The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 12 February 1932

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1 16 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 17 1 The Singapore Free Press P NO. 13,568. ESTABLISHED 1835. SINGAPORE, S.S. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 12, 1932. 10 CENTS.
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  • 283 1 In an endeavour to stimulate the processes cf trade America is arranging fcr the liquidation of a huge amount of gold reserves hi Id there m the hope of encouraging industry and the circulation of money Page 9. At the Disarmament Conference M. Litvincff, on behalf of
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  • 1064 1 Silent, dejected, mournful, the home-coming Celt stands m the waiting-room on New Year's Eve. his patient eyes fixed on the little window, now closed with a wooden shutter, behind which the tyrant of the booking-office Ireeps his state. The Celt wears the reach-me-downs of civilisation, but
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 231 1 OBTAINABLE AT ALL iF\DIVi PROVISION STORES Raffles Hotel mmMtib Accommodation with A^^ <&j& p Modern Sanitation r^ V TO-DAY'S ATTRACTION TKA DANCE >^_i* <>^ > V/ B.:«>-8.15 p.m. _/^ggL N /C > ISTOBMAI- AITER DINNER <#%^-^ V-JW^T r dance >^ \ygsrs MMBNBffIB y^ "*_V* y'^&y' y <s<^ _S- ><<> SATURDAY
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    • 271 1 THE EUROPE HOTEL Saturday Night Sunday, Feb. 7th SPECIAL DINNER AND THE "EUROPE" DANCE STRING QUARTETTE No extra charge for after Dinner Dancing. LL rLAI LIUIII DINNER DANCE $3.00. MUSIC Up-to-Date Grill f ro m 9.15 p.m. to 11 p.m. PHONE. 5341 (4 Lines). SEA VIEW HOTEL TO-NIGHT SPECIAL DINNER
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    • 253 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Europ? Hotel week-end fixtures Page 1. Raffles Hotel for rijsttafel to-morrow Page 1. G'odyear fcr efficiency m truck tyres Page 3. Get* an. Ocean Accident policy to-day Page 16. Tiffin music at the Adelphi Hotel to-day-Page 1. Programme for R?.ffles Hotel Sunday concert Page 1. Bv;urate>d magnesia will
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    • 11 1 Ml §fj_ Jl _y__M OBTAINABLE AT ALL LEADING PROVISION STORES I
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 458 2 frOK SINGAPORE FOOT, ECZEMA, AND SKIN ERUPTIONS TRY THE WELL-KNOWN FRENCH OINTMENT V i. x < a Stockists MEDICAL HALL, Ltd. Wholesale and Retail Chemists phone 6117 TELE grams Obat Singapore. BUSINESS CARDS. _a__________s_i wmmm BE PHOTOGRAPHED BY H. NUGENT BUCKERIDGE Highest (lass Work Lowest Rates. LAIDLAW BUILDING— 'Phone 7898.
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    • 636 2 TENDERS. S-__--__s__^a----H-i--i____i_____s3 SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL NOTICE TENDERS. MOTIOB Is hereby given that tenders are now invited for the following materials or services and that particulars of such tenders may be obtained to the Tender Room. Municipal Offices Supply of 6,500 tons Australian Gas Coal (Pelton, Pelaw Main, Aberdare, Bellbird or Richmond),
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    • 283 2 A A" MKB A x H x H jmmws(^r\r\r\ &w mmm mmm ufif^^?S^m^.-sommum. a P^^7--.*'V. i^^M^ m ß9immmmm^^ < e^2 < N^___^^mmm N -«^___i^.v^»' I ■Trv_Z^<«^&^ II 1 1 > < J^_r^"^j_^'-^ ---i^ a Wj^^WßjWfW In |[9^ 1 ri.f I 111 iS? if lPl7li i _P^__K2 l_r I ■I RWj
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    • 174 2 imtmmmMummm «^p—— rM mßmmmkmiimmlmmmmm^ ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH YOUR PRESENT TREATMENT I If you are not it is most likely because you are treating the symptoms and neglecting to treat the CAUSE. To treat disease successfully you must remove the cause. In the many complaints arising from impurities of the
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 667 2 THE WEEK Friday, 12th. High Water. 01.35, 8.9 ft., 13.43. 8.7 ft football: Naval XI vs. Chines*' und Malays, Anson Road. Hockey. Mr. Joys XI vs. Y.W.C.A. at A.P.C. ground. Saturday, nth High Water 02.01. 8.8 ft., 14.20. 8.1 ft Taiping Races.— Third day. R.S.Y.C. Regatta 4.20 p.m. Golf: Singapore
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  • 945 3 \lSy Dutch. Air Mail JURY DISAGREE BACHELOR JUDGE'S BLUNT COMMENTS A WIFE'S RIGHTS Lcrktoi-, Jan. 26. After a hearing lasting two days the juryten men and two women .ailed to agree at Cambridge Assizes last night m what hai become known as the "Helen of Troy"
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  • 684 3 "It Chills a Woman's Heart" 'Were the facts such to make it probable she would leave on her own accord? There is the question of meanness the husband and wife differ. *T will say this. It is curious, as most of us know, how, il a
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  • 883 3 Counsel's Outburst Mr. O'Connor (for Mr. Place) said: "This is an appalling case. It is a case unworthy of our age, a case which one would expect to find m an age of barbarism. "Let Mr. 'A' go off with the wife of Mr Let Mr.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 232 3 mm\ Tml _s_Fy_j ?<*. t>ecau»e transport men mm Wmr J_sy[K SRi bn<^ m Comlyear Tyres better K_L BP"^yj i. values and benefits tban they R) C j^^ V^ can get elsewhere that— "the g m^ mW #_J B _T\ worlil over more tons are yikml ••Mil if Wrmmm9\ H_B_B__HBB Br
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    • 83 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 for
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  • 863 4 Hints on •THE shingled head is definitely out 1 of date. Now our heads must be, m harmony with the new brim lines that have charmed our fancy. Too luxuriant locks are no longer thinned out all over; on one side they may grow m thick tiny
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  • Article, Illustration
    522 4  -  JANET GAYNOR Fashions favoured by Hollywood's Stars BY HoUywooa. TO begin with, my wardrobe is very different from what you probably think. I have not tried to build it up to the world's conception of the movie star. I have tried, rather to keep it practical and
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  • 155 4 BATHINGJAM AS As the title suggests, the new Bathingjam is a combination of Bathing Suit and the popular beach Pyjamas. Carried out m blue crepe with trousers of pongee, the soul trimming is m blue outlining the whole. The waist of the bathing suit merges with the trousers when added,
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  • 32 4 AGE BEFORE BEAUTY NORMA SHEARER congratulates Marie Dressier on winning the gold statuette of the Motion Picture Academy for the best performance of the year which the younger woman won last year.
