The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 15 January 1936

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  • 17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. NO. 14,752. ESTD. 1835. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1936. 10 CENTS
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  • 285 1 Body Found At Controls When Taken From Sea SALVAGED OFF TELOK IKAN MATI Victim Manager Of Well-Known Local Firm (From Our Own Correspondent) Pcnang, Jan. 14. u Till the lx>dy of Mr. R. C. Stiven, still in place in pilot's seat, the Penang Flying
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  • 139 1 NEW AEROPLANE REVOLUTION HIGHER SPEED AND RANGE Secret Lies In Wing Construction London, Jan 14 A REVOLUTION in load-carryirg. range and speed is prompt d by the new V'okers aeroplane for the R.A.F.. which is capable oi flying 37 m.p.h. faster, and 4 ?00 feet higher ar/ nearly two and
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  • 355 1 Student Riots: Martial Law Declared In Canton T^HE Singapore Free Press is informed authoritatively that the Hon. Mr Tay Lian Teck has resigned membership of the Singapore AJUinicipal Commission. Interviewed by a representative of the Free Press last night, the Hon. Mr. Tay Lian Teck confirmed this and added thai
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  • 52 1 New York, Jan. 14. HTHE film nroducer, Howard Hughes, established a new trans-continental flight record when he landed at New York 9 hours, 27 minutes 10 seconds after leaving Los Angeles. The previously records was held by Rosooe Turner whose time was 10 hours 2 min. 51
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  • 115 1 SHELL EXPLODES IN EHIS PLANE e Reached With Difficulty Asmara, Jan 14. MUSSOLINI'S son Vittorio narrcw- ly escaped death when Ihf aeroplane in which he was pait ripating in a bombing raid at Ambn Aradam was h t by an anti-aircnit shell which exploded
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  • 169 1 Trenton, Jan. 14. IN a bid to save Hauptmann from the electric chair on Jan. 17 two new attorneys from Washington have joined the defence forces and a new appeal to the Supreme Court is planned. Mr. Lloyd Fisher, in charge of the defence, admitted
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  • 366 1 JAPAN'S LAST DAY AT THE CONFERENCE? FACING UP TO THE PARITY ISSUE Drastic Gestures Not L Expected London, Jan 14 MO drastic gesture is expected when the Japanese withdraw from the Navai Conference within a few cfays. As a consequ* nee ol MttflCtllM from the other lowers that the pa
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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    • 127 1 ltf..M!B SEA VIEW <j§L HOTEL IDEAL SEASIDE RLSORT EVERY ROOM WITH PRIVATE BATH RUNNING HOT AND COLD WATER- TENNIS GOLF SWIMMING SUNBATHING ONt OF SINOAPOKI- s SCENIC BEAUTY SPOTS TONKiHT. FRIDAY AND SAHRIMY ["SPECIAL DINNER DANCE DINNER DANCE MUSIC BY THE PELI EP BAND I SINDAY, JAN. 19th. 1!>36. B—lo8
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  • 906 2 FATAL SHOOTING IN SINGAPORE Plucky Bystanders Give Chase To Armed Man A SHOOTING incident at the junction of Syed Alwi Road and Jalan Besai on the evening of Nov. 21 last, in which a 34-year-o!d Shanghai Chines was mortally wounded, had a sequel lithe second police magistrate's .court yesterday, when
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  • 903 2 Letters To The Editor i WELL-MEANING BUT MISGUIDED PEOPLE— MORALITY BY ACT OF PARLIAMENTSERIOUS EFFECTS IN SINGAPORE— NOT ONLY A QUESTION OF MORALSPOLICE CANNOT BE EXPECTED TO DO EVERYTHING—TEACHING OF CHRIST AND ST. PAUL To The Editor, Sir,—^Some years ago, many wellmeaning but misguided people in Singapore
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  • 204 2 Jack Holt In "Storm Over The Andes" Jack Holi appears in Universal's 'Storm Over the Andes" in his usual role ol a swashbuckling adventurer. This time he is an air ace who joins 1 the Bolivian air force in a war against Paraguay. Thrills are provided in air
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  • 38 2 Inche Busu bin Noh. the Registrar A the Supreme and Appeal Courts of rrengganu. together with his wife, fiaji Wok Esah binti Haji Nik Idrls, md son. Awang Mohamed. are leaving )n a pilgrimage to Mecca this month.
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  • 295 2 WEDNESDAY, JAN. 15 Hißh waKr, 2.49 a m. 8.8 it., 2.45 p.m. j 8.5 it. Rotary Tiffin: The Hon. Mr. Justice' A K. a 'Beckett Terrell on The Future of Forestry," Adelphl Hotel, at 1 p.m. Rugby S.C.C. seven-a-side tourna- ment. Wiltshires vs. Winners j of
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  • 52 2 Mr. C. Abbott, of United Engineers Ltd., the well-known soccer and hockey goa l keeper for Ma'acca Club, has been transferred to Singapore. Mr. C. H. Whitton, an officer of Class V, Malayan Civil Service, has been appointed to act as Deputy Public Prosecutor, Federated Malay States, Class IV, Malayan
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  • 113 2 To The Editor. Sir, It was seen in the papers the other day that the Ex-Services Association had given a subscription of $250 to the Children's Aid Society. Whilst one must admire the Ex-Ser-vices Association for their generosity to a worthy cause, it is a matter of wonder
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  • 192 2 Chief Handicap To China's Industries (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Jan. 13. Mr. Fung Shao-shan. former president of the National Society of Chamber v of Commerce of China and Inspector General of Industries !of the Nanking Government, was entertained to a tea-party by the Selangor Chinese
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 25 2 HPHOSE who buy and those who sell have common meeting ground in the Classified Co). umns and they do big business? jfree Qxess WANT ADS
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    • 365 2 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. KITANO. OINTMENT. FOR SINGAPORE FOOT AND ALL TROPICAL SKIN DISEASES, Obtainable from all Chcmiets Stores. Agents: 6RAFTON LABORATORIES 2Ob, Collyer Quay. BOARD RESIDENCE. KATONG GRANGE Excellent pot ititn Set frent Board Residence. Mod. Sanitation 77 Meyer Road— Phone 5758 THE MANSION Oxley Rise Singapore. RESIDENTIAL HOTEL (non -licensed.
