The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 27 August 1936

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. NO. 14,942. ESTD. 1835. THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1936. it CENTS.
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    WORLD PEACE CONFERENCE IN U.S.A.
    186 1 If Roosevelt Is Re-Elected KING EDWARD, STALIN, HITLER MUSSOLINI WOULD BE INVITED "Could Not Fail To Stamp Out Embers Of War" New York, Aug. 26. WITH reference to a report that President Roosevelt, if re-elected m November, will invite King Edward, Stalin. Hitler, Mussolini, the
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    KWANGSI LEADERS
    44 1 Iffff Ti, Meet Chiang In Honv: Kmg Hon? K-iru. Aug. 26. Gen. Li Chung H-i and Gen. Tsai to meet Gen. D| Kong shor Premler*i conbaee been submitter. U of Kwangsi. by md Gen. Tens the Tanl >n genera! Chew Jit Poh
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    10 1 n.>\i||e (Virginia). Aug. IK. meed ot Prince the well-known Reuter
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    MORE BRITISH TROOPS FOR PALESTINE
    22 1 Malta. Aug. 26. rl First Battalion of the King's Own Scottish Borderers is leaving for Palestine. Reuter
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    DR. SCHACHT FLIES TO PARIS
    68 1 Berlin, Auf. 26. Dr. Schacht. President of the Reichsbank. flew to Paris yesterday to return the recent visit to Berlin of M. Labeyrie. Governor of the Bank of France. Dr. Schacht declares the visit is a sign that Germany supports the French efforts to contribute
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    ANGLO-EGYPTIAN TREATY
    49 1 London. Aug. 26. The Anglo-Egyptian Treaty was signed at the Foreign Office today. Mr. Eden, Lord Halifax, Sir John Pimon, Mr. Ramsay Mac Donald and Sir Miles Lampson sigred on behalf of the British Government. All thirteen Egyptian delegates, headed by Nahas Pasha, signed the Treaty. Reuter
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    Biggest Battle Of Civil War Now Raging
    615 1 STRUGGLE FOR IRUN SAN SEBASTIAN Hendaye, Aug. 26. rE battle for Irun and Sar.i Sebastian is m full progress and now raging under a cloud of smoke on the Pampluna-Irun road, between Alunda and La Puncha. The insurgents are apparently trying to outflank
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    "THE EVE OF MOMENTOUS EVENTS"
    160 1 "THE EVE OF MOMENTOUS EVENTS" STALIN BROADCASTS TO RED ARMY "Enemies Are Getting Into Position London, Aug. 26. AN Evening News special correspondent states that Stalin, broadcasting to the Red Army today, said, "We are on the eve of momentous events. Any moment you may be called on to lay
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    CIVIL WAR VICTIMS
    75 1 Ambassadors Planning To Assist Them London, Aug. 25. The British. French, Argentine and i other Ambassadors m Madrid have submitted to their Governments proposals to mitigate the conduct of the Spanish civil war. The plan is being considered m London. A later message points out that the
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    "Stern Diplomatic Action "
    324 1 "Stern Diplomatic Action RESULT OF CHENGTU INCIDENT Killed Japanese Identified Shanghai, Aug. 26. rE two Japanese, who were killed by a Chinese mob at Chengtu, m Szechuen, have been identified as Keiji Fukagawa and Kozaburo Watanabe, Shanghai journalists, whose bodies were removed by the mob and have not yet been
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      69 1 BIGIA TEA Brings the freshness and fragrance of the Malayan gardens direct to your home. TONIGHT ORCHESTRAL CONCERT SPECIAL DINNER DANCE 815 to 9.15 p.m. (formal) 9.45 to midnight AND CABARET ATTRACTION LOUYS SILVIA THE POPI LAR COMEDY AND TAP DANCING TEAM CfXt% CHANGE OF PROGRAMME FOR A FEW DAYS
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    Diary Of The Day
    133 2 Diary Of The Day High Water, G am., 6.4 ft. 4.55 p.n 78 ft. Sports Soccer: F.S.C.C. B vs. Indian Assn. Div. 1 RA. vs. Middlesex at A.R.S.. Div. 2 R AOC. und RS. vs. Monopolies G S League <1> Marine vs. Medical Services at F. and N. Tennis: S.C.R.C.
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    PENANG SHOPKEEPERS PROTEST
    198 2 PENANG SHOPKEEPERS PROTEST TO PETITION' MR. SMALL Campbell Street No-Parking Proposal From Our Own Correspondent) Penan u. An?. 'JG. CAMPBELL Street shopkeepers are protesting vigorously against the proposal of the Per.ang MurJcioal Commissioners to prohibit parking m Campbell Street after 630 p.m. N -ty-eight chops have taken the initiative and
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    64 2 A boy. aged three, son of Mr. and Mrs J. C. Pearce, of En:pire Road. Sheffield, fell from a train m the middle of Totley tunnel but was ur injured except lor bruises and shDck. The Secretary oi State for the Colonies has approved the promotion of Mr C. F.
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    164 2 A^HARLIE Chan once more solves a I murder mystery, this time with a magnifying glass and his epigrams, m "Charlie Chan at the Circus." which opened at the Alhambra yesterday. Charlie is one of those lucky tecs who always set their man and here how he unmasks the real criminal
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    Should Local Arabs HAVE A COMMISSIONER ?
