The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 19 August 1931

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press ~*""m> 13,418. ESTABLISHED 1835. SINGAPORE, S.S. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1931. 20 PAGES DAILY. 10 CENTS.
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    THE DAY'S NEWS
    268 1 Police raided the office of the communist organisation for the Far East m Shanghai and made sensational discoveries Page 11. Special searchlights are to be used to guide pilots taking part m the Schneider Trophy race— Page 11. The Test match was drawn, England scoring 224 runs
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    THE GAMBLER'S APOLOGIA
    1216 1 I always feel to a certain extent apologetic when I write of gambling m this column, writes Artifex m the Manchester Guardian. For I know that I have often treated of that subject before. But the matter is of such vital importance that one may perhaps be
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      162 1 KLIM POWDERED MILK m \KKST APPROACH TO PURE, PASTEURIZED MILK OBTAIN AM IN THE TROPICS. MSI.K AT ALL LEADING .(VISION STORES. KAFFLES HOTEL Wednesday, August 19th. TEA DANCE 6.30—8.15 p.m. and Special Engagement of The Dollar Steamship liner s.s. President Adams Orchestra For Informal After Dinner Dance* at 9.30 p.m.
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      194 1 BRITISH CEMENT IS SPECIFIED USE "EMERALD" BRAND GREEN ISLAND CEMENT On Government List of Approved Cements McALISTER Co., Ltd. CEMENT DEPT. Phone 5171. Phone 5171. EUROPE #HOTEL "Renowned by Recommendation" Finest Cuisine. Best Wines and Spirits, etc. at THE LOWEST HOTEL PRICES. TO-NIGHT MUSIC ON THE VERANDAH from 7.45 p.m.
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      291 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Cinema quide Page 9. Public notices Page 2. Peps for coughs Page 3. The Gift Shop for wedding prosi-.it s —Page 1. Goodyear tyres fcr trucks md buses— Page 5. Borneo Motors special used car yhow -Pace CHRYSLER RIDING EASE WEDDING PRESENTS A FEW SUGGESTIONS Jade Rings and
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      21 1 KLIM POWDERED MILK THE NEAREST APPROACH TO PURE. FRESH, PASTEURIZED MILK OBTAINABLE IN THE TROPICS. OBTAINABLE AT ALL LEADINO PROVISION STORES.
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    TELEVISION IN COLOUR
    197 2 A New Lamp l From Our Own OorrecpondentJ London. \uu 1. IL l> announced by tht Daily Mail thai an invention will shortly b. brought OUi which open:, up the possibility of television pictures m natural colour. Already it has enabled a picture to be televised on
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    25,000 FEWER FARM WORKERS
    121 2 102,000 Acres Less Cnder i Prom Our Own Correspondent London. Aug. 1. A itorreaie of ***** agricultural workers In England and Wales since Jane 1930 is recorded m return teUSd by the Ministry of Agriculture There va reduction of 82.000 acres m agrldllturml land daring the
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      324 2 SINGAPORE FOOT. TWO NEW REMEDIES Antinoa, 1.25 per bottle Absorhine Jr., 1.25 per bottle Stocks held by MEDICAL HALL LTD. Opp. General Post Office Outstat^on orders dspatched promptly The Art of dainty service makes CAPITOL Restaurant the outstanding rendezvous m Town. FOR TABLE RESERVATION I RING 4906 BUSINESS CARDSr MEMORIALS.
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      648 2 TENDERS. SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL NOTICE. TENDERS. NOTICE is hereby given that tender^ are now invited for the following materials or sei vices, and that particulars of such tenders may be obtained m fho Tender Room. Municipal Offices: Installation of Sanitary Fttttngj at tho following properties: Ellis Road Nos. 25, 27. 31.
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      691 2 NOTICES Re FLAX LANDS DEVELOPMENT, LTD. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Messrs. EVAN WONG COMPANY oi No. 32 Raffles Place. Singapore, have been appointed Agents for the sale of Bends of the above Company. Payments m re-pect of all Bonds already sold should be made to the new Agents. DATED
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      264 2 GALVAMZED WIRE NKTTING FOR TENNIS COURTS. With Galvanized Pipe Poles to match. Concrete foundation and top rails Included. Very economical. New and second-hand pipes can be supplied MOHD. BIN" HOOSAINSAH, 66. ROBINSON ROAD Phone Nn. 2454 t^> JK^^ germs powerless wash m Lifebuoy is a priceless protection. tß^mP^\ The potent
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      16 2 Amazing How Prescription Cures^ SkinTroubtes Stops All Itching Instantly I Get a bottle to-day, 75 cts
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      425 2 THE WEEK \\c(inn.d.:y. 19th. EUgn Water. MJt, 10.1 ft.. 13.58. P. 2 It Baee entrlti <' 11. PJStan Ohlb Tttßn, Adelphi Hotel Pbotball: Div. n m p.h. v.s Posi OOei at St.'ulumi; Res. Div. Malays n. R at S.RC. Oo Oarrlson O.C. Lad* motitlilv modal (Bogey) Thursday. »Oth. Wgh Water.
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    BRITISH MALAYA'S AFFAIRS
    1785 3 ASSOCIATION MEETING Close Contact with Singapore Association I From Our Own Correspond on 1 1 London, July 22. The annual meeting of the Association of British Malaya was held m the Offices of the Rubber Growers Association, Idol Lane, E.C. I on Wednesday, July 22nd. Mr. Eric
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    FOUR WEDDINGS ONE HUSBAND
    156 3 The story of a girl who had a wedding ring placed on her finger by four men m three years was told at Winchester Assizes. Jessie May Mack, aged twenty-four, from Devonshire, went to London and married a policeman. She left him, met a naval signalman,
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    MONOTONOUS MENUS
    681 3 Thoughts on an Old Controversy We are m no danger of forgetting the old gibe about our fifty religions and our one sauce. writes E.W. m the Manchester Guardian. Every year our American visitors revive it. and every year a few Englishmen echo it and ask why it
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      432 3 GOODjRrEAA I Belting Hose Packing IHOIf friction surface GOODYEAR "PATHFINDER. 1 friction belting. f-T hi^h speeds and surface, transmission belting; for lighter loads arid for drives on which the flexing Intended for drives that requisite is not extremely severe. This belt to the severest flexing. is the belt for smaller
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      7 3 J93L Brenthc*klo Tabtmim /or COUGHS, colds: chills,
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      252 3 Estate Trust Agencies (1927) Limited. BRANCHES: U, First Cross Street MALACCA. 11, Light Street PENANG. 14. Klvne Street KUALA LUMPUR. Registered by and Security deposited with the Straits Settlements Government. Act as Trustees, Administrators, Receivers. Guardians, Rent Collectors, Investments Supervised and Interest collected, Probate or Letters of Administration applied for
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    CELEBRITIES PATRONISE RENO
    43 4 JUNE GETS HER DIVORCE Jack Dempsey Complains of "Mental Cruelty" [Reuter's Service] Reno» Nevada, Aug. 18. Lady Inverclyde, better known as the actress, June, has obtained a divorce from Lord Inverclyde, which, however, is not recognised m the English courts.
