The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 10 September 1932

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  • 16 1 The Singapore Free Press NO. 13, ESTABLISHED 1835. SINGAPORE, S.S. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1932. 10 CENTS.
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  • 443 1 A forecast from a "reliable source" ■Mm that the Lytton Report will recommend antonomy for Manchuria Page 11. Chinese have opened a concentrated drive against the Japanese positions nund Mukden Page 11. Mr. Hugh Rutledce will lead the British expedition on Mount Everest next year— Page 11.
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  • 75 1 M.C.C. Al STRAMAN XI BEAT REST OF ENGLAND Rest cl England 159 fcr I* and 129 M.C.C. Tmristl 213 ?nd 401 for 5 dec. Wyatt 81 lir_-t inning*, 171 not out on the econd. Tcok four wickets for 19 runs. All India v*. Levcv n-Gdwers XI. Match Drawn
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  • 940 1 Qulcquid agunt homines nostri ett farrago Libelli Juvenal. Everybody wii! have breathed a sigh oi relief ion reading H.E.b latest letter on the New Pier j controversy, to know that no slight is intended to the unofficial community by H.E.s determination to stick to his guns.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 183 1 (SIGIA TEA {r n the freshness prance of the n gardens >our home. RAFFLES HOTEL TO-DAY'S ATTRACTIONS RIJSTAFFEL 12.30-3 p.m. SPECIAL RACE DINNER BALL EXTENSION TILL 2 AM. TUESDAY, SEPT. 13th. BKIII BERI teld Follies Star will appear during the dance BOOK NOW. ■flunTspF.riAL special daily I DOLLAR LUNCH TO-MORROW
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    • 64 1 1 EUROPE m^ m HOTEL mm TO-\^HT SPECIAL RACE DINNER .AND DANCE EXTENSION UJSTIL 2 A.M. SUNDAY Orchestral Concert 9.30—11 p.m. For health strength IT i i Drink milk and eat HO V 1 S BREAD SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE CO., LTD. NEW SHIPMENTS IN INDIAN Q v CHINESE; RUGS Ot
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    • 107 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Bachelors Pate 4. Horlicks after exercise Page 13. Get even with the burglar Page 10. If its an engine you want Page 3. Soothing and refreshing to the skin Page 8. CHRYSLER POWER RAFFLES^HOTEL SUNDAY, SEPT. 11th, at 9.30 p.m. MONIA UTTER AND HIS CONCERT ORCHESTRA Overture Euryanthe
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    • 11 1 There is no better Tea than BIGIA TEA GROWN IN MALAYA
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  • 312 2 Men of Position Caught In Raid "An abede of disgustingness." was the description given by Mr. Hay Halkett. the Marylebone magistrate, when he disposed of a case m which Mrs. Gertrude Miller, aged 48. was charged with permitting a three-floor maisonette, at Paddinston-£tieet. Marylebone. to be used
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  • 219 2 Sister's Discovery After Two Weeks' Silence A wealthy bachelor, once well known as an amateur motor racer at Brooklands, Mr. Bruno Roberts, aged 48, was four 1 shot dead In his three-storeyed house, m which he lived alone, m Crescent-grove. Clapham, S.W. He returned a fortnight before
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 463 2 BUSINESS CARDS. BE PHOTOGRAPHED BY j H. NUGENT BUCKERIDGE Highest Class Work— Lowest Bate*. LAIDLAW BUILDING— 'Phone 7898. CAIRNHOLM PRIVATE HOSPITAL Singapore. MISS MOLLIE McGRATH, Tel. 4110 Matron Proprietress. BOARD AND LODGING I MANOR HOUSE Tel: No. 2965 Chancery Lane. Unsurpassed Situation.' Single and Double Rooms Available. FIRST-CLASS CUISINE Mrs.
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    • 639 2 TENDERS. SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL NOTICE. Tenders. NOTICE is hereby given that tenders are now invited lor the following materials or services and that particulars of such tenders may be obtained m the Tender Room. Municipal Offices Cutting of grass on, and attending to side tables etc. of certain Public Roads. Date
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    • 405 2 GAHCIA& PIANOS Direct from the factory to you. Saves middleman's profits. From $375.00 Guaranteed for 10 years W. J. GARCIA, Pianoforte Manufacturer, 5 ORCHARD ROAD. Dr. Wille EYE SPECIALIST SEMARAXG, JAVA. Eye-clinic transferred to Pendrian 12, Semarang. PILES CAN BE CURED A Treatment That Is Different. If you are suffering
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    • 397 2 NOTICE. On and from September 12th., 1932. the Railu )v unaccompanied by passengers for transport between v Railways and Fraser's Hill or the Gap via Kuala Kubu I 2. The motor lorry conveying the luggage will leave Kuni b each morning except on Sundays when it will aye at 911
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 256 2 THE WEEK Saturday. 10th. High Water 07.51 7.2 ft., 17.44 7.8 ft Golf Garrison G.C. Men's Monthly Medal (stroke); Keppel G.C. monthly medal (bogey). Cricket: SRC. vs. Combined Schools; Y.M. C.A. League. Singapore Races. Third Day. Rangoon Road School Sports. 2.15 p.m. Rowing Regatta at R.S.Y.C.. 4.30 pjn Mrs. Alfords
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  • 164 3 UDISTS REJECT RECTOR OF STIFFKEY MEMBERSHIP AI PLICATION I Brinii His Wife With Him the Rev. Harold ml -hip of the Harrofatt, where the !,t Socit ty are. for I he ll uiving at the IM sun(i open-air iwfnuntnf I uit and clerical ani walked lof bo TCR playing •it
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  • 91 3 Large Influx of Americans I man lhan £2.000.000 July. Travel Association show during the month. i ;u h spent £50 during il»» their money went: 26 per cent. -0.5 175 (Vi uid 11.5 8.5 7 9 third vi the July visitors— l6.9B2 7.464 4.303 3.265 2.172 in<
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  • 74 3 Bui^r Attacked m Jungle livineM.ne <N. Rhodesia). OBander Combe, son-in-law In 4S been taken to -onditicn as the re•ccfcfcnt. Lieutenant-Com-bif game shooting m Iked and mauled by a •ho showed great pluck I m killed by the lion. CZ\L nUr nrst aid on tne Combe Meet
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  • 72 3 I s {i^t to Change "<*r Mind I baft bten pilloriec 10 dealing witr Wo have had let ibject and we an lu«d Mrs. L. M i n tine of £20 wa Mrt on Charlc; m Kent, for dan "v the clerk that i H I
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  • Article, Illustration
    11 3 THE HIKING SEASON. Three merry maids on the long, long trial.
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  • 573 3 Babies of the East Outstrip those of The West WHITE RACES NEARLY AT A STANDSTILL BUT 20,000,000 MORE PEOPLE EVERY YEAR If the rate cf increase of 20.000.000 a year continues, the world's population will be doubled m the next 100 years. It is already four times what it was
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  • 186 3 "SWEEP" FLOP FEARS IN DUBLIN "Not Chancing Money m the Free State" The next Irish hospitals sweepstake looks i like being a flop. The race concerned is the Cesarewitch. which is to be run on October 12. Tickets have been on sale for eight weeks, bat it is stated unofficially
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  • 329 3 Voices Heard Five Miles Away i London. Mi. Walti-r Abbot, of Lyme Regis is once move the "big noire" of the Town Criers of England and Wales. In his native town, he was adjudged chamnion for the third year m succession. Second piace was taken by Mr.
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  • 83 3 Novel Defence to Charge of Drunkenness t An extraordinary defence to a charge ol t drunkenness, probably the first of its kind evei y put forward lr^ England, was successful at Mortlake. a The accused man, John Harwood. of Ham t mersmith. told th? Bench that he rode
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  • 363 3 POLICE ON TRACK OF GANG 'Snow Queen' Who Always Avoids Arrest Paris. The discovery of a woman drug addict's diary has provided th? Paris poMce with invaluable clues fcr their relentl' ir on drug traffickers. It has leJ to the immediate arrest of a
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  • 233 3 Hard Labour for Motor Driver For failing to produce his motor driving licence, failing t: sign it. and having no third party insurance policy Thomas Clark, aged 21. of Kensal-road. North Kensington, was summoned at Ealing. He was sentenced to t-hree months' hard labour J for
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  • 97 3 Finding Animal Disease Among Humans One hundred Veterinary surgeon?, attending the annual congress of the National Veterinary Medical Association of Great Britain and Ireland at Folkestone, will voluntarily submit themselves to a blood test. Professor G. S. Wilson, of the London School of Hygiene
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  • Article, Illustration
    12 3 GERMAN singing festival. Singers representing all parts cf Germany met at Frankfurt-on-Main.
