The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 6 October 1934

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  • 17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. NO. 14,389. ESTD. 1835. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1034 10 CENTS.
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  • 221 1 THREE KILLED IN MADRID NIGHT BATTLE OVBLE REPORTED ALSO FROM THE PROVINCES •dice Make 400 Arrests Madrid, Oct. 5. tKNETRAL strike has been promed throughout Spain by Socialist trades unions as a st against the inclusion of Catholics m the new Cabinet inder
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  • 71 1 NINEPENNY RUBBER IS DANGEROUS Will Stimulate Production &> Reclaim Dutch View The Hague, Oct. 5. TTKE director of the Government j Economic Department is of opinion that the present price of estate rubber is satisfactory. Ninepence per pound, at which he believes the Britislv rubber industry is aiming, will net
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  • 225 1 Stages For Bringing It Into Existence London, Oct. 3. The India Office announces that the Government of India think it desirable they should now state for the information of the public the approximate programme of the stages by which they hope that the Reserve Bank will be brought
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  • 61 1 Built By Corporation And L.N.E. Railway London. Oct. 3. Grimsby's new fishing fleet dock jointly provided by the Grimsby Corporation and the London and NorthEastern Raiiway will be formally opened tomorrow. It cost £1,600,000. provides an increase of 37 acres of water and is equipped with the
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  • 209 1 BRITISH STEAMERS ADRIFT AND HELPLESS GALE BRAVED BY LINERS IN RACE TO STAND BY Grave Anxiety London, Oct. 3. VIOLENT gales m the Atlantic are reported and the Cunard liner Ascania and the Canadian Pacific freighter Beaverhill have gone to the assistance of the cargo steamer Millpooi of 4.218 tons,
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    62 1 London. Oct. 3. Lord Nuttield. m laying the foundation stone Of a new block for paying patients at Guy's Hospital. London, today, announced that m addition to his original gift of £45.000 be was prepared to give £20.000 more so that the number of 73 beds m the hospital might
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  • 56 1 New Secretary Not To Stand For Parliament London, Oct. 3. The Labour Conlerence at Southport alter a long private discussion today decided by an overwhelming majority that the new secretary ol the party when appointed shall devote his whole time to that office. He will, therefore, be precluded
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  • 150 1 RUSHED TO HOSPITAL IN HOLLYWOOD i Hollywood, Oct. 5. A MAN giving the name of Cary Grant has just been received at the emergency treatment hospital for poisoning. The police admit the man is a film star. Later. The doctor stales the patient was Cary
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    63 1 A UNIQUE PHOTOGRAPH showing the Snuthwold lifeboat rescuing the motor cruiser Wild Duck 11 which was m trouble off the Suffolk coast during a gale. On b mrd the yacht were two women, who had many a thrill before t^eir craft was taken m tow and brought into Lowestoft. Their
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  • 328 1 Mr. Howeson On Benefits Of Control U.S. Recovery (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Oct. 4. P PEAKING at the sixth annual *J general meeting of the AngloOriental Mining Corporation yesterday. Mr. John Howeson declared that at least 300,000 tons of surplus tin for which there
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  • 194 1 NO POLITICS AT NAVAL CONFERENCE JAPAN STANDS FIRM kBUT U.S. MAY To Keep China's 1 1 vllUolilL/ Washington, Oct. 5. IT is persistently reported tha: America is urging the inclusion of political questions at the forthcoming London naval conference and this is linked up with Americas desire to counteract the
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  • 28 1 COLLIERY DISASTER FUND London. Oct. 1. Nearly C 31.000 up to now has been subscribed lor reliK oi the Gresford Mine disaster victim. 1 Reuter Wireless Reuter Wireless
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    • 45 1 BiGIA TEA Brings the freshness and fragrance of the Malayan gardens direct to your home. 1 TODAY'S ATTRACTIONS RIJSTAFFEL SPECIAL DINNER 3 ST CONCERT 8.15 to 9.15 p.m. DANCE (FORMAL) 9.30 to Midnight CABARET Miss CATHERINE CHERNIKOVA THK POPULAR DANCER RAFFLES CELEBRATED ORCHESTRA PHONE S3Bl
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    • 119 1 On Other Pages Week-end radio programmes 2 $500 claim dismisesd 3 Tamil priest attacked 3 Air race plans 3 Sir Philip Sassoon 3 Minnie Mouse 4 New film company 4 Page l of pictures 5 Chandu m vacuum flask 6 Gramophone mystery 6 Bankruptcy cases 6 Three years for Sikhs
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    • 112 1 Ther<> it no better Tea than BIGIA TEA GROWN IN MALAYA SEA VIEW HOTEL IDEAL SEASIDE RESORT TENNIS GOLF S\\IMMIN<. MNBATIHNG EVERY ROOM WITH BATH, W.C.. RUNNING HOT A; COLD WATER ONE Or SINGAPORE'S SCENIC BEAUTY (FORMAL) TONIGHT (FORMAL) k SPECIAL DINNER DANCE CABARET by j iTHE ROMEROS; MORNING SUNDAY
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  • 215 2 Ingenious Thriller At The Capitol William Powell gives undoubtedly hia finest performance of his career m "The Thin Man." Metro-Ooldwyn-Mayer's brilliant adaptation of Dashiell Hammitt's ingenious thriller. He is the gay. so debonair. "Nick," i wife of "Nora." whose riches made it unnecessary for him to continue
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  • 30 2 The Bishop of Macao is leaving Singapore en Sunday evening at 8 p.m. On Sunday morning he will say mass at Sfc Joseph's Church, and afterwards preach a short sermon.
