The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 29 August 1936

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. NO. 14,944. ESTD. 1835. SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1936 19 CENTS.
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    INVASION OF SUIYUAN IS IMMINENT
    181 1 But Shansi And Shensi Are Japan 's Real Objective RICH MINERAL RESOURCES Anioy A "Suitable Base For Japanese Warships" Shanghai, Aug. 28. npH invasion of Suiyuan by the combined Manchukuo, ami Japanese forces js expected shortly, rding to a late report from the general headi
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    THE NEW STAMPS
    76 1 My Differing Opinions K\ pressed London. Aug. 28. :he new stamps differ I 3 Hows: a sculptor* The j background r A A. An artist ought ilted professor of archi■txmp is fine; it cuts •;ry. hn: Perfectly awful. ..y. no design. R A The least dis*r:: gland
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    ATTACK ON ADDIS ABABA
    61 1 By 1,200 Abyssinian Raiders Rome Aug. 28. TWELVE HUNDRED Abyssinian raiders fiercely attacked Addis Ababa yesterday south of the local aerodrome, hut were repulsed by Italian and native troops, leaving 200 dead. The Italians lost 15 Askaris killed and 40 wounded. The local Ras Ailu. with
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    COUNT OF COVADONOA
    53 1 In Critical Condition In New York Hospital New York, Aug. 28. The condition of the Count of Covadonga. the eldest son of King Alfonso, who is in hospital here suffering from haemorrhage, is critical. He has lost blood continuously m th^ past 24 hours since having a
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    Chengtu Incident Inflames Public Resentment In Japan
    430 1 FOREIGN OFFICE URGED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION Tokio, Aug. 28. PUBLIC resemment has been inflamed by the arrival of the details of the Chengtu incident. The newspapers are pressing the Foreign Office for quicker action, which Mr. AriUi has informed the Cabinet is
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    TYPHOID CASE ON THE GNEISENAU
    94 1 (From Our Own Correspondent* Penang, Aug. 28. A German girl passenger on the liner Gneisenau urns reported to be suffering from typhoid on arrival at Penang this morning. Her condition ivas at first thought to be serious, but further examination gave a more hopeful view
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    SOVIET PROTESTS TO JAPAN
    80 1 Firing On Frontier Guards Alleged Moscow, Aug. ?8. A protest against an alleged attack on the Soviet frontier guards by Japanese and Manchukuoan troops In the region of the Poltava was made today by M. Kozlovsky, head of the eastern section of the Foreign Affairs Commissariat
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    Kwangsi Launches Fresh Attack On Kwangtung
    59 1 Shanghai, Aug. 28. 117HILE peace negotiations were continuing, Kwangsi troops launched a fresh attack on the south-west of Kwangtung, capturing several cities after severe clashes with Kwangtung loyalists The rebels are rapidly approaching Pakhoi. on the Gulf of Tongking, the fall of which would
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    41 1 Walter Junior; "Why can't we go on a faster train, Papa?" WaftOT Senior Don't you lift your voice to me, sir What's good enough for me is good enough for you. Let me hear no more of this craving for speed."
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    Furious Attack On Germany
    125 1 BY SOVIET PRESS "Bloody Nightmare* Of Hitler's Policy Moscow, Aug. 28. AFIRIOI S attack on Germany surpassing the virulence of similar attacks on the Soviet by th«r German press is published today in an Izvestia article entitled, "Fascist Bandits. The article attacks Dr. Goebbels and aerr
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    CHINA TO INFLATE CURRENCY?
    111 1 Japanese Financial Expert's Report Shanghai, Ail* 2ft. In his report to the Economic Conference of Osaka. Mr. Fukuda. the Japanese financial expert in China, states that the currency reforms in China have been more successful than were expect d at first, thanks to the assistance given
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      76 1 BIGIA TEA Brings the freshness and fragrance of the iMalayan gardens direct to your home. J-w- k ac T Pit w I •iy*. ~Y%a m TODAY'S ATTRACTIONS ORCHESTRAL CONCERT SPECIAL DINNER DANCE 8.15 to 9.15 p.m. .formal) 9.45 to midnight AND CABARET ATTRACTION LOUYS SILVIA IN THEIR LATEST PROGRAMME OF
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      141 1 There is no better Tea than BIGIA TEA GROWN IN MALAYA. SEA VIEW A HOTEL IDEAL SEASIDE RESORT EVERY ROOM WITH PRIVATE BATH RUNNING HOT AND COLD WATERTENNIS GOLF SWIMMING SUNBATHING ONE OF SINGAPORES SCENIC BEAUTY SPOTS FORMAL TONIGHT FORMAL SPECIAL DINNER DANCE DINNER DANCE MUSIC BY THE 1 PFi
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    RUBBER APPRECIATES
    345 2 Demand In London And From America The Cause Messrs. Stanton Nelson and Co.. Ltd.. in their ruboer market review for the we^k ending Aug. 28. at noon, state: Continental demand in London and rather mor enquiry from factories in the United States of America have introduced a little
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    Law Notice For The Day
    37 2 Before Mr. Justice Mundell in the Ist. Court at 10 a.m Special Appeal— The Extra Controller or Labour, Singapore, on behalf of Periasamy a "workman)— Applicant and T P. N. Sundaram— Respondent.
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    NEW SCUDAI MEETING
    459 2 PROFIT FOR YEAR OF $17,248 Dividend Of Two Per Cent. To Be Paid DROPOSING the adoption of the report and accounts for the year ended Mar. 31, at the annual meet»ng of New Scudai Limited yesterday, Mr. S. Q. Wong, the chairman, said The working for the
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    MONS. H. SARTON
    149 2 Consul For Belgium Leaves For Europe M. Hubert Sarton. Consul for Belgium, accompanied by Madame Sarton and iamily. left by the mv. Baloeran for Europe. Madame Sarton was the recipient of several baskets of flowers. Among the large gathering of friends who went to wish th.-m bon
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    PEACEFUL SPAIN!
