The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 16 August 1935

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  • 17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. NO. ***** ESTD. 1835 FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1935 10 CENTS.
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  • 42 1 i member of the National War| Committee, representative of ish Treasury m the U.S.A. 1 p -19. Controller of Finance.: ;ury. 1919-22. and Finance Mem- j the Executive Council of the General of India from 1922; 128. 1932 election he contested I
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  • 995 1 MOTOR SMASH AT A LEVEL CROSSING Train Crashes Into Rear Of r^o*. TRAGIC END TO CAREER OF GREAT BRILLIANCE A Reuter message from Berlin states that Sir Basil Blackett was killed yesterday m a motor lash at a level crossing near Giessen, m Hesse,
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  • 43 1 Uleged Photography At Naval Base Tokio, Aug. 15. MESSAGE from Shimonoseki states that the Japanese »lice have arrested Frank iilliam Lowe, (26), an employee a Melbourne firm, on a harge of photographing the Minkai naval base, m South Korea. Reuter
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  • 283 1 BRITAIN WILL NOT CONDONE AN ABYSSINIAN WAR Plain Talking To Mussolini London, Aug. 15. THE preliminary talks on the Italo-Abyssinian dispute began m Paris today between the French Premier, M. Laval, who was accompanied by the political director of the Quai d'Orsay.
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  • 86 1 To Be Held In October Tokio, Aug. 15. rpHE Japanese Foreign Office has been informed by the British Government, through the Japanese Embassy m London, of the latter's intention to convene a five -Power naval parley m October m London. The British Government has asked the Japanese
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  • 347 1 London, Aug. 15. In Britain the greatest importance is attached to these Paris conversations and it is earnestly hoped that proposals will emerge from them which will be acceptable to both parties and will avoid conflict. In a leading article on the Paris talks. "A mission for
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  • 169 1 HUGE SILVER PURCHASES BY UNITED STATES BUYING POLICY TO CONTINUE Another 1,000,000,000 London. Aug. 15 T'HE silver market Ifl tepoiwd steadier this morning and this is attributed partly to the t.»i» merit of Mr. Morgonthau. itCffti II to the Treasury, that AMtiBMi buying would continue and partly to the shake
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  • 136 1 LO NDON TAK EN BY SUR PRISE Tlie sudden rhanne m Air.- n<\m silver buying policy which took London completely by surprise was responsible .for the sharp fall jn -ilv«t I London expected Amerira to ccntinur to buy around fift cents .md tnerefort little change was expected. 1 1 .<
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  • 50 1 it is notified tar the lnln__mim <>i those concerned, that His Mfcjtaj h,s signified his upprov-.i! QJ .1 __mnllmi that any roeipi<r> q| u Kimc's Silver Jubilee Medal may b**t his MUM M graved on the rtn Oi it hLs OVH M pense if he shri'ld M> desire
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    • 55 1 ifl^jTOffii MALAYA'S PREMIER HOTEL 4 I TONIGHT COCKTAIL DANCE 6.30 to sis p.m. DINNER DANCE (informal) 9.45 to midnight OUTSTANDING CABARET SUCCESS THE FAMOUS CONTINENTAL ACROBATIC AND ECCENTRIC DANCERS ERIC AND GERDA late „f PALLADIUM LONDON. SCALA BERLIN. EMPIRE PARIS ETC.. ETC. APPEARING NIGHTLY NON-DINERS »1.00 RAFFLES CELEBRATED ORCHESTRA DIRECTED
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    • 89 1 ™PmftM»i^^» SEA VIEW HOTEL j—^TONIGHT FORMAL SATURDAY SPECIAL DINNER DANCE DINNER DANCE MUSIC BY THE RELLER BAND SATTRDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 Specinl Dinner Dance Cabaret SPOT LIGHT REVUE SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 'Full Moon > GRAND BOHEMIAN NIGHT "Gay Paree m Singapore" La Nuit des Apaches ADELPHI HOTEL WHETHER YOU HQUIRI LIGHT
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  • 96 2 Profit Of £10,900 Shown In Annual Report •From Our Own Correspondent > London. Aug. 14. Messrs Pateraon Simons report tor the year ending April 30 lust shows a profit of £10,362. A dividend ol six per cent, is recommended and a i.Miy forward ol 616,6: will be allowed
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  • 432 2 Most Surprising Man In The Theatre CANT READ, YET IS PRODUCING FIVE PLAYS MR. JOE L. SACKS, the most extraordinary impresario m the theatre business, is going back as a London producer m the autumn. He has. In his own words, been "looking on" for two years. His rot urn
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  • 91 2 'Prom Our Own Correspond C2H Seremban, Aug. 14. The death occurred at her residence In Kleman Crescent jf Mrs Soo Hoy Wan, wife oi Mr. Soo Hoy Wait Health Inspector. Seremban. The funeral was largely attended. Wreaths were received from:— Dr. W J Moir. Dr. C.H.
