The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 25 June 1932

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  • 17 1 The Singapore Free Press f\Q t -.<iS2. ESTABLISHED 1835. SINGAPORE, S.S. SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 1932. 10 CENTS
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  • 283 1 Revolution broke out in Siam yesterday the New Peoples' Party accomplishing a coup d'etat Page 9. The King of Siam is at Hua Hin and a warship has been sent to convey him to Bangkok Page 9. Only one casualty is reported, the cemmander of the First
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  • 50 1 TEST CRICKET [FREE PRESS SERVICE COPYRIGHT] London, June 24. The star announces that D. R. Jardine is certain to captain the English team against Australia in the forthcoming tour. There is no change in the selected teams for to-morrow's England All India Test match. The weather is fine.
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  • 1235 1 Quicquid agunt homines nottri tit farrago Libelli Juvenal. The Topicist ventures with all respect to join issue with the Butterworth Magistrate, who, having had a Malay before him on a charge of possession of an axe, held that an axe could not come within the definition
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 378 1 UIGIA TEA the freshness a prance of the ivan gardens to your home. Iraffles hotel M/% 1 RUSTTAFEL T v^ Mll^ir VED IN THE BATIK GRILL ROOM FROM S ">^ NOON TO 3 P.M j SHOW of SHOWS \|W J lloauly < horn* of 16 L of the proceeds of
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    • 72 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Art furniture Page 1. Echigeya's sale Page 1. Celebrity concerts Page 5. The cheeriest spot in town Page 8. Watch Icr Wassiamull's sale Page 16. Another Cow ?>id Gate success Page 3. CHRYSLER LOW UPKEEP THE I ART FURNITURE DEPOT Office Show Rooms 2834, Orchard Road. Orders can
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    • 11 1 There is no better Tea than BIGIA TEA GROWN IN MALAYA
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  • 391 2 Outstanding British Picture at Capitol To-day The Capitol change programme to-day with the new British Lion musical production "The Beggar Student." adapted from the famous Viennese Operetta by Carl Millocker, and it is anticipated that large audiences will desire to see this outstanding picture. Directed by John Harvel,
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 462 2 BUSINESS CARDS. CAIRNHOLM PRIVATE HOSPITAL Singapore. MISS MOLLIE McGRATH, Tel. 41 It. Matron Proprietress. BE PHOTOGRAPHED BY H. NUGENT BUCKERIDGE Highest Class Work— Lowest Rates. I AII) LAW BUILDING— 'Phone 7898. STRAITS TYPEWRITER AGENCY BTATIONEBS REPAIRERS. HA Chance Alley, Singapore, SThe Cheapest House for your Stationary, Typewriters, Ribbons and Carbons
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    • 651 2 TENDERS SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL NOTICE TENDERS. NOTICE la Hereby given tnai tenders are no* invited for the following materials or service. and that particulars of such tenders may bt obtained In the Tender Room. Munlclpa Offices Supply of Heavy Pipes and Cast Iron Special.' for period October Ist, 1932, to Septembei
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    • 585 2 C* Where everything conduces to purity. A-\^ ygfefe* 1 Unsweetened In the cool, fresh, luscious pastures *here IDEAL" SSJ^jl I II II 1 MILK originates, there is no factory -smoke, no volcanic |w| II II dust the atmosphere is bright and clear and the grass is green and clean. ■■■■I»■
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    • 331 2 WX^f^Pt^ 1 \V I Wine fals| VO aBBBBBBBBBBBBBBMH mm "*lsl •■ssfi-.r^' THIS IS THE TONIC TO GIVE YOU STRENGTH To keep well you must keep Strong. In Hall's Wine yom have a wonderfully strengthening tonic that will greatly Increase your resistance to a climate that sapa both energy and health.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 224 2 THE WEEK Saturday, 25th. High Water 02.23. 8.5 ft.. 15.43. 7.8 ft. Royal Singapore Flying Club "At Home." 4.30 p.m. Cricket: S.C.C tournament: Services vs. Etceteras; Raffles Inst. vs. S.C.C. at Raffles Inst.; S.C.R.C. vs. S.C.C. Merchants at S.C.R.C; S.R.C. vs. Municipality at SR.C. Golf: Singapore Island championship, semi-finals, Bukit
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  • 571 3 Wettest May For Thirty Years Perhaps those abroad are getting tired of my frequent references to our extraordinary climate, but I must once again mention it as it certainly is the chief topic at the present time, and is net merely a source of conversation at a
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 345 3 JO^L COW A GATE p^l Milk Food s^BfUPß J^^c., ps^ \.^nts jor Malaya (South) 3 British Sort h Borneo: Messrs. SASSOON CO., 102 Cairnhill Road, SINGAPORE Crowned with Health and Happiness ASK FOR THE NEW COW GATE RUSKS, CRISP DELICIOUS. BABY WILL LOVE COW GATE RUSKS. THEY WILL DEVELOP BABY'S
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  • 1357 4 j By Our Film i Correspondent. I DEALT last week with the present apparent trend ol the cinema industry towards the Grand Guiynol type of film. As a matter cf fact it is possible that this merely touches the «-dK(' of what is
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  • 181 4 Maltese Terrier Plays Important Part in Keaton Film The world's smallest canine "actcr" plays an important role with Buster Keaton in The Passionate Plumber, now being filmed at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios. His name is "Fifl", and he weighs exactly six ounces! This most extraordinary canine is of
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  • 35 4 Che Abdul Kadir, of the District Office. Port Dickson. has been transferred to the Negri Scmbilan Secretariat in place of Mr. C. W. R. Skelchy who goes on retirement at the end of this month.
