The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 8 October 1936

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  • 17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. NO. 14.078. ESTD. 1835. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1936. 10 CENTS.
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  • 641 1 Mr. Ralph Arakie Found Hanged In Cabin On Ranpnra READER IN ECONOMICS AT RAFFLES COLLEGE Discovery Before Arrival From Shanghai TIIK tragic fate of Mr. Kalph Arakie, M.Sc, Reader m Economics at Raffles College, was revealed when the P. and O. liner Ranpura arrived
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  • 299 1 Lord Sempill's Plane Missing Over Timor Sea OVERDUE AT KOEPANG LORD SEMPILL'S Monospar aeroplane named Croydon is reported missing over the Timor Sea during an attempt on the Melbourne-London air record. r[E plane took off from Melbourne on Tuesday and arrived at Port Darwin. Leaving Darwin at 655 a.m. yesterday
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    11 1 "HELLO, STUDYING ART?" •YES. THE ART OF SPENDING OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY"
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  • 130 1 VISCOUNT ROTHERMERE'S PREDICTION But Sure England Will Be Able To Stay Out Of It Shanghai, Oct. 7. yHE prediction that there will be a terrific war m Europe within a year was made by Viscount Rothermere on his arrival here on the Empress of
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  • 70 1 On Basra-Karachi Hop Of Flight London, Oct. 7. Miss Jean Batten, who is now on the third day of her England-New Zealand .flight, reached Basra from Baghdad at 3.50 a.m. G.M.T. this morning and left at 4.45 a.m. for Karachi. Miss Batten is attempting to establish a
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  • 137 1 HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN SAVED Hankow, Oct. 7. A MESSAGE from Ichang says blue- jackets from H.M.S. Gannet played an heroic part m a fire which devastated a large part of that city yesterday. Hundreds of buildings were razed over an area of more
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  • 26 1 Port Darwin, Oct. 7. II7EAK signals picked up are believed to be from the missing plane which may have landed at Timor Island Reuter
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  • 344 1 REPRISALS IF CITY HOLDS OUT Rail Communications Reported Cut Arenas do San Pedro, Oct. 7. ARTHUR MENCKEN, a United States news film cameraman employed by Paramount News, was wounded m a brisk engagement between the insurgents and Government forces near Adrada today. M( nckea, who was taking
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 65 1 BIGIA TEA Brings the freshness and fragrance of the Malayan gardens direct to your home. TONIGHT ORCHESTRAL CONCERT I SPECIAL DIMHER OANCE 8.15 to 9.15 p.m. I > formal) 9.45 to midnight AND CABARET ENTERTAINMENT BY THE D. FOKIEN -MARVIN RUSSIAN TRIO D. MARVIN-V. KRAVCHENKO-K. ERMOLAEVA Late of the Moscow
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    • 54 1 There Is no better Te» than BIGIA TEA GROWN IN MALAYA. ADELPHI $|jp HOTEL TONIGHT SPECIAL DINNER DANCE DINNER AND MM MI'SIC M I REUER'S FAMOUS HUNGARIAN BAND ADELPHI GRILL: THE BEST FOOD AT POPULAR PRICES CONCERT DURING TIFFIN SEA VIEW HOTEL: FRIDAY informal SATURDAY (formal) SPECIAL DINNER DANCE NO
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  • 206 2 High Court Actions This Month London. Sept. 26. Ranelagh Club will figure m actions due to come ud for hearing m the High Court at the beginning of next month. Sir George Hastings, the founder of tne club, and now its chairman, is defending an action brought by
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  • 1071 2 MUNICIPAL Extravagance Letters To The Editor CAN THE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE SYSTEM BE INTRODUCED HERE?— EXAMPLES FROM INDIA— DIFFERENT KINDS OF MUNICI-PALITIES-CLASS 111 IS FOR BACKWARD DISTRICTS— AND THAT'S THE CLASS WE HA YE IN SINGAPORE!— RESPON* SIBILITY FOR NEW POLICIES RESTS WITH THE COMMISSIONERS j To The Editor. Sir,— lt
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  • 160 2 To Plead With Commons For Distressed Town London, Oct. 5. A town's deputation, composed of 200 unemployed, and organised with the approval of all parties on the local council, left Jarrow-on-Tyne today to march to London carrying a petition to the House of Commons with 11,572
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  • 142 2 Mrs. C. W. Wells In Form; At Seremban (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Oct. 5. Mrs. C. W. Wells, wife of the Negri Sembilan-Malacca rugger captain, is a strong candidate for the F.M.S. rifle team which is to compete m the Overseas Postal match shortly.
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  • 625 2 HOW ENGLISH GIRL j UPSET A PLOT. I Police Arrest Three Men I Paris, Sept. 27. WHAT the best brains of the French Surete Nationale failed to achieve, the quick wit of a young j London girl accomplished, with the result that three much-wanted individuals are now
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  • 59 2 Yadi In Final Of Handicap Singles In the semi-finals of the men's nandicap singles class "A" Yadi 3O 3) beat Dr. Chia Teck Yam (—30.3) 4—6, 7 5, 6 l. The mixed doubles between I A Alsagoff and Miss Wemyss (—15.3) and Yap Ah Hian and Mrs. Pennefather
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  • 19 2 The S.R.C. "A" beat the Khalsa Association by s—l m a hockey match on the padang yesterday.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 23 2 YOU GET ALL THE NEWS AND THE LATEST LOCAL PICTURES IN THE FREE PRESS MALAYA S PREMIER MORNING PAPER Established Over A Century.
