The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 21 September 1936

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  • 17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. NO. 14,063. ESTD. 1835. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1930. It CENTS.
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  • 527 1 Merchant Killed By Bomb Al Szvatow CONSULAR POLICEMAN SHOT AT HANKOW Bluejackets In War Kit Patrol Concession FOLLOWING close behind the murder of a Japanese at Pakhoi, anti-Japanese feeling in China led to several "incidents" over the week-end, all of which have created tense
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  • 640 1 DRENCHED WITH PETROL AND IGNITED BY BOMBS Madrid. Sept. 20. AMOVE to obtain a 24-hour armistice in the fighting for the Alcazar at Toledo was initiated by the Chilean Ambassador, who called a meeting of diplomats with a vie\* to a last effort
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  • 62 1 Hong Kong, Sept. 20. ANOTHER serious "incident" took place at Swatow yesterday, when a Japanese merchant was killed by the explosion of a bomb thrown at him, it is alleged, by an unknown Chinese. The Japanese Consul at the port has lodged a strong
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  • 158 1 Peiping, Sept. 19. The Fengtai incident has been settled by the Chinese evacuating their barracks and leaving Fengtai. The Japanese are now occupying the i Chinese barracks and are wholly in control of the town. The Chinese troops have transferred to Lo Kow Chiao, a few
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  • Article, Illustration
    21 1 CAMPBELL BLACK embracing his wife, formerly Florence Desmond, the actress, just before taking oft' on an attempt on the Cape record.
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  • 167 1 PLANE IN COLLISION ON' AERODROME Air Force Bomber's Airscrew Hit Cockpit London, Sept. 19. FE famous airman. Capt. Campbell Black, winner of the Melbourne air race, was killed this afternoon at an a.r display at 3peke aerodrome, Liverpool, when a collision on the ground occurred between a
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  • 25 1 Paris. Sept. 20. Gen Nocu^s. cne of Marshal Lyautey's trusted collaborators in Morocco, has been appointed ResidentGeneral and Cammander-in-Chief in Morocco. Reuter Wireless.
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  • 514 1 IF ARABS FAIL TO CALL OFF STRIKE Army Authorities Preparations Jerusalem, Sept. 19. THE army authorities are preparing plans for a nuhtar> campaign in the event of the Arabs failing to call off the strike. They are devising dispositions in Older to ho:d strategic points anJ
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    • 53 1 I TONIGHT COCKTAIL DANCE DINNER DANCE 630 TO 8.15 P.M. informal 9.30 TO MIDNIGHT and outstanding Cabaret Entertainment by the D FOKIEN-MARVIN RUSSIAN TRIO U. I _»»vrllF\KO-K. ERMOLAEVA •> "-^S^or^Sl -SSS. BALLET NON -DINERS $1.00 I RAFFLES CELEBRATED OR WHEN IN P-NANG STAY AT CHESTRA directed by DAN. I THE
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    • 80 1 l^P^gg^f— Ml ADELPHI SEA VIEW HOTELS THIS WEEK: SPECIAL DINNER-DANCE CABARET DINNER AND DANCF MUSIC BY RELLERS FAMOUS HUNGARIAN B.'ND J CABARET OF UNUSUAL MERIT BY MONA DE SPRANGER INTERNATIONALLY FAMOUS ACROBATIC DANCER DINNER 53.00 NON-DINERS SI. OO ADMISSION ADELPHI HOTEL: TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 22 THURSDAY 24 SEA VIEW HOTEL: WEDNESDAY
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  • 264 2 AS PART OF A PACT AGAINST SOVIET "Anti-Bolshevik Front" With Japan Berlin. Sept. 19. THE possibility that Germany and Japan will seek to lead the world in "an anti-Bolshevik front" Ls being discussed here in diplomatic circles in connection with the return of Herr \on Dircksen.
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  • 68 2 Law Notice For The Day The Acting Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Adrian Clark at Johore— Court of Appeal. Before Mr. Justice Mills in the Ist. Court at 11 a.m. Summonses-in-Chambers. Originating Summonses. Motions and Petitions. Followed by —Div.: 3 36 L. A. Symons vs. Rose Symons and A. A.
