The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 14 August 1934

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. NO. 14.343. ESTD. 1835. TUESDAY. AUGUST 14, 1934. 10 CENTS.
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    TIN COMMITTEE REDUCES QUOTA BY 10 PER CENT.
    349 1 To Come Into Operation On Oct. 1 INCREASED WORLD STOCKS [S understood that ul yesterday's meeting of the Internal Tin Committee it was decided to reduce the by ten per cent. Phis X a sequel to the fa Uing-oft' of American buying
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    ADMIRAL BYRD
    77 1 Rescued From Antarctic* Observation Hut Washington, Auk. 13. ra) Byrd was rescued irom. the ation hut m which he has pass- -alone. 123 miles irom his Expedition's main base, at the Bi. Whales. news is contained In a message •fi dv the National Geographic. m, adds that Byrd
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    IMMORAL FILMS
    111 1 Pope Associates Himself With U.S. Campaign Castelgandolfos, Aug. 10. The Pope today warmly associated himself with the campaign m the United States against immoral films Addressing representatives of the International Federation of Cinematograph Press, His Holiness said it is a most solemn duty to press the work for
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    ENDEAVOR ARRIVES
    46 1 Welcomed By Warship At Newport New York. Aug. 8. vi unadventurous voyage from the Endeavour has arrived Newport and was welcomed by tailed States warship Argo and proceeded to Bristol < Rhode nd) where she will be fitted up tor America cup races.— Reuter Wireless
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    15 1 New York, Aug. 13. death has occurred from of Augustus Thomas, doyen American playwrights.- Reuter
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    CLOSED DOWN
    57 1 L Austrian Headquarters Of Nazis Munich, Aug. 9. The Austrian Nazi headquarters huve been closed down. This is the second move by Hitler to placate Vienna, the first being the banning of the officially sponsored broadcast propaganda against the Vienna Government. The Austrian Nazi refugee brigade has not,
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    SCIENTIST HALF A MILE UNDER THE SEA
    158 1 SCIENTIST HALF A MILE UNDER THE SEA Weird Adventure On Record Descent Bermuda, Aug. 13. A graphic description of his adventures during a descent of 2.500 feet under the sea m a metal sphere lowered from a tug was given by Dr. William Beebe marine biologist, today. Dr. Beebe established
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    ALGERIA TROUBLE
    142 1 Arabs May Launch New Attack Paris, Aug. 8. Although the funerals of the vicims m the ant i- Jewish riots m Con>tantine passed off quietly, more trouble has started brewing m the region surro'anding Constantine, according to the Algiers' correspondent of Le soir. It is believed that Arabs
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    £75,000 DAMAGE
    58 1 Streets Littered With Loot From Shops Constantine, Aug. 10. Damage amounting to £75,000 was caused by the riots last week and the streets of the town are still littered with loot from Jewish shops. One hundred and fifty-three people have been arrested and will be charged with theft,
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    GERMAN DUMPING
    78 1 1 Hitler Government Threat London, Ail?. 13. Worldwide dumping of German manufacturers is threatened by the Hitler Government, according to the Daily Herald's City Editor, who says goods will be sold at or below cost m a desperate attempt to obtain funds to the purchase of raw materials.
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    EX-KING BEREAVED
    49 1 Death Of Prince Gonzalo Following Accident Vienna, Aug. 13. Prince Gonzalo. fourth son of exKing Alfonso, died here today following injuries to the stomach last night when a car driven by his eldest sister, Beatrice, collided with a after a ™msion with a cyclist near Klagenfurt. Reuter
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    NEW U.S. HEATWAVE
    85 1 Great Distress In Middle West New York. Aug. 8. A new heatwave is causing the great?st distress throughout the Middle West States, recordng many shade temperatures of above 100. Kansas City and Missouri report a temperature of 108 and Spring fields, Illinois, 105 Conditions are aggravated m
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    114 IN THE SHADE
    72 1 Slaughter Of 1,000,000 Cattle In Chicago New York, Aug. 8. The heat wave is growing m intensity and a temperature of 114 m the shade has been recorded at Ottumwa, lowa, a State record. One millon cattle already have been slaughtered by Government order m Chicago
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    VITAL FOODSTUFFS
    63 1 No Shortage In U.S., Says Senator Washington, Aug. 10. There will be no shortage of vital foodstuffs next year owing to the drought, according to Senator Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture. There will be a shortage of sirloin steaks and pork chops but plenty of food to keep all
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    GERMAN UNEMPLOYED
    34 1 Berlin, Aug. 9. The number of unemployed m Germany on July 31 totalled 2.426,000. of which nearly 2,000.000 are men. This represents a decrease of 54.000 during the past month.— Reuter Wireless
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    SAILORS KILLED
    50 1 Naples, Aug. 10. Thr^e sailors were killed and seventeen injured when the Italian naval I scout-ship Antoniotto Usodimare col I lided with the steamer 'Allade near j Naples. All the victims were aboard the warship which was holed m th<ri j bows. The steamer was undamaged. Reuter Wireless
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    Deluge Of Speculative Grain Buying
    137 1 SENSATIONAL REPORTS OF CROP DAMAGE IN U. S. New York. Aug. 8. The heat death roll this summer has already reached 1,500 and is steadily mounting owing to a scorching heatwave extending from the Rocky Mountains southwards to the Gulf States. A fiery wind has
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    LANCASHIRE PROTEST
    129 1 New Australian Duties On Piece Goods London, Au£. 10. A strong protest against the mwi Australian duties on certain classes of j cotton, yarn and piece goods has been made by the joint Committee of Cotton Trade Organisations m Manchester which is drawing the attention or the Board
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    Briton Killed In Shanghai
    106 1 TRIANGLE DRAMA CLAIMS THREE VICTIMS Shanghai, Aug. 13. A Briton named D. Burton, aged f* 34. was killed m Shanghai today as a result of a love-and-:-usiness triangle affair. Burton recently started a business with Mrs. Luboff Wessels, a German, m opposition to her husband. Mr.
