The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 22 January 1936

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  • 17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. NO. 14,757. ESTD. 1835. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 2?. 1936 10 CENTS.
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  • 889 1 To Be Conveyed To London On Thursday PUBLIC ACTIVITIES IN BRITAIN AT STANDSTILL Court Mourning For Nine Months This man was King in England's direst need. in the black-battled years when hope was gone His Cmmrmge was a flag men rallied on,
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  • 412 1 TRIBUTES F ROM THROUGHOUT THE EMPIRE London, Jan. SI. L4PTHE Empln haa lost not only a a oreat Kins but a great gentlela the c moment of the man et on the passing of I i rge. km the best death thai could have irished lor him. is quick and
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  • 333 1 NEW KING TO BE PROCLAIMED TODAY London. Jan. 21. COWARD of Windsor i. s now King Edward VIII. Fairheaded and still almost boyish looking he immediately assumed the sovereign powers which were delegated to him and the Queen and his brojthers barely twelve hours previously by King George as the
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  • 414 1 London, Jan. 21. rpHE Royal Jeweller early this morning toured the estate at Sandringham rectifying all clock* for the first time since the time of King Ediuard VII who ordained they be kept half an hour fast.-- Reuter has befallen the Royal House and the British nation." DOORN
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  • 418 1 MESSAGES FROM EUROPE. AMERICA AND ASIA London, Jan. 21. II^EN and women in the big cities of the world, on the African veld, in the backwoods of Canada and in all outposts of Empire are filled with great sorrow at the Kind's death. Less than
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 55 1 i^^j_sr^__Hg^B_y__ffr^!. >$ KbJ K *fcial ____L__-1 _T* «T T M Mr ■-^■l*» y _BL j 1 1 1 _a i@!_r'hqKii ST j..^^ v_^^ ■__^i_ittS^^----_---__^ __^_a_____HS^^^ _H_l "y -*_B_ TONIGHT SPECIAL DINNER GRILLS SERVED ON THE LAWN Sunday Next S.S. N Viceroy of India in port. Crand Orchestral Concert by Raffles
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    • 91 1 P| ADELPHI iMpf HOTEL KAYOIRITE DOWN TOWN Molt I FACING ST. ANDREW'S \IIIH)K\I EVERY ROOM WITH BATH AND MODFRN SANITATION NEW GRILL ROOM AND e>< K I Ml EOI NGE TKA ROOM THE ROTARY CLUB (M% OF SINGAPORE MELTS TODAY AT 1 P.M. AT THE ADELPHI HOTEL SPEAKER Pl_GF___SOR ADALBERT
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  • 310 2 Chinese Acquitted TJEARING was resumed before Mr. M. H. Blacker in the third court. Singapore yesterday in the case where Lim Soon Seng stands charged with being in possession of rubber coupons not being a licensed dealer. Mr. C. G. Blakstad of the Government Monopolies giving evidence
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  • 405 2 Famous Opthalmist's Views PATHOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE RACES UTT is difficult for me to speak as a medical man because I will be blamed for unfair competition/' declared Professor Adalbert Fuchs, pre-eminent Austrian opthalmist, when he arrived for a short stay in Singapore on
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  • 209 2 Great Advantages For Civil And Military Use London, Jan. 16. Air experts consider that the system of "geodetic" construction embodied in the new Vickers-Wellesley bomber, which was on show at the Hendon display last year, may mark one of the most important recent advances in
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  • 69 2 Before Mr. Justice Whitley in the Ist Court at 11 a.m. F( mention:— L.A.l /35— Re Lots 164.2 164.3. 165 and 166.4 Mukim XXXI Changi. Before Mr. Justice a'Beckett Terrell in the 2nd Court at 11 a.m. Assizes: —No. 4— Rex. vs. Teo Cheng Yan
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  • 477 2 Statistical Position Archives TWO passengers who travelled to Java from Fremantle on the Gorgon which arrived in Singapore OH Saturday and will be back on Friday after sailing to Penang were returning from a historic mission. Memories of the days when intrepid Dutch navigators travelled in a
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  • 146 2 Congregation Of Officers At St. Peter's Church A Memorial Service for the three European officers who went down with the steamer Paringa somewhere off the Australian coast two weeks ago was held last night at St. Peter's Church in the Seamen's Institute. The service was conducted by the
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  • 155 2 Another Letter To Hong Kong From The Lost Ship Hong Kon?. Jan. 13. Another letter written from the illfated Paringa has arrived in Hong Kong, which hints at a foreboding of coming disaster. The first letter to be disclosed was from the Chief Officer. Mr. Southam; this
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  • 116 2 With Criminal Breach Of Trust Lee Ah Kiong, a good-looking, welldressed Straits- born Chinese nonya was brought before Mr. M. H. Blacker, in the third court. Singapore, yesterriav morning, and a charge of criminal breach of trust in respect of some Bandoeng bajus and sarongs valued a_ $429,
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 329 2 CLASSIFIED ADVE.v iSFMENTS. NOTICES. SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. It Is hereby notified that Dunlop Street (from Perak Road to Clive Street) will be closed to through traffic from now on until the end of February. 1936. for the purpose of constructing a sewer. BY ORDER. SINGAPORE. MUNICIPALITY. Ordinance No. 129 (Traction Engines
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    • 504 2 JUST ARRIVED I BATHING CAPS IN MOST ATTRACTIVE COLOURS AND SHAPES. Price:- $l.OO each Also Children's Sizes Price:- 75 cents each. MEDICAL HALL LIMITED. Battery Road. BOARD RESIDENCE. SEA FRONT KATONG GRANGE— 77 Meyer Rd. Large rooms lacing sea with own bath room. H and C. and mod. san Phone
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    • 544 2 j Zbc Singapore Jfrec iprcss Head Office: Cecil gtreet. HlDfaperThone 5471 (5 Unr_ rxt-nsmn* to all dc-partm+aU' Tel: Time. Sln«ap©re Kuala Lampur Office: 25. Java Street Phooc: 36H3 London Office: 4ty4j Fleet Street. Lon.oa EC. 4. Phooc: Central ItOS— 1M» Tel: "LendmnUyo" Undo*. SUBSCRIPTION RATES _toi_Hi Within Outside Without Wl
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 203 2 Diary Of The Day High Water, 8.47 a.m. 8.6 ft., 11.5 p.m. 8 ft. Sport Rugby: 3 CC. vs. Wiltshire Regiment at S.C.C Hockey: Chinese II vs. Police II at Depot: Y.M.C.A. Juniors vs. ■Young Indians at Y.M.C.A. Cinemas ALHAMBRA The Raven: Mystery thriller with Boris Karloff. and Bela Lugosi.
