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

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    18 1 s The Singapore Free Pres AND DAILY NEWS. NO. 14,687. ESTD. 1835 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1935 10 CENTS.
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    POSITION AT GENEVA "VIRTUALLY HOPELESS"
    669 1 Comm ittee Of Five 's Failure ALLEGED ITALIAN PLOT TO EFFECT ESCAPE OF DEPOSED ETHIOPIAN KING Man Emperor Fears Most In World Italy has adopted a more conciliatory tone recently and evinced a desire to avoid a complete rupture, this modification has not extended to
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    SPA NISH GOVERNMENT RESIGNS
    157 1 SPA NISH G O VERNMENT RESIGNS Precautionary Measures Taken Madrid, Sept. 23. THE Lerroux Government has resigned following the decision of the Agrarian Party to support the resignation of two Cabinet ministers belonging to the Agrarian Party. The fall of the Lerroux Government is due to the proposal to grant
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    WORLD AIR SERVICE
    69 1 BY PAN-AMERICAN AIRWAYS AND K. L. M. The Ha^ut Sept. 23. i Learned the .selected route for the world air service by PanAmerican Airways and XL.M. will be San Francisco. China, the Philippines, Borneo Java. alon^» the India route and Amsterdam, thence England. Iceland. Greenland and New
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    ALLEGED NAZI MURDER PLOT
    74 1 Infernal .Machines Sent To Ten Austrian Politicians Vienna. .Sept. 23. An alleged plot to murder ten out.inding Austrian politicians has been seovered at Linz. Upper Austria. Post Office officials became suspicious ;en little parcels exactly the same adressed to ten well-known Viennese. When an official opened
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    PROBLEM FOR U.S.
    79 1 Philippines' Wish To Become Member Of League Manila. Sept. 23. A piquant situation will be created I Manuel Quezon. President-elect of j the Philippines, carries out his intention >1 asking the United States permission apply for membership of the League I Nations, "if it does not crack
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    LABOUR PARTY
    110 1 Lord Snell Likely Successor To lx>rd Ponsonby London. Sept. St. r an emergency tweeting o* Ifcft National Executive ol the Labour i~*t> m London lasting 3» 4 hours, it Is officially stated the Executive have accepted the lesignations oi Sir Stafford Cripps and Lord Ponsonby. Sir Stafford Cripps'
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    ARRIVES IN PEIPING
    111 1 Briton On England To China Flight Peiping, Sept. 23. Mr HaroU Farquhar, first secretary ol the British Legation at Mexico City who is engaged on a leisurely flight from England to China, arrived here today from Harbin. He is accompanied by a fellow traveller. Mr. Fritz Biehler.
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    TODAY'S I. R. R. C. MEETING
    292 1 Considered Supreme Test Of Restriction Scheme London, Sept. 23. 'TOMORROW'S London meeting of! the International Rubber Regulation Committee is arousing apprehensive speculation on all sides since it is considered the supreme test on which depends the general confidence m the scheme and the committee's
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    PLOT TO SEIZE CANADA'S PREMIER
    119 1 PLOT TO SEIZE CANADA'S PREMIER Mr. Bennett's Revelation About Reds Victoria <B.<\), Sepi HTM I Canadian (Government li.r lr mud that t he recent march of unemployed on Ottawa from Toronto was part of a plot to seize mwrlf a* li<>sij-c ulnir a Soviet government was being established m Canada,
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    CAMPBELL BLACK, CRASHES
    77 1 b PARACHUTE JUMP FROM FALLLVG MACHINE Khartoum, Sept. 23. pAMPBELL BLACK and McArthur crashed yesterday morning 130 miles north of Khartoum. The airmen landed by parachutes unhurt and arrived by camel at Kabushia railway station this afternoon. It is reported the machine was burnt out, but the
