Morning Tribune, 16 September 1937

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  • 14 1 THE MORNING TRIBUNE VOL. 2— No. 194. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, September 1(1, 1937 FIVE CKNTS.
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  • 411 1 Britain s Plan Not Yet Final Geneva. Sept. 14. CPEAKING during the League Council •5 discussion on the Mandate Commisl sion's renort on Palestine, Mr. Anthony Eden emphasised that the British Government was not committed to any point of detail or to any definite scheme. All
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  • 117 1 ANTI-BRITISH PACT PLANNED Three-Power Fascist Group In Prospect? Moscow, Sept. 15. K STORY of an impending agreement between Italy and Japan is given prominence in the newspapers here, and its implications are being busily discussed. The Pravda says a military alliance is foreshadowed, directed primarily
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  • 58 1 Four Killed In R.A.F. Accident London, Sept. 11. FOUR people were killed in a R.A.F. crash at Guisborou^h. Yorkshire This is the fifth fatal R.A.F. accident this month and the third this week. There have been sixty accidents this year with 101 deaths, while the whole of last
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  • 644 1 LEAGUE URGED TO TAKE STRONG LEAD FOR COLLECTIVE SECURITY to force as an Instrument of policy and let loose her gigantic and powerful war machines to seek domination by COtlduest of China and the Asiatic mainland. JAPAN'S REAL OBJECT "The real object of Japanese policy was disclosed When the Japanese
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  • 317 1  -  Nanyang Siang Pau New Japanese Drive Expected Shanghai, Sept. 15 FE Chinese and Japanese forces spent another da v consolidating their latest positions but found time to exchange desultory artillery and machine gun fire A Japanese spokesman announced that a major offensive against the new Chinese
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  • 94 1 Mr. te Water Modifies His Statement Montreal, Sept. 14. MR te Water crnphasisod that the statement he made regarding (Wrman ami colonies represented hi.s own personal opinion and he was speaking on behalf of tlObodV 'l B The Evening Standard had an interview with Mr te Water over
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    • 40 1 •A* ON OTHFR PAGES j I Rotary Address 2 i Assives Case 3 broscr Co's Report 18 i Mt Mister's Meeting 21 i I Nyon Conference 22 I Soccer 23 > i Jubilee Trophy 23 i To-day's Races 24 A. _A
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    • 64 1 V |L"^3| S FRESH Mil K- W TIH gm. All THE TROI?HLE REMOVED! IET Klim put an end to deHcJOUli DOOlilhiag milk your troubles with milk. to drink. It is especially For Klim is rich, pure cows food ibf bftbicti If your milk, ixjwdertd with only (h.h: ;>ly you, k
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  • 2102 2 WOMAN SPEAKER AT SINGAPORE ROTARY CLUB The Glory Of Athens— lts Beauty And Its Culture Singapore, Wednesday. preec;. and her ftiorle recalled to mind when rotarianj and their guests. u Including a number ol ladies, listened to an Interesting and fascinating address, entitled "A Tour
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  • 194 2 Action And Drama At The Capitol JULES Verne's stirring story of "Michael StrogofT" is excellently brought to the screen in the R K.O. Radio production of that name now presented at the Capitol. It is a tale of the Tartar rebellion of 1870 and full of action and
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  • 116 2 "Thirteenth Chair" A Real Thriller "THE Thirteenth Chair," the murder mystery which began a season at the Alhambra last night, is a thriller of the type which is always a success when plaved at this cinema. The stars, which include Lewis Stone. Elissa Landi and Madge Evans, give
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  • 71 2 Damaged Destroyer Sinks Hongkong, Sept. 15. MACAU was thrilled last night by the sight of Chinese planes flying over the Colony and attacking two Japanese destroyers outside territorial waters. A Portuguese gunboat patrolled very close to the battle area, but did not observe any Japanese casualties, though
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    19 2 Tribune Scene on the lawn of the R.S.Y.C. during the sailing yesterday of the race for the Jubilee Trophy.
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  • 50 2 Czechoslovakia In Mourning Prague, Sept 14. BLACK flags are flying everywhere and the whole country is plunged in mourning owing to the death of exPrrsident Masaryk this morning in his Jißih year surrounded by all members of the familv. Dr. Benes was present at the death-bed. Reuter Wireless
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  • 167 2 "Girl Friend" At The Theatre SNAPPY music and t>ood fun was provided by R. B. Salisbury's company when they presented the famous musical comedy 'The Girl Friend" at the Victoria Theatre last night. The writer was in London not ;*> many years a^o when the same
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  • 205 2 Tons Of It In Air We Breathe A N American scientist has estimated that 180.000,000.000 tuns of carbon dioxide the gas which we exhale from our lungs— have been disoharged into the atmosphere in the last half century through the burning of coal, oil and o*her fuels. Dr.
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  • 25 2 Mrs. R. Lazarus, who was return: her home in South Africa, was board a f^w hours after the liner w* r wick Castie Wt Southampton.
