The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 25 May 1934

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1 16 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 16 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. NO. 14,273. ESTD. 1835. FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1934 CENTS
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  • 409 1 Rubber Weakens After D.E.I. Decision fcAN DUTCH CARRY OUT CONTROL SCHEME X London, May 24 m i of the people's Council of the D.E.I, to agree to duty on native rubber somewhat accentuated m rubber, although the market is convinced of a md
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  • 81 1 GRAN CHACO FIGHTING GOES ON Asuncion. May 21. In spite of the talk of an* arms embargo, fierce fighting continues m the Gran Chaco.— Reuter Wireless. Washington, May 22. Steps to stop shipments of arms to Bolivia and Paraguay have been approved by the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House
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  • 119 1 LEAGUE AWAITING REPLIES London. May 22. The special meeting of the League Council called for May 30 to deal with the Paraguay and Bolivia dispute wi.l consider further action with regard to the arms embargo proposal in the Jighi of replies received from 31 States to whom telegrams on the
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  • 170 1 REASON FOR JAPAN'S ACTION Large Plane Orders From U.S.A. London. May 24. *T*HE five Chinese air experts, headed by Gen. Wong Kong-yue are making visits to the following works: Armstrong-Siddeley <May 23 >. Handley Page. De Havilland and Fairey (May 24 Napier 'May 26 >. Hawkers and
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  • 63 1 Tin Prices May Be Depressed U.S. WORKS USE LESS vFrom Our Own Correspond >nt.) London, May 24. A MERICAN tinplate works are now running at 75 per cent, of capacity, compared with 80 per cent, during the last two months and a further drop is anticipated which, coupled with the
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  • 76 1 Atlantic Airmen Down Again FORCED LANDING IN SOUTH WALES London, May 24. •THE trans-Atlantic fliers, Messrs. Sabelli and Pond, took off from Baldonnel aerodrome this morning with the intention of continuing their flight to Rome but the recurrence of a defect m the petrol supply while crossing the Irish Sea
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  • 747 1 Mr. Harold Edwards Defends Mr. J. Howeson SINISTER MOTIVES DENIED Not Detrimental To Malaya's Interests (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, May 23. OPEAKING at a luncheon at the! J E. and O. to-day, where he was host to 50 people, Mr. W. Harold Edwards, of London Tin Corpora- j tion.
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  • 118 1 BRITAIN TO GET CONTRACTS Huge Expansion Of Tea Industry C London, 25 14. ONTRACTS of considerable value, it is understood, are likely to be placed m Great Britain by two Soviet trade delegations which are shortly arriving to purchase machinery, the first for the glass industry and
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  • 274 1 Mob Beaten Off With Machine Guns FACTORY GATES TORN OFF Riots, Destruction Bloodshed ToJedo, Ohio, May 24. CLRIOUB riots accompanied by shooting and stone-throwing broke out when strikers beseiffod the Electric Autolite factory and imprisoned the staff until they were dispersed by the police and troops. The police hurled tear-gas
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 56 1 D rUJ [J 1 1 OBTAINABLE AT ALL JADING PROVISION STORES TO-DAY C OCKTAIL DANCE (makan ketchil) 6.30 to 8.15 p.m. DANCE (INFORMAL) 9.45 p.m. to Midnight. SATURDAY, MAY 26th CHARITY BALL CABARET IOLIHr IN AID OF G S A>LORS AND AIRMEN'S FAMILY ASSOCIATION. S|( »N Sl.OO EXTENSION TO 2
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    • 52 1 Oft Other Pages Page For Women Readers— Page 4. How Rubber Control Will Be Operated Page 9. Overseas League Dinner Page 9. Chinese Baby Show Page 9. Latest China News Page 9. Tin Now Booked for Lower Levels Page 10. Malaya Cup Test Trial Page 16. Selections For To-day's Races
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    • 45 1 [lgdi0949 tpoieeghfgh CHRYSLER RIDING EASE seb Vuwf^j Hotel Ltp. FORMAL TO-NIGHT FORMAL SPECIAL DIN NER DANCE DANCE MUSIC BY AND HER WORLD FAMOUS LADIES BAND P.'. 1 1 3 NON DINNE *S $I— ADMISSION Adelphi igp Hotel CONCERT DURING TIFFIN NEW GRILL ROOM NOW OPEN
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  • 233 2 Diary Of The Week Friday, 25th. High Water 736 a.m., 7.59 p.m. Singapore Amateur Race meeting. First Day. Anglo-Chinese Continuation Sports at the Jalan Besar Stadium, at 215 p.m. Football Friendly, Raffles Institution vs. SRC. 2nd.. S.R.C., Govt. League, <Div. I) Police vs. Medicals, Police Depot. Kick off at 5.15
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  • 40 2 Law Notices For The Day Before Mr. Justice Prichard at 11 a.m. Summonses-in-Chambers. OriginalIng Summonses. Petition for admission of Mr. B. R. H. O. Taylour. Solicitor and Judgment Summons. Before the Registrar at 10.30 a.m. Fixing list of Civil Cases.
