The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 15 January 1935

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  • 14 1 The Singapore Free Press NO. 14,473. ESTD. 1835. TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1935 10 CENTS.
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  • 421 1 NAZIS CLAIM 80 PER CENT. OF THE VOTES Socialists Reserve Right To Take Further Steps SOT A SINGLE CONDITION OF THE FREE ELECTION OBSERVED" rpeal Saar plebiscite is now over but the secret of th» ballot boxes will not be revealed until 8
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  • 119 1 Good Humour Between Bitter Opponents Saarbrucken, Jan. 13. estimated that 97 per cent of -ne electorate voted when the booths -osed at 10 p.m. Comp lete orderliness prevailed every wnere. and good humour between bitth> SL nents mar^d the closing of At booth presided over by
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  • 154 1 Steps To Be Taken By Germany Berlin, Jan. 13. Herr Hitler will hear the result of the plebiscite at his mountain home In Berchtesgaden where he is now staying. The Wilhelmstrasse was most optimistic tonight regarding the result, i Some quarters forecast 80 per cent, for Germany.
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  • 128 1 Allowed To Remain By Commission Saarbrucken, Jan. 10. Saarlanders have been excited over huge posters which suddenly have appeared in the principal centres to the effect that "France solemnly states she will not stand in the way if the Saar population desires a policy of the status quo"
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  • 231 1 MAY BE SETTLED OUT OF COURT League Appeal Geneva, Jan. 11. IT was revealed at a private meeting of the League Council thatj the Abyssinian Minister in Paris! told M. Avenol that his country j would not insist on the matter' being placed on the agenda
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  • 54 1 $25,000 COMPENSATION AND APOLOGY For Putting Captain And Crew In Irons Washington, Jan. 9. ONE of the most outstanding case of the days of prohibition, namely litigation arising out of the sinking of the rum runner I'm Alone in March, 1929. ended today when a
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    40 1 THE ADVANCE GUARD of the Royal Army Service Corps stationed at Shorncliffe left Dover on its way It the Saar, lor special duty in connection with the plebiscite. Men oi the R.A.S.C. tratehfag the loading of their lorries at Dover.
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  • 51 1 Plane Which Crashed Into Troops Karachi, Jan. 9. FOUR more Indian soldiers have died as the result of injuries received when an aeroplane crashed into a platoon of the Balooch Regiment when practising attacks on marching troops. This brings the death roll up to 15.- Reuter
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  • 105 1 dian commission decided that the United States should apologise for sinking the vessel and pay Canada $25,000 compensation. No compensation will be paid to the owner of the vessel but the captain and crew of I'm Alone should be compensated for the wrong done them by casting them into the
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  • 36 1 London, Jan. 9. Commander Sir Edgar Britton, R.N.R-. has been appointed of the White Star Fleet. He holds the increasingly rare distinction of possessing a miter's certificate for both sail and steam.- Reuter Wireless
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  • 402 1 STRANGE RENDEZVOUS IN A CEMETERY Lindbergh Case WITNESSES FROM GERMANY Flemington, Jan. 14. rE New York Times states that Mr. Wilentz denies that the offer has been renewed to grant Hauptmann his life if he confesses he murdered the Lindbergh baby and reveals the identity of his confederates. Four State
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  • 272 1 TIME NOT YET RIPE FOR STABILISATION STERLING, DOLLAR AND FRANC U.S. May Declare A Moratorium London, Jan. 14. TTHE relations of sterling, th* dollar and the franc were understood to be the chief topic at the monthly meeting of the Bank of International Settlements at Basle yesterday, attended by Mr.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 81 1 BIG IA TEA Brings the freshness an d fragrance of the Ma |ayan gardens direct to your home. Ofe4*~~ GSI— MA LAYA'S PREMIER HOTEL J SPPM». J ONIGHT SATURDAY. JANUARY 19th "tCIAL DINNER CONCERT MALAYAN RI6BV UNION WNcV EM OF THE SEASON 9 30 P.m. to Midnight BALL D INNER
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    • 95 1 There is no better Tea than BIGIA TEA GROWN IN MALAYA SEA VIEW® HOTEL ENTIRELY RENOVATED IDEAL SEASIDE RESORT EVERY ROOM WITH PRIVATE BATH. RUNNING HOT COLD U M ir TENNIS GOLF SWIMMING SUNBATHING ONE OF SINGAPORE'S SCENIC BEAUTY SPOTS TONIGHT SPECIAL DINNER DANCE AND CABARET WITH I 810 FIOIIMS
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  • 280 2 Something Of Their Prehistory (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban. Jan. 13. Professor van Stein Callenfells. the,^ celebrated archaeologist, was the guest j i of honour at last night's dinner meet- a ing of the Seremban Rotary Club. which was presided over by the Hon. i Mr. J. W.