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    TO MARRY AGAIN
    394 4 Lady Inverclyde stated recently that if she succeeded m her divorofe petition m Reno (Nevada) she will marry again, and she will not return to England until her affairs have been put m order. "I am just waiting for my six weeks' residence here to elapse," she
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    MENTAL CRUELTY
    384 4 Dempsey Files a Petition New York. Aug. 17. On the ground of "mental cruelty" the boxer. Jack Dempsey. has filed a divorce petition against his wife. Estelle Taylor, at Reno. Nevada. Once heavy-weight boxing champion of the world, famous and rich, with hosts of friends and a beautiful
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    DIVORCE COSTS
    117 4 Judge and £700 Bill m an Undefended Case Astonishment was expressed by Mr. Justice McCardie when he was informed during the hearing of undefended divorce petitions at Birmingham Assizes that the costs of one suit were likely to be between £50 and £70. "It must be abnormal," he
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    12 4 Mr. W. E. Mac Naught. Game Warden. Perak, has returned from home.
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    A FATAL FIGHT
    133 4 Two Chinese Charged with Causing Grievous Hurt Two Chinese who were originally charge: with murder as the result of a fight which toot place m Aliwal Street recently, the charge being afterwards reduced to one of voluntarily causing grievous hurt, were produced before Mr. G. C. Dodd.
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    RAFFLES LIBRARY
    224 4 The undernoted non-fiction works will be ready for issue on Saturday, at 9 a.m. Arlington (L. O.) Through the Dragon's Eyes. 1931. illus. Fifty Years' Experiences m China. Bowen (Marjorie) Holland, illus. Calthrop (Dion C> English Costume. 1931. illus. Dodwell (H.) The Founder of Modern Egypt; A Study
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    TAMIL COOLIES RIOT
    255 4 Two Killed and Six Injured Prompt action on the part of the polic? resulted m the suppression of a serious disturbance at Kent village. 7th mile. Rawang Road, yesterday, says Monday's Malay Mail, when about 100 Tamils attacked two sundry I goods shops and assaulted the shop
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    GERMANY INDIGNANT
    137 4 French Art Dealers' "Offer" Berlin, July 31. Paris dispatches stating that a syndicate of French art dealers is willing to grant the German Government a loan of 1.000 million Francs equal to 165 million Marks on condition that a number of priceless art treasures m German Museums be
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    DARING GANG ROBBERY
    94 4 SIJOO Stolen from Estate Assistant The report of a darnm rattHl «"i the Nigel Gardiiu-r eet^l I'» rtll it. seven Chin sr tMTt keeß arnst.'d. says Malay Mail. It appears that Mr Poei Manager <i estate handed $1,701 to Mr WalVr ant on the estate, to pay
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    S.V.C. ROUTINE ORDERS
    159 4 By i leal Coi M J r h.iii manding S.S V X glagapM*. v The foiiowMH-. range ill lLshed tor infiMiir.ii Buses Leave Drill lI.IH Sat: Sun 2 p.m. 7 JO a m. 22 8.31 SVC I EUA 23 8 31 Iroquob l 28 8 31 29.8.31
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      449 4 mm m *^^^^^J I i- ii i iTi i; itfi^iiii' vii, .V; i iirt; i i i?;- 'ri'i'i'iii on Teeth. beware of it FILM, the great enemy of teeth harmful grit or crude abrasive. Ii and gums, is the chief cause of is so safe that dentiits recommend most tooth
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      85 4 What the New Glaxo is "The New Glaxo, m our opinion, is an excellent conception, and shows that the manufacturers of infant's foods are not content to stand still, but are anxious to make use of new discoveries m scientific research." ONLY GLAXO CONTAINS ADDED VITAMIN D and that means
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    SAFEGUARDING A TROPIC TOWN
    2762 5 SINGAPORES HEALTH j "Luck" Holds Goorl m 1930 The report of Dr. P. S. Hunter to the Municipal Commission on the medical aspects of 1930, is dated March 27th. of this year. A copy is now to hand, nearly five months later. From it we make
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      435 5 THE Singapore Free Press (Daily and Weekly Editions). gead Office 138 ROBINSON ROAD, SINGAPORE. on e: 6056. Cable Address: ADVERTISER, SINGAPORE. premier morning daily m Malaya. Delivered the Chota Hazri each morning. Latest news, telegrams and latest announcements. London i and tin cables appear daily. Special features ide pictures, serial
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      163 5 Balloon* for Trucks and Buses now end the toll of speed and distance //7j^ lßß^hlbß Bb^, r lJ>e ront WDerl(t f trucks, for aII s^U^M HB^ around equipment on trailers and for /f^^k paved road service nhere the extra trac/4^fl tion of the full 411- V* eather Tread i- not
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    Chess Problems and Solutions.
    1271 6  - Chess Problems and Solutions. Our Chess Editor By Problem No. 124: (by E. V. Tanner). Whito to move and mate m thiw moves. I Some Problem Notes I rive a tern not s from Mr. Brain Harley's book, (recently reviewed m this column), whxch I think likely to be helpful
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    AEROPLANE VS. PIGEON
    254 6 Blackmailers* Ruse Foiled Berlin. July 20. Tht mamma owner of a mansion at Alten. a suburb of Bor'hum, m the Ruhr, discovered last Wednesday a cardboard box on her doorstep containing a pigeon. In a matchbox attachrd to th<> bird's threat was a note demanding £10 by
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    MOUSE IN A SAUSAGE
    324 6 Another Blackmailing Ruse Berlin. July 21. Aaiu'hfT strange tale of blackmail, a companion piece to yesterday's story of the ineri■kttttaf carrier pigron and the pursuing aero-platM-s. tonus to-day from the Rhineland. On January 6 last an indignant woman vLsitcfl the f(x>d department of a Cologne tores
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    WHEN THE TROOPER'S ON THE TIDE
    1008 6 SHAVING SLEEPERS Sights That Amaze Tommy Atkins Out East by A. M. Fraser-North There is magic about the term "trooping season" that must inevitably quicken the pulses both of the old soldier who has served East of Suez and the younger man of a
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    COPYRIGHT.
    23 6 The flappers ar- surely good-hearted creatures. They wear furs m the summertime, I when the animals don't need 'em. B'nai B'rith Messenger.
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    Bridge Notes and Problems.
    898 6  - Bridge Notes and Problems. HORATIUS By "J J THE LIGHT NO TRUMPER IT is curious that so many bridge players, unwilling to pass up the first call, venture into a No Trump bid and, if disaster overtakes the sido, excuse themselves by saying "Oh, well, it was only a dealer's
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    JUNK-HUNTING
    778 6 A week or two ago I found myself "fast" for the night m a Lancashire town and, being a bachelor woman with a flat to furnish out of a narrow income. I decided to devote the evening to my favourite sport of junk-hunting, writes I. J. m the Manchester
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    MATTERS OF INDIAN INTEREST
    946 7 AGENT'S FEARS nemployment Amongst Indians <By Our Indian Corresp indent). Serious apprehension was expressed by the Agent of the Government of India on the distressing situation of un.mployment amongst Indians m Malaya, m a talk I had with him recently. He >:aid that all sorts of
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    29 7 The Nondescripts' Cricket Club and Sakura Party. Singapore, St. George's Girls' School Society, Penang. and Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Malacca, have been exempted from registration.
