The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 16 February 1932

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  • 17 1 The Singapore Free Press VO. *****. ESTABLISHED 1835. SINGAPORE, S.S. TUE AY, FEBRUARY 16, 1932. 10 CENTS.
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  • 470 1 The Japanese are preparing: for a big cffcuive at Shanghai, wheie they have landed 20.000 trcops Page 9. Political correspondents at home are optimistic concerning the financial outlook and forecast a shilling off the income tax Pa*e 9. Sir John Simon tcJd Pressmen on h.s arrival in
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  • 1919 1 THE BAD OLD DAYS.— V I The Topicist, in commenting upon previous articles in this series, has suggested that there j are many incidents in the story of the Mutiny |in 1915, (Monday Feb. 15, 1915). that would bear re-telling. There are!, lots of them, and some day perhrpc. when
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 179 1 BIGIA TEA Brings the freshness and fragrance of the Ma|a > a n gardens dired to your home. RAFFLES fl 0 TEL hxcellent accommodation with modern sanitation To-Day's Attraction SPECIAL DINNER DANCE 9.30 TO MIDNIGHT. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 17th. SPECIAL CABARET NIGHT DANCING 9.30 TO MIDNIGHT MOM A LITTER'S FAMOUS ORCHESTRA
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    • 171 1 EUROPE #HOTEL "Renowned by Recommendation" TERMS— INCLUSIVE or A LA CARTE. 1 NSITItPASSED C;illLL. FINEST HOME FOOD EXCELLENT CUISINE AND SERVICE AFTER DINNER DANCES EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY No Extra Charge for after Dinner Dancing The "Europe" Orchestra renders light music on the verandah and during meals every day.
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    • 252 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Hall's Wine to give you strength Page 6. Information re Cameron Highlands Page 2. Ozonair fans from United Engineers Page 3. Newly arrived jade jewellery at B.P. de Silva —Page 8. Angles on Practical Flying from M.P.H. Page 16. On your next homeward trip patronise Canadian National Pajje
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    • 11 1 There is no better Tea than BIGIA TEA GROWN IN MALAYA
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  • 71 2 An anonymous donor has given £61,500 for the provfcion of an infectious dlAO&es hospiui at Wakjfleld. It wu announced iweently thsb Uu- City Council had bee^u oUlfed to reje^<« scheme costing £21.000 on the ground* ''«f <*otvomy. Tlu- donor, however, called «n t&t Town Cleric and offered to pay the
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  • 678 2 SCHOOL TROOPS Necessity For Collaboration With Association The existence of a feeling among Singapore headmasters that the Singapore Boy Scouts' Association has been guilty of emcroaching upon their management of school troops was referred to by District Commissioner W. S. Hogg, in the course of a report
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  • 206 2 Splendid Acting in Gripping Story at the Capitol Clive Brook, *ho is perhaps the most popular English actor in pictures to-day, gives on<? of his finest performances in^the Param< unt dramatic production •sdfcct" now being shown at the Capitol. As *^tage play "Silence" thrilled London audiences
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  • 72 2 A Vorking mail of Torquay Devon noticed a bundle covered in dirty brown paper lying at the side of the pavement ro«uL On kickirg it the bundle burst open and hundreds of £1 TVeasury notes were .scattered all over the road. He took the notes to the nearest polo station,
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  • 1560 2 CORONER'S ENQUIRY Verdict Against Two of Boyanese Gang A \erdict or murder was returned yesterday i bv the Singapore Coroner, Mr. P. G. Bourne, against two Boyanese named Ali bin Mar Hashin and Mnrhadi bin Omar, who, together with six other Boyanese appeared in the dock, at
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  • 50 2 ■I I r Waterloo Rrldge Extension y* r-.- I ina? anana^ement of the PavUion announce L^ai o^m^ fo the success it has achieved the Bridge will be extended 90|H^'^*^2^ht. In consequf nc«', the rt-turn 490 ißHr'jrf l ßorneo will commence on Thursday and not Wednesday, as advertised. J
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 156 2 BUSINESS CARDS. CAIRNHOLM PRIVATE HOSPITAL 55, Cairnhill Road, Singapore.. Open to patients under the care of their own doctor. European Sisters. MISS MOLLIE McGRATH, Telephone 4110. Matron -Proprietress. BE PHOTOGRAPHED BY H. NUGENT BUCKERIDGE Highest Class Work— Lowest Rates. LAIDLAW BUILDING 'Phone 7898. MEMORIALS. SINGAPORE CASKET CO., Nos. 1 3,
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    • 550 2 TENDERS. l.l'. SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL NOTICE TENDERS. I NOTICE is hereby given that tenders are now invited for the following materials or services and that particulars of such tenders may be obtained in the Tender Room. Municipal Offices Installation of Sanitary Fittings at properties Woodleigh Filter Bed area. Upper Seran- good
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    • 508 2 NOTICES MUNICIPALm^"^ SINGAPORE MoHc« under Section 101 )rri 135 (Municipal) fcr a m.,, v irainirur Hamilton Road, and 100 Chial Road, from t ,st n '^*< In comucium ujth Section 101 of Ordinan for making up and diaim, Hanjuui ind fcr metallinß Jo<> Ch notified that in pursu.. :i sub-section
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 213 2 THE WEEK Tuesday. 16th. High Water, 03.42. 8.0 ft., 17.55, 6.0 ft. Football: Commercial Cup (2nd. Round) Robinson's vs. Cold Storage. Anson Road. S.C.C. trial match. Wednesday, 17th. High Water, 04.40, 7.6 ft., 20.45, 6.3 ft. Rotary Tiffin. Adelphi Hotel, 1 pjn.. Mr. R. St. J. Braddell on Malaya's Place
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  • 941 3 WIFE'S SAVINGS Husband Who Gave Up .Entin Salarv Charged wit-h failing to maintain his wife Brenda Narian ten Hoope, Mr F. ten Hocp* was closely cross-examined with, regard to hi wife's and his own banking accounts by counse far the complainant in the Fourth Police Cour when
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  • 117 3 Englishman Found Dead in a Forest London, Jan. 21. A Paris correspondent says that a middle- < aged Englishman believed to be Mr. Frederick i Ashton was found dead in St. Germain Forest C with a revolver close to the body. The tragedy t was discovered by
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  • 475 3 $10,000 Judgment Ag-ainst Publicity Co. Judgment lor $10,390.27 uas awarded Mr. E. Mozar of Masters Ltd., Singapore, against (ho Progressive Publicity Co., of which he was a I Conner employee, by Mr. Justice Thorne in the Supreme Court on Saturday upon his application for further consideration of
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  • 22 3 I There are two kinds of people— good and bad The classifying is done- by the good.—Bethkl hem G ln b< -Times.
