The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 29 November 1934

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  • 12 1 AND DAILY NEWS. "OL 14,435. ESTD. 1835. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER >!>, 1<»34 10 CENTS.
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  • 515 1 TODAYS WEDDING IN THE ABBEY 40 Royal Guests From All Over Europe THOUSANDS OF VISITORS FLOCK TO LONDON London, Nov M TH. Ko.val uedding week begins today and the preparations I for th,- pageantry and ceremony are on a scale which is rare
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  • 59 1 Wedding Gift To Duke And Princess Marina tlYcm Our Own Correspondent) London, Nov. 29. THMR Highnesses the Sultan and Sultana of Johore, who Kill be among the royal guests it the ceremony in the Abbey today, have given a pair of Queen Anne silver salvers as a vetting
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  • 69 1 Governor Sends Loyal Congratulations SIR Shenton Thomas has dispatched the following telegram to the Secretary of State for the Colonies "On behalf of peoples of all races In the Straits Settlements I respectfully tender to Their Majesties the King and Queen and to His Royal Highness the
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  • 140 1 N. R. A. WANTED FOR FRANCE Radio Appeal By Premier Paris. Nov. 27. 11 FLANDIN, the Premier, in a broadcast speech, announced that a virtual French version of the N.R.A. was to be launched by an appeal to the whole nation to rally round the business chiefs, as Britain had
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  • 161 1 Demand For Silk Goods Quota JAPAN SELLING AT HALF BRITISH PRICES London, Nov. 28. THE demand for a quota against Japanese imports of silk goods wa.> made by a deputation from the Silk Association of Great Britain at a meeting of Conservative Members of Parliament. The deputation pointed out that
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  • 18 1 Tokio. It is officially announced that the new Japanese Legation at. Kabul w^as opened on Nov 6.- Reuter
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  • 125 1 London, Nov. 27. ASKED at what rate to the dollar Colonial allowances admissible to British forces in Hong Kong would be fixed, Mr. Douglas Hacking, Financial Secretary to the War Office, in the House of Commons replied that the allowance was issued in dollars
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  • 146 1 London, Nov. 28. I ORD Ashley has been granted a decree nisi, the suit being undefended. Lady Ashley was formerly the musical comedy actress, Sylvia Hawkes. Reuter. The divorce petition was filed in February of this year. Douglas Fiir banks, the famous film star, being
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  • 135 1 while Sir John Simon will probably be seeing Mr. Norman Davis Reuter TO FIT IN WITH BRITISH PLAN I London, Nov. 28. JT is expected that new Japanese! proposals or an adaptation of the original Japanese proposals will be submitted aa the next step
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  • 76 1 Nimes, Nov. 27. Mrs. Victor Brie- has abandoned her flight, and is returning home, i She made a good landing on arrival but a gust Of wind overturned the machine and the prop* Her was smashed. Mrs. Bruce was Slightly injured on the knees.- Reuter. Mrs. Bruce
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  • 69 1 Rome, Nov. Official circles believe that the reply to Japan's suggestion that Italy should denounce the Washington Treaty is almost certain to be in the negative. It is believed Japan Is averse to act ing on her own and may reconsider her viewpoint In view of the state
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 69 1 BIGIA TEA Brings the freshness and fragrance of the Malayan gardens direct to your home. TONIGHT SATURDAY. DECEMBER Ist I SPECIAL DINNER SPECIAL DINNER CONCERT CONCERT ■villi?-- 9 15 pm 8-'5 to 9 15 pm DANCE (formal) DANCE (formal) B^M SSS2. «o- a ST Wl VERSATILE SISTER TEAM CABAR rJ_.
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    • 84 1 On Other Pages Letters to the Editor Radio programmes 2 Mother's evidence against son 3 Scout Rally 3 Campbell's new speed bid 3 Continental comments 4 George Arliss' neic part 4 Page of pictures 5 H. C. Mills acquitted 6 Modern schoolboys 6 Franco-Soviet rapprochement 8 Multum in Parvo 8
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    • 106 1 Ther' it no better tCA than BIGIA TEA GROWN IN MALAYA SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT! SEA VIEW HOTEL SUNDAY MORNING NEXT, Dec. 2nd "DAMES" BEAUTY CONTEST arranged in conjunction with the forthcoming screening of Warner Bros, spectacular Musical (omedy "DAMPS" at the CAPITOL on Weds., Dec. sth. Judging will be done by
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  • 177 2 DISCHARGED SOLDIER CHARGED AS A VAGRANT JOSEPH Phillips, a 23-year-old J ex-private of the Wiltshire Regiment, who has just been released from the Singapore prison, where he served two months for theft of a car. was taken before Mr. J. M. Brander in the police
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  • 68 2 ALLEGED MURDER OF MOTHER AND DAUGHTER INDIAN TO BE TRIED AT ASSIZES (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh. Nov. 27. At the conclusion of the preliminary inquiry yesterday, the Ipoh magistrate committed to the Perak assizes an Indian, named Daniel, employed as a chargeman at the electric sub-station at Menglembu. on
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  • 52 2 Law Notices For The Day Before the Chief Justice. S.S.. Chief I Justice, F.M.S.. and Mr. Justice a'Beckett Terrell in Ist. Court at 10.30 a.m. Court of Appeal. No. 6— Lim Kee Tng etc. anor. vs. How Khquee Yee (U not finished). No. 7— Khoo Kay Yeow vs. Khoo Chui
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  • 49 2 The wedding took place on Friday, at St. Mark's Church. Butterworth. of William Neville Curtis Steele. Assistant Engineer. F.M.S. Railways, only son of Canon J. E. and Mrs. Steele, of Killaghtee Rectory. Donegal. and Miss Iris Violet Lamb. youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs John Lamb of Otterburn. Butterworth
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  • 241 2 GOVERNOR WELL PLEASED WITH AIRPORT FIRST INSPECTION OF NEW AERODROME Sir Shenton Thomas was one of a distinguished party who toured Singapore's 56.000.000 now airport yesterday The Governor was paying his first visit and with him went Sir John Sa ii mond, visiting Marshal of the R.A.F. and Government Director
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  • 195 2 Governor To Be (iuest Of Honour At Dinner Mr. J. S. Fisher will address the Singapore Rotary Club on Monday at the Adelphi Hotel on "Intimate Glimpses of Hollywood." H.E. the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, will be the guest of honour at the Rotary Club dinner to be
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  • 150 2 Two Chinese A^ain In Court Cheng Sang and Lee Kim Pong, the two Chinese who were alleged to have been concerned in the midnight shooting incident in Malabar Street on Oct. 31. In which it was reported that Mr. D. K. Broadhurst. A.S.P.. narrowly escaped with his life,
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  • 68 2 Two Years For Malay With Bad Record Nine pevious convictions earned a young Malay, Abu Samah b. Suboh, a sentence of two years' rigorous imprisonment, to be followed by a 5 ear's police supervision, when he was convicted by Mr. H. A. Forrer, the criminal district judge, yesterday.