    1250 2 Should Local Arabs HAVE A COMMISSIONER Letters To The Editor 'IBNI ABDULLAH" REPLIES TO "IBNI ADAM" —SYED ABDULLAH MISQUOTED-NOT A "YES, SIR" MAN-COULD EASILY GET ON MUNICIPAL COMMISSIONTURNED DOWN POST IN ARAB GOVERNMENT CABINET— THE WAHABIS ISLAM To The Editor. Sir. Ibni Adam says m his letter j to the
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    31 2 While Francis Beck, aged 5. son of William Beck, of Eastfield Road, Dumfries, was playing near his home a sweet became lodged m his throat, and he died later m hospital
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    DRANK IODINE BY MISTAKE
    548 2 Court Sequel IJIS anxiety to rush his brother, who had drunk iodine by mistake, to the General Hospital as quickly as possible, landed Kartar Singh m the po- f lice court where he was charged with j abetting the offence of failing to stop after an
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    WHIP FOR USING KNIFE
    238 2 PERAK ASSIZES CASES "Will Serve As Lesson Not To Stab Anyone Again" <From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Aug. 26. OEVERE strictures on the misuse of knives and other dangerous weaIpons m the F.M.S. was made by Justice Aitken at the Perak Assizes today m sentencing an
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    OUGH NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR HOLT'S DEATH
    814 3 OUGH NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR HOLT'S DEATH Evidence Left Court In Doubt $75 FINE ON CHARGE OF RECKLESS DRIVING OFMARKLNG that the evidence left the court m doubt as to 1\ whether the death of Serjeant J. W. Holt would not have resulted equally if the car had been driven at
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    BROKER WHO CHEATED
    472 3 Sentence Altered A BUSINESS transaction relating to the sale of 20 pikuls of lead led to the conviction, m the lower court, of Low Poh Eng. a broker, on a charge Icf cheating, and he was sentenced to undergo 14 days' rigorous imprisonment and to pay as
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    27 3 THE FOUNDATIONS are being constructed at Rome of a statue of Mussolini which is to be 282 feet high and one loot, shown above, has been completed.
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    British Passengers On Their Typhoon Experiences
    598 3 British Passengers On Their Typhoon Experiences "IT WAS THRILLING" AIRS. GEORGF LINDSAY and her daughter. Miss Joan Lindsay, i related. In Singapore yesterday their adventures m the British India liner Talma which had he. sternpost broken and both anchor cables snapped m the typhoon at Kong Kong last week. They
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    BANK THEFT SEQUEL
    799 3 Two Committed For Trial At Assizes AFTER considering all the evidence recorded last week at the preliminary inquiries into charges of dishonestly receiving and disposing of stolen guilders of the Nederlandsch Indische Handelsbank theft, Mr. A. D. York, the third magistrate discharged one man, committed two others
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    RESULTS OF LONDON C.O.C. EXAMS
    590 3 TTHE following candidates of the V.M.C.A. School of Commerce who took the last spring examinations of the London Chamber of Commerce have passed. HIGHER CERTIFICATE (SENIOR) Book-keeping and Accountancy. Lim lee Chin; Narayanasamy, M.; Ong Bee Kok; Ong Pitt Chuan. (4 passed out of 6)
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      551 3 *j@&^ When they meet Radox Yes. it is quite true corns simply fly away for good when they come up against Radox Hard skin is softened, and is easily detached. Bunions are instantly relieved- burning, tired feet are cooled and refreshed. Read how this man got rid of 12 corns,
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    U.S.A., BELGIUM AND WORLD PEACE
    1451 4  -  DR. K. ROSENFELD The League Problem BY Dr. Kurt Rosenfeld, who obtained the following interview with M. Vandervelde, the Belgian Minister of State and Socialist Leader, was Prussian Minister of Justice under President Ebert and was for IS years a Socialist member of the Reichstag
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    57 4 A largely atter.ded wedding was witnessed m Kajan*; on Saturday morning, when Mr. Ng Bow Kwee, an undergraduate of the Hong Kong University, ycungest son of Towkay Ng Lim Hee. and the late Mrs Ng Lim Hee, married Miss Tan Saw Yew, daughter of the ltte Mr. Tan Jit Koh
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    ITALIAN EMPIRE RECOGNISED?
    121 4 Suppression Of Legations In Abyssinia Rome. Aug. 9. Turkey, it is claimed, has recognised the Italian Empire m Ethiopia by the simple fact of withdrawing the Minister and staff at the Addis Ababa Legation and leaving only a Consular agent and officials. It will be remembered that
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    LONDON PLAYS
    128 4 Some Interesting Autumn Productions London, Aug. 17. This autumn Diana Wynyard is to appear m an adaptation of that charming Irish novel by Kate O'Brien j"The Ante-Room." It is set m Victorian times and is a quiet story of domesticity. We are also to have a taste of
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    29 4 THEY'RE OFF! So widespread is a "scooting" revival become m Melbourne that a special track has been built. Races for children of from four to forty are held regularly.
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    PEOPLE LAUGH AT WHAT THEY FEAR
    157 4 PEOPLE LA UGH A T WHA T THEY FEAR "Comedy Really Is Not Funny" DISASTER, robbery. ignorance, terror and death are roots oi comedy and tragedy alike, and only the manner of treatment determines which is to result from them. That paradox. Jack Cunningham, film producer-scenarist, pointed out recently ,as
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    REVIVAL OF DARTS
    138 4 The Latest Craze London, Aug. 17. BRITAIN'S latest craze is the ancient game of darts. Until a month or so ago, dart-boards were seen only m the taprooms of small town and country inns. Now the game is played m smart clubs, m rU the bars m
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    FOREIGN VISITORS TO GREAT BRITAIN
