The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 8 August 1933

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. jjft 14,029. ESTABLISHED 1835. SINGAPORE, S.S. TUESDAY. AUGUST 8, 1933. 10 CENTS.
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    THE DAY'S NEWS
    138 1 A twelve- foot python was secured by coolies in Orchard Road yesterday Page 7. Details by air mail of the test match at Old Trafford when the West Indies tried the leg-theory on England Page 7. A new time record was set up for the R.S.Y.C. round
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    STOP PRESS
    60 1 UNEASINESS IN IRELAND London, Aug. 7. There Is an uncomfortable feeling in Ireland that the adjournment of the Dall on August 9 may be followed by troublous times. Ominous evidence Is afforded of armed police and civic guards patrolling the Free State Parliament House and Government buildings in
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    MR. ROOSEVELTS GUESTS
    25 1 Hyde Park (NY.). Aug. 7. Mr. T. V. Soong and Dr. Alfred Sze have been Invited to lunch with President Roosevelt. Reuter
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    SO THIS IS MIRI !!!
    1601 1 SO THIS IS MIRI ITS funny how you can live lor years in a small place, get hold of the Idea that you know it 'inside out,' get bored with it, and then awaken one morning to discover something completely new. It may be a new beauty -a view a
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      250 1 ADELPHI SEA VIEW I HOTEL HOTEL I CVERY ROOM WITH BATH ft MODERN SANITATION I EXCELLENT CUISINE SERVICE Guests of the Bea View Hotel may take their Tiffin at the Adelphl Hotel, and vice-versa, without extra cost to themselves. GENERAL MANAGER: H. O. WASER. ADELPHI HOTEL SEA VIEW HOTEL C«2
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      37 1 LATEST ADVERTS. Storage- Page 5. Golden Lager Page 8. Surplus stocks— Page 8 CHRYSLER EASY HANDLING S. Shimura Co. Shirt and Py jama Makers Complete Shirt Outfits in Stock No. 82-2, Bras Basah Road, SINGAPORE. Tel: 4382
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      15 1 BIGIA TEA Brings the freshness and fragrance of the Malayan gardens direct to your home.
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    BIG RAT CROP
    70 2 Three-quarter Million Killed [From Our Own Correspondent 1 Medan, Aug. 2. In order to fight the serious plague of rats in the neighbourhood of Cheribov) (Java> the authorities recently decided to grant a premium of a quarter of a cent for evf-iv dead rat With the result,
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    SIAM'S 20,000 LEPERS
    390 2 Danger of Scourge Not Realised [From Our Own Correspondent! Bangkok, Aug. Z. IThe work on behali ol lepers In Siam is now approaching its twcntylifth year oi etlort. Curiously enough the first steps to combat or deal with this urge began in the north ->r the country.
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      573 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 3uch tenders may be obtained In the Tender Room, Municipal Offices: Execution of Alterations at No. 61 Somerset Rd erection of Electric t Sub-Station at Tanglin
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      381 2 Glorious a, Health MR. OOULSON KERNAHAN, \*>«^H Jv( the author of God and the *§W^> AnC The Child, the Wiee Vi 1 ll Man and the Devil" and R I J 1| other iamoua booka, ia en- O y^^jT thuaiaatic about the eneigycreatine and health-building f S^£> propertieaoi Sanatogen. Ha
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      131 2 THE WEEK r Wednesday, 9th. High Water, 00.08. 10.5 ft.. 13.00. 9.1 ft Football: S.A.F.A. League <Div. II Harlequins vs. Marine Dept.. Stadium; <Div. Ill) Public Services vs. S. Chinese F.A. 111. Jalan Besar. Thursday, 10th High Water. 00.50. 10.2 ft.. 13.25. 9.0 ft. Football S.A.F.A. League <Div. I) Pulau
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    STAT INCOME THE LOWEST FOR NINE YEARS
    2210 3 Sluti In Trengganu's Official Vis Commercial Revenues l MAZING LY CHEERFUL FRONT" PRESENTED j enues official and commercial this has been a bad ade which had been sickly in 1931, declined L932, and the State's income was the lowest f ov s" states
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    ATTRACTED BY GIRL
