The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 22 May 1935

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1 16 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. NO. 14,580. KSTD. 1835. WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1935 10 CENTS
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  • 139 1 »No Intentions To Foster Art" ACTION TAKEN BY EPSTEIN EPSTEIN, the famous sculptor. Ls ieved .t i recent decision of the Royal \< ademy. itten to the Academy his name, put up for years ago. be m the list of oandirship isays Reuter this action because Sir
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  • 29 1 previously edged $45,757.44 Principal, Teachers Pupils Le Merrier School 100.00 apore Cold 1.000.00 A Potts, Esq. 100.00 K. O'Connor. Esq. 50.00 I Confederate Association 20.00 550.067.44
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  • 51 1 Established At Michigan University Inn Arbor. Michigan, May 20. Chinese sorority m the has been established on ua of the University of md is named Signa Sigma include all Chinese women United States or ioreign and universities and eventual- international m scope. already planned for and lor Shanghai.
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  • 230 1 I.T.C. Refuses To Relieve Spot Tin Shortage LL T_»*^_ NO ASSISTANCE FOR SPECULATORS (From Our Own Correspondent) It i London, May 21. I 18 understood that the International Tin Committee which met at The Hague on May 13, has decided rvL i 1c recent
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  • 113 1 MR. MACDONALD TO GO NEXT MONTH HUMOURS ol a Cabinet reconstruction were busy in the lobby ol the House of Commons till after midnight. There is no reason to expect that definite changes will be announced before the Whitsun recess, but several morning papers assert it is definitely decided that
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  • 40 1 Moscow. May 20. j It has been decreed that three new aeroplanes of the same size and type las the Maxim Gorky are to be built. They will be named Vladimir Lenin. IjcseDh Stalin and Maxim Gorky- Reuter
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  • 192 1 CHARLES Whitcombe has now won the Dunlop-Southport £1,600 professional golf championship with an aggregate of 295—75, 73, 72 and 75. Whltcombe, who is a former captain of the British Ryder Cup team, has now won every major 72 hole stroke competition except the British
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  • The American Scene
    • 82 1 FLOOD PANIC New York, May 21. FIVE persons have been killed and numbers are injured as a result Of tornadoes m the southern States today. Hundreds of farmers m Red River Valley. Louisiana, fled from their homes owing to rising floods. FEVERISH ACTIVITY Four hundred families
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    • 230 1 Lawrence Of Arabia And Hollywood London, May 21. T ORD Lloyd, broadcasting last J- 4 night, gave a graphic account of the entry of Lawrence of Arabia into the task of his work among the Arabs. He told how Lawrence when selected as a Syrian expert
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    • 82 1 Announcement Of Embargo Washington, May 21. 11/IR. Morgenthau, with the Pre- sident's approval, has ordered an embargo on the entry into America of foreign silver coins, explaining that this is a measure of co-operation to aid countries m which the metallic value of the coins is greater
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    • 141 1 London, May 12. London banking; and bullion circles generally interpret America's latest silver move, an embargo on the import of foreign silver coins, as indicating an effort by the United States to obviate the possibility of a currency crisis In Mexico by Mexican coins being smuggled into the
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    • 111 1 WAGE ZONES Washington, May 21. PRESIDENT Roosevelt has fixed j* the wages work relief programme at rates greatly below those prevailing m private industry. The rates vary from 19 dollars a month for unskilled rural workers to 94 dollars for white-collar workers. The President has divided t
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    • 35 1 London, May 21. At Lytham and St. Annes m the Amateur Golf Championship today, Elkins (Malaya), who had a bye m the first round beat E. Turner, of Aberystwyth, I and 1 Reuter
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 64 1 al *l->._. MALAYA'S PREMIER HOTEL J TONIGHT COCKTAIL DANCE 6.30 to 8.15 p.m. DINNER DANCE (informal) 9.30 to midnight AND FIRST APPEARANCE OF THE NEW CABARET ATTRACTION VALENTA ZARAH CELEBRATED CONTINENTAL DANCERS APPEARING NIGHTLY NON DINERS $I.QO NEXT SATURDAY SPECIAL RACE DINNER BALL with CABARET EXTENSION TO 1 A.M. BOOK
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    • 71 1 I Hi A ▼IBI SEA VIEW f_p HOTEL TONIGHT FRIDAY SATURDAY SPECIAL DINNER DANCE CONCERT, DANCE MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT PROVIDED BY j THE RELLER BAND j 5 THE BEST MOST VERSATILE BAND YOU HAVE EVER SEEN HEARD (V) m 1 THE ROTARY CLUB Ol SINGAPORE MEETS TODAY AT I I'M AT
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  • UNKNOWN CHINESE HANGED
    • 174 2 g A VERDICT of 'suicide by hanging" was recordeu at an inquiry held before Mr. J. P. Biddulph. the Penang Coroner, into tht death of an unknown Chinese who was found hanging from the branch of a tree at Bukit Dambar. Hashim bin Ayoh. a
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    • 54 2 Mr. C. O. Campbell, the well-known I trainer from Penang. Is at present lying m the General Hospital. Singa- pore, seriously ill. He was admitted on May 14. alter the third days laces m Singapore He arrived m Singapore a few days before the present
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  • 844 2 Letters To The Editor MORE ABOUT THE S.C.F.A. vs. S.R.C MATCH —S. A.F.A. SHOULD TIGHTEN UP CONTROL —REFEREE WHO STANDS NO NONSENSE —WHY STREET WAS SENT OFF— PLAYER WHO HAS BEEN A I NUISANCE FOR YEARS— j CLEAN SERVICES FOOTBALL To the Editor. »i Sir. The tootball match
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  • 143 2 Shanghai-Changchow Launch Attacked The steam-launch Tai Foong. owned by the Sun Gin Inland River Navigation Co. m Soochow Road. Shanghai, was pirated at a place known as Pan Lung Kang. near Kating Helen, the loss being estimated at $600. The launch, towing! two boats laden with goods, left
