The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 22 August 1936

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. NO. 14^38. ESTD. 1835. SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1936. it cents.
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    BLOODY FIGHTING IN SPAIN'S CIVIL WAR
    863 1 Thousands Killed In Majorca Attack MALAGA EXPECTED TO FALL WITHIN WEEK United States Refuses To Intervene GIBRALTAR, AUG. 21. THE BRITISH DESTROYER BLANCHE HAS ARRIVED FROM 1 MALAGA WITH 40 REFUGEES WHO DECLARE THAT MALAGA IS IN A STATE OF CONFUSION. Owing to the
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    Still Fighting On Border Of Suiyuan & Charhar
    185 1  - Still Fighting On Border Of Suiyuan Charhar Sin Chew Jit Poh JAPANESE Shanghai, An*. 21. pOLLOWING a report from Gen. Fu Tso Yi. Governor of Suiyuan, on the situation in East Charhar. Gen. Yen Shi Shan, the Shansi leader, has ordered the Government arsenal in Taiyuan, capital of Shansi. to
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    SIAM PREMIER'S DENIAL
    48 1 SI AM PREMIER'S DENIAL Boy King Not Going To Abdicate (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Aug. 21. THE Premier, Phya Bahol, has denied in an interview the newspaper story that young King Ananda contemplates abdication. There is thus no cause for anxiety about the adoption of a dictatorship.
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    POLICE SWOOP ON OPIUM AND GAMBLING DEN
    94 1 After Permission From Japan DEATH PENALTY MAY BE INFLICTED Peipins, Aug. 21. ANE hundred and five persons, including one Japanese and four Koreans, were arrested last night when the Chinese police raided a gambling and opium den in the Chinese city. The den
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    16 1 London, Aug:. 11. The death is announced oi Mr. H. I Cclbourne-Little of Hong Kong.— Reuter
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    NEW GOVERNOR OF KWANGTUNG
    31 1 Shanghai, Aug. 21. Gen. Huang Mu Sung, chairman of the Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs i Commission, has replaced Gen. Lin Yun Kai as Governor of Kwangtung. Reuter
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    Cumberland To Replace Kent As Flagship
    243 1 London, Aug. 21. THE cruiser Cumberland, com- manded by Capt. Leach, has completed prolonged trials on reequipment and leaves Sheerness at the end of the month for China. She has been largely reconstructed and is now scarcely recognisable. Part of the deck has been
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    SIAM MAY ASK FOR BASIC QUOTA OF 19,000 TONS
    264 1 SIAM MAY ASK FOR BASIC QUOTA OF 19,000 TONS WITH A GUARANTEED MINIMUM i_ When Negotiations Are Resumed PRESCRIBED as "a bazaar story *J that may interest the curious," the following is quoted by the Bangkok Times of Aug. 18: The first offer made by the International Tin Committee delegates
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      81 1 BIGIA TEA Brings the freshness and fragrance of the Malayan gardens direct to your home. TODAY'S ATTRACTIONS ORCHESTRAL CONCERT SPECIAL DINNER DANCE 815 to 9.15 p.m. (formal) 9.45 to midnight AND FINAL APPEARANCE OF SINGAPORE'S FAVOURITES THE COWAN AND BAILEY REVUE COWAN AND BAILEY— TED AND EVELYN— ESTELLE DAVIS IN
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    TEST FOR KWANGSI'S SINCERITY
    181 2  - TEST FOR KWANGSI'S SINCERITY Sin Chew Jit Poh To Fight Japan In North China? FENG YU SIANG'S PROPOSAL Hong Kong, Aug. 21. MR. Liu Lu Jen, a former member ol the Executive Council of the last Canton regime, interviewed by pressmen in Nanning, capital of Kwangsi, yesterday, denied that a
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    KING EDWARD
    128 2 Warm Greeting On Arrival At Corfu London, Aug. 20. King Edward, in the course ol nis holiday cruise, reached Corfu yesterday. An immense crowd thronged the quayside when the yacht Nahlin steamed in. accompanied by two destroyers A salute of twenty-one guns wai fired. King George of Greece
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    VANCOUVER JUBILEE
    54 2 Lord Mayor Of London Taking Part London, Aug. 21. The Lord Mayor of London, Sir Percy Vincent, arrived last night in Vancouver where he will take part in the Jubilee celebration of that city. He and Lady Vincent were greeted by the Mayor of Vancouver and welcomed by
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  • Letters To The Editor
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      IF SPAIN GOES FASCIST
      839 2 IF SPAIN GOES FASCIST WILL BRITAIN BE INCLUDED SOME DAY?MANY BRITISHERS WOULD WELCOME THE CHANGE— SOVIET COMMUNISM MAKING GREAT S TRIDE S —A PO THEOSIS OF THE'STATE— GOVERNMENT MAY YET BEAT THE REBELS IN SPAIN To The Editor. Sir.— Your article entitled "If Spam goes Fascist" and appearing in Friday's
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    HORTHY GOES TO VIENNA
    120 2 HORTHY GOES TO VIENNA To Meet Schuschnigg And Hitler? Vienna, Aug. 21. CPECULATION has been aroused by the sudden arrival in Vienna of Admiral Horthy, Regent of Hungary. It is pointed out in political circles that this is the first time Admiral Horthy has left Hungary since he assumed the
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    18 2 Capt. T. P. Coe, who returned from leave recently, has been elected president of the Y.M.C.A., Kuala Lumpur
