The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 8 August 1932

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1 16 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
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    16 1 The Singapore Free Press no. 13,719 ESTABLISHED 1835. SiMiAPORE, S.S. MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1932. 10 CENTS.
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    THE DAY'S NEWS
    338 1 It is rumoured m London that Sir Cecil Cltmenti may succeed Sir Miles Lampson ?s Minister to China Page 9. Broadway is staggered by the charge l.rought against Libby Holman, the singer, cf murdering her millionaire boy husband —Page 8. It is believed that the derailment of
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    THE IMPERIAL CROWN
    1663 1 The recent restoration of th" Imperial Crov n is of particular intcn.t. since by the Del Statute of Westminster the Crown is DOW officially recognized as the symbol of Imperial unity, and the allegiance to the Crown is the only remaining constitutional link binding the countries that:
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      185 1 B IGIA TEA the {'richness n( tmnnct »f the a> a n uardens I lo >«>i> r horne RAFFLES HOTEL WAS PREMIER HOTEL Uoderi Sanitation and Hot and Cold Running Water. L DANCE A CAB ARE T 6.30-8.15 p.m. TA M\ SVETLANOVA AND ALEX. SALNIKOFF Will. AI'PEAK DURING THE TEA
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      305 1 eul drops SQjty o/Sal-Hycol I WILL Destroy Mosquito larvae far more rapidly and effectively than either petrol or kerosene. i WILL Present mould when used m the preparaW tion of rubber sheet and crepe. f WILL Destroy all dangerous germs and bacteria when greatly diluted, and used to wash floors,
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      148 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS "Instantly relieves" catarrh Page 3. Bargains m household goods Page 6. Hats for the smart occasion Page 8. Putting the "quit" into mosquito Page 1. How to make sure of -beauty" sleep Page I Just the stuff to try upon your dog Page All about the wild life
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      21 1 KLIM POWDERED MILK THE NEAREST APPROACH TO PURE, FRESH, PASTEURIZED MILK OBTAINABLE IN THE TROPICS. OBTAINABLE AT ALL LEADINO PROVISION STORES.
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER CORPS
    133 2 Programme of drills up to and for week ending August 14th. Monday. 5 p.m.. Bukit Timah. "C" (Scottish) Coy.. Practice Competition; 5.15 p.m.. Headquarters. Officers S.V.C.. Revolver Course; Fortress Coy.. (Malay Sect. Drill. Tuesday. I p.m.. Bukit Timah. "B" Coy.. Practice Competition; 5.15 p.m.. Headquarters. Officers SVC,
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      545 2 Dog Specialities Liquid Shampoo, Mange Dressing, Ear Canker Powder. as recommended m the current issue OF THE MALAYAN KENNEL GAZETTE Obtainable at MEDICAL HALL, LTD., 3, Battery Road. Singapore. Output Orders receive prompt attention. BUSINESS CARDS. BE PHOTOGRAPHED BY H. NUGENT BUCKERIDGE Highest Class Work— Lowest Rates. LAIDLAW BUILDING—'Phone 7898.
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      559 2 TENDERS. smssMsmwaatMumssMsmsumm^smsswmamm m-km-m SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL NOTICE. Tenders. NOTICE is hereby given that tenders aro now invited for the following mateiials or se.vice3 and that particulars of such tenders may be obtained m the Tender Room, Municipal Offices j Supply of 100 Pottery Oriental W. C. Pans: deep pattern. Engineer's Department.
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      487 2 NOTICES. it_h:Tii\i»i:it. Public Meeting of the Ratepayers of Singapore will be held at the Adelphi Hotel on Tuesday, August 9, at 5.15 p.m. for the purpose of forming a Ratepayers' Association of Singapore, which will have for its main objects to protect, the interests of the Ratepayers generally and m
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      362 2 AUCTION SALE MORTGAGEES SALE OP VALUABLE FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD LAND AND HOUSES NOS: 21 CHANGI ROAD, 54. 56 58 SELEGIE ROAD 6 BAN SAN STREET. and FREEHOLD LAND AT HERTFORD ROAD Singapore. On Monday, August 15th. at 2.30 p.m. PARTICULARS Lot 1. Valuable Freehold land and SOU c No 21
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      102 2 SKIK ILLS D they trouH J No matter how A. r b.e i, t:,i s«^ s G«molen, Powerful «»l burns or irts L afiected Aseptic Sku, fo BANISHES 2 WITHOUT HU J" d men(l! rr r^TVaia lessly pusha out Rfrms J"^ ?oothinifdiia healing all t|»,JS brm '«r, healthy Uermolene never
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      247 2 THK WKKK Monday. Ktn. N High Water 01.44. 9.7 ft.. 14.10. 9.0 ft. Legislative Council meeting. 10.30 a.m. Lawn Tennis; Garrison tournament. Tan ?lin Tuesday, 9th. Ugh Water 02.38. 9.0 ft.. 14.50. 8.8 ft. Football. Div. I. I.C.F.A. vs. R.A Stadiur S.A.F.A. Div. Ill: Government Mon polies vs. Medical Services.
