The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 9 July 1936

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  • 17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. NO. 14,900. ESTD. 1835. THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1936. 10 CET-TS.
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  • 191 1 Stock Decline And Reasonable Price ADVANCES ARE BASED SOUNDLY ON BUYING AND NOT SPECULATION Bd. Is Peak Figure For The Time Being LONDON, JULY 8. BY THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR THE INTERNATIONAL RUBBER REGULATION COMMITTEE IS LIKELY TO BE WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE OF
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  • 187 1 Britain To Protest To Germany London, July 8. IN the House of Commons the Conservative Member lor Leeds. Mr. S. V. T. Adams drew attention to the fact that the Hindenburg. twice within a lew weeks, flew over Leeds at a low altitude and ask?d whether
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  • 36 1 London, July 8. The King has assumed the position of Admiral of the Honourable Company of Master Mariners. He was Master of the Company from 1928 until the death of King George. —British Wireless.
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  • 9 1 MR. H.R. CHEESEMAN (Inspector of Schools, Singapore)
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  • 237 1 Great Britain Accused Of Obstruction i Montreux, July 8. MLITVINOFF, the Soviet Commissioner for Foreign Affairs, has been instructed to leave the Straits Conference unless the Soviet receives satisfaction on certain j points, including complete liberty of access and egress to the Black Sea. The Russian.-
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  • 133 1 ITALIAN MISSION AMBUSHED High Officers Among The Victims Rome, July 8. FIGHT or nine Italian officers are reported to have been killed when thiee aeroplanes, which left Addis Ababa for Jimma Province, were ambushed on landing. The victims are said to include the Deputy Chief of
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  • 21 1 London, July 8. pive people were killed m an explosion m the research department at Woolwich Arsenal today. Reuter.
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  • 124 1 NIGHT OPERATIONS IN DESERT Cairo, July 8. AN R.A.F. bomber crashed m the desert near Mersa Matruh, this evening, seven of the occupants being: killed. The names of the dead men, all of whom belong to 216 Squadron, are: CAPT. F. E. BARFORD. Essex Regiment.
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  • 248 1 U.S. Drought Worse Than In 1934 Washington, July 8. A terrific abandonment of American ican Spring wheat is foreseen by Mr. George Farrell. assistant Administrator of the A.A.A. Mr. Farrell. on his return from a tour~ of the drought region, said that conditions were worse
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  • 45 1 London. July 8. Capt. T. H. Troubridge has, with the King's approval, been appointed Naval Attache to the British missions m Germany, Denmark, Spain, Norway, Finland, Estonia. Latvia. Lithuania i.i-d Poland, with headquarters at Berlin, to date from July 23. Bntish
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 88 1 BIGIA TEA Brings the freshness and fragrance of the Malayan gardens direct to your home. I m __fl m Jfl I L m M -fl B SH pfl ____fl *J— I TONIGHT ORCHESTRAL CONCERT SPECIAL DINNER DANCE 8.15 to 9.15 p.m. (formal) 9.45 to midnight AND SPECIAL FAREWELL PERFORMANCE THE
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    • 112 1 There is no better Tea than BIGIA TEA GROWN IN MALAYA. ADELPHI jj|js HOTEL ROOF GARDEN TONIGHT SPECIAL DINNER DANCE AND CABARET DINNER DANCE MUSIC BY THE KELLER BAND ENTERTAINMENT PROVIDED BY WILHELMINE REVUE I WHETHER YOU REQUIRE LIGHT REFRESHMENTS OR A MORE ELABORATE MEAL THE ADELPHI GRILL IS RENOWNED
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  • 668 2 "Laburnum Grove" S. A. D. C. SCORE A HIT FIRST TIME LAST nifcht the newly -formed Singapore Amateur Dramatic Club gave their first performance at the Victoria Theatre and. if future productions are of an equally high standard, there is no doubt that this Club is
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  • 130 2 Spanish Crown Prince And Cuban Wife New York, July 8. Proceedings for the annulment of nis marriage were filed yesterday m the Supreme Court, New York by Count Covadc/iga son of the exKing of Spain on the gr >und that :he Countess, the 27-year-old daughter
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  • 304 2 Great Entertainment At The Capitol Hollywood, despite its vaunted progress, is very much a slave to precedent, and so Marlene Dietrich, what- ever the role and whatever the picture, must be surrounded with an atmosphere alluring and exotic. And, presumably, to create such an effect, the film which
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  • 46 2 London, July 8. Celebrations are taking place this week of the centenary of the birth of Joseph Chamberlain, the great Imperialist and Parliamentarian, who was born on July 8, 1836. and died m 1914. It is a political record for a father and
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  • 103 2 Defence Takes Precedence Over Balanced Budget London, July 8. Heavy supplementary estimates for the Navy, Army and Air Force will be issued tomorrow, bespeaking Governmental anxiety on the European situation and the need for speeding up national defences. The Army supplementary amount will be between £6,000.000
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  • 42 2 two sons. Sir Austen and Mr. Neville Chamberlain, who are half brothers, to hold so many high offices of State. The main celebrations are today m Birmingham, with which town the family has been so long and so closely associated.- -British Wireless.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 20 2 VICTORIA MEMORIAL HALL ONE RECITAL ONLY TUESDAY, JULY 21st 1936 JACQUES THIBAUD THE CELEBRATED VIOLINIST BOOKING NOW OPEN .AT LITTLE