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  • 987 4 50 YEARS EXPERIENCES George Edwardes Wardrobe Mistress Fifty years of making dresses for the stage —and still hard at* it. That is the record of Mrs. Field. Drury Lane's Wardrobe Mistress. I She is seventy-seven yet only a few weeks ago she took on the biggest
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  • 1180 4 ROYAL WAITING ROOM TO LET Apartments Rich With Memories I a_ui_otfn. FIFTY pounds a year will rent a suite of royal apartments m the shadow of WindIsor Castle. Lofty rooms they __re. emblazoned with heraldic devices and haunted by memories lof Palmerston. Wellington, the Prince CVnsort and the great Queen
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 213 5 VICTORIA JHEATRE j <<»?ll\<*! COMING!! THE GRANT ANDERSON COMPANY presenting the Latest London Successes Victoria Memorial Hall "1 mmm Singapore Musical Society THE MESSIAH FK/DAV, MARCH 4th, at 9-15 p.m. \|o\/)AY, n 7th, at 5-30 p.m. ,—l^*^^- —l Bli,,l—^ r TELEPHONE 6903 BOOKING HOURS: 9 A.M.— l P.M. AND 5
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    • 257 5 CAPITOL j FAVOURITE of The London *>age for 5 years NOW She comes to you m this magnificent Production that YOU WILL WANT TO SEE TWICE TALLULAH BANKHEAD Co-starring with another great star FREDRIC MARCH m Paramount's Jubilee Triumph! "MY SIN" IT'S A PICTURE THAT YOU'LL WANT TO SEE MORE
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    • 157 5 Fulfilling a Promise I I YET ANOTHER STUPENDOUS SHOW AT I Mill ■lIMII I I Hnt__ Amr^ AmmT __f Ml \J m v^™l Commencing TO-NIGHT AND TO PLAY THROUGHOUT THE WEEK-END A Fox Movietone Super Programme k You women who know how to forgive will know that when her lips
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  • 302 6 Disappointing Welsh Rugby Gates (From Our Own Correspondent) (By Dutch Air Mail) London, Jan. 27. The attendance at Swansea on the occasion of the Wales vs. South Africa match and the Wales vs. England match fell so far below expectations as to be a big disappointment and cause
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  • 243 6 Lindrum's 4,137 Record m Three Hours From Our Own Correspondent IBy Dutch Air Mail! Londen, Jan. 26. Walter Lindrum. the famous left-handed billiards player, has set up a new world's record during his match at Thurston's with Joe Davis when he made a wonderful break of 4.137. thus
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  • 88 6 Champions Lose To St. Helen's London, Jan. 30. The following are the results of the matche-s played under Northern Union Rugby Rules to- day. Batley 4. Salford 3. Bradford 7. Huddersfield 15. Castleford 38. Bramley 5. Halifax 26. Featherstoue 8. Hull X R. 13. Wigan H. 2. Keighley
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  • 91 6 Lancashire Management Changes (From Our Own Correspondent) I By Dutch Air Mall] London, Jan. 27. It is good reading m the cricket world to learn that there is a sum of roughly £4.500 available for distribution as the result of last season's Tests between England and New Zealand.
