The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 15 August 1933

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. \d. ESTABLISHED 1835. SINGAPORE, S.S. TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1933. 10 CENTS.
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    THE DAY'S NEWS
    238 1 Japan is trying force a breach with (he Soviet so that she can seize the Chinese Eastern Railway by force, declares Pravda Page France is strengthening her frontier defences in view of the increased Nazi activities Page 8. Hundreds of thousands of pe<>p)e are reported to have
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    STOP PRESS
    205 1 TKST MATCH LATKST London, Aug. 1 1. Ran; (iflayi'd the IXWimpt the Test match after Lunch. At* the ten interval West Inci ■cored 137 for loss of three wick Attendance 16.000 Scorns Roach 36: BaiV 10: Sealey 12; Headley (handicapped by iiuurifs had Barrom runntaffoc him* not out
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    OXFORD GARDENS
    888 1 /"VXFORD Gardens, which in the past have stood for gardens whose particular glory was independent oi /lowers, have begun. I think, to change their character and enclose new ambitions. The most characteristic of all was always Wadham. so close the grass nuzzled up to the grey stone, so
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      235 1 THE ROTARY CLUB OF SINGAPORE MEETS TO-MOUtOI AT I p.m. AT THE ADELPHI HOTEL Speaker: Rotarian C. B. Pecker Subject "Advertising" SEA VIEW HOTEL m 'jMMaH| B^ 'iHi S?^ «**iP^^B SANDS AND DAWN THE CELEBRATED AMERICAN PERSONALITY ARTISTES WILL \Pri:.\K TO MOKKOW AT THE I SEA VIEW HOTEL I PRESENTING
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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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    SHANGHAI STUDENTS
    260 2 Baskei-Rall Teams' Visit To Malacca Fron: Our Own Correspondent) "Malacca, Aus 13. The .students and members of the Poo Tan University, Shanghai who are! In Malacca on a tour have repeatedly j exhibited their prowess In basket-ball and volley-ball at the city Park grounds. Tins student party is
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    FATAL QUARREL AT PULAU UBIN
    81 2 A quarrel with fatal r;\sult:; took place at Pulau Übin last night between I two Chinese It is stated that the two men were < in a coffee-shop and had a quarrel over a debt. They began to fight and I the coilee-shop proprietor joined
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    U.S. NAVAL PLANE (RASH
    22 2 Honolulu. Aug. 10. Five United States Naval airmen were killed and one injured in an aeroplane crash.- Reuter
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    WILLIAMSON CHALLENGE CUP
    731 2 PRIMA DONNA WINS B CLASS RACE Mowgli Falls Below Her Reputation On Sunday the B Clasps sailed the first of the series lor the Williamson Challenge Cup. The A Class boats were already on the Nieuw Zeeland, winch sailed in the afternoon for Batavia lor the inter-port
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    SEREMBAN FOOTBALL
    84 2 Casuals Eliminated From Hose Cup From Our Own Corr<\spond< r:t > Seremhun, Aug. IS. The Seremban Casuals, who are leading In the League Competition were eliminated from tho Hose Cup Competition by the Hirr- Motor Union who defeated them by the odd goal in three and thus qualified
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    GARRISON TOURNAMENT
    270 2 Yesterday's Results And To-Day's Ties Results of the ties played yesterday in the Garrison lawn tennis tournament were as follows: MEN'S HANDICAP SINGLES Major r. C. K. Austin beat Captain i R. A. Grant Taylor. 6—2: 4—6: 6—4. Pt. Officer D. G. Keddie beat Captain T. G. R
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    S.C.C. TIES
    175 2 The ties in the s.c.c. tennis tournament to be played on Thursday are: PROI ESBION PAIRS R K. B. Donnell and W n K I I T i. Palmer and T. J. a. Or S H Moss and O. R. S. Batoman vs F T K Hobbei and
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    BADMINTON
    287 2 Singapore Championship Results 1 h« Singapore championship! continue^ over the week-end and resulted a-, i. v. BATURI )A V S R ESULTS WtßNO'l Open Singles: Ifisa Wang Si< m Ting beat Miai Tla Ye Weng i 1 2. 11 r>. Miss F. Horn beat Miss II L»>r. 11 2,1
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    52 2 Members of the Y.M.C.A. ami alii (those who are Interested in the open events of the Y.M.C A championship carnivnl are reminded that the entries close on Saturday. <last postal deliivery). Entry forms together with full I details may be had on application to Mr. R. Lyne. General Secretary 'Y.M.C.A.
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    METHODIST SCHOOL SPORTS
    480 2 AWARDS AT KUALA LUMPUR MEETING Resident Distributes The Prizes (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 12. To-day's Methodist Boys' School .sports were marred by rain which, however, cleared up in time to allow the programme to be finished. Mr. Bowmar. the headmaster, callinu on the Resident
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    IPOH CRICKET
    198 2 The Host Forced To Follow On iFn'ir. Our Own Correspondent i Ipoh. \ii. It Rest wen .to lollou. op. In the BIAtCh with the I a:V ••d for 85 ii. the Innings. .Sr n Bai THE KEST. (lirst innings) SuppAan b Whltato i 1 Hazari b Jonklaai Parlnpanayagam
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    PENANG HITS OUT
    87 2 IViuuik. Auu. 14. in a whole-day match yesterday on the Esplanade the Penang Cricket Club decisively defeated Krlan Club. Penang started on with 235 for ton and declared, Adams scoring i briilia!.* century and finishing up with 12:1 not D. H. A. Honlyn hit eleven boundaries in
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      5 2 H*Sw^at ta CAPITOL— August xt>th.
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      134 2 TEMH Us SINGAPORE "^7^7^^ NO I r ur.- mom i-ular <•■ in the Tend* I. N I Hit, Aagu Sup;... 4 10 In |Q Supply durli Ml 4 p.n m Supplv Cl 6tK A << Ks! MODERN S! I I I I KRAMAT I" I Dhri i i i n
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      201 2 THE WEEK Tuesday, 15th. High Water 05.34. 6.7 ft, 16.35, 8.2 ft. Football S.A.F.A. League (Div. I): I.C. F.A. vs. Pulau Brani. Jalan Besar. Wednesday. Kith. Hi-h Water H7.36, 6.6 ft.. 17.50 3.0 ft. Rotary Tiffin. Mr. C. B. Pecker on "Advertising," Adelphi Hotel. 1 p.m. Football. S.A.F.A. League. <Div.
