The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 19 July 1934

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  • 14 1 The Singapore Free Press NO. 14.320. LSTD. 1835. THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1934 10 CENTS.
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  • 420 1 Chinese Charged On Eleven Counts INQUIRIES CONTINUING Tanglin, Paya Lebar And Newton Escapades txtensive series of burglaries m Singapore mv. Paya Lebar and oiher districts, going back past, is believed to have been solved by the two Chinese youths during the past few days.
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  • 146 1 Suggestions In League Report Geneva, July 18. The Intellectual Co-operation Committee of the League met and discussed the report of M. Maurette on his mission to China and paid tribute to its "breadth and profundity of views." The report quotes figures showing a tremendous increase m the number
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    26 1 The Mechanised Battery of the 3rd. Brigade Royal Horse Artillery was inspected by the King, who is Colonel -in -Chief of the Regiment, at Windsor Castle.
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  • 85 1 Plane Search For Body Of Lost Officer Istanbul, July 18. THE Captain of the Devonshire, accompanied by the British viceconsul, applied to the Turks for permission to search for the body of Surgeon-Ueut Robinson, who was killed m the Samos incident. Permission was' granted and a
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  • 66 1 London, July 18. AX official statement is made from Lords that G. O. Allen of Middlesex, not having' recovered his full strength, feels he is unable to play m ihe Leeds Test if selected. Sutcliffe is reported to have nulled a leg muscle m attempting a second
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  • 113 1 ?rrivec aboard the tnzaoetn. two days ahead or his programme, having curtailed his visrit to Cyprus m consequence of the incident. Meanwhile Ambassador Loraine has arrived at Ankara while the Defence Minister. Zekaibey. has left tor Smyrna, apparently m consequence of the incident, which closely follows the news of a
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  • 151 1 TROUBLE ON PRESIDENT HAYES Crew's Demonstration In Support Of General Strike HTHE gfeflfrMd <^\ke m San PfctfßCiaca had a repercussion on the Dollar liner President Hayes, which arrived late at Genoa owing to trouble among the crew at Naples, where many of the men demonstrated on the deck In favour
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  • 228 1 No Direct Negotiations SHANGHAI RUMOUR DENIED Shanghai. July 18. THE Chinese Foreign Office has form- ally denied a report that the Chinese Government has agreed to open direct negotiations with the Japa- j nese for the settlement of all outstand- j ing questions affecting the two conn- J tries. Meanwhile,
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  • 131 1 Chinese cashier is charged with criminal breach of trust m respect of sums amounting to over $3.ooo— Page 3 Eirht hundred counterfeit coins of the. Colony were found when police officers i aided a house m Gey lan*. A well known Eurasian is charged m connection with
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  • 631 1 But Leftists Are Opposed To Arbitration A N offer to accept a settlement b\ arbitration was made by the members of the general strike committee m San Francisco yes■U;ril.ay, but this action was subsequently severely criticised fey the leftists of the committee, who claim that the committee
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  • 24 1 Mr S. Sinnadurai. of the Federal Secretariat Kuala Lumpur, delivered an address at the Viwkananda Students' Hall. Seremban. on W»»dnpsday. The subject was "Kr.rma."
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 49 1 BIGIA TEA Brings tho frcshnes* ,i fragrance of the Mal«y»« t--' rdens O w.ur home. TONIGHT 1 SPECIAL DINNER CONCERT 8.15 to 9.15 p.m: DANCE (FORMAL) 9.45 p.m. to Midnight Miss MUSHKA PANOVA 1 KOM THE ROXY THEATRE OF NEW YORK wiin PAUL STRAUSS (violinist) tAFFLES^ELEBRATED ORCHESTRA PHONE 5381.
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    • 86 1 There is no better Tea than BIGIA TEA GROWN IN MALAYA ■CONCERT DURING TIFFIN DINNER ADELPHI HOTEL ROOF GARDEN TONIGHT SPECIAL DINNER DANCE 1 I VAUDEVILLE SHOW TED ADDY DWYER DWYER DIRECT FROM LONDON HIPPODROME AND DALY'S THEATRE COSMO PARKE ZONA ROSS THE" SILVER VOICED BARITONE THE POPULAR COMEDY GIRL
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  • 77 2 Before the Chief Justice m the Ist Court at 11 a.m. 5.642 34 for judgment— N. A. Socka.lngam Chettiar vs. A. R. S. P Palianappa Chettiar. Before Mr. Justice Prichard m the 2nd. Court at 11 a.m. Assizes Rev vs. Norman Albert B^En 11 Pang
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  • 166 2 Sunday, July 8. n he morning His Excellency and Mrs. Caldecott attended by the Per sonal Staff left Malacca and arrived at •Singapore at 1.15 p.m. Mrs. Sidney Morgan arrived to stay at Government House. v Monday, July 9. Houle y Mor^ an Government Tuesday, July 10. *f
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  • 25 2 m>¥?*7. t B Bre ™aham, goalor. Alor fitar is goin R on leave by the Carthage Mr. Ron from Taiping succeeds him at Alor Star.
