The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 9 December 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. 14,722 ESTD. 1835. MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1935. II CENTS.
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  • 230 1 ITALIANS BOMB DESSIE A GAIN 118 Killed ln\ All Raids Addis Ababa, Dec. 8. 11 W IAN planes bombed Dessie again yesterday. The casualty were 80 killed and 200 uounded. Many of the latter arc in a desperate condition. dondar was also reported bombed, four women and two children being
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  • 623 1 OIL EMBARGO EXPECTED I FROM BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR Defiant Speech By II Duce "NOTHING CAN DIVERT ITALY FROM HER GOAL" M LAVAL and Sir Samuel Hoare conferred in Paris for over two hours yesterday and on Saturday night. < A communique issued stated that
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  • 88 1 Air Secretary's Message To; Australian Minister Of Defence Canberra, Dec. 8. TT is now assumed that Sir Charles Kingsford- Smith and his co-pilot Capt. Pethybridge are dead and the Commonwealth Government has recorded its high appreciation of Sir Charles' unique services for civil aviation.
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  • 114 1 Naples, Dec. 8. Four are kiioivn to have been killed and 50 injured in a collision between two express trains between Rome and Naples. Further deaths are feared. Renter. Irom telegraphing you. The lapse of time since his disappearance and the failure of exhaustive searches made
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  • 58 1 London. Dee. 7. The Daily Herald says Mussolini has informed M. Laval he will absolutely oppose any cession of territory to Abyssinia and has declined to consider any negotiations involving any deal with Abyssinia. Other suggestions are that 11 Duce will announce that Italy will break off
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  • 229 1 Standard Oil Refuses "War Business" New York, Dec. 8. The Standard Oil Company today made a statement that with one unimportant exception no Standard Oil o New Jersey Interest had made shipments to Italy of what might be term- ed "war business." The company held that
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  • 87 1 London, Dec. 7. Indicative of the prevailing public i apprehension ar.* two observations by famous personalities last night— Gen. j Goering. speaking at Hamburg declar- j ed "God forbid the tension should end in a storm over Europe, but this pos- j sibility forces us to prepare." while
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  • 561 1 Implacable Demand For Parity Main Obstacle ma 1 oiidon. Dec. 8. MEMBERS of all the delegations to the naval conference which will open tomorrow in the Locarno Room at the Foreign Office have now reached London. The delegations will be formally welcomed
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 198 1 lO^Gadhims Scots ttHnsfe «i MriVn «nd Friendly Spirit ~"^™M wi m£al'• m \l___m\mmk k. W_■ f I tIA ___W Wm J A____-\_L__ •*m__ TJ- IL^-ii TONIGHT COCKTAIL DANCE CABA *I™ C N 6.30 to 8.15 p.m. GLADYS AND DINNER DANCE KUSSEROW informal) 9.30 to midnight CONTINENTAL DANCE TEAM NON DINERS
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    • 280 1 (D 0 Galium s E Scots ttlbusl^ .1 Mellow ami \rwtH\\^ Spin! CHRISTMAS NEW YEAR'S EVE FESTIVITIES ADELPHI HOTEL j i Dinner A Dance vlusw, on rach orca«ion. presided b\ l9'Smm/A llrnthcrv' Popular Hindi XMAS EVE Special Xmas and Ball December 24th Crackers Streamers Hats. Balloons Nc LeetfiafcfTa Extension to
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  • 152 2 Excellent Mystery Film At The Alhambra The days when the mystery film and the "thriller* 1 abounded in crudities and were based on plots that were an insult to the intelligence are gone and producers now have realised that good acting, balance and a credible story are as
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  • 107 2 Police Fire On Students Cairo, Dee. 8. THK Egyptian infantry and cavalry were called out as a precaution today following renewed rioting. Striking students set fire to tramcars and stoned and turned hoses on the police from the balconies of the Kas Kelaini Hospital. The police
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  • 63 2 Before the Chief Justice. Mr. Justice Burton and Mr. Justice Whitley in the Ist Court at 11 a.m. Court of Appeal: Appeal No. 9 of 1935. Before Mr. Justice a 'Beckett Terrell at 11 a.m. Summonses-in-Chambers and Originating Summonses. Followed by:— Petition* Motions and Special
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  • 130 2 Miners Reject Owners' Suggestions i I .(indon. Dee. 7. statement issued by the Mines Department alter yesterday's meetings! between the miners' executive and the Secretary tor Minos. Captain Crookshank, and officials. of the Mineworkers Union and the owners' organisation, states that the miners* representatives: have informed the
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  • 90 2 Burial In Royal Vault At Windsor London. Dec. 7. With simple dignity Princess Victoria was buried in the Royal Vault in St. George's Chapel. Windsor, this morning, the coffin resting near those of King Edward and Queen Alexandra. The King and Queen of England. the King and Queen
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  • 32 2 i From Our Own Correspondent I Bangkok, Dec. 7. The Premier. Phya Bahol. has been granted a further two months' leave. The medical certificate states that high blood pressure and shortness oi