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    • 518 2 free press Head Office M Strm. Phone MY| Tel: .Time, s.^."^ Kuala Lumpur O«ee: j ava Street Thone: 3«t:< London (tflirr SUBSCRIPTION R A Within Outuo, V'-S!! L «k^ M*Uyn MaU.» IS Mj»thJy UN |4«0 ,*J Half Yemriy HIM SS"2S T-rly Kg Ml.. gj Note.--OiitaUtlmi cheque, Uio.i« j^ the usual
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  • 377 3 Mutilated Body Recovered From The Sea COMRADE STILL MISSING Penang, J an 13. >,piK evidence available does not permit me of any certain 1 conclusion as to the cause of his death, but there is no Yidenoe of foul play and his dfath was probably
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  • 68 3 Compressed Air Used For Aeroplanes mpton firm which, about stained a licence from manufacture compressed have obtained their worth €15.000. for these I now they have been engaged machinery and supplying aircraft manufacturers with! led that by the use of comnsiderable saving in WtJl the landing equipment (ffect(
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  • 81 3 I Retaining To Italy After Four Years In Russia Rome, Jan. 13. Mobile, commander of the Polar airship expedition in •ning to Rome at the end iry after four years' aeronauti- m Russia, ated that he is returning becontract with Russia has been :mded. There is no question
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  • 40 3 rDrohan, 50, manager of l Ftoo State Gas and Light gassed at the works on Eve, and died while being Jspkal. A workman was also but revived. An inopened later the same day, adjourned pending an invesMinistry for Industry ret-.
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  • 175 3 SEA BELLE II's REPAIRS May Be Used On Governor's Tour The Straits Settlements Government yacht Sea Belle II was towed .cross the harbour on Monday and moored alongside Keppel Harbour. She will remain there a week in carpenters' hands. The work is officially described as a "routine maintenance job," but
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  • 129 3 Inevitably Postponed To The Middle Of February London, Jan. 13. The decision of the miners' executive to postpone the handing An of strike notices has caused a feeling of restrained optimism. It is pointed out that even if a strike is -ultimately decided upon
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  • 389 3 DRIVER IGNORES SIGNALS TO STOP Klang, Jan. 10 TJOW a police sergeant, a la ice corporal, and two police constables failed in succession to stop Tan Beng, the driver of a private car, was related before Inohe 1 Osman, the Klang magistrate, wtenj Tan Beng
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  • 158 3 From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Jan. 13. The case against Ahmed, who was charged with causing the death of Dahari by rash and negligent driving following a car .-rash in September last on the Degong Road, was concluded today, the Teluk Anson magistrate convicting the accused.
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  • 171 3 Two Pounds Of Cheese For Six Days Stockholm. After drifting helplessly in the Baltic lor six days with only two pounds of cheese to eat and to drinking water, three Finnish workmen of Abo have now been brought into Malmo Sweden) by a Swedish vessel Their rescue was
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  • 150 3 SEQUEL TO DEATH OF I MAN IN ROAD ACCIDENT A SEQUEL to a motor lorry I** accident on July 18, 1934, ot Sims Avenue when Mohamed Ban- sir sustained fatal injuries, was heard in the Supreme Court yest?rjday, before Mr. Justice GordonSmith, when Mariambee Mute
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  • 218 3 Ceremonies At Ipoh. 'From Our Own Correspondent* Ipoh, Jan. 13. Ipoh seems to be adopting mass marriage, no fewer than ten weddings taking place on Sunday The contracting parties were all Chinese Three marriages were in the orthodox style and the remainder in the reformed
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  • 56 3 Leaving For England Next Week It Is understood that Sir Walter Huggard. Chief Justice. Straits Settlements is leaving for England next week on important business. Mr. Justice N. H. P. Whitley. it is reported, will act as Chief Justice during the absence of Sir Walter Huggard, who
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    25 3 THE LORD MAYOR OF LONDON. Sir Percy Vincent, and the Lady Mayoress received a Christmas gift of lamb from the Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Australia.
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  • 301 3 FAR EASTERN MEDICAL EXPERTS GATHER IN SINGAPORE CONFERENCE BEGINS TODAY /CONTROL and prevention of dib- ease in the East and measures to check the carriage of malaria) and yellow-fever mosquitoes by air will be Among the problems discussed at the annual meeting of th^ i
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  • 246 3 Farewell Function Held At Ipoh. From Our Own Correspondent." Ipoh. Jan. 13. The Rev. Brother Dosetheu*. Diroctor of St. Michael's Institution, was given a farewell dinner by the Old Michaelians' Association on the eve of his departure on transfer to Taiping. Mr W. J B.