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    • 1021 2 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. Gbe Sinoapore jfrcc press Head Office: Cecil Street, Sinrapore Phone 5471 If line* witfc extensions u> all department* Td: "Time*" S"v(.tpore. Koala I.umpur Office: 25, Jay.i Street Pbone: ttSMg Ofiee: *r. BKhop Wreet. Fenaag, Phone: 1477. London Office: 4t 43 Fleet Street, Ixmdoß EC. 4. Phone: Central 3608
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 160 2 Diary Of The Day H.«h Water 4.20 am 7.2 ft.. 3.19 82 ft Sports R.S.YC: Inter-port Regatta. Hockey: State Trial Rugby SC.C. Training and Scrum practice VulUy-Ball V.M.C.A. vs. S.J.I. Cinemas ALHAMBRA Little Miss Nobody with Jane Withers. CAPITOL Suicide Club with Robeit Montgomery and Rasalind Russell. PAVILION It s
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  • 371 3 Alleged Receipt Of Bribe ATTEMPT TO RECONSTRUCT SCENE IN LOCAL COURT A N attempt was made to reconstruct the scene at the office of the Weights and Measures Department on the morning of June 13 when Inspector Richard Nunn, Inspector of Weights and Measures, was alleged
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  • 143 3 Suspected Smuggler Escapes t AFTER STRUGGLE ntVEME officers had a little trouble arresting suspected tobacco smugglers yesterday I morning when, following a watch near Labrador, they met two Chinese carrying sacks of tobacco. Their attempt to take the men tail custody was strongly resisted and struggle, m which the two
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  • Article, Illustration
    27 3 Fl^i r TSAIIAI da "Shter of "aile Selass.e. has always been keenly interested m hospital work •»nd has become a probationer nurse at tht Children's Hospital. London.
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  • 93 3 r Fbfcng Net Attached To Wrist 'Fr>m Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh. Oct. 7. The body ol a Malay, aged 40. wai found fl m a mining pool nea] Falim railway station this morning Whea the body was taken out a fishins ne: vmj and attached to the
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  • 156 3 The sale organised by the Ladies' Aid Society o! the Singapore Tamil Methodist Church took place on Saturday Ort. 3at 3 p.m Alter a short prayer offered by the Rev. S. S. Pakianatiian. Miss C. C Kenyon declared tine sale open exhorting those present to come and
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  • 106 3 Warrant For Arrest Of Two Singaporeans (From Our Own Correspondent. > Ipoh. Oct. 5. Lee Chit Sang who was arrested on a charge of the theft of $3,000 appeared again this morning before Mr. Simpson Gray, first magistrate. Court Inspector Chflcott informed the magistrate that he had been
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  • 70 3 The Methodist Episcopal Church will hold a bazaar on Oct. 10 from 2 to 7 p.m. at N^. 1 Short Street. There will be on display a large number of Borneo baskets, hand-bags, artificial flowers and other handwork made by graduates of the Methodist Girls School. Sibu. Sarawak,
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  • 61 3 Two Tamils named Ramallnga Thaver and Kamachi Thaver appearjed before Mr. J. P. Biddulph m the second court yesterday. They are alleged to have robbed one Ramasamy of $13.02 on July 10. m Sungei Road. The accused claimed trial and the 1 case was postponed to Nov. 4
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  • 88 3 Chinese Arrested After Chase Coming out of St. Joseph's Church m Queen Street early yesterday morning, a Eurasian named S. Pereira, saw a Chinese wheeling away his bicycle which he had left outside. After a short chase he caught up with the man who, it was later found,
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  • 83 3 Gunner In Court pHARGED with having committed criminal breach of trust, m respect of $20 cash, the property of James Newton, m the month of July, a gunner m the Royal Artillery, of the 11th Heavy Battery, Blakang Mati, named Ronald John Hovells was produced
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  • 154 3 Three Men Injured A GARDNER, assistant^ bailiff of the Singapore Civil District Court, was ordered to pay fines totalling $80 m a judgment delivered yesterday morning by the fifth magistrate, Mr. E E. Colman. Gardner was alleged to have caused a collision at the junction of Bras
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  • 260 3 Death Of Well-known Taiping European (From Our Own Correspondent > Taiping:. Oct. 5. The death took place here this morning of Mr. J. N. Sheffield J.P., one of the oldest European residents fn this district having come to Malaya m 1896. Mr. Sheffield retired from Government
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  • 130 3 Convictions Against Two Chinese (From Our Own Correspondent). Segamat. Oct. 5. After a hearing that lasted several i days. Tong Chan Eng and Chua Ah Yok. two Chinese, were convicted by Ungku Ismail bin Abdul Rahman, the Segamat magistrate, on a charge of extorting $15 and $5 respectively, from
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  • 33 3 Ipoh. Oct. 5. Following investigations by the De- partment Liew Ah Bee. postmaster at j Tronoh was taken into police custody yesterday. It is alleged that irregularities have been discovered in his accounts.
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  • 226 3 NAVAL TRANSPORT DUE TODAY Reliefs For China Fleet QN a voyage from England to Hong Kong conveying naval reliefs for the China Fleet and military drafts for the Far East, the transport Lancashire is expected to reach Singapore this morning and to berth at- Keppel Harbour at 7 o'clock. New
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  • Article, Illustration
    27 3 THIS NOVEL BICYCLE, in which the pedals do not drive the back wheel but the propellor in front, was exhibited at the annual French Invention s Fair.
