The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 24 May 1935

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. WO. 14,582. ESTD. 1835. FRIDAY. MAY 24. 1935 10 CENTS.
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    2,000 ADDITIONAL PILOTS FOR AIR FORCE
    779 1 Personnel To Be Increased By 20,000 FOR BRITAIN'S DEFENCE Mr. Baldwin's Announcement Applauded rpHE personnel of the Royal Air Force will k. J**" fnd —Iv 20,000 add onL "ST2 pi Great Britain's decision to t rii le tit ol the country's air defences. is
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    Full List Of Jubilee Medal Awards In S. S. And Malay States
    2242 1 lhe King Honours 17 Women In Singapore Singapore Volunteer Corps Awards A L? \u WaS rCVealed S me time a S° b > the Free Press that the members of the Singapore Municipal Commission were .among the recipients
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    £ 100,000,000 BUDGET DEFICIT IN FRANCE
    138 1 100,000,000 BUDGET DEFICIT IN FRANCE 50,000 Civil Servants May Go Paris, May 23. JN addition to international worries, the Government will be I faced with serious financial difficulties when the Chamber reassembles next week. The Budget deficit li estimated at over a hundred millions sterling. Furthermore, the Treasury repayments at
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    25 1 THE MOURNER. CRIKEY WHY ner a.k.-_- ma »< kmgmentli u, „r<; m ,l E A NT .DEAD AFTER ALL!" POrffe Bekh <-«* picture in this year's Academy)
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    TIN PERSONNEL
    130 1 Questions In The House of Commons 'From Our Own Correspondent) London, May 23. In the House of Commons last night Mr. J. C. Wilmot <Lab. Fulham. E.t asked the Colonial Secretary, whether there had been since April 1, 1935. any and if so. what changes in the membership
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    E. P. KYLE WINS
    42 1 (From Our Own Correspondent) London. May 2* E. P. Kyle. Molesey Hurst Golf Club, and formerly of the F.M.S., beat J. Nash (Canada) 3 and 2 in the Amateur Golf 'Open" today.— Copyright by the Singapore Free Press.
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      78 1 HH %MUt§ IfrfeT VjU^v__'* A LAYA'S PREMIER HOTEL EMPIRE DAY'S ATTRACTIONS SPECIAL LUNCHEON 12.30 to 3 p.m. COCKTAIL DANCE 6.30 to 8.15 p.m. SPECIAL EMPIRE DAY DINNER DANCE (inforniiii) 9.30 to midnight and the CELEBRATED CONTINENTAL DANCERS VALENTA ZARAH Ute of the WINTER GARDEN, BERLIN APPEARING NIGHTLY NON DINERS $1.00
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    CRASHED INTO OCEAN
    48 2 Six Killed In U.S. Navy Plane New York. May £3. The warship Pennsylvania, flagship ol the mid-Pacific Fleet, reports thai six fliers were killed when a giant United States navy seaplane developed a spin and crashed at terrific speed into Mir ocean and disappeared Reuter
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    $126,000—PENANG JUBILEE FUND
    46 2 $126,000— PENANG JUBILEE FUND *.From Our Own Correspondent Penang, May 23. The Penang Jubilee Fund which was iffieially launched on Mar. 29 has new reached a total oi 5126.076. and as contributions are still coming in it is expected that the total will eventually reach $150,000.
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    101 2 The Council has approved of the proposal to invite Japan to attend the opium Ct tnmlttee. Reuter. Hollywood. May 23. Eddie Cantor who was taken to hospital on Monday with stomach trouble has undergone a major operation. Hi: condition is satisfactory. —Reuter. At the annual competition last tern tor the
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    REST TRIAL TEAM
    764 2 n^ a^mm maa^aamaa^aaa^^^^mmmmm Letters To The Editor SEVERAL PROMINENT CRICKETERS MISSING- WHY ARE SOME CLUBS RULED OUT OF CLARKE CUP? DID MR. CONRAD CLARKE INTEND THIS? -IF SO "REST" IS MISNOMER A PRECEDENT I RECALLED PL A YERS WOR TH MR. J. JOULE i Funeral At Bidadari
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    Czech Elections
    124 2 To The Editor. Sir.-With reference to the Reuter message regarding the Czechoslovak elections published in your Thursday's issue stating that the Deutsche Front, a German Nazi organisation, is now the strongest party in the new Parliament. I wish to point out that out ot the 300 seats in
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    MR. COWLEY-BROWN
    201 2 Censor In Singapore During The War Kuala Lipis. Tlu death to<«k plain suddenly at Vancouver, B.C ol Mr. P. C. Cowl* y Brown, M.BE. The late Mr. Patrick C CowleyBrown came to Malaya as a planter in the 'nineties and worked on Valambrosa Estati. Klanii. lor a short
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    FINE OF $20
    111 2 Police Cleric Convicted Of Criminal Trespass (From Our Own Correspondent.* Kuala Luirpur, May 22. Judgment was delivered by Mr. i F. K. Wilson, in the Kuala Lumpur poHce court, in the case in which Lee Pitt Swee, a police clerk and interpreter, attached to the Criminal Intelligence
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    19 2 i Lieut. C R. Wright, 2120th Burma Rifles, has been granted privilege leave jfrom June 20 to Aug. 19.
