The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 7 May 1936

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. NO. 11,816 BBTD. 1835. TIII'RSDAY, MAY 7, 1936. 10 CENTS.
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    LEAGUE URGED TO INCREASE SANCTIONS
    482 1 Is Covenant Reform The Only Alternative To Extinction? "ABYSSINIA IS FOR EVER ITALIAN" Mussolini Dissent rrom France And Great Britain A PROTECTORATE BUT CERTAINLY NOT ANNEXATION LONDON, MAY 6 raMll FUTURE OF THE LEAGUE INCREASIN OLY INTERESTS THE PUBLIC AND THESE ARE COPIOUS LETTERS ON
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    IF BRITAIN HAD CLOSED THE SUEZ CANAL
    418 1 Would Have Meant War Says Eden London, May (J. in t lie House <>i Commons, replying to ii Labour attack on the Government's policy over Abyssinia. Mr. Eden said that throughout the dispute Britain had taken the lead. The only Immedlat ly effective
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    DEATH OF DOCTOR JOHN MELLY
    166 1 DEATH OF DOCTOR JOHN MELLY HEROIC BRITISHER IN ABYSSINIA Sacrificed Practice And His Life 1... ml. .11. May <;. I\R JOHN MELLY. who was in charge of the British Red Cross ambulance in Northern Abyssinia during the recent fighting and had with It returned to Addis Ababa to relit alter
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    FRENCH FLOOD OF PANIC MONEY
    337 1 CAN COUNTRY REMAIN ON GOLD? Government Shifting The Responsibility London. May 6. THE flood of French panic money arriving In London is developing into a torrent, forcing British Control to absorb the very heavy offers of francs. Nevertheless the peg was slightly lowered, from which
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    JAPAN WANTS $60,000 FOR POLICEMAN'S LIFE
    207 1  - JAPAN WANTS $60,000 FOR POLICEMAN'S LIFE Sin Chew Jot Poh LIST OF DEMANDS AT SWATOW Sequel To Riot Of Two Months Ago Hong Kong, Msy 6. MORE details of the situation in Swatow indicate that the Mayor of the port. Mr. Chen Tung Yat, has .'greed to open negotiations with
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    20 1 Mr and Mrs H. Ward rtf Sungel Nyor. have affl by the Terukunt Maru on a ho'idiy trip to Europe
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    DR. WU LIEN TEH'S NEW POST
    49 1 Shanghai, May 6. pvR. Wii Lien Teh. the famous plague expert, has been appointed Direetor of the Hague Prevention Bureau of Shanghai. Dr. Wu. who was better known in the Straits Settlements as Dr. Ngoh Man Tuek, was a Queen's Seholar. Union Times
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      83 1 BIGIA TEA Brings the freshness and fragrance of the Malayan gardens direct to your home. r F' TONIGHT ORCHESTRAL CONCERT CHANGE OF PROGRAMME Uocmm 0 915 P THE WORTH SISTERS tCIAL HfNIfFR Modern Interpretation of the -ni. **fiii|*g*.ir Manhattan Serenade Rhumba. DANCE (formal) <*> to Midnight Jarahe T aa,ia) NON-DINERS
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    THE MARX BROTHERS
    159 2 Will Make You Tired With Laughter Usually the Maix Brothers' films are about nothing at all. That is half their charm, but "One Night at the Opera." Which opened at the Alhambra yesterday, actually has a plot, and these comedians make the best of it. The picture
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    CURTIS CUP GOLF
    131 2 Gleneagles, May 6. The results of the Anglo-American women's golf contest for the Curtis Cup so far are as follow: Foursomes: Miss Wanda Morgan and Mrs Garon (Britain* heat Mrs. Vare and Miss Pattyberg all square. Mrs. Crews and Miss Cheny 'U.S.) beat Mrs. Walker and Miss
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    Law Notice For The Day
    40 2 The Acting Chief Justice at Kuala 1 l.umpur Court of Appeal. Before Mr. Justice Adrian Clark in the 2nd Court at 11 a.m. 5.309/35— Chang Yee Koo etc widow) vs. Liew Lin Yan and others.
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    Y.M.C.A. WATER-POLO LEAGUE
    104 2 The following have been selected to represent the Red and Brown teams respectively for the 'Froamroz WaterPolo Cup' to be played tomorrow (Friday) at the Y.M C.A. Pool at Fort Canning at 5.20 p.m Red Team: Lim Fook Leong (Captain). Leong Kong Nang, Tan Wee Chwee. Ong
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    NORMANDIE LOSES PROPELLER
    189 2 he Havre, May 2. 'VHE trials of the Normadie after a month's refitting, were suddenly interrupted in view of the crowds lining the quayside when the vessel abruptly stopped. A diver was sent down and reported that one of the four propellers was missing. The Normandie has
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    ITALY TAKES ADDIS ABABA WITHOUT A SHOT
    249 2 Badoglio Rides In On White Horse Addis Ababa, May 5. 'THOUSANDS of Italians are arriving in the city cheering and singing although the modern quarter is mostly i smoking ruins, many of the finest buildings being destroyed, shops pillaged, houses gutted and streets
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    Repeated Attacks
    150 2 London, May 5. Towards the end of the. day during which the tension of the situation in the Abyssinian capital had been somewhat eased by the evacuation yesterday end this morning of certain Foreign Legations, which are unable to withstand the repeated attacks of marauding bands and the
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    Non-Recognition By U.S?
