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Title Section16 1932-01-13 1 The Singapore Free Press NO. 13,542. ESTABLISHED 1835. SINGAPORE, S.S. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1932. 10 CENTS.16 words
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Article350 1932-01-13 1 The Prime Minister, closing the plenary session of the Burma Round Table Conference, outlined the proposals for the new legislature comprising Upper and Lower Houses and the powers that were reserved to the Governor Page 11. The United States Senate's order for an enquiry into conditions in350 words
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Article955 1932-01-13 1 The drawing-room is prepared for the quartet music-stands up, bright carpet dazzling la the electric light. The fattish plus-foured 'cellist lifts the cover off his instrument and lovingly polishes the gleaming undulating beck with a yellow cloth why, it is impossible to say. The first fiddle, an ambitious your.g955 words
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Advertisement219 1932-01-13 1 KLIM POWDERED MILK Till NEAREST APPROACH TO PI RE, FRESH. PASTEURIZED MILK OBTAINABLE IN THE TROPICS. OBTAINABLE AT ALJL LEADING PROVISION STORES. RAFFLES HOTEL EXCELLENT ACCOMMODATION WITH MODERN COMFORTS TO-DAY'S ATTRACTION TEA DANCE > 6.30— 8.50 Monia Litters' Orchestra I <Js& U^\ <^ INFORMAL DANCES in^'f^^^ Monday, Friday J J219 words
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Advertisement216 1932-01-13 1 PIPING AID FITTINGS ALL SIZES IN STOCK SOLE AGENTS IN MALAYA FOR The SCOTTISH TUBE Co Ltd McALISTER So., Ltd. IMPORT DEPT. THE EUROPE HOTEL SPECIAL NOTICE. Saturday, January 23rd. GRAND GALA DINNER DANCE BALLOONS, FLOWERS, CAPS. DINNER and DANCE $3.00 No Extra Charge For After Dinner Dancing. GRILL. THE216 words
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Advertisement84 1932-01-13 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Us^d car show Page 5. GoDd old Lancashire Page 9. The value of Ovaltin? Page 7. The Gift Shop closing sale Page 1. The drink of a lordly thirst— Page 1"). McAlister's for piping and fu-angs P ge 1. Angier's emulsion for disorders of digest'o-n —Pace 1' CHRYSLER84 words
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Advertisement21 1932-01-13 1 KLIM POWDERED MILK THE NEAREST APPROACH TO PURE, FRESH, PASTEURIZED MILK OBTAINABLE IN THE TROPICS. OBTAINABLE AT ALL LEADING PROVISION STORES.21 words
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Article194 1932-01-13 2 Th* following are routine orders by Lieut. Col. M. J. T. Reilly. M.C.. Commanding S.S. V.F. Singapore, Jan. 13. TRANSFER OFFICERS 2nd. Lieut. W. Gilliam. M.V.C. is transferred to the 6.V.C. with etfect from January Ist, 1932. WEAPON TRAINING A revised Machine Gun Table has been approved194 words
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Article434 1932-01-13 2 i jointle&s type in which access to the thimble tubes can b' obtained all around through manhole doors. In the normal way all the exhaust nases from the main engines are to be passed through the exhaust boilers, and there re no further silencers, but if it is desired to434 words
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Article1142 1932-01-13 2 The Largest British Motor Liner i Thir Cieorgic, which was launched from I Harland and Wolff's Belfast yard last month, i termed a sister ship to the Britannic, but, |;i(t;uUy. .-he has a somewhat greater draught,. leu rid a slightly higher number of passengers, j and her gross1,142 words
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Advertisement503 1932-01-13 2 BUY BRITISH BISHOP'S NATURAL FRUIT SALINE A natural corrective fcr acidity and heartburn, biliousness and sick headache. Ifver and stomach disorders. Made by Alfred Bishcp Ltd.. whose Capital -BRITISH Founder BRITISH Director BRITISH Employees BRITISH Agents MEDICAL HALL, LTD., Retail and Wholesale Chemists. SINGAPORE. BUSIN SiI~ CARDS. MEMORIALS. SINGAPORE CASKET503 words
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Advertisement408 1932-01-13 2 TENDERS. SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL NQTICE TENDERS. NOTICE la hereby given that tenders are now invited for the following materials or services and that particulars of such tenders may be obtained In the Tender Room, Municipal •Offices Erection of 14 Blocks of Coolie Lines, Henderson Road. Date of Closing 4 p.m., January408 words
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Advertisement556 1932-01-13 2 MIC -KG I'IKM'O OF- NFRVF CKLI.S y^^\>^^-JLL^C7' Energy and Cheerfree from depressing ailments wouldn't you like D to be like that? Of course fZJ s a hy >^ T about banatogen in the you would. And you can Medical Press Circular." For Unless you are suffering "Sanatogen is readily absorb^556 words
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Advertisement27 1932-01-13 2 '%^pT!s^ over the world r rcomr% v I colds, coughs, i.na"" 1 a throats. I From <"T»«»ni I %nm7orn\\xlm-t\ I pool TfiruM H**"^' I**1 EVANS' j Pastilles27 words
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Miscellaneous210 1932-01-13 2 THE WEEK Wednesday, 13th. High Water,. 01.57,^ 8.6 ft, 13.25. 3 2 ft Rural Board meeting, I*l a .m. Rotary 4iffln -Adelphi Hotel, address by Bishop J^aorg^LJftftker., Poppj Day Committee meeting. Europe Hotel MOO. Oolf: Garrison G.C. Ladies' monthly medal stroke > Rugby: S.C.C. v.>. Islands, Padang. Hockey. Colony Trial:210 words
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Article2508 1932-01-13 3 MILLION DEATHS IN GLASS TUBES ABOUT GERMS Keeping Them Alive to Study Them Have you ever toyed with the notion that all the animals in the Zoo might om- day escape? writes James A. Jones in the Evening News. That would be a reign of terror, when lions roared in2,508 words
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Article, Illustration450 1932-01-13 3 leaving School Rehind For Ever He is just an ordinary public school-boy, on the last day of his school life, on the day that he may have looked forward to, may have heralded as the end of discipline and the beginning of Life. And yet it450 words
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Article716 1932-01-13 3 Most American of Modern Poets Mr. Vavhel Lindsay. wtfcOM dMtta at Um age ot 52 is announced ill a Router mc.^sam 1 from Springfield. Illinois, wn.s the most American of America's modern poets; tho "anchored cling" of Boston, still facing eastward, which can be traced even716 words
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Article61 1932-01-13 3 On nis arrival in Penang from home iMVt Mr. H. C. Pinching. A.R.S.M.. the well-known myeologist and visiting agent, meived the sad news of the death of his wife, in London M Christmas Eve. from heart trouble. The late Mrs Pinching was a resident of Ipoh some year ago with61 words
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Advertisement305 1932-01-13 3 4" C^ LIGHTS FROM jjL ft 4U ONE LAMP My At the pull of a switch either the full brilliance of an ordinary lamp or the soft glow of a night lamp BY INSTALLING A PHILIPS DUO-SAVELITE LAMP YOU SECURE THE ADVANTAGES g OF TWO SOURCES OF LIGHT IN ONE305 words
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Advertisement70 1932-01-13 3 Estate Trust Agencies (1927) Limited. BRANCHES 21, First Cross Street MALACCA. 11. Light Street PENANG. 14, Klyne Street KUALA LUMPUR. Registered by and Security deposited with the Straits Settlements Government. Act as Trustees, Administrators, Receivers, Guardians, Rent Collectors, Investments Supervised and Interest collected, Probate or Letters of Administration applied for70 words
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Article, Illustration1278 1932-01-13 4 WEEPING WOMEN American Sentenced For Murder of Turk Armagh (Ulster), Dec. 11. "All I can say is that what I told on oath yesterday that I wa; not guilty was the Gospel truth." These wordc were declaimed in a voice shaking with emotion by Eddie1,278 words
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Article399 1932-01-13 4 The Man Who Must Start All Over Again London, Dec. 16. "I mean to come back," said Andr6 Chariot. The man who has produced stage shows for twenty-five years, and who has been the revue king of two continents for the past ten, faced up to his future399 words
