The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 8 July 1936

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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    18 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. NO. 14,899. ESTD. 1835. WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 193 G. 10 CENTS
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  • Article
    NEW BRITISH NAVAL BASE
    307 1 To Be Created At Alexandria ANGLO-EGYPTIAN TALKS PROGRESSING VERY SA TISFA CTORIL V British Troops Will Leave Cairo I^HE creation of an important British naval base at Alexandria is believed, on reliable authority, to be one of the terms of the forthcoming Anglo-Egyptian treaty. Negotiations 'are
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    31 1 v Baltflata U:ah. Capt. Eyston. :.g "Speed of the Wind' covered 162 5 miles b bOHT, breaking the world record ot 159.30 established by last year at the same spot Reutcr
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    EMPLOYMENT IS STILL RISING
    124 1 Home Figures For June I London, July 7. AN increase m the number of persons m employment and a further fall m the number of unemployed are revealed m the June return of the Ministry of Labour. It is estimated that at June 22 the i
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    MISSIONARIES LEAVE
    52 1 Peiping, July 7. Nearly all the foreign missionaries, mainly British and Americans, have e\acuated Kwangsi, including the capital Nanning. as a result of the growth of lawlessness following the civil war threat. Bandits are active m many parts of the province which is suffering from jlu acute food
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    47 1 MR. CHARLES NAPIER, the London artist, and his wife reading the illuminated scroll which he pre enled to Emperor Haile Selassie on behalf of the Friends of Abyssinia Lea aw of Service. The form of the scroll is copied from the Kebra Negast, an ancient Ahvssinia document.
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    Siam Modifies Her Tin De mands
    157 1 BRIGHTER OUTLOOK London, July 7. THE prospects of a renewal of tin restriction are distinctly brighter, although yesterday's announcement that Bolivia has surrendered her right to produce 10,288 tons under exports outstanding at the end of May, does not release more tin and, as
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    Mr. Lowinger's Views
    65 1 (From Our Own Correspondent > Kuala Lumpur, July 7. "This will make all the difference m the world" Mr. V. A. Lowinger. the Malayan representative on the International Tin Committee said today, commenting on the report that Bolivia has surrendered her unused export rights. "For som-3 time
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    7 1 The Negus returned to England today. Reuter
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    NEW GOLD RUSH
    47 1 Spectacular Discovery In Canada Otiawa, July 7. QEPORTS of a spectacular 1 gold discovery m the Bryce township, 20 miles from Englehart, North Ontario, led a gold rush. Crowds of prospectors, who hastened thither, quickly staked all the available property for several miles.- Reuter
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    SINO-GERMAN AGREEMENT
    88 1 London, July 7. THE Times' Berlin correspondent understands from official quarters that the reported Sino-German trade agreement was not directly negotiated by the German Government but by the Klein Consortium, a business amalgamation which handles contracts m China. The agreement provides that certain Chinese products, including metals rei
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    1,000 FASCISTS ARRESTED
    80 1 Plans For Coup d'Etat In Madrid Discovered A .THOUSAND Fascists have been arrested throughout Spain following the alleged discovery of plans for a coup d'etat m Madrid, states a Reuter message. Seven Socialists were killed and twelve seriously injured last Saturday when Fascists iired from motor cars
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    STOP PRESS
    30 1 London, July 7. MR. ANTHONY EDEN, the Foreign Secretary, is taking a week*, rest on medical advice. Lord Halifax will deputise for him at the Foreign Office. Reuter
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    NAZIS PREPARE HERO'S WELCOME FOR GREISER
    171 1 Insolent Behaviour Praised By German Press SEQUEL TO GENEVA UPROAR London, July 7. THE Greirer incident at Geneva on Saturday, when Herr G reiser, the President ol the Danzig Senate, launched a violent attack on the High Commissioner, Mr. Scan Lester, and subsequently made
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    NEW PALESTINE OUTRAGES
    122 1 British Officers Wounded Jerusalem, Jul> I, A recrudescence of outrages has destroyed the impression that the trouble is dwindling. Lt. High, of the R.A.M.C., and Private Mavers of the Seaforthes, were wounded by rifle-fire irom the hills near Tulkarem m the course of their duties. A Jew
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    93 1 Jerusalem, July G. There has been a recrudescence of bombing and sn.ping m Palestine over the week-end. Three Jews employed m the public works departmeir Jerusalem were seriously wounded m a bomb explosion. Bombs were als > .thrown at Jaffa, Haifa and Nablus but no casualties resulted. Numerous Arabs were
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    25 1 which it is believed the reply given is that the speech was fully supported by Germany. Herr Greiser left for Danzig yes eraay evening.- Reuter
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    Cabinet Meeting
    36 1 London. July It if learnt that at yesterday evening's meeting of the Cabinet Mr. Eden stressed the serious potentialities of the Danzig situation, which will be further considered by the Cabinet on Wednesday.- Reuter
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    Poland's Attitude
    61 1 Geneva, July 6. < ilaod Bvc'sl. thp Polish Foreign Miniver. In an interview with Herr Greis r. m\do it unmis:akably c!ear thn; Poland was prepared fully to assurre the responsibilities under the Statute of Darzig. which were only rtvisable with Poland's consent. Be also old him that the
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    Berlin Assurance
    76 1 Berlin. July 7. An assurance that Germany will take no step which might disturb the international situation is understood to have been given by a Berlin Foreign Office .spokesman m the absence of Baron von Neunith to tho British Minister, and the French Ambassador when they called at
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      49 1 I TONIGHT COCKTAIL DANCE I DINNER DANCE 6.30 to 8.15 p.m. (informal) 9.30 to midnight m THE POPI L\R CABARET ATTRACTION THE COWAN BAILEY REVUE COWAN AND BAILEY-TED AND EVELYN-ESTELLE DAVIS NON-DINERS Sl.OO up to 11.15 p.m. SIX IAL FAREWELL PERFORMANCE TOMORROW NIGHT GROVE" NIGHT m aid of ST.
