The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 29 January 1936

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  • 17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. M>. 11,762. ESTD. 1835. WEDNESDAY. JANTARY ?9, 193ti. 10 CENTS.
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  • 561 1 I tx K !!^L Follow C °ff in On Foot Through Streets Of London I I SCENES ALONG THE I FUNERAL ROUTE 1 800 Fainting Cases At I Marble Arch I THOUSANDS SLEEP OUT I ALL NIGHT INDENTED scenes were witnessed during the
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  • 118 1 London. Jan. 28. At midnight the King arrived at Westminster Hall in *ult Guards Uniform, folk- cd by hi; brother* The four brothers proceeded to mount guard over the coffin of the King at the head of the coffin. After half an hour the Royal brothers
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    261 1 Gbc Ikino: January 2Otb, 1036. i FEW short months ago there htfQl s^> i might* shout of low "Tfw Kf&JR: by!"' AM in our hosts we thronged from W* vri wide lo show our loyalty* our love an 0 K^ VX To him who'd spent his lift' for S <■&#"*/
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  • 150 1 London. Jan. 28. rEN Westminster Hall was! closed at 4 a.m. a total of 809,182 had witnessed the lying-in-state of King George V. The admissions on Sunday totalled 251.166. making a total for the three days of 512.368. The queue at midnight on Monday
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  • 336 1 The Last Scenes At I St. George's Chapel I SIMPLE CONTRAST TO I LONDON SPLENDOUR I 1 OOKIN(; hazard and worn and with mud-stained I boots, the new Kinu struck a pathetic- note as he I followed his father's coffin to its last resting
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  • 120 1 London. Jan. 27 T fie re was a historic ioMM at Buckingham Palace this even in q Whem the King gave a (Inner to the five Kings, the French tntUn f all the other male Royal guests and heads of foreign missions- attending the funeral. The
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  • 440 1 London, Jan. 2\K THE tiemendous crowds 1 at th<j Kind's funeral resulted in 7,000 casualties, of whom 150 were sent to hospital and one died. Reuter froj r <^V in the Round Toy The procession quickly formed ana RTirted at 1.15 p.m. The King looked haggard as he
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 72 1 laßi^iilifm I TONIGHT f ft A#kl# Ml CABARET AHRACTION I COCKTAIL DANCE U|A I 630 to 8,5 pm LOUYS SILVIA niNMFD nmipc THE popular all uinntK DANCE ENGLISH comedy and tap 4.5 Informal) 9.30 to Midnight DANCING TEAM. NON DINERS $1 .OO jy'-iTiti.w ikukiary sin RAFFLES CELEBRATED ORCHESTRA. MAIAYAN KVGBT
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    • 94 1 Ik, aI H^inxni I SEA VIEV JL HOTEL I IDEAL SEASIDE RESORT I EVERY ROOM WITH PRIVATE BATH, hUNNINO HOT AND COIJJ WATER- I TENNIS GOLF SWIMMING SUNBATHINO ON»; OY SINGAPORE'S H SCENIC REAUTY BPOTS TONIGHT THURSDAY FRIDAY I SPECIAL DINNER DANCE I DINNER DANCE MUSIC BY THE I L=—
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  • 267 2 NO PARTY GETS CLEAR MAJORITY t Liberals In Favour Of A Coalition Athens, Jan. 28. 'pHE latest returns in the Greek general election indicate that out of 300 seats the Liberals will secure 135, the Tsaklaris-Condylis party 125, the Communists 14, the Republicans 8, the Metaxists 9,
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  • 69 2 Cabinet Attend Nanking Memorial Service Shanghai, Jan. 28. A most striking tribute to the esteem of the Chinese nation for King George was afforded by the largp congregations of all ranks of society at memorial servicps hold this morning all over China. Marshal Chiang Kai Shek. accom- panicd
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  • 1113 2 PATHETIC CONTRAST WITH JUBILEE DRIVES From Westminster Hall To St. George's Chapel London, Jan. 28. PEOPLE began to take up positions la Whitehall and else- where at 7 p.m. last night. The Edge\v:\re Road was a remarkable scene of activity all night long.
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  • 52 2 r T*HE B.C.C. advise that electrical recordings of a descriptive broadcast outside Westminster Hall and St. James Palace during the procession to Paddington Station, The arrival of the cortege at Windsor and the funeral service in St. George's Chapel will be broadcast today at 6.50 a.m. and
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  • 31 2 London, Jan. 28. New Zealand was the first to celebrate the two minutes' silence at 11 a.m. local time, followed by Australia, where even the trains were stopped. Reuter
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  • 72 2 To Play F. M. S. 'THE following have been selected to play for the Colony in the annual hockey match against the F.M.S. at Kuala Lumpur on Feb. 1 O. C. Aeria (S'pore.), Barth (S'porc.), H. M. de Sou. s;i (Malacca), Ross (S'pore.), Oehlers (S'pore.), Best (Penan?)