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    WORLD COURT
    62 1 Mr. Kellogg Resigns Presidency Geneva, Sept. 23. A fIH F. R. K.-llouj;. the American diplomat, has resigned the presidency of the Permanent Court of International Justice, of which he has been a judge since 1930 Reuter demands No disorder ooswiti dur m% th« marchers' stay at Ottawn .v,
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    H.M.A.S. AUSTRALIA
    88 1 Australian Labour Party Moves Retail Canberra. Srpt. -!3. A declaration that the Labour Party is uncompromisingly opposed to Australia becoming involved In any European war. was mad* today by Mr. Forde. deputy leader of the Federal Labour Party and Mr. Bcasley, leader of the N.S.W. Labour Party, m
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    MR. F. W. RICKETT
    74 1 Broadcast To U.S. Cancelled By Foreign Office I ■uhl- »n Sept. ili The broadcast arranut'd for todaj by Mr. Ki<'k«'t* from London to fh« United States was rancHl«»d on th« initiative of th»» Km. \v.n Ol!\rt- who tboughi th»- broadcast would niv« .1 false Impression that
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      82 1 BIGIA TEA Brings the freshness And fragrance of the Malayan gardens direct to your home. TONIGHT NEXT SATURDAY SPECIAL DINNER GRAND MOVIE concert sis t. 9 is P .m. BALL CABARET DANCE (ft*-*) RUTr-S-S'SaSnSI 9.45 to mulnifiht THE B EST COSTUMES REPREand the popular and ver*atile CFXTING FAMOUS FILM STARS
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      121 1 There 19 no better Tern than BIGIA TEA GROWN IN MALAYA ADELPHI HOTEL IoNK.iU AM) TIUKSI»\\ SPECIAL DINNER DANCE DINNER DANCE MUSIC BY THE l= RELLER BAND =1 DINNER MUSIC 8 9 p.m. DANCE H 9 12 Midnight Dinner 00 No After Dinner Ad. Chtrgr THE ROTARY CLUB OF SINGAPORE
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    NATIONAL DEBT
    193 2 A -toReduction Of £21,861,193 In Great Britain London. Sept. 22. An official star lament on the National Debt shows that the total "deadweight" on Mar. 31, 1935. amounted to £7.800.436.868. a decrease on the previous twelve months of £21.861.193. To this is added other capital liabi- litiesin respect
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    VERSATILE GENIUS OF NOEL COWARD
    724 2 EVERY man who has ever risen to unique distinction m his particular field of work or art has found himself contending every step of the way with an aura of legend that had grown up about his personality A legend based m a fragment of
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    Boy Of Five As Chief Witness
    492 2 STOLEN BRACELETS CHARGE A 15-year-olci boy. Chee Koon Loy, was m the dock m the Singapore criminal district court yesterday, charged with robbing a small boy of a pair of gold bracelets valued at $60. while another boy. Chang Ah Chye. aged 16. is
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    COST OF EDUCATION IN F.M.S.
    177 2 The total revenue of the Education Department. F.M.S.. m 1934, was $510.--707. against $487,616 m 1933. The expenditure amounted to $2,628,197, compared with $2,926,059 m the previous year. The net expenditure was thus $2,117,490. The revenue comprised $243,400 from school fees, $262,682 from education rate,
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      161 2 Itch Cause Killed In 7 Minutes Tour skin has nearly 60 million tiny seams or pores where tiny germs or paraBites can hide and cause your skin to Itch, Crack, reel, Burn, also Eczema, Dhoby Itch, Ringworm, Pimples, Acne, Crotch-Itch, and Singapore Foot. Don't waste time with ordinary methods. You
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      330 2 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. FIRST AID POROUS BANDAGE. A Combination Dressing. Oil and water resisting and sticks only to itself A First Aid necessity m every Office. Hbme or Club. Stocked by MEDICAL HALL LIMITED. CHEMISTS. BOARD RESIDENCE. KATONG GRANGE Excellent position on Sea front Botrd Residence. Mod. Sanitstion 77 Meyer Road
