The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 23 May 1935

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  • 17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. NO. 14,581. KSTD. 1835. THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1935 19 CENTS.
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  • 126 1 Purchasing Power Of The People Increased DEARTH OF SKILLED MEN npEAKING on the second reading of Finance Bill in House of Commons last night, the Chancellor Exchequer, Mr. Neville Chamb lain, said trade in cases was so good that r _„ih- districts employers ►eriencing
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  • 284 1 Shipping Disaster Enquiry London, May 22. 'THAI :haln rod steering gear finitely unsafe and ought Ished was firmly mainCaptain J. J. Reed during I ..ry before Lord Merrivale into the sinking ol the Usth on Dec. 14 with the loss ot Usworth's crew and two
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  • 16 1 Nankins:. May Tl. Mr. Quo Tai-ehi has been appointed Ambassador to Britain.- Reuter
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  • 18 1 Paris, May 18. The death is announced of Paul Dukas. the composer. Reuter wireless
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  • 193 1 Married Couple Travel 4,000 Miles In Four-Ton Yacht NEW ZEALAND SINGAPORE Free Press Special VOYAGE OF MORE THAN A YEAR MOORED in Singapore harbour i lies a little four-ton yacht which has come all the way from Auckland in New Zealand in charge iof Commander Hugh M. Montague, R.N. (retired).
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  • 345 1 (Will it be rejected by the "Selection Committee") .harming New Zealand woman, and Mohamed, a Malay, who joined the cruise at Sourabaya. There is one passenger Micky, the cat. He 4s one of the best sailors that have ever voyaged on the waves; for he never gets
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  • 131 1 Rome, May 20. IT is revealed that Italian expenditure on the East African expedition so far exceeds £10,000,000. The Finance Minister in his budget speech to the Chamber today said that revenue for the first ten months of the current financial year totalled
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  • 369 1 Britain And Hitler's Speech R.A. F. PROGRAMME TO GO ON London, lYlay 22. TT is understood that the full text of Herr Hitler's speech (reported on page 9) was considered and discussed at an ordinary meeting of the Cabinet held in Downing Street this morning. This
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 68 1 There no better Tea BIGIA TEA GROWN IN MALAYA f^ MALAYA'J PREMIER HOTEL g TONIGHT SPECIAL DINNER CONCERT ms to ms pDANCE <ro«MA_) 9.30 to midniaht and the CELEBRATED CONTINENTAL DANCERS VALENTA ZARAH Late of the WINTER GARDEN- »»UN APPEARING N.GHTLY NON -DONERS $100 NEXT SATURDAY SPECIAL RACE DINNER BALL^
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    • 78 1 BIGIA TEA Brings the freshness and fragrance of the Malayan gardens direct to your home. ADELPHI jg) HOTEL PAVOOBRB OOWN TOWN lIOTLL FACING ST AMUBJ-WI CATHEDRAL IVi-HV ROOM WITH RATH AN'D MOBBBM SANITATION NTW (IRILL ROOM COCKTAIL LOCNGE TEA ROOM tonight ROOF GARDEN tonight SPECIAL DINNER DANCE DINNER DANCE MUSIC
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  • 282 2 The New Garbo In "The Painted Veil" There is one thing about the Garbo in -The Painted Veil," her latest film jto come to Singapore; you would like jto see it again, after you have seen I it once. This is not because of the story— j which
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  • 233 2 Technicolour Storv Of Bal At Tlie^Alhambra I Depicting life in beautiful Bali th, i Paramount release, -Legono 'Lu -appeal- to a large number of" cinem enthusiasts as it did to a f ull ToTs terd^- PremiCre at the Alhambra yes teSr! n U S r eilUrety m BaU
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  • 10 2 consulate General will be closed til business on that day.
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  • 28 2 !L a H m^ gni C ent tr avelogue of Switzerland filmed in technicolour H.H. the Sultan of Johore and a nor*,, we« Present at the seconVn^ilS i
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  • 371 2 NEWSPAPERS PURITY IN ADVERTISING Women Spend 80 Per Cent. Of Money In Malaya Newspapers are largely responsible lor purity In advertising and for 'he abolition of public distrust in paid publicity because of the rigid policy ol exclusion they have adhered to in refusing to print spurious advertisements in their
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  • 33 2 Penane fOU b°v Wln t g v, passen 8«s arrived in ?S^__?£y^«- lw t Mr 8 c Brother A B^ndt taa B ra L K y eSh W and Mr V Mut hu-'
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  • 117 2 Two Cases In Police Court After a long period of inactivit\ water thieves" have begun to get busi again in Singapore. Two of them were detected recently and answered a summons issued at the n S nc f_-?' thc Muni^Pahty before Mr m-J ltton Sin sapore fourth magistrate.
