The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 11 August 1936

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. NO. 14,928, ESTD. 1835. TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1936 it ck:;ts.
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    CLUB BEGAN REPAIRS "AT OWN RISK"
    644 1 Work Started Before Plans Were Passed PROCEDURE FOR DEALING WITH DANGEROUS BUILDINGS CUMBERSOME —MAJOR KIDD Inquest On Selangor Club Crash Victims PHK present procedure of dealing with dangerous buildcumbersome," stated Major G. M. Kidd, Chairman the Kuala Lumpur Sanitary Board, at the resumed ini
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    TWO KILLED IN PLANE CRASH
    84 1 London, Aug. 10. LIEIT.-COL. Arthur Fawcus and Pilot-Officer Michael Richard Montague, stepson of the Earl of Kimberly, were both killed when a plane belonging to the territorial section of the R.A.F. crashed in the sea off Pagham near Bognor today. The plane belonged to a
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    Compromise With Si am On Tin 'Eventually Certain"
    132 1 BUT VERY DIFFICULT (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Aug. 10. THE Times believes a compromise with Siam on tin restriction will be very difficult but eventually certain. Advocating the continuance of res- triction. opposition to which has now dwindled down to dealers
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    ROYAL AVIATORS
    37 1 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Aug. 10. The ex-King and Queen of Siam are expected to quality for their pilot's "A" I certificate at Heston very soor.. Both have made solo flights. <Fre' Press cnDvright.t
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    CAPT. F. C. CHICHESTER
    46 1 Shanghai, Aug. 10. The Soviet has refused permission to fly through the Soviet Union to Capt. ;F. C. Chichester. the New Zealand iviator who ig at present at Shanghai In the course of a leisurely journey to England from New Zealand. Reuter
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    TEA CONTROL SUCCEEDING
    119 1 MORE CONFIDENCE AND SMALLER STOCKS But Potential Output Still Above Absorption London, Aug. 10. INCREASING confidence in the tea market and a reduction In stocks provide ample evidence that control is having the desired effect, says the annual report of the International Tea Committee. Referring to the
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    MALAYA EXCEEDS TIN QUOTA
    135 1 OVERPRODUCTION OF 1,000 TONS Latest Figures For Month Of July THHE domestic production, as repre- sented by exports, in the F.M.S., U.F.M.S., and Malacca, of tin and tin in ore at 75.5 per cent, tin content, during the month of July, exceeded her international quota by
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    SIR GEORGE HYDE
    53 1 Promoted To Rank Of Admiral London, Aug. 10. Admiral Sir George Hyde, whose promotion to that rank is announced, is the first officer of the Royal Australian Navy to become an Admiral. He has held the position of first naval member of the Australian Naval Board since
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    24 1 POETS WITHOUT READINQ FROM LEFT TO RIQHT.— SCOTT AMERY. WINTERTON KEATS. WINSTON SHAKESPEARE. AUSTEN BYRON (BOTTOM ROW). BOBBIE HORNE. TENNYSON GILMOUR. MILTON PAGE CROFT
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    Strike On Dollar Liner In Singapore
    98 1 •THE deck and engine-room crews and stewards of 1 the President Hayes, the Dollar liner which is at present at Singapore, went on strike yesterday following disciplinary action by Capt. O. A. Pierson in demoting a fireman who refused to obey orders. The strikers,
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    Sir Shenton Discusses Japanese Undercutting
    77 1 QUOTA SYSTEM FOR RUBBER CARGOES IS SUGGESTED (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Aug. 10. T UNDERSTAND Sir Shenton Tho- mas was informally discussing Japanese undercutting of rubber freights with the London representatives of the Straits-New York shippers at Malaya House today. The discussions were not
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    IMPERIAL AIR LINER CRASHES
    50 1 Four Occupants Killed London, Aug. 10. The four occupants, two pilots and two wireless operators, were killed when an Imperial Airways liner crashed into a house and burst into flames after taking off from Croydon airport on an experimental night air freight service to Paris. Reuter
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    STOP PRESS
    38 1 Belgrade. Au*. 16. KING Edward has arrived at Sibenik. where he boarded the yacht Nahlin Reuter. Alexandria, Aur. 10. It is understood complete agreement has been reached on the capitulations lause of the An&loEeyptian Treaty Reuter
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      76 1 BIGIA TEA Brings the freshness and fragrance of the Malayan gardens direct to your home. j^ k i^^^h fli^i^il HtTfl i^E^^^iW Im phß I w^m i^^^^H L? TONIGHT ORCHESTRAL CONCERT special dinner dance 8.15 to 9.15 p.m. (formal) 9.45 to midnight AND CABARET ATTRACTION RENEE RAME MMOIS (OMINFNTAL < HARAcTER
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      110 1 There is no better Tea than BIGIA TEA GROWN IN MALAYA. ADELPHI g|" HOTEL ROOF-GARDEN TONIGHT and THURSDAY SPECIAL DINNER DANCE DINNER DANCE MUSIC BY THE RELLER BAND 1 NO AFTER DINNER ADMISSION CHARGE. THE ROTARY CLUB |S| OF SINGAPORE MEETS TOMORROW AT 1 P.M. AT THE ADELPHI HOTEL SPEAKER:
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    CYCLIST HIRT
    82 2 Collision Between Motor Cycle And Lorry collision between a motor-cycl-and Municipal lurry occurred at the junction of Bukit Timah Road and Selegie Road yesterday aiternoon. The cyclist sustained contusions ever the nose and upper lip and abrasions over both lip. He was removed to the General Hospital in
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    CABLE TIMES
    44 2 The Eastern Extension Telegraph Company announces that the transit time on full trade telegrams from Singapore to London yesterday were as follows. Telegrams handed in up to 5 p.m two minutes: 530 p.m. three minutes: 6 p.m. five minutes: 6.30 D.m. six
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    NEW OFFICIALS FOR CANTON INSTALLED
    70 2  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh Shanghai. Aug. 10. Gen. Huang Mu Sung, the newlyappointed Governor of Kwangtung. Mr Chen Yang Po. the new Mayor of Canton, and Mr. Liu Wei Chi. Director of Public Works Department, were officially installed in their new offices this morning. Gen.