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  • 466 3 Pierces Armour Plate London, Jan. 13. t Credence b gfreo in British army circk* ft (says the I/.ndon correspondent of the Sydney E Morning Herald) U> the report that ft Gerraaii invention may possibly revolutionise moderu t warfare. Reports have been received in Enyiand that the German military
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  • 24 3 Why should we my other countries million* Of pounds for a manufactured article ■hIZZ for he mon pan h m^ by L-.W fron, material
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 312 3 Your own mother instinct will tell you cant «*M ordinary milk. But alBaby is doin« better on Lactot;en." most any Baby can digest Lactogen." He is more peaceful. All those puckers And when you K ive baby Lacto K en" o( pam and trouble are smoothing you are s ,ving
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    • 73 3 YOUR ROOM IS DIRTY UNLESS YOU HAVE INSTALLED AN "OZONAIR" APPARATUS 1 1 is as necessary to cleanse the air in a room as it is the floor or furniture. THIS NECESSITY Is obtainable now at United Engineers Ltd. SINGAPORE (Incorporated in S.S.) BRANCHES The "Ozonair" purifies the air we
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  • 1627 4  - England India Air Route Troubles T. STANHOPE SPRIGG By Special to the Free Press. R. A. F. Commission Changes Britain and Air 1 Records The Limits of Speed London. T ATEST reports in London do :ict hold out much hope of a renewal of the agreement between Great Britain and
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  • 1177 4 THE existence of propaganda concerning the official attitude towards Dyak customs in Sarawak is disclosed in a report by His Highness the Tuan Muda on the Sibu "Aum" and a visit to the Upper Kanowit and Entabai districts. The report is as follows In accordance with Your
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  • 2374 4  -  ROSE PATTERSON BY -■--■-> FE question of what the Parisian shall eat and drink is a matter of considerable regulation by factors other than his own deliberation. Propaganda has joined hands with commerce more than once before but there is an element of novelty in the launch
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  • 149 4 Britain's New Fleet „f Craft ailt "Helena," the last of aeroplanes built to th«- orth r ways by Missrs. Hand!. been delivered at the I Britain now possesses In fleet of the biggest mm] n sender air-liners in the m There are now eight of I
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 193 5 VICTORIA THEATRE <OTII\O! COMITVG!! TTITF' GRANT ANDERSON COMPANY Presenting ihe 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. Hooking Phone 6903. 9 a.m. 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. 9 p.m. "pavilion 0.15 TO-WIOHT ».!.> THE SENSATION
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    • 237 5 CAPITOL 1 I Where There is ALWAYS a Good Show Last Night of Paramount's Dramatic Sensation adapted from the famous Play by MAX MARCIN CLIVE BROOK The Most Popular British Star on the Screen To-day in "SILENCE" Supported by our usual Splendid Shorts THE LATEST BRITISH SOUND NEWS with scenes
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    • 258 5 One More Day TO WEDNESDAY! LAST NIGHT TO-NIGHT Charles Fan ell With MADGE EVANS— In "HEARTBREAK" SUPPORTED BY THE SPECIAL P^EATURE "UNDER SUSPICION" With HAROLD MURRAY and LOIS MORAN A Fox Super Programme WEDNESDAY Grand- Malayan Prem iere at 9d5 Matinees at 3 p.m. and 6.15 THE PICTURE THAT LAUGHS
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  • SPORT OF THE DAY.