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  • 67 2 I In conjunction with the Warner Brothers film. "Dames." which la being screened at the Capitol next week a beauty competition will be held lat Sea View Hotel on Sunday morning lat 11.30 when prizes will be presented to the three girls chosen by publivote. A large number
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  • Letters To The Editor
    • 178 2 To the Editor, Sir. Being a motorist myself. I possess a copy of the Highway Code given to me by the Licensing Officer when I took out a driving licence. On page 11 of the said Code is the following: "When approaching a controlled junction and
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  • 223 2 It is understood that the owner of the motor boat Whloh capsized off Jardine steps on Sunday morning, throwing 17 Europeans into the sea. will be charged on Friday in the Marine Court with carrying an excess of passeng< is. Today Loh Chwee Tioh pleaded guilty to a
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  • 38 2 Information has been received by telegraph that 2.353 State-aided labourers will arrive today by the s.s. Rohna It Is expected that 481 will be sent to Pulau Jerejak and the balance will protherV° P rt Swettennam for Quarantine
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 670 2 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS TENDERS. L SINGAPORE MUNICII>AU TV Tenders Tenders are non following material or particulars, see Muni. Room. -j Supply ol An I during 1935. D P.m. Wedi 1934 w CH. Goi.: Municipal j SITrATI()NS~^V^ YOUNG LADY Street Diploma desires en ladles hair dr. salar >-* tc WANTED] THREE BIAMI
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 265 2 Diary Of The Week THURSDAY, Nov. 29. High Water 4 05 a.m. 7 5 ft.. 3.23 p.m. p.m. 7.7 ft. Rugby: P.S.R.F.C. "A" vs. R.A., Dunearn Road; S.C.C. Training and Scrum Practice, padang. Hockey: S.C.C. vs. Peuce, padang: Wiltshires II vs. N.C.C.. McNair Road. FRIDAY, Nov. 30. High Water 5
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    • 165 2 Today's Radio Programmes Transmission 111 9.35 Big Ben. The Western Studio Orchestra Margaret Wilkinson. soprano > 9.50 Talk: "A Tour through time and space." Sir James Jeans. F.R.S. 10.10 The Western Studio Orchestra. Marget Wilkinson: Songs. 10.20 The wedding of his Royal Highness the Duke of Kent. KG., and her
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  • 838 3 Lord Baden -Powell Honours Mr. Dukes With Order Of Silver Wolf •From Our Own Correspondents Kuala I.umnur Nnv 97 4SSISTANT District Commissioner Marcus Dukes, who for manv n years has been connected with scouting in Selangor received to toy the highest honour which
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  • 55 3 Leningrad. A staff worker of the local caioochemical laboratory has discovered in one of the peat fields an extremelv rare mineral known as fichtelite. found in the U.S.S.R. for the first time. The discovery is a new and interesting contribution to a very little developed field of knowledge— the
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  • 550 3 NEW BLUE BIRD FITTED WITH WIND BRAKES CIR Malcolmn Campbell plans to risk his life in proving that the brakes of the modern racing car are all wrong. "Wind brakes." an entirely new system, are being fitted to the new -Blue Bird." which
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  • Article, Illustration
    11 3 rport during the visit which he and the Governor made yesterday.
