The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 29 December 1931

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    16 1 The Singapore Free Press NO. 13,530. ESTABLISHED 1835. SINGAPORE, S.S. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1931. 10 CENTS.
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    THE DAY'S NEWS
    359 1 It Ls stated m a Japanese Government official communication that Japanese forces m the vicinity of Chine how have "begun a general movement with a view to a campaign against bandits on a more extensive scale than hitherto" Page 9. There was a clash between "Untouchables" and
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    DISCOMFORT
    1508 1 I once did a friend of mine the kindness to suggest that he and his wife should cruise m company with me and mine, m two small boats. Thinking to encourage him. for he. I knew, was of luxurious habit, I told him that there was full crawling headroom
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      165 1 BIGIA TEA firings the freshness and fragrance of the Malayan gardens direct to your home. RAFFLES HOTEL Excellent Accommodation with Modern Sanitation. TO-NIGHT DINNER DANCE Wednesday 30th. IVu Dance «*.:*«> to *.:*O |».m. NEW YEAR'S EVE. Booking Closed. ADELPHI HOTEL Wishes all its patrons a Happy and Prosperous New Year.
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      302 1 THE EUROPE HOTEL NEW YEAR'S EVE NIGHT THURSDAY— DECEMBER 31st. SPECIAL DINNER AND CARNIVAL BALL (Fancy Dress Optional) Parisian Favours, Novelties, Crackers, etc., etc. Distributed. Special Gilts and Chocolates for Ladies. Tickets $6.00. DANCING UNTIL 2 A.M. I NOTICE. The Grill-room will be closed to non-residents j for DINNER on
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      96 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Cinema programmes Page 5. Whitraway'r for household goods— Page Little's cfTer unirue styles m shoes Pa-.'e Order diaries, date blocks and calenders fr< Kelly and Walsh— Pace I. CHRYSLER BIG CAR PERFORMANCE Sore Throat? I find FORMAMINT is a very nice friend to have m your pocket, wnen
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      11 1 There is no better Tea than BIGIA TEA GROWN IN MALAYA
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    NAWAB OF PATAUDI
    165 2 Invested With Powers of Ruler Lahore, Dec. 10. lln Governor of the Punjab installed this afternoon the fanom cricketer, the Hawaii of Pataudi. uith the powers of i» Ruh'i. In the course of his speech at the installation ceremony, His Excellency recalled a historical event of more
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    HUGE BUSH FIRE
    81 2 Flames Advancing Along 150-Mile Front Sydney. Dec. 14. The Rreatest Rra^s and bush fires on the western plains m the past ten years are sweeping northwards on a front 150 miles m length. In an area between Bourke. Cobar. and Wllcannla many large stations have been completely
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      426 2 BUSINESS CARDS. CAIRXHOLM PRIVATE HOSPITAL 55. Cairnhill Road, Singapore. Open to patients under the care of their own doctor European Sisters. MISS MOLLIE McGRATH. Telephone 4110. Matron -Proprietress. MEMORIALS. SINGAPORE CASKET CO.. Mam, 1 A 3, Penhas Road. .#iT Lavender Street Phone 6075 BE PHOTOGRAPHED BY H. NUGENT BUCKERIDGE IligtuM
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      546 2 TENDERS. I SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL NOTICE TENDERS. NOTICE It hereby given that tenders are now invited for the following materials or services and that particulars of such tenders may be obtained m the Tender Room, Municipal Offices Sale and removal of disused Pumping Plant and Boilers at Mackenzie Rd. Pumping Station.
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      260 2 /UNTREATED MlLk\ BOTH WHOLE AND I SKiMMED. HAS VERY I 1 UTTLE AlffUMOtlTlC ACTIVITY bWwp (fnmodmQ^B| sBHVTfI^ ttsA tnat fresn cows' ooillL contains almost no TfTalllTn M# MM lilffll w^"^lHp, IT •■l^^^ > follows tnat m. food made Vfl^^pUE^ SflHHptt' fIBUB^B^Br GLAXO olb^b^bpb^bw^^b^b^ has odiUEd Ostdln vitamin D b^b\ Clinical
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      259 2 Fight Fevers Genasprin The outstanding advantages of using Genasprin at the onset of all fevers may briefly be summarised as follow! 1. Genasprin quickly reduces a high temperature. 2. Genasprin exerts an antiseptic action, which helps to destroy the germs which cause fevers. 3. Genasprin is the ideal pain-reliever. 4.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      316 2 THE WEEK 41 j. > lElk Tuesday. 29th. High Water. 01.29. 8.6 ft.. 12.35. 10.0 ft. Annual meeting of Alor Gajah. Pajam and Pasoh Rubber O»r.p'i:ies. Derrick Co. 11.30 and later. Chlng Kent Les luC Co. annual meeting Rafltaa Cumbers. 12. Golf: Garrison G.C. mixed foursomes. ■Rugby S.C.C. vs. Lslands.