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  • 31 2 The Army Children's Schools m the i Malaya Command will be closed for SERf re P ay n May 24 and f or the Whitsuntide Holidays from June 10 to 1
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  • 219 2 Brilliant Film At The Capitol That crime stories are still a great draw on the screen is proved by "The Case of The Howling Dog." the Warner Bros, picture which is now showing at the Capitol. In the past we have had different types of thrillers into which
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  • 58 2 From Our Own Correspondent.) London, May 20. roday s closing prices on the London pepper market were as followsWhite Muntok. unchanged at 9*_id m bond. Black Lampong, spot and Aug -Oct shipment. 3d. sellers; afloat and Mar May. 3Vsd. sellers. The market was quiet Stocks: White, 19,401 tons:
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  • 85 2 A deposit of good iron-ore has been found on Gunong Korbu. the mountain m the neighbourhood of Ipoh. and i Japanese mining engineers have examined it. At the annual competition last term lor the Challenge Cup for Gymnastics for Lower Boys 16 and under 16 years old> at Eton College
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 8 2 _T. ic,ure! aaries Dkken s »*i-frfs_rl "DAVID COPPERFIELD" <
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    • 451 2 CLASSIFIED ADVI^TISEMENT? LASHES THAT ALLURE I____f\ I.ONGLASH. The medically approved lash cream that grows your lashes, making your eyes attractive and beautiful. Shades. Midnight Blue and topper Beech. MEDICAL HALL, LIMITED. BOARD RESIDENCE. 111 "EAST ANGUA." 6, OXLEY RISE, Near Town. High and cool situation. Large grounds. Excellent cuisine. Tennis.
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    • 330 2 TENDERS SINGAPORE miMicnuuTY. Tender>. Tenden are (oUowlm material partirulurs. F* i Room. Supply o: Portland I the 2nd half-year Closing. 4 p. m of r 22. 1935 M*j Purchase Ol Scrap Hi Meier Workshop, v I sr&s. 4|Mn Supply oi Straight Pip, Castings for period O Sept. 30. 1936 Dat,
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 330 2 Diary Of The Week WEDNESDAY. MAY 22. High Water, 2.5 p.m. 7.7 ft. Football: Malaya Cup Trial. Anson Road Stadium; Combined Services Trial. Seletar; S.C.C. League. Public Services vs. Etceteras, padang. Water Polo: Inter-Unit final. Golf: Keppel Club. Women's Foursome Competition. TIiIRSDAV. MAY 23. High Water, 1.10 a.m. 9.2 ft..
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    • 245 2 rjday's Radio __L__^_____i__ _*^a_________<________________ _«a__f^ Jrrogrcunrnes Singapore— ZHl (Owned and operated by Radio Service Co. of Malaya Litd J Wavelength 49.9 metres p.m. 6 Recorded music. 6.45 News bulletin supplied by Straits Times. Stock and share report supplied by Fraser and Co. 8.30 Close down. B.B.C— GSF and GSG Wavelengths-
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  • 238 3 SERIOUS WOUNDS ON HEAD AND ARMS Incident While Teaching New Trick •From Our Own Correspondent A YftIIMP Penang, May 20. young Javanese trainer of wild animals attached to a Chinese sports circus which is now performing m Penang
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  • 186 3 fo Marry Famous Dance Band Leader PRINCESS PEARL" prom Our Own Correspondent) London, May 20. I UNDERSTAND that the engagement j, announced shortly of th*e Elizabeth, daughter of the md Ranee of Sarawak, and Roy, who is leader of the ylr Hotel, London, dance band. The Ranee
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  • 233 3 Kuala Lumpur. May 19. A statement of F.M.S. revenue a?id expenditure just tted choirs that revenue the first two months of i year was $1 1.286.111. Expenditure for the same period amounted to $7,065,576. The realised surplus for first two months is thu* U 220. 535. Revenue
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  • 76 3 s <> He Cut His Throat To Effect A Cure! ng his throat to cure a stomach cne was the novel remedy adopted by amil named Adiappan. survived both the complaint and cure w but he gave this explanation en produced on a charge ot attemptit ide
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  • 56 3 urested on Monday and detained on provisional warrant issued locally, a Chinese. Tjhin Nam Hiong. alias 'i Nam Hiong, was produced by Wray yesterday We Mr. H. A. Forrer, the criminal lcl judge. 1 charge was one of embezzlement guilders m Medan. lending the completion of extradiioJ > Proceedings,
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  • 156 3 Seizure In An Empty House A LAR^ E hau l <>1 contraband tobacco 200 lb. was made by the 2_s?_s_. l XCise Diriment at an vUlage. P h USe ,n Taipln -S Tokong f T D C rald was conducted by Mr G J pirn ot
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  • 218 3 Occupier Of Premises To Pay $50 I r, x Penanir. May 19. i 1"!_ Kirn Cnye Kneh Chinese. Pleaded guilty before Mr J p Bidjdulph m the Penang Police Court to a charge that he being the occupier of !No. 136. Campbell Street, used
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  • 172 3 Statement That He Would Like To Die Penang, May 19. A Chinese named Lim Ah Beng is I alleged to have jumped overboard the ss. "Kulim" on his way to Butterworth from Church Street Pier and was picked up by the crew of the launch. It
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  • 133 3 Two Gunners Again Remanded A further echo of the fatal motor smash m Changi Road which cost two young soldiers (Lacey and Johnson) their lives was heard yesterday m the Second Magistrate's Court. James Henry Pitcher and Albert Farrington. survivors of the accident, were produced before Mr. Norman
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  • 149 3 RUMOURS OF SALE DENIED Canton, May 13. |T is strongly rumoured here that a certain country has sent a special delegate to Lisbon to negotiate with the Portuguese Government for the purchase of the whole colony of Macao. The rumour added that the purchaser country has been
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  • 264 3 APPEAL UPSET BY SIO MARGIN IN THE Supreme Court ;it Kuala Lumpur the sum of SlO or rather the lack of it. prevented an appeal for 4* times that amount from going through The appeal was an echo of a case Hast March when Inche Samah Haji
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 29 3 The Title may not mean much but wait until you see the Picture! CAPITOL Next Change! PAUL MUNI m "BORDER TOWN" Rated as Warners finest drama of the year!
