The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 30 December 1935

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  • 17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. NO. 14,739. KSTD. 1835. MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1935 10 CENTS.
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  • 576 1 ers To Consult Chamber On Oil Sanctions STRONG ATTACK BY M. LEON BLUM Premier Accused Of Creating Atmosphere Of War And Menace OroirfAi v Paris I)ec 28--*MCIAL figures show the motion of no confidence m >-* V Laval s Government was rejected by 296 votes
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  • 114 1 SOVIET'SNEW RAILWAY TO PACIFIC Doubling Track Of Trans-Siberian WORK PUSHED ON BY WOMEN CRIMINALS London, Dec. 28 THE Soviet is planning the construction of a giant railway system 7.500 miles long from the Black Sea to the Pacific, says a message from Moscow to the Observer. Various sections of this
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  • 49 1 Injured In Forced Landing In P Trans-Atlantic Plane London, Dec. 29. The airwoman, Miss Jean Batten, sustained slight concussion when her trans-Atlantic aeroplane, which she was flying from Southampton to Gravtsend. made a forced landing on the Sussex Downs today, struck a hedge and was damaged. Reuter
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  • 112 1 New Record Established For Note Circulation London. Dec. 28. During Christmas week the note circulation reaches the highest point m the year and for the third year m accession the returns of the Bank of England for the week before Christmas >how a new record. The note circulation
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  • 21 1 A British Radio message states that he King of the Belgians has arrived m England on a private visit.
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  • 74 1 London, Dec 28. A big programme of renewals and work supplementary to those being undertaken by the railways under the Government guaranteed loan of €26,000.000 is announced by the Great Western Railway. Renewals include 225 locomotives. 302 passenger coaches and 3.500 freight wagons. Some 400 miles
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  • 31 1 London, Dec. 25. The King's broadcast was heard clearly all over Australia and Canada, even m remote fur trading and police posts m the Dominion Arctic regions Reuter Wireless
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  • 42 1 had failed to show the "alacrity of comprehension which we were entitled to expect." M. Laval emphasised that he did not intend to blame Britain for the rejection of the proposals and he was determined to continue the work for peace.— Reuter
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  • 156 1 STRIKING STATISTICS ISSUED BY CHAMBER OF SHIPPING London, Dec. 28. THE Chamber of Shipping has issued a statement on the safety of life at sea intended to reassure those who may have been misled by several distressing losses m the last year, which claims that the
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    50 1 WHEN THE ABYSSINIAN troops under lias Nasihu evacuated Harar. the second city of Abyssinia, camels were used as ammunition transports. Troops and camels, followed by lorries, are here seen leaving the city' for the southern front to take up positions against the Italian forces under the command of Gen. Graziani.
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  • 286 1 DRIVE TO CLEAR TIGRE PROVINCE OF INVADERS Addis Ababa. Dec. 28. J)ALACE circles arc jubilant over the reported Abyssinian victories m the north, where it is stated me troops captured about a score of tanks, between 40 and 50 machine-guns and 200 prisoners Makale itself is
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  • 45 1 Cape Town. Dec 26. AN enormous fire ivhich has bee?i raging on Table Mountain since Christmas morning is still out of control and is burning m 50 spots. The damage to timber already is estimated at 1250,000.— Reuter Wireless
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  • 25 1 Budapest. Dec. 25. The death is announced of Baron Frederec Koran ji. thrice Finance Minister, and also a well-known com- Reuter Wireless
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  • 133 1 DIEHARD STUDENTS RISK DEATH Thirty Injured In Jump From Train REFUSED TO RETURN TO SHANGHAI Shanghai. Dec 28 HTHIRTY students were lnju-ed, four .seriously, when a group of diehards. refusing to return to Shanghai, jumped off the train taking them btck. after the attempt by 1.700 students to go to
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  • 32 1 Paris. Dee. ML The death is announced of M Paul Bourget. aged 83. the poet, critic and novelist and a member of the French Academy since 1894 Reuter Wireless
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 54 1 OTGndlums Scots tflhisky a MHUm O nd Friendly Spiri/ 1 r <^^P i m fl^W Kq3 vH H I C^l ur* TONICHT > COCKTAIL DANCE 630 TO 8.15 P.M. DINNER 6c DANCE (.nformal) 9.30 TO MIDNIGHT NO ADMISSION CHARGE RAFFLES CELEBRATED ORCHESTRA IT, k'.vs BOOKINGS CLOSED FOR NEW YEAR'S EVE
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    • 170 1 07° (Mum's Scots fflbisb' a M«-IU m arH f r t .-f ><ili, .Sprit SEA VIEW HOTEL TODAY 4 6 p.m. CHILDREN'S XMAS TREE PARTY MUSIC BY RELLER'S BAND ENTERTAINMENT "THE TRAINED, DANCING ZEBRA* BOOKING CLOSED THERE WILL BE NO PRESENTS FOR C lIILHREN FOR WHOM TKKKIS ARE BOt KHT
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  • 118 2 Alleged Theft Of 82,000 In Cash A youthful Chinese appeared before the Second Police Magistrate. Singapore, on Saturday on a chajge of theft of $2,000 In cash and jewellery worth $350. th<' property ol his adopted mother. It appears that the boy was given the cash and
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  • 212 2 Plan To Restore Peiping Throne Peiping; Dec. 9. t 11 learnt that following the setting- j up oi a Home Rule Council lor the Cha- liar and Hopei provinces as a result of Japanese military pressure, a deter- mined agitation has begun m North China for the restoration
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  • 22 2 The Automobile Association ot Malaya states that the Kota TinggtMersing road is flooded at the 66th Mile and is impassable to traffic.