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Article311 1932-01-13 4 Hymn the Moderns will not Sing Oxford. "Twenty years ago a man was respected because he was a minister. Now his office counts for nothing. A minister is respected only if he is a man." Thus, in his beautiful book-lined room at Mansfield College, Dr. W. B.311 words
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Article198 1932-01-13 4 Royal Mummies' New Home Cairo. Dec. 3. Considerable surprise has been caused by the Egyptian Government's decision to transfer the Royal Mummies of the ancient Pharaohs from the closed room in the Museum of Antiquities and place them in the mausoleum recently built to the memory198 words
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57 1932-01-13 4 Hollywood is fast becoming an International melting pot. Former enemies veterans of the American. French. British. German, Russian. Italian, Belgian and Austrian armies are working side by side in certain scenes for "The Man I Killed" which Ernst Lubitsch is directing for Paramount with Lionel57 words
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82 1932-01-13 4 "Sooky" has gone into production. Co-starring Jackie ('Skippy') Cooper and Robert Coogan, brother of "The Kid." the new Percy Crosby story will have a cast similar to the first success, Paramount announces. Norman Taurog. director, has taken a company of 150 to San Bernardino to do82 words
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Article99 1932-01-13 4 Lady Clementi and Miss Clementl will be present at the forthcoming Penang Club Race Ball. The Duke of Atholl, who has just celebrated his sixtieth birthday, is the only person in England to have his own private army. The Duke who is a direct descendant of Lord George Murray, the99 words
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Article696 1932-01-13 4 WOMAN'S SUICIDE Plan to Shoot The Man cl Loved Sl Southampton, D^ The desperate plan of a wonu; thv rt*< lcve, to shoot the man shf then to kill herself, was r< remarkable evidence at a Southampton quest. This tragic story concerned h s696 words
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Article112 1932-01-13 4 Outcome of Tavern Brawl in 1901 Surgeons in Chicago have decided man who has carried a two-and n_ knife blade in his brain for thirty continue to carry it there for t 1 his days. Dr. Karl Meyer, of the cnu:.' that he has decided not112 words
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Article53 1932-01-13 4 I Our Malacca correspondent H. C Willan. who arrived the* Thursday, has assumed hi> Judge and Registrar. Mai. kie. Superintendent. Merlimau F Wallace, another of our local inmates in the Durtan DWW lUv Lipis. on the way to Port Did at Malacca yesterday to I Clarke. Resident Councillor. U* Clarke,53 words
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Advertisement256 1932-01-13 4 Buy Singapore Cold Storage FRESH MILK Increased supplies are now available Give your order at any of the retail depots of the SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE Co Ltd. Keep Your T*O keep the skin flexible and healthy and secure against itchy m disease, rub it over with a little I'SV^SS Ztra-Buk256 words
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Article516 1932-01-13 5 GUARD TURNS OUT Firemen Hoisted Aloft in Cradles London, Dee. 16. Alarm spread throughout the City last night when the news was circulated far and wide that the Bank of England was ablaze, and thousands of homeward-bound workers hurlied to r rhieadneedle-i.treet, where, in dense516 words
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Article221 1932-01-13 5 The undernoted non-fiction works will be ready for issue on Saturday, at 9 a.m. Adam (H.L.) C.I.D. Behind the Scenes at Scotland Yard. 1931. illus. American Museum of Natural History, JourMi Vols. 29 and 30. illus. Churchill (Winston S.) The World Crisis. The Eastern Front. 1931. illus. Craig221 words
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Article152 1932-01-13 5 Effect of Economic Blizzard [From Our Own Correspondent] More p:op!e th^n ever are turning to bocks for amusement end instruction whi:<? the reading habit spreads more rapidly in times of depression. The:e are the views given in the Publisher' Circular and Booksellers' Record. Each y?:r. says this152 words
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Article, Illustration305 1932-01-13 5 Peer's Bride And A Vatican Rule The Daily Express understands that when Lord Acton, the twenty-three-year-old peer, was married in November at Chelsea Register 1 Office to the Hon. Daphne Strutt, daughter of Lord Rayleigh, a marriage problem of considerable interest in ecclesiastical and social circles was305 words
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Article477 1932-01-13 5 Airplanes his "One Idea in Life" "Evidently Hale wanted something faster than a horse, and instead of being in the hussars should really be in the Air Force." Mr. Harry Hunt, defending, made this plea at Woking Police Court, when Trooper Charles Godfrey Hale, aged nineteen.477 words
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Article32 1932-01-13 5 Col. B. A. Thompson*, Adviser to the Johdre Military Forces, is retiring -arid tearing for home by the Rawalpindi. He is being succeeded by Capt. Noyes-Lewis, who was formerly in Singapore. .-r32 words
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Article329 1932-01-13 5 Turnery Tests with Seventy Hardwoods There are probably hundreds of hardwoods In the forests of the Empire which would make beautiful furniture, pannelling and decorative objects, but which are almost totally unknown to users of timber. A new proof of this fact is the publication by the Empire329 words
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Article227 1932-01-13 5 LEAP YEAR— I932 26,000 People Who Will Have a Birthday [From Our Own Correspondent] Next year is Leap Year, and then, according to tradition— "The ladies propose, and, if not accepted, claim a silk gown." All the blame rests with Julius Caesar's astronomers, who added an extra day to February227 words
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Article150 1932-01-13 5 Sing-Sing Sings a Sing-Song New Ycrk. D-*> Jl. The world's wlerdest "first night" was held here this evening. Eighteen hundred members of tho p.iblie crowded into the private theatre of the famous Sing-Sipg Prison to see Ihe "Sing-Siivj Minstrels." The cast were convicts r.ll. When the elite150 words
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Article92 1932-01-13 5 Many kitchens are stocked wLh pots and pans of angular shape because they fit together on the stove and in this way save a certain amount of gas. A new "set" has been add?d to these accommodating utensils. Two semi-ntrcular frying pans have been devised with long,92 words
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304 1932-01-13 5 OFFICER RESCUED Charge by Mounted Police London, Dee. 16. Riotous scenes In which mounted police charged into unruly mobs and foot police freely 'ised their truncheous characterised an unemployed demonstration in London yesterday. One man was arrested for obstructing the police, and the sitting304 words
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Article282 1932-01-13 5 £8,000 Diamonds and Emeralds Missing [Prom Our Own Correspondent] Scotland Yard was confronted during the week-end with one of the cleverest mail robberies on record. Diamonds and emeralds worth £8,000 are missing. They were dispatched in a registered package addressed to the Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company's shop282 words
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Article, Illustration20 1932-01-13 5 M. Diagne, the first black minister in France, speaking to a native from French West Africa at the Overseas Exhibition.20 words
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Advertisement234 1932-01-13 5 DO NOT MISS THE USED PAD I* A n SHOW SATURDAY NEXT AT Borneo Motors, Ltd. w ORCHARD ROAD, SINGAPORE. [FRESH CONSIGNMENTS 01 SILK LACES The most suitable for Evening Frocks FLORAL CHIFFONS GEORGETTES BEACH PYJAMAS:— A special variety just unpacked at Wassiamull Assomull Co. 31 33 High St. Phone234 words
