The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 5 September 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.G71. ESTD. 1835 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5. 1935. 10 CENTS
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  • 192 1 ML Laval Greeted With STATEMENT MADE BY MR. EDEN rav, Cww, Sept. 4. [HE League Council meet in R today attracted intense public interest, and the lobbies were seething with excited journalists and delegates prior to the arrival of statesmen. Laval was greeted with cheers
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  • 79 1 Emperor's Move To Check Exodus Oi People Addis Ababa, Sept. 1 To chock the exodus of the population from the capital, the Abyssinian Government has annoaoced that it will imprison ana confiscate the goods of all emigrants. The Emperor h:>s addressed an appeal to the Inhabitants to
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  • 224 1 Mr CALCULATIONS have been made over the speeds achieved Malcolm Campbell at Salt Lake City than in any previous >rcaking attempt, and the Free Press now gives the correct They read FIRST RUN— -304.311 M.P.H. SECOND RUN— SM4I3 M .IMI. Mean Average 301.
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  • 177 1 500 Dead In Florida Hurricane A rmy, Na by, And Red Cross Called Miami. Sept. 4. A SKARCH PARTY ON THE COAST HAS SENT OUT A WIRELESS MESSAGE. SAYING IT IS ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 400 AND 500 ARE DEAD AS A RESFLT OP THE HURRICANE. An earlier message stated that
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  • 110 1 Latei F. ;»i> hn'rea>e Hourly 'h;M iltere n»;.v be a terriiie death toll when Lhe rescuers ultimately penetrate the devastated areas. Most damage appears to have occurred at the Keys where survivors report that walls of water 15- feet high continuously pounded the little islands. Hurricane warnings are
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  • 72 1 Tokio. Sept. 4. Tin Japanese War Minister. General Hayashi today tendered his resignation a* was forecast last month. General Yoshl iyi'ki Kawashima, member ol the War Council, is iikoiy to succeed him. I is authoritatively stated that G<n. IHayashTa resignation has b:*en accepted and will be
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  • 190 1 London. Sept. I. HTHE report of the Ministry of Health tor the year ended Mar. 3! last gives an arresting survey oi the chief development during the 25 years of the King's reign in the Ministry's main services. Under the national health and pensions
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    5 1 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
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  • 235 1 Ylint'iiig Lain* Is Pessimistic HIGH STOCKS London. Sept. 1. A COMPLfcTH change is apparent in "Mincing Lam-. Wherea.* brokers formerly held out bullish prospects for rubber they no\% *-«>eni tired mi furff anHiig higher levels and even think the price ina> u«> lower. The October*
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  • 99 1 t r t tin Our OVU PMTUjmildf Mf I Bangkok Sept. 4. A unique gathering tool place at the British Club last evening when •jolloiring the exainple set by Rrtish ez-Servie> men at ;/.>,;;, local mew hers of the liritish Lcgh)n and t r-ServKcmcn arranged to
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  • 83 1 SHIPPING REVIVAL IN GLASGOW l<ondon. S«rpi. 3. A CONSIDKHABLK ueneial expun sion in trade oi Glasgow its a port illustrating \\\v improvement of heu\y industries on C)ydr.sid< was announced at .1 moetinß todj«\ of the Clyde Navigation Tntst Dwilll last year the total net re'^isU-red tonnage of vesscLs arriving at
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 85 1 BIGIA TEA Brings the freshness and fragrance of the Malayan gardens direct to your home. (^^7 MALAYA'S PREMIER HOTEL J SPECIAL DINNER CONCERT s^^^ vis to 9.15 n in. JU£&^m DANCE formal 945 i^V .tut <!m- Continental l>aneei> V W YOLA PAUL BW ViNiim: NiJiH- Non -diners SI V ttk
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    • 119 1 There is no better Tea than BIGIA TEA GROWN IN MALAYA ADELPHI l^ HOTEL TONIGHT SPECIAL DINNER DANCE CONCERT DURING DINNER I DINNER *> DANCE MUSIC BY I\ t L. L. C. l\ 3 D M V% V CCA lllPllf UATPI SEA VIEW HOTEL i TOMORROW NIGHT FORMAL SPECIAL DINNER
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  • 229 2 Suit Over Shipment Of Ej?gs Adjourned After another lull day's hearing before Mr. Justice a'Beckett Terrell in the Singapore Supreme Court yesterday, the civil suit brought by the Fresh Food and Refrigerating Co.. Ltd.. 'in voluntary liquidation) against Messrs. Byrne and Co.. (a firm which has since also
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  • 112 2 Machinery Already Working At the Rotary Club luncheon in Singapore yesterday, Mr. David Frankel announced that a sub-committee had been formed of the directors ot the Club to deal with the new tund lor the relief oi the unemployed on whoso behalf Mr. John Laycock had appealed
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  • 57 2 Rio de Janeiro. A contract lor six submarines ol 900 tons each, and one tanker, has been signed with an Italian shipyard by the Brazilian Government, according to the Navy Department, at Rio de Janeiro. Payment is to be made to Italy with Brazilian products, most of
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  • 35 2 ■effete Mr. Justice Whit ley, Mr. Justice a 'Beckett Terrell and Mr. Justice (iordoM-Smith in 2nd Court at 11 a.m. C<;urt of Criminal Appeal— No. 4 '35— Rex vs. Velayuthan.