    75 2 The P. and O. liner Ranpura which arrived in Singapore on her outward voyage passed by the Spanish coasts without encountering signs of the civil war. Her commander, Captain J. M. Legge, said that all they saw when they were at Tangier three weeks ago iwere a British,
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    ARMS EMBARGO AGAINST SPAIN
    241 2 Requests By French Government London, Aug. 28. pEQUESTS have, it is understood. been addressed by the French Government to each of the countries concerned asking them to put into force forthwith their undertakings to impose an embargo on the export of arms to Spain. British diplomatic
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    ITALY AGREES
    16 2 Rome, Aug. 28. ITALY has decided to enforce an arms embargo against Spain.— Reuter
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    189 2 export of war materials to Spain, in accordance with the neutrality proposals was heard in London with great satisfaction. The tact that the decision was maae although discussions with Madrid over the release of the interned German aeroplane have not yet been concluded has made a good impression. Today's developments
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    TELEVISION IN BRITAIN
    137 2 First Organised Broadcasts At Radio Show London, Aug. 27. The radio exhibition which opened at Olympia yesterday is providing the occasion for the broadcasting of the first organised television programme in Britain. Although most receiving sets on show are designed for picking up ordinary sound broadcasts and
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    48 2 'Che Mohamed Idris bin Haji Mohamed Noor, who has been stationed in Port Dickson as District Officer for some two years or more, fs shortly going on transfer to Ulu Selangor, while 'Che Ahmad bin Osman, M.C.S., will be coming from Bentong to Port Dickson as District Officer.
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    CIVIL WAR BARBARITY
    211 2 Appeal To Contending Forces On Humanitarian Grounds London, Aug. 28. ■"THE meeting of diplomatic represen- tatives to Spain on the FrancoSpanish border, at which it was proposed an appeal should be made to the contending forces in the Spanish civil war on humanitarian grounds to mitigate suffering
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    SPEECH DAY
    94 2 At Sultan Abdul Hamid College Alor Star, Aug. 28. The annual Speech Day of the Sultan Abdul Hamid College proved a great success and there was a good attendance of old boys and well-wishers The headmaster. Captain E. H. Wilson, read a report of great improvement in all
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      58 2 "Few scenes in the whole history of motion pictures have been done with more realism. Houses crumble, the skies are rent, people are killed in thousands. Thus you are sent away from the picture breathless with excitement" NEWS OF THE WORLD— Aug. 2. THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A PICTURE LIKE
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      286 2 FOR SALE. PRECISION LEVEL <ZEISS> with Tripod Stand and Case. P.O. Box 92. Singapore. SEWING MACHINE AIDsT~ Home Hemstitcher-Picoter 5-. Automatic Darner 2-. Embroidery Braider 2-. Automatic Rugmaker 3 Guaranteed fitting. Perfect Pleater 7 (Recommended "Good Housekeeping"*. Magic Needle Threader Sewing Outfit 1 postpaid iC.O.D. 2 extra* Universal Products, <Dept.
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      149 2 Diary Of The Day Hish Water. 9.16 a.m. 7.2 ft. 7.50 a.m. 8.2 ft. Sports Swimming Y.M.C.A. Carnival at Fort Canning Pool at 4 p.m. Hockey: Girls Sports Club vs. Malacca at Jalan Besar. Badminton: Men's Junior Doubles finals. Cricket: SC.C. vs. Nondescripts at S.C.C.; S.C.C. vs. Police at Thompson
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    MUNICIPAL PRESIDENT'S $100,000 RESIDENCE
    890 3 MUNICIPAL PRESIDENT'S $100,000 RESIDENCE Scheme Attacked HEATED DEFENCE AT COMMISSION MEETING AN attack on the ambitious scale of the contemplated new $100,000- residence for the president of the Singapore Municipal Com 1 missioners, was made at yesterday's Municipal meeting by Mr. L. W. Geddes, in his maiden speech on his
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    52 3 UCBATIVI BUSINESS h*. been stopped by the British ban on x t i.nrift to Spain. Pilots were earning as much as takin* a machine to the headquarters of Hie insurgents t little less to (.overnment bases. Civil war still races and photograph shows rebel leaders being tried by court martial
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    SEWERAGE EXTENSION SCHEME DELAYED
    256 3 SE WERAGE EXTENSION SCHEME DELAYED Mr. Ham's Explanation AN vplanation of the reason* for the slow progress in the »rk of Singapore sewerage extension scheme was given president. Mr. G. L. Ham. at yesterday's meeting of the Muni* ipal v ommissioners. part of the plan- id, had been for key-points
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    FLOODLIT CENOTAPH?
