The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 11 February 1932

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  • 16 1 The Singapore Free Press \d 13,567. ESTABLISHED 1835. SINGAPORE, S.S. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1932. 10 CENTS.
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  • 400 1 Both in the League debates an Shanghai and in other ways Japan has shown a desire to come tc an arrangement for the cessation of hostilities Pages 7 and 9. At the Disarmament Conference the views of Japan on effective limitation of aggressive forces were explained yesterday
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  • 1016 1 We decided to motor to the new bridge which is being erected over the Batu Pahat river at Parit Sulong. a narrow strip of the river about twenty-five miles from Muar on the new road to Ayer Itam, and to take the launch to
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 174 1 giGIA TEA Urines the freshness a nd fragrance of the M ;ilayan gardens ct to your home. Raffles Hotel K v y Accommodation with y^ v <\ Modern Sanitation yS m%T^ f DAY'S ATTRACTION /X^ m/i> tt^j^^ SPECIAL DINNER v^\^Vt^°^V^ DANCE X&& %*x X _*r <r X <$^ __\k aj$
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    • 245 1 EUROPE #HOTEL "Renowned by Recommendation" TERMS— INCLUSIVE or A LA CARTE. l\\!llltPi^GD <» IK 1 1,1,. FINEST HOME FOOD EXCELLENT CUISINE AND SERVICE AFTER DINNER DANCES EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY No Extra Charge for after Dinner Dancing The "Europe" Orchestra renders light music on the verandah and during meals
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    • 173 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Four houses wanted to rent Page 2. Cuticura for skin troubles Page 3. Police Band engagements Page 5. Tallulah Bankhead if the Capitol Page 5. Notice re Raub Geld Mine dividend Page 2. Astounding offer of Gilette razor blades Page 6. Special dinner and dance at Raffles to-::;uh:
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    • 11 1 There is no better Tea than BIGIA TEA GROWN IN MALAYA
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  • 260 2 Pavilion Signs Big 8.1.P. Contract tßy Our Film Correspondent I leani that the Pavilion Theatre Ltd., have completed negotiations with British International Pictures Ltd., whereby they have secured the whole output for 1931-1932. The management state that they intend to make a careful selection of the.se and only
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  • 102 2 February-March Programme The Bishop of Singapore (the Right Rev. B. C. Roberts) will leave Singapore to-day by the Kedah and will return on March 15th. The following i6 an outline programme of the tour: Thursday February 11th Leave Singapore. Friday February 12th Arrive Penang; Visit Penang and
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  • 236 2 The plans for the Musical Society's performances of this great Oratorio will be open to the public at John Little's on Wednesday morning, February 24th. The prices of the seats will be $2, $1, and 50 cents, as it is the wLsh of the Society that no one
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 423 2 BUSINESS CARDS. MUSLIM KHAN CO.. 37, JAVA ROAD. BOOK BINDERS Orders promptly executed. Charges Moderate. BE PHOTOGRAPHED BY H. NUGENT BUCKERIDGE Highest Class Work Lowest Rates. LAIDLAW BUILDING— 'Phone 7898. MEMORIALS. SINGAPORE CASKET CO., Nos. 1 3, Penhas Road. off Lavender Street Phone 6075. CAIRNHOLM PRIVATE HOSPITAL 55, Cairnhill Road,
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    • 661 2 TENDERS. SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL NOTICE TENDERS. NOTICE ls hereby given that tenders are now Invited for the following materials or services and that particulars of such tenders may be obtained ta the Tender Room, Municipal Offices Supply of 6,500 tons Australian Gas Coal (Pelton, Pelaw Main, Aberdare, Bellbird or Richmond), shipment
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    • 520 2 i Stronger Nerves Increased Energy j wm SLEEPLESSNESS By using Sanatogen jfou wffl j. dJMflfcl oon sound, healthy sleep j&T "tain, because Sanatogen takes &^i\^sA^ m tWaT CaUBe your ,Ie *P' t*- jm lessness your nerve-weaknew. over the world have rtvommend"Sonatogen goes to the core \A //jfiffy 4 *V^ of
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    • 242 2 mmr f* mmw v JLL' '\i^'^mmmmm\msW^^ V re "cOßE s yam-Bate 'lIITHATEVER your being compounded from rs- skin trouble you fined herbal extracts the will find Zam-Buk ab- balm soaks throu h the tinw cn i lltQ i. r tt i:«ki^ Tn_« pores of the skin into underSOlutely reliable. This
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 220 2 THE WEEK Thursday, 11th. High Water, 01.14. 8.9 ft., 13.08, 9.3 ft. Singapore Municipal Thrift and Loan Society meeting. Municipal Offices. 4 p.m. Singapore Amateur Wireless Society meeting, 6.15 p.m. Football: Commercial Cup. 2nd Round. Harbour Board vs. United Engineers, Anson Road. Hockey: M.C.U. vs. Machine Gunners. Tanglin. Friday, 12th.
