The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 10 August 1935

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. NO. 14,649. ESTD. 1835 SATURDAY. AUGUST 10, 1935 10 CENTS.
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    TIN QUOTA INCREASED BY 15 PER CENT
    189 1 Real Benefit To Producers And Consumers LONDON SURPRISED AT I. T. C. DECISION PARIS, AUG. 9. THE INTERNATIONAL TIN COMMITTEE HAS INCREASED THE OUTPUT QUOTA BY 15 PER CENT. TO 65 PER CENT. TO BE RETROSPECTIVE TO JULY 1. The Committee's decision to
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    NEW DEBENTURE STOCK SCHEME
    123 1 Singapore Traction Co. Proposals SHANGHAI AGREEMENTS IN THE BALANCE Our Own Correspondent) London, Aug. 9. Psals for the creation of debenture stock and the -nations of the Company's'. ment agreements with the tai Electric Construction Limited, will be submitted meeting ol the Singapore tion Company on
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    AIR TRAGEDY
    90 1 Minister Killed In Crash Cairo, Aug. 9. military plane with a crew nd three passengers, including Minister of Public Works. it left Cairo yesterday r Eritrea, has been found by F bin bad crashed twelve! of Heliopolis and all the nti killed. OTAGE srsPECTED Kome, Aug. 9. i
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    ENGINE TROUBLE
    29 1 impbcll Black Abandons Flight Cairo, Aug. 9. Black, who arrived at 5.30 <xiay. has abandoned his llight turning to London. One of the nes is misfiring. Reuter
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    LORD WOOLAVINGTON
    147 1 LORD WOOLAVINGTON Obituary Won The Derby Twice London. Aug. 8. THF DEATH occurred tonight of Lord Woolavington.— Reut«r. Lord Woolavington will be best remembered by the public of Greut Britain for his long and illustrious connection with the turf. He was; 'keenly interesting in horse-racing throughout his life, and his
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    "Call Me Henry "
    74 1 "Call Me Henry HENRI is no more Cochet. through the medium of a friend, told the Free Press last night that his Christian name ends not in the best French manner icith an but with an Anglo-Saxon "y." The brilliant French tennis player has been described for years in the
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    NEW YORK FEARS
    71 1 Threat Of General Strike In City New York, Aug. 8. A general strike of all works in progress by Administration workers in the city, if possible affecting 100,000 workers, is scheduled for tomorrow as a protest against the Government's wages-scale of $93 J ,2 for a three-week
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    26 1 London, Aug. 9. It is understood that Captain Danckwerth is in Paris representing the British Admiralty, and is in touch with the French Ministry of Marine.
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    AN OPEN MIND
    45 1 Sir F. Leith-Ross And His Visit To Tokio London, Aug. 9. Those in closest touch with Far Eastern affairs emphasise that Sir Frederick Leith-Ross'9 visit to Tokio Is only designed to ascertain the Japanese view just as he has been recently inter-
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    News From All Quarters
    218 1 C903 Painting.— A small painting by^ Perugino of the "Madonna and Child" fetched £903 at Christie's. Territorial Recruits.— During June month there was 2,856 Territorial Army recruits, a decrease of 1,196 compared with May. and 477 less than in June. 1934. Best Sellers.— The Bible and
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    IMPORTANT MOVE IN FAR EAST
    253 1 Japan Hopeful Of Co-operation Tokio, Aug. 9. THE Japanese Press declares that when the Chinese AmbasI F sador, Mr. Chang Tso Pin, returns from leave on Aug. 20, Mr. Hirota, the Foreign Minister, will, open negotiations for the recognition of Manchukuo and closer Sino- Japanese
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    TOKIO CONFERENCE
    64 1 Japanese Foreign Office Denies Report Tokto, Auc The Foreign Ofttce spokesman denies the reports In the Japanese Press that. Mr Matsudaira has received a proposal from Britain regarding the advisability of an Anglo-Japanese conference in Tokio. The spokesman add* that the Foreign lOflice baa DO information that Sir
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    THE RED CROSS
    69 1 Kmpcror Praises Its Usefulness Addis Ababa, Auc 7. It ltd on a green silk throne under 1:i red panoplied tent and surrounded by •Ethiopian diunit sines with his two fox terrier.* at his leet. tho Negus pnsided at the opening meeting of tho Ethiopian Red Cross and
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      79 1 BIGIA TEA Brings the freshness and fragrance of the Malayan gardens direct to your home. CS.T- MALAYA'S PREMIER HOTEL J TODAY'S ATTRACTIONS RIJSTAFFEL 12.30 to 3 p.m. SPECIAL DINNER CONCERT 8.15 to 9.15 P .m. DANCE formal 9.45 to midnight and CABARET ATTRACTION SUCCESS The Sensational Continental Acrobatic and Eccentric
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      94 1 There is no better Tea than BIGIA TEA GROWN IN MALAYA Hi SEA VIEW HOTEL TONIGHT (FORMAL) SPECIAL DINNER DANCE DINNER DANCE MUSIC BY THE RELLER BAND SUNDAY I MORNING 9*.25 Im E EVENING POPULAR CONCERT SPECIAL DINNER 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. SERVED ON THE LAWN SPECIAL CURRY TIFFIN
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      92 1 1 X?^ a R^? CR€ P*IvT c L Y^ R u ck, Tl WH€R* OH> yOU 6RADUAT1 ah lUSiNDMV I CHANCELLOR My BOV-^HEN M iow.N ALLTriOSl A ©OV* T&THAT 1 FlONUMY V ___P* JSiX£* u 1^-*. jPRosp-wrvy M A sgutresi \^^school g^. s.r J \JfS^, v \J^ r J THE
