
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    NOVELIST'S SMALL ESTATE
    31 12 Arnold Bennett Leaves Only £4,000 I British Radii) Official Service Fu«by. June 22. Arnold Bennett, the well-known au.hor. whose ill was proved 10-day. left estate valued at 14.000
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    NEW BRUNSWICK FIRE
    56 12 A Considerable Damage to C. P. R. Premises St. John's. New Brunswick. June 22. Damage estimated at $10,000,000 was caused fey a fire at the harbour front terminal warehouses of the Canadian Pacific Railv.ay. A *".i;tm elevator and many boats were destroyed *s well as the Government
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    A MOUNT FABER SALE
    162 12 Methodist Mission Dispose of College Site It will be of interest to know that Rev. J. F\ P*>at. Mission Treasurer, acting for the Finance Committee, has solU a strip of land on the summit of Mount Fab;r to the Straits Oovernraent for the purpose of a
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    GOVERNMENT HOUSE
    102 12 Monday. June l."». Mr and Mrs. D W. Tratman and Professor K. Tratman had luncheon at Government Home Tuesday. June IC. Ih< lion Mr, C W H Cochrane. Hon. Mr M B Bhafef and M;v, Shelley had luncheon -»t Ci.Tvernment Housi Wednesday. June 17. M !*> Fol. MMMtent
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    WILL SUBMARINE AND AIRSHIP MEET?
    91 12 SIR H. WILKINS FIRM Graf-Zeppelin's Flight Cancelled f Heater's Service] Btrlin, June 23. In firm of tttt difficulties tc Sir Hubert Welkins' submarine, tho Nautilu Dr. Eeker.er has announced lhat he has abandoned the pnpoeed flight to the N.-Li Pole m the Oraf-Zepp-lin i s
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    ARDWICK BY-ELECTION
    98 12 Labour's Greatly Reduced Majority I neuter's Service] Lcndon, June 1%. The ri'.vul. ol the Ardwlek by-election caused by the c!c ith of the Labour member, Mr. Thomas Lowth. resulted as follow: Mr. Joseph Ktnderscn (Labour* 15.294 Mr Sydney Eibor.ie (Cons.i 14.980 Mr. Tom Lowth died m the Royal
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    AIRWOMAN'S ACCIDENT
    76 12 Atlantic Aspirant Injured m Faulty Landing IReuter's Service I St. John's. New Brunswick. June IS. The airwoman. Miss Ruth NicholLs. who arrived ben on the first llage of her transAtlantic flight, was injured m a faulty landing and taken to hospital. Miss Nicholls' accident was due to landing
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    DRUGS CONFERENCE
    35 12 Working Out New Schemes I Reuters Service Geneva. June 22. The conference on the limitation of narcotics adjourned for two days to enable the French and Japanese delegations to work out their scheme.
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    AN ADMIRABLE SELECTION
    304 12 Mr. Caldecott as Chief Secretary lFrom Our Own Correspondent I Kuala Lumpur. June 22. The Malayan Daily Express understands on good authority that Mr. Caldecott. Acting i British Resident. Selangor. has been selected |by the High Commissioner to act as Chief Secretary when Mr. Cochrane goes on
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    CHINESE IN MALAYA
    184 12 'Malaya presents the amusing spectacle of three horses racing together with the British Government acting as judge and handicapper j combined We must endeavour to have the weight of the Chinese horse reduced and we must maintain our horse m good form," said Dr. Ong Chang Keng
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    THE KING OF SIAM'S SIGHT
    1090 12 RETURN TO NORMAL LIFE Cataract Operation Successful I From Our Own Correspondent! Bangkok, June 17. There has been a very general feeling of relief that the King has come through his i operation for cataract successfully, and he is once more able to live a
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    INDIAN PRINCES AND FEDERATION