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  • 204 3 DARING LEAP INTO THE SEINE THE DEATH CANOEIST The Utest Gamble With Fate Paris, Jan. 30. Thousands watched the Canadian death canoeist, George Smith, this afternoon leap from the balustrade of the Pont de La Concorde fifty feet into the cold waters of the Seine running at flood tide with
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  • 121 3 New South Wales' Interest Payments Sydney. Feb. 1. Premier Lang is again in financial hot water following the Loan Council's refusal to advance £500.000 required by Mr. Lang to meet the New South Wales overseas interest in London and New York. At a meeting of the
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  • 109 3 Daughter's Marriage to Hunter Nairobi. Feb. I. The surprise wedding between a peer's daughter and her father's White hunter while the father was away hunting, and the father's subsequent displeasure upon learning of the match have excited placid East African social life. Last week Mr. Andrew Rattray,
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  • 99 3 A Meeting on Dutch Air Mail Plane Calcutta. Feb. 3. Calcutta welcomed to-day two Atlantic fliers. An important passenger of the Dutch air mail 'plane to-day was Mr. Karl von Weigand. Director and special correspondent of the Hearst newspapers, who is en route to Shanghai. Mr. Weigand; who
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  • 109 3 3 Tons Carried 500 Miles Without Refuelling London. Feb. 2. Three tons of cargo can be carried for 500 miles without refuelling by an aeroplane now in use in Canada, which is said to be both the world's largest single -en gined aeroplane and the largest freight
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  • 87 3 Army Officers Invited to Join London, Feb. 1. Army officers will sail with the Atlantic Fleet on a long cruise for the first time next year, according to the War Office, as part of a scheme of co-operation between the Army, Navy and Air Force. The Navy
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  • 55 3 Knocked Down in West End London, Feb. 2. The octogenarian Lord Darling, who retired from the King's Bench in 1923 and is a brilliant after-dinner speaker and writer of prose and verse, was knocked down by a lorry in the West End. He was unconscious for some time
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  • 343 3 Effect of the Call of the Open Air (By Dutch Air Mail) [From Our Own Correspondent) London, Jan. 27. The churches of England and Wales are being deserted by thousands of people. Statistics obtained thLs week are surprising. All the bet-ter-known denominations are losing adherents by
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  • 142 3 Stopped to Save Policeman's Life London, Jan. 22. The unusual incident of a prosecuting counsel commending a prisoner occurred at the West London Police Court to-day. when evidence was given as to how a man fleeing from the [police returned in order to help an officer who was
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 266 3 Pi sg^S i v mW B^^. Sl^i, mE\ V *A i _f /&&^^mSmS\AA **M i■t« V I f <ai Jll I ior Ixi bu. i Every tin of M Milkmaid Sweetened Condensed B Milk is a feast a series of feasts for a baby. H That is how babies regard
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    • 251 3 YOU CANNOT PUMP US- f fEmmsL Sufficiently re the Merits of WORTHINGTON PUMPS FOR ALL PURPOSES. Sole Agents United Engineers Limited. (Incorporated in 8.8.) SINGAPORE BRANCHES. ENGINEERING DEGREES THAT ASSURE YOU OF SUCCESS Aanaartiai, Ammmsmmm, -_^j2^3 Em •mmmmd »w_**_wHimW AJAJAmLCJL BJ«l AJ*.LMaa»l *V.M.Teea4. ijT *U L. t a eßtiftLtefe^ rw
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  • 283 4 THE CAR AND THE MAN on Ninety-mile Beach (N.Z.) for the first time.— The F. H. Stewart Enterprise, in which "Wizard" Smith (in the qockpit) is to attempt the world's land speed re:ord, being steered off the trailer. PACE >v AND GRACE X over
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 159 5 VICTORIA THEATRE GRANT ANDERSON COMPANY Presenting the Latest London Successes Victoria Memorial Hall Singapore Musical Society THE MESSIAH fRIDAY, MARCH 4th, at 9-15 p.m. MONDAY, 7th, at 5-30 p.m. BOOKING— Phone 6903 6.15 PAVILION 9.15 TO-NIGHT 21 st. and Final Performance EAST of BORNEO" As this picture opens in Kuala
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    • 229 5 I CAPITOL 6.15 TO NIGHT 9.15 Here's the TALLULAH you knew and hoped she would be Greater more suited to her inimitable talent than anything in which she has hitherto appeared. The Idol of Two Continents. TALLULAH, BANKHEAD Co-starring with another great star FREDRIC MARCH in Paramount's Jubilee Triumph! S-ji^^^P
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    • 213 5 I "A Show ol a 1,000 Laughs" Straits Times. 1 H^^J| Amm* Amm* mm MET mt tBT m la -^^^B \^M M \m t wL\ I I Mllll mm M T^b *m Bm\V"^B^Bmv\\\\\ \W\\\^B»\\\ wlll^Bl 'I BT 111 mllllti^mmmmli I mmr// m^mfJ/i m\ Bv !T 1« Jl" B W^mWr^X Wm\
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  • 1319 6 Cambridge University, in their first golf engagement of the term, laid the foundations of their win on Saturday (Jan. 19). against Addiscombe. by winning the foursomes by 5 to 1. the final result being 13 games to 5. The Addiscombe Club were unable to field their strongest
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  • 161 6 Collected "World's Best" Eleven For £2,000 Although the Motherwell football team is fa- 1 mous throughout the world, and has just been hailed in Fiance as being the world's best. It cost less than £2.000 to build. Practically the whole team was obtained from I the ranks of the
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  • 75 6 40 Minutes' Wrestling with Seven Opponents Secu ndera bad. Jan. 8. The final bouts in the All-India wrestling tournament were held yesterday. The principal attraction was the wrestling exhibition by Gama. who claims the world's heavy-weight wrestling title in spite of American claim... Gama displayed great endurance and
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  • 136 6 ST. LEGER SLU MP No Bis: Qnm This Year Tbefe were wtv lace ratepayers reari thai the last Bl U*** in September has not yiflcl.-d I The racing slump I rhkb f» recently drew attention h The fall m receipts ll* Hate Jot the Town Coin.; that it iroatd r*
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  • 20 6 Ilndore and Oamoo. '»> I.l^' of three minutes Otthtfi r rr verdict. The rerrwhin^ Hyderabad and tip-cnn:t r > ended in draws.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 769 6 The Passing Show f*^\ What is here to-day is very often gone to-morrow. You way never see sister in a bowler hat again V*sV When Father is back Home you'll forget hoiv he looked in a J^ji^u^^^fL fopi Tln Babll is only a hah,J )lr( and cl Mdren always end
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  • 1038 7 WARMLY WELCOMED INFU KNCE OF SIR CECIL (IEMENTI SMITH GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE Aelcome was accorded H. E. the GTT Cecil Clement!) by the 1.640 ils of ph's Institution on the occasion to the school yesterday morning. the Rev. Bro. James. Visiting g^.. Christian Brothers' Schools of ik^ya
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  • 961 7 "No More Hostilities at Shanghai I (Continued from page 9) Sir John Simon said the British representative. Mr. Thomas, told the Council of the demarche being made a week ago in consultation with the United States and in collaboration with France, Italy and Germany. He said the proposals
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  • 295 7 COMMONS STATEMENT To Avoid Embroilment on Either Side [British Radio— Official Service J Rugby, Feb. 9. Questioned by the opposition leader, Mr. George Lansbury, on the Shanghai situation in the House of Commons to-day, Mr. Baldwin replied that the British Government had on three occasions made
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  • 546 7 Japanese Destroyers to Withdraw Swatow, Feb. 2. I The tension in Swatow has been eased since last night when an agreement was reached between the Chinese Mayor, Mr. Wong Chi-shun, and the Japanese Consul. Swatow, Feb. 1. The Mayor of Swatow and the Japanese Consul have reached
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  • 102 7 Japanese Demands Withdrawn Canton, Feb. 2. Regarding the protest and demands lodged by the Japanese Consul in Canton a few days ago concerning articles which appeared in the Canton Gazette and the Kung Wo Po, newsI papers printed In Canton, the Chinese Mayor of Canton, Mr. T. K.
