The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 11 December 1935

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  • 17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. NO. 14,724. KSTD. 1835. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1935. It CENTS.
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  • 368 1  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh Manchukuo Troops' Surprise Attack On Town CHINESE GARRISON RESISTS Nanking Rejects Yin Yu Keng For Hopei And Charhar H J faßhtln^ broke out a a point between Dolonor and Kuyuen, m East Charhar, last night when a strong detachment of
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  • 103 1 NAVAL CONFERENCE ALREADY IN DEEP WATER Further Participation By Japan Doubtful London. Dec. 10. PHK naval conference was plunged Into deep water today when the of quantitative limitation The Japanese, at the outset, •dvanced a claim for parity with the Inited States and Britain and unless they modify th<ir attitude
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  • 48 1 May Appeal For Commutation Of Death Penalty Washington, Dec. 18. Following the rejection by the Supreme Court of his application, to review bis conviction m the Lindbergh baby caso, Hauptmann may now appeal to New Jersey Court of Pardons for 'ommutation of the death penalty.— Reuter
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  • 37 1 Peiping. Dee. 10. Several cstucknts were slightly injured by batons m clashes with the poiice and a number have been arrested. Gen. Ho Ying chin has appealed to the University authorities to restrain
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  • 116 1 Necessity Stressed By Mr. Howeson London, Dec. 10. The desirability and necessity of a tin buffer stock was stressed by Mr. Hoiceson, m his chairman's speech at the meeting of Kamunting Tin Dredging today, when he pointed out that supplies were at least three months distant
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  • 106 1 £40,000 Damage To New Cruiser Boston (Massachusetts), Dec. 10. On the heels of the incidents at Devonport dockyard m England where acts of sabotage resulted m damage to the electrical installation of the ba f tieship Royal Oak and the submarine Oberon comes the news of the
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  • 278 1 BADOGLIO'S REPORT j ON DESSJE RAIDS Addi- Ababa, Dec. 10. THE question of food supplies is beginning to cause anxiety and Dedjasmatch Wolde Manuel, former Governor of the Sultanate of Jimma, has been appointed Quartermaster-General to grapple with the problem. Provisions m places where
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  • 100 1 Slight Increase In (ireat Britain London. Dec. 10. The Ministry of Labour estimates that on Nov. 25. there were approximately 10,537,000 insured persons between the ages of 16 and 64 m employment m Great Britain. This was 45,000 more than at Oct. 25 and 315.000 more than a year
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  • 650 1 MUSSOLINI RECEIVES PEACE PROPOSALS TODAY No Pressure To He Put (hi Abyssinia London, Dec. 19. "THE Cabinet sat again this morning to consider the Paris peace formulae regarding which no decision was taken last night. It is emphasised m official circles that therr is no question of bringing pressure to
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 194 1 k. H il W rn'i 1 1iJ P 1 H w **^^BB I^H w^^T IT^^H I Vj 1 ~^m BflFp^l H ly^| 9 -7 f TONIGHT COCKTAIL DANCE CABARET ATTRACTION 6.30 to 8.15 p.m. GLADYS AND DINNER DANCE KUSSEROW (informal) 9.30 to midnight CONTINENTAL DANCE TEAM NON -DINERS $1.00 RAFFLES
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    • 83 1 9 k I ftl KoViOT SEA VIEW P^ HOTEL TONIGHT FRIDAY SATURDAY SPECIAL DINNER DANCE DINNER DANCE MUSIC BY RELLER nfINH CABARET BY THE MEZEY REVUE LAST FEW PERFORMANCES BY THESE TALENTED ARTISTS SUNDAY NEXT: 8 to p.m. J^» BRAND HUNGARIAW CONCERT ADELPHI HOTEL tomorrow roof -garden SPECIAL DINNER DANCE
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  • 136 2 Taxi, Private Car And Cyclist Involved A taxi, a private motor-car and a bicycle figured m an accident yesterday afternoon at the junction ot Dhoby Ghaut with Selegie Road. It appears that the taxi, driven by a north Indian, while attempting to tun* into Dhoby Ghaut irom Selegie
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  • 74 2 Cases Of Matches To Be Confiscated 'From Our Own Correspondent* Ipoh, I>ec\ J). rtiree Chinese ooatmen, whom revenut officers surprised at Sitiawan When attempting to smuggle matches. v.'ere fined $2 500 each, alternatively vx months' rigorous imprisonment Forty-three cases of matches found \r\ the o vat
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  • 233 2 i From Our Own Correspondent I I poh. Dec. i. Miss Chan Siew Mee. while motoring from Ipoh to Taiping. was rather seriously injured m a accident She first received treatment at Kuala Kan^sar and was later conveyed to Ipoh It appears that, m
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  • 95 2 Joe B. Brown's Masterpiece Of Comedy Joe E. Brown strides out as the year's best comedian m "Bright Lights," Warner Brothers' new show at the Capitol. The funnel-mouthed actor is m his most exuberant mood and he made audiences rock with laughter at yesterday's houses. Acting a story,
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  • 53 2 Mrs. J P. Philip, wife of the sub- ac:ent at Singapore of the Messageries Maritime*, left for France m the liner D'Artagan yesterday, preceding her husband on leave. Mr. Philip arrived from Saigon early this year and has since made herself a very popular hostess
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  • 24 2 Ten ol the principal stations on the L M.S. Railway air to be decorated with evergreen, bunting, and coloured lights during the Christmas season.