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    AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY
    1579 3 American Survey of Malaya's Biggest Customer The National Automobile Chamber of Com merce of the United States publish every year a review of the Automobile Industry, and year by year this booklet becomes more instructive and interesting. The review is net confined to the United States alone, but
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    BRITAIN'S OPPORTUNITY
    151 3 Leadership m World Recovery Lender.. Dec. lft. "In this world extremity. Great Britain has an opportunity to assume worldwide monetary leadership for world recovery." declared the well-known banker. Mr. J. F. Darling, m an address at Belfast. Mr. Darling elaborated a plan for the formation of an Empire
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    TACKLING MOSQUITO PROBLEM
    573 3 CALCUTTA ACTIVITIES Corporation "Alive to the Situation" "Calcutta is not m the grip of that fell disea.se malaiia. The Corporation is doing what is best m this respect m the interest of the ratepayers." v-aid Dr B. C Roy, the Mayor, at the fir.it meeting of the
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    60 3 When the French steamer AunLs collided with a barge at Hermitage Wharf near Wauping the barge which contained more than 1000 tons of flour quickly sank and hundred* oi sacks of flour were to be MT n UoutiiiK slowly down the Thames. As the ban-, brcame saturated they burst and
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      381 3 p worrying v£^ 'W^ v m I rouble. FrQfTI l\j ?lil^s/ '''^y i/Pi*^^'-- wr, know you have got th- N jPjlSm W ri-!> tiling .r iisr. Deli»ht<MlU iftJßf/ 'jo3m^ A L >|, it quickly looth-s and stop* X. W'W >P jjP i.-i:.;!i in.'. Ihe nail roieiun "lIKf /^MM USE GLmKOLENE
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    Royal Air Force Officer's Bravery and Skill
    1988 4  -  T. STANHOPE SPRIGG FLYING By The Dangers of a Spin Revolving at i. a Seconds for 8,000 feet. Meet Dr. Sally on Saturday London, Nov. 25. Anew era m naval reconnaissance methods is f ore -shadowed by the construction m France of two
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    51 4 An applicant at Tower Bridge said that he represented a "frill and frolic" society. Mr. Campion (magistrate): You mean philanthropic. Man at Westminster County Court: I can't pay. Judge Turner Well, what is your watch worth Man I have not a watch. Judge Turner: Well, the gold chain, then? Man:
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    Retractable Gear on 'Planes Landing a machine with Wheels up
    729 4  - Retractable Gear on 'P lanes Landing a machine with Wheels up IRA C. EAKER (BY WHILE I was flying across the continent recently, stopping at intermediate landing fields, airport attaches noted that I piloted a low-wing retractable gear plane and asked about the gear. These men had heard reports and
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    BALLOONIST'S ADVENTURE
    752 4 Lost m Blizzard Above Great Lakes Mi-. Miliord Vanik, the Cleveland balloonist who was caught m a blizzard thousands of feet above the American Great Lakes, and who finally came down, lost, m the Ontario swamps, thus described his experiences. •I left Cleveland at 8.30 Thursday evening with
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    165 4 Commander Byrd's North and South Pole ships, Jimmy Doolittle's plane, Capt. Hawk's mystery "13," Klngsford -Smith's round-the-world-ship, the American and French Question Marks and Post's and Gatty's famous Winnie Mac. There were planes of every type army bombers, navy amphibians, German Gothas, British SEs's. with scarcely a well known war
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    Stiletto
    866 4  -  GEORGE CECIL A TALE OF A (By AND A GUILLOTINt: I'aris, s,, v •THE difference between th< Ut in and the phlegmatic British temperament has again been demon. strated, and m a most brutal manner by a ruffian named Alfredo Baliardini. Alfiedo, who is of c< m extraction, has
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    20 4 Willesden defendant I bfttl BO clothes, and no hat. and I can through my feet as I walk tin- tiflfftl
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      261 5 VICTORIA THEATRE 1 TO-NIGHT! TO-NIGHT!! j SINGAPORE'S FIRST XMAS PANTO EOBINSON CRUSOE The Biggest Musical Show of the Year [with over thirty People Finish the Old Year with a Smile NIGHTLY AT 9.30 P.M. Matinees Thursday December 31st., Friday January Ist. at 5.30 BOOKING AT LITTLE'S $3, $2, $1. HOOKING:
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      232 5 /A //V 'Ik 'A\ Positively LAST NIGHT of The Deliriously Daring British Comedy that everybody's Talking uhour Harrison Owen's side-splitting Farce UNEASY VIRTUE Presenting The Darling of the English Stage and Screen FAY COMPTON as the VIRTUOUS WIFE who was always ABOVE SUSPICION See and Hear the merry matrimonial mix-up
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      237 5 TO-NIGHT 6.15 AND 9.15 Outlaws, dreamers, lovers— lndia, London, the desert. Trisco ACTION DRAMA COMEDY AND THRILLS WARNER BAXTER LOIS MORAN IN PICTURE THIKSIAY If You Have Ever Loved Youil Love These Lovers JANET GAYNOR AND CHARLES FARRELL m "Merely Mary Ann" HOLIDAY MATINEES Friday— Saturday— Sunday. /-T-HB highest quality
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  • SPORT OF THE DAY.
