The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 25 August 1936

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. NO. 14,940. ESTI) 1835. TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1936. 18 ce:;ts.
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    CIVIL WAR WILL CLAIM 250,000 VICTIMS
    641 1 Over One Million Men Taking Part ONLY WOMEN AND CHILDREN LEFT IN MANY VILLAGES Fate Of Oviedo Still Hanging In Balance LISBON, AUG. 24. OM POKTICiALS KBT-KNOWN JOURNALISTS, \KIIHK PORTKLA. HAS RETURNED FROM MJBGOB, (Hi KKBEL HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH SPAIN. diets that o\er a
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    FAMOUS VICTIMS OF CIVIL WAR
    67 1 Gibraltar, Aug. 24. T^HE insurgents claim to have captured Albuquerque and Olivenda. near the Portuguese coast, and to Tiave shot down two Government aeroplanes near Badajoz. They also assert that among those shot in Madrid are the Conservative leader. Miguel Maura, the Liberal leader Alvarez,
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    DR. ALFRED SZE & DR. YEN
    125 1 DR. ALFRED SZE DR. YEN TWO IMPORTANT CHANGES Nanking, Aug. 24. THE appointment of the ex-Foreign Minister, Dr. C. T. Wang, as Ambassador to the United States m succession to Dr. Alfred Sze. who has retired, is being gazetted tomorrow. Dr Wang, who is at presnt m Europe, is returning
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    PLOT TO BLOW UP CONSULATE IN SHANGHAI
    205 1 PLOT TO BLOW UP CONSULATE IN SHANGHAI Demand For Arrest Of Two Hundr ed Koreans Nanking, Aug. 24. A PLOT to blow up the Japanese Consulate -General m Shangh3i j was mentioned by the Japanese Con- j sul-General, Mr. Suma. m representations to the Foreign Office against the alleged protection
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    THE KAMERUN
    66 1 Great Uncertainty As To Her Whereabouts Genoa, Augr. 24. The steamer Kamerun has not ar- rived and her whereabouts are uncerI tcin. Originally she was bound for the Far East, when she was instructed frorr Hamburg to pick up German rei fugees in Spain and convey them to
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    36 1 Th? Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal has been awarded to i Auxiliary A. E Parson 1st. Battalion. ;P.S.V.F., and to Captain H. A. J. Wood(fall. 1st. Battalion, S.S.V.F., in recognition of long and meritorious services.
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    SOVIET ABSOLUTELY INVINCIBLE
    219 1 Riga, Aug. IL FOLLOWING the decree lowering the military age to 19 years, it is reported that the Soviet has begun to erect new barracks m the west frontier region to accommodate a million troops, who will be recruited m the autumn. Official statistics show that the
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    JAPANESE EXECUTE NINE RUSSIANS
    104 1 JAPANESE "Shock Brigade" In Manchukuo ACCUSED OF PLANNING ARMED RISING Changchun, Aug. 24. r«HAROED with conspiracy to disturb the peace and order of Manchukuo by terroristic means. nine Russians, including an ex-officer, were executed at Hailar on Aug. 20, according to an announcement by the Kwantung
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    NEW AIR RECORD
    43 1 Soviet Airman In A Transport Plane Moscow, Aug. 24. A new altitude record for transport aeroplanes is claimed for the airman Kokkinaki who, flying a twin-engined machine carrying 1,000 kilograms of cargo, attained a height of approximately 40,000 feet.- Reuter
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    NORMANDIE'S TIME BEATEN BY 4½ HOURS
    182 1 NORMANDIE'S TIME BEATEN BY 4½ HOURS QUEEN MARY AND BLUE RIBAND May Win It On Return London, Aug. 24. THE Queen Mary has beaten, the Normandie's record for a westward crossing of the Atlantic by 4 hours 30 minutes. She passed the Ambrose lightship at 11.12 p.m.. American time, thus
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    GERMAN EMBARGO
    16 1 Berlin. Aug. 24. Germany has announced an arms embargo or. material destined fur Reuter
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    NEW AIR BASE AT DARWIN
    61 1 To Link Up With Singapore Melbourne, Aug. 24. FOLLOWING the decision to expand the air force programme, it is understood the Australian Government has decided to order more long-range reconnaissance planes. It is expected a new air base will be established at Darwin, thus enabling
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      92 1 BIGIA TEA Brings the freshness and fragrance of the Malayan gardens direct to your home. J V *^l 1 *V HK_^kl L^k^L. I N^tV P^^H «^^^H m < v |^^h lj^^l k^Bß^k^kK E^ki n^nV <^^v jl h TONIGHT ORCHESTRAL COMCERT SPECIAL DINNER DANCE 8.15 to 9.15 p.m. (formal) 9.45 to
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      89 1 There is no better Tea than BIGIA TEA GROWN IN MALAYA. ADELPHI fjjjp 1 HOTEL TONIGHT ROOF garden TONIGHT AND TOMORROW NIGHT SPECIAL DINNER DANCE DINNER DANCE MUSIC BY THE RELLER BAND NO AFTER DINNER ADMISSION CHARGE SEA VIEW HOTEL THIS WEEK SPECIAL DINNER DANCE THURSDAY -FRIDAY- SATURDAY THE ROTARY
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    GENERAL HOSPITAL
    64 2 Balustrades To Be Erected On Verandahs The Legislative Council yesterday received a report of the Finance Committee recommending a provision of $700— "To meet the cost of erection of rails above the balustrades of the verandah Cx the wards on the upper floors where not already provided for
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    Law Notice For The Day
    42 2 Before Mr. Justice Adrian Clark m the .':ul Court at 11 a.m. Originating Summons No. 39 36. Before Mr. Justice Mundell m the Ist Court at 11 a.m. S 528 33 S. Rengasamy Pillay vs. Sadhu Pakirswamy.