    187 3 Johore Youth's Trespass Leads To Trouble 'From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Aug. 3. Charged to-day in the police court before Sheik Abu Bakar, with trespassing in the premises of a pineapple planter of Glam Patah, Johore, it transpired that what attracted Phang Long, the young man
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    CHURCH BURGLARY
    148 3 Vessels Removed As a Protest I From 7 Our Own Correspondent! Medan, Aug. 3. The Java Bode reports a remarkable burglary in a Church at Boeng. In the island of Sangi. where the silver vessels used for Holy Communian and the furniture were removed. The silver was later
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    GANDHI SENTENCED
    125 3 Deliberate Breach of Order Admitted London. Aug- 4. Gandhi was released from Yeravda gaol this morning but on refusing to comply with the terms of the order *ith which he was served, requiring him to live in Poona and forbidding i him lrom participating In civil disobedience, he
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    AIR MAIL MONEY ORDER
    105 3 Extension of British Service London. Aug. 4. The Postmaster-General announced to-day that an air mail money order asrvice has now been extended to Kenya. Uganda. Tanganyika Territory. Palestine and Transjordan. In the ease Df an order for Transjordan particulars ;ire advised by air mail to Jerusalem
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    MALAYA'S IMPROVED PRODUCTS
    3175 4 STRIKING RESULTS AT EXHIBITION NEW ENTERPRISES Varied And Interesting Products Shown Going from strength to strength, the Malayan Agri-Horti-cultural Association celebrated the tenth year of its existence by an Exhibition from Saturday to Monday at Kuala Lumpur that was generally agreed as surpassing all previous efforts. There
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    MALAYAN DOC. SHOW
    539 4 Terriers and Alsatian> Mo*t Favoured Kuala Lumpur. Aug iFrom Our Own Correspondent] Under tn« auspices of tne Mala Kennel Association, a successful Cent ral and South Malayan Dog Sh< m held at the Racecourse toda The animals shown were Ipsaaaak condition with a tew exceptions am. oi
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    AIRSHIP REVIVAL
    190 4 Soviet Fleet I'laiMhil \u Italian Expert OaMasal fjaaai r known Italian who is now v\o: f Union, ivia iubn r -s <»t din-::--itrj Gener.tl N big semi-rigid du placement ol 18 5 b«- completed !>•. n year l\ represented in N .rway"" and ft ov.-rall length mum speed
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    TRAFFIC PROBLEMS
    115 4 Trip.irlin iUHwa3 Ajrreimofil UX The iourtli v.. tween the PJ many on th railway trail., tries, has after length\ I 2Ja« *s7* point*, inrludi!. •>■•:» V f i currency in w through trail v 2fatl The oonfei gagi the us. aauai of such eak hiv/ calcvlau In firm
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    BACKACHE NOT DUE TO AGE
    86 5 BACKACHE NOT DUE TO AGE I hat oackache is l rally with mi no 71 from pu Li down ur an--1 would try taking it ve found great u v. aid like to »rld of good."" r m the i you want to: r all time— put ,1 Kruschen into
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    SHOULD SIAM HELP SINGAPORE
    461 5 BRITISH LEGION'S SURPLUS FUNDS Unemployment Relief Plan Rejected 'From Our Own Correspondent.! Bangkok, Aug. 2. The British Legion in Siam held an unusually lengthy annual meeting. The Legion has now invested some six thousand ticals, and in view of the decreasing membership each year, considerable discussion
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      397 5 10th TENTH ANNIVERSARY 10th THE NEW WORLD (The Oldest And Leading Amusement Park In Malaya). To be celebrated from August 4th to Bth. 1933. In spite of the slump and in order to surpass all records regardless of expense. Special Programmes have been selected for the following shows and entertainmments.
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      194 5 On the Screen at Last Here's Radioland's Golden -voiced Queen Featured in a delightful story hy Fannie Hurst KATE SMITH Whose voice has thrilled Millions of Radio Enthusiasts the world over— r 7^ 7JT Hurst's laWjS 7. you'll enjoy, t Jl *T "HELLO EVERYBODY" with SALLY BLANE and Randolph Scott.
