The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 4 January 1935

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  • 17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. NO. 14,464. ESTD. 1835. FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1935. 10 CENTS
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  • 171 1 M. Laval On Franco-Italian Relations LEADING TO RAPPROCHEMENT Paris, Jan. 3. UTTHE task before Signor Mussolini and myself is not only to establish a solid basis of enduring friendship between Italy and France but also to place our common friendship at the service
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  • 238 1 BRITISH COAL EXCHANGED FOR IRISH CATTLE NORMAL RELATIONS MAY SOON BE RESTORED Distressed Areas Benefit London. Jan. Z, ANTLEMANS agreement has n arrived at between the State and the British whereby the Free State a larger quantity of I in exchange for the In imports of Irish cattle ni Is
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  • 234 1 PEOPLE FLEE FROM THEIR HOMES Giant Belfry May Crash Lisbon, Jan. 3. THE giant belfry of the twelfth century cathedral of Santa Cruz at Coimbra has tilted over at a dangerous angle and threatens to fall at any moment. Masses of masonry have already crashed into the street and the
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  • 36 1 Calcutta, Jan. 3. An earthquake shock of very great intensity, with an epicentre probably •in the region of southern Tibet, about 200 miles north of Mount Everest was recorded here at 7.22 a.m. jßeutcr.
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  • 231 1 NON-INTERFERENCE Rome, Jan. 2. It is understood that the FrancoItalian agreement which is expected to be signed during If. Laval's visit, will comprise a more forcible Franco-Ita- lian restatement of the principles of Austrian integrity and independence and an agreement that Italy, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary, will not interfere in
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  • 109 1 Paris, Jan. 3. A FRANCO-ITALIAN agreement 1 has. in effect, been reached covering purely Franco-Italian problems, such as the status of Italians resident in Tunis and certain colonial frontier demarcations. The agreement guarantees the independence of Austria and means tfre fofmillatian of a Central European pact to which other countries
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  • 42 1 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Jan. 3. WH. GARTSEN and Co. esti- mate world visible supplies of tin on Dec. 31, 1934, at 17,110 tons, compared with 18,600 tons on Nov. 30, 1934, and 29,140 tons on Dec. 31, 1933.
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  • 121 1 Court Besieged On The Opening Day Flemington, Jan. 3. AMAZING scenes were witnessed at the trial of Bruno Hauptmann for the murder of the Lindbergh baby. Hundreds of people on the opening day besieged the courthouse, the interior of which was jammed. Boys hawked photographs in the
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  • 98 1 Industrial Areas Increase Cheque Transactions London, Jan. 1. The Bankers' Clearing House annual statement shows that the grand total of bills and cheques paid in the past year was 35.434.000.000. compared with £32,138,000.000, the previous year. The increase chiefly is due to City clearings as the result of
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  • 141 1 CRACK EXPRESS RUNS AWAY Saved By Crew's Gallantry London, Jan. 1. THRILLING story is told of how a crack express racing from London to Manchester got out of control and was gallantly brought up by the driver and fireman. The train was approaching Rugbv when steam and boiling water shot
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  • 39 1 Berlin, Dec. ?8. Three hundred arrests for alleged (fences against morals are admitted i by authoritative quarters in connection with the reported Nazi purge but it Is stated 200 have been since released. Reuter Win less.
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  • 329 1 ALMOST SLICED IN HALF BY A STEAMER PASSENGERS JUMP INTO ICY Ferry Sinks In Ten Minutes New York, Jan. A FTER the police and CO— IflMUPdl had announced that there we: no fatalities in the Lexington di aster a later check was
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 60 1 mTi nhi imifil MALAYAJ PREMIER HOTEL A TONIGHT SATURDAY, JAN. Sth COCKTAIL DANCE SPM I SR* D CE 6.30 to 8.30 p.m. 9-30 p.m. to Midnight DINNER 3110 FIRST APPEARANCE OF niy A C PATRICIA NELSON UANUL THE WELL KNOWN SPECIALITY DANCER INFORMAL LATE 0F folies BERGERE, CASINO 930 p.m.
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    • 65 1 nfav^H SEA VIEW H 0 T E L IDEAL SEASIDE RESORT ENTIRELY RENOVATED EVERY ROOM WITH PRIVATE BATH, RUNNING HOT OI D WATER TENNIS GOLF SWIMMING SUNBATHING ONE OF SINGAPORE'S SCFNIC BEAITV SPOTS TONIGHT (FORMAL) SPECIAL DINNER DANCE ADELPHI W 1 HOTEL FAVOIRITfc DOU.N TOWN HOTEL FACING ST. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL
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  • 32 1 i bows were imbedded In the Lexin.^--i ton's side and held the vessel up until j everyone was taken oil", then she with- drew to the shore with many survivors, i Reuter.
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  • 21 2 H Lt r o^ 1 A P Sayer RE disembarki ed at Singapore from the Naldera for temporary duty in Singapore
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  • 120 2 Note Circulation Beats All Previous Records London, Dec. 29. i On the money market this week the chief incidents have been firstly the i continued seasonal expansion of the note circulation which rose to i £405.000.000. thus beating all previous records and secondly the demand for I loans
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  • 138 2 I Finishes The Year In A Very Optimistic Mood London, Dec. 31. The stock Exchange finished the year in a very optimistic mood, and despite the holiday tomorrow and the continuance of the unpopular three weeks' account, fairly active conditions prevailed and the general tone was very firm.
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    13 2 JEAN HARLOW, the famous platinum blonde, who is feature i n *u i
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  • 21 2 The Hon. Mr. W. D. Barron. the Acting British Resident. Selangor. is exjpected to arrive in Kuala Lumpur on [Saturday morning.