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    URGENT MEASURES FOR KWANGTUNG
    108 2  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh NANKING LAYS DOWN FINANCE POLICY Shanghai, Aug. 21. THE Ministry of Finance, Nanking. has adopted three urgent measures for Kwangtung: The subsidiary currency notes and coins issued by the private banks ot i Canton shall remain valid until the Central Bank is
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    DR. ALFRED SZE
    141 2 Returning To China From Washington Nanking. Aug. 21. It is authoritatively stated that Dv. AKred Sze, the Chinese Minister in Washington, is asking for leave 9S absence and is returning to China, it is understood, because he has been away lrom China too many years and he
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    NURSES SHOT DEAD
    96 2 Dastardly Outrage In Palestine Jerusalem, Aug. 19. A day-long confinement to houses, from 8 a.m. today until 5 a.m. tomorrow, has been imposed on the inhabitants of Jaffa. This step is regarded as showing Uut the authorities take a very serious view of the situation and it
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    THE CABINET
    41 2 London, Aug. 20. The Foreign Affairs Committee of the Cabinet will next week resume its meetings, which have been suspended since Parliament went into recess. A meeting of the Cabinet has been provisionally fixed for Sept. 2 British Wireless
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      229 2 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. NOTICES. BRUNEI UNITED PLANTATIONS LIMITED. (Incorporated in the S.S.) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held on Monday Sept 14, 1936 the Directors will recommend that a dividend of 3 per cent., for the year ended June 30, 1936,
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      585 2 Übe Jfrce lPress Head Office: Cecil Street. Singapore Phone 517'. |s iinfß extension* to all depart,^ Tel: Times" H'm^potC^ Kuala Lumpur Office: 25, Java Street Phone: 3683. Penan* Office: U, Bishop Ktrm. fw». Phone: 1477. London Oißce: *V 3 4 Stre London Phone: Central 36M— 36M Tel: "LeadnuUya" UaC SUBSCRIPTION
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      118 2 Diary Of The Day High Water. 1.16 a.m., 9.3 ft.. 1.26 pm. 9.2 ft. Sports Soccer Div. I: Chinese vs. Midds. at AR.S. Cricket: S.C.C. vs. Malaya FA. at S.C.C. SRC. vs. R.A.. at S.C.C. S.CR.C. vs. Police at Depot. Y.M.C.A. Seniors vs Juniors at Y.M.C.A. Cinemas ALHAMBRA Rose of
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    JUDGE'S SCATHING REMARKS ABOUT "LAWYER BUROS"
    332 3 "Take Your Money And Write Rubbish" BANKRUPTCY COURT CASE "Impertinent And Impudent Affidavit" S( A Till NT, remarks on "lawyer buros" who take your money and wiite rubbish which only puts you into trouble were made by Mr. Justice Adrian Clark in the course
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    FRAUD CHARGE
    73 3 Wt Conn, a clerk formerly by the Straits Times Press, charged before Mr A. D. York i magistrate. yesterday iraud by altering the > 5270 on a Strait Times B ety lean bond purporv -ned by one Munusamy. orfence is alleged to have been committed in September. 1935
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    29 3 A TOAST TO THE QUEEN OF SONG," scmn* from tHc f aI^ OU Production, "She Fatal Lady," starring Mary Elli* which is the i,\ next attraction at the CapitoL
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    Crime Wave In Johore
    194 3 ANOTHER MURDER REPORTED 16-Year-Old Girl j The Victim (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Aug. 20. A WAVE of crime is spreading over Johore, another murder being reported. This occurred at Kotak Estate Tiram. Plentong, and a young Tamil girl of 16 years of age was
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    NEW BUILDINGS AT SEGAMAT
    70 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seg&mat, Aug. 20. Extensive building operations are being carried en at Segamat at the moment. A new court house is being erected and will be ready soon. This building. I am told, has had to be built owing to the increase of
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    JAVA'S FIRST CHINESE AVIATRIX
    246 3 JAVA'S FIRST CHINESE AVIATRIX Flew Brother's Machine THD be the first Chinese woman .n I Netherlands India to fly solo is the good fortune of Miss Khouw King Nio. who was in Singapore yesterday on her way to Holland in the liner Ma^nix Van St Aldegonde. Interviewed by the Free
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    MAGISTRATE SAYS P. C. s "ARE LIARS"
    63 3 MAGISTRATE SA YS P. C. s "ARE LIARS" WITHOUT calling on the defence, Mr. T. D. Hughes, in the second court yesterday, acquitted a Chinese named Chen Chok, ivho ivas charged with cutting icood in the Municipal catchment area at the 10th mile, Bukit Timah. Three constables gave evidence which
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    UNLAWFUL SOCIETY
    95 3 Chinese Sent To Prison For Being Member (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Aug. 19. Mr. J. A. A. Faith, Police Magistrate, today sentenced Chhin Khian Cheng to two months' rigorous imprisonment on his admission that he was in possession of certain documents at the time of his arrest.
