The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 15 February 1932

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  • 13 1 The Singapore 13^70, KSTARI.ISHED 1835. SINGAPORE, S.S. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1932. 10 CENTS.
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  • 407 1 Heavy fighting has been proceeding in the Shanghai area. The Chinese claim a material success at Wooeung. Large Japanese forces are landing in the Settlement Pag* 9. There was some sharp rioting at the Scottish Cup tie Mother-well vs. Celtic Page 16. It has been decided tc
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  • 1585 1 I "They fly forgotten, as a dream dies at the opening day" but they don't. They remain as a nightmare and very much remembered, Mpakuli who never smiled. Whisky who never drank but chewed Master's cigarettes, Jackson and Brown, Benpirj, Lcgan known as Berry, Josephine and
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 203 1 KELVINATOR THE FINEST n i, iKIC REFRIGERATOR I VER BUILT CLOUET CO., LTD. siMiAPORE. 2-1 Raffles Omr t RAFFLES HOTEL Excellent accommodation with modern sanitation TW/S EVENING TEA DANCE 6.30 to 8.15 p.m. INFORMAL AFTER DINNER DANCE E9.30 to Midnight ORCHESTRA of S.S. "PRES. VAN BUREN" TUESDAY, FEB 16th. SPECIAL
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    • 166 1 TOLLEY'S EMPIRE £m EMPIRE BRANDY O BRAND Y Support /Im y i? MmWUk. $3.2$ per limpire y^fißk quart Products iM&MKk mc J?ding i jTB y Stocked by dffl JH! As supplied to nvpp -1 fe^^rf Government ji. ■£^M2&%%-. Hospital, dealers in (.'MSmSn^ i j* m i n 'tf'JffilMfe? leading Hotels,
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    • 155 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Cargo notice re Puivn -Paee 12 Tenders required b\ td" ri. r u'iicipal;t.\ Pnuc2. Eurcp:an lady stenographer want? postPage 2. Whitfav.ay T _?idla%v's fcr men'i spocialities Pagp 6. Br:ti c h cm -ed fco.l? can b2 b^J?ht at LI tte*i n- go r Nctiee by Masters Ltc 7
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    • 16 1 KELVINATOR THE FINEST ELECTRIC REFRIGERATOR EVER BUILT A. CLOUET CO., LTD. SINGAPORE. ST»lc*-Service 2-1 Raffles Ouav
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  • 955 2 Positions in the Leagues Positions in the home football League* to date are as follow DIVISION I Goals. P. W. L. D. F. A. Pts. Evi rton 28 17 10 1 85 52 35 Sheffield United 28 16 10 2 62 44 34 West Bromwich A. 28 14
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  • 159 2 Programme of Drills up to and for week ending February 21st.. 1932. Monday 15th. 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall "C" (Scottish) Coy. 10 PI. 30 yards Range; 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall Fortress Coy. < Malay Sec.) Enrolment and Equipment Parade; 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall S.V.F.A. N.C.Os. Class; 5.15
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 118 2 SINGAPORE FOOT, ECZEMA. AND SKIN EfcIPTIONS THY THE WELt-KNOWN FRENCH OINTMENT x < e u a Stockists MEDICAL HALL, Ltd. Wholesale and FUtail Chemists phone 6117 BUSINESS CARDS. MUSLIM KHAN CO.. 37, JAVA ROAD. BOOK BINDERS Orders promptly executed Charges Moderate. BE PHOTOGRAPHED BY H. NUGENT BUCKERIDGE Highest Class Work
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    • 615 2 TENDERS. SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL NOTICE TENDERS. NOTICE is hereby given that tenders are nowinvited for the following materials or services and that particulars of such tenders may be obtained in the Tender Rocm. Municipal Offices Install? ticn Of Sanitary Fittings at properties Woodleigh Filter Bed area. Upper Serangood Road. Date of
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    • 552 2 SITUATION WANTED. EXPfcKTENCUD EUROPEAN LADY STENOGRAPHER geeks employment. Pfctase reply Box No. 994 care cf Free Press GENTLEMAN leaving Singapore recommends thoroughly reliable Malay house (or office) boy. A most desirable servant Apply 11 Upper Wilkie Road. notice! NOTICE. This is to notify all concerned, that Mr. A. J. Glosz
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    • 565 2 "<£llenbimjs Foods Made from the purest milk of cows pastured in (be home counties, the Allenburys* Foods are as casilv digested as mother's milk. Thev are germ free and are simply and quickly made by the addition oi boiling water only. Fresh supplies, specially packed for the tropics, are received
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    • 193 2 AUCTION SALES. AUCTION SALE oi VALLABI.F PRCEHOLO i BnfOAPORC town \Mi PftOPBCI \¥> h. beU The Salriuoin Hew < Company Linufed. Raffl<> Chan Plan Bfa .;;>"• On Monday. Feb. 15th. at .0 pa I'ARTKI I \K^ ESTATE Ob CHIA AH THM l.ot i Valunbh PfwhoM I how Not, 78. 7y.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 204 2 THE WEEK Monday, 15th. High Water 03.02. 8.5 ft.. 16.06. 6.6 ft. Oxford and Cambridge Society of Malaya ajinual meeting. Adeiphi Hotel. 7 p.m. Football. Commercial Cup (2nd. round) Bramtoco vs. Ho Hong Bank. Anson Road. S.C.C. trial match. Golf: Krppel G.C. ladies' spoor. < bogey >. Boy Scout* Assocn.
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  • 154 3 i I irst Chance to Build Virship" Car Burnej, fhdfntr of r 100. the TS to Mil the rights for I ins streamlined -airship" Thu> i to« kti opportunity to make is possibly the greatest mad. in automobile design. thai a British manufacturer the urrat opportunities for tWi
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  • 213 3 Well Sunk 300 Feet London. Jan. 12. II Qm bopd of experts are justified oil will bv located m the heart of Sussex in a few weeks. I Fi r over lour moiiths. engineers have been .sinking a test veil under a Government licence granted to the
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  • 48 3 In the early hours of Saturday morning the I ftl fire brigade at Kuala Pilah was summoned to Tanjong Ipoh village, where a fire had spread to over seven houses by the time the brigade arrived. It is reported that about 14 houses were burned to the ground.
