The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 23 November 1932

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  • 13 321 The Singapore Free Press THIRD SERIES. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBLR 23, 1932. NO. 2,363.
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  • 194 321 No\ ember 23 London. 4 months Mint 2 3 3132 London. 3 months' si- 2 3 15 16 London. 80 days* sight 3 -9 3_ London. 30. days' sight 2 3 7 8 London, demand > 3 2T 32 I TI 2 3 13 16 :.> P.m. remand
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  • 76 321 EURTHB. THIEDE— On V/edncsday. November 16th. at the Maternity Hospital. Penaru. to Gerda wife c-i H Thiede. a oon. SPROUL— At Durian Daun Hospital, Malacca, en November 4th. 1932. to Mr. and Mrs. Eric E. Sprcul, a son. iviARRIAUt:. NORRIE— HENRY.— At the Presbyterian Church. Singapore, on November
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  • 345 321 Wilt Urt Regiment has replaced the Qtah e ters' a garrison at Singapore. RbjOM have been held for the la.^t time ..t the old Singapore Race Course. A |Hgl number of revolvers and 3.000 lUUmil ff ammunitica were seized when the OdllMUl rhip. Ososatarg, arrived in Singapore.
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  • 149 321 November 23 Tin SiiKap.uv prtM (ptf pil;ul> $78 62 Gambler 5.80 Pepper White 24 Flake Tapioca 3 Pearl Sago Small 4.00 Copra. Sundrud SJM Sago, flour 2:1" l Devoe's Imperial Brilliant Kerosene per tin 2.69 Sylvan Arrow Kerosc.ie per tin 2.49 Socony Motor Gasoline ex pump per British Imperial
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  • 122 321 November 23rd., 12 o'clock noon Buyers Sellers R S S. equal to London Standard. Spot loose > 7 13 16 Business done R S.S. equal to London Standard. (FOB.) 81 Standard RS.S. on Tender Dec. 7 r 715 16 January 7 15 16 8 Jan-Mar.
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  • 821 321 November 17 The inauguration of the Empire broadcasting service next month is being awaited with a considerable amount of interest among wireless enthusiasts in Singapore. Probably, even more by enthusiasts who, in isolated parts of the country, are debarred from those varied distractions which life in a big
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  • 999 321 Novombei 18 Following the precedent created elsewhere the elections for the Legislative Council in Burma have brought a position of considerable complexity. The elections were fought almost entirely on the broad issue of separation from India. If the results of the election may be taken
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    • 285 321 CONTENTS A 321 C:\-Rjad- 32i Valedictory 3 0 2 Attact: n Wai 300 C "inent 300 s.. 1. 323 Too Prottd I 323 111l \M) t OIRT NEWS k IMti Ofeßf 324 ,-..>. M-. rder Charut 324 Si-HRi-C to Street 304 W Went Willingly 323 325 Bcck-keept rSC I p
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  • 250 322 We should be lacking in our duty if we did not. on behalf of the people of Singapore, pen a brief valedictory to Lieut. -Colonel A. F. Chapman and the officers and men of the Ist. Battalion the Gloucestershire Regiment, who leave Singapore this evening on the Neuralia for
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  • 898 322 November 19. The curtain has risen once again on the disarmament discussions at Geneva. Reuter does not say whether the machine guns which had to be posted in the Gardens of the League's headquarters last week have now been removed in order that the talks may
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  • 848 322 It becomes clearer with evej political upheaval in Germany Germany's "strong man" is not Hitler, or Von Papen, or V< Schleicher, but President Hindenbi.: The others may have their br. day but before they come and n,fter they go the monumc;: figure of the President reman calm and
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  • 909 323 22 BUH* Wilsiii has been in fat |«St over a week. It :x- interesting to have a expression of his views he has so far seen and Many men without Sir Wil>on's knowledge of affairs might consider aya to be one of the most mce-ndden countries
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  • 926 323 N renl et 23. li the nations of the West showed at much decision and determination U hina and Japan in dealing with the Manchurian "incident." and exhibited the same signs of baYing made up their minds about \vheilier it is to be regarded as a crime