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    • 704 2 NOTICE. FEDERATED MALAY STATES GOVERNMENT THREE PER CENT, LOAN, 1956-1966. ISSUE OF $__5,000,000. interest payable Dec. 15, and on Dec. IS, 1936. Authorised by Federated Malay States Loan hnati 1936. PRICE OF ISSUE $100 PER CENT. Payable as follows: 15 per ce nt. On application On Oth August $45 On
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    • 442 2 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. A Beauty Salon m Miniature. Harriet Hubbar Ayer WEEK-END BEAUTIBOX £aute skin tonic. Beautify.", Jace Powder and Skin and Tissue Cream. Price:- $2.50 per set. 1 MEDICAL HALL LIMITED. HOARD ANI) IjESIDEN^. "LOXTON" First Class Private Hotel. Bedrooms with running hot and cold water, ceiling fans and long
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    • 567 2 Zhc Stnoapore Jfree press Head Office: Cecil Street, Singapore. Phone 5471 (5 lines vita extensions to all department-*/ Tel: "Times" Singapore. Kuala Lumpur Office: 25, Java Street. Phone: 3683. Penang Office: 12, Bishop Street, Penang. Phone: 1477. London Office: 40/43 Fleet Street, London. E.C. 4. Phone: Central 3608—3609. Tel: "Leadmalaya''
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 158 2 Diary Of The Day High Water 00.55 am. 10.1 it.. 1.59 p.m 3.8 Sports Soccer: Div I Police vs. Malays at ARS: Div. II RAF. II vs. Terror a" Seletar; Medicals va Mentals at MCC. Golf: S.G.C. vs. Garrison G.C. at Bukit Timah. Cinemas VICTORIA THEATRE J.B. Priestley's Laburnum Grove
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  • 216 3 £2,000 HOLD-UP IN DUBLIN STREET PORTER ROBBED BY ARMED MEN Pounced On From A Sports far Dublin. June 24. AHMED men today robbed a porter of the Provincial Bank of Ireland. OConnell Street, of bag containing 1.900 m one of the most daring daylight hold-ups m the history of Dublin
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  • 136 3 Chinese Woman Now Habitual Drunkard 'From Our Own Correspondent.) *>, ...nuit. July li. One of the first cases of its kind vai heard fc* 0 Dfkn Ismail bin Abdul Rahman, the Segamat magistrate when Choon Ah Kirn. a middle-aged Chinese woman, who described herseh carpenter's wile
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  • 499 3 JUDGMENT AGAINST FORMER MUNICIPAL CHIEF CLERK AND ANOTHER Balance On Promissory Notes JUDGMENT for Racha Singh was entered by Mr. Justice Adrian Clark m the Supreme Court yesterday against A. J. Dorett and D. M. Davis, former Municipal chief clerk who recently succeeded m an appeal. Racha Singh claimed $691.72,
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  • 111 3 SMUGGLED TOBACCO CHARGE ARRESTED at 11V_ milestone, Changi Road, off Tanah Merah Besar. at 1 a.m. yesterday, two Chinese named Soh Gee and Ng Tian Seng were produced before Mr. E. E. Colman m the fifth court, charged with bringing into the Colony 750 lb. of cigarrettes. duty being $750.
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  • 151 3 Ricksha Puller Tries One On Detective For cheating a detective by giving him a counterfeit ten-cent piece for which he had already received a genuine one. Ngiang Pun Shu was sentenced to one day's simple imprisonment, and to pay a fine $30 or a further six weeks
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  • 145 3 Friend Killed When They Crashed Liverpool. An inquest was held at Liverpool on Geo. Hurst. 33. motor-car electrician, of Southport. who was killed m an air crash at Liverpool airport on June 10. Fred Evans, o: Birkdale. the pilot of the aeroplane, said he took
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  • 121 3 Removed By Keepers London. To give the Zoo's largest crocodiles and alligators more space, the "beach" at the back of the pond is being extended. But the workmen engaged on the job are frequently embarrassed by visits from two alligators. As the reptiles cannot be moved
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  • 41 3 Rescued by Survey Ship.— When the yacht Miztah m which they were sailing overturned at Sheerness. Mr. L. Henderson, its owner, and Mr. Lewis, his companion, swam about for nearly an hour before being rescued by H.M.S. Kellett, a survey ship.
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  • 46 3 The committee appointed to consider the erection of a memorial to the late Capt. Tan Soo Hock, J.P.. met at Malacca, on Friday at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and decided to have a bronze plaque as a memorial. A committee v/as elected to collect subscriptions.
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  • 350 3 REORGANISATION NOW COMPLETED Ensuring Unity Of Control London. THE Daily Telegraph understands that the reorganisation of the management of Cable and Wireless Ltd. has been completed with the ap- pointmen: of Mr. Edward Wilshaw as chairman and sole managing director of the company. Mr. J. C. Denison-Pender.
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  • 149 3 In Pulau Samboe When Armed Robbery Was Committed The case In which Phun Yau Heng was charged with armed robbery on the night of Dec. 24 last was concluded yesterday at the Singapore Assizes beicre Mr. Justice N. H. P. Whitley. ActI ing Chief Justice, and a common
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  • 65 3 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, July 6. Mrs. Strutt, wife of S Sgt I Strutt ol the Malay Regiment, who. with her husband, was involved m a car accident near Segamat on Friday, has been admitted to Seremban Hospital. Mr. Strutt. with C.Q.M.S. Mohamed Noor, was on his
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  • 26 3 Two Thousand Old Contemptible* will camp at Shorncliffe for a week at the end of August, 22 years after they first went into action m France.
