The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 16 November 1936

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1 16 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS NO. 15,011. ESTI). 1835. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1936. 10 CENTS
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  • 1007 1 Bombs Dropped In Crowded Streets WOMEN CHILDREN THE CHIEF VICTIMS Capital Still Holding Out Against Rebels Madrid, Nov. 15. PALLING scenes followed the air raid on Saturday V three big insurgent bombers dropped 25 heavy cont re of the city when the streets were
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  • 54 1 Gibraltar, Nov. 15. SIM k the insurgents captured the British-owned Tinto Mines they have >hot over 1.500 Communist miners, including 100 women, riling to a high British «>fTu iul of the mine who has arrived here. Many execuwere carried out public lv in the presence of
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  • 267 1 Sensational Statement By A ustra Ha n Min ister OWING TO THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF THE COMPLETION OF THE EMPIRE FLYING-BOAT CONSTRICTION PROGRAMME BY BRITAIN, IT HAS BEEN DECIDED TO POSTPONE INAUGURATION OF THE SERVICE UNTIL JANUARY, 1938. This sensational announcement was made at
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  • 128 1 Aircraftman Drowned DINGHY CAPSIZES IN STRAITS AIRCRAFTMAN Arthur Robert C. Dutton, ol the R.A.F. Workshops, Seletar, was drowned in a sailing accident in the Straits of Johore on Friday night. It is understood that Dutton set out in a sailing dinghy and, when about a
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  • 48 1 Beirut, Nov. 15. With the signature of the FrancoLebanon Treaty today, and the signature of the Syrian Treaty on Dec. 1, both France's mandated territories in the Near East become independent republics. The treaties follow the lines of tht Anglo-Iraq treaty. Reuter Wireless
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  • 168 1 Paris. Not. 14. THE .sitting of the Chamber iy mspendod following a violent during the debate concerning tlv military record of M. Salenuro. Minister for the Interior, who was recently vindicated by a Government comm> sion following press allegations of cowardice in the Great
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  • 15 1 Cairo, Nov. 15. The Chamber of Deputies approved votes to II Reuter Wireless
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  • 23 1 London, Nov. 14. The Crown Prince Gusial" Adolf of Sweaen arrived in London today on a private visit. British Wireless
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  • 102 1 Fear Of Civil Strife ANXIOUS TIME AHEAD London, Nov. 14. Mr\ BALDWIN has lirmly rHtrirefusal to not itc '.lcii' i tnm ic pn i hicn recently rived In Umd >n. i- Hajor A1 ir t l f Coffin mt, the PreaUi i ■<■ borri ;n
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  • 67 1 London, Nov. I 1 li ik. <; \v lloyd. Tmtim- mnilatN I 'ndrr-Sccn lar\ the Hoiim Office, (old the ll<;«!s<- of Commons th.it (iovrrnrncnt fa< -t«iry is nperfoi to produce 2.000.000 gas- masks monthly, which will be issued free l<» the general puhlic in Mi
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 78 1 p-,^^— »M^»-___-_____ >< A r k HgH flHiL^i iMBv^B B("^tB «li TtTm i3t 9Pm ir^^ii B^^^^lH /'T I TONIGHT COCKTAIL DANCE DINNER DANCE 630 to 8.15 p.m. (informal) 9.30 to midnight AND OUTSTANDING CABARET ATTRACTION A PERFORMANCE OF GRACE, SKILL DARING 4 LA SALLES NATIONAL SKATING WIZARDS DEFYING DEATH IN
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    • 106 1 SEA VIEW |p| HOTEL TUESDAY WEDNESDAY SPECIAL DINNER DANCE DINNER AND l>\\< I HI SH B1 RELLERS FAMOUS HI 1 lAN DAKO NO AFTER DINNCR ADMISSION CHAk(.I. WHETHER YOl' BEQI IRE IK. III KMIM MM! I OK I.' \I',O|M I I Ml \L, III! ADELPHI GRILL IS RENOWNED FOR ITS
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  • 198 2 Strong Cast Assembled ON Wednesday. Thursday. Friday and Saturday Dec. 16. 17. 18 ind 19 the Singapore Amateur Dramatic Club are presenting S. I. Hsiung's world- ramous Chinese play. "Lady Precious Stream." at the Victoria Theatre. Singapore. Rehearsals have been going on ror the past six weeks
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  • 144 2 Warm Welcome For Mr. Lakatos At Sea View Hotel Mr. L Lakatos, the well-known' Hungarian pianist who has joined Reller's Band received a great welcome ■fl his first public appearance at Sea View Hotel last night, the occasion being marked by a special concert. The ballroom was crowded
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  • 54 2 Dr. J. Gray, who retired from the post of State Surgeon. Kedah, early this year, has been appointed Chief Medical Officer at St Helena. The engagement is announced of Mr. Stephen Harry Knowles 'Cox. Acting District Officer. Sandakan. to Miss Patricia Lloyd Smallneld, daughter of Mr. E. J Smallneld. District
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  • 1189 2 MUNICIPAL Extravagance Letters To The Editor MR. LAYCOCK'S GREAT DISCOVERY— TYPHOID AND MALARIA— DR. HUNTER THANKS THE PRESS— SINGAPORE DEATH RATE FIGURES—MUNICIPAL DICTATORSHIPNEW BLOOD WANTED To the Editor, Sir,— Those 42 letters so carefully] collected by one Commissioner have at last pierced the Hindenburg line of obstinacy. Bravo! Mr. Laycock
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  • 47 2 Law Notice For The Day Before the Chief Justice at 11 a.m. Summonses-in-Chambers, Originating Summons and Motions. Before Mr. Justice Cussen in the 3rd. Court at 11 a.m. S. 461 36— Pow and Co. vs. W. S. Bee and Co. Mr. Justice Adrian Clark at Malacca Assizes.