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  • 149 6 Jean Borotra. to public disappointment, has confirmed the recent announcement that he will not play m r«avis Cup matches this year. It is announce that it is doubtful whether Rene Lacoste will play either. Apparently the reason m both cases is business Borotra' says he has not the time t»
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  • 1782 6 The South African Tour Reviewed (By Dutch Air Mail* London, Jan. 26. The South African tour that cam? to i-v.ch a highly successful end at Murrayfield last Saturday had been assured of an honourable place m the records before the final victory over Sectland. In the first place,
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  • 175 6 Mr. J. H. Thc.-ias. Secr-iuiy of Mate for the Dominion., was the chief speaker at a luncheon at the S\v->y Hotel yesterday, given by the South African Luncheon Club m hon -.hi rof the victorious Rugby team who lird reached the end of their
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  • 143 6 AVOID FANCY TKI\IMIM> I KF.MOV.. Tills y\\ sv flj While many tliinuv din-.i;, or mdirttfl may cause stoni-ch t r _fl will tell you that over nllM tintlM fl of indigestion are mm fl acidity and food n rim m.tv., n Fa. fl accumulates m
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 200 6 I Highest Circles I Lipton's Tea is the Ap 1 I I choice of those ir n H who can appreciate t fl fl and command the V /^^v I I fine distinction of I fl flavour have won -^S^V s H fl for it a prestige as m^7 /r^y^^j
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    • 113 6 I "U U NU '-"her th, j- f (utt »»nlliance „f j ;,n or,!l »arMamp VV of > "iiiht amp i j BY INSTALUNG j Eg A PHILiPS Dl'O-SAVKIITK LAMP i I YOU SECURE THK ADVANTAGES f F TW SOIIRCKs <)F IKiliT ONE GLOBE AMI CONSIDERABLE ECONOMY IN CURRENT (ONSUMPTION
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  • 105 7 THE SWITCHBOARD OF THE WORLD OVERSEAS TELEPHONY Rritain Can Call 90 Per Cent of World Radio Official Service I Rugby, Feb. 10. Wo d. the Postmaster-General. Itm ißflnf Of the foundation IfOfOT Of the new London aid Ixmdon had become aboard of the world. I t-ephone service had been 24
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  • 53 7 M 2 Salvage Operations Suspended itadio— Official Service! Rugby, Feb. 10. oiizzard brought the first heavy inter to London and the soutti- rm disorganised Channel traffic. ped ;«t Windsor. The Belgian liner made a forced landing during quail m Surrey, but there were }<< litih seas caused
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  • 38 7 Mediterranean Cruiser for China [Reuter's Service] Malta, Feb. 10. the cruLser Devonshire or Sussex is pmM4-D| to China, arriving at Hong Kong on temporarily to replace H.M.S. Berwick. ■Md) i> proceeding to England for six months
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  • 56 7 No Appointment to Viceroy's Council Bnri.h Radio— Official Service] Rugby. Feb. 10. India Office has issued a denial of the D contained m a Press telegram from India, to the effect tha. a fourth Indian member I to b»- appointed to the Viceroy's Council to ta_> (hari'.
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  • 138 7 British Subject m Berlin Gaoled Berlin. Feb. 3. British subject. Mr. Gutherz. representaf the London bankers Messrs. Singer and Prxilander. has been sentenced t«o fifteen npnsonment as well as a fine of 2,000 Maries f (J r lling German Bonds and using proceed- to pay debts due
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  • 120 7 f* New Danger on the Road Lundon, Feb. 14. I danger was referred to by Mr. 'la the K.ng's Bench Division. I ibed how he was picked up midnight on the London-South-he was returning from playing m H dv Parcq. K.C., what instru•fl he replied. "The saxophone." t
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  • 49 7 250 Due m Singapore Next Month American tourists are due to not month. They are due ln I broom 10 by the HamburgV lute After visiting Delhi, and other places pf interest, to Calcutta m three batches, on M and H. Dl tourists ls expected by thc
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  • 515 7 A Quiet Chinese New l From Our Own Correspondent, j Malacca. Feb. 10. Tut- Chinese New Year and Han «aya r.3t.Jn; passed r.ff very quietly here. The weather CL|M i.n and bright throughout thy Chinese New Year, whilst a good downpour overnight Ised Hari Raya to be a
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  • 465 7 Monday, February Ist. Lord end Lidy Strafford arrived to stay at Government House. lord and Lady Strafford. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Sutherland and Mr. Arbuthnot had luncheon at Government House. lord and lady Strafford. Hon. Randolph B'vce. Hon. Mr. M. B. Shelley and Mis Shelley. Hen. Dr.
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  • 610 7 INDIAN MATTERS Adulteration of Ghee Inquiry By Our Indian Correspondent 1 As the result of a recommendation made byMr. O. R. M. Millar, 8.A., Inspector of Tamil Schools. S.S. and P.M.S.. the Education Department h shortly to open three Tamil vernacular schools tn Singapore for the benefit
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  • 164 7 Training Russians as Sailors I The idea of opening m Shanghai of a navigation school for the Russian young men was met w ith eager response by all sections of the Russan emigres, says the N.C.D. News. It is to be remembered that the opening of the
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  • 111 7 Plans for High-Speed Air Service Lender?, Feb. 3. Dreams ol a regular high-speed air service to -pan the Empire frcm London to Sydney m seven days have taken a long step towards realisation by the Air Ministry's decision to order the immediate construction of an experimental air express.
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  • 11 7 At last a spade has trumped Jack Diamond. Ohio State Journal.