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  • 125 3 Chinese Pleads Guilty UI HAVE been a seaman for nearly 30 years and have been working on board the s.s. Cremer as a tally clerk for 20 years. I have never broken ihe law of the country and the chandu is for my own consumption." said Scow Ah
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  • 43 3 »From Our Own Correspondent Seremban, Oct. 5. A register of Old Cheltonians m Malaya is being prepared m connection with the centenary celebrations m 1941 Old Cheltonians m Negri Sembilan are requested to forward their names to Negri Sembilan Battalion Headquarters.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 452 3 years ago-crippled with CORNS NOT A CORN IS LEFT* "AVw the Ittrt four year* I /,<i ࿾e4»^ with my ffet and lvi*. on account of alimyt Working m the heat and alway miUtny -md^ running about. My j"t uvrt gruitly <iff*ctedJ %/ith corn* and well*. *o that I marly wni{
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    • 223 4 ~ir CHINESE and INDIAN RUGS CARPETS and Wp\ twisted STRAW MATS WASSIAMULL ASSOMULL CO. 31-33. HIGH STREET TEL: 7144 A "PERFECT PHOTOGRAPHY AT A NEW LOW COST" /^s|b(^ THE CAMERA THAT THRILLED THE WORLD MODEL AF-2 UN IV LA DE LUXE FOLDING MINIATURE CAMERA T\KF> S\ \PSHOTS i CAMERA THAT
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    • 247 4 FREE PRESS WEEK-END BARGAIN PAGE SAVES TIME, TROUBLE MONEY CAMERAS OFFERED for Readers 9 Opinions Here we present a page of I exceptional offers by Singapore houses. Ten minutes spent m consideration of the advertisements on this page before the placement of your orders will save you time, trouble and
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    • 203 4 y^PB MAISON MARTIN ;r,f^™f v"er'" WAV? fOR ONLY L. s»- veRY BEST PERM Everything is under the control of and guaranteed by Mr. Martin,. fOT $1 U UW U T Proffesseur, De L Academy Des Coiffeurs Des France. 17-19 Orchard Road I EUROPEAN TAILORING WITH ECONOMY WHITE SUITS AT COMPETITIVE
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  • Article, Illustration
    247 5 FIELD-MARSHAL MANNERHEIM of Finland photographed on arrival at Croydon by air to spend a fortnight m England studying defence methods. Field*- Marshal Mannerheim is known to his countrymen as "the liberator." He was the first man to be appointed Held -Marsha I m the Republic and has been chairman of
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 36 5 You be just as sure. Commence the day with a tasty breakfast. There is nothing like a good start. Make your selection AUSTRALIAN DEVONSHIRE DANISH Have you tried our CHILLED BEEF PHONE 5378. IMJH i— i^
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  • 3526 6 Men Who Have Made The World Laugh MR. OSBORNE-JONES AT ROTARY LUNCH RARELY has an address given at the weekly luncheon meeting of the Rotary Club of Singapore been so interesting or so full of literary merit as that given yesterday by Mr. D. G.
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    29 6 photo). MAI LAN A SIDDICU'I. noted Moslem missionary, landing at Singa§mi irt.m the Ranpura yesterday after a tour of Japan and China. Behind him are Mohammedan followers. Free Press
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  • 173 6 Far Eastern Tour PICTURESQUE m flowing robes. bearded and garlanded Mau1. na Mohnir.meri Abdul Aleem Sidciiqui. noted Moslem theologian and founder of the All-Malaya and numerous other Moslem missionary societies, arrived at Singapore from Japan and China yesterday mornins by the Panpura. I v.tVcm
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  • 120 6 Defalcations Of Money Order Accounts From Our Own Correspondent* J<:hore Bahru. Oct. 6. Tt mis of imprisonment stalling It nunthi and fines amounting to S6OO wttls the alternative of a farther twe months imprisonment were imposed by the ttnfl m -isistrate. Mr J. B. Weiss, jn Mm bin
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  • 98 6 Alcfcd Theft By Chinese Clerk (From Our Own Correspondent X i! Lumpur. Oct. 6. to have stolen 52.000 worth of rubber coupons, the prop:rty of !U»\s-;rN Anglo-French »nd Bendixen. or Ugh Sreet Lan.\ Kuala Lumpur. Kg Wbocn wa- employ?;! as a clerk, a Chin- I w Thean Moh,
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  • 66 6 I. m Owr Own Correspondent.) Ku.ii i I u.npiir. Oct. 6. My -rounds the disappearance a lew days a?o of a Pathan watchman ttvtag at Kepong when the police visiied t c mans house they found the doors bolted and windows cl'sed Ir.ouiries showed that the Pathai; had
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  • 255 6 Indian Charged From Our Own Correspondent > Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 5. JUDGMENT was reserved by Mr. J. Calder, the first magistrate, m the Kuala Lumpur police court today, at the conclusion of the hearing of the case m which Mihar Singh is charged with resisting the police,
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  • 61 6 (From Our Own Correspondent.) >luar, Oct. 5. Before Mr. Justice J V G Mills m the Muar Supremj Court, this morning, with Enche Abdul Hamid bin Dato Mustapha. Deputy Public Prosecutor. Johore. prosecuting Karim bin Haji Adam was charged with kidnapping a boy under 14 years of age.
