The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 14 December 1935

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  • 17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. NO. 14,727. ESTD. 1835. SATURDAY, DECEMBER H, 1935 H CENTS.
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  • 995 1 All Airworthiness Certificates To Be Withdrawn SEQUEL TO~WRECK OF AIR LINER Christmas Mail Planes Not To Be Allowed To Return To Australia IMPERIAL TO MAINTAIN THE SINGAPORE— DARWIN LINK Launceston (Tasmania), Dec. IS. fllh air mer Lepena. a D.H. M type, was wrecked today m
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  • 255 1 RESCUED AT LAST GASP AFTER i ERRI BJLE ORDEAL London. Dec. 13. J OST on the moors between Lan- cashire and Yorkshire (or tour days and nights without food and drenched to the skin with snow and mist, three Manchester girls Edna
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  • 81 1 OFFICIALS DECLINE TO DISCUSS IT France's Attitude At The Conference New York. Dec. 13. A mjsu rious meeting of high naval officials was held at the White House, according to the Herald-Tribune correspondent in Washington. T:it rorrespondenl aayi the meeting was ostensibly summoned
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  • 51 1 London. I>ei\ I*. An American Press report that France has not. aligned herself with the other Powers at the Naval Conference today is nndersto >d to have no foundation On th< other band, the French delegation made clear to the Japanese, who adopted 'ho altitude that questions
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  • 62 1 New York, Dec 12. QISCHARGED this morning after a quarrel with a fellow- worker, Victor Kcussow, an employee at Columbia University College dental surgery, returned icith a revolver and shot dead Dr. Paul Wiberg, an assistant professor of dentistry. Dr. Arthur Rowe, the associate dean, and wounded
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  • 22 1 Havana, Dec. 13. President Mend*>ta has resigned and Dr. Jose Barnet, Under-Secretary for Stauj. has been appointed acting President.- Reuter
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  • 556 1 Why Abyssinia Objects To Peace Plan IX a Note to the League the Abyssinian (iovernment declares the prate proposals unacceptable as they amount to hah the country being fftVM to tin- league and the remainder nexed by Italy. The Note suggests thai the
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  • 85 1 hnd work.-rl our ba.sK All that h.ul btvn dom- so :.ir was to put forward to both sid. s :k! to \hv LoaßUr tnlK basis Then would b< an opportunity of further negotiations nnd t}u« Oov<r:. ment would eOßtlnue to art tinder th< ftWpleat of the Lcapuo and accordlnK to
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    • 81 1 BIGIA TEA Brings the freshness and fragrance of th* Malayan gardens direct to your home. TODAY'S ATTRACTIONS RIJSTAFFEL 12.30 to 3 p.m. ORCHESTRAL CONCERT 8.15 to 9.15 p.m. I SPECIAL DINNER AND DANCE (formal) 9.45 to midnight and I GLADYS KUSSEROW THE TALENTED CONTINENTAL DANCE TEAM NON DINERS $1.00 BOOK
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    • 144 1 There is no better Tea than BIGIA TEA GROWN IN MALAYA SEA VIEW ft HOTEL TONIGHT I SPECIAL DINNER DANCE DINNER DANCE MUSIC BY 1 RELLER BAND AND A SPLENDID FLOOR SHOW BY THE MEZEY REVUE I SEA VIEW HOTEL I SUNDAY 1 1 a.m. 1 p.m. I I morning
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  • 480 2 Oil Sanctions Held Up By Peace Proposals London, Dec. 12. WHEN the League Committee of 18 met at Geneva this afternoon statements regarding the situation arising from the Paris conversations were made by the French Premier, M. Laval, and Mr. Anthony Eden, acting Foreign Secretary.