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    • 123 2 Help Kidneys Clean Out Poisonous Acids Tour Kidneys have nine million tiny tub<-H or filUrn which are cudanpored by ti. .>p, irritating <iruK* or neglect, unknown toyou,W(;akKidn«*yH may l.«- the real cauao «.i >our Qettlnc up Nlghta, N<Tv.>iiKm>nH, Dlszinens, Sw»>llcn Anklea, Bladder Trouble, Headaches. Backache, Rheumatism L«!K I'alns, Circles Under
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  • 554 3 ACCUSED'S STORY OF HOW COMPATRIOT DIED Pushed Man Who Obstructed 1 Inn from Run f lino Singapore, Wednesday. rHAT he was assaulted by several Indians, one of whom was armed with a knife, and that in an attempt to escape he snatched the knife and
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  • 170 3 Car Crashes Into Trolley Bus Standard Singapore, Wednesday. I7PPER SERANGOON ROAD, near the J llohunedan Cemetery, was the ne of a serious motor-car accident evening. The car involved was said to have been driven by a Straitsborn Chinese and, in avoiding a collion with another vehicle, is believed
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  • 215 3 Deaths Due To Phosphorous Poisoning (From Our Own Correspondent) Tapah, Saturday. AS a sequel to the triple tragedy which took place sometime last month in Bikum village, an inquest was held this morning by the Tapah Coroner, Enche Abdullah, into the deaths of three Indian children aged respectively
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  • 47 3 H.M.S. Malaya To Join In Mediterranean Patrol Geneva. Sept. 14. UPON the signing of the Nyon agreement it will immediately come into force. The sudden despatch of the battleship H.M.S. "Malaya" from Salonika to Mudros has made a great impression, indicating the Powers mean business. Reuter Wireless
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  • 30 3 The Chargeura Rcunis liner Cap Padaran is due here to-morrow afternoon 'Friday i from Saigon and will sail at noon on Saturday for Colombo, Port Said, Marseilles, Nantes and Bordeaux.
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  • 227 3 Public Examination Bankrupt x Singapore. Wednesday TWICE the sole proprietor of piece goods shops, O H;ibib Mohamed. a middle aged Indian Mohammedan, VM taken through his public examination in Bankruptcy before Mr Justice Home to-day. Bankrupt said he had two wives and two children to support and wai
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  • 50 3 THE meeting of the Legislative Coun- cil to be held this morning will pass: a resolution with regard to the duties on tobacco made necessary by the recent passing of the Tobacco Duties (Amendment) Ordinance No alteration in the duties at present in force will be made.
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  • 36 3 Singapore, Wednesday. FOR driving his car along Queen Street on the night of Aug. 23, without front or rear lights, Mr. Shmotkin Speelman was fined $3 by Mr. L. C. Goh, the Fourth Magistrate, this morning.
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  • 160 3 PEN ANG ANTI-GAS TRAINING Commissioners lake Action i From Our Own Reporter) Penani-. Sept) 15. 11 1 believed that anti-gas training lor in'ikiii^'.s population li- behind \'w decision of the Cbmmlsslonen id", that Fire Brigade Superintend dent a. j Bron, now on leave, bo authoriaed to underßO a course of
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    • 17 3 Overseas Assurance CORPORATION, LIMITED, China Building, Chulia Street, PHONE 5808. SINGAPORE Fire, Marine, Motor VEHICLES WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION
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    • 110 3 ETON HIGH SCHOOL (Junction of Selegie Rd. and Short St > There are vacancies in all classes from Primary to the Senior Cambridge. Shorthand, Book-keeping and Typewriting also taught FREE OF CHARGE in the HIGHER standards. ENROL NOW. Apply The Principal. i I gilviVrin goes to the root of Hair
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  • REUTER'S COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    • 132 4 London, Sept. 15 London. Sept. 15 Previous To-dav Chanpc R VSSf R Q>< Steady fapot 9 3 16 J' K 116 Sent ]ti 16 i Opt Dm Buv, I 16 9' 8 —1 }6 Oct.Dec. Seli 9316 H i n Max Hu w 9 4 l 6 Jan
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    • 19 4 London. Sent 1?i TIN Standard Previous To-day Change Spot (afternoon closing price £264% £2643, Forward i264 £264
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    • 88 4 The Singapore Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Assn. DAILY PRICKS CURRENT. Singapore, Wednesday noon. Buyer.s. Sellers. No. I.X.R.S.S. in cases (FOB. Sept.i 30<>8 303 4 Good F.A.Q. in bales (FOB. Sept. i 29 11 16 2y U l^ No. I.X.R.S.S. < Spot-loose Tone of market: Quiet steady. La'test Cable- London Spot
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    • 63 4 THE total exports of estate rubber 1 from the Netherlands Indies during August was 18,652 long tons, made up of 6,713 tons^from Java and Madura and 11,939 tons from the other pro Vi T C he S total exports of native rubber was 21.867 long tons, making
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    • 76 4 Uneasy Over Foreign Situation UNew York. Sept. 14. NDEU the focus of the eyes of the world's financial markets Wall Street again fell badly yesterday though it was saved from the worst by late support; the Treasury's move to free •sterilised gold in order to assist easy monetary
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    • 56 4 STOCK EXCHANGE Far Eastern Issues Steadier London, Sept. 14 pN the Stock Exchange to-day business was again very small with movements generally narrow and irregular. Giltedged, however, encountered sustained investment support and foreign bonds, including Far Eastern issues were somewhat steadier. Wheat went nnn on good demand for Manitobas. Wall
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    • 103 4 London. Bcot n Previous To-day Chtni Distillers 10« 3 Dunlop Rubber 33 6 33- General Electric -n» 2 ImDerial Chemical Industries 36 9 3b- s Imperial Tobacco 148 9 147 6 13 Anglo-Dutch 383 37 9 6 Canadian Pacific 10 s London Tin (New Share) 410% 49
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    • 34 4 London. Sept. 15 COLD Previous To-day Change Fine Bar per oz. ET.O^ ~2' 2 SILVER c nnt 19 15 16 19 15 16 4 months' forward. 19 13 16 19 13 16
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    • 73 4 London. Sept. 15 Previous To-day Change r.T. on Parts (dosing middle rate) 138 79 145 87 r.T. on Amiterdam (closing middle rate) 8.99*2 8.99 1 16 r.T. on Shanghai (closing selling rate) is. 29 16 Is. 2 l 2 nom CT on HongKong (closing selling rate) is. 3
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    • 41 4 New York, Sept. 14 tUBBEB Previous To-day Change Tont Steady Dull Buy«m. 183 4 183 4 116 6eUon. 18" 8 18 13 16 Jan/Mar. But*t« 18-8 18 's Sellers 19 19 cm Ton# Steady Steady Spot 59 4
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    • 144 4 Franc Suffers A Sharp Decline London, Sept. 15. THE French control has again withdrawn from the foreign exchange market and consequently the franc has weakened very sharply to 143.00 to sterling. Sellers of francs are buying dollars, which is necessitating the intervention of the British control, but the
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    • 73 4 AfV^ THE YOKOHAMA fiiifi specie bank> ltd \\^LkVl/W (Established In 1880) Capital Subscribed (Fully paid up) Y 100 000.000 II Reserve Fund Y. 134.400.000.00 BS 1 1 1 V i f*) I Head mce: YOKOHAMA INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD. SINGAPORE BRANCH. MEYER CHAMBERS. RAFFLES PLACF Loss Of Profiiw M m9mMmmm Manager
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    • 24 4 I i KSOLUTE SECURITY i J Motor Unioiv i INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD. 1 S S s I Agente: SIME, DARBY CO., LTD. Singapore Branchci.
