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

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1 16 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 16 1 The Sinapore Pree Press so. 753 ESTABLISHED 1835. SINGAPORE, S.S. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1932. 10 CENTS.
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  • 301 1 Two Leading Aircraftsmen were drowned at the Royal Air Base at Seletar when a flying boat with a crew of five crashed Page 9. Text of the Protocol between Japan and Mai.chukuo has been published Page 9. Intense indignation at Japan's recognition of Manchukuo is prevalent throughout
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  • 990 1 Pecunda culpae saecula nuptias Primum inquinavere. et genus, et domos: Hoc fonte derivata clades In patnam populurmjiie fluxit. Horace. Self-expression is an abstract noun of comparatively recent origin, much used not to say abused by the school of decadent novelists, largely feminine. It is an abstraction of the slogan
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 162 1 II VV will o gT*! N \B LE AT ALL rjDRf, PROVISION STORES lAFFLES HOTEL MALAYA'S PREMIER HOTEL SATURDAY, SEPT. 17th. fECIAL DINNER and RACE BALL EXTENSION TILL 2 A.M. BOOK NOW. TO-NIGHT TEA DANCE-6.30 to 8.15 p.m. INFORMAL DINNER DANCE 9.30-MTONIGHT SPECIAL DAILY ISH DOLLAR LUNCH SATURDAY A LA
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    • 101 1 1 EUROPE I HOT ELp™"' SPECIAL RACE DINNER and DANCE EXTENSION TO 2 A.M. SUNDAY H R waring, Orchestral Special Manager. Concert 9.30—11 p.m. Has it ever struck you that THE CAPITOL RESTAURANT is the ideal spot m Singapore for a delightful AFTERNOON TEA PARTY? Cool Comfortable and the most
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    • 115 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Piano bargains Pag; 3. Ethel Manin's latest book Page 1. Home grown fruits and vegetables Page 8. Guard yourself against accidents Page 16. For that heavy feeling a';;r limit Pm 3. CHRYSLER LOW INITIAL COST "Its all experience!" In this mood Miss Ethel Mannin sets down m her
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    • 7 1 i OBTAINABLE AT ALL LEADING PROVISION STORES
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  • 296 2 Cause Ipoh Chinese to Take His Life A sensation was caused m Ipoh on Monday when it became known that Mr. Wong Sin Onn. who for over 30 years has been m the employ Mr. F. J. "Bryant, the well-known lawyer had committed suicide by cutting his throat,
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  • 187 2 The following are Singapore Volunteer Corps routine orders by Lieut. Col. M. J. T. Reilly, M.C., Commanding S.S.V.F. Singapore, Sept. 14. Ranges The following range allotments are republished for information Buses leave Headquarters Sat. Sun. Bkt. T. Range Farrer R. 2 p.m. 7.30 a.m. 17.9.32 "E" i
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 477 2 MACLEAN BRAND STOMACH POWDER for Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Gastric Ulcer, Flatulence, and all forms of Stomach Trouble. PRICE $1.00 PER BOTTLE. Obtainable from all Chemists and from the Distributors: MEDICAL HALL LTD., Battery Road. Opposite General Post Office. BUSINESS CARDS. I BE PHOTOGRAPHED BY H. NUGENT BUCKERIDGE Highest Claas Work— Lowest
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    • 610 2 TENDERS. SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL NOTICE. Tenders. NOTICE is hereby given that tenders are now invited for the following materials or services and that particulars of such tenders may be obtained In the Tender Room, Municipal Offices Annual Supplies for 1933. Date of Closing. See list m Municipal Tender Room. Leasing of
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    • 403 2 Bj JB BSr^ v^^BJ BJBY RBt mß^Bi I B^tß B^Bm T^V^H Hf SaßT9^ BTBi Br .BAJbTj^ JU > Pepsodent polishes teeth as it removes film This double-action tooth paste brings a rapid improvement m the appearance of your teeth SOME tooth pastes will remove three most important things nectary film,
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    • 224 2 NOTICES. Proposed Amalgamation of THE CHINESE COMMERCIAL BANK LIMITED, THE HO HONG BANK LIMITED, and THE OVERSEA-CHINESE BANK LIMITED. The Directors ol the abovenamed Companies have the pleasure to announce that I the shareholders of each Company have, at an Extraordinary General Meeting convened for the purpose by resolutions passed
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    • 104 2 AUCTION BAII AUCTION SAI.K I VALUABI.E STATUTORY GRM SINGAPORE TOWN PBOPERHM To be htld il -f Hsl H Keng Ix-o and Co. Ltd. Ra3*. CtsM RalH< I ON MONDAY. SEPTEMBB at 2.^0 P.M- I P\RTI((I\» I Lot Iw— Valuablf BUW fl hou.>' bwva %< I 436 1 NORTH BRIDGE M
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 207 2 THE WEEK Friday, 16th. High Water 1.28 9.0 ft.. 23.34 9.9 ft. Visitors' Day at Po Leung Kuk, 4.50 p.m. "Madam Butterfly" by Italian Opera Co., Victoria Theatre, 9.30 p.m. Annual Conference of Licorporated Society of Planters, Port Dickson. Hockey: A.P.C. Sports Club trial game, Paya Lebar. SC.C. Tennis A.
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  • 782 3 Alsagoff Dispensary Opening Next Month [By Our Muslim Corre pondentl It may b? ie:nembered that some few months ago the Muslimin Trust Fund Association. Singapore decided at one of their meetii cs to establish a dispensary where poor and indigent Muslims may obtain medical attention and medicine
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  • 229 3 Annotated By the Recipients Stockholm. A volume of love-letters written by August Strindberg, the great Swedish dramatist, to his third wife, Harriet Bosse, has Just been published by Mrs. Bosse herself. The letters reveal quite a new side of Stringberg's fascinat- ing personality; it is the still, and
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  • 31 3 The talkie for Monday, September, 26, ai the Capitol, will be "The Sign of Four," Sherlock Holmes, greatest detective story, a British production. Tickets are procurable at the Y.W.C.A. Raffles Quay.