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  • 74 2 45 People Feared Lost In Collision Paris. Sept. 18. The latest reports of the Nile disaster give 45 as the number of people feared drowned. A party of 300 railway employees and their wives were aboard three 'launches which were being towed up the Nile when the last
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  • 258 2 MUNICIPAL ASSESSMENT TIME IT WAS REDUCED—WHAT THE LANDLORD GETS-IS IT A FAIR RETURN? TOO HIGH FOR KATONG AND SIGLAP -WHERE RENTS ARE LOWCOMPLAINTS FROM OWNERSRETURN TO FORMER RATE OF 12 PER CENT. To The Editor. Sir,— ls it not time for the Municipality to reduce the assessment on dwelling houses,
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  • 168 2 Status Of Midwifery To Be Raised At Home London. Sept. 17. Sir Kingsley Wood. Minister of Health, in a speech this afternoon, said that he hoped the new midwifery service under the Government's Midwives Act would be in operation throughout the country by July next and
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  • 136 2 Mr. Eden Hands Note To Ambassadors London, Sept. 18. Mr. Anthony Eden, the Foreign Secretary, who was received by the King at Buckingham Palace this afternoon, later saw the Ambassadors in London Ol France. Italy and Belgium, and the German Charge d'Affaires at the Foreign Office
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  • 89 2 Making Private Visit To Balmoral London, Sept. 18. The King left London for Balmoral last night in a special saloon attached to the ordinary night express from Euston. He was accompanied by the Duke of York. Although the King is making his visit to Balmoral privately, as the
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  • 216 2 TO ELUCIDATE LONDON NAVAL TREATY Britain Awaiting Reply From Germany London, Sept. 17. THE third meeting of Scandinavian countries and the United Kingdom Government, in connection with the London Naval Treaty, was held at the Foreign Office today. The purpose of these meetings has been to
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  • 83 2 Enrolment For Special Companies At Home London. Sept. 18. Enrolment for the National Defence Companies of the Territorial Army, which are being formed to protect important points in Great Britain on threat of and during war, opened on Sept. 1, and the War Office announces that the numbers
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  • 196 2 TRIBAL INSTITUTIONS TO BE PRESERVED Reports Presented To The League Of Nations London, Sept. 19. REPORTS on the administration of Tcgoland and the Camerons under the British mandate presented to the League Council by the British Government contain, in addition to the usual detailed account or
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  • 44 2 London. Sept. I°. Dr Scott-Lidgett. the well-known Methodist preacher and Nonconformist leader, has been presented with an album signed by members of the National Free Church Council on the attainment oi his diamond jubilee in the Methodist ministry. British Wire I less
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    • 16 2 sciFjmficwu I I^Y___^^^ I Wm^w**^^^ I w*^ trsTiftcr growth ef uw I I ■EFIESIIIfi-CMUlt— ■fUllt. I
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    • 241 2 mmmm > WANTED. WANTED, caterer for military sergeants.* 24 diners. Accommodation tor staff provided. Apply Box No. X care of Singapore Free Press. BUSINESS CARDS. For FUNERALS. CREMATION. CRE- j MATION URNS EMBALMING, phone 6075. After office hours phone 6072. SINGAPORE CASKET CO. ONLY ADDRESS 1 PENHAS ROAD off Lavender
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    • 451 2 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. Health-0 -Meter Stork Baby Scales. WEIGHS UP TO 30 los. GRADUATED TO THE 1 :>oz. Made in washable enumel and available in tht- following colours:— Pink. Blue White. Ivory. By removal o; the scoop, tbe scales can be ased tor ordinary household purposes. PRICE:- $9.00 MEDICAL HALL LTD.
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    • 551 2 tlbe Singapore Jfree press Head Office: Cecil Street, Singapor*. Pbone 5171 (5 uaen »itexlen_ion_ to all departmntu Tel: "Tim«%" Singapore. Kuala Lumpur Office: 25, Java Street. Phone: 3683. Penang Office: 12, Bishop 8/ reel. Penan* Phone: 14?;. London Office: 4#/43 Fleet Street, London E.C. 4. Phone: Central 3698— 3s*} Tel:
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 98 2 Diary Of The Day High Water, 1.26 a.m. 8.4 ft., 1.10 p.m. 9.2 ft. Sports Hockey: SRC. vs. H.M.S. Terror. Football: Cup Semi-Final Terror vs. Police at Anson Road. Lawn Tennis: S.C.R.C. Cinemas ALHAMBRA Sins O* Guns with Joe E. Brown. CAPITOL The Prisoner of Shark Island with Warner Baxter
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    • 260 2 S.V.C. PROGRAMME The programme of drills for the Singapore Volunteer Corps up to and for week ending Sept. 27. is as follows: Today 5.15 p.m. Headquarters S.R.A. (v) Lecture: S.FC.R.E. <v) Weapon j Training; S.VF.A. F. A. Training: 30 Yards Range S.FC.R.E. (v) Table "A": Miniature Range S.R E. (v)
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  • 329 3 "A Telling Blow" HELP FROM ARMAMENT MANUFACTURERS New York, Sept. 1. HY revealing the names of Governor Landon's allies in his fight for L) the Presidency of the United States, the Democrats have dealt what may prove to be their most telling blow. The
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  • 538 3 Hospital Expenses AT a committee meeting of the Johore Planters' Association held on Sept. 11, a letter from the Controller of Labour, Johore, was tabled confirming that no more than 20 days' expenses is recoverable in respect of any labourer or dependent admitted to a Government hospital,
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  • 63 3 The wedding of Mr. Ng Chong Chee, Chee, younger brother of Mr. Ng Chong Fatt. of Messrs. J. A. Russell and Co. Ipoh. with Miss Leong Yoot Yong. eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs Leong Foo, takes place at the Perak Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Ipoh. on Friday, Sept. 25
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  • 200 3 More Than A Third Of World's Supply (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Sept. 18. By producing nearly half of the output for Malaya and more than a tnird of the \hole world supply for 1935. Kinta was extremely important as a tin-producing country, said Mr. E. S.