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    RESTORING CUTS
    109 1 (rood News For British Railway men London, Aug. 10. The protracted negotiations over n?.ilwaymen's wages were brought to a happy conclusion this afternoon when [agreement was reached between reJpicsentatives of the trunk lines and the Trade Unions providing for the Partial restoration of cuts instituted m 1931. These
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      41 1 There is no better Tea BIGIA TEA OWN IN MALAYA TONIGHT COMING SPECIAL DINNER Saturday, august im. FIRST APPEARANCE CONCERT or 8.15 to 9.15 p.m. ROZSNYAY DANCE (formal) DANCING, SINGING 9.45 p.m. to midnight MUSICAL TRIO RAFFLES" CELEBRATED ORCHESTRA PHONE 5381
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      129 1 BIGIA TEA Brings the freshness and fragrance of the Malayan gardens direct to your home. STOP PRESS London, Aug. 13. It is confirmed that the Tin Committee has recommended the quota to operate as from Oct. 1, until Dec. 31. at 40 per cent. Reuter. ADELPHI V' HOTEL I ROOF
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  • CONSTABLE CHARGED WITH MURDER
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      Witness' Story Of Struggle With Chinese
      459 2 THE preliminary inquiry into a charge of murder against'a polio* constable attached to the Human Miskin division, Abdu lah Khan by name, was continued before Mr. Norman Grice, the second magistrate yciterday. The prosecution allegation was that the accused had had an argument with
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      LABOUR RECRUITING
      364 2 Discussion In North Borneo Chamber Of Commerce The following are the minutes of the monthly committee meeting of the North Borneo Chamber of Commerce, held m the Sandakan Club on Wednesday. Aug. 1. There were present, the Hon. Mr. F. W. Pinnock. m the chair. Mr. G. Mayor.
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      PRINCE HENRY HOSPITAL
      74 2 Coast Hospital To Be Renamed Sydney. His Majesty the King has approved )f the Coast Hospital being changed to "The Princ Henry Hospital Some time ago the Minister for Health and Works recommended that the change of name should be made m recognition of the coming visit
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      £60,000 FOR CANCER
      54 2 It is anticipated that the proceeds of the British Empire Cancer Campaign will eventually exceed £60.000. Of this sum, £5.330 was the result of the wireless appeal on Whit -Sunday by Lord Moynihan, and the balance ?ame from flag days, house-to-house collection, and various other efforts m
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    Letters To The Editor
    288 2 UGLY BOXING INCIDENT To The Editor. Sir,— May i crave a little space m your valuable columns to ventilate a iitUe matter which, I think, should be given prominence to. The Ai Rivers-Suarez fight at the Great World on Saturday before last ended rather unfortunately. I
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    33 2 Mrs. Stamford Raffles has undergone an operation m Bungsar Hospital. She is going on reasonably well j I but does not expect to be able to sec visitors for at least a week.
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    SCUFFLE IN ALLEYWAY
    443 2 A. P. C. Official Tells How He Escaped j LIOW he escaped from the fight among seamen m an alleyway off Battery Road last month when two Cninese ana a Jfathan poncemen were injured, was told to Mr. J. M. Brander. tnira police magistrate, yesterday, by Mr.
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    SUGAR INDUSTRY
    80 2 Development Plans In Kwangtung Canton. In order to promote the sugar industry m Kwangtung, the provincial department of reconstruction has secured the services of a number of technical experts to direct a refinery m Canton and has set aside $300,000 for loans for sugar-cane planting. It is reported
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    ANOTHER WAR
    78 2 ■Warning To The "Terriers" "Sooner or later the Territorial Army will be called upon to serve the country as they did m the last war." declared Lord Ashcombe, Lord-Lieutenant of Surrey, when opening the new drill hall of the East Surrey Regiment Territorials at Leatherhead. Lord Ashcombe observed
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    7-OUNCE GOLD NUGGET
    143 2 Child's Play At Mining Proves Profitable Mudgee, N.S.W. A young boy. named Smith, living with his parents at Pipeclay Creek, near Mudgee, toddled home recently with a 7oz. nugget of gold m his billycart. The family was camping near an old bullock heap and the child was
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      27 2 WANTED. Wanted from November lat by Euro pean couple, furnished flat, two bedrooms, modern sanitation, garage ac 'ommofl*tlon Replies to Box No 409 sare of Free Press.
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      452 2 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS^ THE NEW MOTHER OF PEARL NAIL POLISHES BY LENTHERIC, PARIS. IN SIX BEAUTIFUL SHADES. Medical Hall, Limited, Chemists. BUSINESS CARDS CAIRN HOLM PRIVATE HOSPITAL," 55, Calrnhill Road. MISS MOLLIE McGRATH, Tele. 4110. Matron- Proprietress. BOARD RESIDENCE. THE MANSION! Oxlcy Rise— Singapore. RESIDENTIAL HOTEL (n on -Ik en led)
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      591 2 TENDEKb. .SINGAPORE MUNICffAUTI Tenders Tenders are now la** following material* or m£« or l^ particulars, see Munlci^ Cc i Room. IWU Tender Purchase of 3 old Steam p. at Transport Ce nt ?e S? m^ Road. Date of c, Os i ne Monday. Aug. 20th 1934 p Purchase oi Old
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      591 2 Diary Of The Week TUESDAY, 14th. High Water; 0.28 a.m. 9.8 ft. 1.03 p.m. 9.1 ft. Football: First Division. S.C.C. vs. R.A.. S.C.C. Second Division, IWlltshires vs. Straits Cattle, Jalan Besar; Third Division "A" Runners Up < Chinese) vs. "B" Runners Up (Fort Canning), Anson Road Stadium; Govt. Services League.
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    Court Story Of Forced Confession
    493 3 MEDICAL OFFICE CLERK CHARGED Alleged Breach Of Trust ttion that Phuan Yun Pi h ad been induced to make sl on" on threat of dismissal th by Dr. R. W. C. Kelly. a l onicer Social Hygiene. A Joy. Accountant of the Department before Mr.
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    FOUR 'BRIDES'
    67 3 ()n < Of Them Was A Widow Atfed 71 William Pearsall. aged 38. said to have posed as a V.C.. tenced at the Old Bailey to penal servitude, on four I bigamy. his four -brides," it was a widow of 71, who had lied. i the women had
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    22 3 I A > urrent that gold has 1 <m v rubber estate at the Jtojj oj the road up to the Ca>h "inlands.