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  • 3333 4 AIR MAIL LETTER FROM LONDON X IT CORRESPONDENT London. May 10. TODAY being Friday, four days after the Jubilee, you might reasonably suppose that London was tired. For once, dear reader, your reason would be at fault. The shouting and the singing go on as vociferously as they have ever
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 46 4 AMERICAN DRESSES RECEIVED WEEKLY ROOM 2 6 A DELPHI HOTEL BERNYECE HARVEY. ReniiiMjMi NOISELESS Tt^ these wonderfu, u.ach.es-n'.ise.ess rubber l^p'" h REMINGTON V HANI) INC. Please »eni'Z'ZrZu^'Z^ur"i ___f ____^__w F 2-«T Portable Typewriter on __H IV Phone 2426 Name ft Address Jm —32 U/an'Tl StudiOS 7.*mmmmmmmm
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    • 41 4 r^ C R O F T Q :SP POWER TRANSMISSION EQUIPMENT. E_ :::i| 1 i -> I SHAFTS _>___! I P^^SSED _fIM -^^H __^^^^^^_S __f^ [bearings j Ir c E SPEEO SOLE AGENTS: Ws£_3W^^R_3_^B (INCORPORATED IN S. S.) p-»-**s 27. Warm StuMtOi m
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 98 5 the Jfi&iCCL CO-STARS WITH GARBO! EDLY WANT TO SEE THIS PICTURE. FOR THE LEH A, IP NOT GARBO I SCHMIDT CO. 89, BRAS BASAH ROAD, RAFFLES HOTEL BUILDING, SINGAPORE. An atmosphere of old Japan w YOU WILL FALL FOR THE CHARM OF THE TAMAGAWA GARDENS RESTAURANT CAFE > Wf "Sukiyaki"
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  • 291 6 "REASONABLE" RETURNS IN FUTURE CHAIRMAN'S WARNING "Investors m rubber used to regard a 10 or li per cent, dividend as a reasonable return. 1 think those days must be regarded as over." So declared Mr. C. Wreford Brown, chairman, presiding at the annual meeting
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  • 42 6 The death of Mr. F. A. Brit ton. 8.A., ot St. Stephen's College, Hong kong, occurred In England on May 3. Mr. Britton. who was 46 years of age. had! been on the staff of St Stephen's Col- < lege for 23 years
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  • 549 6 LAW REVISION URGED IN CEYLON YOUNG OFFENDERS Prosperous Ceylon, the Star of the East and the Mother of Tea, is also a land of crimes and eternal litigation. Its record for murders is probably beaten only by Chicago. A murder m Ceylon gets about two
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  • 294 6 MISHAP AT SUNGEI BAKAP Chinese Acquitted Of Rash Driving Taiping. PURTHER DETAILS of a fatal acci- dent, involving a Penang lorry at 5» 2 mile, Simpang Lima-Kuala Kurau Road, while carrying over twenty Chinese and a coffin on its way for i burial at Sungei Bakap
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  • 290 6 GAMBLING HOUSE WRECKED BY BOMB Canton, May 12. THE Yet 1 Tai Fantan House, one of the largest of the gambling palaces m Honam, was wrecked late on Friday night by a bomb. The terrific explosion injured five visitors, who had to be sent
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  • 113 6 But Elderly Chinese Dies From Natural Causes An attempt at suicide but failure directly to achieve his object led to a unanimous verdict oi death by natural causes by a jury ol three at the inquiry Into the death of Ling Hock Hee. a 65-year-old Hockchew Chinese.
