The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 20 August 1936
1936-08-20
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Title Section17 1936-08-20 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. NO. 14.936. ESTD. 1835. THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1936. it CENTS.17 words
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Article756 1936-08-20 1 Chief Instructor And Pupil In Hospital MR. T. P. BROWN'S CONDITION "VERY SERIOUS" Remarkable Escape By Captain Of The Silver Gull MACHINE COMPLETELY WRECKED AND VESSEL DAMAGED mHK CHIEF INSTRUCTOR AND A PUPIL OF THE ROYAL SINGAPORE FLYING CLUB WERE INJURED YESTERDAY EVENING WHEN A A756 words
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Article, Illustration331 1936-08-20 1 Confession At Moscow Trial NAZI POLICE INVOLVED Moscow, Aug. 19. DRAMATIC allegations with regard to the participation of the German Secret police (the Gestapo) in a terrorist plot against Stalin and other Soviet leaders was made at the opening of the trial of ZinovierY. KamenerTReuter - 331 words
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Article205 1936-08-20 1 NOWHERE IN WORLD HAS IT SPREAD SO FAST London, Aug. 19. AMONG Chinese peasants Communism is a .vital, living im- j pulse which cannot be eradicated by force alone says the Manchester Guardian. Probably nowhere else in the world has Communism spread so fast and so spontaneouslyReuter - 205 words
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Article42 1936-08-20 1 London, Aug. 19. The Foreign Secretary, Mr. Anthony Eden, returned to the Foreign Office today at the end of a brief period ot rest in the country, during which the Lord Privy Seal has been in charge. British WirelessBritish Wireless - 42 words
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Article1164 1936-08-20 1 Hundreds Of Hostages Burned Alive Lisbon, Aug. 19. I^HE Spanish Government has broadcast that it will use poison gas against the Moroccan Legionaries and tear gas against the other rebel soldiers and volun leers. Paris, Aug. 19. TSAR gas was used for the firstReuter; British Wireless - 1,164 words
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Advertisement80 1936-08-20 1 BIGIA TEA Brings the freshness and fragrance of the Malayan gardens direct to your home. TONIGHT I I ORCHESTRAL CONCERT special dimmer damce 8.15 to 9.15 p.m. (formal) 9.45 to midnight AND RE ENGAGEMENT OF SINGAPORE'S FAVOURITES THE COWAN AND BAILEY REVUE (OWAN AND BAILEY-TED AND EVELYN— ESTELLE DAVIS IN80 words
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Advertisement104 1936-08-20 1 There is no better Tea than BIGIA TEA GROWN IN MALAYA. ADELPHI $m^ HOTEL TONIGHT TONIGHT SPECIAL DINNER DANCE I DINNER DANCE MUSIC BY THE =RELLER BAND FOR A CUP OF REAL GOOD COFFEE OR TEA AND THE BEST FRENCH PASTRY OBTAINABLE EAST OF SUEZ DROP IN AT "THE ADELPHI."104 words
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Article229 1936-08-20 2 Sin Chew Jit Poh - Sin Chew Jit Poh Hong Kong, Aug. 19. GEN. LI CHUNG JEN and Gen. Pei Chung Hsi, leaders of the Kwangsi revolt, have formally rejected the final demands of Gen. Chiang Kai Shek to relinquish their power in Kwangsi. This means that the last229 words
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Article132 1936-08-20 2 Prefer To Keep Their Gold In London London, Aug. 19. THE French Government's failure to induce the French capitalists to repatriate foreign balances is becoming increasingly apparent. Despite the threat of heavy fines the French-owned capital held in London b not diminishing and British banks areReuter - 132 words
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Article36 1936-08-20 2 London, Aug. 19. It is officially announced that Admiral Sir George Chetwode has been placed on the retired list at his own request. Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Forbes has consequently been promoted Admiral.— Reuter WirelessReuter Wireless - 36 words
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1219 1936-08-20 2 LAWYER'S CLUE TO POLICE IN LOCAL BANK CASE Wife Whose Dowry Was Given In Loan A LAWYER describing how he gave a clue to the police, and a wife of a convicted thief relating how her husband suggested his dowry of $3,000 should be lent to a rubber merchant, were1,219 words
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Article42 1936-08-20 2 Harbin, Aug. 19. ACCORDING to Japanese reports 13 officers and men of the Japanese-Manchukuo river patrol on the Sungari were killed on Aug. 15 in a clash with bandits at Mulan, 120 kilometres east of Harbin.- ReuterReuter - 42 words
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Advertisement51 1936-08-20 2 THE WAY TO GOOD HEALTH:Take "CAO NOVO": a nourishing and delicious chocolate malt drink. The only food to assimilate instantly in hot and cold milk or soda. SCHIFFNER'S, MEYER MANSION. to I j ScinmncALTY I m^&mWLr^^ fMwtD IR 1 H^^ RESTORES 1 GROWTH OF HAIR I I REFRESHING COOLING HEALING51 words
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Advertisement495 1936-08-20 2 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. "VIC" WRIST SUPPORT Gives Firm yet Flexible Support^ Eli7ic. Porois. Comfortable and Washable. The "Vic" Wrist Support is easily Applied and is suitable for Go f Badminton, Tennis. Squash Rackets, Hockey, etc., etc. Price:- 50 cts. each. MEDICAL HALL LIMITED. BOARD AND RESIDENCE. SEA- FRONT KATONG GRANGE— 77495 words