    487 12 ATTITUDE UNCHANGED "Subject to Confirmation by Chamber" Bhopal, June 12. The Nawab of Bhopal, Chancellor of the Chamber of Princes, has issued the following statement to the Press: The Chancellor has had brought to his notice several .statements which have appeared recently m the Press suggesting
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    GRAVEST DANGERS
    375 12 The Maharaja of Patiala's Views Simla. Junr 16. The Maharaja of Patiala has released for publication his note on Federation and the Indian States. It is an eighteen-page statement, (the gist of which has already appeared m these columns* describing the scheme proposed by the Federal Structure Committee
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    87 12 Mr. Yong Nghr, D jin. the popular teacher r-d Sports Secretary of the Anglo-Chinese Sr-hnol was entertained by his colleagues at a ftorewel] dinner at the Capitol Restaurant on Thursday last. There werr prer^nt the prinriml Mr. T. W. Hinch and about thirty teachers from the three divisions of the
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    "MR. GANDHI'S HEROISM IS A MYTH"
    768 12 COLENSO INCIDENT Sir T. Gallwey on Mahatma's Hoer War Service London, June IS. Major-General Sir Thomas Gallwey has promptly contradicted the remarlc; of the Rev. i C. P. Andrews m regard to Mr. Gandhi I heroic j military services m the Boer War. In
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    CALCUTTA HEAT WAVE
    199 12 Three Europeans Succumb to Heatstroke Calcutta, June li. The second and third cases of the death of Europeans from heatstroke occurred yesterday, the victims being: Mr. S. A. Blues <31>. sub- accountant of Lloyd's Bank: and Mr. J. C. Marshall, of Mackintosh, Burn Ltd. It is rumoured
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    EYES OF WORLD ON FRANCE
    431 12 I WILL SIIK AGRER The Sacrifice of £20,000,000 A TONIC BIT NOT I i.m-.i. \est,:day ,h, (Ars (lf v Washington and Berlin; to-da; Paris, from where must for the mcom or f ,ilun effort to save Germany it is generally recognised n i., after the
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    RAFFLES LIBRARY
    255 12 The undernoted non-fiction wort ready tor issue on Baturday at a-iu Birkenhead (Earl of. BditOf M English letters. 1931 Brettie (L.» Social and Beonomk 1931. illus. maps Cross <W.l> Four Contemi 1930. Dennery <e» Asia*- Teeming atttUon illus. Dodd (EH Oreal Dipper to Bouthei 1930. (Cruising) Elwenspoek cCurt»
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      STUDY OF CAPTAINCY
      1384 13 The Qualities of Personal Leadership When Richard Nyren left the Hambledon club it was said that "the head and right arm was gor.e." and that though, according to Beldham. he was "not half a flayer as Wt reckon them to-day." It is true that the spin of
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      299 13 How New Amateur Champion Does It are born to be true strikers of the ball, whii? ethers like John de Forest have had to work for many weary hours to reform this telling department of their gam- fr :n a rough in/v a sound stroke, writes C.B.M. m The
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    CONTINENTAL SOCCER
    356 13 Austria's Valuable Players Ak>x Jackson and Alex Cheyne. Chelsea's Scottish international forwards, who are touring the Continent lor a holiday, have not been able to give Soccer a miss, says an Evening News correspondent. Writing from Berlin, Alex Jackson tells me they have been having the time of
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    AMERICAN BASEBALL
    39 13 fßeut€r's Service 1 London. June It. Latest baseball results are as follow. NATIONAL LEAGUE New York 4: Pittsburgh 5. Brooklyn 7: Chicago 6. Bos ton 6: St. Louis Boston 0: St. Louis l. Cincinnatti l: Philadelphia 7.