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      382 2 TENDERS SINGAPORI MUNICIPALITY Tenders an ncn following materials or particulars, se Mun F •Room Purchase ol Scrap Bi Meter Workshops Closing 4 p.m sth. 1035 Supply ol Btralgl pip Castings for period On Sept 30. 1936. Date pm. Monday August l2tl Supply ol Manganea m Date ot Closing. 4 p.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      197 2 Diary Of The Week FRIDAY. MAT ?A. High Water. 2 am 8.9 ft.. 3.50 p.m 7 3 ft. Racing: Singapore Amateur Races, first day. Sports: Command Aquatic Meeting. Cricket: S.C.C vs. Y.M.C.A., lirst day. padang; Johore CC. vs. Wiltshires. Tanglin. SATURDAY, MAY High Water, 'l a.m. 8.5 Jt.. 4.5L> p.m
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      437 2 Today's Radio Programmes 8.8.C-- GSF and GSG Wavelengths— l)».B2 and l&M mcties! ti2o Big Ben. "More Trunk Calls. Musical Telephun on Light Lines. 7.05 The 8.8.C. Dance Orchestra. Greenwich time signal at 7.20 p.m. 7.35 Friday Midday Concert relayed I from Queen's College, Birmingham. A recital by Joseph Shadwick (vioiim
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    Mr. Baldwin's Eloquent Plea For Peace
    2353 3 SICKENED WITH HORRORS OF AIR WAR Why Royal Air Force Is To Tm% *n_n 11 <■ Be Trebled "NO OCCASION FOR PANIC" London, May 23 a |PBNHIO the defence debate in the House of Commons \t Mr Stanley Baldwin said Hitler's speech would receive
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    Court Attends On Witness
    217 3 Court Attends On Witness BECAUSE HE WAS TOO ILL TO LEAVE HOME YESTERDAYS proceedings in the charge of cheating against Chia Chan Tock preferred by. the Oversea Chinese Banking Corporation were conducted in the house of the Bank's managing director. Mr. Tan Ean Kian. who was too iii to attend
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    ILLICIT OPIUM
    144 3 Arrested on Wednesday night in Hare Street, two Sikhs. Ke.hr Singh and Allah Singh, were produced before Mr. H. A Forrer. the criminal district judge, yesterday. The first man was charged with the possession of 125 tahils of opium and the second with being concerned In the importation
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    DIED OF MALARIA
    103 3 Mr. V. Olsen's Death In Hospital The funeral took place at Bidadarl on Wednesday evening of Mr. Victor Olsen, who died of malaria at the General Hospital on Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Olsen was 42 years of age and leaves behind a widow and four young sons. Rev.
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    CRASH IN FLAMES
    82 3 Detroit, May 18. Stanley Hausner, the Polish flyer who narrowly escaped death in June, 1933, when he descended in the sea in an i attempt to fly from New York to Warsaw, was killed here when his aeroplane in which he intended to try to fly non-stop
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    17 3 INSPECTOR F. E. MINNS, bandmaster of the Police Band in Singapore, leaves for England today on retirement.
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    NEW CHAPEL NEEDED FOR MISSIONS TO SEAMEN
    797 3 WORK THAT IS GROWING EACH YEAR meeSg gl!*!*^!!* *~m* at the annua, general day at the BJ J^L-£ i« «»Wef, held on Wednesing. "»"°rs institute, Mr. R. v. Harris, the chairman, presidthere H was ß^ h p^ (t he Rt Rev B C.
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    SHE HAS LOST OVER A STONE
    188 3 Now Kruschen Is Reducing Her Husband, Too She was so successful in reducing her weight that her husband is following the same method. He has lost 4 lbs. in ithe first fortnight. This is what the wife writes: "I found I was putting on
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      37 3 T he screen's most famous personality MA 17 IU rC T be at the CAPITOL Next Week A fc, W fc. O 1 in Paramount's glamorous production BELLE OF THE NINETIES" 'Come up and see her sometime!