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  • 1378 3 A BIG DEBT Sound Investment Even in Days of Economy From Our Own Correspondent London, Jan. 19. The following is a summary of an address delivered by Lt.-Col. F. E. Fremantle. 0.8.E.. M.D.. M.P.. at a meeting of the Royal Empire Society at the Hotel
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  • 162 3 Dive Into Shallow Water P. Mi Mi,.- M. Dec. >8. A youih nani^d Norman George Henderson dived into water little more than a fool deep in the Bellinger River on North Beach yesterday, fractured his neck, and died at the Bellinum District Hospital a few hours later.
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  • 185 3 Laundries Give You A New One l.«>iN)i. n Jan. J I. B. t)i anxious to MfC the stitl eoOw from extinction by the Mgg CD4 of v.ashmu <**• litters are offwfaf to wash coll-.irs ;md laundries are oJlenni; to gt99 CUttOMMII n« w collars. These are
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  • 52 3 A .special section in the Shanghai j.iil t<» be set apart for the curing of dru^ add it ts 'All convicted dr '"-'.icUlic ts in to be sev!%OKKted tin this special section. *hre a competent physician will br in f -name to help HMtt in 'getting rid of
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 254 3 j- -"The Blood is the Stream of Life I Pro TREAT DISEASE] REMOVE THE CAUSE CLARKE'S BLOOD MIXTURE in the treatment of Blood and Skin Diseases gets to the root of the trouble by purifying the Blood. In cases of RHEUMATISM ULCERATED LEGS/ STIFF JOINTS PSORIASIS/ LUMBAGOE C Z EM
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    • 165 3 I^^^JT^l Estate Trust Agencies K SfPTVPIHffI BRANCHES: m PUlVlnilPHll 21, First Cross Street MALACCA I W H 11. Light Street PENANG. 14, Klyne Street KUALA LUMPUR. l i Registered by and Security deposited with the Straits Settlements Government. Act as Trustees, Administrators, Receivers, Guardians, Rent Collectors, Investments Supervised B% t
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  • Article, Illustration
    2135 4 P. G. WODEHOVSE'S LATEST STORY. Sally Takes Her Revenge Bill's Guest. BILL, stood staring. His neivcus system, in b its highly-strung condition, was nol proof c against this entirely unexpected greeting. The Manor was not haunted, but if it had been ii and if the Fam!iy Spectre had
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  • 55 4 A rubber factory employe two girk to test various types of rubber footwear. In order to assure themselves of the lasting quality of certain rubber soles the firm employed these girls to walk twelve miles each day, every inch of their walk being recorded by a pedometer.
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  • 201 4 "Whoopee Queen" Arrested In Her Night Club Texas Guinan, the notorious "whoopee queen," is in trouble with the police again. This is her first return to the legal limelight since she was banned from England and Prance and sent home again with her 20 "beautiful kids," her
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  • 82 4 A record for the journey from Gosport, Hants, to Brooklands. Surrey, has been set up by Mr. Jerry Sayers, of the Hawker Aircraft Company. In the space of ten minutes he climbed into his plane at Gosport, flew just over 53 miles, and landed at Brooklands!
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  • 368 4 WATERLOO BRIDGE t Drifting Barge Might Cause Collapse Tbers is not an engineer in Britain who can guarantee that Waterloo Bridge Is safe. Yet if it collapses Vast areas will be flooded. The District Railway will be smashed in and The Thames will be blocked for
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  • 110 4 Mussolini Stops an Execution Rome. A last-minute confession by the real murderer saved Francest* Callaf?to from execution on the charge of killing a boy of 13 at Caltaniseppi, Sicily. Both Callafato and Diego Mignemi had been sentenced to death for the crime. But Callafato had been convicted
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  • 73 4 Precaution on Japanese Shaving Brushes The following regulation has been made in Hong Kong by the Governor-ln-Council under the Importation and Exportation Ordinance. "No person shall Import for sale or distribution in the Colony any shaving brushes manufactured in or exported from Japan, unless such shaving brushes are
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  • 65 4 The longest flight made by a woman in Australia was accompanied by Mrs. H. Bonney. of Brisbane, when she flew solo from Brisbane to Wangaratta. 1300 miles, on Dec. 26th. Mrs. Bonney is a daughter of Mr. N. A. Rubens ot Wangaratta, and one of the
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  • 351 4 Japanese to be Eaeourigtj in Manchuria Count Uchida. president 1.1 the Mfc Manchuria Railway Company \nll shoriy i nter view Mr. Yoshizawa. WnMm <>: F -nj^n Affan with regard to the OlUliniiil ;*>!icv on Manchuria and Mcngolia. H. .ul. Inukai. the Premier, and Pru.n- Saionji to explain his
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  • 244 4 Raising Hopes— and Hair Can the bald man Krou I tnth CWP f hair Reports have boon fOttnA from Paris > the United States t-hat thk pi h baffled specialists ever riOOC '!.<■ |M man w bald, has been solved Dr. Raymond Passot. a Pren has carried out
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 78 4 t BRITISH TRIUMPH AGAIN LEAD *J* FRA^HELi V FIRST IN THE FIELD V X WITH THE FINEST BRITISH MADE X UP TO DATE A CABIN AND WARDROBE TRUNKS a^a i^^BCZ^^u^Hil^l^BE*-^3H^^HH'9liK^A *i^ His *t* t I Kyi IS IRfl 9S H§l V tC ALL SIZES IMMEDIATE DELIVERY X A NOT ONLY
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 190 5 VICTORIA THEATRE 4 OH I <OUI\(,!! THE 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. A REAL Super Programme 6.15 PAVILION 9.15 Pro-* I out FOR ADULTS ONLY I PICTURE WHICH
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    • 298 5 CAPITOL clTve BROOK The Most Popular British Star on the Screen To-day in Par amount's Dramatic Sensation SILENCE MAX MARCIN'S GREAT PLAY. Held for murder, he refuses to talk Sentenced to die, he never speaks the word that means release SEE this gripping picture and learn what they tried in
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    • 200 5 LAST TWO NIGHTS AFTER A WEEK-END OF PACKED PERFORMANCES TO-NIGHT and TO-MORROW Charles Farrell With MADGE EVANS— In PARAMOUNT'S DRAMATIC SENSATION "HEARTBREAK'* AND "UNDER SUSPICION" With HAROLD MURRAY and LOIS MORAN FOX PICTIHEJI WEDNESDAY Commencing at the Special Matinee nt 3 p.m. INDIA strange mysterious POURS OUT HER THRILLS IN
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  • SPORT OF THE DAY
    • 313 6 Final Prospects of Durham and Gloucester History having repeated itself in the county Rugby championship to the extent that three cf the four semi-finali:>ts Gloucestershire. Hampshire and Warwickshire were in the semi -finals a year ago. has now called a halt in the process in that Warwickshire, who
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    • 391 6 Upsets in the Championship Competition [Prom Our Own Correspondent] [By Dutch Air Man] London. Jan. 27. As a result of Saturday's engagements the Scottish Rugbj Championship table bears a different aspect. Gala being left in splendid isolation on the one-defeat mark. This arose partly by their own victory
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    • 123 6 "Over 40" Versus •Under 40" In this match on Tuesday pairs will meet as follows C. Salter and S. H. Mass vs. R B. Gotch and G. F. Stringfellow. W. C. Hill and C. E. Winter vs. F. T. K. Hobbes and W. B. Wigg. D. H. Kleinman
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    • 73 6 Another step has been taken by Ted Phelps, sculling champion of the world, In connection with the proposed match for the title with Goedsell. He has lodged a first deposit of £100. GoodselTs backers want the match fixed to synchronise with the Olympic Oames at Los Angeles, but before going
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    • 25 6 Alan Fairfax's contract with Accrington is reported in England to provide for attendance at the practice net6 three nights each week to coach young players.