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  • 177 2 The Return Of German Territory Berlin, Jan. 1. "Our warmest wish for 1935 is the return of that German territory which through its voice of blood will on Jan. 15 proclaim to the whole world its indissoluble community with the German Reich," says Herr Hitler in a New
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  • 30 2 1 i The Wireless World says the King of Siam has installed a powerful receiver cr*n !iaH re f ent hOme Man °r. Bangkok an attempt t0 llst€n to to
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 71 2 fy J Cricket or Tennis blue drill 1 screens. Maker and repairer of rattan and Bertam Chicks, Canvas and Sprin K Blinds, Tarpaulins, i Tents, Bags, Blue Screens, Bertam Pa.els, Wire Netting I Fencing, Wool buntings and J Flags. i ABDUL RAHMAN, S Telephone 2454. J Oflice 66, Robinson Road.
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    • 86 2 "A PUBLIC DISGRACE Cyclists The New Danger Of Singapore To the Editor. Sir, When any of your reporters are in want of work, let one wait in the neighbourhood of Fullerton P.O. entrance and near the Singapore Club entrance. Watch the new danger worse than cars bicycles utterly regardless of
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    • 477 2 CLASS Loxuria Face BSSLa^l^^Harriet HubAn exquisitely fine medium weight powder adaptable to all types of skin. Price $2.00 per box. MEDICAL HALL LIMITEDBOARD residence" "EAST ANGLIA." 6, OXLEY RISE, Near Town. High and cool situation. Large grounds. Excellent cuisine. Tennis. Daily or monthly terms. Telephone 4390 THE MANSION Oxley Rise
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    • 514 2 IFIED ADVERTISEM NOTICE OF TRADE MARK. RHINO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that THE CENTRAL ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED of Magnet House, Kingsway. London. England, the owners of the above trade mark wl#:ch was advertised in the local newspapers and Straits Settlements Government Gazette in August 1934 as being used in respect
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    • 495 2 ENTS. TENDERS. SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY Tenders Tenders are now Invited for the following materials or services. Fo particulars, see Municipal Tend n Room. Supply of High Pressure Cop; Tubes for Water Dept. Dut Closing. 4 p.m. Thursday 14th. 1935. Supply of approx 7.000 tons Australian Gas Coal, for delht between 11/3/35
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 246 2 Diary Of The Week FRIDAY, JAN. 4th. High Water: 9.22 a.m. 9.2 ft., 11.30 p.m. 8 5 ft. Hockey: Macao vs. All-Singapore. S.CC. padang; S.C.R.C. vs. Police, Hong Lim Green. Golf: Keppel G.C Women's Spoon (Stroke). Ping-Pong: Methodist Boys School of K.L. vs. Oldham Hall, r Oldham Hall morning); Methodist
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    • 366 2 i Today's Radio Programmes Transmission 111 9.35 Big Ben. The Scottish Studio Orchestra. 9.50 The 8.8.C. Midland Orohestra. 10.40 "Living Dangerously— No. 11." Mr. Martin Lindsay. 10.55 The 8.8.C. Northern Orchestra. Greenwich time signal at 11.20 p.m. 11.35 The Hotel Metropole Orchestra. Relayed from the Hotel Metropole. London. 11.50 The
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    • 56 2 Law Notices For The Day Before the Chief Justice at 11 a.m. Summonses-in-Chambers. Originating Summonses. Motions and Originating Petition. Before Mr. Justice a'Beckett Terrell in the 3rd Court at *1 a.m. Criminal Revision:— Rex vs. Wan Man Chee and Lam Chee Seng. Followed by: Bankruptcy. Before the Registrar at 10.30
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  • 328 3 THROUGH SPITE Mother Hears Screams In CPITEFULNESS was Riven as the reason why a 12-year-old boy, Soh Ah San, stabbed two younger playmates with a^ piece of wire at one o'clock in the morning. The boy appeared before Mr. J. M. Brander in the
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  • Article, Illustration
    31 3 Hit BRIDGE across the "Golden i,.\\v" between San and Oakland, U.S.A.. as it will look when completed in 1937. Eight miles lons, it will be the largest bridge in the world.
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  • 247 3 Respectable Living In Manual Labour Kuala Lumpur. Jan. 2. yilF. first meeting of the Kuala 1 Lumpur Rotary Club for the New Year was held today at the Majestic Hotel when there was a good attendance at luncheon under the chairmanship of the vice-president. Mr. Khoo Teik Ee. The chairman
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  • 222 3 Just Like A Cat On Hot I Bricks r Sydney. Large crowds gathered at King's Cross. Sydney, for several days to witness the performances of the "only dancing duck in the world." The men's method was to place an upturned tin on the pavement and while one played
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    20 3 COUNT CIANO. Mussolini's son-in-law, recently qualified as a pilot. He is here seen in his machine after his trial flight.
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  • 75 3 Concert-Goers Demand Return Of Subscriptions Berlin, Dec. 29. The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra is endeavouring to appease its subscribers and avert civil proceedings which threaten to arise on claims said to amount to 42.000 marks which a large group of concert-goers are making for the return of their subscriptions
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  • 301 3 METHODIST MISSION TO CELEBRATE FOUNDING HEGINNING on Monday, Jan. 7, the Methodist Episcopal Church celebrates the founding of its Mission in Malaya, Sumatra and Borneo. These Jubilee celebrations, which are to be held in conjunction with the 43rd session of the Malaya Annual Conference, will be
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  • 112 3 Woman's Body Found By Pedestrian A Malay pedestrian during a stroll along the embankment of the Kinta River, not far away from the Brewster Road bridge, suddenly noticed the body of a human being floating in the water. On close observation, he found that the corpse was
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  • 54 3 Appointed Additional Member Of Air Council Londoin, Jan. 1. Air Vice-Marshal Newall has t*en appointed an additional member of the Air Council, and will be responsible for the administration of directorates of organisation, equipment, and works and buildings. He was appointed Air unicer Commanding R.A.P.. Middle East,
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  • 49 3 Tunku Md. Sa'ad of the Government English School, Alor Star, will shortly be leaving for England to further his studies. The death occurred at No. 80. Main Road. Menglembu. on Saturday last of Mr. Chong Kee Choong. of the staff of the Chartered Bank. Ipoh. after a prolonged illness.