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  • 142 2 Presentation Of S.V.C. Colours For the benefit of those members who were unable to be present at last night's practice, it is notified that the assembly will be at the Recreation Club. Everyone is expected to be present and ready to fall m by 4.40 p.m. Those
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  • 102 2 Ugly Situation In Bombay Bombay, Maj 23. feix mill strikers were wounded Here when the police fired on a riotous mob. The trouble began when 2.000 strikers were returning to the millarea after celebrating the completion of a month's strike and insisted on following a prohibited route. A
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  • 90 2 Peon Arrested In Connection With Missing $30,000 Ipoh, May 24. A Malay peon named Lob employed In the Sub- Treasury at Batu Gajah was arrested yesterday m connection with the mysterious disappearance of $30,000 from the safe some time ago The loss was detected on February 27
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  • 236 2 Funeral At Bidadari Cemetery The death took place at No. I, Institution Hill, Singapore, on Wednesday. May 23, of Miss Ellen Elizabeth Maartensz. The funeral which took place at the Bidadari Cemetery yesterday morning, preceded by a service at the St. Andrew's Cathedral, which was very largely
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  • 102 2 AH Whitsun Records Broken m Great Britain r London, May 22. Whitsun holiday weather was rather cool and the wind was mostly Irv throughout Great Britain. Road and rail traffic was so heavy that all pre vious holiday records are believed to nave been broken as was certainly
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  • 113 2 To Benefit By Over $6,000 From Pageant Of Beauty The Children's Aid Society will benefit to the extent of over $6,000 by the cabaret and pageant of beauty performances at Raffles Hotel, organised by Mrs. Geddes, the last of which took place last night. Certain small adjustments
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  • 67 2 At a meeting of the Singapore Rotary Club on Wednesday the following officials were £l'ected for the year July. 1934 to June, 1935: President, Rotarian L. L. Goodman: vice-presidents, Rotarana Dr. Lim Han Hoe and Cay. L. B. Brunei!!; Directors, Rotarians, L. W. Geddes. B .R. Bates, H.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 331 2 BOARD RESIDENCE, i HOARD RESIDENCE, 11 Upper Wilkie Road. Comfortable Accommodation. European Supervision. Meals served m own apartment it preferred. Phone 2460 4i KINR.\RA." 8 Claymore Hill, near town. Thoroughly comfortable i accommodation. Personally supervised by MRS. J. L. CAMPBELL. Tel 6697. i m r m KATONG GRANGE Residential Hotel
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    • 1498 2 I CLASSIFIED AD VERTISEMEJ^Ii > TENDERS. I NOTK Ks "AGNESIA" ANTISEPTIC MUTING POWDER j SINGAPORE GOVERNMI i for MUNICIPALITY. i i Ponce regulai I the prevention and cure of Polite 011 i,,, "PRICKLY HEAT- Tenders. the Pu 4 of Ordinance nhf n Tenders are now invited for the [regulation of
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  • 904 3 YKSTERDAY'S SCHOOL CELEBRATIONS Every One Of You Counts" The King f "Itbrated by the Singapore schools m the manner yesterday. In some spectal programmes were addresaea on the subject of the British Empire were special messages from the King and Queen and President of
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  • 576 3 y Chinese Woman Charged With J Breach Of Trust i nl CaSe f Cheah Sitw Khim, a Chinese woman, whose arrest on a s charge of criminal breach of trust •■causea a stir among the local nonyas was tried m the Penang District Court J before Mr. B.
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  • 106 3 Four Awarded In Kuala Lumpur scholarships tenable till the end oi the year have been awarded by the Kuala Lumpur Rotary Club to the lollowing students Victoria Institution— Abdul Ghani bin Jamil. High School. Kajang— Tong Boon Khoon. Methodist Boys" School— Hew Kon« Seong. St. John's Institution— Lee
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  • 91 3 Magistrate Declines To State Grounds of Decision Mr. J. M. Jackson, an architect of Malacca Street, who was charged by a traffic constable "with wilfully and negligently failing to stop his car when iirected to do so by a police constable" vas yesterday acquitted and
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  • 25 3 A Chinese ricksha puller was admit- I ed to the Tan Tock Seng Hospital ?arly yesterday suffering from severe i tab wounds m the stomach.
