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

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1 16 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. NO. 14,926 ESTD. 1835. SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1936. 10 CENTS.
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    DR. TYAU APPOINTED TO CANTON
    45 1 DR. TYAU APPOINTED TO CANTON Nanking. All:;. 7. D\l V. K. Tyau, Consulgeneral for China in Singapore, has been appointed the Foreign Office's representative in south-west China, succeeding Mr Ran thai Hou at Canton, who replaces Dr. Tyau in Singapore.- Reuter I)K P K < \1
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    66,00,000 SPENT ON ROLLING STOCK
    79 1 66,00,000 SPENT ON ROLLING STOCK LM.S. Kxponditure Since Formation London. \us: 7. ruction programme 01 the London Midland nnd Scott Company, ixvn expenditure of 1 3.250.000. will mean big orders for many British industries The programme provides for 105 locomotn several of the Princess Royal type, the most powerful on
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    SIAM WANTS FURTHER TIN TALKS
    145 1 "Negotiations Really Necessary" OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE Restriction Accepted In Principle BJG REDUCTION MADE FROM ORIGINAL REQUEST (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Aug. 7. rpHE Ministry of Agriculture has issued a further I communique dated Aug. 6 which translated reads as follows: AS IT TRANSPIRES SOME NEWSPAPERS
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    THE KING'S HOLIDAY
    17 1 London. Aug. 7. g Edward, who at the a Jug is Split. British Wireless
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    75 1 Tday and in<3en Han Fu Chu, Governor in connection witn trie c rm an independent re- Um regions north of the j Han. who is reported to have down the proposal without rv- e to the leaders in H >pei and t d offered the post of riie new government.
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    Attempt To Seize Slice Of North China
    99 1 TENSION IN SUIYUAN Peiping, Aug. 7. 'THE pro-Manchukuo Gen. Li 1 Shou Sin, who seized six districts of North Chahar Province last winter, is attempting to carve out another slice of China. His troops have twice attacked the "arrisons near Taoling in the
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    Hope For Entombed Miners Is Abandoned
    206 1 GAS DEFEATS RESCUERS London, Aug. 7. HOPE has been abandoned for the 57 miners entombed as a result of yesterday's colliery explosion near Barnsley, Yorkshire. The cause is as yet unknown, but according to custom there will be an official inquiry. Magnificent work was
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    Inquest Opens On Victims Of Selangor Club Tragedy
    869 1 tCopyriqht tn Ail Couninet LONG CROSS-EXAMINATION OF CHINESE CONTRACTOR (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 7. rE Chinese contractor who was. given the work of repairing the Selangor Club boys quarters, which collapsed on July 12, underwent a gruelling* examination of
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      54 1 BIGIA TEA Brings the freshness and fragrance of the Malayan gardens direct to your home. I TODAY'S ATTRACTIONS I ORCHESTRAL CONCERT I special dinner dance 8.15 to 9.15 p.m. (formal) 9.45 to midnight NEW CABARET PROGRAMME ATTRACTION RENEE RAME NON-DiNERS $100 iIIt tfll I r \FFLES CELEBRATED ORCHES m |TRA
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      125 1 There is no better Tea than BIGIA TEA GROWN IN MALAYA. SEA VIEW fe HOTEL IDEAL SEASIDE RESORT EVERY ROOM WITH PRIVATE BATH RUNNING HOT AND COLD WATERTENNIS GOLF SWIMMING SUNBATHING ONE OF SINGAPORE'S SCENIC BEAUTY SPOTS TONIGHT (formal) SPECIAL DINNER DANCE I DINNER DANCE MUSIC BY THE RELLER BAND
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    HOY KNOCKED DOWN
    130 2 Charge Against Omnibus Driver A recent accident in which an omnibus oi the Singapore Traction Co. knocked down a schoolboy riding on a bicycle was recounted before Mr. E. E. Colman. the fifth magistrate, yesterday when Samy Pillay, the driver, was charged with causing hurt to Chan
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    LATE MR. LIM NEE SOON
    97 2 Memorial Service In Singapore The memory of the late Mr. Lim Nee Soon, prominent Singapore business man and one of the •powers' behind the Chinese Revolution who worked with Dr. Sun Yat Sen for the overthrow of the Ifanehw, will be honoured by a .service
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    CHANDU OFFENCE
    49 2 A fine ol $160. with the alternative ol four months' rigorous imprisonment, was added to a sentence of one nonth's rigorous imprisonment passed by the Criminal District Judge, Mr. L. B. Gibson, yesterday on Choo Eng Hua, who was convicted of possession ci non-Government chandu worth $16
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    AMAZING TALE OF DEBT
    1560 2 Administration Order Strongly Opposed AN amazing state of affairs was revealed in the Bankruptcy Court yesterday, before Mr. Justice Adrian Clark, when Mr. E. B. Williams, the Official Assignee, successfully applied that an application for a wage-earner's administration order be dismissed without prejudice to the debtor
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    ARTIST'S SUCCESS
    160 2 Mr. Yan Kee Leong's Picture Of Singapore (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Aug. 4. Mr. Yan Kee Leong. the well known local artist and cartoonist, was the first-prize winner in the oil painting division of the arts section at the Malayan Agri-Horticultural Exhibition just concluded in Kuala Lumpur.
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    THE CAPITOL
    50 2 Having been flown out specially by air mail, the film of the King dedicating the Canadian Memorial at Vimy Ridge will be shown at the Capitol tenight along with the main attraction. "Till We Meet Again." and will be carried over with the change of programme on Sunday.