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  • 171 3 Defenders Posted Against Armoured Cars Windhoek iS.W. Africa). Ipambu. the unruly chief of the Ukambi tiibe, who has defied the South-West African authorities, is taking steps to meet the armourtd cars and aeroplanes which ar<* being sent from Pretoria to *übdue him. He has removed
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  • 100 3 I am tcld that v.hen tlie Imperial Fruit Show orens at Birmingham m the late Autumn the Malayan Authorities intend to exhibit a small telling notice giving some statistics as tc the purchase of British goods end nranufactures by Malaya m 1925-6, and now. The e figures
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  • 180 3 Protest Against Suggestive Themes London. The stream of public protests against the circulation of suggestive gramophone records has become so great, it is stated by seme papers. I that the Home Office is considering a plan to have an official present at comedy fox-trot recording sessions.
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  • 96 3 Hot Work to Save Blaze From Spreading An unusual incident at a fire was witnessed j at Yarmouth when Ice-cream bricks were dls- tributed among the firemen. Water was also brought to them to drink. The firemen worked for hours In a blazing Istn m sav'n? building-
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 58 3 3^^m PER CENT i^BPX OF THE OIL ENGINE POWER INSTALLED j IN MALAYA DURING 193 1 WAS RUSTON HORNSBY SOLE AGENTS UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED. COX KINGS (AGENTS) LIMITED arrange SHORT TRIPS TO CAIRO for homeward bound passengers. Apply for particulars to PATERSON, SIMONS CO., LTD., or to any of Cox
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  • 526 4 Armed Men Rob Diamond Merchant Melbourne. Mr. Henry Lewis, of H. Lewis and Co.. diamond merchants, of 343 Little Collins-street, Melbourne, was robbed of diamonds worth between £8.000 and £9.000 by armed men. The robbery took place on a dark roadway between Daylesford and Ballarat at about
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  • 63 4 Glen limes, N.S.W. Clyde Perkins, aged 12 years, of Yarraford walked a mile In his sleep. He left his bed unheard by his parents, walked along the track which he follows to school, climbed through a ITLI h7/ ards from the River cr««£*l e> and
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  • 21 4 Excess of dialogue and excess of sex have driven away millions of the younger patrons of the films— Mr. Sidney Kent.
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  • 206 4 Purchases Amount to Over £10,000 The Royal Academy has weathered the depression comfortably. In spite of fears at the opening, the Summer Exhibition this year has had a successful run. and when it closed both the authorities and the artists must have felt satisfied with its results.
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  • 302 4 Celebrations m London and Edinburgh London. London, as well as Edinburgh, is celebrating the Scott Centenary, by an exhibition at the National Gallery, and this is appropriate enough, since the great novrlist was very fond of the. Bnglbb capital and there are still nearly twenty places m London
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  • Article, Illustration
    20 4 THE START for the four-mile cross-country ski-race at Kiandra Pioneer Club Carnival NSW. The event is known as "The Langlauf."
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  • 1022 4 L. G. SPARKLES IN THE "FUNNIEST FARCE FOR YEARS" Given Town's Freedom-14 Years Late! A screaming comedy of Welsh life was acted, not m the drama competitions which are now a feature of the National Eisteddfod, but m a cinema, the corridors of which aie hung with the portraits cf
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  • 366 4 HOUSES RAIDED Men Kidnapped, Stabbed and Shot Granit? Oklahoma) The whole state of Oklahoma as well as northern Texas has been thrown Into a wild I panic by a desperate gang of armed convict described as the toughest prisoners In the State who made an amazing
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  • 19 4 We have an honest, shrewd, tolerant, good- t humoured, unlntellectual. Inartistic urbanised t democracy In this country— Earl Wlnterton
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  • 98 4 FIR E IN A WEMBLEY PALACE Faded (ilories of tht W ShownMim Th> Exhibit. ptotdj m tr. by BH h(>l :■>>:•- minor lB)urt« W I j I u..;--of th I tnu Expn jjfC I tow paradoxnisnv J mm Tjl the Easi pMpk wit li 2 of the tn:: And then
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  • 34 4 nun, Ch now Hudson Ba> irt TV .leaned f: fn-jj wiy. clears -om Or»- rf ram the p«1 I JJJ m»>^ hat 10 or 11 i^"^, Utf** 1 hrough the HudM« »t^
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 229 4 (—Feel Fit—] z^kv IN A >^S^v CjFEWMINUTESP^ V<g>/ HOW DO YOU FEEL? \6* jv. your Energy Spent Do you V^ L >\ N^iP< feel Tired > Is your System Jfr XV *y A out-ot-sorts j#Cv- ll^fj/ V"^ VA^W9 You nred the Vitamins tSt^^T^^W v WwoyT^ and the q uicj <
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    • 28 4 PLAYER'S Bachelor cigarettes 111 Is f la^ f \-J g, I I ,^^^^^^^t^^^^^^ which is always^^^f^" Q> seasonable. <^£^S^^&>&f JOHN PLAYER £j SONS. I ENGLAND BETTER SMOKE BACHELORS
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  • 1907 5  -  ALFRED E. PIERES ear t-rending Plight of Japan's By PRESS SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT lokio. Aug. 26. i dominate the public measure, if not en- maklm I living. How l Is, of course, but- there is no gain.ily In the counnidication w hatso-, \L<jrst that things belter,
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  • Article, Illustration
    43 5 J^IIULIAII crlckcu-rs at Vancouver. Left to right, back row: A~Bremble, A. Vaughan, P. Carney, S. aa! W f ives, L. Pleetwood-amith, A. Mailey, H. Carter, .E. Bate. Front row: Don Bradman, Alan Kippex, V. Richardson (captain) Mrs. Br adman, R. Nutt, W. Carter.
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  • 262 5 I Resentment at Woman's Red Dress Rome. For over three hours a suburban section of Naples was thrown into a state of great excitement by the perilous* career of four infuriated bulls and the no less perilous fact that pursuit of the animals was carried out to
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  • 196 5 When Held-l p Liners Went Free Stories of the chivalry of German captains to women and children at sea at the outbreak of the war were told by Sir Graham Bower, the veteran naval authority, at the conference at Oxford of the International Law Association, which
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  • 324 5 Re-Planting of Box Hill Beauty tpots and historic houses m Britain are again the subject of an annual report by the National Trust. A year ago Professor Lascviles Abercrombie made the first wireless appeal for the Trust, with the result that gifts amounting to over £800 were
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  • 120 5 Coroner Couldn't Hear Evidence For Noise of Labourers The foreman of a demolition gang was sent for by the coroner during an inquest at Sunder land. It was almost impossible to hear the evvdenc* owing to the crash of falling bricks am masonary, from an adjoining building
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  • 216 5 Legislature Only Advisory Suva. A definite pronouncement has been made by tte Governor regarding the scope and power of the Legislative Council, which many pet pie think is an important governing body. It is true that there are many things whu h cannot be done without the consent
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  • 158 5 t Gold Discovery m Canada Echo Bay. North-West Territories. Imbued with gold fever following the discovery of gold quartz veins five feet wide m the Conjuror Bay .section of the Great Bear Lake mineral field, scores of men are taking part m a rush to the area.
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  • 90 5 l The death has occurred m Brentford hospital of W. F. ("Billy") Brawn, the old Aston Villa, Ie Chelsea, Brentford and England footballeT. When he retired from the game, after two or i three seasons with Brentford, he settled m that town as a licensed victualler. For a long time
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 179 5 I^^ r'YW^tttfH.PKRFECTSIMp, ■i^P^®'^^K B Cow Gate S* *^6m^%®^ x wr %S •> V I Pfio<o pubMh d Wm^*&™ I W^- *%X* >-^ B II m London > urtH*^ nmq n Jif/ COW GATE builds 111 health, strength and BEAUTY/ ilillff lillliil A Baby cannot be truly beautiful without perfect .health.