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    LATVIAN GAOLED
    276 3 Sweetheart Fined for Accepting Loot R bert Blunt. Latvian, wa.s sentenced to fOOt imprisonment m the First, District Couit nt Shanghai and lined SI. OOO when charged with misappropriating $20,000 from tlie China Oil Refineries Association, an Am- m concern, and Beatrice Subesko. Blum's •heart was fined $500
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    GAELIC CONDEMNED
    159 3 No Use Except to "Ignorant Irish Peasants" At the Irish Students* Conaress at Queen's University. Belfast, there were viporou^ exhangM during a debate on a motion '"That liish education is an inadequate preparation for modern life Mr. HecNor Rfall t Queen's University, Belfast) described the teaching of [rich
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    MR. JOHN AMERY
    99 3 Seventy- four Motoring Convictions Mr. John Amery, of Eaton-sqnai<>. 1 ondon. S.W., son cf Mr. L. S. Amerv. M.P.. wis lined £5 by Sir Chartrc Bron at Bow- street lor caaalOf an cb.trueti_n with a motor-c:r m I. ng Acre on Jur.e FoMce Constable Andrew said Unl
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    THIRTEEN DAYS
    404 3 Experimental Hong Kong Air Mail An experimental mail sent by Hong Kong postal officials to London, via the SaigonMarseilles air route, reached its destination m 13 days. The mail, which cons'sted of onl> 15 letters, was despatched from Hong Keng to Saigon by the Messageries Maritimes liner Athos
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    LIFE BAN ON MOTORIST
    171 3 Eighteen Months for Kilting Boy Mr Justice Avory. Bt Winchester Assizes sentenced Captain Michael Dennis Fairrie. aged twenty -eight, of Cirencester, to eighteen months imprisonment with hard labour, and disqualified him from driving for life, for the manslaughter of a three-year-old boy. The child was killed
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    BRAVE FLGHT BY R.A.F. NOVICE
    215 3 Fatal Effort to Land Dead Pilot Air Marshal Sir Geoffrey Salmond. addressing the annual meeting of the Incorporated Soldiers' and Sailors' Help Society, at Westminster told the following story to illustrate the character of the men the Society was helping: During the recent trouble on
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    110 3 The following appointm nts m Government Service are announced: Mr. T. B. Bre?nahan to' act as Gaoler. Grade 111.. Prisons Dept Mr. J. M M. Maclem. Passed Probationary Assistant Commissioner of Police, seconded lo Johore: Mr. P O'Connell. P.W.D.. s-eoncied to Brunei: Mr. J. J. Bryan. P.WD., seconded to Jrhcre:
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      220 3 tjljte Trust Agencies (1927) Limited V BRANCHES rirsX cross Street MALACCA. tir s„„i PENANG. jgJJi Mreet KUALA LUMPUR. i.nrt'd b) and Security deposited with Settlementa Government. la v Trustee!, Administrators, Receivers, j: m Rent ollectors, Investments Supervised d Interest collected. Probate or Letters of Administration applied for and security furnished.
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      58 3 Remember that pure blood not only keeps away disease, but is Nature's remedy— in fact, the blood is the stream of life. In the treatment of Blood and Skin Complaints Clarke's Blood Mixture is unexcelled, it expels the poisons and assists healing Of all Chemists and Stores. Equally good m
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      263 3 imoke, FRESH j CRAVENA CORK- TIPPED VIRGINIA CIGARETTES I||Craven"£ J TIN imprisons W^^^Jm FACTORY-FRESHNESS tin is designed to be lHp^ t tmwmsmm No jagged edges. Neat jf > <V> st\ I_— i, ■jj W .x A «x i J_faj_iiliuJPWlh>i- C **^S;^ !8fc...... where the World's finest Virginia 4>J_»illllf STALE, dry
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    P. G. Wodehouse's New Tale HOT WATER
    3840 4 P. G. Wodehouse's New Tale HOT WATER St. Rocque Makes Merry IT was at ten minutes to eight that night that Mr. Soup Slattery entered the cocktail bar of the Hotel des E'.rangers. and. breathing heavily, 1 iced his foot on the rail and ordered a dry Martini. He was
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    IMPERIAL AIRWAYS
    247 4 New Terminus m Paris Large increases m passenger uaffic by Imj perial Airways between London and Parisfigures for June showing, for example, th M 4.311 travellers flew between the two capital In the Company's Alr-llner.,. as compared with 2.206 for a similar period last year— have lei to
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    THE BACHELORS ARE HERE
    202 4 i hat quiet moment nearlng the end of a bi| picture, the climax has been reached and i large audience is leaning forward tensely, thei on the screen someone lights a cigarette... and you instantly want to smoke yourself What deep enjoyment there is m 15
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    44 4 «ib* by 2L£? to makC d^ocracy Unpo*. tma or ltT ne w ith a falsehood "The voice of Ur natlon > voice of God." ft ls much navigator were to say "t-k_.- tnou Bh a oi _t y There are no reefs —Sir Norman Angell.
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      108 4 i I lIJ Ibi J yi fl I J I J JL n I I mmT \s"\ mum^mmam^fi H-H rK All B§r\ a y 3T\ N \N r li A glorious night of restful sleep induced J9 5 Bedatives is neither g ior refreshing. IJJ*] r; the recognised ap" all
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      387 5 I^s^ ATIONS— PHONE 6903 (NF PICTURE THAT STANDS OUT FROM l lr HOST- SUPREMELY TRIUIVIPHANT IN A MONASTERY GARDEN" j g^ A NEVER-TO-llE-\\rl FORGOTTEN Kl>',( m*< L iB l N s(R X E N inY-^*^|S HISTORY I r~ R|. i Featuring- The Famous a| Marie Rambert Ballet. SH^ l^ J°
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      185 5 A Show that comes but once m a Decade "Vide Press." ICAPITOLI Positively LAST NIGHT I Radio's Amazingly Realistic Epic THE LOST SQUADRON The ONE FILM that dares to take you behind the Scenes of Hollywood's Film Colony Are You Going to miss it? TO- Tl Olt ICO M The
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      302 5 Packing out with a Brilliant Show I The House with THE stars and THE Pictures i NOW PLAYING the first of a great RECORD SMASHING group WATCH ALHAMBRA DAN C E TEAM A Fox Movietone Production TOPPING THE YEAR'S BEST OF ITS CLASS T ALSO SHOWING (Changing every Saturday) BRITISH
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      SCOTTISH CRICKET
      441 6 Interesting Play by County Teams [From Uur Own Correspondent J London. The Scott ih county teams continue to provide the most interesting cricket m the country, for Western Union teams seem hidebound to competition and too eager to win points to play dashing cricket. The county games were
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      INTER-SCHOOL FOOTBALL
      355 6 Raffles Institution Lose to AngloChinese School Raffles Institution entertained Anglo-Chinese Schcoi at soccer en Friday on their ground. The match, which was well contested, ended ta a win for. the visuors by I—o.1 0. and was witnessed by a large crowd of spectators. Hor Khoon and Gim Lock
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      S.C.R.C. PING-PONG TOURNAMENT
      221 6 Monday: Championship. Yong Loon Chong vs. Tan Thean Tek 5 p.m.: Tan Lye Whatt vs. Tan Boon Poh 5.30 p.m.; Tar Chiap Choon vs. Low Huck Leng 6 p.m.: Tan Thian Sang vs. j Teo Tian Keng 6.30 p.m. Tuesday: "B" Handicap. Wee Keng Cheng vs. Dr.