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      421 2 XLbc Singapore Jfree |f»iess Head Office: Cecil Street, Singapore. Phone 547! i^ Kuala Lumpur Office: 25, Java Street. Phone: 3€83. Penanf Office: 12, Bishop ,>..., Phone: l*;7 London Office: 4t/43 Fleet Street 1 < .4. Phon*: CVniral *Tft fm Tel: "Leadmala^ i SUBSCRIPTION RATES Within an i« 1 Malaya M
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      169 2 Diary Of The Day High water 1.32 a.m. 10.2 ft. 1.57 p.m. 9.3 ft. Sports Soccer: Malaya Cup Final at Anson Road Stadium. Y.u-hting Johorc Y.C race for Dato Mentri Besar Cup. Lawn Tennis. Singapore Teachers Tou. SRC. Athletics: A.PC. sports at Paya Lebar. Golf: Island Club Duffers' Cup. Badminton:
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    BANK THEFT MYSTERY SOLUTION
    1349 3 BANK THEFT MYSTERY SOLUTION Ingenious Swindle Used CHINESE GETS 23 MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT UTT seems to me a deliberate theft of $46,000 and is evidently A a case in which I should impose the full imprisonment which I can impose." So said the Criminal District Judge, Mr. L. B. Gibson, yesterday
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    Yesterday's Cathedra Wedding
    533 3 Yes terday's Ca thedra Wedding MR. J.F.L. COWIN MARRIED TO MISS OLGA TELPOUGOFF ST. Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore, was the scene of a charming wedding yesterday morning when Miss Olga M. TelpougofT, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Telpougoff, of Harbin, who only recently came on a visit to Singapore from
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    CHILD'S FATAL LORRY RIDE
    212 3 Hurled Onto Street A FOUR-YEAR-OLD Teochew child, who was fond of ridirg on lorries, was fatally injured when the one in which he was placed collided with another lorry and he was thrown out. A heavy bale of newspapers, dislodged from the lorry by the impact,
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    28 3 An open-air confirmation service was held at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital's countTy branch, Stanmore. when 14 patients of the hospital were confirmed by the Bishop of Willesden.
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    Chinese Boys Cheated
    132 3 PROMISE TO FIND WORK U/ITH number of charges pre f erred against him. Lim Kim Chua, who was produced before Mr. T D. Hughes in the second court, rday. was first charged on three counts with having cheated three Chinese boys of $2 each on the false
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    MAINTENANCE CASE
    172 3 nEFORE Mr. G. W. Davis, in the fourth court yesterday, a European named C. A. Eklund, appeared on a summons. The accused who is an officer on board the s.s. Ngow Hock was asked to show cause as to why he shou.d not be committed to prison for
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      296 3 VISIT INDOCHINA 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. 1, Finlayson Green, Tel. 5451. IVnaJr taou&£ meu c&r YOUR family is utterly dependent upon you ?or all its needs. Without you, what
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    PERIOD PICTURES IN VOGUE AGAIN
    981 4 Britain On The Sown By Joan Littlefield An Elizabethan Film London, July :S nraERE rc now installed in Alex- andei Kordas Denham studios two people well known in Hollywood. They are Guy Pearce and his Patricia, and between them, with the aid of nine men
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    62 4 Mr H. C. Aitchison. who resigned from the F.M.S. Police in 1935. has been living in South Africa, and in May of this year obtained a post in the Bechuanaland Protectorate Police He is at present at Francistown, between the north-east border of th€ Protectorate and Southern Rhodesia His district
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    ROME OPERA SEASON
    93 4 Novel Technique In Respighi Work Rome, July 27. This winter the Royal Opera here and La Scala in Milan will present simultaneously Ottorino Respighi's posthumous opera "Lucrezia." The composer worked on this opera until within a day's ot his death, leaving the unfinished work wanting some thirty
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    STRATOSPHERE FILMS
    78 4 One of the most important sections of Berlin's great Exhibition, open until Aug. 16 and designed to show all phases of progress in the Reich during the last few years, is the photographic section, where films of the stratosphere are included among modern achiavements. There are also films
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    SIR ARTHUR KEITH SHATTERS SOME ILLUSIONS
    488 4 How Man Began FRUITLESS SEARCH FOR COMMON ANCESTOR Buxton, July 25. SILVER-HAIRED Sir Arthur the distinguished anthropologist, came here tonight to confess himself a disappointed man after a life study of caves and their historical secrets. In his presidential address to the first annual
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    DOLLFUSS' WIDOW