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      HATE BOBBIE JONES
      685 6 By a Man Who Could Play Golf Extracts from a letter picked up on golf course, minus an envelope, and read by the finder m an endeavour to discover its owner Baker-street. W. 1. My dear Old Man. NO. I wili NOT meet you for a round
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      KID BERG GIVES LOVE A MISS
      249 6 Boxing and Romance Do Not Mix "I'm through with romance for good." said Kid Berg when interviewed at his Whiteehapel home, just after his return from America. The handsome young Cockney boxer with the tjlistoning dark hair, who has developed a strong American accent,
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      66 6 i The followers of Badminton will be very surprised to hear that Jack Purcell. the Canadian star, who competed with so much success In the English championships at the Horticultural Hall. Westminster, last March, has been suspended by the Canadian Badminton Association. Purcell's "crimes" are said to be writing for
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      BILLIARDS
      558 6 Stroud's 40 Years' Quest For A Title After struggling for forty years to win the Championship, that fin<> sporting amateur Leslie Stroud DM realised the hopelessness of his task and has dropped out of the competition, writes Harry Young m the Evening News. Stroud. who won won the Cue
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      403 6 WHITEAWAYS OFFER SUPREME VALUE IN HOUSEHOLD GOODS. Jj'mWiffMM^ 1 MM V 'IZT^"~-T r Fr ::::^Z3 r:":.,1.,., bath touii s r&'ilillfjj jS^ white hkkaback towels. IP^rj^Al^ aHi ;fj i r WMIc baih towt'lo. hemmed ends, coloured n&2&t.&p£' i '/'l'^l^^A Fine uuali ty. soft finish, with hemstitched borten. Strong and absorbent. MBJfts^s£>
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      107 6 P. G. Wodehouse's New Story Starts on Saturday fllP Press the Button a 1 11 r n^ s I'/" morr ''"ili n^ tuan l ie average pen 3^||l Screw on the cap again, I an<^ H patented button I n^Jllj filing devi«-e i^ sealed lierI i metically. It cannot dinPi
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      291 6 FMCIH€BRIHC DKRft THAT ASSURE YOU OP SUCCESS cml jT l '^"b tT* r^ 4*»W»4 to* tW MPHMt «4 AM t m _|TTl VMJNM.CJ. M% AiUKUAI fC«««^Milaa» «m W ten** to tf* -r,^^^ Mrtwjir D»yy tort «MI k«.fc7; Mtfr «Im n^ili hi o,+m §h»X "TiMtatlM^ttM^ X tOO (MiMfu, rt»« ,w M
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    FOUR BURNT TO DEATH
    163 7 FOUR BURNT TO DEATH rERPOOL TRAGEDY Victims Trapped m Upper Bedrooms HELPLESS REBCUBRS Lf-nd n. I)ec. 20. rate and Inn ie tfforts m re cue. nd her two children and another trapped ba the upper bedroosM death m a dis:i Irous eurly-morn-heir hom<- m Toxteth. Liverpool, the im: the Children's
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    ASHANULLAH MURDER
    231 7 LI it*- Sentence m Calcutta Case Call utta. I>cc. 22. Bnattacharvya was convicted this tkr Chief Justice and Mr. Jusc Qhose and Mr. Justice s. k. Obosc pf murdering Khan Brhadur Inspector cl Ponce, ClilMagwug. 30 last and sentenced ta transpcf- r came f> the Hlgn Court on
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    S. A. NEWSPAPER WARNED
    144 7 For Publishing Lottery Result Port Elizabeth, Dec. 19. oent tits been given against the Eastern Herald newspaper against which a sum■;is Issued by the Gcveninr.'i:. under the* let ol 1879 for publishing the results of In h Sweep OH the Manchester November handicap Bfa Edgar Walton,
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    WATERFALLS BY RADIO
    109 7 H.B.C.'s Christmas Experiments Lrmlun, Dec. 22. ol the NteSjam Falls will be heard ln.sides on Christmas Day if the* (icjj.stiim Obrpbratlon's prcyramme lly realised. I experiment will include a threean hour programme m which the :11 hear ctnversations between tho uiio and many distant parts of the
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    JUMBLE SALE
    42 7 VWC A will bold Jumble Sale at Raffles Quay building on January 29th. 1 I m and would ft* grateful if all their going on leave before that date would n nave their discarded clothes and Id goods for sale.
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    MR. LLOYU GEORGE ATTACKED
    766 7 THE ALLIED COMMAND ieneral Gou^h Breaks 13 Years Silence I. o! ili n, v. 18. Mr. Li yd George showed Ite worst vp i w f his many-sided character m the plot to piece ie BTitlah army under General NiVftllo'l eoiiland after the decbicn had been
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    A CHANGE IN SALVADOR
    246 7 President Unseated After 18 Hours' Revolution Sur< Sslvadc, »e.\ 3. After 18 hours of strenuous street fighting I .evolution m El Salvador came to an end hrn tr-c'.ay when the Government cf President Ar Lirro Araujo was overthrown. A military regim^ is m control cf the
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    BENGAL MAGISTRATE'S MURDER
    533 7 THE COMILLA OUTRAGE J Girl Terrorists m Guise of i Interviewers Comilla, Dec. 14. Mr. Elevens < District Magistrate) was shot dead m his bungalow at about nine this morning by two girls who sought an interview with him. The oiderly also received a bullet wound tn
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    TO FREEDOM
    235 7 Not by Terrorism, But By Suffering i London, !>.'<•. 17. ••1 am torn between an intense impulse to 'return to India immediately because a cri-is is impending tviere and my duty to the' > Cinderella community m South Africa." de- clared Mrs. Sarcjini Naidu. interviewed by I Reuter
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    CHRISTMAS IN MALACCA
    124 7 Quiet Celebration m Sleepy Hollow Malacca, Dec. Christmas, was. rather of a quite nature m Malacca. Many who used to go away for the Xmas holidays did not do so owing to the present depression. The Christ Church held a Service on Christmas Eve at 6.30 wnen
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    THE TRAGEDY OF LADY TORRINGTON
    563 7 N ROOM FIELD WITH GAS iaiety Girl's Death m London Flat IBy Dutcn Axr Mall] I.i t. don. Dec. K. Eleanor Lady Tcrringlon. former wife of the inth Viscount Tcrringtcn. and before thut a Graicty girl." was found dead m a bedroom f her flat
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    SACRIFICED FORTUNE
    199 7 Heiress Tg felfUTjr m Spite of Conditional Will Lee^iea, l>er. n. A clergyman^ daughter, who was lefi- a fortune last year ou condition that she remained single, has become engaged. The- girl is Mis? Ifarji rte Qlementson, the twenty-five ear- id daughter ol a Kent rector. She is
