The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 2 January 1932

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1 32 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 16 1 The Singapore Free Press SO. 13,533. ESTABLISHED 1835. SINGAPORE, S.S. SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1932. 10 CENTS.
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  • 363 1 The K.B.E. is conferred upon Mr. John Scott, Colonial Secretary, in the New Year lie nours. which include a Viscounty for Lord Sankey; the King's Police Medal is awarded to several European and Asiatic officers tn Singapore Pages 11 and 12. China, in an appeal to the
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  • 1129 1 Quit-quid aaunt hohiiucs uostn est farrago Libelli Juvenal. The Topicist wishes all his readers a happy and prosperous New Year. He recollects equally felicitous greetings a year ago. but they wi n certainly not very effective, adverse influences, such as war debts, rubber doldrums, tin tantrums
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 414 1 BIGIA TEA Brings the freshness and fragrance of the Malayan gardens direct to your home. I R4EELES HOTEL j Excellent Accommodation with Modern Sanitation. I TO-DAY— TIFFIN DANCE 1 TO 2.30 P.M. j I RIJSTTAFEL in the GRILL ROOM I J 1 TO 3 P.M. i Please make your reservations
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    • 276 1 THE EUROPE HOTEL nPAWT^I Wl"^ SUNDAY CONCERT PROGRAMME 9.15 p.m. to 11 p.m. Concert Valse BEAUTIFUL -p. BLUE DANUBE Waldteufel SpeCl 1 Dinner Overture PIQUE DAME Suppe -p. Grand Selection THE THISTLE Myddelton Snd LJ&nCe Intermezzo VIENNA, TOWN OP MY DREAMS Sadelc NO EXTRA CHARGE FOR AFTER Interval 10 fcjirmtes
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    • 159 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMEM S Fro h M'lk from Cold Storags Pig) 11. Cow and Gate for the babies Page 13. K v end Walsh's d cilemlar nd P:*gS 1. Bulldog Guinness la famed through the Page r G *.rt fhe id si v.i'i vith a. Btapl u ittrei Pj r 11.
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    • 11 1 There is no better Tea than BIGIA TEA GROWN IN MALAYA
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  • 353 2 Janet (Jay nor and Charles Farrell Together Again Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell arc screened together again in 'Merely Mary Ann.*' the Fox film which opened a season at the Alhambra Theatre on Thursday. There is no doubt whatever that these two artists can make a success
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  • 74 2 IB total values. Malaya's best customers in 1930 were the Netherlands East Indies, the Mnited States of America, the United Kingdom Siam. and India with $326 million, $250 million. 1184 million. $97 million, and $96 million, respif ti\« )v The principal import trade was with tiie Netherlands
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  • 53 2 Imports of tin ore in Malaya in 1930 <v<ra._M<i lrom 48.759 tons to 47.165 tons or ■JT 4%. values declining from $61,814,000 to ♦40.745.000. or by 35' c Exports of smelted tin decreased from 102.026 tons to 97.213 tons a fall of 4.7%. values declining from $182.129 000 to $123,772,000
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 519 2 BUSINESS CaARDS. BE PHOTOGRAPHED BY H. NUGENT BUCKERIDGE Highest Class Work— Lowest Bates. LAIDLAW BUILDING— Phone 7898. MARBLE FLOORING TILES. SINGAPORE CASKET CO., Nos. 1 3. Penhas Road, Off Lavender Street Phone 6*75. CAIRNHOLM PRIVATE HOSPITAL 55, Cairnhill Road, Singapore. Open to patients under the care of their own doctor.
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    • 570 2 TENDERS. SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL NOTICE TENDERS. NOTICE Is hereby given that tenders are now invited for the following materials or services and that particulars of such tenders may be obtained ln tha Tender Room, Municipal Offices Sale and removal of disused Pumping Plant and Boilers at Mackenzie Rd. Pumping Station. Date
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    • 676 2 TRADE MARK NOTICE. TRADE MARK CAUTIONARY NOTICE. directions. BRAND CO 'S ESSENCE OF BEEF. It Is best taken cold, and should «T rig 0 be kept prtvjpua _to use in a cool This, Essence, which consists of the stirtaulatiug and nourishing f £f5 0 place, it possible ON ICE. properties
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    • 301 2 GOVERNMENT EVENING fcl ASSESJ Raffles Institution.! I Classes will be held in the following subjects and commence fl on Monday, January llth. 1932 TECHNICAL COIYIMEfcCIAL "J 1. Chemistry (Theoretical and Practical.) L 2. Plumbing and Sanitary l Book-keeping Mr Engineering m 3. Building Construction. 2 Typing. A 4. Theory of
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 150 2 THE WEEK Saturday. 2nd. High Water. 15.25, 8.6 ft.. 16.46. 8.0 ft. Mag mpati Manufacturers* Exhibition New Railway Station (opening by H.E. the Governor) at 4 p.m. Rugby: A. Co. S.V.C. vs. B Co. SVC, at SCC Public Services vs. S. Johore. at Dunearn Road. BOCkef: SCO vs. Combined Services,
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  • 1264 3 GERMAN SCHEME CAUSES CONTROVERSY NEW FORM OF TAX Berlin. AMIDST the isms and schisms of Germany threatening to tear the Fatherland asunder a plan has been evolved which in the belief of its originators is destined to solve the unemployment problem and to make of Germany free, strong,
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  • 177 3 Salvation Army Guard of Honour London. Dec. 17. The Queen was given a great oval-ion thL= afternoon when -she drove through the crowded streets of the East End of London to Whitechapel in order to open the new Salvation Army Hostel for women, which has been
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  • Article, Illustration
    14 3 BATTLE PRACTICE. Gunfire from the leader el Lhe line il.n:.- V. Ited N.'.vy manoeuvres.
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  • 493 3 CONVICTS BREAK PRISON REFUGEES CAUGHI Warden Abducted and Arm Shot on Leaver, wr.rth. Kansas. Hee. 11. lii one of the most daring prison breaks in American criminal bMon ■i* convicts serving life terms m the Federal Penitentiary here today fought their way to freedom if ter abducting 'he Warden. The
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  • 121 3 Terrible Hardship in North hina IVkiiiK. Dee. I_. The weathei b intensely eoM m Peking and isual during these sj* lis the i*>or and the destitute are Btifferini terrible hardship Dulni 1 11 and 4;> destitute liave inn :i t', deatta In th st: et) here iteee nmrsday.
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  • 101 3 Historic Book Sold in London I ndon. DOO. I*> A hist m Bible which < indattood earlier gem id by auction ta liondon t<<day f r sixty-five i billin it is known si the 'i' irt' Bible snd contains malicious Inaccuracies tn ertod by CromoroQl ie iter
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  • 108 3 Sven Hedin Returning in Near Future Stockholm, l>er. 12 In iptti ol difficult* < .sd by tho drop u» \ebue < it that thi famous explorer, Bven Hedin, has arranfsd t<> return t i dlred the o rk ol bi expedition in I iw th thi f
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 332 3 When dressing for dinner /Zr?dEh%(m The use of "'Hazeline' Snow" is S_ V mSf '^l indispensable. It cleanses the pores, refreshes the skin and provides V *^V < /J_\ ne perfect surface for the final ff) application of face powder. Mk "'HAZELINE' A W-^r (J 'M 'Trad* Mark) YS TfM
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    • 77 3 _i_______M___B___^Hi^M HALF THE WORLD ammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmt9^WMMMMmM999MMM^mim9MMMmMWMMMMMMmmmtJOmm7Jmm9 j Lives in ignorance as to how the other half exists j Even in Singapore there are industries in operation concerning which the average citizen knows little or nothino: at all j I The "Singapore Manufacturers' Exhibition"" i* an effort to spread knowledge and to
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  • 2549 4 P. G. Wodehouse's Latest Story Begins To-day Dr. SALLY Bill Bannister had a habit of falling in love at first sight but Uncle H 112:0 did not believe in "boys being boys." r[E eighteenth hole at Bingley-on-Sea. that golfers' Mecca on the South Coast of England, is one of those
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  • 90 4 The rabber production of Malaya was 435.063 tons in 1930. as compared with 444.00b tons in 1929, consisting of 236,775 tons or 54% by the larger estates, and 198,288 tons or 46% by native holdings, as compared with an acreage ratio of 60% to 40%, indicating more intensive
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  • 817 4 The Price Question In obtaining a stall at the Singapore Manufacturers' Exhibition, the Department o: Fisheries. S.S. and F.M.S. have been actuate*, by two praiseworthy motives. The first is tc draw attention to the fact, most impo- tant in this time of slump, that there are
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  • 216 4 Chinese Factory In Singapore Chinese patent medicines are made in Singapore. The most widely known of these are the products of the Eng Aun Tong factory in Neil Road, which are sold all over Malaya and enjoy a considerable export business with the Dutch East Indies. They include
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  • 47 4 Tho average for the year 1930 of the demand rate on London, based on monthly averages of daily quotations in the Press at Singapore, was 27.75 pence (par being 28.00 pence or by 0.90% of par in favour ot sterling, which was also the average in 1929.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 76 4 The Blood is the Stream of Life mm TO TREAT DISEASE] REMOVE THE CAUSE CLARKE'S BLOOD MIXTURE in the treatment of Blood and Skin Diseases gets to the root of the trouble I by purifying the Blood. In cases of S RHEUMATISM ULCERATED LEGS STIFF JOINTS PSORIASIS/ LUMBAGO ECZEMA SCIATICA
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    • 264 4 J VISIT I SECTION Q. SINGAPORE I MANUFACTURERS' EXHIBITION FURNITURE 1 V BY J* I FRANKELS X EQUAL ek TO THL BEST f V LONDON MADE v mmmma^^Amm^^r^^f^r/fmA Wam m (iiMmm Mm^imt^ H Bg| FURTHER SHIPaMENT ♦J* OF ♦> J SHaANGHaAI SILK I UNDERWEAR. 5 LaADIES X OF t SINGAPORE
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  • 1179 5 Large Export Business I Tinned provisions are manufactured in Singapore. The manufacture is on a small scale, and it owes its existence to the enterprise of a Chinese immigrant from Swatow who learned the art of canning meat in China and. when he died recently, left his
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  • 1006 5 Aerocrete Blocks Singapore has not been slow to ado:?: modern building developments. With the evolution of the wall, from something which shared with the pillars the task of supportr.,:; a building, into solely a partition or enclosure, experiments for decreasing to as low a degree as possible
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  • 45 5 Constituted forestry reserves in Malaya at he end of 1930 amounted to 5.590.000 acres or 8.735 square miles or 17' of the area of the Peninsula, and the total area under forest to approximately 2ri.84fJ.000 acre, or 41.947 square miles or 82', of the Peninsula.
