The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 30 August 1934

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  • 14 1 The Singapore Free Press NO. 14,357 ESTD. 1835. THURSDAY, AUGUST 30. 1934 10 CENTS
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  • 426 1 Delight In Britain At I News Of Betrothal A PRINCESS CHARMING JHE wedding of Prince George, youngest son of Their Majesties the King and Queen, and Princess Marina, daughter of Princess Nicholas of Greece, will probably take place m November. In a court
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  • 200 1 HEATHER ANGEL MARRIES RALPH FORBES Touring Company's Visit To Singapore Recalled Hollywood, Aug. 29. T Heather Angel, it is announced, is marrying !hs, formerly the husband of Ruth Chatterton. are motoring to Yuma m Arizona today for the m«»M\.— Renter. Born m Oxford m 1909. Heather Angel was educated at
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  • 64 1 Washington, Auk. 27. A K( the silk, woollen and s Is being prepared < of the United Mr. Francis Gorman ommittee, it is pos«it will b, simultaneous strike scheduled to rk.. Matter still remains CiS >v:I1 probably «tart unlikely to be tully Sept. 4 as the
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  • 35 1 BRITONS ARRESTED IN GERMANY It k Berlin. Auk. >!>. „s vt diMlosed that Bm, stl tHI Fmß h and lhf> reached Berlin after ■mt „n K revs at Madrid. >V »ere kMhtet m the Wansee Reuter
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  • 64 1 Workers Th rea t CHINESE RAILWAY Material To Be Supplied By Germany Berlin, Aug. 28. According to the newspapers here the Sino-German syndicate, consisting of Herr Otto Wolf and a group lieadea by the Bank of China have concluded a contract with the Nanking Govern- i ment ~o construct a
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  • 132 1 Australia To Abide By Melbourne, Aug. 27. It is officially stated that the cabinet has decided to stand by the new cotton duties m spite of Lancashire's protests because alterations could only be el- j tected by Parliament. But m cases where hardship is caused the Ministry will
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  • 327 1 A NEW LOW RECORD FOR STERLING Stabilisation Rumours London, Aug. 29. THE quietness of the foreign exA change market was rudely shattered today by a sudden and renewed weakness of sterling which touched 75.37 francs, a new low record since 1924. The dollar also firmed up m terms of sterling
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  • 165 1 British Authorities And The Dollar Paris, Aug. 27. In spite of the steadiness of sterling and the dollar today around 75.75 and 14.98 respectively it is believed here that the British authorities anticipate further devaluation of the dollar m! which event it i? thought the pound will follow suit.
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  • 76 1 Pages i German Currency Problem 2 French Nazi's Future 2 London Letter 3 Malaya Fish Problem 4 Picture Page 5 t Youth and Girl Charged 6 Supreme Court Case 6 U.S. Seaman's Complaint 6 Big Sewerage Scheme 7 Settlement of Jews 9 Penang Libel Action 9 Finance
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  • Article, Illustration
    169 1 1 Simla, Aug. 29. '""THE curtain has fallen, I hope finally, on civil disobedience, due to the stury good sense of 'the mass of the people," declared 'Lord Willingdon m an imjjortant speech In the Legislature today. He declined to anticipate the recommendations of the select committee but promised' that
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  • 295 1 How The Betrothal Was Made Known London. \\\vr A Omit v':r ;ular mnountvs that Prince George is betrothed to Fiincett Marina, daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece. This is a grt-at surprise culmination to a holiday romance. Prince George was holidaying m Yugoslavia as the guest, of Prince
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  • 99 1 Not Allowed To Enter Northern Ireland London, Aug. 27. The Northern Ireland authorities have issued an order prohibiting General O'Dutfy, leader of the Free State Blue Shirts, from entering Northern Ireland. The order is understood to be due to declarations by General O'Duffy forecasting the extension of the
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 59 1 There is no better Tea t BIGIA TEA GROWN BN MALAYA sp T °NIGHT SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER Ist ECIAL DINNER SPECIAL RACE DINNER BALL CONCERT EXTENSION TO 2 a.m. 815 t a THE POPULAR 9 oance m£ ROZSNYAY'S to midnight DANCING, SINGING S »NGIUr o Y S DANCING, MUSICAL TRIO «g
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    • 111 1 BIGIA TEA Brings the freshness and fragrance of the Malayan gardens direct to your home. SEA VIEW \^J HOTEL IDEAL SUBSIDE RESORT I J!™ IS f;OLF SWIMMING SUNBATHING I FAER\ ROOM WITH BATH AND MODERN SANITARY INSTALLATION I RUNNING HOT AND COLD WATER I ONE OF SINGAPORE'S SCENIC BEAUTY SPOTS
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  • 207 2 Diary Of The Week THURSDAY, AUG. 30. High Water, 1.57 a.m. 9.4 ft.. 1.52 p.m. 9.2 ft. Football: first Division. Malays vs. Wiltshires. Anson Road Stadium; Second Division, R.A.F. vs. Wiltshires, Tanglin; Government League; Second Division, Survey vs. Marine. Friendly, S.C.C vs. Siong 800 A.A.. padang. FRIDAY, AUG. 31. High
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  • 31 2 Law Notices For The Day Before Mr. Justice Terrell m the 3rd. C ourl at 11 a.m. 5.954 33— R. S. Muthoo and R. Krishna vs. Chqp Ban Whatt Hing. i
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  • 105 2 German Currency Restrictions Berlin, Aug. 26. pURTHER stringent import currency restrictions were foreshadowed by Dr. Schacht when opening the Leipzig Autumn Fair. He blamed the Treaty of Versailles for Germany's transfer difficulties and complained of other nations' unwillingness to purchase German exports and the barriers erected
