The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 21 December 1934

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  • 17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. No. 14,454. ESTD. 1835. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1934. 10 CENTS.
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  • 413 1 NO NEWS FOR 12 HOURS AFTER CAIRO Everything Now O.K. CHRISTMAS FLIGHT TO CURACAO ALSO HELD UP CONSIDERABLE anxiety was felt last night m Singapore on V' receipt of the following Reuter cable Cairo, Dec. 20. There has been an absence of
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  • 322 1 Still Time To Avoid Arms Race NO TRUTH IN RUMOURS OF PRIVATE COMPACT WITH BRITAIN London, Dec. 20. pOMMENTATOICS regret that the naval talks have not prov* duced more tangible results but recognise that they have prepared the ground for future negotiation of an agreement. They
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  • 375 1 REPORT OF F. B. I. TRADE MISSION TO MANCHUKUO OPENINGS FOUND FOR BRITISH INDUSTRY Japanese Friendship London. Dec. 20. THE publication of the long- awaited report oi the Federation of British Industries mission to Japan and Manchukuo which has just been issued, states that the mission was entirely unofficial and
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  • 27 1 I Atlanta, Dec. 19. II The death is announced of Mr. Eugene I Black, former Governor of the Federal it Reserve Boari.- Reuter
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  • 168 1 AMERICAN MOB TURNS COURTHOUSE INTO SMOULDERING RUIN Would-Be Lynchers Shot Dead By Militia Selbyville, Dec. 20. r[E mob has now been dispersed, leaving two dead, two dying and seven less seriously injured. The town's $150,000 courthouse is a smouldering ruin and the Governor declared he employed the militia, otherwise the
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  • 42 1 Special Select Committee To Be Appointed London, Dec. 19. The Public Petitions Committee of the House of Commons has recommended the appointment of a special Select Committee to consider the petition of Western Australia for secession from the Commonwealth.- Reuter
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  • 20 1 London, Dec. 18. The airman, Campbell Black is engaged to the actress, Miss Florence Desmond.— Reuter Wireless
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 168 1 *7 V H^*__^_______J___i_________iii.-.!^.-B-. r 1^ \_f _^__t_^__4-J-VM---i TONIGHT TOMORROW COCKTAIL DANCE SPECIAL DINNER 6.30 to 8.15 p.m e.^?.^. DIISNFR 8. DAMP? DANCE (FORMAL) uinncn a uaruc 93 0 p.m. to Midnight (INFORMAL) CABARET FINAL PERFORMANCE OF 930 p.m. to Midnight 808 CALLOWAY XMAS NEW YEAR ATTRACTIONS FESTIVITY FROLIC FUN XMAS
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    • 104 1 On Other Pages Letters to the editor 2 Radio programmes 2 Rotary Club Xmas treat 2 Alleged armed Jtofd up 3 Trouble m temple 3 Caught with ganja 3 Cheah Kongsi case 3 Women's page 4 Page of pictures 5 Queen's scholarship winners 6 Indian industrialist's visit 7 Western Australia
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    • 225 1 SEA VIEW© H 0 T E L vuao XMA S DINNER "DE LUXE" XMAS EVL BALL XMAS TREE CRACKERS BALLOONS DECEMBER STREAMERS NOISEMAKERS, HATS DINNER $5.00 NON DINERS $2.00 24 FANCY DRESS OPTIONAL SPECIAL DECORATION SPECIAL TIFFIN XMAS DAY CONCERT DURING TIFFIN DECEMBER SPECIAL XMAS DINNER DANCING From 9 p.m.
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  • 282 2 Woman Sued As Executrix Of Estate to A LEGAL objection raised by Mr. R. L. Eber, for the defendant lorced an adjournment of the case m which Lily Yaps sued Ng Ah Poh, executrix of the estate of Lee Keng Seng, deceased, for damages suffered by
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  • 66 2 On Saturday, on th e occasion of the celeoratlon of the first Mass by the newly ordain-d Roman Catholic priest. Rev. Father Dominic Vendargan, there v^s hardly standing room In the St Francis Church, Malacca. The Rev. Fa^h t Dominic was assisted by the Roy. Fathers Laprencio and Debois His
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  • 622 2 Letters To The Editor "AN EYE FOR AN EYE" THE LAST MOMENTS OF MRS. THOMPSON— IN THE NAME OF SOCIETY— CONSCRIPT LIFE BUT NOT CAPITAL SOCIETY IS BASED ON INTOLERANCE HUMAN NA TURE A T BO TFOM IS PRETTY POOR THE FATE OF THE A SEER OR PROPHET 1 1
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  • 299 2 Dumas' Famous Novel On The Screen There is power m Reliance Picture's screening of "The Count of Monte .Cristo." now showing at the Capitol, almost as much power as there is In the pages of Alexandre Dumas' famous novel. There could be no finer tribute to its quality.
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  • 189 2 Wheeler And Woolsey In Merrie Olde England It is difficult to imagine Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey performing their ultra-modern antics m the costumes of 400 years ago but it is equally difficult to check laughter at seeing them m "Cockeyed Cavaliers." their latest RKO Radio picture released
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  • 79 2 Arrival Of Detachments Of Troops I Saarbrucken, Dec. 20. The public was barred from the station for the disembarkation of the first detachments of British troops for the Saar. The arrival of the troops was kept secret but when the public became aware of the arrival, hundreds of
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  • 31 2 Mrs. Ogilvie, wife of Mr. T. Y. Ogilvie. the Perak manager of the Great Eastern Life Insurance Company, accompanied by their x two children, returned to Ipoh from home last Friday.
