The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 31 August 1931

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press y 13,428. ESTABLISHED 1835. SINGAPORE, S.S. MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 1931. 20 PAGES DAILY. 10 CENTS.
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    THE DAY'S NEWS
    401 1 Mr. Snowden's decision not to offer himself fcr re -election m the Colne Valley has been accepted; Mr. Mac Donald's constituents have asked him to resign Page 11. Gandhi, leaving Bombay for London on Saturday, said he saw little on the horizon to warrant hope Page 11.
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    THE SPANIARD AT THE PLAY
    1040 1 Madrid was celebrating. Madrid had been celebrating on and off lor months, but on j this particular evening she was honouring the Republic with specal enthusiasm. From the Puerta del Sol the crowds went streaming up to the Royal Palace, which had •on its facade
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      266 1 KELVINATOR THE FINEST H ?{IT REFRIGERATOR KVER BIILT a (Ol ET CO., LTD. SINGAPORE. rrvtoi 2-1 Raflte» Quay RAFFLES HOTEL I XCELLENT ACCOMMODATION WITH MODERN THIS EVENING TEA DANCE 6.30-5.15 p.m. WITH MONIA LITTERS ORCHESTRA FOLLOWED BY INFORMAL AFTER DINNER DANCE 9.30 TO MID-NIGHT 'EVENING DRESS NOT NECESSAHV) the Orchestra
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      152 1 BRITISH CEMENT IS SPECIFIED USE "EMERALD" BRAND GREEN ISLAND CEMENT On Government List of Approved Ceme nts McALISTER Co., Ltd. CEMENT DEPT. Phone 5171. Phone 5171. EUROPE tHHOTEL "Renowned by Recommendation" TWO BANDS. TWO BANDS. SPECIAL ATTRACTION Saturday! September sth RACE DINNER AND DANCE Non-Stop Dancing Till 1 .45 a.m.
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      185 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Hotel announcements Page 1. Gas lor quick heating— Page 20. Cinemas and amusements Page 9. Pleasure m smoking Craven A Page 7. Littles special bargain displays— Paye 10. Robinson annual sale commences to-morrow —Page 11. Whiteaways special last week of tale bargains Page 6. CHRYSLER SATISFACTION ORIENTAL HOTEL
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      17 1 KELVINATOR THE FINEST ELECTRIC REFRIGERATOR EVER BUILT A. CLOUET CO., LTD. SINGAPORE. Sales- Service 2-1 Raffles Quay
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    POST OFFICE THRIFT
    230 2 Co-Operative Society Meeting Captain f. Blackweu presided over tiu anmial -general meeting of the Siimapoit Post and "Telegraph Co-operativt Thrift and Loan Society. Limited h« id m PuUerton Building on Saturday The report and accounts, which were adopted, showed loans granted to members from July 1930 t
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    SCHNEIDER TROPHY
    103 2 Three French Machines To Leave Shortly 1 British Radio— Official Service Rushy. Aur. M. A message from the French Air Ministry was received at CaLshot to-night. It states that the French Schneider team will leave for England within a few days. They will brir^ three marhtlOT one I
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    ATLANTIC MYSTERY
    66 2 Japanese Murdered by Blackmailer [Reuter's Service] l.«. Mini. Am;. >X. The opinion that Mr. aflaashl Pujtmura was murdered by a blackmailer has been expressed by the Assistant United States Attorney, who is dealing with the case. It is known that Mr. Fujimura's bank balance had shrunk surprismaly alnee
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    POSEIDON DISASTER
    44 2 Admiralty Thanks Fund Subscribers [Renter's Sorvicel London, \ur. 28. The sincere thanks of the Royal Naval Benevolent Trust to subscribers for the benefit of v idows and dependants of victims of the Poseidon submarine disaster are expressed m Admiralty Fleet Orders to-nipht.
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    86 2 It it rumoured that the F.M.S. Government is DaWertag the question of an increase m duties, says the Times of Malaya. It M unknown what duti.v, at* likely to be raised, but estate and death duties are mintion.d as one. Mr F a Mallard. F.R.1.8.A.. iiisLstant architect, Public Works Department,
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      345 2 An effective, painless, and nonIrrltaht powder for the relief and cure o! SINGAPORE FOOT, DHOBIE ETCH TROPICAL ULCERS, and all skin infections. sues pfk tin. Sole Stockists MEDICAL HALL, LTD. it. Battery Road. Opp. General Post Office. QIMMTY— SERVICE— PRIC'i: ECONOMY. w You will never knowhow Excellent a Dinner can
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      649 2 TENDERS. SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL NOTICE. TENDERS. NOTICE Is hereby given that tenders are now invited for the following materials or sei vices, and that particulars of such tenders may be obtained m the Tender Room, Municipal Offices Erection of Pest -.Kid Wire fencing to boundaries oi Mohanifdan. Hindoo. Singhalese i nd
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      511 2 NOTICES. McALISTER AND CO., LTD. Notice is hereby given that the Transfer Books of the Company will be closed from Monday. September 7th. to Wednesday. September 9th, inclusive, for the preparation of Dividend Warrants. By Order of the Board. McAlister Co.. Ltd.. C A. NIVEN Director Secretary SINGAPORE IMPROVEMENT TRUST.
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      427 2 THE Singapore Free Press (Daily and Weekly Edition,), Head Office: 138 ROBINSON KOAI) h N( Telephone: «05«. Cable Address: ADVERTISFIf <iv? X IN( '\l'd|{( The premier morning daily m Mala>a I with the Chota Hazri each morning latest telegrams and latest announcers rubber and tin cables appeal- daily. Sn include
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      189 2 THE WEEK Monday. 3lst. Hitfh Water. 12.22. 9.0 ft f fStfltlTi Council 10.30 a.m. QUOtil of Netherlands Birthday. Reception al Netherlands Consulate. 12. Municipal Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society meeting. Municip Offices 4 p.m. Indian entertainment to Hon Mr. Abdoolcadrr. Adelphi Hotel. 4.45 p.m Tuesday. Sept. Ist. High Water. 00.23.