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  • 64 3 Arrested Cantonese Appear In Court (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Sept. 19. The three Cantonese, Teng Ah Lim Wong Yoon Seng and Cheong Sang, who were arrested in connection with the hold-up and robbery of $8,793. the wages for the building coolies at the Mental Hospital, last
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  • 61 3 Mrs. A. K. a Beckett Terrell and her three children have returned to Kuala Lumpur from Bel Retiro. Penang Hill, and will leave for England in the Rawalpindi, which sills from Singapore on Oct. 23. The Hon. Mr. A. K. a Beckett Terrell, acting Chief Justice, F.M S.. will take
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  • 142 3 15 Men Missing (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Sept. 19. IT is now stated that 15 men are missing as the result of the landslide at Cherok Tokun. three miles from Bukit Mertajam. during the building of a dam for a new re- j servoir. At first
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  • Article, Illustration
    21 3 photo). THE JAPANESE soccer team were disappointed that their match against Singapore was cancelled, owing; to weather conditions yesteraa>. (Free Press
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  • 117 3 World President Of Rotary? V«OL. CECIL RAE is assuming tcm- porarily the office of Governor !of the Rotary District of Malaya, j Siam and Indo-China left vacant by the death of Prince Purachatra. He has been asked to hold office until a successor can be appointed. Ii
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    • 335 3 RUBBER 1 6th Oct. 6th Oct. I O IXTY years ago— on June 14, 1876— Sir Joseph >^ Hooker, Director of Kew Gardens, received irom Mr. W. EL Wickham a shipment of 70,000 Hevea seeds, gathered in the rubber forests of Brazil. Barely 3 per cent, germinated, but by August
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    • 55 3 W_, IU ___r J_i J_l s s_Jh_& -i- ■'■■■■■■<< f'^^^HUH %&_______i R&figl^M^^^^^ WBmk^_WßH__H^ EASY -ACCESS M INNER FOIL WRAPPING HilsW' SC > vsssBm -V FRESHNESS 0F p ACK |HG TIME ICp AVFK A_i 1S P reservc< i w "hin the air-tight 'TRU-VAC ARE MADE SPECIALLY TO PREVENT SORE THROATS. THE
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  • 3445 4 AIR MAIL LETTER FROM LONDON BY OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT London's Millions Return From Holidays-Winter May Be A Bitter One The English Climate In Its Most Contrary* Mood Coaching Marathon In Buckinghamshire Tired Of Useless Records? Even Americans Prefer Holiday Uneconomic Rapidity Of Innovation New Programme For Safer Roads Prime Minister
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  • Article, Illustration
    70 5 photo). photo). JAPANESE OLYMPIC SWIMMERS gave a great exhibition to a Urge crowd of enthusiasts at the Y.M.C.A. pool yesterday. (Free Press MEMBERS OF THE JAPANESE OLYMPIC TEAM on board the Kashima Maru. (Free Press mw Ki. „,„hinfd Saw \imv and Air Force operations on the Hampshire ooa.st. The two
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    • 112 5 Photographic copies of Free Press local pictures can be obtained on application to tbe Manager. Pnce 50 cents each Look 4% m Before (K^v) m You wi JS Leap! l-f m. ii JV \>- 4£*ml 77iaf is a capital motto, suitable to many occasions. But wc leap at the opportunity
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 257 5 attTurs TDMeal Budget POMACE STAMP ACADEMY^^ iT^y^l f^^^m 4&*% Complainli aymmjt+m .narfst'c new stamps may be met by I £fe adopTn^ if* German plan o* mak-V^, occasional speoal issues J^ I 7 V -fe jvc artists m e ',r fu*. Design* by Munninds Epstein and j£_ f/>f* T Su'-real-sf school
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  • 276 6 Singapore's Experience SEVERAL BUILDINGS DAMAGED IN KUALA LUMPUR EARTHQUAKE tremors were experienced throughout the Malayan peninsula on Satuday morning at about 8.25 a.m. Reports from Penang and Kuala Lumpur state that the shocks were distinctly felt and lasted for about one minute. The shocks were noticed
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  • 604 6 Damage To Buildings In K.L. i From Our Own Correspondent K.uala Lumpur, Sept. 10. This morning's earthquake caused damage to several Kuala Lumpur buildings, including the servants' quarters at the back of the Chartered Bank and Oriental Building in Java Street, one of Kuala Lumpur's newest and mcdern
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  • Article, Illustration
    17 6 photo). THE JAPANESE gymnasts taken at the Japanese School, prior to their display, on Saturday. (Free Press
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  • 289 6 Two More R. A. F. Squadrons MALAYA'S defences will be strengthened by the equivalent of two squadrons of fast fighting machines when the Volunteer Air Force expansion programme is completed. The arrival of two more R.A.F. squadrons in the near future has also been predicted in
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  • 64 6 Involved In Collision With Car From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Sept. 19. Mr. Gene Bersm. master b r ewer of jthe Negri Sembilan Aerated W.iter Co.. [and manager of the Negri Sembilan dance hall, was travelling m a ricksha in Seremban en Saturday evening when the ricksha
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  • 569 6 Few Feet From Bed EARLY MORNING STRUGGLE IN MEYER ROAD A WAKENED by the sound of rustling paper at 4.30 a.m. in her home at Meyer Road, Katong, one morning last week. Mrs A. Heytman, merely told the small Alsatian pup in her bedroom to
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  • 16 6 Mr J. B Carr. who retur: home leave last week. jmed duties as headmaster nool. Kajang.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 231 6 __s^__l\___i__j KATUN (HICKS Maker and repairer of rattan and Bertam Chicks, Canvas and Spring Blinds. Tarpaulins. Tents. Bags. Blue Screens. Bertam F.ineK Wire Netting Fencing. Wool huntings and Flacrs. ABDUL RAHMAN, Telephone 2454. Oflice: 66. Robin v n Road. i Opposite Telegraph Co> Workshop: 17- A Joo Chiat Place. Singapore.