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 19 2 I SITUATION VACANT. WANTED Cook also Houseboy must have good references. Write Box 717 care of Free Press. Singapore
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    • 456 2 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. "Master Brand" BODY BELT for ABDOMINAL SUPPORT Gives support to the bark and ligaments of the abdomen. Corrects Obesity. lightweight Cellular Material Obtainable in all sixes from MEDICAL HALL LIMITED. Battery Road. BOARD RESIDENCE. SEA FRONT KATONG GRANGE— f% Meyer Rd. Large rooms lacing sea with own bath
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    • 477 2 1 TTbc Singapore free press Head OAee: (e« U Street. Bt«c»Por, Phone SI7I ,5 u^,. Koala Lumpur OBrc: 25. Java Street Phone: 2*%*, London Offlrr: Tel: "L»a4m»Uy» U n4. a SUBSCRIPTION RATE! W.trun Outside Witr»om Malaya M.t.a p Monthly iIN f4 H Quarterly I h 50 112 M Half Yearly
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 182 2 Diary Of The Day Cinemas ALHAMBRA Bhe: Adventure classic with Helen Gahagan. Randolph Scott and Helen Mack 6.15 and 9.15 p.m. CAPITOL The Three Musketeers: Adventure thriller with Walter Abel. Paul Lukas, Margot Grahame and Heather Angel. PAVILION 'Vintage Wine": With Seymour Hicks and Claire Luce Comedy. ROXY, KATONG "The
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    24 3 NEWLY-BRECTED TOWN n\M in Kornwesthein, near Stnttirt. uu.-> its cubist appearance to the fact that its Isfj-foo4 lower serves tls<» at ;i water tower.
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  • 62 3 SIR DANIEL COOPERS TRIP ..T VANTKD -o see Malaya from lr," was the way Sir Daniel per explained his night from Singapore on Sunday to cruise liner Viceroy of fourth Baronet of though his estate lies Sydney, New South most ol his time at Wiltshire. from
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  • 94 3 Standard Maintained hi ")7th Edition annual edition of nd Malayan Directory >lished and supplies the Publishers— Ltd.. 10. Collyer Quay. the leading book- rah*' maintains the 5t .nd.ird set in previous ighout the various sec:i taken to provide and up to date information. ■ion is again com- Included.
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  • 21 3 Raja Mohamed bin Raja Aman. Agricultural Officer, has ben ippointed I act as state Agricultural Officer, Selangor, with effect from 8
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  • 964 3 Allegation Against Two Chinese STORY OF LORRY DRIVER WHO WAS DECOYED INTO CAR TTOW a Chinese lorry driver was taken to Dunman Road, threatened at the point of the pistol not to disclose to the police certain information about the removal of goods and a
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  • 198 3 70-Year-Old German And A Toy Pistol The charge Of criminal intimidation which had been originally preferred against H. Hunerke the 70-year-olci Girman. was amended on the instructions oi the D.P.P. on Monday before Mr. If. H Blacker, in the Third Court, Singapore, to one of drunk and disorderly
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  • 83 3 European Couple's Narrow Escape "From Our Own Correspondent* Ipoh. Jan. 27. A low days ago the Hon. Mr. S. B Palmer and Mrs Palmer had a very narrow escape from death while returning by motor car to Bruas Estate. A big tree fell across the road,
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  • 24 3 The apnointment of Mr. Herbert Miller to be an Assistant Engineer. Malayan Public Works Service has been approved. Mr. Miller arrived on Jan. 3.
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  • 727 3 8130,000 BUILDING SCHEME FOR UNION JACK CLUB A NEW wine which will cost ap- proximatelv 5130.000 to build i and equip will be added to the Union Jack Club at Singapore, to nearly double the accommodation, owing to enormous increase in attendances by members of the Navy. Army, and Air
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  • 41 3 London. Jan. Owing to the postponement oi th.> meeting of the Football Council, dm to the death of King Qeofge, the draw for the fifth round of the English Cup has been postponed Irom IMonday until Jan. 30 Reuter
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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    • 295 3 to SAKiON arid iriurn to SIN(i.\|»()KK x i.i K\\(.K(»K Sa i««m to Itangkok overland): siranin Jarr Ist ,1 Sin^aporr Sai K on and Raiukok Singapore SlOO sixciAiMUu:— SAIGON— IONG KONG— BANGKOK— MNGAPOM k> .1 round trip larr sllll.lNl. MNOAWB MONO Kosti— sn wen \i_m ami s \h.o\- -ii \nc.kok Sl\(.
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  • 2670 4 Sensational British Discovery A Remarkable Advance Geodetic Construction British Engineer's Invention t Simple Principles Monoplane Superior Fuel Tanks In The Wings An Efficient Silence War planes tor Spain Dragon Rapid* Military Biplane Rapid Advance Of Commercial Aviation Some Significant Statistics Big Increase Passengers
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  • 147 4 UNABLE TO MOVE A LIMB. Bat Krasdm tttvc Ho New Letts Of Lit. She had v manent Invalid Th.t was it thi? woman when sru* w.m pei to try KrwdMn Salts 1 takt n on a new l»u.s»» ol Ml I r from her daughter Five terribly oi thnt Lv
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    • 30 4 '> ■■'■•'.■'.•y.''*'&SKUF. -^h >■ ''v^w^lvSvlvivi-x ::■:.■>;-.•;■ >.■;-.' jy f Hw/V.! d ',y. '^uaflHp9v .y s Mfl|Mi|Mjj|MJflj^^>^- ■>;•;■;■■''■■■ *v JACKSON CO. LTD., 55 Robinson Road, Singapore. Agents for Smith Malaya, British No th Borneo and Sarawak.
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    • 107 4 BATA SHOE CO. LTD. SINGAPORE. ;»dvt. of the Batu Shur Co. ltd jJ GLESIS; K^teSx^^V 1310 Wlth an air of irJac^ i and quality. c F I^^^3aaa^Baaaaaaaaaaaaaa^L. j. '\r P O P uTAß^R^ly^^ ALL OVER THE WORLD /J(^^-^ Fresh English Fruits, gathered and UY packed at the acme of their
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    256 5 e ?V S Nasibu commander of the Emperor's southern army, tanks captured from the Italians were tested out by Abyssinian soldiers, who are being taught to use them, at a special parade at Jijiga. Ras Nasibu (uniform) and Dedjasmatch Umdue inspecting a captured tank. KIN(; CAROL OF RUMANIA (right) with
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    • 53 5 BREADTH your child's greatest need sii|>|)!i< thai r\lra Moff|| BO rssrnlial In ijroviii^. \igonNH rhildmi. Royal Bakery Bread is inadr of thr finr-l \n-lralian and Canadian flour and English pmti undrr Kuropran k r\ i^ion. W rapprd hy inachinrry, il comrs PUSH IKOM OIK OVBNB TO \i>\ K BREAKFAST TAILS.
