The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 18 February 1936

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  • 17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. NO. 14,779. ESTD. 1835 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1936 10 CENTS
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  • 430 1 Over 300,000 Red Troops In Danger Area MARTIAL LAW DECLARED AT VLADIVOSTOK Cessation Of Issue Of Passports To Japanese j yHE situation m Outer Mongolia has become more threatening with the reported issuance of mobilisation orders to the Soviet forces east of Chita. The possibility
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    53 1 SCME OF THE thousands of University students, some with black and red flags, who demonstrated m Cairo. Fierce battles Uik place with the police m which several rioters were killed and injured The students used hoses and stones against the police, who replied with hones and sticks until they were
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  • 201 1 STATE OF SIEGE PROCLAIMED IN MADRID Revolt Feared TROOPS CONFINED TO BARRACKS ~liTdr id Feb. 17. A STATE of siege has been pro- claimed m consequence of unincidents m which the police who were specially recruited to :n order openly fraternised with Communist demonstrators. It is strongly rumoured that he
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  • 114 1 Cairo. Feb. 17. us Pasha, the leader of the i. has been nominated as prethe delegation to negoti?/. 1 Anglo-Egyptian Treaty A decree nominates 13 members to <>n the delegation. The Prime Minister m submitting I to King Fuad. said that it unanimously desired to
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  • 58 1 Gen. Chanp Chi Chung. Actin? Governor of Charhar. interviewed pressmen yesterday and assured them that the Chinese forces m the Province will not yield any more to the demands of Japan and Manchukuo. They will rather perish with the fall of the territory than yLld to further
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  • 46 1 Condition Improves After Three Blood Transfusions Havana, Feb. 17. The condition of Count Covadonga, the former Spanish Crown Prince, has griatly improved atter three blood transfusions, the last of which was very successful. It is reported that the internal haemorrhage has now stopped. Reuter
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  • 83 1 Moscow, Feb. 17. A Soviet version of Wednesday's frontier battle has been received from Ulan Bator. This states that a detachment of Japanese and Manchukuan troops numbering 500. accompanied by two tanks and two aeroplanes, attacked aj Mongolian frontier post. The Mongols were outnumbered and forc2d to
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  • 230 1 Washington, Feb. 77. INDICATIONS are growing that the United States has not yet discount- ed restriction of experts to belligerents. It is authoritatively stated that the Government still disapproves of such trade and is informing inquiring ex- i porters that there has been no
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  • 323 1 Unaffected By Rains CAPTURE OF BRITISH ARMS ALLEGED Rome, peb. 17. DEPORTS from Asmara stato that euvy rains m Eritrea have not impeded the supply service to the troops m the front line. On the contrary, th^y afforded a test of the new roads, which
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  • 60 1 Admiralty Report Another Case London, Feb. 17. FOLLOWING the cases of atx tempted sabotage m the battleship Royal Oak and m the submarine Oberon at Devonport last December, the Admiralty today slated that a case of sabotage ha:l occurred on the British cruiser Cumberland at present
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  • 146 1 DENIED BY GERMAN MINISTRY Naval Lieutenant Said To Be Involved Copenhagen, Feb. 17. OIXTY arrests on charges of espionage are reported to have been made by f he German authorities at the seaport of Flensburg, the principal prisoner being a waiter named Stockmann who is alleged
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  • 41 1 Decided Progress During The Week-End London. Feb. 17. It If understood that the doctors feel that the crisis m Earl Beatty's illness has now passed The latest bulletin says that there has been derided progress during the week-end. Reuter
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  • 25 1 Pnris, Feb. 17. A £40.000.00(1 Hritish credit |g the French Treasury has definitely been concluded at three per cent for nine months. Reuter
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 83 1 BIGIA TEA Brings the freshness and fragrance of the Malayan gardens direct to your home. < 1^ V^S il MH fra p I^^H H*^l r^^H TONIGHT CABARET ATTRACTION ORCHESTRAL CONCERT f ,rst appearance of 815 to 9.15 p.m. CSIV Q MftP^lV SPECIAL DINNER parodists acrobatic dancers DANCE (formal) EVY ARMONT
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  • 146 2 Discovered Hanging In Her Room An inquiry was held before Mr. W G. Porter m the Coroner's Court Singapore, yesterday into the death o; Yap Pow Kam a 30-year-old womai teacher m a Chinese School, who wtl lound hanging m her room m Jaik Chuan Street on the
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  • 47 2 I Before Mr. Justice a'Beckett Terrell m the 2nd Court at 11 a.m. Motion m Suit No. 560 35 Jaeger and Co. vs. Fu rst Bros, and Co. Ltd followed by: —S. 303 35—Lee Kuan Woo etc. vs. Tai Seng and Co.
