The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 14 March 1935

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  • 18 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. NO. 1 4,.V>? KSTD. 1835 THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1935 10 CENTS
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  • 700 1 •DISASTROUS" ACTION BY COMMITTEE Refusal To Take Blame NEIGHBOURING STATES CAN PLAY A DECISIVE ROLE rpffi failure of the League of Nations to stop the war b.twoni Bolivia and Paraguay in the Gran Chaco is mphasised by the action of the Advisory Committee
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  • 55 1 Normal Conditions In Three Days Havana, Mar. 13. rill: situation is improving: as a result of the Government's stern measures and Prcriicnt Mendieta has stated that he expects normal conditions to be restored within three days. Taxis are now operating, public employes are returning to their work and
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  • 39 1 Most optimistic among them, that Ihey could not expect to bring about an cessation of hostilities in the Chaco, but he trusted th*» riant would not U m it universal cability in every continent. H«> :ibed the Committee's departure
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  • 559 1 Malayan Rubber Estates Are Not Gold Mines LOW COSTS MEAN NEGLECT AND SI VR V ATION WAGES Aleeting Of Central Perak Planters (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Mar. 13. 11/I R. J. S. Ferguson, the chair--I*l man. presiding at the annual meeting of the Central Perak Planters' Association, in the
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  • 126 1 Germany's New Military Air Force Berlin, Mar. 12. pERMAMY'S military air force: formally comes into existence on Apr. 1 when General Goering; will assume the title of General Of Fliers. The country is divided into five re- glonal air commands and one naval air, command. It is
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  • 156 1 Statement By Siamese Minister (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Mar. 13. rpHE Minister of Finance, replying to an urgent ques- tion in the Assembly, assured Members that although a run on the Siam Commercial Bank, Ltd., had occurred the bank's financial standing was unaffected as the funds
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  • 74 1 Mother Flees To The Mountains Lausanne, Mar. 13. rpHE hitherto placid life of the Queen Mother and the new boy King of Siam has been considerably upset through the latter's accession to the throne and the mother ha.s now fled to the mountains to get
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  • 150 1 BRITISH EX-M.P. ARRESTED IN UNITED STATES DECLARED TO BE A COMMUNIST Steps To Secure Deportation Chicago, Mar. IS. IMMIGRATION ollicers arrested the ex-Member of Parliament, Mr. John Strachey. after lie had addressed a meeting in the Jewish Temple in Glencoe. on the grounds that he declared himself a Communist which,
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  • 51 1 to settle him down. She will probably succeed after tbe excitement is over as she is ii very sensible woman and he is good boy at heart. The Siamese delegates recently ii> London negotiating with ex-King Piajadhipok are arriving at the weekend to notify Ananda Mahidol formally of his accession.
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  • 31 1 Bangkok, Mar. IS. The bjy Kiny is due in Siam at th> end of May for th<- coronation which the Government ;irv planning to cvla- hrate extensively Reuter
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 93 1 BIGIA TEA Brings the freshness and fragrance of the Malayan gardens direct to your home. f MALAYA'S PREMIER HOTEL TONIGHT COCKTAIL DANCE &^^%S^^PW 6.30 to S.I 5 p.m. S.S. ARANDORA STAR IN PORT I PB SPECIAL CRUISE K DINNER BALL HjlH^H nformal with B^^HliiKilßi^l^^^B HALSEY ARMSTRONG O^^H^B|H SENSATIONAL SOLO ARTISTK
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    • 114 1 There is no better Tea than BIGIA TEA GROWN IN MALAYA SEA VIEW f| H 0 T E L TOMORROW (formal) SATURDAY (informal) SPECIAL DINNER DANCE ENTERTAINMENT BY THE DUO LANTHOS ADELPHI rV HOTEL r.ivoumir ..owm town nun i FACING SI. ANDREW'S CATHEDft \1 LVEHY ROOM WITH I- \TII \M)
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  • 44 2 Tokio. The economic mission which will be spent by the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry to Brazil, will leave Tokio on April 8. The mission is headed by Mr. Hachisaburo Hirao, president of the Kawasaki Dockyard Company, Ltd Rfcuter.
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  • 79 2 The engagement is announced of Miss Constance Poh Kien Yang. 8.A., youngest daughter of Mrs. Yeo Kim Seng of Kuala Lumpur, to Mr. Charles C Wang, B.Sc. M.Sc. of lowa University. U.S.A. Miss Yang was formerly a teacher in the v Methodist Girls' School. Kuala Lumpur and is now studying
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  • 76 2 Several Women Included In Party Sent To Nanking Peiping. Fourteen Communist suspects, including several women, have been sent to Nanking under escort of an armed guard of 20 soldiers from the Central Regiment of Gendarmes in Peiping. The suspects, mostly students, were arrested during the past few months.