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  • 219 2 RAISING STANDARD OF MORALS Now A Serious Science London, Dec. 20 A VIGOROUS defence of birth control was made by Lady Maureen Stanley at the fifth annual meeting of the National Birth Control Association, held at 43. Upper Grosvenor Street, the house of Lady Denman, who was m
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  • 229 2 A Film To Give You Laugh-Hysteria Team-mates m life and work. George Burns and Gracie Allen have delighted thousands of American cinema addicts with their gags. This couple came to the Alhambra yesterday In the Paramount picture 'Here Comes Cookie." irfalch proved a typical Burns and Allen
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  • 235 2 Lioness Nearly 19 Years Of Age London. Dec. 20. Lena, the Zoo's beautiful lioness, was found dead m her den yesterday. She was nearly 19 years of age longer than i a Zoo lion has lived before. The late Maharajah Jam Sahib of Nawanagar better known as Ranji
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  • 78 2 The Christmas entertainment by the Singapore Catholic Club at the Victoria Theatre and Victoria Memorial Hall will be held today. No more tickets will be issued for the children for the Theatre. Tickets for the dafice at the Memorial Hall at 9.30 p.m. may be had from the
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  • 165 2 Dollar Line Passengers Sing Carols And Dance A Christmas tree has been brought to Singapore by the American round-the-world liner President Hayes. But it is not for sale, nor is it to be given away. For this Christmas Tree helped 56 passengers to celebrate
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  • 93 2 One-Legged Man Rescues Woman Bather London, Dec. 28. A case of remarkable courage, m spite of physical incapacity, has been recognised by the trustees of the Carnegie Hero Fund, m an award to Alfred Brennan. of Thurso, a one- 1 legged man. who last September rescued I a
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 224 2 THE SINGAPORE LUGGAGE CARRIER Co. (Managers G. Waddell Co.) collects and delivers luggage within Municipal limits at the following rates TRUNKS 50 CENTS SUITCASES 25 CENTS Minimum Charge 51.50. SPECIAL RATES QUOTED FOR LARGE QUANTITIES AND FOR HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS. BAGGAGE INSURANCE ARRANGED. FORWARDING EFFECTED. TEL. ADDRESS .—"LUGGAGE" PILES CAN BE
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    • 1457 2 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. LUXURIA CREAM I 0K »isr<z Si,°'.E, "U-KS H.,,i., H^r, f ree press dogs. Reward for return of same to A feet cleans4nff crea m that seeps Head OfBc Cecil street. Slam** Room 101, Raffles Hotel. deep into the pores, loosening those ile M7l (5 lto m^^^^,^^^ m^^^^^^ mmmmmommmmmmm
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 80 2 Diary Of The Week MONDAY, DEC. 30 High Water. 2 6 a.m. 8 9 ft., 1 34 p m. 10 2 ft. Hockey: S.C.C. vs. S.V.C. at S.C.C; Chinese vs. Indian Assn. at i S.C.R.C.: Wiltshires vs. Oldj Rafflesians at Raffles Inst.; V.M.C.A. vs. R.A. (Blakan Mati» at V.M.C.A.: Police
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    • 328 2 Today's Radio Programmes ZHI Singapore Owned and operated by Radio Service Co. of Malaya Ltd.) Wavelength 49.9 metres 6 p.m. Recorded music. 644 News bulletin supplied by Straits Times. Relay of concert artistes from the new ZHI studio. Sai Mia Tng Choir: "The Cloud-capp'd. Towers.*' Mr. R. Waddell- -piano. Sarabande
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  • 263 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) A SMOKE house, believe* to conS'nt "T^ 28 Aof rubber, on Amherst Mte b! T* 10W destroyed by fl re early this morni^ TheT' COmpleteI > r brigade was quickly on Kuala L «"npur flre of
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  • 132 3 There will be no meeting of the Singapore Rotary Club today as Mr. H. W. Luce finds it impossible to reach Singapore m time. The next meeting will be held m the Roof Garden of the Adelphi Hotel at I p.m. o n Wednesday. Jan. 8. when Mr.
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  • 86 3 case m which Malcolm Habekost is charged with trespass by entering the house of his father with the intention of committing an offence, was mentioned on Saturday m the Second Police Court, Singapore. The annual general meeting of the ■Chinese Christian Association will be held tonight at 8.15 p.m. at
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  • 341 3 Dirt Of Centuries Being Removed London, Dec. 10. WINTER works of care and repair ff are proceeding on an extensive scale at Westminster Abbey. The chief task is m the south transept (Poets' Corner) where scaffolding has been erected for the cleaning of the eastern aisle
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  • 84 3 Famous Woman Novelist Due m Singapore Mrs. McGrath. better known as Rosita Forbes, the famous traveller and writer, left Amsterdam for Batavia by X.L.M. on Saturday. She intends first to visit Netherlands India and afterwards Malaya and Afghanistan. Oh her travels through Africa. Arabia and South America Mrs.
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  • 100 3 Over 150 Johore Children Entertained (From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru, Dec. 26. There was a large gathering at the Power Station, Johore Bahru, when a Christmas treat for the children of the staff of the Electrical Department was given by the Johore Bahru Electrical Department. There were
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  • 56 3 A young Chinese woman who tried to end her worries by taking a dose of disinfectant found himself charged m the Second Police Court, Singapore, on Saturday with attempted suicide. She admitted the offence and pleaded that she was worried. She was bound over m $50 to be
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  • 158 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Dec 28. OEVEN Chinese miners are dead as a result of an accident at Penawat mine m the Kinta Valley. In the early hours of this morning a party of twenty-one left the dredge on the changing of the
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    18 3 AFTER BEING DESERTED during the holidays Raffles Place presented its accustomed appearance on Saturday morning. (Free Press photo.)
