The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 11 May 1936

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  • 17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. NO. 14,849. KSTD. 1835. MONDAY, MAY 11, 1936. 10 CENTS.
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  • 621 1 Official Decree Announced MUSSOLINI PROCLAIMS KING VICTOR EMANUEL EMPEROR OF ETHIOPIA Marshal Badoglio To Be Viceroy Rome, May 10. MUSSOLINI made a speech to a huge crowd in which he announced that an official decree places the Empire of Ethiopia under full and entire sovereignty of
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  • 121 1 NEGUS TO GO TO LONDON Early Visit Possible London, May 10. FT is officially stated in London that the \egus is remaining in Jerusalem for the present. This doe* not. however, exclude the possibility of an early visit to London, tut it is commonly supposed that it has been suggested
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  • 64 1  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh Shanghai, May 10. Ql IK IM. reports from Hankow J»tahs that the Yangtsze River h rising steadily and the authorities •>• Hie foreign concessions are takin S urgent measures to strengthen hit d.kes around their concessions. Chincoe peasants in the vicinit> lr Mhm
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  • 32 1 Batavia, May 10. AS from May 11, the Nether- lands India export duty on native rubber has been fixed at 33 guilders per 100 kg. dry. Reuter
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  • 714 1 To Discuss A byssin ian Situation MR, EDEN TO PRESIDE HPKE Abyssinian situation is the principal subject on the agenda for the League Council meeting at Geneva, today over which the British Foreign Secretary, Mr. Anthony Eden, will preside. In view of his duties as
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  • 58 1 Entirely Wafdist Cairo, May 10. XTAHAS PASHA has formed an entirely Wafdist Cabinet with himself as Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior. Other appointments are Minister of Finance: Makrame Bcid. Foreign Minister Waslf Ghali Pasha. Minister of Commerce: Abdel Gomaa. War and Marine Minister Gen. Ali
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  • 315 1 PARIS BANKS RESTRICT SALE OF GOLD IRA NC RECO ERS AFTER FALL Temporary Respite Expected Paris, May 10. 1) KSTKK'TIONS have been im- posed by the Paris banks on the sale of gold coins and foreign currency. The Bankers' Syndicate has instructed the banks only to sell gold or foreign
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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    • 103 1 (T^Gcdiurtfs Scots Whisky .1 M»!l«n» om\ in. M.!lij Sfiiril mm MM- MMMM mm MM M lV^. Ll""il^L' uf •.V 7/ MM m~_ MP ADELPHI VIM';-' HOTEL ROOF -GARDEN TUESDAY THURSDAY SPECIAL DINNER DANCE AND CABARET DINNER DANCE MUSIC BY THE 1 RELLER BAND i^- CABARET -mZ WLADIMIR TANIN SINGER, DANCER,
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  • 66 2 The Acting Chief Justice at Kuah Lumpur Court ot Appeal. Before Mr. Justice Adrian Clark h the 2nd. Court at 11 a.m. Motions. Followed by: Magist rate's Appeals1. Rex vs. Goh Hock Leng. 2. Rex vs. Goh Kin. 3. R-x vs. Soh Yong Ann. 4.
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  • 110 2 KIDNAPPER GETS SIXTY YEARS' IMPRISONMENT And Further 60 For Fraud I Tacoma, (Washigton), May 10. gX-CONVICT William Mahan. who was sentenced to 60 years' imprisonment for his share in the kidnapping, in May last year, of George Weyerhauser. the nine-year-old son of the millionaire, has also been sentenced to 60
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  • 38 2 Former Governor Of Philippines New York, May 9 Mr. Dwight Davis, a former Govern-or-General of the Philippine Islands, j has married Mrs. Sabin. daughter of Paul Morton, a former Secretary to the Navy Reuter
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  • 44 2 Nanking To Urge Action To LBan Opium Smoking Nanking, May 9. The Government has telegraphed instructions to the Chinese delegation ito the International Labour Conference to appeal for action by foreign governments to eliminate opium-smok-ing by Overseas Chinese. Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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  • 361 2 Money Hidden In Palace Addis Ababa, May 9. THE Italians are vigorously grappling with the task of restor- injr orderly government to the districted capital. The city is divided into four wards each with headquarters manned by !70 ''arabinieri and 30 frontiersmen, the, latter picturesquely
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  • 141 2 "REPLENISHMENT PROGRAMME" Tokio May 10. IJAVY circles have considered that the United State- Senate in passing the Naval Supply Bill will stimulate the activities of Japanese big Navy champiens who are ncinting out that the, American Navy will secure an absolute supremacy over *ne Japanese
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  • 135 2 On Ceylon Rubber Estate Colombo. May 9. Sir Henry De Mel, a well-known unofficial in Ceylon and a member of the Legislative Council, was shot dead yesterday on his rubber estate near Colombo. His estate officer was also shot dead. Sir Henry was visiting
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  • 84 2 To Act For Rajah Of Sarawak Major Bertram. W. Brooke, the Tuan Muda of Sarawak, arrived at Singapore yesterday by the Ranpura. He will be flown to Kuching tomorrow in a Singapore 111 flying boat provided by AirCommodore Sydney W. Smith. Aii Officer Commanding the R.A.F..