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  • 1495 2  -  be widened in Itl scope and might use- i fully include aeronautical engineering as a means of providing for one of the employment demands of the future. A critic subsequently expressed the opinion that I was "a few years ahead" with that suggestion. It is interesting to
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  • 28 2 Tokio. Dr. Shunichi Nagaoka, former Ambassador to France, has been appointed Judge of The Hague Court of Arbitration in succession to the late Dr. Adatchi.- Reuter
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  • 330 2 Letters To The Editor i i RESTORATION OF CUTS -EXAMPLE OF TAPAH RUBBER ESTATES— WHAT HAVE THE MERCHANT FIRMS TO SAY?—UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE FOR CLERKS— WOULD BE OF IMMENSE VALUE —A HINT TO LEGISLATIVE j COUNCILLORS To The Editor. Sir.— The report of the annual general meeting of Tapah
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 155 2 i GIRLS I ARE YOU BAIT FOR BACHELORS! Sec the inside story of a marriage bureau in "BACHELOR BAIT" R.K.O. Radios avalanche of laughter next change at the I alhambrXl The men have to take their choice and take their chances but no guarantee goes with these ladies! X Pa—
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    • 237 2 WANTED. WANTED to rent compound house with tennis court, suitable for Club. Appy Box No. 450 care of Free Press. WANTED.— Chargeman with 3rd Grade F.M.S. Electrical Engineer's Ticket. Apply Box No. 150 Times of Malaya Press Ltd., Ipoh. FOR SALE. ONE 4 TON LEYLAND LORRY. Pneumatic tyres. Excellent condition.!
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    • 480 2 I CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENT^ Spillers Dog Foods for Uniform Quality, Purity and Nutritive value are unequalled THEY PROVIDE THE IDEAL FEED FOR EVERY AGE AND BREED AGENTS FOR MALAYA Wholesale and retail special rates for Kennels. The Federal Dispensary, Ltd. (Incorporated in the F.M.S.) Raffles Place, Singapore. BOARD RESIDENCE. I "EAST
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    • 390 2 MUNICIPAL,^ Tenders Tenders are nnw i following mater"™ t6 j Earthworks K ,11,,,,. H Dunham Road pm Monday u i Supply of Pun,,,,", men. Pipe, ut ■soil Pumping 8( Park and Alb Date of Closii. 31. 1935. fr: '!<v Mly C H j JIF M WAR DEPARTMENT WASHING <n\TKA( T
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 299 2 Diary Of The Week THURSDAY. MAR. 14 High Water, 4.50 a.m. 7.5 ft., 8.41 pjn. 6.4 ft. Football: S.A.F.A. League, Div. 11, S.CC vs. S.CF.A.. S.CC ground; Div 111. S.R.C vs. Abattoirs S.R.C. ground; Commercial Cup. Straits Cattle vs. Straits Times. S.H.B. ground. Goll: Garrison Club. Women's Monthly Medal (Stroke);
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    • 269 2 Today 's Radio Programmes Singapore ZHI (Owned and operated by Radio Service Co. of Malaya Ltd.) Wavelength 49.9 metres p.m. 6 Recorded music. 6.45 News Bulletin supplied by Straits Times. 8 Relay of dinner music by Raffles Hotel Orchestra under the direction of Dan Hopkins. 8.30 Cose down. 8.8.C. Transmission
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  • 1162 3 MR. JOHN LA YCOCK IN THE WITNESS BOX Story Of Board Meeting After Suprise Check BANK MANAGER'S EVIDENCE n RTHEB evidence was recorded yesterday at the Singapore r usfce. Court, before Mr. Justice Burton and a special I. the case in which Tan Boon Kiah, assistant manager and a director
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  • 57 3 Nankin?, Mar. 12. The Chinese protest to Moscow over the sale of the Chinese Eastern Railway Manchukuo declares that the Chinese Government, which is a joint owner of the railway, regards the transaction as illegal and without Wnd'ng force and as such the sale cannot affect
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  • 449 3 Numerous Enrolments Peiping. 'PARING advantage of the winter; recess 430 students, represent- ing over 30 local colleges and; higher middle schools, have en- I rolled in a class of military training specially opened for them by General Kwan Ling-tseng. Commander of the 25th Division.
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  • 171 3 Will Sir J. Simon Raise The Question? London, Mar. 11. TN the Hou.sc ol Commons today. Sir W. H. Davidson (Con. Kensington. S.) raised the question of plate and furniture removed from the British Embassy at Petrograd by the Bolshevists. He asked If Sir John Simon
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  • 72 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, March 12. Towkay and Mrs. Ham Ah You have issued invitations to dinner at their residence, No. 2, Banda Sah Road, Malacca, on Friday, Mar. 15, on behalf of their fourth son, Mr. Tarn Seat Wah, who is employed at the
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  • 29 3 The Young People's Circle, of the Geylang Methodist Episcopal Church, i will hold a devotional meeting on I Friday, Mar. 15, at 8 p.m. Miss Sophia Blackmore will speak.