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  • 383 3 ELEPHANTS USED FOR SMUGGLING Eight Armed Siamese l Arrested (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Dec. 31. IT has been left to the Financial Ad- viser to point out to the public that the smuggling of opium has reached a very abnormal figure in this country, the seizures for the last
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  • 54 3 Moscow, Dec. 29. Nineteen million tons of oil is the estimated output for the year produced by the Azerbaidjan <Baku i Oil Fields, representing an increase of 4.000.000 tons compared with 1933. The greatest yearly output by the Baku Oil Field prior to the revolution was approximately
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    25 3 MADELEINE CARROLL, the charming and talented British film star who has had great roles in Hollywood. She is one of the most promising English actresses.
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  • 56 3 Fell Into Boiling Cauldron CORONER COMMENTS ON FREQUENCY OF TYPE OF ACCIDENT TAN Her, a 37 -year old Hokien, died at the General Hospital early on New Year's Day as the result of having been scalded after having fallen into a cauldron of boiling pig's food three days previously at
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  • 19 3 Mr. H. G. Shannon of Baling Estate. Kedah, and Mrs. Shannon were expected to return from home on Wednesday.
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  • 94 3 At the inquiry held before Mr. W. G. Porter, the Singapore Coroner, yesterday a verdict of death by midadventure was returned. Tan Her's employer. Ung P'ng. explained that he ran out of the house on hearing Tan's shouts. He took the j man to hospital in a taxi. There were
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  • 135 3 CHINESE SWEEPER SENT I TO GAOL 11/IRS Molly Evans, a European teaeh- er in the Chan*! Military School, appeared as a witness belore Mr. Noman Grice. the second magistrate, yesterday in the case in which a 24--year-old Chinese sweeper. Ng San. was charged with the theit
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  • 96 3 Case Against Chinese Postponed Tan Soon Tai. a well-dressed young English-speaking Chinese, proposes to call four witnesses to prove that he did not participate in the fiacas after the Rivers-Aide fight at the Olympic Stadium on Boxing Night. He first appeared before Mr. Norman Grice. the
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  • 166 3 Melbourne. Having Buffered long under the singing, mostly out ot tune, of "For he's a jolly good fellow," Cr. Roland. Mayor of Sale, has announced that it will be sung no more at festive occasions under his control. Messrs. V. Ahamed Pillay Serang and Ismail Lebba. two
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 34 3 WHITEAWAYS CLOSED on SATURDAY, JANUARY sth Read startling announcement in the SUNDAY TIMES, Page 17 and Tuesday's FREE PRESS, Page 4. A BRILUANt'sTAGe'sPECTACLE LAVISH UNIQUE THE ROYAL BALINESE DANCERS j S 40 ARTISTES! j
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    • 45 3 /Mi\\\ In C^U/P^T r ir\n I y. I I 1 it I 1 ,^^v /A tfSr nvv y GEM MARIE COMBINATION NUTTY CRISPS AFTERNOON TEA SOLE AGENTS: ROYAL ASSORTED CREAM CRACKERS fvtlTtflHFstfolr* CREAMY CHOCOLATE VF^'liKIC K^WLf ORIENTAL ASSORTED SHREDDED WHEATMEAL. (INCORPORATED IN S.S.) oimii/i/ui/ 111J
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  • 1088 4 A COMBINATION OF ANGLE, LIGHT AND SHADE <From Our Woman Correspondent) THIS la ine hey-day ot the amateur photographer. All the t*ear round in Malaya it is possible ix>r us to take pictures and how otten In our letters to those at home do
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  • Article, Illustration
    22 4 navy and white J^ wi^eot ""^buttoned skirt of MM«lMlli the should^, l^blo^s* TX' Padded «ver sath, and the rtlte p^tHi t S^^ZTST'
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  • 939 4 a d rm holes Bla <* organdie mad* %Z the knees "y cording m ers of tJfi. rdlng over th e shouldS %X^S dl a d n reSS MH ta THE SHEATH CUT IS VERY POPULAR IN PARIS Paris. TTHERE is almost nothing that is
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    71 4 THIS ROMPER Ls easily made. The short wide shoulder-straps fit closely, and button at the back. Instead of the usual crotch-open ins, which conies undone far too easily when the baby crawls, this design shows an opening slit down the back and buttoned with large "Buster" buttons. A false piece
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  • 705 4 Baby's Eyes Should Be Carefully Tended fXF all our special senses, eyesight J is the most precious. Apart Cram the possibility of going blind, weak eyesight gives rise to a host of minor ailments and is a common cause of ill-health. Eyestrain results from the inability to focus correctly; headaches
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 103 4 i 1 •In A,-^ w?^ l^ **~Sm£*.-- I rt* a« I I j^h Jg a \^VI /ft. ■■■■C^i H i 3 111 I ■^■r i^bV '\i li^r f&^\ it t v V "^^9^ y^ "^BBBBBBjb: Here they come "s mi ier- iead inK LatraU n i a pptne S s
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    185 5 v' 1* l )l rrercP Vm.k'nff J* I^V"""* est of Ri < eor ff e il Queen Mary of England, to Princess Marina, daug her of Prince and Princess ol l.reete to<»k place at Westminster Abbey, London. The bride leaving Buckingham Palace in the royal coach escorted by a Captains
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 159 5 FOR SALEA Brand-new Year! LAST year's resolutions are gone kept or broken. Years have a habit of coming and going, but the habit does not keep us from regarding each new one as a new adventure in living as an opportunity to achieve greater happiness. For isn't life, after all,
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  • 816 6 MALAYAN ANTI-MALARIAL OFFICERS FOR CEYLON To Aid Epidemic Victims HEALTH OFFICERS AND INSPECTORS IT IS rumoured that there Ms a prohability of the F.M.S. Government lending the services of two Health Officers, with much experience of anti-malarial work locally, to the Ceylon Government, who are faced with the gigantic task
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  • 60 6 A lor Star Aerodrome (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Jan. 3. JT is understood, the Kedah Government intends to improve the Alor Star landing ground so that it may be used in all weather. For this purpose land alongside Anak Bukit River is being acquired and Lt.-Col. Chasey, Executive Engineer,
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  • 83 6 Nobody Wants To Bury Them Harbin. In Harbin the dead are left to bury their dead. The local press has brought to the notice of the police that the frozen bodies of two Chinese beggars have been lying on the Skolnaya Street and the 2nd Pskovskaya Street
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  • 79 6 Australian Population Shows Slight Increase Canberra. A total increase during the year of 48,029 is shown in a preliminary estimate of the population of the Commonwealth at Sept. 30, which has been made available by the Commonwealth Statistician. According to the table, the population of Australia at the
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  • 46 6 Lim Tee Cheam, for many years a cashier in the Straits Times Press, Ltd., appeared in the police court before Mr. J. M. Brander this morning on a charge of embezzlement of $4,000. Lim offered a plea of guilty. The case was adjourned.
