The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 3 February 1936

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. NO. 14,7t>6. ESTD. 1835 MONDAY. FEBRUARY X. 1936 10 CENTS
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    CHINA YIELDS TO TOKIO'S DEMANDS
    255 1  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh japan To Approve Chinese Members Of Joint Commission BUT NO DISCONTINUANCE OF ANTI-JAPANESE ACTIVITIFS rpHE lau t reports from Shanghai indicate that the! panese militarists have again obtained the chief in Japan s hma policy, in which the Foreign Office, alarmed
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    QANTAS PLANK LATE
    45 1 second time since the in<>n <>t the Qantaj service Australia and Singapore.: lalmed to be the most regu- world, the plane failed to at Singapore on .schedule, the line due on Saturday arriving yestiavlni been h»ld vip at Dilv rs by storms
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    STRIKE THREAT IN FRANCE
    83 1 Normandie Workers May Be Involved SL Nazairc. Feb. 1. f\VEB 8,000 workers in the Penhoet shipyard have unanimously decided to strike against the proposed cut in wages and are sending delegates to Le Havre to instruct workers on the liner \ormandie to down tools. It is
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    WORLD TIN STOCKS
    85 1 Increase Of 2,211 Tons Last Month Estimated i From Our Own Correspondent London, Feb. 2. An increase in world tin stocks last month by 2,211 tons to 16,052 tons isj estimated by Messrs. W. H. Gartsen,; who calculate visible supplies were re- j duced by 148 tons
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    Italian Army Claimed Annihilated
    509 1 RAS DESTA TO BE REPLACED 'Might Be Safer In A Monastery" Dessie, Feb. 1. A BYSSINIAN headquarters an- nounce a great victory over Gen. Diamantis army, which the Abyssinians claim to have annihilated. The report adds thai the battle ended yesterday with the capture cf hundreds
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    ITALY AND OIL SANCTIONS
    225 1 CLOSELY FOLLOWING GENEVA TALKS Grand Council To Meet Day After Experts' Decision Rome, Jan. 2. OIGNOR MUSOLINI spoke for two hours at the Fascist Grand Council meeting, detailing the poli-ticol-military situation, according to a brief communique issued at the close. The Council meets again at 10
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    HUEY LONG'S WIFE TO SUCCEED HIM
    40 1 HUEY LONG'S WIFE TO SUCCEED HIM Baton Rouge. Feb. 1. The new Governor. Mr. James Noe. has appointed Mrs. Huey Long, widow oi the murdered dictator, as Senator to replace her husband tor the remainder of the ttnexpired term. Reuter
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    FIFTY STUDENTS INJURED
    171 1 RENEWED RIOTINc; IN CAIRO Hopeful Signs For New j Treaty Negotiations Cairo. Feb. 1 piFTY studrnt> and Wteiml polio wen- injured in BghtJn*! which ov.l today and la Mill proceeding. T. originated when the police, who bad thrown a cordoi: around rioting Itvdmti in the Stalks' Training
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    DEFENCE OF AUSTRALIAN AIR POLICY
    150 1 WHY BRITISH PLAN WAS REJECTED j Flat Mail Rate Not Paramount Svdnr>. l>h. I. IV/iFv 1 PAKKHILL. Meral Minister for Defence, inwwmd tfHl th<-Ked-'pai Government wa.s duplicating the Singapore to Aastralui iir nrvtee ITtthln the next tew months. It is understood t»iat lar^r .md Lister
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    FOUR RESERVED POINTS
    214 1 London. Feb. 2. I reparation! an being madt Cairo for the opening of conversations h. tueen the Egyptian dt lection and flic British High Commissioner. Sir Miles L*ampson. with a view to producing draft treaty of alliance and proving ■i settlement of the lour points which were
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    2 1 "EXCUSE ME!"