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Article, Illustration1962 1932-01-13 6 ALFRED E. PIERES - ALFRED E. PIERES BY The Tragedy of Gompachi and Komurasaki rne Press S{>< rial Correspondent in Japan T^OR many years Meguro was merely a village lying in the shadow of Tokyo until the seismic fires compelled it to increase architecturally and it became a1,962 words
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Article, Illustration28 1932-01-13 6 I Charles Spencer and Sydney Thomas, the 4 and 5 years old sons of the famous comedian, are visiting Paris with their grandmother, Mrs. Lilian Grey.28 words
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Article348 1932-01-13 6 KN PASSANT An Argument Over a Familiar Expression Although this is not the Week for our Chess J Notes and Problems the Chess Editor has been I asked to adjudicate upon an argument which has arisen in local chess circles in regard to j the term348 words
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Article730 1932-01-13 6 The Soul of Malaya, by H. Fauconnirr, Klkin. Mil thews and Marrot 9\- This is a most excellent translation by Eric Sutton of M. Pauconnier's "Malasie". and the book has lost nothing in the translating. It should be read by anyone interested in Malaya, for it730 words
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Article, Illustration913 1932-01-13 6 HORATIUS - Bridge Notes and Problems, HORATIUS BY m DONT TIE YOURSELF TO ONE SCHOOL IN the majority of bridge playing clubs, yott will discover little cliques of members which foregather and play day after u..y with very little interruption. They acquire their own little conventions, get to kno>- each other's games913 words
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Article, Illustration642 1932-01-13 6 ELY CULBERTSON - ELY CULBERTSON BY Bidding Grand Slam in Contract is. generally speaking, a losing proposition. If then* is any OMM for the bid It generally ma.: that the certainty oi a Small Slam has been sui-rendered. It lw a case oi either wolfing the wtiolo642 words
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Article59 1932-01-13 6 With a conservative partner a' t*> B table, one should avoid bed rock mm.ir.ur because such a player is iMpm****^ able to visualize them and his Raware apt U» be light. With IB the bidding: should be light and >v^ never carried to the extreme !m::'haxid. Also risky59 words
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Article284 1932-01-13 7 GLORIA SAYS "YES" But is "Married For Keeps" Now Cherbourg:, Dec. 11. Shculd a woman have four husbands? "Yes and why not?" says Gloria Swanson, Smiling at Mr. Michael Farmer, the young Irishman who has recently become her fourth partner in matrimony Brimming with284 words
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Article238 1932-01-13 7 Special Legislation Foreshadowed London, Dec. 18. The problem of debts incurred by "extravagant wives" is being discussed in business circles, following the recent* court cases, in which husbands have been sued unsuccessfully by dressmaking firms for bills contracted by their wives. It is understood that a private Bill238 words
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Article90 1932-01-13 7 Missing Adventurers Found at Lima London, Dec. 11. A Lima correspondent says that? Martin Albercht, the 25-year old Englishman who was tepcrted yesterday missing in South America, is at Lima. He set out from Buenos Aires in August with Miss C. Rousseau, a pretty San Francisco girl, by90 words
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Article76 1932-01-13 7 Sombre Ceremony off Falmouth London, Dec. 29. In accordance with the deceased's request, the sombre ceremony of the burial of Sir Thirkell White was performed amid stormy seas, under lowering skies, from on board a tug three miles off Falmouth. The body was lowered76 words
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Article409 1932-01-13 7 Shanghai Without Usual Transportation With the partial strike en Christmas Day and a total strike cf nearly 300 bus conductors on Boxing Day from 10.30 a.m., the Shanghai public was deprived of the bus service. One conductor was arrested, a Korean inspector was assaulted, several bus windowe were409 words
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Article, Illustration25 1932-01-13 7 fkK doyvu Axcjsay? wkt+p (rSin /im m this btQM+fy cfttnafs /a<Vox* drina Wknu*y and Arty wkltk cont'aia whUtj^MjfPm OOd dea* rmmf slov ottm «m/25 words
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Article84 1932-01-13 7 Hollywood. The leading feminine role in "Salomy Jane" goes to Joan Bennett. Raoul Walsh is down to direct, and production is scheduled to begin December 1. Before that time Miss Bennett will finish "She Wanted A Millionaire," the film she was working in when injured84 words
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Article121 1932-01-13 7 The derailment of three coaches of a Metropolitan Railway train just outside Baker Street Station delayed thousands of Christmas shoppers for more than an hour and a half. The coaches unfortunately blocked all the lines so that no train could run in or out cf the station, which was soon121 words
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Article422 1932-01-13 7 We acknowledge receipt of Bulletins 4 and 5 published by the Institute for Medical Research, dealing respectively with The Relative Suceptibility of some Malayan Anopheline Mosquitoes to Experimental Infection with Malarial Parasites; and Laboratory Experiments on the Larvicidal Properties of Mineral Oil?. W. Charlton, the Oxford University centre forward who422 words
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Article582 1932-01-13 7 HIS CHRISTMAS GIFT LIST Strube Sings a Shopping Saga "This year," I announced to my household, "I am going to do my Christmas shopping earlier. In fact, I am going to do it to-day." It happened to be an exceptional morning for me. It wasn't raining582 words
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Article320 1932-01-13 7 Embezzlement Case Dismissed in Shanghai The private criminal prosecution against the late Mr. Sheng Kung-pao's seven sons and two daughters charged with embezzling a portion of the three million dollar estate left by their deceased mother was dismissed by the Special District Court at Shanghai. Complainants in320 words
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Article206 1932-01-13 7 British Woman Found Dead Shanghai, Dw\ 31. Mrs. Maude Kornfelt, the British widow of a Norwegian ships captain, was found dead in a boarding house at 21. Love Lane, at 10.30 yesterday morning, lying face downwards on the floor. Near the body, en a table, was a water206 words
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Article142 1932-01-13 7 Hindu Hires Russian to Kill Theatre Manager llarbin, Dec. 21. Chinese detectives have arrested three Russians in connexion with a murder plot. It is alleged that the object of the plot was to shoot and kill a man named Vespa. a part owner of the Atlantic Theatre142 words
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Advertisement354 1932-01-13 7 V j^ Ifw mf mm '^^^T^^^M 1 *S %^C^ JC-IJ M l< n^ ~jjJ' 'Ml: M' 1 m mm muse It He is such a happy, contented little fellow, and so sturdy. knew that nothing could equal his natural food to ensure for him the right foundation for future health354 words
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Article1329 1932-01-13 8 SENATE ELECTION i .Hopeful of Further Successes (From Our Own Correspondent) Dublin, Dec. 7. Mr. de Valera scored in the Seanad (Senate) ■election last week when the party he leads Fianna Fail won four seats in that house. The election was conducted upon the Proportional Representation1,329 words
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Article243 1932-01-13 8 Woman's Claim For "Shock" A remarkable case, in which a woman claimed £500 respecting shock and sickness, which she alleged she suffered in consequence of drinking ginger-beer, which, she stated, contained a snail, was heard in the House of Lords. The action was brought by243 words