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  • 840 2 Alleged Attempt To Starve To Death In Side-Show Blackpool. ACttOtVO consisting mostly of women gathered round the ex -Rector of Stiff key, Harold Francis Davidson, when he left Blackpool police court after being committed for trial on a charge alleging that he unlawfully starved himself
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 87 2 UADTJNSPius M^ 1: -r- no t>ett.-T pill MMMK than MARTIN'S. Voi ear. MWWr r '>' mar r.N-s pills. Ml l>y all -hcrrnst.- i K Stores and I S hy THK I-KOKRAL UISPKNSARY, M Raffle* Square, Sing&p >re. 9 BOOTH TARKINGTONS DELIGHTFUL MUSICAL ROMANCE OF THF GAY CRINOLINE DAYS— MOONLIGHT and
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    • 120 2 AUCTION SALE DEFAULTER'S SALE. BY ORDER OF THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD. AUCTION SALE of 10 Cases artificial silks (assorted colours), 2 cases zephyrs (assorted colours' and 3 cases embroideries (assorted colours) lying at Oodown No. 40. Keppel Road. (A certain quantity to be sold to recover the Singapore Harbour Boards
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    • 275 2 The will of the late Mr. James Young Kennedy. < 82 > of Hindhead. England, founder of the firm of Kennedy and Co.. Penaxm. at one time principal shareholder in the Ptamg Gazette Press Ltd. and President of the Muni- i cipal Commissioners of George Town. Penang. has been proved
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    • 514 2 I CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. Spillers Dog Foods for Uniform Quality, Parity and Nutritive value are unequalled THEY PROVIDE THE IDEAL FEED FOR EVERY AGE AND BREED AGENTS FOR MALAYA Wholesale and retail special rates for Kennels The Federal Dispensary. Ltd. (Incorporated In the P.M.8.) Raffles Place, Singapore. BOARD RESIDENCE. KATONG GRANGE
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    • 527 2 abe Simjapoic ffICC |PtC6C> Bead Office: Cecil Strcwt, Stnru** tr Kuala Lumpur Office: 25. Java Sircrt Phone: IU3. London Office: E C 3 4 neet SlFrrl o4 Pn««e: Central SMR -Mas Tel: -Un^ala^ ,7^ SUBSCRIPTION RATE Within Ouusk, Malaya Mai.. k Monthlr f S.M |4 N Quarterly I I.M |i
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 203 2 Diary Of The Week FHI RSDAY. SETT f> Higtl Water, 2.49 am. 7.U it.. 2.56 pm. 8.8 ft. Football: s.a.f.a. League. Div. 1. m.f.a. vs RE.. Anson Road Stadium: Alkali Cup (Schools". Geylang School vs. Tanglin Besar School. Geylang. FRIDAY, SEPT. 6 Hi£h Water, 3.43 a.m. 7.2 ft., 3.11 p.m.
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    • 231 2 Today's Radio Programmes Singipore ZHI (Owned anc operated by Radio Service O>. ot Malaya Ltd.) 6 p.m. Recorded music. 6.45 News buletin supplied by Straits Times. 8.30 Close dovn. B.B.C— SSG and GSF Wavelengths J6.86 and 10.82 metres 6.20 Big Ben. The Rutland Square and No* Victoria Orchestra, relayed Tom
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    • 239 3 T *o'. AffT^B J^B B v V fl H v .^fl D a B V V I m >***■ f .^fl mr^^^^^^^ V V^ fl B „y^ At Salt Lake City, on Tuesday, Sept., 3rd., Sir Malcolm Campbell, Britain's premier racing motorist, raised the world's land speed record vital aid
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  • 354 4 •TRIED on four counts in respect of forgery and cheating. Khoh Cheng Hong, a Chinese shop assistant, was l'ound guilty at the Singapore Assiaes yesterday and sentenced to terms 01 imprisonment amounting in all to six years. The prisoner v/as charged with having,
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  • 536 4 Detective's Threat To Shoot Subdues Menacing Crowd j FINDING himself surrounded by a menacing crowd ot Chinese swinging iron bars, a Chinese detective attached to the Singapore branch drew his revolver. He levelled it and threatened that ;if any came near him he would shoot to kill. The crowd meekly
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  • 66 4 Five Years For Italian Industrialist Milan. Auk. M. Signor Francesconl an industrialist.' has been sentenced to live years' im- i ;pi isonment as a political prisoner for lark of ••political sensibility." A Rome newspaper states the case is an example of the silent but daily rebellion against the
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  • 155 4  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh North China Political Council Shanghai, Aug. 30. i Acting under instructions from the Central Government, the Peiping authj orlties have taken measures to wind up I the so-called North China Political 'Council, and Mr. Wang Ken Min. who has been acting as
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    76 4 MK. JOHN ARMSTRONG i!«-l'l> n V< -ndim advertising r\»ert, has hart Hm title of 'World's Showman No. 1" t\;rf<«rrrd HI him bf America. Mi Armstrong, who is 36, has carried oil' Ihe annual medal lor showmanship auaitled bv the American film industry for the l»est advertising efYori throughom the world
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  • 266 4 "Amalgamation Scheme Is On The Way" Malacca Club Meeting (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca. Sept. 1 ]\)|R E C. Martin was re-elected president <>i the Mahirca Club at the annual meeting of the Tht chairman In presenting the annual report, said:- Membership figures show a reduction of rive town members