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      76 1 (T^Gollum's Scots OlhUljy .1 Mi •!!<>» nmi \rw\n\\\\ Spirit TONIGHT COCKTAIL DANCE cabaret attraction 630 to 815 pm LOU Y S 8t DINNER DANCE SILVIA POPULftR (Informal) 9.30 to Midnight COMEDY TAP DANCING TEAM NON -DINERS SI.OO SATURDAY NEXT- Malayan Rugby Union End of the Season Ball and (ahai ft
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      101 1 (tfGaOmxts Scots fflblsl^ THIS WEEK: SPECIAL DINNER DANCE DINNER DANCE MUSIC BY THE '—RELLER BAND i J^ ADDED ATTRACTION 1 IFLORY AMY CELEBRATED HUNGARIAN DANCERS ADELPHI HOTEL: Tuesday. February 4. 1936 THURSDAY. 6 SEA VIEW HOTEL: Wednesday 5. FRIDAY. 7 SATURDAY. 8 DINNER 53.00.— NON-DINERS IUOOu— FOR !j||| A CUP
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    MALAYAN FILMS
    331 2 Can Be Produced By Local Firms Th€K was no reason why motion •pictures should not be produced in Malaya by local firms with local i capital, said Mr. George Barnett. president of the Modern Film Sales Corporation. New York, in an interview with a Free Press reporter. The
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    S.V.C. SCHEDULE
    105 2 Programme Of Drills Ending Feb. 9 The programme of drills up to and for week ending, Feb. 9. is as followsToday (Monday), 5.15 p.m., Headquarters. Cadre Classes, L.A. and M.G.: S.R.A. (v), Lecture; S.V.FJV F.A. Training; 615 p m.. Miniature Range S.R.A. (v) Recruits. Empire Test. Tuesday. 5.15
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    MALAY RULERS
    402 2 Telegram Of Loyalty To King ¥K a supplement to the F.M.S. Gov- ernment Gazette appear the following: Telegram dispatched by the High Commissioner to the Secretary of Statf> for the Colonies: "Jan. 25. I have been asked by the Rulers of the Malay States to convey to you
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    816 2 Letters To The Editor A SOLDIER'S PROTEST- WHERE WERE THE EUROPEANS WOMEN MORE INTERESTED IN DRESS THAN SERVICE— LIKE FASHIONABLE GARDEN PARTY— t( DISGUSTED WITH MY OWN COUNTRYMEN 99 —TAMIL CHRISTIANS S To The Editor. Sir.— Having read with interest former correspondence in your columns, and because of
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    TRAGIC CYCLE RIDE
    184 2 MALAY FALLS INTO SEA Three Companions Unable To Swim (From Our Own Correspondent*. Penans, Feb. 2. THE tragic story oi how a Malay youth fell into the sea off the Marine Jetty at Glugor on a moonlight night and was drowned in the presence of three other
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      559 2 TAIPING J. P. SUED BY JOURNALIST Alleged Argument Over Articles (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping:. Feb. 1. LEE Leong Sin, the Taiping representative of the Union Times Press, Singapore, is suing Dr Saw Ah Choy J.P., for voluntarily causing him hurt on the night of Jan. 11 on the premises
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      290 2 Diary Of The Day Cinemas ALHAMBRA "The Irish In Us," with Jimmy Cagney and Pat O'Brien 6.15 and 9 15 p.m. CAPITOL "Biz Broadcast Of 1936." First air mail pictures of King's death and proclamation of King Edward VIII. 6.15 and 9.15 p.m. PAVILION 'Every Night At Eight with George
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    LORD NUFFIELD GIVES $20,000 TO LOCAL CHARITIES
    219 3 Announcement At AntiOpium Society Dance LATEST OF MANY BEQUESTS A SALVO of cheers greeted the announcement made by Mr. Johannes, the manager of the New World Cabaret, at the non-stop dance organised by the Singapore Anti-Opium Society OB Saturday night, that Lord Nuffield,
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    NEW GOVERNORS
    451 3 Sir A. Fletcher Leaving Fiji For Trinidad London, Jan. Jl. King has approved the Sir Arthur George er, Governor and -Chiel ol Fiji, as Gover- ler-in-Chief ol TrimIn succession to Sir H Is, who will retire in immei completion ol Iso approved the apLrthur Francis Grim- it ol
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    HOSE PIPE FOR STREET SLEEPERS?
    301 3 HOSE PIPE FOR STREET SLEEPERS Inspector Cowie's Suggestion AN interesting point regarding vagrants was laised by Mr. M. H. Blacker in the third court. Singapore, Oji Saturday morning when three Chinese stood before him charged with lodging in the open air with no visible means of subsistence. Court Inspector D.
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    STUTTGART LEAVES
    177 3 Her .Master First Here In IMS The reserve shin ol the Nmddeutscher Lloyd, the Stuttgart, left Singapore yesterday morning and will probably not be seen here again. Originally on the North Atlantic run, this 13.000-ton liner called :»t Singapore 4 on the outward run to the Far East
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    SINGAPORE SERVICE
    69 3  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh 'Scheme Revived By China Merchants' GLN Co. Shanghai, Feb. 1. The schezhe lor the opening of a steamship service between Shanghai I and Singapore has been revived by the 'China Merchants' Steamship Navigation Co. The company has approached th- 1 British Boxer Fund committee
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    24 3 The engagement is announced and the marriage will shortly take place between Dr. J. J. Samuel and Miss R Phillips, both of Telok Anson
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    51 3 WADING THROUGH the Ooodi at Etfuua. Roads were flooded to a depth «,t scvtral feet in the Kuham ard Staines district, during the recent stcrms. The Thames rose dangerously and very effort was mad< to prevent villages fnm bei? isolated. Si h«;nlboys making their way through a Roofed road at
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    ROTARIANS FETE SIR ONG SIANG SONG
    1037 3 "A Pledge Of Better Times' FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE SINCE KNIGHTHOOD OIK ONG SIANG SONG, Malaya's first Chinese knight, an honorary member of their Club, was feted by Singapore liotarians and friends at a dinner at the Adelphi Hotel on Saturday night. With him wa
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    "REFUSED HIS ADVANCES AND WAS STABBED"
    281 3 Attempted Murder Charge WOMAN SAYS SHE WAS LURED OUT OF HER HOUSE (From Our Own Corn Penally. J.iii. 11, THK trial commenced this morning at Penan* \ssizcs. before Mr. Justice Gordon-Smith, of a youthful Province Malax. Sahat bin Jusoh. who is charged with the
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    Teacher Gets Caned
