The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 18 December 1935

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. NO. 14,730 ESTD. 1835. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 18, 1935. 1§ CENTS
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    "ARTICLE 16 MIGHT HAVE MEANT WAR"
    927 1 Laval Defends Paris Peace Plan ITALIAN DIFFICULTIES IN ABYSSINIA Peace Terms Not Justified By War Gains A DHERENCE to Article 16 of the eague Covenan| might have resulted in war," declared M. Laval in defending the Paris peace proposals in the French Chamber. He
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    FRANK CONVERSATION
    79 1 British Ambassador Sees Herr Hitler London, Dec. 16. With reference to Sir Eric Phipps" Herview with H?rr Hitler in Berlin on '.dzy t:ie following communique has n issued there•The Fuerer ar.d Chancellor recehed the British Ambassador in the presence of the Reich Minister for Foreign affairs. In a
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    SIAM THROWS A TIN BOMBSHELL
    187 1 Wants 25,000 Ton Quota RESTRICTION SCHEME IN THE MELTING POT pN KKSTR.CT.ON H AS BEEN **mJ2S SZSi I HOT BY THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT SIAM "rJ A BASIC QIOTA OF 25.000 TONS. London experts have received the aews philosophically, some remarking hat the principal signatories could
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    TIENTSIN BOMB EXPLOSION
    77 1 Was It Meant For Gen. Tada Shanghai, Dec. 17 A MESSAGE from Tientsin states that a bomb exploded near the residence of Gen. Tada, Japanese Commander-in-Chief in North China, a Chinese passer by beinr seriously injured. One Chinese worker was killed and two seriously injured by the
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    FOUR WORKERS SHOT DEAD
    83 1 Los Angeles, Dec. 16. Four relief workers were shot dead and four seriously wounded during a sensational shooting affray here. A relief ivorker, Charles Wayman, is alleged to have stood on a mound of earth and blazed away at other toorkers with a rifle. He then
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    Italy Admits Abyssinian Advance
    186 1 Italy Admits Abyssinian Advance Hollywood, Dec. 16. THE film actress, Thelma Todd. was found dead in a mctci cr\- parked near her residence today. Death is believed to be due to carbon monoxide poisoning. Her body was found slumped over the steering wheel. The police believe she had been cU-.ui
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    WANTED SOUVENIR
    45 1 Addis Ababa. l>r« 14. Dr. Robert Hockman. h«ad ol \hr American Red Cross in the Ok area, was Rill* d at Daßgabur whrn digging up an Italian bomb, dropped in air raid, which he thouxht was "dud" and wanted as a souvenir Reuter
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    HUGE COLD NUGGET
    20 1 Moscow. l>e<\ 17. A gold nugget weighing 464 ounces has been found in the Ural goidflelds Reuter
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      184 1 SEA VIEW HOTEL TONIGHT FRIDAY SATURDAY I SPECIAL DINNER DANCE DINNER DANCE MUSIC BY THE SELLER BAND==J ADELPHI HOTEL SSTStL. SPECIAL DINNER DANCE CHRISTMAS NEW YEAR'S EVE FESTIVITIES ADELPHI HOTEL Dinn.-i A Dance Music, rxrept on Xma* !>«> (MUMI llll ldfd by IVSouza Brothrrs- Popular Band) P XMAS F.YF, Special
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      80 2 RADIO rpODAY'S Programmes will be found on page 15 BBHHB^ Christmas Greetings ll^H in Right Spirit nlip B SCOTCH WHISKY HBiHlii^^V or bottles, including W^m^^Km^m^W handsome Attache Case free I W W Obtainable from all first class stores. Bm vßi VA SRBIB «^^^^4tßiH^?//9/^M^VVV///////^/////x///V///^VV>'v JvvQQpß Bflcyyv E&fiii BbVohWooH J^^^^H^K^ i8? Jb2i*
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      168 2 NOTICE. NOTICE. The Exchange Banks will be closed on: Wednesday. Dec. Si, Christ mas Day (Public Holiday).! Thursday. »r». Boxing Day Public Holiday). Friday. 27. HaH Raya Haji (Rank Holiday). SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY Draining Of Poole Road (From Tanjong Katong Road To Crescent Road). Owners are notified that the plan. specification,
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      427 2 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. fiCECMAM'S LUNG SYRUP j for COLDS BRONCHITIS Of all Chemists and Stores. i Sole Agents, CRAFTON LABORATORIES, 20b, Col Iyer Quay. BOARD RESIDENCK. KATONG GRANGE Excellent position or Sea front Board Residence. Mod. Sanitation j 77 Meyer Road Phone 5758 THE MANSION Oxley Rise Singapore. RESIDENTIAL HOTEL (non
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      531 2 Jfrec lPrcsd lead Office: C>cll Street. Slmapft Phone 54:i (f Maw «rtU extoasionft to all Ojopartmeato). Tri: Ifiiw^ Si»c»#ore (uaU Lumpur Office: 25. Java Street London Office: 40 4J (Vet Street Loo*** EC. 4 Phone: Central 3Ms— 3C4>9 Tel: leadraaUya*' ■■<■■_ SUBSCRIPTION RATES Suwaporx Wltlur Outsld" Without Malay. Malaya Pomajp'