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      "DOLE" FOR FOOTBALLERS
      323 6 Important Decision by Umpire [From Our Own Correspondent] London. An important decision affecting the eligibility of football players for unemployment benefit during the close season has been given by the umpire under the Ministry ot Labour. The case under consideration was that of Colin M'Nab and Wilscn
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      PORT DICKSON YACHTING
      357 6 Interesting Point m Local Ruling Last Sunday the yachtsmen at Port Dickson were again disappointed by the weather. Ra.n having fallen early morning a poor breeze resulted for the Club Race which started at 11.10 1 a.m. over the "A" course. The start was a fairly good
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      INTERNATIONAL BOWLS
      222 6 Scotland at head of Table I Prom Our Own Correspondent] London. Scotland won the international bowls tournament at Queen's Park, Glasgow, when they beat England m the deciding match by 106 shots to 89. At five ends the score m Scotland's favour was 32 to 23 at ten
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      35 6 As a result of being drawn with the Arsenal m the opening round of the FA. Cup last January, Darwen P.C, champions of the Lancashire combination, report a profit of £790 on l he season
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      373 6 LADIES!!! This is Your Opportunity! Household Goods at Real Bargain Prices /■^^_lw_r^^_^^ V^^ JW i'W TURKISH BATH TOWELS. W.L.G. km- ?^*3*t^^^^^F~ J^_» White Turkish towels with red striped fß^^ y borders and fringed ends. Soft and LE§ Size 32 inch, x 54 inch. ">S^^^^^^ SALE 1 70 EACH. WMiTCAw^ssupeßVALue^-^ l|^"o^'
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      252 6 OWN VOICE RECQJj INSTEAD OF WRITING A LETTft-i POST-CARD COMMUNICATE WITH VnS I>U1 >U BY MEANS OF "OWN -VOICE Xl OR|5* ,tX IN SPECIAL ENVELOPES Sl'lTA... I mi; |,<nir LISTEN TO YOUR OWN VON \N; SONGS BY SIMPLY PLACING 1 I ON A GRAMOPHONE READY WHILE YOl v DURING RECORDING
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    NANCE OF THE DIOCESE
    1956 7 NANCE OF THE DIOCESE jDL-CED LffffFECTS *2i MM X —ting I „Lt ol tl, lx.<uUve a** lh JJ x the l^imates -ard immediate STtSal Ih. erf*^ m. P hort fl ,m »»»hhss an ffs**- tit aafada«. «n* <•. lA«utlW tJTih*sal prrhd <•* H^nrg rfcrs* Is aha rsnfi md ••rtrrs t«
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    MALAY WOMAN STABBED TO DEATH
    164 7 HUSBAND CHARGED Another Woman Injured m Struggle Z Mohamed Nassir bin Haji Yusof, the Ja- j vanese seaman who was arrested m connection with the murder of a Malay woman named Ti- j mah, said to be his wife, m a house m Lorong I
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    SAFE RIFLED
    115 7 ?»loney Stolen From Chinese Girls' School j 1 About $300 m cash was stolen from the safe l j m the Chinese Girl's School. C urn Hill Road during Thursday night. The discovery was made by Mrs. Southerland, the headmistress, j on Friday. j The police were informed
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    EXTRA NIGHT FOR LOST SQUADRON
    88 7 EXTRA NIGHT FOR LOST SQUADRON So popular has been the him. The Lost Squadron. th;.t the Capitcl management has extended the season for an additional night. To-nu rrow s change brings t Singapore the first grand opera film made m sound. Paghacci made by the famous San Carl) Opera Company
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    SEPARATION SUIT SETTLED
    218 7 PETITIONER WITHDRAWS Wife Given Custody of the Children The hearing of the petition for judicial separation from his wife with custody of the Lihildren. brought by Loke Yung Cheong. was concluded before the Hon. Mr. W. K. Thome acting Chief Justice, F.M.S., at the Kuala, Lumpur Supreme
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    MR. A. C. BROWN
    584 7 Death of Agent of Naval Base Contractors The death took place early on Saturday morning of Mr. Arthur Charles Brown of Messrs Sii John Jackson and Co., couUactors for the Naval Base. Mr. Brown had been ill Wtth malari i tor tho past few days. A
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    MR. N. C. BEGG ASSAULTED
    125 7 Three Indians Convicted Three North Indians were convicted by th Second Magistrate on Saturday on a charg icf ass3tilting Mr. N. C. Begg. It was alleged that the complainant wa sitting m front, of his house m Verdun Roai on the night of May 14
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    S.V.R.A. BISLEY MEETING
    380 7 WEEK-END RESULTS High Standard of Shooting Maintained Some excellent results were returned during the Singapore Volunteer Rifle Association annual Bisley meeting at the Bukit Timah rifle range during the week-end. The meeting will be concluded next week-end. Several possibles were made during Saturday and Sunday. The meeting
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    HIGHLAND WEDDING
    112 7 Picturesque Ceremony At Singapore Highland dress was a conspicuous feature; of the marriage on Saturday of Mr. A. R Camercn. of the Singapore Traction Company to Miss Jean Jackson of Glasgow, at the Pre«byterian Church. Bridegroom, best man and several of the guests wore the kilt as did
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    THE SINGAPORE MUSICAL SOCIETY
    300 7 Music lovers are promised a treat on Friday night, when the Musical Society presents its third Concert. Th. Orchestra is playing exceedingly well. fend shows c tremendous improvement on tho form displayed at the fiist Concert. The members have been playing together now for a yeai
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    LOCALLY MADE CRICKET BATS
    124 7 c I Mr. A. H. D. Livock. who missed his century c by four runs m the F.M.S. versus Colony cricket match, has been presented by the Univerm sal Sports Co.. Kuala Lumpur, with one of d their locally manufactvired cricket bats. He s expressed admiration
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    COMMUNISTS IN SEREMBAN
    837 7 CHINESE CHARGED ORDER TO "RIOT AGAINST IMPERIALISTS" SEDITIOUS DOCUMENTS m [From Our Own Correspondent] Seremban, August 5. Two police constables this morning related to Mr. Justice J. L. McFall at the Negri Sembilan Assizes, how they effected the arrest of a Chinese m possession of seditious documents
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    113 7 Arrested m Ipoh on a warrant issued m Penang. an unemployed Straits born Chinese clerk, named Lim Ah Bah, alias Lim Cheng Heck, was charged before Mr. G. S. Hellings the Ipoh Magistrate. on Wednesday with cheating Lee Ah Moi, a Chinese woman, and dishonestly inducing her to deliver $2,000
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. MARRIAGE
    27 8 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. MARRIAGE JACKSON-CAMERON.— At the Presbyterian Church, Singapore en August 6, 1932, Miss Jean Jackson of Glasgow, to Mr. A. R. Cameron, Singapore Traction Co.. Ltd.