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  • 39 3 John William Harding. 27. a canvasser, and hi.s wi!«- Kll. n ll.irdlnK. 31, MR remanded at Chlchrstrr. Jointly charged With th»- murder ol th<Mr slx-rnonth-old son. Ncvill Hardmn. who wis |iound dead In Chicht^t«r Canal Both denied th«* charts
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 23 3 THE NEW DISINFECTANT IIUAPiIAI WITH THE FRAGRANT ft I li r Nil PINE ODOUR wlfcii^^#l« Keeps Germs. Insects and Mosquitoes from your home
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    • 108 3 to SAIGON and relurn to SINGAPORE via BANGKOK (Saigon to Bangkok overland): steamer fare Ist el. Singapore Saigon and Bangkok Singapore SI 00 SINGAPORE— SAIGON— HONG KONG— BANGKOK— SlN<.\|>|>KF Isl <| round trip fare SI 10.00. SINGAPORE— HONG KONG— SHANGHAI— MANILA— SAIGON— BANGKOK —SINGAPORE: Ist class round trip fare SIOO.OO
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  • 4466 4 AIR MAIL LETTER FROM LONDON Rain Over London And Floods In The Country Channel Gale But The Sea Is Safer You Decrease In Road Accidents Rumours About The King's Health Denied The Duchess Of York 111 Food Problem Of Malayan Cobras Lindbergh And The Public £700 Reward For Missing Jewels
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 50 4 i' Vv* 1 wII^IB^^OPULAR V^W m ly ALL OV£R THE WORL &imf£fil f delicious flavours have rmur< J Jellies. Delightfully cool «nJ •ppetising, they are, at the tame rime, very wholeaomc an J nourishing Start using them Co- day QMversJellies 'wT.^'T^r'' OU B M^-fc^. Cwar d and Canned F~<u j
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  • Article, Illustration
    179 5 1(1 1. FT Ol SIXTEEN lorries >„,„ mi Rr n front. Driven h\ Ked Cross m M lt rills Kc ci Cross detachment are nrovin" mv ».i .m« r., run and manned by medical orderlies from the British VfrV I«sl -aid work on the Abyssinian soothfont hrtafta, in v.ounded and
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 30 5 I DO. YOU WANT MORE rs r% r^ a t^v r TIVT Tnr kt Hoyal oakery Bread iHHHUkft Ml I M^HM^Mh M^M^^^M^H MBhV '^^■VBb^. N 6.30 a.m., 9.30 a.m. <£ 3.30p.m.
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    76 6 NOW REBTOUD to their original status of Royal Guard, the Kvzones. most famous regiment of Greece, turned out in their quaint skirted uniforms to welcome King George on his return to Athens. During the 12 years of the Kind's exile, the Evxones were converted into the Republican Guard. Again wearing
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  • 308 6 EXPERT INTERVIEWED IN SINGAPORE 01 particular interest to Or Frank Mc( .ilium. Australian delegate to the annual meeting of the advisory council of the Eastern Bureau of the Le igue of Nations Health Office which begins at the headquarters
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  • 78 6 Woman Passenger Injured In Singapore Two cars were badly damaged and woman passenger was Injured in a collision at the junction of Grove i Road and Fort Road. Singapore, »lt midnight on Saturday Pawi bin Ha.ii Samat. driver oi one car. was charged before the Filth Singapore Magistrate,
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  • 98 6 The Singapore ambulance had a busy day yesterday. Among their calls was to the R.A.F. base. at Seletar, where an Indian coolie, working on the excavations, was badly injured in a railway accident. He suiVered tract ures of the left leg. fingers and numerous abrasions. A Chinese carpenter
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  • 385 6 RAD LICK ON FLIGHT TO U STRALIA ROY GROPLER. the 19-year-cld South Australian boy. who tc-k off from Portsmouth last month co fly alone to Australia in an open, second-hand aeroplane which he bought in England, said when he refuelled at Bagdad on Jan. 6.
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  • 45 6 l'ari.% Jan. The bank rate hat been reduced Irony 5 t:: 4 per cent, o This is the s.cond reduction in nine days and came a.s a surprise, though it was anxiously desired, as money is abnormally dear in France. Reuter Wireless
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  • 599 6 DID MURDERED^ANDIT LIVE IN DREAD OF RETRIBUTION? Alleged To Have Killed Man In China THREE CHINESE ON CAPITAL CHARGE A n allegation was put loT^Trd by the defcnce-durlng the continued A tr*> in the Assize Court yerterday before Mr. Justice a Bcckr.t Terrei Tot the three Chinese in connection with
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  • 194 6 Not Worried By Pressmen And Photographers .From Our O\vr. Correspondent) Bangkok. Jan. 11 ROY. W. HOWARD, head of Scraps Howard papers etc., with hu iWtfe leaves Bangkok tomorrow travelling by K.L.M west-bound, I plane to Calcutta, en route U)l Bombay. Their children travelled bf train i
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  • 313 6 Arrangements With A British Company An air service between the Irish Free State and Great Britain to commence early in the new year has been announced by Mr. Lemass. Minister for Industry and Commerce, in the Dail, Dublin. Mr. Lemass said it was proposed
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  • 56 6 (From Our Own Correspondent' London, Jan. 13. Merlimau-Pegoh has acquired approximately 99 per cent of the lssuen capital of Aycr Tengah by the allotment to Ayer Tengah shareholders o: 236,996 Merlimau-Pegoh two shilling shares. The acquisition consists of 894 acres of mature rubber at a capital cost ot £26
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  • 69 6 The Norwegian steamer Pronto. 2.201 tens gross, reported on arrival at Singapore on Monday that two Chinese stowaways had been discovered on board after leaving Hong Kong. The captives were handed to the local Immigration Officer and will be repatriated by the Hai Lee. of the Wah Seng