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  • 599 6 Failed To Send Medical Certificate /^HARGED with criminal breach oi trust. Lee Song Chua. iormerly a lawyer's clerk, failed to at-' tend court when his case was called in the first Singapore magistrate's court on Monday It was .stated that the accused had been
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  • 170 6 Tonight's Piano Recital In Memorial Hall Although it follows so close on the period of mourning for the late King there should be a large audience for tonight's recital in the Victoria Memorial Hall by the celebrated English pianist. Clifford Huntsman. The band of distinguished British pianists is
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  • 60 6 Under the auspice s of the Literary Section of the Indian Association, a lecture on 4 The Trees ol Singapore" will be given by Mr. R. E. Holttum. the Director of Botanical Gardens, at 1 Short Street. tod;\y at 6.30 p.m. Mr. A. K. Surattee will
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  • 1031 6 IMPRESSIVE SINGAPORE CHURCH PARADE Memorial Service For Late King George V. yHIRTY-NINE officers and 355 other ranks in Church Parade Order attended the Singapore Volunteer Corps Memorial Service for His late Majesty King: George V in St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday I morning. Through Beach Road, lined with hulf-masted flags, the
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 138 6 KILAT GARDENS W I m\ I smJ Jf HIGHLANDS IP SUPPLIES RECEIVED TWICE WEEKLY Catarrbal, Fermentative, Ulcerative An.^ier's Emulsion exercises sooth- W/l ing, lubricating, anti-fermentative effects throughout the entire digestive tract. N^S Will That is why it is so valuable in affections Will It of the stomach and intestines. N>>2s2?~L*'
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    • 118 6 Itch Cause Killed In 7 Minutes Tour «kin has nearly 60 million tiny •earns or poroa where tiny germs ©r parawitea can hide and cause your akin to Itch, Crack. Peel. Rurn, also Eczema, Dhoby Itch, Ringworm. Pimples, Acne. Crotch-Itch, and Singapore Foot. Don't waste time with ordinary methods. You
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    • 102 6 v v*ma(w vft v* via «>x^v^ *:j<> *^*»9' 3? TSA %&Kft^ w^^lV- r^CJGfI lltf^^^^W %v™ 1& 'v» ?Sft 4on i .vjg«CT <■:-; •"'-x-"io*x* .to 'oc^bu^M^ft*^-*'^^^^^ i^M W^ ""A 1 5r "Jl V'^^w ■i^ and out with ease Austin designers have always realis.M that to be able to sit upright in
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  • 616 7  - STUDIOS TO PROVIDE Backing For BROADWAY PLAYS MOLLIE MERRICK Hollywood In Person BY BLOOD for the New York theatre, suffering these several years from financial anemia, comes Hollywood. Warner Brothers lain they can afford to produce where the man limited to heatrical production only cannot ..llord to do so. It
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  • 181 7 ou had had years of Functional Indigestion and could find nothing to I 'ou any good, would you not think j marvellous if a few doses of the! medicine you tried completely ured your suffering? Yet this is what happened to one man ho
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  • 274 7 Why Jews Honour Memory Of King George V A large Jewish congregation filled the Chesed El Synagogue. Singapore, yesterday morning to attend the Memorial Service, every creed of Jew being represented. There were also members of His Majesty's Forces. Standing on the Almanar in the centre of
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  • 80 7 Services At Tanglin Barracks And At Changi Between 250 and 350 members of the First Battalion, the Wiltshire Regii ment attended a memorial service held I al the Garrison Chapel at 8.45 a.m. yesterday. The Rev. Gatehouse conducted the service. The battalion t observed the two minutes' silence
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  • 210 7 Services At Cathedral And Portuguese Church A short but impressive service was held last evening at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd where a catafalque, draped in black, had been erected in front of the altar, with black curtains and black cloth behind the altar. The congregation filled
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  • 69 7 Before the Acting Chief Justice in the Ist Court at 11 a.m. Div. 3/35 Charles Nell Leembrug^en vs. Olive Leembruggen and C. R. Miies and J. F. MacDonald Co- Respondents Before Mr. Justice a'Beckett Terrell in the 2nd Court at 11 a.m. Assizes: No. 2—
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  • 460 7  - Winning CONTRACT UNKNOWN S>*\ David Burnstine, Michael Gottlieb, Oswald Jaevby and Howard Schenken, world's leading team -of -four and inventors of the system that has beaten every other system in existence. WELL PLAYED ACE 3 KING. .2 QUEEN.l JAC K JCVERY master Bridge player has his own special technique in
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 210 7 EIGHTH DAY! Continued Success! 1 ALH AMBRA 3 SHOWS AT 3.15 6.15 9.15 H. RIDER HAGGARD'S Bewildering Adventure Classic! "SHE" KKO Kadit) hit fabulously pi"i!uif(i with a cast of 5.000 by MrKIAN COOPER NEXT CHANGE Howling St. Patrick if it ain't thim tu<> drvils again JAMES PAT CAGNEY O'BRIEN in
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    • 80 7 VICTORIA MEMORIAL HALL. A PIANOFORTE RECITAL rwill be given by Clifford Huntsman, the celebrated English pianist TONIGHT at 9.30 p.m. Booking at John Little's $3, $2 and $1. A NEW MODEL "LOTUS" SHOE v*^ sit|t JANG IE "lotus ankle-spike shoes for golf dark brown zug grained scotch leather uppers. stout
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 419 7 RADIO PROGRAMME FOR TODAY Singapore— ZHl „,n 'mezzo-soprano). (Owned and operated by Radio RddvLn SP U '^7k NO 15:Old Serv.ee Co.^^a.aya Ltd, «$f A f 1135 The Bournemouth Municipal Or--6.00' Recorded music. leZ**™^ J iolh sol e 6.45 News bulletin supplied by Bournemouth m Pavlllon Straits Times. Stock and Share
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  • 1107 8 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1936. Treaty Revision IT was inevitable that such an idealistic conception as the League of Nations should find far more critics and sceptics than proponents, coming; so soon after four years of horror had almost destroyed man's belief in man and for many
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  • 37 8 Captain R. L. Cuscaden and Mrs. Cuscaden left Ipoh by the day mail on Thursday for Penang on their way jHome on long leave. They were seen off at the station by a large number of friends.