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1932. WEEK-END COMMENT
    728 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1932. WEEK-END COMMENT There are indications of increasing activity on the part of the Communist elements m Malaya. A week ago a gang of Hylam hooligans acting, it is inferred, under Red influence, caused senseless damage m the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd. Cases
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    SCREEN POEM
    135 8 In a Monastery Garden at the Pavilion In a Monastery Garden, the Julius Hagen production, which opened at the Pavilion yesterday, is a screen poem. It is a step out of the glare of jazz, of the excitement of popular thrillers and brittle wise cracks, into the p°ece
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    LORD IRWIN'S VIEW
    121 8 Economic Blizzard blowing Itself Out Rugby, Aug. 5. Lord Irwin. President of the Board of Education, speaking m London to-day. expressed the view that the economic storm, of which Great Britain felt the full force last year, was beginning to blow itself out. He described as "openings
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    NEWSPAPER SUSPENDED
    95 8 Curious Situation m Bangkok FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT Bangkck. Aug. 6. The Krungdeb Daily Mail, the Siamese edition of the Bangkok Daily Mail, suspended for ten days yesterday for a subversive article re-ap-peared this morning entitled the Daily Mail Magazine. It appears that the latter was registered and
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    COWES REGATTA
    48 8 Fourth Victory for the Britannia I.ondi n, Aug. 6. At Ccwea to-day la the Royal Southern Yacht Clubs regatta, m the J Class yachts' race Hie Majesty won his fourth victory Britannia finished two minutes behind Shamrock hut wen on time allowance Astra was third.— Reuter.
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    COMMODITY MARKET
    36 8 SATURDAY'S RUBBER PRICES [FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT 1 London, Aug. 6. Messrs. Symington and Wilson notify to-day's rubber prices 9^ follows 23»d pot (2 2 7 9^: (2 8d) F The market is firm.
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    44 8 The Prime Minister. Mr. Ramsay Mac Donald acompanied by the Minister f or Air Lord Londonderry, left London by air to-day en route for Lossiemouth, where he will resume his holiway wh:ch he interrupted this week to visit London and attend a Cibinet meeting
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    OPENING OF WELLAND CANAL
    226 8 HISTORIC CEREMONY Connecting Atlantic with the Great Lakes Niagara Falls. Ontario, Aug. I, The ceremony marking an historic moment m the world's maritime history was perform*\l by Lord Bessborough this afternoon when, with the pressure of a lever, he opened the lock of the Wcllaiid Canal,
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    SECRET £2,000,000
    122 8 De Valera Refuses Information Berlin. Aug. 5. Replying ir. the debate on the Bill to provide a £2,000.000 emergency fund to fight the economic war against Britain. Mr. De Valera caid it was at present impossible to indicate how the money wculd b? spent and. even if that
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    GERMAN TERRORISM
    102 8 Drastic Penalties for Urn of Firearms Dublin, Aug. 5. More drastic penalties against the use of firearms and explosives are expected to be decreed very shortly. Official figures show that since the Von Papen Government assumed power on May 31, 130 people have been killed and over 1.000
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    $90,000,000 SYNDICATE
    112 8 To Take 3,000,000 Bales U.S. Cotton Off Market New York. Aur. A project of the banking and cotton mil 1 interests to form a $90,000,000 syndicate to buy 3.000.000 bales of cotton and controlle 1 directly or indirectly by the Federal Fail) Board m order to "remove this
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    CHINESE ORDERS
    98 8 10,000 Tons of Rails From Britain London, Aug. 5. Satisfactory progress by the Chinese Oomnmem Pun basing Commission < which i disponing of £5.000.000 of the B. xcr Indemnitvi Is recorded by Mr. Chung Chun-wan-Director ol the Commission. He expressed to Reuter on his return to London high
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    U.S. STOCKS RISE
    82 8 Wheat Pool Rumour New York. Aur. 5. 0< spite mid-day profit-taking tending to Cheek the rise the Stxx* Market continued to odvance and many of the leading stocks tMced up to seven points higher. Urn dally turn-over being 2,500.000 shares The prevalent optimism has been spurred oy
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      24 8 Tempting and Smart m Appearance DRAGON AND CHERRY BLOSSOM MOUNTED GENUINE CHINESE SILVER WARE. U. S. De SILVA Bros., JEWELLERS, 23, High Street, Singapore.
