The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 6 July 1932

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  • 15 1 The Singapore Free Press >. 13,691. ESTABLISHED 1835. SINGAPORE, S.S. WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1932 10 CENTS.
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  • 334 1 The Italian proposals for cancellation of all European war debts and reparations has added confusion to the complicated situation at Lausanne Page 11. A Tokio message describes the escape of the Vice-Chief cf the General Staff from an attack by 300 marauders yesterday Page 11. Mr. Thomas
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  • 1032 1 The invasion of the musk, or musquash, [rat is a threatened pest so fortunately rare m England that it has caused a good deal less stir than it ought to do. mainly. I suppose, because we da not know the meaning of the word "Pest" as it is
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 202 1 KLIM POWDERED MILK kisT APPROACH TO PURE, >H, PASTEURIZED BULK U MNABLE IN THE TROPICS. MNABLE AT ALL LEADLNO 1 KOVISION STORES RAFFLES HOTEL MALAYA'S PREMIER HOTEL omi with Modern Sanitation and Hot and Cold Running Water THIS EVENING TEA DAJSCE-6.30 to 8.15 p.m. Informal After Dinner Dance— 9.3o to
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    • 310 1 f h molesworth. WI//I /flaVv< f/v^ aHaaMVi'il PUBLIC ANALYST > \ST~L —^S^/ I Under Pure Food Art 1908 S"/ *^_y AND ASSAYER. I wfr 7 Pormerly Lecturer m I^^L I Ly" IZJF Chemistry. I V V f I ftlr S. A. Oovernment and fj \/1 I r \f Technical College.
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    • 122 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Cinema programmes Page 9. Hotel announcements Page 1. Ask for the English AC. plug Page 8. Little's for gowns of elegance with extravagance Page 10. CHRYSLER LOW UPKEEP THE CECIL ALDIN BOOR With 8 Coloured Plates, 7 HalfTone Plates and 95 Black and White Drawings. AMONG THE CONTRD3CTORS
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    • 21 1 KLIM POWDERED MILK THE NEAREST APPROACH TO PURE, FRESH, PASTEURIZED MILK OBTAINABLE IN THE TROPICS. OBTAINABLE AT ALL LEADING PROVISION STOREB.
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  • 109 2 Governor Forced to Revoke An Order Manila. The Governor-General. Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, has signed an order revoking the Customs Order wliich has been enforced m the Philippines since February 24 last, designed to prevent the illegal entry of Chinese into Philippine sub-ports and stopping the inflow of
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  • 175 2 The following are Singapore Volunteer Corps routine orders by Lieut. Col. M. J. T. Rellly. MC. Commanding S.S.V.F. Singapore. July 6. Ranges.— The following range allotments are published for information: Bases leave Headquarters Promotions. Officer*— HE. the Governor has "d to approve the promotion of the undermentioned
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  • 161 2 The following is the programme of drills up to and for week-ending. July 10th. Wednesday. 5.15 p.m.. Headquarters, S.R.A. (v). Lecture. Gun Drill and Fire Discipline; •D (Eurasian* Coy.. Company Training; M.G*. P: "Eurasian). Instruments— Men. Thursday. 5.15 p.m.. Headquarters. "E" (Chinese) Coy. Weapon Training; 2nd Bn
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  • 54 2 REVENGE FoU rjwtnt the opening of Frankenstein at the P Ufc manager of the theatre g k y this morning by the hone ringing Voir, at Other end- T« tv.it t Pavlttef that the ma »»g" of Manager It is. t. V !llh, 2V y r ,>lc,u F «nke„ s
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 550 2 PYREX Feeding bottles Food Measures. Made to withstand extremes of heat, and cold without breaking. Can be sterilised with boiling water. PYREX CHEMICAL GLASSWARE Stockists MEDICAL HALL, LTD., Singapore. Outport orders promptly executed. BUSINESS CARDS. I STRAITS TYPEWRITER AGENCY STATIONERS REPAIRERS. j 14A Change Alley, Singapore. \d——\ Jm—\ Th Cheapest
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    • 548 2 TENDERS. SINGAPOKE MUNICIPAL NOTICE TENDERS. NOTICE Is hereby given that tenders are now invited for the following materials or services and that particulars of such tender may be obtained In the Tender Room. Municipal Offices Erection and completion af Entrance and Ticket Office at Jalan Besar Football Stadium. Date of
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    • 323 2 I Stronger Nerves I Increased Energy I SLEEPLESSNESS f K By using Sanatogen you wiD c\ s^aaaaal oon «njoy sound, healthy sicca V M t^?-- n\ jff^ ■Cauv because Sanatogen takes X s "*^A <H»V^ ,»"J©»:0 awaT cause of your sleepS S*-:- v\. «<»•• 'J» lessneas your nerve-weakness VA^V y
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 196 2 THE WEEK Wednesday, 6th. High Water. 12 40. 8 4 ft.. 23 39. 9 9 ft. Rotary Tiffin. Adelphi Hotel. Perak Turf Club races (second day). Football: Div. I. S.C.FA. vs. Gloucester Regt., Stadium. S.CC II vs PS.R.FC. friendly* at Padang Thursday. *th. High Water 13.11. 8.5 ft. I tball:
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  • 1326 3 PICTURES THAT PAY Wall-Street and Hollywood IP. G. Wodehouse,; j Whose New Talej Opens on i Monday. Order Your Free Press j Now j Nasj York. uperflclal diagnosis of motion ptrhnT minpanaTi thai they have baaaj rllO nui not iindcrstand the lion picture manager* who i
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  • 61 3 A Russian construction worker named Dartishnikov has invented a brick-laying machine, a model of which has been inspected by a committee who found it satisfactory. Preliminary calculation placed the capacity of the machine at 40.000 bricks per 8-hour day. Working drawings of the machine are new being comi pleted and
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  • 581 3 AMBUSH IN IPOH Alleged Gang Robbers Rounded Up Twelve Chinese, believed to be members of a gang who were proceeding towards Chemor with intent to commit gang-rcbbery, were ambushed by Mr. Tidy. Officer-in-Charge of Detectives. Perak, and a party of detectives, at 7.45 p.m. on
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  • 358 3 Australian Minister m London Important changes m the official representation of Australia m London are m process of arrangement, (according to the Political Correspondent of the Evening News*, who 'tates Mr. Stairley Bruce, a former Federal Prime Iflrdadar, is to come here as Australian Minister, and Sir
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  • TENNIS TROUBLE BREWING
    • 190 3 DELIBERATELY "KEPT OUT" YOUNG PLAYERS "EXPERIENCE" BOGEY Londen. June 14. I understand there is likely to be an attack on the methods of selecting our women lawn I tennis players for important international events. The "reform party" contend, that our methods of selection are too sterctyped. and
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    • 1758 3 Wightman Cup and Eastbourne Failures Great Britain, both men and women repicsentatives. made a very poor show m the two big tennis matches against America which were held last week. The women were beaten m the Wight man Cup match at Wimbledon by four matches to three, while
