The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 16 February 1934

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    Masthead
    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. WO, 14,192. ESTD. 1835. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1934. 10 CENTS.
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    Socialists In Austrian District Are
    502 1 STILL HOLDING OLT Big Battle \t Linz AMNESTY OFFERED Socialists are >iMI g up a gallant light m and despite the ;y offered bj Chan- i Dolfuss. few have rulered. Outside Linz malcontents are m coinpossession of a town- hut it is indicated m cables
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    Socialist Retreat
    171 1 At two o'clock this morning Socialists from Florisdorf and Jedlersee retreated to the Goethehof a block of workers' flats on the Danube, north of Vienna, which the Government is bombarding with artillery, and setting fire to tar factories, cafes and gas pipes m the neighbourhood. Reuter. Chancellor Dollfuss
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    London Summary
    331 1 London, Feb. 13. This afternoon m the House oi' I Commons the Foreign Secretary. Sir John Simon, read reports on the situation from the British Minister m Vienna, Sir Walford Selby. The latter j has been informed by the Austrian political director for foreign affairs that the sequence
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    Claimed Annihilation Of Chinese Division
    520 1 COMMUNISTS NOW HELPING TO CLEAN UP NINGHSIA GAOL FOR THE "BIG SHOTS" ES. Airmail tract Probe Washington, Feb. 15. Mr. MacCracken. Under-Secretary m the Hoover Government, was found guilty today of contempt of the Senate for refusing to appear at the Senate enquiry into air
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    CHANNEL FOG MISHAPS
    193 1 Four Steamers In Distress i London, Feb. 15. During a dense fog m the English Channel last night the steamer Mart- Iford was m collision off the Isle of Wight with the Greek steamer MaianI dross which was sunk. The Martford 'picked up one of the crew
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    On Other Pages
    96 1 Government to regulate noise m Mala> a Page 6. H.E. the Governor flies to Penang this morning to catch the mail steamer to England Page All about a planter's bravest deed of the year— Page 6. Of interest to women and movie fans Page 4. DiMrovery of
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    CANADIAN MISSIONARY MURDERED
    57 1 And House boy Shot By Robbers Tokio. Feb. 15. It is learned irom Hsinking that Father Emile Charest, belonging to the Canadian Mission of Quebec, and his jManchu houseboy were shot and killed by robbers who entered and looted Un vicarage at Cheng Chiatung, 150 miles southwest
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    ARMS CONFERENCE
    88 1 No Date For Sitting Fixed Yet London. Feb. 13. The steering committee of the Disarmament Commission sat for two nours to-day but did not deal with the question of the new date for the reconvocation of the conference. This possibly will be considered this afternoon. The morning's proceedings
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    CHINA IN GERMANY
    65 1 Closer Understanding Is Aimed At Berlin. FeS. IS. Liv Chung-chieh. the new Chinese ministers, was entertained to luncheon by the China Club of German Industry. Many government officials. Nazi lead- ers and prominent industrialists were present. Liv Chung-chieh stressed a desire for a closer understanding between China
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    CHINESE AIRCRAFT
    47 1 Factory Proposed Al Loyang Shanghai, Feb. 15. The Chinese Ministry of Communications proposes to erect a large scale aeroplane factory at Loyang. North Hupei. The Ministry has started negotiations with German interests tor the supply of technical experts and mat- erlals.— Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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    PRINCE GEORGE
    17 1 London, Feb. 14. Prince George has been promoted I Commander m the Royal Navy.— Reuter
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    Russia May Buy More
    128 1 TRADE PACT FORECAST London, Feb. 15. Reuter understands that the Anglo- Russian trade agreement aims at increasing the proportion of Russian •.purchases m Britain which are at. present greatly exceeded by the valu» ol Russian imports. The rates ol interest charged on .British Government guarantees ofl
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    MARRIED IN HONG KONG
    293 2 Miss Kathleen Niblock And Mr. D. Mortlock The marriage was solemnised on Saturday afternoon (Feb. 3> at St. John's Cathedral Hong Kong of Miss Kathleen Nibl >ck. only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Niblock of Upper ißassett. near Southampton. Hants, and late of Keppel Harbour.