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  • 423 3 "LEARN ENGLISH" CAMPAIGN IN MANCHURIA I "During the former regime of the jThree Eastern Provinces in Manchuria." General Takayanagi told Reuter. the English language was not only disregarded but also discredited. Consequently, there was no opportunity jlor the people oi this country to learn the language, let alone to take
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  • 145 3 FEELING EFFECTS ».V LOW BIRTH RATE Military Service Term To Be Extended? Paris. Mar. 6. rjTOE decision to double France's conscript army by increasing the term of military service from one to two years may be taken at a special meeting of the Cabinet tomorrow. This i.s
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  • 114 3 Win members 01 tiu Malt voice chorus who are helping the orchestra In the Brahms Alto Rhapsodic please note 'hat there will be a short rehearsal with orchestra at ft.lo p.m. on Monday. There will be no further rehearsals on Tuesdays, and circulars aro bring issued re-^ardinK
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 75 3 NATURE'S CURE Dr De JONGH'S LIGHT- BROWN COD LIVER OH contains VITAMINS A and D K CORRECT PROPORTION WITH ALL THE OTHER VALUABLE CONSTITUENTS of Cod Liver Oil rnm«rt<;«4 by the Medical Profession tiGHTY year? In th« treatment of ONSUMPTION ASTHMA 'ONCHITIS RHEUMATISM INFANTILE and ALL WASTING DISEASES S toe*
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    • 33 3 Classic Ceilings of Metal bv WUNDERLICH Permanent Pleasing in Appearance Can be decorated in Colours. Equally suitable for public or private buildings. WunderlSch Limited, Sydney. SOLE AGENTS i UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED. SINGAPORE BRANCHES.
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  • 939 4  -  ALEXANDER KORDA Joan Littlefield Britain On The Screen by By "PLIZABETH of England," Alexis ander Korda's newest venture into the past, is to be directed by Anthony Asquith. The script La being written by Phillip Lindsay, a young novelisthistorian, whose recent book, "Here Comes
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  • 418 4 First Test Of Its Kind AN experiment never before atj** tempted, that of sending a sit--1 ting of hatching eggs for 12,800 miles by air, was carried out in connection with the recent depar- ture of the first air-mail service from Britain
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  • 75 4 A message from Australia informs me that golf caddies are still talking with wonder of the generosity of the American professionals who played in the recent Melbourne centenary tournament, says a home sports writer. James Thomson, who lifted the £1,000 first prize, amazed his young bag carrier by
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  • 31 4 Melbourne. Kwok Chung-hang. Chinese swimming star, won the Centenary 110-yard breast-stroke championship negotiating the distance in the time of 84 seconds flat. Kwok won by two yards.
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  • 967 4 Free Press Correspondent Tours The '"THE first Premier of the Third French Republic to enjoy the distinction of having a home and headquarters provided by the State. Pierre Etienne Flandin is now really moving in' and getting settled in the historic Hotel Matignon, a description of which was given
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  • 119 4 Secret Apparatus Tested In Paris M. Julien Guillaume. a retired marine engineer who has spent many years experimenting with apparatus for raising sunken vessels, recently conducted a test in a reservoir to the south of Paris. He allowed himself to be "sunk" in a yacht, and a
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 212 4 ukmnspna H mkwmr Their is no better pi i 1 fll mmWm than MARTINS. Yoi: can I mwWr rely "t'on MARTINS WILLS. I Ml' So ''i by all Chemist"- Stores and I m by THE FEDERAL DISPENSARY. J Raffles Square, Singapore "CHILD'S FACE A MASSJLSCALES Had to Keep Bandages on
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    • 14 4 t^Vfli^ iQ^P >v^ v Rr c»t"\V. Vl O^ STOCKED BY (Incorporated in S S
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    211 5 FLANDIN the French Premier and M Laval, French Foreign Minister, were received by Mr. Ramsay Mai Donald, the British Premier, and Sir John s »mon, British Fnr»i,» MinJ^r when they arrived at Victoria Station. London, for the important Anglo-French talks. MM. Flandin and Laval being: niisn *orei*n Minister by Mr
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 48 5 HALIBUT LKMON SOLES Nl u ZK ALAND It I 1 < <>h W IKKSII SALMON *^^^B J^^^^Y < LLLOI'HANK WKAITFD KIITICs V SMOKFI) SALMON I" n H SMOKl I) III- I B IX i( n Ki <. hi i;i;i\(, fl A BLOATERS M HADDOCKS l IISH > >ll I IS
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 125 5 1 A**llI^WTT I 1^ ,O Bfl ART S^ S^<^ THE KOVAL ACAOIfMy ADVERTiSiMC WQTg f^Jr>^^^i' M? s c lft h« s*;d To be j«Jou» otthe puW^Ty S ,r W. -H^^ 1^ 'j^ Kinjs e^oo<is new felephone shnp^ll open his "l^J aa^^^±eJ^y^^Vv 1. _^£J,~*J opposition sHoi-Tly. :<waa °^^l ?*v. ~^**~~y ff
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  • 194 6 World Cruise OVER 300 PASSENGERS AT 7.30 this morning the Arandora Star, the Blue Star Line's luxury liner, will draw alongside Godown No. 4, Tanjong Pagar, in the course of an extensive winter cruise, in which a distance of 21,450 miles will be steamed
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  • 124 6 Office-Bearers For Current Year Elected S'From Our Own Correspondent. 1 Malacca, Mar. 12. The annual genera] meeting of the Junior Civil Service Associtaion was held on Saturday at the club premises at Garden City. There were about 23 members present and Mr. D. S. Kirby was in the
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  • 134 6 Rain Mars Monthly Social The Teachers' Association of Malacca! held their usual monthly social. a! drizzle just before the commencement! of the afternoon's prueeedings was res- ponsible lor a falling ofT in the attend- I ance. but this did not last long and the weather improved sufficiently to
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  • 90 6 Due To Severe Shock To Confidence New York, Mar. 11. Today's collapse of the cotton market is attributable to the severe shock to confidence imparted by the Government's decision to exempt from the Bankhead provisions farms producing under two bales. This is considered sufficient to deprive the plan
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  • 316 6 THRILLING STORY OF SURPRISE RAID Former Constable Fined Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 12. HARELY has the dock in the 1 Kuala Lumpur police court held such a mixed assembly as it did yesterday, when four Sikhs, two Chinese, one Malay, one Pathan, and one Tamil
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  • 21 6 Penang Poppy Day collections in 1934 j amounted to $15,628.21. Entertainments brought in more than half of this amount, namely $8,371.89.