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  • 163 3 Propose Saving of £250,000 Per Annum Much discontent has been caused among the Irish Free State civil servants In consequence of the announcement that substantial 'cuts" are about to be made m their salaries. The Minister for Finance hopes to save £250.000 per annum m this
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  • 94 3 Finished and Presented on Same Day The 2.500.000 th all-British Kodak was completed and presented to Mr Walter Runclman at a luncheon given by the chairman and directors of Kodak. Limited, at their Harrow works, to celebrate the event. The presentation was made by a "Miss Kodak"
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 85 3 Estate Trust Agencies (1927) Limited BRANCHES 21. First Cross Street MALACCA. 11, Light Street PENANG. 14. Klyne Street KUALA LUMPUR Registered by and Security deposited with the Straits Settlements Government. Act as Trustees, Administrators, Receivers, Guardians, Rent Collectors, Investments Supervised and Interest collected, Probate or Letters of Administration applied for
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  • 264 4 Big Changes To Be Made Changes m the personnel of Scotland Yard| and the formation of a London detective e.gency are to follow the resignation of superintendent, Charles Cooper, one of the "Big Five." It is even hinted that sensational disclosures may be expected soon. Mr. Coopei who
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  • 156 4 Sleeps With Son In Castle Kitchen Bournemouth. Britain's most unconventional peer of the realm, the Earl of Egmont, Baron Lovel and Holland, who left his Canadian ranch two years ago to take over Avon Castle, near Ringwo< d. Hants, is still living frugally m the
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  • 25 4 I am one of those stupid people who are not convinced that when "common sense" and science conflict science must always be right Lord Olivier
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  • 213 4 Girl Who Rejected Arnold Bennett A broken romance betwt I B*nr. and a beautiful American girl Ls i dead writer's diary ("The Jou: Bennett: 1896-1910." Edited by IfJ Flower. Cassell. 10s. 6d > The book is the first of LaWM Mr. Flower has compiled fn>m B rial
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  • 139 4 A woman who said that she aside like an unwanted garment" v. a decree nisi m the Divorce Court She was Mrs. Amy Elizabeth M lege-road. Erdington. Birmingham She proved the misconduct of Is Mr. Cyril William Myring. an neer. whose business, it was to
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  • 11 4 SB General unemployment Is tin general asking too much Profess nan.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 118 4 ygj* SUNSHINE fp/fr GLAXO WITH ADDED VITAMIN D ..„™r^._ EVERY MOTHER should Know that •Makes sound bone' •Prevents rickets* a •Prevents constipation* •Is more easily digested* •awT_r^w q 'Sound teeth cut without trouble* 1 >| \J "T Saves baby being entirely bottle-fed' •Requires only 2 minutes to make each feed'
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  • 146 5 S.O.S. From Arctic I xp.dition Leningrad. be I P.* AU-Union Arctic wan too iat» r I parchment, and buoy by tht- S >viet Arctic stapati ol Nova Zinibla. In i'..ilcl\»in-Ziegler Expedition. J septa Land. June 7th. Ann ru an Consulate: I oal The work bean ma
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  • 179 5 toffies' Gentle Way With a Woman poU&l and polished of i RaflsTl who planned hLs the reading rot DM of first-class inter- cenfeeeed the full story of i rime to the Belgrade bed to apologise to his victims -iuarettes while plundering women he was especially idea
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  • 66 5 ('"".petitions Banned by Mussolini I Rome. 'v competitions as immor- down with a heavy hand No troupes of tireless ■Cloned to test their endurnoor The Dure does not ta < wUfSrun lor Italian audicn'•<<rt with the spectacle of several '""Pi's keeping up a semblance to the merciless strains
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  • 365 5 Lower House and the Bishops Regret that a majority of tne Bishops have gtsta their sanction to birth control is expressed m the report of the committee of the Lower House of the Convocation of Canterbury. Though welcoming the Bishops' condemnation of birth control •'from motives of
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  • 122 5 The Boy Who Did Not Want a Medal This is the story of the boy who did not want a medal. Sir Robert Gower. chairman of the R.S.P.C.A.. at Alton (Hants), told how he saw the boy save a cat from being i"an over. "The boy he
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  • 115 5 Berlin. Duelling as a sport still flourishes m the University towns, m spite of the Government's repressive measures. For normal inter-corps duels the combatants are heavily padded and can receive cuts only about the head and (cheeks. For settling affairs cf honour, however, the more dangerous method
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  • 105 5 Costly Remedy For A Rare Disease Satisfactory results of tests of a new treatment for Addison's disease wore reported by the house committee of the London Hospital to the court of governors. "The treatment." said a member of the medical stafT, "has undoubtedly saved the
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  • 245 5 Results of ties vectntly played m the S.C.R.C. j tennis tournament were as follows: "A" Singles Handicap Lai Kwong Chun beat Chua Choon Leong I 6—3. 6—l. Singles Championship John Lim beat Lim Siow Jin 6 2. 6 2. "B" Singles Handicap iSemi-Final) Yap Ah Chuan beat
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  • 1244 5 GRASP OF AFFAIRS AT 81 Ministers Commanded to Get Things Done "Am much surprised to see by your telegram and letter that the very serious state of the i war was not considered by the Cabinet yesterday. "The feeling abroad, except m America and Italy, is
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  • 16 5 The cause of disarmament will not be attained by Mush, Slush, and Gush. Mr. Winston Churchill.
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  • 212 5 Cooke's Century for Nondescripts Cooke played a htllUsnt innings for 129 m the week-end mat.h between Nondescript^ and United Engineers. The following are the scores: N< i descripts: P. Cooke b Fennie 129; Carlo P reir.-> lbw. b Cochrane 4; L. Smith b Fennie 0: J. N. Fernando
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  • 219 5 At Hong Lim Green on Saturday S.C.R.C. k»t to St. Joseph's. S.C.R.C: Ong Scow Hian c Fernandez, b Boon 1 1 Chua Choon Leong c Chiap Kirn. b Keng Hock 25; Evan Wong b Leijssius 55; Woon Chow Tat st. Cordeiro, b Leijssius 1; Tan Thean
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  • 116 5 American baseball on a Union-wide scale is to be introduced m the near future, according to a decision of the Supreme Council of i Physical Culture. American workers and spec ialists have been asked to volunteer as coaches. Equipment for playing the game, baseball h;its, gloves, masks and uniforms, will
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 40 5 t"Ho» do you manage to keep thin, Jim. m thit beastly cltmate"T "I always drink Whiskey and Polly, which contains natural gas and dors not blow one out." I Apollinaris HENRY WAUGH AND CO., LTD., SINGAPORE. PENANG. KUALA LUMPUR. BANGKOK.
