The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 3 September 1931
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Title Section19 1931-09-03 1 The Singapore Free Press SO. 13,431. ESTABLISHED 1835. SINGAPORE, S.S. "THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1931. 20 PAGES DAILY? 10 CENTS.19 words
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Article492 1931-09-03 1 The Premier, m a letter to his Seaham Harbour constituents, refuses tc resign his seat while it involves desertion of his duty to protect the great mass of wage -earners m Britain from serious disaster Page 11. It is officially announced that the new axaticn proposals will492 words
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Article1625 1931-09-03 1 I In a day or two the cricket field at Shastbury will be empty and the boys gone home for hol'days. I u-ed to watch them go. happy as only boys can be when they have weeks and weeks of -m and freedom before them. But I did1,625 words
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Advertisement182 1931-09-03 1 BIGIA TEA Hrinps the freshness and fragrance of the Ml l >a n gardens dircd to your home. RAFFLES HOTEL IXCELLENT ACCOMMODATION WITH MODERN SANITATION TERMS MODERATE. TONIGHT DINNER AND DANCE SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER sth SPECIAL RACE DINNER DANCE MUSIC BY Jlonia Litter AND lit*. tiittiii4»iit<'4l Or<*h«**tr*t *S ARE KINDLY REQUESTED182 words
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Advertisement176 1931-09-03 1 EUROPE #HOTEL "Renowned by Recommendation" two bands. Two BANDS> SPECIAL ATTRACTION SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER sth RACE DINNER AND DANCE Non-Stop Dancing Till 1.45 a.m. DANCE MUSIC BY THE EUROPE HOTEL NEW DANCE BAND, DIRECTED BY MR. R. H. LAMBIE AND ROBERT DRESCHER'S FAMOUS VIENNESE ORCHESTRA. (£ft|| 1 /ft W1 v THE176 words
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Advertisement131 1931-09-03 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS The Austin Seven— Page 5. Framroz aerated waters Page 11. F.M.S. Railways alterations of service— Page Nasticnal binding rings from M.PH-Pa^ /CO. Simmons' bed springs from Frankel's— Page Save time and travel by the X N I.L.M Page 7. Royson's for sporting poods of all kindsPage 20. Ui131 words
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Advertisement11 1931-09-03 1 There is no better Tea than BIGIA TEA GROWN IN MALAYA11 words
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Article358 1931-09-03 2 By Lieut. Col. M J. T. ReUly. M.C.. Commandirg S.S.V.F. No. 35. Singapore, Sept. S. Ranges The following range allotments are re-published for information. Buses leave Drill Hall Sat: Sun: B T. R F R 2 p.m. 7 30 a.m. 5 9-31 A" (M.G> Co. M.G. P358 words
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Advertisement329 1931-09-03 2 You will never know I how Excellent a Dinner can be, until you have visited THE CAPITOL restaurant! FOR RESERVATION RING 4906 JUMBLE SALE I "A JUMBLE sale will be held m aid of St. Andrew's Cathedral Fund at St. Andrew's School on Saturday next September sth at 10 a.m.329 words
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Advertisement527 1931-09-03 2 TENDERS. SINGAPORE MUNICIPAI NOTICE. TENDERS. 1 NOTICE is hereby given that tenders are now! invited for the following materials or sei vices. I land that particulars of such tenders may be obtained m the Tender Room. Municipal I I Offices- I I Bending and placing reinforcement and! I erecting and527 words
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Advertisement629 1931-09-03 2 I NOTICES. NOTICE. We beg to notify our' customers that our Traveller, Mr. Lim Kjan Hock, has. left our service as flrom September Ist. 1931. CALDBECK MACGREGOR CO., LTD. RAILWAYS. Revised Train and Road Motor Services. On .September 6th. 1931, a revised time I table will be introduced giving accelerated629 words
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Advertisement553 1931-09-03 2 I MISCELLANEOUS. LESSONS IN DANCING, HEALTiTT BEAUTY CULTURE Special attention to breathing, posture, physical deficiencies <t< DMon I method for men, women and children. Ballroom. Write Miss Vera G»-«- < Diplomatist m the East>. "White Heather". 358 River Valley Road Intend only. 'in*; NOTICES. MUNICIPAL NOTICE. It is hereby notified553 words
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Page 2 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous168 1931-09-03 2 THE WEEK Thursday, 3rd. High Water. 01.29. 87 ft.. 13.30. 88 ft Inter-Schools Boxing Raffles School 4.45 p.m. Police Band Jalan Besar 5.15. 'Hello Boom" Rjvu?. Victoria Theatre 9.30 p.m. Friday. 4th. High Water. 02.08. 3.1 ft.. 14.00. 8.6 ft Inter-Schoois Boxing t finals Raffles School 4.45 om. SA.F.A. Cup:168 words
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Article100 1931-09-03 3 S h 've app,ar,d m 11 :ir the Rus;iin "Wle oq a ybole ll':iIl^t the beaste, which? i v> b come a real plr.gue. .particularly since hey are so daring as to carry out their depredations right up to the farm houses, and even Sa the farmyards100 words
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1604 1931-09-03 3 I 1 BROADCAST LECTURE Ancient Fish Curing Industry A talk WM broadcast recently frcm the Colombo Stction by Mr. P. E P. Deraniyagafc m AM Harvard >- Second 'pLsl^Hr InC Biol^ lst Department of a&k&J" Cured Marine Products °< j For nearly 23 centuries the1,604 words
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Article118 1931-09-03 3 The following were elected to form the ExecuJWB. Supervisory and General Subscription 2g?g?^ thc C^tral and South China fneTh^ Und ln Selan8 r at P ublic m^t-| ings held on Aug. 24 and 26 Chairman, Mr. Yap Loong Hin, J.P.: Vice-' Chairman, Mr. s. c.118 words
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Article414 1931-09-03 3 RUM, TUM, AND KUM Siamese Fighting Fish at the Zoo There lives at the City of Zoo. Cam Den m Lun Dun. two Siamese princes and three' princesses. They are Princes Takh Sin and Chu'a K orn I and the Princesses Rum. Turn, and Kum Each of the princes lives414 words
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Article201 1931-09-03 3 Sir T. Bigham to Wed Chief's Secretary The Iron nen* of Scotland-yard M Hu stout heart of the law was .softeneirJ£J% Commissioner's secretary and the Cteputj Commissioner made a confession: they were going to b<> married MLss Edith Drysdale. the bride-to-be. prob•«»M know, more dramatic m*. than any201 words
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Advertisement229 1931-09-03 3 1} lt st 'cks anything that 1| needs to be stuck ril^ THE GREAT STICKER I SI o:it^ per BoUle a*^^^^*™"^^^^^^ 85 cents per Tin STATIONERS PRINrERS Erfd. f". j /I Miii'llm'ilil I W» 'I'lu 'JJ/j \\j/ X ■thiitn/pllu ffmow Parker Jv I rressureless 41 I L improves your handwriting229 words
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Advertisement96 1931-09-03 3 trate and will carry its loa/wlth CctSC i UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED SINGAPORE BRANCHES. FrL Wg br ke Ut at Kuala Ked »h on Pnday night shortly after mid-night. One bZ/i thkty four -tup houses were ovpr <i°ln and the damaee is at over $35,000. About 600 P ecple are hcmeless.96 words