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  • 88 2 Kuala Lumpur. Dec. !>. In the Kuala Lumpur Supreme Court today, the Chn?t Justice. Sir Samuel Thomas, dismissed the appeal of a Tamil named Velhisamy against the sentence of one week's rigorous imIprisonment and a fine of $60. m default a further two months' for kidnapping Tamil °irl
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  • 35 2 Found Near Police Station A motor-car belonging to a Kheh Chinese was stolen from the roadside m New Bridge Road last night. It was found this morning near the Kreta Ayer police station
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  • 44 2 At the funeral service of Earl Jellicoi* at St. Paul's Cathedral on Nov. 25 the Malaya (Overseas* Branch of the British Legion was represented by Major W. R. Sanguinetti. 0.8.E.. M.C., and Captain C. Stewart, and the Ceylon Branch by Major-Goneral Clifford Coffin. V.C.
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    • 47 2 CORRESPONDENCE LETTERS to the editor will be found on page 11 today. B^jSHiill Christmas Greetings I In c Right Spirit BiHBW; illi^P Q p O T P 14 A\/ 14 I C k^ V ■f > is«§i 111 X |fl KH p handsome Attache Case free ITJB. Iff
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    • 93 2 NOTICES. TAKUAPA VALLEY TIN DREDGING NO LIABILITY (Incorporated m New South Wales* NOTICE is hereby given that a dividend at the rate of 6d. per share and a bonus of 6d. per share have been declared payable on Friday, Jan. 31st. 1936. NOTICE is further given that the Transfer Books
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    • 407 2 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. BEECHAM'S LUNG SYRUP for COLDS BRONCHITIS Of all Chemists and Stores. f Sole Agents, CRAFTON LABORATORIES, 20b, Collyer Quay. 'Z BOARD RESIDENCE. KATONG GRANGE Excellent position on Sei front Board Residence. Mod. Sanitation R 77 Meyer Road—Phone 5758 i THE MANSION], Oxley Rise Singapore. RESIDENTIAL HOTEL inon-liiTiiMd Phone
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    • 538 2 TLbe Sinoaporc fvcc ||>rcss» lead OnVr C'ecU Strret. Sln C apui. Phone S4?l (5 lines »iuntension.l t« all de^artnwnu TH: Tlmm Sincaporr (nala Lumpur Office: 25. Java Street Phone: 3CS3 London Office: 49 4J Klert Street. Und,. EC. 4. Phone: Central 144H— 3Mv TH: I— dmilaya- London SUBSCRIPTION RATES Slncaport
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 285 2 Diary Of The Week i WEDNESDAY, I>KC. 11. High Water. 11 am 9.9 ft.. Rotary Club Tiffin and Business meet- ing. Adclnhi Hotel. 1 p.m MethodUl Girls' School Concert. Victoria Theatre. 5 p.m. Rugby SCC XV vs. Raffles College S.C.C.; RAF. I vs. Wilts. I. Seletar. HOCkey Colts Iv. S.C.R.C.
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    • 293 2 Today's Radio Programmes Singapore ZHI Wavelength 49.9 metres p.m. 6 Recorded music. 6.44 News bulletin supplied by Straits Times. Stocks and share repon supplied by Fr^.»cr and C 8.30 Close down. B.B.C.— GSG and GSF I Wavelengths 1ti.86 and 19.82 metres i p.m. 6.20 Big Ben. Oxford vs. Cambridge. Interval
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  • 575 3 MYSTERY OF GARDENER'S DEATH Broken Skull THE death or Arunasalam, a 35--year-old Tamil gardener employed under Mrs. B. C. Handy, of 328, East Coast Road. Singapore, has been occupying the attention of the police since Oct. 28, but it still remains unsolved. Originally a Tamil, Rengasamy, also formerly employed by
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  • 562 3 Enjoyable Stay In Japan MENZEL PRAISES YAMAGISHI nODERICtI MENZEL, one of the brightest Stars m the lawn tennis world, leaned over the rails of the Terukuni Maru as the liner berthed at Tanjong Pagar yesterday morning. He was watching two Malay diving boys
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  • 78 3 On Same Day ITOK AH CHEE, a Chinese, stole a coat from a motor-car. He was caught, and yesterday was sentenced to one month's rigorous imprisonment. He had been identified as a "wanted" police supervisee who had failed to notify the Singapore police of a change
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  • 125 3 Chinese Hawker Sees Brother Killed A Chinese hawkei saw his brother killed m a motor-accident m Singapore early yesterday morning. It appears that the two men were walking along Balestier Road at one o'clock on their way to the market nearby. A Johorc taxi, driven by Tamil and
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  • 1014 3 WOMAN'S SAD MARRIED LIFE Decree INisi MARTHA CAROLINE BEETLES' married life was an unhappy one, her troubles starting only a fortnight after her wedding, and she related her tale of woe at the Supreme Court yesterday, before Mr. Justice a'Beckett Terrell, when she asked for a dissolution of her marriage
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  • 112 3 Opera Glasses Used To CopyJudge's Notes An unusual incident marked the rlosin^ day's choral singing at the |Bl: ckpool Music Festtvmt This was the discovery by Mr. Julius Harrison, one of the adjudicators, that 'us private notes on the marks award- ?d to choirs taking part m
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  • 53 3 Remanded on Monday to 24 hours' police custody, two Chinese, Ong Ah Hook and Ong Ban, were remanded yesterday to the Civil Prison until Dec. 16 pending further investigations Ah Hook is indicated with armed robbery and Ong Ban with abetment Proceedings will be before Mr. Norman Grice, the
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  • 149 3 Siamese Minister (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok. Dec. 7. DHYA SUP AN SOMBAT. who has re- presented his country as Minister Plenipotentiary m Tokio, Washington, and London, is not proposing to spend the rest of his days m retirement. He has been appointed Eastern Representative, with
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  • 101 3 Young Australia league Scheme A visit which is to be made to Singapore by 40 boys from West Australia, under the auspices ol the Youn; Australia League, will be the subject of a few minutes' talk to the Singapore Rotary Club today. The speaker will be Mr. Tucker,
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  • 91 3 I From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur. Dec. 9. Wan Poh Sene. formerly mana«^< r ol the Hollywood Amusement Park was today bound over by Mr F. X Wi'son. the Kuala Lumpur magistrate, to come up for judgment m the sum Of $100 m one surety Tor
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  • 367 3 CHRISTMAS GREETINGS BY TELEGRAM Special Kates VO!' ran send a ten-word Christinas umimi; to Abyasinia by telegram for $5.40 but you cannot send a messac** to Russia. Special arrangement m again being made this year for a reduction m the telegraphing of Christmas and New Year greetings from Malaya to
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  • 83 3 Th<> despatch of letters lor Europ** by the Imperial lirmnil on Dec 14 is the last which can be delivered m time lor delivery before Christmas. The Qantas despatch on Dee 15 will be the last to reach Australia b\ C\ rlstm; s The Imperial despatch on Dee
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 43 3 69 tAMOUft t i i t I f Bl fr^WF AT Q 0 P M fl THEATRE. VAlNtl IRO.' MEIENT MAX REINHARDTS screen production of SHAKESPEARE'S "A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM" Music by Mendelssohn. With more than one thousand players SUY YOUR TICKETS NOW!