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  • 138 2 PROFESSIONAL SOLICITORS Important Change Eg In Ordinance IMPORTANT alterations to the Advocates and Solicitors Ordinance of 1934 have been made by the first reading at yesterday's Legislative Council meeting of an amending bill. Nine new sections replace one section of the old bill. These sections alter the procedure for hearing
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  • 423 2 LEAVES ON RETIREMENT TOMORROW Farewell Given By Marine Department /\NE hundred and twenty members of the Marine Department at Singapore officers, boarding officers, clerks, engine. rs. serangs. lascars. launch crews i and lighthouse sreWE gave a farewell tea party m the Sailors' Institute yesterday to their retiring
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  • 83 2 Leaving Today For K.L. To Attend Federal Council The Governor, accompanied by the Private Secretary, will leave Singapore for Kuala Lumpur at 10 p.m. today to attend the Federal Council to be held on Thursday. His Excellency will return to Singapore by the night mail leaving Kuala Lumpur
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  • 204 2 to the Chief Justice to appoint a Disciplinary Committee. A complainant who is dissatisfied with an opinion of a Disciplinary Committee may apply to a Judge who may examine the record of the Disciplinary Committee and after hearing the applicant and the Disciplinary Committee may direct that an
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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    • 51 2 NONSPI THE NEW DEODORANT STOPS ARMPIT PERSPIRATION. Pat on NONSPI ajid allow to dry. This gives full protection from underarm perspiration and odour. Price:- 70 cents per bottle MEDICAL HALL LIMITED. Battery Road. TO LET. TO LET: Commodious Riverside Godowns Nos. 82 and 83 Robert n Quay. Apply to Meyer
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    • 43 2 BOARD RESIDENCE. SEA FRONT KATONCi ORANGE— 77 Meyer ltd Large rooms lacing BM Wlttl own bath room. H BAd C. and m PhoilP 57. r >B Tenuis L.'!u«" Ciai THE MANSION Oxley Rise Singapore. RESIDENTIAL HOTEL (non-liccnsod.) Phone 3798 3 Minutes from Town.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 154 2 Diary Of The Day High Water. 4.19 a.m.. 7 p.m. Cinemas ALIIAMRKA "Two Fisted": with Giace Bradley and Gail Patrick 6.15 and 9. 1E p.m. CAPITOL "Romanc In Manhatten": with Gingei Rogers. PAVILION "Splendour: with Miriam Hopkins. ROW, KATONG "Red Salute" v,.n Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Young 6.15 anc 9.15
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  • 69 3 Returns To Singapore On Honeymoon Tour Prince Don Juan of Spain, the youngest son of ex-King Alfonso, and Heir-Presumptive to the throne, returned to Singapore with his wife, tho Princess of Bourbon, from Batavia yesterday morning. The couple, who are accompanied by the Viscount Rocarnore will embark
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  • 1262 3 SURVIVORS TELL AMAZING STORY OF "HOODOO" SHIP'S CALAMITIES Eleven Da^s On Fire MEN AND MASTS HURLED OVERBOARD IN GALE "Decks Buckled Like Waves" QN ...MM the Brii^Teamer bridge Has burnt to the X: 2L?y%sg —i-g Sinop.™, on the.r way home AII the crew were J vc d mi tney related
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    31 3 SURVIVORS of the Forthbridge. Six of the men whose ship was burned under their feet, at Singapore yesterday on their wav h^me as "distressed Britis h Seamen.' —(Free Press phot.)). i
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  • 612 3 Important Legislative Step $300,000 CONTRIBUTION TO PENANG JUBILEE FUND •yHE Singapore Silver Jubilee Fund was given statutory existence when a bill was passed m all strges at yesterday's meeting of the Legislative Council. Its passage marked an Import ant stop m social legislation m the
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  • 631 3 NEW RESERVOIR FOR PROVINCE WELLESLEY To Cost $290,000 AN impounding reservoir costing $290,000 to 6e constructed at Chcrok To'Kun, m Province Wellesley; The reclamation of an area of the foreshore and seabed lying m port limits of Penang Harbour; and The construction of a reinforced jetty m the north-east of
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  • 348 3 I TWO CHINESE CONVICTED AFTER a retirement of not more than live minutes the common jury m the Singapore Assize Court yesterday found Chan Siew Boon, a clerk formerly employed by Mr. A. L. Barrett, the local solicitor, guilty of three charges and Lay Yue Seng, guilty
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  • 143 3 She Was Ileinu: Poisoned U\ Constipation. For BHUU I s stem wa.s v out i i due t(» chronic c m raMd to ii found a way to pld h I StlptPon, and hi r hi piovrd In the r explains how I "For
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  • 100 3 TWO TOBACCO SMUGGLERS FINED Parcels On Beach XEONG CHIANO POH and N were CtBUV d >j< fOTC Ml 11 A. Forrer m thi drsl m. court. Sin(z;i, with being m poss*\s.sion «>i tiutiabta tobacco. Mr. P. D. Ll D partment, said thai two r< ofl) rers who y\er< on dut]
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    • 34 3 CIVIL "p AVIATION I I *_'f* < BRANCHES OF FLYING AND SJBj Jfp* GROUND ENGINEERING. I i m l Prospectus Supplied Without Any Obligation APPLY TO FAR EAST FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL KAI TAX AIRPORT, HONGKONG.
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  • WOMEN'S INTERESTS
    • 603 4 Important X-Ray Discoveries 117 HAT kind of Child would you have If you had the powers to decide Red hair Blue eyes A painter An engineer or Just like father It seems ridiculous to suggest that you can determine the characteristics Ol your
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    • 199 4 What must a man think who. after i 12 years of terrible gastric pain and after trying everything else, takes a small bottle as a "trial," only to find it cures him completely! "During the past, twelve years." Mr. G W writes. "I have
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    • 154 4 Spring Fashions ACCORDING to the first British spring dress shows, skirts for daytime will be at least two inches shorter than recently. Fourteen inches from the ground is the maximum length for both sports and afternoon wear, and most skirts are very tight. The swallow skirt
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      47 4 PLAID SUITS ARE SMART. From her personal wardrobe Virginia Bruce chooses this grey tailored suit with faint orange plaid. The coat features three buttons and wide lapels. A white tailored blouse is worn. Her flower is the same shade of orange as the plaid m the material.
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    • 377 4 HEAUTY today isn't quite what it L* used to be. Beauty has widened its meaning, broadened its views. Beauty isn't any longer the prerogative of a few precious exquisites whose faultless features and Dresden china skin were sought after by poet and painter, writes
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    • 70 4 FRENCH decorators are making much use ol glass. They now enliven a dull door by thr knatt of glas.s pa;ii If and thr use of glass knjbs Dark passages an bf «lrand the ulass dressing uihl VOgVttH BcflMttn^ti VtftOtl doors, shfland tables .ire ol glass and r
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    • 616 4 New York And Van Gogh I? VERY woman who lakes more than a passing Interest m drest knows that news makes lash ion. There la the Chinese Exhibit ioi m London; dress-designers MM milliners are quick on the cue, anc ,we wear rich embroideries an<
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 56 4 B. c sure the name s on the refrigerator ijou buu APB H 1000 1 I j Extra-durable, with longlasting s^^^hl P^ If jP^ II j B^^ rubber sole. ■'^USSSSS^Sf/ f /mm tiJNUISL I 6505 46 MfeMwIMMiKl '^io^^^ 1 1 kid shoe, makes your feet slendering. 2227 72 leather sole
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    175 5 KIM. BoillS of Bulgaria accom ranying the Archbishop of Sofia when he carried out the ceremony of sprinkiins soldiers with Holy Water m Sofia. 11IK >v,H,,,: STVDENT to*, I -condor Ujw .Me^cine and [P^n^in membe. of the U» Faculty, who defended the case of the Abyssm.an Imp demandillg his removal
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    • 64 5 MAPY WO A VITtLt tANVfi \rS f (.^f Ct »VAS WMl£ AS SHO»V>4HO tVfRYH^WfRf TWAr MA^Y W^A»T tAMff WA.f JUftf TO CO/ Many other well behaved lambs of course eventually find their way to the "Cold Storage." The lamb* we sell are the finest procurable, and our trade m this
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  • 857 6 No Precedent Constituted GOVERNOR CONVEYS BRITAIN'S "KEEN APPRECIATION" UNOFFICIAL members at yesterday's Legislative Council meeting applauded the Hon. Mr. John Bagnall on the conclusion of his speech •ffeiteg tin- payment of $500,000 m Singapore on or after Mar. SI, 193f>, to
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    33 6 SOME OF THE GUESTS at the reception held at the residence of the acting Chief Justice following the wedding- of Mr. G. E. Tatham and Miss Diana Murison on Saturday. (Free Press photo).