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  • 777 5 STOCKS SHARES Issued By Fraser Company Singapore. Sept. 15, 5 p.m. PTaser Co. Buyers Sellers M. Broadcasting 0.47' 2 0 GOnom B. M. Trustee 625 700 Con. T. S. 7% Pref. 25 271- )rd. E Realty Co. 125 i 35N > Ag. 4.75 b'lo (i Jed do 7V4% Prefs. 9.00
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  • 212 5 Lyall Evan's Quotations Singapore. Wednesday, 4 p.m. Buyers Sellers Austral Malay 571- 58 Hong Fatts 1 34 i.<w Johans -J"* d Aye, Wen ß "gg iVdl/U nil) OjR Kamra 2 3 41 l D 43 Hitam ;Q t i qnrd Klan^ River 1 f \f, ta Kuchai Tin 1.80 UJS
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  • 182 5 DEBENTURES AND LOANS SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY 6% 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 int Mar. 31 Sept. 30 1031/ 2 10b/2 nom ™ZmmMmWP£m m nom .&.-WS 4% 1913" red. 1963 $2 000,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30-108 110 nom 5% 1926 red. 1956-66 $22,000,000 Int May 1 Nov. 1 12 121Vz cL 5%
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    • 252 5 S. E. LEVY CO. ■;vhai. H<mi?l B|pi Dfli/v Foreign Market C and Quotation Members* NKW YOl 'TON EXCHANGE. COMMODITY EXCHANGE, INC. OF. N.Y. NKW YORK COFFEE I SUGAR EXCHANi CHICAGO BOARD OF TUADE. CANADIAN COMMODITY EXCHANGE. SHANGHAI STOCK EXCHANGE. HONGKONG SHARE BROKERS' ASSO. MANILA STOCK EXCHANGE. Meyer Chamber, Singapore. iSecond
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    • 243 6 I YOU'RE LOOKING AT A KILLER! Can You Pick the Murderer of "The Man That Everyone Hated"? \n o locked room under the very J^ killer itruckl SEE what happened at fIRNB Calcutto's celebrated "murder seance"! 'JN Q/ftSIE why a beautiful bride- to be was jjb gwk VeW i e^eßel
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    • 175 6 CAPITOL.- -TO-NIGHT] Yesterday's Crowds acclaimed this new RKO RADIO Spectacular Epic as One of The Really Great Screen Achievements oj The Year! FICTION S MIGHTY HERO SWEEPS TO V^ M HIB > ■4se/r r ■vwsjsJßJ |u I w-iipOl liipimrf i W Nil HJlli r^^^ 9k a a tft 1 1^
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  • 69 7 Messrs. Fraser And Co/s Report b ß er Closin^ P"ces were: Spot Buyers 30 3 8 Sellers 30 12 Oct. Dec. Buyers 30 7 8 Sellers 31 RUBBERS^"*? J 4 Selle 3 3 8 «ut»BERS. Another quiet dav wn<= Sne S?t R h h anks Mistered a f^rfe
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  • 207 7 The Trans-Canada Air Mail THE Canadian Minister of Transport! 1 has recently completed a survey night of approximately 3,000 miles over the Canadian trans-continental airmail route connecting the Atlantic sea-board with that of the Pacific. The Minister of Transport flew in stages from Montreal to Winnipeg, and then
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  • 166 7 Promotion In Clerical Service (From Our Own Reporter) Penane. Sept. 16. TOVERNMENT has decided that pro- motion in the General Clerical Service from class three to class two shall in future be automatic, subject to the following conditions; firstly, that the clerk concerned has passed the clerical promotions
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  • 160 7 Catalogued 1.234,896 lb., 551.29 tons; I Offered 1,093,829 lb., 488.31 tons; Soldi 971,156 lb., 433.55 tons. j Spot. London 9' H d. New York 18 3 4 cents. PRICES REALISED MILLING GRADES Cupwashin^s and skim- The next Auction will be held on Wedlefdaj
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    • 218 7 |NEW WORLD CABARET] j I VlltA-OKIHWICY \ITir\MIO\ j Rex Story "HOLLYWOOD REVUE" j Real American Cabaret Don'l miss seeing The llesl Sliom in j I'ouii 10-mi«j|lil onlv. j ADMISSION AS USUAL $0.50 special iib:\i:i it \it.ii i s I in aid of 1 China Red Cross Relief Fund FRI. 17th
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  • 553 8 FROM ENGLAND TO S. A. Chats With Might Clerks Tilt romance of modern loii S -di>--1 tance air transport could n»t be illustrate b«ttef than by a one of those Imprnal Airways High! Clerks who now make n-ffular v o MCI aloir- the Empire air routes in
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  • 130 8 Dial Five Times To Open This Lock ABURGLAR-PKOOF front door lock which has no key, has been invented by Jphann Schneider, a Viennese meCh The C iock. which is claimed to resist all attempts at wrongful entry, is similar fn construction to the combination lock f There °is no
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  • 63 8 DOMINICK Franuella, of Chicago, believed in fortune-telling and. as a result is in prison awaiting trial on a charge of muraer. A lortune-teller told him that his wife had been in the company of other men, so Franuella went straight home and. without a word,
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  • 22 8 Mr. H. T. Ong. L.L.B. (Lond.>, a member of the Chinese Overseas Commission at Nanking, is in Penang on a short holiday.