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  • 289 2 State Insurance Benefits London, Aug. 27. ABOUT 700.000 juvenile workers not now insured will from next Monday reap the benefits of State insurance as a result cf the prevision made m the Unemployment Act for a lower age of entry. Although most boys and girls leave
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  • 248 2 Thrilling Picture At The A lh am bra The Radio Picture. Lucky Devils, featuring Bill Boyd. William Gargan, Dorothy Wilson and Roscoe Ates. which commenced a run at the Alhambra yesterday is one that will appeal to those who are out for thrills. The film deals with the
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  • 240 2 Gable And Colbert In A Gripping Story Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert, starring together for the first time m It Happened One Night, at the Capitol, have had the good fortune to be m one of the finest pictures that have come this way. The story is
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  • 105 2 Annual Meeting Of British Association London, Aug. 27. The British Association for the Advancement of Science, which is holding its annual meetings at AberystWyth next month and at which most ot Britain's best known scientists, as well as many distinguished foreign visitors, will be present, is expected
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  • 54 2 Removing Excess In World Supply New York, Aug. 25. The total excess of available production of oil compared with world-wide consumption was only about six per cent., stated Sir Henri Deterding m an interview before returning to Europe. He added that world-wide co-operation could remove the excess within
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  • 356 2 The following publications were 1 issued or received by the Department ot Statistics, S.S. and F.M.S. during the period Aug. 18 to Aug. 24.' 1934. inclusive, and are available for public use m the Reference Library. Fullerton Building. Singapore. Application may be made by members of
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  • 129 2 Battleships To Be Altered Paris, Aug. 28. "I AM a determined partisan of big units" declared the Miniscer of Marine M. Pietri. m an interview, "and the foremost item m my programme is the building of a sister ship to the battle ship Dunkerque. The latter will
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  • 129 2 Speculative Buying In Rubber London, Aug. 27. The new account on the Stock Exchange started fairly cheerful but with the holiday season still hampering the volume of business general conditions were somewhat uninteresting. Tin proved interesting, a good shipment from Liverpool creating a shortage with the consequent rise
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  • 149 2 Reduced Volume Of Treaty Bills London, Aug. 25. Conditions on the money market, during the past week failed to rouse much interest but following the Government's policy m reducing tha volume of Treaty Bills considerable attention was shown m this week's issue and keen competition for the comparatively
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 171 2 FOR SALE, BOILER 749 For Sale at a sacrifice One New Marine Scotch Boiler, 14-6" Internal Diameter x 10-6" long with 4 Morrison Corrugated Furnaces, with 2034 square feet heating surface built to Lloyds Survey for a working pressure of 185 lbs. per square inch supplied with Smokebox. Steam and
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    • 391 2 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENT^ FMAX FACTOR'S! BEAUTY PREPARATIONS j as used j by the famous Stars I i Reduction m price now $2.50 $1.25 i j! THE FEDERAL DISPENSARY LTD. j (Incorporated m the F.M.S) I 8, Raffles Place, Singapore. |'i«« BUSINESS CARDS "CAIRN HOLM PRIVATE HOSPITAL," 55, Calrnhlll Road. MISS MOLLIE
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    • 489 2 MUNIC^SJ, Tcndcr> Tenders an- tkom v following materials m'r n d tfc I particulars, see Mvi inn Vlf>B I Room. Mui^pa Supply of Salt Glazo d I etc. for 1935. 4 p.m. Wednesd, Supply and n.xin, at proposed n4 SSkt Lebar. Date of X Wednesday. Sept. i* ,V Supply and
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 262 2 l< Today's Radio Programmes Ml, SINGAPORE— ZHI (Owned and operated by Radio Service Co. of Malaya Ltd. t i Wavelength 49.9 metres. I 6 p.m. Recorded music. 645 News bulletin supplied by < Straits Times. 8 Relay of dinner music by Raffles J Hotel Orchestra under the dir- t ection
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  • 2085 3 i Modern Miracle— Eye* In The Shies— 'Zones Of Silence —The BodyUne Bogey British Trade The Eightpenny I. oaf Factories For Old—The -Manufacturers Mile." London, Aug. 18. Q rnlng this week a blue-and-ilogiro appeared above dropped lik<> a plummet from :md hovered a few hundred
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  • 100 3 Scheme To Recover Kin» John's Jewels A sett cmemt vjas announced m the Chancery Division m the case m Which Mr. James R. Herbert Boone. a United States citizen, was sued for damagei for alleged wrongful ctisjmifsal by Mr. Edward Gaspard Pon-t-onby. son of Sir Frederick Ponsonby,
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 455 3 fimcura Akin irritations quifkly and easily. I it be your first thought m treating itching, huniing affections, •czenia, nfaplei and oth«-r disfiguring blotches. No iMNHflhtld should l, e without it. Samplv each Soap. Ointment and Talcum free upon request, from Mailer RtliM? P9< l\ illaym) 'mUedaJnion nuilding, SintfHfxtre. FEELING JADED?