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  • 683 6 MR. PALGRAVE SIMPSON'S RETIREMENT Governor's Tribute •THE retirement of Mr. Palgrave Simpson who had been Penang's member on the Legislative Council for the past nine years, was the subject of eulogies at yesterday's meeting of the Council m Singapore. Tributes were paid on behalf of the officials and unofficials and
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  • 173 6 Twenty Coolies In Hospital (From Our Own Correspondent.) Segamat, Feb. 14. HTHE fatal motor-lorry accident at the 6? 4 mile Jalan Labis m December had its sequel this week m the Segamat Magistrate's Court, when Abdul Karim bin Haji Mat Ali, a young North Indian, and Wahab
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  • 106 6 Chinese Fined For Possession Mo Chee Beng, who hails from Shanghai, was charged before Mr H A Forrer m the District Court, Singapore on Saturday with being m possession or deleterious drugs and poison. Chee Beng was produced on th-* first charge some time ago and the drugs
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  • 303 6 New Probationers Appointed TRAINING LOCAL CANDIDATES FOR ADMINISTRATIVE POSTS A NOTHER step forward, m the cautious but steady progress of the Straits Settlements Civil Service, was announced m the Gazette on Friday night. Two more probationers are to be appointed to this Service during
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  • 180 6 CONDOLENCE WITH ROYAL FAMILY AT the Legislative Council meeting yesterday reference was made to the death of His Majesty King George V. The acting Colonial Secretary, the Hon. Mr. A. S. Small, moved: "That the Members of this Council humbly desire to express their loyal and profound condolence
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  • 93 6 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Segamat. Feb. 14. The following new officers have been elected for the Seremban Epworth League: President.— Mr. J. A. Sabapathy. Vice-presidents: Ist department, Miss! Lucy Song. Mr. N Nathan and Mr. S. Marimuttu; 2nd department, Messrs. S. Veerapan and S. Padman; 3rd depart-] ment,
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  • 64 6 A visitor from Kuala Lumpur. Wong Mm Shin, was found unconscious on the floor of a room m the Shang Ann Hotel, .at the corner of Purvis Street and Beach Road, Singapore, on Saturday night. On a table was a bottle containing a liquid and a letter addressed
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  • 39 6 'From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Feb. 15. Taiping's Jubilee Memorial is to take the form of a concrete jetty, to be erected at the Lake. The jetty will be illuminated at night. Work will commence this month.
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  • 130 6 Met In California: Married In Singapore The marriage took place at the Assemblies of God Mission Chapel Singapore, on Saturday, of Mr Arthur Sandahl and Miss Esther Johnson The bride was attended by Miss Eva Bloom. «of Shanghai, as bridesmaid and Mrs. Edith Jackson as matron-of-honour. The Rev.
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  • 49 6 The Tengku Panglima Besar has been appointed a member of the Pahang State Council, m the place of the Orang Kaya Indera Pahlawan, on leave, with effect from Jan. l. Dr. J. C. Carson, Chief Medical Officer. Penang, was admitted into the General Hospital on Friday as a patient.
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  • 187 6 Queen Mary Rumours Unfounded THE report 4 hat the Riant liner Queen Mary has been classi fled as a cabin ship by the Atlantic Shipping Conference and that on this account tin unard-While Star Line has given notice of resignation from the Conference is incorrect. TIM
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    • 217 6 MARCHING I ORDERS/ -1 Jy^^foUft PAINFUL Whon Radox Ktves a OOTI 111 man hiri* orders it GOKS! And ko<>* fot *'•< reaa what Kad<>x did loi it., sufferer suffered with four roms for fit* yean and it was tot tut e t.> walk, t kinds of remedies v ithout rttuU
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  • 1093 7  - 25 BABIES Join Cast Of Quins' Film MOLLIE MERRICK Hollywood In Person BY JWENTY-FIVE babies, all under A one year of age, have been added to the cast of "The Country Doctor" the Twentieth Century-Fox picture that will bring the famous Dionne quintuplets to the screen. Tho babies will lie
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  • 49 7 German-American Agreement Signed Washington. Feb. 15. a German-American agntmtnl ruis been signed wli.reby the two Governments will grant reciprocal [acUittu for (be projected trant-AUantic air Mnibetween Germany ar.d tIM Unit a States The agreement is simii.ir ro t' nt recently concluded with Imperial Air ways- Reuter
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  • 77 7 Record Number Of Licences London. Feb. 15. The nineth annual report of the Br!~ *«*vi Fr-->rir\ist;na Oornoration. out>lished today, recprds an increase during ly^o of the number of wireless licences from 6 730.5(39 to 7.403.109. Listeners indicate an increased interest m the Empire service and mor? than 27.000
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  • 27 7 Tho sneak. r at tomorrow's mooting of the Rotary Club at the Hotel will be Mr. Hush Denham. who will take as his subject, "The Mashona Plateau."