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    • 199 6 Sheffield Shield Holders \a)sq Again R. A. Oxenham, captaining the side, had much to do with Queensland's victory by 139 runs against Victoria. Sheffield Shield holder, in the Shield match at Brisbane, which ended last Wednesday, for he played an attractive innings of 162 not out when
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    • 137 6 Y.W.C.A, Lose to Mr. Joy's XI Mr E. A. Joy's XI defeated the V.W.C'A. by one goal to nil on the A.P.C. ground at P. j ya Lebar Road yesterday afternoon. There was very little good play, the same being scrappy throughout. Miss Hat ton scorvd the only
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    • 366 6 Oxford University in Form [From Our Own Correspondent] <By Dutch Air Mail) London. Jan. 27. In the hockey world. Oxford University struck some of their best form when visitir.e Hampstead at the Richmond Athletic ground, when they won by 4 goals to 1. The unbeaten Aldershot Command team
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    • 74 6 Women's Trial at Paisley fProm Our Own Correspondent] London. Jan. The task of the Scottish selectors was not clarified by the trial at Paisley on Saturday; in fact the situation almost seems to have become more obscure, some players who were thought to be certainties hardly fulfilling expectations,
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    • 310 6 Results of Ctafc Matches I I Results ol Club n as follow But, Lath H Bee ken ham s ii \<■ Bedford Bishop's Btortford 0 I Blackheath 1 1 Bristol I] Canterbur. 0 R. A CardifT Catford Bridge 6 I C.ntymca q Char. Bank of India IK o
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    • 168 6 Mares < hrqurr.iJ iffff Kndrd [Fran On Own Co IBy Dun h hi Than is pMI pubtt Captain Bassoon's iptrtacular llMph far many y. I vtMn riH rell In tin at Newbury Thai e«W hopes of wtantaf tii- a ended the life <.t I m.u as cheque nd
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 436 6 WHITEAWAYS MENS WEAR OF QUALITY AND DISTINCTION ENGLISH TWILL TENNIS SHIRTS. Strong White English twill well and generously cut for comfort in w«ar. All Sizes. PRICE $2.50 EACH. V<tSf O jutiii is^~~~ JANTZEN SWIM SUITS. Pur« wool, in a wide range of styles and colours. Sizes 36 to 48 ins.
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  • 324 7 fV ik of reparations LAUSANNE CONFERENCE' MOURNED HOPE FOR SOLUTION s. nrtoe] London. Feb. 13. i thai the Lausanne Aiil adjourned till i,. otlei ions Ix-tween < raMn-Belgo-Japane.se tin be to agfae I n FflTt*ffTtt. and also i ■otw tii conomic i,i- h iTC n-spon.sib.le ii. was
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  • 127 7 I Honours Srrvice to Welsh literature l«l;i -naufestinisK. »«npl< i d w.-i h quarryinan who U Bob Own. of Groesor. i Nieived the hon- A tn m the University ot to Wi-Mi btttography h«PP3 naturaUy," he said, -for I ase for it after i was ;>liy surrounded by
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  • 107 7 IGerauui Hero Passes Away Duesseldorf, Jan. 18. 1 rnhintoer in the great war. mayer. died here to-day 'ii (unscripted in 1863. I through the Danish ram--PTUMtea war. At the i lan war in 1870 ;iIJ ci Ul the colours and was 5 K« -ht« rmayer rej^rted
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  • 754 7 NKELAVKNTS SURPRISE A Day of Close Finishes <Prom Our Oun Correspondent) Taiping. Feb. 13. Thin w;is a lair attendance for the final d-i\ of tin- BMettns. v huh m favoured by hm leather Tur bin dividends were paid i.'t but MM raciuu i m rally was remarkable
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  • 149 7 Tokyo Savant May Solve the Food Problem Tokyo, Jan. 12. An invention which may contribute .significantly towards a settlement of the Japanese fcod problem is reported to have been competed by a poum scientist of the Imperial I: titute of Physical ajid Chemical Research in Tokyo. The
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  • 507 7 HINKLER AWARDED BRITANNIA TROPHY MERIT OF TRANS-ATLANTIC FLIGHT AUSTRALIAN AIRMAN'S HONOUR MAN OF DEEDS NOT WORDS Signal honour has been paid to Australia's great airman, Mr. Bert Hinkler, by the award of the Britannia Trophy for the most meritorious flying feat of the year. There will be general satisfaction, not
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  • 813 7 Flyer Who Hates Publicity Squadron -Leader Bert Hinkler returned to England in December, says the Sydney Morning Herald, an unhappy man. although he came fresh from one of the greatest triumphs in the history of aviation. He \va;, disappointed disappointed that the world had heard cf his achievement
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  • 416 7 ADMIRAL'S SUGGESTION U.S. Fleet Gives Cold Shoulder to Hawaii The behaviour of American women during hectic holidays on Hawaiian beaches Is parti;, to blame for the recent incidents. That was the opinion expressed by Admiral Platt. Chief of Operations, to the Senate Territorial Committee at Honolulu,
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  • 291 7 Thinks Penang a Beautiful Island I;, the course ol a health nip to the East. Her Grace the Duchess of Sutherland arrived, In Penang yesterday, travelling by the OenuanJ motor vessel Vogtland, .--ays the Straits Echo' Of Friday. Bhe is accompanied on her voyage by an American
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  • 321 7 r means of various signs which he detected in the shapes and movements of the clouds. Thanks to this faculty he held to his direct course so skilfully that he actually made the coast of Africa only 10 miles south of the point which had been his objective when he
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  • 157 7 FLEET OF WORLD LINERS LONDON TO CAPE IN NINE DAYS MONSTERS OF THE SKY JBnrM? Radio- Offir iij S.tvk* h Rugby. Feb. 13. During la.st*y»a»' ai:- craft ot Imperial Airwayflew 1.510.867 milts and CMTtod 30.581 passengeis and 1,664,970 pounds of mails and freight. A .statement reviewing pro«ri\ss
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  • 737 7 Value of 'Physical Jerks' at Schools PaogieMftVt ideas a *****19 teachers wrrr Vp] Kl iat tlic resumed annual tonferftflJoe ol Educational Associations at University OoOete, Lon,don. Sir Henry Hadow. Vice Chancellor of th« University of Sheffield. presiding over a section arranged by the Dalcrozx* Society, said that
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  • 91 7 In Mflfth of an Unusual holiday. Mi** M:»r>rie Hawley and her sister, Phyllis, decldtd to walk from Sydney to Melbourne. Tiny Itfl Sydney at midnight on November 27. ami arrived in Melbourne on Dec. 26th. Durirp: the journer they covered 717 miles, 600 of
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  • 15 7 I "Widow's Mißht" has Warner B:wu 1 nnd I Sally Eilerx in the leading roles.