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  • 166 2 Chinese Woman Who Suffered From Fits (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 12. A pagoda-shaped straw hat and a basket were exhibits at an inquest today on a Chinese woman, Choong Moi. whose body was iound in a fishing pond near her home at Salak South on
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  • 62 2 Geneva, Jan. 13. The prospects of a speedy settlement iof the Saar question are brighter toj night. The peaceful completion of the plebiscite is regarded as a good omen for the rapid settling of the formalities. Every effort is being made to ensure J that the question will
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  • 84 2 Berlin, Jan. 9. Hitler's plenipotentiary for Saar j questions. Herr Buerckel, in a speech a*: Kaiserlautern strongly declaimed against Saar separatists and attacked |M. Laval lor encouraging the separaj tists to believe in a second plebiscite J which was illusory. Herr Buerckel accused Christians who have jointed the
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  • 137 2 In Case It Is Impounded By Germany Saarbrucken, Jan. 9. It is estimated that over 100.000,000 francs have been transferred in the last fortnight to banks on the French side of the frontier by people nervous that their money may be impounded after the plebiscite. Reuter Wireless. SAAR
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  • 67 2 Problems Involved In The Voting Berlin, Jan. 10. A Foreign Officer communique announcing German's refusal to attend the League Council on the Saar refers to reports that the decision on the Saar will not be taken until a later meeting of the Council and says delay would considerably
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  • 103 2 Geneva, Jan. 10. It is expected the Saar question will be quickly dealt with. The procedure by the Council will depend solely on the result of the voting. Should all communes vote for Germany or the status quo. the Council's task should be easy but if
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  • 200 2 "Reasonable Doubt To Which Appellant Was Entitled" I poll, Jan. 12. Loi Ting Ching, an employee in a sundry goods shop at Kampang Koh, who was convicted by Mr. J. F. F. Gregg, magistrate Sitiawan. on a charge of being knowingly in possession of dutiable goods, a tin
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  • 357 2 WAS MR. HOWESON RIGHT ALL ALONG Letters To The Editor To The Editor Sir. I believe you have always kept an open mind on the subject of tin restriction. Though you have been inclined to be anti-Howeson the recent great improvement in the tin situation may be beginning to sway
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  • 139 2 Failed To Give Information To Registrar Of Aliens For failing to notify the Registrar! of Aliens of his change of particulars! of registration, Eizo Nishitarumiya. a Japanese, was fined $30 by Mr. J. M. Brander in the police court yesterday The accused pleaded guilty. Inspector Evans said that
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  • 156 2 Comes Out Of Hospital To Attend Court There was much ado about the little matter of a charpoy which occupied the attention of Mr. Norman Grice, the second magistrate, for the best part of yesterday and which brought Mr. A. J. Braga out of hospital, where
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  • 122 2 The first anniversary of the Kheng Keow Coffee Shop Association was celebrated on Tuesday, Jan. 1, at the Association's premises, No. 6 Seah Street. Singapore. Mr. Wang Sal Juan in the Chair. The election of office-bearers resulted as follows: President, Wang Sai Juan; vicepresident, Lim
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  • 224 2 A Very Powerful Romance At The Alhambra Films depicting romance are taken as a matter of course by cinema enthusiasts, but the Universal film, "Let's Ta klt Over." which commenced a run at the Alhambra yesterday is one that will find popular favour. Featuring Chester Morris
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  • 251 2 Malays Can Attend Any Mosque Prom Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur. Jan. 12. As a sequel to their conviction by Ch e Ahmad, Penghulu. Fetaling. six Malays appealed today, before Mr. F. K. Wilson, against the sentence passed upon them for falling to attend Friday prayers at th
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  • 122 2 Action taken at a meeting of Municipal Committee No. 3 held on Jan. 8. In connection with the proposals provisionally approved in 1922 for the deviation of Paterson Road, from "Waringa Hill" to opposite Irwell Bank Road, agreed to the filling of the site with spoil from the
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  • 198 2 Ferak Man Banished From Kedah Has No State I (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Jan. 12. A curious position created by the Banishment Enactment was revealed in the Supreme Court yesterday when Che Yah bin Che Hamid, who described himself as a "Koran seller," appealed before Mr. Justice
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 307 2 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. AMBROSIA Pore-deep Cleanser Dry Skin Cream Skin Tightener Face Powder. A complete treatment for each skin typ? in four convenient products. Price:- $1.50 each. MEDICAL HALL, LIMITED. Battery Road. BO ARD liESIDENCE! "EAST ANGLIA!" 6, OXLEY RISE, Near Town. High and cool situation. Large grounds. Excellent cuisine. Tennis.
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    • 363 2 TENDERS, ESINGAPORK MUNICIPALITY Tenders Tenders are now inv:following materials or particulars, see Italic Room. Purchase ol lecood .ud i iais. etc lytaf at B Filters. Da to ol C Friday. Jan 18H Supply of 100 tons Quick Lime. 4 p.m. Thursday .1 1935 Supply of High Pn Tubes for Water
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 234 2 Diary Of The Week TUESDAY, JAN. 15 High Water 6.:*7 a.m. 8.5 it., 9.07 p.m. 7.6 ft. Rugby: United Services Officers vs. PS. and A PC. (Tourna- ment), padang. Hockey: Colts vs. R.A.. Changi; Police j vs. Monopolies. Depot; CeyPlon Sports Club vs. R.A.M.C., Tanglin Khalsa Association vs. Indian Association.
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    • 91 2 Today's Radio Programmes 8.8.C Transmission 111 p.m. 9.35 Big Ben. The 8.8.C. Dance Orchestra. 10 20 The Torquay Municipal Orchestra. Linda Parker (soprano.) Relayed from the Pavilion, Torquay. 11.05 Talk: "Living Dangerously." Greenwich time signal at 11.20 p.m. 11.20 Evensong, relayed from York Minster. 12.05 The news. 12.20 Light classical
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  • 785 3 JUDGE HOLDS CONFESSION WAS MADE IN ATMOSPHERE OF FEAR D.P.P- Withdraws Prosecution THERE was sensational ending to the murder tr j a which was conducted before Mr. Justice Prichard and a special jury at the sfrc ipore Assizes yesterday, the D.P.P., Mr. Adrian refusing
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  • 171 3 New Y.W.C.A. Enterprise Opens Some members of the Y.W.C.A. feel| that their minds, as well as their shoes, grow mouldy in the tropics. To brush the mould off, a new club has been formed to be called the Fortnightly Club, to meet every other Monday morning at 9.30
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  • 160 3 Magistrate Refuses To Issue Warrant Of Arrest When the case in which Kamaruppa Chettiar who was arraigned on a charge of forgery by making a false document at Kuala Lumpur on June. 1930, was mentioned in the Penang police court. Mr. Balfour E. Ross, counsel for the defence
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  • 115 3 Dutch Woman Who Was Charged With Cheating Mrs Danner van den Bos, the Dutch woman who was arrested by the Singapore police on the s.s. Tinombo before she was due to sail to Netherlands India on Friday afternoon, was yesterday ordered to be released by Mr. J. M.