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  • 210 3 Popular Bishop Resigns Dr. W. W. Hough, the Bishop of Woolwich. 1 has resigned after a serious illness. All South-East London will miss his breezy, rigorous and emphatic sermons, unless, as Is hoped, he will recover sufficiently to carry on is assistant bishop. A caster's barrow
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  • 295 3 Dr. C. H. Kellaway, director of the Walter md Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne, m dis- 1 :ussing "Snake Venoms as Muscular Poisons," ivhich formed the subject on his presidential address m the physiology and experimental biology section of the Australian Science Congress pointed out that m the history
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  • 227 3 Mr. R. D. Blumenfeld on the Production of the Future A journalist for over fifty years has confessed that he only once experienced the "glowing satisfaction of being able to read and enjoy what I should call the ideal newspaper." Mr. R. D. Blumenfeld, Master of the
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  • 50 3 Decline m Numbers Reported Berlin, Sept. 12. During the second half of August, the German unemployed army decreased by 158,000 to 5.225 millions. The decrease k partly due to the demand for seasonal labour and partly to the continuation of the weeding but process 1b the labour exchanges.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 240 3 ASEPSO FOR Wt SKIH SAFETY y\S£DSQ" fit W FOR ALL SKIN TROUBLES ■DWABD (C)OK CO. LTD., LONDON lA2 1 »"'•*£•»•<'*•» I jff Ifj-J jf f 0 v x I u^^t^ dUU y 4 w f \N I Haiifc ih# vMppmw i *-i*^^ ••""—•s^^B S|^ »w3SiBl I TWh* Set torattw I-_
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    • 150 3 STOP DIGESTIVE PAIN QUICKLY The worst attacks of indigestion are stepped m a few seconds by taking a little >T s:3urated* Magnesia m water immediately after eating. Bisurated* Magnesia goes right to the seat of the trouble, neutralises excess acidity, stops fermentation, and soothes, heals and strengthens the inflamed stomach
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    • 84 3 Estate Trust Agencies (1927) Limited BRANCHES: 21, First Cross Street i MALACCA. 11, Light Street PENANG. 14, Klyne Street KUALA LUMPUR. Registered by and Security deposited with the Straits Settlements Government. Act as Trustees, Administrators, Receivers, Guardians, Rent Collectors, Investments Supervised and Interest collected, Probate or Letters of Administration applied
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  • 335 4 LITTLE THINGS THAT FATTEN EVERY woman is alter that nymph-like silhouette. Meals are being cut; potatoes eschewed; and there are bathings and pommellings going on as well. What sadness and sorrow Is here! In many Instances, the fat will remain regardless until. at length, the slimmer
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  • 196 4 »|*HE newest idea, according to Carole Lorn* bard, to get a new shade is to have it dyed from white cloth. Miss Lombard recently appeared m a suit of a most bewitching shr.de of, blue. When question 1 about it, Carole said It was ail old French
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  • 129 4 Now that table cloths have assumed a place of great interest, up-to-date hostesses are using some really intricate styles. Cloths of white damask patterned with small, embossed flower heads, are out m circles for round tables, and made with frills to hang over the sides of
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  • 131 4 Pretty schemes were to be seen at a smart' function m London. There was abundant! admiration for the deep yellow satin material use as a long frock under a bolero coat of brown satin, the satin being made up on the dull side. Elegance was achieved m such
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  • 89 4 Face cloths of rubber may sound rather extraordinary but there is nothing revolutionary m using rubber on the face, we have long used rubber sponges. These cloths are about twelve inches square. Their surface is soft and crepe-like, m pale colours with bindings of darker rubber They
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  • 31 4 ar^X I h a *«*«in g well S their hO Ye& ar more attention the mle^ they do to of ™\Z?T. W not ied to "He.. They --^iar^hi^mi^er-
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  • Article, Illustration
    885 4 From the Mere Mans Point of View. HPHE MALE point of view Of course it' X exists about women and their clothes, I mean, but how often do we stop to consider it when cur enthusiasm is running riot ever a new hat or frock, or when we are
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  • 119 4 I*HOSE who enjoy swimming as well as sun bathing. are re-arranging ;heir permanent waves so that they will be well protected frcm the bad effect of sea water So the top of the head is brushed sleekly and not pressed into tight waves, with the parting fairly low
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  • 83 4 17ERY large chiffon handkerchiefs. de rigeur for the dance, are square and made m deep colours— bdue. emerald green, brown and black. Among the new designs printed patterns show very large white flowers. Floral patterns are represented m a large sprawling chrysanthemum m the centre of the handkerchief,
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  • 97 4 Dark blue and white, and lighter blues and white are m great request by fashionable women. Their demand is met by short-sleeved dresses m blue to wear under short, white coats, also brief m the r.rms. Perhaps the hat is as shiny and bright as the
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  • 116 4 Fashions m pictures change almost as completely as fashions m clothes. Just now. the vogue is fcr small pictures hung directly under the picture rail, which is now placed at a lower level than that to which we are accustomed. i An engraving m a narrow, unvarnished frame is
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  • 123 4 For those who find their legs become very tired after motoring for any length of time, there are some new wedge-shaped hassocks. which lessen such tiredness considerably. Of course, they can be made at home, but busy housewives will find them stocked m i many sizes
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  • 105 4 Those sandals which are having such a vogue now are influencing the design of shoes for evening wear. Already there are models showing satin tops attached to calf soles and leattier heels. The shape is an exact replica of the summer styles, being broad and comfortable, with
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  • 597 4 Law and Women s Hats A Brigadier-General, chairman of Aldershot Magistrates, told a girl prosecutor: "It is an insult to this court and a most disreputable proceeding that you should come here before me wearing no hat. I hope you are thoroughly ashamed of yourself." On the following Sunday the
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  • 86 4 Milliners with a reputation for smartness are still making dozens of caps, but they have also some straws the size of tea-trays. There are new wide-brimmed straws with dull surfaces, either untrimmed, or encirc'ed with the narrowest of ribbons. There is also a new fashion. Velvet crowns
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  • 116 4 CLEEVES on frocks aptly called "Five o'clock Frccks" are made m a variety of shapes. There are the old favourites, raglan sleeves and leg-o-mutton styles. Sometimes the intricacy of cut ensures that the back of the bodice of the frock and the sleeves are m one. Frocks,
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  • Article, Illustration
    218 4 Men Cheer Seaside Verdict Cliftonvillr. Three London girls wan the "n:c3t beautiful hair" competition at the Cliftonvillc swimming pool despite long, short, and curly odds. Mere than 2.000 people watched tfc parade from the cliffs and balustrades, and lined Mm sides of the pool, rews deep. It
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  • 430 4 'HAN HRrvr^: Bar a era. y.,., -ha vamps wen- th<* J slinky, black or Jl^« *ho J considered p,..- r^ir. But fashmn perhaps, aft, r all <**a** m thebrun,tt, v. «*J the most an,;,;: \Z'2** have a S n, lk > h mother calls i na
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  • 54 4 Whether our i^- I parchment frock. Angel-skin I* r connection too. ttd patterned with B9M »B a soft amm pink to tastefully sprmkl.d and violrt B»«m coloured lan- eOMH JM has such a vogue on *>^*j" I and which ton White to •■•>■ M In fact. It
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  • 61 4 ,y Have you I '"V^ to many of tb surely tempt Uk 'lZ coat, evrn OU< h b^k A mass of b,!- being ov.r-:.. are quaint. ha f xs the ba.- t hr 2 effect slopes t v* neath Ntaf a perfect MM „u<t^' Bows BaWl rfl^»
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  • 44 4 Brown am! „;s sununer the> dress expert IV S vi :> One MM !v- j brown, or i calf are to* straw hats I— J ribbon a>,.-, '%<***> New surd-' l>< a fine ptattnl *o*~l A ill ftftU i; appears ;us otht'rwLv vi.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 359 5 *M.\TINEES: SAT. AND SUN. AT 3.15 p.m. m vfy a^^FSv LJ l f£&y J3I i raR Cm aSsW^B j RESERVATIONS PHONE 6903. I y. ALL-LAUGHTER DOUBLE-SHOW /s Uf\\W r }l(i linest Comedy yy^ 1 f v Programme ever yy kfSi NOT SO WESTERN Wm I ROUT splitting burlesque S^ STRICTLY
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    • 233 5 "EXCELLENTLY DONE WELL WORTH SEEING" "Straits Times" 15|9j32. HERE'S A BRITISH SHOW YOU'LL ENJOY Icapitoll w V#W#VW¥VWWWWV¥WWWVW TO-NIGHT 6.15, 9.15. ALL THE THRILLS OF THE "SILENT DAYS!" Magnificent English and Scottish Scenery Familiar Scenes of London, with a thrilling motor-car chase through the city "A HONEYMOON ADVENTURE "g From C.