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    • 402 5 M&TMMh BRONCHITIS CATARRH *yHE etiquette of the medical profession m\\^^^ entirely fails to restrain W A^ i doctors' spontaneous M W testimony to the efficacy J ft) oi the one liquid remed\ wPMsm.^ > -j for Bronchitis and IHP"^^ WILL YOU CONTINUE i^^ni^ kTO SUFFER WHEN YOU *he K °y
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  • IMPROVE YOUR BRIDGE
    • 943 6  - Underleading From an Ace "HORATIUS" AUCTION BY IT is a generally held opinion that to underlead from an Ace against a suit contract is bad play. It is an opinion which is justified by the fact that m an infinite majority of instances, it is a dangerous opening. But you
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    • 84 6 Following the lead given by Singapore, the Penang Municipal Commissioners have decided to present the Penang and Province Wellesley Volunteer Corps with the Regimental Colour ana the Kings Colour It was only a short time a«0 that the Singapore Municipal Commissioners arrived at a .similar decision which was later approved
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    • 1386 6 ONTRACT THE first thing to learn at Contract is when not to bid. Here is a hand the very last hand dealt from the Anglo-American test match. At both tables the hand was passed by all four players. This was very fine bidding; beginners can seldom
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  • 192 6 'The Motor Repair Manual/ by the Staff of 'The Motor.' Temple Press 2s. 6d. A valuable book of instruction for the owner driver has been issued by the Temple Press. It explains m simple, understandable language those little jobs which every car driver is at some
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  • 101 6 Where Britain Lags Behind New York. The number of telephones relative to the population m the United States is nearly four times that of Great Britain, according to the latest statistics of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company. In the United States there are 16.4 telephones
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  • 1443 6 Chess Problems and Solutions. By Our Chess Editor. i J Problem No. 147 (by V. ■Marin) I J White to move and mate m three moves I i 1 i Spielmann vs. Bogoljubow A match between the two great Continental masters. Spielmann and Bogoljubow, has taken place at Semmering and
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  • 423 6 Classed Among the "Noises" Paris. Now that the once famous street cries of Paris are to vanish quite out of hearing, an eleventh-hour attempt is being made to catch and register their last echoes on gramophone records. Only m the quiet old quarters of the capital
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  • 117 6 The French art magazine. "L'Art Vivant," has issued a special number devoted to England which cannot fail to attract a great deal of attention on both sides of the Channel. The Prince of Wales has sent a studio portrait which makes a striking frontispiece, and the
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  • 144 6 Novel Decoration at Night Club I'm« Economic stress can never pre., al °P U mists from opening new night CBll martre's latest is the "Z. 44" wl. been decorated to represent the huge airship. There is a real BBS stands at his controls and the Bnßßtl dressad as
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  • 44 6 Mr. J A MacFayden ttM motor car which rollid. d crossing gate, at I.ahat laSßal at the Ipoh Police Court with i He pleaded guilty and was lined He was secondly charged with level crossing gate He aajaJn and was ordered to pay $36
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  • 180 7 Conditions *A Grave Scandal" itoinbay. re nuddh d m th«me vi the worst criminals m 111 I Blade i Mir. i Ben. h di; i ipii\ who w v released Pi on British Admirßl < ..tmlhi. Pel disotK] m B mbay months hM lived food sou (urnture
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  • 64 7 DONOVAN GOES TO MAIDSTONE tothet Kemission of His Sentence Likely the consist granted five, bis life sentence for saving Bel Turner, the Prison Cornlie Dartmoor mutiny, has SB Dartmoor to Maidstone. I behaved that his removal warda a further remission of 11 men granted immediate release laved m breaking the
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  • 44 7 1 Mussolini's Offer T<> Hungary I London. K«ture ha. been made by 1 ■*****1881 "'•"plane to replace that m "tic airman. Mr. Endres, ;i1 Bsatructsd the Italian '<• Pay luu.ooo lire to Mr, "**>** UTS to the relatives of was killed with Mr.|
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  • 331 7 Connection With Far East and Australia Mr N Vintcent. Deputy Director of Civ.] Aviation for the Oovernment of India, will J leave his present l BBSS at the end of July m order to direct the air mail service which Tata. S ns, Limited, hope to
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  • 98 7 i Foundations Excavated m Hungary Budapest. The foundations of an early Christian chapel dating fivm the fourth century have been excavated m the Roman town of Aquincum. near Budapest. The chapel, which belonged to the military camp of Aquincum. has a sanctuary which forms three half-circles a
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  • 130 7 An antique gold and amethyst seal valued at £100 which was found by a carter m a' Corporation refuse tip at Portsmouth a few weeks ago. has now been restored to a descendant of the original owner Mrs. Margaret Carey, of St. Johns Wood, the widow
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  • 1422 7 AUSTRALIAN TOUR Defence Reaches High Standard Having d-feated New South Wales at Sydney by 1C p ints to 5 after winning the first three matches cf their tour the English Rugby League team defeated Australia m the first Test at Sydney by 8 points to
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  • 313 7 Church Congress for 1932 Abandoned For the second year In succession the Church Con^res* has been abandoned The cause is the coldness of the Bishops towards it. In one diocese after another they have made excuse, and now it is too late to plan a meriting this
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  • 165 7 Offers to Have Dust Put m His Eye Dr. Collyer Summers, the ophthalmic surgeon, accepted a challenge at Clerkenwell County Court to have mica dust poured m his eye, made by a solicitor for the applicant under the Workmen'r Compensation Act. The surgeon stepped forward to receive
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  • 719 7 LLord Moynihan on Vivisection This year's Romanes Lecture was delivered n the Sluidcnian Theatre. Oxford, by Lord doynihan. president of the Royal College of surgeons, who took as his subject "The Adance of Medicine." Lord Moynihan. alter speaking of the great ichievements cf the past m medical
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  • 119 7 Budapest. A more attractive longevity treatment than the grafting of glands has been evolved here. Patients are not even required to live upon lettuces, sour milk, or lemon juice. All they have to do is to take a daily plateful of Rejuvenation Soup. If the
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 63 7 f^^ LIGHIS FROM y^ ONE LAMP At the pull of a switch either the I full brilliance of an ordinary lamp or the soft glow y mt a night lamp BY INSTALLING A PHILIPS DUO-SAVELITE LAMP VOl' SECURE THE ADVANTAGES OP TWO SOURCES OK LIGHT IN ONE GLOBE AMI CONSIDERABLE
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    • 373 7 I YOU CAN HAVE A I STUDY COLLEGE TRAINING IN *5L AT ALMOST ANY CAREER YOUR unwp FOR A FEW SHILLINGS SPARE UUMIL MONTHLY. TIME LET ME BE YOUR FATHER ____a» w w< -_________i Unless you are m touch with f WE DO NOT PROFESS TO all branches of industry,
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  • 1358 8 CENTENARY PAGEANT Qualities of Heart and Mind Tribute was paid to the memory of Sir Walter Scott m Peebles on the night of June 20 by a pageant of characters from his works, j It was produced m the Drill Hall by Dr. C. B. I
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  • 378 8 Across Australia by Motor A journey of 8.500 miles by motor-car has been accomplished by Mr. William Hatfield, a young author, who has arrived m Sydney after spending five months touring Northern and Central Australia. Mr. Hatfield is an Englishman who came to Australia twenty years
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  • 110 8 Monte Carlo The island "Theatre on the Sea", here promises every possible kind of "night" this summer. Among the spectacles it will give are scheduled "The Nights of King Sol". "Moroccan Nights". "Babylonian Nights". "Mexican Nights" and "Cambodian Nights." The Metropole's villas" which are ordinarily used
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  • 556 8 Lady Sholto Douglas* Son Found Dead Mr. Joe Pickles, stepson of Lord Shcltc George Douglas, brother of Mr. Sydney Pickles, the famous Australian airman, and a wellknown man-abcut-town. was found dead m his room at Matheson-road. West Kensington, apparently from gas poisoning. The tragedy was discovered when a
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  • 263 8 Gift to the Italian Nation Naples. Mussolini ha:, accepted the gift of the famous Villa Rosebery at Posilipo on behalf of the Italian nation, but it is probable that he will use it himself as an Italian Chequers, a resting place from the cares of State. The late
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  • 172 8 Berlin. The £10 look Ls not a joyous one. The Bruning decree that 200 marks is the maximum amount of currency a German subject may take abroad this year for his summer holidayis not very pleasant even to the Germans them- I selves. The effect upon the
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  • 260 8 Sensational Story Imm W ik how A sensational report tion and is generally BSttSS! says a Wuehow message In Bad nition has been shown by i cipal authorities. Several days ago. it l a certain power had to go into the intern >i I Chi poisons m all
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  • 51 8 Harrowing accounts I f thMalabar are received from The cyclone raged fierce:, the whole of the BafM Bl Ouilandy. a *****81 deaths BSWS been IBBlOftSl I collapses and the BfsTßOtln rountm:: 1 r live W &»l were crushed to ileath BJ Puthiapalam I ■SJSBISJ I sustained loss extendi:
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 100 8 a IF YOUR BATTERY COULD SPEAK. IT WOULD SAY CHANGE TO af They spark when others can't and make starting easier ***"*^Bai aar^Bafc ALL I DISTRIBUTORS FOR MALAYA BORNEO MOTORS LTD. Remember I ASK FOR THE ENGLISH A.C. GARCIA' S PIANOS Direct from the factory to you. Saves middleman's profits.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 314 9 _Jg ___S__L__S§aß*^^SS SbSS H V BSI BJ SSi m 5 7 •■aaTik^. -aSS*^ U^Ve^*^**!*- Reservations— Phone 6903 4 3s4% w^^^^^ s#^6.ls TO-NIGHT 9lV^|^ Usf \iuMts Audience were Chilled—Thrilled— and Amazed a< Ihe most Sensational Thriller ever made THERE IS NOTHING TO TOUCH IT FRANKENSTEIN I M ADK SUM §HJ|_^[_^|_^|_^i_ I^i_^i_^iij
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    • 258 9 Another Great Picture at the CAPITOL Commencing TO-DA V 3.15 6.15 9.15 Paramount* THIRD Celebrity Masterpiece.Reaching the Ultimate m Screen EntertainmentROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON'S Famous Stow, "DR. JEKYLL and MR. HYDE" > A^B?aSa^. tJ»ff%'«S^BL" 3i fcff 1 sjf Si with FREDRIC MARCH MIRIAM HOPKINS and ROSE HOBART The Weirdest yet most
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    • 251 9 MliM^UaWfflfl M±T]NEE TO-DAY AT MMM **sslßß)aßfsßSß.sia Warner Baxter eclipsing his "Daddy Long Legs" success m a gay romance that will keep you laughing for weeks AMATEUR DADDY WITH Marian Nixon A Fox Movietone Picture. TO-TIOIKIK4MV L 4 JVD I AT LAST m a nnLfi SUPERB HOLE WITH Victor ▼■< i.wi^k
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  • 18 10 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. BIRTH. SHELTON. At Hampstead on July 2nd to Margaret, wife of J. R. Shelton, a son.