    84 3 FLOODLIT CENOTAPH? HINT that the Ex-Services Association of Singapore ice re anxious to have the Cenotaph floodlit was made at the meeting of the Municipal Commissioners yesterday when, on Mr. E. A. Brown's proposal, the decision of a Committee that it was unable to recommerd permanent floodlighting by gas. was
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    ANOTHER MOTHER REPRIEVED
    221 3 Fourth In Kind's Reitfii London. Mrs. Helen Allcorn. who v/as sentenced to death for the murder of her two-year-old daughter, was reprieved only 24 hours after her sentence. Mrs. Allcorn. who is 24. lived at Gaisford Street. Kentish Town. She was *ried at the Old Bailey on
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    BIRTHS AND DEATHS
    82 3 There were 183 deaths in Singapore last week— l2o males ard 53 females. The rate was 19.08 per mille per annum corrpared wi h 26.38 in the preceding wi-ek and 21.95 in the corresponding week of last year Pthisis caused 26 deaths, pneumonia 25. convulsions 17. enteritis
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    Book Debts Carried Too Long
    281 3 Book Debts Carried Too Long JUDGES CENSURE AN example of the disastrous effect of the "habit among Chinese traders of carrying their book debts year after year irrespective of the Statute of "Limitations," was furnished in the Bankruptcy Court yesterday, before Mr. Justice Adrian Clark when Cheong Chee Hin was
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    BUILDER WHO " BURNT HIS FINGERS"
    270 3 BUILDER WHO BURNT HIS FINGERS" Sudden Rise In Timber Price fJOW a building contractor burnt his fingers over a contract to build six houses at the Naval Bas»? owing to a sudden rise in the pric-j of timber was told in the Bankruptcy Court yesterday, before Mr. j Justice Adrian
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    PREFERENCE FOR LOCAL-BORN
    159 3 Commissioners' Policy J^HE policy laid down by the Municipal Commissioners o/ giving local-born people an opportunity of filling posts in the Senior Officers' Salary Scheme, provided the candidate had the necessary qualification, was given effect to at yesterday's meeting of the Municipal Commissioners, when they don firmed
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    DR. CALLENFELS
    124 3 Voted $750 Honorarium By Government The Straits Settlements Government has voted an honorarium of $750 for Dr. P. V. van Stein Callenfels. 0.8.E.. who it is explained has rendered valuable assistance for eighteen months (without remuneration from Government) in the course of a survey of prehistoric »sites in
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    ATTEMPTED SUICIDE
    85 3 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 25. A Kuala Lumpur man who was in debt sat on the top of a tree with a piece of white cloth round his neck, waiting to jump off and hang himself He was Maniam, a boiler-maker, employed at the Central
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    BAND CONCERT
    127 3 By kind permission of Mr. NAM Griffin, acting Inspector General of Police, the band of the Straits Settlements Police will give the following programme at the Botanic Gardens at 8.30 p.m. on Tuesday next under the direction of Mi J. C. Hitch, L.R.A M.. A.R.C.M.. R.M.S.M. March. "Youth
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    BICYCLE THEFTS
    66 3 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Auk- 25. Wong Hing Hoon, who was yesterday sentenced to three months' rigorous imprisonment for thelt of a bicycle, appeared again in the Kuala Lumpur Police Court today, when he was charged with regard to another bicycle. He pleaded guilty, and was
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      28 3 I THE BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION AT JOHANNESBURG »v K.P.M. CIU lO REDUCTION FOR INTENDING VISITORS For detailed information please apply to: K.P.M. LINE, 1 Finlayson Green, Tel. 5451
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    POMMER NOW PRODUCING IN ENGLAND
    887 4  -  Joan Littlefield Britain on the Screen By An Elizabethan Film London, Aug. 17. TRICH POMMER. one of the greatest of film producers, who was a driving force in Berlin when German films were in their heyday, has begun his first English film for his own
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    23 4 TOM WALLS and Betty Stockfeld in a scene from "Dishonour Bright" a Capitol-Cecil production which is being made at the new Denham Studios.
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    RADIO-TELEPHONE CALLS
    111 4 London. The Postmaster-General announced that the lower rate zone for telephoning to trans-Atlantic liners will be extended from longitude 18 degs. W. t r 35 degs. W., thus enabling an exchange of calls to be made with liners up to half-way across the Atlantic, instead oi only about
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    TRANSFORMATION SCENE AT CAMBRIDGE
    615 4 TRANSFORMATION SCENE AT CAMBRIDGE Modernising Women's College London, Aug. 18. UEWNHAM COLLEGE. Cambridge where the first women undergraduates maae history 60 years ago. is to be modernised, and notable women all over the country are raising the money by means of which its Victorian buildings may be transformed into the
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    PARIS GOES TO THE "DOGS"
    930 4 On The Continent Crescent Role Festival Paris, Aug. 18. •7\HE "dogs" have introduced Cour--1 bevoie to the beau monde of Paris, and since its greyhound racing crack has put it really on the map, it is becoming 'the thing' to go out there and dine
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    HIS LUMBAGO WENT IN A FORTNIGHT
    176 4 Never Felt So Well in His Life rhough ne tried nc end ol 3 r dies this man continued to s .tier lumbago tor years It irouo;eo r.i.n in tl} until ne lound the right reni«-dy. the or* can always be relied on—Krusclicn Sa?
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    WONDER DOLLS' HOUSE
    115 4 Gift For Princess London, Aug. 18. HEN JOHNSON, an ex -Service man at the Star and Garter Home for Disabled Soldiers at Richmond. Surrey, has built a wonderful dolls' house which is to be presented to Princess Margaret Rose It took nine months to make and is
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    SPANISH COAST LIGHTS EXTINGUISHED
    46 4 An Admiralty notice to mariners states that navigational lights i coasts of Spain between Cape Trafalgar and Chipiona have been extinguishec. and mariners are warned that similar action may be taken in other parts of the Spanish coast and possession.out previous wirring
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    100 Years Ago
    174 4 As It Was— in Tk Singapore Free Press, Fot The Week Ending September 4. ISM As it is. or ought to be the pecu.iar duty of the Press to take note o! I advance of Education, espt places where efforts are made tend its beneficial influenc s
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      28 4 MASTERS--WE HAVE TRIED IT... HAVE YOU? M C EWANS $ed!Md SPARKUNC BEER IN CANS IT'S 100% BRITISH AGENTS:— WILLIAM JACKS CO., (Malaya) LTD. SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR IPOH PENANG.