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      471 2 Ebe Sinoapove fvcc press Head OAce: Cecil Street. Blnfap*rc Phone 5471 a It Kaala Lumpur Office: 25, Java Street Phone: 368?. London Office: Jt/41 Reel Street, Uo4^ Tel: "Laadmatoys" Ur- SUBSCRIPTION RATES S'.r.tfH,. Within Ouuide Malaya Malaya p.. v Monthly ISM 00 Quarterly lIM 112 00 Half Yearly $17. N
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      239 2 Diary Of The Week TUESDAY, SEPT. 24 High Water, 9.43 a.m. 7 8 ft., 9.10 p.m. 8 3 ft. Concert. Regimental Band. Botanical Gardens at 5.15 p.m. Rugger: United Services Trial, Seletar. Golf: Garrison Club, Monthly Mixed Foursomes Competition. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 25 High Water, 10.13 a.m. 8 2 ft, 9.56
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      574 2 Today's Radio Programmes B.B.C.— GSG and GSF Wavelengths— l6.B6 and 19.82 metres p.m. 6.20 Big Ben. The New Victoria Cinema Orchestra, relayed from the New Victoria Cinema, Bradford. 7.05 "The Drawing Room of the Empire." A talk from the woman's point of view by Winifride Wrench. Greenwich time signal at
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    RUBBER ESTATES THAT NEED REPLANTING
    3901 3 Mr Moore's Lecture To The LSP. On The Best Methods To Use THE "TAPPING TO~DEATH" SYSTEM Ss c rr r .T Nt years; the fact that if *he present price wouT^rtu at about 20 tents d SIX uould pa> for .tself roughly a dozen years;
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    THE TEA CEREMONIAL I IN JAPAN
    614 3 THE TEA CEREMONIAL I IN JAPAN "A Five Art" "THE tea ceremonial and its real bearing on Japanese life' famed I the subject of an interesting address by Dr Trane Ouehi to members of *he Y.W.C.A. Fortnightly Club at their meeting m Rafftes Quay y _\sferday. Dr. Ouehi. who is
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    A THRIVING SOCIETY
    536 3 English School Teachers OEFERENCE to the astonishiij progress of the English School Teachers' Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society Ltd was made by Capt. G. Hawkins. Assistant Director of Co-operation. at the week-end at the Bth half-yearly genera] meeting of the Society, held at Hutching! School. Mr. T
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    31 3 Two Bengalis had a ttsht m Weld Road on Sunday night. At the conclusion, one was taken tc 'hospital unconscious. His moir.h was badly i-ut and he had 'lost several teeth.
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    HAD TO UK CARRIED DOWNSTAIRS.
    192 3 Now She Milks S Cows. She is ;i farmer's wilt and couldn't put her feel to tin pound What terrible hunriicip. both fot bet and her husband It u.« s i( ri u < rheumatism she was help! She writes ol her experiences In I
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    Survival Of The Fittest
    320 3 Survival Of The Fittest "ARMY" PLEA TO Norwich. Sept. 10 COMMISSIONER David lamb ol tin Balvatlon Army, who is hlnisi 1J a member oi tin Britisli A.sMH'iattoi challenged webfom ;;> snow th- world i way oi saeaps from and nomic evils whan speaking si Army s Norwich Citadel tod.»v The
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      116 3 CHEVROLET TURRET-TOP BODIES are stronger and safer m every way. 7*o f/i« overhead protection of the Turret-Top Steel Roof m Chevrolet's new Bodies by Fisher there is added the further protection of extra strong construction throughout. The floors consist of one solid piece of steel, firmly supported by sturdy frame
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    WOMEN'S INTERESTS
    1617 4  -  LUCIE MARION BY From A Paris Window New Suits For Day Wear And Evening Ensembles Parih. NEW SUITS for day wear eonsisi of short hip jackets fitting tc the waist without a belt, smaL turned-down collars close to till neck, cuffs sparingly furred and B button fastening from
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      30 4 New French Dress Lace Organdy Finish JUST UNPACKED AT WASSIAMULL'S Only a few selected shades. Call Early Have the First Choice Wassiamull Assomull Co. 31 33 HIGH STREET 'PHONE 7144.