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    POISON-EATER DOES IT AGAIN
    178 7 Diet of Broken Glass, Nails and Acids Calcutta, Dec. 20. Bespqixjing to a challenge following hia lecent demonstration before Sir C. V. Raman. Swnmi Nara Singh, the poison-eater, gave an':tlif: demonstration to-day m Calcutta Univvrsitv Institute Hall before a large gathering of seveial well known citizens
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    TERRORIST THREAT TO EUROPEANS
    413 7 MR. VILLIERS'S APPEAL "We Accept the €Kalten£e" Calcutta. Dec. 23. A remarkable series o| terrorist pamphlets is ftven spccjel prppiineHce"^' In to.-diw's issue of the December number of |be .Revte^ of India, which is the orgao of* the. EirrbpHuT Association. The pamphirts. it is saM WjflU
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    A DIRECT "RIGHT"
    180 7 Fisticuffs \n FrehcH Chajnb^r of Deputies Paris. Dw. IS. There were tisticuffs In tlio Chamber of Deputies this mevnihg. During the debate on unemployment, the Deputy for Lhnbge:. md the SK-ia'is. De.m y for Paris had luvly •altercation m connexion with employment at- a ?"hoe factory at
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    SAILORS' REVENGE
    208 7 Cleaning Up Gangsters m Honolulu Honolulu, T.H.. |>ci. llfc Eii«ht different riot calls were turned out In Honolulu to-night as satifon of the United States Navy, attack d t,. the N.ival Operati Bc^e at Pearl Harbour, nine miles Irora thl cltv. undertook to "clean up* 1 the civilian
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    ANIMALS AND FILM
    132 7 I Barbarous Cruelty Alleged It i rli.n. Dec. 11. •Barbarous cruelty" m the making of animal films was alleged ftt a met ting m London ol the Performing and Captive Animals Defence League. The secretary of the League read j from a Californian film magazine about lions
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    CHEAP DUTCH TEA COMPETITION
    172 7 BROKERS' PROTEST Duty on Foreign Imports Urged ANOTHER ANOMALY IJleuter's Service I Ltinunn, l>e<\ !H. if the \vhoic Importation of cbtap Im li allowed to continue many Empire |M omtvi- nics will, by ruined is itrtaiejd by Messr: Thorn--1 Ivy and Co.. Mincing I .:un' rubber
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    MUSLIM KMTATION
    562 7 Alsagoff Arab School i •By Our Muslim Correspondent! .One of the many ••w.i'kt-" which the late •Syed Mohamed AlsagorT. the Muslim philanthropist, father cf Mr. A. It. AJaagoff, JP. left for the benefit oj teal Muaama is the Alsagoil Arab School, situated il Jalan suiuui where ICualtn boys
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    BIG CASTLE FIRE
    90 7 Damage Assessed at 6. 000.000 Marks Stuttßart. l>cr. T*. Two Bremen were killed, two ;ire ntaini and >«v. n wire .^ri<;usly injured tp-d:iy by the 00lUi ofV piU of tho fimdoi 1.000-year <]d ca tie here whicb bud been ravag d by tkn raflnf ibxc yesterday, it
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    DEACON AT 70
    92 7 Ordination of Post OfYice Engineer 1•' r.iii n. BBS, 10. One of the m</-t extraordinary ordination's m the history of Rochester Cathedral vuis m:i(»<-to-day, when Mr. A. J, Stubbs. a scventy-yt mi (Id i (tiled Post Office engineer*' became a de:«ccn licensed to the curacy of All
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1931. WAR CLOUDS LOWER AGAIN
    928 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1931. WAR CLOUDS LOWER AGAIN From out of the comparative silence of the Christmas period so far as world news is concerned the Sino -Japanese dispute again emerges as the important question of the moment, by reason of the indications that Japan is about
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    COMMODITY MARKET
    75 8 LONDON AND NEW YORK TIN AND RUBBER PRICES [FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT] London, Dec. 28. Messrs. Lewis, Lazarus and Sons notify to-day's tin prices as follows Spot £141 y 2 (£l4iy 8 Forward £144% (£144y 8 The market is strong. Messrs. Symington and Wilson notify to-day's rubber prices
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    TELEGRAPH RATES
    87 8 Increases to be Effective m Unf ederated States It is notified that the increases to take m telegraph rates recently gazetted for the Colony and the P.M.S. are to operate m the Unfederated Malay States (Johore, Kedah, Kelantan, Perils and Trengganu (including Kemaman) as from January Ist. The
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    P. G. WODEHOUSE
    183 8 Free Press Secures Latest Story. Any man who can make the world laugh m these days is an international asset. Necessarily, their number is few, but prominent among them is the gifted author, Mr. P. O. Wodehouse. Mr. Wodehouse has made millions forget their troubles m rollicking
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    COTTON SURPLUS
    111 8 Serious Problems for Egypt and America [Reuter's Service] London, Dec. 28. The record breaking supply of cotton m America and the serious position arising therefrom is discussed m the current issue of the Empire Cottongrowing Review which states that the prospective American crop is enormous even compared with
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    MR. C. P. SCOTT
    60 8 Head of Manchester Guardian 111 [British Radio Official Service] Rugby, Dec. 28. Mr. C. P. Scott, for many years Editor and Proprietor and now Governing Director of the Manchester Guardian, is lying seriously ill a f his home at Manchester. This morning a bulletin reported that
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    PRINCE DAMRONG
    43 8 Tour Cancelled Owing to Illness [FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT] Bangkok, Dec. 28. Prince Damrong, who had planned an archaeological tour m North Siam and was leaving on Wednesday, has cancelled the programme owing to being laid up with an intestinal complaint.
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    PANTOMIME
    258 8 Robinson Crusoe at the Theatre The first performance of Singapore's first pantomime, Robinson Crusoe, produced by local amateurs In conjunction with the members of the Hollywood Hi-Lights company at the Victoria Theatre last night, could hardly have been said to have gone off with a swing, owing, perhaps, to
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    ASIATIC UNEMPLOYMENT FUND
    84 8 The Committee beg to acknowledge with many thanks the receipt of the following subscriptions: Previously acknowledged $9,591.35 Madam T.T.N. 200.00 Mr. C. V. Miles 100.00 Mr. O. W. Seabrldge 25.00 Straits Times Press (2nd Contribution) 25.00 Mr. S. S. Franklin 25.00 Anonymous (Johore) 25.00 R. and D.