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  • 379 8 - THE port of Assab in Eritrea, which the recent Paris peace prop<vsal> suggested should be Abyssinia's share. with a corridor through Italian territory, in the "exchange" of territories, has a strategic as well as i sentij\ssab mental importance Ami for Italy ItS posi um ns tion.
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  • 1231 8 MRS Tussock us what we call I widi dor woman, but this misfortune must not be used in evidence against her. She is a little uncertain too in j the matter ot small change, and this would be a disadvantage but ior the fact that her weakness is
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 132 8 y^GoodTaste BY SPECIAI %£^&tJ& TO H.M. THE APPOINTMENT MNGOFSIAM ffnanH 18^' NEW YEAR GIFTS GIFTS FROM DK SILVA'S ARE ALWAYS EXCITING DISTINCTIVE. BUT NEVER HAVE THEY BEEN SO EXQUISITE AND UNUSUAL, NOR SO VERY, VERY REASONABLE AS THEY ARE IIIIS YEAR. LOOK AT THE NEW STOCKS IN JEWELLERY, WATCHES, CLOCKS.
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    • 75 8 THE MAN WAS SHOT BY HIS WIFE a* very close range, the coroner was intormed. "Then there must have been powder marks on the body." he suggested "There were; that's why she shot him," replied the witness. One duty a man owes to his wife is to protect her jewellery
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  • 1796 9 Heart Of The City Hushed Throughout Whole Of Yesterday MEMORIAL SERVICE IN THE CATHEDRAL SINGAPORE, and the whole of Malaya, bowed its head in mournins yesterdav, when the rest of the world. H paid hoVaa^e to His ate Majesty Km S Geor^o V who
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  • 201 9 iTALY CLAIMS 10,000 CASUALTIES Bombing Of Towns And Villages A rmr i AddLs Ababa Jan. H. A J^T has set in on "orth front r^rTt Sldes are exh austeJ by the recent heavy fighting and are at pretheir forces -a moment. bItUP XDCCted that 500
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  • 135 9 -The White Race Is Destined To Rule" Munich. Jan. 27. The right ol the European nations to colonise was emphasised by Chancellor Hitler In a speech before a rally of 6.000 Nazi university students summoned from all parts of Germany by the Nazi Youth Leader,
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 91 9 Z?n [CKARMANTE CORSELETTE W. 17 Y*~7 ROLL -ON ELASTIC '1 IN WHITE ONLY NU- back No. 1280 SIZES 32, 34. 36 &38 FRONT FA STENING PPirr <t-7 en SIZES 2433 PRICE $7.50 PRICE $4.50 < ARKHI, ATTENTION TO Dl I All > oi CONSTRICTION. AM) TIIK SLLKCTION OF THE BFST
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  • FREE PRESS SPECIAL COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    • 483 10 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCKS SHARES. From London, 6 p.m. Jan. 27 Share ol €1 denomination unless otherwise stated Conversion Loan, 5 p.c. 1944-64 Funding Loan, 4 p.c, 1960-90 War Loan, V/ 2 pc Straits 6 p.c, 1936-51 Com. Union Assce. "Units) Prudential Assce. "A" Royal Assce. <£1 share 10s.
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    • 187 10 Jan. 24 25 27. American Can. Com. 125*2 125V2 126V2 American Telephone and Teiegraph 160 160'/ 2 160 3 /4 Atcheson Railroad 70% 70 70 2 Chesapeak 55 4 55% W% Dupont 144»/ 2 144 144% Firestone 26 26V 2 28 General Electric 39% 38% 39% General
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    • 91 10 Jan. 27 Buyers Sellers Gambier 500 Java Cube 9 00 Hamburg Cube 10.75 White Muntok Pepper 17.75 Black Pepper 9.75 Copra. Sundried 6.45 6.45 Copra, mixed 5.90 5.90 Small Flake Tapioca 4.25 R. B. Siam No. 1 per koyan 10a Banja Jelotong 7.50 Sarawak Jelotong 8.75 R.