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    316 5 I UvLESS ADVANCES despite stern resistance. Government militiamen have been engaged in fierce fighting with rebels of General Army for the possession of mountain positions around Avila. a town about 70 miles north-west of Madrid held by the rebels. i.<*. eminent militiamen, most of them without cover of any kind,
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      54 5 Sausage sales are up again hence the jubilation. No need for sampling here, for none will ever equal our freshly made' PORK AND BEEF S A USAGES We 'vc been selling these for years; always praised, never a complaint. If you would know real sausage goodness, try some today. PHONE
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    TRIAL OF LOCAL LAWYER RESUMED
    1957 6 Charged With Cavising Hurt To Coolie ALLEGED FAILURE TO REPORT ACCIDENT A PRELIMINARY submission that the law did not specify the time when a report of an accident should be made at a police station was put forward yesterday, before the fifth Magttrste, Mr. E.
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    CULPABLE HOMICIDE
    265 6 CULPABLE HOMICIDE Verdict At Stabbing Inquiry MR. W. G. PORTER, the Singapore Coroner, returned a verdict of culpable homicide amounting to murder against some person unknown, at the conclusion of the inquiry, in which Kwok Ah Kwai was stabbed with a knife by soiik unknown person, in Armenian Street, on
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    F.M.S. APPOINTMENTS
    286 6 The following F.M.S. appointments and gazett d: Mr R A B Stanhope to act as Director ol Veterinary Research and Veterinary Adviser. Malaya Major W. H Elkins. OB E. to act as Transportation Manager. F.M.S.R. Mr W A. Griffin to act as Divisional Superintendent. Transportation Department. F.M.S.R Mr
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    NO LICENCE
    111 6 A motorcyclist w'~o drove his machine and sidecar into the Tel >k Ayer Basin appeared yesterday before Mr. E. E. Colman. fifth magistrate, on a charge of riding without a licence. Inspector Smith said that accused was going along Prince Edward Road, and instead of turning to the
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    148 SUICIDES
    88 6 There were 148 suicides in the Straits Settlements last year. 88 of .hem in Singapore. In 79 cases hanging or strangulation vas the method adopted, the others romprising Poisons and corrosive substances 38. :utting or piercing instruments 12, lrowning 8, firearms 2, and other neans 9. Of 60
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    11 6 THIS IS HOW young Jewish girls help to colonise modern Palestine.
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    AMENDMENT TO LAW OF BANKRUPTCY?
    351 6 Judge's Suggestion THE suggestion that the law might be amended to make it an offence, in matters of bankruptcy, to give large credit to people who were not known, was made by Mr. Justice Adrian Clark yesterday in the public examination of Gooi Kok Leong,
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    POPULATION OF MALAYA
    268 6 POPULATION OF MALAYA Migration Effects THE populatiun of Malaya as as- certained by the census on Apr. 1. 1931. was 4.385.346. that of th3 Straits Settlements being 1.114.015 or approximately one quarter. The populations on June 30. 1935. were estimated as 4.."»29.228 and 1.119.186, respectively. A cause of the relatively
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    $10,158 CLAIM ALLOWED
    161 6 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Aug. 25. In th? Supreme Court today Mr Justice Gordon-Smith gave judgment in favour ot Messrs. Gammon (Malaya >. Lta. for the amount claimed, wirh costs, and further interest to be agreed upon, in their action against the trustee of a local
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    JEWS' NATIONAL HOME
    690 6 Plenty Of Room In Palestine TRAVELLING as official delegate of the Jewish Agency, Mrs. Lola Landau-Wegner arrived in Singapore yesterday from Java with a film, "The Promised Land," which she will exhibit at the Pavilion theatre tomorrow morning. She l^a-s lectured in Netherlands India on Jewish immigration
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    TRIBUTE TO S. S POLICE
    359 6 Colony's Fine Record UIN such circumstances another year of comparative freedom from lawless outbreaks and serious crimes of violence reflects the greatest credit on the officers and men of the Straits Settlements Police, a force of whose smartness, efficiency and intrepidity, the Colony is justly
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    ASSAILT CHARGE
    111 6 Alleged Altercation In Hospital i From Our Own Corresponded Malacca, .Vuk Over one and a lull moir two men had SJI iMllUlhwi m. dressers' quarters of MK Malacca General Hospital, aid a serious ass.uil* is alleged to have been committed on one of them with a knile. Today
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      108 6 AS LIVELY AS A PUPbecause he pets his regular dose of Sherley's Tonic St Condition Powders. And that keeps his blood cool, his appetite keen, his spirits bubbling and makes him the happy, contented pal he should be. Over-heated blood means continual scratching, loss of appetite, depressed spirits and misery
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      94 6 When Stomach Is UpsetDo This Stomach disturbances such as digestive pain, gastritis, wind, h^artbur: leeling of revolt, are invariabi" result of "acid formation" whirl rule, gets worse and worse and may ultimately lead to serious u! counteracting excess acid and pr< ing its formation, BISMAC 'B:su: Magnesia) quickly puts right
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    ANGLO- EGYPTIAN T\REATY WELCOMED BY LONDON PRESS
    1249 7 Diplomatic Success, Says The Times NEGOTIATORS' WISDOM AND MODERATION W iUXf 4 London, Aug. 28. ARM contra illations to the negotiators of the Anglo-Egyptian treaty are offered in appreciative leaders in the papers generally, though the Daily Mail and Morning Post are critical.