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  • 403 2 Nothing More Spectacular Ever Seen In Singapore Suffice it to say of "The Crusades." the new film at the Capitol that it is a typical De Mille production and is of the standard Of "Ben Hur" and "Cleopatra". It has all the splendour and masterly handling of e-owd
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  • 51 2 Cabinet Resigns After An All-night Sitting Madrid. Dec. 12. The Chapaprieta Cabinet has resigned following an all-night sitting when the ex-Colonial Under-Secretary. Senor Calvo. was declared to be responsible for Administrative irregularities. The Premier's economic measures are also (thought to be partly responsible for the i crisis. Reuter
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  • 45 2 An 18 h.p. launch, built by Thorny croft Ltd.. Tank Road, for the Straits Settlements Government, was launch ed yesterday at Tanjong Rhu. The launch has a speed of about 14 knots It will be used for patrol work in Singapore harbour. i
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  • 43 2 Paris, Dec. 12. A Treasury loan of two milliard francs in 30-year bonds of 1.000 francs each is being launched for national defence I works. It will be issued at 95 at an; interest of 5 per cent. Reuter Wireless
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  • 77 2 In Thursday's Post Office List there appeared an announcement to the effect that the departure tor Penan j of the T.S.S. Kedah has been postponed indefinitely. The facts are thrt the Kedah is in dock for annual survey and resurmv sailings on Tuesday. Dec. 24. when sh< sets
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    • 56 2 fiiJiiJl^^Hl Christmas Greetings in e Right Spirit W n l| pj I drY c Bill '^P ROYAI ll^P' SCOTCH WHISKY H 1 ill w\^^w all 1O years ld Pli liUl W'P> e usua l price of Ulßii^^R' cr bottles, including H^R^^H I llir handsome Attache Case free! imWm Wm W;^^-
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    • 411 2 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. SITUATION VACANT. j SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. Vacancy For A Dresser. Applications are invited from Quali- fled Dressers for the above vacancy in t the Municipal Health Department. Candidates should have had some experience in vaccination. The initial salary of the appointm?nt is $90 per mensem. Applications stating age. nationality,
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    • 428 2 BEECHAM'S LUNG SYRUP for COLDS BRONCHITIS Of all Chemists and Stores. Sole Agents, CRAFTON LABORATORIES, 20b, Collyer Quay. BOARD RESIHKnT^;. KATONG GRANGE Excellent poiitwn on St a front Board Retidence. Mod. Sanitation 77 Meyer Road— Phone 5758 THE MANSION Oxley Rise Singapore RESIDENTIAL HOTEL (non -licensed.) Phone 3798 3 Minutes
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    • 545 2 ffvee iprcse Head Office Cecil Street, singapon Phone 54? 1 (5 Unea «iu» extensions to all departmental Tel: "TtroeV Singapore KuaJ.t Lnmpur Office: 25. Java Street Pbone: 3683 London Office: 4§/ 4J Fleet Street, London. EC 4 Phone: Central 3<«J— 2M9 Tel: "Leadmalaya" London SUBSCRIPTION RATES Singapore Within Outside Without
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 116 2 Diary Of The Week SATURDAY, DEC. 14. High Water. 1.56 a.m.%8.7 ft.. 1 p.m. 9.7 ft. Rugby S.C.C vs. Wiltshire Regiment at S.CC: Public Services RFC. vs. United Services 'A" at Tanglin; South Johore vs RE. (Changi) at Johore Bahru: RA.F. vs. Selangor at Kuala LumDur. Hockey: Singapore vs. Negri
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  • 429 3 OPI U M AND CHANDU ON CHINESE PREMISES Sentence Upheld JUDGE CALLS APPELLANTS STORY 'LUDICROUS' piK conviction and sentence p asse d on Low Tong a shipthe App,.,l Court yesterday by Mr. Justice Burton. wife inT^T CCUPied tai h h"?f a tuJ 7 eVCnUe ffiCOrS SearChPd N thev >».th half
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  • 42 3 Another performance by the girls of Methodist Girls' School, in addition to those Dreviously announced. will be given In Wesley Church hal' afternoon at four o'clock 7.il} be mainly for students, but •re will also bo accommodation lor tdults.
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  • 341 3 i HOUSE COLLAPSES 'From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 12. IN the Kuala Lumpur police court today. Mr. F. K. Wilson returned a verdict of "death by misadventure" v.t the conclusion of an inquiry into the death of a Chinese. Chin Fatt, I who was killed
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  • 538 3 Women Hurled On To Street CAR'S DOUBLE SOMERSAULT IN GRANGE ROAD TWO European women and a European man were injured when a touring car In which they j were travelling home somersaulted (twice and crashed on it.s side at the junction oi Orchard Road and
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  • 48 3 For the convenience of S.C.C. memb.•»". and their friends the Cricket Club Will be open and supper available after the S.V.C show "Ten minutes alibi" at jthe Victoria Theatre tonight, Tuesday Dec. 17 and Wednesday Dec. 18. Members wishing to make reservations should phone 6055.
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  • 136 3 Infant Mortality ,yHE infantile di-ath rate in Singapore in the week ended Dec. 7 was 180 2 per mille per annum, compared with 166.7 in the preceding week and with 1145.7 in the corresponding week of last I year. The total births for ihe week wip
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  • 85 3 Broadcast Talk On India To Schoolchildren London, Det-. 11. The Secretary lor India. Lord Zet- land. Is broadcasting talk on Dec. 19 to boys and girls in elementary schools which is the conclusion of series of! broadcasts which elementary school children have been hearing in the last three
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    • 168 3 REINHARDT, GREATEST PRODUCTION GENIUS OF TODAY, BRINGS TO THE SCREEN ONE OF THE MIGHTIEST CLASSICS OF THE PAST SHAKESPEARE'S A MID SUMMER NIGHTS DREAM WARNER BROS. MILLION DOLLAR PRODUCTION MUSIC BY MENDELSSOHN with 15 MAJOR STARS and 1,000 OTHER PLAYERS GALA PREMIERE PAVILION THEATRE WED. DEC. 18th AT 930 P.M.
