Morning Tribune, 28 September 1936

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  • 14 1 THE MORNING TRIBUNE VOL. I.— No. 205. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, September 28, 1936. FIVE CENTS.
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  • 527 1 SEQUEL TO ACTION OF FRANCE SWITZERLAND ALSO < 1 RRE\< Y STABILISATION iOMLXG? THE intention of France to devalue the franc, following the monetary agreement between the governments of Great Britain, the United States of America and France, has led several of the other gold bloc
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  • 148 1 A fter Troop-Carrying Service THE Lloyd Triestino liner Conte Rosso arrived in Singapore last night on her first voyage to the Far Eas t since her withdrawal from the service last year for the purpose of conveying troops between Italy and Abyssinia. She has also undergone
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  • 76 1 Ethiopia's Seat Evokes Protest London, Sept 26. THE League Assembly's decision to admit the Ethiopian delegation in the present session has evoked a chorus of protest in the French Press which fears serious consequences in Europe and in particular the possibility of Italy refusing to participate
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  • 19 1 Drriffl ecm The death ls announc ed of Professo Antoine Meillet, the world mos eminent philologist, aged 69 Reutei
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  • 370 1 Alcazar Still Held London, Sept. 27. INSURGENT wireless stations claim that j the insurgents have entered Toledo I and relieved the Alcazar defenders after putting the Government attackers to fight. A new Catalan Government on a wider basis has been formed in Barcelona unI der President
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  • 142 1 Mr. Neville Chamberlain Next Premier? London, Sept. 23. SURPRISE has been caused in political circles by the newa that Sir Samuel Hoare, First Lord of the Admiralty, will speak on the subject of Defence instead of Sir Thomas Inskip, the Minister for the Co-ordination of Defence, at
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  • 26 1 Mrs. Edna Bigio, of Chepstow-street, Manchester, has reported the loss of I diamond pendant valued at £500, believed to have been stolen in the Ostend Kursaal
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  • 1273 2 MONETAR Y AGREEMENT A Way To Keep Peace Paris, Sept. 26. IT is officially announced that the French Government has decided to devalue the franc and requisition all gold. Later messages from Paris state ♦hat the new value of the franc has been fixed between 49
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  • 316 2 An Excellent Musical Film LOVERS of the musical comedy type of entertainment will find "Palm Springs," at the Alhambra up to the high standard of Paramount productions. Starring Frances Langford, who seems to improve with every picture she makes, the film contains several tuneful songs and some good
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    21 2 Mr R P Bingham and his bride, formerly Miss Elizabeth Acheson. photographed after their wedding at the Presbyterian Church on Saturday.
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  • 55 2 Pleased With Visit To Geneva London, Sept. 25. HAILE Selassie returned to London from Geneva to-night, very pleased with the result of his visit, according to member of the Legation staff, who said the Negus felt he had now done all he iossibly could at present for the
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  • 39 2 Tarbese, Sept. 23. AT least fourteen people were killed and twenty injured when an express from Bordeaux was telescoped by a local train near Lourdes The local dashed into the rear of the stationary express. Reuter Wireless
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  • 557 2 Mr. R. P. Ringham Mi HH Elizabeth A cheson Singapore, Saturday. THE Presbyterian Church was setting for a very pretty wedding this afternoon when Miss Elizabeth Walker Acheson, daughter of Mrs. Vincent Acheson, of Castlecaufield, Don.u'hmore. Co. Tyrone, became the bride of Mr. Robert Porter Bingham, M.C.S of
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  • 68 2 United States Committi" Meets Washington Sept. 23 FE committee for the study of cr< insurance met to-day. It is said the committee will mt^,,, vestigate the problem of the J^jl^ of wheat, cotton and maize ana oi tobacco, ric« and sugar 1T Mr. Wallace, Secretary <rf *V^$ o
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  • 25 2 H .M.S." Aurora, the «gJ£S cruiser, wa« launched at rvi (h(> dockyard by Lady Fisher wife o h Commander-in-Chief at FoW>™ Admiral Sir WilUam Fisher.
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  • 1460 3 HIT INSURANCE COMPANIES Eastern United 's Good Year Singapore, Saturday i DIVIDEND of fiv e per cent, and n a cash bonus of 2! 2 per cent, was declared at the annual general meeting of the Eastern United Assurance Corporation Limited held to-day at the Registered
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  • 149 3 Japanese Rely On Chiang Shanghai, Sept. 26. MR. ARITA, Japanese Foreign Minister, lfl informed a delegation from the Minseito Party that the Japanese Government was pursuing a policy of eliminating anti-Japanese activities in China, for which purpose negotiation with the Chinese Foreign Minister, Gen Chang Chun,
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  • 42 3 Meadowbrookli, Sept 27 The Argentine won the America's Cup lor polo defeating the United States by 6 goals to 4 in the second match of the series. The Argentine's team work was faster and their ponies proved superior Reuter.