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  • 460 7 Winning CONTRACT s* k \*v^ou^ Ocfjtb David Burnstine. Michael Gottlieb, Oswald Jncoby and Howard Schrnken, world's Icadina tcam-of-four and inventors of the system that has beaten every other system m existence. Tilt: BARON GETS MTKY T^HE Baron von Zedtwitz recently ccmplained that none of his mistakes ever appeared In our
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  • 67 7 Subsidy Granted By Government London. Feb. 15. The Government have ■greed to flvt i financial assistance to "British Airways." a company operating .1 service to Sweden. This is the first time a subsidy for all transport has been given to a company other than Imperial Airways. Assistance
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  • 103 7 I The Imperial Airways plane which should have arrived have on Sui.day is running three days late and is not, ox ipected till tomorrow. This will probably mean that the Qantas service t^ Australia which usually dispatches IU plane on Monday morning will be again held
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  • 129 7 Trains Marooned When High-Tension (able Tails London, Feb. !."> Business men and office i D into London lrom the .southern > this morning wen 1 delaj d DIM ik down ol the Southern J 4 the failure ol tti The cause wai Fraetwi •'■us: .-ui attributed
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  • 109 7 To Lead New Expedition In Syria London I rl» 1» An expedition i<d by .sir Lao* ir-i Woolh y f\i- r. .ih»r Ofl Ur (il th< ("ha decs and sponsored f >v the Brit I Museum, is about to start w >rk i: northern Syria m the
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 312 7 A 1 TONIGHT 6.15 9.15 m LHAMBR A Paramount^ hilarious comedy of two swell fellows just trying to get alone m the world GRACE BRADLEY GAIL PATRICK KENT TAYLOR ROSCOE KARNS m TWO FISTED' COMEDY ACTION and GIRLS to tall m love with! IT'S GREAT FUN— DON'T MISS IT Also
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    • 75 7 Singapore Musical Society Popular Sunday Concert by the Symphony Orchestra of the Singapore Musical Society. Sunday, February, 23rd 1936, at 9.15 p.m. m the Victoria Memorial Hall THE WORKS TO BE P ERFORMED INCLUDE Beethoven Symphony No. 1 Mozart Balletmusic "Lcs petits ricns" Tchaikowsky Andante from the sth Symphony Rossini
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 525 7 RADIO PROGRAMMES FOR TODAY Batavia NIROM Men of Har'ech," and "Robin Adair." 6.20—7.05 a.m. YDA 98.68 m.. and H° The news. YDB 31 2m. The Manchester Tuesday Mid 10.50 a.m.— 1.50 p.m. YDA 49.67 m. ?ay Society's Concert, relayed and YDB 25.3 m. m tne Houldsworth Hall, 5.50 p.m. to
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  • 1036 8 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1936. Charity Begins At Home FOR the thir?. year m succession the L'olony has given an ex gratia payment of $500,000 towards the cost of Imperial defence and once again it has been necessary for the Senior Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council
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  • 83 8 Friday, Feb. 14. At noon His Excellency and Lady Thomas and Miss Thomas attended by the Personal Staff returned to Sinsanore by the s.y. Sea Belle from the W^st Coast tour. Saturday, Feb. 15. Mr. D. J. Jardine arrived to stay at Government House. Sunday, Feb. 16 Major
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  • 85 8 Dr and Mrs J. S. Sloper are returning from leave today. Mr. S. B. Miles has resigned his: membership of the F.M.S. Chamber of!' Mines, as he has decided to retire from Malaya. I 1 The Hon. Tuan Syed Mohamed Idid.jJ Chief Malay Judge, Kedah, who has I been seriously
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  • 697 8 Pud yard Kipling And The Sea Lord Heatty's Retirement Einstein Defines Relativity IT is rarely remembered thatthe late Rudyard Kip.Ung was one of the first laymen to be allowed to go down m a submarine. It was during the war when he was preparing the series
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  • 875 8 A MIDDLE-AGED lisherman «mi plodding along a wide reach of sand towards his cottage that was set m a sand hollow close to a tiny stream. The night was intensely dark but windless; a huge ground swell. caused by a recent storm, broke clamorously to leive a laint.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 198 8 j I friliuJß V|f i y/Si'r CALDBECK'S BY SPE< lAL re£ JS» rO HM I!IF APPOINTMENT KING OF SIAM FINEST SELECTION OF SMART JEWELLERY JLST ARRIVED WEARING A GOOD PIECE OF JEWEL IS A FIXE OLD TRADITION THAT APPEALS TO THE PRIDE OF OWNERSHIP IN EVERYBODY. YOUNG AND OLD. THE
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    • 65 8 FIFTY MILLION MOUTH ORGANS were exported from Germany last year. A big blow for the rest of the world. It would be a big blow for you if your heme were burnt down or ransacked by thieves. But- not If you held a "GAFLAC" ALL RISKS POLICY. GENERAL ACCIDENT FIRE
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  • 171 9 Singapore Defences Swell Army Figure SULTAN OF JOHORE'S JUBILEE GIFT REDUCES TOTAL London, Feb. 17. O UPPLEMENTARY defence ser- vice estimates were issued today as follows. Navy £485,000, army £1.350,000, air services £1,611,000. The navy estimate is due to 3,500 additional personnel being required, the revised
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  • 354 9 Bandoeng -Amsterdam Flight Record Missed ENGINE TROUBLE DEFEATS CAPT. SMIRNOFF ACI/UKUinu 10 me Bangkok Times oi Feb. 14, Capt. Smirnoff did not succeed m flyIng from Bandoeng to Amster--1 three days when he left special trip to pick up the nails from the X.L.M. plane which had net with an
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  • 52 9 Hulk Sold To Shipbreukers Cherbourg, Feb. 16. je hulk of the burned-out French ntique has been sold to a firm of ship-breakers for •00. insurers had to pay over •W-000 01 v;hioh nearly half the was with British firms. M be n nrotracted litigation c extent of the underliahilitv.-
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  • 19 9 Beaulieu. Feb. 10. death has occurred here of the American actress. Cora Brown Reuter Wirel ess
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  • 246 9 PHILIPPINES' PRESIDENT'S WIFE IN SINGAPORE HOLIDAY TOUR OF EAST INDIES JVfIRS. Aurora Aragon Quezon, wife of the President of the Philippine Commonwealth, arrived inj Singapore yesterday during a holiday tour of the East Indies from Batavia after an extended stay m Java. ihe is accompanied by Mrs. Felipo Bufencamino, wife