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    • 192 6 This heals PILES Stops Pain, Itching. Bleeding Your piles may be so swollen and < nm •uch agony and terror to npl*. that you have given up hopr of a ru~ except by operation. b« panM t<> try Dr. Van Vleck's Absorptive 1 _«ma It will soothe the pain instant
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  • 1246 7 Portsmouth And Stoke City Head First Division Table POSITIONS in the leagues, including Saturday's games are I to tell." he said, thinking oi the Canhi aginians from the ancient oily on the j shores of the Mediterranean Sea who traded down the coast of his country long ago; of Hanno
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  • Article, Illustration
    19 7 photo). ITHIXTIC GRACE. An Olympic gymnast giving an exhibition on the parallel bars at the Japanese School. (Free Press
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  • 211 7 Next January COMBINED naval and air exercises will take place in the neighbourhood of Singapore next January. The Free Press understands that they will be the most extensive operations of the kind yet carried out in) the Far East. Naval units from the China Station will
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  • 207 7 Suggested By Malacca Commissioner 'From Our Own Correspondent I Malacca. Sept. 19. Although there was no immediate j danger from rats, an effort should be made to reduce their number by conducting a Rat Week campaign in Malacca, declared Mr. C. F. Smith ai the meeting of
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  • 36 7 Mr. F. J. Larard. Electrical Engineer. Kelantan. who was a recipient of a biithday honour irom H.H. the Sultan of Kelantan in July, will be going on transfer to Kuala Lumpur in the middle of October
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  • 140 7 King Impressed by Their Beauty London, Sept. IS. The vice-chairman of the Imperial War Graves Commission has received a letter from Buckingham Palace informing the Commission that the King was deeply impressed by the beauty of the war cemet cries on the Gallipoli Peninsula and by
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  • 78 7 Hong Kong, Sept. 16. Gen. Li Chung Jen and Gen. Pei Chung Hsi, the Kwangsi leaders, have cabled to Canton thanking Gen. Chiang Kai Shek. the Premier and Commander-in-Chief of Nanking, lor raising the blockade of Kwangsi by the Central troops. Gen. Pei will meet Gen.
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  • 25 7 The death took place suddenly on Sept. 1 at 20 Farhdon Road. Oxford, of Mr. Christopher Ritchie. The funeral took place at St. Margaret's Oxford.
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  • 27 7 Mr. A. Rengam, Immigration Fund Inspector. Labour Department. Klang, has gone on transfer to Ipoh in place of Mr. Moses, who has gone on transfer to Penang.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 385 7 LAST TWO OAYSfIION'T MISgTT AMAZING SUCCESS OF THIS LAST NIGHT A TONIGHT 6.15 9.15 GREAT URA!VIA TI(; EPIC! M^S*^ L H A M B R A mTbt*£QflL^ Warner Bros. Grand Musical V^C/ww %^n-~^^W%# JOE. E. BROWN-JOAN BLONPELL ICAP I T Q L THE COMEDY HIT CONTINUED TRIUMPH VVHK I? HAS
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  • 25 8 DOMESIIC OCC URRENCES DEATH. SMALLEY.— On Friday. Sept. 18. at her residence. 7 Chancery Lane. Singapore, Mrs. Ivy Smalley. after a long and painful illness.
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  • 837 8 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1936. Germany And Japan T'HE report that discussions are now going on in Berlin which may lead to an anti-Eolshevist alliance between Germany and Japan will scarcely come as a surprise, for this would only be a stej: for which the world has
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  • 263 8 Che Muhammad Yusuf. of Kuala Lumpur, is now in London on a brief Mr. H. Lazarus, the well-known optician, returned to Penang recently after a tour of Europe. Dr. D. R. Macpherson has succeeded Er. Winchester as Medical Officer, meral Hospital, Kuala Lumpur. Mr. C. Armine Willis
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  • 793 8 Frederick The Great And Hitler English Poetry As It Is Spoken Man's Fight Against The Elephant n THE celebration in fotsaam or tne one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of Frederick the Great suggests a curious reflection or two. One wonders, for instance, what Carlyle would have
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  • 724 8 "THE srhonlmniter stood up shyly be- fore his calls. His qualifications were >so very fresh Rows of alert black faces looked up irus .luily. "'Long ago." he began— and _eit the lively boys settling down in their desks: that was the sort |or beginnnv they liked. He shook
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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  • 416 9 WILL LEAGUE RECOGNISE NEGUS' REPRESENTA TIVE? Difficult Situation At To day 's Me eting Of Assembly At Geneva ITALY'S CLAIM MAY BE IGNORED Geneva, Sept. 18. AN anomalous position is iikely to arise at the Assembly on Monday owing to the fact that the Negus has decided to send a
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  • Article, Illustration
    23 9 photo). A CiROIP PICTI RE f the Japanese women swimmers taken on board the Kin hi m. i Maru on Saturday. (Free Press
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  • 285 9 Defence Against "Back Door" Invasion Of Malaya (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 20. KHTHE importance of the F.M.S. Volunteer Forces grows with the increase of the strength of Singapore defences because the Volunteers are relied on a> a defence against an enemy attempting
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  • 149 9 Labour Party Rearmament GOVERNMENTS POLICY TO BE SUPPORTED? London, Sept. 19. "THE National Executive of the Labour Party today discussed for several hours the attitude to be adopted towards the Government's armaments policy and it is learned that though no definite decision was taken U_€ majority of those present definitely
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  • 86 9 Washington. Sept 19. FOREIGN trade should not be sought in a manner that might involve the United States in war: we must keep out of war," said Mr. Daniel Roper, Secretary for Commerce, in an address to the American Business Advisory Council. Mr. Roper
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  • 101 9 Owners Agree To A Secret Ballot By Miners London, Sept. 19. The owners of the Bedwas Colliery, following a meeting with the South Wales Miners* Federation, has accepte orlnciple of a secret ballot oi the Bedwas miners on the question oi membership of the Federation, as a consequence
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  • 48 9 -The Passing of the Third Floor Back." a play by Jerome K. Jerome, was again warmly received by a large and appreciative audience at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Saturday night, when it was played for the second time by members of the Straits Chinese Methodist Church Choir.