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      71 3 o/rf reliability pfag nea; styled bodies, make AUSTIN a still better INVESTMENT. See the new Models af BORNEO— MOTORS— LTD. Singapore, Malacca, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Penang. THE BEST PROTECTION AGAINST Mini* TUlLllbm I.IPL I Hl r wlla I llPlv AND pW _^________________> _^_________________H___g_g____a _______________k. _^fl ________k. I ______a __^_fl
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    WOMEN'S INTERESTS
    2061 4  -  Mignon Around Ihe l own By A ROYAL WEDDING Although it will take place more than eight thousand miles away, the wedding ol Princess Ingrid. daughter of the Crown Prince of Sweden, and one of Europe's loveliest princesses, to Prince Frederick of Denmark at Stockholm today will. I
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      13 4 AMERICAN DRESSES RECEIVED WEEKLY $7 to $35 KOOM 26 ADELPHI HOTEL BERNYECE HARVEY.
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    141 5 FOLLOWING closely behind Ihe King and Queen in the Jubilee Procession were the Plinct of Wales. (h. Onsen <»t Norway, and the Dnke of Cilouecstcr, wh«» are here seen driving ihr-nmh .Trafalgar Square Ml their way to the CHANCELLOR HITLER, who is tearing big centres of industry. shook hands with
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      128 5 THE rlkitX. CO-STARS WITH GARBO! "•t^*** 9 EDLY WAN! TO SEE THIS PICTURE. TOR THE I.EK A. IE NOT (iAKBO SCHMIDT CO. 89, BRAS BASAH ROAD. RAFFLES HOTEL BUILDING. SINGAPORE. An atmosphere of old Japktn YOU WILL FALL FOR THE CHARM OF THE TAMAGAWA GARDENS RESTAURANT CAFE "J "Sukiyaki" daintily
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    PRAISE FOR HERR HITLER'S
    663 7 Useful Contribution To European Loiidoii. May 22. HERR Hitlers speech (reported in yesterday's Free Press) is acclaimed by the City as a useful contribution to European security. Germany's full of equality arms is asidered justified and not necessarily a danger to peace. Chancellor's recognition of the
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    MEMEL SENTENCES
    116 7 u- 4 Germany Demands Justice, Not Grace" Berlin. May 18. Tho commutation of the death sentence passed on Germans in Memel has not pacified feeling here. The unanimous demand that the Powers who guaranteed the Memel Statute "use their influence to reestablish law and order so that a
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    MYSTERIOUS DEATH
    277 7 Itinerant Barber's Throat Cut Kuala Lipis. A murder covered In mystery, but of B brutal nature. was discovered at j Kuala Medan. Ulu Jelai on the evening iof the Bth Instant when an elderly Chinese adult was found dead with his throat cut and two stab wounds on
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    86 7 All women who are interested In physical fitness will like to know that the beginning of June will see the commencement of a "keep fit" class at the Y.W.C.A. The classes will consist of physical work with recreational games and will probably include some country dancing. They will be held
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    Raffles Library
    344 7 THE undernoted non- fiction works Will be ready for issue on Saturday at 9 a.m. Armstrong I Edward* Italian Studies Asbmy Herbert The Barbarv Coast An Informal History of the San Francisco Underworld. Illustrated. Batson (Alfred) African Intrigue. Bayly <H.\V.» Triple Challenge or War. Whlrllgla and Windmills. 1914--1929.
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    CHIEF BOY SCOUT
    90 7 Tokio, May 12. I The Japan ete Boy Scouts, without a president since the death oi Council Shimpei Goto more than ten years ago. yesterday elected the former Premier. Baron Makoto Saito president of the National organisation. Baron Saito has been an ardent supporter of the Boy
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    21 7 Willey (Basil! The Seventeenth Century Background. Wood (H.S.) Shikar Memories. A Record of Sport and Observation in India and Burma. Illustrated.
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE ANNOUNCEMENT.