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    • 217 3 Colds, I *j[^l Coughs, all Chest Affections For any weaknessof throat or < hest, or any tendency to tuberculosis for a WjJ troublesome cough, bronchitis or any chest WjJ j affection, the standard approved treatment with ls a course of Angier's Emulsion. It soothes and strengthens the lunps, promotes Mo^Bfc**»w^^
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  • 3258 4 FAST HIGH- WING MONOPLANES TO TRA VEL DAY AND NIGHT 260 M. P. H. Four-Gun Fighter New Fleet For Empire Routes Twenty-seven Passengers Elimination Of Noise Gloster Gladiat*- r Wind Channel The Wellesley I Monoplane Aerodrome Equipment Exhibition Navigation By Radio Latest News About The Atlantic Service Experimental Programme Next
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    • 30 4 YOUR 000 MUST ttAVE MEATL- 5> He gets it m really wholesome form m combination with finest wheatmeals m SPRATTJS ra<te enquiries to:— E. S. BEST, HW »••<>. Box 2<il. |{»,nl>..
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    • 44 4 X \f /I m m m~ II i*"^ \ff Jw M m i Opening Sat. Next 9.30 S. V. C. X'MAS SHOW "10 MINUTE ALIBI" at the VICTORIA THEATRE 14th 17th 18th 21»t PRICES $2.50 $1.50 $1.00 BOOK NOW at JOHN LITTLE CO.. LTD.
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  • Article, Illustration
    220 5 v. NAMmrs ma. w v frora Harrar to ]ifo re|nforce Rjs IHE HON. VINCENT MASSEY, the new High Commissioner for Canada arrived at Southampton aboard the Empress of Britain, accompanied by his wife and son. Hart. The Hon. Vincent Massey and his wife being welcomed hy the Mayor. A CONVOY
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 59 5 A \n -iclo selection of Choice r*^^B I i^* v Ai. n..;i;iP Turk* I <?%&Bb® iisll Du< iSWBB %4^ I<in F land Ducklings W'ii)&E&( I !l>h Ohklßßi -Jk I i>li A Australian C.», Jt^^^M I Australian Geese f ifEHW i?¥> I l'■ li Cliouse %s%%&s& I t nulis!) Pheasants I
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  • 559 6 Sold From Hand To Hand REMARKABLE STORY REVEALED IN MALACCA COURT A REMARKABLE story of how a little Chinese girl, whose father was killed by bandits, whose house was burned, who was sold from hand to hand, and finally arrived m Malacca to fall
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  • 202 6 More Warships Arrive In Singapore FROM CHIN V FLEET THE big naval troopship Camero.nia, with 1,100 officers and ratings; the submarines Odin, Olympus, Perseus and Rover, with the depot ship Medway; the flotilla-leader Duncan, and the destroyers Daring, Delight, Duchess and Diamond have arrived at Singapore. The warships are part
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  • 86 6 At St. Andrew's Ciurch. Kuala Lumpur, on Satin day. Mr. William Allison of the Yukon Gold. Kampar was married to Miss Julie Fox. Both bride and bridegrooai come trom Glas gow. the bride having arrived m Malaya last week. The Alan Pringle officiated ana a -ecepiion was afterwards
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  • 376 6 I Ghost Mystery Solved REPRODUCTION OF KNOCKS BAFFLES SCIENTISTS THE mystery of the Hawkshead '*Kho*t" was solved today it, solution, however, has providrd medical science with a pro blem believed to be without precedent m medical histor>-~»t a child who, while fast asleep, becomes
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  • 23 6 Thi« vt> m BMMOf Btl VIM fin a HDash-and-Rrub r.tid ■hop of |fr C Fcrrv I>■ unhia Road Hactan j N iM ti
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  • 290 6 PENANG FLYING CLUB'S NEW RECORD 212.45 Hours Last Month JOY-RIDES THE Penang Flying Club's Hying i i time 212.45 hours last month was a Club record, the previous best time being 202 hours m March 1935. I It is thought that this new record Will soon be eclipsed when the
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  • 606 6 Annual Meeting T*HE tenth annual general meet- 1 ing of the Malayan Kennel Association was held at Kuala Lumpur on Dec. 7. there be- ing present Mr. C. R. Thurstan j (President) m the chair. Mr. E. J. Douglas (Vice-President). Mr. C. I Ward-Jackson (Hon. Secretary), and:
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  • Article, Illustration
    76 6 THE FIWERAI, OF MISS HENRIETTA SIMONS, the 52-year-old teacher of Holwell, HertH.. which was stopped while the mourners were assembling, took place at Hohvell. Miss Simons died m HiUhin Hospital after an operation for duodenal ulcer. Major Edward Simons, her brother, stated at the inquest which followed the postponement of
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  • 44 6 The Old Carthusians ot the Colonyare holding a reunion dinner at the Adelphi hotel on Saturday. Dec. 14. Any Old Carthusians who have not yet been notified should hasten to communicate with the organisor. Mr. A. F. Thome, Donaldson -and Burkinshaw, Singapore.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 31 6 FRESH FROM FACTORY NEW CREPE FANTAISIE ALBENE AND CREPE SABULL all Fascinating Colours ORDER YOUR EVENING DRESS GUARANTEED PERFECT FIT and STYLE Wassiamull Assomull Co. 31-33 HIGH ST., PHONE 7144. SINGAPORE.