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  • 258 2 OLD MAN DIES IN HOSPITAL Sent To Reformatory For Three Years i A CHINESE youth named Wong Kirn I<r^ Poh. stated to be 14 years of age ,by his father, was ordered to be sent jto the Reformatory for a period of I three years
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  • 248 2 The Judge: Did you flog him when he was troublesome V— l used to flog him with small sticks. If I were to flog him too much, the police would come and arrest me. Was he a hot tempered boy? His temper appeared to be quite
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  • 123 2 Question Of Maintenance Considered t-» London, July 18 Replying to parliamentary questions by Lord Hugh Cecil, the Foreign Secre gSHMsSSKS had undertaken to keep th" Assyrian iormed of the measures taken by them memTa J r n t0 d that the Ira< <*«££ t sh nationality to
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  • 56 2 (From Our own Correspondent.) tv,* Canberra. July 17 impaired the Australian tohi~™ ;rop that only about 1.500.0001 b of leaf production f r?n ffi h! a re C)rrls reve;ll that this year's iucts of too much rain, blue mould Sa§MS£s3 'he h num e ber?, lnre Serious
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  • 257 2 Letter To The Editor Those Odours! To the Editor, Sir,— ln spite of the elaborate eulogy to the public health authorities m this morning's Free Press, I for one consider that any medical authority which countenances that ghastly nuisance m Alexandra Road m the centre of a thickly populated district,
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  • 139 2 BATTERY ROAD AFFAIR MAY BE REPEATED To The Editor Sir.— The recent fracas m Bat'erv Road between licensed and unlicensed seamen is a thing likely to occur again unless the authorities take strln^nt .measures m suppressing the activities jor the unlicensed seamen. Almost any day one cannot but be struck
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  • 208 2 A Thoroughly Amusing Film "The Queen's Affair," at the Pavilion is another picture that goes to enhance the reputation of British films and you will like it because it will keep you thoroughly amused. The story is all about a young shop girl who inherits a kingdom,
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  • 76 2 European Thanked For Reporting Driver oTn^ POl J Cc C Urt t0 ans^ r charge was finfd^ dri T g m Anson Road and was fined so on his own plea of guilty Inspector R. h. Yorke stated thof" ;:*wa S brought agatnstihe^r f T>i th J° Ugh
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 412 2 I CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENtT^^H i| SUSIES j Perfect Cleaner j |J The only cleaner that never leaves a Ring J This Magic Perfect Cleaning 1 Powder Quickly and Harmlessly J i Removes-Grease-Oil-Stains of J Tea. Coffee and Fruit. Perspira- tion Spots From Silks Cottons Etc. and Does Not Affect The Most
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    • 551 2 NOTICES. KRAMAT PULAI, LIMITED. Dividend No. 84. Cabled advice dated 16th. July has been received as follows 'The Board has declared an interim dividend of 10% less income tax 4/6 m the payable m London on July 18th to all shareholders on the register to-day." Warrants to local shareholders will
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    • 408 2 TBKng n ulars Supply oi QUiu, Changl Roa r T l <> Telok Kurau p°° Cl Closing 4 Dl r V I: Cutting and fn Of Closing. 4 p n Fri H U '> For Sale one R J; ■tooitt llacadarn ?iJVI Per hour cMpaH^*" 1 <« ttj range of
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 218 2 Oiary Of The Week THURSDAY 19th. High Water. 2.45 a.m., 8.4 ft.; 3.19 p.m 84 ft. football: Malaya Cup training. Anson Road Stadium; Second Division. Pulau Branl vs. Chinese, Jalan Besar Stadium. cricket Raffles Institution vs. St. Andrew's School, R.1., Wiltshire Regiment Sergeants vs. Privates, Tanglin. FRIDAY 26th. High Water
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  • 287 3 MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF $3,000 IN CASH Young Chinese Arrested After Absconding young cashier, was tried m the criminal y „c Mr. H. A. Forrer yesterday on a charge > In respect oi over $3,400 which is alleged mysteriously. was Ng Ah See, partner m the firm In man was employed.
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  • 75 3 'Who Escaped Seven ietrs Ako t 'respondent., NSW), July 17. tips, who escaped 8 uth Wales seven ntly arrested m Ktralia, has been! Jon by the New ler sentence for «aped. He made I ho married, ung family. d lollowing an Minister of Justice the relatives of
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  • 201 3 Death Of Teacher At Kuala Lumpur One of the prominent members of the Cjylcn Tamil community m Kuala Lumpur has died of heart failure m .he person of Mr. S. Candyah, super;cale teacher. Victoria Institution, at 'he age cf fifty-three. Mr. Candyah. who had been m mdiderent health
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  • 411 3 NO OBJECTION TO CALL TO PRAYER Supreme Court And A Misunderstanding (Ffjin Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, July 18. A Malayan weekly newspaper publishes an article based on a somewhat surprising report that some time last month the Supreme Court of Kuala Lumpur had "prohibited the practice
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  • 374 3 ALLEGED FALSIFICATION OF ACCOUNTS Hearing At Penang From Our Own Correspondent) UJ H. JAMBU and Wong Keai. two members of '"'"'"subordinate civil service benefit fund, were chargad at the District Cour Penang, on Tuesday morning, with falsification of account while they acted
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
  • 1791 3 he occupied the office el senior financial clerk m the labour office, and presumably m that capacity he was experienced m the handling of money and d-d handle public money. Is was the duty ol the treasurer to collect and to give receipts for all subscriptions paid to the society,
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  • 580 4 SMUGGLERS FINED £74,000 Tobacco Cargo Landed Near Portsmouth "TWO men were at Portsmouth fined a total of £74.709 for smuggling offences. They were George Ftanklin. 30. otherwise Louis Lesser, a cigarette maker, of Hare-street Woolwich and Alexander McMenamie'. 32. mate, of no fixed address. They were charged with oem& concerned
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  • 31 4 Mr. 8. A ITell manager of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Co., Singapore, and Mr. H L Snowle. Director of the Malayan Tobacco Distributors. Ltd Mnsapore. have left Penang for Bang-
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  • 392 4 The Apayaos number less than 30.000 and are predominantly of an Indonesian type, although the short Mongol type is also represented. Their house itype. boat, tattoo, hair-dress, and ornaments are unique. Their weapons are the headaxe. spear, shield, bow and arrow, and carved club. They practice
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  • 1274 4 To Study Life In FASTNESSES OF MALAYA A BRILLIANT young artist arrived m Singapore from the Philippines on Tuesday. He intends to travel throughout Malaya m order to study indigenous art— and interpret it according to his own conceptions. He is Alexander Kulesh, a young Russian impressionistic
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  • 117 4 Former Potato Patch Sold For £30,000 <From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne, July 17. Negotiations are afoot to resell for £50,000 a gold mine at Gordons, near Ballarat. on the site which three years ago was a potato farm. Until that time, the brothers Corbett worked on the
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  • 129 4 Mr. J. N. Oliphant. M.B.E to act as Director of Forestry as Mr. J. G. Watson to act Deputy Director of Forestry. deputy Mr. E. J. Struggnell to act as Conser vator of Forests. Research ofpTsts F> Blackwell a <* as Director Major C. A. Scott to officiate
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  • 141 4 FOREST CHASE OF "BUTCHER" Aborigine (W l "to Capiors Arms iFrotn out o The capture b John, ol Bir ;igine. who is William Jennlng camp on the Iflarj Jack Gadcn i. colour! vi eptaod jTerritory's police j Constable Uttl Darwin with IJ.r, [culted to hli ti through crocodll miles ot
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  • 57 4 Mrs Burchett, ol R Ga.iah hospital diagnosed The eldest ion Norodom of Cambodl hmn. died In Bangk Prince, after a visit v bition ol 1900. had b his own count rv for achins thirty jrear* and laya. Java arid Siam short, and the widow I who has been Uvinß these
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 19 4 SEND YOUR LETTERS BY THE ■QUICKEST ROUTE. AM MAIL THEM K. L. M. TO HOLLAND ENGLAND IN 7 DAYS.