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  • 1300 4 LAST YEAR'S SUPPLY WAS 40,000 TONS BELOW DEMAND Et Prices Kept Low BEING TURNED TO CANNING QOMETHING like 67,760 tons of fish were landed m a fresh condition during 1933 m Malaya (writes Mr. Birtwistle, director of Fisheries, m his annual report
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  • 636 4 Alleged Forgery Of Cigarette Coupons CHINESE CHARGED AT SELANGOR ASSIZES i A CHINESE, named Goh Wee Pong, was charged at the Selangor Asi sizes, with being m possession at Klang. j jon June 9, of 13 engraved plates, five, blank plates and four plates for print!ing the figure for making
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  • 157 4 FOR MURDER AT BUTTERWORTH Chinese Who Vanished Mysteriously i THE suspicious disappearance ol a Hylam Chinese named Ooi Kiar j Cheng, following the death of a com- patriot Ho Ah Tan. at Butterworth on Aug. 13, culminated m investigations being conducted by the local police, which led
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  • 182 4 CORONER AND SECRET i LETTER j Allegations Against Boy's Parents IN order that the boy's teacher might be called to give evidence regarding his temperament, the Penang Coroner adjourned the inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of Lee Ah Soon, a Cantonese schoolboy, whose body was
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  • 96 4 Mr. Brown To Ask For Inquiry At the meeting of the Municipal Commissioners on Friday. Mr. E. A. Brown will ask: In view of the comment caused by the recent publication of a letter In the local press on inhuman dog shooting, will the President cause a
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  • 48 4 Penang Wants Scheme Continued I From Our Own Correspondent. > Penans, Aug. 28. The Municipal Commissioners at their meeting today decided by eight votes to three to inform the Government Commissioners that they are m favour of coninutng the provisions for the Daylight Saving Ordinance during 1935.
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  • 27 4 The Batang Padang Commercial' Motor Union, of Tapah. has been dissolved, having been used for unlawful I purposes and for purposes at vnriance jwith its registered objects.
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  • 1073 4 SOCIETY WHICH WAS FOUNDED BY THE PIONEERS j Fifty Years 1 Activity Of Straits Settlements I Benevolent Fund TTHE Straits Settlements Benevolent Society has completed v. i 1 year of its existence. In the year 1884. the seniors m L of several of the old Straits merchants firms foresaw the
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  • 215 5 i Wuli-n arrived at Le Bourget aerodrome on his way to Biar -itz where he will spend three weeks ■lid.o He Hen from Windsor, Photo shows: The Prince of Wales on arrival at Le Bourget. Scotland Yard is using an autogiro experimentally m connection
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  • 42 5 A Striking Evening Gown In Black Lame THIS STRIKING evening gown worn by Greta Nissen. who stars m the 8.1.P. films, "Red Wagon." •On Secret Service" and "Contraband", is made of black lame trimmed with finely pleated edging m pink silk taffeta.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 83 5 I Photographic Copies Of Free j Press local pictures can be I obtained on application to the j Manager. Price 50 cents each, THE MYERS SELF-OILING BULLDOZER POWER PUMPS For deep or shallow wells. For pressure tank or open tank service. Shallow Wells Down to 25 feet to low water
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  • 281 6 "Road Hogging At High Speed CHARGE AGAINST YOUTH AND GIRL Hearing Adjourned Until September 5 STRANGE behaviour at the wheel was alleged against two motorists, Mr. E. H. Holloway, aged 20, and Miss Mercedes d'Souza, m the police court yesterday, when they were summoned before Mr. C. H. Whitton for
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  • 476 6 THE case m which three Hylams, named Sin Fong, Boon Lai and Lim You Tong. were charged with being m possession of documents containing seditious literature at the servants' quarters of Mr. Were, the manager ol Kamoong Kuantan Estate, on July 15, was concluded
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  • 151 6 Official Of Quantas Airways On Way To Australia Mr. C. O. Turner, who arrived by Imperial Airways from London on Monday, is on his way to Australia to take up an appointment as accountant to Quantas Empire Airways Ltd.. the new company which is to operate the "all-Red"
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  • 98 6 From Our Own Correspondents Medan, Aug. 26. Heavy earthquake shocks were felt today m Padang Sidempoean. Sumatra. Some little native houses art «iamagod Nobody was injured. Thr Chinese-Consul General Dr Philip X C Tymu will attend the Oleh Oleh Party's performance to be siaged at the Great World
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  • 149 6 Another Adjournment In Case Of Reed And Henshehvood John Reed, a marine engineer, and James John Hadeh Henshelwood. who are indicted on a series of charges under the Companies* Ordinance and a number of charges of criminal breach of trust, had their case transferred from the third magistrate's
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  • 199 6 Australia Considers Part Played In Warfare Canberra. One cf the main reasons for the Government's new cotton industry d-velopment policy, announced by the Minister for Customs (Mr. White) is to provide for an adequate supply of cctton for defence requirements. The Government takes the view that cetton
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  • 57 6 The engagement is announced between Thomas Guy Dillon Rowley. 52nd Light Infantry. Mingaladon, Burma, elder son of the late Mr. T. W. Rowley, oi the F.M.S., and Mrs. Rowley, of 19 Staverton Road. Oxford, and Elizabeth Northey Cumming. elder daughter of the late Mr. C. Malcolm Cumming of IIM F.M.S.,
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    22 6 Crowds watting m a Vienna street for the funeral of Dr. Dollfuss. The crowd began to gather more than a day ago.