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  • 1279 3 Singapore Boy's Suicide After Arrest FOUND HANGING IN BEDROOM Police Sympathy And Apologies A suggestion that' he' Had' taken hi. life because the police had ]ocked r him d If"? °l 3 m nOr trBffiC Charge and and locked mm up n the station all night, was made at the
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 66 3 of Rheomttlwi Urn Ljmba o your blood it faril Blood Mixturi WHY NOT USE THE IMPERIAL AIRMAIL? POR nF^ PNE SS REGULARITY 'STAGS IS ONLY 40 CENTS PER HALF OUNCE TO THE UNITED KINGDOM °U CAN OBTAIN A REPLY IN 22 DAYS. CALL AT YOUR LOCAL POST OFFICE MANSFIELD ft
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    • 56 3 THE GIFT SHOP 33 Stamford Road. NOW OPEN. NOW OPEN. (No connection with any other 'Gift Shop' m Singapore). LADIES HATS, ART JEWELLERY, MILLINERY, latest creations from PARIS and LONDON Agent for the famous CANNON Hats. LISTERLYTE Huts. CAMPAC Hats. CHAMPS-ELYBEES Fleurs de Paris. Prices from $2.75 The Ideal House
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    • 97 3 REMINGTON NOISELESS Small, light and durable m the ex- >2H treme. It has everything you expect ,^B m a portable and more. IT IS NOISELESS. It will disturb no one W^ it will not wreck your own '"■UfcfiSS K^ train of thought. Full details gladly -^^C^Sgi^^^^ sent o n request
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    • 25 3 Bishop Devals was entertained by the French Consul on Wednesday at ma reddence m Chancery Lane, and there was a large gathering of French cltlienj.
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  • 1056 4 What The Film Stars Are Wearing STUFFED EGG PLANT The Hostess Gown Replaces Pyjamas Hollywood. Puck your pyjamas m your old kit! bag and lorget about them so far as! your home is concerned. The "hostess" gown has replaced the trousered luxury] ol yesterday's pyjama and the results are too
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  • 1291 4 Why? The Problem Of Satisfying Childish Curiosity By Our Woman Correspondent r TACKLE a dillicuit problem L to-day, difficult because I run the risk of appearing to preach. But I ask you to bear wnh me, r promise you that I am trying to treat the problem as reasonably as
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  • 263 4 Call them "hookless iasteners" or "zipper" or "talon fasteners" or slid? fasteners." Call them what you please, as long as you investigate their uses! A "talon fastener" is at this moment on my desk. It is lighter than i feather, or almost, and it is
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  • 359 4 arc? only a chemical shave, removing the hair at the surface of the skin. In either case the hair grows within a short time and must be removed again. The wax depilatories break oir the hairs below the surface of the skin and so
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 95 4 ______a_VKVVB«»----l?iumphant iiothe/hpod vvtV 1^ fit**-" '*A iilH t^o^ii* cV *vtvc« var y> vY > 5^ ■WL Mm Rfflff g^^ Mrs. B. Howard, winner of the London *;\Y* !|L jgS* Jai«»«*' j widespread interest and an coormout number »> I I C 9^^ GATE NfILK is packed m special tin. bcarin
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  • 119 5 7th Hussar "Golliwogs Rehearsing Their Parade "GoDhrogs" of the 7th. Hussars rehearsing at Hounslow for the Royal Tournament which opens at Olympia next month. Cavalry tiick riding will i also be one of the features of the Tournament. i honing; the latest m camping equipment at the Camping hibition at
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 38 5 IVE BATS i^i 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. Mitsubishi Shoji Kaisha, Ltd. Union Building, Singapore.
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  • 4051 6 Production To Be Fixed By Committee SEVERE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS •T*HE <Jtext of the Rubber Regulation Ordinance, the instrument by which Ihe restriction schenie will be operated, was made public last night m an extraordinary issue of the Straits Settlements Government Gazette. The measure
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  • 71 6 WORK IS EASIER NOT FAT HAS GONE Took on v I v. v. woman den to mj J mutism §et int rj go OO J started to I am o\-> derived fron idea on« coul a short tin !:a-.. fat I when i to seven zz G H Unlik« chen
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 156 6 ||WK\ JUST ONE FEATURE OF THE NEW ALL -PORCELAIN FRIGIDAIRE No sticking ice trays if your refrigerator is a Frigidaire,— these trays release automatically at the touch of a finger. Super series Frigidaires are lifetime porcelain, inside and out— electric lighted interior, automatic defrosting, adjustable shelves— A more food space
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    • 93 6 M; i Maker and ttptStti «,f rattm v* J Blinds. Tarp;: j ents i Blue Screens, ft r lnH> Netting Penchu'. W0,,! h unUaft j ABDUL RAHMAN, J Telephone :i"»l J Ollice H k,, 1( j g Workshop —17- Jm,, hiat P! w J Sinjjaporr. Orders pr(»mpt' EuctW H. W.