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    Pinches All Over Her Body
    509 3 Pinches All Over Her Body m YOUNG GIRL'S DEATH IN HOSPITAL AN inquiry was held yesterday by Mr. rk \V. C Porter, the Singapore Coroner, into the circumstances leading to the death of a 12-year-old girl diew Ker. who died m hospital on July 12. Ihe child bore marks of
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    STRANGE DEATH OF A CHILD
    173 3 Flooded Drain Tragedy A distressing tragedy occurred at Bridge Street Ptnang where a small Chinese boy aged about five years while playing on the live-foot way oi bis house, accidentally fell into rhe drain. Unfortunately, the drain at ttlfct time was full, it being flood
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    COMPRADOR IN COURT
    80 3 Charge Of Criminal Misappropriation Ong Hoe Soon, the comprador ot a 81am Steam Navigation Company yes- sel. was charged m the police court before Mr J. M Brander. yesterday with criminal misappropriation of 400 Siamese tieals. belonging to Chop Ban Hin Sing, of Singapore. Accused denied the
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    Japan and China united in the East can be a great power for good.
    377 3 Japan and China united in the East can be a great power for good. "I BELIEVE that some day Japan and China must unite very closely 1 and be as great a power for g 3od In the East as England and /America are m the West." This is the
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    BOY KIDNAPPER
    98 3 Sentenced To Ten Years In Prison Cultching a Bible m his bands. 14--years-old George Rogaiski. who was sentenced to 10 years' Imprisonment last month for kidnapping a two-year cM girl who subsequently died, left Chicago for Joliet penitentiary. He declared that he would gladly gc to prison for
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    CHIMES STOP SLEEP
    110 3 The bells of Sherborne Abbey, Dorset, one of the heaviest peals m the country, may be stopped from chiming during the night. Sherborne Town Council will consider a request by Mr. A R. Wallace, headmaster of Sherborne School, which adjoins the abbey, that the bells should be
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    America can be Economically Independent
    1311 4 America can be Economically Independent A PROGRAMME for America's economic independence is outlined here by one of its foremost advocates. Mr. Gerard, former Ambassador to Germany, is now chairman of the committee for America self-contained, which was organised eight months ago to conduct a campaign to arouse public opinion to
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    NEW OPERA PLAN
    93 4 Funds "Ample To Pay Everyone" Forty thousand people have claims against the funds of the Imperial League of Opera, but the funds which have been paid into court are "ample to pay everyone." This was stated m the Chancery Division, when Sir Thomas Beecham's opera plan was
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    ARCTIC FILM SOON
    70 4 Chelyuskin Epic For The Screen Herr Eisenstein. most famous of Soviet film directors, who was responsible for the pictures "Potemkin "The General Line" and "Ten Days that Shook the World." has started work on a new film m Moscow. It will deal with the adventures of the
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    How Wiley Post will fly Ten Miles High
    635 4 How Wiley Post will fly Ten Miles High WITH engineers and research students of pressure and thermodynamics as well as aerodynamics, it has been something of a dream with realisation "just around the corner"— to put an aeroplane into the stratophere with a pay-load. While for ten years those who
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    FEELS 50 lbs. SLIMMER.
    144 4 After Losin v OftU -IK 4t l started Ukini Kn month mo, a •Ihav,. Km 5 lbs. as if I have lost 50 lbs t vigour, whereat bel irV r and worried over lirr],- t hi^ lvt X my troubles were doubled v not worry me
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    Died On Wedding Day
    32 4 At tin* hour h had urraQfi married at Alton (Hants) reg William Budd. aied 28. ol Be* Readier, near Alton died from pteurla and pneumonia at Hasten Hospital.
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      79 4 i \<;msh n V1 un TRADE ml <v«»«K. BUILDERS BkAdti OuIiDRY. No. 2318 Brass Butt hinge with brass pins. 3 M 3U 4" $30 .50 .65 Per Pair. No. 2327 Extra Strong Brass Butt Hinges. 4" 5" $1 00 51.50 Pair. PATHODGINS LIMITED. 132 Cecil Street, Singapore. Evjoy the refreshing
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      262 4 To Ciovernmt-nt Oflurrs Ul) lt contemplatinir n-turniiu t.. >, „U j HEPBURN BROTHERS, COMPLETE HOUSE BUILD! ">(» *****1 BTEIIT, KDINEi K,n extend a Hearty WMmhm and „JT^,_ "THF lIOMK rOC H\m Team are rmnu'ntl.v ..r j:j Offloan and others on }x: i Loan up to 90', ol p are readily
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    Dagenham Chemical Works "Destroyed" In Air War
    207 5 HEMICAL works at Dagenham was theoretically destroyed by the Southland force m the recent "air war" over London. Although handicapped by heavy rainstorms and thunder the 501 st Ray Bomber Squadron the roast from Mansion Aerodrome (Margate) to Littlehampton, screened from the enemy
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    COURT THREAT OF STABBING
    594 6 Chinese Woman Sues k Husband With Whom She Will Not Live MAINTENANCE CASE "T WISH to make H clear to Your Honour that if my wife goes and 1 lives with another man, I will certainly stab her." This was the remarkable declaration made by Tan
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    THEFT AT SEA
    68 6 Japanese Fisherman Charged A Japanese fisherman, Nakasima, aged 30. appeared m the police court before Mr. J. M. Brander yesterday on cnarges of theft from a lighter at sea off Beach Road of $630.12 cash, the propery of S. Sasaki, and of breaking open the closed box
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    Certain Amount Of Provocation
    314 6 Certain Amount Of Provocation CHINESE WOMEN IN STREET SCENE TWO Chinese women figured as complainant and accused m an assault case which came up for hearing before Mr. D. Wills at Penang when the former summoned the latter for voluntarily causing hurt to her with pieces of firewood at Jelutong.
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    WHAT IS ALL THIS ?