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  • 66 6 From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Jan. 13. Mr. J. B. Weiss. First Magistrate Johore Bahru imposed a fine of $3 on Song Tong who pleaded guilty to a charge of not having an attendant at the back of his lorry. Accused said that at the time it
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  • 219 6 Two Charges Of Cheating WHEN the s.: Kajaai alongside \\\r Tanionn docks on Dec. 2:r Han bin Sanjal. on- ol the may p. grims to Mecc.i on board U.. was approached by a wll-dn fellow passenger Marian r alias Lsmail bin Pasaqui. a Mohan Irian Filipino,
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  • 114 6 Tragedy On Hoard Transport Early on Now War's I) the transport Camcroma v> Singapore, homeward Ixmi. troops, lay; November thnn rm Mleeedly attacked whil< result JMMI McNallv. ttUMMI William Hook Qreman. u. at Gibraltar in a critical \uth tract uiiii skull William Evans received wound but remained
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  • 43 6 Superintendent William Wlni r !>• puty Chic*. ConsLablr Ol C .shirr, has born appoint, d v stablo in place ol Mr \V Van who KIM rcsimnd Thr Ml Constable has Mtn BM nber Cambridgeshire OOMJtIMJ 1892 and ha.« been i sujx i 30 ytaai
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  • 92 6 Kuala Kanasar Traffic Diverted. From Our Own Correspondent I I poh. Jan. IS. Following hea\\ rain, the Kanusar River has carried oil one ol the mair. wooden supports ol a bridur BOfttl of Kuala Kanasar. WUCIC Mi bridge is being erect fd The old bridge was
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  • 65 6 Vatican City, l>c<\ IS. An optimistic relerence to peace was made by the Pope ffffflftlm at ih inauguration oi the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. HLs Holiness said that whilr :hi«.itenints clouds were jiatherinv; on ttM horizons they were conlideir that some timo the light will appear .rom ttw
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 181 6 411 Chest and Lung iuPjjMjSm Affections -v^Qgjj|jjjjg* Prescribed by the Medical Pro- B Cession for over iorty years, Angicr's W/J Gmulsion is now universally recognised as n^s! mil i a standard approved treatment for colds, cougfi>. ff/A bronchitis, influenza and all catarrhal aifcrtion^ _^jj^i n of the respiratory or digestive
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  • 691 7  - ACTORS Scramble To Play Romeo MOLLIE MERRICK Hollywood In Person BY Etai and leading man in lOd wants to play Romeo or handsome lead In the Ol the theatre has cherished to play Romeo some day t: Qe -one of the pros- Norma Shearer Juliet covered that no Romeo ■<
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  • 62 7 $50 "Baby Bonds" As A Compromise Washington, Jan. 13. Senator Harrison with other supporters has introduced a Compromi.se Bill for the payment of the soldiers' bonuses by means of $50 "baby bonds" convertible into cash at a post office for the purpose of encouraging the veterans to retain
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  • 108 7 Broach Of Trust <W Dropped iPTOm Our Own Correspondent Kuala l.umpur. Jan. 13. The nrst Brtangot Asstaai ofl ibt war began this morning befart Mr .lustier Pedlow. in the Kuala Lumpur Supreme Court In the BMt against C f l.uu .dia.s Lim Cbenf Talk, formerly salesman ol Messrs.
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  • 45 7 The promotion of Dr. H P Hodgt Medical Officer. Malayan Medical Service, to Superset le Grade B. Malayan Medical Service, has been approved. Che Ahmad bin Haji Hussin. Malay Officer, Class 11, Malay Administrative Service, has been appointed to act as Assistant District Officer. Knantan
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  • 398 7 Winning Contract David Burnstine, Michael Gottlieb, Oswald Jacoby and Howard Svhtnkcn worlds leadwq team-of-four and inventors of the system that has beaten every other system in existence HI6H CARP VALUES or the FOUR-ACES SYSTEM TOTAL VALUE O* PACK X* AVKKA6C KAHP f/l I^E HAVE no objection to spectacular psychic bids.
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  • 237 7 Charged With Absconding With Property i From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban. Jan. 13. Allegations against a jeweller. Mohamed Ismail, of absconding with property belonging to 10 people were heard in the Seremban police court today. Inspector R. Ackrill said that he had received 19 reports against IfobMMd
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 105 7 Singapore Musical Society Popular Sunday Concert by the Symphony Orchestra of the Singapore Musical Society. Sunday, 26th January, 1936, at 9.15 p.m. Victoria Memorial Hall THE WORKS TO BE PERFORMED INCLUDE:Beethoven Symphony No. 1 Mozart Balletmusic "Les petits riens Tchaikowsky Andante from the sth Symphony Rossini Overture -"The thieving magpie*'
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    • 142 7 TODAY 3.15-6.15-9.15 ALHAMBRA OUT OF THE GRFEN HELL OF SOUTH AMERICA comet the first drama of that continent's bloodiest human conflict JACK HOLT in your MOST THRILLING THRILL j STORM e" ANDES I WITH MONA BARRIE and 1 STAR CAST. A UNIVERSAL HIT I r FRIDAY I raiiiv.iixU ii KARLOFF
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 636 7 RADIO PROGRAMMES FOR TODAY man 6.50 New3. 7.10 For cinema enthusiasts Selec- fions from: Dames. Happiness Ahead, In Callente. Gold-Digßers of 1935 8.00 "Varying Atmospheric Pressure and Prevailing Winds." Talk by H. P. Berlage. Research worker in the Royal Meteorological Observatory. 8.20 Special concert by the Nirom Orchestra. 920 Popular
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    • 71 7 Law Notices For m The Day. Before Mr. Justice a'Beckett Terrell in the 2nd Court at 11 a.m. Assizes:— No. 9 Rex vs. Ong Choon Keng, Tay Ah Tong and Goh Ah Pey Before Mr. Justice Gordon-Smith in the 3rd Court at 11 a.m. S. 898/33— S. P. Theethappa Chettiar