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  • 662 8 CHANDU HIDDEN IN SWEET PICKLE Convicted Man To Appeal iFiom Our Own Correspondent Johore Bahru, Sept. 14. LEAVING his coat and hat hanging on a peg in a second class compartment of the train which came into Johore Bahru from Singapore at 730 p.m. on Aug. 28, a Chinese business
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  • 193 8 Palestine Problem At League Council London, Sept. 11 ADDRESSING the League Council at Geneva this evening on Pales: ine, the British Foreign Secretary (Mr said that the problem was not one which concerned only Arabs and Jews, nor one for which the British Government alone was
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  • 15 8 Calcutta. Sept 11 Sir Rabindranath Tagore is suffering causing anxiety. Reuter Wireless
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    • 37 8 '-^SH jKy'.w'X vfisßtfeb^^. *''*'>(.•'■ x- V* \ii^ r n?OI^NI ill j^ 1> 1 1 IT V KiiA.Vl lit M VI' VII \T I VAUAnALL LUBRIC AT.I.O.N B Y SHELL Asiatic Petroleum Co., (S.S.) Ltd. w P.S. 3B mm
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  • 318 9 PLANS FOR FIVE CENTRES Regular Patrols To Be Set Up (By Air Mail) Canberra. 4 BIG scheme for the expansion of the Royal Australian Air Force is being completed by experts in Australia. The scheme involves trebling the personnel of the R.A.A.F., which is now
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  • 167 9 Saving System In France (Bv Air Mail' Paris. THOUSANDS of Frenchmen, afraid of hoarding their money in gold because of the swiftness with which gold trading can be made illegal -as it w at the end of last year— have found a new system of keeping their savings,
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  • 272 9 Exports And Imports Of U. K- Goods London. Sept. 14. IN August £42,546,205 of United Klng- dom goods were exported— the highest value for any August since 1930. Overseas trade returns show in the same month of last year and 1935 that exports were valued at £35,258.115 and
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  • 78 9 JUST before leaving New York for Europe, the other day by ocean liner, a passenger put through a wireless telephone call to Imperial Airways in London, and booked an urgent passage by the flying-boat route to Nairobi. The Soviet air authorities have, it is reported, decided
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  • 188 9 Boatload Of Rubier Seized I (From Our Oun Correspondent Johore Bahru Sept It A BOAT which was bring rowed out of a small estuary at Kanipun I'asir. Pasir Gudang, oil the East C of Johore on the night of Sept. 3, w I Sighted by Customs Officers on
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  • 102 9 Arms Race Prosperity In Chile WORLD demand for increased supplies of chemicals to make munitions ha^ brought increased prosperity to Chile where the production of nitrates nas tripled in four years. Exports of nitrates have increased six times in the same period. Germany, Italy, France and Japan have
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  • 21 9 Mr. and Mrs. A. C. J. Towers and Miss Towers, of Ipoh, returned from home leave on Thursday by the Naldera.