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      102 1 bi .m^. 9*^l f Mv m -i-i-i-B. i 1 1.' _!r*f^ SEA VIEW f^\ HOTEL IDEAL SEASIDE RES OUT EVERY ROOM WITH PRIVATE BATH RUNNING HOT AND COLD WATERTENNIS GOLF SWIMMING SUNBATHING ONE OF SINGAPORE'S SCENIC BEAUTY SPOTS GUESTS OF THE SFA VIEW HOTEL MAY TAKE Till IK LUNCH AT
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  • Letters To The Editor
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      SINGAPORE Ladies Object
      515 2 SINGAPORE Ladies Object iAND TWO OF THEM REPLY TO MR. KENNARD UNDRESS MEALS WILL THEY STOP AT COATS?- "WHEN IN ROME BITTER AND UNFAIR ATTACK ON OUR WOMEN WHO IS PETTY AND CONCEITED? MR. KENNARD'S ADVICE APPLIED TO HIMSELF To The KditiM-. Sir. Wlttl ri r nee to Mr EdAard
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      175 2 To The Editor. Sir. It is, perhaps, not generally known that there extsU especially among the unemployed clerks, a somewhat popular belief tha: some of our newspapers publish, from time to time, faked advertisements of vacancies for clerks, m order to maintain or increase circulation. The writer knows i: tor
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    45 2 The marriage has taken place at St. Peter's. Croydon. of Mr. Donald Robert Howgili, of Singapore, son of Mr. and lira R. J C. Howgili. of Goodmayers. Essex, to Kathleen Isabel Queena Banks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C R. Banks, of Croydon. Surrey.
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    372 2 JANE Froman has been climbing bal- I conies ever since she can remem- ber. The popular radio songstress, who will be seen m her first picture for Warner Bros.. "Stars Over Broadway." at the Pavilion Theatre tomorrow, i has appeared m more balcony scenes than the average road company Juliet.
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      461 2 NOTICE. FEDERATED MALAY STATES (iOVERNMENT THREE PER CENT. LOAN, 1956-1966. issue" oTlls.ooo^oointerest payable Dec. 15 Loan Enactment, on Dei. l r >, VXMi. Authorised by 1 edcritcd waiay I9M. PRICE OF ISSUE $100 PER CENT. Payable as follows: $15 per cent. On application $40 On 6th August $45 On sth
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      387 2 TTT^^-ADVERTISEMEMS. A Beauty Salon m Miniature. Harriet Hubbar Ayer WEEK-END BEAUTIBOX contains a ,he famous '•'"^B.autifvine tarn sXand Ti^e Crean. Pricey $2.50 per set. 1 MEDICAL HALL JjMITEjL llsXis"l^D_ RESIOEXCE. "-LOXTON" First Class Private Hotel, out -ood service, excellent cuisine 7 fSEA- FRONT K%TONG GRANGE-77 Meyer Rd. Large rooms lacing
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      483 2 Gbe Sinoapovc jfrec press Head Office: Cecil Street, Singapore licaa wii phone 5471 (5 lines «it* extensions to all dfparlmriiw Tel: "Times" Singapore. K «aU Ijmpur^ Phone: 3683. Penan« Office: 12. Bishop Street. Penan* Phone 1 4 < London Office:^ E.C.4. Phone: Central 360R— 36ft. Tel: "Leadmalaya" London. SUBSCRIPTION RATES
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      77 2 Law Notice For i The Day Before the Acting Chief Justice in the 1st Court at 11 a.m. Assizes:— (12) Rex vs. Phun Yau Hen. (9) Rex vs. Harold Cecil Batten. (2) Rex vs. Cheok Guan Leong. Before Mr. Justice Adrian Clark in the 2nd Court at 11 a.m. Motion
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    ARMED ROBBERY IN SINGAPORE STREET
    388 3 NIGHT CHASE THROUGH TOWN BY VICTIM Chinese Extradited From Pulau Samboe For Trial At Assizes AN incident which is alleged to have taken place at about 11.30 p.m. last Christmas Eve at River Valley Road was recalled In the Assize Court yesterday, before Mr. Justice
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    57 3 photo). >I MWINC F M CHAXTERAC. agent-general of the Messageries Maritime* m Australia and Oceania, was on board the liner Sphinx yesterday after having visited the Hebrides on his way to Singapore and Europe, where he will retire from service. M. de Chanterac (centre) with hi> wife and the M.M.
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    Ship's "Sevang" Charged With Illegally Demanding Commission
    734 3 DEPUTY SHIPPING MASTE GIVES EVIDENCE A m with a distinct nautical twang m heard m the third magis" rate's court. Singapore, yesterday, when Sheik Ahmat bin Abdul Rahim Babashim was charged before Mr A. D York with illegally demanding and receiving from one
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    17-TON FLYING BOATS TOO BIG FOR THE NILE
    262 3 17-TON FLYING BOATS TOO BIG FOR THE NILE AFRICAN AIR ROUTE MAY BE CHANGED London. /CHANGES m the present stations schedule of the England-Egypt-South Africa air route, when the service is accelerated and multiplied next y ar. are likely :o be imposed by the greater size of the Empire flying
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    CYCLIST'S DEATH
    144 3 Serious Charge Against Lorry Driver Before Mr. L. B. Gibson. Criminal District Judge. Ng Teik Chee was charged yesterday with causing death to a cyclist by driving a motor-lorry m a negligent manner at the 11 4 mile stone. Woodlands Road, on June 4. The accused was also
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    SOCIALISTS OPPOSE O.T.C. GRANTS
    141 3 "The Bad Old System" London. Socialist members at a meeting of Portsmouth Education Committee took exception to a letter from the Board of Education stating that the Board was prepared to recognise, for the purpose of grant, expenditure on subscriptions of individual pupils to officers' training
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    TEST-SHOOT FOR ARMY'S NEW GUN
    158 3 TEST-SHOOT FOR ARMY'S NEW GUN LEWIS BEATS BREN' Aldershot. "THE Bren. the new light automatic gun with which the troops are to be armed, was seen In action at A.sh Vale. This automatic weapon is to supplant the Lewis gun. The committee of the Aldershot Command Small Arms Meeting arranged
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    49 3 A TYPICAL ARAB shepherd of Palestine, one of the many agricultural workers who are agitating against the Jews, whose intensive big-scale agricultural developments, using the most modern methods, will, they fear, rob them of their livelihood, which is carried on m exactly the same way as 1,000 years ago.