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  • 364 3  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh Moscow Waits Upon Nanking To Decide Future Japan Policy CHINA TO CHANGE ATTITUDE? Shanghai, Jan. 21. A SPOKESMAN of the Soviet Consulate in Shanghai declared this morning that the Soviet Government must regard the establishment of the autonomous regime in
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  • 213 3 BRITISH RED CROSS UNITS IN ABYSSINIA IT\LY INFORMED OF LOCATION Following On Recent Unfortunate Incidents London, Jan. 21. Till. British Charge d'Affaires In has intormed the Italian j- on Office that the British Red .mbulance originally intended vice on the Ogaden front has rted to Dessie. where it is ibliahed.
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  • 84 3 Senate Votes For Full Payment Washington. Jan. .1. The Senate has passed the Ex-ser-vicemen's Bonus Bill, providing tor the full payment of the bonus in cashable "b_by bonds Senator NYely's amendment calling Tor payment in new currency was relucted and the bill now returns to the House oi
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  • 45 3 New York. Jan. 20. Over one hundred deaths have beeni 1 saused by the Arctic weather all over.' the country. 58 of which occurred in motor accidents owing to the appalling) road conditions. The intense cold, snowstorms and tornadoes continue.— Reuter
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  • 153 3 London, Jan. 21. lie Japanese delegation has accept-! the invitation to leave observers at Naval Conference.- Reuter Ong Chong Keng has been aptoted a Municipal Commissioner of' I own. Penang. Wall s. overseer. P.W.D.. Sitia- j has been transferred to PangBharu, Dindings. has been received in Kuala Lumpur
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  • 387 3 ITALY BELIEVED NEAR END OF TETHER No Commission Of Enquiry For Abyssinia Geneva, Jan. 20. HPHE shadow of the King's illness darkened the course of events here. Mr. Bruce, opening the meeting of the Council, asked the Council to complete its work as quickly as possible
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  • 144 3 "Planned Long Ago" Paris, Jan. 5. The report that France is planning a j naval base at Mers-el-Keblr. near Oran, Algiers, was confirmed this morning at the Ministry of Marine. The scheme has nothing to do with the Italo-Abyssinlan war. and was I planned before it
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  • 107 3 Gdynia, (Poland). A Polish girl, who had endured six weeks cooped up in a clothes cupboard to be with a sailor she loved, has been found on board a Swedish ship visited police here. Throughout the ship's voyages, the girl could leave her cramped, dark hiding place
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  • 41 3 Paris, Jan. 20. The foreign trade report for 1935 shows an adverse balance of £73.000,000. Imports at €279,000.000 show a decrease of nearly £29,000.000 compared with 1934, while exports, valued at £206.000.000, decreased by nearly £32,000,000. Reuter Wireless
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  • 82 3 "Retention Of Revenue Cannot Be Countenanced" Shanghai, Jan. 20. The report that attempts are being made in North China to interfere with the administration of the customs and retain revenues has prompted Sir Frederick Maze, Inspector-General of Chinese Maritime Customs, to notify the Commissioners in Tientsin that
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  • 69 3 Inquest Adjourned Awaiting Important Witness Alexandria, Jan. 16. The City of Khartoum inquest was adjourned until further notice and probably will not be resumed until the arrival of Capt. Travers. who is at present piloting an air liner between India and Africa. Capt. Travers' evidence is considered
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  • 65 3 Negotiations Soon For A New Treaty Cairo, Jan. 20. Sir Miles Lampson. British High Commissioner in Egypt, has Informed the King, the Premier and the Wafd leader of Britain's reply to the United Front's recent note on the subject of an Anglo-Egyptian treaty. It is understood that