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  • 280 4 a Reuteh mmmm Inm i, says that the petrol New Guinea. tO IM Dutch pilots in Bntj 1 one of the frcatenf oil xp history It will I I The planes. twonv, Rapides. left Blnfanon The Netherlands NV<v Q leum Company, which is the
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 229 4 ST. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL BAZAAR MOTHERS do NOT miss A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY to buy your CHILDREN DAINTY FROCKS, CHAR MING DOLLIES TOYS, ATTRACTIVE NURSERY FURNITURE. They will love OUR SIDESHOWS So *****' OUR GRAND FAIR on FRIDAY SATURDAY at the VICTORIA MEMORIAL HALL CARICATURES. BAR AND REFRESHMENT SEPT. 6 7. Admission
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    • 179 4 DETECTIVE'S EVIDENCE "i'^sßa^^s* **S^^Bi^ ■ppF*^! gum ayß w3to^ ,^k liV All-Weather Tyre will give you f\/| f\T J B 43% longer non-skid mileage, we fxVJ I^P^/fl B have the strongest evidence to prove it. ijf If Ji IrWjl 1 This evidence was gathered by Inspector Fan- il |^\l IaPI|!I|B B
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    232 5 attempt. He Mar,,,. rillll lld "hb HrM tt, and land,,! a. Lvd Vr. C. N l:l ir ■""•> > *>" -at 4IS in Ihr iftprn.m.. h p f"" 1 »>"««-«-n l»,,v»r and ».>lkr>t .nre, rz.t;;,;;;- 11 > r orrt,.v M r Tw^«: Pi<f.r<- 5h,.,,s hin, s,i L,ri" SI lt lidr
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 30 5 B^B. A. fjfl HDUHj D^^ back the child- again is'nt it worrying!ly| [take my advice RKfl 111 mmmmi^^^mUHKw Bd food supplier by B^n^^l li/B IBS f rnm rhp GOLD STORAGE
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  • 427 6 Ship's Cook's Novel Idea To Defeat Immigration Laws ORDEAL OF TWO CHINESE (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok. Aug. 31. A TTEMPTS are being made every day over the peninsula frontier, on the Mekong, by sea, and from the Burma side to steal over
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  • 294 6 Chinese Found Hanging In Hut Butterworth, Sept. 2. iTTHE Coroner held an inquiry on Saturday into the death of a Cantonese named Ham Pak Leong. ■aged about 51 years, who was found hanging from the beam of a house in Kampong Telaga Ayer. Inspector S. Dodds conducted the In- vestigations.
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  • 293 6 Havre, Aug. 22. A Mysterious uoraan as the "Queen rk of Spades" Ls believed to be the I master-mind of an international sang of smugglers who, working at Havre, have during the past three years defrauded the French Government of A: 2,000,000. Investigations
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  • 186 6 20 YEARS OF INDIGESTION CURED AT ONCE. Just Imagine twenty years oi painful Indigestion twenty years of sleeplessol frequent sickness and semistarvation. Imagine the misery of it and imagine ihe relief oi being completely cured by a short course of Maclean Brand Stomach Powder. Ye! this is the actual experience
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  • 94 6 o Sydney. Up* oi the mummies discovered in a clill aperture at Mapos, 30 miles northwest ot Salamaua, recently, has been shipped to Sydney. i«?I J R Atcnerl -v. a former officer in the New Guinea administration made the discovery while on a mining
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    38 6 TIIF MEN'S HKiH DIVINCi C hampioiusltips for the WeMinins.* r t4Jp t«Mik phuc at the Hifih ate Tonis, HiphKate. The holders, the Amateur SuimmiuK Uub. retained the trophy. A spectacular m;tss dive by the winning team la picturrd.
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  • 101 6 41 Outbreaks Of Rinderpest In Siam OVER 10.0(M) /V I Am I IS INVOLVED Bangkok. Aug 31. HTHE Veterinary Section ot the j Department of Agriculture and i Fisheries has published the return of Infections of live stock in Siam fcr July. Rinderpest is reporuxi from seven teen provinces and
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  • 450 6 UNEMPLOYMENT DISTRESS UPCOUNTRY Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 3. A/IR. John Hands, M.C.H. honorary secretary and treasurer for the Selangor Asiatic Unemployment Committee reports as follows for the month of August. 1935 The total amount of money received to date la $53,303.84. which includes the generous support of
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  • 321 6 Wallace Beery Likes Being A Film Star AND HE WOULD NOT MIND GOING BROKE I.imkloii. Auk. lit WALLACE BEERY, Mrs. Beery, and adopted daughter Carol Ann arrived in England yesterday. I travelled up with them in the Majestic boat-train from Southampton to I <.■,,<. states a writer on a home
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  • 302 6 Sequel To Woman's Death I Kuala LipLv Sept. 2. J (DEFORE Enche Mohamed Zulkifli magistrate, on Aug. 30, Mr. M. N Menon, resident manager, Tembcling Division of Landu Rubber Estate, was charged by the Labour Department with "failing to send a sick labourer to the nearest Government