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  • 187 323 Coroner Returns Murder Verdict The mysterious death of a Chinese who was found dead in his house was inquired into by Mr. F. G. Bourne, the Singapore Coroner, yesterday. An as-istant surgeon attached to the QOKfSI Hospital stated that the body cf a Hokien was brought in
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  • 956 324 FOUR SIKH ACCUSED DISCHARGED Woman "Victim" Denies Attempt Was Made Witnesses behaved in a very unusual manner in a oase in which a charge of voluntarily causing grievous hurt with a dangerous weapon was brought against four Sikhs before Mr. C. Wilson in the Criminal
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  • 16 324 Mr W I Ri^bv. M C ha been appointed t' t Relief Assistant Secretary to Government
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  • 1381 324 KNIFE ATTACK ON WOMEN Accused Man Gives Evidence "I WAS NOT INSANE" Enraged And Did Not Knowj What Happened "I was not insane; I was so enraged that I could not hear or see what I was doing." That was the statement made by Mendis de
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  • 464 324 Englishman Fined on "Drunk" Chaise Dressed in shorts and a shirt and withOßj shoes or socks an Englishman was found in a semi-conscious state in Queen Street and yesit relay before Mr. J. F. F. Gregt:. the Smuain: t Third Police Magistrate, he laced I ehai-< pi
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  • 57 324 Three Months For two Hylams Arrested by the Singapore Criminal Intellegence Department in Manila Street, two Hylams were produced before Mr. C. Wilson, the Singapore Criminal District Judge, yesterday and charged with being members of an unlawful society. Th? accused were found in possesion of seditious literature. Sentence
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  • 692 324 S.C.C. TOURNAMENT RUGBY Etceteras Outclassed Outside the Scrum M.C.O 14pts. Etceteras. „,l Malaya Command Officers defeated Etceteras in a Rugby tournament mat. the Padang yesterday by 14 points <;i u three tries) to ml. in spm of th« fan tithe opposition held the advantage territi.i lor practically
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  • 98 324 Six Months "Hard" For Communist That it was a serious off ncc from tin Ma'., point of view wa<; the comment mad- ir M Barry, of the C.1.D.. when he pros. .••<: ii. case in the Criminal District Court '< ti« against a Chinese accused of
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  • 37 324 RE. Win Inter-Unit Championship The final of the inter-unit all :mks tennis championship was played cfl en Novemtxi resulting in a win for tht Omi^ H. F: neers. the Royal Army Medical Corp.- I runners-uo.
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  • 652 325 THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 17, 1932. Kidnapping Charge After Taxi Tour FALSE INFORMATION Inspector Reveals Series of Put Up Charges >i>uns Sikh married woman was accused in the Third Police Court before Mr J. F. F. Gresf yesterday, of giving f.il>«* information to the police that she had
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  • 130 325 Coffee Shop Keeper Bound to Chair A case of robbery was heard by Mr. C. Wilson, the First Police Magistrate, yesterday. The accused were three Chinese. and the complainant the owner of a coffee shop In Tanjong Pa?ar Road. Accused, it was stated, had had some coffee
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  • 43 325 Mr K C Johnson-Hill, the representative ot Malivan Tobacco Distributors in Kuala Luinpir l> being transferred to Sewmhan in place Mr D B Dowling. Mr. Dowling is ?oing to IP h ;n place of Mr R. B. Uttle. who com^s i Kujla Lumpur.
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  • 2945 325 ARSENIC THE POISON OF THE NOVICE But Detection Almost Inevitable ADDRESS TO SINGAPORE ROTARIANS Scale of Charges For Poisoning An interesting address on poisons and their history was -hen to the Singapore Rotary Club yesterday by Mr. J. C. Cowap. a Government Analyst. Mr. Ccwap dealt with hta subject in
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  • 119 325 Chinese Youth CaLrht in the Act by European A Chinese youth was convicted in the Third Magistrate's Court, by Mr. J. F. F. Gregg yesterday, on a charge cf picking the pocket of a European after a boxing show at the Great World. Complainant said he was
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  • 29 325 Mr. H. P. Clarke. L.L.8., the new Municipal Secretary, arrived in Malacca on Wednesday last and attended the Court with Mr. Rigtoy on Thursday when Municipal cases were heard.