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    GIFT TO BANGKOK SCOTSMEN
    340 2 A Sneechin' Mull From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok. Aug. 7. BEFORE he left Bangkok Mr. James Cairncross. the Chieftain of the Saint Andrew's Society, was entertained to dinner by the members and Mr. Cairncrcss presented the Society with l wry old Sneechin' mull, which was used
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    HEATED WORDS IN COURT
    432 2 Ricksha Puller Fined (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru. Aug. 8. HOT words passed between the accused and the principal witness in the case in which Tan Tow Kin. a ricksha puller, was charged before the Second Magistrate. Sheikh Abu Baker bin Yahya. with house trespass
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    POLICE BAND
    69 2 The Band of the Straits Settlements Police will perform the following programme today at Waterloo Street at 700 p.m.: March, The London Fire Brigade (Horatio Nickolls): Overture. Thousand One Nights (Svoboda): Selection. Stephen Adam's Songs <arr. by Ord. Humet; Patrol. Jungle Drums <Ketelbey>: Serenade and a Spanish dance
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    29 2 Major Sir Maurice Cameron, late Royal Engineers, of Forest Brow, Liss. Deputy Colonial Engineer in the Straits Settlements, 1883-1892 and Crown Agent for tho Colonies 1895-1920 left i £14,949,
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    ALLEGED FORGERY
    578 2 ALLEGED FORGERY Malay Woman Charged Malacca. Aug. 8. A MALAY woman of fifty WM brought before the District judge Mr. A. Williams, to face a serious accusation, dating back five years when Inspector E. H. Tunn charged Mah binte Hussan with having used as genuine a document which she knew
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    Law Notice For The Day
    50 2 Before Mr. Justice Adrian (lark in the 2nd Court at 11 a.m.: Ng Siew Hong vs Lee Kheng Guan rnd anor. 5.164 36--Sayna Ibrahim Sah vs. Zahara Bee bnte Mohamed Kassim <w>. S 197 36— W00 Tuck and anor. vs. Ng Puck Thong and anor.
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    MEMORIAL OUTRAGE
    101 2 Beer Bottle Placed On Cross London, July 25. The war memorial at West Lulworth. Dorset, which has been desecrated by rowdies, is to be rededicated today. The Bishop of Salisbury, Dr. Neville Lovett. decided to take this action when, after a village dance, beer bottles had been placed
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      62 2 "BIOCITIN" is a ry pleasant tasting extract, produced from th BMMI nourishing constituents of milk and the yolks of eggs and contains as its most effective ingredient 10' '< of absolutely pure nenrc substance called "Leci bin", most valuable and import ant eonstitv at of our organism. Obtainable everywhere. THE
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      522 2 ADVERTISEMENTS. j LUXURIA CREAM Harriet Hubbard Ayer A perfect cleansing cream that seeps deep into the pores. me invisible flakes of dust and grime I which soap and »*ter can n^cr I each, bringing them quukl> to the MEDICAL HALL LIMITED. BATTERY ROAD 50ARD~Ay"n RESIDENCE. SEA FRONT I KATONG GRANGE—
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      118 2 Diary Of The Day Hish Water: 4.40 am. 7.7 ft.. 418 p.m 87 It, Sports gMCtf D.v II: Chinese vs. R A.O C at RRS. Midds. vs. R.A. at Changi. Lawn tennis Teachers Tourney. Cinemas ALHAMBRA It's A Small World. CAPITOL Thirteen Hours by Air with Fred MacMurray and Joan
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    SWINDLER'S POSE AS SINGAPORE EDITOR
    988 3 Frauds Perpetrated All Over England PATHETIC APPEAL LETTERS (From The Free Press Correspondent) PTITIvr London, Aug. 1. 11A11M. that he had been "travelling Editor" ot the Straits Times, a theatrical agent who has been vuilty of frauds all over England wrote I pathetic letter of
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    DEBTOR'S FAILURE TO OBEY COURT ORDER
    572 3 Martin Given Another Week JAMES HENRY MARTIN, who was before the High Court a fortnight ago in connection with a motion for commitment to the civil prison for failure to obey an order of court directing him to pay monthly instalments, appeared before Mr.
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    34 3 POSTED at every window. Government, forces defended the central telephone exchange in Barcelona against the fierce and repeated attacks oi rebels entrenched in surrounding buildings and hidden beliind hastily erected barricades in tiie streets.
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    CAUGHT IN THE ACT
    101 3 Illicit Samsu AUGHT in t lie act while distilling intoxicating liquor without a licence en Aug. 9. at Tiong Bahru. Loh Kok who pieaded guilty to the charge was fined ?20 or 20 days' in default by Mr E. E. Colman in the fifth court terday.