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  • 97 6 Tearful Plea For Sympathy' From Court An elderly Chinese widow up for a hawking olfencc before Mr. J. McP. Brandt r. the Singapore Third Magistrate, yesterday, paid a fine of $2. After some time she returned to Court tearfully oegging for sympathy. She might have received it but
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  • 256 6 MR. JOHN BUCHAN-S RECORD "Quiet Influence In Affairs" j^ distinguished eoounoner lollow a sue-fssion ol Ulthlgaiaad peers when Col. John Bachaa whom a barony has |uH Iferred) goes to Ottawa this nmm take up the relna which I Bessborough. ihe preaent G General, will then relinquish The British
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 151 6 *t* J^^M Who but Garbo could bring so tiirillingly to life the glamorous heroine of I _^fife\ gjjr Jr Somerset Maugham's sensational drama of the Orient? Flaming to new heights A j^J V Jpr J^ of exotic appeal, she achieves once more the thrilling beauty, the smoulder- Bf^ X 1
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  • 267 7 Avoiding Arms Race LAST CHANCE T ma- LRR Idler's speech tonight is i Eh v made m B «W s,mL Xatl «nal Socialists assumed power m January, 1933 According to Mr. Vernon Birtlett vritino- m -.t I,IUJI Darnell. wnung m the News-Chronicle it may' be Germany's
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  • 150 7 His Majesty At Mildenhall London. May 21. rKing will review the Royal F'oree on July 6. The occapart of the Jubilee celebrand will take the double form inspection at Mildenhall of about 350 aircraft and personnel drawn from 40 ms t and a ily past
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  • 76 7 Xt union Dinner To Be Held In Singapore Club innua] dinner oi the Mala-' rich oi the Salonika and Black I 3 Reunion Association will be j Singapore Club on Friday, i 21 tBp m. ol the Salonika and y irces arc requested to atts to the number
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  • 31 7 C. D Young, formerly oi Kota I one oi the best tennis moat popular personalities j .ntil he left the country two ias Joined the Albcrmarle Association. 7 Albermarle Piccadilly, London.
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  • 205 7 Heavy Engineering Revival London, May 20. ADDRESSING the Federation of Engineering and Shipbuilding Trades at Hastings today, the President of the Federation, Mr. Westwood, said there was a much better outlook m the heavy engineering and ancillary trades, and m some departments of engineering demand was ahead
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  • 762 7 Woman's Evidence In Trespass Case At Kuala Lumpur From Our Own Correspondent i Kuala Lumpur May '-0. LEE PITT SWEE. a police clerk and Interpreter attached to the Criminal Intelligence Branch, appeared today before Mr. F. K. Wilson m the Kuala Lumpur police
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  • 59 7 The death is reported to have occurred at Vancouver on May 15 of Mr. P C Cowley Brown, late of the Colonial Secretary's Office. Singapore. The Bishop of London has consented to be the guest of honour at the annual luncheon of the Incorporated Society of Planters (Malaya), which this
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  • 25 7 Mr. E. W. Mumford, Assistant Commissioner of Police, has been appointed to act as a Deputy Commissioner of Police. F.M.S.. with eiTect from Apr. 12.
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  • 121 7 May Be Discussed At I. C.C. Meeting In Paris At the general meeting of the International Chamber of Commerce, which is to be held m Paris a question of rationalising world shipping is likely to be taken up. It is expected that the measures taken by all Governments
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 80 7 -__^_fl_l_E_l g j2&> f < n_£_i_.^ JW _BK *trr a COMING TO SINGAPORE SOON The Celebrated star of I AM A FUGITIVE m even a greater picture t You must see PAUL MUNI "BORDER TOWN' Warner's amazing dramatic Triumph! Screening at the CAPITOL. Next Change! CAPITOL Saturday Morning at 11
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    • 333 7 PHOTOGRAPHED THROUGHOUT IN TECHNICOLOUR COLOURS OF INDESCRIBABLE BEAUTY! "I__BGONG' ("DANCE OF THE TEMPLE VIRGINS") ther own nntur.il paradise. romance of gJP^P^^^^P|- y^|fe^g^jP^li tl.e South Seas you will thoroughly enjoy Made by MARQUIS HENRI DE LA sMj^ WOMEN! ANOTHER WORLD f_^^A-^#"j f AN ENCHANTED ISLAND! f |K,fr M Nothing has been
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  • 929 8 FOR months now the Johore planting industry has been conducting a campaign with the object of persuading Government to remove the restrictions on Chinese immi- 1 grant labour and the cry is again taken up m the annual report for the year
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  • 244 8 Mr. F. H. Grumitt of Penang has been awarded the Silver Jubilee medal. Mr. C. A. L. Ward has arrived m Kuala Lumpur on a business visit. Mr. G. Savage, Controller. Posts and Telegraphs Department, has been appointed to act as Accountant-General Mr. D. Headly. M.C.S.. has
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  • 601 8 The Hell 3 That Was 1 To Big •THEY have fitted a new "electric carillon" in the church of the Sac; Cceur which crowns the hilll of Mon martre, and which dominates Paris one of the city's most unescapab landmarks, a n the new bells we;
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  • 1236 8 THE lamps in the holy cave hart been trimmed with the most meticulous care. The wives ol the men who were chosen tor their skill in such work to decorate the place had teased and trimmed the wicks, removing each individual fibre that struck out and made an
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 114 8 CELEBRATE WITH CHAMPAGNE 0& Vonvo Clicquot- Ponsardin Reims CALDBIECICS FOR YOUR BREAKFAST A LARGE SELECTION OF ABERDEEN CURED FISH CELLOPHANE WRAPPED KIPPERS BLOATERS HADDOCKS FISH FILLETS PLEASING DELICACIES Singapore COLD STORAGE co., ltd. i___-------___i-_--_---_______M----«_-M_----_-----i Warm Studios 'l 1 I—* "I I I 1 J L A popular dance tJff^SsMsk namber-"47ll''^momr
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    • 99 8 AN IMPRESSIONIST PAINTER asked a friend to suggest a title for one of his landscapes. The friend suggested "Home." "Because," he said, "there's no place like it." And there's no protection for the home like GAFLAC POLICIES. GENERAL ACCIDENT, FIRE LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION, LTD. Hongkong Bank Chambers. Telephone 6480. DOMESTIC
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  • 117 9 Troops Stand CABINET MEETS IN BARRACKS IK Lisbon, May 21. POLICE and troops with machineguns are guarding the Bank of gal and the Ministries and all points against a threatc tnmunist revolution. The Cabinet had an all-night ting m the military barracks. trouble Is due to
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  • 170 9 'ACCIDENTAL DEATH" MRS. LAWRENCE Verdict At Inquest On Lawrence Of Arabia Reuter London, May 21. A VERDICT of "Accidental death" was recorded at the inquest today on Lawrence of Arabia. A doctor said that Lawrence would have lost his memory and would have been paralysed if he had recovered. Lawrence
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  • 221 9 Questions In House Of Commons House of Common, May 20. Replying to Mr. Moreing. whose question asking for reconsideration of the decision not to raise the status of the British Legation m China was postponed from Wednesday. Sir John Simon said as the House was now aware
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  • 142 9 Efforts To Arrive At Conciliation Geneva, May 21. THE League Council began the regular session with 25 subjects on the agenda including the ItalianAbyssinian dispute and the Chaco war. M LitvinofT. presiding for the first time, created an excellent impression by the firm and expeditious manner
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  • 233 9 Story Of Attack By Madman 'From Our Own Correspondent j Kuala Lumpur, May 20. A verdict of murder was returned today by Che Maarof. sitting as coroner m the Kuala Lumpur police court, at an inquiry into the circumstances leading to the death of a Tamil, Naina Manikam.