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  • 430 4 Lilian Roth, Sally Eilers and Ethel Clayton When dawn broke over Hollywood yesterday six stars flickered palely in the pitiless light of publicity which exposed their poor, mangled love affairs to the vulgar gaze, writes a Daily Express special representative. There, on the scrap-heap of
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  • 51 4 Student* at Ridley Hall, Cambridge, the Evangelical training college for clergymen, recently emulated the feats of King's College undergraduates when they hung a line of pyjama suits and a clergymen's hat on a cord between the gate-tower and the top of the hall. The authorities removed the offending garments without
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  • 1377 4 BATTLE OF THE ROSES Scintillating Form Against Yorkshire County championship matches bt'tween Yorkshire and Lancashire have tended to become symbolic of much thnt is dull in cricket. For this reason, and also for the reason that Edward Paynter. Lancashire's left-hand opening I batsman, is coming to
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  • 62 4 Frrddir Foru.ird Hi H ouLsido-rißht. who Bfimd in H three seasoi reduced from £500 to tall Ho has r.envrd Shellxmrm-. tin In h i H club, which is now under th H of Mr. J. J. Comnnns. hM H If Poruanl acc«vt-s t' 11 H be gladly wtlcomtxl by anoUu
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 213 4 I 1 Hi Tiir I i H T 1 BS in 1 I mk m H I p| i yj I In I Sm knituii i: I p*l u I Hr I Kg Over 1,000 d I In j on :.s from I Hi WM perfect fn (Jtt a I
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 106 5 VICTORIA MEMORIAL HALL. CELEBRITY TOVRS RECITALS BY SINGAPORE'S FAVOURITE CELEBRITIES EARLY AUGUST Z I MBA LIST THE WORLD-FAMOUS VIOLINIST EARLY SEPTEMBER MOISEVITCH THE CELEBRATED PIANIST it.txn i»i:iti ok?ia\< e» S.S. POLICE BAND TELOK AYER, Wednesday, June 29th, at 5.15 p.m. RESERVATIONS PHONE 6903 ff.l.S I* AVI LIO COMMENCING TO-DAY ANOTHER
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    • 213 5 A Joyous All BRITISH Musical Show COMMENCING AT TO-DAY'S MATINEE AT 3.15 TO-NIGHT CARL MILLOCKER'S World-famous Viennese Operetta— "The BEGGAR STUDENT" with The Celebrated English Baritone ■>A\< i aiiii a v SHIRLEY DALE (The Beautiful Musical Comedy Star) and JERRY VERNO Lilting music gay songs appealing Romance and Sparkling Comedy.
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    • 169 5 _^TTZri^ZIZZ ill i lii uI *j ifl^Kßvcfli STILL BRINGING YOU THE MOST Consistently great entertainment in town Matinees To-day To-morrow FREDERICK LONSDALE'S BRILLIANT COMEDY DRAMA LOVERS COURAGEOUS WITH Robert Montgomery, Madge Evans, Roland Young B TYPICAL OF M-G-M EXCELLENCE ALSO l,;iiu<'l ll<ir<lv in BELOW ZERO" BUY EMPIRE PRODUCTS! OUR NEW
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  • SPORT OF THE DAY.