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  • 132 2 Total Of £1,745,000 Since Beginning Of 1934 London, Dec. 20. Orders for sixteen third class steel sleeping cars, to the value of £60,000, for th e southern section of the CantonHankow Railway from the Birmingham Railway Carriage Wagon Co. will bring the orders from Great Britain by
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  • 41 2 London, Dec. 18. A loan of £500,000 for the development of Palestine for 15 years at four per cent, has been negotiated with Lloyds Bank and the Anglo-Palestine Bank on behalf of the Jewish Agency for Palestine- Reuter Wireless
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  • 155 2 Death Of John Ward The "Navvies' M.P." London, Dec. 19. The death is announced of Lieut.Col. John Ward, former Member of Parliament, at the age of 68 years.— Reuter. A former Labour leader, John Ward, was M.P. for Stoke-on-Trent from 1906 to 1929. He was a. member of
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  • 53 2 Sir Shenton Thomas, the High Commissioner, has accepted the invitation of the I^uala Lumpur Rotary Club tD dinner on his first vlsft to Selangor 1 next month. Monday, Jan. 28, has been provisionally fixed for the date of the dinner which will be held on the roof garden of th
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  • 329 2 ROTARY CLUB'S CHRISTMAS TREATS FOR CHILDREN 3,200 Entertained A PPROXIMATELY 2.000 children thronged the Capitol Theatre yesterday afternoon ana 1.200 were at the Roxy Theatre. Katong. the previous day for the grand Christmas entertainment given by the Singapore Rotary Club. These shows were the culmination of a wonderful organisation by
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  • 115 2 Safeguarding British Bondholders' InterestLondon. D In reply to a question m the of Commons today Mr. Anthc: stated that the exchanges potli Brazil had been the subject oJ cial study and representations I being addressed to the BrasllUn M ernment with a view to ensiirn; 2 British interests
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 166 2 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. A Selection of PERFUMERY LENTHERIC Lotus dOr Asphodcle Le Pirate Au Fil de L'Eau Foret Vierge Parfum No. 12 We have also a supply of Lentheric Gift Boxes for your inspection, MEDICAL HALL, LIMITED. Battery Road. BOARD RESIDENCE. "EAST ANGLIA." 6, OXLEY RISE, Near Town. High and cool
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    • 371 2 TENDERS. SINGAPORE^ MUNICIPALITY Tenders Tenders are now invited following materials or particulars, see Municipal Room. Supply of 15 tons of Pi« of Closing. 4 pm Dec. 27th. 1934. Supply of Sluice Valves w~ tor period 1/5/35 to 30 4 i 4t f h C1 l 0 935 g 4 Pm
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 286 2 Diary Of The Week FRIDAY, Dec. 21. High Water, 10.19 a.m., 9.7 ft., Rugby: S.C.C. "A" vs. R.A., padang. Hockey: Police "A" vs. V.M.C.A., Depot; Wiltshires H vs. Medical College 11, College k ground, Ceylon Sports Clut vs. R.A. (Changi). Balestiei Road; S.C.R.C. II vs. RAF. Hong Lim Green; OR.
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    • 354 2 Today's Radio Programmes BJB.C. Transmission 111 9.35 Big Ben. Dance Music. 9.50 The Coventry Hippodrome Orchestra. Relayed from the Hippodrome Theatre. Coventry. 10.20 "Haircut? Shave? Shampoo?" A musical misadventure m a barber's shop. A soapy farcical riot on cutting lines. 11.05 "Nightmare Series No. 5: Room 2000 Calling." The Hon.
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  • 385 3 THOUGHT THEY WERE REVENUE OFFICERS Too Terrified To Inform The Police A FTER recording the evidence of the complainant, a poultry dealer w.tn a large clientele, and two prosecution witnesses at a preSe n, lnQUlry eSterday lnt a Charge Of robbei^
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  • 393 3 STORY OF A LOST RESOLUTION AND AN ALLEGED ASSAULT resolution to remove a j r from the board of man- the Mariamman temple, which was lost, was the the trouble, was the sugde by Sodalaimuthu, m a rase heard before Mr. J. >h, m the Kuala
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  • 232 3 Ca light Carrying Ganja DETECTIVE'S SUSPICIONS WERE WELL POUNDED QN the evening of Dec 4 a Mohamcdan. carrying a parcel, was walking alonsj Jalan Besar. when the man's movements excited the suspicions of two detectives. They stopped the man and an examination of the parcel proved that their suspicions were
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  • 37 3 Havana, Dec. 18. The campaign against the Cuban Government is becoming more intensive. Thirty bombs exploded m diffent parts of the city last night. Several were wounded and extensive damage was clone to property. Reuter
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  • 421 3 CHEAH KONGSI LITIGATION Application For Removal Of Some Of The Trustees r PHE Cheah Kongsi case, which had 1 occupied many hearings, has been concluded m the Penang Supreme Court. Plaintiffs are the Attorney-General, Cheah Ewe Chong and Cheah Cheng Leong who. on behalf of themselves
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  • 40 3 A Chinese alighting from a motor bus m Joo Chiat Road last night was krocked down from behind by another bus and seriously injured. Both his legs were fractured and he was taken j to hospital m a semi-conscious state.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 84 3 TONIC WINE. A Medicinal ill] tonic value and of well::.Mredients is being marking London analyst vouchquality of Phosferine Tonio lows "I find it to be made >und full-bodied wine of exlity. It is free from acidity jectionable secondary protirmentation." The beverage i be tasted to endorse the Pinion that th
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    • 345 3 a\S\ %by v^^B S«— > :::::«:r!* I the patent inner lid cut open by user, and W m IA W the lever lid for dailj -yqmtgmp use -ensures tea with garden freshness. Brooke Bond Tea '^^^^^^^B^^^MjßSg^wtffl^^^^^g D A\J C C VA7 P^ Q I—4 ij ij I !^>'S* /■^x^'^iMPTC 4
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  • 1008 4 Sprigs Of Mistletoe Are As Popular As Ever! (BY OUR WOMAN CORRESPONDENT' •THE word 'least" conveys, of course, two different ideas; but they have been associated for so long that only formality of expression can fix the sense of a day of celebration, with no hint
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  • 148 4 i MANUFACTURERS and wholesale I¥l dealers m Britain are already planning the bathing costumes for n*»xt summer. A private view of the new swimmntu fashions on the bleakest day of the cold-wave saw the mannequins p»cn wearing about an ounce of wool. We are to be
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  • 453 4  - Christmas Fun Has Already Begun In Singapore "Madame Satan" Wins A Prize HTHE Christmas festivities are now m full swing. Masses of flowers of different hues decorated the front of the Victoria Memorial Hall last Friday night when a children's fancy dress party organised by Mrs. E. Hocquardt was held.