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  • 56 2 Five Teochew coolies oi the Tan Tock Seng Hospital are alleged to have been involved m a stabbing affray m Owen Road on Wednesday night. One was taken to hospital, while another has been arrested. The affair is said to have been caused over a dispute over the
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  • 38 2 Mr. Y. Nishinaga. ex-manager oi the Mitsui Bussan Kaisha Ltd.. Singapore Who has been transferred tc the head office sailed yesterday for Japan by s.s. Erif Maru. Mr. K. Matsumoto of the London Office is taking his place
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  • 227 2 "Rnfffet Of Red Gap" A Classic Comedy Shown at the Pavilion lor the lirst time last night. "RugglCS ol Red Gap" should become a classic comedy In the him world. Tl\is Paramount screen play ot a very. very solemn English valet (none other than Charles LaughtOO ol -Henry
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  • 184 2 C.ood Acting By Gable And Loretta YoMg Clark Gable has been described as Public Hero No. 1 m the Him world today and he If starred m the United Artists release. •"Call ol the wild." which had its Malayan premiere at the Alhambra yesterday He is
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  • 283 2 Vote To He Taken On Customs Union •From Our Own Correspondent' Malacca. Aug. 13. A meeting ol the Committee of the Straits Settlements Malacca > Association was held on Monday night at the premises ol the Seng Cheong Society, with Mr. E. C. Martin, the president m
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  • 18 2 Frank Nolan, aged 17. one of trr most promising students at St Frinc* JESS. Malacca has d d
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  • 56 2 Lorry Which Overtook Car At 40 m.p.h. From Our Own Correspondent. Ir Seremban, Auk 14 the Seremban magistrate. Mr. J. Cald" r M a charge of driving his lorry m I dangerous manner. Mr. R. l German District Officer. Seremban toW the that j« day m question, the
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  • 117 2 Verdict Postponed tntil Auk. 2tt Then- *ai another postponement the magistrate s decision m the 'balHfis' i which was due to have been drl red -terday by Mr Norman Grice Indicted n a seru s ol charges «»i heating, receiving illegal gratifications and the abetment oi these offeoess
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  • 77 2 Employees Strike Against Increase In Hours (From Our Own OorfwpoQdeui.) Penan*. Aug. 15. As result ol the decision oi proprietors of local tailoring establishments to extend their working day by one hour a section of their employees have called a strike, refusing to carry on under present conditions.
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    • 40 2 SEVERAL WELL KNOWN SINGAPORE RESIDENTS MISSING FROM HOME Relatives and friends are advised to call at the Pavilion Theatre, where a number of people are lylni hrlptwi with laughter after seein X that hilarious comedy "RUGGLES OF RED GAP" Artvt
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    • 279 2 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. TROPICAL SKIN DISEASES. NEW DISCOVERY. After lonjc and patient research on the peculiarities of many prevalent skin disorders, and experiments with varying proportions of ingredients and formulae, a wonderful nr\\ remedy m the form of Kitano Ointment, is offered for the treatment of all types of skin di>
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    • 371 2 Cfoc I free H>ic*s Kit Hi Lumpur onur. r.vu S|IP I'h.ui) London Oflire: 4 li, r t I SUBSCRIPTION Month I > UN Qomrterly f 850 1, Balf Yearly Jl7 to Nolr.— (»uuution rhniu.-. the umul bmnk dliH-ounl ADVERTISEMENT RATES The charges and ln*tru< tion< fc nui FIEO ADVEKTISEMENT> <
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 583 2 Diary Of The Week iuii>.\Y. AUG. M High Water. V2.2G a.m 9.3 ft., 12.13 p.m. 10.8 ft. Football S.A.F.A. League, Commercial Cup- Post Office vs. Municipal Services. S.H.B. ground: M PH. vs. Fraser and Heave's, Anson Rd. Stadium. Cricket S.C.C vs. Combined Schools. Ist day, padang Ceylon Sports Club vs
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    • 432 2 Today's Radio Programmes B.H.C.— CSH, GBG and GSF metres I r-m Ri" Ben Charles Mminiim and 62 us Or. hostra. relayd Irom the Granada. W«WJWMj«^^ fisn The 8.8.C. Dance Orcliewra--6 Sreonwich time sisnal at -.20 7-,5 'd"b Days" 'Every dos has 7 5 ,henV-even two-!eK ß ed ones oft A
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  • 343 3 What Muar Raid Revealed CHINESE PROTECTORATE ENTIRELY DEPENDENT UPON LODGING HOUSES jiVIDENCE of trameKi, lg m women from Mi T. P. F. McNeice. Assistant Proector of Chinese, related that the ac:used represented his lodging house at Chinese Protectorate was very largely to counteract traffic
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  • 48 3 Bangkok. officially reported from Chandaouri that on the night of Aug. 4. the ithorities tried to arrest one Nai Mom Bun-sroi. wanted m connection with he murder of Nai Chao Khun. Nai Mon resisted and fired at the authorities. The iatter also fired and killed the wanted man.