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      MALAYAN TENNIS
      911 6 Ladies' Title Retained by Miss Oldfield I From Our Own Correspondent I Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 6. For the third consecutive year. Misi Icidneld retained the Malayan women'. singles title when she reversed 2 recent defeat by Mrs. M. C. Corbett ol (Perak by defeating the latter in th*
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      EXTRAS 25
      250 6 Top Scorer For Y.M.C.A. j The Nondescripts' Cricket Club easily 'defeated a strong Y.M.C.A. side at J cricket on Saturday on the latter's I ground by five wickets. The Y.M.C.A. batted first and collected only 81. of which 25 was from extras. S. de Silva took six wickets
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      BADMINTON
      264 6 Singapore Wins Singles Contest Singapore defeated Selangor by three gam. s to two in the badminton singles played at the SVC. Drill Hall yesterday. Results "Singapore players mentioned first* See Gim Hock beat Ong Beng Chuan. 14—14 »3-2». 7— 15 -and 15—7. Lim Boon Guan beat Lee Kong Soon.
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      DAVIS CUP
      186 6 Preliminaries For Next Year Warsaw, Aug. 5. In the second qualifying round of the 1934 Davis Cup competition Sertorio and Taroni I Italy beat Hebda and Wittman I Poland > 6—2. 6-2. 3 6. 2 6. 6-4. Italy now leads in this: match by two games to one—
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      329 6 SUFFERED WITH PSORIASIS YEARS a Red Patches Itched Terribly. Healed by Cuticura. I was a sufferer from psoriasis for a period of ten years. It started with small, red patches on my stomach and back and gradually became larger and itched terribly. Dry scales soon covered the eruptions, and one
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    YACHT CLUB'S ROUND THE ISLAND RACK
    1261 7 MOWGLI SETS UP A STEW RECORD 26 M tites Knocked Off Last Year's Best TWO DAYS' TRIP FAVOURED i <;<)OD CONDITIONS Mow up n^ time record for the round gnga] nd race for Koyal Singapore Yacht Club week-end. She accomplished the journey minutes, which
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    S.C.C. TOO GOOD FOR THE "DOG"
    488 7 VISITORS BEATEN BY 4 GOALS TO 3 Home Team's Weak Finishing S.C.C. .4; Selangor Club 3. In a game which was devoid of thrills., the S.C.C. defeated the Selangor Club in their annual encounter by the odd goal in seven on the Padang yesterday.
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    BIRTH ON PIER
    47 7 A Malay woman, an intending passenger on the Hua Tong. returned from that vessel to the new pier In great pain. While on the pier sh.« gave birth to a still-born child. The ambulance was summoned, but the woman preferred to be sent hom\
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    26 7 Mr. J. Riddell. manager of the P and O. Banking Corp. Ltd.. Singapore, and Mrs. Riddell arrived in Penang last week-end by the Kedah from Singapore.
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    CLUB LIFE IN SIAM
    303 7 I Ladies To Help Silom Over The Depression SAD MEMORIES j f Institutions That Are ;j No Longer I From Our Own Correspondent! Bangkok, Aug. 2. i ne latest club to feel the depression lis that called the Shorn -whose membership is mainly Siamese drawn from
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    BATAK MURDER
    365 7 Thousands Incensed At IJrutal Crime i From Our Own Correspondent .l Med.ui. July Hi. The Batak Court in 'TaTU'ung *1 BU Rapat. has sentenced to leath foni Of the live perpetrator., <>: the murd ol a Batak mission teach !T and h wife five weeks ago. The other
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    MONKEY INTRUDER
    105 7 Baby Slightly Injured and Sent to Hospital Breaking loose yesterday morning from its chain, a monkey belonging to Chinese in Prinsep Street climbed to the roof of the next door house and I entered a window. It made its way to a bed upon which a 15 day's
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    TRYING THE LEG-THEORY ON ENGLAND
    1141 7 WEST INDIES BOWLERS SUCCESS Great Batting By Headley -And Constantine I From Our Own Correspondent! London, July 26. Though autumn is well on the way and League footballers are already getting into training, summer sport is certainly enjoying a grand and glorious! finale. Within the
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    12 FOOT PYTHON CAUGHT
    263 7 Secured By Indian Coolies IN ORCHARD R(MD Driven Into Town By Hunger and Thirst? Municipal coolies engaged in excavation work in Orchard Road at its junction with Grange Road yesterday morning espied a python in the small canal opposite the Heeren Building. The snake was found
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    ALLEGED RASH ACT
    103 7 Motorist Kills Chinese Girl 1 ItOWlßi upon a fatal motoring accident in Thompson V.u.ui at 445 pm. on Atagasl 4. a case of causing death by drivirm a car in a rash act negligent manner was csentloned la the 2<>urth magistrate's court against Law Kim Chrsa, aged