    • 1060 6  -  N.A.N.A. I —Free Press and I copyright. One of Sarazen's Pet Theories In Gene Sarazen's shop at Lakeville an innocent locking driver stands against one of the showcases. Sometimes one of the golfers, stepping in for a chat, picks it up. Sarazen watches him as he tries
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    • 122 6 When the Football League held its annual meeting last week, Arsenal were to have put forward a proposal to delete Rule 18 from the League's Regulations. This rule is that which allows a visiting club 20 per cent, of the home clubs gate. Derby County, on the other hand, were
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    • 628 6 County Championship Records IFrom Our Own Correspondent] London. June 7. There were some splendid performances at the athletic meetings, records being beaten and others equalled. Second Lieutenant Summers, who recently equalled the British amateur record for 100 yards, won the final at that distance at the Army championships at
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    • 491 6 Hard Wickets and Glorious Conditions [From Our Own Correspondent] London. June 7. Hard wickets and glorious conditions overhead made Saturday a joy day for Scottish batsmen. Many high sccres were recorded, and some sides which closed their innings after amassing some 200 odd runs were rudely surprised to
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    • 105 6 We are asking who will play left-half for the Arsenal next season, now the Gunners have acquired Frank Hill from Aberdeen. Hill, who is a Scottish International, cost the Reds £3.000. and players of this class are usually placed in the first team. On the other hand, it must be
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    • 84 6 Anxiety is clouding Um U the brilliant outslde-lrft ol tt* 20 years of age. he Ml ttH Rigorous courses of .skippn Turkish baths— and tfM reduce his weight. wnU-.s our U pondent. Then with the advent of I season he had :i brain a.v manasement to give him
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    • 61 6 Several Interviews have t*k. -n Lord Belprr. the tfnlnMa PC, and Mr. H R. Cobbin. tb Nottingham For^t Club, to for am:il»Mniatin>: HM two cfc* yet com<> of the discussions, but it stood that consideration ol th< be renewed in a f.-w BOOttM 0| tlngham la strongly hustil.- 10 th-
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 408 6 Foods The AKlenburys Foods are particularly suited to the feeding of babies in hot climates. They are germ free, and being simply and easily prepared by the addition of boiling water, their use gives complete independence of doubtful milk supply, I and is an absolute guarantee against infantile I diarrhoea
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    • 63 6 Brooke Bond Tea garden /feAhneAA/ \fe^ 7 cwdittft'eJhneM PatentX \li I cover <^; «r^— -^^-<^ V cut open 4is#*^JP *"3 > V by user A rW"- -C:'-^ mi i §Ta l \sw v-^i^ y. Lever lid Lt use J MU r^ 4 r^ '^W^^f? your~ sicuul on. (■Tuc fAvouRiTE Mineral
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  • 3327 7 GOVERNMENT'S ATTITUDE I NO BONUSES~SPrHE FORM OF LEAVE PAY SINGAPORE HAWKER PROBLEM The attitude of the Government on the question of the pay- nof B ratu,t.es by the Muni clpal Commissioners of Singapore 'wlm M r >Ci r my WaS made t«e «n»n^ly „n R of
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  • 159 7 Power Failure Holds up City I From Our Own Correspondent] Dublin. Belfast was plunged in utter darkness by the failure cf the electric current due to an unusual accident. A fault developed in the main generator at the Harbcur Pcwer Station, which at the time was carrying
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  • 181 7 [Prom Our Own Correspondent] Seremban, June 22. At Seremban Police Court, Yip Tong Kwee, who in cross-examination said that he had been a chandu smoker for the past 11 or 12 years, was charged with having committed house breaking and theft of four chandu pipes
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  • 583 7 LABOUR'S CLAIM MR. BALDWIN ON GRIT IN TRADE MACHINE TARIFFS ON TRIAL [Reuter's Service] London, June 24. The House of Commons, by 446 votes to 47 rejected a Labour no confidence motion against the Government "which, given a free hand to restore national prosperity, has entirely
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  • 200 7 Yesterday's Opening Ceremony The new Mosque at Bidadari. the minaret of which is a replica cf the mosque at Mecca, was opened yesterday with "Maghreeb" prayers after which the congregation read Moulood-un-Nabi (reading the Biography of cur Prcphet i After this was over the congregation, who numbered
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  • 87 7 Five hundred settlers have been rendered homeless by forest fires in Southern Quebec Province. The fires raged for three days and are described as the worst for 50 years. Four villages, lying about 40 miles north of the city cf Quebec, have been destroyed. Hundreds of people
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  • 812 7 PETITION TO GOVERNMENT Suggested Co-operation with Ipoh [From Our Own Correspondent] Kuala Lumpur, June 24. Property estimated to be worth between 60 and 70 million dollars and all situated within Kuala Lumpur Sanitary Board area was represented at the first annual general meeting of the
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  • 87 7 "Could Not Be Contemplated" in Melbourne Melbourne. Commenting upon the decision of the New Zealand Government to revert to penny postige. the Director of Postal Services (Mr. H. P. Brown) said tint much longer distances had to be covered in transporting mail in Australia, thus making the service
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  • 54 7 A serious accident occurred at Mergul at the funeral of a Chinese named Sit Htin, when the hearse, which was being towed by ropes, got out cf control on a declivity and ran into a party or mourners, killing the dead man's widow, fatally injuring his daughter, and causing grive
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  • 817 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 1932. ACTION, NOT WORDS Though there is an increasing frankness, not to say bluntness, about several of the utterances of the delegates to the Disarmament Conference there are few signs that, as a whole, the Conference has any acute sense of the reality of
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  • 116 8 CAREERS COMMITTEE To the Editor. Sir. It is a pleasure to note that the Education Department has awakened to lend a sympathetic hand to the innumerable school boys who are leaving schools; but one would be at a loss to understand whether this symI pathy should
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  • 77 8 LONDON AND NEW YORK TIN AND RUBBER PRICES [FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT! London, June 24. Messrs Henry Gardner, metal brokers, notify to-day's tin prices as follow Spot £***** (nib^ 4 Forward £116*4 (£ll7y 2 The market is steady. Messrs. Symington and Wilson notify to-day's rubber prices as follows