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  • 60 2  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh Unable To Keep Out Communists a Shanghai, May 10. According to Japanese reports, Gen Yen Shi Shan, the Shansi leader, ha.' resigned all his appointments owing k the failure of his troops to prevent tht Communists entering the Shansi terri tory. The same
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  • 54 2 Troop Reinforcements For Holy Land London, May 8. In view of the situation in Palestin. fo'iowing the recent Arab-Jewish dis turbances. it is understood that at th request of the High Commissioner Lt Gen. Sir Arthur Wauchope, troop re inforcements are being sent to the Hoi Land as
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 57 2 f^_^_^T\ *\£_R^^ SCIENTIFICALLY BfaßLi^ j mm 70NIC oEf mf RESTORES GROWTH OF HAIR I REFRESHING COOLING HEALING. VICTORIA MEMORIAL HALL ONE RECITAL ONLY-Thurs. May 21st 1936, at 9.30 p.m. A. STROK PRESENTS LILI KRAUSS I (Piano) SIMON GOLDBERG (Violin) IN A JOIN RECITAL A REAL MUSICAL TREAT BY TWO GREAT
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    • 396 2 NOTICES. the HAiB Australian! GOLD MINING COMPANY, LIMITED. •incorporated Ln Queenaland) Notice Of Declaration Of Interim Dividend j NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Interim Dividend of Four Pence per share has been declared by the Dir.e- I iors oi the Company in Brisbane, payi able to Shareholders on the
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    • 728 2 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS.^ MORNY c **mm% fine quality J CCC |J>CC _>$ BATH SOAPS oh T MAMMOTH OVAL I'AKI.KTS '»i •"•> Assorted Perfumes inehidins >,u t**a*t Freneh Pern and Pink Lilac PRICE 51.50 PRR m>\ I Ku ,a l S££\. A Luxury for the Bath. n MEDICAL HALL LIMITED. (^mM, wm^
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 160 2 Diary Of The Day High Water. 12.30 a.m. 8.8 ft., 1.57 pm. 7.3 ft. Sports Soccer: Div. 2 Monopolies vs. R.A.F II at Anson Road Stadium; Commercial Cup, Post Office vs. Nestanglo at Fraser and Neave's ground; friendly. S.C.C. "B" vs. Middlesex II at S.C.C; Golf: 8 G.C. women's qualifying
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  • 740 3 Story Of The Grounding Of The Ranpura MUI TSAI COMMISSIONERS WILL NOT BE INTERVIEWED NINETY steel cases stored in the strongroom and holds of the Ranpura contain the £10,000,000 of Chinese art treasures which reached Singapore yesterday morning on their way back to China. guards
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  • Article, Illustration
    21 3 < j Ml I ROSE, the Australian airii tding supplies into his Hestou aerodrome, near before starting his recent flight to Australia.
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  • 102 3 Iwo Being Opened Shortly 'TWO new Japanese iron mines arc being opened in Malaya mm al Kota Bahru and the other on tl" east coast of Johore. I ail a Is the head of the itlng the new mines five Japanese iron iya Japan is the
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  • 84 3 Dr. Kee Lai And Dr. Teh Nya Sim Ipoh, May f). ol the me: leal prounited in matrimony today R gistry Office. Ipoh, V W VV 8 Purcell. the M Th contracting Dr. Mah K e Lui. of Dr. (Mi •Ti h Nya Sim. A\ T I Lay
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  • 83 3 r Help Compile History Of Kuomintang Shanghai, May Hock, a well known men han< has been elected pil< i ol Kuomintang biographies rd thc leading Hi' Mil.. mnorary compilers are iu Vao Yu Ping. Yang Chung Liang. Chang lih V ing, Wang Yung Pan. i ui
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  • 37 3 GEN. DOBBIE'S VISIT TO TAIPING rai W. O. 8 Dobbie, with the ADC ani Colonel 1 l' av lor Taiping. today mall While In Taiping i the British Resident, 'iid Mrs. Rex. They Singapore on Friday, May
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  • 45 3 Bteln Callenfcls, the Dutch •archaeologist, has latic Society of Bengal a haped "prc-histoiic iron l!, >ni Malacca," with a for- to its Secretary, Mr. J. asking Indian scientists to With ii. formation abcut its He believes that it was 1 tin mining in the an-
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  • 414 3 PENANG TO HONG KONG BY AIR Many Thrills For Chinese Passengers Penang, May 8 "¥T was a journey of our lives, as any other young men would have felt if they were giver the same opportunity of going from place to place by the quickest
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  • 163 3 Sequel To Car-Lorry Collision Ipoh, May 8. The police constable who was injured in the Degong car-lorry collision died at Teluk Anson last night and immediately following his death and on information received from Teluk Anson, the Perak Detective Branch took into custody one of the drivers. The
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  • Article, Illustration
    27 3 A LORRY tried conclusions with a storte wall at the junction of Kukit Timah Road and Holland Road on Saturday. This was th» insult. Free Pr ess
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  • 226 3 U.P.A.M. Discuss banishment Problem (From Our Own Correspondent.! Kuala Lumpur, May 7. At a meet ing ot the Planting Section ot the U.P.AM, the lion. Mr. 8 :i Palmer, the retiring President said that Government was unable to lay down any hard and fast rules concerning banishment for
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  • 83 3 (From Our Own Correspondent* Ipoh, May 5. The death occurred at Taiping he -pital ol Mr. E. W. Carey. European warder at the convict establishment, following a brief illness. Mr. Carey. who was a victim ot pneumonia, is survived by his wife anJ enc child, who are bo'.h
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  • 235 3 Mystery Of 27 Midnight Arrests GREAT secrecy is being maintained by the authorities in Dublin following the arrest at midnight Hst night and in the early hours of today of twenty-seven prominent Republicans, manj of them cither former or active members of the Irish Repuhlican Army. While many of them