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Advertisement529 1936-08-20 2 Z be Jfree Access Head Office: Cecil Street, Singapore. Phone 54:». 15 hoes extensions u> all d.,.artn.^3 Tel: •Tinn*' Singapore. Kuala Lumpur Office: 25, Java Street. Phone: 3683. Penan* Office: 12, Bishop Street. IViu_ Phone: 147;. London Office: 40 43 Fleet Street Lond™ EC. 4. n Phono: Central 3CW— IfiM529 words
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Miscellaneous337 1936-08-20 2 Diary Of The Day] High Water. 12.12 a.m. 10 ft., 12.40 pm. 9.2 ft. Sports Soccer: F. S.C.C. II vs. Terror. Div. Marines vs. Skins at Pulau Brani. S.A.F.A. Cup. S.R.C. vs. Chinese II at Cricket: Garrison League— R A. (Changit vs. Middlesex at Tanglin. Lawn Tennis: Y.M.CA vs. S.CRC.337 words
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Article264 1936-08-20 3 TWO FUSILIERS PLEAD GUILTY ROBBERY OF CAR AND DRIVER'S CASH Sentence Postponed PATRICK Doran. 24. and Francis v. 19. two Inni^killing Fusion produced before Mr. L B Gibson, in the Criminal District today. They were charged with having •*ed robbery of a motor car valued It 51. 500. the property264 words
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Article, Illustration51 1936-08-20 3 >IK. ANTHONY l)U K (right), the special constable who knocked the revolver out of the hand of George Andrew McMahon when the Ki|g was passing in pr<u t-xMon. Seine: congratulated uluii he returned to his work with a. linn of polish manufacturers. Air. Dick, who is 36, is a commercial51 words
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Article59 1936-08-20 3 Mr T D Hushes second magistrate. e 01 $25 or in default one month's rigorous imprisonment on Chuan, yesterday, who was charge of having stolen his brother's coffee shop at Chi H Plac on June 2. ...i.s arrested in Johore hmi 11. admitted a previous coni59 words
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Article96 1936-08-20 3 That were at the end of June 1.570 members of the Indian Association. •or-, which is 75 more than in the previous August when a recruiting <*ampaign was opened. The report for the period January to June last says that the committee did not attempt to increase the96 words
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Article, Illustration94 1936-08-20 3 Before Mr. Justice Adrian Clark in the 2nd. Court at 11 a.m. Part heard:— S.72 36— A. Murugian vs. T. Doraisamy and anor. Followed by:— S.6l6 35— Goh Chwee Cha vs. Gan Geok Eng. MR. GEORGE ABBISS, who has been appointed to succeed Sir Percy94 words
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Article82 1936-08-20 3 No Opium Licence Because Wife Tore It Up (From Our Own Correspondent.) Segamat, Aug. 19. "I had a licence, but mv wife, whoj wished me to leave off opium, tore it j to pieces." This was the plea offered by an old Chinese of Buloh Kasap82 words
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918 1936-08-20 3 Sergeant's Evidence In Case Against C. P. O. APPROACHING MOTORIST SAYS NOTHING PASSED HIM tt'THE first intimation I had that anything was wrong was when the brakes were suddenly applied. I looked forward and saw the headlights of a car directly in front of us.918 words
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380 1936-08-20 3 Island-Wide Search By Police rEARS welled in the eyes of a Chinese woman when, in an inquest in the Singapore Coroner's court yesterday, ;he was asked to identify the bloodstained clothes of a carpenU?r-lodger tilled in a knife and fist fight between Uleged secret380 words
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Article267 1936-08-20 3 FUSILIER CHARGED Man Injured And Cart Damaged BEFORE Mr. E. E. Colman in the fifth court yesterday, A. Byrne, of the Inniskilling Fusiliers, was charged with having caused grievous hurt to Boh Ng Kim by driving a motor car so rashly as to endanger the personal safety267 words
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Article50 1936-08-20 3 Lim Moh Kee, who was charged with attempted murder before Mr. T. D. Hughes in the second court yesterday, will be produced in the Criminal District Court today and the charge reduced to having caused hurt to Ong iPioh on June 18 at Rembau Road. I50 words
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Article29 1936-08-20 3 Eighty-five officers and other ranks of the Chinese ("B") Company of the Malacca Volunteer Corps have gone to camp at Tanjong Bruas. in charge of Capt. Tan Cheng Chye.29 words
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Advertisement289 1936-08-20 3 WHY HAVE CORNS? The writer of the letter below had six agonising corns. She walked in misery. Then she tried Radox. Out came those corns! They just had to when Radox got busy! Read her grateful letter:— •7 have always suffered from corns, and after trying many different remedies find289 words
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879 1936-08-20 4 "Places In The Sun" London, Aug. 10. MANY YEARS before the War Prince von Bulow uttered the words: "We do not want to put anyone in the shade, but we demand a place for ourselves in the sun." He d.d not dream that his879 words
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Article, Illustration40 1936-08-20 4 WITH BRILLIANT PAGEANTRY only a short distance away, two men among the large crowds watching the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace kept their attention fixed on soap and water! They were the workmen cleaning the Queen Victoria Memorial.40 words
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Article710 1936-08-20 4 PEPYS PRAYER-BOOK Presented To Church Where He Worshipped military purposes such as Germany cannot hope to possess, unless we are guilty of the criminal folly of resuming German rule in Africa. Even the German settlers in Tanganyika and elsewhere dread being i placed under the rubber truncheon of Nazism. 150,000710 words