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  • 1393 6 Pat (or Michael) Upsets the Studio ¥17HAT means do mothers of twins employ to distinguish their offspring? Sinclair Hill, who directed "The First Mrs. Fraser" for Sterling Film Co. Ltd.. wants to know, for he came up against this difficulty m an acute form. The twins m question were a
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  • 56 6 Stuart Erwin's Next Picture Virtually every phase of activity entering Into production of motion pictures will be shown on the screen m Paramount's dramatic comedy of Hollywood life entitled "Make Me A Star." Not one department of the several score on the lot escaped the prying lenses of
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  • Article, Illustration
    13 6 Benita Hume m the British production. "Honeymoon Adventurecoming to the Capitol next change.
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  • 43 6 I Dickie Moore, child heart?- render of "The! Star Witness" and "The Expert," goes from the sublime to the ridiculous as a member of the cast of Paramount^ Olympic Games comedy, "Million Dollar Legs," m which Jack Oakie will have the big role.
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  • 1139 6  -  Mollie Merrick By Hollywood. TAKE one story, multiply it by fifty authors, j divide by ten (for any reason you encode) and the answer is five versions. Combine the five and you have a picture. Then, if you go m for higher mathematics, sit down and figure
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  • Article, Illustration
    9 6 Sydney Howard and Claude Hulbert m "The Mayor's Nest."
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  • 139 6 a Cary Grant has been selected to play an! a Important role opposite Marlene Dietrich m 1 the Josef von Sfcernberg production. "Blonde \4 Venus," at the Paramount Hollywood studios. Grant will enact the part of the other man and will share honours with Herbert Marshall i who
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  • 642 6  - A SHORTAGE OF GOOD FORWARDS IVAN SHARPE HOW THEY SHOULD PRACTISE PLENTY OF HALF HACKS (j r QVALII V •SPECIAL TO THE FREE VM > By MR. George Jobey. Derby County's able man- ager. says there is going to be a shortage of forwards of the desired class this season
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  • 361 6 Mr. Maxton On Old Colleagues Mr. Maxton addressed the I.L.P. Summer School at Caerleon on the subject of lessons .0 be drawn from Lenin. He admitted that up to date the I.L.P. had to urite t-he word failure 1 against the progress which had been made towards
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  • 63 6 General Coen Brits, a well-known Boor eader during the South African War. has lied at his farm near Standerton. South ifrica. General Brits, who was 64. took part m, he battles of Colenso. Modder Spruit, and 1 ipion Kop. During the Great War he served with
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  • 89 6 Chaifor,' than ffi .stump r,n; 4 ton. the blind and who. mor VJ m its riHdl I TIM tow mi I for thf maMmert was for >...: H vfltacen and i danprr owm f to I No OM H ing tewn ur.' I tornitm «n the
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  • 93 6 Passengers I p to Thtir \m When Rmtwd I I V m ;i tlv;: Air Wm I were gp to ttaeii oeck m I mn -boat i* ran to Th- flyiim-b- M but when it att.-ni I with water fl speedboat whu! fl HHManOt ;ti;i: I I and
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  • 1891 7 REFORMING THE BRITISH POST OFFICE Relations With The Treasury Findings of Lord Bridgeman's nsisting of Lord BridgeMi Plender. and Sir John t up m February by Sir T-General. to inquire i:: th<' constitution, status, ii of the Post Office c interest, has now preCntd 4149. price 9d. net.) i '.t
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  • 559 7 HUSBAND MISSING Nursed Her Devotedly Through Illness A woman, so ill that she was believed to have only a few days at most tc live, was murdered m her home m Love -lane, Mitcham, Surrey. The police were unable to trace her husband, who nursed her
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  • 33 7 Mr. H. A. Luckham. M.C.S.. has returned from leave and has assumed duty as Second Magistrate. Kuala Lumpur, m place cf Mr. R. P. Clegg. M.C.S.. who has gone to Seremban as Magistrate.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 179 7 AN UNDERWOOD PORTABLE Makes Your Mail EASIER to Write and EASIER to Read A PATERSON, SIMONS AND COMPANY, LIMITED. Phone 5991. Germs of decay lurk m ugly film Prevent trouble -keep teeth free from film with this special film -removing tooth paste IF you were to allow your teeth to
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  • 439 8 DEATH BLTKAYS SECRET Bucharest m Grip of Drug Fever POLICE CLEAN-UP The menace to Europe of the traffic m illegal drugs has become so grave that the Rumanian police have embarked on an energetic campaign to clean up the port of Constanza. on the Black Sea,
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  • 157 8 Horrors of Cholera m Shansi Peking. Sept. 4. According fco advices received here to-day from Taiyuanfu. another horror has been added to the miseries resulting from the cholera epidemic the lack of coffins to bury the dead. It is said that the coffin makers are unable to
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  • 95 8 Breach Between Government and Seiyukai Tokyo, Sept. 4. While the Saito Government is proceeding with its policy regarding Manchuria, it is being beset by serious domestic difficulties which may bring about its downfall. There U no doubt that the political situation is rapidly reaching the critical stage. The
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  • 81 8 The programme of drills up to and for week ending September llth. are as follows: Saturday, 2.30 p.m., Bukit Timah, "A" (M.G.) Coy., Practice Competiticn. 4 p.m., Siglap Camp, S.R.E. (v). Camp assembles. 2 p.m.. Headquarters, "D" (Eurasian) Coy., 30 yards Range Revolver. Sunday, 7.30 a.m., 606
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  • 32 8 Mr. R. C. McArthur has ret mcd to Ipoh after an extended tour m Siam on business and will be leaving for Singapore m the course k of the next few days.
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  • 885 8 TURTLE-TURNING A Moonlight Sport m Hong Kong The Green Turtle, or Chelonia Myaa->. ibounds m the sub-tropical regions of the Uhina Sea, whence considerable numbers rind ■heir way into the tureens of the gourmets. Prom time to time turtles are caught m the lets of the fishing-junks. but
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  • 146 8 The following are Singapore Volunteer Corps routine orders by Lieut. Col. M. J. T. Reilly, M.C., Commanding S.S.V.F. Singapore, Sept. 7. Ranges— The following range allotments are republished for information Buses leave Headquarters Sat. Sun. Bkt. T. Range Parrer R. 2 p.m. 7.30 a.m. 10.9.32 "A M
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  • 113 8 Sir Henry Wheeler Re-Appointed Rugby. Sept. The Secretary for India <Sir Samue) Hoare> has appointed, for a further period. Sir Henry Wheeler, whose term of office as a Member of the Council of India will expire on October 4. British Wireless. Sir Henry Wheeler K.CSI. has held
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  • 101 8  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh China to Celebrate Anniversary of Mukden Incident Shanghai. Srpt. 8. The Ministry of Education has ordered National Government schools throughout China 'to observe Monday. September 18. as a day jof "national mourning and humilation." this being the anniversary ot the Japanes,' army's invasion of
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  • 58 8 Sentence on Chinese Who Forged Seamen's Certificates Sentence of three years" rigorous imprisonment was passed by Mr. Justice Terrell at the Assizes yesterday on a Chinese named Choi Chan Seng, who was found guilty the previous day of being m possession of counterfelt rubber stamps for the purpose
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  • 30 8 Interim Dividend of 2»-» Per Cent [FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT] London. Sept 8. Malayan Tin Dredging Ltd. are paying an interim dividend of 2 1 per cent.
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  • 85 8 Among the callers at the Malayan ftgjnuj m London, recently were Mr. R. J. French, of Gemas. Johore. Mr. R. J. Wallace of Indragiri. Sumatra, Mr. A. Mitchel. of Panigorar Estate. Sumatra, Mr. J. R. Bach, of Singapore. Mr. A. J. Abbot, ot the Tanjong Rambutan Estat. P.M.S.. Mr. S.
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  • 123 8 Diviu.u Fur Gold m \ltim Galleons I I a An mti'i: M ixttl* here by memo- I I J kish sa. > Venetian treasure sunk off th>' AatiotM and the kt The lr.sp.: U H by the dive m at Rhodes, tart "pfflfl* weapons. belonged to
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  • 38 8 France Abandons ustorm s, heme StrrM It is unci* I fl flhe scluni. hence no <1< fii ixff muted to the rm v a result of tl ■mi for tl h atioti <.l I Reuter
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 351 8 Before the calls of the day begin Also f>r t'.ioso brief attentions t»> the complexion which five you confidence m your appearance fc "HAZELJNE' Trade Mark SNOW" (lives radiant beauty to the skin. Soothing and llflt iking. Xon greasy. An j excel Unl base for face powder. \{j\ /T^ 7«A.