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  • 181 3 ACCEtERATED SERVICES 10 THE DOMINIONS London, Nov. Tl. THE Air Minister. Lord Londonderry. In the House of Lords last night, reviewed progress In civil aviation and. referring to the projected EnglandAustralia service, said that, long before the Melbourne race, plans were drawn up allowing
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  • 66 3 Japanese Traders Dislike Revisions Tokio. Japanese traders and industrialists assert that the tarill revision enforced by the Manchukuo Government on Nov. 22. is not satisfactory. The revision of the Manchukuo tariff is reported to be intended to promote 1 orne industry and rectify the relations between ad valorem
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  • 654 3 Case Adjourned Because Of Conflicting Statements rEN the aged mother and a cousin of Yap Ann Piow. the shipping manager who is on trial on three charges of criminal breach of trust, involving sums totalling over $700, from Joo Guan and Co., were
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  • 40 3 it Is rumoured that Bnehe Alwy bin Suleiman. District Forest Officer. Kuala lapis, who has been stationed at Lipis lor a food many years, is goini; to Rawang sub-district on transfer sometime in December. His successor Is not yet known.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 69 3 UtDJINS ?ius _K__r_PS_F There is no better pill U aaWg than MARTINS. You can mf9 m rel > u *> on MARTINS PILLS. If W s 0 |d by mil Chemists Stores and f by THE FBOEKAL DISPENSARY. Raffles Square. Singapore. M For Your Christmas Shopping Visit SINGAPORE SILK STORE
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    • 99 3 Anna CHU CHIN CHOW" IT PAYS TO SEND YOUR CORRESPONDENCE A I R BV AI L For SPEED and REGULARITY VAIR MAIL THEM K. L. M. Gillard's UNCHOKREEM A Fish Paste >^^^m of UNIQUE that makes delicious Sandwiches Savouries flmt XfowJPJ Obtainable from oil Storci and Ba/4«r% Made by GILLARD
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  • 801 4  - WHAT THEY'RE SAYING ON THE CONTINENT ROSE PATTERSON THESE NAMES MAKE NEWS IN EUROPE SY Paris. E^RENCH film production Is looking lip The studios h ive been quick to profit by the set-bac ered by the German companies owing to the I Je v exodus The new Rene Clair film,
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  • 767 4  - George Arliss In The Role Of The Iron Duke JOAN LITTLEFIELD New Light On Character Of Wellington By ON the last day but one cf the ihooting of the Gaumont-British picture. "The Iron Duke," I went down to Shopherds Bush to meet Mr. Arliss. When I arrived they were shooting
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  • 285 4 ANOTHER EXPEDITION TO SAIL San Francisco. PCIENTTSTB Will soon be in the v South Pacific aboard the seait Zaca for another attempt to solve the centuries old tery of Easter Island. White men first explored the island on Easter Sunday. 1722, when the D ch explorer. Roggeveen,
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 70 4 aTSeAudijul Skin Lv j^K^ (^_lv.flH Care for your *kin daily with in lc ura Soap. Made of the purest iagrodieaU, delicately perfumed, contains, in a modified form, the tootluag, healing i utliurn ocoaortioj which pre'eotirritatioo, protect '.he tkia and trep it clear, iino >th aad healthy S»mt>le ..ch So*o. OtotOMOt
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  • Article, Illustration
    166 5 AHERNE, the actor. left Waterloo Station on the Aquitania boat train for America. Mr. Aherne is seen in his carriage window terloo Station. (Riffht): FACTIONS from all the national parties were represented at Trafalgar Square in a demonstration against (.oYfrnment'l Sedition Bill, which u'ives extraordinary powers to the police. Photo
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 170 5 Photographic copies of Free Press local pictures can be obtained on L application to the Manager. Price 50 cents each. HAT would modern navigation do without the channel buoys those floating markers that keep ships off the shoals? In a very real sense, the advertisements in this paper are channel
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  • 474 6 Acquittal For Eurasian Vehicles Inspector CHARGE OF RECEIVING BRIBE Story Of Scene In Billiard Saloon A FTER a protracted trial extend- lng over seven hearings. H. C. Mills, a Eurasian Vehicles Inspector, was acquitted yesterday by Mr. Norman Grice, the second magistrate, of a charge of having received an illegal
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  • Article, Illustration
    21 6 SIR JOHN S ALMOND (dark suit* frith Mr. U St. J. Caulfield. resident engineer, during his tour of the new airport.
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  • 34 6 Tokio. An Imperial decree announo?s that I Dec. 24 has been set as the date for the 'opening of the 67th. regular session of the Imperial Diet which will last for three months.- Reuter
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  • 300 6 BREACH OF CONTRACT BY STATE ALLEGED Says P.W.D. Did Work He Should Have Had (FTom Our Own Correspondent* Kuala Lumpur. Nov. 27. THE question of whether a contract 1 issued by the Public Works Department oi Selangor to a cartage contractor ot Banting was unilateral, was the main
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  • 31 6 The death has just occurred of Mr Frederick M. Poreher. chairman of Sungei Salak Rubber and a director ot F.M.S. Rubber Planters Estate. Consolidated Malay Rubber Estates and Sagga Rubber Co.