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    MANUFACTURERS' EXHIBITION
    960 8 GUIDE ISSUED Remarkable Temporary Station Effects ARTISTIC PLATFORMS From to-day, v/ith the issue of the offi™ guide, the chief topic or conversation pore will be the Manufacturer* l\. which will be opened by HE. th< <;■, (Sir Cecil Clcr.ientl) at the n«-v Hsji terminal station m Keppel Road
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    18 8 Mr. P. E. Perera. director of ttM M«'« Institute, has been elected a Fellow of th< Economic Society.
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      267 8 I BY A^OINTMCHT TO y^fi? HIS MAJESTY THE KING 8 Champagne. I r— !> REIMS. Sole Agents CALDBECK MACGREGOR CO., LTD., (Incorporated under the Companlet' Ordinance* of Hong Kjng) I {Incorporated m Shanghai) 201 CANTONMENT ROAD. TELEPHONE 5371 5372. BY SPEC lAL TO H. M. THE APPOINTMENT m *4S^ KING
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      42 8 ASftMMfiUS FISH TRAVEL ENORMOUS DISTANCES, says a scientist. Goldfish are persistent globe-trotters. Which brings to mind the fact that a "GAFLAC" BAGGAGE POLICY is .a necessity to every traveller. GENERAL ACCIDENT, FIRE Ml LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION, LTD. Hongkong Bank Chambers. Telephone 6480.
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    CAMPAIGN ON MORE EXTENSIVE SCALE
    1675 9 CAMPAIGN ON MORE EXTENSIVE SCALE JAPANESE TROOPS ON THE MOVE THREATENED RESUMPTION OF HOSTILITIES TOKIO'S OFFICIAL "EXPLANATION" have ieun f^"*"' 0 8 ln th neighbourhood of Chinchow have begun a general movement with a view to a campaign SS st^ h• n m re eXtenSive scale tha hitherto"*," plainly stated
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    "UNTOUCHABLES" CLASH WITH CONGRESSITES
    128 9 "UNTOUCHABLES" CLASH WITH CONGRESSITES GANDHI'S WARM WELCOME "If a Fight Comes be Ready" [Reuter's Service] Bombay, Dec. 28. Mr. Gandhi's arrival this morning was the signal for an attempt by J.OOO "Untouchable" volunteers armed with lathis and carrying black flags to stage an anti-Gandhi demonstration on the pier. Twelve were
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    THE KUOMINTANG
    113 9 Official Results of Elections [Reuter's Far Eastern Service] Nankin*, Dec. 28. It is officially announced that the results of to-day's elections at the plenary session of the Kuomintang were as follows: Mr. Lin Sen. Chairman of the National Government (virtually having the same powers as the French President);
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    CHINA FLOOD RELIEF
    73 9 Britain's Response to League Appeal [Reuter'a Service] Geneva, Dec. 28. The Society of Friends of Britain have contributed £250,000 towards flood relief m China which with other sums, has enabled the despatch of an Egyptian bacteriologist with assistants and a travelling laboratory equipped with anti-smallpox and anti-cholera
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    CHRISTMAS AT HOME
    62 9 Warm Weather Brings Out Crowds [British Radio— Official Service] Rugby, Dec. 28. Remarkably warm weather was the chief feature of the Christmas holiday and parks and commons were thronged with people. Road traffic was heavy on Saturday and Sunday and promenades at seaside resorts presented a gay
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    42 9 Concentration of Navy and Air Forces at Hawaii [Reuter's Service] Washington, Dec. 28. It is officially announced that extensive joint manoeuvres by the entire United States naval and air forces will occur off Hawaii from February 6 to February 11
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    DISASTROUS FIRE
    33 9 1,100 Men Rendered Idle m Pennsylvania [Reuter's Service] Altoona, Fenn. Dec. 2S. Eleven hundred men have been rendered idle as a result of a $1,500,000 fire m the Pennsylvania Railway workshops.
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    SIX MONTHS' VOYAGE
    41 9 Wellington's New Dock Arrives [Reuter's Service] Wellington, Dec. 28. After a six months' voyage from the Tyne, where it was built, one of the largest floating docks m the world has arrived here for service m Wellington Harbour.
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    132 9 In marked Government silence, but is interpreted m diplomatic circles as frank confirmation that Toklo fully intends completing "the conquest" of Manchuria. A REPORT DENIED Combatants Converge on Tawi (Renter's Far Eastern Service] Shaagftai, Dee. 28. An irresponsible Chinese report thai 100 Japanese were killed during heavy fighting m the
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    BASLE REPORT ON REPARATIONS
    813 9 GRAVE MENACE Importance of Franco-British Understanding JANUARY MEETING [British Radio— Official Service] Rugby, Dee. 28. The full report of the Special Advisory Committee of the Bank of International Settlements, convoked on Germany's initiative m accordance with the provisions of the Young Plan, is being despatched to
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    EROS COMES BACK
    54 9 London's Best Loved Statue Returns to Piccadilly [Reuters Service] London, Dee. 28. At a few minutes before midnight the little god Eras, London's most beloved statue (which waa removed m 1925 owing to Piccadilly Circus alterations) wm unveiled m its old position to the cheers of thousands
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    38 9 A Watchnight Service will be held In the Straits Chinese Methodist Church, Kampong Kapor, on Thursday, beginning at 11 o'clock. Bishop Edwin F. Lee will preach. A collection will be taken for the British and Foreign Bible ■Society.