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    • 195 8 Ik abb 1 -but now B^JB Cure your teeth from within— p KAL2IANA, the Calcium food, is ttu- nm idea m the care of the teeth. For many years people thought that a clean tooth could not decay. Yet however carefully we cleaned them they always did decay. For your
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 320 9 |**MAtINKK TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW 3.15 I rinM^Tr' delightful I J JLIW -I MUSIC BY HfiSSlft BILLY COTTON pI^SgSS HIS B AND IW\ SINCLAIR mtL AND lE WiuNUY G£ RALDO'S GAUCHO 1/ M\SH BARRY TAHTH nRrurcTDA \y DOROTHY DIX IAINbU UKLHLSTRA lUROID HUTH fe J tTC SIX MUSICAL HITS f^p "HALF
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    • 221 9 The Fastest, Funniest Frenchiest Show m Town!! fcXFiToEI MATINEE TO-DAY! 6.15 TO-NIGHT 9.15 A Bride who Wasn't A Husband who SHOULD have been! In Europe they call them "Affaires d'Amour"^ For Further Blushful Details YOU MUST SEE Par amount's Delicious, Peppery, Comedy set with music That Everybody's Talking About KInIGHT!"
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    • 147 9 THE NIGHT RAID is Coming t TO-NIGHT I Out of the Past He I Came to Rob I Her of Love! fl^W g Out of the dark a woman jm ;^H screamed, a gun flashed. And a (M man fell dead! By whose hands? Hfe& m H^H H "|P^'' Henry
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  • 726 10 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1932. AUSTRALIA ON THE RIGHT ROAD The satisfaction expressed by Mr. Stanley Bruce upon his arrival m London upon the fact that Australia has balanced her budget will be widely shared. Ottawa has created a new era so far as the Empire is concerned,
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  • 129 10 T.U.C. and Unemployed Deputation Newcastle. Sep. 6. There was an exciting interlude at the Trade Union Congress meeting to-day when a crowd of unemployed marchers, accompanied by bands, congregated outside the hall and requested that a deputation should be received inside the Congress Hall. Two hundred foot and
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  • 60 10 Cochet m U.S. Championship Semi-Final Forest Hills. Sept. 8. In the quarter-finals of the American lawn tennis championships Allison beat Wood 5 7. 6—3. 6—2. 6 i. Cochet beat Shields 4 6. 6 3. 6 4. 6 o. Sutter beat Lott 10 8, 6 o. 6 o. Vines
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  • 96 10 A classical concert will be given on Sunday, at 9.30 p.m. at the Adelphi Hotel by Paul Strauss and his band The programme will be. Part 1. Overture to the opera "Magic Flute" W. A. Mozart; (a> Vorrei Morre <b"> Invano P. Tosti; Mignon Fantasia.
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  • 239 10 Mr. Kenzo Ito has been rccogniied as Japanese Vice-Consul at Singapore. Mr. W. W. Davidson. Assistant Senior Executive Engineer. Johore Bahru. has gone on long leave. Eight months leave prior to retirement has been granted to Mr. P. B. Sewell. Senior Superintendent of Surveys, Singapore. Mr. R. Wilson has arrived
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  • 237 10 SPECIAL LEGISLATION PROPOSED Street Soliciting to be Made an Offence Singapore's notorious rikisha parades m Stamford Road and Bras Basah Road are to be the subject of special legislative action. The Government propose to introduce a Bill into Legislativ» Council for dealing with a practice which has
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  • 153 10 Only Salvation for Central Europe Slresa. Sept. 6. The eompletc abolition of all obstacles m the way 01 international trade as the only solution lot the problem cf the economic financial plight of countries of Central and Eastern Europe, was the view expressed by th. British delegate, Mr
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  • 138 10 Address to College Head on High Fees .FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT] Bangkok. Sept. 9. Boys of the Assumption College run by the French Catholic Mission struck here this morning, against the high school fees and submitted an address to the director of the college atating that the
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  • 180 10 Famous Italian Air Ace Killed Rome. Sep. 6. The Italian high speed airman. Lieut. Neri, was killed to-day on Lake Garda when making a practice flight m an ordinary plane. In the course of stunting, he swooped down to within a hundred feet of the water and
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  • 79 10 Hospitals Lottery of 500,000 Ticals (FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT] j Bangkok, S«pt. 9. A lottery for the Red Cross has been sane- toned with 500.000 tickets of one tic»l each The first prise will be 50,000 ticals and there S 111 be ten second prises of 5.000
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  • 188 10 IN THE STREET OF THE COFIN MAKERS UNI ffi^ I No Srtthwt" Lnk I Empl.r mj mrn in Sin J men out of I proposal of fl no i 1 Tlie preset*! 1 $36 for si/e collii. 1 70 H 5 for 5 for Anil The,n,, I to 5L..000. th,
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  • 111 10 Persian Passenger Who Lan<W Without IVrmit [From Our O I Prtuiu I Mr R D Humon behalf of th« Co. riMIH Steam KftttfttU I Ooi for allowing I i l**> a Persian < to lai without pcnr.Ls Addressing M Oelif b ard.ci t!;--by Urn CMtf Ofl the
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  • 66 10 LONDON AND NEW ><>XX TIX Rlßßhlt PWCB (FREE PRESS Si I. ndon. vpt-* Messrs Henry 11 brokers, notify 10-d follows Spot £154^ eis6» 4 (£159) The market Messrs. Qpningi n and tf lotify to-day P rl follows m d Spot 2' H d. (3 id. (3 3 16d)
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  • 25 10 In the SU-aits l£ato* Jec.-Lt. J. A M<Evoy roj^ tec.-Ueut. S. Mortinif: j^Jeutenant; and Uv J tK« ulasion by Lkut H P v W ccepted.
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    • 259 10 BOOTH'S Tm FINEST MATURED £jj Sakju a or \jor«?9N^ DRY GIN M^fl .Mellowed with age. f^^^^^^^^i) Matured m cask. j o L9 I fiinrort| Now greatly Jasi^^^i I reduced m price. M^^M^^l CAILDIBECIC'S WINE MERCHANTS BY SPECIAL TO H.M. THE APPOINTMENT KING OF SIAAL THE "EASI SMOKE," THE NOVEL CIGARETTE
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    • 50 10 "BURGLARS ARE USUALLY GLOOMY MEN," observes a writer. One certainly never finds them singing at their work. A householder, too, is usually a gloomy man after burglars have ransacked his home, unless he holds a "GAFLAC" BURGLARY POLICY. GENERAL ACCIDENT, FIRE LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION, LTD. Hongkong Bank Chambers. Telephone 6480.
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  • HONOMY FOR MANCHURIA ?
    • 126 11 opore Reception for Commission 1 0-day 0. GILBERT MURRAY'S VIEWS eaom Must Not Fear Offending i Japan Tokio, Sept. 9. touting to a seemingly reliable source the Lytton pNt iecKnfc« that the return of the status quo ante m (cburiu is impossible. It ingests that Manchuria
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    • 183 11 Ln Wants to Make I Statement I Tokiu. Sept. H >t Hied Geneva a .statement on I the lytton report. I luested the League to Hb". if the report till this state- conjunction with H Eastern. Mi I <>X OMMISSION H ber <>f Commerce met H the
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    • 183 11 Japan Not Fit to Rule Manchuria London, Sept. 9. Manchuria is not and must not be allowed' to be Korea." states the Manchester Guardian, "Yet there is talk of the postponement of publication of the Lytton report on the grour.i that its conclusions may offend Japan." Professor Gilbert
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    • 31 11 l^H v| xiuhai. Sept. 9. ptnot boycott Shanghai have I n Lives Blood H members of B >d ration, who r-sponsible for W In Shanghai and lst _sin chew
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    • 51 11 Berlin. Sept. 9. The forecast of the Lytton report has hitherto not aroused any press comment here with the I exception of the Lokal Anzeiger which describes I it as a '"makeshift report" and says the attempt to suggest anything approaching a decision doing justice to both sides has failed
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    • 134 11  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh Shanghai. Sept. 9. The Japanese garrison troops at Tientsin held a military manoeuvre this morning outside the rity and afterwards paraded along the streets of the Chinese city. A message from Japan says that a large number of Japanese warships have
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  • 36 11 »lth A r rtT t0 Meeting M EMpioyen H > ondon, Sept. 8. Federation M r of Labour lsS tx>th sides of 1 m, a.shire cotton B :u-ss to attend V tcp lies with the
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  • 29 11 JH iM.rdam. Sept. 6. H lJ >■• Orst visit to-day Royal Family 11 hOr LadleS- M Soestdijk I ■^■7'^mKi Wireless. Jm* CL H September 12th W**Z U)
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  • 61 11 20 Dead 60 Missing m New York Tragedy New York, Sept. 9. Twenty persons are reported to have been killed and 60 missing m a boiler explosion m a ship m the East River. The explosion occurred on the ship "Observation" chartered by the municipality to carry
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  • 79 11 Other Nations to Disarm to her Level Berlin. Sept. 7. Baron Von Neurath. the Foreign Minister, has made public the contents of the German aide-memoire which demands, inter alia, an all-round reduction m armaments to the level corresponding to that which was forced on Germany by the Treaty
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  • BRITISH CAPTIVES TRACED
    • 41 11 Negotiations For Release From Bandits Mukden, Sept. 9. Mrs. Pawley and Mr. Corkran have been located and are known to be safe. The Manchukuo General. Wang Tien Chung is negotiat- ins wren tne Dandits for their release Reuter
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    • 51 11 Mukden, Later. According to on official report received by the Japanese consul-general Mrs. Pawley and Mr. Corkran have been located eight miles outside Newchang and the British and Japanese con- suls at Newchang have authorised Wang Tien Chung, the Commander of the Garrison, to negotiate for their release— Reuter Far
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    • 35 11 London, Sept. 9. The Asiatic Petroleum Company expresses delight at the news from Mukden of the captives' safety and the Corkrans were similarly overjoyed when the news was conveyed to them by a Reuter representative.