    141 4 Encouraging Figures For Half-Year According to 3 statement issued by <the Travel and Industrial Development Association of Great Britain and Ireland, the total number of holiday and business visitors to Britain for the first I half of this year was within 243 of Ithat reached
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    LONDONERS' IGNORANCE OF THE THAMES
    71 4 Mr. Thomas Wiles, vice-chairman of the Port of London Authority, speaking at a luncheon on board the CunardWhite Star liner Georgic, m King George V. Dock, during a tour of thp docks and river by export and shipping managers, said that about 5 per cent,
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    Many Players, But Only One Voice
    164 4 Rome, Aug. 15. TTO English-speaking film-goers the voices of Elissa Landi, Marlene Dietrich, Sylvia Sydney and Margaret Sullavan do not sound at all alike, but to Italian film fans they do, exactly. This is because one actress, plump, 24-year-old Anna Simonoschi, does the talking
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    TRIALS OF THE YOUNG ARMY OFFICER
    1189 4 Slow Promotion CONDITIONS THAT MILITATE AGAINST AD VANCEMENT SLOW PROMOTION is a matter which exercises the minds of young officers and often brings then, to the side of the critics who inveigh against i system which places high command m the hands of the
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      37 4 1/i DJJJfS PIUS mm*** There is no better pill mMWM 'ban MARTINS. Yol can! W*W^ r, '> -pod MARTIN i PILLS. I Sold by »v Chera.«t* h Store* and I bf THE HOEKAL DISPENSARY, <^^^^^^^^^^^ Raffle* Square. Singapore 3
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      14 4 IT'S HERE.y McEWANS Z_4_3£_L £<f j SPARKLING BEER IN I CANS IT'S 100% BRITISH
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    108 5 «rnons the rebel forces retreated to the Guadarrama mountains north of Madrid. Determined BOMBARDED I NCEASINGLV by the Govc r" me °j tal f^om the rebels, the Government forces and volunteers pushed relentlessly forward. Photo l ihe important passes and saye J tf,e I c .»P f the Government forces
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      33 5 KILAT GARDENS lm< CAMERON f HIGHLANDS J#U /SUPPLIES RECEIVED TWICE WEEKLY* m*l I i*-M -I*l *I_BMMB**^^H^/-. m. /r_;i__"i ■■^■MBMMMiBWK«-y_Mi <Tii PHONE. 5378 mm**m ■■^H--^_«-i-M_^_ H __^__M-M-H_ H a M __pr h .s. j»c
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      177 5 u d.ows 7Dpecai budget Concektrwon Camp r>r cmampj! fiTlifr^k" 3 iB^V )L^ i /a gnra'n.is S3'd To be p«eved uM"fa German r*"TT^x more rnaT^, I cotter $^T brne aT^ieTes ujno io la"* for^pT I^errj^eivcs a5 Tc B^J^ \m op\n for me olida^ Terrncrrer. BuTu>a»t. It Seems "ffiaCt Hfre is t»«
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    INCREASED IMPORTS FROM JAPAN
    200 6 July Trade Returns MALAYA'S FAVOURABLE TRADE BALANCE MAINTAINED FI/RTHER increases m Japanese imports into Malaya are m the trade returns for July published yesterday. Japanese imports last month totalled $3,200,000, compared with $3,059,000 m June last aid $2,379,000 m July last year. There was. however, a
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    NEGRI RULERS BIRTHDAY
    127 6 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban. Aug. 25. Although a parade of the Negri Sembilan Volunteers was held on the Station padang yesterday and inspected by His Highness the Yang di Pertuan Besar. the major part of the 40:h birthday celebrations of the Negri ruler took place at
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    236 6 The following have beer admitted ioto the General Hospital. Penang: Mr. J. B. BlacUnell cf Buuerworth: Mrs. Eva May Mine, wife of Mr. F. T. Milne of Takuapa Valley Tin and Co.. L;d.. Mr Harrison Jame9 of the m.v Chinese Prince, Master Michael Clark, sen of Mr. and Mrs. J.
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    Three Tamils On Murder Charge
    472 6 Three Tamils On Murder Charge SELANGOR ASSIZES (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 25. A SMASHED watch with its hands stopped at 7.25 and a barber t, outfit were exhibits m a murdu trial which opened at the Selangor Assizes today, before Mr. Justice Pedlow, when three Tamils. Kalinan.
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    SYNTHETIC RUBBER NEED NOT BE FEARED
    295 6 New R.R.I. Director's Views (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 25. THE rivalry of synthetic rubber to plantation rubber was not seriously perturbing those closely connected with the industry oversea, said Mr. H. J. lage, the new Director of the Rubber Research Institute
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    61 6 TROOPS AND MACHINE-GINS m the heart of Athens, posted at strategic points following the declaration of the new military dictatorship m Greece by Gen. Melaxas, the Premier, owing, he said, "to Communist threats." With the consent of King George, General Metaxas dissolved the Chamber, m which Communists held the balance
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    SEQUEL TO SELANGOR CLUB CRASH INQUIRY
    162 6 Three Summonses Issued (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 26. OUMMONSES have been issued against Mr. C. Abbott, acting manager of the Federated Engineering Co., Ltd.. Kuala Lumpur Mr. E. H. Glover, workshop superintendent of the company, and Ec Lam, contractor, to appear
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    WOMAN'S STRANGE STORY
    588 6 Extortion Charges (From Our Own Correspondent) Segamat, Aug. 24. A STRANGE story was told by Puah Ang, a young married woman, when the hearing was re tamed of the case m which two Chinese are charged with extortion of $15 and $5 respectively from Ng Chew a
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    BRUTAL MURDER
    153 6 Acid Thrown On Malay And Baby Daughter i From Our Own Correspondent > Malacca. Aug. 25. No clue has as yet been found concerning a brutal murder which was committed at the Sth mile. Ayer Molek last night, a Malay named Abu Bakar. aged 45. and his 18-months-old
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    S.V.C.
    13 6 Saturday. Aug. 29: 300 p.m.. "P* (Malay) Company, Assemble for Siglap Camp.