    173 2 Washington, May 5. Many competent observers expect that th? United S*at?s will follow the Stimso^ doctrine of non-recognition (first used in the case of Manchukuo* With regard to Italian conquests in Ethiopia. It was declared at the State Department this evening that a decision on this peint
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    Badoglio's Entry
    92 2 Hornet May 6. Reuters special correspondent with the Italians, describing the Italian occupation of Addis Ababa says thjt Marshal Badoglio entered riding a white horse at the head of a column Of Carabinieri, followed by a regiment ol Grenadiers. A second column, composed of Eritreans, entered the capital
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    U.S. Legation
    158 2 Washington, May 6. I The U.S. Legation at Addis Ababa v hich was reoccupied by the Vicej Consul. Mr Cramp, after the arrival of 'the Italians, has appealed to the Italian command for help, owing to I the renewed attacks of native ridterg. i The Italians have compiled
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    Minister's Brave Wife
    41 2 London, May *>. Cheers greeted Ambassador Bing- ham's statement at the annual dinner \of the London Chamber of Commerce that the wife of the American Minister lat Addis Ababa. Mr Cornelius Van Engert. refused to leave him when the
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    Italy Has No Further Colonial Ambitions
    344 2 SATISFIED WITH ABYSSINIA SAYS MUSSOLINI Rome, May 5. M Y policy never planned any harm whatsoever to the interests of the British Empire, nor does plan any such harm now." declared Mussolini in an interview with Mr. Ward Price, of the Daily Mail. He
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      163 2 Diary Of The Day High Water, 11.28 a.m. 8.0 ft., 11.00 j p.m. 8.8 ft. Sports Soccer: Div. 111. Indian R.C. vs., M.P.H. at S.R.C.; Div. 11. Middlesex vs. Marines at Anson Road. Lawn Tennis: S.C.C. vs. Y.M.C.A. at Y.M.C.A. Cinemas VICTORIA Captain Blood: with Er^ll Flynn and Olivia De
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    TWENTY-FIVE YEARS IN MALAYAN CIVIL SERVICE
    106 3 Mr. Small Describes His Experiences "FINE HERITAGE FROM OLD TIME PIONEERS" ccount of his experiences in Malays was given at the eon meeting of the Rotary Club of Singapore yesterIphi, by His Excellency the Officer Administering the A S. Small. [Speaker pave a vivid
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    Life Of The "Heaven Born"
    2382 3 Ise of his address, Mr. said: I feel some- In appearing before our president is a most person and when he ak I felt unable to «al. One of my trou!ack pf a subject, but Vd that perhaps an my experiences in r feeble it
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    Servant On Charge Of Theft
    82 3 Servant On Charge Of Theft j ARREST IN JOHORE GWEE Yeok Kiang was charged yesterday, before Mr. T. D. Hughes In the second magistrate's court. Singapore, with the theft as a servant of $80 belonging to Mrs. Hammett of Cairnhill Road on May 2. He was arrested in Johore and
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    CHINESE COMMITS SUICIDE
    198 3 CHINESE COMMITS SUICIDE Afraid Of Losing His Job AN inquiry was held ycstenl i\ in the Coroner's Court, Singapore, by Mr. W. CI. Porter, into the death of a hinese drain washer or a tin mining company in Pulau Brani, named Tan hoo Neo, who was found bleeding with a
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    69 3 His Holiness trte Pop coi ferred on Mr. L. J. Shephcrdson and Mr. W K. Mosbergen. JP. tor their work In connection with the Csthedral <>1 the Good Shepherd and thi t) i»t St Vircent de Paul, the Medal and the Certificate of Honour Ol H I M r< ntl'
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    POLICE ORDERLY ACQUITTED
    113 3 Club, proposed a vote of thanks He We have listened with great Interest and pleasure to His Excellency's addrcSS, and I am sure we are all very grateful to him foT finding time to come i here today I wonder Why it is that one flnds much
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    FLOTSAM AND JETSAM
    80 3 Flotsam and Jetsam the two celebratt d BBC. artists, are planning an BeJteim tjur which will include Malaya and the Netherlands East Indies, accr rding to the London correspondent ol the Malay Mail. They will leave' England in the autumn. Flotsam 'Mr. Hillian* was formerly a Canadian
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    On Charge Of Stealing
    93 3 IDRIS bin Omar, an orderly attache! to the Beach Road Pola-. Btotton. who was charged with the theft ol $:u in the office ol the B ad) Road Police Station, the property ol one Jos ph Ko. a clerk in the same po'ice station, or Mar
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    HOY KNOCKED DOWN
    82 3 From Our Own Correspondent Jnhore liih'u. May I. As a result ol an OOCaOenl it Hmai yesterday in which a Chinese boy was knocked down and sustained Hag Injuries. Chua Kim K«v. a lorry driver, was this morninu charued *****0 Mr J. B. Weiss. First Magistrate, with
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      136 3 1 T M^s mmtUMtUmtiSM T yHUy ÜBaWaliiaßaaOj 1 kk iiii»?**^Ma p ?sT?**iwaXaT?67gOM YJP^ 1 6sa,BIWBBSIfIWW tz The Local Press will tell you more than we can 'Captain BIomT A« Even Better Film Than "Mutiny On The Bounty." Vide Free Press. May 6, 1936. People Will Go To Victoria Thratre All
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    TREASURES IN A TOMB OF 2700 B.C.