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  • 848 3 Witness 9 Amazing Evidence AN interesting discussion regarding the relative behaviour of petrol md kerosene oil when ignited: a delviing into the calendar by both the prosecuting officer and the defending counsel to discover whether the night of Apr. 12 was a
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  • 163 3 BANK CLERK ARRESTED Fifth Made~By Detective Branch ASTIR was created m the Nederlandsch Indisciie Handelsbank. m Cecil Street Singapore. terday morning, when a plain-clothes police officer requested a clerk t« company him. This represented the fifth an which the Singapore Detective Brant b have made m the
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    • 101 3 Law Notice For The Day Before the Acting Chief Justice m lie Ist. Court at 11 a.m. ssizes <9> Rex vs. Harold Cecil Batten. i2> Rex vs. Cheok Guan Leong. Before Mr. Justice Adrian Clark m he 2nd Court at 11 a.m. S. 180 36— Ang Ban Koon and ors.:
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    • 289 3 >H*j*<**N*Mi-ft CQBINS^ >^TOi)AY NOT A CORN IS LEFT. "For the la-t four year* I httt aufferrtli with my feet nnd of alwnym. tr- rking m the keat and nh/yiya wmjjima "nd\ running about. Mm JAM mtm <p- dt with corn* and welt*, «<> thtit 1 nearly m tm*. frantic with
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  • 2380 4  -  SIR HUBERT WILKINS Observations On Changes Of Climate BY THE SOUTHWARD SWEEP of Arctic air: The arrows indicate areas MEMt which the five-armed "Polar Front" of cold air descends and covers North America. From longitude 70 east and 105 west, the Arctic air masses
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  • 789 4  -  Rose Patterson On The Continent By Bicycling Popular Again Paris, June 22. VERY popular m Paris now are the service flats m the big 1 hotels. What, with the servant problem and the high price of jfood, the fashion found many folI lowers m harassed
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  • 64 4 A lecture on "Gardening m Singapore Today" was given by Mr R E Holttum. Director of the Botanic Gardens, at the first monthly meeting the Singapore Gardening Society on M nday About 40 members were sent. The next meeting of the Society *-H be held on the second
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 30 4 YOUR BEAUTY SOAP On Sale Everywhere. Retail Price lOcts. APB 1 TODAY SPECIAL MATINEE AT 6 P. M. also JULY 10th and 11th— VICTORIA. "LABURNUM GROVE" SA.D.C. BOOK AT LITTLES.
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    • 48 4 77-VG _^_l a____L^^*^'________-«--! 'jmmm&fmmM^^ |ft ___Hr-_*_ ot^j-** <^*^*^^_i__i_--fe *j__l Red friction surface RUBBER /CANVAS TRANSMISSION BELTING "Copper Queen" m your plant means greater efficiency, less belt replacements, less strain on shafting and less loss of power. UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED. SINGAPORE and BRANCHES __^____m___m-| i^h^ mmt mmJ WS H
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  • Article, Illustration
    244 5 Photographic copies of Free Press local pictures can be obtained on application to the ManagerPrice 50 cents each. FI. \MES AXP BILLOWING CLOUDS of smoke that could be seen over a great part of East London, leapt from a blazing rubber factory m River Road, near the rtek at Barking,
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 55 5 "*__fi_ iittE mkmM'& That is >*hal you'll say if you choose it from our fine selection of Australian and Argentine Neef. Wfcy worry about your roast -alien you can purchase juicy joints, tender and tasty, from our numerous branches. Ensure the succes*- of your dinner %%ith chilled v Cold Storage
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  • 1320 6 "PUPILS SHOULD LEARN THEIR VERNACULAR LANGUAGE" Mr. Cheeseman Discusses Local English Schools A LTHOUGHT he ndmitted that English might be a unify factor for the races of Malaya, Mr. H. R. Cheeseman, Inspector of Schools. Singapore and Labuan, m a paper read to the Literary and Dramatic Society of Baffles
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  • Article, Illustration
    692 6 Over 200 Taking Lessons Regularly m Singapore •THE teaching of Basic English has made such progress m Singapore that Mrs. R. Bottrall. helped by the Inspector of Schools and the Assistant Director of Education (Chinese) has now got more than 200 people taking lessons regularly Great interest ls
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  • 834 6 "Essential Weakness" Of R. G. A. Case On Quit Rents And Rubber Tax GOVERNMENT'S FINAL REJOINDER CRITICISM Of the case Tor a reduction of quit rents and rubber tax is expressed m the final letter In the negotiations between the Rubber Grrr-rs' Association, H.E. The Governor and High Commissioner and
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  • 52 6 Mrs. P. Underlain, a European living In a boarding house m Scotts Road, reported to the police op Monday the loss of a wedding and a diamond ring valued at $300 The rings were left on a dressing table during the night and were missed j on
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  • 32 6 Scottish Solicitor-General.— The King has approved the appointment of Mr. J S. C. Reid, XC, as Solicitor-General for Scotland m succession to Mr Albert Russell, X.C, who was recently made a Judge.
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  • 173 6 Municipal Committee's Report On Regulations (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, July 7. The Municipal Commissioners have adopted m committee, with a few reservations, the report of a special traffic sub-committee appointed ln August last year to consider traffic I regulations. i A questionnaire dealt with automatic signals. islands,
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  • Article, Illustration
    348 6 Colony Importers Prepare For Their Removal DANNED from entry to Singapore be--j M cause it was loaded at G i few hours after midnight on Nov 18. 1 when sanctions against I.aly became effective, a shipment of 200 BBSI Italian piece goods has been waiting I at Kobe to
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 46 6 Uk Qjim wis PtkA a t*-* There is no Setter pill fl •wf/ MXKUN-v Yo. can I W' v >' CWawt, 1 Star** I '>v ilih, K.OPkAI. I>NP-NSIRV, I _L___— Kaffle*. Squar-. Singapore. M TNI MAKERS 1 B »B»J__-__l fai OF FAMOUS ?&^M_fe£^?^ .^^r 4__L >! *~'S-iA I
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    • 25 6 ARM BRAND j^^^g s^ MILK ([^^^^^^^s^^^^ SWEETENED p^rsss^ FULL CREAM C^_Z^r^ A X SOLE DISTRIBUTORS 0. A. HAJEE MOHAMED ISMAIL CO. 183. BEACH ROAD SINGAPORE
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  • 322 7 STOCK NOT RECEIVED FOR INVOICES Firm And Address Which Did Not Exist A EURASIAN clerk named Harold Cecil Batten. formerly ot the SApway and Engineering Co., stood his ♦rial yesterday at the Singapore Assizes before Mr. Justice N. H. P. Whitley, Acting Chief Justice, and
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  • 162 7 lYraswry-AadH Sports Union Tournament The TJ -Audi: Sports Union A match and prize distriAnnual Badminton roun. :ie Clerical Union Hall Tuesday and a fairly sood number tatoil witnessed the match Including the Hon. Mr. and Mrs H. WeisA and Mrs. R. Bird. Mr G. G. Ml md Mrs C.