    • 538 6 Hi* Place in British Boxing Londcn, Jan. 22. The fact trn.t a coloured man is to be allow- J ed to fight for a British Empire Championship 3 marks a big step forward on the part of those who control boxing in this country, writes C. E. Nash
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    • 182 6 i Australia and the Davis Cup Melbourne, Jan. 26. The Australian Lawn Tennis Association has again decided to enter the Davis Cup competition. This year, however, Australia will play in the American instead of the European zone. The size and constitution of the Australian team will be
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    • 272 6 First Move Towards Novel Turf Classic London. Jan. 11. Women want their own Grand National. And unless the first moves to establish such a race meet with the official opposition of the got&ning bodies of the sport, they will get it. A woman's own Derby would
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    • 418 6 iUp to and including January 23) Pts. P. W. D. L. F. Agst. Aberavon 23 9 2 12 217 157 Abertillery 19 11 2 6 113 117 Batli 21 13 0 8 220 159 Blackheath 24 12 1 11 241 231 Bridgend 27 15 3 9 276
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    • 506 6 London Clubs do Well (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Jan. 27. It MUM strange to report Rugby without the popular Springboks having had a match and they will be sorely missed. Unfortunately Tisdull could not travel back with them as he is not yet quite fit. Few people
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    • 113 6 I j London, Jan. 12. The clever Scottish fly-half, Harry Lind. has had a chequered career. He jumped into prominence playing for the North against the last touring side, the Waratahs. He was encsen the same season for Scotland against Ir.land. Within ten minutes of tht kick-oil ne
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 295 6 VERY PAINFUL ECZEMAJN HANDS Of a Wet Nature. Looked Awful. Cuticura Healed. I had eczema on my hands faf more than a year. It was very painful especially at night time when it used to start itching something terrible. I could hardly keep my fingers from it, and when I
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    • 58 6 YOUR SAFEGUARD M ia EVANS' Antiseptic B; T:uoat fasti lea. They tt k-rii c -Ida at oav and fISD JI t;ve reiiet in cavs ol C)i;ti«. v.atairM. B-o» %Ht EVAN S #1 Pastilles J#y lj r'lllll Ch««llll-«t <>T«j'T Jf dp lAiiern. Mad<« in Bn«}»nd to ifr O f irmua ot
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    • 299 6 T '—-I f/ A a. luSiVLtiii- .j^- f-V 4 O J l H^||liL X X I Wine w*"-'s >^ Ti«icßestOT»tiv« H^ I mf^lv fT 2!^l."^™*« l a^j THIS I THE TONIC TO GIVE YOU STRENGTH To keep well you must keep Strong. In Hall's Wine you have a wonderfully strengthening
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  • 823 7 MISTRESS SUED JUAN'S AMAZING STORY IN COURT KNITTING IN DARK ;t young woman was kept :..rti(%lly in solitary conflne- r room of a London house \.;irs shv was treated as a and denied in a lawsuit towarn Nlls S Saran Laura Turner, sued Smith
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  • 1022 7 the wall while she struck her In the face and, by way of variation. Miss Crowthcr would throw water over her. The girl had to lie on the floor with her node and mouth close to a gap in order to get enough fresh air
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  • 73 7 New physical training orders for infantry "nits in the British Army have recently been issued by the War Office. To secure a higher standard of efficiency every man under 30, including officers, will be required to run a 100 yards in 13 seconds, and a mile in 6 minutes and
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  • 1351 7 RAW WEATHER Prince's Appeal to Youth (From Our Own Correspondent! [By Dutch Air Mail] London, Feb. 2. I cannot say it has been a very bright month, but it might have been worse. There never has been any very really wintry weather, but although we have had
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  • 349 7 QUIS SEPARABIT Lady Passengers' Daring Pyjamas (From Our Own Correspondent) The Times this week published the following delightful letter (from Mr. Walter B. Harris, written on the Rawalpindi in the Red Sea)! I am not sure whether it is meant to be fancy or not.
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  • 233 7 For Wounded French Children Sir James- Barrie told stories ot a war hospital run in France when, at Edinburgh to-day, he opened a health exhibition in connection with Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. "My hospital," he said, "was one for French children wounded by the guns. It started
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  • 127 7 1 I When a man appeared before Sir Maurice Jenks. Lord Mayor of London, at the Mansion House charged with "feloniously receiving" a srf. doll's house, the accused stated he had bought it from a friend for his little girl, who was i ill. The friend, a storekeeper employed by
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  • 57 7 When a man appeared at the Manchester City Police Court recently the detective stated that? when arrested on a charge of fraud he was sitting over a blazing fire clad in two suits, four shirts, three pairs of pants, three vests, three body belts, two pairs of socks and a
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  • 484 7 I LUXURY AND SMILES New-Found Joys at Charing Cross Do you know a London post office where You think you must have walked into a business bank by mistake; The smartly dressed clerks, all men, lean forward and smile when you ask an impossible question at
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  • 1454 7 1 no tendency to pronounce submarine* as an ominous type of warship. THE UNREST IN THE PRISONS Last week I dealt with the outbreak in Dartmoor prison, which seems now to have been J due to some measures of co-ordinated action- between certain of the
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  • 26 8 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. DEATH. JOHNSTON. On January 30. 1932. at 40. Lancaster-park. Richmond, Surrey, Florence Guilde. widow of Alexander Johnston, formerly cf Hampstead and Singapore, aged 83.