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    Over 1,000 Killed
    673 2 Vienna, Feb. 14. Personal observations combined with known facts indicate that the deaths number between a thousand and 1.500 of whom between 500 and 600 were killed m Vienna alone. j A communique says the Government is master of the situation at Linz, Bruck, Kapsenberg. Steyr and
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    Austria And The League
    295 2 London, Feb. 13. Sir John Simon read m the House of Commons to-day the aide memoire handed on Feb. 9. to the Austrian Minister m London, the day after receiving from him a copy of the documents on which the Austrian Govern- ment proposed to base
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    PACIFIC MYSTERY
    79 2 Admiral Byrd Sails On New Quest New Yorfc, Fefc. 13. Admiral Byrd has sailed eastward m jthe barquentine Bear, of Oakland, with jthe object of exploring the mysteries jof the coasjtal front of the Pacific quadrant, which up to now have eluded him He is heading directly for
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    ANGLO-SOVIET TREATY
    43 2 Now All Ready To be Signed London, Feb. 13. It is understood that sufficient progress has been made m the negotiations to enable the Anglo-Soviet treaty to be signed on Thursday Details, up to now, have not been divulged Reuter Wireless
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    POETS AND PEASANTS
    73 2 They All Want Mussolini To Represent Them Rome, Feb. 13. Signor Mussolini has been requested by every profession and trade, from artists to agricultural labours, to represent them m the new Chamber to be elected on Mar. 25. All large professional associations of employers and employees have
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    WHITES AROUSED
    50 2 1 Hernando. Feb. 12. Negro troops are holding at bay 500 whites who are surging .round the court house m an attempt to lynch three negroes who are being tried on a charge of assaulting a white girl. The court house is surrounded with barbed wire Reuter Wireless
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    MARIE, THE GREAT!
    199 2 Grand Attraction \t Pavilion So at last this now Mark I Lionel Barrymore plctUtf Singapore—this "Christophei which those Pavilion publii 11 such paeans oi prai < pher Bean." the merltl proclaimed at thoir k>ud< from every rooftop And n here you can ask yourselvei fuss justified? Mr
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      319 2 THREW AWAY HIS STICK When Sciatica Yielded to Kruschen There can be no doubt that this man has finished walking with a stick, for it is now lour years since he discarded it Hr writes "For 18 months I sutler- j ed with chronic sciatica and rheumat- 1 Itm. and
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      311 2 TENDERS SIXGA?ORI I MUNK^PALJV, I Tenders. I Tenders are now ir. I foUowing materials or I particulars, see Munieipu I Supply of 10,000 gallons *g Bitumen. Date of Cl, I Thursday. Feb. 22nd J. I Supply of 2.500 cubic I Quality Filter Sand. Dal I 4 p.m. Monday. March I
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      184 2 DIARY OF THE WEEK Friday, 16th. High Tides. 00.28 a.m., 12.10 p.m. Billiards: S.C.C. championship final at S.C.C, 5.30 p.m. Football: S.C.C. vs. Fraser and Neave, i Saturday. 17th. High Tidos. 00.55 a.m., 12.50 p.m. Police Band at Telok Ayer. 5.15 p.m. 'Football: Clerical Union vs. Wiltshires, Jalan Besar; H.M.S.
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    Feeding The Patient Back To Health
    912 4 By Our Woman Correspondent J~OOD is of the greatest importance to those recovering irom illness, j It would be neither easy nor appropriate to deul with diet for specific ailments and temporary abnormal conditions: those I have m mind are the people on the
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    A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A MOVIE STAR
    784 4 A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A MOVIE STAR On the Lot With Kay Francis MOST of you think it's pretty soft to be a famous movie star, to wear beautiful clothes, enjoy the adulation of millions, with little to do but posej a few minutes a day before the
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    SINGERS GO ABROAD
    194 4 Opera m Britain is A -Washout" "There is no opera m this country." Sir Thomas Beecham told the annual conference of the Incorporated Society of Musicians, at the Hotel Great Central. It was. he said, a "washout." "'Ninety-nine out of every hundred singers m the world are
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    WOMAN LAWYER
    134 4 Miss A. Viola Smith Admitted m Shanghai Shanghai. Jan. 30. Third American woman m China to be admitted. Miss A. Viola Smith became a member of the American Bar Association of China yesterday morning on the proposal of Major C P Holcomb. which was accepted by Judge Milton
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      356 4 ■tS^i fl _rl *&CTi \2hduiLvuj waikltUf RUINS YOIR HAIR Soap should 1»»* u-.-d ft you Kant to keep \our bait I be*t. Many soap- anl poos contain too mm li «r dries the scalp, mmmmtt t and ruins it. The be«t thimj f.r Mul-dned cocoa nut oil -lv i is
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    353 5 For the first time m twenty-one years the draw for the Davis Cup was held m London. Sir Samuel Iloare. Secretary of State for India and President of the Lawn Tennis Association, presided when the Draw took place at the C ouncil Chamber of the India Office, Fifteen nations will
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    "DORA" COMES TO MALAYA
    698 6 No Gramophone Or Wireless After Midnight! Bad news for the Bright young Things of Singapore m future, if you wish to play a gramophone and carry on the party after midnight, you must obtain the consent m writing ot the Chief Police Officer, or some other
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    POLISH CONSULATE
    94 6 To Be Established Here Next Year •From Our Own Correspondent.) Medan. Feb. 12. A Polish consular officer. Dr. Przy- bylkiewicz. is now visiting the N.E.I. In an interview with the Bataviaasch Nieuwsblad he stated that Poland intends to cs f ablish various! consulates m the Far East There
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    FOOTBALL COMPETITION No. 26.
