The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 23 July 1934

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  • 17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. NO. 14,323. ESTD. 1835. MONDAY, JULY 23, 1934 10 CENTS.
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  • 160 1 s< ooo MISSING 'believed an EXAGGERATION flwdreds of Houses [ioods Drought Tokio, .'uly 22. isan state* pen a persistent I asi we* k in Kc. sing heavy River and Its king down the wrought m pulated valleys aca Mitsuyo. i surrounding i
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  • 55 1 *«st Water Famine For *W« In T.S. N>u York. .lulv 21 udred deaths from heat art wsSSS i at 113 at St. "V' lany other places over 2 [t is ninety.— Reuter JJt* York, July 21. have died m them in south-eastern everywhere **r ka. reports
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  • 78 1 STERN WARNING TO GERMANY Cease Terrorism In Austria Rome, July 21. A STERN demand to Germany to cease terrorism m Austria is voiced by Vlrglnlo Gayda, m presumably an inspired article In the newspaper Giorale d'ltalia, which is the strongest attack on the Hitler Government yet made m Italy. Gayda
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  • 67 1 I National Memorial To Be Instituted London, July 20. A committee, of which the Prime i Minister and the Archbishop of Canterbury are members, has been formed to' consider the best method of instituting a national memorial to Viscount Grey of Falloden. One proposal is that the memorial
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    88 1 Now In Favourable Position Vienna, .luly 20. The Government have abandoned responsibility lor the Credit Anstalt. A scare was rirst caused by this an- poimcement. but it appears that the' Government decision is due to the; i favourable position of the bank. Reuter London. July 20. The Prime
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  • 470 1 JAPANESE OFFICER TRIES TO STEAL SOVIET DOCUMENTS TAKEN FROM DRAWER IN CONSUL A IE Incident at a Banquet Blagovestchensk, July 18. A CCORDING to information re- ceived from Sakhalian (Heiho), a banquet was held by the Consulate of the U.S.S.R. m Sakhalian m honour of the delegates of the Soviet
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  • 49 1 TO BROADCAST FROM GERMANY •From Our Own Correspondent > Bangkok. July 22. JJIS MAJESTY the King of Siam is broadcasting twice from Frankfurt-on-Main on Monday night at 5.35 and again at 10.15. Bangkok times. The call sign is D J A and the vave length. 33.38 metres.
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  • 38 1 RAIN IS ENGLAND'S ONLY CHANCE i Prom Our Own Correspondent) London. July 22. IT IS generally recognised that England's position is hopeless and only rain, which is most unlikely, can rob Australia of a most decisive victory.
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  • 56 1 Price Jumps 20 Per Cent. In A Fortnight I ifYom Our Own Correspondent.* Bangkok. July 22. Australian flour has advanced sharply m. the local market and prices_ today 3re 20 per cent, per bag higher than a lortnigrht ago and still rising. So far the bakeries have
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  • 42 1 R.FX. Prepared To Buy sino,ooo,ooo New York, July 21. It is understood that the Reconstruction Finance Corporation is ready to buy $100,000,000 of New York City Bonds to enable New York to exerutp its public works project.- Reuter
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  • 74 1 MARTIAL LAW IN PANAMA Panama, July 22. BRITISH and American women and children have been evacuated from Puerto Armuelles, where frequent earthquake shocks are continuing. The inhabitants are panic striken and are living m tents m the streets despite cracks m the pavements and roadways.
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  • 207 1 35 SHOT IN MINNEAPOLIS STRIKE RIOTS Martial Law May Be Established All Quiet On The 'Frisco Front Minneapolis, July 21. THIRTY-FIVE PERSONS were shot during rioting m connection with a s:rike of lorry drivers. Three thousand lour hundred National Guards have been ordered *o the city. The Governor is considering
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    • 91 1 On Other Pages Alleged Forgery on a Note Page 3 Chinese Youth Admits Theft Page 3 Japan Will Never Take Up ArmsPage 4. Page of Pictures— Page 5. Beaten Unconscious By Mob— Page 6. Woman Fatally Stabbed m Jalan Besar— Page 6 Trade Mark Offences Increasing Page 6. China and
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    • 105 1 imranmiiMiv/j 1 -fX T"^ ix ADELPHI iiP HOTEL ROOF GARDEN TOMORROW NIGHT SPECIAL DINNER DANCE AND VAUDEVILLE SHOW BY i "THE MERRY MAKERS" TED ADDY DWYER DWYER j DIRECT FROM LONDON HIPPODROME AND DALY'S THEATRE j COSMO PARKE ZONA ROSS j J THE SILVER VOICED BARITONE THE POPI FAR COMEDY
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  • 385 2 EUROPEANS AND THE REST DRA W Tussle For Trophy At Penang 'From Our Own Correspondent) Penang. July 22. There was an exciting finish to the Zuropenns versu:; the Res: match a hich ended m a draw, the Europeans iretainlng the De Silva trophy by virtue jf a lead m the
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  • 234 2 EXCRUCIATING PAIN AFTER EATING. 16 Years Suffering Cured At Once. Every stomach sufferer ought to read the remarkable experience of Mr. McL. ot Scotland. This is what he writes: "For the last ten years I have suffered from an ulcerated stomach and was simply afraid to eat. For hours after