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  • 119 2 Wavelengths Of The Empire Transmission In view of the various wavelengths used by the Empire transmitter a correspondent has compiled the following schedule giving the wavelengths used at different times of the day which, though there is no guarantee that it will be accurate for every day. should
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  • 41 2 Before the Chief Justice at 11 a.m. Summonses-in-Chambers and Originating Summons. At 2.15 p.m. m Ist. Court:—Bankruptcy. Mr. Justice a'Beckett Terrell at Mai lace a—Assizes. Before the Registrar at 10.30 a.m. Fixing list of civil cases.
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  • 40 2 Baku. At Kiziltepe, the newly opened oil i/egion of the Azneeft, a strong on gusner strucK irom a 578-metres deep well. The new gusher provides another proof of the favourable prospect of j development of the new Kiziltepe oil region.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 102 2 i p., i RATS BRING DISEASE. ASK YOUR CHEMIST FOR RODINE RAT POISON. THE RAPID RAT REMOVER. Sole Importers: Graftion Laboratories, 20b, Collyer Quay. BUSINESS CARDS BOARD RESIDENCE" AT SUNNYSIDE, 7 Oxley Road. Single and double rooms. From Oct. 1, (splendid accom. for married couple or friends sharing. Ground floor
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    • 1453 2 CLASSIFIED AD VERTISEMEN R> TENDERS. SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY Tenders Tenders are now invited for ttM following materials or services. Fw particulars, see Municipal Tendert Room. md Supply of Salt Glased Ware Ptoes etc- tot 1935. Date of Closing 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31st. IW4 Supply of Solid and Pneumatic Tyres, and
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    • 561 2 NOTICES. CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY. Notice is hereby given n. Annual General Meeting o: the B will be held at Government Hou Monday. October 29th. 1934. at a.m. M. SNOW, Hon. Secretary TAKUAPA VALLEY TIN DREDGING, NO LIABILITY (Incorporated m New South Wa NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Debenture Transfer Books
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 221 2 Diary Of The Week SATURDAY, OCT 6 High Water 9.42 a.m. 8.2 ft. 9.33 p.m. 8 6 ft. Cootball: Malay Inter-School Competition, Kota Raja "B" vs. Telok Kurau, Oeylang English School ground Rugby Singapore vs. United Services, SCC padang. Races Selangor Autumn Meet., first day. SUNDAY, OCT. 7th. High Water,
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    • 468 2 Week-end j Wireless Programmes Singapore ZHI (Owned and operated by Radio Service Co. of Malaya Ltd.) Wavelength 49.9 metres I Next week's full programmes from Singapore, ZHI. are given below and are published m advance for the benefit of upcountry readers. Each day's programme will appear again m this column
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    • 126 2 Berlin—DJA Wavelength—31.38 metres SATURDAY 8.20 Programme forecast. 8.35 Song Programme by Niels Kallmann. at the piano: Friedrlch Rolf Albes. i 9.05 News bulletin. I 9.20 Musical Posy. The Willi Übiszowski Orchestra. Soloists: Lotte Luckwald (soprano). Eugen Hietel (tenor). 10.35 News bulletin (German.) 10.50 Dance Music, interrupted about 16.45 by: German
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  • 143 3 Court Sequel To Statement By Chetty .From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Oct 4 A CLAIM for $500 for defamation was brought t-.day before Mr. J. p tidduloh. the magistrate, by Mrs. E de cii against a chetty named Muru -;ippa. The suit arose out of
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  • 122 3 Queensland Governor Supports Archbishop Melbourne. At a public welcome to Archbishop nd, the Governor (Sir Leslie Wilson) that he had admired the Archlop's public utterances on Sunday sport. was a sin to play games on ays he himself was a sinner. He ieved that it was the duty
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  • 45 3 Adelaide. While attempting to rob a magpie's at Edithburg. Alfred Miller, aged savagely attacked by the bird, which swooped down on him. The magbeak entered the child's head, I nd about 3 4 in. of it broke off. It was •xtracted by the child's parents.