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    • 152 11 Dairen, Sept. 9. The whereabouts of Mrs. Pawley and Mr. Corkran (the British residents of Newchwang who were captured by bandits during an early morning ride on Tuesday) are still wrapped m mystery. No proposals have been received for ransom and the only thing known certain
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    • 35 11 Peipin?, S««pt. 9. The British Consul. Mr. Ea3tes. at Mukden, has approached General Muto. the Japanese Commander-in-Chief m Manchuria, to do his utmost to effect the release of Mrs. Pawley and Corkran.- Reuter Far Eastern
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  • 216 11 Retired I.C.S. Official to Take Charge London. Sept. 8. Mr. Hugh Rutledge. recently retired member of the Indian Civil Service, will be the leader of next year's British expedition to Mount Everest. The Everest Committee point out that Mr. Ruttledge's great experience of Himalayan climbing while Deputy Commissioner
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  • 112 11 Appeal By Unions For £500,000 London, Sept. 6. The situation as regards the Lancashire cotton dispute remains unchanged. The strikers, however, are encouraged by the decision of the Trade Union Congress now sittlr In Newcastle to organise strong material sistance for them. Arrangements are being made for
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  • 126 11  -  Nanyang Slang Pao May Return to Office At Nanking Hong Kon, Sept. 9. News emanating from official circles under the dictatorship of Marshal Cniang-Kai-*hek suggest that Mr. Sun Po, son of Dr. Sun Yat Sen and former President of Executive Yuan, who strongly advocated an alliance with
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  • 203 11  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh Forces m Manchuria Concentrating MUKDEN IN DANGER Hemmed m on All Sides Shanghai, Sept. 9. A co-ordinated drive against the Japanese forces at all points m Manchuria has commenced. The Kirin troops under General Wang Teh-lin have captured most of the positions m
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  • MOLLISON HOME
    • 103 11 London, Sept. 9. A tumultuous civic welcome was given Mr. J. A. MollLson on his arrival at Southampton. Five machines from the London Aeroplane Club encircled the liner, dipping m salute. Ten thousand Londoners continued the welcome at Waterloo Station and shrieked their delight as the
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    • 66 11 Rugby, Sept. 8. Miss Amy Johnson flew to Cherbourg to-day n an air liner to meet her husband. Mr. J. A. Mollison, who made a successful east to west »010 flight across the Atlantic last month, but nas unable to undertake the return journey by air owing
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    • 49 11 Mr. J. A. Mollison. accompanied by his wife. Miss Amy Johnson, reached London by train from Southampton to-day. Mollison was carried on the shoulders of his friends to a car. The police were powerless to keep beck the crowds and the airman was overwhelmed by his ivrpntinn British Wireless
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  • 132 11 Two Hundred to be Prosecuted Rotterdam, Sept. 6. Two hundred members of the crew of the Holland-America liner Rotterdam will be prosecuted on a charge of disobeying orders. When the ship arrived here at 5 a.m. she was escorted by the mine-layer Meerlant. The police have arrested
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  • 94 11 Familiar Figure m "Fighting" Speech Berlin, Sept. 6. "Germany will m all the circumstances do what is necessary for her defence. We will no longer stand being treated like a second--class Power," declared the Defence Minister General von Schleicher, m a speech at military manoeuvres held
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  • 52 11 Mr. Hutchinson. father of the "flying family," was fined Kroner 1,000 by the Governor of Southern Greenland for landing In Greenland without permission. It la not yet known when he win continup. the .flight as he has not arranged tor ro»-ruelling and the Administration has no supply for casual visitors.
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    • 119 11 .*•*>&»** SALE l NOW ON A MEN'S s WIMMING J^fe COSTUMES H& PURE AUSTRALIAN WOOL. FINE W ELASTIC RIB. MEDIUM WEIGHT. H| PLA/N VAVF MB $5.00 WM \ml STOCKED IN SIZES W \M 34. 36. 38. 40, 42, 44 INS. (I V SPECIAL LINE IN I I DAY SH| RTS.
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  • 1122 12 BRITISH OR DUTCH AIR MAIL SERVICE? Singapore May be Link Between Britain and Australia j OFFICIAL REPORT NEARLY READY i Offers of Imperial Airways and K. L. M. Compared I Latest news from Australia indicates that the Commonwealth Government is considering two schemes for providing a link between Australia and
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  • 89 12 Mystery of Death of Jean Harlow's "Husband" New York, Sept. 8. A singular feature at the Inquest on Paul fcern. the film director, was the total absence of eny Indication of "motive of suicide, which was J the Jury's verdict. Evidence centred on the apparent marital tangle.
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  • 96 12 Mr. Hoover's Fears for His Friend Washington, Sept. 9. Mr. Hoover is concerned for the fate of a personal friend, Colonel Raymond Robins, the famous American social economist, who has been missing since Saturday, when he v;as seen I m New York. He then made an engagement to
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  • 30 12 Flight from Biarritz m Brother's Plane m Rurby, Sept. 8. Prince George, who has been on holiday at SSSSSpaSS •a this afternoon at Hendon British Wireless
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  • 52 12 To Preside Over League Meetings Tf Dublin, Sept 8. It is finally decided that Mr. De Valera will lead the Free State delegation at the forthcoming League session. This will mean that i^d th 0 C UnCil be tanln on ?cpi. £3 and tnp nm>n<n<> *i 3cpt.
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  • 223 12 "RECKLESS DEBTS" Surety Who Deserved Some Sympathy In the Bankruptcy Court yesterday Mr. Justice Whitley granted an application for discharge made by Mr. C. R. Stuart on behalf of Phua Sian Keng, who was adjudged bankrupt three years ago. Mr. E. N. Taylor, assistant Official Assignee,
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  • 124 12 Conference of Malayan Chinese m Ipoh The Chinese Ccmme:cial Exhibition initiated by the Ipoh Chamber of Ccmmerc? opens to-day at the Chui Lck Amusement Park m the New Town of Ipoh. Scores of Chinese merchants m Singapore who import China mar.ufactured geeds are reported to be ukinu
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  • 87 12 Large Scale m Singapore, Says Judge Before adjourning a case m Whlcb a Chinese was charged with being m possession of dutiable tcbacco. the District Judge. Mr. C. Wilson, remarked that almost every day similar cases came before the court, and it appeared that tobacco smuggling m Singapore
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  • 110 12 Bankrupt Who Stood Surety for his Father A man who had become bankrupt as a result of having acted as surety for debts incurred by his father, who was new dead, was publicly examined m the Bankruptcy Court before Mr. Justice Whitley yesterday. He was Eric Stewart, a
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  • 94 12 Debts to moneylenders totalling $1,082 were the cause of the bankruptcy of Chan Kok Chuan. a Straits born Chinese. Of that sum. he said, he had drawn only $700, and the remainder was interest. The debtor sakl he was a Municipal employee. I and his
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  • 77 12 Princes Invited to Meet Viceroy Rugby. Sept. 8. In order to continue the discussions of certain aspects of federation which have parti-; cular reference to Indian State problems, a' number of representative Princes have been Invited by the Viceroy of India (Lord Willingdon) to meet him at Simla
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  • 68 12 Premier and Mr. Thomas m Consultation Rugby, Sept. S. The Foreign Secretary (Sir John Simon) is returning from Scotland this evening and will! devote his attention to-morrow to current internal onal problems. The Prime Minister (Mr. Ramsay MacDcnald) to-day continued his examination of Ottawa Conference matters. He
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  • 576 12 ASSIZE COURT SEQUEL TO A FIRE Erasmic Perfumes Which Disappeared The trial of Oon Ec Thiam, the Chinese storekeeper of the godown of Messrs Sime Darby and Co, m Malacca Street, who was committed for trial from the District Court on a charge of criminal
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  • 209 12 CHINESE BANKRUPT Plea That They Were Gaining Differences totalling $100,000 m respect o exchange ?o.itracto were stated to be tho eMM of the bankruptcy of Kani Wan Hee. of Choj Cheong Shing, who appeared before Mr. Ja^tici Whitley yesterday for public examination b bankruptcy.