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  • 260 2 Khaba Fail To Top Half Century The Wiltshire Regt. easily beat the Khalsa Association yesterday at Tanglin. Taking first knock the Regiment compiled 113. Hopgood top-scoring with 23. The Khalsa Association replied with a meagre 41, M. B. Singh being undefeated with 27, while no fewer than six
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  • 274 2 In an interesting game on the Chinese ground yesterday afternoon, Mr. Edwards' XI beat an S.C.R.C. side by five wickets and 19 runs. A feature of the game was the brilliant batting of Evan Wong, who scored 101 not out for the Chinese. D. Ross, who scored 102
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    • 54 2 SIMONIZ I I YOUR FURNITURE 1 AND WOODWORK m^t^^ Keeps Fine Finishes Beautiful The General fc'.ectrio Co. Ltd. are rccommf ndinf all Westinirhouse Refrigerator Users to us* SIMONIZ for kee n»n~ «v P j r Westinfbouse Refriferaton m food condition. nfV^Mtom Jacks 6>Co. fl\ahiiH»> Ltd> )f] H SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR
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    • 167 2 Law Notices For The Day Before Mr. Justice Prichard m the 2nd. Court at 11 a.m. Motion, Petition, Judgment Summonses and S. ***** Re estate of Pang Teck Joon deceased. For further consideration. Before Mr. Justice Gerahty at 11 a.m. Summonses-in-Chambers and Originating Summons. WANTED. WANTED— A good Shorthand Typist
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    • 426 2 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS AMBROSIA, j A ccir.pleie treatment for each skin type m lour convenient products. Pore-deep Cleanser Dry-skin Cream Tightener Face Powder. Price $1.50 each. Medical Hall, Limited, Chemists. i BUSINESS CARDS STRAITS TYPEWRITER AGENCY STATIONERS REPAIRERS -~«n»w 14A Change Alley, Singapore. offi*& The Cheapest House for your SSS&- Stationery.
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    • 678 2 TRADE MARK NOTICE. M NOTICE IS HEREBY GiVEN that the trade name. mark, design or label "Cocomaß" of which a facsimile appears above. Is the exclusive property ot R. B. DAVIS COMPANY, a Corporation organised under the laws of the State of New Jersey, m the United i States of
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    • 408 2 TEXDEIb. SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY Tenders are now U following materials particulars, see Mv:, Excavating earth U R ol Bukit Timah ing same on Ifcrrer Closing. 4 pm f 1934. For Sale on^ lUoaocne T minous Macadan. I per hour capacity range of spar. culars may be obt Municipal Engineer's Ofl! Municipal
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 211 2 Diary Of The Week MONDAY, 23rd. High Water, 8.21 a.m. 7. ft.. 659 p.m Football First Division. Pulau Brani vs. Wiltshires, Arison Road Stadium; Second Division.; Marine vs. Pulau Brani. Jalan i Besar Stadium: Friendly, S.C.C. vs. Abbatoir. SC.C. TUESDAY, 24th. High Water. 9.45 a.m. 7.5 ft. 8.10 p.m. 1
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  • 122 3 Alleged Forgery On A Note CHA*G E AGAINSI DRAUGHTSMAN re called igistrafe's lence at I iminary m B tider into Is. o i Jtnga cv» d >J N d m Hoahllra i r iving evidence pl r I Public l n Jub' The ol the, ded .t, i \l PBOCEDI
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  • 381 3 Camii Acquitted On Murder Charge Kuala Lumpur, July *M marking that he was quite satisfied act was done m self-defence, Mr lice Burton at the Assizes acquitted discharged a young educated JagTamil. Ratnam. of culpable Dmicide not amounting to murder rhe victim, a T.imil youth named ph David
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  • 33 3 Stakes Erected Without j nt.) Taiping, July 21. without i an area with navlga- j by the Taipln* j ed that the d be return- :i he f or it j
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  • 89 3 ili >\nt To Prison rigorous im- HW f ci n U Saturday 111 r. the criminal J Bengali named charge ol voluna fellow coun Um< following an assault be renewed alter t^ scrapping of a; ,--™r Water l <*ti for permisHouse and or Boat 1 l *n«l
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  • 342 3 Dei ion > Of Municipal Committees me decisions taken at remeetings ol committees ol the Singapore Municipal Commissioners Confirmed plan, requisition, estimate. .nd apportionment ot the cost of Tie "ailing Arthur Road to a width ot 18 feet, and repairing the drains, under Section 101 of the
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  • 264 3 Chinese Youth Admits Thefts I SENT TO PRISON I FOR YEAR j Dressed m a dirty cotton singlet and 3tanding with folded arms. Lim Cheng Kiat stoically heard the sentence oi j one year's rigorous imprisonment ai,d I j one yeaxSs police supervision irnpc.s?d on him by Mr Norman Gricc.
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  • 19 3 Dr. P. E. Byron, Chemist. Institute for Medical Research, left Kuala Lumpur ior England on leave on Fri- day.
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  • 242 3 M. Robin On Way To Indo-Ghina jyj KENE Robin, the jnew Governor- General of Indo-China passed tnrough Singapore on Saturday He arrived by the French mail steamer, DArtugnan. and left again at noon He was met by M. P. A. Bahertau Trench Consul and made a number
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  • 12 3 Th* revised F.M.S. Railway timetable will come Into force from Aug. 1.