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  • 870 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1932 THE NEW CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM Our London correspondent has gathered together a very representative and very interesting body of Malayan opinion in regard to the change in method of appointment to the civil services of Malaya and Hong Kong, and we make no
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  • 92 8 Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Goodman and Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Keys are passengers on the Baloeran, which left Rotterdam for Singapore on Jan. 21. Major-General Sir Neil Malcolm (President. British North Borneo Co.) left Marseilles on January 28th, in the P. and O. Rajputana, for Singapore. The pair
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  • 211 8 Oxford and Cambridge Society Meeting I The annual meeting of the Oxford and Cambridge Society of Malaya was held at the Adelphi Hotel yesterday evening, Sir William Murlson presiding. The Committee's report for 1931 and the ac- counts were received and approved. The following were elected as the
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  • 907 8 STUDENTS IMPRESSED Raffles College Union's Last Lecture The members of Raffles College Union were deeply impressed with the subject of insurance as propounded by Mr. H. W. Shock and Mr. W. L. Morgan, acting manager for South Eastern Asia, and representative respectively, for the Manufacturers' Life
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  • 76 8 LONDON AND NEW YORK TIN AND RUBBER PRICES [FREE PRESB SERVICE— COPYRIGHT! London, Feb. 15. Messrs. Lewis, Lazarus and Sons notify to-day's tin prices as follows Spot £139 11 16 (£138%). Forward £142 9 16 (£1413/ 8 The market is strong. Messrs. Symington and Wilson notify to-day's rubber
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  • 513 8 rHE CHANGED SYSTEM FORMER~GOYERNOIN' VIEWS 3enerallTfavolred (By Dutch [Prom Cur Owb< Kncwing that the- i h he Cdcnizl Office- rlth nent to cadetships jreat Interest and oooua Tom the Times to eminent in Mala news. ot I have had the fell Sir Laurence N. QuiU n favour
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  • 125 8 Dinner Dance and I CabtrH I q R. The officers and MM*" J Field Company held a v, ry «Wd ance and «ban, f s.^ Saturday eveninx it 4 the innovation ras in, C G Burt presided, th- ing the Oil Malay, I and Mrs. Hyland. whifc
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  • 27 8 Returning H<" lU Sttfc* rßrtt'Jl. B^ K^"*M Lord Reading. jjH recovery after M In r^u 111 W Luxor in a few *9i fry gradual stages
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  • 13 8 Dr Olltori K l< I years In tl«- Ci.v.r *<^« Ipoh with his dawhi
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 226 8 A REVELATION IN ICE TANKS Inexpensive IISI Upkeep *T* Ai Ss 5 cents and tundvee 1| :> Economical K in ice. Prices and demonstration given by SOLE AGENTS CALDBECK MACGREGOR CO., LTD., (Incorporated under the Companies' Ordinances of Hong Kong.) (Incorporated in Shanghai) 2»1 CANTONMENT ROAD. TELEPHONE 5371 5372. BY
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    • 69 8 SOMETHING IN THE KEEN AIR OF THE NORTH is conducive to fluency of speech, says a writer. But many Scots have been known to hesitate over the simple word "when." On the other hand no Scot hesitates about the value of having GAFLAC POLICIES on his car, his house, his
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  • 535 9 JAPANESE PREPARING P3OO TROOPS LANDED SETTLEMENT FEARS II Far Ea.'tern Service] Shanghai, Feb. 15. b t n the quietest for the past hall in the fighting, far from i confidence, Ls merely in- < n.'.ion of the community tfttaf a climax. ■•■<: very unhk.iy that the
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  • 18 9 indention to Stand Atfain Router's Servire] Berlin. Feb. 15. fenbun hM agreed to aUnd ;r < idencT.
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  • 269 9 DISARMAMENT J Definite Proposals to Work Upon i British Radio— Official Service I o fc. Ruffby. Feb. 15. Sir John Simon reached London 1^ night but may return to Geneva in a few days To Press correspondents he expressed the view that the Disarmament Conference had
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  • 685 9 Charge Against European Fails Th? casL arl.ing out of an accident in Orchard Read in which a European named F. Peacock was churged with causing hurt by a rash act and failing to stop after an accident (it being alleged that, driving a friend's car. he knocked
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  • 32 9 Increases at London and Liverpool London. Feb. 15. London stocks have increased this week from 67.410 tons to 67.824 tons and Liverpool storks rose from 59.115 tons to 59,874 tons.
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  • 166 9 A BUDGET FORECAST Optimism in City A Circles l Heater's Serrice] London, Feb. 15. It te long since City correspondents were #o optimistic as to-day, reviewing prospects in the' light of international developments. The American FederaJ Reserve Bank scheme encourages the belief that gold will tend
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  • 283 9 Greater Care of Eyes Necessary I British Radio Official Service] Ruffby, Feb. 15. The Prime ATinister yesterday left the nursing home for the first time since his operation to undergo a thorough examination of his eye at the residence of his consultant. It is announced that the
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  • 281 9 Delay in Restoring Facilities [Prom Our Own Correspondent] Ipoh, Feb. 15. The interruption of road traffic across the Perak River en route for Penang via Kuala Kangsar and Tatping continues to agitate the minds of local business men since the stoppage before Christmas, when the pontoon bridges
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  • 46 9 L.C.C. and £1,295,000 Scheme [British Radio— Official Service] Rortr, Feb. 15. The London County Council will to-morrow consider the recommendation of its Improvements Committee favouring the replacement of Waterloo Bridge by a new bridge at a cost of £1.295,000 with six lines of traffic.
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  • 38 9 R.G.A. Opposed to Removal From Free List fFRE£ PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT! London, Feb. 15. The Rubber Growers' Association is definitely opposed to the removal of rubber from the free list under the general tariff.
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  • 519 9 RUBBER RESTRICTION Col. Rae's Emphatic Condemnation (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipch, Feb. 15. At the annual meeting of the Perak Chamber of Commerce. Colonel Cecil Rae. the president made some strong remarks on rubber restriction He said a large number had been urging restriction
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  • 334 9 Nine Years for Girl Assailant IReuter's Service] Calcutta, Feb. 13. A girl student named Bima Das has oeen sentenced to nine years rigorous imprisenment for the attempt to assassinate Sir Stanley Jackson on Feb. 6. Sir Stanley Jackson. Governor of Ben^ai. while addressing the Convocation of the
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  • 69 9 Detective and Dail Member Murdered [Reuter's Service] London, Feb. 15. The comparative placidity in which the election campaign is proceeding in Ireland was disturbed at Foxfleld, County Leitrim. when terrorists shot dead Detective McGeehan and a Dail member, Mr. Reynolds, the Government Party candidate, both of whom
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 290 9 We have Pleasure in announcing that we now hold Stocks of the Famous ROMARY'S TUNBRIDGE WELLS BISCUITS GINGE3 cjTinlJ; Sj CHEESE NUTS. jt^ b^f^ J GAUFRETS. \f?!!!^l^^^V WHEATEN wheats:; j^4'\ digestive. the biscuits for the connoisseur. These incomparable biscuits so long favourites in English homes arouse at ai*y tea tabie
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 837 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 alteration without notice. WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. MELAMPUB For Holland, London and Hamburg In Port Feb. 16
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    • 552 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. Due S'pore Sails S'pore. s.s. CITY OF WORCESTER For Havre, L'don, R'dam, H'burg Lelth Feb. 28 Mar. 2 s.s. KASAMA For Havre, L'don, R'dam Hamburg Mar.