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      43 4 1835 OCTOBER 8H 1935 SINGAPORE >VWU FREE PRESS TO COMMEMORATE A CENTURY OF PROGRESS THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL 132 -PAGE ISSUE on Tuesday, October Bth THE LEADING MORNING PAPER IN MALAYA SINGAPORE FREE PRESS October Bth. 132 Pages. ORDER YOUR COPY NOW
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    239 5 MISS VALERIE SCOTT (Bedford) with the cup she won by beating Miss W. M. Lincoln (Surrey) m the final of the girls* singles m the National Junior Championships at Wimbledon. PERCY ALLISS and Alfred Padgham, two members of Britain's Ryder i up team, met m the final of the £1,250
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    SEVEN CRIMINAL APPEALS IN JOHARE
    1821 6 SEVEN CRIMINAL APPEALS IN JOHARE Six W ere Dismissed JUDGES RECOMMEND COMMUTION OF DEATH SENTENCE NO fewer than seven criminal appeals were disposed of yesterday i the Court cf Appeal. Johore, before Mr. Justice Burton. Acting Chief Justice, and Mr. Justice a'Beckett Terrell. In one appeal the sentence was reduced
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    ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF EXPLOSIVES
    958 6 ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF EXPLOSIVES Japanese tinea SUCCESSFUL TRAP LAID BY THE POLICE A QUESTION OF PROCEDURE i Oath At A Kramat t LIAS a police inspector any authorry i** to take an accused person t° a place of worship for him to make I sworn statement? This question ol procedure
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    CHINA ACHIEVES UNITY
    1049 6 Some Impressions Of A Malayan Visitor (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 31. BITTER experience has taught China some salutary lessons. She has learned that no nation can prosper without unity within its own borders, and no nation can be secure without ability to resist aggression
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    HITCH IN MOONEY CASE
    146 6 Comrade Threatens To Refuse To Testify Sacramento California. Sept. ft, A strange hitch threatens to hold up the habeas corpus proceedings designed to free Tom Mooney Mooney's comrade. Warren Billings who was also convicted on the same charge, threatens to take out an injunction against the
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    "GOMOK" EXSHAW
    187 6 Partners Of Famou> Brand; Firm In Singapore Mr Noel Exshaw md till Richard Exshaw. partner* ll mous brandy arm oi T have arrived m Singapore ir. )f a tour ol .Eastern count r Mr Nod Exshaw told Ihf H thai they had just compl interesting visit to the
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    ATTACK ON SANCTIONS
    72 6 Parb». Srpt M A blunt attack on unction* been made by M Bo renger. tresident oilthe Foreign Affairs I mission of the Senate and torn.' Ambassador m Romr. m a new.spai><article He rules out military aaiuM under any pretext and. as Nf U economic sanctions, he says
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      281 6 TO STOMACH SUFFERERS* THE amazing cures effected dv Maclean 3ra.^d Stomach Powder ever- n cvj-s where aM tbc has failed, have brought on to the market so many imitations of its name and its appearance, that you mutt be tery careful to insist on the original product bearint the Signature
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    Man And Wife's Systematic-Criminal Breach Of Jewellery
    937 7 Man And Wife's Systematic-Criminal Breach Of Jewellery OFFERED TO ACT AS AGENTS FOR SALE Then Disappeared U7AN Yahaya bin Wan Abdul Rahman and his wife, Chik who were charged with criminal breach of trust m respect of jewellery (valued $390 belonging to Eshah binti Mahamud on Sept. 3 appeared at
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    MR. KHOO PECK LOCK
    107 7 The funeral of Mr. Khoo Peck Lock leaves No. 46. East Coast Road. Singapore this morning for the private burial ground at Bukit Brown Cemetery. Mr Khoo Peck Lock was the third son of Mr. Khoo Phee Soon, at one time one of the leading shipowners
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      351 7 I MAKES HIS LONG-AWAITED SCREEN DEBUT! |P R E M I E R E TONIGHTJ *j* m4^ 1^ IMI I^B I^B I Iflß 111 II II W IN THE MOST UNUSUAL STOFO A MEMORABLE EVENT IN MALAYA'S THEATRICAL HISTORY! OPENING TONIGHT "CAPITOL <*!0 (A I 6*5 and 9.15 S® r&L
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    The Singapor Free Press TOMMY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1935 A Falling Birth-Rate
    815 8 The Singapor Free Press TOMMY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1935 A Falling Birth-Rate A MATTER ol world-wide interest i 7* and importance is the curve of the Japanese birth-rate. It is one of the major factors that have determined, and will doubtless con- 1 tinue to determine, the course of Japanese foreign
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    AsIWasSaying
    564 8 tinriiiiitis In Lions IN Britain lions and bears are commonly valued at about £30 each. At a forced sale at Haarlem recently a full-grown lioness was sold lor 15s. and a brown dancing bear tor £2. Polar bears j here are priced m an animal dealer's list at €70
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    963 8 THE poor man Michael wa.s driving his pis homo irom the market when the Devil came upon him "Well. well. Michael." says the Devil, slapping him on the shoulder, "and isn't this the tine pig you've bought!" "I have not bought it. then, your honour." says uoor Michael sweating
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    DAY TO DAY
    178 8 Mr. \V A Kirk. Executive Engineer. P.W D has left for home on furlough. Mr M. B. Matthews hM been appointed actinß Agent of the Kuala Lumpur office of the Hoimkong and Shanghai Bank. The leave of absence granted to Mr. B G. Bradley. MC.S.. has been
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    SIR SHENTON'S PERAK VISIT
    122 8 SIR SHENTON'S PERAK VISIT I From Our Own Correspondent I Ipoh, Sept. 23. His Excellency the High Commissio,ner. Sir Shenton Thomas, accompaniI ed by Lady Thomas and Miss Thomas. and attended by Mr. G. A. G. Walker, Private Secretary. Mr. H. G. Beverley! A.D.C., and Mr. Parke. A.D.C. Desiginate, arrived
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    SIR STAFFORD CRIPPS
    81 8 Advocates "Working-Class" Sanctions The only condition under which h.^ could support armaments and military action is if they were used by a group; of Socialist states against capitalist aggression. declares Sir Stafford Cripps m a statement to his constituents. If the workers desire to check Italian and
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      44 8 A SCIENTIST SAYS that a man can be judged by what he drinks. It has been observed that Scots are generally neat m their habits. Many of them hold v GAFLAC POLICIES. GENERAL ACCIDENT. FIRE LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION. LTD. Hongkong Bank Chambers Telephone 6480.
