The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 19 August 1933

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. no. ESTABLISHED 1835. SINGAPORE, S.S. SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 1933. 10 CENTS.
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    THE DAY'S NEWS
    164 1 U.S. experts are uncertain as to the wisdom of a policy of inflation Pa*e 9. Former British Commander R.N. has shot himself m a Hong Kong hospital— Page 9. Siam is concerned over the amount of smuggling across her three frontiers Page 9. China is making plans
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    STOP PRESS
    25 1 SIR \I. LAMPSON'S NEW POST London. Auk. 18. Sir Miles Lampson. British Minister to Chin^. has been appointed Hiijh Commiiisioner to Egypt. Reuter
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK
    888 1 Quicquid agunt homines nostrl est farrap* Übelu Juvenal. TPHERE is not very much about this week lot the Topicist to get busy upon. Singapore appears to have been behaving itself pretty well, or at all events keeping quiet about its mlsoehaviour. If the Topicist had as
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      117 1 Th r is no better Tea than bIGIA TE/ ujOWN i MALAYA RAFFLES HOTEL, LTD. UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT TODAYS ATTRACTIONS GRILL ROOM MEALS SERVED ON THE LAWN RIJSTAFFEL -..e^^SERVED ll* THE BALL ROOM EVKRY Monday, Wednesday tniW AND FRIDAY 1 n*OM 230 TO 3 P.M. INFORMAL DINNER DANCES EVERY MONDAY,
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      204 1 a Malayan Rugby Society of Referees Page 8. Siam's exports of rice to Singapore have fallen by 22 per cent Page 8. The course opens this morning for training for the Autumn (Gold Tup) meeting Page 2. An inquest was held on an eight-year-»ld girl who wa* killed by' a
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      15 1 BIGIA TEA Brings the freshness and fragrance of the Malayan garden* direct to your home.
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    PENANG CRICKET
    311 2 Smelters Beat Straits Traders The battle of "The Ingot' was fought out on Sunday on the ground of the Penang Free School <says the Straits Echo 1 The Smelters were victorious by 33 runs, and thus registered their third consecutive win In this annual match for the Trophy.
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    PLAYER ORDERED OFF
    123 2 Incident In Muar F^ootball Match Maur, Aut;. 16. Gani, of the P.W.D.. war, sent ofl he field for rough play and the Indians back sustained a fracture and dislocation of the left elbow as a result of a fall m a match between the Indians and the
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    PAHANG LANDOWNER SUED
    1179 2 MINING CO.'S CLAIM DISMISSED Land Rented" At $500 A Month (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 18. Mr. Justice McFall dismissed the claim of Raja Perak Tin. Ltd., and Mr. John Harold Irving against Wan Tanjong <Datu Maharaja Perba Jclai» for $21,700. The claim represented rent
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    MAYFLOWER PARTY
    526 2 Anniversary Celebrations At Pasir Panjang Mayflower Badminton Party held its sixth anniversary celebration at Mr. Aw Boon Haw's bungalow. Pasir Panjang. The President, Mr. Neo Peng Heng. spoke on the progress of the party. Messrs. Tan Miang Theng, Lav Pau Song. Lee Jouy Seah. Lee Peng Kwang. Ho
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    WINDING UP FOR THE GOLD CUP MEETING
    641 2 I FIRST TRAINING Work Begins This f-three horses and ponies and 29! s are included m the first traint issued yesterday. Work lor the Singapore Turf Club Autumn (Gold Cup* meeting will begin tomorrow when the course will be officially opened for training
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      107 2 Dr R Cholliah. of the Social Hygiene Clir.ic. Taiping. is at present on leave prior to retirement at the end of the current month It is understood that the doctor is to set up In private prae- I tice m Perak. A very pleasant evening wnn sd-m' at Carcosa. Kuala
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      454 2 BOARD RESIDENCE. 3 TANGLIN HILL Near Garrison Golf Course SINGLE AND DOUBLE ROOMS PERSONAL SUPERVISION MODERN SANITATION TELEPHONE 3798 OR WRITE FOR Ij n APPOINTMENT— Mrs. A. R. Matthews.! I c —It SUNNYSIDE Vacant single room and comfortably furnished flat for married couple or* friends sharing. All conveniences. Highly Recommended.
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      296 2 TEMH m SINCiAPORK Ml^Tf^T NOTK I Tender* NOTICE Is x.* now ln\ nat Uriahs or s«t\ "*'i ulars ol si:< ti t. Hrn n the Tend, r R fmtanaiiop Non 2J M Road. No :^t. 2.>.. ai I N IT Bull <ie^. Hog. ;ju Date <,i Cl August 2 ln'
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      177 2 THE WEEK Saturday, 19th. High Water 10 19. 8.0 ft.. 21 .11. 90 ft. Ipoh Amateur Races. Football: S.A.F.A. League <Div. I> I.C. F.A. vs. R.A.F.. Jalan Besar. Cricket: S.C.C vs. S.V.C.. Padang: S.R.C. vs. PS. and L. XI. SRC. ground. Golf: Island Golf Club vs. Sepoy Lines G.C.. Island
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    LEG.THEORY BOWLING IN 'VARSITY MATCH
    882 3 London, July 11. dispersed anj d lor eithei m the Oxford which began at rd won the m to bat on •n pounds oi xe<L rrupted play lor cr lunch when i lor a score of more sawdust ndge commenced ■th Fames had down before
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    JAPANESE SWIMMING RECORD
    38 3 -onnised By International \uthority Tokyo. Aug. f). rd lor 800 metre ls created by Mr. iQuatic meet held Tokyo, on July recognized by. r i" Sports Union. 1 distance m 10 <• >nds. tudent of Wasedai
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    BOXING IN AMERICA
    77 3 Max Rosenbloom Gets A Hiding: San Francisco. Aug. 6. John Kendry Lewis handed Max Rosenbloom a terrific lacing here to-night but Max is still light heavyweight champion of the world because the bout was a non-title contest. Lewis took every one of the ten rounds except the
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    VELSHEDA WINS THE KING'S CUP