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  • F.M.S. MAIL TRAIN DERAILED
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      "Deliberate Attempt at Wrecking"
      86 9 "Deliberate Attempt at Wrecking" TWO DEAD Kail iM-vd lier Palm 1 Passed ,-undent] l t». li. Auk. repotted near •lus morning. Kuala Lumpur dlabk v tampered with lewiMtm H rails. ■pod but two missißf. A few Offldal circles nt. i i-n'-ral ManF re Press, I Ij-jjl, regret to report I'rai
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      ENGINE IN SWAMP
      163 9 Trad Torn Up For IM Yards el Tbnjonf Mbttn doubt that the red Railoffid»'; reticent ac to the boereeer, I am ir foot length the fish plates to beside the track. nmd near by. parallel with MlglM itruled from mne other cause nd «H PISSKNf.IKs I hundred
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      REDS RETREATING
      32 9 V wnunista cv( off A Mourn a ins K -"u. lag. intagi of md the iron all 'he I.9th rrived at linked General I ikien L 1. is In day
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    Sir Cecil Clementi May Go To China
    346 9 Sir Cecil Clementi May Go To China As Successor to Sir Miles Lampson London, Aug. 7. Sir Cecil Clementi is mentioned m Reynold's News as a possible successor to Sir Miles Lampson U British Minister to China.— Reuter. Sir Miles Lampsons future has been discussed m diplomatic circles on the
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    PLOT TO ASSASSINATE MR. THOMAS
    183 9 IRISHMAN ARRESTED Labour Says Case is "Frame-up" loronto. Aug. 6. An alleged plot to assassinate Mr. J. H Thomas (the British Dominions Secretary) at Hamilton during to-day's opening of the Welland Canal by the Governor-General (Lord Bessborough has been discovered by the police, who have
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    ANOTHER FAILURE
    218 9 Endurance Flight Plane Lost m Fog London, Aug. 6. The attempt by Mrs. Victor Bruce and her j two co-pilots (including her husband) to es- 1 tablish a new air endurance record, which be- yan yesterday afternoon m the three-engined l amphibian machine, "City of Portsmouth", off c
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    134 9 Hush to Sell Geld and i Jewellery i London Aug. 6. The renewed wcakaeee la sterling, which \i steday led to a minor rush to sell sovereigns md jewellery, is attributed m London mainly to the transfer cf funds to New York, for the purchase of American securities.
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    CHINESE MINISTERS RESIGN
    329 9 NANKING SENSATION Chiang Kai-shek's Alleged Secret Pact Snanghai, Aug. 7. The sudden resignation of Mr. Wang (mii un President of the Executive Yuan, caused a great sensation m Nanking last night. Before taking this step Mr. Wang con- ferred with Mr. T. V. Soong, Minister |of Finance,
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    MINERS JOIN CHINESE
    198 9 Heavy Attacks on The Japanese Shanghai, Aug. 7. With the assistance of the Chinese miners from the Chinkantsi Mine, volunteers under rang Chu-wu attacked Fushun. a town to the ?ait of Mukden, on Saturday night, m :c-ordination with the other Chinese troops Alio were attacking Mukden from
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    NOT THE SAME AS WAR DEBTS
    597 9 IRISH ANNUITIES AGREEMENT THAT MUST BE KEPT SIR JOHN SIMON'S VIEW Rugby, Aug. 7. An important reference to the Anglo Irish dispute was made by the* Foreign Secretary, Sir John Simon, m a speech to-night. He particularly deplored the controversy because, after a long
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    OFFICERS ALLOWANCES
    122 9 To be Stabilised on October 1 London, Aug. 6. Orders issued by the Admiralty, the War Office and the Air Ministry announce that the Government has decided to stabilise officers' emoluments, which will cease to vary automatically with changes m the index figure. It is pointed out that
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    D.E.I. RUBBER
    41 9 No Tapping on 419 Estates Bati via, Aug. 6. Twenty-seven per cent cf last year's total tappable area of rubber m the Dutch East Indies has ceased production. 419 estates have entirely ceased tipping and 115 others partlaly. Reuter.
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    SAILING SHIP SINKS
    43 9 Only Two Saved of Crew of 24 Vigo, Aug. 7. Twenty-two of the crew of the Spanish sailing ship Azana were drowned by the sinking of the vessel off Savora Island. Two were saved by the Norwegian ship Keret. Reuter.
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      518 10 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m England) "ELLERMAN" LINE. FREIGHT SERVICE TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL HOMEWARDS. Doe Spore. Sails Spore. Steamer s.s. CITY OF FLORENCE For Marseilles, Havre, London, Rotterdam and Hamburg Aug. 30 Sept. 2 8.3. CITY OF MELBOURNE For Marseilles Havre,
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      694 11 0. S. K. Line. X HJiOrt AIKK A. NORTH AND SOLTH AMERICA AND INDIA. Due. Sails. |X LONDON, Rotterdam. Hamburg Mi Am»erp 1 mm*\ Aden. Suez and Port Said. Aug 16 M^Kl l KBAX Ca P c Town R »o de Janeiro, Santos. mmt\ and Buenos Aires via Colombo (i-tlu-uorld
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      336 11 SINGAPORE TO EUROPE I VIA AMERICA THIS RATE INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING: I Ist. Class Passage Singapore^ Uong Kong. _^__^__^_^_H Ist. Class Passage Hong Kong to Pacific I Coast ports I9__^__[_^__j_^_l Ist. Class Rail across America. Cabin Class __^__H__E^__H I Across the Atlantic. I Other fares from Singapore as low as
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      794 11 K. P. M. KONINKI.IJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ OPHIR— Monday, Aug. 8. Belawan-Deli p^J. E H M 0 1! AUg 8 Bengkalis As^ ha PW»II and Berombang. PALOPO xn J A PaC a 8 (maiii nly> Bnd Ba an Si-A P i-Api. MAPM-Tu T c Ue dt y AIT 9 611 S^fTT
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    194 12 Reported Gambling House Enterprise Canton. Shameen's French Concession will vie with Macao as a gambling Mecca, a permit having been granted a company to upen such a house at No. 19. A sum of $90,000 has been sunk m the venture by the capitalists, six of whom
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    ENGLISHMEN' BY ANDRE MAUROIS
    213 12 Troubles not Taken Sadly Paris. The English do not take their pleasures, or even their troubles, sadly, is the view of M. Andre Maurois, who has just returned from a visit to England. M. Maurcis, the blogrupher of Byron Shelley and Disraeli, knows his England well,
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    SARDA ACT DRAMA
    230 12 Child-Bride's Interrupted Wedding Poona. A curious deve.opment has occurred In the ease m which the Collector of Poona was recently asked by Tarabai. the mother of a Hindu girl named Chandrabhaga, aged 13. to give her custody of the girl, as other persons were about to give
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    WALSH ISLAND DOCKYARDS
    111 12 The N.S.W. Minister for Works (Mr. Weaver), informed a deputation from Newcastle that unless orders coula be obtained for the Walsh Island dockyards it would be necessary for the Government to dismiss additional employees. Alderman Parker (Mayor of Newcastle^, on behalf of the deputation, informed the Minister
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    A TRIBUTE TO THE K.N.I.L.M.