    631 4 Sarcophagus For King, s Son i WORLD'S OLDEST MUMMY Cairo, Apr. 21. r roDAY I accompanied the Premier Ali liaher Pasha, when he inspected the tomb of Knum Ba Ef. son of Chefren. King of the Fourth Dynasty. The tomb was discovered by
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    "An English Paradise"
    322 4 DUKE AND DUCHESS OF KENT'S NEW HOME IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE London, Apr. 25. COPPINS, the many-go: bled, typically English country house at Ivor. Buckinghamshire, which was left to the Duke and Duchess of Kent by the late Princess Victoria, is being renovated in preparation for their Royal Highnesses'
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    AS WE GROW OLDER
    94 4 TYR. HYRDLICKA. an anthropologic ist. of Washington, D.C., says ihat while some features of the hunt a. i race remain fixed our ears grow larger, our noses longer and broader, and our mouths wider as we age. Bir the shape of the nose is dictated by
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    A CHINESE LOOKS AT WESTERN DRAMA
    1171 4  -  SOO YONG BY Symbolism Versus Realism 'Miss Soo Yarg, mistress 0/ ceremonies for the Chinese actor. Mci Lun Fang, and icho has appeared in Broadway plays, is now in the rust 0/ "Klondike Annie," Mae West's new fi m > A CENTURY or two
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    30 4 Mr Ngim Wee Chiow has been appointed to be a member of the Chinese Advisory Boaid for the Settlement of Malacca vice Dr. H. K Lung J P resign d.
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    A COCKPIT IN ST. JAMES'S
    164 4 A COCKPIT IN ST. JAMES'S \Old London Former Lepers Hospital qt. James's Palace, where the C cil of Hie "ofHi ha. been hokliiu, II hist :i*- meet.' was once the ite <-* a lepci pital. surrounded by fields. Henry VIII ann x propel erected the present I rcyal domain it
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    LOCH NESS MONSTER AGAIN
    109 4 I.oiidcii. \pi at Three Olasgow Un Robert Fulrweath* r, fl J. Yaggo. walking h n the warden It th< V H al Glen Nevis on SatUTd 19 I it they had se'e;. 1. They itatOd loch side ah m\ I Augustus. they heard end then saw
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    28 5 PICNIC-RACING on Kaparinga. Oukhank, S<.uth Australia 1 H,l),, < Pstta company with hi* horse in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Regimental rate which was held at Little Milton.
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      75 5 Photographic copies of Free Press local pictures e'an be obtained on application to the manager. Price 50 cents each. i yv SVi^Vq new unUUtKT DEPARTMENT AT OUR KEPPEL RD. BRANCH IS NOW OPEN. Stocked with good things at lowest prices. Nothing but reliable i goods backed by a reliable house.
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      115 5 CURIED MOSTfrIL DEPARTMENT- -Ag^ p^ UNREST IN GERMANY tttflHfet .aatf g^LW r^P^ r "t that a school boy m Germany has been >, f S* 1 C r 3,Jnde lTltir haS bcer followed by n-<- Jv^Jr "7^ <i<_, f For deliberately callin£htm .1 bub Dub ft^gi» y£R 1 I 1
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    RUBBER RESTRICTION CAUSES BIG FALL IN MALAYA'S EXPORTS
    421 6 Slight Increase In Imports NEARLY $30,000,000 LESS OF RUBBER SENT OUT (From Our Own Correspondent) j Kuala Lumpur, May 5. RESTRICTION of the export of rubber resulted in the favourable total trade balance of the Federated Malay States for 1935 dropping from
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    LAW TO BE CHANGED
    195 6 LAW TO BE CHANGED Cross -Examination Of Accused (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, May 5. A CHANGE in the law, providing that an accused person may no longer be cross-examined in court on his statement to the police, is contained in the Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Bill which will
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    THE LATE MRS. P. NONIS
    78 6 i From Our Own Correspondent* Malacca, May 4. Th? interment of Mrs. Patrick Nonis ook place at the Catholic cemetery a* Bukit Serendit last evening. The deceased, who was 31 years old was tormerly a teacher in the Tranquerah English School She was the daughter
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    FATHER J. P. FRANCOIS
    224 6 Big Farewell Party In Malacca (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, May 5. Catholics of Malacca and Muar gathered at a tea party in the St. Francis' Institution grounds on Sunday evening to bid farewell to their popular parish priest, the Rev. Fr. J. P. Francois, who
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    39 6 The engagement is announced of Mr Lance Desborough Walford, of Kuala Lumpur, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Walford, Hewall, Cheshire, to Mis* •Monica Elliott <niy daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. L H. Elliott. "Domers," Warllngham, Surrey.