    1013 3 BRITANNIA GETS THIRDi PRIZE Cowes, Auff. 1. Velshcda won the King's Cup here today, being splendidly handled throughout. Although last at the start, she ultimately worked her way through the fleet to score a fine victory for her popular owner. The weather conditions had improved
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    DOYLE TAKES LEGAL ACTION
    729 3 CHALLENGE TO BOARD'S DECISION Jeff Dickson's Claim For Compensation From Our Own Correspondent.) X London, July 26. me most severe sentence eve imposed on a professional boxer ir this country was passed on JacL Doyle, the 19-years-old Irish heavy weight, by the British Boxing Board or
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    Local Baseball League Formed
    377 3 Local Baseball League Formed An item of considerable interest to sporting circles m Malaya is the formation of a Singapore Baseball League. This long discussed project has come to a head m the formation 01 local baseball league. At a meeting held m the offices of the Yokohama Specie Bank
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    WHITE CITY ATHLETICS
    214 3 British Team Defeats French •From Our Own Correspondent* London. Aug. 1. A much more decisive victory than flat which the British tennis players won at the S'ade Roland Garros awaitNj the British athletes who met a reUrcaenUttfC French team at the White City Stadium on Saturday and
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    SERVICES' ATHLETICS
    213 3 Army Defeats Navy And R.A.F. From Our Own Correspondent* London, Aug. 2. For the eleventh year m succession the Army boat both the RAF. and the Royal Navy m Iht Inter-Service athletic championships, held at Portsmouth this week. They scored 94 points against the RAF s 72 and
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      134 3 ttate Trust Agencies (1927) Ltd. under the Trust Companies' Ordinance 1926. REGISTERED HEAD OFFICE: I 3, Raffles Chambers, Raffles Place, Singapore. I BRANCHES 21, First Cross Street, Malacca. 11, Light Street, Penang, AND Klyne Street, Kuala Lumpur. BOARD OF DIRECTORS R Q. Wong, Esq., (Chairman). The Hon'ble Mr. Tan Ghent
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      10 3 STAINLESS STEEL IS NOW STOCKED BY UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED SINGAPORE
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    GERMANY'S AFRICAN COLONIES
    543 4 Significance Of Colonial Minister's Visit Nairobi, Aug. 6. Intense interest has been aroused: here by the visit of Dr. von Lindequist. the former German Colonial Minister, on the conclusion of his tour of the' former German colonies of East Africa. Dr. von Lindequist. m an interview, declared
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    83 4 Kedah Government Gazette annonncet the following appointments: Mr. C. W. Dawson to act as Legal Adviser. Mr. J. Huggins to be Assistant Adviser. Dr D. T. Skeen to be acting State Surgeon. Miss M. B Lewis to be headmistress. Girls' School, Alor star, The death occurred at Batu Gajah Hospital
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    LIKE NOTHING ELSE ON EARTH!
    850 4 LIKE NOTHING ELSE ON EARTH! NEW ERA OF CHEAP HOUSES Delirious, dizzy, demented, decadent j and depraved they may be: but no one has yet asserted the Century of Progress buildings at the Chicago Fair are dull. They have been denounced as "glorified gas tanks." "over-stuffed siloes," inflated cow barns."
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    HORSE-RACING "RACKET"
    751 4 Hundreds of Animals Doped GANGSTER SWINDLE New York, Auk 1. Hundreds of American gangsters, driven from bootleggin? and hard hit by trade depression m their favourite "rackets," are seizing on horse-racing as a substitute. An amazing indictment of their practices, which threaten the very existence of American racing,
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    48 4 Miss Evelyn Shart<rett. daughter of Mr. E. Shadgett. of the Survey Denartment. F.M.S. and SS.. and Mrs Shadpett. at present residing at Southamoton. was successful at the Bournemouth Music Festival recently m securing a certificate for elocution (open and professional class) as a member of her school team.
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    Women Who Clutter And Laugh
    679 4 Women Who Clutter And Laugh IN A JAPANESE PRISON What does Japan do with her bail girls? Can anyone imagine the m tensely feminine, timid little Madame Butterfly doing time behind th bars? Thoughts like these crcme* my mind as I squatted on a big silk cushion at the home
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      47 4 FIVE BATS BRAND CONDENSED MILK with creamy flavour is prepared by experts through a hygienic process and is unequalled of its kind. TRY A TIN TO-DAY AND YOU WILL BE CONVINCED. I Co ndensedmilk SOLE IMPORTERS: Mitsubishi Shoji Kaisha, Ltd. Union Building, Singapore. Te1.— 5977— 5978— 5979.
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      49 4 I^^^^*^F*9S*JVa9aVa^^Y^HH^H^^B Yosj nwd suffer no longer the peJn •*d discomfort of Rheumacavn Sciatica. Lumbago IT your Mood is kept In a pure and healthy scate remove the cause of the crouMe by Ukm f CUrke't »iood Mixture y Of mt Chmmm *md Stmrm. S^Mffv r»orf m UQtTm m TABLMTfmwm
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      132 5 Entirely New m <^lj Matinee TO-DAY and *R.*JHB To morrow 3.15 »JSS3 TO-NUSHT! J if^Jftfc EUSSALANDI %M S| V cular, Uproarious and saucy Comedy "The WARRIOR'S HUSBAND" roar at this saucy laugh show of men who haste and women who do the chasing A sidesplitting comedy romance m the land
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      14 5 STORAGE i i STANTON NELSON CO., LTD. 4 Collyer Quay. i A.PB. Telephone (W74.
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      256 5 CAPITOL! TO-DAY at 11 a.m. 'MICKEY MOUSE' Matinee Selected Pictures Coloured Musicals, Mickey Mouse Cartoons Laurel and Hardy Comedy, Silly Symphony etc. ADMISSION Members Of The Mickey Mouse Club Free NON-MEMBERS Adults 50 cts., Children 25 cts. Members Must Produce August Subscription Receipts. UNDOUBTEDLY YOUR a BIG WEEK- END SHOW!