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    Port Health
    412 2 Port Health THE health bulletin of the League of Nations Eastern Bureau for the week ended Aug. 3. Plague. Rangoon and Colombo have again this week notified the presence of human plague, the former port reporting 2 cases and the latter 1 case Rangoon has also notified rodent plague, as
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    VIOLIN RECITAL
    182 2 I. Ivco LießCois To Play In Singapore On An-. 28. a violin redta] will be iven by II Leo Liegeois. in the ictoria Memorial Hall. M. Lie^eois i* well known violinist of the Belgian •hool- a pupil oi Cesar Thomson and rand Prix of the Brussels Conserva)ire—who allies
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    SALUTE DISPENSED WITH
    72 2 SALUTE DISPENSED WITH tFrom Om own Correspondent.) rru o Sereniban. Aug. 8. Thi- Seremban magistrate, Mr J Calder, yesterday instructed the officer in charge of constables giving evidence in the police court to alter long-standing custom He preferred the constables to stand at attention when they came to give evidence,
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    NEW SOLICITOR
    41 2 His lordship wished Mr Tan Thnon Lip Mr S S j n his Profossi 0i anThoon |J Mr M. C Johannes appe ireri m support of the application^ d In Mr p the P a^ catio Of Mr. Gale.lc
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      411 2 VERTISEMENTS. 5^ I ftingapotc Jf^cc press u-a o*.= vg^ extensions to ,n' lln^ Te.: -r,J.. Z^l^ KuaLi Lumpur Office: 25, j^ M Slrr#( Phone: J6g.i London Office: e c 4 :Y h um. SUBSCRIPTION R ATtQ Within o. Quarter!* I8 5« J I'M Ball Yearl, 7 h g H4H (8:8
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      874 2 Diary Of CHURCH 1 fIG VY&GtZ Xlil SI'MKU AFTER TRINITY b.50 a.m. Holy Communion. SATURDAY, AUG. 10. I am atin Hk'h \Vir.»r 7 ->7 ain r« tt «iv »v, HOO am Choral Eucharist. HiMi water. 7 <; >7 a.m. 0.6 ft., 6.1.J pm. 93U p m Rvenaona (choral> and Sermoi
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      640 2 SERVICES ST. PETER'S CHURCH Stamford Road, Tamil Services 7.30 a.m. Chora i Matins and Sermon. Subject of Sermon: The Publican and t l, Pharisee. St. Matthew's Church, Sepoy Lines, Tan id i Services id I 6.00 p.m. Evensong and Sermon 1( 1 Subject of Sermon: Pride! Humility. STKAITS CHINESE CHURCH
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    DID NOT UNDERSTAND PROCEEDINGS
    538 3 Baron Belhaven Seamen's Appeal Succeeds FHE appeal of 33 members of the crew of the Baron Bel haven, who were convicted by the Master Attendant and t» need co six weeks' rigorous imprisonment on a charge of disobeying the lawful command of the master of the
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    Suspended Solicitor Wants Appeal Heard In Penang
    207 3 Suspended Solicitor Wants Appeal Heard In Penang AN application was made in the n Supreme Court yesterday, before Mr. Justice Burton, Acting Chief Justice, to transfer the appeal of Mr. T. Talukdar against the de- cision of the Supreme Court suspending him for six months for professional misconduct to Penang.
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    "DON'T FIGHT AGAIN'
    193 3 Magistrate's Advice To Married Couple QARRUDIN and Wan Chik, husband and wife, were the best of friends. Then something happened there was a rift in the family lute. On Wednesday morning. Sarrrdin packed up his "barang." told Wan Chik he was going to Kuala Lumpur, and jumped
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    MURDER ALLEGED
    218 3 Malay Charged With 15- YearOld Crime ,From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Aug. 8. AS a sequal to an alleged cioubie murder in the Ulu Bernang Village on the Negri-Selangor boundary fifteen years ago, a Malay. Ahmad bin Haji Mohamed Tahir. alias Ahmad bin Musa. stood I charged with
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    WELLS DRY UP
    113 3 Singapore Water Taken To Tanjong Kling The three wells at Tanjong Kling, a fishing village on the extreme western coast of Singapore island, have dried up in the drought, and the 50 inhabitants of this village, which includes a small police station, are dependent or Singapore for
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    MR. NAT NATHANSON FINED UNDER ALIENS LAW
    412 3 Failed To Report On Leaving And Return To Colony t(|T is only by the punishment set in this Ordinance that we can get aliens to provide us with correct particulars of their movements." This statement was made in the 1 third court yesterday
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    MOTOR-CYCLIST CHARGED
    102 3 Said To Have Caused Hurt To Cyclist »From Our Own CorreSfcondent. Muar, Aug. 7. J. Andrews, in the employ of the Royal Air Force, was charged before the second magistrate here yesterday with driving a motor-cycle without a licence and also with driving in a rash and negligent
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      34 3 a clear complexion fcf guard against l M^f^ 'TIRED SKIN iunshine and gritty, Hf U Knights %^^fW]M 20 CTS. > the big tablet >Ohn kniOht LIMITED. lONDON (NCUnD. *•n C- J{ .3 O* 5 O
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      293 3 Doubled up £U with Stomach &f pains \fj [JA minutes U i-« later One minute you are doubled up it h pain, dae to bloating gao and hurninr •old In yonr stomach. Tako two or three Chardox tablets, an.i minute* later the pain has Ronr. Chardox Is not a dm*.