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  • 196 6 Singapore Trial (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Oct. 6. Lim Eio Hock, who is to face a double murder charge m Singapore, was brought, before the third magistrate. Inche Abdul Rauf. this morning. Lim Eio Hock was charged with murdering Ah Poon and Gim Lee m
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    3 6 MR. K. NOSU
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  • 436 6 Mr. K. Nosu's Work MR. Kosetsu Nosu. a well-known Japanese artist arrived here from India a few days ago on his way back to Japan. He went to India at the invitation 01 the Indian Buddhists 1 community through the recommendation of the Japanese Consul to depict
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 50 6 SLACK BELTS SAVE MONEY and TROUBLE! Treat Your Belts With "CLING SURFACE" BELT DRESSING PREVENTS SLIP, PRESERVES THE BELT. KEEPING' IT FLEXIBLE, WATERPROOF AND IN GOOD WORKING CONDITION STOCKS ALWAYS AVAILABLE IN 2LB AND SLB TINS ALSO ILB BARS lqgg~-pj SOI F ArrMTc I^l UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED. =si:aSS=^ SINGAPORE BRANCHES
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  • 299 7 FRUITS OF VICTORY 1 IN WAR Mr. Neville Chamberlain And Defence Programme London. Oct. 7. jyiß. Neville Chamberlain, speaking at the annual bankers' dinner yester■j day. said Britain's expenditure on this year's defence programme was rising ;so rapidly as to outweigh any reasonI able probability of it
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  • 170 7 *THE Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 1.298 th auction yesterday when there were catalogued 931,085 lbs.. 415.66 tons; offered 918.535 lbs.. 410.06 tons; sold 867.359 lbs., 387.21 tons. Spot London 7 v B d. New York 16 5 16 cts. PRICES REALISED Ribbed smoked
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 92 7 THE COMPANION PICTURE TO k *THE THIN MAN"! Th» urten'i number on* «tf£|Bfe ry PAVILION-NEXT WEEK TONIGHT 6.15; ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON'S YOl WILL ENJOY IT MORE THAN \J km \NV Ml SICOMEDY SCREENED IN --M— MHMa M _^^LZ^Z^l- 6.15 LAST NIGHT 9.15 -A{ h*r HIPPIES! *ixd I JESSIE MATTHEWS |jj^^U]Mlw
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    • 246 7 E^&^ HLnM IVI DICA B^HsSkW.^ \v -^bB bVF) I inn} *|i*i bßt^^3B BbhS^ p ;>i |r^jM 'ft ll R^9 Bt T 9 bK" k^ v^^^lSi^ the if IMWrf %w%f f £jf PSC3P** BEERY STANWYCK BOLES AH ?aior S^l MESSAGE b^ bM H^b^B M SEI HING uARCi A THRM S ALAN
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  • 1184 8 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1936. Call A Protest Meeting OUR correspondence columns continue to bear witness thai the proposed "palace" for the President of the Singapore Municipal Commission is still the most burning local topic of the day. Contrary to usual practice m Singapore this has proved
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  • 775 8 The End Of Daly's 'i he at re Child Artists Of Ihe Empire Conmatinn Trees Across England SHADES of Beerbohm Tree and Auguv.iii Daly! His Majesty's Theatre is shortly to be used as a cinema, and now it is reported that Daly's is to be pulled down
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  • 986 8 evidently not even listening. At length he said surprisingly: "Now they've both passed away Hurst never liked to> say "died" or "dead." "Who?" "Steve and his wife. Now they've both passed away and I've left the bank so long it can't do any harm to tell you something. When
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 204 8 How to make j a 'Single Whisky go round How true," said Johnnie Walker, is the saying that Johnnie Walker is the round whisky m the square bottle.' For round has a special meaning when applied to whisky. It describes the result of the harmonious blending of the many single
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    • 62 8 "EVERYTHING I TOUCH seems to go wrong."' said the young business man. "Then dent touch me," said his fair companion. Freedom from anxiety always tends to make things seem brighter. This may be attained by taking out a "GAFLAC" ACCIDENT and ALL SICKNESS POLICY. GE~NERAL ACCIDENT FIRE b LIFE ASSURANCE
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  • 341 9  - CHINESE STREAMING OUT OF CHAPEI AND HONGKEW Sin Chew Jit Poh. Sin Chew Jit Poh. International Force To Be Formed By Foreign Troops In Shanghai? JAPAN RESUMES TALKS WITH CHIANG ALTHOUGH Mr. Kawagoe is resuming the SinoJapanese negotiations, the relaxation of police restrictions in Shanghai resulted in an everincreasing exodus
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    30 9 I PRIM h PAI L. hief Regent of Jugoslavia, taking the salute at the tng military review held m Belgrade to mark the 13th birthday of the boy King Peter.