    65 6 Wednesday rs. Manchester C. Umiaihso vs. Leicester Liverpool vs. Bolton Sfj* oll vs. Northampton toke vs. Chelsea Arsenal Derby Tottenham vs. Aaton Villa SS^ Sauth vs Cowdenbeath Hibernians vs Aberdeen Rangers vs. Hearts This daplicate list is for the convenience of competitors tn keeping a record
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    MR. J. H. THOMAS AND IRELAND
    378 6 "DOOR WILL NEVER BE CLOSED" Ties That Should Make Us Friends I A plea for good understanding and friendship with the Irish Free State was made by Mr. J. H. Thomas, the Dominions Secretary, speaking at the dinner of the Birmingham Jewellers' and Silversmiths'
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    GOVERNOR LEAVES TO-DAY
    132 6 FLYING VISIT TO PENANG To Confer With Sir A. Cadogan Owing to the late arrival of the P and O. Chitral at Penang, Sir Alexander Cadogan's aerial dash down the coast to meet H.E. the Governor m Singapore before Sir Cecil Clementi went on leave has been
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    GENERAL OLDFIELD
    196 6 A Month's Holiday m Ceylon Major-General L. C. C. Oldfield. C.8.. C.M.0.. D.5.0., R.A.. who was until lately the G.0.C.. Troops m Malaya, accompanied by Mrs. Oldfield and Miss Oldfield, arrived m Colombo last week from Singapore, travelling m the P. and O. Corfu. Major-General Oldfield. who was
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    $150 Must Be Won
    643 6 $1 50 Must Be Won FREE PRESS FOOTBALL COMPETITION Six Free Chances Every Week Below will be found particulars of the Free Press Football Competition No 2b In wrJch you are asked to forecast results of ten matches to be played m the Khfchsh and Scottish Cup Comnetitior.s on Feb
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    PERFORMED BRAVEST DEED OF THE YEAR
    846 6 BUT WAS TOO MODEST TO TALK ABOUT IT F.M.S. Planter's Gallantry Publishing the announcement which has already appear3d m the Free! Press) that the Stanhope Gold Medal lor the bravest act of 1933 has been awarded to Mr. H. E. B. Jones, an F.M.S.
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    THIS RUBBER TALK
    163 7 THIS RUBBER TALK Malaya 's I 'Strong Suspicion Batavia, Feb. 15. The Java Bode reports that while no I differences exist m principle between Holland and Netherlands India. asi well as between planters, it is still believed that m Malaya there is strong j suspicion regarding Netherlands India's capacity to
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    ALL HAD A GREAT TIME
    103 7 Penang Celebrates The New Year i From Our Own Correspondent Penang, Feb. 15. Chinese New Year was celebrated with great style m Penang where all j appeared to join m the celebrations which coincided with the opening of the Windsor Theatre. Penang's most modern talkie
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      330 7 aa_a»»iiMM ll IM MI ll tll iiiiiiiwi mi an n—__m. j A World-famous Story -read by every BRITISHER, I- now comes to the. Screen as the Season's most I j exhilarating Entertainment j Gaumont-British Productions present I j VICTOR McLAGLEN j m Harrison Ainsworth's dashing story of Adventure I and
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    The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1934.