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    Chess Notes And News
    796 4 Chess Notes And News By The Chess Editor 17ERY LITTLE progress has been made with the Singapore Chess Club Championship recently. This is because several of the leading players are fully occupied with a correspondence game which the Club began against the Johore Chess Club a week or two ago.
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    BYRD'S EXPEDITION
    77 4 Deficit Of $60,000 Reported Rear Admiral Richard E. B.yrd has I announced that ho hopes to make up a 560.000 deficit on his Antarctic ex'pedition by writing a book and delivering lectures. The explorer also hopes to regain his health, damaged by exposure at his lonely advance weather
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    ADRIFT IN CYCLONE
    70 4 Two Japanese Ships In Trouble Brisbane. A.s a result ol the tow-line breaking the steamer Ifaheno. which was being tcweci to Japan by the steamer Oonah for breaking up. went adriit in a cyclone off Bandy Cape. Queensland. The Oonah's steering gear was broken when the tow-Une
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    HOODED PIRATES
    112 4 Sea-Goinjr Gambling Casino Raided Long Beach. Calif. Five hooded pirates who raided a sea-going gambling casino four miles cfT the California coast, looting the ship of U.5.535.000 in cash and jewelry I had apparently escaped inland, opera- j tives of the Department of Justice' declared. The announcement followed
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    50 Years Ago
    445 4 \A.S It WaS In The Singapore Free Press, For The Week Ending August 8, 1885 NOTES FROM THE KAMPONG At one time. I think about thirty years ago. a mercantile firm at Marseilles wanted to try the copra business, and the late Mr. T. O. Crane was
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    WINDJAMMER DEATHS
    210 4 Two men were killed and two injured, when a boiler burst on board the Finnish barque Herzogin Cecihe, which was discharging a cargo of wheat from Australia at the Spencer Basin Belfast. The men were working the donkey engine discharging the cargo when the boiler exploded. The two
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    STOMACH ULCERS FOR 15 YEARS!
    70 4 SIOMAfU SllinuKs xm X/|S( Here's how v tffl pm ended! Mis tham. says "Al I roHer with gastric ulcem I remedies with..u» »i ill •Bisurat.d' llagnwUi nrnt dose I felt n,w W years of I t on, i;r cured.' No natter hoi stomach trouble 'Blturat
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      85 4 mosquitoes that ruin Xy AAd^A I QRANGE The ORIGINAL RENOWNED ORANGE SMASH Which is prepared solely from the juke <>* rich Californian Oranges, acts as a charm in stimulating the jaded nerves and kMpf vou in perfect health. Cooling and Refreshing no other drink will win greater love and favour
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      517 4 WEEK-END RADIO PROGRAMMES SA TURD A Y B.B.C:— GSH, GSG and GSP Wavelengths 13.97, 16.86 and 19.82 metres 6.20 The Pendleton Public Band. relayed trom the Municipal ig Bandstand. Southport. 7.05 Talk "Foreign Affairs." Greenwich time signal at 7.20 p.m. 7.20 The Commodore Grand Orchesie tra, relayed from the Commodore
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    Low's Topical Budget
    169 5 A TOPI VMMD TI'NNEL for t:stn»< aercplams. one of the most elaborate and efficient in the world, lias hern constructed al (halati Meudon. near Paris, by the French Military authorities. The tunnel is equipped with an intake through whirh six Rieat propellois dr.iw air. capable of producing
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      66 5 Photographic copies of Free Press local pictures can be obtained on application to the Manager. Price 50 cents each. .^^L M j^yr 111 X^K?^bb^bUb^4^^^bV^ bBbI bb^bwc a Jv~ ar^^ 111/^V^bl BHaVT'^Br vl b"bW C« Y A JrImbb# lllr &r afl bbv^ fe Bb* V *x\ mw »^^^T IM^ -^^*J^ >^»
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    SISTER'S BID TO SAVE HAUPTMANN
    653 6 New Evidence Unearthed For Lindbergh Baby Appeal THE stage is now being set for the i hearing of one of the most sen- national appeal cases the United States has known for a generation! that of the German carpenter, Bruno Hauptmann, lying under sen- j
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    ACCUSED DISCHARGED
    80 6 Chia Chan Tock. a well-known business man in Teluk Ayer Street, appeared again this morning before Mr. H. A Forrer. the criminal district judge, to I answer a charge of the fraudulent removal or concealment of property. Chief Court Inspector W. MacQuarrie told his honour that instructions had
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    Murder Of 13-Year-Old Boy Alleged
    351 6 Murder Of 13-Year-Old Boy Alleged MAN DISCHARGED FROM MENTAL HOSPITAL A preliminary inquiry took place yesterday before Mr. Norman Grice, the Singapore second magistrate, into a charge of the murder of a 13-year-old boy. Sean Keng Chee. with which it is proposed to indict Ng Tian Choh The offence was
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    Former Siamese Diplomat In Singapore