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  • 528 6 Plan To Freeze Them Alive When Caught Do you know that you can freeze a bowl of water containing gold fish till it is a block of ice And that long afterwards you can thaw it gently and find the fish alive? The same
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  • 32 6 Tokio The Industrial Bank ot Japan has formally decided to advance Y50.000.000 to the Tokio Stock Exchange to enable, it to conduct the month-end settle- 1 ments smoothly Reuter
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  • 496 6 Unusual Charge In Criminal Court Case CAUSING EVIDENCE TO DISAPPEAR Echo Of Stolen Gramophone Case T'HE echo of a recent case in the second magistrate's court in which a young Eurasian. Walters, and a Chinese. Poh Chwee Song. were bound over for the theft of a gramophone belonging to Miss
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  • 156 6 A "MORE CIVILISED" PERSON Modern Tolerance Of Eccentricity A COMPARISON boys ol toda: ago was drawn by Ui headmaster ol Chi Horsham H< lunoheon at ffal l honour ol the enfc and Lamb both "Old B Possibly, he said n [as compared withe daya of Colei
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  • 59 6 Chief Clerk Not Guilty Of Forgery Abetment i From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 27. The charge of abetment of forgery preferred against K. Murugasu. chief clerk of the Land Office. Tampin. ended sensationally today when the charge was withdrawn after one day's hearing. The magistrate. Mr.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 96 6 ndSba Articles may be handed in for SPECIAL and EXPRESS LAUNDRY SERVICE Dry Cleaning Waterproofing Invisible mending undertaken. WEEK DAYS. HOURS 7 A.M -2 P.M. 4-6 P.M. SATURDAYS. HOURS 17 A.M. 2 P.M. RECEIVING DEPOT SINGAPORE STEAM LAUNDRY LIMITED. 255. ORCHARD ROAD. OPPOSITE COLD STORAGE iiS.L. 2 g(; ANNA NEAGLE
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    • 14 6 ii nißll Anna May W fl U Wong CHIN G -T I CHOW" Robey
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    • 74 6 TONIGHT GRAND OPENING TANK ROAD SPUiAL REDUCED PRICtS O 1 ADMISSION: Full Box to Hold Sn Si Single Seat in Box I First Chairs S'- 50 Second Seats I (3rd els Gallery i Carpets. (4th els. Gallery' Bookie at ROBINSON PIANO 10. MATi^£ESsa e t d u n rda d
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  • 823 7 Sir John Simon Gives Reason For Discussions London, Nov. 22. n UNO in the House of Cornon the naval question Sir John Simon recallthe Washington Treaty one which would go finitely unless notice was i terminate it. The London 1930, on the other hand, for
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  • 41 7 Moscow, Nov. n. Mr. Potcnikin translated from Rome •becomes Ambassador in France, and IMr Stein. Minister in Finland replaces him Mr. Petrovsky. Minister in Hun- gary. is replaced by Mr. Bekzadian. 'Minister in Norway, who is succeeded 'by Mr. Yakubovich.- Reuter
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  • 351 7 MALACCA WATER SUPPLY $200,000 Loan •"THE following are orders of the day for the S.S. Legislative Council meeting on Monday: I. Minutes of the meeting held on October 17. 11. Oaths of new members: The Hon. the Resident Councillor, Malacca (Mr. G. W. Bryant). The Hon. Mr. H. R. Joyni
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  • 257 7 As Refreshing As Its Title "Lilies oi the Field" which began at the Pavilion last night, is one of the most refreshing films of the year— and it has been a good year tor films. Betty and Kitty Beverley are the twin daughter! of a country
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  • 128 7 SUCCESSOR TO RAJA MUDA OF SELANGOR NOMINEE TO BE SELANGOR'S NEW RULER 'From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 27. No successor has yet been officially selected to the vacated post of Raja Muda of Selangor. The Malay Mail states that an appointment will be made shortly but that it
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  • 134 7 2?i Per Cent. Birmingham London, Nov. 24. The first 2 y 4 per cent, municipal issue to be raised in England for some years was underwritten yesterday. This is an issue of £5.000.000 Birmingham Corporation Stock redeemable 1955 57. the issue price being 96' 2 The proceeds
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 331 7 There is Something New under the Sun— in turmoil of quotas, restrictions buffer pools etc. the business man leads d life to-day. Into the midst j il comes a new method of with one of the many worries able from a merchant's life: it 3 with It as drastically as
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    • 317 7 TONIGHT 6.15-9.15 "ONE OF THE FUNNIEST I PA VI I lOM FIECES l HAVE EVtR mm j rMY IL-IWIN SEEN" says DAILY SKETCH! r j WINIFRED SHOTTER B I j LILIES of the FIELD ijj r^r. > fc ANTHONY BUSHELL* fly&L '!W^ S F THE F,I U) is A FIRST-RATE
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    • 151 7 Having seen 'The Scarlet Empress one can well Jl understand the amazing success it has achieved Malaya Tribune 28 -1 1 34. CAPITOL 6.15 NIGHTLY 9.15 MARLENE DIETRICH AT HER BEST AS "CATHERINE THE GREAT" Hp iSi»»: Ai^x v P ii__iitti pr^b ft JBft > jM the SCARLET EMPRESS" A
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  • 813 8 the Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1934 The Franco-Soviet Rapprochement MONSIEUR Archimbaud has let the cat out of the bag. Addressing the French Chamber a few days ago with more heat than discretion he declared in effect that France and the Soviet had concluded a military pact. Russia, he
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  • 325 8 Mr H. R. Hertslet has returned to Malaya from Hong Kong. H.H. the Sultan ot Pahang has returned to Pekan from Singapore. Mr. S. Craig, textile dealer and wellknown local sportsman. also left for leave on the Sarpedon. Mrs. Lora B. Peet will be the speaker at
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  • 1695 8  -  AUTOLYCUS A Commentary On Malayan /Yea, Of The Week BY 117HEN the first local British Trade Fair was held at the Great World in May, 1933, it was undertaken with some misgivings by the organisers, and there was not overmuch enthusiasm on the part of traders to
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 227 8 Don't forget your friends at Home! for despatch decorated _^M_a ■_r^_M* where England. Scotland w T_»|»^T Wales a. Ita. Mto-tag prices MH>-*-/*-nf SttWltf REl> L.ABEL. ._/c"*\_^ Pet case of 1! hottles 5G4.00 jS v t'^^\ S( f 6 bott,es 532.00 J^W^SSi /^^y/J^^ Per case of 3 bottles 516.00 CaMsm\ii $o£ES&^&
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    • 50 8 IN THIS AGE IT IS GOOD TO BE ALIVE says a doctor. But, owing to the increase of motor traffic it ub getting increasingly difficult. A "GAFLAC" ACCIDENT POLICY will enable you to face the world more readily. GENERAL ACCIDENT, FIRE LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION, LTD. Hongkong Bank Chambers. Telephone 6480.