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  • 1867 4 Japan will Never take up arms UNLESS "The United States is under a m isapp re /tension if she fea rs Japan 's purchases of cotton and metal m this country indicate preparations for war," declares Mr. Hirosi Saito, Ambassador to the U.S., m the following interview ivith Walter Duranty,
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  • 214 4 NEW U. S. PLANE LEAVES FIGHTERS BEHIND i 'THE American aircraft industry, 1 m its flght to build high per- formance attack and defence air-! craft, has produced a big bombing plane that is so efficient, that, United States fighter machines are» unable to keep pace with it.
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  • 99 4 Rugby. July 19. The King and Queen were enthusiastically welcomed by great crowds when they visited Manchester yesterday to open the new Central Library, which accommodates one million volumes and cost £425.000 to build. In performing the opening ceremony the King mentioned f hat the Libr.ir.y was the
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  • 203 4 ENGLISH IN SIAM INAUGURATION OF NEW UNiVEItSITV Two Frenchmen On Staff Bangkok, WTTHE extent to which the SUpporteri of the old regime were educated m England has mad^ English education suspect, but apparently thr^ Government cannot decide what is to bo don? about the prominent position which English has m
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  • 167 5 t>pe of omnibus is under test at Harrow before being put into general service. The rih^u 1S !f VOl ;?T' the tair <*^ upper deck is beside the driver instead of being Ik t lV US U I( lht hrn has no
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    • 75 5 Photographic copies of Free j S Press pictures can be obtained i on application to the Manager. Price 50 cents each. i irv I J I m m. N^snnnnnnk nnm^ -^nn mW L M InW j gggg4^B t~ I 4W. -A A m 1 I .i w_ j where lar^e
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  • 255 6 Penang Street Penang, July 21. 117HILE A Chinese was alighting from a trolley Bus at Jelutong village at about 3 o'clock yesterday aiternoon. a mob ol more than twenty Chinese, alleged to be members of a secret society m that vicinity, dragged him down from the
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  • 87 6 Cheating Charge Struck Out Alter protracted negotiations between the parties m the case m whicn Syed Sadullah bin Hamidullah was charged by a jeweller named OU Mohamed of cheating, or alternatively, ol obtaining credit under false protences, the case was finally struck out before Mr. H
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  • 68 6 Chinese Who Told Fortunes As Side-Line Answering a cnarge Mr. J. M Brander m the police court of professing to tell fortunes. Hd Quern Tong. a middle-aged Chinese, said that he hat been a reporter for the Union Times, a local Chinese journal, for some time and did
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  • 117 6 POLICE AND COUNSEL'S PROTEST 117 HEN the case of criminal intimida"tion against two men named Gulam Hadir was mentioned again before Mr. Norman Orice. the second magistrate, Mr. Victor J. Mendis. whe i defending one of the accused, pro ested against any further dates bein^ xed for mention. Counsj said
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  • 63 6 Chinese Cook's Attempted Suicide A 20-year-old Chinese cook working m an eating house m Craig Road oleaded guilty m the police court be fore Mr. J. M. Brander to attempted suicide. He admitted taking an overdose of opium. The magistrate bound the accussri )ver m the sum
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  • 269 6 The General Committee ol the Y.W. C.A. gratefully acknowledges the following further donations to their finance campaign: $100 each from Mr. Lee Choon Seng. Mr. Lim Boon Thin. Straits Steamship Co.; $50 each from Mr. Chis Eng Say. "A Chinese Friend." Mr. W. J. Wilcoxson. Dollar Steamship
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  • 249 6 Trader's Appeal Dismissed THE appeal by Kwek Bah Chee who was convicted on a charge of selling goods under a counterfeit trade mark and fined $200 or, m default, three months' imprisonment, was dismissed by Mr. Justice Gerahty m the Appeal Court on Saturday. Mr. Tampoe-Philips.
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  • 132 6 Woman Fatally Stabbed A woman was another seriously we m Maude Road (Jalai on Saturday night i been arrested ami searching for them Aci'oraiM', to mfoi by the Detect v Hr woman, n him d han Ah m Maude Road, we lane behiiM her n< two
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  • 388 6 NEW BRITISH MINISTER IN SIAM "TPO ME. returning to the East, is like coming home again," said Sir Josiah Crosby, who will shortly takej up another spell of duty m Siam. a; country m which he spent many years, when he was a young man. He assumes duty as British
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  • 65 6 i The hearing of a charge of receiving |an illegal gratification against Li. V. I Mills, a Eurasian Vehicles Inspector. j has been fixed for Aug. 30 and 31 bei tore Mr. Norman Grice, the second magistrate. The case had to be postponed on several occasions as Mr.
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  • 177 6 Johore Planter Married A; Kuala Lumpur A wedding by spt < place on Friday m St Mai .Kuala Lumpur, the bride "Tommy" Cross, of the KMS Rui Plantations. Ltd.. Niyor. the bride. Mary Ashmo Henry Ashmore. the Wd ventry ironmaster. The home is m Coventry being T. Cooper
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  • 260 6 The Programme of Drills up to and for week ending July 29, 1934 is as follows Monday. July 23: 5.15 p.m.. Headquarters. S.R.A. (v) Gun Drill; Mt. Faber Observatory, Ist Bn. Officers Recce; Headquarters, S.R.E. (v) Lecture; S.F.C.R.E. <v) Malay Sections 3 and 4; Clifford Pier, S.F.C.R.E.