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  • 426 3 "BOY'S" STORY OF ASSAULT ON /TRAIN DISBELIEVED AN incident on the F.M.S. night mail train in which Mr. J. W. E. Adams, a well-known Johore planter and business man, was alleged to have assaulted an attendant, was described in the
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    37 3 ALDERMAN W. R. JACKSON, J.P., the Charter Mayor of Tottenham, who is himself an Assistant Head Postman, opened a new Branch Post Office in the borough and is seen posting the first letter at the Post Office.
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  • 128 3 Against Ex-Police Inspector Now In Gaol A warrant to produce T. C. Grove the ex-police officer who was recently sentenced to two months'^ toprteonment on a charge of cheating was granted to Detective Inspector A. K McEwan in the Pfe «^J^ Grove Is serving his term in
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  • 153 3 INDIAN SENTENCED TO PRISON Result Of Diamonds Transaction APPEAL LODGED JUDGMENT was delivered yesterJ day by Mr. H. A. Forrer, the criminal district judge, convicting an Indian, Soobramany Anandaya, alias S. A. Dayah, on a charge of' criminal breach of trust of three packets of diamonds, valued at $4,024, the
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  • 149 3 First Tamil Woman To Qualify In Malaya Muar, Jan. 11. The Indo-Ceylonese Community of Muar entertained Dr. (Mrs.) A. B. C. Doray, Assistant Lady Medical Officer, Muar, to a tea-party on the eve of her departure on transfer to Batu Pahat. Over a hundred people were present including
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  • 100 3 Japanese Destroy Catholic Churches Tokyo. Japan is the latest country to experience a spy scare. According to the Kokumin Shimbun, several hundred inhabitants of Amamioshima. a large island two hundred miles south-east of Kyushu, incited by rumours of an alleged case of international espionage by Catholic fathers, attacked
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  • 56 3 The wedding took place on Sunday at the United Chinese Library of Mr. Yeo Guan Heng and Miss Kee Choon Whay. In the evening Mr. and Mrs. Tay Oen Seng entertained friends to dinner at 161 Tras Street. My Tay presented a silver cup to Mr. Syed YousotT who had
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    • 466 3 RHEUMATISM GOT HIM. 80-Years-Old Pianist Is Relieved by Kruschen. Although rid age has not yet kept this man from his o-cupation as a pianist, rheumatism c!d thr ateo to do so recently. "Two years ago," h vrltW, "I was suddenly taken with rh< .matism. all down my lett arm I
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  • 1334 4 Early Struggles Of A Great COMEDIAN W. C. Fields Grows Up \JiY birth in Philadelphia was Wl one of many during that year. It was my bad luck to be the oldest child in the family. We were all very poor, but I was poor first. My father was a
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  • 224 4 M. Francis Plante, the veteran French pianist, died in his country house in the Landes last month at the age of 95. He belonged to the golden age of European piano music and counted Liszt and Rubinstein among his friends Born at Orthoz in 1839, he already
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  • 153 4 Two sheep cragfast on rocks by Lake Ullswater were rescued recently by Thomas Teasdale, a GienridOing farrier who has twice been rewarded for animal rescues on Lakeland mountains. On the present occasion he was lowered 70 feet by ropes over Raven Crag to the sheep, which
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  • 29 4 Tifl kThe Georgian State Publishing House is printing the complete collection of works by Charles Darwin in the Georgian language. The edition will consist of eight volumes.
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  • 149 4 at. Peter's School, York, which duUfrom the year 627, when it btfan career as the school "for the thegns," attached to the PDOd* church originally built on the the present York Minster, is ti a scheme of extensions to cost The Duke of York has consent become the
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  • 518 4 A PAPER on hydro-electric development in Great Britain, by Messrs. A. S. Valentine and lE. M. Bergstrom, was read by Mr. Bergstrom to the Institution of Electrical Engineers in Manchester recently. In making a survey of the present position of hydro- electric power in Britain, he admitted
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  • 99 4 -According to a report from Voronesh in the Central Black-soil Region, a collection of art treasures of great value, Including paintings by Rembrandt and Van Dyck. ancient Greek vases and sculpture, and Egyptian relics, has been 9tored in one room in the university building there. Works
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  • 1420 4 Book Review After reading this book one is abie o understand fully the secret of the mazing popularity of the heir to the British throne, for it gives a keen insight into the character of the man who is destined one day to be our King. The
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    180 5 TOE HON BOBHW W. BINGIIAM. the American Ambassador, aihd tor Neu York on the liner Empress of Britain from Southampton. The Ambassador and Mrs. Binsham aboard the fmpre>* <»t Britain at Southampton as they left for New York BERLIN'S SMALLEST and youngest policeman collects for the winter help scheme in
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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  • 626 6 HARROWING TALES FROM MALARIA STRICKEN VILLAGES TOLL OF THE EPIDEMIC Family That Was Without Food For Three Days A harrowing tale of suffering and distress was told by Mr. J. N. Jinendradasa of the Nalanda (Ceylon) Social Service League for Malaria Relief, after a visit to an outlying village early