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  • 264 6 AMERICAN SEAMAN DUPED \I7HEN an American fireman on board a President liner who was j complainant m a charge of cheating before Mr. Norman Grice. the second magistrate, was asked by Inspector W. G. Patten (prosecuting* m what lan- gua[;o the accused spoke to him. the
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  • 1350 6 SURPRISE TURN TO PROBATE ACTION But Testator Died Before He Could Sign It THE re-opening of the probate action m connection with the estate of Tan Lian Boh, which was heard two weeks ago, judgment being reserved, was marked by developments of a very interesting
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  • 264 6 CAUSED INJURY TO A LAMPLIGHTER POUR months after the offence was committed, the case was concluded yesterday before Mr. H. A. Forrer. the criminal district judge, m which a Chinese lorry driver. Khar Kong Hor. was charged with voluntarily causing grievcus hurt by a rash act to
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  • 284 6 A PARTY of 26 Chinese university graduates who are on ;heir way to fcng- land for higher education arrived m Singapore yesterday afternoon by the P. and O. Ranpura. These students, among whom there are two ladies, are being sent to Europe by
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  • 542 6 Tamil To Stand Trial for Wife Murder THE preliminary mqu Tamil, named Pal mi n with murder oi !u n a '«J June 26. at Aboo eluded at Penang, w^a* v uas committed i the Assizes on Five further were called to them was Manika was one o the house
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  • 109 6 Girl Holidaymaker Killed a girl m a London-Brighton express put her head out of the carriage windo* as the train was entering Clayton Tunnel, near Brighton. It is believed her head struck the brickwork of the tunnel and she fell back into the carriage injured. The train
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  • 40 6 I Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wickett, of Penarin j Estate, Enggor, Perak, were *n Kuala i Lumpur on Saturday. Mr. Wickett is 1 interested m Hying, and la buying his town aeroplane as soon as he gets his pilot's certificate.
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  • 204 7 DUTCH PLANE TRIALS Europe-India In Two Days A N Aerial Sleeping Car" which will fm rv,ip able to fly P as sengers and malls 11 nn l J rOpe to India m two days s undergoing flying trials m Holland. Th e -Aerial Sleeping Car" has been SSf 1 i
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  • 50 7 I The engagement is announced of iFiancis lan Hamilton Moore, of Labu (F.IVIS., eldest son of .the late Captain F. (B Hamilton Moore. R.A., and of Mrs Calder of Blackwater. Hants, and Ur- sula Mary, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Reginald McCooey, of St. John's 1| wood. London. i
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  • 220 7 Sewerage In Singapore AN eight million dollars sewerage scheme for areaarin the i?orth and east of the city of Singapore has been recommended by Municipal Committee No 2, and If approved by the Municipal Commissioners wil be put m hand without delay. The two new sewerage districts will
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 498 7 "LUCKY DEVILS" An R.K.O. Radio Release from Pavilion Ltd with DOROTHY WILSON and WILLIAM GARGAN They call them "lucky devils if they li«» r SEE «dn« auto, skidding m ninety on perilous mountain :un«! SEE m ,m A o over hundred foot waterfaU m an open SEE men endmm through
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    • 155 7 Daring, but Delightful! I i ■^HnH^^dl^iH PMBfe* :^B I /You; presenting r\ew York have raved over IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT" WITH CLARK GABLE father He was running away f I They both got stranded m the same town-at the same hotel-in the same room! YOU MUST SEE THIS SAUCY PICTURE
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  • 1100 8 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1934 Big Navies IT now seems more certain than ever that the fate of the 1935 Naval Conference is going to be settled In the preliminary discussions m October of this year and on these will depend whether the Conference is to mark
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  • 138 8 Mr John Laycock returned to Singapore by the Conte Verde yesterday. Mr. K. Robertson left Singapore for Rangoon by the Imperial Airways aircraft Arethusa on Sunday. i The Protector of Chinese, Penang, Mr. Dakers, has opened a general subscription list for the victims of the Jelutong district fire. Sept. 3
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  • 907 8 IN case some of the references to synthetic tyres m this column yesterday were somewhat obscure it had j better be explained that they should have been prefaced with the following paragraph. The synthetic rubber tyre has arrived at last and has become a front page
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  • 823 8 IJOUND the world m a ship 60 feet long! Such was the record of the Golden Hind, a half-size replica of which has just been launched at Plymouth. Surely there is hardly a man or woman of English blood who has not thrilled to the exploits of
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 236 8 LIME JUICE DllPi'v corpial Hll^^li ORANGE AND lllll^lL AJ P LEMON SQUASHES 80 Cents Per Bottle, LESS 10 Cents Per Empty BOTTLE Allowance on Returns To Your PROVISION STORE. €AILDIBKCi€§ I DIAMOND WATCHES. I Their sheer loveliness makes them instantly appealing to women who I desire to own a watch
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    • 37 8 HE RUSHED INTO THE SALOON out West, breathlessly shouting "FIRE FIRE P They did. He was only twenty-six, and he had no GAFLAC ACCIDENT POLICY. GENERAL ACCIDENT, FIRE LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION, LTD. Hongkong Bank Chambers. Telephone 6480.