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 170 2 THE BEST ONE-VOLUME DICTIONARY Latest Ldition Sold in England for £1-11-0 ($13.30) Our Price in Singapore SlO.OO GOOD BOOKS PICTURES AND WORKS OF ART LTD. <Sue<«'ssui> or THK CHURCH OF ENGLAND BOOK DEPOT Founded in 1017) <T. ANDBEWB SCHOOL. SINGAPORE. I Our stock also includes Bibles, Prayer Books. Hymnals. Devotional
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    • 61 2 8.35 Orchestral concert VS C W S i n En B lish *nd in Dutch. 9.20 Bach Canata: "Christum wir sollen loben schon 9.50 Relayed from Leipzig; Advent! Festival in the Erzgebirge. :0 35 News in German. t 10.50 Today in Germany: Sound I pictures. 11.05 Dance music. 0.50 Dance
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    • 156 2 NOTICE. THE STRAITS TRADING COMPANY. LIMITED. Incorporated in the Straits* Settlements) NOTICE is hereby given that an Ordinary General Meeting of The Straits Trading Company. Limited, will be held at the Company's Registered Office. Ocean Building. Collyer Quae. nn Monday. Dee 16th. 1935. at Noon, tor the purposes following namely:
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    • 455 2 CLASSIFIED AD BEECHAM'S LUNG SYRUP tor COLDS BRONCHITIS ts Of nil Chemists and Stores. Solo Agents, a CRAFTOH LABORATORIES, 20b. Collyer Quay. BOARD RESIDENCE. KATONG GRANGE e Excellent position on See front Boird Residence. Mod. Sanitation 77 Meyer Road— Phone 5758 THE MANSION Oxley Rise Singapore. RESIDENTIAL HOTEL y (non
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    • 431 2 VERTISEMENTS. £bc Singapore fvcc press Head Office t ecU Strret, Singap^ I'honr SITI ,5 Unf^ rvienvinns ta all depart m,„* M Kuala Umpui Office: 2.*>. JavM Street rhouc. mk:: I on. l. 1. 1 Office: Tel: l*adm*laya' u£L» I SUBSCRIPTION RATE3 1 I Am. M:,'.i MonthK |TB t♦ TfZ Quarterly
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 56 2 Diary Of The Week MONDAY. DEC. 9. High Water. 9 V,l am 9:* ft., 11.19 p.m. 9.1 tt. Legislative Council Meeting. Hockey: YMCA. vs. Medical College, at M.C.U. TUESDAY, DEC. 10. High Water, io.2cr a.m. 9.7 it 12.5 p.m. 9.1 ft. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 11. High Water, 11 a.m. 9.9 it..
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    • 307 2 Today's Radio Programmes Singapore ZHI Wavelength— 49.9 metres p.m. j fi Recorded music fi.45 News bulletin supplied by Strait Times. 7 Relay ol coneert artists from th ngW ZHI studio: Mrs. Betty Seward— songs t Request I Amy Woodford Finden How Shall I Sing To You, Sweet (Sanderson). Mr. W.
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  • 2218 3 Medical College Dinner STUDENTS TOLD TO KEEP ON KNOCKING REPLYING to the toast of the College at the third annual reunion dinner of the King Edward VII College of Medicine at the Adelphi Hotel on Saturday night Dr. G. V. Allen, the principal, urged
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  • 74 3 SIR A. CALDECOTT'S FINAL FAREWELL His 1,500 I Handshakes THREE CHEERS I TN his last ten days in Malaya Sir Andrew Caldecott. the former Colonial Secretary, who left by the Carthage on Saturday for Hong Kong where he is appointed Governor, gave an estimated total of 1 500 handshakes, answered
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  • 117 3 ALLEGED AMBUSH Planter's Escape (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Dec. 7. A CCELERATING upon realising the ft danger. Mr. H. A. Smith, Of Kombok Estate near here, escaped a falling rubber tree, the certainty of j accident, the possibility of death or, serious injury and the probability of j .obbery.
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  • Article, Illustration
    34 3 GENERAL PAPAGOS, one of the leaders of the Monarchist coup, reviewing the troops during the great military parade held in Athens to commemorate the anniversary of the occupation of Salonica by the Greek army.
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  • 49 3 The L.N.E.R. have arranged for a shaft 30 ft. deep to be sunk near Woo<Jiford and Hlnton locomotive depot, on the main line from Marylebone to Manchester, to obtain water for the 60 engines at the depot. Some 65,000,000 gallons of water a year are used at this depot.
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  • 522 3 THE CITY'S MEANEST RACKETEERS Prey On Workers On Relief Roll KJEW YORK'S meanest racketeers usurers who prey on the poorly-paid workers, many of whom come from the relief rolls— have been the subject of a determined drive by Mr Thomas E. Dewey, who.
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  • 104 3 Opened In St. Andrew's Grounds Surrounded by happy children. Mrs Lim Han Hoe opened the St. Andrew's School Building Fair in the school grounds. Stamford Road. Singapore on Saturday morning. Galleries, dart boards, amusement stalls and booths for small purchases have been installed and children may take donkey
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  • 104 3 Extra Award To Life-Saving Company The Board ol Trade has decided to award an extra ss. making a total of 17s. 6d. to each member of the Filey Life-saving Co.. who turned out when [the trawler Skegness was wrecked. The decision follows a protest that payment
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 51 3 I FIRTH^T i SPECIAL STEELS AND ENGINEERS TOOLS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS. Manufactured by THUS FIRTH JOHN BROWN LTI> Sheffield. England v rffl- ...fw/ /.-■<- m^^^^^^ mmmm^^^^^^^^^mmmm~~-— I We carry comprehensive stocXs oi MMS. drills, files, reamers, augers, saws. etc. I Srlr Agents J I SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR PENANG IPOH. j