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Advertisement83 1931-09-03 3 "^^^^"The Blood is the Stream of Life TO TREAT DISEASE REMOVE THE CAUSE CLARKE'S BLOOD MIXTURE m the treatment of Blood and Skin Diseases gets to the root of the trouble by purifying the Blood. In cases of > RHEUMATISM ULCERATED LEGS STIFF JOINTS PSORUS .7/ LUMBAGO ECZEMA SCIATICA ULCERs/83 words
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Article, Illustration287 1931-09-03 4 NEW YORK casting to the Atlantic an assortment of weapons taken from arrested gangsters. "THE INTERNATIONAL COURT at The Ha-ue which considered the proposed Austro-German customs union. The Court is to consider the Danish-Norwegian Greenland dispute m the near future. JACK DIAMOND, the American287 words
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Article453 1931-09-03 5 18th CENTURY ART Monuments That Hide a Little Chapel The Daily Express understands that two famous monuments will shortly be lemoved from their present .positions m Westminister Abbey. One is to be re-erected m the cloisters land the destination of the second is not yet453 words
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Article124 1931-09-03 5 Police Sergeant as Leader of Burglary Gang Cologne, Aug. 22. A sensation has oecn caused here by tht arrest of a police se^eant. discovered to have been the leader of a notorious gang of thieves and burglars who nave levied a toll on ih? inhabitants of tfte124 words
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Article97 1931-09-03 5 Conjecture Over Graf-Zeppelin Photograph Berlin Aug. 22. The mystery of an airplane photographed on Nova Zembla by Professor MoltchanorT m the course of the airship Graf Zeppelin's recent Arctic flight is stili causing much speculation Several experts are of opinion that the photographed airplane is on?97 words
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Article426 1931-09-03 5 Jersey Declares War on Beach Suits Jersey, Aug. 5. The police of Jersey, the Channel Islands hcliday reiort. have declared war an beach ■jyjamas. S:rict watch is being kept m the streets of St. H?lier. the Aland's capital, and any girls wearing costumes which are considered immodestly426 words
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Article16 1931-09-03 5 There are plenty of unemployed with Oxford degrees walking the streets to-day.— Mr. A Barratt Brown.16 words
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Article209 1931-09-03 5 All Laughed on Reaching London Dockers and other waterside workers turned frcm their work m London docks to watch a strange visitor. a three-masted auxiliary schooner, poke her white bowsprit into their company. No cargo booms swvßf from her masts, and her rigging, even to209 words
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Advertisement506 1931-09-03 5 through W«ak c«l£V W deficient la X •MXd.|t 9^ Stroogeen, Build up^ a strong Constitution The strengthening influence of Kakana, the Calcium food, on the entire system is due to the fact that Kalzana provides every cell of your body with the Catctum (lime) it needs to keep it strong506 words
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1430 1931-09-03 6 SEABATHING— IB9S When Roosevelt was "Presented" Ever since, as a boy of five, he first sailed from India, where he was born, to England. Dr. J. C. H. Beaumont, who has just retired from the post of senior surgeon on the Majestic, has sailed1,430 words
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Article146 1931-09-03 6 Woman Tells Court of Digging: m Lawn A remarkable story was told to magistrates at Battle. Sussex, when Mrs. Fiances Nay?he. of Hollington Hall. St. Leonards, accused her stepson. Rrbert Norman Nayshe. ef stealing jewellery. The defence was that the youth took the art cles and sold them146 words
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Article423 1931-09-03 6 Thieves In Poet's Huntingdon, July 30. What was IIM object of the mysterious visit pud by thieves teat week-end to the little Flxteeuth-ceatury house at Bramptcn, one-•md-a-hajl mitel from Huntingdon, where the (amciM diarist. Pepys' used to live, and which is now tenanted by Mr. John Drinkwater. tne423 words
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Article48 1931-09-03 6 Actress CUtatt n»\ m l Pari I Idaa Nellte *ma M^ Tribunal Prlnct M Euvptmn tor B I heart atui harmlm i m Can«. iOCiety' bj perfonnlni In C* iro mortar ;1 shortly iller»««to ted nursrd WW carry out hi. prc«^ M paui ioncoui iutrrss48 words
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Advertisement487 1931-09-03 6 THE Singapore Free Press Daily and Weekly Editions Head Office 138 ROBINSON KOAI). SINGAPORE. Telephone: 6056. Cable Addr-s: ADVERTISER. SINGAPORE. The premier morning daily m Malaya. Delivered with the Chota Hazri each movning. Latest news, latest telegrams and latest announcements London, rubber and tin cables appear da: y. Special features487 words
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Advertisement470 1931-09-03 6 THE FUTURE OF THE EMPIRE I Ues m the arms of every nursing mother I \JL*fe|S*/^/ T^HERE arc occasions when, do what fou \^!BpC/ \T^^^ X will, the Mother's milk remains scanty, .\V, m m weak and unsuitable. In these cases Sun•hine Glaxo has proved helpful to the Mother, icmedying470 words
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Article589 1931-09-03 7 NAVY WEEK HUMOURS Taxpayers Get Their Own Back •Guns, madam? Certainly, madam. This way." "Hammocks, miss? Delighted. Bosun. hammocks this lady!" Eveiy sailor a shopwalker The people who pay for the big boats got a little of their money back to Chatham. It is so589 words
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Article369 1931-09-03 7 New York Vengeance Squad's First Blood' New York. July 31. Only an hour after squads of New York directives with shotguns had set out to-day on their war against gangsters (ordered by Police Commissioner Mulrooney m retaliation for the gangster shooting of the children m a ttreet) they369 words
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Article672 1931-09-03 7 A ROBOT HEAD "Why do you do it Like That" I introduced Mr. Gilbert Daykin. the Notts miner-artist, who is m town as a guest of the Duchess of Portland, to Mr. C. R. W. Nevinson, the modernist painter, whose forceful lashinp~, of slavish orthodoxy m the672 words
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Article155 1931-09-03 7 May Become "One of the Family" Moscow, Ju*.v 31. Negotiations are taking place for a working agreement, both as regards distribution and supplies, between one of the leading firms m the British petrol combine and the Naphtha Bjmdicste. The Naphtha Syndicate, a concern controlled by the155 words
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Article109 1931-09-03 7 *I am going to Taiping to study fashion," Tvas the stranpo •tetCBMOt made by Dr. Stein Oallenfels, the world-famous Dutch archaelogist. when he was interviewed by a representative of the "Javabode" at Medan last week. The explanation is that the excavations of Mr. I. H. M. Evans, of the Perak109 words
