The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 30 July 1936

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  • 17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. NO. 14.918. ESTD. 1835. THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1936. it cents.
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  • 630 1 Rebels Now Within A Few Miles FINE RESCUE WORK BY THE BRITISH NAVY Admiralty Denies An Amazing Story MARSEILLES, JULY 29. A BRITISH REFUGEE FROM VALENCIA STATES THAT ALL STREETS LEADING TO THE PORT ARE STRONGLY BARKI(\\I>ED WITH SANDBAGS AS i REBEL ATTACK
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  • 73 1 COMMUNISTS TO BE MUTILA TED Gibraltar. July 29. 'TOURING the rebel lines at Lalinea a Renter correspondent was told by a rebel legionary that his forces were under instructions not to take any prisoners but to cut off the hands of all Communists. In the infantry barracks at Lalinea the
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  • 276 1 TO BE FASTER, HEAVIER DEARER London, July 29. IT is expected that it will take 18 months to construct the hull of the sister ship to the Queen Mary and the launching ceremony will therefore probably take place m the spring
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  • Article, Illustration
    24 1 TEA FOR TWO AND TWO FOR TEA ME FOR YOU AND YOU FOR ME-ALONE?" \»>: \V»! Ni'.it." li.iv K-in roioJ m tin. I.• i.lon ll.n'o>)rom.)
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  • 67 1 SIAM STILL WANTS RESTRICTION London, July 29. THE belief that the door has not been closed on the tin restriction talks with Siam is confirmed today by an official communique from Bangkok announcing that there was mutual acceptance of the principle of renewing restriction but further negotiations were necessary as
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  • 156 1 CHINA SEEKING A LOAN OF £20,000,000 Four Powers To Co-operate London, July 29. QEPORTS are again persistent ft that China is seeking a large loan for economic development, rumoured to be £20.000,000, m which Great Britain, France, Belgium and Japan will participate. Financiers stress |he political importance to be derived
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  • 169 1  -  -Sin Chew Jit Poh. Shanghai, July 29. GEN. CHAN CHAI TONG. former dictator of Kwangtung, is reported to be endeavouring to stage a come-back m the Southern prefectures of Yamchow, Limchow and Luichow. Gen. Ho Lok. one of Gen. Chan's trusted lieutenants, has arrived at
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  • 208 1 FIGHTING ON A BIG SCALE IN PALESTINE 15-HOUR BATTLE WITH ARABS British Constable Killed Jerusalem. July 29. AT least ten Arabs have been killed and it is believed many have been wounded, m the engagement which has been waged for 15 hours over a large area of an almost inaccessible
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  • 45 1 Sixteen Feared Drowned In United States Chicago. July 29. Sixteen are feared to be drowned when a motorship capsized In a storm on Lake Michigan. Seven of the crew were saved after clinging to a raft until they were I picked up. Reuter
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 82 1 BIGIA TEA Brings the freshness and fragrance of the Malayan gardens direct to your home. I TONIGHT ORCHESTRAL CONCERT special dinner dance 815 to 9.15 p.m. (formal) 9.45 to midnight «n THE MOST SENSATIONAL t HARACTER AND ACROBATIC I>\M ERS EVER SEEN IN SINGAPORE. RENEE RAME I UMNH Hill I
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    • 99 1 There is no better Tea than BIGIA TEA GROWN IN MALAYA. ADELPHI ffi HOTEL TONIGHT ROOFGARDEN TONIGHT SPECIAL PINNER DANCE DINNER DANCE MUSIC BY THE RELLER BAND I AND jv- FAREWELL PERFORMANCE 3 BY THE FAMOUS GAETANO^GIRLS SEA VIEW HOTEL: FRIDAY AND SATURDAY SPECIAL DINNER DANCE NO AFTER DINNER ADMISSION
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  • 239 2 Fred Astaire And Ginger Rogers At The Capitol Looking at it very critically. "Follow the Fleet." Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers' latest Radio film, is not as brilliant as its predecessors— but that does not detract from Hence. From the manner m which it is set out.
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  • 60 2 A grand variety entertainment will yen by the Chinese Chin Woo Athletic Association at the New World j next Friday evening at 8 p.m. The entertainment is being organised m aid of club funds. Tickets, at $1 and $2. may b obtained m advance from the secretary
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  • Correspondence
    • 115 2 Naive Questions From A Reader To The Editor, Sir —Now that the F.M.S. surplus is $71 mil ions, now that the Food Duties are about to be removed, now that the Ottawa Agreements are nearing expiry, should not a determined attempt be made by Singapore
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  • 261 2 Shirley Temple At Her Best At The Alhambra There can be no divergence of opinion as to the merits of "Captain January." the Fox Films presentation featuring Shirley Temple. which opened at the Alhambra yesterday. It la Shirley at her best and one's admiration for this lovable child
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  • 139 2 Malay Woman Gets Month's Gaol Ipoh. Sandiah. a Malay woman, was sentenced by the Ipoh magistrate to a month's hard labour for voluntarily causing grievous hurt to a North Indian cloth vendor. It would appear that the woman owed the cloth hawker about $32 and. I as
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  • 33 2 The Anglo-Chinese School Swimming Carnival will be held on Saturday 4 p.m. m the V.M.C.A. Pool at For Canning. The event for Old Boys will be 120 Yards Handicac- post entries