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  • 155 4 Apart from lighted brandy, the easies* ot all sauces to serve with the Christmas pudding is melted butter. It needno stirring or watching and can be pre- pared m a few minutes. Just melt the I butter without oiling it. and flavour with sugar, cinnamon, and
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  • 218 4 hands need exercise just as much as the other parts of our body, and the trouble il that they very seldom get the right exercis?. Give them the following exercise? night and morning Begin by relaxing the hands completely, hold them out m front of the
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 53 4 Jiealthu Bakesk nappy Mothers x .tc T »cc^^ p^^' v j ;i^ j *JL' \X-*^ y *V* o. t::::::::::::::: llH^^^^SE^ IVfrv It 7^« .Ui "i^" J- (Loo<io«» *m #w Pri*e winners of the News <:hronu Q v&CViG&W^iZ&tCh J^SS^k coiner und l hihi Beaut > Corapititioa t TH£ BES T MILKFORBABIES
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  • 222 5 HER FIRST EXHIBITION TERRORIST BLAMES "SPIRITS W KI.KHOrND exhibited at Moli-51,.. THE DUKE and Duchess of Kent are spending a quiet honeymoon at Himley Hall. T" th most famous of modern women painters, was to hold her first exhibition of flower paintings at a Umdon art sallery m December. M.
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    • 27 5 AIRSHIP FINEST CONDENSED MILK TRY A TIN AND BE CONVINCED We etened^^ fe Sole Distributors S. A. ALLAPITCHAY CO. 147-149, BEACH ROAD, SINGAPORE. Tel 2882. M.S.K. 3.
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  • 252 6 SUM BIN UNION LOTTERY CASE POSTPONED A formal objection to a postponement "was raised by Mr. E. N. Taylor, the Deputy Public Prosecutor, m the Penang police court when the case of the six sub-committee members of the Sum Bin School Union. Loo Seng Hoo. Gan Hoay
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  • 177 6 Chinese Family Rendered Homeless The continued dry weather was probably the cause of a fire yesterday which completely gutted an attap dwelling house at 6 o miles. Thomson Road. The Fire Brigade was summoned at 2 08 p.m., but the flames had taken a good hold on the
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  • 42 6 Three of the four Chinese occupants of a car were injured when it was m collision with a trolley-bus on Grove Road, near the junction with Geylang Road, about 8 o'clock on Wednesday evening. They W3re all removed to hospital by ambulance.
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  • 101 6 Damages For Girl A young woman, whose marriage was cancelled by telegram about an hour before the ceremony, was awarded €125 damages for breach of promise at the London Sheriff's Court. She was Miss Ivy May Holton, aged 22. of Farm Avenue. Streatham. and she sued
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  • 68 6 The Kuala Lumpur police are offering a reward of $25 for the recovery of a S.M.L.E. rifle, stamped M.S.V.R. and numbered 452 (Maker's No. *****F) which was lost from the AT.S.V.R. Store betiveen June and October of this year. Information may be given at any time and at
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  • 111 6 Starved To Death Near Frontier Toulouse. A strange and gruesome discovery hat been made on a road m Haute Garonne. not far from the Spanish frontier, of the naked body of a young woman dead from starvation. The corpse, that of a woman aged about 25, has
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  • 799 6 BOTH QUEEN SCHOLARSHIPS GO TO PENANG VICTOR WINSLOW AND LAU FOOK KHEAN Free School And St. Xavier's Successes (From Our Own Correspondent.) i Penan?. Dec. 20. J DENANG is extremely pleased that both Queen's scholarships tor 1934 have been awarded to local candidates. Victor Winslow of the Free School, has
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  • 263 6 Compensation For Tin Sampan Coolie SITTING as Commissioner for Perak under the Workmen's Compensation Act, Mr. C. W. A. Sennett, Ipoh, First Magistrate, disposed of a claim made against Kampong Lanjut Tin Dredging Ltd., Malim Nawar. The applicant was Arokiasamy, a Tamil until recently m the employ of the company
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  • 150 6 More Chinese Immigrants Charged Thirteen Chinese were produced m the police court before Mr. J. M. Brander yesterday afternoon on a charge of attempted cheating by presenting false landing certificates to the Immigration. Officer at Singapore. A further 21 were produced this morning on similar charges, making, with
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  • 180 6 Mr. J. T. Rea And Miss Bleakney A well-known Perak rugby player, Mr. J. T. Rea. of Ipoh, was married at the Presbyterian Church m Singapore yesterday. His bride. Miss Bleakney. is an American girl whom he met when m China some time ago for a course of
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  • 109 6 Singapore Ceylonese May Raise Fund Singapore residents who hail from Ceylon have held a preliminary meeting and a general meeting is being convened to discuss the possibility of raising a fund to be placed at the disposal of the medical authorities m Ceylon for the assistance of
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  • 216 6 BROKEN BANGLE CAUSES FATAL WOUND Taiping, Dec. 17. A VERDICT of death by misadventure was returned by Che Albakri. the Taiping Coroner, who held an inquiry into the death of the wife of a rubber tapper employed on Allagar Estate. Trong. According to the evidence given at the inquest, the