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      543 5 CHURCH SERVICES. 10th Sunday After Trinit> ST. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL 6.50 a.m. Holy Communion. i 7.30 a.m. Matins. 8 a.m. Holy Communion (Choral). 1 915 a.m. Holy Communion. 5.30 p.m. Evensong < Choral) and Sermon. 10.30 a.m. Service at H. M. Naval Base ,5.30 p.m. Service at Johore Bahru. Monday. Wednesday
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      481 5 CLERKS' THRIFT SOCIETY f Difficult Year Successfully Overcome As a result of a profit of $2,149 for the year ended June 1933 the Singapore Mercantile Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society proposes to pay a dividend ot 5 per cent, when the annual meeting is held on September Ist. The year
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    An 'Amateur' Team For Geneva
    355 6 An 'Amateur' Team For Geneva For almost the first time m the history of the League of Nations the British Government has decided to send a delegation to the Assembly consisting of persons with little or no knowledge of Assembly methods. It, is m this respect m striking contrast to
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    GAVE UP FORTUNE TO MARRY GIRL.
    348 6 Brain Specialist's Son Disinherited GERMAN~BRIDE Father's Ban Due To "Family Reasons" Father's Ban Due To "Family Reasons" London, Aug. 1. Love for Dorit Keller, a German girl, meant more to Mr. John Sargent, the sculptor, than a share m a £40.000 fortune. Before Sir
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    Among The New Books
    341 6 "The Crilly Court Mystery," by Harry Stephen Keeler. Ward Lock 5 nett) A reporter temporarily put m the night editorial chair deserts his post to investigate the veracity of a j myserious note that a crime may be witnessed at a certain address. He actually knocks
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    40 6 i Mr. Hector Ross, who is m charge of the Great Eastern Life Assurance Co.'s Agencies m Perak. is shortly leaving for Rangoon to take charge of the > company's office there. Mrs. Ross is going to Australia for a holiday
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    Washing Out Britain—With Seas Of Melted Ice
    371 6 Washing Out Britain— With Seas Of Melted Ice The World Is Heating Up ONE DAY THE POLES WILL DISSOLVE AND THEN—! The world is gradually becoming both warmer and drier. One day the great Polar icecaps may melt, raising the level of oceans from 40 to 50 feet, and wiping
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    Bitter Sweet
    229 6 I GROSS BOOKINGS OF £500,000 Even If Mr. Joseph Schincks esti]mate that "Bitter Sweet" will have gross bookings of €500.000 proves a little optimistic, it is sufficient to emphasise the wonderful progress recently made m the making and marketing of British films. A year or two ago. gross
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    ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOL
    289 6 Prnang Principal's Departure Rev W A. Schurr. MA. 8.D.. the young Principal of the Anglo-Chinese School. Penang. Is shortly returning to America on long leave after a successi ful five years of educational and I evangelistic work m that Island. He will be accompanied by his wife and
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    85 6 The death took place suddenly of Mr Cheah Hock Khoor. at his residence i No. 114 Mp.eallster Roiid. PeniWig. ]on Tuesday at 2 p.m. at fcfet rlpi age of 69. The deceased was lor about 25 years compradc re of the Hong konß and Shanghai Banking Corporation. Pcnang. He retired
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    CYCLONE HITS BURMA
    95 6 Eleven Private Houses Destroyed Rangoon. Aug. 4. omcial Intimation has been received that Kyaikto on the Pegu-Moulmeln line was struck by a cyclone yesterday No casualty or no damage to Government buildings Is reported, but eleven private houses were destroyed Details are lacking. Owing to heavy rains
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    GERMAN NAVAL ANTHEM
    195 6 It was Written By a Jew 1 1 Nazi headquarters arr greatly em- barra&sed by the discovery that the I famous Flag Song, the official anthem of the German navy, is the work of .i Jew. Even the Kaiser loved to hear this song, which begins with
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    Woman Knocks out Two Men
    62 6 Woman Knocks out Two Men Dr Anna k who. pract: lessons. )<«-rs«:: to two thifvi- ".'jj front do bag from tier han< a with btr right J* tamknovi o; i Thru the (i,., i uggrcs^'jr. wii > w] him a hook I The do< i womanly v men and They
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    22 6 Mr H T W (v v J troller ol Lab >vi 9 from leave Mr A lon. who was acttni on lra\.
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      203 6 AS DBPENDABLB AS AN AUSTIN mmfdtablm the pom/ THAT depends on'OVERHAMG' 1?1 It's a very important point this feature II I of body J 3 If the rear seats m any car make you sit s=^ behind the axle you will experience riding "9 s discomfort the rise and fall
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      63 6 Wears to a Wafer Pure and nu»*t nononkdlaating three time* !<•« ordinar i Bllrirt Soap .> i.l. -lailj f*nul» u*r. It contain* hmnlioiiul pro ertic* nhich «r« ni"*' l* ntt to the *kin. SampK- h So«p. Otmma* mi I^^ trtc upon rfQiMM. tr* (M«U%«> LimilrO. n. -n Fml««M- 1 Sni||«i<
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    LEFT DAUGHTER TO HER FATE
    404 7 Leaps To Safety lore Accident KR'S COMMENT >ar Exonerated n>m Blame held by Mr. F G Coroner, yesterday, on ai named Lim Peng Mm motor car v on the afternoon o is disclosed that hei s taking her across the by the approach o; made
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    SMUGGLED GOLD
    59 7 lound m Ship's "u r ine Room excitement aboard nta Lungshan. which from Shanghai the South China A igust Just prior from Shanghai. men came aboard -ineroom. where. I Kind 545.000 of gold r.ily it was the to smuggle the will be dealt with v to Shanghai. he
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    30 7 arranged and tly between Cyril ■lee Estate. Sungei i son of the late -d Mrs. Green of Ludlow, and elder daughter of Bruce Blake, and Mrs. r:f Shannon House, Co.