    496 8 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1934. I "Dora Comes To TTHE catalogue of noisy instruments to use the phraseology which the Government has adopted m its campaign against noise has been' enlarged. Strangely, enough, when one observes the nature of that enlargement, without a voice of protest being
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    As I was Saying
    836 8 HIS Excellency the Governor leaves' Singapore by air this morning fori Penang m order to have a brief conference with Sir Alexander Cadogan.j the British Minister m China, who isj on his way to take up his appointment, i Lady Clementi and her daughters leave Singapore
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    FROM DAY TO DAY
    376 8 Mr. W. A. Fell is proceeding on leave by the Ranpura this morning. The engagement announced between Miss Betty Sturrock and Mr. B. S. Kinder has been cancelled. His Highness the Sultan of Pahang and party will visit Singapore on Feb. 22 to attend the race
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    Nature's Humorists
    1319 8 RJIALAYA is m many resp. ™tiiul country, and deeplfa things sometimes said at climate, life there can bp able indeed provided that sesses the first requisite m humour. Given this, one ciate the humour of tinhabitants." great and si: and move and have th the area twixt Alor
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    THE RED ARMY IS READY
    2487 9 military forces m Manchuria have reached already a strength unnecessary for the "defence of Japanese interests" m that "indepenedent" State. The growth of the number of troops and armaments m Manchuria continues. All this, m connection with the events which occurred and continue to occur
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      101 9 COMMODITY MARKET Latest Rubber and Tin Prices And Sterling Rates RUBBER London, Feb. 15. Spot Sellers) 4 3132 d <47 B d.) J Buyers) 429 32d <4 13 16d> Feb.-Mar. 5 1 32 d < 4 29 32d April- June 5 9 64d <sd) July-Sept. 5 13 64d '5 5
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      318 9 ll^^J "His Master's Voice j NEW DANCE RECORDS I FOR FEBRUARY 1934 RAY NOBLE AND HIS OR(HI>TR\ When you were the firl on the mooter 'Film "Broadway through a Keyhole Fox Trot La-di-da-di-da <That a pretty thing"* Fox Trot Song without word* My song goes round the world Fox Trot
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    ORGANISATION OF RUBBER RESEARCH
    887 10 Dutch Ready To Contribute To Scheme Batavia. Jan. 30. The Netherlands' Indies are now equally ready to contribute their share to international research and propaganda ior increasing the consumption of rubber. On the budget the amounts necessary lor this purpose have been allotted. The economic crisis
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    RUBBER RESTRICTION
    113 10 Ceylon Forms Advisory Committee Five representatives oi Ceylon rubber interests conferred with the Minister of Agriculture and Lands last week over the question ot rubber restriction. They were Messrs. C. E. Hawes. C. E. A Dias. G. K. Stewart. A. B Gomes, and H. W. Amarasooriya. II is
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    COMING OF AGE
    233 10 Canberra's Twenty-first Anniversary Canberra, Feb. 4. On March 13. 1913. Lady Denman. wife of the then Governor-General m a ceremony which has now become historic, officially named Australia's new capital city. Canberra. A proposal has been made that the twenty- first anniversary ol that date, this year,
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    JAPANESE APPLES IN INDIA
    174 10 5,000,000 Landed m Bombay Last Season Bombay, Jan. 17. Japan is now exporting apples to India. Bombay has imported more than fifty thousand cases of these apples during the last five weeks. The first consignments were received m the beginning of 1933— as an experimental measure—
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    CABLE COMBINE THE OBSTACLE?
    347 10 CABLE COMBINE THE OBSTACLE? To Radio Links With Java I (From Our Own Correspondent.** Medan, Feb. 12. While wireless communication is extending satisfactorily m Java, it is asserted that a foreign monopoly is retarding development further afield, m an article m the Java Bode which has aroused much attention locally.
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    A MAD SCHEME
    140 10 To Settle Dutch Colony In New Guinea •From Our Own Correspondent. I Medan, Feb. 8. It was reported some months ago that 1 50 Dutchmen had decided to brave the rigorous of the wilds of New Guinea m j order to establish a new colony m the
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    IRON AND STEEL
    201 10 Time To Reorganise The Industry London, Feb. 14. The correspondence has been published which was exchanged between Sir I George May, chairman of the Import Duties Advisory Committee, and Mr. Neville Chamberlain, agreeing that the I time has come to reorganise the iron jand steel industry on
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    Wall Street
    215 10 U.S. Steel 55 7 8 56^ Anaconda Copper 15 5 8 16 3 4 United Press Association. 2,190.000 2.060,000 1.940.000 ADDITIONAL ITEMS 30 Industrials 105.47 106.10 106.78 30 Rails 49.66 50.37 50.70 20 Utilities 28.55 28.43 28.66 50 Bonds 90.73 91.16 91.49 SALES STOCK EXCHANGE Feb. 10 13.