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  • 91 9 MANOEUVRES CALLED OFF Japanese Take A Hint S l,ni;!iiii. Auu. 29. .ship, prodirection of river port of .rning met four nd four Ameri- appeared to: precautionary Taiku torts. protest was made against the uvre In the Japanese, the which have been st< amed off In lutao, to avoid a the
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  • 47 9 Catholics And Great B Britain Rome, Aug. !.">. revealed today or 000 Catholics m Empire pledged noon lor the coni to the Catholic ailed the AssoMartyrs and is the English It's ondary aim is lon of English their faith who been honoured by 11 Reuter Wireless
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  • 89 9 I; Uuhl) r And Tin Prices And Sterling Rates I i Our Own Correspondent) RUBBER London. Auk. i!». d. (7%d.) 'Buy 7 9 lGd (7}£d. I iber T 4 d. <7 :l 4 d> March 7 7 d. <7 T B d.» June 8 1 Kid '8 1
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  • 1003 9 200,000 JEWS SETTLE IN PALESTINE Valuable Work By Zionist Movement gINGAPOKK Kotarians turned out m force yesterday to heai Dr. Benzion 11. Shell) on the work that the World Zionist organisation is doing m Palestine. He said that the Zionist movement was the modern expression of the old Jewish religious
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  • 687 9 LIBEL ACTION HEARD AT PENANG Many Muslims In Court (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Aug. 29. The Supremo Court was packed with Muslims this morning when a libel j action was commenced m which prominent people of Penang are the plaintitls and defendants. The plaintiffs m the action are K.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 79 9 PEARS Cyclopaedia COMPLETELY REVISED EDITION OVER 5.175,000 ALREADY >OLD TWENTY-TWO SECTIONS 31 PAGES OF MAPS COLOURED FRONTISPIECE s FUGS Ol THfe EMPIRE AND FLAGS OF OTHER COlMKllv ALSO IN COLOURS ILLUSTRATIONS DIAGRAMS Price $1.50 KELLY WALSH, LTD., (Incorporated m Hong Koim'.> p.ffla. viw* Singapore NEW WORLD CABARET DANCING EVERY KIGHT
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  • TRADE AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE
    • 635 10 Must Be Found If The k Industry Is To Thrive ■yKE twentieth annual general meeting of the Semenyih Rubber Estate Ltd., was held on Aug. 3. at Walsingham House, London, E.C. Mr. H. F. Crosthwalte (the chairman) said: In presenting the report for 1933--34 the directors
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    • 88 10 During the week ending Aue 25 n if which n.4n m Unted t0 2U12 ca <*s. oi which 13.140 cases were to the United Kingdom. 1.135 cases to the ConH and" 1 °,l 2^ roPe 5 725 cases to cSSSi: ana 1.112 cases elsewhere to^ue as" 0 8
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    • 34 10 Aigentina was Canada's chief p,k XVVTS? Sh<Jes ™S£ exports SJ y ,h kl "t 76 267 pairs Tot al b-ied sn? R «i Se Shoes Sn Ma y nu mu f -iea 0U7,684 pairs.
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    • 102 10 r Joh 6 Sin A gapore Chamber of Commerce London New York 15 9 16«s »kk PRICES REALIZED Off quality 2^ to w 6 Ql !f li I ty Pale 261 (27 ta cases. Std. and slightly inferior 25 to 26 Oil colour latex 22»., to w
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    • 50 10 Interm Dividend Of Six Per Cent I Ul^Ll^FT fflCe of the Mercana Zl Indla Ltd nas received effect S i r m X its head °ffl<=e to the meet that the board of directors have cen an nterlm dlviden d 6 Per currenrye'al 00 16 reSpect of th
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    • 77 10 Gam^ r USt *1Z clock Java Cube 25 Hamburg Cube ZT 111 Muntok White Penner aL'H White Pepper ePPer ZZ t 9 fo Copra. Sundried 295 Copra, mixed t Small flake Tapioca Ifl T^ Far Sago Flour f™, Palembang Jelotong III 2 Blanja Jelotong Sarawak Jelotong Siam.
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    • 673 10 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1934 Anapa t Tin (4) 5s 3d 7V H Bangrin Tin 26& fid V 22 2 BJP*- 1-1" Jelebus ($1) *»g Jonan Tin (20 cis.) I S 34 rrt I-amp. Kamunting (5) 6s fis 9d l^ P Jut i£l) j>2& X Lumpur *g 22s
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    • 82 10 On thousands of Dollars) GROSS IMPORTS MONTH MONTHT^T °ROSS EXPORTS MONTHLY CUMULATIVE TOTAL MONTHLY GROSS TRADE i M e sp -^^z^™^ January a^^m (5) (6) (7) ,«f 1933 1934 IQ oo Otobfr 28 -952 gj'2 38.903 216.066 93 785 476.130 *****3 November 30 -9"0 33.541 254.969 569.915
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    • 80 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association Rangoon "Small Mill" Ho«~ THE TIN PRICE" v^n&ZT"** tin price (per August 297^70^10ck noon K.S.S. equal to London Standard Spot (loose 251, 2 53 R R-S.S. equal to London 8 Standard. (F. 0.8.) 955 9*3 Standard R.S.S. on Tender 4 September 25 3^ 257 oct./Dec.