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  • 44 6 Rao Sahib K. A. Mukundan .the Agent of the Government of India In Malaya, who proceeded to Siam early this month at the request of the Goyt'rnment of India to' "lnvestor the conditions of employment o* Indian labourers m that courtry. returned on Friday.
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  • 111 6 Discovery Of Seditious Documents 'From Our Own Correspondent.' Kuala Lumpur, Jul> /3. An extensive raid on communiM hideouts m Klan Jeloh and Kuala Selangor uraa carried out during thr whole 01 esterday by the local de tective branch. Several hunared seditious documents were sc'ied *t Kampong Kuan an.
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    • 33 6 Airless Injection Cold Starting II a! t^R i Jfm Kpw FBJ \>A J Power Users the world over, on Land and Sea. testify to "RUSTON" RELIABILITY SOLE AGENTS: UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED SINGAPORE BRANCHES
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  • 163 7 Britain's Mo«t Notable Variety Stars "On the Air," which opened at the Pavilion last night, provided delightful entertainment and is yet another triumph for British films. Seeing this picture one felt one was actually m a London music hall, with this differ- 'nee, that the show was
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  • 620 7 WINNERS AT BUKIT TIMAH 50 Couples Play In Mixed Foursomes yHE Singapore Golf Club monthly mixed foursomes competition was played at Bukit Timah on Sunday and resulted m a tie between Mr. and Mrs. D. W. McLeod and Miss Hadley and J. McConigley with a net score of 34.
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  • 39 7 Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Hinch from S'nrnpore ar^ vfsttfnc Kuala Lumpur, staying wiih the Rev. Preston L. Peach. Mr. Hinch. a former Principal of the Methodist Boys' School, was present at the Old Boys' dinner on Friday evening.
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  • 33 7 Bishop Edwin F. Lee of Singapore and the Rev. Abel Eklund, District Superintendent, Penang, paid a visit to he Anglo-Chinese School, Klang. Dr. E F. Lee addressed the boys m the Assembly Hall.
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    • 340 7 j POSITIVELY LAST >^\ The story that up to now was believed 5 NIGHT OF />fcY^ to be to darin^ to film! EXTENDED ramon i UPE J j I season Jgfr NOVARRO and VELEZ 6 -15 W^jE* I" the Pulitzer Pnzewinning Novtl II W LAUGHING BOY I An M GM
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  • 565 8 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, JULY 23, 1934 The Leeds Test IT WOULD be idle to pretend that j the most vital happening over j the week-end was the Test match, at Leeds but millions of people m all parts of the world have been following it with breathless interest
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  • 949 8 Rs has Saying MALAYANS who can get to London before the end of July should not miss the Pageant of Parliament at the Albert Hall for it combines m a high degree both instruction and entertainment. After a prologue showing Albert Hall che cier v barons Albeit "<*" and people
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  • 555 8 Mr. Gordon Wong is scenario editor of one oi the English film studios. Lady Louis Mountbatten. who arrived at Bangkok by air t'rorn Europe, is visiting Angkor. Later she will proceed by aeroplane to Singapore and Batavia en route to Bali. She will return to Europe
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  • 941 8 T vv-a.s tired thai e\ down the side ol pine-covered hills and low valley of Bulaco small corn-patches. Pastures spr,ad oS walked some forty ml tain trails that day twenty miles I had p »ncr« l could I walked into the iuh and violet m the
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    • 48 8 OWING TO STRONG FEMININE OPPOSITION the movement to restore the Victorian skirt has definitely failed. In most women's opinion it had gone to quite sufficient lengths already. Better cover than that afforded by Policies is unobtainable. GENERAL ACCIDENT, FIRE LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION. LTD. Hongkong Bank Chambers. Telephone 6480.