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  • 47 3 Peace Treaty Being Signed Today Buenos Aires, Jan. 21. TTHE Gran Chaco war has at last ended. Bolivia and Paraguay have agreed on the peace terms which are being initialled tonight. The formal signature of the peace treaty will probably oc- cur tomorrow.— Reuter
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  • 229 3 Aerial Activity Over Emperor's Quarters Rome, Jan. 21 T^HERE is a continuous retreat of Ras Desta's troops, who are being forced from Ganale Doria by Gen. Graziani's army, according to Gen. Badoglio, who reports Gen. Graziani's columns have occupied Filtu. 144 miles from Dolo. The
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  • 196 3 Chinese Vessels Collide Near Kiukiang Delayed one day owing to a collision With the Yung Lung recently oft Huangshihkong near Kiukiang. the Kiang Hsin. of the China Merchants' Line, arrived in Shanghai from Hankow with her guard rail damaged. The damage is not extensive, but it will take
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  • 382 3 Singapore 's Se rvice Of Remembrance For The Late King A SMALL nation wearing mourning. .;end:d the sntormal service ol remembrance |qc His late Majesty King George V at St. Andrews Cathedral, yesterday It was a simple yet touching service It opened with Mr A ThomleyJones. the organist, playing Mendelssohn's
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  • 478 3 British Estimates 35 Per Cent. Under American As a result of the failure oi private shipbuilders in the Unit.d States to submit tenders, based on the plans and specifications prepared by Messrs. Gibbs and Co.. the naval architects, for the construction of a new
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  • 78 3 CLOSING TIME EXPERIMENT IN ADELAIDE Adelaide. South Australia, is xperimenting with midnight closing of hotels with a ditl« rcnce Until recent legislation passed the closlne hour was 6pm Now a club or private ptffoa may apply for a police permit to consume liquor until midnight at a social function at
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    • 28 3 I B%_r_f% THE NEW DISINFECTANT H Y Mm I- N fl I WITH THE FRAGRANT 111 UImIIUL p ,ne odour Keeps Germs, Insects and Mosquitoes from your home.
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    • 115 3 I MMI>M MM MM>M M MMM to SAIGON and return to SINGAPORE via BANGKOK (Saigon to Bangkok* overland); steamer fare Ist cl. Singapore Saigon and Bangkok Singapore Sloo.— SINGAPORE— SAIGON— HONG KONG— BANGKOK— SINGAPORK Kt cl. round trip fare $140.00. SINGAPORE— HONG KONG— SHANGHAI— MANILA— SAIGON— BANGKOK SINGAPORE: Ist class
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  • 3961 4 GEORGE V: HIS LIFE REIGN An Influence Which Moulded The Life Of The Empire. ONE OF THE FEW REALLY GREAT KINGS OF HISTORY "Simple, Natural, Friendly, Downright Man MONARCHY WHICH STOOD WAR'S ACID TEST. PROM the very (irst days oi his reign without surcease to the day of hi* death
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 54 4 YOUR DOG MUST HAVE MEAT IN CORRECT FORM els n really fi _t^i-R____-\ w^ olesome form in fijffl&kym Mf~ r °mtj«n.aion with >EL SSWS^^ finest wheatmcals Jr ■'^*-ga---- Trade enquuiex to 1 i t ;Z ____m Pa B 0 291. ill (l i> t Vj__Si^__L. BOMBAY. e-M m. V A3
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    • 295 5 PftO j I %-s^ and !l BRITISH INDIA mh X wy x ky£ m ______M__^^^ s^mSAyA\M X ___f^m *l ALWAYS GO BY ITS MORE COMFORTABLE CHEAP RETURN TICKETS TO CHINA, JAPAN COLOMBO ANO BOMBAY. KAN From SINGAPORE Hone Ron, lst C,ass 2nd Class K„_T Rhai v 5188.57 $137.14 Robe or
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 737 6 K. P. M. MAKASSER Wednesday, Jan. 22, Poeloe-Kidjang. Sapal, Tembilahan, Poeloe-Pallas, P:ngalian-Estate and Rengat. THEDENS Wednesday. Jan. 22. Muntok and Palembang. TOBA Wednesday. Jan. 22. Toengkal. Moeara-Saba and Djambi. I VAN OlTHOORN— Wednesday. Jan. 22. Belawan-Deli. I BLINJOE Thursday. Jan. 23, Letong. Kramat. Tarempa. Midai, PoeloePandjang, Serassan, Genting and Maras.
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    • 639 6 JOINT SERVICE or PRINCE LINE— SILVER LINE FOR HALIFAX, BOSTON, NEW YORK, BALTIMORE AND PHILADELPHIA, VIA CAPE OF GOOD HOPE Due Sails Due Singapore Singapore New York. MS. CINGALESE PRINCE Jan. 27 Fcb. 3 Mar. 19 M.S JAPANESE PRINCE Feb 10 Feb 17 Apr. 2 M.S. SILVERSANDEL Feb. 24 Mar.