    300 6 Former Siamese Diplomat In Singapore "GOVERNMENT IS ESTABLISHING STABILITY" FRESH light on the enigma of modern Slam ll thrown by Phya Supan Sompat. late Siamese Minister in London. Berlin and the Scni'ln i:\vian States. In an interview irlth th^ Free Press Phya Sompat was a passenger by the Yasukuni Maru
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    STOLE JEWELLERY
    64 6 Pleading guilty to charges ot the theft of jewellery valued at $482 the property of a Malay living in Radin Mas. and to breaking open a closed receptacle, Awang bin Ahmad was sentenced yesterday before Mr. Norman Grice, the Singapore second magistrate to a total of nine months'
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    CHRIST'S CHILDHOOD DISCOVERY
    637 6 CHRIST'S CHILDHOOD DISCOVERY Scholar Says It Was Not Spent In Nazareth FORGOTTEN TOWN OF EL HUSN SUGGESTED IS Nazareth the place where Jesus spent his youth authoritatively suggested that it was really spent at i now called El Husn, a little, forgotten town 20 mil. the Jordan, where the early
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    16 6 New Airport. Sir P C I Secretary lot Air optlK N €35 000 munioipal aup lon
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      133 6 Bedford The A l l- British truck that does the hard work in Malaya Here is a typical example of a really smart modern van as "^H exemplified by Bedford Borneo Motors Ltd This attrac- tiye body is mounted on a BYC 16 cwt. chassis and is definitely the most
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      317 6 r ßelieved His Own 6i Years\ RHEUMATISM Banished His 2 Relatives' jffi, HEADACHE t NEURALGIA SJL Dear Sir, I hair been* sufferer from Rheumatism for Ihlk/ the past tix-and-a-half year,, being troubled ma, nU ,n I Wl A!/ the hip; thighs, knees and occasionally in the shoulders MVI f*\ have
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    DUTIABLE TOBACCO
    150 7 Revenue Officers Seize 63,000 Cigarettes Unable to pay a fine of $1,500 im- posed by Mr. H. A. Forrer, the Singapore criminal district judge, yesterday for having had dutiable tobacco in his possession, a young Kokien, Liew Hong Loo. will have to serve the alternative sentence of six
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    EXPLOSION NEAR NAVAL BASE
    89 7 Injured Hylant Still In Hospital Wee Ah Meng, the Hylam who was severely burned in the explosion in a house near the Singapore Naval Base three weeks ago. is still in hospital. The case in which he and another man, Tan Tin Ann are charged with
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    TURKEY AND SOVIET
    26 7 Leningrad. The Minister of National Economy of Turkey, Jelal Bayar, accompanied by representatives of finance in Turkey, has arrived to discuss trade. Tass.
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    STRANGE DREAM
    235 7 "Woke Up Calling His Name" Bristol, July ZH. Mr. Watkint'a mother said today: "It is a strange thing, but I dreamed of my son on Monday night. I thought he was speaking to me, and I woke up calling his name. "He has climbed a great deal at
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    APPEAL DISMISSED
    42 7 rtate Manager's Conviction And Fine To Stand Justice Burton, acting Chief j 1 Slivered judgment yesterday;: ng the appeal of Mr. A. L. B. 1 manager o; the United Rubber worn, who was convicted of h 1 and fliMj $50.
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    NEW COAL RESERVES
    49 7 Alma-Ata. Latest geological prospecting confirms the existence of vast coal reserves in Karaganda, Kazakstan. The approximate reserves of coal discovered here, are estimated at 32,000,000,000 tons. It is supposed that this figure does not yet give tho total of all resources of the coal basin. Tass.
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    CURATE MISSING IN ALPS THREE DAYS
    185 7 CURATE MISSING IN ALPS THREE DAYS Mother's Dream Of Seeing Him A S EA HCH Party which has been s^J^Z'ZZ^ round Grindelwald for an English curate the Rev H,,h Clifford WatKins, of St. Andrew's Church. Mont^ S£ who .eft his hotel at Grindelwald last Monday and has ince been reported
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    Unemployed European's Troubles
    157 7 Unemployed European 's Troubles JUR. C R. Savage, a European, was examined on a judgment debtor summons yesterday in the Supreme Court before Mr. Justice a'Beckett Terrell. In reply to Mr. F. A. Briggs. who appeared for the judgment creditor Mr Savage said that he had been doing constructional engineering
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    SINGAPORE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS
    112 7 The Singapore Municipality are seeking to acquire three plots of land for the purpose of widening roads. The first Is plot measuring 429 square reel next to the car park opposite the market in Orchard Road. This is wanted for the construction of a pavement and a
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    31 7 An RAF. flying boat from Singapore arrived in Kuantan on Wednesday. Tuan Syed Omar Shahabudin is acting as Auditor-General Kedah, in place cf H.H. Tunku Kassim who has gone on leave.
