The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 12 January 1937

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. NO. 15,058. KSTD. 1835 TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1937. It CENTS
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    LOYALISTS BOMBED BRITISH EMBASSY
    890 1 Startling Assertion By Insurgents REPUTED MOVE TO MAKE BRITAIN TAKE SIDES AGAINST REBELS No Truth In Japanese Volunteers Report rpHE three main developments in the Spanish situation A yesterday were, firstly, the startling assertion that Government aircraft were responsible for the bombing of the British Embassy
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    31 1 OLD YEAR: "ALAS. MY BOY, 1 MADE THE SAME MISTAKE AS MY PREDECESSOR" NEW YEAR "AN* WHAT WAS THAT.'" OLD TEAR: "I'D FORGOTTEN THAT I COULDN'T TAKE IT WITH ME. M
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    Punitive Campaign Against Sianfu Rebels
    292 1 Punitive Campaign Against Sianfu Rebels GEN. CHIANG SUMMONED Shanghai, Jan. 11. BELIEVING that it is too early to effect a compromise with the rebels in Shensi and Kansn who have joined forces with the Chinese Reds and other extremist element in the region, the Central Government decided last night to
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    LEAGUE MEETING POSTPONED
    77 1 Franco-Turkish Dispute London, .lan. 11. IN accordance with the wishes of the French and Turkish Governments, the ordinary session of the League of Nations Council, which was to have been opened on Jan. 18 and at which the question of San.jak and Alexandretta was to have come
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    RECORD FLIGHT ABANDONED
    59 1 Brook Tunis Back London. Jan. 11. THE airman. Mr. H. L. Brook, decided last night to abandon his attempted record flight to the Cape and back. Mr. Brook left Gravesend early yesterday and reached Bari. Italy, shortly after four o'clock in the afternoon, but weather conditions were
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    MR. CHAMBERLAIN
    29 1 London, Jan. 11. The Chancellor cf the Exchequer and Mrs. Neville Chamberlain arrived in London last night on return Iron imir .short holiday in franc. British Wireless
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    45 1 London. Jan. 11. Some thousands of pe >ple linked into Sandringham yesterday morning and saw the Kyi« and the Queen, accompanied by the Prime Minister and Mi- Baldwin, walk through th* Park < n their way to Hie service in the little Tillage church British Wireless
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    MANY LIVES LOST OFF BRITISH COASTS
    146 1 London, Jan. 11. SiSVEN members of the crew of 20 of the French steam trawler, Notre Dame De Lourdes, 375 tons, were drowned when the ship was in collision with the British steamer. Theems. 553 tons, in the Channel off North Foreland yesterday. The
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    STOP PRESS
    73 1 Shanghai, .lan. 1 1. THK first foreigners to c\aiuate Sianfu, llerr and Iran Itayet and Fraculcin Walsrmann, liavc arrived at Shanghai by air via Nanking. They were very reluctant to talk for fear of endangering other foreigners in Sianfu as the city is definitely controlled by Communists. Meanwhile
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    CHINESE DEMAND RECOVERY OF LOST TERRITORY
    252 1 CHINESE DEMAND RECOVERY OF LOST TERRITORY PACTS WRENCHED BY FORCE Sino-Japanese Talks To Continue Shanghai. Jan. If. PRACTICALLY all the resolutions and proposals received from all parts of China by the Central Executive. Council of the Kuomintang, which is placing them before the Third Plenary Congress of the Paity on
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      99 1 BIGIA TEA Brings the freshness and fragrance of the .Malayan gardens direct to your home. TONIGHT I Cocktail Dance 6.30 to 8 30 pm. Dinner and Dance (informal) 9.30 to midnight AND POPULAR CABARET ATTRACTION IRENE WEST PRESENTING KAILI'S HAWAIIAN TROUBADOURS featuring QUEENIE and her BEAUTIFUL HULA GIRLS acclpanied by
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      81 1 There Is no better Tea than BIGIA TEA GROWN IN MALAYA. ON OTHER PAGES •TIIF. latest London Stm-k Exchange priies will be found on page 4 today. "Women's Interests" appears on page 10. ADELPH! HOTEL ROOF GARDEN TONIGHT ROOF GARDEN SPECIAL DINNER DANCE IHNNF.It AM) DANCF MI'SK BY RELLERS FAMOUS