    81 3 Teacher Gets Caned BY MOTHER OF PUPII. -Fr<»m Our Own Corn spondent.» laipiun. Frh. 1. A PUPIL of i Malay vernacular: school In Jalan Bendahara. alter; being caned at school went home and complained to his mother The mother became infuriated, went !to the school, seized I cane and thrashed
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    BRIDGE CLOSED
    70 3 The bridge nn the in um line BtCfJi I D lpoh and Lahat was closed to trafTi lor lour boon OH S.iarday owinp *<► h» avy tooejftni Of th. »but»nents Dwing the interruption, passcnuerv between Ipuj, .ind L.liit ...r< DOOM ecl \y\ motor uu.s RepeJn wen effected In
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    F.M.S. FINANCE
    70 3 •From Our Own Correspondent.' Kuala Lumpur. Feb. 1. In a supplement to the FMS. Government Gazette appears the stat< ment of revenue and expenditure tot 1935 to the end of November November revenue was $4,073,851 '24 and expeodtiare ft.lrtt.fW f 1 Revenu for the eleven months. laiuiary ta
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      193 3 Take SANATOGEN— then you will not feel so J IfCCI |18l W -ia '^B. iff What Sanatogen has done for disappear, and in a ihoU thousands of others it will do time, you will feel .md for you. Your listlessness. your look a healthier, happier lack of energy to perform
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    AIR MAIL LETTER FROM LONDON
    4088 4 London A City Of Deepest Mourning Shop Windows Draped In Black S irL e West End Empty -Crowds Round Buckingham Palace As The ng Dies The Scene In The Death Chamber— Firelight, Love, \nd Anguish The King's Last Act Of State —The Weeping Of A
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    136 5 AN ANXIOUS CROWD gathered outside Buckingham Palace to read th e latest bulletin concerning the King, during his fatal illness at Sandringham House. ANXIOUS CROWDS at Charing Cross London, besiege the newspaper sellers eager for news. SIR JOHN SIMON and Mr. Ramsay MacDonald leaving Wolferton Station on their way to
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      106 5 Photographic copies of Free Press local pictures can be obtained on application to the manager. Price 50 cents each. Wheat, bacon again? Lb Yes, my dear, but i COLD STORAGE' BACON!" /ill <T fflff r It dors make a d i f f r r r u c v "Cold
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    SINGAPORE DEFENCES TO BE STRENGTHENED
    999 6 Inniskillings Arrive PLAN FOR MECHANISATION OF MANY UNITS rjINGAPORE defences will be increased in strength by the equipment of the Ist. Middlesex Regiment with Vickers guns instead of rifles after it arrives here on Apr. 1 to supplement the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in the infantry
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    ROYAL FUNERAL FILMS
    195 6 Shown In Singapore QINGAPORE cinema-goers were given a startling demonstration of the possibilities of modern transport during the week-end, when scenes of London in mourning were thrown on the screen only 11 days after the death of King George. This British Paramount News film! arrived in Singapore
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    FROZEN SEA BREAM
    171 6 2,086 Packages Arrive Here More than 2.00U packages of i frozen sea bream and red porgy from waters off Western Australia were brought to Singapore on Saturday by i the Japanese deep-sea trawler Shinkyo for transhipment to Japan. The frozen fish, weighing 83 tons were transferred into
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    STROKE OF FORTUNE
    149 6 Chinese Girl Recovers Lost Necklace OY a stroke of fortune a Chinese girl. aged 11. recovered a gold necklace and pendant which was snatched from her while she was playing In a back lane oil Koek Road, the thief running into a constable at the far end
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    CHILDREN INJURED
    58 6 Two young Chinese children were victims of road accident on Saturday iAn eight-year-old girl, knocked dow*; by a bus suffered a fracture ot the leu j thigh and other injuries. A seven I year-old boy received minor injuries I when he was knocked down by a cat while
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    R.E.s CHANGE QUARTERS
    100 6 "For Reasons Of Convenience IT was officially announced on Saturday that "for reasons of convenience," it has been decided to concentrate th« bulk of the Royal Engineers at Changi, istead of at Pulau Brani, where they have been i quartered since fortifications were transferred to the surrounding:
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    JOHORE STATE COUNCIL
    26 6 A meeting oi x\w Council of State, will be held at the Dewan. Johorc < Bahru. on Tuesday. Fob 25 at 11 a.m. I
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    36 6 The Hon Mr Egmont Hake wh.. Kmla Lumnur ou Friday lor Singj pore raimhf the Deni|>o on bri.business vlv to London It Ls exp< it ed that he will or !).u-k in K Lumpur in Maidl
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    TRAFFIC WINGS SHOULD BE LIT AT NIGHT
    352 6 R.A.C. Secretary's Criticisms SINGAPORE'S traffic wings' would be of great value if They were clearner; and They were illuminated in some way during night control. This is the opinion of (apt. 11. J. Katcliffe, secretary of thr Royal Automobile Club, who is in
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    ITALIAN VIEWS ON WAR WITH ABYSSINIA
    389 6 Victoria In Singapore I SHIP'S BULLETINS ANNOUNCE NUMEROUS VICTORIES UII7E are all working tor the ultimate victory for our country,' declared one of the Italian stewards -aboard the Lloyd Triestino motor vessel Victoria which was in Singapore this week-end, when a Free Press reporter
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    70 6 A LARGE GARAGE and a repair s iop were completely burn! out. and five large lorries, which are seen h 'it. laden with .thcut ">0 tons of corn and meal cake were totally destroyed v hen a big blaze occurred on the property of Mr. A. C. Hutton, hautape contractor
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    ERNST LUBITSCH
    552 7  -  ERNST LUBITSCH Hollywood in Person GOOD YEAR Foreseen By BY WITH motion picture evolutior rapidly turning the corner, 11 ny belief that the entire industry to experience an enormou; uccessful year in 1936. Coloui music will be of increasing importance. I am convinced that the trend toward natural
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    Buffalo Bill Revival
    692 7 AFTER being half-forgotten by a rk world that once thrilled to his ex- citing tales of adventure and fighting. I Buffalo Bili conu-s into his own again and will stage a comeback via the screen. Two Hollywood studios are al- I ready making plans to glorify the!