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  • 107 3 R.S.F.C. CONSIDERING FORMA TION jyiALAYA may soon have a Hying school. The committee of the Royal Singapore Flying Club is investigating the possibilities of forming one. to be known as '-The South Malaya Flying School" It is not known whether it is proposed to invite members
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  • 82 3 Fire On Sungei Tua Kuala Lumpur. Aug. 13. In the early hours of this morning a fire broke out at Sungei Tua Estate beyond Batu Caves.. When the Selangor Fire Brigade arrived two smoke houses were afire, but unfortunately there was no water available for pumping and
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  • 79 3 From Our Own Correspondent > Penang, Aug. 13. A certificate of honour was presented to Mr. Lim Keong Lay by the Resident Councillor. The presentation took place ir. the Governors office and the procedure was short and simple. The Resident Councillor read out the prominent positions held by
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  • 203 3 Increase From $2 To $6 A Year Recommended The Singapore Municipal Committee No. 1 recommended at i meeting on Aug 6 that the tax on tricycles be raised from $2 to $6 a year from Jan. 1 next year. This will m the ordinary course or events,
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  • 65 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremfoan. Aug. 12. The Negri Sembilan School of Dancing celebrated its second anniversary with a grand tea dance at the St. Paul's Old Boys' Association hall here yesterday. There was a large attendance It response to invitations sent out by Mr. Gene Bersin and
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  • 31 3 Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 13. The King George V Silver Jubilee Memorial Fund. Selangor. has now reached six figures, the latest list of contributors raising the total to $105,210.58.
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  • 480 3 CHINESE FESTIVAL OF DEAD 'O many Chinese, it is now "Phor Tor" moon —the month m every ar when the gates of hell are irown open and the devils come for a 30-day vacation. Temples m Malaya have been crowdI by worshippers attending the "Festival
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  • 541 3 Allegations Against Firemen THE allegation that, when demanded payment m respect of food supplied, a fireman attached to the Central Fire Station brought a number ot his friends and smashed up a stall In Hock Lam Street, was made before Mr. H. A. Forrer,
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  • 19 3 Mr. W. S. Cooinlxvs, the manager of Tekka Taipinp Ltd.. returned from leave by the Patroclus on Thursday last.
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  • 177 3 IN MISERY WITH RHEUM ATISM rMovtfl \Akv ;i WiMMlrn Man i i>?>\ thli mm i 1 1 and n a^ain victin) ol rheumatism roc n i< »ti^ "It is many \«\»rs u> wr« 'siii. -I- i was i u .st laid up with chrJ I'm ii^i.i'ism Tlxii I h.ifi with
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    • 259 3 How much younger would you look and feel if your skin was clear and entirely tree v *-~^///b? v froni blemish o^tf^_ 1 Pimples, spots, blackheads, t enlarged pores, burning irri- v r tations and ugly complexion defects are woman's most com- rid the skin of pimplr*, outmon ageing enemies.
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  • 1889 4 Around The Town Mignon Looks On JUBILEE FUND Although the strenuous but most 4ay Jubilee season has passed, we are m lor another round ol gaiety, ior various 1 unction;: are being planned by an entertainment committee, the honosecretary ol which is Mr. Julius Fisher, to swell the
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    • 108 4 AT. Lm. aI aa^al aW a k aI aY .^a^a^a AI a^a^a^a^a^ala^l JP' Jr\ At .^Aal H^aHt '^^RBRl^a^a^a^» .^aS I KLuA^^^A^AmA^^AA^AK AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAyAAy^AyJ Ka Babies Love it! 23. Clifton Hill. /V M. lohn Wood. V^A »>^^ X 1 ondon. SAS .8. J U Dear >ir*. Ami;. I6«/i, I VJ4. Bste co»
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  • 147 5 BANK HOLIDAY AT MABGAIC-A MMk aerial view the bea,h and hathin X p,,.,. a, Margate, throned hv r.-.ord hank holiday HELPING HAND— A little sirl holidaymakei on the North-West coast Somerset, near Minehead. reaches down to help her friend out of the water.
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  • 45 5 ROSSING THE LlNE— "Victims" being subjected to a watery ordeal after having been "awd and otherwise maltreated by King Neptune's minions at the Crossing the Line" cremonj irMefc was a feature of Plymouth Navy Week, which opened on August 3.
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    33 5 THIS DISTURBANCE on the surface of the Kiver ftledway is the result of a 15-pound dynamite explosion used to free the wreckage of H.M.S. Bulwark from the bed of the river.
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    • 28 5 I MA|«g V Y^^PjSrT^^^ sd^^ »i TV Sa... V^» Photographic copies of Free l*rcs> local pictures can l>c obtained on application to the Manager. Price 50 cents each.
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  • 544 6 Married Couple Plan kTo Take Direct Route And Refuel In Flight Young British Pilot Claims He Will Succeed Where Others Failed TO attempt a non-stop flight from Australia to England and reduce the present record from 6 days to 2V« days, Mr. John
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  • 166 6 (From Our Own Correspondent > Penang, Aug. 1. AT a meeting of the Municipal Com- missioners. Mi. C. R. Samuel asked about the electricity extensions m Province Wellesley. Mr. Samuel said that nobody except the Government was deriving any benefit from these extensions and it was robbing
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  • 107 6 In Collision With Dato Wong Yick Tong's Car Seremhan. Aug. 13. Shortly before 1 p.m. yesterday at the junction of Paul and Carew-Streets, Seremban. a very bad smash-up occurred between Dato Wong Yick Tong's car and an empty lorry, both vehicles being very badly damaged while the AA.