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      477 14 British India and Apcar Lines (Incorporated In England). MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. CO UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVEKMu T LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE OUTWARDS FROM LONDON FOR CHINA JAPAN Hue u^ Tonnage. Singapore. Tonna^ Mnraplr, IMI. KARMALA I.OtO khyber 9.000 June
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      542 15 SAILING NO! 1(1 (<€ I OF FAMOUS ill IX\ PRESIDENT LFNERS JIM Ml I TO MARSEILLES, NEW YORK AND BOSTON MM I FROM SINGAPORE \\f> PEN ANfj x CCLOMT\O \I M ■I > SI'EZ, PORT SAIE). ALEXANDRIA, MPLCS AN) IB mV\ GENOA. MM MM/ Arrive Leave Lp;»\: Arrive £m^ Mm
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      831 15 K. P. ML KONINKLYKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION COMPANY OP BATAVIA.J (Incorporated m Holland.) UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT Telephone No 5451. with sub-connections to.-Passage, PreigbU Transhipment, Marine Departments and Managers desk. Representatives m the Straits Settlements (Singapore and Penan f > of the TRAVriLERS OFFICIAL INFORMATION
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      495 16 Burns Philp Line. (Incorporated m Australia). FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailing by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7.375 tons) and the SS MANGOLA (3.352 taas). [Cargo only] s-s. MARELLA is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia Cabins de
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      49 16 X.P.M. Royal Packet Navigation Co. of Batavia. s.s. LE MAIRE. sailing July 6th from Batavia for PORT MORESBY, SAMARAI, NOUMEA, PORT VILLA and RABAUL. Connecting steamer from Singapore: s.s. OP TEN NOORT sailing July 3rd. For freight and passage apply: Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij. Corner Robinson Road and Pinlayson Green.
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      570 16 KERR STEAMSHIP Co. l nc (Incorporated In XJJBJL) GENERAL AGENTS. NEW YORK SERVICE. Regular Freight Service to Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore (via Suez). Doe Ball> n» f(r M.S. SILVERCYPRESS July 7 July 13 M.S. SIL\ r ERWALNUT July 21 July 27 For rates and particulars please apply to:—
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      679 16 MAIL DESPATCHES BY TRAIN Kuala Pahang Pekan. Sungei Lembing and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. 6 a.m Bangkok every Thursday 6 a.m. Kota Tinggi, Sererrfban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping, Penang and Kedah and Lower Siam 6 a.m. Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 6
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      133 16 VESSELS ARRIVED Kelantan. Brit. 562, from Malacca 23. for Malacca 24. Pyrrhus, Brit. 4803. from Vladivostock 23, for Port Swettenham 24. Batoe, Dut 4129, from Calcutta 23. for Tanjong Pandan 24. Iyo Maru, Jap. 3667, from Bombay 23, for Osaka 23. Kota Tjandi, Dut. 4581. from Batavia 23, for Belawan
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      146 17 IfOUfoe: Mr. Mitchel De Jong.' I).' Jodu. Miss Maybelte De Young. Ifr Hsu Pi Ku. Rev. Dubois ISMMC Morales. Mr. O. G. St-cn, Stillmmn, Mr. 'Charles H. Talbot.' H Talbot, Miss Mary Talbot. Masrrom Sourabaya. Mrs. Me cielIfr B Wills. Mr. Gwinnell. Mr. mm i-. Mr. Sht'ik Dawocd,
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      RANGOON HARBOUR EXPLOSION
      148 17 13 Men Gravely Injured < Injured In an explosion i hold of the Chindwin h Sub Pagoda Wharf, (sayi te). The explosion is be-' rataneoui combustion. iiicli broke out m the hold Rangoon harbour. 1 >usly. whicn had been put out. !i- air at about 10-20 m
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      647 17 New Preparations For Salvage Brest. May 11. recover the sunk n bullion. jOOO, from the wreck of 1 the ;>t will begin again as soon Tii" work is still m >>f the Borima Company, of Genoa. ship, the Artiglio. named old which war lost near ting out at
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      BOSTON AS TERMINUS
      350 17 Plan to Reduce Atlantic Voyage by One Day New York. A short-cut between the United States and Europe, which will reduce the present running time of the fastest steamships by a whole day by the simple method of using Boston as a port of entry and taking
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      LOSS OF THE INDIAN CHIEF
      254 17 Death of Last Member of Rescue Crew The death of Mr. Charles Verrion. ot Ramsafe of 85. has removed the last survivor of th" Ramsgate life-boat crew which mi over 50 years r.po, carried out a remark-'•fe-boat rescue. This was the rescue of 12 survivors