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  • 474 6 Small Girl Given Black Eye WOMAN FINED FOR ILL-TREATMENT Butterworth, Jan. 11. U\7OU are not a human being. You have the heart of an animal," said Mr. G. H. Goh, defending in a case of ill-treat-ing a child, to the child's father, today in the local police court. It was
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  • 62 6 The death occurred in Jalan Bendahara, Ipoh. on Thursday morning, about one o'clock, of Che Ngah Jenelan binti Haji Osman. widow of the late Oatoh Muda Ahmad. The funeral took place on Friday evening in the presence of a large gathering of relatives and friends. The deceased, who was about
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  • 143 6 Tamil On Enticement Charge Kudiappan, one of the two Kedah Tamils who were arrested by the Taiping police in the town the other day, was produced before Che Mustapha Albakri, the Taiping magisjtrate. i He was accused of enticing away a married woman, named Muniamah, wife of
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  • 163 6 Husband Saved By The "Unwritten Law" lUDSON Doke. who pleaded the J "unwritten law" that a husband is entitled to exact vengeance on his wife's betrayer, was acquitted in the California "Poet Murder Case," on a charge of killing Lamar Hollingshead, a poet. This was Doke's second trial. The first
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  • 164 6 Warm Welcome At Kuala Kangsar (From Our Own Correspondent* Ipoh, Jan. 12. The High Commissioner, Sir Shenton Thomas, arrived at Kuala Kangsar just after four o'clock today from j Taiping. where he lunched with thej Resident. At the district boundary several miles north of Kuala Kangsar, Sir Shenton
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  • 230 6 THOUGHT GIRL LOVED SOMEBODY ELSE Tragedy Of Young Chinese Student A TALE of unrequited love was unfolded in the Coroner's Court yesterday when Mr. W. G. Porter conducted an inquiry into the death of a 20-year-old Hokien, Lim Chwee Sim, a student at the Government Trade School, who died at
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  • 484 6 WAVE OF CRIME SWEEPS SIAMESE VILLAGES POLICE TO USE LIGHT MACHINE GUNS Revolting, Stories (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok. Jan. 9. NOT before time, the authorities are waking up to the fact that the armed desperadoes who are making life and property unsafe for people in certain parts of the
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  • 59 6 An old, rusty, aerial bomb, supposed to have been dropped in the German aeroplane raids on London during the Great War, was discovered in the bed of the Thames near Westminster Bridge. Its position appears to indicate that enemy aviators missed by a slight
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  • 465 6 TREID TO AMPUTATE HIS OWN LEG Irish Plumber's Terrible Ordeal DEATH has won the three -day I battle to save Charles O'Leary, 32, the plumber, who was entombed in a well shaft on a farm at Kilquade, near Greystones. co. Wicklow. Army engineers who. with
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  • 26 6 Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Ambler, of Singapore arrived in London early last month. Mr. Ambler is with the firm of Messrs. Fraser and Co., Singapore.
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  • 473 6 Trouble Over Cash Sweep Money Two Other Claimants ■To Share In $29,240 Penang, Jan THE winning ticket (No in the unlimited *\v by the Penang Turf Club last day of the New You meeting, which drew $29.U4n the subject of a motion b(U Mr. Justice Whitlcy in the Bupr Court
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 28 6 NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. Advertisements will only be accepted when that part of the copy which is In reverse style does not exceed one quarter of the space used.
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    • 58 6 RATTAN CHICKS, j Maker and repairer of rattan j and Bertam Chicks, Canvas and I Spring Blinds, Tarpaulins, j Tents, Bags, Blue Screens, i Bertam Panels. Wire Netting J Fencing, Wool buntings and i Flags. J ABDUL RAHMAN, Telephone 2454. t Office G6, Robinson Road, J Workshop:— l7- A, Joo
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  • 3091 7 WORLD DISASTER IF RUBBER PRICE IS FORCED UP Consumers May Form A Buying Pool LOCAL PROFESSOR DISCUSSES SOME ASPECTS OF RESTRICTION Up u»uld be a world disaster if through restriction the price of rubber should be so forced up that consuming interests forme* a buying combine, with the inevitable result
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 136 7 This Central StorageWhat is it? i liminato unnecessary overr 'duc, costs, and thus increase thought how much entailed in owning or J jour own Godown? ttUI a,, the time. rent. »>eing charged on whether there Ciodown staff and ,^ll rates on your telephone .-d .mmi er your Godown is u^Un^,M^;
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    • 293 7 CAUGHT AT LAST! SEE HER TONIGHT at the CAPITOL! The Law-breaking, m~^r NOTORIOUS H^Sk SOPHIE LANG" to* J^K with Bfc~ m. Screenland's newest beautiful star sensation GERTRUDE MICHAEL and a splendid cast of English stars JParamount's sparkling successor to "TROUBLE IN PARADISE" Presented with a great selection of short features
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  • 955 8 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1935 Is Malaya Ready IN spite of the criticism which various aspecU of the tin control scheme has raised in Malayan mining circles, most people now look upon it almost as a permanent feature and very few even yet are taking into calculation
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  • 289 8 Mrs. P. M. Landon. wife of a wellccnown Malayan planter, has joined the Association of British Malaya. Dr. A. K. Cosgrave. M.C., and Mrs. CJosgrave are now in England. Their address is 101. Dorset Road, Bexhill. Mr. John Howeson has become a member of the Association of