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  • 54 8 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. DEATH. WONG— On Feb. 13th, 1932. at 75, Keng Lee Road. Singapore. Mrs. Wong Ah Fook, the beloved mother of Messrs. S.K., S.C., S.Q. and S. Y. Wong and the late Mr. S. N. Wong. Aged 82 years. Date of funeral to be announced later. Malayan and Hong
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  • 833 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1932. WEEK-END COMMENT After a lull which was utilised as far as possible by the Powers in an attempt to limit, and if possible avoid, further hostilities at Shanghai, fighting of a serious nature has again broken out there. The reports are at present
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  • 1563 8 Mr. G. A. de C. de Moubray is to be transferred to Batu Gajah as District Officer, Kinta, in May, says the Malay Mail. Mr. Ong Soon Ann of the Municipal Secretariat passed the Intermediate Examination of the Corporation of Certified Secretaries, Preston, held in November last. A marriage has
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  • 52 8 WEALTH AND TAXATION IN SIAM KING'S STRONG ?Ea Bear Burdens Without Grumbiin« B [FREE PRESS BBtVICI <r B u The King- the Army, runni.v columns of the En neral subject of a The K i taxed \o the v. n irsg is regarded u Siamese to meet the same <,nru
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  • 27 8 Sole Survivor L Bangkok (FREE PRKSS SfcKVK Colonel Brinsnv i .survivor of the B.i. last December, leave for Staftp accompanied Uy a n..
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  • 190 8 .Johore Coolies ilound Over Of the 109 Otatl rharp-d ttt ricting at Bukit Luachor Tuesday last. 25 were disrhar.- :>fljf re-opened at Johore Police Ooorti beta it P. G Marshall on Saturday Mr. W. A. C. Hamcs, C.PO *ho conduct the prosecution, said was now pos identify
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  • 42 8 SATURDAY'S Kl BBEK PtICH [FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT London. Feb. 13 Messrs. Symington and Wila notify to-day's rubber prices I follows Spot 2 5 B d. (2 5 8 d Forward 2 3^ (23 4 d.). The market is quiet
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  • 253 8 ■OONOMIC LAW> I I To the t iiit.. i I Sir. C. B. H i> vfiv Suirf I ever he has raised I potaH *W* LS r<>rti: l worthy of explanation I will I those that I have w. <'dw? x I "Law" as used in
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  • 28 8 FIELD FIRING AT ISLAND GOD CLUB The fu-ld Brim -.^JB be carried out by ih- shire Regt.. U-t^- I and 9.30 a.m.. eonttn 27th umlu n- I previously.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 173 8 H JB I *t,\^L ~Bp -"i < -^^^^^^^^^^^^^^T^FJ^JB llil JW SOLE AGENTS W 'f "IB I V^ff' CALDBECK MACGREGOR CO., LTD., I B (Incorporated under the Companies' Ordinances o/ Hong Kong.) I (Incorporated in Shanghai) m 201 C4NTONMENT ROAD. TELEPHONE 5371 Si 5372. SHOP IN THE EVENING OUR STORES ARE
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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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  • 87 9 HEAVY FIGHTING NEAR WOOSUNG nVA CLAIMS SUCCESS Japane^' Land ?,000 in Shanghai OflteW SerrlreJ Kurby. Feb. 13. that the British 88, is continuing his it i. 1 lighting. Mean- irther outbursts •;r r'> (I to be taking w BBf vlltod in dropj)cd bomb^ on <>idIkMWhal Feb. 14. laid by lu-.val
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  • 94 9 Japanese Excesses Admitted i ßeuters Servirel Geneva, Feb. 14. h;ts resulted at Hongkew Japanese occupation and a state It says the report of the Commission cabled to the ::;<>on and signed by Count rho add= that the oflensive is entirely whose declared ipdm Woosung Fcrts and drive Chin-
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  • 87 9 United States Favours Neutral Zone Reuter's Service 1 New York, Feb. 14. Dotted States Government is not in 1 the Japanese suggestion for the de•f Shanghai according to the W;tshington correspondent favour the establishment of a al-zonf la Shanghai lor the protection of Settlement, but it is under-
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  • 36 9 Paris. Feb. 14. a Renter interview when leaving for •n at 10 m to-day Sir John Simon said rntof to Geneva at the week-end 'Jew of the Sino- Japanese question.
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  • 29 9 King's Interest In Champions S SERVICE— COPYRIGHT! Bangkok, Feb. 14. present yesterday at the Tamil Association of Siam thl King presented the trophies. The are all Siamese.
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  • 99 9 in many frtendj of the family will regret ■th, which occurred on S»Wong Ah Fook, widow of the I Ah Fook and mother of Mr. S 5 Q Wong. Mr. S. C. Wong. Mr. late Mr. S. N. Wong. The who had reached the
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  • 40 9 FIGHT DESTROYERS AT THE NAVAL BASE it present in Singapore. Whltahed. Wren and Veteran rnlOf from Colombo and ••l.v to the Naval Base there •^raph. Seraph. Sirdar and meter Jotkorc Straits the first proceed to Hong Kong on PTOC^dtaf Home.