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    95 2 Barnet fire brigade were about to joir a carnival procession through the town when they answered a fire call, later winning a third prize. Leave prior to retirement has been granted to Mr. B. Cooper Of the Survey Department and to Mr H. J. Harris. Director c: Posts. Posts and
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    THE TRUTH About the Jews
    1392 2 THE TR UTH About the Jews Letters To The Editor WHAT INFLUENCE DO THEY WIELD IN BRITAIN THEIR RECORD IN WAR AND PEACE-THE PRESS, FINANCE, THE CABINET THE B. B. C.-JEWISH SCIENTIST WHO SAVED THE BRITISH ARMY— PALESTINE AS SEVENTH DOMINION OF BRITISH EMPIRE To The Editor. Sir.— You must
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    TRIBUTE TO THE AMBULANCE
    127 2 To The Editor. Sir,— A few words of praise for the good ivork done by the Ambulance Service iciU, 1 am sure, not be out of place m your valuable paper. On Sunday evening at 7 p.m. a message teas sent from Changi police station to
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    184 2 IN "The Country Doctor," the Fox picture which opens at the Capitol en Sept. 2. the world's five most famous baby girls are making their starring debut m a picture chockfull of drama, suspense, comedy and romance. There are the Dionne Quintuplets, selected by Darryl P. Zanuck to head an
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      60 2 BUSINESS CARDS. FRESH FLORAL WREATHS made to order at short notice. Artificial wreaths m glass domes always m stock. Phone 6075, after office hours phone 6072. THE CASKET CO. Only address 3 Penhas Road off Lavender Street. NOTICES. iciflfTiFicmin I l k \Y^B^^ JMLBTEH HAIR I 1 0 M I
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      523 2 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. REPEATING RAZOR. Maeazine Safety Razor carrying 20 biffin the handle. Blade edges Ire untouched to the instant you sha^e. Compact. Easy to Load. Ease and Safety m Changing Blades. Price $7.50 Obtainable from: MEDICAL HALL LIMITED. BOARD AND RESIDENCE. SEA FRONT] KATONG GRANGE— 77 Meyer Rd. Large rooms
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      474 2 Jfree ipccss Bead Office: Cecil Street, Singapore Phone 54: i (5 Un^ wttfc extensions u> all deparimeaS Tel: "Times" Seaport Kuala Lumpur Office: 25, Java Street. Phone: 3683. Penan* Office: 12, Bishop Street. Perun, Phone: 1477. London Office: 4t/43 Fleet Street, E.C.I. Phone: Central 360 ft— Uw Tel: "Leadmalaya" Loodoo
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      113 2 Diary Of The Day High Water. 3.14 a.m.. 7.4 ft., 3.01 p m. 8.5 ft. Sports Div 2: Skins vs. Chinese 11. at S.C.C.; SA.F.A Cup: Middlesex vs. Goverrment Services. Cinemas ALHAMBRA Speed with Wendy Burrie and Jas Stew a r.. CAPITOL The Fatal Lady with Mar£ Ellis PAVILION Personal
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    PLEA FOR GOVERNMENT CLERKS DISMISSED FOR DEBT
    683 3 Should Have Chance With Those Retained NO DISMISSALS^ CAUSED BY CIRCULAR "Armistice" Declared THE Hon. Capt. N. M. Hashim made an appeal in the Legis1 lative Council yesterday, on behalf of those Government clerks, who were dismissed from the service following the famous
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    11 YEARS WITH DUODENAL ULCER
    143 3 Maclean Brand Stomach Powder Worked Wonders r r from stomach troublr ugh his condition may 1 be ct. :t will soon get. t iv Degkcted. Apathy lura iacded many a rer with gastric and duoh might never have ;>ed ii prompt but simple meaD ken.
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    MISSIONS TO SEAMEN
    123 3 Government To Provide $1,800 For Launch The work of the local Missions to Seamen has been seriously handicapped by the lack of a launch of their own. Their income Is derived from public subscriptions and donations and an annual grant from the Singapore Mercantile Marine Fund, and
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    14 MONTHS R.I.
    117 3 For Man Who Assaulted Gardeners (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 22. "I swear that I had nothing to do with this offence." said Raghaven after being sentenced to 14 months' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. Justice Pedlow at the Selangor Assizes today on two charges of
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    Revised Edition Of S.S. Laws
    786 3 TO COME INTO FORCE ON SEPT. 1 A NEW revised edition of the Laws of the Straits Settlements will come into force on Sept. 1, 1936. Yesterday, at the Legislative Council meeting, a tribute was paid to its revising commissioner. the AttorneyImeral. Mr. P. A.
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    23 3 ALMOST HIDDEN from the eyes of curious Londoners by a network of scaffolding, masons are restoring the exterior of the Houses of Parliament.
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    UNREGISTERED MUI TSAIS
    98 3 (From Our Own Correspondent Ipoh. Aug. 18. Dato Abdul Wahab bin Dato Dumba. a prominent Malay resident of Kinta. was today summoned before Mr Sim- j son Gray, first police magistrate, at the instance of the Protector of Chinese, on a charge of keeping un registered mvi
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    J. H. Martin To Pay $5 A Month
    382 3 J. H. Martin To Pay $5 A Month JUDGE COMMENTS ON ABSENCE OF EXPLANATION OR APOLOGY THE absence of an explanation and apology by James Henry Martin for his disobedience of an order of court was commented on by Mr. Justice Adrian Clark m the H»gh Court yesterday, when hearing
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    37 3 When police were called to a branch of the National Provincial Bank at Muswell Hill, they found one of the clerks lying dead in th.? boiler-room. He was Henry Edward Frraicis Rozier, 47, of Muswell Hill Road.