    84 12 Mr. J. Sergus Grant, (Staff correspondent the Gazette. Montreal), who was a passenger on the Empress of Britain round the world cruise, writes Having flown extensively m Canada, the United States and South Africa 'm addition to crossing the Atlantic m August 1930, aboard the
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    PASSENGERS DUE
    35 12 Per Suwa Maru. on Aug. 14: Mr. and Mrs -Dao and 2 infants, Mrs. E. Green, Miss V Green. Mr. R. La uff Mr w s p-, tte O. Sangruchi, Mr. S. Sonsuwana.
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      330 12 Kerr Steamship Co., k (Incorporated ln U.8.A.) 'v t NEW YORK SERVIC] Regular Freight Service to Boston, w Philadelphia and Baltimore (vii Suez) Due laaa M.S. SILVERYEW Aug. 16 Aur *l H MS. SILVERCYPRESS Sept. 6 Nl 0- For rates and particulars please apply to:— GUTHRIE CO., LTT| AGENTS SINGAPOtI
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      147 12 SILVER JAVA PACIFIC Ui PACIFK MW BES( tt and *m ittVtl LINE, L TD to mmWtmmmmtm.lm mm mmmmA m a\ Pacific Poru ms. BLVERBEECH «S. A _r x m s si: YE] m.s. sil.vii x via Manila. via Java Poru Vessels from Pacific PorU: iJ m.v. SAPAi;« m.s. SILVEKASH <S>
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      672 12 MAIL DESPATCHES BY TRAIN Bangkok every Saturday 7 p.m. and Thursday f 7.30 a.m. Kedah Mond3y to Friday 7.30 a.m. Saturdays 7 p.m. Kuantan (.via Jerantut) except Sunday 7.30 a.m. Kuantan (via Jerantut) Saturdays 7 p.m. Kelantan (via Gemas) every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 7.30 a.m Kelantan (via Gemas)
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      48 12 11. Durtaund, Ger. 3046, from Durban 7 for Sourabaya unc. Delke Rlskmers. Ger. 3304, from Hamburg 7 for Manila 7. -««*urg 1. Lipis. Brit. 440. from Kuantan 7. for Kuantan 10. Trave. Ger. 4890. from Vladivostok 6 for Belawa-. 8. Kurmark. Ger. 3534. from Macassar for Colombo 7.
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      HONG KONG COLLISION SEQUEL
      864 13 AN APPEAL N.Y.K. and China Navigation Company Before a Court of three judges and two navad assessors, the appeal of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha against a judgment of Sir Joseph Kemp m favour cf the China Navigation Company, has commenced m Hong Kong. The case goes
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      69 13 A sign of the times Is the chartering of the Antonio Delflno and t>he Cap Norte, both belonging to the Hamburg Sud Line, by the North German Lloyd, which will man and equip the vessels. They will have the yellow of the North German Lloyd on their funnels Instead of
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      MAKING FRIENDS ON BOARD SHIP
      1068 13 WANTED A GUIDEBOOK Mystery of Characters Which Change There are guide-books to almost every conceivable subjelt under the sun. No one has so far, I believe, produced, one much-needed work of this sort. It is a book of instruction on making friends with people on
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      512 13 THE SiKGAPORE FREE PRESS (Daily and Weekly Editions) j Oft* ;s ,{OHINSON ROAD > SINGAPORE. \!!vss: ADVERTISER, SINGAPORE. Xhe pr< morning daily m Malaya. with the Chota Kazri each morning Latest news, latest telegrams an d Mtiouncements. London rubber an d ibles appear daily. Special include pictures, serial story, bridge
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      161 13 'PHONE 587 *^^^*JB| .-ft**''*** mt CO. LT J^^^P^^J^^^^^B k J^^^^^^^W Merchandise Personal Effects mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmms**^ COLLYER QUAY (A.P.8.) BONNIE GLAXO BABY A doctor says "My child has been fed on Qlaxo* I have no difficulty m persuading patients to use your food for their chil* dren when I tell them it
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    WOMAN DRUGGED
    479 14 Saniiar Who Claimed to Cure Illness Curious revelations were made m the Kuala Lumpur Police Ccurt, when the preliminary inquiry into the charge of having administered a certain drug to one Ratnammal with the intent to facilitate the commission of theft of jewellery to the total value of
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    EUROPEAN UNEMPLOYMENT COMMITTEE
    138 14 The Committee acknowledges, with thanks, the following donations to the Singapore Section received during July. 1932 National Scieties of Great Britain A: Ireland Empire Dy Conceit 51. 560. 83 Kluang Club 40.00 A. E. Baddeley. Esq. 10.00 Anonymous 5.00 St. Andrew's 'Society 500.00 Race Course Golf Clvb
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    LAW NOTICES
    155 14 MONDAY. AUG. Bth Before the Chief Justice m the Ist. Court at 11.30 a.m. Garnishee Summons m S. 132 32— M. V. Gunesekara vs. F. A. S. Hoole. Teo Tew Peng Garnishee. Before Mr. Justice WhiHey m the 2nd. Court at 11 a.m. Criminal Appeals l. Rex vs.