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  • 16 9 I surplus ooOm Ls to be used as railways The result, it run on coffee.-The Humorist
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  • 684 9 ACRID CRITICISM Japan's Appeal to Force (Reuter's Service Paris, Feb. 13. China's demand for the convocation of the League Council is unfavourably commented on by lEcho de Paris on the grounds that Japan will be forced into harsh military operations in order to regain her prestige.
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  • 196 9 No Treaty With Japan [Renter's Serrioef London, Feb. 13. A story of a "bitter conflict" in the inuer councils of Moscow on war or peace in the Far East, resulting in victory for Japan, is told under banner headings in a Daily Express "exclusive," alleging the conclusion of
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  • 263 9 CHINA'S CLAIM Views of Unarmed Countries Geneva, Feb. 13. The fate of the Disarmament Conference depended on the Issue of the Manchurlan dispute, declared Dr. Yen (China) at this mornings session of the Conference. He pleaded that the nations fulfil the international obligations to which they
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  • 43 9 Reuter's Service I Washington, Feb. 14. A group of Senators interested in silver, has accepted the invitation of a number of F^ neb deputies to form an informal inter-parliamen-tary association to study legis'ation to restore the purchasing power of silver.
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  • 305 9 Author Who Then Wrote His Book Harrograte, Jan. 13. Disclosures of how a man secretly entered a girls' boarding school here at nights and wrote a book, called "The Diary of a Public Schoolgirl," were made at Knaresborough today. He is William Henry Waldo Sablne.
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  • 63 9 Dispatches from Moscow state that the Council of Labour and Defence has undertaken a nationwide campaign to gather up old or scrap rubber. Factories and institutions have been ordered to turn over to the government all such material that they have in their possession and also to institute a campaign
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  • 197 9 will help to keep the passengers trade to British bottoms. WORLD TOURISTS' VISIT The passengers from the "Empress of Britain" had a good long day in Bangkok and party of about eighty at ten ticals a head went out to sea to lunch on the liner. The greater part of
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  • 1047 9 DR. SCHAPIRO'S DEATH The Population's Robust Health (Prom O.r O'.n Correspondent) Bangkok. Feb. 9. Obituaries of the week include Dr. Louis Schapiro, the Adviser in Public Health to the Ministry of the Inte:icr. and Mr. Otto Weber, a well-known Bangkok resident of forty years ago. Dr.
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    • 236 9 We have Pleasure in announcing that we now hold Stocks of the Famous ROMARY'S TUNBRIDGE WELLS BISCUITS GINGER o^fe. CHEESE NUTS. W^^f^ 4 GAUFRETS. yH^^^r^ WHEATEN WHEATS, S OK DIGESTIVE. WATER m^ /^^M wX^r BISCUIT.:. M^m^^^ BISCUITS. THE BISCUITS FOR THE CONNOISSEUR. These toecnporable biscuits so long favourites in English
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    • 833 10 BLUE FUNNEL LINE. REGULAR PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES. FORTNIGHTLY FJKPRLSS SIKVUtI M ARSEILLEK. LONDON 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 In Port Feb. 15
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    • 556 10 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated In England) "ELLERMAN" LINE FREIGHT SERVICE TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL HOMEWARDS. Steamer. r^ s*pore Satis S'pore. s.s. CITY OP WORCESTER For Havre, L'don, R'dam, Hburg Leith Feb. 28 Mar. 2 s.s. KASAMA Fir Havre, L'don, R'dam and Hburg
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    • 390 10 p.&'o; British India and Apcar Un* (Incorporated In England) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARm SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N rr UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY s GOVttM LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL RERVICI OUTWARDS FROM LONDON FOR CHINA k litu Due IW M Ml Tonnage. Singapore. I* BURDWAN 6,070 Feb.
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    • 735 11 I KS. i KONnO B V o .NTUKRP. RO.TKK..VM AND i- T 10.500 M.MII YASUKUNI MARU T 12.000 Apr 20 21 I 10JM Mar 910 HAKONE MARU T. 10.500 May 4 5 I 10.000 Mar 24 U SUWA MARU T. 10.700 May 19 20 T 10.000 Apr 7 I FUSHIMI
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    • 565 11 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE c^nJAMERICAN^MAIL LINE SAILING NOTICE OF FAMOUS PRESIDENT LINERS. TO MARSEILLES, NEW YORK AND BOSTON From Singapore and Penanf via Colombo. Bo mbay. Suez. Port Said, Alexandria, Naples and Genoa. Arrive Leave Leave Arrive S'pore S'pore Penang. N. York Pres. Van Buren Feb. 15 Feb. 16 Feb. 18
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    • 848 11 K. P. M. KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ (ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION COMPANY OP BATAVIA) (Incorporated hi Holland.) ONDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVKRNMXJTj Telephone No. 5451, with sub-connections to: Passage, Freight. Transhipment, Marine Departments and Manager's desk. K«?presentatives in the Straits Settlements (Singapore and Penan*' of the TRAVELLERS OFFICIAL INFORMATION BUREAU
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  • 730 12 PRISON TERMS Serious View of Hong Kong Theft Case The recent larceny at No. 168, The Peak, the residence of Mr. H. L. Dennys, the Hong Kong solicitor, had a further sequel before Mr. Wynne-Jones at the Hong Kong Central Police Court when the evidence was heard
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  • 187 12 In appealing for a greater degree of protection for British labour at sea, Lieut. -Com. Ken'worthy, R.N., writing in the Daily Mail recently, advocated a number of reforms for the attention of our legislators. His first point is that every ship should be compelled to carry a percentage of white
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 676 12 Burns Philp Line. (Incorporated In Australia). FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by the wejl-known steamer MARELLA (7,375 tons) and the 8.8. MANGOLA (3,352 tons). [Cargo only.] *a MARELLA Is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia. Cabins de
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    • 343 12 KERR STEAMSHIP CoTk (Incorporated In USA* *U\ GENERAL AGENTS. NEW YORK SERVICE. Regular Freight Service to Boston, cw v Philadelphia and Baltimore (via Suez) Doe Sill* M.S. SILVERSANDAL In Port Feb. Nf F, m.v. SILVERWILLOW Mar. 2 Mar 8 M.S. SILVER YEW Mar. 22 Mar 28 mm m*vm«mm. *mm GUTHR
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    • 142 12 SILVER JAVA PApg Joint PACIFIC lAVA HKNM, UNi SILVIIK LIKE, Lit San Franrisro. U, Xnj pK I I'orts. I>ur j. I m.s. SILVEH. 1 m.s. MODJOKi I m.s. SILVER V,: x via Mi via J;,, Vessels from P m.V. KOI A |(.M;i ss BATOK m.s. SILVEi For N.V. INTBRNATIONAU dJ
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 653 12 MAIL DESPATCHES BT TRAIN Bangkok every Saturday 6. p.m. and Thursday 7.30 ajn. Kedah Monday to Friday 7.30 a.m. Saturdays 6 p.m. Kuan tan (via Jerantut; 6 pniKelantan 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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    • 67 12 Karuah, Brit. 117, from Muar 13, for Muar 15. Hong Lee, Brit. 52, from Linggi 14, for Linggi 16. Pontianck, Brit. 64, from Riow 14, for Rio* 16. CLEARANCES Feb. 13.— Najam, Rompin, Petaling, Kemuning, Edendale, Mp.hdol, Circe, phrvel, Hua Tong. Teiresias, Ipoh, Lipis CBrit) Erie M~.ru (Jap) Soerabaya, Pasir,
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  • Port and Shipping News.