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    MALACCA PRESIDENCY
    331 7 Complaint Of Lack Of Continuity 'From Our Own Correspondent.) -v- Malacca. Aug. 16 app^ovVT Municl^l Commissioners approved m principle the buying Fate for sew age removal The' president said that the present a^H t thought the former should be asked to pay a little more nr^M Ta t
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    LOST MONTHS PAY
    197 7 Tamil's Charge Against Compatriots Fails A charge of robbery of $46.80 brought oy a Tamil bricklayer employed In ihe P.W.D. against two other Tamils who were tried before Mr. H. A Forrer. the criminal district judge, yesterday, fail?d. the first of the men being acquitted and discharged,
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    LEFT IN JUNGLE
    134 7 Story Of Attack By Five Chinese (From Our Own Correspondent Klang, Aug. 17. The circumstances of an alleged' attack by five Chinese on a Tamil. Kanjan. was related m the Klang police court to-day before Tungku Abu Bakar when two Chinese. Lim Lai and Yap Poon. appeared
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    PROTECTION OF GIRLS
    277 7 Proposed Amendments m Ordinance A Bill is to be introduced into thf Legislative Council to amend the Women and Girls Protection Ordinance Section 7 of the Women and Girl? Protection Ordinance. 1930. forbids the owner or agent of any premises letting the same with the knowledge that
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    TRAFFIC SIGNS
    183 7 Cyclist Who Broke One- Way Rule I From Our Own Correspondent 1 Kuala Lumpur. Auk. 17. Mr F K. Wilson, ttrst magistrate, this morning commented on trafficsigns m Malaya. A Malay was charged with riding his bicycle otherwise than m accordance \v:rh the prescribed rule by enterIH| Malay
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    GRUB GROUP
    166 7 Soho's Own Royal Academy London* Soho now has its own Royal Academy, where, owing to the kindhearttdness of a restaurant-keeper of the neighbourhood, a collection of artists known as the "Grubb Group" is exhibiting its work. There are already 120 pictures m the exhibition, and another room is
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    BORROWER WHO WOULD BE FREE
    456 7 BORROWER WHO WOULD BE FREE I WILLING TO USE PROVIDENT FUND Legal Obligation To Do So, Says Assignee composition of 75 per cent was roved by Mr. Justice Mills yesterin the bankruptcy of E E de airo who after paying instalments the benefit of his creditors for two *s had
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    4 7 to America's golden strand
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    SENT FOR TRIAL
    138 7 Alleged Attempted Murder Lee Seng Lip. the young Chinese, who was arraigned before Mr. R. J. F. Curtis, the second magistrate, on a chftTgt of I attempted murder of a Sikh momyI lender. Dana Singh, was yesterday j committed for trial at the forthcoming Assizes at the
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    ALLEGED DEMAND FPR BRIBE
    338 7 POLICE CORPORAL ON SERIOUS CHARGE Complaint by Chinese Farmer j Who Was Arrested A Malay police corporal attached to the Naval Base police station was before the fourth magistrate. Mr. M H. Blacker, yesterday, charged with I accepting a bribe. The complainant was a Chinese I
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    $275,405 Over Spent
    88 7 O rtain Qovtrnmeni departments «.vorspent last year to a total of 5275.4ft.- 30 and a Bill is to be intro- 1 riuced into the f.rfirtatiTt Council to rharee that sum upon the revenues and other funds of the Colony The mo: will bo appropriated as follows Civil
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    LAW NOTICE
    136 7 To-days Law list is as follows: Before Mr. Justice Mills m the 3rd. Court at 10 a.m. Bkey. 116 26- Re A. L R. M. A Ramanathan Chettiar- Application lor Discharge. At II a.m.: Special Appeal Rex vs. Kua Ling. Criminal Appeal Rex vs Abdul Rahman bin Jak.
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    HIGHER YIELDS: LOWER COSTS
    817 7 Result Of Reversion To Herring Bone Tapping I.S.P. CONFERENCE Planters Discuss Outputs, K r^sts And Estate Problems Yom Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping, Auk. IS. gher yields and lower costs that being obtained on Malayan estate* ithe result of partial reversion to the herring-bone tapping piactised en
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 1933 JAPAN'S UNREST
    578 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 1933 JAPAN'S UNREST It is unlikely that we shall learn very many more details of the lokio court-martial which is trying the naval and military cadets and the members of the Blood Brotherhood League who were responsible for the murders of prominent Japanese politicians
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    90 8 "This and That" will be the subject of Mr. W. Allan Eley's address to the Rotary Club on Wednesday. Singapore Harbour Board Employee's Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society. Ltd. general meeting will be held on August 31. The agenda contains several proposed amendments to the rules. Members and others who
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    LESS TO SINGAPORE
    182 8 I Rice Imports From Siam Fall 22 Per Cent. From Our Own Correspondent Bangkok. Aug 16. The destination of Siam's rice exports to the main foreign markets (during the first thre« months of the I present export season shows that the I Singapore trade continues to decline.
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    AMAZONS AT ALHANMRA
    107 8 The Warrior's Husband" An Amusing Entertainment A string of highly amusing situations. backed up by dialogue which is always funny and m places spicy makes the Alhambras new picture. "The Warriors Husband*' an excellent comedy enter- tainment Imagine a city where the women do the flghtinK. police
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    CHETTIAR'S BOX
    80 8 $600 Damages Against Attorney-General fFrom Our Own Correspondent 1 Malacca. Aug. 18. X M L. Letchimanan Chettiar. of Alor Gajah. was to-day awarded $600 damages with costs on the lower scale when judgment was given by Mr i Justice Gerahty m the case m which the chettiar sued
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    COMMODITY MARKET
    138 8 LATEST RUBBER AND TIN PRICES AND STERLING RATES Rubber and Tin prices and th« I sterling rate in New York and Paris specially cabled to the Free Press are as follow RUBBER Rubber Market closing prices to-day were I] London. Aug. 18. Spot -Sellers* 3 13 16d <3
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    TO PLAY PERAK AND PENANG
    522 8 SINGAPORE RUGBY TOUR M R.D. Referees' Society To Be Formed The fact that a Malayan Rugby Union Society of Referees is to be formed was announced at yesterday's meeting of the Rugby playing members of the S.C.C. A draft constitution for the Society has been
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    "THE BLARNEY STONE"
    166 8 Tom Walls Back At The Pavilion Starring m the British and Dominions production The Blarney Stone." running at the Pavilion. Tom Walls displays equal talent for serious acting and comedy. He is very thorough m both Melds and bears the whole nl i, QB hll shoulders, with
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    MARINE MISHAPS
    93 8 Wharf Coolie Injured By Rubber Sheets A Chinese coolie was Injured by a bundle of rubber sheets falling on his back while he was working cirvo aboard a steamer at the dock yesterday \fternoon. The man was sent to hospital, and although no external Injuries were visible, he
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    Letters To The Editor
    408 8 Letters To The Editor j SINGAPORE :U|Nf I To the Editor. Dear Sir. -With Autumn meetliiK Club discussion U upon the advisah making some ult gramme ol venta large city and M an important part quite a number move should bi bllshlng two or m. i which will t» r.