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  • 154 6 Armed Men Enter In Guise Of Revenue Officers The guise of revenue officers is said to have been used by four armed Chinese robbers who entered a tempie m Waterloo Street on Wednesday and decamped with $40 cash and valuables It is reported to the police that at
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  • 99 6 Convicted For 111-Treating Her Child An application for bail pending appeal was made yesterday before Mr. H A. Forrer, the criminal district judge by Mr. A. L. Barrett on behalf of a Chinese woman. Chan Tai, who had been convited for ill-treating her four-year-old daughter. Van Fan
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  • 97 6 Turks Realise They Are Slovenly Istanbul. Turks living at Adana. a large town m Southern Anatolia, must no longer wear the "Chalvar." long, baggy, black trousers stretching from above the waist to the feet. Instead they must wear a coat, waistcoat, and ordinary pair of trousers The
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 26 6 j C^F' i r^^^^m^mmKx^r^na 6 A BAD UQMT A JS^\ lamps \i\ir^ OF LASTING \sN^^/ BRILLIANCE lUg. mm, MM.no WJH&JFgSZ O BRANCHED LIVJIiT AT LOW COST
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    • 331 6 COULD NOT DRESS HERSELF Neuritis m Left Arm "For neuritis I am using Krusch. -n Salts." writes a woman of 60 yeat "And they are a real benefit, for I eouln not dress myself sometimes, my left arm was so painful. I take Krusche every morning, and the pain hai
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  • 825 7 Indian Industrialist In Singapore SIR N. SAKLATVALA WELCOMED BY LOCAL COMMUNITY CIR Nowroji Saklatvala, chairman X of the New India Assurance c o- Ltd., and Lady Saklatvala were entertained to tea by Mr. Abdul Tyeb Esmailjii Maskati, the local agent of the New Assurance Co., at the G.H. Cafe yseterday
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  • 143 7 MR. J. M. BRANDER'S CAR IN COLLISION Nobody Injured A SALOON car belonging to Mr. J. ex M. Brander. the third magistrate, was involved m a collision with a six-cylinder tourer yesterday afternoon at the junction of Stamford Road and Waterloo Street. Mr. Brander's car was being driven by a
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  • 71 7 "The Barretts Of Wimpole Street" At The Pavilion "The Barretts of Wimpole Street," the M.G.M. masterpiece which was so enthusiastically received on its charity premiere attended by H.E. the Governor. Lady and Miss Thomas and party, opened at the Pavilion last night. There were largo and enthusiastic audiences.
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  • 51 7 At the Government Experimental Plantation. Serdang. early on Wednesday, a temperature of 64 degrees Fahrenheit was recorded. Such abnormally low temperature are not uncommon there. In January of this year 65 was recorded twic?. m January ot 1933 a temperature of 64 was recorded twice and m January of 1932
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 391 7 One of the world', g reateBt Adventure Coming to the Capitol next week* WALLACE AJI BeerYComer ROBERT LOUIS Kr BarrYihorp P^PjP con's Grandest Adventure I |ftrUjHKs> CAPITO L To M OR R ow""MORmNG "AVio'ao""" :O G £sS£. XMAS CABARET and gkjT CINEMA ENTERTAINMENT ,"Vi under the auspices of the !s
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    • 208 7 £55£!i DED N| GHTLY BY ENTHUSIASTIC AUDIENCES! SEE sS B c E e RT R o D n°a^ T c^aS^ EATEST ENGLISH screen 5 f,^ I CAPITOL 9i5 j ALEXANDER DUMAS' Immortal Classic, Now The Screen's Finest Achievement of the Year! .^^HP^^^^^^k "THE COUNT OF M|A MONTE CKISTO" m^^^fc ELISSA
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  • 751 8 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY. DECEMBER 21. 1934. Western Australia And Secession IN the House of Commons on Wednesday afternoon the petition of Western Australia for secession from the Commonwealth was presented and the Public Petitions Committee recommended the appoinment of a special Select Committee to consider It. The previous
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  • 436 8 Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Manasseh oi Singapore recently, returned from a i tour m Europe. Mr. E. P. Hargraves. the well-known mining engineer, and Mrs. Hargraves have returned to Singapore from Europe Mr. R. p. Walker, acting chief acicountant. F.M.S. Railways, has been j appointed chief
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  • 389 8 "Pickwick Turned Into Opera Lancashire And Japan Local Dealers Reassured ALBERT Coates, the well-known conductor, has written an opera about Mr. Pickwick. It has taken him three years to compose and che idsa grew out of a Pickwick scherzo he wrote m 19 28. The new
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  • 1055 8 THE fh\st time I saw him was a a public lecture at the Unlversitya little, undernourished man with I big head, a muffler round his neck, an the clothes of a poor labourer. Why interest he could have m "Vespasia j and his times" I could not imagine, bu
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 196 8 II AMOKUMEIT n yjffr HJS I^AJESTY fME KING II 11 Champagne. **^^-j II I »*^|jri^^^ REIMS. I] Vintage 1921 or 1926 CAIDBIECH'S CHRISTMAS FOOD NEWS CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS m a "Royal" Manner CHRISTMAS CAKES Rich Fruit with Almond Roy.t Icing Other Mixtures to Order. B MINCE PIES SHORTBREAD ily made Mincemeat