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  • 20 326 One of the most Disgraceful Defences I have ever heard "—Mr. justice whuiey
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  • 145 326 I "To my mind this is an extremely serious offence. You have systematically robbed a kind employer over a long period of years with very great skill. You have aggravated your offence by putting up one of the most disgraceful defences I have ever heard. Not
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  • 2908 326 i heard his sentence calmly, and v m sncOTD n In Ml Um opM v.ith uarcit rs The iur\ itlVßi Nfe hall H hour and a i nammous \crdict of guilty einnni pwotoioi wltti b> the Dfootrutii".'. 1:u final da\ was occupied with I,. ins:
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  • 556 326 In spite of the fact thrt both m An England mark.ts generally responded ably to the result of the Americ. n Eli there has been little alteration t< the conditions provailing in t.h< U* market. The Tin muket experienced advance earlier in the we k but the
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  • 101 326 The Singapore Chumbej Comn:- K Association lulu its 1.096:1: aurti. \»>:»: when there was catalogued I 16] 978 lb> > tons. Offered 1.112.764 lbs 496 7* I Scr 952.062 lbs; 425 03 U)lis London New York '3 > PRICES RLALI/EU Ribbed Smoked Sheet Cents Per 1 l>
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  • 68 326 Thieves get 5350 but miss another $150 A Chinese steward ol the Nieu Holland reported to the police yesterday that whik he was on his way to market early in th< morning he was assaulted by a number < Chinese and robbed of $350 He
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  • 1820 327 SALOME'S SHORT-HEAD VICTORY Good Riding By E. Donnellv F: third day of the Singapore Turf Club Wuember professional) meeting provided sport as excellent a standard as on the two :s days The attendance was good for a <-a:u and although, rain fell from the sixth onwards
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  • 996 327 S.C.C. AND S.R.C. SHARE FOUR GOALS Armstrong's Last Minute I Goal S.C.C 2; S.R.C 'I. Sume excelLnt hockey was seen on the PMIMg yesterday when the padang club^ renewed their rivalry and after a well contested gam.' shared lour goals between them. There uere times
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  • 111 327 Better Ball Control Brings Narrow Victory In a hockey match on the A.P.C. ground at Paya Lebar yesterday a S.C.R.C. XI defeated an A.P.C. XI by three goals to two. Both teams were far from being at full strength, and the wet, heavy ground made play somewhat
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  • 341 327 GLOTJCESTERS" WINAC AIX Difficult Rugby in Steady Drizzle Gloucester A XV 11; S.C.C. A XV 5. A perristent drizzle marred the R i-by match between a SC.C. XV and a Gloucesters XV yesterday. Th? ball was very slippery, and handling was difficult. The heat y
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  • 285 327 Tamil Charged With Murder Attempt The preliminary inquiry was held before Mr. A. W. Hay in the Second Poiice Court yesterday into a case of attempted murder of a young Indian girl and another Indian. The accused was a Tamil naned Marimuthu. Court Inspector Meeten stated that
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  • 132 327 Private Interviews at Ipoh [From Our own Correspcnde nt i Ipoh, Nov. 17. Sir Samuel Wilson yesterday was deeply inteested in the Chenderoh Dam. Mr. and Mr. Dunbar and Mrs. Lovell returned to a small dinner party at Kuala Kangsar with the Resident and Miss Shelley. During
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  • 248 328 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1932. NEW ORGANISATION Perak's Lead to Other States From U;;r Own Correspondent I Ip3h. Nov. 17. Another lead to the rest of the Federation was given by the Malay members of the civil and administrative services of Perak who heid meeting at Ipoh
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  • 260 328 Aberdeen Couple Married in Singapore plMf yt-u:\i.\\ at ttn Pn I tan Church of Mr Marshall Norrie. 108 M- MHHMdH H N me. oi 110. Brighton Pla Aberdeen and Miss M uuaret Ogston BUHJ r oi Mr and Mrs A O Henry 4". M :Ta\ Terrace. Abcvd c;i.