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    LAWN TENNIS CUPS
    126 8 To Hi. E4IUN Sir. Speaking mil I prizes for th» Wtnl championship* oi Lumpur I stated u Mr Sou m wiiunm Urn the third time m H the cup outright There has been r 'ment. I nnd. mm though the ladu was also won foi year »by
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    39 8 The G.»7ft' appointments M to officiate if Ui J Morten M.C.B Edncation. Mr I N officiate MM I A 1 Mr C T Mid' second Assi.-' Mr. O Rockn VMtrtnary OAc C E Robless t<> Jtidße. Coroner ard Penang.
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    LEADING U. S. INTO INFLATION?
    358 9 EXPERTS AT VARIANCE m A i failing Grain prices pRESJD LISTENS jut To Keep \k>nt <\perts are 11 the quesilate or not to method of >s. Fears are at any adinllation k temporary he rise had p. ices would than before. ishington, Aug. 18. lation
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    13 9 (London. Aug. 17. Irman Woods has He started from Reuter
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    WESTERN CULTURE NOT GOOD ENOUGH
    169 9 TABLOIDS AND CHEWING GUM Chinese Delegate's Caustic Comments* Banff Aug 18 The Chinese delegates at the Institute ot Pacific Relations defended boycotts of Japanese imports on the ground that China is weak m a military sense and a tariff is her only effective weapon. The
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    88 9 CHINA NEEDS OUTLET Banff, Aug. 18. The Institute of Pacific Relations discussed emigration today and agreed that it is not a permanent cure for excess population As regards Manchuria, the Japanese lelegatton were o. opinion i v v. reliel ■.v; uld c >me t > Japan througli 'ncnti yd industrialisation
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    SHE WAS GERMAN
    148 9 Wny Jew Attacked Woman In Hyde Park London. Aug. I.V A twenty-three year old Jewish student of medicine named Blumenstein has been arrested for the attempted murder of a German woman In Hyde Park. As far as can be ascertained up to the moment, the sole causo
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    OFFICER'S SUICIDE
    80 9 Tragedy In Hong Kong Hospital Hong Kong, Aug. 18. Gordon Geoffrey Carter, a former Lieut-Commander m the Royal Navy. committed suicide m the Government I Civil Hospital this morning with a revolver. It is believed he received bad news from home yesterday and that he had been m
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    GANDHI WEAKER
    68 9 Now Confined To Bed In Prison Poona, Aug. 18. Alter forty-eight hours' fasting. Gandhi is reported to be showings signs of weakening, though his voice is still strong. He is remaining m bed. attended only by his secretary Mr. C. F. Andrews. Gandhi's life-long triend, has been granted
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    CHINESE PREMIER
    53 9 Takes Over Foreign Ministry Shanghai, Aug. 18. Mr. Wang Ching-wei. President of the Executive Yuan and virtually civil head of the Chinese Government this afternoon assumed a concurrent post, officiating as Foreign Minister, replacing 5 Mr. Lo Wen-kan who is proceeding to i Sinkiang on a Government mission.
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    DOUBLE CENTURY BY HAMMOND
    447 9 BIG SCORES IN COUNTY MATCHES Surrey Dismissed For 57 By Essex i London, Aug. 18. The results of county cricket matches concluded to-day were: Yorks vs. Nottingham At Bradford: Yorkshire won by ten wickets. Yorkshire 515 and 12 for 0. Notts 324 and 202. Mitchell scored
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    RAIL DISASTER
    84 9 Victims Still In The Debris s Bucharest, Auk 18. At the holiday resort of Busteni near Bucharest the express train from Grosswardein to Bucharest ran at full speed into a shunting locomotive, i whereby two carriages of the train were reduced to matchwood. Up till now seven persons
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    ATTACKS ON AUSTRIA
    72 9 Grave View Taken By France And Britain Paris. Aug. 17. Government regards the situation i arising out oi Dr. Habieht s further wireless talk as grave and with M. Daladier and Mr. Mac Donald both m their offices the telephone lines between Quai D'Orsay and Whitehall were
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    SIR JOHN SIMON
    43 9 Returning From South America Rugby, Aug. 12. The Foreign Secretary. Sir John Simon, will conclude his holiday m Rio de Janeiro to-morrow, when he will leave for home m the liner Arlanza. His health has greatly benentted by the change
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    SIAM'S FRONTIER PROBLEM
    347 9 All Roads Easy For Smugglers COINERSHCAPTURED British Matches Find Their Way (n '.From Our Own correspondent j feangnok, Aug. 16. The foreign passenger traffic returns issued by the Siamese iiiuutgiauou Ucpaiwwtiii continue to have an abiding inleresi lor iue ponce. /*t present these are oniy available lor
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    GERMANY GIVES WAY
    31 9 Berlin, Aug. 18. 1 The German Government has promised to withdraw the i currency restrictions on the i hooking by Germans of pas ages by foreign ships. Reuter
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    328 9 arrested, out ot fifty, suspected ol forming the whole gang. The dispersal of such a number, and the material losses consequent on their capture, may induce the principals to cease providing capital ior enterprises with such risks attached to them. The advocates of 'Buy British." may not approve ot the
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      527 10 Ellerman &Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m England) •ELLERMAN" LINE. FREIGHT SERVICE TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL HOMEWARDS. Steamers. Due Sails. s.s. City ot Batavia For Havre, London. R'dam A: Hburg Aug. 29 Sept. 2 s.s. City of Pittsburg For London. R'dam and Hamburg Sept.