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    • 424 10 P. fe 9 O. British India and Apcar Lines (Incorporated In England) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARrn SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N Co UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOYr Rv Ur LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVIC 1 OUTWARDS FROM LONDON FOR CHINA j.\p^ Tonnage. Singapore. Dm BURDWAN 6,070 Feb.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 761 11 O. S. K Line. M>K HKOPK, AFRICA, NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA AND INDIA. M sxvro HUM LOS ANGKLES and NEW YORK S a > Freipht Service (Projn k^j 24 o w M\Kl l-ONDON, RotUrdam. Hamburp and Antwerp via p. Swctu-nham. Colombo. Aden Suez and fm% Mar. 17 19 w tsm
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    • 334 11 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE otnd AMERICAN MAIL LINE DOLLAR PRESIDENT LINERS MAKE BOMBAY REGULAR PORT OF CALL. EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY ALL DOLLAR ROUND THE WORLD STEAMERS WILL CALL AT BOMBAY AFTER LEAVING COLOMBO. NO LOSS OF TIME INVOLVED IN JOURNEY FROM SINGAPORE TO EUROPE. STEAMERS WILL SAIL FROM SINGAPORE EVERY ALTERNATE TUESDAY.
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    • 806 11 K. P. M. KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPU (ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION COMPANY OP BATAVXA) (Incorporated In Holland.) UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIAN GO\TERHIMJn Telephone No. 5451, -with sub-connections to: Passage. Frel#b%, Transhipment, Marine Departments and Manager's desk. Representatives in the Straits Settlements (Singapore and Penmn«> of the TRAVELLERS OFFICIAL INFORMATION BUREAU
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  • 819 12 CAN WE KNOW NEXT WEEK'S WEATHER SOME DIFFICULTIES Possible Advances in Forecasting Severe criticisms of ibe present inethods of weather forecast ins have been made by Sir Napier Shaw, the former Director of the Meteorological Office, iii his speacli at the opening of the Meteorological Exhibition in the Science Museum.
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 650 12 Burns Philp Line. (Incorporated In Australia). FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly savings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,375 tons) and the SS MANOOLA (3.352 tons). ICargo only.l r* MARELLA is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia. Cabins de
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    • 293 12 KERR STEAMSHIP Co. i* (Incorporated In U.SA.i GENERAL AGENTS. NEW YORK SERVICE. Regular Freight Service to Boston. \< w y«rli Philadelphia and Baltimore (via Suez). Due Saila in m.v. SILVERWILLOW Mar. 2 Mar. 8 J* M.S. SILVERYEW Mar. 22 Mar. 28 MS. SILVERCYPRESS Apr. 12 Apr 18 Ftor ntea and
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 671 12 I MAIL DESPATCHES j BY TRAIN (Bangkok every Saturday 6. p.m. and Thursday 7.30 ajn. I 1 Kedah Monday to Friday 7.30 a jxl Saturdays 6 pm. I Kuan tan (via Jerantut) 6 pjn. j JKelantan every Monday, Wednesday j I and Saturday 6 p.m. i [Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh,
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    • 165 12 Op Ten Noort, Dut. 3566. from Batavia 15, for Belawan Deli 15. Kajang. Brit 1246. from Sandakan 15, for Sandakan via ports 20. Pres. Van Buren, Amer. 6195. from San Francisco 15, for New York 16. Lancashire, Brit. 5868. from Shanghai 15. for Bombay 15. Burdwan, Brit. 2911, from London
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  • 323 13 THE HCAPORE FREE PRESS M miag H'Uy ln Malaya f jn-40 columns of news dall> :iim for Advertising »ia Hafcri each morning Wttn and Latest > lily London Cables j>n< i C;«b]»s together wltfc 'Pictures of th* Ladies 1 Page. Flyin* taM Notes, etc. XDVIRTISER." .i.-.L' to News anc lid
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  • Port and Shipping News.
    • 398 13 (By Dutch Air Mail] London, Feb. i. Tht tdlOVky pMMOgen «re leaving Londcn tOC the Strait* by the P. and O. Corfu on reb. 5. .Jrs. 11. T. Alhrrlflß, Air. L. R. Blacking. Mrs.! >uig. Mr. O. B?i.kett. Mi. S. Brayshay. Mrs.' Brayahay, Mr. Clancy. Mr. W. A.
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    • 582 13 Would you recognise the ship's S O S if you heard it one night when listening in? Three dots, three dashes and three dots, repeated, and repeated again, before the sender runs off further Morse signals to tell those who can read why he is transmitting
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    • 29 13 Underwriters are to pay about £840,000 as a consequence of damage done to the 20 .000 -ton motor liner Bermuda, which caught flre at Belfast last November.
