The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 11 August 1934

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. NO. 14.341 ESTD. 1835. SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1934. 10 CENTS
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    CROWN CASE PRESENTED IN TRUNK MURDER TRIAL
    1043 1 CROWN CASE PRESENTED IN TRUNK MURDER TRIAL Crowds Besiege Conn SIR BERNARD SPILSBL'RV (,I\ES EVIDENCE Spilsbury, the Home Office Pathologist, gave important 5 Brighton yesterday when Jack Notyre (alias Tony arged with the murder of Violet Kaye, a dancer. railed that the victim's body was found in a trunk at
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    NOTYRK'S ARREST
    75 1 "\)l j Can Say Is That I Am! Not Guilty" fter the discovery ol Jack Notyre was patrol near Blaek- harged at Brighton ir n July 18. sheet the case ap- Notyre, aged 26. 5 Feloniously, wilaforethought did n< Violet Saunders 7th and 15th of May, ,<l. of
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    STOP PRESS
    48 1 Nanking, Aug. 10. 'i 36 districts of Anhui stricken Export of rice Ince has been banned by s till the end cf August. cereals, and vegetables Is unparelle': since rver 1.000 hungry farmen small ullage near Mrnking away all food stu:T>\ n *<* before troops arrived.— Reuter
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    PROSPECT OF RISE IN PRICE OF SILVER
    380 1 Weakening Of The Dollar London, Aug. 10. "■WILL America buy here today?" was f '-.he question asked on all sides in London silver circles this morning. The fixing of the price at 50.01 cents an ounce has revealed that America has been a
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    No Political Significance
    112 1 British Mission To Far East London, Aug. 10. Official circles point out that the j Federation of British Industries Mission to the Far Easi is a private one. solely 'tngaged in business. It is added that since the independence Of Manchukuo Britain has maintained consulates at Harbin
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    INFLATIONARY MOVES
    393 1 Foreign Observers' Fears London, Aug. 10. President Roosevelt's intentions in regard to the dollar are still secret, bin his silver policy undoubtedly makes for further currency expension. say.', the Financial Times. The paper dec-ares that the most important immediate effect of the silver proclamation is that foreign observers,
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    NEW MARKETS
    169 1 i London, Aug. 10. The mission from the Federation of British Industries to Manchukuo is welcomed by The Times as a proof that the possibility of rinding* new markets in the Far East, is not being ignored by British manufacturers, and says it may be taken for granted
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    FLOOD & DROUGHT HAVOC IN CHINA
    628 1 FLOOD DROUGHT HAVOC IN CHINA ernor ot Hunan, has been publicly adding his prayers to those of his people I for rain which does net come Some parts report occasional shower I bui now these are too lute to save the withered rice fields DRAGON GOD EXECUTED t An amazing
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      37 1 BIGIA TEA Brings the freshness nd fragrance of the Malayan gardens iirect to >our home. TODAY'S ATTRACTIONS RIJSTAFFEL 12.30 3 p.m. SPECIAL DINNER DANCE CONCERT Fom °ij p.m. to 9-15 p.m. Midnight RAFFLES CELEBRATED ORCHESTRA PHONE 5381
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      123 1 There is no better Tea than BIGIA TEA GROWN IN MALAYA SEA VIEW \5 HOTEL TONIGHT SPECIAL DINNER DANCE I K > (."y "J '9J~ 99 V ROYAL HAWAIIAN ENTERTAINERS DANCING SINGING MUSIC TAU MOE PRINCESS ROSELANI KING OF THE STEEL GUITAR THE NIGHTINGALE OF HAWAII CONCERT DIKING DINNER DINNER
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    WHEAT PRICES UP
    54 2 London, Aug. 7. A sharp week-end increase in prices or American and Argentine wheat caused great activity on the Liverpool Exchange today and a rise occurred in speculative market of 3d. per cental, which is slightly over Is. a quarter. The price of flour was today officially