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    • 238 3 Doubled up J^n with Stomach 3&p pains** jtv /U minutes J/\~ later One minute you are doubled up with pain, due to bloatln* *a« and bumln K *cld In your ptomarh. Take two or three Chardox tablet*, an.l two minutes later the Main han ifone. Chardox Is not a drus.
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  • 579 4 Lawrence Olivier *s Success 'MOSCOW NIGHTS' London. Nov. T\ C*. M. Wooli's new and vast dis- trlbuting company. Ger.erai Film Distributers Limited, began its tenancy of the Leicester Square Theatre with gala premiere of 'Moscow Nights'" the first film that Anthony Asquith has
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  • 775 4 As It WaS— In The Singapore Free Press, For The Week Ending December 17, 1835 100 Years Ago leading role In Chariot's 1926 revue. Then I played In a number of Mr. Cochran's shews, and made my film tfebut in 'There Goes the Bride* with Owen Nares. "After my 'Evergreen"
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  • 98 4 Well-Known Artist's Local Exhibition An exhibition of colour prints of more than ordinary interest opens I this morning at Robinson's, Raffles Square. The prints are the work of the distinguished artist. Miss Elizabeth Keith. Since her last visit to Singapore, over six years ago, Mass Elizabeth Keith has
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  • 47 4  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh Hong Kong, Dec. 12. I Radio telephone services between Canton and Shanghai which will comI mence operation early next year, will ib? extended to Hong Kong according ,to latest arrangements made between the delegates of Canton and the Hong Kong Government.-
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  • 316 4 Mr. Belloc On Peril Of Our Language Dying jyiß. Hilaire Belloc. witty and majestic as he has ever been, lectured the English Association recently in the j great hall of Westminster School. His subject was the fixing of English: his discourse was a survey of all those languages
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    • 322 4 INDIGESTION AND STOMACH PAINS Slopped in B minutes! Relief -^quick relief^-i s your one over •pecilT Bhsurat,.- Ma K S :1 r gredients ol Bisurated M aK nes be the quickest utinK indST! effective known lo m^irai J|« c Bisurated Mao ne «(ii slomarh troubles N./ jri v °t a
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    • 597 4 RADIO PROGRAMMES FOR THE WEEK-END SATURDAY I B.B.C.— GSG and GSF Wavelengths 16.86 and 19.82 metres 6.20 Big Ben. Two Plays: (1) "The Pie in th? Oven v come \j in ons act by J. J. Bell (author of "Wee Macgregor"> «2> "The Dumb and the 81.rd." a p >v
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  • Article, Illustration
    270 5 k "i P! adv to hand to ™mbat concealed hands of desert warriors. 39,159-TON battleship Resolution arrived at Portsmouth Iron Alexidi'ia after having completed more than two years* service on the Mediterranean station. Many sailors from other warships were aboard her s well as her own crew, so that they
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    • 72 5 *X^ TTI) IS 1^ X7 C 1 I J I xJ IX IX Yu I O I 1 1 PRIME SELECTED BIRDS I j l;tfit li 4t^ Xh:i Il<;K t -W^^4 Jp'S Ihry 1 B 1(>l f 3*^« i ■"_^g M t -m _i^^B^^^^^^^^^^^^^— ggl m -4i k ■>. -W
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  • 559 6 The Great Exhibition WONDERS OF 35 CENTURIES AT BURLINGTON HOUSE London, Nov. 28. NEARLY 10 centuries of supreme art and craftsmanship unfold themselves before the eyes of London in the Chinese Inhibition it Burlington House. There wort; two outstanding types ol lsitnis at the
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  • 131 6 Interesting Show In Sefegie Road a:ut having nad his plans delayed by an attack oi malaria, which he contracted soon alter nil arrival at Singapore, Mr s Sonobe. The famous Japanese artist, is giving a public exhibition of 80 of his works at the Japanese Club in Belegie
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  • 549 6 Intricate Dispute APPEAL AGAINST ACQUITTAL OF JOHORE REGISTRAR AN appeal against the acquittal of Mr. .1. I*. IVeiss. Registrar. Supreme Court, Johore Bahru. on i charge of having building usrd a* boys' quarters erected at 25. Itirioul Road. Singapore, which was not in accordance with
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  • 40 6 No Parsley In His Omelette I The good old buKy becj daps of the British Army are no more. A soldier at Changi garrison has lodged a complaint because there was no chopped -up parsley in his omelette.
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  • 285 6 MALAYA'S TRADE WITH CHINA Big Scope ISIBAMBiBBBSB^H fVKIGINATOR of the "China goods for Chinese People" movement. Mr. Shao Shan Tfeng, Inspector General ol Industries. Ministry of Industries. Nanking, arrived In Singapore on Thursday in the Conte Verde in the course of a tour of Inspection of markets in the Philippines.