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  • 89 8 Slump Reacts on World Trade [Reuter's Service] London, Jane 24. Various aspects of the silver question are discussed in the China supplement to the Financial Times which is to be publish on Monday. Mr. E. M. Gull, secretary to the China Association and Hon. Secretary to the Silver
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  • 59 8 Arrivals of Chinese labourers (male and female) in Malaya during May numbered 4.379. against 8.811 for the same month of last year. Departures numbered 20,874 against 16.744. Although this year's May figures show an increase compared with last yeir the aggregate for the quarter January-May, at 64,350. compares with a
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  • 640 8  -  Arthur Da vies FAILURE UNTHINKABLE The Force of Public Opinion (By J Is the Disarmament Conference going J I to prove a success or a failure? This i is the question to which we are all seeking an answer. If it depended merely upon logic
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  • 163 8 "Bomb" in Cumberland School [Reuter's Service] London. June 24. The "bomb" discovered under the platform from which Sir John Simon was addressing the boys at St. Bees' School, Cumberland, after examination by the Home Office experts, has been returned to Cumberland with a report which is understood to
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  • 71 8 Visit to Warships Next Month [British Radio Official Service] Rugby. July 23. The Secretary of the Admiralty announces that the Home Fleet, under the command of Admiral Sir John Kelly, will assemble at Wey- mouth on July 7. Hij Majesty will arrive in j the
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  • 611 8 I B.A.T. APPEAL Difference Between 2 for r and Twentyone An alleged tafrtOtM the Malayan Tobacci) CM tish American Tobac< u Co case which occupied t). throughout the day >, company appealed Justice Sproule in gnu restrain their use of tb for a brand of cigaretu
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  • 52 8 No Progress TowardUnity [Rrlit. I l.ondiin. Mt Sir Kenn,«h M chairmanship of tt» poration whn-h Ml I nucleus of 1 new outl.w. tar spinning industry hoped to effect umt. ,u,n ,m there is BO siim of U9 pro! between the spinn.-rs or nill.iwi part of the American
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 156 8 JOHN HARVEY SON'S famous Hunting Port. Sole Agents CALDBECK MACGREGOR CO., LTD., (Incorporated under the Companies' Ordinances of Hong Kong.) {Incorporated in Shanghai) 201 CANTONMENT ROAD. TELEPHONE 5371 A 5871. BY SPECIAL Nfc^SiiLiii?^ T M THE APPOINTMENT 2vPisn£ KING OF SIAM. FASHIONABLE MARCASITE JEWELLERY FOR CHEAP AND ECONOMICAL WEAR A
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    • 54 8 A BANKRUPT ATTRIBUTED HIS FAILURE TO THE FACT THAT every share he bought went down, whereas every one he sold went up. He ought to be thankful that they can't go sideways THE "GAFLAC" ACCIDENT SICKNESS POLICY is a very sound investment. GENERAL ACCIDENT. FIRE LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION, LTD. Hongkong
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  • 709 9 STRENGTHENED k Things Going Verv Well" [Reuters Service] Lausanne. June 24. Franco-German agreement are I After a formal short meeting' France-German delegations M. Herrtot I H-rr Von Papi-n had a private talk for ..trt.r* of an hour, after which a com- i mu issued Hating that the German'
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  • 1047 9 COUP D'ETAT OF THE NEW PEOPLES' PARTY CRUISER SENT TO HUA HIN TO TAKE KING TO BANGKOK SENIOR PRINCES ARRESTED NEW MONARCHIAL GOVERNMENT TO BE FORMED M^w o 0111 our Bangkok Correspondent last I had hrln wild rumours in the city that revolution mid bioken
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  • 78 9 London Financial Opinion [Reuter's Servicel London, June 24. London financial circles hold the opinion that the primary cause of the sharp depreciation of the Yen is heavy forward exchange settlements by cotton and wool Importers and delayed operations by exporters. They also think that uncertainty with
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  • 31 9 The June number of the Journal of the Institute of Architects of Malaya, contains various articles of professional interest, and comments further, editorially, on the reorganisation of the Public Works Department
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  • 619 9 DAIREN INCIDENT Disobeyed His Orders [Reuter's Par Eastern Service 1 Shanghai. June 24. Announcing the dismissal of the Commissioner of Maritime Customs at Dairen for gross insubordination, the Inspector-General of Customs states that if the Manchurian customs impasse continues the service of indemnities and foreign loan obligations
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  • 28 9 (Reuter's Service) New York, June 24. The Federal Reserve Bank has reduced its rate from three per cent to two and a half per cent.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 99 9 BROMFORD GOLF BALLS Apt u kiEgm THE LIMIT OF LENGTH L BROMFORD L IS GUARANTEED TO BE THE LONGEST DRIVING GOLF BALL PRODUCED PLAYING THE BROMFORD YOU ACHIEVE FEWER STROKES PER ROUND, MORE ROUNDS PER BALL. OBTAINABLE FROM ROBINSON Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements) SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR. RIOTS
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 977 10 0^" SMII*I*INO THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean THE SIAM STEAM NAVIGATION Co.. Ltd. Steam Ship Co.. Ltd. and China THE HUA KHIOW STEAMSHIP Co.. (1932) Ltd. Mutual Steam Navigation Co., Ltd.', THE SARAWAK STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd. THE STRAITS STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd. THE CUNARD STEAM SHIP Co., Ltd. THE CHINA NAVIGATION
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    • 516 10 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co^ Ltd* (Incorporated In w r Wt t > "ELLERMAN" LINE. FREIGHT SERVICE TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL HOMEWARDS. fltmimr Doe S*»m. Balls 8>»r«. s.s. CTTT OF DERBY For M'seilles, Ha?re, London, Rotterdam and Hamburg June 29 July 2 OUTWARDS. TO HONG
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    • 398 10 P. O. British India and Apcar Lines. (Incorporated In England) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICE. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S N. CO. UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S QOVBKNMEYI LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARDS FROM LONDON FOR CHINA ft JAPAN Tonnage. Singapore. Tonn.ic. MANTUA 11,000 June 25 RANCHI 16,740 KASHMIR
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 660 11 O. S. K. Line. FOR EIROPE. AUHCA. NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA AND INDIA K« MAEC .OS ANG ELES .„< New York .PiMIBUn tONDO.V Rotterdam u k SINGAPORE June 26 28 ;rr.sZrr z r nSSSSaS ZZo M Bant and Rto BOMBAY via Be!awa n M and o^ U,U MARI, K XRACH.