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  • 77 2 Tl J_B»«-H have been elected to be the Bar Committee for 'the iehn!T en L f -Messrs W F Zehnder. H. P. Clarke. L H Chid,™ h wlr Wa '««"^-dTSJW&*_sr_? *U <°* Mr B l_ 935 t0 A P r 1936:--"hens' P„n 'President). Mr. Lim --neng Ean. vice-president. Messrs R
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 236 2 Dry, Scaly Eczema On Face and Neck Healed by Cuticura "I suffered with dry eczema for nearly nine months. It began like little lumps on the side of my face, or my neck and on my shoulders. It was dry and scaly and the burning and itching were awful. I
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    • 222 2 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENT^ J ■i^i_______________-_«-B_--"---«"------i---»-«_--___r Spillers Dog Foods for Uniform Quality, Parity and Nutritive value are unequalled THEY PROVIDE THE IDEAL FEED FOR EVERY AGE AND BREED AGENTS POR MALAYA Wholesale and retail special rates for Kennels The Federal Dispensary, Ltd. (Incorporated in the F.M.S.) Raffles Place, Singapore. BOARD RESIDENCE. "EAST
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    • 322 2 SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY Tenders. Tenders are B Allowing mar,. particulars. Room. Purchase Wor < k Sfms Supply oi St i Castings for p Sept. 30. l 1935 <, pm.llond 4 H OOLDi E rincorpor MITKh. previously Huttenhach. U Zarus Sons Ltd. f N °TICF: is HEREBY CUT* changed from H Sons
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 218 2 Diary Of The Week THURSDAY, MAY 23. High Water. 1.10 a.m. 9.2 ft., 2.54 p.m. 7.5 ft. Football. S.A.F.A League Div. I, Wiltshires vs. R.A., Anson Road r Stadium; Div. 11. Marine Dept. vs. S.C.C. padang; Div. 111. Wiltshires vs. Y.M.C.A.. FRIDAY, MAT 24. High Water. 2 a.m. 8.9 ft
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    • 216 2 Today's Radio Programme* 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 Strai Times. 8.30 Close down. B.B.C.— GSF and GSG Wavelengths 19 82 and 16.86 metre p.m. 6.20 Big Ben. The Rutland Squa and
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  • 653 3 41,000 Entertained During The Week rtw number of children for thorn i iiMrt.iii.mcnts were provided to whom gifts were pre- ,1 the Children's Executive Committee taring the Silver Jubilee celebrations was 41,372. Ihr number of gifts and prizes distributed was HMBt. in River Valley Road was irom
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  • 112 3 American Sailor Killed In The Street Bhang-111. May 15. A young American sailor, c. J. Montgomery, aged 20, a native of Phoenix, Arizona, and a fireman. 3rd. •lass of the U.S.S. Augusta, was fatally injured this afternoon when he fell in [ront of an omnibus in the International
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  • 1135 3 HOW YOUTH IS BEING TRAINED "I PEEL that you cannot help but. agree with me when I say that the Christian Herald Industrial Mission with its programme of turning waste human materials into valuable industrial assets is going fur toward meeting the needs ol the
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  • 725 3 Open For Traffic In A Few Weeks Week-end holidays sl Mersiii«. the attractive watering place on the east coast of Johore, now become a much more practicable proposition for persons resident in Singapore and South Johore. i Within a lew weeks the last mile or two
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  • 209 3 Whore No Poor Person Is Ever Turned Away The period from May 27 to June »i is the biggest chance in this Jubilee Year for the whole community to show their appreciation of the charitable work done by the St. Andrew's Mission Hospital. Funds are sadly
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 138 3 ALL OVER THE WORLD A^§^B Fmb tnclish Fruits, gathered and nf V packed at the acme of their perfec- v V »*^ss>^£ 7^w bor. sene them with CHIVERS' N "^Sfefc CUSTARD- thev are delicious! $^b/ r^tta. ■!e» are just as dependable- i M pcked snd packed in a dav, they
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    • 395 3 m* <rr fmmm^. irkJ? ________!^^^X r W Am—* STUDY inYOUR ThTTenNETT COLLEGE, SHEFFIELD. OPEN LETTER TO PARENTS Dear Sir or Madam,— When your children first arrived they brought n h ih. m a wonderful lot ol sunshine. I I^er. you becl^proud ol the intelligence they displayed, but, still .ter, you
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  • 1623 4 Mr. Owen Rutter Returns To SARAWAK New Books LETTERS OF THE FIRST WHITE RAJAH j Rajah Brooke and Baroness Burdett Coutts (Collection of letters edited by Mr. Owen Butter). Hutchinson London. Price 18s. TTHE brief history of Sarawak under the rule of the white Rajahs has been chronicled so many
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  • 950 4 "More Beef For The Poilu" Is The Cry In France On The Continent BUT TROOPS ARE NOT IMPRESSED Paris. IT looks as though the French soldier is in for ether troublebesides extended service, assuming that the nation's producers are allowed to realise anything like a tenth of their present ambitions.