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  • 108 3 Chinese Admits Shooting Nakayama Shanghai, May 6. I Wanted kill a Japanese ever ■ac the 1932 war." declared Yih Hai iBen m court this afternoon. fie retract d his previous statement thi t it was net bi Who actually fired th> Shot and admitted that
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  • 88 3 Rifles Ammunition Captured From Japanese Shanghai, May 7. A report from Bast Kirin states that Chinese volunteer units belonging to thc sth Chinese Volunteer corps launched a surprise attack on the Japanese and Manchukuo garrisons in the Tungning district on Tuesday morning and captured 100 rifles
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  • 84 3 Louden. May .Y Ambassadors and Ministers fn in j more than 50 nations- .mtv -ountrv represented ai the eoun >i Kalnt Jam** will be received by the King ai Back* I in. i. am Palace today to present to the Kins 'h new letter* of credence The
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  • 530 3 BRITAIN'S PERIL IF WAR CAME A lesson Of Year Of (ireat War London. Mav X A NEW inquiry into the whole subj- t ol iood supplies in tunc ot v/ir w ».> advocated by Sir Herbert MatthcWS, formerly Secretary ot the Central Chamber ot Agriculture, at
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  • 61 3 Being rttc Ik na w i I the I aid si Cafe, Ifarne ßoad, Bingapoi Aa« Sena J Ting pleaded guilty >n Pridai befai. Mr. GWI) ivi ;n tb i Ulth our i to having allowed tinging and dancing in the cafe after midnight 0,, Apr Ace u.s'
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    • 114 3 J^fr s m. w m^m Rw w I m____*' JLE mi m v I Bl■ I I Ia a t^\ ■ill CLi\ The Critics Have C«iven Fp Hope Of Finding Words Woilh\ To Orscribe It! So They Merely Say. TOPS ANYTKINti EVER ATTEMPTED IN TALKING PICTURES! They leave it to
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  • 4659 4 AIR MAIL LETTER FROM LONDON Day Of Sighs— May Day Dreams Of A Londoner— Probing Budget Mystery Tax-Dodging Disclosures Cabinet Reshuffle Rumours Dictators Are Not Popular Newsreels Stage Air "Raid" American Birdman Drops In Herzogin Cecilie's Tragic find Flower Industry Flourishing Brilliant Season Expected Civil List Savings "For Men Only"
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 32 4 lit icmr celktiw l^f THE WORLD RENOWNED _W NATURAL MINERAL WATER iSf Bottled as it flews from the Spring Especially effective in cases of W STOMACH LIVER TROUBLE, GOUT, RHEUMATISM Obtainable Everywhere.
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    • 203 4 Look what film may cause j^^* i -~m -mM++**^^\ I v "^^^BB ammWmß k^^ v _______m\, "^mr^^MMmmm^^^^^^m^ \-^a^_—^ i^— —^^^^^^a_ '^/Z OT/A For clean, sound teeth Remove FILM this way aaf The fate of your teeth may rest on what you germs to teeth. Millions know how it poli.hr. do
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    326 5 ABANDONED In London in her infanrv sa Senwlesc ftrl with a wonderful vSee ht Jl™™"* B St n -adopted" hv Madame Kate Opperman tW J^i, "^covered" and has presented nor with a free Shoiarshii Li A, ICan con *«"o, who ,ho«s Lauretta Boston taking he sh er muM --fi Question.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 115 5 ,/acv, sp#m covm.o **r no ***c H\S W\*fc COU-0 €4t NO {.fcAW so r*£Y ARcvifo ovt* 7*m/s and mm W/T 4 G/P££o d/PON \Ct C/^tAfA/ (COt/) PUA'ttt') > riVc apologise for the ley* lire: our oftof por* ll MMf ai present and this is th c tmmlbßm effort). DELICIOUS ICE
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    31 6 photo). MISS EILEEN HEYTMAN. who wa marrieJ to Mr H H Drennan at the Cathedral of the Good She jhrrd on Saturday: Report in col. 2 of this page Free Press
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  • 600 6 HE WAS LIKE CHRIST TO CHILDREN Thousands Now Worship Shrine In Memory Of Indian Pening. May 9. rpHE unceasing din of beating of drums, the noisy atmosphere, lhe jazzy music from a band the bustling of human activity, the gay laughs of hundreds of children these were evident for »he
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  • 265 6 SINGAPORE WEDDING Miss E. H. Heytman And Mr. H. H. Drennan RiilSS Eileen Marie Heytman. fourth daughter of Mrs. Heytman ard the ate Mr H J C Heytman. Of Singapore, was married on Saturday at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd t, f Mr Henry Herbert Drennan of the Yukon
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  • 438 6 Messrs. Guthrie and Co., Ltd.. Kuala Lumpur, report the Renong Tin Dredging Co., Ltd. output of ore for April is:— No. 2 dredge 496.51 piculs, No. 3 630.17 piculs. Total 1.126.68 piculs. Messrs. Guthrie and Co., Ltd.. Kuala Lumpur, have received a cable from the Secretaries of Kombok F.M.S. >
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  • 23 6 ■m i Th" Sim: a pore 111 fl l'tt England on Apr I to Jot" F8205 Squ Reuter jn sterday
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  • 1133 6 But Robinson's Reduce All -Round Loss FURTHER S.ATF RFDUCTIONS CONTEMPLATED BETTER business in Kuala Lumpur than in Singapore, a reduced all-round loss, thc necessity of further staff reductions, and a denial that Robinson's were expensive, were some of thc main points mentioned at
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  • 336 6 Edinburgh, is j AFTER an X-ray examination, it was revealed tome in n,, t Miss Rtnee Houston has two of her ribs crack* d ri suit of being "kidnapped" from the Empire Theatre bm on Tuesday night by more than
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 41 6 TU I II Iff of the advantages of a KASEPROOF, li, rERPROOF I •USTPROOF I rLUUK pie application of onite I maatattamm .ammm -.am mmmmw mmmm^ ive you this and more! I UNITED "ENGINEERS LIMITED. SINGAPORE BRANCHES li I *o m