    • 215 13 The following is the Health Bulletin of the League of Nations' Eastern Bureau for the week ended February 6th. Aden: 2 smallpox cases (imported). Bsuisein: 2 smallpox cases. Bombay: 1 smallpox case as against 3 cases and 2 deaths during the preceding week. ChitUgong: 5 cholera cases and
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    • 24 13 H. M. Ships Serapis, Seraph. Sterling. Sirdar are expected to leave Singapore to-morrow for Colombo and United Kingdom.
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    • 27 13 Per Rajula. Feb. 14th.— Mrs. F. S. Williame. Mrs. Boyd Bowman, Master P. Boyd Bowman. Mrs. D. P. Sylvester, Miss M. A. Ashworth. I I
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    • 359 13 Although only in obedience apparently to the inexorable law of obsolescence and trading urge, there is a strong sentimental regret at the decision come to by the Cunard Coy, to consign that notable pair of Atlantic liners, Carmania and Caronia. to the shipbreakers. They have been
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    • 134 13 Lonely Isle May Be An Air Port Tristan da Cunha, the loneliest island in the world, situated in the South Atlantic, is likely to become an important junction for air liners of the future flying between South America and South Africa. Inquiries with this end in
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    • 79 13 Mysterious Disappearance in Hankow Hankow, Jan. 23. Mystery still surrounds the whereabouts of Robert Wilson Beatty, a 22 -year -old seaman attached to the U.S.S. Oahu, of the Yangtze Squadron. Beatty disappeared about three weeks ago and is presumed to have been drowned. A reward has been offered
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    • 16 13 1 1 Sir Percy Mackinncn has been elected chair- man of Lloyd's for the fourth time.
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    • 414 13 Perilous Experience at Sea The South African Government steamer Aloe which will caJl at Sydney to-day, says the Sydney Morning Herald of Jan. 7. en route to Mauritius and South African ports is an In- j teresting vessel. She is making her first visit! to Sydney, and
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    • 330 13 German Reply to French Suggestion Bremen, Jan. 18. French suggestions for an international shipping conference with th e object of reducing the present excess of international tonnage were emphatically rejected to-day by the managing director of the North German Lloyd, Herr F. Glaessel, in an article in
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    • 151 13 "One of the Worst Recorded" The year 1931 has been one of the worst ever recorded for the shipbuilding Industry, and it cannot be said that there is any prospect of an early improvement (state Messrs. Cammell, Laird, and Co., Ltd., in their annual trade report). During the
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    • 58 13 The Rotterdam Lloyd Line has sold its steamers Bandoeng and Menado to the scrappers. Manhattan. th2 first of the new 30.000-ton t».S. liners, had a fire in her boiler room on the stocks at Camden, N.J. America's Cup will in future, If present arrangements are confirmed, be competed for by
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 491 13 r the jngapore Free Press (Daily ana Weekly Editions) 138 ROBINSON ROAD, SINGAPORE. Loiie:fios6. Cable Address: ADVERTISER, SINGAPORE. premier morning daily in Malaya ti'd with the Chota Hazri each Latest news, latest telegrams Pi latest announcements. London rubber tin cables appear daily. Special features include pictures, serial story bridge and
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    • 292 13 Buy Singapore Cold Storage FRESH MILK Increased supplies are now available Give your order at any of the retail depots of the SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE Co. Ltd Keep Your TO tterp the skin flexible and bCAllhy and secure against itchy di»«jxe, rub it over with a little L am- Buk
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  • 353 14 Plans Ready for Tata's Service All essential details of the air mail .scheme by which Tata's are to operate the proposed service between Karachi and Madras has been worked out on paper and the terms of agreement with the firm have been settled. There is now a
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  • 107 14 Stockholm Girl to be Mistress of Fairy Castle Stockholm, Jan. 20. A true fairy castle awaits Miss Karin NLssv.uuit. the daughter of a Stockholm businessman, on the Island of Mainau in Lake Constance, where she will go as the bride of Prince Lennart, grandson of the King of
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  • 75 14 Paderewski to Return to Politics Warsaw, Jan. 20. Part of the Press publishes reports of the famous pianist Paderewski, whose excursion into high politics at the time of the Armistice and a few years thereafter is still fresh in the memory. He intends coming back to active politics
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  • 63 14 Miss Dorothy uix has )m .-ho.vn to play MLss Marie Tem|vsfs part in the talking-film of Mr. St J(;hn Ervine's play. "The First Mrs. Fraser." which Mr. Sinclair Hill is making for the Sterling F:»m Company. As with Mr. Henry Ainley. who a ill appear
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  • 28 14 Toehi Takano of 6 The Arcade, Singapore. Is authorised to file a specification of an invention lor ":< new and improved method of affixing «lips to fountain pen caps."