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  • 2181 10 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS WEDNESDAY, JULY 6. 1932 AMERICA'S CHOICE Hoover again or Roosevelt Re- publican or Democrat Which Willi the people of the United States choose as White House tenant for j the next Presidential term? And; will it make any difference to the world m general Probably not Whoever
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  • 359 10 APPEAL COURT SEQUH Damages Claimed for Malicious Prosecution A Chinese woman's allep the wife of her former BsJBBt she had parted ten fssn Bel Way subject of a case which cam. i of Appeal yesterday, when Chan Yeow Kang. sought to i against the other,
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  • 276 10 Frankenstein At Tin Pavilion One does net quite know the film of Frankenstein" I or to havt a friendly it off as "just what one B of Hollywood." It- ha IB siastic a heralding that mai edly went to la-t BSgM the prediction at the tat inn Of
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  • 44 10 Altered From Bn MM Falsification The case m ulnch Ol I employed In the I charged with ci .initial bn X I of $«».153 has been t j Judge's Court The to one of falsitieation 1 witness having been IS* I
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  • 27 10 Mr A Top- 1 I Lumpur, will be gem: shortly. t-» take up th- Officer. iBSjS U(l:i, Hi Sanitary Bourd. will I Kuala Lumpur, for a Übbb
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 209 10 MAPIER JOMMS T OrNES N JCIUBT 3 WHISKY AJPq A quality whisky Hif£| of repute at a <Hsgf reasonable price SOLE AGENTS I CALDBECK MACGREGOR CO., LTD., (incorporated under the Companies' Ordinances of Hong Kong.) (Incorporated m Shanghai). 201 CANTONMENT ROAD. TELEPHONE 5371 5371. "BUY WITHIN THE EMPIRE" I ROYAL
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    • 70 10 MODERN HORS D'&UVRE DISHES IN E. P. N. S. TEMPTING AND SMART IN APPEARANCE. U. S. de Silva Bros., JEWELLERS, 23 High Street, Singapore. PAN VAN PICKLE There's nothing to touch it. Gives an extraordinarily piquant flavour to Sandwiches, Makan Ketchils, Hot and Cold dishes, Soups, Fish, Poultry, Curries, Salads,
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  • 163 11 STIR AT LAUSANNE \mbi£uous Italian Statement •er's Service] Lausanne. July 5. made public late last Conference circles chiefly l\ interpreted, on one side American sympathy, and. on the it to German tement regrets the uncertainty ng the European nations, the Conference on the openuig the slate, and
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  • 128 11 Rumour of Revolution Denied Router's Service 1 BSssBtaSJB de Chile. July 5. '■<•■ B iv.v military junta asß turned out the Governvmtiago de Chile. Later. denies that a new revolu- snd BfßciSlly describes all founded. UT it will be reiiMiiroke cut bo the Chilean N.i\y itiOII Of President
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  • 52 11 Shareholders Wish to Alter Articles Bl KVICE— COPYRIGHTI I/ondon. July 5. Standard reports that foDoartaf annual BBcettns, ol the Ar- shareholders are reLinars meeting to consider 1 In the article! to allow every irresp.it ne of the number BBM that the election of occur after they have been
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  • 79 11 No Further News of German Airmen hard concerning llv Bl rtrsm and his mechanic, iinssnu' since they left Bima June 18 until they were pickt .1 Bender, .some 120 miles from If. a.s BBBBM likely from hitherto received, the plane tatty of the Drvsdale MisHroome Bay. if
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  • 47 11 fONOOM \M) NEW YORK T N AND HI BBKR PRICES SER VICE-COPYRIGHT M, London, July 5. Henry Gardner, metal to-day's tin prices as <£l»fc). Forward li irregular, -ngton and Wilson ri: »y* rubber prices as, i(i (1 1316 d). Forward' «tiet Spol 257 Forward 2.80.
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  • 118 11 HOLD-UP FAILS Marauders Routed by Armoured Train I Reuters Far Eastern Service] Tokio. July 5. Jinzaburo Mazr.'i. Vice-Chief of the General Staff, who Ls touring m Manchuria on inspection, escaped an attack by marauders to-day at a point between Shishanchan and Yangchuantru. He was en
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  • 97 11 Opposing Factions Clash In Bucharest [Reuter's Service] Vienna, July 5. King Carol to-day stopped a free fight beneath the balcony of the royal palace m Bucharest between adherents of the People's Party and the Peasants' Party Shouts of "Down with the Kmg and the Lupescu petticoat
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  • 82 11 French Inspector-General of Pensions Found Dead 1 Reuter s service 1 Pari*. July 5. A gruesome discovery has BBSS) made by M Berthod. Minister of Pensions Afte: detecting an unpleasant cdour m lib office he found tl-.e dead body of his colleague. M. Lelun;iiin. Ins-pector-General of Pensions, m
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  • 64 11 Jaginder Singh Retires Hurt l FREE PRESS SERVICE COPYRIGHT] London. July 4. While fcatunu against Notts for All India m the match which commenced on Saturday. Jamnder Singh %TBS struck on the temple by a ball bcwled by Larwood and retired. London. July 4. The choice of D.
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  • 39 11 Thil Retains Middleweight Title f Reuter's Service 1 I "don July At the White City to-night m a 15 rounds contest for the middleweight championship Marc-1 Thil (Franco the holder, outpointed Len Harvey, the British champion.
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  • 51 11 Kaye Don to Attack it This Week l British Radio Official Servicel Rugby. July 4. Plan have ben completed for an attack B the water speed record by Lord Wakefield's H m bOati Mis, England III." to be piloted by Mr. Kaye Don on Loch Lomond this
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  • 211 11 Puzzle of Malay Girl's Age sVaßat difficulty was experienced BB the District Judge's Court yesterday afternoon when Jantan bin Silons, a Malay, was charged before Mr. C. Wilson with kidnapping a Malay girl named Asmah binte Ahmat. The girl's age wa.s given as 16. but several witnesses stated
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  • 47 11 Under the auspices of the Paya Lebar Epworth League there will be an evangelistic pra;. -r meeting m the home of Mr. and Mrs. Goh Un Tien and Mrs. Lim. "Eastlyn." Paya LebsV Road, on Thursday at 5 p.m. Rev. J. J. Kinqrnm will give the BBBBBBBJS
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  • 1061 11 MATTER SIMPLIFIED Import Duties Bill Adopted [Reuter's Service] London. July 4. There was a surprising development during the Irish debate in the House of Commons to-day when Mr. Thomas announced that he had just learnt officially that Mr. De Valera is setting aside the disputed sums
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  • 388 11 RAMPANT IN DAIREN Reducing China's Fiscal Income l ßeuter's Far Eastern Service Shanghai, July 5. With reference to Capt. Eden's statement m the House of Commons on Monday afternoon the Inspector-General of Customs (Mr. F. W. Maze) says "The Chinese Government is unable to subscribe
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  • 101 11 Cambridge Pass 1921 Innings Record [FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT] London, July 5. Although rain fell during Cambridge's innings m the 'Varsity match at Lord's to-day it did not prevent them from passing their 1921 innings record. Reuter cables the close of play scores as follows Cambridge 431
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  • 85 11 Teams for Folkstone Match [FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT] London, July 5. The following teams have been chosen for the Gentlemen vs. Players match to take place at Folkestone on September 7: Gentlemen: D. R. Jardine. J. C. W. MacBryan. Lord Tennyson, the Nawab of Pataudi N. E.