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  • 135 3 Arrival At Haifa Haifa, Sept. 23. THERE were wartime scenes on the quay 1 this morning when the first contingent of the Palestine Expeditionary Force wearing khaki drill and topees disembarked at dawn. Altogether 1,400 men have arrived together with the administrative staff from Aldershot. Large quantities of
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    • 51 3 BBBBT i^T tBJ BBBM I>M M H I /;^^v M^^ Lioar I i %^§P RAPID HARDENING j CEMEXT j Look For This Trade Mark When Buying A Watch. mvA SfoSrsJS Ti AT ALL DEALERS THROUGHOUT MALAYA. MODERATELY PRICED |H^ FT T ry BHHHSW^^" J^^^H 75 YE A RS. ai^ MONTOR
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  • REUTER'S COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    • 122 4 London. Sept. 26. RUBBER Phnnpe Previous To-day cnange Steady Closed TODe Ml qnn Buyers 7 3 4 Bpot Sellers 7 13 16 October Buyers T% Sellers 7 13 16 OcVlDec. Buyers 7% SeUers 7 13 16 jan'W. Buyers 7 13 16 Sellers 7% M London. Sept. 26. PALM
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    • 81 4 i London, Sept. *jg Previous To-day Change J. P. Coats 5 3 Closed Dunlop Rubber 35 1 General Electric 91 10 Imperial Chemical Industrie* 40 3 Imperial Tobacco 167 6 Canadian Pacific *H?8 Gula Kalumpong 28 9 Langlaate Estates 24 3 Rubber Plant. Investment Trust 32Shell Trans.
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    • 22 4 London. Sept. 26 TIN Standard. Previous To-day Change Cash (official price) Closed 3 months forward (official price) £196* 8 Closed
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    • 26 4 NEW New York. Sept. 26 RUBBER Previous To-day Change £2? Buyers Wk closed BPOt Sellers 16 7 16 Jan. Mar. Buyers. 16V 2
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    • 106 4 London. Sept. 23. BIG Ben, metaphorically speakinß w;t on strike at 8.43 this morning D«J zling Londoners proceeding to then offices. The clerk of the works immediate^ climbed up th? tower accomoanied the makers to investigate and per.suaned the timepiece to return to wor« shortly before
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    • 58 4 London. Sept. 26. Previous To-day Change T.T. on Paris (closing middle rate) 76.66 No Dealings T.T. on Amsterdam (closing middle rate) 7.47% T.T. on Shanghai (closing selling rate) fc-% T.T. on Hongkong (closing selling rate) y 2 -15.16 T.T. on Japan (closing selling rate) V 2 -3 64
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    • 98 4 Desmoin, (Iowa), Sept. 23. A FARM programme incorporating 'i domestic allotment plan was outlined bv Mr. Landon in the first major appeal to Mid-eastern farmers. He pledged himself if elected to fulfil all outstanding Government obligations to the farmers and suggested a permanent farm programme based on
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    • 136 4 No Coronation Issues (From Out Own Correspondent) By Air Mail London. Sept 16. THE Straits Settlements arc to have their new stamps bearing the effigy of the King at or about the date of th^ Coronation next year. They will be a nermanent issue and will not be
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    • 26 4 London. Sept. 26. Previous To-day Change GOLD Pine Bar wm 02 £6.17.9% Closed SILVER Spot 193^ I months forward 19 V 2 Um 4
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  • 1482 5 Issued by Fraser and Co. Lyall and Evatt, Exchange and Stock Brokers (Shares are $1 unless otherwise stated) Fraser Co. Lyall Evatt 41-AmpatTin B^ers SeUers Buyers SeUers £1 Asam Kumbang 2 6fi opaL a 46 4 9 £1 Austral Malay 3! 28 xd JJh 28|-xd 51- Ayer
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  • THE LOCAL MARKETS
    • 128 5 Singapore, Saturday morning. Singapore:*. 26 9|16 cts., down IJI6 ct. Market Tone: Slightly Easier. London: 7 11|16d., unchanged. Market Tone: Steady. New York: 16% cts., down l|l6d. Market Tone: Uncertain. Singapore, Saturday «venlng. The news concerning the franc caused a certain amount of uncertainty on the local market and
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    • 22 5 Singapore, Saturday noon. London: £198 10s., up 605.; three months £196 10s., up 60s. New York: 4514 cts., up Vs ct.
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    • 8 5 I London-New York 5.04 New York-London 5.02
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  • 86 5 DAILY PRICES CURRENT. Singapore, Saturday noon. Buyers. Sellers. No. I.X.R.S.S. in cases (F.0.8. September) 26% 27 Good F.A.Q. in cases (FOB. September) 26 3 4 26 13|16 No. I.X.R.S.S. (Spot-loose) (awardable S'pore) 26% 26% do. October 263/4 26 7 4 do. Oct. Dec.
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  • 52 5 British A mbassador Peiping, Sept. 27. Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen, the British Ambassador, arrived in Peiping yesterday afternoon and was received at the station with a guard of honour. Mr. Chen Chung Fu, the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Charhar-Hopei Political Council met him on arrival.— Sin Chew
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  • 45 5 Shanghai, Sept. 27. China's imports for August amount to $70,404,816, representing an increase of $14,228,472 as compared with the corresponding period of last year. The exports total $55,332,995, representing an increase of $10,001,757 over the same period in 1935— Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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  • 37 5 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Sunday.. The latest messages received in Siam of congratulations and good wishes for the birthday of King Ananda include cables from King Edward, President Roosevelt and the Governor-General of Indo-China.
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  • 30 5 Stockholm, Sept. 23. The Swedish Government resigned this morning but was requested by the King to remain in office for the formation of a new Cabinet. Reuter Wireless.
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  • 124 6 Singapore, Saturday Interviewed by the Tribune, Mr. E Tongue, the Stamp Improbate Officer for the Colony, stated that the new issue of stamps would not be distributed until the beginning of next year, about the time of the Coronation. An unlimited number of the new stamps will be
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  • 21 6 The number of visitors to the British Museum last year totalled 1,172,980. compared with 1,192,849 in 1934 and 1.076,385 in 1933.