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  • 206 6 16 CAUGHT IN j RAID OIX Chinese women and ten men lined up in the Singapore police court before Mr. N. Grice yesterday to anwer a charge of gambling. Most of them pleaded guilty, but some claimed to be tried. Inspector C. E. Such said that at
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  • 189 6 Good Business For Taxis And Rickshas From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Mar. 12. Thanks to the enterprise of Messrs. State Darby and Co.. Malacca is on the tourist map. Two or three years ago as many as three vessels called— the Resolute, the Franconia and the Columbus.
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  • 71 6 Sending; Mission To Make An Economic Enquiry London, Mar. 11. The Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade in the House of Commons today said he was glad to be able to state that the Egyptian Government have accepted an invitation issued by His Majesty's Government to
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  • 17 6 Gold prospectors of the Olkhovsk fields in Bashkiria have found a goldDBgget weighing 114 ounces.- T ass
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  • 247 6 Wedding Delayed Owing To Money Difficulties DISAPPOINTMENT OVER UNREDEEMED JEWELLERY EARLY on the morning of Mar. 9. a Tamil gardener attending to his duties outside a house in Marine Parade, Katong. was called by a European living next door, who pointed out a human body floating
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  • 148 6 CORSICAN MEMBERS M CHAMBER Sequel To Newspaper References Paris ft* /^vne oi the France- ror m Wa lought early this monilni bHi Corsican memb ber ol Depute Campinchi. the well-known barrister, and M. Horaa D-- Caibnccia the fiery director ol .^eklj newspaper Grinuoiiv If. Campind :l
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  • 80 6 Broken IM;mk Hark Pin To Hot torn Ot Dock Five Chinete vorkn n in Bailey's shipyard H o plank on whirl v ding broKe. and ti bottom of a dock Siu Fook. 24 Lee Loci 26. Tsann Mini nil more <>r ten ierl admitted to hotpit port In
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  • 307 6 BRITISH LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY Producers Saved From Disaster London, Mar. 9. MOVING the second reading of the Cattle Bill in the House of Commons today the Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Walter Elliot, explained that the object of the measure was to continue for the maximum period of six
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  • 124 6 Public Relief Subscriptions Disappointing Tlie amount subscribed by the public ot Penang to the Ayer Itam Fire Relict Fund is disappointing. The total amount received to date, including the proceeds from the Penang Chinese F.A. and Penang Mohammedan F.A. match and a promised contribution of $200 from
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  • 67 6 London, Mar. 9. Cecil Swanland, described as an artist, appeared before the Croydon magistrates today charged with being concerned with three other men not in custody of stealing gold from Croydon aerodrome. Swanland was remanded until March 12.— Reuter Wireless. This is a sequel to the theft
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  • 64 6 On Tuesday afternoon Mr. Robert Hill, President, Rotary International, will be entertained at tea by the Seremban Rotary Club, leaving i a ter by car for the Federal Capital, where he will address the Kuala Lumpur Rotary Club at a special dinner meeting. The following day he will be present
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  • 125 6 China Inland Mission Worker's Fate Unknown Peipiny. The acting British Consul-General ftt Hankow has telegraphed to the Governor ot Shensi Province requesting that all possible steps be taken to ellect the release of Mr. S. C. Frencham. member of the China Inland Mission who has been captured
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  • 72 6 When Mail Plane Crashes Hankow The two pilots of a Hankow-Canton mail plane had an extremely lucky escape from death when their machine crashed near Chengchow. Hunan. The machine was on its way f roir. here to Canton when the accident occurred, as a result ot which it
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 31 6 Gillard's ANCHOKREEM tA Fish Paste of UNIQUE FLAVOUR —that makes delicious Sandwiches Savouries Obtaliwbl. from all Store* •nd B«zaar» Arfac/e by GULARD ft C° 110I 10 Londqn Enqland Established 1R67 "■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■a
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  • 1257 7 Return To Politics In Answer STRONG ACTION NEEDED TO CURF CHRONIC TROUBLE OF UNEMPLOYMENT Tfact that be is willing to give ills a fair trial was revealed Lloyd George in a speech at Manchester Reform Club on i time has not yet
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  • 41 7 A "Purim Dance" is to be held at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Saturday, in aid of the Singapore Jewish Women's League. The annual show of the Malacca Horticultural Society will be held on Saturday and Sunday. July 20 and 21
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 75 7 THE MIGHTIEST MOVIE of THIS GENERATION! i l^ m mm i i* <-*» i^» >ahi -<m «i ti a ONIGHT 6.15 9.15 PAVILION m^ J- VEIDT I BRITAIN'S GREATEST SCREEN ACHIEVEMENT! VICTORIA MEMORIAL HALL ORCHESTRAL CONCERT BY THE SINGAPORE MUSICAL SOCIETY SUNDAY MAR. 31st at 9.30 p.m. BOOKING OPENS SHORTLY
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    • 433 7 HID YOU KNOW THE ALHAMBRA HAS BEEN ENTIRELY RENOVATED AND REDECORATED PAY US A VISIT! I ALHAMBRA I Packed houses since tho op nin^ acclaim this the best murder mystery of the Chan series! Fastest And lets yoy join hit* in < l^^^BP^ «olvlng the most myttify- Cleverest \n% m«rd«rs
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  • 846 8 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY. MARCH 14. 1935 Civil Engineering In The Empire rpHE recent inauguration of wharf- age extensions In Singapore coupled with similar enterprises in other parts of the Empire remind us forcibly of the great debt we owe to the skill and foresight of our civil engineers.