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  • 136 11 Worried by Inability to Obtain Employment A verdict of suicide while of unsound mind was returned by the Coroner, Mr. F. G. Bourne, at the inquest on Harold M. Habekost, a European, aged 19 1 years, who was found dead on the beach at Amber Road on June
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 283 11 So lovely f atJ d wear J MORLEY HjiaHai STOCKINGS X Vm "DELPHINE" $2.00 m m 'NEW DURABLE" $3.90 MORLEY GLOVES. *jSL*f "DIVAN" CHAMOIS GLOVES. $1.50 ""mlnii'' WASHING SUEDE $5.50 Pilbbw, gjo V ROBINSON Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m the Straits Settlements.) SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR COX KINGS (AGENTS) LIMITED Head Office
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  • 4993 12 COMMITTEE'S WARNING RESTRAINING "LOCAL AMBITIONS" THF FINANCIAL ASPECT ANALYSED The concluding paragraph of the report of the committee appointed to go into the financial aspect of the decentralisation policy is as follows "I'nless considerable care is exercised to restrain local ambitions it will be found that financial
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  • 128 12 CITY THREATENED Bedraggled I.G.P. Retains His Monocle The entire city of Port of Spain was threatened with an early morning conflagration which swept most of the important business quarter, sparing enly the Treasury vaults, on June 26. The hero of the cccasion was Mr. A.
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  • Article, Illustration
    70 12 Adolphe Menjou's Adopted Son m Trouble Hollywood Harold L. Menjou, 20-year-old adopted son ol the noted actor Adolphe Menjou, has been arraigned m court on a murder charge as a result of the death of Miss Marjorie Gauthier (16). Police alleged that Menjou. after drinking. drove his motor-car
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  • 346 12 No Importance Attached To Letter fnejUlrleS m political circles m Simla show j ithat the view taken of Mr. Gandhi's letter published m London is that it does not appear BB alter the situation m any way. It is pointed out that what Mr. Gandhi says is
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  • 75 12 Shanghai Resident Disappears From Rajputana An inquiry into the mysterious disappearance of Mr. E. Brooks, of the Sales Department of Moutrie and Co., Ltd.. was conducted m the Shipping Office of H.M. Consulate at Shanghai. Mr. Brooks who sailed for Singapore at the end of last month,
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  • 60 12 Death Sentence For Five Accused In the Moscow trial of 23 directors and ofcher officials of State the court passed sentences of death on five, acquitted three and sentenced others to forced labour varying from five to ten years. The Iprisoners were accused of misappropriation of goods,
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  • 423 12 MANY CASUALTIES Police Open Fire on Mobs The Bombay police fired two revolver shots 'on a Moslem mob of a thousand, as a result of w hich one was injured (.states a message of June 29). It appears that on receiving information of Hindu-Moslem trouble brewing
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  • 130 12 SQUEAKERS— UP-TO-DATE To the Editor. Sir. I read with utter dismay the letter from Mr. Hardyman m your to-day's issue. Surely J Mr. Hardyman must be mistaken as I feel certain that no British Government would dare introduce a measure encouraging one section of the community
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  • 135 12 Lost Temper and Fired at Friend A special jury at the Calcutta High Court Sessions held William George Hockaday guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder m respect of the death on May 15. last of Edward Thomas Richards, and Mr. Justice Panckridge sentenced him
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  • 88 12 French Government's Action All French goods m the Lisbon Cus":r^ and all parcels m the post have been held up by order of the Governor as the result of the raising of the import duty on all Portuguese goods entering France by 15 per cent. No
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  • 74 12 JEWS' PROPERTY TO BE CONFISCATED Bill Passed By Prussian Diet Berlin, The Communists, siding with the Nazis m an all-night session of the Prussian Diet, passed a Bill confiscating the entire property of East European Jews who have entered Prussia since August Ist, 1914. The Jews are hoping that the
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  • 791 12 MILLION AT HIGH MASS Remarkable Phoenix Park Gatherings Dublin, June 22. The Papal Legate formally opened the Eucharistic Congress m Dublin on June 22. by reading the Pope's letter to BBS Congress. The proceedings were broadcast throughout the streets by loud speakers. The Blessed Sacrament was exposed
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  • 188 12 Cardinal Bourne Explains An order forbidding the burning of candle^ before statues and sacred images m churches m the Rome dkxv.se was issued by the Rape's Vicar-General, as tending "to give the appearance of superstition." The order says that candles do not contribute to „he cleanness
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  • 116 12 NAPIER CASE OPENS CAR MANUFACniRESS' FORTUNK NOTHING FOR mm The first BssSSS uer. Court, m London on MotaßS ithe legal battle is likely month, OVer the BaUUOfl I (will of the well-known m I Mr. Montayue Stanl»\ table iv piled I :.i- weights of document^ heads of
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  • 54 12 Curtis Charged with Coftttctl with Kidnapper:) Two startlir.. 04 BIBBf I thl Cuital Flemin^ton <.v pleading not fUlltj jUStaCC by DaSB Lindbergh kio: Cbl. Hi him that the kidn;-; the baby to the hif j sters. Despite Curtts'l napjx police altered the > .1 tact with the
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  • 26 12 British Business Men Arrested Sensational arrest Which made at Alexandria and Oonsl j nection with the dru^ trail J British businpie. will to Alexandria.
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  • 156 12 Another Terrorist \ntnn m Dacca Mr IfnmßsThTß Pi as. ii Magistrate. Munshigunj fTJ dead by an unknown ■on the morning of June 27. Its*. S. If. Chatterji. Sadar B St Wan. where Mr S« n BIS I vis.it to Da. The household was \v.ak i reports o| revolver
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  • 84 12 Propriety (Questioned m Lords Lord Lothian s larewell add:the subject of a question m the H on June 28. Lord I 888 l ITmlm Bsußlaii "i Bl >■ sane t arn <;i the Bißsrsj bbml State for India for the- ran Lord Lothian m repl\ p<
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  • 683 13 Girl to Make Attempt From English Side In Miss Sunny Lowry. Jabez Wolffe. the trainer and former long distance swimmer, believes he has found one of the world's greatest swimmers. Miss Lowry comes from Levenshulme. Manchester, and is training at Birchington. Kent. There, en the sands, this I2st.
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  • 59 13 The first of the series of buffalo-fights which took place at Anak Bukit. Kedah, recently provided the spectators with rare thrills. The Kedah bantam champion. Merak Api. who had no less than 6 victories to his credit, and who last year gored his trainer, beat the Shame c challenger. Klompang.