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    "DEVELOPMENTS NEED CAREFUL WATCHING"
    240 6 Goods Imported From Japan SCHEME TO COMPENSATE ()k QUOTA RESTRICTIONS (From Our Own Correspondent. Kuala Lump, ir, Mas DEADY-MADE mosquito nets from Japan are beinu import*! into ihe F.M.S. in place of piece netting regulated In l|UU a Taifi is part of a scheme that has
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    AGED MURDERER'S APPEAL FAILS IN K. L.
    314 6 Killed His Best Friend FATAL SEQUEL TO DISPUTE OVER COCK FIGHT (From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, May 4. UT ASK for mercy and a reduction of the sentence that has X been passed on me. lam 71 years old," said Lin Slew
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    Is Town Hall Haunted ?
    139 6 Is Town Hall Haunted BIG CLOCK MYSTERY I 1 TJAVE the ghosts of the old Europe Hotel wandered into the Town Hall? Twice in the last fortnight the clock has stopped at the hour of 1 a.m. The first occasion vas last Saturday week and the second yesterday morning At
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    SIR ANDREW CALDECOTT'S POPULARITY
    180 6 "Has Charmed Everyone In Hong Kong" ARRIVING in a cabin de luxe aboard the Carthage yesterday. Sir (Wilfrid) Thomas Southorn. K BE., CMC, who has been Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong for the last ten years, and Lady Southern were met at Tanjon? Pagar by Mr.
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    THE LOTUS CLUB
    39 6 Und'r »he ausp Mrs E V Davi M ISC tan on "Women ol the YWC A H.il Saturday May 9. at S S C Goho. the presid< n* tuk.- the chair All memb i arc invited
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    FOUND DROWNED
    29 6 A verdi<- oi reiurned by W. O Pm strrday lit r ll 01 an u: known Ch wh i was found on :h\ lr.-'rnlrg of M.tv 1
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    PUBLIC WANTS FACTS In Films Says Thalberg
    872 7  - PUBLIC WANTS FACTS In Films Says Thalberg Sheilah Graham Hollywood Today uTHE modern tendency in en--1 tertalnment is for truth. People everywhere are demanding truth. action liteiature is selling in iter quantities than ever before. At no other time in the history of at ion have men and women all
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    MIDNIGHT RAID IN CORK CITY
    122 7 Left-Wing Republicans Rounded Up London, Apr. 30. Twenty men. including Sean McSwiney. a member of the Cork Corporation, have been detained following a midnight raid by large forces of hea-vily-armed detectives on a number of houses in Cork and Waterford. During the night the police
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    Winninig CONTRACT
    356 7 Winninig CONTRACT SV^v^c^Gutt* Michael Gottlieb, Oswald Jacoby and Howard Scfimkim, worias leadina team-of-four and inventors of the system that Has beaten every other system gg existence. THE EXPERT'S MEET |T IS rare indeed to see four of America's ten leading players together for the rubHifrM card values b e r
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    INDEPENDENT CUSTOMS
    68 7 What Japan Wants In North China Tientsin, May It understood that the gstsbtl ment of an independent Customs m\ ministration for North China is I main issue in the pro'racted BUM Japanese negotiations here tor I ment ot outstanding quest-.on.s The Japanese are reported to have Intin ed
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    STOMACH SUFFERER SINCE CHILDHOOD
    199 7 STOMACH SUFFERER SINCE CHILDHOOD 1 To be perfectly St and 66)1 6 a. ything alter Direr 30 I stomach trouble is moi people would dare h for v lias actually happened to Mr. A D These ire nil own words: "I must tell you how th<tik:ul I regarding Maclean Brand
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      718 7 RADIO PROGRAMMES FOR TODAY Ltrom the Garrick Theatre. Southport. Close down. Transmission 3 Two of the- following frequencies Mill be used. GSG 16.86m., GSF 19.82 m., GSD 25.53 metres. 9.20 Big Ben. "A Countryman's Diary." 9.35 "Alabamy Bound." A southern journey. 10.50 Programme of gramophone records. 10.20 Light music. 11.05
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1936. A Pyrrhic Victory
    1067 8 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1936. A Pyrrh ic Vic to ry A MID screaming syrens, shrieking whistles and a farrago of political clap-trap from II Duce, Italy heralded the entry of Italian troops into Addis Ababa, the military end to another shameful chapter of modern Italian history.