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  • 72 6 Woman Dies After Fall On PtnaiiK, Aug. 13. A distressing tragedy occurred at the Campbell Street market yesterday evening at about 5 o'clock, when a Tamil Woman, while walking on the pavement slipped and fell on the concrete floor. She was removed to her house nearby but
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  • 402 6 Convict Breaks Gaol And Soars Away To Freedom In Triple Engined Liner Brisbane. DELUDING the guard. Arthur Charles 1-1 Watson. 21. escaped from Boggoroad I Gaol. Brisbane on Aug. 5. m stolen 'clothes. Reaching Archerfteld aerodrome. Watson represented himself as a son of the prison superintendent < Mr. J. F.
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  • 118 6 Chinese Actor Gaoled After Street Incident Hong Kong. Aug. 8. A sentence of six months' imprisonment was imposed by Mr. Macfadyen at the Central Magistracy on Yu Suen Lung, aged 28. unemployed actor, on a charge of indecently assaulting Mrs. E. Clemo. Inspector M. Murphy stated that
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  • 195 6 Membership Increased From 107 To 1,539 An extraordinary general meeting of the Indian Association was held at St. Andrew's School Hall on Saturday. Aug 10. at 4.30 The meeting was well attended. The chairman. Rev. S S. Pakianathan. an nounced that, thanks to the strenuous efforts of the
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  • 229 6 Seized By Fit While Bathing In River Taiping. A verdict of death by misadventure* was returned by the Taiping Coroner. Che Mohamed Sullen. M.C.S.. at the inquest held info the death of a Malay youth, named Mat bin Tahir. whilst bathing m a river at Ijok m June
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  • 55 6 On a warrant issued by the Klang magistrate. Muthusamy. an Indian Tamil, was arrested m Ipoh and produced on Saturday before Mr C W A Sennett. the Ipoh first magistrate who ordered his transfer to Klang The accused is wanted on a charge of having enticed away a
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  • 268 6 WIDELY differing views on the subject of nervous breakdown m tropical countries are discussed m the current issue of the Practitioner, which contains a symposium on tropical disorders. On the one hand then- is the older school of thought which places first such
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  • 336 7 PUNCHED HIS SUPERIOR OFFICER Hong Kong. Auk. 10. JAMES George; Colo, ol the 2nd. Batta- u lion Royal Welch Fusiliers, was bi ought before a Court Martial at Mur- ray Barracks yesterday on a charge of 'striking a superior officer. Accused was alleged to have struck Servant Alfred John Hills,
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  • 126 7 Now Being Held At Seremban •From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Auk. 14. The fourth girls 1 ramp to be held m Malaya is now In progress In Seremban under the direction of Miss Josephine IYms, of the Pud u En&lsh School Kuala Lumpur The camp, which li being
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  • 355 7 F. M.S. COURT OF APPEAL i From Our Own Correspondent Ipoh, Aug. 14. The F.M.S. Court of Appeal, consisting ol the Chief Justice F.M.S. -Sir Samuel Joyce Thomas), the acting Chief Justice. S.S.. (the Hon. Mr. Burton > and the Hon. Mr. Justicen. Beckett Terrell reserved their decision yesterday m
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 237 7 Greeted by Packed Houses' at every show SEE The great spectacle of 150 Tap-dancers performing as ONE artiste! CAPITOL I NIGHT »-V 6.15.9.15 VU Matinee TOMORRQW~3.IS -A GREATEST OF ALL THE V^_X\ >V DIGGER HITS! V^^Jk^ 300 A First Natiunal Pxtur* %ith f .V DI C X POWELL Comedy! JF
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    • 335 7 5 COMEDY STARS IN THE 5 STAR COMEDY OF THE YEAR PJ^SO^ Jt-*\ TONIGHT 6.15 t- «MS L t < A J Paramount\ -ir.it Int. I t^fMogL^A^^^uF*' "*a M i X i i 1 1 1 i that i*om- j i ll *4J I 1 pleted two months run w
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    • 210 7 A NIGHT OF REVELRY THAT YOU LL ENJOY NEW WORLD CABARET GRAND JUBILEE BALL and COMPETITION DANCE Under the distinguished patronage of H. E. The Governor Sir Shenton Thomas. S ATU RDAY NEXT, AUGUST 1 7th THE ENTIRE CABARET ENTRANCE RECEIPTS PLUS 30 OF THE BAR SALES WILL BE DEVOTED
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  • 60 8 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE DEATH. DCOTTA. At the General Hospital. Singapore on Aug. 15. 1935, Mr. Louis CaFimiro D'Cotta. 64 years. The funeral COI tege will leave the residence of Mr. Herbert H. de Souza. at No. 589 East Coast Road. Singapore, on Friday Aug. 16. 1935 at 4.30 p.m. lor the
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  • 1105 8 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY. AUGUST 16, 1935 The King's Representative IN THE appointment of Sir Geoffrey Granville Whiskard, Assistant Under-Secretary ot State for Dominion Affairs, as High Commissioner m Australia. His Majesty's Government have made a significant move to strengthen the ties of sentiment, trade and military security that
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  • 473 8 WE RECEIVED yesterday an Empire air mail leaflet which has just been j issued by Imperial Airways Limited. It sets out posting times for air mail letters m the United Kingdom, and it should prove to be a useful reference not only to British Posting 7
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  • 785 8 /"\UR landlord is man with whom we occasionally correspond but Whom we never meet as correspondent he is remot and iormal. He uses a typewriter and constantly refuses to do the thing! we ask Our landlord empluv> the garden riled which he has lot to us with tlw
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 114 8 J Good Taste -Hfi^BFW Sole Agents: CALDBECK MACGREGOR CO., LTD. (Incorporated under the Companies' Ordinances of Hong Kong) Incorporated m Shanghai WITH YOUR MINT SAUCE AUSTRALIAN LEG OF LAMB TENDER, TASTY ECONOMICAL. SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE CO., LTD. Warm Studios.imm—m FROM AUGUST 1 6th to AUGUST 27th (INCLUSIVE) WE CORDIALLY INVITE
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    • 50 8 "WHEN A MAN CANT afford to buy his wife new clothes, he can't, and there's no disputing it," declares a magistrate. Oh, isn't there! No family can afford to dispute the value of "G AFL A C" POLICIES. GENERAL ACCIDENT, FIRE LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION. LTD. Hongkong Bank Chambers Telephone 6480.