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    BRITISH CAR SALES SOAR
    423 3 DRIVE FOR EMPIRE MARKETS Sir W. Morris To Form New Company [From Our Own Correspondent London, July 26. One of the most prosperous British industries at the moment is that enj gaged in the manufacture of motor cars. Even now. a number of factories are working
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    RABIES OUTBREAK
    296 3 Bangkok's !)o^ Population Problem [From Our Own Correspondent! Bangkok. Ausf. f>. Recently the question of the reorganisation of the clinic maintained by the Society for the Promotion of Animal Welfare has been under consideration, and a committee appointed to make recommendations. Nothing has been decided however, bu the
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    64 3 Privileges under the' Inventions I Ordinance have been granted to Lucien Gaisman. of Canning Street, Audenshaw. Manchester. England. RubManufaoturer, a citizen of Ltzerland. his heirs, executors, adn and assigns, for making. and usin<r and authoring others so to do. an invention for "improvements in or relating to the manu:ture of
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    Pola Negri Engaged
    35 3 Nice, Aug. 9. The engagement is announced of Miss Pola Negri. the film heroine to Mr. Harold McCormick. the American millionaire, and former husband of Ganna Walska. the famous Polish opera star.
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    Excursion Scheme Fails
    185 3 Excursion Scheme Fails F.M.S.R. REFUSE TO MAKE CONCESSIONS 'From Our Own Correspondent.* Bangkok, Aug. 9. The Siam State Railways which acl- vertise in Penang and Singapore, rej cently conceived a long distance excursion, which should include a visit 'to Penang. The project was to run Siamese excursionists to Penang and
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    PERILS OF SMUGGLING
    379 3 Into Arms Of Police At Mid-niffht Driving up to a house in Church Street during the early hours of th< morning of July k;. throe Chinese und a party ol revenue ofßcen lying in w^i* for them. They surrounded jar directly It si rpped. One mar. was
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    60 3 There s^ms little doubt (says the Malay Mail > that there is some sort of animal prowling in the neighbourhood of Circular road. Some people say that they have seen a tiger, others describe the animal as a black panther while the Police think that if then 1 k, any
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    PEDESTRIANS AND RIGHTS TO COMPENSATION
    413 3 NEGLIGENCE CLAUSE MAY BE SCRAPPED Drivers Must Pay If Walkers Are Hurt Drastic alterations in the law, giving pedestrians much wider powers to recover damages for injuries suffered in motor accidents, are recommended by the select committee appointed to consider the Road Traffic 'Compensation for
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    FIRE INSURANCE
    252 3 Siamese (lovcrnment's Chunked Viewpoint From Our Own Correspondent > Buntrkok, Auc i. The Insurance oompaniei doing kmslnen In Sbun tutve been able to get the Government to i hangs their viewpoint. Fonneiiy under the new iaw companies doing Ore Insurance work were required to put up approved s
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    MARKETING SCHEMES
    88 3 Pig Producers Almost Unanimous London. Aug. 10. In a recent poll registered producers voted to retain in force the pigs and bacon marketing schemes of 1933. Ninesty-ninr per cent, of the voters p-^-sessins? 1.631.004 pigs or over 99 per cert, of the total poMMMd by registered producers voted
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    TRAFFIC NUISANCE
    317 3 Jaga Krcta Barred At Railway Station i From Our Own Correspondent I Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 12. AT last the police are taking strong action against the youths WHO have long made a nuisance of themselves to motorists parking at the Kuala Lumpur railway station. What was probably the
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    TREASURY BILLS
    49 3 London. Aug. 11. Applications for to-day's tenders lor €40 million Treasury Bills totalled £65.125.000 The amount allotted in bills at three months wa.; €40.000.000 The average rate per cent of tenders accepted was ss. 5.19d per cent, compared with ss. 4.95d. pit cent, last week British Radio
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      73 3 STAINLESS STEEL IS NOW STOCKED BY UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED SINGAPORE Children of all ages need /~>x KEPLER' TRADE MARK r J COD LIVER OIL V WITH MALT EXTRACT I liis nutrition^ \>"»'.. ri« li m Vital B .(ikJ l) m.jlii's then •<> lunKi vigorous bodies, Ixmo and x>und teeth. It^
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    MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF CEYLON GIRL
    184 4 FOUND SHOT IX PARIS HOTEL Multi-Millionaire's Son's Name Mentioned Paris. Auk. 3. Mysterious circurr.stances surrounded the death ot Miss Dorothy Wright, uged 24 years, who was born in Ceylon and lived in India She was tound shot in a lashionable hotel in the Champs Eiysees.
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    BOXING IN PENANG
    305 4 One Of The Best Fights Seen Young Aposto and Little Lewis gave us one of the best fights we have seen in the local ring when they met at Fun and Frolic (says the Penang Gazette*. Young Aposto. who at 7st. Tibs, had a five pound advantage
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    80 4 H.R.H. Prince Purachatra, who had been on a business visit to Singapore, arrived in Kuala Lumpur with his daughter from Sirgaporo. His Royal Highness visited the Serdang Experimental Station to-day to study certain soil problems which at present contront him in connection with the plantation projects of H.M. thn King
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    DEFAMATION CHARGE
    139 4 'Hearing to Await Appeal Of Complainant Tht case was mentioned again on Saturday before Mr. R. J F. Curtis, the Si. sjapore Second Magistrate in which C. h Leembruggen. a Ceylon Burgher. i«- charging a local Eurasian, named C. H Miles, with defamation. Mi N Mitter has been
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    25 4 Mr. G. A de Moubray on his return from home fnrloueh will, it la said, be posted to Teluk Anton h District Officer Lower Perak
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    S.P.G. IN BANGKOK
    268 4 Visit of Canon Stacy Waddy From Our Own Correspondent Bangkok. Aug. 9. A visitor to Bangkok has been Canon Stacy Waddy. General Secretary for the SPG who arrived direct from England by the last P and O IfetMMf He was asked by the Bishop of Sinpapore to
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    A Business Missionary's Adventures
    530 4 MRS. BEATRICE THOMPSON'S PIONEER TRIPS IN CHINA MRS. BEATRICE THOMPSON, director of the Advertising and Publicity Bureau, Singapore, was the sole overseas woman delegate to the Advertising Convention, in London. She has had many strange adventures when opening new markets for British goods in the interior
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    STILL FIGHTING EAST END FIRE
    9 4 STILL FIGHTING EAST E ND FIRE vs msßvngsisaszssis* sfsnrt'sr
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    WHOLE FAMILY WITH INDIGESTION
    88 5 WHOLE FAMILY WITH INDIGESTION I Led Whatever They Ate P nu writes -Myself seemed to sutler i the back, and tion I suffered >ince we have been the last three thing, and all tor We never or pain now. 11 has no upver we may have aid not give up
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    Peter Robinson s Birthday
    472 5 Peter Robinson s Birthday HOW JT^ BEGAN A LITTLE SHOP IN MEADOW ena [store, has cerebrated its 100th birthday recently. Just 100 years ago a Yorkshire haberdasher settled in London He purchased a small shop on the outskirts of the town-in Oxford-circus To the west of the shop lay green
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    28 5 Mi L. D Wood. Manager of the Pencms branch of the Straits Trading Company Lid., i.s .sailing on furlough to England, accompanied by Mrs Wood. by the "Hector."