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    $100 FINE
    119 3 Failed To Declare Imports As Cotton Sarongs For failing to declare the real nature of the goods m the Import Declaration 'Form to be passed by the Registrar of i Textile Quotas. Lam Foo. manager of jFoo Lee and Co.. Nanking Street, was fined $100 or to undergo
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    STOLE CAMERA
    98 3 "Could Not Resist Temptation To Take It" Low Chew Teck and Wong Hock Hian were charged before Mr. A. D. York m the third magistrate's court yesterday with the theft of a cam ra valued at $70 from a stall m the New World on Juiy 3. Chew
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    How I Made Millions: By South Africa's Richest Man
    351 3 How I Made Millions: By South Africa's Richest Man London. THE "Uncrowned King of South Africa" is on a secret visit to London—Mr. Isadore William Schlesinger. This most spectacular figure m the Union is known m this country chiefly as the donor of €10.000 to the LondonJohannesburg "Air Derby" to
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    MISS PICTONTURBERVILLE
    78 3 Mvi Tsai Commissioner To Lecture In Singapore On Tuesday, July 14, at 5.30 p.m.. at the Y.W.C.A.. Raffles Quay, Miss PictonTurberville, a member of the Mvi Tsai Commission, will give a lecture on "Possibilities and Prioress." Miss Picton-Turberville is a Labour momber o! Parliament, has been closely related
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    SEVEN YEARS R.I. FOR CHINESE
    394 3 CONVICTED OF ARMED ROBBERY Suggestion Of Secret Society Influence "TTELL the rxcused that the jury b> a majority ol six to one. have found him guilty. I concur and the least punishment which the law allows me to pass for an offence of armed robbery
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      32 3 VISIT INDO-CHINA AND SIAM Ist Class Steamer Fare SINGAPORE SAIGON AND BANGKOK SINGAPORE $100.--(Overland at passenger's expense) For detailed information please apply to: K. P. M. LINE* I, Finlayson Green, Tel. 5451.
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    BRITAIN'S NEW WARPLANES SECOND TO NONE Another "300 M.RIL Plus" Fighter
    2510 4 BRITAIN'S NEW WARPLANES SECOND TO NONE Another "300 M.RIL Plus" Fighter Britain* Ex,H,nded Air Force— \en Type Aircraft At Hendon Display— tickers Twin Frngiuvd Bomber A Successful -Private Venture" Important R.A.r. Changes Wir Coastal Command Service To I Scandinavia To He Extended. FROM OUR SPECIAL I CORRESPONDENT London, June 23.
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    NEW LOAN PLAN
    108 4 Shipowners Ask For Further Y2(UH)0,000 Bncovrafed by statement I the Diet by Mr. T Minister I -s. the J •wners' Association is sow dr. ti re m n is to the G went as r gards the measur--G-velcpment ol the shipping tad Tho r c-mni^nrlatiiis IOUM for
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      59 4 VISIT CAIRO DURING YOUR HOMEWARD JOURNEY When time permits Cox Kings arrange short trips by car from Suez connecting with the steamer at Port Said. For further particulars apply to PATERSON, SIMONS CO., LTD. or at any of the Branches of COX AND KINGS (AGENTS) LTD. Head Office 13, Regent
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      52 4 YOUR DOG MUST HAVE MEAT IN CORRECT FORM /^^^^fcf^^V wfaoletomg form m SPRAffS L OVALS J ienMadeYoung Ugcur Increased In 24 Hours N i <>ur Munho i ••it-- rcMulUi m "i I > i-T 1 1 i i d r.lit»-»-d to build BfW I I) I r i 1 ii
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    "WHEN DAY IS DONE"
    81 5 T» E ,„>„„,«,, M J A "STORKING" HORSE, because he stands on one foot. But he won the championship at the recent Brisbane show. THE DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER, accompanied by her brother, the Duke of Buccleuch, visited the Highland Show at Melrose, Roxburghshire. i; A i
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      46 5 Take a tip from a good housekeeper: Serve appetizing dishes garnished with the finest imported bacon. Make breakfast a delight by adding one of these brands to it. AUSTRALIAN ("Pineapple Brand") DEVONSHIRE and DANISH Have you tried our CHILLED 111 1.1 441^0 $T£ AA4E TFX 5378.
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    WIDOW DIES OF GRIEF After Husband's Suicide
    197 6 WIDOW DIES OF GRIEF After Husband's Suicide London. I IVINCi bom ot memories when f>:i» reminded her of UK i; 1 \e her husband. who hud died recently, proved too. rruch !;jr Mrs. Winifred Sophie An-; ihiie. aged 4i). i I Mawney Road, Romford, She was I d only a
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    55 6 SOVIET RUSSIA has for more trained parachute jumpers than an> other country m the world and considerablr research work is done to improve the p.u.uhute as a meaiiN ol descent. A dog is here seen destcndini; near Moscow m a test ol a parachute m which some alterations of the
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    SCHOOLBOY'S SERIOUS ACCIDENT
    160 6 Chin Strikes Steps While Diving An 18-year ild schoolboy. S3n of a crlcketei la critically ill m the Genera' Hospital with his neck and a spint bone or ifcen by a swimming accident a few days The boy is Rex Bartels and htf father is Mr H
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    NIGHT "INVADERS" OF SINGAPORE BEATEN OFF WITH "HEAVY LOSSES"
    698 6 NIGHT "INVADERS" OF SINGAPORE BEATEN OFF WITH "HEAVY LOSSES Mock Attack On East Coast A N invading army landed on the south-east coast of Singapore Island under cover of darkness on Monday night and stormed strategic position on the coast. Disembarking from warships, and rowing ashore with muffled oars, the
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    SELANGOR TITLES
    64 6 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. July b IT is officially announced that m a fortnight's time His Highness the Sultan of Selangor will ceremoniously confer the titles of Raja Muda of Selangor and of Kaja Bendahara on Tungku Laxamana and Raja Badar Shah respectively. Tengku Musa Eddin,
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    HOUSEBREAKING CHARGE
    184 6 Chinese Seen Climbing Roof Of House "I cannot find tha. he committed! theft of the false teeth although there la a strong presumpion that he did so." remarked Mr A. D. York, the third magistrate, Singapore, yesterday m sentencing Wu Ah Yee to a day's simple imprisonment and
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    STOLEN CAR
    161 6 Gaol For Indian Who "Borrowed" It For Two Hours An Ind:?.n fitter, S. Bernard, out from prison for 22 days, is to go back again for a stay of four months. He claimed to have had engine trouble after borrowing a car which he kept overnight although he
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    48 6 THE UNITED STATES first highspeed streamlined locomotive tvliiVh is to run between Cleveland and Detroit. Ihe design represents a revolution for American railways, embodying the latest knowledge on aerodynamics. With typical Amedcan showmanship, the wheels rods and other moving part *iH be illuminated at night by hidden floodlights.