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    • 29 6 Rotary Club f thp sin^aoore Rotary Ciud f/.S. War Secretary A ABSOLUTE SECURITY I Motor Union INSURANCE COMPANY,. LTD. j s Agents: SIME, DARBY CO. LTD. Singapore ft Branches
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    • 251 6 THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LTD. (Established In 1880) Capital Subscribed (Fully Paid up) Y.i00.000.00e Reserve Fund Y.130,900,000 Q# Head Office: YOKOHAMA SINGAPORE BRANCH. MEYER CHAMBERS, RAFFLES PLACE. Manager, T. YAMAMOTO Tel: No. 6049 Manager's Room 5©21 5922 General Office. 5923 «472 Comprad ore's Desk BANK OF CHINA (Incorporated In China
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  • 325 7 Annual General Meeting London, Sept. 15. THE twenty-sixth annual general I meeting of Kalidjeroek Rubber Com pany, Limited, was held on Friday n London, according to The Times Mr Vernon Wethered (the chairman) !he resuT'oi J* Sp eech s d thkt' me result of last year's working was
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  • 100 7 6,133 More Cars And Lorries 'By Air Mail) London, Sept. 15. PARTICULARS of motor-car production during July, available to-day, a big increase over last year, acccrding to the Financial Times. Output of private cars and taxi-cabo was *9,796 vehicles, as compared with vehicles in July, 1936. Commercial vehicle
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  • 174 7 Report to March 31 last shows rubber sales £16,464 (£18,434), less production rS s i and fre *ght and selling charges t8,702, leaving £7,762, which, with sundry receipts, makes £7,969. London expenses take £679, depreciation £682 (£750», and directors' fees £638, and aftei deducting government duty and
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  • 1285 7 REPLIES TO DOCTOR PATHY'S QUESTIONS President's House And New Singapore, Friday. A T to-day's meeting of the Singapore f«n M unici P al Commissioners the foUo^nng replies were tabled on the questions asked by Dr. K. K Pathy NEW ABATTOIR BeTa^ereTted?^ Pig abatt ir ff Jala < 1930. What was
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  • 254 7 Rise In Native Rate? (By Air Mail) London, Sept. 18. jyATIVE members of the Netherlands Indian People's Council have introduced a motion proposing the abolition of the existing 5 per cent, ad valorem export duty on native rubber "in order to equalise the burden on estate and
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  • 26 7 Mr. P. Rogers, of Keswick-road, Putney, SW received fatal injuries and burns when his motor-car burst into flames following a crash in the Broadway, Southall, Middlesex.
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  • 32 7 Sir Charles Eves, head of the firm Charles Eves, Lord and Co., chartered accountants, New Broad-street, E C eft from his £84,000 estate £200 each to' ten employees of two years' service
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  • 96 8 DR. Edgar Reginald Deacon, the scfen tist who played an important n-irt in the victory of the Allies in the wa by discovering how to use amatol i n fi ing shells, has died, aged 54 Dr. Deacon, who lived at Eltham sp was in charge of
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  • 52 8 Cobleskill, New York State BECAUSE she went swimming without a bathing dress before a gYoup of children in Cobleskill Creek, New York State, Mrs. Helen L. Greek was sentenced to an indeterminate period in the State Reform Prison. Mrs. Greek, who is 28, is the mother of
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    • 391 8 TO-NIGHT 3 TO-NIGHT I .a m m■■» m .^^Lk 6-15 ft 9-15 AIJIA^IHIiA 6-15 ft_9-15 j PARAMOUNT'S GRAND MUSICAL ROMANCE OF "PALM SPRINGS" THE 1 PLAYGROUND OF MOVIE STARS AND MILLIONAIRES, WHERE COWfZ Ai> A FRANCES LANGFORD J| Ik JM SINGING FOUR NEW BIG SONG HITS IN l!^M "PALM SPRINGS"
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  • 78 9 Woman Routs Mountain Bear Montreal. MRS. Dan Munday, wife of a well- known Vancouver mountaineer his saved her husband from a bear, which attacked him on a climbing expedition in British Columbia. expedition The Mundays were traversln.. thi dangerous Bearpaw Canyon which Lm! Mount Silverthorne. when \J3%gS to photograph a
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  • 25 9 Just before the Edinburgh and Knur's rt™. TNT R W e d f Ue tO <& bireet, ln ..h.R., Station, Glasgow two SEKZ? near the e
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  • 8 9 Thirty-four persons have been sen Popular Fron, tribunal."
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  • 128 9 pOR several days the antics of intpr a O ct S i ranße lookin S animal have Eton H?, h Pa SSer f by and residents in tton High-street. It has travpllpd Practicallv the length of H^gh -street bv roof to roof, with S5 drain pipes"' 1
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  • 6 9 Edward F. Taylor, a motor-cyclist of
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  • 19 9 Jock, King George's favourite shooting pony now at Windsor, is to spend thl rest of his life at Sandringham.
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    • 193 9 I r l' \l'l I I I*' 1." I I .^^l ii > 1 1 i j i\ i i i w99t9BU^. i > Wettley Henry Sttph«nton Sara Hadcn^H^J^ I PAVILIOiV Starts To-Morrow! from m m**^ MSIMHICHIRBMTIIIBRSHBU ilka Chase sH STARTS FRIDAY PAVIUON 1111-JlllO HOYAL/ P ni. TO-NIGHT 9 p.m.