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      92 2 «uri outw«rd i;<f>* of Impurlcb* not *»on| r«|tar fwnov th« chum of cA* trowbd <te Moo^ by t^in^ CWti'i i^ood Htxttir^ •l"^ **d 1m UQUID m TABLET Jmm t^ox cfe Kings arrange short trips by car from Suez connecting the steamer at Port Said. For further particulars apply to PATERSON,
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      385 2 AUCTION SALE RE THE ESTATE OF C. A EVANS, DECEASED. AUCTION SALE of VALUABLE TEAK OFFICE .FURNITURE. LAW BOOKS, Etc To be held at No. 6-C D'Almeida Street First Floor) ON TUESDAY, AUG. 14th, AT 11 a.m. Comprising .—One H.M.V. table grand gramophone in mahogany stained case, iron safes. "Remington"
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      640 2 Law Notices 1 For The Day j Before Mr. Justice Prichard in the 2nd Court at 11 a.m. Criminal Appeal Rex. vs. Cecil Edward Elliot Edlin. NOTICES. MALAYAN BREWERIES, LIMITED. I Notice is hereby given that an Interim Dividend of Vk% on the Shares of the Company has been declared
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      419 2 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENT?" THE NEW MOTHER OF PEARL NAIL POLISHES BY LENTHERIC. PARIS. IN SIX BEAUTIFUL SHADES. Medical Hall, Limited, Chemists. 1 BUSINESS CARDS "CAIRN HOLM PRIVATE HOSPITAL," 55, Calrnhlll Road. MISS MOLLIE McGRATH, Tele. 4110. Matron-Proprietress. BOARD RESIDENCE THE MANSION Oxiey Rise— Stafasjore, RESIDENTIAL HOTEL laon-licemed). PW 3795-3 Miaites fr#«
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      482 2 Tenders are ~n^TT, I following mat,: particulars. se p I Room. ;I cipal Erection of a Bton it (behind Kami i Uf^ Ro^ of Closing 4 on l For Sale Bituminous M lc ton, per hour Date 01 August 13th. i Purchase of Scrao R ra Meter Workshop \Vr^J{^ of
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      275 2 Diary Of The Week SATURDAY, AUG. 11. ugh Water, 11.58 a.m. 8.7 ft.. 11.23 p.m., 9 8 ft. Racing Taiping Amateur Race Meeting, last day. Rifle Shooting: S.V.R.A. Bisley Meeting. Cricket S.C.C. vs. R.A.F.. Padans; S.C.R.C. vs. 6t. Joseph's Institution, S.C.R.C. ground; N.C.C. vs. Indian Association I. A. ground; Wiltshire
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      487 2 CHURCH SERVICES 11th Sunday After Trinity ST. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL 6.50 a.m. Hoiy Communion 7.30 a.m. Matins. ;8 a.m. Holy Communion (choral). 5.30 p.m. Evensong (choral) and Sermon. 10.30 a.m. R.A.F. Voluntary Service. jfc.3o p.m. Service at Missions to Seamen. Holy Communion on Mon., Wed. and Friday at 8 a.m.; Tuesday.,
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      267 2 Preacher: Mr. Khoo Chiong Bee. Friday, 8 p.m. Epworth League Meeting. TOE GEYLANG CHINESE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH (Junction of Al Junied Road and Sims Avenue) 11 a.m. Service of Workship (in Hokien Preacher: Rev. Lim Poh Chin. 3.30 p.m. Sunday School. 4.30 p.m. Service of Worship (in Malay;. Preacher: Mr.
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    FLIES TO WORK
    127 3 Daily Trip Of Two Hundred Miles Sydney. In his overalls d\i6 with his lunch tucked in a bag. Mr. J. Ewington flies from Newcastle to Sydney 100 miles every day to his work. "I'll be home for tea." he says, as He steps into the Northern Airways
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    MAJORITY OF ONE
    120 3 Surprise Sequel At K.L. Sanitary Board 'From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 8. Great surprise was caused at the Sanitary Board meeting this morning when the chairman stated that in regard to the proposal to include conservancy fees in th? general assessment rate, which had been
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    111 3 To be wrongly accused as wife stealers by an irate New Hebridean chief 1 was one or a series of adventures which 1 befell a party of young explorers during i theii travels among the more remote tribes Mr. D. Dickson, a young journalist of Ouyen 'Victoria* related the incident
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    SERGEANT GUILTY OF ASSAULT
    272 3 ATTACKED A CHINESE DURING A RAID But It Was "In execution Of His Duty" I JjjHERIFF bin Khasa, a sergeant ol the Butterworth Police Station, who was charged with voluntarily causing hurt to a Chinese during a i gambling raid, was sentenced to a fine of
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    Malay Killed In An Island Affray