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    THE GENIUS OF HEGEL
    1102 12 THE GENIUS OF HEGEL HIS LIFE AND WORK Reason and the World Spirit Saturday, November 14, was the hundredth [anniversary of the death of Hegel, the German I philosopher, who was responsible for the last I of the great systems of philosophy, and the most I comprehensive and daring of
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      409 12 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 S.S. MANGOLA t3,352 tons). {Cargo only.] s.s. MARELLA is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australla. Cabins de
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      461 12 KERR STEAMSHIP Co. be (Incorporated In U.S.A.) GENERAL AGENTS. NEW YORK SERVICE. Regular Freight Service to Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore (via Suez)'. Hue Sails hue y „r M.S. SILVERPALM In Port Jan. 4 F^b 1 M.S. SILVERTEAK Jan. 19 Jan. 25 Kcb M M.S. SILVERSANDAL Feb. 9 Fcb
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      669 12 MAIL DESPATCHES BY TRAIN Bangkok every Monday Thuisday 7.30 a.m. Kedah Monday to Friday 7.30 a.m. Saturday 6 p.m. Kuantan (via Jerantut) 6 pm. Kelantan every Sunday 4 p.m. Tuesday and Friday 7.30 a.m. Serembau, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Penang and Lower Siam 7.30 a.m. F.M.S., Batu Anam, Batu Pahat, Kluang,
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      STRANDING OF THE PLANORBIS
      739 13 MASTER EXONERATED Krror of Judgment Due to Abnormal Set of Tide The circumstances attending th? grounding of the Planorbis off the coast of North Borneo on November 18th. last were described at a Court of Inquiry held at Hong Kong, when wiaptaln W Fretwell, master of
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      VALUABLES OVERBOARD
      57 13 To Save Ship m Severe Gale Helsinpfors, Dec. 19. Valuable antique furniture, paintings and carpets belonging to M. Von Heidenstam, the newly appointed Swedish Minister m Finland, had to be thrown overboard from a vessel m which they were being shipped owing to a severe gale outside Helsingfors
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      PASSENGERS ARRIVED
      219 13 Per Plancius: Capt. O'Halloran, Mr. Go Eng Oei, Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Sheppard, Mr. Sivelli, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Prewen, Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Davidson, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Flowers, Mrs. McComdless, Miss Dr. Faus, Mr. and Mrs. Olivier, Mrs. M. E. Bornsquet, Mr.
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      SHIP FIRED BY BUTT OF CIGARETTE
      710 13 LEAPS FOR LIFE Master Beaches Blazing Vessel. More than 20 people are believed to have lost their lives, and $100,000 damage was caused as the result of a fire that swept over the Ta Dah Steamship Company's Ta Te at Corner Buoy, near Hsupoo,
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      FOR CHINA STATION
      92 13 Destroyers Call at Singapore H.M. Destroyers Verity, Whitehall and WiJd Swan, each of 1.120 tons, and H.M.S. Wishart, of 1,140 tons, arrived here yesterday afternoon at 2.30 p.m. from Penang. The four destroyers are taking the places of H.MS. Thracian, Somme, Sepoy and Stormcloud which passed through
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    143 13 Deep regret will be caused by the death of Capt. Harry Armstrong Settle of the China Navigation Company, who passed away at the French Hospital, Hong Kong, from penumonia at the early age of 31 years. A well-known and popular officer of the Company, the late Capt. Settle, whose home
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      222 13 G WITHOUT DELAY THE NEW 1932 AUSTIN SEVEN ON DISPLAY AT JOHN LITTLE Co. SINGAPORE. *a 8 Stud CSS iM 1 N erve troubles f JL Mk Loss of nerve-strength may result m such fwLJKLw nnrrcwß, seemingly different complaints as listlessSSSi«BEfif^/il ness, stomach troubles, and lack of appelsm tite,sleeplessness,and nervous
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    DASH TO SAVE EXPRESS
    154 14 Attempted Terrorist Outrage m Bengal Calcutta, Dec. 18. A thrilling dash by a railwayman to save the Dehra Dun Express from a disastrous crash occurred m the early hours yesterday, when a trolley man just managed to warn a signalboxman that some fishplates had been removed
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    DEAN INGE AS DICTATOR
    245 14 "What I Would do with the World" London, Dec. 4. Plans for bringing i>,bout Utopia within 20 years were outlined by Dean Inge m a broadcast speech m the British Broadcasting Corporation's series "What I would do with the World." The Dean announced that the "first
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    FLOOD DANGERS
    234 14 L Postmaster's Escape at Sungei Lembing Communication was established on Wednesday by wireless between Kuala Lumpur and Sungei Lembing, the headquarters of Pahang Consolidated Company's activities, (states the Malay Mail*. On the previous Friday the floods rose to 14 feet but subsided to nine feet. During the night
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    POWERFUL SEARCHLIGHT
    223 14 Possible to Read m It Five Miles Away I -ii iido ii !><•« A new dt'f. nee Muamst ni«.ht bomtxrs m tl,form of a search-hunt of almost uivaiiiry properties h;>s just bffii t-sted by the Wur Ot!i*. sine! is likely to replace the old type oi ■earth* liyht
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    THE DEPRESSION
    163 14 Old Cierman Firm m DifTkulties Iterlin. l> A Ifiwatton \v:»s cnivcd OH Fiid.i news thnt the fimoiis old Oennsu I mumfacfjrv of B' rsi« tt 'I 1 Berlin, h.d m?pend d payment, but was frit m financi;l elrctel vten known that the renowned Bonli worln as ;.n v
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      278 14 Rtduftd !ii <i mile XiiSr In tubes for the Handbag or Pocket "'HAZELINE' SNOW tirade Mark) This delicately perfumed preparation is quickly absorbed by the skin and vanishes without leaving a trace of greasiness* Throughout the day, always keep a tube with you ready for immediate use Buy pot for