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    • 360 11 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE <Jnd AMERICAN MAIL LINE EUROPE via AMERICA VISIT SUNNY CALIFORNIAYOSEMITE PARK HOLLYWOOD-GRAND CANYON WEEKLY SAILING FROM HONG KONG AND OR MANII A NEW LOW THROUGH FARES ORIENT TO EUROPE VIA Z.CA WILL BE QUOTED UPON APPLICATION. EUROPE"^ SUEZ MONROE-VAN BUREN-GARFIELD-POLkIaDAm" Fares From Singapore To rm££« SW ALEXANDRIA
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    • 892 11 K. P. IVT KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ DE WXERT— Saturday. June 25. Riouw. Blinjoe. Djeboes. Pangkal-Pinang, Koba, Toboali and Batavia. VAN HEEMSKERK Saturday, June 25, Penang, Oelee-Lheue, Sabang, Tjalang, Meulaboh, Tapa-Toean, Sinabang, Singkel. Banjak-islands, Sibolga, Prdang, Indrapoera, Benkoelen' Kroe and Batavia. TOBOALl— Saturday, June 25, Kcedap, Tampoetih. Tampat-Tinggi, Bengkalis, Seneboei and
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  • 45 12 June 23.— 1y0 Maru, Rangoon Maru. (Japan); Haithor, (Nor); Tongking. (Dan); Asdang. (Siam); Kulit, Tidore. Zuiderkerk, Loetoeng. (Dut); Ekma, Rohna. Rahman. Barrwhin (Brit). June 24. Hong Thong, Rompin, Silverbelle, Naldera, (Brit); Yamagata Maru, (Japan); Soedoe, Kota Radja. Patras, Augustina, Maros Tinombo, (Dut); Andrea, (Nor).
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  • 119 12 The MM. steamer General Metzinger Is due here from Penang on Sunday at 7 a.m. and wIU probably sail on the same day at 3 p.m. for Saigon, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Kobe and Yokohama. Berth S.H.B. wharves. Two further combines of Italian shipping practically complete the reorganisation of the industry.
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 594 12 Burns Philp Line. (Incorporated In Australia) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,375 tons) and the S.S. MANOOLA (3.352 tons). [Cargo only] ■A MARELLA Is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia. Cabins de
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    • 725 12 Kerr Steamship Co., Inc. (Incorporated In U.S.A.) NEW YORK SERVICE. Regular Freight Service lo Boston, New York Philadelphia and Baltimore (via Sue/). Doe Sails l, ur Nl w M.S. SILVERSANDAL July 5 July 11 M.S. SILVERWILLOW July 26 Aug. 1 M.S. SILVERYEW Aug. 16 Aug. 22 For rates and particulars
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 679 12 MAIL DESPATCHES BY TRAIN Bangkok every Saturday 7 p.m. and Thursday 7.30 a.m. Kedah Monday to Friday 7.30 a.m. Saturdays 7 pjn. Kuantan (via Jerantut) except Sunday 7.30 a.m. Kuantan (via Jerantut) Saturdays 7 p.m K elan tan (via Gemas) every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 8.30 a.m Kelantan (via
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    • 418 12 CHURCH SERVICES sth Sunday After Trinity ST. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL 6.50 a.m. Holy Communion. 7.30 a.m. Matins. 8 a.m. Holy Communion (Choral) 5.30 p.m. Evensong (Choral) and Sermon. Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8 ajn. Holy Communion. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 7 ajn. Holy Communion. GARRISON CHURCHES Tanglin 7 a.m.
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  • Port and Shipping News.
    • 599 13 SIX P. AND O. SHIPS FOR £93,000 THE "K" CLASS Well-known Vessels Being Kroken Up in Japan Japanese ship-broakers are reported to have paid roughly £93.000 for the six P. and O. "K" boats which have passed through Singapore during the past six months on their last 1 voyages. Latest
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    • 265 13 Earlier Arrival at Bombay Calcutta is to receive its home mail on Saturdays from the beginning of July, with the exception of one mail arriving in Bombay! on July 29. Messrs. Mackinnon Mackenzie have received advice from the Managing Directors of the P. and O. S. N.