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    CHAMPION OF SELF EDUCATION
    923 7 MICHAEL FARRADAY Man Who Quickened the Pace of Mankind Sir James Crichtcn-Browne. who can remember meeting Michael Faraday, the great chemist :md physicist, recently broadcast a talk entitled 1 Faraday ence more." He said "The centenary celebration of Faraday's greatest discovery which is to be held
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    Y.M.C.A. SWIMMING CARNIVAL
    114 7 i Tile twelfth annual swimming championships promoted by the V.M.C.A. will be h?ld at the V.M.C.A. Swimming Pool. Fort Canning, on Saturday, September sth. As m former years public interest will centre on the six events which are open to all comers, namely: 120 Yards Championship of
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    ESCUERZOS
    338 7 Nine-Inch Frog With A Four-Inch Mouth If any one makes a pet of an Escuerzox the magnificent horned frog that has just come to the Zoo. and thereby inherits a pack of trouble, don't blame me. writes U. R m the Daily Express. Buddy Escuerzos <we call him Squirzy
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    "DEAD HAND" INJUSTICE
    312 7 Cruelties Inflicted by Wills Injustice! :uid anomalies imposed by lh» "dfad tend* 1 m wills and testamentary documents are revealed m a report of the Joint Select Committee of the House of Lords and the House of Commons on the Wills and Into. 1 lacics 'Family Maintenance)
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    19 7 As I put him back he l<x>ked intelligently, hatingly, indignantly savage. It was good that I was no mouse.
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      286 7 2.0.2CYL I ,0 100 HP. *yOR heavy duty boats and for J deep sea fishing the 4-cylin- work-boats; also for auxiliary der, 12 horsepower L-Head Ker- use m sailing boats up to 45 feet math delivers rugged, reliable m length. power. Men who sail the sea for a The Kermach
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    "GHOSTS" IN COURT
    760 8 COINCIDENCE OF NAMES Shakespeare Recommended for Judge Bacon's Court Byron Bellingham "Curiouser and euriouser." Alice m Wonderland might have remarked had she been present m Reading County Court when Mr. H. C. Dickens, grandson of the novelist, inquiring as counsel the nqme of a witness, was told
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    HAIL OF BULLETS
    208 8 "Spike" O'Donnell's Narrow Escape Edward "(Spike)" O'Donnell. of whom I havi written so much, hopes to sail fcr England m August, writes Trevor C. Wignall. Daily Expres^ Special Correspondent. He is the only man of his type m whom I have complete faith. Spike" lived with me
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    CROOKS BOYCOTT JACK DIAMOND
    1179 8 SNEAK-THIEF RECORD "Cheap Killing^^That Ended His Career \>u York. The sneak-thief truth about Jack ('Legs' Diamond, the man who tried to be a master crook, but wilted m the glare of the limelight, is revealed m the classic portrait of an Amejrican gangster whose appearance m
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    NOT TO BE DRAWN
    77 8 Mr. Eugene Chen m Japan luaki, Auk- 1. Mr. Eimene Cher., the Foreign Ministc -r of the unrercwnized Government of Canton, today had mother interview with thf Foreign Minister. Baron Shidehara. It i* understood that Mr. Chen .sought Baron Shidehara's opinions on various pending Lssues betwe^'ti
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    LONG MEMORY OF THE LAW
    88 8 Man Arrested Nr < r n Seven Ifean i Robert I Olaagcw. can* i Bin called H 1 They obu keeper iv> U number o! Cok* modation In Mi I The .-1,. both linn on pret< nc Haagart) month h i yUnited W compans tiny
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      427 8 ECONOMISE ON YOUR GODOWN CHARGES We have first class facilities for CENTRAL STORAGE and will clear your cargo, take it into godown, keep it for you, and deliver it out— all at very moderate rates. You pay only for the space you use. while you use it. Let us help
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      175 8 T\he u Aooana" Baby Food oi New Zealand is produced only m th« Spring when the fresh greesi pastures arc at their highest Vitamin Content and by tie introduction o i Vitamin B known as THI< SUNLIGHT VITAMIX "Ankvria" builds up the bom prevents fature tooth decay and eventually removes
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      260 9 VICTORIA THEATRE Saturday Aug. HMh. Tuesday Sept. Ist, Wednesday, S<»pt. 2nd, Thursday, Sept. 3rd, Saturday, Sept. sth, at 9.:>0 p.m. IHE OPTIMISTIC REVUE -HELLO, BOOM!" (OMING EVENTS CAST THEIR SHADOWS I BEFORE THEM I >Ol MIST SEE TRADER FORLORN, I A STORY OF DARKEST MALAYA. I THE UNDRESS PARADE/ I
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      222 9 M SPECIAL <* MATINEE TO-DAY (Children Half Price). [6.15] TO-NIGHT [Wsj The Picture that everybody's Talking about Beautiful ■pPp3| LORETTA YOUNG |\^L T >^BH JOYCE COMPTON #|H and JOHN WAYNE f n m_^^^>^ 11l li— ■■< <& 1 Production "THREE GIRLS LOST The Answer to why Girls leave home is
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      293 9 HELL'S ANGELS Fri. Aug. 28th t^ bB w~^ y^^»!^ TELEPHONE N9 6909 6.15 TO-NIGHT 9.15 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's CYCLONIC MUSICAL SUCCESS t GORGEOUS MUSIC RARE C OMED V A GRAND STORY LAWRENCE TIBBETT CLIFF EDWARDS ROLAND YOUNG V jK4 2>mm THE 7 PRODIGAL ALSO A DOGVILLE COMEDY NEXT PROGRAMME. Ruth CHATTERTON m
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. DEATH
    52 10 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. DEATH BACON. At his residence No. 481 -c Ealestier Road, on Aug. 18th. 1931. Edward Albeit Bacon. 64 years, late Supt. of mails. G.P.0.. Singapore. Funeral cortege will leave his late residence at 4.30 p.m. to-day for the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, and thence to Bidadari Cemetery
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1931. KALLANG AREA EXTENSION
    803 10 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1931. KALLANG AREA EXTENSION The policy of the Government m the matter of the development of the Tanjong Rhu area as an aerodrome and seaplane base, boat harbour and manufacturing district, has earned the approbation of the local Architect's Journal m view of the
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    THE ALHAMBRA
    154 10 Lawrence Tibbett's Success m the Prodigal The world would be an easy place to live m if all mothers would adopt 20th. century ideas as successfully as does Mrs. Farraday (Emma Dunn) m The Prodigal, the M.G.M. picture which is being shown at the Alhambra Theatre. JefFry. her
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    CIVIL ENGINEERS MEET IN SINGAPORE
    1695 10 MALAYA'S ASSOCIATION Visits to Base, Pier and Railway A very successful meeting of the Malayan Association of thfl Institution of Civil Enirreers was held m Singapore on August 15th and 16th. at which visits to H.M. Naval Ba*e Teluk Aver Basin. New Johnston's pier, and
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    THREE GIRLS LOST
    128 10 Comedy Drama at Capital Three glrto. become acquainted acd tl( Nonen. gentle wd lad) an ottce Marcia. a runni. poe. to photo stud* «nd I get empk yment i Sree finely drawn d ai.d adventures rorm U* Lost, the Fox tU... that o| mti evening Th. a
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    PARAGUAY CYCLONE
    18 10 Four lhn,ln«l Destroyed a efdone lw Aeundon n P*ra »d hundred- In am other dtatrirtJ interrupted
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      143 10 HARVEY 5 ROYAL TAWNY HUNTING PORT SOLE AGENTS: CALDBECK MACGREGOR CO., LTD.. incorporated under the Companies Ordinances of Hong Kong* (Incorporated m Shanghai) ?01 CANTONMENT ROAD TELEPHONE 5371 5372. ROYAL BAKERY P^ODUCTS ured hygienically under expert European supervision. OBTAINABLE AT COLD STORAGE ORCHARD ROAD AND SUB-DEPOTS Foi' Hii^tiiitt. Iraiiin^ X
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      205 10 Leave prior to retirement has been granted to Mr. E. G. Browne. Locomotive Foreman. F.M.S.R.. Mr. T. W. Clayton. M.C.S.. British Adviser. Kedah and Dr. D. Bridges. State Surgeon. Kedah. The promotion of the following officers of Class 11. M.C.S., to be officers of Class 18. has been approved: Messrs.
