The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 23 October 1933

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  • 17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. No. 14,094. EST. 1835. MONDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1933 10 CENTS.
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  • 333 1 OK YO NANKING RELATIONS Shanghai, Oct 22 While the Soviet Government is massing more bombing planes along the Siberia-Manchuria border, tension is running high among the populace oi Harbin who are expecting an outbreak of hostilities between Russia and Japan at anv moment. oviet Massing Bombing
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  • 294 1 JAPANESE VIEW OF MOVE Washington. Oct. 20. United States' recognition of the Soviet has been advanced by the announcement that Mr. Roosevelt has invited a Soviet representative to visit Washington. M. Kalinin is sending M. LitvinofT to conduct negotiations with Mr. Roosevelt. In a message
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  • 245 1 SHIP FOUNDERS NEAR KOBE Wives Of Naval Officers Dead Tokio, Oct. 22. The s.s. Yashima Maru. a 1.000 ton Inland Sea passenger vessel, foundered in a storm near Kobe, on Friday. Among the victims were the wives of Lieut. Commanders E. J Prevost and J. O Milner-Barry,
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  • 256 1 Latest Laboui Trouble In U.S.A. New York. Oct. 2'2. The focal point of the farmers' strike movement is apparently Des Moines. lowa, at which Mr. Milo Reno, chairmain of the farmers' Holiday Association, in officially proclaiming the strike, stated that the administration of the agricultural programme was
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  • 239 1 IRISH SWEEP DRAW FOR CAMBRIDGESHIRE Lucky Ticket Holders In Malaya, China And Java London, Oct. fcl. The draw for the Irish Sweep on the Cambridgeshire began in Dublin this morning, in the presence of an excited crowd of spectators. The subscriptions totalled £2,726,628. of which £1,707,717 is available as prize
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  • 395 1 The Cambridgeshire pu babies are Dr.stur ili.H. Aga Kh£ni Ferryman 4 9 7 Ltmettgbt (His Majesty) Childs 4 9 0 Disarmament (Mr. H. F. Clayton i Bullock 5 8 13 Dmfcigtl <Sir Ernest Tate) Nevett 4 8 9 Andrea »D. oi Maryborough) Fox 4 8 9 Totaig
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  • 31 1 London, Oct. 21. Mr. T. Z. Koo has arrived at the invitation of the Universities China Committee for a six weeks lecturing at the principal British Universities Reuter
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  • 265 1 Daladier Government Tottering PRExMIER MAKES FINAL APPEAL FOK BUDGET PROPOSALS Paris. (Kt. >2. The Government's position appears grave as a compromise formula satisfying conflicting demands has not yet been found. M. Daladier's final appeal declares that unless the budget proposals are accepted the situation of
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  • 130 1 WHY ROYAL FAMILY LEFT HUA HIN (From Our Own Correspondent). Bangkok, Oct. 22. Government troops have captured Genkoi railway station on the Korat line. Aeroplanes co-operated and bombed the rebel force to hasty retreat. Railway communications were restored between the Northern capital of Chiengmai and Bangkok
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  • 151 1 Vithalbhai Patel Passes At Geneva Geneva, Oct. 22. Vithalbhai J. Patel. former President of the Indian Legislative Assembly, died here at 1.30 this afternoon.— Reuter. Vithalbhai Patel. veteran Congress leader and former President, had been in poor health for some while and spent I a number of
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    • 65 1 takX^h w/A w <W** *m aiBVV I m*A mM **A l^a I W^^m m LBBF^B^m TO-DAY'S ATTRACTIONS COCKTAIL DANCE (MAKAN KETCHIL) 6.15 P.M.-8 15 P.M. INFORMAL DINNER DANCE 9.30- MIDNIGHT CONTINUOUS DANCE MUSIC BY p RES. HARRISON and RAFFLES ORCHESTRAS" SATURDAY, OCT. 28th. RAFFLES MOVIE BALL" I, IN AID OF
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    • 137 1 On Other Pages The S.R.A. (V.) held a successful anti-aircraft practice yesterday; pictures on page 7. S. N. Kelly beat J. T. Smith in the Singapore G.C. championship vesterday —Page 16. At hockey during the week-end Selangor defeated Singapore and the Wiltshires; and Perak beat Negri Sembilan Page 1 5.
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    • 31 1 mW^L^mmmmmmmm\\Wm^mmm\ CHRYSLER EASY HANDLING JmmmmJA m\ j@Soß***\\f& SEA VIEW HOTEL TO-NIGHT SPECIAL DINNER DANCE I ffS^L WITH v^V, ___Sm iWh C K£ DINNER S3. _*MbV AFTER DINNER I 1 ADMISSION $1-
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  • 1150 2 Frontier Destroyed And Irvine Injured (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Oct. 21. There were one or two accidents on the opening day of the Perak Turf Club autumn meeting to-day. Irvine, the jockey, was thrown by Sunrise in the flrst race of the day, receiving
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  • 261 2 Australian Pony Griffins The draw for the Taiping Turf Club I Australian pony griffins resulted as; follows 5 y.0.-Ch a g 14.2, Little Pos-Miss; Billle drawn by J. Duval. 4 y.0.-Br or blk a m 14.0y 2, Bobniak-; Silent, O. M. Noordin. 6 y.0.-br a m 14.1,
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  • 182 2 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Oct. 21. In a scrappy but interesting game on the Esplanade Taiping defeated a strong Penang A side by 9 points (a penalty goal and two tries) to 5 points (one goal) I Although Penang had slightly the better of the
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  • 101 2 Depleted Side Loses To Johore Public Services Nil: Johore 14 Johore, who are suffering from a dearth of players this season, beat the Public Services by 14 pts. (one goal and three tries) to nil at the Civil service Club. Johore Bahru. yesterday The home side borrowed
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  • 153 2 Monday, 23rd. High Water 00.40 8.9 ft.. 12.00 9.7 ft. Hockey: S.R.C II vs. S.C.C 11, S.R.C. ground; SC.R.C. 11l vs. Wiltshire 11, S.C.R.C ground; Y.M.C.A. I vs. R.A.F. I, Y.M.C.A. ground. Tuesday, 24th. High Water 01 33 8.3 ft., 12.41 9.5 ft. Rugby: S.C.C. tournament:
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  • 66 2 Monday, October 23rd Before the Chief Justice at 11 a.m. Summonses-in-Chambers, Originating Summons, Motions. Petition of Course and Judgment Summonses. Before Mr. Justice Gerahty in the 2nd. Court at 11 a.m. Motion in Admiralty St. 3/31— Drough vs. The Ship "G.G. Paul Doumer". Before Mr.