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  • 95 7 New Company Floated By Famous Firms London. May 22. A new television company was floated today. The Marconi Company and the Electric" and Musical Industries Ltd. have combined and will hold shares equally in the new concern Lord Inverforth is chairman of cl:e board which includes Marchese llaij cent
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  • 110 7 Appointed Governor Of Madras Presidency London, May 22. The King has been pleased to approve of the appointment of Lord Erskine to be Governor of the Pre sidency of Madras in succession to S^r George Frederick Stanley, whose term of office will expire in November nex' Sir George
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  • 1135 7 MORE AGRICULTURAL SHOWS Enthusiasm 1 hroughout 'From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. May 23. "I remain as convinced as ever that jin diversified agriculture lies the sol est am surest guarantee for the future." asserted Dr. H. A. Tempany, Director of Agriculture, during an oddress he gave today at the
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 202 7 &HI?1 I "ar j p a vTT T olt' ]"Z; Si -SS La Vi#» DarlcU P I TO-NIGHT I I La Vle p ans,enne et to music, and what music! Listen for You A.one and Rooftop Serenade" I OPENING TO-NIGHT. 6J5 ALH AM BRA 9-15 ***** "LOST WOMEN" WANTED women.
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    • 345 7 •TRUTHFULLY DESCRIBED AS THE QREAIEBI tTAOI SIIOU KVEJI SEEN SINGAPORE" AYS IKII |{ISS I NEW MYSTERIES IN TO lr\V I L FROGR A M M E I i ■itwr* S? RV Ll*2 Rtf^^^^R^^^^B^^^^^^^^^Bß^BßßbmlH A JSr^R\ jßP^^^^^Bfc^ Rf rV R^RT V 1^ bY rH I R^H^^l ■vK r^r^\_/ Bfc4^^ iB" Wvi
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  • 465 8 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1934 Jean Batten's Flight '"THE ten thousand miles flight I between England and Australia has become almost a commonplace. So much so, m fact, that fliers have I actually passed through Singapore m making the long journey during the last few months without
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  • 1300 8 IT is far cry from Malaya to I* Ayrshire and Edward Kyle and M. M. Paterson were a long way from their "home" courses of Kuala Lumpur and Singapore respectively when they took part in the British amateur Malayan golf championship r at Prestwick this Golfers
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  • 275 8 Mr C. T. W. Dobree. Assistant Com- I missioner of Police, F.M.S., who recently returned from furlougn has been seconded for service m Kedah The engagement is announced between Hildagarde Elizabeth Reese youngest daughter of Mrs. A. Reese, of Singapore and Mr. Curt Jaeger, of Singapore.
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  • 701 8 Mrs. Muir moved v her old splendour to dote. She settlrcl /ith her back to the eta outside wall and the met, and she folder! upon it became c enter the close. lodgirfc Mrs. Muir. thought that > evolved a recess m m which the edge I imagined that
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 206 8 RUDESHEIM LIEBFRAUMILCH NIERSTEIN w^^^M IP™' "^HV.^IIBBbJ SHIPPERS^ DEINHARD Co. COBLENZ GALDBECIfS FINEST AUSTRALIAN MUTTON AT ECONOMICAL COST. SMALL OR LARGE JOINTS CUT TO SUIT ALL SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE CO., LTD. ORCHARD ROAD. IBBBBl '"■^■^^■^■■■■■■^■■■■■■■^■■■^■■^■■■■■■■■■i W.J.W. ITWB inz offer you 15 soups made your way— the home-made waysimple, home ingredients cooked
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    • 56 8 A DEEP-SEA DIVER SAYS it is possible to be seasick underneath the water. This is disheartening news for the mal-de-mer sufferers who pray for the ship to go down. When you travel keep your mind at rest bv taking out a GAFLAC BAGGAGE POLICY. GENERAL ACCIDENT, FIRE LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION,
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  • This Particular Corner Of The Empire
    • 166 9 I OF ITS KIND IN SINGAPORE Welfare Exhibition At The Great World ow. children's concert ft fancy dress party Chinese Children's which opens at the afternoon* which is the first of pnised entirely by the :y. will be formally Tyau, Chinese Conp.m. to-day and Sunday night. DurSunday