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  • 108 7 B,Y-ELECTION RESULT Reduced Conservative Vote i Reuter's Service 1 London, Feb. 9. The by-election at South Croydon, due to Sii Mitchell Thomson's elevation to the Peerage. resulted as follows Mr. Williams (Conservative) 19,126. Mr. Messel (Labour) 9,189. The position at the General Election in October was Sir
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  • 29 7 The Colonies to be Represented [Reuter's Service] London, Feb. 9. Reuter learns that the Colonies as well as the Dominions will be represented at the Ottawa Conference.
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  • 29 7 I British Radio—Official Service] Rugby, Feb. 9. The King and Queen arrived in London from Sandringham this afternoon and took up residence at Buckingham Palace.
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  • 343 7 Report and Annual Meeting The annual general meeting of The Oxford and Cambridge Society of Malaya will take place in the lounge of the Adelphi Hotel at 7 p.m. on Monday, February 15th. At this meeting the officers of ,the Society will be elected for the
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  • 272 7 The Raffles College Union held its fourth annual general meeting on January 29th. The President, Mr. V. Paramsothy, took the chair and opened the meeting with a fine speech in which he pointed out that in the Union lay the social culture of Raffles College and that
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  • 1231 7 Blame Cast Upon Chinese The following copy of a cablegram received by the Japanese Consul-General from the orei^n Minister, Tokio. has been forwarded to us for publication. j Statement Dy the Japanese Government on February 7: It ls the immutable policy of the Japanese Government to ensure by
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  • 679 7 COMMONS DEBATE I LIBERAL MINISTERS' ATTITUDE I GOVERNMENT ANXIETY [Reuter's Service] London, Feb. 11. .The House of Commons endorsed Governnent's fiscal policy, adopting by 452 votes to 76 a resolution giving effect to the programme enunciated by Mr. Neville Chamberlain last rhursday. Thirty Liberals voted against the
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  • 45 7 Flight Being Resumed To-day Fraulem Elll Belnhorn, the young Oerman ?irl flier, who arrived at Singapore from Germany, via India and Bangkok, on Friday. January, 29. resumes her flight to Batavia, via Palembang, this morning. She leaves Seletar aerodrome at 8 o'clock.
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  • 766 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1932. THE SHANGHAI SITUATION From a political point of view the situation in regard to Shanghai is today considerably more satisfactory than it has been for a long time. Two reports contribute support to this view, the first being the statement from Tokyo that
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  • 557 8 It? was learned upon enquiry yesterday that Mr. D. G. Barrow's condition showed some progress. He has regained consciousness and although his injuries are of a serious nature his condition appears to be as satisfactory as can be expected. The H. T. Lancashire Is expected here on Feb. 15th. By
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  • 303 8 DEATH OF MR. J. D. ROSS Former Well-known Merchant Our London correspondent cables out the news of the death In Belgium on Tuesday of John Dill Ross. The late Mr. Ross will be remembered here only by the older generation of residents, as he left the
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  • 307 8 An Afternoon's Good Music The attendance at yesterday's organ recital at the Victoria Memorial Hall was such as to indicate that there is a fair number of people in Singapore sufficiently interested in music to ensure adequate support for the continuance of these recitals. For yesterday's programme we
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  • 78 8 LONDON AND NEW YORK TIN AND RUBBER PRICES [FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT] London, Feb. 10. Messrs. Lewis, Lazarus and Sons notify to-day's tin prices as follows Spot £137 5|16 (£l3BV 2 Forward £140 3 16 (£l4lV 4 The market is steady. Messrs. Symington and Wilson notify to-day's rubber
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  • STOP PRESS
    • 37 8 Adjusting Trade Balance TFREB PRESS SERVICE—COPYRIGHT] London, Feb. 10. It is officially announced that January figures show a drop of £15.000.000 in imports, with, in consequence a great improvement in the adverse trade balance.
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    • 45 8 TFREE PRESS SERVICE COPYRIGHT] London, Feb. 10. The list of non-acceptors for the Lincoln Handicap ls as follows Polaveraja. Pharian, Double Arch, Coldstream, Wild Bee, Tout, Lone Knight. Jacques Emll Blanche, Song O'My Heart. M£ss Jess, Scotch Mist, Klrkheaton, Lass of Rhekna, Peruka.