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  • 203 8 Mr. S. A. Laxman (electrical overseer > P.W.D. Malacca, and family are proceeding to India on home leave on March 20. Mr. N. Rees. European master. Ma- i layun Educational Service, has been seconded for service under the Govern- ment of Kedah. with claim to pension. Sheikh
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  • 103 8 Do You Know i J Collyer Quay is built on land J which was once submerged by i J the tides? It was built in 1859, convicts beiva detailed to carru out the J work of reclaiming the foreshore J and building the quay wall. It took three
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 134 8 Culdbecks BV SPfcCIAI A TO H.M. THE \PPOINTMENJ K >N f; OF SCAM ESTD WEb^w IH: FOR YOUR WEDDING BIRTHDAY PRESENTS We always have the biggest and finest selection of most useful articles in STERLING SILVER E.P.N.S. CRYSTAL WARE. Never fail to call at your jeweller for quality and right
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    • 50 8 I THE REAL REASON why the cave-man had such a reputation for savageness is that he could never relieve his feelings by slamming the front door as he went out! Modern temperaments are soothed by "GAFLAC" Policies. GENERAL ACCIDENT, FIRE LIFI j ASSURANCE CORPORATION, LTD. Hongkong Bank Chambers. Telephone 648f
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  • 392 9 Momentous Conference To Be Held At Lushan TO DEAL WITH JAPANESE RAPPROCHEMENT But Manchukuo Will Never Be Recognised A Shanghai, Mar. 13. MOMENTOUS conference will be held shortly at Lushan. the health resort in Kiaii^si. According to an official message from Nanking, Marshal Chiang Kai-shek has been asked to take
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  • 124 9 \LKSS THERS IS CONFIDENT Kepayment Difficult If Price Soars London, Mar. l.i. urpHl silver export duty equaiition tax has done as little trengthen internal iinancial ace In China a.s to raise the tion Ol the Roosevelt adam: n, whose acts are resit >r them." declares the
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  • 376 9 Order To Appear Before Th<_» Lumut Magistrate From Our Own Correspondent I Ipoh, Mar. 13. I.MAS. Anamali Chetty. residing at Ipoh. was arrested yesterday on a warrant issued by the District Officer. Lumut. and produced this morning in the local police court. He was released on bail and
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  • 65 9 /^VWING tc the revolution in Greece and to the longer route entailed by the deviation, the arrivals of east and westbound services of Imperial Airways at the terminal points, Singapore and London, will be delayed one or two days. Westbound services will still leave Singapore on the Sundays
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  • 147 9 NOT UNSEAWORTHY OR UNDERMANNED Questions In The House Of Commons London, Mar. 12. QUESTIONED in the House of Commons today about the recent losses of British steamships at sea, the President of the Board of Trade. Mr. Walter Runoiman. replied that in the cases in which
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  • 19 9 London, Mar. VI. In a Scottish League match today St. Mirren beat Alrdrieonians by one goal to nothing- Reuter
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  • 103 9 Latest Rubber And Tin Prices (From Our Own Correspondent) RUBBER: London, Mar. 13. Spot »Sellers> 6d. (5 15 13i./ < Buyers > S^d. (5 13!16d.) April-June 6 116d «5 3132d.>. July-September 6 :*l6d. (6' B d.) Oct. -Dec. 6 1132d. <G l 4 d.>, Market: -Steady. New York,
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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  • 702 10 )nly large actual increase has taken 3lace in the Belgian Congo, and it is J it least improbable that this production would be lower than it is if tin vere £160 per ton. Apart from a few scattered enterprises, little new capital has been sought for
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  • 1343 10 Restriction And The Pool WHY MALAYA DID NOT GET A LARGER QUOTA By OLIVER LYTTELTON. D.5.0., M.C., Chairman of the British Tin Investment Corporation THE following article is reproduced from the Financial News of Feb. 25 and in the course of an introduction the
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  • 66 10 Mar. 9 11 12. American Can. Com. 116% 113% 112% American Telephone and Telegraph 106% 106% 106% Atcheson Railroad 39 38% 38 Dupont 91% 89 3 4 88 Firestone 15 unq. 14% General Electric 22% 22 21% General Motor, 28% 28 26% Goodrich 8% 8% 8 Goodyear 19%
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  • 416 10 i V Raubs A Very Active Counter J i] FRASER and Co.'s share report dated) Mar. 12 states:— The turnover of mining shares has been poor throughout the week, with small dealings recorded in Hitam Tins' at 48»/2 cents Ulu Klangs $1.10. Taiping 54 cents. Norths 58
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  • 301 10 Yesterday's Rubber Auction •yHE Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 1.217th. auction yesterday when there was cata 'ogued 1.317,390 lbs.; 588.36 tons Offered 1.180.811 lbs.: 527.15 tons Sold 991.765 lbs.: 442 75 tons. Spot London 5.13 16d. New York 11 7 16 cts. New York Central Railroad 13»/
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  • 878 10 New Serendah .$;>, Nyalau ($1) Pajam ($l> iParit Perak ($l. Perak R. Valley ,$i Punggor ($n Raaelia ($5) Sandycroft <$2> S. Bagan ($2) Sungei Ramal <$i. S. Tukang ($i. Tambalak ($l> Tapah <$l) T. Anson ($1. Temerloh ($1) Trafalgar ($2) Ulu Benut (.M eta Ulu Pandan ($i>