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  • 367 10 SCIENCE OF ALCHEMY Chemists Form Society nEOPLE (if any) who have disco- vered formulae for turning common inetaK or bricks into solid gold had better make a note of this address: 8. Bream's -buildings, London, E. C. 4. For there they will be patiently heard
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  • 220 10 'Lady Precious Stream" In London LADY Precious Stream, the ever fresh, will shortly bubble from yet another fount. Mr. S. I. Hsiung informs Reuter that the Savoy Theatre, London, to which this famous play was moved from another London plavhouse, the Little Theatre, some months ago wilj shortly
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  • 274 10 Ogpu's Activities In London London. I GENTS in London of the dreaded I A Ogpu— Soviet secret police— are terrorising Soviet officials and employees in the Embassy. Consulate, and in Arcos <the Soviet trading cen'reV and other Soviet trading departments in the Citv. The majority hnve
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  • 222 10 Foiled By Activity Of "G" Men New York. G" MEN— the United States antigangster organisation have Staged a neat tableau to catch an extortionei threatening the lives of two beautiiul debutantes. Mr. Robert Young, a rich broker and father of Miss Eleanor Young, received letters, signed "The
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  • 191 10 I Allegation By Lord Churchill <By Air Mail) London, Sept. 9. ALLEGATIONS that Italian and GerA man aid was being giving to the I insurgents in Spain are made in a I telegram received in London from viscount Churchill. It was sent to Viscountess Hastings at
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  • 254 10 Municipal Tram "Sold" To Farmer Vienna. AN ingenious confidence trick by which a farmer was induced to "buy" one of the Vienna municipal tramcars has been revealed in the courts here. The victim, Anton Vnuk, a Pole, had grown tired of farming so he sold his land in
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  • 92 10 AN Atlantic flight in balloon is planned by captain Ernest Demuyter, the Belgian airman who won the GordonBennett Cup for balloons in America with n flicht of 1,200 miles. He bopei to cross tho Atlantic, nearly 3.000 miles, in 80 to 100 hours, thus making
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  • 243 10 BRIT ONS FOR SPAIN Cash To Fight Rebels London. FIVE Britons mingled with the throng catching the Paris boat train frorr Victoria one day recently. They passed singly through the barriers, sat in different compartnu-i of the train. They carried ticket, Paris. But they wer e bound for Spain The
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  • 168 10 Scout's B ravery Rescued Man From r Sharks <By Air Mail) London. Sept. 8 WITH sharks swimming round him. an iB-year-old British scout rescued sailor from drowning. For this act be has been awarded the Bronze Cross the highest decoration for gallantry He is Rover Scout Butterworth of the 2nd
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  • 89 10 London. Sept. 8 THE Air Ministry announces that An Marshal P B. Jouber, dc la Fi C.8.. CMC. D.5.0., has been pointed Air Officer Commandinn-m Chief Coastal Command. Lee-on-SoU'n' He succeeds Air Marshal Sir AM Longmore. K.C.8.. D.5.0.. who has been appointed Commandant of the imperial
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  • 672 11 APPROVAL OF v^LL-RCj Y Bishop Who Does Not Object THE Bishop of St. Edmundsbury 1 and Ipswich, Dr. \y. Uhitiinffham, believes ihat girl cyclists entering churches when wearing shorts should be welcomed rather than rebuked. In his letter in the Diocesan magazine, he refers
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  • 452 11 Eleven Villagers Play Two County Players (By Air Mail* Wittersham. Isle of Oxney. Sept. 8. TWO men have played and beaten eleven others on the ground here in the strangest cricke t match played f° r 102 years. The heroes of the struggle were
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  • 118 11 Woman Sues Hitlers Publishers Bern AN Austrian woman who was formerly a member of the Nazi Party. Frau Melle Kacth Blerbaumer. Is bringing an action for 100.000.000 Francs < £6,600.000 > In the courts here against the present Droprietors of the firm which publishes the "Voelkishe Beobachter" ruid
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    28 11 Bartram. the CharKon goalkeeper, saves a fast shot from a Liverpoo forward when the two teams met at the Valley. The match resulted in a I—l1 1 draw
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  • 150 11 Widow Will Forfeit £100,000 London. a WIDOW, It was revealed by h will, is to lose the bulk of her husbands fortune, estimated at about £100.000. if she remarries. She is Mrs. Margaret Whitlock, of Edmondscote Manor. Leamington Spa. raid her husband. Mr. Francis John Whitlock. a
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  • 311 11 Sales In Malaya Higher (By Air Mail) London. Sept. li. THE Bible has now been translated into no less than 705 language and dialects. The 700 mark wa* i ached last year when 13 new veisJons were added. This is disclosed in the 132nd report f the
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  • 156 11 Conquered By Thret Frenchmen Paris. THREE Frenchmen have scaled a virgin ueak. on their own territory. They have climbed the north face of the Ailefroide, a .sheer wall of rock, snow and ice in the dangerous Pelvoux Massif in Dauphine. which includes the famous Meije and Ecrins. known
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  • 61 11 Mr. W. Elphinstone, 0.C.P.D., Tapah, will be going on long leave on Oct. 1 Prior to his departure, the police staff and subordinates of Batang Padang, will entertain him to a farewell tea. During the three years he has worked In Tapah, he was not only Uked and respected by
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  • 315 12 MORNING TRIBUNE STABILISATION Singapore: Monday, Sept. 28, 19'J6. lLf ORE excitement was caused by the actual devaluation of the franc than by the important international development, kept secret for days, that led to it. Beyond a temporary disturbance on the exchanges, the fact that France has gone off the gold
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  • 920 12 ARO UN D MALAYA IF any apologies are necessary for another reference to motorists they are Riven now without any reservations whatsoever. This point concerns car owners in Ipoh and the numerous others in Malaya who find it necessary to make frequent visits to the capital elect of Perak either
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  • 155 12 Ifirs. L w. Arnold was admitted 10 the Penang General Hospital on Wedm evening. Mr. D. P. MacNamara. O.S.P.C Kuala Kangsar, leaves next week ior a three weeks' holiday in Burma, where he ha-; a brother serving in the Armv who was ADC. to the former Governor Of Burma.