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    • 24 8 A lecture on "Practical Theosophy" will be given at the Theosophical Society. 181 Tank Road this evening at 6.30 p.m. All Interested are welcome.
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  • 971 8 SIR JOHN SCOTT Describes Interestino Journey His surprise at the hula-hula K]Tm stages of attire being mass. j on th V*" 0 Honolulu was one of the ■:> rif. nr J, h < by Sir John Scott. Colonial Be r*«7 Just arrived back In the
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 259 8 MARTINI ITALIAN VERMOUTH SOLE AGENTS CALDBECK MACGREGOR CO., LTD., (Incorporated under the Companies' Ordinances of Hong Kong.) (Incorporated tn Shanghai* 201 CANTONMENT ROAD. TELEPHONE 5371 A 5372. wl /m*\ 4 «t j\ BY SPECIAL TO H M THE APPOINTMENT AwEdMi KING F S AM EBTD BEAUTIFUL GIFTS Lovers of beauty
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    • 55 8 VV f\ mum. y~s J) SULPHATE OF AMMONIA is useful for removing pests from the lawn, says a gardening expert. Another broad hint to lingering guests is to arrange deckchairs so that they collapse when sat on. What about a "GAFLAC" ACCIDENT POLICY? GENERAL ACCIDENT, FIRE LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION, LTD.
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  • 124 9 JAPAN'S OVERTURES fan China Accept Conditions I neuter's Service] London, Feb. 10. of the efforts of General ll a truce, it is generally Shanghai has been made L^bat rru m hopeful by Japan's proposals >>fa neutral rone though the Chinese forces withdraw Tom the Settlement is to
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  • 603 9 I Japan Explains Shanghai Position (Reuters Service] Geneva. Feb. 9. T tttlni of the League Council opened at is Invited to speak. He said at the gßKtini it was announced that Britain and sjrrfca were taking steps to stop hostilities id uphold reparations. He then read Mr. Tho■t
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  • 427 9 BUT NO ONE DOES IT SHANGHAI-GENEVA Contrasts I I Reuter's Service] T A Geneva, Feb. 10. ,J he n hunder ot in the Far East whil, the Disarmament Conference is sitt'ng ir .Geneva, was not "tragic Irony" declared Slg Orandi submitting Italian proposals. On the contrary
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  • 143 9 Baldwin Warns Industry [British Radio— Official Service] R tn; by. Feb. IC. At the conclusion of the second day's debate I on tariffs in the House of Commons resolutions authorising the introduction of a trade bill were carried by 452 votes to 76. Mr. Stanley Baldwin in
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  • 100 9 Income-tax Returns Growing [British Radio-Official Service] Ru?by, Feb. 10. Treasury returns for the last week show that income tax collected totalled £25.703.000 compared with £22,186,000 in the previous week. This brings the total received since January 1 Ist to £114.810,000. The total in the corresponding period of
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  • 64 9 New Forest Also Endorses the Tariff [Reuter's Service 1 London, Feb. 10. The by-election at New Forest, caused by the elevation of Col. Wilfred Ashley to the peerage resulted as follows: Mills (Conservative) 23,327. Smith (Independent Labour) 5,135. [The Electorate numbers 59.000 odd. At the general election Col.
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  • 47 9 [Reuter's Service] San Francisco, Feb. 10. Embarking for the Far East to-day Lord Lytton told Reuter that although the scope of the enquiry of the Manchuria Commission was not confined to Manchuria, he doubted the possibility of the Commission reviewing the Shanghai situation also.
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  • 494 9 POLICE ATTACKED MYSTERIOUS CAKE-SELLER LEADER WAGES CUT One hundred and nine Chinese coolies of the Kheh clan will appear in the Johore Bahru Police Courts this morning as the result of a fierce drama enacted at Bukit Lunchoo, the granite quarry on the Johore side of the
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  • 163 9 Wife's Tragic Journey [Reuter's Service J Hollywood, Feb. 10. The death has occurred here of Edgar Wallace. A tragic feature of his death was that Mrs. Wallace had just sailed in the liner Majestic from London for New York in a race to reach her husband's side,
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  • 250 9 The Welch Regiment in India Thrills were not lacking in the De Montmorency football match, in which the Welch Regiment defeated the Sherwood Foresters by two goals to one (says the Civil and Military Gazette). The Welch team, who were favour-! ites, bungled an early chance, and made matters
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  • 490 9 BUCKLEY ROAD CRIME Gardener to Government Official Arrested Nawi bin Tiran, a native of Java, who for some time past has been a respected member of the Malay villagers round about Thompson Road being employed as gardener by Mr. W. D. Barron of the Colonial
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  • 326 9 Tallulah Bankhead's Second Talkie (By Our Film Correspondent) One feels inclined to sympathise with Tallulah Bankhead in that in My Sin, her second screen effort, she is again portrayed as a "tarnished lady" which, it will be remembered, was the title of her first film. However, her talents
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  • 104 9 Saturday's Match With R.A.F. London, Jan. 30. The Royal Navy meet the Royal Air Force in the Service Rugby tournament at Blackheath on Saturday. The Navy's encounter with Blackheath on Jan. 30, was their last match prior to their meeting with the Airmen. In the first half Lee
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  • 24 9 Thursday, February 11th. Before Mr. Justice Sproule in the 2nd Court at 11 ajn. 5.721|31 Lee Keng Jin vs. Nang Soh Plien.