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    72 3 not conversant with the procedure of court. If a man had only the price of his dinner, said Mr. Amery, he was justified in having his dinnei His lordship said as the judgment c\ btor had paid $20 he would adjourn the matter for a week. 'What do you want
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    SELANGOR CLUB CRASH INQUIRY CONTINUES
    215 3 Judge Reprimands Witness (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 10. AT the resumed hearing today of the inquest in connection with the Selangor Club collapse. Mr. C. O. Jennings, Building Inspector, Kuala Lumpur, was severely cross-examined by Mr. Shearn, representing the Federated Engineering Co.
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    Public Summons Against R.A.S.C. Officer
    156 3 Public Summons Against R.A.S.C. Officer CASE POSTPONED j\fß. W. A. BARTHOLOMEW, an I*l Officer in the Royal Army Ser- I vice Corps. Changi, appeared before Mr. E. E. Colman, in the fifth court yesterday, on a public summons. The accused is charged with having driven a motor car negligently on
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    WOMEN JOIN BAND
    138 3 First En^a^ed At K.L. Hotel (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Aug. 9. Twd attractive potmg women in white shirts und trousers have joined the band of the Majestic Hotel. Kuaia Lumpur. They are the first women to have been permanently engaged to play at the hotel.
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    ROTARY CLUB
    167 3 Malacca Speaker At Tomorrow's Lunch Mr. L. A. S Jermyn. president of the Malacca Rotary Club, will be tinspeaker at tomorrow's lunch-meet-ing of the Rotary Club ol Singapore at the Adelphi Hotel His subject will be the commercial possibilities of crocodile skins and other fotmi of ornamental leather
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    MR. S. STKWART
    47 3 Mr S. Stewart, one ol the Straits Settlements Chiel Civil Service cadets. has. it is understood. b>en appointed Assistant District Officer. Butterworth He is thus the first local officer to hold an administrative post He is now gaining magisterial experience in the Singapore courts
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      300 3 Stomach Sufferer's Own Warning Against 'Rubbishing Imitations' Maclean i Stomach Powder in all cases of stomach I ied to the introduction of chea;. Many sufferers who toB ve been curti ft el it their dutv to warn I guard against accepting Brand Stomach Powder tha m right Mr FSL Vkfl
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      8 3 lit.. rJg^Jp BRMID -(-i)|3'- 'rT'"*" MMI W_^ -_^^^^B(*
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  • WOMEN'S INTERESTS
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      HOLLYWOOD FROCKS A RIOT OF BLOOMS
      817 4  -  Sheilah Graham Film Fashions liy Marlene's Grecian Gown Hollywood. July 30. AS beautifully gowned as though >he were entertaining at a smart night spot in any of the great cities oi the world. Marlene Dietrich, as Domini, in "The Garden of Allah." plays hostess
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      The Woman Behind Bernard Shaw
      1015 4 ROMANCE AT FORTY rIS is the story of Shaw's marri- c age. It is. perhaps, the most, i neglected incident in his Whole' career. a I do not think any passage in his plays is as humorous as his descrip- J jtion of how he
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      NEED FOR A "MINISTRY OF CHILDHOOD"
      524 4 Learning, Through Play ADDRESSING a recent conference of the Nursery Schools Association in London Mr. Oliver Stanley, President of the Board of Education, said that there was probably no field in which advance in recent years had been so marked as in that o!
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      53 4 -BIG REDUCTIONSr^^. Comfortable airy walking linen shoes with leath bination in white colour >, cuban heels. 3 dil H95-1552 FORfoERLV $2 90 NOW $1.90. FORMERLY $4.90 NOW $2.90. 4225 I4;OO rr -^S^^^fff rCKMEP.LY $5.90 NOW $3.90. =3=™==^ SB ALSO OTHER SHOES INMtti REDUCED PRICES Obtainable at: sfrm shoe co. f
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    232 5 fact that the executi n uas put forward an hour from 9 crew* prtherefl outside Exeter Prison when Mrs ■->. -ir-Mld mother of five children was executed for her fcjrtllH, Frederi.k John Bryant '39) by giving him ar^enu at their home at (oombe. near Sherhorne Dorset COACHES taking part in
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      60 5 S WET TEN m BIRMING II H fig TOTTEN nU Bin W E S T II il 111 DC Msax there are lots of kx^ HAMS ALL OVER THE WORLD BUT THERE IS ONLY ONE "PINEAPPLE" HAM A CHOICE AND SPECIALLY CURED BRAND ABSOLUTELY DEPENDABLE BAKED. BOILED, i GRILLED or
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    REALISTIC LOCAL ANTI-GAS DEMONSTRATION
    819 6 Early Morning Raid At Police Depot REALISM AMD EFFICIENCY SINGAPORE'S first large-scale anti-gas demonstration, staged at the Police Depot yesterday, was a fine combination of realism and efficiency. Realism was supplied by aeroplanes, mock bombs, gas masks and stretcher, first-aid, and decontamination squads— and efficiency by
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    MUNICIPAL GAS DEPARTMENT'S INCREASED PROFIT
    340 6 Nearly 3,000 Consumers THE Municipal Gas Department of Singapore made a gross profit last year (allowing for public lighting at cost) of $28,\b74.50. Alter deducting interest on ioans, sinkinf fond and depreciation charges, there waa a net profit of *lHi.2i>-98. of which *****5.37 spended on
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    "LADY PRECIOUS STREAM"
    56 6 The S.A.D.C. have obtained permission to present "Lady Precious Stream in Singapore. This play will go Into rehearsal immediately after the production of "Nothing But The Truth.* Written by S. I. Hsiung and first pre sented at The Little Theatre "Ladv Precious Stream" is now running In
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    THRILLING CLIMAX TO K.L. AIR GYMKHANA