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Article262 1932-01-13 8 A Matter Of Self Confidence Says Tallulah Bankhead Poise, that indefinable sense of well-being for which many stars of the stage and screen strive a lifetime and neve: quite attain, is in the opinion of Tallulah Bankhead, now appearing at the Capitol in the Tarrished Lady, purely a matter262 words
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Article187 1932-01-13 8 "OVER THE HILL Hollywood. "Over the Hill" has had a studio pre-view In its final form, and Fox West Coast officials are jubilant over the results. Enthusiastic predictions are current that James Dunn and Sally Eilers will exceed the success of their previous performance as a team in "Bad Girl"187 words
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Article545 1932-01-13 8 150 NEW PLAYS No Outstanding Dramatic Productions [From Our Own Correspondent 1 Although much abuse has been hurled at drama in general, the rise of the theatre curtain keeps its glamour. During the last 365 nights almost 150 new plays have been presented in the West End545 words
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Article96 1932-01-13 8 Eight Men Feared Drowned It is believed that no less than eight men have been drowned after a collision which occurred very suddenly at 6.25 p.m. in Gallions Reach in the Thames near Woolwich between the American passenger ship American Trader and a tug. The tug immediately96 words
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Article287 1932-01-13 8 The St. Austell and Carlyon Bay Hotel, which telaims to be the finest hotel in Cornwall, was destroyed by fire two days after Christmas and £20,000 damage was done. Police were forced to guard a pillar box four times in Green Lanes Harringay, N, on the Wednesday before Christmas, as287 words
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Article198 1932-01-13 8 Hollywood. One of the most interesting of recent developments in Hollywood is the elevation of mature women to the top place in the casts of several pictures. It begins to appear that the much heralded wave of romantic pictures may be beaten to the tape198 words
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Article19 1932-01-13 8 Mr. A. J. Jakcman. of the F.M.S. Police, leaves for Home on furloueh this week accompanied by Mrs. Jakeman.19 words
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Article105 1932-01-13 8 Steeplejack Retrieves Figure on Top of Spire London, Dec. 16. A grotesque figure in pyjamas, with a human skull capped by a silk hat, which has been perched on the highest spire in Aberdeen and has served as a free sideshow for Aberdonians and visitors from the surrounding105 words
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Article88 1932-01-13 8 A fire broke out in the early hours of the morning in the premises of a drapery shop in Guildford High Street. When the fire was at its height the whole of the front of the shop collapsed and tons of masonry and steel girs crashed into the street, eight88 words
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Article190 1932-01-13 8 Molly*** j I When Minna Gombell steps into the 1< I role of "After To-morrow. 1 e* 5 I production at the Fox Film Coil*^ 110 I •soon, she will have earned the IW I consistently excellent work. I Miss Gombell came to BoH| I New York stage190 words
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Advertisement150 1932-01-13 8 "DOG'S HEAD" GUINNESS IS GOOD FOR YOU Gives you strength Agents: SIME, DARBY CO., LTD., S.S. F.M.S. t\ is w v\fcij M V FOR OVER T^ o YEARS^ .^r J§^ Jt k GLAXO m jtO J HAS CONTAINtD ADDFD Ik £mr Mi m sun shine vitamin d a *W ffl150 words
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Advertisement227 1932-01-13 9 VICTORIA THEATRE *i\<;ai»oiki: tiimkal mkii:iyn First Symphony Concert Friday, January 22nd, at 9.30 p.m. Monday, January 25th, at 5.30 p.m. VOCALISTS MADAM HAWKINS (SOPRANO) CLARK (CONTRALTO) Booking at Little's from Monday, Jan. 18th Prices $2, and $1. 'VICTORIA THIATRIT COMING SHORTLY THE GRANT ANDERSON COMPANY HOOKING Phone 6903, 9 a.m.227 words
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Advertisement238 1932-01-13 9 "Nothing brighter and more genuinely funny could be expected "STRAITS TIMES," 12-1-32. AND THAT'S The z^l&BiSj^ Opinion of ALL /Jfl^L,-^ who have seen this Wmlj£gh£ Great BRITISH AT THE C A PITOL MATINEE TO-DAY at 3.15 NIGHT L Y The Celebrated West End Favourites GENE GERRARD and MURIEL ANGELUS in238 words
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Advertisement181 1932-01-13 9 "RAIN OR SHINE" is on the way! 6.15 LASTJSIGtIT TO-MGHT! 9.15 Fox Movietone's Whimsical Romance Sally O'Neil IN "The BBAT" TO-MORROW "Alhambra's January Star Picture" ALFRED LUNT LYNN FONT ANNE America's Most Distinguished Stage Stars in their first ALL LAUGHING farce comedy -THE GUARDSMAN "7 he First Perfect Talkie** Say181 words
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Article25 1932-01-13 10 EVANS. In Nursing Home, in London, on Friday. January Bth, 1932, aged 44 years, Claude Singleton Evans, of The Straits Trading Co., Ltd., Singapore.25 words
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778 1932-01-13 10 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1932. ASIATIC UNEMPLOYED It is fitting that the committee which has administered the Asiatic Unemployment Fund should not be allowed to go out of existence upon handing over its task to the committee nominated by Government without a word of acknowledgment for their services778 words
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Article533 1932-01-13 10 "Religion in the Home" will be the subject of the lecture at the Theosophical Society. 181 Tank Road, at 6.30 p.m. to-morrow (Thursday), and all interested are cordially invited. At the next directors' meeting of the Rotary Club a scheme will be formulated for the administration of the Unemployment Fund.533 words
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Article47 1932-01-13 10 The Committee beg to acknowledge with many thanks the receipt of the following subscriptions Previously acknowledged $10,900.25 "M.T." Collection at the Singapore Manufacturers Exhibition 8:j.39 Anonymous Reader of the "M.T." 50.00 Oversea Assurance Corp. Ltd's Staff 18.00 A Police Officer >j oo $11,05(5 6447 words
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Article339 1932-01-13 10 Sue Carol in Graft at Pavilion (By Our Film Correspondent) Graft is a title that merely disguises another of the truly American type of what newspaper life is supposed to be over there. There i? some graft in the plot but the main interest is in the exploits339 words
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Article123 1932-01-13 10 Selectors Cause Some Disappointment (From Our Own Correspondent) Koala Lumpur. Jan. 12. F.M.S. hockey selectors have caused some disappointment over the selection of the side to meet the Colony on Jan. 23. The team is composed of Selangor and Perak players and should not provide serious opposition. Judging123 words
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Article225 1932-01-13 10 Hardships to Malayan Smallholders To the Editor. Sir. I read with a great deal of interest your leading article on January Bth. "Official Shylocks" and also your correspondent H.P's. letter of this morning. I consider it a disgraceful thing and no credit to the F.M.S. Government,225 words
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Article209 1932-01-13 10 Former Commercial Manager of Straits Trading Co. The Head office. Branches and Agencies of the Straite Trading Co. Ltd. were closed yesterday as a mark of respect to Mr. Claude Singleton Evans, news of whose death In London, on the Bth. instant, as the209 words
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Article54 1932-01-13 10 China and Japan Approve Personnel [Reuter's Serried Paris. Jan. 11. China and Japan have now approved the names of the members of the League Commission In Manchuria. It now only remains to obtain the approval of the League members for the Commission to be formally constituted and leave54 words
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Article999 1932-01-13 10 WAS IT RETURNED* An Apology By o Unse j In Open Court The case in which a youn^ Cheong Kiam Hoe was nhltful wtth the of a title deed and alternatively rtth crttrv! breach of trust in respect of ti. was continued before the Distt. n^ O.999 words