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Article113 1936-08-20 4 Fostered By Turks Istanbul, Aug. 6. .THE headmasters of all high schools for girls have been giving hints to Turkish parents to raise the standard of their pupils' moral outlook. According to these recommendations. no girl should go to a cinema unless accompanied by an adult member of113 words
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Article60 1936-08-20 4 To preserve the authenticity of the signal gun of the Royal Charter, which was presented to Bangor Museum many years ago by Mr. Farrar Roberts, now of Bournemouth, Bangor City Council have decided to allow the gun to be removed from Bangor to Llanallg^ Churchyard in Anglesey, which is clos?60 words
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481 1936-08-20 4 On The Continent National Dress Revival Paris, Aug. 10. rUZ French for many generations o come will owe a deb* r i gratitude to Mr. John D. Rockefeiicr jun.. for his princely endowment of the restoration of several of their great architectural glories. Most of481 words
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Article, Illustration516 1936-08-20 4 Launched In Hollywood HOLLYWOOD has gone nv» her dance. The gentle art of tapdancing has swept into pop .anty among film stars, executn retaries and "extras." i -here in Hollywood, the ra* of staccato feet can be heard. Credit for launching tin lad go*s to Eleanor Powell, whose516 words
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Advertisement77 1936-08-20 4 S. SHIMUR A 6c CO. ...SHIRT PYJAMA MAKERS now in more commodious and ideal premises. Your vieit cordially invited. "7Q BRAS BASAH ROAD, SINGAPORE. T Tel. No. 4382 THE REGULARITY OF ITS SER- WM^£, VICES HAS CONTRIBUTED Wf LARGELY TOWARDS THE POPILARITY OF THE K.N.I LM "*^NB W Every Wednesday77 words
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Advertisement66 1936-08-20 5 Eg »akery MS %%%&<' SPECIALITIES M^mm Jl The Roya, Bake, fe^^ m <VU renowned for cakes and < M^i,%l(oMO confecnons of ,ua,„y and >^W have a cake chat w,,h us %d-WM* JVi^n^l We Wl introduce y° u ,c '^L jfa**CL -MV*tZ just what you want, for we IkH^ are cake66 words
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Miscellaneous207 1936-08-20 5 TD/jecal Baeftyrt STALED BJiURS OEPARTMEMT. V.S.T.N6 F.LM-STAKS NU.6AKCE jrt/^i M* or Spec. vil £^s masks for Mr? i J -r£> ordinary ones art To b€Suppl,ea /^\J^l C\ C\ V*^'" I /T^^v tCrned .ns-de out so asto keep M > A/^ J^Z-1 < S^ M^t^^^CT K TV, e praetfee of c«rla.n207 words
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514 1936-08-20 6 COLOURFUL CEREMONY (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban. Aug. 18. A VIVID kaleidoscope of colour, fumed by the multi-coloured bajus and head-dresses of Malay nobility and the bright costumes of kampong men and women against a background of thickly514 words
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Article, Illustration13 1936-08-20 6 photo) THE SIGNPOST shows where this accident took place yesterday morning. Free PressFree Press - 13 words
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Article461 1936-08-20 6 Returned Banishee Sent To Gaol For Five Years (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh. Aug. 17. The Perak Assizes cpenea today before Mr. Justice de Buriatte. There are seven cases on the calendar, comprising on? charge of murder, one of attempted murder, one of returning frtm banishment, one of461 words
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Article647 1936-08-20 6 RISE IN SINGAPORE'S ANNUAL VALUE First Recorded During Recent Years AT the end of 1935 the annual value oi the town of BJ ;.;apore, within Municipal limits, aad excluding Government and Harbour Board properties, was $17,065,467. This was an increase over the 1934 figure of $171,012 the first increase recorded647 words
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Article763 1936-08-20 6 LARGE GATHERING AT FUNERAL THE funeral of Mrs. Tan See B'X) took place at tTie Bidadari Cemetery^ on Tuesday afternoon and was very largely attended by relatives and friends, of whom there were about three hundred present. Prior to the interment a memorial service was held763 words
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Article164 1936-08-20 6 On The Rise In Hard To Control District (From Our Own Correspondent) Segani.it. Aug. 18. I would like your worship to tak;--a serious view of the matter as that district is hard to control— l have received information much too often about smuggling being on the rise164 words
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Article148 1936-08-20 6 Judge "Deterrent Sentence Johore Bahru. Aug. 18. JUDGMENT was delivered this morning by Mr. Justice J. V. G Mills in the Johore Bahru Assizes in the case in which G. Velusamy pleaded guilty to a charge of having kidnapped a girl under 16 years named Alangara148 words
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Article, Illustration29 1936-08-20 6 MISS PEGGY ANN LANDON, the eldest daughter of Governor Landon of Kansas, the Republican candidate for the U.S. Presidency, is acting as chauffeur for her father in his campaign.29 words
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278 1936-08-20 6 JAPAN'S INROADS INTO COLONY'S TRADE WILL THE GOVERXMpvt APPOINT COMMITTEE' Mr. Tay Lian Teck's Question In Legislative Council •THE inroads being made by j a p an in Malayan trade will be the subject of questions by the Hon Mr Tay Lian Teck at next Mondays meeting of the Legislative278 words