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  • 449 9 Altruism To Asia A "Perfunctory Disguise" London, Oct. 7. HRITAIX m particular is not unmindful or indifferent of Japan's peculiar needs and difficulties but Japan can expect little sympathy and nothing more concrete than sympathy until her much-vaunted altruism to Asia is shown
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  • 163 9 New Short Wave Transmitter Being Built The present Hong Kong short wave transmitter which radiates on 34.29 metres or 8.750 kilocycles is being replaced by another transmitter. The new transmitter is built to transmit on any one of lour defined, wavelengths. The use of of any
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  • 149 9 Seasonal Cause London, Oct. 7. TPHE seasonal decline m employment m hotel and boarding house service and m the distributative trades and building industry as well as an increase m the number temporarily laid otT m coalmining, m all amount- ing lo over 34.000. explains
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  • 72 9 £6,000 For Wives And Dependants London, Oct. 7. The official announcement of the donating of £6.ooo— the balance of the prize money m the England-Johan-nesburg Air Race to the wives and dependants oi Messrs. Findlay and Morgan, who were killed m the accident at Abercorn, was made
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  • 22 9 KARL RADEK ARRESTED Moscow. Oct. 7. The famous Soviet journalist, Karl Radek, has been arrested for Complicity m the Zinovieff conspiracy Reuter
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  • 53 9 mittee to Messrs. C. W. A. Scott and Giles Guthrie. winners of the race. He stated that Mr. Schlesinger, the promoter, had decided to grant £2.001) each to Mrs. Findlay and Mrs. Morgan and the balance of £2.000 would be paid into a trust fund for the benefit of their
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  • 82 9 Passenger And Freight Increase In Britain London, Oct. 7. Railway traffic figures published yesterday showed passenger journeys made on British railways during the first six months of the year, but excluding season-ticket holders, increased compared with the corresponding period of last year by 18.469,678. or 3.1 per cent.
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  • 95 9  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh. By Japan And Soviet In North China Shanghai, Oct. 7. Two formidable naval forces are now carrying out large-scale naval exercises m North China. Seventeen Japanese warships are taking part m naval manoeuvres m the Shengshan Bay. near Kiauchow Peninsula, m northeast Shantung.
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  • 135 9 England Approaches U.S. Japan On Xon-Fortification London, Oct. 7. It is learned the British Government has instructed the Ambassadors at i Washington and Tokio to approach the iU.S. and Japanese Governments regarding the renewal of Article 19 of the Washington Treaty, providing tor the non-fortification of naval bases
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  • 66 9 I Export Duty A^ain Increased In N.I. Batavia, Oct. 7. The N.I. export duty on native rubber as from tomorrow will be 51 guilders per hundred kilograms dry Reuter. This is the third increase within a 1 very short time. Following the de- valution ol the guilder the
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  • 55 9 London, Oct. 7. Flight-lieutenant Tommy Raso, whose plane is undergoing repairs at i Cairo and which will be flown to Cape I Town, with engine?r Bagshaw, will at- tempt to lower Mrs. Mollison's record of four days 16 hours 17 minutes for I the South Africa
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  • 30 9 London, Oct. 7. I Underwriting is about to take place i I for a Manchester Corporation 3 per I ient. loan of £5,000.000 at 99»0, re-|| deemable 1958-63 British Wireless
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 45 9 CABLE TIMES The Eastern Extension Telegraph Company announces that the delay on lull rate telegrams from Singapore to London yesterday was as follows: Telegrams handed m at 5.00 p.m. (three minutes: 5.30 p m. four minutes: 6.0U p.m. four minutes; 6.30 p.m. workI ins clear.
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    • 112 9 GOVERNOR TO TOUR PAHANG The following is a skeleton pro- J gramme of a tour which the Governor, i accompanied by the Personal Staff, will j make to Pahang this month. Oct. 14. 10.00 p.m.— Leave Singapore. Oct. 15. 11.56 a.m. Arrive Tapah and i by car to Cameron Highlands.
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  • FREE PRESS SPECIAL COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    • 173 10 Oct. 3. 5. 6. American Can. Com. 123' /2 123 124 I rican Telephone T r.inh 177*2 177 176/2 Atcheson Railroad 82% 81*4 82V 2 ik 684 70% 70% •Dapon: 163 5 a 164% 165V_ F:r. tfQSM 29% 29% 29% Cl neral Eleclric 46 7 47% 48
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    • 473 10 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCKS SHARES. I From London 6 p. m. Oct. 7 The above are dealers' middle prices; jobbers, margins, brokerage mnd stamp duty are not included. 1 Share of £1 denomination unless Previously Yesterday Rise or Fall otherwise stated Conversion Loan, 5 p.c. 1944-64... 117% 117% Funding
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    • 88 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association 1 Oj?t. 1, 12 o'clock, i^oon Buyers Sellers No. I.X.R.S.S. m cases (FOB. October) 27% 27 7.16 Good F.A.Q. m cases (F. 0.8. October) 27 516 27 716 No. I.X.R.S.S. (Spotloose) (awardable Singapore) 27» 4 27 5 16 October 27 5 16 27% Nov.-Dec. 27
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    • 53 10 Messrs. Barlow and Co-., Kuala Lumpur, have had the following crop returns lor September reported to them: Ayer Kuning 79,500 lbs.. Badek 26.585 lbs., Bradwall 46,000 lbs Chersonese 77,500 lbs., Dennistown 30 230 105., Highlands and Lowlands 114 000 lbs., Klabang 88,000 lbs., Krian ***** way vXi™™ U2
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    • 26 10 J The output from Kramat Pulai mine for September was as follows:— From the mine 339 piculs. From tributors 85 piculs. Total 424 piculs
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    • 202 10 By arrangement with the Exchange Telegraph Company, Ltd., the Singapore Free Press is able to offer to its readers this complete and reliable service of commercial news from London, New York and other centres. This is the first occasion on which a newspaper published m Malaya has
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    • 204 10 From London 5.30 p. m. Oct. 7 I RIBBER: Dull London Spot: 713 16d. 7 7 H d.\ Previously: 7 7 K d. 715 Gd. Nov.: 7 13 16d. 7 7 B ti. Previously: 7 7 »d. 7 15 16d. Jan. -March: 7 7 B d. Bd.