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  • 699 2 INTER-COLLEGE ATHLETIC SPORTS Cup Won By Single! Point i The flrst inter-College athletic meetIng between the Medical College and Raffles College was held on Saturday In brilliant weather on the Raffles Col- lege padang. There was a good at- j tendance. The following were the officials Referee: Dr. G. V.
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  • 84 2 St. Xavier's Win Cup Match (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Oct. 21. In the semi-final 1933 Cup tie match yesterday St. Xavier's Recreation Club defeated Penang Recreation Club 3—l j The Recreationists led by a single goal ,for three-quarters of the game, then a [penalty goal for handling
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 719 2 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENT^ SUN-BATHING. ii--n tH To produce the fashionable Tan SINGAPORF MrvT*****' use only I NOTICE lENTHERIC SUNBATH OIL T.ni^ NOl M M k Stockists. are no* im- MEDICAL HALL, LTD, Kg**; Opp. Oeneral Post Offlce. In the Tend.-r New shipment of Wavy Bathing Caps *Bsffi just arrived^ Supply a
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  • 914 3 SELANGOR BAR WELCOMES MR. S.J.THOMAS II RE are indications to suppose that your lordship be the last judge to sit as I i Justice of the F.M.S. and thai capacity alone" Mr. S. .1. I nomas was told in the Kuala imm Supreme
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  • 222 3 Sikh Moneylender and Pro. Note The sequel to a judgment by the Civil District Judge dismissing the claim of a Bengali moneylender. Raj Kishore Rai. for ttu. recovery of $18.70. principal and interest of a loan alleged to have been giv n to a Chinese named Ang Teck
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  • 283 3 Ratepayers' Association Opinion At a meeting of the Committee Qf the Singapore Ratepayers' Association held at the offices of the Association, Hongkong Bank Chambers, on Thursday, Mr. J. Laycock < President) in the chair. Mr. Tay Lian Teck advised the Committee of the action being taken by other
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  • 291 3 Rao Sahib K. A. Mukundan Arrives Kuala Lumpur. Oct. 21. Rao Sahib K. A. Mukundan. the new Agent of the Government of India has arrived in Kuala Lumpur, from Madras. He was accompanied by Mrs. Mukundan and their three daughters. Mr. Mukundan said that he had foilowed
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  • 227 3 Bangkok Bridegroom And Bride From Seoul The marriage took place on Saturday at St. Andrew's Cathedral, the Rev. L. St. G. Petter officiating, of Mr. Robert Wilson, of Bangkok, Siam, son of the late Mr. R. M. Wilson and Mrs. Wilson, of Glasgow, Scotland, and Miss Ursula Frampton,
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    • 53 3 MALAYAN PICTURES A Portfolio of Drawings By MISS HOPE-FALKNER EACH PORTFOLIO CONTAINS SIX OF MISS HOPE-FALKNER'S WELL KNOWN DRAWINGS OF MALAYAN SCENES AND MAKES AN IDEAL GIFT FOR FRIENDS AT HOME £E OV PICTURES OBTAINABLE IN BUFF, INCHES X 9 INCHES WHITE AND GREY PRICE $2.00 Messrs. KELLY WALSH, LTD.
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    • 393 3 For your throats sake, smoke _____»_______r _________^___l -f^^^^^B _L ____r _H CORK-TIPPED VIRGINIA CIGARETTES >^*^^______. 't vC^9____L AWWWWI*. hH •___^"^^_______Ba. V xjf i^ :^l&. t y^ Jm TaVOIYI i^l____^K?^Cs^^J!_l^ LQNDONA ***'__________r ii ii rSL/-V'AC uni und moi <.u.f ii^tM <" t^ ________H_l_l ____________________________P^^^K^ i^___________^________a^_______________^______________t B________Bfl ■h_m_H______' ""'m__^__________________________________i i^^^B _S "*^^^____SS*'i_'
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  • 1388 4 Laurence Biny on— Scholar-Poet Completes Forty Years At British Museum NOW TO LECTURE AT HARVARD The inner lite of a scholar Is rarely known to the multitude, writes Harold Laski. Its main events take place within his own mind; its creativeness is too specialised to appeal to the world at
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  • 264 4 Inhabitants Of Sumatran Town Terrified From Our Own Correspondents Medan. Oct. 16. An Ambun correspondent oi the Nieuws van der Dag writes that the Christian population of Ambun has been living in a state of perpetual dread as the result of a prediction that the earth
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  • 588 4 ICE AXE FOUND NEAR SUMMIT Does the discovery of an ice axe near the summit of Mount Everest by the 1933 Expedition prove that the peak had been reached by some earlier climber? It was at first thought that the axe was one lost
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  • 239 5 I>avld Lta* Geor*e open the new defence works, which have taken two years to construct, at B mr.outh. Merionethshire The nl I h shows Mr. Lloyd George addnssing the gathering at the opening. >er,o,uthshire. The photograph At the age of 88. Mr.