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    Appeal Dismissed
    358 3 BIG FINES ON THREE CHINESE TO STAND AN appeal by three Chinese, who were fined large sums for possession of dutiable tobacco, ap1 proximately 500,000 cigarettes, was dismissed and the sentences confirmed by Mr. Justice Adrian Clark in the High Court yesterday. His lordship held that there was
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      135 3 Kill Kidney Trouble Quick tr^J sufferers from Kidney He ard Bladder weakness have tUn l "P Nifhts. Leg Pains. 2^**^ Stiffness. Rheumatism. DlxJ^^. u-mbaito. Burning Itching. Smart;}.<ty and Loss of Vigor by a Doo nt-w discovery called Cystex (Sissitly soothes, cleans, and heals. MartJ TlTi k dne >'»- I* 15
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      35 3 Hf v4/n nowß Ie R a RA C iJj°n Cr ig 1 Sifcn of good health becaUB «tand 8 for >h \Ni -^_,-<r A tSKAMI. Insist always on CLOVER BRAND Mil X lt'« apb a
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    WOMEN'S INTERESTS
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    THE QUESTION OF WOMEN AND FOOD
    1044 4 THE QUESTION OF WOMEN AND FOOD Square Meals Or Fads London. Aug. 10. TTHE doctor who stated at the con- ference of the British Medical Association that women were mor? addicted to food fads than men gave as an instance of the normality of men their loyalty to bacon-and-egg breakfasts
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    51 4 A CHARMING SIMMER FROCK: Maureen O'Sullivan. one of the screen's most natural beauties, presents an attractive appearance m this summer formal sown of fluffy moss green organdie, with lace banding and shirred detail on the skirt. A sash oi green taffeta and short, bunched sleeves of lace ruching complete Hie
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    Green Is A Cool Colour
    119 4 Green Is A Cool Colour Paris, July 30. BRIGHT accessories are put on colourless dresses and bright green looks cool and smart on a black and white printed material. Green linens are also favoured -for Paris has discovered that green is a cool colour. Small geometrical designs m two or
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    IDEAS FOR PICNICS
    593 4 Novelties Wliich Your Guests Will Appreciate London, Aug. 12. h S the best picnics are usually those arranged without premeditation, when the weather is propitious, it is well to keep a corner of the larder stocked with picnic iare and picnic utensils. This \ear there is an
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    NATURAL BEAUTY THE MOST EFFECTIVE
    639 4  -  Sheilah Graham Film Fashions By Good Taste And Simplicity Hollywood, Aug. 12. MAUREEN O 'Sullivan is one oi the few natural beauties m Hollywood. In her off-screen hours no trace of make-up mingles with the soft-velvety bloom of her complexion. The hue of her lips
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    BEACH CLOTHES
    192 4 BEACH clothes this seas)n arc dc.--cd with much extravagant- i I tlon. Same ensembles are cml with peasant stitches and n Tyrolean origin: others are embroUleted all over, or woven In all-o vr designs or two or mure colours. Some play suits ha\ high-to-the-neck shirt and ver;. shorts:
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      76 4 Only the latest style ...shoes are good for you. We have a wide range for you to select. Here are 3 examples: 1595-4* A smart, comfortable uh(\ \\v \p?nsive Sandal Shoe fo: every day In White and Beige. A dainty shoe of Linen, htal 1 walking MT shopping. In attra
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    THE N.B.S. C. HOLDS ITS FIRST REGATTA
    343 5 THE N.B.S. C. HOLDS ITS FIRST REGA TTA hrn h I, S"™™™ Prevailed at the first N.B.S.C regatta held at the Naval Base on Sunday and there was a record entry of JJ tompetnors for one of the events. Photo shows yachts lining up for the start. THF HOl'R at
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      58 5 SWETTEN MM BIRMING U ft U totten nil m west linlll 1 THERE ARE LOTS OF <^^^&^U HAMS ALL OVER THE WORLD BUT ~^&^A*r* THERE IS ONLY ONE "PINEAPPLE" HAM A CHOICE AND SPECIALLY CURED BRAND ABSOLUTELY DEPENDABLE I BAKED, BOILED. GRILLED or FRIED, IT MAKES A I I PALATABLE
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    GOVERNMENT FULLY AWARE OF JAPANESE MENACE
    950 6 Hint Of Action When Governor Returns PRESENT SITUATION FORESEEN IN REPORT OF TRADE COMMISSION Statement In Legislative Council AX assurance that the Straits Settlements Government is fully aware of and is taking a keen interest in the Japanese trade menace was given by H.E.
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    Movement Which Seeks Salvation Of World
    516 6 MISSIONARIES IN SINGAPORE SALVATION of the world by "a reconciliation between the various factors m human life which lead to discord" is the message preached by Sayyed Shah Mohammad, missionary of the Ahmadiyya Movement, who has arrived m Singapore frorr Qadian. India. The Ahmadiyya
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    36 6 The following Government officers have been granted leave: Messrs. T. R. Hutton, W. Jones, J. D. M. Smith, H. L. Hodge. E. E. F. Pretty, Miss C. Richardson. Dr. H. Williams, and Dr. E. S. Lawrie.
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    Tributes To Sir John Bagnall & Capt. N. M. Hashim
    1301 6 Tributes To Sir John Bagnall Capt. N. M. Hashim IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL pENEROUS tributes to the ser;*J vices of Sir John Bagnall and Capt. N. M. Hashim, who wer? honoured by the King, were made by H.E. the Officer Administering the Government. Mr. A. S. Small, the officials and unofficials.