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    REFORM OF "OLD LAGS"
    288 5 Colombo Magistrate's Experiment The experiment of giving a reconi victed criminal a further chance of reformaiion is being tried by Mr. E. H. R. Tenison. Police Magistrate of Colombo. 1 Two men. K. Simon Singho. of Small Pass, and G. Solomon Appu. oi the Prttah. had
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    27 5 Dr. R A. Maenab. Medical Officer, North Kedah. will shortly proceed home on long leave. His likely niccessor is Dr. J P Cameron of the Kulim Hospital.
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    Life Risked For Girl
    298 5 I I MAX BREAKS LEG IN P. 0. CRUISE DRAMA A fOOng steward who risked his lilc to save a girl passenger on the P and O steamer Strathaird during a pleasure cruise is lying at his home in I Tilbury with a broken leg. The
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      80 5 Fox Movietone's sparkling Musical~Singing and Dancing Comedy Previously BANNED Now Passed in Its entirety LET'S GO PLACES 1 inr^pnnc Spectacular il Or Vw i&' Dancing f MBaaWaaaßßMißißliiriHl Ensembles 1 I See "The Snow- KrS Vg »*IIW-J! ball Ballet" with M ■,|X| fig#lfj 70 Boauties BM^BWP^I^B mt^B WE? '^^jjl «JH Haunting
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      215 5 I "TJ^"'^ Tf i ft j scandal! i^S j •They're b«e» up tber«— alone— toarthcr B —agnisht! tk I I r lN* caockt tbem- I't* rot the rolaace B^^ I t« »kow tbe wbole world tW p*W Iv V^& tWt »b*'. M l>ett«r tkM tW w«nt of «T KI ''''>+
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      Accrington After Hammond
      81 6 Accrington After Hammond SENSATIONAL RUMOUR IN CRICKET CIRCLES A sensational rumour has been circulating In county cricket circles during the past few days to the effect that as a consequence of the completion oi his 2.000 runs Walter Hammond had been made a big offer by Accrington <Lancashire> Cricket Club,
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      FAIRFAX TO LEAVE
      144 6 Will Bradman be Asked Again? The AccrmsUon Cricket Club, members of the Lancashire League, have come to a mutual and amicable agreement with Allan Fairfax, the former Australian Test player, to terminate his three years' engagement as professional at the end ot the present season. Fair lax.
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      F.M.S. POLICE SPOUTS
      336 6 Depot Athletes The Best (From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 12. The Federal police sports were held at the Stadium today. There was a good attendance and the programme was carried out without a hitch despite the rain in the early afternoon. Contingents from Perak. Selangor
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      CRICKET AVERAGES
      682 6 Race For Two Thousand Runs [From Our Own Correspondent 1 London, Aug. 2. County cricket batting and bowling averages, and the averages of the West Indian tourists are now as follows: Ceylon Outstations regained the Fet-lowes-Gordon Polo Challenge Cup in the annual match, defeating Colombo by eigth goals
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      PENANG A.A.A.
      158 6 Six l^ocal Records Lowered (From Our Own Correspondent I Fenaiiß. Aug. 12. Six records were broken and one equalled at the Penang A. A. A sports today, held on the esplanade in beautiful weather. In the high jump Yeoh Bok Hoe established a new record by clearing 5
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      FAMOUS BRITISH SPORTSMAN
      137 6 Sir Harry Barclay Die* Suddenly London. Aim 2. Following a collapse during the Amateur Athletic Championships at the White City, Sir Harry Barclay, a former Hon. Secretary of the Association, died at Sutton to-day. The late Sir Harry John Barclay, who was a senior partner of Messrs.
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      LIVERPOOL RACING
      276 6 Hot Favourite Beaten In Summer Cup '.From Our Own Correspondent London. July 26 Interest in home racing this week has been concentrated in Liverpool. where one of the most successful Summer Meetings in living memory has i just been held in glorious weather. The j chief event was
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      SIR R. J. WALDIE-GRIFFITH
      39 6 Death of Well-known Race Horse Owner London; Aur 4 The death occurred to-day of Sir Richard John Waldu-Grimth a wel known member of the Jockey Club hu horses have won £90.000 in stako' money. staice
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      IRISH SWEEPSTAKES
      307 6 Government To Share in Proceeds One H IIM amazing Uatures of th«« Free Statf Government "S attitude to the trial) Hospital sweepstakes is contained in clauses in their ne* iv.v stakes Bill. Its critics say that it will encourage, rather than check, the tendency to increase the cost
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      NEW HOME FOR NS
      37 6 Resuscitation ol tht "M K i Jl t! lost r> i 0 v i H 3 from >; ''JjH -A J A i. j 1 lit- 3 1 IBd Id j Club tant lease*:
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      MAILEY'S TEAM
      26 6 In. Mr I I that in fl bou!-: trah. .1 TMrv tie? t-ou::t S side- ha J iJT 1 and also Which ar. I
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      8 6 THE MIRACLE SHOW of 1933? CAPITOL— August 16th.