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Advertisement326 1931-09-03 7 ("ERASMICf'If Toilet Soap if is recommended by ladies all over the world as bein£ oft/tat Jugh quality which ensures a healthy and J beauti/ul sktrv. rr J ERASM/C Perfumers London* Par/s. AGENTS SIME, DARBY CO., LTD. S.S. F.M.S. W I it tj SBd f| voiip wav swinging on a single326 words
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Advertisement376 1931-09-03 7 To save time is to save money Travel by air and thus experience the greatest comfort I JWI while saving time and money. JL M/ rJJL A JL M^ JL t| A^vJL JLj IS ALWAYS CRITICAL Baby then most needs those vital but elusive elements known as vitamines. For healthy376 words
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Article399 1931-09-03 8 A KING SAVES WOMEN IN A STORM THRILLING RESCUE At Helm Of His Own Launch Vienna, July 31. King Boris, of Bulgaria, using his private motor-launch as a lifeboat, saved women and children from drowning during a violent storm m the Black Sea. The king, who is spending the summer399 words
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Article663 1931-09-03 8 The Postmaster-General has issued his deetoton that the open neck is not for postmen. Soft collars yes. but Byronic collars no. It is a blow, for postmen thought they had a strong case. Unlike other public servants, they do their work m conditions of extreme publicity, soThe Times - 663 words
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Article957 1931-09-03 8 POISONED PARTRIDGE How Wild Fowl are Trapped m Far East A chance meeting m an hotel m the Westend of London has given a new turn to the police inquiries into the death of Lieutenant Chevis. who died of strychnine poisoning at Aldershot Camp after957 words
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Advertisement258 1931-09-03 8 tf|[ This advertis«menr «j» comJ*r*^ gmAQiAJm posed of extracts from a T£ fLPJH\/U* 0/ «H« numerous fributej fjf J g §/^/j^4^^^ ncJS />^ r n received from dis- MnUU^" anguished men and women m i^^^ >• •m\) mmlk of lif: Cut* (jd f^i ENASPRIN is an abMADGE VTsolutely pure and258 words
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Advertisement17 1931-09-03 8 Leave prior to retirement has been granted to Dr. C. F. Ashby and to Mr. A. Palmer.17 words
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Advertisement36 1931-09-03 8 Dr. E. D. Lindcw. Chief Medical Officer. Malacca. Mr. J. MacLeod. Branch Manager of Guthrie «fe Co.. and Mr. J. Meade. Inspector of Schools. Malacca, are shortly going on home I leave, writes our Malacca correspondent.36 words
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Advertisement275 1931-09-03 8 tyZ: n^^tMtf SL I&^^^r *l .■> JJehcious! These famous, OveA-Baked Beans, prepared by Hei combine appetizing flavi and high food value moderate cost. Beans, baked m dry ovens until the water is dried out, leaving them mealy, tender and brown. Tomato Sauce made from ripe garden tomatoes and seasoned with275 words
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Advertisement133 1931-09-03 9 VICTORIA THEATRE LAST TWO NIGHTS. |O-\H»IIT ATI X Ift 41 AT 9.30 pan. MATINEE TUESDAY NEXT AT 5.30 pjn. MRS. ALFORD PRESENTS HELLO! BOOM!! THE GLOOM CHASER ONE LONG LAUGH HAVE YOU BOOKED YOUR SEATS? r" SLUMP PRICES $2.50 $1.50 and $1. Children Half Price to Matinee. GEYLANG FOOTBALL GROUND133 words
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Advertisement186 1931-09-03 9 Everybody's Talking about this GREAT BRiriSH TRIUMPH! (CAPIfOJLJ L— a-*** t PyU NIGHTLY j 905 i tlnprec«4c«ted $tai€rrr»» of TAe Famous Record Breaking Farce Comedy "ROOKERY NOOK BEN TRAVER'S celebrated Aldwych Theatre Farce With the Original Stage cast including TOM WALLS, RALPH LYNN 1 Mi wl IP "II And charming186 words
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Advertisement103 1931-09-03 9 6.15 TO-NIGHT 9.15 l^^^^~^^' TELEPHONE N9 6909 v y^SS^Blll/ < TM^ P UP.' Alnambra continues to scale the entertainment heights with the most amazing line up of supers ever shown at a single theatre^ **LAST OF MRS. CHEYNEY" AND NOW: I SHEARER The Screen's most adored and most brilliant actress103 words
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Article23 1931-09-03 10 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. DEATH. O'REILLY.— At Labuan on August 21st. 1931. Mrs. O'Reilly, wife of Edward O'Reilly, Harbour Master. Labuan. (Penang papers please copy).23 words
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806 1931-09-03 10 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 3, 1931. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT THOUGHTS The meeting which was held m the Legislative Council Chamber yesterday morning to consider the holding of a trade exhibition may be considered ~to have realised all the expectations which were formed of it. In our memory there has not806 words
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Article259 1931-09-03 10 September 7. being an American national holiday (Labour Day». the Consulate General will be closed to business on that day. "What is Conscience?" will be the subject of the lecture at the Theosophical Society. 181 Tank Road, to-day at 6.30 p.m. Attention is called to alterations m the new railway259 words
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Article177 1931-09-03 10 Madame Tilly Bouwmeester and her husband. M. Peter Perm, will be giving a cabaret show of Dutch songs and four little sketches m the Hollandsche Club on September 10th. open to the public. These artists have visited here with success on previous occasions and are on their177 words
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Article830 1931-09-03 10 NEW PROCESS "Large Source of Neglected Income" Of particular interest m view of yesterday's meeting m the Council Chamber approving the proposed Singapore Manufacturers' Exhibition m January next are the following particular, of a possible new Malayan industry which the Free Press obtained from Mr. A.830 words
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Article62 1931-09-03 10 Thursday, September 3rd Before the Acting Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Palgrave Simpson m Ist Court at 10.30 a.m. District Court Distress Case No. 1749 31 Before Mr. Justice Palgrave Simpson m 2nd Court at 11 a.m. 1. Re Estate of Haji Tamby bin Haji Mohamed Salleh, deceased.62 words
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Article80 1931-09-03 10 Four Accused Committed for Trial Mr. J. F. F. Gregg, the Third Police Magistrate, yesterday committed to the Assizes the four accused, three Chinese and one Bengali, who are alleged to have been responsible for the death of a Hokien. Seah Koh. whose body was found m80 words
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Article641 1931-09-03 10 REPLY TO CRITICISM Concrete and ftst, Questions Mr. c. c. Mat* write* to i see m your paper to-day a rtn cussion re rubber road .xp. meeting of the IfUnJcioa Friday. I Two statements are not quite correct. r Firstly, the question of c for our rubber641 words