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  • 87 9 I First-Line Strength To Be Doubled London, May 21. TT is understood that the Govern- ment's defence programme which Mr. Stanley Baldwin is presenting m the House of Commons and Lord Londonderry m the House of Lords tomorrow will represent m the air the largest
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  • 59 9 Chinese Who Contravened Currency Laws Dortmund, May :.0. Hio San-shing. a Chinese importer of Chinese and Japanese porcelain, was sentenced to five months' imprisonment and a fine of a thousand marks for contravening the currency legislation by paying for imports worth 20.000 marks m foreign currencies without
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  • 58 9 London, May 21. There were fewer strikes and lockouts m Great Britain last year than m any year since records were first taken. half a century ago. There were 471 disputes last year. involving 134.100 workers, and 960.000 I working days were lost. More than half the workers
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  • 115 9 l Latest Rubber And Tin (From Our Own Correspondent; London, May 21. Spot (Sellers) 6d. (6d.> (Buyers) 5 7 B d. (5 7 8 d.» July-Sept. 6 1 16 d. (6 1 16 d. Oct.-Dec. 6 3 16d. (6 3 16d.» Jan.-March 6 11 32 d. <6 1132
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 109 9 */*4 F TIFFIN $1.00 Palace Parmentier sh a la Florentine Ko.i*t Chickca Bacon Long Re.ui>. Chipped Potato old Meat iV. Salad Pancake l.rmon 1 1: it. C off ec OUR SPECIALTIES. FRESH soil™ CRAB B Uasca and over 100 other Dishes. PHONE 4906. BENEATH THEIR CHASTE WHITE UNIFORMS YOU'LL SEE
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    • 173 9 the discriminating, Golfer selects 1 "BROMFORD" PENFOLD'S AUTOJb) GRAPH THE FINEST AND MOST DURABLE -A^Jp\' GOLF BALL EXTANT! IB J t jj jtjL-4/ d d i p c fI^ "MCE bPf^ BiOifORD «hts Law v papu I ;M^L^ tAuB. Robinson Co., Ltd. BURR ELLS MW MIXED PAINTS afa_^5 I makers
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  • TRADE AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE
    • 1326 10 ■WEKICAN PROPOSAL FOR DUTY ON PROCESSED METAL Would Probably Result In Substantial Increase Of Prices (Iroin The Free Press Correspondent) London. Apr. :_!>• ALTHOUGH the Tin section the London >letal Exchange remained dull throughout tIM» week just end* d. there were two exceptional!) interesting developments
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    • 98 10 May 21 Oambier Jjj? 0 Java Cube Hamburg Cube Muntok White Pepper 25.00 White Pepper uu Copra, Sundried 4.80 Copra, mixed 4.45 Small Flake Tapioca 400 R. B. Siam No. 1 M $102 Bianja Jelotong »-75 Sarawak Jelotong 6.<5 R <Siam> W.C. No. 1 per koyan $120
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    • 95 10 Shell and Fish Kerosene per Unit of 2 x 4-gallon tins $4.86 Crown. Cross and Dragon Kerosene per Unit of 2 x 4-gallon tins 54.4P Shell Motor Spirit ex pump per British Imperial Gallon 82 Shell Motor Spirit m 4gallon drums per British imperial Gallon 85
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    • 183 10 Monthly return of dealers and port stocks. S- raits Settlements, at close of business Apr. 30, 1935. declared m dry ton.- <not included m Table A.) Harbour Boards FM S Railway* Wharves Lighters) iaSinm^ other Port st <>cks Totiil ..Jil? <12) (Godowns) (Private Lißhters steamers) P Ort
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    • 1050 10 Fraser s Share List TUESDAY, MAY 21. 1935 r MINING Buyers Sellers. Ampat Tin 4s 9d c, Asam Kumbang 3Js Austral Malay <£> JJj Ayer Hitam Tin «ss) 13s 3d 14s Ayer Weng Cfl) l 2^ Bangrin Tin i£) 24s 8s <f 9d Chenderiang 7 8b a Hitam Tin (.50
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    • 68 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association •May IX n 9fmmm mm* K'i\ers >f»u_ No. I. X H.S.S. kn< (FOB May [gi Good FAQ. m (F.OB. May, l 9 No. I. X. R.S.S 'Spot -loose A able Singapore i No. I X. R S.S Jum 20 July Sept Oct. DecJan. Mai Tone
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    • 133 10 SELLING Mai London. 4 months' sight London. 5 moj London 60 d iy>' stj London 30 London, demand London. T.T. Lyons and P.irK d :r.. Hamburg, demand New York, demand Batavia. BoiiraQ Samarium, dem >nti Penang. d'^niand Calcutta Bomb Rangoon, Madras and Colombo d mand Hong Kong, demand