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    SUICIDE BY HANGING
    86 6 A verdict of suicide by hanging was recorded by Mr. W. G. Porter, the Singapore Coroner, yesterday, at the inquest en Ng Liang Bok who was found hanging m the bath room of a house m Pickering Street on June 29.. Liew Chow Beng, an undertaker, said
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    HISTORY A CURE FOR DEPRESSION
    464 6 Miss Picton-Turberville's Remedy ADDRESS TO KUALA LUMPUR Y.W.C.A. UTTO educate boys only is economlc- ally unsound." said Miss PictonTurberville, 0.8. E. member of the Mvi Teal Commission, m the course of her address on "Yesterday and Today" a. the Kuala Lumpur Y.W.CA. She illustrated her
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    SHE HAD SO MANY CHILDREN
    126 6 So Brewed Illicit Spirit A fine of $750 was imposed on Low Tai. a Chinese woman, who pleaded fcuilty before Mr. J. Calder, the First Magistrate, Kuaia Lumpur, on Saturday when charged by Mr. R. W. McCall, of the Customs Department, with being m possession
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    Government And Club Profits
    290 6 "LIBERAL SYMPATHETIC" ATTITUDE FOLLOWING the widespread oppos tion among Singapore clubs to the revival of a 30-year-old Ordinance which will deprive them of 3 percent of their "profits." it is understood that Government officials have given an unofficial assurance to -the clubs that a "liberal and
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    "TELEVISION WILL NOT SUPPLANT RADIO"
    156 6 Perfectly Different Form Of Amusement Lord Hirst, m his speech at the annual meeting of the General Electric Company, made reference to the futur. ;of television, stating that the General Electric Company was ready with its receivers immediately th? transmission commenced. Incidentally, he expressed the
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    S. AFRICA'S DANGER FROM THE AIR
    151 6 Gen. Smuts's Warning Kroonstad, Orange Free State. "It would be the sheerest lunacy to quarrel with England." declared Gen. Smuts m a sp?ech here. "We do not pcssess a ship which could ward off :hose aircraft carriers that could land enough 'planes on our
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    SHE WAS STEADILY PUTTING ON WEIGHT
    150 6 Kruschen Reduced Her Healthily and Safely Women are sometimes atraid < because the\ know tIM many so-called remedies are apt t< t> ful This woman 'ells how sh( found i fectly saxe way ol reducing weight "Seven months ago.' she »nu weighed 10 stone
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    "BLOOD TEST' AS PROOF OF PATERNITY
    122 6 Neu York FOR the first time m the hid New York litigation the result blood test was taken by the Supr«Court as the ground for dismissing Ipat-rnity suit— that ol Miss liai 'Sharp, who. m a £100.000 I alleged that Mr George Hatch, millionaire
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    AUSTRALIANS LONDON INCOME
    158 6 Must Pay Dominion Tax London An important income tax |v was given by the Judicial C ci the Privy Council, which o< that income tax on interest on held m London by an Australia: den f in Australia, must be paid higher Australian currency value a: computed
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    FREEDOM DBCLINED BY EARL DE LA WARR
    141 6 FREEDOM DBCLINED BY EARL DE LA WARR Bexhill Controvert) London Earl De La Warr has dec!: Ireedom ol the Borouu which that Corporation ottered cognition of his three years' m Mayor. In a letter receiv-d at tbe i meeting last night he Mktd matter should be deterred and that it
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    TAJUDDIN CHAMPION AT HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
    456 7 Two Thousand Spectators See Athletics I 'From Our Own Correspondent) 1 v Kajang, July 5. THE Kajang High School annual athletic sports meeting wis heii *ere treated to some -,rer.t performances under favourable weather Tajuddin. :he cricketer. was 1 presented with a cricket bat
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    MALACCA TENNIS
    316 7 Progress In Tournament Malacca. July 4. The Malacca Lawn Tennis Association Tourney is still m progress and the full results up to date are:— Men's Doubles (Open?. Chan Boon Peng and Khoo TecK Bong beat M. L. Phillips and J. H Whitherby 10—8. 6—4. Chan Ah Beng and
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    41 7 Lady Evelyn Young. Spring Grove. Simninsdale. Berks, wife of Sir Arthur Henderson Young, late Governor of the Srraits Settlements, daughter of the 2nd. Marquess of Ailsa and sister of the present Marquess, left personal esta"e m Great Britain valued at £52.348.
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      32 7 THE IDOL OF THE STAGE AM) SCREEN IN A STORY THAT HAS ROCKED THE WORLD WITH LAUGHTER I I BUCHRNfIN IN A MUSICA^ERSIOJ^)F ■Kk M^ H CHAKI -tS MARLOWE next week pavilion
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      261 7 The GLORIOUS STARS of "MOROCCO" m a grand new Romantic Story of LOVE, LAUGHTER and LARCENY on the Sun-kissed Spanish Riviera! TOP A V A DlTfll I The EVENT of the 3.15-6.15-9.15 vHll I \#L WEEK! "Mum^ Paramount presents DIETRICH mm 1 more alluring, more captn ating than c\ or
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      BIRTH.
      17 8 M^THESON:— On Tuesday. July 7, at Singapore, to Kathleen, wife of M. H Math:son. a daughter.
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    The WEDNESDAY. JULY 8, 1936. "Popular Agitation"
    1093 8 The WEDNESDAY. JULY 8, 1936. "Popular Agitation" UTTHE year (1935) was definitely 1 less heallhy than 1934. This was a common experience m the Peninsula and is not confined to Singapore." In these words the Singapore Municipal President, Mr. W. Bartley, sums up the health situation m h:s annual report
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    29 8 Mrs R. N. Thamby-Thurai, wife of !Mr. Thamby-Thurai. Secretary, Sanitary Board, Kuala Lumpur, who underwent an operation for appendicitis at |rhe Bungsar Hospital, has recovered 'and has left hospital.
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    as i was Saying.