    295 3 VIOLENT RIOT ON PULAU TIKONG Knives, Poles And Iron Rods CAUSE OF OUTBREAK A MYSTERY tves and wooden polos were freely used, blood was spilt in lost his life during the course of a serious affray orinvial provocation, between a number of Teochews and
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    59 3 who was sentenced in the url for the theft of ir.jm the surgery of list, was traced by the ti the finding on the dentticket in the Golden the man's name. icking the premises My fell from his pocket. id no difficulty in obi irom the vendor of man was
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    "His Bankruptcy Weighs Heavily On Him "
    576 3 "His Bankruptcy Weighs Heavily On Him CHIEF CLERK'S MISFORTUNES U|N THIS case his bankruptcy weighs heavily on him and I am sorry for him." said Mr. Justice Gerahty yesterday, when Tan Hock San was taken through his public examination. Hock San said that he was employed, at Robinson and Co.,
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    STOWAWAY FINED
    88 3 Trip To Penang To Earn His Living" Charged with being a stowaway on the s.s. Erinpura from Negapatam to Penang. a Tamil was brought before the Penang police magistrate. Mr. D. Wills at the police court. Pleading guilty, Ibrahim, the accused, said he saw many people boarding the
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    135 3 Following are subscriptions for July j 1934 to the Singapore Non-European Relief Fund: Mr Sean Kwang J:>o $1.00. Mr. C. A Rodrigues $1. The A PC. IBM.)] Ltd. $150 00. The A.P.C. <SS.) Ltd $10.47. Municipal Junior Services Btafl $215.75. Eurasian Association $300. Staff of Tan Tock Seng Hospital $9.85.
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    NEON LIGHTS IN SINGAPORE
    226 3 CONTRACTS FOR $21,000 IN FIVE MONTHS Siam Firm Cais^Up Capital To Open Branch Here (From Our Own Correspondent) j Bangkok. Aug. 1. 'THE annual meeting of the Claude 1 Neon Lights (Oriental), Ltd.. reports that capital was raised during the year to open a factory in
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    41 3 I An "Olde Englyshe Fayre" will be i held at the Racecourse. Kuala Lumpur, j on Saturday. Sept. 15, irem 4 p.m. H.E. j the High Commissioner, the Chief Secretary and the British Resident Selangor, have promised to be patrons j
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      81 3 IHTB VISION r mm m^ ialised opticians are at >«t service. Free sight-testing advice given. Our glasses emr vision from edge to d our charges are onserve your vision Witll modern lenses N EW CHIHi~OPfrCAL CO., HIGH STKLET SINGAPORE. -rf.'lfW FRENOH REMKDVt IH|RAPION NO.l IHERAPIONNO.2 r^s R^ p ON Nfl
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      486 3 ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW AT A URELIA 'S 12- A, Stamford Road, Capitol Building. HATS DRESSES NOVELTIES New Shipment off HATS now on display Do not throw away your old hats Have them cleaned, dyed and remodelled by us We can make them just like new. Australia's Great Event Everybody's going,
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    The NEXT WAR By its SUDDENNESS will be MORE HUMANE
    1606 4 The NEXT WAR By its SUDDENNESS will be MORE HUMANE *yHE writer of this article, Lieutenant-General Horst von Metzsch, at the out break of war aide-de-camp to the King of Saxony, was first on the General Start of the 27th Reserve Corps which fought in Flanders in 1914. Later he
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    Wishing you a Happy Crisis and a Prosherous New War
    10 4 Wishing you a Happy Crisis and a Prosherous New War
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    JAPANESE CAR
    135 4 First Chassis Arrives In Sydney Sydney. Japan's intention to enter the Australian motor car market was further stressed by the arrival recently on the Kitano Maru of an assembled chassis of the type much used in the East. Motor cars have been manufactured in Japan for some time,
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    35 4 The Barrow Hematite Steel Company have received an order tor steel rails wT wi^h h ineSe Gove ™ment which will with other orders in hand, keep 2.000 men fully employed until the middle of September.