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  • 748 7  -  Sbeilah Graham Hollywood Today I V ell-Known English ACTRESS ■S7HEN "Pettieoat Fever." starring )or\ Montgomery, was shown trade, the name of the girl who 1 is fiancee was considered too ior mention on the lit oard. At the end of the ince, dozens ol people called G I
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  • 223 7 "Shall We Remember Them? Business is booming according to the Press. Tin is ud. rubber's firm, everything's 0.K., Jobs are going right and left, so the papers say. But somehow or other they never come my way. British born and went to war Whatever did yer do that for? That's
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  • 220 7 Hilarious Comedy At The Pavilion "Three Live Ghosts" which opened at the Pavilion on Saturday is an hilarious comedy. Cockney humour dominates the film, and the peculiar situation in which three soldiers, who are supposed to be dead, find themselves on their return to London, forms the
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  • 53 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, May 9. The State Council is considering an invitation by the Fuehrer for Siam to attend a conference to be held at Munich in June. Hitler, says the Siamese press, has particularly invited the Minister of the Interior, Luang Pradit. to attend the
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  • 517 7 Winning Contract £*\X\\^ou^(V£a*> Divid Burnstine, Michael Gottlieb, Oswald Jacoby and Howard Schenksm, world's leadinq team-of-four. and inventory of the system thai has beaten every other system in existence. WELL PLAYED LIBRE we have 1 another exMi6H carp values ample of Dec- 2 or tmc larer's resource- 3 Foua-ACES system fulness.
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  • 86 7  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh Overseas Residents Want j More Seats Sfianghat, May 8. TUR. CHEN SHU JEN, head of the Department for Overscan Chinese Affairs, has asked the Legislative Yuan to gtve more xeats at the coming National Assembly to the Chinese residing abroad. Originally 50 seats
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  • 159 7 DUCHIES OF LANCASTER AND CORNWALL LABOUR WANTS THEM SURRENDERED In Exchange For Fixed Annual Sum London, May 8. HTHE House of Commons yesterday passed the second reading of the Civil List Bill and rejected by 205 votes to 95 the Labour amendment asking for surrender of the Duchies of Lancaster
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  • 112 7 A match between the probable S.A.F.A Malaya Cup te^m and the i China Olympic Team will be played at Anson Road stadium on Thursday at ,5.15 p.m. 1 1 Mr. F. E. G. Caswell has been seconded for service in Kedah and has assumed duty as
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 96 7 Your LAST Chance to have the laugh of your life ALHAMBRA i;.l~> Tonight 9.15 THE MAD MARX BROS. in 'A NIGHT AT THE OPERA' OPENENG TOMORROW hi entertaining Paramount Drama IT'S A GREAT j-IFE QUININE. as a prophylactic against MALARIA. use every day 2 sugar-coated tablets 3 grains Quinine Hydrochloride.
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    • 291 7 MenMadeYoung Vigour Increased In 24 Hours If you feel old before your time, and unable to snjoy me pleasures of youth. S%fcs Dr. Ifhtou'e Vl-Twbs and raatore JMMST Manhood, Vitality and Energy. Rm results tn 14 Lours. Pr. Nlson'a vl-Tabs are a new discovery and guaranteed to butld cew blooj
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 605 7 RADIO PROGRAMMES FOR TODAY Singapore ZHI 110.50 Scots songs and duets Jean Gib-' son (soprano), Robert Watson Owned and operated by Radio Service! (baritone). Co. of Malaya Ltd.) 11.15 The news and announcements. 1120 Greenwich time signal. Wavelength 4.9 18 metres 11.35 Rita Sharpe and her quintet. Pm. 12.20 Close
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  • 1074 8 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, MAY 11, 1936. Today's League Meeting HTHE eyes of t.'ie whole world will be focussed today upon Geneva, where the Council of the League of Nations is to meet to decide what action should oe taken, now that Italy has definitely defeated Abyssinia. It is
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  • 136 8 Mr. and Mrs. H. Ward, of Sungei Nyor, have left on a holiday trip to Europe. Dr. Hugh Smith proceeded on Home leave on the Erria and Dr. H. C. Killiagback arrived from Home on the Gneisnau to join Drs. Sloper and Smith. Mr. Paul Stoir, of
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  • 564 8 Vancouver Cele bnitcs Jubilee Lake 7 (Uiti Ami llu Blue \ile WHEN in 1792 that considerable navi- gator Captain George Vancouver sailed for the first time round the island that now bears his name he must have had a glimpse of one of the world's finest
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  • 1032 8 T^HE waterside family of Chinway does not find pearls in its muUßßla and oysters, ar.d. since fish without these embellishments brings but a moderate price, the Chinways are put to many shifts to increase their income. They engage, for example, in certain transactions with captains from Amsterdam,; ani
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 166 8 JOHNNIE WAkKER Wi I IHxMkMMM-% S_W CALDBECKS PHONE _M***m_i^_ The mosl charmingly situated Hotel in the Island. Ideal ror permanent residents RESTAURANT Table d'hote and a la carte. COCKTAIL BAR LOUNGE TENNIS. DINNER DANCE, WED. MAY, 13th j DINERS $1.50 No After Dinner Admission Charge. Prophylactic Brushes Pair Military Brushes
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    • 24 8 For BURGLARY INSURANCE Apply to the GENERAL ACCIDENT FIRE V LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION LTD. (Incorporated in Great Britain) HONGKONG BANK CHAMBERS SINGAPORE. 'PHONE 6480.