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  • 88 6 Camcronia Departs For Europe The destroyers Duncan. Daring. Delight. Duchess and Diamond, which arrived at Singapore Lorn the China Fleet several days ago. went to sea yesterday for exercises. Alter the exercises the Duches> and Df light are i returning to Hong Kong. The Cameronia, which brought 1,100
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  • 350 6 Malaria Wave Till 1937? NEED FOR DRASTIC ACTION TO COMBAT LUDLOWI 1 1 71 Til concern among Singapore's population increasing, fol lowing the Free Press revelations of the grave malaria position on the island. Ihe Chief Municipal lie 1 1th Officer. Ih P. S. Hunter
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  • 215 6 Record Xmas Mail EXTRA FLANKS TWO four-cngined liners will carry the record weight ol Christmas mail and gifts between Singapore and Australia at the week -end. while extra planes have already been put on the England-Singapore service to cope with the rush. Two Imperial Airways liner- arc ftl present heading
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  • 169 6 Regular Visitor For Over 20 Years When the British India Apr. steamer Takada. which is in Btngapon today, arrives at Calcutta at the end of tliis voyage she will either be laidup or transferrtc! to anothrr s rvuv It is rumoured that the Takada lor over 20 years
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    • 75 6 r 111 AVIV *±*mOWA v i^B^L B^Bk T~Hr nieans ot LbK. I relief from coughing V "'^j^^ Is EVANS' Pastilles. In the process of dissolving the^^^yr^ ••nd penetrat.ng antiseptic vapours into every cravice relieving congestion and sooth.ng inflammation. Carry y# 1 3 ith V U a9ainst COlds and loro throa
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    • 44 6 k k x. J f y kw m II V V .^r ft OPENING TODAY 9.30 p.m. S. V. C. X'mas Show "10 MINUTE ALIBI" at the VICTORIA THEATRE 14th 17th 18th 21st PRICES $2.50 $1.50 $1.00 BOOK NOW at JOHN LITTLE CO.. LTD.
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  • 734 7 1 lashing Tactics Force S. C. C. Into Role Of Defenders S.C.C. "A" ti pts.: Med. College 6 pts. TO those spectators who braved the rain at yesterday's Padang rugby between an S.CC. "A" fifteen ind the Medical College Union the result was amazing.
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  • 55 7 London. Dec. 12. The Board of Trade index of wholesale prices In November shows an increase of 0.1 per cent, in average leve compared with October and an increase of 4.2 per cent, compared vith November of last year, the indices for thre< months being 91.2. 91.1 and
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    • 549 7 OPENING TQU A V ~~Z^~ X I 3.i5 G 15^J3— -^i«7i ADVENTURE CALLS! here's the year's gayest' a^v--ADVENTURE -ROMANCE PACKED WITH LAUGHS THRILLS! JlflßlK' J^^^- ROBERT BARBARA CLIFF f IB YOUNG STANWYCK EDWARDSh^J JL J|p Ji-m-Lrf-Lr OiUjU JL JCi UNITCD artists w iS| W TH HARDIE ALBRIGHT-RUTH DONNELLY-and GORDON JONES.
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  • 95 8 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES DEATH. CHEONG. -Mrs. Cheong Choon Beng j nee Madam Song Buay Neo passed peacefully away un Wednesday the 10th. inst. at 777 Grove Road. She leaves behind six aoni Dr. Cheong Chee Hai. Messrs. Cheong Chee Tong. Chee Lim. Chf e Juay. Chee Soon and Chee Hock and
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  • 955 8 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14 1935. The Malaria Menace IT is now about a year since the disastrous outbreak of malaria in Ceylon, in which 500.000 people were stricken down and 30.000 died, caused much heart-searching among the officials in Malaya who had been responsible for retrenchment and
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  • 72 8 Dr. J. S. Sloper has gone on short j leave to England and wffl return early jin February. I Mr. J. H. Pedlow. Solicitor-Genera! S.S.. and Mrs. Pedlow. have returned i from le>ve. The Ven. Archdeacon F. S. Hollis has arrived at Kuching. Sarawak, from Europe. Mr. E. W. Comins.