    668 6 Illuminated Aerobatics (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. Atig 9 A LANDING in darkness was Kuala Lumpur Flying Club't by 500 people yesterday. Large the aerodrome also watched the \ll ß. A. NEWARK, the club instrucLVi tor. had shown extraordinary skill in handling his
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      252 6 j^^ Vnt f hi LV d CdX &m Friends have criticised the now famous phiase You buy a car but you Invest in ar. Austin.' 'This slogan." they said, M Bug- ability The car is so soundly engineered that it gests that people do not buy Austins." cannot let you
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      180 6 BIS DRIVER FINED Failed To Draw I'p Side Of Road For failing to draw I close to the side ol the I on June 30. at South BSuppiah Pillay. a bu> di employ ol the Singap Ltd., was lined $2 or flv< default by Mr. E. E. Cd fifth court,
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    MALAYA SEEMS BOUND TO LOSE IN NEW TIN SCHEME
    838 7 MALAYA SEEMS BOUND TO LOSE IN NEW TIN SCHEME But Better Than Lapse Of Restriction LONDON OPINION ON THE SIAM DEADLOCK (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Aug. 4. THE alarm that was created by last week's failure of the tin restriction renewal negotiations between the International Tin Committee and Siam
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    WATERLOO BRIDGE
    145 7 To Be Opened In 1939 London, July !7. The M rloo Bridge will be open to traffic at the end of 1939. Work present three weeks behind schedule, for owing to complaints of night dredging in connection uith the demolition has been partially pended The Hlfhwmjl Committee of
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    DEATH FOLLOWING FALL
    241 7 Misadventure Verdict A VERDICT of death by iv.ioadven- ture was returned by Mr W. G. Porter, the Singapore Coroner, yester- clay, at the inquest on a male Chinese, j named Tang Ah Siew, aged 50 years, who died as a result of a fall while carrying his
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    FRANCIS LIGHT PAGEANT
    62 7 A running commentary on the Francis Light Pageant at Fort Cornwallis, Penang, will be broadcast this evening at 7.20 p.m. by Station Z.H.J. on a wavelength of 49.8 metres. The pageant is part of the Penang celebration of the 150th anniversary of Francis Light's landing, and in
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    22 7 Mr. R. Burns, AC. P.. has arrived from Selangor and taken over duties as Officer In Charge of the Traffic Branch. Ipoh
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    TRESPASS CHARGE
    258 7 U'THERE seems to be some mis- understanding between the Naval Base authorities and the people responsible for the labour" remarked Mr. A. D. York, the third police magistrate yesterday, when inine Chinese were charged before him with committing wilful trespass in the premises of the Naval Base on
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    JAPANESE ARMY
    271 7 3,000 Changes Among Officers Tokio, July 29. The announcement of some 3,000 changes in the commissioned ranks brings the Japanese Army's self-im-posed reforms to a conclusion. The changes, which were made on the War Minister's sole authority, seem to have been with a view to removing high officers
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      78 7 THE FAMOUS GOLD DIGGING 'GIMME" GIRLS NOW RUN THE FLEET! WHAT A SCREAM!! ALHAMBBAJI C H E A jHM 1 9 5 PfICIFIC ITS WARNER BROS." LAUGH HIT OF 1936. THE BIGGEST ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP" OF THE YEAR* tHv3 RT*j f T^fc^ JEAN HERSHOLT JUNE LANG CAPITOL SCREENING SHORTLY I THE
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      358 7 BRIT'SH BEAUTY MAKES GOOD IN HOLLYWOOD See Winsome WENDY BARRIE in this Sparkling 20th Century Fox Hit rf^WlfctJfc THEY DIDN T A^ A THEY CuuIiuC m j| y^'-^^f' bring them together in A C H^ ffl^^ thls exciting rom ancc of stream -line speed U and 'scream-line' mirth. 1 SPENCER
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    The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1936. Dr. Philip K. C. Tyau
    1044 8 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1936. Dr. Philip K. C. Tyau THE imminent departure of Dr. L Philip K. C. Tyau to take up the post of representative of the j Chinese Foreign Office in South- west China will deprive the Chinese j ,of Malaya of one of
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    DAY TO DAY
    103 8 Mr. A. Simpson Boswell has recently arrived in Taiping. Mr. O Watson, of the Survey Department, Batu Gajah, proceeds to Kua'a jLipis shortly on transfer. Mr. and Mrs S. Ramplen Jones, of Kuala Lumpur, celebrated their silver wedding anniversary on Saturday. Mr. T. A. Dineen, radio engineer
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    As I was Saying
    676 8 Could Poets Set The World Aright Development In ihe State Of Mysore Good Try I IKE a good many other of Mr. Balci- win's speeches, his appeal to the universities to oroduce poets to set Ifct world aright w tild hardly have found favour with Richard
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    The Family
    823 8 r FHEY were all there. They had I come from all over the country to Grandma's ninetieth birthday party. Expensive cars, first-class smokers. and Pullman dining-cars had brought them there although, to Grandma at least, it seemed a very short time since they had never even dreamed oi
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    SERVICES NOTES
    250 8 OWING to the late arrival of the Imperial airmail our weekly Services Notes are held over until tomorrow. i Still, it had been ridiculous at her a?e to take such a large helping of the savoury. Now, at seventy, he could eat anything. Suddenly he felt very 'cheerful
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      24 8 For BURGLARY INSURANCE Apply to the GENERAL ACCIDENT FIRE b LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION LTD. (Incorporated in Great Britain) HONGKONG BANK CHAMBERS SINGAPORE. PHONE 6480.