    686 8 FE King recently wore a hard straw na t-will this, it is being asked by the men at Home who care about the latest m dress, cause a revival of the "boater" fashion' As a West End hatter said, the great sartoral influence of .he Prince
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    The Last Card
    1139 8 OUILDING up success is like building j a house of cards: sooner or later t the moment comes when the last card <■ is placed with infinite precision and ingenuity on top of the erection, and 1 there is nothing further to be done. Most people, luckily,
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    AUSTRO-GERMAN TALKS
    121 9 Failure Of Reconciliation Efforts Vienna, July 7. The negotiations tor an Austro-Ger-man reconciliation proceeding during the past week between Chancellor Schuschnigg and the German Minister, Von Papen. have failed and no relaxation of the tension, therefore can be expected. It is understood the failure has arisen out of
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    28 9 photo). ro,? F OFFICI ALS and competitors at the Badminton final of th. Govt. Treasury Audit Inion sports yesterday at the fTe Ej V Hall. Lmon Free Press
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    HOME CRICKET
    158 9 At Chesterfield: Derbyshire beat Warwickshire by an irnings and 159. Warwickshire 117 (Mitchell 5 for 52> and 105. Derby 381, Worthington 163. At Llaneily: Th? Glamorgan and Somerset match was abandoned owing to rain. Somerset 82. Glamorgan 13 for 1. At Leeds. Yorkshire beat Surrey by an innings
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    POPULATION OF SINGAPORE
    346 9 Increase Of 44, 770 Since 1931 CENSUS FIGURES THE population of Singapore is now 490.189, an increase 1 of 44,770 since 1931, when the population was 445,719. These figures are revealed m a preliminary count of the Census taken on July 1. Notable features m Singapore's population
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    KWANGSI AND CENTRAL FORCES CLASH
    235 9  -  Southern Leaders Denounced Shanghai, July 7. AN official report from Kweiyang. capital or Kweichow, states that the Kwangsi vanguard led by Gen. Liau Shin clashed with the Central forces commanded by Gen. Chi Mong Lin m the vicinity or the Tushan District yesterday. Although detailed
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    ACTRESS RENOUNCES WORLDLY GOODS
    54 9 "Divine Inspiration" Tarrytown, New York, July 7. rpHE famous vaudeville actress, Miss Elsie Janis, known m the theatrical world as "Little Elsie" has announced her intention to dispose of all her worldly possessions and devote the proceeds to charity. She says her decision is based on
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    HORE-BELISHA'S NEW PLAN
    181 9 Better Trunk Roads London, July 7. FAR-REACHING proposals, under which the Government will take over the responsibility for the maintenance of about 4.500 miles of trunk roads, was announced m the House of Commons yesterday. The Minister of Transoort, Mr. Hore-Belisha, said m reply to a gues-
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    MORE MIGRATION
    88 9 Australian Statesmen In London London, July 6. During the last few weeks, consultations have been proceeding at the Dominions Office, with various Austraj lian statesmen visiting England and the Under-Secretary for the Dominions, Lord Hartington. said today that, as a result, there was a real ground for hope
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    BRIBERY CHARGES
    75 9 Against Weil-Known Japanese General Tokio, July 7. Confirming rumours which have been circulating for three months, the War 1 Office announces that Lieut. -Gen. Haruhiko Uvemura. former Director General of the military arsenal, and the Army engineer Fumio Nishiyama. ha»re been sent for court martial on charges of
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    SHANGHAI COMMAND
    41 9 Shanghai. July 6. Brigadier Telfer Smollet, has given up the command of the Highland Light Infantry at Glasgow and is sailing on the P. and O. liner, Rajpu,tana, to Shanghai to take command m succession to Brigadier Thackeray Reuter
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    TRAFFIC IN WOMEN Conference To Be Held In Java
    79 9 TRAFFIC IN WOMEN Conference To Be Held In Java Replying to a question m the House 01 Commons, says Reuter, Mr. Anthony Eden, the Foreign Secretary, announced that the French. Chinese. Portuguese. Netherlands. Siamese. Hong Kong and Straits Settlements governments have agreed to send representatives to the conference on the
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    AIR MAIL DELAYED
    52 9 Dutch Plane Held Up At Rangoon Rangoon, July 7. The East-bound Dutch air mail is being held up at Rangoon for nearly 24 hours owing to magneto trouble. Passengers and mails are being transferred to another Dutch plane, arriving from Calcutta this afternoon, which" leaves for Bangkok
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    SINO – JAPANESE AGREEMENT
    262 9  - SINO JAPANESE AGREEMENT Sin Chew Jit Poh Economic Development Of Hopei And Charhar Shanghai, July 7. GEN. TASHIRO, of the North Chinese Japanese Command, has arrived m Peiping to sign the t Sino-Japanese agreements m connection with the political and economic developments of the provinces of Hopei and Charhar. Gen.