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Advertisement41 1936-08-20 6 UiBJINS pius ml Wmrmr There is no better pill 14 mWWM W^ tnan MARTINS. Yo.. can I IfF upon MARTIN'S PILl> I Ml bo J-4,£ y c >>*mists Stores and I W by THfc. FEDERAL DISPKNSARY. i| Raffle* Square. Singapore. M41 words
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Advertisement34 1936-08-20 6 TWYFORDS SANITARYWARE Wholly BRITISH FINEST QUALITY NON-CRAZING WHITE OR COLOURED COMPETITIVE PRICES Full details will be gladly supplied on request Large and comprehensive stocks are always available. Sole Agents: UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED SINGAPORE BRANCHES.34 words
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277 1936-08-20 7 "IT has been found, as a result oi experience of the working of the existing law, that ttoe principal Enactment does not give the Supreme Court sufficient control over advocates and solicitors. The Bill seeks to remedy this position." Such, as stated277 words
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179 1936-08-20 7 From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Aug. 18. Two men were charged yesterday before Mr. J. B. Weiss, first magistrate, with having planted excess rubber trees in their estates without obtaining permission. The first person charged was Chew Hin Lin, who is the attorney for179 words
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Article219 1936-08-20 7 USING MORE "JUICE" IN BRITAIN Very Rapid Rate Of Increase London, Aug. 19. ■"THE consumption of electricity in Great Britain continues to increase at a very rapid rate. The last annual report of the Central Electricity Board stated that the expansion in this country since 1929 up219 words
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Article25 1936-08-20 7 London, Aug. 19. The Scottish league soccer matches playea" yesterday resulted as follows: Clyde 4. Arbroath 2. Queen's Park 0. Motherwell 0 Reuter.Reuter - 25 words
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Advertisement327 1936-08-20 7 PAVILION -PREMIERE TONIGHT 6.15-9.15 AS A NOVEL IT WAS COMPTON MACKENZIE'S BEST -SELLER.... AS A FILM IT IS SOMETHING UNIQUE AND PRAISEWORTHY! A GREAT STORY A GREAT CAST ®A GRAND ENTERTAINMENT IP* KATHARINE HEPBURN— i,_ M 1 EDMUND GWENN— 3L^j| BRIAN AHERNE— 1 CARY GRANT A rousing and Hepburn masquerading327 words
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Advertisement66 1936-08-20 7 ALHAMBRA 6.15 TONBGHT 9.15 Something new in Screen Entertainment. GLADYS SWARTHOUT Beautiful and young operatic star in the first outdoor musical "ROSE OF THE RAKCHO" with JOHN BOLES A PARAMOUNT MUSICAL ♦THE PRIZE t JL. A CROWN THE WEAPON AN AXE/ ♦the victim LADY JANE WW JBBL Zudor Vbose' ~"CEDRICHfIRDWICKE66 words
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Advertisement417 1936-08-20 7 Sometimes a truly GREAT pieture comes along but its title probably means nothing to the public! SUCH A FILM IS THIS LATEST COMEDY SENSATION with GARY COOPER AT HIS BEST! YOU MUST see it! CAPITOL Opening TONIGHT You remember GARY COOPER'S great role in "DESIRE"., well -here he is in417 words
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1160 1936-08-20 8 The Singapore Free Press THIRSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1936. The Problem Of Pacifism THE Church has often been abused for not giving a sufficiently active lead In preventing war and. when challenged on this point, the majority of its leaders, as we sy\v at the recent Assembly, have definitely expressed the1,160 words
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Article21 1936-08-20 8 Mr. A. R. Milner Moore, of Nova Scotia Estate, Teluk Anson, has been transferred to Krian Estate, Nebong Tebal, Province Wellesley.21 words
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Article846 1936-08-20 8 SOME strange stories are beginning to go the rounds of London, ana they come from sources too wellinformed to be disregarded, states the Manchester Guardian. It is being suid, for instance, that the Emperor of Abyssinia has been informed thai he cannot return to Western Abyssinia846 words
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Article893 1936-08-20 8 THEY had been meeting, the tour o: them, on the bridge for so many years that all sense of time had been caught for them in a web of habit that seemed unbreakable. Every day had been the same: the two old m.n and their two old fat893 words
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Advertisement249 1936-08-20 8 g i ALLSOPPS evety titne I Bk \s% 4 C a I d b e c k's i p Wuti M/xlc/iasi/^ SUtx^e IS 6^ I Bl SPECIAL A TO HM THE APPOINTMENT KIMi OF SIAM KEUABLE, BEAUTIFUL fir ECONOMIC WATCHES CLOCKS ARE NOW ON MEW AT AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES.249 words
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Advertisement22 1936-08-20 8 For MOTOR INSURANCE GENERAL ACCIDENT FIRE b LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION LTD. (Incorporated in Great Britain) I HONGKONG BANK CHAMBERS SINGAPORE. PHONE 6480.22 words
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Article, Illustration456 1936-08-20 9 Two Under Construction: Others Expected SPEED TO BE CLOSELY GUARDED SECRET SPECIALLY DESIGNED TO PATROL THE COASTS OF MALAY A. A FLOTILLA OF HIGH-POWERED LAUNCHES, WHOSE SPEED IS A CLOSELY Gl ARDED SECRET, ARE TO BE ATTACHED TO THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS ROYAL NAVALFree Press - 456 words