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    ENGLAND'S SPORTING PEER
    1883 3 LOVE FOR THE BIG TOP How Lonsdale Beat John L. Sullivan 'Gond old earl." cry the costers m their pearlies when his lorchhfp appears at their festivals. And he boxes -.vith the burliest Arries or dances with the prettiest 'Arriets. m eithe»case with grace and gusto. Also
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    CHILDBIRTH DRUG SUCCESS
    185 3 Result of Experiments m New York Hospital New York, July IS. Following two years' exhaustive experiments, obstetricians of the Sloane Hospital here have evolved a new method of reducing the pains of childbirth, which makes the ordeal virtually without pain for the woman, and is without danger
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    POISON IN ICE CREAM
    280 3 400 Persons Taken 111 Rome. July "JS. To-days "lfeewiggero" reports rtHHIt of how 400 p-rsons were poisoned throuy-i 'eating ie?- i cream m a certain Urge ttM i.i Catania Blcily, and how thr entire medical force* of the <ii trict WCn IMOMlllTli to cope with a>:
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    HAROLD LLOYD'S BROTHER
    50 3 Los Angeles. Mr. Oaylord Lloyd, brother of Harold Lloyd will, it is feared, lose the sight of his L*ft ey? owing to a "bomb" explosion during the filming of a gan?*ter picture recently. Th? doctors after operating "ay that the ;J?*"has been injured by a copper splinter.
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    "TRISTAN UND ISOLDE"
    159 3 A Very Successful Broadcast li.iM-f mh. Auk. 19. Crairtu] tiibutt tram nmny land.-, testify to the great .success of the record broadcast iraiismi.ssinii on iuesday evening of the Richard Wagner Festival play Tristan und Isolde" by 200 bioadcastinp stations m Europe. America MMi North AfriCft, which were
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    THE FAMOUS BLIECHER
    136 3 Great Grandson's Death m England London. Aug. 20. The death is announced of a Kr"3t -grandson Of the famous Prussian Field Marshal Bluechcr. the hero of the Prussian war of liberation against Napoleon, who helped to win the battU*of Waterloo. The deceased. Prince Gebhardt Bluecher. had lived
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      286 3 "I*" 1 mia^ rtp»£& ANOTHER m "CRUSH" I |1 manufactured ■from JJM llSkv various fresh fruits yA.^^^^ with a hasis of specially 'I! iiillll RASPBERRIES STRAWBERRIES fy§PJK FOR IT! ill FRASER #N£AVE 2p^ J lil «"I1 IFj 1 Aerated Water Specialists ECONOMISE ON YOUR GODOWN CHARGES We have first class
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      138 3 Estate Trust Agencies (1927) Limited. BRANCHES: 11, First Cross Streri MALACCA 11. Lißht Street PENANO. 14. Kivne Street Xt ALA LUMFUR Registered by and Security deposited with the Straits Settlements Government. Act as Trustees, Administrators, Receivers, (iuardians, Rent Collectors, Investments Supervised and Interest collected. Probate or Letters of Administration applied
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      CHAPTER XIX
      1923 4 The Police Visit Down at "The White House." a man raised a glass of wine and pledged himself. Simon Stevensson was sitting alone m his diningroom, indulging m a secret vice. Strange how it is that even the cleverest and shrewdest men have their vulnerable point. Stevensson's liability
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      CHAPTER XX
      2055 4 P. C. George Johnson Supplies the Clue Inspector Laidley was very quiet during the journey from "The White House" to The Jolly Sailor Inn. He had drawn blank— and he was far from being satisfied. Stevensson had fooled him somehow; there was a complete lack of incriminating evidence;
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      GOSSIP OF THE DAY
      889 4 London's Conversation Topics [Prom Our Own Correspondent] London, July 30. Lady Fairfax, wife of Lord Fairfax, is among the first directors of Fairfax and Co. Ltd., a private limited company, just registered, to carry on business as discount brokers and bankers' agents. Lord Fairfax, the present
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      ROUND THE WORLD BY AIR
      225 4 American Couple and Calcutta dt Mr. and Mrs Charts H Di round the world on i landed at the Dum Dun aeroplane was snippy London from when Mr v Leaving London on M Brussels. Berlin Frank! Vienna. Budapest. 8.-1 stantinople. Konai. Alepp Basra. Bushire. Jhsk
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      "BUT ME NO BUTS!"
      282 4 Men "Carried Away" At The /j 00 Adolphus and Archibald v whose philosophy of Hfc 1 RMdi of "buts" or "butts" or butu> particular dictionary a:.; MJ A day or two ago a kindl> on Adolphus and Archibald at th« Mappin-terrace. the Zoo. and said "My
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      WHY WILDMORE IS WILD
      100 4 po Declares it !h* N Exist "Then- > Wch colmlv.n mo Ib. P effect. "Yen retort tiv v;;. delivered protnptlj The coM M toUMtteitenaddn 500 inhabitant. tote m deUvery bi msrd m :> HUM Of Hi which b only l habitants have petit! trict Council to
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      FIVE SUICIDE ATTEMPTS
      38 4 Norman Bid a. Roysion Hill H by a tW. bl a tew dftjn beroi stated tliat be Ml life by aWen action wa*du of regular after hf bad been U prison, when-, it greatly improved
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  • NEW ZEALANDERS' SECOND DEFEAT
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      A KENT VICTORY
      420 5 Gloucester as Runners-up m Championship (.:»i:t«rbury on Friday enjoyed the hfch Middlesex alone of the county -\«-d this season by defeating tnden by nine wickets, the only the tourists have sustained during Ing hi the second Test match at Kent ovud their victory very fc innings by
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      NEW ZEALANDERS LOSE
      64 5 Woolley and Ames m Form at Canterbury London. Aug. 28. Dden MifTered their second h;mds of a county sid^ at day, rben Kent defeated them Mai :l<rs 326 and 159 437 and 49 for 1 ilanders Mills scored 163 m In the second Marriott took lor 58
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      THE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP
      100 5 11l Ist No P W L In In Res. Pts. Mlt 1 f 287 ss:; :s MM I 1 3 205 M 4 6 1 185 -'B 7 3 7 7 4 177 7 4 1 6 4 174 »'«•>< "0 f. 27 s 4 7 If]
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      BUBONIC PLAGUE
      41 5 h < l ath Roll m Barcelona 1 Service Barcelona, Ail*. 28. 1 W dead and 140 m Ml outbreak of bubonic *«c to people wearing ved from the refuse rat hunts and the Chlnt many BarOeeint m alarm from
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      13 5 I A.iu.s-r to the Timm I and Owmmnlratlow. I v for Kuala Lumpur.