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Article62 1931-09-03 10 LONDON AM) NEH VORKi RUBBI H PRH |s ITHEL PRBB IERVH |nn.l.'»» SeT Messrs. Uwis, U notify to-day's tin I Spot Ell 9 l|l6 (£llB £121 910 (£l2l The market i Messrs. Byming notify to-dayV follows Spot 2«/4d (2M) (2 7 16d). The markr: \s To-days Kew are62 words
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Article17 1931-09-03 10 The W Mai,ur;i BUD* m Kuala UWPUI UM Unstai eeremiji church Ot St Ml* Lumpur OB Sumta*17 words
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Advertisement336 1931-09-03 10 READING, ENGLAND. I^SnhSH SOLE AGENTS: CALDBECK MACGREGOR CO., LTD., {Incorporated under the Companies' Ordinances of Hong Kongt. (Incorporated m Shanghai) 201 CANTONMENT ROAD. TELEPHONE 5371 A 5372. BT SPECIAL K^£T *^§L B.M. THE KING APPOINTMENT TO OF SIAM New Selection Just Arrived m Latest Jewellery WONDERFULLY CHEAP TO SUIT SLUMP336 words
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Advertisement41 1931-09-03 10 BBm R^B7 WE HEAR that m Chicago, at a smart gunman's wedding, the happy pair were driven off amidst a shower of bullets. What about a "GAFLAC" ACCIDENT POLICY GENERAL ACCIDENT, FIRE LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION, LTD. Hongkong Bank Chambers. Telephone 6480.41 words
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629 1931-09-03 11 PROTECTING THE MASS OF WAGE EARNERS REPLY TO CONSTITUENTS' RESIGNATION DEMAND SO COMPULSORY WAR LOAN CONVERSION n a letter to his constituents of Seaham Harbour 1,,w5..n (the Labour Part, executive m W hich had demanded h" r, ,«nat,«n as member for the constituency) Mr.629 words
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Article116 1931-09-03 11 Possible Visit from the Premier (British Radio Official Service! Rushy. Sept. 1. Excellent weather is favouring the stay ol the King and Queen at Balmoral. Yesterday His Majesty was out shooting on Geallaig Moor. The Duke and Duchess of York, and the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret116 words
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Article100 1931-09-03 11 Increased Safety on British Railways [British Radic— Official Service] Ruffby, Sept. 2. The completion by the Great Western Railway of their system of automatic train control has resulted m over 2.000 miles of track and •2.500 engines being equipped at a cost of £250.000 with the system, which100 words
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Article75 1931-09-03 11 Representative Advisory Committee Appointed I British Radio Official Service] Rugby, Sept. 2. The Minister of Labour, after consultation with the Trade Union Congress, employers' organisations and the Treasury, has appointed an advisory committee to consider and report on regulations for dealing with anomalies which have arisen m the75 words
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Article35 1931-09-03 11 French Proposals to Italy Rugrby. Sept. 2. The French Government has communicated to London a copy of a Note addressed to the Italian Government regarding naval limitation proposals. Its contents are under examination.35 words
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Article34 1931-09-03 11 Flood-lighting the City Rugrby. Sept. 2. Hundreds of thousands of sightseers paraded London last night to admire the flood-lighting effect on the prominent buildings arranged m honour of the International Illumination Congress.34 words
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Article176 1931-09-03 11 Economy Section of Labours Completed Official Service! Rujfby, Sept. 2. completed their examina"fcctlm Government econoI the parliamentary draftsln legislative form the Cabinet 'Hd to the report of their and began the study of the I their determination to com--1 ith .peed and to complete lor producing a176 words
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298 1931-09-03 11 AGREEMENT REACHED Catholic Organisation to Refrain from Politics [Reuter's Service] iUme, Sept. 2. The conclusion of an agreement settling the dispute between the Vatican and the Italian Government is officially announced. The quarrel arose from the banning of the Catholic Action Party by the Italian298 words
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Article484 1931-09-03 11 Judgment Reserved on Legal Point When the case m which L. W. Richards, a Welshman, is claiming $2,034 against the Spagu Mines Ltd.. of Sumatra, was resumed m the Supreme Court before the acting Chief Justice (Mr. Justice Sproule) yesterday, His Lordship intimated that, having read the484 words
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Article36 1931-09-03 11 Progress on Homeward Flight [Reuters Service! Moscow, Sept. 2. Miss Amy Johnson, flying back from Tokio, landed at Krasnoyarsk at 10.10 this morning and resumed her journey to Sverdlovsk after twenty minutes rest.36 words
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Article33 1931-09-03 11 International Conference This Month [Reuter's Service] Spokane, Sept. 2. Senator Pittman told a meeting of silver miners here that Mr. Hoover will convene an international silver conference some time this month.33 words
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Article129 1931-09-03 11 CHICAGO SENSATION Lloyd's Underwriters to Bear the Brunt EMPLOYEE'S DEFALCATIONS [Reuter's Service] Chicago* Sept. 2. Losses amounting to hundreds of thousands of pounds will be incurred by Lloyd's underwriters as a result of the announcement by officials of the Continental Illinois Bank that a veteran employee has129 words
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Article569 1931-09-03 11 Wife's Evidence as to Partnership The preliminary enquiry into the charge of forgery against Major Prank Bullen was continued yesterday, when the defendant was subjected to a lengthy cross-examination by Mr. C. P. Burke, for the prosecution. It will be recalled that Major Bullen stands charged at569 words
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Article55 1931-09-03 11 Atlantic Safely Crossed Again f ßeuter's Service] New York, Sept. 1. The Graf Zeppelin arrived at Pernambuco at 5 p.m. Shrieking whistles, sirens and cheering thousands paoked the bridges, squares and roof tops to greet the Graf Zeppelin which flew low with blazing lights as at cruised55 words
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Article49 1931-09-03 11 National Controllership Foreshadowed [Reuter's Service] Washington, Sept. 1. The establishment of a National Unemployment Controllership is foreshadowed m the announcement that Mr. Owen Young, author of the reparations plan, has been appointed chairman of the committee to co-ordinate local efforts into a comprehensive nationwide unemployment relief scheme.49 words
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Advertisement35 1931-09-03 11 It has been left to a brother journalist, says the Malay Mail, to provide a fitting description of the fountain on our local padang. His impression is summed up m the words "a monumental spittoon.'35 words