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    NORTH CHINA PEACE PARLEY SUSPENDED
    278 9 NORTH CHINA PEACE PARLEY SUSPENDED Situation In East Suiyuan Worsens HEA VY REINFORCEMENTS FOR MANCHUKUO TROOPS Large Number Of Japanese Planes. Arrive Shanghai, Aug. 10. THE situation in East Suiyuan has worsened, following the arrival of heavy reinforcements for the Manchukuo troops led by (Jen. Li Shau Shen, who has
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    90 9 IK rBOUSAND POLICE, using fists and batons, and i.OOO mobile guards wielding their carbines, elu'.bed their way through a mob gatherit tlie lomb of the Inknown Soldier at the Arc dc Triomphe in Paris i who grappled »ii!i the police were beaten to the ground and trampled on. and even
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    MORE MOROCCAN TROOPS REACH MAINLAND
    481 9 Rebel Column Advancing On Badajoz Lisbon. Aug. 10. TWO THOrSAND more Moroccan troops landed on the mainA land today, according to an insurgent wireless message from Seville. An insurgent column of 200 buses loaded with troops is rapidly advancing to Badajoz which it may reach
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    CHEATING CHARGE
    130 9 Alleged Use Of Forged Tickets The preliminary inquiry was begun yesterday in the second court, Singapore, before Mr. Trevor D. Hughes, into the case where Ong Ho Chan and Lim Kim Leng stand charged at present with cheating the Municipality of 606.000 gallons of water valued at $606.
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    TREASURY BILLS
    39 9 London, Aug. 8. The total amount applied for in tenders for €45.000,000 Treasury Bills was £70.965.000. The average rate per cent, for bills ot three months was 10s. 6.04d. against 10s. 6.35d. a week ago. British Wireless
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    A. B. FALLS TO DEATH
    37 9 Hong Kong. Aug. 10. Able Seaman Knight, of H.M.S. Dainty was picked up dead outside the China Fleet Club today, having apparently fallen from his room on the j third floor Reuter
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    SEVERAL KILLED IN RIOTS IN MADEIRA
    92 9 SEVERAL KILLED IN RIOTS IN MADEIRA Result Of Decree By Government Lisbon, Aug. 10. SEVERAL people were killed and wounded bv armed police in the Madeira rioting, occasioned by a Government decree increasing the price of butter and milk for the protection of the milk industry. Two warships carrying planes,
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    MR. SMALL GOING ON SIX-DAY UPCOUNTRY TOUR
    152 9 LIE. the Officer Administering the Government, Mr. A. S. Small, is j making a six-day tour to Kuala Lumpur and Malacca as from Sunday. Aug. 16. the programme being as follows* Sunday. Aug. 16. 10 p.m. HLs Exceli lency, Mrs Small and personal
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    CHINESE RED TEA
    78 9  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh Kiu Drive To Popularise It Abroad Shanghai, Aus. 10. Mr. Cheng Chen Chi, head of the Tea Exporting Department in the provinces of Anhui and Kiangsi. is preparing a big drive to popularise Chinese rod tea abroad. Over 80.000 cases of red and
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    SIR LOUIS MALLET
    54 9 London, Auk. 10. The death \s announced of Sir Louis dU Pop. Mallei ai the aue of 72 I iter. I Sir Louis entered the Foreign Oflire in 1888. WAS an Assistant Under-Sec-retary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1907 to 1913 and Ambassador to Turkey 1913-14.
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    30 9 London, Aug. 10. The death is announced of Mr. Claude William Kinder, who was for 1 31 years general manager and engineer-In-chief of the Imperial Chinese Rail- v ays. Reuter
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    113 9  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh Military Officers Entered Without Passports Shanghai. Aug. 10. A lat report received from Gen Lung Yun. Governor of Yunnan, states that a large number of Japanese military officers have entered the territory without passports. The reports urges that the Foreign Office in Nanking
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    109 9 THE SEVEN MEN three British Army officers and tour from the Royal Air Fore*— who were killed when the troop-tarrying plane in which they were passengers crashed and was fired by a landing flare during night operations at Merse Matruh, E?ypt— on the Libyan border— were given a full military
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    STORIES OF GERMAN AID FOR SPANISH REBELS
    689 9 Denial By Charge D Affaires In London London. Aug. 10. OTORIES that the German battleship Deutschland landed bombs at ICenta and that a German liner, now on her way from Hamburg, is carryIng bombing aeroplanes to the insurgents and intends to land them
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    BAND OF ARABS WIPED OUT
    139 9 Fired On Omnibus Near Tel Aviv Jerusalem, Aug. 10. THHREE Arab snipers were killed and two captured, and an officer of the Camerons slightly wounded in an engagement north of Nablus. The Arabs fired on a convoyed omnibus from Haifa, en route to Tel Aviv.