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    • 35 5 JL rk*^ from Australia's supplies of Finest Quality. Manufactured on our premises under European Supervision. Contains all the vitamins and original elements of nutriment. l?J?|J_". fi:":::::.." > '-*-u^m___________ :^UM_rSi__Sll_^ywC ICOU> STORAGE Co,Lm **v*yf*\<**. 1 wJW 12
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  • 175 6 Sultan's Advice Al Kuala Selangor Show •From Our Own Correspondent Klang, Oct. IS. The need for an extension of padi cultivation was stressed by his highness the Sultan of Selangor at the opening ol the Kuala Selangor Agri-Horticul-rural Exhibition. Referring to his recent tour of Java, t*e
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  • 136 6 I Queer Behaviour Of a Lorry A remarkable accident occurred In Kampong Bahru. A motor lorry, loaded with scrap iron, was winding its way up the steep hill to the Church on Bukit Purmei. when a stone on the road caused it to swerve violently to the left,
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  • 218 6 Power To Imprison And Fine The objects and reasons of the Vo lunteer I amendment I Bill to be Intro duced in Legislative Council on Wed nesday state: The Bill empowers a Commandin Officer to dispense with the services o a volunteer who is not likely to prov* efficient.
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  • 203 6 Bail Refused in Acid Throwing Case The Second Magistrate's Court was crowded on Saturday when the case in which five Malays are charged in connection with throwing of nitric acid I sver the chief clerk of the Seamen's Institute came up fer hearing. The first accused. Hassan bin
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  • 826 6 I FREE PRESS FOOTBALL CQMPVmiD¥ iVk f ft f| I agree to abide by the conditions governing this competi- tion as set out above and to accept as final the decision of the Competition Editor of the Singapore Free Press in all matters appertaining thereto.
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  • 41 6 A duplicate list ls provided lr which the competitor may keep a record of his entries. These small lists must not on any account bt used for entries —they are only fox the convenience of competitors.
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  • 580 6 European Sues Indian Lawyer Malacca. Oct. 20. A dispute over a wireless set had a court sequel to-day when a European claimed $170 before the District Judge. !Mr. B. R. Whitehouse. being the balance oi an agreed price of the sale of some furniture. The plaint iti
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  • 37 6 "Z.H.I. Sinuapm, Owned and Service Co o_| M Broadcast Womm N Singapor. Mun d. i\ Nfrd 6 pn, 6 45 p.m 7 p.m. till H p.n DA'. R A I I Bl l: I ****w*-***--****-
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    • 238 6 iBRITISH BBOAI L STt% I 00KP0RAT1 N PROGRAMMKsToh I n J STRAITS SKI! 5^4.! i FKDERATKI) \p FROM Till J TRANSMIT! 1 n Two of the foil., Jand wavelengths simultaneously, bu* a lengths may be ch ■course of each dav Announcements J frequent intervals i Call Sign Fi i oso
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  • 107 7 So She Tried to Drown Herself VtS wanted to kill myself because husband struck me," was the! Sifesfl made oy a 52-year-old JJwJnea woman. Lim Boon, when she iJsch trged before Mr. R. J. F. Curtis. Magistrate, with attempting 2j clde jumping into the sea. An inspector
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  • 80 7 And To Compensate Injured Coolie Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 21. Thomson, a European plantei hlee Estate. Selangor, was I to-day and ordered to pay ition as a sequel to an in which Thomson's motord down a rikisha puller in .-our at 3 im it Acting Captain*
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  • 167 7 Singapore Volunteer Artillery At Anti- Air craft Practice J E S.R.A. (V.) held the! first anU-aircraft gun practice in Singapore at Bedoh yesterday morning in the presence of H.E. the G.0.C., Major General L. C. L. Oldfield, Group Captain Jackson, R.A.F., Lieut.-Col. M. J. T Reilly Commandant S.V.C. etc. The
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  • Article, Illustration
    142 7 Arrangements For Upcountry Visit His Excellency the Governor accompanied by Lady Cien^nti and the Misses Clementi, and attended by the Personal Staff, will be leaving Singapore for Kuala Lumpur by the Night Mail on Friday, October 27th, and will stay at King's House from Saturday. October 28th, up
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  • 114 7 At the annual general meeting of the Singapore Government Servants* Cooperative Thrift and Loan Societey. Limited, held in the Council Chamber on October 17th.. the following were elected to be members of the Committee of Management for the ensuing year: Messrs. L. A. Joseph, A. da Silva. S. A. Karim.