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  • 258 9 Brooded And Then Shot Himself London RALPH MOORE, aged twenty-nine, churchwarden and "woman hat ol Hampole Btubba farm, near South Elm.sall (Yorks), JealOUS bccau.se of his brother's inai i i.rv twelve weeks ago, shot himself dead in the present his brother's twenty-year-old wife Alter the inquest, at
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  • 58 9 A DEMAND that childless wives, or women with only one child be forbidden to employ maids has been madf in a leading article by the Nazi newspaper "Volkischer Beobachter." On the other hand the newspaper Itlggestf that mothers with lame families be f'iven a
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  • 312 10 Singapore: Thursday, Sept. 16, 1937 CHINA'S STAND rpHE new lines of defence taken up by the Chinese troops in the ShftngM area are out of range of the Japanese naval trims ami increase the powers of the Chinese to offer a long resistance. It becomes more clear that
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  • 977 10 H7HAI Uflnf wag« to Singap >re to-day? Tlic QOMttOO h raised in a Itrlklllg article which Mr. D. R IfcLMd, Principal of Raffles Institution, bM contributed to the September number of Chorus.' the Journal of the Singapore Teacheis' AMOeUUon, and we What Is feel that heads Of A
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    55 10 The Hilda Moller, which in company with the African Trader, was damaged by bombing off the North Spanish coast, is now at Falmouth where she will be inspected in dock to ascertain the extent of the damage. The Hilda Moller is owned by Moller Lines Ltd. Photo shows the Hilda
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  • 225 11 NEW CLAIM IN FLORENCE Credit Given To Vespucci Florence (By Air Mail). DEFINITE proof that Amerigo ««k P cci discove r«i and landed en the American continent before Christopher Columbus is claimed to have been found in the private archives of a distinguished Florentine family. Yellow
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  • 182 11 Short-Range Service Now A vailable London, Sept. 14. THE Postmaster General announces tfcat a short range telephone service with trawlers, coasters and other craft off the east and west coast equipped for wireless telephony is now available to subscribers in all parts of United Kingdom. Owners of
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  • 105 11 Reference To Nyon Conference By Hitler Nuremberg, Sept. 13. j It is understood that Hitler will refer to the Nyon conference and other foreign questions in his speech to the party congress on Monday night. To-day, Hitler stood saluting for nearly five hours reviewing a parade of 110.000
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  • 231 11 Eligibility Of Spain To Council Geneva, Sept. 12. A LL delegations have arrived for the opening of the Assembly. The Spanish nationalists have sent an unofficial delegation. No question of their recognition arises but they will actively canvass friendly countries. There is no doubt that the Aga Khan
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  • 94 11 A Substantially Higher Revenue London, Sept. 14. EXCHEQUER returns show that the total of ordinary revenue amounts to £277.480,323 compared with £265,944,769 at the corresponding date of last year. Income tax surtax, estate duties, customs and excess all show a substantially higher yielding. The total expenditure, less selfbalancing
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    64 11 Sir Kingsley Wood, the Minister of Health, is making a tour of hop-fields in the Alton district of Hampshire and at Bentley joined the pickers in their work. New regulations affecting the hop-pickers have only this year been issued by the Ministry of Health. Photo shows Sir Kingsley Wood, the
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  • 208 11 Another Warning To "Pirates" Singapore, Wedrir Mny WIRELESS receiving apparatus must not be transferred to another person except with the written permUsiox) of a Controller or Superintendent of the Posts and Telegraphs Department. This notice is issued by General P<\st Office this morning under the Wireless Regulations Ordinance
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  • 71 11 ALIENS IN SI AM Regulations For Closet Check (From Our Own Correspondent > Bangkok, Sept. 14. REGULATIONS to implement tho Covernment'.s Registration of Aliers law are promulgated in this work's gazette. They apply to all Aliens equally. The regulations arc designed to provide the authorities with a closer check, tnd
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  • 265 11 21 Whiskies In One lorninp lIEUTENANT Commander John EdSjyi Caffln, of the aircraft carrier h M.s. Hermes, was sentenced to be dismissed his ship and severely reprlD^m^r^ MaVal court martl *l He was found guilty of being drunk on board Hermes on July 21 and with drinking
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  • 74 11 Canadian Move Favours Lancashire Ottawa, Sept. 15. Cabinet ha« approved an Order in Council increasing from a third to half the Empire content required in cotto.. t.oods "further manufactured, then bleached," to make them eligible for Imperial Preference. The change If expected to favour Lancashire, wno.se f;ood.s have
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  • 213 12 Sji- linger Lumley, new (iovernor up his appointment. Photo shoi Council) on departure frw Hundreds of schoolchildren went on strike at Romford. Essex, as a protest by 350 parents against the Essex Educational authorities for demanding that the children should po to a new school at Whale-bone
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  • 171 13 MARGATE GIRL WINS SHAPELY LEG COMPETITION left Victoria Station, by the Bombay Express to take Lumley with Lord Halifax (Lord President of the London Sir Roger is on right. This picture was flown from Shanghai to Hong Kong by special plane, thru by service machine which linked up
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    • 33 13 Rene ULLMANN is DISPLAYING THE LATEST PATTERNS OF HALLMARKED BRITISH SILVERWARE HORS D'OEUVRE DISHES SWEET DISHES etc ALSO CLOCKB JEWELLERY WATCHES THE REST IS TO COME AND SEE RENE ULLMANN Raffles Place, SINGAPORE.
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    • 114 15 A TOURIST'S SllOPPIXt;? EYES Announcing 7^ Polaroid^ \P^ Science perfects Astonishing new Polaroid Sun Glasses. Magically filter out all glare. For the first time you see surfaces as they really are. Sec our Demonstration Between "Polaroid" and ordinary Sun glasses. For Sale in Singapore at the THOMPSON OPTICAL CO., 4,
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    • 48 15 HAIR-DRESSER I Be waved by j i THE CONTINENTAL A New Wireless Permanent Waving j Machine I from America i MAISON PERM i Stamford Road Tel 4610 CAMERAS AND FILMS STATIONER ALL British Periodicals AT THE MOST ADVANTAGEOUS Prices at— E.M.Glover&Co., 9 11, The Arcade, Spore (Ground Floor)
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    • 456 16 JJtAVjgjLlK"iii»»H BY P&Oa'nd BRITISH INDIA. LINES (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND) Outwards. Due Du ronoai. Spore. rooaa«s gpor*. CARTHAGE 15,000 Sept. 24 SOUDAN 6,500 Nov. 19 •BANGALORE 6 000 Sept. 25 RANPURA 17.000 Nov. 19 COMORIN 15,000 Oct. 8 RAWALPINDI 17,000 Dec. 3 BHUTAN 6,100 Oct. 18 CORFU ***** Dec. 17 RANCHI
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    • 527 16 nn* <• J^VylL TO FRENCH PORTS V_____^ I^[ mm^WL HOMEW \RDS pap PADARAN For MarseUles, Nantes. St. Nazaire Bordeaux Sept. 18 nwrRFCASTEAUX For Marseilles, Havre, Antwerp Dunkirk Oct. 4 CAP VARELLA For Marseilles, Nantes, St. Nazaire Bordeaux Oct. 15 ADEN For Marseilles. Havre. Antwerp Dunkirk Nov 4 OUTWARDS. (from Marseilles)
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  • 559 17 B. O. T. Tribute To Rescue Crew ON. behalf Of the Board of Trade, the Mayor ol Southampton presented awards to the master, officers and 2<> members of the crew of the Lamport ;md Holt cruise liner Vandyek recently, in recognition of the rescue ol the
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  • 97 17 Progress Of Great American Scheme NEWS from America describes the progress achieved with the great national air-port .scheme which ha.s be<n embarked ujxm by the United States authorities, and on which over CIfjOOOJM is being spent The scheme is now described as being approximately GO per cent completed.