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    • 32 10 co-operation m the tinpTate ln du°Coy e rnment ld that he ""Oewtood the Hol'lc^Samm^" 8 SPeakillß m Ki>use or Commons on June 8 siidcoming to the House and askini? fnr
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    • 408 10 Beef steak < Round > Kati 25 Beef stew or curry do 2 2 Pork, lean do 42 Pork, lean and fat (Ist quality) do 32 Mutton Australian H> owl T Kati 31 Hens (Locally reared* do 41 Ducks (Java) Each 40 Pigeons, domestic unfledged p alr
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    • 440 10 RUBBERS n>x Tlv FEATURE; Much L fger sinesN Industrials there has been as! ,h V B£5KHs issues and an m 2 has iSLft 1 < the subject Q] the ear- export right., the rubS to be downKd 1^ c!om quotation* foi 'Sf ,*'ouio ieen to have Pcai
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  • 364 11 Constant Control Maintained On Red Sea And Persian Gulf London, July 31. RED years ago Britain gave a lead to the world m D ol slavery and today there are fourteen ships of Navy constantly engaged m suppressing the slave trade. trol the
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  • 65 11 Why Imperial Airways Get Most Continental Traffic Sir Phliip Sassoon, Under-Secretary for Air. said In the House of Commons that, taking into account reliability and comfort as well as speed, British civil passenger aircraft compared very well with other lines. As a consequence. Imperial Airways had secured the
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  • 70 11 Cicero Rcmao Baptista, Brazil's "bandit priest." died at Joazcnro. m the i State of Ceara Although suspended from the Church, ih" continued to celebrate Mass. He crce controlled an army of hlllmen. which battled with the police. Cicero h;?d a revolver m one hand and a ciuclnx
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  • 130 11 (*irl Awakes To Find Herself Robbed An extraordinary story that she was doped, robbed and locked m an underground room by a London commercial traveller, was told at Winchester by an 18-year-old girl. May Henrietta Thorpe Ol Winchester. She was accused of stealing £1 as bailee lrom
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  • 441 11  -  Ely Culbertson by World's Champion Player and Greatest Card Analyst I SUCCESSFUL OPERATION telling *oday the story oi a; peration which was entirely, hut after which, as m the, many other such operations, Ment died. The story is that of 1 a vulnerable grand slam contract.' spiced
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  • 889 11 Hong Kong. J^URTHER legislation regarding merchant shipping m the Colony Of Hong Kon» is forecast by the Hon. Mr. C. G. Alabaster, Attorney General, m the objects and reasons of a bill to amend the Merchant Shipping Ordinance of 1839,
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    • 794 11 Awett wceed 91Z.—9.—. AMunuiee la fere* tm OTMWJW. The Great Eastern life Assurance Co., Ltd. (Incorporated In the Straits Settlements) HBAD OFFICE: Great Eastern Life Building, Cecil Street, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 27. Old Jewn B.& Tb« Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England and compiles with the
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    • 32 11 description of banking business transacted For particulars apply to the Manag«t H. UNAOAIsX Tele: No. 6049 Manager's Room, M 5921) 5922) General Office. 5923) 6472 Compntdor«'t Dosfe. Alexandria (Egypt). Batavl*. Berlin, BRANCHES:
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  • 27 12 Repeated H.Q.F.E 18 inch marked 8 dummy torpedo lost yesterday mornine m Johore Straits latitude iZ 22" E^t th> and longltude 10 3 deg. 53'
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  • 45 12 L^ he M mail vessel Andre Lebon it 6 U am Gre f S 0T Z C lombo on Sa turday at 11 a d f Wll L S ail on the sam^ day at 11 a.m. for Saigon. Hong Kone [Shanghai, Nagasaki and Kobe
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  • LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENT
    • 114 12 SINGAPORE HARBOUR •Ships alongside th,. Hlllrv or expected to East Wharf (Entrance t(( Borneo Mam 22; RaJulaai Itata Wterf Entrance Ranpura 18; Pferak X Rhexenor 9: City oi Or m EinpireDocK (hntrance a! Silvercypnss 30- Cnv lay Dank 35, Jcyporj- yj Empire Dork (Entrance C.ato I Mangoja 46; KhandauTS West
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    • 263 12 TESTS BEING MADE WITH DIESEL ENGINES Many New Ideas Incorporated •TESTS arc to be made m the Clyde of a new type of Diesel-engined lifeboat which has been specially designed for 534, the 73.000-ton giant Cunarder. under construction at John Brown's yard on Clydeside. The 534 is
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    • 385 12 Singapore Outer Roads,— wreck removed and light-buoy withdrawn Position.— Formerly situated at a distance of 1.6 miles 101 degrees from Fort Canning lighthouse. Lat 1 deg 17' N. long. 103 deg. 52' E. <approx> Details.— The wreck of a tongkang has been raised and removed and the
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    • 242 12 FOR CHINA TRADE Motorship For Hong Kong Rangoon Service A new passenger and cargo motorship will shortly make her appearance at Hong Kong. She is the Ha* Lee, and was recently launched at Drammen for Messrs. Bruusgaard, Krosterud and Company, who will employ h^r on the Hongkong-Rangoon
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    • 199 12 Clerks Wondering As To Their Fate Hundreds of shipping clerks m Liverpool. London and Southampton anting kept m a state of tension as to their luture. They are employed by the Cunard Line and the White Star Line, and have not heard a whisper as to their position