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    FAR EASTERN COMMUNIST OFFICE RAIDED
    261 11 SENSATIONAL DISCOVERIES SHANGHAI SEQUEL TO A SINGAPORE ARREST MAN WITH SEVEN ALIASES I Reuter's Far Eastern Service! Shanghai. Aug. 18. lv second only m importance to London's 1926 Soviet raid Shanghai as the centre of the Far Eastern Communist M a direct consequence of the
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    GALE SWEPT BRITAIN
    159 11 Thirteen Deaths and Widespread Damage j l.r.ndon. Aug. 18. d ridespread damage weft ill which swept Britain Otlicial Service] Kugby. A us. 17. :.d of thunder, rain and much damage, stormy I SlOOg the South Coast Uu roughest summer seas reported. Three lives were idt'iu of! the
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    THE PRINCE
    74 11 &5 Monoplane to France [Reuter*i Service 1 London, Aug. 18. Walea took off m a private Windsor Great Park for tendon. Aug. 18. bM t mporarily poster ln.ru England for a Th« Daily Express under- that he is anxious ""til he i s assur-d that hM becOMM clearer.
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    FAR EAST SERVICE
    32 11 an( >- Carthage Launched ■s,; vi( London. Aug. is t- China and the Far (1 Oriental ship Carthage .h.,; I "I* knots. m and she will accom:t"(l 200 second class
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    CREDITS TO GERMANY
    209 11 International Bankers Reach Agreement [Reuters Service] Bale. Aug. 18. Tlv international bankers have finished their work wi'h the adoption of Sir Walter Layton's leport recommending prolongation for six menths of the short-term credit of approximately five milliard marks to Germany on condition that the Central Banks of
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    MR MONTAGU NORMAN
    91 11 Wall Street Excitement Over Voyage I Router's Service New York, Aug. 18. Wall Street is agog over the voyage of Mr. Montagu Norman. Governor of the Bank of England, to Canada. Financial circles have no doubt he will find time to confer with officials of the Federal
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    THE DURBAR
    65 11 Sir Cecil dementi's Statement I From Our Own Correspondent] Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 18. At the Durbar this morning HE. Sir Cecil Clementi made a long statement with regrtr.i to certain matters m the F.M.S. The statement will not be issued to the Press until to-morrow morning, but it
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    UNWANTED CHINESE
    33 11 Riau Communists Being Deported t ßeuter's Service] Batavia. Aug. 17. Over 180 Chinese are being deported from the Dutch East Indies after police investigations into Communist propaganda m the Riau Archipelago.
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    29 11 It has b?en definitely decided to transfer the inmates of St. Nicholas' Home, which has been doing excellent humane work m Malacca, to Penang at or about August 27.
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    ECONOMY BIG FIVE HAVE BUSY DAY
    329 11 OPPOSITION PARTIES Leaders Await Prime Minister's Call IBritish Radio Official Service! Rugby, Aug. 18. The Cabinet Economy Committee of five Ministers held two sessions last evening the second of which rose at ten oclcck. Examination of problems before them was resumed this morning and
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    LON DON—KHARTOUM
    121 11 LON DON— KHARTOUM R.A.F. Long Distance Flight [British Radio Official Service) Rugby, Aug. 18. The first of the long distance flights planned by the Air Ministry for the autumn will probably start from Cranwell. Lincolnshire, on September 24. An attempt will be made to reach Khartoum nonstop with the object
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    SCHNEIDER TROPHY
    127 11 Searchlights to Guide Pilots I British Radio Official Servicel Rugby, Aug. 18. Pylons marking three angles of the Schneider Trophy contest course are to be placed m position on Thursday. Instead of the black and white chessboard pattern adopted for the last contest the pylons will be a
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    JAVA SUGAR
    61 11 Large Quantity Sold for Export [Reuters Service] Batavia, Aug. 18. United Java sugar producers have sold for export 255,000 tons of superior sugar, being the balance of the 1930 crd(p at a price not yet disclosed. It is also reported that 150,000 tons of browns of the 1931
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    CHINA'S FLOODS
    47 11 Where Some of the Surplus Wheat Would be Welcome [Reuter's Service 1 Washington, Aug. 17. The Chinese Government has queried the United States Government as to the quantity of wheat available on credit for the relief of flood victims m the Yangtse Valley and elsewhere.
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    BANGKOK DOCK
    34 11 Singapore Man Appointed Manager [FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT! Bangkok, Aug. 18. Mr. Duff, of United Engineers, Singapore, has been appointed manager of Bangkok Dock, taking over at the end of August. I
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    WHEN EAST IS WEST AND...
    617 11 WHEN EAST IS WEST AND Fast Globe Trotting AN AMAZING AMERICAN If a vital old man with silvery heir and a fine bronzed face, who looks like an American and is one, gets into conversation with you between the hops at a local tea dance, just listen to him (advises
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    R.A.C. RACE SENSATION
    99 11 Bugatti Cars Scratched from Ulster Race FReuter's Service London. Ay&. 17. A sensation has b-^n caused m Belfast bj the news cf the sci-atching of three Bugatti cars entered for the Royal Automobile Club race m Ulster next Saturday. Officials are mystified with regard to the reason,
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    COMMODITY MARKET
    90 11 LONDON AND NEW YORK TIN AND RUBBER PRICES London, Aug. 18. Messrs. Lewis, Lazarus and Sons notify to-day's tin prices as follows: Spot £114 5 16 (£ll5 7 16) Forward £116 11 16 (£ll7 15 16). The market is steady. Messrs. Symington and Sinclair notify to-day's rubber prices
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    DEATH OF MR. E. A. BACON
    59 11 The death has taken place of Mr. Edward Albert Bacon, cf 481 -C Balestier Road, late superintendent of mails at the G.P.O. He was 64 years of age and retired about 7 years ago, having been m the postal service m Penang. Dindings and
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    GRAF ZEPPELIN
    19 11 CReuter's Service] Frtedrichsfaafen. \ug. 18. The Graf Zepfc>elin left for London at 7.5 am with 22 pasreneers.