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  • 238 6 Police Detain Two Men On Suspicion j A crop of burglaries in f 1 European residences in the early hours of Dec. 30 has been reported to the Singapore police. Mr. F. D. Barretto complained that burglars who broke into his residence in Thomson Road at
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  • 354 6 Peiping Interested In New Blue Laws. Peiping. A GREAT deal of interest is being evinced in local Chinese circles in the eleven provisional regulations promulgated by the Bureau of Social Welfare and the Bureau of Public Safety for the purpose of re-
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  • 30 6 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia, Jan. 2. DIRECTOR of the Royal Packet Navigation Co, is leaving for Kobe on Jan. 9 to attend the, shipping conference there.
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  • 202 6 Tablet Of Memory Unveiled Sydney. Nov. 19 was a Day of Remembrance for the folk at the Quirindi Abnoriginal Station, New South Wales, when the Chief Commissioner of Police and the Deputy-Director of Education, unveiled an honour board and memorial tablet commemorative of the service of the men
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  • 86 6 Well-Known Business Man In Singapore Mr. W. Middleton Sime 0.8.E. has arrived in Singapore" on a visit to Malaya. India and Ceylon. He is founder and senior directtor of Sime Darby and Co. Ltd. He is also a director of Shaw Darby and Co. Ltd.. London,
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  • 74 6 How The New Year Was Ushered In (From Our Own Correspondent > Taiping, Jan. 1. The churches ushered in the New Year with special watchnight services. Local Europeans celebrated New Year's Eve with a fancy dress ball and Hogmanay celebration at the New Club, where dancing was carried
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  • 89 6 Mr. Lyons, present Prime Minist-r ct Australia, recently gave a former holder of that office a friendly shove on the road. Mr C w m^ r VT d and econ °my." was u H ughes f m °tto when his car. propelled from behind by the nose
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  • 74 6 'From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur Jan. 2. Pleading guilty to a charge of attempting to commit suicide by taking caustic soda at the Chinese cemetery Bellamy Road, on Dec. 12. a Teochew woman. Cheah Slew Yip. was today bound over by Mr. F. K. Wilson,
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  • 80 6 The rubber version of the sliding meta "zip" fastener is becoming popular for use on cushion covers Srh J i^ a aSeS and slmilar articJes which are meant to be soft and flexible and where a metal fastener would damage delicate fabrics It is said that the rubber fasteners are
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 102 6 YOU KNOW THAT THE IMPERIAL AIRMAIL **J* TO GREAT BRITAIN HAS NOW BEEN REDUCED TO ~25 CENTS WHITEAWAY'S CLOSED on SATURDAY, JANUARY Sth Read Startling Announcement in the SUNDAY TIMES, Page 17 Tuesday's FREE PRESS, Page 4 11 n mt ohmm ma CECIL B. De MILLE'S "j^f l^^S'yTi^riFCVT:": 1 PARAMOUNTS
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    • 203 6 WIFE'S DELIGHT AT HUSBAND'S LOSS 30 Pounds Of Fat. Here is something all wive. men will be glad to know it experience of a woman who.v tiusl recently weighed 16 st H lb<* writes "I really feel I must write u you that, after taking Kruscher, for nearly 3 months,
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  • 138 7 REMARKABLE R.A.F. RECORD London, Jan. 1. Ri'AL Air Force Squadrons have achieved a remarkable new flyno in the twelve months just roplanes flew a total disat least 47.000.000 miles, a mileage than in any previous sine* the War. Despite this new serious accidents were confewer than in previous
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  • 351 7 FROM CONSTABLE TO CHIEF SUB -INSPECTOR ALLI BIN TUAH'S DISTINGUISHED RECORD (From Our Own Jorrespondent > Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 2. pHIEP Sub-Inspector Alii bin Tuah who was awarded the Meritious Service Medal of the Civil Division of the Order of the British Empire, is the third Asiatic member of the
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  • 810 7 Malayan Lady's Talk With Mrs. Roosevelt Mrs. E. V. DAVIES RETURNS V^RS. E. V. Davies, a vice president m of Singapore Y.W.C.A. and prelent of the Lotus Club last year, 'ore her departure on a world ir, returned to Singapore on ursday by the Conte Rosso from lombo, after having
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  • 501 7 SINGAPORE MUSICAL CONCERT Arrangements For King's Jubilee Celebrations 1 FROM May 6 onwards, the British Empire will ring with the sound !of patriotic and national music. Singapore will not be behind in this song of thanksgiving that will sound all over the world, for the Musical Society has received the
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 184 7 STARTS .SUNDAY PAVILION n// y^^x^ NEW WORLD CABARET DANCING EVERY NIGHT FROM 9 P.M. TEA DANCES ADMISSION TO CABARET FREE Every Tuesday, Thursday Saturday from 5.30 to 7.30 p.m. VAUDEVILLE At the Tea Dance on Saturday, Jan. sth, Henry and Sally will appear in an Egyptian Acrobatic Dance. NIGHT DANCES:
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    • 328 7 ssw H The Truc Story f ihe w man P^OV) her a stor* J^^^^W^' M who Bent MATA HARI to her thriW »o er m 9 T» A Death M^&£M l cApiTo -k jr^^ll Sls NIGHTLY 9 15 W% 1 C J^r So <-' MYRNA LO^, Alluring Star U I
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  • 40 8 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES DEATH. ARMSTRONG— At the General Hospital. Singapore, on Jan. 3, Mary Gertrude Armstrong dive Garvin), of Singapore and Ceylon, in her 83rd year. Cortege will leave No. 5 Derbyshire I Road at 4.30 p.m. today for Bidadari Cemetery.
