The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 27 August 1934

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. XO. 14,354. ESTD. 1835. MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 1934 10 CENTS.
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    U.S. SILVER POLICY CRIPPLES CHINA'S TRADE
    10 1 Threat Of Economic Dislocation
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    EXPORTS BADLY HIT
    77 1 London, Auu- 20. passed the Silver Act m May the Ct..- eminent, besides stic supplies, purchases effect oi forcing j silver and further China's capacity u> sell abroad, states The! leading article on silver from Chins th< United States ..r Importance comta'a says the newspaper, >!e that
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    STRRLING DECLLNE
    126 1 ng Continental Hoar Position Paris. Auk. ~3. Hn sterling and the j tru dollar indicate! ilngton are each individual monetary I parallelism. -f'd Call ol sterling means •kiting lorees. especially capital from Britain, are A pessimism ex- n Bard to sterling but H la doubted whether Mr. Morgenthau's
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    TREASURY BILLS
    66 1 London. Auk. 84. applied lur In tender! 230,000,000 Treasury bills was 000. The maximum amount n bills at three months. rate per cent was 14 326 tpared with 155.6 a week a^o.— h London. .\u«;. i'A. The War Of lice announces that Colonel K. I. Ailen has been
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    AIR PLANS FOR U.S.
    155 1 Reorganisation London, Aug. -3. VJI R Clark Howelt chairman of the tT F- dt ral Aviation Commission set up by President Roosevelt, who has been visiting Continental centres to Investigate varlom methods of organising the aviation Industry, Is now m Lond n and has paid warm
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    MORE RUSSIANS ARRESTED
    76 1 MORE R USSIANS ARRESTED Grave Charges Against Japan .Moscow, Aug. 2G. THE Japanese and Manchuria police authorities continue to airiest employees of the Chinese Eastern Railway and Soviet citizens without justification, according to' messages received from Harbin, states a Tass Agency message. Nine more arrests have been made at various
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    C.E.R NEGOTIATIONS
    100 1 Japanese And Soviet Relations Paris. Auk. tt. European apprehension ot an imminetli Japan anci Soviet rupture are ridiculed by the Shanghai correspond-! ent of "Le Petit Parisien." who says the tension, to observers on the spot, is iar less srrious than it appears to Europe. Despite the official
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      New Zealand's Budget
      152 1 London, Auk. Jt>FURTHER evidence Of the economic: recovery In the British Dominions is] contained m the news of New Zealand's satisfactory budget position. The New Zealand Finance Minister, the Rt. Hon. J. G. Coates. last night informed the House of Representatives that the financial year had closed
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      SOUTH AFRICA
      107 1 To Pay Remainder Of War Debt To Britain London, Aug. 24. The South African Government's decision to pay to the British Government the remainder oi' its war debt, which amounts to €7.949.000 out of an original total of €8.500.000. is naturally welcomed m Britain. South Africa is exceptionally
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      CANADA
      55 1 Montreal Silver Exchange To Be Established Montreal, Aug. 25. A charter has been granted establishing a Montreal Silver Exchange, to be controlled by the Montreal Stock [Exchange. It will provide the only exchange for trading m silver on the North American continent since the suspension of trading m New
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      AUTOGYRO SUCCESS
      87 1 New .Means To Track Down Motor Bandits London, Aug. 23. In view of the results obtained m a flight over London by the autogyro with which Scotland Yard was carrying out a series ol experiments the Criminal Investigation Department of the Metropolitan Police is considering the advisability of
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    Rapprochement Between Great Britain And Japan Denied
    140 1 Rapprochement Between Great Britain And Japan Denied London, Auk. 2<>. ABSOMTE denial is given m London to reports circulated m Japan and Paris during the past week that an understanding has been reached between Britain and Japan affecting their relations m the Far East, or possibly have bearing upon naval
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    MANCHUKUO MISSION
    190 1 Lord Barn by Explains Its Purpose London, Aug. **5. In a lett r i .> tin Mori ng Post \vit;i reierenc* to an article therein quoting an Interview In which he was reported by the London representative of Japanese paper as having expn ssed certain opinions about the
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    £10.000 RAISED
    78 1 Buttermerc Valley To \\m Bought For Nation London, Aug. 23. A sum of €10.000 has been raised by the public m response to the appeal lor the purchase for the nation of the Butrermrn Valley m the Enelisn Lake District. A. further sum of £2.500 la still needed
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    HOT BRIDGE
    93 1 London, Auk. 2">. When a nre broke out at Crorkford's I Club early this morning the bridge* players gathered ;:p their cards and completed their rubbers m the street. I The lire damaged the restaurant, bar| and smokt room, but the remainder of the building remained intact.- Dr.
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    MINISTER AT ROME
    84 1 London, Auk. 23. The King has approved the appointment of Sir Howard William Kennard. 'H.M. Minister at Rome, to be Ambasisador at Warsaw m succession to the Rt. Hon. Sir Wiliiam Erskine. who is' retiring at the end o!" this year. 'British Radio. Tuesday. Sent. 11. is
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    AIR MAIL DEFIES STORM
    172 1 AIR MAIL DEFIES STORM Seletar At 3p.m. Today The Free Press is informed that the outward Imperial Airways plane is due tf Seletar at p.m. toda>. C oriespondetu-e lor hoxholders will he available almost immediately. THE mail plane WU held up at Delhi foe a considerable tun* on account o!