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  • 227 3 TWO MONTHS FOR HIS ASSAILANT <From Our Own Correspondent) «uSS*. V^,-«e h ere was money from him was told to tho Seremban magistrate. M V w W s Purcell today when Raja Gopal was charged with the theft of $3 Velusamy. the priest, said the acSIX towards
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  • 210 3 Tragic Error Of Gallipoli Recalled Sydney, (N.S.W.). Brigadier-General W. R. McNicol, who has sailed from Sydney to take up his new position as Administrator of the Mandated Territory of New Guinea. I had the ordeal while commanding the 1 6th Dattalion A.1.F.. at Gallipoli of j being
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  • 143 3 I Flight From Rangoon To Alor Star The first of the five new de Havilland four-engined air liners built for Qantas Empire Airways Ltd. now on its way to Brisbane, left Rangoon yesterday morning and and landed later m the day at Alor Star. It is due m
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  • 55 3 R.A.F. Planes From Singapore To Greet Him Planes of No. 100 (T.B Squadron left Seletar yesterday on their way north to meet Sir Philip Sassoon, Urrlcr-Secretary for Air. Sir Philip Is due to reach Alor Star tomorrow by Imperial Airways. The planes will land at Taiping whence
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  • 63 3 Lismore, (N.S.W.) Frock coats, morning trousers, and silk hats, are not m the wardrobe of every resident of rural N.S.W. When the Mayor of Lismore (Aid. Donald McAndrew Ross* was asked "What will you wear for the Duke of Gloucester's visit?" he answered: "I think I'll wear the
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  • 411 3 SELETAR PLANS COMPLETED FOR THE CENTENARY AIR RACE Arrangements for Spectators •THE Singapore Control Committee for the London-Melbourne air race announced yesterday that admission to public enclosure at Seletar aerodrcme will be free on production of passes which are shortly to be issued. l Singapore will thus be able to
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    29 3 SOME OF THE WILLING HELPERS who will be seen at the Sea View Hotel on Bohemian Nisht, Oct. 20. to be held m aid of thT Child Welfare Society.
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    • 293 3 IF YOU HAVE A TIRED FEELINQ pains ia your back and across the loins, sort of wrench whenever you attempt to > hevs tfouty or rheumatic pains about your experience unusual thirst, drowsiness i eating, &c, it is a sure su;n of liver I trouble— often weak kidneys and —and
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    • 461 3 ENGLISH MADE "ELEPHANT HEAD" BRASSFOUNDRY. NO. 7744 BRASS FANLIGHT OPENERS. M? 12" x% n si. 10 each. M 1 Mni Jj H JN^NI IB I N^N^r NO. 5916 CASEMENT FASTENERS. 3P With hooks or Mortice plates. No. 8929 Bronze s< reen B rass 5.90 Bronze 51.15. door self riosini* hinlZT
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  • 1372 4 MINNIE MOUSE SPEAKS HER MIND It Happened In Hollywood jIJINNIE MOUSE rises to protest! It seems that she took a little time off and stayed out of just one Mickey Mouse production. Gulliver Mickey," and already tongues have been wagging. The Walt Disney studios, whose mall bags arc normally among
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  • 36 4 Prior to her departure on transit Kuala Kangsar Hospital, Mi&j CullMatron. Teluk Anson General Ho*p[t was entertained to a tea-party successor Is Miss Scott, who v, Teluk Anson prior to her dtparttu Kuala Lumpur on transfer.
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  • 595 4 A CHANCE meeting m a yacht off Bermuda early this year has resulted m the formation of a new British film producing company to be called British National I Films, Limited, with the intention of making a series of British pictures m London, for world
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    • 124 4 THE HOLLYWOOD MITT HAIR REMOVERS HAVE ARRIVED NO MESS, RAZOR OR ODOR Painless and Harmless auce McGregor, RAFFLES PLACE. ENSURE BETTER VISION' Our .specialised opticians are at your service. Free sight -testing and advice given. Our glasses give clear vision from edge to edge and our charges are Moderate. Conserve
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    • 169 4 B|/^ TAKE HOME Ry or Daughter the result will be the same. \/3 Perfectly baked they are packed full of wholesome delight and will prove a joy to whoever has- the fortune to be on the spot to enjoy tht:m. Buy your cakes and pastry from the G. H. CAFE
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    143 5 SQUADS OF RESCUERS toiled ceaselessly to combat the fire m the Gresford Mine, near Wrexham, and to bring to the surface the hundred men riitomhed. Volunteers worked m shifts to subdue the flames and so clear a path to the trapped miners. Photo shows rescue men going: into the cage
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 33 5 REGULAR SUPPLIES o/ I FRESH ENGLISH YEAST TOGETHER */M EMPIRE FLOUR, ENSURES QUALITY IC f" IJj V 4^T% /^F^ WODUCTS ARE MADE UNDER I MREG EUROPEAN SUWUYISIOH j PROPRIETORS J Warm Studios 89
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  • 141 6 Young Chinese Woman Sent To Prison MANY and varied are the ruses employed by smugglers m their efforts to circumvent Monopolies officers but rarely do they succeed m getting away with it. A 22-year-old Chinese woman, Lee Chee, attempted to bring m chandu m a
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  • 101 6 Performer Injured And Carried Off Sydney, (N.S.W.) A rircus performer, who appears under the name of "The Great Prybill." touring with Wirth's Circus, mot with an accident while being fired from a cannon during a performance at Narrabri, N.S.W. recently. After being shot from the gun the man,
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  • 252 6 Watchman's Ordeal (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Oct. 4. CHAIT SINGH, a member of the local Sikh Advisory Board and for some time secretary of the Sikh Temple, with two other Sikhs, Jail Singh and Wasaka Singh, were each sentenced to three years' rigorous imprisonment
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  • 228 6 Fell In Love With Girl's Screen Shadow Melbourne. Falling In love with a girl he saw m a talkie film m Belfast two years ago. an actor m Melbourne has announced his engagement to her. Two years ago John Moore, a member of the cast, of "The Merry
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  • 171 6 Australian Doctor's Advice Sydney, (N.S.W.) Declaring that the human frame required abdominal support, a Macquarie street specialist said that it would benefit men's health if they wore corsets. "According to his obvious mechanism," said the specialist, "man is a creature built on the quadruped pattern. By evolution
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    34 6 THE WOMEN WHO WAIT. Even babies m arms were amongst those who waited to the last for news of loved ones at the Gresford Colliery, Wrexham, where a large number of miners were entombed.