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  • 1102 13 RANJI ON ENGLAND'S TEST PROSPECTS Poor Chance Of Winning In Australia "A GREAT MISTAKE" IF HOBBS DOES NOT BAT. NO BOWLERS England's chance cf winning m Australia is small. The tn.ub.e Ls that England has no bowlers capable of dismissing the Australian Ever* trick that Larwood and Tate can pull
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  • 1174 13 AMAZED AT HIS VICTORY New Title-Holder Badly Punished After fifteen rounds of thrilling fighting at the Madison-square Garden Bowl. Long Island, Jack Sharkey conqueror of Phil Scott wen ba. k the world's heavyweight championship for the I'nited States. But. although Sharkey got the verdict, most experts
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 411 13 jDecarb^ BaS*^^^ MADE IN ENGLAND WE YOU ECONOMIZING ON YOUR PETROL? IF NOT Try the Automatic Decarbonizer Gas Saver. M < IRBONISES YOUR CAR AS YOU DRIVE REDUCES PETROL CONSUMPTION tre over a thousand ttsen m the P.M.S. Lai a DECARBO on your car i>nd keep it fit. r means
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    • 85 13 PROVED! M THi BABY I^BYFOOB FOOD < SUNLIGHT VITAMINS. The "Ankoria" Baby Food of New Zealand is produced only In the Spring when the fresh green pastures are at their highest Vitamin Content, and by the introduction of Vitamin l> known as THE SUNLIGHT VITAMIN. "Ankoria" builds up the bone,
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 1018 14 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean THE SIAM STEAM NAVIGATION Co., Ltd. Steam Ship Co., Ltd. and China THE HU A 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 Co..
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    • 552 14 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. j (Incorporated m England) "ELLERMAN" LINE. FREIGHT SERVICE TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL HOMEWARDS. Due Spore. Sails Spore. Steamer s.s. CITY OF PERTH For Havre, London, Rotterdam and Hamburg July 30 Aug. 2 s.s. CITY OF FLORENCE For Marseilles Havre,
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    • 498 14 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 GOVFKN'MF.NT LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARDS FROM LONDON FOR CHINA JAPAN. Due Dv, Tonnage. Singapore Tonnage >iruapor* KASHMIR 9.000 July 8
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 657 15 0. S. K. Line. fOX El HOPE. AFKCA, NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA AND INDIA. MHi >n.:l LONDON. Rotterd^n. Hamburg Antw.ro rt. cotabo. Aden. Suez 3 Po rt ".id July M SOS »IK. I Durban. Algoa Bay, Cape Town Ri„ Janeiro. Santos. Montevideo and B-.enoa Al« rt. Colombo .Round-tho-world P^age £209,
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    • 508 15 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINP TO EIROPE FROM SINGAPORE AND PENANG VI 4 COLOMBO, BOMBAY, SUEZ, PORT SAID ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES, AND GENOA^ Arrive Leave Le aTe j^^ Spore. Spore. Penang. N. York Pres. Adams July 18 July 19 July 21 Aus an Pres. Harrison Aug. 1 Aug. 2 Aug 4 Pres. Hayes
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    • 700 15 K. P. M. RONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ Es.a^r^ t ay JUly 6 Pr g Radja 8 T Ma a Poe.oe-P.na, Pen*.,*,,. VAN D HE U S lS!fw T y 'J!* 6 MUntolt and Zow^TT*'' JU,y 6 Belawan-Dell and Penang. infon?""™ f day JUIy 6 Tt n *al, Moean*S.ba and Djambi i
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  • 317 16 .Million People Introduced to Outdoor Canada Montreal. More than a million people have visited the outdoor vacation areas of Canada during the past winter season by means of motion picture showings arranged by Canadian National Railways film libraries, it was stated by W. H. Robinson, Supervisor of Photographic
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  • 156 16 "Activities May Have To Be Curtailed" Oxford. A warning that a curtailment by the University of seme of its activities might be necessary m the future was given by the Warden of Wadham m Congregation. The Warden, who was proposing a revised estimate of the departmental accounts for
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  • 293 16 Our Competition Editor has been "doing his level best." with a "formidable array" of "hired assassins." to give the cliche its "quietus." This "laudable object" "has its points." but it would be '"going against the grain" to permit him to 'have the last word." "When all is
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 700 16 Burns Philp Line. (Incorporated m Australia) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (.7,375 tons) and the SS MANGOLA (3.352 tons). [Cargo only] MARELLA is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia Cabins de luxe,
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    • 514 16 Kerr Steamship Co., Inc. (Incorporated In U.S-A.) NEW YORK SERVICE. Regular Freight Service to Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore (via Suez). Due Sails Dae Nti York. M.S. SILVERSANDAL July 10 July 16 Aug 20 M.S. SILVERWILLOW July 26 Aug. 1 Sept 5 M.S. SILVERYEW Aug. 16 Aug. 22 Sept
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    • 130 16 I.S.K. LINE ISHIHARA INDUSTRIAL AND j TRANSPORT CO. (Incorporated In J*; REGULAR FREIGHT SKKVICI FROM JAT AN Due ML CLYDE MARU FOB MOJI. YAWATA. KOBI OMU NAGOYA AND lOKOBAIU MILAN MARU I CLYDE MARU Ju MALTA MARU Jui >»l BOSTON MARU ERIE MARU Am MILAN MARU Por rates and other
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 679 16 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 P- m Kuantan (via Jerantut) except Sunday 7.30 a.m. i Kuantan (via Jerantut) Saturdays 7 pm. Kelantan (via Gemas) every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 8.30 a.m. Kelantan (via
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    • 160 16 Victoria Dock: Steam Lighters H and J, Tug Pandu. Keppel Harbour King's Dock: Caroni River. No. 1 Dock: Dredger Todak, WBt. Spring. No. 2 Dock: Poseidon. VESSELS ARRIVED Siaoe, Dut. 870, from Palembang 5, for Bangkok 5. Hua Tong, Brit. 109, from Muar 5, for Muar 6. Kuala. Brit. 396.
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  • Port and Shipping News.
    • 1019 17 Need For Building New Tonnage Now About 17 per cent, of the world tonnage is laid up and 17 per cent, is over 25 years old. Viewed from this aspect, with the future m mind, the position does not look so tragic as it is sometimes stated
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    • 72 17 The Straits Steamship Company's motorbarge Benda, which has been employed as a stores supply boat is at present permanently stationed at Singapore. The Benda was brought under tow by the company's giant steamer Kamuning from Penang via Malacca recently. Over two hundred Chinese were sent by the Malacca Chinese Protectorate
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    • 810 17 The China Coast Trade in^^ t ham m That applies 1™!. e er y c but one imagines it apwoul/^ 1 1^ ln lGgal cases "SS. there the U exD Snir cr f IaWSUitS N d Ubt Steam tE n f r actlon brou ht b y the
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    • 134 17 To Continue Salvage Operations The Artiglios 'arrested* cargo of gold was released on June 27. having been seized m I consequence of a claim by the Captain of a tug who claimed to have located the wreck. The gold will now presumably come to London while the Artiglio
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    • 78 17 Death Roll Now Totals 27 With the recovery cf the bcdies of Mr Gauthier, Chief of the Montreal Fire Brigade and three other firemen who perished m the explosion on board the British tanker Cymbeline last Priday, the death roll now totsLs 27 (states a Montreal message of
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 438 17 THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS (Daily and Weekly Editions) I Office: 138 ROBINSON ROAD. SINGAPORE. 6068. Cable Addrea*: ADVERTISER, SINGAPORE. inn- premier morning daily m Malaya Delivered with the Chota Hazri each I I mornim,' Latest news l«t«t t.L™ I I J latest announcements Sndon ru bb I and tin cables
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    • 300 17 JOINT SERVICE OF THE PRINCE LINE and SILVER LINE FROM THE STRAITS TO BOSTON AND NEW YOBK VIA SUEZ O^BeT "J*" 1 ,S mV SJL PA -Ota. from SINGAPORE S£S?fJSL 1932 f OWed b the 'JAVANESE PRINCENOVEMBER Ist. 1932. the PRINCE LINE and the aim im-« s a ££^™JSr m
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  • 194 18 Professor Tarred and Feathered Pretoria, South Africa. Professor H. P Lamont. a lecturer at Pretoria University, clad only m a bathing suit, was thrown from a mc-jiear m the centre of the city after he had been tarred and feathered. The incident followed a prolonged agitation to
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  • 191 18 Mr. Hambrook as Superintendent Chief Inspector Walter Hambrook, head of the Flying Squad, who has caught many notorious criminals, has been promoted superintendent, and will succeed Superintendent- C. Cooper m charge of C.I.D. work m West London. Divisional Detective Inspector Frederick Ben nett. of the
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  • 29 18 Science ha* left off making conjectures about rl d V 1 UnlVerse and of and «^k f direct st «d y _namely. events which affect our senses-sir James Jea^s
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  • 358 18 Charges Against a Wife A married woman who wis found guilty at the London Sessions of attempting to obtain art!' ies from a West London shop by false pretences with intent to defraud denied that she tried to blackmail a colonel who. unaware that she had
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  • 90 18 Lancaster (Perm.) When Al Capone emerges from prison a few years hence, the underworld will have a new Adonis. The former gang leader's secret was revealed to-day by Mr. Ray Hansen, former Chicago prosecuting attorney. "Since Capone has been m gaol," Mr. Hansen said
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  • 14 18 London Is now the brightest and smartest place m the world —Mr. Chas. Graves.