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    163 14 Information was received at t-he local Detective Office yesterday evening (says Friday's Times of Malaya* tnat a number of suspicious j characters were proceeding by car from Ipoh towards Gopeng. On receipt of this information, a telephone message was sent to Pulai Police Station to keep a look out for
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    S.V.C. ROUTINE ORDERS
    207 14 The following are Singapore Volunteer Corp3 routine orders by Lieut. Col. M. J. T. Reilly. M.C.. Commanding S.S.V.F. Singapore. Aug. 3. Ranges The following range allotments are published for information: Buses leave Headquarters Sat. Sun. Bkt. T. Range Farrer R. 2 p.m. 7.30 a.m. 6 8.32 Bisley
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      256 14 J PINEAPPLE I HAMS IfIBBBBBBBBBBBV SINGAPORE I COLD STORAGE I CO., LTD. I ___a_B__aa__H«_i_H_B_B-88-BBBBBBBB_3B-^^ I V WA N ll W mm I I I a i v\\ If DI I B_l cs^mw s^ .^om^ m *m^ S>^ _^_888 XbnielUstormtirt '^^fM t a^mm Ml 1 -im fZ^_»X mLb«mb Jj _BB ._^_e_Bß^™^^^^
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      29 14 GARCIA' S PIANOS Direct from the factory to you. Saves middleman's profits. From I $375.00 Guaranteed for 10 years W. J. GARCIA, j Pianoforte Manufacturer, j 5 ORCHARD ROAD.
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      776 14 BANKS AND INSI T i^ CHARTERED BANK THE YOKOHAMA, OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA U 4 Vi/ Wfj) (Incorporated m England by Royal Charter* "A.\K, T[| aid up capital m 600.000 shares >. of £5 each £3.000.000 Capital fekbl (i JJJT «serve Fund £3,000,0Q0 JJW reserve Uability of Proprietors £3.000,000
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      413 14 I 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
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    SOVIET CAST-IRON PRODUCTION
    94 15 SOVIET CAST-IRON PRODUCTION j.|,S HIGHEST mt of 900,000 Tons Kir Half Year Hneow, Aug. 7. -and powerful b. tl the LacnOvftal nasi wah a capacity onmtittoi. ttmct ***m. Iprll 1 *iU produce at full jU t/ <:aily BB R during ..uiiregated Mm hoo tons for the Pla of 1929 SN
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    RUBBER STOCKS
    123 15 Pilling I p Process m kmtka Weekly i luJ 13 tatea re said that the tne trade f I nditiom have thai prices sou from Liable mil 1 last Report !H I 11. list .11 commodity navlni sun:. I ;>' for utly made f The Kingdom stock tai
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    18 15 I 1 js* their their tted July urking mm time vi is a 'cation -mmc.-
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    6 15 >n the direcbe out •'•quire- John
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    MALAYA'S TOBACCO
    443 15 Instruction m Modern Methods Wanted At Tuesday* meeting of the Inter-Depart mental Agricultural Conference m Kuala Lum« pur. the present position and possibilities m i elation to the tobacco industry were discussed ..nd suggestions advanced as to steps for the development of the Industry. It was emphasised that
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    MALAYA TIN STATISTICS
    93 15 Foreign imports ol tin ore during the month Of July. 1932. Country of Origin Tons 1. Alaska Nil 2. Burma 198 3. Netherlands India: Banka and Billitcn Nil Singkep Nil Other Places Nil 4. French Indo-China 198 5. Japan 51 6. Siam 883 7. Tanganyika 8 8.
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    LANGKON NORTH BORNEO RUBBER
    82 15 Output for year to March 31, 1932. was -93.000 lb., compared with estimate of 300.000 pounds. Average gross price of rubber sold during year was 2.45 d. per pound (3.86 d). Cost of production was 3.57 d. per pound, and after adding "depreciation, freight, sales charges
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    LAMBAK RUBBER
    72 15 Report for year ended March 31, 1932, states that tapping was conducted on conservative basis, and output for year amounted to 1,257, 754 lb. As existing depreciation reserve is deemed adequate for re-equipping estate, it is not considered necessary under present cirfunntancer. to make any additional provision for
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    MARKET PRICE LIST
    465 15 > Singapore. Aug. 5. The prices quoted are generally those current at Clyle Terrace Market. At the other markets there may be small variations. MEAT Beef steak (Round) Kati 35 Beef stew or curry do 28 Pork, lean do 45 Pork, lean and fat (Ist quality) do
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    RUBBER AND TIN RETURNS
    139 15 Boustead and Co., Ltd: Output for July ot Takuapa Valley Tin Dredging N. L. was 1.200 hours, 315,000 cubic yards, 1,638 pikuls. Harrisons. Barker and Co., Ltd.; Output of Tin Ore for July from Kamuntlng Tin Dredging Ltd. was 987 pkls, 612 hrs. 106,000 yd.. compared
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    NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
    107 15 Changes m Representative Prices [United Press Association] Aug. 5 6. American Can. Com. 45* 4 49 Am. T'phone and T graph |M% 108 Up nt 33. MH Firestone. Conunon 14 1 13 Gen. Electric 17l> 19 Gen. Motors 13 14 Goodrich 4 Goodyear 13 Inter. T'phone
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    THE £ ABROAD
    174 15 THE ABROAD July 20 Aug. I 6. Amsterdam 8 85>_. 8.61 8.58 Athens 550 545 535 Belgrade 225 225 Berlin 15 14.57 14.50 Bombay Is. 63 32 Is. 67 64 Is. 6k Brussels 25.72 L 25.20'j 24.85 Bucharest 600 585 585 Buenos Aires nom. ncm. nom. Copenhagen 18 916 18.60
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    CONSOLIDATED TIN SMELTERS
    300 15 Economies From Policy of Centralisation The report of the Directors presented at the third ordinary general meeting of the Com i pany held at Princes House. 93. Gresham Street. EC. 2. stated: The Directors beg to submit to the shareholders the Audited Accounts for the year ended
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    RUBBER RESEARCH
    78 15 "Complete Change Would be Welcomed TFREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHTI London, Aug. 6. Eastern International Rubber annual meeting adopted the report showing a sum of £1.602 to go forward. Mr. Wright said he would welcome a complete change m the direction of research. Instead of aiming at increased production
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    To-Day's Price Changes