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    Selangor Club Tragedy
    245 6 CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE IN CARRYING OUT REPAIRS (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 24. rvELIVERING his finding m the inquiry concerning the loss <>f *J life following the collapse of the Selangor Club servants' quarters on July 12, Mr. J. (alder, the Kuala Lumpur first magistrate, today
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    RAPID DECLINE IN SALES OF OPIUM
    221 6 RAPID DECLINE IN SALES OF OPIUM DROP OF 2,500 ACTIVE < SMOKERS IN A YEAR A REMARKABLE decline m sales of opium, from which the Straits Settlements Government derives one quarter of its revenue, occurred during the first half of this year. This fact is disclosed m answers given by
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    K.L. WEDDING
    52 6 From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. Aug. 23. The marriage of Miss Tong Swe* Ham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tong Takin. of Kuala Lumpur, to Mr. Yeo Boon Teck took place yesterday at th»Chines? Assembly Hall before a large* gathering of friends and relatives. Mr Neo Keng
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    34 6 An unknown friend has sent Dr. S. Shannon, the inhibited Vicar of St. Luke's. Leicester. £20 with which to pay the fine imposed on him m April for disturbing Divine service m the church.
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    STOWAWAY PROBLEM
    156 6 Extra Staff for Searching Ships To Be Engaged An extra staff of six lascars is urgently required for the searching o! ships for stowaways in Singapore harbour. Provision was not Included in the current Government estimates, as the searching of ships lor s* been done in the past
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    36 6 TWO SOUTHSEA MEN named Blake and Petheridge were seriously injured when this Portsmouth lorry, of which they were the crew, was wrecked at a level crossing at Fremin&ton, near Barnstaple, I>evon. A platelayer was also hurt.
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    30 6 Three girls, missed from St. Marve's Convent. Portsiade. near Brightoi were later found by Brighton polic walking on the London road dr m the rr>nvent uniform and without a penny.
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      8 6 IT'S HERE.O You may fry if. <Sf 1
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    FLYING CLUB TO MOVE TO CIVIL AERODROME
    166 7 $25,000 FOR BUILDING TPHE Straits Settlements Government is to construct a building costing $25,000 at the Civil Aerodrome "for the I purpose of renting it to the Royal Sin- gapore Flying Club." The Legislative Council yesterday acj cepted a report of the Finance
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    SPANISH CAPTAIN APOLOGISES TO BRITAIN
    491 7 Sequel To Interference With Shipping GERMANY ALSO SENDS STERN WARNING London, Aug. 23. THE Admiralty announces that the captain of the FlotillaLeader H.M.S. Codringtnn boarded the Spanish cruiser Miguel de Cervantes, which stopped the Gibel Zerjon, and protested against the interference with British shipping outside
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    BUKIT KATIL RUBBER
    484 7 NET PROFIT OF $7,237 Dividend Of Three Per Cent Proposed HPHE report of the directors of Bukit Katil Rubber Estates Ltd. for the year to Apr. 30, states that the net profit, after proving $872 for depreciation and $362 for directors' fees, was $7,237. The balance brought
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    EDUCATION BOARD
    148 7 Government Contribution For 1935 $306,520.91 There was tabled at yesterday's meeting of the Legislative Council the report on the income and expenditure of the Education Board for 1935. The total cash balance of the Board at the end of the year amounted to $951.08. The amount of the
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    FUSILIERS SENTENCED TO ONE YEAR'S R.I.
    143 7 Mr. L. B. Gibson, Criminal District Judge, delivered judgment yesterday In the case m which Patrick Doran, 24. j and Francis Mooney, 19, of the Inniskilling Fusiliers, were charged with having committed robbery of a motor car valued at $1,500, the property of Tian
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      285 7 The French have a word for her. DANGEREUSE! Men were lured by her divine voice, captivated by her kiss.. and STRUCK DOWN by the mysterious hand that came between her and love I CAPITOL I opening 6 15-TONIGHT-9.15 MARY ELLIS rHIHL LMU I jW^ V^ BEAUTY. ADORATION and A MAGIC
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    The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1936. The Trotsky "Terrorists"
    820 8 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1936. The Trotsky "Terrorists" YET another big political trial has just been concluded m Moscow m which Zinovieff, KamenefT and 14 other "terrorists" have b^en sentenced to death tor complicity m a plot to murder Stalin, which is alleged to have been instigated
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    DAY TO DAY
    185 8 Dr C H Williams. Health Officer. dalayan Medical Service, has left for Home on furlough. |Ir. L D. Mey r. Superintendent. Survey Department. F.M.S. and S.S.. has returned from furlough. Mr. J. D. Hastings will broadcast a talk on photography from the Kuala Lumpur station. ZGE en
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    When DIEHARDS And The SKINS Fought AT BADAJOS
    1180 8 When DIEHARDS And The SKINS Fought AT BADAJOS Services Notes FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT London, Aug. 15. THE desperate lighting which has been going en around and about Badajoz, that ancient Spanish, fortress, recails that several of th* 1 British battalions, now serving m the Far East or their sister
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    LONG AND BRILLIANT CAREER OF SIR ONG SIANG SONG
    1399 9 LONG AND BRILLIANT CAREER OF SIR ONG SIANG SONG Investiture Last Night At Government House "UNIQUE OCCASION IN COLONY'S HISTORY" IN the presence of more than 250 leading citizen* lof Singapore, and with impressive ceremony, H.E. the Officer Administering the Government, Mr. A. S. Small, last night officially presented the
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    MORE SOVIET LEADERS UNDER SUSPICION
    272 9 Complicity In The Trotsky Plot CONDEMNED MEN MAY APPEAL Moscow. Aug. 24. TA'*>rney-General has announstigations would be j the charges against Karl E ikhartn, Rykoff. Tomsky (who .::ed suicide > and Pyatakoff of with the Trotsky bloc. A r.erce article demanding "Death :.d of bloody
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    SIR HENRY LYTTON
    86 9 London, Aug. 20. Wl sticks lay on a black velvet beside the coffin when lovers Albert and Sullivan said goodbye Henry Lytton at the Golders en crematorium. They were the two jolly sticks which »J held night after night m 2 ch^raeter of "Jack Point" m the
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    "TRAPPIST CODE" OF M. C. S.