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  • 498 7 SHANGHAI ADVENTURE Remarkable Escapade of a Fusilier Identified by a group photograph published recently m the North China Sunday News, a deserter from the British Army m Shanghai, who was arrested and escaped within a few hours, was again arrested last week. Fcr five months the
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  • 387 7 A Comedy at the Foreign Club Swatow, Feb. 3. The situation here remains unchanged, but he general atmosphere has improved consideribly. The exodus of refugees has stopped, and i few people are already returning to town, [t is estimated that about 35,000 folk have fled, and this may
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  • 66 7 London, Jan. 20. Seyyid Sir Taimur bin Feisal. Sultan oi Muscat and Iman of Oman, an independent State along the South-eastern Coast of Arabia will abdicate shortly, to be succeeded by his son Seyyid Said bin Talmour. The Sultan oi Muscat rules the- Kuria Isles m the
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  • 457 7 Prince's Game of Golf The Duke and Duchess of Brabant «the J: cuv Prince and Princess of Belgium) are .s.ur.g the Federated Malay States before proceeding to Penang en route for Bangkok. says the Malay Mail c' Wednesday. After staying with the Resident Councillor of
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  • 434 7 1 Investigations by Sir J. C. Rose Interesting facts bearing on natural history have been revealed by Sir J. C. Bose as a result of investigation m the real chemical and physiological factors of fish-capture m hill streams m Darjeeling district. Large quantities of fish are captured
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  • 132 7 Freak Lamb With an Extra Mouth Bethulie. (South Africa). A remarkable freak of nature is reported by a farmer at Nlmrod, Bethulie, on whose farm a merino ewe gave birth to a lamb wilh two mouths. The freak lamb is about nine month? old, and the
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  • 180 7 TARIFF ISSUE Lord Snowden Upholds Decision < [British Radio— Official Service] Rugby, Feb. 10. In the House of Lords to-day. Lord Snowden. ia a member of the minority Free Trade group In the Cabinet, warmly defended the Cabinet "agreement to differ" on the tariff issue. He
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  • 89 7 A PROLIFIC AUTHOR Laid I_ow by Double Pneumonia [British Radio— Official Service] Bufby, Feb. 10. The death occurred to-day of Mr. Edgar Wallace, the famous novelist and playwright, at the age of 56. He had gone to Hollywood to prepare film scenarios and died there of double
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  • 297 7 (By Our Film Correspondent) The sudden death of Mr. Edgar Wallace vi Hollywood will be a loss, not only to the lover* of thrilling novels, but also to the cinema -goiriK public, for it was held m America that th»crop of 1932 talkies was likely
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  • 196 7 Fame and Fortune from Two Pictures (By Our Film Correspondent) It will no doubt interest many to hear that Tallulah Bankhead. the American actress who graduated to the screen via the London stage, is now working under a contract which is remarkable m view of the short time
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  • 105 7 Forerunner of Proposed Fleet London, Jan, 21. Intended as the forerunner of a fleet of 3ritish express mall planes flying at a height >f 12.000 feet m thousand miles stages, at .early 200 miles an hour, a new all-metal twinmgined aeroplane has been ordered by
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  • 18 7 Korea may be known as Chosen, but we, hope Manchuria won't be known as Taken Shanghai Evening Post.
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
    • 18 8 McDOUGALL. At Klang. on the 10th February, to Mr. and Mrs. F. J. McDougaU. a daughter. I
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    • 27 8 Mrs. W. C. McCall wishes to thank all those who kindly sent letters of condolence or wreaths on the occasion of the death of her husband.
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  • 839 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1932. A TARIFF WARNING The warning which Mr. Stanley Baldwin uttered m the House of Commons, m connection with the bills which are necessary to implement the decision of Parliament to impose a general tariff that the value of the tariff depended mainly upon
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  • 634 8 Chief Inspector A. E. Lewis, of the Seremban Police, has proceeded home. Mr. R. E. Caradine has succeeded Mr. E. W. Hide as Controller of Post and Telegraphs. Negri Sembilan and Malacca. Although it was said that the moon had been seen and that a telegram had been received from
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  • 455 8 CAMERON'S BOOMING RAPID PROGRESS BEING MADE FARMING AND PLANTING mmmmmmmmmmmm iFrom Our Own Correspondent J Ipoh, Feb. 11. Some interesting information as to progress and development at Cameron's Highlands is given to the Times of Malaya by Mr. W. Durunan who since he has settled In the
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  • 244 8 Cake-Seller Still At Large The Johore police are still searching for foe Kheh cake seller said to be at the bottom of the riot ameng 230 cocliec at the Bukit Lunchoo granite quarry (which is worked by Sir John Jacksons Ltd.. for H.M. Naval Base. Seletar* on Tuesday,
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  • 36 8 Rubber and Tin Exempt l FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPY RIGHT] y London, Feb. 11. The Imports Duties Bill exempts rubber raw Including crepe rubber, latex, gutta percha. balata, raw tin ores and concentrates.
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  • 33 8 [FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHTJ London, Feb. 11. New Hayoep Rubber, Estates, Southeast Borneo, are stopping production temporarily m view of the present price and also the loss on exchange.
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  • 42 8 King Pays him a Visit [FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT! London, Feb. 11. His Majesty the King sisited Mr. Mac Donald. the Prime Minister, to-day In the Park Lane nursing home where he Is recovering from the operation to his eye.
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  • 157 8 MR. SHELFORD h conference To the Editor. Sir.-with tmmmmm to th, rar on between Mr 81,.: 1^ gard to the Shippm* Conl >. by you ln your Ls.su, apparently made Urn I ln(? sU "a. "It was a rfcUcul intended as a th: V* -*a&^' threat—
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  • 494 8 Wealthy Indian m Trouble Pleading guilty to several tmvmm of ttui by issuing cheques on the Merauitfli Ban Kuala Lumpur, to several ptopli and fin__| Singapore, thereby inducing them f> fetat goods to him. an Ind; n nan. i X Parana* waram appeared before the 1). G.
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  • 64 8 LONDON AND NJ jl Jg* AND BUBBEK PRK CFREE PRESS SFH "J*^ |„mlon,! n 'so* 5 Messrs. Lewis. I ]IoWS notify to-day's tin prictsM 4 Spot £1373,8 (£137 £140Va UI4O w The market is Messrs. SymiW "J \ices notify to-day's pn follows po-ward Spot 2 1116 d 2
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  • 32 8 The marriage was the Church ol The H mm*** Road. Kuala Lumpur Mail, between Chan,- I A Mr. and Mrs. Chonu I x\*+% Mine. Bidi. Sarawak ger daughter (>:• M.S.C.. and Mrs Ul
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 161 8 CALDBECK'S SUPERIOR OLD BROWN SHERRY AN EXCELLENT APERITIF. CALDBECK MACGREGOR CO., LTD., (Incorporated under the Companies' Ordinances of Hong Kong.) (Incorporated m Shanghai) 201 CANTONMENT ROAD. TELEPHONE 5371 5372. SHOP IN THE EVENING OUR STORES ARE OPEN AT SELEGIE ROAD I TT T KATONG J ILL KEPPEL HARBOUR p,m ORCHARD
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    • 18 8 PLEASING PRESENTS IN JEWELLERY ETC. AT LOWEST PRICES U. S. De Silva Bros., JEWELLERS. 23 High Street Singapore.