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      202 2 Diary Of TheJWeek WEDNESDAY, DEC. 18. High Water 4.20 a.m. 8.1 ft.. 4.15 p.m.] 7.6 ft. Rotary Club Tiffin. Mr. G. L. Peet on, •'The Exploration of Malaya." Adelphi Hotel, at 1 p.m. Rugby: S.C.C. "B" vs. R.A.F. "B" at! sec. Hockey European Women's XI vs. Girls* Sports Club at
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      395 3 j»**^^ Selected V fti:. j:■ M MSB Di DM WV 4V W^B i^BS Hi jit? 3^- .^^^oo^o^ 97 rrnles^ B B 1 illy Illil IM W? Bf* a flfeD A 4idijM^^ ■'lI^K r<nC mOst irr P° rtont fheatrical and civic occasion in many years will be attended i! I teifigi^^j
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    TRADING IN GIRLS ALLEGED AGAINST JAVANESE
    393 4 Man Confesses To Forging 26 "Passports" TNQI'IKIKS into the arrival of six Javanese girls by the out- ward bound S.S. Ophir on Sept. 23 suggested to Detective Inspector V R. McEwan that things might not be as they should. HE easily tract d the
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    THE I.S.P.
    201 4 Expenditure Exceeds Income By Over $2,000 From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Dec. 16. The annual meeting of the Incorporated Society of Planters will be held at the headquarters in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. Jan. 25. at 10 a.m. The accounts for the year ended iSept. 30 last
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    STOLE 12 WATCHES
    138 4 Chinese To Be Sentenced On Friday A Chinese named Lim Huat pleaded guilty In the Singapore third magistrate's court yesterday to the theft of 12 pocket watches valued at $90 from Messrs. Motion Smith and Co.. watchmakers of Battery Road. Sentence was postponed until Friday. Lim Huat
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    Murder Of Revenge?
    712 4 REMARKABLE EVIDENCE IN SINGAPORE COURT EVIDENCE ol a remarkable nature 1 was given at the continued pre- liminary inquiry yesterday before the third magistrate into a charge of murder against three Chinese. It was stated by one witness, that he deceased Tan Ah Khingh. a Chinre who
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    Constable Who Deserted
    463 4 Penan*. Dec. ML Sahat Kin Abbas, until recently a traflic constable, appeared toda> before the District Judge charged with desertion from the police force. He pleaded guilty and was .sentenced to one week's rigorous imprisonment. related Mr. Maddox. "when 1 noticed in the light of our headlamps,
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      202 4 XjLN i'Xcfi)iu)iiaiiy hi^h confection, mr-clc only with finest in- yQwPiCNj^ gredients and shipped from Europt T^vQfiw^L-J in tins presrrvinp a freshness \Vggr\\g^ unimpaired by tropical conditions \^£j^^9L On sale at all Hi.; -Class Provision Stores li^^ SOLE AGENTS- EAST ASIATIC CO., ITD SINGAPORj iWraaSi^^ ALI OVER JHt WORLD V^A>%Vr\;-\ \S&^D&P%//
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      158 4 UAO I T THI MAKItS OP PAMOUS f^m FLIT ihSi^P Prevention is^%RWßPl^y Better than Cure To resist and repel colds, influ- HB W enza, bronchitis, there is nothing "^SH better than a course of Angier's Emulsion. Wi Its soothins effects and its tonic, invigorating influence upon aU the bodily functions
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    220 5 "Ven^r^^ A. W. Goodman. Conservative -eats in the division. Mr. W 8 ChwTLtaS^Slli f f fneral e Kl ti: >n The Socialists have gained two count Duncannon in Islington West S ir r t shn ton Soutn Mr. Montamie defeating VisW S Ch.s. (Socialist*; >r F o K ue Tu
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      45 5 *Q(rfu/ doeztitsfoe qo to toie Coed Jt&kaqer* PRIME BEEF CUTS Scotch Sirloin Roast and Ru m p Ste a k The World's Best Beef! Australian Rolled Boneless Sir I o i n Argentine Fillet Beef For roasting or Grilling S^> BT IBV VBI W a—B^^^Bßßlß^^^B^l^^BW^BßWßß^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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      61 6 TWENTIETH CENTURY -FOX PICTURES, PRODUCERS of "SUNNYSIDE UP/' "CAVALCADE" and other FAMOUS SCREEN TRIUMPHS NOW STAKE THEIR REPUTATION ON THIS GRAND ENTERTAINMENT! "CURLY TOP" TOPS THEM ALL! a H4R k-.. w %r« w x^ v 0^ ABM T^^- IK^^ II S I I i iBIBSP* '_t^^^k .^^^^^^^^^^^9^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^. I f JOHN
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    Coolies' Alleged Attack On Manager
    403 7 Coolies' Alleged Attack On Manager SELANGOR ESTATE AFFAIR Refusal To Obey I Orders j 'From Our Own Correspondents Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 16. J"HE hearing opened in the Rawang < police court today of the case in which I seven coolies employed on Bukit Darah Estate are charged with assembling forthe
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    NOT STRIKE OR LOCK-OUT
    145 7 STOPPAGE OF WORK IN K.L. FOUNDRIES Wages Claim By Five Hundred Men From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 17. U'ORK has been stopped at eleven Chinese foundries Kuala Lumpur, involving about 500 men, pending anp*rreement on certain matters. The parties have been negotiating with Mr.