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Advertisement232 1931-09-03 11 UNDERWEAR 1 AT 1 BARGAIN PRICES 1 Shanghai and Ccla- /g|ftjyfcx nese Undies m all Ji |gjj M\ il:^^ popular shades con- A iPf^p I ||a sisting of rB"?^? V, 4 j v \^i SLIPS, KNICKERS, jor R^^TX^ CAMI-BOCKERS, A^^Sl NIGHT-DRESSES. J^A^^mT^Wi ORIGINAL COST ift^^-^- '|Hg 1 OFFER. "'lL> As232 words
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Article1874 1931-09-03 12 SCHEME APPROVED f lOvernor on I Singapore's Opportunities {.HEATER SELF-SUFFICIENCY In t»rnty-livr minutes the Sinjraporr I'Tiuflirial members of the Legislative Council and a larfe body of the principal merchants of the town m the Council Chamber yesterday morning, listened to a speech by U.K. the Governor (Sir Cetril1,874 words
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Article74 1931-09-03 12 PICTURES And Absurd Salaries of > U f, 4 ft J-\ S I Reuter's Servicel v New York, Sept. 2. Fourteen thousand film exhibitors and owners are petitioning producers to abandon making gangster and indecent pictures. They also passed a resolution demanding that the "leaders of the movie74 words
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Article44 1931-09-03 12 A Hitch m Re-opening Arrangements I Reuter's Servicel Austin, Texas, Sept. 2. #t* hitch has occurred In the re-opening of the East /Texas oil field. The Governor kept the area closed to-day with troops. He disapproves of the Commission's conditions for re-opening.44 words
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Article567 1931-09-03 12 TYPHOON FLOODS SHANGHAL ILS. NAVAL RATINGS M)ST Most Severe Storm for Years Shanghai, Aug. 26. The whole of the ventral district is Under water, and several people have been killed, following the torrential rain causd by the typhoon which passed close to the Settlement last night. Communications have been disorganised567 words
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Article189 1931-09-03 12 Weekly Rotarian Tiffin Mr. E. C. Martin, Vice-President. presided at the Rotary tiffin held to-day m the absence of the Hon'ble Mr. Tan Cheng Lock, President. The gathering was fairly large, and at the very beginning of the tiffin the chairman referred very feelingly to the tragic death189 words
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Article100 1931-09-03 12 The general Committee of the Y.W.C.A. wish to thank the following donors for their subscriptions: The Dollar Steamship Lines. Ltd 75. The Indian Ceylonese Ladies Club 40. A. Kader Sultan, The National City Bank of N.Y. each $25 50. S. B. Tan, Cheng Kirn Huat, each $20100 words
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Article265 1931-09-03 12 MONOCLED HAN SOUGHT BY POLICE KNOWN AS THE DUKE i Latest Figure jn Helgoland Drama I Reuter's Service] New York. Sept. 1. A mystery monocled man dubbed "the Duke." described as a distant relative of the Italian Rcyal Family and a bosom friend of Mr. Fujimura, is the latest figure265 words
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Article104 1931-09-03 12 Major-General May's New Post [British Radio Official Service] Bugrby, Sept. 1. Major-General Sir Reginald Seaburne May. K.8.E.. C.8.. C.M.G., D.5.0.. has succeeded General Birdwood as Commandant of the Royal j Military College at Sandhurst. Major-General May has had a long military career and saw service m both the104 words
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Article121 1931-09-03 12 Disaster on Mont Blanc Berne, Aug. I*. Disaster overtook three mountaineers m the course of the perilous ascent of Aiguille Argentiere on Mont Blanc. After meeting terrible difficulties they were overtaken by darkness and obliged to camp at an altitude of over 10.000 feet. One of the party,121 words
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Article228 1931-09-03 12 The undernoted non-fiction works will be ready for issue on Saturday, at 9 a.m. i Belloc (Hilaire) Essays of a Catholic layman m England. 1931. Brewer (Sir H.) Memoiie: of Choirs and Cloirters. 1931. (50 years music Brun <A.H.) Troublous Times. 1931 illus. < Russia and Turkestan). Cowan228 words
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Article57 1931-09-03 12 The Committee acknowledge with thanks the following donations received m the Singapore Section during August: His Excellency, the Governor $100.00 R. J. Curtis 15.00 Collected by Clubs through Members' Accounts 362.50 Total $477.50 The local Committee paid out during the month ended 25th August m repatriations and57 words
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Article379 1931-09-03 12 I DIVERTED 'SHIPMENT Munitions Ordered by South Shanghai, Aug. 23. Pive hundred cases of arms and ammunition. Originally consigned to the Cantonese Government," were seized late last night by an armoured launch of the National Government, as the Bona, a Rickmer Line steamer, attempted to land379 words
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Article46 1931-09-03 12 End of Long Distance Flight I Router's Service J Le Bourget. Sept. 1. Vicomte De Sibour, accompain o vl by the Vicomtess arM Madame Wildern, *ife of th: French Minister to China, landed at 4.45 p.m. from Brussels, concluding their flight from China.46 words
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Article76 1931-09-03 12 ReuttT's Service London. Sept. 1. The death is announced of Professor Andrew Seth Prinple-Pattison. Andrew Seth Pringle-Pattison LL D.. D.C.L was a Fellow of the British Academy and was Professor of Logic and Metaphysics m the Uni- versity of Edinburgh from 1391 to 1919. Hhad also held pests76 words
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Article1262 1931-09-03 12 ROTARY ADDRESS Dutch Activities at Horn, and Abroad TRADE COMPARISONS The birthday of H« m, Wilnelmina of Holland w.us m bccasion by members of th»- Rot, Singapore when they fathered Hotel yesterday for th, ir meeting. I The President. Mr. Roland Brno, the chair and m1,262 words
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Advertisement28 1931-09-03 12 After serving the F.M.S. Government for nearly 31 years, Syed Ahmad bin Syed Alwi Chief Penghulu of Bernam and Semenyih, ii now on long leave prior to retirement.28 words
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Article613 1931-09-03 13 Poor Lad's Stewards Cup Victory I Prom Our Own Correspondent] London, July 3#. Goodwood, which is reckoned as being one Of the most enjoyable meetings of the yen. was rather spoilt this week by rain. The surroundings at this meeting are unsurpassed, while the best of the613 words
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Article145 1931-09-03 13 Teams for Malacca -Selangor Fixture I From Owi Own Correspondent I Malacca. Aug. 31. Tlu> return tennis tournament between Malacca and Selangor will take place on the Malacca Club Courts next Saturday and Sunday. September sth and 6th. In all. 15 matches will be played— 6 Singles and145 words
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Article46 1931-09-03 13 [Reuter's Service] New York, Sept. 1. Baseball games yesterday resulted as follows: NATIONAL LEAGUE Boston 2, New York 3. Boston 3. New York 4. AMERICAN LEAGUE New York 5. Washington 6. Philadelphia 3. Boston 0. Chicago 5. Cleveland 15.: St. Louis 3. Detroit 8.46 words