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      386 7 CAPITOL MATINEE TODAY 3.15 6.15 TONIGHT 9.15 Warner Bros.' rollicking Musical Comedy with the popular Stars of "GOLD DIGGERS," etc. "COLLEEN" WITH mq[ ruby keeler LBnV DICK POWELL JlM> JACK OAKIE I T lent 2 reel \f \i Technicolor \l It musical novelty "SHOW KIDS" ALL SHOWS PACKED OUT SINCE
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      509 7 I Church Services CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY, SINGAPORE Bonham Building, Raffles Square (Branch of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston U.S.A.; Subject: Christ Jesus. Sunday Service 10 a.m. Testimony Meeting 6 p.m. First Wednesday each month. Reading Room. Wednesdays and Saturdays 9.30 to 11 30 a.m.
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES DEATH.
    33 8 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES DEATH. NEO. -At Nd. 17 Lambu Roi u. Sinf>apoi«.\ On Any.. 28. 1986, M'ldam Tan Thium Neo, 03 years. The funeral (ortoge leaves the residence at 4 p.m. today for Bidadari.
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    The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1936. The Tin Bunglers
    1091 8 The Singapore Free Press SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1936. The Tin Bunglers WE HAVE expressed before our disappointment at the manner in which the tin negotiations have been conducted in Bangkok between the .Siamese Government on the one hand and Messrs. Lowinger and Van den Broek orthe other and the latest
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    Topics Of The Week
    1628 8 THE Topicist begs to submit the following "bag" irom headlines which have appeared in the press during the past few days: "TRIALS of the young army officer." What Singapore is really worrying about, however, is those other trials of the Tommies which have been so frequent
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      42 8 FOR ALL RISKS INSURANCE INSURANCE Apply to the GENERAL ACCIDENT FIRE b LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION LTD. (Incorporated in Great Britain) HONGKONG BANK CHAMBERS SINGAPORE. PHONE 6480, Monsieur et Madame Hubert SARTON. m.v. Baloeran. P-Pf Mr. Mrs. Geo Whyte Crawford S.S Kaisar-I-Hind P.P.C.
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    1904 9 APPEAL FOR ALL-ROUND REDUCTION IN WATER PRICES High Cost Mainly Due To Loan Charges LOWER RATE FOR CONSUMERS OUTSIDE LIMITS NEXT YEAR? 'Duty Towards Inhabitants" "THE WATER DEPARTMENT SHOULD NOT BE WHOLLY TREATED AS A TRADING DEPARTMENT. IT HAS AN OBLIGATION AND A DUTY TO PERFORM TOWARDS THE COUNTRY AM)
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    42 9 >rHI MHMHM) trooper* bringine up the horses for Hie gun-limbers i d»pU> b> thr !nd Cavalry Brigade during a rehearsal for the lidu.Ttli MM* -t the Arena. Tkiworth. Hampshire. Cavalry divisions of Ihe southern command plav?d a leading part in the" Tattoo
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    Clearing The Geylang River Basin
    381 9 Clearing The Geylang River Basin fOURTH REQUEST TO GOVERNMENT l\ TEN YEARS Pr time in ten jean re Municipal Comnnsoy approving a resolution I rwmrd at their met-ting re requesting Governtear up the Geylang Rivev ::h measure. who moved the escribed it as •threaten- become a hardy I: nepectfttHf inquires
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    BY-LAWS FOR BICYCLES & TRICYCLES PASSED
    439 9 BY-LAWS FOR BICYCLES TRICYCLES PASSED *THf. long awaited by-laws for the better control of tricycles an 1 bicycks In Singapore were passed a special meeting of the Municipal Commissioners yesterday. "I bope you will accept this as it stands.' said the Deputy President. Introducing the tricycles by-laws. "I am anxious
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      525 10 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCKS SHARES. From London 6 p. m. Aug. 28 The above are dealers' middle prices; jobbers, margins, brokerage ana 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% 119V 2 +V 8
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      214 10 Aug. 2a. 26. 27. fifrtfin Can. Com. 121 3 4 120> 8 122 Ameriran Telepnone ar.d Telegraph 174» 4 175 174 Ateheson Railroad 77 5 8 76» 2 80 Chespeak 65 3 4 65' 4 66' 4 Pupont 158 155 5 8 .157 5 o r.restone 28
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      DEFORMED BOY STABS WOMAN
      103 10 •From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Aug. 27. Owing to his deformed body and delicate condition, a Malay boy aged 14, Mat Jedin bin Osman. who was today convicted by Mr. Justice Aitken at the Perak Assizes on a charge of voluntarily causing grievous hurt to a
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      MILITARY SERVICE IN GERMANY
      133 10 French And German Press Comment On Hitler's Decree Paris, Aug. 27. The apparent success of the French neutrality plan for Spain has completely been overshadowed in the press by Hitler's second move doubling the period of military service in the Reich The relief caused by 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 in Malaya has
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      THE COMMODITY MARKETS.
      199 10 From London 5.30 p. m. Aug. 28 RUBBER: Dull. London Spot. 7 5 8 d. 7 11 16d. Previously: 7 11 16d. 7 3 4 d-Oct.-Dec: 7 11 16d. 7 3 4 d. Previously: 7 11 16d. 7 13 16d. Jan. -Mar.: 7 3 4 d. 7
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      THE METAL MARKETS
      66 10 From London 5.30 p. m. Aug. 28 Un: Firm. Cash: €187. Previously: Firm at €185 108. Three months: €184. Previously: £182 15s. New York Tin: 42.87. Previously: 42.87. Copper: Settlement: £38 10s. Previously: £38 7s. 6d. Gold: Yesterday: £6 18s. 4> 2 d. Previously: £6 18s. 2
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      Foreign Exchange Rates.