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  • 557 9 Culture The Only Possible Basis Of Indian Unity RELIGIOUS COMPROMISE UNATTAINABLE The Peace And Harmony Of Malaya AN appeal to all Indians to combine their various cultures l\ with a view to attaining national unity was made by Kh T Tn Stnffh M* HCad f th<? Enffli h Diriment, Khalsa
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  • 188 9 NTRAL COUNCIL AND WANG CHING WEI Shanghai, Aug. 15. v of the members of ltral Political Council proposal to ask Mr. Wei, the Premier, who his resignation, to :*:ce. Chun, chairman of the rnment, is being nominated essor of Mr. Wang m the the Chinese
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  • 91 9 ath Of Lord Of Appeal In Ordinary London. Aug. 13. Lord Tomlin took place ol 68. Reiner Wirenlin ol Ash. who was Thomas James Cheshyre >c: been a Lord of Appeal In i: v sin 1929. 'her appointments he counsel to the Royal .ans. chairman ol the mission
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  • 16 9 G. Hammett. M.C.S. has been 't'-d tv act as District Officer, with effect from Aug. 2.
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  • 154 9 HIGH COMMISSIONER IN AUSTRALIA Sir G. Whiskard Appointed London. Aug. 14. 1 THE Dominions Office announces that His Majesty's Government m the United Kingdom has decided to appoint a High Commissioner m the Commonwealth of Australia with functions comparable to those of the High Commissioners m Canada and South Africa.
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  • 160 9 Second H.B.C. Chairman To Die In Six Months London. Aug. 14. VISCOUNT Bridgeman. former First Lord of the Admiralty, who retired from politics m 1929 after an active political career of 1 0 years, and who became chaiiman Ol the British Broadcast 1 ng Corporation only a few
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  • 55 9 A Government Gazette extraordinary issued last night states that the proclamation issued by the Governor prohibiting the export or re-export of arms, munitions and explosives to Bolivia and Paraguay lias been revoked. The proclamation was issued on Sept. 13 last year and the period of prohibition was
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  • 120 9 Latest Rubber And Tin Prices 1< From Our Own Correspondent RUBBER London. Aug. 15. Spot (Sellers* 5 13 16d. (5 3 4 d.* (Buyers* 5 3 4 d. (5 11 16 d.» October December 5 29 32d. <5 27 32d.» January March 6 1 32 d. (5 31
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  • 61 9  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh Shanghai, Aug. 15. A report from Tokio states that negotiations for a renewal of the commercial treaty between Egypt and Japan have been started. The Japanese Minister m Portugal has been ordered to proceed to Egypt by the end of the month. A
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 32 9 ■^TODAY TIF^!. N TOMORROW^^ (reme de Laitue $1.00 Soupe Aux Choux jg&jg&L WATCH S ■fSHSfe-. 1 daily menu VaaMi Ice Cream Sago r Sw^TSlf^ Cheese. Fruit, Coffee. 'PhoilC 49Q6. C heeS Cattt
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    • 166 9 ROBINSON'S I SA_L E -FINAL REDUCTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE A 7 Now you will find the Prices cut down to such figures that it would be a pity to miss such a wonderful opportunity! LAST DAY-AUGUST 17th VVEL ORIENTE L FABRICA °E TOBACOS, INC., L \IP MANILA. P. BON TON
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  • 2080 10 £25,000 A Year For Tea Propaganda GIVING FILLIP TO CONSUMPTION (From The Vrw Pi ess Correspondent) London, Aur. 2. rpHOIGH tin- sudden outburst buying on Wall Street and 1 the threatened devaluation of the Dutch guilder have produced mild reactions m the Citj of London
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  • 73 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association Aup 15, It o'clock noon Buyers Sellers j N«i. IX. K. S.S. incases .FOB August) 19 Guod FAQ. In cases FOB August) l»% lJ No. I.X.R.S.S. .Spot-loose* 'awardable Singapore) J^s J^2 September 3 JJJ? Oct. Dec. Jan. Mar. »J g^ Apr June *yM Tone of
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  • 74 10 All*. 15. Buyers Sellers 5 50 Uambier 1000 Java Cube Hamburg Cube White Pepper J°" 11 Muntok White Pepper 1» Copra. Sundricd 3.80 Copra, mixed -> 5 Small Flake Tapioca M KB. BUn No. 1 per yokan Banja Mourn* I -jjJJ Sarawak Jelotong '-W R. iSiam) W.C.