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  • Letters To The Editor
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      THE DANGER OF Bogus Collectors
      262 2 THE DANGER OF Bogus Collectors READER WHO IS PESTERED BY YOUNG MENFOR CHINESE SCHOOLS ON WHOSE AUTHORITY ARE THEY SENT?— METHOD OPEN TO ABUSE GENUINE COLLECTORS SHO ULD BE LICENSED—ARE THEY PERSONALL Y INTERESTED IN SUMS COLLECTED 1>» The EditoT, .^r, At fairly frequent intervals I am pestered by young
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      Katong Complaint
      133 2 The Editor. r,— Perhaps you might be In a ..'lien to find out. why the five-foot way at the junction ol Ea^t Coast and Chiat Road is allowed t» be a leiultr market place when nearby 1 1: re is a spacious Municipal market h over one hundred
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    THE POPE
    28 2 Vatican City, Jan. 11. The Pope had a comfortable day yesterday with considerably less pain In the leg. He gave two audiences in the morning. Reuter
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    Law Notice For The Day
    56 2 Before the Chief Justice in the lsf Court at 11 a.m. S. 204 36—Clyde Cornwall Fenton vs Straits Times Press Ltd Before Mr. Justice Adrian Clark in the 2nd Court at 10.30 a.m. Motion in Div. 5 36- Chua Beng Hong vs. Mary Chua. At
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    57 2 Under the auspices of the Young Peoples Circle, a special meeting for all young people will be held in the Geylan* Methodist Episcopal Church tonight at 8 pm Mr. V. D Kuppusamy. Malaya's Delegate to the General Conierence of the Methodist Church in America last vear. will Rive I the
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    SHOT EUROPEAN WARDER
    927 2 Large Gathering At Funeral Of Mr. E. J. Venables FDMUND JOHN VENABLES, Euro- 1 pean Warder at the new Convict Prison at Changi, died yesterday from a wound received when a pistol he was cleaning went off and a bullet pierced his chest. A Sikh sergeant who
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      98 2 VICTOR; THEATRE TWO PERFORMANCES ONLY WED. JAN. 13th anc THURS. JAN. 14th AT 9.30 P.M. MANUEL A del RIO THE WORLD FAMOUS SPANISH DANCER (DIRECT FROM THE CAM9RID6E THEATRE. LONDON.) WITH JOAQUIN ROCA (GUITARIST.) JAVIER ALFONSO (PIANIST.) TWO HOURS OF CAPTIVATING, DANCING AND MUSIC. BOOKING PLANS AT LITTLE'S VICTORIA THEATRE
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      208 2 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. I LASHES TMT M.LME LALEEK LONGLASH. The medlcaOly approved la»h cream that trows your huhe*. making your I eyes attractive aad beautiful, shades:—Midnight Blue and Copper Beach. MEBICAL WMI UWTH. ———————*^w^Bßg^ggggg^g^- BOARD RESIDENCE. SEA- FRONT RATONG GRANGE— Tt Merer ft* Large room* facing eea with own bath room.
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      531 2 t tTbc Singapore Jfccc ipixss Head Office: Cecil Street. Singapore t Pnune 5471 (a luusa nllnv catunatuna to all nunart mania Tel: "Tlaaea" ttuacapera. Kuala Lumpur Ofllcc: 29. Java Slrrut. Phune: Inun Office: i Brewster Read. Phone: 37. Penanc Ofllce: 12. Biahep Street, Penung* r Phone: 1477. London Offlee: 43
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      119 2 Diary Of The Day High Water. 9.59 a.m. '9.4 ft.. 11.37 p.m. 8.6 ft. Sports S.AF.A. Annual Meeting at Anson Road at 5.15 Rugger: S.C.C Midds. on Padang. Hockey: R.A.M.C. vs. S.C.R.C. at Tanglin. Combined Services vs. Colts at Tanglin S.C.C. vs. Y.M.C.A. Juniors on Padang. Cinemas ALHAMBRA Mr. Cinderella
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    INDIAN DEPUTATION LEAVES SINGAPORE
    662 3 Mr. Sastri "Exceedingly Satisfied" BUT SAYS NOTHING ABOUT RATES OF WAGES Report To Be Ready In Short Time TWE Indian deputation to Malaya, the Right Hon. Mr. V. S. Srinivosa Sastri and Mr. G. S. Bozman, have, through various people they have met, expressed themselves exceedingly
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    Motion Against Registrar General
    519 3 REFUSED IN HIGH COURT Wrong Procedure A MOTION restricting the Regis- trar of Statistics from renewing a licence for the importation of textiles was refused yesterday in the High Court, Singapore, by Mr. Justice Adrian Clark, who upheld a preliminary objection raised by Mr. X-. B.