    364 15 To-Day 's Price Changes EXCHANGE RATES August 6. SELLING London, 4 month-' sight 2,3 29?2 London. 3 months' sight 2,3 London. oO days' sight 23 27,32 London, 30 days' sight 2,3 13|16 London. dem-Lud 2 3 25,32 London. T.T. 213 3 4 Lyons, Paris, demand »010 Har.uurg, demand 163 Kr«f
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION
    70 15 August 6th., 12 o'clock noon. Ruyers Sellers R.S.S. equal to London Standard, s f >ot 6 9 16 6\ Standard R.S.S. on Tender Aug. 611 16 Sept. 6 11 16 IK Oct. 6% 9% Oct-Dec. 6 7 h 7 Jan-Mar. 7 1 714 Tone of
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    FRASER'S SHARE LIST
    984 15 SATURDAY. AUG. 6TH. 1922 i LOSING QUOTATIONS We have been squandering money by the car-load on roads which have fulfilled no purPose but to facilitate the Joy-riding of the unper and upper-middle <la»>s.-Lord E ft Buyers Sellers Asam Kumbang (£> 21s Sd 23b gd Austral Malay i£)
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      76 15 ts Ptc ce(\ 512.000.000 Assurance m force over $35,000.000 The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. (Incorporated ln the Stralta Settlements^ W"*" 01 E l L,fe B "''<«'n l! Cecl. Street. Singapore. OFFICE OJd ww mn mma mm** -It, Supreme Court ol England a« d co^ne, with the British U,e
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    SINGAPORE WIN MALAYA CUP
    1045 16 TWO-GOAL MARGIN BOON LAY PUTS INTO OWN NET TALE OF LOST CHANCES fFrom Our Own Correspondent] Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. Singapore 5; Selangor 3. Leading by three goals to one at half time. v Singapore overwhelmed Selangor to the tune of th* goals to three at Kuala
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    OLYMPIC GAMES SENSATION
    221 16 Crowds 800 RecordBreaker ALLEGED FOUL Los Angeles, Aug. 6. In the 5,000 metres final of the OlympicGames to-day Lehtienen (Finland) was first. Hill (United States) second, and Virtanen (Finland) third. Time 14 mm. 30 sees., an Olympic record. The race was won by inches m a sensational
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB
    249 16 August Medal Competition Results The August medal competition of the Singapore Golf Club was played at Bukit Timah on Saturday and Sunday and resulted m a tie between J. T. Smith and S. J. Beattie m "A" Division with a net score of 72. and m a
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    GARRISON TENNIS
    169 16 Results of Week-end Matches Men's Open Singles Capt More beat Lieut. Muirhead 6—o. 6—l. Men's Handicap Doubles Major Cuff and Capt. Grant Taylor beat F Lieut. Hughes Hallett and F Lieut. Griffith 6—3, 2—6, 6 4. Col. Hyland and Lieut. Huggett beat Major Olliver and Capt. Harwood 6
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    AUSTRALIAN RACING
    123 16 [FREE PRESS SERVICE—COPYRIGHT] Sydney, Aug 6. The Australian Hurdle Race (£1.500, just over 3 1. miles) was run at Melbourne ic-dav and resulted as follows LORD DARNLEY 9.2 SAROCTO 9.0 2 SHOOTING BOY 9.0 3 Won by a length; third thrre-quartei I of a length away. Time 6
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    YORKSHIRE CHAMPIONSHIP FAVOURITES
    342 16 MIDDLESEX POOR Gloucester Try Eight Bowlers Against Indians fFREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT] London, Aug. 7. Yorkshire are now well-established favourites to win the county cricket championship. The weather was brilliantly sunny on Saturday and the ground after the recent dry spell was hard. Surrey captured the last
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    39 16 SUTCLIFFE HOLMES PRESENTATION In commemmoration of their record-breaking partnership of 555 runs Suteliffe and Holmes were each informally presented with one of the balls used m the match. Suteliffe received a gold watch and Holmes a gold cigarette case.
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    CRICKET AVERAGES
    41 16 Runs Avge. Sutcliffe 2229 71.90 Tyldesley 1746 60.20 Hcbbs 1486 59.44 Hammond 1871 56.69 Ames 1548 53.37 Jardine 1215 52.73 BATTING Wkts. Avge. Larwood 114 12.21 Verity 121 13.96 Tate 122 14.37 Freeman 188 14.75 Voce HO 15.00 BOWLING
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    SATURDAY'S TEA SCORES
    91 16 Reuter cables Saturday's tea-time scores m English county matches. Middlesex: 141 all ouV, Surrey 25 for 0. at the Oval. Northamptonshire: 165 for 5 vs. Hampshire at Southampton. Sussex: 204 for 7 vs. Kent at Hastings. Derbyshire 78 all out; Yorkshire 64 for 0 m Leed*. Nottinghamshire:
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    FULL POINTS FOR SURREY
    152 16 Surrey gained full points m the county cricket championship match by beating Hampshire at the Oval on Friday. Notts took first innings points m their game against Essex and Derbyshire led Worcestershire on the first innings. Reuter cables details as follow: Essex vs. Notts At Leytcn:
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    INDIANS DRAW AT BIRMENGHAM
    55 16 Capt. Nayudu scored 162 and Marshall 102 not out for the Indian cricketers m their match against Warwickshire at Birmingham, which ended m a draw on Friday. The Indians scored 282 and 344 for 8 (declared), both centuries being scored m the second innings. Warwickshire scored
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    20 16 Tenders are invited by Government for the design and construction of a floating landing stage m front of "Clifford Pier."
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    466 16 VICTORY BY 82 RUNS Lieut. Bryan's Century for Services In a two-day match the S.R.C. were defeated by the United Services hy 82 runs. The Services opened the batting on Saturday and put themselves m a strong position by knocking up a total of 265 runs,
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    MERCHANTS HEAT P.S. & L
    329 16 MERCHANTS HEAT P.S. L Etceteras Win S.CC. Tournament The Merchants gained a surprisingly easy victory m their S.CC. tournament match against P.S. and L. which concluded on the Padang on Saturday. After dismissing their opponents for 97, they passed that total with five wickets intact. The match was not a
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    EVAN WONG IN FORM
    267 16 Evan Wong played a splendid innings of 80 not out for the S.C.R.C. against the Ceylon Sports Club on the S.C.R.C. ground on Saturday. The Ceylon Sports Club gained the victory m a well fought match by three wickets. The part which Wong played m the
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