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  • 97 10 Exports Of Tinned Pineapples IJURING the week ending Mar. 9 exports of tinned pineapples from Malayan ports amounted to 39.789 cases, of which 25,579 (64 per cent.) cases were to the United Kingdom. 690 <2 per cent cases to the Continent oi Europe. 9.730 (24 per cent.) cases to Canada,
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  • 99 10 Singapore Produce Prices Mar. 13. Gambier 4.75 Java Cube 8.75 Hamburg Cube 11.00 Muntok White Pepper 32.00 White Pepper 34.00 Copra, Sundried 4.25 Copra, mixed 4.00 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 $102
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  • 54 10 Chamber Of Commera Rubber Association I)AII.\ I'KK ES C\ RK il ".I K.M.A. N«. I. X KIBBI l> SMOKIH Mil I I Mar. IX II «ml<>< I Spot (loose i (FOB Current moot April June July Sept. Oct. Dec. Tone 01 Market Latest cable I 5 la i6d. per lb
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  • 63 10 Sxchang< i I Paris 71 .20. New York 4 T Montreal I Brussels 20 10 Geneva 14.49. Amsterdam C.94 1 Mian 56.62 Berlin 11.69. Vienna I&SQ Prasue 11.50. Madrid 34 87. Athens 495 tell Bucharest jtp Belgrade 109 Montevideo 41 Bombay 1 <>' Shanghai Ll 1 1^ Hong Koni
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    740 11 Hollywood In Person I VELL-KNO WN ACI WRS Define Their By MOLLIE MERRICK iways interesting to hear -known men define their eal woman. Here's what five headlinera told us: Brisson says his ideal woman tx both entertaining and easy to tertain. She should, be interested in husband's or
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  • 479 11  -  Ely Culbertson by I I World's Champion Player and Greatest Card Analyst j A NEW TYPE OF SPECIALIST In this age of specialists it is not uncommon to find some Bridge players who play trump contracts better than notrump hands and vice versa. It is not uncommon
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  • 178 11 DISCOVERY AT FOOT OF SHAFT Investigating Teams Risk j Their Lives London, Mar. 8. FOUR teams of six men each hav< p descended the Gresi'ord Pit anc important light on the hithertc unsolved problems of the disastei is expected to be revealed by z discovery by one
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  • 19 11 Tiie Bibby Line have reduced theii passage rates for those proceeding t( England tor (he King's Jubilee thij year
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  • 76 11 London, Mar. 11. The Duk f Gloucester, who is on the homeward journey from Australia has telegraphed to the National Asso- elation of Boys' Clubs, of which he Ka i president, expressing his confidence that there will be enthusiastic .support for the Jubilee Thanksofleni Fund i recently
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 825 11 Assets exceed $12,000,000. Assurance in force over $3;~>.000.0«<t The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. ♦Incorporated In the Straits Settlements* HEAD OFFICE Great Eastern Lile Building, Cecil Street. Singapore LONDON OFFICE 27. Old Jewi> BjG The Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England and complies with the
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  • 393 12 WORAIANDIE TO BE LAUNCHED IN APRIL French Giant Slightly Larger Than Queen Mary WORK at St. Nazaire on the French liner Normandie is advancing rapidly and her owners, the Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, have every reason to hope that the ship will be ready to move out of
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  • 190 12 Big Seizure Follows Exciting Chase After a two-mile car chase during wheh several shots were fired. Customs officers seized 200 tins of opium valued at H.K. $10,000. in Melbourne recently. It is believed to have been taken from Hong Kong by the Taiping when she left that port
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  • 88 12 "Incredible State Of Affairs" London, Mar. 7. FOLLOWING the shareholders' demands for compulsory rather than voluntary liquidation, the White Star meeting today was adjourned for a fortnight. The chairman said liquidation appeared to be inevitable. There were only £500.000 worth of assets to show for over £6.000,000. while
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  • 58 12 The China Merchants' Steam Navigation Company has bought a 5.600-ton freighter from a French company, and the delivery will take place soon in Prance. Built in 1910, the ship can do 11 knots. The price of the ship is reported to be $150,000. She will be put an the run
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  • 148 12 Bandit Activities In Kwangtung Canton A reference to the Tungchow piracy was made by General Chen Chi-tang, ithe Commander-in-Chief of the Cantonese armies, in the course of a report on pacification problems in Kwangtung province at the weekly Memorial Service. He said that bandit activities within the province
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  • 177 12 Wounded Man Bolts From Hospital The piracy of a junk off Castle Peak (Hong Kong, on Jan. 15. in which a man was killed and another man and three j women were injured, had a sequel at the Kowloon magistracy when Chan I Cho. Ho Wing and Kwok
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  • 125 12 The Japan-Egypt Trade Association lis to ask the Nippon Yusen Kaisha for a regular service to Alexandria. In an attempt to increase raw cotton imports from Egypt, so that the danger i of a tariff increase in that country may ■be alleviated, the Association last year arranged with the N.Y.K.