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    • 654 3 Bumi^/ y£M Soothed and Relieved. Do your feet get hot and swollen -do thev seem to be on fire at times'" If they do. then you need a Radox footbath the ••Main remedy for al) foot troubles. Read the tollowinK letter from a regular user of Radox Bath Salts H
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  • 1776 4 AIR MAIL LETTER FORM LONDON London, Nov. 29. /~»OOD news for the Dominions. Not so good news for the Colonics. Mr. Baldwin reshuffles his Cabinet tc put young, shrewd, clear-sighted Malcolm MacDonmld in charge of Dominion problems. J. H. Thomas, stubborn, cynical sixty, abandons the post to "hexplore hevery Colonial
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    • 439 4 nioß.s WAITING FOR~A~"RED (HERRING" CHOKI.v h**, hey can", find a red herring.-™.., terrible th ht We might get back!" G^an'Lu^-^n^ev^"™* iXw^u^S" »r y naVal rants to beauty have been thoroughly Major -Clem" AttKe. as expected be- es and'tl SSi?S^,° ne llke torch frightened by the case of 18-vear-old comes Leader
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    • 153 4 TAPER THREADS MEAN SOUNDER JOINTS ttmßßßWmmmßmmmmmmmmmmmmmWmmmmmO^ flfl Fig. 1. A parallel thread. Look at the Fio •> A rrn m mmmm 17. ri v- A Crave Taper Thread, wrench threads doing no ivork. although Ugh:. Threads smugly interlocked al wrench tight. That's where eorrosUm the wap along. Extra thickness v
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  • Article, Illustration
    178 5 ****~THE GUILDHALLTcityTbein* decorated for the Lord Mayor's banquet. A REMARKABLE NEW MOTOR-CYC LE which, except for the wheeK is enclosed in a streamlined "body" of entirely new design, ts to be used for an attempt on the world "tlyini kilometre record, on the Florence-Mare motor-road. Haly. FUNERAL OF THE first
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    • 93 5 mm^nf^ J mmmm^SB-^m\r_i---m----mm-mWm__-mi______m^-mmm-^ OtO KIHb eWjk H<M 4 MC*»Y OVO SOVU 4 wo a *s**y oto 50</\. vms *fc WC C4U&S ?0* «IS P4W/1 4/vo caose «>* ws sots. 4NO WC CKOCD COA W/S /04SJ "U/Wftt/ twerotv s-ro«4ee.' r//r too* evidently not only a convivial but also a dlatriminating King
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  • 315 6 Judge Orders Re- trial WITNESSES ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN BRIBED 44r THE complainant had a doctor and he gave evidence on his behalf. but I had no doctor. I am not guilty. If I am guilty lam prepared to meet death" said Chng Bi Chi,
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  • 131 6 Arrives In Singapore Tomorrow The naval troopship Cameronia (Anchor Line. 16,300 tons' will arrive at Singapore tomorrow with several hundred officers, petty officers and ratings to relieve men of the China station. The Cameronia will probably only go as far as Singapore, because several units of the China Fleet
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  • 124 6 Big Increase In Landing Landings during the East Anglian autumn herring fishery this year continue to show a substantial increase on those for 1934. The latest return issued by the Ministry ol Agriculture and Fisheries shows that for the week ended Oct. 25. 103.529 crans were
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  • 399 6 Suicide Verdict MAN FOUND SHOT IN OFFICE I FIND that Herman Kumendong. a native of the Celebes, shot himself with the intention of taking his own life." This was the finding of the Singapore Coroner. Mr. W. G. Porter, which he recorded at the end of the inquiry held on
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    46 6 THE BISHOP OF LONDON, Dr. Winnington Ingram, dedicating the Armistice Field of Remembrance at Westminster. The first cross was planted bj Chief Petty Officer E. Osborne (R.N.) the first man wounded in the War. A cross was also planted by Earl Jellicoe. seen behind the Bishop
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  • 307 6 R.A.F. Apprentice Shot Dead COMRADE DESCRIBES PISTOL London, Nov. 21. AN R.A.F. apprentice dascribed at an inquest held yesterday at the Biggin Hill <Kent> Aerodrome how. on the range, he accidentally shot a comrade jdead. I The dead youth was George McDonald Richards. 17. apprentice armourer, (whose home was at
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  • 78 6 Leave of absence has been granted to the following F.M.S.V.F. officers— Captain V. J. H. Brunt from 1.12.1935 to 1 31.8.1936. (Europe). Lieut. G L.IJ O'Hara Hickson from 16.12 1935 to M 16.8.1936 (New Zealand). 2!Lieut T I D. Ensor from 1.12.1935 to 31.8.1936 ll (Tasmania or England). Lieut J
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  • 55 6 AERODROME FIGHT CASE CONCLUDED Four Sikhs Sent To Prison Bo also received a fractured skull but recovered. The Sikhs were undefended b\ counsel but cross-examined the pro secutlon witnesses at length. Their defence was that they were not there on the day in question They alleged the Sikh gang was
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  • 136 6 SERVICES AND CIVILIANS G.O.C's. Message •*T confidently expect that relations between civilians and members of the military forces in Malaya will be most cordial in my time out here," said Major-General W. G. S Dobbie. the new G.0.C.. in a special message to the people of this country through the
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  • 98 6 For Singapore Civil Aerodrome The two hangars to be built at the Civil Aerodrome. Singapore, will embody the most up-t^-date ideas in hangar construction, and will be among the largest in the Orient They will be 300 feet long and 150 leet wide. with a doorway height of
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  • 25 6 An old telescope mounted on a brass tripod, and said to have belonged to Captain Cook, is to be sold on Dec 11 :it Sotheby's.