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  • 871 8 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, JANUARY, 4. 1935. Good News For Europe FOLLOWING upon the announcement two days ago that France and Italy had reached an agreement, the Old World breathes ireely for a spell at any rate. For many years past the relations between these great Powers have caused
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  • 246 8 The next meeting of the Federal Council will be held at Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday, Jan. 29 at 10 a.m There will be no ceremonial opening and uniform will not be worn. Mr. R. W. Sinclair, formerly of Boustead and Co., Ltd., and well known as a
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  • 668 8 An Armistice Number Exciting Chess At Hastings When "R.L.S." Was Slapped By A iMdy •■pHE Ex-Services Association of Malaya is to be complimented on the publication of an Armistice Number of their Magazine. Armistice Day ceremonies in many parts of the world are briefly described, and
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  • 1038 8 J^OT all the members of the team received their colours. As a rule the blue-and-whito quartered shins were only awarded to about nine of the players during the season. II the goalkeeper won his. he was given a broad blue sash to put over his sweater, which he
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 109 8 .>. v n *wmmmmmm jf V^UCQUOTPONSARDIN 1% M^# 1 M £j> A ~g __,j ^3".^■ ,7T'.ru. 'ijjt,'.i-. .r. i i i*,liJL iij.'iiiiL^E-.Jj for ever\ r occasion. GALDBECH'S Make your choice from the following ABERDEEN CURED SELECTED FISH I Famous Cellophane Wrapped Kippers Bloaters Herrings Haddocks Fish Fillets -Smoked Salmon ARBROATH
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    • 54 8 A WORKMAN WAS FINED RECENTLY for travelling on a railway with only a platform ticket. He evidently had ideas beyond his station. When travelling it is as well not to forget that a GAFLAC BAGGAGE POLICY is as important as a ticket. GENERAL ACCIDENT, FIRE UFI ASSURANCE CORPORATION, LTD. Hongkong
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  • 227 9 NEW GOVERNOR OF THE BANK OF FRANCE Gold Standard To Be Maintained Paris, Jan. 2. THE announcement of the appointment of M. Jean Tannery by the Franco Italian greement led to a boom on the French Rentes gained as much as 135 centimes and other followed suit. Ministry's menetary policy
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  • 95 9 Efforts To Establish One In London London. Jan. I. Tin 'Hurts to establish a silver market in London made further progress today, when a sub-committee ol th Metal Exchange visited the bullion merchants to discuss contract technicalities. It is understood that the committee's intentions are still too vague
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  • 331 9 Three European Motorists Crushed To Death I SAD TOLL OF CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR TRAGEDIES Angola. (West Africa) Jan. 1. T*HREE European motorists were crushed to death during a terrific thunderstorm here today when a huge century-old tree was uprooted by lightning and crashed on their car as it was
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  • 72 9 1 Ended In Russia By Soviet Decree Moscow. Jan. 1. i For the lirst time for six years people are able to buy an unlimited "quantity or bread without bread cards fas the result of the Government de- cree ending bread rationing. The shops were filled with buyers
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  • 67 9 SWEEP ON SINGAPORE RACES Six Chinese On Trial In Penang (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Jan. 3. TN the police court the whole of today was taken up by the hearing into the case in which six Chinese members of San Bin School Union who formed a
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  • 58 9 China Sends Mail To Manchukuo Shanghai, Dec. 30. TTHE Directorate of General I Posts announces that the mail embargo against Manchukuo imposed in July, 1932. luis been lifted and mails will be accepted from Jan. 10 for transmission via Shanhaikwan and Kupeikow. Parcel post and postal remittances
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  • 214 9 the management of a public lottery run on the second race of the Singapore meeting of Sept. 5. 1934. All the accused claimed trial and were defended by Mr. R. D. Hume. The D.PP.. at the outset, made an application to withdraw the charge as against the fifth accused, who
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  • 75 9 Finishes Fourth In Horse Race In New Zealand Wellington, Jan. 1. The Duke of Gloucester gave an excellent display of horsemanship when he finished fourth on Blackham in the Ladies' Bracelet Race. The Duke led en entering the straight but afterwards his mount which was carrying top
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  • 43 9 Amsterdam, Dec. 28. The death is announced of Mr. Adatchi, President of the International Court of Justice, since 1931. He formerly represented Japan in the principal European courts and was a delegate to the League of Nations. Reuter Wireless.
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  • 30 9 New York, Dec. 28. An order formally denying Mrs. Vanderbilt* s application to be appointed guardian of her child, Gloria, has been signed by the Surrogate Court Judge. Reuter Wireless.