      84 10 London Closing Quotations Aug. 28 Method of Parity before Rate PreCentre Quoting 20-9-31 Yesterday viousiy Paris Francs to 141.21 76 3 8 76 7 16 New York to 88 2 3 5.02 7 8 5.03 Amsterdam Guilders to 12.91 7.40 1 4 7.41 Hong Kong Per dollar
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      LOCAL EXCHANGE RA TES
      186 10 Aug. 28 SELLING London, T.T. 2|4 116 London, demand 2|4 1.16 London, 4 months' sight 24 4 Lyons, demand 892 Hamburg, demand 140 New York, demand 58 11J16 Montreal, demand 58 11 16 Batavia, demand 85 7 8 Samarang, demand 85% Calcutta, Bombay and Rangoon, demand
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      SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES
      1190 10 Fraser and Co. 's List FRIDAY, AUG. 28, 1936, 5 P.M. MINING Buyers Sellers. Ampat Tin (4s) 4s 4 1 ii d 4s 9d Asam Kumbang (1) 28s 30s Austral Malay 53s 55s iAyer Hitam (5s) 15s 6d 16s 3d jAier Weng ($1) 1.55 1.60
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      Daily Share Report
      151 10 JMESSRS. FRASER in theii daily share report issued at the close of business yesterday statr that the tin share market had been very active with inquiries spread over all classes of shares In most cases prices were higher and there was a considerable turnover. There were few
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      Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association
      139 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association Au&. 28, 12 o'clock noon Mr. William Lang, formerly Blue Star Lino in Shanghai. until recently on the stall ol tin office in London, is now a manager for the Blue Star Line <NZ.». Ltd.. In New Zealand, d the temporary absence ol the mai
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    464 11 Winning CONTRACT t>\ tV\Ji^oU>\Guua David Burnstine. Michael Gottlieb Oswald Jacoby and Howard Schenkcn, world's leading team-of-four and inventors of the system that has beaten every other system in existence. KIDDING ONCE TOO OFTEN ""TODAY we have with us another old friend, the steady free bidder, and really do consider him
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    RAFFLES LIBRARY
    238 11 The following new books will be ready for issue at Raffles Library today. "I Guarded Kings," Illustrated. Harold Brust; Men that wouldn't stay Dead. Illustrated. Ida Clyde Clarke; Palestine of the Arabs. Illustrated, Mrs. Steuart Erskine; Gracious Lady. Rita Halle Kleeman. The Face of Mother India. Illustrated Katherine
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    KAISAR-HIND
    316 11 The following passengers lor Malaya. from the Far East, arrived in the Kaisar-I-Hind on Thursday. Dr. Brugman, Mrs. G M. Lindsay. Mrs. Brugman, Miss A Hodge. Miss Lindsay. F Lt. R. Cole, S Ldr L B Addison, Miss L. Jones. Mr J Martins Mr. A. de B. Pereira. S
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      304 11 HONGKONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated in the Colony of Hong Kong) The liability of members is limited to the extent and in manner prescribed by Ordinance No. 6 of 1929 of the Colony. Authorised Capital $50,000,000 Issued and Fully Paid-up $20,000,000 Reserve Fund: Sterling 6.500.000 Hong Kong Currency $10,000,000 Reserve
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      492 11 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND (HINA (Incorporated in England by Royal Charter) Paid up capital in 600,000 shares of £5 each £3,000 000 Reserve Fund £3,000,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3.000.00" HEAD OFFICE 38, Bishopsgate. London FC. 2 Agencies and Branches. Alor Star Iloilo Sniuon Amritsar Ipoh Somarang Bangkok
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      227 11 WEEK-END RADIO PROGRAMMES fODA Y IVnang ZH.I Wireless Society) Uavtlencih— 49.3 metres pud and days pro- mm by Chris and Isata\ia-NIROM H a.m.— YDA 98.68 m. and \l>B 31.2 m. _I.V> p.m. YDA 19.67 m. tnd VI>B !.V3 m I pm t.» losing YDA 98.68 m. u ,d M>B 31.1
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      433 11 3.20 News talk. 940 The Troubadours 950 Close down. I Berlin— DJß and DJQ Wavelengths 19.56 and 19.63 metres p.m. b.15 Opening announcement. 620 Light music. TJB News in English. T.40 Light music < continued). 3.20 News and economic review in German 8.35 From community in work to comradeship in
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      284 11 New Zealand artists. Merle Miller isoprano> Malcolm Miller (baritone^. 717 The 8.8.C. Dance Orchestra. 7.47 Variety. 8.00 The news and announcements. 8.05 Greenwich time signal. 8.20 Close down. Transmission 2 The following frequencies will be used: GSH 13.97 in.. GSG IH.BO m. p.m. 7.20 Big Ben. Brass band concert. 7.50
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      99 11 broadcast together. 11.20 Close down. Paris Radio-Coloniale Wavelength 25.60 metres a.m. 5.35 Concert. 6.35 News In French. 6.50 News in Spanish. 7.00 News in French; market prices. 7.20 News in English. 7.35 Records or theatrical broadcast. 9.35 Close down. Wavelength: 19.68 metres p.m. 5.15 Day's programme. 5.20 Concert. 6.20 News
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    SUBSIDY FOR PACIFIC SERVICE?