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      92 11 BRIGHTER BEACH j WEAR— AT ROBINSONS Hs^^^^^^At "j thins to Swimming Bathing Caps and 9 a^S^^^. In great vaiiety at ifm^^^^jf prices ranging from "j S^t^.V 40 cts. to $2.50 '1? JW^^ Cretonne Bathing Lined Turkish /f w sEA s 0 N>s Towelling- styles m jantzen O SWIM SUIT. From
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    THE MURDERS IN INDIA
    1350 12 RACIAL HATREDS Tragic and Perilous Situation" SIX MICHAEL ODWYKRS VIEWS 1 < m(l< i). Aug. The India Office recently issued a list 411 thirty-one murders and other outrages •■(.mmittcd or attempted against British «,rneinls m India ataCC December. 1928. The British public is to-day M prt
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      MALAYAN MATTERS AT HOME
      609 12 AGENCY CALLERS i Proposed Abolition of Marketing* Board From Our Own Com -spondent I Lend.en, Auk. 4. For the holiday time there were quite a number of calkrs this week at the Malayan Ag my. They included Mr. F. W. Douglas, who is now retired, and
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      PICNIC TRAGEDY
      78 12 Two Men Fatally Injured Jeluttf lQutbc> A us. 1«. A shocking accident occurred to a picnic jjarty from Montreal consisting of two men and five women. The party found :i box m a small cabin, ana as they were examining it the dynamite which it contained exploded, with
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      STABBED TO DEATH IN LOCKED HOUSE
      643 12 WIDOW'S MURDER Belief That She Was Robber's Victim Oxford, Aug. 4. Mrs. Annie Kempscn. an elderly widow who lived alone, has been found murdered m her he me. Boundary House, St. Clements, Oxford. She had been stabbed to death by a man who. apparently,
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      MALAYA TO THE RESCUE
      235 12 Lady Hulton's Alarming Experience rFrom Ou* Own Corresnondentl London, Aug. 4. The Kings guardship Malaya has taken part m two important events this wepk end at Cowes, where, of course, the Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert, with the King and Queen on board, is taking part
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      YOUTH-FALL IN LOVE!
      514 12 WHEN YOU MEET HER Advice of a 70- Year-Old Scientist London, Aug. 4. Seventy years old. Sir J. Arthur Thomson, the famous biologist, looked back on life today, and gave these words of advice *o men aud women all ages: To young people: Fall m lov Middle-aged
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      HOSPITAL FINANCES
      194 12 Possible Effect of Lord Knutsford's Death I From Our Own Correspondent! London. Aug. 4. 1 UEdentand the hospitals are anxious about tbeir financial future now that Lord Knutsford has gone, ar.d there is no one to take his plac They are now afraid thai public subscriptions will fall
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      LONDON ART SALES
      162 12 Over £1,000,000 Spent This Year I From Our Own Correspondent J London, Aur. 4. More than £1,000,000 was spent m the art and book salerooms of London during the season just ended. It has not been a good year fcr picture sales, and few works of outstanding
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      CRICKET AS SHE WAS PLAYED
      562 12 OLD-TIME DRESS And The Umpires Looked Like Buccaneers '.•hen fill up your glass he's the best who drinks most, litre's the Hambledon Club -Who rnfiaMU the toas. 't Let us join m thf prates of the bat and the wicket And sing m full chorus
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      THE SINGAPORE II
      184 12 New Flyin? Boat's Flight the East TFrom O;u Own Corresuandent 1 London, Au;. L Two new mUitar} flying-boati the Singapore 11. and the Baunders Roe AT., are to leave Feiixstowe on August 16th for a long test flight t» thr Earl. Tn,>y will uo through the Mediterranean,
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      MODERN YOUTH
      145 12 Dr. Feldman and Sex Education Prom Our Own OotretpondCPt I London, Auk. 4. Dr. Fiidman. at the Summer Schools of th: British Social Hygiene Council at Oxford, bid some kind things to gay about modern youth He said modem youth was BOt h'm moral m outlook but had
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      25 12 Mental Worry and It~ Remedy will b~ th subject of the lecture at the Theosophiral Society. 181 Tank R-.^.d. to-morrow iThur dny> at 6.30 p.m.
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    A FINE BANK HOLIDAY
    643 12 A MAMONn j\ mvy Ik'arh |'yj:, ma lH M Element KNOLAWD POT Ol v Li-'roiii OIM ()v i refer to Bank n. this i, the nur-i Impoti these days of coin mm v? ever, the Weather Ck the weather ail mn oonm n I terrific rain
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    34 12 A pretty wedding Oeorge'i Cburcii v< Mr. John Gardiui r |f:nim Kimnu'cr. Pel Ci-ennan of Au twUi was ehonL I* s v lain. N FVrak. I D i ng pn ihlf rt il tt»<
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      LAWN TENNIS
      365 13 Tilden on His Victory Long Island I wen the Professional Tennis Championship of the United States, beating Vincent Richards, ihf defending champion, m thre? straight sets, while Richards and Howard O. Kinsey successfully held their title by b?ating Francis T. Hunter and me m a long, bitterly-contested five-set
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      GREYHOUND TRACK SCENE
      338 13 Angry Crowd Besiege Judge's Box Birmingham. Remarkable scenes were witnessed at the Hall Green greyhound track, when a crowd of people many hundreds strong, incensed by a decision of the stewards, scrambled over the barriers, swarmed across the track, and surrounded the judge's box shouting and gesticulating
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      AMERICAN BASEBALL
      111 13 IReuter's Service] New York, Aug. 16. Latest baseball results are as follow: NATIONAL LEAGUE Philadelphia 5: Pittsburgh 4. Philadelphia 3: Pittsburgh 1. AMERICAN LEAGUE Cleveland 3: Philadelphia 4. Detroit 5: New York 7 (14 tantogs). Chicago o: Bortaa l St. Louis 2: v.\- -Hi.:;,, .a 3 < U
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      34 13 Mr. T. A. O'Sullivan, accompanied by Mrs. O'Sullivan. arrived m Penang on Monday to take up the duties of Inspector of Schools, Penang. vice Mr. C. O. Gollls, who has gone to Kuala Lumpur.
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      ARSENAL'S PROFIT
      251 13 Over £100,000 from League Matches Alone Nothing succeeds like success! Many football club* playing m all diTisiqns of the Footb«tl League losfr money last season, but the Avenal made a record profit cf between £25.000 *m £30,000. ff"ke Arsenal.* profit is at least £10.030 greater than that ever
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      SOUTH AFRICAN RUGBY
      262 13 The Team for England Capetown, July 13. After difficult deliberations that lasted several hours the South African Rugby Selection Committee announced the names of 29 players who are to tcur England. Ireland. Scotland, and Wales next season. Thty will open their tour on October 3 at Bristol
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      THE CADDIE PROBLEM
      276 13 How Hong Kong Proposed to Deal with it The Committee of the Royal Hong Bong Gclf Club have decided to adopt a scheme 1 f'jr legistration and control cf Fanling caddies which should, with the loyal backing of all players, solver the long outstanding difficulties that have
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      CRICKET
      128 13 At Balestier Plain on Saturday. St. Joseph's Institution met a Ceylou Sports Club XI. 5.J.1.: Chia Bsßf Hock, c Fernando, b R Dudley 29; G. Fernandez, b Jasinghe 6; D Ess, c Ambiviagar b Jasinghe 44: K. Morrandu. *t! Zilva. b R. Dudley 6; D. Leicester, b Ambiviagar 2;
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      566 14 Ellerman Bucknail Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m England). "ELLERMAN" LINE PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG. SHANGHAI AND JAPAN Steamer Due Singapore. s a CITY OF KHIOS g^ 6 ss.CITY OP WORCESTER q^ 12 HOMEWARDS. M.s. CITY OF
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      446 14 SB British India and A pear Lines (Incorporated m England* MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S N CO UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S CiOVI -nmiat LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SEKVIC V OUTWARDS FROM LONDON FOR CHINA I4P4\ Due Tonnage. Singapore. lmuii *J 1931. CHITRAL £*J NANKIN
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      694 15 PS jseille^ ii J d o S^ough WERP ROTTERDAM *n» X. 11.000 Aug. 27 28 HARUNA MARU T. 10,500 Oct 23 24 f^ T 10^00 Sept. 910 KATORI MARU T. 10.000 Nov 5 6 T IL'.OOO Sept. 23 24 5 KASHIMA MARU T. 10.000 Nov 19 20 T 10.500 Oct.