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Article388 1931-09-03 13 Eec Carries Opponent to His Corner Jersey City, July 25. R.ia Bergs great ambition to fight again for the world's title was brought a step nearer realisation here last night when he knocked cut Freddy Watson m the seventh round of a t:n rounds bcut. "Good at388 words
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Article84 1931-09-03 13 New York. July 27. Kid Berg had his second fight m four days last night when, at Dreamland Park. New York, he met Phillip Griffin, of Newark. New Jersey, a former light-weight champion of the United States Marine Reserve, m a ten-round contest and won easily84 words
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Article289 1931-09-03 13 The Way They Played m I Olden Days Player: Prithee, inform DM how judge you this hazard f Umpire: I wot that it is out. Memento will return to-day to the tune of bat and ball on the ancient turf of Broad j Halfpenny Down, near Hambledon. Hants. The289 words
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Advertisement596 1931-09-03 13 '•-c are the MBKTV [[^^^^Sk ■mportant fca- VlAil^— .es B.S.A. /KW'l'n^ effer IV^A Irn fort from the Tjj!^ lm l^^^^^^^to^^ it rsman 8 h i p V^ J^^^sS"«M< v the colossal )^k [j| ktren^th of the new \VU I d reel back vl\l kJHiUHI < speed and m V^l onomy596 words
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Advertisement900 1931-09-03 14 BULE FUNNEL LINE. REGULAR PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES. rORTNIGIITLT EXPRESS SERVICE MARSEILLES, LONDON N. CONTINENT WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Thrice Monthly Service Liverpool, Havre and Glaafow. i Route subject to alteration without notice. WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT Due. Sails t HECTOR For M'seilles, L'don, R'dam, H'burg and900 words
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Advertisement550 1931-09-03 14 EHerman Bucknall Steamship Co., LtcL (Incorporated m England). "ELLERMAN" LINE PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL OUTWARDS. TO BONG KONG, SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. Steamer Dm Singapore. sjr. CITY OF KHIOS Sept. 5 s.s. CITY OP PERTH Oct. 12 HOMEWARDS. s.s. CITY OP550 words
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Advertisement434 1931-09-03 14 P. fir* O. British India and Apcar Lines, (Incorporated m England). MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. CO. UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SEKVIC E OUTWARDS FROM LONDON FOR CHINA JAPAN. Due Jh Tonnage. Singapore. Tonna*.. iport 1931. MANTUA 11,000434 words
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Advertisement728 1931-09-03 15 0. S. 1L Line. F()K tOTOTB, AFRICA, NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA AND INDIA. MX XI U* AXGELES and NEW YORK .Express Freight Service) „Fn,m Kobe, Sept. 30 M t/ON LONDON. Rotterdam. Hamburg. (Bremen) an I Antwerp 1 via Colombo. Aden and Port Sam S^ n ly NO MK»> MAS* I>i:RBAN.728 words
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Advertisement636 1931-09-03 15 m) DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINES, LTD. (iM Iff/ SAILING NOTICE \ll «ll OF FAMOUS IB a|\ PRESIDENT LINERS. /IM Mi f TO MARSEILLES, NEW YORK AM) BOSTON \^J ■I FROM SINGAPORE AND PENANG via COLOMBO \IA Ml\ SIE7 P ««T SAID. ALEXANDRIA. \AI»Lfc.S AM» /IB Mm I Arrlv* Leave \.rn\* rtnr636 words
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Advertisement870 1931-09-03 15 K. P. M. I hOMNkUJKE I'AKLTVAART MAATSCHAmj. 1 [ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION COMPANY OF BATAVIA •Incorporated m Holland.) UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIAN OOVEKNMWX T>i*pbon* No 5451. with sub-connections to.—Passage rr#i«b«a Tr.nahtpmeni. Marine Departments and fcfaJMMMn d«'si Mn^naiaMvi, -n- 9tr»it* Settlements (Singapore and Pmmm> of the l«A%fc».M-.|t» OFFICIAL INFORMATION BUREAU870 words
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Article593 1931-09-03 16 GENTLEMEN'S CALLING Doctrine of Class Distinction Liverpool, July 29. Admiral Sir Cyril T. M. Puller (Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel) visited the Conway school ship m the River Mersey to-day end performed the end-of-term ceremony of prize distribution. In a short speech593 words
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Article187 1931-09-03 16 Transatlantique and Cunard London. July 29. A steady sea -speed of 29 knots, by means cf Diesel-electric drive, is aimed at m the gigantic liner which is under construction at St. Nazaire for the Cie. Gen. Transatlantique. The designers are confident that this velocity will be exceeded, but187 words
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Article83 1931-09-03 16 National Shipbuilders Security Limited announce that they are buying eight ncrth-east coast shipyards, with a total of thirty-nine berths and a maximum annual output capacity of 276.000 tons, for scrapping. The organisation was formed last year, m the shipbuilding industry, to eliminate unnecessary yards and to secure economy83 words
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Advertisement546 1931-09-03 16 Burns Philp Line. (Incorporated In 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 S.S. MANOOLA (3,352 tons). [Cargo only.] ij. h awlctt A is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia546 words
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Advertisement415 1931-09-03 16 KERR STEAMSHIP Co. v. (Incorporated m D.8.A.) **V| GENERAL AGENTS. NEW YORK SERVICE. Regular Freight Service to Boston, New y,,,. Philadelphia and Baltimore (via Suez). a 00 8»IU r In Port Sept 7 f Sept. 22 Sept 28 Oct. 13 Oct 19 Nov. 3 Nov. 9 For rates and particulars415 words
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Miscellaneous677 1931-09-03 16 MAIL. DESPATCHES BY TRAIN Bangkok every Monday and Thursday 7 a.m. Kedah every Saturday 6 p.m. Kota Tinggi 6 pjtn. Kuantan (via Jerantut) 6 p.m. Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 6 p.m. Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping, Penang, Kedah and Lower Siam 7 a.m. F.M.S., Batu Pahat, Muar, Mersing,677 words
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Article173 1931-09-03 17 t Three Seizures While m Penang was found on board the plies Officers yesterday says Echo. I altered that on Friday mornvcnue Officers, under Proba--1 Controller R. L. Pirn. boarded after her arrival m harbour tahils of non -government concealed between the vooden lining of the chain173 words
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Article186 1931-09-03 17 COBLENZ IN MISHAP Drtdfer Sunk m Whangpoo River N rtt) German Lloyd Liner proceeding up the Whangdrodser Hai Lung was Khar off Tungkou Point. Shanghai, with a loss of three the latter's crew, drowned. ■I the dredger, which was 1 ngpoo Conservancy Board. time of the accident. Conr apparently did186 words