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    106 12 Caledonia the first of the Imperial Airways ions nice Bytaf bo;l1 which are to make Atlanti. trials is now undergoing tests at Rochester, Kent. Photo allows:- The mu flying boat aledonia on the Blips at Rochester lengen aboard the P. <>. cmisinjj liner Strathmoro which ar(l at Ti'bury on Sept.
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  • 362 13 ATTEMPT ON RECORD No Oxygen A t 27,000 Feet AN R.AF. "freak man" who can breathe without the aid of oxyffen in an airplane nearly 30 000 feet up may capture the altitude record for Britain. He is A. E. Clouston. whose name with that
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  • 38 13 Rev. M. Dodsworth. District Superintendent, Methodist Mission. Penang and iVrak. visited Tapah on Thursday where he conducted the service and Lords Supper and latter proceeded to the Anglo-Chinese School, Sungkai. where he presided over the second quarterly conference.
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  • 18 13 Dr. W. Murdoch. Medical Superintendent. Central Mental Hospital. Tanjong Rambuttan. is expected back from home leave next month.
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  • 210 13 Wife 'Murdered By Post" In France Fai.s. Jl GRIM story of "murder-by-po^t" I.s n believed to lie behind the sudden death by poisoning of pretty Mme Roger Fauveau. aged 27. wife of un officer in the Paris fire brigade, white convalescing after an illness at a village near Limoges. The
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  • 163 13 Burnt His Braces To Save His Life Gibraltar. fjON FRANCISCO LARIOS, AngloV Spanish husband of the Hon. Jnn Kuihvon. daughter OJ Lord Ruthvcn. wore a bell when he fled with his arife Iron: Barcelona at the start of the civil war. His braces, covered with Monarchist rmplems, were burnt by
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    85 13 in^heuLt™ tV*** for lhe two new forces which wer e announced in the House of Commons a month a ff o th e Supplementary Reserve IX -L f aI my Under a new s cheme recruits can enlLst for a whX,° f^ X """I* 1 at F end of which
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  • 142 13 Shortage Of Pigs Berlin. THE State agricultural organisation 1 hao issued a statement in rcyiy to recent complaints by butchers and customeis regarding mcut supplies "It is not at the moment possible completely to satisfy all the wishes of consumers for various specific kinds of meat," saya
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  • 55 13 To increase the facilities on Newcastle Quay, the Newcastle Corporation ,T^ onni nd °P ene^ a new transit shed 300 ft. long, and 100 ft. wide equipped with all modern facilities. This has beoome necessary because of the larger 7 pe of cargo vessel— mostly from Australia and U.S.A.— now
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    • 35 13 pHONE Telegraphic Address: SO,*?.*!, 5034 Y* mL W^ GOODWOOIJ rHK MOST CHARMINGLY NTCATED !!OTFL IN THE ISLANN. KXCKLLKNT ACCOALMODAiION VViill EVERY COMFORT. Mifc COCKTAIL BAR AND RESTAURANT IS "THE" PLACE FOR COCKTAILS— LUNCHFti.N \M> lIINNEK.
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  • 164 14 M.C.C. CRICKET TEAM LEA VE FOR AUSTRALIA The M.C.C. team for Australia left England on Sept. 12. Above left are G. O. Allen, the captain, and R. E. S. Wyatt photographed as the boat-train 1 gives an idea of the huge crowds which thronged the station to bid farewell to
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  • 1879 16 Books and AUTHORS Peculiar bill faeimatfog INr«holoi*iral Stmdj-Amerlemuimm in t'timrdv and 1 Legal Procedure- Mr. Wnl|»ole*» I'uiiiberlaiicl \ot<l-.liii"|»i»U off in IHv in I¥ew York. MR. Rearden Conner's new novel, the oddly named "I Am Death," is a psychological study of a most peculiar type. The hero is a murder not
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    • 362 17 CARRIER A TOUUIST'S I "*-Ml!>l r S»OI»I>I\<, CIIIBE 1 I INVISIBIE SINGAPORE LUGGAGE DRY CLEANING RESTAURANT L*z£FJ** j CARRIER CO. j N4WUN Ba{;page Contractors Forwarding »J§ -^.^^^.^.-^.-^-^^.^..J. FOR THE i Bookng HS orFJ rVoantr 1 European Modern Woman Bareage Agents for:- tllUilir Food J Blue Funnel Line for m wmm
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  • 136 18 Extension For Making Aircraft THE East Asiatic Co., of Copenhagen whose sphere of operations is practically wolrd-wide. has sent a communication to the Press in which, after lecalling its support of the Danish Air Traffic Co. since 1926. it announce.; a decision to allow the Nakskov Skibsvaerft to
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  • 215 18 Case For United Stain Lines THAT th e Manhattan and Was!. of the United States Lines "match In service, safety and comfort the V: mandie and Queen Mary or any <■ foreign super liners is the opinion Mr. Roper, Secretary of Commerce, wh kl back in Washington
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    • 436 18 IKAJ BKI ifSH BY P&OandBRITISH INDIA LINES Outwards. RANCHI 17,000 Oct. 9 RANPURA 17,000 Dec. 18 BURDWAN 6,070 Oct. 22 1937. CARTHAGE 15,000 Oct. 23 Tonnage S'pore. NALDERA 16,000 Nov. 6 RAWALPINDI 17,000 Jan. 1 SOMALI 6,810 Nov. 18 CORFU 15,000 Jan. 15 COMORIN 15.000 Nov. M RANCHI 17,000 Jan.