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  • 33 6 Addis Ababa. Sept. 3. Mr. CoLson. United States linancial adviser to the Nogin. states that no British capital la invested in the concessionary company which has secured rights over hall of Abyssinia.— Reuter
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  • 74 6 London. Au« The British IfmtHjfumm Be* ml leave today on :i summer end* Commander-in-chief. Admiral Wk v, w. Fisher nyin«r lis f1 .,0 in tho bam ship Resolution Th<- Beet's destination i.s port S where it is du» <;ii St-pt,mbo: The neet will remain then- until 1 tember
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    • 50 6 WAILES DOVE BITUMASTIC VV\^ :< r r :T :7>:-' I t ;>:".v Vl I j. I 8, I^BNuSiBB^ I WffiKi^lß^wJLl Use bitimasii( jEftfeii^ to protect your iron and steel surfaces. Stocked in BLACK BROWN RED GREEN— CREAM and GREY SOLE AGENTS: UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED SINGAPORE BRANCHES. 40 Warin Studios 40
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  • 1147 7 Dr. J. C. Tull Addresses Rotary Club COME of the serious and lighter aspects in the history of the centuries old nght against disease were touched upon by Dr. J. C. Tull. the Government pathologist, in his, address at the weekly Rotary luncheon at the Adelphi
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  • 68 7 Britain Warns Subjects Of Knlistment Penalty London. Aug. 30. British subject! contemplating enlist:it on either Italian or Abyssinian are reminded by a Foreign Office mm unique that such step is an offence the Foreign Enlistment Act of i which lorbids any British subject rve without the King'a
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  • 30 7 Harbin. Foreigners are given certain rights under a new mining law of the Manenukuo Government, Jput all facilities are subject to the approval of the Minister for Industry
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  • 18 7 Washington, Sept. I. President Roosevelt has signed the Frazier-Lemke Farm Mortgage Moratorium Bill. Reuter Wireless
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  • 73 7 Pthisis And Pneumonia Claim Most Victims j Two hundred and nineteen people. 134 males and 85 females, died in Singapore Municipal limits during the week i ended Aug. 31. The death rate was 23.22 per mille jper annum compared with 21.95 in the I preceding week and with
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  • 60 7 The Nizam of Hyderabad is proposing I to spend £10.000 on supplying communal wireless sets to each village In j j his State. The marriage takes place this week in Kelantan of Tengku Ahmat. son of His Highness the Sultan of Selangor. who recently returned from a trip to Japan,
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 292 7 jjp^|P 9HHS MOW YOU CAN SEE m >i! THE INVISIBLE MAN" '^M&HHB IN HIS NEWEST AND CLEVEREST THRILLER :3 &l^& I ALHAMBRA I HIS FIENJDISIfJ TONKSHT 6.15 9.15 TOUCjH If wrought CLAUDE RAINS wno yearned for^peqc^E^ •T^x lit Invisihk' Man carmMT/ JOAN BENNETT "THE MAN WHO i Ji R E
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    • 220 7 From "BENGAL LANCER' to Crime Detector! See FRANCHOT TONE in thit Riotously A mining Murdfr Myitery WHAT FIN CAPITOI I LA ~S~ NIGHT j DQNT MISS ,T1! Spend a Nisht of ThrilU and Fun in a Fashionable Hotel where something always happens for the vtorst I FRANCHOT TONE and UNA
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  • 911 8 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1935. League And Empire IN the early post-war reaction to the barbarism of slaughter statesmen wrote with a line flow of ink the memorable preamble to Part V of the Treaty of Versailles. "in order to render possible the initiation ol a general
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  • 310 8 A Japanese banker. Mr. B. Arita who recently arrived in Malaya from Japan. Is visiting the Cameron Highlands. Mr. J. G. Davies has succeeded Mr. N G. Ferguson in the P.W.D.. Taiping. He will also act as the Building Inspector. Larut and Matang. Mr W. J. Peoi.
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  • 812 8 lIT has been proclaimed lor some years past that cowboys are disappearing. The latest news is that aeroplanes are being used in th*» wild and woolly West to round up the great herds of semiferal horses which feed on yood cattle ground. This would seem to
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  • 685 8 •TH3DAY I wanted to b< idle perhaps because it is so exceptionally lovely, or because the carpenter is working In the yard below, or because the sun is shining, or tor I thousand other reasons I wanted to be idle. I did no: want to go
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 286 8 PRODUCE OF FRANCE .Mmty^ mm jr||CYC|JAW SlmMf n?i cognac BV >I'K IAI WVH>W T HM llfl \PPOINTMENI >m££bF KIMi Ol si \M ggjSftgP'gg AMI WEDDING PRESENTS. OR GIFTS OF ANY NATI RF WHETHER IT BE A DIAMOND. JEWELLERY. SILVER WARE. OR THE BEST E.P.N.S. OIK COMPLETE LINE HILL ENABLE YOl
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    • 39 8 SNAKESKINS MAKE EXCELLENT SHOES, says a manufacturer. Banana skins, however, make the best slippers. And a "GAFLAC" MOTOR POLICY makes the best cover for your car. GENERAL ACCIIMDnr, I IKE LIFE ASSIRANC'E CORPORATION. LTD. Hongkong Bank Chambers. Telephone 6180.