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    • 184 5 Still on the GOLD STANDARD of entertainment LAST NIGHT TO-NIGHT WARNER BAXTER KAREN MORLEY IN FOX MOVIETONE'S THRILLER MAN ABOUT TOWN To-morrow Saturday MATINEE AT 3 p.m. WHAT A THRILL TO SEE THEM together! m •Jl m WMiVtid v K| 4 ':m^r I _^_^_t \v. Ifl''ir_Ki .MB 41 _^_B_R'*' _^__j___^>'.*
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  • SPORT OF THE DAY.
    • 355 6 New York Yankees Win League Pennant New York, Sept. 14. The New York Yankees won the American League pennant yesterday. Results were as follow (Johnson home run for Boston and Campbell for St. Louis) The Yankees also won their hundredth victory against 43 defeats and their seventh League
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    • 188 6 Crawford and Hopman Win German Doubles J. Crawford and H. Hopman (Australia) won the German doubles championship at Hamburg, beating O. Hughes and H. N. Lee (Britain), 7—5. 6 3, 3 6, 6 3. Von Cramm (Germany) defeated Menzel (Czechoslovakia). 3 6. 6 2. 6 2. 6 3.
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    • 584 6 Wazir AH and Naidu m Form The Indian tourists' match against the Indian Gymkhana at Osterley Park was drawn. The weather was fine and the Indians, winning the toss, decided to bat on a perfect wicket. Wazir Ali and Naomal opened the innings, and the latter
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    • 355 6 Singapore Championship Results Results of the ties played last woek-end j were Inter-Club Championship: Amateur Athletic Union beat Amateur Sporting Association s—o5 0 Chew K<row Chin beat Gan Hock Hoe 15 0. 1 15 5: Lim Tian Wan beat Tan Soo Choo 11.15 11. 15 11; Koh Yew Keng
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    • 38 6 The Rev. Father Joseph Machado Lawrence of the Portuguese Mission of Singapore has arrived m Malacca to take the place of fcev Father Manuel Fernandez, who is going to Ooa In the near future o*ing to failing health
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 120 6 BRIGHTEN YOUR HOME I m WITH THE LAMPS O^ASTINC BRILLIANCE I J^B H V *^-^^B •-'>■' <i j V IB V^^CrSi bhW ,^BI fl Sole Agents UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED. i Incorporated m Straits Settlements* SINGAPORE AND BRANCHES. Stuikist. JOHN LITTLE CO.. LTD. BONNIE OLAXO BABY t A doctor says "My
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    • 54 6 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 alt Chemiits and Stores. BqttaUy good m
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    • 341 6 Thc^Favourite Jdr Every Cup Throughout the World the best judges of quality and good value insist on having Lipton's Tea. They appreciate the fine flavour and perfect freshness which distinguish this famous tea from all others. I—. On sale tverywhert In the famous yellow tin. LIPTOM LTD. T** Planw* Ceylon,
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  • 639 7 Protest Against Shipping T^itrary CROWING TRAFFIC MJL Letter to Homeward Conference ng of the Straits Settlements latlon it was decided to .vs of the Malacca Planters' Malacca Chinese Chamber t<> a letter dated July Homeward Japan, China rcncf on the Malacca L-jnf «rtttr»ry. ii unewmrd
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  • 32 7 IS Chi, 110n Kon s pt 14- <x-Presldent of the an >f AugU3t This action Is l n of W* refusal to M Uvi ty at presents-Sin Chew
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  • 585 7 SERVICE TO EDUCATION Missionary Who Served 40 Years m Malaya News lias been received In Penang of the death of Rev. G. F. Pykett on Friday at Bcdi ford Psik, London, after an illness dating from his retirement last April, after nearly forty
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  • 173 7 "Safe Eye-Wash or So Much Junk The decentralisation movement m Malaya has attracted the attention of the Saturday Review. Here is its comment. "In Malaya the new policy of its chief. Sir Cecil Clementi. a Colonial administrator with j a great reputation, is not at all popular
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  • 98 7 Sets Time Limit to Annuities Offer Dublin, Sept. 10. The Free State Government has decided to Impose a time limit on the offer to submit the problem of land annuities to an International tribunal, according to a statement appearing to-day m the Irish Press, a newspaper with
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  • 63 7 Sports Plane Crashes m Balkans Budapest, Sept. 8. A sports 'plane piloted by the Hungarian airman Carol Katwfilft. one of the most f amoua of the Hungarian pilots m the world war, crashed to-day In the environs of Eger. The airman and his companion were killed.