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  • 460 8 THE Siamese students who have in the course of years been educated in England, now reach a big total, writes our Bangkok correspondent. The first of them set out from Siam before the Suez Canal was cut. and every Siamese vear tneir numbers I Siamese have
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  • 1113 8 "Pardonnez-Moi THERE was no excuse lor my behaviour to her except the well-worn excuse of overwrought nerves But there are moments oi exasperation when it even a muoh-loved do? tollows too closely upon one's heels ;md persists upon misreading danger signals one is tempted to reward it with a hearty
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  • 23 8 London. J The Duke and Duchts.s oi K> for the West Indies for lh» coocll of their honeymoon on Jan Wireless
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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    • 51 8 OWING TO A TRAIN DELAY a pugilist's ringside assistant turned up just after the fight was over. A second too late. Don't risk being too late in securing "GAFLAC ACCIDENT and ALL SICKNESS POLICY you may be uninsurable to-morrow. GENERAL ACCIDENT, FIRE LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION, LTD. Hongkong Bank Chambers. Telephone
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  • 1894 9 MYSTERY OF MISSING JEWEL CASKET Value Far In Excess Of The Amount Claimed SIIC Pun id Ciallouay, the well-known Malayan medical practitioner now retired and living in Johore, was awarded and costs by the Chief Justice (Sir Walter Huggard) when he appeared as plaintiff
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  • 451 9 Will Turf Club Pay Over To A Non-Member (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Jan. 14. A VERY interesting stage has been reached in the dispute over the winning ticket in the Penang Turf Club sweep held on the last day of the professional meeting, the
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  • 51 9 To Be Produced From Coal By-Products Riga. Jan. 9. yHE Soviet Government has decided to mine 112,000,000 tons of coal this year* of which the Donetz Mines are to deliver 68,000,000 tons. By-products will be largely utilised in manufacturing synthetic rubber at the Orivan factory in Transcaucasus. Reuter
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  • 118 9 Latest Rubber And Tin Prices (From Our Own Correspondent* London. Jan. 14. Spot < Sellers > 6 Ilil6d. (6 11|16d.) (Buyers) 6 9 16d. (6 9j16d.) April- June 6 25 32d. (6 27 32d.) July-September 6 15 16d. 7d.) Oct.-Dec. 7"«d. (6 5 32d.) Market Steady. New York,
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 84 9 NOW READY CONTRACT BRIDGE RED BOOK On Play By Ely Culbertsou orl <^ CireaU-st Player and Card Authority il J!?, R r olutionar >' Methods 'u all leads and plays including Mmorv <£ mmß< Sc *ntiflc Planning, wrds. Psychic Plays Over 200 Remarkable Hands PRICE $4,00 K ELLY WALSH, LTD.,
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    • 161 9 DAY SHIRTS WITH TWO SOFT COLLARS TO MATCH. SMART COLOURED STRIPES IN WOVEN POPLIN Price $3.00 each. THESE ARE ODDMENTS FROM OUR RANGE OF SUPERIOR QUALITY SHIRTS AND ARE EXCEPTIONAL VALUE. AVAILABLE IN SIZES 13-17 NECKBAND ROBINSON CO., LTD. SINGAPORE. jL A PEACEFUL EYEMiMG 0 A BRILUAHT LIGHT re©?!* '''ir^z^-f&a
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  • TRADE AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE
    • 1236 10 Reasonable Hope Of A Higher Quota 'From Our Own Correspondent) London, Jan. 1. MR. C. V. Stephens is sometimes described as the "mystery man" of the tin mining industry. Those who pay him this tribute are apparently impressed by the independence of his views,
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    • 100 10 January 14 Gambler 5 50 Java Cube 8.75 Hamburg Cube 11 00 Muntok White Pepper 64.00 White Pepper 63.00 Copra, Sundried 3.95 Copra, mixed 3.60 Small Flake Tapioca 3.50 Blanja Jelotong 6.75 Sarawak Jelotong 6.50 R. (Slam) W.C. No. 1 per koyan $120 R. B. Slam No.
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    • 532 10 Trade Prospects Continue To Improve 117ILLIAM Jack's report dated London. Dec. 19. states Trade prospects m the leading consuming countries continue to improve, but on the other hand the "unknown quantity" which will arise if all or any of the "Gold Bloc" countries leave the Gold Standard may upset trade,
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    • 192 10 January 14 SELLING London 4 months' sight 2j4 7j32 London 3 months* sight 2|4 3|16 London 60 days' sight 2|4 5|32 London, 30 days' sight 2|4% London, demand 2j4 3J32 London T.T. 2|4 3(32 Lyons and Paris, demand 860 Hamburg, demand 140 New York, demand 57 Batavia, Sourabaya,
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    • 448 10 Singapore, Jan. 11. MEAT Beel steak Kati 30 Beet, stew cr curry do 25 Fillet steak Ib. 45 Mutton, Australian do 40 Pork, lean Kati 42 Pork, lean and fat Ust quality) do 32 POULTRY Capons locally reared) do 50 Ducks each 45 Fowl Kati 32 Hens (Locally
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    • 34 10 Mr. R. E. L. Davles, manager. New Columbia Estate, Ayer Tawar, with his wife and child, will be going to Europe on leave in March. Mr. Davies. is the Secretary for Lumut Golf Club.
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    • 1014 10 MONDAY, JAN. 14, lf>3s. Ampat Tin (4s) 4s 3d 4s 9d Asam Kumbang 33s 35s Austral Malay 61s. 625. Ayer Hitam Tin (ss) 13s 3d 14_ 3d Ayer Weng ($1) 2.20 2.25 Bangrin Tin 24s 3d 25s Chenderiang 8s 6d 9s 3d Hitam Tin (.50 cts.) .49
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    • 54 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association DAILY PRICES CURREM K)K R.M.A. No. 1. X RIBBED SMOKED SHEET January 14. 12 o'clock noun Bpyer> Belter* Spot (loose) 21^ f i(F.O.Bj Current month 21% February|March 22% AprilJune 24 July Sept. lift Tone of Market -Steady. Latest Cable London Spot 6 9|l6d. per lb.