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    MINING POOL TRAGEDY
    115 7 Chinese Drowned At From Our Own Correspondent.* Kuala Lumpur. Dec. 16. A verdict of "death by drowning VM returned today by Che Maarof. sitting as coroner In the Kuala Lumpur police court, at an inquest on a Chinamed Llm Swee Loong. whose was discovered in a mining
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    39 7 London, Dei-. 13. The author traveller, Peter Fleming. *\is married quietly at Chelsea on Wtdsday to the actress. Miss Celia Johnson. 'he heroine of the play. "The Wind and 'he Rain." which has been running lor 'wo years. Reuter
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    SUNDAY PASTIME
    70 7 Promoting Fish FightinK Contests Penang, Dec. ltt. Several bottles containing a number oi fighting fish were the principal exhibits in a cas? in which nine Malays were charged in the police court this morning with cruelty to animals by assisting in a fish-fighting contest. All the accused except
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    A COUNTRY OF CHANGES
    218 7 TAHJT PARTY FOR NEW COMMANDANT Glowing Tribute To Work Of Col. Love •From Our Own Correspondent. > I poh. Dec. 16. jIEUT. -COLONEL SAVILLE. who sue- i Mmi coeds Lieut. -Colonel Love, com- mandant of the F.M.S.V.F.. received a warm welcome from the Perak battalion len
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    THE ALHAMBRA
    180 7 Janet Gaynor In An Unfamiliar Role "The Farmer takes a wife." the Fox film starring Janet Gaynor with Henry Fonda. Jane Withers und a strong supporting cast which includes the popular Slim Summervillc was screened at the Alhambra Theatre yesterday. In the unfamiliar role of a cook on
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    POSSESSION OF PISTOL
    74 7 Nino .Months' Gaol For Chinese Tan Boon Hiun. arrested on Monday in possession of a pistol and five rounds of ammunition, did not contest the charge when he was brought up before Mr. H. A. Forrer. the Singapore criminal district Judge, yesterday. He was sentenced to nine
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    SIAMESE PRINCES IN PENANG
    84 7 Penang. Dec. 16. In connection with the death of His Royal Highness Prince Svasti, the father of the ex-Queen of Siam, it is learnt that H.R.H. Prince Devavongse and H.R.H. Prince Vissit Svasti arrived here by the International Express on Thursday evening to pay their respects:
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      215 7 L^w Notices For The Day rieiore the Chief Justice. Mr. Justice *'Beckett Terrell and Mr. Justice Gor-don-Smith in the Ist. Court at 11 a.m. Court of Criminal Appeal: Rex vs. Vincent Banka and Sim Teng Koh lor mention. Rex vs. Chia Kim. Before Mr. Justice Burton in the 2nd 'ourt
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      199 7 -fjjiit^ Al HAMRRA 3 SHOws today «i»llfllwll#llM 3,15 015_ 9 15 wSmM ait€r D Edmonds' famous novel "Rome Haul' comet k IpgMl tO the screen as a gloriously tender low ttory! j *k" GAYNOR henry FONDA W} a^P ln 2 th Centur >" Fox Fl 'l'"s* "".ost i ntlir.illiim romance
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1935. Tin Hopes and Fears
    828 8 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1935. Tin Hopes and Fears TN his speech at the half yearly meeting of the Straits Trading Co., on Monday, the chairman, the Hon. Mr. J. Bagnall, carried more conviction and certainly got more sympathy from the mining industry than on the previous
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    DAY TO DAY
    296 8 Captain R L Cuscadan. Superintendent of Customs and Excise. Ipoh. is going Home on leave early next month Mr. and Mrs J L. Woods are expected back in Malaya early in February next year. Mr H. H. Trower has been appoint d Superintendent of Customs and Excise.