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    • 59 8 WOMEN ARE TAKING UP TRACK RUNNING to keep slim. But surely the object of track running is to get round as quickly as possible. The object of taking out a GAFLAC BAGGAGE POLICY when you travel is to ensure full compensation for any loss you may suffer. GENERAL ACCIDENT, FIRE
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  • 417 9 74 Drowned In Chinese Shipping Disaster SKIPPER DETAINED FOR I INQUIRY Mr. Tong Lao's Father Appointed Foreign Minister rpHp lfi H <>ng Kong, Dec. 20. tit liui Hua, a steam launch plying between Amoy and Chiobeh. m South Fukien, sank m the vicinity of Haimen yesterday. Of 100 passengers on
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  • 208 9 DESIGNATION OF THE CABINET More Popular Government Wanted Belgrade, Dec. 18. T now officially admitted that novitch, the Prime Minister, ed the resignation of the which Prince Paul, the Repent has accepted. r iul la now consulting politic- i it is believed, with a view to
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  • 94 9 Tr {-Weekly FourDay Service To Singapore London. Dec. 20. Oil Philip Sassoon. Under-Secre-for Air. announced m the of Commons a far-reaching of Empire air mail deexpediting the time With increased frej will be reachable m just over l Singapore and Cape Town oth m lour days
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  • 14 9 Heavy Christmas mail has caused [Imperial Airways to duplicate their least-bound and west-bound services
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  • 117 9 "If Powers Insist On Having Their Own Way" Tokio, Dec. 20. Commenting to press representatives on Japan's decision to abrogate the Washington Treaty, the Foreign Minister. Mr. Hirota. declared that battleships and aircraft-carriers must be totally abolished for the sake jf world peace. Japan, a rising nation
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  • 380 9 If There Were No Naval Limitations London, Dec. 19. Sir John Simon broadcasting today i expressed the arm hope of the British Government that further naval conversations would occur m about two or three months time. He said they re gretted Japan's decision very much, but nobody was
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  • 27 9 INew York, Dec. 20. The death is announced of Mr. Martin Littleton, the lawyer who defended the oil magnate, Sinclair, m Reuter 7 the Teapot Dome scandal.-
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  • 173 9 DEVALUATION MAY BE UNAVOIDABLE U.S. Bent On Continuing Present Policy London, Dec. 19. •THE Financial Times, m an 1 editorial, says that there can be no doubt that considerable unsettlement is felt as to whether China will be able to avoid some such drastic measure as
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  • 204 9 STERLING DOLLAR WEAKEN Reactions To Prosperity Recovery London, Dec. 20. ALTHOUGH sterling has once again started to weaken there have been no large withdrawls of foreign balances from London and the Exchange Equalisation Fund is only intervening sparingly. The recommendations of the U.S. National Resources Board (to spend $105,000,000,000 m
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  • 61 9 Dutch Vessel Sinks In Half An Hour Oporto, Dec. 19. The 10,000-ton Royal Holland Lloyd liner. Orania. was rammed amidships and sunk m halt an hour today by the Portuguese steamer Loanda when entering Leixoes Harbour, the entrance of which was obstructed. One hundred and 22 passengers and
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  • 112 9 Latest Rubber And Tin Prices (From Our Own Correspondent) RUBBER London, Dec. 20. Spot (Sellers) 6 7il6d. (6 7|16d.) (Buyers) 6 5 16 d. (6 5 16d> April-June 6 9|l6d. (6%d.) July-Sept. 634 d. (6%d.) Oct.-Dec. 6 2932 d. (6 ***** d.) Market Inactive. New York, Dec. 20.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 108 9 SETS OF BOOKS FOR CHRISTMAS j Everyman's Encyclopaedia (12 Vols.) £5.00 Encyclopaedia Britannica (24 Vols.) $280.00 Complete Sfet of Barrie (12 Vols.) 65.00 j Kipling's Works (In Leather) 4 50 ca j Dinries. Loose Leaf Books, Engagement, Autograph Books, j Bridge Sets, Address Books, Book Ends. j Store open to
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    • 249 9 X'MAS SHOPPING CHOOSE WELL... CHOOSE WISELY I CHOOSE AT i ROBINSONS j OUR COMPLETE SELECTION OF X'MAS GIFTS AFFORD THE WIDEST POSSIBLE SCOPE FOR PERSONAL PREFERENCE. JUST SPEND A FEW MINUTES IN OUR SHOW ROOMS AND YOU WILL BE CONVINCED. niiii —mT" ON SATURDAY, DEC. 22nd.. AND MONDAY "CHRISTMAS EVE"
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  • TRADE AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE
    • 1542 10 GROWING CONFIDENCE IN RUBBER Slow Price Increase Probable <From Our Own Correspondent) London, Dec. 8. /CONDITIONS m the rubber comV-' modity and share markets have been cheerful this week, and confidence m the outlook is steadily Increasing. Indications that control is being tightened m the Netherlands Indies, the publication of
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    • 1200 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association DAILY PRICES CURRENT FOR R.M.A. No. 1. X RIBBED SMOKED SHEET Dec. 20, 12 o'clock noon Buyers Sellers Spot (loose) 20 3 4 20% (F. 0.8.) Current month 21 21 8 JanJMarch 21 3 4 217 8 Apr.'June 23V 4 23 3 8 JulyjSept. 243/
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    • 103 10 Dec. 20. Gambler 5.75 Java Cube 8.75 Hamburg Cube 11.00 Muntok White Pepper 67.00 White Pepper 66.00 Copra, Sundried w 3.20 Cobra, mixed 2.95 Fair Sago Flour Small Flake Tapioca 3.62V 2 Blanja Jelotong 6.75 Sarawak Jelotong 6.50 R. (Siam) W.C. No. 1 per koyan $120 R.