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    FURIOUS STORM
    112 1 Birds Killed By Hailstones At Deal London, .\u*j. Mb All traffic and other outdoor icttvt* tit-.. In the south east English coast towns ceased during the unusual visitation >i a furious storm which blacked out th< sky. K<>ad.- _uid houses wit oded, and afterward! 'h>' ttfesti o* i)
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      67 1 ON OTHER PAGES r> w PageRadio programme 2 Malaya immigrants 3 A. A.M. car rally 3 Picture page 5 heading Club dinner s Five seamen sentenced 6 Local mannequin parade Bathers collapse 7 Death of Mr. E. GKI 9 News jrovi Far East 9 Finance 10 Contract bridge 11 Shipping
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    Law Notices For The Day
    84 2 Law Notices For The Day The Chiel Justice at Pcnang Court of Appeal. Before Mr. Justice Prichard m the j 2nd Court at 11 a.m. Judgment Debtor j Summonses. Before Mr. Justice a 'Beckett Terrell at 11 a.»". Summonses-in-Chamb. j rs. tnd Originating Summonses. Miseel- j laneOttS Application No. 6
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    IMPROVING QUALITY OF CHINA SILK
    315 2 Recapturing Markets Canton, Aug. 7. DROVINCIAL officials here are confident that with the Government assisting the producers to improve the quality of their product and to fight against the competition from Japan, Kwangtung will ultimately succeed m recapturing the silk markets of the world. It
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    CANADA'S TRADE
    223 2 Leading Producer Of Many Commodities A tabulation made by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics shows that Canada is a leading producer of several commodities and equal to leaders m several others. The Canadian production of asbestos In 1933 was the largest m the world and more than double
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    Shooting Substituted For Decapitation
    421 2 ATTEMPT TO ABOLISH CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN From Our Own Correspondent > Bangkok, Aug. 25. /^VNE by one the oid ways are giving place to new, and now capital punishment In Slam by decapitation will soon be a thing of the post. Not so very long ago
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    IMPERIAL SERVICE MEDAL
    347 2 Honour For Former Railway Official i From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 24. Late Building Supervisor to the F.M.S. Railways, and at present, manufacturer of billiard tables from Malayan wood. Mr. J. R. McLeod was today presented with the Imperial Service Medal awarded to him for
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    S.V.C.
    175 2 The programme of drills for the week ended Sept. 2 is as follows: Today (Monday). 5.15 p.m.. Headters, S.R.A. (v). Battery Gun Drill; 5.30 pm.. S.R.E. (v), Bridging. Lecture: 5.15 p.m., S.F.C.R.E. v. Sees. 3 and 4, Weapon Training: Clifford Pier. S.F.C.R.E v Sees. 1 and 2, Blakang Mati;
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    133 2 The Manchester Corporation is to spend £54.000 on the purchase of thirty mere double-decker 'buses, which are urgently required to meet the needs of the rapidly growing districts on the fringe ol the city. The receipts from the hi 4" t nnn n !F° rt Wf^ im have increased by
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      215 2 Diary Of The Week MONDAY, AUG. 27 High Water. 12.25 p.m. 9.3 It. Football: First Division. Malays vs. Pulau Brani. Jalan Besar Stadium; Third Division. "B" Leaders (Govt. Monopolies) vs. "A" Runners-Up Chinese). Anson Road Stadium. TUESDAY, Al'G. 28 H Wat r. 0.31 am 10.7 It.. 12.54 p m. 9.4
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      244 2 j Today 's Radio Programmes SINGAPORE— ZHI (Owned and operated by Radio Service Co. of Malaya Ltd.) Wavelength 49.9 metres 6 p.m. Recorded music. 6.30 Relay of dance music by Raffles Hotel Dance Orchestra under the direction of Dan Hopkins. 6.45 News bulletin supplied by I Straits Times. 7 Relay
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    MINIMUM WAGES OF FORTY CENTS A DAY ON ESTATES
    362 3 New Policy Adopted By Indian Immigration Committee 934 ARRIVALS TOTAL 22,736 V iri M lmmi ranta h arrived m Malaya from Madras paying their own passages, well over 8,000 more than ived With assisted passages. Of the number ove- 12 000
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    AGONISING PILES.
    424 3 v Deed to .uflcr this distressinf ile of DX VAN VLECKS relieve you of all pamfu) n:tiammation. Results art ceedb m trcist obstinate case* and certain m its curative action ij Stocked by United Pharmacy. Koad, Singapore at $2.13 A TUBE TO-DAY. their lurry Several cases had occurred
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    OPIUM DENS
    164 3 .Monopolies Round Up On Friday Right The 'jtovemment onopolies eon--1 -iucted s round-up of Illicit smokins dens iro a six o'cloc on r'ridav morn i in:-i; until three o'clock on Saturday morning and the result was a list oi 100 case, oetore Mr H. a. Porrer. the criminal
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    A.A.M. RALLY AT HIGHLANDS
    292 3 ENTRIES COMING IX WELL Fortyeight Cars Of All Types I IS understood that arrangements for the A. A. M Rally at Cameron Highlands 1 on Sepu mber 2 are well m .land and entries are coining m well At the moment there are 48 cars ol
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    CHARGES WIFE
    109 3 Sequel To Rift In Family Lute There was a rift m the family lute ol a young Timil couple living m Malacca The wile, Meenachi. was said to have left her husband to come to Singapore The man promptly retaliated by making a report of theft against the
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    CRIMINAL FORCE
    97 3 Serious Charge Against .Malay A young Malay woman. Suratee Inte Pavilu, complained before Mr C. H. Whit ton m the police court on Saturday that a man named Haji Osnan had used criminal tore" to h r at 5 1 miles. Changi Road. Haji Osn an also was
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    FLYING CARNIVAL
    139 3 Bombers From Seletar at ILL. From Our Own Correspondent.* Kuala Lumnur, Au?. 24. How to elope m the moderi stylo was shown today at the annual gymkhana of the Kuala Lumpur Flying Club which was attended by several hundred people. It was the tit-bit oi the afternoon Tl^ree
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    72 3 A Chinese wedding In the reformed style took place on Aug. 19. at cha Chong Wah C/iinese School. Kual.i Pilah between Mr. Tan Cho Ann (son of Towkr.v Tan Lew) and Miss Lee Goek >1 >' romban Towkay Lee Choor )i Kuala Pilah officiated las m I C< r monies.