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    • 75 10 From London 5.30 p. m. Oc^. 7 1 I I 5 Tin: Easy. j Cash: £202. Previously: Easy at £203. ic Three months: £198 17s. 6d. Previously: £199 17s 6d New York Tin: 4500 Previously: 45.37. Copper: l£ Settlement: £39 15s. Previously: £39 15s. J Gold: Yesterday:
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    • 79 10 London Closing Quotations Oct. 7 V L Method of Parity before Rate PreCentre Quoting 20-9-31 yesterday viously Pans Francs to 124.21 104 V 105 New York to 4.88 2 3 4.88? 8 4 90-„ Amsterdam Guilders to 12 107 9 19' 2 924 Hong Kong Per dollar
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    • 211 10 -Oct. 7 SELLING London T.T. 2 4 l!l6 London, demand 2 4 116 London 4 months' sight 2 4M* Lyons, demand 1225 Hamburg, demand 142 New York, demand 57 1 16 Montreal, demand 56 15 16 Batavia, demand 1053 4 Samarang, demand 105 2 Calcutta, Bombay and
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    • 569 10 Fraser and Co.'s List I 1 Pajara ($1) 1-82- l 90 Punt Perak ($1) 2.30 2.40 Perak R. Valley ($1) 105 1.15 Pu-iggor (tl) 30 .35 Racielia (65* 430 4.5( Sandvcroft <$2) 9*;'. 1 Oo Sungei Bagan ($2) 276 2.85 Sungei Ramal ($1) 1.35 1.4.'
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    • 95 10 In their daily report on the share market, issued at the dose was verTdun n r H aY tE Fra r a d < stat that the ma, k?t al,Ll y *Ot Shares show d n indication of VZ reported"** PreSSU e l a d r >
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    • 81 10 Oct. 7 Buyers Sellers Gambler 5 50 Java Cube Hamburg Cube 10 .50 White Muntok Pepper 1400 Black Pepper 775 White Pepper 13 50 Copra, sundried 5.75 Copra, mixed 5.25 Small Flake Tapioca 4«0 R. B. Siam No. 1 per koyan j 10 R. Siam, W. C.
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    • 99 10 London CM. > The Stock Exchange opened m buoyant mood today with prices hi aepiirtments sharply advancing ur boom-like trading conditions, largely the result o! the bullish interpr^ placed on last week's external i lopments. Conditions later rather Quieter, but generally tt* levels ol the day were r:
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  • 1028 11 I' Majority Of Prices Show An Advance MARKETS have remained tranquil following the sensational de- velopments of last week and transactions m Continental currencies have been resumed on a small scale, write Messrs. Fraser and Co.. m their weekly report dated Oct. 6. The
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  • 98 11 Refused To Get Off A Bus London. Sept. >f). Walter Livesey. a professional cricketer, of Mostyn Road. Wimbledon, was fined 10s. at Wimbledon yesterda\ for insulting behaviour at Hartfield I Road. Wimbledon. PC Curson stated that Livesey relused to get off a 'bus that was fall j when
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  • 504 11 Winning CONTRACT David Burnstine, Michael Gottlieb Oswald Jacoby and Howard Schenken, world's leading team-of-four and inventors of the system that has beaten every other system m existence. COUNTING OUT THE HAND •"THE most necessary attribute of good dummy play is the ability to count out the number of cards that
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    • 524 11 HONGKONG SHANGHAI RANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated In tne colony of Hong Kong) The liability of members is limited to the extent and m 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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    • 486 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 £3.000,006 HEAD OFFICE 38. Qishopsgate. London EC. 2 Agencies and Branches. Alor Star Hollo Saigon Amritsar Ipoh Semarang Bangkok Karachi
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    • 664 11 RADIO PROGRAMMES FOR TODAY Sin<»aDore ZHI Tne Jonn Mac Arthur Quintet. H 6.45 Star variety. (Owned and operated by Radio 7.00 Science talk. Service Co. of Malaya Ltd.) 7.15 Chamber music. The Maurice Cole Trio. Wavelength— 49.9 metres 8.00 The news and announcements. 8.05 Greenwich time signal, p.m. 8.20 Close
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  • 616 12 SHIPPING FACILITIES ON THE MERSEY Development Of Dominion And Colonial Traffic j London. N interesting and informative address on Liverpool's docks A and transport facilities was given by Lieut-Colonel K. Ainley. 0.8.E.. RE., at a recent meeting of the L.verpool branch of the Industrial Transport Association. The
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  • 189 12 THE QUEEN MARY MEDAL Commemorating The Liner's Commissioning A medal commemorating the placing j m service of the liner Queen Mary has 1 been privately struck by the Royal Mint at the request of Cunard White j Star Ltd. The first two medals were m gold and were presented to
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  • 51 12 Return To Winter r Schedule As from today, the X.L.M. planes j from Europe will arrive m Singapore on Thursdays and on Mondays at 6 pm. This is m connection with the coming t m force of the winter service from Oct. 3 1936 to Apr. 3.