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  • 288 9 EASTERN THUNDER I Will the Conflict Spread Rrutvr's Service) GfneTa, Feb. 11. F:ir Ea.st cannot but caus* to UM Soviet owing to th< I the threa-tre of thes* it rules an- operating and tat mobilising their forces." fl ii the resumption of the Ho said despite this
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  • 130 9 Thousand .Million m Gold for Hanks Washington. Feb. 11. A far-reaching plan to release $1,000,000,000 HT v: ItM PtdenU Reserve Bank to thaw eti of a thousand banks by perI rommmial paper at present undLsto be 'lisroun.ed. has been agreed to 1 •Mr Hoover and the Congressional
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  • 93 9 v hmese Night Attacks (Bru -I Radio— Official Service! Rujrby, Feb. 10. 1 urn* state that after a com»rt day. which the opposing < lunese forcos apparently used their positions, two Chinese night WH m Chapei. These are reported -"Pulsed. rich troops reached the port -China I jQ'l
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  • 39 9 Wizard m English Channel liadio— Official Service] Rugby. Feb. 11. coottaM, to share the cold Of most of Europe. The to abate this morning mm which interfered with <d the full violence of mmmj services were main-
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  • 34 9 tmmm m the Bank of by Mr Williams, at the POtlM court on charges Mtt-i orders, and of uttering WUV al tnp Yokohama Specie It to have been forged. I said |o be $50,000.
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  • 1006 9 A BIG FACTOR Sheet Anchor Against Soviet Tide? The commission representative of a number ,of American missionary and missionary-educa- tional bodies which passed through Singapore I recently, having for its object an inquiry into j various questions affecting missionary endeavour m the East, gives rise
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  • 42 9 The half-yearly general meeting of The Singa- pore Municipal Employees' Co-operative Thrift < and Loan Society Ltd., for the period ended 1 December 31st 1931, will be held on Monday, February 15th.. at 4 p.m. m the Municipal Board i Room. Municipal Offices.
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  • 831 9 NEW DRILL HALL Foundation Stone To Be Laii Month laying of the foundation stone of th >rill Hall at the Singapore Voluntee larters. Beach Road, by H.E. th or (Sir Cecil Clementi) on March 7tl ark another important stage m th ment of headquarters of which Singa
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  • 26 9 Accrington and Southport Draw [Renter's Service] London, Feb. lt. In a Third Division (Northern) match at Accrington to-day Accrington and Southport drew I—l.1 1.
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  • 151 9 curious position. The bulk of its gold Is held by two countries viz., the United States and Prance. Supposing owing to this hoarding of gold by these two countries all the other countries decide to come off the Gold Standard and to formulate new Mint Laws making, say. silver the
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  • 1068 9 [TERESTING ADDRESS {anker Visits Raffles College D. W. Mortlock of the Hongkong and iai Bank. Singapore, addressed the members of the Raines College Union last evening on the gold standard and found his listenera veiy keenly interested. Judging by the number of questions which the
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 234 9 STAPLES MATTRESS THE FINEST J^^^^> MATTRESS MADE BY APPOINTMENT Wure Mattress Sc 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 m hot countries, viz. COOLNESS. The
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 882 10 BLUE FUNNEL LINE. REGULAR PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES. FORTNIGHTLY EXPRESS SERVICE MARSEILLES, LONDON A N. CONTINENT WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT Thrice Monthly Service Liverpool, Havre and Glasgow. Route subject to alteraticn without notice. WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. EUMAEUS For Amsterdam. London and Hamburg _Peb. 12 Feb. 16
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    • 559 10 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated ln England). "ELLERMAN" LINE FREIGHT SERVICE TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL HOMEWARDS. Steamer. One spore Sails Spore. s.s. CITY OF WORCESTER For Havre, L'dcfa, R'dam, H'burg Lelth Feb. 28 Mar. 2 s_3. KASAMA Fir Havre, L'don, R'dam and H'burg
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    • 423 10 P. O British India and Apcar Lines (Incorporated ln England) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARfn SERVICES. v PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. Cn UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVOtH____j LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVK OUTWARDS FROM LONDON FOR CHINA j APAX Tonnage. Singapore. BURDWAN 6,070 Feb. 15 BANGALORE r?** 8la
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 769 11 MARU T 10.500 Feb. 24 2_ YASUKUNI MARU T 12 000 Apr 20 21 «.HC T 10.500 Mar 0 10 HAKONE MARU T. 10 500 May 4 5 RU T. 10.000 Mar. 24 25 J SUWA MARU T 10.700 May 19 20 UAMO T 10.000 Apr. 7 8 FUSIIIMI MARU
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    • 572 11 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE c^/z^/ AMERICAN^MAIL LINE SAILING NOTICE OF FAMOUS PRESIDENT LINERS. 1 O MARSEILLES, NEW OilK AND BOSTON From Singapore and Penang via Colombo. Bo Suez. Port Said, Alexandria, Naples and Genoa. Arrive Leave Leave Arrive Spore Spore Penang V York Pre-s. Van Buren Feb. 15 Feb. 16 Feb.