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  • 236 3 West End Shopping Tragedy London Dec 10 QIXTY FIVE YEAR OLD George Cramp, unemployed engineer, of Tottenham, went on a shopping and sightseeing tour m the West End during the week-end. He strolled through a store, glancing at the Christmas wares. He
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  • 401 3 FIVE DAYS WITHOUT FOOD New York, Dec. 19. MR. CALEB MILNE aged 24, who disappeared from his room m New York last Saturday, was found today, bound and gagged, m a ditch, where he had apparently b?en left by kidnappers. Mr. Milne was lured away
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  • 80 3 From Our Own Correspondent Segamat, Dec. 27. This morning at about 8 o'clock 3 motor lorry taking 40 coolies of the North Labis Estate, to the plantation went off the road near the seventh mile, Jalan Genuang and the occupants were thrown out. They were all taken to
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  • 201 3 NINE MURDER RIDDLES THE 'YARD' HAS NOT GIVEN UP London, Dec CCOTLAND YARD is about to begin its periodical "stock- taking" of unsolved murders. These include at least four murders committed m 1935 and five which were still being investigated when the year began FHes will be carefully examined reports
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  • 72 3 Polite College Rifle Range. A miniature rifle range for use of the students is to be built In the grounds of the police college at Hendon But Not Malaya. Until Jan 4 reduced rates for Empire radio telephone calls will be m operation, and for £3 it will be possible
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  • 109 3 28 Shop Houses Burnt To The Ground (From Our Own Correspondent.) Segamat, Dec. 27. A ROW of 28 attap roofed shop houses m Sungei Char, a village about 31 miles from Segamat, has been destroyed by fire. The cause of the fire is not known. It started at the back
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  • 54 3 A collision between a motor lorr:/ and a ricksha on the afternoon o) Dec. 26 had a sequel m the Secona Police Court. Singapore, on Saturday when the lorry driver was charged with driving with inefficient brakes He pleaded guilty and was fined $20. which included a sum of $10
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 14 3 use SKETOLENE and prevent MOSQUITO BITES of all Chemists and Stores GRAFTON LABORATORIES SINGAPORE.
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  • Article, Illustration
    32 5 THE BODY OF EARL JELLKOE ly injc-in-statr m Westminster Abbey guarded by sailors from 11. M.5. Pembroke EMPEROR HAILE SELASSIE visit in c a firld hospital after thr bombard mrnt of Ucnsnt
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    49 5 i hoi ■< II THE THREAT OF DISASTER continually grows more acute, life goes on ln Haw, the chief Abyssinian town m the: south '^™**J**. ™mm^rciaT actX Market day i, the chief event among the bulk of the pop«UUon. altho«H. most of the business seems U, be tr.nswtea by women.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 65 5 J\N<> A SOVIO O^ S\XP£WCfc 9OC/C€^ f(/Ut O^ RYt OUfl AWO IWtAliy PlI/MP fc/ROS bAATtO \A/ A P/€ Wtt^N -T«t P\f W4S OPiNID -\-H£ fIIPOS BfG4W TO S\/VG (O C*/OStA^ SrCWAGt' Aft^VS W€>t f»T f^OP A/Vy K\/VG" TAe /»i>/i quality of our Imported Poultry and Game is a revelation and
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 163 5 tottts TD&tea£ .Buet&et Nlovie carne^a pictures arctb I I Bl\\ be. introduced as ev/f'dence vj|B V l m "Hole!- bill d\\)or^e cases. \B /4 /"cu/ >7os broken ouf~ be'tioeen Mussolini &rt(X H'tier about Christmas Musso Thinks Chr/stmas Trees are as? heathen /'deet and Hrffer says they are noble. fk a^g
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  • 60 6 Blonde Beauty's Love Was "Unsullied" —Says Counsel New York, Dec. 18. CLEVEN married men and one bachelor sat m judgment today on Mrs. Etta Reisman, 35-year-old wife of a wealthy store owner, accused of murdering Virginia Seigh, her husband's beautiful blonde secretary, said
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    34 6 THE "CHINA CLIPPER" taxi-ins to the Undine barge on her arrival at Manila after having completed the first trans- Pacific air mail flight. In the distance American warships can be seen m gala dress.
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  • 428 6 YARD SOUGHT MURDERER— HE WAS DEAD TOO Mystery Of Woman s Death Solved London, Dec. 15. MURDER and fclo de se (self-murder) verdicts at a Battersea inquest yesterday enabled Scotland Yard to write off as solved this baffling crime mystery These Were The Facts: Eva Porter, also known as Eva
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  • 123 6 Knocked Down By Larry On Five-Foot Way (From Our Own Correspondent Ipoh. Dec. 28. Two tragedies occurred over the holi- j days. A lorry driver riding a motor cycle swerved across the road and ran into the five foot way of a shoD where he knocked down Ng
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  • 95 6 iMr. H. E. Augustine And Miss Patricia Aeria <From Our Own Correspondent.* Ipoh, Dec. 28. The wedding took place at the Church of the Sacred Heart, Taiping. of Patricia Aeria, late of the teaching staff of the Segamat English School and Herbert Ernest Augustine, of the I teaching
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  • 45 6 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Dec. 24. An interesting function took place at the Negri Sembilan Club when the Chettiar community of Negri Sembilan entertained Dayamanti Chidambaram Chettiar of Ipoh and his wife m honour of their recent marriage. P.L.A.P.L. Palaniappa Chettiar presided
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  • 43 6 (From Our Own Correspondent) w Bangkok, Dec. 28. The British destroyers Duncan and Daring are expected at Bangkok on Jan. 16 and are leaving on 22. Various functions are being arranged. Captain Benson will stay with the BrWsh Minister.
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  • 312 6 NEWSPAPER OWNER SHOT DEAD New York, Dec. 10. MR. WALTER LIGGETT, a Minneapolis newspaper owner, last night paid with his life for an attempt to break the alleged ties between Minneapolis officials and the city's underworld. A9 he stepped from the motor-car m f which he
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  • 220 6 EARTHQUAKE THRILLS IN SINGAPORE Concrete Bu ildings Rock But No Damage Done rviSTTNCT earthquake tremors j*-' were felt m Singapore on (Saturday morning. There is no doubt as to its reality, for the Free Press has been told by > several business men m Robinson Road, working m difTeret buildings.