    164 9 Why They Are Poor Public Speakers A RE members of the Malayan Civil Service good speakers after ten or twenty years m the ulu and rabbit warren-Lsh Government buildings? It was with some diffidence," that Mr. J. A. Hunter, the acting Colonial Secretary, congratulated
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    FIFTY CHINESE DROWNED
    32 9 I'eiping. Aug. 24. OVER 50 Chinese were drowned when the junk m which they were travelling up the Yellow River capsized m midstream near Tungkwan, m Shensi province.- Reuter
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    Singapore Mails Delayed By Scipio Crash
    209 9 IMPERIAL Airways Singapore, announce that as a result of their airliner "Scipio" being sunk by rou^h seas whilst alighting at Mirabella, Crete, to refuel, there is a likelihood jof delays being caused to both east and west-bound services of th? London-Australia route pending a
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    ATTACK ON SUIYUAN BY BANDITS
    354 9  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh While Japan Prepares Big Offensive Shanghai, Aug. M SEVERAL hundred Chinese bandits m the pay of the Japanese have commenced attacking West Suiyuan for the purpose of weakening the Chinese Government forces m East Suiyuan where four divisions of Shansi and
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    JUMPED INTO THE SEA
    172 9 Exciting Farewell At Wharves PULLED OUT BY A DIVING BOY 'T'HE prompt action of a Malay div- ing boy at the Tanjong Pagar wharves turned what might easily have been a tragedy into a comedy yesterday afternoon. Overcome with sentiment after a hectic farewell party on
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    ARAB RULERS TO INTERVENE?
    120 9 PALESTINE CRISIS: NEW MOVE Jerusalem, Aug. 24. T^HE visit here of the Iraq Foreign Minister, Gen. Nuri Pasha, who has already met the Palestine Arab leaders, has led to a report that the Arabian Rulers contemplate intervention with a view to securing a settlement of the
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    PULAU BRANI DANCE
    40 9 The usual dance on Pulau Brani will be run by the Royal Corps of Signals on Saturday. Invitations can be had en application by letter to Royal Signals. Pulau Brani, or by phone, Royal Signals, 3 Alexandra.
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    SUMATRA 'QUAKE
    37 9 Nine Killed And Twenty Injured Batavia, Aug. 24. Kota Raja, m Sumatra, last night experienced a serious one-minute earthquake. Nine Asiatics are dead and twenty injured. The light and water supplies have been inter/ipted. Reuter
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    SIR T. CULLINAN
    37 9 Johannesburg, Auk 24. The death is announced of Sir Thomas Cullinan the well-known South. African diamond and gold mine-owner and politiciar.. Sir Thomas was chairman of the S A Party for the Wltwatersrand.- Reuter
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    FREE PRESS SPECIAL COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    207 10 LAST NIGHT'S QUOTATIONS By arrangement witli the Exchange Telegraph Company, Ltd., the Singapore Free Press is able to offer to its readers this complete and reliable service of commercial news from London, New York and other centres. This is the first occasion on which a
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    LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCKS & SHARES.
    516 10 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCKS SHARES. From London 6 p. m. Aug. 24 Share of €1 denomination unless Previously Yesterday Rise or Fall otherwise stated Conversion Loan, 5 p.c.. 1944-64... lit* Funding Loan. 4 p.c, 1960-90 I 181 118^ War Loin. V 2 p.c 106^ 8 106? 8 S:ra.t.s 6
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    Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association
    83 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association Aiiij. "24, VI o'clock noon Tune of market: Very dull. Latest cable: London spot slieet closed. New York Spot Sheet US. cts. closed. Buyers Sellers N I.X.R.S.S. in cases FOB. August > 26 9.16 26 11 16 Good FAQ. in cases F.OB AWISt) 26 7
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    THE NEW QUETTA
    186 10 Simla. The buildings of the new Quetta Cantonment will be of an earthquakelaimetei similar to that stipulated m the building by-laws of California. Rrvommprdations to this effect adopted by the Government of after inquiries made by an exhnlca] committee, which came I conclusion that a seismic factcr
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    NEW USE FOR RUBBER
    177 10 Experiments Being Made By Malacca Man At the Legislative Council meeting yesterday the Resident Councillor moved the approval of Council of the exemption granted by the Governor in Council to Mr. A. H. Claessen. of Malacca, exempting him from the necessity for a licence to purchase
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    THE COMMODITY MARKETS.
    186 10 From London 5.30 p. m. Aug. 24 RIBBER: Dull London Spot: 7> 2 d 7 9 16 d. Previously: 7 9 16d. 7 5 sd Ov't-Dec: 7 9 16d 711 16d. Previously: 7 5 8 d 711 16d Jan-Mar.: 7 3 B d. 7 3 4 d.