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    • 89 6 r r J nave nude Meim. Chivers' Jam* mtW wr^n|W/^ *^r^ own orchard* arr made into 1 W JB#^*^^ the day ctxrv axe picked ChiversJams I Try also CHiwrrs' OUr English Marmalade, Canned Fmiu and Vn<a»Mi» Agentt; V. R. VICK CO- Hong Kong Bank Chamber., SINGAPORE. IT'S HER HAPPIEST PICTURE!
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  • 159 7 who enjoy watching the ul and spontaneous actions ol ;h;lrirt j; on the stage have a pleasant U store tor them at the Vie atW this week. The pupils <)* the Methodist Girls School will vu r ivf a programme of songs and dances vis veU as two
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  • 59 7 As a result ol the Ladies' Union j Variety entertainment held m Singa pore recently the Silver Jubilee Fund i has benefited by $400 and the club's building fund by $380 The accounts Were Income: tickets $941: advertisement $200: total $1141. Expenses: Hire of theatre, costumes
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  • 48 7 From Our Own Correspondent* Johore Bahru, Dec. 7. Clothing and a watch was stolen from the house of the Acting Commissioner of Police. Johore. Mr. H. B. Langworthy. I at Bukit Meldrum last week. Tho value of the articles is stated to bo about $85.
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  • 135 7 am Search For Smithy's Plane In Siam The two parties that searched Bukit China and Bukit Kittah. near Setul, where Air Commodore Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and Captain Pethybridge were reported to have crashed, have returned without having found any trace o; the lost Australian fliers. One party
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  • 53 7 AUeged to have absconded from bail In Trengganu about two months ago, a Chinese named Heng Choong Men was arrested m Singapore on Monday, and appeared before the third magistrate, yesterday, on a re- levant charge. The case was postponed until next Tuesday pending the arrival of an
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 501 7 v I w l |^mß||^^ >JJ^H the impassioned I^^Hf B^ .fl I '^*^*4s*lBf .W!**- t^S U'uutsr-ntzeis H£ V %f :gp '^■^■l »n Heaven ■f^kißP WL -^^M^ :^H I p l:i acllievemenf IM s«P*rh enter- |ft&gF^ :^^F^ s I I\V^ hW^B B^KW nill( llt Im a team of incomparable 8r -f^^B
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  • 40 8 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES SILVER WEDDING. FRANKEL- STORCH. On Doc. 11th. 1910, at the Chesed-El Synagogue. Oxtey Rise. Julian Frankel. son of Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Frankel, of Singapore, to Tila. eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A Storch. of South America.
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  • 1026 8 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1935. The Jubilee Fund •THE approval by the Legislative Council on Tuesday of the grant j of £750.000 to the Singapore Jubilee j Fund ends the first chapter of a story which does not reflect a great deal of credit on the Colony.
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  • 74 8 Mr. Louis Thivy, J.P., of Ipoh, has left for Calcutta on a visit to his son. Mr. D. H. Hampshire has arrived m Kuala Lumpur on his return from leave. Major Savile, the new Commandant. F.M.S.V.F.. accompanied by Mrs. Savile. has arrived m Kuala Lumpur. Major J.
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  • 647 8 The l><ut iMurcatc IF that "Poet Laureate League Incor porated" which has been launched m the Unhed States should givo rise to an "Anti-Poet Laureate League Incorporated" there will bo plenty of English material on which the opposition could draw Gray delivered an attack on the
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  • 968 8 AT midnight on a Cairo sumim-r night I wake up -uddenly and beCOme aware oi the smell of smoke It is smoke with a singularly unpleasant i smell- the smell of smouldering blankets. I lie and think about this smoke. 1 1 wonder irritably why people should elect
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 141 8 M aOHNNIE WAhKER born 1820, still going strong GALDBECICS VISIT CAIRO TURING YOUR HOMEWARD JOURNEY When time permits Cox <Sc icings arrange shor* v rips by car from Suez connecting witb the steamer at Port Said. For lurther particulars apply to PATERSON, SIMONS CO., LTD. or at any of the
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    • 17 8 GENERAL ACCIDENT FIRE V LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION LTD. i lncorporated m Great Britain) HONGKONG BANK CHAMBERS, SINGAPORE.