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  • 1813 7 DECISION TO WIND-UP EUROPE HOTEL Scheme for Luxury Building That Fell Through ARCHITECTS LARGEST CREDITORS Parties and Gala Nights to Clear off Existing Stocks At a meeting; of the creditors of the Europe Hotel Limited, m the Exchange Room yesterday, presided over by Mr. E. N. Taylor, Assistant Official Assignee,
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  • 259 7 ASSIZE COURT SEQUEL Chinese Receives Five Year Sentence A Chinese named Leong Meng was sentenced by Mr. Justice a'Beckett Terrell m the Assize Court yesterday to five years' rigorous imprisonment on a charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder, to which he pleaded
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  • 200 7 Chinese Sentenced to Death Sentence of death was passed yesterday by Mr. Justice a'Beckett Terrell on a Chinese named Cheng Leong, who was found guilty on his own voluntary confession of having murdered a former police constable whose mutilated body was found m a drain m Sago Stret
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  • 124 7 Penang mercantile employees. suddenlygalvanised into activity, held a lengthy meeting on Monday and debated for over an hour about the question of the proposed weekly wage at the end of which a resolution was passed favouring the proposal. Thirteen voted for and 7 against but almost half
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  • 404 7 of salaries and wages included m the $28,000 was only a small part. In reply to Mr. Aitken Berry, it was stated that the months of July and August showed a loss. Asked whether that loss might be due to a stigma which had possibly attached itself to the hotel
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  • 176 7 120 Dead m Troop Train Smash I DESERT TRAGEDY 31 Coaches Crash Into Ravine Oran, Algeria, Sept. 14. Fifty were killed and 80 injured m a terrible disaster to a French troop train transporting 510 officers. N.C.O.s. and men of the Foreign Legion. It is believed tttqft
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  • 267 7 A SPELLING ERROR Why Supreme Court Case was Adjourned Owing to a spelling error In a document of major importance a rise m the Suprrmt Court yesterday before the Chief Justice,. Sir William MurLson, was adjourned m order that the error could be rectified. The action was one m which
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  • 195 7 Retirement From S.S. Prison Staff A pleasant little cei'emony took place m the Prison Officers Club on Wednesday evening, when Mr. A. W. Duggan was presented with a gold watch by his fellow officers on the occasion of his retirement from the prison service. Mr. A.
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  • 92 7 Indian Leaders' Efforts to Reach Agreement Simla. Sept 14. Efforts are being made to deter Gandhi from carrying out his fast. The Viceroy granted an interview to an Assembly representative of the depressed classes, who yesterday appealed to all parties to make an effort to save the life
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  • 46 7 New York, Sept. 13. For the second successive day the Stock Exchange reacted from the recent optimistic levels and the severe break at the opening was only partially redeemed by a rally In the afternoon and prominent descriptions closed several points down Reuter.
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  • 73 7 Even a Prince may be the Tictlm of a Joke! Prom Venice comes the story of the Princt of Wales on a brief sJght-seein* walk when somebody told the y Ince that he should se, the hones of the City. The Prince express* surprise that there should be horn* faTt^
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  • 729 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1932 GANDHI AGAIN We may be doing Mahatma Gandhi an injustice but it is difficult to dissociate his recent decision to enter upon "a fast unto death" from the fact that the other methods of the' Indian Congress to balk the efforts of the
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  • 199 8 Attractive Performance of La Boheme The San Carlo Grand Opera Company their return visit IP Singapore with La Boheme at the Victoria Theatre last night. There was a large audience present and the Company did full Justice to Puccini's popular opera. M. Poerio sang well as Rudolph,
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  • 134 8 Subscriptions to League Expenses Geneva, Sept. 14. The announcement that China is meeting her obligations despite the loss of revenue arising from events m Manchuria and Shanghai has produced a most favourable impression on the League Secretariat. The Chinese Government has just notified the Secretariat of the 'payment
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  • 77 8 Appointed Governor of Newfoundland London, Sept. 15. Admiral Sir David Anderson has been appointed Governor of Newfoundland. Reuter. [Admiral Anderson, who entered the Navy m 1889 and is 58 years of age, was RearAdmiral and Senior Officer. Yangtse. from 1923 to 1925 and for a time acted as
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  • 52 8 Leaders m Cabinet Consider Position Rugby. Sept. 15. Considerable discussion is taking place regarding the possible attitude of the Liberals m the Government towards the Ottawa agreements and the newspapers state that this matter was considered at a private meeting between some of the Liberal leaders yesterday.
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  • 100 8 The number of deaths recorded m the Singapore municipal area during the week ended September 10 was 169. giving a mortality xate of 18.69 compared with 18.24 m the preceding week and 19.48 m the corresponding week of last year. There were no deaths of Europeans. 4 Eurasions, 134 Chinese.
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  • 708 8 $50,000 SPENT ON MOON CAKES CHINESE CELEBRATE LUNAR BIRTHDAY Offerings to the Benign Goddess During the last fortnight something like $50,000 has been spent by local Chinese m the purchase of moon cakes, it is estimated by our Chinese correspondent, m connection with the celebration of the Fifteenth day of
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  • 110 8 Glasgow Rangers Defeat Newcastle London, Sept. 15. In a friendly football match between the holders of the Scottish and English FA. Cups Glasgow Rangers defeated Newcastle 4—l Reuter. ARSENAL DRAW AT WEST BROMWIC 11 In a First Division match at West Bromwich to-day the Arsenal shared point* with
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  • 64 8 Rug-by, Sept. 15. Sir Henry Simpson, the celebrated gynaecologist who attended the Princess Royal and the Duchess of York at the birth of their children, died suddenly from heart failure In London yesterday. It was Sir Henry Simpeon m the bulletin issued after the birth of Princess
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  • 11 8 Mr. C. E. Jenkins has been appointed State Engineer, at Kedah
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  • 67 8 GERMANY'S DEMAND TO REARM REARM BRlfisl Move Plan tolSr^ A m-A *> German rt the DaU> undersu? 1 will tak, lf **w Dlsarmam.r.: I *j should be en WMDMda by a cons,,.- ;e Interested 4 The lnif: idea n,^ The pa impolicy DM "M Government T llnh Germany .-,,>;.,..• ir
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  • 80 8 A Reminder From the Treasury Washington, *f v All debtors of the Umied Sut*tJc| to exercise th< postponemmi notify the American Government id* night, m tnm4u» with thetm»*| debts ■ptMMßti iiinouricw the 1^ oecretan (Mr. O.ci. M He adds that apart from Ksthon. and Poland. M other debtor
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  • 79 8 Coni'ereiUT (id> Dm to Work Harte v*l! Important p: made yatrtj the attempt 10 rotton*l»a a result an IgNtd .«£enda err.bodyirf tbr|i at issue and the order for diviutttkh a meetintr of the conference m Misrlvir day under the chairma:vship of tbe MkM| Labour's F W U| The
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  • 50 8 Leave to Appeal (i.anled How Ronj vfi 1! Sir William I r <* 1 has granted t: respitf cution of Urn naftam on Cha *"T] who was four..-; I P"*'^*, of George Fu::u and senfcnced to terday. Sir William h to the Juclui,. U **'l |M| Siar..:
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  • 58 8 LONDON AND NF\VVORK T I> C RI'BISKK PRICES [FREE MM ********> London. *-P l Mes.srs Henry Gartoer brokers, notify :o-da> > i» P"" follows r Spot ***** («»> £152^4 (MM TIM mark.' WH** Messrs. BymliMgJ^Li notify to-day'B rubber F follows m« Spot 2 L7S2d :in6d'^ 2 s Bd
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  • 36 8 i Shin«h* The PHI I to-day Ual C a Nine r J.l?* 4^ Mr Sr.v Eric Draw with regard i cation ol the 1 the Japan- earafaft siniiiltam 0 port. -Kent.