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    • 79 10 Abroad London. Msj stock marto ts v.- is ad j day. War Loan 54 p r lit I ed at 106 11 I Today's rates, wen Psrtl "4 > 4 I New York U Usi -i) Montresl < W Brussels I I Oenevs 15.24 Amsterdam 7.28 B i Milan 58
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  • 504 11  -  Ely Culbertson j by World's Champion Player And Greatest Card Analyst BAD BIDS IX7HEN a vulnerable opponent has made an obviously bad bid, there is no compulsion upon his opponents to assist him out of his difficulty. Often the best procedure is to pass and let him
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  • 125 11 Varm Tributes On Leaving Hong Kong Hong Kong. May 16. florts Of His Excellency Sir William Peel, < B.F. m the interests of his live years' regime Kong, were eulogistically course of the illumiviiich were read and Excellency yesterday European and Chinese the Great Hall oi the
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  • 61 11 Peiping. May 14. I investigations are being made into the whereabouts of the Rev. Henry J. Bush a Driest of the Roman Catholic Marvknoll Mission to Kwangtung who has recently disappeared. b The Chinese Military authorities a Brntov have instructed the local I SS sons Sf North-eastern Kwangtung
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  • 193 11 Collection Will Secure $10,000,000 Annually Nanking, May 7. The draft ol the regulations governing the collection of the projected income tax and of the schedule ol the tax having been completed by officials of the Revenue Department of the Ministry of Finance, the new tax is scheduled
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  • 382 11 DEBUT OF TWO PROMISING CHINESE PERFORMERS -TITHE Painted Veil." the new Metro--1 Goldwyn-Mayer picture which opens today at the Pavilion Theatre, is Greta Garbo' s twentieth starring film m the nine years since she first arrived m America. In it the great Swedish star returns to the
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  • 137 11 •Incorporated m the Colony of Hong Kong) The liability of members is limited to the extent and m the manner prescribed by Ordinance No. 6 of 1929 of the Colony. HEAD OFFICE HONG KONG Authorised Capital $50,000,000 Issued and fully paid up $20,000,000 Reserve Fund—
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  • 181 11 Ex-Shantung Commander Who Disobeyed Orders Nan king. May 13. General Liv Chen-nin, formerly Comtnander of 21st. Shantung Division was executed here this morning by order of Marshal Chiang Kai-shek. General Liu. formerly a garrison [•ommander of Eastern Shantung, was later removed to Chekiang sometime m! 1933. owing to
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  • 75 11 ALLEGED STABBING AFFRAY Charge Of Causing Hurt Preferred Hum. May IS. As a sequel to an alleged stabbing affray, which occurred at Kampong Jelutong an Indian named Olagan appeared before Mr. J. P. Biddulph m the Police Court charged with voluntarily causing hurt to a compatriot. Supr' maniam. with a
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  • 31 11 The Malay Mail records the death on Apr. 22, at 27 Grand Avenue, West Worthing, of pneumonia, of Mrs. Macaulay. wife of Dr. T. S. Macaulay. M.D.. F.R.F.P.S.. late oi Seremban.
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  • 125 11 )F INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA (Incorporated m England by Royal Charter) 'aid up capital m 600.000 shares of lis each 8 3.000.000 teserve Fund Q 3.000 000 teserve Liability of Proprietors C 3,000 000 HEAD OFFICE 38. Bishopsgate. London E.C. 2 Agencies and Branches. dor Star Iloilo Saigon
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  • 190 11 Capital \i 3,000.000 Subscribed 1,800.000 Paid-up 1,050,000 Reserve Fund .md Rest 1.247.830 HOARD OF DIRECTORS J. It, Ryrie Esq., Chairman. P R. Chalmers. Esq., Charles J. Hambro, Esq.. W. H. Shellord. Esq.. Sir Thomas Catto. Bart. Sir C. C. Barrie. K.B.E. Sir C. A. Innes.
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  • 152 11 Established m 1880) Capital Subscribed 'Fully paid up) Y. 100.000,000 Reserve Fund Y. 125.800 000 President: K. Kodama, Esq Vice-President: T. Okubo, Esq Head Office: YOKOHAMA. Singapore Branches: MEYER CHAMBERS. RAFFLES PLACE. LONDON BANKERS: Westminster Bank, Ltd. The National Provincial Bank Ltd Lloyd's Bank Ltd.
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    • 21 11 UtMW ACCIDENT AND GUARANTEE CORPORATION LIMITED. Incorporated m Great Britain) Malayan Head Office SINGAPORE Manager C. NORMAN BENNETT t SECURITY SERVICE.