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    SIR JOHN ALLEYNE
    295 7 Retires After 32 Years' Service OOMMANDER Sir John Alleyne, i D.5.0., D.S.C.. formerly King's Harbour Master at Singapore, has retired at his own request, with the rank of captain, after 32 years' service. He will be remembered as navigator of the Vindictive when she was sunk as
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    POLICE BAND
    241 7 To Give Three Concerts This Week 1 By kind permission ol the Honourable Mr. R. H. Onraa. the Inspector General ol Police, the Band ol The Straits Settlements Police will perform in public during the week as follows, under the direction of Mr J. C. Hitch. LR.AM.. A.R.CM.
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    Winning CONTRACT
    304 7 Winning CONTRACT has beaten every other spstem in existence. A LESSON IN RESPONSES THE Four Aces system «.i Contract Bridge includes a thorough analysis of responses to the opening forcing i two-bid. Among other things, we "The two tiotrump response may conceivably include a high card value Of 3U. but
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    MR. LEE TON FOOK
    63 7 A cable wai received on Saturday Irom Kudat. British North Borneo repotting] the death of Mr Ltf Yui, Fook j a cocoanut plantation owner Mr L<< I was 92 years of age and If the lather in-law of Mi. Wong Yin Sim Sinn:« pore. He leaves
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    LINDBERGH BABY
    71 7 No Now Evidence Says Chief Prosecutor Trenton. \«u Jerso. Jan :H. OonUMßting on the statements contained in the latter addressed by Governor Hoilman to Col Schw.r hop, Mr Wilentz the chiel prosecutor at the Hauptmann trial, ittfd tha f the statements did not c .nt;i:i\ i fragment ol
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    SHIPPING CONFERENCE
    30 7 London. Jan .11. The North Atlantic Shippi- Conference has ■dimmed mtll ummrot Moanwhile. the Cunard Whitr Star Company's resignation from the con- ference has been Ix'ld OVei Reuter
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      62 7 l POSITIVELY LAST TWO SHOWS A TONIGHT 6.15—9.15 M lhambrA our sides aiv still aching roarat Jimmy's and Pat's latest ■creamins <omedy. OLIVIA DE PAT HAVILLAND O'BRIEN JAMES FRANK McHUGH CAGNEY ALLEN JENKINS l Warner's sensational comedy hit the Irish IN US" TOMORROW TWO JUG ACTION DRAMAS IN ONE PROGRAMME!
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      251 7 PILES CAN BE CURED. A Treatment That Is Different If you ate suffering the tortures of Piles a»4 Its kindred ailments, and have tried every known remedy without obutiniag relief, we aak you to Rive Dr. Van VLSCK'I Amsokptivb Pile Ti.a^ma a trial. |*j rurative healinf action on thr- inflamed
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      169 7 RADIO PROGRAMMES FOR TODAY Singapore ZHI (Owned and operated by Radio Service Co. of Malaya Ltd.; Wavelength 49.9 metres p.m. 6 Recorded music. 6.45 News bulletin supplied by Straits Times. 7 Relay of concert artists from the ZHI studio. Mrs. Ida Kinloch Songs. Waltz Song from Tom Jones (Edward German
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      368 7 110 News. 120 Light music. 150 C ose down. B.B.C.—Transmission 5 Two or the following frequencies will l>c used: OJC 31.32 m.. GSB 31.55m.. GSL 19.10 m., GSA 49.59 m. a.m. 620 w g Ben A sonata recitaJ. Watson Forbes (viola) and Myres Foggin 'pianoforte) 65C Nursery rhymes set to
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    The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1936. A Far-Sighted Mission
    847 8 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1936. A Far-Sighted Mission THE mission of Sir Thomas ComynPlatt. who is now on his way i here, to carry out investigations on jthe wild animal life of Malaya, is good proof of the far-sightedness 'of the Society of the Preservation of the
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    DAY TO DAY
    378 8 The Hon. Mr Marcus Rex. :acting Chief Secretary, is indisposed and confined to bed. < Mr. H. H. Ewnes. Electrical Engineer. I Klang. has left for home on leave with Mrs. Ewens and Miss Ewens. Miss D. V. McKenzie has been I seconded for service in Kedah
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    CHINESE ART
    83 8 Exhibition Visited By Over J 200,000 People c i London, Feb. 1. Three hundred and fifty German j f professors and art students, who r.avili specially chartered the steamer Gen- t eral Stuben. will arrive In London one Feb 8 and spend five days at the s Chinese
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    As I was Saying.