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    • 24 12 Merchants are hereby Informed that the basis rates of freight apply to cargo for Glasgow and Leith, direct or with transhipment
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    • 103 12 Sin Kheng Seng, Brit., t:j torn Em Malacca 29.8. for Malacca -9 a n :r m M I Van-der-Does-de-Bu'. Dut. 86 ton., from Singkel 29.8. ior Singkel ins' Reyniersz. Dut.. 962 tons from I ■ang 29.8. for Batavia 29 8 o»? DUt 985 tOnS frorT 28.8, for Riouw
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    • 574 12 BOUSTEAD&Co. f Ltd. 'Incorporated ,n FM.S.) TELEPHONE: Freight 5433 Palace 5431 LLOYDS AGENTS. Booking Agents for Federated Malay States Railways RoyaJ State Railways of Siam. BOME VU CHINA, TSS^SISSESu! CANADA. FOUR MAGNIFICENT EMPRESSES," COMPRISING THE LARGEST AND FASTEST STEAMERS OX ra THE PACIFIC FREQUENT SAILINGS FROM HONG KONG Zl f
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    • 85 12 HENDERSON LINE 1 SCHEDULE OF SAILING* By Fortnightly Passenger Steamer Between Rangoon, Port Sua*n Marseilles. Palma and England HOMEWARD SAILING* Port of Disembarkation Plymouth leave Rangoon CHINDWIN 2 KEMMENDINE Nov 17 AMARAPOORA Dec. !3 PEGU J^n. 26 KEMMENDINE Mar 2 q Calls London. Through Passage Rates Inrluue trar LONDON^ 1
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    • 175 12 I. S. K. LINE. ISHIHAKA SANUYO-KAII'.N KAISHA, LTD. 'Incorporated m Japan) KEGI'LAR FREIGHT AND PASSENGER SERVICE. ERIE MARU Aug. 30 Au« 30 NANKOH MARU Sept. 11 Sept 16 BOSTON MARU Sept. 19 Sept 19 FOR KOBE, OSAKA, MOJI, iAWAT* NAGOYA AND YOKOHAMA ERIE MARU Sept. 5 Sept 5 BOSTON MARU
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    • 510 12 I Local And i 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 Kuan tan .via Jerartut) Monday to Friday 7.30 a.m. Saturday 7.30 a.m. 7 p.m. Kelantan < via Gemas) every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday
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    • 402 13 k (I I J /I I D -o <T\ O* and t BRITISH INDIA O. S. N. COS SAILINGS. OUTWARDS Due Due 1 n*se Spore. T'nage Spore. 6.000 Aug. 30 SOUDAN 6,500 Oct. 24 17.000 Aug. 31 CARTHAGE 15.000 Oct. 26 15.000 Sept. 14 RANPURA 17X00 Nov. 9 6.100 Sept
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    • 466 13 Ellerman BucknaU I Steamship Co., Ltd. J < Incorporated In England) z "ELLERMAN" LINE FOR HAVRE, LONDON, ROTTERDAM AND HAMBURG. VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL Steamer Due Sails C::y of Oran In Port Sept. 2 City of Bath (For Genoa. Liverpool. Glasgow) Sept. 7 Sept 9 City of Norwich Sept.
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    • 1125 13 I Mk 1 I HI t-Jt if 111 V V THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean THE HUA KHIOW STEAMSHIP CO (193 1> Steam Shin Co Ltd and China Ltd Mutual Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. THE CUNARD WHITE THE STRAITS STEAMSHIP Co.. Ltd. THE SARAWAK STEAMSH! > Lie THE CHINA NAVIGATION
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    • 461 14 CONINUIIU PAKKITAABT MAAtVCSArPU REAEL-Thurstiay, Aug. 30, Cheribon (not for passengers), Semarang SouraSfS&TSSS ?nT a pr» T g apa Toean Slnabanr Sinekel Baros SibolJ ""sia^anST^i^oe 30 Selat Pand^«" Bengl»ll.. Soengel-Pafcnlng, TOMOHON— Thursday, Aug. 30, Singkawang, Pemangkat and Sambas MAPIA-Frlday, Aug. 31, Pcfcloe- Kid Jang, Sapat, Tembilahan, Poeloe'-Pallas and Rengat. PLANCIUS— Friday,
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    • 133 14 OUTWARDS m.s. MEONIA for Bangkok Sept 1 m.s. PERU for Manila, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Yokohama, Osaka and Kobe Sept. 24 TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICE TO LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO VANCOUVER, SEATTLE PORTLAND m.s. ASIA leaves Manila Sept. 11 FARES To Genoa £45 to £80 To London £50 to £85 To Rotterdam £55
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    • 407 14 TO EUROPE p ROM SINGAPORE AND PEN AW G VIA CULUDUio. BOMBAY, SUEZ, PORT SAID, ALEXANDRIA, N APLJfcb GENOA, MARSEILLES AND NEW YORK. Arrive Leave Leave Arm* Spore Spore Penan* N. York Prea. Adanw Bept. 8 Sept 11 Sept. 13 Oct. 22 Pres. Harrison Sept. 22 Sept. 25 Sept 27
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    • 499 14 O. S. K. Linp FOB AFRICA AND SOUTH AVf*i>. Italy Maru Cape Town via Mombasa z£* Dar-es-Salaam, Lourenco" m v »u Durban and Algoa Bay t Man, r e a_O, r Atlas Maru Cape Town via Mombasa Zin7i> Dar-es-Salaam. Beira. L \i 5 Durban and AJgoa Bay 4U t Buenos
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  • 1546 15 To tal Of 29 Wins And 44 Places SECOND PLACE FOR CANADA More Records Go On Last Day From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. 9. smashed on the last day of the athletics British Empire Games at the White City Stary vavv
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  • 248 15 PENANG WIN MALAYAN POLO TOURNAMENTS I Defeat Military By DENANG won the Sultan of Perak and Spooner Cups m the Malayan polo tournament at Kuala Lumpur by defeating the Singapore Military team. Rain interfered considerably with the tournament. No play was possible on Friday afternoon, and although it was possible
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  • 44 15 Surprise Sprung On The Customs (From Our Own Correspondent* Ipoh, Aug. 29. The Ipoh Club sprang a suprise by beating the Customs by five goals to three on the padang this evening m a friendly game. Play was last and exciting.