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Article50 1936-08-20 9 Washington, Aug. 19. OVEK 2.000.000 persons living on farms and in rural communities will need direct relief before the winter as a result of further crop damage in the Middle West and North West, according to the latest reports of the Resettlement Administration officials.- Wireless ReuterWireless; Reuter - 50 words
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Article60 1936-08-20 9 London. Aug. 19. Changes in the rates of pay whim came into operation in Great Britain last month are estimated to have resulted in an increase of nearlv C 60X00 in the weekly full-time wages of over 1.000.000 workers and in a decrease of about £3.800 affecting 44.000.60 words
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739 1936-08-20 9 DRAMATIC ACCOUNT OF PIRACY NEAR MALACCA A DRAMATIC account of how his towkay lost his life in a piracy committed off an island near Malacca was related Msterday in a Singapore court by a twakow coolie who was left by the739 words
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Article707 1936-08-20 9 SINGAPORE DIVORCE PETITION Parted Three Months After Wedding TIIK desire of I Chinese wile for frequent nifht outings led to a petition for divorce beiore the Acting Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Whitley, in the Hiffh Court yesterday. The petitioner was Chua Beng Hong, a clerk employed at the Singapore Naval707 words
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Article22 1936-08-20 9 Mr. and Mrs. C. H. K. Cormac. of Ipoh. are returning from home by the Lalandia due in Penang on Sept. 122 words
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Advertisement192 1936-08-20 9 SEE A RALEIGH ASSEMBLED BEFORE YOUR EYES THE ALL STEEL MACHINE WITH THE ALL STEEL PARTS EVERY SMALL PART PERFECT see the RALEIGH CYCLE in a HUNDRED PIECES— SEE IT PUT TOGETHER FOR YOURSELF— WATCH OUR WINDOWS TODAY— YOU WILL THEN KNOW WHY THE RALEIGH IS THE WORLD'S BEST CYCLE192 words
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511 1936-08-20 10 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCKS SHARES. From London 6 p. m. Aug. 19 New York prices quoted in U.S. The above are dealers' middle prices; jobbers, margins, brokerage and stamp duty are not included. ei denomination unless Previously Yesterday Rise or Fall otherwise stated Conversion Loan. 5 p.c, 1944-64... 119511 words
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Article202 1936-08-20 10 By arrangement with the Exchange Telegraph Company, Ltd., the Singapore Free Press is able to offer to its readers this complete and reliable service of commercial news from London, New York and other centres. This is the first occasion on which a newspaper published in Malaya has202 words
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Article1064 1936-08-20 10 Fraser and Co.'s List WEDNESDAY, AUG. 19, 1936, 5 P.M. MINING Buyers Sellers. Ampat Tin (4s) 4s 4s 6d Asam Kumbang 27s 29s Austral Malay 53s 55s Ayer Hitam (si) 13s 16s Aver Weng ($1) 1-40 150 Bangrin Tin 16 s 17s Batu Selangor ($1)1,064 words
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182 1936-08-20 10 STOCKS: London: 47,972 tons (48.587) Liverpool 63.270 tons (63,656) COPRA: Straits SO. Rotterdam: £15 2s. 6d., Previously: £15. PEPPER: White Muntok: in bond 4 l 2 d. Previously: 4* 4 d. White Muntok: Aug. -Oct. 4d. Previously 4d. Lampong black:182 words
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Article74 1936-08-20 10 Aug. 19 Buyers Sellers Gambier 4.75 Java Cube 8.75 Hamburg Cube 10 50 White Muntok Popper 14.25 Black Pepper 7.50 White Pepper 13.75 Copra, sundried 5 45 Copra, mixed 4 95 Small Flake Tapioca 4.80 R. B. Siam No. 1 per koyan 1.10 Banja Jelotong 6.25 Sarawak74 words
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Article218 1936-08-20 10 Aug. 15. 17. 18. I American Can. Com. 120 119 3 4 120V, American Telephone and Telegraph 173 J 8 173- 4 173 3 4 Atcheson Railroad 83^ 8S' 2 81> 4 Chesapeak 67 67 3 8 67 1 Eupent 158 157 159 Firestone 27 5 8218 words
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85 1936-08-20 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association Aug. 19, 12 o'clock noon Buyers Sellers No. I.X. R.S.S. in cases <F.0.8. August) 26 1116 26^ Good F.A.Q. in cases (F.0.8. August) 26» 2 26% No. I.X.R.S.S. (spotloose) (awardable Singapore) 26 V 2 26% August 26»/2 26% September 26% 26 3 i Oct.-Dec 2685 words
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Article45 1936-08-20 10 London, Aug. 19. The Ministry of Labour's cost of living index on Aug. 1 was approximately 46 per cent, above the level of July. 1914. and the same as a month earlier. The corresponding percentage a year ago was 43.— British Wireless.45 words
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84 1936-08-20 10 Foreign Exchange Rates. London Closing Quotations Aug. 19 Method of Parity before Rate PreCentre Quoting 20-9-31 Yesterday viously Paris Francs to 141.21 76 7 16 76 516 New York to 8.8 2 3 5.03 1 4 5.02 3 4 Amsterdam Guilders to 12.91 7.41 7.40 1 2 Hong Kong Per84 words
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Article103 1936-08-20 10 IIfIESSRS. FRASER A: CO. in their daily report issued yestcrd:i> evening, state that the tin share market u:»s \cr\ *te;«d> .ill day. There was a considerable amount of bin inp ot all dollar shares and in addition, a number of >ter!ings changed hands. The strength was the103 words
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Article26 1936-08-20 10 London. The Exchequer IttM total i rdinary revenue E212 126 at the BOtiesp nding year. Total ordinary £257.337.639 Stl at the con British UTii26 words