    137 6 WHAT IS ALL THIS Supreme Court Judge In A Quandary "I only know ordinary English but T don't know what 'witness exclusively means." said Mr. Justice Prichard Prichard yesterday when a motion was made that the record of a districi court case be sent for with a view to revising
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    GRIEVOUS HURT
    103 6 Inquest Verdict Against A Chinese Alter two days' inquiry during which 18 witnesses were examined, Mr. W. G. Porter, the Singapore Coroner returned a verdict of causing grievous hurt te a 40-year-old Dyak Malay. Hamid bin Omar, against a Chinese. Ng Wan Hong. The fatality occurred on July
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    ROADSIDE SCUFFLE ENDS IN TRAGEDY
    517 6 ROADSIDE SCUFFLE ENDS IN TRAGEDY Malay Charged With DIN bin Taib who has been wanted by the Butterworth police for the death of a compatriot. Che Rouse, at Bukit Tengah. was produced at the Police Court, Bukit Mertajam. when a preliminary enquiry was held before Mr. M. J. Hayward, the
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    RUNNING NAKED
    113 6 Tamil Placed Under Observation A man who was found running naked at the Telok Ayer wharves on Saturday, was yesterday ordered to undergo medical observation by Mr. J. M. Brander. third police magistrate. The accused -vas J.. Nygam, a Ceylon Tamil deale* m scales at Anson Road. Hr
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    HOTEL'S NEW WING
    84 6 Great Rush Of Visitors To London The increase m the number of visitors to London has made necessary the enlarging of one of the best-known hotels m the West End. the Regent Palace. A seven-story extensfon to this hotel is now m course of construction, and when
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    32 6 Thf* Port Dtr^son Ma~<strate Tu^**ku r VS*Ap*ia flr-rt q rh'^»sp T Lim I 9CO. -r m default six nr^tlTS' rigorous mpriscrmont. for tmporting 1.395 of tea. con ran to ti*.-° res Ticion.
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    PENANG'S 148TH ANNIVERSARY
    345 6 Francis Li ght School Pq v noute OLDEST PART OF COLONY TN commemoration n 1( < ;j( 11 1 of Penan,. J* Island on August n 178fJ dred and forty-eight yea from to-day, by Cap Light, the Francis Ugh, J Perak Road which i mmo name, m
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    HEADMASTERS DO NOT STAY LONG ENOUGH
    447 6 HEADMASTERS DO NOT STAY LONG ENOUGH Mr. H. R. Carey On Malayan Problems "SECONDARY schools m this country I must have headmasters who will remain for long periods otherwise nobody will benefit," declared Mr. H. R. Carey, acting headmaster, at the first re-union dinner of Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur. Part
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    PETITION FOR SECESSION
    117 6 Western Australia Wants To Go Own Way A casket containing three scrolls, each 26 foet long. 13 inches wide and covered with 900 lines of writing, is to be sent to London shortly from Perth (Western Australia). It is the petition for secession from the Commonwealth of
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    FEARS FOR ALASKA
    67 6 Whole U.S. Fleet May Go There For Trials The whole of the United States Fleet may be despatched to Alaskan waters next spring. The United States Naval authorities are concerned as to the vulnerability of Alaska m the event of war. presumably with Japan. They are therefore
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    THUMB PRINTS
    61 6 How Dead Malay Was Identified 'From Our Own Correspondent. Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 13. A Malay was arrested at Kuantan °arly todoy m ccnrection with ttv* murder of a Maliiv at Hale Road. Kuala Lumpur a few days ago. A thumb-orint of (he deceased has b^en comparer* with that
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    NO INQUEST
    105 6 Tamil Woman's Death In Street An unknown Tamil woman, who was discovered dying on the five-foot way cf a house at Dato Koyah Road Penang was taken to the General Hospital where she died the same evening. The deceased woman, who was aged about 60 years, was apparently
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    BROKE FROM CUSTODY
    66 6 Chinese Sentenced In Police Court Ng Ah Bah. a young Chinese, arrested for theft, succeeded m making a getaway from police custody. His period of liberty, however, was shortlived. Produced before Mr Norman Grice. the second magistrate, yesterday Ah Bah was sentenced to a fortnight's imprisonment for
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    FELL ON TRAIN
    67 6 Fate Of An Unknown Man As an express approached Cherry Tree railway station near Blackburn an unknown man, aged about 30, who har 1 climbed th* parapet of a bridge r-*r ths Un?. fell on the cab of the enghio as It was travelling at 50 miles
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    SALVATION ARMY
    109 7 Election Of Successor To Gen. Higgins London, Aug. 11. Forty-seven delegates from *wentytwo countries will attend the Salvation Army High Council, which will be held m London on Aug. 28 to elect a successor to General Higgins, who will retire from the leadership on Nov. 1. The election
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    64 7 The band of the S.S. Police under the direction of Mr. F. E. Minns will perform the following programme weather permitting, at Botanic Gardens on Wednesday commencing at 5.15 p.m. March "Royal Standard" Keith; Overture "The Mousme" Monckton; Selection "Songs of Northern Scotland" Hume; Waltz "The Belle of New York
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    The Art Of Norma Shearer
    550 7 A GREAT MISTRESS OF THE SCREEN, Says MRS. PATRICK CAMPBELL NORMA SHEARER has mastered the art of the screen as Sarah Bernhardt and contemporary actresses were skilled m *he devices of stage technique. This is the compliment paid to the exquisite Norma by no less
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      133 7 TO-DA YS WIRELESS PROGRAMME GMT. 13.45 Time signal from Big Ben News bulletin. 14 00 Iftn Coventry Repertory Company (by arrangement with Bennett Theatres. Ltd.) present After the Event, a play by Hugh Ross, produced by A. Gardner Davies, relayed from the Opera House, Coventry. 14.30 The Torquay Municipal Orchestra,
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    The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1934. Can Co – operators Run A Store ?
    1041 8 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1934. Can Co ope rato rs Run A Store ALTHOUGH it is over a week since the All-Malayan Urban Co-operative Conference held its sessions m Singapore it may not yet be too late to comment on a number of the points raised m
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    DAY TO DAY
    43 8 Mr. Royal Leonard was a passenger on the Imperial Airways Arethusa which arrived m Singapore on Sunday from London. Commander G. Russo. an executive of the Lloyd Triestino. arrived m Singapore on Saturday with his secretary on the President Garfleld.