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    CHARGED AFTER SIX MONTHS
    294 7 4)ieoed Participant in Gang Kobbery DRIVER'S EVIDENCE pj ve Assault On Chinese iptured b gang at the old race January 22 this driver. Jvlohamed give evidence at a ■.eld In the second Mr. R. J F. Curtis charge of gang Ooh Ah San was an eldeily
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    WOOD SUPPLIES RUNNING OUT
    50 7 "■»lds Key to the Future ivc of soft woods which is likely to nificance politically in iid Dr. Herbert LevinsWent, at the annual «'ty of Chemical astle-on-Tyne. i was issuing a warning world shortage of supplies from Canada States be said, would 'thin the lifetime of
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    78 7 n, the well-known went home on Jay and hopes to be next season. Mr. 1 to this country in COt ostate. Tanjong eper." came to Sungei three years later *ere ever since. Al)ia >" cricw.. keti several times to g 1912 that J! the State w as not h since
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    $100 FINE FOR ENTICEMENT
    480 7 MAN APPEALED TO BY WOMAN Unwilling to Return to Her Lawful Husband i From Our Own Correspondent. > a Klan*, Aug. 11. A Chinese named Liew Hin was charged before Che Osman with enticing away a Chinese married woman named Wong Ah Loke. Mr. S M.
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    SACRED BOX MOVED
    179 7 Chettiar's Claim Against Attorney-General Malacca, An?. 12. Judgment was reserved in the Supreme Court here today before Mr. Justice Gerahty in the case In which K. M. L. Letchimanan Chettiar. of Alor Gajah. sued the Attorney-Gen-eral. S.S., for $5,000 damages. The plaintiif was represented by Mr. S.
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    "BURGLARIOUS INTENT"
    497 7 Timely Frustration By Two Detectives WARNING COUGH Night Trespass With Keys and Chisel Notwithstanding the precautions taken by two young Chinese. Ho Ee Mai and Tan Kai Ting, of leaving one to keep watch while the other entered a house in Jalan Sultan with burglarious intent,, both were
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    ON FIRST VISIT
    220 7 Dagger Carrier Pleads Ignorance of Law In view of his plea that he did not know it was an oilence to carry I dagtier on one's person in Singapore, a Dutch Malay, Jaan bin Kling. was fined only $1 or one day's imprisonment* by the first magistrate.
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    LAW NOTICE
    58 7 Tuesday, August 15th Before Mr. Justice Mills in the 3rd. Court at 10.45 a.m. Judgment:— S. 1270 32— The Official Assigne of the property of Loh Chuck Poh, Bankrupt vs. The Oversea Chinese Bank Ltd. At 11 a.m. Part heard:— S. 1139 32— Chung and Wong vs. C.
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    Singapore Will See Next Week's Eclipse
    612 7 Singapore Will See Next Week's Eclipse BUT IT'S NOT A PERFECT ONE Locally, the time of the eclipse is from 12.20 p.m. to 3.30 p.m.—approximate times— and it will be at its peak at about 2 p.m. During that time watchers will see the shadow of the moon appear on
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    FOUND DEAD
    245 7 Mystery Case Hut No Foul Play Suggestion 'There Is nothing to show how the tot eased came by his death and there is HO suggestion of fool play. I m therefore only return a verdict ol found dead, eause unknown said the Coroner yesterday, when he concluded in
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    COUNTERFEIT COINS
    101 7 Possession Admitted Hut Knowledge Denied The Illness ui rrrtsrttTs Inipstloi J. Tolmlc rendered further postpuncmc.it of Um trial of Goh Kim Tong on a charge of being in posession of 1M eountSfflit 20 cent coins s Produced before Mr. H A Foner in the first magistrate*! court again
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    FATAL MISHAP
    97 7 Poisoned Foot Develops From Injury veitttd ol death by n i Dtiare w.iv returned by the Singap >re Cora yi sic rd:;v a1 the conclusion ol the Inquiry into the death ol Koh An K r old Chil ployed tf the Lam Aik Rubber Pmctory, 7th milestone, Buki»
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    PRINCE'S FLYING VISIT
    44 7 Prince Nicholas, brother of King Carol ot Rumania, arrived at Croydon Aerodrome, London in his own plane. The Prince is visiting the chief European countries to study aviation. Prince Nicholas was photographed as he was assisted to take off his parachute.
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    366 7 PEDESTRIANS' HABITS Coroner on Life That Might Have Been Saved A word of advice retrains; tfetf idloqmcnslM of pedestrians »a.s uiven to ChIMM motor- i irry ihIVU yesterday by Mr F G Bourne, the Slnfapon Coroner, when the driver was exonerated from blame (or the death
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    113 7 j Inaugural Meeting Next Friday The Kuala Lumpur Flying Club Rally i in Penang some months back and the more recent visit of the Singapore Fiyi Ing Club seaplanes, have stimulated in- terest in flying in Penang (states the Straits Echoi. The public has become sufficiently
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1933 A MISSED OPPORTUNITY?
    988 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1933 A MISSED OPPORTUNITY? It becomes rather wearisome continually to be referring to the activities of our neighbours with the object oi emphasising our own shortcomings. It has been necessary at various times in the past to draw such a comparison in regard to
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    132 8 Lively Film At The Alhambra There l.s plenty 01 nood fun in Lets Go Places" the Fox picture which opened at the Alhambra yesterday The story concerns the success of a young linger when he goes to Hollywood, but the choice ot his staee name brings I
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    132 8 LATEST RUBBER AND TIN PRICES AND STERLING RATES Rubber and Tin prices and the sterling rate in New York and Paris, specially cabled to the Free Press arp as frkilrrar RUBBER London. Aug. 14. Rubber Market closing prices to-day were Spot (Buyers* 3 27j32d. <3 29 32d >
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      97 8 Europe Alarmed About Germany I Paris. Au«. 11. France is strengthening her watch on the Rhine in order to prevent u Fecur rence of local incidents such as occurred at Huningue when Brown Shirt > inVaded the international bridge 01 boats across the river and hurled
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      191 8 LONDON ON THE ALERT London. Aug. It. Nazi activities abroad continue to arose the anxiety ol European Oovernments. A serious view is taken 01 Herr Habicht's latest broadcast speecn from Munich attacking the Austrian Government in diplomatic circles in London. It is recognised, however, that the German Government has a
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      119 8 SWITZERLAND "INVADED" K.i sic Auf. 11. The Swiss Attorney -General ha* opened an inquiry Into ihe irontler incident wnen a party oi uerman Nazis alleged to have marched into Swiss territory and searched the house of a watchman oi the electricity works situated partiy m Germany and partly in Switzerland.