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    • 662 6 O. S. K. LINE Santos Maru llucnos Aires via Colombo. Durban. C »pr Town, Kio de Janeiro, Santos and Montevideo j. in _a z m India Maru (apr Town via Mombasa. Zanzibar D r i.s Salaam. Beira. L Marque*, Our:>an. Baal London and Aluoa Bay J a n _o S\
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  • 204 7 Japan To Remain As Observers London. Jan. 16. •pHE Naval conference reached its hrst agreement this afternoon when. without the Japanese, the first committee agreed to the desirability of cxehanging advanc. notifications of naval j programmes. A letter to Admiral Nagano was approved, regretting the Japanese decision
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  • 428 7 T^HE Ladies' Union clubhouse has been built with the help of donations trom those named below. The collection covers a period of three years trom March 1933 to December 1935. The committee wish to thank all the contributors and others who helped to put up
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 334 7 Cheated Brothers And Sister "GROSSLY FRAUDLLENT" "TELL the accused that he has been grossly fraudulent from the very beginning. Obviously from the very start he has tried to avoid paying his infant brothers and sister the money due to them and carrying out the directions of his dead father." said
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    • 190 7 EINSTEIN AS A I; U.S. CITIZEN nUOILSSOL- i .M« m famous scientist who wtm banished from (icrin.un on m count of his Jewish biilh. > signed a declaration oi intention to become a I nited States citizen, for win I, h< will become eligible in (n 1938. Professoi I instein
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 444 7 RADIO PROGRAMMES FOR TODAY B.B.C.—Transmission 5 Herlin— DJA, I Ml! and DJN Two of the following freguen Wavelengths 31.38 l«» 7 1 IM ,f eies will be used: GSC 31.32m.. 31.15 metres GSB 31.55 m.. GSL 4«.10m.. GSA 49.59 m. p.m. 6.20 Concert ot light m u am 7.20 News
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  • 946 8 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1936 King George V T_iE death of King George has plunged the Empire into mourning at a time when memories of his Jubilee have not yet been effaced and the contrast, if anything, heightens the poignancy of his passing. There must be few
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  • 121 8 Mr. T. Owen, of Osborne and Chappel. Ipoh. Is shortly leaving lor home on furlough. Sir Walter and Lady Huggard arc passengers for Home by the Sarpedon which leaves Singapore today. Mr. N. Fisher, manager, Harpenden Estate, Kapar, has returned from leave and assumed duties. Mr. T.
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  • 183 8 Friday, Jan. 17. Admiral Sir Frederic and Lady Dreyer. Paymaster Captain H. M. Home, R.N. and Lieut. A. H. C. Gor-don-Lennox, R.N. left Government House. The following were the guests at a dinner given by His Excellency and Lady Thomas at Government House this evening: Hon. Major R.
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  • 618 8 EXAMINATIONS seem to be oddly in the news. To the discovery that the same examiners can mark the same papers in different ways (after the lapse of an interval long enough to allow them to for-! get what their Professor original marking was) there has Into
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  • 1036 8 AS such go. Townsend was not a bad county court judge Emerging pretty quickly from an early stage-fright he had come to administer indiflercn! justice fairly promptly. A ready sympathy for the Inarticulate made for patience in the smaller cases, discerning the real grievances on the one
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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    • 60 8 A PICKPOCKET ACCUSED of stealing a gold watch defended himself by denying the charge and saying that anyhow the watch wasn't gold. There is no denying the genuineness of the protection offered to» travellers by the "GAFLAC" ALL RISKS WORLD WIDE POLICY. GENERAL ACCIDENT FIRE V LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION LTD.
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  • 762 9 Boom Of Guns Breaks Noonday Silence ALL SCHOOLS CLOSED All Singapore Communities Join In Tribute THE passing of the King was mourned in 'Singapore by the firing of minutes guns, half-masting of flags, memorial services and the closing of schools and many business houses.
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  • 106 9 jU Mr Wurtzburg formally moved the 'OHowlng resolution, members spontaneously rose to their feet: "That this Chamber place on re,rd its sense of deep and genuine •sorrow at the great loss sustained 'he British Empire through the death ol His Most Gracious Majesty nfc George V
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  • 104 9 During Supreme Court Tribute A reference to the death of His Majesty King George V was made this morning at the Assize Court. Singapore. Before the business of the court was begun, Mr. Justice a'Beckett Terrell said: Mr. Deputy, it is with the greatest regret that we all
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  • 178 9 Visiting Johore Bahru Today A visit to Johore Bahru. where, by kind permission of the Sultan of Johore. they will be shown over the Istana. to the Naval Base, to the Swimming Club and a tea party at the residence of Mr A M. AlsagofT will be included
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  • 83 9 The Singapore Anti-Opium Society have received a letter from a patient at Penang, who was cured and discharged from the clinic, asking for introduction forms for the use of friends who wish to go to the clinic for treatment. The patient has already distributed the introduction forms he
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  • 177 9 Beloved KingEmperor IV II R. R. Jumabhoy, the president of the Indian Chamber of Commerce and a leading Indian in Singapore, said yesterday, "The whole of my community is very sad at the death of such a beloved King-Emperor. He has been very much respected and loved