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    £ Abroad
    71 10 Abroad London, Feb. 13. Exchanges to-day were: Paris 77 3 32. Prague 109 r 2 Helsingfors 226 1 Madrid 37 9 16. Lisbon 109%. Athens 530 sellers. Bucharest 510. Belgrade 227 Rio 4' r> sellers, official. Buenos Aires 36% sellers official. Montevideo 38 sellers official. Bombay 1 6 3 32.
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    EUROPEAN STRESS
    78 10 London Stock Market Overshadowed London. Feb. 13. The Stock Exchange, generally, has continued to be overshadowed by European political unrest although finally most sections rallied, mainly under better Wall Street influences. The commodity markets ruled featureless with the exception of rubber which, after heavy liquidation following the joint
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    A BREAK DOWN
    219 10 Anglo-Japanese Talks On Textile London. Feb. 14. The Anglo-Japanese textile negotiations encountered an obstacle on the first day and adjourned for a week to enable an informal exchange of views. It is understood that the differences relate to the geographical scope of the conference. The British desire
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    Imperial Preference In Ceylon
    248 10 Imperial Preference In Ceylon CEYLON'S COCONUTS Lower Prices For AH Produce, Hut Mattvess Fibre The coconut industry, unlike Ceylon's Other major industries, had a decidedly; ;bad year m 1933. and the extent to! iwhich it suffered irom the effect, oi I the economic blizzard is indicated by a i comparison
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    JANUARY TIN OUTPUT
    25 10 Takuapa Valley Tin Output lirst half February 461 hours. 119.000 cubic! yards. 770 piculs. both dredges stopped I Feb. 9. completion quota.
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    Home Government Asked To Assert Itself
    246 10 Home Govern me nt Asked To Assert Itself In the House 0| Con: Major H. A. Proctor, a Lai ■ervative. Inquin d for Inl regard to the position ol m Ceylon, and what npi had been made and What s proposed to take to lecuri traders fair conditions i Colonial
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    VISIT TO FAR EAST
    68 10 Australian Minister And The From Our Own COfl .Medan Fe* I In connection with tn Mr Latham, the Australian At! eral. to the Far East th learns that he will be ace a very small party win not include any nfflclalw metlts Of Commerce and only
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    JANUARY TIN OUTPUTS
    208 10 The North Taiping Tin Ltd.. hours i>4l ibic pi kuls 374. Rantau Tin Dredging 639: cubic yards 90.000 li Batu Belangor Tin Dr hours 179.30; cubic ar 90. Klang River Tin Dr< hours 645. cubic win; 367. Ampat Tin Dredgln Caves Mine* hours 59 123.500; Dlkula 900
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    ARTIFICIAL RADIUM
    444 11 [ARIS SCIENTIST'S DISCOVERY Lord Rutherford And Its Importance titer more than 20 years* has succeeded m producing radio-activity- radiation from meous transmutation oi one m into another. Ince Mme. Curie first isolated scientists have tried both to rate at which radium atoms md to imitate their slow exAlways
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    AVIATION TRAINING IN RANGOON
    82 11 I»- Applications Received onnection with the School of proposed by the Arm of U Company, No. 193. Sule PagoRangoon, the procedure rehat applicants who wish to la course are to apply or their names to the Company their intention of pursuing opening oi the school dea
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    HUMAN BODY LIKE A MINEmine- ■ i
    205 11 HUMAN BODY LIKE A MINEmine- i Silver, Lead, Tin, Copper, hand m hand with the "boron" of boracic acid and. m a triple entente, with both copper and iron. Such alliances, Dr. Sheldon states, mean that the different minerals must i not merely be present m the body, but j
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    RESEARCH ALONG NEW LINES
    625 11 RESEARCH ALONG NEW LINES Poison gases and precious metals may alike be raw materials, of which the most complex of all factories, the human body, has need. There is lead m the eye. silver m the thyroid gland, and there may be tin m the tongue, but why they are
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    BOY'S UNDERGROUND CINEMA
    272 11 .Enterprise Checked By Police < Action i London. Jan. Hi. It The enterprise ol a thirteen-year-old;! Ramsgute boy who has bejn giving cinema shows m an underground build- ing was checked at the Police Court < yesterday when his mother. Mrs. Lucy BtsabeUi Oliver, tenant of the
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    152 11 4 Lord Carson Replies To The "Armistice" Suggestion London, Jan. 22. Lord Carson m a letter to the Morning Post with reference to the j "armistice" suggestion says so far as !he was concerned an "armistice" was unnecessary. "I only asked that all members of
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    GUNMEN PREFER BLONDES
    190 11 And The Cost to U.S. is £2,500,000,000 a Year New York, Jan. 20. Ounmen here can be hired at about! per hold-up job. according to I Sen r.or Royal S. Copeland; and they together with other criminals, cost the i Lnltcd States about £2.500.000 000 every year.