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  • 993 8 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1936. Singapore's Health I fT is customary in the temperate countries, either of the northern or southern hemisphere, to regard I the tropics generally as a festering mass of disease, varying only in type according to the physical characteristics of the country. It
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  • 162 8 I Mr. E. C. S. Adkins, the Asst. .Director jot Education <Chinese). S.S.. left by the Arabia Maru on eight months' home leave. Commander J. C. Derrick, harbour master and police magistrate. Malacca, will shortly be leaving Malacca on transfer. Mr. H. Provis. manager of the Mercantile
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  • 435 8 The Indian labourer In Malaya A GREAT deal has been heard recently regarding the lot of the Tamil labourer in Malaya Is he happier in this country or in his native South Indian village? it is often asked Reams of paper and gallons of ink have
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  • 981 8 r»REAT swathes ol bright Of*ngC light from thf lamps high on the dockside walls lay against the ships sid.. Lights were fixed on the gangway, glinting on the iron strut* icflMi the worn wood and shining on the white efficiently shaven cheeks of the officer who took the tickets
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 121 8 J jt^ CHAMPAGNE m V^CUCOIOTPONSARDIN Rj EIN TWO QUALITIES RY ENGLAND €AILJDBItCii l> S LEICA! B^^3 ALL PHOTOGRA- <^ 50/^ Agents For VUy A/ MALAYA, SIAM BURMA. vL sc HMU>T aAH o CO. RAFFLES HOTEL BUIL DINQ V tL.. iUjO, TENNIS RACKETS FOR THE 1936 SEASON. PROSSER'S N. "SUPER MODEL"
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    • 74 8 SEVENTY THOUSAND BANANA TREES were blown down by a Jamaica hurricane. It is hoped that the catastrophe will not lead to a revival of songs emphasizing the shortage of that fruit. But. yes. we have no perturbation of spirit about our baggage when we travel under the production of a
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  • 399 9 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCKS SHARES. trom London, 6 p. m J an 14 j of nomination unless otherwise stated Prpvi ion Loan. 5 p.c., 1944-64 12 Q5 Rise or Fall Loan, 4 p.c, 1960-90 1173 8 12 34 's I Kin. 3' 2 p.c. in 1173 6 p.c., 1936-51.
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  • 137 9 Jan 10 11 13 n Can. Com 132' 2 132% 132 Telephone iph 158% 157% 157-2 Railroad 68 3 8 68 70% 53% 53% 54% 140 140' 2 141 25 /2 26 25% Electric 39% 39% 38% Motors 56% 56 55% 14% 14% 14% 23% 24 23%
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  • 92 9 According to figures recently released by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics at Ottawa relative to the economic situation in Canada during Ihe first nine months of 1935. an increase of no less than 30 per cent, is revealed in the physical volume of business as compared
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  • 89 9 Jan. 14 Buyers Sellers Gambier 6.25 Java Cubv 9.25 Hamburg Cube 10.50 White Muntok Pepper 17.75 Black Pepper 9.50 Copra. Sundried 6.00 Copra, mixed 5.4Q Small Flake Tapioca 4.25 R. B. Siam No. 1 per koyan 10 1 Banja Jelotong 7.50 Sarawak Jelotong 8.75 R. <Siam» W.C.
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  • 113 9 sion on which a newspaper published in Mafa a has been Ta position to obtain such informs* tion for presentation w-T. #k opening of local business. The copyright In tht J£j£ r joint property of the Exchange ffiraph Co I 17" and It Singapore Free Press, Ltd.
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  • 176 9 I From London 5.30 p.m. Jan. 14 RIBBER Steady Buyers Sellers. London Spot 6 3. 4 d. 6 13 16d Previously 11*1* Sellers April-June: 6? 8 d 6 15 ISd Prevousv 6%<1 July-Sept id 7 i i*,i "eviousiy. 6 7 8 d 7d Oct.-De^.: 7 7d i
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  • 52 9 From London 5.30 p.m. Jan. 14 I ondon Tin: Steady Cash: C213 Previously: Firm at £212 17s >;h K~ York Ti r n: Previously. £20™ 12s 6d 47 87 Previously: 48 00 Copper: Settlement: £34 15s Previously: €34 10s I'Old: Yesterday: £7 0s 9d Previously: €7 0s
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  • 73 9 Iwondon Closing Quotations Jan. 14 1 Method of Parity before Rate Pre Centre Quoting 20-9-31 Yesterday viously Paris Francs to 141.21 747 H 74? New York $to£ 4.88 23 4.***** 4 96% Amsterdam Guilders to 12.91 7 271 L 7 271. Hong Kong Per dollar ls 5^
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  • 203 9 Jan. 14. SELLING London. 4 months' .sight 2 4 1 8 London, 3 months' sight 214 3|32 London. 60 days' sight 2|4 IJI6 London. 30 days' sight 24 1J32 London, demand 2|4 London, T.T. 2!4 Lyons and Paris, demand 866 Hamburg, demand 14L New York, demand 57
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  • 1143 9 SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES Fraser and Co.'s List TUESDAY. JAN. U, MINING a Buyers Seller. Ampat lin t4s; 5 9d 6s P f tSSJ^Sftf? 33s 6 <* 3*s 9d Austral Malay 59s 60 a£. F 5, itam Tin (i>s> !5s 6d 16s 6d Ayer Weng (si> 1 82'-. l
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  • 134 9 Dollar Falls On Rumours Of Devaluation London. Jan. 9. The Stock Exchange was fairly cheerful today, although business was not voluminous. Shipping was the most active section. Several industrial issues improved. International issues, however, were unsettled by th<> exchange situation. Rubbers were Mrm. West Africans encountered profittaking. Amon*,'
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  • 46 9 New premises are being acquired in Birmingham by the Super Oil Seal Manufacturing Co. (England). Ltd. for the production of patent oil retainers. The firm commenced activities in England two or three years ago The n*w factory wUI be twice as big as the existing works.