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  • 117 9 Sir Song Ong Siang's Message The following message has been re- I ceived by the Free Press from Sir Song Ong Siang. Straits Chinese whose deep loyalty and unflagging devotion to King George has been unbounded are grieved I at the news of His Majesty's death and
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  • 60 9 The following resolution passed by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce was yesterday forwarded to the Colonial Secretary, S.S.: The Chinese Community in Singapore most respectfully tender their deepest sympathy and sincerest condolence with H.M. the King, Queen Mary and the members of the Royal Family on
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  • 137 9 N.S. Owners Pleased By Restriction Results (From Our Own Correspondent. > Seremban, Jan. 18. A total membership of 15,422 acres is announced in the annual report of the Negri Sembilan Estate Owners' Association. Extracts from the annual report state: "The international rubber restriction scheme which was put into
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  • 119 9 TELEGRAM TO HIGH COMMISSIONER From Colonial Secretary THHE High Commissioner for the Malay States. Sir Shenton Thomas. received the following telegram from the Secretary of State for the Colonies. dated London. Jan. 21.: Places of entertainment will close today thereafter re main in et open until day of funeral when
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  • 62 9 The Members of the Orchestra and the Society's patrons are notified that, cwing to the death of His Majesty. King George V. the popular concert which was to be held on Sunday next has been postponed and will now probably take place about the end of February. A
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 113 9 Watch Your Weight On The "DETECTO" BATHROOM SCALE. ROTARY DIAL DESiGN LARGE JtpWjßili^ PLATFORM REtEB_Hii^^l_l^ GISTERS UP TO 21 STONES AVAILA IVORY AND WHITE NO BATHROOM IS COMPLETE WITHOUT ONE! PRICE $9.00 EACH. ROBINSON CO., LTD. SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR OUR PREMISES WILL BE CLOSED ALL DAY ON FRIDAY, THE 24th
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  • LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
    • 115 10 Salvage Ship Rescues Crew And 86 Passengers Niigata, Jan, 6. With the arrival of a salvage ship at 12.30 o'clock this morning, fears for the lives of 86 persons on board the s.s. Shinkyo Maru, which went aground Is a severe storm north of here a eleven
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    • 48 10 The following have booked to sail by the mis Lalandia which leav.s Singapore today: Mr. John M. Larsen. Miss Kareui Lehnert. Mrs. J. Beck, Miss M. A. Jacobs, Mrs. J. M Hubrecht-Mole-water, Mr. G. D. Treble. Mrs. P. Storr, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. W Parsons.
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    • 597 10 MP's Criticism Of Government And N.S.S. Policy IN the House of Commons, Miss E. Wilkinson (Jarrow) said areas like Jarrow had been hit by the policy of ruthless rationalisation which the Government was backing. |X)AL and shipping were suffering r* directly as the result of a tarill
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    • 593 10 Wreckage Washed Ashore After Week's Silence London, Jan. 5. ILL-FATED romance and last-minute good fortune are strangely intermingled in the tragic story of the 264--ton coastal steamer Kentbrook. which left Plymouth for Portsmouth on Friday. Dec. 27, never to return. After a week of ominous silence, with
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    • 37 10 Jan 20: Malini (Slam); Lalandia (Dan); Meerkerk, Siaoe (Dut.); Raub. Anshun. Rahman. Gemas, Ban Siong Bee, Hong Thong <Brlt>. Jan. 21: Katong. Lipis. Giang Seng. Esmeralda. Malacca < Brit >; Boelongan. Singkel. Palopo, Kampar <Dut. >; Isar (Qer).
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    • 112 10 Special Arrangements Due To Chinese New Year In view ol Chinese New Year the Johan van Olclenharnevelt will tint come alongside the Singapore Harbour Board Wharves on Friday morning as usual The vessel is due to arrive in Shiga pore on Thursday evening and will anchor In the
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    • 94 10 Tragic Tale Of Heath At Sea Moscow, Dec. 16. The strange and tragic lata Oi the death ol tour persons in an open boat in the Caspian sea is due lor open trial and investigation, it was announced today. The alleged iaets ol the case that a
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 535 10 BOUSTEAD Co., Lt*. (Incorporated in F.M.S.) TELEPHONE: Freight 5433— Passage 5431. LLOYDS AGENTS. BOOKING. AGENTS FOK FEDERATED MALAY STATES RAILWAYS. ROYAL STATE RAILWAYS OF SIAM. CANADIAN PACIHC _^_k__^_t^ __i___ iWOMD} ak-ATtn (Incorporated In England) rilAVf L SYSTEM* THI. "EMPRESS" ROUTE offers TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES via HONOLULU or direct EMPRESS to VANCOUVER—
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    • 225 10 BIBBY LINE ILONDON ADDRESS: 22, PALL MALL, LONDON. 8.W.11 of fast twin-screw Oil Driven Mall Passenger Vessels betweec RANGOON. COLOMBO. PORT SUDAN. MARSEILLES. PLYMOUTH AND LONDON with through connection from Singapore and Penang. HOMEWARD SAILINGS Leave Leave Rangoon Colombo 1936. OXFORDSHIRE Jan 30 Feb S WORCESTERSHIRE Feb 13 Feb 19
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 642 10 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 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* t p.m Kota
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    • 132 10 SINGAPORE HARBOUR SMpm alongside the wharves •r expected to arrive t m East Wharf (Entrance Gate 1): Talma 20 Main Wharf (Entrance Gate 3): Sarpedon 13; Teiresias 9. Airica M 7. i »n pi re Dock (Entrance Gate 3): Sumatra Maru 30; Komaki Maru 36 SilindoenK 38. Empire Dock (Entrance
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  • Article, Illustration
    259 11 EXTENSIVE MOVEMENTS of Askaria Italian native warriors, have been reported on several sectors of the northern front in Abvssinia. Askari warriors are here seen moving up with heavily laden mules beyond Mak ale. E WAYOR OF MM 111 IY. Alderman S Pulham, opened the new £32,808 Plnchley central tire station.