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  • 21 8 inter virvMd •<< the lapect d 9 Ninkini: I lefti***" At prta n vicinity of N K-Ut< r
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 135 8 DRY SACK WALNUT BROWN SHERRIES SHIPPED BY WILLIAMS HUMBERTS, LTD. CAIXJEECKS WINE MERCHANTS. FRESH SUPPLIES DAILY'— IKAN KURAU 8 IKAN MERAH From 35 cts. to 40 cts. per lb. Singapore COLD STORAGE Co Ltd ORCHARD ROAD SUB-DEPOTS. COX KINGS (AGENTS) LIMITED Head Office 13, Regent Street, LONDON, S.W.I. TAKE CHARGE
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    • 17 8 EXQUISITELY MODELLED SILVER TOAST RACKS Gift Most Useful U. S. de Silva Bros.. 23 HIGH STREET SINGAPORE.
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  • 197 9 •Perpetual Friends to Secure Peace m Far East" WORLD OPINIONS OF RECOGNITION Acute Anxiety m British Official Circles London, September 15. The protocol between Japan and Mancukuo was published H^ It states that Japan has recognised the fact that fc^hukuo m accordance with the free-will
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  • 239 9 London, Sept. 15. inxiety has been created iiplomutic and well-informed cera by the announcement of cognition of Manchukuo. I text of the note has not yet published but the effects of pition have been seriously ied for the past month. ugh largely diiicounted the decision
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  • 54 9 Migration prevails all over Mitnchukuo the action of aum runs m prohibiting de- 1 and mass meeting has resulted* ■■en order. on to-day the capital was no demonstrations. The Mmistery are negotiating authorities concerning 'apanese sailors which is i Sboaen Kuisha's berthing j Chines.' authorities I
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  • 136 9 peace topn,,r tin- F.r I Thr >ft J etantf srcuaatnti i Urn L Manchun.' Rome. Sept. 15. Japanese action has caused no surprise m Italy as Japanese recognition of Manchukuo was expected. The average Italian regarded recognition as an inevitable result of the pressure of economic
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  • 130 9 lions Kong. Sept. 15. evening rtattl that the I M worsened. Hundreds been ordered to Dat- b a.iy reperciusion that Chinese quarters a.s the re- Mtion of the ManH The Japanese are i along the Yangtze. ten issued an order H n and demonstraH Living the Reds an but
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  • 11 9 I u -'""Rton. Sept. 15. "1 Manchukuo will
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  • 219 9 FOUND DROWNED IN RIVER Disappeared After Husband's Suicide Sacramento, California, Sept. 15. The body of a woman found m the river here was identified to-day as that of Dorothy Millette. Paul Bern's first wife. A Los Angeles message states that a will has been produced dated
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  • 132 9 Help for Danubian Countries Stresa. Sept. 14. An interesting stage has been reached at the Danubian Reconstruction Conference, to which many are looking to pave the way for general European economic improvement. The Conference ha* adjourned to enable ielegates to submit a concrete scheme to ;heir respective
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  • 93 9 Doing Better Than Large Farmers Rugby. Sept. 15. The Ministry of Agriculture reports that, ienerally, small holders have so far weathered :he agriculture depression m a remarkable way md m 1931 were doing better than large farmers, rhe area of new land acquired during 1931 by :ounty
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  • 370 9 Victims Trapped in' [Sinking Flying Boat ANOTHER PLANE RESCUES SURVIVORS Two Leading Aircraftsmen were trapped andj drowned when one of the big flying boats at the Royal Air Force Base at Seletar crashed and| sunk yesterday while returning to the Base. The pilot and
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  • 45 9 Giving Him Freedom to Fast j The Government has decided to J remove Gandhi from prison as soon as i he begins to fast to a suitable residence J where his only restriction will be that i he must remain there.- -Reuter.
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  • 86 9 under the leadership cf Air Commandant Merino having sent an ultima.am to President Davila. threatening to bomb the palace if he did not resign by 4 p.m.. alleging, inter alia, that he had deviated from true Socialism to the detriment of the poor and needy. There were no disturbances for
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  • 155 9 No News of Overdue Atlantic Fliers Rome. Sept. 14. The trans-Atlantic aeroplane American Nurse Is nearing the end of its journey. It was sighted at 9 p.m. over Sardinia, flying low to avoid heavy clouds. Reuter. Rome. Sept. 15. Expectations of the arrival of the aeroplane American
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  • 133 9 Mr. Hoover Refused to Change His Mind Washington, Sept. 15. The action of the Resolutions Committee of the American Legion Convention, now meeting at Portland, Oregon, m adopting by 21 votes to 9 a resolution asking for the immediate payment of the war veterans' bonus, brought an
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  • 96 9 Avoid Harbin-Siberia Route London, Sept. 15. In consequence of bandit outrages m Manchuria m which Britons have been involved the Foreign Office has issued a statement pointing out that Britons proceeding to and from the Far East will be well advised at present not to incur the
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  • 43 9 Dublin, Sept. 15. It Is understood that Mr. De Valera will probably visit London at the end of the week en route for Geneva for a final interview with Mr. Thomas on the question of international arbitration.- -Reuter.