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    RECKLESS DRIVING BY EUROPEAN
    212 3 RECKLESS DRIVING BY EUROPEAN DID frOT RECOLLECT INCIDENT QHARGED with having drivon a motor car recklessly by overtaking other motor cars at a junction and crossing a main road without having slowed down or having given warning of approach, at the junction of Paterson Road and Grange Road on Aug.
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    WOMAN MURDERED
    177 3 Fellow Worker Charged At Perak Assizes (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Aug. 20. At the Perak Assizes, before Mr. Justice de Buriatte, the case was taken j up for hearing this morning in which Ramabu, a young married Tamil, a coolie of Karai Estate, stands indicted v.-ith the
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    LORRY ACCIDENT
    138 3 Three Charges Made Against Driver (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Aug. 10. As a result of a motor accident on Tuesday at the first mile Jalan Scudai. Low Bah. the driver of the lorry was charged before Inche Abdul Rauf, third magistrate, with driving in a rash
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    PASSENGERS BY AIR
    142 3 The following were passengers by Dutch planes: Arrived from N.E.I, by KNILM-plane PK-AFJ Aug. 18. Mr. K. WatanabL-, Mr. Torao Toko, Mr. Uttumchandani Lakoomal Chanshamdas, Mr. Kossomal Chanrai Mulchand Mr. and Mrs. Dundas, Mr. G. Mackall. Left for N.E.I, by KNILM-plane PK-AFJ Aug. 19. Mr. and Mrs.
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    16 3 Mr. D. P. Stokes, Superintendent of Customs, has returned from leave and is stationed at Ipoh.
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      342 3 THE BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION AT JOHANNESBURG BY K.P.M. JLV '0 REDUCTION FOR INTENDING VISITORS For detailed information please apply to: K.P.M. LINE, 1 Finlayson Green, Tel. 5451 Guard Your Dog's \j\ I A-. HEALTH^^gy^ book Too rr.uch meat means too much heat for i^rmKF^' mk A your dog's blood. And
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    NEW SINGING STAR FOR BRITISH FILMS
    782 4  -  Joan Littlefield Britain on the Screen By A Finnish Discovery London, Aug. 10. A BEAUTIFUL new star is studying to become the Grace Moore of British films. She is blonde, blue-eyed, Finnish and in her early twenties, and her name, unless she decides to
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    28 4 HITCH'S HEROINE. Her first British film sees Sylvia Sydney costarred with John Loder in Hitchcock's new drama for Gaumont-Bri-tish "Sabotage," a thriller of London menaced by bomb explosions.
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    CORONATION PROBLEMS FOR COUTURIERS
    685 4 London Life History Of The "Proms" London. Aug. 6. rE coming Coronation is already having its effect on the dressmaking world. Couturiers are visiting the London Museum to study the ceremonial clothes worn by peeresses at King George's Coronation in 1911, and the Earl Marshals i
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    EUROPE ON HOLIDAY
    998 4 On The Continent Capitals Deserted Paris, Aug. 12. PARIS is emptying for the holidays; the Champs Elysees and the Rue de la Paix are almost deserted, while comparative quiet reigns even in the Latin Quarter. With their chairs on the pavement, the apartment caretakers chat with one
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    As It Was—In The Singapore Free Press, For The Week Ending August 25, 1836
    244 4 As It Was— In The Singapore Free Press, For The Week Ending August 25, 1836 100 Years Ago It had lately pleased his Siamese Majesty, we learn from a correspondent, to get very angry with two ol hi. i first-rate Mandarins one of them the most opulent man in Siam.
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      199 4 HER LIMBS CRACKED LIKE DRY WOOD Suffered with Sciatica for 25 Years When your joints start to creak ana rr^t it is a sure sign that your system is yr too much narmiui uric arid u vou tan i heed the warning, you art .-toring up trouble for yoursell Read
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    368 5 BRITAIN'S MODERN ARMY— equipped with aU the latest devices for making war has been carrying out manoeuvres in Sussex based on ancient classical mythology. The two forces the 6th Division representing the raiding Argonauts and the defending Colchicans the sth Infantry Brigade fought for the "Golden Fleece," which was kept
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      28 5 ||"'i^v^\\\«uimmiitnmiiMi^^^ y the arrival today per I* PRESIDENT WILSON A special shipment of FRUIT and VEGETABLES Oranges Grapefruit Lemons Cauliflower Par.nip. Turnip. Celery Beetroot PHONE 5378. tc 256.