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    • 176 18 M. M. LINE. (Incorporated in Franco (MESSAGERIES MARITIMES) General Agents for Cie GENERALE TRANSATLANTIQLE Air-FRANCE MAIL PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES Homeward for Colombo, Djibouti, Port Said and Marseilles CHENONCEAUX 14.823 T. Sept. 29 EXPLORATEUR GRANDIER 10,267 T. Oct. 2 DARTAGNAN 15,105 T. Oct. 13 SPHINX 11.374 T. Oct. 27 ARAMIS 17,536
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    • 124 18 GENERAL PASSENGER AGBNTi CUNARD WHITE STAR, LTD., (Incorporated in Japan). To LONDON, via Penang, Colombo Aden, Port Said, Marseilles Gibraltar s.s. HAKUSAN MARU Oci. J s.s. HARUNA MARU Ocr. 1 s.s. KATCRI MAEU Oct 2j Rates to Ist Class 2nd class Naples $497 $540 $317 $34.: Marseilles 514 557 326
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    • 75 18 {POSTAL IIVTELLIGEKti: STEAMER MAILS DESPATCHES Pontianak Raub I 28 2 Pamangkat, Sambas and Singkawang Boelongan 28 4 Aden Karapara Oct. 1 3 America 1 North), except Western Canada and Western States of U.S.A. Karapara 1 3 'Europe:— Great Britain and Europe generally [Karapar* ..13 India:— East, North and West I
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    • 29 19 THE .P and O. steamer Somali arrived 1 in London on Sept. 24, according to I telegraphic advices received by the Com- oany's Singapore office. \i 8
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    • 58 19 THE following passengers are disembarking from the East Asiatic ComWe^Voc a t me i6 Meonia> dUe in Singa Mr and Mrs. E. Strandbere Mr B S.' nt i ey Mrs Henderson. Miss J T Blyth Miss AC. Bouvy, Miss ThurnM m Mr L P Wilson C RietdiTk Mr.
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    • 97 19 THE scuttled German battleship Kaiserin. salved from the bottom of Scapa Flo'v on May 14 last, ha; arrived L n fl e F j rth of Forth Estimated to be worth about £180,000 to Britain's found[•^•i e steel wm lVst them something like 22s a trn more ,iian
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    • 47 19 Shanghai's most modern whaif which is now being constructed at a cost of about £300,000, will be ready for use at the end of December. The first foreign vessel to berth there will be the Norddeutscher Lloyd liner Potsdam which arrives on Jan. 14.
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    • 26 19 A Coventry firm have begun tmanufacture a petrol-driven motor with speeds from 2* 2 to Sm.p.h. rh e fuel consumption is 12 miles to the gallon
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    • 304 19 IM lt\S PIIILP LIXE. (Incorporated hi Australia) NEXT SAIUNGS. Due fljui* I MARELLA Sept. 28 Oct 3 I MERKUR Oct. 28 Nov 3 I Special cheap round trip tickets from Singapore to Australia Issued at in following rates. I First Class passengers may transfer at Singapore, Brisbane, Sydney or Mel
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    • 360 19 L^K S$ 1O F «ENCH PORTS V- SL mmm^ST HOMEWARDS. OUTWARDS j (from Marseilles). 2^ NT T^, E U C R^ AUX W 8^«». Tou™n e H^p bong 10 LINOIS Oct. 21 CAP ST. JACQUES Nov 5 J KAKts KKOM ANY PLACE. MALAYA TO MARSEILLES K^' ao/p'^gß FOT Sept. 28
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    • 65 19 SHIPS L\ DOCK SHIPS ALONGSIDE THE WHARVES OR EXPECTED TO ARRIVE Godown Gate No. iric'iin t* P" 1 HIM I »\f t KEPPEL HARBOUR .Main W r harf: Lch. Lady Clifford Lch Kittiwake. R.A.F. Aquarius P W D Grab Dredger No. 2 Lch." Sir H Anderson. Tohiti, WBt. Enterprise Buijskes.
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  • 492 20 OPPOSITION SEVERE Headed By Mr. Hearst Washington, D.C. EUROPEAN visitors to the United States this summer are expressing surprise at the degree of opposition to President Roosevelt's reelection which is shown by the American Press. The extent of this opposition does not seem to be
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  • 54 20 Tlie guild of thieves in Damascus Syria, was so displeased by police action that a strike of robbers was called in the hope that the inactivity of the police would lead to dismissals. For weeks the burglars and bandits refused to steal a thins. Then, for economic, reasons, they were
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  • 114 20 Lady Watson Leaves England London. LADY WATSON, who recently described a Civjl List pension of £120 a year to herself and her two daughters as "an insult." sailed from England— "never tn return." she said. Lady Watson, who is the widow of Sir William Watson, travelled
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  • 181 20 Richthofen. Relic For Germany A FRAGMENT of the aeroplane in which Baron von Richthofen, the German War pilot, made his last flight has been handed to General Milch, Secretary of State at the Air Ministry. by the president of the Canadian Olympic Committee, Mr. P. J. Mulqueen.