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    Spanish Dancing And Music At Victoria Theatre
    427 3 Spanish Dancing And Music At Victoria Theatre PROGRAMME FOR TOMORROW THE following is the programme for 1 the first recital of Spanish dancing and music to be given at the Victoria Theatre tomorrow night by Manuelo del Rio, the famous Spanish dancer, Joaquin Roca, guitarist, and Javier Alfonso, pianist. The
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    DR. S. R. KRISHNAN
    208 3 May Succeed Dr. Veerasamy On Federal Council tFrom Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Jan. 10. Dr. S. R. Krishnan. ol Seremban. is being spoken of as the next Indian Member of the Federal Council and The Indian, a weekly journal publish- I ed in Kuala Lumpur, suggests
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    European Master Fined $50
    254 3 ORDERED TO PAY $200 TO TAMIL yj H. W. LITTLE, 8.A., European master at the English College, Johore, was convicted. and fined $50 in the Singapore Fourth Court yesterday on a charge of being the owner and sole passenger of a car when it was being
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    MURDER BY TWO PERSONS UNKNOWN
    538 3 MURDER BY TWO PERSONS UNKNOWN Verdict On Contractor Shot In Back In Queen Street Two Months Ago' PHOT in the back as he was leaving a Chinese chandu shop in Queen *J Street, Singapore, on the morning of Nov. 10 last year, Sim Kim Jee, 41 -year-old Chinese contractor, lived
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    48 3 ONCE THE MOST INFLUENTIAL woman on the Continent owing to her close friendship with the Emperor Fran/ Joseph. Kl-vear-old Fr.iu Kathariua Schr.ttt now lives very quietly and retired in 411 insignificant house in Vienna. She is seen in a taxi on the way to visit the Emperor's tomh.
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    "The Ghost Train"
    177 3 NEXT PRODUCTION BY THE S. A. D. C. TTHE Singapore Amateur Dramatic Club are now working on their learth production. "The Ghost Train." a real thriller, by Arnold Ridley, which is to be presented at the Victoria Theatre on Saturday. Jan ji). with repeat perlormances on Wednesday
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    18 3 Mr. James Craig, formerly of Read ing Estate Klang. has left Klang for Japan on two Months' holiday.
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      123 3 3\]l NOSMHIOES WkjglJjm AREATORMEMT— i mUlmmhmmbi I Ax /A\ 4^B H Kidneys Most Clean Out AcMs The only way your body- can clean out health-destroying Acids from yoor blood is through nine million tiny Kidney tubes ©r filters, but beware of cheap, drastic, irTitating drugs. Weak Kidneys usually are the
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      95 3 PITMAN'S COLLEGE Established in England 65 years. Singapore Branch, uiuhr European Man.r cment at lill'^^li UNITEERS BUILDING River Valley Ku.nl (entrance Hini.ii Road) Export tuition in AIL COMMERCIAL SUBJECTS. Special courses in Shorthand Typewriting. Bi>ok-keep 4 i-» and Commerce. Tuition bei;ins 18th January for indiMdual instruction on strictly moderate feea
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  • FREE PRESS SPECIAL COMMERCIAL SERVICE
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      LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCKS & SHARES
      537 4 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCKS SHARES From London 6 p. m. Jan. 11 Share of fil denomination unless Previously Yesterday Rise or Fall otherwise stated New York prices quoted in U.S. The above are dealers' middle prices; jobbers, margins, brokerage and stamp duty are not included. Conversion Loan, 5 p.c,
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      Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association
      87 4 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association Jan. 11, 12 o'clock noon Buyers Sellers No. I.X.R.S.S. in cases <F.0.8. January) 37 7 8 38 Good F.A.Q. in cases (FOB. January) 37 7 8 38 No. I.X.R.S.S. (Spotloose) (awardable Singapore) 37 37 7 January 37 y 4 31 7 Feb.-Mar. 37 7 a
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      TINNED PINES
      102 4 During the week ending Jan 2,1 exports of tinned pineapples from Malayan ports amounted to 49,631 cases, of which: 42,947 (81 per cent.) cases were to I 1 the United Kingdom, 2,550 (5 per cent.) cases to the Con- tinent cff Europe, 3,000 »6 per cent.) cases to
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      67 4 SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES Jan. 11 Buyers Sellers Gambler T.T. $6.50 Java Cube 9.50 Hamburg Cube 11.00 White Muntok Pepper 22.00 Black, Pepper 12.50 White, Pepper 21.50 Copra.mixed 9.50 Copra, sundried 9.75 Small Flake Tapioca 5.25 R. Saigon Al $180 R. Siam, W.C. No. 1 $168 Rice, Siam, W.C. No. 2
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      RUBBER CROPS
      85 4 Barlow and Co. announce the following crop returns for December, 1936: Ayer Kuning (F.M.S.) Rubber Co. Ltd. 113,000 lb. Badek Rubber Estate Ltd. (Staffield Estate) 23,500 lb. Bradwall (F.M.S.) Rubber Estate Ltd 69.400 lb. Chersonese (F.M.S.) Estates Ltd 60,100 lb. Dennistown Rubber Estates Ltd. (Dennlstown Estate) 43,201 lb.