    627 8 T*HE Incorporated Society ul Musi- ciar.s had no music at their annual linner in London. Professors of music. eachers of music, famous musieian.s rom all parts of the country were there, but not i note was heard until the president. fine Music Dr Stanley MarAmi Food
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    Hobbies
    982 8 "DELIEVE irn." said Ifn. Walker, "the old man ain't in the hou.sr five minutes alore he has thr place Upside down. It nearly breaks my hear: M« ■laying ail the day to pel the plao nice and :idy. and m he conns and there ain't a thin« in Its
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      63 8 oj Good Taste 5933 r^ Telegraphic Address: PHONE 5934 f jl GOODWOOD The most charmingly situated Hotel in the Island. Ideal for permanent residents. RESTAURANT Table d'hote and a la carte. COCKTAIL BAR LOUNGE TENNIS. DINNER DANCES &7*rtß RESTAURANT DINERS $1.50 NO ADAfJSSION CHARGE. Jy THE I COCKTAILS ORIGINAL SOLE
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      58 8 "CLOCK-MAKING IS A DULL TRADE nowadays." says a manufacturer. But that of the alarm-clock maker is waking up In times of depression the wide-awake business man cannot afford to give up his "GAFLAC ACCIDENT and ALL SICKNESS POLICY GENERAL ACCIDENT FIRE V LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION LTD. (Incorporated in Great Britain
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    GERMAN AIR LINER DESIGNED AS BOMBER
    341 9 High Speed and Lavish Power TOO COSTLY AS COMMERCIAL PROPOSITION London. /GERMANY'S new high-speed, medium -weight air liner, the Heinkel 111, shown publicly for the first time a few days ago, has cetrain features evidently designed to facilitate conversion to military purposes. There is
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    AFTER ROYAL FUNERAL
    201 9 fOUNTRY RETURNING TO NORMAL Foreign Visitors See The King London, Jan. 29. A the Royal funeral the luntry's life has returned to and Up us have been fullMourning dress is still observed but dance-music broadcasting has been resumed. King motored from York House {ham Palace this morning
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    Statement Clears Up Misunderstanding
    153 9 London, Jan. SI. nnouncement from today mates that standing appears to connection with the of engagements which ike place before the ex--1 art mourning illy stated that it is the 1 Kir.- and Queen Mary that dil ind entertainments Government, trade. rta take place as usual.
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    54 9 The death has taken place at h€T residence in Imbi Road. Kuala Lumpur, ot Mrs. Lee Siew Hong, second sister 01 the late Dr. Loke Yew. CMC. and 'he mother Of Mr. Lee Nam. the Kuala Lumpur miner and raci horse owner. She had been ailing for tome time, and
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    CHINESE NAVY TO HE EXPANDED
    66 9 Shanghai, Feb. I. I Chen Shao Kuan, Minis*. ?i baa submitted an elabcplan tor the expansion of ih<! navy to the Executive Yuan Marshal Chiang Kai Shek. the Pre- conferred with Admiral Chen Feng the proposal yesterday. question of removing mest o; 1 ammunition factories
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    IMPERIAL AIR MAIL
    38 9 I Our O'..n Correspondent) Bangkok, Feb. 1. eustbound Imperial air mai Mne is late and cannot reach hen >n- U Morrow evening or Monday. 'The plane Ls oxi>ertPd to reach Sin l)( >n' tomorrow I
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    33 9 THE GERMAN INVENTION shown above enables bus and train conductors to print tickets of varying denominations on one roll of paper as ivquired instead of a using the cumbersome rack of different tickets.
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    BRITAIN BECOMING AIR-MINDED
    243 9 RAPID GROWTH OF AIR PORTS j Wireless Control For I "Blind Landings" !.<:mloi'.. Feb. 1. <^}R Philip Bassoon, Under-Secrotary for Air. opened in London yesterday the exhibition of aerodrome equipment and lervioea in connection wiih the conference of the Aerodrome* Owners' Association, at which delegates irom more
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    Big Advance In Naval Conference Talks
    454 9 PROPOSAL TO REMOVE FEAR OF COMPETITIVE BUILDING London, Feb. 1. THE first committee of the Naval Conference yesterday examined and adopted the report submitted by the technical sub-committee on the question of an advance notification of naval programmes and the exchange of information. In
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    SHANGHAI FINANCIERS CONVICTED FOR EMBEZZLEMENT
    188 9 SHANGHAI FINANCIERS CONVICTED FOR EMBEZZLEMENT SENTENCE TODAY ON RAVEN AND BROWN GamblecfWith Their I Clients' Shares Shanghai, Feb. 1. CRANK JAY HAVEN, head of the American Oriental Finance Corp.. Mid John Warner Brown, vico-pre- sident of the company, were today convicted in the United States Consular Court lor embezzlement and
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    REDS CONVERGING ON KWEICHOW CAPITAL
    128 9  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh Central Forces Rushing To The Defence Shanghai, Fci>. z. The latest message from Kweiyang. capital of Kweichow Province, states thai the Red forces led by Siau Keh and Ho Lung are" rabidly converging upon the capital from three sides, and the
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    INCREASE IN SUBSIDY FCR AIRCRAFT
    252 9 ATLANTIC SERVICE Official Regulation To Be Reduced London. Feb. 1. j T*IIE text of the Government's Air Navigation Rill embodying propos- als for the subsid> of air transport and for the future regulation of civil aviation was published yesterday. The Secretary for Air ki empowered.