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      298 7 I The Crowds Still Continue to II everv nieht ti, o ue to P°ur in I otr> mgnt...they c a nn»> be Wr I um P ur on August 14. I TODAY TOMORROW 5 p... 9 15 I MISS NOT, THEREFORE THE OPPORTUNITY I OF ENJOYING I CIRCUS KNTERTAINMFNTS AT
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      377 7 I Continuing The Popular Succeu Of A Cr,.l Two Feature Pro.ramn,, 11 ALHAMBRA 1 iZSTx STOP MSTKN A LAI GH X »IC STARS in musical mirthquak. T\ of lomanrr „nd laugh* J V^s T^^ Edmund lour. Ruth Ellin*. Gloria Stuart \^tl'^ I Phil Baker Paul Lukas. Chester Morn.. A Binnie
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE
    32 8 SAMMY —At No. 94 1 Thomson Road on August 9. 1935. Jane, the beloved sister of Mr. P. Sammy and Dr. L. Sammy Funeral at Bidadari at 4 p.m. today.
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    The Singapore Free Press and Daily News SATURDAY. AUGUST 10, 1935. Singapore Reading Habits
    864 8 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY. AUGUST 10, 1935. Singapore Reading Habits /CONSIDERABLE interest has been aroused by the references to the reading habits of Singapore made by Professor Bottrall at the last meeting of the Rotary Club, especially his complaint that our bookshops are not stocked with the right type
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    DAY TO DAY
    300 8 Dr Pou. formerly of the Malayan Medical Service, has settled down at Hove. Captain R. Irvine. District Officer Klang. has been admitted into Bungsar Hospital Mr. T. H. Dutton. of Pritchard and Co.. Ltd.. Ipoh. has lett for Penang en route home on leave. Among the passengers
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    As I Was Saying
    404 8 A WRITER in a Home paper has been A recamng with a glance at Disraeli's magniloquent language about hoisting "the standard of St. George on the mountains of Rasselas." that we ourselves went to war with Abyssinia in 1868. But however inflated the British language used
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      114 8 i "Good Taste Sole Agents: CALDBECX MACGREGOR CO., LTO. Incorporated under the Companies' Oidinanceb ol Honu Kong* (Incorporated in Shanghai* SPECIAI V&^v^f TO H.M. THE IPPOINTMENI KING F SIAM BEALIIFL'L JEWELLERY ENHANCES FEMINLNE CHARM. The beautiful designs of today as stocked by us make the possession of a ring, brooch,
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      67 8 "NEWSPAPERS SHOULD NOT contain any items likely to depress the people/' says a reformer. Perhaps he will suggest some other means of letting us know the results of the State Lottery The result of a GAFLAC BAGGAGE WORLD WIDE POLICY is to relieve you of anxiety about your valuables and
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      911 8 Topics Of The Week A CCORDING to Prolessor Bottrall in Jones' lett.rs his address to the Singapore Rotary ture ha ha Club. "Great literature is language joke 111 h.n. mtmt charged f i> the highest possible de- In any easi H gree.' It that ll true then Mrs. Topicist that
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    SPATE OF NEW DECREE LAWS IN FRANCE
    295 9 Government's Efforts To Promote Recovery Paris, Aug 9 PIGHTY-THRBB new decree laws were issued yesterday evenly in S and comprise four categories dealing, firstly, with proction of investors, secondly, economic recovery chiefly by ceding up public works, thirdly, reduction in the cost of
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    TWO KILLED IN RIOTS
    164 9 louhn. Aug. 9. a m. orted that two men were I 18 wounded In rioting French naval and munirs here. was a sequel to the Inst the pay cuts. SHOTS EXCHANGED tlon was becoming serious 1 were exchanged between rioters. 44 ot whom were hour ago
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    TIED-UP TONNAGE
    94 9 Further Decrease Reported In Japan Aided partly oy tne DrisK ioreign trade and partly by the scrappingbuilding scheme, the", baa been a further decrease In tied-up tonnage in Japan. According to investigations by the Department el Communication, the total tied up in the principal ports throughout the country
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    32 9 Members oi the Ipoh Branch of the Ex-Services Association of Malaya have handed to the Chaplain. Perak South, a Union Jack with the request that same be used at all military funerals.
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    100,000 PERISH IN THE YANGTSE FLOODS
    55 9 Colossal Damage In China Nanking, Aug. 9. AN official report by a Government investigator states that KMVOOO have perished as a result of the Yangtze floods. Fourteen million people are homeless, i and 100.000 square kilometres of territory have been inundated. The material damage
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    49 9 ART TREASURES worth untold mill lions, packed in steel-lined cases, were unloaded under armed guard from the British cruiser, Suffolk! at Portsmouth for the journey to London. The treasures have been sent from Peiping for the Royal Aiademys exhibition, which will be the first international exhibition of Chinese Art.