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  • 368 6 Now Able To Carry On SATISFACTORY RESPONSE TO AMATEURS APPEAL (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, h yHE Malayan Amateur Radio Society, of Kuala Lumptii u very existence has been threatened owinjr to a shortai funds, Kg now in a position to carry on. It
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  • 495 6 ECHOES OF CAPE HORN WRECK-HOUSE Last Mesages From t Shipwrecked Men Radio, echo-sounding and all the devices of civilisation have not robbed Cape Horn of its dangers lor mariners It is more than 300 years since Cape Horn was first rounded Today there is still a wreck-house,
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  • 94 6 < London. Dec. 5. A new air service to be operated by Crilly Airways Limited is to be opened on Jan. 1 between London and Lisbon. Provision is being made for one journey in each direction daily. One of the company's aeroplanes leit Croydon yesterday to survey
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  • 135 6 Of Two New Ptßcc Probationers Iv. o new pi lice probation, irom Europe In the Carth day. They are Mr F J W.. Mr. A A. P Milne Both arc with good records Mr. Wilson was educated it Blundei where he was head of the m N.C.O. i
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  • 25 6 Mr Ee Yew Lin. the th rd Ee Kong Guan. JP o| Mal.i< va. w; called to :he Bar at the Inr. on Nov. 18
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 66 6 mm_\w_____________\\mm_\ Ml w I II I—fi1 fi —^Zl Waterproof Green Canvas roller blinds. Maker and repairer of rattan and Bertam (hicks. Canvas and Spring Binds, Tarpaulins. Tents, Bags. Blue Screens. Bertam Panels, Wire Netting Fencing. Wool buntings and Flags. ABDUL RAHMAN, Telephone 2454. Omce:— 66, Robinson Road, w^J? PP site
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    • 129 6 PILES CURED No Knife! No Surgeon! No other affliction causes more hum«n onsen San Piles. Yet Pilescan be qu k'.v mm tared without the use of iajoctMMi Kissors. "hot iron, electricity, or an* tatting or burning method, and tonfinement to bed, and no doctor ior h hills to pay. This
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  • 392 7 RUGBY Penang Asiatics Win SURPRISE DEFEAT FOR SELANGOR (From Our own Correspondent.) Penang. Dee. (> OKNANCI Asiatics sained a surprising victory over Selangor Asiatics Ui the All Blues cup match, by a penalty goal and two tries to one goal. Penang thoroughly deserved the victory for overnight rain and Satur-
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  • 332 7 Dublin, DSS. S. I BEFORE a crowd of 30.000 people New Zealand beat Ireland in a Uunby «ame here today bv 17 points to S. The weather was fine following rain. New Zealand scored in the third minute IfitcheU going over utter One movement. Gilbert
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    • 168 7 n ha^l ALHAMBRA «f > SMURBfBfc-^ HTV|" -s AVM AA a\m Vance-, _mmsLmwf (HAN K^B 1 a a Win c THE LIONEL ATWILL THIN wV^W HARVEY STEPHENS f > 4 ROBERT BARRAT w^^l MAN s Oirm«:t*A L> TIM VIIKI.AN ,3tfbt____A THE YEARS OUTSTANDING ROMANTIC COMEDY I ALHAMBRA next week I
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    • 184 7 "BROADWAY GONDOLIER" will be remembered ONK ol tin r FINEST MUSICAL COMEDIES of the YEAR...S. Free Prew (Sat.) A_\ CAPITftI POSITIVELY I VMrHUL LAST NIGHT I J The Fiimous Stnrs tit "GOLD DIGGERS of 1933" Tagriktf :i|»«in f '_Wk t_____>Wm i DICK POWELL and JOAN BLONDELL Jg I "BROADWAY GONDOLIER"
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  • The Singapore Free Press MONDAY. DECEMBER 9, 1935.
    • 1212 8 lIT is part of the duty of a Consul 1 to keep his country in touch with events and opinions in the land in which he is stationed and we .r>ave no doubt the Italian Consul in Singapore performs this, along with [his
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  • 503 8 j A certain amount of new light seems to be breaking in on the celebrated 'General Goring; he has been expressing disapproval of a recently celebrated "pagan marriage" of the all-Nordic The Poiocr Of I M\i£htcr i matter oi marriage ceremonies the jlemale of the species
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  • 949 8 attention. Shifting his three-foot cutlass to a notch under his arm he began to describe what he had seen— both hands wen necessary to the explanation. He described the performance perfectly. "And what I understan' in ii I consider when he finish. I was catch it
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 80 8 Caldbecks Qp/itbe Give j»j^^^ Haiq in KJ decorated Cases of 5,6 and 12 Bottles THE WHISKY THAT DEFINITELY jgjM 'WHAT T© CIVE- AND DRINK' [ffl Stocked by all Dealers. Ready for JIHL delivery to the Lucky Recipients (JD ft_^S_m\ Extr Char e < s M °de for the A °?M*;A
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    • 16 8 GENERAL ACCIDENT FIRE V LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION LTD. (Incorporated in Great Britain) HONGKONG BANK CHAMBERS, SINGAPORE.
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  • 1059 9 SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES Fraser and Co.'s List SATURDAY, DEC. 7, 1935. MIXING Allenbys (SI) 1.60 1.70 Alar Gajah csl> 1.00 1 10 c.d Arral Malays ($2 < 3.10 3.25 Aver Hitam ($1) 1.45 1.55 Aver Molek ($1) .80 .90 Aver Panas <?1» 1.40 1.50 3assett <$1> .92% .57%
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  • 194 9 Wall Street Cable Dec. 5. 6. 7. American Can. Com. 138 3 4 138> 2 138% American Telephone and Telegraph 158% 159 4 159 3 4 Atchseon Railroad 57 3 4 57^ 57 Chesapeak 52% 52 52 Dupont 138 138% 139% Firestone 20 3 4 20 5 8 21*4 General
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  • 84 9 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association rDec. 7, 12 o'clock noon Buyers Sellers No. I.X. R.S.S. incases i FOB. December) 21 7 K Good FAQ. in cases (FOB December* 219 16 *****6 No. IX. R.S.S. i spotloose (awardable Singapore" 21 7 H No I.X.R.S.S. December 22 22y 8 January-March 22^ 22%
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  • 28 9 The Renong Tin Dredging Co.'s output of ore for the month of Nov. 1935 ls:_No. 2 Dredge 361.30 piculs; No. 3 dredge 626.20 piculs: 987.50 piculs.
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  • 16 9 The output of Hitam Tin for the month of Nov.. was 101 16 piculs.