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      399 11 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE d For <O Til OUT mill TRAVEL PRESIDENT LINER TOURIST Fares from Hongkong The Sunshine Route All Year During July One way Special To Honolulu rcic Summer Round Trip San Francisco GS2OO Sf 195 Los Angeles rs2» GS24O.Neu York ?!2£" G5246.--r.S.>2O- Gs34B.The Express Route To Victoria rWfln
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      STRAITS HOMEWARD CONFERENCE
      79 12 Merchants are informed that it has jbeen agreed to quote the following 'rates of freight on the undernoted j commodities, from Straits to Confer ence basis Ports m Europe. vt»: Pitch Bottoms— ln Drums 47 3d per ton of 20 cwt. Asphalt- In Drums -31 6d per
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      70 12 Officers Passages i London, July 28. In the House of Commons, replying j to a question regarding the booking of! passages of British officers on British steamers, Mr. R. A. Butler said that the Raj's reply, recently received, was at present being considered. Mr. H. K. Hales. Conservative, urged an
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      CHINA COAST TRADE
      104 12 New Canton Steam Ship Project It is rumoured that a number of Canton Chinese > merchants are considering the organisation of a new 'steam ship company m order to permit of a shipping service par excellence between coast ports. The idea is said to have evolved from
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      15 12 Consigners steamer, whi< August 15th. 1^ was noted her f Nj ADAMSON GIU 8.1.8.N
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      35 12 It Is ann« Hunter, and S Wallsend. hart •< thri'e train Railway tor Dunkerque. I sels are to I- 1934. They wil Engines Parsons. N« 4 'Messrs. Yarr-.u beputlnh.w.'! Hunter's Nep Tyne. Many required
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      SOVIET SHIPPING
      86 12 New Vessel. lor Seni« m Kir Kast T>fc<) 700 with both .s.iih -met h»» built here for v* scientific 1 and nshing The hulls vtMtU to tr:i\> u|h lei t >± the fact that U t>.th 1^I engines will 0m m am»^ radius. The engines i» Dtetjj 240
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      655 12 BURNS PHILP LINE (iBMfWVtd fan AflMtnHft) 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)
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      283 12 TO EVERYWHERE IN CANADA VJ AND MOST OF THE uSf \V. The Nvm Inalr Imu •< urn Uaiiii s»n«m*. IMH f f Set Uw fc—t »f Uw 1 1 1 Ikw CAnm4h+m lUct w^ «v, <um\ SMfeS fr ark l«df* UM lM*n •< wofwtiu— Bm»ui* ftMt |H H HONGKONG BANK
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      73 12 For everything appertaining Tmvel. Banking Frfifb Apply i<« COOKS I WACOIjS'tITS I^OOID T^AVfl Si gV»Cj] m. WOBIN9ON M* h fndividtMl I. S. K. LINE ISHIHAKA DIM >TBIAI nuinroBi <° 'lncorp- Jtp r RFGI'LAK I Hf.HT PASSfrN" i l FROM JAP\n BOSTON M FOR ROBE. M SM.OW i«<W** m aM.I BOSTON
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      499 12 Local And Foreign Mail Despatches and Arrivals BY TRAIN Bangkok every Saturday 7 p.m. and Thursday 7.30 a.m. Kedah Monday to Friday 7.30 ajn. Saturdays 7 pm. Kuantan (via Jerantut) Monday to Friday 7 JO ajn. Kuantan (via Jerantut) Saturdays 7 pjn. Kelantan (via Padang Berun Monday and Friday 7
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      792 12 kenhead 18-8. for Hong Kong 20-8. Tomohon. Dutch, 684 tons, frcm Sambas 18-8, for Sambas 22-8. Kuala, Brit.. 306 tons, from Bangkok 18-8, for Bangkok 22-8. i, Kamuning. British, 1,275 tons, from' Malacca 18-8. for Bangkok 22-8. Lalandia. i>an 3,094 tons. Jrom: Bangkok 18-8. lor Malacca 22-8. Glnyo Maru. Jap.,
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    Romance of The Railway Ticket
    413 13 64,000 MILES OF PASTEBOARD One of the most important things on a railway from the public point of view consists of a piece of paste- board 2y 4 m. long and V 4 m. wide; m other words, the railway ticket, for here is the
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    190 NATIONALITIES
    232 13 Soviet CcMK Revelations Momi'v*. Aug. 17. According to recent census data, the i USSR, is inhabited by 190 different 1 nationalities. Included m the list are i nationalities represented by fewer than i 1.000 persons and m WOM cases only i several hundreds. For instance, there are only
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    VLADIVOSTOK AIR LINE
    79 13 New Service Approaching Completion Habarovsk, Aug. 17. Construction oL the airline between Vladivostok and Petropavlovsk m Kamchatka is rapidly approaching i completion, advices received here state. The new line will be of tremendous importance lor the gold, fur and fishing industries of this section of the Soviet
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    Beneficent Microbes
    228 13 THE GINGER BEER VARIETY Microbes with the iresh scent of apples or vanilla, microbes which produce "beauty spots." microbes of reds and greens more brilliant than any man-made dye. These were some oi the examples quoted recently by Sir Aldo Casteilani, Director of *he Ross Institute, who. for
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    STRATOSPHERE ASCENT
    237 13 Scientists Hope To Rise 22 Kilometres Leningrad. Aug. 1* Final preparations are being made lor the ascent into the stratosphere that is to be madr trom Soviet territory this month. A trial night m the all-metal aerostat that is to be used for the ascent was made here
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    PARACHUTE RECORD
    80 13 Airman Jumps From Height of 6,700 Metres Leningrad, Aug. 17. The Soviet aviator, Evdokimov, has established a new world record for parachute-jumping. He ascended In an airplane to a height of 6.700 metres and then made his record-breaking leap. Evdokimov hurtled through space for 103 seconds and opened
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    15 13 It is casting no reflection upon Carole Lombard to say that she is delightfully two-faced.