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  • 67 9  - RED TROOPS WITHDRA W INTO SZECHUAN Sin Chew Jit Poh Relief In Changteh Shanghai, Sept. A. CHINESE i iticiai message from Ghangsha, capital of Hunan. thai the Communist lorcos ;i.clt i Ho Lucg who have i}oen tireatening the city of Changteh, Nortii Hunan, have withdrawn u> Szechuan. People who evacuated
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  • 24 9  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh lions Koiik. Sept. 4. Canon Bank, Canton, suspended sines* this morning. No official rea- n has been announced
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  • 184 9 (Uancc At Map Held IK Queen Astrid Was Fatal Brussels, Sept. 4. King Leopold has made his Brat meni on the car smash ai Lucerne caused the death «>i Queen I According to the King's story the hi* -en wanted to look at the map to sec route
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    66 9 Vfri il A mN SONS lefl Naples to oill th <* Air Forte in Kust Pr,, h If" 1 tr avelled ount GaleiiMo Ciano, Italian Minister »i Pr«! ituanda. and son -in -law of Mussolini. All are in the air forte Vittorio >!..*». .n. (left in white) B rune Musaolini
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  • 58 9 Abyssinia Washington. Sept. 4. 'THE State Department says that the Abyssinian oil concession is to be cancelled. The Secretary ot State Mr. Cordci) Hull, anounced that a.s a result ol a discussion be bad with officials ol t lie Standard- Vacuum Oil Compai y. they had
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  • 265 9 Washington. Later. A forma] statement issued by Mi. CordeU Hull declares thai Mv Dundas, ice-president, and Mi. Ocorge Walden. chairman oi the Standard-Vacuum Oil Company (not Bocony) called to tell him that their company owned the -ucession granted to the African Exploration and Development Company, which was :i
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  • 130 9 De RoquevilU-. French manager of the East African Company has been arrested at Jijiga on charges of espionage. The French Consul at Diredawa has uone to Jljiga to investigate. All Italian women and children have left Abyssinia and the exodtu of men continues from Djibouti. LABOUR'S APPEAL Disquieting
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  • 89 9 Uphold The Obligations Of The Lea u ue London. Sept. t. A joint meeting <>t th" Trade Pnton Congress and Genera] Council and thv' ULaboui Party Executive ;it Margate 1 has framed n resolution for submission to a mas> mooting of French Labourites to be held in Paris. "The resolution
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  • 84 9 London. Sept. The giv\iv oJ the lialo-Ethiopian situation following the decisions of the Italian Cabini i is emphasised In French ,tg German newspapers. The French official fiew is reflected by Le Temps which states the Italian Government's determination to iorge ahead whatever the League Council's (i. cisdoa could
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  • 51 9 Cairo. Sept. 4. It is understood that the Egyptian Government has sent a note to Foreign Powers stating that any request lor permission tor military aeroplanes to fly over Egyptian territory must reach the Egyptian Government at least 15 days before such pa wage is Intended. Reuter
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  • 112 9 Applications For Import Licences Following tbc recent announcement regarding textile quotas mr the re--1 mainder ol the year notice II given in I a Government Gazette extraordinary Issued today: 1 > that applications lor import i licences lor use during the period Oct 1 to Dec. 31. 1935.
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  • 318 9 K.L. Committee To I Be Set Up Trnm Our Own Correspondent Ku u.; Lumpur. Sept. 4. THE Kuala Lumpur Sanitary Board today amended in the minutes of the last meeting the proposal of Mr. J. Hands concerning public transport by deleting the words "on the lines of Captain
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  • 127 9 Fu rther Restriction s In Germany Berlin, Sept. 4. JEWISH dealers in line arts and J antiques have been given notice to liquidate their businesses within one month when their names will oo removed from the Reich cultural chamber. The Propaganda Minister considers tnuUnf in
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  • 115 9 Latest Rubber And Tin Prices <From Our Own Correspondent. RUBBER: London. Sept. 4. Spot (Sellers) 5%d <5 9,16d> Buyers 5» 2 d. <5 7 16d.» Oct.-Dec. 5 5 ad. <5 17 32d> Jan.-March 5-* 4 d. »5 2132d> April-June 5 7 R d. <5 25 32d> Market —Firmer.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 228 9 I TIFFIN $1.00 Cretne de Celeri KLsh a la Palace K...ist Sirloin of Beef Yorkshire Pudding Long Beans Si Brown Potato Cold Meat Salad Poires a la Russe Cheese. Fruit. Coffee TRY OUR SPECIALTIES: FRESH E" BAKED ALASKA A CHOICK OF OVER 100 OTHER DISHES. PHONE 4906. BOOKS JUST RECEIVED
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    • 217 9 "CARRON PREMIER" DOVER RANGES Sizes are over Extension Plate. I i I Hotplate. Inside Sizes of Oven. Width IHOM Drixli Width Height IVptli Mk Nt>. f» jar 2>:' m" it *>" ijr mm 7 25* 21" IST IT UT 45.00 S UV" 26 1 22!* 17i" MT 17 55.00 4
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  • TRADE AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE
    • 768 10 Contracts Involving Millions Will Relieve Distress FURTHER important railway electrification is being undertaken by the London and North Eastern Railway and the Southern Railway; several millions of pounds are involved. The L.N.E.R. has decided to electrify the eleven miles between Newcastle and South Shields— an extension
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    • 183 10 THE Singapore Chamber oi Commerce Rubber Association held its 1.242nd. auction yesterday when there wore catalogued 1.193.964 lbs: 533.02 tons: offered 1.157.051 lbs: 516.54 tons: sold 1.068.462 lbs: 476.99 tons. Spot London 5 3 sd New York 11.7 16 cts. PRICES REALISED Ribbed Smoked Sheet Cents Per