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    • 513 13 Danish Enterprise Between America And Orient Five newly-built motor ships have bean added to the America -Orient service of the Maersk Line. These ships will start a new monthly txivice between the two continents at the end of May. This new service is the direct result
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    • 148 13 Rescued With Clothes in Ribbons London, Jan. 11. After a terrible battering by seas and wind all night, nine Irish sailors were rescued early yesterday by the Selsey lifeboat, exhausted and with their clothes in ribbons. They were the crew of the steamship Mango (154 tons), which
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    • 271 13 The remark of Mr. Sterry Freeman, Chief i Superintendent Engineer of the Blue Funnel Une, the other day, that no engineer who had gone to sea in a motor ship would ever prefer to serve again on a steamer, is unquestionably in the main true and is
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 52 13 fSBs for'the'l w JOURNEY. i OOK'S T R4 VELLER'S VE(ftT CHEQUES/. Er OTIABLK EVERYWHERE. ft., bu lina ble Irom, Son, (Bankers) Ut I^td. n S l'!;.^ ad Singapore. f^ORKSHIPCHANDLERY I COMPANY. I Sl <"'< HANDLERS. I S "U'tiROKERS. T ]l tilSSl() N AGENTS. W" M^VN ARD S BUILDINGS 3 battery
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    • 129 13 ARE WORTH Jf^S). £<%>©■ VK£t&. Bristol London I "DOG'S HEAD" GUINNESS IS GOOD FpR YOU Gives you strength Agents: SIME, DARBY CO., LTD., S.S. F.M.S. I I SILVER JAVA PACIFIC LINE Joint service of PACIFIC JAVA BENGAL LINE and SILVER LINE, LTD. to San Francisco, Los Angeles and North Pacific
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    • 144 13 An Excellent Hint to I STOMACH SUFFERERS TO those who suffer from acid -caused stomach disorders, such as indigestion, wind, heartburn, gastritis or other similar ailments, here's an excellent way in fact the only way —to get rid of the trouble quickly, easily, and at a very little cost. After
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  • 319 14 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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  • 215 14 The following programmes of music will be broadcast by the studio orchestra of Radio Saigon, under the direction of M. Andre Soyer. TUESDAY Gothic March, Casadesus; Prelude (for piano, Alix Andre Soyer) O. Mirot; Short Suite, Louis Aubert; Meditation de Thais, (for violin, Robert Barras) Massenet. Scherzo from
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  • 66 14 Kuala Lumpur regular broadcasts are until further notice DAILY on 55.5 Metres 10.30 to 11 a.m. PETALJNG HILL TESTING. (Except Sundays and Public Holidays.) FRIDAY on 65 Metres PROM THE STUDIO 6.30 p.m. Krontchong Music. 7.00 English,. 7.15 British Official Wireless News. 7.25 Recital of
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  • 205 14 At First Sign of 'Flu London. Jan. 12. Go to bed at the first sign of influenza That is the advice of Sir W. Arbuthnot Lane, the health authority. The wave which is now sweeping Britain, he told the Daily Herald yesterday, "bears a strong resemblance to
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  • 233 14 Wide-Set Eyes Mean Horse Ancestors London, Jan. 13. A big audience of insurance men nervously fell their ears, surreptitiously glanced at each other's eyes and hair last night in London when a medical officer startled thrm with sinister theories about their physical characteristics. Eyes that are widely separated.
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  • 273 14 Programme of Drills up to and for u»^k ending February 21st.. 1932 Tuesday 16th. 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall "A" <MG> Coy. Immediate Action; 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall ••C lf (Scottish) Coy. io PI. 30 yards Range 6.30 p.m. Drill Hall M G PI. (Eurasian) Instructors' Course; 5.15
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  • 120 14 Pi nod for (Ja> Friend London I w rot Lettvrs and (U.t!.. with New York MM Pl| fri» nds in ButQfM h*v< UK poss, killed to-daj Miss Fisfn r who lud tun New, Yi rk London mml P«i from the .l.duv. ju<-r bi lore d:iun Th»- |)«i]ic
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  • 74 14 FIVE YEARS SIL EN CE AppiMn. tori to whom sh. I n jmr oM MiinlmHi C*j P 1 husband ted >><<- y.'ir.v nlthM, h .same hou.sc. I She .said V livr yMtfl h I had not uot ifl marry HM '<" H spoke/) sine II whom ibe all. I Inu
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 498 14 Warrant Officer of TSf"^l§* > I/ r: Indian Army Saved /a^^^^ From Operation /7m MR. W. Shurety of Da^enham, j^jfli^L^^^BO Jv twenty-one yeais in India and Mesu- M+^k potamia and Has a Farrier Q.M.S. rMswEzm fc "The piles started when 1 wason I f n^S W i j >\ft the
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    • 728 14 BANKS AND INSUR AiVCfIN MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD. (Incorporated in Wiffnti!? jCapiLai v.'..vmju.')»u Subscribed 1 .800.000 Paid-up 1.050.000 Reserve Fund aiuJ Rest 1.i)6R,84ft BOARD OF IIIKtCTORS J. M. Ryrio, Esq.. Chairman P. R. Chalmers, Esq.. Charles J. Hambru. Esq.. W. H. Shelford Esq., Sir Thomas Catto. Eart. Sir C.