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    SIR FREDERICK LEITH-ROSS AT NANKING
    61 9  -  Sin Chow Jit Poh Travels With Mr. Wang Ching Wet From Shanghai ANOTHER "SUNK^ RIVER 'INCIDENT' Shanghai. Sept >;« gIR Mertck Leith-lUw, accompanied by Sir Alexander Cadogan. British \mbassador m China, arrived m Nankng tins morning. The Chinese Premier. Mr ViUU Ching WelU and a
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    Uniform Currency
    63 9  -  Sin Chow Jit Poh Hvng Kong, Sepi >i JJiR Chin* Chuilf Pak. Pre^dn" O1 the Canton Bank, has arrived m Shanghai to confer with leading Chinese bankers m the city In connecWltn the proposal to bring about uniform currency system m the s< lutheastern provinces. Mr Ching will
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    Manchukuo Manoeuvres In Soviet Territory
    66 9  -  Sin Chow Jit Poll A Shanghai. Sept. 13. Manchukuo naval squadron is reported to have ■teamed up the sungari River and held a manoeuvre within Russian territory. A report states that the "Incident" xas directed by the military headquarters of Kirin. which believe thai the
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    Anti-piracy Stations
    66 9  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh Shanghai. Sept. :>3rd. OEN. Li Kit Chi. Commander of the Boca Tigris Forts at the mouth of the Pearl River, has been representing he Canton general headquarters at 3ias Bay m connection with the stablishmeni of special anti-piracy statloni m the district. Gen. Li
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    Hattle Against Bandits
    66 9  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh Shanghai, Sept. 23. TPHE Pukleo troops, assisted by the gunboat. Chu Tai. have begun a general oiTensivt- against the Chinese xinctits and pirates at Hinghua Bay. A battle is reported to be raging at the Island of Nanyi. which has been mrrounded by
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    Japanese Arrest Chinese Officials
    53 9  -  Sin Chow Jit Poh Shanghai, Sept. 23. A number ol Chinese officials ol the Mukden Flood Reliei Association were arrested by Japanese police yesterday when iunds amounting to vcr $950,000 were confiscated. The Association is reported to have icted contrarily to its own regulations submitted to
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    U.S. COAL STRIKE
    84 9 President Expected To Intervene Washington. Sept. 23. A strike affecting 450.000 American soft coal workers and 22 states is due to start today owing to inability ro reach an agreement with the emjioyers. It is expected that Mr. Roosevelt, who i now on his way to Washington,
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    CHILDREN'S ORCHESTRA REHEARSAL
    438 9 Promise Of Fine J Jubilee Concert WHO said Singapore children are not musical The writer, drawn by the strains oi a tully-fledged orchestra, entered the Victoria Memorial Hall yesterday evening and left some two hours later with the conviction that the Singapore Children's Orchestra is well on
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    REV. FR. BURGHOFFER
    555 9 Impressive Scene At Funeral Before an unusually large and cosmopolitan crowd the funeral of the late Rev. Fr. BurgholYer. vicar of the Church ot Our Lacy of Lourdes. who died suddenly on Sunday night took place at Bidadari yesterday. The service, both at the church and at
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    ABYSSINIA ACCEPTS
    25 9 Geneva. Sept. ZL Abyssinia has accepted the Committee of Five's proposals, subject to the preservation of sovereign rights and the discussion of details.