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  • ANGLO-AMERICAN CREDITS TO BRITAIN
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      AGREEMENT CONCLUDED
      484 5 Details of Large Financial Scheme [Reuter's Service] London, Aug. 28. It is officially announced by the Treasury that negotiations with financial authorities m New York and Paris for the purpose of still further strengthening the exchange position of sterling have been concluded on the following bases. In the
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      PARTY LEADERS' ACTION APPROVED
      554 5 (British Radio Official Service 1 1 Rugby, Aug. 28. The meetings of the three political parties were held to-day, at which the situation arising from the formation of the National Government was discussed. Th? meeting of the Conservative Peers. Mem- l tits of Parliament and candidates
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    RUBBER FOR SILENT ROADWAYS
    744 5 A PERAK INVENTION Remarkable Claims for Sheet Laying Is rubber destined to find wide application as a road surfacing material? A definite answer to the question is what the rubber industry is anxiously awaiting and, as prospects of effective control of the world's rubber supplies recede,
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    NEW YORK'S WORKLESS
    70 5 Extra Taxes Urged to Meet Problem [Reuters Service! Albany. X.Y. Aug. 28. A 50 per cent income tax increase m New York State is urged by Governor Roosevelt m order to meet the growing cost of relieving the unemployed. He also proposes the appropriation by legislature of
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    48 5 His Majesty the King has been pleased to r.ward the Imperial Service Medal to Mr. Arthur Pembroke Crcpley. retired Superintendent of Government Quarters. Selangor. F.M S. Mr. Croplev joined the Government Service m 1896 and retired m March 1930. after having served the Government for ever 33 years.
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    JUDGES' PROTEST
    692 5 Where Will Legislation Mania End? by— D. O. C. IIENDRY [Free Press Special] We mean to bring m several new and important laws." declared the gaily rosetted candidate at the hustings; "and the Statute Book will be enr^hed thereby." ("Hear, hear"). "We shall consolidate the Licencing md Lunacy
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    A PARAGON TOWN
    169 5 Facts About Bournemouth's Fortunate Lot Bournemouth. Bournemouth h°s for long prided itself on beir.g not as other towns, and m his annual report. Dr. Gordon Smith, the Medical Officer, again emphasises its superiority. Bournemouth, he states, with its population cf 100.000, has no industry there is neither
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    86 5 The multilated remains of a Chinese htboum Were discovered by a Chinese coolie < mployed en S?!amr.t Estate, Trcng. a lew days ago. The coolie informed the manager of the estate who m turn informed the Police. The body, which had been partly devoured, was found near the boundary of
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      311 5 TrAe u Ankoria" Baby Food of New Zealand is produced only m the Spring when the fresh green pastures are at their highest Vitamin Content, and by the introduction of Vitamin D known as THE SUNLIGHT VITAMIN. "Ankoria 99 builds up the bone, prevents future tooth decay, and eventually removes
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    POLAND AND HER NEIGHBOURS
    927 6 "HANDS OFF" POLICY Value of Pomeranian Soil Warsaw. Poland will fight to the List man to clrlend the status quo so far as she is concerned, but her desiiv is to cultivate friendly relations with ail ctates aroand her on that basin: to that eni she
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    103 6 A report like a bomb explosion alarmed the people In Penang Road about noon yesterday. 'says Tuesday's Straits Echo, but it turned out to be no worse than a tyreburst m a trolley bus going towards the Railway Station. In trying to effect a "right-about-turn" at the* Leith Street junction,
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    SERIOUS AMOK IN BORNEO
    389 6 TWO KILLED Krund Assailant Commits Suicide A serious amok' occurred on the afternoon of Aug. 12th at one cf the camps of the Island Trading Company m Padas Bay. As a result 6 Brunei bark cutters were brought into West n by boat, all with bad
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    M. PICCARD'S PLANS
    350 6 To Make Ascent to 12,000 Feet BrusseJs. July 29. Professor Ptceard announced to-day that h. will .soon make I new ascent, but !iL- aim. be told a journalist of the 'Derniere Heure," wil! not be to roach the stratosphere. He will elim'j to an altitude of 12.000
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    "REBEL" VICAR AND DR. BARNES
    251 6 "Ready to Go to Prison The Rev O. D. Rosenthal. vicar Of St. Agatha's Sparkbrook. Birmingham, and one of the 1 Anglo-Cathclic leaders m the city, m a sermon denied that priests »ho. like himself, were re■UVlllf the Sacrament despite the veto of the Bishop
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      361 6 AT WHITEAWAYS DURING LAST WEEK OF SALE SPECIAL DOLLAR BARGAINS ALIMINII >I JSCLT MOULDS Obtainable m inrec different designs, as sketches above. PRICE Sl.OO EACH. FANCY NOTE-PAPER. H:t:h grade note-paper and onvelopt\s to natch. i!i fancy box Colour> Blue or white. PRICE $1.00 PER BOX. "OLIVILO" SOAP. 3 tablets <>:
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      341 6 ENGINEERING DECRttt THAT ASSURE YOU OFSIKCEU E*flls»«rlf»f Is constantly MNmhAh mm brasMfc— Chril. Mechanical. Elect* Ji "*> Aeronautical, Automobile. J'f""^ A.M.I.A.E. C• G ?u\*?* A.M.Tecl,.l. 8.0.T, rExaminationi can be «ofc, p^ To aw«r« a prosperous core Tk* TJ-GJ. train you l, on .2^T^ aaartert for t«« Oc 9 r«c tko«
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    MATTERS OF CHINESE INTEREST
    915 7 CHINA FLOOD RELIEF Scheme to Increase Funds 'Our Chinese Correspondent 1 The Singapore Committee of the China Relief Fund has formed another plan to appeal to the public by selling artificial flowers and a number of students of local Chinese girlsschools a ill be engaged on
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    OVID'S SKULL
    124 7 Bucharest. Tin relics of Ovid have been discovered, it is believed, during excavations on the site of the ancient Greek seaport of Tomi. according to a me if age from Constanza. The excavations have been carried out under the direction cf Professor Braetescu, and his report on a
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    DISEASE VICTIMS IN HANKOW
    769 7 DOZENS OF SUICIDES The Strain of Terrible Conditions Hong Krng, \xg. 20. Reports received yesterday from Hankow state that the horrors of the flood that has converted the whole district into a vast inland sea are getting on the nerves of the stricken popuJance of the
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    ACCIDENT IN KLANG
    149 7 Chinese Cyclist Killed On Friday last at 8.50 a.m.. says the Malay Mail. Chinese was driving his lorry along Kampong Java Road. Klang. with a load of pineapples, when it is alleged that he noticed a bieyl« m front of him going m his direction and a
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    74 7 Dr. W. M. Chambers, the Chief Medical Officer, will leave Pc-nang next month to assume the higher post of Deputy Director of Medical and Health Services, Singapore. Before coming out to Malaya in 1913. Dr. Wilfrid Metcalfe Chambers was "for about three years Medical Officer of the Hants County Asylum.