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    POISON IN MEDICINE
    402 11 "Would Probably Act As Tonic" The fact that poison, put In a woman's medicine with murderous Intentions, might have had a tonic effect, was stated at Cambridge Assizes, i William Baden Staley. 33. a miner, was charged with putting a certain poison, phenol c carbolic acid powder*,
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    FLYING VISITS
    115 11 Eagle Officers at Kuala Lumpur <From Our Own Correspondent* Taiping. Feb. 13. Three Hawker Ospreys from H.M.S. Eagle, which is now lying off Port i Swettenham. landed at the local aero- j t drome today. In one plane was Capt. L. V. Wells of H.M.S. Eagle. The District
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    SHARK ATTACK
    230 12 Sydney Swimmer Badly Mauled Attacked by a shark while surfing at Queenscliff. near Sydney, Colin Grant. 22, a well-known life-safer, ad his left leg badly mauled, necessitating its amputation below the knee. Grant who is a member of the Queenscliff club, was about 50 yaids out with the
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      549 12 EE^ORE THE STEEL SHIPS Newfoundland Industry Of Former Days The Wooden Walls among the ice floes. By Major W. Howe Greene (Hutchinson >. The wooden walls are the old stocky steamships of oak and green-heart, of 300—500 tons burden, which m the closing years of the last
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      RATE INCREASE
      139 12 LNew York Conference Intention A report has it that the New York Freight Conference, which some time ago decided to raise its official rate on iron materials from America to the Far East by 25 per cent, on April 1, is now attempting a similar increase on other
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      JAPANESE CASUALTY
      63 12 Steamer Runs Ashore Near Moji Tokyo, Jan. 26. The s.s. Taiun Maru No 2. displacing 996 tons and belonging to the Shozo Kawaguchi Company, went ashore this norning at the Strait of Shimonoseki, near Moji. Although one of her holds has been flooded, she is reported to have
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      PASSENGERS HOMEWARD
      844 12 The following pasengers are proceeding per s.s. Ranpura sailing at 9.30 a.m. taday for Penang. Colombo. Bombay and Europe: Miss V. E. M. Hunt. Miss C. Millar, Mr. W. F. Wigley. Mr. and Mrs. D Gow and child, Mr. and Mrs. Payne, Mrs. C. Potts. Mr. and Mrs.