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  • 190 328 Weak Police Side Beaten Raffles In>t 6; Police 0. Oppocd to a well; Police side Raffles Institution's hockey team won easily on their own ground yesterday. Almost throughout tho first half the Police were on the defensive the school forwards being an enterprising and >peedy combination. Loveday
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  • 97 328 Mr. F. Blackwood Sewell Leaves Malaya Alter 2tf years service in Malaya. Mr. F. Blackwood Sewell. Senior Superintendent of Surveys, sS. left Singapore yesterday accompanied by Mrs. Sewell and two of his daughters. Mr. Sewell anived in Malaya in 1906 and trved in Ipoh until 1912 when
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  • 1013 328 DESIGN ON PAPER PACKETS Damages Sought From Rival Concern The Emission that a person who used a fatoe .tatement to advertise his goods could not claim protection in a court of equity on the allegation that his trademark was being infringed, was wnde in the course
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  • 1579 328 Ex-Police Sergeant-Major's Death LOAN THAT WAS REFUSED I Alleged Blow with Bar of Wood A threat to kril the man who refused to lend him money, a blow, and the death of the man who was threatened as the result cf a fractured skull, were the
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  • 243 328 Big Capture bv Preventive Service CHINESE ACCUSED Automatic Pistols. And Ammunition A double-barrelled pistol a pattern unique in Singapore was one of the exhibits produced before Mr. t WiLson. the Singapore Criminal District Judge, yesterday when two Chinese seamen were produced by Mr. E. Tongue, of the
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  • 131 328 Mr. E. M. Sykes, <■: the Customs Department. Lumut. is come to Ipoh or. transfer during the r in-M >f this week. Ih( :t \\t".( !8 cie: t!> in :u 5.:.: ipal ar '-< v■• N< vi :..o 12. compared v i:r. lt>9 in thi n q;i Tin clearh niTi
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  • 1977 329 Indian Accused of I Forgery j LETTER Ix7 INDIA PlMMgw For Arrested Men inu/ing story cf h<w two men uerr ird md detained by thr Indian police t*-d on a \etUr which purported to I rcn «ii;ned and sent by the acting. r cental of Police at
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  • 693 329 Midnight Vigil at Tanjong Katong An mt: resting story of the capture of three peisom two Chinese and a Malay by Revenue Officers on the b-acn at Tanjong Katong was related in the First Police Court yesterday when 1 IpM men o.ere charged with importing dutiable
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  • 127 329 Hairpin Stolen from Chinese Woman The trrowini: frequency of theft! of ornar.ivntal article- from women was emphasised by Chief Court Inspector Sheedy when a Chinese was brought before the Criminal District Judge. Mr. C. Wilson, yesterday, for sentence on a charge cf snatching a golden hair pin
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  • 743 329 JUMPED FROM HOTEL ROOF MYSTERY DEATH OF CHINESE Inquests on Two Unknown Men Mr. F. G. Bourne, the Singapore Coroner, yesterday inquired into the circumstances of the deaths of two Chinese of whom the police, in spite of extensive inquiries, and circulation of photographs, had failed to establish the identity.
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  • 258 329 .Arrested when he went to bail out his Friend Th: Chinese driver mid the conductor of a hire 'bus were the complainants in UK S;';-onl Felice Court before Mr. A. W. Hay ye-terday in a case against another two Chinese of voluntarily causing hurt. The offenc: was
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  • 1336 330 Gloucester^ Go Down With Flying Colours SEASON'S "BEST MATCH Ashworth's Opportunism Gives S.C.C. Victory S.C.C 5 pts. Gloucester Regt nil. Ore of the best displays of ruffger seen on the Padang this season was provided by the match yesterday between the S.C.C. and the Gloucester Regiment, which
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  • 486 330 SINGAPORE SYSTEM OF ASSESSMENT SIR D. GALLOWAY AND RECENT ANNOUNCEMENT Annual Value of Properties The annual meeting Of British Malaya T-ustee and FJxecutor Co.. Ltd. was heid in the Exchange room. Fullerton Bofldlng, yesterday. Sir David J. Galloway, the chairman, presiding. The chairnnn. in presenting the report and accounts for
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  • 97 330 Mr BiiiMiil flmmi. of the Qptib CiwUimi offuv. kesvM this wtck for Sitiav. a:; on transfer. Pleading guilty to charges ol teiltnfl to DOtlrj the poluv regarding iftlelM Of jewellery reported ■feoltß after rereivir.n ciivulars recardinu them, two managers of pawnshops were lined $50 each yesterday by Mr. A. C.