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  • 308 2 FISH WASTAGE ON EAST COAST GOVERNMENT PLAN TO BE INTRODUCED Vessel Equipped With Refrigerating Plant OETTER fish caught on the east coast of Malaya will be on sale m Singapore as the result of an experiment to be introduced by Government The Hon. Mr. C. C. Brown, British Resident of
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  • 129 2 New Commodity Act In United States Chicago. July 29. Taking a distinctly conciliatory vie\v m his remarks at the opening of the iitaring on the Commodity Exchanges Mr. H. A. Wallace, the Secretary for Agriculture, said he had hopes that the Commodity Exchange Act would strengthen and
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  • Article, Illustration
    25 2 HERBERT MARSHALL AND ROI> LA ROCQUE m a scene from *»c Paramount spy drama, 'Till We Meet Again," which opens next week at the Capitol
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  • 198 2 Madrid, July 20. The Spanish r?bellion has been enjoying a period of quiet. Three important operations are taking place, but it is still a matter of days possibly hours, before decisiveness can be realised. In the south th? columns from the east ccast of Spain are advancing
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  • 114 2 St. Xazaire. July 29. Terrible stories of the atrocities by i the mob during the fighting at San Sebastian are told by French refugees who have just arrived. A Frenchman, who had been holidaying at San Sebastian, said that the corpse of a police inspector who had killed
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  • 132 2 Marseilles, July 29. A thrilling story was told here by an Englishman. Rowland Powell, when he arrived aboard the British destroyer Gallant from Barcelona with 54 other refugees. He said the day after the big righting he was snapshotting a demolished Italian building when half a dozen Reds
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  • 75 2 Marseilles, July 29. The revolt m Spain has been lucky ior the Englishman, William Robert jLamb, who was recently sentenced at Barcelona to 17 years' imprisonment on a charge of being concerned m the death 01 a cashier m a restaurant. When all the prisons m Barcelona
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  • 63 2 Washington, July 29. The battleships Arkansas and Wyomj ing will arrive at Bilbao today to take off the coastguard cadets from the cutter Cayuga and replace them with regular navy details.The United Spates Cruiser Qujncy ;tias arrived at Alicante, where it is the arrival of 148 American sand
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  • 22 2 Ernest Robert Hill, aged 18. of Moreton Hill. Shropshire, sentenced to death for the murder of his former sweetheart, has been reprieved
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  • 60 2 The Acting Chief Justice at lpoh— Court of Appeal. Before Mr. Justice Adrian (lurk m the 2nd Court at 11 a.m. Part heard:-- S. 621 35 Haji Mohamed Noor vs. Syed Abdul Hamid and ors. <if not finished t. Followed by:— S. 164 36 Sayna
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  • 42 2 In celebration of the 21st uml sary of the Lion City Club, a diia*t will be given at the Wing Choon Yuen Restaurant. Great World, on Saturday at 7.30 p.m. A ronggeng party will b m attendance 'rom 7 p.m til) m'dnteht.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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    • 339 2 Zbc Singapore Jfrcc Ifticss Head Office: Cecil Slrr. I'lioniextensions t ll(Bltn J Tel: "Tim. (M||p Kuala Lumpur Oilier: 25. Java Strict. Phone; Fenang Office: 12, Bishop m.t*i i'»~ Mr Fhone: 14;;. London Office: 40 43 Fleet Strwt, London 1.C.1. Phon«*: Central 38W— 3«o Tel: "Lradtn.tl 1 <a SUBSCRIPTION RATES law
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 136 2 Diary Of The Day High Water. 8.28 a.m. 6.8 it.. 7.05 T m. 82 it Sports Soccer: Div. I Police vs. Skins at Anson Road Stadium. Football: SCC II vs. Post Office at s c c Boxing: Diamond vs. Som Pong at the New World Cinemas ALHAMBRA Captain January with
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    • 46 2 CABLE TIMES The Eastern Extension Telegraph Co., announces that the transit time on full rate telegrams from Singapore to London yesterday were as follows: Telegrams handed m up to 5 p m 2 minutes: 5.30 p.m., 2 minutes; 6 p.m.. 2 minutes: 6.30 p.m.. 3 minutes.
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  • 1216 3 WHEN TRIAL MARRIAGES WERE LEGAL IN SCOTLAND Custom Of "Handfasting YESTERDAY'S ROTARY ADDRESS jl I K W. MUNRO. of Messrs. Allen and Gledhill. propounded the law of m Scotland m an instructive address to Singapore Rotarians yester-c-ay at -he Adelphi Hotel. He had several interesting observations to make on the
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  • 717 3 Attempt To Bribe Government Official Alleged MAGISTRATE CALLS UPON THE DEFENCE TTHAT he bore no ill-will to Hardial Singh whom he had known oil and on tor about four years was stated by Mr. E. C. Cherrington when he was further cross-examined by Mr. Kenneth Seth, counsel lor the defence,
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  • 303 3 Assault On Boyanese "TELL the accused that a cowardly assault was made on the complainant. This sort of an assault on a Boyanese. the whole Boyanese community ought to be ashamed of, but at the same time the evidence against you does not satisfy me that
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  • 160 3 Dutch Raise Export Ban T^HE Dutch authorities m Java have lilted the ban on the export of the Pulau Sugei monster's skeleton, and Raffles Museum will transport it to Singapore within a tew days. All the bones have been carefully marked, numbered and collected from
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  • 161 3 Before Mr. G. W. Davis, m the fourth court, yesterday, B. A. Marican, Tan Ah Tong and Lee Toh were produced and charged with having imported rubber into the colony without a certificate of the country of origin, on July 28 at sea off Katong.