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  • 165 9 Strong Body Of Criticism In The Commons London, Feb. 16. Political circles discount the talk of a crisis following Sir Austen Chamber- lain's criticism of the Government's j defence policy. The opinion is expressed that there is a considerable section of the Com- rr.ons who hold the views
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  • 154 9 EMPLOYERS WILLING TO GRANT MORE RELIEF Protector Advises Men To Accept From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Feb. 17. '"THERE are prospects of a settlement of the foundry strike m Kinta as the result of negotiations which opened tcday between the employers and the strikers with the Protector
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  • 129 9 A Hong Kong, Feb. 17. W movement, with the object of v the original spirit of the Mang Party, has been launched Wie Party's executives m Canton. Han Mm, veteran leader of volutionary party, who will head movement, has despatched a per-
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  • 87 9  - "THE JEWS ARE OUR ENEMIES Another Outburst By Hitler Berlin, Feb. 16. JEWS are our enemies," declared Herr Hitler during a funeral oration at Schicerin for the burial of Wfhelm Gustioff. the Nazi agent killed m Sicitzerland. He added, "They have flung doum the challenge and I accept it." Everyichere
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  • 263 9 Further Hearing In Case Against Mr. L. M. Wylie Further hearing was continued before Mr. H. A. Forrer m the First Magistrate's Court. Singapore, yesterday, m the cas; m which Mr. L. M. Wylie, of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank stands charged with having caused grievous hurt
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  • 66 9 London^ Feb. 16. Lt.-Gen. Sir Charles Bonham-Carter has been appointed Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Malta m succession to Gen. Sir David Campbell, who has been permitted to relinquish 'his post for reasons of health. Reuter. Sir Charles Bonham-Carter has been j Director-General of the Territorial I
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  • 66 9 London, Feb. 17. The Union Castle 20.000-ton mail steamer. Winchester Castle, coming home from South Africa with 338 passenger s. which grounded m dense foe near Portland Bill, was refloated three hours later. She was apparently undamaged, and proceeded under her own power tv Weymcuth Bay where she
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    • 297 9 BROMFORD taj^r#J GOLF BALLS \f^fe^ PER DOZFN A SW-SO "AOTOtUUrn" sio.r,o ik S7oo /*ffll/v\^wB\ "TEK-.MKE" SI WK^M'/i pfaf*^* SPECIAL fifH-ttJI fWI PRICES pfF^ BIRCAiFORD TO CLUBS ROBINSON Co., Ltd. SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR. Fgsr-^^3feK need never sit down to a dull, flavourless Mtf'^™3jjg meat ish y° ur coolc uses B»sto regularly.
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  • 209 10 LAST NIGHTS QUOTATIONS By arrangement with the Exchange Telegraph Company, Ltd., the Singapore Free Press is able to offer to its readers this complete arid reliable service of commercial news from London, New York and other centres. This is the first occasion on which a
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  • 14 10 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCKS SHARES. From London, 6 p. m. Feb. 17 TRT
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  • 89 10 Feb. 17 Buyers Sellers I Gambler 6.00 Java Cube 9.25 Hamburg Cube 10.75 White Muntok Pepper 17.25 Black Pepper 9.00 Copra. Sutdried 5.40 Copra, mixed 4.90 Small Flake Tapioca 4.40 R. B. Siam No. 1 per koyan 105 Banja Jeloton^ 7.50 Sarawak JelotOUg 7.00 R. (Siam i
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  • 194 10 Electricity Loan Heavily Over-Subscribed London, Feb. 14. Tho Stock Exchange account was closed m a somewhat listless manner but there were several bright spots, notably motor, aviation and international issues. It is understood that the Electricity Loan was 14 times over-subscribed and dealings were at a quarter premium.
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  • 18 10 Mr. A. 11. Mortimer, mana^r of Reverse Estate. Klans, ha.s returned from leave and resumed duties. 1 1
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  • 77 10 The following tin and rubber outputs lor January ar| notified: Tin: Pahang Consolidated Co. Ltd 3.427 pels. Ipch Tin Dredging Ltd. (A. Etam> 1.C00: 140.000 yardage treated; 592 hours run. dungel Kinta Tin Dredging Ltd. 312; I 86 300 yardage treated; 3G4 hours run. Tcmoh Tin
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  • 67 10 London Tin: Dull. Cash: €209. Previously Dull at £207 5s New York Tin? C 2 °2 Previously £220 15s Copper: 48 25 Previously: 47.93. Gold- Settlement £35 17s. 6(1. Previously: £35 10s. Yesterday: C 7 os. HUd. Previously: €7
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  • 78 10 Foreign Exchange Rates. London Closing Quotations Feb. 17 J Method of Parity before Rate p re Do,?™ 11 6 Quoting 20-0-31 Yesterday vioudv Parls Francs to 141.21 74 1116 74 13 16 New York to 4.88 2 3 4.99 116 4995 Amsterdam Guilders to 12 91 727 7271 Hong Kon
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  • 214 10 LOCAL EXCHANGE RATES Yesterday's Singapore Quotations Feb. 17 SELLING London, 4 months' sight 2 4 I|B London, 3 months' s'.^hr. 24 332 London. 60 days' sight 2 4 1 ig London, 30 flays 1 sight 2 4 132 London, demand London. T.T. 2 j Lyons and Paris, demand v>c>c> Hamburg,
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  • 12 10 SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES Fraser and Co. 's List RTRTRT 4545
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  • 110 10 The foUowtng Information hai bei n received rrom the Chief ol the Central Bureau ol Btatlatka BaUvla Production on estatei converted to oni toni of 2.240 ib. dry weight. Total D'.'rernbtT Territory ifM 19:^5 [*7« 77.42; i 3 181 )uter Prorlncea 104.695 5.824 Netherlands Indies 182.124
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  • 24 10 As the Planters' Ball m Kuala Lum ur, Mrs. Spp/>J won the firs- ladies' < rizo M a Tamil woman with a dusk* I baby.
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  • 58 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association I H». 17. 12 n't lo< k |lu>«'is Slll r< n.i ix r ss m .use* 'FOB FcbriMrv l 1 Citx)d FAQ. m cases Sirmap< rr H Oet-Dec T( DC Ol M. rk-t i it Cable Loud 7 ltd p'-r lb Hi w V; rk
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  • 51 10 Mr. C. E Colin. m\ n I fcsoph Travels and s. rtalaya. leavi I onu he end of this jiionth. Tha foOovini havi i>« l ntmbert of thi fm.s Cl lines: Messn f. w Llev I Jtiln Nyuk Bng, Mesandei w fillan, lan Chalmei O< n(fn») WW" '.dririii BrMUM 1.