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Advertisement172 1932-01-13 10 LIGHT or DARK BARCLAY'S I LAGER I The Drink for a Lordly Thirst. SOLE AGENTS CALDBECK MACGREGOR CO., LTD., (Incorporated under the Companies' Ordinances of Hong Kong.) (Incorporated in Shanghai) 201 CANTONMENT ROAD. TELEPHONE 5371 5372. ROYAL BAKERY CAKES AND MINCE PIES si.urap.re COLD STORAGE lm ORCHARD ROAD AND SUB-DEPOTS.172 words
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Advertisement21 1932-01-13 10 PLEASING PRESENTS IN JEWELLERY ETC. AT LOWEST PRICES FOR NEW YEAR U. S. De Sflva Bros., JEWELLERS. 23 High Street Singapore.21 words
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Article795 1932-01-13 11 BURMA CONFERENCE SPEECH PREMIER EXPLAINS POSITION TWO HOUSES POWERS RESERVED TO GOVERNOR I British Radio Official Service] fcufrby, Jan. 12. T).- Prime Minister, presiding at the final session of the Burma Round Table Conference prefaced his statement of Governpenl p Ifcgr by communicating to the con- nv*ssag>e from the King795 words
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Article117 1932-01-13 11 QUIET IN INDIA GANDHI RELEASE RUMOURS I British Radio-Official Service] Ru*b>, Jmn. 12. Reports from all parts of India indicate the absence of any enthusiasm for Congress manifestaticn such as a marked inauguration of the previous civil disooedience campaign Yesterday's celebration of Independence Daywas quite unsuccessful and117 words
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Article375 1932-01-13 11 French Stranglehold on Germany I neuter's Strvicej Basle, Jan. 11. At thr instance of M. Moret, governor of the Bank of France, the Council of the Bank for International Settlements unanimously refused to renew unconditionally the credit of $25,000, 000 to the R*ichsbank which expires on Feb. 4.375 words
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Article99 1932-01-13 11 Arrival in London Yesterday [British Radio— Official Service] Rugby, Jan. 12. The Crown Prince of Ethiopia arrives in London to-day on a mission from the Emperor of Ethiopia. He will be meb by the Duke of Gloucester on behalf of the King, and on Thursday will be entertained99 words
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Article53 1932-01-13 11 France May Ask for Postponement [Reuter'a Service] London, Jan. 12. It Is officially stated that the French Government has Indicated that they cannot bind themselves to Jan. 25, as the opening date of the Lausanne Conference solely because reconstruction of the French Cabinet may necessitate a request for53 words
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Article65 1932-01-13 11 An Italian Newspaper's Demand fßeuter't Service 7 Milan, Jan. 18. Immediate wiping out of reparations and war debts is demanded In an article In Popolo DTtalia, attributed to Signar Mussolini. It 1 says that the Lausanne Conference should end In wiping the slate and cancellation of65 words
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Article68 1932-01-13 11 Attitude of the Government [FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGH?! London, Jan. 12. The Evening News quotes the Gallic Trading Company that It is most improbable that the British Government or British rubber growers will approve of restriction until Holland and the Netherlands East Indies are off the gold standard since68 words
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Article102 1932-01-13 11 OFFER TO M. LAVAL NATIONAL UNION GOVERNMENT [Reuter'a Service] Paris, Jan. 12. All members of the Cabinet have placed their portfolios at the disposal of M. Laval in order to give the Premier a free hand to negotiate with Party leaders with the view to the formation102 words
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Article204 1932-01-13 11 The Nazis and Hindenburg's Presidency [Renter's Service] Berlin, Jan. 11. Herr Hitler, the Nationalist leader, and Herr Hugenberg, have decided no* to support the prolongation of President Hindenburg's term of office by action of the Reichstag. It is believed that Hitler and Hugenburg are each sending204 words
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Article119 1932-01-13 11 Alterations Which Do Not Affect Principle [British Radio— Official Service] Rugby, Jan. 11. It is understood that, in their modified form, the Government proposals for the establishment of a wheat quota system will be acceptable to the various interests concerned. Sir John Giltnour, the Minister of Agriculture,119 words
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Article102 1932-01-13 11 Sixteen Miles of Stands [British Radio— Official Service] Baitoj, Jan. 11. In spite of the world trade depression, the British Industries Pair which will open in London and Birmingham on Feb. 22 will be the largest ever known. The number of exhibits will be greater than at any102 words
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Article49 1932-01-13 11 Improving Trade With Britain [British Radio— Official Serrtee] Bngbj. Jan. 11. The President of the Board of Trade, Mr. Walter Runciman, will meet the Irish Ministers in London this week to discu/» a method of improving trade between the United Kingdom and the Irish Free State.49 words
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Article31 1932-01-13 11 Final Dividend of £3 TPREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT] London, Jan. 12. The Hongkong and Shanghai Bank has declared a final dividend of £3. There la no bonus.31 words
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Article341 1932-01-13 11 ENQUIRY ORDERED SEQUEL TO ATTACK ON YOUNG AMERICAN [Reuter's Service] Honolulu, Jan. 12. The United States Senate's order for an enquiry into conditions in Hawaii haa slightly calmed the tension arising from racial feeling due to the murder of a native, with which a New York341 words
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Article349 1932-01-13 11 Unsatisfactory Result of Gloucesters' D.E.I. Tour A proposal that the Council of the Singapore Amateur Football Association should take the strongest action possible in connection with the unsatisfactory position that has arisen from th? tour of the football team of the Gloucester Regiment in Java and Sumatra, was349 words
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Article68 1932-01-13 11 YESTERDAY'S TIN AND RUBBER PRICES [FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT) London, Jan. 12. Messrs. Lewis, Lazaras and Son? notify to-day's tin prices as follows Spot £142 15|16 (£l4l 13J16). Forward £146 1)16 (£144 15|16). The market is strong. Messrs. Symington and Wilson notify to-day's rubber prices at follows Spot68 words
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Article31 1932-01-13 11 I Reuter's Service] Whshinrton, Jan. 12. The Senate has approved the creation of a $2,000,000,000 Finance Corporation intended by Mr. Hoover to afford Government credit for industrial relief.31 words
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Advertisement299 1932-01-13 11 1 V MORLEY'S I m^^^B^- t" J*«V** yjf w-^R M m S*% <G W& 1 1 vifc^ '-•'>•" ;^!i/ BBfif' v x^PJif-c'* 'I fiSEr Robinson Co., Ltd. O^IL. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements) GOOO^YEAR Belting Hose Packing GOODYEAR "THOR" friction surface GOODYEAR "PATHFINDER," friction transmission belting, for high speeds and surface,299 words
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Article2250 1932-01-13 12 INDIAN GOVERNMENT'S POLICY OPPORTUNITIES WHICH CONGRESS REJECTED THE PATH OF DESTRUCTIVE EFFORTS A clear appreciation of the conditions I'rading up to the definite breach between the Viceroy and the Working Committee of the Indian Congress is given by the following extracts f n m recent2,250 words
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Article2385 1932-01-13 12 Bombay, Jan. 1. The following is the full text of the Congress Working Committee's resolution. The Working Committee has heard Mr. Gandhi's account of his visit to the West and considered the situation created by the extraordinary Ordinances promulgated in Bengal, the United Provinces and the Frontier Province2,385 words