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      459 15 />} DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINES, LTD. (if Mil SAILING NOTICE \\l Wj\ PREMDEiNT LINERS. JIM ml I TO MARSEILLES, NEW YORK AND BOSTON \\m ■I FROM SINGAPORE AND PENANG via COLOMBO m\\ S UEZ, PORT SAID. ALEXANDRIA. NAPLES AND IH GENOA. 1 IM ml I Arrive Le;ive Leavr Arrive 'Hrn ml
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      785 15 K. P. M. KOWNKUJKE PAKETVAART MAAKCHAPPU CROTAL PACKET NAVIQATION COMPANY OF BATAVIAJ (Incorporated In Holland.) """^SEMS? 1 E NETHERLANDS INDIAN OOVHUfHBrr Telephone no. 8451. with «üb-connectlon» to.-Pa«age. Prelcbto Transhipment, Marine Departments and Manager* desk. Heprewnuuvw to toe Strafe Settlement. (Singapore ana Cnan., of the TRAVELLERS OrFICIAL INFORMATION BUREAU BOOKING OFFICE
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    B.M.A. DISCUSSION
    720 16 Doctors' Right to Patent The question of medical ethics m relation to the patenting or otherwise of medical discoveries was the subject of a long debate at the opsning session of the annual representative meeting of the British Medical Association at Eastbourne. The discussion arose on the following
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    MASTER OF STEAMER FINED
    110 16 Leaving Port Without Clearance Papers Captain T. Kvamme. mster cf the Kronviken. was charged m Hong Kong before the Hon. Cumdr. G. F. Hcle. R.N. (retired), with leaving port on July 15 or 16 without a clearance from the Haroour Office. The defendant produced a receipt
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      687 16 Burns Philp line. (Incorporated m Australia). FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by the veil-known steamer MARELLA (7.375 tons) and the SS. MANGOLA (3.352 toas). [Cargo only.] es. MARELLA is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia Cabins de
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      418 16 KERR STEAMSHIP Co. w (Incorporated to U.8.A.) "v GENERAL AGENTS. NEW YORK SERVICE. Regular Freight Service to Boston, New ft* Philadelphia and Baltimore (v\% Suez) D B.lb M.S. SILVERTEAK Sept. 1 S^ l>v N V M.S. SILVERSANDAL Sept. 22 Sept 2a Pot ratea and particulars pltase apply to:— AGENTS, SINGAPORE.
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      99 16 Illustrated Catalogue tent without charge up<» request. PILES CAN J CORED. I Treatminl KM X 0«"fl If von m I its kindred i 1 known tMM yon M (pv« l p I PILC Plasma '^H action on th'- i with the in-! i will br i H you bftV« Troobte.
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      667 16 MAIL DESPATCHES BY TRAIN Kuala Pahang, Pekan. Sungei Lembing and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. 6 a.m. Bangkok every Thursday 6 a.m. Kota Tinggi, Seremoan, Kuala Lumpur Ipoh, Taiping, Penang and Kedah and Lower Siam 6 a.m. Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 6
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      125 16 Selangor. Brit. 444, from Port Dickson 18. for Malacca 19. President Adams, Am. 6345, from New York 18. for New York v*a Penang 20. Aeneas. Brit. 6256, from Birkenhead 18. for Hong Kcng 19. Hua Tong. Brit. 109, from Malacca 18. for Muar 18. Isar. Ger. 5636. from Tientsin 18.
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    48 17 V.V.V-V.V.V.V.VAV.V L'|'« I Malacca was visited by !IBM loaded with granite Malacca Pier. s HUM Kamunting. port, on Tuesday of last ted btffe from Singapore MG the Government Gazette published m the Gazette t>v which the port of U) be suspected on ac- -ancclled.
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    PASSENGERS ARRIVED
    21 17 Hildreth M. Caldwell. H Gourley. Marguerite Howejr, George H Umb. O Schobcrt. Eileen Sul- a Mm K. Wise. j
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    PASSENGERS LEAVING
    12 17 I Adams on Thursday: Mr. F. v \i!> R Myerson.
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    BARGES ON THE THAMES
    274 17 S tilors 1 1 Gravesend. ■sheet home your mainmtle reach of the < \t srnd, rose the stac- mmand shouted by masters i .rues jt fw numbering more than the work, and imme- j dive with straining sails. i tening white. j j I line 19
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    PORT OF LONDON
    128 17 I Important Development I Scheme I at that the Port of London decided to seek powers m the rham.-nt to acquire the Proprietors of Hays Wharf, important development. authorized capital of capital of £2.490.007 j Ordlnaiy shares and y Paid Preference shares, and' concern* The an- 1
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    THE LAURENTIC'S GOLD
    28 17 Il'-ndon. Au g 9. 1 U.n00.000 m sunk during 'bmarlne ofl the const ade by the AdThe I-aurentu- when sunk. b, a salvag| M Admiralty
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    CAUGHT IN STORM
    417 17 London Pleasure Boats Out Until Midnight [By Dutch Air Mail] London, Aug. 4. Thick fog blanketed the English Channel today after the terrific storm that swept London and the South of England during the night. The fog has slowed up all shipping. The Glasgow o il tanker
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    PILOT-BOAT IN FLAMES
    309 17 Crew's Narrow Escape at Dartmouth Dartmouth, July 17. Excitement wa^ caused m Dartmouth and Kingswear to-night when a pilot-boat named the Good Intent vas seen ta burst into flames as she was returning to harbour. She was just about to be made fast to her moorings for
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    TWO DESTITUTES
    161 17 Seamen Sent to House of Detention Two seafaring men who had missed their chips and become destitute m the Colony, were committed to the House of Detention by Mr. Williams at the Central Magistracy, Hong Kcng. Charged with vagrancy, Edward Ellis, a young Irishman. admitted the charge. Sgt.
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    HAZARDS OF SEAL FISHING
    771 17 HUMANE KILLERS ON ICE Cathedral Service Before Annual Slaughter by E. R. Yarham, F.R.G.S. Seal-fishing is a most dangerous occupation. Rarely does a seal-flshing season open so tragically, however, as did that of 1931, when the Newfoundland flagship, the Viking was blown up and when her
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    DOCKYARD CEREMONY
    170 17 H.M.S. Rochester Named The Mayoress of Roche ter, Mrs. George Jenner, performed the ceremony of naming H.M.S. Rochester at Chatham Dockyard. The vessel was afterwards floated out of the dock. The Rochester is one of two sloops to be completed at Chatham during the present year. Sh" has
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      27 17 The P. and O. Line is laying up several of its ships and is rumoured to be selling some of the older one.s. says the Nautical Magazine.