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
    • 197 11 1^0,000,000 INDUSTRY Plan Toilet Bigger Results JAPAN claim* she is now the world's v totting country, with an production valued at nearly 1 000. But she wants to make ill bigger industry and has just step which she believes will thifl object. i the aim
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    • 288 11 from Glasgow, n ships are not the sole concern scores a palpable hit regarding rubber company capitalisation. He that a tl?ure of "Issued capital per planted acre" which is very .-fri m comparing the merits hares— has strictly limited purpose. In a few cases the calculation is complicated
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    • 118 11 IN DIA TO MAKE CARS Leading Industrialist Keen To Start Bombay. ana are being made by leading stnallsts and financiers for the of a motor manufactures industry m India. n bay is expected shortly to have t Plant m the country for prot cheap motor-cars. Sir Mokshair l Um Visv
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    • 1164 11 Increased Quota Helps Dividend BETTER RESULTS EXPECTED THIS YEAR THE ordinary general meeting of Kay Tin Mines (Kinta), -Ltd., was held m London. Mr. C. A. Bolton (the chairman of the company) presided. The chairman said. Before I commence my very short speech. I would
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    • 938 11 Ceylon And Budgraf ting ACTION URGED BY PRESS FOR longer than we care to think and with results that give no pleasure to contemplate, this journal has preached to a laggard Ceylon to adopt the most modern methods ol agriculture, says the Times of Ceylon. From the earliest days of
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    • 268 11 Strong Financial Position THE twenty-fifth annual ordinary general meeting of the Soember Ajoe Rubber Estates. Ltd., was held at 71 St. Mary-Axe. E.C. Mr. F. B. Budgett. the chairman, said that under restriction the crop had been reduced from 713.000 lb. to 440.000 lb.. and it was
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    • 289 11 The undernoted newly-added nonfiction and fiction works were ready lor issue on Satusday. We Did Not Fight. Julian Bell. Ed.; I Find Four People, Pamela Frankau; George the Fourth. Illustrated. Roger Fulford; Odd Man Out. Illustrated. Douglas Goldrlng; What a Word! A P Herbert; The Court of Philip
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    • 127 11 Hair Caught In Propellor Shaft Of Launch Sydney. Her long, curly hair entangled around the propeller shaft of a launch. a«n 11-year-old Sydney girl was almost entirely scalped. She is now m hospital and recovering from the frightful accident. The girl. Maisie Klrby. was with a fishing party.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 138 11 HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated In the Colony of Hong Kong) The liability of members is limited to the extent and m the manner prescribed by Ordinance No. 6 of 1929 of the Colony. HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG Authorised Capital $50.000 000 Issued and fully paid up $20,000,000 Reserve
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    • 528 11 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA (Incorporated m England by Royal Charter) Paid up capital In 600.000 shares of £5 each £3.000,000 Reserve Fund £3.000.000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3.000.000 HEAD OFFICE 38, Blshopsgate, London EC 2. Acencies and Branches. Alor Star Ipoh s. muranf Amritsar i Hollo Saigon
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  • 23 12 Mail dispatched from Singapore on Jan. 24 by Karapara was delivered m London on Feb. 17 (24 days).
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  • 47 12 Feb. 16— Aletta. Agatha. Bengalen. Angelina. <Dut.>; Tcba Maru. Clyde Muru, (Japan); Angby, <Sar. Peiping. (Swed.); Kamuning, Kangaroo, City of Hereford. (Brit.). Feb. 17. Rantau, Jerantut. Gemas Ban Siong Bee. Sin Kheng Seng. Kinta! (Brit); Augustina. Plancius. Barentsz Sawahloento. Kepah, <Dut); Tsushima Maru. Ginyo Maru. (Japan).
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  • 37 12 The Nederland Line Royal Dutch Mail Liner m.s. Marnix van St Aidegcnde will berth at 1 p.m today alongside Godowns 6 and 7 and sail the same afternoon at 6 p.m. for Java
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  • 31 12 The mail vessel s.s. Sphinx from Saigon is expecteJ to arrive today at 8 a.m. and sail at 1 p.m. for Colombo Djibouti, Port Said and Marseilles 1 Berth,: S.H.B. Wharves.
