The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 8 March 1935

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  • 17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. NO. 14,517 ESTD. 1835. FRIDAY. MARCH 8. 1925 10 CENTS.
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  • 97 1 NINE -YEAR OLD BOY BECOMES KING OF SIAM Prince Ananda Mahidol A Nephew Of Prajadhipok A REGENCY APPOINTED Prince Anuwabana To Act As President THK Free Press _w« officially informed last night by the onsul ,n Singapore that a new King of Siam ha- been proclaimed. s oiam at at
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  • 101 1 A> Sound Now As It Was At End Of Last Year London, Mar. 7. a the industrial situation, Lloyds Bank, m its monthly review fa "Recent indications that internal trade is on the maintained and that the '< iporadic feeling of pessimism is istifled. that the combination of
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  • 50 1 Four Dead And Many Injured Near Bordeaux Bordeaux, Mar. 7. irom Libourne to derailed last night ten Bordeaux. The cause is untfbly the breaking of an persons were killed and seven iured Many were slightly j nd coach was overturned and telescoped. x*age has blocked both lines. i
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  • 33 1 New Orleans, Mar. 7. A. is unconstitutional says Judge m refusing an appli- Administration for an •strain Hammond. Box. Ny, ot Lousiana from minimum wage and maxi- j provisions of the lumber Reuter
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  • 50 1 Eitfht Killed And 12 Injured In Explosion St. George's Utah, Mar. 7. Eight persons were killed and 12 injured by the premature explosion today of nitro-glycerine which had been dropped into an unfinished oil well. The explosion rocked the countryside and threw scores to the ground Reuter.
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  • 56 1 Direction-Finding Plan For Britain London, Mar. 7. Arrangements to improve direction finding facilities for commercial aircraft flying over Britain are well advanced and new directional stations will be put into operation gradually from next month. It is anticipated that directional facilities will be provided at Heston. Hull.
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  • 80 1 Empire Parliamentarians To Visit London London, Mar. 5. Replies hitherto received indicate the assembly of Empire Parliamentarians for the Silver Jubilee will be the most representative ever held m Britain. Not only the Federal Parliaments of Canada. Australia. New Zealand, South Africa, the Irish Free State, India. Southern
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  • 302 1 BRILLIANT CIVIL SERVANT COMMITS SUICIDE Fatal Dose Of Tablets In London Club ALARMING PHONE CALL FROM VMS London, Mar. 7. pVESMOND Charles Joseph Me- Sweeney, an acting principal m the Colonial Office, was described as an exhibitionist by the Westminster Coroner m returning a verdict of suicide while of unsound
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  • 177 1 THE BUDGET AND THE CHANCELLOR SUCH PITFALLS IN THE SAND WERE WALKING CLOSE AT HAND: IF THESE WERE ONLY LEVELLED OUT," THEY WEPT LIKE ANTHING TO SEE THEY SAID, "IT WOULD BE GRAND!" M After Lewis Carroll, hir Malcolm Campbell has requested that the
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  • 209 1 I I Britain Appeals To The Argentine London, Mar. 7. A MEMORANDUM on the Government's policy for the livestock industry states that unless an agreement is reached with overseas producers for a levy on their exports to the United Kingdom, the British Government will take steps
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  • 69 1 Leaves Portsmouth To Rejoin! Fleet At Malta London, Mar. 7. The damage sustained by H.M.S. Hood, m the recent collision, has been quickly repaired by the naval dockyard at Portsmouth, and. flying the flag o f Rear-Admiral Bailey, the Hood left yesterday to rejoin the Fleet at Malta.
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  • 62 1 British Coal Exporters Faced With Fresh Competition London, Feb. 7. British coal exporters to Italy are faced with fresh competition from an •unexpected Quarter, namely French Tndo-China. According to the Financial Times, a contract was recently placed for shipments of coal irom Indo-China to Italy. It is
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  • 62 1 Labour Party And Defence Scheme London, March 7. The Labour opposition will move a vote of censure m the House of Commons, beginning with the Imperial defence debate, expressing the view that the Government's policy was at variance with the spirit of the League 'of Nations and
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  • 124 1 And National Government Capitulates London, Mar. 5. Exception was taken to the use of the term "National Government" m the Government White Paper on Defence by the Labour Party. When Mr. Lansbury rose at the end of questions and drew attention to the term he said the White
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  • 39 1 London. Mar. 7. The King has approved the appoint ment of Mr. Ronald Hugh Campbell. Minister at Paris, to be Minister at Belgrade m succession to Sir Nevile Henderson who will relinquish his post, m the summer British Radio
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  • 58 1 Italy And Abyssinia Agree Rome, Mar. 7. IT is officially announced that the basis of an agreement has been reached with Addis Ababa as regards the establishment of a neutral zone six kilometres wide between Abyssinian and Italian Somaliland. It is now hoped it will be
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 75 1 LB /dTI MALAYAN PREMIER HOTEL J TONIGHT TOMORROW COCKTAIL DANCE SPECIAL DINNER 6l 5 to 745 pm CONCERT 8.15 to 9.15 p.m. DANCE (FORMAL) OWINr Tft AIID 930 to midnight ORCHESTRA'S EN- CABARET ATTRACTIOM G AG EM ENT ABOARD HALSEY ARMSTRONG H.M.S. "MED WAY" SENSATIONAL SOLO I inTICTF LATE OF
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    • 61 1 nPWBH SEA VIEW J|hOTEI. TONIGHT (formal) TOMORROW (informal) SPECIAL DINNER DANCE KNTKRTAINMKNT BY THE I -Jm LANTHOS I 'i,' M INTERNATIONALLY S ACR OBATIC I ECCENTRIC r^%f k DANCERS %V.-'^ DINNER DANCE MUSIC D V JpS^^^^ A. KONCHESTER'S V^C 1m POPULAR BAND DINNER $300 ttJBSK*'- NON -DINERS $100 fc o»
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  • 35 2 The Chief Justice at Penan*: Court of Appeal. Before Mr. Justice Prichard at 11 a.m. Summonses m Chambers. Originating Summons and Motion. Brl'ore Mr. Justice Mills m Ist. Court Bankruptcy.