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    • 183 17 BURXS PIIILP LIWE (incorporated In Australia) NEXT SAILINGS. Dae Smll* Oct. 1 Oct. 5 MARELLA Oct 30 Nov 3 sS cheap round trlw tickets .rom Singapore to Australia asued at «h. lullowing «,nuaDore Brisbane, Sydney or First Class passengers may iroaaer at ore THE BANK LINE LTU. AMERICAN ORIENTAL UNE
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    • 127 17 N. Y. K. LINK GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS CUNARD WHITE STAR, LTD. (Incorporated in Japan). To LONDON, via Penafif, Colombo. Aden Port Said, Marseilles Gibraltar. "ss HAKONE MARU" Sept. 16 sji. "FUSHIMI MARU" Oct. S.S. "HAKOZAKI MARU" Oct. 15 Rates to Ist Class 3nd class Naples $497 $540 $317 $343 Marseilles
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    • 201 17 POSTAL INTELLIGENCE! I i STEAMER MAIL DESPATCHES TO-DAY Fr PER DATE AND TIME "arempa Merkus 16 8 a.m. n^erang Aik Soon 16 9 a.m. Evening Kedah 16 10 a.m. loihow Hai Lee 16 2 p.m. \morica North) Except W. Canada dW. States of U.S.A. -Karoa 16 3 p.m. \merica (South)
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    • 323 17 SHIPS IN DOCK SHIPS ALONGSIDE TIIK WHARVES ok I \ri< ii D TO \RRi\i Entrance Exit Ship (iodfiwn (late Gate Hal I" 22 1 1 Kutsan- 20 1 1 Terukuni Maru 18 2 3 Burdwan IT. 2 3 Memnon 14 2 3 City of Evansvillp 11 2 3 Camaria 9
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  • 536 18 BIG SHORTAGE OF WHEAT Smallest )if Id In Her History Winnipeg. (By Air Mail). CANADA'S wheat crop this year is estimated at not more than 160.000.000 bushels— the smallest yield in the country's history, Behind this cold official announcemem lies the story of the
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  • 951 18 FRASER COMPANY'S WEEKLY SHARE MARKET REPORT No Fears Of Any Pat tie Selling London FRASER and Co.'s weekly report on the share market, dated Sept. 14, states: Since our last issue, much as one had hoped for better news, ther e is unfortunately nothing to suggest any real improvement in
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  • 56 18 THE Police Band will play the follow ing programme at Katong Park evening, beginning at 8.30:— March. "Florentiner," Fucik: our ture, "Boccaccio," Suppe; SeUntion "Popular Songs," Phillips; Waltz Ovei the Waves," Rosas; Cornet f- u P n nium Solo, "Love's Old Sweet Song-, Molloy; Pot-Pourri, "Old and New.,
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  • 44 18 THE Lloyd Triestino liner Cant* I is due at Singapore at 9a m I Sunday from Europe. The E not proceed further east, but at 7 a.m. the following day for <;SJ bo, Suez, Port Said, Brindisi, ven*« and Trieste. I
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    • 135 18 the limit of your energy? If you feel like nothing at all, if you suffer from irritability, heart troubles, fatigue and lowered resisting power, you ought not to wait All these complaints are danger signals, for they are symptoms of a serious weakness caused by a lack of minerals. Take
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  • 1273 19 Counsel's Address In Kuala Lumpur (.a ban I Case (From Our Own Reporter) rpHE CMC for the defence was closed this afternoon In the Princes Cabaret case 1 at the Supreme Court. Mr. Braddell. in his address, dealt with the evidence for the defence
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  • 134 19 "Bicycle" Made For Three A 'BICYCLE made for three 1 and !n--tendt d for use on wat«r has b<vn Invented by a Polish blacksmith named Mathew Win'uxski. of Torun. on *iic Vistula. The •"wheels'" consist of three ciuarshaped hollow cylinders which QoaJ on the water. Round the cylinders
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  • 171 19 COMBINED AIR SEA VOYAGE To Attend Business Conference NOT lonn lfO*A business man with many interests oreraeai walked into the oflicos of Imperial Airways In London He explained that be bad to attend an Important conference In .J. and that unmedlafc ly after thii conference was orer he needed to
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  • 187 19 The Cambria And The Caledonia THK precision with which the Imperial Airways flying-boats 'Cambria' and 'Caledonia' nave flown recently over the North Atlantic, maintaining: their cour..' with complete accuracy by night as well as day, has called attention to the means by which such lon^-distance air navigation is
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  • 112 19 Flight From Durban To < i Lourenco Marques TWO friends in Durban, South Africa, decided the other day to fly to Louronco Marques to play a game of golf and visit the Casino. The left Durban one morning in an Imperial Airways flying-boat and arrived at Lourenco
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  • 81 19 As In most countries, the shipbuildiM position it*- Italy shows a considerable improvement During the first ,ix months of thr year 77 new .ship, were laid down, totalling 63,246 toi against M ships of :ur>*i tons In 1936 There wttt 3. 1 > ships Of 10,020 ton uross