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  • 349 12 In (Government Service For 25 Years The death took place at the general h ipiu.l yesterday morning of Mr. John Eric of the Land Office at the age of 44 Mr. Boswell appeared to be m the bMfl I health but was taken ill suddenly
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  • 209 12 HER TWO H USBANDS UV»'oman Who Claimed Three Divorces I From Out Ovn Correspondent*] Rauh. S:pl. Authorities op. Mohnmedan Law had to be referred to by the DPP. m the PftbftDf case m which a woman, a native of Mt la Knalfe Lipis. named Sarah bin Haji Ad.im. was Charged
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  • 83 12 Darin? Armed Robbery m West End London. Sept. 8. An uncomfortable similarity to Chicago ganester methods occurred m Oxford Street. Lond.n this afternoon. Notwithstanding the high shopping hour a gunman walked into a jeweller's shop slammed the door, drew a CUXtaln over the window and ordered two assistants
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  • 122 12 Accused Who Exceeded Right of Self-Defence 1 The re-trlal cf the case m which two Chinese were charged as a result of an assault on an elderly man who later died of a ruptured heart was concluded yesterday when Moh Chee Wah, the seoond accused was
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  • 66 12 Nobles' Property Expropriated m Spain Madrid. Sept. 9. A clause m the Land Reform Bill expropriating the property of grandees and other nobles was passed by the Cortes. An unsuccessful effort was m3de to dispossess com«moners owning over a thousand acres. The Premier, m an impassioned speech, declared
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  • 24 12 The "Benalder," Ben steamer, was the subject of heated demonstrations by the "Peace *rmy" at West India Dock when she shipped nmmuniticn for Japan.
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  • 78 12 Danubian Countries Must Fend for Themselves Stma, Sept. 8. There were gloomy faces among the Danubian delegates at the Central and East Europe Reconstruction Conference at the conclusion of a speech by the French delegate. M. Coulondre, declaring that henceforth the Danubian I countries must fend for
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  • 95 12 A large number of people gathered at the Tanjong Pagar wharf y^erterdp.y morning v.hen H.H. the Sultan of J.hore left for Europe by the Indrapoera. His Highness, who is accompanied by Capt. Abdullah, is going to Europe to meet H.H. the Sultanah. and they
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  • 82 12 DYING GIRL IN RIKISHA Two fcjnj^ H,, S pi( a r suicTdelt i 7 Covered Vehicle S topN| < unstable glFl m a h-h lor t I when the Oowoer Mr Bourne returned S suicide by opium p 1ST 1 i! Ttoep death T health did not FEELWC m OM
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  • 125 12 Aceascd Said He Wm I'muJ By Her Improprid; 1 IF. I rum Raul v* At tin pre-u; McF;i TiCh h.r. 'X Th\Tl va< on thy on voto which I M.i:. i tin r be had b I a dr. which the accu w^ t > I \t<
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  • 60 12 For BatttT** Kith mm m '»-<•■•■ Br<kr H 2nd. Curl II J- i MPMH I fcJ -S£!sBefor, .hr I-' 1 at 11 a.m. s Itttt H M Co Tor O. S. 7< Hrf.re Mr. at 11 a.m. Sunn, pliadcr I Summon^- n«krH T'^^B Brforr Mr H*** H 2rd.
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  • SPORT OF THE DAY
    • 563 13 Forfarshire as County Champions London. Forfarrhire made no mistake m their !ast cricket match with Clackmannan County at ForthiU and secured the Scottish CountieV Championship title by means of a convincing win. The home county played like champions after a shaky start. When J. B. Meikle and N.
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    • 211 13 An Excellent Record In Java South China touring football eleven again ran into winning form when they beat the i foreign XL. selected from all parts of Java, by 4 goals to 3. Chens Kwai-leung <2>. Lee Wai-tong. the skipper of the eleven, and Chu Kwok-luen scored
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    • 122 13 Mile Handicap Race For Women A mile handicap race was included for the first time under the auspices of the Women's 'A.A.A.. when the London Olympiades A.C. held their championship meeting at Battersea Park. iThe winner was Miss M. Parsons, who with 350 I yards start, covered the distance
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    • 491 13 Last Year's Runner-Up Takes Scottish Title London. The finals of thi3 year's tournament for the lawn tennis Hard Court Championships of Scotland, which brought an interesting week's play at St. Andrews to a close, attracted a large I gathering of spectators. A. W. Hill, the holder of
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    • 334 13 The Two Likely Teams For the First Match Commenting upon the prospects m the coming Test matches between England and Australia the Sydney Referee states: The two elevens look just about equal in 1 cricketing ability. It is difficult to recall any! season m which, at this stage,
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    • 107 13 North of England Tennis Champion Brilliant play by .seventeen-year-old Miss Shiela Hewitt, who won the singles championjship of the North of England at Scarborough, has roused great interest throughout the country, and many good judges believe that she is destined to gain world honours. Last year she
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 731 13 Skin Sufferers PRESCRIPTION 66) B BDD Prescrtptia* is an infallible rem- 3 IH tdj p Bad Leg, Eczema, Psoriasis, ■jJDfllHl Salt Kheum, Prickly Heat, Ring worm HM 9 Dhobi** Itch, or other skin trouble. *****111 Rl gil t i cannot do th work K23 M 9 __v,*7 limply clog the
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    • 165 13 Brooke Bond Tea fZ^\ 'iJdUh go/den fteAhneM/ I cover 4 cut open 4*ckr% by user I ICtl v^^^^ of superlative fragrance and n^PPppfSt flavour ■p«Mfnß packed as no ■nHfIH other tea Is i sJ9 W l^|^B^ TT^-O O •la' O r EXERCISE PUTS FRESH LIFE gg^Tl INTO YOU fc^ Swimming
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 1049 14 .-.^SBBv4^^^B^sb^Bßß^^^Bßßß 1 I A W SHIPPINCji* THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean THE SIAM STEAM NAVIGATION Co., Ltd. Steam Ship Co., Ltd., and China THE HUAKHIOW 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.
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    • 505 14 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co*, Ltd* (Incorporated In England) "ELLERMAN" LINE. FREIGHT SERVICE TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL HOMEWARDS. Doe Spore. Sail* Spore. Steamer 5.3. CITY OF MELBOURNE For Marseilles, Havre, London, Rotterdam and Hamburg Sept. 30 Oct. 2 s.s. CITY OF KOBE For Havre, London,
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    • 439 14 P. O. British India and Apcar Lin** (Incorporated In England) *^U| MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARm SERVICE. ARGO PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S N UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S nitu LONDON AND FAR EAST MAII SERVirr MEXT OUTWARDS FROM LONDON FOR CHINA 1 M\ Dae W 1 Tonnage. Singapore. b* loniujf. sii^,
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 538 15 BT S. X LINE Express freight service UOS ANGELES? NEW YORK, HOSTOS, PHILADELPHIA I and BALTIMORE via IMXAMA NEW MOTOR SHIP HOKUROKU MARU" Arrive. Leave Due Los Angeles Dne New York. M S*^ l 22 SeP^ 22 Oct. 28 Nov 12 Sept. 23 Sept. 24 particulars please apply to:— |Sa
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    • 544 15 TO EIROPE FROM SINGAPORE AND PENANG VIA COLOMBO. BOMBAY, SUEZ, PORT SAID, ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES. GENOA MARSEILLES AND NEW YORK. Arrive Leave Leave Arrive Spore. S*pore. Penan*. N. Yoik Pres. Monroe Sep. 12 Sep. 13 Sep. II Oct. 2S Pres. Van Buren Sep. 26 Sep. 27 Sep. 29 Nov. p Pres.