    125 8 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE ANNOUNCEMENT. The marriage has been arranged between Frank Stanley Sole and Alice Alexandra, daughter of Dr G. C. McGregor and the late Mrs. McGregor and will take place at the Presbyterian Church. Orchard Road. Singapore, at 5 p.m.. on Friday. May 24. 1935. followed by a reception at
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    The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1935 Faith, Hope And Parity
    992 8 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1935 Faith, Hope And Parity IT IS seldom that two speeches more pregnant with hope for a war-weary world have followed each other so quickly as Hitler's to the Reichstag and Mr. Baldwin's contribution to the defence debate in the House of Commons
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    DAY TO DAY
    114 8 Miss M. B. Lewis, headmistress Kampong Bahru Government Girls' School. Alor Star, is in the General I Hospital, suffering from malaria. Mr. M. Jamieson will act as Government Analyst, Straits Settlements and Deputy Commissioner of Excise Singapore, from May 20. o^" Co1^ L H Cnid son and
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    As I Was Saying
    586 8 TWENTY-FIVE new humming-birds have been added to the collection in the tropical house at the London Zoo. They are the first to be received from Costa Rica and are the gift of a visitor from Costa Rica who was im pressed by the display of Brazilian
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    A Croc Shoot
    889 8  -  MRS. K. SAVAGE BAILEY (By 'I AM often asked how we women j amused ourselves in Singapore years 'ago. before hotel dances, "flicks*' and swimming lidos were at our doors. We did as a matter of fact amuse ourselves very well. and. given a sense of humour,
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    41 8 The Army Children;* Malaya Command will (Empire Day and I holidays from June 10 A Johore Governn. I ordinary, issued > that the Hon Mr. W. Commissioner 01 Cusl Straits Settlements Malay States, has b as General Advis. r from May 20
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      54 8 "THE MAN I MARRY," said the blonde widow, "must be a hero." "He will be," replied the savage bachelor. It may not be heroic but it is a very wise precaution to take out "GAFLAC" POLICIES on the contents of your home. GENERAL ACCIDENT, FIRE LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION, LTD. Hongkong
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    A Great Bach Exponent
    503 9 ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN'S RECITAL A RTHUR Rubinstein, in his recital in the Victoria Memorial Hall last night revealed himself as a great pianist but particularly as a wonderful exponent of Bach BeeI thoven, Chopin and Liszt, among others, he played beautifully but it was in the Toccata
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    EARL OF CLARENDON
    24 9 London, May 23. The King has extended the Earl of Clarendon's term of office as Governor- General of South Africa.— Reuter
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    COMMODITY MARKET
    116 9 Latest Rubber And Tin Prices (From Our Own Correspondent) RUBBER London, May 23. Spot (Sellers* 6»«d. (6 1 16d.) Buyers) 6 1 6d. <6d July-Sept. 6 7 32d. (6 5 32d.» Oct.-Dec. 6 11 32d. <6 5 16d> Jan.-March 6 15 32d. (6 15 32d.) Market:— Steady. New
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      154 9 Ask pr,ce $3 35 I t?=sS_ p. PER BOTTLE I fjfljjjf lOR INCLUDING I P^M DUTY. I m tS^ETER I flflfl^^J flflt I I 7_^^_^_^_a fl^s 1 1 EVERY BOTTLE .amkmm- I IP CARRIESTHISSEAL *t*§ P OF QUALITY j* k THE FINEST OF Wfll «W _^*BBM OLD SCOTCH WHISKIES JHBjl
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  • TRADE AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE
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      THE UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY
      1239 10 THE UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY One Hundred Years Of Steady Progress FIRST IN AVIATION FIELD ALTHOUGH the Union Insurance Society of Canton. Ltd. has had its headquarters at Hong Kong ever since the foundation of the Colony, it takes its namt from the metropolis of South China, because it was there
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      Wall Street
      174 10 May 21. 22. 23. American Can. Com. 125% 117% American Telephone and Telegraph lltfe 119? 4 120 Atcheson Railroad 41% 41 41% Chesapeake 43% 43y 2 44 I Dupont 98% 100% 101 1/2 Firestone 15 15% 15 l General Electric 25% 25% 26% General Motors 31 Va 32
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      Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association
      92 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association May 23, 12 o'clock noon Buyers Sellers No. I. X. R. S. S. in cases (F.0.8. June) 20 1116 20 13 16 Good F.A.Q. in cases (FOB. June) 20 20 iNo. I. X. R.S.S. Spot-loose) t awardable Singapore) 20% 20y 2 No I X. RSS.
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      STOCK EXCHANGE
      113 10 Husiness Curtailed By Coming Political Events London. May 20. On the Stock Exchange coming political events at home and abroad curtailed business but the markets generally ruled cheerful with further gains being recorded in several directions. South African gold minings, however. sulTered irom liquidation. Internadonate, after being uncertain,
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      Singapore Produce aPrices
      102 10 May 23 Gambler .JB Java Cube JO.OO Hamburg Cube 1050 Muntok White Pepper 25.00 White Pepper 23 °0 Copra. Sundried 4.80 Copra, mixed 4.45 Small Flake Tapioca r 4.00 R. B. Siam No. 1 $102 Blanja Jelotong 5.75 Sarawak Jelotong 6.75 R. I Siam W.C. No. 1
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      46 10 Mr. Wu Ko Leong. a member of the tea committee of the National Economic Council at Nanking, and Mr. [Huah Chong Cheng, of the Agricultural Department ol Fukien. two experts sent to Malaya by the Chinese Government to study the tea market, are now in Singapore.