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    • 845 11 K. P. M. KONINKLUKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPU (ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION COMPANY OF BATAVIA) (Incorporated In Holland.) UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNM-DTI Telephone No. 5451. with sub-connections to: Passage, Freight, Transhipment, Marine Departments and Manager's desk. Representatives ln the Straits Settlements (Singapore and Perianal of the TRASKLLERS OFFICIAL INFORMATION BUREAU
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  • 777 12 The Renovations at Westminster Abbey [From Our Own Correspondent] TBy Dutch Air Mail] London. Jan. 27. Apart from the Dartmoor mutiny, which filled the papers for days, there has not been very much of importance. The papers therefore concentrate to a very large extent on local happenings.
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  • 135 12 One of Twenty-five New Commanders Of the 25 new naval commanders m the New Year list of promotions, issued by the Admiralty, only one has risen from the lower deck. He is Lieut-Commander Philip K. Enright. For the past two years he has been serving on
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 688 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 S.S. MANGOLA (3,352 tons). [Cargo only.] •a. MARELLA Is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia. Cabin, de
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    • 248 12 ERR STEAMSHIP Co. t (Incorporated In U.BA.) GENERAL AGENTS. NEW YORK SERVICE. I Regular Freight Service to Boston. N (w y Philadelphia and Baltimore (via Suez), Hue Sails I.S. SILVERSANDAL In Port Feb. 15 Uf V V_.S. SILVERGUAVA Feb. 13 Feb 17 Mar n.v. SILVERWILLOW Mar. 2 Mar. 8 V_.S.
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    • 104 12 SILVER JAVA PACfK IJI Joint c: PACIFIC JAVA iOKm |INt SILVER LINK ixd San Francisc. Lm \n,,i,< dt)4 IVdtic tUTwX x m.s. SILVERGU-U <5 m.s. MODJOKERTO <x m.s. SILVERBEECH M x wm Urn lib Via Java 1 Vessels from Pad m.v. KOTA BAROE fP.) m.s. SILVER H IZI For further
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 667 12 MAIL DESPATCHES BY TRAIN Bangkok every Saturday 6. p.m. and Thursday 7.30 a.m. Kedah Monday to Friday 7.30 a.m. Saturdays 6 p.m. Kuantan (via Jerantut) 6 p.m. Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 6 p.m. Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Penang and Lower Siam 7.30 a.m. F.M.S., Batu Anam, Batu Pahat,
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    • 113 12 for Bagan Si Api Api 13. Toba, Dut. 689, from Djambi 11. for Djambi 13. Blinjce. Dut. 715, from Bandjermasin 11, for Bandjermasin 14. Van der Lijn, Dut. 1431. from Bill 11. for Sourabaya 16. Rckan. Dut. 388. from Prigi Radja 11, for Prigi Radja 14. CLEARANCES Feb. 10.— Majang.
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  • Port and Shipping News.
    • 2411 13 Changed Mode of Ocean Transport The centenary between 1832 and 1832 has seen greater changes m man's way of living than probably any other 100 years of his sojourn upon this troublous planet. And m no case is this more evident than m travel and trade
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    • 139 13 The Bermuda must be the most unlucky ship that ever her builders produced. To be alm^;t destroyed by fire m Hamilton. Bermuda, last June, and then, when repairs on account of this fire were almost completed, to be so bidly damaged by a second fire at Belfast as
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    • 265 13 British Owners' Biggest Handicap London, Jan. 22. Speaking at Liverpool on Saturday at a luncheon on board the new P. and O. turboelectric liner Strathaird, prior to her departure for the Clyde, where she Ls to undergo speed trials, the Hon. Alexander Shaw, deputy chairman of the
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    • 14 13 The Van der Lijn arrived from Bali ye_t_r",ay with 109 bullocks and 1.024 ptp.