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    • 108 14 SOUTH /i*BJ BRITISH TM mm mak,n k T! J; MOTOR CA| LOWEST (THRInJ 7^ 1 THE EASTERN UNITE! ASSURANCE UWpor,^ MOTOR CAR AND PERSONAL ACCIDEVI G. JOHNSON HEAD OFFHI THE OCEAN GUARAXTEK CORPORA^ LIMITED (Incorpor.-.t.d ta Grvar Brlu^ Malayan H»«nd Otßcp SINGATOr Mm C NORMAN BENNETT SECURITY SERVK Assets Bxeeed
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  • 410 15 ETTIA RS (N) CHAMBER OF COMMERCE jKGAPORE BRANCH First Annual General Meeting r;il gathering of the I Commerce. Singapore. ,ld 00 W» l- th at 3 P- m Tne mating !v decoraU'd hall of Umost all the mi'tnr.nniitnt Hmong the Mr BtaMMHpNi and peaed alter the servPo piMMI (MRK the
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  • 98 15 "on „f Htxorrelruetiofi < oTporation New V«rk. Construction Finance the noal definitely conwbicb the Government tar, writ*s Dr. Max Wink- >M of a financial «WMW companies, and institutions in need bouM succeed in bring- the dishrarteninK bank thta th« paht two years. MMMf lor t-he con--rporHtion Ls expected
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  • 356 15 Possible Extension of Uses <Prom Our Own Correspondent* IBy Dutch Air Mail] London, Feb. 2. lh» Emp.re Marketing Board has Just issued t h»- enclosed The possibilities of extending the uses of Empin-trrown-si al. particularly for marine purposes, were discussed at a meeting held last vMk under the
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  • 265 15 Planters' Manufacturing Organisation IBy Dutch Air Main London. Feb. ft, Mr. K. M Grout (Brussels) writes to the Financial Times. Since great m*jority of the rubbt-r planters are working at a loss, vrhy do not they unite and form a manufacturing erguUmttkm a/id selJ rubber articles? I
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  • 87 15 Issue of 1 Per Ont Notes IBy Dutch Air Mail] London, F«b. 2. TIM dire< tors t>i tht- Ba.st Java Rubber Co., Ltd.. arc. mvitinti applications from existing shareholders lor an lxsue at par of £3,000 7 per cent. Seven-Years Note.s. The Notes arcto be a second
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  • 79 15 Kvatt and Co.. Kuala Lumpur. Sc*r«4arie*: Katu Tin < first half February* Hours 190; Yards 47,000: Ore 205 pikuLv It+rrkk and C ll^Wt—*—: Alor Gajah 32.000: Australasia 35.507; Ayer 1 Panas 100,000; Bukit Kubu 21.000: Oieneeiy 51,150; Jalaii Kebun 10.550: KLuaiuc 54.000; Pajam 172.000: Port Bwetlenham
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  • 344 15 To- Day s Price Changes EXCHANGE RATES February 15 SELLING London, 4 months' sight 2'4 I*B London. 3 months' sight 2'4 1)32 London. 60 days' sight 2 3 31J32 London, 30 days' sight 2|3 15(16 London, demand 2 3 7 8 London, T.T. 23. 1316 Lyons and Paris, demand 975
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  • 58 15 Krhnary 15tk^ 12 oVlmk ihmiii BmjLts Sellers. RJS.S equal to London Standard. Standard R.S.S. on Tender l»eb. »M: 8"v March 8 :> v 8S April 8", 9 April-June 9 9'» July-Sept. '9Vi 9\ Tone of Market Very Quiet. Latest Cable -.—London Spot Sheet 2-\cl. per
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  • 946 15 HONDAY. FEB. ISTH, 5 FJ»t. CLOOOKS QUOTATIONS Asam Kumbang \t> Ma 2Sb Austral Malay (£> 18s 20t Ayer Hltam (ss) iOa 3d 11* ad Bnngrm Tin 10s 3d 11s id Batang Padang <Sl> 07^ 124 Batu Caves Csl) 15 25 Bukit Arang (*l> JO 40 nom. Burmah
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  • 202 15 Thousands of Acres Ready iFrom Our Own Cdrrespondent) [By Dutch Air Mall] London, Feb. 2. A good and representative crowd— mostly manufacturers and scientific men, turned up at the luncheon given by the Research Association of British Rubber Manufacturers on the occasion of their 12th annual general
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  • 167 15 Singapore, Feb. 13. There has been little doing during the past week owing to the intervention of Chinese New Year and, Hari Raya Puasa, and prices have continued to decline. Cables to hand this morning give London down a further 1 16d. to 2-*xd. and New York
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  • 126 15 Purchase of Malayan Shares I FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT] London, Feb. IS. The Financial Times states that the, British American Tin Corporation proposes to consolidate its holdings in tin mining shares by combining blocks of Malayan tin shares, thus, the 750.000 issued £1 shares becoming Ordinaries and
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  • 185 15 I British Radio— Official Service] Jan. 23 Feb. 12 Feb. 13. Amsterdam 8.51'- 8.52 MS* Athens 267' 270 265 Bombay 15.6 3.32d. Is. 6 5 32d l-.6 5 32d. Berlin 14 4 14 15 32 14.50 Brussels 24.60 24.65 24.70 Bucharest 577 4 575 577 4 Rio 4', 4
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  • 610 15 Dutch Producer Sceptical [By Dutch Air Mall) Amsterdam, Jan. 31. An important interview on rubber with Mr. P. van Leeuwen Boomkamp, managing director of the big Amsterdam Rubber Company, and one of the leading anti-restrictionists. Is published in the "Algemeen Haodateblad." He says be doe* not believe
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  • 238 15 Not as Bad as Anticipated (By Dutch Air Mall I London. fr>b. 2. Tin statistics for January was not quite v bad a-s had b«-»-n anticipated. There was a decrease of 1,420 ton* in the visible supply, to 49.534 tons, but this was more than offset by
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  • 92 15 Report of Tongkah Harbour Tin Dredging Co. to Sept 30th (submitted at meeting in Hobart. Ta-mania, on Jan. 14th> sbown dredge*, worked 10.988 hours (against 19,290 noun) round dredged (cubic yards) 2,712.0*0 3.621.000 >. tin oxide produced 6*9 tons (871 tonsj; value of tin output, excluafre ot roymltf. £48.562 (81.303):
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    • 77 15 Ass ,ts exceed m.000.000 Aswranc* lo Urte «rer S3S4M.M* The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. (Incorporated In the Btrmttß BetUements) HEAD OFFICE: Great Eastern Life Building, Cecil Street, Singapore LONDON OFFICE: 27, Old Jewry, B.C The Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England and complies with
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  • 845 16 MELBOURNE MATCH SOUTH AFRICANS' 2ND i INNINGS 45 IRONMONGER AGAIN The fifth and final Test match between Australia and South Africa at Melbourne, which, after only two days pla> resulted in a victory for Australia by an innings and 1% runs, will go down as the greatest
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  • 604 16 HO HONG'S GOOD START But Lose Cup Match to Bramtoco Bramtwo 3; Ho Hong 2. The defeat of the Ho Hong Sports Club at I the. hands of the Bramtoco came as a complete I surprise to all those who witnessed this second round
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  • 39 16 The following matches will be played at Anscn Road Stadium:— Tuesday 16th Robinson vs. Cold Storage. Wednesday 17 Stvaits Trading F.C. vs. Straits Cattle T. Sports Club. Thursday 18th (Replay) United Engineer* vs. Singapore Harbour Board.