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  • 122 9 Chilean Rebel Leader's Short Reign FLED WITHOUT TRACE Planes Swoop on City and are Captured Santiago, Sept. 15. Air Commandant Merino's coup has been short-lived. Following dissentiens among the new leaders, Merino fled to Elbosque airport. where, apparently, he ordered the Air Force to disperse, fcr
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 126 9 >***»>^ SALE CLOSES SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 th ONLY a MORE DAYS J REDUCTIONS IN ALL DEPARTMENTS i Don 9 t Miss This Opportunity BADMINTON STRINGS IN Red, Green, Orange, Purple, Blue or Black. MADE BY Armour Co., Philip W. Thayer, Btrlns Crafters. Chicago Union Building. Singapore. WINGET CONCRETE MIXERS The
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 948 10 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. THE CHINA NAVIGATION Co., Ltd. THE
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    • 486 10 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated In England) "ELLERMAN" LINE. FREIGHT SERVICE TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL HOMEWARDS. Doc Spore. Sails Spore. Steamer 5.3. CITY OP MELBOURNE For Marseilles, Havre, London, Rotterdam and Hamburg Sept. 30 Oct. 2 s.s. CITY OP KOBE For Havr. London,
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    • 423 10 British India and Apcar Lin,, (Incorporated la England *Q» MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARr* SERVICE. ARGO PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S N I UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY > r m n LONDON AND FAR EAST M\II SERUrr OUTWARDS FROM LONDON FOR CHINA ii» u Due J^'U Tonnage. Singapore. onrvarf c NALDERA
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 739 11 HUTLES MARSEILLES. LONDON. ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM AND MIDDLESBROUGH. T. 10,500 Sept. 21 22 X TERUKUNI MARU T. 12,000 Nov. 15 16 T. 10.700 Oct. 6 7 HAKUSAN MARU T. 10,500 Nov. 30 Dec. 1 T 11,000 Oct. 20 21 HARUNA MARU T. 10,500 Dec. 14 15 T 10.500 Nov. 2 3
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    • 312 11 §ajiemnc§ x^vs EUROPE via AMERICA VISIT SUNNY CALIFORNIA YOSEMITE PARK HOLLYWOOD GRAND CANYON WEEKLY SAILINGS FROM MANILA AND OR HONG KONG TO SEATTLE DIRECT OR VIA HONOLULU TO SAN FRANCISCO LOS ANGELES AND VIA PANAMA CANAL TO HAVANA AND NEW YORK THROUGH RATE SINGAPORE TO EUROPE VIA AMERICA £107.10.0. EUROPE
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    • 867 11 K. P. ML KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ MAROS Friday, Sept. Hi, Poeloe-Kirijang, Sapat, Tembilahan, Poeloe-Pallas and Rengat. OP TEN NOORT Friday. Sept. 16. Muntok, Batavia, thence per s.s. "M. Treub" to Semarang and Sourabnyu. TINOMBO— Friday, Sept. 16, Belawan-Deli. PAHUD Saturday, Sept. 17, Bawean, Ampenan, Padang-Bay, Boeleleng and Sourabaya. DE WEERT
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  • 394 12 Conclusion of Capt. Malms' Trade Expedition After fifteen months' journeying, Capt. Geoffrey Malms has arrived m Cape Town. Capt. Malms is the leader of the British-Africa Trade Development Expedition which left London early last year and has motored through Europe, Asia Minor and Africa advertising
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  • 225 12 Rabbits' Brains As Antidote Paris. A young professor of the School of Medicine of Clermont-Ferrand, Dr. Henri Limonsin. is reported to have discovered a remedy against fungus poisoning. Serums tried hitherto have been found inefficacious because research work has been based on the theory that the poisons
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  • 66 12 Employees Dash to Safety Ten employees working overtime at an indiarubber works m Colvestor.e-crescent. Dalstcn. had to dash down the fire escape to safety when the premises caught alight. A district call was issued and the firemen had to be equipped with smoked glass owing to the
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 648 12 Burns Philp Line. < (Incorporated In Australia) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,375 tons) and the SB. MANGOLA (3,352 tons). [Cargo only] s.s MARELLA is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia. Cabins
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    • 613 12 Kerr Steamship Co., l nc (Incorporated m DBA NEW YORK SERVICE. i Regular Freight Service to Boston, ew Philadelphia and Baltimore (via Sue M.B. SIL.VERWALNUT Sept. 27 O Da V» v MB. BILVERPALM Oct. 18 Oc t Por rates and particulars please apply to:— GUTIIItIK (X) THE EAST ASIATIC CO,
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 684 12 MAIL DESPATCHES BY TRAIN Bangkok every Saturday 7 p.m. and Thursday 7.30 a.m. Kedah Monday to Friday 7.30 a.m. Saturdays 7 pjn> Kuantan (vis 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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    • 167 12 VESSELS ARRIVED Van Linschoten, Dut. 1886, from Sourabaya 15, for Penang 17. Promise, Nor. 727, from Bangkok 15, for Bangkok 16. Batak, Dut. 243, from Indragiri 15. for Indragiri 17. L3rut. Brit. 464, from Malacca 15, for Malacca 16 Pangkor, Brit. 687. from Bangkok 15, for Bangkok 18. Ipoh, Brit.
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  • Port and Shipping News
    • 478 13 Serious Fire m Dollar Godown A tire which broke out m about 25 p^r cent, oi the ccLton stor.a m a Dollar Godown, Pootung, assumed considerable proportions until the attendance of the Fire Float and the Customs fire boat, says the N.C.D. News. Wnen the call was received
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    • 93 13 Building May be Resumed Rug-by. Sept. 14. It is understood that conversations regarding the possible resumption of work en the new 73.000-ton Cunard liner at Clydebank took place yesterday and to-day between Mr. Neville Chamberlain, the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. Walter Runciman. President of the Board of Trade,
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    • 175 13 Dr. H. Zwarenstein. the university zoologist, owned the strangest luggage that went aboard the Armadale Castle, m London. Dr. Zwarenstein took with him 1.200 frogs on which to experiment. The frogs are travelling to South Africa m specially constructed tanks, and their croakIng may be a really
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    • 111 13 East Coast Malay Peninsula, Pahang. Entrance to Kuan tan River. Intended alteration of position of the white fixed light at the entrance channel. Date. On and after October Ist., 1931. Position. Lat. 3 deg. 49' N., Long. 103 deg. 20' E., (Approx.). At a distance of about
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    • 40 13 We draw our readers' attention to the advertisement of the Nederland Royal Mail Line and Rotterdam Lloyd on page 11 of this paper, I which gives the sailings of the homeward bound 'passenger vessels for the year 1933.
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    • 981 13 The Son of the G.O.M. of U.S. Shipping A kindly eye, twinkling with humour; an all but limitless capacity for work; a leadership, such as is seldom found outside uniformed ranks m war days, brought about through realization by his employees that they are working with
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    • 37 13 The M.M. steamer Andre Lebon, Is due here from Penang on Sunday at 7 ajn. and will probably sail on the same day at 3 p.m. for Saigon, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Kobe and Yoko|hama. Berth S.H.B. wharves.
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    • 15 13 The s.s. Pahud arrived m port from Sourabaya yesterday with 424 pigs and 60 bullocks.