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  • 425 11  - NIGHTGOWN AT DINNER Shocks FILM COLONY MOLLIE MERRICK Hollywood In Person By years Hollywood: world with its much so. that, me, Hollywood had ied by some of h»« written well since the, writ en ol the called •'Holly- v in liquor di ft, ol tin earlytie famous, xkl was on
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  • 125 11 After Being Stung By Blue-Bottle Brisbane. cane farmer. Salvatore 01 Lower Tully. died after ;tung by a Portuguese man-o'-B ho was bathing at Coogarra about 14 miles from Tully. ipparent agony Cantarella cried, and companions helped Tentacle marks were on his body. First aid was nmediately, including restorafor
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  • 64 11 Sported Raging In South Kiangsu Nankins. "i-aded black plague is reported One in the vicinity of Tsing"rdm U 20 miles north here ac Shiaete despatches. »fea state that thousands have been stricken by the j A number of doctors have •Uu.ci u> Tsingkiangpu by the Ml Economic Council,
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  • 159 11 Old Man's Ordeal While Tide Came In Brisbane. Trapped for hours in the mud near the river bank at Milton Reach of the, Brisbane River, into which he is believed to have rolled while asleep. Frederick Thomas Pearce. 68. widower, of Royal Row. Bardon, underwent a
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  • 109 11 Penang European's Discovery The discovery of the body of a dead infant was made in Penang by -Mr. A. L. Alexander, of the Chinese Protectorate, on Thursday morning at 7 o clocK Alexander's attention was attracted to a bundle during a stroU and on investigating found
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  • 575 11  -  Ely Culbertson by World's Champion Player and Greatest Card Analyst THE FALSE-CARD BY DUMMY If the defence could look into the Declarer's hand, they could of course defend every contract perfectly. But there are other ways besides peeking whereby the Declarer's holding can be learned. Some Declarers
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  • 475 11 Government Survey Of Rural Credit System In China FuARMERS PAYING OVER 50% Nanking. A DETAILED survey of the rural financial condition in China has been completed by the National Agricultural Research Bureau of the Ministry of Industries. This report covers the source of credit, kind of security, rate of interest,
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 358 11 Assets exceed $12,000,000. Assurance in force over $35,000,000. The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements) HEAD OFFICE Great Eastern Life Building, Cecil Street, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE 27, Old Jewry, E.C. The Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England and complies with the
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    • 433 11 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA ANI> < lIINA (Incorporated in England by Royal Charter) Paid up capital In 600.000 shares of £5 each 000.000 Reserve Fund U.'i.000.000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors C 3,000.000 HEAD OFFICE 38. Bishopsgate, London EC 2 Agencies and Branches. Alor Star Iloilo Saigon Amritsar Ipoh Somaraiu;
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  • 173 12 Jlistoric Origin Of Company's Emblem The origin of the P. and O. nousefiag, is sometimes a subject of inquiry. It was from early connections with the Iberian Peninsula that the houseflag was evolved. The luff, or Inner side, of the Portuguese royal flag was blue,
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    • 543 12 BOUSTEAD&Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in F.M.S.) TELEPHONE: freight 5433 Passage 5431. LLOYDS AGENTS, Hooking Agents for Federated Malay States Railways. Royal State Railways of Siam. (Incorporated in England). HOME VIA CHINA, JAPAN, HONOLULU CANADA. FOUR MAGNIFICENT "EMPRESSES" COMPRISING THE LARGEST AND FASTEST STEAMERS ON THE PACIFIC FREQUENT SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG
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    • 60 12 I. S. K. LINE. ISHIRARA KANGYO-KAll N KAISHA, LTD. •Incorporated In Japan > REGULAR FREIGHT AND PASSENGER SERVICE SHYOOENMARU In Port Jan 17 MILAN MARU Jan. 30 Feb. 5 FOR KOBE, OSAKA. MOJI YAWATA NAGOYA AND YOKOHAMA ERIC MARU Feb. 5 Feb. 5 For rates and other particular! Please apply:—
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    • 89 12 For everything appertaining to Ocean Passages, Foreign Mowy Exchange and Freight. apply CORK'S j 39, ROBINSON ROAD. No Booking Fees. Telephone 5908. STATE SHIPPING SERVICE of Western Australia FREMANTLE I (Via Port Swettenham, Penan* Palembang, Banjoewangi and Ncrth Western Ports) l>ur Bafl S'pore. S'fhtrr T.s m.v Koolindn In P<>: T.s.m.v.
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 429 12 Local And Foreign Mail Despatches And Arrivals BY TRAIN Bangkok every Saturday 7 p.m. Thursday 7.30 a.m. Kedah Monday to Friday 7.30 a.m. Saturday 7.30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Kuantan <via Jerantut) Monday to Friday 7.30 a.m. Saturday 7.30 a-m. 7 p.m. Kelantan (via Gemas) every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday und
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    • 1103 12 LATEST SHIPPING JNTELLIGENCE I 131 MOTOR SHIPS <>\ 0 ORDKR Double The Tonnage <»• II Steamers I S There arc now 131 motor i jf over 2,000 tons <«ach on or«i. r L total 816.000 tons K ross i' H A y ear the v. t totalled 592,000 tons gross
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    • 457 13 P. O. S. N. CO'S SAILINGS, OUTWARDS uc Due I iiagc S pore. T'nage S'pore. 1935 SOUDAN 6.500 Marl3 BANGALOKF G.OOO Jan. 17 CORFU 15,000 Mar' 15 RAJPUTANA 17.000 Jan. 18 RANCHI 17,000 Mar 29 CHITRAL 15.000 Feb. 1 NALDERA 16.000 Apr 12 BHUTAN 6.100 Feb. 14 RANPUtf A 17.000
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    • 486 13 Ellerman& Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated In England) "ELLERMAN" LINE FOR HAVRE, LONDON, ROTTERDAM AND HAMBURG. VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL Steamer Due Sails City of Evansville In Port Jan. 16 City of Dunkirk Jan. 30 Feb. 2 City of Oran Feb. 14 Feb. 16 City of Newcastle Feb. 27
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    • 1116 13 TBM S?" oZ l mU DKm <°<«"« THE HUA KHIOW BTBAMSHTP 00.. (lttl) Bteam Snip Co., Ltd., and China Ltd INSURANCE. Phe Liverpool and London and Glolw The Thames and Mersey Marin? Insuranoa insurance Co., Ltd. Co. Ltd RAILWAYS. fbe Pederated Malay SUtes Railways The Royal State Railway., of B.