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    • 63 10 To Support The League And Defend The Franc Paris, Jan. 27. The first meeting of the Sarraut Cabinet unanimously approved the general lines of the Ministerial policy which will be declared in Parliament on Thursday. It is understood this is based on the defence of the franc and
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    • 202 10 By arrangement with the Exchange Telegraph Company, Ltd., the Singapore Free Press is ahle to offer t* its readers this complete and reliable service of commercial news from London, New York and other centres. This is the first occasion on which a newspaper published in Malaya has
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    • 209 10 From London 5.30 p.m. Jan. 27 RUBBER: Steady. Buyers Sellers. Buyers Sellers. London Spot: 7d. 7 1 16d. Previously: 7d. 7 1 16d. April-June: 7> B d. 7 3 16d. Previously: 7i«d. 7 3 16d July-Sfcpt: 7 3 16d. 7 5 16d. Previously 7» 4 d. 7
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    • 64 10 From London 5.30 p.m. Jan. 27 London Tin: Dull. Cash: £201 7s. 6d. Previously: Ea*y at £202. Three months: £194 17s. 6d. Previously: £195 12s 6d New York Tin: 46.12. Previously: 46 25. Copper: Settlement: £35 Previously: £35 Gold: Yesterday: £7. 0s 9d. Previously: £7 0s 7»
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    • 64 10 Foreign Exchange Rates. London Closing Quotations Jan. 27 Method of Parity before Rate PreCentre Quoting 20-9-31 Yesterday viously Paris Francs to 141.21 75 75 116 New York $to 4.88 2 3 5.00 716 5.01% Amsterdam Guilders to 12 91 7.29 7.29V-> Hong Kong Per dollar Is. 3%d. Holiday Shanghai Per
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    • 196 10 LOCAL EXCHANGE RA TES Yesterday 's Sing apore Quotations Jan. 27 SELLING London. 4 months' sight 2j4 1,8 London. 3 months' sight 2;4 3 32 London. 60 days' sight 2|4 1|16 London, 30 days' sight 2|4 lj32 London, demand 2 4 London, T.T. 214 Lyons and Paris, demand 870 Hamburg,
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    • 1070 10 Fraser and Co.'s List Nyalas <$l> 'Pajam <«D ir Parit Perak <$1 1 Perak R. Valley <$1> Punggor »31> j4 Radella »ss> 4on 4 Sandycroft (32) Sungel Bagan (s2> Sungei Ramal (fl) S. Tukang ($1) 1 Tambalak (31) H Tapah <$1> 1 h T. Anson
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    • 200 10 Ford's Output Of Motor Vehicles Last Year Lewis and Peat, Ltd in thoir weekly rubber market report dated London. Jan. 14, state: Plantation— The market has been firm during the week and values again show an advance In spite of the great uncertainties in America and the nervousness
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    • 58 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association .lan. ?7. I o'«l«M k Baytn No I X H BJ incatei •FOB J.iiMi.. Oood FAQ in 'FOB January* NoIXRSS «Sp I- ase» awardable Sinji.ipi.r. No. IX R.S.S February Mm rrn AprilJun.JulySepteiMb.r Tone ol Market F.usier Aft Liitest Cable:- London Sj> I per Ib. New
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    • 41 10 under the Regulation Sch< n Malayan area during I* 24.507 tons against M£*l November TlMtl BgHW be contused wlt v total pi ocean shipments. Altogether as w« si tics continue to show mi and a more favourable inn slowly but surely
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  • 289 11 Desperate Struggle In Bungalow London. Jan. 12. A WIFE walked across the police lit at Oakmere. Cheshire, lay, .smiling to her husband. Then he turned on her and left her, tie end ol a day-long case {band, Reginald George 32-year-old farm labourer, of
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  • 105 11 Child's Body In Paper Ba£ Left Under Seat paper bag which he found seat in the second class. a trolley -bus he was' m the evening of Jan. !f; Siong, the conductor, made :overy. package was the body ol Chinese baby aged about two The child was
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  • 177 11 BISHOP USED Church Bell dapper Falls On Boy's Head London. .lan. 14. Went, In which a boy was In- by the clapper lulling from a bell which lie was ringing, was •bject ol an action before- Mr. HUberg In the King's Bench yesterday. only question for the Court was damages,
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  • 408 11 ALLEGED TO HAVE SHOT HUSBAND Ran Out Insight Clothes To Raise Alarm from the court here when a middle,aged widow appeared to answer a 4hPir g l™ m urderin g h <* husband in her C tarnihouse 15 miles from It was a sensational sequel to
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  • 110 11 Wife Of Former Governor Of Straits Settlements London, Jan 14 The death is announced today, ol Lady Evelyn Young, wife of Sir Arthur Henderson Young, a former Governor ol the Straits Settlements and High Commissioner of the Malay States. Sir Arthur and the Lady Young
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  • 38 11 Cairo, Jan. 26. The Nessim Pashja Cabinet is resigninf today and will probably be succeeded by a Coalition Government which will conduct negotiations for a military understanding. Dreparatory to the conclusion of a Treatv.- Wireless
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  • 102 11 The engagement of Mr. J. B. Sturgeon of Skinton. York.s. and Miss Vivian Illinr*worth Haynes. cl Pebworth Manor near Stratford $M announced. Miss Haynes. who is an accomplished horsewoman, is known to many for her activities in rinn-"otion with the Edgbaston Riding School Ltd. She is the younger daughter of
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  • Article, Illustration
    56 11 I PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, despite the severe blow dealt him by the Supreme Court when they declared that his A.A.A. (Agricultural Adjustment Act) was contrary to the Constitution, is in jovial mood as he erects John N. Garner, U.S. Vice-President. at the annual Jackson Day dinner in Washington.. D.C. Gus Gennerich,
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  • 297 11 R100's Builder Invents Warp lane No Bullet Can Harm London. Jan. 14. THE Air Ministry have placed a very large order with Vickers (Aviation), Limited, for a now type of supcr-warplane for the Royal Air Force, built on a .secret principle so revolutionary that its full significance is not yet
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  • 30 11 Former Attorney-General For United States New York, Jan. :M. Mr. George Wiekersham. form r attorney general lor the United States has died .suddenly In a taxi-cab.— Reuter
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  • 49 11 Under the auspices o» the Chinese Association, a lecture entitled "Cultural Reljtions between China and the WestPast and Present" will be delivered by Dr. Wu Lien Teh on Friday, Jan. 31. at 8 p m. at 5. Short Street. Dr. Philip K. C. Tyau will taKe the chair
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  • 289 11 WRECKED SEAMAN London. Jan. 15. •TRAPPED like a rat on the ledge of a clitT up which he had climbed 60ft.. inch by inch his left hand gripping the rocks, his eyes looking upwards fingers and legs torn by jagged edges This was the
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  • 28 11 Lieut -Col. H. Golding. 0.8.E Royal Army Pays Corp.s, has assumed duty as Command Paymaster. Malaya, and Treasury Chest Officer. S.S.. vice Lieut -Col. C. J. K. Hill.