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    • 1555 9 National Genius For Adaptation have^lPnV""*^ tr U V J the """finals who have lent their aid towards the solution of the problems facing the Government of the Colony and an appeal for that co operation to be continued,' was expressed by the Hon. Mr. Andrew Caldecott officer
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    • 362 9  -  Sin Chow Jit Poh GOVERNMENT ORDERS INCREASE More Peace Overtures To China Shanghai. iMay M. Jj^ Chinese report from Tokio states that m? Japanese Government has ordered the construction of three more aircraft carriers and the expansion of the air force by 39 more small squadrons. A
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    • 94 9 Fixed Bayonets Used In University Fight Belsrade. May 22. One hundred and fifty students m- eluding 25 girls, have been arrested following the police storming the 'aw j faculty of the University m which Wii j students had barricaded themselves The police fixed bayonets and smashed down
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    • 91 9 Latest Rubber And Tin Prices! And Sterling Rates (From Our Own Correspondent) RUBBER London, May 24. Spot (Sellers) 5 15 16d. (6 1i16d.) (Buyers) 5 13 16d. (5 15,16 d) July-Sept. 6d. (6V B d> Oct.-Dec. 6Vad. (6V 4 d.) Jan-March 6V 4 d. (6%d Market Quiet. New
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 81 9 I m m |^0 Bonne Fcmme ish Lemon iiied Mutton Chop v Mashed Potato Meat Salad Jl\ Ice Cocam PHONE 4906. T^— i. ■■■■-pi j AMUSEMENT EVENT THAt"! ALL OTHER ENTER- i TAINMENT! fttnT m r3r9r^H I I'jli JZwt' jaL ~^B^^^ 'yy^^^^^^i I i s^ißß^ but first— a woman! most
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    • 16 9 TOO BIG fi'Oß IHE WORLD. SO 4 HEY STAGED IT IN THE CLOUDS uominr to CAPITOL.
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    • 134 9 mF ladies I AUTOGRAPH VJ^ J%f GOLF CLUBS mm f ■Til tV At I IllV^E 1 U^^mjM COMPLETE SETS AVAILABLE AT:— ROBINSON Co U SINGAPORE. Bb mmm^ RfiCD. BRAND. LJ ET C C r C vntL 9 t 5 THE soft creaminess of St. Ivel Cheese, its delicious flavour, have
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  • 998 10 Boom In Malayan Mining, Shares Expected of industrial development in South Wales. A NEW CORNISH FLOTATION. 1 One interesting effect of tin ref striction has been to revive the mori- bund Cornish lode mining industry a fact in which Cornishmen living in Maiaya will
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  • 201 10 May ZL Tl. >3. American Can Com. 95 92 1-. 92! 4 American Telephone and Telegraph 115 115» 4 112" 8 Atcheson Railroad 553 8 531^ 52s Dupont 84 1 8 82'- > 82. Firestone. Common 18 3 8 18 1" 18 General Electric 20' 4 1934 19
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  • 95 10 North Taioing Tin Dredging Co., Ltd hours run 622; cubic yards 119 300- pikuls 420. Klang River Tin Dredging Co Ltd hours run 408; cubic yards 53,500 pikuls 378. Rantau Tin Dredging Co., Ltd hours run 581; cubic yards 92,000; pikuls i 307.54. Batu Selangor Tin Dredging
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  • 69 10 Latest buyers' prices, received by cable by Messrs. Guthrie and Co yesterday morning, for Malayan palni oil and palm kernels were Palm Oil In Bulk American prices are nominal. c.i.f. landed weights Liverpool/Holland/ Palm nn? b £9150 I** ton Palm Oil In Barrels c.i.f. landed 8 Uver
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  • 90 10 R ubber A ssocia tion DAILY PRICES CURRENT May "M, 1? o'clock noon Buyers Sellers ?.S.£. equal to London Standard. Spot 1 loose) 19' 2 Nominal S.S. equal to London Standard 'FOB. > 19 3 4 197s Standard R.S.S. on Tender June 20 20 1 4 July
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  • 216 10 1 he Singapore Chamber of Commerce J Rubber Association neld its 1. 175th. 1 Auction yesterday when there was Catalogued 2.045.275 1b5.— 913.07 tons Offend 1.800.619 803.85 Sold 1.311.511 585.50 Spot London 5.15 16d. New York nv 8 cts PRICES REALIZED Ribbed Smoked Sheet Cents Per Lb.