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  • 65 3 "I did attempt to commit theft, but all I could get were a few papers." said Musa, a Malay, when charged I before Mr. A. D. York, m the third 1 magistrate's court yesterday with attempted theft. The magistrate 1 accepted his plea of guilty and re- manded
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  • Article, Illustration
    62 3 photo). MR. D. F ROBERTSON (centre), uith some of the round the world tourists whom he brought to Singapore yesterday by the Ranchi. On ins Went is the "Grand Old Man' of the party Mr. W. T Harris, of Dnll.is. Texas, vfhn "has been round the world three times, but
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  • 123 3 E. Joseph Lee. a Chinese clerk m the Arms and Explosives Department appeared m the third court before Mr. A. D. York, yesterday, to answer three charges preferred against him. The first was the theft m January this year of a double-barrelled shot gun. The next
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  • 78 3 The Penang police have offered a reward of $100 lor information as to who threw acid m the face of Mr Mohamed Rawther last week when Mr. Rawther was out m his car. The Kaio Maru. the Japanese training ship which is now m the harbour, will be opened for
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  • 289 3 CLAIM ON FOUR-YEAR-OLD SHIPMENT Dead Man *s Executors Are Sued 4 claim relating to a shipment of -^■■rubber sent Irom Djambi to Singapore lour years ago was heard by Mr Justice Adrian Clark m the High iourt yesterday On Feb 20. 1932. Haji Mohamed oor shipped 317 bundles ol para
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  • 45 3 Mr. J. H Harris, Director ol Posts Malaya, who will shortly be lea Malaya on retirement. u!.d Mrs Harris were entertained to fartwfl tea party on Saturday by the junior officers of the Posts and Telegraphs Department at the Masonic Hall, Yenning Road Kuala Lumpur.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 28 3 S. SHIMURA CO. ••SHIRT ©t PYJAMA MAKERS now m more commodious and ideal premises. Your visit cordially invited. 7Q BRAS BASAH ROAD S| NGAPORE. **f Tel. No. 4382
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    • 231 3 I 4t> X mm CORNS CALLOUSES AND BUNIONS -BANISHED! Don't let corns and bunions make your life a misery It thii woman did, and you will ioob have younj?. happy feet. Read her *i at !ul let t '7 am writing to U B umt <,j the great benefit I
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  • 1306 4  -  FREDERICK PALMER BY And Who Will Take Their Place? Europe is asking, as it talks of war: which nations still have tht services of the military leaders of the World War? A famous icar correspondent gives the ansuer here m a review of the careers
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  • 934 4  -  Frank H. Hedges TTHE fear that the Tokio Govern I ment has entertained for some time that a major incident on the borders of Manchukuo might precipitate a war between Soviet and Japan, is spreading among the general populace of this country. Not a week
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  • 126 4 SOVIET WANTS MORE CHILDREN Huge Birth Drive MOSCOW, July IV UII7ORKERS must raise child VV wrote Lenin, "who will for the remaking of the world" and it is estimated that Russia's p lation within the next thim years will have increased 170.000.000 to M) 0.*****0 Last year the nan:r. crease
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  • 162 4 Fourth Year Madrid. July 16. STRIKES and political troubles never seem to interfere with the Book I Fair and this is the founh year m i which the Fair has taken place. Its site is a part of the Paseo del Prado. a main street wide enough
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  • 29 4 Thirty-Three Passengers Drowned In Shensi Sianfu, July 10. The Yellow River f^rry. inaugurated a fortnight ago near Hancheng. capsized today, resulting m 33 passengers being drowned.
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  • 118 4 Syrinev ,lul\ On a farm near Gi a :emaie kangaroo that a remarkable affection ior a cow. The kangaroj accompanies th» to the pasture, leer^ i down with her at night, com milking yard w.th h r Mid it while the cow is being milked It is quite
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 25 4 "RENOLD'' CHAIN DRIVES SAVE SPACE EFFORT REDUCE COSTS HANDLING CHARGES ELIMINATE transmission troubles H '< ■^-^■■■^^Bl I I i SOLE AGENTS: UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED. SINGAPORE BRANCHES
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  • Article, Illustration
    225 5 RO^ M. ENGINEERS building a bridle for tanks to land at the hridsim camp which has been opened by the Royal Engineers at Wyke Regis near \\e> mouth. Dorsetshire. A number of units are attending the camp for practice, which includes pontoon bridging. A ROYAL AIR FORCE man goes to
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  • 283 6 5,000-Year-old Skeletons For Raffles Museum IMPORTANT FINDS IN PERAK TWO Stone Age men are on their way to Singapore from Perak. Th> covered m 15 coats of sh llai. ar.d packrd m coffins padded wi h the ur^mal reddish-brown "cave earth m w :ich Ibef were buried some 5 000
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  • 121 6 AGRI-HORTICULTURAL SHOW From Our Own Correspondent. > Seremban, July '6. Some very Hue exhibits were seen m the I tore sect] m at the Seremban District Agri-Horticultural Show on Saturday. The following were pnz? winners: Caladium Miss S^nti Sen. Adian'.um Fern Mrs. W L. Braddon, M B E ievens* Fern
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  • 485 6 CHILD WELFARE SOCIETY List Of Subscriptions And Donations THE Child Welfare Society issue the following list ol subscriptions, and donations received during the first six months of this year, and express gratitude to all who have helped the work of the Society by gifts of money and m kind and
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  • 121 6 To Acquire New Premises Shortly From Our Own Correspondent > Kuala Lumpur July 27. In pursuit of its po icy of progress, th? Sela. gor Eurasian Association will acquire premises of its own m Bukit Bintang Road. Kuala Lumpur, m a tew days. The house, a spacious bungalow
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  • 138 6 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, July 28. The death took place yesterday at Neeravaly, Jaffna, of Dr. R Vythllingam, of the General Hosplta l Kuala Lumpur, brother of Mr Thampipillay. principal of the Maxwell Road School, Kuala Lumpur. Dr. Vythilingam went to Ceylon on medical leave
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  • 547 6 NEED FOR PROPER CONTROL OF WILD ANIMALS IN MALAYA "Killers" Created By Unskilled Shots (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, July 28. HALF a tusk now embedded m a tree on Belata River estate, Kerling, Selangor, is a grim sign that a maddened bull elephant is on the rampage, out
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  • 179 6 To Make Statement At Meeting Of Commissioners Dr. W Dawson. acting Municipal Health Officer, Singapore, will make a public statement on the reasons for his resignation, at Friday's meeting of the Commissioners. This, it is understood, is the result of a meeting of the committee which discussed
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  • 172 6 Mr. John Laycock's Questions AT the meeting of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners on Friday Mr. John Laycock will ask the following questions 1. How many vacant dwelling houses were there m Singapore at the taking Of the Census m 1931. i.e. on April 1 1931? 2.