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    ITALY'S DEMANDS
    90 9 Wording Regarded As Favourable Sign London, Sept. *23. The wording of the official* Italian communique coupled with the Italian Government's subsequent criticism oi the League plan is regarded as a favourable sign by the morning papers Mussolini's minimum demands, according to the Daily Telegraph, include firstly more territory
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    "LEAGUE'S LAST WORD"
    48 9 Paris. Sept. 23. Mr. Eden told M. Laval during his talk, according to the Intransigeant's Genera correspondent, that the Committee of Five's proposals will be considered by the British Government as *'the extreme limit" of concessions possible if) Italy and as the League's Last word.
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    ROME IMPRESSED
    100 9 By British Fleet Movements Geneva, Sept. 2.1. The movements of the British Fleet undoubtedly have produced a tremendous impression m Rome and it is understood the Italian Government is prepared to withdraw reinforcements from Libya m return for a definite assurance from the British Government with regard to
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    BANDITS LOOT TRAIN IN MANCHUKUO
    74 9 Relief Train Also Derailed Tokio, Sept. 23. A report from Changchun says that one was killed and 17 wounded when bandits derailed, wrecked and looted an eastbound trair on the Changchun Tumen Railway, neur Weihuling. 3f> miles north-west of Tunhua. A relief train trom Kirin.
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    COMMODITY MARKET
    130 9 Latest Rubber And Tin Prices <From Our Own Correspondent I IU'BBER: London, Sept. '23. Spot (Sellers) S 9 I6d <5 5 B d. > (BvyersJ r> 7 16 d. i 5\ 2 d> Jan. -Mar. 5 11 16 d. »5 3 4 d.» April- June 527 32d. •5
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    BRITAIN'S TRADE EXPANSION CONTINUES
    1089 10 BRITAIN'S TRADE EXPANSION CONTINUES Activity In Building And j Public Works London, Aug. PEASONAL influences resulted m a slight decline m activity m certain industries during the past month, but, m many directions, conditions remained favourable and several trades experienced further expansion. Improvement has been especially noticeable m building and
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    Exchange Rates
    233 10 Sept. 23 SELLING London 4 months' sight 2 4 3 32 London 3 months' sight 2 4 1 16 London 60 days' sight 24 1 32 London 30 days' sight 2 4 London, demand 2 3 31 32 London. T.T. 2 3 31,32 Lyons and Paris, demand 863
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    GERMANY'S INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY
    69 10 Berlin. Sept. 22. Striking evidence of the internal industrial recovery appears m the statistics of the Institute of Business Research. Since the Nagi regime started, industrial production has risen from 2.800.000.000 marks monthly to 5 000.000.000. Industries influenced by re-armamiii! show a high degree of activity, while
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    FRASER'S SHARE LIST
    895 10 MONDAY, SEPT. 23, 1935. MINING Buyers Sellers. Ampat Tin (4s) 4s 3d 4s 9d Asam Kumbang 32s 9d 33s 9d x.d. Austral Malay 59s 60s 1 Ayer Hitam Tin (ss) 13s 3d 13s 9d c.d. Ayer Weng ($1) 170 1.80 Fangrin Tin 19.? 6s 20s 6d Batu
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    Singapore Produce Prices
    87 10 Singapore Produce Prices Sept. 23 Buyers Sellers Gambler 5 -5° Java Cube 9- 50 Hamburg Cube 9-75 Muntok White Pepper W.H Copra, Sundried 4.05 Copra, mixed 3.65 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
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    283 10 Tokio, Sept. 22. There has been very great activity and .heavy buying on the Stock Exchange, which is ascribed to the increase m the tension of the ItaloEthiopian situation and artificial silk, cotton yarn. rice, steel work, shipbuilding and transport stocks have all risen from one to
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    TAMBALAK RUBBER PAYS 2£ PER CENT.
    451 10 Change Over To A.B.C. Method Of Tapping A DIVIDEND of 2 2 per cent, for the year ended June 1935, was declared at the 26th ordinary general meeting <,i Tambalak Rubber Estates, Ltd., held m the Hong Kon X Bank Chambers, Singapore, on Saturday.