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 830 14 K. P. M. KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPU BOTH Tuesday, Jan. 15, Muntok. Batavia, Semarang and Cheribon. ROKAN Tuesday, Jan. 15. Bengkalis. Paneh Berombang, Tandjong-Mengei-dar. Tanjong-Leidong and Asahan. THEDENK Wednesday. Jan. 16, Muntok and Palembang. TOIIITI Wednesday, Jan. 16, Toengkal. Moeara-Saba and Djambi. MAJANG Wednesday, Jan. 16. Prigi-Radja, Sapat. Tenvbilahan. PoeloePallas, Pengalian-Estate
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    • 552 14 TO EUROPE FROM SINGAPORE AND PENANG VIA COLOMBO. BOMBAY SUEZ PORT SAID, ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES, GENOA, MARSEILLES AND NEW YORK Arrive Leave Leave Arrive S'pore S'pore Penan* N. York Pres Harrison Jan. 12 Jan. 15 Jan. 17 Feb. 26 Pres Hayes Jan. 26 Jan. 29 Jan. 31 Mar. 12 Pres Johnson
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    • 666 14 LJByELbEm! At ml TO LONDON, VIA NAPLES, MARSEILLES. ANTWERP, ROTTF.KIMM AND MIDDLESBROUGH r§SUWA MARU 10,750 Jan. 24 25 HARUNA MARU 10.500 Api (TfUSHIMI MARU 10.900 Feb. 7 8 SKATORI MARU 10.000 Api t HAKOZAKIMARU 10.400 Feb. 20 21 SKASHIMA MARU 10.000 M t TERUKUNI MARU 12.000 Mar. 5 6 JYASUKUNI
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  • 373 15 Problems For England Rugby Selectors TRIALS MAKE TASK MORE DIFFICULT Ml situations are still md Rugby selecthree trials are players have been tnity to exhibit their beating England Trial a draw the su lt of the second tnd the Rest beatin final trial at may
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  • 298 15 ''attorn 1911 Rifle To Be Allowed ttern 1914 rifle is to be allow--1 King's Prize this year, and *er competitions in the Grand ■eries. The new rule is mci is the most drastic made lor at least fouryears. itinued complaints that Enfleld rifle, though un:Mn as a service
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  • 415 15 I ALMOST A j NECESSITY FOR SPECTA TORS I ISTEN-IN, for a moment, to a conversation I had with Sir Frederick Wall, former F.A. secretary and now a director of the Arsenal club, writes Clifford Webb in the Daily Herald. Numbers for Soccer players was the topic, and I
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  • 160 15 BANGKOK TURF CLUB MAKES A LOSS ON FIRST MEETING OF 1935 tFrom Our Own Correspondent* Bangkok, Jan. 9. THE senior Bangkok Racing Club opened its season for 1935 on Saturday and although it was early in the New Year, when punters ought to have money to burn, the Club is
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  • 623 15 NEGRI FALL TO PIECES IN THEIR HOCKEY MATCH AGAINST PERAK Hold Lead At Half Time But Then Concede Five Goals (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Jan. 13. Perak 5 Negri Sembilan 1. PERAK defeated Negri Sembilan, in a return inter-State hockey match here, today, by five goals to one. Negri
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  • 26 15 Rr^ntford F.C obtained the signature ito umstnur forms of J. McKelvie, the Queen's Park half-back. Preston North End signed R. Elliott, outside left, of Carlisle United.
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  • 285 15 Golf KEPPEL CLUB GET HALF POINT WIN OVER ISLAND CLUB TTHE match between the Keppel Golf Club and the Island Club played over the course of Keppel Golf Club on Sunday, resulted in a win for the home team by 6^ points to 6. The results. Island Club players mentioned
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  • 70 15 Major L. A. J. Graham Wins Gold Medal In the Garrison Golf Club men's monthly medal played on Saturday and Sunday, the following were the best returns Major L. A. J. Graham 81—15 66 Major J. S. B. Forbes 85—18—67 S. H. Moss 80—10—70 R. R. Coombs
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  • 95 15 But He Will Compete In N.Z. Championships Hopes that Fred Perry, who has been showing distinct signs of staleness. would take a long rest from tennis w^re dashed when the triple champion stated that h e would compete in the New Zealand championships, which open at
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  • 316 15 Lawn Tennis Association Annual Meeting QUESTION OF PROFESSIONALISM EVADED I lUST what is the attitude of the J Lawn Tennis Association towards the growth of professionalism, and the threat of serious rivalry to Wimbledon and the Davis Cup competition The stag 0 w^s lei lor I storm at the annual
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  • 134 15 FIRST MEETING OF THE ORIENTAL ATHLETIC FEDERATION Tokio, Dec. 14. THE inaugural meeting of the Oriental Athletic Federation took place in Tckio today with repre sentatives of Japan, the Philippine: and Manchukuo present. China was not represented. The meeting discussed the constitution of the Federation and alsc a motion submitted
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    30 15 BELIEVED to be the first priest to take up flying in France, the Abbe Charlon has become a qualified pilot. Photo .shows the Abbe. beside his plane after a flirht.