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  • 59 6 Morris Alahendra was charged with the criminal breach oi trust of fifteen brilliants, valued at $123 76, before Mr. A. D. York m the third magistrates court yesterday. He claimed trial ar.d added that he had bought the stones. The case was fixed for mention on Aug
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  • 29 6 There was a large gathering ol parents and well-wishers at the annual prize giving and concert of the St. Mary's School. Kuala Lumpur, m the school hall on Saturday.
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  • 216 6 REPORT OF MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENT THERE are over 465 mi; cables m Singapore. shown m the repj: Electricity Departmcr. 1 by the Electrical Bnglneei P Fuleher AM IE E The total number of vi.. all purposes during the 1 34.175.933. an increase ol 2.540 f>< 1 8.03
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 62 6 Mm Bvalt Ac Co. announce that they ha- Md an office at George Town Chambers, Riverside Malacca. UADE a V thi makers nr*^^^^^^^^i of famous /^(EBGSiM FLIT I(J7^^B l/iDJ7NSP/US I I^V There t« no better pill W mmWM r^ than MARIINS. You can 1 WmWr upon MARTINS PILL^. I <bem>tu
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    • 826 6 a^L^n^n^r I f 1 sV?^ I J OPEN LETTER TO PARENTS. Daar Sir or M*d»m. Waao roar childrao first arrivad taey brought wita tnam a wanoarfai lot a* m Latar yaw bream* prou<i of tka iataUigaoca tbey di.pL.yd. but .till Ut.r you becaai. anx.oo, a. to what w*«U bacom* af
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  • 130 7 Chinese Sent To Gaol i [M Hh- Xi who was charged be- Mr A D. York m the third >r with criminal breach MTnuti oi $523. was sen- -ix weeks" imprisonment. Inspector Caldwell said the man had pleaded guilty his leniency should not be congas
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  • 606 7 British Shipbuilding Makes Magnificent Recovery (From Our Own Correspondent) London, July 17. PJLWS of the Government's intention to spend an extra £19,652,700 on armaments, making a total defence expenditure during the current financial year of C 187,870,000, has dominated London markets this week. Whlie general
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  • 88 7 I Chinese Converts Union Funds To Own Use Cheong Pi Sin, a Chinese employee oi the Chinese Medical Union, was charged before Mr A. D. York, m the third court this morning with criminal breach of trust as a servant of $210. He pleaded guilty to
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  • 419 7 PROFIT OF $6,164 BUT NO DIVIDEND Complaint Of Under Assessment THE annual general meeting of Punggor Rubber Estates, Ltd., was held m the Exchange Room, Fullertoi. Building, Singapore, yesterday. Mr. R. Ren ton, who presided, addressed the meeting as follows: The report of the directors and the
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  • 558 7 SHORTAGE of population m Pahang is handicapping the State as a contributor to Malaya's food supply, says the Hon. Mr. C. C. Brown, British Resident, m his 1935 report on ihe social and economic progress of the people of Pahang. The State, says the Resident, is
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 129 7 ot Alor Star has been two months for roblind Malay woman. I I lit WORLD FAMOUS STORY I w\ rnsKi bknoh i Menilnr «f At -ideniie Framuisei j NOW ONE OF THE j GREAT FILMS OF THE I I year! I "**g/r j NEXT CHANGE i (PAVILION) ONE OF THE
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    • 194 7 THE SCREEN'S TRIUMPHANT Ml SIC M. FVENT! NEVER TO BE DUPLICATED— NFVi X TO 111 FORCoMIV PREMIERE TONIGHT-PAVILION 6.15 9.15 THE WORLD LOVED HIM TWO WOMEN LOVED HIM I rfpk most s-orious voice cJjurtJbKjai lIdBIII METROPOLITAN with VIRGINIA BRUCE ALICE BRADY THURSTON HALL #¥«Sl V^/MU^^ 20th CENTURY PRODUCTION fo&p*. Pret«nt«d
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  • 774 8 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1936. Deeds, Not Words THE official communique issued after the three-Power conference m London was generally acclaimed m the most extravagant terms by the British Press, which apparently regarded it as the openin? of a new era m European politics. Similarly, Mr. Eden's
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  • 173 8 Mr. B. A. Broomley has assumed duty as European master at Sultan Abdul Hamid College, Alor Star. Keriah. The Hen. Tuan Syed Mohamed Idid. chief Malay Judge. High Court. Alor .Star has been granted four months' leave on full pay. Col. Sir Percy Laurie, who has ref^u^^^^Hf!?*
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  • 102 8 Appointment Of U.K. Delegation London, July 27. At question time m the T oase of Commons today, the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Anthony Eden, announced that the United Kingdom delegation to the meeting of the League Assembly will b-o as follows: Mr. Eden, Foreign Secretary, Lord Halifax. Lord Privy
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  • 114 8 Visits To Westminster And The Cenotaph London. July 29. Today the 8/>OO Canadian pilgrims who were present at the Vimy Ridge ceremony on Sunday, paid visits t^ Westminster Hall, the Cenotaph ard the Abbey and larer today are beinp received m the gardens of Buckingham Palace by th?
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  • 722 8 One Scoring In Old-Time Test Mutches LOW scoring m Test matches nowadays is rather unusual, but it may be recalled that when we first began to encounter teams from overseas it was otherwise. The first match, that of 1878 between what was virtually an England side
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  • 1043 8 dancers stabbed the holly with gusto, and the man at the microphone fluently interjected his descriptive comments. In ten minutes a rich dollop of rustic spirit had been bottled at the source, so to say. to spice any future Olde Englyssh^ wireless programmes which might require such flavouring.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 142 8 ALL OVER THE WORLD JfQHNNIE WAbKFD i IS A MARK OF JPSf GOOD FELLOWSHIP' Q'^li/m j BORN 1 820 |fr^~E^jF STILL GOING STRONG CALDBECK'S BY SPECIAL Wff A^ T H M THE APPOINTMENT >J^^|j^^y KING OF SI AM BK UISE TO SELECT A GIFT THAT "PLEASLTH HIM THAT GIVES AND
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    • 27 8 For INSURANCE AGAINST SICKNESS tic DISEASE Apply to the GENERAL ACCIDENT FIRE V LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION LTD. (Incorporated m Great Britain) HONGKONG BANK CHAMBERS SINGAPORE. PHONE 6480.