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      Petrol And Kerosene Prices
      94 10 Mi] Shell anc K6TO6BBM per Uni* —gallon tins 5 Crown, Croai md Dragoa Keroeene p r Unit of 2 i 6-gall m shell Motor Spirit paanp per Bri' > h Imperial Gallon Bhell Motor Bpii n galloo drums per British Imperial Oall Shell Avkr: m Spirit
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      EMPIRE TRADE
      79 10 "Hut Don', hjaat The 8» Of The World M.v 'Ml London. >") The opening u I W6S formally naug Pasi oi th. b m nhil whicn Mr. i the claims B> consideration Nc* Zealand Ihe Trad- W by ttie Fed-. j Commerce of I method ol cole! be
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      35 10 ii lam** Tan Chin Tlal motion. mammm\ 88 The motion a-, Sl>l 1 Bong Joon Kui and earned BW ly The meet in, rmi vote oi thanks to the iu posed by Mr Chong Tnuti
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      Fraser's Share List
      1091 10 Thursday. May 23. 1935 Ituyrrs Sellers Am pat Tin (4a) 4s 3d 4s 9d Asam Kumbang 32s 34s Austral Malay sto 61s Ayer Hitam Tin os» 13s 3d 14s Ayer Weng 1 1 90 2.00 fcwuitfna i.in v£» 24s 2bs Chenderiang 8-> 8s 9d Hitam Tin t
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      MR. LEE WEE NAM TENDERS RESIGNATION
      708 10 MR. LEE WEE NAM TENDERS RESIGNATION Not Accepted By Sze Hai Tone Banking Co. DIVIDEND OF TEN PER CENT THE chairman, Mr. Lee Wee Nam, presided at the 23th annual general meeting of the Sze Hai Tong, Banking and Insurance Co.. Ltd.. held at No. 58, Chulia Street. Singapore, on
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      Exchange Rates
      145 10 Was SELLING London. I m oi London. 3 m >nths London. 60 d L ndon. 30 da London, de:n. London. J I Lyons and P Hamburg, New York, v.- Batavia. s. i m Samarang d Penang. demaj Calcutta. Bomt land Rangoon. Madras and Colomb I d id Hong
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    VARIED INTERESTS Of Mr. CHING KEE SUN
    955 11 VARIED INTERESTS Of Mr. CHING KEE SUN Local Chinese Topics ny OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT /yE ol the men who spent much time in order to make the KJ Chinese lantern procession during the Jubilee celebration a wa- Mr. Ching Kee Sun. JP For weeks wa- busy explaining the significance of
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    NEW TURBO
    93 11 Municipal Electrical Expansion A recent meeting of Municipal Committee No. 7 approved proposed estimated expenditure of $440,000 for the installation of an additional 10.000 K W Turbo alternator at the St. James Power Station with necessary equipment and of $51,500 for the laying of lan additional E.H.T. cable
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    14 11 Sir Andrew Caldecott. C.M.G.. C.8.E., has accepted the Patronship of the Singapore Badminton Association.
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    CULBERTSON on CONTRACT
    427 11  -  Ely Culbertson by World's Champion Player And Greatest Card Analyst INVITING AN ADVERSE RUFF QNE of the marks of the expert Bridge player is the ability to manage carefully a trump suit in which thp r»nmw« od hands of declarer and dummy have only seven cards. Good
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      134 11 HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated in the Colony of Hong Kong) The liability of members is limited to I- the extent and in 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
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      CUNARD'S FUTURE OBSCURE
      644 12 CUNARD 'S FUTURE OBSCURE World Conditions And Atlantic i Trade CHAIRMAN'S VIEWS THE problems facing shipping interests were discussed by Sir Percy E Bastes, chairman of the Cunard Steamship Company, in presiding at the annual meeting of the company at Liverpool recently. ••To put the future in short. he said,
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      THE ATHOS II
      34 12 lo^k 6 thos Uis due here fr om Coombo tomorrow at 6 a.m. and will sail it 1 p.m. for Saigon, Hong Keng i shanghai and Kobe. Berth SHE vharves. f.