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  • 191 11 Film Beauty Dies After Card Game Paris, Jan. 15. MONNA LYS blonde French film beauty, one of the most highspirited of the guests at a dinner party in Paris on Sunday night, suddenly fainted. She was taken to hospital. A few hours later she died. Doctors are still unable to
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  • 390 11 Woman's Suicide In Hospital JUMPED OVER THE j RAILINGS A VERDICT o) 'suicide while of unsound mind" was recorded by the Singapore Coroner, Mr W G Porter, at the inquest on Tan Ah Soy. 21, a Cantonese woman patient in a third elass ward in the General Hospital, whose body
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  • 78 11 The following were puMengeri by .Imperial Airways: By Aircraft "Aurora" Singapore to KafMhl left on Jan. M: Mr Butler Mr. H. L. Hopkin. Mr. R. J. Crowe and Lt. Col. A J B. Parsons By Aircraft "Athena" Karachi to Singapore arrived on Jan. '!<»: Mr H iL. Hopkin.
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  • 46 11 London^ Jan. TZ. Mr. Ramsay MaoDonald presided at ithe usual v/eckly Cabinet m.etin^. the first of the new reign, owins to the absence of Mr. Baldwin. Who is p ing his first ofUcial visit to K.tm Edward Reuter Wirekss
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  • 45 11 The appointment of Mr. Mwsrd Lionel Ashl i v to be an Assistant Eiirineer. Malayan Public Works Btnrlec has been approved. Mr Ashley arrived on Jan. 2. Mr. J. E MacLaughlin Assistant Superintendent Customs 'and Exes" Department. Federated Malay States, has ben appointed I Superintendent
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    • 140 11 1 HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI 1 BANKING CORPORATION. Incorporated in the Colony "of Hong Kong) The liability of members is limited to the extent and in the manner prescribed by Ordinance No. 6 of 1929 of j the Colony. HEAD OFFICE: HONCI KONG Authorised Capital $50.000 000 Issued and fully paid
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    • 556 11 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AISTRALIA AND CHINA 'Incorporated In England by Royal Charter Paid up capital In *****0 shares of £5 each 4; 3.000,000 Reserve Fund tIi.OOOOOO Reserve Liability ot Proprietors cn.QOO.OOt HEAD QfVIOI 38. Bishopsgate. London EC 2 \crnctrs and llt.ini lies Alor Star Ipoh s« mar.iii* Amrltsmr jiioiio
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  • 118 12 Many Yards Unable To Atrept Further Orders Shipbuilders in Kobe are busy expanding their yards, says the Japan Chronicle. The Mitsui Tama Shipyards have a Y.400,000 expansion under construction and the Harima Shipyards have decided to instal a new slipway. The Yokohama Dockyard (now part of the Mitsubishi
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  • 93 12  -  Japan Demands Withdrawal Of Agricultural Taxes Hong Kong, Jan. 26. Interviewing pressmen yesterday, Mr. Kan Kai Hou, Foreign Commissioner of the South, stated that the Swatow incident in connection with the assault of a Japanese official at the port has been settled during yesterday's meeting of
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  • 67 12 Negro Accused Attacks State Patrolman Birmingham, Alabama, Jan. 24. Ozie Powell, one of the defendants in the Scottsboro' case, was shot and critically wounded by police officers after Powell had made a knife attack on a State highway patrolman, the latter being taken to hospital with a wound
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  • 39 12 The Hon. Mr. A. M. Goodman Resident Councillor of Penang, is reported to be making good progress after the operation for appendicitis which he underwent in Penang General Hospital on last Monday. He Ls not yet allowed any visitors.
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  • LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
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      54 12 THE FIFTIETH anniversary of the training ship Mercury, the famous nautical school at Hamble, Hampshire, founded by the late Mr. Charles Hoare who provided the ship, shore establishment and plant, was celebrated at the annual prize- giving. Dr. Cyril Norwood, President of St. John's College, Oxford, and formerly headmaster of
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    • 324 12 First Ship In The World To Have One London, Jan. 14. THE Queen Mary, British super-liner, is to be the first ship in the world to have a synagogue. Other ships have rooms which are j sometimes temporarily converted into j synagogues, but in the
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    • 50 12 The s.s. Victoria is due here on Friday, Jan. 31, at daylight, from Shanghai. Hong Kong, and Manila. She will berth alongside the Singapore Harbour Board Wharves, and is expected to sail again the same day at 6 p.m. for Colombo. Bombay, Suez Port Said. Naples and Genoa.
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    • 36 12 The Netherland Line Royal Dutch Mail Liner s.s. J. de Witt will berth alongside the S.H.B. wharves today, at 3 p.m. and sail the same day at 6 p m for Java.
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    • 30 12 The s.s. Rajputana has left Hong Kong and is expected to arrive at this port at 10 a.m. today. She will proceed alongside the S.H.B Wharf on arrival.