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    53 9 "Interested" writes in the Malay Mail criticising two rows o^ dwelling houses (former Police Bar--11 racks) in Seremban town. at present occcupied by Government pons. watchmen, etc These quarters. !i he says, although very close to the I Health Office and other Government -Offices, are kent in a very insanitary
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      183 9 Lenlheric Lip Slick Stays on from jtffll^ £w Breakfast till Supper /^^C j^ I^l LIPSTJCK IS AVAILABLE JN IN A VARIETY OF COLOURINGS LENTHERIC FACE POWDER SEVEN FLATTERING SHADES TO TONE WITH THE LIPSTICK ROBINSON CO., LTD. SINGAPORE KIM A II'MH R FOR A GENEROUS /vtHkiulV'/ k J I I
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      LONDON BUYS RUBBER SHARES—CAUTIOUSLY
      1375 10 LONDON BUYS RUBBER SHARES— CAUTIOUSLY Prospects Declared "Excellent" SIR HERBERT WRIGHT DEMANDS ■RESTRICTION AFTER 1938 (From the Free Press Correspondent) London, Jan. 24. rE I United States Questionnaire figures for December proved I the most potent factor affecting the rubber commodity and share markets this week. AS has already been
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      STOCK EXCHANGE
      118 10 Business Small But Sentiment Good London, Jan. 2f>. Though business on the Stock Exchange today was not particularly voluminous, the general sentiment was good and most sections ruled firm, Rubbers were dull, however, and gilt- i edged securities lacked support. The Railway Finance Corporation is issuing on Friday
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      HIGHER WAGES IN BRITAIN
      47 10 London. Feb. 1. Changes in wages which came into operation last year, according to reports received at the Ministry of Labour, have resulted in a total net increase estimated at about £195.000 in the weekly full-time wages of about 2.337.000 workpeople.- British Radio
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      NEW CAPITAL ISSUES
      26 10 London, Feb. 1. New capital issues during January amounted to £33.963.149. compared with £11.217,941 last December and ±.16.592.347 a year ago.- British Radio
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      TREASURY BILLS
      39 10 Londnn. Feb. 1. The total amount applied for in tenders for £35.000,000 Treasury Bills was £69.275,000. The average rate per cent, for bills lat three months was 10s. 4.12d. against 10s. 6.96d. a week ago.- British Radio
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      £27,000,000 ISSUE
      36 10 London, Jan. 31. Lists In connection with the €27.000.000 issue of 2 l 2 P^r cent. Treasury guaranteed debenture stock by 1 the Railway Finance Corporation Limited were closed yesterday morn- ;ing.— British Radio
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      Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association
      111 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association Feb. 1, 12 o'clock noon Buyers Sellers > No. IX. R.S.S. in cases <FO.B. February) 24U 24 9 16 Good FAQ. in cases FOB. February) 24 /2 24 9 16 No. I.X. R.S.S. (Spotlocse) «awardable Singapore* 24» 4 24 3 8 No. I.X. R.S.S. February
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      221 10 Jan. 29. 30. 31. American Can. Com. x25 l 2 > 123 3 4 123 American Telephone and Telegraph 161 161 3 4 Wlfc Atcheson Railroad 72 3 8 74* 2 74» 2 Chesapeak 57 7 8 58 li 58 3 8 Dupont 144»4 146 V4 147
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      90 10 SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES Feb. 1 Buyers Sellers Gambier 6.00 Java Cube 9.00 Hamburg Cube 10.75 White Muntok Pepper 17.75 Black Pepper 9.75 Copra. Sundried 6.60 Copra, mixed 6.00 Small Flake Tapioca 4.25 R. B. Siam No. 1 per koyan 108 Banja Jelotong 7.50 Sarawak Jelotong 8.75 R. (Siam) W.C. No.
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      EXPORTS OF TINNED PINEAPPLES
      105 10 During the week ending Jann. 25. 1936. exports from Malayan ports amounted to 52.899 cases, of which. 46.693 (88 n.r cent.) cases were to the United Kingdom. 971 (2 per cent* cases to the Continent of Europe. 2.800 1(5 per cent.* cases to Canada, and 2
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      COMMODITY MARKET
      276 10 scheme which will be satisfactory to the majority of those concerned." No January I.R.R.C. Meeting Only two other items of interest to rubber growers remain to be reported this week: The International Rubber Regulation Committee will not hold its customary monthly meeting in January (no meeting took place
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      51 10 London, Feb. 1. Contracts for more than £500.000 have been placed by the London and Northeastern Railway in connection with the programme of development under the scheme for the Government guaranteed loan of £27.000.000. The orders include 160 new passenger coaches and 500 specially-con-structed wagons for conveyance of containers.— British
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      SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES
      1080 10 II Fraser and Co.'s List SATURDAY. FEB 1, 1936. MINING Buyers Sellers Ampat Tin <4s» os 6a 6s Asam Kumbang 33s 34s Austral Malay 59s 60s Ayer Hitam (ss. lii 6d 16s 6d Ayer Weng ($1 > 1.75 1 85 Bangrin Tin 20s 21s Betu
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      LOCAL EXCHANGE RATES
      205 10 LOCAL EXCHANGE RA TES Feb. 1 SELLING London. 4 months' sight 2 4 18 London. 3 months' sight 2 4 3 32 London. 60 days' sight 2 4 1 16 London. 30 days' sight 2 4 1 32 London, demand 2 4 London. T.T. 2 4 Lyons and Paris, demand
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      TAKUAPA TIN
      64 10 The lolloping telegram received from Takuapa Vn! Dredging N. L. Mines: For January Dredge Takuap.i No 525 hours. 120.000 cubir lltfl *B plculs. Dredge Takuap.i v hours. 130.000 cubic yards VII pi»ul> Estimated value oJ outpi. 1 Mine working costs $27.40n I >r« *.1 Takuapa No. 3 540
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      FOREIGN EXCHANGES EVENTFUL YEAR
      2078 11 Scares And Capital Flights CHINA LEAVES SILVER STANDARD London. JIIK Foreign Exchange market has been by no means devoid of excitement during the past year. While during the early months interest was focussed upon sterling, lor the rest of the year the flight that occurred from
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      Tin Consumption Increase
      370 11 1 London. THE January issue of the International Tin Research and Development Council's Bulletin, published by the Hague Statistical I Office gives some preliminary figures of tin production and consumption In 1935. World production was 138.000 tons and consumption was 14?>000 tons in the calendar year 1935.