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  • 44 9 I Output To Be Doubled This Year Moscow, Nov. 27. S tea crop this season Is I green tea trom 86.000 lg to Pravda. lactones have been dUCed 1.500.000 lb of year. It is claimed the] d tubled this year. Reuter
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  • 355 9 Ten Thousands Communists Invade North Kwangsi SERIOUS SITUATION: CANTON SENDS ASSISTANCE Has Great Britain Violated "Open Door" Policy? rprv tl Hong Kong, Nov. 28. pN thousand Communists, led by Pang Teh-huai, are invading Lunghukwar.. m North Kwangsi. while the Ist and the 9th Red armlea have been withdrawn to South
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  • 157 9 NO ULTIMATUM TO GERMANY rS T A FRIENDLY iMMUNICATION Imperial Defence To Re Debated II London, Nov. 27. rp Ambassador In Berlin. Phipps, visited Baron th, the German Foi according to a German unique, communicated friendly manner the tatements to be made I Commons tomorrow the debate on ace. tl
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  • 97 9 London. Nov. 27 QUESTIONED in the House ol Commons, Sir John Simon stated that the British Ambassador in Tokio has been instructed to communicate to the Japanese Government observations which the Japanese reply to British representations regarding the Manchukuo oil monopoly appeared to require. The whole question,
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  • 95 9 Boards For Settlement Set Up In Britain And Norway London. Nov. 27 The two boards envisaged in the recent agreement between the United 1 Kingdom and Norway regarding the settlement of claims between the British i and .Norwegian fishermen have now been constituted. Commander Cumming. British ViceConsul in
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  • 182 9 Sequel To Shooting In Coffee-Shop ARMED police were patrolling all the outlets from Singapore and stopping all cars last evening and during the night in an attempt to locate seven Chinese concerned in a shooting affray. The incident took place in a coffee-shop at the junction of Jalan
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  • 300 9 FINANCIAL HELP FROM MUNICIPALITY I Harbour Board And Rates Revision A NUMBER of interesting matters are on the agenda of the meet--1 ing of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners tomorrow, one being j the report of the sub-committee I appointed to consider the proposal j that the Commissioners
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  • 97 9 Statement By The Home Secretary House of Commons, Nov. 26. THE Home Secretary. Sir John Gilmour, this afternoon outlined the Government's attitude towards the Irish sweepstakes. He explained that it would not be an offence for any person, under the new Betting Act. purchasing a sweepstake ticket for
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  • 117 9 Latest Rubber And Tin Prices (From Our Own Correspondent.* RUBBER London, Nov. 28. iSpot (Sellers) 6 7 I6d. <6 7 I6d. > (Buyers* 6 5 16d. <6 5 16d. January-March G^d. (G^d.) April-June 6 11 16d. <6 1116d.» July-September 6 13 16d. < i 13 16d> Market Steady.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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  • TRADE AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE
    • 960 10 Fair Business In Tin And Rubber IV/TESSRS. Fraser and Co.'s, SingaI" pore share report issued today states Fairly active condition may be said to have prevailed in the local share market since our previous report, and the last few days have not been lacking in
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    • 187 10 The Singapore Chamber oi Commerce Rubber Association held its 1.202nd. auction yesterday when there was: Catalogued 1.532.713 lbs.; 684 25 tons; Offered 1.408.706 lbs.; 628.89 tons; Sold (,97.663 lbs.: 400.74 tons. Spot London 6.5 16d. New York 13 cts. PRICBB REALIZED Ribbed Smoked Sheet Cents Per Lb.
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    • 200 10 SALES STOCK EXCHANGE 672.000 1.410.000 1.010.000 United Press Association. Nov. M Hi. It. American Can. Com. 1O5 4 loeu 105 American Telephone and Telegraph IO8V2 109% 108'b Atcheson Railroad 54 7 B 55 55'b Dupont 99 3 8 100 9S l 2 Firestone 16 1 IT 17 General
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    • 67 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association DAILY PRICES CURRENT FOR KM A. No. 1. X RIBBED SMOKED SHEET Nov. 28., 12 o'clock noon Buyers Sellers Spot < loose* 20 31 F.0.8.* December 21 21 A January-March 22 22' April-June 23\ 23 3 4 July-Sept. 24 24% Tone of Market Dull Steady.
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    • 109 10 Nov. 28 Gambier 6.75 Java Cube 9.00 Hamburg Cube 10.00 Muntok White Pepper 64.00 White Pepper 63.00 Copra. Sundried 3.00 Copra, mixed 2.75 Fair Sago. Flour 2.20 Small flake Tapioca 3.50 Blanja Jelotong 6.75 Sarawak Jelotong 6.50 R. (Siam) W.C. No. 1 per koyan $120 R. B.