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  • 741 2 Effect Of Last Year's Drought TTHE further delay m the US A. gold decision, combined with the delay m settling the pepper difficulties continues to affect business unfavourably, states William Jacks report dated London. Feb. 6. The outsider d< s not realise that it. is
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  • 506 2 Master Of SempilFs Views From Our Own Correspondent' Penang, Mar. 7. THE Master of Sempill. who is making ■a report on Malayan aerodromes lor submission to H.E. the Governor, told me today: "I shall certainly recommend strongly to the Governor that ht should i approve
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  • 91 2 Exports ot tinned pineapples during the week-ending Mar. 2. 1935. trorr Malayan ports amounted to 54.964 cases Ol which 34.545 <63<- > cases were to the United Kingdom, 3.212 <6' i cases tc Continent ot Europe. 13.595 25 > case* Ito Canada, and 3.612 (6* cases
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  • Article, Illustration
    268 2 The output ol the Raub Australia! Gold Mining Co.. Ltd.. lor the iou weeks ended Feb 'JB. amounted t< 1.013.24 ozs. The Shipping Office and the Office lot the Statistics Department will b< open on Saturday. Mar 16. ior one hou »only (from 10 a.m. to II a.m.)
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  • 194 2 a Lewis And Peat's London c Report s Lewis Peats weekly rubber market p report, dated Feb. 19, states: D The announcement of the Gold c Clause m America came as a relief late X last night. The market immediately recovered an eighth of a penny per lb
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 351 2 CLASSIFIED ADV HUDSON'S EUMENTHOL JUJUBES. m tins HANDY for the POCKET. The*** pastilles promptly i«fdirv«* Coujphs. Colds, Sore Throat and Catarrh. Obtainable from j c all Chemists and Stores. Sub-agents 6RAFTON LABORATORIES, 20b, Collyer Quay. BOARD RESIDENCE. "EAST ANGLIA." 6, OXLEY RISE, Near Town High and cool situation. Large grounds.
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    • 322 2 r ERTISEMEN j s I TjiXDRKT I—^1 I Tender* I )llowin« mater ii utlculan. oom. t LrttiiiLi ol v, productloi 4 P.m Monda Supply ol P ment. Pipes ■oil Pumping Bi P;»rk and All Vj Supply oi Wat r\ Jan. Iti v,.,, m Dftteol Closii :>i. IttS. Installation oi Banit
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 149 2 Diary Of The Week j FRIDAY, MAR. 8 High Water 051 a.m. 9.4 it.. 1.12 p.m. 9/J It High Water. Football: s.a.fa League. Div. r. s.R.C. vs. S.C.C.. Anson Road Stadium. SATURDAY, MAR. 0 High Water 120 a.m. 9.4 it.. 1.86 p.m.! 9.3 it. (Joli OaJTiSOn ClUb, Men's Monthly Medal
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    • 418 2 I Today 's Radio Programmes 8.8.C. Transmission 111 p.m. 9.35 Biji Ben. Barry Mills (syncopated pianist >. 9.50 The Celebrity Trio. Broomfield Robertson < baritone). 10.20 "Major Butterfield's Adventure." A play In one act by Henry A Hering. 10.50 The Scottish Studio Orchestra. 11.20 Talk: "Music and the Ordinary Listener."