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  • 82 9 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association Jan. H. 1! oVliK^k noon Buyew Sellers No. IX R.S.S. KaOMM •FOB January > 239 1G 23*. Good FAQ in cases 'FOB January* 237 16 23 916 No I X R.S.S < spotloose 'awardabl.Singapore o|| 2A l Feb-Mar 23 U 4 23 7 Apr.-Juni* 24
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  • 66 9 South Wales shows signs ol recovering in its overseas iron and steel trad* The exports for the 11 months ol thu year, according; to official figure totalled 287.000 tons, or an Increase |fl 22.000 tons The Increase Is encouraging, coinciding, as it doei. with ttot
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  • 76 10 London. Jan. 14. There was a record production of steel to Great Britain in 1935. Output icas 9,842,400 tons, cornpared with 8,860,000 tons in 1934 and the previous highest aruiual output of 9,716,000 tons established during the Great War in 1917. Production of pig-iron last year
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  • 85 10 CHIANG TO REVEAL HIS FOREIGN POLICY Critical Situation On The Suiyuan Border Shanghai, Jan 14 TTHE latest report from Canton states that four students were seriously wounded and 30 were slightly wounded during yesterday's affray between a number of plain clothes men belonging to
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  • 58 10 THE student bedies in the city have; jointly demanded the punishment; ol those responsible for the shooting of the students, who were unarmed. Gen Chan Chai Tong. of the Cantonese forces, and Mr. Chow Lu. President of the Chungshan University, have promised to make early invest! i nations to brin»
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  • 82 10 NANKING CONFERENCE Nanking, Jan 14 About 300 students and heads of universities and schools from all o;er China have assembled for the conference tomorrow at the invitation of Marshal Chiang Kai Shek who wUI make a personal statement on foreign policy. The student rrions of Peiping and Tientsin are boycotting
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  • 318 10 fEN. SUN CHU. Commander of the 101th Shansi division, held An emergency military meeting at Tatur.^ city. North Shansi, yesterday and de cided to fortify the positions around the town of Tienchen. on the Suiyu. nShansi border. Twenty thousand Shansi troops are Reported to have been ordered to reinforce the
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  • 65 10 Graz (Austria), Jan. 14. It is feared that many soldiers have been kilied following the co lapse of an artillery barracks here. Tico hundred sappers, besides the fire brigade and ambulance men are working to extricate the dead and injured. Five bodies have already been recovered.
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  • 340 10 ITALY THINKS ONLY OF THE WAR Reason For Truce In Abyssinia Koine, Jan. 14. DEPORTS Iron London and Paris iv- sardine liv.sh peace prOfWtll are described as fantaittc In authoritative quarters. Signor Viruimo Gayda. editor of the Giornalc d'ltalia. and considered to be Mussolini's mouthpiece, says
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  • 321 10 Alexandria, Jan. 13. r«APT. V. G. WILSON, pilot of the Imperial Airways liner, City of Khartoum, which crashed in the Mediterranean with the loss of 22 lives on New Year's Eve related b^j story of the disaster at the inquest today. The British
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  • 443 10 U. S. Supreme Court I Kuhng COTTON ACT ALSO I THREATLM.I) I Washington. J. n < A THOUSAND million are at Btl ke as a result yesterday's Supreme Court ordering the return oi by the Government to the I rice millers The question larger sum is i
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  • 76 10 Millionaire Arrested I* Luxury Flat New York. Jai Mr. Austin Phelps Palmrr. a sportsman and rotired been arrested in his luxurious flat secret service men. It is alleged ho confe»ed threatening the life of Presid nt velt. The contents of hLs lrtt< r w« not divulged
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  • 21 10 Newnort <Mon wcrk.s an 1 a £10.000 order for sUvlwork lor t os, placed by tin nil ways *>1 N land
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    • 119 10 STOCKTAKING BARGAINS IN SPORTS GOODS JACK WHITE GOLF CLUBS BRASSIES AND NO. 1 IRONS ONLY STEEL SHAFTS $5.50 EACH GOLF BALLS BROMFORD "If 1 $7.00 PER DOZEN BROMFORD "20" $7.00 PER DOZEN RUGBY FOOTBALLS MATCH SIZE $5.00 EACH ROBINSON CO., LTD. SINGAPORE. REVISED HOURS OF BUSINESS 8.30 A.M. TO 5.15
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  • 1124 11 Further Rise In Share Prices rrophesied TEA POSITION IMPROVING (From Our Own Correspondent* London, Dec. 30. WITH Christmas Day and Boxing Day occurring: on Wednodus ami Thursday, there have been only three working days this u and mi most senior men hive been able
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  • 123 11 To Be Organised By The Southwest Government Hong Kong, Jan IS. The Political Council of the Government of the Southwest has instructed the headquarters of the Ist. Group! Army to assist the colleges in the organisation of student volunteer corps which .will be styled "Students' National Salvation Volunteer
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  • 148 11 Foreign Imports of Tin Ore during the month of December, 1935. Country of Origin Tons 1. Alaska 2. Burma 452 3. The Netherlands Indies:— Banka and Billiton Singkep Other Places 4 4. French Indo-China 207 5. Japan 6. Siam 650 7. Tanganyika 14 8. Union of South