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    759 8 2,000,000 Miles Of World Travel Heat-Wave Food The One Game Man AN OLD friend of newspaper men all I over the world called m this office I on Saturday morning— Mr. Julius Brit- tlebank. who for fifteen years has spent all his leisure time m travelling
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    Gammetje
    1242 8 dottle- -against my gate-post and filled ap with entirely fresh tobacco, stuffing the leaf first with a gnarled forefinger and then with a stubby, emphatic thumb. I waited. Presently he went on. "It's a big thing that the boy is doing." He lit his pipe and answered my unspoken
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      147 8 V I A SCOTCH WHISKY Wrfi AT A PRICE TO MEET lst\ 7HE POCKET OF MB E VER YONE RED SPOT Per Bottle fjjk\h l Ms**i*> Duty 3COTCH Vti* f |pjni CALDBECK'S 7^±i i «V SPECIAL %gy fb^fff TO BX. THI APPOINTMENT jS^3k lUNG F BIAM ESTD. 1171 FINEST SELECTION
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      61 8 A GOSSIP WRITER OBSERVES that many women knit m restaurants. So do men. Their brows when the waiter hands them the bill. All men are perturbed when heavy bills are incurred by reason of illness or injury. What about a J "GAFLAC" ACCIDENT and SICKNESS POLICY GENERAL ACCIDENT, FIRE LIFE
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    TO SUPPRESS THE REDS
    167 9 Conference Held At Ruling Shanghai. Aug. If. aterencc opened this a t Killing, near Kiangsi. 1 M to be settled are the Filth Kuomintang >ss This year, the com- he campaign against the m Kiangsi. Hunan. and Hupel, the proposed comn Nanking and Canton. problem arising
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    CLAIMANT TO THRONE
    80 9 Archduke Otto Still In E Belgium Paris, Aug. 8. tniJJ U) d report that they had I-itlv. Ex-Empress Zita and her hduke Otto. Claimant to the I Austria have not left BelBrussels correspondent Temps. :to may. I r, go to Italy at the Lr Temps adds that
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    HOME RAILS STRONG
    87 9 Business On The Stock Exchange London, Aug. 10. )ck Exchange today after I burst of strength, business nainly owing to the end of ant but the undertone m ically all sections continued good. i foreign and Home Rails were DC the latter on the settlement of wages
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    DYSENTRY OUTBREAK
    54 9 Six Dead And Further lbO r Cases In U.S. Jersey City, New Jersey, Aug. 8. Six people are dead as the result of the outbreak of bacillary dysentry and there are a further 160 cases. Nurses nrp n ow engaged on a house-to-house visit warnTng the inhabitants to
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    ATLANTIC FLIERS
    53 9 Trail Of Caribou Crashes In Hampshire London, Aug. 13. The aeroplane Trail of Caribou, m which Reid and Ayling crossed the Atlantic on Aug. 9, crashed m landing at Hamble. Hampshire. Reid, the pilot and a woman passenger were uninjured. Ayling was not aboard. The prnnpllers and wings
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    20 9 Berlin, Aug. 10. All prices m Germany are virtually placed under Government control by a' decree of the Ministry Reuter
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    28 9 Panama, Aug. 10. An earthquake shook the city causing a crack m the Canal Administration bui' dings at Balboa. No damage was done to the canal.— Reuter Wireless.
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    "Surprise" Entries For Big Air Race
    489 9 U. S. PILOT DROPS A HINT IN SINGAPORE A PILOT who will take part m the London-Melbourne air race has arrived m Singapore by Imperial Airways In the course of [ft survey of the route. He is an American, Mr. Royal Leonard, optimistic, and
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    VON PAPEN'S MISSION
    185 9 Re-establishing Relations With Austria Berlin. Aug. 8. "I accepted this mission m order to fulfil it m accordance with its meaning and spirit because I know how much depends on its realisation for removing the tension m Europe and because I jan thereby serve my country," declared
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    1,000 KILLED
    102 9 Government Forces Suffer In Repulsing Reds lions Kong, Auk. 13. A message from Foochow states that the Government forces who succeeded m repulsing the several attacks of the Reds around Foochow. suffered heavy losses. Over a 1.000 men have been killed and wounded Another report says that Central
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    UNION DISCUSSED ?
    82 9 UNION DISCUSSED Austria And Hungary In The Limelight Budapest, Aug. 10. The meeting ended m absolute understanding is the only statement issued after the meeting of Dr. Schuschnigg with the Premier, Dr. Goemboes at which it has been suggested the question of the accession of Aichduke Otto to the throne
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    RADICAL CHANGES
    68 9 Five New Church Laws In Germany Berlin, Aug. 11. Reichs Bishop Mueller's Synod, amid much opposition, passed five laws enforcing radical changes m the church constitution. Legislative powers are transferred from the federal churches to the new Reich church and all pastors are to swear allegiance to Hitler
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    SOVIET MARK TIME
    131 9 Japan's Anxiety Over C. E. R. Shanghai, Aug. 12. U7HILE the Japanese Kwangtung ConTmaiiS has der Wed to concentrate several more divisions at Manchuli, the western terminus of the Chinese Eastern Railway, the Tokio Foreign Office is reported to have given instructions to the Japanese delegate m
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    HEAVY TURNOVER
    192 9 Activity On The Silver Futures Market New York, Aug. 9. j Before the announcement regarding ;he nationalisation of silver and the suspension oi trading, there was a Heavy turnover m the Silver Future's market blocks of 250,000 ounces frequently changing hands on a rising market to within half
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    SILVER POLICY
    141 9 Interpretation Of President Roosevelt's Policy New York, Aug. 9. President Roosevelt's silver nationalisation order is interested differently m variour circles. The silver group hold it will increase purchasing power of the Far East while other monetary authorities argue on the contrary that by increasing the purchase value of