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  • 101 12 The Board of Trade have issued the report of the Court of Inquiry into the loss of the motorship Joseph Medill. which disappeared m August. 1935. while crossing the Atlantic. She v;as an all-welded ship built by Messrs. Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richarison. Ltd.. for the
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  • 90 12 The following are passengers on the under-mentioned adr liners: Aircraft Adelaide VH-UUA from D.E.I Darwin and Brisbane Arrived Oct I: Mr A. W. Baker for Brisbane. Aircraft Arethusa VT-AEF for Pen- ang. Siam. Burma and Karachi Left iOct. 4: j Mr. H. J. C. K. Toms for Bankok.
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  • 46 12 The ls. Conte Rosso is due here on Saturday morning. Oct. 10, from Hong Kong and Shanghai She will berth alongside the S.H.B. wharves and is expected to sail again the same day at 6 p.m. for Colombo. Bombay, Port Said. and Trieste.
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    • 565 12 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated m P.MB.) f%, TELEPHONE Freight 5433— Passage 5411. f M LLOYDS AGENTS. T\ BOOKING AGENTS FOR FEDERATED MALAY STATES BAILWATi. v ROYAL STATE RAILWAYS OF SIAM. CANADIAN PACIIIC jWoeiD'S Wtktttf (Incorporated In ■nglanrt) t fTTAVIL SVSTF* THE "EMPRESS" ROUTE offer* TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES fte HONOLULU or direct
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    • 38 12 JAVA NEW YORK LINE Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore (vU Cape of Good Hope) Arrivinf SaiJinf MADOERA N.L. Nov 2 No\ also loading for Halifax ROTTERDAM LLOYD NEDERLAND LINE Agents: IC.H.V. "Rotterdam" Pl.^ns SMI Phone 5071 S»3
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    • 607 12 Local And Foreign Mail Dispatches And Arrivals r 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 p.m. Klang, Kuala Liris, Port Swettenham, Taiomg and Telok Anson: Weekdays* 1 p.m. Kota Bahru,
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    • 145 12 VESSELS ARRIVED Mijer. Dut.. 1,127 tons, from Rhio 6, to Rhio 9. Kedfch. Brit., 1,033 tons, from Belawan 6, to Belawan via Penang 8. Vyner Brooke. Sar.. 720 tons, from Kuching 7. to Kuching 10. Giang Ann, Brit.. 545 tons, from Sourabaya 7, to Bawean 9. Angby. Sar.. 504 tons,
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    • 447 12 SINGAPORE I HARBOUR I East Wharf (Entrance (»at« l Rohna 22. Main Wharf (Entrance (iato Ranpura 18; Sirdhana 11 Empire Dock (Entrance C.atr Siamese Prince 30; R..> Thurland Castle 34 Empire Dock (Entrance Gate i Ipoh 46; Khandalla 48 West Wharf (Entrance Gate 4 Holland Maru 2. Section 10 (Entrance
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    • 502 13 ft i §C!^^tss I f 1^ *vti M3tfByB^r¥BffCTfflirhii#> wf BiffrPflff^mtffWgßSi^KffiHßß»^r^MW I B^^an^BRfTISHINDIA LINES I P. &O.S. N. COS SAILINGS, OUTWARDS Due Due Tonnage Spore. Tonnage Spore. 1936. 193 6 Jf™ 1 7000 Oct. 9 RANPURA 17,000 Dec. IS :D\VA >. 6.070 Oct 22 1937 B 1500 23 RAWALPINDI 17.000 Jan.'
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    • 559 13 (Incorporated m England.) ELLERMAN BUCKNALL S.S. Co., Ltd. (Incorporatea m Straits Settlement*.) "ELLERMAN LINE" FOR UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL ACCEPTING CARGO FOR MONTREAL AND HALIFAX VIA COLOMBO. Steamer Due Sai»« CITY OF CARDIFF Havre, London. R*dam. H'burg, Glasgow Oct. 14 Oct. 16 CITY OF DERBY
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    • 1042 13 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 China Navigation Co., Ltd. The
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    • 696 14 K. P. M. KWJNST Thursday. Oct. 8. Toboali. Cheribon mot for passengers), Semarang. Sourabaya. Boeleleng, Ampenan. Padang-Bay. Benoa and BiHjiH mil RI'IJSKi:s Thursday, Oct. 8. Penang. Oelee-Lheue <not tor passengers.. Sabang. Tjalani,'. Meulaboh. Tapa-Toen. Sinabang. Panjak-is-lar.ds Slngkel Sibolga and Padang. TinoKK Thursday. Oct. 8. Selat-Pandjang. Bengkalis. Soengei-Pak-Ding, Siak and Pakan-Baroe.