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  • FREE PRESS SPECIAL COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    • 208 9 By arrangement with the Exchange Telegraph Company, Ltd., the Singapore Free Press is able to offer to its readers this complete and reliable service of commercial news from London, New York and other centres. This is the first occasion on which a newspaper published in Malaya has
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    • 458 9 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCKS SHARES. From London, 6 p. m Dec. 10 Share of &i denomination unless srsrsu. -"it* '-r Funding Loan. 4 p.c. 1960-90. f,,2 2 War Loan. 3Vi p.c ZWZ 106." JS Straits 6 p*.. 19M 5l Com. Union Assce. (Units) n Prudential Assce. "A".' Royal Assce.
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    • 130 9 PI*BBER: Steady. London Spot: 6 5,!6d Previously: Steady it 6 s'l6d «<in.-^4«ir. 6**gd. Previously* fi*^ ii j^ 1 J Une: 6 f 716c Previously' e£<i New York Spot: 12.98. Previously 13.10 Straits SD. \ov r 0 Rotterdam: .4:14 12s. 6d. Previously ZU l^s «h ram: Wliite Mantok.
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    • 167 9 Dec- 6. 7. 9. American Can. Com. 138V 2 138% 137*2 American Telephone and Telegraph 159V 4 159% 159 Ucheson Railroad 57 y 4 57 58% Chesapeak 52 52 51% Dupont 138% 139% 139 Firestone 20% 21*4 21% General Electric 21% 38 37% General Motors 54% 5b
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    • 85 9 Dec. 10 Buyer* Sellei-s 6.50 9.25 Hamburg Cuoe 9.50 White Muntok Pepper 17.50 Black Pepper 950 Copra, Sundried 5.30 Copra, mixed 4.75 Small Flake Tapioca 4.45 R. B. Siam No. 1 per koyan 102 Banja Jelotong 10.25 Sarawak Jelotong 10.00 R. (Slam) W.C. No. 1 per koyan
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    • 74 9 London Closing Quotations Dec. 10 Method 01 Parity befon- Rate PreCentre Quotinp 20-9-31 Yesterday viously Paris Francs to 141.21 743, 74 11!16 New York to 4.88 2.; 4.93 3.16 4 92 13 16 Amsterdam Guiiders to 12.97 7.28? j 7.27» 4 Hong Kong Per dollar Is. 4»
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    • 207 9 Yesterday's Singapore Quotations Dec. 10 SELLING London, 4 months' sight 24 3:32 London, 3 months* sight 2|4 IJI6 London. 60 days' sight 24 1|32 London, 30 days' sight 2:4 London, demand 2,3 31J32 London, T.T. 23 31J32 Lyons and Paris, demand 865 Hamburg, demand 140 New York,
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    • 86 9 Paris. Dec. 9. The weekly balance sheet of the Banque de France shows the drain ot gold for the week, Nov. 21 to 28, totalled three milliard francs. The statement covering the subsequent week will, however, make a much more favourable showing. Indeed there have been practically no
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    • 62 9 London Tin: Easier Cash: .€219 15*. Previously: Easier at €'220 15s Three months: €210 2b. Id Previously. 15s New York Tin 50.25 Previously: 50.75 Copper Settlement: €35 10s Previously; €35 17s. G<i Yesterday: €7 Is Previously: €7 Is 0 l /2 d Spot: unq. Previously: 28 3
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    • 1187 9 Fraser and Co. 's List TUESDAY. DEC. It, 1935. MINING Buyers Seller* Ampat Tin (4.-; os 6d (*> Asam Kumb&ng 34* 6d 36s 6d c.d Austral Malay oih, 60s x.d. Ayer Hitam Tin (s*>> 1 4s 6d 15s fid Ayer Weng ($> I.Bft 1.95 x.d.
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    • 124 9 Business Restricted But Tone Firm London, »>e< 5. The Stock Exchange generally ruh-d firm today, though business was restricted. Dlterott wits centred In the new Funding Loan and Treasury Bonds, which opened at rtlghl discount, despite the over-subscription, but closed at par and 1 16 th premium respectively,
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    • 44 9 The following rubber outputs lor November. 1935. are notified: Paiepah Valley Estate November 45.000 lb Kota Tinsel Estate 49D0 lb.; Siginting Estate 20.000 lb.; Clovelly Estate 13.600 lb.; Kuala Kepis Estate 26.000 lb Tangkok Estate 16.500 lb.; Tanjon? Labu Estate 13,500 lb.
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    • 14 9 Henrietta Rubber Estate Ltd 83.800 lb and Sungei Matang Rubber Estate Ltd 36,500 lb.