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  • 561 330 SATURDAV. NOVEMBER 19, 1932. ARRIVAL YESTERDAY FROM CHINA Departure of the Gloucesters The troopship Neuralia left for India last night bearing to their new station the Ist Battalion. Gloucestershire Regiment. The Ist. Battalion, the Wiltshire Regiment, who replace the Gloucesters. disembarked fiom the Neuralia yesterday morning
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  • 294 330 Evidence Against Chinese An application tc record the evidence of Inspector Alexander of the Rochore Division police, in view of his departure to Penan?, was made before Mr. A. W. Hay. the Singapore Second Police Magistrate, on Saturday, when the two Chinese who were arrested in
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  • 629 330 Petitions From Chinese and Indians PRIVATE INTERVIEWS By Sea Belle to Dindini»> To-dav p [From Our Own C i nd« Ipnh. Nnx |> The real business of Sir Samuel ii* mission opened to-day when he rr<» deputations at Taipins and Ipoh and leading residents who
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  • 113 330 Departure for the Dindings (From Our Own Conv>p< Ipoh. \m Sir Samuel Wilson left at nini morning for the Dindin^. h> entrance to Sitiav.an District <>: P- Allen. Resident Councillor. Pn.,.:. Colonial officials. Sir Samut! said h< v intrigued by thp pontoon br:c_ River. Over 100 attended
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  • 501 331 <tHI 3.C.C. BEAT PUBLIC SERVICES layers Trv To Do Too Much On Their Own 11 pLs. Public Services \V .3. tht packing yesterday th I x\ iaJtaftad Hh Public ■ocvtooi -A" ir.ts a al and two triesi to three :r> lr. a match winch was
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  • 123 331 Former District Judge at Singapore Our Own Correspondent Penan?. Nov. 18. MUiTeci this morning at the »f Mr. Christopher Dodd. and First Magistrate. Penang. to hospital a week ago Pneumonia supervened. ri :r. Singapore a few months :> ciu ahi was 42 years of
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  • 74 331 C Jeavons. of the Customs Office, has been transferred to Taiping H Dinsmore is to act temporarily •U2» »he Supreme Court, S.S. 1 H McDiarmid. Senior Executive Enwi) T luk Anson. will be going home :n January. assengers who arrived by the Mr P J R. Butler. M.S.c. Mr. Mtt
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  • 890 331 MONDAY. NOVEMBER 21, m2 FALSE EVIDENCE CHARGE "Frame Up to Get Enemies Info Trouble" A >equel to the case in which a Sikh woman named Tanti Koor. was convicted and sentenced in the Third Police Court last was* en a charge of giving false evidence to
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  • 76 331 $9,761 Paid on Big Sweeps The Government receive close upon $10,000 in betting tax on the non-selling sweeps atf^ie Singapore race meeting which concluded on Saturday, quite apart from the tax on th? cash sweeps on each race of the meeting. The big sweep on Saturday was worth
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  • 1799 331 Proposed Introduction of Message Rate CASE FOR COMPANY Negotiations Proceeding With Government Negotiations are in progress between the Or ental Telephone and Electric Co., Ltd.. operators cf the Singapore telephone system, and the Government with a view to the introduction of the message rate in place of
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  • 152 331 Mixed Foursomes Returns Forty-two caids were taken out for the monthly mixed foursomes competition at Bukit Timah yesterday which resulted in a win for Fit. Lieut, and Mrs. J. D. Breakey with a not score of life. The best cards returned were: Flt.-Lt. and Mrs. Breakey 39
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  • 836 332 SINGAPORE RACES END Mementoes for Trainer and Jockey A FAVOURITES' DAY Complete Analysis of the Meeting The rates on Saturday were well attended. Sir John Scott and Lady Scott being; amon* those present. An excellent days sport concluded a very successful meeting. Indeed, it was such a day
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  • 1396 332 ed fourth more than a length away. The finishing order after that was Miss Field. Perle D'Or Glad Eyes. Aquila and Davidia. THE PONY PLATE Value $1,400 with a Trophy to the winner. Ponies Class I. First Division. Distance, seven furlongs "Pegasus Kongsi's" ch a m DEEP