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    STORY OF ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING
    210 3 STORY OF ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING Coolie Claims $350 Damages For Hurt ARISING out ut a shooting incident at Loke Yew Road. Kuala Lumpur, oji Aug. 29. last year, a civil suit m vvnich a Tamil coolie named Kuppuspmy. formerly employed by the AntiMalarial Department, is claiming $350 for damages trom a
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    MENACE TO PUBLIC
    139 3 Two Chinese Convicted Of Street Theft (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 24. "I think thes;> peoole are a menace to the public, and I suggesi that whipping and police supervision Should be given them. We RlUrfi teach tiu-m a lesson that ii they ar« going
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    JOHORE MEDICAL OFFICER
    259 3 GAINS PILOTS AWAI.D AT HESTOX And Wins A Bet Made With Sultan r\R. J. E. Thompson, wlu is 69 and lives and works at Johore Bahru. has just taken his pilot's M A"* certificate a' the Heston Aerodrome, Middlesex. H. hopes to use an aeroplane m his
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    CATHOLIC WEDDING
    97 3 The wedding took place at the Chinch of the- Assumption last week of Kennedy, second son of Mr and Mrs C A Balhetchet or Penang, and Ernest inc. daughter of the latr Mr Van Renesse and of Mrs Eudoxia Van Renesse ol Singapore. T\v bride wore a sown
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    DREADFUL FLATULENCE FOR FORTY YEARS.
    216 3 "Instant Relief Whatever th<» I'ain." Dreadful flatulence, violent pain iftei eating, Rutter«ngt, all these made iif« i misery for Mr. A. U— until lie discovered the cure they RTC UStllf m thr loading hospitals This is hla own UCi licitt d letter "I would like
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    Tai Mo Shan
    1676 4 The Voyage Of The ivouncl The World In A 24 Tons Survey Journey By Five Naval Officers THE YACHT Tai Mo Shan, which recently arrived at Dartmouth from Hong Kong, covered a distance of nearly 16,000 miles, writes a correspondent m The Times. The vessel, a ketch
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    In Constant Fear Of His Life For Years
    476 6 In Constant Fear Of His Life For Years ATTACK ON SHIP'S CREW CONTRACTOR Five Seamen Sent To Prison l U r THESE bands have been going I about Singapore actually taking the law into their own hands." This statement was made by Inspector D. R. Cowie at the conclusion on
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    Fifty Years Of Activity
    589 6 STRAITS CHINESE REAPING CLUB CELEBRATES FIFTY years of unbroken activity was celebrated by the Straits Chinese Reading Club on Saturday, when a hundred members gathered for a birthday dinner at the Garden Club under the chairmanship of Mr. Song Ong Siang. In proposing the toast of
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    MO's "UNLIKELY THEORY"
    565 6 POST MORTEM REPORT NOT JUSTIFIED Coroner's Curt Criticism In ILL Case I <From Our Own Correspondent).) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 25. OTRONO criticism of the manner m which the first post-mortem was conducted, was made this morning by the Coorner at the resumed inquiry into the death of
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    SULTAN'S BIRTHDAY
    173 6 Selangor Ruler 71 In September <From Our Own Correspondent.* Kuala Lumpur. Aug. 24. His Highness Sultan Suieiman. Sultan of Selangor, the last of the old style rulers of the Federated Malay States, celeorates .is seventy-first birthday on Sept. 11. The day will be a public holiday i throughout
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    PYJAMAS STOLEN
    75 6 Cantonese Charged By A Sikh A pair of coloured silk pyjamas was exhibited m the police court on Saturday, when a 123-year-old Cantonese named Leo Hock Hfang was charged before Mr. J. M. Brander with theft. He was alleged to have stolen the pyjamas from a Sikh. Bikram
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    NO PERMIT
    87 6 Chinese Fined For Burning Joss I am sorry I did not know I was doing wrong,'' said a Chinese, Goh Kan Tee, when he was charged before Mr. Brander m the third police court on Saturday with burning joss paper without a permit from the Chief Police Officer.