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Article153 1932-01-13 12 Seqiu'l to Gandhi's Paris Visit Paris. Dec. 31. Mr. Gandhi's visit to Paris has had an unfortunate sequel for the prcprietre: s of the boarding house at which be slaved. She hai been sued by a doctor and a business man. tenants cf the block of153 words
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Article113 1932-01-13 12 Newspaper Insurance Rivalry London, Jan. 1. The advent of the New Year is marked by increased rivalry among newspaper insurance schemes. One "national" newspaper anncinvce« extensions of the existing fchera>' to include the prevision of £20.509 fcr a hu;band and wife killed in a railway accident, cr113 words
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Article156 1932-01-13 12 Prince of Wales* Pilot Flying to Africa Lordcn. Dec. 31. It appears that the aiman. Fieiden. havin: a 10 days' holiday, decided without preparation to indulge in a little flying in the direction of North Africa, and possibly into the Sudan. The flight is intended to be156 words
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Article625 1932-01-13 12 UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY Bishop Robert's Methodk Conference -BEAUTIFUL HARMONY" The Bishcp of Singapore, B. C. Roberts, was intrude addressed the Malaya annual c Methodist Episcopal Chun i. Bishcp Roberts, in n-fum.. plans of th> Methodists for th< an indigenous church, sin ted th.-. munion was feeling very625 words
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Article96 1932-01-13 12 New Year Trafli( Jam \v t'-ii four ■ti p Now Year rCVtlten m I England, who found the sti ic? early in th between two m ::n hrlng si- kids of notoc iad h traffic. Til rr like I 1 the imlli weie ro thickly i bqbm96 words
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Article570 1932-01-13 13 Gala's Championship Chances <From Our Ov/:i Correspondent) [By Dutch Air Mail] London, Dec. 29. There was an abbreviated Rugby programme for Scotland on Boxing day. but what there 1 was was interesting. By a snap try credited to Mathieson, Gala beat Glasgow High School F.P. and have further570 words
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Article283 1932-01-13 13 Thrilling: Semi-finals at Bath Club [From Our Own Correspondent] Lonoon, Dec. 15. We were treated to three hours of wonderful squash rackets at the Bath Club on Saturday in the amateur championship, when W. D. Macpherson ajid F. D. Amir Bey. the Egyptian, qualified for a final which283 words
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Article156 1932-01-13 13 The following appointments are notified in the F.M.S. Government Gazette of Jan. 2: Mr. J. E. MacLaughlin to be an Assistan: Ijupevintendent. Trade and Customs Dept.; Mr A. W. Greaves to act as Senior Superintendent. Trade and Customs Dept.; Mr. L. S. Himeley to be an Assistant Superintendent, Survey Dept.;156 words
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Article577 1932-01-13 13 With the Harriers and Boxers [From Our Own Correspondent] London, Dec. 15. South London Harriers, who were surprisingly beaten by Orion Harriers at Chingford last year, gained their revenge in the annual "all to score" match between the two clubs over a course of seven and a half577 words
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Article339 1932-01-13 13 Berg-Baudry Fight a Disappointment [From Our Own Correspondent] London, Dec. 13. Kid Berg's fight at the Albert Hall on Dec. 14 with Marius Baudry, of which great things were expected, resulted in a colossal disappointment since it ended in less than five rounds. Baudry is, of course,339 words
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Article121 1932-01-13 13 News of an alleged double murder has just reached Klang from Assam Java, which is about four and half miles from Kuala Selangor. It is statod that rbout 6.30 p.m. on Saturday an elderly Chinese man and a Chinese woman were attacked by a second man with an axe. The121 words
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Advertisement339 1932-01-13 13 Catarrhal, Fermentative, Ulcerative. Angicr's Emulsion exercises soothing, lubricating, anti-fermentative affects throughout the entire digestive tract. That is why it is so valuable in affections of the stomach and intestines. It soothes and cleanses the mucous membrane, allays irritation, fermentation, catarrh, ulceration. It restores tone to all the digestive functions Mid339 words
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Advertisement268 1932-01-13 13 m c °rrect irn P° r tanf m AM* MO*"^ > c m I (S^^^ of Agents for S. Malaya, Sarawak, 1 tS:s:^ 1 sassoon co. f ASK FOR THE NEW COW GATE RUSKS, CRISP AND DELICIOUS. BABY WILL LOVE COW GATE RUSKS. THEY ARE VERY NUTRITIOUS. l^-aaafc*^ THE SUP^EMACY268 words
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Advertisement870 1932-01-13 14 BLUE FUNNEL LINE. REGULAR PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES. rOKTNIGHTLY EXPRESS SERVICE MARSEILLES, LONDON N. CONTINENT WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT Thrice Monthly Service Liverpool, Havre and GUa*ow, Route subject to alteration without notice. WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Due. Balk DIOMED For M*seilleß, C'blanca, L'don, R'dam H*burg In P»rt870 words
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Advertisement545 1932-01-13 14 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated In England) "ELLERMAN" LINE FREIGHT SERVICE TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. *IA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL HOMEWARDS. mmmm Doe B'pore S»u» B>m«. SJ. OTTT OF LILLE For Havre, L'don, R'dam and H*burg Jan. 30 Peb. 3 ■jl Cmr OF WORCESTER For Havre, L'don, R'dam545 words
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Advertisement430 1932-01-13 14 P. O. 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 GOVERNMENT LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARDS FROM LONDON FOR CHINA JAPAN 0116 [in Tonnage. Stngaswre. Toniute SfcJZ. KALYAN 9,000 Jan. 12 RAWALPINDI430 words
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Advertisement807 1932-01-13 15 0. S. K. Line. KOH H ROPE. AFRICA. NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA AND INDIA. I foK \l MARU LOS ANGELES and NEW YORK 8aU (Express Freight Service, |Pr Oin KooeJ ux^ mari; LONDON, Rotterdam, Hamburg axid Antwerp via Port Swettenham. Colombo, Aden Suez and Port Said. FVh \R Ift iUCNOS807 words
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Advertisement379 1932-01-13 15 lAN OPPORTUNITY of unusual importance to intending travellers presents itself in the sailing of the S.S. PRESIDENT PIERCE Length 535 feet— l4,l23 tons gross tonnage FROM SINGAPORE JANUARY 21st. LUXURIOUS APPOINTMENTS CHILDREN'S PLAYROOM TALKING MOTION PICTURES SWIMMING POOL ALL OUTSIDE CABINS EXCELLENT CUISINE Choice Accommodation Available FARES FROM SINGAPORE TO:379 words
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Advertisement900 1932-01-13 15 K. P. M. KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ (ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION COMPANY OF BATAVIA) (Incorporated in Holland.) UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT Telephone No. 5451, with sub- connections to:— Passage. Freight, Transhipment. Marine Departments and Manager's desk. Representatives in the Straits Settlements (Singapore and Penang) of the TRAVELLERS OFFICIAL INFORMATION900 words
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Advertisement581 1932-01-13 16 Burns Philp Line. (Incorporated in Australia). FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,375 tons) and the j 8.8. M ANGOLA (3,352 tons). [Cargo only.] l*. MARELLA is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia.581 words
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Advertisement490 1932-01-13 16 KERR STEAMSHIP Co. i nc (Incorporated In U.S.A.) GENERAL AGENTS. NEW YORK SERVICE. Regular Freight Service to Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore (via Suez). Due Sal* Du M.S. SILVERTEAK J.u». 19 Jan. 25 K b M.S. SILVERSANDAL Feb. 9 Feb. 15 M m.v. SILVERWILLOW Mar. 2 Mar. 8 Apr490 words