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  • 926 9 Most Fashionable Wedding Seen Here "A RADIANT BRIDE" Hu^>;e International Throng At Synagogue 0\ i R live hundred people ot all nationalities witnessed yesterday t the Chesed El Synagogue, Oxley Rise, the wediluf <>i >I' SS Anita Frankel, the beautiful, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
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  • 59 9 1700 Sun-Bathers In Siam 'From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok. May 10. rrilE promoter.? of the proposed Sun-bathing Society have lodged an. appeal with the State Council against the decision oj the police not to allcic the registration of their society. The promoters state that 1.700 persons are Pitt
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  • 320 9  - Remembrance Day In Nanking Sin Chew Jit Poh JAPAN'S DEMAND REJECTED Shanghai. May 10. A MASS meeting was held in Nanking yesterday In remembrance of the "incident" of May 9. 1915, when the notorious 21 demands by the Japanese Government were made. Speaking on the significance of the remembrance day.
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  • 23 9 The resignation of Mr. Yu Chun-wo mayor of Swatow has been accepted by th^ Nanking Government.— Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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  • 100 9 Britain's £1,130,000,000 Road Plan FOR NEXT 5 YEARS London, May 10. THE highway authorities in Britain have submitted plans under which £1,130,0 10.000 is to be spent on roads over the next five years, in addition to the many millions normally spent on their maintenance. The programme should eliminate all
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  • 81 9 TEN PEOPLE KILLED Order Restored Paris, May 10. TEN people have been killed and 30 wounded in strike riots in Salonika, according to reports received here. Two women among v.ere killed. The police, assisted by the military, have restored o*-der and the Infantry are patrolling the streets
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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  • 222 10 From London 5.50 p. m. May 9 I I.■ Rl KRER: Steady. London Spot: 7 4 d. 7 S 4 l6d. Previously: 7V4d. 7 5 16d July-Sept.: 7 5 lCd. Wed. Previously: 7 5;16d. 7%d. Oct.-Dec. 7 3 B d. 7 7 16d. Previously: 7%<1. 7 7
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  • 83 10 London Closing Quotations May 9 >«M«-Mto_— -MMM— -M-— MM_— Method of Parity before Rate PreCentre Quoting 20-9-31 Yesterday viously Paris Francs to 141.21 75 5 75 5 H New York to 4 8823 4.977 8 4.97' J 4 Amsterdam Guilders to 12.91 7.38 7.38 1 4 Hong
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  • 212 10 May 9 SELLING London, 4 months' sight 2 4 3 32 London, 3 months' sight 2 4 3 32 London, 60 days' sight 214 IJI6 London, 30 days' sight 2j4 IJI6 London, demand 2J4 1 32 London, T.T. 2 4 1|32 Lyons and Paris, demand 877 Hamburg,
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  • 86 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association m May 9, 12 o'clock noon Buyers Sellers No I.X.R.S.S. in cases (FOB. May) 25»/ 4 25% Good F.A.Q. in cases. (FOB. May) 25 1!16 25 3J16 No. IX. RSS. (Spotloose) (awardable Singapore) 25 3 1 16 25 5,16 Jun e 253/ 8 25V 2
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  • 26 10 t y^S*- Pa terson, Simons and Co J^d Penang, report the following ruba/pnn'iH 1118 f^ r Aprll: He n^etta Estate SSS; 1 Sungel Matan wmm aa
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  • 102 10 During the week ending May 2, 1936, exports of tinned pineapples from Malayan ports amounted to 49,798 cases, of which: 38,178 (77 >per cent) cases were to the United Kingdom, 1.137 (2 per cent) cases to the Continent of Europe. 6.077 <12 per cent) cases to
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  • 91 10 Shanghai, May 8. TST. C. T. Wang, former Foreign Minister of Nanking, who will lead the Chinese athletes bo the comine Olympiad in Berlin, arrived ki Nanking-last night. Dr. Wang who is proceeding to the German capital via the United States conferred with Marshal Chiang Kai
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  • 317 10 PROFITS UP £76,000 TO £501,000 Highest Level Since 1931 London, Apr. 20. BABCOCK and Wilcox, the makers of steam boilers and heavy machinery, achieved a further substantial advance in profits in 1935. Manufacturing profits rcse from £230.597 to £331.361. while interest on invest ments. &c, amounted to
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  • 94 10 The following crop returns for April have been notified: The Ayer Kuning (F.MS. > Rubber Co.. Ltd. 65.000 lb. The Badek Rubber Estate Ltd. <Staffield Estate) 22.293 lb. Th? Bradwall (F.M.S.) Rubber Estate Ltd 38.000 lb. The Chersonese <F.MJS.) Estates Ltd. 76.575 lb. D&nnistown Rubber Estates Ltd. Dennistown