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  • 53 7 following have accepted to plaj; let for SCC vs. Genuang Cricket Club on Sunday at Genuang: T. V Anderson. P. Bar: ram, K. C. Gillett A C Growder. L. A. Hygate, C. G r (capt), J- E. C. Mitchell. F P H Pearse. N. Poyntz Roberts. R. S ..ell.
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  • 1348 7 What Singapore Thinks Of The Tin Situation MILD SHARE BOOM ALMOST LIKE PRE-SLUMP DAYS AS far as actual developments m the European political situation are concerned (states Fraser and Co.'s weekly report dated July 7), the one item of outstanding importance during the week
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  • 249 7 BRITISH PROTEST TO JAPAN Improper Attitude Of Officials Tokio, July 7. THE improper attitude of Japanese officials towards the recent inquiry into the death of a Japanese officer, Sasaki, at Peiping was the subject of representations by the British Ambassador m Tokio, Sir Robert Clive, to the
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  • 268 7 One Of Finest Pictures Seen In Singapore The saga of a man who always runs up against Fate when he seems to be most successful. "Sutter's Gold." which opened at the Alhambra last night, is one of the finest pictures screened m Singapore for a long time. How
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  • 86 7 Features Of The Latest Home Returns London, July 8. Revenue returns for the week ended July 4 show total ordinary revenue to date amounts to £131,346.905, exclusive of self-balancing revenue. At the corresponding date last year the total was £142.362.062. Of the total. Inland Revenue
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  • 78 7 Mr. J. W. D. Ambrose, :a former Queen's Scholar from the Penang Free School, was on Friday admitted to practise as an advocate and solicitor of the courts of the Straits Settlements. Mr. W. G. House, of Messrs. Mansergh and Tayler, Seremban, has. the Malay Mail states, met with a
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  • 113 7 Grievance Against War Office London. George Gordon Cumming, 67. an engineer of no fixed home, told Sir Rollo Graham-Campbell at Bow Street that during the war his death m action waa officially announced by the War Office. As a result he was left out of the wills of
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  • 29 7 Mr. K. L. Bedlington arrived at Taiping on Monday to take the place of Mr. C. T. L. Goodchild as the Assistant Superintenden* of the Revenue Surveys, Perak North.
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  • 77 7 Broadening Interest In Tins And Rubbers London, July 7. On thr Stock Exchange a good spculativc demand lor Kaffir specialities brought out a number ol Matures, notably Randfontcins and Venterspost. while interest m tin and rubber issues continued to broaden under th< Influence of the improvement m the
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  • 46 7 Th" Eastern Ext-nsion Telegraph Co. announces that the transit time on lull rate telegrams irom Singapore to London yesterday were a.s follow: Telegrams handed m up to 5 pm 3 minutes; 5 30 p.m. 2 minutes; 6 p.m. 4 minutes; 630 pm. 3 minutes.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 55 7 Gala Opening -=-^--^^---*---^s*_ CAPITOL NEXT WEEK jfP^^flK paul"robeson if"* In his Original Rule as "JOE" li *-____^_j_aß IRENE DUNNE ii (^Jf'] "Magnolia" WL. wui f M II I niversal's Record-Breaking Musical TO V Iriumph— wa\ t^^J^^^Bß^. jj "SHOW BOAT" \^VffW (OF 1936) ad the London Press Reviews J^gg^p^gJ-"? I bis
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    • 238 7 OPENING TONIGHT 6.15 9.15! PAVILION SKY-HIGH IN ENTERTAINMENT! THE GRANDEST GIRL-SONG-DANCE SHOW SINCE "IN CALIENTE" t^wl __t *so wL M@___^_^__l__i_Bß hHB^HB _^_l l^k^B^^_ _fl_ I 1 L B w Aa Wm V L/JPn I IK JH IPCS A R^IP FIRST I936MODEL "T' wW Em Emm. I 1 _l-^— I j
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  • 1159 8 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, JULY 9 1936. The Danzig Dilemma rE recent "Danzig incident" at Geneva only serves to show once again that, whatever may be said for or against the Nazis, one fact) remains outstandingly clear that they are, and always have been, their own worst enemies. So
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  • 579 8 - Colour Can Be Measured A SMALL, cheap instrument which measures colour was included m an exhibition opened at the Hotel Victoria. Lcndon. by Dr. Harry Moore, research director of the British Scientific Instrumtnt Research Association. The 1 standard of calculation used proves that the colour concerned
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  • 1017 8 AS she stepped into the street from the warm and cosy confusion of her neighbour's parlour Mrs. Riddle found herself struck quite motionless wth enchantment. She stood, one hand on the mossy gate-post, unable almost to believe her eyes, the scene was so still and so spacious, so fresh
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 256 8 m l*° vV: fc '^^_X _B"t jmWmf *_\im ,y^\^r\V^^^^^^ MMm meRE than V_____k MM/ THREE CENTURIES, IHH EM BOLS has been thr standard of an Hi BH| I quality for Gin and Fust Class 1 B^H HK I Liqueur. It doesn t matter where I 89h HI you _re whethei
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    • 26 8 For INSURANCE AGAINST SICKNESS DISEASE Apply to the GENERAL ACCIDENT FIRE V LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION LTD. (Incorporated m Great Britain) HONGKONG BANK CHAMBERS SINGAPORE. PHONE 6480.