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  • 257 7 Anniversary Performance On Saturday Performing before an encouragingly large audience, the Singapore Repertory Players scored a distinct success with that witty domestic comedy "The Little Devil" at the Goodwood Park Hotel on Saturday night. Miss Enid Holland made a delightful study of the character "Patricia," the "little devil,"
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  • 104 7 Chinese Drowned In Pool An excursion for fun at Tanjoiif Bungan on Wednesday by two Chinest ended In tragedy, one being drowned ii the swimming pool. The dec* •-i Ching Eng Aun. living with his larmh ln Lorong Slamat. accompanied Aui Ban Seng, a clerk in the Municipality
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  • 99 7 Marked Decline Reported In Australia Canberra. Oct. 1? The records of the Customs Depart ment show that there has recently t>. i r a marked decline in the activtu >f persons engaged in the attempts t» smuggle opium into Australia Tins l> attributed by officers of the depart
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 241 7 r A P I T ft I Positively VWrl WL. LAST NIGH T I t^%^^^^^B Jin Gaumont-British's comedy of Wi Irresistible charm and Gaiety /■jKRa IVOR NOVELLO t&j^H "Sleeping Car" i 8 with LADDIE CLIFF. The Amorous Adventures of a flirtatious Sleeping-car attendant and a Slightly naughty young widow TO-MORROW
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    • 169 7 JP^^^^V^t^k\^h in Ifl mn fm\ S*^^*^*^**wi gmMiiTtwilfA ONE NIGHT ONLY The Gaumont British Triumph "ROME EXPRESS" WITH THE BIGGEST STAR CAST ASSEMBLED IN ANY ONE PICTURE I ESTHER RALSTON CONRAD VEIDT Harold Huth-Joan Barry-Gordon Harker-Cedric Hardvicke Hugh Williams Frank Vospor Donald Calthrop. mm-mm———^—— ONE OF THE GREATEST FILMS EVER MADE
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  • 495 8 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1933 Week-end Comment I rE announcement that Mr. Roosevelt has invited a Soviet representative to visit Washington to •conduct negotiations with a view to jthe United States' recognition of the Soviet comes as a surprise. Mr. Roosevelt would appear to have his hands
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  • 931 8 Drank 35,080 Bottles Of Wine And Lived To 90 Christmas Panto Fmr Singapor Tears Of A Chinese Serzkint Plain Sir Eric, but Caruso Rut iXot Caruso aa r* I tt Sutctde Sixteen Years After FEW cities can boast so many varieties of clubs as there are
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  • 396 8 Mr. J Baillie. of Francis Peek ana Company, Singapore, has returned from Home. During the absence on leave of Mr. B. G. M. Foord, manager of Muang Tin No Liability, Mr T. V. O'Hare will act for him. Mr. H. H. Robbins. Chairman, Malayan Collieries, Ltd..
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  • 96 8 Letters To The Editor A Stamps mplain( To the Editor. I Sir. What affairs? To-day I went pore, to buy »>■ I was told that Kb contained only flvt I I wanted to k» I bungalow foi cents* when I _<..,. I home mail I Since tlu- h.»_. (home and
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  • 51 8 To the Editor Sir. On goinu thrn of your esteemed an announcement in 6th instan' wit.". coming visit ol son. reputed to b. c!airvo>ant iBVWUfato I that Mr Geotli.-. H experience in sup. I shall be ulao lighten me with r. of personal expel the existence of oth<
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  • 72 8 To the Editor. Sir These math:;. responsible Mala\ -t« loafers, are rapidh Im nuisaruv in this town met tw<t oi tht s. showing oil what th. gaily riding a mar.it) ment ol the Esp] less of the ped«-s! lor whom the pav< nv Is it not ab.»ut Un* I
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  • 234 8 To Thc Editor Sir.- Th.« dCommissioners to ments of its oihc.r Singapore all other equal, has recei\. It is undoubted]'. r \\\>- where unemployment workless eliuibl' m <■*• lieved that they prelerenee to outsidi i a department whirl, dm from permanent n owning property and trad <t
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  • 72 8 The weekly It* tt. rol the R publishes the following lettei tarlan Reginald Walkei Club: "Thank you veiv > ing me the Brochure ol W*> is really splendid and mo>t Your Club ls to be com their excellent eilort wit chure and I hop. Sin rcately benefit by this fine*
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  • 546 9 E ARMAMENT IS NOW WORLD'S PROBLEM UROPEAN VIEWS AGAINST IT IMPORTANT GENEVA KITE PAPER eed For Cool Heads And ommonsense" London, Oct. 20. mn of a White Paper account of last Satur::gs of the Bureau of the Conference at Geneva attention once again on •h the Disarmament Conedlnga had reached
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  • 250 9 TAKE A DISTRICT IN N. CHINA Shanghai. Oct. 22. Government policemen went determinedly into action and occupied the district of Funlng yesterday when the bandits retreated to the district of Chien Ann. to avoid being hemmed in by the Japanese and Chinese forces rom three directions.
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  • 78 9 Less Spent During Five Months Of Year London. Oct. 19. A surplus of £3.497.000 is shown in the accounts of the Unemployment Insurance Fund for the first six months or the current financial year. The income which is derived from the contribution from employers, employed and the
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  • 75 9 Cardiff Steelworks To Reopen Soon London. Oct. 20. The first steps have already been taken to reopen the big works at Dowlais. Cardiff, of the British Iron and Steel Company. About £2 million are being spent on a reconstruction scheme and provision is being made for
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  • 54 9 Celebration As Usual This Year London. Oct. 20. The King has decided that the celebration of Armstice Day on Nov. 11. which falls this year "on a Saturday, shall follow the lines adopted in the previous year. The Home Secretary on behalf of the Cabinet is making the
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  • 18 9 Leaves Miami For Chicago Pernambuco. Oct. 21. The Graf-Zeppelin left for Miami en-route to visit Chicago.- Reuter
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  • 362 9 NEW AMBASSADOR'S GOOD WORK Duties Of Diplomats Abroad London. Oct. 19. Sir Eric Drummond. the new British Ambassador ti Rom?, was today the guest of honour at a luncheon in London of the British Italian League over which Lord Rennell. who was himself for some
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  • 99 9 Queen Witnesses Actual Happening London. Oct. 21. A china shop comedy at Fakenham 'Norfolk* amused the Queen and the; Princess Royal who. while shopping _md exami ir fe pottery, looked up in surprise at the sound of a commotion and saw beside them a bullock which
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    24 9 At the St. Andrew's Cathedral on Saturday the marriage took place uf Mr. Robert Wilson of Bangkok and Miss Ursula Framson. of Seoul. Korea.