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  • 517 12 Ail-Night Dance Of Death MODERN WEAPONS USED FOR SHOOTING VICTIMS A MAN who has lived among cannibals for two years, held a temporary commission from the British and French Governments to amend their ways, and made many strange discoveries during his life among
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  • 187 12 WELCOME IN SIAM (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Jan. 18. HTHE British Naval visit is being 1 very successful. The ratings and olliccrs are being taken daily In parties to see the sights of the capital and last evening the Siamese Navy gave an official dinner in
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  • 124 12 Aerodrome Now To Be Used (Pram Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 20. It is understood that the Port I Swettenham aerodrome is to be pre pared lor use Some time ago it was condemned by the Royal Air Force, after nearlv $170,000 had been spent on it.
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  • 578 12 AT the fourteenth annual general Z* meeting Of th North Indian Hi-ldu Funeral Association held at the Bhartiye Bhavan. with Dr. K. C Ghosh in the chair, the following points were nrcsented to members in the report: "During th year 12 committee meetings and
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  • 299 12 Buying All-British Plane NOW RECOVERED FROM RECENT CRASH AT PENROSE CJ. MELROSE, the young South Australian airman who gave up his attempt on the England-Australia solo flight record last November to join in the fruitless search for Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and Captain Tom
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  • 77 12 Old A.C.S. Boy With B.A. Degree Mr. Lee Choon Eng, who for the past ten years has been teaching English literature to students of the AngloChinese secondary school in Cairnhill Road, on Monday assumed the post of headmaster of the Middle School in Canning Road, in succession to
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  • 114 12 Cheated Out-Of-Work Man KIM SWEE was entranced with the prospect of getting a job soon, for had he not given Chan Keng Chye $12.50 for the uniform, of a ticket collector in the Pavilion Theatre? Kim Bwee'a dream, was rudely shattered, however, wheu he discovered that Keng
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  • 143 12 Mr. E. Humphrey Married To Miss E. C. Lomas The marriage took place at St, Mhrys Church. Kuala Lumpur, last week of Mr. Edward Humphrey, ol Brunei, Borneo, elder son of Mrs. Bomphrey and the late Mr. A. M. Bomphrey, cf Basset, Southampton, England, and Miss Edith Clare
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  • 124 12 World'*; Finest Collection By A Woman An Australian woman's life work has created what, is claimed to be the finest collection oi shells in the world. It is called the Windsor Palace oi Shells and it contains 6.000.000 specimens ol 50.000 varieties. It has been turned over
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  • 253 12 Some Types Can Be Cured INFECTED TONSILS CAUSE SUICIDAL TENDENCIES London Jan 10 pERTAIN types of insanity can be cured and suicidal Ictnh ■ncic roi rcctcd by removing patients' infected ton. i!s. Such is the discovery made by menial tXpetU Qi tin Lunacy Board of
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  • 212 12 Acid Throwing Conviction WOMAN SENTENCED (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 20. ALLEGING that the complainant was a samseng and that he had molested her, an elderly Hokkien woman, named Yew Kai Choon appeared before Mr. Justice Pcdlow. at the Selangor Assizes today, charged with voluntarily causing grievous hurt
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  • 118 12 Arrived from N.8. 1. by K L M "Koetilang" un Jan 15: Mr Ophuizon and Mr Bosnian Lett lor .Medan. India and Europe by K.L.M. "Koctilans" on Jan 15: Mr. Bosnian. Arrived from Kuropc and India h> K L.Bf. "I'crkottoct" on Jan 17: Mr. Windsor Lewis. Mr MeKee
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  • 145 12 Minis Pluck His Hair For Their Nt'sl in defiance ol the .hunity due to a, civic lea k r, buds have gfcoleq s.»m« of the hair ol Aid' lie in OcoreC Oral ot Bunkstown. NS W and have played other pracl leal ti I on hun He up
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  • 52 12 Bert Taylor t>() and so ,nk he (Ain't walk lai but at WoolgoolKd N s.w.. he plunged Into \mM Mirfl saved ftrl from tie Andertow Tin mri screamed from 111 varoas out i "There was imly one thing tor A man lo d..-- u Iff J „;|,,r
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    • 215 12 ;lDvalnable^ttgn4yJUSHV after any serioas^^j +i'liT*l f _T illness I Angier's Emulsion is invaluable W. for building up health and strength Wit in all run-down conditions and wasting diseases or after any serious illness. x^l^Bl//, I It soothes the mucous membrane of the stomach and intestines, cornets digestive and bowel irrcgu-
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  • 180 13 Royal Family With Him At The End QUEEN'S PATIENT VIGIL T.„, London. Jan. :>O. HE km_; died at 11.55 p.m. night. The official bulletin states that death came peacefully in the presence of the ifiieen. the Prince of Wales, th° *>»*€ of York, the
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  • 87 13 Happ) Union Which Lasted So Man> Years del is inconsolable for isted so many The Qa pt. and sor- loving wife, but which was expected by a been minutely Canterbury, as .and. and the tood by the royal xpiring. thai constitu the King's death by the tary
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  • 277 13 tenants And Villagers At Sandringham ►read like wildfire through e district and crowds flocked to im Women were w eping ►are-headed witnessed at ndringham House md villagers waited to hear sad news, wires Reuter'., special correspondent c i rs bore A look as they anxiously fi m I