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    KARA KUM DESERT
    55 7 Motor Expedition Arrives At Samara Samara. Aug. 5. The caravan of automobiles and motor trucks that are engaeed in a test run from Moscow to the Kara Koffl desert m Central Asia and back arrived at Samara, thus completing the first 1.200- kilometre lap. All the machines
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS TUESDAY, AUGUST 8TH, 1933. THE BETTER WAY
    721 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS TUESDAY, AUGUST 8TH, 1933. THE BETTER WAY In view oi his "patriotism and his desire to avoid a conflict with the Central Government," General Feng has decided to hand over the control of all military and civil affairs in Charhar to the Governor of the Province. The
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    PRESIDENT DEFIED
    201 8 Miners Refuse Terms of Settlement New York. Aug. 7. President Roosevelt is being defied by 20.000 Pennsylvania coal miners, who have refused to accept the Presi dent s settlement terms. The miners at meeting in Brownsville overwhelmingly voted that the strike should continue at least until Friday As
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    GARRISON TENNIS
    280 8 Start of Annual Tournev To-day Th." Garrison lawn tennis tournament commences to-day on the courts oi the Garrison officers tennis club at Tanglin Entries received for the various events on the card are as follows Mvn's singles open 8 entries. Inter-unit doubles 6 entries. Ladies' doubles 5 entries,
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    CHINA MERCHANTS
    60 8 Provisional Contract For £360,000 Loan Nanking, Aug. 2 The provisional contract for a SinoBrltish funds' loan to the China Merchants Company was signed this morning by the Vice-Chalrman of the board. Mr. Caldor-Marshall. The document is now being sent to the China Merchants Coy. for signature The contract
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    Marechal In Singapore
    741 8 A Recital To Be Remembered Maurice Marechal. the celeb: French cellist, who made his bo v. a Singapore audience from the plat form of the Memorial Hall last night will, to quote his own words lets remember his recital here Certain very important Matt will always stand
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    FOREST FIRE
    69 8 Lives of 300 People in Danger Lisbon. Aug. 4 Troops are engaged in a fight against a raging ten-mile forest fir* which started a week ago and is now endangering the lives of 300 in habitants of a small villa ce named Mlnlre in the pine plantations of
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    MALAYAN SCOUTS AT JAMBOREE
    248 8 RBSPONSIB Till Youths' Tun m q. Men ill At Qggtßgfloi Scouts from Ir,. assembled m J r <•. boree Induain I all parts Among thos there are tv l I Ma!..\ the Malayan uoth irom up* u I happen Jambor* .1. own expeiiv li Malaj .1
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    CATHEDRAL WEDDING
    80 8 Mr. Raymon NNil^n Mis> re.u-m-k M morning, tl. Mr R I I Peacoc Tl 81 Andrews conducted ■<: a N irom Australia jaa by Mr h i mm* Pah..' gtl pink Of s. and ►>•••: hat A b p eted si The duties perforated I Malayan F•• V
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    GENERAL MUTO URGES ACTION
    396 9  -  -Sin Chew Jit Poh. UNITED STATES, RUSSIA ,A> CHINA NAMED Details Of Japanese Leader's Will Disclosed Shanghai, Aug. 7. pURTHEI lib of the will of General Muto, the late r Comn in-chief of the forces in Manchuria, are king (I i by the latest messages from
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    TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT
    97 9 French Airmen Near Aleppo Paris. Aug. 7. who left New York >ver here at 8.22 p.m. md wirelessed .id 2.300 litres ol petrol storms in the At- could beat the reReuter Munich, Aug. 7. i the aerom. that they expected in a few minutes ■heir way to Vienna
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    HARMSWORTH TROPHY
    56 9 British Challenge To 'Kit Ev e r London. Aug. 2. ready for a new for the Harms--7^l take place on Beptember 2nd.. Th? Well h builder and m ne has issued hflotiiu nodore Gar Wood ■tfchwa. tion oi a boat utmost secrecy at j ol steel and "J
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    POLA NEGRI ENGAGED
    18 9 I Nice. Aug. 2. announced of roine, to Mr. American husband of famous Polish «-ss
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    MEERUT APPEAL
    179 9 Two Acquitted Other Sentences Reduced Allahabad, Aug. 2. The hearing of the Meerut appeals i was concluded in the remarkable time of eight days instead of two months as' expected. This contrasted with the three years of the original trial. The Court asked an explanation ol the great
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    TWO ACQUITTED
    109 9 Allahabad. Aug. 4. The High Court judgment on the Meerut conspiracy appeal acquits the Englishman, H. L. Hutchinson, and the Hindu Mittra. who were sentenced to four years' imprisonment, also seven non-Communists. The Englishman. Philip Spratt, had his sentence of 12 years transportation reduced to two and B.