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      106 12 SINGAPORE HARBOUR Ships Alongside the Wh.u Expected to Arrive East Wharf (Entrance (.ale Nieuw Zeeland 22. Main Wharf (Entrance Bale Ranpura 18; SUverha* 11: Plancius 9 empire Dock (Entrance Gate Tateishi Maru 30: B< v City oi Manila 35: St col Ti West Wharf (Entrance Gata Silversandal 46: Helen. Empire
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      167 12 Skuld. Norw.. 649 tons. Irom B 15.2 for Port Blair 15.2 Belawan. Dut.. 746 tons, from Band* jermasin 15.2 for Bandjermasta |gj Giang Seng. Brit.. 1.069 tons, Iron Semarang 15.2 lor Batavia Togian. Dut.. 672 tons, fa anak 15.2 lor Pontianak :t I Silverhazel. Brit.. 3,001 I Los
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      331 12 Windjammer Crew AmMi at Wedding Adelaide. Jan 1 The romance ol the wind L'Avenir. on which Mr Olav H and Miss Barbara Btrachey engaged, culminated to-day m marriage In the specially d little church of St. Clementi which could be seen the wind The wedding was the culmln
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      555 12 Burns Philp Line. 'Incorporated m 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): [Cargo only] s.s. MARELLA is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia. Cabins de
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      361 12 Local And Foreign Mail Despatches and Arrivals BY TRAIN Bangkok every Saturday 7 p.m. and Thursday 7.30 a.m. Saturday 7 p.m. Kuantan 'via Jerantut) Monday to Friday 7.30 a.m. Kuantan /ia Jerantut) Saturdays 7 p.m. Kelantan (via Padang Besar) Monday and Friday 7 p.m. Kelantan (via Gemas) every Monday. Wednesday,
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      484 13 F. O. British India and Apcar Lines. (Incorporated m England) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. CO. OUTWARDS FROM LONDON FOR CHINA JAPAN. Tonnage. Sln«ap£e. Tonnaae. Single. 1934. -iqoa (Itß^ 150°0 7 0° F G H ll MANTUA 000 RANCHI 17 SS S* l l BHUTAN
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      511 13 EUerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m EngIand"ELLERMAN" LINE FOR HAVRE, LONDON, ROTTERDAM AND HAMBURG VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL *««~-*%v*. Steamer Due Sails City of Khartoum Feb 27 Mar 2 City of Bath M ar.' 14 Mar.' 16 Calls at Dunkirk. FOR HONG KONG, SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. City of
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      1228 13 1 fcfcr K?M, _2_SSi_--l 1118 -^fca^-^^^ S=^ S :^-_^"^PRMNTlNo^__^^^ THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean THE HUA KHIOW STEAMSHIP CO (1931) Steam Ship Co. Ltd.. and China Ltd Mutual Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. THE CUNARD STEAM SHIP Co UI THE STRAITS STEAMSHIP Co Ltd THE SARAWAK STEAMSHIP Co Ltd •THE CHINA
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      961 14 f\m r m m. KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ nMU— Fliday, Feb. 16. Selat-Pandjang. Bengkalis. Soengei-Pakning. Siak and Pakan-Baroe TOMOHON Friday Fob. 16. Singkawang. Pemangkat and Sambas. ■APIA— Friday. Fob. 16. Poeloe-Kidjang. Sapat. Tembilahan. Poeloe-Pallas and Renpat. PLANCICS Friday, Feb. 16. Muntok 'passengers and mails only). Batavia, Semarang and Sourabaya. DE WTERT—
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      540 14 _^__J _a Ok AA f y V% I Im I i nLfliil _s. 'W.ILIJiJ 1 IH >tli I I iu__M l m 1 Tv^^HSkfe— ■Will CV HJ S>N 3%N 'PS.' \y >^\^' IIEL i \mmmm __B_^_M__!*l /s^^!^^^^ MMMMaMl^M^^J^^^^^^™"^^^^^^ TO EUROPE FROM SINGAPORE AND PENANG VIA COLOMBO, BOMBAY, SUEZ, POET S
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      687 14 —A mm mm __i B_fl I B______fl _______B mm Bi _B HH m______l 1 1 W| fl_____fl TO NAPLES, MARSEILLES, LONDON, ANTWERP, ROTTFRhw TO I.x..vIBURG Uh SKATORI MARU 10,000 Feb. 22 23 SFUSHIMI MARU ***** §KASHIMA MARU 10.000 Mar. 8 9 HAKOZAKI MARU 10 900 JYASUKINI MARU 12,000 Mar. 20
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    GIRLS HURT IN STATE HOCKEY MATCH
    899 15 GIRLS HURT IN STATE HOCKEY MATCH Singapore Held To Draw By Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 14. l< nt marred the Singapore— women's hockey match at npur. Miss Day *Moreira Miss M Lewis < Singapore) Miss Lewis was able to but Miss Moreiras injury ted medical attention. rianf R.C
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    GARDENS GOLF CLUB
    336 15 Golf A Year Of Progress Reviewed nJ!0? general meeting of the ?hn?w S 011 CIUD wiU 5 neld m the Club House on Thursday. Feb. 22 H«^nH a T al report b y Mr h. Holland, the captain, is as follows:--i Th- year was notable for the
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    HOLE IN ONE
    34 15 Playing at the Selangor Golf Club on Friday, D: A. Somerville M.C.S added his name to the roll of fame by holing his tee shot at the sth hole •189 yards).