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  • 556 332 I The following is a complete analysis of ttu four dr.ys racing I One win each H. E. Trennery. S. L. Pollitt, "Mr. Lee". A. van Tooren, Mrs. Logue, O. Blain, "Pegasus Kongsi," Tungku Othman, "Mr. Free Boy." Cheong Yok Choy. T. L. Fox 0 2
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  • 419 332 CHINESE AND ROVER< DRAW IN REPLAY De Souza Sent Off the Field [Prom Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, No\ < Chinese 3 Kuala Rovers At the Stadium yesterday be for* a crowd the first teams cf the Chin< Kuala Rovers drew in the final repla\ S.F
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  • 149 332 R. E 1; S.K.A. 1 A hard fought game at the N.C.C gr. ir.c between the R.E. and the Singapore Kha'j* Association resulted on a draw of 1 £oa! eatl The exchanges were fairly even and bot: the teams showed good form The RE c*
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  • 856 333 I'M PLAINTS AGAINST INSPECTOR Kus Driver on Abetment Charge i a>e which was characterised as uliar tame up for hearii^ before Mr. Bovd. the Singapore Fourth Police .iNtrate. on Saturday when a mosquito .n driver was charged at the instance \thicles Inspector Chia Siew
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  • 547 333 INTER-COLLEGE HOCKEY Single Goal Win Against Raffles Medical College. i: Ra ffles Col CffC 0 There was some very interesting hockey at Bukit Timah on Saturday when the Medical College met and defeated the Raffles College in a match for the Sehvyn-Clarke Cup presented last
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  • 200 333 R.I. 3: O.R.A 0. On the School ground Ofl Saturday the Raffles Institution defeated the Old Rafflesians Association by three goals to nil in a somewhat one-sided hockey game. The Oil By ver not at fall s'.ren-^th. lad in addition, lost the services ol one
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  • 14 333 Mr. B. G. H. Johnson is appointed a member of the Indian Immigration Committee.
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  • 270 333 DEFEATED BY SELANGOR AND PERAK Cariappa's Four Goals [From Our Own Correspondent! Selan&or 5 Singapore. nil. Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 19. In fine weather but on a ground soft owing to heavy rain in the afternoon. Selango*thoroughly deserved their win by 5 goals to nil over Singapore to-day.
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  • 303 333 I Singapore Unable to Make the Most of Chances i From Our Own Correspondent I Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 20. j Perak 3: Sin^apcre 1. I Perak deltated Singapore this evening OB the Chinese padang by 3 goals to one after a fa-t [caVM wherein the State were the
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  • 68 333 At S reniban on Saturday N g'i Sembilan 9c?omp-rh?d a fine performance by holding the formidable Perak hotkey team to a goalies^ drew. Perak wer^ without Ferdinands and i Puron Btafll tad without their usual l?ader the Perak forwards lacked their customary dash. Play wa
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  • 198 333 Chinese Who Went to Report a Robbery A curious case was heard in the First Police Court by Mr. C. Wilson yesterday, when a Chinese was charged before him with being in possession of five rounds of ammunition. Chief Court Inspector A. J. Sheedy stated that
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  • 666 333 Stirring Struggle at Ipoh Perak spts. Penang 3pte. Ipoh, Nov. It). The first meeting between the Perak and Penang Rugby teams this season took place in Ipoh to-day on a heavily waterlogged ground, and Perak won a gruelling forward battle by one goal to an unconverted try.
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  • 127 333 Former Member of Singapore Pilot Service News was received in Singapore yesterday of the death at his home near Minehead. Somerset, of Captain E. J. Bryatt-Watson, formerly of the Singapore Pilct Service, from which he retired a few years ago. Captain Watson, who
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  • 119 333 Inability To Furnish Bail of $500 Alleged to have cheated Mr. M. Sternberg, of Messrs. M. Sternberg and Co., Iytd., S. M. Doughty, a European, was produced before Mr. C. Wilson, the Singapore Criminal District Judge, yesterday and charged. Doughty, who was arrested by Detective Inspector D. W.