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      177 7 i *fIV Q^ yx s^^' "^Sr .i^^si mV ELtCTRICTORCH With the tOTOMATIC SWITCH i i, i.A7 II Httttrry Economist constant purchase of •lie: i r dv »i. no smell tie light be -»g turned :cidentally The 3MATIC SWITCH \r\Iyo,. against waste of attenes Always lights you want it prevention against
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      334 7 B T J pII^KAVEN A |m JT I^7ds> 111 cL, i% t J m smoking is impossible to attain m a less carefully made cigarette EIGHT I Wj[^j/m I P^ I^ ll^ which have I tobacco r 1 COR^^ ;A; .vdB P I^^ «f H matured Virginia tobaccos— 4 \\l
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    FOUR-MINUTE WEDDING OF EX-VICEROY
    847 8 "GOOD LUCK r CRY Bride Who "Lost" Her Husband London, Aug. 7. It tcck exactly four minutes by the clock m the Cttamlttee-nXJU of the Princes-row register otßce In London yesterday afternoon for the registrar to main Lord Reading to hi.bride. Miv.s Stella Charnaud. The ct
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    CHICHESTER EAGER TO GO ON
    76 8 Another Machine Sent For Tokyo, Aug. 21. The New Zealand flier Mr. Chichester is making reassuring progress m hospital. The place is crowded with visitors making personal inquiries as to the flier's condition. Mr. Chichester applied yesterday to his homeland to supply another machine of
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    HOUSE RENTING
    582 8 Effect of Dear Administration Costs A special Mtlck m the Pinang Gazette ha^ the following remarks on house renting: We return to the subject of landlords and rents, a perennial subject m these days, b-.'caus.* the statement has been mode by certain landlords, who should have known better,
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    FUTURE OF INDIA
    219 8 Ranji and the Attitude of the Princes ill-' Maharaja Jam Sahib Nawanager. Prince Ranj.tsir.hu sddrejstnf a meeting cf M.P.s of all Parties at the House of Commons said that the Indian Princes were In favour of [ederstloii but they wanted saieguards lot the States. They were ab-olutely
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    THE BRITISH "RACKET"
    89 8 I met New York journalist writes Peter Simple m the Morning Post who found it quite impossible to believe that there were no "racketeers" m London ol the kind they have m New York. Nothing I could say would convince him. "Give me the assignment." he said,
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    60 8 Mr. A. W Greaves. Tradrs and Customs Department Kuala Lumpur, succeeds Capt. E H. Hime at Teluk Anson as Senior Superintendent of Customs. Captain Him? recently left for Home on leave accompanied by Mrs Hime. Mr. W. H MncLaughlin has arrived from Kuala Lumpur, and has taken the place of
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    SIR OSWALD MOSLEY
    231 8 Will Ho <Juit Politics "li" our New Party movement i t)» cii.sis with v. (mil Britain t-.-riuy tails. I sh.tii c:f( 'an Sir Oswald lio I had spoken to him about i the New Piartj ol Mr Mian i and Mr. John Steadies M P N: p
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    72 8 En connection I railway authorltt I train MTVkC OH tl I ■oath, thai h«i i- I comnv-ncf on or ab Of September, vrrtta ■ondonl r.i Urn Huh stood that the P>< whirl, runs M tU M X mood m rat m Tapah R meat o! this chant* ways v.ithin lh«
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      113 8 Never have I had anything so wonderful as LUX Toilet SOAP for keeping my skin fresh and smooth" says JOAN CRAWFORD "p^Hi^... ...^BBHB Hi Lovely skin soft as .1 pei.i 1 '^Jljrj'" W H» P lll:> i<: so film st. i is of I lollvvt. i !^^Bß^^^p;: WSSS^^ j? $M
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      220 9 VICTORIA THEATRE |o-moi rou Tues., Wed., Thurs., and Sat Sept. Ist, 2nd, *>rd and sth at 9.30 p.m. ENORMOUS SUCCESS MRS ALFORD PRESENTS HELLO! BOOM!! BRIGHT SNAPPY .MUSICAL REVUE SATURDAY'S AUDIENCE SPOTTED A WINNER VOI ill YOUR MONEY ON BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE DA DTI! AD PDlfli^ *2.50, *i.50, $1,
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      151 9 [6^ls] TO-NIGHT j^5J S^jgfc. Positively LAST NIGHT |L Z^jßSi'^^^t of Paramount^ Powerful +EEsP£* s =Z> Z&&f£-*L Dramatic Production JS^SSs£ SCANDAL SHEET with GEORGE BANCROFT CLIVE BROOK and KAY FRANCIS Not a War filmNot an Air film But without doubt one of the Finest DramaticPictures of the Year PONT MISS IT
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      112 9 ilo^ TELEPHONE N9 6909 1 A A I N T RIUMPHANT WITH YET ANOTHER ELECTRIFYING SENSATIONAL ENTERTAINMENT Rls I'o-night" Howard Hughes' STAGGERING SPECTACLE HELL'S ANGELS The Most Discussed film of the Age becomes Alhambra's greatest Record Breaker j (UNITED ARTISTS PICTURE) WATCH FOR THE OPENING DATE OF Norma Shearer -m
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS MONDAY. AUGUST 31, 1931. WEEK-END COMMENT
    748 10 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS MONDAY. AUGUST 31, 1931. WEEK-END COMMENT The political situation at Home over the week-end shows little change. The arrangement of adequate credits for Great Britain by the United States and m part by France has made the financial position definitely stable as far as immediate requirements are
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    510 10 The Bishop of Singapore arrived m Ipoh on Thursday by the mid-day mail train from Kuala Lumpur. The Hon'ble Mr. Justice Burton. Judge. Seremban. has gone to Kuantan to preside at the Assizes. Mr. R. B. Jackson who came out from home by the Kalyan. has taken up his duties
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    A REVUE THAT RILLS DEPRESSION
    509 10 A REVUE THAT RILLS DEPRESSION HELLO BOOM Singapore Amateurs 9 Opening Performance Mrs. Alford's company received a very warm reception on Saturday night when they gave the first performance of Hello! Boom!! They fully deserved every bit of applause which was given, for the revue went off even more successfully
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    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
    166 10 THE TIN POSITION To the Editor. Sir. Will tin at £220. or even £440. per ton. during the coming quarter Sept. Ist to Nov. 30th. (when Malaya may export but 700 lorn more or less, is it not?> save wholesale dismissal of labour and closing of
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    KING EDWARD VII COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
    160 10 The following were the result- of the Professional Examinations. August. 1931. Final Professional: < For diploma L.MS Singapore) Megat KJias. M. Saravimamuthu Pass m Public Health only: Wong Boon Pin Heng Yeck Meng. Third Professional: Teng TOOD Pong, P. S Raman. L. W. Jaycciuria.