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  • 24 12 An agreement between employers and coal trimmers at Cardiff docks has secured a continuous shift system whereby vessels will not be delayed over week-ends.
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 635 12 BOUSTEAD Co., Ltd. (IncorDorated in F.M.S.) TELEPHONE: Freight 5433 Passage 5431. LLOYDS AGENTS. Bookinr \gents for Federated Malay States Railways. Royal State Railways of Siam. CAN All lf%R f^> iH^ I I^* (Incorporated in England). HOME VIA CHINA, JAPAN HONOLULU CANADA. FOIR MAGNIFICENT "EMPRESSES" COMPRISING THE LARGEST AND FASTEST STEAMERS
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    • 64 12 STATE SHIPPING SERVICE of Western Australia FREMANTLE (Via Port Swettenham, Penan* Palembang, Banjoewangi and Ncitt Western Ports) Due Sail S'pore. S'pore. T.s.m.v. Kangaroo Mar. 16 Mar. 1( T.s.m.v. Kangaroo June 8 June J Fares Single £19.0.0, Australian Return £30.0.0, Currency For particulars of Freight and Pa«sa*« please apply to: McALISTER
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    • 102 12 HENDERSON LINE SCHEIU'LK 01 MIUMOi By Fortnightly Passenger sie.nu»r Between Rangoon. INtrt Badai Marseilles, Palnui and Indand HOMEWARD BAILffOJ Port of Disembarkation Plymouth le.ue Kin BHAMO AMARAPOORA Apr SAGAING BURMA YOMA PEGU CHINDWIN KEMMENDINE BHAMO AMARAPOORA SAGAING BURMA YOMA PEGU CHINDWIN KEMMENDINE Calls London. Through Passage RatM bM fares to
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    • 551 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 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 p.m. Kelantan (via Gemas) every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and
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    • 284 12 I SINGAPORE I HARBOUs Ships alongMde l|* U||( or expected tu trriw Kast Wharf (Kntr.iiHr ll( Van der Lijn -l> Main Wharf (Untran., < Chitral 18; Petuk i ma 11; Toussoum Empire Dock (Untran., l[e City ol Norwiri: Silvcrteak 37; Klan^ Empire Dock (Fntran. Calcutta Maru M West Wharf (Fintran.o
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    • 425 13 f \t I BRITISH INDIA P. O. S. N. CO'S SAILINGS, OUTWARDS Due T'nage Spore. TWft SOUDAN 6,500 Mar 14 MANTUA Ti ono is*^£ CORFU 15.000 Mar. 15 BAnJaLORE 6 600 Itnl 6 RANCHI 17.000 Mar. 29 CARTHAGE ***** June 1 BURDWAN 6.070 Apr. 11 RAWALPINDI 7 000 Ju^e 21
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    • 504 13 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated In England) "ELLERMAN" LINE FOR HAVRE, LONDON, ROTTERDAM AND HAMBURG VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL Steamer D Ue s n x chv A N ri or w !s h Mar 4 M «"fi City of Adelaide M ar 30 A nr 9 g|J o
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    • 1170 13 OT SS eETcf: IiF^SSE c».. mm *b« iS^L® 1 111 N *vl«»tlon Co., Ltd. THE CUNARD WHITK STAR Ud 52 STEAMSHIP CO.. Ud. THE SARAWAK STEAMSHIP CO Ud THE CHINA NAVIGATION Co.. Ltd. THE AUSTRALIAN ORIENTAL LIN* Ltd rHE SIAM STEAM NAVIGATION Co.. THE IRRAWADDY FLOTILLA CO LTD Ltd. INSURANCE.