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  • 435 4 THRILLERS IN AN ORIENTAL SETTING Mysteries Of Asia. By the Shiekh A. Abdullah. Philip Alan and Co., Ltd. 2/6. THE appetite of that section of the 1 reading public whose taste is mainly confined to thrillers is wellnigh Insatiable. Though the situations which can "make the blood run cold" are
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 75 4 NATURE'S CURE Dr De JONGH'S LIGHT -BROWN COD LIVER OU contains VITAMINS A and D IN CORRECT PROPORTION WITH ALL THE OTHER VALUABLE CONSTITUENTS of Cod Liver Oil Hlf hly r.c-. mmend.d by th. Madkal ProUwio., ♦or o».r EIGHTY y.ir. in th. traatm.nt o< CONSUMPTION a ASTHMA BRONCHITIS RHEUMATISM INFANTILE
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    • 23 4 B. R. C. FABRIC BRITISH CONCRETE REINFORCEMENT USed. rVa-bOSa'! 1 S^Hl'vJ /Mtmmaml ____^^^^s^2_r Hn>\ q c nooc u^a^^m ______v^__»^___ m **a v» »*v
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  • Article, Illustration
    243 5 THE DUCHESS of York made a tour nf Playing Fields Day depots and at All Hallows' Church, Mark Lane, London, she shook hands with members of the All Hallows Unemployed Club who had been selling flags. Photo shows the Duchess of York shaking hands with some of the unemployed members
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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  • 105 6 Order Of Brilliant Jade Nanking. May 10. IN RECOGNITION of his munificent donations for the cause of education, the National Government, in an order to the Executive Yuan, authorises the conferment ol the Order ol the Brilliant Jade (TSal-Yu Chang*. 2nd grade, on Mr. Chen
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  • 40 6 The supplementary Qantas Empire Airways 5 mall announced to leave Singapore on May 27, for Brisbane has been cancelled. The original arrangement was made In anticipation ol the extra mails expected from New Zealand by Sir Charles Klngsford Smith's machine.
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  • 939 6 Former Bank Manager On Trial STORY OF OVERDRAFT A CASE which has aroused consider- able interest in Chines? business circles was started before Mr. H. A. Forrer, the criminal district judge, yesterday. Chia Chan Tock stood in the dock charged with cheating the Oversea Chinese Banking Corporation
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 230 6 r^* < a tx t H f L^mL^^ ~~jt jj iwV_7^^4^ w it v^^ *_^!!^i-^ff-!nH^_B_________________________________^. T* -~j_^~ •_.> ~*~^r r ?^lN_H^ ~"''l_____i_ffj^^^ f^tS-l___________________________ With o -_a_____i^__f.r\f^* W j Dignity of its own the 1935 AUSTIN seven The small "Bab: ol ten yamvm ago ha*, nov? developed into a roomv comfortable
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    • 397 6 "The greatest picture since CAVALCADE Sunday Referee m%? t PLANS ARE NOW OPEN! M.G.JVTs proudest triumph "DAVID COPPERFIELD" TAR "PTTTZ W. C. FIELDS LIONEL BARRYMORE MADCE EVANS STAK _.AS>I LAWTON LEWIS STONE ELIZABETH ALLAN HAHmS OF O'SULLIVAN ROLAND YOUNG FREDDIE BARTHOLOMEW 65 players GALA PREMIERE CAPITOL j UNE STH Ovaltine
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  • 268 7 i South London's Welcome London, May 18. London district, mainly a -J working-class quarter, was en fete today on the occasion of the King and Queen making the second 3f their four Silver Jubilee drives in different Metropolitan areas. The local population swelled by
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  • 73 7 CHINESE DIES IN HOSPITAL Identification Not Yet Kstablished Penaiiß. being knocked down A nd sustaining a fracChinese youth whose yet been established. his injuries in the G pital. suit ol a collision with .•whs: at the Magazine ••< us night. ila admission into the unconscious and
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  • 62 7 Strongest Party In The Xe\ Czech Parliament Prague. .May 20. nd unexpected featur lection for the ne^ Parliament has bee oi the Deutsch p< Qly imitates the Na; iny. rtch is led by Konra the strongest num. the new Parliament. Tli raiment is a coalition, or parties are
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  • 17 7 Cho, one of China's bes vill be passing throug June 5, on his way ba< m Europe.
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  • 77 7 Moscow Goes Into Mourning For Funeral Moscow. May 20. The city was in mourning today when 48 victims of the Maxim Gorky disaster were buried amidst heartrending weeping and wailing oi relatives and friends. Fifty thousand people marched the five miles from the centre of the city
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  • 69 7 Clashes With Police On The Boulevards Paris, May 20. i Fashionable dressmakers in the vicinity ot the Rue de la Paix are in a gtate of turmoil owing to 1.500 midinettes striking against alleged succesIsive reductions in wages. The midinettes marched along the boulevards and had clashes
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  • 44 7 Field Marshal's Illness In Budapest Budapest, May 19. Field Marshal von Mackensen. who I is 80 years of age. and who is visiting Ma son here, has been taken ill with I stomach trouble and there is cons-ider-I able anxiety.- Reuter Wireless
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  • 287 7 SMUGGLER TO PAY $1,500 DUTY EVADED ON SHOES i Accused Man Loyal To j Friends Kuala Lumpur, May 21. AS a result oi evading customs duty j amounting to $328.50 on 657 pairs oi rubber shoes valued at $183.96. Chong Kwi was this morning fined $1,537.38. j in default six
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  • 102 7 Half An Hour's Audience With The King London, May 20. Mr Baldwin visited the King for half an hour this morning, it is believed In connection with the Cabinet's defence statement on Wednesday for which Mr. Baldwin is responsible as Mr. MacDonald is visiting Edinburgh in connection
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  • 70 7 Denial By President And The Council London, May 20. The Royal Academy deny the presi- dent and council declined to sign the appeal regarding the Epstein statues i as it was never submitted them. i although Sir William Llewellyn had 1 1 declined. > Epstein's candidature for
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  • 37 7 Lieut. O. Goldsmith, lst. Battalion the Wiltshire Regiment, has beer appointed an Honorary Aide-de-camp to His Excellency the Governor witr effect from May 1. 1935. inclusive I vice 2nd. Lieutenant J. R. L. Huelir on furlough. t
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 567 7 A YOU'LL NEVER FORGET *IT— a *^!£tT?_Cs~*~*~*~*~^ tlf ____________fcX f r~l__» THAT WILL REGISTER ITSELF ON THE MINDS OF FILMGOERS FOR ALL TIME! |f* _^!*O«MpK t K\ I PAVI lAM TnillCllT eIC n_r These two great stars give an inspired portrayal of Somerset f. AmW %«__9l_, v' V m __BP^PBp*
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  • 22 8 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE. BIRTH. CLARK. -To Marguerite wife oi Adrian Clark 'Solicitor-General S.S. daughter. Adrienne Marguerite lues. born 9.40 p.m May 21. 1935.