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Advertisement112 1932-01-13 16 WORLD SERVICE IN International Travel, Banking Shipping PASSAGES booked by all lines at tariff rate. No booking fee charged. Write us for information on all travel matters. PROTECT your travel funds. Carry American Express Travellers Cheques. The International Currency SHIP and Insure your personal and household effects through THE AMERICAN112 words
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Miscellaneous672 1932-01-13 16 MAIL DESPATCHES BY TRAIN Bangkok every Monday Thinsday 7.30 ajn. Kedah Monday to Friday 7 JO ajn. Saturday 6 pjn. j Kuaatan (via Jcrantut) 6 pjn. Kelaatan every Sunday 4 pjn. Tuesday and Friday 7.30 ajn. Serembaa, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Penang and Lower Siam 7.30 ajn. P.M.S.. Batu Anam, Batu672 words
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Miscellaneous1109 1932-01-13 16 "WINDJAMMER" I met him in the lounge of one of London's big hotels a short, thick, deliberately-moving man, with a square-set face, and a thrusting chin firm as a bowsprit. The sheen of the sea was in his steady, blue-grey eyes, and in his voice there was an ec.no of1,109 words
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Article, Illustration60 1932-01-13 17 The Spanish Government has ordered Don Julio Guillen, an officer in the Spanish Navy, to undertake a voyage to America in a ship which in all details is a copy of the Santa Maria by which Columbus travelled to America. Our picture shows the new Santa Maria60 words
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Article24 1932-01-13 17 H.M.S. Kent (Admiral Sir William A. H. Kelly, K.C.8., C.M.G., M.V.0.) will be at Singapore from Jan. 19th to Jan. 25th.24 words
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Article18 1932-01-13 17 Jan. 12. Hong Keat, Hong Kvrong, City of Corinth (Brit); Both, Tomohon, Sigli (Dut); Africa Mf.ru (Jap).18 words
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Article79 1932-01-13 17 A notice to mariners states that from the afternoon of January 11th for a period of 48 *K>urs, on Asbestos Point, the south-eastern point of Pulo Übin, eastern entrance to Johore Straits. (Lat. 1 deg. 24 'N, long. 103 deg. 59 'E (approx) a group flashing light, showing three flashes,79 words
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Article255 1932-01-13 17 men for the training of youth. Can they not see what the end must be Boiled down to its simplest meaning, the suggestion is that sailtrained men are best; that the next best thing, having no sailing ships afloat now, is to have the coming generation trained by men who255 words
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Article1194 1932-01-13 17 An Awakening After 12 Years When a man goes to sleep, in a manner of speaking, for rather more than a dozen years surely he is entitled to expect when he awakens that the silly old cries of the past have been hushed and that a1,194 words
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Advertisement483 1932-01-13 17 THE Singapore Free Press Daily ana Weekly J Editions) Head Office 138 ROBINSON ROAD, SINGAPORE. Telephone: 6056. Cable Address: ADVERTISER, SINGAPORE. 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 features483 words
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Advertisement340 1932-01-13 17 R CROWN |pp| BOTTLE JtLLILu M' J <v SS\ (lelicioUo novelty and the ifißT^^l^^^^^ simplest jellies ever served. l^y-^Mlh III! I L__JU*-"1 mi j l i They are ready prepared in a PRCDWN variety of fruit and other table Telly flavours, and require only to set on ice in moulds340 words
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Article414 1932-01-13 18 SWEET KING'S ARCADIA No Illness, Debts, Drunkenness or Quarrels Strasburg. More than two hundred married couples, with an average of two children in each family, sing with happiness in the suburban garden centre known as the Ungemach Foundation, which was built and maintained with414 words
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Article370 1932-01-13 18 Merry Patter of the Street Pedlars There is a poem in a pedlar. He is Puck o' the Highroads, a man with a load of trinkets who plod-: into town -nd village with fun in his knapsack. In the old days, the eyes of the pretty girls used370 words
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Article156 1932-01-13 18 At a sequel to a smart p:ec3 of work carried j out by Mr. J. N. Duthie, lately of the Detective Office. Ipoh, and presently 0.C.P.D., Ipoh, with the assistance of a posse of detectives at Lahat Road, close to the United Engineers' foundry. t en the evening of September156 words
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Article340 1932-01-13 18 The following Is list of stations which can be received In Singapore: Java Stations: Bandoeng PLM fron. about 5.20 p.m. gramophone records and telephony tests with Sydney, Australia, and other stations. Usual call alter records "Hullo Sydney." Tanjong Prlok. 21 metres from 6.30 p.m. (irregular). Radio340 words
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Article177 1932-01-13 18 The following programmes of music will be broadcast by the studio orchestra of Radio Saigon, under the direction of M. Andre Soyer. WEDNESDAY Trot de cavalerie, Rubenstein Danse macabre, Saint -Saens Suite Espagnole (for violoncello, Mme. Simone Chef nay) M. de Falla Pavane au clair de lune, G.177 words
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Article197 1932-01-13 18 Clear Photographs of Arteries New York. Dec. 3. A system of X-Ray photography of arteries by which pictures almost as clear as those of bones are obtained for the discovery of arterial ailments was explained to the Radiological So- ciety meeting at St. Louis by Dr. Carlos197 words
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Article82 1932-01-13 18 Called by T.U.C. For Feb. 4th Bombay, Dec. 30. The Executive of the Trades Union Congress, which Is the Left Wing of the Indian Labour movement, have called a cne-day general strike throughout the country on February 4th, with a view to demonstrating to the Government82 words
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Article399 1932-01-13 18 Modern Teaching Runs Riot Berlin. I have just had a most uncanny experience. Straight from the crisp light of a December day I stepped into a room which suggested a scene from some gruesome fantasy, writes a Daily Express Special Correspondent. The rccm was peopled only399 words
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Article85 1932-01-13 18 The Rev. and Mrs. T. W. Bowmar the K and Mrs. D. H. Yap. the Rev. R. D Sv/if and Mis-; M. Marsh have all left for Singapore attend the Malaya annual conference of th» Methodist Episcopal Church. Rumour has it that in the appointments that will be read atMalay Mail - 85 words
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Article197 1932-01-13 18 Historic London .Mansion I" be Sold Lt»:ci Derby ha d to sell i his famous rcsidcin m Strattnrd-place i A firm of estat act on his behalf. and to by private treaty. The announcement was n Dm of (>:ate ■cents ha Thus substance ii given197 words
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Article69 1932-01-13 18 Deficiency of £2.400,000 in I nlp>in Affairs A total deficiency <i IL 4 tV-^B statement of the attain i Silk Corporation, iltttfcial fl The company u. uith a nominal capital o\ ll „jM' A meeting of the e mmm: 1 rt> passed a resolution tii.it lll v'*Bf69 words
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Advertisement286 1932-01-13 18 I "^^^^B^ I l&llenburgs I Made from the purest milk of cows pastured in the home counties, the 'Allenburys" Foods are as easily digested as mother's milk. They are germ free and are simply and quickly made by the addition of boiling water only. I M.lk Food No. 1 Milk286 words
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Advertisement736 1932-01-13 18 BANKS AND INSURANCE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD. (Incorporated In England) Capital £3.000,000 Subscribed 1,800,000 Paid-up 1,050,000 Reserve Fund and Rest 1.666,845 BOARD OF DIRECTORS I J. M. Ryrie, Esq., Chairman P. R. Chalmers, Esq., Charles J. Hambro, Esq., J. O. Robinson, Esq., W. H. Shelford Esq., Sir Thomas Catto,736 words