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      23 12 Mr. a. O. Robinson has been appoint- 1 to act as Director, Drainage and i rrlgation. Straits Settlements, with 'fleet from May 10
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      HOMEWARD BOUND
      602 12 Passengers By I\ and il. Naldera Thr following passengers are proceeding by the P. and O. Naldera sailing at 9.30 today lor Penang, Colombo, Bombay and Europe.. Mr. Bunch, Mrs. D. MacLeish, Mr. Drichton, Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Turner. child and infant. Mr.s. P. W. May. Mr.
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      PEACE IN SIGHT
      185 12 Passonjior Competition In Far East Tokio. May 11 Bitter competition between shipping firms operating in the Orient may be brought to an end as the result of the organisation ol a Far Eastern Passenger Tariff Conference, formed ai the instance of the Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Company.
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      FREIGHT CONFERENCE
      131 12 Proposed Inclusion Of Passenger Traffic Representatives oi European shipping companies In the Europe-Far Eastern Freight Conference have been in conference at Antwerp to discuss the possibility cl making a similar arrangement In regard to passenger traffic. It Is understood that no decision was reached, but that a committee
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      105 12 SINGAPORE HARBOUR Ships alongside th* u hir or Expected ."l^ East Wharf (Bntraae* a u i Ophir 22 Main Wharf (Entrance au Naldera 18; HMs B r Empire Dock (Entrance <„.. Silveray s. ...V? suragi Maru 37: Larur ;■;«< Empire Dock (En'ram-e <.»t,. i Tosari 46. AU West Wharf (Entrance
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      537 12 BOUSTEAD Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in F.M.S.) TELEPHONE I Freight "»433 Passage 5431. LLOYDS AGENTS. BOOKING AGENTS FOR FEDERATED MALAY STATES RAILWAYS. ROYAL STATE RAILWAYS OF SIAM. X^mMma^^B^| H^J.^»_____..___________JBBtss^Bsl™*™"*«^ dncorporateu in England). HOME VIA CHINA, JAPAN HONOLULU CANADA BY THE "EMPRESS" ROUTE— LUXURY AT LOW COST See Lovely Lake Louise. Banff
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      107 12 HEAP ENG MOH S.S. CO, LIMITED. <KH> I 1 *M* I' VF (incorporated In Strait UGUUUI PASaBNGER sad OJJP Sen ices irom Sinuipon m L Borneo. Banka sad K'" ,to lor BATAVIA CHI*W» l» SEM\K\M' (Ever> tmaadas sad ,1 s.s. (JIANG SEN s.s. Nam Yong For SOlFAim* XNI rMNMRXAftH (Fortnis*itl>
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      566 12 Local And Foreign Mail Despatches And Arrivals BY TRAIN Bangkok every Saturday 7 pjn. 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 am. 7 p.m. Kelantan via Gemas) every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday
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      308 12 VESSELS ARRIVED Belawan. Dut.. 715 tonj jermasin 23. lor Bandjermasin Togian. Dut 622 tons from Pom 23. lor Pontianak 2fs Halthor.. Norv. 7< I Bjn kok 23. lor Port Bm Toba. Dut.. 684 tons for Djambi 25 Hua Touu. Brv IW I 23. lor Muar 24 ataros, Dut.. m i
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      467 13 V% (8) la^\ I o£ vJ) J! BRITISH INDIA P. O. S. N. CO'S SAILINGS. OUTWARDS Due Tnage S'pore T Due MANTUA 11.000 May 25 NAinRRA gC S pore BANGALORE 6.000 June 6 RAOTURA Aug 2 PHAGE 15,000 June 7 Rn I™ 1^ t6 ■VALPINDI 17,000 June 21 RAJPTTTAVa Auu
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      490 13 ciuermanflE oucknal] Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated ln England) 1 "ELLERMAN" LINE FOR HAVRE, LONDON, ROTTERDAM AND HAMBURG VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL "AOTUUKU. Steamer City of Cardiff M Du Sails City of Wellington y J 1 June 2 City of Bagdad June 14 June 16 City of Yokohama j Une
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      1006 13 REPRESENTING =g^^QM SHIPPING V^M THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean The Hu Kh». Steam Ship Co., Ltd. and China Mutual The Cu^arf m.^t^^. Ia:;5 Lt Steam NaviraUon Co LtiLi -pw *unam uinte Star Ltd The Straits 's^^i CoT Ltd. 11l Co. I4d. The China Navigation Co., Ua\ ?,^2^ 2r 4enUl Lld
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      778 14 KONINKLUKE PAKETVAART MAATSCBAPPU MAROS— Friday. May 24. Poeloe-Kidjang. Sapat. Tembilahan. Poeloe-Pallas and Rengat. OPHIR Friday. May 24, Muntok "passengers and mails only). Batavia. bemarang and Sourabaya. TINOMBO— Friday. May 24, Belawan-Deli. MlJER— Friday, May 24, Rhio, Blinjoe, Djeboes, Soengei-Liat, Pangkal-Pin-ang. Koba. Tanjong-Pandan and Batavia. REAEL— Saturday. May 25. Rhio, Padang-Bay.