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  • 957 8 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1935 Hitle r's Olive Branch HITLER'S speech to the Reichstag has introduced a new and more pacific note into European affair! and it cannot fail to lessen the tension produced by recent eventin Geneva, even although the League condemnation is the main I
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  • 216 8 j The marriage arranged between Mr I Frank Stanley Sole and Miss Alice Alexandra McGregor, daughter of Dr :G. C. McGregor and the late Mrs Mcj Gregor. will take place at the Presbyterian Church. Orchard Road Singaipore, at 5 p.m.. tomorrow, followed by I a reception at
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  • 1989 8  - M ultum in Parvo AUTOLYCUS A Commentary On Malayan Of The Week BY i HALT MAJOR ROAD AHEAD ii i I INDER the heading "For those about to go en leave." an issue oi the Free Press a day or two ago contained an article describing further changes that have
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 248 8 IIMJ_ iTuicE To avoid substitutes, worthless imitations made from cheap lemon juice or chemicals, and to get the product of the choicest West Indian Lime Frutt, be .sure you order l A CALDBECKS *mmimmmmmmmmmmmm^mm^mmmmmmmammm^mm^m^m^maaam^m^mm^mmamammam^ _^_i_m IPPOINTMEN'I A KING 01 SIAM _____?>■ BEAI 111 I L JEWELLERY ENHANCES FEMININE CHAKM The
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    • 48 8 SAID THE WAITER, "Did you ring, Sir "No, I was tolling the bell under the impression you were dead." To move with the times be the holder of a "GAFLAC" ACCIDENT and ALL SICKNESS POLICY. GENERAL ACCIDENT, FIRE A. LIFE ASSIRANCE CORPORATION. LTD. Hongkong Bank Chambers. Telephone 6480.
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  • 299 9 HITLER STRESSE S DESIRE FOR PEACE Criticism Of Franco-Soviet M1.1.1. Hitler, in a speech to the ReichS_?* l!Sf ll two hours and 25 minutes, t-eiterafa. <• lasting for equality and announced his I^JSIZT^* d mand v efforts for the practical limitation KEttLKl^ ng ucrmanys desire lor peace Germany believed firstly
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  • 152 9 Abyssinia Accuses Italy CTRONG complaints against k Italy are contained in a telegram to the League received from the Emperor of Abyssinia which will be read to the Council when the dispute comes up for discussion. The Emperor complains that Italy since the Ualual incident has employed
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  • 81 9 DA YANG ELIZABETH Now Wearing Engagement Ring (From Our Own Correspondent) London, May 22. The Dayang Elizabeth, daughter of the Rajah and Ranee of Sarawak, whose forthcoming engagement to Harry Roy, leader of the May Fair Hotel, London, dance band, was forecast in the Free Press earlier this week, is
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  • 624 9 Famous Pianist Arrives In Singapore Rubinstein Tours Far East j\ |R. Arthur Rubinstein's first impression of Singapore as he disembarked on arrival from China in the heat of the forenoon yesterday must have been one of extreme discomfiture. The (real pianist Indicated as much when he waa met on the
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  • Article, Illustration
    11 9 THF K\ waring one oi" their nine -oils __„w. «i._ _i
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  • 94 9 SINGAPORE JUBILEE FUND Two stall collections totallin- $216 and a sum of $1,000 irom Mala van Tobacco Distributors figure in the latest list ol contributions to the Sin-' gapore Silver Jubilee Fund. Contributions to the Singapore Silver Jubilee Fund mav be sent either to The Chairman. Collection Committee. .Municipal Offies,
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  • 71 9 Stockholm. May 18. The celebrations in connection with the nuptials of Princess Ingrid. daughter oVi.be Crown Prince of Sweden and! grand-daughter of the Duke of I Connaught. and Crown Prince Frederlk I 01 Denmark on May 24 have begun. The King and Queen of the Belgians were among
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  • 109 9 Latest Rubber And Tin Prices 'From Our Own Correspondents RUBBER London, May 22. Spot (Sellers! 6 1 16d. (6d.» (Buyers) 6d. <sT_d.> July-Sept. 6 5 32d. (6 1 16d.) Oct.-Dec. 6 5 16d. (6 3 16d. Jan.-March 6 15 32d. (6 11 32d Market: Steady. New York, May