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  • 445 9 Nanking Peace Move At Kuom m tang Congress CHIANG ENTERTAINS NEW JAPA\ESE A MBASSADOR SHANGHAI, JULY 8. MX. KAWAC.OE THE NEW JAPANESE AMBASSADOR TO CHINA. ATTENDED A DINNER GIVEN BY MARSHAL CHIANG KAI SIIEK, THE PREMIER, LAST NIGHT. During an informal meeting which pret\
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  • 201 9 MR. SMALL GOING ON AN UPCOUNTRY TOUR Penang, Kedah And Fraser's Hill THE following is the skeleton pr">- gramme for H.E. the High Commis.er's tour to Penang. Kedah and Fra_er's Hill, from July 16 to Aug. 1 THURSDAY. JOLI 16 11.00 am His Excellency and personal staff l?ave by s.s.
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  • 44 9 Batavia. July 8. The native rubber duty will b? 36 guilders per 100 kilos dry from tomorrow. Reuter. This duty fluctuates with the price rubber m order to limit the profits of native growers and thus act as a form of restriction.
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  • 51 9 Paris, July 8. TIE Senate by 230 votes to one, passed a vote of confidence m the Government, after hearing an exposition of the Government's home policy. The Minister of the Interior declared that the Government would no longer tolerate the continuance of stay-in strikes. Reuter
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  • 402 9 Jerusalem, July 8. A PERSONAL appeal to the people of Palestine to end the present disorders was broadcast by the High Commissioner. Gen. Sir Arthur Wauchope. this evening. He point-d out that while the eftd of the disorders was eventually certain, *heir continuance
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  • 149 9 Canberra, July 8. THE Australian Government has issued a proclamation applying a licensing system of 38 per cent, to imports from Japan as from July 10, including clothes, yams, glassware, paper, electrical machinery and fancy goods. Cotton, artificial silk and piece goods are exempted. The
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  • 202 9 IMPRESSIVE DISPLAY OF AERIAL COMBAT King's Flying Visits To R.A.F. Stations London, July 8. IN a royal blue and red De Havilland Dragon Rapide aeroplane H.M. the King, accompanied by the Duke of York, visited four important Royal Air Force Stations today. The first
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  • 12 9 The death is announced m Moscow Foreign Affairs, Reuter.
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  • 78 9 Committee Meets For First Time At St. James's London, July 8. London, July 8. The Privy Council Committee, appointed to make the Coronation arrangements, met for the first time at St. James's Palace under the preaidency of Mr. Ramsay Mac Donald. and discussed the preliminaries for 45 minutes.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 929 9 ..Q PURE WOOL /^^^7W^)>r\ SLIP-OVERS PULL-OVERS I^^^ilx^^ COAT SWEATERS I Jm^^M a new selection m \^|||S^ WHITE HONEYCOMBE AND l iiiiiH_M CABLE STITCH PLAIN COLOURS j jj SMART FANCY DESIGNS PRICES $3.95 TO $12.50 EACH ROBINSON CO., LTD. SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR YOU WOULD NOT a BELIEVE WLVmEm M That a
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  • FREE PRESS SPECIAL COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    • 201 10 July 3, 6, 7. rtean Can. Com. 132> 2 133» 4 133' 4 Telephone and THtgraph 168 1664 1«66'.. Ateheson Railroad 7G* 2 75 73^ I apeak 60 7 8 61 3 4 62'^ Dupont 149 150 149 Firestone 28 7 8 27 7 8 27'j ral
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    • 522 10 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCKS SHARES. From London 6 p. m. July 8 J The above are dealers' middle prices; jobbers, margins, brokerage and stamp duty are not included. of £1 denomination unless Previously Yesterday Rise or Fall otherwise stated wrsio:. Loan. 5 p.c, 1944-64 118' H 118'a Funding Loan.
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    • 159 10 XHE Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Associa:ion held its 1,285 th auction yesterday when there were catalogued 921,261 lbs.; 411.28 tons; oHered 895.223 lbs; 399.65 tons; sold 701.678 lbs.; 313.25 tons. Spot London 7 3 /4 d. New York 16.7 16 cts. PRICES REALISED
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    • 30 10 Paterson. Simons and Co.. Ltd. announce *he following outputs for the monto of June. 1936 Henrietta Rubb?r Estate, Ltd. 108,500 lb. Sungei Matang Rubber Estate, Ltd. 35,500 lb.
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    • 210 10 By arrangement with the Exchange Telegraph Company, Ltd., the Singapore Free Press is able to offer to its readers this complete and reliable service of commercial news trom London, New York and other centres. This s the first occa- i sion on which a newspaper published m
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    • 183 10 From London 5.30 p. m. July 8 1 1 RUBBER: Firmer. London Spot: 7%d. 713 16d. Previously: 711 16d. 713 16cL August: 7 13 16d. 7%d. Previously: 7%d. 7 7 16d. Oct.-Dec: 7%d. 7 15 16d. Previously: 7 7 16d. 715 16d. Jan-Mar. 715 16d. Bd. Previously:
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    • 69 10 I From London 5.30 p. m. July 8 Tin: Firm. Cash: £190 ss. Previously: Firm at £183 10s. Three months: €134 17s. 6d. Previously: £180 10s. New York Tin: 4312. Previously: 42.25. Copper: Settlement: £36. 15s. Previously: £36 17s. 6d. Gold: Yesterday: £6 19s. Previously: £6 19s.