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    PROGRESS OF COLONY'S CIVIL AERODROMES
    501 6 P. W. D.'s Annual Report DETAILS OF WORK DONE ON SINGAPORE AIRPORT DETAILS of the work done the civil aerodromes at Singapore and Penang are given m the annual report of the Publn Works Department. Of the Singapore airport at Kallang it is stated that
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    STOCK EXCHANGE
    63 7 KtMimption Of Payment On Chinese Issues Lendon. Aug. 24. On the Stock Exchang.? business has mainly selective but the undersentlmeßl has been good. Recent nts stimulated .d for Bairds issues. resumption of interest pay■ttn.. ted certain Chinese -Kowloon Rail- are paying 2% per cent whereat ter rising to
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    MONEY MARKET
    97 7 London, Aug. 22. On the money market the outstanding event has been the resumption ol gold buying by the Bank of England. which is generally thought to be due to the authorities taking a long vi- w i rather than to any expectation oi immediate developments, especially as
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    LOCAL SHARE MARKET REPORT
    818 7 LOCAL SHARE MARKET REPORT Business In All Sections Limited And "Scrappy" 1 MESSRS. FRASER CO.. m their weekly share report issued yester--1 day. write: The local market has experienced another dull and uneventful week with business m all sections rather limited and "sciappy." Reports from home are of a very
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    Yesterday's Rubber Auction
    149 7 THE Singapore Chamber of Commerce f Rubber Association held its 1,292 nd auction yesterday when there were catalogued 1,040.186 lbs., 464.37: tons: offered 1.001.396 lbs., 447.05 tons*, sold J835.535 lbs., 373.01 tons. Spot London 7 l 2 d. New York 16 116 ets. PRICES REALISED Ribbed smoked
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    ILL ON MONDAYS
    320 7 German Solves Cotton Mills' Problem London. Aug. 16. Research by a Professor (who had to rdinguish his appointment at a German University) has probably solved 'the mystery of a disease known as '"strippers' asthma." which afflicts British cotton workers. He has traced its origin to the "protein
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    "CREAM BUNS"
    177 7 Strong Comments In Analyst's Report London, Aug. 15. •'Cream buns" are the subject oo r strong comment by Mr. D. Henville. j Public Analyst for Stepney, m his annual report. He recalls that recently a London magistrate dismissed a summons, hold- I ing that "cream does not necessarily
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      284 7 JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED TONIGHT at the CAPITOL Another Rollicking MUSICAL Comedy with all the Stars of "GOLD DIGGERS" and other Popular Hits! FIRST BIG WARNER BRoS.'^H|^^ MUSICAL IN A YEARIfIP-^^B _^fl ____k. __i W?^^ 8^ mr El Am s *W^ X W^-i^'S ar \\b _X _f3* ,wflK <$&
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1936. The Japanese Trade Menace
    1027 8 I^HE Hon. Mr. Tay Lian Teck raised what is probably the most delicate of local problems In the Legislative Council on Monday m his references to Japanese economic penetration and the danger that the British character of thetrade
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    DAY TO DAY
    253 8 Mr T. P. F. McNeice. M.C.S.. has been seconded for service m Kedah as Act- ing Protector of Chinese with elfect trom July 15. 1936. Mr J. McNicol has been appointed i a m mber of the Indian Immigration Committee vice Mr. G. R French resigned. I
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    As I was Saying
    740 8 - rWO things settled the placing of th<* order of a sister-ship to the Queen /lary at the Clydebank yard, writes a I orrespondent stability and low fuel I onsumption. Mr. Pigott, the head of he Clydebank yard, said m an inter--iew on board the Qu:en Mary
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    The Astrologer
    982 8 AN astrologer should be aged, and i Mr. Cl.aver was aged ail right. He I had been drawing the old-age pension for a good few years But he d.d not look his age; no one wouid have taken him for a day over sixty, and anyone less like
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    SOVIET-CHINESE MILITARY ALLIANCE?
    114 9 Discussions Al Hangchow U.S.S.R. WILL FEAR NO INVASION AT END OF SECOND FIVE-YEAR PLAN Shanghai Aug*. 26. MBOGOMOLOFF, the Soviet Ambassador m China, conferred with Mr. Chen Kuo Fu, Governor of Kiangsu, at Hangchow, capital of Chekian^, on Monday m connection with the proposal to conclude a
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    CHINESE AIR MISSION AT SELETAR
    477 9 To Study R.A.F. Methods lU'-BIM is steadily building up a first-class Air Force," stated Col. Teh Hsieh Shen. Direotor-in-Chief of Aeronautical Affairs at Nanking, on his arrival at Singapore yesterday by the P. and O. liner Kaiser-I-Hind. (nl UH HSIEH SHEN photourAphed n board the
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    MANCHU-MONGOL FORCES CLASH IN EAST SUIYUAN
    49 9 Shanghai, Aug. 26. rysSENSION has broken OQ« the Manchukuo and I rces m East Suiyuan. m troops commarded by San Shen attacked the Mealed by Cho Shi Hai. who pied the rich district, A tchment of Japanes -v. m East Suithfl invaders.— Si:.
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    SEVERE DROUGHT IN ALBERTA
    43 9 Special Legislature Session Summoned Edmonton. Aug. "26. A to of the Alberta Legisimmoned by the Prime Kliurt has been open- thre days •al with oroblems calamitous drought that owing to the Di ot Readjustment Act. contracted prior to Reuter
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    30 9 2* SHEN accompanied by Wing Commander C. U fed t photo on Mam Wharf shwUy a |er Col. Shens airival rday the P. and O liner Kaiser-I-Hind. (Free Press photo).
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    TERRIBLE HAVOC IN KOREAN FLOOD
    67 9 113, Killed. 156 Missing And 563 Injured Tokio, Aug. 25. A belated official report on the severe rainstorms m Central and Northern Korea from Aug. 12-16 shows that widespread havoc has been caused: 413 people killed. 156 missing. 563 injured. 31 000 houses washed away
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    "TUDOR ROSE"
    148 9 Historical Facts And Art Admirably Welded There are fewer stories m history written m more moving tragedy than that of Lady Jane Grey. England's nine-day que.n. The tale of the child queen sacrificed to the selfish ambition of the Earl of Warwick provides highly dramatic material for an
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    100 MILES AN HOUR
    117 9 Streamlined Engines "Very Satisfactory" London. Aug. 26 The streamlined engines specially designed for working the fast "Silver 'Jubilee" service between London and Newcastle on the London and Northeastern Railway nave given a very j satisfactory performance and the company now has 17 more engines of this
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    THE KING
    91 9 To Spend Two Days At Athens Athens, Aup. 26. A large crowd assembled at Phaleron harbour to welcome King Edward when h? arrived yesterday on the Nahlin. which was escorted by British and Greek destroyers. The British Minister m Athens. Sir Sydney Waterlow, went on board and greeted
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    CAPT. F. C. CHICHESTER
    76 9 Shanghai, Aug. 26. The New Zealand aviator. Capt. F. C. Chichester, is arriving m Nanking today from Peiping en route for Hong Keng. He will leave for Foochow to-morrow.-Reuter. ICapt. Chichester was on a leisurely flight to Europe via China and Siberia, but he was refused
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    CLERKS' DEBTS
    311 9 Official Assignee Addresses Rotary Club FIRST DINNER MEETING A FTER a four-course dinner on the j" terrace of the Sea View Hotel last night. Rotarians pushed their chairs I buck and gave themselves up to a seI rious discussion of insolvency among I Singapore clerks and commercial em-
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    STEAMER SUNK BY WARSHIP
    82 9 Collision In Channel During Fog London, Aug. 25. H.M.S Keith, flotilla leader of 1,400 tons, which was on her way home trom the Mediterranean, has been m collision with the Greek steamer. Antonia Glemos. The accident occurred m the English Channel this afternoon during a thick
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    CABINET MEETING
    97 9 London, Aug. 26. The foreign affairs committee of the Cabinet met again at No. 10 Downing Street yesterday and sat for about an hour and a half. It is understood the matter dealt with will come under further consideration with other members of Cabinet at a meeting on
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    MR. CHIANG TING FU
    45 9 Shanghai, Aug. 26. Mr. Chiang Ting Fu. of the Central Executive Yuan, who has been appointed Ambassador to Moscow, will (leave for his nsw post early m October Mr. Liang Lung has been appointed Chinese Minister to CzechoslovakiaSin Chew Jit Poh.