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Article23 1936-08-20 10 The CO-op. decided I da ne* tory at Sheffield on square yard smaller laetory. R:c. n. No. S Aug. 19: Sii. picul) m23 words
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Article67 1936-08-20 10 From London 5.30 p. m. Aug. 19 Tin: 'Strong. Cash: £183 17s. 6d. Previously: Dull at ClBl 10s, Three months: £180 12s. 6d. Previously: £178 ss. New York Tin: 42.75. Previously: 42.00. Copper: Settlement: £38 2s 6d. Previously: £38 2s. 6d. Gold: Yesterday: £6 18s. 2d. Previously:67 words
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Article199 1936-08-20 10 Yesterday's Singapore Quotations Aug. 19 SELLING London, T.T. 2 4 1 16 London, demand 2 4 1 18 London. 4 months' sight 2 4^ Lyons, demand 892 Hamburg, demand 140 New York, demand 58 1116 Montreal, demand 58 11 16 Batavia, demand 85 3 4 Samarang. demand199 words
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Article44 1936-08-20 10 The Eastern Extension Telegraph Co. announces that the transit time on full rate telegrams from Singapore to London yesterday were as follows: Telegrams handed in up to 5 p.m. 2 minutes: 5.30 p.m. 2 minutes; 6 p.m. 2 minutes; 6.30 p.m. minute.44 words
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Article650 1936-08-20 11 Fraser And Go's Comment On I. T. C. Delegates QUIET WEEK IN LOCAL SHARE MARKET CONDITIONS have been decidedly quieter in all sections of the share market during the past week, the holiday season at home with the usual contraction of business on650 words
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Article244 1936-08-20 11 Chinese Want Time Changed At Penang Penang. Aug. 18. Hitherto the slaughtering of pigs in the Municipal abattoirs has taken place at 9 p.m. On Aug. 8. on a petition from the pork butchers, the hour was changed to 3 p.m. In making this change the Commissioners244 words
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Advertisement502 1936-08-20 11 iWcWTRACTI David Burnstinc. 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. OVER ENTHUSIASM IT is nice to hold 150 Aces and we: The bidding at both tables: shouldn't mind having them every! South West North502 words
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Advertisement571 1936-08-20 11 HONGKONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. fl (Incorporated in the Colony of Hong Kong) The liability of members is limited F to the extent and in manner prescribed by Ordinance No. 6 of 1929 of the F Colony. Authorised Capital $50,000,000 Issued and Fully Paid-up $20,000,000 Reserve Fund: Sterling 6.500.000 j Hong571 words
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Advertisement500 1936-08-20 11 CHARTERED BANK )F INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA (Incorporated in England by Royal Charter i »ald up capital in 600,000 shares of £5 each £3,000,000 Reserve Fund £3.000,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3,000.000 HEAD OFFICE: 38, Bishopsgate. London EC. 2 Agencies and Branches. Uor Star Iloiio Saigon *.mritsar Ipoh Semarang Bangkok500 words
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Miscellaneous744 1936-08-20 11 RADIO PROGRAMMES FOR TODAY Ppmntr ZHI England: Bird Painting." 6.37 The Leslie Bridgewater Quintet (Penang Wireless Society) c ir o 0 Mn Wavelength— 4o 1 metres 715 Slr Se y mou r Hicks. na%elengtn-4J..i metres ?3Q Three per Cent Cucumber/ A programme featuring water, Kb Time signa! and day's pro-744 words
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Article134 1936-08-20 12 There was launched from VickersArmstrong's naval construction works at Barrow on July 22. the British submarine Rorqual. The vessel was named by Lady Baddeley. wife of Sir Vincent W. Baddeley. formerly Deputy Secretary of the Admiralty. At the subsequent luncheon Si: Vincent Baddeley said as they all knew134 words
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Article837 1936-08-20 12 Board Of Trade Theory At Joseph B. Medill Inquiry Newcastle, July 22. WHAT appeared to be the most important evidence given at the inquiry begun at Newcastle, yesterday, into the loss of the motorship Joseph B. Medill was that of Captain J. S. Dee, master of837 words
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Article, Illustration34 1936-08-20 12 THE GROM, fastest and most heavily armoured destroyer built in Britain, was recently launched at the Cowes yards of Messrs. J. Samuel White and Coy. for Poland. Photo shows the destroyer after the launch.34 words
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Advertisement644 1936-08-20 12 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated in F.M.S.) MW I TELEPHONE: Freight 5433— Passage 64SL f* LLOYDS AGENTS. BOOKING AGENTS FOR FEDERATED MALAY STATES RAILWAYS. ROYAL STATE RAILWAYS OF SIAM. CANADIAN MClffIC iwoaitf* ORIAtWT (Incorporated in «n«l*nd> |.j MMyssia THE "EMPRESS" ROUTE offers TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES yift HONOLULU or direct EMPRESS to VANCOUVER—644 words
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Advertisement168 1936-08-20 12 HENDERSON LINE SCHEDULE OF SAILINM By Fortnightly Passenger steamer Between Rangoon. Port Sudan. Marseilles. Paima and Ingland HOMEWARD BAH ISGfi Port of Disembarkation Plymouth I > .\e Rang** CHINDWIN BHAMO Oct AMARAPOORA Or SAGAING Oct 31 BURMA 1* YOMA 28 PEGU 12 KEM MEN DINE 26 CHINDWIN 9 BHAMO 23168 words
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Miscellaneous594 1936-08-20 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 Lipls, Port Swettenham, Taiping and Telok Anson: Weekdays* 7 p.m. Kota594 words