    119 4 Friends Present Her With Estate Vienna, July 28. Friends of the late Dr. Bafelbm Dollfuss. the former Austrian Chancellor who was murdered by Nazis on July 25, 1934, have purchased an estate with a hundred and forty acres of land and a small house at StoesI sing, in
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    TWELVE INCHES LESS ROUND THE WAIST
    185 4 Fat Man's Figure Now Becoming Normal It is a mistaken idea tha 1 i are doomed from birth to b< 1 nothing they can do will lelp them r^ how tlrs typical 'a' man rcdur. 12 inches 'Having been tiouWed with shortness «f i
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      353 4 KEEP YOUR DOG FIT If vou want your do-4 to be alua\« li\> and in good condition, you must lw<* ti:- I »nic and Condition Powdi-rs Thecause of M»<> >•- I'oor o;»t I.o^t \i i^ l^^"'*»«"'** j ]>t n ,>,< [fdkwg, Scntchu I S'^xk ovw -beated blood B«t»dog'« mmtmmmt&~f J^
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    Stars In Today's Cup Final
    156 5 KKN(i IKH K. Singapore's centreforward, in action Wo\G RAM PAK .left). Selangors goalkeeper, and Lim See Hu. right back for the visitors. GAPORE'S DEFENDERS: (above left), (1) Yew Leng (left half). (2), Aziz (centre half), Chwee Chua (right half). SINGAPORE'S FORWARDS, left: 4, Khoon Onn
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      26 5 the arrival today per s.s. 'PRESIDENT HAYES' A special shipment of FRUIT and VEGETABLES Oranges Parsnips Grapefruit Lemons Lettuce Pears Celery Beetroot Cauliflower Turnips TEL. 5378
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    BANKRUPTCY PRACTICE AL TERA TION
    451 6 Papers Filed In Duplicate A NKW praotire in bankrupt' > is to be followed from now onwards and this practice was sanctioned yesterday by Mr. Justice Adrian (lark on the application of Mr. E. B. Williams, the Official Assignee. Its purpose is to give the
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    SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY'S GOOD FINANCIAL YEAR
    1178 6 SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY'S GOOD FINANCIAL YEAR Surplus Now $3,000,000 REVENUE FAR EXCEEDS ESTIMATES rE satisfactory state of the Singapore Municipality's finances is revealed in the report just issued by the Municipal Treasurer, Mr. J. Stone, which states that there was a surplus of just over $250,000 for 1935. The accumulated surplus
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    CHASED BY DOG
    74 6 Boy Collides With Motor Car An unfortunate accident befell a seven-year-old Chinese boy shorty after ten o'clock yesterday morning in Hock Lam Street, opposite the Central Fire Station. It appeared that he was being chased by a dog when he was knocked down by a motor car.
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    CONFLICTING EVIDENCE AT K.L. INQUEST
    840 6 Death Following Accident (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. Aug. 6. MR. ARTHUR NEWARK, instructor at the Kuala Lumpur Flying Club, who was involved in a road accident while on his way to the aerodrome to fly a passenger to Singapore on July 5. was
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    MURDER CHARGE WITHDRAWN
    94 6 Accused Discharged OXG Chin Chua. who was charged with the murder of Hong Teng Chua at East Coast Road on July 24. was again produced before Mr. T. D. Hughes in the second court yesterday. The charge against the accused was withdrawn and he was discharged It
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    ENTICEMENT CHARGE
    70 6 Arrested at Singapore on w..r issued at Johore. a Chinese Wong Ah Wan was produced betorf Mr. T D Hughes m the Mdond \v.sterda.\\ He VII LtMIQBd frtttH ins PntlCEd Mntf married woman named Gan Ba Bre. a«?d 17 y-ans. Ifct wile ol a pineapple planter named Lo*
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      2 6 AFTER SPORTS
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      132 6 -Jlf) R^UfcF IN A FEW SECONDS WITH COMPUTE STOMACH TREATMENT y^«^*'^f; tt L^^L^^jyT 1 //j It is excess acid in the stomach that causes mdi-a-g g *^^J|y'Jir^4K ft gestion, stomach upsetand pain, viursthe food and V^ tjfc^^^l^ ,^Jr creates wind and heartburn It attacks the delicate stomach lining and may
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    AUSTRAL MINING COMPANY
    383 7 Formed In New Zealand •"THE prospectus of Austral New Zealand Mining Limited was issued on July 28. This company, which is in corporated in New Zealand, has been lormed by Austral Malay Tin Limitea to equip and operate a gold dredginy area on the Clutha River in
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    22 7 London, Aug. 7. The estate of Dr. A. R. James. Provost of Eton and formerly Provost of proved at £3,873.- British Wireless
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    PLANES FOR CHIANG'S BIRTHDAY
    126 7 Penang: Chinese Have Raised $20,000 So Far (From Our Own Correspondent' Penan.?, Aug. 7. Representatives cf 40 schools and associations gathered yesterday at the Penang Philomatic Union to discuss the raising of funds to buy planes for Gen. Chiang Kai Shek on the occasion of his