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  • 63 6 New York. Dec 20. RfIORE than five hundred con--1»* victs of Alabama's State prison at Montgomery are going home for Christmas unfettered and unguarded. They will be permitted to spend the holidays with their families, so long as they agree to make a "man to
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  • 133 6 Karen Music Supplied By Soldiers From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping. Dec. 28. A variety concert was staged by the Karen Officers and men of the 2nd Battalion 20th Burma Rifles at the Brick Barrack on Christmas Day. The programme opened with a song by a mass chorus of
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  • 322 6 Police Want Parents Of Abandoned Baby rpHE Singapore police are offering a reward of S5O for information concerning a husband and wife whose newly -born baby boy was found m a patch of talking border ing the Cantonese cemetery at Kampong San Teng, off Thomson Road, on the
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 46 6 Waterproof Green Canvas Tarpaulins Maker a?d repairer of rat and Bertam nSS» P f ?Ue screens Bertam pane? Wire netting fencing wool buntings and Fla« Abdul Rahman, Telephone 2454 Office 66 Robinson Road v JL 9 9 Teletraph Co.). Workshop:— 17- A Joo Chiat Plate Singapore
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    • 59 6 POINTS ABOUT 4QERFECT r ROTECTIVES BITUMASTIC The paint which keeps out all causes of Corrosion BiTUPLASTTC The new plastic water proofer which set* like rubber BITU R Q S For internal surfaces of fresh water tanks Bl T ÜBLACTC For smoke stacks and surfaces subject to high temperatures. SOLE AGENTS
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  • 263 7 STEADY EXPANSION IN EMPIRE SERVICE London, Dec. 28. A REVIEW of the year's broadcasting by the 8.8.C.. published today, des•ribes the activity m the erection of new transmitting stations and the renovation and re-equipment of studios to secure maximum efficiency, both m echnical results
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  • 262 7 LAST DINNER IN THE ADELPHI T'HE Savage Club's 78th annual dinA ncr was also its last m the historic Adam house m Adelphi-terrace. In the spring it is moving to 1, Carlton House-terrace, the home of the late Lord Curzon and the work of another; famous architect.
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  • 106 7 Woman Rescued By Two Tamils At Johore Bahru From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru. Dec. 29. A young well-dressed Tamil woman attempted to commit suicide today by jumping into the Straits of Johore from the landing stage where the Jalan Pahang ends. There was a lull tide at
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  • 96 7 Service For Churchyard Crowds London, De<\ 28. The annual celebrations of the New Year, associated with Saint Paul's Churchyard, will this year take a more organised form, as the result of a movement initiated by the Dean of St. Paul's. Dr. W. R. Matthews.
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  • 422 7 TTHE following publications were issued or received by the Department of Statistics, S.S. and F.M.S.. during the period Dec. 14 to 20. 1935. inclusive. I and are available for public use m the Reference Library, Fullerton Building. Singapore. Applications may be made I by members of the
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 294 7 I C A P I T O L 1 TONIGHT at 6.15 and 9.15 Special Return Screening by Popular Demand! EVERYBODY'S SWEETHEART" IS BACK AGAIN: COfTIT MT 1 "%7* f■ 1 TK M W^W Xl 1 hkl WITH 'wE^SH 61RYC00PER Paramount:-: Sparkling Success 1§25& AROLE^LOMBARD "M||||A| A A|l| FAD Fit
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  • 874 8 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY. DECEMBER 30, 1935 The Human Beehive IT La one of the most peculiar paradoxes of modern political administration that whilst, m theory, the only excuse for politics at all is to ensure the maximum of individual liberty m the legitimate pursuit of happiness, m practice
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  • 145 8 Capt. E. P B. Cameron. Assistant Staff Officer to Local Forces. Malaya, has been appointed to act as Staff Officer and Quartermaster, Federated Malay States Volunteer Force. The appointment of Mr. Frances John Cooksley Wilson to be a Police Probationer, Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States, has
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  • 129 8 Husband And Wife Die At Same Moment After forty- four years' devoted married life Capt. Thomas Hadley and his wife Edith died at exactly the same minute m a Lake District hotel which had been their home for two years. Captain Hadley, a retired naval officer was
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  • 601 8 To The Speaker Storm's tooting Place A New Member Of The "Blms" THE deference paid to the Speaker of lignon invited a few friend* to v the House of Commons is so pro-: an anatomical demonstration found that it has been said that he among them,
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  • 1021 8 HIS name was Chu As he camn into the courtyard of what had D<v:. an old Chinese home, still with its carv-d and painted gateways and a:: vin^ eaves, but littered now with all the flotsam and jetsam of a garage and shaded by awnings of withered
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 103 8 JOHN EXSHAW'S VERY FINE OLD LIQUEUR BRANDIES CLUB LIQUEUR OVER 40 YEARS OLD OVER 60 YEARS OLD Imported direct from Cognac by CALDBIECICS ROYAL NETHERLANDS INDIES' AIRWAYS. VISIT BANDOENG BY AIR. Bandoeng m the Preanger Mountains 2,300 feet above sea level Leaving Singapore by the Wednesday morning plane, you arrive
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    • 33 8 GENERAL ACCIDENT FIRE 6 LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION LTD. (Incorporated m Great Britain) INSURE AGAINST THE EVIL EFFECTS OF MALARIA FOR PARTICULARS CALL AT ISRANCH OFFICE, HONG KONG BANK CHAMBERS, OR PHONE 6480 SINGAPORE
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  • TRADE AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE
    • 226 9 Saturday's Singapore Quotations SELLING Dec. 28 London. 4 months' sight 2 4 332 London, 3 months' sight 214 116 London. 60 days' sigtit 24 1132 London. 30 days' sight 214 London, demand 2 3 ***** London. T.T. 23 3130 Lyons, Paris, demand 865 Hamburg, demand 140 New
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    • 97 9 I Silver Rises For First Time In Several Weeks London. Dec 27 On the Stock Exchange the holiday teeling continues restrictive but a very firm tone prevails especially m interi nationals. A brighter appearance was displaced m several industrial sections, while I coppers, diamonds and oils were also
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    • 41 9 London, Dec. 2S. The total amount applied for m tenders for £45,000.000 Treasury Bills was £61,515,000 The average raU iper cent, for bills at three months was 11s. 3.60 d. against 15s. 8 70d. a week ago. British Radio.
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    • 1306 9 "Price Stability Otherwise Impossible" TIN SHARES RISING ON THE LONDON MARKET (From The Free Press Correspondent) London, Dec. 16. I ONDON dealers m Tin, and also the consumers of the metal, are greatly disappointed because the recent drasticquota increases have failed to eliminate the
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    • 29 9 New Road for Whitehall.— The Office of Works proposes to build a private road, 80 ft. wide, from Whitehall to Victoria-embankment between Horse Guards Avenue and New Scotland Yard.