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    RELIEVING DISTRESS
    118 9 Central Authorities Take Action Shanghai. Aug. 9. The Governor of Hupei. General Chang Chun, has been informed by the j Central authorities that a sum of 51. 300.000 has been allotted to the province for the relief of flood sufferers and the rehabilitation of agricultural areas ruined by
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    VAN DINE "THRILLER"
    175 9 Excellent Film At The Theatre Royal Paul Lukas takes the role of Philo Vance, the amateur detective, in the latest Van Dine "thriller." "Casino Murder Case." which had its Malayan premiere at the Theatre Royal. North Bridge Road. Singapore, last night. Lukas gives a polished performance. He
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    SPEECH MAKING NIGHT
    139 9 Malacca, Aug. 7. A departure from the ordinary literary meeting was made when, under the auspices of the IndoCeylonese Association of Malacca, representatives of various local clubs participated in a night of speech-making yesterday at the High School Hall. Mr. M. R. Holgate, Inspector of Schools, as
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    MISSION TO THE SOUTH
    130 9 Nanking's Offer To Canton Hong Kong, Aug. ft. /GENERAL Huang Shao Hsiuig, Governor of Chekiang. arrived here this morning when a numbei of officials from Canton met him at the Kowloon Wharf. It is reported that he has brought with him personal letters from Marshal Chiang
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    SHIPPING CONTRACTS
    107 9 British Yards Will Build New Vessels Sir R. Ropr.er and Company. Ltd.. West Hartlepool. are reported to have ordered, under the "scrap and buila" scheme, a 9.000-ton motor-ship Iron William Doxford and Sons. Ltd.. Sunderland. It is understood that Messrs. Ropner are to scrap three 6.000-ton vessels of
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      604 10 Duff Development Profit DIVIDEND OF 5 PER CENT. THE report of the directors of Duf Development Company Ltd. presented to shareholders at thi annual meeting in London on Jul: 25. states The Directors submit their third annual report and audited statemen of accounts for the year ended Mar. 31 1935.
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      697 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association Aug. 9, 12 o'clock noon Buyers Sellers No. I. X. R. S. S. in cases (FOB. August) 19 5 8 19 3 4 Good F.A.Q. in cases (F.0.8. August) 19 516 19 716 No. I.X.R.S.S. < Spot-loose) (awardable Singapore) 19V2 19% August 19 3/ 4
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      396 10 Aug. 6. 7. 8. AmericanCan.Com. 142 1 143 5 8 143»., American Telephone and Telegraph 132 5 8 132> 4 132 Atcheson Railroad 52 51 51 Chesapeake 46 l 4 46 46 Dupont 108» 2 108 5 8 108 1 > Firestone 15» 4 15> 4 lS^ General
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      RUBBER FIGURES WORTH STUDYING
      318 10 RUBBER FIGURES WORTH STUDYING U.S.A. Car Output 30 Per Cent Over Last Year (From Our Owi A NUMBER of important ai have become available this From New York, for instance, comes a cable stating that the output of motor-cars in the U.S.A. and Canada during the week ended July 20
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      136 10 Aug. 9 SELLING London. 4 months' sight 2331 32 London. 3 months' sight 2 3 15 16 London. 60 days' sight 2 3 29 32 London. 30 days' sight 2 3 7 8 London, demand 2 3 2732 London. T.T. 2 3 27 32 Lyons and Paris, demand
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      88 10 Auk Buyers Sellers Gambler 6.00 Java Cube 10.00 Hamburg Cube 9.75 White Pepper 18.00 Muntok White Pepper 18.50 Copra. Sundried 3.90 Copra, mixed 3.45 Small Flake Tapioca 4.30 R.B. Slam No. 1 per koyan 10S Banja Jelotong 7.50 Sarawak Jelotong 7.00 R. Siam) W.C. N. 1 per
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      TIN OUTPUT
      129 10 Sione Tin vF.M.S.) Limited report an output for the month of July 1935 of 600 plculs yardage worked 114.000 hours run 445. Foochow. demand 32' 4 p.c. Dis Bl YING London, t.t. 2 4 1 32 London. D.D 2 4 1 16 London. 30 days' sight 2 4
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      898 10 FRIDAY. AIG. 9. 1935 MINING Buyers Sellers Ampat Tin i4s> 4s 3d 4s 9d Asam Kumbang i£) 33s 34s Austral Malay i£) 59s 6d 60s 6d Ayer Hitam Tin ybs) 13s i4s Ayer Weng isl> 1.80 1.90 Bangrin Tin (.£> 20s 6d 21s Btitu So la ni,
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      Net Profit Of $36,000
      202 10 ULUPANDANRIHjUR REPORT T*HE reportof the ft* 1 UluPandan (Sinn.,, Estates. Ltd., to be shareholders at the Utt at the French Bank Bu gapore. on Aug. 16 Your directors .subrr.r duly audited Itateaft the Company lor 30. 1935 Accounts. -Th< f I year amounts $;j. alossol 52.69C22
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      Netherlands Indies Rubber Statistics
      73 10 The iollowing lafon received from The Ch;. Bureau of Statistics. B.<' Production on estates conv< i long tons of 2 240 lb dry I T* Territory 1934 Java ***** Outer Provinces IMJN Netherlands Indies 182 124 Notes: 1 This is an HttMAl production o; excluding nattTi
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    FILM PRODUCER'S Views on Television
    692 11  - FILM PRODUCER'S Views on Television Alfred Hitchcock (By tgree that television will stop joins to the theatres and r entertainment. People will to go out tor amusement. they can "see in" as well as. >ciousnesB must always be For instance, a comedian's sound funny when heard people, but in a
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    KING'S HOUSE
    622 11 Monday, July 29. His Excellency presided at a meeting cf the tin miners at Ipoh. Tuesday. July 30. In the morning His Excellency visited I c the Institute for Medical Research. His Excellency presented the badge 1 oi an Honorary 0.8.E. to Professor P V. van Stein Callenfels