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    • 824 15 K. P. M. KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ I'ALlMA— Saturday, Sept. 10, Penang (mails only) and Bagin Si-Api-Api. I'ATRAS Saturday, Sept. 10, Bawean, Sourabaya, Padang-Bay and Boeleleng. TOBOALI Saturday, Sept. 10. Koedap, Tampoetih, Tampat-Tinggi, Bengkalis, Seneboei 3c Bagan Si-Api-Api. TOGIAN- -Saturday, Sept. 10, Pontianak. TOMOHOV Saturday, Sept. 10, Smgkawaig. Pemangkat and Sambas.
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 611 16 Burns Philp Line. (Incorporated In Australia) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,375 tons) and the S.S. MANGOLA (3,352 tons). [Cargo only] s.s. MARELLA is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia. Cabins de
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    • 578 16 Kerr Steamship CoTII (Incorporated In U.8.A.) I NEW YORK SERVICE. I Regular Freight Service to Boston, eNV I Philadelphia and Baltimore j a Sl] I D«« la I M.S. SILVERCYPRESb In Port N M *l^H M.S. SILVER WALNUT Sept. 27 M.S. SILVERPALM Oct. 18 H Por rates and particulars please
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 690 16 MAIL DESPATCHES BT 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. Kuantan (via Jerantut) Saturdays 7 p.m. Kelantan (via Gemas) every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 7.30 a.m. Kelantan (via Gemas) Sunday
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    • 609 16 CHURCH SERVICES 16th Sunday After Trinity ST. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL 6.50 a.m. Holy Communion. 7.30 a.m. Matins. 8 a.m. Holy Communion (Choral). 5.30 p.m. Evensong (Choral) and Sermon. Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8 a.m. Holy Communion. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 7 a.m Holy Communion. GARRISON CHURCHES Tanglin 7 a.m.
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  • Port and Shipping News
    • 535 17 LOWEST EVER RECORDED Many Laid-up Vessels Must be Scrapped The heavy fall m shipping values is illustrated clearly m Kellock's Chart, published by "Fairplay," which indicates the market prices j ruling during the last 33 years for a new single- deck cargo steamer of very
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    • 278 17 Vancouver to the St. Lawrence Vancouver, B.C. A new steamship service, the Vancouver-St. Lawrence Line, which will be operated between British Columbia and Eastern Canada, is to start this month according to an announcement by H. R. MacMillan. head of the H.R. MacMillan Lumber Company Limited, and
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    • 176 17 Steamers Leaving the Port Very Light "During my long residence m China," remarked a well-known Shanghai resident "I have never seen ships leave Shanghai with such light cargoes. You must have noticed it yourself. The bdws well out of water when leaving port, the blades of the
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    • 600 17 An Uneconomic Policy Although shipowners engaged m the transpacific trade regard subsidised shipping as a menace to British supremacy and even to the existence of British industry, shipping men, both m Australia and the United Kingdom. have expressed the opinion that the policy is uneconomic and bound, sooner
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    • 40 17 Negotiations For Merger Denied The Cunard Steamship Company at Liverpool have officially denied that there is any truth m the report that negotiations are proceeding: with a view to a merger with the White Star Line.
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    • 60 17 It is reported from Moji that the position of the ill-fated British s^. City of Peking, which sank, m the vicinity of Romo Island, South Korea, early m spring last year, has recently been ascertained. Mr. Yokota, expert of the Tokyo Salvage Company, has
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 497 17 1 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS (Daily and Weekly Editions) jead OR 138 ROBINSON ROAD, SINGAPORE. (able Address. ADVERTISER, SINGAPORE. I premier morning daily in Malaya Delivered with the Chota Hazri each rnlng. Latest news, latest telegrams 1 latest announcements. London rubber tin cables appear daily. Special tures include pictures, serial story
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    • 38 17 AMERICAN EXPRESS CO. INC. (Incorporated m US A. International BANKING and TRAVEL SERVICES Travellers Cheques. Letters of Credit. Money Orders. Draft* Transfer* of ftaada by Maß •ad tTejfcis SaOrosd TlekesjL Wntftgr losvnuws* i SINGAPORE. No. 1, CoOyer Quay.
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    • 195 17 NEXT TIME YOU GO HOME */WL T NCLUDE Canada's n«w sonic root* U fi I II jour itincranr. f M* 1 See the finest sceaerj hi t&e CfMJlra j<^^ Al I Rockies Mt. Robson. tallest of them all V^ V-y AK^^Kfm from luxury trains equipped Jot svprcmt comfort v M
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  • 276 18 No Idea When or Why It Was Built No Idea When or Why it Was Built lc. All the well-known theories as to the origin and purpose of Stonehenge. the world-famous prehistoric building m Wiltshire, were discussed when the place was visited by archaeologists who attended the International
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  • 172 18 The Dutch Air Authorities are now bcgjming very actively to push their Air Mail to Malaya, and leaflets are being distributed, at home, writes the Free Press Lcndon correspondent. Grpnd Guignol has been put on at the Duke ©f York's theatre, London, and it is to have a reason at
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  • 504 18 Success of Olympia Exhibition London. The National Radio Exhibition at Olympia is witness to the importance of the wireless industry in this country. The general level of liice? is considerably lower than it was last j car. Poi table sets occupy a very much less Important pc-siticn in
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    14 18 WHERE the midnight sun is shinin 6 The view from the North Cape, Norway.
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  • 1258 18 R.C.V.S. ANNUAL DINNER Conferment of Honorary Associateship For the first time m the long and notabir histcry of the Royal College cf Veterinary burgeons, the annual dinner, which was held recently at the Hctel Victoria. London, was honoured by the presence of a member
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  • 322 18 Municipal Council "Thinking Up" Another Paris. Paris loves exhibitions, especially the international variety, and ever since the Colonial Exhibition came to its triumphal conclusion last year the Municipal Council has been 'thinking up' another. It has^ncw been decided that a Workers and Peasants Exhibition which the authorities are
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  • 217 18 Attempt to Hold Up Omnibus London. M:tor bandit* continue, and the latest out- rage on the roads i.s an attempt to hold up a Great Western Railway omnibus near Savernake Fcrest. It was not far from the spot i where a week before two masked men. armed
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  • 175 18 Mysterious Illness at Blackpool London. Officials and veterinary surgeons who inveiti- ;ated the mysterious outbreak of illness result- I ng m the death of two greyhounds at Blackpool ■lace Track, are of opinion that the illness of -he degs was caused by some form of hysteria Jue to
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 291 18 I FAR SUPERIOR TO I ANY SUSPENSORY I BANDAGES I Read what a "Litesome" licit user says.— "The Litesome' is the very finest I '"••Jcle of its kind I have ever worn." I H This man, who has lived m the Settle- j I meats for years, continuously wore an
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    • 539 18 BANKS AND CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA (Incorporated In England by Royal Charter) Paid up capital m 600.000 shares of £5 each £3.000.000 Reserve Fund £3,000,000 1 i Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3,000.000 HtAD OFFICE I 38, Bishopsgate, London, E.C. 2. Agencies and Branches Alor Star Iloilo Saigon
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    • 230 18 ZxEswuSS THE Vf »KOHAMA *2 Reserve Fund T NUb"'ad onwT Sinnaporr R, l *"h Jnu WMtmi «ti L^ CtkUtU. r U,r, Honolulu. X Aateln. M mv. Rancooo i Seatt;- Souraba;. Tsinr OarmpoM i cities of the 'Aorid. "J Interest allowed rw. Fixed Dep,, -jJ applicatu.r. """Hi, business tram.> j Nrpwtteulti
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 426 18 ROUND YOUR DIAL Popular Shortwave Radio Stations The following is a Hst of stations which can j be received in Singapore Java Stations Bandoeng PLM from about 1 S 20 p.m. gramophone records and telephony tests with Sydney, Australia, and other stations. Usual call alter records "Hullo Sydney." Tanjong Priok,
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  • 160 19 ■I J H Maraulay sent the following letter Financial News: I! R kea ls t irtling claim when he I lighters have a heat value I lh at ,t wood. peat. coal, coke or kCrt LS Vi> UOt convert a Proportion 'i' d Kiri J m stocks, which
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  • 440 19 STATISTICS OFFICE LIBRARY Umm were issued or reagent of Statistics. S.S. period August 28th to 3rl ..si\t, and are avail- lataWM Library, kpovt, Application may a( Ifsemix:- ln< Public resident m 0 'borrow tbetc publications for re- Jienm i wmmm by the P IKTMKNT Q1 erf Rubl* r by Ports
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  • 30 19 Industries (Malaya) Ltd. (i a telegram from Im- trks Ltd., London ad"■d. afti-r reviewing the i months trade during n an Interim Divi''yabU- on E>ecember Ist.