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    SIAM'S MILITARY EFFICIENCY
    101 9 Attache Impressed (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, July 7. 'THE British military attache, who was entertained to dinner by the Minister of Defence, prior to his return to Singapore, said that he had been much struck by the excellence of the parade at the presentation of colours
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    SUPPLY AND DEMAND
    285 9 Livestock Industry Scheme London, July 6. THE Government's proposals for safeguarding the livestock industry were disclosed m the House of Commons this afternoon by the Minister of Agricultural. Mr. Walter Elliot, m reply to a question. He said the Government proposed to proceed on a basis of
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    SIR BRUCE HAMILTON
    140 9 Death Of Well-Known General London. July 7. The death i.s announced ol General £ir Bruce Meade Hamilton. Reuter. Sir Bruce Hamilton, who was 79 u-.is the second son of the late Lt.-Gen. H. M Hamilton. He entered the East Yorks Regiment m 1877 and served m both
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    TOKIO REVOLT ECHO
    59 9  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh Japanese Soldiers Redeem Themselves Shanghai. July 6. A portion of the Ist Japanese division which took part m the Tokio revolt m February this year, has asked the War Office m Tokio to transfer them from Changchun to Tientsin where they will offer
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    MILITARY REVOLT
    101 9 Court Martial i\i Death BotfOK Ink. .1 U I 7 A MjOOO fort t>J n art martial mnoun 19 < *fli c< rs, 75 non-comn LI sudicrs and ten ehrl Laos Indictee] iii cotnptUcity r th the rj IB be 11 ion. Thirto:: death, liv pi I Ufa
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    ESPIONAGE TRIAL
    51 9 ESPION AGE TRIAL Ex-IYttjr Officer Sentenced To If Yean I \iurl»-s .1 v I 7 Tnomas Thomson Hi :!utT m the American ami with cammui n n-lat-ng to national dn vi.is .sentenced to 15 fears' m tent. He escaped the maximum sentence of 22 years owing to his youth. Re
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    24 9 Tile Abyssinian 1 m London has issued a pub!. €2.000.000 *v administer the western part of the country k> still unoccupied bj Italy. Reuter
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      LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCKS & SHARES. From London 6 p. m. July 7
      490 10 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCKS SHARES. From London 6 p. m. July 7 The above are dealers' middle prices; jobbers, margins, brokerage and stamp duty are not included. Share of tl denomination unless Previously Yesterday Rise or Pall otherwise stated Converse Loan. 5 p.c. 1944-64 I»% -g Funding Loan. 4
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      LAST NIGHT'S QUOTATIONS
      141 10 By arrangement with the *^*ff^toE& Ltd., the Singapore Free Press is **J»^2da? news from this complete and reliable service of Co J^ e 5 g genl ne fi rst occaLondon, New York and other centres Th*s U£ n sion on which a newspaper published in^JJ^^? before the
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      THE COMMODITY MARKETS. From London 5.30 p. m. July 7
      190 10 KI'BBER: Easy. 7nifiH London Spot: 711 16d. 713 16d. Previous y: 7^ 713 16d. August: 7*A 7 7 16d. Previous y: 713 16d. 7%d Oct-Dec- 7 7 16d. 715 16d. Previously: <' B d. <15 lbd. Jan-Mar. 715 16d. Bd.
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      220 10 p 1.(170.000 1,020,000 840.000 voyage on July I. July 2, 3, l American Can. Com. 133 132' 2 133' 4 American Telephone and Tclenrapri 167' 2 168 165»_ ..'son Railroad 77 76' 2 75 I ak 59 r > 8 60 7 8 61 3 nt 149.
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      THE WYATT EARP
      67 10 Sir Hubert Wilkins' Ship Missing New York. June IS. Com) suard cutters have been directed to keep a sharp look-out tor the Wyatt Earp, flagship of the Arctic expedition which sailed from New Yt.rk a week ago bound for Oslo. The ship carries Sir Hubert Wilkins, whose
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      SHIP IN COLLISION
      44 10 London, June 28. During a thick fog m the English Channel this morning the Danish sr earner Freya. of 1,207 tons, and the German steam?r Holstein. of 4,969 tons, w^re m collision off the Isle of Wight. Both vessels were damaged
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      TANKER IN TROUBLE
      31 10 Tokio, June 27. The American tanker Magnolia, according to reports is m distress owing to a gasoline leakage. She is off the island of Moppo n-ear south-western Korea.
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      92 10 The wedding took place on Friday at S\ Andrew's Presbyterian Church. Penang. of Dr. E. W. Graham, the Assistant Municipal Health Officer. Penang and Miss E. Gillies of the nursing staff of the General Hospital. The Rev. R. M. Minto officiated. The N.Y.K. freighter Saipan Maru. built at the Mitsubishi
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      TIN OUTPUTS
      47 10 KKIIAI TlN— Dunne dredge oi Kuchai Tin woi hours treated Mttf cubic yard* produced 1400 piCttli of tin ore average digs i B depth was 55.83 wev KI'ALA MMIM T«N-Durine IJJ No. 2 dredg. ol Kuala Lumpur TniH worked hours ti (ui)i. d produced ort*
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      THE METAL MARKETS From London 5.30 p. m. July 7
      72 10 THE METAL MARKETS From London 5.30 p. m. July 7 Tin: Firm. Cash: 10s. Previously: Strong at €180 5s Three months: £180 10s. Previously: £177 ss. New York Tin: 42.25. Previously: 41.75. Copper: Settlement: £36 17s. 6d. Previously. £36 17s. 6d. Gold: Yesterday: £6 19s. Previously: £6 18s. II 1
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      Foreign Exchange Rates. London Closing Quotations July 7
      78 10 Foreign Exchange Rates. London Closing Quotations July 7 Method of Parity before Rate PreCentre Quoting 20-9-31 Yesterday viously Paris Francs to 141.21 75 1116 75 1116 New York to 8.88 2 3 5.02' 4 5.02' 4 Amsterdam Guilders to 12.91 7.36' 2 7 36' 4 Hong Kong Per dollar Is.
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      LOCAL EXCHANGE RATES
      223 10 LOCAL EXCHANGE RA TES Yesterday's Singapore Quotations July 7 SELLING London, 4 months' sight 2|4 V 8 London. 3 months' sight 24 l s London, 60 days' sight 2 4 3 32 London. 30 days' sight 2 4 3 32 London, demand 2 4 1i 16 London, T.T. 2 4
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      SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES
      1101 10 SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES Fraser and Co.'s List B TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1936, 5 P.M. MINING Buyers Sellers. 4s 3d 4s 9d x.d. Ampat Tin (4s) 28s 29s Asam Kumbang «l w 58s 6d Austral Malay g" 2 6_ Ayer Hitam (ss) 13 J 1-85 Ayer Weng ($1) 16s
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      87 10 July 7 Buyers Sellers Gambier 4.75 Java Cube 7.75 Hamburg Cube 10.00 White Muntok Pepper 15.00 Black Pepper 7.75 White Pepper 14.50 Copra, Sundried 5.15 Copra, mixed 4.80 Small Flake Tapioca 4.00 R. B. Siam No. 1 per koyan 1.10 Banja Jelotong 6.50 Sarawak Jelotong 6.25 R.
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      56 10 Messrs. Barlow and Co.. Kuala Lumpur, report the following rubber crop re' urns for June: L*»s. Ayer Kuning F.M.S. 83.500 Badek Estate (Staffield Est. 22,500 Bradwall (F.M.S. > 47,000 Chersonese (FM.3.) 80 875 Dennistown Estates <Dennistown Estate) 45.399 Highlands and Lowlands IGO.OOO Klabang Co., 93.000 Krian Plantations ***** Sungel Krian
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      Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association
      74 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association July 7. 1! o'clock noon Buyers Sellers No I.X.R.S.S. incases (FOB. July 27'. 4 B 5 16 (> d FAQ. In (F. 0.8. Ju 27 3 1C 27 i No. I.X.R B.S. •.spotloose t 'awardable Singapore. 27 July 27 'k Aim -Sept. Oct. -Dec. Jan.-Mar.