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    40 13 At a board meeting at the Chye Lian headquarters at Malacca, the following were elected collectors of subscriptions for the Wangkang ceremonial and procession, lor Singapore: Messrs. Chee Guan Chiang. Chua Poh Slang. Ong Van Seek and Tan Eng Urn.
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    636 14 The Empire Service Reviewed Mr. C. G. Graves, the BBC. Director' ol Empire and Foreign Services, leelured at Rhodes House. Oxford, to members o! the Royal Empire Society's Summer School. The following were the main points of Mr. Graves' address the very early days. In 1927 expertmental oroadcasts were transmitted
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    67,677 Matches Make A House
    83 14 Mr. Herbert Etherington. ol Sydney, has built a model house, occupying 28 square feet space, entirely of used matches. Its construction took four and a half months. 67.677 matches, a pot of glue, a brush, and the patience of Job. says Austral News. Every detail
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    PEER'S NARROW ESCAPE
    36 14 Chauffeur Killed When Car Overturns Orange. (France) Auk. 10. The Marquess of Dufferin and Ava narrowly escaped death when his motor car over-turned. The chauffeur was killed but the Marquess was only bruised.
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      102 14 1 COX KINGS (AGENTS) LIMITED arrange SHORT TRIPS TO CAIRO for homeward bound passengers. Apply for particulars to PATERSON, SIMONS CO., LTD., or to any of Cox and Kings Offices PORT SAID, CAIRO, LONDON, ETC. /y^\ A FTER exposure V I to strong sun. rVr or wind > y° u
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      472 14 BANKS AND INSURANCE 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 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3.000.000 HEAD OFFICE 38. Bishopsgate. London. EC. 2 Agencies and Branches Alor Star 1 Hollo Semarang
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      282 14 THE YOKOH BANK. |.T»; m Capital Subscribed <Estabiiv (Fully paid k Reterv* Pri-sldrnt I Vice-Pr»»Ridt i Head 0P.., Sinrap..,, NBIU RAM I I.OMMr Westminster The Nat Lloyds Bank. I 1 BKW Alexandria Bombay. Caleui Dairen. Fnu" J 'A Harbin Hcn| X r Karachi k«»» i M| Manila. M.ir.in< v Nfwchwan;'.
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      377 14 BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION i PROGRAMMES FOR INDIA, BURMA, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, and I FEDERATED MALAY STATES j FROM THE EMPIRE J TRANSMITTER. DAVENTRY, i J ENGLAND. Wavelengths 25.3 metres and 31.3 metres. i i Saturday. August 19th. < G.M.T. 11.0 a.m.- i 1.0 p.m. Transmission on J an omni-direc- t tional
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      620 14 ROUND YOUR DIAL 80 Rome (Italy) 2RO. 72.2 Khabarovsk (USSR) RVIS. 9 a.m.— noon. 58 3 Bandoeng, Java (PMY). 50.26 Vatican City (Italj). HVJ. Dally, 7.0— 7.15 p.m. Sun., 10 10.30 a.m. also. 50 Barcelona Radio Club (Spain) Ea.J25. Sat., B—9 pjn. 50 Bucharest (Rumania). 50 Kuala Lumpur (Fed Malay
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      97 15 18 )M. 2 4 132 ght 2 4 W i0 2 3 63 64 2 3 3132 Lond° 2 3 15 16 2 3 29 32 tnand 970 158 H 50 U mand 93 u land i53i /2 153 1 4 38V< pc. Dis. 97V 2 44»/2 PC.
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      PRODUCE
      151 15 August 18 Tin Singapore Price <per pikul» $109 so Gambier An Pepper White 32? Flake Tapioca Pearl Sago Small I'^ Copra. Sundried o«2 Sago, flour Devoe's Imperial Brilliant Kerosene per tin 2 07 Sylvan Arrow Kerosene per tin 150 Socony Motor Gasoline ex pump per British Imperial Gallon 82
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    FRASER'S SHARE LIST
    726 15 I FRIDAY, AUGUST loth, iaJ3 CLOSING QUOTATIONS Huvis BcBeca 27a 6d 30s I 6d 30s C.d. r M 14s 6d 96 1.00 I 18s 3d 19s 10 12 Is 6d Is 9ci I 36 38 41 I 3s i 12s 6d 13s 6d 6s 7s 15 17»
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    NEW SCUDATS $10,189 LOSS
    446 15 Periodic Resting System Introduced The eleventh annual meeting oi New Scudai Ltd.. will be held as Messrs Chan Sze Onn's offices. Market Street at noon on Friday. Aug. 25. The directors' report for the year ended March 31. 1033. states The results for the year show
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    MALAYA PALM OIL
    100 15 Latest Buyers' Prices The latest buyers' prices, received by cable yesterday morning, for Malayan palm oil and palm kernels are as follow: Palm Oil m Bulk: c.i.f. landed weights New York Philadelphia 3.30 cents »U.S. currency) per lb. c.i.f. landed weights U.S.A. Pacific Ports 3.20 cents <U.S.