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  • 11 10 Aug. 15: Singapore tin price ipei pfCUI) $107.50.
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  • 231 10 Aug. 15. SKLIJNG London. A months' sight 23.a 32 London. '•'> months' sight 2 3 15 16 London. 00 (Jays' sight 2 3 29 32 London. 90 days' light London, demand 2 3 27 32 London. T.T. 2 3 27 32 Lyons, and Paris, demand 805 Hamburg demand
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  • 116 10 Perak River Hydro-Elect lie Reconstruction t 1 'From Our Own Correspondent.* London, Aug. 14. Perak River Hydro -Ilectric reconstruction proposals wore sanctioned by Mr Justice Uilbery m the Vacation Court this morning. Mr. J. M. Tucker I.C representing the company, the F.M.S. Government and the Crown Agents, stated
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  • 184 10 Auk. l*i. 11. 14. i American Can Com 142 1 > 142H 142 American Telephone and Telegraph 137 t 1404 i4o>^» Atcheson Rallrood 53* i sS*j W'« i Chesapeake 46'- 47 1 Dupont IK) 1 110' •_> 110 Firestone 15 7 16 i.v. General Electric SI :u j
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  • 621 10 TIII'KSDAY AlCi. 15. 1935 MIMNT. Buyer* Srllrrs. -r i 4s 3d 4s M Asam Kumbang Ui 33s M34s. Austral Malay <£> I4s 6a Ayer Hitam Tin (ss) 13s os Ml M Ayer Weng Bangrin Tin <£> 6d I JJ Batu Selangor <$!• Chendcriang (£> lOs JJ lls
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  • 532 10 Lewis and Peat. Ltd., London m their weekly rubber market report dated July 30. state: The eris;< m Holland and the great uncertainty ol the Dutch fUttdef has been the ruling lac: or m the market during the past week Tin resignation Ol Dr C'olijn. who has
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  • 18 10 RAUB GOLD OUTP UT The Raub Australia Ltd.. reports thro. Ties that the ootput ended Auk 10. MM
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  • 1008 11 KWANGSI OFFICIAL Here to Boost China's Model Province local Chinese Topics BY OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT !nown Chinese officials .ovinces of Kwangsi have arrived m Singaial missions. They are uin. of the Kwangsi and Mr. Ho Ching Yi. tative of the Yunnan un. nas been asked by administration oV Industries In
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  • 397 11  -  Ely Culbertson by World's Champion Player And Greatest Card Analyst ELIMINATION PLAY yHERE are several varieties of forced lead or throw-in plays. What is colloquially called "the strip and endPlay" a dreadful terms! —is based upon the elimination of the suits from the hand of the victim
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  • 153 11 Deserter Yields After 21 Years Paris. Aug. 1. A little man. with careworn face and whitening hair, entered late last night a police station at Le Mans. "I have come to give myself up." he said. So great was his agitation that it took some time for
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  • 231 11 Former Husband's Plea Fails London, Auk. 1 DIVORCED wife who had married again opposed an application m the Divorce Court yesterday by her former husband that she be ordered to nuke a settlement, m favour oi her five children, of part ol her tree property Mr. F
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  • 214 11 X.L.M. Reports Good Results From Double Service The X.L.M. air line reports that the results of the doubling of the Amster-dam-Batavia service have been very favourable until now During the first four weeks. 26,107 tons K.M. of mail were transported eastward; and 23.918 tons, K.M. westward. In
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  • 323 11 Hong Kong, Aug. 9. THE story of a street fight between a former Indian police guard. Haider Khan, and a British soldier, m which the Indian was fatally injured, was told at the Kowloon Magistracy today when Private Cyril Compton, of the Lincolnshire Regiment,
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  • 133 11 Economist Warns Of War Mentality Sir George Paish. the economist, told the conference ol the All Peoples Association :u Oxford that if the world continued its present policy revolution would come to every country, including Great Britain. "We have never had such a w;ir mind m the
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    • 146 11 HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI I BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated In the Colony of Hong Kong> The liability of members Is limited to the extent and m the manner prescribed by Ordinance No. 6 of 1929 ct the Colony. HEAD OFFICE HONG KONG Authorised Capital $50.000 000 .Issued and fully paid up $20.000
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    • 500 11 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND C HINA (Incorporated m England by Royal Charter) Paid up capital In 600 000 shares of £5 each £3.00^.000 Reserve Fund £3 00 000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors t3O( m HEAD OFFICE I 38. Bishopsgate. London EC Agencies and Branches Amritsar Ipoh s, In
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    • 68 11 CABLE TIMES The Eastern Extension Telegraph Co. announces that the transit time on full rate telegrams from Singapore to London yesterday were as follows: Telegrams handed m up to 5.00 p.m. 7 minutes: 5.30 p m. 6 minutes; 6.00 p m. 5 minutes; 6.30 p.m. 5 minutes. ■W A MISS