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    GOVERNMENT HOUSE
    75 8 Saturday, Dec. 14. Captain R S. Benson. R.N.. Lieut. Commander B. E. Kendall. Lieut.-Com-mander H. C. R. Alexander and Miss Jessie Keith had luncheon at Government House. His Excellency and Lady Thomas dined with Lieut.-Colonel and Mrs. R H. L. Fink and afterwards attended the performance "Ten Minutes
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    as I Was Saying
    685 8 MR Ramsay MacDonald's reported disinclination to take a title might recall some other cases, of which the most amusing was that of John Bright, though Bright was .4 Terrible thinking of something lower than Threat the peerage Once when fishing in Scotland the confided in a
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    The Garden Of Portugal
    1564 8 C*VERY winter increasing numbers cl visitors go to Portugal faff periods ranging from a few weeki> |Q several months. Most ot them see little more oi the country than the Lisbon district, perhaps the least attractive part of Portugal, and only a few. a very lev.,
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      242 8 We have a limited number of empty casks for disposal at $5.00 each. Cut in halves they make excellent tubs for use in gardens. Caldbeck, Macgregor Co., Ltd., i Incorporated under the Companies' Ordinances of Hong Kong) (Incorporated in Shanghai. j Wine Merchants. 201, Cantonment Road. Tel. 5371. COX KINGS
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      33 8 GENERAL ACCIDENT FIRE V LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION LTD. (Incorporated in Great Britain) INSURE AGAINST THE EVIL EFFECTS OF MALARIA FOR PARTICULARS CALL AT BRANCH OFFICE, HONG KONG BANK CHAMBERS, OR PHONE 6480 SINGAPORE
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      LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCKS & SHARES.
      469 9 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCKS SHARES. rrom London, 6p. m Dec 17 Share of £1 denomination unless otherwise stated Prpvj Conversion Loan. 5 p.c, 1944-64 rviously Yesterday Rise or Fall Funding Loan. 4 p.c. 1960-90 I!?' 8 110 +Vs War Loan. 3» 2 p.c 4 H7»/ 2 i/ 4 Straits
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      LAST NIGHT'S QUOTATIONS
      150 9 f *-i ?u "i? 11 with the Exchange Telegraph Company, ifci" A™ n «Nwe 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 occasum on which a newspaper
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      SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES
      1182 9 Fraser and Co.'s List Pajam(|l) i.70 160 cd Parlt Perak ($1) 2JO 2.46 Perak R Valley ($1) 90 100 Punfgor ($1) ,>4 a9 Radella ($5) 400 416 Sandycroft (*2) 1.06 116 Sungei Bagan (|2> 2.25 2 W buiiKPl Kama! ($1) 1.(0 160 8. Tukang (d>
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      THE COMMODITY MARKETS.
      160 9 RUBBER: Quier h°n d i;T SP °i, H 5 16d Previously: Steady at 63 8 d f, 6sd Previously: 6 7 16d April- June: 6» 2 d. Previously: 6»,d July-Sept.: 6 9 16d Previously: G^d New York: 13 11 Previously 13 23 COPRA: Straits SD.. Nov to
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      Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association
      150 9 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association l)e<\ 17. 12 o'clock noon Buyers Sellers No I X R.S.S. in cases 'FOB December' 21 7 M 22 Good FAQ in cases 'FOB December > 21 S M 2P« No. IX R.S.S. »spot» loose) 'awardable Singapore* 21 3 4 21 7 B No.I.X.RSS December
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      CAUSING MUCH DISTRESS
      183 9 North Borneo's Inadequate Rubber Quota AT an emergency meeting of the North Borneo Chamber of Commerce last week, the chairman. Mr. F. W. Pinnock, informed the meeting that the International Rubber Regulation Committee had rejected North Borneo's application for increased basic quota, whereas that for the N.E.I,
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      Wall Street Cable
      185 9 Dec. 13. 14. 16. American Can. Com. 131 131 y 4 129 1 American Telephone and Telegraph 154 155 154 Atcheson Railroad 56 55 3 4 54 5 8 Chesapeak 50? 8 51 50^ Dupont 135i 4 136U 135i 2 Firestone 22 22% 22% General Electric 353
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      RUBBER IN U.S.A.