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    • 71 13 Yangtsze Attack Upon British Paowo Reports that she had been heavily fired on from the banks of the Yangtsze were made by the Captain of the Indo-China S. N. Co. steamer Paowo, on arrival at Hankow last week. The incident was reported to have occurred about 150
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    • 38 13 The Kamuning arrived from Bangkok with 1 199 pigs, the Reael from Cheribon with 95 buffaloes and 95 pigs, the O.G. Paul Doumer from Saigon with 300 pigs, the Reijnst from Ball with 100 bullocks and 1.000 pigs.
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    • 749 13 BATTLE AT WOOSUNG European Officer Killed At least four ir_en arc dead; one dying; and two painfully wounded as a result of an armed encounter between the customs cruiser, Chung Tiao, and a pirate junk off Woosung. The affair was briefly reported by cable
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    • 156 13 Dollar Loan Strongly Denied Vigorous denials were made in Shanghai by officials of the China Navigation Company and the American Dollar Steamship Company that $30,000,000 will be lent the former concern by the latter. The report originated with a News Agency report from Nanking, stating that the Ministry
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    • 51 13 Three Weeks Aground in Upper Yangtsze With her bows battered, H.M.S. Peterel has arrived in Hankow under her own power from the Upper Yangtsze where she had been aground for more than three weeks. It is understood that she is leaving for Shanghai shortly in order to effect
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 479 13 THE Singapore Free Press Daily and Weekly Editions) Off.ee 138 ROBINSON KOAD, SINGAPORE *S morning. Latest np^ w Hazri each and latest annoSncSts lat Sn ri telegrams and tin cabin* ntSl London rubber features incli de £0?,? daily S P ecial bridge and chess notes' ?adi-s' cinema, at w S
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    • 232 13 T.O EVERYWHERE IN CANADA WAND MOST OF THE, OlSs^ The New Scenic Route of the Canadian National Railway*. See the beat of the marrallavs Canadian Rockies stay at 'mm ■SB Park Lodge in the keart of wondrous mountain h**»ty, »t jg travel straight throttfii front Vancouver without chawjna* cart. ML*
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  • 653 14 The Attitude of the Communists The policy of Paul von Hindenburg, the aged President of the German Republic, has been approved by an overwhelming majority of the German people. The increase of 700,000 votes in the second round of the election over what he polled on March 13
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  • 161 14 And, Perhaps, White Dress Wear for Men Paris. The shorter skirt is no doubt coming back again because Paris, and other great cities after her, discovered what a number of beautiful legs had been unnecessarily in hiding. Skirts with trains, we are told, were an invention
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  • 111 14 Balance of Frs. 20 For Every Metz Baby In future every baby born in Metz of French parents will become the owner of a savings bank account with a credit of twenty francs. The directors of the Metz savings bank declare that this provision will not cost the
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  • 69 14 One of the latest features of Welwyn Garden City is the Sophie Hine Nurseries, a country hotel for children with provision for treatment for those who need special attention. The main object is to .provide a home for children whese parents are abroad. Nurseries and the nursery school were specially
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  • 148 14 120 Doctors Visit Infant Food Factories Headed by Capt. G. S. Elliston. M.P. chairman cf the House cf Commons Public Health Committee. 120 medical officers and their wives visited the Cow and Gate milk powdering factories at Wincanton and Somerton, Somerset, on May 6th. This flourishing
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  • 339 14 A Challenege to Previous Records This year is the forty-ninth year of the Royal Tournament and already promises to break all records, even though in recent years the receipts have mounted well into five figures, wrote the Free Press London correspondent on June 3. In the earlier
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 197 14 Health of Women IN anaemia and debility, resulting from irregularities of the functions peculiar to women, KALZANA, the calcium food, has proved to be of striking value. Kalzana contains the mineral Calcium which is needed to strengthen the cells of blood, body and nerves, in exactly that scientific combination in
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    • 531 14 BANKS AND INSURANCE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA (Incorporated in England by Royal Charter) Paid up capital in 600,000 shares of £5 each £3.000,000 Reserve Fund £3, 000, 000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3,000,000 HEAD OFFICE 38, Bishopsgate, London, E.C. 2. Agencies and Branches Alor Star Uoilo Saigon
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    • 325 14 THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LTD. (Established in 1886. 1 Capital Subscribed (Fully paid w up) vioo.ooo.oot Reserve Fund Y 117.300 0W President K. Kodama. Esq. Vice-President K. Takeuchi. Esq. Head Office Yokohama. Singapore Branch 3l-a, CHt'LIA MitKET LONDON BANKERS Westminster Bank, Ltd. The National Provincial Bank, Ltd Lloyd's Bank, Ltd.