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      THE COMMODITY MARKETS
      195 4 From London 5.30 p. m. Jan. 11 RUBBER: Firm. London Spot: 10 11 16d. 10 13 16d. Previously: 10 9 16d 10 11 16d. April-June: 15 5 8 d. 10 3 4 d. Previously: 10 9 16d. 10 s B d. July-Sept.: 10 9 16d 10 11
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      THE METAL MARKETS
      75 4 From London 5.30 p. m. Jan, 11 Tin: Steady. Cash: £231 17s. 6d. Previously. Easy at £231 17s. 6d Three months: £232 17s. 6d. Previously: £232 12s. 6d. New York Tin: 51.10. Previously: 51.25. i Copper: Settlement: £53. Previously: £50 10s. Gold: Yesterday: £7 Is. Bd. Previously:
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      Foreign Exchange Rates
      79 4 London Closing Quotations Jan. 11 Method of Parity before Rate PreCentre Quoting 20-9-31 Yesterday viously Paris Francs to 124.21 105» 8 105'';, New York to 4 8823 4.91 4.91> 8 d Amsterdam Guilders to 12.107 8.96 3 4 8.96 3 4 Hong Kong Per dollar ls. 2
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      LOCAL EXCHANGE RATES
      239 4 Jan. 11 SELLING London, T.T. 2,4 1,16 London, demand 2 4 1)16 London, 4 months' sight 2 4V« Lyons, demand 1230 Hamburg, demand 141 New York, demand 57»/4 Montreal, demand 57 y 6 Batavia, demand MSft Samarang, demand 103> 8 Calcutta, Bombay, and Rangoon, demand 154 3
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      SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES
      1377 4 Fraser and Co. *s List MONDAY, JAN. 11, 1937: 6 P.M. MINING Bayer* Sellers. Ampat Tin (4s) 5s 3d 5s 9d Asam Kumbang 33s 6d 34a M Austral Malay 55s nA 5 Ayer Hitam (5s> 23s 6d 24s bd Ayer Weng ($1) 1-JJ Bangrin Tin
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      Daily Share Report
      171 4 ISSUED BY FRASER AND CO. AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS YESTERDAY The local price of tin rose 25 rents. ftfc. I He ma rke —fl tin sh ares remained steady throughout the day and a fair number of inquiries were received in this section. on S^rELZ?? QUiet
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      RUBBER OUTPUTS
      24 4 Messrs Paterson, Simons and Co. Ltd, Penang, advise the following rubber outputs for December Henrietta 130.000 lb. Sungei Matang 38,000 lb. y\
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    465 5 ADMIRAL HORTHY, THE RECENT OF HUNGARY, witnessed a brilliant review of 25.000 soldiers in the Forum of the Caesars, during his recent visit to Rome. The King and Queen of Italy, Signor Mussolini and Mme. Horthy also attended. NEW NON-SKID ROAD SURFACE. A new roui iriiterial of rubber composition, the
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      32 5 —I^ 111 —^w*. .*m~ At*. m~ t HWIIKJ—i IMPORTANT OUR NEV TELEPHONE NUMBER a l ORCHARD ROAD BRANCH tS (4 Lines) 111 is II il L I s I VV'.J* i' «MWMM
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    SIKH ON TRIAL FOR SEVEN-YEAR-OLD MURDER
    1291 6 Brought Back From India Under Escort MYSTERY OF WATCHMANfS DISAPPEARAW^S Vanished Inuuediately After The Crime BROUGHT back under escort under the Fugitive Offenders' Act, Jowand Singh, an elderly Sikh, was put on his trial yesterday, at the Singapore Assizes, before >Ir. Justice Adrian Clark
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    MALAYAN METHODIST CONFERENCE
    246 6 MALA YAN METHODIST CONFERENCE Memorial Hall Crowded rVECLARINQ that the Church stands lor constructive liberalism, friendly co-uperation with all Christian bodies, and a progressive programme, Bishop Edwin F Lee delivered an address In the Victoria Memorial Hall en Sunday evening to an audience that filled the hall to capacity. This
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    Stomach Sufferer's Own Warning Against 'Rubbishing Imitations'
    235 6 Stomach Sufferer's Own Warning Against 'Rubbishing Imitations' The really marvellous effects oi Maclean Brand Stomach Powder In all cases of stomach trouble have led to the Introduction of cheap substitutes. Many sufferers who have been cured teel it their duty to warn other sufferers to guard against accepting anything hut
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    TAIPING TO BE MINIATURE FAIRYLAND
    345 6 Coronation Plans (From Our Own Correspondent i Taiping, Jan. X. A PROGRAMME which will trana- form Ta:pmg into a miniature iairyland and will provide several entertainments, extending over five days t.) commemorate the coronation of King George VI was drawn up at a meeting of
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    OVERLOADED LORRIES
    66 6 Police Campaign Against Drivers In Johore 'From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru. Jan. 10. The police arc conducting a campaign against drivers of overloaded *ornes. and yesterday thre»* lorry drivers came before the third magistrate. Inche Ibrahim bin Ismail to answer charges of overloading All pleaded guilty. Lee
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    PITMAN'S COLLEGE
    75 6 In a recent reference to the branch ol Pitman's College which U U be opened in Singapore under the directorship of Mr. Sidney Dant it was stated that the College classes would open on Feb. 18. This should have read Jan. 18. We understand a large number ol
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    27 6 FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, third* son of President Roosevelt, at present studying at Harvard University, aaid Miss Ethel Oupont, daughter of the well-known millionaire, who recently became enaged.