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  • 43 2 As a result of the concert organised by Mrs. A. S. Small, Mrs. H. D. Mundell and Mrs. L. W. Geddes at Goodwood Park Hotel on Nov. 7, a cheque for $923 has been forwarded to the Poppy Day Funds.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 36 2 VICTORIA MEMORIAL HALL SUNDAY, NOV. 29th at 9.15 p.m. IN AID OF THE ROTARY FUND FOR FEEDING POOR CHILDREN AT CHRISTMAS. COMBINED ORCHESTRAL CONCERT OF 90 PERFORMERS. CONDUCTOR EDWIN A. BROWN PRICES $2. $1. 50 cents.
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    • 484 2 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. SITUATION VACANT. SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. Electricity Department. Applications are invited for the Appointments of Two Assistant Foremen ir the Electricity Department. Applicants must have had experience in the control of Tamil labour and be able to organise their work. A knowledge of Malay and Tamil Js essential. The appointments
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    • 438 2 LUXURIA CREAM Harriet Hubbard Ayer. A perfect cleansing cream that -eeps deep into the pores. looseninß tho.se invisible flakes of dust and grime which soap and water can never reach, bringing them quickly to the surlace to be wiped a* ay. Leaves the skin clean and refreshed. MEDICAL HALL LIMITED.
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    • 454 2 Übe Simjapoic JftCC |P>CCSB Head Oflicr: il Strrrf, SkmgMpmtt. I'honr .i».l rt|l extensions to all 0. Tel: "limes Mim.ip«t r Kuala Lumpur Otbce: 2j. Ja\a strict, rhonr :;t.h Penang Office: 12, Bishop rtioiif. lilt. London Office: 40 43 Fleet Slrerl Undaa, Phone: Central (j)3 Tel: "l^udm.il.i i SUBSCRIPTION RATES Mal.t\.i
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 125 2 Diary Of The Day High Water, 11 10 a.m., 9.5 it., 11 24 p.m. 8.6 ft. Sports Hockey State Trial at S.C.C; S.J.I. vs. Y.MC.A.. at S.J.I, ground; SC.R.C. vs. Raffles, at S.C.R.C.! S.C.C. "A" vs. Midds. at Gillman Barracks: I.A. "A" ▼s R.I. "A", at LA G.S.C. vs. Europeans,
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  • 361 3 Two Years Under Shell Fire NATION'S HIGHEST HONOUR GRANTED TO NURSE Verdun, Nov. 7. l/'NOWN as the "Florence Nightingale of Verdun," Miss Hilda Turner, of Ixworth, Suffolk, has just been invested with the cross of the Legion of Honour. Very few women have received this
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  • 279 3 Tamils' Debate On Mosquito Buses S I OR A TION OPPOSED \i;l KNINO question during ut trolley bus strike V\h\ were the mosim's taken off the routes ulurh they used to limuiutrd sufficient ini debate, held ut the I puorth League last Vit.irti ed vmi 'Resolved to buses .should be
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  • 147 3 Several Reported In Ipoh From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Nov. 15. Several sudden deaths have been reported to the police during the past two days. The body of an unknown Tamil with both legs completely severed and bad head injuries was found yesterday morning on the railway line
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  • 98 3 Among Labourers At Malayan Collieries (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 15. Led by the Chief Police Officer. Mr. A H Dickinson and Capt. Morrish. one hundred police left here late on Saturday evening for Batu Arang following reports ot a serious riot, believed to be
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  • 617 3 Fraud Charge London, Nov. 3. A DEAL in shares by a youth ol 19 was mentioned at Guildhall police Court yesterday. Paul Vincent Mitchell, Gwendyr Road. West Kensington, was charged "that on divers dates between Jan. 9 and Feb. 9, at Throgmorton Avenue, he did incur
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  • 1663 3 Back-Lane Dispute fi'THE argument of this originating summons involved Ml- other attempt to accomplish the well-nigh impossible task of constructing as one harmonious or at least practicable whole that unfortunate piece of legislation by reference, constituted by certain provisions of the Singapore Improvement Ordinance which
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  • Article, Illustration
    31 3 SOME OF THE 18 PLANES from the Flying Clubs oi Singapore, i'enang, Kuala Lumpur and Ipoh lined up at Seletar before their formation flight over Singapore on Saturday (Free Press photo).
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  • 173 3 Gave Away Nearly All He Had LEFT ONL Y £365 London, Nov. 1. ALL the friends ot 1 -yt-ar -old baritone llarrx IMiinket Greene, famous professor of singing:, knew him as a man uho never refused a request for money from friend or st ranges. No beggar u:ls <v r
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    569 3 From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 11. The fms Qovernmenl Owtte notifies that citi/fiis ol the Republic ol China Asiatic subjects ot Ifcr Majesty the gu<"ii Di the Netherlands, Asiatic subject* «>1 the French Republic and subjects ol the Kingdom <>i Siam an* not aliens lor the
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 80 3 RW PERMANENT |p*l -WAVE-. $8&$10 offers are being made in imuation of our opening t iww department. KAISON JABAULD M.tmford Kd.. Singapore. Tlioiie: 2320. Men Made Young Vigour Increased In 24 Hours inn t inif, arni tin mur«i ol youth. Nixon'a Vi-T.ibs :in«l r. store VII iht.v and Kti'iKYin (...ins.