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    34 9 Belgrade, Aur. fl. Kin'4 Edward reached the Yugoslav liontier today, where he was greeted ;by the Prince Regent, Prince Paul. alter which His Majesty continued his journey to the Adriatic coast. Reuter
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      544 10 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCKS SHARES. From London 6 p. m. Aug. 10 DAWSON l l l L l l Mon., AUG. 10. j»M»« m* Share of £1 denomination unless Previously Yesterday Rise or Fall otherwise stated Conversion Loan, 5 p.c, 1944 64... ll**., 118% Funding Loan. 4 p.c. 1960-90
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      363 10 Beans, sprouts Uaugeh) do 03 Beetroots. Javanese do 12 Brinjals Urong) do 06 Cabbage. Batavia do 07 Carrots, Batavia do 12 Cucumber do 06 Mustard (sawi) do 07 Potatoes Netherlands India) do 06 Pumpkin <labu merah) do 03 Spinach (bayam) do 04 Tomatoes. Java do 10 Yam
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      THE COMMODITY MARKETS.
      394 10 LAST NIGHT'S QUOTATIONS By arrangement with the Exchange Telegraph Company, Ltd., the Singapore Tree 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 newspaper published
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      THE METAL MARKETS
      70 10 From London 5.30 p. m. Aug. 10 I Tin: Firm. Cash: £183 15s. Previously: Easy at £183 Three months: £180 2s. 6d. Previously: £179 12s 6d New York Tin: 4232 Previously: 42.50 Copper: Settlement: £38 10s. Previously: £38 7s. 6d Gold: Yesterday: £6 18s. 5Ud. Previously: £6
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      Foreign Exchange Rates.
      73 10 London Closing Quotations Aug, 10 1 Method of Parity before Rate PreCentre Quoting 20-9-31 Yesterd .y viously Paris Francs to 141.21 76' 4 763 8 New York to 8.88 2 3 5.02»/ 2 5 02^ Amsterdam Guilders to 12.91. 7.40 7 40 :< Hong Kong Per dollar
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      LOCAL EXCHANGE RATES
      224 10 Yesterday's Singapore Quotations Aug. 10 London, 4 months' sight 2'4 1 8 London, 3 months' sight 2;4 /8 London, 60 days' sight 2 4 3132 London, 30 days' sight 2|4 3]32 London, demand 2 4 1 16 London, T.T. 2j4 1 16 Lyons and Paris, demand 892
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      SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES
      1139 10 Fraser and Co.'s List MONDAY, AUG. 10. 1936, 5 PM. MINING Buyers Sellers. Ampat Tin <4s> 3s 9d 4- 3d Asam Kumbang 27s 29s Austral Malay 53s 55s Ayer Hitam (ss) 14s 16s Ayer Weng (sl> 140 1.50 Bangrin Tin 16s 17s Batu Selangor ($1)
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      PRODUCE PRICES SINGAPORE
      93 10 I Auff. 10 Buyers Sellers Gambier 4 75 Java Cube 875 Hamburg Cube 10 50 White Muntok Pepper 14 25 Black Pepper 7.50 White Pepper 1375 Copra, sundried 5.40 Copra, mixed 4 80 Small Flake Tapioca 4.00. R. B. Siam No. 1 per koyan 1.10 Banja Jelotong
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      RUBBER CROPS
      47 10 Barlow and Co., announce the Following crop returns for July: Ayer Kuning iF.M.S > Rubber Co Ltd. 80,000 Ib. i Badek Rubber Estate Ltd «Staffifid Estate* 24.807 lb. Bradwall Rubber Estate Ltd. 48.400 lb. Chersonese <F.MS> Estates Ltd 1 i mm n». Dennislown Rubber Estates Ltd
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      85 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association \u«. io. 12 o'clock noon Buyrr> •o ix h■ B In cum ()B A.-;i^ M l :i 1<; 3ood K.A Q m caie« <F.OB. August. si(i. I X.R.S.S. -spotisei <nwardablc Tone 04 NarfeH I^'il NoUI|nR Xiing. New York So >t She t CIOS 31.500 lo
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    428 11 PARTED FROM HER LOVER Arrested In Canada 1 London, July 29. A SOLICITOR, defending a young married woman at Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, yesterday told "one of the most distressing stories he had ever encountered." Nellie Wolfenden, alias Helen Soren, 28. of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to obtaining £100 by
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    461 11 Ostend, July 27. That "he sells sea shells by the sea shore" is really true of Baron James Ensor. a painter who was British until Belgium made him a baron, and v,ho recently held his first London ex- j hibition. Baron Ensor. who is a musician as
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    Alexander Korda Wants To Be Naturalised
    241 11 Alexander Korda Wants To Be Naturalised WORKS IN BRITAIN London, July 28. MR. ALEXANDER KORDA, the Hungarian producer of such British films as "The Private Life of Henry VIII." "The Ghost Goe< West," and ".The Scarlet Pimpernel," has applied to the Home Secretary for naturalisation. Born in Hungary in 1893.