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    MALAYA CAN SUPPORT UNIVERSITY
    390 6 MALAYA CAN SUPPORT UNIVERSITY Higher Stan dan I Welcomed I7URTHER arguments in fav. the establishment of .1 I sity in Singapore were advaiv-. Dr. Ang Swee Hian. the well r Singapore doctor, in his DfWd address at the King Edwin College of Medicine annuuj at the Sea View Hotel on
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    16 6 Mr R Adamson. of the Kint.. .> tary Board, and Mrs Adanwo:'. leturned from their holiday Konjr.
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    R.S.F.C. PILOT FORCED DOWN
    113 6 Pltine Slightly Damaged «THILE making for Kuala Lumour from Singapore on Sunday afternoon, Mr. J. C. Cooke, of the Royal Singapore Flying Club, flying an Aeronca Jap light aeroplane, ran into a headwind while near Seremban And with hia petrol getting lower as he battled through
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    MALACCA CHINESE WEDDING
    90 6 Police Escort To Guard Brick's Jewels •From Our Own Corespondent I Seremban, Jan. 10. A pallet escort today accompanied a Chinese bridal party from Malacca to Seremban owing o the very costly nature of the jewels worn *Dy the bride Mi*k Goh Soo Lan. who wa* later
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    WAR OFFICE MANUAL IN MALAY
    117 6 The new edition of the War Office manual "Section Leading" has oeen Translated into Malay by four members of the 4th Battalion. Straits Settlements Volunteer Force, and printed by f the Government Printing Office. The translators were Capt. P w Watson- Hvatt. Lieu* M C
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    28 6 M. ANDRE JAi'V, the French aviator, who crashed on a hillside near Nagasaki after selling up a record oi Hi nours for a fligln irom Paris to Japan.
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    AUSTRALIAN BIRDS FOR SINGAPORE
    51 6 Two consignments of birds have Just arrived from Australia lor th« PonggoJ Zoo at Singapore. From the Taronga Park Zoo a' Sydney have come golden-shouldered parrakeets and a type of Australia;, pigeon and the Perth Zoo has provid cd a number of finches of two different
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      14 6 Haunting Viennese Waltzes Enchanting Singing! Spectacular Sequences! "THE CHAMPAGNE WALTZ" QPJSAS 77/E CAPITA SHORTLY.