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  • 609 334 ALLEGED TO HAVE EXTORTED BRIBE An Incident at Pasir Panjang An incident enacted at night on a lonely part cf the sea-coast at Pa«ir Panjang in fc'ch two Chinese fishermen, two Malay I olicr corstables, a koleh and three sacks of (ontraband tobacco figured, had a
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  • 391 334 Opening: of November Sitting Than Ml (illy ten cnsos in UM list propoi r N;>\.>mber civil court q| appeal, which opened yesterdav in the Supreme court. The Chief Justice (Sir William Murisoo) presided, vith Mr. Ju^t-ce Burton and Mr. Justice a Bechett Terreil. There were two additional
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  • 106 334 Tamil Upon Whom Sacred Ashes Were Ihrown WOMAN STABBED TO DEATH Brahmin Priest Gives Evidence for Defence A Tamil, accused of murder, giving evidence in his defence at the Assizes yesterday, said a woman threw sacred ashes over him. "I felt as though my
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  • 1579 334 "Sacred ftsftm ait* all important in the trinity of creation, production and destruction" was the solemn statement made by a Brahmin priot who save evidence for the defence when a Tamil named Vi ncrada°>alam was tried at the Assizes before Mr. Justice Whitley. ycterriay. on a
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  • 197 334 CHINESE FINED $250 Counterfeit Trade Marks For being in possession of counterfeit trade marks of a well-known British make of bicycles, the Chinese proprietor of a cycle repairer's shop in Sinjrapon was fined $250 or six months' rigorou> imprisonment in default by Mr. Wilson the
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  • 297 334 Singapore n.(\ Defeat (iarrison The match behutn the Gar::.:. and the Singapore Gcil Club v.v. feu: ed in a win for the Singapore t; c p tints to 7', IhL scor«- w, Singapore Golf Club playt -r« mmt: M. M Patorst n and M B.;i h > A E
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  • 133 334 Test Programme Heared Clearh in Sintrap^re London railing! A Free Pn Ins office last night and listened records that were being opens Uci He listened in over som< miles of StBMK telephone wire and thence \::i metres. It was the first "test" nii;h: <>i broadcast scheme
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  • 56 334 Pleading puiltv to a char-, of stabbinc fellow seaman. Victor Western board the Steel Navigator, was three months' rigorous imnrin .in fault, by Mr. J. F. F Gr< i rht S Third Police Magistrate v-svrci Western, who was aTeped to hav« D. Ramsay, va produ ed bj
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  • 942 335 lIESDAY. NOVEMBER 22, 1932 API'I.KATION IN SUPREME! COURT Case Which Commenced in 1930 at ion of an unusual nature was ti.f Court of Appeal in the Supreme' •xierday. when Mr. R. Williamson, for! .mt. brought a motion to secure ex- j time for an appeal
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  • 964 335 A.P.C. AND I LOSE Players in Strange Positions Merchant* 19 pts: ~i.p. C and I nil. The Merchants had a comfortable victory over A.P.c. and I in the S.C.C. Rugby tournament en the Padang on Saturday, gathering 19 points (two goals and three tries) to nil
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  • 364 335 Winning Goal in Last Five Minutes SC.R.C 2: S.C.C 1. Fast and interesting hockey was witnessed at the S.C.R.C. yesterday when the Chinese opposed an S.C.C. eleven. The exchanges were more or less even throughout th? first half but in the second half the S.C.C. had slightly
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  • 366 335 CMC 1; Raffles College 0. Play never reached a high standard in the hockey matches between the Ceylc-n Sports Club and the Raffles College on the latter-3 ground at Bukit Timah yesterday. Neither side was represented by their best players; but. though the hockey was
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  • 125 335 Death of Mr. T. J. Williams [From Our Own Correspondent] Penan*, Nov. 21. The death occurred this afternoon of Mr. T. J. Williams, of the editorial staff of the Straits Echo. He had been ill for a long time. Mr. Williams was a school teacher but later joined
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  • 60 335 Mrs. Oldfleld wishes to thank all those who kindly assisted in selling Poppies on Nov. 10th. They will be interested to know that, in spite of the very adverse weather, their efforts resulted in the collection of $7,275.90. The total amount collected in aid of Poppy