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  • 91 3 Punjab Officer To Direct Ceylon Anti-Malaria Campaign IRs. 3,000,000 Colombo. .1. (i. Gill, the barge of the laria Survey, has, been selected by Committee of the special officer ireel the proposed anti-malaria campign the Committee win State Council for < lemesha, M.D.. had a with tho Minister of :.d Is
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  • 148 3 In a Few i l.umpur. Mar. 4. pill, who is return a six- month flying hred at the Kuala terodrome at 12.45 W. D. Barren )i Seiangor, and the club captain. d Sempill to iht j rviewed late toirom Port Swetted the aerodrome State Engineer wanted to visii the
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  • 97 3 Number Of >ke-Houses milling concerns m topped work and tion as a result the control smoke-housei I place." contends I he manager of 3 rm m Singapore thai I m< nl is now on- illholden to pre ked sheets is conI tive rubber is stil re irom N.1.", saic
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  • 12 3 I burg American moto West Indian servic 1 to the Far Easten
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  • 543 3 Engineer's Death At Television Studio OVERLOOKED SAFETY SWITCH HE FITTED HIMSELF I th? d at a Pen§e irs nln S^ ltch which he W«»eW •n stalled l caused the death of Herbert Donaid Price, the 26-year-old television engineer, who was electrocuted m the transmitting room at the Baird studis
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  • 406 3 I j Pontoon Service For Heavy Lorries (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Mar. 7. i In view of the ever increasing motor 'vehicular traffic m Provinoe Wellesley. I the Penang Harbour Board are m the future introducing a pontoon ferry ser- vice across the Prai River for
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  • 51 3 MR. FAIRBURN LEAVES ON RETIREMENT I Police Farewell On Wharf 1 AS the s.s. Kedah left Singapore yesterday morning for Penang. three cheers rang out. and a band .softly played. "Auld Lang Syne." It was the policemen's farewell to their retiring Inspector-General the iHon. Mr. H. Fairburn. C.M.G., and his
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  • 231 3 RAJA MUDA OF KEDAH fENGKU Mohamed. Raja Muda of Kedah and heir apparent to the throne, died m the General Hospital. Singapore, yesterday morning. The eldest surviving son of H.H. the Sultan, Tengku Mohamed was installed m May last year, a week or two after the death of another member
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  • 48 3 While playing near his house at the sixth mile. Changi Road, a three-year-old Hockchia boy fell into a pond and was drowned. After an ineiuiry held before Mr. W. 1 G Porter, the Singapore Coroner, yes--1 terday a verdict of death by misadventure was returned. i
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  • 73 3 Japanese delegates and delegates from the North China Government held a secret meeting m connection with the future control of the demili- tarised zone m North China. Although no official announcement has been made, the Japanese are re- > ported to have agreed to let the Chinese > police control
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  • 149 3 Melbourne Air Race Competitor To Attempt New Record A US TRALIA-ENGLAND I IN SEVEN DAYS I SOLO Sydney. IN a letter from Cootamundra. NSW Mr. H. L. Br^ok. one of the com- petitors m the Melbourne Air Raof. j writes "I shall be starting back to England about March 20.
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  • 169 3 She Gained Energy •I of icing neflcial U tto r writ* is U o| llcatl mh 24 years ol h tt. j Ini ,i,v was 28 ;i* b mai. i listless and without Now all r X; i en Si iv] irly Ii i 28
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  • 156 3 SIKH CAPTOR GIVEN REWARD J AM out of employment and I had no money to spend." vu the n explanation offered by Wong Ah Lin? m admitting a charge or theft ta I '■-P. Brandcr. the Singap '•f;nd magistrate yesterday. Sentence was postponed until M 13, Ah Lim
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  • 219 3 Result Of The "Groups" Decision To Stabilise Price? From Our Own Correspondent) London. Feb. 2t>. All tin shares are severely mark* d down m the share market todasympathy with the llapse ol price ol the metal The price of I has fallen by more than £12 In month
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  • 60 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Mar. ♦>. The London peppor market was steadier today and there was an improved demand for the commodity. Prices lor white muntok were un •changed from yesterday at 9 4d. m bond Blak: spot, buyers 4d.. sellers 4 4 d.. January-March and March-May,
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    • 187 3 B rid da I a til served E k «r- B ~drft^* i M^*mif vSSJC A .MASTEH'9.. J fclrl jS'i 1 v I Wool Buntings Tlags. .Maker and repairer of rattan and Bertam Chicks, Canvas and Spring Blinds, Tarpaulins, Tents. Bags, I Blue Screens, Bertam Panels, Wire Netting Fencing. Wool
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  • 2260 4  - WOMEN S INTERESTS Mignon The Social Spotlight by i MOW that the races arc over 1N thoughts arc turning to the various functions that are to be held during the Jubilee celebrations. i Preparations are already afoot and rehearsals will shortly begin for the various cabaret numbers to b< included
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    • 222 4 S M B* U U U B B X /^a A>^^ fl A AT A^ B^ aT Ui aT a^ ar a^r A' aT ar^B ar^B a^ a^ B^B^B^^^^^^^ tvt irm-t \Nriu- .unl >.. /I f^Mfo Wi n pi'-asvd I „,n xx it h tlu- x- a Idtm, roult^ 1
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 142 5 ■v I* 4bV^ y^^^^^^jyj 4J n o ■m v M HK M#i v 7/ilaa 'St 3 X 6 modern btx /j*BS I Please Ask For A Demonstration at SCHMIDT CO., I 89, BRAS BASAH ROAD, RAFFLES HOTEL BUILDING I OR J AT THE LEADING PHOTOGRAPHIC DEALERS IN TOWN. I DO
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  • 499 6 Big Drop In Number Of Malaria Cases CO-OPERATIVE SELLING TO BE INVESTIGATED EXCERPTS from the minutes of the Cameron Highlands Society committee meeting held at the Society's office at Lubek Tamang on Wednesday, Feb. 27, were as follows: Present— Mr. H. Gordon Graham, J.P., <