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    DAY TO DAY
    85 8 Mr. J. I. Miller, M.C.S., has returned from Home leave. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Pinching arc back in Penang from a visit to Sumatra. Mr. W. S. Reeve-Tucker, M C.S. Selangor, has returned from leave. Mr. M. Wheatley, of the Educational Service, sailed for Home last
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    Os I Was Saying
    534 8 Spurred On Too Vast SOME people may like to think that Scots-men are cold and calculating creaturos. but that docs not sound to be the case with two of them who were charged in London recently with having travelled from Glasgow without paying their far?s. Their
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    Knavish Tricks
    831 8 Knavi s h Trick s 'THE English.'" .said Simon Junot. the blacksmith, dogmatically, are p«rAll eyes in the group round the Saisou town pump turned to Agnes DupOUt, who had spent a in LOBdV n and was the ree gjniecid authority "One would describe them as sMy and idle." she
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    OMINOUS SPEECH BY JAPANESE MINISTER
    1673 9 If Markets Cannot Be Kept By Friendly Means, Then RUSSIA DENOUNCED AS A "MENACE TO PEACE" "OINCE our nation cannot sustain its economic life except by securing kj abroad a supply of raw materials and a market for our finished products, we shall have to
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    PRIVATE ARMS TRAFFIC FAILED IN 1914
    172 9 PRIVATE ARMS TRAFFIC FAILED IN 1914 EVIDENCE BY MR. LLOYD GEORGE Wants Government B Monopoly London, May G. TUI for i Government monopoly In the manufacture of arms was strongly stated by Mr Lioyci In giving evidence at Royal Commission on Arms he detailed why he considered ..resent system bad
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    EGYPTIAN HEIR PRESUMPTIVE
    30 9 Cairo, Hay 6. Alii NTT Decree announces that Prince Mahomed Ali, tin hi year old nephew of the ate King Fnad, is the Heir rrcseaiptive Reuter Wireless
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    57 9 private manufacture In t war Alter 18 months oi americam no guns of their and bad to rely en Britain ana yel America was the greatest trim country in the world. reed with the witnesses who inventions ol the luture depend on private manufacturer! fl that tanks. Stokes Milla grenades
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    SITUATION TO BE REVIEWED
    197 9 L Abyssinia Overshadows Everything n London, May 6. p° Rl (Tain were again under •n it the usual meeting 'bunt this morning and this there will be an important bate in the House ol Common! durh»ch the who'e international outWUI be reviewed. k expected the Abyssinian
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    SOUTH-WEST AFRICA
    38 9 S OUTH-WEST AFRICA Town, May 5 f^horitatlvely learned that the h ferment has informed the Ider .n ernment that u will nevei b w, V y A quostl on of a transfer ol wan Atrica. Reuter British Radio
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    AMY MOLLISON
    110 9 Still Determined To Break Cape Record Rengucla, May t>. Mrs. Amy Mollison passed over here at 2.20 GMT on her attempt to break the record for a solo flight to the Cape At Luanda, in Angola, she had 1 800 miles to go in 37 hours to beat
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    H. L. BROOK'S ATTEMPT
    44 9 London, May 0. H. L. Brook, the Yorkshire airman who holds the Australia-England also flight record, set off from Lympne airport at 6 o'clock this morning on a flight to the Cape in a small two-seater Hillson Praga cabin monoplane.
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    MOVING SCENE WHEN NEGUS LEAVE
    225 9 To Make A Last Appeal lln London Djibouti, May > THERE was a moving scene on the departure of the Emperor when he received a number of Abyssinian and Swedish office; s who came to bid him farewell. The great chiefs, sucli as Has Gin
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    PRIMARY ELECTIONS IN THE U.S.A.