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    HITLER VICTIM
    67 9 Bavarian Ex-Premier's Fate Munich, Aug. 8. Rumours, that Von Kahr, ex-Premier 3f Bavaria, who was responsible for the suDpression of Hitler's famous beercellar putsch was one of the victims of Hitler's "clean up" are strengthened by an obituary notice inserted m the Munich Press today by Von Kahr's
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    COMMODITY MARKET
    97 9 Latest Rubber And Tin Prices And Sterling Rates RUBBER: London, Aug. 13. Spot < Sellers > 7 9|l6d. (7 9 16d> (Buyers) 7 7|l6d. (7 7116 d.> Oct.-December 7 li;i6d. (7 ll!16d.) Jan.-March 7 7 ad. (7 7 R d.) April- June Bd. (8 1,16dj Market:— Steady. New
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      100 9 NEW FICTION AT $3.00 EACH TV, n t C. Mackenzie Ine Darkening Green TW Prince of Plunder S Horler My Naughtiest Story s He Is Ha^est Buchan Mw Li i tiolv °l) B S dR t FalUng A. Hob Deadlock fk MacKaii Summer Leaves KELLY WALSH, LTD., JWTLES PLACE I
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      196 9 LAST 2 BAYS OF ROBINSONS SALE DO NOT MISS THE WONDER FUL BARGAINS TO BE OBTAINED DURING THESE THREE DAYS. FINAL REDUCTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE IN ALL DEPARTMENTS. Oo time and Money Count? »F time and money are a factor m your I choice of a holiday why not vtatt
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  • TRADE AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE
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      HOLDING RUBBER FOR A PROFIT
      1049 10 HOLDING RUBBER FOR A PROFIT Worth Waiting For When It Conies? Symington and Wilson's weekly 1 market report dated London, Aug. 1, i states The tragic events m Vienna on < Wednesday last and the disturbed con- ditlon of attairs m Austria for the re- i mainder of the week
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      Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association
      65 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association Aug. 13, 12 o'clock noon. buyers Sellers R.S.S. equal to London Standard, Spot (loose) 24^ 4 24 7 8 R.S.S. equal to London (FOB.) Aug. 25»/ 8 25*4 Standard R.S.S. on tender Tone of market Dull. London and New York closed. Aug. 25»4 25% September
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      Petrol And Kerosene Prices
      113 10 AUG. 13. Shell and Fish Kerosene per Unit of 2 x 4-gallon tins $4.86 Crown, Dragon Kerosene per Unit of 2 x 4-gallon tins $446 Cross Kerosene per Unit of 2 x 4-gallon tins $4.31 Devoe's Imperial Brilliant Kerosene per tin (of 4 Gallons) 2.43 Sylvan
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      Singapore Produce Prices
      129 10 THE TIN PRICE August 13, Singapore tin price per picul) $114. Aug. 13, 12 o'clock noon. Gambier £.00 Java Cube Jg Hamburg Cube Muntok White Pepper 37.50 White Pepper sr- 36.50 Black Pepper 13 25 Copra. Sundried 3.05 Copra, Mixed 2.45 Small flake Tapioca 3.70 Fair Sago
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      Wall Street
      152 10 SALES STOCK EXCHANGE 1.420.000 770.00 316.000. United Press Association 30 Industrials 91.34 89.66 89.79, 20 Rails 34.65 33.77 33.60 20 Utilities 20.69 20.36 20 21 50 Bonds 92.81 92.64 91.83 Aug. 9 10 11. American Can Com. 96 Va 94% 94% American Telephone and Telegraph 111% 109% 109%
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      BIGGER COAL OUTPUT
      29 10 During the week ended July 7, 4,006.--900 tons of coal were raised from the mines m Great Britain, compared with 3.695,300 tons m the previous week.
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      Fraser's Share List
      889 10 MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 1934. Below Is Fraser and Co.'s list of closing prices m Singapore Ampat Tin (4) ss 3d s 10 >n d Asam Kumbang 37s 6d 40s Austral Malay <£) 50s 52s 6d Ayer Hitam Tin (ss) 14s 6d 15s 3d Ayer Weng ($1) ftJ
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    MALAYA RUBBER STATISTICS
    521 10 TABLE I NB ln V .smcuv m'accorTnce wto"^ TStaoS,* Jl ne COmblnatlon m thls return of <"*ort. from local areas with ocean-shipments from Malayan" ports, the above to™ -»"W Ocean-shipments from Malaya of rubber directly consigned from the F.M.S. Exports of rubber from the F.M.S. during June,
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    POLICE TO BE A CLOSED PROFESSION
    357 11 Humoured Changes In U.K. London, July 20. EVOLUTIONARY change m the police system, by which it would made legally impossible for any man to hold a police appointivho U not trained as a policeman, is now being discussed by a office secret committee. The
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    KILLED BY BET
    82 11 E Railway Tragedy At Lincoln "bet he dare" crawl ving goods wagons on the Un< a1 Lincoln, was killed by enneth Jack Harris, aged Ler-street Monks-road. Lincoln. i two other boys, one his and they were walking along >ad on the side of the ien, near Spa
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    TORPEDO PLANES
    42 11 Order Placed By Air Ministry Ministry has placed with the Aeroplane and Motor ComI Brough. Yorkshire, a big Blackburn torpedo-spotter-re-biplanes. [ew machine is designed for use U a ship-plane or seais intended for torpedo bombing, for fleet gunand for reconnaissance
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    BRITAIN'S 63,408 BLIND
    57 11 rty 9,000 Of Them Unable To Work 'olind population m Great i n 'to vlarch. 1933. was 63,408, ol 4 under years of age, anc e t.h e aXes of flye and ten nt »r ol employed was 8.P95 'mber of unemployable waj fo« report of tho
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    44 YEARS IN MINISTRY
    287 11 44 YEARS IN MINISTRY Honour To Pastor In Burma A PLEASANT interlude took place recently at the First Baptist Cnurch, Maymyo, m Burma, at a service conducted by the Pastor, Rev |Mr. Ernest Grigg. Just before the meeting commenced Deacon Major W. iL. Brooks m the presence of an un-
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    COST OF LIVING
    124 11 Rise Of Five Per Cent. m England Ministry of Labour calculations show that on June 30 the cost of living was (approximately 41 per cent, above the i level of July. 1914. aa compared with 38 per cent, at both June 1, 1934, and July 1. 1933.