    226 12 New Zealand Minister's Significant Statement Wellington, N.Z. A reference to possible action by Newi Zealand to keep a British shipping ser- vice in the Pacific was made by Mr. 1 Fraser. the Minister of Marine, in an address to the Otago Harbour Board. Emphasising that there
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      SOVIET TRESPASS
      317 12 Merchant Ship Arrested In The Pescadores Mako, Pescadores. Aug. 17. The Soviet merchant ship Terek. 3.500 tons, was arrested yesterday after DQOB by the naval authorities on Jt charge ot having entered the fortified zone in the Pescadores. The captain cf the vessel said that the Terek was
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      60 12 The British twin-crew motor-ship, Glenamoy, 7.306 tons gross and 4.589 net. built at Irvine in 1916. was sold by the Glen Line, Ltd., London, to British buyers last month, under the "scrap and build" scheme, for about £15.400. and resold for breaking up to W. P. Jobson Co., Ltd.. London,
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      TWENTY FIVE YEARS AS PILOT IN BANGKOK
      280 12 Record Of Captain Albert Petersen (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Aug. 27. ON Tuesday Captain Albert Petersen, senior pilot of the port of Bangkok, celebrated his 25 years service as a pilot of the port of Bangkok. It is a record which is
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      SINGAPORE HARBOUR
      127 12 Ships alongside the Wlm-ves expected to arrive East Wharf Entrant r k f t) Muinam 20. Main Wharf (Entrant e 1<4 te 3,. Ranpura 18; KUtna 16: Bund 14; Kinta 12: Chenonceux video Maru 7. Empire Dock (Entrance d te 3,. Silveryew 30: Larir tor 35; Celebes Maru
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      INCREASE IN SMALLPOX AT CALCUTTA
      311 12 The health bulletin of the League of Nations Eastern Bureau for the ueek ended Aug. 22, is as follows Plague. Colombo was the only port in the Eastern Atena to report the presence of human plague during the week, 1 case having been notified Cholera
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      480 12 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated In P.M.S.) TELEPHONE: Freight 5433— Passage MSI. 3 4> LLOYDS AGENTS. BOOKING AGENTS FOR FEDERATED MALAY STATES RAILWAYS. ROYAL STATE RAILWAYS OF SIAM. CANADIAN PACIffIC i WOftloi C&tfftn (Incorporated In BncteDd) \\l THE ''"EMPRESS" ROUTE offers TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES HONOLI'LU or direct EMPRESS to VANCOUVER— ACROSS CANADA
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      155 12 STRAITS HOMEWARD CONFERENCE PALM OIL IN BULK AND PALM KERNELS. Shippers are hereby informed that the bass rates of freight on the above commodities from Straits to Conference Ports in Europe are reduced as follows, effective from Jan. 1. 1937: Palm Oil in Bulk-rate reduced to 46 9 per 20
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      170 12 BIBBY LINE [LONDON AM>Rt"2» 22, PALL MALL, LONDON 1] of fast twin-screw Oil Or Mail Passenger V- m RANGOON, COLOMBO. PORI SIDAN, MARSEILLES. PLYMOI TH AND LONDON with through connetilon from Singapor- and Pe: HOMEWAKh liwrnm Leave Uaw Rangoon olombo CHESHIRE I pt. 10 S DERBYSHIRE O«- 8 Oct 1
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      571 12 Local And Foreign Mail Dispatches And Arrivals BY TRAIN Bangkok every Saturday 7 p.m. Thursday 7.45 a.m. Alor Star: Mon. to Fri.* 7.45 a.m. Saturday 7.45 a.m. and 7 p.m. Ipoh: Weekdays; 7.45 a.m. and 7 p.m. Klang, Kuala Lipis, Port Swettenham, Taiping and Telok Anson: Weekdays* 7 p.m. Kota
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      36 12 CLEARANCES Aug. 27: Hai Lee <Nor.); Ha-Ven (Chin.); Loetoeng (Dut.); Masunda (Brit.). Aug. 28: Giang Ann, Kaisar-I-Hind. Pontianak. Ampang. Esmeralda, Jerantut, Tandjong Balei 'Brit.>; Mijer. Tinombo. Baloeran <DuU; Tottori Maru (Jap.>; Storaas, Roseville »Nor.); Angby <Sar.>.
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      80 12 PASSENGERS BT IB The following wer Imperial plans: Aircraft Canberra VH-Usc N.E.I Darwin and Brlsl 25: Mr. L. Hirshon. Mr L A Hodjkinson, from Mibane. Aircraft Aurora VT-ABG r Perang. Siam. Burma and K r Aug 26: Mr. L. H Mr. E. A. Hodgk:: Aircraft Athena G-AFTK rachi. Burma, Siam
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      455 13 i i i i^Hl 8 l iPTirii'iiii''' 'l^ Miiii^^^!m BY P&Oand BRITISH INDIA LINES' P. O. S. N. CO'S SAILINGS, OUTWARDS m D«e Due Tonnage Spore. Tonnage S'pore W»i. 1936. 17.000 In Port BURDWAN 6 070 Oct 2*> 6 100 Ang 29 CARTHAGE 15.000 Oct 23 6.000 Sept. 6 NALDERA
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      557 13 (Incorporated in Straits Settlements.) 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. Stumer Hue Sail* CITY OF CANTON Hovrc\ London. R'daw H'burg. Glasgow In Port Sept. CITY OF BATAVIA Havre,
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      1021 13 REPRESENTING SHIPPING THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean The Hua Khiow Steamship Co.. (1932) Lt4. Steam Ship Co, Ltd., and China Mutual The C'unard 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., Ltd.
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      711 14 K. P. M. TOCiI.AN Saturday, Aug. 29, Moeara-Saba and Djambl. PAl.OPO Saturday. Aug. 29. Penang and Bagan Si-Api-Api. TOROALI Saturday, Aug 29. Selat-Pandjang, Koedap. Tampoetih, Tampat-TinggL Ecngkalis. Seneboei and Bagan Si-Api-Api. VAN OOTSOOKM -Saturday. Aug 2f. Rhio -passengers and mails only), Padang-Bay, Ampenan, Boeleleng and Sourabaia. TASMAN Saturday. Aus. 29,
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      627 14 TO EUROPE FROM SINGAPORE AND PENANG VIA COLOMBO. BOMBAY, SUEZ. PORT SAID, ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES, GENOA, MARSEILLES AND NEW YORK. Arrives. Leaves Leaves Arrives S'pore. S'pore. Penang. New York. Pres. Monroe Sept. 5 Sept. 8 Sept 10 Oct 20 Pros. Van Burrcn Sept. 19 Sept. 22 Sept. 24 Nov. 3 Pres.