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    Ship's Chinchew Sent To Prison For Fraud
    854 6 FAILED TO PAY IN ON COLLECTIONS Story Of Credit Custom TF a bill collector is behind m his payments by one month, having collected the previous month's bills, is he guilty of criminal breach of And m these circumstances is he guilty of
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    HUMBLE SERVANT OF HUMANITY
    608 6 GOVERNMENTS A \h Tv ENGINEERS THf Mr. Caldecott Tells W WELL over 100 peopi, ff at the annual din,,, r neenng Association of v the Adelphi Hotel on being the social event conference. Mr. Steen Sehest-d the P presided, and HE. the Officer ah tcring the
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    9 6 Dr. (Mrs.. Smallwood, 01 Kangsar. will ihortl] ii |otel
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      28 6 R Don't miss it!— Sale Commences Friday 31st Aug. Saturday Ist Sept. wEARNE'S USED CAR MART ORCHARD ROAD. SINGAPORE. WEARNE BRQS LJD pR op RIETOR s MAAS -4
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    MANNEQUIN PARADE AT THE SEA VIEW
    202 7 MANNEQUIN PARADE AT THE SEA VIEW Wonderful Creations CONGRATULATIONS to Ml ss Grace Stone j Her mannequin parade at the Sea |V tw yesterday morning was a decided SUCeew; and Singapore gave its full w™ atI n the original creations which were shown by amateur manne*£M m the ballroom and
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    SMART BEACH FROCKS
    438 7 There were several smart beach frocks. A white skirt and coatee worn with a checked indigo blue blouse was chic. The removal of the coatee revealed the low back of the blouse with its crossed straps of corded silk. Mrs. Bembroke appeared m a white j blcuse
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    HIGH-SPEED COMEDY
    147 7 "Smarty" A Popular Film At The PavUion "Smarty." which opened at the Pavilion yesterday, is all that its name and the trailers- suggest; a high-speed oi mixed marital relations starring one ot the screen's most provocative stars < and m her role the screen's most provoking Wife), Joan
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    ARABIC CLUB
    79 7 The following gentlemen were elected officers at the last general meeting of the Arabic Literary and Social Club. Singapore Syed Ibrahim bin Omar Alsagoff, President Syed Mohammad bin Ahmad Alkaff, vice-president; Syed Mohammad bin Hussain Alkaff, secretary; Syed Mohsin Albalkhi, asst. secretary; Syed Hussain bin Ahmad Alkaff, treasurer;
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    15 7 H.R.H. Prince Purachatra and Mr. Richard Walker are new members of the Singapore Rotary Club.
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    BATHERS IN STATE OF COLLAPSE
    134 7 BATHERS IN STATE OF COLLAPSE Mishaps At The Week-End PEVERAL persons were found m a state of collapse m Singapore at the week-end. A Chinese girl aged 15, and an elderly Chinese, of Lavender Street, both bathers at the Mount Emily Swimming Pool, collapsed and were removed m an unconscious
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    U.S. RECOVERY
    191 7 Plans Prepared For A Reorganisation Washington, Aug. 24. President Roosevelt today held conferences separately with Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, the N.R.A. chief, and Mr. Richberg, director of the Industrial Emergency Council, and afterward announced that Gen. Johnson was continuing as the N.R.A. administrator. The President asked whether, regardless
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    52 7 Information has been received by telegraph, <states the Deputy Controller of Labour. Malaya. Penang). tha^ 1.347 state- aided Labourers will arrive ol\ Aug. 23 by the s s. Rajula. It is expected that 28 r < will be sent to Pulau Jerejnk and the balance will proceed to Port Swettenhara
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    PERFECTLY SIMPLE CASE
    277 7 Mr. Smith (appearing on a fiat from the Deputy Public Prosecutor It is a perfectly simple case. What the appellant has done is that he has collected money and been short by one voyage. In other words all the money he collected during the last voyage he
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    REDS IN NORTH KWANGTUNG
    98 7 More Fighting Hons Kjiig, Aug. 26. PEVERAL hundreds of Communists are reported to have appeared m the Districts of Shangyao and Chungshu, North Kwangtung. Gen. Yu Hon-mau. Garrison Commander of North Kwantung has sent the brigade under Chen Cheng to reinforce the positions. Another detachment of
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    THE YUNG HWA
    134 7 Well-known Australian Vessel Changes Hands Sailing for her new owners and under the name of Yung Hwa, a wellknown Australian freighter, the Baldina, arrived at Hong Kong from Sydney recently. She has been sold to the Great Eastern s.s. Company, Hong Kong, by the Australian Tramp s.s.
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    WALLED CITY BED OF LAKE
    166 7 WALLED CITY BED OF LAKE Strange Sigh I Near Soochow Shanghai, Aug. £ti. iTJUNDREDS of visitors and tourists arrived m the cUy of Soochow during the week-end to see the ancient walled city of Sanyangnsien which subsided several centuries ago 'and which now forms part of the bed of the
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      DEATHS
      132 8 Mrs. Wong Thau Mann (nee Choong Moo Thau) aged 75 of No. 6. Lorong 32. Geylang Road. < formerly of Kudat. Brit. North Borneo >. peacefully passed away on Sunday. Aug. 26. 1934. at 1.10 p.m. She leaves behind her 5 sons, Messrs Wong Shen Hung. Jin Kin. Yin
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      IN MEMORIAM
      34 8 JANNINGS. In loving memory of John Jannings. who diecTbn Aug. 26. 1925. late managing Director of Messrs. Rrnciman (Belgium). Ltd.. beloved lather of Captain F. W. Jannings of the Straits Steamship Co.