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    • 76 10 Foreign Exchange Rates. London Closing Quotations July 8 Method of Parity before Rate PreCentre Quoting 20-9-31 Yesterday viously Paris Francs to 141.21 75 1116 75 1116 New York to 8.88 2 3 5.02» 8 5.02i 4 Amsterdam Guilders to 12.91 7.37V 2 7.36 1 -> Hong Kong Per dollar is.
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    • 203 10 LOCAL EXCHANGE RATES Yesterday's Singapore Quotations July 8 SELLING London, 4 months' sight 24% London, 3 months' sight 2 4% London, 60 days' sight 2 4 3 32 London, 30 days' sight 2 4 3 32 London, demand 2 4 1 16 London, T.T. 2.4 1 16 Lyons, Paris, demand
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    • 1112 10 SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES Fraser and Cot's List WEDNESDAY, IUL* 8, 1^36, 5 P.M. MINING Buyers Sellers. Ampat Tin (4s) 4s 4-d 4s 10 Asam Kumbang 28 <**> Austral Malay JJ 58s bd Ayer Hitam (5s) 13s 6d 14s 6d Ayer Weng ($1) J^ Bc.ngrin Tin 16s 6d 17s
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    • 93 10 July 8 Buyers Sellers Gambler 4.75 Java Cube 7.75 Hamburg Cube io.OO White Muntok Pepper 14.75 Black Pepper 7.62. Whit? Pepper 14.25 Copra. Sundried 5.25 Copra, mixed 4.85 Small Flake Tapioca 4 00 R. B. Siam No. 1 per koyan 1 10 Banja Jelotong 6 50 Sarawak
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    • 59 10 Steady Expansion Ottawa. While Canada is best known lor its products of the field, sea. forest and mine, manufacturing is steadily expanding and has already occupied a position of importance m the country. The progress of manulacturing has been accelerated at various periods m the recent history
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    • 112 10 chafer Of Commerce Rubber Association July 8. 1 oc lock noon l.mer*** >i'llef« No I.X.R.S.S m cases 'F. 0.8. J, j 16 Good FAQ In cas s •FOB Jal\*> No. I.X.R S.S (ap t- 1 I Lai est Cable: London B 7%d. per lb. New York Spot 9 per lb.
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  • 87 11 Charged on two coun*s with having sold milk In a bottle bearing a false mark on May 6 at Klang Lane and with having used a false trade description, namely, the false name of the apora Cold Storage Co.. Ltd.. Ramojh, a milk seller who pleaded guilty, was
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  • 338 11  -  XV^*fovu\Outw> Z\ David Bkrnstine, Michael Gottlieb. Oswald Jacoby and Howard Schcnkcn world's leading team-of-four and inventors of the system that has beaten every other system m existence. EXPERIENCED DEFENCE U7ILLIAM J HUSKE ot New York. formerly oi Cleveland, who used to be a regular player m all tournaI
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 579 11 HONGKONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated m the Colony of Hong Kong) The liability of members is limited to the extent and m 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 1 Hong Kong Currency $10,000,000
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    • 501 11 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA (Incorporated m England by Royal Charter) Paid up capital m 600,000 shares of £5 each £3,000,000 Reserve Fund £3.000,000 Reserve Liability of Propri. tors £3.000.000 HEAD OFFICE 38, Bishopsgate. London EC. 2 Agencies and Branches. Alor Star I Iloilo l Saigon Amritsar lpoh
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    • 1149 11 RADIO PROGRAMMES Singapore ZHI I 84 Criss-cross through the Neth- erlands." (Owned and operated by Radio Service. 3*3*5 M Usic Co. of Malaya Ltd.) 9 10 SeC ond part of the cabaret programme. Wavelength-49.9 metres 9 30 We are waiting for the news paper. Talk. 6 to 6.30 p.m. Chinese
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  • 935 12 BRITISH SHIPPING HOLDS ITS OWN Despite £30,000,000 Subsidies By Foreign Governments BRITAIN has still the greatest mercantile fleet m the world not only m tonnage but m quality. We should do well to remember this, for the lact that one or two of the big shipping combines
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  • 439 12 Speed Trials Of Motor Boats RENEWED interest is being shown by various Powers m the construction of what were known m the War as coastal motor-boats, but are now generally referred to as motor torpedoboats, says The Times Naval Correspondent. An order for six of these crafts
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  • 119 12 Ships alongside the Wharves or expected to arrive East Wharf (Entrance Gate 1): .Van Heutsz 20. Main Wharf (Entrance Gate 3): Alsia 18: Benlawers 16; Hflntor v Empire Dock (Entrance Gate 3): Karapara 30; Cingalese Pnnrp 33* lpoh. Perak 35; Himalaya Maru 37 Empire Dock (Entrance Gate 4):
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  • 67 12 Arrived June 30, 1936. Consignees oi cargo per the abov motorship from Europe ar hereb! [notified that a general survey all cargo landed m a damaged condition will be held at Godown No 4 a* 9 am Bonded "D" at 2 p.m. and M--Store at 3 p.m. on
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 655 12 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated m F.M.S.) TELEPHONE: Freight 54.".:!— Pn-ssajje 5431. I LLOYDS AGENTS. BOOKING AGENTS FOR FEDERATED MALAY STATES RAILWAYS. ROYAL STATE RAILWAYS OF SIAM. .mmmamamamam^Amim (CANADIAN PACINC iwoaiDl* QkdkTtSJ (Incorporated ln England) j THE EMPRESS" ROUTE offers TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES HONOLULU or direct EMPRESS to VANCOUVER— ACROSS CANADA by
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    • 170 12 HENDERSON LINE SCHEDULE OF SAILIV.s By Fortnight!} Passenger Steamer Between Rangoon, Port Sudan, Marseilles, Palma and England HOMEWARD S AILIN QI Port of Disembarkation Plymouth Leave Rangoon HM BURMA Jul YOMA Aug 8 PEGU Aug 22 CHINDW r IN Sept 19 BHAMO Oct 3 AMARAPOORA Oct. 17 SAGAING Oct 31
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 569 12 Local And Foreign Mail Dispatches And Arrivals BY TRAIN Bangkok every Saturday 7 p.m. Thursday 7.45 a.m. Alor Star: Mon. to Fri.* 7.45 a.m. Saturday 7.45 a.m. and 7 p.m. lpoh: Weekdays; 7.45 a.m. and 1 P- m Klang, Kuala Lipis, Port Swettenham, Taiping and Telok Anson: Weekdays*. 7 p.m.