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  • 10 9 We will charge through hell, death, and damnation. Herr Hitler.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 296 9 STAPLES SBIS MATTRESS THE FINEST J^^|^^ MATTRESS MADE BY APPOINTMENT wire Mattress 8c Bedstead Manufacturers to H.M.THE KING COOLNESS IN HOT COUNTRIES. The open construction of the mattress allows direct ventilation straight through to the bedding, thus giving that all important feature so absolutely essential in hot countries, viz. COOLNESS.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
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    • 566 10 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co.; Ltd. (Incorporated. m England). J ;'**"iig m^- mm m mm m mmm mmm mmmmmm t mmmmmm mm t m^ "ELLERMAN" LINE FREIGHT SERVICE TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL HOMEWARDS. Wteamer. One S'pore Sails S'pore, eje. CITY OF WORCESTER For Havre, L'ddn,
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    • 414 10 P. &> Q British India and Apcar Li nej (Incorporated In England) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARrr, SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N m UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOYERVuI LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE OUTWARDS FROM LONDON FOR CHINA Tonnage. Singapore. De BURDWAN 6,070 Feb. 15 BANGALORE V^T" 8h
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 789 11 O. S. K. Line. POR El KOPE, AFRICA, NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA AND INDIA. Doe. Sails. KW WTO MARL LOS ANGELES and NEW YORK Express Freight Service) [From Kobe] Mar. 24 x ,i\v >i \RI LONDON, Rotterdam. Hamburg and Antwerp via P. Swettenham. Colombo. Aden. Suet and Port Said. Feb
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    • 384 11 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE c^rW AMEMCANMAIL LINE I 7^?^ ~7^>^B)a^r\ 1 DOLLAR PRESIDENT LINERS MAKE BOMBAY REGULAR PORT OF CALL. EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY ALL DOLLAR ROUND THE WORLD STEAMERS WILL CALL AT BOMBAY AFTER LEAVING COLOMBO. NO LOSS OF TIME INVOLVED IN JOURNEY FROM SINGAPORE TO EUROPE. STEAMERS WILL SAIL FROM SINGAPORE
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    • 798 11 K. P. M. KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ (ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION COMPANY OF BATAVIA) (Incorporated in Holland.) i UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMKJrr Telephone No. 5451, with sub-connections to: Passage, Freight. Transhipment, Marine Departments and Manager's desk. Representatives in the Straits Settlements (Singapore and Penan* of the TRAVELLERS OFFICIAL INFORMATION
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  • 354 12 New Invention for Blind An invention, destined perhaps to revolutionise the life of the blind, has been perfected by M. Thomas, a French engineer, who as a result of a wound received during the war lo6t his sight for six months and has since devoted himself to the
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  • 250 12 Clerk Discloses His Secret I A constable of the City Police was giving evidence at the Guildhall Police Court before Alderman Sir Kynaston Sludd. against a man "I saw thc prisoner." he said, "rurh out ol a building in White-cross-street, hatless, and heard him say. as he passed
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  • 228 12 Ultimatum to British Aircraft Industry So Hinkler has placed the onus on England if it gives him a job, well and good. If it doesn't, he'll go to America. It ali seems rather extraordinary. Here is a man who some years ago ranked so high as a
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 555 12 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 SS MANOOLA (3.352 tons). [Cargo only.] ea. MARELLA Is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia. Cabins de
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    • 432 12 KERR STEAMSHIP Co. W (Incorporated in U.S.A.) **J GENERAL AGENTS. NEW YORK SERVICE. Regular Freight Service to Boston, New York Philadelphia and Baltimore (via Suez). Dae Ssils MS. SILVERSANDAL In Port Feb. 15 Uf *m\ m.v. SDLVERWDLLOW Mar. 2 Mar. 8 J" ar M.S. BHjVERYEW Mar. 22 Mar. 28 pr
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 709 12 MAIL DESPATCHES I BY TRAIN Bangkok every Saturday 6. pjn. and Thursday 7.30 ajn. Kedah Monday to Friday 7.30 ajn. Saturdays 6 pjn. Kuantan (via Jerantut) 6 pjn. Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 6 pjn. Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Penang and Lower Siam 7.30 ajn. F.M.S., Batu Anam, Batu
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    • 140 12 MURDER HEARD BY TELEPHONE Woman's Screams that Led to Police Summons New Ycrk police, summoned by a telephone operator who reported hearing a woman's screams at t-he home of the millionaire manufacturer, Mr. J. William Schatz, after the instrument had apparently been knocked over iln a fight, arrived at the
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  • Port and Shipping News.