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    150 LOCKED OUT OF CATHEDRAL
    155 11 By Priest's Order London, July 25. ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTA people were locked out of St George's Roman Catholic Cathedral Southward S.E., yesterday by order. They were late for the 12 (/clock Mass, many of them habitual stragglers. They had been warned. The 150 people,
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    32 11 Winning CONTRACT David Burnstine, Michael Gottlieb Osicald Jacoby and Howard Schenken, world's leading team-of-four and inventors of the system that has beaten every other system in existence. &\^W?CAJJ\(kjifc A DISTRIBI TIONAL TWO-BID
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      132 11 fi 50 News in Spanish. 7.00 News in French. Market prices. 7.20 News in English. 735 Records or theatrical broadcast 9.35 Close down. Wavelength 1!U;X metres p.m. 3.15 D programme .3 20 c ncert. G.20 Kevi in Bngllsh. 6.35 Continuation o: concert 705 News in French 735 Continuation of concert
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    NEW MARCONI-EKCO COMPANY
    100 12 The Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd., and E K. Cole, Ltd., have decided to form a jointly-owned company, to be called Marconi-Ekco Instruments. Ltd.. with a nominal capital of £5.000 The chairman will be Lord Inverforth. The main object of the new company will be \P combine
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    24 12 S.S. Cap Padaran is due here today at daylight from Colombo, and will sail at noon for Saigon, Tourane and Haiphong.
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      SUBSIDIES FOR FOREIGN SHIPPING
      739 12 SUBSIDIES FOR FOREIGN SHIPPING Mr. Runciman 9 s Statement In House Of Commons London, July 8. IN the House of Commons yesterday, Mr. H. Day (Southwark, Lab.) asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he would give the House the latest information he had as to how and
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      SINGAPORE HARBOUR
      119 12 SINGAPORE HARBOUR I Ships alongside the Whar < s or expected to arrive East Wharf (Entrance (.ate 1 Rohna 22: Hong S Main Wharf (Entrant? <, Baloeran 18; Larut. I Eurymedon 14: Pros:: I jdah 11; Teucer 9; Kudu: 7 Empire Dock (Entrance < Chinese Prince 30: i Muneaster Castle
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      20 12 The P and O N Kong and b rxpec port at 10 am. tomorr ceed alongside BM arrival.
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      FURTHER TANKER ORDERS FOR THE CLYDE?
      287 12 FURTHER TANKER ORDERS FOR THE CLYDE? How Oil Companies Help Coal Industry A hint that further tanker orders are likely to be placed on the Clyde W9M given at the trials of the motorshp ;Arinia, built by Messrs. Lithgows at Port Glasgow for the Anglo-Saxon, Eagle Oil and British Tanker
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      104 12 Shipowners and seamen's representct- tives met in London to discuss the regulation of hours of labour in the stokehold, engineering and catering departI ments. "Certain proposals were put by us to the shipowners," a union official stated afterwards, "and they have them under consideration. We expect to
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      98 12 The following Ist Class passengers i left Singapore on Aug. 8 for Colombo, East and South African tand South American Ports on the O.S.K. liner < Africa Maru: Mr. and Mrs Robert L. Jones and i five children. Mr. Sydney Gray. Mr i Hiroshi Ishida, Mr. Miyoji
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      463 12 Local And Foreign Mail Dispatches And Arrivals BY TRAIN Bangkok every Saturday 7 p.m. Thursday 745 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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    NON-BENDERS REUNION CRICKET AT K. L.
    341 15 Vice-President's XI Have Best Of Drawn Game Non-Benders reunion match Vice-president's eleven playwhich resulted in a drawn K» crickH characterised the hftWGtfl the President's and ed here over the week-end, and :ne. Singapore players taking C E H Jacobs made 42 anci Goodman 28
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    PENANG BEAT PERAK
    93 15 in Our Oa;i Correspondent.) football b?- o and the r the Mitchell Cup. t Pea kUj on the Patani uround. resulted In a '*m for by the odd goal in Penmng led at the irterva! by the KOTfd bal rmk mvc an re. d:>pay In the second
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    HOCKEY SEASON OPENS
    112 15 From Our Own Correspondents Kuala I.umpur. Aus. 8. The first hockey match of the seaplayed today when the V.I. B I elation beat the Victoria tution by lour goals to nil in the ..tl fixture played at the school md All the goals were scored in first
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    492 15 Past And Present Boys At K. L. i From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 9. DLAYING on their own ground today the Victoria Institution suffered an innings defeat at the hands of the Old Boys of the Victoria Institution in j their annual fixture. The
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    53 15 Fourteen cards were taken out for the August Ladies' Spoon at the Keppel Golf Club and the following were the scores returned:— Mrs. G. L. Eyre 1 «P Mrs. A. McK. Low All square Miss M. Evans 1 down Miss D. Hirst 1 down Mrs P G.
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    23 15 The cricket match between the Ceylon Sports Club and the Y.M.C.A., v*iich was to have been played on Saturday at Balestier, was cancelled.