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 511 13 p THE Singapore Free Press Daily ana Weekly Editions) H a d Office: 138 ROBINSON ROAD, SINGAPORE. ne: 6056. Cable Address: ADVERTISER, SINGAPORE. The premier morning daily m Malaya 1 Delivered with the Chota Hazri each morning. Latest news, latest telegrams and latest announcements. London rubber and tin cables appear
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    • 261 13 Sf ANTON NELSON Co.. Ltd. PUBLIC STORAGE GODOWN For Merchandise, Personal Effects, and Motor Cars. Apply: 4, COLLYER QUAY or Telephone 5874. mm m m \m m '°"cORE s 9 OF ALL SORjf Tcim Bilk y_V^MS^^-_L___HS^al stt b /lm. *3k^ >.—»— \TtTHATEVER your being compounded from rs- skin trouble you
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  • 186 14 Pharaoh Who Was Branded as a Heretic The important problem of the identification of the alleged mummy of the famous King Akhenaton of the XVni. Dynasty was discussed ln interesting papers read by Mr. Engelbach, Curator of the Museum of Antiquities, and Dr. Derry, Professor of
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  • 152 14 Shortly after 2 a.m. one morning the automatic fire alarm in the Houses of Parliament suddenly started ringing and five fire engines were immediately rushed to the spot. When they arrived, however, they found that owing to a slight defect the alarm had started ringing without any cause. On Monday
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  • 541 14 You Just Get Through, Switch On, and Type Your Message IBy Dutch Air Mail J London, Jan. 22. I have seen the teleprinter. A G.P.O. official showed it to me to-day. writes an Evening Xev.s correspondent, m a room full of experimental gear at the Central Telegraph
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  • 248 14 Burial of Sultan of PenU i Recording the I the Sultan of 1 r Prom an early hour on Friday. Ma.:. white bands round their mourning began I I I where tin funeral t Shortly alt- r 4 o'l I< t, tIM tatt- j J State, accctnr
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  • 17 14 An Ipon resident i land at To.ah Rata m that he has paid I th Times •>[ Malaya
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 421 14 PIMPLES CAUSED ITCHMGJRNING Had to Keep Child From School Cuticura Healed. "When my little grandchild wa > years old a lot of pimples broki* OtU a.: over her head. They caused a krt < itching and burning, and her haii f' i out. She was like that for thre«* months
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    • 408 14 BANKS AND INSURAhCI CHARTEKED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. (Incorporated m England by Royal Charter) Paid up capital m 600,000 shares of £5 each £3,000,000 I Reserve Fund £4,000,000 I Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3,000,000 HEAD OFFICE: 58, Bishopsgate, London, E.C. 2. Agencies and Branches: Alor Star Harbin Penang
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    • 324 14 MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD. (Incorporated m England) Capital -3,000,000 Subscribed 1,800,000 Paid-up 1,050,000 Reserve Fund and Rest 1.666.845 I 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.B.E LONDON
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    • 122 14 THE .o^ I SOUTH I^l BRITISH Ipl WW--- mm I FIRE. MARINE trJJ MOTOR CAR I INSIRAV I \< (FPTL, II LOWES! lKR\\ I L C M U|. |l °fl" n-T(S I EASTERN UNITPn ASSURANCE CORPORATION I FIRE, MARINE MOTOR CAR AND PERSONAL A('(||, FM INSURANCE. HEAD OH 1,, H-hTS
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 478 14 ROUND YOUR DIAL Popular Shortwave Radio Stations The following ls a list of stations which can be received m 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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  • 46 15 RUBBER RESTRICTION MYSTERY OFFICIAL CONFERENCES Dutch Colonial Minister's Admission |j: 1 HVICE-^COPYRIOHT-, l»ndon. Feb. 11. ndenfl oi the Finan- th Dutch Colonial Minfereneee have been held ..mini nt.- f Brit ish suid inu oul v.ith reference me tkm onnouneoeaet-t Itative louree, mid -.<r: deal! with m
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  • 23 15 L Half-year Dividend Announcement «RB M SP7RVICB— COPYRIGHT 1 liondon. Feb. 11. announce a hali-year September period oi b per cent.
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  • 27 15 Hagc Drop m January Figures ;Brt::.Ji Radlo—Offlc_aJ S.rvlce] Kujrby. Feb. 10. import! for January fell nearly :u\r<\T< (1 with the preceding month. U was £62.000.000.
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  • 45 15 11, 000,000 A Year Profit New YortL, Jan. 13. earnings, amounting to £7,280,000 r» art- nporU'd for 1931 by Ids Tobacco Company, manuthr Caiml" brand of cigarettes. earnings compare with £(5.85(1.000 ior Th<- oaatpenj dLstrtbuU'd <a*>h dividends to _H. 000.000 during 1931.— ExH
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  • 264 15 WHO WANTS RESTRICTION Saving the Rubber Industry j H> Dutch Air Mail] London, Jan. 24. I un-fully f )iisidered Mr. John Kelly's I robber industry m The Financial j 30th December I writes another I Ol that paper, and feel certain I J mai.;. „t the prim ipals interested m
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  • 23 15 II I Agfnt*: d Co. Ltd 2.100 pkuls Sun*J Tin 605; Kuala Remar I»'k Naui Rubier 46.000; Ml 000.
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  • 26 15 I [to m the end of Januan 4 MMM, a reduction of 1.40! tmtmmX r«_Ki_. I— th, mmm th»t «-0 imtlauve into f«u€ -rr.
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  • 795 15 Latest Library Additions The following publications m issued or received by the Department of Statistics. S.S and F.M.S.. during the period from January 16th to 22nd. 1932. inclusive, and are available for publa use In the Reference library Fulleiton Building. Singapore. Application ma> be made bj members of
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  • 27 15 There a definite limit beyond which public expenditure cannot proceed with safety, even when <he object is to create temporary employment Mr. Jackson Dodds (Bank of Montreal).