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      370 4 LUNCHEON, LIGHT LUNCHEn. MORNING or AFTERNoJJ SNAC^, h -MW- to the cum, something Hftht to carr, > n T»v<"\ We have itj All food j, are assured at nil times of '^vinT Gef Me Aa6iV frequent G. H. X L^ a^^p »^^r^*^B I Y*l IVaaaY P-^ ''V-t']"',!/!! H «P B
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      101 4 Transmission 111. GMT S VITKI>AY 13.45 Time signal from Big Ben I News bulletin •00 A topical talk. 14.05 Light music. 14.30 Eugene Pini and his Tango Orchestra; Gustave Ferrari I < tenor). 15.45 Time signal from Greenwich Harold Ramsay at the organ oi the Granada Tooting London. 17.00 News
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      85 4 WEEK-END WIRELESS PROGRAMMES Scotch Airs, a programme of gramophone records. 16.00 An organ recital by O. H. Peasgood, from the Concert Hall, Broadcasting House. London. 16.40 Concert by Calender's Senior Band. 17.30- A summary of the week's news 17.45 Holland— PHOHl Wavelength— 16.88 metre* SATURDAY 12.30 Dutch National Anthem 12.40
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      129 4 13.30 News talk by Mr. L. Aletrino. 13.50 Second part of the electrical transcriptions: Lys Gauty: "A Paris dans chaque faubourg "Le Chaland qui passe. Tu m'as fait tant souffrir 14.00 The latest news from Holland 14.25 Third part of the electrical transcriptions: Lucienne Boyer: Qui m'aurait dit. L'etoile d'
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    FULL DETAILS OF LOCAL BROADCASTING SCHEME
    659 6 Licence Granted For Period Of Five Years DAILY PROGRAMMES Only Britons Or Malays To Be Employed 'THE special broadcasting licence to be issued by Government to a new Singapore undertaking will be operative lor a period of five years. Broad details of the scheme,
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    5 6 v. five sons and Iw^au^rl
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    CAR BURNED
    145 6 Chinese On Charge Of Mischief pAUSING mischief by setting fire to i a motcr car scat was the unusual I charge brought against a man named Chan Ah Wan in the police court before Mr. J. M. Brander yesterday. Accused, who is a mascn. is alleged to have
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    RUBBER TAPPER KILLED
    51 6 »From Our Own Correspondent > < Seremban. Aug. 9. c News has reached here that a poung e tfokien Chinese. a rubber tapper v employed on Cycle estate, was knocked i iown yesterday and killed near Batang 3enar by a day train from Kuala Lum- ii our
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    ABSENT-MINDEDNESS
    173 6 Over 3,000,000 Letters a Year In Dead Letter Office Incredible as it may seem. 38.090 articles were posted in New South Wales during the year ended June 30 1933, without an adrress. and what is still more incredible. 471 of these article! contained money. But probably the most inexplicable
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    Livestock Dealer Charges Manager
    178 6 BOUND OVER 19- Year-Old Youth's Suicide Attempt i A 19-year-old English speaking youth, Yew Tim Kow, pleaded guilty when produced In the police court before Mr. J. M. Brander yesterday to having made an attempt on his own life with poison. Tim Kow. it was stated,
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    BREACH OF TRUST OF A DRAFT
    368 6 Judgment Reserved In Case Against Penang Chinese JUDGMENT was reserved by the Penang second magistrate (Mr. Wills) at the conclusion of the case in which a Hockchew Chinese named Lee Loy Loy is charged with criminal breach of trust in respect of a bank
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    ALLEGED BREACH OF TRUST
    343 6 $245 Involved ALLEGATIONS of criminal breach of trust were made against his manager, K. S. Naidu, by Mr. S. M. Nathan proprietor of the Malayan Livestock Co., in the police court before Mr. N. Grice, yesterday. Naidu was accused of having misappropriated sums totalling over $245
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    PLAGUE OUTBREAK
    131 6 Thirty Two Lives Lost In Manchuria i Dairen. Thirty-two persons have died of plague in Manchuria this year. 25 at Paiyintala and seven in the Nungan district. Plague has often claimed hundreds of lives in the past but medical authorities believe fatalities this year will be decidedly fewer
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    MISSING CHEQUE
    73 6 ißoyanese On Stolen Property Charge Investigations on a report made by Mrs. de Witt, a resident of Mount j Elizabeth, concerning the loss of a cheque filled in for $80 led to the arjrest of a young Boyanese, Amin bin Abdul Gani. on Wednesday. Produced before Mr. Norman
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    ATTEMPT TO BRIBE INSPECTOR
    300 6 CHINESE ON SERIOUS CHARGE rpHE case in which Cheah Ah Chee, a A Chinese, who is alleged to have sent under registered cover a letter and five $10-notes to Inspector J. Stewart,, of the Bukit Mertajam Police Station as a bribe, was resumed before the District