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  • 270 6 Bankruptcy Court IN the Bankruptcy Court yesterday, before the Chief Justice, Sir Walter Huggard. receiving and adjudication orders were granted against Lim Tiang Keng. Tay Nam Kiang, Wee Chee Hock, Kasmani Lin Saiman. Abdul Samat bin Dawood and Cheong Yew Wi^g. Applications for substituted
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  • 411 6 Tamil Mystery A Gramophone DURING the course of the trii of a Tamil, named Munisamy on a charge of criminal dp of trust, alternatively of chea' ing, m respect of a gramophone and some records before Mr Norman Grice, the second magi trate, yesterday,
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  • 293 6 Allegation Against Four Chinese ■TTOE preperation by four armed rob- bers of a crime m the centre of Singapore's China town was described m the police court before Mr. J. M. Brander yesterday at a preliminary inquiry. Lee Chok Lam, a Cantonese rubber sorter, alleged to
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  • 178 6 Sequel To Seizure Of Opium And Chandu A house m Upper Chinchew Sireet was raided by a party of revenue officers, under Mr. A. E. Talbot. Assistant Controller of Government Monopolies on the night of Oct. 1 and a quantity of non- Government chandu and opium was seized.
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  • 93 6 Serious Charge Against A Chinese Woman A Chinese woman, Han Lay. who va first produced before Mr. H. A. Forr I the Criminal District Judge, on Sept on a charge of possession of 225 tahii of non-Government chandu appt\ir> again yesterday before the same jud^. Her trial
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  • 172 6 Chinese Convicted Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 4. A FINE of $20 or three weeks' rigorous imprisonment was imposed on a Chinese named J*g Meng who was convicted by Mr. J. P. Biddulph of assaulting a detective while m the execution of his duties. The detective, according to
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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    • 55 6 CHEAP LAMPS ARE AN /g\ EXPENSIVE LUXURY. QgT) "The Mark with ECONOMISE WITH THE QUALITY MAZDA ELECTRIC LAMPS fSB A wonderful NON-SAG Filament |IHHHT YOU CAN SEE A LEAKY TAP |lSfflPl WASTE WATER, BUT YOU ■■^MrL CANT SEE A "CHEAP" LAMP C/lf\Cy^ WASTE CURRENT. I Uj^ZijJA THE BORNEO COMPANY MMITFn
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    • 423 7 FAR EASTERN HEALTH MEDICAL CONGRESS IN NANKING Problem Of Bubonic Plague Nanking, Sept. 20. BUBONIC plague and cholera are the naln problems to be tackled by the gatea to the Far Eastern Tropical Medicine Congress, according to the :al agenda of the meeting just .ist'd by the congress secretariat. I
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    • 617 7 I I fJT&®l PAVILION. ..TODAY 3.15 6.15 ~15 I mm JESSIE MATTHEWS I' C^ THE GAUMONT BRITISH FILM OF T HE GREAT LONDON STAGE SUCCESS I "WALTZES from VIENNA" j Popular entertainment, directed with "IMrkfoKlo R^tlck n ~~A mmw* IWB%#| ft# If til 1 gaiety and ingenuity by Alfred Hitchcock
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    • 403 7 PiPimi REE SMOWS TooAy 3is 8 9 P-— UhNIUL >the best film sekn this year... you ii-friLiU W I WILL WANT TO SEE IT MORE THAN ONCE' plot .f THE DAILY MAIL THIN MAN 4 f I ■^■l ■MaMMMHMMMMß|^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (o your friends >^Sn^vBfttfcttߣ^ f M W—^^ffiU&l mk m\ Ihey'll never
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 306 7 CHURCH SERVICES 19th Sunday After Trinity ST. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL 6.50 a.m. Holy Communion. 7.30 a.m. Matins. 8 a.m. Holy Communion (Choral). 5.30 p.m. Evensong (Choral) and Sermon. 10.30 a.m. Matins and Sermon at Naval Base. 6.30 p.m. Service at Johore. Holy Communion on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8 a.m.