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    • 145 10 Straits Trading Co.'s Large Interests i From Our Own Correspondent I London. Nov. 27. It is understood that the Straits Trading Co.. Ltd.. are the principal shareholders in the British Tin Smelting and Refining Co.. Ltd.. and that it is proposed to open a new smelter at
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    • 92 10 Reversal In Discount Rates Trend London, Nov. 24. On the money market this week, although recent large surpluses are being gradually drained off. borrowers were still able to obtain accommodation on very easy terms. The most welcome change, however, has been the reversal of the recent downward trend
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    • 447 10 General Buying Of Rubber London, Nov. 26. THE Stock Exchange today generally was very quiet and irregular. Gilt-edged Securities further relapsed mainly clue to withdrawal of recent influential buying owing to the improved yield on Treasury I Bills. Internationale rallied on better Wall Street advices and
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    • 16 10 The death is announced of Mr. Arthur T. Dew. director of the Lower 'Perak Rubber Estates.
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    • 932 10 WEDNESDAY, NOV. 28, 1934. Ampat Tin (4) 4s 3d 4s Ihd Asam Kumbang 33s 35s Austral Malay 59s 61s c.d. Ayer Hitam Tin(5s) 14s 3d 15s 3d Ayer Weng ($1) 2.07 2.1 2 2 Eangrin Tin 25s 3d 26s Changkat Tin 46s 47s Chenderiang 8s 6d
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    • 95 10 Ex« i 1 Paris 75 2 I Nev» V 15 in I Montreal 4 I Br lu I I Amsl I Milan 58 1" I Berlin 12.4 I I Oslo 19! I Vienna 27 I Helsingl I Prague il:- I Madrid 3d 1 I At liens 523 teller.
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    • 43 10 ((tovernment (hernia Amazinu Dbetvcrj F: m >:.: OWI Col Loud ••>■ v,v According I I Fuel Research Boai I of Scientific and I: Government el D obtaining m eating nil from rubber manufacture ol tl economic unless rubber a very low prii
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    • 204 10 These figures exclude exports of bunkor CO*. Otlfre. «nd .hip,' «*mZ Singapore, November, 1934. Registrar-General of fltatlstlci B B TABLE 111 SUMMARY ,In thousands ol dollars) GROSS IMPORTS T^ZZ GROSS EXPORTS QRO6S H^^L Monthl v i <3) 3 (If 4 1933 iSi l« 3 T ,u:,:: mm
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    17 11 ANNA NEAGLE and Sir Cedric Hardwicke in^ "Nsll Gwyn which opens at the Pavilion Theatre on Monday.
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  • 454 11  - PRODUCERS going for Good Music MOLLIE MERRICK Hollywood In Person BY HVWOOD, about to launch' it drive on music accomplishment of sound ids itself facing an with plenty of diffitting what it wants ems stars to warble, v producer reck- te an operatic OUld take his pick and no troi
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  • 62 11 Exhibition To Be Held At Habarovsk The regional Museum of Arts is pre- s ring oi the third regional exhibition ol works ol professional and amateur 'irtists of the Far East. Well-known artists, sculptors, and architects are participating in the exhibition and Chinese and Korean ar tists residing
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  • 53 11 Moscow Now Connected With Donetz Coal Basin Moscow. A 540-kilometrea long section of a new trunk railway line connecting Moscow With the Donetz coal basin has been completed and train traffic started along the section. The railway is double-tracked and s the past 25-30 pair of trains
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  • 855 11  -  Ely Culbertson by World's Champion Player and Greatest Card Analyst OUT-GUESSING ONE'S PARTNER The feeling existing between two partners should be one of co-opera-tion. The player that Fate has chosen to face you for any given rub- ber should be treated not as an enemy who must
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  • 221 11 A Palace For Children At Kharkor FORMER GOVERNMENT BUILDING Kharkov, f THE vast building in Kharkov, occupied until recently by the Ukrainian Government which now has moved to Kiev is being transformed into a palace for children. Prominent I Soviet experts are now working on the I artistic decoration and
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  • 55 11 Sverdlovsk. An expdltion of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, has found in the Urals a giant crystal of quartz weighing 500 kilogrammes (1.100 lbs.). The crystal has been brought to Moscow and placed in the exhibition, which is being organised for the opening of the
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  • 36 11 Production During First Ten Months Of This Year Moscow. During the first ten months of the current year. Soviet plants have turned out 77,303 tractors and 57.517 automobiles, including 13.347 nassenzer cars.- Tass
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 360 11 Assets exceed $12,000,000. A«uranc« force over $35,000,000 The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements) HEAD OFFICE Great Eastern Life Building, Cecil Street, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE 27, Old Jewry, E.C. The Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England and complies with the British
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    • 447 11 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA (Incorporated In England by Royal Charter) Paid up capital In 600,000 shares of £5 each £3.000.00t Reserve Fund *;3.00*,5* Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3,000,00$ HEAD OFFICE: 38, Blshopsgate, London EC. 2 Agencies and Branches. Aior Star Iloilo Saigon Amrltsar Ipoh Semarang Bangkok Karachi
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  • 66 12 To Be Renamed After British Cities London, Nov. 27. With the King's approval the cruisers of the M class, which it was intended to name after mythological monsters, are instead to be called alter cities. Two ships of the 1934 programme Polyphemus and Minotaur will be renamed
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  • LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENT?
    • 744 12 Queen Mary's Time-Table To Break All Records lUNCH in Cherbourg on Saturday; tea in New York on Wednes- day afternoon— 3,loo miles in 96 hours. That is the schedule which the Cunard-White Star Line are working out for the new liner Queen Mary,
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    • 56 12 Encountering fine weather ever since she left New York, the U.S. liner Manhattan created a post-war Transatlantic record for the Irish service. She crossed the Atlantic in 5 days 4 hours' 40 minutes to Queenstown, where she arrived last night. She averaged 536 miles daily, beating her previous
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    • 48 12 Government To (iive Effect To Proposals Of Assistance London. Nov. 27. Tne Prime Minister stated in the House of Commons that the necessary financial resolution to enable Government to give effect to proposals for the assistance of tramp shipping would be introduced this week- British Radio
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    • 125 12 The following are passengers on the Antenor, due here about Dec. 1. Mrs. C. E. Wurtzburg. Mr R. D. Qwyther, Mr. and Mrs. C. Bradbery. Mr. and Mrs. G. E Johnson. Miss E. M. L Bryant. Dr N A Canton. Mr. H. N. Croft. Mr and Mrs J.