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  • 186 9 SURPRISE AT HASTINGS TOURNAMENT Decisive Defeat For Capablanca London, Jan. 1. AN astonishing victory over the former world champion, Capablanca, was obtained by the rising young Hungarian, Lilienthal. at the Hastings chess tournament. Lilienthal surprised Capablanca with a remarkable combination opening with the sacrifice of the queen and won in
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  • 115 9 Abyssinia Again Accuses Italy Geneva, Jan. 1. A further communication from the Abyssinian Government has been received by the Secretary-General of the League of Nations complaining of further movements of Italian troops and urging arbitration The communication adds that if It is established that the Abyssinian Government is
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  • 75 9 Death Commemorated By Stamp Issue London, Jan. 1. General Gordon's death at the hands of the Mahdi 50 years ago is commemorated in a special issue of postage stamps today, by the Sudan Government. There are nine denominations in the design of which appear variously Gordon's head, the
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  • 55 9 New York, Dec. 28. The British film. "Man of Aran," has been awarded by the National Board of Review for motion pictures the prize lor the best film of the year, out of ten American and five European pictures. This is the first time a British film
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    • 172 9 IRATU IDJA"""lllIIl""""Dk"wr"liAfNA and the ROYAL BAUNESE DANCERS I 40 ARTISTES! COMING TO THE CAPITOL j "■■■■■■■■■■•■■■•■■aa assaaasaaaaaaaaa^ Basaaaaaaa aaaaßMß«aaM HoN^n the"dateT "j J HERE IT IS! ZZ°tZ~~rf£ KELLY WALSH'S ENGLISH AND CHINESE DESK CALENDAR STAND WITH j j^aaßaeffl DATE PAD FOR 1935. r K Showing Bank and Customs Holidays. Chinese
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    • 105 9 "cOMMODiTY'MARKET" Latest Rubber And Tin Prices »From Our Own Correspondent) RUBBER London, Jan. 3. Spot Sellers > 6 ll|l6d. (6 7|16d.» (Buyers) 6 9|l6d. (6%d> April- June 6 13|16d. (6^d.) July-Sept. 7d. (6 13|16d.) Oct.-Dec. 7V B d. (6 15f6d.) Market Firmer. New York, Jan. 3. January 13.20 bid <
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  • TRADE AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE
    • 2047 10 Reminiscences Of Directors And Planters INVITED to contribute some reminiscences of directors and; planters 1 associated with the industry of harvesting plantation rubber, R. M. Richards, M.8.E., A.R.C.S., F.L.S., in the 50th anniversary issue of the India Rubber Journal writes: It is more than
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    • 79 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association DAILY PRICES CURRENT FOR R.M.A. No. 1. X RIBBED SMOKED SHEET January 3, 12 o'clock noon Buyers Sellers. Spot (loese) 20 7 8 21 FOB. > January 2iy 4 21% Jan-Mar. 22V 4 22% Apr-June 23 3 4 23% July-Sept. 24% 25 Tone of Market:
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    • 101 10 Jan. 3 Gambier 5.75 Java Cube 8.75 Hamburg Cube 11.00 Muntok White Pepper 66.00 White Pepper 65.00 Copra. Sundried 3.40 Copra, mixed 3.10 Fair Sago Flour Small Flake Tapioca 3.50 Blanja Jelotong 6.75 Sarawak Jelotong 6.50 R. (Siam) W.C. No. 1 per koyan $120 R. B. Siam
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    • 662 10 SEVERE OUTBREAK IN CEYLON Colombo. '"PHERE is a serious occurrence of the Padi Swarming Caterpillar, which is ithe larva of the Noctuid Moth Spodoptera mauritia, in large numbers at various centres throughout the Northwestern Province and in the Negombo District of the Western Province and other parts
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    • 126 10 Report of the directors of the Sekong Rubber Company. Limited, presented to the shareholders on Dec. 14. at the 26th annual general meeting, at 49-51 Eastcheap, London. E.C.. statesr^ E ,f at v?\r The Estate is stiu unoccupied, but is visited quarterly by a European. Negotiations for the
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    • 1060 10 THURSDAY, JAN. 3, 1935. Ampat Tin (4s) 4s 3d 4s 7%d Asam Kumbang 33s 6bs Austral Malay 61s *,o «5 v Ayer Hitam Tin (ss) 13s IJsxd. Ayer Weng ($1) 2.20 2.25 Bangrin Tin 24s 3d 25s Chenderiang 8s 6d 9s 3d Hitam Tin (.50 cts.) 49
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    • 203 10 I Jan. 3 SELLING London 4 months' sight 2,4 7 32 London 3 months' sight 2|4 3 16 London 60 days' sight 2;4 5(32 London, 30 days' sight 2!4»/ 8 London, demand 2 4 3132 London T.T. 2,4 3|32 Lyons, Paris, demand 864 Hamburg, demand 142 New York,
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    • 26 10 Patino Mines and Enterprises' Sen30 earning statement as presented to New York Stock Exchange fn^o^SJ. 0 £231 583 after deduct-' ing 228.464 for depreciation and depletion.
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    • 197 10 Dec. 29. 31. Jan. t American Can. Com. 1113 4 1141^ n 7 i t American Telephone and Telegraph 104*8 105 105-> H Atcheson Railroad 54% 53 3 4 53 J Dupont 95 y 2 95 s 8 97 Firestone 163/ 4 17 17 i 4 General Electric
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    • 61 10 Attention is invited to the fact that pursuant to the provisions ol the United Planting Association of Mai. in Enactment, No. 42 of 1934. the name ol the Planters' Association of Mai. has been changed to "Th e United Planting Association of Malaya." With effect from Jan. 1.
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    • 26 10 Many old tin mines in Cornwall art being reopened, or are about to be r« opened as a result of the present high price of tin.
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  • Article, Illustration
    28 11 A < i.oup PHOTO taken at the celebration of the tenth anniversary of the Chinese Friendly Association. The president, Mr. Lee Wan Leong, is seated fifth from the left.
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  • 1121 11 FOSTERING THE SPIRIT of Mutual help Local Chinese Topics BY OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT /^LD Chinese customs demand that every male member of a family should allow for the necessary expenses in connection with the carriage of a young member or the uneral of an old member, but the ority of
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  • 717 11  -  Ely Culbertson by World's Champion Player and Greatest Card Analyst TWO SOLO SIX-BIDS IN my morning mail the other day I received a very intelligent question on the bidding of a Bridg e hand. Thej writer did not mention any cards at all. but merely explained that
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  • 106 11 Yield Cotton As Good As Recent Seeds Stalina. A quantity of cotton seeds was found together with the famous Sogdian manuscripts in the ruins of an ancient castle in the valley of the Zazevshan river (Tadjikistan >. These finds date back to 1200 B.C. Scientific observations have shown
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    • 559 11 Assets exceed $12,t00,00#. Amv*nt» u fore* a?eT UJMJtft The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. (Incorporated In the Straita Settlements) HEAD OFFICE: Great Eastern Life Building, Cecil Street, Singapore. OFFIC E 27 Old Jewry EC The Company has £20,000 deposited with «£*g^ m -plies with the British Lire Assurance ATTRACTIVE
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    • 438 11 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA (Incorporated in England by Royal Charter) Paid up capital In 600.000 shares of £5 each €3.000.000 'Reserve Fund £3.000 000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors C 3.000 000 HEAD OFFICE 38. Bishopsgate. London EC 2. Agencies and Branches. Alor Star Iloilo Saigon Amritsar Ipoh
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  • 598 12 WAS THE PACIFIC OCEAN ONCE DRY LAND? Stone Images Found On Small Uninhabited Island. Washington. MAN'S steady progress in mapping the unseen world beneath the oceans by means of echo soundings sheds occasional tantalizing glimmers of light on the extravagant but hunting legends or scientific theories of
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  • 84 12 £50,000 Above Ship's Book Value New York, Dec. 12. The owners of the ill-fated Morro Castle, which claimed 134 lives when it burned last September off the New Jersey coast, collected insurance exceeding the book value of the ship bv £50,000. This was disclosed at Washington today.