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  • Article, Illustration
    587 18 From Sydney Harbour Bridge Francis Edward Thompson, 51, of Balgow-' lah, leaped from the -Sydney Harbour Bridge, and was killed. His body fell near a Customs I launch, and splashed the officials. Frederick Peterson and Thomas O'Connell,' who were on the launch, were passing under the bridge, when
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  • 120 18 Discovery m Box Factory When a 36-inch pine log was being sawn at the factory of Messrs. Smith and Jones, boxmakers, of Marrickville. an iron horseshoe, m an excellent state of preservation, was found embedded m the wood. The log had been obtained from a tree cut
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  • 79 18 Overwhelming Nationalist Victory The Malta Assembly elections resulted m an overwhelming victory for the Nationalists, who have obtained 21 out of 32 seats, which is the most they have held since the constitution was granted m 1921. Constitutionalists were elected m each of the four constituencies m which
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  • 66 18 Kuala Lumpur regular broadcasts are until further notice: DAILY on 55.5 Metres 10.30 to 11 a.m. PETALING HILL TESTING. (Except Sundays and Public Holidays). FRIDAY on 65 Metres FROM 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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  • 194 18 Discovery of Hidden Masterpiece A mystery picture was sold at Christie's recently for 780 guineas. The picture itself 'was a "Madonna and Child." attributed to the school of Bellini, but on the back of the picture was a strip of canvas. An art expert removed the "cover" which
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  • 137 18 Subdued by Tear Gas Then Electrocuted F.ddyvillr (Kentucky). Only after a ninety-minutes' battle with warders m the death cell did Walter Holmes, a twenty-one-year-old negro, submit to being electrocuted here. The occasion was a triple execution for murder. Two other negroes. A. B. Cooksey and
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  • 88 18 Naval Ban on Juniors Lifted The naval regulation which forbids any officer or man under eighteen years of age to take up tobacco or smoke on shore or afloat Is to be amended. The Admiralty, m a fleet order issued recently state that m future cadets
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 27 18 PHONE 5874.^^pam k Co. LT^^^^C™jrf^^^L^a^B mmmmmm^^^^ \mmmW^^ COLLYER /a Have the V€k Original < U range and Resolutely Refuse the Numerous Imitations of Genuine Orange Smash FRAMROZ Co.
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    • 533 18 BANKS AMD_]NSURASCE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND* CHINA (Incorporated m England by Royal Charter) »aid up capital m 600.000 shares of £5 each £3.000,000 C teserveFund £3.000.000 leserve Liability of Proprietors £3,000.000 HEAD OFFICE 38, Bishopsgate. London, EC. 2. Agencies and Branches Uor Star Iloilo Saigon \mritsar Ipoh Semarang
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    • 332 18 THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LTD i Established m I apital Subscribed (Fully paid up) f 1 ';i»o.OH ■eserve Fund Tin 300 on President K. Kodan. Vice-President K. Tiki Head Office Yoknham Singapore Branch: 31-a. ('lll Ii rBBB] LONDON BANK I Bf Westminster Bank, Ltd. The National Provincial Bank Ltd Lloyd's
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 344 18 ROUND YOUR DIAL Popular Shortwave Radio Stations The following is a list of stations which can be received m Singapore Java Stations Bandoeng PLM from about 5.20 p.m. gramophone records and telephony tests with Sydney, Australia, and other stations. Usual call after records "Hullo Sydney." Tanjong Priok, 21 metres from
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  • 850 19 Association of Southern .Malaya Br UMMOj < second general) Association Southern <• the Registered Office, MM 13 Old Market a Saturday. June 25th. Pn MMt) occupying the Report of the Committee dealI ■-<:.,[ Jl( n.s activities for the HI tabled: I an nt of Income and Ex- Shod
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  • 291 19 New Company to be Formed I It is proposed «> reconstruct the Serdang Central PiantHtUma. Ltd. A new company if to be formed under the same title with a capital of £90.000 in shares of £1. Shareholders will be entitled to one share in the new company, credited
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  • 51 19 Favourable Balanne With China loan's trade with China during May resulted m a favourable balance amounting to Yen '..600.000. according to an announcement by the Department of Finance. During May Japan exported to China goods totalling >«n 24.118.000 m value, while Imported goods amounted to Yen 17,518,000 m
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  • 73 19 Tropical fruits brought to Canada from the Kntish West Indies by the Canadian National S'< '.unships have to be pampered. For instance »«nanas have to be kept, by electrical heat con""1 and refrigeration, at a temperature of 53 »i<une oranges and grapefruit at 42 degrees tomatoes at 52
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    • 207 19 July 5 SELLING London. 4 months' sight 2 3 29 32 London, 3 months' sight 213 ***** London. 60 days' sight 2j3 13 18 London. 30 days' sight 23 25 32 London, demand 2 4- 3 -ndo T T 2|3 2332 Lyons and Paris, demand 1040 Hamburg, demand
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    • 139 19 July 5 GamWer gaP re P PUtUI) $6337^ Pepper White J Flake Tapioca Pearl Sago Small Copra. Sundried Sago, flour JJJ Devoe's Imperial Brilliant Kerosene per 2 tins 5 la Sylvan Arrow Kerosene per 2 tins 4 78 Socony Motor Gasoline ex pump per British Imperial gallon 86 s£r?a
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  • 61 19 July sth., 12 o'clock noon ft <? Buyers Sellers. R S.tj. equal to London Standard Spot Standard R.S.S. on Tender July J* I August 5 3 16 5 5 16 September 5 1 sa 8 Oct. -Dec. 5\ |a_ Jan.-March s'. 5". X lone of
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  • 938 19 TUESDAY, JULY STH. 1932. CLOSING QUOTATION! Buyers Sellers [Asam Kumbang 21s 6d 23s 6d Austral Malay 18s 20s Ayer Hitam (ss 9s 9s dd cxL Bangrin Tin 5 5 te 3d Batang Padang ($1) 05 10 JBatu Caves ($1) 20 25 jßuklt Arang ($1) 40 n^ JBurmah
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  • 99 19 Tin Mining Profits and Losses [FREE PRESS SERVICE-COPYRIGHT] London, July 5 Tronoh Mines showed a profit of £30 292 and a tZV^ 5 Per CenL haS P aid le -ing a sum to be earned forward of £49 605 Anglo-Dutch Java Plantations made provision for a loss by
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  • 317 19 New Accounts m Savings Bank Despite the trade depression of 1931 the j people of Ceylon are apparently becoming more thrifty— at least this is a permissible assumption from the annual report of the Ceylon Savings Bank which has just been published. The number of new accounts
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  • 91 19 Foreign Imports of Tin Ore during the month j of June. 1932. Country of Origin Tons 1. Burma 177 2. Netherlands India:— Banka and Billiton 811 Singkep 43 Other places 2 3. French Indo-China 128 4. Japan 85 5. Siam 1,029 6. Tanganyika 5 7. Union of
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  • 58 19 Kramat Pulai, June output: From the Mine 115 pikuls, From Tributors 41; Total 156 pikuls Evatt and Co., Penang. Secretaries: Penawat Tin: Output 700 pikuls June 1932. (1.178 pikuls) (June 1931 1 Yardage treated 139.370 cv. yards.; (227.000 cv. yards); Running time 484 hours; (871 hours.);
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  • 694 19 Its Relation to Times of Depression Discussing the low bank rate a monthly bank!f review says: In the latter part of the last tntury low rates were comparatively cornon and In 23 out of the 30 years from 71 to 1900 the Bank Rate fell to 2^
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  • 131 19 Further Amendment to The Enactment An amendment to the Tin Restriction Enactment (as amended by the addition of a new clause gazetted m the FMS. on July 1, ha^ been notified and the new rule will now rea^ as follows: "16A. (i) The sale of all tin-ore delivered
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  • 85 19 Crop harvested during 1931 was 1.428 000 lb of whi.h 448.810 lb remain unsold, and stand ta books at 1.34 d per pound. Loss for Z Ba42fi8 a 4 2fi h 696 f740) **«2 f'om £8,426 brought forward, leaves balance of £3 730 to be carried forward.