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  • 273 14 Milk Vendor Who Spread Disease Dr. Purdy. the cyduey health officer, stated recently that a man who had suffered from typhoid fever 42 years ago was still an intermittent carrier of the germ, the fact having been revealed as the result of an investigation into
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  • 176 14 Former Editor of St. James's Gazette and Standard London. Jun. 14. The dea{h has occurred of Sir Sidney Low. The late Sir Sidney Low was educated at King's College School and Balliol College, Oxford, and was .subsequently called to the Bar. He was an Alderman
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  • 184 14 Mr. R. A. Page. Warder, Prisons Department, S.S.. has Lven seconded for service in Johore. Second -Lieutenant Raja Moh;<med Nordin bin Raja D^li S.S.V.F. is promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. Mr. J. G. O'Reilly, Assistant Superintendent Government Monopolies. S.S. returned from leave en Feb. 2. RIM Mitrakarm Raksha is
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  • 147 14 Will Act in London If I'm! oh Par" Basis Mix- ICarlene Dietrich a imi.v. -Ji.ilJ taps! The fununi' film uuiui di likrs Enulaml. ;uim< worships English i 1 everything ;ii>nit in -t« i ling. Her afTecth n In til fli—rtrin dollar And Mr. Clifford Whit',. DtevaMet t l
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  • 101 14 Woman .Mcmhrr "I IUl( I Expedition All rxprchtio:.. org*l 3refoty, has left 1 I :at> part of Hi court* I The exp dttl d I uiown b!t i I tin I rurnry l)\ CAOOI *HH )1 the Ania/.nn H The And',, m th- I ibruptly from tfMp U
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 17 14 W^ 4? ft y^r X^>v SOLE AGENTS j^E^» BOUSTEAD CO. LTD. w|?l) SINGAPORE. PENANG. F.M.S. KELANTAN Ng^gJ7
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    • 826 14 BANKS AND INSURANCE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. (Incorporated in England by Royal Charter) Paid up capita! in 600.000 shares of £5 each £3.000.000 Re erve Fund £4.000.000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3.000.000 HEAD OFFICE: 38. Bishopsgate. London. E.C 2. Agencies ond Branches: Alor Star Harbin Penang Amritsar
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    • 128 14 SOUTH m BRITISH %7 ■mounci cowa.li IMllll FIRE. MARINE. TRA Xsn AM MOTOR CAB INSURANCE i mi) 41 LOWEST CURRENT 5x2 Till EASTERN UNITED ASSURANCE COKIM)H\ TION FIRE, MARINE MOTOK CAR AND PERSONAL ACCIDENT INSURANCE. L. G. JOHNSON M HEAD OFFICE: 3-c Malarr, strll Singap.... THE OCEAN U(m :NT w
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 773 14 ROUND YOUR DIAL Popular Shortwave Radio Stations The following is a list of stations which can be received in Singapore: Java Stations Bandoeng PLM 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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  • 232 15 ACTIVITY ON WALL STREET BL'SY MORNING l (in >iderai)l(' Appreciation in Share Values in n ber con- Stitri on Saturday ko tin effect of Qm pkui lo Rl .1 In the Fccicnil Rrscrw Ben eta ol i thoti HU&dl rmitting commercial p*pei b discounted, meof jo m i:: ttdlng btlt
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  • 34 15 $750,000,0000 OF FREE GOLD TO BE RELEASED Washiiiifton. Feb. 12. Bftnkinf Oommlttee hai approved 0 bill." Mr. Mi'ycr. I denU Rts.rvf Board, stated 1 about $"50,030,000 of "free I H. KTVC bank will be
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  • 115 15 IKadio— Official Service] '•"i M l>h. 11 IS. Ul B.YJ 8.52 ~<” Mm 270 '•-'<: 15.6 9 64d. I>. 6 5 32d. 14 7 II 14 15 32 M9 16 24.65 I 577 575 4 3 16 4 3 16 39 39', 18 3 16 18 3 16 ml
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  • 55 15 I 1 *>om Top of Cliff lastbourne. Jan. 9. Used to-day to repair from &a(hy Head lightttatian at the top of the ittactatd was fired from a new wire IH M* hauled to the tep v _n down ln the gale on I n l h«' maryoned
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  • 487 15 Singapore. Feb. 12. ii.> prices quoted are generally those current al Clydi Terrace Market. At the other markets there may be small variations MKAT Biel Steak (Round) Kat] 40 ij i wry do 30 P rk, lean 52 fP rk, lean opd tat Ist quality. do 30
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  • 135 15 But Had Not Met For 15 Years A woman at a Brixton. S.W.. inquest- stated that in November she saw her husband for tho first time since their separation 15 years ago.; and found that he was living only four doors from her but she had
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  • 50 15 The politicians and financiers seem to me to be the plumbers of the modern world always going back to the country for something they haven't got, and always pretending that it is only the absence of that particular implement which prevents them from doing their Job. Mr. A. P. Herbert.
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  • 357 15 To- Day's Price Changes EXCHANGE RATES February 13 SELLING London, 4 months' sight 2 4 18 London. 3 months' sight 2 4 lid London. 60 days' sight 2 4 London. 30 days' right 2 3 31 32 London, demand 2 3 29 32 London. T.T. 23 27 32 Lyons and
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  • 62 15 February 13th., l'» o'clock noon Buyers Sellers. R.S.S. equal to London Standard, Spot SK 8\ Standard R.S.S. on Tender Feb. 8 1 8 s March 8 8 April 8\ 8 m April -June 8 i 8 T July -Sept. 9', 9 v Tone of Market
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  • 767 15 SATIRDAY. FEB. 13TH. I P.M. CLOSING QUOTATIONS Bayer* Sellers Asam Kumbang if 24s 25s Austral Malay c£ 18s 20s Ayer Hitam (ss) 10s 3d lis 3d Bangrin Tin 10s 3d lis 3d Batang Padang Itli 07^ 12^ Batu Caves (sl> 15 25 Bukit Arang ($1) 30 40
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  • 197 15 (Return of Colony stock, at close of business. January 31st.. 1932. As Declared in tons A. DEALERS' STOCKS. DRY WET TOTAL Total Scrap DRY WET DRY dr> rubber RS.S CREPE Wet Lump ma estlmatRemill Sheet and WET ed by Area and Estate Blanket Dealers Bark <& Bark
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  • 339 15 Depression Causes TrafficDrop The following was the repi.rt of the directors presented to the members at the sixth annual general meeting cf Vhe Company, in London, on Feb. 3rd. The following appropriations have been made. Debenture stcck redemption £4.864 6s Od. Depreciation and renewals £18.000 0s Od;
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  • 79 15 Singapore. Feb. IS. During a lull in the series of iumo-ir., and announcements regarding restriction, prices have sagged somewhat. There appears to be a growing lack of faith in rumours and counterrumours and the market at Urn? of writing remains barely steady at the lcw.r lewb The increase
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  • 226 15 It is the steadiness of the small investor that was one of the vital factors in maintaining our national credit and saving us from a gTCftj disaster. Major-General J. E. B. Seely. H. Hong Bank (SSC) 36.00 37.00 Henry Waugh and Co (110) 4.00 5.00 Kinta Electric ($1) 50 60
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  • 63 15 DUTY ON RUBBER Favoured By Home Papers' (FREE I'RESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT I London. Feb. l.t. Several papers, including the Daily Mail. are strongly urging a duty on rubber but it is believed the R.G.A. interests are dubious as to the benefits to be derived frcm it and
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  • 35 15 Loss of £2,766 Last Year /FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT! London. Feb. IX. j Buloh, River report discloses a loss en tlu past year of £2.766. bringing the total loss up to £9.207. I
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  • 41 15 Formation of NewCompany iFREE PRESS SERVICE— <X>PYRIGHTJ London. Frb. IS. Bungri Bahru liquidation meeting is beiiu; held on March 2. when the proposal to form a new company with a capital of £90.000 in 2s. shares will be submitted.