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  • 507 5 Manufacture on Wholesale Scale It is not of the übiquitous ice-cream vendor that these few lines would tell, but of a local manufacture that has solved for the Singapore housewife one of the problems of afternoon and dinner parties. It has been possible for many years to settle the
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  • 53 5 A meeting ol the Malayan Agxi u Advisory* Committee deasded, espeeaaU of the economic situation, that in efToi I should be made to stimulate in:.!ho. Mi compel ltipn i op ail races, a report on the successful garden competitions rerently hi Id in the three districts of Malacca had just
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  • 443 5 European and a\siatic Fashions The an of jewellery making in Singapore is in the hands of the Asiatic The jewellery sold in the European shops is imported. The Asiatic leweHery workers arc Chinese. Sinhalese and Indian The better class Sinhalese es laHhhmenl aims to satisfy the taste of Um
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  • 60 5 ihe total area of pineapples under cultlvation in Malaya in I<J3<> w ij ki*4 Including aiy ade., oa land. In Johofi 4,:» aen i n the Mais ss, principally la Ihe sUstrld ot t. dan, with ntifl l.\ I-'. Chifl and tui the tins and 1 at Klang
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 635 5 DREADED GOING TO ENGLAND Lumbago Always Crippled Him NOW KRUSCHEN KEEPS M %>s HIM FREE Hau{land hasn't ail monopoh m 4S^*J» Mf^W^-^xk] Lumbago. Yet. alt h< itfh this engineer *>~pi W .-.lp has li\ed m many parte ol the world, 1* 'WL mwu/ it was always when m- went home
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    • 70 5 I K*_ M ILoie IT GOOD USED CARS I DODGE TOURER I in excellent running order— s2so. I HUPMOBILE 6, I a good car at a very cheap I price. Ip__!dO. I fBV\ ESSEX 6 SALOON, I D%_ a ?ooc com for table car at I\V Jy^^^ a ,ow figure.
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  • 1609 6  - AGE COMES INTO ITS OWN Our Film Correspondent (By Alhambra Attractions IN a day when' youth to be th letl h. the |n Hf.llvv are a triumph for middle age, writes MollaMerrick in a special despatch to Wt Pn Marie Dressier and Lionel Barryaeore, wsterana both In legitfanate stage endeavour,
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  • 985 6  -  Mollie Merrick (By Hollywood. BEAUTY is starving in Hollywood; the growth of realism has demanded real-lookang people and not the glorious brauty that once held sway on the screen. Personality, too. still Ls in demand." So Marion Oaring, director of "Ladies of the Big House"
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  • 923 6  - LEAGUE FOOTBALL AT ITS BEST IVAN SHARPE (By Some Post-War Champions How Everton Compare with their Predecessors I AS Everton have been continuing to startle the football world by dealing in sixes, sevens., eights and nines and so are setting up an impressing challenge for the championship it may be
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 118 7 I /x__P^7^ Vv Xv^^&\_ I I /^/£Mr s-JXM Wm E I ty i I JPv^/' a/A^\ I I /_#ta\ °TBT_rT_/ fk_s^^s^MusL_» ll I I 1 /Cy/ N^^arW^^ wiflt\\ JLlUhlj^+S? I H I AWW .^xWa _K^<_ jr a_V^ VJ s_l _r __W i m\\\mmj AmW^ W\br X ~_c-^ f mm M
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  • 1217 8 NEW PREMISES Viceroy Lays Foundation Stone In the presence of a large and distinguished gathering, representative cf all sections of the community, European and Indian, official and ncn-olTaCial. His Excellency the Viceroy laid the foundation stone of the new premises of the Statesman Press in Chowringhee
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  • 33 8 Messrs. A. E. Lewis. E. A. J_amerton and J. Ryder, all of the F.M.S. Police, who are retiring from Government service shortly, were at Taiping on Wednesday, bidding eood-bve to their friends- TOM
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  • Article, Illustration
    12 8 KASHMIR disturbances Police guarding prisoners taken during the recent disturbances in Kashmir.
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  • 254 8 REAL BEAUTY "God's Greatest Gift to a Woman" God's greatest gift to a woman is a beautiful voice, according to Miss Taliulah Bankhead. the actress whom London knows so well, and who is now in America making films. 'As you probably know," she
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  • 167 8 $1,270,000 Goods Sealed Up at Shanghai During the period from November 25 to December 10, $1,270,000 worth of Japanese goods owned by Chinese merchants in Shanghai were sealed up by the Anti-Japanese Association, which has issued an order forbidding the sale of the stocks, says the N. C.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 399 8 W Meliin's has made ijf^r a new baby of w .a< fA^m '-'j^? OC •>'— 7 fl >_-_eß-^'**'*—^ ''•'> ''"Si2_a .„iiiiiy w yy 73& :':-.wi_. Bright-eyed, sturdy-limbed, l your little one because, and putting on weight mixed as directed, it consteadily week by week. tains the same vital nourishMcllin's Food
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    • 383 8 //fj] ijj' vaS-^-" I H fte^^|^Fp^OlißlTE If IfffM |$IPPi<EGifITED V IJ !$l FROM k X J PENDING v '_B'll_^ lcs IPQRE .V »g|gp THE D/ST/UE/tS aCaVKY IJD,£D//f£U/KH. SCOTUMD. m J 9 1 In two met Colds, Coughs, all Chest Affections. For any weakness of throat or chest or any tendency
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 145 9 VICTORIA THEATRE a»— a^— LAST PERFORMANCE _J,TO-NIGHI at 9.30 p.m. ROBINSON CRUSOE A PANTOMIME IN 3 ACTS. with A CAST OF OVER 30 PEOPLE A Real Old Fashioned PANTO BOOKING AT LITTLE'S $3, $2, $1. BOOKING: Phone 6903, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. DEADLOCK— THE
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    • 230 9 Here's the Ideal Show for Your Week-end Entertainment at i Still playing to Crowded and Enthusiastic Audiences Nightly MATINEES TO-DAY and TO-MORROW Children Half Price A TO-NIGHT The Screen's Most Popular Trio BERT WHEELER ROB'T WOOLSEY and v DOROTHY LEE in Their Greatest Comedy Since "Cuckoos" CAUGHT PLASTERED A BRAND
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    • 224 9 THE ONE GOOD RESOLUTION everyone will keep TO SEE The Screen s Best Loved I Lovers in their new Rainbow Romance JANET GAYNOR CHARLES FARRELL I Mary Ann -TV-Si PICTURE AT Alhambra Now Packing Nightly at 6.15 9. 1t MATINEES: TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW AT 3 P.M. CHILDREN HALF PRICE i
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  • 667 10 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1932. THE MANUFACTURERS' EXHIBITION We venture to think that the chief impression of the visitor to the Singapore Manufacturers' Exhibition, which His Excellency the Governor is formally to open in the new F.M.S. Railways terminal station in Keppel Road this afternoon will be one
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  • 213 10 Congratulations to Sir John Scott upon the distinction conferred upon him by the King in the New Year Honours will be none the less cordial in that the award is in recognition of service nearly all of which has been rendered outside this Colony. Sir John
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  • 251 10 A meeting of the Singapore Rural Board will be held at the Land Office on Wednesday, January 13. at 11 a.m. S.Y.T.'s letter magnifies what we are sure was unintentional discourtesy out of all proportion to its importance, and we do not think it desirable to publish it. We regret
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  • 510 10 EUROPE AGREES Formal Notification to America [Keuter's Service l Berlin. Dec. 31. Germany has accepted the invitation to the Reparations Conference. Brussels. Dec. 31. Belgium is reported to have agreed to the Reparations Conference proposal. Rome. Dec. 31. The Italian Government has agreed to the Reparations
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  • 121 10 Heavy Losses on Exchange TFREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT Bangkok. Jan. 1. The half yearly meeting of the Siam Commercial Bank was held yesterday when it was revealed that exchange losses for the period ending September 30 amounted to 2.7 million ticals and that the Privy Purse had
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  • 193 10 Singapore Greets the New Year Bidding good-bye to 1931. the year of 'he great depression. Singapore welcomed 1932 with enthusiasm (writes a Free Press representative). The principal hotels were packed and the einemas too. There were unforgettable scenes at Raffles Hotel. Decorated with favours and dolls distributed by
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  • 561 10 TOWNS BOMBED .Japanese Troops Moved from Korea -CRITICAL SITUATION IReuter's Service Geneva. Hee 31. The Cbmese Government has urgently ap pealed to the League Council anent Manrhuria where, it says, the situation "ii becominß morr and more i critical". The PaMaJ mint 1(1111 that the Japanese
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  • 198 10 Mr. Norman Fyfe and Miss Catherine Barron The wedding of Mr Norman Fvfe United Engineers Ltd.. Singapore. <well-kn<>- i 9. Shi gapcre football circles before his transfer up country i third son of Mr. and Mrs OtOTP Fyfe. Aberdeen, to Miss Catherine Barron, onlv daughter of Mr. and
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  • 74 10 The following is a list of telephone numb, at the Singapore Manufacturers' Exhibition ***** John Little and Co. Ltd ***** Singapore Free Press. Ltd ***** Straits Times Press. Ud ***** Singapore Cold Sto -age Co. LNi ***** Malaya Publishing House iJtd ***** United Engineers. Ltd.
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  • 24 10 A commission M Nm -ond-Lieutenant in the Straits Settlements Volunteer Force 9 granted to Mr. Harry Proud, with effect from Dwoemb.-t 13. I*3l kiclu_*-e.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 238 10 CHAMPAGNE <_>T^ euve w Clicquot- Ponsardin Reims Sole Agents CALDBECK MACGREGOR CO., LTD., {Incorporated under tlie Companies' Ordinances of Hong Kong.i (Incorporated in Shanghai) 201 CANTONMENT ROAD. TELEPHONE 5371 5372. BY SPECIAL I >j_ i i|l_^ T M T,il APPOINTMENT KING OF SIAM R y T O^^^S^ 1872. .JEW YEAR
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    • 56 10 Rin7X_Tj_l' A TAXI-DRIVER IS A FORTUNATE MAN he only works when the spirit moves him. And if the spirit doesn't move you to take out a "GAFLAC" MOTOR CAR POLICY you may regret it when the spirit moves your car into a concrete wall. GENERAL ACCIDENT, FIRE LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION,
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    • 11 10 Mr. E. Jago. MCS., is to act as Seoonc Magistrate. Penang.