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  • 1063 8 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1934 Neglecting Our Best Customer IT is sound business policy to get to know your best customers, to find out their requirements and to accommodate them m every reasonable way. This holds good for countries as well as firms, for m the 3nal
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  • 112 8 Mrs. Lewis, the wife of Mr. Arthur Lewis of Kramat Pulai. returns to Malayo from Sydney, next monttT p,^» J A Grar »t returned from Europe on the Sarpedon yesterday Bom?o ra co. S n W n the staff of the Mr. R. L. Hastle. general manager
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    238 8 Setting Of The Royal Romance BOHINJSKI Jezero. "The Lake of God now made the more famous through the romance of P rinces Marina and Prince George of England is one of the most beautiful places m tne Kamnic Alps— a perfect setting for a princess's romance. Precipitous
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 116 8 BOLS LIQUEURS GIN. FAMOUS SINCE 1575. CALDBECKS. HV SPECIAI Efc£ i^ J&l TO H>l THI APPOINTMENI KING OF SUM DIAMOND WATCHES. Their sheer loveliness makes them instantly appealing to women who desire to own a watch oi artistic taste. Extensive assortment of a new selection of diamond and cord and
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    • 53 8 AN ENGLISHMAN'S ITINERARY on the Continent Hyeres today and Ghent tomorrow. Should you find yourself m hospital tomorrow you will not feel any the "worse if you have had the foresight to take out a GAFLAC ACCIDENT and ALL SICKNESS POLICY. GENERAL ACCIDENT, FIRE LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION, LTD. Hongkong Bank
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    • 9 8 /3O\ X^^ years of dge\ V 4A7< l» rf>
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 653 8 Topics Of The Week HHHERE was a big round up of Singa- j OALVE for tne sting of defea pore smugglers this week. And Americans beat the Ei. not "The Last Round Up" either now let -them try to beat th. Cunarder. That's a Son-with wl. ACCORDING to yesterday's Free
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    96 9 London, Oct. 3. Prime Minister. Mr. Ramsay nald, will reach Liverpool toy from Newfoundland at the ion of his holiday. It is >od that his eyesight and health have benefited greatly. ndltif he will proceed at once i and several of his Cabinet les have arranged to be present
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  • 93 9 Formal Consent To Royal Marriage London. Oct. 3. will hold the Privy Counklnghaxn Palace this week at will give his formal consent Great Seal of England to of Prince George and Marina. iral Smuts, who arrives m Engi:• m from South Africa, will those summoned to attend. Prince
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  • 37 9 yV. JaCQUes has b?en seconded i Johore as Senior Health c ol Dr. S. W. Eveson. Dr. B. Jacques has also been or service m Johore. taking of Dr. -Mrs M. Zylstra as M( dical Office r.
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  • 773 9 AMERICAN YACHT IN SINGAPORE Pay $5 A I)a7 And Work Like A— Sailor j 117 HO wants a trip to Bali on a yacht TT m the company of 16 American boyt and girls The charge is $5 a day and anybody who accepts must be
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  • 364 9 War Ministry Objects To C. E. R. Purchase OBSTACLES STILL TO BE REMOVED Steamer Confiscated Shanghai, Oct. 5. TTHE Russian Minister m Tokio and Mr. Hirota, the Foreign Minister of Japan, have reached agreement regarding the price of the Chinese Eastern Railway, but the Japanese War Ministry is reported to
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    64 9 Shanghai. Oct. 5. Sir Alexander Cadogan, British Minister m China, is leaving Peiping for Nanking on Oct. 10 m connection with the elevation of the British and Chinese Legations to the status of Embassies. Similar action between the United States and China is expected, pending the return to Washington of
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  • 631 9 I MISTAKEN IDEA BY PRODUCERS Carry Over Of Export Rights Defined rE following has been issued by Mr. M. Rex. Controller of Rubber. Malaya There appears to be a widespread but mistaken idea that the international agreement to regulate production and export ot rubber provides I tor
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  • 98 9 i j Latest Rubber And Tin Prices And Sterling Rates (From Our Own Correspondent) 1 London, Oct. 5. Spot (Sellers) 6 7 B d. (7 l!16d.) (Buyers) 6 13|16d. (6 15;i6d.) Nov.-Dec. 7 l|32d. (7 1|16d.) January-March 7 3|l6d. (7 3|32d.) April- June 73 B d. (7»/ 4
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    • 108 9 Evening Standard Book of the Month SEVEN GOTHIC TALES by Isak Dinesen HOWARD SPRING says re is a book that i* great not by Lson with M i contemporaries. any stanciaicl that you care to Thi.s belongs to the company r he world's ureat books.'" PRICE *3.00 KELLY WALSH, LTD.,
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    • 223 9 AND f0! I ARS WOVEN POPLIN. EXCLUSIVE DESIGNS. LATEST COLOURS. SOLD COMPLETE WITH TWO COLLARS WHICH HAVE THE NEW SEMI-STIFF LINING TO PREVENT THE COLLAR CREASING. SIZES 14— 175 NECK BAND. PRICES. $5.75 $6.50 $7.75 EACH. WE ALSO SUPPLY SHIRTS MADE TO MEASURE WITH TWO COLLARS IN THE SAME MATERIALS
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  • 1086 10 Market Quiet Awaiting Next Year's Quotas From Our Own Correspondent. London, Sept. 24. AFTER passing through another v/eek of uncertainty, the London rubber commodity and share markets remain exceedingly quiet. Business during the past week has, m tact, been negligible both on the Stock Exchange
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  • 196 10 I Oct. 1. 3. 4. American Can. Com. 97 3 8 98 3 4 98» 4 American Telephone and Telegraph 1095 8 109 /4 110 (Atcheson Railroad 50» 8 50 50 3 4 Dupont 88% 88» 2 90 Firestone 14 14 14 General Electric 11% 18 18 General
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  • 89 10 For Sale Of Tyres In Irish Free State The importation of pneumatic tyres into the Irish Free State is prohibited, except under licence. The necessary tyres for imported vehicles are not affected. This move by the Free State Government is understood to foreshadow the granting of a
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  • 67 10 Australian Gold Reefs Corporation Ltd., has been registered as a public' company, with a nominal capital of £50.000 m 2s. 6d. shares The objects are to carry on business m any part of the world as an investment trust of 1 gold investments, a general investment i' trust, and that
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  • 76 10 Rubber Association DAILY PRICES CURRENT FOR No. IX RIBBED SMOKED SHEET Oct. 5, 12 o'clock noon. Bayers Sellers Spot (loose) 22 3 4 227 /8 FOB Current month 22y 8 23 October 233/4 28% Nov :Dec. 24 l 4 2*.l/ 8 Jan.i Mar. 25»/ 4 25% Apr.