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION
    79 15 August 18th., 12 o'clock noon R.S.S. equal to London Buyers Sellers Standard. Spot <loose» 12<? 8 U% R.S.S. equal to London Standard. (F. 0.8.> 12 1116 12 13 16 Standard R.S.S. on Tender Sept. 12% 12V 2 October 12 716 12 l 2 Oct.-Dec. 12»/
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    Tinned Pineapple Exports
    62 15 During the week ending. August 12th., exports of linned pineapples from Malayan ports amounted to 24,660 cases of which 20,895 cases were to the United Kingdom. 1.336 cases to Europe. 1,300 cases to Canada and 1.129 cases elsewhere. Total exports for the period. January Ist. to August
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    TRADE RECOVERY
    139 15 Improved Steel And Shipping Returns London. Aug. 15. The National Federation of Iron and otoel Manufacturers report a steady increase m production since the beginning oi the year, and signs of trade improvement are also indicated m reports from industrial and other centres m several of whu-h. although
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    FISH QUOTAS
    131 15 Foreign Landings To lie Regulated London, Auk. I '< An order for thr regulation of foreign fish landed m the United Kingdom has been made by the Board of Trade under a section of the Seal Fishing Industry Act of 1933. Section One of the Act empowers the
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    STOCK EXCHANGE
    51 15 Industrial Shares Improve London. Aug. 17. On the Stock Exchange today, gold minings remained firm and industrials showed an improvement. In the wheat market, sellers were reserved m anticipation of the coming conference m I/jndon. Wall Street presented a firmer undertone but trading is still restricted re uter
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    W. Hammer And Company Limited
    803 15 W. Hammer And Company Limited Annual General Meeting Reduced Sales Offset By Lower Expenditure The annual general meeting of Messrs W. Hammer and Co. Ltd.. was held yesterday at the offices of the secretaries. Messrs. Derrick and Co.. Mr. W. E. Rainer. chairman, presiding. Others present were Messrs H. W.
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    219 15 Changes m Representative Prices Auk. 15 Ii» 17. American Can Com 35' 2 83 l 88 Am. T'phone and T'graph 126 124 127 7 8 Atcheson Railroad 5 J J 7 8 58 60 :< 4 DuDDnt 75' 4 73>8 77 Firestone. Common 24> 2 23
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    AN UNCERTAIN MARKET
    221 15 Speculative Interest In Rubber Singapore, Auk 18. The maiket appears to be In a state of uncertainty with the fluctuations emanating from New York, where talk ol inflation and restriction of production are still causing a certain amount Of speculative Interest, states Lewis and Peats rubber report.
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      51 15 Aweto exceed flgjf .iff _A«rarmnce to fwee over tlS.tff.Hf The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. (Incorporated to the Strait* Settlements) HEAD OFFICE: Great Eastern Life Buildlnir Cecil atr**t aw«~ Companies Act In every particular. ATTRACTIVE PLANS OF ASSURANCE aPP Catton "R°- R Q' *enc to s^apo.. «pe rt wm
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      93 15 EXCHANGES. London, Auk. Foreign exchanged today were: Amsterdam 8.17 Athens 687*4 Belgrade 248 Berlin 13.84 Bombay 1 6 1 16 Brussels 23.64 Bucharest 560 Buenos Aires 42' o official rate. Copenhagen 22.40 Geneva 17.07V4 Hong Kong 14 11/16 Helsingfors ***** Lisbon 109U> Madrid 39* Milan 62«:, Montreal 4.67 Montevideo 34
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    742 16 MUST NOT JEER AT REFEREE Gunners Give Wiltshires A Shock SHARE POINTS Pull Up After Being Four Goals Down Wiltshires 4; RA 4. Jeering at referees will not be tolerated at the Anson Road Stadium. During the first division match between the Wiltshires and the Royal Artillery,
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    306 16 ROWING To-day's Regatta At The t Although the main activity of the j Royal Singapore Yacht Club this\ week-end will be the sailing at' Batavia against the Royal Batavia i Yacht Club, rowing will take place inside the Singapore break- water thisj afternoon. The two recently acquired clincher
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    S.C.C. CRICKET
    56 16 The following have been invited to play cricket for S.C.C. vs. S.V.C. to-day at 2 p.m. at S.C.C. Dr. H. O. Hopkins Capt). A B. Jordan. W. H McNeill. D. H. Palmer. D C. Burn. F. Vine. J. C. S. Ponsford. E. MacCreanor, C. G. Windle. J. E.
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    208 16 The Golf Sub-committee has formulated the conditions for the Rotary Club Challenge Cup competition for the cup presented by Rotarian H. E. Major-General L. C. L. Oldfield, C.8., C.M.G., D.S.O. By courtesy of the president and committee of the Island Golj Club, the competition will be played
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    MIXED FOURSOMES
    277 16 Mr. and Mrs. Baker Win At Bukit Timah The monthly mixed foursomes competition at Bukit Tlmah yesterday resulted m a win for Mr. and Mrs. H R. Baker with a net score of 32' 4 Fifty four cards were taken out and the returns were: Mr. and Mrs.
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    GARRISON GOLF CLUB
    67 16 Ladies* Monthly Medal Competition The ladies' monthly medal competition was played at the Garrison Golf Club on Wednesday and Thursday. The following were the best returns Mrs. Innes Miller. All Square) i Tie Mrs. V. O. Savi. All Square > Mrs. J. H. M. Mee. 1 Down
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    U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
    96 16 Three British Girls Beaten Forest Hills. Aug. 17. Third round scores m the United States lawn tennis championships were as follows: Mrs Wills-Moody beat Mrs. L. R c Mitchell 'Britain) 6—l. 6—2. Miss M. Heeley (Britain) beat Miss Maud Levl 6-4. 7—5. Miss Sarah Palfrey beat Miss Lamme
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    FALKIRK WIN
    22 16 London, Aug. 17. In a Scottish first division match to-day Falklrk beat St. Mirren by 1 goals to one.- Reuter
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    Perak's Great
    112 16 Perak 's Great RAINED OFF Local Tennis Tournaments Held Up Owing to heavy rain, no play was possible on the Garrison Courts yesterday. Weather permitting, yesterday's programme will be carried out to-day as follows: Men's Handicap Doubles At 4 p.m.. Captain Hamilton and Lieut Douglass vs. Captain Urien end Major
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    S.C.C. TOURNAMENT
    144 16 MONDAY'S TIES A Class Doubles Lt. M. T. L. Wilkinson and Lt H IC. W Eking plus 2 vs. R. B. B. Donnell and O. R. S Bateman owe 4. F. T. K. Hobbes and F. R. Hobbts owe 4 vs. J. A Dean and N. 8. Wise
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    DAVIS CUP
    31 16 Oslo. Aug. 17. In a Davis Cup match Kukuljevlc and Punt ec 'Jugo-slavia) beat Heanes and Hagen (Norway) 6- -3. 6 4. 6—2. [Norway was eliminated by 3—o.— Reuter.
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    Win At A.A.A. Meeting
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