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  • 21 9 Nanking. Sept. 18. Gen. Huang Mo Sung. Governor or Kwangtung, has been appointea Commander of the Kwangtung Peace Preservation Corps. Reuter.
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  • 138 9 London, Sept. 19. The main body of the British delegation to the League Assembly left; London this afternoon tor Geneva. The; party ii>cluded the Dominions Secretary, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, and Mr. W. S. j Morrison, Financial Secretary to the. Treasury, who has presided over meet- j ings of
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  • 57 9 Committed For Trial In The Girl Pat Case London, Sept. 19. Capt. Orsborne, of the Girl Pat trawler, and his brother were committed for trial after their counsel had reserved the defence and stated that very serious allegations may have to be made against certain witnesses for the
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  • 14 9 Vienna, Sept. 20. The death is announced of the exChancellor. Dr. Karl Buresch. Reuter
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  • 188 9 TWO ACCUSED FOUND NOT GUILTY No Evidence That Ship Was Unseaworthy London, Sept. 19. '"THE two men. Sydney Graham and Ralph Henry Holland, accused in I connection with the loss of the British oil tanker La Crescenta were found not guilty and were discharged.
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  • 59 9 Wellington, Sept. 19. THE nationalisation of 4,000 miles of main highways in order to unify the system of control and elimination of railway level-cross-ings is to be effected. The New Zealand Minister for Transport estimates his budget for public works at 4:8,000,000, of which over 5,000,000
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  • 71 9 Washington, Sept. 19. The creation of a temporary European squadron of the United States Navy is announced by the Navy Department. It will be commanded by Rear-Admlral Fairfield and will consist of the light cruiser Raleigh and the destroyers Hatfield and Kane and the coastguard
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  • 122 9 Washington, Sept. 19. A SENSATION has been caused by a slashing attack from the White House on a "certain notorious newspaper owner" in connection with the Presidential campaign. No name is mentioned. The statement says the White House has learned that the newspaper owner
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  • 277 9 SHIPS BATTERED BY GIANT SEAS New York, Sept. 19. rIRTY-FOUR of the 39 persons missing following the sinking iof a fishing trawler at the entrance to Delaware Bay during a hurricane have been found alive in a barge two miles from
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  • 139 9 CONCLUSIVE PROOFS SAYS GENEVA REPORT Opium Production On An Enormous Scale Geneva. Sept. 19. THE public session of the League Council adopted the report on the opium traffic, expressing serious- concern at the situation in China and declaring there is clear oroof of the continuance
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  • 105 9 Smoke House Burnt Down Near Kuala Lumpur (From Our Own Correspondent* Kuala Lumpur, Sipt. 20. Thirty-thousand pounds ot rubber were destroyed by fire and a further 30.000 lbs. damaged by water when a smoke house on the Seventh Mile Estate, Damansara. Selangor. was burned down
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  • 47 9 Shanghai, Sept. 20. Mr. Wang Ching Wei. the former Premier of Nanking, and Huang Fu. former Foreign Minister, have been appointed members of the Standing Committee of the Kuomintang in place of Messrs. Hu Han Min and Hsu Shao Ching who have died.- -Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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  • 71 9 Rome. Sept. 20. IT is officially announced the Foreign Ministers of Italy, Austria and HunKao uill meet in Vienna soon. Signor Virginio Gayda, writing in the Gionale d'H.ilia. says there is no question of forming a single Danubian blo<- v. ith the Little Entente, but the
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  • 34 9 London, Sept. 18. The First Lord of the Admiralty. Sir Samuel Hoare. has concluded his visit to the Mediterranean and leaves Gibraltar for England in the Admiralty yacht Enchantress this afternoon.-
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  • 32 9 Athens, Sept. 19. The death is announced ol Dr Alexander Zaimis. former Prime Minister and President of Greece, aged 80 He will be accorded a State luneral. Reuter Wireless.
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    • 31 9 >^^^^^ TATOE CRISPS it^T\m\ls %^j_ ARE DELICIOUS WITH ■M^iJb^V!^ SOUP, STEAKS, FISH ETC. y^^^^r^^ IDEAL FOR PICNICS Ifetoj^^^iid AND KtTCHIL MAKAN PRICE 35 CENTS PER TIN ROBINSON CO., LTD. SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR.
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  • TRADE- AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE
    • 225 10 From London 5.30 p. m. Sept. 19 RUBBER: I Friday* Steady. London Spot: 7 11 16d. 7 3 ,d. Previously: 7 11 16d. 7 3 4 d. Oct.-Dec: 7 11 16d. 7 13 16d. Previously: 7 11 16d. 7 13 16d. Jan-March: 7 13 16d. 7 7
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    • 81 10 London Closing Quotations Sept. 19 Method of Parity before Rate Pre:.tie Quoting 20-9-31 Yesterday viously Pars Francs to 124.21 76 15 16 76 15 16 Tort $to 4 8623 5.***** 5.06 l 4 Amsterdam Guilders to 12.107 7.46» 4 7.45 1 2 Hong Kung Per dollar ls.