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  • 58 16 i Draw for the Sixth j 1 Round I IReuter's Service] Lcndon, Feb. IS. The draw for the sixth round of the 1 F.A. Cup to be played on Feb. 27 is as i follows 1 Liverpool vs. Sheffield Wednesday or i Chelsea. J Bury vs. Manchester City.
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  • 67 16 The Men's Monthly Medal was played on Saturday and Sunday. The following were the best returns: Mr. T. Addis Martin 1 Down Mr. E. Gregory-Jones, 3 Lieut. G. H. T. Billson. 3 One bell sweep was won by T. Addis Martin with 2 up and the other
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  • 35 16 Playing in a friendly game at Katong Oolff Club on Sunday afternoon Mr. Quentin R.. Jones holed out with his tee shot at the third hole*, a distance of 105 yards. 1
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  • 48 16 f It is understood tha^t, Dr. P. .H., Hennessey, Senior Ophthalmic Surgepn, JF,M.S., and Medi-, cal Officer, Ipoh. is retiring 'about th.e middle of the year. r>r. Hennessey is the, doyen .of Malayan cricket in the forefront of which, he ha* been for a quarter of a century.
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  • 436 16 F SUNDAY'S RACING Merlin in Her Old Form j Yachting events at the Royal Singapore Yacht Club on Sunday were sailed off in fairly good weather but the winds were fickle, starting with a steady breeze which died away to an almost flat calm for about an
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  • 153 16 S.R.A. Classification of Horses and Ponies List No. 6.— Amendment No. 3 (Issued Feb. 15th.. 1932). HORSES Trarsfers. Buffoon from Class 3 to Class 2. Tambour Battant from Class 3 to Class 2. Cold Blast frcm Class 2 to Class 3. Glowing Cinder from Class 2 to
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  • 70 16 The Latest Betting Figures [FREE PRESS SERVICE COPYRIGHT] I London, Feb. 15. 1 Sir Hugo Hirst's Diolite at 13 1 leads th« betting on the Lincolnshire Handicap, othe prices being as follow i Jericho and Zanoff 100 to 7. Go Easy and Old Riley 18 to 1.
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  • 45 16 Latest betting on the Grand National is as i follows Grakle, Gregralach and Sir Lindsay 100 to 9 I Drintyre and Heartbreak Hill 100 to 7. Remus 100 to 6. Vin Ecole and Hank 25 to 1. Dusty Foot 33 to 1. i
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  • 78 16 The February Medal Competition Twenty -nine cards were taken out for the February Medal during the week-end and the following were the best 3 scores returned:— \C. R. Evans 86—18 =68 J. Green 815—14 =72 ;P.H. Romney 90 18 =72 BAIJL SWEEPS Saturday. v "A" Class Divided
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  • 31 16 j ,Members of the Chinese Swimming Club are Jpformed that the New Year dinner and- dance fixe? to be held on Saturday, has been cancelled, owujig to the trouble* in Cbina^ >"
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  • 486 16 A GREAT FIGHT Should Negro Have Had the Verdict? (From Our Own Correspondent) [By Dutch Air Mail] London. Feb. 2. The. 15-round contest at the Albert Hall I between Larry Gains, the Canadian coloured I I champion, and Don McCorkindale, the South African, for the British
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  • 501 16 Nine Goals in Opening Trial Coltuvs: 5; Whites 4. As the score indicates, the opening S.C.C. ;occer trial on the Padang last evening was a natch of goals, mistakes, and weaknesses. Gcod form was shown by the better known members cf last years sides who were en view,
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  • 19 16 ;A friendly football match between M.P.A. and the RjA.F. will be played at Jalan' Besar 1 SUriium to-day,- -u
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    • 218 16 POPULAR ifisMasfei^Vbice 3523 ithoUt f h S ng ht *nr,: Blue is the night *Q7« Taint no sin George Otlen -K Sweet nothings of love B. 3953 evie J- M Do, Dear, when I met you R 106 thr Ugh the tUHpS tJ painting Clouds with sunshine Italian Airs International
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