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    • 25 3 For throat-smooth smoking you can't beat Ifl^P^^^pßK^' THE FRESHNESS OF PACKING TIME^B WmSm&' "EASY-ACCESS" INNER FOIL WRAPPING I THE CORK-TIPPED CIGARETTE OF THIS GENERATION CAM
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  • 2059 4 AIR MAIL LETTER FROM LONDON significance ot the innovation by prefacing her speech with the words. "Whatever may be said of me. henceforward I am historic." Compliments of more than common warmth came to her from all sides. Mr. Attlee remarked that it would be a long time before any
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 23 4 GgJNSTANT REUEF from terrible SKIN TORMENT A DDII PR£8CI!IPI111 X^fan^v CURES ECZEMA, PSORIASIS, OHOBIES ITCH^ llircpe SINGAPORE FOOT, PRICKLY HEAT BAI tW S?J
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    • 87 4 B^l .^Bb B^H B^B>. B^BbT Bb Bm Vbl B^B; BV HHTfT^BoI bTJ BTfl BV 888l Bi _BB BVJ B^L B^^^^BvA Vfl BTBVa wBTBV/ BTJ BT4 BTfl BbVbVb^b^bVb^b^bVb^b^bbb^blb^b^b^bVbVb^b^b^b^bv^b^b^bVbb^^^bb^bb bS*^^si INDUSTRIAL MARINE TYPES FROM 3 B.H.P. TO 1,400 B.H.P. If you are thinking of installing new power plant, it will pay you
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  • Article, Illustration
    178 5 uuelled because of the rain, the Kin* drove in a closed car from Buckingham Palace to the Houses of Parliament to open his first Parliament. The Kind's car leaving Buckingham Palace. THE NEW AMERICAN DESTROYER Porter at Southampton at the conclusion of her voyage across the Atlantic. The Porter is
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 49 5 FROM OUR OVEN TO YOUR DOOR Mother knows that the secret of "successful sandwiches is fresh bread. Avoid dry. stale sandwiches by using ROYAL BAKERY BREAD which is delivered to you wrapped in waxed paper, thus assuring its freshness. Our delivery hgfof at 6.15 a.m. PROPRIETORS JL PHONE 5378
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  • 891 6 "LITTLE JUSTIFICATION FOR LOCAL UNIVERSITY Employers' Short-Sightedness WHOLE TIME PRINCIPAL FOR RAFFLES COLLEGE SPFAKIM; at the aiiiiu:il dinner of Raffles College on Saturday, at the Sea Vitw Hotel, If. E. the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, said that until there was some sort of indication that local employers European, Chinese and
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    35 6 photo i. ."NIK. KWEE THIAM SIOE. house master at Oldham Hall, and his bride, formerly Miss Lee Hon Jin, a nurse at St. .tyidrew's Mission Hospital, after their marriage at the Wesley Church on Saturday.
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  • 260 6 Effects Of Devaluation OFFICIAL STATEMENT o\ TIN NEGOTIATIONS AN official statement on the lengthy negotiation Mw the International Tin Committee and the Siam, eminent issued by the Bangkok Government confi'rn official reports that the conditions under uhich agreed to enter a new international tin agreement
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  • 81 6 The Committee responsible for 3. I gnnising the dance held at RalTpHotel on Nov. 12 in connection wi*^ Knrl Haig's Poppy Day Fund wish to express their very grateful thanks to Messrs. Caldbeck Macgregor and Co Ltd. and Messrs. Guthrie and Co. Lrd :or their kindness in
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  • 374 6 Selangor Club Case (From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 14. /CHARLES Abbott and Edward Herbert Clover, the two executives of the Federated Engineering Company, were today fined $50 and $25 respectively, as being partly responsible for the collapse of the Stlangor Club's boys' quarters on
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  • 372 6 Plea For New Enactments From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 15. fIELP for the man in the street who Is entangled in the intricate web of the law and yet cannot plead ignorance as an excuse was urged by Mr. Yong Shook Lin, speaking at
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  • 120 6 Any person over the age of 18 will Pn a ,f nm bG V T:inOr hl the «*<* oft he Post Office Savings Bank, according to legislation contained in a bill to be Introduced shortly Into the Legislative v>ouncil. At present anyone below the age o' 21
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  • 171 6 TEXTILES QUOTAS ORDINANCE linporlant Decision TT is notified for general inlorma- tion that Government has had under consideration the question oi calling for tenders for the issue of licences under the Textile Quotas Ordinance. It has been decided, subject to the approval of the Secretary of State, to call lor
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  • 160 6 CHINESE ADVISORY BOARD Selangor Appointments •From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 12. The FMS. Gazette announces the appointment oi the following as members of the Chinese Advisory Board Selangor. lor the year 1937 Chairman: The Secretary for Chin «aie Affairs. Malaya. Vice-Cihtirmun 2 Protector oi Chinese. Belangor and Pahang.
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  • 58 6 lUuth Of 19- Year-Old Chinese 'From Our Own I Joliiin I'.ihi u S->\ 1 Ktmjiraman mnmtng produced bi for* tla Magistrate. Sheikh A:ui H.tk'-r bin Yahya and charged with the inurckr Of Cheah S;«w Oim ol 19 years ol Boi Scudai. on Tuesday afl On the applicatj [napector
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 195 6 This heals PILES Stops Pain, Itching, Bleeding Your p.les may > U( ,llen and r-aiue •u,h apony and terror n, r. pi v them, that you have pwi, up {H of a ur^ HP _Jf operaT:,,n. \U h r >uaJcd to try Dr. \an VI, k AUorptire IM t Pl^ma.