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  • 168 6 TAMIL AND WIFE STABBED IN THEIR SLEEP Woman 's Instant Death Taiping, Mar. 4. MEWS has come to hand of a murder from the quiet little village of Simpang Lembau Kluang (Selama), 24 miles from Taiping. A young Tamil woman, the wife of an estate tindal named Jerram, is dead
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  • 69 6 Pilots and Masters of steamers are Hereby cautioned that m connection With the West Wharf Extention the position of certain cables between Pulo Srani and the shore m front of St. James Power Station has to be temporarily altered. For this purpose a tug and lighter Will be
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  • 204 6 Many Vessels Building In England Today Wkers -Armstrongs, Limited, recently Laid the ke«l of a new British cruiser, the Sheffield, at their Walker-on-Tyne yard They have now two cruisers on he stocks, and two destroyers will be laid down shortly. Hawthorn Leslie and Cc. Limited. Kebburn-on-Tyne. have officially
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  • 338 6 I Ceylon Malaria Epidemic Abating T*HE general improvement through- out the epidemic area continues (states a Press communique issued by the Ceylon Ministry of Health). Z"ici^mic conditions no longer exist In the Ratnapura district and the Rai- gam Korale of the Western Province, and the improvement during
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  • 84 6 Won World Cruise On The Empress Of Britain It is not only millionaires and captains of industry or members of noble houses who are able to travel on th* Empress of Britain, for this time she is carrying one family who were given their passage for winning
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  • 338 6 VISIT OF BRITISH WARSHIPS TO SIAMESE WATERS Extensive Official Programme <From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Mar. 3. TTHE visit of the British warships "Kent" and "Falmouth" and of Admiral Sir Frederic Charles Dreyer, Commander-in-Chief on the China Station, to Siamese waters from March 9 to March 15 promises to be
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  • 325 6 Investiture Ceremony By Governor H.E. the Governor (Sir Shenton Thomas) invested Lt.-Col. G. C. Meredith of the S.S.V.F. with the badge of an officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) at the Beach Road headquarters Tuesday evening. His Excellency said: I have it m
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  • 97 6 News has been received from Trichinopoly. South India, of the death of Mr. J. David at the age of 79 He was pastor and headmaster of Dato Kramat Read School of the Methodist Mission Penang. m 1905. under Rev G F* Pykett. and later chief clerk, Jawi j Rubber estate
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 95 6 Summary of 1934 Report NEW INSURANCE 12,613,181 I INSURANCE IN FORCE £104,392,558 I ASSETS 25,646,605 I PAYMENTS TO POLICYHOLDERS 3,322.496 I SPECIAL RESERVES AND SURPLUS 1,814,937 I The Company's Record, 1887-1934. j Death Benefits Paid 10,320 665 I Payments to Living Policyholders j for Maturities etc 16,446 238 I Dividends
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  • 127 7 IF: JOHN SIMON To TOUR EUROPE I-onclon, .Mar. 5 GH the Ambassador m Lion the Soviet has formal* armed the invitation toi hn Simon to visit Moscow. to the Daily Telegraph, arrangements to complete the Britlsb visits to the principal i capitals are approaching! iSudS t th
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  • 332 7 SINO- JAPANESE FRIENDSHIP IS GROWING Both Realise Past Mistakes (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Mar. 5. "DECENT developments m the Far East show that the two countries, China and Japan, are beginning to realise the useless- j ness of continuing m enmity and efforts are now directed towards re-establishing peace
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  • 63 7 •From Our Own Correspondent.' London, Mar. H. Rawang Concessions Ltd. have declared an interim dividend of sixpence per share and a bonus of one shilling i for the year ending Mar. Si. The' dividend is payable on Mar. ?0 and is equivalent to 3' 2 per cent,
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  • 162 7 London, Feb. '11. The money value of retail trade sales m January was 4.2 per cent, larger than m Jan.. 1934. The index number at 105 was higher than m the iirsf month Of the three preceding years, though it was considerably below the peak attained m
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  • 155 7 Another Thrill For Sir M. Campbell Daytona, ."Mar. 4. Alter his southward run m which he averaged 270.473 miles an hour over the mile. Sir Malcolm Campbell decided not to make the northward trip. Interviewed by Router he said the beach was Impossible for a record, being too
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  • 60 7 Pope Inveighs Against Nudism Vatican City, Mar. 5. A strong condemnation of "the horrible cult Co nudism" and the "shamelessness" of modern nudists was expressed by His Holiness the Pope when he received priests and preachers of the Lent iterm. The Pope inveighed against tlvj j modern paganism
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 321 7 J ENGLAND MADE IT-AND HOLLYWOOD ACCLAIMED IT I ONE OF THE MIGHTIEST MOVIES EVER^ FILMED" i Another marvellous motion picture has come across the sea...\Jew Suss' under iku name 'Power' stands V US one c^f the mightiest movies ever filmed." >♦ New York American. V J■ 1 f The Most
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    • 355 7 I op ENING TONIGHT I■l ■■"!> n■ I AT 615 AND 915 [AL H A IVI BRA I I H^^SpmmJ^K Ns<)U comes the hrawin father oi ill thrill dram-is from th< I E^m "FOG over FRISCO" flggji mk Jrst National's ThriHin^ Sens;:lional M\ster> Komanci I DONALD WOODS HUGH HERBERT MARGARET