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    • 103 12 Fine Examples Of Japanese Art Photography Excellent examples of modern Japanese art photography are contained in the January edition of The Travel Bulletin, megaphone of the N.Y.K. Line There are splendid illustrations of shipboard life as well as a lively series of J^aDanese lanscapes. accompanied by articles
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    • 71 12 STRAITS— HOMEWARD CONFERENCE Oncarryinjj rates of freight on pintapples to Bristol and Avonmouth, uith transhipment. Shippers are hereby informed that the additional rates of freight on Pineapples to the undermentioned ports are as follows effective from Jan. 27. 1936:— Avonmouth. with transhipment Add to Column. 2: Commodity. Pineapples Addition. Per
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    • 118 12 SINGAPORE HARBOUR ships alongside the rw expected to arm Wharf f— l m, <..„ J cir Wif If; R Main Wharf (Entrant,- <. Bul.tn. Rajpu 15; Glenbe,. Aw,* loi Item ii: Kuda -•npirr Dock (Entrance GaU BalMnc Fbylebank Phmlm :>4 i Empire Dock < Entrant e (..ir^ j Marella 46;
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    • 64 12 Ship To Sail With Supplies For Air Passenger* v»m i hum i iin ii The s s North Hav< n time during the Donli way. Wake Isl.md and 0 supplies and iflTllll W\ used in prepari:.- trnns-Paeilic passe iu It i.s understood will be eonstruetrd il Avd
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    • 475 12 BOUSTEAD Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in FMB.) TELEPHONE: Freight 5433— Passage B4SI. LLOYDS AGENTS. BOOKJNGi AGENTS FOB FEDERATED MALAY STATES RAILWAYS. BOYAL STATE RAILWAYS OF SIABL CANADIAN PACIIK QtiUJl nj (Incorporated in England) IBE "EMPRESS" ROUTE offers TXANS-PACIFIC SERVICES via ■ONOLMX or direct EMPRESS to VANCOUVER— ACROSS CANADA by TRANS-CONTINENTAL TRAIN
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    • 303 12 BIBBY LINE I [LONDON ADDRESS 22, PALL MALL, LONDON s W.ll of fast twin-screw Oil Driven Mall Passenger Vessels betweec i RANGOON. COLOMBO. POK I SI !)%> MARSEHXES. PLYMOI'I H \M» LONDON with through connection lrom Singapore and Pi-r.ang HOMEWARD RAaUMOI Leave IMM Ranfoim < .il»»m^> im WORCESTERSHIPE Feb 1
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 374 12 Local And Foreign Mail Dispatches And Arrivals BY TRAIN Bangkok every Saturday 7 pm. 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 Lipls. Port Swettenham. Taiplng and Telok Anson: Weekdays* Tpm Kota Bahru.
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    • 44 12 CLEARANCES Jan. 26: Z.iiderkerk <Dut. Boribat (Siam>: Aletta. Sinabang. Kepah, Senang <Dut.>: Sin Aik Lee, Rimau. Scott Harley <Brit. Jan. 27: Gemas. Jerantut. Rahman. Sin Khens Seng. Hong Kwong. Kinta (Brit); Turicum (Nor. >; Malacca Maru. Taketoyo Maru. Suwa Maru <Jap. >; Ophir. Van Outhoorn (Dutj.
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    • 294 13 I REPEAT -^fV^ iwM*tt v urn AL I I m, %t- Ml 2\ <>.' H J*t. W f K^ 4 > \M \\V M FOR COMFORT AND SERVICE CHEAP RETURN TICKETS TO CHINA, JAPAN, COLOMBO AND BOMBAY. From SINGAPORE To:— Ist Class 2nd Class Bonn KonK $137.14 $102.86 Shanghai $188.57
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    • 550 13 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL S.S. Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in England.) "ELLERMAN LINE" FOR UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL ACCEPTING CARGO FOR CANADIAN AND AMERICAN PORTS VIA COLOMBO. Steamer Doe Sail? CITY OF PERTH Havre, London, Rotterdam. Hamburg Jan. 29 Feb. 2 x CITY OF HEREFORD Havre. London. Rotterdam.
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    • 1128 13 SHIPPING THE BLUE rL'NNEL LLNE (Ocean Ibf ut KhJow si«m hi. r ,••••> Steam Ship Co., Ltd., and China Mutual The C unard l Th.tr "111^ LiS° Steam Navigation Co., Ltd.) The SiMnik si«* h r i The Straite Steamship Co.. Ltd. The Austr* Uan O r "ntil I i°
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    • 710 14 K. P. M. SWARTENHONDT— Tuesday. Jan. 2&, Hong Kong and Shanghai. KAMPAR -Tuesday, Jan. 28. Bengka!is. Paneh. Berombang. TanjongftfengekUr, Tanjong-Leidong and Asahan. MAKASSER -Wednesday. Jan. 29. Pritii-Radja. Sapat, Tembilahan, Poeloe-Pallas. Pengalian-Estate and Rcngat. TIIEDENS -Wednesday, Jan. 29. Muntok and Palembang. TOBA— Wednesday, Jan 29. Toengkal. Moeara-Saba and Djambi. REAEL- Wednesday,
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    • 463 14 JOINT SERVICE PRINCE LINE— SILVER LINE FOR HALIFAX, BOSTON, NEW YORK, BALTIMORE AND PHILADELPHIA, VIA CAPE OF GOOD HOPE Due Sails Due Singapore Singapore New York. M.S. CINGALESE PRINCE In Port Feb. 3 Mar. 19 M.S. JAPANESE PRINCE Feb. 10 Feb. 17 Apr. 2 M.S. SILVERSANDAL Feb. 24 Mar. 2
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    • 576 14 O. S. K. LINE FOR F S \II{IC \\|> s AMrRh t Santos Maru Buenos Aires via Colombo, Durban, Cap* Town, Rio de Janeiro. Santos and Montevideo India Maru Cape Town via Mombasa. Zanzibar. D»r vs Salaam. Boira. L Marquee, Durb.ii. East London and Al-oa. Bay t Manila Maru Santos.