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      43 6 iihiiiiiim 'jr*-».» -^ii^^**^^ i s give your family and guests this high quality Jam. jNS/ST ON UU VERS JAMS CH,v t »s, SOUS CTD.. THE OICHA.O FACTOR. HUTON. CAHM.QM. I N L ;V. R. y.CK fc CO., H» M Ron. B.nk Ch.„.h,„. S.NGAPORt
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    DOCTORS WHO ARE GULLING RICH PATIENTS
    699 7 Harley-street Fame Is Being Imperilled HARLEY STREETS WORLD-FAMOUS REPUTATION, BUILT UPON THE SKILL OF THE EMINENT SURGEONS AND PHYSICIANS WHO PRACTISE THERE, IS IN DANGER. HTHE menace comes from a small group of fully qualified medical men in that area who. lacking the genius
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    KIDNAPPING CHARGE
    69 7 Charged with having kidnapped Tan Kim Neo, a female then under 16 years of age, on Dec. 17, from the lawful guardianship of her mother, Gan Lui Kee, a Chinese named Tan Boon Seng was produced before Mr. H. A. Forrer in the Criminal District Court yesterday. The
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    Mrs. Elvira Dolores Barney Dies
    175 7 Mrs. Elvira Dolores Barney Dies MRS. ELVIRA DOLORES BARNEY was found dead in a Paris hotel on Christmas Day. She was lying on her bed with the contents' of her bag strewn about. She had died from congestion of the lungs. Mrs. Barney, who was 31 years old. was in
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    MR. V. G. PARSONS
    76 7 Death Of Well-Known Malayan Sportsman News was received in Singapore yesterday of the death of Mr. Victor G. Parsons, formerly a well-known cricketer and tennis player, and brother of Mr. W. D. Parsons, the Singapore lawyer. Mr. Parsons died on Dec. 29 on the Radnorshire while
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    HOSPITALS BOARD IN S.S. FOR 1937
    109 7 HOSPITALS BOARD IN S.S. FOR 1937 The following are the members of the Hospitals Board in the Straits Settlements for the year 1937: The Hon the Director of Medical Services. S.S. (Chairman): The Hen the Resident Councillor. Penang: The Hon. the Resident Councillor, Malacca: The Deputy Treasurer. Straits Settle ments:
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    JOHORE BAHRU NOTES
    92 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Jan. 10. The Johore Civil Service Club was brilliantly illuminated last night, the occasion being the annual "Twelfth Night" fancy dress dance. There was a large attendance and splendid costumes were seen. Her Highness the Tengku Ampuan Besar, of Pahang, gave
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    POLICE BAND
    54 7 The band of the S.S. Police will perform the following programme at Katong Park at 6 p.m. today: March, Lorraine (Ganne); Overture, French Comedy Bela); Selection, Student Prince Romberg); Solo for cornet. When the Ebb-Tide Flows (Gordon): The entractes to Rosamunde (Schubert): Suite. Ballet Egyptien (Luigini»; Pot-Pourri, Tangled
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      154 7 The most discussed fight of recent times! 15 FULL ROUNDS OF THRILLS— For the HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP OF GREAT BRITAIN AND THE BRITISH EMPIRE LEN HARVEY VS. JACK PETERSON ALSO EL WUt w£ift9( H STilfj^jP^^ l£ Marines pJ^aKii^ are Coming/ J &gm Sn^ CONRAD fSTHIR i;--'^! L NAGEL RALSTON v. ARM
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      295 7 Mr. DEEDS IS RACK IN TOWN! BROUGHT E-^.-...r~.v-....v>'. .■^■.■.Tr.llli I, I. ..< ,ll.l.» I. .1. 1 .1.1. I *f^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^— ho panics Broad- m Jr^^^^ I snifcss back at h» enomis* kt J§ P***ifc* DUkflE Ift II a «tartlingly diffenwat climax/ I "mT 1 I All LIU II CDDPEB imlm*Jm\\ *2Ja
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE BIRTH.
    22 8 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE BIRTH. DOUGLAS— At the General Hospital. Singapore, on Jan. 11, to Erica, wife of D. S. S. Douglas, a son.
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    The Singapore Free Press and Daily News TUESDAY, JANUARY 12. 1937. Are Mr. Bartley's Lips Sealed?-1
    1033 8 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, JANUARY 12. 1937. Are Mr. Bartley's Lips Sealed?-1 ON a famous occasion in the House of Commons Mr. Stanley Baldwin stated that his "lips were j 'sealed," thereby earning himself < the unflattering nickname of "Old Sealed Lips." The incident and the associations were too
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    SINGAPORE'S DEFENCES TO BE TESTED
    1702 8 Services Notes Biggest Sham Fight Ever Fought In The East FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT London, Jan. 2. QINGAPORE S £8.000.000 naval and m* military base is to be subjected to an intensive "attack" by sea a r and land early this year in order to
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    1022 9 Similar Action By France London, Jan. 11. THE French Government has informed the British Government that they agree in principle to the new British proposals to prevent volunteers enlisting in Spain and will shortly take steps towards putting themselves in line with Britain. They
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    82 9 Tribesmen Hand Over Men And Rifles New Delhi, Jan. 10 One hundred men and one hundred rifles have been handed as hostages to the Government forces by the Jirga or Council of Headmen of the Torikhel tribesmen at Mirali in the Khasora Valley, the scene of the recent
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    192 9 Industrial Activities (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Jan. 10. TTHE expenditure on capital ac- count ol the Kingdom ot Siam for the year ending Mar. 31. 1937. totalled 12.4 million TtCftls (£1.200.000). Highways get 4.5 million. Railways 2 1 million and Co-operative Societies 1.4 million. Cotton development
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    80 9 Rome, Jan. 10. Has Imru. leader of the Abyssinian resistance to the Italian forces, who who was captured on Dec. 17, is <to be* brought to Rome by order of Mussolini but it is not known what future the Italians are planning for him. Ras
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    129 9 London, Jan. 11. FEE British Industries Fair, to be held in London and Birmingham from Feb. 15 to 26, will be the; biggest yet held. Already the record area occupied lrst year has been exceeded bjvmore! than 10.000 square feet. It is anticipated
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    INDIAN LABOURERS TO FORM ORGANISATION?