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 409 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 pjn. 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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  • 196 15 Official Communique from Colonial Secretary I Prom Our Own Correspond»nt] Kuala Lumpur, June 24. The following telegram has been received by His Excellency the High Commissioner from the Risht Honourable the Secretory of State i >r the Colonies: Tin communique: After the usual statistics the States Governments
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  • 133 15 A Dividend of 4>/ 2 Per Ceni I FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT] London. June 24. The annual meeting of Straits Plantations adopted the report showing a profit of £19.290 and a dividend of 4 I J per cent is to be paid. A sum of £26.945 is to
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  • 334 15 Direct Result of Preference The growing popularity of Empire tobacco mamf.-sts itself from the window of every tobaceoofct'fl shop. But the alluring labels that pro'laim the:r contents Imperial tell only part of the storyEmpire tobacco enters into the composition -any pipe mixtures and cigarettes unannounced, and it is
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  • 37 15 Subscriptions Total Rs. liy 4 Crores r »ut roller of Currency. Calcutta, notifies total subscriptions to the new Gov- of India rupee loan, up to to-day, Ktod approximately to Rs. II »4 crores
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  • 731 15 Hopeful Views of Mr. F. G. W. Dunsford Referring to a recent reference to a miniatuie "gold rush" in Pahang. Mr. F. G. W. Dunsford. A. Inst. MM. writes to the Malay Mail: 'The area of 300 square miles of country between the Lipis and Jelai rivers
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  • 140 15 Position of Straits and F.M.S. At the meeting of the Committee of the Straits Settlements <Penang> Association a member laid the second Supplement to the Federated Malay States Gazette dated 20-5-32 on the table i and informed the Committee that it had been brought to his notice that
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  • 35 15 v Mr. Tan Ean Kiam. General Manager of the Overseas -Chinese Bank. Ltd., has been appoint- ed Managing Director In place of Mr. Khoo Kok W.*h who has resigned from the Board
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  • 349 15 To- Day's Price Changes EXCHANGE RATES June 24. SELLING London, 4 months' sight 2|3 29 32 London, 3 months' sight 2 3 27(32 London, 60 days' sight 2|3 13|16 London, 30 days' sight 2|3 25|32 London, demand 2'3% London. T. T. 2 |3 23|32 Lyons and Paris, demand 1050 Hamburg,
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  • 68 15 l une 2 4th.. 12 o'clock noon. Buyers Sellers. R.S.S. equal to London Standard, s P° l 4 15 16 5 1 16 Standard R.S.S. on Tender July 5 116 5» s Aug. s»> 5 3>16 July-Sept. s's 53 16 Oct-Dec. 5*4 5% Tone of
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  • 957 15 FRIDAY, JUNE 241H. 1932 CLOSING QUOTATION B Buyers Sellers Asam Kumbang t > 21s 6d 23s 6d x.d. Austral Malay 18s 20s Ayer Hltam (ss) 9s 9s 9d c.d. Bangrin Tin 5s 6s 3d Batang Padang ($1) 05 10 Batu Caves ($1) 22 25 Bukit Arang ($1)
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  • 121 15 Changes in Representative Prices June 22 23. American Can. Cm 33% 32 T S Cities Service 2 2 t Colcmb.a G_3 a.id Ehx. G, 6 Curtis Wright Electric Bond und Siia:p f% o' L Gen. Elect: ic 10 1U s Gen. Moto;s 8^ 8 Nat. City
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  • 200 15 THE ABROAD I British Radio Official Service) 1 June 1 22 23. Amsterdam 9.09 Mtft 8.94'-_-Athens 565 557% 557'* Belgrade 225 225 Berlin 15 19 32 15.244 15 732 Bombay Is. 5 15|16d. Is. 561 64d. Is. 5 61 62 Brussels 26.35 26 132 25 31 32 Bucharest 615 620
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  • 197 15 LEWIS PEAT'S RUBBER REPORT Singapore, June 24. Prices continue to remain at around the same levels and apart from small enquiries for nearby shipment, the market is neglected. i Malayan statistics published this week are not encouraging. In spite of shipments of over 40.000 tons in May, stocks were only
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  • 64 15 On and from Monday, the office of H.M. Trade Commissioner will be removed from the third to the fifth floor of the Pullerton (General Post Office) Building. The entrance to the Building most convenient to the new office is I adjacent to Cavanagh Bridge and the Post
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  • 37 15 Mr. F. H. Graham, of The Diamond Metal I Products Co., Singapore, has been authorised to i 'file a specification cf an invention for improve- < ments in and relating to the manufacture of dry cell batteries. i
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  • 830 15 Decision to "Risk Everything" "A revival in Automobile Activity," in the Bulletin for March, gave details of the Ford Motor Company's present programme. Since that v.me was printed the first Ford V-Eight-cylimir;- car has rolled of! the a,'sembly-line at the River Rouge Plant. \vi:h No. 1" stamped on
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  • 81 15 ANGLO -EASTERN TIN Proposals to Increase The Capital An extra-ordinary meeting or Anglo-Eastern Tin was to be held thLs month to consider a resolution that the capital be increased to £60.000 by the creation of 100,000 new Ordinary 2s. shares (ranking part passu in every respect with the existing Ordinary
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  • 133 15 Report for year ended January 31 1932 states that after providing for depreciation &c. and sundry items amounting to £1 922 and writing off £3.308 for additions to dredge profit U £29.998 (£23.729); add £f, 931 bnmffet forward, making £36.929. from which ha.s been appropriated— three dividends,