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    • 223 10 Saturday's Singapore Quotations SELLING Sept. 19 London T.T. 24 l 16 London, demand 2 4 1 16 don 4 months' sight 2 4' 8 s. demand 897 Hamburi demand 145 Hem Tork, demand 59*8 real, demand 59 1 16 Batavia, demand S6 l 2 demand 86* 4
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    • 213 10 Sept. 17 18 19. Amer! -an Can. Com. 124 125 7 8 126*2 American Telephone Mid Telegraph 174 3 4 175 3 8 1754 A Moon Railroad 81 3 4 82 3 4 83 4 apeak 67 67 7 8 684 Ol 161 3 4 161 161
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    • 94 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association Sept. 19, 12 o'clock noon Buyers Sellers No. I.X R.S.S. in cases FOB. Sept.) 26 13 16 26 15 16 Good F.A.Q. in cases (F.O.B. Sept.) 26 3 4 26 13 16 No. I.X.RS.S. (Spotloose) «awardaMe Singapore) 26 3 4 26 13 16 September 26
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    • 69 10 London, Sept. 18. In connection with the tercentenary celebrations at Harvard University, a service of commemoration of John Harvard benefactor of the university, who was born in Southwark, London, in 1607, was held today in the Harvard Memorial Chapel of Southwark Cathedral and was attended by Aldermen and
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    • 1206 10 Shells Reach Highest Since 1929 In Oil Section (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Sept. 4. I TRADING has continued on a small scale throughout the week, but the tone of the industrial market has remained firm. A little profit-taking has caused some slight
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    • 50 10 London, Sept. 18. A business woman, practising as an income-tax consultant in the City of London, has announced her intention to offer herself as a candidate for the Court of Common "Council in the Ward of Crippelgate Without. She is the first woman candidate for London -British Wireless.
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    • 1053 10 Fraser and Co.*s List SATURDAY, SEPT. 19, 1536, 1 FM. MINING j Bayers Sellers. Ampat Tin (4s) 4s 4'^d 4s 9d Austral Malay 52s 6d 54s 6d x.d. Ayer Hitam (ss> 15s 6d lbs 6d c.d. Ayer Weng ($1) 1-70 1.75 Bangrin Tin 17s 18s
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    • 113 10 hll Jl thfJr c d f h re P° rt on the share market issued at the close ol m Let 1 2 at urda >-- Messrs F ™*r Co. state that the tin share r___ h_ d H S r nff a,thou^ h th local market
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    • 94 10 Sept. 19 Buyers Sellers Gambier 5 25 Java Cube 875 Hamburg Cube 10 25 White Muntok Pepper 13 75 Black Pepper 7 n White Pepper 1325 Copra, sundried 5.60 Copra, mixed 5 05 Small Flake Tapioca 4«n R. B. Siam No. 1 per yokan m 110 Banja
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    • 25 10 Messrs. Brown. Phillips and Stei Penang, advise the following rubberoutputs for August. Perak River Valley 34.185 lb. Ju;u Estates 31.000 lb.; Semanggol 20.500.
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    • 36 10 London, Sept. I x The total amount applied lor in tenders for €50,000.000 Trea.sun was £84.170.000. The average Eft* cent, for bills at three months w$ 4.90d. against 10s. 7.39d. a week British Wireless
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    • 487 11 HONGKONG SHANGHAI I BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated in ine \_ulony 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. luthorised Capital $50,000,000 ssued and Fully Paid-up $20,000,000 teserve Fund: Sterling 6,500,000 Hong Kong Currency $10,000,000
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    • 494 11 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA (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 EC. 2 Agencies and Branches. Alor Star Iloilo Saigon Amritsar Ipoh Semarang Bangkok Karachi
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    • 676 11 RADIO PROGRAMMES FOR TODAY Singapore— ZHl Transmission 5 (Owned and operated by Radio Service Co. of Malaya Ltd.) The following frequencies wiU be used: GSP 19.60 m., GSD 25.53 m„ TZ TiTW nd GSC 31.32 m. Wavelength 49.9 metres pm. 6.20 Big Ben. Brahms sonatas for 6 Recorded music. violoncello
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  • 94 12 The Royal National Lifeboat Institution has received two gifts in gratitude for rescues by its lifeboats. On July 29 the Aldeburg, boat picked up a drifting dinghy, and the owner, a Leicester man. has given £5 and become an annual subscriber On Aug. 2 the new
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  • 98 12 INNOVATIONS IN P. O. LINERS The thermos jugs which are fitted in every first-class cabin in the P. and O. liner Strathmore for iced water have proved so popular that it has been decided to equip the whole of the first-class accommodation in the P. and O. fleet in the
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  • 38 12 Mails from China and Japan by Suisang are expected in Singapore today. Mails from Holland etc. by Dempo are expected in Singapore tomorrow. Mails from Japan by Malacca Maru are expected in Singapore on Sept. 23.
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  • 182 12 Tenders Expected Next Month London, Aug. 20. Action on the application for a construction loan for the building of a trans-Atlantic liner similar to the Manhattan and Washington has been deferred until Sept. 30. following representations by the United States Lines that more than one
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  • 39 12 Sept. 19: Rasa. Sin Aik Lee (Brit); Tandjong Balei, Kola. Perak. Deucalion, Edendale, Katong, Kajang. Ipoh (Brit.); Vyner Brooke (Sar.); Asdang >Siam.); Tobelo. Togian, Toboali. Senang. Boelongan. Palopo, Valentyn (Dut). Sept. 20: Maros. Belawan iDut); Mata Hari (Brit.).