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  • 538 8 Up, Grimily A Dragon Hwrnweketper Costly RfM hi The City A home newspaper P— dim DM MHgested that Mrs. Grundy has been sent down lrom Oxford, but all thsi' the authorities have done is to r>-lax the chaperonage rules tor women stud n". l. ■very now
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  • 939 8 ACCORDING to a story in a contem- 1 porary the other day. in Tibet it is a mark of respect to put out one's tongue when being addressed by the Dalai Lama. Mrs. Topicist must sometimes think I am the Dalai Lama THE Topicist if in
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 182 8 Caldbecks SPFCJAI. «KQvS^ «<> MM IHf %FPOINTMF.NI KING Ol M\M X'MAS GIFTS VKRV REASONABLE AS THEY ARE THIS YEAR UMm W^mSJ fK !LS!SS t SL^ JE^LLERY. WATCHES. CLOCKS. SILVER W \Rf. FT(.. i:i t OKI YOU BUY A SINGLE CHRISTMAS PRESENT SlNGAit^itfc, Incorporatea in Ceylon PFNAiM.. 19 21 High Street,
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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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  • 219 9 I AST NIGHT'S QUOTATIONS 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
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  • 500 9 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCKS SHARES I trom L <>™on, 6 p. m Dec. 13 onarc ui aenomination unless otherwise stated P> y it t Conversion Loan. 5 p.c, 1944-64 ?a__?. y Yesterday Rise or Fall 1 *£U I Qgii Funding Loan, 4 p.c. 1960-90 War Loan. 3_ p.c... 1
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  • 193 9 Dec. 10. 11. 1?. I American Can. Com. 135% 136*2 135 American Telephone and Telegraph 158» 2 158 7 H 159 Atcheson Railroad 57 57V 4 56 5 8 Cbesapeak 5P 8 51 7 8 51 3 8 h Dupont 138 137 3 8 137% j Firestone
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  • 125 9 Decrease Of 4,904 Tons At End Of November Lewis and Peat <Sigapore> l.*d.. in their weekly rubber report dated Singapore. Dec. 13, state. There now appears to be little likelihood of ;iny activity until the beginning ol next year when fresh supplies will arrive on the market.
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  • 126 9 Growing Belief In Rubber Outlook Stanton Nelson and Co.. Ltd. in their rubber market review dated Singapore. Dec 13. state. There is at present nothing ol interest In a market which has been uniformly idle during the week. Prices have remained almost unchanged, sellers are reserved, and buyers
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  • 60 9 ■traits SD. Nov to Rotterdam: £14 17s Id. Previously: £14 15s White Muntok. in bond: 5f 4 d Previously 5i 4 d Wfelte Muntok: Jan.-Mar. 4%d Previously: 4**d Lampong black, in bond: 3' 4 d Previously: 3' 4 d Lampon? black: Jan. -Mar. t%& Previously: _%d. TAPIOCA:
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  • 58 9 tl___^ I onclon Tin: Firm. Cash: #£22o 15s. Previously: Steady at t.219 Is Three months: £208 2s 6d Previously: £209 2s 6d New York Tin: 4962 Previously: 49.75. Settlement: £35 2s 6d Previously: £35. Yesterday: €7 Is. Previously: G7 Is 2d. Spot: 27 7 16d. Previously: 27
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  • 76 9 I London Closing Quotations Dec. 13 Method oi Parity befon Rate PreCentre Quoting 20-9-31 Yesterday viously Paris Francs to 141.21 74^ 74 716 New York S to 4.88 2 3 4.92 13 16 4.92 716 Amsterdam Guilders tc 12.91 7.27*2 7.26 3 8 Hong Kong Per dollar
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  • 220 9 Yesterday s Singapore Quotations I Dee. 13 SELLING London. 4 months' sight 24 3 32 London. 3 months' sight 24 1 16 London. 60 days' sight 2 4 1 32 London. 30 days' sight 2 4 London, demand 2 3 31'32 London. T.T. 2 3 31|32 Lyons
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  • 1152 9 Fraser and Co. s List I FRIDAY. DEC. 13, 1«»;.*» MINING Bayers Seller*. Ampat Tin (4s. 5s 6d 6s x.d. Asam Kumbang (£i ;.3s 6d :if>.s M _UL Austral Malay 59s 80s x.d Ayer Hitam Tin <ss> 14s 6d Kis 6d Ayer Weng 1.85 1.95
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  • 91 9 l>e<\ 13 Buyers Sellers Gambler 6.50 Java Cube 9.25 Hamban Cuoe 9.50 White Muni.»k Popper 17.00 Biui k. Pfpp< r 9.25 Copra. Sundricd 5.50 Conra. mixed 4.90 Small F1;'l:r Tfipioc:i 4.45 R B Btam No 1 per ku.van 99 Banja Jdptoim 10.25 Sarawak Jolotong 10.00 R. <Siam»
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  • 54 9 Dividend Of Six Per Cent. Adopted A dividend of Six per cent, was adonted at the fifteenth annual general meeting of the Overseas Assurance Corporation, Ltd.. held at China Build- ing. Singapore, yesterday, the hon. Mr S. Q Wong presiding. A full report of the proceedings is 1
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  • 96 9 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association Uvv. 13, l'» i.h k noon Ruyer?* Srllrr^ HO. IX I? SS in MMH fob. Dmnfctr) H u 16 r m Good FAQ. in cases 'FOB D'crmbrr' II 1 H I M No. IX R.SS. <.spo« IoOM'J «uw:«rd:ihl< SliiKapun*. Ul wl6 *21 11 l« No.IX.RSF
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  • 49 9 The following Is a list ol Outputs for the undermentioned Estates !«>r tin month ol November. Brunei 35.1 °7 lb.; Buklt Tlniuh 9.038 lb.; Changkat 23.576 lb Haytor 11.800 lb Indraglrl 74.470 lb.: Luna* 40.96a lb.; Nyalas 41.180 lb Tapah 64 040 lb Ulu Pandan 3.913 lb
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  • 535 10  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh DRIVING A WEDGE INTO OUTER MONGOLIA Cessation Of Fighting In East Charhar i i Shanghai, Dec. 13. pEN. HO YING CHIN, War Minister, accompanied by Gen. Chen Yi, Governor of Fukien, returned to Nanking by the Tientsin-Pukow Railway last night.