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  • 141 10 May 24, 12 o'clock noon Buyers Sellers Gambier 4.50 Java Cube Hamburg Cube 7.25 Muntok White Pepper 35.50 White Pepper 34.50 Black Pepper 16.50 Copra, mixed 2.90 Copra, Sundried 2.40 Small flake Tapioca 4.80 Small Pearl Tapioca 6.00 Lingga Sago Flour Fair Sago Flour I^o Palembang Jelotong
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  • 80 10 The accounts of the Harpenden iangor* Rubber Company lor 1933 show a net profit of €207. compared with a net loss of £2.739 lor 1932. With £112 brought forward, there is available £319, which is carried forward. No dividend has been paid since 1928. The crop harvested amounted to 536.1691
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  • 169 10 Cosily Project At Canton Planned Canton, May 17. Survey of the site for the proposed ron and steel works at Tung Long having been completed, the Provincial Department of Reconstruction has apI pointed a committee of seven to make $2nnon a r^n nS *5 thc t>rectlon of
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  • 209 10 Japanese On Visit To Singapore A party of 15 prominent Japanese are at present in Singapore. They are on a world tour for the purpose of studying marketing conditions for Japanese goods. The trip has been organised by two leading newspapers in Osaka and Tokyo, and the party
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  • 209 10 SELLING London 4 months' sight 2411 64 London 3 months' sight 2 4 5 32 London 60 days' sight 2 4 964 London 30 days' sight 2 4' 8 London, demand 2 4 7 64 London. T.T. 2 4 332 Lyons and Paris, demand 892 Hamburg, demand 149
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  • 768 10 lIIIHSDW. MAY 34. 1»34 V>ain Kumbang U» 37s 6d 4i)s lustra] l Malay (f) 4 3s 6d 45s Aver Hitam Tin <ss> 15s 16s V.vtv Wcng <S1) 2.00 210 I U'.V'T^S. 3 <* W 35s 6d "hsugkat Tin <£) 493 51 "hrncieiiang i£) 9s in* I Hitam
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  • 501 10 COCONUT INDUS TRY INQUIRY Malayan Commission Appointed From Our Own i Kuala Luinpu, m Action is at last b> Government to endoa i coconut industry m ft situation m which it to the disastrous i m An inquiry is being the affairs of the Indu and a Committee win for
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  • 22 10 The Shipping and Ibc l» j I Exports Offices will be open June 4th., for one hour tttoi to 11 a.m.) 9
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  • 858 11 Explosives From Labrador Excavations sterday was occupied District Court with I the two Chinese who m connection with the i 1.000 sticks of gelig--100 detonators and rolls m Albert Street on the Apr 3. Tan Am, formerly reman, and Tan Tian. employed on an exat "Labrador", m
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  • 95 11 London, May 9. Mr. George Arliss, ige and screen actor, for his first British '<le by Gaumont-British, t studio corporation, m drives m England on U at once confer with th'e subject of the picture. eierablf be a biographical I Englishman," said Mr. director of production, have several
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  • 148 11 TEST CASE AFFECTS 26,000,000 The insurance policies of 26,000,000 people, it was stated, are involved m the dismissal of an appeal m the Court of Appeal by Mrs. Brenda Mary Victoria O'Reilly. She sought to have upset a judgment by Mr. Justice Clauson m the Chancery Division m favour of
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  • 78 11 They Did Not Read Before They Wrote Akron, Ohio. Three professors and 150 students of Akron University have signed an agreement to commit mass suicide by decapitation. The editors of the University magazine were determined to find out how many students and professors would sign a
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  • 199 11 English Study Classes Another new activity has been added to those ot the Clerical Union by the organisation of English study classes. Hitherto, for want of accommodation, the Union has been compelled to restrict its activities to various forms of outdoor and indoor sport only. As soon as
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  • 116 11 Chinese Hawker Caught At The Wharf A hawker named Yeow Hiak was allowed $2,000 bail yesterday morning, when he pleaded guilty before Mr. H. A Forrer m the Criminal District Court to being m possession of 55 tahils of contraband chandu. An assistant controller of the Government Monopolies
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  • 103 11 Forbidden Ever To Have Licence Mr. Claud Mullins. the North London magistrate. disqualified Frederick Robert Kent, aged 20. of Sunnyside- road, Upper Holloway, N.. from driving a motor vehicle for life. He was summoned tor driving a motor-cycle combination while disquali fled and not being insured against third-party