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 92 9 -LEXICON" CARD GAME The Game of Skill Excitement and Interest PRICE $1.75 KELLY WALSH, LTD., Hong Kong> Raffles Place Singapore. TIFFINS DAILY $1.00WATCH DAILY MENU PHONE 4906. THEIR LAUGHTER will frk* yot:r heart! THEIR 7EAPS uJ/lglrstea oh yawr chetk! WHrtE MMny A Jt-'-C I. lASK. PRODUCTION I aLORETTAYOUNG JOHN BOLES;
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    • 128 9 Ask pr,ce $3.35 I fjfff* r— PER BOTTLE I p_ff ■OR INCLUDING I Bl I %^j(|)aWSON I L_ ""•wi mmmx'm'yj.^ J SLjfl^ EVERY BOTTLE I llr ft CARRIES THIS SEAL mM] Mm THE FINEST OF ftft MlW OLD SCOTCH WHISKIES fljßjl Ml 'OLE ACEIVTS: ROBINSON CO., LTD. TWYFORDS BRITISH SANITARYWARE
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  • TRADE AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE
    • 843 10 Slight Fillip Needed To Renew Activity FRASER COS REPORT THE news during the past lew days has been singularly devoid of incident, and in the absence of any pronounced lead, markets both at home and locally seem to be going through a period of marking time. In
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    • 106 10 Foreign imports of tin ore during the month of April. 1935. Country of Origin Tons 1. Alaska t 2. Burma 2J >B 3. The Netherlands Indies: Banka and Billiton Singkep Other Places 4 4. French Indo-China 212 5. Japan 66 6. Siam 1081 7. Tanganyika 10 8.
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    • 223 10 May 19. tl. VI. I American Can. Com 124' 2 125->, 127' 2 American Telephone and Telegraph 120 1194 119' J .j Atcheson Railroad 41 3 8 41 3 g 41 Chesapeake 43 1 43 7 K 43 -> Dupont 99 98- 8 100V 4 Firestone 15^ 15
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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 $4.46 Shell Motor Spirit ex pump per British Imperial Gallon 82 Shell Motor Spirit in 4gallon drums per British Imperial Gallon 85
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    • 1098 10 WEDNESDAY. MAY tt, 1935 MINING Buyers Sellers lAmpat Tin (4s 4s 6d 5o Asam Kumbang 32s 34s Austral Malay -9s 61s Ayer Hitam Tin 'ss) 13s 3d 14s Ayer Weng ($1) 185 1.90 Bangrin Tin (£> 24s 25s Chenderiang 8s 8s 9d Hitam Tin (.50 cts.) .47
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    • 102 10 May 22 Gambier 6.00 Java Cube 10.00 Hamburg Cube 10.50 Muntok White Pepper 25.00 White Pepper 23.00 Copra, Sundried 4.80 Copra, mixed 4.45 Small Flake Tapioca 400 R. B. Siam No. 1 $102 Blanja Jelotong 5.75 Sarawak Jelotong g 75 R. Siam > W.C. No. 1 per
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    • 121 10 Sartling Increase In Bill Applications r.*-, fU London, May 18. on the money market after last Bnf k L S i art J' ng increase in Treasury fhat S 1 became mat market houses must organise themselves to prevent a further decUne in the average rate and consequently
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    • 166 10 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 1.227th auction yesterday, when there was catalogued 948.978 lb., 423 65 tons* offered 903,506 lb., 403.35 tons* sold 810,000 lb., 361.61 tons. London S 5 P ,°l New York x2» 4 cts PRICES REALISED Ribbed Smoked Sheet cts.
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    • 799 10 JOHORE RIVER RUBBER PROSPECTS Five Per Cent Less Tax 1 The last dividend paid by this company was 4 per cent, in respect of the year 1929, and it is a satisfaction to the board to be able to recommend that your overtried patience should
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    • 63 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association May IS, IS oVlmk ft*. No. I. X. R.S.S. inc;..v 'FOB. June) 20 Good FAQ. in cases <FO.B June. No. I. X. R.S.S. Spot-loose) (awardable Singapore ;No. I X. R.S.S. June July September October December January March 2:. Tone of Market Finn Latest cable: London
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    • 161 10 May H sellim; London. 4 months' tig] 2,4 lif London. 3 month*' g| 24 j g London, 60 days' si_ London. 30 days' light .132 London, demand 15 London. T.T. 15 16 Lyons and Pari:;. A 863 Hamburg, demand New York, deirand 5^ Batavia. Botirabaj 1 Samarang. der..