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    62 17 Tho death took place on May 23 of If. Lucier Estrine. head of the firm of Estiine ci Cithe well-known Marseilles agents cf the P. and O. Owptny. M. Fstrine. who was 79 yon-, Of Bft, til born m London of French parents. He was widely known m shipping, commercial,
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    858 17 Eastern Produce by Rail to Europe r Harbin, 31a y ?,o. Some months ago the question of shipping soya beans by direct rail from Manchuria tc Hamburg or Danish towns was brought up by I the Soviet company which works under the name of "Exporthleb." This company was
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    218 17 British Gunboat m a Chinese Dockyard Mr. H. Arnold of Manchester writes to The Times: In your issue of May 19 you published a telegram from Shanghai announcing the launching of the British gunboat Falcon at the Chinese Government dockyards. May I. as a director of one
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    POLISH LITERARY RELIC
    240 18 Ancient "Book of Psalms" Recovered Vienna. May 13. The Austrian monastery of St. Flor'ian at Linz. the Capital Of Upper Austria, has jiet mid an Illustrated Book of Psalms, written m Latin, German, and Polls n. and dating from the fourteenth century, to the Polish Government for
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    VIVIAN GORDON'S MURDER
    148 18 VIVIAN GORDON' S MURDER Police Seek Man Behina (rime Athough the men who an murdV red Vivian rd actress who was found d m York park, are no* ml Immediate accomphci th fled. They ar eeking th the crime. The reason the police now under am at were nu ii
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    A TRAGIC YEAR
    91 18 onditions m South IV) t Aft* n a tragic j port ol the representative! can Government, atr I carrying out of the nai German Colo: big thai la;,< ye ir pr v* ol prolonge I M P have, according to tin i til ible loan to ahttOSl
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    FISHERMAN KILLED BY AEROPLANE
    1178 18 DEATH FROM THE SKIES Extraordinary Irish Tragedy I From Our Own Correspondent i Dublin, May 25. To Lave survived and come with credit through the Great War and yet to be killed In his own fishing boat on Lough Neogh by a crashing aeroplane, was the
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    107 18 Mr. P. E. Gleichauf. of Akron. Ohio. Manat-r of the Far Eastern Division of the Qoodyear Export* CO., arrived m Rangoon by the Du'cb air mail from Batavia. Mr. Gleichauf has been touring different parts of the Far Eat and the Orient since February last and beino very much interested
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      408 18 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. (Incorporated m England by Royal Cnarter) Paid up capital m 600,000 shares of £5 each £3,000,000 Reserve Fund £4,000,000 Reserve" Liability of Proprietors £3.000,000 HEAD OFFICE: 38. Sishopsgate, London, E.C. 2. Agencies and Branches: Alor Star Hong Kong Saigon Amritsar Iloilo Semarang
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      338 18 BANKING. MERCANTILE BANK OK INDIA, LTD. i incorporated In England) Capital 13.000,000 Subscribed 1.800,000 Paid-up 1.050,000 Reserve Fund and Rest 1.666,845 BOARD OF DIRECTORS; J. M. Ryrie, Esq, Chiirman. P. R. Chalmers, Esq., Charles J. Hambro. Esq., J. O Robinson, Esq., W. H. Shelford, Esq.. Sir Thomas Catto, Bart. Sir
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      153 18 INSURANCE. THE SB SOUTH m t BRITISH 7 INSURANCE COfaVAMI l \\\> FIRE, MARINE, rRANSII AND MOTOR CAK INSURANCE ACCEPTED \i LOWEST CUBEBNI i K > L C. MARGOLIOUIK Oflice: 2. Finl.r. PERSONAL ACCIDENT! FATAL ACCIDENTS a, c i, 'lAVE you made prOTteion I i of your dependents s»-. overtake
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    ELECTRIFYING CHINA
    1023 19 ing, Macao and Hong Kong d transmission system for the > .tu-s and Vfflages of including an Inter-con-ID, H'»nn K(»im and Maca^ imical svstciu f.,r th.s pi Kwangzi, Hunan, Kmnpsi Kwangtung. These prot:i additional area lor th< (be '.ransnii.ssicn system a an area of ion MM) aquarc ilation
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    THE CABLE COMPANIES
    194 19 TH E CABLE COMPANIES The KPfett of Wireless Competition The annual report ol the Ore it North -m Telegraph Co. which la Incorporated m "Dr.mark, referring to arireleaa competition. —"Such competition b the more diPicult v ii t. a:. Qovernaienta, who are financially Interested m favouring their own radio aerrlces,
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    89 19 I British Radio— Official Service 1 Kinh\. June 22. Foreign r t frtwnigtt are: Amsterdam. 12.09, Athena 37. >. Bombay is. s d Berlin 20.49. Bmaeela 34. 9 G. Bucharest 817. Rio 3 25-32. Buenoa Atraa 34 15-16. fioiw nlwajun 18.16' L Geneva L'.").09. Hi-lsingfors 193\. Honu Kong Is..