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      162 8 DKIVF ON COM.MI'MSTS Berlin. Auf riu end oi a big two-day drive against Commum>;r. involving the arMM ot 250 persons including several women, is announced by the Brunswick Uovernnient TIM arrests wt-re MMk by police and Nazi auxiliaries in con.vquence oi an uitempi to revive UM Communist party and the
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      72 8 Cologne. Auk. II Four Communists from the Saar are reported to have tired on customs officers who ordered them to halt outside Rlssenthal. near the Saar iroiuur The officers returned the nrt- and eventually arrested the men. Five other alleged Communists *nj are believed to have frequently passed over the
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      99 8 POLICE RAIDS Berlin, Aug. 11 Suppression of Communist activity throughout Germany continues. Fou* hundred policemen and nve hundred storm troopers assisted by detective flying squads participated In a raid at Hamburg where 2o Communists MM arrested, including a former woman memoer ol the Hamburg Parliament and members 01 tne nea
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      19 8 A meeting of the Council of State will be held at the Dewan, Johore Bahru. on Tuesday. August 22nd
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    FLEEING BEFORE THE DELUGE
    182 8 Thousands Perish j n w China Floods DYKES COLUpsi UJS. Wheat To Ke I F Emergenn Relief A report tf M that the Hu, several plates on Kwanirwu Distri. Shansl and the K the Province oi if collapsed before over two hundr low-lying auru i; thousands
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    63 8 Sampan Tobacco Smui::lt r Fined s^M» A tobato CAUgllt oil Ka! >. and takt-ii ra;»t;\ H I It) o dutiable u>t m his t>>.i' Uif iV being 5298 50 The smuKKlt r H charged be! ore Mr H A Kurrer in criminal distm being in pHMMkM riband with
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    77 8 i hurst \;.nii'l Ihu Cool if Bail in coolie named Tai I yesterday before Mr HA; District Court a l.ir^j.- quant it> Is a delet< n ■l *.»> MTWfc drug into rtktetu Saturday mnll)| b someone on board a which was lyii godowns ha<; sack asliori rlklsha Mr
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    25 8 si *US I* One hundred and I merehunt* who leave Japan uiui Japanese Oovtn t Shanghai Flw t u ported to be 01
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    47 8 A munlcip.il knocked down tl Road early yestvictims were conse. .il contuM severe patn 1 the CtaMfftl H ft i A npht b«tu < lU :1i Kandang Kerbau C morning terminal stabbing th< Fortunately. It* ,<jJ but the lad v. by the ambul \n» the matter in h
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    85 9 REPUBLICAN OR FASCIST RULE? BLUE SHIRTS TO CARRY ON Cosgrave Denies Alliance With General O'Duffy DEPUBLICAN or Fascist rule This is the choice that will confront Ireland if De alera decides to appeal to the nation under the threat to his power of the
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    145 9 Wants Excuse To Seize K. Railway PRAVDA ATTACK Militarist Policy In The Ascendency Moscow, Aug. 14. jhe intention of the Smirt to stabilise Soviet-Japa- findN no echo in ijunese circles in conin-di"" uith the six weeks negotiation* lor the sale of the Chine* istern Railway, states
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    86 9 kgreeraeni On Disposal Of Freight Moscow. Aug. 13. Lstant Chairman of Eastern Railway, in a sterday to the chair U Shao-juen. points out ction of the Ussuri Railwy, tailing to insist on the ol through traffic to at Pogramchnaya has em of its consent to the iding of
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    EXPORTERS GRATIFIED
    57 9 Moscow, Aug. 13. rted irom Khabarovsk chat been reached at the mlchnaya securing the import and export exporter! arc most gratified I 01 the decision about whereby the possibility is thf export of goods from They have informed the that tht- Soviet part of ni the Chinese Eastern
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    113 9 **1 Become "Extremity Of The Reich" MunUh. \u^ 13. eech on the Austrian adcsut by Herr Kanus. Nazis in Styria. said triana would not carry out s and would not act up to 1 foreign culture. Tfcr sad r Germans in Austria vculd when Austria had bt-ome
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    43 9 Str( «h Of Danube Barred To Them Munich, Aug. 9. r action with regard baths at Nuremburg. Priangen. the town ng on the Danube led a resolution lorth be debarred the Danube in the •he jurisdiction ol Reuter Wire less
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    CUTTING ADRIFT FROM THE CROWN
    127 9 Dublin. Aug. 14. Events here are moving fast and it is believed that within a few days President De VUlera may decide on another general election appealing on the Republican issue against the Fascist ideals represented by General O'DufTy's 40.000 Blue Shirts. Dublin has resumed
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    102 9 ADOPT FASCIST SALUTE Dublin. Aug. 11. Mr. Cosgrave has flatly rontracucted a rumour that by some secret alliance 1 between (Jen. O'Duffy and himself an attempt might be made to seize thc Government. He added. "We oppose all coups d'etat and conspiracies whatever their origin and invite the Government to
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    268 9 BREAK WITH BRITAIN Drastic Laws That Mean Republic Dublin. Aug. 9. While there is growing anxiety orei I the prospect of disorders in Dublin lowing to the determination of the Blu Shirts or National Guards to hold a parade on Sunday next, a list of new bills, some involving drastic
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    212 9 THREE HOURS DEBATE Dublin. Aug. 11. The Cabinet sat for three hours considering whether to forbid Gen ODutly s parade on Sunday At the end of the meeting it was announced that r.o statement would be made. It is h\irned the Blue Shirts will march In uniform, headed by 100
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    174 9 HOUSE RAIDED General O'Duffy's Revolvers Taken Away Dublin. Aug. tt. Genera) ODuffy. Director-General of; t the new National Guard, complains bitterly about detectives entering his i home and taking away two revolvers, one of which was in Michael Collins' i hand when he was murdered. "This is the Government's gratitude
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    135 9 Swiss Government Organises Search Capetown. Aug. 9. A search expedition, for which the Swiss Government guarantees expenses, is being organised to look for Carl Nauer who left here in a Puss Moth on Aug. sth in an attempt to beat Mrs. Mollison's Cape to England record. He has
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    43 9 Fighting Against Atlas Tribesmen Paris, Aug. 11. Lieutenant Louis De Penfentenye. son of General De Penfentenye, Com mander in Chief of France's naval forces in Morocco, has been killed during operations in the great Atlas against insurgent tribesmen. Reuter Wireless
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    33 9 Arizona Tired Of Prohibition Phoenix, Aug. 9. i Arizona is the 21st State to ratify repeal of the Prohibition Amendment. The voting was three to one in favour. Reuter Wireless
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    "LAY ASIDE ALL DIFFERENCES"
    182 9 New President' s Plans N For Cuba MEET ALL UABIUTIES House Machine-Gunned By Machado Ogpu 44^ Havana, Aug. 14. Our aim is to lay aside all differenc|es and labour to re-establish the free and independent nation to which the founders of Cuba aspired," declared Dr 'Cespedes.