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    GARDEN PARTY AT KING'S HOUSE
    128 10 Yesterday afternoon proved dull iand Inclined to rain so that it looked at first as if His Excellency the High Commissioner would hold his first garden party here this year m the house, says Friday's Malay Mail. However, it cleared later sufficiently to allow the
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      KOLEH UPSET
      53 10 Two YounK Men U e n Lives Another sad drawn! Friday evening. u h n I Francis de Souza. a,.,i {t tian. Vincent Milan They were with t>,>,.. SL**S they were having an,, Park. Suddenly > 'K^ boat was swamped i «nd reach the shore but 4J were
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      THE SCREEN
      201 10 Scandal Sheet at the •pitol Scandal Sheet is y,, UMth( r sational American M* Wf who practice the jonrn,. best able to judge the rr,-nr, or c this drama m the h: as George Bencroft. ti, „m aging editor, is rather <rud,l> made 't "I** himself at frequent
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      S.C.C. LAWN TENNIS
      234 10 MONDAYS TIES "A" (lavs Siiijlrv P. H. Stewart ■Town plui 3 n A D Aato son minu> IfJ (lass l>oublrs C. E. Winter and \V A W; D. H. Kleinman and J A D> finish*. W. B. Wigs and F. T X RttbJl Rodgers and R P
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      54 10 S.C.R.C. LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT I! T«,. Tlmn Ke. Chua Ctoooo i ChiH C K. Pant; tnd I i Kok Jek X Ch.'u k am B finish am k X Quah md I i Yap Chjre X Chong Gark fll p I* Wm Poto Blli KUUU m.. Chua Boon Wi vs.
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      25 10 The "dim* I •bore Ootnpt I Monday I I Alison Ro.td sr I B Tundaj Bepi AlbiHl H .i! Ip m tim& M
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    PREMIER ASKED TO RESIGN
    417 11 ONSTITIENTS' DECISION Mr. Snowden Thanked and Condemned THr STRAIN OF POLITICAL LIFE I Router's Service) London, Aug. 30. rutive Committee of the Colne Val«uU Labour Party has accepted Mr. d.ciNion not to offer himself for ihr oonmlttea recorded appre•h. very valuable services he has to Urn
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    THE GRAF-ZEPPELIN
    113 11 I^parture on Flight to South America neuter's Service] Kriedricshafen. Aug. 29. if-Zeppelin left at 9.36 to-night on a .'•■Mumibuco. Marseilles. Aug. 30. Zeppelin pa.sst-d over Lyons at 2.10 the Rhone valley. It left nit. Mane Delamer at 5.42. Bafcric Islands. It is expected September 1 or 2 return--1
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    IN PRAISE OF GOLF
    69 11 I Views of p r i nC c 1 Damrwig B ppi KKVrCE— COPYRIGHT Bangkok, All*. 30. m trlbuttag the prizes at i aturdaf night, said although honorary officers of the Uahed m Siam m 1895. l H ctive participation m the brty. When touring m
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    A MINISTER'S PROTEST
    24 11 (hil^' demonstrations m Mexico Bern*] N >w York. Aug. 29. ■*tei that the Chi- 'vigorously protested 11 gainst the anti-Chinese Kate
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    BRITISH OFFICER'S MISTAKE
    222 11 A TRAIN INCIDENT Lieut. J. R. Welchman Arrested [Reuter's Servicel Lahore. A«ig. 29. Shots fired at an intruder mistaken for a bandit led to the arrest of Lieutenant J. R. V'elchman. of the 2nd. Welch Regiment, stationed at Rawalpindi. The incident occurred on a railway train. The
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    A COTTON CONFERENCE
    185 11 Egypt's Proposal to America r ßeuter's Service] Washington. Aug. ?9. Suggestions for an international conference to consider the world cotton situation have been formally made by the Egyptian Minister at Washington to the Acting Secretary of State. Mr Castle. The Minister also proposed the appointment of an
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    INDIAN EARTHQUAKES
    131 11 Tremendous Damage m Baluchistan IReuter's Service] Ziarat. Aug. 29. Eight people have been killed and tremendous damage done m Baluchistan during earthquakes extending over several days. The tremors are continuing. Government buildings at Sharigh Quetta. and Ziarat have fallen down and the new Mach gaol was damaged and
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    WORLD TRADE
    83 11 An International Bank Recommended Renter's Service i Geneva. Aug. 30. The establishment of an international bank to finance world trade is one of the chief recommendations m the report of Sir Walter Layton and Dr. Lammers (Germany* who were delegated by a committee of economic experts appointed by
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    A GOOD SIGN
    46 11 Greater Activity m Ford Works [Reuter's Service] Detroit. Aug. 29. Between 15.000 and 25,000 men dismissed from the Ford works early m August will start work again on Sept. 10. It is expected that 50.000 will be re-engaged by the middle of September.
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    TARIFF OFFICIAL'S DEATH
    36 11 U.S. Commission Chairman Found Drowned f Reuter's Service] Bailey Island, Maine, Aug. 29. Mr. Alfred P. Dennis. Vice-Chairman of the United States Tariff Commission, has been drowned. It Is believed he committed suicide.
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    "HOPING AGAINST HOPE"
    406 11 GANDHI LEAVES Bombays Enthusiastic Send A CELEBRATORY CLASH I Reuter's Servicel Bombay. Aug. 29. Thirty minutes late the Rajjputana left for England to-day with Gandhi aboard. Wearing a loin cloth, with a scarf loosely across his shoulders and his watch dangling: from his waist he had a
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    LISBON DISORDERS
    76 11 Stricter Control Contemplated IReuter's Service] Lisbon, Aug. 29. The tightening up of the Dictatorship, the deportation of rebels to the Colonies and the promotion of a Military Governor of Lisbon are provided for m a statement issued after a Cabinet meeting to-day. "Life deportees will be so organised
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    COMMODITY MARKET
    38 11 SATURDAY'S RUBBER PRICES [FREE PRESS SERVICE: COPYRIGHT] London, Aug. 30. Messrs. Symington and Sinclair notify to-day's rubber prices as follows Spot 2\'*6. (2V 4 d). Forward 2 7 16d (2* 2 d). The market is steady.