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  • 1439 11 MALAYA IN THE NEW YEAR HONOURS K.B.E FOR MR. JOHN SCOTT 1_ COURAGEOUS POLICE OFFICERS REWARDED LORD SANKEY BECOMES A VISCOUNT One Viscounty, five Baronies, three Privy Councillorships, thiee Baronetcies, 28 Knighthoods and a large number of appointments and promotions in various orders of chivalry were announced in the New
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  • 369 11 ATTEMPT TO KILL COUNT Anti-Fascist Plots in America I I Reuter's Service) Cleveland, Dee. 31. An attempt to kill Count Orandenigo. Italian Consul here, was foiled by the discovery that a parcel sent to him from New York contained an infernal machine. The intercepted postal package
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  • 283 11 Death of a Distinguished Editor 1 Reuter's Service] London, Jan. 1. The death is announced of Mr. Charles Prestwich Scott, former editor of the Manchester Guardian. [British Radio Official Service] Rujrhy. Jan. 1. Until within a few days of his death Mr. Scott continued to take
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  • 111 11 Preparing for Disarmament Conference r ßritish Radio Official Servieei Rugby, Jan. 1. As a result of a two days X-ray test and special examination of Mr. Arthur Henderson a diagnosis has been arrived at and it was agreed that the internal trouble would be satisfactorily treated on medical
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  • 60 11 1932 to be the Year of Revolution [Reuter's Servieei Berlin, Jam. 1. Communists were very active Last night. Two Communists smashed a glass door at the Japanese Embassy. So far there have been no arrests. Numerous houses are placarded with posters. "Arm yourselves, workmen, 1931 will be the
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  • 379 11 THE BOMBAY CONGRESS Civil Disobedience Threat VICEROY AND GANDHI IReuter's Service] Bombay, Dec. 31. The Congress Working Committee has decided that the Viceroy's reply to Gandhi on Tuesday is unsatisfactory, it is understood that Gandhi has drafted another letter to the Viceroy. Bombay. Later. Gandhi has telegraphed
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  • 87 11 Red Shirts Released on Apologising Peshawar, Dec. 38. The menace to the peace of the Frontier Province is now removed. A small body of British troops has again been drafted to the city, but there has been no renewal of last n-ght's demonstrations. A hundred and twenty Red
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  • 208 11 Report That May Mean Ruin of Shanghai [Reuter's Service] London, Jan. 1. The Times in a leader commends the wisdom of the new Nanking Government's decision in regard to extrality, but points out that the respite is only temporary and condemn^ Mis attitude of defiant indifference to treaty
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  • 127 11 Further Decrease of 65,883 in Britain r ßritish Radio Official Service] Ru»hy, Df*. i. The Ministry of Labour's weekly return shows that the total of persons unemployed on December 21st was 65.883 fewer than in th;previous week. The largest decreases in unemployment wer? in the north-western and north-eastern areas.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 127 11 START THE NEW YEAR WELL WITH A STAPLES MATTRESS THE FINEST MATTRESS MADE fk j v ««_jf y»Z_k V i__ > LV m9^mm\m^^ikl^m^^-< :^J Ks& '&X'ZW2k FJ_2K___Ry___£ t mm^r~m*' "V^ jjfj-l Br APPOINTMENT Wire Mattress Bedstead Manufacturers to H.M.THE KING From 545.00 Each ILLUSTRATED BOOKLET AND FULL PARTICULARS ON APPLICATION
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  • 360 12 END OF YEAR STATEMENT No Cause for Undue Despondency SUPPLY SERVICES COST (British Radio Official Servieei Rugby. Jan. 1. Exchequer returns for the first threequarters of the current financial year which ends on March 31 next, will be madt available for publication to-morrow. They reveal excess of
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  • 227 12 Death of Noted Canadian Imperialist I Reuter's Servieei Ottawa, Dec. 31. The death ts announced of Sir George Eulas Foster, former MlnLster ln the Cabinet. The Rt. Hon. Sir George Foster had a distinguished political career, having been a member of the Canadian House of Commons for
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  • 37 12 fc New Title for Princess Mary rßrftlsh Radio—Official Service] Rugby, Jan. 1. The New Year's Honours List announces that the King's daughter. Prince.~s Mary Countess of Harewood shall henceforth bear the title of Princess Royal.
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  • 139 12 The area under padi in Malaya at the end mt the harvest 1929-30 was 657.198 acres as compared with 607.864 acres the previous year, tne yield ln clean rice at the ratio of 42 per eent. or" 2.000 gantangs of padi to 3 tons of rice, being 154.318
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  • 93 12 Malayan pineapples imported into the United Kingdom during the period JanuaryOctober, 1930. represented 87.8'; of imports from all countries and that among retail shops in 24 towns with a total district population of approximately 15 millions, 90'; carried Malayan tinned pines. Although, therefore, of comparatively recent growth and cultivated mainly
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  • 300 12 EUROPEAN FUNDS Donations and Expenditure to Date List of donations received by European Unemployment Committee (Kuala Lumpur) during December, 1931. E.S.A.M. 4,040.78 Clubs 1.327.50 E. S. Williamson 10.00 Mrs. C. M. Berkeley 10.00 J. M. Pennycuick 10.00 Anon 25.00 Anon 5.00 P. Simpson 100.00 M. C. Hay
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  • 44 12 Holland and Belgium Sign Agreement [Reuter's Servieei Brussels, Dec. 30. The Dutch and Belgian Governments have signed an agreement whereby, if either contemplates restrictions on imports hitting the other's vital exports, she will first open conversations to ensure the minimum of harm.
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  • 33 12 Shareholders Sanction Capital Increase f ßeuter's Service] London, Dee. 31. The increase of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company's capital to £26.500.000 was sanctioned by an extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders to-day.
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  • 39 12 IReuter's Service! Lisbon, Dec. 30. A decre° has been issued suspending until April 30 the convertibility of Portuguese bank notes into gold, but maintaining convertibility into sterling drafts on London at a par rate of lio.
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  • 75 12 The outturn of all classes of timber ln the Federated Malay States in 1930 was 587,497 tors, principally ln firewood, es compared with an average of 870.000 tons for the previous three years. The decline Is attributed to depression ln trade and the increasing competition of other sources
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  • 59 12 Retail prices in Singapore in 1930 for Siam rice No. 2 fell by 19% and wholesale prices by 31'; during the year due principally to the general decline in commodity values. It would have been unfortunate for Malaya, with it< purchasing power scr:'ous!y reduced by the fall n rubber and
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  • 1185 12 [Continued from page 11] outbreaks of violent crime and in the building up of a criminal intelligence s°rvice. In addition, he has directed the investigation of a number of important criminal cases, the most notorious of which was the Botanical Gardens murder case of September, 1929.
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  • 146 12 ONE BRIGHT FEATURE Country's Difficulties Faced Gallantly [British Radio Official Service J Rugby, Jan. 1. The Prime Minister, in a New Year greeting to the nation, refers to the past year as one of crisis and hard struggle which has borne heavily on all sections of
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  • 590 12 Governor's Power to Make Orders I A Bill is shortly to be introduced into Legislative Council giving the Governor in Council power to make orders in regard to alterations or imposition of import and export I duties pending consideration of Bills setting forth the new duties in the
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  • 159 12 j Imports of rubber into Malaya in 1930, based on the receipt of declarations, amounted to 136,337 tons valued at $42,167,000 as compared with 162.109 tons valued at $81,613,000 in 1929. J The proportions of dry to wet rubber were 27% ,to 73% as compared with 25%
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  • 436 12 ASPHALT ROADS The Advantages of Colas Until recently the undressed road surface was sufficient to carry traffic, but to-day it» is essential that roads should be made suitable for high speed traffic, a representative of the Colas Co. remarked to the writer when asked for
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  • 77 12 Helsingfors Referendum on Prohibition [Reuter's Sendee 1 Hdsiivrfora, Dec. 31. The movement for the abolition of prohibition has won a sweeping victory at Helsingfors in the referendum to delaermine whether the country will go wet" again. The figures for Helsingfors were 65,000 in favour of aboltticn. 13.000
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  • 60 12 Big: Increase In ,1 Traffic [British Radio Official Service 1 Rurtv. Dec 31. Proof of continued increase of air traits*' orer British lines is provided by receipts which from April Ist to the end of November wore £517,000 a.s compared with £445,000 in the corresponding period of
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  • 48 12 Skating in England and Scotland [British Radio -Offiuial Service J Rugby. Jan. 1. Cold weather with snow in places, eonti) mes throughout Britain and skating is proce* ding tn some centres in *n«ia_w. as well m Soo> land. Newbury races have been abandoned owinc to frost.
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  • 107 12 The foreign trudc of Malaya in insti amounted, in. declared values, to $1,401.715.*00 or £163.533.417, a« compared wiih $1. 842.3 15»iJ00 or £214.930.750. in 1929. There was thus a decline of 54 n million or 24 4. and an adverse balance U $47; minion as compared a ith
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  • 33 12 (neuter's Service] New Tork, Dec 30. The Guaranty Company of New York has decided to reduce its capital from $20,000,000 to $10,000,000 by a cash repayment from its surplus funds.
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  • 111 12 The Sultan of Johore on his return from Europe in November gave instructions that during the prevailing depression in the rubber Industry all school children in the State ol Johore shall be provided with one good meal a day at the expense of the State. While thr rubber Industry was
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  • AIR RECORD ATTEMPTS
    • 118 12 HOLLAND— BATA VIA Britishers to Fly tc •lapan TEN DAYS TO TOKI(: IReuter's Serviev london, Der. .11 An attempt on a record flight from A_M_a dam to Batavia early in tha New Year ls plan-, ed by two young Dutchmen. Van Mark. Telders tson of the well knuw Dutch o.
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    • 43 12 Croydon to Algiers in Day IBntLsh Radio Official Servieei atagby, Dec. ;i J rhe English airman, Fielden. on Taeaday flew non-stop from Croydon to Algiers in an ordinary touring Puss-Moth tnaehim with Gipsy 111 engine, and left yesterday for Egypt
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    • Article, Illustration
      90 12 King Cartas Friend leaves Rumania (Reuter's Service} <i«?r»rY_. ,i It Ls learned thiit Madame Lupeseu Cwrol'.s friend, mnt hM been Bring B harest secretly :.3r the past •i| h t months, has left Kamama ;-nd returning. parture Ls a triumph for the tttWtk r. M Jorja. and Bl_M
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    • 75 12 a\mericaa- Unleavened Bread for Russia i Reuter'a Servieei New Yorit. Der. M An atgvrXßeiit haws been readied bttwi-^r* ■imtorg. tlie Soviet, trading organisation, in America, j_k! the Mar. is chewuz Matzoth I pany of C^eiimati whereby the Latter w -no to Russia until M**reh 15 a thousand ton*
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    • 37 12 Mr. Fftrhes to Rctnrn to Private Life Renter'! Beulcc Washington, D**r. .11. Mr: Furbe>. Ambass;»dor to Japan. has .v--pressed I desire to retire frcm diplom.it:.- >er-vi(-e within two months and return to pnvate lit*
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  • 73 12 THURSDAY'S TL\ AND Kl i;i;i i; fFREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT) London, Dec. 31. Messrs. Lewis, Lazarus and Sons notify to-day's tin prices as follows Spot £141 116 (£l4l 3 16). Forward £144 3 16 (£144 7 16). Tlie market is steady. Messrs. Symington and Wilson notify to-day's rubber
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  • 165 12 There has been considerable interest i n the commercial planting of low grade Indian and Ceylon tobacco and a good price was obtained ln the Federated Malay States for leaf says a report of the Malayan Agricultural Advisory Committee Oood growth with high grade Virginian tobacco had been obtained M
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  • SPORT OF THE DAY.
    • 715 13  -  Incidents That May Arise In a Game Why Is it that so many golfers do not knou even the elementary rules of the game? A query arose in a match the other daj which ought to have been easily decided on the spot; yet of the four players
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    • 136 13 McFadyen's Chance of New Figures Few players, no matter how brilliant, can remain unaffected by the knowledge that they are expected to break a record. Even Hobbs found his hundredth century hard to get. It will be interesting to see whether McFadyen, the new Motherwell scoring star,
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    • 32 13 Mr. H. C. Willan. Deputy Public Prosecutor F.M.S.. will be leaving Ipoh with Mrs. Willar on January 6 for Malacca, where Mr. Willar will assume his new duties as District Judge Malacca.
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    • 270 13 Christmas Competitions at Malacca 'from Our Own Correspondent 1 Malacca, Dec. 29. On Christmas Day an 18 Hole Stroke Competition was held and resulted as follows: C. F. Smith 76 12 64 Dr. R. F. Pinson 95 20 75 Hon. Mr. W. M. Millington 99 20 79 C. S.