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    • 131 10 Report Shows Net Income Of £312,872 For Year The New Zealand Insurance Company Limited, which has a branch in Singapore, reports that the surplus on, the year's operations, after making full provision for taxation and other appropriations was £80.076 5s lOd. and the net income from interest
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    • 92 10 M.P. Says Production May Be Revolutionised Mr. W. McKeag stated in the House |cf Commons during the debate on the Mines Department vote, that an entirely new process had been discovered which might well revolutionise the (production of oil from coal. It was a process, he said,
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    • 98 10 rjURING the week ending Aug. 25, 1935. exports of tinned pineapples Malayan ports amounted to 36.961 cases, of which: 28.066 (76 per cent.) cases were to the United Kingdom, 625 (2 per cent.) cases to the Continent of Europe. 7,250 (19 per cent.) cases to Canada,
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    • 140 10 Foreign exports of tin, being linal shipments on ocean-steamers at all Malayan ports during the month of August. 1935. Destination Tons United Kingdom 485 United States of America 3.470 Continent of Europe 978 British Possessions 529 Japan 137 The Netherlands Indies 6 Other Foreign Countries 33 Total
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    • 82 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association Sept. 4. U o'clock noon. Buyers Seller* No. I. X. R.S.S. in cases FOB. September* 18 3 j 18 7 H Good FAQ. in cases «F.0.8. September* 18 716 18 916 No. I.X.R.S.S. (Spotloose* <awardable Singapore' 18 4 18 K September !8 7 K 19
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    • 98 10 Sept. 4. 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 Shall Motor Spirit ex pump per British Imperial Gallon 82 Shell Motor Spirit in 4gallon drums per British
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    • 163 10 Aug. 30. 31. Sept. 3. American Can. Com. 138 138V 2 138 American Telephone and Telegraph 135*2 136^2 136% Atcheson Railroad 48 3 4 49 50 Chesapeak 46% Unq. 45% Dupont 117 118 117 Firestone Unq. 14 3 4 Unq. General Electric 30% 31 30% General Motors 42%
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    • 532 10 "Dire Calamity" For South Wales I A RESOLUTION has been passed by the Swansea Chamber of Commerce, viewing with grave concern the proposal of Messrs. Richard Thomas and Co.. Ltd.. to remove their tinplate works to Redbourne. The Chamber expresses in the resolution its strong conviction that
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    • 83 10 Singapore Produce Prices Buyers Sellers Gambler 5.50 Java Cube 9.50 Hamburg Cube 9.50 Muntok White Pepper 16.75 Copra Sundried 3.80 Copra, mixed 3.35 Small Flake Tapioca 4.30 R.B. Siam No. 1 per koyan 105 Banja Jelotong 7.50 Sarawak Jelotong 7.00 R. (Siam) W.C. No. 1 per koyan 134 Rice, Saigon
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    • 28 10 Mr. E. G. Farrington. Assistant Superintendent. Survey Department, F.M.S. and S.S., has been granted eight months and twelve days' leave on full pay, with effect from Aug. 17.
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    • 1095 10 WEDXESDAV. SEP! 4. 1935. MINING Buyers Seller*. Ampat Tin «4s> 4s 4s 6d Asam Kumbang (f) 32s 6d 33s (kl cd. Austral Malay \l) 60 61s cd Aver Hitam Tin <5.-> 13s 13s 9ri Ayer Weng ($1) I*> 183 Bangrin Tin 20s Gs 21s Batu Selangor ($1)
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    • 135 10 Sept 4 SFXLINC. London. 4 m >:iThs" sigr.- jr, L >ndon. 3 mouths' sigrL mdon. 60 day riff] I L ridon. 30 da: s <;s:» London, demand |9 )>, London. TT Lyons. Paris, drmuua Hamburg. d«;::and New York demand Batavia. Sour;«o.t\\». r.- Samarans. riem... Prnang. domand Calcutta. Bon
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    • 139 10 Fox Bondholders Objiui IShare l)isparit> 1 The stockholders in Fox K ...a to bo very critical I i merger with Tvciltftctl Pictures brtau> ttu mail provides for the exi ■bain at twfc u.> i aim II Class '"A" shart I The disparity oOMMtfl justified. El was rtpori i.
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    • 68 10 I.S. Treasury's Offer H Bond Holder* Washington s < >' Demonstrating its lain strength on the market oi 0 securities, th.- Treasur\ :< holders of the remalnini $1 4' 4 per cent. Fourtli Liberty B exchange at par into Ittbei cent. 10-12 year Treasury Bor 1' 2
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  • 943 11  - REVIVAL OF The Horse Opera MOLLIE MERRICK Hollywood In Person BY i him iikr Warner Brothers iouncefl it will make six pictures this year, there is ng more than a mere Whimsy oiisidered. This noted for iUs films of life. It was the first to ise on the gangster theme
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  • 127 11 Mrs. V. IST. G. Nuir. wife of Mr. V N. G. Nair. of the Malacca Guardian. L'd who recently underwent an operation in the General Hospital, is progressing satisfactorily On Aug. 24 at 6 p.m. many members Of estate Asiatic staffs in the Batang Padang District gathered at the AngloChinese
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  • 845 11  -  Ely Culbertson by Worlds Champion Player And Greatest Card Analyst FIND THE SETTING TRICK TPHE first most important consideration in defensive play is always to find the totting tricks. In seeking to establish these tricks, every possible precaution is taken. Good defensive play is largely a matter
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  • 25 11 Mr. Leong Sin Nam. M.C.H.. J.P.. M.S.C., a prominent leader of the Chinese community in Perak. will shortly be leaving for China on a holiday.