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  • 1300 19 Knowledge Which Would Sell More Tin Mr. Francis A. Harding:, m his presidential dress to the National Canners" Association America, stressed the importance of reaving "false and foolish prejudices about the n can and its contents." To do sc, he said >uld help to increase
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  • 178 19 LEWIS PEAT'S RUBBER REPORT Singapore Sept. 9. The market has been irregular during the past week and daily fluctuations have been considerable. What support there has been again emanated from New York, but at the moment the market appears to be weak with fairly heavy liquidation taking place. Locally estates
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  • 316 19 With the Imperial Conference coming to close grips with realities. Canadian economic, affairs show a marked psychological improve- 1 ment. The favourable outcome of the Conference has been a potent factor m the restora- i tion of confidence on the stock markets, which last week experienced the
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  • 23 19 Countless as are the crimes of D.0.R.A.. she j cannot fairly be accused of that super-crime the bad English hotel. Mr. Robert Lynd.
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  • 150 19 Changes m Representative Prices Sept. 6 7 8. American Can. Com. 59 61 59% Am. T'phone and T'graph 115% 1194 1161* Dupont 43% 46 4 43 4 Firestone. Common 164 16% 164 Gen. Electric 21 224 214 Gen. Motors 174 194 184 Goodrich 10% 114 104
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  • 170 19 THE ABROAD Par Sept. 7 8. Amsterdam 12.107 8.70 8.69 i Athens 375 5624 5624 Belgrade 25.22 4 225 230 Berlin 20.43 14.70 14.70 Bombay Is. 6d Is. 6 964 Is. 6 964 Brussels 35 25.22 4 25.17 4 Bucharest 813 590 590 Buenos Aires 47.58 nom. nom. Copenhagen 18.159
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  • 167 19 How Plantations Are Meeting Their Difficulties The rubber plantation industry, freed from the fetters of artificial restriction, is at last being compelled to work out its own salvation along natural lines. These are the elimination of unprofitable production, the conservation of resources, the reduction of costs, amalgamation
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  • 189 19 Bcustead and Co. Penang, Agents: United Patani 214.953 lbs; Malakoff 164.700 lbs; Taiplng 139,957 lbs; Sungei Batu 62,000 lbs; i Windsor 43,000 lbs; Foothills 26,600 lbs; Ber- tarn 262,640 lbs: Kuala Muda 182.000 lbs: Val Dor 51.000 lbs: Kuala Sidim 101,327 lbs; Bassett 36.693 lbs. Boils
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  • 359 19 To-Day 's Price Changes EXCHANGE RATES September 9. SELLING Londen. 4 months' sight 2|4 1,16 London, 3 months' sight 2 [4 1,32 London, 60 days sight 2|4 London. 30 days' sight 2 3 31 32 London, demand 23 1516 London, T.T. 2J3 29,32 Lyons and Paris, demand 1020 Hamburg, demand
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  • 72 19 September 9th.. 12 o'clock noon. Bayers Seßora R.S.S. equal to London Standard. Spot 8% 8 13t16 Standard R.S.S. on Tender Sept. 8 13 16 84 Oct. 84 8 15|lf Nov. 8 ***** 9 Oct-Dec. 9 9 1 16 Jan-Mar. 94 9 1 Tone cf Market:
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  • 900 19 FRIDAY, SEPT. 9TU, 1932. CLOSING QUOTATION* ttuyera belters isam Kunibang (£> 26s 28s Lusiral Malay if I i&» 20s kyer Hitam (5s > 12s 13s Bangrin Tin (f) 15s 17s 6d Saiang Paaantj itli oo 1° iatu Caves *S1» 35 40 sukit Arang (.*l> 40 uom. 3urmah
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 76 19 exceed $12,000,000 AMorance In force over 535.000.00n The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. (Incorporated In the Strata Settlement*) HEAD OFFICE Great Eastern Life Building, Cecil Street, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE 27, Old Jewry, B.C. The company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England and complies with the British
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  • 1076 20 R.A.F.'S GREAT FIGHT Brilliant Goal By Mat Noor Decides SYF.D SAVES HOLDERS Malays 1, R.A.F 9. Well done the Malays They won the Singapore Cup for the third time yesterday, beating the Royal Air Force by a goal to nil. It was a worthy fight between two
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  • 288 20 NORTON SUCCESS Lightweights Skid Round Course at 69 m.p.h Rugby, Sept. 8. The Senior Gcand Prix motor-cycle race over 226 miles of road m the Isle of Man took place m heavy rain. The lotf-lying clouds on the mountains over which the »oad pais">e;> re
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  • 355 20 Results to Date and Next Week's Ties FRIDAYS TIES A Singles Handicap R. F. Goodman scr. vs. Roy Smith owe 30 postponed. B Singles Handicap Lt. M. T. L. Wilkinson owe 15 beat D. R Howgill owe 2, 6 i, 7 5. A Doubles Handicap: Semi-Final Dr. H.
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  • 202 20 ReoUlts of the matches played m the S.R.C. tennis tournament and the list of future ties are: Championship Singles:— N. A. Hannay beat G. Lowe 6 l. 7—5. "A" Singles: Dr. G. de Souza beat H. N. Balhetchet 6—2. 7—5. Dr. W. A. Balhetchet beat F. Scully 6—o.
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  • THE SINGAPORE AUTUMN MEETING
    • 420 20 Handicaps, Scratchings and Selections We give below the handicaps, scratchings and our selections for to-day's races. The first race will start at 2.15. The big sweep will be held on Race 8 and the double tote on Races 7 and 8. In addition to the scratchings shown below,
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    • 338 20 Handicaps for the fourth day (Wednesday) are as follow: Race 1. Ponies Class 2 Div. 3. (6 furs 2.15 p.m.: Kylpa 9.5, Simon 8.10, Peerless Lady 8.9. The Imp 8.3, Perfect Lady 8.2, Babz II 8 Bonny Mary 8, Highland Lass 7.9, Salome 7 7 Kilat 6.13, Mickey
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  • HOME FOOTBALL
    • 235 20 Matches m the English and Scottish Leagues to-day are as follow: Division I: —Birmingham vs. Blackpool. Bolton vs. Middlesbrough. Chelsea vs. Sheffield United. Leeds vs. Huddersfield. Leicester vs. Newcastle. Liverpool vs. Aston Villa, Manchester City vs. Arsenal. Portsmouth vs. Wolverhampton. Sheffield W. vs. Blackburn R. Sunderland
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    • 20 20 London, Sept. 8. In a Division 111 (Southern) game to-day Brentford defeated Coventry City by 2 l. Reuter.
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  • 215 20 New York Baseball Idol in Hospital New York. Sept. 9. The following were the scores in yesterday's baseball games: NATIONAL LEAGUE Fourteen Innings were played in the first game in which Earl Webb for the Tigers and Byrd I twice I for the Yankees scored home runs.
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  • 180 20 The following; a:e the matches for next week: Monday's 5.10 p.m. R. N. Elliott. R. B. Black. A. I. Horsley. G. C. Parsons. R A. Exloy. G D. Prooktcr v. C. B. Maxwell. L. N. Strachan. K. S. Tufnell. R. A. Ashworth. H. Meynell. A. E. S.
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  • 30 20 Members of the Chinese Swimming Club are requested to note that a meeting of j>ing pong enthusiasts will be held on Sunday, at 12 o'clock to discuss the forthcoming tournament.
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 157 20 *«"■:■<■ a ■TT77 > Angles on Practical pi/ BY P. W. r. Mills »'ty[ $2.25 Local interest attaches to this book on for his close connection with the MDfBSQn f years ago. Recent issues ul Hie Club Ruk-s httVt < .u.t.u! seaplane problems r..:d inforniative treat mm! be found m
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