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  • 253 9 WITH CHINA HOLDING SUPREME CONTROL Shanghai. Oct. 22. Under the leadership of Prince Teh, Mongolian chiefs from many parts of I Inner and Outer Mongolia held a Joint meeting at Peilingmiau last Sunday to discuss measures for the establishment of an independent state. The following points were
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  • 122 9 Col. Lindbergh Surveys Greenland Route London. Oct. 20. Col. Lindbergh yesterday visited 10 Downing Street In company with the Secretary for the Dominions. Mr J. H. Thomas The famous airman, who accompanied by his wife recently completed a summer survey of the Greenland route between America
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  • 56 9 LATEST RUBBER PRICES London. Oct. 21. Messrs Symington and Wilson's rubber market closing prices to-day were Spot I Sellers* 329 32d <3 25 32d. (Buyers* 327 32d. <3 23 32d.> Jan-March 3 15 16d. (S 13 16d > April- June 3 15 16d. <3 7 B d> Jn'y-September
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    • 50 9 SPECIAL DISHES FOR LTHIS WEEK. Monday \MR. Red Currant Jelly Mint Sauce. N TUESDAY: MK U)\ FY and MUSHROOM PIE. VEDNESDAY HUSH STEW. THURSDAY KEF. Yorkshire Pudding Horseradish Sauce. FRIDA Y PE \ND ONIONS. SATURDAY: u LIVER, Bacon, Onions Tomato Sauce. including Potatoes, es, Butter and Home k_^_^^ made Bread.
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    • 346 9 W* w^l\w For friends perfumed fi_g fl fcr-W^B Cologne. It combines ih« T"l I] d £r) W bracing frerhtiesa in '^Ja^J^^kH I Eau de Cologne with the /^Vff^B I tf -'04C0 l^^O H captivating fragrance of J Vosco Q V*«^4H "4711- Tosca. $1, $i.se. usa (j EV, 3J )c.^fa» mmmi^^^mX
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  • 963 10 Million Cwts. Of Canned Pineapples Malaya 's Chance In I English Market j During ihe whole of the nineteenth century South Wales was developing a world trade in tinned plates. The j story of this British Industry is one of constant technical improvement and keen commercial exploitation, writes Sir Edgar
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  • 162 10 Oct. 18 19. 21. American Can Com. 85% 85 85 Am. Telephone and Telegraph 114% 112% 112% Atcheson Railroad 48% 45 46 Dupont 72 69 68 ft Firestone, Common 17% 15% 15% Oeneral Electric 17% 16% 17 Oeneral Motors 25% 24% 24% Goodrich 10% 9% 9% Goodyear 28%
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  • 113 10 Devoe's Imperial Brilliant Kerosene per tin (of 4 Imp. galls.) 1.70 j Sylvan Arrow Kerosene per tin 1.50 Socony Motor Gasoline ex pump per British Imperial Gallon 82 Socony Motor Gasoline drums per British Imperial Gallon 85 Socony Motor Gasoline (4-gallon tin) 3.65 Shell Aviation Spirit
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  • 190 10 D.E.I. Perturbed At Recent Events <From Our Own Correspondent.) Medan, Oct. 18. The Java Bode states: Reports of al flight of capital from the Netherlands Indies have pained currency before, but there is nothing in the news so far to indicate a withdrawal of capital. Five British
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  • 192 10 World Exchange Rates October 21 SELLING London, 4 months' sight 2|4 5.32 London, 3 months' aight 2|4% London, 60 days' sight 2|4 7 64 London, 30 daya' aight 2j4 3;32 London, demand 2j4 I|l6 London, T.T. 2|4 1|32 Lyons and Paris, demand 940 Hamburg, demand 148 New York, demand 51%
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  • 184 10 Singapore Produce Prices October 21st., 12 o'clock noon Buyers Sellera Gambler 450 Java Cube 750 I Hamburg Cube 750 Muntok White Pepper 23.00 White Pepper 22.75 Back Pepper 130 Copra, sundried 3.20 Copra, mixed 2.65 Small flake Taplocs 4-00 Med. Pearl Tapioca 4-50 Small Pearl Tapiocs 4.75 Lingga Sago Flour
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  • 953 10 BRITISH RUBBER GOODS mm*********** I I The Needs They Can Supply 1 A study of the British rubber industry is a text book on British character writes John Haworth, Secretary, The India Rubber Manufacturers' Association, Ltd. It is individualism personified it is conservative each unit is apparently concerned only with
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  • 81 10 Abroad London, Oct. 20. Exchanges to-day were: Paris 82 11/32. New York 4.51%. Montreal 4.66%. Brussels 23.10. Geneva 16.63. Amsterdam 7.99. Milan 61%. Berlin 13.49. Stockholm 19.40. Copenhagen 22.40. Oslo 19 90. Vienna 28%. Prague 108%. Helsingfors 226%. Madrid 38% Lisbon 107. Athens 575. Bucharest 542%. Belgrade 232. Rio 4%
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  • 77 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association October 21st., 12 o'clock noon Buyers Sellers R.S.S. equal to London Standard. Spot (loosei 12% 12 5 16 R.S.S. equal to London Standard, (FOB.) 12 9; 16 12% Standard R.S.S. on Tender Nov. 12 516 12% Nov-Dec. 12% 12 7 16 Jan-Mar. 12 12 916
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  • 145 10 An Experiment on The L.N.E.R. A new sixty-seater streamlined Diesel electric "railbus." designed and built by Armstrong Whitworth and Co., Limited, at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, started from Newcastle Central station on September 25 on its flrst regular service run to North Wylam. It has been decided by the L.N.E.R.