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    • 14 6 READY •Nov. 18th* Straits Times Annual MAKE SURE OF YOUR COPY ORDER NOW I
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  • 281 7 Madrid. Nov. 13. Life in the besieged city. M seen through feminine eyes is described by Reuter's special correspondent in an interview with a young married Englishwoman who has been in Madrid since the beginning of the war. "Shopping is terrible." she said. "This morning it is
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  • 129 7 LAST SHACKLE OF VERSAILLES GERMANY AND HER RIVER SYSTEM Internationalisation Ended Berlin. Nov. 14. HERR HITLER has denounced the clauses in the Versailles Treaty regarding the internationalisation of -ivers This decision was communicated to the Governments concerned tO fy his action Hitler has now imflaterally declared Germany free from every
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  • 248 7 CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL SHIPS Satisfaction~With All He Had Seen London, Nov. 13. THE King concluded his visit to the Home Fleet at Portland today with the flashing of two signals from the royal yacht. Victoria and Albert. The first was to "splice the main orace,"
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  • 127 7 Inspection Of Naval Base An inspection of the Naval Base was made on Saturday morning by Mr Kem-eth Lindsay, M.P.. the Civil Lord; of the Admiralty, who is at present visiting Singapore on his way to Australia and New Zealand. Mr Lindsay was entertained to lunch on
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  • 44 7 London, Nov. 15. M Avenol. Secretary-General of the League of Nations, will arrive in Loridon on Nov. 17 and during MB f«M extending over about one week he j will receive honorary degrees of me universities of Oxford and Cambridge.; British Wireless
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 47 7 MSI I AIR JBT l i pu/k Js* I I with n HUSTON m CHATTERTON PAUL LUKAS MARY ASTOR 58,000 PEOPLE SAW THIS i| PICTURE DURING ITS FIRST 5 DAYS 1 RUN IN NEW YORK. i\ THE PLAY RAM FOR 22 MONTHS! Gala Premiere:— H CAPITOL Wednesday
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    • 309 7 LAST TWO SHOWS 6.15 9.15 6th Day still dra- POSITIVELY LAST NIGHT IALHAMBRAI e "I"*] &CXWM32 The musical comedy hit of the Cf\PII W L 6.15 9.15 TONIGHT year! Hollywood's most hilarious com- Last few screenings William edians in 20th Century Fox Films "W~* /^V TTJJT T7* T X "SING
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  • 30 8 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES BIRTH. TATHAM. On Nov. 14. 1936. at the General Hospital. Singapore, to Diana Hiee Murison) wile of George E. fathom, The Asiatic Petroleum Co.. Ltd., Malacca— a daughter.
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  • 1056 8 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1936. Our Debt To Ramasamy jl/TALAYA owes all of her prosA»l perity to immigrants and most to the Chinese and Indians. There are few who would not acknowledge the debt to those two countries which have supplied most of the labour for our
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  • 30 8 Mrs. L. A. Thomas, who is wellknown in ipoh. met with an accident to her eye at the Selangor Golf Club on Monday afternoon which necessitated her removal to hospital
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  • 578 8 IT is probably true to say that there are very few people in Britain who have managed to read in their lifetime all the books that Sir James Frazer, 0.M.. has actually managed to write in his Perhaps that could be said without regret An I 'Miring in tne
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  • 1021 8 THE fain come fairly thickly on each others he?ls in Devon and Cornwall; no sooner have you done popping away at the dancing celluloid balls on their water-jets with the tors of Dartmoor looking down on the lairground than you are having the pushed into your hands
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 97 8 PRODUCE OF f&fiNC€ I PHONE 5933 ->^ Telegraphic Address: 5934 1 GOODWOOD CHARMINGLY SITUATED IDEAI FOR VISITORS AND TOLRIST& I'lirirallrd Facilities for Private Entertammmts. X Cl4^L£\s KBLTirr' -^)v In decorated Cases of 3, and 12 Bottles The Whisky that Definitely Solves The Problem Of 'What To Give and Drink Stocked
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    • 46 8 WHEN ASKED WHAT EXERCISE he took a book-reviewer replied, "Skipping." Whatever form of exercise you take you need the protection of a GAFLAC ACCIDENT AND ALL SICKNESS POLICY. GE~NERAL ACCIDENT FIRE b LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION LTD. Incorporated in Great Britain; HONGKONG BANK CHAMBERS SINGAPORE. PHONE: G4BO.