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  • 101 10 Abroad London, Oct. 3. Exchanges today were: Paris 74 11 32. New York 4.93 B. Montreal 4.81%. Brussels 21.01. Geneva 15.02. Amsterdam 7.23. Milan 57 316. Berlin 12.16 i/ 2. Stockholm 19.39» 2. Copenhagen 22.40. Oslo 19.90V2Vienna 26i/ 4. Madrid 35? 8 Lisbon 110*8 AtKens 512 sellers. Prague 116V4. Helsingfors
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  • 114 10 October 5 Buyers Sellers Gambier 4 R 15 Java Cube Hamburg Cube J> £j Muntok White Pepper 52.50 White Pepper 51 50 Copra, Sundried 3.00 Fair Sago Flour 187 2 Copra, mixed 2.35 Small flake Tapioca 3.70 Blanja Jelotong 675 Sarawak Jelotong 6.50 R (Siam) W.C. .0.
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  • 123 10 Australian Producers Optimistic In the eight months of this year to the end of August, the gold produced In Western Australia was worth approximately £3,600,000 m Australian currency, which is about £500,000 m advance of the yield for the corresponding period of last year, as far as
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  • 22 10 Kramat Pulai output for September was as follows From the mine tin ore 255 piculs from tributors 45 piculs. Total 300 picuis.
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  • 963 10 FRIDAY, OCT. 5, 1934. Ampat Tin (4) 5s 5s 9d c.d. Asam Kurobang 37s 6d 40s Austral Malay 50s 52s 6d Ayer Hitam Tin (ss) 14s 9d 15s 3d x.d. Ayer Weng ($1) 2.02 2.07 Bangrin Tin 25s 26s Changkat Tin 50s 52s Chenderiang 8s 6d 9s
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  • 60 10 Malaya Tin Statistics Foreign imports of tin ore during the t month of September, 1934. Country of Origin. Tons 1. Alaska 2. Burma JDO 3. Netherlands India:— Banka and Billiton Singkep Other Places 4 4. French Indo-China 119 5. Japan 68 6. Siam 1.421 7. Tanganyika 9 8. Union of
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  • 66 10 Imports. Monthly Cumulative Total 1934. 1934. 1933. Tons. Tons Ton.s January 1.758 1.758 2.021 February 1.453 3.211 3.604 March 2.307 5.518 6.364 April 1.684 7,202 7.953 May 1.533 8.735 9.667 June 1.105 9.840 11.373 July 2.256 12.096 13,177 August 2.246 14,342 15.462 September 2.064 16,406 17.224 October 19.074 November
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  • 224 10 Oct. 5 SELLING London, 4 months' sight 2 4 7 32 London! 3 months' sight 2413 64 London* 60 days' sight 2 4 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 860
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  • 157 10 "Entering A Period Of Advancement" AJJ Tokio. Addressing the Japan Commerce Association, the Premier, Admiral X Okada. expressed the opinion that Japan was entering a period of advancement, for which an eloquent commentary was the spectacular advance of her foreign trade. The Premier continued, "It is the reward
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  • 60 10 The net earnings during July of the Rangoon Electric Tramway and Supply i Co.. Ltd.. amounted to Rs. 1,85 382 an increase of Rs. 7.494 compared with the same month of 1933. Aggregate net ??QQRi g 7 S m Jan l last are 13.99,617. against Rs. 13,15.059 for the corresponding
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  • 451 10 FREER EXCHAN ESSENTIAL HpHE scope raid valu»> o» relations were strrsse cidents last week. The British High Comi William Clark, m opening of Empire exhibits at th< National Exhibition at T which the United Kingdom New Zealand, South Afn Ceylon and the Federated M are
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  • 164 10 Heavy Speculative Liquidation Messrs. Stanton Nelson and C m their rubber market review f< I week ending yesterday at non During the week the downward dency has continued, and hi culative liquidation has taken There has been fresh buying by speculators, whilst others an for the still lower
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  • 276 11 Broadcasting Board's Second Report REMARKABLE PROGRESS L, »nd annual report of the New Zealand Broadcasting Board demonstrates remarkable progress, though the balance sheet :it this is being achieved under servere handicaps of heavy nditre being taken out of current income. ,n increase of 27 per cent.
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  • 644 11 WEEK-END PROGRAMMES LL /111, 8.8.C.. PHOHI and 1).!.\ programmes will be found on page 2. or s i -mi -permanent musical ions and rely less on casual 3ns. But the Board can only )at according to its cloth: last had less than £40.000 ior 'lay lines, music programme md records.