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  • 155 9 1..,* FOE AIR FORCE Britain As Aggressor Inthinkable London. .lul> *0. tH urn. trmament 1 Mr Baldwin says the surrender to responslbtllftrst and sponsion rnatlonal ight and a i no practical rate inferior- has contrary any theories. i such a result. who are the •it who
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  • 70 9 Britisher (ioinij By Arctic Koute London. July 20 airman. Mr. John Grierft Rochester today to rly the At--1 stages by the Arctic route. He J Londonderry and will next i Oodthaah In Greenland. He a I> Kaviiiand Fox Moth with tarts of Rochester and ial shortwave wireless set. frson
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  • 30 9 k fcTtttedß) VS. Bombing Planes Winnipeg July 21. army bombing :r Minneapolis landed here **Aw to test the ability United States air force to Alaska British Radio
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  • 54 9 King Salmon Wins From Umidwar London. July 21. The Eclipse Stakes were run yesterday with the following result 1 King Salmon (4 to 1>: 2 Umidwar «3 to 1): and 3 Windsor Lad (5 to 2>. Ten ran. Won by halt a length: the same j distance between
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  • 301 9 CONFERENCE TO BE HELD AT DAIREN |N SPITE of repeated denials by Chinese and Japanese are going i coming conference at Dairen she Tung, general manager of the Peipi selected to head the Chinese deU scheduled to open this week. Gen. Huang Fu. head
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  • 134 9 VICTIM OF SAMOS SHOOTING Wreath Cast Into London. July Ml THHE incident off the Turkish coast in which an officer of H.M.S. DevonI shire was lost on Saturday afternoon by rifle Are by Turkish guards, has I been amicably settled between the two i Governments. Arrangements were
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  • 271 9 Truth About Incident" I NOTHING IN IT 100 Men March To Police Station A FIGHT between two men and their arrest by a passing police patrol is generally too common a sight m the Serangoon Road district to excite more than idle interest. One of the combatants, however happened to
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  • 204 9 i GREAT BRITAIN AND NETHERLANDS I Termination Of Trade j Negotiations London, July 20. AS IT HAS not been found possible' at present to conclude a full commercial agreement between the i United Kingdom and the Netherlands Governments, negotiations! I have been terminated by an| exchange of
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  • 40 9 Los Angeles. July 21. The judge has dismissed Miss Lupe Velez' divorce suit against Johnny i "Tarzan" Weissmuller after Miss Velez, Who is the Mexican film star, twice failed to appear In court to press the suit.* Reuter
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  • 205 9 I EXCHANGE OF NOTES To Define The Libya-Sudan j Frontier London, July 20. An exchange of notes between the United Kingdom and the Italian Governments and of notes m similar terms between the Egyptian Government and the Italian Government took place today m Rome defining the frontier between
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  • 14 9 I Mr. W. M. B. Hughes. B.Ch.. has been apix)intecl a hC,.^.. F.M.S. i
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  • 41 9 Latest Rubber Prices RUBBER London, July 21. Spot (Sellers) 7 l A± <7V4<L> (Buyers) 7V B d. (7V B d.) Oct.-Dec. 7%d. (7%d.) Jan.-Mar. 7V 2 d. (7V 2 d.) April- June 75 B d. n ll'l6d> Market Steady
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    • 133 9 FINDLATER'S SHERRY and PORT 4 UNSURPASSED JBj FOR RICH AND Ul MELLOW FLAVOUR AND UNQUESTIONED U^^H PURITY. FINDLATERS oB^B NnterVrJ ASSURES YOU Or PB^^ QUALITY AND VALUE I SOLE AGENTS: ROBINSON CO., LTD. SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR. EXCELDA HANDKERCHIEFS FOR MEN AND WOMEN OF TASTE Serviceable and dainty fabrics... bordered m
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  • TRADE AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE
    • 1602 10 Annual Meeting Of North Hummock Rubber TTHE fourteenth annual ordinary general meeting of the North Hummock (Selangor) Rubber Co., Ltd., was held on June 27 at the offlre of the company 20. Eastcheap, E.C., Mr. G. H. Masefield (the chairman) presiding. The chairman said: This time
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    • 137 10 July 21, 12 o'clock noon. Buyers Sellers Gambler 4.00 Java Cube 7.25 Hamburg Cube 7.25 Muntok White Pepper 31.50 White Pepper 30.50 1 Black Pepper 13.25 Copra, Sundried 2.95 Copra, Sundried 2.90 Small flake Tapioca 4.10 Fair Sago Flour 1 57 V2 Palembang Jelotong 6.75 Blanja Jelotong
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    • 65 10 Heavy Export From Siani Reported From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, July 20. The rice export trade is improving and full cargoes are being shipped to Hong Kong and the Straits. Several mills are reopening next month. Middlnmen are holding paddy m the hope of even better prices.
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    • 79 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association DAILY I'RICES CURRENT July 21, 12 o'clock noon. R.S.S. equal to London Standard, Spot (loose) 23 7/ 8 24 R.S.S. equal to London Standard < FOB.) July 24» 8 24»/ 4 Standard R.S.S. on tender AugSept. 24T 8 25 Oct. Dec. 2ftft 25% Jan. Mar.
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    • 67 10 Abroad London, July 19. Exchanges to-tlay were: Amsterdam 7.45 1/ 2 Copenhagen 22.39 12.l 2 Helsingfors '226 3 4 Athens 525 sellers. Rio 4 1 sellers official. Buenos Aires 36 /2 sellers official. Montevideo 38 sa.5 a. sellers official. Bombay 1 6 3 64. Shanghai 1. 4 3 16. Silver
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    • 993 10 SATURDAY, JULY 21 1934. Buyers Seller* Ampat Tin (4) 6s 4%d 6s 9d Asam Kumbang 37s 6d 40a Austral Malay <£) 50s 52s 6d Ayer Hitam Tin (ss) 15s 16s Ayer Weng ($1) 2.12 2 2.20 c.d. Ban grin Tin 34s 9d 25s 6d Changkat Tin 493
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    • 206 10 London, 4 months' sight 2 4 5 32 London, 3 months sight 2 4 964 London, 60 days' sight 24 1 London, 30 days' sight 2 4 7 64 London, demand 2 4 3,32 London, T.T. 2 4 5 64 Lyons, and Paris, demand 887 Hamburg, demand 148
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    • 175 10 Preference Share Conversion Meetings or the shareholders of Wheal Reeth Tin are being called for July 27 so as to remove difficulties which exist m connection with the preference shares, and also owing to the article precluding any director from voting m any matter In which he
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    • 603 10 REGULAR PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS j Yardk Rubber Company I I Hopes I THE twenty 1 meeting of the YaraK Rubber i I was held at t) of the Company, Bi I House. Penang, on I 1 Those present H Hume (chairman); Mr. a H V.ner (director J. de Beer. Oast
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    • 191 10 I July 19 20 IL American Can. Com. 100^ 98 X 2 97 T f American Telephone and Telegraph 1133 4 H23 4 112 Atcnesor. Railroad 61 3 8 59 58\ Dupont 91 88' 2 89 Firestone Common 17 15 15 General Electric 20* 8 19* 8 19^
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    • 28 10 MALAYAN DOLLAR RUBBER COMPANIES 1934 $1.00 This book gives full particulars regarding the financial position of the vaYlou* Dollar Rubber Companies Kelly V Walsh. Ltd.. Raffles Place. Singapore
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  • 453 11 defensive Position Must Be Under Constant Review London, July 20. policy was yesterday the subject ol an Commons statement by Mr. Baldwin. (he said) buccessive British Governments m v pursued a policy of international disarma•o further this policy by example as well as by i their own
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  • 43 11 The tenth annual conference of planters will bo held uricler the auspices or the Incorporated Society of Planters at Port Dickson oh Aug. 24. 25 and 26. The programme will include lectures by scientists. the half-yearly general meeting, council meeting and social activities.