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    Y.W.C.A. "RECOGNITION MEETING
    168 7 It is the custom :>f the local Y.W.C.A. to hold "Recognition Meetings" twice a wear and one of these was held yesterday at their premises in Raffles Quay. This meeting is more in the nature of a service and is very impressive. The main purpose of the
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    BY-ELECTION
    63 7 London, Auj,'. 7. The sudden death yesterday at Ine age of 55 of Mr. J. F. Eale.s, Recoitter of Nottingham, has caused a Parliamentary vacancy in the Erdington division of Birmingham, for whk i he had been Conservative M.P. since 1931. At the general election last year he wns
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      107 7 CAPITOL... -TONIGHT! I SPECIAL ADDED ATTRACTION AIR MAIL PARAMOUNT PICTURES OF THE UNVEILING OF THE CANADIAN WAR MEMORIAL AT VIMY RIDGE AND SPEECH BY H. M. THE KING. The Screen's First "i-star Picture and THE STARS ARE THE WORLD-FAMOUS DIONNE QUINTUPLETS in >Oth Century -Fox's great entertainment 4 THE COUNTRY
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      48 7 LAST DAY 3.15 6.15—9.15 THE ADORABLE STAR OF "RENDEZVOUS' WILL DELIGHT YOU IN THIS GRAND COMEDY ROSALIND RUSSELL with GEORGE RAFT In the 20th Century-Fox Picture IT HAD TO HAPPEN' TOMORROW 3 shows "DANGEROUS'' BETTE DAVIS and FRANCHOT TONE The academy award Picture for best performance of year
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      284 7 LAST DAY Don't miss seeing Herbert Marshall in his best role. 1 CAPITOLI TODAY 3.15-6.15 9T5 HERBERT MARSHALL IN PARAMOINTS EXCITING SPY DRAMA 'TILL WE MEET AGAIN' TOMORROW A Thrilling new Romance of Civil Aviation "13 HOURS BY AIR" A Paramount production Also AIR MAIL PICTURES Thf UNVEILING of the
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
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      551 7 CHURCH SERVICES -I INDRLWS CATHEDRAL day each month Reading Room. Wednesday and Saturdays NIMH MM>\\ AFTER TRINITY 9.30 to 11.30 am. Holj Communion. "BLTHESDA" Chur.tl Eucharist. Bi.i> Basah Road m KvetMOßf and Sermon. D. E J Hm. 9.00 a.m. Breaking of Bread in English. e ;!irpi.nion on Monday, 10.30 a
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      353 7 Monday: 8 p.m. Malay Service. Gospel meeting. t Speaker: Mr. Thein Yan Soon. Wednesday: 3 p.m. Nyonya meeting. Speaker: Mrs. On? Teck Ee. Friday: 8 p.m. Cantonese Service. Speaker: Mr. Lee Hiap Loong. THE STRAITS CHINESE METHODIS'I CHURCH No. 1. Ka in pong Kapor Road 1 9.00 a.m. Sunday School.
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      BIRTH.
      22 8 PARSONS.— At the General Hospital. Singapore, on Friday, Aug. 7. 1936, to Marjorie, wiie ol A. E. Parsons. Jr: a daughter.
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      DEATH.
      16 8 SEWARD— At the General Hospital i en Aug. 6. Betty, wife ol J. A. Seward.
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  • The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1936.
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      Imperial Airways
      806 8 ALTHOUGH the recent Air Ministry scandal has brought much unwelcome publicity to -Imperial Airways we are glad today to write about the affairs of the company in a manner far removed from that atmosphere. The idea is prompted by the reprint of a number of articles contributed to
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    SONNET
    120 8 When having knowledge of a secret sort, No person can my learning make me say, For even though my gold be ta'en away, My knowledge cannot wrested be. nor bought. If tortured for the secrets I possess, And having mind to keep those secrets hid, I shall not speak
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    DAY TO DAY
    114 8 Mr. C Carruthers Bell, of Kajang. is In Britain and is now staying at West-cliff-on-Sea. Dr Lim, of the Central Mental Hospital, Tanjong Rambutan, has been transferred to Taiping. Mr. O. T. Faulkner, who has been appointed Adviser on Agriculture in Malaya, sails to take up his
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    Topics Of The Week
    1837 8 BOLSHEVISM crops up in the mos unexpected places and the latest to be bitten by the virus is no less a person than General Sir lan Hamilton, who. according to a Malayan contemporary, writes as follows in the New Leader: "I do hereby propose that everyone
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      196 8 THE CHIEF |S INGREDIENT if 2% OF A REAL I GIMLET. CALDBECK S KV SPECIAL W" M IK APPOINTMKNI 2fc3& KI.Mi (.1 SIAM BE WISE TO SELECT A GIFT 111 AT PLEASETH HIM THAT GIVES AND HIM THAT TAKES", AND FOR A TRULY FINF AM) WORTHY (JH-T, A GIFT OF
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      26 8 FOR ALL RISKS INSURANCE INSURANCE Apply to the GENERAL ACCIDENT FIRE V LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION LTD. (Incorporated in Great Britain) HONGKONG BANK CHAMBERS SINGAPORE. PHONE 6480.