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  • 184 11 SEQUEL TO POLICE STATION INCIDENTS IWIRS. DE GORTA. the Dttcfc woman who was lined recently lor contempt oi court, appeared again before the third magistrate yesterday, and pleading guilty to toui charges relating to incidents in the Central police si at ion. was fined $40 Showing
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  • 47 11 A cable has been received at Raub from Montreal announcing the death oi "Bee" Harding, wife oi Mr. G. M Harding, who left Raub two or three months ago to join his Wife in Canada. The late Mrs. Hardins was well-known and had many friends in Raub
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    • 596 11 HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated In the Colony of Hong Kong) The liability of members Is limited to 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 j Issued and fully paid up iai.ooo.Ooo Reserve
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    • 512 11 CHARTERED BANK OK INDIA. \ISTRMI\ AND CHINA 'Incorporated In England bv Royal Charter Paid up capital In flOOOon shares of £5 each (hM,oou Reserve Fund 3 OO\DOO Reserve Uabillty oj Proprietors ion y# H KAD < Ii < 38. Blshopsgate. London KC i \gern ir> and Branches Alor Star Hollo
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  • LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
    • 696 12 MILLION BRITISH WORKLESS TO BE EMPIRE MIGRANTS Governments And Shipping Companies To Co-operate In Vast Scheme For Subsidised Settlement pvEVELOPMENTS of vital importance in the settlement of British *J migrants in the unpeopled areas of Canada, Australia, New Zealand and other Empire countries, with the co-operation of the British and
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    • 407 12 BOUSTEAD Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in P. M.S.) TELEPHONE: Freight 5433 Passage sttl. LLOYDS AGENTS. BOOKING AGENT 8 FOB FEDERATED MALAY STATES BAIL WATS. ROYAL STATE RAILWAYS OF SIAM. CANADIAN MMMC WpttPl ttUTO^f 'Incorporated in England) THE "EMPRESS" ROUTE offers fRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES vU HONOLULU or direct EMPRESS to VANCOUVER— ACROSS CANADA
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    • 211 12 For everything appertain to Ocean Passages. Foreign Money Exchange and Freight COOK 'S w aco§lhlits iwoato T^^tT sTs^cTl 39, ROBINSON ROAD No Booking Feet. Telephone 5908 HENDERSON LINE SCHEDILE OF IfJUMM By Fortnightly Passenicrr MmbMl Between Rangoon. Tort Midi Marseilles, Palma and Kntlaoi HOMEWARD SAIIIN(> Port of Disembarkation Phnirni Lea\c
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    • 584 12 Local And Foreign Mail Despatches And Arrivals BY TRAIN Bangkok every Saturday 7 p.m. Thursday 7.45 a.m. Kedah Monday to Friday 7.45 a.m. Saturday 7.45 a.m. and 7 p.m. Kuan tan (via Jerantut) Monday to Friday 7.45 a.m. Saturday 7.45 a.m. 7 p.m. Sunday 7 p.m. Kajang. Kota Bahru, Kuala.
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    • 84 12 lo h wsP eneral P St fflce will *as '<*- Registered correspondence 7 p m on Saturday, 7 inst. Ordinary correspondence 7 pm on Sunday, Bth instant. The total permission weight of mail being limited; letters, ordinary ™nd registered, will be given preference Newspapers etc. will only be included if
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    • 150 12 CLEARANCES Sept M: Sima 'Soviet^: Ohio M.irw Jap. >: Gewang. mv St Aldeaonde Kulit .Dut.>; Silver Gull. Ban Honji Liong. Chye Hin Tay Yit. Larut I Brit. > Sept 4 Meran Sarpedon. Phemius Achilles. Centaur. Lipis. Mahidol. Hua Tong. Ipoh <Brit. i Khoen Hoea Thedens. Majang. Sinjricel. Both. Tonltl Dut.»;
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    • 148 12 SINGAPORE I HARBOUR Shkph alongside the wi,. or expected t«» .»r, East Whari ihUrwj^ i Talma 20 Main Wharf (Entrance < Ganges 18. K >1 tus 13; Slan: Cremer 6 Empire Dock (Entrants i Karapara A2 a* Empire Dock (Entrance < Mlrzapore 4tt West Wharf (Entrance (1 Foylebank 4; BWi.*r
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    • 407 13 ns9\\x MBl Jvl %v f l\u k. Bl life -,'JI I ,-J^E^^^* ,/'M,u\\\ J I U^^P^^ P. O. S. N. CO'S SAILINGS, OUTWARDS 1 Due II T*n»fc Spore. T'nare Sitere J AMUA 11,000 Sept 6 RANCHI 17 000 Nov 8 HITRAL 15,000 Sept 13 BHUTAN 6100 Nov af 3OMAII 6,810
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    • 486 13 EUerman BucknaU Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in England) "ELLERMAN" LINE FOR HAVRE, LONDON, ROTTERDAM AND HAMBURG. VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL Also accepting cargo for Canadian and American ports via Colombo steamer w\..^ m r City of Hereford City of Newcastle g?* t S^ City of Bristol n\ vn m
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    • 983 13 SHIPPING Steam Navigation Co., Ltd.) The Sarawak StSL^Si ft t^ The Strait, Steamablp Co. Ltd. The AuirXn^SrSJaT Uni LU I^S N^a^Nrv^on Lt Co., Ltd. C^T tS. IN Si. K \N< I Sura^e^o 1 Ti. L nd n GlObe c^ ![Sr nd M to w j RAILVVATS The Federated MaUy States
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    • 689 14 koMN^LIJKB PAKETVAAKT MAATSCBATPU TIDORE TburadAjr, Sept. 5, Selat-Pandjang. Bengkalis, Soengei-Pakning. Siak and Pakan-Barcu. CREMER -Thursday, Sept. 5. Hong Kong. Swatow and Amoy. VAN DER LIJN- Thursday, Sept. 5. Cheribon <not lor passengers*. Semarans. Sourabaya, BoHrlong. Ampenan, Padang-Bay. Laboean-Hadji, Benoa and Banjoewangi. PLANCIUS Friday. Sept. 6. Muntok (passengers and mails only>.