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    39 9 Moscow, Aug. 26. The death is reported, following a brief illness, of Sergey Sergeyvich Kamenev, head of the anti-aircraft defence m the Red Army and a member of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR. He was 55. Reuter
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      166 9 Messrs. ROBINSON CO., LTD. BEG TO ANNOUNCE THAT A MANNEQUIN PARADE WILL BE HELD IN THEIR CAFE ON FRIDAY. 28th OF AUGUST, BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 10 A. ML 11 A.M. AND EXTEND TO THEIR MANY CUSTOMERS A CORDIAL INVITATION TO BE PRESENT. ROBINSON CO., LTD. SINGAPORE AEROPLANE BRAND MILK
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      536 10 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCKS SHARES. From London 6 p. m. Aug. 26 Share of ci denomination unless Previously Yesterday Rise or Fall otherwise stated Conversion Loin, 5 p.c. 1944-64.... 119» 4 ll&Vfe +I Funding Loan. 4 p.c, 1960-90 US 1 118 1 WMM Loan. 2\ 2 pc 107 107>
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      181 10 Aug. WL 24. 25. American Can. Com. 121 ft 122 ft 121 3 4 Amt riean Telephone and Telegraph 172 172 174> t Atchesor. Railroad 78 79 77% Chesapeak 65ft 65 3 4 65% Dup 158' 4 1594 158 Fires-one 27 27ft 28 Genera) Electric 45ft 46%
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      Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association
      77 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association Aug. 26, 12 o'clock noon Buyers Sellers No. I.X.R.S.S. m cases FOB. August) 26 916 26 11.16 Good FAQ. m cases (F. 0.8 August) 26 716 26ft No. I.X.R.S.S. (spotloose) (awardable Singapore) 26% 26ft September 26ft 26% Oct.-Dec 26% 26% Jan.-Mar 26% 27 Apr.- June
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      STOCK EXCHANGE
      53 10 Selective Buying Of Industrials London, Aug. 25. On the Stock Exchange today there was further selective buying of industrial issues, though scattered profittaking imparted an irregular appearance to the markets. Among foreign issues Chinese were again prominent especially CantonKowloons. Elsewhere, tea shares were firmer m sympathy with the
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      LAST NIGHT'S QUOTATIONS
      202 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 m Malaya has
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      THE COMMODITY MARKETS.
      176 10 From London 5.30 p. m. Aug. 26 RUBBER: Firm. London Spot. 7 9 16d. 711 16d. Previously: 7ftd. 7 9 16d. Oct.-Dec: 711 16d. 7%d. Previously: 7 9 16d. 7 1116 d. Jan.-Mar.: 7%d. 7 13 16 d. Previously: 7%d. 7 3 4 d. Apr.-June 713 16d.
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      THE METAL MARKETS
      67 10 From London 5.30 p. m. Aug. 26 Tin: Firm. Cash: £183 15s Previously: Easy at £183 ss. Three months: £181 2s. 6d. Previously: £180 7s. 6d. New York Tin: 42.10. Previously: 42.12. Copper: Settlement: £38 ss. .Previously: £38 2s. 6d. Gold: Yesterday: £6 18s. 2d. Previously: £6
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      Foreign Exchange Rates.
      77 10 London Closing Quotations Aug. 26 Method of Parity before Rate PreCentre Quoting 20-9-31 Yesterday viously Paris Francs to 141.21 76 7 16 76 7 16 New York to 8.8 213 5.03% 5.03 ft Amsterdam Guilders to 12.91 7 41ft 7 41ft Hong Kong Per dollar ls. 2
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      LOCAL EXCHANGE RATES
      186 10 Aug. 26 SELLING London, T.T. 24 1116 London, demand 24 I|l6 London. 4 months' sight 2!4 /s Lyons, demand 892 Hamburg, demand 140 New York, demand 58 11|16 Montreal, demand 58 11|16 Batavia, demand 85% Samarang. demand 85% Calcutta, Bombay and Rangoon, demand 154% Madras and Colombo,
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      SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES
      1180 10 Fraser and Co.'s List WEDNESDAY, AUG. 26, 1936, 1 P.M. Pajam ($1) i 72 jr MINING Parit Perak (tl) 2.35 "255 Buyers Sellers. Perak. R. Valley (fl) 1.00 i 0 Ampat Tin (4s) 4s 3d 4s 6d I Punggor ($1) .27 Asam Kumbang 27s 28s
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      Daily Share Report
      117 10 Messrs. Fraser A. Co. m their daily share report issued yestei*d:»> evening. state that tin shares were again steady. Dollar counters were quite active and a few transactions were reported m Batu Selangors. Heng Fatts, Kuehais, Lukuts. Sungei Luas, Talams and Flu Klangs. all at slightly higher
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      PRODUCE PRICES SINGAPORE
      75 10 Aug. 26 Buyers Sellers Gambier 5.00 Java Cube 8.75 Hamburg Cube 10 50 White Muntok Pepper 14 00 Black Pepper 7.37- 2 White Pepper 13.50 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 Sarawak
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      RUBBER OUTPUTS
      23 10 Messrs. Brown Phillips and S'< Penang. advised the following ruW*. outputs lor July Perak Valley lbs.: Juru Est* us 25.000 Semm.--20.900.