      60 9 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Dec. 16. The USA rubber questionnaire statistics have been received by cable as followsNov. 1935 Oct. 1935 Nov. 1934 Arrivals 28,826 34.356 36,233 Consumption 42.777 42.436 34,842 Stocks 303,162 317.849 361,236 Afloat 46.588 49.913 38.625 I Consumption of reclaimed 9.084 9.662 7.775
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      Foreign Exchange Rates.
      73 9 London Closing Quotations Dec. 17 Method of Parity before Rate PreCentro Quoting 20-9-31 Yesterday viously Paris Francs to 141.21 74*2 74'/ 2 New York to 4.88 2 3 4.92 13 16 4.92 916 Amsterdam Guilders to 12.91 7.27 7.27*/2 Hong Kon? Per dollar Is. 311 16d. Is.
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      LOCAL EXCHANGE RATES
      212 9 Dec. 17 SELLING London. 4 months' sight 2i4 332 London. 3 months' sight 2;4 116 London. 60 days' sight 2.4 1 32 London. 30 days' sight 2|4 London, demand 2|3 31J32 London. T.T. 2 3 31'32 Lyons and Paris, demand 864 Hamburg, demand 140 New York, demand
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      87 9 SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES -Dec. 17 Buyers Sellers Gambler 6.50 Java Cube 9.25 Hamburg Cube 10.00 White Muntok Pepper 17.00 Black Pepper 900 Copra. Sundried 5.55 Copra, mixed 4.95 Small Flake Tapioca 4.25 R. B. Siam No. 1 per koyan 101 Banja Jelotong 10.25 Sarawak Jelotong 10.00 R. (Siam'* W.C. No.
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      THE METAL MARKETS
      63 9 I ondon Tin: Firm. Cash: €221 10s. Previously: Firm at £221 Three month: £211 7s. 6ti Previously: €210 5s New York Tin: 4 9 87. Previously: 49.87 Copper: Settlement: €34 7s. 6d Previously: £35 17s 6d Gold: Yesterday: €7 Is. l» 2 d. Previously: £7 Is. l^d
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    Declaration Of Martial Law In Peiping
    531 10  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh STUDENTS TO FORM AN ARMED CORPS Japanese Threat To Take Direct Action Peiping, Dec. 17. FOLLOWING the mass demonstration staged by students. farmers and labourers against the formation of an autonomous government in North China, the Peiping authorities declared martial
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    INSTIGATED BY OFFICIAL ?
    83 10  - INSTIGATED BY OFFICIAL Hong: Kong, Dec. 17 INTERVIEWED yesterday in the General Hospital here, Mr. Lai Kung Tze, editor of the Kung Shang Pao. who was shot at three times by an unknown person yesterday in the busiest centre of the city, stated that the attempted murder has something to
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    STEADY BRITISH TRADE RECOVERY
    112 10 Exports For 11 Months Highest Since 1930 London, Dec. IG. The steady recovery in Britain's foreign trade is further illustrated in the trade returns for November, issued during the week-end. These show that for the first 11 months of this year exports totalled €440,858.556— €31.302.239 more
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    THE A.A.A.
    102 10 Congress Ready To Supply Substitute Washington, Dec. 16. "If Congress wanted a substitute we could move amazingly fast," said Mr. Wallace. Secretary for Agriculture, referring to the United States Supreme Court's forthcoming verdict on the validity of the Agricultural Adjustment Act. This significant sentence in his statement indicates
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    JAPAN SPRINGS NAVAL SURPRISE
    372 10 JAPAN SPRINGS NAVAL SURPRISE U. S. Complaint Of Truculence At The Conference FLAGRANT TREATY VIOLATION London, Dvc. Hi. THE Japanese delegation -;>rahr surprise at the naval coni< re»ic< uiis mirrtlng la upraring wllllm MM that tb6 common npptr linli apply to all ttfi PMW fntttl only tttrat as they had
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    WOULD BRITAIN TAKE OVER THE PHILIPPINES?