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  • 34 12 The P. and O. Mantua is expected .to arrive from Colombo at 6 a.m on Saturday. She will leave the same Ja££ g f r H ng K ng Sh anKhai and
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  • LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
    • 324 12 MORE SHIPS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Navy Week is being held this year at Portsmouth. Plymouth, and Chatham on Aug. 3 and 5 to 10 inclusive. Because of the partial mobilisation of the Reserve Fleet for the Jubilee Review, more ships will be open to the public
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    • 230 12 Japanese Vessel Without Deck Or Load Line "Your having written permission from the Formosan Government has Jno more eti'ect m this Colony than written permission from this Government would have m Formosa.*' remarked Cmdr. Hole at the Hong Kong Marine Court, m fining Moiji Nakamura. Japanese, master ol
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    • 215 12 After taking three days to make port owing to particularly heavy gales during which several steamers were wrecked, and twice getting to within a lew miles of the harbour only to be blown out to sea again, the Swedish four-masted barque C B. Tedersen tied up at a
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    • 253 12 SALE COMPLETED TO ALFRED HOLT CO. i 1 1 The negotiations for the purchase of the Glen Line. Ltd.. by Messrs. Alfred Holt and Co.. managers of the Blue Funnel Line, have now been virtually concluded. All the shares will be held by Messrs. Alfred
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    • 237 12 Larut. Brit.. 464 tons from Muar 21, for Malacca 21. Talma. Brit.. 6.154 tons from Calcutta 21. for Osaka 23. Van Heutsz. Dut.. 2.748 tons from Amoy 21. for Belawan Deli and Penang 23. Ipoh. Brit.. 598 tons from Penang 20. t for P. S'harri and Penang 22.
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    • 44 12 May 20: Carrier. Hai Lee .(Nor.-; Albert Sarraut <Fch.); Boston Maru (Jap.): Sin Kheng Seng. Raub, Yuen Sang <Brit.>: Singaradja. Makasser. Kepah. Poelau Tello. Tanimbar (Dut.). May 21: Djirak (Dut.): Friesland (Ger.); Pronto (Nor.): President Hayes (Am.): Flevo. Glengarry. Hua Tong <Brit.>. s.s
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    • 101 12 ARBOUR East Wharf (Intranet Gafc i, Rohna 22; Hai H Main Wharf (Intranet Naldera 18; Mind Talma 11; AntUoch wJ Empire Dock dntrance Gat. Penan- Maru :<n; S;i Han 34; Rahman 35. Empire Dock (Entrap,, Tosari 46; Elephant I West Wharf (Entrance Gate i Eumaeus 5: Con Section 10
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    • 67 12 Baltic-White Sea (anal Opened Mm Built by prisoners Mnrtng lor criminal or politic 1 under the supervision ol thi the canal uniting the Balti the White Sea has been official!, to navigation. The canal forms part oi the I system of interior waterways, i after the construction of
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    • 68 12 Bigger Dividend For This Year Toki. An annual dividend tna from 3 to 5 per cent was tenttt approved at a meeting of the d;r of the Nippon Yusen Kaisi. yesterday afternnon. Formal approval for tl will be sought at the jrearl] meeting of the company's ill scheduled
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    • 496 12 BOUSTEAD Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m F.M.S.) E TELEPHONE Freight 5433 Passage 5431. LLOYDS AGENTS. BOOKING AGENTS FOR FEDERATED MALAY STATES RAILWAYS. ROYAL STATE RAILWAYS OF SIAM. l Mj^M\ M 9 _V m_L__t _H IMM M __a_ ___m (Incorporatcu m England). HOME VIA CHINA, JAPAN HONOLULU CANADA BY THE "EMPRESS" ROUTE—
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    • 119 12 HEAP ENG MOH S.S. CO., LIMITED. (RED FUNNEL LINE) (Incorporated m Straits Settlements) REGULAR PASSENGER and Cargo Services from Singapore to Java, Borneo, Banka and Billiton. For BATAVIA. CHERIBON AND SEMARANG (Every Tuesday and Friday) s.s. GIANG SENG Fri May 24 j s.s. Nam Yong Tues. May 28 For SOURABAYA
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    • 527 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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    • 411 13 Mr J-flilfg 'Smmmmr-W/i ___rV/ _BnJIPfIMV_B__P_P *f_j if m\w r _L^x t_T pjlO I mKJ and BRITISH INDIA P. O. S. N. COS SAILINGS. OUTWARDS Due Da. Tnage Spore. Tn ge s>porfc kNTOA 11.000 May 25 BEHAR 6 000 July 1« BANGALORE 6,000 June 6 RANCHI 1?000 July 19 CARTHAGE 15,000
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    • 482 13 EUerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated ln England) "EIAERMAN" LINE FOR HAVRE, LONDON, ROTTERDAM AND HAMBURG VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL Uf City nf DBe S S&SSKSyL May 30 June 2 2g °l Wellington June 14 June 16 City of Yokonama July 14 Jul 16 FOR HONG KONG SHANGHAI AND
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    • 1064 13 r_3^^Efe REPRESENTING SHIPPING ZL ?h« UE^ FU N EL L _!k, E J??* 1 C Ua Kh,ow Steamship Co. (1932) Ltd. Steam Ship Co., Ltd. and China Mutual The Cunard White Star Ltd S__^l_Js__rC2_!__ J^H., T e Sara Steamship Co.. Ltd. lv J:!5 t3 ?r te ms P Co Ltd