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  • 170 10 Wall Street Cable May 7. 8. 10. American Can. Com. 125 125 127 American Telephone and Telegraph 153»/ 2 155*4 155 Atcheson Railroad 73 70 70VS Chesapeak 54% 54% 55% Dupont 138% 139 140% Firestone 28>/ 2 28% unq. General Electric 35% 36 W j General Motors 63 63V 8
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  • 464 10 Chantler's Foliage Index j %MR. R. S. Chantler, of United Patam i Estates, Sungei Patani. Kedah, has jtist brought out a foliage index for the use of planters and visiting agents. It is an attempt to assist in making reports upon the condition of rubber estates
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  • 270 10 Improved Prospects London. Apr. 16. The eighteenth annual ordinary general meeting of the Medini Rubber Company. Ltd., was held yesterday at 71. St. Mary Axe. E.C. Sir Herbert Wright (chairman) presided, and in moving the adoption of the report, said that the standard production of rubber for
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  • 23 10 The following rubber outputs for the month of April are notified: Jlmah Rubber Estate 31.800 lbs Punggor Rubber Estate 10,224 lbs
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  • 1012 10 Fraser and Co. s List SATI RHAY, MAY 9, 1936 MINING Buyers Sellers. Ampat Tin (4s) 5s 3d 5s 9d Asam Kumbang 28s 9d 29s Gd Austral Malay 58s 6d 59s 6d Ayer Hitam (ss) 14s 6d 15« 3d Ayer Weng (sl> 1.65 1.70 Bangrin
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  • 181 10 Programme Of Drills For Week Ending May 17 The Singapore Volunteer Corps programme of drills up to and for week ending. May 17, is as follows: Today (Monday). 5 15 p.m.. Headqnar:ers. S.R.A. <v). 3 7 and L A Training: SRE (v). Drill: SFCR E ♦v) Malay Sections
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  • 40 10 SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES Gamhier Java Cube ITambut Whli Man P ■|k P p c'i pro m 4 1 Small Plata I R B E Banjo i Sarawak, I; I Ri( B I Rice S Ri< Rj Rice, Ran May plcul
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  • 189 11 HONGKONG SHANGHAI BARKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated ln the Colony of Hong Kong) The liability of members Is limited to the extent and in manner prescribed by Ordinance No. 6 of 1929 of the Colony. Authorised Capital $50,000,000 issued and Fully Paid-up $20,000,000 Reserve Fund: Sterling 6.500.000 Hong Kong Currency $10.000. 00n
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  • 312 11 Dividend Of 7M Per Cent. Less Tax The report of tho directors of tlie Ayer Kuning < F.M.S.) Rubber Company, Limited submitted to the shareholders at the twenty-Sixth annual meeting of the company held in London on Apr. 21. states: The directors submit their report and accounts
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    • 27 11 THOSE who buy and those who sell have a common meeting ground in the Classified Columns and they *io big business! jfree IP i ess WANT ADS
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    • 485 11 CHARTKRKI) BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA (Incorporated In Er gland by Royal Chart* r> Paid up capital In 600.000 shares of £5 each £3 000 000 Reserve Fund £:1.000.000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors 3.000 000 HEAD OKFKF: 38. Blshopsgate. London EC 2 Anemics and Rranche*. Alor Star Iloilo Saigon
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  • 775 12 THE DEATH OF OWNER OF FAMOUS SHIP Capt. W. H. Dowman And The Cutty Sark Till; death at sea ow Mar. 7 ol Captain W. II. Dowman, owner j of the famous tea clipper, the Cutty Sark, will be rr^rrtted by all Cornishman and by sail lovers
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  • 50 12 Moscow, May (i. It is learned here that thc British proposals for Anglo-Russian naval talks suggest that in addition to a mutual exchange of information concerning building programmes, there should be certain qualitative limitations in future warships and these would be classified by a new system. Reuter Wireless
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  • 500 12 Undergraduates Complete Round-the-World Cruise Twenty- two days out from New Zealand. 18 months <wlth pauses) out from Seattle (U.S.A.). the 32ft. ketch Idle Hour entered Sydney harbour last 1 month. At the helm was the owner-skipper. Dwffht Long, a graduate of Seattle l University. |l His crew consists
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  • 40 12 Toe KcdcrlaDd Line Royal Dutch Mail Liner m.s. Marnix van Si Aide gondc will berth alongside the Sin^a por? Harbour Board Wharves tomorrow [at noon and sail the same day at 5 p m for Java.