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    • 168 13 Decision Reversed in Municipal Council Case Shanghai, Der. 22. The Appeal Court this morning, comprising Sir Joseph Kemp. Chief Justice cf Hong Kong, and Mr. A. G. M^-sscp. of H BM. Supreme Court, reversed Judge Peter Grain's decision dismissing the greyhound case against Bri-gadier-General Macnaghten and Capt.
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    • 122 13 Suitable recognition of a "BradDUUT ovei which was accomplished by a Heng Kong cricketer is being made by members of the Police Recreation Club to one of their number whe distinguished himself with the bat bv his haic hitting in the match against the Indian RC The feast, one worthy
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 468 13 «S&in Sufferers -EB JES r^S?v" r PRESCRIPTION dgfo jj DD D Prescription is an infallible rem N~\ s»«, Bad Eczema. Psorfnsis, ff^TflTl unobies Itch, or other skin trouble. mjr 5 S& veB cannot do ihe work _Jf™ —they simply clog the pore* D.D.D not a sticky, smelly ointment, but a
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    • 137 13 MmmW -<*_, L ___V atf^ W *_k __i J* W »Jfr f*a~' i__ _j_j B^m T v P» __r *_l I */> PO *fcj _9 M,t Js -fc„ ■>-■■■ ~^*M*&* -A i»i»y yVia'"" \A /£-i-.- J* Y,> ■tei:fe6d 1/ V\ *T~~ If mm-mmm \i wFV.--" 1 0-1 Agents for S.
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 915 14 BLUE FUNNEL LINE. i^SS^^^S^^ CARG SERVICES. FOBfNIGHTLY EXPRESS SERVICE MARSEILLES. LONDON N. CONTINENT WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT Thrtce Monthly Service Liverpool, Havre and Glaacow. Route subject to alteration without notice WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. mpmtad Due. Sails ™rV F r Amsterdam London and Hamburg In Port
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    • 541 14 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated tn England) "ELLERMAN" LINE FREIGHT SERVICE TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL HOMEWARDS. WttWMm Due Spore Salla S'pora. aa. CUT lOF ATHENS For Havre, L'don. R'dam and H'burg In Port Jan. 2 s.s. CITY OF LILLE For Havre, L'don, R'dam
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    • 436 14 m British India and Apcar Lines. (Incorporated in England) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. CO. UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENI LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE OUTWARDS FROM LONDON FOR CHINA JAPAN. Doe Dtjf Tonnage. Singapore. Tonnage. Slngapoc* 1932. 1 9M KALYAN 9.000 Jan.
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 780 15 I TO NAPLES. MARSEILLES, LONDON, AIVTWERP. ROTTERDAM Xsu VI I IM'I >!.<> < it «.•< •IFUBHIMI MARU T. 11,600 Jan. 14 15 HARUNA MARU T. 10.500 Mar. 9 10 HAKOZAKI MARU T. 10,500 Jan. 27 28 5 KATORI MARU T. 10,000 Mar. 24 25 I TERUKUNI MARU T. 12.000 Feb.
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    • 401 15 z Wrn^T a.*^' ij m^mW DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE and AMERICAN MAIL UNE ANNOUNCE IU AT EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY ALL YEAR RETURN FARES are being quoted between the Orient and Pacific Coast G 656.25 j For First Class Passage from Manila and {or Hong Kong to Pacific Coast Ports and Return. Further
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    • 853 15 K. P. fVS. KONINKLUKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ (ROYAL PACKET* NAVIGATION COMPANY OF BATAVIA] (Incorporated in Holland.) UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT Telephone No. 54.31. with sub-connections to— P. Freight Transhipment. Marine Department- and Manager's desk. Representatives in the Straits Scttlments (Singapore and Penangi of the TRAVELLERS OFFICIAL INFORMATION IH
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  • 176 16 Nearly all recently built motor ships are provided with exhaust -gas boilers, and probably none will be projected in the future unless provision is made to utilize some of the heat In the exhaust gases of the engines for raising steam fcr auxiliary purposes. Some interesting
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  • 99 16 The 74-gun ship Implacable, which is to be removed frcm Falmouth to Portsmouth in the Spring, is to be berthed on the northern shore of Fareham Creek above H.M.S. Fisgard. She will remain t-here permanently, and will be used as a holiday training ship for boys
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  • 224 16 The mouth cf the Jennisei is much better suited than that of the Ob for the Kara Sea Expedition, because of the bar across the latter. Inside the Jennisei river a suitable landing spot has been discovered at the Ashta village of Igarka. This lies 725 kilometres up the river
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 734 16 Burns Philp Line. Incorporated in Australia). FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by th* well-known steamer MARELLA (7,375 tons) and the S.S. MANGOLA (3.352 tons). (Cargo only.] a.a. MARELLA ls one of the largtst and finest steamers trading to Australia. Cablas de
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    • 434 16 KERR STEAMSHIP Co. inc. (Incorporated in U.8.A.) GENERAL AGENTS. NEW YORK SERVICE. Regular Freight Service to Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore (via Suez). Due Sails Due fw Torfc M.S. SILVERPALM In Port Jan. 4 Feb M.S. SILVERTEAK Jan. 19 Jan. 25 leb 2g M.S. SILVERSANDAL Feb. 9 Peb. 15
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    • 92 16 SILVER JAVA PACIFIC LINE Joint eenrV PACIFIC JAVA BENGAL I.IM end SILVER LINE. LTD. to San Francisco. Los Angeles .mil North S'purc v p,„, m v BINTANG P.» x m.v. SAPAROEA »P. > mv SILVERBELLE <S > Jen I] in: 23 x via Manila. via Java Port^ Veeeell from Pacific
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 663 16 MAIL DESPATCHES BY TRAIN Bangkok every Monday Thuiaday 7.30 a.m. Kedah Monday to Friday 7.30 ajn. Saturday 0 P- m Kuantan (via Jerantut) 6 P-nv Kelantan every Sunday 4 p.m. Tuesday and Friday 7.30 ajn. Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Penang and Lower Siam 7.30 a.m. F.M.S., Batu Anam, Batu Pahat,
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    • 312 16 CHURCH SERVICES ST. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL 2ND SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS 6.50 a.m. Holy Communion. 7.30 a.m. Matins. 8 a.m. Holy Communion (Choral). 10 a.m. Children's Service. 5.30 p.m. Evensong (Choral) and Sermon. Monday. Wednesday and Friday at 8 a.m. Holy Communion. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 7 a.m. Holy Communion. THE
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  • Port and Shipping News.
    • 259 17 During the examination relating to the affairs of a British shipping company owning ten steamers of about 46,000 tons gross, with an average age of 20 years, the Official Receiver i stated that he was informed that the ships were "absolutely unsaleable." We have continually urged that the
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    • 71 17 Per T.S.S. Aeneas due from United Kingdom on or about Jan. 5: Capt. and Mrs. Duguid, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Lickfold and child, Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Bune. Mr. and Mrs. A. Law and child. Mr. R. L. L. Braddell. Mrs. E. M. Combe. Mr. and
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    • 127 17 Labour Deputation to Board of Trade London. Dec. 23. A deputation representing all the trades affected awaited on the President of the Beard of Trade in connexion with the suspension of the work on the new giant Cunard liner. The deputation stressed the need that r special financial
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    • 227 17 Lord Inchcape's Tribute London. Nov. 30. The new P. and O. liner Carthage, on passage from the Clyde, anchored in the Thames last night, and is expected to dock at Tilbury this morning. L\ taking o^er the ship after completion of her trials on Saturday
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    • Article, Illustration
      11 17 A BOATMAN'S view of the new P. and O. liner Strathnaver
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    • 168 17 Slump on the China and Japan Run It is learned that the shipping lines trading between Java and Japan have remained almost unaffected by the an ti- Japanese boycott movement among the Chinese, except for the Osaka Steamship Company which has been unable to unload cargoes from Java
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    • 188 17 Japan's Shipping Men Welcome Lower Currency The shipping world ls greatly relieved by the political change, and the possibility of the re- j imposition of the gold embargc. A gold ban J will be effective in offsetting the loss from the sterling slump, says the Japan Chronicle.
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    • 145 17 Proposed International Shipping Conference Paris, Dec. 19. The report that the French Ambassador in London has got into touch with the British Government concerning the latter's suggestion to summon an international shipping conference with a view to adapting the world's commercial tonnage to its present need is attracting
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    • 130 17 Two new destroyers, the Cygnet and the Crescent, were recently launched at Barrow, by Lady Lawrence, wife of Sir Herbert Lavrence, the Chairman of Vickers Limited, in the absence through indisposition of Lady Field, wife of the First Sea Lord. The launching of these two destroyers reduces the
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    • 44 17 The company Na/. irio Sauro of Rome, whan .iuties are la manage the new training ship Patria has received ront^buticn I from the maritime communities of G:noa, Naples and Venice. Trieste also, through its municipal authorities, has granted an annual contribution jf 40.000 lire
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 583 17 THE Singapore Free Press (Daily and Weekly Editions) Head Office 138 ROBINSON ROAD, SINGAPORE. Telephone: 6056. Cable Address: ADVERTISER, SINGAPORE. I The premier morning daily in Malaya. Delivered with the Chota Hazri each morning. Latest news, latest telegrams and latest announcements. London rubber and tin cables appear daily. Special features
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    • 418 17 TO EVERYWHERE IN CANADA WAND MOST OF THE U.S.A. The New Scenic Route of the Canadian National Railways. See the best of the marvellous Canadian Rockies stay at Jasper e_4M~Q Park Lodge in the heart of wondrous mountain beauty, or JStttt^ travel straight through from Vancouver without changing cars. mjCj&w9ik_
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 385 18 IVANS' Antiseptic >^vjJjß Throat PASTILLES are good for your a^S-I Throat. Doctors all |p^| over the world rccoms l mend them, knowing I the efficient way in I which they relieve cold*, coughs, catarrh. I v I inflamed and septic throats. I Protr. <-m Imfm f. r wh. rm i
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    • 394 18 BANKS AND INSURANCE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. (Incorporated in England by Royal Charter) Paid up capital ic 600.000 shares of £5 each £3,000,000 Reserve Fund £4,000,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3.000,000 HEAD OFFICE: 38. Bishopsgate, London, E.C. 2. Agencies and Branches: Alor Star Harbin Penang Amritsar Hong
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    • 329 18 MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD. (Incorporated in England" Capatal C3.000.000 Subscribed 1.800,000 Paid-up 1.0. r io.ooo Reserve Fund and Rest 1.666.845 BOARD OF DIRECTORS J. M. Ryrie, Esq., Chairman P. R. Chalmers, Esq., Charles J. Hambro. Esq J O Robinson, Esq., W. H. Shelford Esq Sir Thomas Catto, Bart Sir
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    • 481 18 THE iffi&\ south I sm* BRITISH INSURANCE COMPAN. LUtltft.li FIRE, MARINE, TRANSII AND MOTOR CAR INSURANCE ACCEPTED A I LOWEST CURRENT RATES L C. MARGOLIOUTH. Manager Office: Finlayson Green THE EASTERN UNITED ASSURANCE CORPORATION LTIi FIRE, MARINE. j .MOTOR CAR AND PERSONAL ACCIDENT INSURANCE. L. G. JOHNSON: General Manager HEAD
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 909 18 -•<!l_S*s- "<j^^^yy^^i^ I I! AmmmmmmmmmmMMl a-— N^feg ___!S*^— *>• w— «•—^^s^^^ W?V <e_3^ Jji_ l yi_i.j___L THE PROGRESS OF RADIO What Wonders will the New Year Bring (By Our Wireless Correspondent) Radio enters a new year with perhaps more probabilities of greater advancement and progress generally than any other phase
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    • 777 18 came on the air during 1931, none was given j more publicity than the Pope's station at the Vatican but our hopes of hearing inspiring music from this station have fallen rather flat. So far the station has confined its activities to talks of scientific interest which have caused ttM
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    • 212 18 ihursday, Friday and Saturday 31.28 metres from about 9.30 p.m. Calls in English Hello Everybody, this is Station PCJ etc" also ln six other languages. Vatican City, 19.84 or 50 metres (times vary) Singapore, VSIAB, 42 metres, from 9.30 pm' on Wednesdays and Sundays. Nairobi, Kenya Colony. YLO 31.4 metre*