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    The Singapore Free Press MONDAY. AUGUST 27. 1934 Unity Is Strength
    727 8 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY. AUGUST 27. 1934 Unity Is Strength jT'O those not directly interested m rubber planting and its j politics the announcement that the Planters' Association of Malaya and the Rubber Growers' Association are to merge and become one united body will not mean much, nor is
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    DAY TO DAY
    265 8 At the meeting of the Singapore Rotary Club at the Adelphi Hotel next Wednesday. Dr. B. H. Shein. will speak on "Modern Palestine The death occurred last month of Mr. Louis Michael Bergin. who was for many years associated with the Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd. Mr. W.
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    As I was Saying.
    717 8 Playing Under Difficulties A Wren Church Test Your Car Sprittgs Among His Am b'nlk THE large audience which listened to Emanuel Feuermann m the Victoria Memorial Hall on Thursday n:ght and marvelled at his playing did not realise that, magnificent though it was, it might have
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    Navy Week
    1005 8 the previous day had had his eye jabbed by somebody's walking-stick During the recital Moscrop ascended fcur rungs up the ladder. "Moscrop! Hold on, Moscrop! Here's your stick." Moscrop replied indistinctly that he could buy another for a bob when he pfot ashore. thincr J d nt Want
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      50 8 FOUR THOUSAND ROMAN COINS have been discovered m England. Probably the location of an early slot machine Life is &uch a gamble m this part of the world that a "GAFLAC" ACCIDENT AND ALL SICKNESS POLICY is essential. GENERAL ACCIDENT. FIRE LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION, LTD. Hongkong Bank Chambers. Telephone 6480.
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    SOVIET HOLD A NAVAL DEMONSTRATION
    249 9 Warlike Activities In Far East JAPANESE MANOEUVRES A T APrr Shanghai, Aug. 26. LARGE number ol Russian warships are holding a naval dec^rssr b ir mouth of vie sungari h th Ja L aneS Kwant ™B Command' and the Manchukuo War Office have en forced
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    SUDDEN DEATH OF MR. EDWARD GILL
    142 9 Acting Production Manager Of The Straits Times announce the death Iward Gill, acting pro- of the Straits! which took place j suddenness shortly i sterday. r-i r m, Mr. Gill Swimming Club rig, out later m the, me, he com•11 and his: alarming that
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    WHEAT COMMITTEE
    133 9 Amendment Of Ww\<i Agreement London. Aug. M. ting ol the Wheat It was decided that endments to last year's interement would be I signatory Governmay instruct their how to vote on them t meeting of the committee. at Budapest on Nov. 20. are designed to help nth and
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    GERMAN DEBTS
    87 9 Lancashire Delegation Busy London. Aug. 23. The Lancashire delegation Which visited Germany a fornight ago to discuss the question of outstanding debts m the cotton yarn industry will leave England again within the next few days to try and obtain a satisfactory arrangement for dealing with the debts.
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    DAMAGES OF £1,500
    438 9 Libel Action By Manufacturers JUDGMENT was given at Binning- 1 J ham m a libel action brought by Henry Hope and Sons, of Smithwick, manufacturers oi metal window casements. etc., against Utopia Press. Workers' Press and 1 Walter Thomas Leo Tapsell. the registered proprietor oi the Daily
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    CELEBRATION IN CHINA
    134 9 Crowds Flock To Confucius Tomple Shanghai, Aug. 26. iHTHE whole country is ready to J celebrate the birth of Confu- 1 jcius tomorrow. m accordance j with a Government mandate which I urges the people to follow thej Gregorian calendar by observing j the birthday of the
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    WAR ON NOISE
    243 9 London Authorities Take Action London, Aug. 24. Determined eiTorts are being made to lessen the noise of London streets at night and as from Monday next any motorist who. within a radius of five miles of Charing Cross, sounds his horn between 11.30 p.m. and 7 a.m.
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    LIBERTY LEAGUE
    134 9 Will Oppose Radical Movements Washington. Aug. 23. The formation of a new "American Liberty League" is announced by Mr. Jousett Shouse. a former asistant secretary to the treasury, who states that Prertdent Roosevelt has approved the idea. The League is a non-party organisa-, tion and it is significant
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    MAMMON MONGERS
    72 9 U.S. President's View Of Liberty League Washington, Aug. 25. President Roosevelt informed pressmen that the American Liberty League which has just been formed has emphasised too much the protection or property and too little the protection of the average citizen. The President quoted someone else as saying that
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    48 9 Che Mohd. Said, the amateur jockey who met with a nasty accident at the last Taiping Race Meeting, when he was thrown off his horse and picked up suffering from fracture of the left clavicle and the third left rib. is reported to be making good progress. i
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      UNITED PLANTING ASSOCIATION FORMED
      1507 10 Scheme Approved At Special Meeting Of The NO DOMINATION District Associations Still Free AS a. result of a rrsolution passed at a special meeting of the Planters' Association of Malaya at Kuala Lumpur, the United Planting Association of Malaya a body embracing the present P.A.M. and
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      115 10 August 25, 12 o'clock noon Gambler 4.25 Java Cube 7 25 Hamburg Cube 7.25 Muntofc White Pepper 33.00 White Pepper 37.00 Copra, Sundried 3.05 Copra, mixed 2.40 Small flake Tapioca 3.7tt Fair Sago Flour 1.70 Palembang Jelotong 7.00 Blanja Jelotong 6.75 Sarawak Jelotong 6.50 R. (Siam) W.C.