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  • 877 8 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1935 Siam And Greece IT is a strange circumstance that the country most intimately affected should be the last to learn officially that its King has abdicated, so heavy is the hand of the censorship m Siam, but it cannot be said that
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  • 218 8 Mr. Bachmeier. #aa a passenger to Singapore by the Imperial Airways "Astrae.i" which arrived on March 5. Lord Sempill arrived m Penang on Tuesday evening by air and made a safe landing. Lieut. Abbas, ot the tutorial staff. High School. Malacca, who had been admitted to the
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  • 108 8 I Do You Know The first map of Singapore island was issued from the Survey Department m 1857? J It was prepared by Mr J t Thomson, one of the first restj dents of Singapore, who be- came chief of the department m 1841. His connection with i
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  • 432 8 lIOWEVER much the scare may be ex- aggerated about synthetic rubber one day replacing the natural product to Malaya's utter ruin and destruction, there can be no doubt that it is making headway m Soviet Russia. It is extremely doubtful if Russia would resort synthetic rubber
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  • 1056 8 117 HEN Julio Gallardo came from the camp to take over the cafe his Uncle Bamballi had left him he heard with simple pleasure that his inheritance included a feud, and prepared to continue it with fist, knife, bottle, or whatever came to hand. To one
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 66 8 Caldbeck's FISH. MAY WE SUGGEST? H HALIBUT-PLAICE-SALMON TURBOT LEMON DOVER SOLES NEW ZEALAND BLUE COD 4KS FRESH— ALWAYS AVAILABLE. Singapore COLD STORAGE co., ltd. ORCHARD ROAD. wx/* I I v^ swimming suits y\ Mannecjain parac j e INTRODUCING THE 1935 STYLES FOR LADIES NEW FABRICS NEW COLOURS NEW DESIGNS TOMORROW
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    • 57 8 "WHAT WILL THE PRODUCERS DO when film fans tire of Elizabethan costumeplays"? asks a critic. Cut out the ruff -stuff, presumably. You can eliminate financial loss due to fire, burglarly and other disasters by covering the contents of your home with "GAFLAC" POLICIES. GENERAL ACCIDENT, FIRE LIFI ASSURANCE CORPORATION, LTD.
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  • 1514 9 If The Government Will Provide The Money DISCUSSION ON QUESTION OF SITE (From Our Own Correspondent) Turn-, Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 6. HhKE Is to be a n «w Central Market m Kuala Lumpur— if the Government will provide the money. The Sanitary Board, at today's
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  • 165 9 Reviving Conditions Fin China Shanghai, Mar. 7. AEPORT from Tokio states that Mi. Shigemitsui. Vice-Minister Foreign Affairs, interviewed tapermen this morning and -poke freely on the question of an national loan to be given to China. Mr SI .<aid that participate action by Japan was
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  • 257 9 John Simon And China Situation London, Mar. 6. Answering a question m the House of today, the Foreign Secretary. John Simon, said tentative pro- forward last December the Chinese Government. icy did not appear to His Ma- Government, after careful exn to provide a satisfactory :iv for
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  • 37 9 t (apanage Manoeuvres In Tientsin Shanghai, Mar., 7. Japanese garrison troops m md practically all the ese citizens In the city took part lorning In general manoeuvres m tion cf the Thirtieth Anniversary Russo-Japanese War.
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  • 21 9 marriage ol Miss Margaret 4 to Mr. W. M. Warren of Malim took place at St Mary's Church. Lumpur, on Saturday.
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  • 68 9 Continued from Page 8) pictured one above her com--9 m the shade. She ran to greet hen returned to her place, ap'lv unconscious of onlookers. nourishing business he has there," irked Labrero. with seeming irrele"Perhapi who knows?— we shall rtend m future." The senora to remind
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  • 121 9 Home Government's Decision London, Mar. 7. AN inter-departmental committee is being set up to devise road safety instruction for children m schools m England and Wales. Members will include representatives of the Board of Education, the Transport Ministry, the Home Office, local authorities, and school teachers. Evidence
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  • 35 9 Heavy Fighting In North Kweichow Hong Ron?, Mar. 7. The situation m Kweichow has wor;?ned. The Re^l forces commanded by ?hu Teh and Mao Cheh Tung are sported to have crossed the Wukiang
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  • 171 9 London, Mar. 5. THE final trials have been completed m Southampton of high-powered heavily armoured speed boats for use as pirate and smuggler chasers m Chinese rivers and along the coasts. The first named, the Kuanwei, will be shipped this week-end and is designed for
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 165 9 COMMODITY MARKET Latest Rubber And Tin Prices (From Our Own Correspondent) RUBBER: London, Mar. 7. I Jpot (Sellers) 6! B d. <6 3 16d. (Buyers) 6d. (6 116 d. > Lpril-June 6 5 32d. <6 7 32d.> uly-September 6 5 16 d. (6 1132 d.) )ct.-Dec. 6 7 16d. <6
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  • TRADE AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE
    • 1637 10 Suspicions And Criticisms A DEFENCE OF MR. JOHN HOWESON i PIE following article by "Candidus" is reproduced from the 1 Investors' Chronicle and Money Market Review of Feb. 23. NO one can object to the tin restriction scheme being fully debated m Parliament, where libel
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    • 69 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association DAILY PRICES CURRENT FOR R.M.A. No. 1. X RIBBED SMOKED SHEET Mar. 7, 12 o'clock noon Buyers Sellers spot (loose) 20 5116 20 7jl( FOB.) Current month 209|16 20 11(1€ ipr.jJune 21% 21»/ 2 ulyiSept. 22% 223/4 >ct.!Dec. 233,4 23't Tone of Market:— Quiet Steady.