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    GLIDER RECORD
    43 9 Student Remains in Air For 37 Hours Berlin, Aug. 4. The world's duration record for a motorless glider has been broken by Kurt Schmidt, a young German student of Koenigsberg University, who remained in the air for 37 hours. Reuter Wireless
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    ANTI-NAZI MEASURES IN AFRICA
    299 9 MEANING OF BRITISH CITIZENSHIP German Members Leave Assembly Dar Es Salaam. Aug. 4. Following the anti-Nazi measures ir South West Africa it is learned thai increasing numbers of distinguishec Germans are visiting Tanganyika. Although it is declared there is no significance attached to the visits and
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    NAZI WAR ON "REDS"
    100 9 Relentless Use of Firearms Ordered Berlin, Aug. 4. The secret police have ordered the relentless use of firearms in the light against the distributors of Communist pamphlets. A Communist caught today was taken to the Nazi barracks by the police. A report subsequently issued states that
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    FRONTIER TROUBLES
    127 9 Tribesmen Relieved To Have Dispersed Simla. Aug. 4. The Upper Mohmands Lashkars have apparently dispersed according to air reconnaisance. This follows the Kabul report that Afghan officers are endeavouring to persuade the tribesmen to return home. Low lying clouds meantime prevent R.A.F. bombing Government circles feel that exaggerated
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    HASHISH SEIZED
    51 9 Police Raid Smugglers* Headquarters Sofia, Aug. 4. Thirty-five kilograms of hashish in preparation for distribution were seized by the Varna police in a raid on the headquarters of drug smuggling gangs when numerous arrests were made. It is discovered that the smugglers were conveying drugs in footwear.- Reuters
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    RELEASED AND RE-ARRESTED
    31 9 Ahmedabad, Aug. 7. Mrs. Gandhi and fifteen othei women members of Congress have been released from goal but rearrested on refusing to remove to a (specified area.- Reuter
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    LONDON BANDITS' HAUL
    126 9 Valuable Mail Bags Stolen CHEQUES AND CASH j Postman Knocked Senseless ;j London. August 2. Valuable mail bass were seized I by bandits in the city to-day while the postman was engaged on the first morning delivery. The postman was carrying two bags containing cheques and registered
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    1,300 TRIBESMEN DISARMED
    157 9 Serious International Problem Baghdad. %ug. 4 In order to remote the frontier menact- to Ira- the French Syrian au- thorities have disarmed 1.300 Assyrian tribesmen from north Iraq, who have j been ordered to withdraw from the Iraq irontier The Assyrians who during the War were staunch
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    CUBAN RIOTS
    47 9 Uprising Against President Havana. Aug. 7. Military rule has been declared owing to widespread revolutionary strikes against President Machado's regime. There have been seve" il casualties in street disturbances and serious rioting is reported from the interior The American embassador has intervened, hitherto unsuccessfully Reuter
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    RECOVERY CAMPAIGN
    59 9 Jobs For 20,000 Meat Packers Washington. Aug. 7. The formation of an American Federation of Industry similar to the Federation of Labour is predicted as a development of the national recovery campaign. General Johnson has approved a temporary code for the meat-packing industry, providing a 40-hour week j
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    GRAN CHACO
    62 9 Fresh Outbreak of Hostilities Asuncion, Aug. 4. A fresh outbreak of hostilities on the Gran Chaco has taken place according to an official Paraguayan communi- que. The Bolivian forces who launched a strong attack in the Gondra sector were driven back with heavy losses. Meanwhile Bolivian 'planes and
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    SIKH—MUSLIM CLASH
    43 9 SIKH— MUSLIM CLASH Five People Killed And Four Injured Lyallpur. Aug. 4. r l Five people were killed and four perl I ously injured in a Sikh-Muslim clash here to-day over the possession oi land. Police reinforcements were rush- jed out.- Reuter Wireless