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    Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association
    65 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association Sept. 23, 12 o'clock n<M»n Buyers NHlfr* No. I. X. R.S.S. m cases (FOB. September* Good FAQ. m cases (FOB September* No. I. X. R.S.S. (spotloosed (awardable Singapore) October 19 > X Oct. Dec 19' 4 Jan. Mar Apr. June Tone of market Quiet iteftdy
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    CRUDE OIL FOR ITALY.
    58 10 New York. Sept The Journal of Commerce learr.s that buyers with Italian connections I purchased 250.000 barrels of cnMfc at approximately $1 per barn; Houston to be shipped over thof the year. It is reported that further tDQtttrkt from the same source are b< m the
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    MALAYA RUBBER STATISTICS
    286 10 Monthly return of dealers' and port stocks. Straits Settlements, at close of business. Auk 31 1935 M c m dry tons A. DEALERS* STOCKS DRY RUBBER WET ~RUBBER i estimated dry Vtflfht) Crepe Total Territory RS.S. US.S. Estate Remill Cols. Wot Scrap Blanket <2» Lump Crepe Bark
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    1122 11  - venture into beyond Motion Picture MOLLIE MERRICK Hollywood In Person BY *HE fourth dimension, the mysteri--1 mis. the intangible, continues to at motion picture producers. Our current attempt at bringing the I into the very real scope of the itre fat least tho motion picture i^ Dv Manner's "Peter IbbetWe
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    42 11 Towkay Wong Chin Tong replaces i Towkay Leong Sin Nam, who is leaving for China shortly, as, as President of, 'the Perak Chinese Chamber of ComImerce. the Yuk Choy Public School and the Perak Chinese Girls' School. Hugh I Low Street, Ipoh.
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    CULBERTSON on CONTRACT
    183 11  -  Ely Culbertson 1 »-V j| Worlds Champion Player And Greatest Card Analyst II L__ SIMPLE BIT DIRECT (|^LE LANGDON. a player of national repute, was distinctly at his best m the following hand which cropped up m a national championship contest. Mr. Langdon played m the west
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      94 12 A record m the construction of a liner has been achieved at a Lancashire shipyard. The new 24.000 tons Orient liner Orion, which was com- Dieted last month by Vickers-Arm-strongs, Ltd.. at Barrow-in-Furness was only launched by the Duke of Gloucester, by radio from Australia on
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      GROWTH OF AIR TRAVEL IN BRITAIN
      550 12 GROWTH OF AIR TRAVEL IN BRITAIN Heavy Traffic During Holiday oecLson OAPID expansion of the demand lor air transport is revealed m figures of traffic during the holiday season. The August Bank Holiday week-end saw especially heavy use of the air lines operating m and out of London. On the
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    41 12 U'a.shiiu-t..!i v The Havjp B states thai In til Italy and Abyssn;:. authorities would b warships iron: laatlc to pi Reuter Wireless TJie Nedorlanri I liner nu Cl.: alongside thf S H B on S<^pt Mat the MUM d.iy
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      483 12 Local And Foreign Mail Despatches And Arrivals BY TRAIN Bangkok every Saturday 7 pm. Thursday 7.45 a.m. Alor Star: Mon. to Fri.* 7.45 am. Saturday 7.45 a.m. and 7 p.m. Ipoh: Weekdays* 7.45 a.m. and 7 p.m. 5 Klang. Kuala Lipis, Port .0 Swettenham. Taiping and X Telok Anson: Weekdays*
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    1465 15 photo). Manchester City Take Command ASTON VILLA'S GREAT WIN (Prom the Free Press Correspondent) THnrm *v m. Urndon, Sept. It. THOIGH the football season has been running m England only oritL^f PrOWem haS arlSen Which ls cansin th onties great concern. b a il^ U h
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    389 15 Selangor Rugby Trial •From Our Own Correspondent.) ur Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 21. JHE rugger trial played on the Padan,; this afternoon, though not nearly as keen and interesting as the previous game, was nevertheless a good one played m fine spirit. The match augured well for the first
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    267 15 Eurasian Association's Decision (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 23. The prospects of the Selangor Eurasians having a centrally-situated playing ground at Kuala Lumpur were discussed at the fifteenth annual general meeting of the Selangor Eurasian Association this morning at the Town Hall. Mr. L.