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  • LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
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      61 12 A veterinary ambulance unit being sent out to Abyssinia by the R.S.P.C.A.. is under the command oi Colonel R. J. Stordy, who was chief veterinary officer m Baal Africa lot many years and who went to Abyssinia to promote livestock trading between Kenya and Kthiopia. Colonel K. J. Stord.v watching
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    • 565 12 Rise Of 64 Per Cent. During Last Year 'THE volume of shipbuilding m the United States showed an increase ol more than G4 per cent, during 1935. The tonnage now under construction amounts to 459.(571 tons, which exceeds the amount under construction m any year
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    • 100 12 SINGAPORE HARBOUR Ships alongside the mh %nm m exported to arrive East Wharf: (Entrance („.r i AnhuJ 20 Main Wharf (rlntrance 0 I Somali. Y;«Hik.m: Mai i ik Patrorlusl4..l. M S: Amgoodf 7 :>npiiT Dock (Rn trance Manuiu M; Burylorl West Wharf (fcnlr.m., f# Sphinx 4; Nlciiw Section 10 (Entrant
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    • 240 12 (l\r\ Aviator's K a ,r Accomplishments M< .m attracth on rails If] i M Bi ;ik«'ly tQ tM COOK woman p •.v..rid When thai Um< \kt\u> the lettera A. B. D her MUM A U|i IN P Mis> Brad: »rd h<>ld^ :.cirs i tlAcatc for pr
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    • 77 12 "FLAPPER NUN S" Canton Police Sunup <>n Gay YolarirChinese n., < "chic" clot] •rhun mjl' ftM demned la an ird i Canton polled They hvr m -ni.M.wi the variola nu idhl i city th:ir m tuttinNuns may not dothei or om povd stick arcl thell mado Dl pl.iin. dark c
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    • 13 12 It is understood th.r c:»i;mti<>r. the well-known K. er. is rciiriii" hy khf
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    • 348 12 Inquest On Five Victims Adjourned A 1 Formby. hi inquest was opened by Mr. R \V Brighouse into the eiicumstances attending the death of Q*e seamen members of the crew of J the roasting steamer Bradda which was lost In the M"i>w Channel during the gale on
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    • 90 12 Estimated At £6,000,000 In Western Shantung Tsiran, Shantung Damage of 5i00.000.000 'about 1C.0 00.000) was i aisvd by the Yellov Rivor floods which brought dea*;i r*nd desolation to westrrn Shantung last .summer, according to official itatlstlci just completed. Mor- than 2.000 towns, villas, and Camlets were washed away,
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 522 12 BOUSTEAD Co., Ltd. (Incorporated In F.M.8.) TELEPHONE Freight 5433— Passafe 5431. LLOYDS AGENTS. BOOKING* AGENTS FOB FEDEBATED MALAY STATES RAILWAYS. KOYAL STATE RAILWAYS OF SIAM. CANADIAN PACIFIC jWOBUrtGPIArtST (Incorporated m England) TQAVEI SYSTIMTHE "EMPRESS" ROUTE offers TMINS-PACIFIC SERVICES via RONoiJ'U! or direct EMPRESS to VANCOUVER— ACROSS CANADA by TRANS-CONTINENTAL TRAIN
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 414 12 Local And Foreign Mail Dispatches And Arrivals BY TRAIN Bangkok every Saturday 7 p.m. Thursday 7.45 a .m Alor Star: Mon. to Fri.* 7.45 a.m. Saturday 7.45 a.m. and 7 p.m. Ipo: Weekdays; 7.45 a.m. and 7 p.m. Klang, Kuala Llpis, Port Swettenham, Taiping and Telok Anson: Weekdays* T p.m
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    • 419 13 BRITISH INDIA P. O. S. N. COS SAILINGS, OUTWARDS Tonnafe Sp"«. Dae 1<13 6 Tonnage Spore •SOMALI 6.810 F.'lj 17 BEHAR <• n nn 1936 KANCHI 17.U00 F,b 28 PHltrai 6 00 Apr 19 BANGALORE 1.000 Mar 1> sotinAV 1500 Apr 24 N ALDER A 16 000 Mur 3 RaNPIIPa
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    • 598 13 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL S.S. Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m Eng and.) "ELLERMAN LINE" FOR UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL ACSPPTING CARGO FOB MONTREAL AND HALIFAX VIA COLOMBO. Slestmer |> U e Sail* CITY OF KHIOS Havre. London, Rotterdam Hamburg Feb. 29 Mar 2 CITY OF FLORENCE Havre, London,
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    • 1068 13 smrriNG TUX BLUE FUNNKL LINK IOMM Thr ua Khlow SleaaLshlo Co lIIHi lii Steam Ship Co.. Ltd and CUina M.ilual i t ulljrd v\ hir s?» P lul Sleam Navigalion Co., Ltd.) The Narunak sJLh«U lil The StraiU Steamship to ltd Ih, Aust,.,.,^ oSSSS line' d The China Navigation Co
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 643 14 K. P. M. NIUUW ZEALAND Tuesday. Feb. 18. Batavia. Semarang. Sourabaya. Brisbane, Sydney. Melbourne and Adelaide. MAPlA— Tuesday, Feb. 18. B^ngkalis. Paneh. Berombang. Tanjong-Men-Keidar, Taniong-Letdong and A.sahan. BOELONGAN Tuesday. Feb. 18. Rhio. Tambelan. Sin^kuwang. Pemangkat and Selakau. MAKABSBB W<-dn<'sday. Feb. 19. Poeloe-Kidjang. Sapat. Tembilahan, Poeloe-Pallas, Pengallan-Ektate and Rengat. TIIEDENB Wednesday,
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    • 546 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. MS. SILVERSANDAL Feb 24 Mur. 2 Apr. 15 M.S. CHINESE PRINCE Mar. 9 Mar. 16 Apr. 29 M.S. SILVERYEW Mar. 23 Mar. 30 May
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    • 593 14 O. S. K. LINE FOR E. AND S. AFRICA AND S. \M| |{|< t Rio de Janeiro Maru Buenos Aires via Colombo. Durban. C Town. Rio de Janeiro, Santoi md Montevideo Italy Maru Cape Town via Mombasa Zanzibar. Dar ea Salaam. L. Ifarqtft DurtM Al^na* Hay and MotMl H«. t
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  • 844 15 Exploiting The Off- Side Rule FREE AREA LIKELY TO BE EXTENDED Movement To Draw Penalty (Line Right Across Field tbe time of the year when reformers, or rather those who are keen on making alterations, get on the war-path, the past week or two we have had widely different proposals
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  • 99 15 The Singapore Golf Club beat the Island Club by four matches to on? m the final of the Wei-Hai-Wei Cup competition at the Island Club on Sunday morning. Results (S.G.C. players named first >: M M Patterson 12.l 2 S. N. Kelly 'L'W. Eldrcd beat Isherwood 6
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  • 433 15 CHANGES IN THE GEORGEAN ERA How Gate Receipts Have Risen Manchester. UY OUR Kin is dead." said the Danish waiter who brought my morning tea. 1 was m Copenhagen playing for the English Amateurs against Denmark my first cap. England's first overseas defeat! That was m
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  • 441 15 Newmarket Home Of The Sport Of King London. A NUMBER of towns m Great Britain haw grcwn up round one particular calling. Among them arc Port Sunlight. Bourneville. Crewe. Witney, Barrow-in-Furness and Dageenham. Newmarket is to horse- racing what these towns are to their
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  • Article, Illustration
    18 15 MEMBERS of the Southend .team training at Southend. Left to right Lane; Robinson; Spelman; Nelson; Carr; and Mackenzie.