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    995 15 LIVERPOOL SUMMER RACE MEETING Rippon Tor Wins Summer Cap With Good Finish London, July 25. A MOST enjoyable Liverpool Summer Meeting was concluded yesterday, writes the racing correspondent in the Observer. At the start of the afternoon's racing the weather was fine, but halfway through the programme rain began to
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    ENGLAND'S BIG SIXTEEN
    717 15 What Happened To Gimblett? Fast Bowl ers Copson And Bradman (By A.C.G.) WITH the addition of the latest five players England's side to tour Australia is almost complete. The only addition to the tourists will be the reserve 'keeper. News that Ames is back at the practice
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    FOR AUSTRALIA
    80 15 •THE following are the players 1 invited for the Australian tour. A reserve wicket-keeper is still to be selected. (i. O. Allen (Middlesex) (Capt.) R. W. V. Robins (Middlesex). W. R Hammond (Gloucestershire). M. Leyland (Yorkshire). 11. Verity (Yorkshire). L. B. Fishlock (Surrey). J. Hardstaff (Nottinghamshire). G. Duckworth
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    NEW-COMER WINS TITLE
    246 15 Malacca Lawn Tennis Championship i From Our Own Correspondent* Malacca. Auf S. The Malacca Lawn Tennis Assoclattor championship meeting was coneiuded last evening in the presence ci a large gathering A new comer to Malacca. Mrs. Todman annexed the women'i title, beatinp Mrs Barron in two straight
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    51 15 The Stewards of the Jockey Club nave altered the dates of racing at H.iydrck Parkin 1937 Trom May 14 And Ift to May 11 and 12 May 12 is Coronation Day. and it Is the intention of the Haydocfc executive to Hilfir :i sporiil r.n-<\ Slllt.iWr tin- ocrMign on Uieu
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    COMMERCIAL CUP LEADERS DROP TWO POINTS
    681 16 M.P.K Beat Nestanglo By Three Goals To One M.P.H 3; Nestanglo I THE M.P.H. appear to be the Nestanglo Nemesis, for the 1 leaders of the Commercial Cup League dropped two valuable points when the two teams met in their second encounter of the
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    23 16 photo). Free Press AN ACTION photo of play in the soccer match at the S.C.C. yesterday between and S.C.C. team and the R.N.V.R.
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    Broome's Goalkeeping Kept Score Down For S.C.C.
    190 16 Broome's Goalkeeping Kept Score Down For S.C.C. R.N.V.R. 3; S.C.C 0. HIT for the good work of Broome between the posts, the "B" team of the S.C.C. might have lost to the R.N.V.R. by a bigger margin than three foals to nil at the padang yesterday. From the start the
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    SINGAPORE ROVERS
    204 16 Malacca Soccer Tour The Singapore Rovers will be represerted in soccer at Malacca from Sat. Aug. 15 to Sat. 22. by the following players Ist XI.— C. Alphonso iS.R.C> Lee Pak Tong <Meds. > H. C. Humphries 'S.R.C.t Teo Ban Teck (Postals* A. Tamby <M.FA Tan Lai Chuan
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    35 16 "Terry Wilson, chief instructor at the Carnegie Physical Training Col h ge. Leeds, will spend a week with the Arsenal players in August, giving them Instruction in physical training based on the most modern lines.
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    OLYMPIC GAMES RESULTS
    175 16 Berlin, Auk. 9IN the basket ball cjnsolation series Peru beat China 29—21. the half-time scores were 16 10 The match v/as a ding dong struggle in the first half, both sides played very fast and Feng played a beautiful game, scoring three baskets in the last ten
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    STARS OF THE FUTURE
    199 16 Although only nineteen. Denis Compton (Middlesex' has already proved that he ;s a future England batsman. He has in this, his first, season given ample evidence of his worth with a number Of valuable innings at critical times. He has a beautiful style, and his long
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    74 16 The "Brown Band." Germany's racing classic, was won at Munich by I«err Fritz Thyseen's N^reide M. Marcel Boussac's Corrida was second and P. Muehlhens' Warnfried third. Nereide won by a length: hair a length between second and third. The 1 winner was favourite at 13 to 10
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    MIXED FOURSOME
    52 16 The August Mixed Foursome Competition played over the first nine holes :at the Island Club resulted in a win ior Mrs. Wilson and J. R. Anderson j who returned a net score of 37. The next best card returned by Mrs. Greet and Dr. H. L. Lim was
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    NON-TITLE FIGHT
    57 16 New York, July 31. John Henry Lewis, the light heavyweight boxing champion of the world. who ha^ two victories to his credit j against Jimmy Braddock. in 1932 and 1934. tonight beat Al Gainer, a New Haven negro, in a twelve round nortitle fight. Lewis weighed in at
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    55 16 London, Aug. 10. The following are home cricket re- i suits as advised by Reuter: At Derby: Derbyshire beat Leices-* tershire by nine wickets. Leicester 117 Copson five for 40, Mitchell five for 57) and 94 four for 39. Mitchell five for 42). Derby 159 (.Geary five for
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    111 16 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh. Aug. 8. In their return inter-Club soccer match today the Ipoh Club defeated the Penang Sports Club by two goals to nil. Both goals were scored by dimming, one in each half. Ipoh combined better and did the I bulk of the attacking.
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    37 16 A small balloon carying an automatic film camera for use in filming the Olympic Games at Berlin, has not been seen since breaking away In a strong wind and a reward has been offered for its recovery.
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    19 16 piiolo). K. BALHATCHET in action at Petain Road yesterday during: play in the Teachers Association Tennis Tournament. Free Press
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    140 16 Allen And Robins Give Him Batting Practice Ames, the Kent and England wicketkeeper, who has been out of cricket since the beginning of May. is making a good recovery. He has been suffering from muscular rheumatism in the back, and for some weeks has been having special
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    TEACHERS' LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT
    178 16 DLAY in the Singapore 1 r lodtUoo lawn tennis was continued at the S I Petain Road courts yestei The standard was n :natch was iought out k< i The 1 allowing are the yesterday's play Mixed Doubles Miss B ConMglier: and B bent Miss E.
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    77 16 A tribute to the captain e r T. Holmes, who led t. side to visit Australia, vat pa.d by the president ol the New S< Cricket Association. Holmos' side, he said the most popular ever to lia. The captain had cov..->- promoting good
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