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    SPANISH INSURGENTS' STRONGHOLD BOMBARDED BOMBARDED
    594 9 SPANISH INSURGENTS' STRONGHOLD BOMBARDED BOMBARDED Shells Explode In Algeciras GUNBOAT SET ON FIRE Intercepted Message Says "Situation In Madrid Is Hopeless Gibraltar, Aug. 7. THE Spanish Government battleship Jaime Primeiro today bombarded the insurgent stronghold of Algeciras. Shells exploded in various parts of the town and also hit the insurgent
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    KWANGSI LEADERS ACCEPT NANKING'S TERMS
    274 9 Fighting Reported To Have Ceased Shanghai, Aug. 7. CCORDIXG to a late report from Nanking, the Kwangsi leadA ers. Gen. Li (hung Jen and Gen. Pei hung Hsi, have accepted the terms of the Central authorities in principle, for the settlement of the affairs in
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    POLICE BAND
    67 9 The band of the S.S. Police wil 1 perform the following programme at the Botanic Gardens tomorrow at 8 p.m.: March. Oxford Street, from the suite London Again (Eric Coates>: Overture. Zampa <Herold>; Selection. The Desert Song »Romberg>; Valtz. A Wa'tz Dream < Oscar Strauss*; Selection, Bitter Sweet
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    206 9 Department. Messrs. Qvfhife Co.. ltd.. Mr. W. A. Kimpster. Messrs. Thye Hin Co.. Messrs. Teo Cheow Kneab. Lai Chin Siong. Lee Yeow Kwang. Sen? Ah Leng. Urn Tian Joo and Lim Quav Tow. Mr Lee Kok Liang. Chop Hock Seng and Chop Swee Thye. Messrs. Kim Ann t Co.. Lam
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    FUNERAL OF MRS. J.A. SEWARD
    566 9 THE funeral <>f Mrs. J. A. Seward took place yesterday afternoon 1 preceded by a choral service at S:. Andrew's Cathedral. The Cathedral service was largely ?:tended and a full choir under the leadership of Mr. E. A. Brown was present. The Ven. Archdeacon Graham
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    INDIAN LABOUR
    59 9 Following are the numbers of arrivals from and departures to Madras Presidency for the month of July (Adults, minors and infants respectively > Arrivals (State-aided figures supplied by travelling inspectors. 261, 41 and 31. Arrivals (Ordinary deck passengers figures supplied by travelling inspectors*: 2,943. 262 and 229. (Departures
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    37 9 London, Aug. 6. Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen, the new British Ambassador to China, and his family sail for China in the Empress of Britain on Aug. 8 and will spend a few days in Japan en route. Reuter
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    Non-Intervention Declaration
    115 9 Non Intervention Declaration FRANCE PREPARING DRAFT London, Aug. 7. rE newspapers state the French Government is preparing a draft, of the non-intervention declaration to be submitted to the States concerned Those who have been approached ud to the present are Britain. Germany. Russia, Italy. Belgium. Holland, Czechoslovakia and Portugal No
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    CONSERVING BRITAIN'S WATER RESOURCES
    90 9 Central Advisory Board Recommended London, Aug. 7. Following the summer droughts of 1933 and 1934, a committee was appointed to enquire into the better conservation and organisation of the country's water resources. In the middle of the wettest summer for many years, the Committee's report has
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    NEW HIGH RECORD
    97 9 In Note Circulation In Britain London, Aug. 7. The note circulation of £454,406,397 shown in this week's Bank of England return is a new high record. The circulation at the same time last year the height of the holiday season —was £411,835,941 and, after the j autumn
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    LADY MIRISON
    91 9 Making Return Visit To Malaya (From Our Own Correspondent* London, Aug. 7. I understand that Lady Murison. wife of Sir William Murison, a former Chief Justice, is returning to Malaya in two or three months' time. She visited Singapore last February lor the marriage of her daughter to
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    "SIAMESE MINERS WOULD ACCEPT I.T.C. OFFER"
    232 9 Government Is "Not Playing The Game COMMENTS AT T. P. A. MEETING (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. 6. "CIAM is not pla r the same," declared Mr. h. I. Byrne todayspeaking at the annual meeting <>t the Tin Produoers' Association in London. Mr.
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    COMPOSITION ARRANGED
    290 9 Application To Strike Out Receiving Order pvORAI Manickam Davies. formerly a chief clerk in one of the Municipal departments, appeared in the Bankruptcy Court yesterday, before Mr. Justice Adrian Clark, when his application to strike out the petition for receiving and adjudication orders against him, on the ground
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    CABLE TIMES
    41 9 The Eastern Extension Telegraph Company announces that the transit time on full rate telegrams from Singapore to London yesterday were as follows: Telegram-s hand?d in up to I p.m. two minutes. 530 p.m. six minutes, 6 p.m. two minuter
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    FREE PRESS SPECIAL COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    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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    LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCKS & SHARES.
    436 10 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCKS SHARES. From London 6 p. m. Aug. 7 **m iotk prices quoted in US pri jobbere Share of £1 denomination unless Previously Yesterday Rise or Fall stated I >n. 5 p.c, 1944-64... 118 3 4 H8 3 4 Fu: 4 p.c. 1960-90 117 7 a
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    180 10 Aug. 4 5 C. •Wllilll Can Com. 126 '25> /2 124% American Telephone and Telegraph 174 174» 8 174 Atcheson RaOnMMl 83" a S3l, 84s 8 Ch.-upeuk 67 67 a 67 3 g Dupcnt 1663 4 165-» 8 164'- 283 8 2V 2 27«~ General Electric 44
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    HOLIDAY DULLNESS
    183 10 Also Due To State Of Europe And The Franc During the short period (following the holidays) covered by this report, the market has been extremely dull! states Guthrie and Co.'s weekly rubber report oi Aug. 7. Although the price level has declined jin sympathy with the easier undertone
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    54 10 The Government English School Batu Pahat, will give a farewell concert to their headmaster, Mr. H. L Hodge, who goes on home leave early next month. Mr. Lim Keong Lay, has been apoolnted to be a member of the Hospital Visiting Committee for the Sete fi M nt Q^ Penan*,
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    SAILING CANCELLED
    52 10 The Nippon Yusen Kaisha cancelled the sailing of Yamagata Maru. which was due to leave Kobe on July 28 for Australia via the South Seas. It is expected that the management will close this service inaugurated in March last at least until aftpr a peaceful settlement of the
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    THE COMMODITY MARKETS.
    197 10 I From London 5.30 p. m. Aug. 7 RUBBER: Quiet London Spot: 7 r> 8 d. 7 11 16d. Previously: 7 9 16d. 7 11 16d Oct. -Dec: 7 11 16d. 7^ 4 d. Previously: 7 11 16d. 7 :< 4 d. Jan.-Mor: 7^ 4 d. 7
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    THE METAL MARKETS
    66 10 trom London 5.30 p. m. Aug. 7 Tin: Easy. Cash: £183. Previously: Dull at £184. Three months: £179 12s. Sd Previously: £180 17s 6d New York Tin: 425 Previouslv: 42.75. Copper: Settlement: £38 7s. 6d. Previously: £38 2s 6d Gold: Yesterday: £6 18s. 6d. Previously: £6 18s.