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    22 20 Th P Band of the Middlesex Regiment, which was in attendance when 6 Commodore V P. Mark-Wardlaw D.S.O. R.N. left for England
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  • 37 20 Six mayors will accompany the I Mayor of .Tai-row when he presents, at the bar of the HcuEe of Commons at the binning: of the next session, an j A'l-Tyncside^petiUcn to the GovemIment to support Jcutow's industry.
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  • 36 20 After applying artificial respiration for 40 minutes a policeman and three firemen saved the lives of two employees of the South Suburban Gas Co. who were found gassed in a 3ft. trench in White Hart-road, Orpington.
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  • 84 20 "Business As Usual" He Still Sold Drugs In Prison Alexandria. NOTHING aaunted by an tighteei months sentence for drug trafficking an Egyptian Abdul Mohamed Omar continuing his smuggling activities within the prison walls. After only five days in gaol the prison authorities were informed by another prisoner that Omar was
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  • 199 20 Rockets Novice 5,000 Feet London. AN "air bubble" rocketed a novice competitor 5,000 feet into the sky in semi-darkness at the conclusion of the British Gliding Associations championship meeting at Bradwell Edge, near Great Hucklow, Derbyshire. He was Mr. F. Coleman, of Gaiey, Cheshire, a member of the
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  • 76 20 New York. A. SEVEN-YEAR mairiage experiment to decide which types are best .suited to mate— blonde and blond cr brunette and blond, and so on has just been launched. Dr. E. Lowell Kelly, of Connecticut State College arranged the test. "I want to analyse marital compatability," he said.
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  • 247 20 Trail Of Fire Theft Aiders). TSCAPADES of two boys, one nine and the other am d were described at Aldershot r. Court. It was stated that the boy: na< confined their activities in Ald< 10 stealing three cvcles. At Fa: they flrst took a hand-ban that v.\.
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  • 164 20 New Legislation For The Blind <Ey Air Mail' London. Sept PROVISION of old -age pensions blind people at the age of 40 is b^ the nibject of legislation in the session of Parliament. It is also pri -used the make give "domiciliary :;ince" to the needy blind
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  • 31 20 Manchester's bank returns. wWj reflect the financial turnover of tl citv. show an increase on the hp.lf of 1936 of three million pounds when compared with the samr p last year.
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  • 32 20 The Ajrport committee of castle Corporation >has decided to uistall a fixed flood-lighting system the Aerodrome at Woolsington. D ir( A c tional radio is to be installed by the Air Ministry.
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    • 1920 21 f ft 5 am C se down 2.15 p.m. GreeUngs to our listen- r °50a m °P enln g- Cookery talk, ers in New Zealand. I Ol\ 111 Klt I 111 A S 2 r^ ed W^r UeV°in P E^i s r S j vx^ iiij iiiiiin j «gi p^^ur^rrNiron,
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  • 258 22 COMMENTS BY MAGISTRATE Man Who Stole To Pay Fine London. COMMENTS on "a ridiculous fine" t were made by Mr. Herbert Metcalfe, the Old-street magistrate, when he referred to the Welwyn J.P.s as "those precious justices. He had before him a case in which Charles Thomas Gerrish,
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  • 194 22 Twelve Stone In Weight At Age Of 4 EXHIBITION of a four-and-a-half-year- old boy, weighing 12 stones, in a 6ft. square pen, on Yarmouth Parade, led to the appearance of the boy's father, Reginald Bowles, of Whitehorse Street, Lowestoft, at Yarmouth Police Court. Bowles stated
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  • 133 22 P.C. Who "Told Fairy Tales" "VOU are bound to get subterfuge when 1 you get police who will lie like troopers," remarked Mr. H. Willison, solicitor, defending a married couple summoned at Birmingham for keeping a betting house. PC. Davies agreed that he told "a lot. of fairy tales" to
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  • 273 22 Invited In Five Languages nROADCASTS in America and Canada D poster campaigns throughout th< Empire and in foreign capitals and tractive literature in five languages are "to tell the world" all about the Coronation of King Edward nex L May By these means, it is hoped, there
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  • 60 22 A TRACTOR belonging to the 33rd Field Brigade R.A.. Bulford Cam: overturned at Enford. between Nethera von and Upavon. on Salisbury Plain and Bdr. James Marsden, aged 34, was killed instantly, Gunner Taylor received badly crushed ribs, and four others wen* slightly injured. The tractor, drawing an
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  • 15 22 A total of 1.902 certificates of naturalisation were granted by the Horn* Secretary during 1935.
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    • 467 22 11l 'p.m. concert toussy). Narcissus (Marguerite Canal). (Relayed). al>. The Sad Promenade (Marguerite 7.05 p.m. News In French. Canal). Song of Love and of Sorrow 7.35 p.m. Continuation of Concert (Georges Hue). Rondel (Georges Hue). .Relayed), (Miss Patrir). 8.20 p.m. Maritime Talk, by M^ Epithalamium (Despiau). Bretagne. The Page Sings
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  • 75 23 Top weight did not prevent M G M fr««i m i,Summer Meet,, u B Ukit W "^TZrVn^LTLVl^^^^^ Mr. S. D. Scott's Bay Laddie, winner of the second race, being led in from the course. These two bright young things were studying the form book when
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  • 2224 24 EXCUSE ME PAYS $56 Rider Falls In Scurry Singapore. Saturday. A LARGE crowd was present at Bukit Timah this afternoon for the second and final day's races of the Singapore Turf Club's Autumn Skye Meeting. Rain threatened before the first event but kept off, and
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  • 77 24 Beaten In Semi-Final Of Paris Tourney Paris. Sept. 25 IfHO Sin Kie, the Chinese Davis Cup player and national tennis champion, entered the semi-final round of the international tennis championships (states Reuter), but was beaten there by Andre Merlin, the French International player, by I—6, B—6, B—6.