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    STEADY IMPROVEMENT IN BIRTH RATE
    504 15 STEADY IM PROVEMENT IN BIRTH RATE Colonial Secretary's Report MALAYS HAVE THE HIGHEST DEATH RATE iin »'s \ffecting the death rate are so numerous that the most general conclusions can be made here, says report of the Colonial Secretary on the Straits U The report continues: It has been said
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    Collegians Win Rugger At Alor Star
    277 15 Collegians Win Rugger At Alor Star (From Our Own Correspondent) Alor Star, Aug. 28. TN the Rugger match played 1 today between Ibrahim School, Sungei Patani, and Sultan Abdul Hamid College, the visitors showed a big improvement of form as compared to last year. Their hooking was excellent but they
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    FORGERY CHARGE
    96 15 Figures Alleged To Have Been Altered Wong Tet Conn, a former employee o: the Straits Times Press, appeared again before Mr. A. D. York in the third court yesterday, charged with having forged a document in order to commit fraud by altering the figure $'70 to $270. in
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    FORGED DOCUMENT
    75 15 Alleged To Have Been Used As Genuine Before Mr. A. D. York in the third court yesterday, a Eurasian named E.C Batchelor. was charged with having fraudulently and dishonestly used as -enuine a forged document, purpoited tc^ be "signed by one K. G. Morgan on Ancr 24 The
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    Clerical Indebtedness
    378 15 ANNUAL REPORT OF BANKRUPTCY DEPARTMENT ipOMMENT on the indebtedness of clerks, is made oy Mr. D. H. Tudor, 'Assistant Official Assignee, in his annual report of the Bankruptcy Department for 1935. Mr. Tudor says A feature of bankruptcy administra- tion in the Colony of recent years has been
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    INTER IMPERIAL TRADE
    258 15 SPEECH BY DOMINIONS SECRETARY Opens Section At Toronto Exhibition By Radio London, Aug. 27. |7ARLY today, the Dominions Secretary. Mr. Malcolm MacDonald piessed ia button in Faraday Buiidmg, the London radio telephone terminal of |the British Post Office, causing an electric impulse to travel 3.600 miles across
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    34 15 HERR HITLER congratulating Fraulein Tilly Fleischer, who set a new world record for the javelin throw, as, accompanied by General Goering (soft hat) he chatted with some of the Olympic Games winners. tfij J^|
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    CASH FOR JOBS
    107 15 Indian Convicted On Three Counts Charged on three counts with having induced one Abdul Karim to deLver 57.50 in cash by saying that he would obtain employment for him, another B. 1 8. Sariff Ibrahim of $7.50 and another Mutusamy and four others of $35, on various
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    PILLION PROBLEM
    116 15 Are Two Passengers Excessive? Can a motor-cyclist carry two passengers on the pillion? Inspector Smith contends that a rider cannot properly control his machine if i there are two people behind it. He points out that a motor-cycle is built for one. but because pillion-riding is done in
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    Visiting Day For Tennis Proposed
    1372 16 Visiting Day For Tennis Proposed General Meeting Of Cricket Club Chairman's Speech Members Accounts A PROPOSAL that the Singapore Cricket Club should set aside a "visiting day for tennis" once a week was made by Mr. E. C. Cherrington at the annual general meeting of the t-lub hold yesterday in
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    36 16 photo). ABDUL RAHMAN shooting for goal in the match between the Police and R.E. at Anson Road yesterday. Th Police won six goals to one, and this shot saved and was the fifth ,-t.il Free Press
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    WYATT INVITED
    76 16 WYA TT INVITED 117YATT has been invited to join the English Test team to tour Australia and the side is now complete.— Reuter following month applying for a payment which will re-establish the original deposit, i.e. payment of the exact amount of the previous month's chits plus subscription. Occasionally an
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    ABDUL RAHMAN SCORES HAT TRICK FOR POLICE
    937 16 R. E.s Give Sorry Display And Lose 6 Goals To 1 Police 6; RE l AFTER an improved display against the Malays on Monday it was thought that the Sappers would make a better showing against the Police than they did in the
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    LOCAL TEAMS
    356 16 Fixtures For This Week-End THE following have accepted to play I cricket for S.C.C. vs. Nondescripts today at 2 p.m. at S.C.C R. H G. Barr, P. O'Neil Dunne. R. F. Goodman, L. A Hygate, P. W. Holt, ,W. H. Lait, P O Longmore, J. E. C. Mitchell,
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    21 16 photo) THE POLICE goalie clearing in the match against the R.E. yesterday. The Police won six goals to one. Free Press
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    HOME CRICKET RESULTS
    167 16 Ames Another Century London. Auj JHE following are tome suits as cabled b\ At Cantebury: Ke: <n by an innings and 202 av t»,h and 148 < Woollev lour for Bj 523 (Fagg 172. Ames 145, At Manchester La: Leicestershire by an ir, t run. Leicester 282
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    DERBYSHIRE CHAMPIONS
    114 16 London. Aug. 28. DERBYSHIRE has uon the Count* championship- Reuter .for nine dec. -Gregory 101. Sambg 89 Watts 116 not out. and 227 dec. Hams 310 Moore 100. :or one < Paris 83 no: out. At Cardiff: Nottinghamshire bea: Glamorgan on the first inning 304 'Keeton 76. Harris
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    HURDLES RECORD
    36 16 Oslo. Au(. K. The American. Forest Towns, creacec a world record in the 110 met:* dies which he ran in 13 I:. I today. H? held the previous recorc of 14 min. 1 sec.
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