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  • 255 20 FRASER COMPANY. List Of Current Dividends Singapore, Sept. 15, 5 p.m. Total for Books Close vandal Company Dividend To Ex.ftr. Zl t5 3^ &53.3 IS: i 7 8 g S 1| Burma Malay 6d. Sept. 23 Sept. 30 Sept. 24 Idris 5% Int. Sept. 8 Sept. 24 Sept. 20 *jL
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    • 154 20 /^JdCSI ID •^Br\ -Jftbc World f iff I!^E THE 1937 models 0F latest A" v J Km The new PILOT pens will impress you as m -?&f" Km no other range of pens has ever done— S' S?^ I/I I the really beautiful material— the wonJOdif^Hij Pl^k. Km derful refinement
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    • 492 20 [ON JHifRADIo] BRITISH EMPIRE PROGRAMME Tranftmlsclon g_j!! ».m. GSB 1387 metroi (21.47 ">«•_'• GSG 16.K6 MCtm (17-7f mci.); GSJ 13.93 meirei (Zi.53 m«.). TransmJvrton 3:— »35 p.m.— a.m. GSH 13.97 metres (2147 mi*.) GSG 16 86 metres (1779 mcs,); and GSJ 13.93 metres (2153 mci.). Transmission 5:- 6.4t a.nu— 9.69
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    • 249 20 PROGRAMME Singapore Station TO-DAY luo p.m.:— lndian Music <Gramoi.ne Records) 630 p.m.:— Chinese Music. Man c'ruin Songs. (Gramophone Records' Marn Ngiew Kwai Ma" and Nun. Choon Koh." Sung by W 'Ice "Wu Yiah Pee Foon Huang ..lid Mai Pu Chiah Ur."Sung by Li Lct'-lee. 645 p.m.:— Mandarin Language Lesson No
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    • 320 20 OF B. M. B. C On 225 Metres 7.45 p.m.:— Cowan and Bailry i: Syncopators. 8.15 p.m.:— Wurlitzer Orpan Musi, (Gramophone Records) 8 25 p.m.:— Light Orchestral played by the Station Or' March, "Vito," S. Lope. Walts, Selection. "The Student Prina berg. Song, "You are my heart's Delight," Lehar. 8.50
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  • 1274 21 Chairman's Views At Annual Meeting McAlister Co., Ltd. Singapore. Wednesday. A LTHOUGH trade conditions in Malaya i\ had apparently improved during th« year, iears iV at such prosperity might not be oermanent were expressed by th^ Hon. Mr. J. W. do Piro. presiding
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  • 151 21 False Declaration By Local Merchants Singapore, Wedi TUP: proprietor of Yee Bhil ,md Com--1 pany, in South Canal Koad the well-known Singapore bullion chants, was this morning lined $150 by Mr L C. Goh, the Fourth Maui on a Charge of making ua tion at the
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  • 55 21 Singapore, Tuesday. Before Mr. F. V. Duckworth, the Second Magistrate, a Malay named AWAZIg bin Dollah was charged with assisting in the management ol a Chap Jee Kee lottery in Joo Chiat Road on Sept. 13. Awang claimed trial and the case was postponed until Sept. 21.
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    • 107 21 m 4. \rhe Screen's Thrill Of Thrills Starts TO -NIGHT! THE POWERFUL STOr Y OF TWO i V DA\t I M CZ 1C Q 1C: PEOPLE CAUGHT IN THE TUR- i W" W Z/-li/ M(>II ()F COUNTRY MAD WITH HATE AND BLOODY REVOLUTION! Theirs was more than love For the
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  • 356 22 WANTS PARITY IN CONTROL Belligerent Rights For <s a Franco? Rome, Sept. 14. THE Italian reply to the invitation to join thr anti-piracy scheme in the Mediterranean was handed to the British and French diplomatic representatives here to-night. It refuses to adhere to the Nyon proposals
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  • 145 22 Rehearsals For "Judas Maccabaeus" MEMBERS of the Singapore Musical Society choir and orchestra are reminded that weekly rehearsals have i been resumed for "Judas Ifaccabaeus" I next one being that for choir and orchestra on Tuesday, Sept. 21 at 5.30 Pin In view of the nearness ot the
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  • 41 22 Washington, Sept. 14. Mr. Kennedy, Chairman of im- Maritime Commission states an unexpected Is is threatening the OoYemment'i mercantile marine programme owing to apparent Inability <>i private shipping to finance their .share of the costs. Reuter Wireless
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  • 157 22 36 Destroyers hi Mediterranean London, Sept. 14 WHEN the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla. which, it was announced to-d;r with H.M.S. Cairo, the Flagship of 'the Commodore of the dost rovers preparing to proceed to join the anti-piracy patrol under the Nyon arrangement, reaches the Mediterranean, there will be
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  • 236 22 Roosevelt's Warning To U.S. Shipping Washington, Sept. 15. President Roosevelt has forbidden Government-owned merchantmen to transport arms and ammunition to China or Japan. Other merchantmen flying the American flag were plainly warned that if they attempted to carry arms to China and Japan they did so at their
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  • 16 22 Teams from 12 nations competed at the ninth International aeroplane meeting at an aerodrome near Slough.