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  • 425 9 POLICE FORCED TO FIRE AT BATU ARANG Strikers Cut Off Power and Light: Attack Station OFFICERS RUSH TO SCENE IN EVENING DRESS Situation Now Qviiet COMPANY AGREE TO RECTIFY GRIEVANCES (From Our Own Correspondent) KUALA LUMPUR, NOV. 15. SHOTS WERE FIRED BY THE POLICE AT BATU ARANG ON SATURDAY NIGHT
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    52 9 photo). n il osn \l HM.IKO m M.\L.\\.\, owned by Mr. P. (i. Lundon, took formation flight over Singapore on Saturday in which 18 thr Flying Clubs of Singapore. Penang. Kuala Lumpur and H tpited The autogiro b» he re *e«n at the R.A.F. Air Base at selet.ir. ready to
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  • 269 9 Bomb Versus Battleship Controversy London, Nov. 15. RRRINO last night in a speech on sea power tomb versus battleship First Lord of the imud Hoare. said had been made in :.:ps. had been made rangf of operation power of attack eir own use of the
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  • 229 9 iOPE SUFFERINGS WILL END QUICKLY Berlin. Nov. II THE German Press is up in arms re- garding the arrest of German :itizens in Moscow charged with building up a Fascist organisation and the Dfficial Nazi Party organ. Der AngriiT. declares that the arrested men have
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  • 46 9 The Hague, Nov. 15. HTHE possibility of Holland 1 joining the Anglo-Franeo-American monetary agreement is envisaged by circles in close touch with the Government. No decision has yet been taken but it is understood the Government is considering the question. Reuter Wireless
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  • 104 9 ESCAPADE BY WHITb RUSSIAN- IN mid-ocean, about half-way between Honolulu. Hawaiian Islands, and Kope Japan, a Whit-- Russian attempting to reach the United States from Shanghai was transferred from Dollar liner President Hoover to the same line's President Harrison and taken back to China. The President
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  • 46 9 Cherbourg. Nov. 15. SEVERAL cases of injury in a violent gale in mid-Atlantic are reported by the Europa which arrived from New York. A German passenger, Countess Lehndorf, is suffering from head injuries and it is feared the skull is fractured. Reuter
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  • 264 9 UNIQUE CONCENTRATION OF WARSHIPS -TOE greater part of the United 1 States Asiatic Fleet is expected to arrive at Singapore before 8 o'clock this morning. ThPre will be the cruiser Augusta. fHgshp of Admiral H. E. Yarnell the SStroyer- tender Black Hawk, the fuel hi
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  • 60 9 Jerusalem. Nov. 12. The Palestine Royal Commission held its opening session this afternoon. The members of the Commission made their first public appearance at an impressive Armistice ceremony In the British war cemetery at Mount Scopus, attended by the High Commissioner, Sir Arthur Wauchope. and the
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 264 9 ELECTRICAL GOODS B^t; x<^^aßK as> j^ BOILIITG PLATE. 233 VOLTS. COMPLETE WITH FLEX AND 2 PIN PLUG PE-BCE $4.50. EACH. XECTRIC IRONS. 230 VCLTS WITH FLEX PLUGS. I 4 LBS. $4.50 EACH. 5 LBS. $5.50 EACH. ROBINSON CO., LTD. SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR. I JAVA IS WITHIN 4 HOURS DISTANCE IF
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  • 974 10 Considerable Quantity Being Imported NO NEED FOR GROWERS TO BE ALARMED (From the Free Press Correspondent) London, Oct. 29. ALTIIOrfJII the morket had discounted a rise of 5 per cent, in the rubber export quotas tor the first half of 19:J7 the announcement of
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  • 58 10 Mr. E. L. M. Stowell. Superintendent, Education Department, Kedah, has returned from long leave and resumed duty. Dato Wong Yick Tong and Mrs. Wong Yick Tong are leaving Seremban on Nov. 17 and sailing from Singapore on the tollowing day, en route for Canton. They arc going for a change
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  • 193 10 LOCAL EXCHANGE RA TES Saturday's Singapore Quotations Nov. 14 SELLING London, T.T. 2 4 116 London, demand 24 IJIG London, 4 youths' sight 2 4'/ 8 Lyons, demand 1230 Hamburg, demand 141 New York, demand 56% Montreal, demand 5634 Batavia, demand 105 Samarang, demand 104% Calcutta, Bombay and Rangoon, demand
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  • 193 10 i\ov. i£. 10. n. American Can. Com. US£ 124% 124 3 American Telephone and Telegraph 182 > 4 182 182 Atcheson Railroad 75V 2 74 3 4 74' 2 Chesapeak 75V 4 74» /2 73% Dupont IBOV2 179i 2 179 7 8 Firestone 33% 32V 2 31
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  • 84 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association Nov. 14, 12 o'clock noon Buyers Sellers No. I.X. R.S.S. incases <F.0.8. November* 30 516 30% Good F.A.Q. in cases (F.0.8. Novembert 30' 4 30 5 16 No. I.X. R.S.S. < Spotloose) (awardable Singapore > 30 316 30 516 November 30 316 30 516 December
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  • 66 10 Nov. 14 Buyers Sellers Gambier 5.50 Java Cube 950 Hamburg Cube 10.75 White Muntok Pepper 16.50 Black Pepper 8.78 White Pepper 16.00 Copra, sundried 6.80 Copra, mixed 6.40 Small Flake Tapioca 5.25 R. Saigon Al $170 R. Siam, W.C. No. 1 $150 Rice. Siam, W.C. No. 2
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  • 78 10 Mr. L. C. Simpson Gray, the Ipoh first magistrate, has left for a short holiday at the Cameron Highlands. Mrs. Millar, wife of Mr. J. Millar, of the Straits Trading Company, Ipoh, has left for Fraser's Hill for a holiday. Mr. T. J. Thomas, who is to succeed Capt. E
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  • 1163 10 Fraser and Co.'s List j MM ItBUM A. Brickworks Ord.v tSM i m i,„ A. Brickworks 7»*% Pref. (s2i i a Atla. tot (fIW i£ T Br£,a*ing ,si British Malaya Trustee ($5) Colloid Tin Smelter Oonsold. Tin Smelter Ord.^ 1 Duniop t£| ft Trust Agencies
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  • 113 10 JN their daily report on the share market issued at thr 1..5«- i ness on Saturday, Messrs. Frasri and Va. <t:ifr that after an<»thrr adive day tin shares again closed very strong Sellers WNC s< n and in spite of a rise in prices there uas no
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  • 109 10 London, Nov. 11. On the Stock Exchange today sporadic profit-taking resulted in numero'i> small losses, but good features w\-* not entirely absent. International generally, were firm and Far Eastt-n' loans were well supported. Rubbers were steadily held. Tins, after txiru firm, eased fractionally in synvuthy with the commodity,
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  • 48 10 (Wtmm our Own C Penan* N A final dividend <>! for the year .-iidinn Jun« declared at the twenty-:.. EenenU ordinary meeting < sn balden ol Rahman Hyd» u lk lirld yesterday at the H Building, thus nakH ol 7 1 per DCBI lor th< y«-ur
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  • 19 10 Mr Amor. Mi BOllaa Imifti are on a visii mw Mr Amor »..-.> M.,r-> i iionr. tm mi.ssar EOT Wst
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    • 261 10 THE COMMODITY MARKETS. From London 5.30 p. m. Nov. 14 KIRRi:R: Firm. 8 9 16d. 811 16d. Previously: 8»/bd. 8 5 r ,d. Jan -Mir 8 9 16d. B\,d. Previously: l^d. 8 9 16d Apr-Sept: 8"' H d. .8 11 16d. Previously: B~9lGd. 8s B d. 8"« B d. 8
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  • 115 11 Quest For Ore In Australia lAPAN wants more iron. Not only is she buying up all the world's i ivailable scrap metal, old steamers, )ld motor-cars, boilers— in fact, any Kind of junk iron— but she is seeking greatly to increase her imports Df iron-ore. Following
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  • 133 11 Mrs. Mollison's Record Confirmed London. The Federation Aeronautique Internationale has officially confirmed Mrs. Amy Mollison's flight from London to the Cape on May 4-7 last as a capital to capital record. Her time was 78hr. 28min at a speed of 122.65 kilometres (76 66 miles > per hour.