    • 1349 13 Decline Not Due To Foreign Competition A good d^al has been said recently, by seafarers, shipowners, politicians and in the press, in support of flag discrimination on the British coasts. By flag discrimination is meant the restricting of the British coastwise trade to vessels flying the British
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    • 329 13 Some Assistance From Gold Ban The shipping crisis, with over 1,000,000 tons threatened to be tied up, has been surmounted by the reim-position of the gold ban, says the Japan Chronicle. The charter market has stiffened rapidly, and nearly 500,000 tons have already been mobilised from the reserve
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    • 165 13 Alarming Message from Trawler [By Dutch Air Mail] London. Jan. 27. "Have been swept clean, losing bridge, both compasses and boats. Crew all safe, but not sound. Will any ship fitted with directionfinding wireless take a bearing of us and come and give us a
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    • 202 13 The amalgamation of the Navigation Generale Itaiiana, the Lloyd Sabaudo and Consulich and the other great fusion under the Lloyd Triestino, brings Italy into line with other countries. The other pi-eat shipping combines are The P. and O. Alipore has left Hong Kong and is expected to arrive
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 529 13 THE Singapore Free Press Daily ana Weekly Editions) t Hta( l office: 138 ROBINSON ROAD, SINGAPORE. feiephom 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 nibber and tin cables appear daily. Special
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    • 378 13 y^J K jT^ >J^£ qpRANSCONTINENTAL j^k\\JoA W^ _—A**k- service from Vancouver X^M'PM _^j^ without changing cars, mrn^W W^S^^T S&T*"^ ew luxuries- '^^V^SHPßHßk^w^^ roremost in the most im*\U S portant luxury of all perv^B 1 sonal attention to your com"X^B fort All details arranged U^JfefiSiflflliiWßjft^Bßpßß^^^ for yonr journey in connecIS^.HjBBBIBMBw^aBHBH^ tion
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  • 273 14 £9,000,000 Fraud Charge Disclosures Paris. A sum of £9,000,000 Is involved in the three alleged company swindles in which three high dignitaries of the Legion of Honour are concerned. They are Count St. Aulaire, who was French Ambassador in London from 1920 to 1924; M. Privat-Deschanel, Hon. General
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  • 197 14 Harrow Head Finds all Education Alike "A good many people and a certain part c the Press continually draw a distinction betwee the public schools and the secondary schools' said Dr. Cyril Norwood, headmaster of Harrov in London, at the annual meeting of the In corporated Association
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  • 121 14 Layton and Johnstone Sing 400 Miles For the first time in the history of the British gramophone industry, perfect recording' over long-distance telephone wires has been accomplished. Lay ton and Johnstone, the entertainers, sang a new British number in a room in their hotel in Glasgow,
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  • 223 14 Bathrooms in New Wonder Liner of Air Berlin. Work on the world's largest and most luxurious airship has begun at Friedrichshafen, and ls expected to be completed by the early part of the summer. Dr. Eckener. who will be its commander, claims that Zeppelin L.Z.129, as it
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  • 352 14 The Python Hunter from Borneo Dinner was in progress at a well-known hotel in Singapore, one sultry evening a short while ago, when a tall, sun-tanned man, In dress kit, approached a table at which another resident was dining. A flash of recognition passed between them; the man
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  • 55 14 Cairo, Jan. 27. A case believed to be almost unique oc- curred here when a man of ninety became the father of triplets, after being marr!ed for the first time twelve months ago. The babies con- slst of two boys and one girl. Both the children and the
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  • 47 14 New Commercial Flying Record London, Feb. 1. A new British commercial flying record has been created by the Imperial Airways giant Handley-Page machine which completed the distance from Bushire, Persia, to Karachi, India, a distance of 1,100 miles in a single day.
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  • 46 14 Unfounded Rumour of His Recall London, Feb. 1. I The India Office, like the Government of India, emphatically denies that the British Government is likely to recall Sir Frederick Sykes (Governor of Bombay since 1928), and states that the suggestion is wholly unfounded.
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  • 135 14 (By Dutch Air Mail) [From Our Own Correspondent] London, Jan. 27. On the whole, the influenza epidemic is on the downward grade, but it is stated that Saturday sittings may have to be adopted in the Law Courts owing to the illness of Lord Hewart (Lord Chief
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  • 124 14 Travelling Trader Fined Heavily Convicted for being in possession of 80 taels of raw opium, So On, who described himself as a travelling trader, was fined $2,000, or nine months' hard labour, by Mr. Fraser at the Kowloon Magistracy. Revenue Officer Humphreys, who prosecuted, stated that he
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  • 93 14 Alleged Statement of Ticketless Man "Well, as a matter of fact, I own this railway, and you are sacked," is the statement alleged to have been made to a ticket collector by Arthur Daniels, aged 18, a clerk, of Edgeley. Stockport, Lanes, who, at Willesden, was
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  • 56 14 4,000 Men Dismissed Owing To Lack Of Orders BerUn, Jan. 13. Over 4.000 men have been dismissed as a result of the decision of the Friedrlch Alfred Steel Foundry, belonging to Krupps. at Essen to close down their works owing to lack of orders. The company hopes
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  • 52 14 Excavations Find In Johannesburg A gold-bearing reef, six feet b. low the \mVSL* S^J"" dlscovered d «ring -T-lMlll. on the site of a new post offlce in Von Brandts Square, In the centre of Johannesburg The reef cannot, of course, be mined, says the Te^ph g"'
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  • 41 14 Off Active List But Still Chief of Staff Paris, Jan. 29 General Weygand. on reaching thc age of sixty-five, passes out of the active list, but will by a special dispensation remain Chief of the General Staff till 1935.
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  • 228 14 The Routine orders by Lieut. Col M J H Reilly, M.C. Commanding SSVF. are u m lows. Singapore. Feb Ranges The following Range allotments are publish jtap mmmfmmmWsU— Buses leave t>nu nan. Sat. Sun Bukit Timah R PuTff^ 2 p.m. 7.30 a.m. 132.32 "B" Coy. Table "B
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  • 29 14 A Honeymoon Couple Killed A light sporting 'plM* m German couple named Klug m honeymoon trip crashed to lon Tarragona (to the tout* mm occupants being inst:mtl>
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 21 14 mmmuJuilhWmW 7 xT^HW. ___Ul mif -Aw- jl _______mr cp>*^ a^h *fi**>- "Js a l^^aw^ BRINfiS HAPPIMESS TQ ALL f PHQHE: 3463
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    • 412 14 BANKS AND INSURANCE CHARTERED BANK I OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. (Incorporated in England by Royal Charter) Paid up capital in 600,000 shares of £5 each £3,000,000 1( Reserve Fund £4,000,000 J Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3,000,000 HEAD OFFICE: 38, Bishopsgate, London, E.C. 2. Agencies and Branches: Alor Star Harbin
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    • 327 14 MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD. (Incorporated In England) Capital E3.000.000 Subscribed 1,800,000 Paid-up 1,050,000 Reserve Fund and Rest 1,666,845 BOARD OF DIRECTORS J. M. Ryrie, Esq., Chairman P. R. Chalmers, Esq., Charles J. Hambro, Esq., W. H. Shelford Esq., Sir Thomas Catto, Bart. Sir C. C. Barrie, K.BJE. LONDON BANKERS
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    • 130 14 THE SOUTH £M^ BRITISH INSURANCE COMIVWY LlWrr. FIRE, MARINE, transit MOTOR CAI INSURANCE AC EPTED at LOWEST CURRENT RatJl L. C. MAROOIIOiTH. MuS? Offlce: 2. Pink] Green THE EASTERN UNITED ASSURANCE CORPORATION l Trj FIRE, MARINE MOTOR CAR AMD PERSONAL ACCIDENT INSURANCE. L. G. JOHNSON Onfral Maaan, HEAD OFFICE: 3-c
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 507 14 ROUND VOUR DIAL Popular Shortwave Radio Stations The following Is a list of stations which can be received in Singapore: Java Stations Bandoeng PLM from about 5.20 p.m. gramophone records and telephony tests with Sydney, Australia, and other stations. Usual call after records "Hullo Sydney." Tanjong Priok, 21 metres from
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  • 173 15 LfISTER'S STATEMENT I-\o Decision Can Yet be Taken" Tbf Bscettaiasj regarding the Dutch jiutud*- n.vs.irds restriction has been f^Ld Ihf Hp»rt «f the Financial tmstrrtLim correspondent, who says T^tml jUdisarnl ha* been made that irtiruu- decision ran yet be taken. On 4Mm h ind u,< l'«'«»P
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  • 46 15 I Million Tons For Export trm PRhSS SEK VICE— COPYRIGHT J Bangkok, Feb. 10. 1 official loreast of the surplus ric< in ha.s now been completed and th< w issued. Utp iraUabk for export during th< p:t <• tson ls given as 1.000.000 tons.