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    • 514 14 I t mm jTTiZ TO EUROPE I ROM SINGAPORE AND PENANG VIA C'OLO>IBO V IiOMIMV. SITEZ, PORT SAID, ALEXANDRIA. NAPLFS. GENOA. MARSEILLES AND NEW YORK. Arrive Leave leave Arrive S'pore. s>>rr. Penang N^w York Prt^s. Hayes Sep. 7 Sept. lu Srpt. 12 Oct 22 Prts. Johnson .Sep. 21 Sept 24
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    • 724 14 TO LONDON. VIA NAPLES, MARSEILLES. ANTWERP. KOTTIKi. AND MIDDLLSBROPr.H SKATORI MARU 10.000 Sept. 4 5 ?FUSHIMI MARU li <m 3KASHIMA MARU 10.000 Bept. 18 IU HAKOZAKI MARU ]<)50«j +YASUKUNI MARU 12,000 Oct. 1 2 TERUKUNI MAHU POO-i r HAKONE MARU 10.500 Oct. 16 17 HAKUSAN MARU iO6(jn SSUWA MARU 10,700
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  • 153 15 l J ro^ rain me Of Week-end Races Tomorrow there will be the usual afternoon races lor tt»e R.S.Y.C B and C classes, starting at 5.20 p.m. On Sunday the B class will sail UM second race for the Williamson Challenge Cup starting at 10.10 a.m. Points in the
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  • 30 15 London, Sept. 4. Tho final acceptors for the St. Leger are Flash Bye Field Trial PI O «C\7 fiabsy Bahram Hairan Fairbairn Solar Ray Bartholdi Pry II Reut«r.
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  • 231 15 American Community's Annual Spree On Sunday The American community's annual baseball spree is scheduled to take place on Raffles College grounds. Bukit Timah Road, on Sunday afternoon at 4 p.m.. when Rubber moots The Rest in an endeavour 10 reverse the result ot last year's engagement. This contest has
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  • 330 15 South Africans Beat England XI In Two Days RAIN PREVENTS FINISH TO MOST MATCHES A London. Sept. 3. LTHOI'GH there was no play on the first day ol the Folkestone Festival the South Africans wnrahlr to defeat a strong En -land XI by m innings and 109 runs in two
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  • 81 15 From Our Own Correspondent > I pnh. Sept. 4. It is likely the Perak Rugby XV will be as good a side as last year. Recruits include Hector Ritchie. Ishuk. Dara Singh, who played Tor the Police XV last year. I noticed several members of the local police
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  • 66 15 Fight Against Fernandez Postponed Kuala Lumpur. The Selangor Board of Boxing Control have approved the postponement of the fight between Young Johnson and Ignacio Fernandez (arranged for next Saturday) until Sept. 14. as Johnson is not fit to fight this week-end. Al Rivers beat Kid James of Poona
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  • 31 15 London, Sept. 4. A London swimmer, George Booker, covered 100 yards in 49 &-10 sec. during his training for an attempt on the world amateur record, beating Weissmuller's fifty-one sec. Reuter
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  • 26 15 In the semi-linal 01 the open singles In the Garrison Officers' lawn tennis tournamont. Maj Graham beat Lieut Chestnutt 7 9. 7—5. 6—l
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  • 251 15 (From Our Own Correspondent > Neremi»3n. Aur -7 DAIM NTON in NegH Sembilan will receive a much -needed flilip with thr rommencemenl of the .\e*ri Open tournament nhich commence* in a fortnight'* time. \lii«.,i U -h i hi* u.i m.- has rau^ht un and kNMM iixrrasiniclv popular
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  • 160 15 Ntftfaf To Be Held Next Month I Ftom Our Own Correspondent! Sere m ban. Sept. .1. Undt'i- the auspices of the Negn Sembilun Sporting Club. race meet- in« will be held at Ihi Sercinban Race Course, Ampangan. on Saturday. October 12. A $2 tote and $2 cash
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  • 68 15 Malayan Tennis Team Selected From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh. .Srp( 4. Chin Kee Onn. the Perak sinnles tennis champion, ha-s been selected t it-present Malayu at the All-Chin. Olympiad tn be held in Shanghai dur ing OctoDer Oilier tennis players who are noin,; are Lim Bonn Soo and
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  • 54 15 <From Our Own Correspondent Ipoh. Srpi 4. At the annual mating of the Lowt-r Perak Badminton LttpM Mr Lim EwiChen* was re-elected president. Mr Ah Bi Am vlee-presldent. and Mr Sam Leone secretary. A general meeting hi being called or Sept. 15 to make arrangements for holding the
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  • 27 15 London. Sept. 4. The league football matches nUv»-i yesterday resulted as lollows Division I Grlmsby 1 Ar.sm.iJ o llivis-V.ii 111 North.-,,, Southport Rnth^rhan K. -uu-i
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  • 109 15 The following have been invit'd to play .t&sociatlon football tor S.C.C Ist XI fl Wiltshire Regiment tomorrow An.su/. Koad SUtdlum V M Adam. H DaTldjKon. L V. Taylor: R M Wheitcroft. R V Welrh. L D S Oardener. S. Webb. R L Molr J M ftatM K C GUJett. A
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  • 1985 16 DAY OF UPSETS AND CLOSE FINISHES AT BUKIT TIM AH Win Dividends Top Hundred-Dollar Mark Twice TWO DEAD-HEATS IN ONE RACE THE second day's races of the Singapore Turf Club Autumn (Gold Cup) meeting will go down as a day of upsets and close finishes. Winning dividends topping the hundred
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  • 639 16 (Bl UNOMDKI AFIER u lapse o; aboui two months, (i; r'!' which negotiatloni wp^e completed ior the Importatton of wellknown b >xen from the West iv.id from the Par East, boning will be resamed on Ptldav night at ti\»< New World art nn
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  • 632 16 CHINESE RUNNERS-UP IN FIRST DIVISION Win Over R.A.F. j>|a f() Them Beyond Wilts' R eac h S.C.K.V 4: K THE loin 1 over tht h.A.F Stadium mtiiilaj aouoi the position HIM Division ol ttfc l Thr RF. wor, and the C'hni< ners-up. it m a ralrfy ('.Hiifx who led l
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