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    Foreign Exchange Rates.
    71 10 London Closing Quotations Aug. 7 Method of Parity before Rate PreCentre Quoting 20-9-31 Yesterday viously Paris Francs to 141.21 76» 4 76 3 16 New York to 888 23 5.02 502'« Amsterdam Guilders to 12.91 7.40 7 39 2 Hong Kong Per dollar Is. I%<l i s
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    LOCAL EXCHANGE RATES
    220 10 LOCAL EXCHANGE RA TES Yesterday's Singapore Quotations Aug. 7 London, 4 months' sight 2'A l 8 London, 3 months' sight 2j4y 8 London, 60 days' sight 2|4 332 London, 30 days' sight 2|4 3.32 London, demand 24 116 London, T.T. 2,4 1 16 Lyons and Paris, demand 890 Hamburg, demand
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    SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES
    1102 10 Fraser and Co.'s List FRIDAY, AUG. 7, 1936, 5 P.M. MINING Buyers Sellers. Ampat Tin (4s) 3s 6d 4s Asam Kumbang 27s 29s Austral Malay (£> 53s 55s Ayer Hitam (ss) 14s 16s Ayer Weng isl> 140 1.50 ,'Bangrin Tin 16s 17s Batu Selangor .77
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    PRODUCE PRICES SINGAPORE
    89 10 Aug. 7. Buyers Sellers Gambier 4.75 Java Cube 8.75 Hamburg Cube it) 50 White Muntok Pepper 14.25 Black Pepper 7.50 White Pepper 13.75 Copra, sundried 5.30 Ccpra. mixed 4.70 Small Flake Tapioca 4 00 R. B. Siam No. 1 per koyan 1.10 Banja Jelotong 6.25 Sarawak Jelotong
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    Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association
    49 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association \.it; 7 12 «.Yl<u k noon Bu.vnSo. r.X R.S.S in rasei •FOB A T< F.0.8 A < I M MO. IX. R.S.S. <s))(4S;r.'-. August Oct -I)' II tan -m April -.1. Tone Bi Mi:k I Q Lata c 7 9 lid per lb per lb.
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    RUBBER OUTPUTS
    8 10 Tl: Jin; Punggor Rubber Brtate nU<B
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    Winning CONTRACT
    379 11 Winning CONTRACT SVttu^ouAGiauj 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 in existence. DOUBLING FOR A LEAD IN THE old days of Bridge, the business double was used only when a player wished to increase
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    TORPEDO BOMBERS FLY TO K. L.
    180 11 Aerobatic Display NO. 100 Torpedo Bomber Squadron, under command of Squad-ron-Leader A. H. Paull, flew in formation from Seletar to Kuala Lumpur yesterday, accompanied by p. Dual Hart and Avro Tutor aircraft of the Straits Settlements Volunteer Air Force. The Squadron and Volunteer units
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    LOCAL DEATHS
    110 11 Deaths in Singapore last week num- bered 249 (153 males and 96 females)., giving a rate of 25.97 per mille per r.nnum. The rate in the previous week was 24 40. and that in the corresponding week of last year 24.81. Pneumonia again headed the "causes" J list
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    MUI TSAI QUESTION
    251 11 MUI TSAI QUESTION THE mui tsai question was raised at a recent meeting of Uucommittee of the Straits Chinese British Association by Mr. Chua Ken Hai. the vice-president. Mr. Chua Keh Hai stated that he had asked the hon. secretary to request the Associations nominee on th<- Chinese Advisory Board,
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      834 11 WEEK-END RADIO PROGRAMMES >mn i v 62 Lignt m usic (JIJ.-i 1 7.20 News in German. 7.50 Reports from the Olympic Games. I enang ZHJ 820 News and economic review in English on DJQ and in Dutch on ulf Wireless Society* DJR. 8.35 Woman's Hour. i\rlenuth— 4!».:i metres 905 "Ich
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      294 11 i Transmission 2 The following frequencies will be used: GSH 13.97 m., GSG 16.86 m. p.m. 7.20 Big Ben. The BBC. Northern Orchestra. Anne Broadhurst (contralto l 8.05 A recital of songs by Roger Quilter 8.20 Greenwich time signal. Weekly newsletter sports summary, and announcement. 8.40 Musical interlude. A short
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      93 11 Paris Radio-Coloniale Wavelength— 2s.6o metres a.m. 5.35 Concert. 6.35 News in French. 6.50 News in Spanish. 7.00 News in French. Market prices. 7.20 News in English. 7.35 Records or theatrical broadcast. 9.35 Close down. Wavelength 19.68 metres p.m. MS Day's programme. 5.20 Concert. 6.20 News in English. C.35 Continuation of
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    FREIGHTER AGROUND
    47 12 Akashi Maru In Trouble Off Ushiomizaki Point Tokyo, July 25An SOS. message received at 8 o'clock this morning from the Mitsui Bussan Kaisha's freighter Akashi Maru reported that she was grounded off the Ushiomizaki Lighthouse, Wakayama Prefecture. Rescue ships have been rushed to the spot.