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    THE METAL MARKETS
    75 10 From London 5.30 p. m. Aug. 24 Tin: Firm. Cash: €183 10s. Previously Dvl 1 at £182 17s. 6d Three months: £180 10s. Previously: £179 17s. 6d. New York Tin: 42.37. Previously: 42.40. Copper: Settlement: £38 2s. 6d. Previously: £38 Gold: Yesterday: £6 18s. 2'^d. Previously: £6
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    Foreign Exchange Rates.
    82 10 London Closing Quotations Aug. 24 Method of Parity before Rate PreCentre Quoting 20-9-31 Yesterday viously Paris Francs to 141.21 76 7 16 76 7 16 New York to 8.8 2 3 5.03» 8 5.03 3 16 Amsterdam Guilders to 12.91 7.41 7.41*4 Hong Kong Per dollar Is.
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    LOCAL EXCHANGE RATES
    193 10 Yesterday's Singapore Quotations Aug. 24 SFXLING London, T.T. 24 1 16 London, demand 2;4 1,16 London. 4 months' sight 214*4 Lyons, demand 892 Hamburg, demand 140 New York, demand 58 11J16 Montreal, demand 58 11|16 Batavia, demand 85 7 8 Samarang, demand 85% Calcutta, Bombay and Rangoon,
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    SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES
    1143 10 Fraser and Co.'s List MONDAY, AUG. 24, 1936, 1 P.M. MINING Buyers Sellers. j Ampat Tin (4s) 4s 3d 4s 6d \sam Kumbang 27s < austral Malay 53s kyer Hitam (5s) 15s 16s fcyer Weng ($1) 1-40 1.50 Bangrin Tin 16s 17 Batu Selangor -79
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    Daily Share Report
    137 10 MESSRS. FRASER Ac CO. m theii daily share report issued day evening state that conditions m the tin share market dull. Although the New York tin price remained unchanged local market recorded a small rise wi 1- j cent* per picul. There is inquiry fur Ayer Hitams,
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    PRODUCE PRICES SINGAPORE
    73 10 Aug. Buyers Sellers Gambler 4.75 Java Cube 8.75 Hamburg Cube 10.50 White Muntok Pepper 14.25 Black Pepper White Pepper 13.75 Copra, sundried 5.55 Copra, mixed 5.05 Small Flake Tapioca 4.80 R. B. Siam No. 1 per koyan 1.10 Banja Jelotong 6.25 Sarawak Jelot R. BUm, W.C. No.
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      40 10 CABLE TUBS The Eafttern Ext nsion T< h Co. announces that the ti on full ra1 rams fr i London yesterday were as uni handed in up 5 > 30 pA 2 m:nut s; o M 2 minutes; 6.30 p.m. clear.
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    POLICE BAND
    61 11 The band of the SS. Police will perform the following programme at the Botanic Gardens today at 5.30 p.m.: March The Double Eagle <J. P Wacner); Overture. Haydee <Auber): Selection. Rip Van Winkle <Planouette): Waltz. Bye and Bye. Sweetheart (Ford); Serenade and Spanish dnnce An Evening m Toledo
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    24 11 The Duke of Kent has consented to tv> president of the Alexandra Orphan-a-e of which King Edward was president from 1919 until his Accession.
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    361 11 Winning CONTRACT £\\Wv^ouaQou> David Burnstine, Michael Gottlieb Oswald Jacoby and Howard Schenken, world's leading team-of-four and inventors of the system that has beaten every other system m existence. A LEAD-DIRECTING DOUBLE IN general, we have no use for the socalled "gambling double." which may well result m a possible re-double
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      351 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 Hong Kong Currency $10,000,000 Reserve
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      494 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 Proprietors £3.000.000 HEAD OFFICE 38, Bishopsgate. London EC 2 Agencies and Branches. jAlor Star Iloilo Saigon i Amritsar Ipoh Semarftng Bangkok
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      558 11 RADIO PROGRAMMES FOR TODAY n n f qv j« XIROYI 82 Greenwich time signal. The 15ata\m— >i^ u news and announcements. no re 840 <<Tunes Victorians Loved" 6.20 a.m.— 7.05 a.m.— YDA JB.OB m. Tne Birmingham Theatre Rova' and YDB 31.2 m. Orchestra, from the Theatre 10.50 a.m.— 1.50 p.m.
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    SAILOR DISAPPEARS AT SEA
    261 12 Claim For Compensation Fails At Hull County Court, recently. Judge S,r R. Mitchc-11 Banks, X.C.. gave a reserved judgment m a case of considerable importance to the Mercantile Marine. A Hull seaman vanished from his ship at sea on Oct 11. 1935. disappearing from his berth
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    DELIVERY OF MAILS IN LONDON
    24 12 The mail despatched from Singapore on July 31 by Ranchi was delievered m London on Aug. 22 (22 days).
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    LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
    1005 12 VITAL SERVICES IN PEACE AND WAR Claims Of Coastal Shipping Companies Liverpool, July 30. LAST evening a meeting of Members of Parliament and others interested m coastal shipping was held m the House of Commons to meet Admiral the Earl of Cork and Orrery, the new president
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    20 12 The NedtThuui r)ut(h Mail liner, the m I will berth alongside th< f Harbour Board WbATW t->day and sail I
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    PASSENGERS
    178 12 The following were passengers for j Fremantle on the Gorgon, which left Singapore yesterday: Mrs. W. J. Wearne and two children. Mr. and Mrs. F. Feakes Miss I. Feakes. Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Hodges. Mrs. W. Davis. Miss June Ferguson. Miss Roe. Miss E. Eilbeck. Mrs. R. J.