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  • 471 23 CHINESE II AND INDIANS Goalless Game At Atisofi Road Singapore, Wednesday. IN a. game that hardly produced any interest, the S.C.F.A. II held the Indian Association to a goalless draw in their S.A.I A. cuptie at the Anson Road Stadium this afternoon. A feature of
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  • 104 23 The following have been .selected to play in a final hockey match on Saturday, at 5 p.m. at the Oldham Hui! ground at Duncan Road: Ynvlnr Whites: V. N. Pillay. Dr. V. Xaxier, Thons Sin? Chine. Oan Dee Siang Lee Fong Lim, S. Pakianathan, Yapp Ihean Chye, Mac
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  • 205 23 Inniskillings Defeat The Gordons Singapore, Wednesday. WINNING ten out of 15 fights against the Gordon Highlanders in the Malaya Command inter-unit boxing championships at Tanglin Barracks last night, the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers qualified for the final of the tournament There were two knockouts, and the fights were packed
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  • 84 23 Singapore. Wednesday. THE ties played off to-day a't Hong Lim Green in the S.C.R.C. tennh tournament resulted as follows: Hokeen beat Soah Keng Siew, 6 4, 3_6, 6—4; K. I. Tan beat Ng Win? Chon (w.0.); Goh Keng Swee beat Fredle Tan 10—8, 6—4. The match between Sim
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    17 23 General view of the race for the Jubilee Trophy in progress in the harbour ye stordav Tribune
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  • 120 23 Autumn Tournament Results Singapore, Wednesday. DESULTS of ties played off in tne S.C.C. 1* Autumn tennis tournament to-day were as follows: Profession Pairs R. Smith and W. J. M. Warden beat E. C. Cherrington and F V. Duckworth 6—3; 2—6; 6—4. N. 8. Wise and A. D. Anderson
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  • 30 23 Mr. W. R. H. Gray, Deputy Mayor of Durham, was congratulating Durham miners leaders on their gala when he collapsed and died. Mr. Gray was Mayor of Durham last year.
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  • 166 23 Won By Bout From rhedens" Singapore, Wednesday. A RECORD entry consisting of 19 boats took part to-day in the third biut nuaJ King George V. Jubilee Trophy lace organised by the Royal Singapore Yacht Ciub for Merchant ships' life boat. Very keen livalry prevailed and the event
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    • 39 23 "Poundmark" Roofing Tiles CHEAP STRONG COLOURFUL The most elegant and economical roofing on the market A Product of The British Empire. SOLE AGENTS. t IIJTIf DIF C {<> fa V** 1 M *M^[_^j^i (Inc 53.) W P S. 39 A"
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  • 361 24 FIRST DAY OF AUTUMN SKYE MEETING Acceptances And Selections For This Afternoon's Races •THE Singapore Turf Club's Autumn Skye mretinß opens t«-day with a card of S&T&& at 230 p.m. The double tote is on races 6 and 8. and the big sweep on race 8. THE SCRATCHINGS Only two
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  • 46 24 Race I—Mickev1 Mickev Mouse Bay Rose Race 2 Republican Dazzle Race 3— Phar Par Blue Bird Race 4— Ginger II S6B Race s—Little5 Little Miss X Army Contractor Race 6 Miss Singanore Udicon Race 7 Sea Storm M.G.M. Race B—Kalaw8 Kalaw Silver Buckle.
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  • 106 24 Spanish Government Worried Valencia, Sept. 14. A FRANK admission of the serious situation in the north of Spain where the insurgents are pressing on towards Gi.ion is contained in the Government Ministry of National Defence communique 1 which declares the situation of the defenders of the Asturias
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  • 52 24 Singapore, Wednesday. In the sale room of Messrs. Cheong Koon Seng Co., Ltd., to-day, the Ireehold land and houses known as Nca. 165 and 167, Lorcng 23, Geylang Road, Singapore, containing an area of 23,903 sq. ft., was .old lor $2,000 to V. V. R. N. A. R.
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  • 203 24 Bangkok Sports Club Former Secretary Dead mi IF death occurred in Bangkok on i .-,,t 10 Of Mr C. E. W. HOKge, form* --etary of the Royal Bangkok Sports CUib. Horn in 1885 at Penang. Mr. Hoggc had seen a good deal of the world
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  • 136 24 Singapore, Wednesday. Today's ties in the tennis tournament at the Y MCA. resulted as follows: Men's Singles "B:" Chua Yew Cheng (—3* beat G. H. Po (sen 6—l. 6—4; A. Nathaniels i+ls> beat Kwa Soon Lock (—3O) 6-2. 6—l: Choo Keng Kiat <— 3> beat Yong Nyuk Lim
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  • 126 24 Results and ties in the tennis tournament at the S.R.C. are as follows: Doubles Handicap: N. S. Hogan F. Scully i— 3> beat I. M. Eber P. D'Almeida i— 15.3 > 5—7; 6—o; B—6. Mixed Doubles Handicap: A. M. Valberg Mrs. A. M. Jansen i— 3> beat E.
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  • 144 24 British Soldier Dies Of Disease Shanghai, Sept. 13. THE cholera epidemic in Shanghai has claimed its first British victim in Private Thomas Brown of the Loyal Regiment. He came from Newcastle, West Ireland. Altogether 658 cases of cholera have occurred in the International Settlement and French Concession, including
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  • 542 24 MARION CUP AT R.S.Y.C. Two Yachts Retire From Race rE last of the races for 6-metres for the Marion Challenge Cup was sailed en Sunday last starting at 10 a.m. Conditions were extreme. A one knot breeze ;md a moderate current through the harbour together with a slight swell, gave
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  • 50 24 Results Of Midweek Matches London, Sept. H. MIDWEEK matches in the English and Scottish Soccer Leagues were: Division 111 (Southern) Bristol R. 2 Bournemouth 1. Division 111 (Northern) Southport 2 Yorfc C. 3. Scottish League, Div. I Clyde 3 Dundee 2. Queens P.R. 1 Ayr. U. 1. Reuter
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