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    • 124 12 CLEARANCES July 7: Boelongan (Dut.»: Toulouse (Nor.); Turkmen <Sovie*i. Sphinx <Fch.); Chye Hin Tay Yit. Islami. L_rut, Silver Gull (Brit). July 8: Patrocius. Klang. Katong, Teiresias. Jerantut. Malacca. Sin Aik Lee, Rimau <Brit.': Singkel. As.. Khoen Hoea. Poseidon <Dut Asdang Khoen Hoea. Poseidon <Dut.t; Asdang. Suddhadib <Siann: Vyner Brooxe Sar.);
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    • 482 13 Id •Tr < <c1 1 'X^fe^^5 k: E~ m mmml m I \j_kr'_re^ "Vr; W-"r -^^TC^^r. nL_)C*fl^Ei_M__ _i_9—^_^_H_i_^_^_^M_^_^__^H^^H*_^_^ i^—.^^^ ______^^*^6_»____ ■I^^^MB-k<^^3J^Sftcr^ [I ll____________ra_____?-w»-''-_M wMMWWmEmfkfc^-tf^fi^^ I BY P&Oand BRITISH INDIA LINES! P. O. S. N. COS SAILINGS, OUTWARDS Due Due Tonnage Spore. Tonnage Spore. 1936. 1936. KAISAR-I-HIND 11.500 July 17 BEHAR
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    • 577 13 McALISTER CO., LTD. AND REDUCED Incorporated m Straits Settlements.) ELLERMAN BUCKNALL S.S. Co., Ltd. j (Incorporated m England.) "ELLERMAN LINE" FOR UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL ACCEPTING CARGO FOR MONTREAL AND HALIFAX VIA COLOMBO. Steamer °ue Sail** CiTY OF EASTBOURNE Havre, London, R'dam, H'burg, Glasgow July
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    • 1001 13 r^E^» s^^^ REPRESENTING SHIPPING THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean Jhe Hua Khiow Steamship Co.. (1932) Ltd. Steam Ship Co., Ltd., and China Mutual The Cunard White Star Ltd. Steam Navigation Co., Ltd.) The Sarawak Steamship Co., Ltd. The Straits Steamship Co.. Ltd. The AustraUan Oriental Line Ltd. The China Navigation
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    • 714 14 K. P. M. GEN. VAN DER HEYDEN— Thursday, July 9, Letong, Kramat, Tarempa, Midai. Poeloe-Pandjang, Serassan. Genting and Maras. VAN DER LlJN— Thursday. July 9. Cheribon (not for passengers), Semarang. Sourabaya. Boeleleng. Ampenan, Padang-Bay. Laboean-Hadji. Benoa and Banjoewangi. TOBELO— Thursday. July 9, Selat-Panjang. Bengkalis, Soengei-Pak-ning. Siak and Pakan-Baroe. VAN HEl'TSZ—
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    • 565 14 „4-y __l__l£r.tr_.'^ r^-""^ J -ariC?* j_j_ --i -<_-_*_-_____3-_-_S__~_i Ss-^ t REGULAR FORTNIGHTLY SAILINGS TO NAPLES— GENOA— MARSEILLES Via Pen*... Coiombo, Bombay, Soei, Port Said, Alexandria on the Famon*. PRESIDENT LINERS All outside staterooms Excellent cuisine— Swimming bath— talking motion pictures. Three days stopover m Egypt. Arrive Leave Singapore. Singapore. New
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    • 593 14 O. S. K. LINE l-OR EAST, SOUTH AND WEST AIKILA AND SOUTH AMERICA Manila Maru Santos, Buenos Aires via Colombo, July i 2 t Manna ma™ MombaS a, Zanzibar. Dar-es-Salaam. Beira, L. Marques, Durban, Algoa Bay and Cape Town Hakubasan Maru Buenos Aires via L Marques. Durban, July 17 18
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  • 203 15 ZAM ZAM SCORES FIVE TIMES Fort Canning Beaten By Six Goals To 2 (..'\t. Monopolies Ft. Canning 2. A J MM V owing to Zam Zams I* goal storing ability the Monopolies gained a sound victory over Fort tanning by m\ i-nals to two on the Harbour Board i- round
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  • 90 15 Kuala Lumpur Bat>man's Big Scoring •From Our Own Correspor dent.) Kuala Lumpur, July 7. Soon Wee. the SCR.':, batsman., eompltted his thousand runs for this hen he scored 36 'not out> on .y ior the S.C.R.C against the S* langor Rangers. He is the first batsin
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  • 41 15 Cd 'Fat hol Karib» beat tg leh (Clerical Union* 300 to 228 m the fourth round of the Singaoilliards championship for the Padmorc Shield yesterd Today at 830 p.m. Teoo Chwee Hoe n A C I meets Tan Thean Tek
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  • 34 15 ream ol the R.A. S.C.C. "B" by fjur i :r. l.di soccer game S.C.C ground lay. Lyons erson and Downie were scorers •c gunners, while the Club's soil-l-r goal came from Hatcher.