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    • 11 9 SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES Fraser and Co.'s List dsfsdfs dfdsf
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    • 70 9 Warfield Ablaze While In Bombay Dock Bombay. Dec. '28. Fire broke out today m the 6.000-ton I British India Company steamer Warfield, laden with cotton, oil cake and wheat. She was m dock and due to sail for London The entire ship was quickly ablaze. Holes were
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    • 102 9 London, Dec. 28. Both the rubber and silver markets were closed today. The silver market, of course, is closed on Saturdays until further notice. Gold £7 0s lid (£7 Is > Copra £15 10s <£15 7s. 6d Palm Oil €20 7s. 6d < £20 2s 6d Cotton 6.40
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    • 179 9 Revenue Position Considered Encouraging London. Dec Exchequer returns show that total ordinary revenue excludinj? sell-ba'anc-inK Items amounts to 423,675.470 c mpared with £404.064.177 at the corresponding date of last year Total ordinary expend! ure exclusive of *elftalancing items is £563.683 701 compared with t.' 5 19.985.085 at the
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  • 90 10 Golden Jubilee Celebrated At Bombay Bombay, Dec. 28. An immense crowd overflowed the adjoining grounds at the opening of the golden jubilee celebrations of the National Congress held m the original hall of the Sanskrit School m the presence of four ex-presidents, including the poetess Mrs. Naidu, and
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  • 44 10 There is a special return screening of "Now and Forever," a Shirley Temple film, for one night only, at the Capitol tonight. Other players m the cast are Gary Cooper, Carole Lombard and Sir Guy Standing. "Bonnie Scotland," with Laurel and Hardy, starts tomorrow.
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  • 466 10  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh TIENTSIN THREATENED Unless Independence Of East Hopei Is Recognised Shanghai, Dec. 29. 'THE Soviet Consul-General m Tientsin called at the office of Gen. Sung Che Yuan, head of the political affairs m Hopei and Charhar,
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  • 372 10 REPORTED OFFER KY HITLER Following Alleged Rejection Of British Suggestion Parts, I** 2K OITLER ollered an An«Io-Germa! p;i,-t m Ml interview with S:r Vj\. Phipps on Dec. 20 according to LOWHit, which wonders what terms Hill* r vanced. seeing he is alleged ?■> h.tv«turned down the British
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  • 145 10 Use Of Wireless By Police Extended Throughout Britain London, Dec. 2*. •yHE use of wireless by the police is extending from the Metropolitan Force to police forces throughout the country. Several regional schemes are being established. Nottingham is the centre of the Midlands regional
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  • 114 10 Governor II off man And Bruno Hauptmann Trenton (New Jersey), Dec. 28. Governor Hoffman, of New Jersey, said he believed that he was technically powerless to reprieve Bruno Hauptmann should the Court of Pardons refuse him clemency. He added that although reprieves had been granted m
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  • 126 10 Novel Experiment To Divert Flow Of Lava Hilo (Hawaii), De<\ 28. Fighting planes today bombed the volcano at Mauna Loa. One plane dropped 600 lb. of bombs on the stream of lava which advanced to within four miles of the water reservoirs. Others flew over the volcano
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  • 39 10 London* Dec. 28. Exports of motor cars and chassis m 1935 are expected to show an increase over the previous year of more than £1000 000 and to exceed the total Ul A/ IZ.UUU.UUU. British Radio
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  • 27 10 Lord Lonsdale expects to take up permanent residence next month at Stud House, Oakham m Rutland, where as Master oi the Cottesmore, he formerly hunted.
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  • 176 10 Father Nominated, Son Negotiating London. Dec. 28. •y*HE Lord President of the Council. Mr. Ramsay Mac Donald. fftftO was defeated at Seaham Harbour at the general election, has accepted nomination for the Combined Scottish Universities seat vacated by the death of Mr. Nool Skelton. It
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  • 110 10 Oohimbia University. Sew York. has announced the discovery, by Dr. Leroy Hart man, professor of dentistry at its school of dental surgery, of a substance which renders painless the dentist's drill. The drug, which has been discovered after 20 years' icscarch. is still u n named and
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  • 85 10 Rubber To Be Used Against Vibration London* Dec. 28. There are over 5.C00 men at work on the giant Cunard lin?r Queen Mary which is due to leave Oiydebank on Mar. 24. Her 200.000 horse power engines are being: put m and Mated Vibration has been reduced
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  • 117 10 Uruguay Breaks Off Relations With Soviet Monte Video, Dec. 28. Uruguay has broken off diplomatic relations with the Soviet on the ground that inquiries into revolutionary activities m Brazil revealed the existence m Uruguay of Communist headquarters for backing subversive acts. It is stated that the
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  • 81 10 Not One Suitable Says (ion. "Billy- Mitchell Ntl York. IW. Not OH* American air uouin use was suitable tor war *er* cellared Briii.ul. i. 1> Mitchell, who command M can Air Corps m Europe during th«last war. m giving evidenco btfofl tl>c Congressional Commit;* oJ r He
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    • 66 10 NEW YEAR'S EVE Dec. 31st. DINNER DANCE $2.75. Grape Fruit Au Maraschino Clear Turtle Soup Grilled Fresh Salmon and Tartare Sauce Roast Saddle of Lamb, Mint Sauce Roast Pheasant and Bacon Brussel Sprouts and Chips Iced Asparagus Tyrolienne Sauce Mince Pies Plum Pudding Brandy Sauce Glace Marquis Fancy Dessert. Cafe
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  • 540 11 FIRESTONE'S FAITH In Future Of Singapore QNCE the lair of pirates, Kalian* District is now fast being transformed into Singapore's busiest industrial suburb. Side by side with the creation of one of the worlds finest airports on a site which was once nothing more than a tidal swamp, a considerable
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  • 54 11 Removal Of Taxes Ends Trade Dispute Ottawa. Dec. 27. It is officially announced that Canada and Japan are both removing the mutually retaliatory surtaxes on g certain of each other's products from Jan. 1. thus ending the trade dispute between these two countries which l has lasted
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  • 24 11 Mr Garabed Bishirgian. the City < financier, was slightly injured during i fog when his car came m collision with l an omnibus near Leatherhead.