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  • 814 9 "YOU SHOULD TELL THE WORLD ABOUT SINGAPORE" Travel Director Praises City And Particularly The P. and O. Company "WAKE UP.... GET PEOPLE TO COME TO MALAYA" "Say, is this the place you make the gin slings HAVING RECEIVED A REASSURING REPLY, SOME 50 ODD AMERICAN TOURISTS DROPPED INTO SINGAPORE YESTERDAY,
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  • Article, Illustration
    57 9 THE SEIES MEN-three British Army officers and four members of the -who were kided when the trcop-carrying plane m which they passengers crashed and was fired by a landing flare during night ahons at Mersa Matruh—on the Libyan border— were given a full military funeral m Cairo. Tractors replaced horses
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  • 505 9 Dutch Take Steps To Prevent Losses JAPANESE poaching has earned several pearling companies m the Banda Sea considerable losses m trade. A Dutch company with headquarters on the Aroe Islands, east of the Moluccas, last year lost over 1,000 tons of pearl shell due to invasion
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  • 69 9 WANG CHING WEI SUPPORTS CHIANG KAI SHEK Shanghai. July £9. MARSHAL Chiang Kai Shek has received a cable from Mr Wang Chin*? Wei. the former Premier and newly-appointed chairman of the Central Political Council, endorsing the former's policy for the settlement of the various problems m the two Kwanfs. "There
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  • 104 9  -  THE X.L.M. plane left Rangoon yesterday morning but was forced to return owing: to bad weather. It is expected m Singapore tonight. which urges an early unification of the \arious factions m the country tor the i purpose of putting up a united front
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  • 337 9 Interesting Visitors To Singapore ONE of the most important railwaymen m Germany spoke to the Free Pi ess while m Singapore yesterday when on his way to China. He was Herr Simon Baar, chief adviser to the Reichsbahn (German, State Railways*, who is travelling m; the liner Gneisenau. •This la
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  • 98 9 Japanese Himalayan Expedition r PHE three Japanese mountaineers who passed throwgh Singapore two days ago on their way to the Himalayas, declared they had no oxygen equipment with them and icould not be able to use this means of sustaini?ig thevi i7i the rarefied atmosphere
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  • 59 9 Addis Ababa. July 29. AN indication that conditions m Abyssinia are still disturbed is contained m an official communique stating that a strong Ethiopian force, led by Ras Kassa's son, attempted to cut the Italian communications between Addis Ababa and Dessie but were beaten off with
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  • 73 9 Heavy Fines For London Newspapers London, July 2!>. The editor and proprietors of the Evening News >and also the editor and proprietors of the Daily Express were each fined €500 and co.sts lor contempt of court m connection with a report of the MacMahon incident. The defendants'
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  • 67 9 Two To Be Laid Down In January London. July if>. In the House of Common.? Sir Samu?l Eloare, First Lord of the Admiralty, announced that two new battleship.-, would be laid down m January nexby Vickers-Armstrongs a: d Cammell Lairds. He also revealed that the recommendations 01 the
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  • 83 9 London. July M. The Duchess of York accompanied by the Duke today opened the new coal loading staiths built at Hepburn by the Tyne Improvement Commission at a cost ol about £250.000 and capable ol loading 1.500 tons ot coal per hour int«> ships. The
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  • 109 9 Kesumes His Duties At The Treasury I mi- it. July W, Sir Frederick. Le:th-Ross. Chief I .omic Adviser to the British Government, resumed his duties at the Treasury yesterday alter his tenmonth visit to Ch.. >tudy conditions but it is understood he is still I >ssed with
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  • 323 9 Nephew Of King Ludwig In Singapore NEPHEW of the late King Ludwig of Bavaria, first cousin of the former Crown Prince Rupprecht and leading member of the Bavarian Royal House of Wittlesbach. Prince Gcorg arrived m Singapore yesterday m the liner Gneisenau. "Travel." he said,
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 24 9 :.sign and burgee of the Royal Ut Yacht Club, wl.ich formerly B 'h*- royal yacht Britannia, has -ived by the club as a sou-v*-mr.
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    • 26 9 By cutting wires attac!"ed to a lamp the wheel of a settee started a fi?e at the home of Mr Charles Fnglnnd, of Ballards Lane, Finchley
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    • 32 9 ROBINSON'S 4 GREAT ANNUAL SALE COMMENCES TOMORROW Thieves who entered Messrs Windsor and Co s ofltOM m Fulham Road. Fulham. removed a sate containing £M§, Mid escaped m ;t .stolen mot »r--car.