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  • 43 12 During the present century there have been four notable advances in the rubber industry, viz.: the expansion of plantation rubber; the discovery of accelerators* of vulcanisation and of 'antioxydants' for preserving rubber and the direct utilisation of rubber latex on an extensive scale.
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  • 523 12 The following passengers ore proceeding per s.s. Corfu sailing at 9.30 a.m. today, for Penang. Colombo. Bombay arid Europe: Mr. H. S. J. Lloyd. Miss A. V. Jackson. Dr. M. C. Bain. Mr. C. E. R. M. Brooke, Mr. A. H. L. Wheeler. Mr. Milton. Dr. and Mrs.
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  • 20 12 The construction of the Diesel-boat "Klara Zetkin," of 8.900 tons displacement, is nearing completion at the Marty Shipbuilding; Yards. Leningrad
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    • 598 12 BOUSTEAD Co., Ltd. 'Incorporated in F.M.S.) TELEPHONE Freight 5433 Passage 5431. LLOYDS AGENTS. Hooking Agents for Federated Malay States Railways. Royal State Railways of Si&m. < Incorporated in England). HOME VIA CHINA, JAPAN, HONOLULU CANADA, FOUR MAGNIFICENT "EMPRESSES," COMPRISING TB« LARGEST AND FASTEST STEAMERS ON THE PACIFIC FREQUENT SAILINGS FROM
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    • 220 12 HEAP ENG MOH S.S. CO.. LIMITED. (RED FUNNEL LINE) (INCORPORATED IN STRAITS SETTLEMENTS Regular passenger and cargo service* from Singapore to Java, Borneo. Banka and Billiton. FOR BATAVIA, (lIKRIRON AND SEMARANG (Every Tues. and M.) s.s. Ban Hong Liong Fri Jan 1 s.s. Qiang Seng Tues. Jan 8 FOR SOURABAYA
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    • 590 12 Local And Foreign Mail Despatches And Arrivals BY TRAIN 3angkok every Saturday 7 p.m. Thursday 7.30 a.m. Sedan Monday to Friday 7.30 a.m. Saturday 7.30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Kuantan <via Jerantut) Monday to Friday 7.30 a.m. Saturday 7.30 a.m. 7 pm. Kelantan <via Gemas.) every Monday. Wednesday, Thursday and
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    • 354 12 SINGAPORE HARBOUR Ships alongside the wharves or expected to arrive. East Whari (Entrance Gate 1): Ophir 20 Main Wharf (Entrance Gate 3): Corfu. Rawalpindi 18; Lanr Kamuning 15: Bantam 13: Sin* II; Modjokerto 9; Shyogen Maru Empire Dock (Entrance Gate 3): RosevilK' 30; Laganbank 32: Jr. Prince 37; Kistna 39.
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    • 449 13 f-W \i BRITISH INDIA P. &O.S. N. CO'S SAILINGS. I* OUTWARDS c V Ue Due 193n CATHAY 15 000 Mar 1 ALPINDI 17.000 Jan. 4 SOUDAN 6 500 Mar' 13 BANGALORE 6.000 Jan. 17 CORFU ***** Mar 15 RAJPUTANA 17.000 Jan. 18 RANCH! 17 000 Mar 29 UTRAL 15.000 Feb.
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    • 480 13 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated In England) "ELLERMAN" LINE TOR HAVRE, LONDON, ROTTERDAM AND HAMBURG. VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL Steamer Due Sails City of Evansville j an 14 Jan. 16 City of Dunkirk j an> 30 Feb 2 City of Oran Fe t>. 14 Feb. 16 City of
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    • 806 14 *K. P. Mi KOMNKLIJRE PAKEIVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ MAROS- Friday. Jan. 4. Poeloe-Kidjang. Sapat, Tembilahan, Poeloe-Pallas and Rengat. OPHIR Friday, Jan. 4. Muntok 'passengers and mails only). Batavia, Semarang and Sourabaya. TINOMBO Friday. Jan. 4. Belawnn-De.il. DE WEERT -Friday. Jan. 4, Rhio, Blinjoe. Djeboes. Pangkal-Pinang, Koba, Tanjong-Pandan and Batavia. VALENTIJN Saturday. Jan.
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    • 321 14 .-4-n cREGULAR FORTNIGHTLY SAILINGS TO NAPLES GENOA MARSEILLES Via Penang, Colombo, Bombay, Suez, Port Said, Alexandria on the Famous PRESIDENT LINERS All outside staterooms Excellent cuisine Swimming bathThree day stopover in Egypt. Arrive Leave Arrive Singapore. Singapore. New York. PRESIDENT HARRISON Jan. 12 Jan. 15 Feb. 26 PRESIDENT HAYES Jan.