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    67 11 Monday, Aug. 5. Hon. Mr. C. G. flDweU and Mirs. Howell arrived to stay at Government House. mM Hon. Sir Andrew Caldecott, Mr. W. F. N. Churchill and Mr. C. F. Rutt dined at Government House. Tuesday, Aug. 6. At noon His Excellency and Lady Thomas and Miss
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    794 11  -  Ely Culbertson by World's Champion Player And Greatest Card Analyst SLAM LEAD CONVENTION OHE was playing in her first major tournament, the Eastern Championships, and she was going to make it clear that she knew what'? what. Without waiting for an inquiry she informed her next opponents
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    873 11 MISS E. Arnoi Robertson, the authoress, who will give a talk in the series "Sumertime at Home." is no newcomer to British programmes. Since the early days of broadcasting Miss Robertson has frequently come to the microphone to speak on travel, yachtling, and nautical subjects. A keen
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    85 11 Nat ion- Wide Campaign In ■Japan Tokio Spurred on by the collision between the m.v. Midori Maru and the D.K.K ss. Genzan Maru in the Inland Sea on July 3. the Osaka Shosen Kaisha. owners of the ill-fated ship, have organised a committee to inaugurate a nation-wide
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    528 12 Local And Foreign Mail Despatches And Arrivals BY TRAIN Bangkok every Saturday 7 pm. Thursday 7.30 a.m. Kedah Monday to Friday 7.30 a.m. Saturday 7.30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Kuantan (via Jerantut) Monday to Friday 7.30 a.m. Saturday 7.30 a.m. 7 pm. Kelantan (via Gemas) every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and
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    88 12 "iiuuciuu, am., 1,636 tons, from Fremantle 9, I6r Batavia 17 Benavon, Brit., 3,725 tons, from London 8, for Hong Kong n k£E o"?' B 2 t lm ton from H ong ??,ft i° r H ng Kong and Ch^a 14 Kut Sang, Brit.. 3.643 tons, from Calcutta 9.
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    773 12 A Century Of Progress Outlined TilE appearance of the mighty luxury-liner Normandie in the North Atlantic passenger traffic, with her astounding voyages in early June, establishing new records both eastbound and west-bound, has inaugurated a race between the major steamship lines for the "blue riband"
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    44 12 THE KING, aboard the royal yacht Victoria anil Albert reviewed 2* miles of Britain's naval might when the Jubilee review took place off Spithead. Cheering the royal yacht Victoria and Albert as it sailed with the King aboard for the review.
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR
    105 12 SINGAPORE HARBOUR Ships alongside th« or exported to arriv Last Wharf (Entr.in.. Ml< Rohna 21 .Main Wharf (Entrame <. Jt( > Minderoo 16: K, Pres. Adams U.K. Empire Dock (Entrant e c, Akibasan Mum Greystoke CMlk 36 Silindoeng 38 Empire Dock (Entrance Gat« 4. Iwatosan M.iru West Wharf (Entrance c.tt,
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    24 12 Mm 8 Potsdair. Maru <Jap R Kepah <Dut Aug 9: Van Ouver Maros. Ttaonki Y.i.sukuni Maru Ind. Jap. Perak p. F-meralda. MUaeca Br;-
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    22 12 The ss Bernard due here from taftdfcheri July 13. and will m at 1 p.m. for Saigon Tow Phong She will b.
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    Olympic Village In Germany Prepares To House Athletic Army
    404 15 lEH months ago the site of the Olympic village near Dort h,rl.z contained Httle more than two e -nuv.l E an K of workmen, who. with shovels, trucks, and a nar row-CUgt railway, were removing eart h and sand and tram"
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    49 15 Ing have been invited to 1 «i football for S.C.C. "A", the Police on Thursday. Aug. < 1 C -friendly* 1 Adam, G. Dodds, R. M. Wheat-, 5 F. Keuy, j. a. Gibson, T. M. Man; 8. Webb. K. C. Gillett. J. coti A F Johnson, J. B. I i
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    ENTRIES FOR TAIPING RACES
    315 15 ENTRIES FOR TAIPING RACES £NTRIES lor the eighth regular proTuj/SjTS j^ani Horses, Class Runs Ist 2nd About sf. 6f. or Mile and 100 Sparkling Eyes X x Stoker x P ora y z x Tweed ledee X X Littlehurst X y Corford x Austral Waters X x Wait and See
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    WEIGHT-LIFTING
    93 15 Local Amateur Championships Next Month The 1935 Singapore amateur weightlilting championships will be staged at the Great World Arena on Sept. 7 it 7.30 p.m. Entries will close on Aug. 17 and should be addressed ro Mr. Teo Cheok Chuan. hon. secretary, care of Brinkmann Co. The championships will
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    Singapore English School Athletics
    285 15 Singapore English School Athletics THE Singapore English School held their third annual athletic sports meeting at the Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday afternoon before a good gathering of students and well-wishers of the school. A programme of 24 field and track events was worked through without a hitch, and was thoroughly
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    19 15 Photo). CHAN AHKOW winning the 120-yanls hurdles for .he Medial r....... al the inter-Colleee sports on Saturday.— Free Press
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    220 15 Lacal Teachers' Starts Today lawn" tfnnf T" Te ers Association and wn tourna ™nt starts today and will continue next week The ">• lOWtof ties have been arru,^ TODAY Men's Singles Handicap Teck H M oc k Sim Sei^ WaU VS -M« L-,j A B H. Wyau" Balhetchet
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    186 15 A HEAVY downpour ol rain coincided with the running off of the .ast j event at tne Serangoon English Sct.ool •sports at Simon Road on Thursday and •the prizc-givins took place under shelter. Except for thu last minute setback the sports went oil very successfully' |Mrs.