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    F.M.S. REMOVES FOOD TAXES
    244 6 ADDITIONS TO THE FREE LIST (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 21. THE F.M.S. import duties generally known as food taxes are removed from today, and new cust^ns duties will be published in the Gazette tod^.y The duty en goods on which no J British
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    TAMILS CHARGED
    251 6 Alleged To Have Assaulted Gardeners (From Our Own Correspondent > Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 20. The story cf now four Tamils entered a vegetable garden and assaulted two Chinese gardeners with sticks, after having helped themselves to vegetables. *as told at the Se.ar.gor Assizes yesterday, when Gopal, Valayutham and
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    PISTOL STOLEN
    83 6 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Aug. 17. A report of housebreaking and theft at Jalan Bandahara, in the outskirts of the tcwn, was received by the local detective department on Saturday evening. The housa. occupied by a lawyer's clerk, is alleged to have been entered into by a
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    VITAL STATISTICS
    92 6 There were 253 deaths in Singapore last week 153 males and 100 females -^the rates being 26.38 per mille per annum, compared with 23.57 in the preceding week and 21.42 in tne corresponding week of last year. The chief causes of death were pneumonia 49. phthisis 22 convulsions
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    48 6 Mr. A. E. M. Dennys, Town Superintendent, Penang, is vacating his appointment. Mr. W. G. F. Colebeck has been selected to nil the vacant post and he is already on his way out from England. Mr. Colebeck holds a Sanitary Certificate and a Meat and Pood Inspector's Certificate.
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    Sultan Of Selangor's First Visit To Europe
    470 6 Sultan Of Selangor's First Visit To Europe MAY MAKE PILGRIMAGE ON RETURN Mr. Braddell Going i At Same Time (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. Aug. 21. 'THE Sultan of Selangor's isit to England at the same time that Mr. Roland Braddell, who was his legal adviser in the recent
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    50 6 It is understood that the Ooi ment Hospital at Grik, Upp*T P« will shortly be re-opened This pital was ore of those that were am down during the period when slump wsus acute. Since then pau«' have had to go all the way from I Perak to Kuala Kangsar for
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    ANIMALS' SUFFERINGS IN ABATTOIRS
    204 6 MALAYAN METHODS PRIMITIVE Condemned In Federal Council (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 20. A PLEA to lessen the sufferings of animals in slaughter houses by the introduction of modern methods of slaughter was made by the Hon. Mr S. Veerasamy, speaking on the adjournment
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    IMPORT DECLARATION ALLEGED FALSE
    112 6 Employee Of Gian Singh And Co. Charged Before Mr. G. W. Davis, in the fourth I court yesterday, Inder Singh, g' 1 Messrs. Gian Singh and Co.. was charged with having signed on July 15 an import declaration for nine case*: said to contain 1.337 pieces
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    WIFE MOLESTED
    102 6 Angry Husband Bound Over On Hurt Charge Ipoh, Aug. 19. On the morning of July 24 Ng Choong found another man molesting his wife. He lost his temper, picked up an axe and struck the man. The injury Inflicted was, however, not severe. This occurred at Jelapang. Yesterday
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    LOTUS CLUB
    37 6 By courtesy of the Chinese Ladies Service Committee of the Y.W.C.A. members of the Lotus Club are invited to a social at 5 p.m. on Aug. 24 at "B", Raffles Quay to meet Miss Chen.