    107 10 STRANGE SUGGESTION BY U.S. SENATOR Filipinos Do Not Want Independence Seattle Dee, 1* rE Question of the future oi the Philippine Islands was ralatti OD the arrival in the United Stan oi the Government party which went to Manila for t lit inauguration ot
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    BUSINESS TAX
    50 10  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh lion? Kong. I>«h\ Ift. The Finance Department 4 Canton Ls reported to have pcopoeed to introduce a busir.oss tax tor the Pr iRTtBOI ol Kwangtuns Branch oflleet ;.ir Ihe C )lh\*t:jn of this tax arc boiivj ettaMMltd In tho main centres ol th territory
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    NAVAL CONFERENCE
    30 10 London, Dei-. 16. There will be an adjournment of the naval conference far Christmas from the mornin? of Drc 21 t.n ih«» iAmmm of Jan. 2.- British Radio
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    GANDHI ADVISED TO REST
    83 10 Wardha, Dec 17 Gandhis heart lately has caused concern His condition is not torisidered dangerous but he icas recently ordered to rest for a fortnight owing to high Hood pressure At the end of that period, 'w*> well-known doctors from Bombay examined him and stated his
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      109 10 Xr^\ \<^J DO NOT FAIL j^rf TO VISIT roTbinson^s TOY BAZAAR WHERE THERE ARE TOYS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS TO DELIGHT THE KIDDIES. FEW MORE DAYS CHOTIRMALL'S STOCK TAKING rSALE PROVES SUCH A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS THAT NEARLY ALL THE ATTRACTIVE BARGAINS HAVE BEEN TAKEN UP. THE SALE IS ABOUT TO CONCLUDE.
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      114 10 ARRANGE YOUR X'MAS EVE, BOXING DAY AND NEW TEATS EVE DINNERS AT THE CAPITOL RESTAURANT BOXING DAY, DECEMBER 26TH DDNNER DANCE $2.00 X'MAS EVE, DEC. 24ih II NEW YEAR'S EVE, DEC. 31st DINNER DANCE $2.75 DINNER DANCE $2.75 Special selected DANCE MUSIC will be played on our Eleclrical Radio-Gratnopkon-FREE DI
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    TANGLIN PREPARATORY SCHOOL PRIZE GIVING
    468 11 L Delightful Programme Presented Z» m b he t H anKlin ciub sineapore miss a l <£«» .lone M.8.E.. the pr.nc.pal. announced that the big event of the vear_,he openin, the schoo. at Cameron Highland" May. when ,t was joined by 20 ohildren had mH
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    SELANGOR IRISHMEN
    161 11 Office-Bearers For The Year Elected At the annual meeting of the St. Patrick's Society of Selangor held, recently, the following were elected officera tor the forthcoming year:President. Mr. E N. T. Cummins vice-president, Mr. E. G. Leyne: committee members. Dr. G F. West. Mr T. Malley. Mr. Gilham
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    THE ANTI-MALARIA FIGHT
    332 11 FIGHT Salt Water To Be Let Into i Fish Ponds £JR.-\STIC action to check the spread of malaria by Ludloui mosquitoes, by letting the sea water into the lou-lying areas of the Geylawg Basin and the fish ponds i" the malarial district, will be taken by the Municipality of Singapore.
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    CAPITAL REDUCED
    77 11 Cromlix Property Value Decrease I From Our Own Correspondent. I London. Dec. IG. In the Chancery Division this afternoon. J. Bennett confirmed the reduction of the capital of Cromlix Rubber from £60.000 to €30,000 by the cancellation of ten shillings of each of 1 share. Counsel for the
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    ALLEGED UNLICENSED AUTOMATIC
    90 11 The Singapore detective branch raided a house in Shaik Madrasah Lane early on Monday morning, and in a I room said to be occupied by a hawker they found a .22 automatic loaded with five rounds. Detectives later went to the Beach Road market and arrested the
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    TOYNBEE HALL
    97 11 London Dec. 16. The Golden Jubilee of Toynbe Hall 1 in Whitechapel. one of best-known social settlements in the world, was 1 by a distinr dished gathering MCr Friday night, pres'ded over by the -JArehbishcK of Canterbury, one of the i original founders. I A letter from the
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    LORRY DRIVER FINED
    80 11 (From Our Own Correspondent* Juhore Bahru. Dee. 15. Tan Kim Swee. a iorry driver was Ms morning fined 315 or I weeks rigci v.s Imprisonment by inch? Ahmad bin Perang. Third Magistrate. Johore Bahru, for rash driving. IncLe Flahi Baskh. O C P D Kulai prosecuted Dr
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    456 11 Winning CONTRACT £*\XYvj^ou^ Gx^ TOUGH LUCK? David Burnstinc, Michael Gott.ieb. O sivald Jacoby and Howard Schenken |^IKE practically all other heritages from Auction Bridge, the pre-emp-tive bid in Contract has a substantially dilTrr nt meanhiam card values ing and purpose. FOU*-acm M «ystcm JL" Auction Bridge the preMR R einpt