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    • 235 10 Mar. 7. SELLING London. 4 months' sight 2 4 5 32 Lcndon, months' sight 2 4' a London, 60 days' sight 2 4 3 32 London. 30 days' sight 2 4 1 16 London, demand 2 4 1 32 London. T.T. 2 4 1 32 Lyons and Paris,
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    • 111 10 Foreign imports of tin ore during the nonth of February. 1935. Country of Origin Tons 1. Alaska 2. Burma 282 3. The Netherlands Indies:— Banka and Billiton Singkep Other Places 3 4. French Indo-China 99 5. Japan 58 6. Siam 1283 7. Tanganyika 7 8. Union of
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    • 268 10 Dividend Of 5 Per Cent. ULU BENUTS PROFIT OF $32,U00 THE report of the directors of Ulu Benut Consolidated Rubber Company. Ltd. to be presented to the shareholders for the year ended Dec. 31, > 1934, at the annual general meeting on > March 14 at the Hong Kong Ban!'
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    • 100 10 Mar. I. Gambier 4.75 Java Cuoo 8 75 Hamburg Cube 11.00 Muntok White Pepper 34.00 White Pepper 36.00 Copra. Sundried 4.75 Copra, mixed 4.50 Small Flake Tapioca 3.90 Blanja Jelotong 5.75 Sarawak Jelotong 6.75 R. <Siam) W.C. No. 1 per koyan $120 R. B. Siam No. 1
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    • 212 10 Drop Of Over 6,000 Tons Last Month Guthrie and Co.'s weekly rubber report dated Singapore. Mar. 7. states A certain amount of liquidation has been caused by the International Committee's quota announcement which appears to have disappointed speculators. Prices m all markets have fallen considerably and the decline
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    • 971 10 THURSDAY, MAR. 7, 1935 Buyers Sellers. Ampat Tin (4s) 4s lMsd 4s 7%d lAsam Kumbang (£> 34s 35s c.d. i Austral Malay 61s 62s c.d. lAyer Hitam Tin (5s > 12s 3d 13s Ayer Weng ($1) 185 J,.90 (Bangrin Tin (£> 24s 25s Chenderiang 8s 9s Hitam
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    • 128 10 M.ir. 4. V ii American Can. Com. 116 > ***** 1 American Telephone and Telegraph 105 :i 4 105 104.. Atcheson Railroad 41 38":, Dupont Firestone l V h 15 General Dectrtc 2SH General Motors 29\ Mfc 28 1 Goodrich 9 3 8^ 8^ Goodyoar 21 19» 19
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    • 143 10 The following information h-;s been receivca Iroin tli. R Association, through the Malayan Information Agency, Ur. "Tons" are lons tons m xt vlous retu was published as Straits Settles* Hi G xt 26 dat€d Feb 8 1935 m the Federated Malay as Notification Miscellaneous page 254 d.itfd Fob
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  • 922 11 Local Chinese Topics $300,000 RAISED Amoy University BY iHE members of the Singapore Hokien Hoe Kuan honoured 1 Lim Boon Keng, president of It tuoy University, at the Ec Hoe I an Club. Bukit Pasoh Road, Tuesday night when tables laid for nearly eighty people, jl occasion was the celebration
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  • 735 11  -  Ely Culbertson by I World's Champion Player and Greatest Card Analyst I 1 1 WHEN IS A RUFF ROUGH ON OPPONENTS /\NE of the most elementary oi Bridge optical illusions is the illusion that Declarer gains a trick by ruffing m the j closed hand. One of
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  • 93 11 China Rivals Canada Shanghai. 'T'HE five little daughters of the French Canadian farmer, Dionne, are no longer sole claimants to the fame of being born quintuplets, for Li Hsi-wu, a villager who lives just outside the mining town of Tangshan, and his 50-year-old wife have just become the parents
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  • 338 11 Same Concessions As Last Year (From Our Own Correspondent.* Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 5. The following official communique has been issued today: In order to afford a measure of relief to the coconut and oil palm industries, the Federated Malay States Government made certain concessions m 1934.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 733 11 Assets exceed $12,000,000. Assurance m force over $35,006,000 The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m the Straits Settlements) HEAD OFFICE Great Eastern Lile Building, Cecil Street, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE 27, Old Jewry. E.C. The Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England and complies with the
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  • 773 12 U.K. BUILDS 173 MERCHANT VESSELS World Total Nearly Doubled PARTICULARS o f the output of merchant vessels by the British shipyards last year based on the quarterly returns, which were given by The Times of Jan. 16, are confirmed by the Annual Summary of Lloyd's Register of
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  • 137 12 British Warships Put Out Of Commission The following ships have boon placed :n the disposal list at the ports named* Devonport. sloop Daffodil; Sh^erness, ;!oop Veronica and minesweepers Caterlam and Cantata; Portsmouth subnarines H 27. H 30, L 22, and L 25 all aid down m 1917-18. The
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  • 29 12 Fraser and Chalmers, Erith engilay about noon from Saigon and will all the same day at 5 p.m. for Colombo, >ort Said. Marseilles, Nantes and Borleaux.