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    ASSASSINATION CORPS
    197 18 Serious Charge Against Teng Cha-yen Shanghai, Aug. 6. Pacing the serious charge of organising an Assassination Corps to take the lives of certain Nationalist leaders. Mr. Teng Cha-yen, formerly Chief Secretary to Marshal Li Chai-sum. ha* been arrested at the letter's Shanghai residence, and this morning appeared before
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    92 18 The Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Penang, nccorded a reception to Mr. Hsieh Hsiang, the new Chinese Consul. After refreshments had been served Mr. Yeoh Cheang Aun, the Chairman of the Chamber, who presided over the function extended a hearty welcome to Mr. Hsieh Hsiang and wished him all success m
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    MOLTEN GLASS FIRE
    149 18 Stream of Boiling Liquid When Vat Bursts A vat containing hundreds of tons of molten glass burst at the premises of Key Glassworks, Ltd., Cold Blow-lane. New Cross, S.E., and a fire broke out. The alarm was at once given, and more than one hundred firemen, many
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    69 18 J A cable has been received from Port Said, says the Malay Mail, announcing the death of Mr. G. H. Garnett, manager of Pari Tin, Chemor, who was travelling home on the Rajputana. Mr. Garnett was going home on leave and was m excellent health, but it is said that
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    WILD SCENES AT RINGSIDE
    218 18 Circus Girl's "Death Leap" Vienna, July 13. Wild scer.es occurred at the Central Cimio. Vienna, when a pretty American vaudeville artist, Anne Ringens. aged twenty-one, fell anc' broke her spine m a "death leap" at th» display. Spectators jumped to thf ir feet and demanded their
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    217 18 I §jw amount iir i .it i I 'jivm Mii.imn. i/ l> km.ik'r -incf tbe 4 ng of th Bat-n J i ftven t" i '><:'■ p MM ul th. 1. .mi OD Club. Fortuii' h i > th m-j t Important r» '-inrohj wild tin Orand Rational
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      412 18 ISAjYKS AND INSURA NCE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. (Incorporated m England by Royal Charter) Paid up capital m 600.000 shares of £5 each £3,000,000 Reserve Fund £4,000.000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3.000.000 HEAD OFFICE: 38, Bishopsgate, London, E.C. 2 Agencies and Branches: Alor Star Hong Kong Saigon
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      333 18 MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD. (Incorporated In England > Ca P" ai C 3.000.000 Subscribed 1.800.000 1.C50.000 Reserve Fund and Rest \.fififiB4s BOARD OF DIKECTOKS: J. M. Ryrie, Esq. Chairman P. R. Chalmers, Esq., Charles J. Hambn.. e*q J O Robinson, Esq., W. H. Shelford E«i Sir Thomas Catto. Bart
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      145 18 THE /^9K SOUTH 'AM BRITISH |l| immMcscoMi M FIRE. MARINE, n,^ MOTOR CAI INStntANCI x. fPTEI) LOWEST CURRENT Uft mi EASTERN UNITED ASSURANCE COftFOUm, FIRE, MAKINI MOTOI^ CAR AND PERSONA I. ACCIDKNI INSURANCE. L. O. JOHNSON Genual a^ I HEAD Oma, i. c Ma Ur( I THE ocean I GUARANTEE
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      176 18 RADIO SAIGON The following programmes of music will be broadcast by the studio orchestra of Radio Saigon, under the direction of M. Andre Soyer. during the week WEDNESDAY Chamber music by the soloists of Radio Saigon. THURSDAY Overture from Rienzi, R. Wagner; Jocelyn. B. Godard; Nocturne and scherzando (for flute.
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    KEDAH RUBBER
    60 19 foinpanj m a Strong Position Own Correspondent! Penan*. Aug. 18. I.tci annual mooting dedtridend of IVi per cent. for the year. A sum of 'iMtve. cultivation !ii of $84,024 is curried •:nr m past years the lan mm for tin- »>x- bad tinr s and on ts were
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    U.S. TRADE DECLINE
    53 19 I. n\ Pall Compared With La^( Year i: ■'s Ben I WanMrgtoSi Aur. n. oi United State-* quartet of 1931 is fears Exports totalled l 3=> 9 r cent m value. C 111 pared with the \W Imports totalled decline of 36 per cent ant to volume.
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    DIVIDEND REDUCED
    42 19 11. and l\ (oates and Cotton allies Si I London, Aur. IK. otton \alue> J. and P. their quarterly dividend 4 while Bradford Dyers passed rim dn:dtnd. This caused a sharp i! the Stock Exchange. ■•:>. shillings and Ihc latter m
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    TALAM MINES
    21 19 I Dividend of 2' 2 Per d Co., [pon tflegraph th tt lared dividend of 11.I 1 the list.
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    GAMAGES (WEST END) STORE
    107 19 PliWt to Find a Purchaser at Auction S rd-street, bekmging to U it. Umttcd, tofethei with fl quipment, vaa offend for fl bin railed to rvoke I M miller, Parker, "V d the mie, had V starting bid. which be I a He stated that 28
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    144 DEGREES OF FROST!
    77 19 M -Vu RefrifferniiM i 9 Wonder I rmUng agent, which I Ur.m Ibe temperature ~V m tome milk solid JU now beini? manufac|V rdto| to an announce- Industries. V mbto block of com|!S hM temperature !M approximately minus S k has mm] times j| '»f ordinary
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    JAPANESE GOLD
    6 19 ««aki, Japan. July 30.