    222 9 IMPORTANT TESTS OF STRENGTH The "Lunacy Fringe" In California Washington, May 6. IMPORTANT tests of party strength in the fight for the United States Presidency arc being made in the primary elections in California and South Dakota. In California, where President Rooacve*t is opposed by
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    THE PAVILION
    136 9 The Danger Of Boredom In "Magnificent Obsession" Director Stahl. who turned out "Magnificent Obsession." from the novel by Lkyd C. Douglas, is a brave man. Sentimentality <s easily communicable in a book, but in a talkie mansion it ;tands in danger of being boring, and enly Mr. Stahl's
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    KING'S CIVIL LIST
    37 9 Loudon, May The House of Commons, after gggavfly rejecting a Labour motion for th^ reduction by £1.000 adopted by 284 /ot^s to 17 a resolut'an fixing the King's Civil List at £410,000 annually. Reuter
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    CONVENT BURNING IN SPAIN
    97 9 MmliiJ Wait 5. "PBMMM has ***** </ ntnnii of convent httrmmj in the icorking-class distrut oj QmrnfCWi Camf.os. Alleging that Fascist, had nit en poisoned sweets fa the chi'dren of Socialists, mam/ of g toon 666 hospital being treated for foims 6f poisoning, crowds patrolled the
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    48 9 she is likely never again 68 appear in public and remain m a convent near Jerusalem. Dr. Martin is at raid big two sons may have lost their trying i<> save their possessions lrom th looters He has n t heard fiom his sons for a month. Reuter
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    GERMAN PEACE PLAN
    117 9 London, May The British Memorandum on HeGerman peace pr posals is expected to be dispatched to Berlin tomorrow The document, which is a lengthy one exceeding 2.000 words, Ls desie.ie <l 10 obtain fuller Information from the German Government on the interprc tction of a number of
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      204 10 May I. 4 5 American Can. Com. 125» 2 136% 125 3^ American Telephone and Telegraph 151" 2 152 7/ R 154% Atchcson Railroad 70 71 71 2 Chesapcak 55 54% 55 a Dnpont 137 3 4 1373 4 1393/4 Firestone 28 28 1 2 29 General
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      LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCKS & SHARES.
      540 10 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCKS SHARES. From London 6 p. m. May 6 New York prices quoted in U.S. The above are dealers' middle prices; jobbers, margins, brokerage and stamp duty are not included. Share of £1 denomination unless otherwise stated Previously Yesterday Rise or Fall Conversion Loan. 5 p.c.,
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      Yesterday's Rubber Auction
      162 10 •THE Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 1.276th auction yesterday when there was catalogued 1,150.551 lbs. 513.64 tons; olTered 1.033.697 lbs.: 461.47 tons; sold 847.059 lbs 378.15 tons. The next auction will be held on Wednesday. May 13. Spot London 7%d New York 15.11 16
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      KRAMAT PULAI
      28 10 The output from Kramat Pulai, Limited mine for the month of April. 1936 was as follows: From the mine 283 piculs Prom Tributors 21 Total 304
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      LAST NIGHT'S QUOTATIONS
      203 10 By arrangement with the Exchange Telegraph Company, Ltd., the Singapore Free Press is able to offer to its readers this complete and reliable service of commercial news from London, New York and other centres. This "a the first occasion on which a newspaper published in MaU./a has
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      THE COMMODITY MARKETS. From London 5.30 p. m. May 6
      174 10 RUBBER: Dull. London Spot: 7%d. 7 7 16d. Previously: 7 3 fed. 7 7 16d July-Sept.: 7 7 16d. 7» 2 d. Previously: 7 7 16d. 7 1 >d. Oct.-Dec: 7> 2 d. 7 9 16d. Previously: 7 2 d
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      67 10 London Closing Quotations Mav 6 London: Easy Cash: £205 7s 6d. Previously: Easy at €206 Three months: £200. Previouslv: £200 2s 6d New York Tin: 46 75 jf\ Previously: 46.30. Copper: Settlement: £37. Previously: £37 Gold: Yesterday: £7 0g Bd. Previously: £7 0s 4 r -d Silver:
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      THE METAL MARKETS
      81 10 From London 5.30 p. m. May 6 Method of Parity before Rate PreCentre Quoting 20-9-31 Yesterday viously Paris Francs to 141.21 75 5 18d. 75 7 lGd. New York $to 4.88 2 3 495 13 16d. 4.96 < ,d. Amsterdam Guilders to 12.91 7.21» 4 7.22', Hong
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      LOCAL EXCHANGE RATES
      231 10 LOCAL EXCHANGE RA TES May G SELLING London, 4 months' sight 2 4 3 32 London, 3 months' sight 2 4 3 32 London, 60 days' sight 2 4 1j 16 London, 30 days' sight 2 4 I|l6 London, demand 2 4 J .32 London. T.T. 2 4 1 32
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      SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES
      964 10 Fraser and Co.'s List Wi:i)NKSD/\Y, MAY 6, 1936 MINING Buyers Sellers. Am pat Tin (4s> 5s 3d 5s 9d AftMß Kunibahg 28 9d 30s Gd Austral Malay 58s 6d 59* 6d Aver Hilam (ss> 14s 6d 15» 3d Ayer Weng ($1) 1.63 1.75 B:»i\'3in Tin
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      88 10 May <; Buyers Seller* Gambirr 5 75 Java Cube 8.70 Hamburg Cube 1U75 white Muntok Pepper Black Pepper B. on Copra, nwiiili iiiii 4 60 Copra, mixed Sman Flake Tapioca 4.50 R. B Siam No. 1 per koyan lio Banja Jclotong 7.50 Sarawak. Jclotong 7.25 K Siam.