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    • 201 18 Petite Suite. Kalman; Fantasy on Kadubec M i Yvain. MOM DAY Chamber BMISSC by the orchestra. TUESDAY On Holiday. Rhone-Baton; First movement from the Heroic Symphony. Beethoven- Old Spanish Son L. Aubert; Caprice (for violin R'bert Barras.. PagnlQl; Fantasy on Dede i Christine; Tournoi. Boellmann. WEDNESDAY M.nuet for quintet. Bocchermi;
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  • 2749 19 Speeding at 15 M.P.H. Troubles of the Early Days You who drive down Orchard Road any day and remark upon the number of motor car jmj)ort tinu, on either side of a good portion ■>{ that thoroughfare may hardly realise that thOM artsoae gift Ol
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  • Article, Illustration
    14 19 A FOUR SEATER Adams— Hewitt- which was one of the early arrivals in Singapore
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    12 19 MR. GRANT MACKIE driving the first Ford car imported by Wearne Bros
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  • 145 19 Cast iron pans are made in Sin_,aoor" One firm. Jiannee and Co.. claims to hav. produced them locally by a process that ha been kept a secret for three generations, anc methods of manufacture will not be divulgec by the proprietors. The factory Ls situated in Grove
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  • 309 19 Acreages of tappable rubber out of tapping on estates of 100 acres and over, Malaya, 1931 The following were the acreages out of tapping at the end of November. 1931: Area Estates Which Estates Which Have Entirely havepartly Total Percentage Acreage Ceased ceased of Planted Tapping Tapping
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  • 199 19 December 31 SELLING London, 4 months' sight 2 4 932 London, 3 montlis' sight 2 4 732 London, 60 days' sight 2 4 5 32 London, 30 days' sight 2 4V6 London, demand 2 4 332 London, T.T 24 1,16 Lyons and Paris, demand 945 Hamburg, demand 155
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  • 140 19 January 1 Tin 50 Tons $71.25 Gambier 13 Pepper White 32 Flake Tapioca 3tt Pearl Sago Small Copra. Sundried 5.70 Sago, flour 3 10 Devoe's Imperial Brilliant Kerosene per 2 tins 5 II Sylvan Arrow Kerosene per 2 tin^ 478 Socony Motor Gasoline ex pump per British Imperial gallon
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  • 67 19 December :51st.. IS o'clock noon Buyers Sellers R.S.S. equal to London Standard. Spot I©* l f > Standard R.S.S on Tender Jan 10 10 T February 11 11' i Jan. -March 11 ll', April- June 11' 11', Tone of Market Steady Quiet Latest Cable
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  • 46 19 Bangkok Business Transferred IFREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT] Bangkok, Jan. 1. United Engineers closed down their Bangkok business yesterday and most of their agencies land town store are being taken over by the Bangkok Dock Company, hi which United Engineers have a substantial stock holding.
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  • 16 19 The stabilisation of sterling is one of the essentials to healthy world trade Tlie Prime Minister.
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  • 122 19 Position Too Serious to Delay I FREE PRESS SERVICE -COPYRIGHT! London, l> <• 31. Messrs Symington and Wilson, in their weekly report to-day. .state that the market* as a Whole now betteves thai the restriction negotiations sre reaching final stags and that mmm thing tangible will emetße bofora
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  • 61 19 Some Time Must Elapse IFREE PRESS SERVICE —COPYRIGHT i London. Jan. 1. Messrs Sonde woh and Co.. in their week* port, consider that .cne thus must elapse before a decision on restriction arrives but they lean* Iron various Independent and private soureos that good program hM been made
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  • 124 19 Changes in Representative Prices New u:k. i>rr. :;i American Can ('< n gi 60 Cil S lVlor 5 Colombia o and Eec. IM\% 13 Hurt is Wright P., I trie Bond and Bhaiti life lift G m D li.c 2f»f., 25 Q 23 Nat Citj Bank
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  • 49 19 Alor PoUfSU Amalgamated Registered rFREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT I I/ondiin. Jan. I. Alo; PongSU Amalgam a ted Estates has beei registered to acquire AL.r Pmqm Rubber Brieh Rubbei und Merbau Rubber Estates, will a capital oi CSSS.OOO In :»0.000 ei preference shares and 1.950.000 2s shares.
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  • 58 19 The aMerits of Selective Tapping [FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIOHTJ London. l>.. 7,1. At the annual meeting of Pontian Rubber Co to-day Mr. P. E. Gourju, thi- chairman, eulogised the effect of the policy of rest in* part of tha area and the methods of selective tappl/iK. exprexslnK regret
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  • 52 19 An early return to tlie gold standard would once more clamp this counry io a world s.vston. and place British industry hi the grip of forces which experience has shov.n are not controlled by ourselves, but by the Governments and banks |of the United States and Prance Mr. F W
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 79 19 -*-~-a-_«-aaapa_a-aaa_»-. Assets exceed $12,000.000 Assurance in force over $35,000.000 The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. (Incorporated ln the Straits Settlements* HEAD OFFICE: Great Eastern Ul» Building Ocil Street. Singapore LONDON OFFICE: 27, Old Jewry, E.C. The Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England and complies v,u,n
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  • 687 20 THE MELBOURNE TEST Australian Stars Fail A USEFUL LEAD The South Africans, defeated by more than an innings in the two previous Test matches at Brisbane and Sydney, are making a much better showing In the third Test at Melbourne, which opened on Thursday, and when stumps
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  • 87 20 Teams for S.C.C. Trial A trial match In Which Colours (consisting of the Prob; hit forwards and Possible outsides. with Harper) will oppose Whites (the Possibles pack with the Prcbable out Ides and Ponsfordt will be played on the Padang on Tuesday. The teams are as folh w Colours:
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  • 108 20 -ims for Ladies' Matehes The following have been invited to play for Mr. e. a Joys second xi against the y.w.c.a. yt tht VMC A ground Anson Road, on Monday alt. iih,' n. commencing at five o'clock: Mln Sewell; Miss Weir, Miss Iffurlsdn; Mrs. O'Driscoll. Mi-, Oldheld. Miss Walker;
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  • 556 20 POPULAR AS EVER interesting Sailing Events As one member of the committee remarked, it would be indeed a pity if the New Year's Day sea-sports were ever abandoned owing to the need for economy o- any other reason fcr. as was fully borne out again yesterday,
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  • 487 20 Yesterday was a day of sunshine and occasional light drizzles but rain did not interfere with the land rpoits at tlie Anson Road Stadium, as has so often been the case in past years. Tiie Stadium was the centre of one of the largest gatherings on record.
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  • 34 20 open to Chinese football teams. Slong 800 AtMaCiC Association were first, orinning the Chp presented by Mr. A. M. Alsn o v»ff; the <Chlhest Companion Association flr_t'te*m being s&tihd and their second team "third.
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  • 27 20 -aa»--_— »^_i^ > i^ M i Printed and Published by Alfred Stanley Banks. •tl the office of the Singapore Free Press. Limited. 138 Ribinson Road, Singapore, Straits Settlements]
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  • 911 20 A SURPRISE RESULT Clubs Second Half Superiority S.C.C 18pts; Public Services spts. The S.C.C. won a surprising victory over the Public Services on the Dunearn Road ground on Thursday beating their opponents by 18 points (three goals and one try) to 5 points (one goal* where,
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  • 47 20 Forty Years Existence Ended IFREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT 1 Bangkok, Jan. 1. Bangkok United Club, the oldest institution of its kind in Siam. closed its doors at midnight after being in existence 40 years. The club has been killed by the prevailing hard times.
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  • 163 20 LEAGUE FOOTBALL Rangers Defeat Celtic IReuter's SeiviceJ London, Jan. 1. Results in English and Scottish League matches to-day were as follow DIVISION I Boiton W. 1, CheLea o. Manchester C. 3. Portsmouth 3. Newcastle U. 3. Aston Villa 1. Sheffield U. 3. Blackburn R. 2.
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  • 302 20 Tc-day's matches are as follow: Fiist Division: Birmingham \5. Everton; Chelsea vs. Middlesbrough; Derby Coanty vs. Blackpool; Grimsby T. vs. Huddersfield T.; Leieestei C. vs. Aston Villa; Liverpool vs. Newcastle U.: Portsmouth vs. Sheffield U.; Sh^.iicid W. vs. Blackburn R.. Sunder 'end vs. Manchester C W. Bromwich A.
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  • 352 20 Meeting With England To-day The Springboks, with victories over Wales and Ireland to their credit, play their third international match at Twickenham to-day. when they oppose England. Against previous Scuth African sides in England England have drawn and lost. Against the 1906 team at the Crystal Palace they
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  • 29 20 Mr. F. G Finch is to be Director of Drafctaje and Irrigation. Strait* Settlements, and Adviser on Drainage and Irrigation. Malay States, vith e|ffect from January Ist, 1932. inclusive
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  • The Singapore Free Press SUPPLEMENT
    • 12 1 The Singapore Free Press SUPPLEMENT Na 3. 533 EST. 1835. I— ««W
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    • 2179 1 HEN Drake was carrying out the latter part of that laborious adventure which led him across and around the World in the sixteenth century, Singapore had flourished and sunk to a small seaport ere ever the Golden Hind sailed the waters of the Malayan archipelago. But if
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      • 51 1 WmmmM mn Incorporated in Hong Kong I I I j i j i i You cannot foretell the 1 future accidents will happen. It may cost you We assume this obligation I for you. I Our representative Will be pleased to call and discuss this with you. I I =3
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      • 21 1 m (Dbcrscas Assurance (frorjioratiou, FIRST FLOOR, CHINA BUILDING CHULIA STREET SINGAPORE. Telephone 5808 Telegraphic Address "CENTENARY" MARINE AND MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE
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      • 148 2 IH I RR ll MMM|A fVMMi <•■■___ **_^_^_^_^Ri WINE SPIRIT MERCHANTS «£AD. OFF/CE sitTa^ f n W WWI branches and agencies throughout China, Branches TTl_ it Pekin history ot this famous business dates back a t Singapore Kuala Lu P _4 i u as partners, and the business was carried
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    • 2876 3 Singapore as a Shipping Centre A glance at the map confirms Singapore's familiar designation as "The Gateway of the East No less than 1 '30 merchant vessels. representing a tonnage of 15.908.667 tons entered the port of Singapore in the year 1930. ■aul of UfcRRR
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      • 87 3 THE PROGRESS OF ADVERTISING The progress of advertising in Singapore fas never been better exemplified than by the two page* (i 6 and 17) taken by Messrs. Mansfield and Co., Ltd. in this Exhibition Supplement. This "double-spread** unquestionably the finest ever produced in this country is an admirable example of
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      • 329 3 E__£'/" '-v.'/^ f »ffle4 H" .'ii*' Nsa UHkAT fcfc-- v JIPIDF BR I I Usl B (a^**<l v/ Jr _r I R R US? *^""^^__PBg BBSS^—*"*— "_JH_f ••■—^_^"i'*j aaHH^___«_i___^____i_H IK ifi R^^. i .teS^B^al, J'Rifc^*'P___^3 ""^J—ia l^_ Bfii i'^ ripj^iw^_Ki^ ■i_ m {*^^-i _j irhcr" j 5 B_ B B
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    • 1846 4 "20.000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA!" Romance of the Cable Company There is no service in the world which one te prone to take so much for granted as the •cable. Yet anyone who gives the matter a moment's thought must realise that a deep sea -cable is just as apt
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    • 838 4 A PIONEER SHIPPING AGENCY History of Mansfield and Company The firm of W. Mansfield Company, to give it the original name, was founded by Walter Mansfield, who came to Singapore in 1868. His family were shipbuilders of Teignmouth in Devon and he was in due course joined by his nephew
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      • 441 4 i R^~ RR R^kw __^R^_r^R^_^. mmt mw __l R^_^_^_^_^H AmW _^k _^_^_^_^_^h —A Am y^^^*»J____. /m\ flfl flfl -fll _-k _<^ fl fl flfl _^-^-H -_T ni'i •"ll 1 A 1 1 |^N v JaWrmma a*^ I*^ cV^V__H H_ld <?$ ikTV _._SJ?*?!^- I IIBS4 Tl rl Ii V'h x l''lh
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      • 23 4 The average price of rubber (.standard ribbed smoked sheet, buyers) in 1930 was 19 cents a lb., compared with 35 cents in 1929.