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    • 105 10 Abroad London, Dec. 18. Exchanges today were: Paris 74 29/32. New York 4.94 1 Montreal 4.89l 2 Brussels. 21.12. Geneva 15.25 V 2. Amsterdam 7.3034. Milan 57 27 32. Berlin UJtft. Stockholm 2634. Copenhagen 22.39 1 •>. Oslo 19.90' 2 Vienna 27. Prague HS^. Helsingfors 226»>. Madrid 36 8 Athens
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    • 992 10 THURSDAY, DEC. 20, 1934. Ampat Tin (4s) 4s 3d 4s 7^d Asam Kumbang 33s 35s x.d. x.b. Austral Malay 60s 62s x.d. Ayer Hitam Tin (ss) 13s 14s cd. Ayer Weng ($1) 2.20 2.25 Bangrin Tin 24s 3d 25s C.nenderiang 8s 6d 9s 9d Hitam Tin (.50
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    • 70 10 Lack Of Speculative Interest London, Dec. IS. On the Stock Exchange today, apart from demand for some leading industrials, mainly for investment purposes, the markets again were devoid of interest and there was almost a complete laok of speculative interest. Large business was done m cocoa, mainly on
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    • 120 10 Guthrie's Weekly Report i/MJTHRIE and Co.'s weekly rubb. port dated Singapore. Dec. 20 With the approach of the ho and m the absence of any tot being shown either by the trad speculators, the market remains but steady. Latest quotations to hand arc Spot 20% cents; unchanged London
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    • 34 10 Rome, Dec. 1* A decree has been »^ucd banning: export of Italian barkv^es and eh< payable to Italy or its possessions travellers are allowed to take out up 2,000 Ure.- Reuter Wireless
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    • 45 10 London, Dei 1 1 v The average level of retal! pru< commodities on Dec 1 -vris 44 per I above the level 1914 I percentage was the c ii that foi month earlier. Th^ correspond i* figure for Dec. 1, 1933, was 43. British Radio
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    • 198 10 Dec. 17. 18. 19. American Can. Com. 106 2 107 3 4 107 American Telephone and Telegraph 105 3 4 105 7 8 103 7 8 Atcheson Railroad BSH 54 52*2 Dupont 9zy 2 933 4 931^ Firestone 16*^ 16» 4 15 General Electric 19 3 4 19%
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  • 1074 11 GROWTH of THE A.A.C. Local Chinese Topics BY OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT Tory of how a man achieved m life is always a story and hardships, and the how a public organisation ume has always been the foresight and unselfish The part of the founders cers. it may not have t
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  • 705 11  -  Ely Culbertson by World's Champion Player and Greatest Card Analyst I PART-SCORE BIDDING Most Bridge players take too many changes. While a certain amount of aggressiveness is necessary to intelligent biddiner- mnnv players carry their fearlessness to so great an extreme that if they were always doubled
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  • 250 11 RUBBER WEAKENS BUT RECOVERS U.S. Consumption Figures For November London, Dec. 12. On the Slock Exchange today, the Union of South Africa 3 per cent Bond redemption operation was considered as highly satisfactory and stimulated interest m gilt-edged securities, prices m most instances advancing substantially. fn other
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    • 277 11 Aaicto exceed I12,m,oo«. A»wance force over $35, MMM Hie Great Eastern life Assurance Co., Ltd. (Incorporated In the Btralta Settlements) HEAD OFFICE: Great Eastern Ufa Building, Cecil Street, Singapore. OFFICE: 27. Old Jewry EC T h e Co m pan y has £20,000 deposited with t^Supre^Court ccnplies wit, the British
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    • 434 11 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA (Incorporated In England by Royal Charter) Paid up capital In 600,000 shares of £6 each 3.000.064 Reserve Fund £3,00 M* Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3.000,066 HEAD OFFICE: 31. Blshopsgate, London E.C. 1 Agencies and Branches. Alor Star Hollo Saigon Amrltsar Ipoh Semarang Bangkok
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  • 285 12 Earl Beatty Recalls Wartime Incident Earl Beatty and Sir Roger Keyes were among the guests at the annual dinner of the Royal Marines Old Comrades m London. Lieut.-Col. W. P. Drury, who presided, read a message from the King thanking the Association 1 for its message of loyal
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  • 244 12 LINERS' RACE TO HELP STRICKEN VESSEL Ships Of Three Nations Answer Distress Call London, Dec. 18. PJEVEN ships of three nations, four of them great liners, today raced *2 through a violent Atlantic gale to the help of the Norwegian steamer Sisto, 1,120 tons, which had sent
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  • 260 12 Man Whose Boat Capsised In Heavy Sea A man who was picked up by a coastal steamer after keeping afloat m the sea for a day and a night was landed m Singapore on Wednesday He is Urn Swee Keok, a Chinese boatman living m Crawford Street
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  • 44 12 T London, Dec. 18. It was stated m the House of Commons today that the Preparatory Committee would meet next January to prepare the agenda for the International Shipping Conference which it is hoped, will take dLlca law i« ♦*->. year.— British Radio