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      500 11 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE j MAIL LINE I rav__^_t»\ 7^ -J^^Sbl /^^l—^yX i I (^(rN—rfi— A* H__w^^i N/aW la^ I I \»t\ kjyf»l J I'W E_*_Hxl I EUROPE AMERICA VISIT SUNNY CALIFORNIA YOSEMITE PARK HOLLYWOOD GRAM) CANYON NEW LOW THROUGH RATES HONG KONG TO EUROPE VIA AMERICA WEEKLY SAILINGS FROM MANILA
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      861 11 K. P. M. KONTNKLIJKE PAKETA AART MAATSCHAPPIJ RETEH Tuesday. Aug 8. Bengkalis. Paneh. Berombang. Tanjong-Mengeldar, Tanjong-Leidong and Asahan. PARIGI Tuesday. Aug. 8. Rhio. Ta'ubelan. Singkawang. Pemangkat and Selakau. GEN. VERSPYCK -Tuesday. Aug. 8. L^tong, Maras. Tarempa. Midal. PoeloePandjang. ftfranun Genting and Kramat. MA.lANG— Wednesday. Aug. 9. Prigi-Radja. Sapat. Tembilahan. Poeloe-Pallaa,
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    MAN OVERBOARD
    732 12 Realistic Scene on Board Ship The following "True Incident" is related by T. B. H. Oates in the Nautical Magazine: "All hands on deck man overboard!" Suddenly awakened irom deep slumber under a pile of damp blankets by that poignant cry, half a dozen heads appeared over the
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    U.K. PLEASURE CRUISES
    132 12 New Regulations By Board 01 Trade Revised regulations have been issued by the Board of Trade as to the returns which have to be furnished by masters of ships carrying passengers to and from tne United Kingdom, regarding he number and description of the passengers. Special provisions
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    NEW ICEBREAKERS
    50 12 Leningrad, Aug. 5. The Marty shipbuilding yards in Leningrad have commenced construe'ion of three new icebreakers to th« "rder of the Hvdrouraphical Administration. Engines of 2 400 horse- nowWtl be installed in the ships. Thev will each displace 700 tons and are for service in iv^s- tion. Tass
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      652 12 BURNS PHILP LINE (Incorporated In Australia) A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY VISIT AUSTRALIA IN THE SPRING SPECIAL FIRST CLASS RETURN FARE £74 ($634.29) I Special arrangements have been made to enable passengers to make the round cruise to Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne via Java by the well-known s.s "MARELLA" (7,475 tons gross
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      416 12 I. S. K. LINE* TRANSLMtr ISHIHARA INDUSTRIAL AST Or TRANSPORT CO. Dutch, Fn rg 'Incorporated In Japan v fl REGULAR FREIGHT AND PASSENGER SERVICE. COOK'S TIC Tl/ FROM JAPAN Due Sat. NAGOYA MARU Aug. 8 Aug 8 BURI FOR KOBE, OSAKA, MOJI, YAWAT* M Rolm, ta< NAGOYA AND YOKOHAMA Due
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      555 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 p.m. Kuantan (via Jerantut) Monday to Friday 7.30 a.m. Kuantan (via Jerantut Saturdays 7 p.m. Kelantan (via Padang Besar) Monday and Friday 7 p.m. Kelantan (via Gemas) every Monday,
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      494 13 THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS flM(i office 78 CECIL STREET, SINGAPORE. g^ c Address ADVERTISER, SINGAPORE. II ne premier morning daily in Malaya. Delivered ,vith the Chota Hazri each morning-. Latest news, latest telegrams and latest announcements. Umdon rubber and tin cables appear daily. special features include pictures, ladies' page with
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      316 13 CONTAINS ABUNDANCE KEPLER' trade MARK VITAMINS COD LIVER OIL with a b and d MALT EXTRACT Maintains vigour in children. Builds strong teeth and sturdy C£^\ limbs. Enables children to develop a /^f^^x) reserve of strength with which i Jy] L to resist disease. Bottles of two sizes, from W*
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      930 13 Port and Shipping News I ABANDONED SHIPS Ocean Derelicts That Will Sink Wallowing in the trough oi the sea. trailing behind her a tangle of cordage and broken spars, her scuppers dipping as she rolls, waves breaking unchecked adown her decks slumps of masts raking the heavens as wave after
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      924 13 SHANGHAI COLLISION Junk Cut in Two by Steamer One ot the most unusual accidents in the history of Shanghai Harbour occurred recently when the s.s. Bellingham. Tacoma- Oriental freighter, graz- i jed the N.Y.K. Mail Wharf and capsized land damaged 1 4 cargo boats. Damage 1 to the boats of
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    END OF THE E.M.B.