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  • 36 24 September Ladies FourSome Result CIGHT cards were taken out for the September Ladies Foursome competition at the Keppel Golf Club, which resulted In a win for Mrs. A. E. Garden and Miss O. Farnell.
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  • 30 24 Bombay, Sept. 19 IN a ten-round contest for the ligh heavy-weight Championship Southern India, Arthur Suares beat Ki<> James in the eighth round, the referet stopping the fight.
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  • 989 25 QUARTER FINALS OF S.A.B.A. TOURNEY Lively Fights At Drill Hall On i IVELY fighting was seen at the Drill L Hall on Saturday when the Singapore Amateur championship competition wa* canted a stage further. There were 28 fighfe and thanks to the good work o? the SABA, officials, including MAdrian
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  • 79 25 Malayan Letters On Lost Plane London. Sept. 26. THE Post Office announces that a portion of air mails for the England to India. Malaya and Australia services waa aboard the Boadicea, comprising i rrespondence posted In London up to about 8 am on Friday, and in the Provinces
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  • 102 25 Fraser Neave Clerical Staff Presentation To Retiring Chif Singapore, Sunday. "I H VE c al ways fell, whether it was on thit e Sports field or in the office lllftSrfl Mr and Mrs. Hastieesteem by the k^ndh, »n°H r hearts and manner in which youY^ve hS'!"* aiuro." f i e
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  • 116 25 Startling Belgian Brussels, Sept. 25. THE examining magistrate at Bruges has 1 ordered the arrest of six persons in eluding two Socialist local councfnors' in connection with the seizure of aiiee-chine-guns was found in the premisesbf a businessman in Antwerp where a Tram was also made on the
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  • 33 25 Billiards Champion To Retire A"fLr£ d T h the WOrld s Passional HP COMMENCED AT 14 ■S*7i"s SSSt a mm OPENING A BUSINESS Ti?H tlining his plans f °r the future
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  • 121 25 British Attitude Over Shanghai London, Sept. 24. WAIT and see" is the motto of White hall v/ith regard to the Shanghai inndent. Although the incident itself is thought to be more serious than that which started the Japanese attack on Shanghai in 1932, the important point Is
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  • 1541 26 PEAK MEN NOW LEAD Home Soccer Surprises MANY interesting results were lecorded in Saturday's Home football, there being six dra\\> m the First Division alone. Derby County, by virtue of a mid-week victtry, and a draw at Arsenal's headquarters yesterday, now lead in this division.
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  • 281 26 St. Andrew's Old Boys Rugger Singapore, Saturday. THE "C" Company of the Middlesex Regiment just managed to beat the "B" string of St. Andrew's Rugby Team at Farrer Park this afternoon bv 3 points jto nil. The game was played in a heavy drizzle and the slippery ball
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  • 295 26 Need To Advertise Tlu> Island MR. George Parbury once more, at the meeting of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners, referred to the need for advertising Singapore, and making the place known outside the country. '"Some years ago I think it wa.s in the early part of 1932—1 proposed that
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  • 27 26 The Governor has appointed Wednesday, May 12, 1937, being the Coronation of His Majesty the Kins. Edwird VIII ns i public holiday throughout the Colony
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  • 227 26 R.S.Y.C. Weekend Yachting THE International six-metre cla.ss 1 day sailed th e first of a series u' r the Milner Challenge Cup. There wa light breeze from the South West h the tide flooding. Kathleen 111 pered by G. D. A. Lundon. finished first The finishing times
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  • 81 26 Results Of Season's Opening Games London, Sepi. M. I^HE results of to-day's opening matche of the Rugger League arc M lows: Bedford 8 Richmond Blackheath 15 Birkenhead Pk Bridgend 23 London Welsh i Bristol 0 Gloucester Dcvonport Ser. 18 Bath Leicester 22 Northampton London Scot. 24 Old Merchant
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  • 94 26 New A ppointm (fits Gazetted THE following promotions and ltd nations from the SS V F arc gazetted Lieut. (Acting Captain) J. A. Me Evoy, promoted to the rank of Captain 'with effect from Sept. 7. Liout. (Acting Captain) S. Mortimer, irromoted to the rank of Captain, wit
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  • 1206 27 TWO -NIL WIN IN FINAL Steadier Than Singapore, Saturday aIX roads led to the An- on Road n Stadium to-day wh» n the official soccer season was Drought to a close with the final of the SAFA Cup competition between the Police and the I?
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  • 509 27 Homeward Bound After Olympics AWING to pressure on space it has over^fhi necessai> y to hold Hermes -Viewed from the Benches/' day e Satur MORE than 1,000 people, most of them Chinese and Japanese, rubbed shoulders at the Tanjong Pager Wharves nf S t>,
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  • 36 27 Mr. Alfred R. Cleaver, a Northampton business man. who had a heart attack while on holiday in the Island of fetay J**st Scotland, was flown to Paisley in wogre^ h Ur Whßre he makin K B°od
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  • 113 28 GUNNERS DEFEAT THE POLICE ♦ko r linn i i v were the better side and deserving According ih^ l^J h l^ n^ Z sUgl^n the Police almost pulwinners in the final but there *a* as g y and led the same out of the R
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