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    • 808 14 K. P. Ma KOMNMJJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPU rOMOHON Thursday, Mar. 14, Singkawang, Pemangkat and Sambas. riDOßE— Thursday. Mar. 14, Selat-Pandjang. Bengkalis. Soengei-Pakning, Siak and Pakan-Baroe. BUYSKES- Thursday, Penang, Oelee-Lheue (not for passengers), Sabang, Tjalang, Meulaboh, Tapa-Toean, Sinabang, Singkel, Baros, Sibolga, Natal, Sasak and Padang. TAN DER LI JN— Thursday, Mar. 14,
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    • 497 14 TO EUROPE FROM SINGAPORE AND PENANG VIA COLOMBO. BOMBAY, SUEZ PORT SAID, ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES, GENOA, MARSEILLES AND NEW YORK Arrive Leave Leave Arrive S'pore S'pore Penang N. York Pres. Garfield Mar. 23 Mar. 26 Mar. 28 May 7 Pres. Polk Apr. 6 Apr. 9 Apr. 11 May 21 Pres. Adams
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    • 581 14 TO LONDON, VIA NAPLES, MARSEILLES. AM WtKP, Kin AND MIDDLESBROUGH HAKUSAN MARU 10,500 Mar. 20 21 HAKONE MAHU 10 s(m u HARUNA MARU 10,500 Apr. 3 4 ISSUWA MARU ;o7(iu §KATORI MARU 10,000 Apr. 18 19 SFUSHIMI MARU ll'ooo §KASHIMA MARU 10,000 May 1 2 HAKOZAKI MARU 105U0 iYASUKUNI MARU
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  • 1313 15 Heathens' Runaway Win Over Guy's Hospital GLOUCESTER SWAMP R.A.F. Cambridge Wind Up Their Season Sin Fine Stvle (From Our London Staff) London, Feb or I UK Harlequins beat the United Services (Portsmouth) for the second time this season when they won the return .natch
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  • 1147 15 play in the second half, and tries were added by Wadley, Hook, Edwards (2), and Williams, Boughton converting three. Meadows also dropped a goal. G Walker scored for the Air Force, but Simmons failed with the kick at goal. Rosslyn Park Rally At End
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  • 1167 15  - THE RIGHT MOMENT TO DECLARE MEANS SO MUCH IN A GAME C. H. Gunasekara By QNE of the difficulties in half-day cricket matches that confront the captains is the time at which to declare the innings closed. At the commencement let it be said that when two so-called first class
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    • 184 15 Br^ Mm\im g^ r ~v^^^K I jf# v iliU U K? Lit G M mr*'^ Wto H. M. KING GEORGE V. and to give readers a splendid memento of this historic event. The SUNDAY TIMES will publish next Sunday a special JUBILEE ISSUE OF 60 PAGES. It will be profusely
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  • 577 16 Malays Win Game Spoiled By Mud and Rain SUPERIOR FORWARD LINE L.V, Taylor Outstanding Player On The "Field M.F.A 3; S.C.C 0. IF memories are searched it is doubtful if a First Division game or any game for that matter— has
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  • 274 16 THREE FOR MR. S. T. RHODES 1 ADY and Miss Thomas were among those present at the draw for geldings which took place yesterday at the Thomson Road stables. The following were the results of the draw: 2. Bay Gelding; Sun Cure—Bethinberlie; drawn by
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  • 162 16 Island Club Easily Beat Sepoy Lines The Island Club beat the Sepoy Lines Golf Club by 5' 4 points to one in a i four-ball match played on Sunday over ithe Island Club course. The following are the individual results. Seploy Lines players mentioned first. A. L. Birse
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  • 52 16 Championship Meeting At End Of Next Month i Prom Our Own Correspondent > Penang, Mar. 13. The Penang Lawn Tennis Association i championship meeting will commence on April 27 and will be continued on subsequent days. As in previous years all matches will oe played on the Penang
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  • 29 16 The Third Division League match between the Y.M.C.A. and the S.C.F.A on the formers' ground yesterday afterI noon was abandoned during its progress lowlnf to the rain.
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  • 376 16 For the second division soccer match j between the S.C.C. II vs. Chinese II jon the S.C.C. Padang today the ground will be enclosed but only half the usual prices will be charged, i.e. 10 cents for benches and standing and 30 cts. for chairs. tempted long shot which sailed
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  • 37 16 Draw For Semi-Finals rpHE draw for the semi-finals in the Scottish Cup competition, to be played on Mar. 30, is as follows Rangers vs. Hearts (at Hampden Park) Aberdeen vs. Hamilton (ground not yet fixed).
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  • 391 16 Report Of Committee For Last Year The report of the committee of the .Singapore Golf Club for the year ended 'Dec. 31. 1934 is as follows: In November 1934, His Excellency Sir Slunton Thomas, K.C.M.G.. 0.8.E graciously consented to become Patron of the Club. During the year
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  • 45 16 Tournament Ties For Tomorrow Tomorrow's ties in the S.C.C. lawn bowls doubles tournament are as follows: E. Laidman and J. H. Willmott vs H Gray and W. Y. Semple. P. M. Scott and W. Sharpe vs W M Edwards and Vaughan Jones.
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  • 193 16 OFFICIAL PROGRAMME ISSUED •yHE Singapore Turf Club issued yesterday evening the official programme* of the Summer (Governors Cup) Professional Meeting and the Summer Skye Meeting. A .summary of both programmes is given below. There will be five days racing in the professional meeting: Saturday. Mi\y
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  • 37 16 More Opposition To !aki (It Instructional Rhtt France Germany, and H joined the United Czechoslovakia's prop sal I tennis amateurs films for mom the proposal It su South Africa, and Austral! bably by Belgium- Reuter
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  • 38 16 Oar-Smasher Omitted At Last Outing p Banlu uteei ton ■masher was surprisingly the Oxford t> 1 „uting it Goring. Bankes Is wry powerful pi cally and the strongest oarsman In Uk boat.— 1 Re uter Wireless
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  • 39 16 permit*, two rum for dan 5 hones. 5 1 and 6 furlongs, and one nm for class 2 ponies, of 5 furlo: gad run of 6 furlongs will b«_- provided i! entries permit). Entries close on Tuesday, Iftai HI
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