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      CABLE TIMES
      45 10 The Eastern Extension 'I Company announces that tbe trans time on lull rate telegrams trom WJ* gapore to London yesterday wcr f ollows Telegrams handed m up to 5.00 pj» three minutes: 5 30 p.m. lour nunuyGOO p.m. two minutes: 6.30 pm nn
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      18 10 Rice. Saigon. No. 3 R. Rangoon '•SQ." 1D An- U: .°.ni-.«|)«>n' tin j**** 'i* 1 picul I SUO.OO
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    MRS TAN AH KONG
    71 11 The death took place at 75. Branksome Road, on Monday morning o f Mrs. Tan Ah Kong aged 75 years, a wellknown resident of Singapore. Mrs. Tan leaves two sons. Mr. Tan Ah Hong and Mr Tan Ah Hung <a senior master at St. Andrew': School)
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    Winning CONTRACT By the Four Aces
    653 11 Winning CONTRACT By the Four Aces David Burnstine, Michael Gottlieb Oswald Jacoby and Howard Schenken, world's leading team-of-four and inventors of the system that has beaten every other system m existence. THRUST AND COUNTER-THRUST Wlfi-W CARD VALUES OF THE FOUR ACES SYSTEM TOTAL VALUE Of PACK tb AVCRAOC HAND ■"PHE
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    BULL ELEPHANT SHOT
    239 11 Had Damaged Estate For Months (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 24. The large bull elephant that charged a Sakai and rammed a tusk into a tree on the Belata River estate. Selangor. has been shct by the manager of the estate. Mr. R. D. Bingley.
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    GOLD MINE INSTEAD OF HOSPITAL
    145 11 Discovery When Digging For Foundations Johannesburg, Aug. 12. Residents of Bulawayo were astounded when workmen, digging the foundations of a new hospital just outside the town, disappeared from sight. It was seen that the foundations had been a converted mine shaft. It is revealed that
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    15 11 Mrs. John Cornwell, of Kilat Gardens, the Cameron Highlands, is ill m Batu Gajah Hospital.
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    TRINITY COLLEGE OF MUSIC LOCAL EXAM.
    144 11 The following candidates of the Far Eastern Music School. Singapore, passed the Trinity College local examination m theory of music held recently. The results: Preparatory Division P. Woodford 99: S. G. Gaw 98; C. P. Lee 94: Y. Salmon 94: C. Sheffield 92; K.
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    100 11 The Watch Committee of the Leicester City Council has appointed a third policewoman. She is a sister ol Miss Anne Constable, who irai appointed to the force a few months ago. Two Malay boys from Pahang are to be sent to Mecca for a course of religious instruction. Alter a
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      288 11 RADIO PROGRAMMES FOR TODAY Singapore ZHI and operated by Radio Service Co. of Malaya Ltd.) \\.»\elensth— 49.9 metres tcorded musk-. Cl '.M CJwV. Hatavia— MROM mi UN a.m.— YDA »8.68 m. and YDB 31.2 m. II a.m-150 p.m. YDA 19.67 m. and YDB 25.3 m. p.m. to closing YDA m.
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      235 11 8.55 The Guitar Serenaders. 9 15 Light music. 9.30 Well-known Dutchmen before the Phohi microphone. Talk Talk. P.50 Close down. Berlin— DJR and DJQ Wavelengths 19.56 and 19.63 metres p.m. 6.15 Opening announcement. 620 Light music. 7.20 News in English. 7.40 Light music (continued). 8.20 News and economic review in
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    PLATE AND AUSTRALIAN GRAIN FREIGHTS
    226 12 The following further regulation^ were issued by the Tramp Shipping Administrative Committee rega r ding the River Plate and Australian gram j trades: "d» That all velsels chartered, time chartered or nominated to load under a contract or berthed from any loading port to discharge
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    CALL AT NAPLES
    80 12 N.Y.K. Ships To Renew Old Sequence Of Ports Tokyo, Aug. 7. European liners of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha will again touch at Naples, after a nine-month suspension of the call m view of the Italo-Ethiopian hostilities. The first vessel of the Company to visit Naples will be
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    STRAITS PACIFIC CONFERENCE Freight Tariff No. 5.
    35 12 STRAITS PACIFIC CONFERENCE Freight Tariff No. 5. Pineapple Bran. It is notified for information that with immediate effect the scale ton applicable to this commodity will be 20 cwt., and not 18 cwt. as formerly.
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    LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
    602 12 MORE PASSENGERS FOR ATLANTIC TRAVEL Total Increase Nearly 20,000 For Half Year Liverpool, July 30. AN improved outlook m international trade is indicated by the greater volume of travel between Europe and America during the first six months of 1936, says the Journal of Commerce. There is
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    NORWEGIAN MOTORSHIP'S MAIDEN VOYAGE
    306 12 NORWEGIAN MOTORSHIP'S MAIDEN VOYAGE Fastest Passage Of Any Cargo Ship A newcomer to the Mersey, the Norwegian motorship Martin Bakke, attracted considerable interest m the river on the termination of her maiden voyage. A most attractive ship with her straight raked stem, cruiser stem, one funnel and two masts, she
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    VESSELS ARRIVED
    126 12 Karagola. Brit.. Sjl fl cutta 25. i* Calcutta 27 Mijer. Dut.. 1.127 via 25, to Batavia 28 Kedah, Brit. 1.02 v I wan 25 to Belawan 27 Teiresias. Brit.. 4.65G kow 25. to Liverpool Si Steel Inventor, Amer Baltimore 25. to P. Su Melbourne Maru Ja* Otaru 25.