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  • 190 13 Recovery Hopes Which Were Not Fulfilled London, Jan. Hopes ol the King's recovery were lessened with the bulletin issued at 5.30 p.m. which created considerable alarm but a slight hope was entertained by the public that the King would ye* regain the ground lost At what was
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  • 183 13 King Faints While Attending Parish Church Althou the King's entourage maintained an optimistic exterior, inwardly they recognised there was no hope of recovery, says Reuter's special correspondent at Sandringham. Apart from the fact that the King be°n seriously weakened by his illness, after which he was fitted with
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  • 104 13 Rev. Bro. Stephen, the director of St. Patrick's School. Singapore, will be ng for Hong Kong on Jan. 27, on a insfer Alter ever 20 years service in Vlalaya. As an appreciation of the good work Ae has done, there will be an informal A l union
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  • 53 13 Moscow, Jan. 20. The Council of Commissors has adapted a decree prohibiting, from today. < the export of Soviet goods to countries 1 where currency and exchange legis- i lation. or administrative orders, do not 1 ensure for the Soviet the free use of i 'he proceeds from
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    513 13  -  MOLLIE MERRICK Hollywood In Person MYSTERIES I favoured as BY PHE mystery picture is regarded as tops in production value. Men who make motion pictures have come to realise thai the tremendous audience which ail murder mystery stories can command likes the same fodder in Its screen enter-
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  • 147 13 Win II» Resigned From The Hague Court London. Jan. 2. Dr. Wang Chun.' Hui. interviewed by Router, said the reignation ol his judgeship at the Hague Court was due to family reasons. He is returning io China in the near future but is not taking any
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    • 617 13 HONGKONG AND SHANGHA BANKING CORPORATION. I Incorporated in the Colony of Horn; Kongi The liability of members is limited to the extent and in the manner prescribed by Ordinance No. 6 ot 1929 ol the Colony head orncii HONG KONG Authorised Capital $50,000 00(J Issued and fully paid u\) $20.000
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    • 487 13 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AISTRALI A AND C HIN i 1 Incorporated ir. Emjlar.. Royal cl Paid up capital in 600 shares ol ,5 SS MMM Reserve Fund imom Reserve Liability o: Proprietor. 000.00* HEAD OfffM i •<B. Bishopsjiate LODdOfl EC I Agencies and Branches. or Star .Ip Unril ii,n,
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  • 942 14 Eastern Markets Offer Only Sparingly SYMINGTONS' RUBBER REPORT CYMINGTON and Wilson in their weekly market report dated 1^ London, Jan. 8, 1936 state: The rubber market has opened the New Year well and prices have gradually crept upwards. Business was done in ribbed smoked
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  • 192 14 LOCAL EXCHANGE RAT ES J Yesterday's Singapore Quotations Jan. 21 SELLING London. 4 months' sight 214 I'B London. 3 months' sight 2 4 3,32 London, 60 days' sight 24 I[l6 London, 30 days' sight 24 1132 London, demand 2j4 London, T.T. 2!4 Lyons and Paris, demand 866 Hamburg, demand 141j
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  • 110 14 Business Centred On Rubbers, And Oils London, -Jan. 16. The approach of the end of the account resulted In Irregularity on the Stock Exchange. Business has not been extensive and centred on oils and rubbers and a few industrial leaders. International issues were firm and mines were steady.
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  • 364 14 TO DISCUSS RIBBER QUOTA PROBLEM THE following are the minutes of the monthly committee meeting the North Borneo Chamber of Commerce held in the Sandakan Club on Thursday, Jan. 2, 1936, at 10.30 a.m. Present. The Hon. Mr. F. W. Pinnock (chairman). Mr. H.
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  • 159 14 Jan 17. 18. 20. American Can. Ccm. 131 130 130 American Telephone and Telegraph 159% 160% 160% Atcheson Railroad 69% 67% 66% Chesapeak 543/ 8 54 54 Dupont I*s 144 143 Firestone 25% 25% 25% General Electric 38 37 7 8 36% General Motors 55% 54% 54%
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  • 262 14 Dividend Of Ten Per Cent. For The Year The directors of Glenealy Plantations. Limited in their report to the shareholders da'ed Singapore. Jan. 20. state: Your directors submit their report and statement of accounts for the year ended Oct. 31, 1935. Accounts— The profit for the year amounts
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  • 196 14 Nothing To Do With Mutual Assistance Plan London, Jan. 12. It is stated in Whitehall that then is no question of policy involved in the movement of the Home Fleet. No support has been given in London to the suggestion that these movements are consequent upon recent
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  • 326 14 Statisucal Position Much Better Lewis and Peat's weekly rubbei market report, dated London. Jan. 7 states: Our last report was dated Dec. 17 since when, in spite of the holidays we have had a very steady markei and values have improved a farthing per lb. during
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  • 211 14 Completes 100th Trans-Atlantic Crossing The North German Lloyd express liner Europa recently completed her cne hundredth trans-Atlantic round, trip. Since entering service in 1930, she has travelled 750.000 miles at sea and has carried a total of more than 215,000 passengers. During the five years since her first
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  • 93 14 Jan 21 Kutfrs seller* Gambler 6 25 Hamburg Cube 1« White Muntok P« pp»-r 17' Black P( pp< r I ,0 Copra. Bnntfrtti Copra. mix* d I Small Flake Tapioca 4 25 R. B. Siam No 1 per koyan l#i Banja Jelotong Sarawak Jelotong 8 7i R.