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  • 105 12 Ships alongsidi di r \\i, expeit<d rrKr East Wharf (Inlnn,, i|lr Plane i as TJ Main Wharf (Katranc. Beng ilen IS; K la: A.:. iind 9; Ipoh 0 Empire Dork fMnUtta <„,♦• Blamese Prln V: Thurl.md Empire Dock fF.nti i u BUlndoang 4<; < West Wharf (Ken.,.,,.. <,„,
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  • 230 12 Minister lit ins \i< o M (Jovernmmt i a the r ''md tabl< I runv r ofllcta held at i ani m fl Mln I i ignih d finite p irjf at an P int ir to h v take: by fcadlfl ■hipping, thc C I tha "k
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    • 646 12 BOUSTEAD Co., Ltd. (Incorporated ln P.M.8.) TELEPBONE: Freight 6433 Paanage BUI. LLOYDS AGENTS. BOOKING! AGBNTS FOR FEDERATED MALAY STATES RAILWAYS, ROYAL STATE RAILWAYS OF 81AM. < mmMmmmMMmMmmmmmmam CANADIAN MCINC gWORUrt ORIArtCT (incorporated in England) IWMtI TOT**. J MMMWmW-ijm^»mVXy-mm\ TIIE "EMPRESS" ROUTE offers TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES via HONOLULU or direct EMPRESS to
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    • 118 12 HENDERSON LINE SCHEDULE OP SAILINGS By Fortnightly Passenger Steamer Between Rangoon, Port Sudan. Marseilles, Palma and England HOMEWARD SAILINGS Port of Disembarkation Plymouth Leave Rangoof 1936 KEMMENDINE May 30 BHAMO June 13 AMARAPOORA June 27 SAGAING July 11 BURMA July 25 YOMA Aus 8 PEGU Aug. 22 CHINDWIN Sept 19
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    • 27 12 SILVER LINE, LTD. STATES AFRICA EAST INDIES SERVICE. Loading for HALIFAX, NORTH SOUTH ATLANTIC AND 0 S.S. "SILVER ASH" DI 1 SAILS IoSM HARRISONS BARKER C0.,, LTD
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    • 440 12 Local And Foreign Mail Dispatches And Arrivals BY TRAIN Bangkok every Saturday 7 p.m. Thursday 7.45 a.m Mot Star: Mon. to Fri.* 7.45 a.m. Saturday 7.45 am. and 7 p.m. [po: Weekdays; 7.45 aon. and 7 p.m. Klahg, Kuala Lipis, Port Swettenham. Taiping and Telok Anson: Weekdays* t p.m Kota
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    • 464 13 j m^n' Vr\ fm m\-W* ___^m___ BRITISH- INDIA P. O. S. N. CO'S SAILINGS, OUTWARDS Duo Tonn.,e STpor e Tonn fe g .SSSKS?™ aSS May 2 KAI SAR-I-HIND 11.500 Jul y 93 17 ■op l 1 onn Une 1 BANGALORE 6.000 July 30 15.000 June 5 RAJPUTANA 17 nno if
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    • 621 13 McALISTER CO., LTD. AND REDUCED (Incorporated in Straits Settlements.) ELLERMAN BUCKNALL S.S. Co., Ltd (Incorporated in England.) "ELLERMAN LINE" FOR UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL ACCEPTING CARGO FOR MONTREAL AND HALIFAX VIA COLOMBO Steamer Due SaiH CIIY OF SINGAPORE Havre. London. R'dam, H'burg, Gla-pcw Mav 13
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    • 1171 13 P^^^ REPRESENTING SHIPPING JEL KV F m NFL h'! N k F l^r n s lt r U Kh,ow steamship Co (1932) Ud. Steam Ship Co Ltd.. and hina Mutual The (unard While Star ltd TH an l» Ni iß t. ion C k° K? The Siir^^ Steamship' C. Ltd.
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  • 114 14 The Pan-American Peace Conference Washiogi»u\ ISbj I A new neutrality eonvi ntion to 1 clarily the existing rules concemtos the rights and duties ol neutrals. wi|i reference to certain classes ol trade and commerce" will be proposed by tho United States Government at the forthcoming Pan- American Peace
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  • 35 14 Forty-nino students, four mast rs and 11 servants wore overcome, by an explosion of chlorine gas In a receptacle at the Arts and Craft School In Cairo recently and had to be taken to hospital.