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Article75 1931-09-03 17 FEWER STEAMERS I bf the Posimastertasaa, for the rurtail--1 (008 and Chittaeongh India Steam Naviga■W under agreement 't< for India m Council BtCMBOT services a 1 Rangoon and two "'I OjittationK and r| «t its a measure of betwem Calcutta r those between Chitta- ftboliabed without i nk nee. b<75 words
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Article, Illustration663 1931-09-03 17 m sdf,g.d/fmh.mh,,mj. Seas voyage so grown that their parents can scarcely recopnise them. The big sailing ship about to be MnVHtsd has been m dry-dock for examination: her hull is reported to be m a sound and excellent condition. She must have been well cared fcr. fcr .she663 words
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Article121 1931-09-03 17 Dutch Liner's Report at Colombo A certain amount of mystery is attached to the disappearance of a young lady passenger when the Dutch outward mail liner Baloeran was m the Gulf of Aden. When the Baloeran was two days out from Aden, it was found that one121 words
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Article398 1931-09-03 17 A Return of Shipping Casualties Statistics compiled by the Liverpool Underwriters' Association show that during the first six months of this year, including ships of 500 tons and upwards, nine British motor and steam ves&els of 16,138 tons gross were posted m the Loss Book as lost,398 words
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Advertisement82 1931-09-03 17 The death occurred on beard the P. O. Baradine (on the way to Australia) m the Red Sea on August 13th. of Quarter-master Mac Donald of the ship's crew. Death was due to septicaemia. The deceased was buried at sea. command of the sailing ship Otago some months previously. He82 words
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Advertisement545 1931-09-03 17 > x SINGAPORE SHIPCHANDLHN The New A\-~_ x SCENIC ROUTE X COMPANY. *^V r^4J^^JT^~~'~f SHIPC HANDLERS. SHIPBROKERS. Cross Canada from Vancouver by the route of the COMMISSION AGENTS. fewest altitude wd easiest gradient of any tra°'co7,! £X Yet c hig;iest CanJia.. Kocfcy peaks and the rugged wonde's of Jasper National545 words
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Article492 1931-09-03 18 A Visit to Hutchison House He was grubby. Gosh he was g-rubby! He had reached that Nirvana of the two-> ear-old, that ecstatic state of grubbiness, when life is rich and indolent, and you can relax happy m the knowledge that there is not a live ant left492 words
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Article155 1931-09-03 18 Where Queen Elizabeth Died X.-i lm»rid "Thl*- antique pu v tageaat tad Tudor Ida whan Queen Btaabetn dW i I This js \hr notice U )ii Richmond (m- ai ruder v. ail: thai ii« im m b Oid Palac Tin late tenant ha Inters are pn155 words
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Article37 1931-09-03 18 Storm Krraks W« l(l IV nt \m Bgtat TUnhton n cd a:ul two dam at Diwnnffi Camp a terrific rtonn Utbtnlnf .vtru.k Urn urn- .sh-ltcnim The Timu.ians v I 5t Cyr rad»ts OH37 words
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Advertisement178 1931-09-03 18 Here is a smoking: pleasare that never fails to please. 15 EI >GEWORTH Extra High Grade 'SSot^ l'-K'^S- m Tobacco, vacuum packed to ensure ,J^ij T^aVjla v />s^ S absolute freshness m any climate. l#v .FUffi? y^3 Blended m two grades to suit all iS^--. ■•;*'Li:: J tastes: FLAKE or178 words
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Advertisement18 1931-09-03 18 Mrs. A. H. Lancaster was operated on suc-c\-.sfully for appendicitis on Friday evening at &c Penang General Hospital.18 words
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Advertisement855 1931-09-03 18 BANKS AND INSURANCE CHARTERED BANK MERCANTILE RANK OF OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA MEJlW\miUi BA«h W (Incorporated m England by Royal Charter) INDIA LTD Paid up capital In 600.000 share* lm orpn: IHI to En »f IXr '<i of £5 each £3,000,000 CanltA Reserve Fund £4 000 000 o L855 words
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Article385 1931-09-03 19 PETTER TIME COMING PROSPERITY'S BASIS I .S. \m!,assador Optimistic Tin- trade doldrums art f J < '.pumiMH .sounded by Q Daves. United Stats Amit Britain, m a carefuly-con-ktten tor the Daily Express. lon such as the United (•unit lies are now p:»ssacUon from a dbbaMermMe I ..\.i(;«iiu". of<er*ep i.-r reacts385 words
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Article91 1931-09-03 19 NORTH BORNEO TRADING CO. -North Borneo Trading to« lor 1930 of £2.497 -4.;n Cor 1929>. which ret > be canied forward to report is |lven subject the provision for dspranachincrjr, plant, etc.. and haretaoMlng m the Tuaran 1( stands m the balancern operations of the t] vcar ended June 30.91 words
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Article18 1931-09-03 19 r Service J J; "t rrison Arkan h; with total deposit* o f •■*•<! here18 words
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Article468 1931-09-03 19 The following publication;; were issued or re 2TU?* 1 1 S?" 1 1 Of Statistics SS and 1. M.5.. during tbe period from A ugu* n. to ASfOl 26. 1931. and are available fo SSLT the F Issued by the Department Exports Of Mta by State; and SettlementOj468 words
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Article98 1931-09-03 19 A New Malayan Industry Production st3rtod this momiiiß at the Batu Caves works of Messrs. Kenneison Bros., of pun concrete p£pae, DMMfte on the Moir-Biu-hanan Qeiltliftugal .system, says the Malay Mail. The opening of what is a new F.M.S. Industry was watched with interest by the British98 words
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Article118 1931-09-03 19 The follcvvinp. correction i^ to be. made to the report en Mm Foreign Trade of Malaya published as Straits Settlements Council Paper No. 69 of 1931 Page 9. paragraph 30. line 10. Uall m commodity values during 1930> for "estimated at 25 per cent, read "estimated118 words
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Article85 1931-09-03 19 I British Radio Official Service J Rugby. Sept. 1. Foreign exchanges are Amsterdam, 12.05 '-j, Athens 375. Bombay Is. 5%d.. Berlin 20.50-, Brussels 34.88. Bucharest 817. Rio 3 1-32. Buenos Aires 32\. Copenhagen 18. 17 1 Geneva 24.97, Helsingfors 193.3 16, Hong Kong liv., Lisbon 110. Madrid 53.85. Milan85 words
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Article352 1931-09-03 19 To-Day 's Price Changes EXCHANGE KATES September 2 SELLING London, 4 months' sight 2(3 29(32 London, 3 months' sight 213% London, 60 days' sight aiS ***** London. 30 days' sight 213 1316 London, demand o 1 oo!, 9 London, T.T. »g Lyons and Paris, demand 1425 Hamburg, demand 234 Norn352 words
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68 1931-09-03 19 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION September 2nd., 12 o'clock noon D o Buyers Sellers K.&.S. equal to London Standard Spot m n Standard R.S.S. on Tender Sept t% 7.^ October 75, 7? s November 7" v g Oct. -Dec. 7-s 8 Jan. -March S', r\. Tone of Market .—Quiet. Latest68 words