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  • 165 15 IMB PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT] London, Feb. 10. ir Rpoct ot Btalghton Perak rubber com n pram) of £985 with a carry for 1417. 1 ot Val d'Or Rubber Estates show; IU and a credit forward of £7.480 EXCHANGES ■Ttifco Radio— Official Service] Jan. >:. Feb. 8 9
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  • 102 15 MAL AY-SIAM E SE REPORT IPWspecttai Co.. Ltd.. lo* nded October 31, 1931. in•ccumiuated deficit to £98.557. u r 31 was £100.000. Loan acm h u "1 £21.438. and sundry t»75. Fixed assets were l« Z 1 w ui PW«« £751, and furnii, -^T"' to tall«i £2.270. Pros- Of £20.688
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  • 51 15 RU B B ER AND TIN RETURNS K Kuala Lump,,,, Agents: ?B *,t* FMS > 101.000; Badek pv ''^meld Estate*. 42.800; F Ms 119.000. Dennistown *JH Y Highlands and Low- b p^^:"'"T/ Hubber J6l Krian J^l Wav", 40 Bmi <?i Krfan Utn «or» 72.000 «I^T*7 W *nd Co, uc. Ku
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  • 144 15 Domestic Production (as ascertained b exports from Federated Malay States, Un federated Malay States, and Straits Settlements of Tin, and Tin-in-ore at 72 per cent., durin the month of January, 1932. Tons. Tons. Federated Malay States 3.014 Unfederated Malay States Johore 41 Kedah 11 Perils 27 Kelantan
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  • 133 15 Changes in Representative Prices i United Pre&a a^bociauox I New York. Feb. 8. 9. American Can. Com. 57 57% Cities Service 5% 5% Colombia Gas and Elec. 12 V, 12 »i Curtis Wright l 7 1% Electric Bond and Share 10 9% Gen. Electric 18 17%
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  • 99 15 F.M.S. Progress With Excess Output IBy Dutch Air Mail] London. Jan. 26. The monthly statistics as to tin export are as follows: CABLED INFORMATION FROM PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES MONTHLY QUOTAS March From From to May. Ist June. Ist Sept Tons Tons Tons Netherlands EI 2,493 2,097 a2.097
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  • 103 15 LYALL EVATT'S DAILY REPORT Singapore. Feb. 10. As is not unusu-jl, at Chinese New Year business in the share market is much restricted and with no marked improvement taking place in tin or rubber, share values are inclined to sag further. I Rubbers. Srudais are quoted 98 1.01. Mentakabs 26
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  • 63 15 i Imports of golf balls into the United States during October number 44,653 valued at $10,745, t the lowest total since January. The average value per ball ot October imports was 24.1 I cents as compared to 33 cents in September. All Imports were from the United Kingdom, and j
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  • 339 15 To- Day's Price Changes EXCHANGE RATES February 10 SELLING London. 4 months' sight 2i4 3J32 London. 3 months' sight 2|4 London, 60 days' sight 2j3 15|16 London, 30 days' sight 213 29|32 London, demand 2)3 27J32 London, T.T. 2i3 25|32 Lyons and Paris, demand 975 Hamburg, demand 155 New York,
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  • 64 15 February 10th., 12 o'clock noon. R.S.S. equal to London Standard. Spot 8% 8% Standard RS.S. on Tender Feb. 8% 8 7 s Mar. 8?s 9 1 April 9's 9** April- June 9% 9Vs July-Sept. 9>i 10 Tone of Market: Quiet Steady. Latest Cable: London Spot
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  • 947 15 WEDNESDAY. FEB. 10TH, 5 P.M. CLOSING QUOTATIONS Buyers Sellers Asam K urn bang ill 24a 25a Austral Malay 18s 20s Ayer Hitam (ss) 10s 34 Us 3d Bangrin Tin 10s 3d lis i J Batang Padang (til 07 12 Vs Batu Caves ($1) 24 28 Bukit Arang
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  • 454 15 Singapore, Feb. 5. The prices quoted are generally those cunent at Clyde Terrace Market. At the other markets there may be small variations. MEAT Beef steak (Round) Kati 40 Beef stew or curry do 32 Pork, lean do 54 Pork, lean and fat (Ist quality) do 42
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  • 56 15 Record Transaction in Russian Cotton London, Jan. 15. A record transaction in Russian cotton is reported to have been carried out by a Liverpool firm of brokers, who sold the Lancashire Cotton Corporation 50.000 bales of Russian cotton for £500,000. The cotton is said to compare
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  • 28 15 Not many people rea"&e tnat the scramble for the yellow metal is but a waste of energy on something no more real than a ghost. Sir Henri Deterding.