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  • 70 14 IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY AT FUAD'S FUNERAL Cm**Rm DbUbs Bbcl fc l* Ol Thr Phjir;n** im <* amidst laapi from King PMad i coflli and p drawn h r j :.r Aecompan la the Bq v/as mass tl lhe rout silent when- Ul B oav.-m. Bl I the Sai !> Th" pi
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 698 14 K. P. M. i PLANCIUS- Monday. May 11. Belawan-Deli. KAMPAB Tuesday, May 12. Bengkalis. Paneh. Berombang. TanjongM^nge.idar. Tanjong-Leidong and Asahan. fcOELONGAN -Tii'sday. May 12. Rhio, Tambelan, Singkawang. Pemangkat and Selakau. MAKASSER- Wednesday, May 13. Poeloe-Kidjang. Sapat. Tembilahan, Poeloe-Pallas. Pengalian-EstaW and Rengat. TfIKDRNS Wf dnesday. May" 13. Muntok and Palembang. TOBA—
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    • 672 14 JOINT SERVICE PRINCE LINE SILVER LINE FOR HALIFAX, BOSTON, NEW YORK, BALTIMORE AND PHILADELPHIA, VIA CAPE OF GOOD HOPE Due Sails Due Singapore Singapore New York. M.S. SIAMESE PRINCE In Port Muy 11 Juno 22 M.S. SILVERWALNUT May 18 May 25 July 6 M.S. MALAYAN PRINCE May 31 June 8
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    • 424 14 O. S. K. LINE FOR FAST. SOUTH AND WEST AFKK a AND SOLTII AMERK A Atlas Maru Buenos Aires Via L Marqu-... Dur East London, Algoa Bay and (ap l Buenos Aires Maru Buenos itlres v:a Colombo, Dur Capo Town. Rio dc Janeiro, Santo> Montevideo Holland Maru Cape Town via
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  • 2043 15 VEDAS WINS ANNIVERSARY CUP IN THRILLING FINISH S.T.C. Summer Meeting Opens OBJECTION UPHELD IN FIFTH RACE I -i First And Second Change Places IDEAL weather conditions prevailed when the first day's races of the Singapore Turf Club Summer (Governor's Cup) meeting were held on Saturday at Bukit Timah. There was
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  • 1555 15 Good Games On The Padang; C.S.C. Just Beat Chinese; Nondescripts Win HTIME robbed the cricket fixture be- j tween the SCC. and the RAF| on th" Padang on Saturday of an ex- |< citing finish. Taking first knock the R.A.F declared at 136 for the loss of six
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  • 277 15 SELANGOR STARS SHINE Eight Goals Scored In Fast Match I From Our Ov.n Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. May 9. n [NG with b tter combination. l b .i' the Colours by five to three in tho second State footn the padang today. I \v<>re fairly even but the
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  • 121 15 progress was made in the lawn bowls triples championrnament last weeK £nd from Wing results it will be seen amei were closely contested. Semple's team beat C V. Miles's Hi -11; C p Arnoler's beat A. »n»a 11 9; W. M. Edward's beat Wilsons 15—14. P O.
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  • 24 15 ~N^Y <>rk .May9. i.'ri. the world's lighten, beat Jimmy McLar•'nner welterweight champn Points in a 10-round contest i aic ii weights.- Reuter
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  • 599 16 LOCKHEART'S BOWLING UNPLAYABLE Takes Nine Cricket Club Wickets For Twelve Runs F. PEARCE CARRIES OUT HIS BAT 'THE Segamat Club inflicted a severe defeat on the S.C.C. in their cricket fixture on the Padang yesterday. Lockheart was the hero of the day, capturing
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    35 16 BetU n„^Lh TA MER S W K Uh ht CUP mm congratulated by Miss Hetty Nuthall, whom she beat i„ the final of the Surrey hard court women i singles tennis championship ai Roehampton, London.
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  • 118 16 The following have been selected to plav soccer for the YMCA. vs Bata Shoes today on th? Anson Road Ground at 5.15 p.m.: Kam Wah; H. Crocker. Chan Joo Tiang; G. Day. Sam Wing. P. Swyny: C. Crocker, Kim Wee, W. Mitchell. Ong Swee Keng. I. Reshty. Reserves:—
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  • 207 16 BADMINTON SEASON OPENS EUROPEAN COMPETITOR DISAPPOINTS A fairly large crowd turned up at the Clerical Union Hall on Saturday to see the opening badminton games of the season. Great interest was centred on the game between N. R. Ponnusamy of the Indian Recreation Club and D. P. Moloney, the first
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    21 16 photo). DILATORY beating Squeeze by one and a half lengths in the second race on Saturday at Bukit Timah. Free Press
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  • 66 16 London, May 10. The Great Jubilee Handicap ran at Kempton Park over one and a quarter miles yesterday resulted, says Reuter. as follows: Mr. C. Winns INFLATION <B Rochfort) 1 Mr G. F. Annesley's HIS REVERENCE (Wellesley) 2 Lord Portal's THE BLUE BOY <F Hartigan) Won by a
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  • 172 16 YACHT RACE WON BY INCHES Kathleen Beats Ramona SECOND RACE FOR MARION CHALLENGE CUP YESTERDAY Tne international six-metre class .sailed tlie second race of the series for the Marion Challenge Cup, during which a very light to fresh breeze from the south prevailed. The sea was smooth and the tide
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  • 67 16 The following have been selected to represent the Y MC A Junior Department at water-polo againsi th^ Middlesex Regiment today a: the YMC A Baths at 530 p.m.:-Tan W Tee Eng: Heng Ah Kow, Ong Kim Hoe- Ngan Fook Cheung; Chan Mun Cheong. Sim Boon Howe. L
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  • 31 16 Belgium Wins Soccer Match Brussels, May 10. IN an international soccer match here today Belgium beat England 3—2. At half-time England was leading by the only goal scored. Reuter
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  • 426 16 Perak One Point Behind CO. HOVIL AND H.J. SINCLAIR UNBEATABLE (From Our Ov.n Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. \|.,v u SELANGOR won the annual inter-Slate lawn tennis <„,,,.„ tition for the Storch Cup which was successful) (ull( at the Sell rigor lufo courts Inlay, Perak bc'tig one point behind.
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  • 112 16 1.1111.1. M N i rd Astoi firm tavoii Ago Khan'a raj Akbai Lord Astor s other < ll I lor I -cond j Yest- rday's call i I r suit- (i u <A!I prices :.ik» stat d I Bto 1 PAI liv IT to I TAJ lUU| taken
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  • 127 16 Close ol play scop »imt? Ticket matches which Baturday an n ivs Reut< At Lords Middlesex lor 44: Warwickshire 153 I At the Oval Surrc\ I ior 7(». (i oucestersl At Hull Tort bin Ml Inland 218 not out VI i At Nottingham n 253 U r Keat
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