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    SHIRLEY TEMPLE IN "CURLY TOP"
    298 11 THE happiest picture of Shirley Temple's career, "Curly Top," comes to the Capitol Theatre today. In "Curly Top." a charming story of a little girl who captures the heart of a lonely bachelor and makes both their dreams come true, Shirley has two new songs
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    Ferozeshah To Be Commemorated At Tanglin
    470 11 Ferozeshah To Be Commemorated At Tanglin COl'R IHNDRKI) troops of the First Battalion the Wiltshire Regiment, in the presence of H.K. the Governor and the General Officer Commanding, will stage a ceremonial parade at Tanglin on Friday to commemorate the anniversary ol the Battle of Fero/e--shah. The public- ar invited
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    DEAD BABY IN DRAIN
    105 11 Investigations are being made by the Singapore police into the murder of a new-born Chinese baby girl. Early on the morning of Nov. 25 last, a Municipal Tamil drain sweeper discovered the body of the infant in a drain in South Canal Road It was wrapped
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    BRUNO HAUPTMANN
    69 12 To Go To The Chair In January Trenton, New Jersey, Dec. 13. Bruno Hauptmann has been sentenced to the electric chair i n the week beginning Jan. 13. Judge Trenchard signed the new death warrant which he Is sending to Flemington tomorrow to be signed by the county
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    BERLIN MAYOR
    61 12 Berlin, Dec. 13. Herr Sahm has resigned the Lord Mayorshlp. With the approval of Hitler a post in the Reich administration will be offered to him. State Commissar. Doctor Lippert, an ardent Nazi, will probably be appointed Lord Mayor. Reuter Wireless. Herr Sahm was recently expelled from the
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    SILVER JUBILEE STAMPS
    28 12 The public are reminded that Silver Jubilee Stamps will be finally withi drawn from sale after th£ close of j business on Dec. 31, 1935.
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    CLEARANCES
    41 12 Dec. 16: Halvdan (Nor.): Poseidon, Poelau Tello, Saparoea <Dut.); Raub, Rahman. Gemas, Hong Lam (Brit). Dec. 17: Hong Thong. Hong Kwong, Aing Leong. Malacca. Esmeralda, Anhul, Gleniffer. Kudat (Brit Op ten Noort Kulit (Dut. >; President Harrison (Am.); Mayebashi Maru (Jap.).
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    42 12 The Shipping Office and the offices of the Statistics Department will be closed on Wednesday, Dec. 25. Friday, Dec. 27 and Wednesday. Jan. 1, and will be open on Thursday. Dec. 26 for one hour only (from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.).
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    26 12 Hong Kong, Dec. 14. The China National Economic Society will hold its annual conference in Canton at the end of the month Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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    LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
    614 12 NEW SCHEME FOR THE THAMES Eliminating Tidal Flow Above Woolwich London. A DDRESSING the Junior Institution of Engineers, Mr. J. H. O. Bunge. M.I.MECH.E., gave some interesting particulars of the present position of the Thames: barrage project, and explained the many advantages to be gained by making
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    WAR RISKS INSURANCE IN NORWAY
    278 12 3,000.000 Tons Of Shipping In Mutual luh At a meeting of the mutual lub lor covering war risks m respect ol Nor wt'gian merchant ships (Den M Krmsforslkring i* »r Skib Giensidiv Forening* it was mnounced by Ihl chairman. Mr BtßTlll Ameln, U club had
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    NEW FIRE-TESTING STATION
    324 12 NE W FIRE-TESTING STATION Most Recent Practice Incorporated TIM Duke oi Kent opened on Nov. 26 a new fire and sprinkler testing station erected by the Fire Offices' Committee at Boreham Wood: Elstree. For many years the committee have had a station in Manchester, where automatic sprinklers and their accesso-
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    MERSEY SHIPYARDS
    333 12 Importance Of Admiralty Work The sequence of Admiralty work obtained by Messrs. Cammell Laird and Co.. Ltd., is continued by the order for the construction of a flotilla leader under the 1935 programme. The importance of naval contracts to the nrm is shown by the fact that this
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    NEW CABLE SHIP
    81 12 1 Six officers of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company's lost repair ship The Cable, and 62 native crew are leaving Singapore this afternoon for. Australia to catch the cable-ship Recorder which is to replace her in Singapore Meanwhile. the Great Northern i Cable Company's cable vessel Pacific.