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  • 207 10 LAST NIGHT'S QUOTATIONS 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 is the first occasion on which a
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  • 208 10 I I J4IIV B. 27. 28. f trtcill Can Com. lib 1 a 135 l 4 133*2 ItlfcM Telephone and Telegraph 170 l 2 1714 171 D Railroad 83 3 4 85» 4 85 3 4 fThrtiptrt 66' 4 67»0 67V Puprn; 166U 167 167 1 Plnst
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  • 535 10 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCKS SHARES. From London 6 p. m. July 29 ue of £1 denomination unless Previously Yesterday Rise or Fall otherv. itcd m, 5 p.C 1944-64 USV 2 H8»/ 2 pandlm Lomi, 4 px. 1960-90 117* in 7 8 s 3* pr 106 s 8 1063 4
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  • 174 10 THE Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 1.288 auction yesterday, when there were catalogued 1.046,316 lbs., 467.11 tons; offered 1.029.424 lbs., 459 56 tons; sold 950,701 lbc. 424.42 tons. Spot London 7.11 16d. New York 16.7116 cts 'Ijhe next auction will be held on Thursday,
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  • 204 10 From London 5.30 p. m. July 29 I RUBBER: Steady. London Spot: 711 16d. 7^d. Previously: 711 16d. 7 3 4 d. Oct.-Dec: 7 3 4 7 7 8 Previously: 7 3 4 d. 7 13 16 d Jan-Mar.: 713 16d. 7 7 B d. Previously: 713
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  • 65 10 From London 5.30 p. m. July 29 Tin: Strong. Cash: £186 15s. Previously: Weak at €180 12s 6d Three months: £183 10s. Previously £177 2s. 6d. New York Tin: 42.75. Previously. 41.68. Copper: Settlements: £38. Previously: £38. Gold: Yesterday: £6 18s. lOd. Previously: £6 18s. lid. Silver:
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  • 78 10 London Closing Quotations July 29 Method of Parity before Rate PreCentre Quoting 20-9-31 Yesterd .y viously Paris Francs to 141.21 75 15 16 75 15 16d New York to 8.88 2 3 5.01 7 8 5.01 J Amsterdam Guilders to 12.91 7.38»- 2 7.38' 4 Hong Kong
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  • 232 10 July 29 SELLING London, 4 months' sight 2 4V 8 London, 3 months' sight 2\^ 1 /r London, 60 days' sight 2 4 3 32 London, 30 days' sight 2 4 332 London, demand 2 4 116 London. T.T. 2 4 1 16 Lyons and Paris, demand
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  • 982 10 Fraser acid Co. 's List WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1936. 5 P.MMINING Buyers Sellers. An'pat Tin (4s) 3s 3s 9d Ai;am Kumbang 2«s 2ite Austral Malay C£) 5 58& Ayer Hitam (ss) H* lbs Ayer Weng ($1) !•«> Bangrin Tin (£> "r Batu Selangor ($1) I
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  • 92 10 July 29 Buyers Sellers Gambier 4 75 Java Cube 8 00 Hamburg Cube 10 50 White Muntok Pepper 14.50 Black Pepper 7.50 White Pepper 14.25 Copra, sundried 5.30 Copra, mixed 4.70 Small Flake Tapioca 4.00 R. B. Siam No. 1 per koyan 1.10 Banja Jelotong 6.50 Sarawak
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  • 83 10 London, July tt. The Exchequer returns show total ordinary revenue, excluding selfbalancing items, amounts to €171.--764,179 compared With €179.938,133 at the corresponding date last year Of the difference of 8.000 000 miscellaneous receipts account for €2.500.000. R'ecelpts from m-om^ tax last week were €2.506,000 pomparoci with €2,i64.000 m
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  • 68 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association jni> n i i". k n«"»" ffo ix I B 1 iF.OB J" Gcad FAQ n i FOB. JNY>. I XI, H B pot- irdable Bingap Aui Oc" D fai A'jril-Juix' T .Lai. C ibh I 7 ii I6d. pec lb. New York B 16
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  • 713 11 Will Siam Be Induced To See Reason SHARES SUFFER HEAVY DROP IN VALUES |OPE deferred maketh the heart sitk." During the past wee* thr truth of this maxim has been forcibly brought to all those interested m tin shares, states I raser and marki
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  • 86 11 From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, July 28. Acquittal and discharge were given fj N. Tutsui, a Japanese merchant. who was charged m the police court tefore Mr. A A. Faith, with having liaudulently removed four bundles of cloth, from Bunga Raya, Malacca, intending thereby to prevent the pro(rom
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  • 478 11 2>\ XV^^oua ova» 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. WHY REDOIBLK? IN many instances a game contract, which is properly arrived at by found bidding, will nevertheless be deieated
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 363 11 HONGKONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated m the Colony of Hong Kong) The liability of members is limited to the extent and m 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 Reserve Liability
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    • 496 11 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND (lIINA (Incorporated m England by Royal Charter I Paid up capital m 600,000 shares of Lb each £3,000.000 Reserve Fund £3,000,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3.000.000 HEAD OFFICF 38, Bishopsgate. London EC 2 Agencies and Branches. Alor Star Iloilo Saigon Amfitsar Ipoh Semarang Bangkok
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 735 11 RADIO PROGRAMMES FOR TODAY Singapore— ZHl Hong Kong— ZßW 'Owner and operated by Radio Service Wavelength 34.29 metres Co. of Malaya Ltd.) 11.50 a.m. 1.35 p.m. European reWavelength 49.9 metres corded programme. a.m. p.m. 11.50 A variety programme. 600 Recorded music. p.m. 6.45 News bulletin. 12.20 Time signal and weather
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    • 132 11 pictures. 9.50 Light music. 11.05 Romances lor violin and piano by Clara Schumann 11.20 Close down. Paris Radio-Coloniale Wavelength 25.(>0 metre's a.m. 5.35 Concert. 6.35 News In French. 6.50 News In Spanish. I 7.00 News m French. Market prices 7.20 News m English. 7.35 Theatrical broad< 9.35 End of broadcast.
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  • 59 12 I London, July 28. The Duke and Duchess of Kent, who flew to Paris yesterday, are making an incognito motoring tour across Europe to Jugoslavia to stay with Prince Paul hief Resent, and his wife who is a sister of the Duchess. They are breaking the journey with
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  • 71 12 Tokio, July 14. The last of four Japanese fishing trawlers, captured by Soviet destroyers off Kamchatka on June 26, was released by the Soviet authorities m Petropavlovsk on July 11, after the payment of a fine of 300 roubles and a sum for food supplied to its crew.