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  • 43 12 I As a Chinese coolie woman entered the police court dock at KuaJ Lumpir a couple of days ago she mad > the sign I of the cross. She was alleged to hate I been m possession of samsu d:stilllnc I equipment. I i
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    • 560 12 BOUSTEAD Co., Ltd. (Incorporated In F.M.S.) TELEPHONE Freight 5433 Passage 5431. LLOYDS AGENTS. Booking Agents for Federated Malay States Railways. Royal State Railways of Slam. (Incorporated In England). HOME VIA CHINA, JAPAN, HONOLULU CANADA FOUR MAGNIFICENT "EMPRESSES," COMPRISING THE LARGEST AND FASTEST STEAMERS ON THE PACIFIC FREQUENT SAILINGS FROM HONG
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    • 251 12 HEAP ENG MOH S.S CO, LIMITED. (RED FUNNEL LINE) (INCORPORATED IN STRAITS SCTTLCMCNTtI Regular passenger and cargo serrktf 1 from Singapore to Java, Borneo, Banka and Billiton. I FOR BATAVIA, CHERIBON AND SEMARANG (Every Tues. and Kri.) s.s. Nam Yong Fri Dec. 21 s.s Ban Hong Liong Tues. D?c. 25
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    • 630 12 Local And Foreign Mail Despatches And Arrivals BY TRAIN Bangkok every Saturday 7 p.m Thursday 7.30 a.m. Kedah Monday to Frida> 7.30 a.m. Saturday 7.30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Kuan tan (via Jerantut) Monday to Friday 7.30 am Saturday 7.30 a.m. 7 p.m. Kelantan (via Gemas) every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday
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    • 520 12 PASSENGERS HOMEWARE The following passengers are proceeding by the Ranpura sailing at 9.3 C a.m. tomorrow for Penang, Colombo Bombay and Europe. Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Huddle and 2 infants. Dr. and Mrs. A. Scott, Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Bluck, Fit. Lt. J. D. F Bruce Mr. and
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    • 210 12 SINGAPORE I East Wharf (Entrance ciiu i Ophir 22; Malacca M %> Main Wharf (Entrance a' Ranpura, Tsushima soum 16; Kuala 15; Talr To I 11; Felix Roussel I; Do££V 4: Empire Dock (Entrance c .t Steel Traveler 35 d^ Islander 39. j Empire Dock (Entrance Gate U Silveryew 46;
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    • 438 13 f I i P. &O.S. N. COS SAILINGS. OUTWARDS D«e n- r»M« B'pore. T'na» «w. NALDERA 16.000 Dec 21 BEHAR "'oq rSTn CATHAY 15 000 Mar 1 RAWALPINDI w.OOO Jan" 4 X£ N Jg* BHUTAN 6.100 Feb. 14 RAJPUTANA !tSSS t^ ?n CARTHAGE 15 000 Feb. 15 MANTUA \IZ May
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    • 456 13 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated In England) l_-i "ELLERMAN" LINE FOR HAVRE, LONDON, ROTTERDAM AND HAMBURG. VIA PORTS AND BUEZ CANAL Steamer City of Eastbourne r£ U r City of Evansville Jan 2 City of Dunkirk "I an J 4 Jan 16 FOR HONG KONG, SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. City
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    • 1168 13 i I I By B^P^^^^^^^^^^^te^ M^^ A bb I J Am m^JT^^Jl sf^^uß SS ShTo^ Lt^Ld 252? B KHIOW »«Mi«HTP CO 'II L Mutual Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. THK CUNARD white <*tar w*a TWS STRAITS STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd. THE SARAWAK STfiAMSHIf m 2 THE CHINA NAVIGATION Co., Ltd. THE AUSTRALIAN
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    • 809 14 Kb P. Mi KONINKLUKE PAKEIVAART MAATSCHAPPU MAROS— Friday, Dec. 21, Poeloe-Kidjang, Sapat, Tembilahan, Poeloe-Pallas and Rengat. OPHlR— Friday, Dec. 21, Muntok (passengers and mails only), Batavia, Semarang and Sourabaya. DE WEERT- Friday, Dec. 21, Rhio, Bllnjoe, Djeboes, Pangkal-Pinang, Koba, Tanjong-Pandan and Batavia. TINOMBO— Friday, Dec. 21, Belawan-Deli. TOGlAN— Saturday, Dec.
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    • 328 14 SJB SL'il Ii Ni'y^fci i REGULAR FORTNIGHTLY SAILHGS TO NAPLES GENOA MARSEILLES Via Penauff, Colombo, Bombay, Suez, Port Said, Alexandria on the Famous PRESIDENT LINERS All outside staterooms Excellent cuisine Swimmin* bath Three day stopover In Egypt. Arrive Leave Arrive Singapore. Singapore. New York. PRESIDENT ADAMS Dec. 29 Jan 1
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    • 602 14 O. S. K. LINE to ENGLAND AFRICA, RETURNING TO SINGAPORE VIA SUEZ Next your HOME LEAVE Avail of the facilities offered jointly by the O. S. K. Singapore-Africa UNION CASTLE Afric^England N, Y. K. Europe-Singapore £131- 8-0 First Class throughout riic ion lst (OSK •> 2nd class <r c a
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  • 1058 15 Totalisator Reforms To GOOD JOCKEYS SCARCE TOE AGA KHAN, whose colt, Bahram won th- r^i Stakes this year, was, for the second year m KM* of honour at the Gimcrack rinh V the hern held at York, annually since 1767 Mch
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  • 116 15 Eurasians Beat Chinese In Final tFrom Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Dec. 19. The finals m the Inter-Company tennis tournament for the H.M.B. Iroquois Cup were won by the Eurasians who beat the Chinese by two matches to one. The fcilowing are the results, D. Coy. players mentioned first:
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    30 15 i?sL A t?on L Xi CHINE T SE SCHOOL soccer XI which met the Victoria Institution, K.L., on Tuesday at the S.J.I. ground. The match ended m a goalless draw.