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      389 6 \te tit 1 The ordinary motorist asks himself a few questions About time I got a new car Let's think what I really want it to be like and what I want it to do. Ninety miles an hour No. It might be a bit of a thrill when one
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      134 6 -J[tlT milF IM A FEW S£ €onds fl^l Wl COMPUTE STOMACH TRIATMEHT s^smac iB^JiA jr Practically every form of stotnacti trouhic J^*s^i^^3Kf I /I causc<l l> >' exccss ail<! l^iirnm- jam .•...niMtij. ftfjp^- wind, and unc-omfortable <iistension arr -ij.-n* th«n BJ+* **^jmm±*~* ac i < j j s attacking the
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    GUILDERS CHANGED INTO STRAITS DOLLARS
    1115 7 Did They Then Cease To Be Stolen Property INGENIOUS PLEA BY COUNSEL IN BANK THEFT CASE 4 FTER a preliminary inquiry which lasted for 12 hours and during which more than 30 witnesses and 100 exhibits were produced. Mr. A. D. York, the third magistrate,
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    FATAL ACCIDENT
    83 7 Cyclist Killed On Kampar Road Ipoh, Aug. 18. Early yesterday morning a fatal accident occurred on the Kuala DipangKampar Road, a cyclist being killed as the result of a collision with a car. It appears that the accident occurred about four miles from Kampar en the Ipoh side
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    19 7 Inspector A. J. A. Blake, of Beach Street Police Station, Penang, who underwent an operation recently, Is progressing satisfactorily,
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      424 7 f^M^^Jtv^T/lVlY^^r*) Don iet the TITLE put you tff! ALHAMBRA %j*Jlj+*%</*** v^tL^UA/ This is the famous comedy t*±w% aw «a i e Matinee TODAY o.id i act nAv London critics raved over! LAST DAY 6 15 TONIGHT 9.15 3.15 6.15 9.15 I CAPITOL I Compton Mackenzie's grand »W** ■■W LAST DAY
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
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      591 7 CHURCH SERVICES ST. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL TRINITY XI— Aug. 2it)± 6.50 a.m. Holy Communion. 7.30 a.m. Matins. 8.00 a.m. Choral Eucharist. 5.30 p.m. Evensong and Sermon. Preacher: The Lord Bishop. Weekdays: Holy Communion on Monday, (S. Bartholomew,) 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. Holy Communion en Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 7
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      435 7 Cheong Nam School, 123, Joo Chiat Place Preacher: Mr. John Wee. THE STRAITS CHINESE METHODIST CHURCH No. 1, Kam pong Kapor Road 9.00 a.m Sunday School. 10 00 a.m. Malay Service; Rev Goh Hood Keng. 5.15 p.m. Epworth League Service: Mr. Lee Hong San. Subject Christianity As A Young Man
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    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1936. The "Splendid Isolation" Fallacy
    722 8 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1936. The "Splendid Isolation" Fallacy T'HE policy of splendid isolation, I 1 self-sufficiency or autarchy, as it is variously termed, is without doubt one of the most attractive propositions that politicians have ever foisted upon the public at election times or other moments
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    DAY TO DAY
    460 8 Mr. J. Keene. of the Electrical Department, Batu Pahat, has returned Horn leave. m Mr L. Clements, a representative of a London export firm, is on a business visit to Ipoh. Mr. C. H. Kok. Assistant Officijl Assignee, is gazetted Assistant Official Receiver, Penang. Mr G L.
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    As I was Saying
    645 8 The Inventor Ine invtnwr Of The Saxophone Western mmstC Japan IWmrf Of r f L.ton Atiu His Duties SOME people may be surprised to I learn that the saxophone, which came into prominence as a musical < instrument only recently and has been < regarded widely
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    Passing Of Gammer Greenslade
    1000 8 THE years of Gammer Greer.sladr I were numbered. Marshland pn- tects her feeble children, hiding then; :so long as possible from the pitiless 'eye of Time: then their hour strikes and they go their way without flinching or regret into the night thai surrounds their simple
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    FULL SERVICE HONOURS FOR VICTIM OF R. S. F. C. CRASH
    899 9 Yesterday's Funeral At Bidadari Cemetery FIRING PARTY FROM THE VOLUNTEER GUNNERS THE FUNERAL OF MR. THOMAS PATRICK BROWNE, WHO 1 WAS KILLED AS THE RESULT OF A FLYING ACCIDENT ON WEDNESDAY TOOK PLACE AT BIDADARI CEMETERY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND
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    32 9 The executive of the National Union of Railwaymen has decided to contribute £500 to the fund the National Council of Labour is raising to relieve the suffering caused by events in Spain.
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    DOMINIONS WORRIED ABOUT DEFENCES
    288 9 Big Scheme In Australia CANNOT AFFORD TO WAIT London, An?. 21. THE European situation is having repercussions on the Dominion defence plans and the British navy's preoccupation with Mediterranean dangers has awakened Australia and New Zealand to the necessity o! accelerating their own defence provisions. The
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    LAST-MINUTE ARREST SAVES STALIN
    228 9 Assassination Plot On May Day Moscow, Aug. 20. AT the resumption of the trial of Zinovieff and other ex-Soviet leaders, Kameneff testified that Trotsky and Zinovieff himself were the organisers of a terroristic plot. They were angry with the Party leadership and were craving power, from
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    DR. H. H. KUNG AS PREMIER?
    62 9 DR. H. H. KUNG AS PREMIER Shanghai, Aug. 21. niMOIRS persist in Nanking and Shanghai that Dr. H. H. Kung, the Finance Minister, has been offered the Premiership, and that Mr. Chen Kwang Po, head of the Shanghai Chinese Bankers' Association, who has just completed a tour in Europe and
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    PAN-AMERICAN CONFERENCE
    90 9 Outline Of The Programme Buenos Aires, Aug. 21. ALL the American republics, except Nicaragua, having replied affirmatively to the preliminary enquiries, Argentina has formally invited them to send delegates to the Pan-American Conference at Buenos Aires on Dec. 1. The programme includes: An examination of the methods of
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    25 9 An imDressive function took place, in Alor Star when Mr. Huang Yen-kai. Chinese Consul in Penang. officially declared open the Kedah Chinese Chamber of Commerce.