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  • 422 11 Winning Contract fe\X\vs^ou^ (Xxut*> David Burnstine, Michael Gottlieb, Oswald Jacoby and Howard Schenken world's leading team-of-four, and inventors of the system that has beaten every other system m existence. THERE IS A REASON FOR SIGNALS EXCEPT m the rare event that you know something about a hand! which your partner
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  • 138 11 The Elder And His Flock London, Dec. 2. Surprise has been caused m the p Edinbain district of Skye where an Elder of the Free Presbyterian Church has been asked to appear before the Session of the Church for alleged contravention of the regulations. One complaint is that:
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  • 26 11 New Thames Bridge. London County Council decided to reconstruct Wandsworth Bridge if the Transport Ministry make a grant of 60 per cent, of the £492.500 cost.
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  • 107 11 Weatherproof Torch To Be Used By Athletes Berlin. Dec. 10. German chemists have Invented a torch which cannot be put out. It has been held under a shower-bath, buried m a bucket ot sand, and finally immersed m a bath-tub, and Is. m fact, weatherproof. It will be used
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  • 178 11 Maniac Attacks Guard In Mid-Air Priiut Albert. Saskatchewan. Dec. 15. For the second time m Canada within a few months grim- faced men have struggled desperately m mid-air with a homiridal maniac *ho threatened to bring disaster to a plane m which all were travelling. The drama, enacted
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  • 31 11 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Dec. 24. The Catholic community ol Negri Sembilan held a very successful Christmas entertainment for their children at the Church of the Visitation, Seremban.
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    • 286 11 HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated m the Colony of Hong Kong) The liability of members is limited to the extent and m the manner prescribed by Ordinance No. 6 of 1929 of the Colony. HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG Authorised Capital $50,000 000 Issued and fully paid up $20,000,000 Reserve
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    • 487 11 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA (Incorporated m England by Royal Charter* Paid up capital In *****0 shares of £5 each £3.000,000 Reserve Fund £3.000.000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3.000.000 HEAD OFFICE 38. Blshopsgate. London EC 2 Agencies and Branches. Alor Star Iloilo |Bemarang Amritsar Ipoh Saigon Bangkok Karachi
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  • 100 12 following were passengers by ihe m.s. Buenos Aires Maru which left Singapore on Christmas Day for South Alrican and South American ports Miss Constance V. Banning. Mr.' and Mrs. Arthur Landau, Mr. and Mrs Motohisa Ohno. Miss Michiko Ohno' Mr. Sanju Tsuzaki, Mr. John L McSwinggen. Mr. Akira
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  • 124 12 North Atlantic Freight Dispute 1 Settled It is reported from Berlin that the negotiations between representatives of the Arnold Bernstein Shipping Co. and the Red Star Line and a joint committee of representatives of the United States Lines, Hamburg— Amerika Line and Norddeutscher Lloyd have been successful
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    39 12 THE AUSTRALIAN passenger motor liner Kanimhla. which was named by MA Jennings, wife of ono of the principals of Moll wait h McEachern Ltd.. Melbourne, owners of the ship, was recently launched from Messrs. Harland and Wolff's Yard, Belfast.
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  • 266 12 Seven More Destroyers London. Dec. 12. IT IS proposed to order a further notilla of seven destroyers later m the linaiTcial year after a supplementary estimate has been presented, said Lord Stanley. Parliamentary Secretary jto the Admiralty, replying to a gues- tion m the Commons
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  • 282 12 Prospect Of Sister To The Queen Mary London. Dec. 10. The Cunard-White Star liner Majestic (56.621 tonsK the biggest liner m the world until the Normandie was built. ;is to be withdrawn from service m February, and sold to the shipbreakers. A shipping authority told
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  • 381 12 Extension Of Far Eastern Branch The Lloyd Triestino. Italy's only ocean mail and passenger service to the Far East, is. m spite of the international situation, to be extended. First another luxury liner is to be included m the fleet visiting the Straits, when the speedy Victoria
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  • 258 12 The following were passengers by the T.S.S. Patroclus which arrived from Europe on Saturday: Mr. and Mrs. W. Woodward, Mr and Mrs. N. Coulson. Mr. and Mrs W D Reeve. Mr and Mrs. D. E. Krauss, Mr azer Mr E B s Creasy, Mr and Mrs. A. L.
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  • 125 12 New (Jerman Ship Ordered Berlin. I*-, m The Luft Han&a have ordered ship for use In mid- Atlantic Ma fuelling station for German operating the air mail Mnrftce to G America. The ship will rtl. I Westfalen and Schwa rbenlar.d > necessary. Later, it Is stated.
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  • 245 12 Over 100,000 Tons For Messrs. Harland And Wolff It is probable thai Iclfiit will .iv.i; secure the Blue Rib.md for the large* tonnage output of .shipbuilding m any year, says a Belia.s* corresponded Messrs. Harland and Wolff, it is ant! cipated. will launch it Beliast Urn year
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  • 64 12 Dec. 27: Malacca. Rusa. Ampau Rahman. Pontianak. Karapara. V Ban Hong Lionn. Helmspey «Bnt I Yasukuni Maru. Penan* Maru <J.ip Sttel Navigator "Ami; Hal U-c iNor I Kulit (Dut.t; Esmeralda (Brit >; Djir.ik Planclus. Tidore (Dut> Dec 28: Augustina. Joseflna. Tomohon. Patras. V. der Does de Bye <Du f
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  • 35 12 The s.s. Alipore has left Hong Ron* and is expected to arrive at this port at 6 a.m. on Wednesday. Jan 1. She will proceed alongside the S H H Wharf on arrival.