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  • 45 14 The following Index numb* rs repr« .sentlng the estimated traffic r< ceipt Cable and Wireless Limited M relatrd to comparable ♦.raffle In the w;ir 1929 based at 100 for favour ol publico tlon:— December 1935 Average for 1934 Average for 1935 IM
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  • 1210 14 Fraser and Co» 9 s List TUESDAY, JAM ARY tL 1«36 Paj Par MINING Per Buyers Sellers Pui mpat Tin 1 4s) 5s 3d 64 Ka< sam Kumbang (fl 33s 34s Sat .ustral Malay 59s 60s Sui yer Weng ($1) 180 190 Sui Langrin Tin
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  • 1260 15  -  Argus Weekly Spo rts No tes Compiled By Pad Play Has Been Overdone Hbw Taller Wickets Were GuardedSympathy For The Bowlers Sir Julien Cahn s Promise F.M.S.-Colony Hockey Match Not Attractive Boxing Board Criticised. WITH ti;e approaching close of the, rugby football and hockey
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  • 96 15 Invitations To S. Africans And Australians It has just been announced at St. Andrews that the Championship Committer of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club has extended an invitation to the South African Golf Union to send a team of four players to visit England in the 1937
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  • 646 15 REFLECTIONS OF 1905-6 NEW ZEALAND RUGBY TOUR Man Who Scored 22 Tries And Kicked 77 Goals London, Dec. 29. BEFORE the historic match at Cardiff recedes into the realms of vivid imagination rather than of stark fact for that it will most assuredly do as the years roll on it
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  • 192 15 Inter-State Police Boxing: At Kuala Lumpur (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 19. A record crowd attended the annual Police boxing on Saturday at the KL. Police Depot, between the Singapore Police Depot and the F.M.S. Police j Depot. There were ten fights and of these Singapore
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    155 15 Photo). i Peculiar Cricket Match Recalled Sydney, N.S.W., Dec. 31. As a result of the appeal against the by Wade, captain of the South Airica team in the second Test match at Johannesburg, against Australia on 28. cricketers have unearthed a peculiar happening of 15 years ago in
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  • 154 15 London, Jan 18 Rugby games played today resulted, says Reuter. as follows: Old Paulines 6; Neath 5. Bath 14; Leicester 0. Bristol 14; Gloucester 3. Devonport 8; Aberavon 0. Plymouth 27; Exeter 6. The remaining fixtures were postponed the grounds being unfit for play owing to frost and
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  • 995 15 Exceptional Performances During Past Season London, Dec. 29. I AST week I gave a summary of home athletics, and Indian cated that there was every reason to be satisfied with the all-round standards achieved. This week I want to give a picture of athletics
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    • 63 15 rOADE *A WmmmmT AW* zsm»w After 29th February, MWk \g£&&L 1936, no further Ht^^g^^f issues of full -sized U.^^^^^^^^^7 packs of playing t jJB) FlL^ngE* Mj cards in exchange A\ for complete 1 ft' r r^^**9mUimm. sets of miniature V^JUxe :*ki J cards will be made. W&'\ L fi, J
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  • 1269 16  - BRUNDAGE PLEDGE S WINNING TEAM AVERY S. BRUNDAGE BY United States Hopes For 1936 Olympics IN this article, which has been specially written for the Singapore Free Press, the chairman of the American Olympics Committee, who has just been elected president of the Amateur Athletic Union, tells of his plans
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  • 306 16 THE following are the entries for 'he Taiping Turf Club Skye Meeting to be held on Jan. 24 and 25: Horses Class 5 RUNS Lovers Idol X X Pigeon Pie XX Hannah's Garden X X Purple Princess X X Lady Tarquin X X Lady Alouette
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  • 167 16 CEYLON ASSOCIATION'S CRICKET RECORD THE annual rrport of the Ceylon Sports Club states Your committee have the pleasure to submit to you the annual report and accounts for 1935. Mr. T. Sivagnanam resigned office on his departure to Bombay. Mr. H. de Zilva was appointed in
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  • 53 16 Paris, Jan. 20. TN a 15- round contest for the world's middle-weight championship, according to the International Boxing Union and the National Boxing Association rules, Marcel Thil beat the French Canadian, Lou Brouillard. The latter was disqualified at the beginning of the fourth round for an alleged
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  • 902 16 Singapore Turf Club Annual THE annual report of the Singapore Turf Club states The accompanying statement of accounts shows a surplus for tho year of $123,483.91 after writing off $66,476.29 for depreciation and donating $23,749.50 to charities. etc. Membership. At the close oi tin
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  • 102 16 Kinta Rifle Assn. Meeting OFFICE BEARERS ELECTED 'From Our Own Correspond Ipob J.m pAPT Or.ih.un p:.sid»d ftt meetinc ol t< Kin! fm.s. i .ii< a nocta tfloa h»brief resume oi tiir y. tir .v congratulated cveryon. on th»- m achieved. The following w office- beanr.s lor 'lie curr« ra Chairman.
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