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  • LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
    • 489 12 Shipping Arrivals At Welsh Ports Improve Liverpool, June 30. MODERATE activity has been shown m the Bristol Channel dry dock and shiprepairing trade during the past few days. Although a larger number of vessels were drydocked last week than for some weeks past, very excellent
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    • 427 12 SUEZ CANAL A Successful Year Reported AT the annual meeting of the Suez Canal Co. the chairman of the company, the Marquis de Vogue, s^.id that m the changing scene of events during this year, the company had, without wishing it. had the limelight played upon it on several occasions,
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    • 121 12 The Argentine Naval Commission m Europe has signed contracts with British shipbuilding firms for seven destroyers to replace out-of-date vessels. The contracts represent a total value "of £2,800,000. Vickers-Armstrong Ltd., announces leceipt of an order for three of the destroyers and the armament for four others. In view
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 501 12 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated m P.MS.) TELEPHOVE: Freight 5433— Passage 54SL kJ <- LLOYDS AGENTS. BOOKING AGENTS FOR FEDERATED MALAY STATES EAILWATB. ROYAL STATE RAILWAYS OF MAM. CANADIAN PACIFIC jWOiurtcatAfKT (Incorporated In gnglanrt) jj yjAVEL SYSTttfe TIIE^F^ipRKSS" ROUTE offers TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES HONOLULU or direct EMPRESS to VANCOUVER— ACROSS CANADA by
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    • 128 12 The Netierianc 'mail liner J. P C alongside the £H.B row. at 7 IM Europe. i HENDERSON LINE SCHEDIXE Ol SAII IMiS By F«»rtniiiht!\ P«Ht Between Rangoon. Marsei'lrs. I'alm t .mi I HOMEWARD SAII I Port of Disembark. ii I i YOMA PEGU CHINDWIN BHAMO AMARAPOOHA SAGAING BURMA YOMA PEGU
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 593 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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    • 177 12 CLEARANCES July 28: Hague Maru. Biyo Maru I i Jap.); Chye Hin Tay Yit, GlenafTaric. 1 Silver Gull (Brit); Asahan, Kampar,, Djirak <Dut.>. July 29: Singkel. Khoen Hoea, Ma- j kasser, Thedens, Rantau Pandjang, Toba, Van der Lyn <Dut.); Klang. GlenshieJ. Lipis. Larut, Cape Wrath, Meran, Malacca, Sin Aik Lee,
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    • 202 12 SINGAPORE HARBOf 1} Ships alongside ih«- >- expected tv East Wharf (F.ntian,, Sirdhana 22. R 'Main Wharf AMnUMt Ranchi 18: [poh 7. Empire Dcnk (Fntran, Perak 31; City Taybank City Empire Dock (Entrant* Elephanta 4ti M West Wharf (EntmrK. Potsdam 4: Section 1« (Entrain < Sirdhana. 50. X KEPPEL lIAKIiuIK
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 427 13 BttSEl^Stfe*^ illii^iiSr^ BY P&Oand BRITISH INDIA LINES P. 0. S. N. COS SAILINGS, OUTWARDS I>ue I)ue tmmmm Spor*. Tonnage Spore. J.ily U RAWALPINW 17.000 Sept li SOUDAN 6.500 Bept 23 14 CORFU 15.00(1 Sept 25 27 RANCH] lTooo oct 9 x 1 lMl 28 BUKDWAN GOTO Oct 22 6 CARTHAGE
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    • 509 13 (Incorporated m Straits Settlements.) V;~t^^j§| 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 Hue Sail? CITY OP CHRISTCHURCH HavTe. London. R'dam. H'burg, Glasgow In Port Aug. 2 CITY OP
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    • 1067 13 SHIPPING THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Otran The H ua Khiow Steamship Co.. (1932) Lt4. Steam Ship Co, Ltd., and China Mutual Th<- Cunard White Stai Itd 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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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 723 14 K. P. M. BUJSKES— Thursday. July 30. Penang. Oelee Lheue 'not for passen|ers), Sabang. Tjalang. Meulaboh. Tapa-Toean. Sinabang, Singkel, Baros. Sibolga. Natal. Sasak and Padang. TOBELO— Thursday. July 30. Selat-Pandjang. Bengkalis, Soengei-Pak-nmg. Siak and Pakan-Baroe. TOMOHON— Thursday. July 30. Singkawang, Pemangkat and Sambas. OP TKN NOORT Friday. July SI, Muntok
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    • 550 14 REGULAR FORTNIGHTLY SAILINGS TO NAPLES— GENOA— MARSEILLES Via Penang, Colombo, Bombay, Suez, Port Said, Alexandria on the Famous PRESIDENT LINERS All outside stateroomsExcellent cuisine Swimming bath— talking motion pictures. Three days stopover m Egypt. Arrive Leave Arrive i Singapore. Singapore, New York. PRESIDENT HAVES Aug. 8 Aug. 11 Sept. 22
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    • 458 14 Q. S. K. LINE FOR EAST, SOUTH AND WEST AFRICA AND MHTH AMlJUc'j^ China Maru C*!* s Town via Mombasa, Zanzibar Dar es Salaam. Beira. L Marq Durban, East London, Algoa Baj Mossel Bay Mansei Maru Cape Town via Mombasa. Zanzibar Au Dar-es-Salaam. Beira, L Marques. Durban. Algoa Bay and
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  • 748 15 WORLD'S BIGGEST BOXING CONTEST Promoters Fighting Shy Of The Event London, July 15. Till biggtst light that could be staged anywhere on earth would be a contest for the heavy-weight championship of the woi'iil between Jimmy Braddock, the present holder of the title, and Max S< hmeling. the German conqueror
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  • 333 15 W. G. Cross Out Of Hospital Melbourne, July 6. 117 G. CROSS, of the Police rowing team, telephoned the good news to the manager of the Australian Olympic team (Mr. Alderson* this morning that he was out of hospital and will be m training again by Monday.
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  • 167 15 Thrilling Polo At Hurlingham London, July 7. India beat the World at polo when at the 12th annual Indian Empire and Bast era garden party held at the Hurlingham Club they won the Indian Princes' Challenge Shield by nine goals to seven m a thrilling match.