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  • 71 10 Trade Representatives Appointed <From Our Own Correspondent.) Medan, Oct. 18. As already announced, the Netherlands Indian Government Intends to send a trade representative to China In order to promote trade relations with Netherlands India. According to the Malayan-Chinese paper. Sin Po. the Chinese Government will follow this
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  • 84 10 1 1 Reduced by 2d per lb. in Australia (From Our Own Correspondents Medan, Oct. 18. According to the Soerabalaasch Handelsblad. the Netherlands Indian Department of Agriculture has receiv td a cable from the Dutch Consul ln Sydney saying that the duty on tea had been reduced by
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  • 45 10 London Oct. 29. A total of £80.470.000 was applied for in Treasury Bills at to-day's weekly, tenders. The amount allotted ln Treasury Bills at three months was £45 million The average rate per cent, was 16/0.82d. as compared with 12/10 89d last week.
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  • 315 10 BOTH COMPANIES REPORT LOSSES (From Our o, I A As I cabled t«. ports ol Kinta K and Kinta Kella operates und. r first nam« d losses tor the v. 1933 u The report states that approximately :_7 r ture area Th. in tapping was 555 latmTm 822.330 lb (aga
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  • 60 10 Imperial And Int. r.-uiHHW Communications Ltd. The following Ind j eentlm tl receipts ol tl tional Commun lated to con 1929 are published Monthly I day i?eri Workinu recelpU, year 1929 ,jj 1936 i January 960 February March April May Jui.e IM July wi I August 82 i
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  • 46 10 69,014 llwt:in> Tapp" From OW j Accord.i. tral Oflii August SIS of 46.567 heel Furtherm.'rstopped tappii 22.447 hect.i: The total MAA thus 69.014 hed of the tappable JT I December. 1!* At the end of An m hectares was i>! pable tre.s. which tapped.
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  • 732 11 Saturday's Closing Quotations m (M TOREK 21st.. 1933 Buyers Sellers 30s 31s > 34s 36s < 14s 3d 15s 3d 127»2 1.35 32s 33s $1> 21 25 90 95 2s 9d 3s 9d 40 45 46 484 ss) 15s 9d 16s 9d 7s 7s 9d 21 23
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  • 431 11 Hi lm plate Research and (ontrol help is being given to inning industry by the Hon at Chipping Camptan, under the direction Hirst, of the University of exhaustive tests and retry of Agriculture it was considerable number ot •ti at regular intervals, I each year, and copies of
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  • 274 11 Further Appreciation Of Home Securities 1 For the ninth month in succession the j valuation oi Stock Exchange securities prepared by the Bankers' Magazine snows an increase, the aggregate value on September 19 of the 365 representative securities included in the i valuation being £6.594.050,000. compared with £6.532,447.000
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  • 112 11 Factories Unable To Withstand Competition Thf Chinese rubber trade has lately been much depressed, says a Shanghai message, as a result ot foreign competition, according to information from the Rubber Trade Union in Shanghai. It is said that, originally. Shanghai had forty big rubber factories and twenty-two
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  • 48 11 Rio de Janeiro, Oct. 1. The National Coffee Department announces that up to and including Sept. 15 the total amount of coffee destroyed in Brazil was 22,248.489 bags. Of this total 12.840.812 bags was Sao Paulo cgffee. 6.758.740 Santos, and 1.521.741 Rio de Janeiro and Nictheroy.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 410 11 Assets exceed $12,000,0X1 t*m*r**ee In force $UMsJ*m The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. I (Incorporated in tbe Straits Settlement*) HEAD OFFICE Great Eastern Life Building, Cecil Street, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE 27 Old Jewrv ar The Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England and compiles with the
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    • 385 11 THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LTD. (Established in 1886 Capital Subscribed (Fully paid up^ Y. 100.000.000 Reserve Fund Y. 121,250,000 President: K. Kodama, Esq. Vice-President: T. Okubo. Esq Head Offlce: Yokohama Singapore Branch MEYER CHAMBERS RAFFLES PLACE. LONDON BANKERS Westminster Bank, Ltd. The National Provincial Bank. Ltd Lloyd's Bank, Ltd. BRANCHES
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    • 438 11 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINI (Incorporated ln England by Royal Charter) Paid up capital ln 600, 0t* shares of £5 eacb £3 00tte» Reserve Fund SnSasa Reserve Liability ol ,W Proprietors £3 00ttt» HEAD OFFICE; 38, Bishopsgate, London, E.C. Agencies and Branches Alor Star Hollo Bemaran» Amritsar Ipoh
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  • 256 12 Views Of Liverpool Owners The Liverpool Steamship Owners' Association issued a statement in the following terms over the signatures of Colonel J. G. B. Beazley. chairman, and Mr. Lawrence D. Holt, vice-chair-man: "The Liverpool Steamship Owners' Association, which represents with paramount authority the shipping trade of Liverpool, and
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  • 133 12 Per President Harrison Mr Robt A Bright. Mr. and Mrs. H Cathers Mrs. May Forbes. Miss Hannah Hall Mr. W. E. Heather. Mr. and Mrs L Randolph Higgs. Mr. J R. Kracht. Mr A. T. Lupp. Mr McKarl Nielsen. Mrs Helen K. Park. Mr. Amador Rojo. Mrs I.