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    • 51 4 1 1T1I ?^M M I I k I §1 I k B^ 1 f I k a^^ 1 well-appointed bathroom is a necessity m the tropics l ww YFORDS WehMl SANITARY WARE we hold large stocks of all the requirements for an up-to-date bathroom Sole Agents: UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED SINGAPORE
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  • Article, Illustration
    168 5 Oorothj? Round defeat! Mme. Mathleu to Meet Helen .Jacobs m final ♦t Wimbledon. Miss Dorothy Kound defeated Mmc Matin* v m th» Momens sillfiea semi-finals by M— 4. T. c—:. Mw> mcl Miss Helen Jacobs of I.S.A. iw the final. A general view <.! the match, RbttC Uathleu irearing an
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 170 5 WH ITEA WAYS INEXPENSIVE VACUUM I FLASKS, JUGS I AND FOOD PRESERVING JARS. I />irini MTrri\ TO KEEP l| Quids cold 1 UUAKAIN 1 LCU FOR 4 8 HOURS OR HOT I FOR 24 HOURS I SOLNDLI CONSTRICTED I VACUUM STEONG GLASS COVTAI--1 tt*t k fi \\T C* NFR ANI)
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  • 523 6 Police Find Of 800 False Coins At Geylang SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST WELL KNOWN EURASIAN Two Counsel For Defence EIGHT hundred counterfeit coins are said to have been found m a house m Siong Lim Park, Geylang, m a recent police raid. As a result of the raid,
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  • 204 6 POSTPONEMENT OF BREACH CASE But Costs Of Muar Witness To Be Paid THE case m which Arumugam. a lawyer's clerk, stands charged with criminal breach of trust m respect of $100. belonging to Madurasa Maricar. which was to have been continued yesterday m the third police court,
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  • 103 6 Malay Convicted At Kuala Lumpur Seremban. July 17. Allegations of crimpin?. of labourers from rubber estates m Negri Sembilan —a topic that came uo for discussion at the last annual meeting of the local planting bDdy— were made for a second time within a week. wher. the manager
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  • 316 6 he heard the sound of a door being slammed. He ran towards the sound and into the kitchen through the door which opened on to the courtyard. He came to another door which was shut. He broke this down with a heavy stone. At the same tin!? he heard loud
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  • Article, Illustration
    15 6 H.E. the d.O.C, Major-General Lewin, and Mrs. A. Caldecott. at the sports at Tanglin Barracks.
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  • 197 6 ADMISSION BY CHETTIAR AT ROTARY MEETING AN appeal for better understanding and more sympathy between 1 the peoples of different nations was made by Mr. Alagappa Chettiar, M.A., when he addressed the members of the Singapore Rotary Club, at their luncheon meeting yesterday. "What I have
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  • 480 6 It seemed an outrageous thing, he I continued, when he landed m England for the first time and found that the Indian friend who had promised to meet him there had failed to turn up. He was unable to look upon the default lightly and it did
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  • 192 6 TWO MONTHS FOR A ASMAN. who on May 17. signed a bond to be of good behaviour for six months, failed to keep to it and consequently found himself appearing for sentence m the third police court yesterday, before Mr. J. M. Brander. It was stated that
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  • 335 6 Preliminary Inquiry Into Charge 'From Our Own Correspondents Klang, July 17. In April last year there was considerable excitement m Carey Island over the disappearance of a Tamil I coolie namea Pandaram. Beyond the fact that Pandaram was a somewhat quarrelsome man there was nothing against him.
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  • 245 6 Revenue Officers* Mishaps During Uaid BRIDGE COLLAPSES AND KOLEH BECOMES WATERLOGGED But They Got Their Man THE discovery of an illicit still on Pulau Minvak marshy ground about two miles down the Kalians to a criminal prosecution m the third police com before Mr. J.