    180 9 Memorandum To Mr. Sastri THE Athi-Thiravidas Association. Singapore, presented a memorandum to the Rt. Hon. Mr V S. Prinivasa Sastri. PC, on Sunday altcrnoon. In that memorandum the Association has referred to the causes that had led to the recent strike amongst Municipal lubnmers in
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    184 9 No Official Reply THE Free Press understand.; that no official reply will be made by the Indian Association to the scathing attack launched in the editorial of the Tamil newspaper. The Forward. It was. h wevcr. declared emphatically in Government official circles that if was wrong to
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    38 9 London. Jan. 8. Mr R. B Bennett, former Prime Minister of Canada, who after a tour ot the Empire has been spending a few days in London, sails for Canada toi morrow. British Wireless
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      716 10  - FASHION DECREES NEW SKIRT LINES Sheilah Graham Film Fashions !L Down At The Back And Upv In The Front j Hollywood, Jan. 1. i PRETTY Ann Sothern. recently) married to Roger Pryor, intro- 1 duced in her trousseau several of the Übiquitous tunic suits. One of them designed by Bernard
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      705 10 HOW TO START YOUR OWN KEEP-FIT CAMPAIGN Paramount I mportance Of A Good Circulation MY car suddenly stopped dead. I got out, lilted the bonnet and stared within. While I was stirt poking around with an air oi inelTiciency, hoping for something to turn up. something (or. rather, someone) did
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      685 10 ATTRACTIVE RATHER THAN SENSIBLE Parts, Jan. i. THERE is feeling among the non-lushionable that clothes! should be purely sensible, made for warmth or protection, like a cat's skin. Ugliness and lack of style are often mistaken for sense, whereas ii nature is regarded she may be
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      507 12 U. S. Expert's Criticism Of Brazilian Legislation IN the opinion of Mr. Charles S. liaight. a Counsel to the American Bureau of Shipping, the most urgent problem facing the industry is the removal of trade barriers, the reduction of excessive tariffs, the abolition of quotas,
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      336 12 Constantine Company Ship MESSRS R and W Hawthorn, Leslie and C O Ltd launched from their 'Hebburn yard, on Saturday, the singlescrew cargo steamer Balmoralwoxl, which they are building to the order jof the Constantine Shipping Co.. Ltd Middlesbrough. The vessel has a length overall of 485ft.,
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    20 15 photo). THE R.A.O.C. GOALIE clearing the ball during the hockey match against the S.C.C. on the padang yesterday. Free Press
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    455 15 CRICKET CLUB DOWNED BY R.A.O.C. Smith Scores Both Goals For Winners s.cc. Pore CHc^ C LZ ZSmT^TZ S^ other hand, were u„l ucky mUSt admUted thc While they gave a poor openine Derrorm an tne c ub P^ m^per and worried the Corps' defence very much in the last ten
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    SERVICES TEAM TO PLAY COLTS
    90 15 A Combined Services team will meet the Singapore Colts at hockey at Tanglin today, at 5.30. The Combined Services team has been selected as follows: L.A.C. Wiseman, Rj*.F. Cgoal). Lcpl. Marshall Fay R.E. (right back), LBdr. Hyden, R.A. (left back), Staff Sergt. Steer. R.E. (right
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    262 15 Resignation Of N.S.C. Chairman Lord Decies Says It Is A Job For Younger Man I ORD DECIES has resigned his posi- tion as Chairman of the Advisory Board of the N.S.C., which he has occupied since the inception of that body at the beginning of October. This news follows a
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    100 15 Goll greens that lose their colour and become drab and brown are now being ciyed a bright and natural green in the United States. The dye, described as the colour of new spring grass, was i-ccidentally discovered by the Greens Section of the United States
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    143 15 Papuan natives are becoming sport- conscious and are discarding their old "skull-crusher" clubs for golf clubs, according to Mr. J. T. Jennings, M.H.R. jof New South Wales, who has recently ibeen on a trip to New Guinea and j Papua. "Some of the magnificent specimens amongst
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    629 15 Revolving Paddock: Stewards On Electric Stknds j u* IF the plans of the architect are approved by those backin? the scheme— and they probably will—lngle wood, a town in the district of Los Angeles (Southern California), will have the most remarkable racecourse in the world. The
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    170 15 FINDINGS OF BOARD OF CONTROL New Delhi, Jan. 11. A FULL meeting of the Board of Con- trol of cricket in India discussed the report of the Beaumont committee on the Amar Nath incident and found Firstly, the vice-captain Naidu did not support the captain. Secondly, the
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    162 15 Lord Astor's Stud Ideas |N England it is the usual procedure for a classic winner to begin stud duties as a four-year-old. but Lord Astor. whose life study to try to solve the problem of breeding classic winners has yielded great results, even though the Derby
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    195 15 Inter-State Hockev Match (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Jan. 9. Despite having territorial advantage Penang went down to Perak in this evening's inter-State hockey on the Hutchings School ground b" three goals to nil. It was a thrilling game played at a fast pace throughout and
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    73 15 Thirty-eight cards were taken out lor the Kepoel Golf Club's January medal competition which resulted In a win lor A Wolfe with a score of 3 u»). Ball sweeps: Saturday -Ist nine. A Wolfe. 2 uu; 2nd nine, divided between A Wolfe. B la Cloche. G. V.