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  • 51 11 Wing Commander C. R. Cox ha: taken up his appointment at Statior Commander at Seletar in successi* to Wing-commander C. L. Scott, whc will return to England shortly by th< transport Dilwara. Other Station Commanders will b< appointed to Tengah and Sembawar when squadrons are permanentl: based at these new
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  • 436 11 Winning CONTRACT David Bumstine. Merwin D. Maier, Oswald Jacoby and Howard Schenken, world's leading team-of-four and inventors of the system that has beaten every other system in existence A CERTAIN fine card player of our acquaintance hates to give up a Rubber and will defend enthusiasti- j cally any time
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  • 439 11 Singapore, Nov. 12. MEAT Beef steak Kati 32 B»al stew or curry do 24 Fillet steak lb. 50 Mutton, Australian do '35 Pork, lean Kati 42 Pork, lean and fat Ist quality) do 33 POI'LTRY Capons i locally reared" Kati 50 Ducks e^" n 45 Fowls Kati
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  • 183 11 Outspoken Denunciation By Magistrate Scathing denunciation of tricycles "which are a menace on the road and off" was made by Mr. A. D. York, the third Singapore magistrate, on Saturday when Chow Kay. a Hokkien, was produced before him charged with causing an obstruction by parking his tricycle
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  • 51 11 Invested With Ruling Powers Gwalior, Nov. 3. Amid brilliant pageantry Lord Linlithgow yesterday invested the 21-year-old Maharajah of Mysore, who is named after King George, with ruling powers over 26,000 square miles of one of the most picturesque Indian States. One of the first acts of the
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    • 409 11 HONGKONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated in tne of Hong Kong) The liability of members Is limited to the extent and in manner prescribed by Ordinance No. 6 of 1929 of the Colony. Authorised Capital $50,000,000 [ssued and Fully Paid-up $20,000,000 Fteserve Fund: Sterling 6.500.000 Hong Kong Currency $10,000,000 Reserve Liability
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    • 513 11 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. Al SIRAI.IA AND CHINA (Incorporated in England by Royal Charter) °aid up capital in 600,000 shares ol t:5 each CSJttjMt Reserve Fund £3.000 .000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors iIiJ.OOu.oOQ Ml Mi OFHCE 38, Bislmps^ate. London. E.C. Ajjeniies and Branches. \lor Star lloilo Balcta Amritsar ipoh Bemaranf
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    • 337 11 RADIO PROGRAMMES FOR TODAY liatavia— NlßOM _:.«5 am.-YUA 98.68 m. and YDB 25.3 m. 1.50 pm.-YDA 19.G7 m. and YOB 25.3 m. plI to ilosinn YDA 98 «8 m. and YDB 31.32 m. •u-s. rded music. il Recorded music. down. D| announcement i! programme. M-rvice. Dm! Weather report h mask
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    • 208 11 Berlin— DJE, DJB, D.IQ and DJA Wavelengths 1G.8!), 1H.74, IS.C3 and 31.38 metres p.m. 6.15 Opf-ning announcement. 6.20 Light music. 7.20 News in English. 7.35 Light music (continued). 8.20 News and economic review in German 8.35 Homeland and overseas. Variety hour. 9.20 News and economic review in j English on
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  • LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
    • 100 12 Hhijts aloti East Wharf dm:,. < Raj via 22. Mu.. Main Wharf i Kntr.,in Arizona Ifaru < taur 15: M< 11 Ptortiiml Mi r i I nipue l)«H'k vl.Hhai. Silv^rmai.ic M; y I tnpire Dmtk l( Sta Q \\«sl Wli.n i nil, i,. < ,ie l, Op ten
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    • 590 12 ADOPTION OF SHIPS BY SCHOOLS Movement Wh ich Is Making Encourag in g Progress THE British Ship Adoption Society continues to iiliK. the most encouraging pragreM in the development of its nation-wide scheme lor the adoption of British ships by schools in the United Kingdom. From its Inception the Society
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    • 98 12 AEROPLANE CONSTRUCTION AT BELFAST Assistance Fr«m Tin Citivernmt'nl In th< N Unto I be < Usbed In B< Ffaiiand, financi The IClnJuti I replk-t. tury in ooum tnediu::. bf thv L tiie eqaippii 'I be amoi; toe is ea ation h; [ndttstti application is the praoi Tbf 111 Barb in
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      42 12 BKFAi) FOR BRITAIN That FtT'ltHl is independent <if the vagaries of erops in the northern hemisphere for her basic food supply is demonstrated by this picture .just received from Sydney. It shows wheat being loaded into a London-Wound ship from hulk silos.