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  • 365 15 Selangor Asiatics Do Well In First Match Against Europea n Fifteen (From Our Owi. Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 19. IN spite oi the fact that they were defeated by 13 points (two goals and a try) to 6 points (two tries) by a scratch Selangor Club side, the Selangoi Asiatics
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  • 562 15 Decision To Waive Entrance Fee <From Our Own Correspondent.) Tlpoh. Dec. 17. HE eighth annual general meeting of the Perak Football Association was held m the Secretary's Office, Ipoh Club, on Saturday. Captain A. C. Godding presiding over a very small attendance. The report for
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  • 230 15 Selangor Club's Team To Meet S.C.C. From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 19. The Selangor Club have every hope of regaining the rugby trophy m tne annual match against the Singapore Cricket Club on the K. L. Padang on Saturday. This will be the 29th match of
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  • 64 15 elected for the ysar 1935: President, Mr. J. Hobbs. Deputy Jommissioner Trade and Customs, Perak; Vice-Pre-sident, Mr. S. Rajaratnam, Education Department; Hon. Secretary and Treasurer, Mr. H D. O Janz; General Com mittee: Messrs. D. Fleming, A. E. Moreira, Abdul Wahab and Au Yeong Kok Choon together with a VicePresident
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  • 1426 15 Embarrassing Result Of The H The first of the Rugby Union Trials, which was played at Leeds, ended m an embarrassing victory for the Possibles over England »>> two goals and five tries (25 points) to two goals and one try (13 points). AT half-time
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  • 29 15 The Sepoy Lines Golf Club Navy Cup 1394 was won by A. H Frew and F. J. Pat ton A mixed tour some will be played on Deo 21
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  • 1140 16 Military Unlucky Not To Draw STERLING DISPLAY BY ASHWORTH Stopher The Pick Of The Services 9 Forwards S.C.C 2; United Services 1. pONBITTONS were perfect for fast hockey on the Padang yesterV# day, the ground being hard and dry as the
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  • 240 16 Details Of Amateur Meeting Next Month •pHE Taiping Turf Club has issued the official programme of the amateur meeting to be held next month and a summary is given below. The meeting will last two days, Friday, Jan. 18, and Saturday, Jan. 19. There will be two
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  • 130 16 Amended Ties For S.G.C. vs. Garrison Club Match We are advised of the following alterations m the ties for the match between the Singapore Golf Club and the Garrison Golf Club, to be played over the Garrison course on Sunday. Garrison players mentioned first. The tie, Comdr. G.
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  • 31 16 The Olympic Stadium will be the venue of a boxing programme arranged for tonight. Ten three- minute rounds between Donald Stewart and Battling Guillermo will form the main event.
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  • 96 16 H.M.S. EAGLE TEAM BEAT S.V.C. AT REVOLVER SHOOTING Shooting Matches At oukit 1 iman A team from H.M.S. Eagle defeated the S.V.C. at revolver shooting at the Volunteer Headquarters, Beach Road, yesterday by 787 points to 689. Six rounds each were fired at 25 yards m 15 seconds, 20 yards
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  • 100 16 WESTERDAY'S rugby fixture between the S.S. Police and H.M.S. Eagle was postponed owing to the Police being unable to raise a team. highest scorer with 123 points out of a possible 144. The H.M.S. Eagle team is to be congratulated on its victory as they were opposed to
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  • 29 16 The V.M.C.A. held their third weekly rugby practice at Balestier Road yesterday afternoon. It is hoped to form a rugby team before the end of the season.
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  • 138 16 EASY HOCKEY WIN FOR KUALA LUMPUR VICTORIA INSTITUTION St. Joseph's Beaten By Seven Clear Goals •THE Victoria Institution of Kuala Lumpur, defeated the St. Joseph's Institution m a keen game of hockey by 7 o at St. Joseph's ground yesterday. The visitors were a well-balanced side and thoroughly deserved to
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  • 80 16 Championship Finals To Be Played Today The finals m the Singapore pingpong championship will be played today at the Great World starting at 8 p.m. The events are as follows: Play For Position p.m. 8 Lee Kit Chuen (C.C.W.A.A.i vs. Chan Kwok Ming (C.A.). Exhibition Match 8.30 Miss
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  • 104 16 Tournament Result* And Ties For Today •THE ties played on Wedn, *i h f S CC W«Uard« tourru:,as follow. Championship Gray beat Coleman by |fg A Class HandiiMp Melville beat Gillett by I B Class Handicap Fyfe beat Vaughan Jonf i Ftigler boat ■nunmltl by TODAY'S TIF
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  • 76 16 United Services Team To Meet Negri-Malacca The following have been Mitel represent the United Services Negri-Malacca m the HMS Ma Cup Competition at Anson Stadium, tomorrow at 5 p.m.: lac Clayton (R.A.F.); Gnr. Dtrttnf <RA FjO. Springall (R.A.F.*. Lieut, a nutt (R.A.), L.A.C. EdwardLAC. Grundy (R.A.F.>. FO Golding
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  • 64 16 Inter-club Championship Final Tomorrow The linal of the Singapore inter-diA badminton championship tournanv between the Diehard Badm (holders) and the Novices Badrrv. Party will be played at 2 p.m. tamo at the Clerical Union Hall. Ran T*m Road. The prizes won m th c tariow namenta organised during
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  • 30 16 By Member Of Keppcl Golf Club Mr. M. G. Harvey, a member i Keppel Golf Club, playing owr course on Tuesday, sank his drivo y ninth hole.
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    • 32 16 IT IS ESSENTIAL TO BE AGAINST ALL PERSONAL ACCIDENTS Apply for particulars of the OCEAN "BONUS" POLICY THE nOFAIU Accident Guarantee v^*^**i^ Corporation, Limited. CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS, SINGAPORE. Manager G NORMAN BENNETT.
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    • 116 16 ANOTHER COOPER PRODUCT •^DIMNrECTANT DILUTES ONE PART TO 600 PARTS WATER Municipal is guaranteed o\ test 18 v Tj. UMI more powertuJ than pure Carbolic Acid an«« six times as strong as common types of ch°ap disinfectants but nowhere near six times the price It is> a s&fCvy^ rt lj
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