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  • 842 15 AN ASSURED FUTURE Dutch Lukewarm to Restriction [From Out Own Correspondent] Medan, Feb. S. The restriction of rubber production has entered again the sphere of general interest mm it is to be expected that very soon the Dutch Government will decide on this question. Last
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  • 186 15 Formation to be Postponed The formation of a new company which wa* proposed by the directors of Ratrut Basin Tin Dredging Co.. NX., has been postponed owing to the death of Mr. G. MacDougall, with whom tentative arrangements had been made for the underwriting of the share
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 76 15 Assets exceed $12,0Q0,0M Assurance to force ggJgjjMgl The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. (Incorporated In tbe Straits Settlements) HEAD OFFICE: Great Eastern Life Building, Cecil Street, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 27, Old Jewry, E.C The Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England and complies with the British
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  • 468 16 TAIPING RACES Endoon's Surprise Win [From Ou r Own Correspondent! Taiping. Feb. 18. The second day of the Taiping races was favoured by fine weather and good going. His Highness Vhe Sultan of Perak was present but the attendance was smaller than on the opening day due
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  • 127 16 A Family Affair At Raith London, Jan. 30. Motherwell prepared for their second successive appearance in the Scottish Cup final by beating Queen's Park to-day (2 0). Both their goals were scored before half-time. Stevenson and Moffat being responsible for them. Celtic (4 2) inflicted their first home
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  • 124 16 Singapore Inter-Club Championship The last round of the Inter-Club Championship will be played off on the 13th instant, at the SC.R.C. ab 2.15 p.m. A Tables 2.15 p.m. Straits Chinese Recreation Clrb vs. Perhimponan Stia Club. 4.30 p.m. Amicable Athletic Association vs. Japanese Club. B Table— 2.ls p.m.
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  • 54 16 On the concluding day of the Calcutta Second Meeting Mendoza. the former Malayan jockey, rode Bold Sally fora win in the Alipore Plate „Div: ion II) and W/ as second in the Alipore Pine 'Division m) later in the after- wV hC toTmelf JW Pa *hing, another former Malayan jockey,
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  • 883 16 FIRST ROUND REPLAY Extra Time Needed For Result S.C.T.C 2; M.P.H f. The first round replay in the Commercial ,Cup series between the Malaya Publishing House and the Straits Cattle Trading Co., resulted in a win for the latter by 2 o, and this only after extra
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  • 57 16 The following team will represent Mr. E. A. Joy's XI versus Y.W.C.A. on the A.P.C. ground. Paya Lebar, at 5.10 p.m. on Friday, February 12th. Mrs. Pigge; Miss Weir, Miss Snow; Miss Murison, Miss Oldfield, Mrs. Evans; Miss Hatton. Mrs. Murrell, Miss Riley, Miss Skey, Miss M. Bruce-Petrie.
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  • 43 16 Ley ton reached the third round of the F.A. Amateur Cup on Jan. 23, when they defeated Welton Rovers, in a second round replay, by 2 goals to 1. Hampstead lost their second round replay to Portland U. by 1 goal to nil.
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  • 51 16 In an enjoyable game of soccer on the S.H.B.J.S.C. ground. Cantonment Road, yesterday, the Royal Singapore Flying Club soccer XI beat the A.P.C. by six goals to nil. The home team were leading by one goal in the first half but had matters mush more their own way after the
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  • 1189 16 THE GRAND NATIONAL Comments After Weight Allocations tProm Our Own Correspondent] [By Dutch Air Mail J LonJon, Jan. 27. The following ls a summary of press comments on the Grand National weights. The Times Racing Correspondent writes.— There is no need for me to give
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  • 261 16 PHAR LAP IN AMERICA Weighted for the Big Handicap Phar Lap has been given 9st. 3 lbs. (top weight) in the 50,000 gold dollar Agua Caliente Handicap, which is due to be run on March 20. This represents weight for age for a mile and a quarter
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  • 222 16 Women's Hockey Teams Meet (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Feb. 9. There was a very full programme of holiday sport in Ipoh. thanks to the visit from Kuala Lumpur cf a strcng hockey team of Colts ii fcur local club fixtures, as well as a girls' hockey team,
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  • 138 16 Chinese New Year Trip to Kuala Lumpur Mr. A. L. Birch, of Johore. and Mr. Erik Rhodes, an assistant-Instructor of the Royal Singapore Flying Club, completed a flight to Kuala Lumpur and back over the Chinese New Year in Mr. Birch's own private Moth landplane. Leaving Johore Bahru
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  • 192 16 Soccer practice begins at the Cricket Club with the matches between Whites and Colours sides on Monday and Tuesday. There will be a further trial on Thursday, in which the winners of Monday's match (to play in Colours) will oppose the winners of Tuesday's match (Whites). The
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  • 30 16 February Monthly Competitions The February Medal (Stroke) will be competed for during the week-end, 13th and 14th instant, and the Ladies Spoon (Bogey) on Monday, 15th instant..
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 167 16 THE MALAYS MALAYA BY ONE OF THEM. This work traces, from the Researches and E 0 and Observers, the Origin and Progress of the Cnin>.u u Settlement of Malays in the Malay P. r. u i a a Price SI.OO Malaya Publishing House, Ltd SINGAPORE. INTERNATIONAL HONOURS F N A***
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