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  • LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
    • 238 12 New Companv Taking Over The Royal Lloyd Notices were given to terminate on i Aug. 31 the services of the whole jof the personnel still remaining lin the employment of the Kon. jHollandsche Lloyd (Royal Holland Lloyd). It is explained that one of the conditions
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    • 75 12 Court Of Inquiry Findings Findings in the case arising out of the collision in the Lower Elbe on July 23 between the British steamer Bury, and the German steamer. Virgiha have been delivered by the Hamburg Maritime Court. The Court found that the collision
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    • 409 12 H.M. Training Ship Conway Being Overhauled London. THAT H.M. cadet ship Con m ay was in a wonderfully fine state of preservation and worthy of money being spent on her to put her right for another 50 years' service, was emphasised by Mr. Lawrence D.
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    • 107 12 The Commercial HM Embassy at Sam Chilian Ministry lis calling lor oe orewu ed in Santiago by :5. j~ supply of an electric portal era: ference number T\ x quoted*. H.M. Consul tl Haiti V.deo report, that the Rate E Supply and Telephones AdminJ IIn
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    • 389 12 Construction Of 19 Tankers IN the United States the shipbuilding industry is so active at present that it has practically absorbed 100 per cent, of the shipbuilding labour available, states Mr. H. G. Smith, president of the National Council of Shipbuilders The figures, as confirmed
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    • 135 12 Hawaiian Service To Be Augmented In issuing the financial report ol the 1 American-Hawaiian Steamship Co.. President R. D. Lapham announced rej i ntly that the c *mp_ ny has plans to recondition the four 3-deck cargo ships which were purchased last June. These
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    • 486 12 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated In F.M.S.) I H TELEPHONE: Freight 5433— Passage 54SL LLOYDS AGENTS. BOOKING AGENTS FOB FEDEBATED MALAY STATES BAILWATB, BOYAL STATE RAILWAYS OF SIAM. CANADIAN PACIfIC Iwoeioi WL*r_n (Incorporated in Bn gland) fTtAVEL SYSTW* fc_j_**_*_._ .?.*is>^*:-: --a— THE "EMPRESS", ROUTE offers TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES vm HONOLULU or direct
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    • 183 12 HENDERSON LINE SCHEDILK OF SAILINGS By Fortnight |> Passenger Steamer Between Rangoon. Port Sudan. Marseilles, Palma and Fngland HOMFWAKh SAILINGS Port of Disembarkation Plymouth I*a\e Ran&ofli Wm BHAMO Oct 3 AMARAPOORA SAGAING 31 BURMA 14 YOMA Nov 28 PEGU l* c I2 KEMM UNDINE CHINDWIN BHAMO 23 AMARAPOORA Feb 6
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    • 373 12 Local And Foreign Mail Dispatches And Arrivals 7 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 Ipoh: Weekdays; 7.45 a.m. and 7 pjn. Klang, Kuala Lipis, Port Swettenham, Taining and Telok Anson: Weekdays* 7 p.m. Kota
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    • 115 12 SINGAPORE HARBOR Ships alongside the Wh______ i I expected to _rru* i East Wharf (Eatrance Gate it Rajula 22 m Main Wharf (Entrance Gate 7 Op ten Noon 16; Diomed 14: Pre |Ginyo Maru ft; Empire Dock (Entrance Gate 2l Silverbeech 30: Silvercvnre_. Eumaeii_34:Su:S___ a 36:^* Empire Dock (Entrance Gate
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    • 462 13 ft2>L _____*^_ft____ l7»? r> '•••1,,-., i_fIRKE BY P&Oand BRITISH INDIA LINES P. O. S. N. CO'S SAILINGS, OUTWAROS Doe Due Tonnage Spore. Tonnage S'pore. 6.500 Soot 24 COMORIN 15,000 Nov. 20 Id.OOO Sept. 25 RAJPUTANA 17 000 Dec 17.000 Oct. 9 RANPURA ***** Dec 18 VAN 6.070 Oct 22 1937
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    • 469 13 (Incorporated in England.) v W^lWw. ELLERMAN BUCKNALL S.S. Co., Ltd. (Incorporatea in Straits Settlements.) "ELLERMAN LINE" FOR UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL ACCEPTING CARGO FOR MONTREAL AND HALIFAX VIA COLOMBO. Steamer Due Sail* XCITY OF FLORENCE Havre, London. Efdam. H'burg, Glasgow SeDt. 30 Oct. 2 •CITY
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    • 1037 13 ___._-__jl^— J___ .--^mmmmW^JWj^^mrmL P^^^^ REPRESENTING SHIPPING THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean The Hua Khiow Steamship Co., (1932) LU. Steam Ship Co., Ltd., and China Mutual The Cunard White Star Ltd. Steam Navigation Co., Ltd.) The Sarawak Steamship Co., Ltd. The Straits Steamship Co., Ltd. The Australian Oriental Line Ltd. The
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    • 728 14 K. P. M. OP TEN NOORT— Monday. Sept 21. Belawan-Deli. I BOTH Monday. Sept. 21. Muntok. Batavia and Cheribon. ROKAN— Tuesday Sept. 22. Ber._:kalis, Paneh, Berombang. TanjongMengeidar. Tanjong-Leidong and Asahan. MAKASSER— Wednesday. Sept. 23. Prigi-Radja, Sapat, Tembilahan, Poeloe-Pallas. Pengalian-Estate and Rengat. VAX HEUTSZ— Wednesday, Sept. 23. Penang and Belawan-Deli. THEDENS—
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    • 492 14 PRESIDENT LINER--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. Van Burren Sept. 19 Sept. 22 Sept. 24 Nov. 3 Pres. Garfield Oct. 3 Oct. 6 Oct. 8 Nov. 17
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    • 618 14 O. S. K. LINP 1 La Plata Maru Buenos Aires via Colombo. r)i Cape Town, Rio de Janeiro, Santos and l r, Montevideo Ryuyo Maru Cape Town via Mombasa, Zanzibar c 9 Dar-es-Salaam, L. Marques, Durban* 3| East London, Algoa Bay and Mossel Bay. Aden Maru Cape Town via Mombasa.