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      153 6 "AVE YOC 'vT^ rooMACHi set;;, can enjoy and relSi without fear of an aft, nave 'Blsuratod' m prevent the trO ub^T Try it. Eat what^' take a little 'BlsurateS' y neutralise the ac >, stomach and lining. Doctors recorr, Magnesia-thousands u f 1 it prevents stomach stops indigestion in r
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    RIGHTS OF PAWNBROKERS
    794 7 RIGHTS OF PA WNBROKERS Judgment In Test Case At Penang A wh"h had bei gmC t0 the fight f SSessi n f J-enery crimina b r each of fruT* Wh had been (Mr. B. F Bridge" y the Penan District Jud e Siew^rwho" h!wL a L a reSUU Oi the
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    SANCTION NEEDED
    106 7 Cheating Case Settled Goh Lye Kang. a solicitor's clerk appeared again before Mr Normat Grice. the second magistrate, yesterday ~n a charge of cheating Ong kah Lock n respect of some land. At a previous date of mention Mr V D Knowles. pros?cuting. applier for a postponement as
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    MEN IN WHITE
    232 7 IF it is true that screen history is made by romantic teams, then history is to be in the making when "Men in White" opens tomorrow at the Capitol Theatre. For heading the cast of the new M-G-M production is a screen team new to the theatre
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    70 7 'Planes of No. 203 'Flying Boat* Squardnn R A.F., will pass through i Malaya in September on their way from Basra to the centenary celebrations at Melbourne. The squadron, which will at under the command of I Group Captain R. E. Saul. D.F.C.. is due to leave Basra on Sept.
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      462 7 r Your Godown Charges Mating into your Profits nit enough to-day to make nit having thorn diminished which with a little atten- avoidable. ,u consider these questions? s ble your Godown rent be raised )\i may be asked to sign a lpn.se your Godown staff, deliver? clearing clerks, or lorry
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      132 7 I PARAMOUNT WEEK IS COMING WATCH FOR SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. M^Ma/^ m^^ IF ITS A PARAMOUNT PICTURE IT'S THE BEST SHOW IN TOWN NEW WORLD CABARET DANCING EVERY NIGHT FROM 9 p.m. TEA DANCES ADMISSION TO CABARET FREE Every Tuesday, Thursday S Saturday from 5.30 to 7.30 p.m. NIGHT DANCES: ADMISSION
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES BIRTH.
    23 8 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES BIRTH. HAY— On Aug. 10. 1934. in the Maternity Ward, General Hospital, to Joan, wife of Allstair William Hay. a daughter.
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    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1934. The Silvery Way
    1138 8 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1934. The Silvery Way IT is doubtful U any of President Roosevelt's administrative acts will exceed In significance the nationalisation of silver, for with that he has set the country's feet on the road to inflation, though it may not be called by
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    Topics Of The Week
    1115 8 THE Topicist heartily endorses the sentence of four months' hard labour passed on Jackie Brown, the world's flyweight champion, for biting an inch off a man's ear in the course of an argument, but is surprised that the judge made no order about "keeping the piece"
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      340 8 b>«R __K. t_l r k Jf i dfl^^A Ilk. A I 1 1 1 Mj M tfc^ r^^ jMnut D I<L l/cn6aae lIPI, LIQUEUR j_|^^ BR4MDY CALDBECK'S *vJ)JMBIv-* APPOINTMENT KING F SIAM FINEST SELECTION OF SMART JEWELLERY JUST ARRIVED Wearing a good piece ot JEWEL is a tine old tradition
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      60 8 "DO YOU BELIEVE IN CLUBS FOR WOMEN?" h an interviewing reporter t asked a celebrity. "Yes, c when kindness fails/' w r as j the reply. The "GAFLAC" ACCIDENT and ALL t SICKNESS POLICY pays t a weekly compensation for any sickness or acci- j dent whatsoever. j GENERAL ACCIDENT,
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    REDS TO BE ELIMINATED EN ONE MONTH
    386 9 BEING ROUNDED UP IN FUKIEN Rival Manoeuvres Along The Great Wall Shanghai, Aug. 10. FOLLOWING the example of the British and Italian garrisons in North China, a detachment ot American troops arrived at Shanhaikwan to join the British and Italian troops in a
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    GEN. GOERING FAVOURITE
    73 9 GEN. GOERING FA VOURITE Merlin. Auk. 10. cnangei arc pending but an iouncemeut If not expected r the plebiscite of Aug. 19. likely that the vice-Presi-vlce-ChanceUorshlp will be man frhc will fill the role Reichsfuehrer ndidates mentioned are Gen. eneral von Blomberg and Dr. nberg. the newspaper king. is the
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    LANCASHIRE OBJECTS
    37 9 nancial Arrangement* With Germany London. Auk. 10. cotton spinners have continue the suspension of for Germany until the [ementa are clarified. [action is expressed at the agreement which does for the payment of Otttdebts. Reuter.