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    PASSENGERS BY AIR
    123 12 The following were passengers by Im- j penal planes: Aircraft Arethusa. VT-AEF. lor Penang. Siam. Burma and Karachi left Singapore on Sunday: Mr. W. W. Tamplin for Rangoon. Aircraft Aurora, VT-AEG. from Karachi. Burma, Siam and Penang. arrived m Singapore on Sunday: Mr. Hughes. Irom Penang. The
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      38 12 NOTICE The air mails despatched from Singapore on Sunday, Aug. 16, by Imperial Airways which were on board the seaplane 'Scipio" which crashed on landIng at Mirabella Gulf, Crete on Aug. 22 are believed to have been salvaged.
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      93 12 S. S. TALMA^ Consignees are advised thjrf (l eral Average has bet-n d< •<-!a:< pect ot the above S; Japan and China Port- tr. Hong Kong por S.S. Jeypon* wh Hong Kong on Mf 21. «l Singapore. HARPER. GII.FILLAN ft DO I TI) tor i;al! BISN. C I JAVA -NEW
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      507 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. Ipoh: Weekdays; 7.45 a.m. and 7 p.m. Klang, Kuala Lipis, Port Swettenham, Taiping and Telok Anson: Weekdays* 7 p.m. Kota
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      363 12 SINGAPORE HARBOUR Ships alongside the Wharves or expected to arrive East Wharf (Entrance Gale 1, Rajula 22; Van Ikuti/ 20. Main Wharf (Entrance Gate Anhui 18: Penang Maru 16 tetes 14; Pres: Wilson. Chill; Flintshire 9. Empire Dock (Entrance dale Silveryew 30: Laru: 32; Teiresias 34; Banda: Maru v jang
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      550 13 (Incorporated m Straits Settlements.) W^^tfjeZ ELLERMAN BUCKNALL S.S. Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m England.) "ELLERMAN LINE" FOR UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL ACCEPTING CARGO FOR MONTREAL AND HALIFAX VIA COLOMBO. St** tntr D ue Sail? I CITY OF CANTON Hdvtp, London. R'dam, H'burg, Glasgow Aug. 30 Sept.
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      708 14 K. P. M. ROKAN— Tuesday. Aug. 25. Bengkali Paneh. Berombang, Tanjong-Men-geidar. Tanjong-L.idong and Ashan. VAN HEl'TSZ— Wednesday, Aug. 26. Penang and Belawan-Deli. TliKDENS— Wednesday. Aug. 26. Muntok and Palembang. HOlT.MAN— Wednesday. Aug. 26. Saigon and Hong Kong. TOBA -Wednesday Aug. 26. Samboe. Toengkal. Moeara-Saba and Djambi. MAKASSER— Wednesday. Aug. 26.
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    HARDSTAFF & ROBINS
    186 15 HARDSTAFF ROBINS >ur Counties" On oce's Inclusion ■1 V 4.G. K. ;he India I .rh crimtnst] In view .tig tour hand, them:- ..is rather be a, ible which he Lords. ol the bet! M.C.C. can confident fttment, he will be pla; .Is. .:;bev hUM aii.i B I a badly more
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    WHAT WOULD GOLD ROD REALISE?
    155 15 Buyer Deserves kI Return >\dney. Augr. 6. als to racing r C M. Saw- f 'd a n in the three guineas it will od wbeo he bpat the Stradbroke i New Year's iked like ber for Gold V R C. Sires' Produce looked well
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    SPRIGHTLY OLD-TIMERS WIN AT BATH
    591 15 Rock Star And Bunch Show Return Of Form London, July 23. IT was "veterans' day" at Bath yesterday. The oldest animals engaged, the nine-year-olds Rock Star and Bunch, won the chief handicaps of the afternoon, while the seven-year-old Colombina, who is the dam of the
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    54 15 The fact that Bob Firmin (Lowestoft) and Ernie Simmons (Birmirxgham» drew over 15 rounds m their cruiser-weight eliminator at Lowestoft means another delay in the Q^st of Archie Sexton, of Bethnal Green, for have met the winner of the Lowestoft fight for the right of challenging Eddie Phillips, of Bow,
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    NEW OFFER TO PERRY
    280 15 Opportunities From Amateurism Melbourne, Aug. 6. It is reported that Perry is considering the acceptance of an olfer to play a series of matches professionally against Ellsworth Vines after the American championship, writes H. Hopman m the Melbourne Herald. However. Wallis Myers, m the Daily Telegraph,
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    AUSTRALIAN RACING RUMOURS
    164 15 Developments similar to those of 1932. when jockeys and book-makers did not receive their licences for the new racing season, are possibilities m connexion with the coming season. There are whisperings m the inner Turf circles m Melbourne of sensational refusals. There have been mysterious happenings over
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    HUSBAND TO SUE
    250 15 Arthur Jarrett Incensed By U.S. Olympic Body Berlin, Aug. 5. Arthur Jarrett, husband of the swimmer Eleanor Holm Jarrett. announced here today that he intended to take legal action against the American Olympic Committee when he returns to New York with his wife. After Avery Brundage, of
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    Fierce Barracking At Bradford
    175 15 London, Aug. 11. Barracking so fierce that it thrice caused R. E. S. Wyatt to draw away from the wicket as the ball was being bowled took place at Bradford yesterday. The Yorkshire crowd of 15.000— the biggest of the season proved also the most impatient.