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  • 748 12 How Miss Britain 111 Burnt Out THRILL AFTER BEATING RECORD Just as she shot over the finishing i line in Poole Harbour. Dorset, smashing the British sea mile record. Miss Britain 111, the world's fastest single-engined speed-boat, burst into flames. While other craft rushed to her assistance.
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  • 108 12 Llovds Medal For Blue Funnel Skipper London. Oct. 20. The Lloyds silver medal ior meritorious services, which is awarded to those who "by extraordinary ex» rtion contribute to the preservation of vessels and cargoes from perils of all kinds has been presented to Captain D L C. Fvans
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  • 126 12 .Militai} ind IM.K. B*| An \v The tl irom B u.\>, d laih :or Sinnap« n Hon K ,dD#A on Saiui riirn -a- .mi tor Singapor. !or R E ud Wilt.shi:--ol 28 BM n R A h Ht ading and .15 Major J M Mori panted 1.;.
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  • 78 12 Police Vessels and Pirate Fishermen Medan. Oct. 20 The Java Bode says that arrangements have been made for the Government vessels Volk and Rigel to leave on long range cruises through Dutch East Indian waters, the Volk following a route through the Rhio Archipelago and Bengkalis and
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 644 12 Burns Philp Line. (Incorporated in Australia) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailing by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,375 tons) and the s.s. MANGOLA (3,352 tons): ICargo only] s.s. MARELLA ls one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia. Cabins de
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    • 85 12 I. S. K. LINE. ISHIHARA INDUSTRIAL AMI TRANSPORT CO. •Incorporated in Japan* REGILAR FREIGHT AND PASSENGER SERVICE. From Japan Due Sail HAVRE MARU Nov 1 Nov 1 KOR KOBE, OSAKA. MOJI. YAWATA NAGOYA AND YOKOHAMA. Due Sails ERIE MARU Nov. 15 Nov 15 BOSTON MARU Nov. 30 Dec 1 CLYDE
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    • 103 12 HENDERSON LINE SCBFM If <»l S4IMN(^ By Fortnightly Paasencer M"*" Between R*nroon. Port ""J* Marseilles. Tal^a ami I n*>»"« HOMFWtRD >%IMS s Port of I^-b.rk.ilj^n^^ 1 I YOMA JJJ j PEGU 4 4 CHINDWIN 30 BHAMO IMJ 4 AMAPAPCX I g SAGAING ,0 BURMA ,4 YOMA 10 PEGU Jk 24
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 558 12 Local And j Foreign Mail Despatches and Arrivals BY TRAIN Bangkok every Saturday 7 p.m. and Thursday 7.30 a.m. Kedah Monday to Friday Saturday 7 p.m. i Kuantan (via Jerantut) Monday to Friday 7.30 a.m. Kuantan (via Jerantut) Saturdays 7 p.m. Kelantan (via Padang Besar) Monday and Friday 7 p.m.
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    • 212 12 Singapo re Ha rbou t Ships Alongside the ul Expected h East Wharf (Entran, r c.. u HMS. Herald ,f > 22; Piancius 20 h>^ Kota-Radja 6 Maru 14: Pn M k*»%! Main Wharf (Entra, < IAU Rhexenor no K u 33; City ol Khi Hu Empire Dock (Fntr, u
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    • 569 13 P. O. jritish India and Apcar Lines. I (Incorporated ln England) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. kNINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. CO. rVDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE jpTWARDS FROM LONDON FOR CHINA JAPAN. Due Due Tonnage. Singapore Tonnage. Singapore. I .tflfAU 8810 Oct.