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      MOBILISING GERMANY'S INDUSTRIES
      234 11 For War Needs I Berlin, Jan. 17. yHE co-operation between the military and industrial authorities of G:r- -< many is now so close that the General StaiT can veto the erection of new factorie.s in what it regards as strategically unfavourable districts. Firms wishing to extend their
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      42 11 1 Arrangement* are now nearly comipletcd for the concert which Mrs. R A. Barbour |g organising in ftid of IY.W.C.A. fund! at Kuala Lumpur The j concert will take place at the Victoria Institution on Friday. Fob 7 at 915 j p.m.
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      PER CENT DIVIDEND
      625 11 For (ilcnealy Plantation Shareholders Shareholders in Glenealy Plantations are to receive a final dividend of six per cent., making 14 per cent., for the year ended Oct. SI, 1986. Since its first dividend was declared in 1011, (ilenealy has paid a return of 844 per cent. Presiding
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      140 11 1 HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. 'Incorporated in the Colony of Hong Kong) Th»« liability ot members is limited to the extent and in 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
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      517 11 I CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. \lMK\in AND CHINA (Incorporated In England bv Royal CharterPaid up capital in 600 000 shares of £5 each £3.000,0*0 Reserve Fund £3.000 000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors )K) 000 HEAD Ofl Ki: ;JB. Bishopsjjate London EC 2 Agencies and Branches. jAlor star Ipoh Hri— ring
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      1084 12 TRANS-ATLANTIC AERIAL SERVICES "No Doubt They Will Come," Says Postal Chief London. EXPERIMENTAL flights which may lead to the opening of rc- gular trans-Atlantic aeroplane services within the next 18 months will be begun, according to present plans, in the early summer of 1936. The conference in Washington of representatives
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      28 12 H.M.S. NEPTUNE'S flag at half-mast at Portsmouth. Flags on British warships at Portsmouth and at stations throughout the world were lowered to hall-mast in mourning for the King.
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      519 12 BOUSTEAD Co., Ltd. OneorpormUd in PHA) TLLEPHONE: Ifctfckft Mtt Tmmmgt MSI. LLOYDS AAENTS. BOOKINGL AGENTS VOft FEDERATED MALAY STATES RAILWAYS. KOYAL STATE RAILWAYS OF SLAM. CANADIAN MCIMC |WJpiftUijO|iffl^| (Incorporated in England) 9 THE "EMPRESB" ROUTE offers TRANSPACIFIC SERVICES via ■ONOIXLU or direct EMPRESS to VANCOUVER— ACROSS CANADA by TRANS-CONTINENTAL TRAIN
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      603 12 Local And Foreign Mail Dispatches And Arrivals BY TRAIN Bangkok every Saturday 7 p.m. Thursday 745 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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      669 12 SINGAPORE HARBOUR Ships alongside the whar\rs r expeeted to arri\r East Wharf (Entrance <*ate l> Plancius 22; Somervill* Main Wharf (Entrance Gate |)j Trave 18: Dt ucalion 13; Mr. t Maru 11 Rh inland 7 Umpire Dock Entrance Gate 3> Foylebank 33; Rahmai. 33: Cinu Prince M: K;(.ianK 39 Empire
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      449 13 V ll^ivMlhC SS£ C BRITISH INDIA P. O. S. N. CO'S SAILINGS, OUTWARDS SOMALI 6.810 Feb "l2 BEHAR 6 000 Anl^ 15.000 Feb 14 CHITRAL 15 000 Aor 24 17.000 Feb 28 SOUDAN 6 500 Mav 6 I NOALORE 6.000 Mar 12 RANPURA i? 000 Mav R DERA 16.000 Mar
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      561 13 (Incorporated in Straits Settlements.) SB 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 Due Sails x CITY OF HEREFORD Havre, London, Rotterdam. Hamburg Feb. 14 Feb. 16 CITY
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      997 13 SHIPPING THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean The Hum Khi— a. Steam Ship Co., Ltd., and China Mutual The CunaMWkS eMhh|p <*•' (lfM > Steam Navigation Co, Ltd.) T Ce Sa^wL^."' i Ur LU The Straits Steamahip Co Ltd iSe aXSEL* Co Lw The China Navigation Co Ltd. TbJ IrrlilSl" ?r**
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      673 14 K. P. M. PLAJfCIUS Monday, Feb. 3. Belawan-Deli. KAMPAR Tuesday, Feb. 4, Bengkaiis. Pam-h. Berombanji. TanjongMonKeidar. Tanjong Leidong and Asahan. TOMOHON Tuesday, Feb. 4, Singkawang. Pemangkat and Sambas. MAKASSFR- Wednesday, Feb. 5, Poeloe-Kidjang. Sapat. Tombilahan. Pocloc'-Pallas. Pengalian-Estate and Rengat. THEDENS Wednesday. Feb. 5, Muntok and Palembang. TOBA- -Wednesday. Feb. 5.