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  • 106 9 Exports Of Tinned Pineapples p\UKING the wet k ending Nov 30. ex- I pert! oi tinned pin.- applet tr.un J Malayan ports amounted to 27.090 cases. ol which: 14.584 < 5-4 per cent cases were to the United Kingdom 5.635 <2l per cent. l cases to the Continent of Europe.
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  • 119 9 London. Dee. 1 mjmoi Spot 6 5 16d (6 16d/> Tan. -Mar 6 3 «d «6 3 8 d Apr -June 8 7 lid '6'^d I July-S. pt 8 16d <6»„d I Market Steadv COTTON Latest quotation »i «iBd r,(t I (.(HH AM) SILVER Gold e7 Is. l'-(i
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  • 100 9 The tollowing outputs ot rubber tor the month ol November are notified United Patani I Malaya > Rubber Estates Ltd. 239.819 1b Malakoll Rubber Estates Ltd. 123.930 Ib. Taiping Rubber Plantations Ltd. 97 5211b; Sungei Batu < Malaya* Rubber Estates Ltd., 56.000 1b The Windsor <F.MS > Rubber
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  • 46 9 The results ot the working of Kuchai Tin's bucket dredge for november are as follows: Actual running time 629 hours 53 mins: time lost 90 hours 07 mins; average digging depth 48 3 feet; ore won 726 44 piculs; yardage treated 130.600 cubic yards
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  • 1322 9 N.E. I. And The Native Exports Problem (From The Free Press Correspondent) London, Nov. 21. THE Mincing Lane rubber share and commodity markets are suffering from yet another attack of "nerves." No sooner had the alarm caused by the heavily increased Netherlands Indies native
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  • 217 9 LOCAL EXCHANGE RA TES Saturday's Singapore Quotations Dec. 7 SELLING London. I months' sight 2,4 332 London. 3 months' sight 24 1 16 London. 60 days' sight 2 4 132 London. 30 days' sigh: 2 4 London, demand 2 3 31 32 London. TT. 2 3 31 32 Lyons and
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  • 369 9 DIRECTORS' HALFYEARLY REPORT •THE report oi the Directors ol the Straits TlSdlllg Company. Limited tor the hall year ended Sept 30 itatSS After writing off depreciation, mak ing provision for bad and doubtful debts, and including a transfer from Internal reserves, the balance amounts to $675,868 75
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  • 103 9 Will Prices Fall To Around 1200 Per Ton? Thr Hague. Oe< H. The next meeting ol the International Tin Committee will be held in Paris on Feb It, 1936 The market Is most divided in it opinions on the possible effect ot th»fSCent quota increase, which some quarters
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  • 38 9 Washington. Dec. 4 The $900,000,000 Treasury loan has bean closed. h.ivmg been over sub.sc rib ed Halt, the loan Is in 2*, per c-nt ten-year bonds and halt in 1' 'cent Ave-year bonds -Reuter Wlrele.s*
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  • 20 9 Rahman Hydraulic Tin Ltd I that the output lor the m mtl November, was 912 4 piculs
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  • 90 9 Dec. 7 Buyers Sellers Gambler 6.50 Java Cube 9.25 Hamburg Cuoe 9.50 White Muntok Pepper 17.00 Black Pepper 9.25 Copra. Sundried 5.15 Copra, mixed 465 Small Flake Tapioca 4 55 R B Siam No. 1 per koyan 106 Banja Jelotong 10.23 Sarawak JelototVr. 10 00 H. <
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  • 427 10 "As Early As Possible" CHINESE OFFICIALS' ULTIMATUM TO WAR MINISTER Shanghai, Dee. 8. yilE latest envoy to North China appointed by the Japanese War Office left Tokio yesterday. Interviewing: pressmen, he said that the Japanese Government would not take any notice of the presence
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  • 396 10 Sli ang hai. Dee. 6. A full list of the latest results of the election of Chinese high officials was released for publication yesterday. Mr. Lin Sen has again been elected Chairman of the National Government. The heads of the five Yuans are Marshal Chiang Kai Shek
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  • 166 10 Chamber's Vote Of Confidence j In Government Paris. Dec. 7. THE Chamber voted their confidence in M. Laval's Government last night by 351 votes to 219. The Chamber resumed discussion of the first bill dealing with the dissolution of semi-military associations.! having adopted the second
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  • 173 10 French Doctor Claims Success In Thirty Cases Paris. I>e<\ 7. Hopes of a cure for cancer are at last within reach. Dr Louis Revelis claims the discovery of a new method consisting of treating patients with serum from cancer-infected rabbits. Dr Revelis claimed to have dis covered the
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  • 49 10 Forbidden In Restaurants And T<m Houses Hong Kong. Dec. 8. Th: restaurants and tea houses of Canton have jointly petitioned the Finance Department asking the withdrawal of the order against mahjong. The Finance Commissioner. Mr. Aw Fong Po. has turned down the request —Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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  • 130 10 ITALIAN CONSUL COMPLAINS TO ROME ABOUT MALAYAN PRESS Mussolini's Hired Hack Calls Us "Harsh, Unscrupulous And Incendiary 4 m MORE SQUEALING OVER SANCTIONS Komo, Dec. nrill theme of an article by signor Gayda tonight is an accusation th.it Great Britain is deliberately reawakening the old sanguinar* con Hict of the
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  • 108 10 B.M.A. Doctor's Claim For China London. Dec. 7. The startling statement that China is the best fed nation and that Great Britain's diet is wrong and dangerous Is made by Dr Arthur BteptM ns upon his return from a world tour organised by the British Medical A^ociation
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  • 88 10 in The Interests Of World Peace Hamburg. I>r< Food hoarders grumblers men. reactionaries th.Press received wen castls hands ol c. QoeriH| Q *>eech Justltylni Q i in n wmi In the Interest Once we were tn hundred hammer*, but n m w bammer," said Ooertag. A thunderou.s neua*;\
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  • 53 10 V in., d i Hi TIM China Chppt r has i r r i d conclusion ol th' return havini covered th MM Honolulu in the record I I 17 h<»urs .mo 00. (tying time irom Manila Wm I 28 mlnutet and for the round I fiours IS
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  • 97 10 Detective Says He Was Victim Of Frame-up Mount Holly, N .lrr*py. l>cc. Hauptmann was the victim of a frame-up according to the noted detective. Ellis Parker, who declares the New Jersey police are obstructing his effort! to Investigate the facts of the kidnapping. Parker is convinced he could
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  • 80 10 Banned In Italy As "Foreign Importation" Rome, l>ee. 7. Italy has finally abolished the Christmas tree. In recent years Fascists have attacked tho tree as a foreign importation while the Catholic Church has denounced it as a Protestant symbol derived from pagan rites. Hence there have been few
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  • 45 10 Ottawa, i)*< It announced that Mr .J Canadian representative .it I has been appointed to attend ternational Labour Conlci. I hlle. His departure aceoratni Lapointe. the Acting Canadian Prtau Minister, has no connection With hi action on Nov 2 in suggestm Reuter embargo against Italy
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  • 49 10 An S.S. Government Gazette Extraordinary, issued on Saturday, announces the appointment of Mr. A. S. Small, to act as Colonial Secretary, and Mr. G. L. Ham, to act as Treasurer. Mr. Small has also been appointed a member of the Singapore Harbour Board, in place of Sir Andrew Caldecott.