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    • 697 14 O. S. K. LINE BUENOS AIRES VIA COLOMBO, S. BUENOS AIRES VIA COLOMBO AFRICA, BRAZIL AND URUGUAY. EAST SOUTH AFRICA BRAZIL ms La Plata Maru Jan. 28 s.s. Hawaii Maru Jan. s ms Buenos Aires Maru Mar. 1 ss. Arizona Maru Feb. 10 ms Santos Maru Mar. 2' s.s. Arabia
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  • 2702 15 Last-Minute Try Saves Probables' Face SCOTLAND EASILY BEAT REST Richmond Inflict Another Defeat On Blackheath (From our London Staff) London, Dec. 18. ji JOST matches. Thai or other, that have to be played in the mud IV I are said to offer plenty
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  • 543 15 Tarleton Retains British Featherweight Title CROWLEY MAKES VAIN FIGHTING RALLY AT END London, Dec. 11. \JEL TARLETON, Liverpool's 29-years-old boxing stylist, retained the 1 British featherweight championship and also made the Lonsdale belt his own property by a clear cut points victory over Dave Crowley. his young London challenger, at
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  • 309 15 VARSITY CROSS-COUNTRY RACE Cambridge Break Succession Of Dark Blue Wins (From Our London Staff) Fleet Street. Dec. 19. £»AMBRIDGE University beat Oxford University on Saturday, in the 50th cross-country race held between the two Universities, by 23 points to 32 over the I 1 2 -mile course at Horton Kirby,
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  • 119 15 Clubs Clash For Third Time In Four Seasons The fact that Doncaster Rovers and Barrow were drawn together in the first round of the F.A. Cup presented a strange coincidence. This was the third time these clubs had been drawn together at this stage of the competition
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  • 126 15 Midshipman Wins R.N. And R.M. Title For Second Time Midshipman G. W. Vavasour won the R.N. and R.M championship at the United Service Club, London, for the second time by beating Lt. O. S. Salt by 9—l, B—lo, 9—5, 7—9. 9—5 in the best final ever seen in
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  • 29 15 Stan. McCabe. the young Australian cricketer, has been appointed captain of New South Wales The post has been given up by Alan Kippax. who is 37 McCabe is 24
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  • 376 16 Almost Entirely Due To Drop Of Over $2,000 In Gate Receipts ANNUAL MEETING NEXT THURSDAY XTOTICE is given that the annual general meeting of the Singapore Amateur Football Association will be held at the Stadium, Anson Road, on Thursday. Jan.
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  • 528 16 LOCAL TEAM SAVED BY GOALKEEPER M.B.S 1 St. J.I. 1. "T^HE Methodist Boys' School, of Kuala Lumpur, who are visiting Singapore to play a series ol games at footbai*. basket-ball and pin*:pong With sister schools, opened their programme yesterday afternoon with a football
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    16 16 AN INCIDENT in the S.C.C. vs. R..VF. match on Wednesday which was drawn 5 points all
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  • 111 16 Teams For Tomorrow's Rugby Match The following are the sides for the rugby game tomorrow at S.C.C. S.C.C.:— A. N. Macaulay: A. H West, A. L. Hill. D. G. M. Owen, E. F. Murphy; W. H. McNeil, F. L. Lane; C. W. Goult. A. E. S. Talbot,
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  • 145 16 Jardine Suggests Necessary Qualifications If Douglas R. Jardine's e'ear-cut views on the playing qualifications for England's Selection Committee governed the appointment of the Australian selectors, what chanjres there would be! In his latest book, Jardine contends that the Committee should possess at least two of the following three
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  • 73 16 China To Re-enter This Year Shanghai. After an absence of several years, China wi 1 again be seen in the annual Davis Cup competition in 1935, according to a decision made by the executive committee of the China National Amateur Tennis Federation. It was reported at the meeting
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  • 37 16 Robert Connor outside-left of Crawcrook Albion, a Tyneside league club, has signed for Queen's Park Rangers following a month's trial. Connor, a native of Newcastle, Is 21, 5 ft. 8 in., and weights 11 st. 7 lb.
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  • 197 16 S.C.C. Z. Ceylon B.C. 1. A KEEN game of hockey was played on the Padang yesterday between the S.C.C. and the Ceylon Sports Club, the result being a win for the Europeans by two goals to one. A brisk shower of rain
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  • 232 16 Starr Wins Bantamweight Championship From Our Own Correspondent.* Penans. Jan. 4. Sylver Starr outpointed Maxie Bluv at Wembley Park Stadium last night over twelve rounds tor the bantamweight championship of Penang. Starr had no difficulty in gaining the verdict Within two minutes of the start of che fight
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  • 157 16 Emu Swallows Eighteen Golf Balls Sydney. Golfers at Mona Vale N.S.W. met a hazard recently when an emu, a straying pet, ate 20 balls on the seventh fairway. The emu, the pet of a man who Is at present in the country, escaped from its paddock and
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  • 39 16 J. D. Wright, a wing-half back from Chelmsford, has signed amateur forms for Southend United. Wright, who is not yet 18 years old has also played inside-forward. *He stands 5 ft 10 in and weighs 10 st. 10 lb
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  • 151 16 Island Club December Bogey Competition KEPPEL CLUBS FIXTURES FOR JANUARY I •THE Island Goll Club Dt.vmb.: bogey competition, played <>• turday and Sunday, resulted In in A class lor I. Oshima. and in R fOf S. Ikeda. The lull returns are as follow A CLASS T Oshima <10 > 1
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  • 138 16 MEET ALL^SINGAPORE TODAY T^JACAO'S fine hookey team will A make its final appearance, on the Padang. this afternoon when AllSingapore will provide the opposition. The visitors, who have already been seen in action locally against the Singapore Europeans and the Singapore Non-European XI gave the
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  • 42 16 Signs Five- Year Contract With Gloucestershire Walter Hammond. Gloucestershire and Eng.and cricketer, whose benefit last season realised £2,620— a record for the county has signed an agreement whereby his services will be retained by Gloucestershire for the next five years.
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    11 16 THE CEYLON SPORTS CLUB hockey XI which lost to the S.C.R.C
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  • 42 16 Members of the Clerical Union who are interested in soccer and wish to take part in the forthcoming 193t> season, are requested to submit their name.?, addresses and positions of play tci Mr. Sng Koey Hoe. c'o The Clerical Union. Rangoon Road.
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  • 51 16 The Keppel Club ladies' spoon January v stroke) will be played lot today. The January medal <bo£ey> will b» played for on Saturday and Sunday The mixed Bag competition, which was played oil <\w Dec. 26 and \ka subsequently cancelled, will now b»> played oil on
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  • 12 16 The Garrison Club ladies' eclcct) competition will be held during thi month.
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