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    • 93 9 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association Dec. 10. I o'clock nm»n Buyers Srllet» No IX X BJB m rases 'FOB Dec, mber» I'l 11 U H Good FAQ. m c.use.s X.0.8. rX'Cenib4«r« II 7 16 21 J» 1C No IX. H.S.S (.spfji toote) 'aw.ird.ibl* Btogaporc 21 n 16 21 13 n
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    • 59 9 Ciuthrie and Co have rcceiY«-d HtfMt lrom the secretaries of th Sendnynn iFMS i Rubber Co Ltd advising thtt Hrn director* have re comn.' i final dividend li. respec ol Ihi last tlnanclal year ol S per ten payable on Jan 20. 1936. The sum fill^Sll Is carried
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  • 833 10 And Starving Women And Children ADDRESS BY SOCIAL WORKER A PLEA for the objective study of militarism without bitterness or rancour but m the cold light of ascertained facts was the central feature m an address given at the Wesley Church Hall, Singapore, last night
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  • 258 10 U.S. Senator's Forecast NO THREAT TO WESTERN POWERS Honolulu* Dec. 10. RETURNING from a visit to Japan, Senator Nye, a member of the Senate Munitions Commission, approved Mr. Norman Davis's proposal at the naval conference foj a flat reduction m tonnage, but said he had
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  • 66 10 Heath Of Ex-Kin*> Of Siam's Father-in Law Th^ death took place m Penan« yesterday morning of Prince Svasti. the iather-:r-!a\v of ex-King. Praiadhipok of Siam The Frince. who was 70 years ot age. had been ill for some time but appeared to be on the road to recovery
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  • 265 10  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh Southerners lo Be Included Shanghai. I>« t 10. PIE personnel of the various Ministries of the Fxecutivr Yuan was announced >esterda\ Gen. Chanu Chun. Ci r- I Bupei and oni Di the fflOf ipul officials fi— if 1 thi Japan tic officials m
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  • 334 10 Tomorrow's League Meeting Expected To Be Unanimous London. Dei-. 10 iy|R. ANTHONY EDEN. Minister for League Affairs, will proceed to Geneva tomorrow as principal British delegate at the meeting on Thursday of the Committee of Eighteen of the League, which has been summoned to consider the question of
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  • 70 10 Shanghai. Dec. 9. Mr Chow Lu. President of \ho Chungshan University and a leader of the southern government, attended for the first time m several years a meeting of the Anglo-Chinese Committee m charge of the returned British share of the Boxer Indemnity funds m Shanghai yesterday when various questions
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  • 817 11 Letters To The Editor rJ^y RNS T THE A TTACK-WHAT ABOUT EGYPT AND MALTA -BRITAIN AND LAKE TSANA— FIFTY NATIONS HOODWINKED —LEAGUE AN ''UNSEXED CONTORTIONIST"— OUR REPL V—"OBSERVER" ENTERS THE FIELD TO HELP AN OLD ALLY— WAIT UNTIL BRITAIN DEFIES THE LEAGUE To The Editor. Sir.— l am
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  • 283 11 Controversy Is only possible when the parties keep to the point at issue: it becomes impossible when one leaves the "ore oi the argument and .starts chasing up side avenues and even draws a red herring or two across the trail if we j may be pardoned lor
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  • 571 11 To tho Editor. Sir. Your attack on Italy m your Saturdays issue did not pass unnoticed by me either, and I note that my ally "X" m the first campaign on this topic m your newspaper of some weeks ago »the first Punic War', joins issue with
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  • 594 11 Winning CONTRACT fr^vj^ou^Gutt* David Burnstine. Michael Gottlieb Oswald Jacoby and Howard SchenkcJi —loorld's leading team-of-fmir. A TRAGEDY OF ERRORS lp XPERT Bridge players are divided Into classes: the brilliant players and the plodders. The brilliant player endeavours to out'.cuess his opponents and bui'ci un swings, but la so doing, he
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  • 238 11 T« The Bitttr, Sir. Your Editorial In Monday's is- j sue seems quite an unnecessary outburst Of malicious temper. The whole article is too personal and may cause grave' consequences. It could only tend to Incite on<? nation against another and no good could come of it. You
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  • 185 11 T« the Editor. Sir, Do you not think that your leader m Monday morning's issue was shall we say. a trifle undignified? The Italian press has. according to all reports, been slightly hysterical and vitriolic against Great Britain during recent months, but is this sufficient reason for British
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  • 166 11 P. O. DEVELOPMENT London Area Phones Under Unified Control London, Nov. V.). Further development m the reorganisation of the Post Office administration. as recommended seme years ago by a committee presided over by the late Lord Bridgeman. will .shortly be begun when the telegraph and telephone service m the London
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  • 92 11 The following passengers left Singapore for East and South African and South American Ports on Monday afternoon. Dec. 9. Miss Jessie Gillies, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander F. Jahn. Mr. Ugo Pirovano. Mr. and Mrs. Frank F. Anderson, Miss Rosa Graeie. Mr. Clifton C. Burgess, Miss Orletha M. Halladay.
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  • 35 11 It is understood that Enche Kamaruddin bin Idris. Assistant District Oflicer. Bruas and Tarit. has been promoted to the Malayan Civil Service. Enche Kamaruddin is a able officer and has more than earned this promotion.
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  • 412 11 MFAT* aP re DC< Beef steak Kati 33 Beef stew or curry do 28 Fillet steak lb 50 Mm on, Australian do M Pork, lean Kati 42 Park, lean and fat < Ist quality) do 34 POULTRY Capons (locally reared KaU 60 Ducks each 40 Fowls Kati
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    • 138 11 HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated In the Ootant of Honn Ko: 1^ The liability oi mem b< r.s limited to tlie extent and m the manner prescribed by Ordinance No. f> of 1929 of the Colony. nr\i> ornci: fmo komg Autnorlsed Capital $5o.ooooi)u Issued and Hilly paid ap 520.000.000
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  • 62 12 MOTH X TO SHIPPERS FORWARD ROOKING PERIOD nippers arc hereby informed that it I been agreed to reinstate the normal <;nierenre torward booking period for 11 cargo but rates of freight are subject alteration without notice Friday: general delivery 8.30 am on Saturday. Mails from Holland and
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  • 27 12 IMPERIAL AIR MAIL SINGAPORE LONDON The air mail despatched from Singa- rn r n On eC l Was dclive red m London en Dee 9 <8 days).