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  • 1101 11 Ribon Valley (N igeria) Tinfields Capital Reorganisation Approved rHE ordinary general meeting of Ribon Valley (Nigeria) Tinfields. ,td.. was held at River Plate House, E.C.. Mr. A. Burt wreskllng. The Chairman, In moving the adophon of tho report and Accounts, .said: Viih regard to the assets, theri bai >een no
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    • 619 11 HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. < Incorporated in the Colony of Hong Kong) The liability of members is limited to the extent and in the manner prescribed by Ordinance No. 6 of 1929 of the Colony. HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG Authorised Capital $50.000 000 Issued and iully paid up $20,000,000
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    • 537 11 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA (Incorporated In England t>T Royal Charter* Paid up capital in 600 000 shares of £5 each *:.,.uoO,OOO Reserve Fund eu.000.000 Reserve Liability ol Proprietors e 3.000.000 HEAD Win 38. Bishopsgate. London EC 2 Agencies and Rranche*. Alor Star Ipoh BNttrani Amritsar ;»"!l 'Salmon
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  • 151 12 Geneva Conference To Study Seamen's Lot An important conference opened at Geneva last month, attended by representatives of the Governments shipowners, and seamen of the principal maritime countries. The con■••"•nce by the International Labour Office u a "preparatory ucchnical tripartite meeting." win con slder (1) the question of
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  • 53 12 wLn V T VlCtoria is due here on Wednesday, Jan. 15. in the morning from Genoa, Naples. Port Said Suez Bombay and Colombo. She will berth BoTrfw* the Sln Z*»™ Harbour Board Wharves, and is expected to sail again the same day at 4 p m for Hong
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  • 35 12 The Shipping Office and the Offices of the Statistics Department wT2 closed on Friday. Jan. 24, and will hi open on Saturday. Jan. 25. for one hour only (from 10 a.m. to l i am
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  • 27 12 THOUBANIM OF STREAMERS save the Empress Britain a rousim? send-off win n she left Southampton for New York to start her fifth world cruise
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  • 338 12 Enormous Increase In Foreign Tonnage PPEAKIXG at the launch by the Caledon Shipbuilding and •J Engineering Co., Ltd., Dundee, of the Philomel, a passenger and cargo steamer for the General Steam Navigation Co.. Ltd., the chairman of the owning company. Mr. \V. J. McAlister said that
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  • 465 12 IN SUPER LINER QUEEN MARY fMMENSE stocks of linen-amount-ing to a total value of about .'4s.ooo— are being supplied for the ?unard White Star liner Quppp dary. This tremendous linen order—probibly the largest ever placed by a ship)ing company has been carried out >y firms
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  • 84 12 Tin London When the Assembly received r<por:or the Mtartonary Counri! High Sea.s. dealing with the lark of any room permanently pel in irT r «l iS^Th 8 n vl|l|lß nn Bnt:^ i;: ships- the Dean of Wlneheiter <Dr e G. Selvvyn. said that it was to of
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  • 100 12 SINGAPORE HARBOUR Ships alongside lhor fXDfdr.i Eajt Wharf (Km ran,, Hajula 22. V Main Wharf (rntran,. Cfti bai i8 Bui ma r rk U 7 Empire Dock (lint ran., ■atijoii W; s i?uava M; Kiuj Kmpirf Dock (Entranci Ci'V i,l K.rs.bcur:.. Wrs( Wharf (hnlran,, Victoria 4: Shu., Section 10 Entrant
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  • 81 12 Disabled Vessel Touiil To Shanuhiii PlMf n^crs in ththe Chuanshan sthrilling expertei i arly this month '•r hrr way to H pHlcr. She w.i.s I be HH'id«-iit M she liad n rj captain ordi-rod that ered, awaiting j which miKht bapp< Much to the rell< chines.' itnaner appi
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  • 21 12 The MM mail Colombo is upteto I day at 6 am tad I Salmon Honu K tlf Kobr Berth: she i
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    • 436 12 BOUSTEAD Co., Ltd. (Incorporated In F.M.S.) TELEPHONE: Freight 5 m— Passage 5431. LLOYDS AGENTS. ROOKING AGENTS FOR FEDERATED MALAY STATES RAILWAYS. ROYAL STATE RAILWAYS OF SIAM. CANADIAN PACIf IC llfoffiffi*^* 7 (Incorporated in England) TRAVEL SYSTH*' THE "EMPRESS" ROUTE offers TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES vii HONOLULU or direct EMPRESS to VANCOUVER—ACROSS CANADA
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    • 53 12 NOTICE With further reference to previous notices concerning the Outward Impe- rial Airways Seaplane which was wrecked at Alexandria on Dec. 31 most of the missing mail has now bsen received and although damaged by sea water is deliverable One bag from Croydon and one irom Brindisi for Penang are
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    • 154 12 BIBBY LINE [LONDON ADDRESS 22. PALL MALL, LONDON. i.W.l] of fast twin-screw OH I<: Mail Passenger VtsseU betw< RANGOON, COLOMBO. I'OKI Ml'\> MARSEILLES. PLYMOI Ml \M» LONDON with through eoniv Singapore and P mg. HOMEWARD RAILING! Leave I KanffiH.ri m I STAFFORDSHIRE iuk 16 Ja: OXFORDSHIRE Jan WORCESTERSHIRE F-b 13
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    • 429 12 Local And Foreign Mail Dispatches And Arrivals BY TRAIN Bangkok every Saturday 7 p.n Thursday 7.45 a.n Alor Star: Mon. to Fri.* 7.45 a.n Saturday 7.45 a.m. and 7 p.n Ipo: Weekdays; 7.45 am and 7 p.n Klang, Kuala Lipis, Port Swettenham, Taiping and Telok Anson: Weekdays* t p.n Kota
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    • 34 12 CLEARANCES Jan is: Tobi Maru. Er. M Dukat -Nor SockalMM Dl K laub. Oemaa Rahman Jan 14 Mllicci BOQ| I rhong. Hoii^ Kw. Kudat. Scott Hartv <B*i\ I Nor. AldPKond.i 'Dut I <n (Ann