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  • 57 12 The following Government officer* returned from leave Miss S. F LtCM and Miss M. M. Hadley. Messrs. T a Husband. J S. de Villiers. G. L. H.im R. H. Williams. C. O. Flemmich. O Watson. J. G Harrower. Dr 8 H Swift. Dr H. B C. Wallace. Dr (Mrs) M
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    • 472 12 BOUSTEAD Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m P.M.S.) TELEPHONE: Freight 5433— Passage 5431. LLOYDS AGENTS. BOOKINGS AGENTS FOR FEDERATED MALAY STATES RAILWAYS. ROYAL STATE RAILWAYS OF SIAM. CANADIAN MCMM '.Incorporated m England) TRAVEL SYSTEM-* THE "EMPRESS" ROUTE offers TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES via HONOLULU or direct EMPRESS to VANCOUVER— ACROSS CANADA by TRANS-CONTINENTAL TRAIN
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    • 483 12 Local And Foreign Mail Dispatches 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* t p.m Kota
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    • 448 13 *J \> I jr.--1 est 1 J J 1 ty* %a^ and BRITISH INDIA P- O. S. N. COS SAILINGS, OUTWARDS Due Tonnage STpore Tonnage s> CHITRAI i-nnr, NALDERA 16.000 Mar. 13 BURDEN f"- CARTHAGE 15.000 Mar. 27 CATKAY^ ,-V™ r an J 6 BHUTAN 6.100 Apr. 9 RAWALPINDI }SJSS
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    • 501 13 McAld*)llißeG?E?i|^ ELLERMAN BUCK WALL S.S. Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m England.) "ELLERMAN LINE" FOR UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL ACCEPTING CARGO FOR CANADIAN AND AMERICAN PORTS VIA COLOMBO. Steamer Due Sai|? OF DUNDEE Havre. London. Rotterdam. Hamburg Dec. 29 Jan 1 CITY OF EASTBOURNE Havre. London. Rotterdam.
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    • 935 13 SHIPPING Th. Chin. NarSTtlS. f... Ltd fK ir"«ds? S&SE V U f Aberdeen and Commonwralth Lint INSURANCE fn^ralie^o 00 U? CW>e Jo' ViS™* M^ y M rln In RAILWAYS The Federated Malay State, Royal Stale Railway of S.a« THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE WEEKLY SERVICE TO LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT IN
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    • 689 14 K. P. M.I OPHlR— Monday. Dec. 30, Belawan-Dcll. VAN OUTHOORN— Monday, Dec 30, Muntok. Batavia and Cheribon. PALOPO— Tuesday, Dec. 31. Penang and Bagan Si-Api-Api. KAMPAR— Wednesday, Jan. 1, Bengkalis. Paneti. Berombang, TanjongMengeidar, Tanjong-Leidong and Asahan. ITHEDENS— Wednesday, Jan. 1, Muntok and Palembang. TOBA Wednesday. Jan. 1, Toengkal, Moeara-Saba and
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    • 631 14 JOINT SERVICE PRINCE LINE— SILVER LINE FOR HALIFAX, BOSTON, NEW YORK, BALTIMORE ANO PHILADELPHIA, VIA CAPE OF GOOD HOPE Due Sails Due Singapore Singapore New York. MS. MALAYAN PRINCE Dec. 31 Jan. 6 Feb. 20 MS. SILVERTEAK Jan. 13 Jan. 20 Mar. 4 MS CINGALESE PRINCE Jan. 27 Feb. 3
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    • 504 14 O. S. K. LINE Ryufuku Maru Cape Town via Mombasa, Zanzibar. Dar-es-Salaam, L. Marques, Durban East London and Port Elizabeth. London Maru Buenos Aires via L Marques, Durban. Cape Town. Kio de Janeiro, Santos and Montevideo. Jan Q 7 t Arabia Maru Santos, Buenos Aires via Colombo, Mombasa, Zanzibar, Dar
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  • 1290 15 Keutel Springs A Surprise SINGING BIRD FAVOURED FOR GOLD CUP (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Dec. 29. FINE weather, good going, a large, crowd and an excellent afternoon's sport conduced to make the first day of the Penang Turf Club Christmas
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    48 15 THE OLD PLOW INN at Specn (Bucks) was the scene of a recent mett of the Berks and Bucks Staghounds The Inn, which is near High Wycombe. is being taken over by Miss Ishbel Mac Donald. daughter of Mr Ramsay Mac Donald, the ex-Premier, m the near future
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  • 472 15 Both Sides A Man Short OXENHAM PLAYS STURDY 1 RUGGER FOR SAILORS Hermes 18; P Services "A" 0 TJ M.S. HERMES and a Public Services combination met at Rugby at Dunearn Roacf on Saturday. There vere only 14 men on each side and
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  • 106 15 Ties For This Week's Tournaments The lollowing ties will be played this week m the S.C.C. billiards championship: Thursday, Jan. 2 E. H. Coleman vs. K. C Gillett. Friday, .fan. 3 A. D. Baker vs. H. L. Marshall. Below are the ties to be played this week m
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  • 70 15 London, Dec. 28. Rugby games played today resulted as follow Birkenhead P. 47, Halifax 10. Blackheath 18. Bradford 5. Cardiff 8. Bristol 0. Gloucester 9, Devon. Services 3. Guy's 23. London Scottish 9. Leicester 0, Rosslyn Park 0. Northampton 12, United Services 7. Richmond 5, Harlequins 3. Swansea
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  • 52 15 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Dec. 28. In the Perak billiards championship Fung Yew Kin beat H. R. Gordon. 300—287 Ramly beat Zainalabidin. 300—293; Teoh beat Dr. Teh, 300—216: Weng Seong Wah beat Haji Yeopadlam 300—197; m the semi-final Fung Yew Kin beat Ramily 300—221 Seong Wah beat
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  • 33 15 The January Bogey competition of the Singapore Golf Club will be played on Saturday and Sunday Jan. 4 and 5. The Ladies' January Bogey competition will be played on Monday, Jan. 6.