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      £ Abroad
      41 10 Abroad London, Aug. 23. Exchanges to-day were Belgrade 221. Rio 4 4 sellers, official. Buenos Aires 36 2 sellers, official. Montevideo 38 7 s sellers, official. Bombay 16 1/16. Forward 21 9/16. War Loan V 2 104 7 16. -British Radio.
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      Petrol And Kerosene Prices
      112 10 AUGUST 25. Shell and Pish Kerosene per Unit of 2 x 4-gallon tins $4.86 Crown. Dragon Kerosene per Unit of 2 x 4-gallon tins $4.46 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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      Exchange Rates
      214 10 SELLING London. 4 months' sight 2 4 732 London. 3 months' sight 2413 64 London, 60 days' sight 24 3 16 London, 30 days' sight 2 4 5 32 London, demand 2 4» 8 London, T.T. 2 4 332 Lyons and Paris, demand 878 Hamburg, demand 147 New
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      873 10 Telok Kruin ($1) 60 6 5 Temoh Tin 23s 24s Thabawleik 3 0s 6d 31s 6d IT. Harbour (25) 560 S fin Tronoh (ss) 16s i 7 s Ulu Klang ($1) 117% ***** Ulu Plah ($1) l ii* 12^ Ulu Yam 15s 16s DOLLAR RUBBERS Allenbys ($1)
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      "DON'T CARRY ECONOMY TO EXTREMES"
      942 10 Mr. Cheng Lock s Pl ea v Estate Staffs 1 C *OIGID economy cannot as yet be banished from the planter's vocabulary, but. on the other hand, plantation owners must not continue to carry this slogan to an extreme. "They must remember that estate staffs,
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    More Rice, Less Wheat, Being Grown In China
    336 11 RESULTS OF CROP CENSUS chuan, Kwangtung. Hunan. Kiangsi Chekian,. Anhwei and Fukien lead m the percentage 01 tenants LAND VALUES RISING The land values have been risin" annually since 1931. For the atter province, the land values m 193 3 are even
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    BIRTH OF CONFUCIUS
    138 11 Anniversary To Be Made A Shanghai. Au/s. 24 In a mandate issued this morning the Central Government of Nanking has ordered that Aug. 27 should be ob" sejved as a public holiday, m remembrance of Confucius. Mr. Yen Chu-chuang. an executive member of the Government, has been
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    A WELSH GOLD MINE
    21 11 There is a gold mine less Ulan 250 nnilea mm London. It is at Llanpumpsalnt. m Carmarthenshire.
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    CULBERTSON on CONTRACT
    453 11  -  Ely Culbertson by Champion Player and Greatest Card Analyst 1ITI|II PARD-KEADING M tyera love to talk ■■cling and it is thai a player can fa the hand of one Iversary ur an"ther. Often Xhr knowledge is valueless iq rar as tking the conconcerned, but there are many
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    General Chiang Criticises Drought Emergency Measures
    322 11 General Chiang Criticises Drought Emergency Measures A Q -r TON Nanking, Aug. 26. STERN reproacn. that they have not been doing all that is possible to prevent droughts and floods, has been given the authorities of Cheklang. Kiangsu, Honan. Anhwei. Hupeh and Kiangsi provinces by General Chiang Kai-shek. In an
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    Statistics Office Library
    369 11 Statistics Office Library The following publications were issued or received by the Department Statistics. S.S. and F.M.S.. during the period Aug. 11 to Aug. 17. 1934, inclusive, and are available lor public use !in the Reference Library. Fullerton Building. Singapore. Application may be made by members of the public resident
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    OPIUM HIDDEN IN EMPTY COVER OF A BOOK
    379 11 OPIUM HIDDEN IN EMPTY COVER OF A BOOK Frenchman Fined In London ■yHE STORY of opium found m the cut-out interior of a book sent by air mail was told at Marlborcugti Street. London. Henri Jacques Lacloche, a French citizen, aged 39. was fined £15 by Mr. Boyd for importing
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      801 11 Assets exceed SI2.OM.iM. Assurance In force ere? tx* The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. (Incorporated In the Straits Settlement!) HEAD omcE: Oreat Eas*rn L«e Building, Cecil Street. Stagapore. k^ omcB Tb. company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of Kngland and compile, with the British Uf. Companies Act
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      635 12 BOUSTEAD Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m F.M.S.) TELEPHONE: Freight 5433 Passage 5431. LLOYDS AGENTS. Booking Agents for Federated Malay States Railways. Royal State Railways of Siam. b^^bl bs w BBi amm* A^AttAA^i^A a AAA^^A^^^h S^IS 9imMm9*ilW9~ IfJMiMfPIWp N t! I B^Bl t*l I v-«vs "m^^BJb l^^. (Incorporated In England). HOME VIA