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    • 289 12 Scheme To \>st i'40,000 At a meeting ol the T;, nv Impruvemenl Commission recently it was announced thai a tti had keen le with the Fit* Otaen Line. 01 Oslo, regarding m jommodation lor their traffic between the Tyne and v quay, near Albert Edward It,
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    • 120 12 Election Of Elective Member At weekly meeting ol the Mersey I) irk. and Harbour Board recently, Mr Robert Macfie Easton. a director ol Ifeam Ifacfie and Sons, sugar renners, of Liverpool, wa.s elected an elective member ol the Board in place ol the late Mr.
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    • 465 12 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. CSMdvp rated la f.m.s.) TELETHONS: Freight 54 Passage 5431. LLOYDS AGENTS:— I'.ooKtNf; IGENT9 u:\: RHEBATEO MALAY STATES RAILWAYS. .OVAL STATE RAILWAYS OF SIAM. /> i .lij j|iil^ m uEE LANADA M) MM,M^^dJ+*if y y f^ t Go Via Canacla lo Nollh Amrrlra— MJmr^BWJk^ Ei.roiM'. Fast, through trains
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    • 88 12 STRAITS HOMEWARD CONFERENCE. Tin Ore in Baft! i bereby Inform I I ||BtraiU 1 is reduced to C! I r live M L HENDERSON LINE smt:iH i.i-: n smi.i By PMiMffhU) Passei Belueen K.iti:;oon. I 1 Marseilles. I'.ilih.i ami I HOMI \lfl» KAII iv Port of IlLsrinliarkalinii r> I i
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    • 572 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.... Ipoh: Weekdays; 7.45 a.m. and 1 p.m. Klang, Kuala Lipis, Port Swettenham. Talntng and Telok Alison: ATcekdays* 7 p.m. Kota Bahru,
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    • 466 13 TKAiIiLBHITISH irrf^^^ rlffr fit fc "Jiii J I i^w BY P&O and BRJf ISITIND l A~Li NES P. O. S. N. CO'S SAILINGS, OUTWARDS Due Due Tonnage Spore. Tonnage S'pore. 1936. 1937 .JJ N v BHUTAN 6.100 Jan 14 Io.OUO Nov. 20 CORFU 15.000 Jun 15 17(111(1 4 BEHAR 6.000
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    • 549 13 (Incorporated in England.) yW jfS ELLERMAN BUCKNALL S.S. Co., Ltd (Incorporated in Straits Settlements.; "ELLERMAN LINE" FOR UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL ACCEPTING CARGO FOR MONTREAL AND HALIFAX VIA COLOMBO. Steamrr n ue Sail* CITY OP LYONS Ha\re, London, H*dani, H'burg Nov 29 Dec. 2 CITY
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    • 1096 13 SHIPPING THE BLUfc rUWNEL LINK (Ocrau J l,«- Hua Khiow Slrat:.shlp Co (J932) IUL Sieam Stiip Co. Lid., aud China Mutual llm < un.tid \\|,ii»- sur Ltd Steam NavlgatiSSl Cu Ltd.) BatSMMk St':inisJi.|i Co., ltd. The Strata Steamship Cu., Ltd. Ihr Auslialian Oriental Line Lid. Itie In i i.i Navigatlatl
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    • 679 14 K. P. M. OP TFN NOOKT -M'.nday. Nov. IG, B^lawan-Deli. BOTH Monday, Nov. 16. Muntuk. Batuvia and Cheribon. KOKAN sday, Nov. 17. Bengkalis, Paneh. Berombang. TanjongMi ngeidar, Tanjon^-Leidong and Asahan. NIKI \V HOLLAND TiH-sday. Nov. 17. Batavui. Semarang, Sourabaya. Padang-Bay, Erisbane. Sydney. Melbourne and Adelaide. MXKASSKK- Wednesday. Nov. 18. P.
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    • 513 14 I JOINT SERVICE OF PRINCE LINE -SILVER LINE FOR HALIFAX, BOSTON, NEW YORK, BALTIMORE AND PHILADELPHIA, VIA CAPE OF GOOD HOPE Due Sails Due Singapore Singapore New York. MS. SILVERTEAK In Port Nov. 23 Jan. G MS. CINGALESE PRINCE Nov. 30 Dec. 7 Jan. 21 MS. SILVERSANDAL Dec. 14 Dec.
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    • 611 14 O. S. K. LINE ARIZONA MAKU Cape Town via Colombo. Mon: Z;ui/:bur. Dur en Salaam. Betel M. .roues. Durban and P 1 Chokoh Maru Cape Town via Mombusa Du <-.s Salaam, Beira. L Marquo D ban. Fast London and P Eli/al liakuhasan Mam Buenos Aires via Durban, Cap ;n id
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  • 401 15 Tigerish Tackling In Malaya Cup Rugger GOOD FORWARD GAME AT JALAN BESAR STADIUM By "Breakaway" Vm> 3 Johorc 0. ATARY penalty goal- kicked by Darling after seven minutes the Army a narrow victory— over Johore in the mtrer game at Jalan Besar Stadium on
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  • 22 15 1 J Wallace. Superintendent Teluk Anson.^has left for I H.m s Kong on holiday. Mr. is at present acting In place Wallace.