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Advertisement132 1932-01-13 18 THE sovm lip BRITISH Tfj^ INSURANCE COMPANY LIMIT* FIRE. MARINE, TUan'm, AND MOTOR CAR INSURANCE ACCEPTED at LOWEST CURRENT RATES L. C. MARGOLIOUTH Mantgn Office: 2, Finlayson Green THE EASTERN UNITED ASSURANCE CORPORATION FIRE, MARINE MOTOR CAR AND PERSONAL ACCIDEM INSURANCE. L. G. JOHNSON: General Mtiuc BEAD OFFICE 3-c Mala««a132 words
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Article1614 1932-01-13 19 [NDRAGIRI MEETING An Indentured Labour Force I I Of Endrmgili Rubber Bet «-i Ifeaan Evatt Bank BuikUnsjSt yesterday at I BUpted the chair, the present b<-in^ IfMsra J. M. Sime. C V. Bailey, and M ssis T. and C. C. Dunman. pUon <;. the :m:iual report1,614 words
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Article354 1932-01-13 19 EXCHANGE RATES January 12 SELLING London, 4 months' sight 214 V London. 3 months' sight 24 5 32 London. 60 days' sight 24 332 London. 30 days' sight 24 1 16 London, demand 24 London. T.T. 2 3 3132 Lyons. Paris, demand g 5O Hamburg, demand354 words
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68 1932-01-13 19 January 12th.. 12 o'clock noon Buyers Sellers R.S.S. equal to London Standard. Spot pjg 9 7 Standard R.S.S. on Tender Jan 10 io«s Feb. 10' v 10* March io 10'-April-June 10 10 7 s July-Sept. IP, a Tone of Market Quiet Steady. Latest Cable London68 words
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Article946 1932-01-13 19 TUESDAY. JAN. 12TII. 1932 CLOSING QUOTATIONS Allenbys ($1) 65 70 Alor Gajah ($1) 40 45 A. Hitam (1) 75 30 Am. Malay ($2) 85 90 A. Kuning ($1) 10 15 Ayer Molek (sl> 45 50 Ayer Panas ($l, 60 65 Bassett ($1) 35 40 Brogas ($1) 45946 words
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Article493 1932-01-13 19 Singapore, Jan. 8. The prices quoted are generally those current at Clyde Terrace Market. At the other markets there may be small variations. MEAT Beef steak (Round) Kat: 40 Beef stew or curry do 30 Pork, lea.i do 52 Pork, lean and fat Ust quality) do 42493 words
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Article106 1932-01-13 19 The Malayan production of sea fisheries in 1930 totalled 67,213 tons. The proportion of the deep-sea catch consumed is estimated at 55,799 tons fresh fish, or the equivalent of IS ozs. or less than 1 tahil per head per day. Malays. Indians and Chinese are fish-eaters, and average consumption may106 words
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Article46 1932-01-13 19 Seremban and Rambutan Losses [FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT] London. Jan. 12. Seremban report shows a loss of £1,044 and a credit of £1.380 is to be taken forward. Rambutan shows a loss of £1.859 and then* Ls a credit of £5.862 to go forward.46 words
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Article168 1932-01-13 19 t British Radio Official Bervecej Dec. 27 Jan. 9 11. Amsterdam 8.75 8.48 8.42 Athens 272' j 260 260 Bombay ls. 6 5 64d ls. 6%d. is. 6%d Berlin 14 13 16 14% 14% Bi-u^els 25 5 16 21% 21% Bucharest 590 575 570 Rio 4 4% 4% Buenos168 words
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Article212 1932-01-13 19 Squabbling Among Inventors and Manufacturers I From Our Own Correspondent] London, Dec. 29. I recently MM a cutting from the Singapore Free Press on co-cperative propaganda in the rubber industry to Mr W. F. V. Cox, the Secretary of the Institution of the Rubber Industry and have received212 words
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Article236 1932-01-13 19 Barkw and (Y... Kuala Lumpur, Agrnls: Ayer Kuninp 105.000 lbs. Badek (Staffield Estate* 42.300 lbs. Bradwall (P.M.S.)— CherMOtCC (F.M.S. i 107.700 lbs. Dennistown (Krian FM.S.I 56.000 lbs. Highlands and Lowlands 172.000 lbs. Klabang 150.700 lbs. Krian 85.400 ibs. Bunfti Krian 130.000 lbs. Sungei Way <Sc*langor> 77.000236 words
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Article111 1932-01-13 19 Repcrt for year to July 31. last stale., Uiai crop of rubber lir.rvp.sted for year amounted t<» 452.200 lb.. WCiared at ail-in cast of 5.18d. per pound Rubber sold at average Brass pri< •of 7.66d. p«r pound Profit was £5.897 iai:iiii.sl £2,034 which, added to amount brought111 words
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Article90 1932-01-13 19 Report for year ended June 30. 1931. Mate* that after writing off £1,515 for depreciation on buildings, machinery. &c., payment of £276 for export duty to Straits Settlement* Oovernment. and crediting £317 for Interest and sundry earning:; received, year's working resulted in loss of £3.440 (against net90 words
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Advertisement83 1932-01-13 19 %>;>ets exceed $12,000,000 Assurance In force over $35,000,000 The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. (Incorporate*: In the Straits Settlement*) HEAD OFFICE: Great Eastern Ule Building, Cecil Street. Singapore LONDON OFFICE: 27. Old Jewry, E.O me Company has £20.000 deposited with the Supreme Court of En Dlft a ouiwwntj uourt83 words
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Article2367 1932-01-13 20 Malaya Cup Rugrby Final. Perak's Confidence.—Why it is not justified.— lsland Club Golf Course. Further Ii "ormation. New Turf Records at Penally. News from Ipoh yesterday shows that Perak are looking forward to the second successive meeting with Singapore in the final of the Malaya Cup competition2,367 words
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Article631 1932-01-13 20 Lucky Girl Returns $104 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penan? Jan. 12. The going was good for the second day of the Penang Turf Club New Year meeting. H.E. the Governor was among the spectators. Ponies Class I—Div.1 Div. 2 (6 Furs.). THE MAHDI (Mayo) 9.2 l LITTLE631 words
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Article126 1932-01-13 20 European Team Lose to Girls Sports Club Mr. E. A. Joy's second eleven were beaten by two goals to nil by the Girls Sports Club second eleven on Monday evening on the A.P.C. gTOund at Paya Lebar Road. The Sports Club won by virtue of their superior shooting.126 words
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Article30 1932-01-13 20 Southport Defeat Barnsley [Reuter's Service) y,.:-.. In the cup tie re-play to-day $©*ithport beat Barnsley 4—l and will thus meet Blackpool or Newcastle in the fourth round.-30 words
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Article533 1932-01-13 20 SECOND TEAMS A Tale of Missed Opportunities Gloucester* 3, S.C.C 3. The second strings of the Gloucester Regiment and the S.C.C. met in a Rugby encounter at Tanglin yesterday, the game being drawn after a very exciting second half. Tre Club three-quarters passed very badly with533 words
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Article94 1932-01-13 20 Prospects in Rugby Cup Final (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Jan. 12. The only topic in Perak to-day is discussion of the prospects in Saturday's Rugby Cup final. It is taken for granted here that Perak will retain the trophy, but the margin is a matter of free94 words
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Article128 1932-01-13 20 Teams for Forthcoming: Matches The following have been Invited to play for S.C.C. vs. P.S.R.F.C. "B" on Saturday, at S.C.C. Padang. A. I. Horsley; H. Meynell. Dr M. S. Pembrey, J. Smailes, E. E. Hodges; Alan Colville, I. C. Van Cuylenburg; F. Bradley Martin, H. C. Allen, J.128 words
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Article46 1932-01-13 20 January Ladies' Spoon Twenty-one cards were taken out for th< January Ladies' Spoon and the following returned: miss uneve 47 10 3*; Mrs. A. J. Donald 47 9 35 Mrs. H. J. G. Blits 49 10 3J Miss K. Niblock 47 g 4]46 words
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Article49 1932-01-13 20 Two alterations have been made in the first round of the Commercial Cup. The first match, on Monday, Jan. 18, will be between the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank and th« Singapore Cold Storage; and Sime Darby and Co., wiH meet Robinson and Co., on Friday Jan. 22.49 words
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Article19 1932-01-13 20 The. January medal competition of Katong Golf Club will be held on Saturday and Sunday next.19 words
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