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      148 12 HENDERSON LINE I SCHEDULE OF SAILINGS By Fortnightly Pa«*rnm Mr»mri Between Ranroon. r«>rt >udw Marseilles, Palm.i .md KnrUnd HOMEWARD BAOPjGI Port oi Disembark.it i.»n I'lymootb lea\e K*n»«*« hrn BAGAINQ 8 BURMA Sept 22 YOMA PEGU CHINDWIN KEMMENDINE BHAMO AMARAPOORA SAGAING c 1935 BURMA I YOMA PEGU CHINDWIN KEMMENDII BHAMO C
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      614 12 Local And Foreign Mail Despatches And Arrivals 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 Jerurtut) Monday to Friday 7.30 a.m. Saturday 7.30 a.m. 7 p.m. Kelantan (via Gtinas) every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday ar.a Friday 7.30
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      743 12 LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE RETIREMENT OF UNIONCASTLE COMMANDER Days Of Sailing Ships Recalled FIFTY years of eventful sea service was concluded by Captain Henry Broderick Harvey, commander of the Union-Castle liner Edinburgh Castle, at Liverpool a few weeks ago, for when the vessel concluded her voyage from Cape Town he entered
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      647 12 SUEZ CANAL June Traffic Figures Show Increase The movement of shipping through the Suez Canal m June showed an increase of 1.8 per cent, as compared w.th June, 1933. The goods traffic showed an increase oi 191,000 tons, or 9.8 per cent. The proportion |>f empty tonnage m the whole
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      249 12 SINGAPORE HARROW Ships alongside u lr Hhar »r expected v, lrri East Wharf (hntrarnr fJ u i Rajula 22 Main Wharf (Battmswi c. 4U Plancius 18: Uoriol (Empire Dot a (Entrains <; a t> ,> j Gemas 30; City ol Mob I 35; Suisang 37. Empire Dock < I.ntr.im i,
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      368 13 "v M& J) I t^ and BRUTISH INDIA P. O. S. N. COS SAILINGS. OUTWARDS Due nm Spore. T HOJ 30 CHITRAL 15 000 Oct li PDJDI 17.000 Aug. 31 SOUDAN 6 500 OcT ***** Sept. 14 CARTHAGE 15 000 Oct 26 100 Sept. 27 RANPURA it boo Nov 9
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      516 13 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. Incorporated In England) "ELLERMAN" LINE FOR HAVRE, LONDON, ROTTERDAM AND HAMBURG. VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL Steamer n s dtxr rit r\~~~ uue sails of Oran Au< 30 g 2 clll of N^ich <F r Gen a LlVerP l GlaSg W 1^" 14 7 J£
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      866 14 IVIb CONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ PLANCIUS— Monday, Aug. 27, Belawan-Deli. BOTH— Monday, Aug. 27, Muntok (passengers and mails only), Batavia. Semarang and Cheribon. SINGARADJA—Monday, Aug. 27, Selat-Pandjang, Koedap. Bengkalis and Bagan Si-Api-Api. ROKAN Tuesday, Aug. 28, Bengkalis, Paneh. Berombang, Tandjong-Mengei-dar. Tanjong-Leidong and Asahan. VAN HEUTSZ— Belawan-Deli and Penang. MA JANG- Wednesday.
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      291 14 HOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE o^rw/ AMERICAN MAIL ONE I TRAVEL THE AMERICAN WAY COMFORT and ECONOMY £75. 2. 6. SINGAPORE TO ENGLAND VIA I I AMERICA IN TOURIST CLASS. I I INCLUDING TRIP THROUGH THE PANAMA CANAL. TOURIST CUSS OFFERS YOU: I Large outside staterooms with hot and cold running water
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      557 14 TO LONDON, VIA NAPLES, MARSEILLES, AMWIHp AND MIDDLESBROUGH H|| SSUWA MARU 10,750 Sept. 6 7 HARUNA MARO FUSHIMI MARU 10,900 Sept. 20 218 KATORI MARU HAKOZAKI MARU 10.400 Oct. 3 4 SKASHIMA IfARD !TEPUKUNI MARU 12,000 Oct. 16 11 IYASUKUM Mi HAKUSAN MARU 10.500 Ort 31 Nov HAKONF. MAI May
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    Wiltshire Regiment Lower Colours Of S.C.F.A.
    600 15 UP HOLDERS LOOK LIKE BEING FAVOURITES FOR THIS YEAR ALSO Victory Fully Deserved 2; o. champions met their Waterloo when they Regiment m a first division encounter on stadium, the Chinese leaving the field beaten match and one that was fought out keenly Interest
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    Thames Regatta Season Ends At Staines
    260 15 Thames Regatta Season Ends At Staines LONDON MAN WINS NINE PRIZES IN EIGHT DAYS From Our Own Correspondent) London, July 30. T^HE Thames season of first-class regatta ended on Saturday at Staines, with the largest programme of any meeting since Henley. London Rowing Club repeated their victories of the past
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    POOR SUPPORT FOR AMATEURS
    462 15 But The Boxing Was Bright Oi the 22 contestants participating m the amateur boxing show held at the Great World on Saturday night, six ,were constables attached to the Police depot. They acquitted themselves very creditably, five of them winning their bouts. The attendance was poor,
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    48 15 W. Nolan (Portmarnock) won the Irish Professional golf champion at Dun Laoghaire (Dublin) with a score of 282. the lowest for a 72-hole national championship ever made m the British Isles, beating Sarazen's 283 m the British open two years ago and equalled by Henry Cotton at Sandwich.