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  • 425 12 For Fuel Jifß. John Kane, of Cardiff, whe was installed as president oi the South Wales Institute of Engineers recently, referred m his address to the developments which have taken place m the coal-min-ing industry m recent years. Of these he cited as the most outstanding the
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  • 110 12 SINGAPORE HARBOUR Ships alongside die v, «»r experts to ■M Wharf <hA^^~ i Somersetshire 22. Op JTTJ IW. WM <**££, I Toyooka Maru 18. Inten 13; Shirala 11 LL Deucalion. Tokiwa M iri pSV* Gr vstok Empire Dock (Enlrame Nagato Maru 46. West Wharf (Entra.u,. Gay i Corneville 5; Rasa
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  • 136 12 Greystokt- Castle, Brit. f from Now York 7.3, for I Hakodate Maru. Jap Yokohama 7.3. for Penan Klang. Brit.. 723 ton, frtMß I ,7.3. for P. S' ham and Penaftf M Kiddcrprn'. Brit. 3l> Nagoya 7.3 for Penang 9.3 Shirala. Brit.. 4.87 7.3. for Port Bwettennam Kampar. Brit.
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  • 56 12 Mar. 6: ToUTCOillfl -Nor.). Auo;, ,<Sar. >: Prachatipok (8lam); Pr ;<Nor.>; Ifajaag, Knoen Hoei Both Tohiti. Thedent, loteflna, Doggenbtal ;«Dut.); Sin Aik Let, Barrwhin. Tune Song. Ipoh. Mahidol. L., Kheni Bern «Bnt i Mar. 7: Rahmar. JenntHl X.. Glaucus. Maohaon. Kedah. X [Bangalore, Hong Peni t jTerukuni Maru <Jap.»
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  • 20 12 i Lloyd Triettino express Esot-ria. is to be taken ofl I Oi I Alexandria run !or octet) Isation and Improvement
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    • 599 12 BOUSTEAD Co., Ltd. (Incorporated In F.M.S.) TEUCPHONE: Freight 5433 Passage 5431. LLOYDS AGENTS. Hooking Vgents for Federated Malay States Railways. Royal State Railways of Siam. < Incorporated m England). HOME VIA CHINA, JAPAN HONOLULU CANADA FOUB MAGNIFICENT "EMPRESSES" COMPRISING THE LARGEST AND FASTEST STEAMERS ON THE PACIFIC FREQUENT SAILINGS FROM
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    • 142 12 HEAP EN6 MOH S.S. CO.. I LIMITED. (RED FUNNEL LINE (INCORPORATED IN STRAITS SE^-« kl sTf Regular passenger .nul t.us< lltj from Singapore to lava, It-men Ranka and BillitMi. I OH BATAVIA. CHEBIBON WJ BBMAEANG (Every Twm, 1 Irl s.s. Ban Bong Uong W M:1 s.s. Giant: Bcng I OK
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 591 12 Local And Foreign Mail Despatches And Arrivals BY TRAIN Bangkok every Saturday 7 p.m. Thursday 7.30 a.m. Kedah Monday to Friday 730 a.m. Saturday 7.30 am. and 7 pm. Kuantan (via Jerantut) Monday to Friday 7.30 a.m. Saturday 7.30 sum. 7 p.m Kelantan -via Gemas) every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and
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    • 372 13 't^^rTT* 4 jL!r*^"^ MH B3j»t-- HB 9^^K I m i P. O. S. N. COS SAILINGS, OUTWARDS •co^ N H e S -k na Hj^ b*N nttsßk $SP? NALDERA 16.000 Apr. 12 KA^AR Th/nd Vi Z Jufv S ANPURA 17.060 Apr. 26 RANCHI 70M Jn v it UALI 6 810
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    • 498 13 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. Incorporated m England) "ELLERMAN" LINE FOR HAVRE, LONDON, ROTTERDAM AND HAMBURG VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL *^w». Steamer nnm c x City of Norwich M Ma ai City of Adelaide City ol Birmingham T£ JJ J City Of Manila Apr 30 May 1 x Calls
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    • 728 13 kM Hi*" POPttllflMAi I INSURANCE. uSSSSSe Co. Lt°d a an° n nnd lObe ThC T o hU^ ft d Mf -> KAILWAYS. ite Federated Malay states Railways The Royal State Railway, »l i ton rta AIRWAYB. BLUE rUMMEL LINE I Regular service to Marseilles. London. Am&terdam. Rottp T <lani and
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    • 810 14 K. P. ML KONINKLIJKE PAKEIVAART MAATSCHAPPU SIBERG Friday. Mar. 8. Rhio, Dabo. Billiton and Batavia. OP TEN NOORT Friday. Mar. 8, Muntok 'passengers and mails only), Batavia. Semarang and Sourabaya. MAROS Friday. Mar 8, Sapat. Tembilahan. Poeloe-Pallas and Rengat. GEN. VERSPYCK Friday, Mar. 8. Letong, Kramat. Tarempa, Midai, PoeloePandjang, Serassan,
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    • 318 14 REGULAR FORTNIGHTLY SAILINGS TO NAPLES GENOA MARSEILLES Via Pen&nr, Colombo, Bombay, Suez, Port Said, Alexandria on the Famous PRESIDENT LINERS All oattlde stateroomsExcellent caisine Swimming bath Three day itopover In Effypt. Arrive Leave Arrive Singapore. Singapore. New York. PRESIDENT VAN BUREN Mar. 9 Mar. 12 Apr. 23 PRESIDENT GARFIELD Mar.