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    • 752 5 P. and O. Company's Long Service Fron r inception KB 1837 ttM Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company or as I i. is more famlharry known lhe "P. Sz o." have IfaUi irom that date to the present nay. In January 1835 (less than
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    • 798 5 Tanjong Rhu Yards Situated at Tanjong Rhu and possessing I and sal- access from the Roads is United Engineers' shipyard Equipped with slip- ways to lake vessels up to 150 ft. in length and 28 lt. In beam. With comprehensive work-shop and spanous storking facilities, the industry
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    • 952 5 Modern Structures The buildings of a city are eloquent they I tell in vivid language of progress or of stagnation. Though there are necessarily still in Singapore many buildings that speak of bygone days, a tide of building activity has swept over the town within the
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      • 197 5 THE FAR EAST OXYGEN It ACETYLENE COY, LTD. _^_ta_^_^_^_^_K. a _^_w_^_l m m 9a± a*' mAmm wJ^L maMM^^^^^^^^ N ITROUS oxide cAsyft^fl^ELDiNC FLtIXK RW^T%YW_^_^_^^^\^ .mtmrnrnW^ PfiJR. I S jT^^E^t/f/^^^BAd^MlTW^mm^^^^Bl Wm\\\\+^^^^ OVw i? i '/r. F 1 'w gf) p- j*. -RkRA W.^ MTR R V I-- fa lift^lJ^^aF-** 1W W
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    • 1635 6 RUBBER A GREAT AID TO INDUSTRY Singapore Rubber Works' Products The Singapore Rubber Works is an important local company which is engaged in the most varied type of rubber article for use in the operation of machinery, and different kinds of rubber building and decorative material. The extent of this
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      • 61 6 /«Bw___?3ky_Vi AGENT/™ GOLD LEAF TEA DARIGOLD D.DE JONGHJ COD LIVER OIL 9Mm\ t*< -^X ■^_____B[^«^v^i7^^-_I RED SEAL RHODE SIA N jJ cut ;^^«B y^lr 1 A?" W\ PRINCE ALBERT EDGEWORTH C AME L flfls^.-, 1 i I The above are a few of the lines represented by the House of
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      • 448 6 mmmT* mmmmmaaa a aaam i— —m^^ m^^^^^——^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^*^^^^mm. Aa^mmmZ^^^m.^ _T L WfcJ-^ mmaamamt€ami CaMa9 C— wmm^AW THE MODERN ANTI-GERM TREATMENT ANTISEPTIC HEALING ANALGESIC INHALANT. This unique iodine-menthol embrocation and inhalant is unequalled for relieving Common Colds. Sore Throat or Chest: for subduing Croup. Coughs. Stiff Neck. Tonsilitis: for clearing the Nasal
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    • 2308 7 Story of a Vast Organisation It is a dream one has often dreamec* Singapore no more the gateway for the passage of cheap British rubber that returns as rubbM goods at prices that enable huge profits to oc made by the manufacturers, profits from th?
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      • 330 7 I v Mm *^____H_T m wmb* fl I\ M _^__f^^ __k aw m m. mm W fe a^-^P^i W v* f^^ Sft _R ▼W ■^_tf_ __r _^_W "^a^^^^Ba* __A __L _^F B _r H_v i\tf I mTv -B*.fl_r'\_B:-J_b_#'J_L-# 'V' A 'BL' dfyr- I S •■-•"tfW-- /^jFFERS to the public a
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      • 47 7 Hbe Commercial XTlntoti Hssuvancc Company? Ximitco. Incorporated in Enalanb I Undertakes all Classes of Business including:— I Cifp HJartnp Arrtiapnt &trknpßB Surglarg inrluMna I Styrft bg £>rrnanta ipiatpgiaaa 1 ifflntiir llphirlra I Ctr.. €tr. Telephone 6666 Telegrams. 'CUACO" A. S. Potts 1 Manager l Eastern Branch. Singapore
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    • 1195 8 New Uses for Robber [In an Interview] Mr. Parry Davis, the well-known Inventor, does not seem to be very disheartened by the present slump in rubber, and is assiduously carrying on his research work to find new uses to which the material can be
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    • 756 8 Difficulties Overcome Matches have been made in Singapore since 1929. The factory, the only one in Singapore, and the only one in Malaya in which local woods are exclusively used, is now in course of removal to Johore on the Batu Pahat Road, a few miles
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      • 197 8 I FONG HIN &G. H. WATTS Co. Among recent sanitary contracts carried out are the following:— F.M.S. Railway Station Me ycr Chambers fl F.M.S. Railway Quarters Capitol Theatre B U Koninklyke Paketvaart Maats- Namazie Mansions 9 chappij Building Mercantile Bank fl I Fullerton Building I I |i« nm i iiaiiii
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      • 155 8 |ELECTRO r PLATING^ fro* Have your Tableware, Porks, Spoot Cruets, Dishes etc., resilvere< The mark of a good hostc lies in the condition of the plate. Do not let stained ami shabby table requisites spoil otherwise perfect dinntr part) In these times econom) is much a necessity that om i
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    • 917 9 Growth of Straits Trading Company The Straits Trading Co.. Ltd.. Singapore. was founded in the year 1887, with a capital of $150,000, to acquire the business of tin ore smelters and general merchants carried on at that time by Messrs. James Sword and Herman Muhllnghaus in
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    • 469 9 Aids for Owner Drivers These are days of simplified motoring. But a few years ago one needed to be an expert mechanic if one desired to drive a car with any success, for motor cars ta those days did the most surprising things in going or
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      • 272 9 v A&\Wk\ ROYBONS i^^^^^P^ SPO/?r/yvc jMmWM&*^ REQUISITES j^ phone 2938 i: bailing it with Values! LOWEST PRICES HIGHEST QUALITY Large Stocks of Re-Stringing j Tennis Rackets a Speciality. b V MAe We use Armours Leading an ot i, el high class Manufacturers. tropical Guts. We guarantee 6 at hf action
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      • 154 10 I Hu HONG I SOAP FACTORY I A&litffcs <___--** 'vttit.^" ff >■*%__.* ~J ft xu^ p\^y__± r_. j» vfr \x D > jte__^_^____ '^^i^- I iH* I THE PAL M TREE BRAND I J** A FINE QUALITY SOAP FOR I HOUSEHOLD USE I PURE and ECONOMICAL I THE HO HONG
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      • 317 10 Estate Trust Agencies (1927), Ltd. Telegrams: A. B.C. Sth Edition Telephone "Statetrust" Singapore. Bentleys Liebers. No. 6243. A Trust Company Registered under the Trust Companies Ordinance of 1 926, with Security deposited with the Straits Settlements Government. REGISTERED AND HEAD OFFICE. Nos. 1, 2 and 3, Raffles Chambers, Raffles Place,
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    • 2607 11 PIPE MANUFACTURE IN SINGAPORE Concrete and Stone Processes Although thLs is one of the important in dustries of Singapore, nevertheless it is one which the public hears very little about for the simple reason that it is only Municipalities and Public Works Departments that purchase pipes used for waterworks and
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      • 42 11 VISIT BAYS 12-13! SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE CO., LTD. ICE I ICE CREAM I j BREAD CAKES MILK. i I II LEARN SOMETHING OF THE CARE WHICH WE TAKE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF THESE VITAL NECESSITIES OF YOUR DAILY LIFE. VISIT BAYS 12-13!
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      • 262 12 S^\m\\\\\\\\\\\\^^\ X^ JBrtttsh Hmcric4n IK tobacco do^»trsiu«)lt6. j fc XEbc Company first installcb a factory in Sincapore ■§§P^ for the manufacture of machine mabe cioarcttes, early in 1920 anb have since then openeb up in Ikuala Xumpur anb Johore, aV-tJEI IV __l _V_^L^___V employino an Hsiatic staff of well over
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    • 1063 13 FIFTY MILLION BRICKS A YEAR A Tour of Alexandra Brickworks Brick*, have been made in Singapore for years in numerous Chinese owned brick kilru dotted about the Island. In these, bricks, handmoulded from plastic clay, like those by the Israelites for King Pharoah, are "baked" in mud walled kilns of
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    • 631 13 Up-to-late Manufactures Amongst the pioneers of the aluminium industry in Malaya must be placed Mr. R. Napier Hendrie, general manager of Tremelbye Estate, and Mr. N. Pish, manager of Bukit Ijok Estate, who, as far back as 1914, commenced using aluminium in their rubber factories for certain
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    • 822 13 Skilful Javanese Flooring tiles, in quantity sufficient to supply local demand and export to the Peninsula, Rangoon and China, are being made ln Singapore. One producer is the Tampenis Cement Tile Co.. which, formed about 25 years ago by a German company, was taken over during
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    • 114 13 Wood imported from the Malay Peninsula and from the Dutch East Indies is converted into planks in Singapore for local use and for export to Hong Kong, Shanghai, Bombay and Aden. Very occasionally there have been exports as far away as Australia. This industry, which is in the
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      • 103 13 Kf+k-mmlk BY SPECIAL APPOINTMEI^T T H M K,NG OF bAM ESTABLISHED 1872. New Modes for the Season j gPARKLING attractive designs You'll like the hundred and one things we offer in Jewellery for the I season especially when you note the j unusually low prices I PRISMA THE PRACTICAL WATCH
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    • 1248 14 ENGLISH VENACULAB PRINTING Increasing Business Twenty-eight years after Sir Stamford Raffles founded Singapore, Mr. B. P. Keasberry, a self-supporting missionary who came out as a member of the London Missionary Society, conducted technical classes in book-binding and printing in connection with a boarding school which he opened. These classes developed
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    • 400 14 M.P. H's Huge Output Over fifty thousand educational books a million exercise books a year are prod at their premises in Stamford Rond bv Malaya Publishing House, whose proud it is that they are able to supply a with Its every need from basement to roof
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    • 34 14 Imports of timber in Malaya in 19 amounted to 139.000 tons. 95°; of which w< soft woods penak. seraya. resak from S matra. and the balance hard woods cheng; balok and giam from Siam.