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    HORSES ASSEMBLING IN SINGAPORE
    219 15 INVASION FROM UPCOUNTRY AT WEEK-END (By Our Racing Correspondent.) There was heavy rain at Bukit Timah yesterday and consequently conditions this morning did not lend themselves to fast work. The outside of No. 2 track was used for training and the following horses put m an
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    118 15 Selangor Golf Club Championship The draw tor the play oil m the^ Selangor Club Championship resulted as lollows W. H. Elkins vs. J. L. Ross. H. T. Ross vs. J. C. M. Bell. C. P. Allen vs. J. M. Fordham W. J. Gibb vs. W. G. Buehanan.
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    PADANG TENNIS CARNIVAL IN FULL SWING
    918 16 Surprise Defeats In Opening Stages EX-MALAYAN LADY CHAMPION IN PLAY Favoured by a day oi brilliant excellent progress was possible yesterday m the Chinese New Year open lawn tennis tournament at thje S.C.C. The heavy rain of the previous day made it impossible for
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    S.C.C. FOOTBALL
    178 16 Fixtures for the week commencing Monday. Feb. 19 are Monday Practice. Tuesday "B" XI vs. R.A. Battery. Wednesday **B"' XI vs. MPH 2nd. XI. Thursday Ist. XI vs. Ist. Wilts. Frday .—2nd. XI vs. R.A.F. 2nd. All players are requested to turn out on Monday for a kick-
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    M.C.C. IN CEYLON
    78 16 Programme Of Brief Tour i The M.C.C. arrived m Ceylon from Madras yesterday and begin a match against All Ceylon this morning. It will be continued on Saturday and concluded on Monday. A match against India and Ceylon will be played on the 22nd, 23rd and 24th.
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    NEWMAN MAKES BREAK OF 1,036
    37 16 NEWMAN MAKES BREAK OF 1,036 London, Feb. Z. In the billiards match, between Davis and Newman, at the close of play the scores were as follows: Davis (to play* 8,076. Newman 7,841, with a. break of 1,036.
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    NEW BRIGHTON LOSE
    19 16 London. Feb. 14. In a TJiirci Division (Northern match to-day Hartlepools bent New Brighton to Reuter
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    ROYAL SINGAPORE YACHT CLUB
    65 16 On Sunday, the Six-Metre Class will sail the second of the series of three races for the Dodo Challenge Cup. Start 10 a.m. The B Class will sail the second of the series of three races for the Tilling Challenge Cup. Start 10.10 a.m. The C
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB
    21 16 The usual monthly mixed foursomes will be played at the Singapore Golf Club on Monday afternoon next. 1
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    THAJUDEEN MUCH TOO GOOD FOR CHAN
    618 16 Towel Thrown In The Ring By Battler's Seconds j FIRST NIGHT AT STADIUM MOHAMED Thajudeen, the Ceylonese boxer who recently made so good an impression when he met I Aircraftsman Graham m the local ring, scored a decisive and 'deserved victory over Battling Chan,
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    Lists Filling Up For Amateur Tourney
    239 16 Lists Filling Up For Amateur Tourney Amateur boxers are remained that entries for the forthcoming amateur boxing tournament close on Feb. 22. Ail names must be In by that date. i Entries should be sent to tne Hon. Secretary. Mr. O. E. Hogan. c o the Singapore Free Press. The
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    INDIA CUP
    191 16 Army And R..\.l\ j To Meet The annual Army R boxing tournament I will take place at th Stadium on Men,. H.E. the GO C l Maj Of 1F Lewin) will distribute the pi •onclusion The band of 1 Regiment will be In will play before V.v dlPiag
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    VERDICT WAS WRONG
    89 16 Sailor ttoxers On Yiiw At Penanu From Our Own Carres Penanr. I ih ]j The boxins tournament Frolic last night drew boxing fans being anxious man Ewin. the nUooTewelg I tcrweight champion 02 th< I action. Ewin save a 'our rom bition contest with Seaman Br.tdy ar.d
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    KENT LOSE AT WATER POLO
    37 16 KENT LOSE AT WATER POLO From Our Own Com Penaag, Pt* H In a water polo match Swimming Club defea by five r.oals to nil Th( N a splendid display bin found I nese goalket per 9i
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