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    CITY WELCOMES END OF SANCTIONS
    557 11 CITY WELCOMES END OF SANCTIONS All-Round Rise On 'Change RUBBERS WANTED BUT TINS NEGLECTED 'From Our Own Correspondent) London, June 26. pIE British Government's announcement of its intention to abandon sanctions against Italy has been warmly welcomed m the City of London this week. k Exchange and commodity marnave reacted
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    WILL WRITTEN IN JUNGLE
    78 11 Murdered .Man's Note Lontion. A message written on the back of an ope by Mr. Frjderick H. Wright. Ol three missionaries missing for •h.tn i fHUr m Brazil, and now m to have been murdered by has been found. The cnv lope was m a box
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    PASSENGERS TO AND FROM SINGAPORE
    355 11 Sir Andrew McFadyean Duei On Saturday The following passengers for Malaya j are m the Hector which is due m Singapore on Saturday: Sir Andrew McFadyean. Eng. Lt.Commdr. T. E. Davies. R.N.. Mr;. Davies. Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Hilliard, j Mi. and Mrs. D.
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    HUGE BANK LOAN
    217 11 To Stabilise Chinese Currency Hong Kong, July 2. Messrs. Tong Hoi Onn. Superintendent of the Customs Department m Shanghai, Pei Chu Vi, a manager of the Bank of China, and Tang Shau Mm. a manager of the Central Bank, arrived back m Hong Kong from Canton yesterday.
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    OCTOPUS SEIZES DIVER
    47 11 Barcelona. A diver working on the sea-bed near Tarragona was attacked by an enor- mous octopus. He signalled frantically to be brought to the surface and was helped into the boat with the octopus clinging to him. i It was killed by a boatman.
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    Winning CONTRACT
    412 11 Winning CONTRACT i Q*tfaw\Gjjto David Burnstine, Michael Gottlieb Oswald Jacoby and Howard Schenken, world's leading team-of-four and inventors of the system that has beaten every other system m existence. A FOURTH-ROUND RUFF IyHEN playing a game contract with but seven trumps m the combined rends, Declarer will always be embarrassed,
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    36 11 We understand that the contract for the construction of 70 quarters on the new residential area at Batu Pa hat amounting to $243,230 has been awarded to the Singapore contracting ♦inn of Engineers and Contrac.ors, Ltd.
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      346 11 HONGKONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated In the Colony of Hong Kong) The liability of members is limited to the extent and in manner prescribed by Ordinance No. 6 of 1929 of the Colony. Authorised Capital $50,000,000 Issued and Fully Paid-up $20,000,000 Reserve Fund: Sterling 6.500.000 Hong Kong Currency $10,000,000 Reserve
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      500 11 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA (Incorporated in England by Royal Charter) Paid up capital in 600,000 shares ol £5 each £3,000,000 Reserve Fund £3.000,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3.000.000 HEAD OFI 1< I 38, Bishopsgate. London EC 2 Agencies and Branches. :Alor Star Iloilo i Saigon I Amritsar
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      324 11 RADIO PROGRAMMES Singapore ZHI Owned and operated by Radio Service Co. of Malaya Ltd.) Wavelength 49.9 metres 6 to 6.30 p.m. Malay KroncJiongs and other Asiatic music, p.m. 6 .30 Recorded Music (European). 6.45 News Bulletin. 7.00 Recorded Music (European). 8.30 Close down. Batavia— NlßOM 6.20 a.m.— 7.05 a.m. YDA
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      294 11 short story. 9.00 Envoi. 9.05 Close down. Transmission 3 The following: frequencies will be used: GSG 16.86 metres, GSF 19.82 m., GSD 25.53 metres p.m. 9.20 Big Ben. Musical comedy excerts. 935 The Bournemouth Municipal 'Orchestra. Solo pianoforte', John Hunt. From the Pavilion, Bournemouth. 10.50 Talks feature. 11.05 The Heather
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    STRAITS NEW YORK LINES.
    47 12 Freight Tariff No. 13. \«>tue to Shippers.— lt is notified for inhumation that the non-contract shown on page 1 of this Tariff been cancelled forthwith and that In tuture the non-contract rates as .shown against the individual items m the Tanil will apply*
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      SUBSIDISED SCRAPPING CAUSES SHORTAGE
      665 12 State Of Japan's Shipping CONSTRUCTION OF MANY SHIPS SHIP charter rates m Japan have risen considerably of late, due to shortage of space as a result of the subsidised scrapping of old bottoms. Present rates of V.2.40 for a 9,000--ton ship, Yen 3.30 for a 7,000-ton
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      41 12 BRITANNIA, famous racing cutter of King George V ..Is to be scnttled m the Fnulish Channel. Over V 1,000 was realised at an auction of her ails gear and eauipment. P rospective purchaser examining the anchor and cables before the auction.
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      64 12 Mr. T. A. O'Sullivan of the Malayan Educational Department, accompanied by Mrs. O'Sullivan, sailed for Malaya by the s.s. Rajputana on July 3. Prior to going on leave, Mr O'Suilivan was Inspector of Schools, Penang. He is now to be stationed at Taiping as Inspector of Schools, Perak, m place
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      "HOME-GROWN PETROL"
      112 12 I '.MduM According to the Be Min^s. m an answer to qu< the House of Commons r production of motor spirit irom a Britain last year amouir 75.000.0000 gallons. For the year the figure is likely 90.000.000 gallons. This total is. of MM at present, as it represents
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      480 12 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. flncorporatcd In P.MS.) TELEPHONE: Freight 5433— Passage 54SL LLOYDS AGENTS. BOOKING AfifNTS FOR FEDERATED MALAY STATES RAILWAYS. ROYAL STATE RAILWAYS OF SIAM. CANADIAN PACIIIC woaiDYcft€Jtrtn (incorporated In England) ,j [tjavu sYgr«^ THE KOI TF. offers TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES HONOIVU or direct EMPRESS to VANCOUVER— ACROSS CANADA by TRANS-CONTINENTAL
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      283 12 BIBBY LINE [LONDON ADDRESS 22, PALL MALL, LONDON, B.H 1] of fast twin-screw Oil Dr Mail Passenger Vessels b< RANGOON. COLOMBO. POX I MIMY MARSEILLES. PIVMOI 111 \\l» LONDON with through connection lrom Singapore and Pena. ■OMi ISO im.s lcavp I Rangoon 1 SHROPSHIRE July 16 July 23 STAFFORDSHIRE July
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      38 12 CLEARANCES t July 6: Halvdan (Nor.); Raub, Banka, Gemas (Brit.). July 7: Hong Lam, Hong Thong, Hong Kwong, Rahman, Esmeralda, Meran, Giang Seng, Japanese Prince, Corato <Bri:>; Meonia (Dan.); Nagato Maru <Jap>; Manoeran, Palopo (Dut); Hin Lee (T'ganu)i
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      553 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. Ipoh: Weekdays; 7.45 a.m. and 7 P m Klang, Kuala Lipis, Port Swettenham, Taiping and Telok Anson: Weekdays* 7 p.m.