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 526 13 THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS (Daily and Weekly Editions) Eead Off 138 ROBINSON ROAD, SINGAPORE. Lme: 605 ft Cable Address: ADVERTISER, SINGAPORE. The premier morning daily m Malaya mlivered with the Chota Hazri each morning. Latest news, latest teleerams 1 la t£ St n S ouncements and tin cables appear daily
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    • 232 13 1 > v HAVe FORCED^ j!^%Ms^' 1 PVBUC 4O^W 1^w <H SHEER •5 Co. ■"^^a^^^d&HP^^^^B kT ■»^k*^^^j^^^^^L >lerchandise RK^B^^v^i Personal Ejects ■^^■C^^F^ W/V Motor Cars S^HHblHHb^H»^^^ 4 COLLYER QDAT (A.P3 I H^ teeth are living parts of your body. T)wy may be ill through lack of the proper V nourishment
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  • 487 14 "THY SERVANT" Revealing Poem by Kipling Of course he upset the salad bowl. You can see his muddy paw marks on the cloth. But leek at him, squatted In a corner, three feet from the ominous fragments, his rudder wagging tentatively, because, you see. he
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  • 495 14 MEETING THE FOOD SHORTAGE The Soya Bean and the Rabbit Moscow. The Soviet authorities are relying on the soya bean and the rabbit to fill up m part the conspicuous holes m the national food supply which exist at present, largely as a result of
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  • 341 14 Popular Shortwave Radio Stations The following Is a list of stations which can be received m Singapore I Java Stations Bandoeng PLM from about 5.20 p.m. gramophone records and telephony tests with Sydney, Australia, and ether stations. Usual call after records "Hullo Sydney." TaDjong Priok, 21 metres
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  • 67 14 Kuala Lumpur regular broadcasts are until further notice DAILY on 55.5 Metres 10.30 to 11 am. PETAL! NG HILL TESTING. (Except Sundays and Public Holidays). FRIDAY on 65 Metres FROM THE STUDIO 6.30 p.m. Krontchong Music. 7.00 English. 7.15 British Official Wireless News. 7.25 Recital
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  • 139 14 The programme of drills up to and for week ending, September 18th. are as follows: Friday, 5.15 p.m., Headquarters. SJI.A. (v). Voluntary Parade Laying. Rangtakers, Revision. Fortress Coy. (Europeans), Lecture, Ist. Bn. Sig. Sec, Lecture by Command Signal Officer, "B" Coy.. Recruits Course, 5.30 p.m., Malay Headquarters,
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  • 152 14 German Navy Honours Falkland Dead Berlin. A moving tribute has just been paid by the German Navy to the German sailors who perished m the famous naval battle of the Falkland Islands on December 8, 1914. In this encounter, a strong British force practically wiped
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  • 119 14 How a Chaplain Listened-In Saying that he had heard so many people remark that they had no need tq go to church because they could hear a service over the wireless, the Rev. H. D. Oldfteld, M.C., of Shorncliffe Garrison, told a gathering of Old Contemptibles at Folkestone
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 258 14 IF YOUR BATTERY COBLP SPEAK, IT WOPLO SAY CHANGE TO They spark when others can't and make starting easier AT ALL GARAGES DISTRIBUTORS FOR MALAYA BORNEO MOTORS LTD. Remember ASK FOR THE ENGLISH A.C. fri<-*£fflfcjg|^^^f^ d7VV^ V are quickly cob- tm am^'". jMah^ E^d|^^^afi^jaa^fl cau*e Sanatocem F aj| H* serves
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    • 536 14 BANKS AND INSURaa^ 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 C Reserve Fund £3.000,000 r Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3,000,000 HEAD OFFICE 38, Blshopsgate, London, E.C. 2. Agencies and Branches I Alor Btar Hoilo
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    • 250 14 THE YOKOHAMA $Pfi?| BANK, LTD <E^ab!:sh.> d m j*. I apital Subscribed (F^^ eserve Fund V lOc^ President X k^h Vice-Prosid,u X Head Oflice: yl Incapore Branch *Jj t LONDON Bankers Westminster li.ir.k. Ltd The National Provincial Bank Lloyd's Bank Ltd KH INCHES: Alexandna 1 1 alcutta. Ojnto, len. Hamburg
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  • 193 15 OOIIMITEE APPOINTED Hire Intensive Research m D.E.I. Dutch rubber Industry In the itcently agreed unanimously <h resources should occupy intensively with measures and .v huh aim at widening the posof rubber and latex m Eastern mpiirlaHj m the Dutch East •:il>ortant economical and comImm,
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  • 331 15 I Singapore, Sept. 15. I report prices have fallen dally, B lence m the market, so manifest m X quart* rs when the recent better prices B ntaiiiabli'. Ls now conspicuous by its abB U noon yesterday Spot Sheet, London B \*;us 2 cents lower than a
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  • 92 15 ■I Mr wart, Penan*. Agents: Rubber Co.. Ltd., 45,408 I Co., Ltd.. 35.000 lbs; Vl ":ipore. Seer«-tarios: August 1932 29.499 lbs. T Ml against 34,380 lbs. [^H financial year for 7 17 077; against 18.123; I"dra K iri 70,314; against |H 7:(: Lunas 46,300; against -».7.f,00;
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    • 172 15 DOW JONES AVERAGES SALES STOCK EXCHANGE 4.000,000 5.100,000 3.200.000 United Press Association. Sept. 12 13 14. American Can. Com. 56 53 V^ 50 S Am. T'phone and T'graph 114 S* 113. 108^ Dupont 39 4 37 k 34 H Firestone, Common 14 T 14 13 Gen.
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    • 179 15 THE ABROAD British Wireless. Par Sept. 13 14. Amsterdam 12.107 8.67'- 8.67 Athens 375 562^ 562 'j Belgrade 25.22 '-j 230 230 Berlin 20.43 14.64 14.62 > 2 Bombay Is. 6d. Is. 6 532 Is. 6 532 Brussels 35 25.14'- 25.12 v Bucharest 813 587 L 587*2 Buenos Aires 47.58
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  • 156 15 Singapore, Sept. 15. Prices m all markets have declined daily since our last report, with the exception of London, whose prices yesterday showed an increase of l'l6d on that ruling the day before. The fall m values has been intensified by the heavy wave of selling
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  • 173 15 At a time when the rubber industry is greatly affected by the universal slump, we are all perfectly aware that many oth:r kinds of businesses are going ahead as successfully as ever. An investigation shows thr.t the cause of success has been due to one
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  • 47 15 Still Below World Production Messrs. Symington and Wilson, London, estimate that the rubber production for the six months ended on June 30th, was 353,500 tons with worM consumption at 346,500 tons. The American and Canadian consumption declined, but Russia and Japan milMtaptltllj Increased their consumption.
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  • 713 15 Why It is Not Popular In The East Prom time to time Australian business men who visit the East become impressed with the type and quality of the rice grown m the teopical climate of Lower Asia. A recent visitor to Siam took samples of Australian-grown rice with
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  • 180 15 International Goodwill as a Basis Dr. A. C. V. Melbourne, of the University of Queensland, which sent him to China and Japan to investigate the possibilities of developing Australian trade, said that Australian trade with China was limited by the inability of Chinese merchants to obtain contracts
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  • 532 15 Chamber Of Commerce Formed m Penang At a meeting of Indian business men m Penang, it was unanimously decided to form an Indian Chamber of Commerce. The following firms were represented at the meeting Messrs. Wassiamul Assumall Co. B. H. T. Doulatram Co. R. Hassaram; N. Raghavan; C.