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Miscellaneous216 1936-08-20 12 SINGAPORE^ HARBOR Ships alongside the \M Urves expected to arrive Empire Dock (Entrant Nieuw Zee. 20 Main Wharf (Entrance at e 3». Somali 18; Van J 10; Fushimi Maru 8. *ast Wharf (Entrain,- ti Karoa 30: S.. Pangkor 35. Empire Dock (Entrance (,at« 4. Agamemnon 48 West Wharf (Entrance Gale216 words
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Advertisement460 1936-08-20 13 ■flljlni ''ill. ■I BY P&0 and BRITISH INDIA LINES P. O. S. N. CO'S SAILINGS, OUTWARDS Due Due Tonnage S'pore. Tonnage S'pore. 11M6. 1936. HTJTAN 6.100 Aug. 27 RANCHI 17.000 Oct. 9 URA 17.000 Aug. 23 BURDWAN 6.070 Oct 22 6.0C0 Sept. 6 CARTHAGE 15.000 Oct. 23 RAWALPINDI 17.000 Sept.460 words
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Advertisement556 1936-08-20 13 (Incorporated in Straits Settlements.) 4ss9£ssG/L ELLERMAN BUCKNALL S.S. Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in England.) "ELLERMAN LINE" FOR UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL ACCEPTING CARGO FOR MONTREAL AND HALIFAX VIA COLOMBO. Steamer D «e SaiH CITY OF CANTON Havre. London, R'dam, H'burg. Glasgow Aug. 30 Sept. 2 CITY556 words
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Advertisement1032 1936-08-20 13 J^^^ REPRESENTING SHIPPING THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean The Hua Khiow Steamship Co., (1932) Ltd. Steam Ship Co., Ltd., and China Mutual The Cunard White Star Ltd Steam Navigation Co., Ltd.) The Sarawak Steamship Co., Ltd. The Straits Steamship Co., Ltd. The Australian Oriental Line Ltd. The China Navigation Co.,1,032 words
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Advertisement734 1936-08-20 14 K. P. M. I CREMER— Thursday. Aug. 20. Hong Kong. Swatow and Amoy. (iEN. VAN DER HEYDEN— Thursday. Aug. 20. Letong. Kramat, Maras. Tarempa, Genting. Poeloe-Pandjang. Serassan and Midai. TIDORE Thursday. Aug. 20. Selat-randjang. Bengkalis, Soengei-Pak-ning. Siak and Pakan-Baroe. VAN DER LUN— Thursday. Aug 20. Cheribon (not for passengers), Semarang.734 words
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Advertisement530 1936-08-20 14 REGULAR FORTNIGHTLY SAILINGS TO NAPLES— GENOA— MARSEILLES Via Penan.. Colombo. Bombay, Suez, Port Said, Alexandria on the Famou. PRESIDENT LINERS All outside stateroomsExcellent cuisine— Swimming bath— tatting motion pictures. Three days stopover in Egypt. Arrive Leave Arrive Singapore. Singapore. New York. PRESIDENT WILSON Aug. 22 Aug. 25 Oct. 6 PRESIDENT530 words
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Advertisement472 1936-08-20 14 O. S. K. LINE FOR EAST, SOUTH AND WEST AFRICA AND SOUTH AMI ;r,< x Melbourne Maru Cape Town via Mombasa, Zanzibar. Aug 2 Dar es Salae.m. L. Marques and Durban and Algoa Bay Atlantic Maru Cape Town via Mombasa. Zanzibar Dar A;< es Salaam. L. Marques. Durban East London,472 words
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647 1936-08-20 15 PROSPECTS IN A USTRALIA 'S BIG TWO-MILER Likely Candidates For This Yea r 's Melb ourne Cup Sydney, Aug. 6. rIF. Melbourne Cup weights are out, and, judging by the lower scale, the handicappers agree that there is not a horse of the ealibre of Peter Pan engaged this year.647 words
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Article73 1936-08-20 15 wmi ur run un iiuv. Referee of the lawn tennis chamMps at Wimbledon since the war. Hi F. R. Eurrow has retired from that >n HLs resignation has b'^n led by the Committee of Management with great regret and a hi^h appreciation oi the services he has r-ndered for the73 words
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Article221 1936-08-20 15 Title Fight For Liverpool London, Aug. 10. MEL Tarleton. of Liverpool, will defend his British featherweight championship against Johnny McGrory. the Scottish title holder, at Liverpool Stadium. The Board of Control announced on Saturday that they had approved the purse offer of the Stadium authorities. The date221 words
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Article, Illustration25 1936-08-20 15 S. J. DODDS, the West Australian jockey, who arrived in Singapore this week, and who will ride at the Turf Club's Autumn meeting Free PressFree Press - 25 words
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Article, Illustration22 1936-08-20 15 AN INCIDENT during piay between the Middlesex II and the R.A.O.C, in the second division, at Gillman Barracks yesterday. (Free Press photo).22 words
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Article82 1936-08-20 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Aug. 19 The soccer match in Perak for the Football Association Junior cup competition for Cow and Gates trophy between Panglim's youngsters and Malayan Tin Dredging F.C. played this, evening on Ipoh Club padang resulted in a draw, four goals being shared. Jolly82 words
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Article43 1936-08-20 15 < From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Aug. 19. The women's singles tennis final in the Perak junior championships resulted in a win for Helen Khong over the holder Diana Jansz 6—2, 6—l. The winner was superior in all departments of the game.43 words
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Article30 1936-08-20 15 Mrs. Gene Tunney. wife of the former heavyweight champion of the world, recently gave birth to an eight pound son. It is the third child of Mr. and Mrs. Tunney.30 words
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Article, Illustration995 1936-08-20 15 World Record— Race That Will Become A Classic Berlin, Aug. 6. LATE this afternoon, as a bell announced the fourth and last lap of the 1,500 metres, a slim, fair-haired figure, moving with untroubled grace, drew ahead of the other runners, says the Observer. There995 words