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      745 14 BANKS AND INSURANCE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. 1 (Incorporated m England by Royal Charter) Paid up capital In 600,000 snares r of £5 each £3.000,000 Reserve Fund £4,000,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3,000,000 HEAD OFFICE: 38. Bishopsgate, London, E.C. 2. r Agencies and Branches: Alor Star Harbin
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      145 14 THE /^iOT^V SOUTH f Mf^l BRITISH INSURANCE COMPANY. UMIIM. FIRE, MARINE, TRANSII AND MOTOR CAR INSURANCE ACCEPTED VI LOWEST CURRENT RATFs L C. MARGOLIOUTH. MarianOffice: 2. Ftnlayson Green THE EASTERN UNITED ASSURANCE CORPORATION Ui> FIRE, MARINE. MOTOR CAR AND 1 PERSONAL ACCIDENI INSURANCE. s L. G. JOHNSON: General Mana C
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      635 14 ROUND YOUR DIAL Popular Shortwave Radio Stations The following Is a list of stations which can be received In Singapore: Java Stations: Bandoeng PLM fron. about 5.20 pjn. gramophone records and telephony tests with Sydney, Australia, and other stations. Usual call after records "Hullo Sydney." Tan Jong Priok, 21 metres
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    TYRE INDUSTRY
    1278 15 Safeguarding the Export Credits i rubber manufacturer .1 $10,000 order Cor tyres and merchant In nahrrhi. Persia, a '>n;tt hi gnait th buyer his the Persian territory. The Furnished bank and business detailed Instructions as to the shipping ti the order, and apecisight draft, documenti against Bahrein. manufacturer
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    LYALL & EVATT'S DAILY REPORT
    120 15 LYALL EVATT'S DAILY REPORT Sinsaprrc, I>ec. 28. IHrkeCa m very quiet to-day, bavins atarce- veK'J ii-.'./i he Christmas holiday recess. Bubb v tare keep fairly steady, and there jre Stll 1 buy: Of M-.iitik.ibs at 2T-... Ulu 2 m. at 27. Pajanxi at 1.05. Kcmpas at 1.00. ■>'l No": S
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    LIMUT, A RUBBER DIVIDEND PAYER
    203 15 it is refreshing m Iheae dull days to find s rut'jer company paying l dttldend. Burprl* Ing, perhaps, is it to know that such payment i*a« act-ifily been earaad. The old Lumu undertaking, iminrtirr cf the Harrftmna am Crosfleld group, announces m its report a
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    To-Day's Price Changes
    344 15 To- Day's Price Changes EXCHANGE RATES December 28 SELLING London. 4 months' sight 2 4 932 London. 3 months' sight 2 4 732 London, 60 days' sight 2 4 5 32 London, 30 days' sight 2,4Vs London, demand 24 332 London. T.T. 214 I|l6 Lyons, Prris. demand 940 Hamburg, demand
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION
    65 15 December 28th.. 12 o'clock noon Buyers Sellers R.S.S. equal to London Standard. Spot 10 's 19% Standard R.S.S. on Tender Jan. 10 X 10 "v February 10 10S Jan. -March 10 10S April- June 11 11 Tone of Market Steady Quiet. Latest Cable: London Spot
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    FRASER'S SHARE LIST
    769 15 MONDAY. DEC. 2gTH 19X1 CLOSING QUOTATIONS DOLLAR RUBBERS Allenbys isli 65 7a Alor Gajah <$1) 40 45 A. Hitam (I) 75 80 Am. Malay ($2) 85 90 A. Kuning ($1) 10 15 AJWT Molek ($1) 45 50 Ayer Panas ($1) 60 65 Bassett ($1) 36 41 Brogas
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    TELOK KRUIN TIN
    156 15 Restriction Hardship on Economic Mine (Prom Our Own Corvebponuem j Iprh, I>e<\ 28. At the annual me?ting of Telok Kruin Tin. »nc of Osbornc and Chappel's economic mines, the hardship nf restriction on such concerns was disclosed. Mr. Brash, presiding, said output was 3,475 pikuls compared with
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    ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN CANADA
    389 15 Indications of optimism for th>' return of prosperity m Canada have been noticeably expressed throughout the country. For the past four months Canada has balanced her international trade m her own favour. Considerable improvements m her export trade have been noted as well as decided increases
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    KAMPAR TIN
    330 15 i Speaking at the ordinary general meeting of Consolidated Goldfields (if South Africa. Lord Bradbourne said I We have a large holding m Kampar. Malaya. j which ha.s fully maintained its position as one cf the lowest cost producers m the world, having reduced it; total cost- per
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    BATU CAVES TIN
    1261 15 A "Most Unsatisfactory" Year Th filth c rdinarv general meeting of the Bitu Cav:\s Tin Dredging Co.. Ltd.. was held at 33. Beach Street. Pennng. on Tuesday. Mr. D. A. M. Brown presided and the others present weie. M?ssrs. A. H. Miles. D. H. Hampshire, W H.
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      77 15 Assets exceed $12,000,000 Assurance m force over $35,000,000 The Great Eastern life Assurance Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m the Straits Settlements) HEAD OFFICE. Great Eastern Life Building, Cecil Street, Singapore LONDON OFFICE: 27. Old Jewry. E.C. TtM Company has £20.000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England and complies with the
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    THE MALAYAN TURF
    113 16 S.R.A. AMENDMENT Classification of Horses and Ponies List No. 6. Amendment No. 1. Issued Dec. 28th., 1931. HORSES TRANSFERS Clargo from Class 2 to Class 3. Likeness from Cla^s 2 to Class 3. Sahaya Punya from Class 4 to Class 3. Windgarde from Class 4 to Class
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    HOCKEY
    84 16 The Rest Trial Teams The following have been invited to play hockey en the Indian Association grounds on Tut sday it 5 p.m. sharp C'clours S Oehlers; Chaterjee, A. G. Armstrong: G. Ross. BMkann, and G. Oehlers: Katiyal, R. C Oi hlers. M M. H. Namazie <Capt>. G. Armstrong
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    LADIES' HOCKEY
    84 16 Teams for To-day's Trial Match Thi' following have b'.'i'n invited to play m (In trial match this afternoon on the Raffles College eiound. Bukit Timah Road: Whites. Mi Ci,mti; Illsa Sturrcck. Miss Snow; M 's fcfuriSOO, Mrs. Joy. Mirs C. Bruce Pvtr.v: Mis H::cki<;n. Mrs. Murrell. Mrs. Pigg?.