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    HIGHER FREIGHT RATE? FROM THE PLATE
    144 12 The Chamber of Shipping issued the following statement: "The Tramp Shipping Administrative Committee have decided that the existing minimum freight rates under the scheme from Argentina and or Uruguay shall be raised by 9d. per ton on and after July 30, 1936 The oasis
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    CLEARANCES
    77 12 Aug. 25: Perekop «Soviet i: Desirade 'Fch.); Hermod (Nor/); Philoctetes. Ban Hong Liong. Anhui <Brit.>; Gewang. Poelau Laut, Chr. Huygens, Tjipai (Dut.V Aug. 26: Asahan. Singkel. Thedens. Khoen Hoea. Milo. Houtman. Makasser, Toba. Van Heutsz <Dut.>: Vaiaya <Siam>; Klang. Mahidol, Glengarry. Flintshire, Havre, Lipis. Larut. Hong Peng. Malacca. Tandjong
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    26 12 Mr. Charles March, a builder's labourer, aged 25. of Wembley Avenue. Lancing, near Worthing, will sail next week as a member of a two-years' botanical expedition.
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      459 12 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated m F.M.S.) LH TELEPHONE: Freight 5433— Passage 54SL t_-#3 ■:-*if LLOYDS AGENTS. BOOKING AGENTS FOR FEDERATED MALAY STATES RAILWAYS. ROYAL STATE RAILWAYS OF SIAM. CANADIAN PACIffIC IWQMit mnmSIJ (Incorporated In «r_f_and) j J mSt^SiV^ THE 'EMPRESS ROUTE offers TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES *w* HONOLULU or direct EMPRESS to
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      91 12 S« TALMA Consignees are advised that a General Average has been declared m respect of the above vessel's cargo from Japan and China Ports transhipped at Hong Kong per S.S. Jeypore which left Hong Kong on Aug. 21, 1936. for Singapore. HARPER, GILFILLAN CO., LTD. ior and on behalf of
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      75 12 HENDERSON LINE SCHEDULE OF SMI V By Fortnightly Passenger ste.imer Between Rangoon. Port Sudan. Marseilles. Palma and Kiuimd HOMEWARD M!l!\«^ Port of Disembarkation Plymouth Leave Hangout CHINDWIN BHAMO AMARAPOORA SAGAING BURMA YOMA 28 PEGU KEMMENDINE CHINDWIN BHAMO AMARAPOORA SAGAING BURMA YOMA PEGU Calls London. Through Passage fares to Straits Port
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      537 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 p.m. Klang, Kuala Lipis, Port Swettenham, Taiping and Telok Anson: Weekdays* 7 p.m. Kota Bahru,
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      127 12 SINGAPORE HARBOUR Shins alongside the inev expected to arrive East Wharf (Entrance Ja t e Rajula 22; Hai Lee 20. Main Wharf (Entrance (,at| Kaisar-I-Hind 18; M; Bandai Maru 14: Gneise* tori Maru 9; Penang Maru 7. Empire Dock (Entrance <„,* Silveryew 30; Steel In\,\ resias 34; Adrastus 36; Ipoh
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      429 13 T^p !_s^s__^^ trr ■^Sl _B_^_?^^_Dt«-__. BY P&OandBRITISH INDIA LINES P. O. S. N. COS SAILINGS, OUTWARDS Due Due t**m*m Spore. Tonnase Spore. Wfc 1938. 6.100 Aug. 29 BURDWAN 6.070 Oct 22 17 000 Aug. 23 CARTHAGE 15.000 Oct. 23 6.000 Sept. 6 NALDERA 16.000 Nov. 6 17 000 Sept. 11
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      583 13 (Incorporated m Straits Settlements.) *^3^^ ELLERMAN BUCKNALL S.S. Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m England.) "ELLERMAN LINE" FOR UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL ACCEPTING CARGO FOR MONTREAL AND HALIFAX VIA COLOMBO. Stexmer Saih CITY OF CANTON Havre. London. R'dani. H'burg, Glasgow All 3. 30 Sept. 2 CITY OF
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      1052 13 n*^**f ™m m m*\ l Am WJI /^r»"***i__w 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
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      709 14 K. P. M. TOMOHON— Thursday. Aug. 27. Singkawang, Pemangkat and Sambas. TlDORE— Thursday. Aug. 27. Selat-Pandjang. Bengkalis. Soengei-Pak-ning. Siak and Pakan-Baroe. BUI JSKES— Thursday. Aug. 27. Penang. Oelee-Lheue (not for passengers V. Sabang. Tjalang. Meulaboh, Tapa-Toean. Sinabang, Singkel. Baros. Sibolga, Natal Sasak and Padang. REYNST— Thursday. Aug. 27. Cheribon mot
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      564 14 -4^ cr REGULAR FORTNIGHTLY SAILINGS TO NAPLES— GENOA— MARSEILLES Via Penang. Colombo, Bombay, So«, Port Said, Alexandria on »be Famon, PRESIDENT LINERS All outside stateroomsExcellent cufeine Swimming bath talking motion pictures. Three days stopover m Egypt. Arrive Leave Arrive Singapore. Singapore. New York. PRESIDENT MONROE Sept. 5 Sept. 8 Oct.
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      480 14 O. S. K. LINE FOR EAST, SOUTH AND WTST AFRICA AND SOUTH AMpR| Atlantic Maru Cape Town via Mombasa. Zanzibar Dar es Salaam. L. Marques, Durban hast London, Algoa Bay and Mossel Bay t Montevideo Maru Buenos Aires via Colomuo. Durban Cape Town. Rio de Janeiro, Sant«.s Au 8- 28
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    POST OFFICE TOURNAMENTS
    531 15 Badminton And Billiards I-.wng ar»- the results of th Ottiee Club's various tourna Badminton Open Singles (Senior Division) lirM round: Koh Yew Keng bea Ban Teck 15 1. 15-2; Lee Pai Hassan bin Ahmad 12 f H, 15 4: Yeo Meng Seah beat J 15 10. 15—5;
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    CRICKETER KILLED
    59 15 <ar Crash While Returning l^om Match R e London, Aug. 26. ti Chesterfield after natch with Derbyshire. Northway, the Northampton j cricketer was killed and A. H. rtnampton's famous bats- j usly injured when their car |w n r,J T ad at a sharp bend near 'Leicestershire, early
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    SOLERINA COMPLETES BIG SPRINT DOUBLE
    878 15 Wins Nottingham Race By Short Head London, Aug. 8. COLERINA. who won the Steward' Cup at Goodwood m runaway styl: added to that brilliant victory at Not jtingham yesterday by winning th Stewards' Handicap under the stsadie jof 9st. 71b. from Sarason and Constel I
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    25 15 P. BERNARD OF LATVIA winning the mile walk m record time at the City of London Police Athletic Club annual sports at the White City.