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    • 102 11 PASSENGERS BY AIR Arrived from N.E.I, by K.N.I.L.M. plane on Aug. 13 Count and Countess de la Pey rouse. Left for N.E.I, by K.N.I.L.M. plane on Aug. 14— Mr. Ditmas, Mr. Macfadyen. Mr. Namio Fuchiky Arrived from N.E.I, by X.L.M plane "Sperwer" on Aug. 14 Mr. Haas. Arrived from Europe,
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  • 49 12 London, Auk 13 wSSHE* N vy Week which clos ed Saturday, attracted a wider public taterett this year than ever before the attendance figures creating a record Nearly 340.000 persons visited the dliPh, y th at P VJ moUth < Sn d than last year.- British Radio
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  • LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
    • 1020 12 How Fashions Have Changed In Last 50 Years London. MR. Den ham Christie, the vice-president ol the North-Kast Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders, read paper at the Jubilee Meeting of the Institution on the development of passenger liners. The details of the
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    • 441 12 BOUSTEAD Co., Ltd. Incorporated m F.M.S.) II I I I'll ON L: Freight 5433 Passage 54? 1 LLOYDS AGENTS. OOOKIMG AGENTS FOR FEDERATED MALAY STATES RAILWAYS. KOYAL STATE RAILWAYS OF SIAM. CANAOMN MCfffM WQALOt CPI/ilf sl (Incorporated m England THK "EMTScBSS" ROUTE offers fRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES via HOAOLVLV or direct BNTBESfI
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    • 176 12 HEAP ENG MOH S.S CO LIMITED. IMB I \M I l IKI toeofpuf it Bl «.l I IR PASHI M.I I Service** from Sincjp i Home.. Banl i md Hillit* lor ll\l\Vl\ i Ml lIBO^I N s\MM{ \S(. (I \< I I IK'vd iv itul I OUm s Nan y.
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    • 567 12 Local And Foreign Mail Despatches And Arrivals BY TRAIN Bangkok every Saturday 7 pm. Thursday 7 am 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
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    • 228 12 SINGAPORiT^~ HARBOR Ships 410n K Md«. j,,^ vj or rxperlrd t Fast Wharl dull v Nlcliw Main Wharl (Kntran K.us.ir 1 1!.: deroo i<>. Toun Kloolaou 1 1 Empire Dock iK.nti Silvrrt, -ak N Kinta N Kmpire l)o« k •Inu F.iistn.i M West Wharl I ..t. D< nip i i
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    • 395 13 f BRITISH INDIA P. O. S. N. COS SAILINGS, Du Due 1 nage Spore. Tnage Spftrt 17.000 Aug. 16 RAWALPINDI 17 000 Oct 11 I DWAN 6 070 Aug. 29 BANGALORE 6 000 Oct 24 17.000 Aug CORFU 15 000 Oc 25 11.000 Sept. 6 RANCHI 17 000 Nov 8
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    • 461 13 EUerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m EngIand"ELLERMAN" LINE FOR HAVRE, LONDON, ROTTERDAM AND HAMBURG. VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL Also accepting canto for Canadian and American ports via Colombo City of. Newcastle x Calls Dunkirk. AMERICAN AND MAXCHURIAN LINE FOR HALIFAX. BOSTON. NEW YORK BALTIMORE City of Khios o
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    • 1033 13 REPRESENTING SUIPPING S' Z Sj« '\a 8: at ssnsA^t. ri Ra 8 w IXSIUANd; Tfte Liverpool and London and <ilobe The Thames i.,d \i risl m^ lnsuranee Co.. Ltd. Co ltd >s«-«m-> Mmm- ln>uuiu« K\ILWAVS The Federated MaUy States Railways. The Ro>al >tuie BattaMi o« s um AIRWAYS Mm Imperial
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    • 711 14 K. P- ML KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPU NIBUW ZFELAND-Friday. Au~g. 16. Batavia. Semarang, Sourabaya. Boeleleng. 'y l d^^^^^^^- Tembilahan, Poeloe-Pallas OP TEN N'oORT-FTiday. Aug. 16. Muntok .passengers and mails only), Batavia. Semarang and Sourabaya. SESEfcEfVE Rhio^BMnKleboes. Pan S Kal-Pinan g Koba. TanV A .i O NTHS nd s a a n
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    • 335 14 lflsniiTß6SS!Sal9Hffi9l BBSs r ~h REGULAR FORTNIGHTLY SAILINGS TO NAPLES GENOA MARSEILLES Vta P.n M Colombo. B«fc»y. fcei, Port hM, AtawMft the FimoM PRESIDENT LINERS All o«Uld« ■UUroom*— Excellent cuisine— Swimming bath-talking motion pictures. Three d»y itopo^er BlT*** Arrive Leave Arrive Singapore. Singapore. New York. PRESIDENT HARRISON Aug 24 Aug. 27
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    • 485 14 O. S. K. LM FOB AFRICA AND SOI 1 1! \m>ki, Tofuku Maru Cape Town via Momb.is.< es Salaam. L Mar., Algoa Bay t Santos Maru Buenos Aires < Cape Town. Rio. Bant f- Manila Maru Buenos Aires via Ool< n Zanzibar. Par aa flaUaii Marques. Durban A. Town and
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  • 1822 15 J.C Clay's Bid For Place In Final Test Team OTHER TEST POSSIBLES Yorkshire Invited To Tour (From Our Own Correspondent) Fleet Street, Aug. 9 p ttle Glamorgan from fighting Wales came very near to creatricket record of the season by being the first
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  • 255 15 Cricket At Port Dickson •From Our Own Correspondent > Seremban, Aujj. 1 •>. THE Anglo-Chinese School of Seremban defeated the Malay Regiment at Port Diekson by 37 runs. Gurdiul Singh, the forme:- Negri State batsman was m excellent form and scored 61 Anglo-Chinese School: GurdU Singh
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  • 118 15 Island Club Heat Sepoy Lines The women'i golf match between The Island Goli Club and Sopuy Lilies Golt Club resulted m a win ior The Island Club by 3' 1 points to I points. I The scores. Island players Mentioned i first, were as follows: Mrs. S. N.