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    THE DUCE AND ROME
    154 11 Early Announcement of Reconciliation Expected Rome, Aur. 22. An early announcement of a reconciliation between the Italian Government and the Papal See is expected m diplomatic circles, it being pointed out that the usual weekly diplomatic reception by the Cardinal Secretary of State Pacelli on Friday
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    REPARATIONS
    84 11 A Significant Offer from South Africa Berlin, Aug. 23. The Press features a statement which the South African Premier, General Hertzcg. made to-day (Sunday) m. the course of a speech at Capetown, m which he stressed that the Union of South Africa is willing to make Germany a present
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    TYPHOON HAVOC IN CHINA
    79 11 100,000 PEOPLE DROWNED Shanghai and Nanking Suffer [Reuter's Far Eastern Servicel Shanghai. Aug. 28. A typhoon, which did considerable damage m Shanghai on Wednesday and m Nanking on Thursday, according to reports from Yangchou to the Famine Relief Commission, destroyed eight miles of the Grand Canal
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    FLOOD PROBLEMS
    112 11 Appalling Figures from Hankow [Reuter's Far Eastern Service] Hankow, Aug. 30. The Gendarmerie Headquarters have completed a careful investigation into flood problems. The report states that 163.000 houses and buildings either collap:ed or were rendered uninhabitable, rendering 782.000 people homeless anddestitute. which is roughly 50 per cent, of
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    CHANDU SEIZURE
    73 11 $20,000 Worth Found Aboard Santhia The Free Press has been informed that Preventive officers seized a large quantity of nonGovernment chandu aboard the steamer Santhia yesterday. The chandu. Red Lion Brand, was found m the main bunker under 12 feet of coal, and was of a value of
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    A COUP d'ETAT
    94 11 Change of Governors at Kansu Capital [Reuter's Far Eastern Service] Peking. Aug. 29. Chinese reports state that a military coup d'etat was. carried out on Thursday night at Lanchow-fu. the capital cf Ksnsu Province, the Provincial Governor. Ma Hung-pin. was taken prisoner and his rival. General Ma
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    HUNGARIAN POLITICS
    155 11 Country Satisfied with New Cabinet Budapest. Aug. 23. The new Cabinet is constituted as follows: Premier and Acting Minister of Financ? Count Julius Karolyi. Foreign Affairs Dr. Louis Walko. Interior Francois Keresztess Fischer. Public Instruction and Worship Dr. Alexander Ernszt. Agriculture Bela Ivady. Commerce and Economics Bela Kenz.
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    YUGOSLAV AIRMEN
    121 11 Foolish Manoeuvre Over Budapest Budapest Aug. 11. A breach of international law by Yugoslav military airmen is greatly exercising publicopinion throughout Hungary, it having became known that rhree huge Yugoslav bombing "planes chose Saint Stephen's Day. a Hungarian national holiday August 20th, to execute manoeuvres over Budapest. One
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    MUST HAVE BEEN BAD
    69 11 Theatre -Goers' Revolver Protest Athens, Aug. 23. In th. course of the representation of a revue m the Perroquet Theatre, seme individuals. being annoyed by a satirical sketch on the former Minister Karapanagiotis fired on the actors, killing a mechanic of the theatre and wounding another
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    THE STRAITS CHINESE AND MALAYA
    2974 12  - THE STRAITS CHINESE AND MALAYA MR. LIM CHENG EAN LECTURE BY THEIR PROBLEMS AND DIFFICULTIES EFFECT OF SUGGESTED CHANGES IN THE STATES The position of the Straits Chinese m Malaya as it may be affected by the constitution;;* changes recently announced by Sir Cecil dementi was the subjt 1 1
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    MISS AMY JOHNSON
    60 12 Airwoman's Short Stay at Harbin [Reuter's Par Eastern Service 1 Shanghai, Aug. 29. Miss Amy Johnson arrived at Harbin at 8 a.m. and after refuelling hopped off for London, at 9.25. Marga von Etzdorf landed at Osaka at 10.23 and left for Tokio at 11.24. Tokyo, Aug.
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    FRENCH AIRMEN
    44 12 Proposed Flight to China IKeuiers Service I Le Bcurget, Aug. 28. The French airmen Codon and Robida arc only awaiting fine weather before taking of! for China via Sibsria m the Point d"lnterrogation (The Question Mark) m which Costc< flew the Atlantic.
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    THE MALAYAN TURF
    2474 12 GOLD CUP MEETING Wallpaper Takes His Revenge on Orient Express A PLEASANT AFTERNOON Pine weather favoured the opening day of the Autumn Race meeting on Saturday when very large gathering attended at the Racecourse. His Excellency the Governor being present later m the afternoon. The heat was
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    EUROPEAN'S DEATH ON CHANGI ROAD
    136 12 CORONER'S V'i;-,.. T Finding Against u rri Driver la conn.-ction with the Bishop, who was knock toWJ m Cham-] Road on ner. Mr. F. G. a verdict of CMMta* d.-ati. the Chinese driver „f The Coront-r staled dence that Mr Btaaopi v, through his btlnt
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    DISARMAMENT
    65 12 DISARM AMENT Mr. Ilondersons Potttiti M Chairman of Coafmar* IBnti.sh Radio— Official Bervtoe] ■agly, lu m the comae ol his >„,t (n U of the Parliamentary labour part) I Arthur Henderson referred cf the Dftsarmameni Oonferei was electc (i by tli- Council o| tt) Nations. He Indicated thai th. qu
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      THE LANGUAGE OF GOLF
      1008 13 American Terms Which Have Come to Stay A writer even a writer on golf ought to know more abou. the language he uses than the Majority of hLs readers. The golfer himsell baa his own vocabulary, r.nd an extensive and peculiar vocabulary it it too. as
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      74 13 A. H. Benton (Burton on Trent A.S.C.i hrlder of the Midland Counties Swimming Championships at 100 yards, 220 yards, and 880 yards, won the quarter mile title of the Midlands at Leighton Buzzard on Bank Holiday Monday when he covered the distance m 5 mm. 59 4 5 sec. R.