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    39 12 A rectified advice states that the M.M. mail and passenger vessel "Chantilly" from Saigon is expected to arrive today at 5 p.m. and sail at 10 p.m. for Madras. Pondicherry, Colombo. Djibout.l Port Said and Marseilles. Berth: The Roads.
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    LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
    603 12 SCRAPPING OF OLD-TIMER COMPLETED Sailing Ship News— Cutty Sark Not For Sale London, July 4. OF the Australian grain ships which have completed their voyages, the Viking reached Hull on Wednesday, L'Avenir left Gravesend for Mariehamn en June 25, Pommern arrived at Mariehamn from Ipswich on June
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    THE SISTEK SHIP
    78 12 Preparations At The Clyde Docks London. July The exact date lor at the sister ship <■: has not yet be-n decided upon, but it is understo operation in 1940. I nary ol the Cunard L Preparations on the C been completed Immediate start on the shjp. which
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    SAMPAN STOLEN
    162 12 Man Detected Rowing It Away At Aberdeen Hong Kong, July 31. A fine of $50, or six weeks' hard labour, was imposed by Mr. W. Schofield at the Central Magistracy yesterday on Lai Lau. 38. who was 'charged with stealing a sampan from jthe praya at Aberdeen on
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    WHAMPOA SCHEME
    165 12 Deep Sea Port Project Abandoned Canton, July 30. Whampoa's rivalry with Hong Kong 'as a deep water port definitely vanished today with the closing of the Port Development Administration, under Mr. Lo Wen-kan. Minister of Foreign Affairs, who has resigned. Mr. Lo has also resigned from the Kwangtung
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      198 12 BIBBY LINE [LONDON \IM>KESS: 22, PALL MALI. LONDON, S.H U oi fast tvln-scr w Oil Dri\Mail Passenger on RANGOON (OLOMBO. niiM SI nw MARSEILLES. PLVMOIiH \NJ» LONDON with througl. .-.;lon from Sinsapor and Penai. HOMEU ARI) SAILINGS Leave Leavr Rangoon Colombo l OXFORDSHIRE WORCESTERSHIRE All! Tl CHESHIRE ;>• 10 S
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      483 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. Kota
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      241 12 VESSELS ARRIVED Pangkor. Br.. 687 tons, from T. Anson 6. to T. Anson 8. Indrapoera. Dutch. 6.534 tons, from Sourabaya 6, to Rotterdam 7. G.G. Merlin. Fr., 935 tons, from Saigon 6, to Saigon 10. Ngow Hock. Norw., 709 tons, from Bangkok 6, to Bangkok 7. Africa Maru, Jap.. 5.940
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      148 12 SINGAPORE HARBOUR Ships alongside the Wharves or expected to arrive Last Wharf (Entrance dat< 1» Rohna 22. Main Wharf (Entrance Gate 3): Santhia 18; Yuen Bane 16; I 14; Larut 13; President Ii Kepong 9; Pcrak 7. Empire Dock (Entrance Gate 3): Kiyosumi Maru 32; Mui: 36; Silindoeng 38. Empire
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      999 13 SHIPPING THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean The Hua Khiom Steamship Co., (1932) Ltf Steam Ship Co, Ltd., and China Mutual lin C unard White Star Ltd Steam Navigation Co., Ltd.) The Sarawak Steamship Co., Ltd. The Straits Steamship Co., Ltd. Th*» Australian Oriental Line Ltd. The China Navigation Co., Ltd.
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    TODAY'S BATTLE FOR THE MALAYA CUP
    721 15 Greatest Football Match Of The Year Will Selangor Retain The Coveted Trophy? VITAL FACTORS IN FAVOUR OF SINGAPORE (SPECIAL REVIEW BY "NIMROD") AT Anson Road stadium this afternoon, over 10,000 people will work themselves lto a frenzy. They will cheer or groan, slap strangers
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    WHO'S WHO: SINGAPORE
    360 15 WHO'S WHO: SINGAPORE s\ih (Goaifc'tper): One of the best In the South. More steady U^od antn-.pj, and I and with- high shots. Has i wmtU several times. Played in 101l IHKN (Right back): Most two seasons back. :.fti a*id pulled muscles played fall off from former i- ■i flent ;>..