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  • 1314 15  -  Argus Weekly Sports Notes Compiled By A.ord week oi quietness in sport has just concluded. Sportsmen spontaneously responded to a to suspend all their activities as il respect to their dead Ring, one ol the greatest sportsmen Although far removed at ol mourning. Singapore n willingly
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  • 83 15 Four Wickets For One Against Taranaki New Plymouth, Jan. 27. In their tv n-day match against Taranaki. the M.C.C. scored 221 in their first inning?. Christensen taking 4 wickets for 49 Taranaki were all out for 66. Baxtei getting 4 wickets for 1 run and Sims 5
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  • 36 15 The Australians beat Transvaal by an innings and 29 runs, scoring 346 Fingieton made 110. Darding 70 and Sievers 72. Lang ton took 4 wickets for 81. Transvaal scored 157. McCormick taking 4 for 24.— Reuter
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  • 130 15 Chinese New Year Tennis Tournament Date The postponed Chinese New Year tennis tournament will be played off on Saturdays and Sundays. Feb. 1 and 2 and Feb. 8 and 9. Competitors are requested to report to the Hon. Referee at 2 p.rr. on Saturday Feb. 1. Further entries
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  • 127 15 Japanese Players Not Coming Here rpHE Japanese winter sports team on i its way to the Olympic Games being held at Garmisch-Patenkirchen Germany, was expected to pass through Singapore in the Katori Marv But a Sunday Times reporter wh? boarded the liner on her arrival yes terday was
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  • 345 15 In Surrey Cross-Country Championship Belgrave Harriers, for the fourth successive year, secured team and in- i dividual honours in the Surrey Senior cross-country championship at Epsom Downs. Selgrnvf* Harriers, who last March brought National honours to the South alter a long lapse, had their scoring six among
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  • 25 15 Mr. P. G. Coales, Senior Executive Engineer, Malayan Public Works Service, has been appointed to act as State Engineer, Selangor, with effect from Jan. 4.
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  • 1313 16 Review Of Last Year's Play PERRY AND AUSTIN IN CLASS TO THEMSELVES London, Jan. 10. T*HE beginning of the year seems to be the most suitable occasion for estimating the relative positions of our principal players, based on the form they have shown during the
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  • 85 16 Australian Tennis Championships Adelaide. Jan. 27. The finals of the Australian tennis championships resulted as follows: Men's Singles. Q U Ls; beat Crawford 6-2. 6-3. 4 6. 3—6, 9—7. Woniens' Singles. Joan Rarttgaa beat Nancy Wynne 6—4. 6 4. Metis' Doubles. Quist and Turnbal) beat Crawford and
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  • Article, Illustration
    7 16 lowered c ourt dub's junior tenni, championship.
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  • 306 16 Eight Geldings And Fillies TO BE AUCTIONED AT S. T C. SPRING MEETING JHE British Bloodstock Agency -Ltd. of London, the wollknown purchasers and exporters of bloodstock, have despatched to Singapore by the P. and O. S. S. •Somali" due to arrive about Feb
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  • 25 16 The January medal competition for *omen members of the Island golf club vhich was to have been held yesterlay, will take place on Feb 4
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  • 274 16 Gallant Struggle In Vain HASSAN AND BASKARAN CHIEF STARS IN VICTORS' TEAM (From Our Own Correspondent) All Malayan Indian XI 2; Malayan Colts A VERY fast and exciting game of hockey was witnessed on the Selangor Club padan* on Sunday evening when th Malayan
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  • 191 16 To Be Held In K. L. Next Year (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 26. AT a meeting of Malays lawr tennis players from all parts oi Malaya held under the auspices oJ the Sultan Suleiman Club, it mm decided that the venue of the next
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  • 27 16 T)k final of the S.CC seven-a-side rugby tournament between Hermes "A" and R.A.. Blakan Mali, will take planon the Padanj; on Friday at 5.15 p
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  • 49 16 The following will play hockey for Singapore Recreation Cub today at 5 10 urn. vs. Malaya Command: o c Aerla. R Barth, A. G. Annstron^ G Ross, G. E. N. Oehlrrs L Alvis. r c Ochiers, j. s dc Sou^.i. m Valberi g B Armstrong. D. Bott.
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  • 43 16 Sheffield W. Draw With Newcastle I Mud, ,11 Jan In the tourtH round for the FA i Sheffield Wc^pi-sday draw with N t-astle. the sc<w boinn 1 -l In the League second division H ley lost to CK.rlton 1 I RtUl
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  • 14 16 Tho Armv h.iv»- notlflod I that thtf in aciopt:. ihv mle
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  • 31 16 The s:x;h main kumjxv anniversary .1 (ma li vela) of s- mpagavei v..k Batons, which f« !i on Tn bri n postponed oaring to tbf ra» His Majesty King Gcorßc V
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    • 48 16 "GAUDY NIGHT" by Dorothy L Sayers Published Nov. 4 17 978 2nd Impression Nov. 4 2657 3rd Impression Nov. 16 5299 4th Impression Dec. 3 5*30! sth Impression Dec. 19 500Q 36,235 Puts her definitely among the great writers^^Observer PRICE $4.50 KELLY WALSH, LTD (incorporated Jn Hong Konjr
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