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  • 98 11 MEDAN RACES TO BE BROADCAST Today And Tomorrow T*HE Radio Service Co. of Malaya Ltd. have received information from MedUt to the effect that the A.V.R.O.M. Amateur Broadcasting Station of Medan) will be broadcasting a running gonnmontary on the Medan races, in?luding the results of each race. This broadcast will
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  • 122 11 Radio To Follow Example Of Motion Pictures Not to be outdone by the motion pictures m America m the mater of a moral clean-up the Committee of Five for the Betterment of Radio have announced their intention of guarding radio against "indecent lyrics and titles suggestive of double
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  • 592 11  -  Ely Culbertson by World's Champion Player and Greatest Card Analyst A -HOWELL" BID. In duplicate games which are scored I on a match-point basis quite frequently the movement used is that i devised by Howell. For this reason a I great many duplicate players, including myself, erroneously
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  • 702 11 Notes And Gossip On Next Week's Best Items An electrical recording of a Harvest Thanksgiving Service from the Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul at Edenbridge will be broadcast m the Empire programme tomorrow for Transmission 3 listeners at 9.35 p.m. NOTTINGHAM GOOSE FAIR When a
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    • 381 11 The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m the Btrmita ■rtttomenti) HEAD OFFICE Great Eastern Life Buil&ng, Cecil Street, Singapore. LONDON OFFIC1 17. Old Jewn D The Company oa* £20.000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England and compile* wUh the British Life Assuranc* Companies Act m every particular.
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    • 444 11 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA (Incorporated m England by Royal Charter) Paid up capital m 600.000 shares of £5 each 3,000.00k Reserve Fund £3,00w.»* Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3,000,000 HEAD OFFICE: 38, Blshopsgate, London EC. 2 Agencies and Branches. Alor Star Hollo Saigon Amrltsar Ipoh Bemarang Bangkok Karachi
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  • 1107 12 TRAMP TRADE'S MANY PROBLEMS jj— Wages And Bounties THE concluding part of the article dealing with problems of the T tramp trade appears below. The first part appeared m d* page yesterday. In the matter of pay and victualling the cost m an average British tram* of
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    • 629 12 BOUSTEAD&Co., Ltd. (Incorporated *n F.MS.) TELEPHONE: Freight 5433 Passage 5431. LLOYDS AGENTS. Booking Agents for Feder ated Malay States Railways. Royal State Railways of Siam. JMB3EM j^jwwgSHty -ftAMffyw l«B^^^» (Incorporated m England). 41Jini HOME VIA CHINA, JAPAN, HONOLULU CANADA. FOUR MAGNIFICENT -EMPRESSES." CpWTOJSING THE LARGEST AND FASTEST STEAMERS ON THE
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    • 265 12 BIBBY LINE (LONDON ADDRESS: 22, PALL MALL, LONDON. S.WJ. of fast twln-scrrw Oil Driven I Mail Passenger Vessels between I RANGOON, COLOMBO. PORT SUWI MARSEILLES, PLY MOM H AM LONDON with through connection I Singapore and Penang. HOMEWARD SAILINGS Lea\e Rioim i -54 I CHESHIRE YORKSHIRE SHROPSHIRE OXFORDSHIRE STAFFORDSHIRE 1933
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    • 570 12 Local And Foreign Mail Despatches And Arrivals BY TRAIN Bangkok every Saturday 7 p.m. Thursday 7 30 am Kedah Monday to Friday 7.30 a.m. Saturday 7 P m Kuantan (via Jerantut) Monday to Friday 730 a.m. Saturday 7.30 a.m. 7 p.m. Kelantan (via Gemas) every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
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    • 46 12 CLEARANCES i Oct. 4: Askeladden <Nor. >: Hong Keat. Jerantut, Malacca (Brit.); Sophie Rickmers (Ger.>;, Tjipai, Reynst, Tidore, Silindoeng. Angelina. Kepah, Soedoe (Dut.). Oct. 5: Siberg. V. der Does de Bye. Singapore, Mapia, Tinombo, Indrapoera, Op ten Noort iDut.i; Kistna. Kepong. Hua Tong Perak. Giang Seng (Brit).
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    • 205 12 SINGAPORE HARBOR Ships alongside v,,. uh or expected f East Wharf (Entrain-? <; a u Rohna 22; Pr derichsen 20 Main Wharf (Entrain,. <, ll|k General Metzin* Pres. Hayes 11; Ur\ Empire Dock (Entrant < Ilt Baron Erskine 30; T*,,. dh West Wharf: (Entrant iat Katori Maru 5; Rasa KJLt
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    • 457 13 /tR 0 v v^.- jV» Wf' 'm IV S^B I r^^E^^* BRITISH INDIA P. O. S. N. COS SAILINGS. OUTWARDS 0.000 Oct 6 SOMALI 6 810 dJT?9 ffi^ 15 *Z SS: II NALDERA CARTHAGE 15.000 Oct. 26 RAWALPINDI 17 000 Jan 4 PURA 17,C00 Nov. 9 BANGALORE 6000 Jan 17
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    • 473 13 CiUerman BucknaU Steamship Co., Ltd. < Incorporated Id England) "ELLERMAN" LINE FOR HAVRE, LONDON, ROTTERDAM AND HAMBURG. VIA POSTS AMD SUKZ CANAL n\l y I Khartoum Oct. 30 Nov. 2 City of Cambridge No v. 14 Nov 16 "AMERICAN AND MANCHURIAN 99 LINE. FOR HALIFAX, BOSTON, NEW YORK AND BALTIMORE.