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  • 184 15 LYALL EVATT'S DAILY REPORT Singapore. Feb. 13. Bah tin and rubber shares are weaker again to-d;iy. and the market in these continues to be but pocrly .supported. Rubbers. The position in New Scudaia appears to be top he.-.vy ind than have been fretsaws te-diiy down to 89. Without any improvement
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  • 156 15 Should Be First Task, Says Ex -Minister London. Jan. I*. The Unacrsity Labour Federations HI nil conference at Cambridge yesterday decided tha* the first thins a future Labour Government would have to do would .te.jLo contn;l th~ nation's finance and banking. Mr. Arthur Greenwood. ex-Minister of
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  • 58 15 China. with a population exceeding 400.000.000. has only 20.125 oottrge students. 18.764. of whom are men and 2.161 women, according to .statistics compiled to-day by fttarMinistry of Education. Klangsu leads all other provinces with 3.723 whiJe Kw&ntung ranks second with 3.432. Chfhghaft has three student*. Sinkiaug two and Mcn*oHa and
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 77 15 wts exceed $12,000,000 Assurance in force over $*****,000 The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. (Incorporated In the Straits Settlement*) 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
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  • 1436 16 CROWD STORMS THE MOTHERWELL GROUND POLICE MAKE BATON CHARGES FORTY INJURED IN "BOTTLE AND BUCKLE" FIGHTS. The meeting of Motherwell and Celtic in the Scottish Cup saw as sharp a bit of football rioting as even Glasgow has ever experienced. Free fights with bottles and
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  • 53 16 The February medal was won by C. R. Evans 86 18 68. The ball sweeps were won as follows: A Class: Saturday, B. La Cloche 42 6 36". Sunday B. La Cloche 39 6 33. B. Class: Saturday C. R. Evans 42 9 33. Sunday T. Heigh
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  • 72 16 Liverpool Finance Committee has agreed* to buy from Lord Derby about 1,700 acres of land near his Knowsley estate for £185.000. The land is wanted by the Corporation, principally lor housing. In 1927 Lord Derby sold his interests in 22,000 ground rents in Bootle, Walton
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  • 581 16 NO ROWING EVENTS B Class Yachts in Exciting Race The Royal Singapore Yacht Club bi-annual, regatta and half-yearly prize distribution on Saturday afternoon was favoured once again with fine weather and the event proved, as usual, a great attraction, though, contrary to usual practice, there were no
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  • 195 16 Return Between Rivers and Guillermo Arrangements have now been concluded for a return contest between Al Rivers, the Colony lightweight champion, and Battling Guillermo. The contest has been fixed for February 19, at the New World Arena and should prove interesting considering the good opposition Guillermo put up against
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  • 51 16 The Fairer Cup Competition The following will represent The Municipal Treasurer's Dept. against The Transport Centre in the above competition on Wednesday at the Geylang Football Stadium: Yam Soon, Chiap Kim, Ah Chew. Cheng Hoe, Chee Kit, Seng Chor, Yunos, Khun Onn, Kemat, Marcus.' Menon. Reserves Koon Lim,
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  • 331 16 INTERNATIONAL RUGBY First Win Since 1930 [FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT! London, Feb. 13. England gained their first international Rugby victory of the season (and the first since they defeated France at Twickenham in 1930) when they defeated Ireland at Dublin this afternoon by 11 points to 8,
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  • 133 16 Navy Overwhelm the Air Force TPREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHTI London, Feb. 13. In the opening match cf the inter-Services Rugby Tournament at Twickenham this afternoon the Royal Navy defeated the Royal Air Force by 22 points to 5. The Royal Navy were without their two international players, Evans
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  • 72 16 [FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT! London. Feb. 13. Owing to the frost a good many Rugby games lad to be cancelled tc-day. The following are he chief results Gloucester 3. Cardiff 0. Bedford 9. Old Merchant Taylors Newport 21. Leicester Bristol 3, Swansea 8. Northampton 20, Port Services 0.
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  • 46 16 Drawn Game at Beckenham fFREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT? London, Feb. 13. In the annual inter-Varsity hockey match at Beckenham this afternoon Oxford and Cambridge drew I—l.1 1. Last year Oxford defeated Cambridge 3 2. This was the 38th match of the series (states Reufcer)
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  • 49 16 Belgians Win at Crystal Palace [Reuters service] London, Feb. 13. The first match of the international Army triangular tournament (In which England. Prance and Belgium compete) was played at the Crystal Palace this afternoon, when the Belgian Army beat the British Army by one goal to nil.
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  • 51 16 No Play at Melbourne on Saturday [Reuter's Service! Melbourne, Feb. 12. Rain prevented play in the fifth and last Test match between Australia and South Africa here to-day. Scores South Africa. Ist Innings 36 (Ironmonger five for 6, Nash four for 18) and 5 Tor 1. Australia. 153.
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  • 27 16 A Soccer match will be played at the Jalan Besar Stadium on February 16th between the Malays and the R.A.F. Charges for admi&siori will be as usual.
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 160 16 POPULAR lfisMasfers%ce B. 3523 ithoUt a SOn I Blue is the night B. 5976 Taint nO Sin George Oslen and H Sweet nothings of love B. 3953 6Viens J e™ Dear, when I met you B 3204 through the tulips B 3204 Painting Clouds with sunshine B 3667 ItaHan AirS
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