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    THE WAY TO THE FINAL
    124 15 Singapore beat Johore 6 o. beat Malacca 5 2. beat Negri 4 o. beat Services 4 l. Selangor beat Penang I—o.1 0. drew with Ferak 2 2. beat Kedah 9—l. through more than anything else is the team spirit which has been developed during the
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    PAST RESULTS
    355 15 1921 Singapore beat Selangor 2 l. 1<»:>2 Selangor beat Singapore E. !?>'>:> Singapore beat Perak 2 l. 1924 Singapore beat Selangor I—o.1 0. 1925 Singapore beat Selangor 2 l. 1926— Perak beat Singapore I—o.1 0. 1927 Selangor beat Singapore B—l.8 1. 1928— Spore He Selangor drew 2—2. 1929
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    BILLIARDS FINAL
    105 15 With consistent., steady play, Goh Guan Chuah of the Clerical Union, won the iinai match for the Singapore BilliardAssociation tournament for the Padmor< Shield iast night,, beating Tan Thean Tek. of the S.C.R.C.. by 35 points in B game of 500 up. The match was held at the
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    ISLAND CLUB DRAW
    77 15 The following is draw for the Duilers' Cup at the Island Club to be played today and tomorrow: C. G. Filler vs. J C. Dickinson. P. S. Wong vs. M. C. V. Martia. S. Q. Won?' VI ObU Chin Siew. E. Yean Bee vs. W. A. Wilson
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    WHO'S WHO: SELANGOR
    468 15 W HO 'S WHO: SELANGOR WONG KAM PAK rGodkeeper) First played for ihe State last year Came into prominence in the iocol $oe cer world three years ago. Is sound between the posts, and is undoubtedly Selangor's best goalkeeper Toured with Malayan Chinese team in China with considerable success. LIM
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    BADMINTON
    87 15 The following .ire Uie badm.nton ties for the week-end TODAY Inter-School Final Anglo-Chinese School v.v Y.M.C.A. School of Commerce TOMORROW 10 a.m. Junior Singles Semi-final L)w Poh Hye <A.SA» v.s Lee Siak K-iiK <AAU.i. William Tan <A.A.U.» v.s. Eng Liang C.man <Sunnyda 4 p> 2.00 p.m. Junior Doubles Senu
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    TAIB AND AHMAT OSMAN GIVE GREAT DISPLAY
    429 16 TAIB AND AH MAT OSMAN GIVE GREAT DISPLAY Marines Beat Post Office In Government League Marine Dept 5; G.P.O L TAID, who will play among the forwards for Singapore today, showed splendid form on the J.C.S.A. ground yesterday in the Government League first Division match between the Marine Department and
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    KIAN SAM INDIVIDUAL CHAMPION
    429 16 KIAN SAM INDIVIDUAL CHAMPION Standard Institute Third Annual Athletics If lAN SAM was the individual cham plan, I nts. at the thin annual ftthlttk iporti of the Stand ard I held at the Jalar Besar Stadium yesterday. <4 B" Housr with 94 points was th< champion ho Alter the m
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    HOME CRICKET RESULTS
    144 16 HOME CRICKET RESULTS Tate And Hendren In Form London. Aug. 7. At Hastings. Sussex beat Hampshire by an innings and 86 runs. Sussex 323 'Harry Parks 107 n.o.t. Hampshire 91 Tate seven for 19 1 and 146. A: West on -super-Mare. Somerset beat Glamorgan by eight wickets. Glamorgan 207 and
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    STRAITS RACING ASSOCIATION
    146 16 Classification Amendments The following amendment of classification of horses and ponies has been Issued by the Straits Racing Association: HORSES Transfers Climats from Class 3 to Class 2 Oojiboo from Class 3 to Class 2. The Cretan Girl from Class 4 to Class 3. Woover from Class
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    PANTHERS' EASY WIN IN LAWSON CUP
    120 16 Chinchillas Lose The Lead Major Philip Magor's team of Panthers entered the third round of the Lawson Cup Tournament at Roehampton by defeating the Chinchillas, who had 3»/2 goals start, by 12 goals to They were :n front in the second period, and though
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    GOLF MATCH
    183 16 Sepoy Lines Club vs. Americans The following are the starting times and teams for the next Sunday's match against the Americans, at Sepoy Lines. Sepoy Lines players mentioned first, a.m. 8.45 J. S. English (5) and G. V. Allen (13» vs. A. E. Thompson (10) and J. F.
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    HOME SOCCER
    51 16 The soccer season starts In Scotland today, the fixtures being as follows: Arbroath vs. Clyde. Celtic vs. St. Johnstone. Dundee vs. Rangers Duniermiine vs. Hearts. Falkirk vs. Hamilton. Hibernian vs. Aberdeen. Motherwell vs. Queen's Park Partick vs. Queen of South. St. Mirren vs. Albion R. Third Lanark vs.
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    BADMINTON TOURNAMENT
    19 16 The Hon: Secretary announces that the Men's Junior Doubles Semi-final ties arranged lor Sunday afternoon are withdrawn.
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    LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT
    231 16 Singapore Teachers In Action 'THE Lawn Tennis Tournament of the Singapore Teachers Association opened yesterday when a number of ties were played off at the SRC. ground and Petain Road. The Men's ope:i singles and mixed j doubles handicaps were held at the S.R.C. ground. Yesterday's results
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    BRADMAN DELIGHTED
    162 16 Allen's Popularity With The Australian Crowds Adelaide, July 21. Commenting on the announcement of the selection of G O. Allen to captain the M.C.C. in Australia. Don Bradman said that Australia would be delighted to welcome him. He was very popular with the crowds and players when he
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    BOY SOCCER PROBATIONERS
    91 16 Members of the professional football clubs in London attended a luncheon given by Arsenal to consult F S, Rous, secretary of the F.A.. on the F.A. proposal to pass a rule legalising the engagement of boys between the age of 15 and 17 as probationary professionals on
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    PENANG BOXING
    36 16 From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Aug. 8. In a poor fight Nai Vee Chan 9 st. 3 lbs. retained his Penang lightweight title last night by defeating Rough Diamond 9st. 4 lbs. on points
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    CHINESE XI BEATEN BY NARROW MARGIN
    245 16 No Score In First Half Berlin, Aug. 7. HEFORE a crowd of 8,000 in- eluding the Chinese Ambassador, th»: Chinese XI. lost by two goals to nil to the British soccer team. It was an uninspiring game, the British lacked practice and had no
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    WEEK-END TEAMS
    104 16 The following have accepied I < ricket for S.C.C. vs. RE. tod pm. at sec c w Auchmut) t v Anderson. R. J. Broome. G T E N. Orifflth-Jones, W R. m h -Cap: Fi Lt. H. C La C. F G. Pearse. H L. Ward arid 0
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