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    58 9 U.S. WARSHIPS New York. Aug. 14. President Roosevelt has ordered three warships to proceed to Cuba to protect United States citizens.- -Reuter. Washington. Aur. I.*. Mr Welles. United States Ambassador to Havana, has sent a message to the State Department that the solut en which has been reached has aeon
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    75 9 50 RESIDENCES SAC KED Havana, Aug. 13. Martial law continues but the country is quiet. It is estimated that 40 people have been killed and 200 injured. Fifty residence! Of Government members were sacked yesterday. President Ifacftado has arrived at Nassau by air. Dr. Ferrara and his wife have arrived
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    81 9 LONDON BANK HOARD New York. Auk. 1.4. TU« Herald-Tribune states that President Machado is expected to reside In Europe. He is reported to have $500,000 in the Bank ot England. Two destroyers have been ordered to Havana and one to Manzanillo. President Roosevelt says no possible intervention nor the slightest
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    GONDOLA EXPLODES
    90 9 Stratosphere Record Attempt Tragedy Brussels. Aug. 11. While undergoing a pressure test the gondola of the balloon, in which Cosyns planned to make an attempt to reach a height of ten and hall miles, exploded, resulting in the death of one workman and serious injuries to another Cosyns
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    FRONTIER ACTION
    79 9 British Column Fired On By Rebels Simla. Aug. 13. British troops were in action over the week-end on the North-west Frontier against hostile Upper Mohmands who attacked the friendly Halimzais on August 11 and burned several of their villages. A column of infantry, cavalry and artillery from Ghalinai
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    27 9 To Be Ambassador To Turkey London, Aug. 13. The King has approved the promotion of Sir Percy Loraine to be Ambassador to Angora. Reuter
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      577 10 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co^ Ltd. (Incorporated in England > -ELLERMAN W LINE. FREIGHT SERVICE TO S UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL HOMEWARDS. Steamers. Due Sails. i.s. City of Roubaix For London, Rotterdam and H'burg In Port Aug. 16 ;.s. City of Batavia For Havre, London. R'dam
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    457 12 Employment For 50,000 Workers Employment lor some 50,000 shipyard workers over a period of three years Is believed to be assured by the first stage of the construction programme of the United States Navy Department, which calls for the construction of a total of 17 naval vessels
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      644 12 BURNS PHILP LINE A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY VISIT AUSTRALIA IN THE SPRING SPECIAL FIRST CLASS RETURN FARE £74 ($634.29) 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 register) ■ailing hence on
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      319 12 TRANSI,ATI(^vTj^ nr u\ Dutch, Frrn.l, r Norv )in COOK'S TRWsutw. 3S, Robins.- r %4^ Thtm dutreui In Mood „^2 CMinot bring oi 'i nmov* ch« cum* oiooo o> tttiM rv.4 I. S. K. LINE. ISHIHARA INDUSTRIAL AND TRANSPORT CO. (Incorporated In Japan). REGULAR FREIGHT AND PASSENGER SERVICE. FROM JAPAN Due
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      589 12 MAIL DESPATCHES BT TRAIN Bangkok every Saturday 7 pjn. and Thursday 7 JO ajn. Kedah Monday to Friday 7 JO ajn. Saturdays 7 pjn. Kuantan (via Jerantut) Monday to Friday 7.30 ajn. Kuantan (via Jerantut) Saturdays 7 pjn. Kelantan (via Padang Besar) Monday and Friday 7 pjn. Kelantan (via Gemas)
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      334 12 YKSSF.LS ARRIVED Peril, Brit 6.335 tons, irom Kobe 14-B. 'for London 16-8. Tinhow. Brit 3.164 tons, from Hong Kong 14-8. tor Mauritius. S African Ports 16-8 Honolulu Maru. Jap 3.540 tons lrom Bombay 13 8. lor Yokohama via Shanghai 15-8 Apoev Bnt 1.770 tons, lrom Amoy 13-8. for Prnang 15-8.
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    CHINA'S PLANS
    358 13 To Compete in Ocean Shipping The decision of the Boxer Indemnity Trustees, to lend the sum of 1 360.000 to the China Merchants Steam Navigation Company to have six new ships built in Britain is a very interesting one. not only because the orders are badly needed, but
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    14 13 s.s. Reael ha» arrived in port from Bali with 1.051 pigs and 122 sheep
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    WORLD OIL CONSUMPTION
    317 13 Estimated Decrease Of 4 Per Cent. In 1182 According t<> a circular compiled by Messrs V R Garfias and R V Whetsel. ol the Foreign Oil Department of Messrs H L Deherty Co., of New York, the world's consumption of petroleum products in \OA2 Ls estimated at
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    374 13 to visit Singapore during 1932, the Empress of Britain although she was exceeded in draught by the Blue Funnel Calehas. Ships of a total tonnage o; 523.096 less than the previous year passed through the port of Singapore according to the report of the Marine Department. The
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    Man Who Took The First Photograph
    736 14 Man Who Took The First Photograph BECAUSE HE COULD NOT DRAW WEIRD TESTS THAT LED i TO GREAT DISCOVERY HOW IT HAS HELPED IN CANCER FIGHT Although no individual person can be said to have invented or discovered photography, to Joseph Nicephore Niepce, one of the pioneers oi photography, who
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    FINGER PRINTS
    249 14 As Good As Signatures To The "Yard" Scotland Yard is puzzled over the receipt of a flood of letters from anonymous correspondents in which serious allegations are made against members of the London Metropolitan Police, chiefly members of the C.I.D. Complaints often form a feature of the Scotland
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    INFORMATION WANTED
    187 14 GenMß Order .May Affect British Shipping London. Auk. 11. further Information is awaited retarding the position of foMtgn ■hipping companies in Germany in the light ol the German foreign exchange control department*! new order. Berlin press reports stated that the order will be rigidly interpreted and in consequence
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    ISIUTISH AIR LINES
    74 14 Ten Routes Now In Operation London. Aug. 11. A regular thrice daily air service <y. lt 185 miles of the London Plymouth route with calls at Portsmouth and Southampton will be opened on Aug. 15. by the International Air Line's. Limited, with three silver coloured Monospar twin-engined
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    AND THE GREEKS!