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    14 15 FOOTBALL RETURNS TO LONDON, Swindin, the Arsenal goalkeeper punching clear during a practice matdh.
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    Braemar Emphasises The Merit Of Stewards' Cup Winner
    734 15 Braemar Emphasises The Merit Of Stewards' Cup Winner London. Aug. 13. CIELDS were of excellent strength at Kempton Park yesterday, and the sport was of an entertaining character even if there was no race of outstanding value, writes Meyrick Good m the Sport mg Life. Backers did not fare well,
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    BRITISH BOAT SECOND IN KIEL RACE
    112 15 BRITISH BOAT SECOND IN KIEL RACE Kiel, Aug. 17. Cmdr. Dcnham and Lt.-Cmdr. White sailed the British boat into second place m today's race for the Interna- j tional Marine Cup here, halt a minute behind a German yacht, whose time was 1 hr. 53 mm. 13 sec. Mr. Mitchell,
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    LAWN TENNIS
    75 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Aug. 24. The Royal Johore International Club Tennis Tournament (Handicap) Is nearing completion. Two finals have already been decided and the Mixed Doubles event have come to the semifinal stage. The following are the latest results: Men's Singles: Winner: I. A. AlsagofT;
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    SPEEDWAY RIDERS
    86 15 A team of 21 English riders has been j engaged by Messrs. Frank Arthur and]] Bert Pryor. directors of Empire Speed- ways Ltd.. Sydney, to compete m Aus- I] tralian dirt track events next season. So far the personnel of the team is unknown. 1 It is expected
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    AMATEUR LAWS
    560 15 Different Rules For All Sports s Sydney, Aug. 11. s lUST why does each sport have difA** ferent rules as to amateurism? j What is anathema m one is quite usual ;J m another. An amateur golfer can j play against or v/ith a professional .(without staining his
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    LEN HARVEY
    106 15 He's Wembley MatchMaker Now London, Aug. Ki. Len Harvey, hero of more than 400 fights m the ring, was appointed boxing match-maker at Wembley Stadium and Pool yesterday. "This dees not necessarily mean that Len has retired from the ring," a Wembley official said last night, "out he
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    S.C.C. LAWN BOWLS
    72 15 The following ties are drawn lor play next week m the S.C.C. lawn bowls tournament. WEDNESDAY J. W. Holn and Dr. Home <+6> vs. J Riley and E. B. Evans (-1). THURSDAY W. C. Hill and C. E. Winter <-4) vs. J. G. H. Grey and A.
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    WANDERERS WIN
    257 15 Unbeaten Record Maintained (From Oun Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 23. rpHE Wanderers, who play one ■■■'match every season and have been m existence since 1927, maintained their unbeaten record when they defeated the Selangor Club by six wickets on the padang today. Two original members ol the
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    JOHORE TENNIS
    84 15 me results of matches played m the Johore lawn tennis championships. Northern Section, up to Saturday are as follows: Men's Singles N. A Hannay beat Hassan bin Abdullah 1(1 8. 6-4. N. A Hannay beat P. C. Joseph 3—6, 4 l <retd.» Novices' Singles R. A. Terry beat
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    HARDIN WELL BEATEN
    101 15 Heavy rain ruin' d all chances of last times at Hampden Park, Glasgow, when Olympic athletes of America. South Alrica. Canada. Australia and Scotland took part m an international contest of nine events. Glen Hardin. American winner ol the Olympic 400 metres hurdles, was well beaten by
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    20 16 W. N. KM m KY m action at the S.C.C. yesterday during play m the Club tournament. (Free Press photo).
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    CUSTOMS WIN SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP
    466 16 CUSTOMS WIN SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP Football Protest Sustained (From Own Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru. Aug. £4 •THE Customs Football Club have been awarded the Johore F.A. league championship. It will be recalled that the Customs and the Jorinthians finished level at the top with the same number of points and the
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    LOSING SEQUENCE
    48 16 When C. Richards won the Open Selling Plate on Layman at Salisbury (Eng. > on July 7, he concluded a sequence of 70 losing rides. Layman waa a 7-1 chance, the favourite being Bleude Roi 11. at 13-8 He was ridden by G. Richards, and ran third.
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    CHINESE WIN CUP MATCH FIVE GOALS TO NIL
    614 16 Stout Resistance Of Losers Of No Avail Chinese 1 5: R.A.O.C. and R.C.S 0. WHEN the combined R.A.O.C. and Royal Corps of Signals team launched several dangerous attacks at the start, those who watched their first-round Cup-tie against the Chinese first string
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    LEE WAI TONG
    48 16 Hon*; Kong, Aug. 26. A MESSAGE from Paris states that the Red Star Football Association, has offered 2,500 francs per month to Lee Wai Tong to turn professional. The report states that the Chinese football star has turned down the offer. Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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    TENNIS RESULTS
    160 16 Yesterday's Ties At TIES played yesterday m the S.C.C. Lawn Tennis Tournament resulted as follows: "B" Class Singles W. N. Rothery < 1» beat S. J. Elgar 2» 6—2. 6—o. J. Wilson 'plus 1» beat R. A. Scrutton 'ser. I 3—o. 6—3. "A" Class Doubles E W. P
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    WEEK-END YACHTING
    142 16 On Friday, a Moonlight race for the "B" and "C" Classes will be held, starting at 6.45 p.m. Course will be posted or the Club notice board. Supper will be provided after the race and members are requested to book as soon as possible with the head boy.
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