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    NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
    141 19 Changes m Representative Prices I United Press Association] New York. Auk. 15 17 American Can Common 97". 95 Cities Service (Com). 10 9\ Colombia G:ks and Electnr 3] 30 i x Curtis Wright 31, 3 Electric Bond and Share Obrp. 39\ 37-H General Elect. w Co
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    FUTURE OF TRADE
    475 19 FUT U RE OF TRADE Need of Facing New Conditions In his half-yearly addres< to the members of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, the president. Mr. T. D. Barlow, said that if the countries of the world supposed that they could go on putting barbed-wire fences agiinst us everywhere and
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    SUNGEI BESI MINES
    141 19 The output Of tin ore of the Sungei Besi Mines for 1930 was 499 tons, compared with 554 tons for the preceding year. The amount realized was £49.868 (against £73.383), equal to £99 19*. 2d. per ton (against £132 9s. 6d.). Tlv profit for the year was
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    EXCHANGES
    80 19 [British Radio Official Servjeel Rugby, Aug. 17. Foreign exchanges arc: Amsterdam, 12.04 Athens 375 5 Bombay Is. 5", d.. Berlin 20.53 i:.' Brussels 34.86. Bucharest 817. Rio 3 5-32. Buenos Aires 32'j. Copenhagen 18.17. Geneva 24.92. Helsingfors 193 I*.1 Hong Kong 11%6* Lisbon 110 's. Madrid 56.04. Milan 92.84
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      219 19 August 18 SELLING London, 4 months* sight 23 29 32 London. 3 months' sight 2|3?<; London, 60 days' sight 2 3 27|32 London. 30 days' sight 2|3 13|16 London, demand 23 23 32 London, T. T. 23 11|16 Lyons and Paris, demand 1427 Hamburg, demand 234 Norn. New
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      I PRODUCE
      129 19 August 18 Tin 100 Tons $59.00 Gambier 10 Pepper White 23 Flake Tapioca 31^ Pearl Sago Small 414 Copra. Sundrted 4.35 Sago, flour 1 .80 Devoe's Imperial Brilliant Kerosene per 2 tins 5.38 Sylvan Arrow Kerosene per two tins 4.98 Socony Motor Gasoline ex pump per British Imperial
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION
      66 19 August ISth.. 12 o'clock noon Buyers Sellers R.S.S. equal to London Standard. Spot 1K Standard RS.S. on Tender Aug. 7 f 7% September 7 7 8 Ot.-Dec. 8 1 8 l Jan. -March 8 1 8\ Tone of Market Steady Sellers reserved. Latest Cable: London
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    FRASER'S SHARE LIST
    953 19 TUESDAY. AUG. 18TH CLOSING QUOTATION* Bayers Sellers. Asam Kumbaiig <£• 20s 9d 22s Austra' Malay 19s 21s Ayer Hitam (ss) Us 12s Bangrin Tin 9s 10s B.:t&ng Podang if I' 10 16 Batu Caves (sl> 29 32 Bukit Arang ($1) 30 40 nom. Burmah Malay 10s Us
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    LINKED INDUSTRIES
    269 19 Farming and Tin Plate Trade Llanelly. July 20. The Prince ox Wales, President o; the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society, spoaking at the society's sho-v tc -duj referred to the influenc? cf the canning inomtry on tlv lin plate? trade. Llanelly, the Prince cbscrv d, was the centra cf
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    MALAYSIAM TIN
    192 19 L Capital Increase Plan An extraordinary general meeting of Malaysiam Tin. Ltd.. was to have been held on July 31 at 11.30 a.m.. to consider a resolution constituting an alteration to the articles of association empowering the company m general meeting at any time to attach special rights
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    MANCHESTER NORTH BORNEO RUBBER
    166 19 The account! of the Manchester Nortn Borneo Rubber. Limited, for the yerr ended March 31 show a loss of £6.747 (against a profit of £7,323 for 1929-30). to wnich must be added £3.641 expended during the year on extensions and £563 absorbed by the payment of
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    RUBBER AND TIN RETURNS
    84 19 RUBBER AND TIN RET URNS Brown, Phillips and Stewart. Penang. Agents: Perak River Valley 33.454: Juru Estates. 39.--000; nilllMimni 34.900. Evatt and Co:, Secretaries: Brunei United 33.000: against 42.800 <1930>. Changkat Berdang 40.689: against 27 051: to date 126.267; Haytur 21.153: against 18,712; to Chits 124.581: Indragiri 92.703: ■gainst 97.239;
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    THE REHABILITATION OF CHINA
    128 19 A TEN YEARS SCHEME A Chance for British Trade I Renter's Service London. An*. 17. A Geneva telegram states that the Inter national Labour Office has received infc-rmation from the Chinese International Department concerning a big industrial development scheme which will be submitted to the ChinesGovernment
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    DROP IN PETROL PRICES
    341 19 Penan*? Motorists' Happy Experiences The motoring Public of Perning. says tin: Straits Echo, have been mystified by the sudden drop m petrol prices during the past few days Some tim° ago. by an arrangement between the suppliers and the retailers, petrol was sold throughout the Island
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    RUBBER TAX REDUCED
    129 19 Concession to Planters m Travancore Trivandrum. July 24. The Government of Travancorv have reducea from two rupees to one rupee per acre, the tax on rubber plantations of more than ttvv years' cultivation. Travancore has 62.000 acres of land under rubber cultivation. This industry, mostly m European
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    EASTERN INTERNATIONAL RUBBER AND PRODUCE TRUST
    206 19 Th Investment of the Eastern International RubL r and P: luce Tru t as at Jun« 30 last. cute- d ::i the b dance sheet at £533,959. show v depreciation of no less than £373,896. Thdepreciation year previously, on a book valu 1 £")53.T3r).
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    PREFERENTIAL TARIFFS
    133 19 Introducing the new Canadian MOMMftfeJ treaty with Australia m the Canadian Bott Of Commons, the Mm Minister. Mr. Bernini stated that und?r the new treaty Australia would accord Canada British preferential treatment on 415 out of 433 items m the tariff, anrl tntermedtetO ratal on six. Canada would
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    WEEKLY SPORTING NOTES
    2016 20 WEEKLY SPORTING NOTES Inter- rlub Gclf. Garrison G.C. Debacle. Another Craik Paterson Championship Meetirg. Malayan Athletic Championships. Three Gctd Shcrt-distarc* Runners from Singapore. Hr.rkry tr. the Way. Should the Season be Altered? N. S. Wise m New Forest Singles Final. Major Confdcn m Good Cricket Fcrm. It is doubtful if
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    THE TEST MATCH
    105 20 Delayed Start at Manchester IReuter's Service] London. Aug. 18. Fine weather prevails at Manchester. The wicket is wet but drying rapidly. There is no play before lunch and another inspection will be made immediately after lunch. England elected to bat first and scored 224 runs for the
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    S.C.C. LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT
    615 20 PROFESSIONAL PAIRS Results of Yesterday's Games Results of yesterday's games m the S.C.C. Lawn Tennis tournament were as follows: Profession Pain S. H. Moss and O. R. S. Bateman beat E. Jackson and G. D. Hamilton, 6 l, 6 2. F. Ruchwaldy and E. J. Cassels
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    SINGAPORE RACES
    411 20 Course Training Work The fine weather which has been customary m early mornings of late again favoured spectators yesterday when the horses were doing their preparation for the forthcoming race meeting. There was a fair attendance present and as the track proper, with one hurdle out, was open,
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    61 20 The following members of Singapore Cricket Club have been invited to play cricket for Rest vs. Tournament Winners on Saturday the 22nd and Sunday the 23rd August 1931: R. A. Ash worth, B. Brooke, J. A. Dean, G. s. Dunkley, J. G. Glasgow, W. R. M. Haxworth, A P Hunter,
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    POLICE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
    782 20 WORKS REVIEWED Concentrating Singapore Force m Large Barracks (Special to the Free Press) The recent announcement that the tenders of Mr. Woo Mon Chew and Mr. Ng Poey to build, respectively, the new police station and barracks at the junction of Hill Street and River Valley Road
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    ARTIST'S BOXER SON
    68 20 Teddy John Beats Winner of 200 Fights ißeuter's Service] London, Aug. 18. •Teddy" John, cf Chelsea, son of the artist Augustus John, won his first fight as a professional boxer at Croydon Stadium against Ted Giles of Croydon. John, who is giant of six feet, aged 25
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    LEAGUE FOOTBALL
    44 20 The S.R.C. conceded a walk-ever to the S.C.R.C. m th^ First Division of the S.A.F.A. League last evening. The match was to have taken place at Anson Road Stadium. S.R.C. were unable to raise a team owing to several players being injured.
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