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  • 174 15 Association To Be A Live Body Malacca. The Malacca Cricket Association are determined to be a live force this |«year. The President. Lieut.-Col. A. i Lermit. and Mr. J. M. Lee have prei pared a set of new rules for the Association which will be submitted at the
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  • 56 15 Captain China Chung Thye Phin. who died not long ago, was the last Capitan China of Perak. but His Highness the Sultan of Perak has the right to resuscitate the title ami there are hopes amongst his friends that Mr. Chung Ah Ming, J.P., M.C.H., M.S.C., M.F.C., will be the
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  • 601 15 GERMANY EXPECTED AGAIN AT WIMBLEDON London. THE draw for the coming season's competition lor the Davis Cup was made by the Lord Mayor of London, Sir Percy Vincent, m the Egyptian Hall at the Mansion House. This was the first time m the long 1 history
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  • 47 15 At a special Mul.ra F<;:)t').i!' A 'I OO F. 15 Mr Ali A J P was c! fl > Mr Haj; Abdul li w!>o bftl H .s.un ■<■]. Mr A. M AS v ifl .J P Ft lined sur.r Mr E E C till tht* varan*
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  • 527 15 Jack Doyle Wants A Crack At Petersen BACK IN ENGLAND FROM U. S. Bigger, Handsomer And Stronger Than Ever London. JACK DO\LE, the Irish heavy- weight boxer, is back m London, bigger, broader and handsomer than ever. But instead of the mercurial temperament he took to America with him Inhas
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    • 45 15 TWO BIG STAGGERING BOUTS IN ONE NIGHT FRIDAY FEBRUARY 21st at the NEW WORLD ARENA. V 3> riichi SATO vs J** aime RAPHAEL f{ joe EAGLE vs. a VENTURA MARQUEZ Bide Booking! At:— Frankels. Prices, $3, $Z t $1 and r >o cents. (No increase).
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    • 121 15 Itch Cause Killed In 7 Minutes Tour akin has nearly »o null, ,m tiny seauia or porca wher« tiny s;«rtn «>r p .r ialtea can hldo and nuMf \<.u r skin «■> Itch, Crack. Hum, ilmo Itch. KlriKworm, Pimples, Acne, Crotch-ltc M, anj Singapore Foot. Don't time with ordinary m<-thodn.
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  • 221 16 Meeting Called To Clarify Position GIBB BE A TEN AGAIN Will Silverthorne Dislodge St. Amory (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Feb. 16. THIS is the season when the golf championships are being decided for the year m Siam. The Amateur Open commences tomorrow,
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  • 75 16 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Fpb. 17. THE Ilobbs Cup for the customs inter-department soccer was retained by Taiping Customs who defeated Lumut m the final yesterday at Taiping after extra time. golfing husband^. The latter probably near both sides of the question the male
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  • 87 16 The following are the results of today's ties In the Tanglln Club Squash rackets tournament: PRENTIB CUP Capt. Mackillop beat Swinchatt 9—4. 0— 2. Lt. Hutt beat Markhum 9-3. 9—5. Flt.-Lt. Waring beat A. D. Anderson 9—3, 9—3. NEW CUP Pickering beat A. H. Williams 6—9. 9—2. 9—3.
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  • 310 16 I Lawn Tennis Ramblers Beaten 13 To Three (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Feb. 17. r PHE tennis season opened m Ipoh during the week-end when the Taiping Ramblers met a local team led by Chin Kee Onn. the Perak champion. The visitors only won three matches
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  • 178 16 Latest Betting London, Feb. 17. Lincolnshire caHover is as follows 100 to 8 Priok taken and offered. 100 to 6 Boethius. 18 to 1 Seabequest offered. 20 to 1 Overcoat offered, 25 to 1 taken. 20 to 1 Law Court offered. 22 to 1 Lcrdltng offered,
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  • Article, Illustration
    58 16 GEORGE NEPIA, the famous All Black who is considered the greatest Rugby full back since the war, who came to London to play for the Streatham and Mitcham Club, has taken up baseball and intends playing m England during the Rugby "close" season. Nepia, m his baseball pads is here
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  • 274 16 The Cause Of Miscues (From Our Billiards Correspondent) TT is the simpie thing m billiards that most cf us appear to know so little. Many of us play for years making irritating mis-cues playing billiards "full of fears" because we overlook a simple fact.
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  • 286 16 Knocks Dp Breezy 33 At K.L. 'From Our Own Correspondent t Kuala Lumpur. Feb. 16. THE Selangor Club opened their cricket season with a home and home fixture on the padang today when Mr. White's XI defeated Mr. Fos ter's side by 10 runs. Features of the
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  • 46 16 Johannesburg, Feb. 17. THE Australians made 439 runs m the fourth Test match m reply to the South African's 157. In the second inndings the South Africans were dismissed for 98, the Australians thus winning by an innings and 184 runs. Reuter
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  • 163 16 The following have Qualified lor the "Niblock Cup": The draw for the first round, which must be played off on Feb. 22 and 23 is under: H. Fanoott vs. G. V. Andrews. C. J. Clackett vs. R. J. Fermi?. E. R. Lubbock vs. R. McCreath. J E. Fforde
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  • 387 16 London, Feb. 17. THE following is the draw for sixth round of the English Cup to be played on Feb. 29. Chelsea or Fulham vs. Derby; Sheffield United vs. Bradford or Spurs; Grimsby vs. Middlesbrough; Newcastle or Arsenal vs. Barnsley. Reuter. demonstration will prove
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  • 144 16 By Bangkok >, r i. Chb (From Our Own Bangkok VjR C. E. W BOQOI AVI many m Malaya ani where a good many was stationed, ha position of m Bangkok Sports Club I He has be< n ano will be ItftVta of .the year Mr H I
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  • 92 16 Keen Interest In ke-Hi Competition London I Keen interest hai here In the Ice h at GermLsrh-Par 1 finally decid d ning the OlympU titles. The decisiv. ma week when Britain I had nr. r r iiifTei these contests. Saturday night's match between United States and Britain,
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    • 120 16 BOOKS JUST RECEIVED You Have Been Warned Fougasse and MeCu Hough $3.00 Asylum William Seabrook 5.00 Things to I'ftme— ll. G. Wells 2.00 The Complete Wine 800k Frank Srhoonmaker and Tom Marvel 6.00 The Writing of English S. P. B. Mais 4.50 Unsolved Problems of Science A. W. ilaslett 4.50
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    • 29 16 TIGEGITES.2 pm xjs !'...and furl-hermorc. Ladies GenHsmen, I hereby pronounce ingapore ouf of [he depression on the high read. THANKS TO rWA FRASER NEAVE LTD. DISTRIBUTORS FOR TIGER BEER.
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