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    363 15 London. "QPPY has done it again. At a milestone not a long way from Maidenhead, near mid-day, I was among the group able to convey to the little- Australian the pleasant news that his ride, just completed, had torn 25 minutes 12 seconds off
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    Teams For Week-End Cricket Matches
    360 15 Teams For Week-End Cricket Matches THE following will represent the sc R C at cricket vs the SRC today on the S.C.R.C. ground at 2 pm Chua Choon Leong <capt. >. V I Evan Wong. Chua Boon Ann. Gan Kee Poon Low Kee Pow. Sean Kcng 81ew Tan Boon Beng.
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    Cochet Could Not Strike Top Form Against Amat
    175 16 FRENCH STAR ERRED OFTEN BUT SHOWED BRILLIANT FLASHES IN WINNING 6-1, 6-3 HENRY COCHET, the French tennis professional, who arrived in Singapore yesterday on his way to Saigon from Batavia, appeared in an exhibition match at Goodwood Park Hotel in the evening
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    276 16 Victor Will Challenge Title Holder Chicago, Aug. 9. Following his defeat of King Levinsky on a technical knock-out in the first round last night, Joe Louis, the negro boxer, who has been hailed as "The New Jack Johnson," will fight Max Baer, former world champion
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    290 16 A THOROUGHLY successful 1934-5 season was reviewed by Mr. B. E. Abblitt at the S.C.C. annual rugby I meeting yesterday evening. Mr. J. M. Sime. president ot the Club, was in the chair, and there was a very good attendance of players and members Mr.
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    97 16 Miss D. E. Round. Wimbledon women's singles champion last year, has dropped out of the British Wightman Cup team which is to meet the United States at Forest Hills. New York, on Aug. 16 and 17. Miss Round said that she felt that she need a rest. "I
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    80 16 Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 9. The starting times tomorrow morning in the Coales Cup competition open to members of the Engineering Association of Malaya, have been arranged as follows: 8.32 Bloefeld vs. Glover. 8 36 Egerton vs. Dunlop 8.40 Coltman vs. Sehested 8.48 Coales vs.
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    165 16 Joe Mendiola On Way Back To Manila Joe Mendiola. one of the three aspirants for the world's flyweight title, arrived in Singapore on Thursday by the s.s. Yasukuni Mam on his way home to Manila. According to the rankings in the June number of The Ring the
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    Oarsman Catches Crab In Senior Pairs Cup Race
    262 16 Oarsman Catches Crab In Senior Pairs Cup Race FIE heats of the Senior Pairs for the Illawara Cup were rowed off on Thursday, over a mile course between Pulo Brani and Blakan Mati. There was a slight following wind and adverse tide. In the first heat both Stone's and Thomas's
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    52 16 The following have been invited to play Association football for S.C.C. "B" XI against the Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation on Wednesday. Aug. 14. at the S.C.C. (Friendly): G. H. Stroobach. J. Lee. A. H. West, T. Watson. J. E. Harvey, D. Alexander. H. Olsen, P. Hatcher, A. Ferguson, P. H. Harrison,
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    134 16 Women's Match Between Sepoy Lines And Island Club The teams and starting times in a women's match between the Sepcy Lines G.C. and the Island Club, to be played ovor the Sepoy Lines course on Wednesday, are as follows. Sepoy Lines players mentioned first. 4.10 p.m. Mrs. S.
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    21 16 photo. THE RANGOON ROAD SCHOOL team which won the inter-school hurdle relav race at the Serangoon English School Sports Free Press
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    333 16 Queer Antics Seen In Soccer-Rugby Medley Soccer Players 3; Rugby Players 0. OOCCER as it should not be played *J was seen on the S.C.C. Padang yesterday, when a Rugby XV and 12 soccer men met in a strange game of Try-And-Kick-The-Ball. It was a thundering battle while it lasted,
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    Crisp Takes Ten Wickets
    65 16 S. AFRICA EASY WIN London. u DLAYING against 1 Cris P. the South A was in deadly form and wickets in each inninq cost of only 67. His li«un\s wen 5 lor innings and I for 36 i:. Because ol Crisp's b rica had an easy
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    194 16 Gunboat Jack Too III To Fight (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 9. HPHE Gunboat Jack vs. Aide fight I will not take place tomorrow 1 night. The promoter, on receipt of a telegram that Jack was not fit to meet Aide, wired back to Singapore requesting that a
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    ASSOCIATION MATCH
    148 16 S.C.C. Team To Meet R.A.F. In First Division The following have been invited to play association football for S.C.C. First XI against the RAF. on Tuesday, Aug. 13, at Anson Road Stadium < First Division League) F. M. Adam, Capt. N. L. Hammond. L. V. Taylor. R. Davidson.
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    51 16 Selangor Cup Team THK Selansor twin t<» im. vnCi pore in the Malaya < up is: Kum Pak. S«-«- Hu, K K Thornton. Taih. Ah (hour. >!un H. M Ismail. Henry, Soon I# Ah Chee Thornton rrp|. l(^ Wan. who is sulTcriiu h .hired thigh muM-k The Singapore fctm wM
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