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Article922 1931-09-03 19 WEDIVESDAF. SEPT 2ND Buyers heiiers. Asam Kumbang <£. 20s 9d 22s c.d. Austral Malay 18s 20s Ayer Hitam (ss> lis 94 12s 3d Bangrin Tin (£> 9s 10 Ba-tang Padang it! 10 Batu Caves ($1) 29 32 Bukit Arang ($l, 30 40 norn Burmah Malay <£ 10922 words
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Article564 1931-09-03 19 Tin Firmer Rubber Neglected Singapore, Sept. 2. Quiet conditions have ■fain prevailed m the local market throughout the week and there is very little to report. As regards Tin the shipment, frcm the Straits for August £>re returned at 6 070 tons and smelters* production for th- current564 words
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Article150 1931-09-03 19 NEWE YORK STOCK EXCHANGE Changes m Representative Prices United Press Association New York, Aug. II Sept. 1. Although Literature used to be called a Heavenly Maid, she appears to have a large progeny. Miss Rose Macaulay. American Can Common. 92 *s 93 Cities Service (Com). 10 4 10 Colombia Gas150 words
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Article104 1931-09-03 19 IS THE TIN QUOTA SUCCEEDING CONTRARY VIEWS I Deductions From August Figures I FREE PRESS SERVICE-^COPYRIGHTI London Sept. I. The Financial New;. discussin X the August tin figure, states that it Ls unble to accept that the quota is rapidly achieving its object Thr paper considers that after the end104 words
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Article87 1931-09-03 19 Foreign exports of Tin. being final .shipments on ocean -steamers at all Malayan Port* during the month of August. 1931 Destination Tons United Kingdom 36< United States of America 4 727 Continent of Europe 69^ British Possessions 204 Japan 7 t Other Foreign Countries 1 1 Tons87 words
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Article90 1931-09-03 19 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 1033 rd. auction yesterday. when there was catalogued 2.139.283 lbs.; 955.03 tons. Offered 1.819.292 lbs.; 812.18 tons. Sold 1.537.730 lbs.; 6Rfi.4B tons Spot. London 2«, d New York 4 15-16 cv PRICES REALIZED Ribbed Smoked Sheet Cents Per90 words
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Article163 1931-09-03 19 LYALL EVATT'S DAILY REPORT Sin^npon-. Sept. 2. The tin SttffeH has v. cukeried quit? eon iderably to-day and hows a decline locally of 1.50 per pikul. This fall i-. due to the end August statistics which SXTB mt ro favourable as was expected. Maluya shipments tost month totalled 6.070 tons.163 words
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Article90 1931-09-03 19 irst Issue Over Subscribed IReuter's Service Washington. Kept. 2. The issue of $300,000,000 1 '<* per cent oiuyear certificates, forming part of the issue «>f $1,100,000,000 has been over subscribed four times. A message from Washin^on. daU'd Auk. 30, stated that an issue of $1,100,000,000 of 390 words
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Article33 1931-09-03 19 THE REICHSHANK Rate Reduced to Fight Per Cent. I Router's Service) Berlin, Sept. i. The financial situation is reflected m the Reich&bank decision to reduce the rate from ten to eight per cent.33 words
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Article42 1931-09-03 19 Henggrlcr and VLirtin. Koala Lumpar, VjcnU Satupulo No. Liability 748.00 pikuls: $TX hours; 89.0U0 yard.s. Nawng Pet Tin 205 hours; 12.500 Yards 123 pikiils Boustead and Co.. Penanc Agente: Takuapa Valley 1.399 hours. 337.000 cubic yards; 1,671 pikuls.42 words
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Advertisement68 1931-09-03 19 I Assets exceed $12,000.0Qf Aammnee In force orer f3B.f».t— The Great Eastern life Assurance Co., lid. (Incorporated m the Stzvite n^t^mrnhi 7 HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore LONDON OFFICE: 27, Old Jewry. 8.0 company has £20.000 deposited with the Bupr«. Ocmrt of fjfc ATTRACTIVB PLANS OF ASSURANCE Compantoß Act m68 words
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Article2432 1931-09-03 20 SINGAPORE MEETING An Interesting Day's Racing Fine weather again favoured the Autumn Race Meeting yesterday on the occasion of the second day. At first the attendance v.as not very large but it grew rapidly as time went on and the crowd later was about the normal for2,432 words
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Article524 1931-09-03 20 A DISAPPOINTMENT Local Man Not In the Same Class The Al Rivers vs. Battling Kwi contest at the New World last night would have made an excellent comic dance had there been anybody present who could have set it to music. As a fisrht it was a524 words
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Article66 1931-09-03 20 Two Years Lancashire League Contract [FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT London. Sept. 1. It is announced that Accrington. the Lancashire League club, have been negotiating for the services of Don Bradman. the brilliant Australian cricketer, and it is reported that Bradman has accepted an offer of a two years66 words
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Article332 1931-09-03 20 COUNTY SEASON ENDS Unpromising Outlook for Professionals [FREE PRESS SERVICE COPYRIGHT] Lonior>, Sept. 1. The county championship cricket oeason ended to-day. Although the season has discovered plenty of young talent, from a financial point of view it has been a relative failure, the bad weather having332 words
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Article57 1931-09-03 20 Duleepsinhji and Tate Get Centuries IReuter's Service] t London, Sept. 1. The New Zealanders drew their match against Sussex at Brighton. New Zealanders 385 and 305. Sussex 549 for 9 (dec.) and 18 for 0. Dempster scored 167 for the tourists m their firit innings. For57 words
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Article203 1931-09-03 20 Yesterday's Tournament Results Results m the S.C.C. lawn tennis tournament yesterday were as follow "A" Class Singles 6. E. Newbery plus 15 beat W. A. Droogleever owe 3. 6—l. I—6. 6 2. J. A. Dean owe 30 beat H. A. Binnendyke owe 2. 6 2. 6 4.203 words
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Article59 1931-09-03 20 Final Acceptances for Next Week's Race I FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT] London, Sept. 2. The final acceptance^ for the SI Leger (to be run on Wednesday) are: Birthday Book, Goyescas, Suze, Convoy, Salaam, Cameronian. Khorsheed, Sandwich, Ornon. Inglesant and Sir Andrew. A Reuter message states that, after59 words
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Article30 1931-09-03 20 [Reuter's Service] London. Sept. 1. Results of Scottish League matches to-day were as follows: Hearts 0: Airdrieonians 2. Queen's Park 1: Hamilton 1. St. Mirren 0: Motherwell 1.30 words
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Advertisement189 1931-09-03 20 NATIONAL BINDInTTrtngT': SSSTISJSa&^WL!^ widespr(a MADE OF HEAVILY PLATED BRASS Si '%> IS2 ea^ h "C" 13^ inch J (<I ts "D" Half round 1^ m.i n £SU iv < jits Malaya Publishing House Ltd. 71-77 STAMFORD ROAD. c^ e SINGAPORE r 5929 Cirams jimpress SPORTING GOODS For II Anything Everything189 words
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