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  • 313 11 The following novels were added to Raffles Library during the past fort-night-Bailey <H.O Shadow on the Wall; Barcynska < Countess) Exit Renee; Bell <J.J.) Hamish; Bell <Nell> •The Seventh Bowl; Binns <OU\vell> Gold is King; Bolt <Ben> A Shot In the Night; Brown <B.C> The Bancroft Sisters; Bull
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  • 206 11 dealer! and port stocks. Straits Settlements, at close of business. June 30. 1934. In tons, as ti. DEALEBS' STOCKS n R V WEI TOTAL Total Dry U.S.S. Wet Scrs.p Dry Wet Dry Estate Remill Lump (estimated (3) <4> isi (6 <7> (8) (9) (10) (11> T. 877
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  • 330 11 Samos Incident In Commons SIR JOHN SIMON'S STATEMENT London, July 19. AN official statement on the Samos incident was made m the House iof Commons yesterday when Sir j John Simon was asked if he could jstate the crcumstances under which a i party of British officers bathing off the
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  • 142 11 Advisory Committee To Meet 1 In London London, July 19. The next meeting of the Wheat Adi visory Committee, which represents the chief wheat exporting and importing countries of the world, will be held at the Board of Trade m London on Aug. 14. The American Ambassador m
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  • 110 11 Committee To Be Formed Tc Revise Procedure The Rule Committee Enactment 1934, is to be introduced into the Johon State Council. The objects and reasons state The work of the Rule Committee which it is proposed to establish wil be to revise civil procedure m fch i
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  • 315 11 Capacity Of 3,200 Tons A Year (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok. July 14. The prospectus cf the Governmentcontrolled paper factory has been published. The mill will be able to produce ten tons a day and the pulp mill will have the same capacity. The factory and pulp
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  • 34 11 le )1 The following telegram has beei received from the Takuapa Valley Tli ie Dredging N.L. mine Output first hal it of July 272 hours. 80.000 cubic yard. 1 361 piculs, No. 1 Dredge."
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    • 740 11 Assets exceed t12.0M.0M. A Assurance In force •?er §35 The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. I (Incorporated m the Straits Settlement*) HEAD OFFICE: Great Eastern Life Building, Cecil Street, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 27. OM Jewn tC Tne Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England and complies
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  • 110 12 Two New Cargo Steamers Ordered The accounts to March 31 of th< Booth Steamship Co. show a profit .after directors' fees, writing off depreciation and including £5,176 brough iin, of £11,309, which is to go forward 'Loss m 1932-33 was £2,765, plus £1.25< [directors' fees and £16,811
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  • 75 12 The chief object of the Antarctic expedition which will leave Englanc about September next, for service with which the Admiralty have announced the selection of Lieutenant R E. Ryder, R.N., and Lieutenant <E> H M. Millett, R.N., will be the exploration of the coast line between Luitpold
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  • 35 12 The P. and O. Soudan has left Hong Kong and is expected to arrive at this port at noon on Wednesday, July 25. j She will proceed alongside the S.H. I Beard's wharf on arrival.