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      MONEY MARKET
      69 10 London Ma) In the money market quiet 608*61 tions have prevailed, with the 66J66P tion Of Friday, when British Govern ment and other dividend 666bur* ments. amounting to over 823J00.600 combined \*ith exceptionally heavy payments !or Treasury Bills, caused I considerable dlaplaceinenl oi made but with the wheels
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      Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association
      21 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association m_f( i N i 1 1 \I Ju. 0 M Lattfl < Hi i I H P£|
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      UNILEVER PROFIT £626,600 HIGHER
      435 11 ADVANCE TO £2,432,100 FOR YEAR Dutch lo.'s Revenue R1, 116,000 Down London, Apr. 24. A 810 increase in earnings is >wn in he annual report of Unilever for 1935. Unilever N.V., the Dutch company has to record a decrease In its revenue owing to heavier currency
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      NO BUSINESS IN RUBBER SHARES
      963 11 NO BUSINESS IN RUBBER SHARES Bids Wanted For Malayan Broadcasting THE past -areek has seen all sections of the market in a state of despondency at the general situation and the weekly volume of business has fallen considerably, write Messrs. Fraser and Co. in their weekly market report dated May
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      32 11 The Governor has been pleased to appoint Mr. Ngim Wee Chiow to be a member of the Chinese Advisory Board for the Settlement of Malacca vice Dr. H. K. Lung, J.P., resigned.
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      PUNGAH TIN DREDGING
      887 11 DIRECTORS' ANNUAL REPORT Dividends Totalling 10 Per Cent. For The Year The report of the directors of Pungah Tin Dredging. Ltd to be presented to shareholders at the annual meeting at Taiping on Friday, May 15, states: The directors herewith present their report accompanied by duly audited
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      MALAYA RUBBER STATISTICS
      216 11 Ocean shipments of rubber, including latex, revertex and concentrated latex during the month of April. 1936. Sheet and Crepe Tons Latex. Con. Latex. Revertex. Tons Total Tons Name ol Port Transhipment Transhipment Transhipment GRAND Export Export Export Proper S.S. M.S. Proper S.S. M.S. Proper S.S. MS. Total
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      EXCHEQUER RETURNS
      70 11 London May The Exchequer returns show a tota. ordinary revenue, excluding sell bal anclng Items, of £50 807 314 compap-o with £58.613 706 at the corresponding date last year. Surtax alone, and principal revenue heads, shows a sma.i Increase compared with the same tlm< last year. The total
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    H.M.S. REPULSE
    91 12 L Rejoining Fleet After £I,S()<MNrO Overhaul Portsmouth. HM.S. Repulse has just concluded a three-years* overhaul in Portsmouth Dockyard at an estimated cost of near'v i: 1.500.000. and v/iil soon leave for the Mediterranean. She has been commissioned and is in charge of Captain J. H. Godfrey, formerly Deputy-Director
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    LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
    33 12 FITTING ONE OF THE QfJUN MARY'S new tS-toai propellers in drydock at Southampton. The propellers are covered with autographs placed by thousands of visitors from every part of the country.
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    THOUSANDS THRILLED BY THE QUEEN MARY AT SEA
    884 12 Speed Trials In Every Way Successful Glasgow, Apr. 19. A LTIIOUGH no official figures have been clivuhv i unofficial timings taken from the Arran shore while the Queen Mary was traversing the measured distance ct full speed indicate that he attained a
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    19 12 Straw be rrirs '.athcrcd in lb. Mi ii Bi thetam h. Lvmptir Ca tie K n <•! BtrawUen was Jab
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    STEAMER SOLD
    179 12 French Ship Gouverneur Paul Beau For Breakers The French Indo-Chi: a steamer Gouverneur Paul Beau, is to be broken up She used to be a regular caller at Sirgapor under the flag of the Societe des Affrteora Maritlmrs Indo-chihols. of Saigon, trading between Singapore. Bangkok an I Fn
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    SHIP WITH FINS
    54 12 New Device Fitted To Prevent Rolling London, Apr. f». Stabilising gear to prevent rolling, in the form of el .etrically-controlled ilns which can be put outboard In rough weather, have bee:: fitted to the South cm Railway etOPJgagf Isle of Sark The gear Is said to have
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      583 12 Local And Foreign Mail Dispatches And Arrivals BY TRAIN Bangkok every Saturday 7 pm Thursday 7.45 a m Alor Star: Mon. to PrL* 7.45 am Saturday 7.45 am. and 7 pm. Ipo: Weekdays; 7.45 ajn. and 7 pm Klang, Kuala Upls. Port Swettenham, Taiping and Telok Anson: Weekdays* 7pm Kota