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  • 2641 15 Dual Success Of Mr. Van Tooren And Jockey Farthing SIX FAVOURITES CATCH THE JUDGE'S EYE SOME very fine finishes characterised the final day of the Singapore -Cup meeting and the Gold Cup race provided an abundance of thrills for the large crowd present,
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  • Article, Illustration
    21 15 photo). n.ri'\ <'»!<>*»' taken at the T.M.C.A. swimming pool, where the ,rse ihampi«»ns save a fine aquatic dispta>. \otrrday. (Free Press *v
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  • 277 15 indent) ndon, All5. I'. Plain l in today. Maxwell and :or Derby. Half-time United l l| .ve won ffi Id V d ttmtj Bam: ord and Starlim ptng sa.vea Everton win waa d 3 n and Dt nd theii tn
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  • 255 15 Convincing Margin Over Skins st. Andrew's.. 18: Inniskillings Nil. A PROMISING start for the Rugger season has been made by the St. Andrew's Fifteen, which gained its second victory by defeating the Inniskillings "A" team by 18 points (three goals and a try> to nil
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  • 179 15 The following are ties drawn for play in the YM.C.A. Autumn Tournament. MONDAY S A Dawood and Kamis (—30.3) vs Dr Chia Teck Yam and Yoshii (—30.3). M I Reshty and C. F. J Ess (—3) vs. V. N. Pillay and Yadi C— 3o). Exeter C 2 Luton
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  • 132 15 Dividends Horse Jockey Win Place Kace 1 1 La Coloniale Mayo 554 SlB 2 Maggie Girton Garrard gj 3 Bay Laddie Davies IJ > 1 Komolux I>odd SlB S 9 2 Kalaw Da vies g* 3 Stormy Night Orme b 3 1 Con Con »°dd §21 J
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  • 750 16 Visiting Champions Give Spectators A Treat SINGAPORE SWIMMERS NO MATCH FOR WORLD EXPONENTS SINGAPORE was given a chance yesterday to see the Japanese shl swimmers, who participated this year in the World Olympic games, and swimming followers plus a good portion of the local
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  • 326 16 Visitors' Easv Win m Over Singapore "THE Japanese Olympic basket-ball team defeated the local Chi: by the big margin ol 53 points to 27 Saturday night at the Great World. The Japanese. In the pink ol condition although handicapped by the heavy pitch and the weather conditions,
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  • 220 16 The first round fights In the Singapore amateur Boxing championships were held at the Drill Hail on Saturday night. Results:— LIGHTWEIGHTS. Pus. Cunningham lost to Pte. Bo"<-i_ on points. Fus. Gordon Ko.'d p. c. Drip in the 2nd Fus. simms io_t to Ad. Rahman on points Fus.
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  • 262 16 Four of the third round ties in the I Singapore men's open singles badminton championship were played ,on Saturday at the Clerical Union Hall. The first game of the day saw the beginning cf a series of interesting games which resulted in a further success for last year's junior
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  • 469 16  -  NIMROD Visitors Disappointed Over Yesterday's Wash Out. BY •Till. Japanese Olympic football and hockey teams came, saw Singapore and their opponents in sporting attire, and were conquered by the Weather Clerk, who chose the awkward hour of four o'clock in the afternoon yesterday to let down
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    27 16 photo). AN INC [DENT at the Police goal in the S.A.F.A. cup match, in which the Police beat the Terror, at Anson Road on Saturday. (Free Press
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  • 219 16 Isherwood Leads Qualifiers rE following were the scores returned in the Qualifying Round ol t„e above competition played at Bukit Timah on Saturday and Sunday: R. J. Isherwood 143* S. N. Kelly 146* M M. Paterson 149* J. Moncur 151* R. H. Allen 15)* H. B.
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  • 91 16 Although without the services o! their captain. Dr. Oehl?rs. who had injured an ankle in the Government Services Cup final on Friday the Police managed quite well in their S.A FA. Cup match against the H.M.S. Terror at Anson Road Stadium on Saturday and beat them 2—o.
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  • 99 16 FISCHER BEATS McLEAN U.S. Title Won At 37th Hole Garden (it v Vpt {fj TN the final of ihe is gt|f A championship ischer brat McLean at thirty -seventh hoi. after McLean was 3 up at the twenty-seventh and also dormie one. risen... sank twenty-five foot putt at the final
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    12 16 PMo COM CON (l)„dd, Ma, M th.rd rae- a, uki Eree ftm*
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