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    24 9 The engagement is announced ot Li. Kenneth Williamson. R.N.. H.M.S. Eagle, to Joan, daughter of Lt.-Col. J. M. Brickman. 2nd Battalion. 20tn Burma Rities.
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    COMMODITY MARKET
    12 9 Latest Rubber And Tin Prices And Sterling Rates asdf RUBBER
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    PURCHASE PLAN
    189 9 Answer To Agitation For Inflation Washington, Aug. 10. Mr. Morgenthau. Secretary to the Treasury, told pressmen that the Government, in nationalising silver, was exercising its right of "eminent domain" and added "I am very relieved it is over." Some circles of the stock exchange regard the move as
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    FRENCH VIEWS
    46 9 I Paris, Aug. 10. Official circles are 01 opinion that the United States nationalisation of silver will not hit the franc or assail the monetary policy of gold bloc countries. It is not anticipated here that President Roosevelt intends to devaluate the dollar.- Reuter
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    SIR JOSIAH CROSBY
    54 9 Presents Credentials To The Regent (From Our Own Correspondent.' Bangkok, Aug. 10. The new British Minister to Siam (presented his credentials at Bangkok on Wednesday at a special audience of ithe Regent. Yesterday afternoon the British Association arranged an at home a1 the Briish Club to welcome
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    MR. R. F. W. HAGENZIEKER
    433 9 Death Follows Operation For The death took place early on Thursday morning, at the General Hospital. Singapore, of Mr. Robbert F. W. Hagenzieker, a member of the staff of the Singapore Rubber Works. The deceased entered hospital suffering from appendicitis a few days previously and
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      117 9 0 noceni men went on .t maiden cruise. promised not to ;lip. SLIP AHOY "MELODY CRUISE" Wonderful musicMaddening ;J.irls! Oceans of low! with CHARLIE KUGGLES PHIL HARRIS GRETA NISSEN. MARJORiE GATESON. HELEN MACK. 5k Chandler. June Brewster, Shirley Chambers soon AT CAPITOL! TODAY SPECIAL CURRY TIFFIN $1.25 (ream ot Tomato
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      242 9 ROBINSON'S BATH SOAP. I Bath Soar H MimOSa B Bfe "Oil UAVCNOC* R VIOCCT All f H COtOONI r *EFl.f OHLH ■j Kobi:>sotn cCo Ltd.. fe^^^^g^V $1.15 PER BOX. ■>' i"n™W^ A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY OF PURCHASING EXCELLENT BATH SOAP AT A SPECIAL BARGAIN PRICE. SIX TABLETS OF ASSORTED PERFUMES WEIGHING
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    THE DANGERS OF RESTRICTION
    1283 10 London Market Position Still Sound AS THIS air mail letter leaves, the rubber position is still re- garded as eminently sound here, but there are whispers that a decline in demand may result from the American drought, which the farming community heavily in that country and
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    Petrol And Kerosene Prices
    88 10 Aug. 10. Shell and Fish Kerosene Devoe's Imperial Brilliant Kerosene per tin (of 4 Gallons §2 20 Sylvan Arrow Kerosene per tin 200 Socony Motor Gasoline ex pump per Brit. Imp. Gal 82 Socony Motor Gasoline 1/4 drums per drum 3 45 Socony Motor Gasoline 1/4
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    Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association
    78 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association DAILY PRICES CURRENT Aug. 10, 12 o'clock noon. R.S.S. equal to London Std. Spot (loose) 24 7 /s 25 R.S.S. equal to London (FOB.) Aug. 25*8 25»/4 Standard R.S.S. on tender Aug. 25U 25% Sept. 25V 2 25% Oct.iDec. 26V 4 26% Jan.lMar. 26 7
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    148 10 K Business Mostly Speculative Messrs Guthrie and Co., Ltd., in their weekly rubber report, dated Aug. 10. state during the week the market has been very steady and values have appreciated considerably. Business has been mostly speculative and, although a far amount of profit-taking has taken place, the
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    92 10 Merino Ram on Stamp to Commemorate Founder Canberra. Afier an extensive search, a picture of a merino ram has been secured lor reproduction on the Macarthur commemorative stamp. Arrangements are almost complete tor the issue of this stamp, which is to commemorate the j centenary of the death
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    16 10 FRIDAY. Al'G. 10, 1934. asasdf sdf DOLLAR RUBBERS asdf asdf INDUSTRIALS sdf LOANS