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    • 285 10 i .'JO'' sf 1 v \\JA/ f^^-^^W ___> x yy/ AT^'^W^^^^^^^f^^ To help your skin I to cope with Tropical Heat v HESE powder bases are specially prepared by Cyclax to lielp your skin to cope with the problem of excessive heat. They are verv fine, almost invisible, tree of
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    • 54 10 W w^w^^^^^^^^^^^^^RAm^y j t^R\ TIFFIN $1.00 j I'utaxe \ndalou*r I ixh 1.l ftrt (trilled I ..na. Chop French Beans A l.yonnalae rol.it. Cold M. .it A Salad Sultana Kolled. 1 aiull < Cheese. I'ruit. Coffee TRY OUR SPECIALITIES. I FRESH 5" BAKED ALASKA «r A CHOK J OF OVER 100
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  • 482 11  - MALE STARS Too Slim For Part Of Samson MOLLIE MERRICK Hollywood In Person BY SAMSONS do not grow on trees in Hollywood. Cecil de Mille looked a bit harassed when I asked him were true that Harry Wilcoxon would play the role of the strong In "Semsc.i And Delilah." I
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  • 55 11 London. Dec. 6. Road accident figures for Britain during last week were 140 killed and 1.021 injured, compared with 164 killed and 4.203 injured in the preceding ta the metropolitan district, the ./ere 16 killed and 1.111 injured. I th 26 killed and 1.128 injured in
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  • 23 11 increase of 30 per cent, in the number of telegrams sent since the introduction of the 6d. wire is reported u Post Office.
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  • 86 11 £300,000,000 IN THREE HOURS London, Dec. 5. Rapid success yesterday attended the Government's C300.000.000 refinancing loans. Lists for the £100.000.000 of one per Icent. Treasury Bonds. 1939-1941. offer- ed at 98. were closed after having been iopen one hour. Those for £200.000.000 of 2 -> per cent. Funding Loan. 1956--1961.
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    33 11 ONE OF THE IMPRESSIVE SCENES in Cecil B. de Mille's production. "The Crusades," featuring Henry Wilcoxson, Loretta Young and cast of nearly te i thousand. Opening at the Capitol on Friday.
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  • 126 11 No Negotiations With Britain Dublin, Dec. 5. A resolution demanding that the Irish Free State Government should claim from the League of Nations recognition of Ireland's independence and, if not accorded, the Free State should withdraw from Geneva, was heavily defeated at the Fianna Fail Convention in
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  • 30 11 Syed Abdullah Idid who is to ac as Game Warden In Kedah. ha.' completed his course of training undei Mr. T. R. Hubback in Pahang and ha: returned to Kedah.