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  • 366 15 Interport Yacht Racing •THE annual yachting match between the Royal Singapore Yacht Club and the Koninklijke Bataviaske Jacht Club 'Royal Batavia Yacht Club) will be held m local waters for the Interport Challenge Cup of which Singapore is the present holder. The result of the previous races were
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  • 183 15 Selangor Rangers Beaten 4 Goals To Nil From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. July 7. The S.C.R.C. consolidated their position m the first division of the FAS. League this evening when they defeated the Selangor Rangers by four goals to nil on the Pudu ground. The Chi!*
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  • 770 15 GOALLESS DRA W IN FIRST DIVISION MATCH Mediocre Display Of Soccer FUSILIERS WERE BETTER SIDE AND SHOULD HAVE WON (BY NIMROD) Inniskiilings 0; Middlesex Regt 0. ISHOLLD have liked to have seen the Fusiliers win this First Division return encounter with their regimental rivals, the Middlesex, for they were much
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  • 424 15 11 1 a war r a Cup Heats THE heats of the lllawara Cup f< Profession Pairs were rowed c Tuesday over a threequarters mi course along the Breakwater. Cor ditions were good, with a sligl head wind and a slack tide. In v the first
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  • 188 15 Football Association Cup •"From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, July 6. Entries for the Selangor Football j Association Cup and the Junior "knock-out" competition closed on j July 4. Eighteen teams have entered for the latter competition and nearly all the leading teams have entered for the F.A.
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  • 316 15 LEN HARVEY REFUSES TITLE FIGHT Has Already Beaten 1 Phillips Twice a I EN HARVEY, former British heavy- weight champion, has refused an 'offer from the British Boxing Board of •Control to fight lor the cruiser-weight I championship. In a letter to Harvey, the Board said I that they were
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  • 157 15 Likely Sequel To End Of Britannia Now that the King's famous racing yacht Britannia has fallen out of the "J" Class it is report .--d that a new class ci 100-ton cutters, to be designated "L" CJass, is contemplated by a number of owners, writes Major B.
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  • 118 15 In th? middle of his strenuous preparation. Pat Palmer, ,of Battersea. Southern Area fiy-weight champion, has been informed that his fight with Jim Warnock. the Irish "southpaw." In the final eliminator for the British and world titles held by Benny Lynch, scheduled for Belfast In Jun' has
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  • 399 15 Genuang Club Beat Rengam C. C. (From Our Oun Correspondent) Segamat. July k. IN spite of some excellent howling bj I. F. M_.eken.ie, the Johore Slate rugger player, who captured eight Genuang wickets at a cost of a little under 9 runs each. Rengam were
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  • 100 15 'From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, July 6. T. Svga won the Wakita Cup pre sented by Mr. Wakita of Tokio. tor the third time when he defeated S. Nakata the Negri Sembilan champion, m the final 6- 2. 6—2. The Murakami Cup competition, lor the Cup
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  • 127 15 Hedley V' rity. Yorkshire craft-bowl-er-in-chief. took nine wickets m I second Innings on June 19 and b< •< the first bt.wler to s cure 100 wickets this season. He faiied by only seven days to equal the record set up by J. T Hearne m 1396 and
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  • 101 15 At Kettering Worcestershire beat Northamptonshire by 161 runs. Worcester MM «Jupp 7 lor Ml and 153 'Matthews 7 for 01 Northants 114 'Perks lor 48 1 and 7] Ai Manchester Lancashire and AllI i play d a draw. Lancashire 45 fcr 8 (Washbrook 1 13. Oldfieid 107 1
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  • 1504 16 Tin Pool Also Springs Surprise PUNTERS HAVE SECOND BAD DAY Only One First Favourite Among Winners (From Our Own Correspondent) lpoh, July 8. nAWSON, who did not ride on the first day of the meeting displayed excellent horsemanship when he brought Budapest home In
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  • 466 16 Results Of Yesterday's Flay In Tennis Tournament f/'EFX play Was seen at the tiev m the Singapore Lawn Tennis Championship Tournament held yesterday on tin* S.C.C. courts. MIS L. M. Pc: n father and Yap Ah Hian went into three sets to beat Nellie Chia and
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  • 146 16 Player Sent Off In Penang Football From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, July 8. Despite strong action taken by the Penang Football Asson against dangerous play and questionable ts rl ol play is stiil being restor ed to iy players m Penang. This was evidenced m the first division
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  • 86 16 Teams For Inter-Faculty Soccer .Match The Annual Inter-faculty Soccer for the "Tratman Trophy" will be heid oday at 315 p.m on the College Oround. The following wil] be the teams Medicals: Tan B Ben-. R. Vailopillay, Ong Swee Law. N Viswallingam Jamalul-samri. |_andatl, Urn Swet» Ann, Oh Bak
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  • 62 16 INTER-SCHOOL BADMINTON T the re.su/ Al .nese School defeated S hooi by 3 gam The ACS. will met Jose Mercantile I: High Bel pcs to 2 can'iL I c: ACS vs St. Joseph's tie :e Blngapor i and Ladies Open Singles and Doubles will close on 31 at 11 noon
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 124 16 A new book by 11. V. Morton OUR FELLOW MEN In this book, Mr. M .rton. that it Jul of companions. among men 1 v. .men. And the people we alth him are the really im»l€ dustman. bus st. signalman, filmopera or. tim- master. maidserint and a score of others
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