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      ENGLAND'S FINE EFFORT
      1852 13 The Davis Cup Fight Against Franc? (From Our Own Correspondent I Londen. July 30. i The Davis Cu.) is to remain m France foi I another year, but only at the cost of a hardrained victory ever Great Britain m the Challenge Round, played at the Stade
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      109 13 Owing to a hand injury Dr. William Tweddell. the British amateur champion of 1927 will be unable to play for England m ghe International golf matches against Ireland and Scotland at Hoy lake next week (writes our London correspondent on Aug l«t>. His place wil be fiHed by Eric W
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      SLATER TO RETIRE
      223 13 When the i mpire Refused t« Give Cjnstantine Out I From Our Own Corres|x>ndent] London, July ;m Tlu fad tha; Slater. Derbyshire's threat alirounder, fa retiring from county cricke'. at the end of the present mmoo, has reminded the old Derbyshire captain, a. c. Lawton. of match
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      108 13 H T O Smith the Midland B .ink's ptaftf lias just be; n Riven his County cap for Essex which county he first assisted m 1929. Smiths debut was a remarkable one for with his f:istmedium deliveries. he took the w'ekets of Mann. D Russell, and Robins m four ball>
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      295 13 on a loop of Annum i^|^l^s§isi¥:S -^Wj^^^K V <■' y ■v>. •■.v!.' I Mw'viv!v!''-'" I In the modern tennis game, racquets Vii-^ |E'xfe^^C«:*i'iv:"'-vi^M and s(rin»s must maintain their re-si- M v": ii"i > i^aW' vm liency and driving p«;wer through man) &*'i. i '*'\^^aHa' matches and sets of hard volleying.
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      555 14 EUerman 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.s. CITY OP KHIOS Sept. 6 s.s. CITY OF WORCESTER Oct. 12 HOMEWARDS. M.s. CITY OF
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      403 14 British India and Apcar Una (Incorporated m England*. MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARfn SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND~ORiENTAL S N m UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MUKSTVs <« Ixx,, LONDON AND KAR EAST MAIL BttVKE. OUTWARDS FROM LONDON FOR CHINA |i»ii Due Jil v\ T OOnW r MANTUA 11,000 Sept. 5 KALYAN BURDWAN 6.070
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      572 15 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINES, LTD. (JM MM SAILING NOTICE Mil OF FAMOUS II m\\ PRESIDENT LINERS. lM Mil TO MARSEILLES, NEW YORK AND BOSTON \Vm ■I FROM SINGAPORE AND PENANG via COLOMBO \IB ■II SUEZ. PORT SAID. ALEXANDRIA. Wins AND IB M*m f Arrive Leave Arrive X^t MM I Sjxirc Vft\Ai\
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      925 15 K. P. M. KONINKUJKE PAKETVAART HIAATSCHAPPIJ. f ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION COMPANY OF BATAVIA (Incorporated m Holland.) UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIAN OOVERIfMINT Telephone No. 5451. with sub-connections to— Passage. Fr»ifo»« Transhipment Marine Departments and Managers desk. R*pr*»eni*uve> m \b* Straits Settlements (Singapore and Proajua. of rfv IKAVfcI.LKKS OFFICIAL INFORMATION
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      631 16 Burns Philp Line. (Incorporated m Australia). FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA < 7.375 tons) and the 1 8.8. MANGOLA (3,352 tons). [Cargo only.] v. M AI>IgTT A Is one of the largest and finest steamers trading
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      926 16 TERRORISM IN BEN6AL More Armed Police For Calcutta Calcutta is to have 31 more sergeants and another company of armed police, Bengal is to have an increased range reserve of 945 police, while the 150 men of the Assam Frontier Rifles now stationed m Chittagong are to be kept there
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      443 16 KERR STEAMSHIP CoTC (Incorpormtod tn U.8.A.) ">• GENERAL AGENTS NEW YORK SERVICE. Regular Freight Service to Boston, New y Philadelphia and Baltimore (via Sue*). M.S. SILVER-TEAK Sept. 1 Sept 7 M.S. SILVERSANDAL Sept. 23 Sept' 28 Cl U M.S. SILVERWILLOW Oct. 13 Oct 19 N V J M.S. SILVERYEW Nov.
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      654 16 MAIL DESPATCHES BF TRAIN Bangkok every Monday and Thursday 7 a.m. Kedah every Saturday p.m. Xota Tinggi 6 p #m Kuan tan (via Jerantut) 6 p.m. Kelanian every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 6 p.m. Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping, Penan?, Kedah and Lower Siam 7 a.m. F.M.S., Batu Pahat, Muar,
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      131 17 STRAITS-CHINA- JAPAN CONFERENCE rate becomes effective August i Singapore to Manila: Calcium m drums $15.00 per cwt. PORT HEALTH i th« Health Bulletin of the Eastern Bureau, for tht igusl Bnd. l plagtM <;«s<> and 1 death. ...ms and 137 deaths as against :4i) deaths during the preceding igUC case
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      SAND BOAT SUNK
      175 17 Eight Drowned m Shanghai Mishap 1.-. heavy gale, the Wangboat sank at Tungsha Spit out- < airied etgbt members of her 0 the bottom with her. Only one man tin N C D News off ua.- on her way to Shanghai Of about $10,000 worth Of when
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      ICHANG ACROIND
      146 17 1 Another Typhoon Hour Kong:. Aug. 20. Other name te the toll taken of eek'i typhoon, news has been the grounding of the China Naviga- fchanf, which ran ashore north int ihelter. She did not suffer damage however, for at present diMhariung cargo at Amoy. 1.600 tuns, the
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      NOVEL PROPELLER
      89 17 1 mention lor Prevention of a ibration I s be cured of propeller Inventor says they co-operation of a Deptford and Canadian National prove it. ne ol the mcst potent il simple, consist i In the blades close propeller. Through win escape their air 11.-rs collect near the
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      KING ALFONSO'S BALTIC CRUISE
      44 17 HFGHFNN— I N i«Hkholm, Aug. 15. "1 Toledo. King !^> ,v, ni ng. m the "HUe capitals on V; Viceroy of India. Prince Charles oi b< "M and other distin- :i "^nnng to his own 1 > a fanfare of trumt lit-ers.
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      990 17 The Training of Future Officers The training of officers for the Merchant Navy is a matter which has given much time and thought to certain steamship lines, while with others it has received little or no consideration. Mr.ny countries are not content to leave matters to adjust themselves,
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      18 17 The Canadian Pacific Line has already anj nounced the probability of a second Empress of Britain being built.