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    PENANG SPORTS MEETING
    258 15 F. De Cruz Wins The Championship (From Our Own Correspondent.) TPenans, Atiff. 24. HE following are the results of the Penang A. A. A. sports meeting held tcday (first, second and third m the i order named) 100 yd. sprint: -F. D. E. Cruz (P.R.C.); Lim Swot'
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    BASEBALL
    130 15 New York, Aug. 22. The major league baseball games played today resulted as follows AMERICAN LEAGUE Cleveland 12 9 0 Philadelphia 11 18 1 Cleveland scored nine runs m the ninth innings. Higgins hit a homer for Philadelphia. T? W T Xv. Xi. Hi. St. Louis 8 11 3
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    66 15 Northampton, and East Midlands l?ugby has suffered a big loss by the decision of J. H. Treen. the "Saints" vice-captain, to turn professional. Treen, who was a reserve centre three-quarter for England last season, has signed on for Halifax, the Rugby League club Six teet tall and weighing over 13st
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    62 15 The Open amateur tournament for one-armed golfers, which was held on the Wildernesse course, near Sevenoaks, opened with a long-driving competition which was won by William R. Thomson 'Eastwood. Glasgow), winner of the inaugural championship last year, who had the best aggregate for three drives of 652 yards, while the
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      699 15 England's Success At Boxing In Empire Games SIX TITLES GAINED AND ONLY TWO LOST (From Our Own Correspondent. > London, Aug. 11. PNGLISH amateur boxers were overwhelmingly successful m the Boxing section of the Empire Games, which took place on Thursday and last night at Wembley. They won the heavy-weight,
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      Y.M.C.A's. SUCCESSFUL CARNIVAL
      604 15 Y.M.C.A's. SUCCESSFUL CARNIVAL Lady Champion New Record pOUR records were set up at the 1934 annual championship swimming carnival of the V.M.C A held at the Association pool at Fort Canning on Saturday. Max VVoetz KnocKed four-filths of a second off the record for the senior 40 cards' free style
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    700,000 WATCH OPENING GAMES OF ENGLISH LEAGUE FOOTBALL
    529 16 No Surprises ARSENAL DRAW AT PORTSMOUTH Chelsea Show Usual Early Season Form (From Our Own Correspondents London, Aug. 26. •THAT perversity of weather which makes cricketers shiver even with sweaters on m May inb&riably saves blazing sunshine icr the opening of the
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    HOSE CUP
    72 16 Won By N.S. C.R.C. For First Time *From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Aug. 24. For the first time since 1932, the Negri Sembilan Chinese Recreation Club won the Hose Cup soccer competition by defeating the Tamil Union, holders, by one goal to nil. The goal was scored by
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    HOME CRICKET SCORES
    110 16 HOME CRICKET SCORES Sussex Make A Good Start Against Aussies London, Aug. 25. James Langridge scored s"i ro lv*!p Sussex to make a good start against the Australians today Scores At Hove. Sussex 304 tor 8 against the Australians. Fine weather brought la crowd of 10.000. At Lord's.— Middlesex 312
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    BALL BURSTS
    102 16 Quick End To Penang Match From Our Own Correspondent.) Penaug, Aug. 25. The soccer match today between the Singapore Malay Gurus and their Penang fraternity was rendered farce the like of which had never been witnessed before m representative games m Penang The teams took the lield 35
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    MOTOR RACE TRAGEDY
    81 16 Famous British Driver Killed In Switzerland Berne, Aug. 16. H. C. Hamilton, the famous British racing motorist, was instantly killed m the last lap of the Swiss Grand Prix this afternoon when the Maserati he was driving, entered by Whitney Straight, bend and crashed into a tree,
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    Lawn Tennis
    156 16 i j U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS J Lott And Stoefen Retain Men's Doubles Title Germantown, Aug. 26. In the American tennis championships final, G. M. Lott and L. R. Stoefen beat Wilmer Allison and J. Van Ryn 6—4. 9—7. 3—6. 6—4 and thus retained their title. L. R. Stoefen and
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    AMERICA'S CUP
    49 16 Weetamoe Drops Out Of Competition New York, Aug. 26. After her third straight defeat m the America's Cup trials, Weetamoe has dropped out of the competition. At present it is not known whether she was withdrawn by her owner or ruled out by the selection committee. Reuter.
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    CARNERA IN LONDON
    112 16 £6,000 Offer To Meet Gains Or Petersen Mr. Jeff Dickson has offered Primo Camera a guarantee of £6,000 with a privilege of 32 per cent, of the "gate," to meet m London the winner of the Larry Gains— Jack Petersen fight. which takes place at the White
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    Sculling
    79 16 EASY WIN FOR PEARCE Eliminating Races For World Championship Toronto, Aug. 2<>. In the eliminating races for the world's sculling championship over a three mile course oh Lake Ontario. Miller "America* beat Bert Barry < England) by threequarters of a length bi 24 1-5 sec. Pearce. the holder. <
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    15 16 James Blair, the former Scottish international, has terminated his agreement as coach with Cardiff City.
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    COMBINED SCHOOLS GOOD RECOVERY
    587 16 COMBINED SCHOOLS GOOD RECOVERY But S.C.C. Win By 7 Wick* EARLY LOSSES PROVE TOO QRu A HANDICAP JHE S.C.C. concluded their game with the Contained Sc! 1 terday. Winning by seven wickets; nevertheless easily as appeared likely when play Qnfefe Facing the Club's total of 216 and with men dismissed
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    43 16 The foUowtaU hvn b-ni:..-i play Association Football for SCC Siong 800 A A D Thursday tf I I E. Cherrii^-.:. C O Van HwjlH W. Muncey. J Crichtoa L V 1 A. Donald J E KllH FA J Bnind. N r.;. >\ r H
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