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      331 14 _^___i__________ 7 <._-c"r3^9____.^S__6__HE_iHn^Rmm^_________^R^n^P*~"* REGULAR FORTNIGHTLY SMURGS TO NAPLES GENOA MARSEILLES Via Penang, Colombo, Bombay, Snes, Port Sali, Alexandria an tba Famoaa PRESIDENT LINERS All ontaMa staterooms— Excellent cuisine Swimming bath talking motion pictures. Three day itopover la Egypt. Arrive Leave Arrive Singapore. Singapore. New York. PRESIDENT JOHNSON June 1 June
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    SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE CO.
    258 15 REBUILDING PART OF ORCHARD RD. DEPOT Demolition To Start Next Week DOLITION ol the building In hard Road at present housing ry and bakery departments ot Singapore Cold Storage Co. Ltd. .^'jji started next week. Upon this n portion ol the adjoining land will ted a
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    MALAYA LEADS WORLD
    125 15 In Proportion Of Badminton ('layers Kuala I. mn pur. May TZ. I the Kuaia Lumpur un address on "Th Malaya" was given bv sports goods in: arlv was. he said. 000 and ot that sonm came from Great ■her things he repopularlty of badby more neonle in
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    R.S.Y.C
    89 15 Programme Of Week-End Races there will be the usual -ices for the R.S.Y.C. B and Start 5.20 p.m. 11 also be a practice race for -via international six-metre details tor which will be anlater. turday the B class will sail race for the Santry Challenge ladies), start 4.15 p.m.
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    61 15 memouth have secured the r ol John William Smith. Portss international inside-right and un Smith, who was discovered Shi -Ids. joined Portsmouth lor th and has made 25 appearances -m. including two English Finals. IS Played twice for England, Ireland and Wales in 1931-32. frith r° ne 0f throe br
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    SELANGOR LAWN TENNIS
    134 15 Semi-Finals Of Two Events Now Reached (From Our Own Correspondent* Kuala Lumpur, May tt. Fine weather prevailed when the lawn tennis championships of Selangor were resumed this evening, the quarter-finals in the men's singles and mixed doubles being played Leong Hoe Yeng. had quite an easy task
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    K.L. SOCCER
    191 15 Chinese Take Lead In First Division (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, May 22. One of the most important First Division league matches was played at the stadium today when the Selangor Rangers suffered their first defeat at the hands of the S.C.R.C "A" by four goals to
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    Seditious Papers Found At Penang
    415 15 CHINESE SAYS THEY WERE GIVEN HIM DURING JUBILEE WEEK But He Was Arrested Before Celebrations SEDITIOUS documents ij cCese 90 characters featured m. *u nineso against tho S^S*^!^^ ?h£jri° W _f then ac uitted "nd r2E evw^» ce E? Z aS later called K> S«
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    F.M.S.R. EMPLOYEE CHARGED
    352 15 MONEY COLLECTED FOR EXCESS FARES Alleged Criminal Breach Of Trust l < From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur. May 22. piE case in which N. Kandiah, an employee of the F.M.S. Railways, was charged with criminal breach of trust m respect 0f59.40. in the course ot his
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    PENANG TENNIS
    61 15 Goon Kok Yin Wins Singles Title For Third Time (FTom Our Own Correspondent) Peuaaff, May 23. By defeating J. H. Ho in the final of the Penang L.T.A. men's singles yesterday Goon Kok Yin made history in local lawn tennis this being the third year in succession he
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    Goon Kok Ying Fails To Win Triple Crown
    57 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang. May 23. /^OON Kok Ying, partnered by Mrs. Lee, was deprived of winning the triple crown in the Penang Lawn Tennis Association championships this year by Dr. and Mrs. Hopkins, who beat them in the final of
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    CLARKE CUP
    124 15 I Teams For Rest T»ial Match At Week-End The following have been selected to play in the Clarke Cup trial match on Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 11 a.m. on the S.R.C. ground: Mr. Evan Wong's XI V. I. E. Wong (S.C.R.C), R. V. S. Sundram
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    McCorkindade Beats Italian Champion
    1028 15 GEORGE COOK MAKES OBIE WALKER LOOK VERY ORDINARY Len Harvey Wins Despite Injured Left Hand London. rvON McCorkindale won the secon *S fight of his come-back cam ipaign when he decisively outpointc the Italian champion, Innocent Baiguerra, over ten rounds. This was the chief of the
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    25 15 J^» NA A (right) "ho is to meet Raphael today, with Maxie Rosenbloom, former light heavyweight champion of the world in whose camp he was.