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  • LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
    • 1051 12 Need For Scientific Selection RiECENTLY H.R.H. the Prince of i Wales has been urging the/ necessity of scientific selection andjj raining of officers. It is not surprising, for it is a gues- I tion that for long enough now has exercised the minds of all
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    • 187 12 British Shipowners Show Great Interest British shipowners, engineers and shipbuilders are showing great intei > est in a new "economy" engine which is a combination of high-pressure reciprocating engine and low-preseure turbine. The engine installed in the steamer Adderstone, 11,5000 tons, of the Lamport and Holt Line, was
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    • 191 12 Shark Tackles Giant Eagle Ray Fish A fierce battle between a giant eagle ray and one of the biggest sharks ever iseen off Durban Beach was witnessed by hundreds of bathers. So savage was the fight that the lilesavers called all bathers out of the water. The
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    • 100 12 Brazilian Naval Party At Southampton Officers, cadets, and seamen of the Brazilian Navy, numbering 425, landed jat Southampton recently to join the new Brazilian training ship Almirante Saldanha. which has been built at Bar-!row-in-Purness by Vickers-Armstrongs. Ltd. The party, in char^ of Commander Aurelio Lenhaires. made the
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    • 70 12 Owners and Ifttf requested to keep their .of the range as po r; j aeroplane machine tun practj will take place at Pulau Si ,13, 610 and 14 10. a.m. each day. The International above a large red fUs will b. ?m from Mount Serapoim lor m
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    • 644 12 BOUSTEAD&Co.,Ltd. (Incorporated m F.M.S.) TELEP'/ONE: Freight 5433 Passs/e 5431. LLOYDS AGENTS. ftooKtnc Agents for federated Malay States Railways. Royal State Railways of Slam. a^^H l^^nTA^nr^B^BsV^^H b^bb H^ts^BinH [4 wH^fl^j MOTEL 9 BXPRSS9 i^^^^v'i (Incorporatea m England). BOME VIA CfflNA, JAPAN, HONOLULU CANADA. rOCR MAGNIFICENT "EMPRESSES," COMPRISING tHI LARGEST AND FASTEST
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    • 102 12 HENDERSON LINE SCHEDULE OP IHniTTTT By Fortnightly PlMMOfif Stfinief Between Rangoon, Port Sudu. Marseilles, Talma tmi KneUnd HOMEWARD stII.IV.S Port of DiscmharkaliMn I'lymoiifc Lmn fUnfon P34. KEMMENDINE July 28 BHAMO AMARAPOORA SAGA ING BURMA YOMA Oct 6 PEGU 20 CHINDWIN KEMMENDINE > I l 7 BHAMO AMARAPOOEA SAGAING Dtc I
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 373 12 Local And Foreign Mail Despatch esAnd Arrivals BY TRAIN Bangkok every Saturday 7 p.m. Thursday 7.30 a.m. Kedah Monday to Friday 7.30 a.m Saturday 7 p.m Kuantan < via JerantuO Monday to Friday 7.30 a.m. Saturday 7.30 a.m. 7 p.m. Kelantan <via Gemas> every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 7.30
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    • 164 12 SINGAPORE I HARBOVkI Ships alongside u,»- Ull xpectcd U Main Wharf (Ka trance G Bulatng 22. Pront Empire Dork (Batrtact Fionia 18: Kan Djambi 9: Arabia Empire Dock (Entrance I Silvcrwillow 30; Adr i 34; Steel Travel*: Empire Dock (Entrann Pangkor 47: |f< Ofc West Wharf (Entraaci (.ate i Ipoh
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    • 379 13 _^f* -*f^2L~^^Kr*. ri^R^R^R^^^k- Ca and n n ll IT 1(^ 1 II II IS. il H^^ it a BRITISH INDIA P# 0. S. N. COS SAILINGS. OUTWARDS f'nmft Spore. T'nage Spore 1.810 Aug 1 BHUTAN 6.100 Sept 27 Aug 3 RAJPUTANA 17.000 Sept 28 2SV "J AUf 17 4 BEHAR
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    • 515 13 Eller man Bucknal Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated In gngi^n^> "ELLERMAN" LINE FOR HAVRE, LONDON, ROTTERDAM AND HAMBURG VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL pu teamer Sails City of Wellington July 30 Aug. 2 City of Roubaix (Also calls Glasgow) Aug. 14 Aug 16 City of Oran Aug. 30 Sept. 2 City
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    • 1067 13 1 Na^^' > >- < il h-^^*^^SSES V^^*^-^**^. 25?* *yf«* UmM (Ocean THE HUA KHIOW STEAMSHIP CO.. (1931) MMun Ship Co. Ltd., and China Ltd. '•m SSKSi^SSLSmSSU!? 11 Co Ltd -rHE CUNARD WHIITi STAK LJNE Ltd. rm mr^f^f^S^JS??? f°- Ltd THE Sarawak steamship co Ltd tS H?«BKKSJ?^3' Ltd THE AUSTRALIANS
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    • 775 14 1 IVIa IOMNKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPU OPHlR— Monday, July 23, Belawan Dell. SINGARADJA— Monday, July 23, Selat-Pandjang. Koedap, Bengkalis and Bagan Si-Apl-Apl. PASIR Tuesday, July 24, Penang and Bagan Si-Api-Api. ROKAN -Tuesday, July 24, Bengkalis, Paneh, Berombang, Tanjong-Mengei-dar. Tanjong-Leidong and Asahan. TOMOHON Tuesday. July 24, Singkawang. Pemangkat and Sambas. MAJANG Wednesday,
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    • 418 14 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP ONE ofttt/ AMERICAN MAIL IJNg_ TRAVEL THE AMERICAN WAY I COMFORT and ECONOMY I ZL M <9m jSsb %Jm SINGAPORE TO ENGLAND VIA AMERICA IN TOURIST CLASS. TOURIST CLASS OFFERS YOU: Large outside staterooms with hot and cold running water— excellent cuisine ample Deck space— entertainment of all