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      631 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 r'eb. 3 Mar. 19 M.S JAPANESE PRINCE Feb. 10 Feb 17 Apr. 2 M.S. SILVERSANDAL Feb. 24 Mar. 2
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      715 14 O. S. K. LINE FOR E. AND S. AFRICA AM) S. A.MFKIC A It Manila Maru Santos, Buenos Aires via Colombo. Mombasa. Zanzibar, Dar es Salaam. Beira. L. Marques. Durban, P Elizabeth and Cape Town. Tamahoko Maru Cape Town via Mombasa. Zanzibar. Dar es Salaam, L. Marques. Durban. East London,
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    OBJECTION UPHELD AT TAIPING RACES
    1373 15 Event Awarded To Mov along From Taj Mahal CAPONE PAYS $110 (From Our Own Correspondent.) JHE brilliant weather being: experienced broke this afternoon »hen shower fell for a while after the fourth race of the second and concluding day of the Taipin* Turf Club skve
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    THRILLING HOCKEY CLIMAX
    332 15 i F. M. S. Win Annual Test I < From Our Own Correspondent > Kuala Lumpur. Feb. 1. J^ MOST thrilling and fitting climax to this year's hockey season was witnessed on the Padang today when the F.M.S. earned a victory by three goals to two over
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    JOCKEY ENGAGED
    152 15 Former Winner Of Grand National I Dudley Williams, who won the Grand I National on Kellsboro' Jack, has an- nounced his engagement to Miss Flora J Dora Huntingdon-Brown, of Alveston i Lodge, Westbury Park, Bristol. The bride-to-be is a daughter of the woman osteopath who cured Williams jof
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    IRISH OWNER
    123 15 Sir James Nelson. Bart., the wellknown Irish racehorse owner, has an- j nounced his intention to retire from j the racing and breeding of horses. His entire stud of horses in training. brood mares, foals, and yearlings will be sold without reserve at Messrs Gotl's winter sales next
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    279 16 209 Goals Equals The Record MANCHESTER'S DRAMATIC WIN OVER PORTSMOUTH (From Our Own Correspondent) Ixmdon, Feb. 2. A PINE L'oal by Drake ten minutes after the start gave the Arsenal victory over Stoke City but the winners should have won by a much greater
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    THRILLING BASKETBALL
    1407 16 Nankin* Athletes At The Great World Several thrilling games of basketball were witnessed by a big crowd at the Great World on Saturday and Sunday between Singapore and the Nanking Athktes who certainly lived up to expectations. Compared to the Singapore players the visitors wore literally giants; and
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    JOHORE CRICKET
    181 16 Strong Team Available This Season From Our Own Correspondent > Johore Bahru, Feb. L Cricket will soon begin in Johore. The Johore Cricket Club who had a successful season last year will be able |to call on the services of the same players with the exception of Nagesu
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    18 16 SPECTATORS at the women's inter-county match between the Scot- tish team and Huntingdonshire. The match was drawn *-all.
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    WALES' FINE WIN OVER SCOTLAND
    148 16 SCOTTISH FORWARDS SCRUM BETTER 50,000 Watch Thrilling Match Murray field. Feb. 1. More than r>o,ooo people, including 15,000 Welshmen crowded here today to see Wales beat Scotland by 13 points to 3. The weather was misty utter early ruin. The pitch was very soft. The
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    Thrilling Neck and Neck Race In 6-Metre Class
    471 16 rj TARE AT DASHES HOME A SECOND BEFORE RAMONA WESTERDAY the International Six-metre Class sailed a Sweepstake Race. There was a fresh North Easterly breeze blowing. Tarbet was first away but to leeward. In the beat to the Man-o'-War buoy Kathleen gained
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    Breeze Wins Club Pennant
    72 16 On Sunday. Feb. 2. the 'C' Class I sailed a race for a club Penant during which a fresh breeze from N.N.E. prevailed. The sea was moderate and the tide ebbing. Breeze skippirad by C C. Best finished first. The finishing times being:— Ist. Breeze <C.
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    WARDEN & CHERRINGTON BEATEN
    583 16 WARDEN CHERRINGTON BEATEN Complete Week-End Results Of S.C.C. Tennis Tournament THE S.C.C. Chinese New f«t Lawn tonins tournamen* i a step iurther when thr toilov. ties were played off yesterday Men's Open Singles. N. S \K beat Lt. Chest nut t wo.; W .1 Warden beat G ClifTord 6 e.
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    S.G.C. February Medal Results
    691 16 rE February Medal Competition of the Singapore Golf Club was >layed ot Bukit Timah on Saturday ind Sunday and resulted in a win or T. C. Hamlyn in "A" division vith a net score of 70, in a win for P. Barbat in "B" division with
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    AUSTRALIAN RACING
    100 16 'Prom Our Own Correspondent Sydne>. l-rb. I. Tir following is the result ol th« Etandfwlcfc .imma mui MISTER KBUtT 6 CURATOR 7.6 Won by hall length a head betwen •ond and third Time 2 mins H 1 sees. Eleven ran Bating 4to 1 M Kerry; 6 to 1
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