    66 14 AND THE GREEKS Want Interest Reduced On League Loans London, Aug. 11. In regard to the Greek Government's proposal that the interest payable on the League loans to Greece should be reduced, it is pointed out that this matter is under discussion between th3 Greek Government on the one hand
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    215 14 MANY DROWNED IN NORTHERN I CITIES [From Our Own Correspondent] Bangkok, Aug. 9. Bangkok is learning of the floods in the northern cities with some misgivings, for the rivers now affected eventually join up to become the Menam Phya river which divides Bangkok into two, and
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    SIAM PREFERS PETROL LIGHTERS
    161 14 From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok. Aug. i. Following the imposition ol duti'-.. on imported match* s and <-: I those, manufactured In BUun, there name a le'vulsioi; Hi ia\o\;r of patent lighters, from the old style flint to the modern vest pocket lighter m various oliapis
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    156 14 (nth ran and Sohvyn Hecomr Fox Associates Fix* bu news of the wn k is the .ununinccnv lit by S M Ken!, president Ol Fox Films of the appoint mem Ol Charles B Cochran, one ol England's foremost theatrical product!*, and Archibald Selwyn. well known American Impressario. as
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      221 14 '.BRITISH BROADCASTING j CORPORATION PROGRAMMES FOR INDIA, BURMA, J STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, and i j FEDERATED MALAY STATES J FROM THE EMPIRE J TRANSMITTER, DAVENTRY, ENGLAND. Wavelengths 25.3 metres and 31.3 I metres. Tuesday, August 15th, 1933. (i Ml'. 11.0a m. Jl 1.0 p.m. Transmission on an omni- direction- i al
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      479 14 BANKS AND^tNSURANCE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA (Incorporated in England by Royal Charter) Paid up capital in 600.000 shares of .€5 each £3.000.000 Reserve Fund £3.000.000 r< >. rve Liability of Proprietors £3.000.000 UK AD OFFICE 38, Blshopsgate. London. EC 2 Agencies and Branches Alor Star Hollo Semarang
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      220 14 THE YOKOII.'M\ spßrn BANh. LTD. Capital Suhscr Fully paid JL Hrserv I 4 Prosid- K| Vlce-Pr. Sin.- u Ml M I RUIII MMMM WKEtt: Westn. The NaMor. Lloyds H;r u ■•k-Ui lU<\\, in Alexandria F. Bombay. Cain. Dalren. Fon«\. tr Harbtn. Home K Karachi K < 4i I Manila. M.irai
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      451 14 ROUND YOIR DIAL 60 Rome (Italy* 2RO. 72 2 Khabarovsk (USSR) RVIS 9 ain noon. 58 3 Bandoeng. Java <PMY» 50 26 Vatican City .Ita!>>. HVJ. Dally. 70— 7 15 pm Sun.. 10—10.30 a.m. also. 50 Barcelona Radio Club (Spain* Ea J25. Sat., B—98 9 p.m Bucharest (Rumania) 50 Kuala
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    133 15 p SHARES (iiii- rength .ined London. Aug. 9. alned on the but activity and invest- j B j tigs, more particui < v.ri!ies f new CaDOW at over German loans re as been a mand r'or Far ave shown at was adver- I an cJerRussian harvesting,
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    35 15 :ii Drop in National Debt Charges !k!',ii. Aug. 8. current .ia Saturday, in- le, orresy ir the total incing ex- riod wax I t last year th< National v mpared < !»-'SDond- British Radio
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    40 15 I 1 I: H. I I Lbs, Lok to r Customs "10 c thereGh 1930, which Ltion to the prescribed its per pikul J- posed on all of the further k£ Rubbe, he Purposes Institute of
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    THE D UTCH NA TIVE AND RESTRICTION
    595 15 EVERYTHING TO GAIN BY CONTROL A scheme cl compulsory restriction is the only logical solution ol the present I al or the raw matt rial, declarei the Rubber Ago. This opinion is shared by the most uncomprislng opponents of ti\- t:riv of export
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    ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN CANADA
    275 15 The continuous rise in commodity prices, the increase in industrial activity, especially in the textile and timber branches, and the fact that wheat export prices for May iutures have for> the first time lor two years exceeded one dollar, are stimulating hopefulness legarding the Canadian industrial
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    STEEL ORDERS GROW
    66 15 During the nrst six months of this year the orders secured by the English I Steel Corporation. Limited, whose i headquarters are at Vickers' Works, Sheffield, have been worth £271,000 more than those obtained during the first half of last year. This news was imparted to the
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    NORTH BORNEO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
    174 15 Monthly Committee Mc?t«r.;r of North Borneo Chamber of Comrce was hold in the Sandakan Club on Wednesday. August 2nd. A letter from Government was read •notifying the Chamber that His Excellency the Governor had been pleased to approve the re-appointment ol the Hon'ble Mr. F.