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    SAVED BY DOG
    85 11 Farmer Gored By A Bull Gored by a bull, which savagely attacked him. a tanner was saved by his dog. He is Mr. Thomas Edgar, of Kelton Mains. Castle Douglas. Mr. Edgar was attending the animal m a loose box when it pounced on him and pinned
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    RADIO REVEALS BODIES
    87 11 Yelping Dog's Call To House Of Tragedy Wireless that went on for hours without ceasing, and the monotonous yelping of a dog. led to the discovery of a double tragedy at Basford, Nottingham. Neighbours who broke into a house and a shop found the bodies of a
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    DEAN SUMMONED
    85 11 Alleged Obstruction Of The Police Summonses were issued against the Dean of Pembroke and Fellows of the College for alleged obstruction of the police. It is understood that the summons arose from an incident on the last day of the May Races, when, Tt is alleged, ia bottle
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    CULBERTSON on CONTRACT
    415 11  -  Ely Culbertson by Worlds Champion Player and Greatest Card Analyst REACHING THE BEST CONTRACT pROCKFORDS Club, New York, has been conducting an unusual Bridge event— an Individual Masters' Tournament. Twenty-eight of the recognized ranking players of the Metropolis have been participating, and. as far as the entry
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    MISSIONARY'S ESCAPE FROM REDS
    241 11 Captured Three Times by Spirit M Soldiers Hankow. /BRAWLING on his hands and knees through a cornfield m the dead of the night after be attacked and threatened with death; captured three times by "spirit" soldiers after escaping from the Communists; travelling by night and hiding
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    £2,600,000 DUTY
    112 11 Two Brothers Leave Over £5 Millions A millionaire's will, m which he bequeathed a large part of his estate to his wife, who died a month before him. is published. The millionaire. Mr. Charles Henry Garton, of Banstead Wood (Surrey), chairman of Garton, Sons and Co., a/id a
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      414 11 Aipeu exceed f IS.HM— 2== Auurance vi force em JIMM.m The Great Eastern life Assurance Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m the Straits Settlement*) HEAD OFFICE: Great Eastern Life Building, Cecil Street, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 27. Old Jewn i* Tbe Company has £20.000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England and compiles
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      424 11 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA (Incorporated In England by Royal Charter) Paid up capital m 600,000 shares of £5 each £3.000.006 Reserve Fund £3,000,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3.000,0W HEAD OFFICE: 38, Bishopsgate. London EC. 2 Agencies and Branches. Alor Star Iloilo Balgon Amritsar Ipoh Semarang Bangkok Karachi
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  • LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
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      NEW CRUISER
      274 12 Four Knots In Excess of Contract The new French mine-laying cruiser Emile Bertin. built at the Penhoet yard of Chantier et Ateliers de St. Nazalre, was designed under the contract entered into between the French Navy and the builders to make on her preliminary trials a mean speed
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      THE CARTHAGE
      31 12 The P. and O. Carthage has left Hongkong and is expected to arrive at Singapore at 9 a.m. on Wednesday. She will proceed alongside the S.H.Board's wharf on arrival.
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      62 12 The M.M. Aramis is due here from Colombo on Friday at 7 a.m. and will sail on the same day at 1 p.m. for Saigon, Hongkong, Shanghai, and Kobe. Two stowaways named Jogindar Singh and Teeja Singh who were detected on board the Kut Sung which arrived at Penang from
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      MORE PIRACIES IN CHINA SEA
      810 12 MORE PIRACIES IN CHINA SEA Three Foreign Ships Looted MORE activity was displayed by pirates last year as compared with L 932. and three foreign ships, one Danish, one Norwegian and one were pirated during the year, iccording to the Annual Report of the inspector General of Police of Hong
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      SINGAPORE
      79 12 Ships aloncMflr lh r t., arr r^ East Wharf (Knlran,, <. at< Maia Wharf (fciS^S Maru l«; C,,v aw. 1 1 Uest Wharf Kniran, Polycl.rus 4; (Jardlne'i .Section II (Entrance Gate Lima Hani 50. I UPPBI, HAKBCM X Main Wharf: I. T Lch. -Lady Ouill( 1" Mahidol oil U'h.n,
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      VESSELS ARRIVED
      169 12 Hua Tong. Brit.. 110 f ::m Muar 13.8. lor Muar 148 Thedens. Neth 1.181 mPk lembang 13.8. for Pitenbtag 15 8 Singkel, Dut.. 285 tuns from framm 13.8, ior Djambi 16.8. Ban Siong Bee. Brit 74 Batu Pahat 13.8. lor Imira.ur: Meran. Brit 70 loot, from DjaaM 13.8.
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      650 12 BOUSTEAD Co., Ltd. (Incorporated /n F.M.S.) TELEPHONE: Freight 5433 Passage 5431. LLOYDS AGENTS. Booking Agents for Federated "Malay States Railways. Royal State Railways of Siam. T^kmw*^ MBa^/ A^ Hij|& "S^?— SBC3I -OTEAMOMIPO RAILWAYS I\k&&7*HE^ (Incorporated m England). HOME VIA CHINA, JAPAN, HONOLULU CANADA. IOIR MAGNIFICENT 'EMPRESSES. COMPRISING THE LARGEST AND
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      215 12 I. S. K. LINE. hi SHIH AK A SAN(.\O KAII V RAISHA, LTD. 'Incorporated m Japan' REGULAR FREIGHT AM) PABBENGEK BEEVKft MILAN I^IARU In Pott Aut; CLYDE MARU Aun 21 Aug. ERIE MARU AH 3° FOR KOBE, OSAKA, MOJI, IAH'ATi N»GOVA TOKOSAVi MALTA MARU Aug. 11 ERIE MARU For rat<
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      468 12 Local And Foreign Mail Despatches And Arrivals BY TRAIN 3angkok every Saturday 7 p.m. Thursday 7.30 a.m. iedah Monday to Friday 7.30 a.m Saturday 7 p.m |j £uantan 'via Jerartut) Monday to Friday 7.30 a.m. j j Saturday 7.30 a.m. 7 p.m.; 1 £elantan «.via Gcmas) every Monday, Wednesday. i
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      403 13 //I t «l /Mj i 1^ v BRITISH INDIA P. O. S. N. COS SAILINGS. OUTWARDS Due i>ue T nage Spore. T nagc Spore 11,000 Aug. 17 CHITRAL 15,000 Oct. 12 1000 Aug. 30 SOUDAN 6.500 Oct. 24 PALPINDI 17.000 Aug. 31 CARTHAGE 15.000 Oct. 26 15.000 Sept. 14 RANPURA
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      493 13 Eller man BucknaU Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated In England) 1 "ELLERMAN" LINE FOR HAVRE, LONDON, ROTTERDAM AND HAMBURG. VIA PORTS AND BUSZ CANAL Steamer Dv Sails City of Roubaix (Also calls Glasgow) In Port Aug. 16 City of Oran Aug. 30 Sept. 2 City of Bath (For Genoa. Liverpool. Glasgow"