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  • 30 15 Southport have signed James Andrews, a half-back, who has been with Fulham for the past two seasons. Alexander Sharp, the East Fife inside- forward, has born transferred to Cardiff City.
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  • 218 15 Trainers' Fines Halved On Appeal SUSPENDED JOCKEYS EXONERATED ■"THREE trainers who. as aln ;idy reported in the Free Press, had been fined £50 each had their fines halved and three jockeys who had been suspended were exonerated at a special meeting of the Nation. 1 1 Hunt Committee Stewards in
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  • 196 15 The Kind's Cutter To Be Altered Early in February the King's racing cutter Britannia will be moved from Cowes to Messrs. CamixT and Nicholson's yard at Gosport and the work taken in hand of muking the alterations to her upon which the King has decided in order to
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  • 81 15 LArmy Champion Wins Amateur Title C P. Hamilton, the army champion, won the amateur squash rackets championship at the Bath Club. London, by beating D. M. Backhouse by 9 7. 9—o. 9 -4. Hamilton went through the competition without the loss of a single game. Backhcu.w had a
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  • 28 15 H Hales, the Chesterfield left winger, has been transferred to Stockport County. Hales played with Northampton, Nottingham Forest. Stoke City, and Preston North End before he Joined Chesterfield.
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  • 587 16 S-C.R.C. SCORE IN LAST MINUTE OF GAME S.R.C 4 S.C.R.C 1. IN a fast and interesting hockey match played on the S.R.C. padang yesterday afternoon the home side, although playing a man short, beat the S.C.R.C. by four goals to
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  • 45 16 The oresent Bangkok cricket season feas so far run in favour of bowlers and four matches have produced fiftyeight wickets at an average cost of eleven nms. The time limit arrangement of these matches, each side batting for two hours, has made for brighter cricket.
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  • 295 16 GOOD RUGGER SEASON AT BANGKOK Decline Of Soccer At Sports Club •From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Jan. 9. DUGBY has had a very successful IV season in Bangkok and soccer seems to have fallen from its one time high place, why no one seems to know, but to date this
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  • 85 16 Easy Hockey Victory Over A.P.C. S.C.C 5: A.P.C 1. The S.C.C. did not field their fuir side for the hockey match played on the padang yesterday afternoon against the A.P.C. but the Club were nevertheless strong enough to score a runaway victory by five goals to one.
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  • 294 16 Captain George H. Monsell, sailing master of th e American yacht Rainbow n the races for the America's Cup, has made a gift of half a barrel of oysters to Captain W. Paul, who was in charge if the British yacht Endeavour, as an appreciation
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  • 207 16 ANOTHER BOXER FROM MANILA TO HAVE A TILT AT AL RIVERS Young Frisco On Short Visit By Ringside A FTER a month's "lay-off" during which he went through a severe illness and also enjoyed Christmas, Mr. Bartie Bell, one of the two active boxing promoters in Singapore today, is back
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  • 37 16 YESTERDAY'S hockey fixture between the Wiltshire Regiment and the Royal Artillery, to have been played at Tanglin, was cancelled. Another Tanglin fixture, between the Ceylon Sports Club and the RA.M.C, was also not played yesterday.
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  • 110 16 DRAW FOR FOURTH ROUND OF THE CUP Spurs Only London Team At Home FOUR TIES BETWEEN FIRST DIVISION CLUBS THE draw for the fourth round of the English Cup competition, to be played on Jan. 26, is as follows: Bradford City vs. West Ham or Stockport Leicester vs. Arsenal Middlesbrough
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  • 52 16 Tomorrow's Ties In Squash Tournament Ties for tomorrow in the Tanglin Club open squash championship are as follow Court No. 1 5.30 p.m. Skey vs. Kemlo. 6.15 p.m. Hewett vs. de Chassiron Court No. 2 5.30 p.m. Black vs. Prentis. 6.15 p.m. Garrard vs. Palmer. 7 p.m. Coltart
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  • 91 16 The following have been invited to play hockey for Europeans vs. the Rest tomorrow at S.C.C.: Pte. Jones; R A Ashworth (capt.), Lt. W. S. T. DouglassJ. E. Harvey, Lt. Reed. R. N. Elliott 1 L. H. N. Davis, Cpl. Hanan, Cpl Stopher, M. C. Elliott, A. C. C. Perdriau
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  • 515 16 MRS. C.R. CHERRY WINS IN "A" DIVISION THE Singapore Goll Club Women's January Bogey competition was played at Bukit Timah on Monday and resulted in a win for Mrs. C. R. Cherry in "A" division with a score of 1
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  • 61 16 The following have been invi: play rugby for S.C.C. vs. RAF. A morrow at S.C.C: A. P. Cralgir n P. Roberts. A. L. Hill. E. A. Matth.-w, R. V. Welch; W. H. McNeill, J Ma. kintosh; J. R. McDougall. J E < Mitchell. C. H. W. Goult, G H Whit
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 32 16 FOR THE DESK OR FOR THE POCKET MEMORANDUM PADS in Attractive Engine-turned Gilt Cases available in three different sizes Prices $3.00 $1.50 and $1.00 Get them from MALAYA PUBLISHING HOUSE, LIMITED. SINGAPORE.
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