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    CRITICISM FOR BOXING BOARD
    223 15 The British Boxing Board of Control is coming m for a lot of criticism lately. It is being held responsible for the low standard of the fight game m Britain and its conservatism is believed to be an effective bar to further progress. The Boxers' Union,
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    ST. LEGER FAVOURITE'S PRICE SHORTENS
    1216 15 Mahmoud And Precipitation In Demand tatio London, Aug. 14. WHEN the card on the St. Leger was called at the Victoria Club last night, Rhodes Scholar was easier to back than he has been for some time. £8,000 was staked on Lord Astor's colt at
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    Tor Bay Race For The New Endeavour
    151 15 Tor Bay Race For The New Endeavour Yachting First Time Out Since Co wes A cciden t London, Aug. 18. CAILING her first race since Aug. 3, when she was dismasted at Cowes. Mr. T. O. M. Sopwith's Endeavour II. yesterday won the race for the "J" class yachts at
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    MISS KAY STAMMERS
    152 15 Form Lest Through Tooth Trouble Southampton, Aug. 12. Miss Kay Stammers, the only English woman nominated to play m the American tennis championships, left Southampton this afternoon m the Aquitania on her third visit to Forest I Hills. Besides competing m the singles she will partner Miss
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    COMMERCIAL CUP HONOURS TAKEN BY NESTANGLO
    437 16 Final Competition Game Won By 7 Goals To Nil Nestanglo 7; F. and N 0. rE 193« i Commercial Cup Competition came to a close yesterday with the Nestanglo soccer team giving the weakened Fraser and Neave's combination a thorough beating to the tune
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    25 16 photo). A FINE ACTION picture taken during: play m the first division match yesterday at Anson Road, between the Royal Engineers and Malays. Free Press
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    BRITISH RIFLEMEN FOR RUSSIA
    75 16 Moscow, Aug. 14. A group of England's most expert riflemen, members of the National Society of British Rifle Clubs, will come to KierT. capital of the Ukraine, to take part m the Soviet All-Union shooting contests between Sept. 1 and 12. The British riflemen, who will
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    RAPID RISE OF SIMS
    127 16 James Sims, the Middlesex all-roun-der, who has been selected for Ausiti alia during the coming winter, has I had a rapid rise to a, position of eminence. Although he has been a member of the ground staff at Lord's since 1928. it was not until about
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    Lou Barry Getting Fit For Match With Phelps
    171 16 Lou Barry Getting Fit For Match With Phelps OATTLE between the Barry and Phelps families for possession cf the English professional sculling chamP'cnship will be renewed on Sept. 5, when Lou Barry defends the title against Eric Phelps over the PutnovMortlake course. Lou Barry wrested the title from Ted Phelps
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    MALAYS IN GREAT FORM YESTERDAY
    885 16  -  Nimrod Weakened Sappers Team Lose Five Goals To Two By Malays 5; R.E 2. THIS was a match full of off-sides— which prevented the defaulters, the Malays, from putting up an impressive score against a weakened Royal Engineers' side whom they met yesterday m the
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    ELEVEN STARTS—SEVEN WINS
    210 16 ELEVEN STARTS— SEVEN WINS Great Record Of Endeavour II London, Aug. 16. The yacht racing season enters on its last phase with the West-country regattas, the first of which will be the historic Babbacombe fixture, which will be held tomorrow. Endeavour 11. will join the fleet after her dismasting at
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    SOCCER CANCELLED
    30 16 The football match, between the P.W.D.. and the Immigration Dept., which was to have been played on the J.C.S.A., ground yesterday, m the Government Service League, was cancelled.
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    YANGTSE SWIM
    57 16 Hankow, Aug. 24. TWO HI NDRED thousand 1 spectators saw Peng Yung Hua win the annual transYangtse swimming race m the record time of 36 mm. 35 sec. There were 176 competitors, and the race started from the Wuchang side of the river and finished on the Hankow
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    S. C. C. TENNIS
    134 16 Ties In Autumn Tournament TIES m the S.C.C. lawn tennis autumn tournament yesterday resulted as follows: "A" Class Singles. W J. M. Wai owe 15 3 beat Lt. j. R. RodwHl 4,, 6—2; 6—2. H. J. H. Haas <scr.) beat W H Dioogleever < owe 3»
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    RUGBY LEAGUE PROFITS
    119 16 Sydney. (N.S.W.), Auk 17 The tour of the English Rugby gue team m Australia has beciu tinancial success. They receive 60 per cent, oi th< receipts m Australia, which amounted to approximately £*****. During the 1932 tour their share ol the pr* was £16.087. The players receive
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    THE COPPA ACERBO
    97 16 Rome, Au« 15 R J B Seaman, the British racing motorist, driving a Delage. won the small car race for machines ud to 1.500 c.c. m the Coppa Acerbo, one of Italy's most important motor races, lor the second year m succession on j the Pescara circuit
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    REVISED DATES
    86 16 S.C.C. Cricket Fixtures For the information of S.CC. members, the convener has advised that the following cricket fixture dates have b?en revised and will be played as follows: Date. Fixture Venue. Saturday Aug. 29 Nordescripts BjC.C. S.S. Police Thomson Rd. Sunday Aug. 30 Tournament Match- PS. 8.8.1, v
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    FRIENDLY SOCCER
    29 16 A Middlesex "B" Cay team and the Bata Shoe Coy. F.C. played a Inendly soccer match on the YM.CI ground yesterday, which resulted m aj three-all draw.
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    20 16 photo). E. J. ELGAR making a return during play in the S.C.C. tennis tournament on the Padanj; yesterday. Free Press
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    HOME CRICKET
    37 16 The following results o! home cricket have been advised by Reuier At Lords Middlesex beat Kent by eight wickets Kent 85 x lor 39» and 189 Middlesex 232 (Cofa :or 63 and 46 for two.
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    47 16 Norman Snow, the Northampton light -weight and former holder of the Southern Area championship, regained much of his Lost ground by his one round k.o. by Aldo Spaldi. the Italian, when he beat Johnny Toomey. o: wark. New Jersey, on a technical knock-out at Meadowbrook Arena, Newark.
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