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  • 286 6 BLOOD ON CLOTHES OF BRAHMIN CLERK Inquiry Into Death Of Mr. F. D. H. Wigley /CHARGED with causing the death of F. D. H. Wigley, a south Indian Brahmin, Thillasthanan Srinivasan Ramaswami appeared before the First Magistrate, Ipoh, on Monday morning. The hearing had bren fixed originally
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  • 191 6 Ratu Gajah Treasury Case Next Month Ipoh. July 17. As a sequel to the disappearance of about $30,000 from the Sub-Treasury at Batu GaJah. m February last. Lob bin Mohamea Noor. previously employed as a peon m the service of the Government at Batu Gajah was this morning
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  • 95 6 •Frc Our Own Corresponds > Kuala Lumpur, July 17. Alleged to have committed the offence m 193 i. a middle-aged Punjabi named Abdul Rahman, was arrested here yesterday, and today he was convicted for a criminal breach of trust o! $104 entrusted tc him by a cattU dealer
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  • 83 6 Heavy Kail In Alfefd Bettinir Kalandar Mydin. an medan. appeared b the Penang police court i assisting m the mafia keot or used as a G at 46. Beach Street on Mr. H. Macneice, ippearti of Mr. t. E. Oon&fhan had been instructed I pp<-*Donement of tlv
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 87 6 RELIEVES ijrvijLN j Irritations quickly and easily For sufferers from itching, burning anVctions, eczenia, pimple*, r.i-li« •>, red, rough skin, w>re, itching, burning feet, cUafings, chapping*, cut*, burns and all forms of disfiguring blotches, prompt relief may be found by anointing with < uficura Olntinont. It quickly bootheh und boon
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    • 23 6 "ARTHURS" BAR mnd RESTAURANT 11 COLLYER QUAY TABLE O'HOTE TIFFIN *i (Special Disbef *0 60 SPECIAL OINNEP $1.50 from 7 p.m. to II
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  • No Conclusive Evidence Of Negligent Driving
    • 125 7 Are Your Godown Charges Eating into your Profits 'o-day to make ng them diminishec i a little attenquestions?— Godown ren' raised?— <k^d to sign i Staff, deliver: clerks, or lorry drir pay til need heavy hieing 1 every pruiculd take thes< d with his stor>lems into consideration. questions and to
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    • 31 7 'Lcod, second son of Mr. MacLeod, of Kuala returned to Malaya b\ •liter an absence of li '^ngland He is a graduate ol of Electrical Engineer jtated to the Grid Contro,
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    • 397 7 TRIBUTES TO MR, ALAGAPPA CHETTIAR ihe Spirit Of Modern Asiatic Youth" jyi«. X V AL. RM. Alagappa ITI viji.;u:. M.A.. barrister-at-law. entertaned to a tea party 3 roay a. (tie -ideiphi Hotel rooi garden by Dhanavyala <Nattukkottai Che*ttar) friends. Mr. Roland Bracidell presided. Among those present were Sir Arnold Robinson.
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    • 889 7 Taxi Driver Exonerated THE inquest on Joseph William Legge, a former Municipal em- ployee, was held before Mr. W. G. Porter, the Singapore Coroner, yesterday. Mr. Legge. who was 08 years old, was knocked down by a taxi at the Junction
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 142 7 /U..H A M BR_A_| UP_TO WOW BELIEVED TO BE TOO PABINC TO FH M j PREMISE TON^hV"] "'^J^BMMtt The PU tZer PriZC N Vel converted into ma*nificent screen entertainment" by the ""master RL3rr^^l "LAUGHING RfiV" I ■< MtTts C''^^^ w^B^BaT wBbIbbBBM Vb^HßbTJb^ VbMBBV Bb* .^BBIBBP .BMBMr '^^BBBMBa 1 "BBBI^BB^ a
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    • 39 7 NEW WORLD CABARET SATURDAY, JULY 21st CHARITY DANCE In aid of the S. C. R. C. Building Fund Entire Cabaret Entrance Proceeds will be given to the above Fund. ADMISSION $1 .OO No Free Lists J. E. JOHANNES. Manager.
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    • 225 7 tt j v^** liTJffjS^ Move's gioricus fiame led them! 5 through revolution to happiness. I ANNA NEAGLE I jFERNAND GRAAVEY HHPHH i |"TfiEQyEErsF|^B! ArrAlK m#~ fAS i I irriiin m I oibb Mclaughlin MURIEL AXED I j^H CLIFFORD HEATHERLEY I i A British and Dominions Production > 9 Romance, music,
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  • 542 8 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1934 One Locarno Is Enough THE one clear fact— and the one which concerns us most which has emerged from the recent visit to London of M. Barthou, the French Foreign Minister, is the unequivocal declaration of Sir John Simon m the House
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  • 1150 8 MALAYANS who met Captain R. G. Latta, Commodore of the Canaidian Pacific fleet during the visits of the Empress of Britain to Singapore i will be interested to hear that he has just resigned command of that fine vessel, and retired from the sea. He is.
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  • 248 8 Mr. Sworder, of the Revenue Survey Department, Taiping, and Mrs. Sworder, have sailed for Home Mr. Quah Beng Kee. 0.8. E., has been S lnted^ member ofth *«™2 a Ur B(mrd for a three Mr^?" L Cha P m an, of Whittal and S«5 *sgt5 gt
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  • 639 8 When ffoljamb- cam lo^al leave I reminded annual canoe race b Ihe neighbouring r n B- Though it which college cr luxury of tfoUambe knew, of course, tha Man so I v. enthusiasm, h., aged by his vi.v gestea that this something to marl said, lkom on
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 133 8 Mjh k\ m iM LIQUEUR p™^ CALDBECK'S -N APPOINTMENT M fiT KING OF SIAM FINEST SELECTION OF SMART JEWELLERY more desirable tharf ever betoSl.' bracelet or pendant SINGAPORE. 1 19Zh mth stn r yal no. i. «,.k.- C 5^ ANG Qfiemost JgL^iii popular dance number- 47/1 Hf?R if^i L 11
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    • 48 8 A MAN ADMITTED IN COURT THAT he got drunk because his wife had called him a \vorm. He evidently decided to become a glow-worm —and got all lit up. Is all your property insured against Fire GENERAL ACCIDENT, FIRE LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION, LTD. Hongkong Bank Chambers. Telephone 6480.