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  • 431 15 The Sir Arnold Robinson Cup competition was played at Bukit Timah Sunday morning and resulted in a win lor C. C. Collom and W. A. C. Henderson with a net score of 72. The following cards were returned: C. C. Collom and W.
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  • 42 15 (From Our Own Correspondent* Bangkok, Nov. 13. The final of the King's Cup squash Qu™ oi the Chartered Bank, by by a crowd led "allery and the Chairman of the Council of Regency who handed over the King's prize.
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  • 459 15 Selangor Win State Hockey By Two Goals To One MALACCA DEFENCE SHOW UP WELL (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 14. SELANGOR beat Malacca by two goals to nil in their inter-State hockey fixture on the Padang today. The game was slow and scrappy throughout due to heavy ground
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  • Article, Illustration
    18 15 pnoio). ONE OF THE FLYING CLUB PLANKS which took part in the formation flight over Singapore on Saturday.
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  • 89 15 A 32 miles road cycling race from Singapore to Johore Bahru and back, organised by the Student Union, Singapore, under the leadership of Mr. Joseph Van, will be held on Sunday, Nov. 29, beginning at 5 a.m. The starting point will be Finlayson Green, whence the
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  • 241 15 R.A.F. And Police Draw ONLY the fact that an oval ball was used and that the players were allowed to tackle each other forced one, who witnessed the pointless draw on the Padang on Saturday between the Police and the R.A.F.. to the conclusion that the
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  • 158 15 Great Formation Flight Eighteen civil aircraft, including several latest types of light machines and an autogyro, circled over Singapore in formation on Saturday. It was the largest concentration of Hying club planes yet seen in Malaya, and aircraft from the Royal Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Penang and Ipoh
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  • 624 15 Weights For Singapore Turf Club's Winter Meeting THE following are the handicaps for the first day (Nov. 21) and for four races on the second day (Nov. 25): FIRST DAY. 3 Y.O. Free Handicap— (j furs.:Where Am I 9.7, Marie Antoinette 9.2 Pure Gold 9.0. Dangerous Lover 8.10 Princess Toi
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  • 503 15 PEN ANG LOSE AGAINST RUN OF PLAY Selangor Still Unbeaten (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 14. QELANGOR showed fighting qualities against tremendous *J opposition provided by Penang in the first Malaya Cup rugger match in the northern section which ended i n a 12—5 victory for Selangor. Sclangor
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  • 190 15 H.M.S. TERROR'S EASY WIN OVER DUTCH XI IS MS Terror I Dutch Naval XI 2. v*lfj3 tKerror seal t Madi Hbvml XI .it nocer by live goals It two Bl I'..!i. r on Saturday -c English tram MtfC superior m every phase oS the emk and itfapatd t > s
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  • 450 16 Portsmouth Still Head First Division Table (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Nov. 15. nOKTSMOITII scored in the opening: stages of the game against Huddersfield, through McCarthy and mainlaincS the lead to the end. Fine goalkeeping by Holdcroft saved Preston from the heaviest of defeats
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  • 252 16 Sydney, Nov. 14. QPLENDID bowling by Mudge who returned the figures of O 12—3—42—6, brought about the M.C.C.'s downfall in their first innings reply against New South Wales here today and at the end of the second day's play the State team
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    27 16 KIKBY, the Derby County goalkeeper, clearing from a Chelsea attack in the recent match between these two teams at Stamford Bridge which the Pensioners won I—o.1 0.
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  • 64 16 Dutch Naval Crews Outclassed A yacht racing contest between the R.A.F Y.C. and the Dutch Naval squadron, at present visiting Singapore held at Seletar yesterday, resulted in a v:in for the home team by 80 points to 31. There were two races and in the tat, the
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  • 151 16 The following have been selected to represent the Y.M.C.A. at Hockey against the St. Joseph's Institution today at St. Joseph's Ground at 510 p.m. J. BleHa, P. C. Sands. G. L. Day. C. Resnty, K. Leembruggcn. Swyny R Lyno. Kee Siang. M. Hopo. M Arm strong and Lee
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  • 68 16 Contender K.O.'d In First Round f Ne w York, Nov. 14. Sixto Escobar, holder of the world's bantamweight title, knocked out Indian Quintana. of Panama, in the first of a scheduled 15-round champfonship bout last night. The fight lasted 1 mm. 39 ocC. After the bout police went
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  • 87 16 Two Goals To One In Clarke Cup Match Raffles College beat King Edward VII College of Medicine by two goals to one in their annual hockey encounter at Raffles, for the Selywn Clarke Cup. on Saturday. It was the first time the victors won the coveted
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  • 18 16 Oxford. Nov. 14. Cambridge freshmen beat Oxford freshmen by six events to rive in the annual athletic contest.
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  • 100 16 sate; «r-;;v u °r w Uma 3. Cornwall Lancashire U. Darhiai I Somerset 3. Gloucestershire Cambiidge Univ. 3 Lelcestf/fi Cardiff 26 Plymouth AIK 6 Gloucester 7. Old Biu*\s n Guy s Ho,pita] 3, Birkenhead Park 40 Llanelly 27. Bath 0 Lcido- Welsh 16. Newport 5 Northa.Mptim 2, Cow
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  • 408 16 Airmen Off Form But T Good For Visitors rc-vr v.t.i. THE visiting Dutch Squadron tried conclusion* 1 pore's First Divisions champions, the K\ Besar Stadium yesterday and suffered dofr.t i one. l r W*b Though they won. the Airmen were D n tne
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