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  • 107 15 COLTS LOSE TO SIKHS After Half-Time Lead (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. Dec. 2*. THE Combined Sikhs consisting of A players from Selangor and Singapore defeated the Colts at hockey by two goals to one. on the Pudti Road ground. The Colts scored first after ten minutes' play when
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  • 320 15 Uninspiring Hockey Wiltshire 2 C.S.C. 0. •THE Ceylon Sports Club, playing hockey at Tanglin on Saturday, had a strenuous time defending. The Wiltshire Regiment were too strong for them, and they played a losing game for one hour. That they did not go down with a
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  • 175 15 RAE'S FINE DROP GOAL (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh. Dec. 28. DERAK defeated Singapore n> twelve points to four m a Rugby match today. Play was marred by rain, the j ground being very slippery and it was a forwards' game throughout. Perak were very prominent
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  • 104 15 It's Simpler Than An Operation Jack Jennings, the Middlesbrou^n right back, had trouble with his knr*e. i It was even said he might have to undergo a cartilage operation. Then he fell over the hearth-rug. He has been a different man ever since He found his knee was
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  • 56 15 The following have been selected to play for the Junior Department aualnst Fort Cunning on Thursday. Jan. 2. on the Anson Road ground at 5 p.m. Crowther. Chin Chye. E C. Hope. M. T. Hope. V Armstrong. Swee Keng. J. Manasseh. K. Leembruggen. M. Armstrong. C. Reshty. J.
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  • 624 15 R.A.F. Win By Three Points MATCH CHIEFLY A DUEL BETWEEN FORWARDS RA.F. "A* 6; S.C.C. "A M tt A w FIFTEENS of the Cricket Club and the Royal Air Force met at Rugby football on the Padang on Saturday, the Airmen running out winners
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  • 98 15 Easy Victory For Nt»* Zealanricrs London. !>«•< New Zealand gained an easy wii. today over a London Counties XV at Twickenham Ol the Club matches th. surprise was the dele.it ol lilu kheatl, by Rosslyn Park London C'ties 5. Now Zealand 24 Bristol 8. Pontypool Gloucester 23. O
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  • 290 16 SEASON'S FINEST MATCH Crowd Of 60,000 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Dec. 29 A CROWD of 60,000 frenziedly cheered Sunderland whose brilliance dazzled the Arsenal defence and put it out of gear m the season's cleverest and most thrilling match. McNab created an
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  • 49 16 South Canterbury All Out For 21*9 Timarus, Dec. 28. their match against the M.C.C. South Canterbury scored 219. Allcott making 74. Read took four wickets for 44. The M.C.C. have made 278 for s;x wickets, their chief scorers being Parks '58 1. Barber <50> and Mitchell-Innes Reuter
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  • 469 16 Charlton Ath letic 's Victory Over Leicester City London, Dec. 11 M^tSfc* thc Valley FIOJd Lon *>"- The cause was Charlton Athletics victory over Leicester City. Only one goal was scored-it came from Robinson, the home ns.de r.ght, m the early stages of the second half, but the narrowness of
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  • 116 16 International Cross-Country Race The international cross-country race, at Blackpool, on Mar. 28, is to be run m four laps of two miles each and one lof a mile. Part of the course is being ploughed and water jumps will be constructed. Thus, the French team, who are regarded
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    64 16 MR. W. W. WAKEFIELD. the new M.P. for Su indon and a famous exinternational Rugby player, acted as referee, and Sir Robert Home. Chairman of the Great Western Railway, kicked off at a Rugby match between the Great Western Railway. London, and the Great Western Railway. South Wales, at Castlebar
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  • 57 16 Referee Vanishes FOUND BURIED IN SCRUM TN the Rugby game at Dunearn Road on Saturday an amusing incident was provided when the referee, Mr. T. A. Cessford. was dragged down m a scrummage and it required several seconds of whistle-blowing before the packs broke up and the referee escaped from
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  • 159 16 Railcar's 88 m.p.h. For 313 Miles Strasbourg. Dec. 18. M. Jean Bugatti. son of the motor manufacturer, yesterday drove a railcar over the 313 miles from here to Paris m 3 hr. 31 mm.—a n average speed of 88 m.p.h. This is claimed as a record average for
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  • 47 16 The following will represent V.M.C.A. vs. R.A. Blakan Mati today at Anson Road ground at 5.10 p.m. Bleha, Singh Ching, Sanderson. O'Dwyer. Lee Fang Lim <Capt), W. R. Willis, C. Reshty. Armstrong. Leembruggen. J. Ferguson and G. Day. Reserves: E. C. M. Hope and Loot Eng t>an.
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  • 231 16 Last Race For Black Swan Challenge Cup Yesterday WESTERDAY'S race for six-metre yachts was unusually inter- esting m view of the conditions under which it was sailed and the tactics employed It was the last race for the Black Swan Challenge Cup. for which Ramona had
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  • 151 16 AMAZING SOUTHALL Record That May Stand For All Time London, Dec. 15. OOUTHALL are the first amateur club m the country to reach the Third Round proper of the F.A. Cup without having been granted any period of exemption. They have played eight matches m the competition, and signalised this
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  • 373 16 In Rugby Match Between S. Johore And Gunners (From Our Owr Correspondent) Johore Bahru. D?i S. Johore II S R-A. Changi ONE of the best forward displays seen m Johore this season a today when the Royal Artillery. Changi. met South Johort and fey 11 points (a
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  • 158 16 In Johore Bahru *From Our Own Correspondent > Johore Bahru. Dec. 28. THE first ping pong tournament of ttv 1 P.W.D. Athletic Association. Johore Bahru. has ended with Ahm~.d bin A. Kadir champion and Ja'af ar bin Mohamad runner-up. The feature of the tournament was the
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  • 114 16 Men Who Are Equally Good In Any Place J'jhn Ooodall said a good loot bailer can play anywhere. Meaning. 1 suppose l:?t eleven but several positions. And there's truth m it when one remembers various players Crabtree m particular, writes Ivan Sharpe m the j Sunday Chronicle. Now
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  • 169 16 Then Jilted On Wedding Day London, Dec. 14. Damages of £275 for breach of promise were awarded to Miss Lillian Keatley. 35. of Handsworth, against! Wilfred J. Proctor, commercial tra- vellor. of Harrow Weald, at Binning- ham Sheriffs' Court yesterday. It was stated that they were engaged
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