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    291 10 Falling Off In Ore pHE report of the directors of Consolidated Tin Smelter was presented at the fifth ordinary general meeting pany, held at Princes House. 93, Gresham Street Fro" as follows The directors beg to submit to the shareholders the audited accounts for the year ended
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    81 10 Latest Buyers' Messrs. Guthrie and Co. notify latest buyers prices, received by cable yes-' kernels f r Malayan paJm oil and P alm Palm oil in bulk: c.i.l. landed weights Halnax (Nova Scotia) 2.25 cents (US currency) per lb. c.i.f. landed weight d Hamburg £9176 Per Palm
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    115 10 New York Speculators .May Take Them Higher Since the holidays the local market has been steady with a slight rise n Mow W ymPathy Wlth Lo^o anS states Stanton and Co s rubber market review of Aug 10 rlca ofihTnT 1 1 tOday from Ampcaused a "^"a'^ation
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    54 10 Increase Of One-Third Over Last Year Total n™V Same Poriod ln 1932-33. whereas in fh"" 10 tO 128:? 94.309 lb. Sultanas again formed the bulk of 8202 0 n 4 n 7«"fK mentS and the vafue of the ha?f of fh W f £1 "««96-morc than 302
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    21 10 Cn Th WH RaUb Australian Gold Mining Co Ltd.. reports output for the four ounces Cnded JUly 18 Of 2012 i
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    135 10 Aug. 10. SELLIM. London 4 months' right London, 3 monthsLondon, 60 days' sight London, 30 days' sigV London, demand London, T.T Lyons and Paris, demai.u Hamburg, demand New York, demand Batavia. Sourabaya. d.nund Samarang, demand Penang. demand Calcutta. Bombay, den. Rangoon. Madras. Colombo, demand Hong Kong, demand Saigon,
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    146 10 Belief Comniodit\ Become Scarcer i The steadiness that the August holidays throughout the vu'ek J Lewis and Peat B weekly rubber report. The causes chiefly I Improvement are Inflati currency and the beliel I cuts In the exportable qu 1 force rubber may become more difficult to
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    1012 11 RADIO NOTES NEWS DAILY LOCAL BROADCAST PROGRAMMES New Company May Cause Big Increase In Listeners By Our Wireless Correspondent TBO much talk these days necessity for expensive before one can really broadqast programme age enthusiast, or rather 0 are interest ed in radio purely s of entertainment nut who i
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    776 11 Notes And Gossip On Forthcoming: Items The Royal Quixotes, a concert, party who are favourite visitors to Royal Leamington Spa will be heard by transmission 3 listeners on Wednesday. August 22. at 14.15. <2.15 p.m.) G.M.T. The performance will be relaved from the Jephson Garden;. Leamington Spa. where
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    603 11  -  Ely Culbertson by World's Champion Player and Greatest Card Analyst THE CULBERTSON COUP |Y EARS a go, while living in Paris, I met an old Frenchman with whom I occasionally played Bridge. His bidIding was terrible, and his play even worse, but he did contribute one thing
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    156 11 88 Lives Lost In Easteri: Korea Tokio. July 26. Official reports of the tremendous floods which swept south-eastern Korea last week state that 88 persons lost their lives while 114 others are still missing. Forty-eight persons were injured the reports state, while 2,300 houses were washed away and
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    108 11 Sino-Portuguese Relations Strained Canton, July 25. Sino-Portuguese relations here again threaten to become strained owinß to hv reported occupation of some Chinese islands oif Macao. Chinese reports from the Chungshan district state that the Portuguese Government in Macao hus established a police patrol and installed street lights on
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    Three Boxing Titles For England
    462 15 Three Boxing Titles For England EMPIRE GAMES RESULTS Bowls Singles For Scotland London, Aug. 8. The Empire gaires were continued at Wembley today and England succeeded in taking three boxing titles. The results were as follows: Flyweight: Palmer (England* beat Berber (Canada* on points. Feathc eight: Catterall (South Africa) beat