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    RUGBY LEAGUE
    83 16 Close Results m Most Matches The following are the results of the matches played under Rugby League Rules to-day: Barrow 13. York 3. Bradford N 15. Hull 12. Dewsbury 2. Broughton 11. Featherstone 3. Hunslet 3. Halifax 15. Leigh 9. Hull K.R. 5. Wakefield 8. Keighley 5, Castlefcrd
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    KEPPEL GOLF CLUB
    76 16 Christmas Competitions Winners MEN'S ECLECTIC Winner B. la Cloche 37 4 33 MIXED FOURSOME Winners Mrs. R. E. Earle and J. B. Stevemon 47 6 41 NEW YEAR COMPETITIONS Friday. January Ist, 1932. Approtu hinu; and Putting Competition at 9.30 a.m. t.. be followed by Caddies Competition.
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    RACE COURSE GOLF CLUB
    104 16 Gold Medal Competition Result The Gold Mtdal Competition was won by A. F. She» dy. The following are the full results: Ist. Round.— illHena <1?; beat Morita (4) 3 and 2; de S<;uzh »14> beat Hccc en (14) 4 nnd 3; Lim (6) beat Ifoon <10»
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB
    33 16 The January Bogey Competition will be played on Saturday and Sunday, the 2nd and 3rd prox. The January Ladies' Medal Competition will be played on Monday next- the 4th prox.
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    72 16 D N Kftpoor, the all-India tennis champion, caused surprise by beating Miki, one of the J ap;u ,-s, s ir players visiting Calcutta, by B— <i. I—,-, f; .< A I r B t frl "Greener Lit} »us Co.) >..n hange seven miles road walKirj; .'I o lor the thi:
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    TEST AND SHIELD CRICKET
    561 16 AUSTRALIAN MATCHES Kigg's Lucky Century at Sydney New South Wales and Queensland won full Sheffield Shield points at the expense of South Australia and Victoria respectively m games which concluded just before Christmas, the results being affected to a certain extent by the fact that ttie
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    MOTHERWELL'S RECORD
    107 16 Unbeaten at Home Since 1929 London, Dec. 19. Mothcrwcll preserved their unbeaten home record, which has been inviolate since 1929 against Queen's Park. Scoring through Moflat, McMenemy. McFadyen and Stevenson, they led by four goals to one at the interval. Gillespie's being the only response. After that the
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    GARRISON GOLF CLUB
    60 16 Fixtures For January 1932 Friday to Monday. Ist to 4th. Hose Cr.p (18 holes stroke on H'Cap). Saturday and Sunday. 9th and 13th. Men's Monthly Medal (stroke). Wednesday and Thursday. 13th and 14th, ladies' Monthly Medal (stroke). Sunday. 24th. Match Versus Keppel Golf Club (hornet. Tuesday. 26th.
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    FOOTBALLERS WHO ARE PRICELESS
    116 16 Scotland has new two footballers whom money cannot buy. At the beginning of the reason Tottenham Hotspur offered Mctherwell a blank cheque for George Stevenson, the Scotland forward. In making the offer Tottenham reminded Motherwell that they were prepared to beat the record transfer f: e
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    S.C.C. RUGBY
    65 16 The following have been invited to play Rugby football for S.C.C. vs. P.S.R.F.C. on Thursday Dec. 31. at Duneam Road. D. R. Harpor; R. M. Hoops, J. L. Bcnnar E A. Brodie. G. E. Tatham; J. M. Houghton, G C. Parsons; E. J. Sturgess. H. C. Allen S
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    SOUTH AFRICANS' DUBLIN VICTORY
    566 16 IRELAND'S BLUNDERS Fatal Mistakes By Egan London, Dec. 19. With only one defeat behind them, and with their victory over Wales, the International champions, to encourage them at Dublin to-day, the South Africans overcame Ireland m the second International of their tour by a placed goal
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    BIG SWEEPSTAKES DENOUNCED
    252 16 Earl of Harewood's Statement London, Dec. 4. The Earl of Harewood (Princess Mary's husband*, who is one of the stewards of the Jockey Club, denounced big sweepstakes m emphatic terms last night. He was speaking at the annual Gimcrack Dinner at York. He attacked sweeps because, he
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    HISTORIC MATCH
    75 16 Richmond's Victory Over Blackheath Lcndon, Dec. 19. The time-honoured Rugger meeting between Richmond and Blackheath, first played m 1867, provided a worthy struggle. The Richmond forwards beat the home pack. Richmond were better all. -round and won through tries rccred by Chapman. Clarke, Holman, Burgess, Allen and Hopwood.
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    40 16 Mr. W. Coles, of Isleworth, has been appointed Kings Waterman. He was once a well known sculler and won numerous trophies, including three Thames Coats and Badges. He trained Barry when he defeated GootiseU for the world's championship m 1927.
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    WHO WILL CHALLENGE SCHMELING?
    1130 16 THE BIG BAFFLE Heavyweight Championship Problem Who is the best challenger for Max Schmeling's heavyweight titte? Camera cannot punch, Sharkey has moods, Walker is too small, Dempsey's reported comeback is still a report and Ernie Schaff is being held on ice. No wonder the promoters have
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