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      491 12 BOUSTEAD Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in TMB.) H.LtPIIONE: Freight 5433 Passage 5431. LLOYDS AGENTS. BOOKINGS AGENTS FOR FEDERATED MALAY STATES RAILWAYS. ROYAL STATE RAILWAYS OF SIAM. CANADIAN PACIFIC GREATEST/ (Incorporated in England THE "EMPRESS" ROUTE offers TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES via HONOLI'LI* or direct EMPRESS to VANCOUVER— ACROSS CANADA by TRANS-CONTINENTAL TRAIN without
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      328 12 SINGAPORE HARBOUR Ships alongside the wharves or expected to arrive East Wharf (Entrance Ciate 1. Rajula 22. Main Wharf (Entrance Gate 3). Ranchi 18: Bulan It; Q rfoo 14 Gaasterkerk 12: Kudat ll Maru 9 Empire Dock (Entrance Gate 3): Kanmola 32: Stentor 14; BUvi -v 37 West Wharf (Entrance
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      434 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 ajn. 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* fpm KMa
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      737 14 K. P. M. MAKASSER— Wednesday. Dec. 18, Prigi-Radja. Sapat. Tembilahan. Poe-loe-Pallas. Pengalian-Estate and Rengat. CREMER— Wednesday, Dec. 18, Belawan-Deli and Penang THEDENS— Wednesday, Dec. 18, Muntok and Palembang. TOBA— Wednesday. Dec. 18, Toengkal. Moeara-Saba and Djambi. BOTH Thursday. Dec. 19. Cheribon <not for passengers), Semarang, Sourabaya. Boeleleng. Ampenan. Padang-Bay. Benoa
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    TONIGHTS FILM PREMIERE
    271 15 •yiiOSZ who have had the good fortune to visit Hollywood will know that a cinema premiere is one of the biggest social events In the film city. writes Mignon. The spectacle is one never to be forgotten because thousands of people pack round the entrance to the
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    BOXING BOOM CONTINUES UNABATED
    2040 15 Weekly Sports No tes Compiled By Argus Rivers To Reappear In Ring Two Japanese Newcomers Kawata 's Plucky Fight Against Siamese Is Weber Looking For Trouble New Opponent For Marquez Trophy Rugby Football r Match Inter-State Hockey OOXING Day has been appropriately selected by Promoter Seng
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    19 15 Marseilles, Dee. 17. The dock strike here has ended. The men's demands have been granted Reuter.
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      544 15 Today's Radio Programmes Singapore— ZHl ln p minor 'Mozart). Fugue in D minor .c>^:.-?. md operated by Radio Service 'Bach). Pastorale; Finale (Be- 1 Co. of Malaya Ltd> cond Symphony) (Widon 0.05 Close down. Wavelength 49.9 metres 1 ransmission I) p. in I rcorded music l«o <»» the follouing freNWS
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    P. S. & I. CONTINUE TRIUMPHAL PROGRESS IN S. C. C. RUGBY TOURNAMENT
    615 16 P. S. I. CONTINUE TRIUMPHAL PROGRESS IN S. C. C. RUGBY TOURNAMENT Etceteras Soundly Trounced GOOD COMBINATION SECURES 29 TO NIL VICTORY P.S. 1 29; Etceteras 0. /"\UTMANOEUVERING and combining: far better, the unbeaten PS and I fifteen continued their triumphal progress in the S.C.C. rugby tourney when they won
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    PERAK XV HAVE EASY WIN OVER R.A.F.
    907 16 were not added. R.A.F. 6; Perak 9. In the last five minutes there was a tense period for Perak, when the R.A.F. seemed as though they would get through on their right wing and there v/as a series of scrums about five yards
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    OXFORD BEAT CAMBRIDGE
    165 16 OXFORD BE A T CAMBRIDGE By One Point Horton Kirby (Kent), Dec. 14. TN the 51st inter-'Varsity cross- country race over 7>^ miles Oxford beat Cambridge by 27 points to 28. The Oxonian. Robertson, was first home in 41 minutes 56-2 5 seconds, a record for the course, 30-3 5
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    OXFORD LOSE
    22 16 London. Dec. 16. Playing in Scotland today Oxford University were beaten by Edinburgh Academy by 13 points to B.— Reuter.
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    24 16 AN INCIDENT in the hockey match between the 11th. A.A. Battery and the C.S.C. "A" team, which the Gunners won I—o. (Free Press photo)
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    HOW ENGLAND DEFEATED GERMAN SOCCER XI
    589 16 Three Clear Goals London, Dec. 5 HNGLAND defeated Germany at Tottenham yesterday by three clear goals, and on the run of the play the Visitors were fortunate to escape so lightly. That much was sell -evident, but I hasten to pay a tribute to
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    WOMEN'S GOLF
    54 16 The following qualified for match play in the Ladies' Annual Cup of the Gardens Golf Club. Kuala Lumpur Miss Murray. Mrs Alsop. Mrs. Farthing. Mrs. Mayo. The draw for match play resulted as follows Miss Murray v. Mrs Farthing. Mrs Alsop v. Mrs. Mayo. Match play to be
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