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    193 15 MALAYAN TOURNAMENT Two Singapore Teams To Compete For Trophies (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Aug. 8. The Federal Capital wil. be the centre of attraction tor po.o enthusiasts in two weeks' time as the Malayan polo tournament will be played here from Aug. 24 to Aug. 27. Four
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    1062 15 Royal Scots Greys Win Gold Cup Tournament HUSSARS LEVEL THE SCORE FOUR TIMES Mr. Lopes The Outstanding Player (From Our Own Correspondent) I London, July 16. i AFTER a closely-contested game, in which the scores were four times level, the Royal Scots Greys l beat the 15th. 19th. Hussars in
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    216 15 EIGHT PRINCIPAL MATCHES Malaya Cup Final To Be Played There From Our Own Correspondent. > Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 8. Kuala Lumpur will oe the venue of eight principal Rugby matches thli season. On Oct. 6 Negri Sembilan will play Malacca here, on Oct 20 Perak will play
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    CHINESE WIN
    55 15 i Negri Football League Table (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Aug. 9. The Negri Sembilan Football League Shield has been won this year by the Seremban Chinese. Last year's winners were the Seremban Casuals team. Three more matches, which will not affect the leaders, remain to be played.
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    36 15 The Indian Association in their cricket fixture against Mr. Slokhan Singh's XI. on Sunday will be represented by Abbasbhoy. Mistry. Davar, Hergovind, Dr. Rajahram, Naden, Chandy, Mehendcr Singh. Paranjothi, Sinha, and Varmu. Reserves :—Kenneddy and Namazie.
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    Ignacio Fernandez Retains His Title
    959 16 Great Fight Put Up By F. M. S. Champion (By "RINGSIDE") IGXACIO Fernandez, the Filipino light-weight champion ol the Orien successfully defended his title against Young Johnson, the F.M.S. champion, over 15 threeminute rounds at the New World last night before a large crowd. Both
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    417 16 Chinese Score Nine Co Q i At Anson Road S Chinese 9: Malays THE Chinese did as they liked in heir firsr d 1 Malays yesterday at the Anson Road Stadium In starting the match as the Malays had onlv one time thought that they would
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    189 16 Yorkshire Surprised By Ix>icester London, Aug. 10. The lolloping are today's cricket results Surrey won by one wicket. Middlesex 184 (Fender 5 for 84 >, and 292 •Fender 5 lor 94). Surrey 359 'Gregory 121. Smith 6 for 98 > and 118 for 9. Allen 4 for 42.
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    30 16 New York. Aug. 10. The major league games played today resulted as follows: i Brooklyn 5 6 4 New York 16 15 1 j AMERICAN LEAGUE dsf NATIONAL LEAGUE
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    463 16 Proposed Affiliation Of New Up-Country Clubs A MEETING of members of the Singapore Cricket Club interested in Rugby Football was held in the Club hall yesterday evening, when matiers of interest in the coming rugger season were discussed. Mr. B. Mr. Vaughan-Jones. retiring hon. secretary
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    TAIPING RACES
    102 16 Little Bella Wins From Bridal Veil Following are the results of the first six races at Taiping yesterday: Race 1. Puth Arl 1, Hop Over 2, Mickey Mouse 3. Tote: $14; $8 $7 $14. Race 2. Lover's Idol 1. Purple Princess 2, Grock 3. Tote $17 $6, $6,
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    309 16 WELCOME BACK TO MALA YS Ban Lifted By Ihe M. A F. A. /^VN Saturday next, August 18. the Singapore Malay footballers are reinstated as amateurs and become eligible once more to compete in local football competitions, under the terms of the Malayan Amateur Football Association's ruling of last week.
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    SINGAPORE CRICKET CLUB
    64 16 The following have been invited to play Association Football for SCC vs R.A. On Tuesday, Aug. 14 (Ist hlv League) at Anson Road Stadium E \r Ch «r n^ gton A W Wallich" and R. N. WaUing L, V. Taylor, J. w Muncey. and A. Donald E.
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    91 16 •From Our Own Kuala l.umpur, Aue x An biteresttng programmi on Saturday, tween the pa^t and pretem boi begin, while the n will itooo* pose the school ai noclwjp iad mint on Then on Sun .dmmtoi. c I *et matches will be conti wiiile in the I ra
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