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  • 192 9 Canton Merchants And New Taxes SE VERE BURDEN ON guilds are financial i c msld ration j action it I partment to litional taxes petition de- teh industry is m Sweden a pi to den. r -v,:;r ;MKVI IAX are being theatres Department amusement clamour of National the Provincial T
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  • Article, Illustration
    43 9 THE COUNTESS CIANO. daughter of Si Kl ,or. Mussolini, the Italian rtctator. is m a visit to London, and is staying as a guest of the Italian EMMMJ. The ((-unless Ciai>o is seen leaving the Italian Embassy with Signora Crandi (m flowered dress).
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  • 21 9 Officers Reported t i.< utta. July 18. :.s who were at- German Himasafe. They did the climb, remaining Reuter
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  • 114 9 100 lii The Shade At Canton Shanghai, July 18. The heat wave from North China is steadily sweeping over the provinces m the South. Canton registered 100 under the shade this morning. Hsuchow Is also reported to be suffering from a serious heat wave and a disastrous
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  • 94 9 Divorce After Five Minute Hearing Los Angeles, July 18. Alter only five minutes hearing the Superior Court granted Mrs. Eleanor Wilson McAdoo. daughter ol President Wilson, her divorce from Senator William McAdoo. former secretary of the Treasury, on grounds of incompatibility of temperament and approved a property settlement
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  • 55 9 Mr. H. M. M. Moore Appointed Governor Rugby, July 18. The King has been pleased to appoint Mr Henry Monck Mason Moore t Colonial Secretary. Kenya > to be Governor and Commander- in-Chiet oi Sierra Leone m succession to Sir Arnold Hodson, recently appointed Governor and Commander-in-Chief
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  • 47 9 League Action On Oil From Ships Rugby, July 18. The British Government are addresser^ to the Secretary-General of the League a formal request that the question of oil discharged from ships should be referred for examination to tne League's communications and transi organisation.- British Radio
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  • 175 9 Australian Government's Ban Sydney. June 27. It was stated on behalf 01 the Returned Soldiers' League that the Federal Government refuses to issue a special postage stamp to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the landing of Australian troops at Anzac. The Federal Government stated that it would be
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  • 103 9 Disarmed Bandit Guards And Escaped Harbin, June 25. A Russian railway foreman named Maiushuk. employed by the Chinese Eastern Railway at a depot not far from Yablonya on the eastern line, was captured by a group of bandits more than a month ago. He has now returned from
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  • 55 9 Echo Of Recent Shuntien Piracy Shanghai, July 18. A message Irom Sinan says that the remaining 16 Chinese captives of the Shuntien piracy have been liberated as a sequel to a promise of Han Fu-chu, Governor of Shantung. The pirate chieftain is on his way to Tsinan formally
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  • 448 9 Borovsky Among The Masters TONE PICTURES THAT GLOW WITH LIFE AN eloquent tribute to the impresr^ sion he created on his first appearance m Singapore was paid co Alexander Borovsky m the Victoria Memoria Hall last night by the fact that the audience was larger than on Tuesday. The pianist
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  • 112 9 International Agreement Signed London, July 18. A considerable increase of activity m the world's tinplate industry is believed by the Financial Times to be the outcome of the signing of an international agreement regulating quotas and prices. Representatives of France. Italy. Germany. United States and South Wales took
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  • 90 9 Latest Rubber And Tin Prices And Sterling Rates RUBBER: London, July 18. Spot (Sellers) 7 4d. 7 1 16 d. > < Buyers* l l s& 7d.» Occ-Dec. 7%d. <7»/ 4 <i-> Jan.-Mar. 7V 2 d. <7%d.> Apr- June 7%d. (V/ 2 d.) Market Firm. New York, July
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 18 9 TIr FIN TODAY $1.00 TOMORROW t;i Indalouse Cream of Maize mm (ream Cabinet Pudding phone <*%? <once. 4906 Coffee.
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    • 94 9 NEW BOOK ON JAVA "JAVA PAGEANT" Ry H. W. Ponder. F.R.G.S. With many Illustrations from Photo■raplu by the Author and Two Maps. Th« author of thi volume has not only an exhaustive and intimate knowledge of Java acquired through long residence there, but wields an exceptionally lacy and telling pen.
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    • 321 9 Agß LENTHERIC Jl II Icl I FCR THE MIRACLE EXQUISITE AM) ALLI M RING PERFUME SUB- 0t WM TLE VET POWERFUL DELICATE AND TENA- ssiß^^ lors. AU FIL DE L'EAU r ic ic-k within Tin: HI! RANGE OF ALL ;^ifti $3.75 ROBINSON CO. LTD. ASPHODLE SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR. -?OX BRAND
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  • TRADE AND COMMER GIAL INTELLIGENCE
    • 1479 10 RISE IN STOCKS AND PRICES Bright Prospect For Rubber Fron; our Own Correspondent; L London, July 3. ON DON rubber experts have tnis weft v>a.cn."d the unusuai spectacle ol a steady increase m s.ocks coinciding with an equally progressive rise m tne prices of both shares and he commodity. Spot
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    • 80 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association DAILY PRICES CURRENT July 18, 12 o'clock noon. R.S.S. equal to London Std., Spot < loose) 23» 4 23»/2 R.S.S. equal to London Std., <F. 0.8.) July 23 V 2 23^ Standard R.S.S. on tender Aug|Sept. 24V 2 24% Oct.jDec. 25»/ 8 25»/ 4 Jan.|Mar.