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    1060 17 Why the Admiralty Favours Oil Reference was made In the Liverpool Journal of Commerce to the verbatim report of the discussion which took place when the deputation representing the Back to Coal Movement was received at the Admiralty, particularly with regard to the views expressed by
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    94 17 An interesting event m Malayan journalism takes place next week when Mr. Eric Jennings comes out to join his father Mr. J. A. S. Jennings as assistant editor of the Times of Malaya and a member of the Board of Directors. Mr. Eric Jennings has gone through a course of
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      378 17 The Zflwoet*<»no)sflysL^^k /UNTREATED MlLk\ BOTH WHOLE AND 1 I SKIMMED. HAS VERY I 1 UTTLE AHn-RACMITIC ACTIVITY Ordu*u*fiakcom£attL, TMa aulhorltallva onotatton that frosh cows 9 nailh contains almost no w wlHimln D to convincing. It fallows that a too* made front wpffsh mllh contains flfaiMsf no tilfaiitlit O— »BUT na
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    86 18 The wedding took place at St. Mark's Church. Seremban, on Saturday cf Mr. Athelctan Stone, ci the Straits Trading Co., Scvemban, and Miss Nora Feast of Le:gh-on-Sea, E^sex. Mrs. W. L. Braddon was matron of honour, and the bride was given away by Mr. Edmund Stone, of Leigh -on -Sea.
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      328 18 W wffip*% *yP YJUTHAT relief when sweet, cool t£. /*mm Germolene is smoothed on the y •JT^C's^ pl«c«- So different from ■MH^l V '^^^N otlier nartin B» worrying oint'Bßv^i i^/ dkvV^ menti. Germolenc stops the Wfl/l &1 V^K^iiir obBtinat^ >am mn^ itching at a V/\ ANKfr mJjr touch, gently drives
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      699 18 ROUND YOUR DIAL Popular Shortwave Radio Stations The following is a list of stations which can be received m Singapore daily: Java Stations: Bandoeng PLM 24.46 metres from about 5.20 p.m. gramophone records and teltphony trsts with Sydney, Australia, and other stations. Uusual call after records "Hullo Sydney." Tanjcng Priok.
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    IMPENDING TIN CUT
    1105 19 MINERS' PROPOSAL Slaking Mine Quotas Transferable 1\: Association yesterday. Malay Mail In a full report adopted resolution asking 01 an] portion of it m any production should be iransfereffected to »>:• registered at. Tin meeting further decided ment to make the impending > > per <■• nt
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    130 19 Change* m Representative Prices [United Press Association] New York. Auif. 2«. 2H ABWrtCU Can Common 93 7 94 7 Cities Service <Ccm>. io\ io :i Colombia Gas and Electric 29 v 30 Curtis Wright 2 7 v 2 7 s 1 leetrtc Bond and Share Corp
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    57 19 Depreciation m Value of Investments I Reuters Service New York. Aug. 28. Owmu to the depreciation m the value of its ill 11 1 it ■■■111 the Bank of Europe Trust Company, with deposits oi approximately £1.900.000. md the Bank of Europe Safe Deposit Company baft been
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    TARIFF ON ALUMINIUM
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      222 19 August 29 SELLING London. 4 months' sight 2(3 29(32 London, 3 months* sight 2|3% London, 60 days' sight 3j3 27J32 London. 30 days' sight 2|3 l|jl6 London, demand 2|3 23 32 London. T.T. 2 3 2i;32 Lyons and Paris, demand 1425 Hamburg, aemand 234 V£ Norn. New York,
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      130 19 Auuust 29 Till 2 f JO TOM $62.25 Gambier io Pepper White 28 \t Flake Tapioca 3% Pearl Sago Small 4V» Copra. Sundrioti 4.15 Sago, flour 1.75 Devoe's Imperial Brilliant Kerosene per 2 tins 5.38 Sylvan Arrow Kerosene per tyro tins 4.98 Socony Motor Gasoline ex pump per British
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION
      58 19 August »9th., 12 o'clock noon Buyers Sellers R.S.S. equal to London Standard. Spot 7., 71., Standard R.S.S. on Tender Sept. 7" s 7 7 v October 7 8 Oct.-Dec. 8 81-Jan-March 8: 8«j Tom of Market :—Dull. Latest Cable :—London Spot sheet 2>,d. per lb.
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    FRASER'S SHARE LIST
    951 19 SATURDAY, Al'G. 2J»TH CLOSING QUOTATION > Buyers Sellers. MMB Kumbang i£ i 20s 9d 22s Austral Malay <£> 18s 20.s Ayer Hitam <ss> 11s 9d 12.> 6d Bangrin Tin (£> 9s lCs B-.iU.ng Pa dang <fl 10 16 Batu Caves ($1) 29 32 Bukit Arang ($1) 30
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    83 19 British Radio Official Servict Rugby, Auk. It. Foreign exchanges urc Amsterdam. 12.04-. Athens 375. Bombay Is Berlin 20.48. Brussels 34 9(3. BuchMost 817. Rio 3 1-32. Buenos Aires 31 11-16. Copenhaßi v 13.18 Geneva 24.97. Helsinglors 193. Honfc Bong IP/. Lisbon 110. Madrid 53.50 Milan 92.92 Monti' Videi 23
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    CHINESE AND QUOTA CUT
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    RUBBER ROADWAYS
    133 19 In ccODeeUoo with the ;jropi>ganda w«»rk v th." in? erects oi rubber roadways, which ls bring energetically pushed by the Rubber Clrowers' Association, ol London, through its associated organization. Rubber Hoadways. Ltd. various plantation companies, chemical hoOHI and other suppliers to the manufacturing m duttry huve been urged
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    88 19 j Firestone Tire and Rubber Company employes early last month received vacation paychecks m all to about $175,000. Employes of all Fn« stone plants. including the Xylos Rubber Company, the Firestone Steel Products Coinpanv and the battery factory, who had completed fivtyears of service with the company, were eligiblt for
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      73 19 Assets exceed 1 2,000,000 Assurance In force over $38,000,000 The Great Eastern life Assurance Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m the Straits Settlements.) HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore LONDON OPPICE: 27, Old Jewry, EC m Company has £20.000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England and complies with the British Life Awuranoe
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    A NEW SEASON STARTS
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    S.R.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT
    50 20 TUESDAYS TIES "A" Singles C. A. Peterson vs. F. Norris. V. C. deSouza vs. T. Leijssius. 4/ B M Singles K. C. Balhetchet vs. J. L. Pestar.a. B. J. Ess vs. E. S. Monteiro. O. G. Struys vs. H. deSouaa. N. A Pestana vs. N. N. Leicester.
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    AMERICAN BASEBALL
    73 20 [Reuters Service] New York, Aug. 29. Latest bareball results are as follow NATIONAL LEAGUE St. Louis 6: Pittsburgh 4 AMERICAN LEAGUE Philadelphia 5: New York 4. Cleveland 13: St. Louis 1. New York, Aug. 30. NATIONAL LEAGUE St. Louis 2: Pittsburgh 8. Chicago 14: Cincinnatti 5. AMERICAN LEAGUE
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