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    Tramp Who Got £50,000 —And A Bride
    132 14 Tramp Who Got £50,000 And A Bride New York, Apr. 27. pOBERT HALL was a tramp just a tramp, dressed in rags, wandered round America, working here and there for a crust of bread. One day he arrived In St Joseph. Missouri, did odd Jobs about the house, fell In
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    34 14 J.. .1 taa Disregard',* political 6U North Wasiriv u officially rep n inaroti on B trial ol a Bum > with kidnapp Th .cni' be ree«ivm Beagbßoering Igaied in th.- Ui»''i K
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    ILLEGAL BETTING ON THE WANE IN SINGAPORE
    4505 15 Penang and the President's remarks jon the subject m his speech to Members at the last General Meeting were very much to the point. He rightly stated that if Members chose to bet on credit and otherwise through illicit channels in preference to
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    ANOTHER DISAPPOINTING STATE SOCCER TRIAL
    706 16  -  "Nimrod" By Singapore Heading For Wooden Spoon CHANGE OF METHOD NEEDED Reds 3: Blues 0. ANOTHER farce was witnessed at the Ansott Road Stadium yesterday when the second Singapore "Trial" was played. It was more of a trial for the handful of spectators than for
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    CRICKET CLUB MOST UNLUCKLY TO LOSE TO MARINES
    370 16 CRICKET CLUB MOST UN LUCK LY TO LOSE TO MARINES Forwards 9 Poor Luck With Their Shols WEBB MISSES VITAL GOAL Marine Depar(iTicnt...2: 5.C.C...1. LOSING by the odd goal in three the S.C.C. put up a really fine display against the Marine Department yesterday in their friendly fixture on the
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    INTER-CLUB GOLF
    178 16 The following are the teams and the starting: times for the golf match between Island Club and Sepoy Lines at the Island Club, on Sunday. May 10. Sepoy Line* players mention first: 900 H L Hosking 8 and J. C. Barry 10 vs N. A. Mallal 7 and
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    MUAR C.A. vs. SKINS.
    61 16 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Muar. May 5 The Muar Cricket Association will meet the Inniskillings at Singapore <Tanglin) en Friday The following i tarn has been chosen: P. F. de Souza. Ci. H. Whittington. N A Hannay. B. N. Barfhelot. L S Batvadurat N. Ponuampalam. R.
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    JOHORE SOCCER TRIAL
    46 16 Muar, May 5 1 The following will play lor Muar in j the Malaya Cup trial match between j Johore Bharu and Muar at Muar on Friday: Mohamed; Brahim and Syed Mahmood; Mahfoz. Muthu and Kim Hock; Yusof. Mohamed. Taib, Hashim and Hassan.
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    China Olympic Team To Play Here
    230 16  -  By "Nimrod" A SOCCER match of great interest i will be played at the Anson j Road Stadium. r>ext Thursday, when j the China Olympic team will play against the probable eleven which! will meet Singapore in the Malaya Cup competition. This ought to
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    BAN AGAINST JAPANESE BOXER LIFTED
    243 16 Riichi Sato To Meet Young Frisco niICHI SATO, the Japanese wclter- weight boxer who is regarded as one of the best in his own country, has gone into training for his first fight in Singapore, which will be against Young Frisco, the Filipino, on May
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    M.F.A. CRICKET
    99 16 Thr following will represent the Malava Football Association at cricket this week-end: On Saturday. May 0. against NCC latI at NCC. at 2 pm. Ismail Ali (Capt). Ibrahim Esa. I Salim. Ali Yunos. Mohd Shah. Leyman Bidin. S M. Tahirc. £bdul Aziz. Omar. A. Hashim, Ismail Jahbar. Reserves:
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    34 16 London, May 5. K S. DoleepsinhJL the famous Indian cricketer, vho played for England. Sussex. Cambridge and Cheltor. ham. was married today at Rajpinu to Jayaraj Kumar! a niece of the Maharajah of Rajpipla.
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    S. C. C. Mixed Doubles Results
    294 16 *yHE following ties were played on in the S.C.C Tennis tournament en Tuesday Mixed Doubles Handicap: Mr and Mrs. T. U. V. Anderson Cwc 3) beat Mi. and Mrs. M. G. Marriott (plus 1> wo; E. C. Cherringtrm and Mrs Aingcr (owe 15.4 1
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    127 16 The S.R.C. tennis tournament is Bearing its et966 and the following ties were played off yesterday. Mixed Doubles:— R. H Barth and Miss E. de Souza (scr.) beat Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Struys (plus 15) 6—2; 7—5; IC S. Cordei'o and Miss M. Lewis (owe 15.2) beat
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    146 16 Reuter cable* i lollows:At Lord's. Yorkshire brut th M C.C U\ eipht *irk«. M.C.C.: 170 iS^.Ucs *~433i tndia Hcndrcn 75. Smaller 6 64 YOBK: 209 and ul lof 66 Cardiff. Kent got the •jcttir ut tii^moraaa by m runs. KENT: 187 (Miner 8— 53 1 and 473 f
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