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    • 689 14 r<> LONDON. VIA NAPLES, MAR«MIJ>.> oiwuj AND MIDDLESHROrCH BKASHIMA MARU 10,000 July 26 27 HAKo/LAKI MAHi tYASUKUNI MARU 12,000 Aug. 7 8 >TERUKUNI MARU 12 <><;., (> HAKONE MARU 10.400 Aug. 22 23 HAKUSAN MARU 10.au SSUWA MARU 10,750 Sept. 6 7 HARUNA MARU 14 4 i FUSHIMI MARU 10,900
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  • 1086 15 388 Runs Added For 4th Wicket WONDERFUL BATTING THOSE cricket enthusiasts who have been inclined to the 1 opinion that Don Bradman, after his meteoric rise to fame as a batsman, had "played himself out (and there have been many of them) received a
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  • 95 15 Oxford and Cambridge On Winning Side OLETICS I O ndon, July SL mtcr-'Varsit: *r to Citj betweer I ,i Britain U.S.A.*. re- and Cam- was the mile rd), the offlcia Bonthror 01 yards v: Si nwood sec: m> 44 It 10 m 43 4 5 di second. (Cornell' second, abridge
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  • 52 15 Second Professional Team To Be Organised isi inal baseball ■^i^nised at .Marquis NoPresident. players, mii nner Hosei and Osamu slugger, have c club. mcd the Dai > The first baseball team Iss ciation's I inised m 1922 use of lack of SLJ*!»« uinn,r of the f 'P"re
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  • 52 15 he Straits Chinese f JSUS P(>ns Tourna Final— Low Hue* Chua Choon Leong Quah (-8, beat Chow Tat (-10* 1.1. Hoahin* Hong < sew.0.;r > w.0.; Ar r 'r Hyan 2-0 -10> beat At Huck Leng bea PM Urn beat Cheon* d Round-Lov L:m Bong Soo we
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  • 21 15 accepted to pla l Murray and A 'CDOJJMII; R J. D. C Ersklne 1 !l! and E. Mac
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  • 1579 15 MALAYA CUP Penalty Goal Command SINGAPORE qualified for their twelfth successive Malaya Cup final on Saturday by holding the Malaya Command to a draw at Anson Read Stadium m the deciding match ol the southern section of the competition. Negri Bembilan beat the Com- mand into
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  • 167 15 ENGLAND.— Ist. Innings C. F. Walters c and b Chipperfield 44 Keeton c Oldfield b O'Reilly 25 Hammond b Wall 37 Hendren b Chipperfield 29 R. E. S. Wyatt st. Oldfield b Grimmett 29 Leyland -lbw. b O'Reilly 16 Ames c Oldfield b Grimmett 9 Hopwood
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  • 56 15 Girl Swimmer To Give Exhibition i Shanghai, July 22. Miss Yang Shao-keng. Chinese champion swimmer, who has been invited to take part at the opening ceremony of the Nanchang Swimming Club, arrived at the Kiangsi capital yesterday, accompanied by her sister. She has been invited to give an
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  • 157 15 A. W. Carr's Serious Heart Attack Mr. A. W. Carr. the Nottinghamshire cricket captain, owes his life to a j chemist. He was motoring from Birmingham to Malvern after playing at Warwick, when he was taken ill and pulled up outside a chemist's shcp on the Malvern
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  • Article, Illustration
    90 15 In the present series of Test matches Bradman had not until the fourth Test been m his best form. At Nottingham he scored only 29 and 25; at Lord's 36 and 13; and at Manchester 30. But m the previous Tests iv whici he has played he
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  • 2943 16 MANY THRILLS IN ANNUAL YACHTING EVENT Craft Hits Rock BATAVIA FAIL BY A NARROW MARGIN T)Y 35U points to 28, Singapore regained the Inter-port Challenge U Cup Irom Batavia yesterday af er a most thrilling series of thre« races. The event throughout was characterised by keen
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  • 220 16 TENNIS Yesterday's Results And Today's Matches Good progress was made m the Garrison Officers' lawn tennis tournament at Tanglin yesterday when the following results were recorded Men's Open singles Austin beat Black 6—3, 6—4. Married Couples Graham and Mrs. Graham beat Winder and Mrs. Winder 2—6. 6 o,
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  • 391 16 The Nondescripts have not been able to raise a lull team recently and yet.icrday they nelded eight men for their match against the R.A.F. at McNair Road. In the circumstances they did well to total 153. Choor Singh hit 10 fours and a six while Choppard
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  • 502 16 MERCHANTS WIN EASILY Etceteras Well Held On Padang CEVERAL matches of considerable interest were pla>ed i,, >,„,. v during the week-end, notable among them being that ht\ Merchants and the Etceteras on the S.C.C. padang After a moderate start the Etcetetas compiled total m Hamilton topping the half -century .In
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    • 96 16 MOST BACHELORS LIVE IN A MESS. ANYBODY WHO VISITED ONE LATE ON SATURDAY NIGHT WOULD SEE THAT AT ONCE. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO RUN A HOUSE AS IT SHOULD BE RUN. BUT A GAS COOKER IN THE KITCHEN WOULD HELP THE COOK BY GIVING HIM A LITTLE MORE TIME
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    • 60 16 Other Cricket Reports On Page 2 THE ONLY BRITISH REFRIGERATOR WITH A 4 raw GUARANTEE. i!;5 PERFECT /£r^ ECONOMICAL^"I Ai^MA W W V MECHANISM Wj/ TO MAINTAIN ALL BRITISH MANUFACTURE by I THE BRITISH THOMSON-HOUSTON CO., LTD. RU6BY, ENGLAND. jh CALL and INSPECT. jj THE BORNEO CO., LTD. Note:— You
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