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      1130 13 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean THE HUA KHIOW STEAMSHTP CO.. H93M Steam Ship Co.. Ltci.. and China Ltd. Mutual Steam Navigation Co.. Ltd. THE CUNARD WHITE STAR Ltd THE STRAITS STEAMSHIP Co.. Ltd. THE SARAWAK STEAMSHIP CO.. Ltd THE CHINA NAVIGATION Co.. Ltd. THE AUSTRALIAN <fc ORIEN iA I, LINE
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      839 14 K« Pa Mb CONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPU PASlH— Tuesday, Aug. 14, Penang and Bagan Si-Api-Apl. ROKAN Tuesday, Aug. 14, Bengkalis, Paneh, Berombang, Tanjong-Mengei-dar, Tanjong-Leidong and Asahan. MAJANG— Wednesday, Aug. 15, Prigi-Radja, Sapat, Tembilahan, Poeloe-Pal-las Pengalian-Estate and Rengat. TIIEDENS Wednesday, Aug. I§, Munto and Palembang. TOHITI— Wednesday, Aug. 15, Toengkai. Moeara-Saba and
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      521 14 TO EUROPE *ROM BINOAI-OKE ANU rtiVA>u v tMtSSSK BOMBAY, SUEZ, PORT SAID, ALEX *Nt>RI A. NAPLES GENOA. MARSEILLES AND NEW YORK. Arrive Leave Leave Arrive Spore Spore Penan* N. York Pres. Oarfield Aug. 11 Aug. 14 Aug. 10 Septs 25 Pre«. Polk Aug. 25 Aug. 2B Aug. 30 Oct. V
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      637 14 Holland Maru Cape Town via Mombasa, fcautlbai X Dar-es-Salaam. Lourenco Marou- %l Durban, E. London, Algoa Bay H tLa PlaU Mam Buenos Aires via Colombo, Durbai B Cape Town. Rio. Santos. Montevideo I Italy Maru Cape Town via Mombasa. Zanzibar au? 1 Dar-es-Salaam. Lourenco Mjirqup. W Durban and Algoa Bay
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    GENTLEMEN BEAT THE PLAYERS FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 1914
    659 15 Magnificent Finishes In Home Mag^ Cricket TEST CAPTAIN IN FORM Another High Total For Gloucester (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Aug. 1. summer ot 1914, just beta* War was declared, had the beaten the Players m the time-honoured cricket Saturday, when
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    K.L. WIN FEDERAL POLICE SPORTS
    525 15 K.L. WIN FEDERAL POLICE SPORTS Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 12. IN spite ot the fact that they were without some of their best runners, the Depot created a recorc m the Federal police sports which were held yesterday, by obtaining the highest number of points ever made by a champion unit.
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    LOCAL SWIMMERS TO CLASH
    295 15 LOCAL SWIMMERS TO CLASH "pHE V.M.C A. annual Swimming Championship carnival takes place at Fort Canning pool this month. The carnival is an event to which every good swimmer m Singapore looks forward with keen anticipation. It has as its object, the improvement of the standard of swimming and diving
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    16 15 WEEKES, R.A. goalkeeper, saves from an R.A.F. forward m the first division match at Jalan Besar.
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    OMISSION OF VOCE
    162 15 Test Comments By London Press London, Aug. 13. Conflicting views are expressed by cricket correspondents of the morning papers over the omission of Voce of Notts from the test selections, m view of his achievement against the Australians on Saturday. The Daily Mail commends the selectors' refusal
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    LONDON POLO SEASON ENDS
    393 15 LONDON POLO SEASON ENDS London, July 30. EXCEPT tor one or two Club matches still to be played at Raneiagh. the London polo season ended on Saturday. The last match at Hurlingham was a thrilling final tie for the Cicero Cup between the Old Oxonians and jFriar Park, and the
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    INTER-SCHOOL SPORTS
    136 15 New Quarter Mile Record At Penang Penan?, Aug. 9. The eighteenth annual inter-schoo) sports for the Glugor shield, presented by Mr. D. A. M. Brown, v;ere held this afternoon en the Esplanade ground, when a card of 18 events was gone through. Good times were returned m all
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    The story of the British Open told by Bernard Darwin
    996 15 The story of the British Open told by Bernard Darwin BERNARD DARWIN, golf correspondent of The Times, London, and one of the leading English writers on the game, prepared a series of articles on the recent British Open Championship, which was won is so sensational a manner by Henry Cotton.
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    CHARITY BOXING
    103 15 Effort In Aid Of Fire Relief Fund It has been decided to stage a professional boxing show at. the Great World some time this month, and the proceeds to go to the Fire Relief Fund. Boxers will get only training expenses and also a gold-centre medal suitably inscribed.
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    CHINESE AT RUGGER
    94 15 K.L. Club Appoint Officials Mr. Loh Kong Imm. J.P.. president j of the Selangor Chinese Recreation Club, presided at the Rugby meeting held at the club house. The chairman pointed out brieilv that they had met to consider whether it was possible for the Club to run
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    LOCAL BASEBALL
    108 15 Keng Hock Does Well For T...- Chinese Companion A. A. boat the Junior Nippon Baseball team by 8 to 5 before a fairly large crowd at the St. Joseph's ground on Sunday afternoon. The CCA. A. .ye found a useful new recruit m Keng Hock, the wellknown footballer
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    PLAYERS CENSURED
    77 15 First Incident This Season Recorded (Ijrom Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Aug. 8. The Negri Sembilan Football Association has censured the two pluyers, Wong Chew Thong and Lee Tong Loon, who m a Hose Cup match were ordered of the field. An apology to the referee was tendered by
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    Pulau Brani Score Five Goals Against S. R. C.
    1054 16 PADANG CLUB WASTE OPPOR TUMTIES Good Work By Islanders' Goalkeeper Pnlau Brani 5^ S.R.C r>ULAU BRANI annexed full points at the expense of the S.R.C. m F a First Division encounter at the Alison Road Stadium yesterday, beatmg the Padang club
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    7 16 AN n,,. a r^r C diViSiO mSUh
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    HIGH STANDARD OF PLAY BY POLICE
    590 16 HIGH STANDARD OF PLAY BY POLICE Marines Only Goal Scored From A Penalty Police 5; Marine Dept. .1. ALTHOUGH they were without two of their regular side the Police played football worthy of most teams m the premier division to win their second division fixture against the Marine Department by
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