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      • 133 14 a___^^^»ter I^K—kß^H—LH Bl— L produce any type of sketch, chart, MBr orm c 'c- *n any colour or combina- l^&^wft tion of colours at very small cost. Ik M* r-Xi DRAWING and re- l| tt tou ching customers' mt W PHOTOGRAPHING ||||^^™1 paratory to making IW I rlll-aiH a transparent
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      • 183 16 TRAVERSING TUt WATtRWA! I s A AANSFIELD AND CO/.M>A_| PX A/1 BLUE FUNNEL II ,11 T-^ yV\ NAVIGATION Co., i D rIJ a^4-D&l^§&s_^£~ Id SARAWAK S.S. Co., I Du A _-w alW_i_K<*>^<^S?_3^~ l ''v !<?^ I fit -fe^l^, t_av opportunities to a ver m^ JP^Sv -.^^fe^S^ JR L_ N. W.
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      • 357 17 1 B^^' l lii*'^^^^^sil_a_^^^Bfl™l™a^a^!_a^a^K^ m\ flfl' ,ii_JßlflOPaat«Jaßß^ mm m mmmammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm^mm^mm^W^W^^9 m W^mWm^ m M^mM^AmMmM^ m m^ m m^^^Mmmmmmmm9mmm. ■H ■WW.^.^Pf.^"i_Wßß"B.^ljMll^Bß^^^^_B_^^^^^^^^fl^^^^^r^^ I I ll rlllliMl I lr BB fl J 888 aw 1 Tl f flfflW BBBj BnH 1 r 11 flfl fl Bl fl 888 1S& I V *****8 IB^BCfIM-
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    • 1257 18 IMPROVED AMENITIES OF THE CITY What the Municipality Has Done The industrial development of a city is to a large extent dependent on the facilities provided by its municipality. In 1900 the Municipal Commissioners of Singapore, dissatisfied with the street lighting supplied by the Singapore Gas Co., Ltd., which had
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      • 293 18 I|\ SCIENCE 1! 1 ltt All that Science and __B,flH^ jl \I Research can do, coupled ti ZF^^JT IL^I igggy\ with an extensive > K^^^^^^J^^^7^^^ m^L fl\\ knowledge the vl B_\\ 1 1 \\BJ BBBBB»\ requirements wfl fl w types of Power plant and A V Machinery is manifest in
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      • 117 18 STANLEY LP (INCORPORUfcD IN INMA) THE PREMIER SPORTS MANUFACTURERS HIGHEST GRADE SPORTING GOODS AT PRICES THAT DEF> COMPETITION. a Every kind of MM 1111l 1111l ne n*™? If llf If Hf STANLEY lllll f fill Guarantee ff 1111l Iff Excellence ([[[[[[[/I in the World STANLEY TENNIS AND BADMINTON RACKETS ARE
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    • 840 19 Machinery Making in the Tropics Those who are familiar with the iron and steel centres at home, and who have had a glimpse into the workshops where these industries are carried out cannot fail to have been impressed with the sights they saw. The furnaces
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    • 497 19 Local Source of Supply Batteries for torches are apt to deteriorate. Stockists and users who does not own a torchlight? will, therefore, welcome the announce ment of an immediate source of supply contained in the news that when this is read this article of almost
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    • 290 19 Singapore abounds in clay suitable for the manufacture of pottery. Surprising is it, there lore, that the only form of pottery producec in Singapore has been latex cups and an uncouth type of Chinese bowl. The making of pottery comes naturally to the Chinese. Why, then, has
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    • 594 19 Modern Local Fact A need which until 1929 was not locally supplied was the oxygen and acetylene gas lecessary for cutting and welding metals, the >xygen and nitrogen which is used for medical jurposes, and the CO2 gas which is used in lerated water manufacture. The
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    • 187 19 When these lines are read, another industry will have been inaugurated in Malaya. This is the production of nails. The venture is beiiig made by Mr. Lee Kim Soo. Nail making is a very simple process. The wire is cut to the required length, pointed and headed by
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    • 93 19 The enterprising Japanese have not been slow to avail themselves of the large market to which Singapore is the door, and one of the best known Japanese firms in Singapore is the Mitsui Bussan Kaisha, Ltd., which has its offices ln Battery Road. Japanese history has lt that
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      • 71 19 Pure U (TIE in the ice Chest Means Whtfescnae feed in Warmest Weather af 1 ff f VjffT<V ""a* .iL^-X. *W^>-_ I T'S hard to improve 1h wfss& 1 I assures freedom from IMP i^^^ all mechanical difficulties. New Singapore Ice Worßs LIMITED IO LARUT ROAD, SINGAPORE. Telephone 6418. M
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    • 1326 20 Attraction of Endowment Policies As something that compels provision for i dependents, and thereby eliminates destitution, 1 life assurance plays an important part in the 1 commercial, industrial and social activities of t aU communities nowadays. Of all the practices of the West that have
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    • 1220 20 An Interesting Singapore Survey The first cinema film was shown in Singapore in 1902 by a Parsee travelling showman named Basrai, in a tent on the open space at the junction of Hill Street with River Valley Road. Electricity was unknown in Singapore at that
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      • 388 20 for EXTRA MILES of Vm^mMJ^^^ This shows the reinforcing rubber prisms V ]^W^^'y M^ow9i H_ V W which distin^sh the new AM- VVea*h"r Tre d SmlP^, _f A^^f^^^m\wlf—\\*Ffy//M—\\\\ -m—m_ -mr "HHHw "W" __7^% "mmW^W ~l l~a_aV 'lI'IF |~^B jfAV I Tyre. This smart, new note in design mark- Ife fo_T
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    • 2310 21 PINEAPPLES FROM CROP TO TABLE How the Fruit is Canned Nearly 40 years ago a Britisher sat in Bain Court watching a handful of Chinese canning pineapples under his direction. He did not have at his command the machines with which today it is possible for a fairly large factory
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      • 164 21 ff&jsL* -j* JffiV 5 C T^"" ftiICMIUCTS SWAfc MA^ARIN '^T J I Krf®^ The New Railway Station, Singapore BSsi\n lF??-i I Building Time involves worry and wonder as to the Here are buildings ejected by this company Mew IrllSl U f^fr I right contractors with whom to deal. Bids are
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      • 65 21 D. T. Lim Co. (Established in 1925) IMPORTERS and EXPORTERS GENERAL MERCHANTS COMMISSION AGENTS 353 NORTH BRIDGE ROAD LION BRAND REGISTERED TRADE MARK GENERAL PROVISIONS WINES AND SPIRITS CIGARETTES CIGARS TOBACCOS PATENT MEDICINES GRAMOPHONES AND RECORDS MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS SHEET MUSIC LADIES AND GENTLEMEN'S OUTFITTING SARONGS AND KABAYAS' FLOWER AND VEGETABLE
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    • 879 22 Hopeful Enterprise At the moment of writing two breweries are in course of erection in Singapore. The site for the factory of Malayan Breweries Ltd. is a piece of land behind the Alexandra Brickworks, west of Alexandra Road; access being gained by means of a private
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    • 870 22 Cold Storage Co'* Farm In order to produce carcases for the local European market carcases in which the proportion of lean to fat is high the Singapore Cold Storage Co. are farming pigs at two farms on the Bukit Timah Road. One farm is at
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      • 169 22 IF 1 T i 1 r >' "T^lJ-iP "«nJQ J^|IERS L**y m~______x f** Cf i \mCmi~ W'mmTmmTM lM l^l K a_K^ fl' ih H fl-H tHk fll ifll H_l HB HH HeJLHBr Jr- I "L- "in fl *iP" jlWI^f 8 -i '■j.hi^^hl rq r 1 la-L Ja-UL j■» lfl mmWrM
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      • 153 22 ofQiiality Hold All Records Under All Conditions T^HE world's greatest records of car, truck and bus have been made on Firestone Gum-Dipped Tires. They are the outstanding choice of those who demand the greatest safety for high speeds, supreme endurance for uninterrupted service and utmost economy in cost per mile.
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    • 813 23 Hygienic Conditions Prior to the year 1880 no serious attempt had been made in Singapore to manufacture aerated waters on a large scale. Doubtless attempts, probably amateurish, had been made to commence the industry, but there are no records available to confirm this. At the beginning
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    • 704 23 Meat and Vegetables Practically all the European vegetables sold in Singapore are imported, from Australia or from California. The Singapore Cold Storage Co. is the largest importer, of vegetables, fruit, meat and game, but there is one Chinese that does quite a good business in the
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    • 76 23 Increasing interest has recently been shewn by Asiatics in the cultivation of tobacco, the stimulus probably being provided by the increase in duty on imported tobacco and the need felt for growing any crop which is likely to give an early cash return, says the Malayan Agricultural Journal. The market
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      • 147 23 W mwJ^T^^mmw^*'^ _____L_.K\ JMBB __¥-**_r For Fine Fabrics In the newest designs and colourings. We've made it our policy to offer the better type of materials out of the ordinary in quality and design at lower prices. It is appreciated by those who desire the best at the least in
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      • 146 23 THE DRINK THAT PLEASES PHOENIX MINERAL WATERS Y° ULL ,ike the keen flavours you'll like the refreshing enjoyment that the purity and goodness of Phoenix Mineral Waters gives. Two extremely popular drinks are ORANGE POP, which is made from the finest California Oranges, and FRUIT POP, made with specially selected
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    • 1275 24 Pore Milk Supply The supply of fresh milk in Singapore totals about two thousand gallons a day. It comes from the Singapore Cold Storage Co.'s dairy farm at Bukit Timah and also from farms run by Indians. The cattle farmed by the Indians is pure Indian and
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    • 910 24 Food Va'ues in East [In an Interview]. "Will you tell me." Professor Rosedale, of t»:e Singapore Medical College, was asked the Ovher day by the writer, "what are the values of the different articles of food obtainable locally fOtf the various types of industrial worker?"
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      • 115 24 X. I daily use yy __a<^^^_Hr J^^"^ "The Tea with Garden Freshness" I^^aZr I I iAAJd^*_rN^lm^l\mmm\a%w\\^am\mVK^mm\ MJ^**a^^^-_i---__---------^^^^K^^^Br BALNT^ ALWAYS HAVE TIGER BALM IN THE HOUSE Experience teaches that in the tropics illness and pain are particularly liable to appear, suddenly. The less the opportunity given to the trouble to spread,
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      • 87 24 SUPPORT LOCAL \>\ INDUSTRIES SAMSON Shoe Store GROWING WITH MAL YA and HELPING MALAY A; G W TRADE MARK <?f£Ha /H^a t m\m\ i f^-' 1 OAMSON can supply your needs in FOOTWEaAJR cheaper than any other store in Malaya, the reason being the extraordinary large production, and no intermediate
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    • 1185 25 ICE PRODUCTION IN THE TROPICS A Very Necessary Industry Approximately 150 tons of ice are produced 1 daily in Singapore. The manufacturers include c a number of Chinese factories operating on a I small scale. Large scale production is in the hands of two firms, the Singapore Cold Storage c
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    • 28 25 There was a declared excess of departures of labourers in Malaya in 1930 of 59.706, all races, as compared with an excess of arrivals in 1929 of 137,773.