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  • 161 15 Yankee lust Beatea In Thrilling Finish London, Aug. 10. The BMM brilliant Cowes VMk within memory closed m a blaze of MMtltne today with a thrilling finish m ihv 39--mile rare for J class yachts. The wind, which was tflgM 4 >H' siart. rrctbened later and as the
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  • 83 15 ("ours. Am;. 8. Astra won the Silver Jttbilee CUB v.ith 8 points In today's race of :\0 si a miles Yankee, finished first Astra winning on time allowance with Yankee sec nd Astr.j 5 bear* 20 mln. 7 sec c IT ttttd time •*> boUfl 15 mm 4
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  • 200 15 BATTING Times Highest not Inns, out R. JLnns. A* B. Mitchell 20 3 982 195 57.76 E A. Rowan 30 2 1346 171 48.07 H. B. Cameron 25 3 1003 132 45.50 I. J. SiPdle 30 3 1139 164" 42 18 A. D. Noui\;e 30 4 1088
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  • 317 15 HONG KONG' S "BABY" TENNIS PRODIGY Gem lloaliin- Plays Vmazin^ Mat<li In Kn<r|aii<l London. riiHE srratest lawn tennis player among IU represent!^ tinA cream of British schoolgirl talent has proved to by th« tiniest of the lot. She is a child four years below the maximum age. She is a
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  • 345 15 TWO VICTORIES AT BANGKOK /^VUR Chines' correspondent re- cently reported that I touring .soccer team comprising 21 of South China's best players and organised under the auspices of the Nanhua Football Association of Hong Kong was leaving Hong Kong and would play matches m BRifOCI, Bangkok. Singapore.
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    • 127 15 BOXING I D 0 0 R S Commences OPEN at the OLYMPIC STADIUM 9 s at 6 p.m. BUKIT TIMAH P.m. M Tonight! Tonight!! P THE SENSATIONAL WELTER WEIGHT (IMMPIONSHIP CONTEST OF THE J^ ORIENT FOR A HANDSOME BELT P M T f^P TO BE WON OUTRIGHT ><***>*: J 1
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    • 44 15 IF YOUR BATTERr COULD SPEAK, IT WOULD SAY CHANGE TO hi?**' j aCt^^a hi XflrW They spark when others can't md make starting easier f G A r- AC.CS IHSIIUBITORS Km MAI IY4 BORNEO MOTORS LTD. n«>m mbcr ASK FOR THK ENGLISH A.(. I
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  • 990 16 Better Combination GUNNERS HAVE BAD LUCK IN LOSING BOON r.A.F 2 R.A 0. DISPLAYING better combination m attack, the R.A.F. beat the R.A. by two goals to nil m the First Division of the S.A.F.A. League at the Anson Road Stadium yesterday. The Gunners won
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  • 398 16 Boxing Last Nights "Rubber" (By Ringside) THE boxing competition "between the Royal Artillery and the 1 Wiltshire Regiment which was held at Blakan Mati last night provided a welcome change from professional fights. This was the third meeting between the two teams and. as each had won
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  • 73 16 FOR the first time m the history of boxing m Malaya an Orient title will be contested tonight when Gunboat Jack meets Young Aide for the welterweight championship at the Olympic Stadium. The ten-rounder between Little Abayan, a proved boxer, and Young Aman, who has returned to
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  • 132 16 The following are the results of yesterday's ties m the Garrison Officers' Tennis Tournament: Lt. Home beat Major Austin 6 o, 6—l. Major Evans beat Capt. Douglass 6—4, 2—6, 6—2. Fit. Lt. Munchamp beat Lt. Kirk 7—9, 6—l. 6—2. Col. and Mrs. Allen beat Lt. and Mrs.
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  • 25 16 w v London, Aug. 15. Walters was again injured m the numb while practising and is unable to play m the Test.- Reuter
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  • 69 16 Rugby And Hockey xMeetings Today brlnch a T?i "^F^ 01 the Si nBapore Socfetv nf B» e f Malayan R UBby Union the sp r R ef H eree9 wi take place at me S.C.C. today at 6.30. All rueeer men who are willing to give a hand
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  • 30 16 t I*ondon, Au* 14 In the First Division of the Scottish League today Albion Rovers playing at home, lost to Rangers whn scored two goals against one.- d two Reuter
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  • 633 16 HEAVY RAIN SPOILS RACES AT TAIPING Woods Scores Double MODERATE DIVIDENDS FA VOURITES OBLIGE (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping y AS expected there was a heavy downpour tod.t sport and making the Roing very heaw (l of the local professional race meeting. THE threatening rain came down 111 torrents and
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