    212 14 London, Aug. 3. It is authoritatively stated that the Government, after consultation with the Dominions Ministers, have decided to discontinue the Empire Marketing Board «at the end of September. The Board was set up In 1926 to promote the sale of Empire products In the United
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    FISHERMEN'S FIGHT
    115 14 I Magistrate's Effort To Secure Peace Taiping, Aug. 3. On the application of Mr. Toh Eng Hoe, J. P., the well-known local merchant. Ching Cheng Huat, who was arrested in connection with a street fight in Taiping on July 31, was discharged in the police court to-day, before
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    LAW NOTICE
    51 14 Tuesday, August Bth Before the Chief Justice at 11 a.m. Summonses- in-Chambers and Originating Summonses. At 11.15 a.m. in the Ist. Court: Petition. Motion and Judgment Summons. Before Mr. Justice Mills in the 3rd. Court at 10.30 a.m. Judgment:- OS. 119/27- Re Will of' Tan Oo Long, deceased.
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    SLUMP IN WEDDINGS
    192 14 The depression has had its effect here upon divorce as well as on weddings, for the statistics relating to last year, reveal that while the number of niarriages fell by 7 5 per cent. divorce! were reduced by 12.7 per cent, states a New York nessege. It
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    AGED MAN KILLED
    100 14 Motor Tragedy At Malacca •From Our Own Correspondents Malacca, Aug. 3. A verdict of death by misadventure due to a motor-car accident, was returned by the Coroner. M. J. C. Derrick, at the conclusion of the inquest into the death of a septuagenarian. Tee 80. who was
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    AUSTRALIAN POET
    57 14 Westminster Memorial to Gorcjon London, Aug. 1. A proposal, which has the support of the leading men of letters, for the erection of a memorial in Westminster Abbey to the Australian poet. Adam Lindsay Gordon, the centenary of whose birth falls on October 19 has received the sanction
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    PLEDGED BEFORE BIRTH
    405 14 Divorce to Fulfil Parents' Wish Dinard A double divorce just pronour.c- I detfl the v. ay for a union that is all the more remarkabl e bCCSMSi the partlei to it were plighted before they re bcrn. states message from Dinard In IMfl an English and a
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    A.A.A. CELEBRATIONS
    81 14 The fifth anniversary celebrations of the Amicable Athletic Association were held at the Association premises. 43-B i Upper Nanking St. on Saturday. The' premises were gayly decorated and, 1 festivities continued throughout the day. Chinese musical and singing i entertainments were provided. In the evening a dinner, to
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    METRO-VICKERS' AGENT
    68 14 METRO- VICKERS' AGENT Expulsion Due To "Personal Intrigue" Sofia Auk. 4. The suggestion that his expulsion i from Turkey was due to personal intrijgue hatched during his absence on leave is made by Mr Lander. Metroj politan-Vickers agent In Turkey. Interviewed, he denied all suggestions lof espionage. He said his
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    CARTAGE SERVICE
    57 14 Transport Companies and Co-ordination Scheme London, Aug. 4 Discussions are proceeding between the four main Railway Companies and the two best known road transport companies with a view to securing developments of cartage services provided by the latters undertakings in the co-ordination of transport facilities of the Railway
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      201 14 -I I BRITISH BROADCASTING j CORPORATION j i PROGRAMMES FOR INDIA. BURMA, j STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. and 1 i FEDERATED MALAY STATES H FROM THE EMPIRE J I TRANSMITTER. DAVENTRY. i ENGLAND. i Wavelengths 25.3 metres and 31.3 J metres. j j Tuesday, August Bth 1933. GMT. 11.0 a.m.— 1.0 p.m.