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  • 342 15 To- Day's Price Changes EXCHANGE RATES February 1 1 SELLING London. 4 months' sight 2 4 1,8 London, 3 months' sight 2 4 1 132 London. 60 days' sight 23 31J32 London. 30 days* sight 23 1516 London, demand 2 3 7,8 London. T.T. 2,3 13 16 Lyons and Paris,
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  • 75 15 Febnraiy 11th, 12 o'clock noon Buyers Sellers. R.S.S. equal to London Standard, Spot 8V« 8 V Standard R.S.S. On Tender Feb. B S> B*_ March 8 1 8-:** April 8 s 8% April-June B*, 8 7 s July-Sept. 9 V 9 V Tone of Market
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  • 927 15 THURSDAY. FEB. 11TH. 5 P.M. CLOSING QUOTATIONS IMMJJUI ftUßßßftfi Uienbys isl> 60 65 Hot Gajah ($1) 4ft i. HiUoi (1) 7ft W> ira. Malay (s2> SO 85 V. Kunlng ($1) 10 16 tyer Molek ($1) 40 45 Vyer Panas (61 > 60 66 3assett ($1) 33 38
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  • 135 15 Changes m Representative Prices I Dinted *»re-» A__»oc_aOo_> New York. Feb. 9 10. American Can. Com. 57" 57 Cities Service .5% 5H Colombia Gas and EVec. 12V 12V Cuitls Wright i\ Electric Bona and Share 9 V 9\ Gen. Electric 17 V 17 s Gen. Motors
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  • 198 15 ißn.isii F-adio Official Service) Jan. 23 Feb. 9 10. \msterdam 8.51 8.53 8.46 v tthens 267 270 267 V Bombay Is. 6 3 32d. ls. 5 Vd. Is. 6 9 64d. Berlin 14V_ 14.50 14.35 Brussels 2^.60 24 11 16 24.52 1 Bucharest 577 V 580 572 JUo 4
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  • 171 15 26 Rubber Companies Lose £100,250 (By Dutch Air Mail) London, Jan. 26. Very' few companies at the present price of rubber can produce without incurring a loss. Messrs. Symington and Wilson. Rubber Brokers. of Mincing-lane, state that out of 29 rubber producing companies whose balance sheets were
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  • 120 15 Scotland Wants new Industries London. Jan. 14. An ambitious publicity scheme to attract Overseas manufacturers to develop new industries hi Scotland, was outlined yesterday by Mr. William Watson. Chairman of the New Industries. Home and Overseas Committee of the Scottish National Development Council. He was addressing, at
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  • 188 15 GLENEALY PLANTATIONS Small Loss on Year's Working The following is the twenty-second yearly report of the Directors to the shareholders of -rlenealy Rubber Plantations to be presented at the annual meeting on Feb. 20th at Derrick and Co's offices at noon. For the year under review the
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  • 212 15 The Preliminary 1931 Figures (By Dutch Air Main London, Jan. 22. A cin-uLvr issued by the board of the Anjfk>Dutch Plantations of Java. Ltd.. state* the preliminary figures for 1931 indicate that, with large proportion of the crops already sold, the year's working will result m a
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  • 245 15 Dutch Parliament and Restriction IBv Dutch Air Mail! London. Jan. 24. In the preliminary report of the Committeeof the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament on the Budget of the Netherlands Bast Indies :t is made clear that not one member \A the Chamber expresses opposition to the
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  • 210 15 Competition From Japan Araiir Likely IJrthJ. Jan. Trade m piecegoods during this week may h* said to be practically non-existent. Dealers und buyers have called a halt, and the new turn n the political situation is generally discussed. rhat it has caused a temporary stoppage of rade is
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  • 23 15 The man who cannot get enthusiastic about his business or about his profession has no business to be m it. Sir Francis Goodenough.
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 79 15 Vssets exceed 1 2,00<l, mum Assurance tn force over $35,000,000 The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. (Incorporated ln the Straite 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
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  • 1093 16 INTERPORT YACHTING A Memorable Holiday Trip The annual inter-port races between the Port Dickson V.C and the RS.Y.C. were sailed Uxst week-end at Port Dickson and a party of ten members of the Singapore club set out from here on Friday afternoon at 4.45 p.m..
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  • 853 16 ANOTHER DRAWN GAME Ragged and Uninspiring Play U.E S.H.E 1. The second round tie m the Commercial Cup eiics between the United Engineers and the S.ngapore Harbour Board, which was played at the Stadium yesterday, resulted m a draw ol one goal all, the game being very
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  • 44 16 Attention is directed to to-day's charity match at the Anson Road Stadium m aid of the unemployment funds between the Malays and Chinese and an eleven from the destroyers m port. Charges for admission will be 50, 25 and 10 cents.
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  • 113 16 Attractive Programme The Klang Club will be holding its seventh annual open Lawn Tennis Tournament during the Easter holidays commencing on Good Friday. March 25. This year an innovation will be a Challenge Cup for the' Ladies' Open Singles and there will also be Open and
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  • 1280 16 INDIANS ARRESTED Story of a Twelve Thousand Dollar Cheque The story of an alleged attempt by two Indians to cash a cheque fcr $12,000. employing a third man to forge an endorsement* on the back of the cheque and to present it for payment, was told m
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  • 249 16 $500,000 PURSE Two New Contenders For Title New York, Jan. 22. Max Schmeling, of Germany, the heavyweight champion of the world, and Jack Sharkey, of Boston, who claims the American heavyweight championship, to-day signed contracts for a bout, m which Schmeling's title will be at stake, to be
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  • 57 16 Going Direct From India to England [From Our Own Correspondent! Kuala Lumpur. Feb. 11. Cabled information was received this morning from Lall Singh which says that he will not be returning to Malaya as he is going direct to England. He is receiving special coaching from K. H.
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  • 70 16 The following will represent the "Over 40" vs. "Under 40" on Tuesday, (February 16th), at the S.C.C. C. Salter and S. H. Moss; W. C. Hill and C. E. Winter; D. K. Kleinman and J. A. Dean; A. A. A. Paterson and R. B. B. Donneil; E. W.
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 283 16 POPULAR HisMasfei_Voke 3523 thoUt a son Blue is the night 5976 Taint no sin Geor ge (Men H Sweet nothings of love 3953 Reviens ,tw Dear, when I met you Tip-toe through the tulips t oh 3204 Painting Clouds with sunshine 3667 alian AirS fl internatior.;, My heaven of love
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 243 16 ISLAND CLUB Result of Chinese New Year Competition The Chinere New Year competitions at the Island Club resulted as follows: Best nett score for Ist 9 holes: Morita 39 4-35 Moore 40 5 35 Best nett score for 2nd 9 holes: A. J. Lim 40 T 33 ROTARY CLUB VS.
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