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  • 110 11 A 15- months-old baby boy named Anthony Heaton, son of Mr. and Mrs Heaton. of Cambridge Road, Kilburn, N.W.. was electrocuted when he clutched a plug dangling from his father's wireless set. The mother, who was m the room at the time, had turned away
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  • 76 11 Arrangements For Issue of Coupons The nrst issue of coupons m respect of holdings of less than 100 acres re- quired under the rubber control scheme will be made from the Land Office. Singapore, during June. Priority will be given to small holders with tapping licences and who
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 66 11 CREDIT-FONCIER EASTERN UNITED °extreme-orient m., V X CORPORATION «.TD »«*«g^ftffiL-W», jIHE. MARINE, HEAD B F ™^f s EDBSELB MOTOR CAR. PE^ Q o H/U Ho T N Wo^b H^iS PERSONAL ACCIDENT i "wck and tile fa^Sly AND SHANGHAI. WORKMEN'S MORTGAGE BANK I M I'KNSATION 1 property INSURANCE. buU<Ung ag^tT" 1
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    • 393 11 l***U exceed 112, m.ft Aasnrancc ia force over l3S.ttt,t— The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. (Incorporated Id the Btralt* SettleoMota) BEAD OFFICE;. Great Eastern Ufe Building Cecil Street, Singapore. IJiLJJ rvEmr LONDON OFFICE 27. Oia Jrwr> ft C me company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England
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    • 325 11 OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHI* A (Incorporated In England by Royal Charter) Paid up capital In 600,006 shares of £5 each £3,oottM Reserve Fund £3,O<M.Mf Reserve Uabllitj o: Proprietors £3,0M.M1 HEAD OFFICI 38, Blshopsgate, London, EC a Arenclea and Branches Alor Star I Hollo Saigon Amrltsar Ipoh Semarant Bangkok Karachi
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  • 1163 12 INACTIVITY OF CHINESE COURTS Ship Tied Up For Two Years Without cargo, owner or destination, the steamer Asia. formerly the the Susannah, and before that the Doone Castle is lying m Amoy Harbour, tied up lor almost two years through the inactivity of Chinese courts. Within the
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  • 176 12 Diver Cut By Fall Under Water The work of dismantling the sunken Russian warship "Jemtschug continues satisfactorily. On Saturday evening and Sunday noon two ventilators were brought ashore. They are made of mild steel and have a height of about five to six feet, the diameter
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  • 131 12 Extensive Building By The U.S.S.R. Moscow, Shipbuilding is now developed extensively m the U.S.S.R. The total capacity of sea traders built m 1931 doubled the aggregate capacity of all merchant ships built m Tsarist Russia. Over 50 sea-going ships will be built this year. The dockyards of the
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  • 104 12 I Final Decision To Be Made By Shareholders Tokio, May 5 For the first time m five years, the Nippon Yusen Kaisha, one of the largest shipping companies m Japan 5? c ided t0 Pay a dividend to shareholders, it has been learned reliably. It will be remembered
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  • 147 12 Xo Subsidy for Tr.imp Soil ion It la expected that the bftl aid lor shipping rules out bility of a subsidy for I section. Mr. Walter Runnclear In Parliament that 0 would have to be latisfle subsidy would benefit whole and not merely the and perhaps I I
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  • 46 12 Interesting Discover rauuig An InUrerttng recover* I yesterday from the sunk the Jemtsehug which I salvaged, namely a quick which has been sciiou. I a result of twenty yea; the sea. I The gun is about ten now may be seen near Po
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    • 542 12 Local And Foreign Mail Despatches and BY TRAIN Bangkok every Saturday 7 p.m. Thursday 7.30 a.m. Kedah Monday to Friday 7.30 a.m. Saturday 7 p.m. Kuantan < via Jerantut> Monday to Friday 7.30 a.m. Saturday 7.30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Kelantan (via Gemas) every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 7.30
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    • 194 12 SINGAPORE HARBOUR Ships alonßMde thr ucxpectcd to am East Wharf (Entrance Gmta Na Borlbat, Plancius 22; Main Wharf (Entrance G*l Corfu 18; Mata H, ri Suisang 14; Kola IS; Klang 11; Toussoum Witt 8; Apoey 6. Empire Dock (Entrance Ue Tung Song 31; Phemitr ese Prince 35; Irisbank Empire Dock
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    • 402 13 j §L (Tj p O. S- N. GO'S SAILINGS. OUTWAPDS I Due Due T'nage Spore. T'nage Spore. [IND 11.500 May 25 CORFU 15,000 Aug 3 sol 6.500 June 6 MANTUA 11,000 Aug 17 17.000 June 8 RAWALPINDI 17,000 Aug 31 r*ANCI ***** June 22 COMORIN 15.000 Sept 14 3URDWA 6.070