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    441 19 EXCHANGE RATES June 23 SELLING London. 4 months' sight 213 27,32 London, 3 months' sight 23 13 16 London, 60 days' sight 2 3 25 32 London, 30 days' sight 23 34 London, demand 2|3 23 32 London, T. T. 2 3 11 16 Lyons and
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    869 19 FRASER'S SHARE LIST TUESDAY, JUNE 23RD Asam Kumbang 18s 21s 6d c.d. Austral Malay 18s 6d 2Cc Aver Hitam Tin tosi 10s 6d 111 t>d r.d. IlllUrlll Tin <£i lls 12s Riu.ng Padang <$i» 10 )5 Batu Caves (sl> 25 3C norn Bukit Arang ($1» 30 40 nom. Bui mah
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    NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
    189 19 Cheerful Effect of Mr. Hoover's Offer According to a New York meSMfs, Monday was the most active day experienced this year on the SiOc-k Exchange. Tbe effect upon seme of the principal American ahare quotations of the announcement of Mr. Hoover's offer of a war debt
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    GILLETTE PRESIDENT
    195 19 A Novel Form of Remuneration A novel form of remuneration has been adopted by the Gillette Safety Razor Company for its new president, Mr. Gerard B. Lambert He will leceive no salary or compensation for his Mnrtcea until the company earns a net profit m one year of
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    REPLACEMENT MARKET
    155 19 Its importance m the Car Industry Until B car that Will neWr wear out is manufactured saturation point m the automobile industry la not likely to be reached, and m cons rtjuence the replacement market Ls of constantly increasing Importance to the industry. For the past year the
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    EVENING STANDARD'S BAD ADVICE
    92 19 EVENING STANDARD'S BAD ADVICE RESTRICTION DELAYS Hritish Should Act Independently I FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT J London. Juite Tin 1 Evening Standard, dtaewalag tha detajra of the Dutch committee In coming U) a derision iii tlu> rubber restriction delib«*rations. urget the British m any oaae feo ad indej* mdently. HOME
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    COMPANY REPORTS
    147 19 North Borneo and Tanah Reconstruction I FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT! 1.1.1-*****. lllllC 23. Th? report <>: B lama Ifilaya tor the yt-ir ti» March 1931 lhov/3 liv all-in cost uas 4.34 d. per pound Thers •■> i i ».v, of £^04 and th« nun of t"3.(-8f) go forward
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    BRITISH MOTORCYCLE EXPORTS
    82 19 Last Year's Figures Satisfactory In spitf ol th'> trade depression that is general thTOUghOUI the world. (Irout Britain exported n arly C3.000.fl worth of mtitorrycles during 1990. Thus fißuro. although It shows a drop oi over one million on the previous year's BgUT s. is also remarkable
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    U.S. DOMINATION
    68 19 American Automobiles m Dominions Statistics published In Bncland laud bmoUi disclose the extent ti> which Urn Ibvbsbmi of American can affects British Dominions. Out. of 870.00Q automobiles In Australia, 475.300. or 84 p T c"ii( are American; m India, 129.727 out 01 i<;4.27.~). or 79 per cent; Net
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    CHINESE GOVERNMENT DOMESTIC BONDS
    56 19 V r d from the Shanghai Cimmerical and Sa iiinmnh ik* local branch it th Ho Eloni Bank eapgr oi tii< handbook of the phlnese GkncnuHnl iJom*stk; Bond Issues! The Trust Dapartatteat of the Shanchti Bank la In position to (foe lurtlui Information m well t
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    BROKERS' BAD TIMES
    162 19 London. Mj> 10. There m manj signs <>f thmtt^gi fartanM of itockbrokers <>f the prolonged .slump m Stock Excli ti Ijushh*:^s. The average broki I hardly able to meit the wpenaei ol ii allk out <>f the hnkmp business. StaJls h;ivc been radHOedi and mai\y firms arc
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    44 19 The Ifeaatgertei Mantlnvs' new motor .ship. Marechsil Joffre. 14,480 tons displacement. ua*» suec.-ysfully humehtd at I-i Ciotat on May 14. This vessel, which Ls lor the service to Eiist Africa, will have accommodation for 137 lirst. class, 92 second class, and 76 thini p;nst'iiKers.