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    207 10 LAST NIGHT'S QUOTATIONS By arrangement with the Exchange Telegraph Company, Ltd., the Singapore Free Press is able to offer to its readers this complete and reliable service of commercial news from London, New York and other centres. This is the first occasion on which a
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    518 10 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCKS SHARES. From London 6 p. m. Aug. 21 The above are dealers' middle prices; jobbers, margins, brokerage and stamp duty are not included. Share of £1 denomination unless Previously Yesterday Rise or Fall otherwise stated Conversion Loan, 5 p.c. 1944-64.... 119» 4 IVHk Funding Loan.
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    111 10 Market Affected By The Holidays London, Aug. 18. Apart from early activity among Kaffirs and a few specialised industrials the market has been somewhat uninteresting, with prices officially tending to droop. Nevertheless the markets., on the whole, present a better appearance than is usually associated with a holiday
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    86 10 Keen Demand Causes Sharp Jump London, Aug. 19. A very keen demand for large quantifies of platinum today caused the price to jump from 170s. to 210s. an ounce, compared with 160s. last month and 140s. in August, 1935. World rearmament is mainly responsible for the increasing
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    THE COMMODITY MARKETS.
    180 10 From London 5.30 p. m. Aug. 21 RUBBER: Steady. Lcndon Spot: 7 9 16d. 7%d. Previously: 7 9 16d. 75|,d. Oct. -Dec: 7 5 B d. 7 ll:16d. Previously: 7 5 sd. 7 11 16d. Jan.-Mlar.: 7 11 16d. 7} 4 d. Previously: 711 16d. 73 4
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    70 10 From London 5.30 p. m. Aug. 21 Tin: Dull. Cash: £182 17s. 6d. Previously: Easy at £183 10s. Three months: £179 17s. 6d. Previously: £180 7s. 6d. New York Tin: 42.40. Previously: 42.60. Copper: Settlement: £38. Previously: £37 17s. 6d. Gold: Yesterday: £6 18s. 3' 2 d.
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    Foreign Exchange Rates.
    71 10 London Closing Quotations Aug. 21 Method of Parity before Rate PreCentre Quoting 20-9-31 Yesterday viously Paris Francs to 141.21 76 7|16 767.16 New York to 8.&2J3 5.03 3 16 5.03' 8 Amsterdam Guilders to 12.91 7.40 7.40 3 4 Hong Kong Per dollar ls. 2 7 B
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    LOCAL EXCHANGE RATES
    184 10 Yesterday s Singapore Quotations Aug. 21 SELLING London, T.T. 2|4 1116 London, demand 2J4 I[l6 London. 4 months' sight 2|4Vb Lyons, demand 892 Hamburg, demand 140 New York, demand 58 11|16 Montreal, demand 58 ***** Batavia, demand 85 7 8 Samarang, demand 85% Calcutta, Bombay and Rangoon,
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    SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES
    1169 10 Fraser and Co.'s List FRIDAY, AUG. 21, 1936, 5 P.M. MINING Buyers Sellers. Ampat Tin (4s) 4s 4s 6d Asam Kumbang 27s 29s Austral Malay 53s 55s Ayer Hitam (5s) 15s 16s Aver Weng ($1) 1.40 1.50 Bangrin Tin 16s 17s Batu Selangor .76 .80
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    Daily Share Report
    59 10 MESSRS. FRASER CO. in their daily report issued yesterday ITI evening state that the sha-e market was exceedingly dull all day and it was difficult to negotiate business. Tin shares were steady but buyers were inclined to hold-<;flf. There was very little business done in rubber shares:
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    89 10 Aug. 21 Buyers Sellers Gambier 4.75 Java Cube 8.75 Hamburg Cube 10.50 White Muntok Pepper 14.25 Black Pepper 7.50 White Pepper 13.75 Copra, sundried 5.55 Copra, mixed 5.05 Small Flake Tapioca 4 80 R. B. Siam No. 1 per koyan 1.10 Banja Jelotong 6.25 Sarawak Jelotong 6.00
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    80 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association Aug. 21, 12 o'clock noon Buyers Seller* No. I X R.S.S in cases <F.0.8. August) 26 S 8 2»' Good FAQ in cases FOB. August* 26' 2 <• No. I.X.R.S.S. < spotloose > awardable Singapore) 26 2 August 26£ September 26H J Oct-Dec 263/4 Jan
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    455 11 Winning CONTRACT 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. A GRAND SLAM HI&H cako values FOUA.ACE T S SYSTEM BfTfTBHPI BWAvN P-J I Al k[TIM I*l *i 4 3 It 8 ■VYSPS^bfI
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    DULL RUBBER MARKET
    132 11 Hopes Of Commodity At Bd. Dispelled Messrs. Lewis arvd Peat (Singapore) Ltd., in their weekly rubber report dated Aug. 21, state: The past week has been one of the dullest on record. There has been practically no movement in price and each day the volume of business,
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    52 11 During the iflrst seven months of this year 276 lives were rescued from shipwreck round the coast of Britain. Last month there were 31 launches of lifeboats; 10 lives were rescued, and help was given to nine boats and vessels. During July the Royal National Lifeboat Institution made rewards amounting
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    RUBBER FEATURELESS
    212 11 Some Enquiry From The Continent Messrs. Stanton Nelson and Co., Ltd.. in their rubber market review for the week ending Aug. 21 at noon state: The market remains featureless. There would appear to be some enquiry for c.i.fs. from the Continent, tut in the United States of America
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    39 11 Messrs. Guthrie and Co.. Ltd., !n their weekly rubber report dated, Aug 20, 10 a.m. state, while the tendency has been slightly easier, no real weight of selling has been evident and the market remains inactive but fairly steady.