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    • 487 25 The Sauce Factory Sauce enters largely into_the culinary art of the Chinese. The sauce used "is known as "thai-yu," and is produced from the soya bean. The existence of a predominating Chinese population in the towns, and especially in Singapore, has led to this article
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    • 362 25 Cheap Foodstuffs In 1930, 16,918 cwt. of biscuits were imported into Singapore, and 44,952 cwt. were exported. The major portion of the latter figure consisted of biscuits made in Singapore. This is one of Singapore's manufactures which, though it has been rather strongly affected by the
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      • 120 25 R CO NCRET£ I V*" THE P"y. "~sss ■;»;-..^;i| THE O CHEAPEST BEST _^_____M ::>:'^_________| BP^^ _l _^H _^_l P**^ aVal BY _B i^r vj sVaBV IR _H bf^ _^_fl H^^. Hk 1 H iH fIH BY _T^ _^_P^_^lH_fl_l_^_^^-*_^__^V H la^V a^afl 1 water, swamp soils, Ma- m ll 11
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      • 43 25 f I fßit AIR y H AND WATER f^ MH Ltt SING Fill Up At our Service Stations Finlayson Green No. 309 Orchard Road 50 Rochore Canal Road 135 Upper Serangoon Rd. Ban Lce Sing Tilep^ione (R.C.R.) 6889 Tils? i>ris (T jii Jim)*!!*
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    • 1176 26 Bedsteads and Trunks For the past four years iron bedsteads have been manufactured in Singapore, and to-day the manufacturers, the Diamond Metal Products Co., have an assured market for their bedsteads in Malaya, the Dutch East Indies, Rangoon and Siam. This, the first bedstead factory
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    • 543 26 Process Described From berries imported from various parts of Java, coffee powder is produced in Singapore by John Little and Co. and by numerous small Chinese shops in quantities sufficient in their sum to supply local needs. In the case of John Little and Co.
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      • 318 26 A^ <T 4r c v jf 4 y <r PRINTING ENGRAVING PERIODICALS CARD PLATES MAGAZINES ADDRESS DIES CATALOGUES COMPANY SEALS PRICE LISTS BRASS PLATES POSTERS GOLD SILVER f C. A. Ribeiro Co., Ltd. SINGAPORE. WORKS: HEAD OFFICE: 37 38, WALLICH STREET 5, RAFFLES PLACE 'Phone 6318 'Phone 2214 JOHN DICKINSON
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      • 151 26 __K '"m\\ I Am m\ mr mm mr AM Car- Proud Owner— Driver Pride of ownership i s surely the be all and end all of owning a car. It implies the blending of attractive appearance, mechanical excellence, economy, absolute reliability and quality. With it motoring becomes a delight perhaps
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    • 1845 27 GROWTH OF THE POSTAL SERVICE The progress of a town is materially assist *-d or retarded by the postal facilities provided. No apology is offered, therefore, for this review of the growth of the postal service in Singapore, t In 1854 the Singapore Post Office was on the riverside near
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    • 284 27 Clever Native Work Although, perhaps, the Malayan Arts and Crafts Society is not. strictly speaking, entitled to be called a Singapore manufacturer, the authorities concerned have considered themselves justified in allotting them a space in the Singapore Manufacturers Exhibition. This Society was founded by Lady Clementi,
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      • 84 27 CENTRAL ENGINE WORKS LIMITED ENGINEERS I IMPORTERS" CONTRACTORS ENGINEERING JHKT MATERIALS TELEPHONE 5471 AND 5472 HJJafiJl ft---- fe _^V _jBIB-ff i ___T ri I J aP I ,Mi'_s_^ w ___mtQ_______J I ~WAm W\ M __L^_Bb. MAmwMmMm_\a_mmmmmmmmmmmmmmMMmmWMtmwmmw m __H rn aWr *> y^mMmar- \W w lM»v—^^^^* Mr^~M IV 1 I IT
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      • 64 27 Ni WmmW j( «aH_. I I _EH___L/ The Star Battery Co. are manufacturers of the famous Vulcan Batteries So confident are we of the factors that combine to make this battery superior to others that we give a guarantee for 12 Months I with Free Service THE VULCAN WILL STAND
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    • 685 28 Old and New Methods The Oriental Telephone Electric Co., Ltd., a London company, with wide Eastern experience, own and maintain the public telephone system of Singapore. Actually a Mr. Bennett Pell of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Co. was responsible for the first telephone system in Singapore, a
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    • 72 28 The area under rubber in Malaya at the end of 1930 amounted to 3.010.002 acres, of which 1.816.008 acres or 60^ were comprised in estates of 100 acres and over, representing plantation rubber, as compared with the smaller estates, with an area of 1.194.904 acres or 40^ of the whole,
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    • 191 28 An industry of whose existence fev -eopfc in Singapore know is clock making accurate, clock case making. With m skilled carpenters available here and t mMa selection of woods, Singapore is very suitable for this industry. Freight on imported clocks is a very heavy charge, amounun 20%
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    • 502 28 B.A.T. CIGARETTE MAKING Popular Brands The tobacco plant has been known and smoked in the East for centuries, even before Europe was familiar with its fragrance and delight. The plant is an herbaceous species, and grows from six to seven feet high in the United States of America and somewhat
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      • 131 28 Df f licious/ my-> y^~ <HB WW .^^*m\ _^t^_H_Bk__ai_l 55^ j2 ma^^+fW mmmi V a^B _>_( tmma^M^4mmm\L •'HW m\\ Amm^^Smmw- /"l**^^. B/rßJff^^tf'^Bn^raJw *^M fc V _s^^<" mt^ZJuv o-Vj^^B^ _fc»w^ rtC.A*_ mmammm^^^sa dessert for that dinner, or after tennis party. Polar Ice-Cream is a perennial favourite with connoisseurs of Ice Cream
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    • 854 29 Metal Dressing-Table Ware It may be difficult to associate the domes--00 wt yurntt<w making in Singapore with the importance Invested in an article of export. But there may indeed be such a development of the local manufacture of furniture. Por tho past four years Singapore
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    • 756 29 Optimism Rewarded A Singapore industry that is slowly but surely forging its way ahead owes Its existence to the enterprise and courage of one man Mr. W. J. Garcia, when he opened his piano factory in Holland Road, was acting in defiance of the generally accepted
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      • 134 29 WHEN WORDS ARE INSUFFICIENT LET A "Cine-Kodak" Film TELL THE STORY The most complicated manu f acturing process can be clari fied by a picture showing that process, step by step make that picture with a 8, Battery Road, Singapore. ■lfl T_f mama a I Bar^ ._^_a^^l _f H^ POWER
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    • 651 30 SIMPLIFYING OFFICE ROUTINE Gestetner Stencils In 1879 a young man named David Gestetner, ruined by the financial disaster which struck Austria in 1873, was hawking kites on the pavement edge for a bare existence. Now, this young man had ideas, and one of his ideas was that if he could
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    • 133 30 Ink is produced in Singapore by two Chinese, trading under the name of the Everest Ink Manufacturing Co., whose output at the moment of writing 10,000 bottles a month for local consumption is produced from a small laboratory in a house in Middle Road. No attempt
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    • 156 30 The constant flow of order- with wh; Mr. A. Sheffield has been rewarded mi. set up business in Singapore in 1921 I silver and copper plating, brass polfa burnishing and bronzing. sugg.-s:-- thai tbe few Japanese and even fewer Chu. that until then constituted this local
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    • 561 30 Professional and Amateur Photography has made a great appeal to the Chinese, and in consequence those engaged in the trade in Singapore do good business in normal times. The supply of cameras is divided principally between the United States and the Continent, chiefly Germany. The
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      • 551 30 SHIP CHANDLERS jfl& SAIL and FLAG Jjgjjj^ MAKERS A^r mhk -iv v^ e carr y a l Qr 8 e Jflf I Ir^ B wtock of Shipchandlery I^^^lUs Stores, Yacht* Launch I J^^* r 1 V J and Motor Boat Fittings \^My_^^ Long flax. Tar paulin jS_§sf and Green Canvas
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    • 4 31 THE RAILROADS OF MALAYA
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    • 881 31 Those who are accustomed to the fact that it Ls possible to entrain at Singapore and travel the length of the Peninsula, by either of two main lines, one tapping the areas along the Wast Coast and the other the East Coast, and catch the Siamese
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    • 33 31 The structure of the building is mainly erf reinforced concrete faced on the outside with artificial stone. The architects are Messrs. Swan and Maclaren. and the contractors, Etablissements Brossard Mopin, S. E., Singe.pore.
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    • 237 31 Front and Back Page Designs The front and back pages of this Supplement convey, by line drawing, half-tone illustration, and text, the Singapore of yesterdaj and to-day. Thus, the cover depicts a very early vie* of the city and harbour, with many smai: sailing ships at
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      • 38 31 a^a^»T^ mrn^amm^^ I j ____B__B I WW "~_a_fl mr^^^ a W* a a*****W*\ I I ii|a<« }-JmW&^^^^ ii i .aa—aa- JmZS-SHI I _H I f^__gjj__rid__l__rj- "Tlia. r^ i M^^^ y^ „y_ ''y~±*am t; s*isi**r i v t -^aaf^^a^a^la-pa^fiw^^T^^^-^^iyrj
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      • 114 31 I W* w IS THE TIME to BUY Real Estate Values are low these days this is the Wise Man's opportunity, consult us now. G^_^__^ CHEONG KOON SENG COMPANY General Auctioneers, Valuers, Real Estate, Commission and Insurance Agents, etc. M==^_j VALUATIONS I I ■•nr Auction Sale of,- MADE IA A
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    • 1772 32 HE post-war period In Singapore had many of the characteristics which were common elsewhere. Broken threads of commerce and social interests had to be gathered up and spliced and new lines of enterprise taken over, adopted and developed. Singapore, which had previously only just begun to
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      • 29 32 SPECIAL ADVERTISEMENT n HOOGLANDT Go. 117-121 MARKET STREET SINGAPORE ESTABLISHED 1861 We Specialize in FIRE MARINE MOTOR CAR BURGLARY BAGGAGE AND LIFE INSURANCES a LET US TAKE YOUR RISK
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      • 106 32 a^^^^ yS W9MMMM**\********************************m mW^ y ~AmM wwm^ y 'amw M The new ELKAYES MATCH FACTORY at Jalan Scudai, H^ L aituate 4| milea trom Johore Bahru, now in course of construction J* SUPPORT HOME INDUSTRIES! Progressive Enterprise I A_. this modern factory will be WIT STANDS Nos. Achieving Development ONE
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      • 169 32 SPECIAL ADVERTISEMENT mmmmaammmaammaaaammmmmmmmmmaamammmmmmma mmmmWMKtMWKMMMWMK^MKLmmf £_$_t setting a new standard to the world in EVERYTHING i ELECTRICAL j THE MOST ECONO. MICAL AND EFFICIENT WAY OF RUNNING A HOME. With "Magnet" Electrical Household Appliances, not only is a definite cash saving effected, but the cleanliness, absence of irritating fumes, and ease
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