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    52 15 S.C.C HOCKEY The iollowing have accepted to play hockey for S.C.C. vs. Y.M.C A. Juniors > today at S.C.C. R H Green. C E Brooke. R H Cain. Lt. Allen. G. A L. Plummer. F M. W Smith. F. O. S. Man. G. Williams. R J Forbes. Rev. N. Williams
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    815 15 Preparation For Return Bout With Ben Foord JACK PETERSEN, the fiery young Welsh heavyweight, who has already created a record in British boxing by regaining the championship from the man to whom he lost it, is more ambitious now than he has been at any
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    500 16 Narrow Victory For S. R. C. In Yesterday's Hockey S.R.C. 2; Veterans H.C. t THE over 35's from the Veterans Hockey Club haven't lost much of the nimbleness and dexterity of their youth judging by the hard fight they gave their young opponents of the
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    60 16 It is notified that the following football matches have been arranged by Government Services F.A. for its representative team 1937: Saturday, Jan. 16, vs. R.A F. at Jalan Besar Stadium. Thursday. Jan. 28. vs. S.C.F.A. at Anson Road Stadium. Clubs are reminded that applications for entrance in
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    24 16 -22 rst Di m <>nthly Mixed Foursomes Competition for January will be P ayed on Sunday afternoon at the Singapore Golf Club.
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    378 16 /\N Sunday the International six- metre sailed the first race for the Swan Challenge Cup. Ramona skippered by K. L. Johnson, finished first. The finishing times and points were as follows: Pts. Ist Ramona iK. L. Johnson) 11—52—27 5 2nd Tarbet (L.
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    187 16 Knocked Out By Winston In U.S. Rt!2£i Al erican campaign of Maurice Strickland. New Zealand heavyweight received a set-back when he w as. knocked out in the 4th round o7 a wL r t°o u n nd T test in Chicago b weight Amencan ™Z™ heavyMaurice
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    62 16 MATCH AT DETROIT CANCELLED Chicago, Jan. 11. VINES has gone to hospital suffering from influenza and tonsilitis. He has be*n forced to cancel his match with Perry at Detroit tomorrow, but may possibly be able to play at Pittsburgh on Jan. 15. Vines' condition shows that
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    148 16 Three Goals To One At Anson Road R.A. (B. Mati) 3: Y.M.C.A. 1 Playing in a drizzle and with a player short, the Y M.C.A. lost to R.A 'Blakan Math by three goals to one at hockey, at Anson Road ground yesterday. It was a poor game
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    170 16 Vice Versa Came At S.C.C. On Saturday The "Wooden Spoon Rugby" match arranged lor Saturday. Jan. 16, at the SC.C. has been cancelled. An SCC "Vice Versa" game <l.e Forwards playing Outsides and Outsides In the Scrum* has been arranged for this date. Tliis game should prove instructive
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    119 16 Suspension Of Battling Khoo •Frjin Our Own Correspond Prnsng. Jsn II Wha» many considered a *tf] deci^.on was given laM night at u ley Park when Kid Ahmat Um I welterweight was awarded a prntfj X'-rdie? over Nell Hemchit liter ti rounds ot wt- trv stOgftßf Hemchll piled
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    807 16 Great Hockey Struggle At Balestier Road C.S.C. 0; S.C.R.C. 0 A BELATED start owing to the late arrival of the visiting tram saw the hockey match between the Ceylon Sports Club and the Straits Chinese Recreation Club at Balestier finish in ba<: light, the
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