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    EIGHTY-TWO LOST
    128 12 Typhoon Hits Trawler Fleet Off Tungsha Island No word has been received in Hong Kong of the results of a search by the Japanese warship Asagao at Tungsha Island for over 80 fishermen who were thrown into the sea there during the last typhoon, it is officially reported
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    STEAMER REFLOATED
    52 12 v Went Aground Off English Coast London, Aug. 12. The French steamer San Francisco, of 6,013 tons which went ashore on Haisborough Sands, off Cromer. on Friday, was refloated this afternoon after a portion of her cargo had been transferred to lighters, and proceeded under her own steam
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      629 12 1 t) I Raised In Twenty Three Days After Survey Shanghai. TWENTY-THREE days after beginning surveys on the sunken tug St. Aubin, Mr. J. K. Bayford, of the Far Eastern Salvaging Co., raised the submerged vessel and towed her across the river from
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      107 12 Ships alongside the Wharves „r expected to arrive Main Wharf (Entrance (iate Gewang 16; Kinta. j Pres: Wilson 11. Empire Dock (Entrance Gate 3» Silverpine 32; Larul 34. Empire Dock (Entrance Ciate |l> I Agamemnon 48. I West Wharf (Entrance Gate England Maru 4; Titan 2 Section 10
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      SEISTAN'S RESCUE
      81 12 Junk's Crew Sa\ed H> Ship On Way To Swatow Hong Kong. u? 14 Six members of the crew i were rescued from frowning by the Douglas steamer Seista day morning. Capt. R. C Creer mi vessel, telegraphed the Dougi.jv company when she arrived at that when passing Hope
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      A PIRATE GANG
      79 12 Shanghai, Aug. 13. The Chinese Press here says that 17 notorious pirates from the Bias Bay region have left Hong Kong for Shanghai according to dispatches received by local shipping companies. All ships along the coast have been warned to take precautionary measures. This gang is apparently
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      46 12 Aug. 20 Tango Maru, Fushimi Maru (Jap.); Somali, Benwyvis. Kampar, Meran Brit.); Malini (Siam); Fusijama (ItftTFj Skuld (Nor.); Palembang, Modjokerto, Loetoeng, Tjipai tDut.). Aug. 21: Siberg, Kulit, Kepah, M.V. St. Aldegonde, Plancius, Tobelo (Dut.) Marly (Nor.); Min (Fch.); Anhui. Nam Yong, Pontianak, Ampang, Gemas (Brit.).
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      318 12 Health Bulletin The health bulletin of the League of Nations eastern bureau issueu for week ended Aug. 15. 1936, is as follows: Plague: Bassein and Pnom-penh w*»re the only ports in the Eastern Arena to report the presence of human plague curing the week, while
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      184 12 Owners and Masters of Shipping are I requested to keep their vessels as clear of the range as possible during the anti-aircraft and movable armament practice, which will take place at Beting Kusah on Aug. 27 at 5 am. and 5 p.m., Aug. 28, at 5 p m..
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    JUDGES WERE NOT UNANIMOUS
    59 15 Flowers Gets Verdict And Crowd Boos DIAMOND MAKES GREAT EFFORT FROM FIFTH ROUND ON ANK judse made it a draw. The other judge and the rcv/ feree voted a win. And this Tiger Flowers, the Philippines negro, kept his unbeaten ring reeord after a smashing battle
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    "TAKE MORE INTEREST IN ATHLETICS"
    86 15 "TAKE MORE INTEREST IN ATHLETICS" Appeal By S.R.C. President At Annual Meeting AN appeal to the younger members of the Club to take more interest in athletics, which was a thing if once dropped would be very hard to resuscitate, was made by Mr. R. Tessensohn, the president of the
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    31 15 Expenses Exceed Income THE following are the salient fea- tures of the report of the committee of the Singapore Cricket Club for the year ended June 30. 1936.