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  • 176 11 Liners Taking 150,000,000 Francs Worth To U.S. Cherbourg. Dec. 2. The liners Bremen and Hansa have left for New York carrying between them 150.000.000 francs worth of gold from Paris. New York, Dec. 2. Firstly, a shipment ol gold to the value of nearly £7.000.000 is the
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  • 29 11 Dean Inge, who is 75 and was Dean of St Paul's from 1911 till last year, has promised to open a church bazaar, his first, at Hirborne. near Birmingham
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  • 415 11 Winning CONTRACT IW?o\jj\ Qxxfc THE CITY SLICKER AND THE MAN FROM THE PROVINCES P*ROM time immemorial it has been traditional that when the country boy comes to town, he is ripe to be "taken in." When a stranger comes to New York, many HI*M CARD VALUC S f tIW loCal
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    • 141 11 HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. 'Incorporated in the Colony of Hong Kong» The liability ol members is limited to the extent and ln the manner pres- I cribed by Ordinance No 6 of 1929 of i the Colony. HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG Authorised Capital $50.000 000 Issued and fully paid
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    • 502 11 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AISTRALIA AND CHINA •Incorporated in England bv Royal Charter* Paid up capital in 600 000 shares of £5 each £3.000,000 Reserve Fund £3 000.000 Reserve Liability ol Proprietors £3.000 000 HEAD OFFICE 38. Bishopsgate. London EC 2 Agencies and Branches. Alor Star hollo Amnfsar Ipoh Saigon
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  • 106 12 Owners and masters of shipping are requested to keep their vessels as clear of the range as possible during the heavy gun practice, which will take place from Siloso Battery on Dec. 11 7 p.m. A large red flag will be flown from j Mount Siloso for one
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  • 1455 12 DEVELOPMENT OF THE PORTS OF PALESTINE Extension Of Facilities For Shipping In Prospect THE main ports of Palestine, Haifa and Jaffa, are each in charge of a British port manager under the Palestine Government. Shipping developments which have taken place there of late are outlined in the
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  • 120 12 SINGAPORE HARBOUR Ships alongside the nh*# or expected to arrivt East Wharf (Entrant* <iate 1 Plancius 22 Main Wharf (Entrance (iate 3) Arizona Mara 18. M- i Glenamoy 8 Empire Dock (Entrance Gate 2 Silverguava 30, Thurlaiui c Siamese Prum 34: Darvil Empire Dock (Entrance (u Denmark Maru 46; Ka
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  • 243 12 Important New T>p« Of (Var Messrs. Drmkin and Co ostruetini aii-eiectric ftsei ot the Donkm -Sc-V.t design fur Blue Star Lim- motorshlps bu! I Messrs. Harland and Woil! 1 Messrs. Cammell Laird and C J steering gears the large:: |j in Ihe district, and the first und«T inspection
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  • 67 12 For In ion Steamship Company Of New Zealand The motor cargo vessel u Alexander Stephen and B house, have on order fl amshlp Company ol Hew to be fitted With Stephen Bala I of the crosshead type Tht being ouilt under the i«pen Mr. w. t Tucker, MIN
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    • 310 12 BOUSTEAD Co., Ltd. EP.M.B.) I Passage §411. rENTS. MALAY STATES HAILWATS kTS OF SIAM. PACiric ln England! iS-PACIFIC SERVICES via BONOR— ACROSS CANADA by TRANB -thence by CANADIAN PACIFH the CONTINENT— aII nnder ONI JNITED KINGDOM AND •TED ON APPLICATION Hong Kong Arr. Vancoavat ec. 13 Dec. 30 in. 14
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    • 514 12 I Local And Foreign Mail Despatches And Arrivals BY TRAIN Bangkok every Saturday 7 -p.m. Thursday 7.45 a.m. Alor Star: Mon. to Fri 7.45 a.m. Saturday 7.45 a.m. and 7 p.m. Upo: Weekdays: 7.45 a.m. and 7 p.m. Klang, Kuala Lipls, Port Swettenham, Talping and Telok Anson: Weekdays* 7 p.m
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    • 470 13 y r ~^~T~\ e r"* m \^S^_^AZfO-^_y^~' ___W _\\a\_t_f_\^^m !^^jU9^^l^fc» m^ fS&V S___^ F^ j%_\/ ll 1) I V/ and BRITISH INDIA P. O. S. N. CO'S SAILINGS, OUTWARDS SOUDAN 6.500 De^'s corpii Tonnage Spore. RAJPUTANA 17.000 De,: 20 RAN^I 5£5 Fpb Q t "ANCHI 17.000 Ffb 28 15>0 00
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    • 506 13 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL S.S. Co., Ltd. 'Incorporated in England., "ELLERMAN LINE" FOR UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL ACCEPTING CAROO FOR CANAD/AN AND AMERICAN PORT* VM COLOMBO Steamer CITY OF Due Saih CIT^OF U DU C^p SH? T L 2^° n g otttird^" Hamburg Dec. 14 fee. 16
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    • 973 13 THF BLlt UNNU. LINU (Orran The li,. m. Steam Ship Co.. Ltd.. and China Mutual The li__Jm_i rTSj***™*** 9 < <I»M| US Steam Navigation Co., Ud.i r?Z I" 11 SUr Ltd The Strait* Steamship Co Ltd ih! SteamOiip <• Ud The China Navigation < Ltd S i**!"**" P,^»t«l Line Ltd
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    • 699 14 Ka P. M. KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ PLANCIUS Monday. Dec 9. Belawan-Deli. KAMPAR— Tuesday. Dec. 10. BengkalLs. Paneh. Berombang Tanjong-Mengei-dar, Tanjong-Leidong and Asahan. PALOPO—Tuefcday, Dec. 10. Penang and Bugan Si-Api-Api. lOMOHON— Tuesday. Dec 10. Singkawang. Pemangkat and Sambas. SWARTENHONDT- Tuesday. Dec 10. Batavia. Rodriguez. Mauritius. Reunion. Tamatave. Durban. Lourenco-Marques. Beira, Zanzibar,
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    • 686 14 JOINT SERVICE PRINCE LINE— SILVER LINE FOR HALIFAX, BOSTON, NEW YORK, BALTIMORE AND PHILADELPHIA, VIA CAPE OF GOOD HOPE Due Sails Due Singapore Singapore New York. M.S. SIAMESE PRINCE In Port Dec. 10 Jan. 23 i M.S SILVERWALNUT Dec 16 Dec. 23 Feb. 7 M.S. MALAYAN PRINCE Dec 30 Jan.
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    • 609 14 O. S. K. LINE FOR AFRICA AND SOUTH AMERICA y Arizona Maru Santos, Buenos Aires via Colombo Mombasa, Zanzibar. Dar-es-Salaam Beira. L. Marques. Durban. P Elizabeth ;nd Cape Town \j, g Scotland Maru (ape Town via Mombasa. Zanzibar. Dar »\s Salaam. L. Marques. Durban, Eas! London and Port Elizabeth. IL
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  • 1500 15 MR. KIR WAN'S PONIES DEAD HEAT FOR FIRST PLACE 7u;o Big Dividends At Perak Skye Meeting SPECTATOR KNOCKED DOWN .ma uibt da> ol the Perak Skve meeting U>>„ oppas.te th, bandstand sh. aecidem.y BS« do^? s^c.a- 7; r,dde n by Mr »>-aeon. she romped home to pay S«S Tliis *as
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  • 146 15 The following all represent the Y.M.C.A. at hockey Today, vs. Medhal College at M.C.U. Bieha; R. Lyne and J. Sanderson: P O'Dwyer. Lee Fons Lim (capt.) and G. D:r. c. Reality, k. Leembruggen. Ttoong sm" Ching, M. Armstrong and Ferguson. Reserve: E. C. M. Hope. On Wednesday, vs.