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      563 14 BANKS AND CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CniNA in England by Royal Charter* Paid up capital in 600.000 shares of £5 each £3.000.000 Reserve Fund £3.000.000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3.000.000 HEAD OFFICE 38. Bishopsgate. London. EC 2 Agencies and Branches Alor Star Iloilo i Semarang Amritsar Ipoh Seremban
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      158 14 INSL ./liVt^l Capital I H Reser.- M Pre ,1 VUx I Head i. LO.M \v. M < The N Lloyd .s 1 M M Bomb.i. Dairen I H.irbi;. M Kara*:. M Msstslla M Newel, v. Rang ■Mtuf m Sekl. Tlentsir. J cial dt* and r >• M ascer..: M desenpt
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      662 14 ROUND YOLK DIAL 80 Rome (Italy) 2tiU. 72 2 Khabarovsk (USSR) RVIS 9 am noon. 58.3 Bandoeng, Java (PMY). 50 26 Vatican City (Italj). HVJ Dally. 7.0—1 7.15 p m. Sun.. 10 10.30 a.m. also. 50 Barcelona Radio Club (Spain) Ea J25 Sat.. B—9 p.m. 50 Bucharest (Rumania). 50 Kua!a
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    RUBBER PLANTING OF THE PAST
    2232 15 RUBBER PLANTING OF THE PAST Corn ced Staffs Essential, Si s Lord Plymouth WING] G THE "AXE" IN MALAYA ing is not doomed to dissolve into an L holdings and is far from being a career c: the Earl of Plymouth, Under-Secretary o: Colonies, in his address at the annual
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    DUTCH TIN COOTS
    200 15 Providing Agaiast Fall in Price I From Our Own Correspondent I Medan, Aug. 2. Th<' Government of Netherlands In--1 clia in the memorandum of reply to the I debate In tbe Pe >pie's council agrees j wi*h those members who wish to maintain the estimate of the
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    SYNTHETIC RUBBER
    84 15 Three Soviet Factories In Operation Yaroslavl, Aug. 5. The Yaroslavl synthetic rubber factory, one of three now operating in the USSR., has completed its first productive year with great achievements to its credit. It was designed and erected in less than a year. During the second quarter of
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    AMERICAN SPECULATION IN RUBBER
    1061 15 AMERICAN SPECULATION IN RUBBER Believed To Be Chief Cause Of Rise In Price I From Our own Correspondent] R London, July 18. Rubbers rise to 4»/ 2 d per pound, th< ighest price on the London markei since Dec. 20. 1930 has been the out- standing commercial development ol an
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    MECHANISING THE A.F.I.
    360 15 Four Armoured Cars For Rangoon 7our armoured cars have .been inmghi down to Itangoon, i<j be sillied in pSSCS ol the Light Horse section the Rangoon Battalion t Auxiliary India which was disbanded arty this year and will mark trie lirst ipter In the mechanization of the
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    TEA QUOTA
    99 15 Fixing Standard Production In .lava fFrom Our Own Correspondent I Medan. Aug. 2. The Bataviaaseh Nieuwsblad slates that the Director of Agriculture, in co-operation with the Advisory Committee, has made preparations to fix the standard production ol teaestates. The reference lists will be published officially and notice of
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    MALAYAN LAWN TENNIS FINALS
    741 16 DE SOUZA'S HARD DAY Forced To Retire From SbiglM Game OLIVER'S 7th FINAL Next Year's Contests For Singapore I From Our Owi Correspondent] Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 7. Cramp prevented H. M. De Souza. Junior, (Malacca) from putting up the anticipated fight in the Malayan lawn tennis
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    SEANEY GIVES COMMAND THE LEAD
    816 16 TWO GOALS SCORED AGAINST SELANGOR Five Changes In Visiting Team Malaya Command. .2: Selangor .0. Selangor were beaten again yesterday when they played a friendly game against the Malaya Command. There were rive changes in the visitors' side, Cherrington. Thornton, Ponnlah, Jan Mohamed and Khai
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    F.M.S. WIN BY 7 WICKETS
    768 16 F.M.S. WIN BY 7 WICKETS Colony Collapse After Brilliant Start CARR MAKES 67 Good Bowling By LaU Singh (From Our Own Correspondent] Penang, Aug. 7. F.M.S. won the annual encounter with the Colony by seven wickets 25 minutes before time. After a brilliant second innings start by the Colony it
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    851 16 $70 And $61 In First Two Events $39,745 SWEEP Jockey Dismounted At Start of Big Race I From Our Own Correspondent] Penang. Auk. 7. The concluding day's races to-day attracted a big crowd. Fine weather prevailed and the going was good. The card opened with an upset.
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    47 16 The Governor's Cup was played lor on the Garrison Golf Club course on Saturday and Sunday. The following was the result. Ft./Lleut. W. S. Allen. All Square Major. J. R. Hayman. 2 Down Lt.-Col. F. O. Hyland. 2 Ball sweep Ft./Lteut W 8. Allen
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