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    • 590 13 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in England) "ELLERMAN" LINE. FOR HAVRE, LONDON, ROTTERDAM AND HAMBURG. VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL Steamer Dae SaUs City of Bagdad Oct. 30 Nov. 2 City of Lille Nov. 29 Dec. 2 City of Evansville Dec. 29 Jan. 2 City of Norwich Jan. 29
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    • 1153 13 f £2 «2^Jd?L| SSS ™f£™»W WTAAMBB^^timV THR »f^*S U S^i^^ a J So Lid THROUNARD STEAMSHIP Oo Ltd THE C«^Nasi£a™? KJ' 3S STeSSSp ct KJ THR BIAM otwai? m_?32?a J^i, 2™ AUSTRALIAN ORIENTAL LINE HA TUB BIAM BTEAM NAVIGATION Co.. THR SUN SHIPPING 00.. LTO!^ «h. T INSURANCE. The Liverpool
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    • 778 14 it. P. ML KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ PLANCIUS— Monday, Oct. 23, Belawan-Deli. BOTH— Monday. Oct. 23. Batavia, Semarang and Cheribon. MAKASSER— Monday, Oct. 23, Selat-Pandjang. Koedap, Bengkalis and Bagan Si-Api-Apl. ROKAN- Tuesday. Oct. 24. Bengkalis, Paneh, Berombang, Tandjong-Mengei-dar, T.indjong-Leidong and Asahan. PALlMA— Tuesday, Oct. 24, Penang, (mails only) and Bagan bi-
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    • 544 14 TO EUROPE FROM SINGAPORE AND JWfiS^Si^TSSSSft BOMBAY, SUEZ, PORT SAID, A^X^R^ NAPLES, GENOA, MARSEILLES AND NEW YORK. Arrive Leave Leave Arri™ S'pore. S'pore. Penang. N.Yorlc I Pres. Harrison In Port Oct. 24 Oct. 26 Dee 5 Pres Haves Nov. 4 Nov. 7 Nov. 9 Dec 19 Prel! iSZm Nov. 18
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    • 484 14 TO NAPLES. MARSEILLES, LONDON, AVIUii:, MIDDLESBRO! OH. v \*l YASUKUNI MARU 12.000 Oct 31 Nov. 1 tTERUKUNI HAKONE MARU 10,400 Nov. 15 16 HAKUSAN v I SSUWA MARU 10.600 Nov. 30 Dec. 1 HARUNA X >■ I {FUSHIMI MARU 10,900 Dec. 14 \b KATORI MA. N HAKOZAKI MARU 10,900 Dec
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  • 2446 15 Rugby A HARD TUSSLE AT SEREMBAN Selangor Beat Penang WILTSHIRES AND PUBLIC SERVICES H MUA PORE WIN AT SEREMBAN Our Own Correspondent.) ;c 9 pts.; Negri-Malacca 5. *vre successful in their State Rugby fixture against >< mbilan and Malacca at on Saturday by nine five,
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  • 1529 15 I Hockey I SINGAPORE AND WILTSHIRES DEFEATED A Close Match On Padang SINGAPORE BEATEN Selangor .3: Singapore I. Selangor carried the day in great SX When they vlslte d Singapor! on hoekev ay r h the rSt loCal 'nter-ltate y match of the season. Their stondfn,
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  • 364 15 Seven Goals Against Negri Sembilan (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh. Oct. 21. Perak opened the hockey season brilliantly by beating Negri Sembilan ln the first inter-state fixture by seven goals to one From the opening bully the Perak forwards raced away, passing cleverly, for Osman to draw blood
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  • 309 15 Results Of "Sportsman" Carnival The second annual Cycling Carnival organised by the "Sportsman" Magazine was successl ully held yesterday morning at the Jalan Besar Stadium The entries received this year were more than last year and the attendance was good. The Non-European Unemployment Fund will benefit by a better
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  • 96 15 Easy Victory Over Wiltshires Wiltshire Regt. nil: Selangor. 4 The Wiltshire Regiment, without the services of their regular centre half. Worsdell. did well to prevent a Selangor hockey eleven in which there were four changes from the side that beat Singapore the previous day. from scoring more
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  • 1533 16 But They Played A Dull Game VILLAS FOUL LUCK Last -Minute Goal •From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Oct. 21. Tottenham won a valuable point in their match at Everton to-day but ihe Arsenal, by defeating Leicester at Highbury, crept a point nearer the
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  • 82 16 Early Opinion Favours Oxford From Our Own Correspondent > London, Oct. 21. Experts watching the trials have already formed an opinion in favour of Oxford's chances in next year's boat race. Sheffield Uniteds best position in the League for seven seasons has been seventh. The team has
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  • 1201 16 Smith Loses After Being 3 Up At End Of Morning Round A FTER being 3 down at the end of thc morning round S. X. Kelly sprang the big golfing surprise of the year by defeating J. T. Smith at the 38th. hole in the
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  • 345 16 Boxing Song Outpoints Ceylon Champion Y. C. Song surprised a large crowd at the New Word on Saturday night when he outpointed Thajudeen. the Ceylon champion, in a ten 3-minute rounds contest. Thajudeen appears to have sufTered through his long wait for an engagement in Singapore. He was
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  • 106 16 Home Rugby Blaekheath I^se To London Scottish i London <M Both the Unvei engagements to-day. the Dark Bluts Just getting home Taylors, while Cambridc I quins 14 3. On Th< L ndon ground Blaekheath lotf •>: point in 13. and in U pionship -Midlands Gri shire deieated
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  • 71 16 BOROTRA BEA TS AUSTIN British Hard CwwrU Final London. <>, i I At Queer. I Clut) covered COUTf champl rotra France* b« 6—3. 5 7: 6 4 I Austin .ind Borotra did not (Other Sport on Pare !i the event last y< ai V> rr\ Rogers ol Ireland ill Austin
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 154 16 He is not a Hero J& 7 1 ~not one of those men I^-. W^° Pl un e recklessly into I^^^X^CT^^ j a cold bath every day *^JN^<7i he knows the glorious JLj^V ,uxui 7 °f bot bath and V'tJfß), bas it, not now and then, but Auly at any
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    • 175 16 HEAVY TITLE BOUT Camera Opposed To Uzcudun Rome. Oct. 21 Camera defends his world boxing championship title against the Spaniard Paollno Uzcudun on Sunday afternoon in a fifteen round contest. The betting is 7 to 5 in Camera's favour. Signor Mussolini is expected to be present.— Reuter. Rome, Later. The
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    • 23 16 100% BRITISH REGAL UNSWEETENED CONDENSED Procurable at all leading Provision Shops. Sole Agents: HENRY WAUGH CO.. LTD. SINGAPORE. PENANG. KUALA LUMPL K. SOS
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