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    • 187 10 Viscount Elibank On The Better Outlook Viscount Elibank. presiding at the annual meeting of Malaysiam Tin after referring to the rise m the price of tin. said that so far as the company was concerned matters had taken a definite turn for the better Dealing with the prospects
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    • 740 10 *> WEDNESDAY. JILY 18. 1934. Bayers Sel -Ampat Tin t» ta 41? d Ss yd m an S > 37s 6d 40s '.ustral Malay <£> SOs 52s 6d Ayer Hitam Tin (ss) 15s 16s 3e Ayer Weng ($l) <>07. 2101 »d Bangrin Tin S4s "»d ~ss 6u
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    • 138 10 July 18, 12 o'clock noon. Buyers Sellers Gambicr 4.00 Java Cube 7.25 Hamburg Cube 7.25 Muntok White Pepper 31 50 V/hite Pepper 30.50 Black Pepper 13.50 Copra, mixed 250 Copra, Sundried 2.95 Small flake Tapioca 4.10 Fair Sago Flour I.s7Vfe Palembang Jelotong 6.75 Blanja Jelotong 6.50 Sarawak
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    • 106 10 Big Increase In Exports Over Last Year The Department of Statistics. SS and F.M.S. states m regard to the exports of tinned pineapples that during the week ending July 14. exports from Malayan ports amounted to 50 055 cases of which 44,222 cases were' to the United Kingdom.
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    • 518 10 LOCAL SHARE MARKET BRIGHTER Several Surprising J Um ps In Industrials As foreshadowed In our last ciiculai the keener interest displayed m 00U1 the rubber and industrial sections of the local share market has been weli maintained during the past week, ana the general all round advance m quotations has
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    • 96 10 Yesterday's Rubber A uction The Singapore Chaml Rubber Association auction yesterday when Catalogued 1.588.8.M b Offered i 248.754 Sold 937.781 London NM New York 14 5,. PRICES KKAIi/i;,) Ribbed Smoked Sheet Cents P,r Ib Standard Quality Good Average Quality 22 Fair Average Quality Off Quality Crw Ct CUtUngS Pine Quality
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    • 105 10 m July 11 I? American Can. Com 101 American Telephone and Telegraph 114' IW •> Atcheson Railroad n Dupont 93 Firestone Common Unq General Electric 20' General Motors Goodrich Goodyear Unq Inter-Telephone and Telegraph H National City Bank New York Central Railroad Pennsylvania Rail- road Co. *Com >
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    • 43 10 A recent invention hai I I the prevention ol drmUffhU windows. The device cons: of rubber of tapering era which is held between the windows m such w»\ compression wh< n the wlndo* ened. The device can b< curing defects m old windows
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    • 25 10 MMM l MALAYAN DOLLAR lUIBEI COMPANIES 1934 $10(1 This book idves full part garding the fmanrial portfion various Dollar Rubber con.. Kelly Walsh. Ltd.. RafflSingapore
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  • 1297 11 General Approval By London i ress J^ WARM welcome is given to the proposed Eastern European mutual guarantee pact by the London Press, Most papers point out that SETS? Il thmS u tO gai by h ld nS aloof while the opposition organ
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    • 849 11 Assets exceed $18.000,000 Isaturance m force over 13V The Great Eastern life Assurance Co., Ltd. 'Incorporated m the Straits Settlement!) HEAD OFFICE: Oreat Eastern Life Building. Cecil Street. Singapore. u>NDON OmCE: 27 Old Jewr, it Tne company haS .0.000 deposited wUn y-g&fi- ccnpUe, wttn toe Briti.. L«e ATTRACnVE PLANS OF
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  • 51 12 The Lloyd Triestlno vessel Gange is due at Singapore on the mornin? of Thursday, July 19, from Shanghai and SS 1 ng w She terth alongside the S.HB. wharves and is due t- sail again the same day at 2 p.m. for Colombo. Bombay, Suez, Port Said Brindisi, Venice and
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  • LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
    • 955 12 Evidence Before Senate Committee A SHARP controversy between Senator Black and Mr. P. A. S. Franklin, president of the International Mercantile Marine Co., over the question whether the United 'States or Great. Britain granted the I more liberal subsidies to their shipping marked the appearance
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    • 56 12 Ships a1.mn.j,,,. <>r h u,!;r Kola 11: O iKmoire !>,„ k SUk.-vorth 30; I West Wharf (Entra, Oleiuhiel i Main Wh.m cia. Aquar Hua Ton| I Oil Wharf: N Coal Whan: VESSELS IX Ks Tmj— 1 Pagar Albert D.m k Vit toria D.m i i Keppel ll.irhniu Kteff*i
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    • 83 12 Oiang Ann marang Tinomb I wan 18.7. Ruyshes. Dut dan<4 18 T r jnang 18 7. for Pen Belawan-T Sin Kheng Senj B Malacca 18.7. for W Bom Keat, Br: ga 18.7. for Rhk) I Malacca. Brit 18.7 lor liata Gemas. Brit hat 18.7. for Muar Rajputana. B:
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    • 50 12 July U: jVollenhoven <rc\i 1 dang 'S;..:n C.ii:;.-: •Hin Tay Yn. Welrbank M Havre. Kndaf Nam V Ban Si.'»ng B» B tianak. Bong Lam ■Toussoum. D Duti July 18 Augusi I Majang. Bingkt L V Dut Tarn 1 M Boriba' BlamK iSilvcrbt'llf- c Wind* •Thong. Mt 1 Shadow B
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    • 37 12 > The lfaat< r A1 (dressed thu shippiiv:July 18 LAYING 01 SI BMARINI LF Position BBrani and B. I Mati. On Sunday. Jui and 3 p.m a Sin (Lighter Will I |twecn Br. Bathing P..:. r Plei Shipping
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 663 12 BOUSTEAD&Co.,Ltd. (Incorporated In F.MS.) i. TELEPHONE: Freight 5433 Passage 5431. LLOYDS AGENTS. fto«»*:nc Mrntn for Federated Malay States Railway* Royal State Railways of Slam. I Jb Rl\l ll^V^^^^l l^^^^^l |j| EH Em MKf9f^STSn bTTW/\~*^~**^^^ »a ii— T^^Ml bt^ 'Incorporated In England). HOME VIA CHINA, JAPAN, HONOLULU CANADA- rorH MAGNIFICENT "EMPRESSES,"
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    • 191 12 For everything appertaining TO Travel. Banking if Freight C Apply to COOKS WACQjjs^LITS [WOP tO TWAVcT~SEPVICr] 39, ROBINSON ROAD. Individual Attention. Telephone SPOB. STATE SHIPPING SERVICE of Western Australia FREMANTLE Via Port Swettecham, Pen«n m Palembanit Banjoewangi «nd Nor' I Western Port* Mm Sail Singapore Singapore T.s.m.v. Kangaroo July 24
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    • 87 12 I HENDERSON LINE SCHLIU I B 01 SAII IXOB By Fortnichtl> I'assrnßer SiejJ i Between BaagMß, rurt Marseilles. I'alni.i *mi ncUDfl ■OMBWABO SAILWCI Port of Disrmhar .iti. It ISM KEMMFNDINE BHAMO AMARAPOORA SAGAING BURMA YOMA PEGU CHINDWIN KEMMENDINE BHAMO i AMARAPOORA SAGAING I BuRM A YOMA Calls London. Through Passage
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 545 12 I Local And j Foreign Mail Despatches And Arrivals i 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. 7 p.m. 1 jKelantan <via Gemas' every > Monday, Wednesday,
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 387 13 BRITISH INDIA P. O. S. N. COS SAILINGS. OUTWAPDS Due Due T'na^e S pore. T'nace S'oore 17.000 July 20 BHUTAN 6.100 Sept 27 lALI 6.810 Aug 1 RAJPUTANA 17,000 Sept 28 CORFI -5 000 Aug. 3 BEHAR 6.000 Oct' 7 MM 1 1000 Au S 17 CHITRAL 15.000 Oct. 12
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    • 498 13 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m England) "ELLERMAN" LINE FOR HAVRE. LONDON, ROTTERDAM AND HAMBURG. City of Oran s City of Nomich F r Gen a M SeiUeS L P l Glas S owl Se U p g t- H llpt. 16 "AMERICAN AND MANCHURIAN" LINE FOR HALIFAX, BOSTON,
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    • 890 13 1 1Sm SSS J? ni S Xi t Lam (Oc6im THE HUA KHIOW STEAMSHIP CO (1931) ■team Bhlp Co.. Ltd.. ana unini. Ltd. s L csi ?si A j T u s j RA s^ I Sc OOcrR c rc o VTA^ iNE d -k. Ifc INSURANCE. toSS?i "S?.. uS*
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 782 14 Ka Pa Ma toMNKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPU CREMER -Thursday July 19 Belawan-Deli and Penang. KEAEL-- Thursday, July 19, Cheribon (not for passengers). Semarang, Sourabaya, Boeleleng, Ampenan, Padang-Bay. Benoa and Banjoewangi. RUJSKKS Thursday, July 19. Penang. Oelee Lheue (not for passengers), Sabang, TJalang, Meulaboh, Tapa-Toean, Sinabang, Singkel, Banjaklslands Slbolga, Sasak and Padang.
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    • 577 14 *Y~~ Wk Tyfe^^^^ JB W \/^^l TO EUROPE FROM SINGAPORfc AM) khSASij tOLOMBO, BOMBAY. SUEZ. PORT SAI i. M v w Dl l*£;» w* S'p<»re Spore Pcnans N. lk Pres. V. Buren July 28 July 31 Aug 2 *>«pt r Pres. Garneld Aug. 11 Aug. 14 Aug. 16 Sept. 25
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    • 673 14 \TA NAPLES, MARSEILLES. ANTWFBF H^Mu^ AND MIDDLESBROUGH SKASHIMA MARU 10,000 July 26 27 HAKOZAKI MARC K4 M tYASUKUNI MARU 12,000 Aug. 7 8 tTERUKUNI MAHU ij i HAKONE MARU 10,400 Aug. 22 23 H AKUS AN MARU 10.500 SSUWA MARU 10.750 Sept. 6 7 HARUNA MARU 14.400 N v.. FUSHIMI
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  • HENDREN TURNS BOWLER AT END OF THIRD TEST MATCH
    • 1029 15 How Australia Saved The Follow -On MISTAKES IN THE FIELD The Wonderful Batsmanship Of i^ vi. ten r i*^^ Manchester, July 1 1 L-, first chance given by w. M Woodfull been taken h* U ralia's captain had .scored yesterday I „<i Have won the third Test ma tch. writes
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    • 126 15 ALSTRALIA.-l 9 t. Inning FNri4vn A ENGLAND —Ist. Innin*, w ST OWn c Walters b Clark 72 o tp «r L. S. Darling b Verity 07 rfe ndren c and b O'Reilly 13 W. J. O'Reilly not out i? IgJ not out B 20, 1-b 13.
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    • 35 15 mSnon d g, "f 0 abe 3 131 0 Wall bowled two wides AUSTRALIA 2ad Inning Clsk T Wail M- R- W. ssa. I ass j v 4 0 McCabe bowled one wide.
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    • 696 15 Semi-Final L Stages Reached <From Our Own Correspondent.* i Seremban, July 16. CURTHER progress m the Negri Semi bilan Lawn Tennis Tournament was made this week-end when the semi' final stages were reached. Results: Singles Championship. First Round: V. M. Francis beat r W. Blelloch, 6—l, 6—3.