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    • 804 14 Kb Wrm ML KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ 'V THEDENS— Wednesday. May 22. Muntok and Palembang. TOHITI— -Wednesday, May 22. Toengkal. Moeara-Saba and Djambi. •MAJANG— Wednesday. May 22. Prigi-Radja. Sapat. Tembilahan. Poeloe-Pallas. Pengalian-Estate and Rengat. GEN. VERSPYCK Thursday. May 23. Letong. Kramat. Tarempa. Midai and Genting. VAN HEUTSZ --Jmirsflny. May 23. Belawan-Deli
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    • 366 14 s -2"?S_^aM----E5555-_3--^B-fM__a_-f»*Si»^*-REGULAR FORTNIGHTLY SMLMGS TO NAPLES GENOA MARSEILLES Via Penang, Colombo, Bombay. Soes, Port §a!«. Alexaaftrta on the Famous PRESIDENT LINERS AU osttdde staterooms— Excellent cuisine Swimmins: bath talking motion pictures Three day stopo\or In Bgypi. Arrive Leave Arrive Singapore. Singapore New York. PRESIDENT JOHNSON June 1 June 4 July
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    • 430 14 O. S. K. LINE s.s. "HAWAII MARU (10,000 G. TONS) Leaves Singapore June 9th redirect for COLOMBO and E. S. African and South American port* Fares to Colombo $17 $49 $120 For furtlier particulars, please apply fa OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA, Passage Dept. No. 9, de Souza St., Singapore. GENERAL PASSENGER
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  • 3262 15 j Weekly Sporting Notes Services' Challenge Chinese In First Division— Keng Hock Well "Policed" S. R. C. vs. S. C. F. A. Inquiry LBy S.A.F.A. Cricket Matches Washed Out New Boxers HONOURS LIST BATTING J. Ferguson (St. Andrew's vs. St. Joseph's) 113 xx C. O.
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  • 763 16 Seventyfive Horses And Twentyfour Ponies TWO SCURRIES FOR POLO PONIES ENTRIES for the Singapore Turf Club Summer Skye Meeting, to be held on Friday and Saturday, are as follows. Weights for the first day will be issued at 4 p.m. today. Horses
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  • 229 16 London. May 21. Notts beat Kent by 189. Notts 422 (Hearne 116: Todd six for 901 and 224 ior seven declared (Freeman five for 48.. Kent 189 and 268 tAmes 128». Yorkshire beat Gloucester by eight wickets. Gloucester 128 -Turner seven for 54) and 116 (Verity six for
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  • 227 16 LOSERS' GOALKEEPER MAKES MANY FINE SAVES Wiltshires 4 R.E. 2. AFTER a snappy but one-sided match the Wiltshire Regiment defeated the Royal Engineers 4 2 m a Second Division fixture on the S.R.C. Padang yesterday. The Regiment had the most of the game,
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  • 387 16 Trial Match At Anson Road Stadium Today THE following have been invited to play m the first S.A.F.A. Malaya Cup trial at Anson Road Stadium today at 5.15 p.m.: "A" Team: Said (Malays): Rahman (Malays) and Boon Lay (Chinese); Hutchinson (S.C.C), Hay (F. N.), Bahrom (Marines): Khoon
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  • 183 16 Mixed Doubles Tournament To Be Concluded Tomorrow MR. and Mrs. Swinchatt <owe 3) won the handicap mixed doubles final lin the S.C.C. lawn tennis tournament I yesterday by beating Mr. and Mrs. R. If. Smith (owe 15.3) 6—2. 6—l. The final of the mixed doubles level I
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  • 68 16 The following have accepted to play for Public Services versus Etceteras In an S.C.C. soccer tournament match on the Padang this afternoon at 5 p.m.: J. Philip; A. Buchanan. Capt. Hammond: E. W. Reeve. R. N. Elliott, O. R. T. Henman; Harrison. C. H. w. Goult. J. M.
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  • 94 16 40,000 See First Official International Soccer Match Amsterdam, May 18. ENGLAND today defeated Holland by one goal to nil m the first official international soccer match at the Olympic Stadium here before a crowd of 40,000. Heavy rain and a muddy ground somewhat spoiled the play, but
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  • 77 16 Teams For Monday's Trial Match rpHE following are the teams lor 1 the Combined Services soccer trial to be held at Tanglin on Monday: Whites: Stonton: Dunn. Nutland: Hilditch. Rogers. Griffiths: Cummings. Miller. Howard. Baker, Shenton. Colours: Coleman; Johnson. McLeod: Maris. Beech. Patrick: Pond. Rees. Holmes. Noble. Knight.
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  • 94 16 I_ovelock Sets New Record For Mile White City. May 18. Jack Lovelock, the former world mile record holder, established new figures for the meeting m winning the mile at the Universities Athletic Unions' Championships. his time being 4 minutes 19 4 5 seconds. A Turkish student. Ali Irfan
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  • 68 16 France Gains Victory Over Great Britain Paris. May 19. The International Lawn Tennis Club of France beat the International Lawn Tennis Club of Great Britain by 12 matches to seven. Boussus beat Austin 9 —7. 6—3 and Borotra beat Farquharson 6 —3. 6 —3. Cambridge Beat Oxford Oxford.
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  • 414 16 Police Much Too Good for Chinese SCORE FIVE GOALS WITHOUT PoUce (him. THE second division v UnUr 1 between the Polk, dnd Chinese, at the Anson R Stadium yesterday, saH lh former leave the field UJnm r by five clear goals. The Chinese commence short and after his a>:. mise
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