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    • 31 10 Nazi Revenge On Former Minister London. Ma) N Herr Ormilnilrl a foi 'Democratic Minister anc dent of Berlin, has I his German citizenship perty has been conflac Reuter Wireless
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  • 17 10 Mr. A. E Lambert Messrs. Sime Darby and C Mall will proceed to Singapore transfer. 1 _________________________________m——^f
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 51 10 _3 f\. _J^^M-J-M-M_^^^^jr r _Ai__-^_-_-_ otcrHmje costs j Cheap storage for a" kinds of produce available. at >5 Stanton \«l*on _nd ('<» Riverside l.odown. l*«. Boat Qua>. Kafaft* SrW m.*^S STANTON NEtfON C0 M LTD 4, COLLYER QIAY IWOAF Tel en" SEASIDE GODOWN RIVERSIDE OODOWN OFFICE InspcC __L~-' me .Ml
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  • 619 11  - ERNST LUBITSCH Forecasts SCREEN OPERAS MOLLIE MERRICK Hollywood In Person BY will be the next imvy portan. turn for the screen, as we know it on the La Scala, or Metropolitan bul opera told in terms of That will be the next llywood development." Ernst Lubitsch, Holly- ducer. who has
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  • 222 11 Submarines And Cruisers Penang. Thre.> submarines H.M. Regent, H.M. Rover and H.M. Regulus and two cruisers H.M.S. Suilolk and H.M.S. Dorsetshire will arrive here during the month of June. The submarines will arrive here on June 3 and will sail on June 7 while the cruisers
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  • 40 11 The Eastern Extension Telegraph Company announces that the transit time on full rate telegrams from Singapore to London yesterday were as follows: Telegrams handed in up to 5 p.m. 5.30 p.m. and 6.30 p.m. two minutes.
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  • 537 11  -  Ely Culbertson by World's Champion Player And Greatest Card Analyst IHE AUCTION IN CONTRACT have been asked by some players, beginners in the game of Contract Bridge, to state in simple terms the P definition ol an unction. There seems be some confusion in their minds. I
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  • 138 11 Making Satisfactory Progress In Hospital rn< young Javanese trainer of wild beasts oi the Chinese Sports Circus. yap^who was mauled by a pet leopard at the Fun and Frolic Amusement Park on Sunday morning. Is reported to be making satisfactory progress in the General Hospital. It appears
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  • 213 11 r'Htw Deal" For Wrong pIVIL SERVANTS against whom i serious complaints are made will be dealt with in future by a newprocedure resembling an Armv Courtmartial. Mr. W. J. Brown. Secretary of the Civil Service Clerical Association, said yesterday: -The method of dealing with complaints
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  • 52 11 Mr. Justice R. C Cussen. who was to have heard a number of criminal appeals in the Seremban Supreme Court, on Saturday, was unable to do so. as he was engaged in the Court of Appeal at Kuala Lumpui. The hearing of the appeals at Seremban has now been fixed
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  • 348 11 Big Haul By Perak Customs 1* HE P<'rak Customs authorities last h.n. WCt k Ca 5 ied OUt a raid in the hills behind Temoh and in an underground cave found a liquor factory and l also 153 jars of fermented rice and 765 gallons of
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  • 79 11 Mr. A. G. Robinson. Assistant Adviser on Drainage and Irrigation. Malay States, has been appointed to act u Adviser on Drainage and Irritation, Malay States, in addition to his own duties, with effect from May 10 quest their correspondents to include he Box number in the address Met! ters. etc.,
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 48 11 R oyal Netherlands Indies Airways Royal Dutch Air Lines SPEND YOUR LOCAL LEAVE IN A COOL AND RESTFUL CLIMATE *>' to Bandoeng the Health Resort par Excellence Passage fares in the Netherlands East Indies now considerably reduced Wy Offices K.N.1.L.M./K.L.M.-49 Stamford Road <>r to any Booking Agency in Singapore.
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    • 146 11 I HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. 'Incorporated in the Colony ol j Hong Kong> .The liability oi members is limited to l^L nt^ and in the manner pres- cribed by Ordinance No. 6 of 1929 ol the Colony. HEAD OFFICE HONG KONG Authorised Capital $50,000,000 Issued and fully paid up
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    • 502 11 I CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA (Incorporated in England bv Royal Charter I Paid up capital in 600 OOf. > shares ol £5 each -„.000 000 I Reserve Fund »::',000.00Q I Reserve Uability ot Proprietors M OOQ HEAD OIIKE I 38. Blshopsgate, London EC Ij Agencies and Branches.