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    • 634 14 i f »I^2 T MS. RIO DE JANEIRO MARU, SISTER VESSEL OF M S Dt'KNds TO THE UNITED STATES VIA S.AFRICA S.AMERic' Lea. Arr. Arr. Arr. Arr A rNext Sailing* Spore Durban C. Town R.ricJ'ro Santo* n m.s. Santos Maru Mar. 27 Apr. 13 Ap 16 Apr. 27 Apr 28
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  • 1375 15 Oxford Go Down Before URIOUS TRY~AT CARDIFF Scored From Pass Carried Well Forward By Wind (From Our London Staff) London, Feb. 18 QLACKHEATH beat Cambridge University at Cambridge on Saturday by four goals and two tries (26 points) to nothing 1 he result was
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  • 901 15 'There's No Shamateur About Bunny" IVelsh scrummage were largely n.>spon- sible lor their side's success, while their tacka were also superior to those of the Irish. The Irish lorwards were better in :he loose than m the tight. The London Welsh forwards packed better m the set scrummages. Early m
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  • 424 15 Kuaki Lumpur, Mar. 7. The SelangOT Golf Club tennis tournament men's open singles semi- 1 finals were played yesterday and resulted as follows, Howard beat Lee 8-6. B—6. Sinclair beat Haskins 6 4. 4—6. 6—o. The final will be played today. moving, and J. E. Forrest iinished
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  • 181 15 AM K RI( A N'S FORKC AST Perry To Remain Tennis B CT:ed Perry win remain world ttsttti Kiim and Britain will fcetn th»Davi.s Cup this year, RnleSfl Events prove wrong tiic forecast ol Jack Doyi<Broadway bettlllf comini.ssioiuT. Doyle has teen the champions ot hair
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  • 767 15 European Forwards Lack i± Thrust I < From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Mar. li. There is an old BMCei maxim: M it's <»n:iK that uin." It was exemplified m Kid:;>'s same between the Selan«or Club and the Malays, on the padang;. TJsr
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    • 26 15 PETROL RUNNING TO WASTE while you use those old, worn-out, wasteful plugs CHANGE TO Dbtrihutors for Mr\ls<y'i RORN'FO MOTORS ITI» REMEMBER ASK FOR THE ENGLISH A.C.
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  • 527 16 FRASER NEAVE OUTPLAY HONG KONG BANK k Commercial Cup GOOD SHOWING IN FIRST MATCH N. 4: H. K. &S. Bank 1. QLAYING on their own ground m Anson Road yesterday, Fraser and Neaves beat the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank by four goals to one m the Commercial Cup competition.
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  • 549 16 135 ENTRIES FOR SELANGOR RACES No Events For Classes One And Two Horses ONE hundred and thirty-five animals have been entered for the Selangor Turf Club Spring Meeting to be held at Kuala Lumpur on March 16 and 23. There are no events for classes 1 and 2 horses. THE
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  • 497 16 DEPLETED MARINE SIDE BEATEN BY MALAYS Second Division BREEZE PL AYS A BIG PART Malays 11 .4 Marine Dept. .3. THE Marine Department, playing with only 10 men practically throughout their second division League fixture with the Malays second string, were just beaten bj the odd goal m seven at
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  • 62 16 Arsenal's Smashing Win At Tottenham London, March 7. English League matches played yesterday resulted as follows: DlvfsiON I*~ Chelsea 2 Birmingham 2 Everton 4 Leeds 1 Huddersfield 3 West Bromwich 0 Tottenham 0 Arsenal 6 Preston 1 Portsmouth 1 DIVISION II Bolton 1 Hull o DIVISION 111 (Southern)
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  • 60 16 Wilts HI 2; Y.M.CA 1. Yesterday's match m the Third Division of the S.A.F.A. League resulted m a win for the Wiltshires 111 over the Y.M.CA. by two goals to one. Meader scored for the Wilts and What Kirn for the Y.M.CA. m the first half. Hopgood netting
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  • 59 16 The following will represent the P.W.D. Sports Club a t cricket against St. Andrew's School tomorrow at th( school grounds, Waterloo Street, at 2 p.m.: N. A. Pestana, M. S. Mani. P D' Almeida <capt.>. S. Ahin, T. Kiat Chin Lye. P. N. Ebert. I. Leijssius A F Spr field.
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  • 302 16 MAHARAJAH OF PATI ALA'S OFFER TURNED DOWX 5 A LTHOUGII the Maharajah of Patiala is prepared to spend £10,000 to get a strong team of Australian cricketers to visit India it seems probable that the tour will not take place, as, while
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  • 88 16 Dates And Ranges Reserved For Practice The lollowmt: date* and i have been reserved for pravt:. the Far East Interport Shoot. 1935 March 10 Fam-r Rang*' 8 30. March 16 March 23 do U After this practice sixteen Wfl only will be selected for further Ing). Apr.
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    • 12 16 j .\V\ j The Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation Limited, j i«»«»
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    • 57 16 CROMPTON MEANS EXTRA BRILLIANCE THIS YEAR CROMPTON LAMPS ARE BETTER THAN EVER GIVE MORE LIGHT FOR THE SAME CURRENT CONSUMPTION WITHOUT SACRIFICE OF LIFE OR STRENGTH. ONE CROMPTON LAMP THE COILED COIL LAMP ACTUALLY GIVES 2O°o MORE LIGHT THAN ORDINARY GASFILLED LAMPS! CROMPTON COILED-COIL LAMPS AVAILABLE IN 40 WATT 230
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