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    • 67 12 Tokio. A widespread starch by Japanese destroyers and other vessels has failed to reveal any trac< ol the Eiryu Maru 3.439 tons*, which has been missing since Nov. 2. The Eiryu Maru. which carried a crew of 60. disappeared in the Japan Sea after leaving Kushiro.
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    • 43 12 The following passengers embarked at Singapore on the m s Erria. which left here for London on Tuesday: Mr. W. Galjaard. Mrs. \V Galjaard. Miss Sonia GroothoiT. Mr R Hare. Mr K. Jonker. Miss A Wanner. Mr. S. A O. Zweigbergk.
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    • 654 12 BOUSTEAD Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in F.M.S.) TELEPHONE Freight 5433 Passage 5431. LLOYDS AGENTS. Booking Agents for Federated Malay States Railways. Royal State Railways of Siam. f 1 W_^_ir an I F_wJ \m\ _r M gjjjXl hotel* ixpw^ A a^"^ mmm fi 1,, _________i (Incorporated in England). HOME VIA CHINA, JAPAN,
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    • 147 12 For everything appertaining to Ocean Passages, Foreign Money Exchange and Freight. apply IWO1 WOB to IBiygP'^^gg--39, ROBINSON ROAD. No Booking Fees. Telephone 5908. HENDERSON LINE SCHEDULE OF lIAIUM* By Fortnightly Passenger Steamer Between Rangoon, Port Sudan Marseilles, Palma and England HOMEWARD SAILINGS Port of Disembarkation Plymouth Leave Kan*uo» 1934 AMARAPOORA
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    • 178 12 I. S. K. LINE. ISHIHARA SANGYO-KAIUN KAISHA. LTD. •Incorporated in Japan) REGULAR FREIGHT AND PASSENGER SERVICE. HAVRE MARU Nov. 30 Dec 6 ERIE MARU Dec 10 Dec 10 MILAN MARU Dec 11 DtC 15 I FOR KOBE, OSAKA, MOJI. YAWATI v*r,OV* AND YOKOHAMA ERIE MARU Dec II Dec. 16 For
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 491 12 Local And Foreign Mail Despatches And 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 Jerantut) 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 a.m.
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    • 229 12 SINGAPORE ARBOUR East Wharf (Entrance CUa. Sirdhana 22; H o m«u shifts to 50 1. 20 Main Wharf (Enlram-e C Empire Dock (Entran V' Behar 18; City of^aad^ 14; Perseus 11; Rh( s Empire Dock (Entrance <; £2 V Bennevis 30: Kola Ch to4|S)32;o!aucus3s:K West Wharf (Entrance GaU Rahman. Uarella
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    • 422 13 lii W _fl I 3 i~ _^a** 1 1 il jf 1 >^aTlu /I^Hk _^Ti ■■*>"_—__i- 1 \'f r^a^^^MaoSS«s%_^v i a K -_atb#*^^'^^_Sß^fcgfc^?^»fjj|^^_^^jr^^^^^^^y^^^^B<^fc^i^^~^^Xa^ i^Wj>». I O^ w and BRITISH INDIA IP. O. S. N. CO'S SAILINGS. OUTWARDS Dm. Tn.«e S'pore. T-n... «^H" 17.000 Dec. 7 BHUTAN 6 100 S*?. 6.810
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    • 435 13 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated In England) mmmm "ELLERMAN" UNE FOR HAVRE, LONDON, ROTTERDAM AND HAMBURG. VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL Steamer City of Bagdad uc Sails City of Florence 28 D^c. 2 City of Eastbourne Dec. 14 Dec .16 City of Evansville Dec 30 Jan 2 Jan. 14
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    • 850 13 Lfct^^Sia^r ftEPIlt/4lNTiiwj^_^^£Ql mm BLUE FUNNEL "-JOg. THE HUA KHIOW STEAMSHIP CO.. ag«7 THE CHINA NAVIGATION Co., Ltd THE ADSTRAjfLlfI*ft^ M Ji CO td THE SIAM STEAM NAVIGATION Co. SS^^ SAlppinS CO ;i', UNELUI INSURANCE. r e iSssL c n od,0 d tr™ and Giobe s^a RAILWAYS. The Federated Malay States
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    • 855 14 K. P. M. KONINKLIJKE PAKE 1 VAART MAATSCHAPPIJ _"IDOK£ A hursday. Mo\. 29 Selal Pandjang. Bengkalis. Soengei-Pakning, Siak and Pakan-Baroo. VAN DER LIJN Tharaday, Noi Cbcrlb n (not for passengers). Semarang. Sourabaya Boeleleng, Ampenan Padang Bd>\ Benoa and Banjoewangi. VAN HEUTSZ— Thursdav. Nrv '29 Hon? Kong. Sw.itow and Amoy. MAROS—
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    • 499 14 TO EUROPE mOM SINGAPORE AND r/EINAisG VIA COLOMBO BOMBAY. SUEZ, PORT SAJD, ALEXANDRIA, NAFLEB GENOA. MARSEILLES A.ND NEW YORK- Arrive Leave Leave Arrive S'pore S'pore Penang N. York Pres. Garlleld Dec. 1 Dec. 4 Dec. 6 Jan. 15 Pres. Polk Dec. 15 Dec. 18 Dec. 20 Jan. 29 Pres. Adams
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    • 682 14 TO LONDON. VIA NAPLES, MARSEILLES. ANTWFKi^^^^^B __ND MIDDLESBROUGH KOTt KRIMm KATORI MARU 10.000 Nov. 28 29 SFUSHIMA MARU inc. IKASHIMA MARU 10.000 Dec. 13 14 HAKOZAKI MARU irii V YASUKUNI MARU 12.000 Dec. 24 25 JTERUKUNI MARU \>n P J a* HAKONE MARU 10.400 Jan. 910 HAKUSAN MARf! 1( r.