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  • 99 10 Single Chamber For The Irish Free State Dublin. Dec. 13. A motion by Mr. de Valera in the Dail to send back to the Senate the Bill for the abolition oi the Senate, which the Senate previously rejected, was carried by 76 votes to 57. Mr. de
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  • 71 10 Four Return Trips Weekly In Summer Of 1937 Washington, Dec. 13. Plans to begin a regular transAtlantic air service between Britain and the United States by the summer of 1937 are announced. They involve four return trips weekly jto be operated by Pan-American and Imperial Airways. There
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  • 34 10 Geneva, Dec. 12. Th: meeting of the expert engineers recently sent to China under the auspices of the League of Nations began j yesterday at Brussels Their report is expected earlv Reuter
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  • 180 10 Mining Royalties To Be Purchased London, Dec. 11. THE Attorney-General, Sir Thomas Inskip. announced the effect of the Government's plan for dealing with mining royalties and said the plan will entail the purchase of royalties by the State and their control thereafter by the State, involving a
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  • 79 10 Announcement Of Five Changes Nanking, Dec. 13. The changes in the new Chinese Cabinet are announced by the Central Political Council as follows: Minister for Foreign Affairs. General Chang Chun; Minister for Railways. Chang Kung Chuan. ex-Governor of the Bank of China; Minister for Industry Wu Ting Chang:
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  • 71 10 Definitely Imperilled By Foreign Subsidies Montreal, Dec. 12. The Canadian-Australasian line, in which the Canadian Pacific railway owns a half interest, will discontinue its steamship service between Australia and New Zealand unless the three Dominions concerned give more adequate support, announced Sir Edward Beatty. president of the Canadian
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  • 289 10 SECRET SIL VER PURCHASES BY U. S. A. Market Gradually Settling Down To New Conditions LONDON MONOPLY BROKEN? Washington. De< n IUR. MORGENTHAU, Secretin m the Treasury, dwttftsj that United States stopped pun. silver and asserts it bouglv every day this week In many d:: ent places, thereby contini, carry
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  • 177 10 ENTITLED TO TRADE AT LAOYAO Commons Complaint Of Discrimination London. I>et. IS. IN the House of Commons vesu relay. !vlr A C Morelm Conservative) inquired whether the Foreign Secretary had received a reonrt from Sir Alexander Cmdogmn, British Minister to China, on the discrimination against British
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  • 220 10 Last Night's Dress i Rehearsal > r Each year for the past two years, the Singapore Volunteer Corps have staged a show at Christmas This season r|they come out with Anthony Arm- strong's well-known three-act play. "Ten Minute Alibi." which ran tor 21--.wars in London. Those who
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  • 26 10 Mrb.de le M. Stowell. Superintendent of Education, Kedah. will go on leave in March and his place will be taken by Mr. E. C. Hicks. t
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  • 27 10 London. Dee l inv death is annou Q p Forster. lormerly oi Itessri Matheson and Co.. the well kn China merchants Reuter
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  • 2042 11 Next Week's Best Items Two Comedies Sarasate Recital Ice Hockey Commentary— Memories Of Kitchener London At Nigh t Cardiff's High i AOMEDY In one act by J. J. Bell, mthor of "Wee Macgreegor," is one pUyi to be broadcast today at \m. s will be called "The Pie
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  • 1046 11 Winning CONTRACT THE PSYCHOLOGY OF BRIDGE. Dai id Burnntine, Michael Gottlieb, Oswald. Jacoby and Howard Schenken. world's leading team-of-four. T^HE psychology of Bridge involves a study ot players, rather than hands, and just as hanck, may b; classified, players, too. fall naturally into 1 categories. In today's article we are
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  • 293 11 THE undcrnoKd newly added nonflction and fiction works will be ready lor issue today at 8.30 a.m. The American Experiment. M. J. Bonn; Jock Of the Islands, Illusti.;. .1 John Cromar; War Letters ci General Moi ash. Illustrated, F. M. Cutlack. Ed We Do Not Dk\ Shaw Desmond:
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  • 85 11 Services Dislocated And Ports Closed London. IM. 11. When the Channel steamer Biarritz arrived at Folkestone from Boulogne tliis afternoon she was the first passenger boat to berth since the port was closed 24 hours earlier owing to the gale which last night reached well over 60 miles
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  • 45 11 Kaunas. IRc. 1!. The chAei ot the Lithuanian frontier police. Oustav Ifrtlf t. bftl been kidnapped MM Tilsit, it is alleged, by German officials. Krai^as had been invited to attend a meetin?; on oflicial matters. Lithuania has lodged I protest Reuter Wireless
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  • 27 11 Th« Bishop 1 1 Ballstowry hoi bNO found dead in b.d. apparently laving d'cd in bis sleep. He was 72 -years- »ld Reuter Wireless
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  • 84 11 Rome. Dec. 12. A fine of 5 000.0000 lire and expulsion from Italy was imposed on two Austrian citizens accused of illicit trafliic in Ttnlhin currencv Reuter Wireless microphone and will give impn -s .ions of their activities and of life from \\u ir point of view
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    • 692 12 Hazardous Lifeboat Work By Canadians And Japanese 1 I London. WITH thei vessel cut in two and being pounded by tremendous seas in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, 16 of the crew of the Liverpool steamer Berwindlea were saved from dentil. •THE Berwindlea had a
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    • 415 12 Improvement Due To Further Economies The report of Elder Dempster Lines. Ltd.. for 1934 shows a net profit of C 95.444. Adding the amount brought in of €82.375. there is a total of £177.819. Of this, an interim dividend o: 3 per cent, less tax absorbed
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    • 245 12 Home And Foreign Orders Last Year I In the Norwegian Veritas report lor 1 1934. presented at a meeting held in Oslo, it was stated that the total shipbuilding contracts in 1934 amounted to 137 vessels aggregating 221.000 tons j gross. of which 11 were
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    • 174 12 The health bulletJ Nation.s Eastern Bur ended D.>r 7. >t.r Plague Oolomb port in tht Bu I pretence ot hum.. -k. two iat..: notified, while rt.t:. plague. Cholera bU mtta '24 cases) ind M i li in British India es» in Siam reported cholera Smallpox i a from
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    • 515 12 BOUSTEAD Co., Ltd. f Incorporated in P.M.S J IELKPHONt:: Frtight 5433 —Passage 5431. LLOYDS AGENTS. r.n.ihiM AGENTS FOR FEDERATED MALAY STATES RAILWAYS. ROYAL STATE RAILWAYS OF SIAM. CANADIAN PACIfIC WptlO>jQ^MJini (Incorporated in England) THE "EMPRESS" ROUTE offers TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES via HONOLI'LI? or direct EMPRESS to VANCOUVER—ACROSS CANADA by TRANS-CONTINENTAL TRAIN
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    • 33 12 CLEARANCES Tokus^™ p Asdun S <Siam); Tinombo. Revr >st <Dut.>: Karoa. Cameronia. Eangalore <Brit Dec i3: Am ralda- Malacca. Calchas. Flevo <Brit.>; Josefina, M.V. St. Aldegonde. Kilat. Loetoeng, Siberg (Dut.). Klyosumi Maru <Jap.).
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    • 601 12 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. Ipo: Weekdays; 7.45 a.m. and 7 p.m. Klang. Kuala Lipis, Port Swettenham, Taiping and Telok Anson: Weekdays* p.m Kota Bahru,
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    • 66 12 dies etc., despatched on Dec. 10 by air (Qantas) is expected in Singapore today; boxholders 3.30 p.m general delivery 4.05 p.m. Mails from Netherlands Indies by air (Netherlands) is expected to arrive in Singapore today; boxholders 3.30 p.m. general delivery 4 05 p.m. NETHERLANDS AIR MAIL SINGAPORE —AMSTERDAM The air
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    • 655 14 K. P. M. ROHAN— Saturday. Dec. 14. Moeara-Saba and Djambi. PATRAS Saturday. Dec. 14. Rhio (pisseimrrs and mails only). Bawoan. Padang-Bay, Boeleleng and Sourabaya. TOBOALl— Saturday, Dec. 14, Selat-Panjang, Koedap. Tampoetih, Tampat-Tinggi, Bengkalis. Senebjei and Bagan Si-Api-Api, <Telok Belitoeng will be called at on the homeward voyage). BINTOEHAN— Saturday, Dec.