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    • 527 13 Ellerinan Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. Jj (Incorporated In England) n "ELLERMAN" LINE j FOR HAVRE, LONDON, ROTTERDAM AND HAMBURG. VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL Steamer nn o_ iU City of Eastbourne June 14 June 16 m> FOR HONG KONO SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. City of Wellington May 26 May 26 mt>
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    • 1196 13 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean THE HUA KHIOW STEAMSHIP OO (IWl* Steam Ship Co., Ltd., and China Ltd. Mutual Steam Navigation Co., Ltd THE CUNARD STEAM SHIP Oo Lid THE STRAITS STEAMSHIP Co, Ltd. THE SARAWAK STEAMSHIP Co Ltd THE CHINA NAVIGATION Co.. Ltd. THE AUSTRALIAN A: ORIENTAL LINE Ltd
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    • 992 14 vl^iH Hi Hi HI Hi M 11 X Jr tt^r* CONINKLUKK PAKKTVAART MAATSCHAFFIJ ,j Vf MAPIA-Frtday, May 25, Poeloe -Kidjang, Sapat, Tembilahan, Poeloe-Pallas k ffljj^ ff[ J^__^/~~fjpJBHM J PLANCIUS— Friday, May 25. Muntok (passengers and mails only. Batavia. fffcff^t vliiffin 1 I H^^fl ILIVI T~^^ti^^FH* TINOMBO— Friday, May 25, Belawan-Deli.
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  • 1720 15 \V: Australians Smash World's Record GLORIOUS OPENING FOR THE SEASON H orn Our Own Correspondent) B London, May 16. already heard by cable of the "start" week's cricket. but i think they may weU introduction to this tetter. First and fore
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  • 147 15 AMATEUR GOLF SURPRISES Internationals Knocked Out Prestwiek, May 23. In the second round ol the British Amateur Championship Gordon Peters Scotland, beat T. A. Torrance at the 19th hole. Cameron Conn. Scotland, beat McKinlay two and one. Fogg and John de Martin were both beaten. In the third round Mac
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  • 353 15 Monopolies Establish A Record 1 Aganvst The Sikhs V. Mon >polies 13 Khalsa Assn. 0. A dull game was witnessed by a sprinkling of enthusiasts, including two Europeans who were the only ones occupying the Stand, yesterday at the Jalan Besar Stadium when the Government Monopolies met
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  • 922 15 CHINESE FOOTBALLERS IN MANILA Wins Against Java And Philippines Manila. May ]J China's footballers defeated the second favourites m the struggle for the Far Eastern soccer championship srhen the* scored two goals against he Java eleven without a reply. Java had previously *eaten Japan ry seven goals to one. and
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  • 138 15 Indian Team's Visit Regarded As Certain Calcutta. Apr. 30. The visit of the Indian football team I 'o South Africa may now be regarded ias a certainty unless further unexjpected difficulties arise m the matter of leave for the players selected. Tht passages have been booked and
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  • 793 16 Amateur Races At Bukit Timah To-day 89 HORSES AND PONIES ENGAGED Leighton And Ozzie's THE Spring Amateur Meeting opens this afternoon with a card of nine races at Bukit Timah racecourse. Scratchings have been very light and 89 horses and ponies are left m for the nine events, the largest
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  • 513 16 a furlong longer. Larrikin finished behind Baccara on the second day. Lady Tarquin and Marcelle II l^ave done nothing. Phoon Tok might upset here I like:— BACCARA Vitality Ben Hall RACE 7. Horses, Class 4, Division 2, s!i» furlongrs. 5.05 p.m. Gunner II 11.4 Tandubas
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    333 16 HExMCHIT vs. GUILLERMO TO-NIGHT Hemchit, the Siamese boxer who has risen to the top-rank of local lightweights, meets Battling Guillermo iat the New World j to-night. They met i some three weeks ago at Malacca and after a hard fight the referee found it impossible to separate the two
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  • 249 16 EUROPEAN XI CHOSEN TO MEET THE REST The following have been invited to play cricket for Europeans vs. The Rest j on Saturday at 2 p.m., Sunday, June 3 |at 10.30 a.m. and on Monday June i 4th., at 10.30 a.m. at S.C.C R A 'Ashworth. Lt. C. F.
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  • 831 16 Who Will Play For Singapore In Malaya Cup WHAT YESTERDAY'S TEST REVEALED Probables Severely Pressed But Get The Goals Singapore 3; "Joe" Lee XI. THOUGH he did not score a goal m yesterday's" cha between Mr. Lee's eleven and the probable Singapore side, A. L. Henry, -Malaya's best footballer" played
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