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    MARKETING BOARD
    115 15 Economic Services to be Continued London, Aug. 8. An official announcement by the Dominions Oflice that the Empire Marketing Board as such will be dis--1 continued after September 3 states that certain of the economic and statistical services at present carried on i oy the Board, namely periodical
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    STATISTICS OFFICE LIBRARY
    503 15 The lollowing publications were issued or received by the Department Statistics, S.S. and F.M.S.. during period July 29th to August 4th, l j3o. inclusive, and arc available for public use in the Reference Library H ullerton Building. Singapore. Application may be made by members oi the public
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION
    74 15 August 14th., 12 o'clock noon R.S.S. equal to London Buyers Sellers Standard. Spot < loose* 12 1 4 12 3 8 R.S.S. equal to London Standard. 'FO.B> 12 916 12* 8 Standard R.S.S. on Tender Sept. 12 516 12 71G October 12 516 12 716
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    OIL IN SAKHALIN
    73 15 Leningrad. Aug. 8. A message has been received by the Petroleum Institute here announcing the discovery of petroleum in the northern section of the island of Sakhalin. The discovery has been made by the geologist Soloviev who found, near the city of Alexandrovsk, outcropplngs of hydro-carbonic gas,
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      194 15 August 14 SELLING London. 4 months' sight 2,4 116 London. 3 months' sight 241 32 London. 60 days' sight 2 4 London. 30 days' sight 2363 64 London, demand 2 3 31 22 London, T.T. 2 3 15 16 Lyons and Paris, demand 975 Hamburg, demand 159 New
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      PRODUCE
      174 15 August 14 Tin Singapore Price 'per pikul 5109.62»/2 Gambler 5.00 Feppei White 22.75 Flake Tapioca 4.00 Pearl BagO Small 4.50 Copra. Blindrlsd 3.70 Sago, flour 182Vi Devoe's Imperial Brilliant Kerosene per tin 2.07 Sylvan Arrow Kerosene per tin 1.50 Socony Motor Gasoline ex pump per British Imperial Gallon 82
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    FRASER'S SHARE LIST
    968 15 MONDAY. AUGUST 14th M ISH CLOSING QUOTATIONS Buyers Sellers Asam Kumbang I 27s 6d 30s Austral Malay I I 28s 6d 30s Ayer Hitam <ss» 13s 9d 14s 6d Ayer Wcng ($1 I 96 1 00 Bangrln Tin i£ > iBs 3d 19s Padang ($1) 16 12
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    WEST INDIES SENSATIONAL COLLAPSE
    135 16 ALL OUT FOR 100 BEFORE LUNCH FOLLOW ON 212 BEHIND Marriott Heads Devastating England Attack THE West Indies team sensationally collapsed against the England bowlers in their first innings when the Test Match was resumed at the Oval yesterday." In reply to the England first innings
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    BATTING FAILURE ON PERFECT WICKET
    566 16 London. Aug. 14. The third Test match against the West Indies was resumed at the Oval to-day in dull wtather before a crowd of 10.000. In their first innings England had scored 312. Clark and Nichols opened the bowling against the West Indies. The wicket
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    LARWOOIVS FUTURE
    100 16 May Never Bowl Again London, Aug. 9. D. R. Jardine is very unlikely to captain England against the Australians in the 1934 Test series or in any future Tests, it is announced. Larwood's future as a fast bowler is in jeopardy. His left foot is bruised and battered
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    EMPIRE CHESS
    52 16 Indians Win In Both Sections London, Auk. 11. Two Indians have won the British Men's and Women'* chess championship. Sultan Khan secured the men's title for the third time, while the twenty-one year old Miss Fatima carried off the women's with 10'A noints out of a possible eleven.-
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    20 16 Kota Raja will meet Fathul Munir in the Colman League of the Malay Football Association at Jalan Besar Stadium to-morrow.
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    SIX FOR NONE !
    263 16 SIX FOR NONE Remarkable Bowling by Muthucumaru A splendid exhibition oi bowling was witnessed on the Raffles fn lt i lotion ground on Sunday, when Muthucumaru, o; the Old R/sfflesians' Association, took m> wickets fov no ruM in V4 overs against the S.C C. Tin S.C.C. who we;.' in lii
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    LAST MINUTE GOAL DECIDES ISSUE
    290 16 A.P.C. Snatch Victory From Harbour Board COMMERCIAL CUP FOOTBALL A. P. C 4; S.H.B. 3. Fortunes fluctuated in the Commercial Cup football match between the A.P.C. and the Singapore Harbour Beard at the Anson Road Stadium yesterday. The S.H.B. had the better of the exchanges
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    82 16 the hnal whistle Teck Cheng made a soh) eilort which gave the A.P.C. the winning goal. Mr W T Davis referred and the teams lined up as lollows Vl\t R M. Hoops; Foo Siak Cheng ;ind Mahmat; G Child. Suaib and Hassan; Mohd.
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    COMMERCIAL CUP DRAW
    105 16 Govt. Monopolies H'Konc Rank 2. In Commercial Cup match at the Qejtani Btadtam yntfiwiay. Governmen! Ifonopolla drew with the Hong Kong Bank, each side scoring two goals. Bramtoco conceded a walk-over to Fraser and Neaves in a Commercial Cup football match which was to have been played
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    RUMANIA OUT
    110 16 Holland Win Davis Cup Match The Ha sue. Au*. 14. In the second qualifying round of the Davis Cup. Holland beat Rumania by four matches to one. The results were Timmer < Holland* .beat Cantacuzene 6—l; 6—l; 6 l. Karsten 'Holland* led Poulieil {3—6: 6—2. B—6: 4—6: 4
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    WINGFIELD SCULLS
    48 16 London. Au?. 11. L. Southwood. of Thames Club, won the Wingfleld Sculls today leading D. Guye. London Club (the holder) by one length, in the record tinio of 21 minutes 11 seconds for the Putney to (Moitlake course. C. Buck. Magdalene. Cambridge, was third Reuter Wireless
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    36 16 The friendly Water Polo match between the 22nd Battery R.A. team and the Chung Hwa Swimming Pool team at the latter's pagar resulted in a victory of 5 goals to 2 for the Chung Hwa team.
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    AUGUST MEDAL GOLF AT THREE CLUBS
    277 16 MRS. HOLMES SMITH WINS AT BUKIT TIMAH Qualifiers For Keppel Cup The ladies* August medal competition was played at Bukit Timah yesterday and resulted In a win for Mrs. Holmes-Smith in "A" division with a net score of 33. Mrs. McMullan led in "B"
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    GARRISON MONTHLY MEDAL
    68 16 The men's monthly medal for August 1 was played on Saturday and Sunday. The following were the best returns P. Wilson 1 Up J. C. S Por.sford 1 Down Lieut. R. C. Thompson. 1 Lieut. H. P. Hutchinson. 1 R. Kennedy. 2 Ball Sweeps: Ist nine* holes
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    KEPPEL CLUB
    135 16 Men Who Have Qualified In (up Competition Forty- three cards were taken out lor the Keppel Golf Club August medal which resultra in a win for J. C MacLeod who returned a score of 87 18 69 net. The following havt qualified, lor thr Keppel Cup: J. C.
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    SUNGEI PATANI GOLF
    79 16 The following are the results of the j Wilson Cup < presented by G. W. Wilson and Company* and the Erlectic competition played over the Sungei Patani golf course on Sunday: Wilson Cup over 36 holes 'stroke* Winner K. Bruce < 180 32» 148 Runners Up: E.
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    MALAYS' JAVA TOUR
    25 16 Batavia Defeated in Opening Match In the first game of their Java tour I on Sunday the Malays defeated Batavia 5 2
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    AUTUMN (GOLD CUP) RACE MEETING
    37 16 Singapore racecourse will be offlci- ally open for training on Saturday at '6am. when the usual coffee arrangements will be made. Entries for the Autumn (Gold Cup) meeting open on August 23rd.
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