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    1248 15 Review Of Past Season's Performances London. |\l/ITH the last of the big athletic VT meetings decided, it is now possl;ble to weigh up the results of the season just completed an-d put a valuation on them for next year's Olympic Games m Berlin. Although
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    203 15 Girls' Tennis Distributed QN Saturday, the Girls' Sports Club A* was at home on the occasion of the distribution of prizes to winners la the annual lawn tennis tournament Before calling on her mother. Mrs B d? Silva to give away the prizes the President said that the Club s.
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    399 15 WILL JOE LOUIS WIN TODAY? Promises Baer A K.O. JOE LOUIS <label for him. the Bible- reading Neßro Boxer, has two heavy dates On the 24th of this month he kaock* out Max Baer Lie's sure of it>. On the 25th he marries. Some time after that h« hopes to
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    36 15 London, Sept 22 A Napier Raitton, driven by John Cobb and Rose Richards, won the 500 jniles race at Brooklands today at an average speed of 121 28 miles an hour. British Wireless
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    305 16 Good Defence Enables R.A.F. To Win 1-0 DRAW FOR SEMI-FINAL ROUND R.A.F. 1: Wilts 0 A SOLITARY goal, scored within a couple of minutes of the start, decided yesterdays second round Cup tie m favour of the R.A.F when the Airmen met the Wiltshires
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    507 16 S.A.F.A. Cup Semifinal Round Draw TTIE draw for the semi-tiual 1 round of the S.A.F.A. Cup was held yesterday and resulted :is follows Tomorrow Malays vs. K.E. Thursday Chinese vs. R.A.F. Both matches will be played at the Anson Road Stadium. the net. to giv;' the Airmen the lead with
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    WEIGHTS FOR SELANGOR RACES
    369 16 WEIGHTS FOR SELANGOR RACES (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. Sept. 23. pOLLOWINCi are the handicaps for Saturday, the first day of the Selangor Turf Club Autumn professional meeting. Race 1. Ponnies, Class 'i. Div. Z. 5 furs.: Canute 9.0, Foxy 8.13. Penny Bee 8.13. Blue BlulT 8.12. Kit 8.12.
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    INTER-CLUB GOLF
    126 16 Sepoy Lines Beat The following is the result of the golf match between the Sepoy Lines Golf Club and the Keppel Golf Club played at Sepoy Lines on Sunday: Sepoy Lines Golf Club players meni tioned first. A. L. Birse 1. H. I. Jones 0. H. L. Hosking
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    Colts Play Fine Hockey To Beat Chinese
    438 16 Colts 3; Chinese HPHE Colts continued m winning! vein at hockey yesterday by! beating the Chinese by the odd goal m five. The Colts would have won by a larger margin had it not been lor Cheok Wan the Chinese goalkeeper, who displayed
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    HEFUSED £6,000
    381 16 i i Tommy Loughran And The Colour Bar London. AN offer of thirty thousand dollars for a fight .sounds tempting enough —even for :i world champion, but it has failed to lure ex-champion Tommy Loughran. The former world cruiser-weight titleholder was oirered €6.000 to take the i ring
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    S.C.C. TENNIS
    57 16 photo). The following are the results of S.C.C. tennis tournament ties played yesterday. B Class Single* (Final) B. E Ablitt beat H. Markham 6— l. 7—5. B Class Doubles Handicap Hamlyn and Elgar beat Nolli and Pifaretti 6—4. 5—7. 6—3. MAJOR T. L. FOX. the well-known trainer, snapped
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    305 16 ipoh Club Win 22-8 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Sept. Z*. TPOH Club found little difficulty m defeating: the Perak Asiatic Club at rugby yesterday, winning by 22 points to 3. Trie Ipoh Club led by 10 points to nil at the interval. In
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    106 16 The "Dog" Beats Tamils At Hockey Our Own Corre.sjx,; Kuala Lumpur. Sop! •yuE Btlangoff ciub op. hockey season with a match the T.P.C.A. on the Pad. pame ending m a draw The rlub .v tbi m t t Todd netted from olos«--minutes after the lUrt I. tamed pressure
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    138 16 Cambridgeshire And Cesarewitch Ret tinLondon, srpi Th« following la the lag the Ottartwttefa and Cambri I 100 to 9 Chrysler offen d taken: 100 to 6 Tom ma ok offered: 100 to 6 DottU .T.i:. 18 to l taken; II to 1 Lock] i to 1 Shiim Cloud;
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