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  • LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
    • 1115 12 Still On Top In Spite Of Depression IN spite of the depression in overseas trade and the activity of other nations in shipbuilding and ownership. Great Britain still leads the world on the sea No fewer than 9.967 ships fly the British flag
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    • 198 12 Believed Lost Overboard From Empress Of Japan A well-known personality on both the I Atlantic and the Pacific and a very old j .employee of the Canadian Pacific 1 Steamship Company. Mr. James Ash- more, is believed to have met his death at sea between Hong Kong and
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    • 108 12 SINGAPORE HARBOR Ships alongside the Wh_m or expected to mS?^ _ast Wharf (Entriru. Q-4. Rohna 20 l Main Wharf (Entrant IU Naldera IK M i: 11 Van der I *edah 6. Empire Dock (Entrant itA{m Penang Maru 30. 81 J5 Steel Trav, ler :.7 Empire Dock (Batrance Elephanta 48 te
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    • 26 12 The M M. vessel AUkm u Colombo on Saturday will probably sail on the p.m. for Balgon, H i K hai and Kobe Berth SHB Wll
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    • 535 12 BOUSTEAD Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in F.M.S.) TELEPHONE Freight 5433 Passage 543L LLOYDS AGENTS. BOOKING AGENTS FOR FEDERATED MALAY STATES RAILWAYS. ROYAL STATE RAILWAYS OF SIAM. m I _P mmmmW H A_____B _H^__H ___k I-n «*mr I I _^T^_____L^____________ I I I __^^__H ____T^_______K ml I _i*_. lE___L__— B^^* V |^^M
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    • 63 12 STATE SHIPPING SERVICE of Western Australia FREMANTLE (Via Port Swettenham, Penang Palembang, Banjoewangi and Ncrth Western Ports) Doc Sail t«™„ v S'pore. Spore T.s.m.v. Kangaroo June 7 June 8 T.s.m.v. Kangaroo Aug. 8 Aug. 9 Fares Single £19.0.0, Australian Return £30.0.0, Currency For particular, of Frai«kt an* Paftsa«« ploaa* apply
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    • 111 12 For everything appertainini to Ocean Passages. Foreign Money Exchange and Freight. cooks WAGCmS&XITS [WOO LP TPAVfI StßVlCgj 39, ROBINSON ROAD, No Booking Fee*. Telephone 5908. HENDERSON LINE SCHEDULE OF SAILING By Fortnightly Passe iu'" >" Between Rangoon. Port JJ" Marseilles, Palma tad HOMEWARD *\H M Port of Disembarkation I'lun^ PEGU
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 557 12 Local And I 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 pjn. Kuantan (via Jerantut) Monday to Friday 7.30 a.m. Saturday 7.30 ajn. 7 p.m Kelantan (via Gemas) every Monday. Wednesday, Thursday
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    • 129 12 VESSELS ARRIVED Mata Hari, Brit, HQ Penang 21. lor Pen Kedah. Brit. lawan Deli 21. ior Penal Danmark. Dan, 1,941 Copenhagen 21. for Mar.; Elout, Dut. 907 U» haven 22, for Batavia 23 Giang Ann. Brit :om Bandjermasin 22. I Sourabaya 24. Tinombo. Dut f.2. wan Deli 22. for Belawan
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 454 13 _p BRITISH INDIA P. O. S. N. CO'S SAILINGS. OUTWARDS T'nage S'pore T c Due MANTUA 11.000 May 25 NALDFRa ,Y!!1* C S pore •BANGALORE 6.000 June 6 R^?tol JS'XS AUg 2 CARTHAGE 15,000 June 7 Bu££w AN 6 JSS ft* JS RAWALPINDI 17.000 June 21 RAJPUTANA 17 nnn A
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    • 495 13 I EUerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in England) "EIXERMAN" LINE FOR HAVRE, LONDON, ROTTERDAM AND HAMBITRP VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL Steamer City of Cardiff w Dne Sails City of Wellington ffP M Ju ne 2 City of Bagdad June 14 Jun e 16 City of Yokohama June 29
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    • 995 13 WE3I_H^ REPRESENTING SHIPPING V^^ THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean Th* n.,__ Steam Ship Co, Ltd. and China Mutual SSJ^mS^S^! <*• (1932 > L Steam Navigation Co., Ltd.) Th* w W Jj lte SUr Ltd The Straits Steanurtdp Co, Ltd. ?j! liS™? S i Mnshi P The China Navigation ct. Ltd.
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    • 758 14 Iy__ Wrm ML KONINKLUKE PAKfcIVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ GEN. VERSPYC K Thursday. May 23. Letong, Kramat. Tarempa. Midai and Genting. VAN HEUTSZ Thursday, May 23. Belawan-Deli and Penang. VAN DER LIJN- Thursday, May 23, Toboali. Cheribon (not for passengers), Semarang, Sourabaya, Boeleleng, Ampenan, Padang-Bay. Benoa and Banjoewangi. BriJSKES -Thursday, May 23. Penang,
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    • 505 14 TOT EUROPE PROM SINGAPORE AND PENANG VIA BOMBAY, SUEZ, PORT SAID, ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES. GENOA. MARSEILLES AND NEW YORK Arrive Leave Leave A iv S'pore. S'pore. Penang V York Pres. Johnson June 1 June 4 June 6 July 16 Pres. Monroe June 15 June 18 June 20 July 30 Pres. Van
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    • 598 14 GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR (TNtith WHITE STAR LINE. TO LONDON, VIA NAPLES, MARSEILLES. ANT.VI.KI' Eftti— AND MIDDLESBROUGH Kl HAKONE MARU 10.500 May 29 30 HAKUSAN MARU iftf- 4 .SUWA MARU 10.700 June 12 IS HARUNA MARU ***** SFUSHIMI MARU 11,000 June 26 2. KATORI MAPI u 2 fc HAKOZAKI MARU
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  • 1024 15 Little Mining Town's Bold Bid For Honours Succeeds SUPERIOR SIDE ALL ROUND 11 11 London, May 5. ,tkford. 11 P^ Huddersfield g pASTLEFORD beat Huddersfield in the final of the Rugby Leaeiie t <up at Wembley, by a goal and three tries (11
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  • Article, Illustration
    21 15 AM INCIDENT in the final of the Singapore Polo Club senior handicap tournament, which was won 9-0 by the R A
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  • 144 15 Major Nunn Takes Part In Competition On Sunday at Kuala Lumpur ln addition to the shooting at 900 and 1.000 yards, there was the clay bird shooting competition. Major Nunn from Singapore was a visitor and took part In the shooting al 900 and 1.000 yards, having
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  • 114 15 New Record Set Up Another event in the Chinese Swim- ming Club 1935 competitions was swum on Sunday, the race being the Junior I 100 metres breast stroke. The time of 85 4/5 seconds returned for the race is a new record, the previous mark being 88
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  • 121 15 Changes In Rest Side To Meet Europeans T Kuala Lumpur. May 21. HE changes have had to be made in the Rest side to meet the Europeans this week-end on the Kuala Lumpur Padang. Owing to illness Lall Singh will not be available and the side will be
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  • 116 15 Thrilling Final Of LTA Men's Doubles <From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang. May 22. •pHE final ot the Penang L T.A. men's doubles was played yesterday at the PC C. belore a record crowd and resulted in Goon Kok Ying and J. H Ho beating Dr. H. O. Hopkins
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  • Upcountry Cricket Matches
    • 293 15 (From Our Own Correspondent Segamat, May 19. pLAYING on the town padang on Friday, the Segamat Cricket Club defeated the Government BnglUn School by nine wickets, but ixni tinuing to bat eventually finished i2i runs in front G.E.S. (First Innings): Hashim not out 39, Nadason b Frank 4.