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  • 312 15 Proposals for Reconstruction of Company f The directors of the Foothills (Malaya) Rubber Estate are putting forward to shareholders proposals for the reconstruction of the company, as working capital has now been exhausted. If shareholders agree to the scheme a new company will be formed with a capital
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  • 362 15 To-Day 9 s Price Changes EXCHANGE RATES September 15. SELLING London. 4 months' sighl 2 3 31 32 London, 3 months' sight 2 3 1C 16 London, 60 days' sight 2 3 29,32 London, 30 days' j ight 2j 78 London, demand 23 27|152" London. T.T. 213 13,16 Lyons and
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  • 66 15 September 15th., 12 o'clock noon Bayers Sellers R.S.S. equal to London Standard, Spot 7 9116 7 11|1» Standard R.S.S. on Tender Sept. 7% 7% Oct. 7 ***** 7 13J1S Nov. 7% 7% Oct-Dec. 7\ 7% Jan-Mar. 1% 8 Tone of Market: Steady. Latest Cable: London
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  • 888 15 THURSDAY, SEPT. 15TH, 19S1 CLOSING QUOTATIONS Bayers Sellers Asam Kumbang 26s 28s Austral Malay 18s 20s Ayer Hitam (.ss) 12s 13s Bangrin Tin 15s 17s 6d Batang Padang ($1) 05 10 Batu Caves ($1) 40 50 Buldt Arang (*1) 40 nor n Malay 5s 7s nom. Chenderiang
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 75 15 Assets exceed 512.000.000 Awnrance m force over $35.000.000 The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co,, Ltd. (Incorporated In the Strait* Settlement*) HEAD OFFICE Great Eastern Life Building, Cecil Street, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE 27, Old Jewry, EC fee Company has £20.000 deposited with the Supreme Court oi England and complies with the
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  • 549 16 S.C.C. LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT Great Win by Hopkins and Kleinman Chief interest m the matches played off yesterday m the S.C.C. lawn tennis autumn handicaps centred m the final of the A class doubles, 4 n which Dr. H. O. Hopkins and D. H. Kleintnan
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  • 335 16 Island Club vs. Keppel Golf Club The following are the teams and starting times for the above match (Shanghai Poursomes > to be played on Sunday over the Island Course. Keppel players mentioned first: 845 MM Patterson and H. Irving Jones vs. J. T. Smith and T. Morita. 845
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  • 71 16 A Round of Golf at Fontainebleau Rugby, Sept. 14. The Prince of Wales, who reached Parts from Biarritz by train this morning, played a round of golf at Fontainebleau with ex-King Alfonso of Spain. The ex-Queen of Spain accompanied the players. After luncheon with the ex-King
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  • 340 16 HANDICAPS FOR SATURDAY Thirteen Entries for the Gold Cup Handicaps for the fifth day (Saturday) of the Autumn (Gold Cup) Meeting are as follow Race 1. Ponies— Class I—Div.1 Div. 2 (7 furs). 2.15 p.m. Loch Buy 9.2, Little Lacquer Lady 9. Fizz 8.12. The Mahdi
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  • 125 16 New York, Sept. 15. Yesterday's baseball games resulted as follows: NATIONAL LEAGUE R. H. E. Boston 5 11 0 Pittsburgh 2 11 0 Brooklyn 3 9 0 St. Louis 1 11 2 New York 4 11 2 Chicago 3 9 0 Ott and Lindstrom hit home runs for
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  • 173 16 Halves Hole m One m Foursomes Match London, Aug. 31. Lieutenant Commander Dean. V.C. (Sunningdale). and Mr. W. E. Wilson (Worsley). have performed a golfing feat which had been done only once before m America. Playing against each other m a four-ball foursome on the
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  • 57 16 On Saturday the final of the present series of Ladies' races is to take place. Start at 4.30 p.m. On Sunday "A" Class yachts will continue the "P.D." trophy. "Kilat" i?ads with "Tarbet" second. Start 10 ajn. The "B" Class will sail for Rear Commodore Holliday's trophy.
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  • 68 16 English Players Open the Season Well The three British footballers who have been engaged to play for the Nimes football club have started the French season well. The players are Andy Wilson formerly of Queen's Park Rangers. Alex Cheyne, of Chelsea, and i Harry Ward. In
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  • 69 16 Sq. -Leader O. E. Livock who has played an outstanding part m Malayan cricket m recent years, played for the R.A.F. m this year's annual match against the Navy at Lord's. He was out leg before after making 8 m the first innings. In the second innings his brisk hitting
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  • 876 16 INDIANS CRICKETERS AT FOLKESTONE Ames m Form Before and Behind Stumps At attractive century by Ames, the Kent and England batsman-wicket-keeper, and his I partnership with B. S. Hone, the Australian Oxford Blue, who had scored 136 and 56 his previous match for the Gentlemen againsi the
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  • 385 16 Rain of Shots That Just Missed St. Joseph's Inst. 1: Baffles Inst. 0. Although pressing most of the time, especially In the second half, Raffles Institution was defeated by one goal to nil by the St. Joseph's Institution m a charity football match at the Jalan Besar
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  • 317 16 Singapore Open Cross Country Championship This race organised by the Clerical Union will be run on Sunday at 7 a.m. sharp, starting from the Union Club-house at Rangoon Road. The route will be announced to competitors et the starting point. Pickets at junctionalong the route will aLso
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  • 58 16 TO-DAY'S TIES "B" Singles N. E. de Souza vs. P. James. Ladies' Singles Mrs. N. S. Hogan vs. Miss B. Campbell. Mixed Doubles Dr. G. de Souza and Miss M. Lewis vs. F. Ephraums and Miss A. Rappa Doubles Handicap G. A. Marshall and N. A. Hannay vs.
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  • 77 16 Matches m Holland and Germany Opening their German tour at Essen, the ISidian Olympic hockey team beab a West German eleven by five goals to one. At the interval the score was 3 l. Hesse scored for the West Germans, but after this the Indians had the
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  • 79 16 Jehangir Khan 12 l 32 1 Palla 6 0 29 0 INDIA.— Ist Innings Nichols. 15 8 28 4 Allom 12 2 39 2 Freeman 17 i 75 4 Calthorpe 2 0 7 o INDlAv— 2nd Innings Nichols 9 4 18 2 AUom 10.5 5 18 3 Freeman H 2
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 148 16 MOUTRIE PIANOS NOW AT REDUCED PRICES but not reduced m quality— the Moutrie Piano stil! remains the standard instrument m the Far East. PRICES FROM $425.00 USED PIANOS FROM MMI, S. MOUTRIE Co., Ltd (Incorporated In Hong Kong) Raffles Place. Tel. 6422. Singapore. An OCEAN PERSONAL ACCIDENT POLICY Covering DEATH
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