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  • 1121 20 Colony vs. F.M.S. Trial Match. Penang'. Claim fcr Birger Representation. Volunteers vs. S.CC. Next Saturday's Malays Cup Match. Most Sensational League Struggle There is rcom for little criticism of the composition of the two sides which the local cricket selectors have chosen for the trial match this
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  • 470 20 ENGINEERS SUCCESS Keen Inter-Battery Competition The RE. gained a comfortable victory oveT their old rivals, the R.A., m the annual sports at Puiau Brani yesterday, after holding a good lead on points practically throughout the meeting. The event was productive of some very fine sport,
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  • 70 20 SINGAPORE TEAM To be Chosen From 17 Candidates The S.A.F.A. team to meet the Malaya Command m the Malaya Cup competition on Saturday next will be chosen from the following 17 players Ah Hui, Ah Kow. Boon Lay, R. D. Brummitt. E. Cherrington, Dinah. Dolfattah, Dollah,
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  • 188 20 YESTERDAY'S GAME Europeans Well Beaten by The Rest [From Our Own Correspondent] Penang, July 5. In the presence of a very large gathering on the Esplanade to-day The Rest defeated Penang Europeans m a football match m aid of the European and Asiatic unemployment funds. The
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  • 144 20 BATTING 129 P. Cooke. Nondescripts vs. United Engineers. 82 P. Muthucumaru. Ceylcn S.C v.v Gloucesters. 72 N. H. P. Whitley. Volunteers vs. S.CC. €6 C. G. Wlndle. Volunteers vs. S.CC. 61 W. Haxworth, SC.C. vs. Volunteers. 58 D. C Bain. S.CC vs. Volunteers. 57* T. Lake.
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  • 158 20 Third Round of 4 Ball Championship YESTERDAYS RESULTS Ong Mah Soh 300 Tay Guay Seng (Clerical Union) 223. Sirad bin Haji Ahmad (Java Pranakan Club) 300 James Lee i Junior Civil Service Association) 254. Wednesday July 6th: 7 p.m. Lim Thian Hock (Straits Chinese Recreation Club) vs. Poh
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  • 110 20 The following S.V.C teams have been entered for the Garrison Sports: 400 yds. Relay. "C" Coy., "D" Coy.; 880 yds. Relay "D" Coy.; High Jump "C" Coy.. "D" Coy.; Long Jump "C" Coy., "D" Coy.; Putting the Weight "C" Coy. "D" Coy., Eurasian M.G. Platoon. The time table
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  • 154 20 Results of Matches Played Yesterday Mixed Doubles Handicap Mr. C. E. Winter and Miss Street, owe 15 1; beat Mr. P. H. Battishill and Mrs. Leggatt, plus 3, 6—2, 6—3. Mixed Doubles Level Dr. and Mrs. Hopkins beat Mr. R. B. Gotch and Miss Griffith-Jones 11 7,
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  • 144 20 Malacca Championship Tournament [From, Our Own Correspondent] Malacca, July 4. The Malacca Lawn Tennis Championship Tournament for 1932 began on Tuesday last. Only four events are to be played, the men's singles, men's doubles, mixed doubles and ladies' doubles. Ladies' singles was cancelled through lack of entries. Matches
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  • 182 20 Reuter cables the following details of baseball matches played on Monday. Runs. Hits Errors New York <no play Brooklyn mo play) •Philadelphia 6 9 1 (Klein and Whitley home runs) Boston 8 15 1 (Worthington home run) Philadelphia 0 5 2 'Boston 9 17 0 ♦Pittsburgh 9 15
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  • 32 20 In a third division match yesterday the Marine Department defeated the Post Office by s—l. The scorers for the winnc-* were: Amat. Awang (Crow) 2, Irmail and Awan? (Kittiwake).
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  • 27 20 The July Medal (Bogey) at the Keppel Golf Club will be played for on Saturday and Sunday, and the Ladies Spoon (Stroke) on Monday.
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  • 55 20 A S.V.R.A. Spoon Shoot will be held on the afternoon of Sunday, July 17th. Ceylon has a new amateur golf champion In the person ol E. S. Danks, who won his way through three difficult matches to the final and then defeated the holder, W. S. Burnett, by 2 and
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  • CRICKET
    • 125 20 Cricket interest this week-end will centre upon the trial match at the S.CC (beginning on Friday evening and continuing on Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning) preliminary to the selection of the Colony XI to meet the FMS. m Kuala Lumpur during August holiday. The teams have
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    • 63 20 The following have been invited to play cricket for PS. and L. vs. Etceteras on July 15 and 16: Dr. H. O. Hopkins, Mr. Justice N. H. P. Whitley. A. F. Hunter. W. R. M. Haxworth, Dr. J. H. Strahan. H. B. Sym, A. E. G. Blades. R.
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    • 31 20 The final of the Garrison Cricket League Competition was played between Pulau Brani and H.Q. Wing. l'Gloster R. on Saturday, resulting m a win for Pulau Brani.
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    • 208 20 Negri Sembilans last State cricket fixturv was played off at Seremban on Saturday, when they met Malacca m a drawn game. Negri Sembilan obtained a decisive victory over Malacca when they were visitors m the first fixture. Scores: Negri Sembilan: S. Kandasamy c Baker b
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    • 136 20 The friendly match between the Rovers Badminton Party "B" and the United Chinese Amateurs "B" was played off on Saturday at the S.V.C. Drill Hall. The match resulted m a win for the former by four games to three. The results were as follows. (Rovers first) Kum Kirn Leng
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    • 89 20 The results of the 100 yds. free style handicap races at the Chinese Swimming Club, on Sunday, were: 4 A' Div. 1. Tann Chew Seng (at 6); 2. J. E. Tan (at 9) and 3. Chia Kirn Bee (at 17). 'B* Div. 1. Chua Boon Hin (at
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  • 33 20 Penang Veteran's Shield The above competition will be fired on the afternoon of Sunday, July 24, at Bukit Timah Range. Entries must reach Headquarters S.S. V.F. not later than Friday, July 15th.
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