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    • 934 13 JM X M■■ I 1 I S B S?^LML? i ?nd On1n? "Xi l w ST^MSHIP OO .ImiT the n^'^ assafc ass, TRB CHINA NAVIGATION Co. Ltd T^ A^BTR^A v^Ao^v^ CO UA THE MAM STEAM NAVIGATION "So.'. 5S SSS^SSSno LW INSURANCE. The liverpool and London and Globe The Thames, and
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    • 839 14 K. P. M. COMDCKUm rAKBTTAABT MAATSCMAFFU TOBOALI— Saturday. Oct. fi, Koedap, Tampoetih, Tampat-Tinggl, Bengkalis and Bagan Si-Api-Apl. o^»PATRAS— Saturday. Oct. 6, Rhio, Bawean, Padang-Bay, Boleleng ana ssoerabaia. FALlMA— Saturday. Oct. 6. Penang and Bagan Si-Api-Apl. TO<i I AN— Saturday. Oct. 6. Pontlanak. TOMOHON— Saturday, Oct. 6. Singkawang. Pemangkat and Sambas.
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    • 379 14 JKHXAR STEAMSHIP MJJf EUROPE AMERICA vbit •sasussssESft.-^sssr pABK NEW LOW THROUGH RATES HONG KONG TO EUROPE VIA AMERICA WEEKLY SAILINGS FROM MANILA AND|OB HONOJ^™ SEATTLE DIRECT OR VIA HONOLULU TO SAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES AND VIA PANAMA CANAL TO HAVANA AND NEW YORK EUROPE via SUEZ SAILINGS EVERY OTHER TUESDAY
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    • 670 14 O. S. K. LINTI lOR AMIACA aA'I) SOUTH AMERICA. Tofmkn Mam Cape Town via Mombasa. Zanzibar, In I joinKu wi» Par-es-Salaam, L. Marques. Durban and Algoa Bay Buenos Aires via Colombo. Mombasa. t Arabia Maru Zan zibar, Dar-es-Salaam, Beira. L. Marques, Durban, Algoa Bay, Cape Town and Santos M Cape
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  • 2097 15  -  Frank Mitchell But The Pendulum Always Swings Back TN this article from the Empire Review, Frank Mitchell, captin of the touring South African cricket sides m England m 1904 and 1912, reviews the Anglo -Australian test series of 1934, and comes to the conclusion that
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  • 961 15  -  GLOUCESTER Superior Fitness Tells Its Tale BIG SCORE BY (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Sept. 24. RICHMOND played their first match of the season against Northampton on Saturday and turned out a powerful team, they were not good enough to win. The victors had the <!
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  • 267 15 Should Do Well This Season England should do well again this season m the international Rugby campaign especially with the advantage of having two home games as against one last season. The Welsh and Irish matches are at Twickenham, the Calcutta Cup match being the only "away" one.
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  • 611 15 jy?ANCHESTER City, the leaders, new I¥l h2\vs ireely discussed as the outstardlng skie of th: season, should further improve their position at the head or the league table today, when they mret Blackburn Rovers at Trafford Park. Blackburn have not for a long tim?
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  • 728 16 Singapore An Unknown Quantity Behind The Scrum SERVICES SHOULD WIN TODAY TPODAY'S first important rugby football fixture of the season, Singapore versus United Srvices, should, if one is able to read the indications arifcht, end m a victory for the Services. But one thing is certain, ami that is that
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  • 180 16 Bangkok Looking Forward To Military Rugby Visit < From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok. Oct. 4. The forthcoming interport rugby i match is being very keenly looked forward to here, and the members of the i United Services team from Singapore can be assured of a he-man's week-end. The
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  • 418 16 H.E. Sees Amateur Boxers Fighting Their Finals SUCCESSFUL TOURNEY ENDS r THE boxing tournament organised by the Singapore \m l4 te Ur 1 Boxing Association which has been running all the X the S.V.C. Drill Hall was brought to a satisfactory < last night. His Excellency, the Hon. Mr. A.
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  • 781 16 COLTS' BIG VICTORY OVER S.R.C. Colts 9: S.K.C 0. THE hockey match between the Colts and the S.R.C. on the Padang yesterday proved too onesided to be of much interest, the Colts having things their own way and netting nine times without reply. The Colts had seven
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    16 16 S.C.C. BEAT R.A.F.— Ashworth, whose stout defence enabled the club to win' is seen m action.
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  • 635 16 POLICE TURN TABLES ON Y.M.C.A. Police 6: V.M.C.A 2. HAVING lost two matches since the beginning of the hockey season, the S.S. Police won convincingly their third fixture on their own ground at the depot, Thomson Road, yesterday, when they met the V.M.C.A. eleven. The home side were victors by
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    • 39 16 SUNDAY AT THE SWIMMING CLUB TTHE water polo match, Singa- por r swimming club versus Chinese, which was to have taken place on Sunday, has been postponed until November. Si <^ //HHi .^v^ A 1 H 3H|| #7 L^w I
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