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  • 18 12 NETHERLANDS AIR MAIL SINGAPORE AMSTERDAM The air mail despatched from Singa- i onVec 1 "Vda^ dell Wed ta
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  • LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
    • 739 12 Big Success Of British Subsidy i THE tramp shipping subsidy of £2,000,000, which was granted by th'j I Government for one year for the assistance of such British shipping m competition with foreign subsidised merchant fleets, has been atterrled with considerable success and has resulted
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    • 244 12 Action By Ships' Officers In Scandinavia The associations of shipma.sters. deck Officers and engineer! m the Scandinavian countries have had under consideration the question ol insurance against death or Incapacity remit ing Irom war risks, and a conference attended by representatives of the masters', mates' and engineers'
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    • 183 12 The motor coasting vessel Karu. built by Messrs Alexander Stephen and Sons. Ltd.. tor the Union Steam Ship Co. of New Zealand. Ltd reached Wellington on Sept 21 alter an .x- cellent maiden voyage. Since leaving Port Talbot. South Wales, she made a non-stop run to Port
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    • 67 12 |or revival even though, viewed as a' whole, it is still some way behind its pre-war position. "No branch of shipping has m rr-j cent years shown greater enterprise Inlj the adoption of new and improved types of tonnage. "The coasting trade is m this Mt contributing its share to
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    • 174 12 Port Authority's Search For Water For many ptftf Bl Authority has bl I supply of cheap MHnmtrrlil assist m the development ot In or. the Chitteoini btat Avonmouth Docks This objective tamed on the BUI* Ctttfc EIU lit tit* over two mild from til A
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    • 172 12 Controversy Regarding Date Of Release A judicial controversy lias arisen regarding the date of release of Captain A. W. Kane, of the British ship Brompton Manor, who is serving six months' imprisonment m Majorca m lieu of the original sentence of 35 months. The Pardon Board m
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    • 472 12 BOUSTEAD Co., Ltd. < Incorporated m P. M.S.) 'IKLKPHONK: Freight 5433— Passage 5431. LLOYDS AGENTS. BOOKINGS ACifcNTS FOR FEDERATED MALAY STATES RAILWAYS. ROYAL STATE RAILWAYS OF SIAM. CANADIAN PACIffIC OQtATEJT -Incorporated m England* THE EMPRESS" ROUTE offers TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES vial HONOLULU or direct EMPRESS to VANCOUVER— ACROSS CANADA by TRANS-CONTINENTAL
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    • 218 12 BIBBY LINE [LONDON ADDRESS: 22. PALL MALL. LONDON. S.W.I] of fast twin-screw Oil Driver. Mall Passenger Vessels betweer RANGOON. COLOMBO. PORT SI i>\V MARSEILLES, PLYMOI TH AND LONDON with through connection m m Singapore and Penang HOMEWARD SAIUMOI Leave l*a\r Rangoon Colomho 1935 DERBYSHIRE Dec 19 D«c 25 1936 SHROPSHIRE
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    • 554 12 Local And Foreign Mail Despatches And Arrivals BY TRAIN Bangkok every Saturday 7 p.m. Thursday 7.45 a.m. JAlor Star: Mon. to Fri.* 7.45 a.m. Saturday 7.45 a.m. and 7 p.m. llpo: Weekdays; 7.45 a.m. and 7 p.m. j Klang, Kuala, Lipis, Port Swettenham, Taiping and Telok Anson: Weekdays* f p.m
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    • 184 12 SINGAPORE HARBOUR Ships alongside the wharves or expected to arrive East Wharf (Entrance Gate 1>: Sumatra Maru 22; Anhui 20 Main Wharf (Entrance Gate 3). Mata Hari 18; TeruJcuni Maru. H.r. lore 18: Denmark Maru IS; Menestheua 13: Op ten Noon 10: Rxxtgawi M.iru 7 Empire Dock (Entrance Gate 3):
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    • 256 13 dklfjklsdfjklajfkdklfadklfjdkfjkdas I REp EAT-^fji^ mat L •>•'" "^;**il FOR COMFORT AND SERVICE CHEAP RETURN TICKETS TO CHINA, JAPAN, COLOMBO AND BOMBAY. Available for two months. A Regular Weekly Service is maintained between Singapore. Port Swettenham, Teluk Anson and Penang. per s.s "MAT A HARI" and s.s. RI'LAN." To Belawan as
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    • 502 13 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL S.S. Co., Ltd. m England.) r "ELLERMAN LINE" FOR UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL ACCEPTING CARGO FOR CANAD/AN AND AMERICAN PORI> VIA COLOMBO. Steamer D CITY OF c Sall WELLINGTON Havre. London. Rotterdam. Hamburg Dec. 13 Dec. 16 CITY OF DUNDEE Havre. London. Rotterdam.
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    • 1053 13 SHIPPING THE BLUE HJNNEL LINE (Ocean The llua Kh,,m v. s asr esBK c cv it. it ssa." The SUm St~m Nav.,a«i.n C. L,d SL^Z£!L£?SJ*iJ" Aberdeen and Commonwealth Line INSURANCE The Liverpool and I onrion and Globe The Thames and m v. Insurance Co.. Ltd. to Ltd MrT^> Marlnr Insurance*
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    • 726 14 Km Pb ML KONINKLLIKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ SWARTENHONDT— Wenesday, Dec. 11, Batavia, Rodriguez, Mauritius, Reunion. Tamatave, Durban, Lourenco-Marques. Beira, Zanzibar, Mombasa and Mahe (no cargo will be accepted for East and South African ports). MAKASSEK -Wednesday. Dec. 11, Poeloe-Kidjang, Prigi-Radja, Sapat. Ternbilahan, Poeloe-Pallas, Pengalian-Estate and Rengat. THEDENS— Wednesday, Dec. 11, Muntok
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    • 577 14 JOINT SERVICE PRINCE LINE— SILVER UNE FOR HALIFAX, BOSTON, NEW YORK, BALTIMORE AND PHILADELPHIA, VIA CAPE OF GOOD HOPE Due Sails Due Singapore Singapore New York. M.S. SILVERWALNTJT Dec. 16 Deo. 2:1 Feb. 7 M.S. MALAYAN PRINCE Dec. 30 Jan. 6 Feb. 20 M.S. SILVERTEAK Jan. 13 Jan. 20 Mar.