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      204 12 PASSENGERS BY AIR The following were passengers by Imperial planes: Aircraft VH-USF Melbourne from Brisbane. Darwin and N.E.1., arrived Singapore June 30: Mr. C. Plowman, irom Brisbane. Aircraft, VT-AEF Arethusa for Penang, Siam. Burma and Karachi, left Singapore July 1: Mr. C. Plowman, for London. Aircraft VH-USE Sydney from Brisbane.
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      113 12 SINGAPORE HARBOI R Ships alongside the \\h.tr\«~ „r expex-ted It am\. Main Wharf (Entrance <.t. Yasukuni Maru It; H> Patroclus 14; Bulan 12; X resias 6. Empire Dock (Entrance (.ni» Karapara 30; Cingalese P Asosan Maru 37. Empire Dock (Entrance <.at« J Somali 46; Eurypylu.s 48 West Wharf (Entrance (.ate
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      280 13 P O •V.- 'i«f "'O'Tfc. WE'LL LOOK AFTER YOU ON THE CHEAP RETURN TICKETS TO CHINA, JAPAN, COLOMBO AND BOMBAY. From SINGAPORE. TO:— Ist. Class 2nd. Class Hong Kong 5137.14 $102.86 Shanghai $188.57 $137.14 Kofw or Yokohama .?.86 $154.29 Colombo 5205.71 $137.14 Bombaj > 274.29 5162.8G Available for two months.
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      472 13 McALISTER CO., LTD. AND REDUCED (Incorporated m Straits Settlements.) ELLERMAN BUCKNALL S.S. Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m England.) "ELLERMAN LINE" FOR UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL ACCEPTING CARGO FOR MONTREAL AND HALIFAX VIA COLOMBO. Steamer Due Sail* CITY OF EASTBOURNE Havre. London. R'dam, H'burg, Glasgow July 14
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      95 13 CHINA, JAPAN LINE. Big cargo vessels with limited but comfortable passenger accommodation. M.s. DANMARK for Jaffa, Haifa. Rotterdam, Hamburg, Copenhagen July 29 j m.s. AUSTRALIEN for Manila. Hong Kong. S'hai, Y'hama, Kobe, Osaka and Dalny July 27 Fares: To Rotterdam £55 To Manila $80 Round trip Spore China Japan and
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      1058 13 SHIPPING THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean The Hua Khiow Steamship Co (1H32) Ltd Steam Ship Co, Ltd., and China Mutual The t unard White M*r Ltd' Steam Navigation Co., Ltd.) The Sarawak Steamshin Co ltd The Straits Steamship Co.. Ltd. The Australian Oriental Line' Ltd The China Navigation Co., Ltd.
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      771 14 K. P. M. MAKASSKR— Wednesday, July 8. Toengkal. Poeloe-Kidjang, Sapat, Tembilahan, Poeloe-Pullas, Pengalian-Estate and Rengat. THEDENS— Wednesday, July 8. Muntok and Palembang. TOBA— Wednesday. July 8. Toengka. Moeara-Saba and Djambi. BOTH— Wednesday. July 8. Belawan-Deli. O¥¥l a GEN. VAN DER HEYDEN Thursday. July 9. Letong, Kramat, Tarempa, Midai Poeloe-Pandjang, Serassan.
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      418 14 ,4a V- REGULAR FORTNIGHTLY SAILINGS TO NAPLES— GENOA— MARSEILLES VU P«unr. Combo. Bomba,. Mi Port Said. Alexandria on the Famou. PRESIDENT LINERS All outside staterooms— Excellent cuisine-Swimmins bath-talldn S motion pictures. Three days stopover m Egrypt. i« av Arrive SinrTp.%. Sin,ap«r«. Newjo* PRESIDENT ADAMS W J,» 28 gept. 8 DOLLAR
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      673 14 rvg, K. LINE FOR EAhl.^^ gouTH AMmICA Santos Buenos Aires via Colombo. July nl2 f Manila Mara Mombasa. Zanzlber. Dar-es-Salaam. Btira. L. Marques. Durban. Aigoa Bay and Cape Tov/n k Mani Buenos Aires via L. Marques. Durban. July n Hakubasan Mani »uc r q de j aneiro Ruenos Aires via
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    3997 15  -  Nimrod By List out at last! S.A.F.A. Suspensions Men orandum to Referees Chinese And Swimming Girls Inspire Cricketers Singapore Athletics What Olympians will Eat! 4 M'MBER of months have elapsed <ince the Singapore Boxing Association first promised the ranking list of boxers. After keeping on
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    AIRMEN CONSOLIDATE THER POSITION IN FIRST DIVISION
    319 16 photo). Victory By Three Goals To Nil SAPPERS DESERVING OF SYMPATHY Fortune Favoured Winners R.A.F 3; R-E 0. JHE Royal Air Force were on the right side of Dame Fortune 1 yesterday m their first division match against the Royal Engineers for the
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    768 16 Victoria Inst. Sports At K. L. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. June 4. A large and distinguished gatherin?, including Sir Wilfred Woods. of the Mvi Tsai Commission, Lady Woods and the Hon. Mr. T. S. Adams. British Resident, Selangor, attended the finals of the Victoria Institution
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