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  • 2022 15 Huddersfield's New Forward Line Brings New ASTON VILLA, PRESTON AND CHELSEA ALSO MAKE CHANGES (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Nov 12 i. many year, have the first three months of the football'seaweedi so many changes in the personnel of the leading .rward line, ln
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  • 195 15 Results In Third Round Of Championship The results of the third round ties in Singapore open ping-pong championship were as follows: Lee Chun Kai beat Yip Peng Yew o U Lee Chew Kuen beat Koh Fook Chew Tan Seng Tong beat Yeo Cheng Hai <5 1. Chan Kwok
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  • 109 15 From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Nov. 28. The following will represent Selangor In the Malaya Cup Rugby match against Perak at Ipoh: Dickson; McLeod. Hunter. Leach and Ager; Ehrke and Symington: Perry. PaxtonHarding. Devonshire. Gomm. Lewis. Parnell, I. D. MacDonald and Bell. Reserves. Turner, Demarco. Thornton, Thomas.
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  • 1042 15 HENR Y COTTON'S PECULIAR POSITION A Britisher And Captain Of Profession al Golfer s Association BUT CANNOT REPRESENT BRITAIN IN RYDER CUP MATCHES IN a letter I received yesterday. Henry Cotton, British Open Golf champion, states that he has contracted to stay with the Waterloo Club, Brussels, for another twelve
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  • 238 15 ENTRIES FOR NOVEMBER AMATEUR RACES The entries lor the Selangor Turi Club November Amateur meeting on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 are as follows: Horses: (lass 111. Ist run 5 fur.. 2nd run f> fur.: Maggie Girton. Brown Fox. Emerald Lady first only), Smiling Eyes. Sparkling Eyes.
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  • 83 15 The following have accepted to play Association football tomorrow at S.C.C 111 the Scotland vs. the Rest match. Scotland 'in whitest J Philip; A Buchanan. A. P Cralgle; J A. Hunt. A Donald. J. Criehton: A Ferguson. T Robertson. H. B Sym. N. Fyie. S A Anderson. The Rest 'in
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  • 328 16 Sport Badge That A Nation's Youth Covets ANYONE going about the streets of Soviet Russia, esoecially in the larger towns, will see a great number of people, nearly all young, wearing a red and white metal badge. It shows an athlete striding across a rive-pointed star. On it are the
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    14 16 STRENFOCS EFFORTS to reach the ball in the Merchants and Public Services rugby match.
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  • 85 16 The following hockey matches arranged for yesterday afternoon were washed out by rain: S.C.R.C. vs. Wiltshires. S.R.C. vs. Raffles College. O.R.A. vs. Raffles Institution. Those qualifying are learning the game as they go along, and most of their parents had never even heard of sport. But behind the
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  • 29 16 The prize distribution in connection with the Johore Badminton Association state championships, which was due to take place tomorrow (Friday) at the Johore Club, is postponed until further notice.
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  • 791 16 Plenty Of Time For Young Englishman, Says Butler FERE is plenty of time for champion Jack Petersen to get among the big money, writes James Butler, the boxing expert. He is only 23 years old, so why worry about making a trip to
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  • 168 16 Programme Of Races For The Week-End On Saturday, Dec. 1, B class will sail the Ladies Race for the Clementi Challenge Cup. Start 3.45 p.m. On Sunday, Dec. 2. the six-metre and B classes will sail the race to the Johore Shoal Buoy and back, leaving the mark to
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  • 163 16 Men's November Medal Results The following cards have been handed in for the Men's November Medal at the Island Club:— A DIVISION Com. R. W. Moore 81— 7-74 > P. A. Briggs 82— 8=74 tie T. Hoshisaki 86 12=74 P. R. Martens 89 12=77 Dr. H. L. H.
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  • 201 16 FOUR COMPETITORS: THREE FALL AND THE OTHER REFUSES /~VNE of the strongest horse races ever decided took place at Folkestone. There were only four competitors for the Westgate Novices' Steeplechase, but three of them tell and the other one refused. Royal Wine, who won the race,
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    7 16 ANOTHER VIEW of the Merchants and l>„bli,
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  • 31 16 The following are tne the we. k-end In the Inter club minton championship Saturday at 2 pm. Roseray BP Novices B.P Sunday at 10 a r. v U. C. A
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  • 109 16 The following have been invited •<> play hockey for S.C.C vs ss p today at SCC G R A. Ashworth. L* W s T Dm T W. Morray. E W Reeve. R N L H. N Davis. A. P. Cralgie, P I Bodel-Bi< M. C. Elliott Walnwr ghl The follow.
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