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  • 880 335 LADIES' MATCH ON THE PADANG Miss Griffith Jones' XI Score Only Goal Miss G.-Jones' XI 1; Girls' Sports Club 0. Postponed from Poppy Day on account of the weather, the ladies' hockey match in aid of the Poppy Day Fund was played on the
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  • 82 335 Developments Committee's Duties [FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT] Bangkok, Not. 21. The terms of reference of the committee on the development of the port of Bangkok are, firstly, to recommend the manner by which the entry and departure of shipping to and from the port of Bangkok may
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  • 1085 336 YACHTSMEN LAUGH AT THE TIDES GOOD TIMES ON PULO JONG COURSE Wins for Kathleen and Ela Annually the "A" class sail the Pulo Jong course, the farthest end of which lie-s well outside the harbour. The tides .m> strong and should the breeze be light this race is indeed a
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  • 799 336 CHINESE COMMITTED FOR TRIAL Detective's "Negotiations" for Purchase The tracking of an alleged trafficker in forged currency notes and the capture of a large number of counterfeit five -dollar Straits currency notes, were described to Mr. A. VV. Hay, the Singapore Second Police Magistrate, yesterday afternoon,
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  • 52 336 A waterspout was observed in the harbour just outside the breakwater at 10 o'clock yesterday morning. Many people whose office windows face the sea left their desks for a few minutes to watch this unusual phenomenon. Some described it "as if the clouds were sucked down to
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  • 276 336 OBSTACLE RACE ACCIDENT Claim Against Municipal Commissioners [From Our Own Correspondent 1 Penang, Nov. 22. In the Supreme Ccurt to-day the case was set down for hearing in which Joseph Read, sued the Penang Municipal Commissioners and Messrs. J. R. Danson. W. F. 'Fletcher. A.
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  • 187 336 Y.M.C.A. and S.C.R.C. Well Matched 1 Y.M.C.A 0 S.C.R.C 0. In spite of the fact that no goals were scored In the match between the Y.M.C.A. and the Straits Chinese Recreation Club played on the latter's ground yesterday afternoon, the game was full of interesting incidents and
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  • 252 336 Keen Game at Balestier Road Ground Indo-Oylonese 1 A.P.C 1. The Indian Asociation and the Ceylon Sports Club joined forces and entertained the A.P.C. hockey team at Balestier Road, yesterday. It v.as a keen struggle in which the Indo-Ceylonese were generally' superior. Almost throughout the first
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  • 30 336 The Malcolm Challenge Cup for the above competition was won by No. 3 Platoon, 1 20th. Burma Raffles, with a total score of 250.
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  • 25 336 i.eave prior to retirement has been granted to Mr. E. Hazelton, M.C.S. Mr. C. Nagalingam has been appointed to act as State Tieasurer, Negri Sembilan.
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  • 191 336 $10,000 DRUG IX SAMPAX Man Arrested at Pa jr Panjang When a young Chinese pleaded I Mr. C. Wilson, the Criminal Di yesterday to a charge of importing cf non -Government chandu. valued Mr. Elkins the prosecuting officer st.ii was the son of An Tan
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  • 334 336 Selangor and Negri-Malacu Draw (Prom Our own Correspcnden 1 Selangt.r :Jpts.; Negri- Malacca ,> Kuala Lumpur. At Kual.i LumpiT this ait:::.... State Rugby match Selangoi drew Sembilan and Malacca by one pel (3 pts.. to one try <3 pts The played on a he:,vy pitch and dribblin; were
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  • 165 336 Line Crossed Five Times [Prom Our own Correspondent. Penang. N<>\ 22 The annual rugby match Scotland v> 1i Rest was played on the esplanade thi> alt" noon resulting in a convincing win for th» R< by 19 points (two goals and three tri^ points (penalty goal and
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  • 22 336 A horse carriage belom:int: I Barracks went into the dra.n and imMUmt in Napier Road. The only occupant »a k ly hurt.
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