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    22 15 AN INCIDENT during play in the first division match at Anson Road yesterday between the Skins and the Malays. (Free Press photo).
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    302 15 AMES SCORES CENTURY AGAINST YORKSHIRE Copson And Fames In Ld _n _i rorm i London, Aug. 21. T ESLIE AMES the Kent wicket- keeper has considerably enhanced his prospects of being included in the Ashes seekers, with a score of 120 in the county match against Yorkshire. Ames who has
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    HOME CRICKET FINANCE
    462 15 HOME CRICKET FINANCE Counties Faced With Bankruptcy Advices by air mail state that firstclass cricket in England has lost over £20,000 in hard cash this summer because of wet weather. The poorer counties are faced wi:h bankruptcy, and the richer ones are also gravely concerned over the serious deficits which
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    SYED SALLEH CUP
    167 15 Possibles vs. Probables At Segamat i From Our Own Correspondent) Segamat, Aug. 20. A committee meeting of the Segamat Football Association, held on Aug 18. at the Segamat Club it was, decided that Segamat district should be represented in tne 'Syed Salleh Cup' competition, which is to
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    HOCKEY FIXTURES
    145 15 At a meeting of Singapore hockey Clubs at the S.C.C. on Wednesday the following were the dates arranged for the big matches of the season: Oct. 29. State Trial at S.R.C. Nov. 2 State Trial at S.C.C. Nov. 7. Singapore vs. Malacca at sec. Nov. 12. Women's Poppy
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    24 15 over six rounds to gain the verdict on points, and Battling John (8st. 4%> gained a four-rounds points decision over Domy Ray (8st, 6...
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    MIXED FOURSOMES
    165 15 The draw for the Mixed Foursom?s Competition at the Garrison Golf Club to be held over 12 holes on Tuesday. Aug. 25 is as follows: 4.30 p.m. Capt. T. Kimber and Mrs. A. O'Grady vs. Lt. Col. H. Golding and Mrs. A. J. Beveridge. 4.35 p.m. Maj. A.
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    WORLD RECORD
    47 15 Stockholm, Aug. 20. The American athlete. Cunningham. ran the 800 metres today in 1 min 49.7 sec. setting up a new world record. The previous world record was held by Hampson (Britain) and Eastman i America) jointly, their times being 1 min. 49,8 sec —Reuter,
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    FUSILIERS ENHANCE PROSPECTS IN FIRST DIVISION
    1033 16 Malays' Glorious Fight Against Odds SKINS TRIUMPH THREE NIL IN GREAT FIRST DIVISION GAME (By Nimrod) Inniskillings 3; Malays A WHIRLWIND display during the last ten minutes of one of the most interesting First Division matches I have seen, gave the Royal Inniskilling Fusilers
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    437 16 KEEN CONTESTS PROMISED MOST of the swimming stars in Malaya will clash on Saturday. Aug. 29. at the Y.M.C.A. championship carnival for 1936. which will be held at the Fort Canning pool. The entries foreshadow keen competition for titles in the open events In the
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    TENNIS TIES
    315 16 Next Week's Play In S.C.C. Tourney THE following are the results of matches played yesterday in the S.C.C. lawn tennis tournament. "B" Class Singles A. Heiser —15 beat D. H Tudor 1 6—o. fr— l. "C" Class Singles S. W. O. Edlin beat R. Johnson B—lo. ,g_6. B—4.
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    JAPANESE OLYMPIC HOCKEY TEAM
    85 16 Probability Of A Match In Singapore Japanese OV^mpians on their way back from Berlin, will from all accounts be giving local sport fans a treat. Earlier this week it was reported that th. swimming champions would give a di. play here and now we believe that
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    CROSS COUNTRY RACE
    226 16 Annual Ten Mile Event To Be Run In October The fifth annual Singapore Open Championship 10-Mile Cross-Country race organised by the Clerical Union will be run on Sunday, Oct. 25. starting from the Clerical Union's Clubhouse. Rangoon Road, at 7 a.m. sharp. The closing date is Oct.
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    HOME SOCCER
    47 16 The following are today's fixtures in the Scottish League: Arbroath vs. Hearts Celtic vs Queen of South Dundee vs. St. Johnstone Dunfermline 'vs. Kiimarnock Falkirk VI Ransers Hibernian v^. Queens Park Motherwell Clyde Fartick vs. Hamilton St Mlrren vs. ASerde.n Third Lanark vs. Albion R
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    411 16 Coming Sporting Events T*HE 'allowing hav« accept j 1 cricket for S C.C. vs. morrow at 11 am. at Char.. Anderson. P Bartram. B Gail arci ■C. Growder. T. A. D How;-:'.' p u Holt. C G. Jenner. J. E C F P. H Pearse. P. Egerton S
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