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  • 451 15 Negri Beaten At Kuala Lumpur (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 7. OELANGOR defeated Negri Sembilan in the return inter-State hockey iixture on the Padang today by three goals to nil, C. R. Martin, Jr. doing the hat trick. Selangor showed superiority in defence.
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  • 115 15 Large Crowd See Good Hockey At Seietar •"THE R.A.F. II held the Wiltshire a Regiment II to a 1-1 draw in a fast hockey game at Seietar on Saturday. There was a large muster of spectators to see a good game between two evenly-matched sides. There was
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  • 412 15 <From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Dec. ti. Perak r, pts.; Selangor 4 pt>, GOAL scored by Lieut. Thundei three minutes from full time enabled Perak to defeat Selangor ii a Malaya Cup rugby match hen today by live points (a goal) to foui points
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  • 118 15 Ceylon Sports Club Beaten s—Nil5 —Nil At Hockey lA. .5: C.S.C. 0. The Indian. Association scored a fivenil victory over the Ceylon Sports Club on the Indians' ground on Saturday. The Indians thoroughly deserved tc, win as they displayed wonderlul understanding, while their defend was impregnable. Chatterjee in
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  • 30 15 Syed Abdullah Idid. who is to act as Oame Warden in Kedah. has completed Ins course of training under Mr. T. R. Elubbaek in Pahang and has returned to Kedah.
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  • 215 15 Penang Beaten With INTERSTATE HOCKEY AT IPOH i (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Dec. 6. pr.KAK beat Penang by five goals to one on the Ipoh Club Padang in an inter-State hockey match today. Penang were four men short and secured three Perak men picked at the Padang and another
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  • 229 15 NEGRI. MALACCA HAD BETTER FORWARDS Irom Our Own Correspondent; Genuang. Dec. 7. Negri-Malacca 3 pts Johorr nil MALACCA beat Johore in Malaya (up match at (.rnuang today by a penalty goal (three points) to nil The Combined States %%ere the better side hroughout und thoroughly deserved
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  • 1139 15 THRILLING CUP TIE PUTS SERVICES IN FINAL Singapore Beaten In Last Few Minutes GOLDING AND SYM OUTSTANDING tniled Services 6: Singapore Jlli: rSITKO SKItVHKS entered the Hnal »f the Malava C mmm, when the, heat Singapore hy six points ,tL "rV.I The issue was in doubt until the last lew
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  • 372 16 Tipped To Take Championship trom Gunners VILLA WITH NEW £27,000 STARS PULVERISED BY MANCHESTER Thrills At West Bromwich (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Dec. 7. HESPITE the fact that the Villa were playing five U of their recently acquired stars for whom they paid £27,500, viz.,
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  • 1910 16 Beaten By 17 Seconds AT the R S.Y.C. yesterday the six-metres sailed the first race for the Black Swan Challenge Cup. This cup was presented in 1929 by Mr. C. F. F. Wearne to celebrate the completion of his world tour in the ketch Black
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  • 42 16 Tw.nty-three cards were taken out lor the December Ladies Spoon at the Keppel Orlf Club and the following were the scores returned: Miss n Croft 4 UD Miss M r? r vp i 2j rs W J 'M? 1 down
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  • 176 16 Hardstaffs Brilliant Knock At Sydney I Sydney, Dec. 7. IN the match between the M.C.C. and the Australians (not a Test) the M.C.C. declared their innings closed jat 411 for nine wickets. This substantial score was made possible as the result of a glorious knock of 230 by Hardstaff. the
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  • 159 16 Aussies Win By Nine Wickets Bombay. Dec. 7. TTHE team of Australian cricketers now touring India won the first •lest" against the Indians by nine wickets. Play began on Thursday. On the first day the Indians were dismissed ior 163 and the tourists replied with 124 lor two
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  • 83 16 London. Dec. 7. Rugby games played today resulted as follows: England 21, Possibles 6. Bath 3, London Scottish 13 Bedford 12, Rosslyn Park 0 Blackheath vs. Gloucester scratched, fog. Bristol 5, Newport 4 Devonport Services 12. Aldershol Services 0. Harlequins 11. Leicester ft Richmond 14, Guy's Hospital
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  • 416 16 Medical Col. 32; Raffles Col. 0. nAFFLES COLLEGE were swamp- ed by the Medicos on Saturday in the Galloway Rugby Challenge Cup. The Medicos won by 32 points. The Medicals have also annexed the soccer trophy this season, while the Rafflesians are in possession of the General
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  • 696 16 SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB OCTOBER MEDAL RESULTS r[E October Medal competition of 1 the Singapore Golf Club was; played at Bukit Timah on Saturdav j 1 and Sunday and resulted in a win lot J. D. Laing in "A" division with I a net score of
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  • 50 16 Six For 57 Against Transvaal Johannesburg. lhr% A three-day K^rr.t betwn i. Transvaal and the Australia:. teum opened here t^day. la I innings Transvaa! m ide Ml H: scoring 60 and OrtmiMtt I wickets for 57 nm II tl tSSAt tin Australians wen L K Reut; r
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  • 39 16 In scrappy gam. of 1 lod SRC ground on SatUttiU] R« Engineers defeated tSW Club I by goal, scored Ntrly in ttH The Sappers h.ic tht bettef the exchanges throughout and S.R.C. goal had s« whereas Cooper- n assailed
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