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    K.L. CRICKET
    221 15 Police Run Up Big Score Against Eurasians Kuala Lumpur. Mav 20 th kV^i P T D Bround Saturday, tn Kuala Lumpur Police beat the clangor Eurasian Association bv 68 runs. K.L Police- A. E. Jakeman run out J Lat.tf c Radcliffe b Zilva 8 Mat Noor lbw A
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    60 15 Tlie following have accepted to play cricket for S.C.C. vs. Y.M.C.A. today at 5 p.m. and tomorrow at 2 p m at S.C.C: G. Child. F. H. Curtis. H. A. Exley, J. A. Gibson. Lt. Col. C J K Hill <capt.>, P. W. Holt. A. P. H Kilcom. R. B.
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    NEXT INTERPORT CRICKET SERIES
    217 15 AT HONG KONG IN NOVEMBER Invitation To Be Sent To Malaya H Hong Koiik, Mm is ONO KONG will be the venue oi another triangular Interport Cric <et series in Ni.veir.bci ll present plans ol the Hong Kong Cricket Club materialise. Shanghai will definitely come down
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    INTER-CLUB TENNIS
    109 15 Japanese Beat Y.M.C.A. By Old Match In Five The Japanese Club beat the Y.M.C.A. at an inter-club tennis match played ai the Japanese Club courts, Serangoon Read on Saturday, by three matches to two (one unfinished). The following were the result. s:Singles.— Kamis beat Yano 6—2. 6 3
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    S.T.C. SKYE MEETING STARTS AT BUKIT TIM AH TODAY
    1039 16 Bookie Reviews The Field PROMISE OF VERY KEEN FINISHES Only Three Scratchings (By Bookie) SELECTIONS (BY ROOKIE) Race 1. 1. Brown Lady Race 2. 1. Little Mother 3. Purple Princess. Race 3. 1. LivUe Miss X Race 4. 1. Vitality 3.
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    R. A. Crumple Before Wilts.
    828 16 CONCEDE FIVE GOALS AFTER BLANK FIRST HALF Wiltshires 5 R.A 0. AFTER having the better of the exchanges in the first half, the R.A. went down tamely to the Wiltshire Regiment in a first division encounter at the Anson Road Stadium yesterday, losing by five
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    S.R.C. LAWN TENNIS
    109 16 Results Of Tournament Ties Results to yesterday In the S.R.C. lawn tennis tournament are as follows: Championship Singles: S. Stewart beat A E. Pereira w.o. Championship Doubles: E. and G. A. Tessensohn beat C. R. Eber and O G Struys 6—o. B—6. Mixed Doubles: Mr. and Mrs.
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    SCRATCHINGS
    101 16 SCRA TCHINGS gCRATCHINGS for the Singapore Turf Club Summer Skve Meeting are as follow Race No. :>.— Kali. b. Lady June. Ramona. All engagements— Kali, Ramona Ihe double tote will be held on races Nos. 6 and 8 and the big sweep on race No. 8. Second Dav Race No.
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    KEPPEL GOLF CLUB
    61 16 Result Of Women's May Foursome Eight cards were taken out for tv,o Keppel Golf Club May women' nr some played on WedneTdaT and l X SrTl??* the score returned Mrs. Hitcham and a Mrs Williams 4 n Mrs. Grieve and 33 Mrs. Garden 50 i fi i
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    Singapore Golf Club
    35 16 the n Comm?nL Ce T Uh the deci «on of ine committee, players in A B uui morning o^™™™°°"- Sunda Owing to Monday, June vl^mffmSSS S oe piayed on Monday, June 17.
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    Eleven Goals Against S.C.C.
    528 16 MARINES OVERWHELM CRickf Marines 11 S.C.C. 'THE S.C.C. were as lambs yesterday. 1 1 They came on to the Padang yesterda> i« M t P Division match against the Marines, -TirißiiU^ which awaited them. i.n.- They were slaughtered— to the tur of 11 goals to one.
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    TANGLIN CLUB TENNIS
    226 16 Tournanioi.l Rtmtiu \nd Tic The reaulti >1 and ties for tod i tennii Umrnanu i KKM LTB Women's Duuhle. H. t ,.d.., p Mrs Sturgesi tfrnli beat m Mrs. Lindesay (ter Mrs. Douglaa and ■plus 4, beat M: 'plus 15 1 6 1, ti l Mrs. Macpheraon
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