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  • 720 15 Irish Turf Statistics Wonderful Season For J- T y Rogers Dublin, Nov. 22. t-vu. feature ol the season which has list concluded was tne complete by J T. Rogers, the Curragh the hve classics and every Important three-year-old contest. ich a teat has never
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  • 313 15 RESIGNATION OF M.C.C. SECRETARY London, Nov. 14. /CRICKETERS come and cricketers go, but wiun the secretary of the M.C.C. goes the world sits up and takes notice. It (i remarkable what a stir the announcement yesterday of Mr W Findlays resignation caused. The news was flashed to
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    16 15 A BLACKPOOL BACK deflects the ball into his <mn mateh To,tenham Hotflmr at Whit Hart N™*
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  • 533 15 George Cook Is Bursting For A Battle With Ambrose Palmer TO London, Nov. 14. |i ib not easy to mid an explanation tor the poorness of the boxing at Wembley last Tuesday fight The programme looked so very good on paper that one of the biggest indoor crowds of recent
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  • 120 15 The following are the teams and times for the R.A.F. vs. Sepov Lines Golf Club match tomorrow: R.AF players mentioned first. a.m. 900 Squadron Ldr. Parker 10 and FLieut. Waring 8 vs. Mr. P. D. Lawson 6 and Mr. P. H. Elkins 15. 9.10 FLieut. Stewart 13
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  • 387 15 Women In Billiards Entrance Test London, Dec. 11. O&VERAL mm walked out ot K Thurston's on Saturday night telling each other that billiards was one game in which male supremacy was secure. And they wer right. Miss Joyce Gardner, a London girl, had just bcatm Miss Margartt Lennan. a Scottish
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  • 28 15 London, Dec. I.J. The Rugby Union matches played y sterday resulted as follows: Mid-District 10 New Zealand 31 (at Aberdarei Newport 22 Cambridge Un. 9 Reuter.
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  • 535 15 DRASTIC PENALTIES SUGGESTED London. Nov. V.I. THOSE who control ice-hockey in this country are becoming worried over the way the game is now being played. Ye- tt relay .t was announced that there had been two HHptOeJ rnd following that the news reached me
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  • 325 15 Today's Home Football Fixtures Third Division (South). Luton vs. Bristol City. Northampton vs. Coventry. Third Division (North). Accrington S. vs. Wrexham. New Brighton vs. Carlisle U. Rochdale vs. Gateshead. Stockport C. vs. Mansfield T. Scottish League (Div. I.). Airdrieonians vs. Hibernian. Ayr United vs. Arbroath. Clyde vs. Queen's Park. Dunfermline
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    • 116 15 ROUND TKIP TO SHANGHAI, returning via MANILA. SAIGON AMI BANGKOK: first class fare 13.V to SAIGON and return to SINGAPORE via BANGKOK (Saigon to Bangkok overland); steamer fare Ist cl. Singapore Saigon and Bangkok Singapore $100.— SPFC 'lAL EXC IRSION FARES FROM SINC^APORE TO AFRM to SOITH AFRICA from VJKI
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  • 764 16 European Boy Takes Terrific Punishment KAWATA SOM PHONG CANNONADE A LTHOI'GH Ventura Marquez was a clear winner on points I-** over Frankie Weber in the main event at last night's boxing at the New World, the European boy deserves credit for the way
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  • 235 16 p. Joseph wins BANTAM TITLE From Our Own Correspondent. I I poh. Dec. 13. A «ood |athering was present to watch the hr^r amateur boxing tournament organised by the totfck Amateui Boxing Association. Thirty bouts were scheduled, tne preliminaries beginning at 6 p.m.. and the semi-finals
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    12 16 S.C.K.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT Semi-Final. (Lett to llfM): Chua Choon Leontc and Kamis.
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  • 301 16 European Women Beat Y. W. C. A. Hockey S. R. C II WIN THREE-NIL AGAINST CEYLONESE II Europeans .2; Y.W.C.A. .0. 1 TNDALNTEO by rain, two women hockey teams fought out a gruelling match on the S.C.C. Padang yesterday. They were the Europeans and the Y.W.C.A. Slightly superior, and in
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  • 17 16 In a hockey match at Seletar yesterday the R.A.F. beat the Y.M.C.A. by two goals to nil.
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  • 379 16 dealt severe punishment to the bodv, the effects of which were clearly visible by the time the tenth round arrived, when Som Phong seemed on the verge of collapse. It was a great flght all the way. with the Siamese deservedly gaining the decision but the Japanese was a close
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  • 25 16 IN the Qnal of the S.C.C. lawn bowls tournament yesterday G. C. Miller 21, beat P. M. Scott 20.
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  • 30 16 The following have accepted to nlav Rugby football for S.C.C. vs Wiltshire Rennie. G. E M. Jones. S. J. Elgar A D^Anderson. H. O. Riches. D. A. Johns-
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  • 936 16 Sensational Opening Of Taiping Amateur Races CORFORD 10.4 (Mr. R. Whit taker. 1 I A 0 ran Flushed 10. 12, Frivol 10.4, M.G.M. 10.3. Komolux 9.7. Hapoines^ 9 7 L'aL-paw 9.0. Dazzle rf.O Scratched: Meltcn.s Pr:<ir SUvtf JubiW r j Winner mined t>) Foxl Won by 3 4 length; length
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