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    • 89 15 SINGAPORE VERSUS COMMAND THE teams for the Malaya Cup match between Singapore and the Malaya Command at Anson Road Stadium on Saturday were announced yesterday. Singapore:— Ah Kow; Gek Soo and Boon Lay; Hay, J. Then and Donald; Joy, Hoi San, Keng Hock, Fyfe and King. Command .—Ferry (R.A.F.) McKenzie
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    • 132 15 Teams For Local Week-end Matches The following are invited to play cricket for the V.M.C.A. against the Nondescripts on the V.M.C.A. Ground on Saturday at 2 p.m. R ;«i jyne> S D Gaud er, S. Ferriera ;H. Gibson, Lee Fong Lim, E. Brown Baker, E. A. Moss, P. L.
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    • 32 15 The next meeting of the Federal Council will be held at Kuala Lumpur on Monday. Aug. 27, at 10 a.m. There will be no ceremonial opening and uniform will not be worn
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    • 751 15 I Jackie Brown, Holder, Lucky To I Draw With Frenchman duy herald Boxing corresponc'ent about his movements. His defence was none too sound, and from the first KonsVJ I** baUle Until toS SSfliiK n WaS tlrelessl^ at Th^ 3 Jl ad^ Br Wn bamed
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  • WARDEN AND MISS TOBY WIN S. L.T. A. MIXED DOUBLES
    • 635 16 Get Four Goals Lead, Then Match Abandoned PULAU BRANI were leading by four goals to nil m a First Division match against the Malays at Anson Road Stadium yesterday afternoon when play had to be abandoned 12 minutes after the interval owing to the ground being completely
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    • 250 16 Garrison Officers At Tennis The lollowing are the results oi Garrison Officers tennis tournament: Men's Handicap Singles Hamilton beat Huggett. 6—3. 6—4. Evans beat Russell 6- -4. 6 o. Hill beat Hyland 7—5, 6—2. Goatcher beat Buchanan 5 7. 6 4. 6—4. Muschamp teat, Woodall 6—l. 8-5. Graham beat Black
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    • 343 16 ITPARDEN and Miss Toby won the mixed doubles final m the W s.L.T.A. Championships, against N. S. Wise and Mrs. Cameron, beating them m the second set 10—8. They won the first set ♦d— 3 the previous day when the match had to
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    • 31 16 Mrs. Cameron made a gallant effort to retrieve the next game when Warden and Miss Toby were leading love 40 and she was lucky to get a half-volley
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    • 76 16 "THE return contest between Al Rivers and Arthur Suares has been approved by the Boxing Board of Control and has been fixed for Saturday. August 4. The fight will be over 15 three-minute rounds, and the winner will be recognized middleweight champion of Malaya. A
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    • 217 16 over the net to take a point, but Warden drove past Wise to take the game and level the score once more. Miss Toby serving, the winners went ahead at 4 3, but m the next game Mrs. Cameron took her service to 40 love. She lobbed off court to
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    • 81 16 Vice-Captain's Team's Close; Victory At Sepoy Lines On the Sepoy Lines golf course on Sunday, a match was played between the Captain's team and the Vice- Captain's team, and ended m a narrow j win for the latter side. Following are details: Captain's Team mentioned first. j Elkins 0,
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    • 78 16 The July Medal Bogey of the Keppel Golf Club will be played for on Saturday and Sunday. July 21 and 22. The following is the draw ior the St. James Cup: E. Hitcham vs. H. I. Jones. E. Kent vs. G. G. Wilson. J. Thomson vs. M.
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    • 57 16 The following have been invited to play Association football for B.C.C. vs. R.AJ\ 2nd XI on Tuesday, July 24, at S.C.C. (2nd Division League) T. O. Lashmar; R. V. Welch, and P. D. Cork, G. J. Merrifield, J. Crichton, and R. Davidson; 8. Webb, Dr. J. W. Winchester, Y. W.
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    • 397 16 Airmen And Marines Play f 0 Finish In A Deluge R.A.F. II *5 Marine Dept HEAVY rain came to the aid of the Air Force at JaUn Be* yesterday, when they were engi^ed m a Second Divisj match with the Marine Department Football Club. [there was on
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    • 53 16 The following have b<-». play for the V.M.C.A. against Institution on Mo.. Ground at 5 p.m.:E. C. Cherringtor. R I Kit Soon; Au Peck K^;. A p. :k Wh\> and Sect Benp, Sin. Jo Yeow Siang. irr. Chwti Chua I M Fraser. and A J B. kS. Ferreira. Lee
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 42 16 HOW MUCH DO YOUR CHILDREN KNOW? L GET THEM THE LATEST AND GREATEST ENCYCLOPEDIA FOR CHILDREN THE MODERN ENCYCLOPEDIA FOR CHILDREN. 1200 PICTURES $4.50 300,000 WORDS EVERY PICTURE PARAGRAPH WILL ANSWER YOUR CHILDRENS QUESTIONS. OBTAINABLE AT MALAYA PUBLISHING HOUSE, v LIMITED. SINGAPORE
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    • 59 16 PLAIN FACTS! By using the best ingredients obtainable:Fraser Neave Ltd. produce the richest, most fruity and highest class bcver a il c s I obtainable:- Guaranteed to conform to the requirements of> Pure Food enactments i he trZe 2^P\ UAKi [Printed and pubUshed by ALFRED STANLEY BANKS, at th, Singapore
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 143 16 Oldfield Cup On Sunday The following are the starting times for the Oldfleld Cup to be played on the Garrison golf course on Saturday. July 21:— 3.15 p.m. Major and Mrs. F. C. Austin vs. Major and Mrs. L. A. J. Graham. 3.20 p.m. Capt. J. B. Gumhill and Mrs.
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