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    • 247 15 (From Our own Correspondent. I Malacca, May 1... QN Saturday playing on their owr ground the High School b at thr King George V. School by an innings and eighteen runs K. G. V. School (First Innings): Myalvaganam b Tarn Kong Yen 1; Sivapragasam b Ibrahim 1; Ali
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    • 156 15 SUNLIGHTand UMBRELLAsoap iifninnpiiA I I I U I If If Wa M a? jo^^> I_BKr^Jo<3^i_> S. _r*^___^ ___>** i_*- v v^^s^__^__^ni .r 7 ______p- •■J fc ___^i_ J N^s?^_____7N«>vv s c c^_! ________r iSsK *z+^^ w«-_^^t_'^ _x^—» -^^p > > -^L^m^ _^_i! mn no ii _hn ii nn I l^feli^®v^_^H^r
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  • 871 16 Star Forwards Fail To Show Usual Form BOTH TEAMS LACK COHESION Losers Improve In Second Half After Being Three Goals Down Colours 3 Whites 2. YESTERDAY'S trial game between two teams drawn from the S.A.F.A. at the Anson Road Stadium will give
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  • 344 16 HANDICAPS FOR FIRST DAY "T*HE weights i<»r tomorrow, the first day 01 the Singapore Turl Club Sumner Skye meeting, are as follows: Race- 1 llors<_s, Class ft, Div. 3, s*i furs.. Ml p.m. Chorus Girl 10.12, Lady Aloueti.' 10.9. Be* A< rial 10.5, Brown
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  • 84 16 ALL CONTESTANTS (BV RINGSIDE) A LL the contestants participating In tomorrow's boxing programme at the New World arena have emerged from their training in the fittest possible condition. One can anticipate that both Yanianaka and Aime Raphael will leave nothing undone In their efforts to gain the decision.
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  • 87 16 Tournament Ties lor Today And Tomorrow Ties lor today and tomorrow in the B.H C. lawn tennis tournament are as follows: TODAY Championship Doubles C. B Webb and E. Ryan vs. S Stewart and N. S. Hogan. .Mixed Doubles Dr. and Mrs. R. C. Oehlers «plus 15.3
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  • 70 16 Capitol Theatre To Show Sports Film i The management of the Capitol Theatre announce that a speeiai attraction of particular interest to all badminton players in Singapore, namely "Good Badminton." will be screened tomorrow in conjunction with "Border Town." "Good Badminton" presents the champion badminton plaver of the
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  • 65 16 Singapore And Johore P.W.D/s Meet Todav I The following will represent the Singapore P.W.D. vs. tho Johore P W D in the Finch Cup competition at the J.C.S.C. ground. Balestier Road at SIS jP.m. today: L^J*** iBiu,: Siv *samboo. Sta MariaValberg, Ponniah. dc Costa: Raia Paglar, Chin Lye.
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  • 33 16 St. Amies, May 22. W. H. Eikins I Malaya* was today beaten in the third round of the amateur golf championship here by R D. Chapman (U.S.A.) 5 and 4— Reuter
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  • 53 16 xr J^ following will represent the V.M.C.A. at soccer vs. Wilt Regiment tomorrow at Anson Road ground at 5.10 p.m.: J. Bleha; Lim Chong Huan Tan Huck Wan; Kwee Thiam T^ck' G. Day, W. Mitchell; Ann Whatt Kim V. N. Pillay. C. Crocker, I. Reshty. H. Crocker Reserves: T K
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  • 287 16 BY defeating the R.A.F. in the inter-uuit find lUgcd Singapore Swimming Club yesterday afternoon n Battalion the Wiltshire Regiment have won the mand water polo championship cup for the third in Mif cession. They will thus be entitled to keep
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