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  • 153 15 Drew Set Himself A Hopeless Task London. July 16. Showing all-round superiority. Nel Tarleton 'Liverpool), the British fea-ther-weight champion, beat Ivor Drew (Wales) m eight rounds at Wrexham I racecourse last night, the referee stop- Bing the contest Alter being on the retreat for the
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  • 78 15 Only Three States Entered Ipoh, July 27. Entries for the Malayan Inter-State Badminton competition for the Foong Seong cup total only three. In view oi the scarcity of entries the president of the Badminton Association of MaI laya is circularising the standing committee to see what can
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  • 880 15 PRODUCE STAKES WON BY FULL SAIL Defeats The Cracks Like A Champion photo). London, July 20. ALTHOUGH the attendance at Sandown Park was light m comparison with Eclipse day, it was well above the average for a Saturday afternoon. In the National Breeders' Ptoducs j Stakes Lord Rosebery's outsider, Full
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  • 861 15 Marathon Pair Should Do Well In Berlin London. July 14. COUTH AFRICA'S Olympic team— 29 itRMf mcnrd England yest?rday. They spent the day sisht-seeing. and alter I rerepti n had been given for them at South Alrica House. when tluy met some of Great
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  • 122 15 Challengers Beaten 3 Matches To 2 IN the final match of the Davis Cup Challenge Round. Fred Perry (Britain^ beat Jack Crawford (Australia) 6—2, 6—3. 6—3. England having defeated Australia by three matches to two retains the cup. Perry was m his best form and varied
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  • 274 15 Brings Czech Complaints Of "Provocation" Prague, July 8. The Socialist newspapers demand the withdrawal of Czechoslovakia from the Olympic Games, and from the r?lay race whose runners are to help carry the Olympic torch from Greece to Berlin, because the German railways used for propaganda m Czechoslovakia a
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  • 141 15 From Our Own Correspondent > Kuala Lumpur, July 17. Thanks to a fine innings of 56 by H M. Fuller the Seiangor Club just mar. aged to avoid defeat at the hands of the Seiangor Chinese R.C. on Saturday, having eight wickets down for 98 when
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  • 104 15 At the Oval. Surrey beat Kent on the first innings. Surrey 316 and 168 lor five. Kent 259 'Daley five for 58) At II ford. Northamptonshire beat Essex on the first innings. Northants 381 (Grimshaw 83. T'mms 81 >. Essex 124 and 38 for three. At Bradford, Yorkshire
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  • 636 16  -  Sappers Played Badly And Were Lucky To Finish In Front CLUB'S POOR FINISHING THEIR DOWNFALL (By Nimrod) MM. 2; S.C.C. 0THE Singapore Cricket Club nearly pulled it off over the Royal Engineers m their return First Division encounter yesterday. Poor finishing
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  • 262 16 Lose No Matches In K. L. Competition 'From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, July 29. BY virtue of their 4 l victory over the T. P. C. A. on the Pudu Road grcund today, ths Selangor Chinese R. C. finished well on top m the F.
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  • 95 16 Sydney. July lfi. Latest boxing ratings from America are interesting to Australians. In each division, of course, the champion is placed above the numerical position. In the welterweights of the world Jack Carroll "Australia* is graded No. 1 alter Barney Ross (champion). In the cruiserweights Leo Kelly is
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  • 80 16 There have not been so many amateurs playing tor Warwickshire this season as had been expected. R. E. S. Wyatt sometimes being the only one In the side. But the professionals have not done anything very striking, at least with the bat. No wonder the county is only
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  • 91 16 Mixed Foursomes At Garrison Golf Club The monthly mixed foursomes was played at the Garrison Golf Club on Tuesday over 12 holes. The following v/ere the best returns: Lt. Col. and Mrs. A. Macpherson 56—10 2,3 45 13 Maj. E. J. Nettlefold and
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  • 435 16 FORT CANNING OUTPLAY MIDDLESEX Good Football In Second Division Game Fort Canning 2; Middlesex 11. 0. A GOAL scored m the first few minutes of play and another scored five minutes before time gave Fort Canning a victory over the second string of the Middlesex Regiment, m a second division
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  • 46 16 Eu Chow Teik and J. Andres (Penang) have withdrawn from the Colony cricket team to play against the F.M.S. at Kuala Lumpur this week end, and their places have been filled with the two Singapore players T. A. D. Hewan and S. de Silva.
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  • 137 16 Programme p or Week-End Tomorrow, there will be the usual alternoon yacht races for the "B" and "C" Class, starting at 5.20 p m. On Saturday, the first part of the Annual Round the Island Race for "B" Class will be sailed, starting at 9 a.m. from the Club
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  • 118 16 THE following is the order of running and scratchings at the Penang Skye meeting today. Race 1. Horses Class 5, div. 3. Scratchings: Nil. Race 2. Horses Class 4, div. 3. Scratchings: My Old Sweetie. Race 3 Horses Class 4 div. i. Scratchings: Express and La
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  • 24 16 The August monthly medal of Katong Golf Club will be played on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, Aur. 1. 2, and 3.
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  • 427 16 Close Finish To Inaugural Match BOWLING the first jack and -wood," H.E. Major-CW-nrral U G. S. Dobbie opened the niw 195 square feet, fivi- -rink. 50-players bowling green at the S.C.C. yesterday. The "wood" he used was m fact made of rubber with ulm}> the
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  • 30 16 London. Jul> The Goodwood Stakr* run t.»d at Goodwood over two mile* three furs, resulted: AVONDALE CHOSEN CORONA < ORO\ Sixteen ran. Won h\ tw« lenrtlu a head. Reuter
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  • 23 16 It is prop nual Inter-School E Chimse Schools m Bl JaJUn lew Stadium morrow at 1 p.m and I I lively.
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 82 16 INTRODUCING THE LATEST AND UP-TO-DATE NEW 7tH EDITION A. B. C. TELEGRAPHIC COPE I The Modern Code for Modern Needs Since the last Edition of this Code wu issued, new industries have frown up. such as Aeroplane manufacture. Artificial Silk. Wireless and Television, etc., and these new trades have called
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    • 75 16 USEFUL B.P. The Useful Badminton Party of Singapore will be vis.Unv.. Johore Bahru on Sunday, to meet the Johore Chinese Football Association, at badj minton and soccer. Football will start at 5.15 and badminton at 7 p.m. under I flashlight. Members wishing to join the trip, should assemble at Mr.
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