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Article, Illustration342 1936-08-20 15 "I'M GLAD I WON— I CAN TAKE IT Joe Louis Sharkey Battered To A Pulp K. O. 'd In Third Round 1 New York, Aug. 19. BEFORE 40,000 spectators, at the Yankee Stadium Joe Louis knocked out Jack Sharkey tonight in the third round. Louis had an advantage in weight342 words
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Article285 1936-08-20 15 New York Reporter Sees A Game This commentary on a cricket match lat Long Island was reported in the "New Yorker": "The Crescent cricketers and Havertord College were locked in a tense but inaudible struggle. A furlong from the j pitch where the match was played you285 words
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Article148 1936-08-20 15 Promise Of Good Game Spoilt By Rain (From Our Own Correspondent > Ipoh, Aug. 19. Before a large crowd Perak defeated the South China footballers this evening, on the Kuala Kangsar Road ground, by three goals to nil. The match gave promise of being one148 words
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Article99 1936-08-20 15 The annual general meeting of the members ot the Singapore Cricket Club will be held in the Club pavilion, on Friday. Aug. 28. at 5.15 p.m BUSINESS 1. To confirm the minutes of the last annual general meting. 2. To receive, and if approved, adopt the annual report99 words
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Article86 1936-08-20 15 The tennis match between the Y.M. C.A. and Tanglin Club played yesterday resulted in a win for the Y.M.CA. Details are as follow with the Y M C.A. players mentioned first. SINGLES Perelra lost to Wise 6—2. 6—2 Dr. Chian Teck Yam beat Buchanan 7—5. 6—l. Dr.86 words
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Article88 1936-08-20 15 The following are the badminton ties for the week-end: Men's Junior Doubles Snnl-lmai Teo Leng Boon and William Funk Mayflower* as. Tommy Ngo and Chua Leng Seah < Mayflower). Yeo Hong Chuan and Wee Sin Onn <AA.U.» vs. K. C. Cherian and Thlo Gek Swee 'Novice*. Sunday. 2.30 p.m.88 words
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Article61 1936-08-20 15 The following will represent the 7.MC.A. Junior D partment against the Oversea Chinese Bank today on the Anson Road ground: Tan Kwang Seng, Wee Aik Chan, Choo Song Chye, Sim len Chew. Julian F. Law, K. Keembruggen leapt. >, Lim Eng Huat. Tan Guan Kiat., Chan Sum61 words
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Article1447 1936-08-20 16 BADMINTON TECHNIQUE STROKES Instructive Lecture By J. F. Devlin "Change Of Grip Necessary For Different Shots" Says Expert r>ADMI\TON-its technique and its strokes— formed the subject of D a highly instructive and well delivered lecture by J. F. Devlin, the former All-England Singles Champion who is now in Singapore, at1,447 words
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Article284 1936-08-20 16 Rough Ground At Gillman Barracks Affects Play Middlesex II 3; R.A.O.C. 1. THE Koyal Army Ordnance Corps and Royal Corps Signals were unable to improve their position at the bottom of the second division table in their meeting with the Middlesex on the Ciillman284 words
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Article, Illustration8 1936-08-20 16 photo) course of his badminton l*vture. Free PressFree Press - 8 words
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Article59 1936-08-20 16 A friendly soccer match between the Bata Shoe F.C. and the Police, played at the Depot yesterday resulted in a win for the Bata Shoe Coy. by four goals to one. Dr. Oehlers scored the lone goal for the Police and Bata's total, was compiled59 words
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Article213 1936-08-20 16 Chinese Win Just Cn Time Chinese 3; S.C.C. 2. A FRIENDLY soccer match on the Padang yesterday between S.C.C. and the Chinese resulted in victory for the latter by the odd goal in five. Both teams were well below full strength but the game was nevertheless interesting.213 words
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Article, Illustration14 1936-08-20 16 INTERESTED SPECTATORS at last night's badminton leeture h. Mr J. F. Devlin. Free PressFree Press - 14 words
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Article138 1936-08-20 16 Home Cricket Results London. Aug. 19. •THE following home cr.cke: r suits have been advised by Reuter: At Worksop. Derbyshire beat Nottinghamshire in the first Innings Derby 218 and 270 for Sight dec (Smith 85 1. Notts 152 «Copson four for 47--and 215 for none. iKeeton138 words
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Article83 1936-08-20 16 The usual monthly mi) competition of the Bii will be played on Bunds Aug. 30, at Bukit T:n.. iJ. Parks 78. Ja. Langridge 88 not out' and 164 «Goddard seven Ear 66' Gloucester 257 <Nye five for 63 174 for seven <Jas. L. 49'. 41 Dover. Worcestershire beat83 words
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Article24 1936-08-20 16 The S. SdTises ne rj( officially open for trainn day r.ex* a* 545 a m wl its for cotter v.24 words
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Advertisement109 1936-08-20 16 BOOKS JUST RECEIVED Saint Joan of Arc —V. Sackville-West 56.00 Stormy Petrel Charles Kennett 6.00 The War of the Guns —Aubrey Wade 4.50 Rufus Isaacs: First Marquess of Reading Stanley Jackson 6.00 Round the World on a Penny Anita WillettsRurnham 6.00 Pot Luck in England Douglas Goldring 4.50 (.all i109 words
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