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    • 291 13 'fell II II f OFF FOR A CRUISE BY WHY DON'T YOU GO TOO? CHEAP RETURN TICKETS TO CHINA, JAPAN, COLOMBO AND BOMBAY. From SINGAPORE "n", ir rt lst Class 2nd Claw shanghai 188>57 $137 14 Kobe or Yokohama $222.86 5154 29 olombo $205.71 5137 14 Bf>mba y $274.29 5162.8K
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    • 603 13 McALlbltßeC?n?^L ELLERMAN BUCKNALL S.S. Co., Ltd. Incorporated in England.) "ELLERMAN LINE" FOR UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL ACCEPTING CARGO FOR CANADIAN AND AMERICAN PORTS VIA COLOMBO. Stea/iM r D g CITY OF EASTBOURNE Havre. London, Rotterdam. Hamburg Jan 14 Jan "16 CITY OF PERTH Havre, London,
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    • 794 13 SH IPPING The StraiU Steamship Co., Ltd Th^ 5* r W^ str *«*«ip to. Ltd The Chin. Navigation Co!. Ltd J£e rleilUl Lto The Slam Steam Navigation Co.. Ltd C.nadT^it lotlUa Co Ud Aberdeen and Commonwealth Une. s£"£ k^V"** 1 Unr '<d Thik INSURANCE^ nd Alblon C^ «-W The Liverpool
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    • 689 14 K. P. M. TOIVIOHON- Thursday, Jan. 16, Singkawang, Pemangkat and Sambas. TINOMBO- Thursday, Jan. 16, Selat-Pandjang. Bengkalis. SoengeiPakning. Siak and Pakan-Baroe. ELOUT— Thursday, Jan. 16, Penang. Oelee-Lheue (not for passengers), Sabang, Tjalang. Meulaboh. Tapa Toean. Sinabang. Singkel, Baros. Sibolga, Natal. Sasak and Padang. VAN DER LIJN Thursday, Jan. 16. Cheribon
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    • 563 14 JOINT SERVICE PRINCE LINE— SILVER UNE FOR HALIFAX, BOSTON. NEW YORK, BALTIMORE AND PHILADELPHIA, VIA CAPE OF GOOD HOPE Due Sails Due Singapore Singapore New York. MS. SILVERTEAK In Port Jan. 20 Mar. 4 MS. CINGALESE PRINCE Jan. 27 Feb. 3 Mar. 19 M.S. JAPANESE PRJNCE Feb 10 Feb. 17
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    • 599 14 O. S. K. LINE Alaska Maru Dakar via L. Marques, Durban. Algoa Bay, Cape Town. Lobito, Matadi, Duala. Port Harcourt, Lagos. Cotonou. Accra. Ttakoradi, Grand Bassam, Port Bur* Conakry and Bathurst j t Santos Maru Buenos Aires via Colombo, Durban. Cap* Town, Rio de Janeiro, Santos and Montevideo Ja: India
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  • 2521 15  -  Argus Weekly Sports Notes Compiled By After The Malaya Cup Next Big Annual Encounter North vs. South Teams History Of The Series Committee Passes Its Own Death Sentence Perak's Glorious Defeat—Will Services Be Split Up?— Seven-a-Side Rugby Treat For Boxing Fans 1928 game
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    • 52 15 TRADE M/VUK >T After 29th February, IS F A, 1936, no further P^r^^*ESJF. issues of full -sized JL^^^^^^^^s^ packs of playing Itfg F II .ft I^ffi" r cards in exchange I TT g> sets of miniature K cards will be made. z'* MADE IN ENGLAND w o o wniS UR.WOi
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  • 483 16 Hermes and Terror Both Win VOLUNTEERS XV RUN RIGHT OFF THEIR FEET THE seven-a-side rugby football tournament at the S.C.C. is proving very popular, if one is to judge by the large crowd of spectators, both European and Asiatic, who have been attending these
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  • 708 16 SINGAPORE RECREATION CLUB HAVE DISAPPOINTING YEAR Few Soccer Successes COMMITTEE MAY CONSIDER TAKING UP RUGGER •THE suggestion that the Singapore Recreation Club sh,. U |<| include rugby in their curriculum of sports was mid»the 52nd annual general mc-oting of the club yesterda> rlub pavilion. Mr R Tessensohn presided and there
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  • 27 16 Dr. F. E. Byron. Chemist, Institute for Medical Research, Fedeiated Mala\; States, has been appointed to act a* Chief Chemist, Institute foi Medical Research. Federated Malay States
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  • 73 16 AUSTRALIANS' EASY WIN l ondon, Jan. 14 'J'HE Australians won their match against the Border •jv an innings and 14 runs, the Border beirts all out for 128. O'Reilly tcok 5 wickets for 3* Fvans: O R Emberton. A B Derbyshire and S B A Workman. B.C.C. "A":— j p
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  • 41 16 •From Our Own Correspondent) IPoh. Jan. 13. The Perak teams s-ore for the Khoc Sian Ewe Cup competition was as follows: G West 139; H. A. Johnson 136; D. K. Paterson 134; J C. Parsons 126Total 535.
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  • 85 16 i Ties for today in the seven -a -side rugby tournament at the S.C.C. are as follows: 5.15 p.m. Hermes "A" vs. Wiltshires: Wilts: McGallahgher: White and Wheeler: Bancroft; Dyer, Wort and Stariling. Hermes "A": Crousay: Rogers and Woodward; Jones; Ashburner, Evans and Weir. 5.40 p.m. Hermes "B"
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  • 186 16 On Friday. Jan. 17. there will be the usual race for "B" and "C" Class start- ing at 5.20 p.m. On Sunday. Jan. 19. the International 6-metre Class will sail a race for the Johore School Trophy, starting at 10.10 a.m. The "B" Class will sail a race
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  • 35 16 London, Jan. 13. In the third round of the FA Cup eplay. Port Vale beat Sunderland the cere being 2 o. Other result? were: Grimsby 4 lartlepool 1: Southport 4. Darlington Reuter
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  • 44 16 Italy Decides Not To Compete Rome, Jan. 14. 'THE Italian Lawn Tennis Association has decided not to participate in the Davis Cup tournament and has also requested clubs to abstain from inviting players from sanctionist countries to participate in their tournaments. Renter.
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