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  • 90 15 Miss B. Wolstenholme (Moss Sido won the women's 150 yards back-stroke swimming championship of England, at Leicester, m 1 mm. 58 2-5 sec. Miss O. V. Bassett-Lowke < Northampton) bt. Miss B. Haden (Eccles) for second place alter a dead heat m 2 mm. 1 sec. Mr. Jeff Dickson has
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  • 548 15 HASTY BLOW WHEN OPPONENT WAS DOWN Nara Disqualified At Penang I 1 AN entirely unexpected fueling mark- ed the fight at Penang between Boy Nara 1i.12) and Neil Hemchit <9.10> at the Fun and Frolic Arena. Schedul- cc. to go 12 rounds, the event terminat- ed before the first round
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  • 54 15 I At the Belle Vue cycling meeting, at Herne Hill, recently. E. V. Mills and W. J. Paul < Addiscombo established a new one-hour British amateur tandem record, covering a distance of i 23 miles 653 yards. The previous best. by F. W. Southall and A. R. Watkins I (Norwood
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  • 945 15 "Big Bill Tilden Tells •THIS is the third of a short series ef articles which will 1 describe the Davis «up final, m which Great Britain defeated the United States by four matches to two. The articles are written by W. T Tilden, the
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  • 269 16 Interesting Series Of Events Well Sii'h'hnrtr'fJ Kuala Lumpur. AN Interesting soli gymkhana con<r* listing of such eventl as a 9-hole stroke competition, approaching and putting and long driving, took the place oi the usual Sunday engagements 01 Seremb.tn golfers. There was a good rntry for the events.
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  • 96 16 Th( following are the result! of thei first round of the above competition played at the week-end. T. Black beat G. V. Allen 2 and 1 H. H. Sturt beat C. N. \V Joyce wo V. P. Barbat beat S. J. Beattie 2 and 1
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  • 77 16 The Women's August medal played on Tuesday over the Ist nine holes resulted m a tie between Miss B. M Nelscn (30) and Mrs. E. K. Adamson (36) with a score of 1 down each to bogey The tie will be played off on Friday The
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  • 45 16 The Monthly Mixed Foursomes com- [petition was played x»n Tuesday. The j following were the best returns: Capt. J. B. Gurnhill and Mrs. F. C. IK. Austin, 45-12 1 .m-32 1 2 Lieut, and Mrs. T. A. Arnold, 44-11-33.
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  • 39 16 The men's monthly medal stroke competition ior August was won by Dr ;B. F. Home. 2. down. The ball sweep was won by Dr. B. F. [Home ;md Dr. E. B. MurreH. each one r*
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  • 32 16 R. S. Y. C. Race For Lipton Cup rys Friday, the "B" class will sail the v third race of the Change-Boat series starting at 5.15 p.m. In accordance with the conditions
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  • 143 16 to the bad condition of the ground following the heavy rain yesterday's First Division match between the R.A.F. and Pulan Brani at the Anson Road Stadium was postponed until Sept. 1. i bebnsmen will sail the loiiowine' boats Helmsmen representing Will Prima Donna
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  • 28 16 The Football League Management Committee has decided that the interl^gue match between English and Jutland should be played m England Jn Oct. 31, the venue not being fixed.
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  • 45 16 Oct. t> United Services Friendly 13 Johore Inter- State 27 Negrri- Malacca Inter- State Nov. 12 Perak Inter-State Dec. 8 United Serv. Malaya Cup 29 United Services Friendly Jan. 12 S.S. police vs. F.M.S. police 19 North vs. South.
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  • 285 16 SUNDAY AT THE SWIMMING CLUB THERE will be no race on Sunday. "B" Class Aggregate two lengths free style (handicap) has been postponed to Sunday, Sept. 9. available to take part. Scott the bril- liant scrum half of Joliore and possibly Bailey and Mackenzie, both outstanding forwards, may play for
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  • 55 16 Kent Put In Against The Aussies The Australians won the Toss against Kent at Canterbury today and decided to put the hop county m as the wicket was f tricky The score had be*n taken to 21 for two when rain came on and there was no further
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  • 25 16 DIV. I Grimsby 0 Sunderland 0 D vP M V IH (Northe «-n Section) Rochdale o Barrow i Southport i Doncaster 2 Reuter
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  • 973 16 MALAYA CUP RUGBY FINAL MAY BE IN SINGAPORE 1934 Promises To Be A Bumper Season For Players And Crowds Too A PPEARANCES are all m favour of 1934 being a bumper season for rugby football m Singapore. Although no fewer than nine of last season's State fifteen are not available
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  • 244 16 Play Washed Out Yesterday: Tks For Today And Tomorrow OL>ay was Impossible yesterday owing to th<> rain m the S.C.C. courts m the autumn tennis tournament. The ties which should have been played have been postponed until Monday md Tuesday. TODAY'S TIES A (lass Doubles J. A
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  • 102 16 The Yankee Abandons Race When sh< appear. Ing Rainbow tl final s. rlet oi An Yankee sud l< nij and abandon Rainbow Led Of thirtynv, fifteen mUea MftheYankc the Rainbow* i arly-f The reason ror th that the Yank* Another raei b I b !uro tin d- chosen. R< harm
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    • 39 16 ALWAYS PLEASE QUENCH THAT THIRST WITH A LONG COOLING GLASS Oy* i -f, 1 I 1 CLOUDINESS %£y PRf.AHBD AND DEPOSIT -KW- -r^-^ FROM TMf FROM TMf /^fS&C^^ MMelt PURI FRUIT X EMPIRE FRUIT w£- PREPARED jft. ""sht DUALITY
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