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 81 15 Assets exceed $12.000 onn Assurance in force over 835,000.000 The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. (Incorporated In the Strait* Settlement*) rTroZnv ZZZII U lT UdIDK CeC Street> 81IW>re W DOM CE E c ny has £2 0.000 deposited with the Supreme Court ot England and compile, with the British
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  • 1000 16 ODD GOAL IN FIVE Sound Football at Stadium Malays 3: RJUF 2. A penalty goal gave the Malays the points in the first division league match with the RAF. at the Stadium last night, and incidentally enabled them to consolidate their j position at the head
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  • 38 16 •Paator W. W. R. Lake will conduct a series of Bible lectures every Sunday evening at 8 o'clock, at the Seventh -day Adventist church Penang Road, Singapore. On June 26 his first topic will be "The Learned Knife
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  • 347 16 88 RUNS IN AN HOUR Good Opening by Etceteras The Etceteras made a very good start in their pricket encounter against the United Services in the Club Tournament yesterday. Both the opening batsmen, D. C. Burn and H. B. Noon, being unbeaten at the close of
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  • 238 16 Another Army Record Set Up Two Army athletic records were beaten at Aldershot in the first day's events at the Army Individual athletic championships. Second Lieutenant W. |H. Summers. \rho equalled the British amateur sprint record a fortnight ago. won his heat in the 100 yards in
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  • 116 16 Classification of Horses and Ponies The following classification of horses and ponies have been made by the Straits Racing Association: HORSES Transfers. Monarch from Class 1 to Class 2. Noble Moor from Class 2 to Class 3. Santorio from Class 2 to Class 3. Gold Mount from
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  • 50 16 The following are the fixtures for July 1932. June 28th Mixed foursomes competition and Band night. Saturday and Sunday 9th and 10th Men's Medal (stroke). Wednesday and Thursday 13th and 14th Ladies' Medal (stroke). Sunday 17th Match versus Keppel Golf Club (away). Tuesday 26th Mixed foursomes competition.
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  • 99 16 With a view of lifting the King-Emperor's Cup, Sir Osborne Smith has purchased the Irish crack Carey Dennis, by MeUeray out of Mary Dennis, for £1,200. This horse Is now on his way to India and will be trained at Poona until October, when, if he
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  • 454 16 SMALLEY CASE Notice of Appeal Given Holding that the statement with regard to wages and salaries embodied in the statutory report of the Hap Heng Mineral Syndicate was made by Mr. O. C. Smalley, the European secretary of the company, with knowledge that the amount
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  • 405 16 Lovers Courageous at The Alhambra *By Our Film Correspondent) Old Leo. the heraldic crest of Messrs. Metro Goldwyn and Mayer, is, we are led to believe continuously roaring out ahout the super aftei super made by his company. Occasionally we wish someone would throw him a bone and
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  • 118 16 Singapore audiences had the pleasure of hearing a new organist at the recital held in the Victoria Memorial Hall yesterday. Mr. A. E. Weller, of Rangoon, who played several well known selections proved himself a very accomplished artist. His pieces included Trumpet Voluntary by Purcell, this being
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  • 167 16 WIMBLEDON TENNIS Miss Betty Nuthall's Victory [Reuter's Service] London, June 23. At Wimbledon to-day In the first round of the mixed doubles Merlin and Mademoiselle Rosambert beat Kuwabara and Miss Yorks 9 7. 6 4; Satoh and Miss Thomas beat Artens and Mrs. Satterthwaite 6
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  • 83 16 Qualifying Stage of U.S. Open TReuter's Service] Flushing. Long: Island Jane 24. In the American open championship Olin Dutra returned a dazzling 69 and leads the first round field. Leo Diegel had 73, Sarazen 74, Billy Burke 75, Hagen 75. Perkins (Britain) 76. Von Elm 79, Horton Smith 80,
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  • 103 16 England vs. India at Lord's To-day The only Test match of the All India Xl's I English tour begins at Lord's to-day. The teams will be: I England: D. R. Jardine (Surrey) (captain). I F. R. Brown (Surrey), R. W. V. Robins (Middlesex), Sutcliffe (Yorkshire), Holmes (Yorkshire). i
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  • 215 16 Announcing the debut of its new orchestra this Sunday evening, the Europe Hotel management discloses that the concert programme will include such treats to music lovers as Schubert's Unfinished Symphony and Tppolitov-Tvanov's Caucasian Sketches. f Under the direction of Mr. F. J. Strasser, s this collection of
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  • 158 16 [Re uter's Service I New York, Jane 23. The following are the scores in yesterday's r baseball games: NATIONAL LEAGUE 1 New York 9: St. Louis 1. Brooklyn 6: Pittsburgh 7. i Wilson two home runs making his total 13. Philadelphia 11: Chicago 2. i Klein home run.
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 57 16 READY JULY 15th MALAYAN LEGISLATION AND ITS FUTURE A. K. a'BECKETT TERRELL ■»ri<-o 53.50 (postage extra) Book Your Orders Now, MALAYA PUBLISHING HOUSE, Ltd. SINGAPORE. 10WDON J=St i^fe LONDON, NOVEMBER 1931. 1 II WATCH FOJ? WASSIAMU? L'S SA T TP J±. J_iJlLj Heavy Reductions Prices Tempting CommenciniJ on Monday, 27th.
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