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    • 476 14 O. S. K. LINE Scotland Maru Cape Town via Momba.^.i. Zanzibar. Dar f 's Salaam. L. Marque* Durban. East London and Port Elizabeth. Ryuyo Maru Cape Town via Mombasa. Za.iw Dar m Salaam. Beira, L. Marqu* Durban, Algoa Bay and Mossel Bay l> Buenos Aires Buenos Aires via Colombo. Durban.
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  • 2156 15  -  Argus Weekly Sports Notes Compiled By Will Negri And Penang Confound The Critics Singapore Still Has A Chance —All Blues Cup— Trophy Match Prospects Boxing Booming Czech Tennis Stars Here \sere virtually elimifrom the Malaya Cup -by football competition on Saturwhen they were defeated by
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  • 75 15 Hitler Intervenes On Behalf Of Berlin's Chief Burgomaster In ordtr to avoid anything likely unfavourably to affect the holding of the Olympic Games m Berlin m 1936. Herr Hitler has personally intervened on behalf of Herr Sahm. chief Burgomaster of Berlin who was expelled from the Nazi
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  • 69 15 <From Our Own Correspondent! Malacca, Dec. 8. Malacca Club 6pts. Selangor "A" 6pts The Malacca Club entertained a Selangor "A" XV on the padang today The match was drawn each side scor ing six points (two tries). McKenzie got both the Malacca Clu»tries m the first
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  • 137 15 National Fnnd For Financial All tbof who Mtalred that erlllli South Alricun wirkn kr<»p<»r. H B Cameron, will br sorry to lean h<\\ hi.s Hidden death has i« -t t his yo wiif badly m nord ol Qnanclal v ano I understand h.it tv make provision tor Mrs
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  • 760 15 Weekly Offers To Wolves For Wing Forward £NGLISH clubs are getting tire: 1 of i making excursions into Scotlmd m search of players. There are men to be obtained, but they l -el that the prices are bein& raised absurdly against them and they
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  • 717 16 Czech Tennis Stars In Action POOR OPPOSITION OF BEST LOCAL PLAYERS nPJJOUUH NATURALLY FAR FROM THE FORM WHICH HAS PLACED THEM 1 AMONG EUROPE'S LEADING TENNIS PLAYERS. R. MENZEL AND HECHT. THE CZECHOSLOVAK DAVIS CUP REPRESENTATIVES, EASILY OUTCLASSED THE LOCAL PLAYERS WHOM THEY
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  • 119 16 Island vs. Sepoy Lines Teams For Today Tht- following are the teams lor the women's golf match between the Sepoy Lines Golf Club and the Island Golf Club to be played this afternoon. Island Club players mentioned first Mrs. Kelley vs. Mrs. Ballester. Miss Abed vs. Miss
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  • 467 16 THE following are the entries for the Taiping- Turf Club Skye meeting to be held on Friday and Saturday. Dec. 13 and 14. Run about 6F MURNA X NAGARA X JACKIE MAC X CARWREN X KIT X PRO QUID X LISHEEN X EVENSONG X FOXY
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  • 50 16 Today 's Billia rds Final HPHE following will represent the 1 Aston Athletic m the final of the Singapore inter-club billiards rhampionship at the Metropole Hotel tonight against the Clerical I'nion Low Hock Huat, James Lee. An? Thin and Teo Chwee Hoe. Reserves: Lim Chuan Cieok and Teo Siew Sun.
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  • 85 16 Perak Team vs. Singapore During: Christmas 'From Our Own Correspondent lpoh. Dec. 10. Following a tnal held at the weekend the Perak Badminton Association have selected Tan Cheng Phor, Jee Kirn Teik and Foo Chong Hai to represent Perak m the singles against Singapore during Christmas. »Tan Cheng Phor.
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  • 36 16 Sydney. Dec. 10. The M.C.C. won their match against an Australian XI by 203 runs, the Australians being dismissed for 188 runs In their wcond innings. Sims took tour wteketi lor 81. Re uter
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  • 26 16 Today's Rugby match at the S.C.C. will be between a Club XV and Raffles College and not H.M.S. Terror as on the fixture list
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  • 287 16 Dark Blues Held To Pointless Draw London. Dec. 1 i THE inter-Varsity Ru match today ended m pointless draw. The teams wotv unrh..:. weather was cold Ad Vtnd] were 40.00. i pnHit TIH cellent Oxford heeled out Mftrtj but the backs could not pi born delence.
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  • 438 16 Hockey MISS OEHLERS' FOUR GOALS FOR G.S.C. G.S.C. .7 European Women .0. IITITH a player short, the European women were trounced to the tune of 7 o by the Girls' Sports Club at hockey yesterday on the G.S.C. ground. Strong: m all departments, the Club gave an
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  • 59 16 All MnftOf and junior memoirs I I V MCA ar. reminded ol the K 1 out Indoor Games Competition will be held on Wednesday I> commencing At 7.30 p.m. Tin event! on *.his occasion will lx 25 up declaration billiards Md 1 Russian pool. Entrance f»*e. -10 cents
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  • 32 16 Johannesburg. The Australians beat Tr.u 10 wickets. The tourists declared at 411 and Transvaal were all out leaving the Australians uitr. win which they made with <•'■* Keuter.
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  • 32 16 Ainvtrril tin D The 26th same In the rid < Championship resulted In I I BOWf after 47 moves and the M'oivrs ar. Euwo-9 and Dr Al« k .me! drawn- 10. Reuter Wireless
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