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    WEEKLY SPORTING NOTES
    2374 20 Malayan Tennis Players at Horor. AJtXen and Wise m English Tournaments. Sinjru" r Golf Champions hyp. Pater Hon's CJrrat Form. Tournament Cricket. A Boxer's K«-in •nu-iit Malaya Cup Football. European lawn tennis this season is very much the poorer by the absence of the Rev. W. H
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    THE WEEK'S HONOURS LIST
    65 20 Batting 107 Chia Keng Hock, St. Joseph's Inst. vs. Raffles Inst. 73 P. 6 M. Dew, 8.8.1, vs. Merchants. 67 B. Brooke, Merchants vs. 8.8.1. 54 C. A. de Vries, Raffles College vs. Raffles Inst. 53 W. R. King, 8.8.1, vs. Merchants. It Evan Wong, S.C.R.C.
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    SATOH AND NERVOUSNESS BEAT KIRBY
    523 20 WIMBLEDON RESULTS The Man Who Defeated Cochet [Reuter's Service) London, Jane 22. At Wimbledon to-day the ever-modest Jiro Satoh (who beat S. Africa's chief hope, Kirby, m three sets) paid a handsome tribute to the youthful Kirby, whose schoolboyish timidity and nervousness In front of
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    HARVEY KEEPS TITLE
    144 20 Hood Beaten m Middleweight Contest Reuters Service 1 London, June 22. At the Albert Hall to-day Len Harvey retained the British middle weight championship by outpointing Jack Mood, the welterweight champion, m a 15 rounds contest. Len Harvey, who was born m Cornwall m 1907, won the
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    FULL POINTS TOR THE CHAMPIONS
    275 20 GLOUCESTER DEBACLE Yorkshire Beat Middlesex by an Innings Gloucestershire's chances m the county cricket championship received a rude shock at Manchester on Monday when, after only two days' play, they were beaten by Lancashire by an innings and 147 runs. Their batting broke down badly
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    GOLF
    404 20 Singapore G.C. vs. Keppel G.C. A four -ball match will be played on Sunday morning next at Bukit Timah between Keppel Golf Club and the Singapore Golf Club. The following are the teams and starting times (Keppel players mentioned first) 8.30 S. C. Campbell and C. N. W. Joyce
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    R.S.Y.C. LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT
    114 20 WEDNESDAY'S TIES Mixed Handicap Doubles Miss Dunne and Kelly owe 15 vs. Miss V. Sewell and Anderson owe 15.5. Men's Handicap Doubles Walmsley and Falls ow»»30 vs. Madgwick and Cox owe 30. Men's Open Singles Nathan vs. Coltart. THURSDAY'S TIES Men's Handicap Doubles Anderson and Perkins
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    KATONG GOLF CLUB
    55 20 The June Medal Competition held last week resulted m a tie between B. M. Kauff and F. H. Brooks. The football match at the Stadium on Saturday is between the S.A.F.A. rjid United Services (a MaJaya Cup trial match) .and not the Malaya Cup match between Singapore
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