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    • 557 14 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE d^AMERICg^tMAIL LIN^ PRESIDENT UNERS FOR SPEED. FROM SINGAPORE: 23 DAYS TO SEATTLE 33 DAYS TO EUROPE American Mail Line famous President Liners sail torWthUj fron Hong Kong to Seattle. Through tares include first class rail by any direc route across America or Canada (Pullman and Meals Extra
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    • 428 14 O. S. K LINE M rane Town via Mombasa. Zanzibar Aden Maru Bcira, L Marque,, Durban and Algoa Say m <*ntn* •md Buenos Aires via Durban. Hakonesan Mam ld Rio de Janeiro Atl^s Maru Santos and Buenos Aires via Colombo. Atlas Maru Mombasa Zanzibar. Dar-es-Salaam. Beira Lourenco Marques, Dwtafl Algoa
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  • 676 15 Trooping Season's Effect On All Teams i From a Bpedal corre.spondenO 1171 TH the advent of the trooping m considerable changes m the personnel afl the RAF will probably have a big Hfcet on the future strength ol Brtetai men's team m t-vtry branch of
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    21 15 photo). A POLICE PLAYER gets the hall .ivay m th» hnrkev match against the S.C.I', on the p.id.uu yesterday. Free Press
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  • 654 15  - Track Work Starts At K. Lumpur "WINDSOR LAD" By TETE D 9 OR IN GOOD FORM Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 6. CEVERAL excellent gallops were witwitnessed m this morning track m preparation for Saturday— the opening day of the Selangor Turf Club Autumn meeting. The Ipoh and Singapore contingents have not
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  • 953 15 Team Arrives In Fremantle On Tuesday (By A.C.G.) ENGLAND'S ashes-seekers arrive m Fremantle on Tuesday and open their Australian tour with a three-day match against West Australia at Perth on Friday. This game should give them good practice for the Combined Team match starting
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  • 69 15 The following have been invited to play rugby for S.C.C. "A" vs. RE "A" on Saturday at the SC.C: A. E. Minns, F. P. H. Pearse, J. P. Wood. W. H. McNeill. N. P. Roberts. J. H. J. Dredge. R. A Hooper. H C. Peterson. J. A. Allen,
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  • 485 15 D. Ross Scores Fine Goal To Bring Victory St. Andrew's 5; Police 0. ST. ANDREW'S beat Police ir» the rugger game at the Holier Depot yesterday afternoon. Although the margin of victory was only six points it might very well have be^n much mere.
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    27 15 photo). A SHOT AT GOAL just misses m th< water-polo match, which drawn, between the Combined Services and the S.S.I at the Swimming Club yesterday. Free Press
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  • 174 15 India-Ceylon Assn. Win Segamat Hockey ("From Our Ov:n Correspondent! Segamat, Oct. 5. In a fast hockey game the IndiaCeylon Association beat the Segamat 'Malays 2-1 on the .Town Padang on Sunday. Yusjt bin Mohamcd Tuil played a brilliant fame at full-back tor the Malays,
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    • 40 15 1 I IF YOUR BATTERY COULD SPEAK, IT WOULD SAY CHANGE TO Mi A^^ j ml _^J^ They spark when others can't and make starting easier GARAGES DISTRIBUTORS FOR MALAYA BORNEO MOTORS LTD. Rum'>mber ASK FOR THE ENGLISH AC. w.s.
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  • 653 16 S. C. Win 300 Metre Race: Water Polo Game Drawn TOE Combined Services had a hard time trying to beat the 1 Singapore Swimming Club at swimming and water polo yesterday at the S.S.C. pool. In both events they were unlucky not to win. The
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  • 559 16 POLICE SCORE ONL V GOAL IN MA TCH WITH S. C. C. Fast But Scrappy Hockey On Padang SCC 0: Police l« PASTER m play and greater opportunists, the Police brat tin* 1 Singapore Cricket Club at hockey yesterday on the Padang by a single goal which was scored about
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    28 16 l>lll»t<>< AN INCIDENT 1)1 KIM. PIAV m the horkc > nuiti M brtweea Ike SjC.C. and Police on the Padang ypste.Ua>. Ihe Police won one u«»a ■B. Free Press
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  • 265 16 Hockey Fixtures For Next Week "PHE following are teams for V.M.C.A. and junior department hockey fixtures m games as set out below. V.M.C.A. Against the 11th A.A. Battery on Monday at 5.10 p.m. on Anson Road ground. Yew Wee. V. F. Xavier. Thong Sing Chir.g. G. L. Day.
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  • 68 16 In the Singapore Cricket Club straight snooker championship entries close Wednesday. Oct. 28. and the tournament will commence Monday, Nov. 2. The total score of two frames will decide a tie except for semi-final and final which will be decided on the total score of three frames. Entrance
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  • 91 16 The following are badminton ties drawn for play this week-end: SATURDAY Leow Kirn Fatt vs. Yeo Hong Chuan quarter-final) and Seah Eng Liat vs Wong Peng Nam. SUNDAY Yap Chin Tee vs. Wong Peng Soon semi-final), George Chen vs. Koh K?ng Siane and winner of Leow Kirn Fatt—
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  • 262 16 DUMBLETON TO FIGHT AT JOHORE Weight-Lifting Championship THE second annual Johore Olympic weight-lilting championships will be held tonight at the Theatre Royal Hall. Jalan Station. Johore Bahru, commencing at 8.00 p m Prices of admission are 25 cents, 50 cents, and $1; children half price and 15 cents. The full
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  • 131 16 Final On Saturday Night The following are details of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers' inter-company team boxing, m which the "C" Coy beat the "H.Q." Wing. The "A" Coy. will meet the "B" Coy. tonight and the winners will be matched against the "C" Coy. on Saturday night
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  • 191 16 MEDICALS AND C. S. C. II PLAY A DRAW CSC. II 1: M.( I. 1 AN exciting hockey match was played i on the Medical College ground yesterday between tne Ceylon Sports I Club II and the Medical College which resulted m a one-ail draw. The teams were evenly matched
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    48 16 IMlOtn. THE S.S.C. WATER-POLO TEAM who played a three all drau with In. Combined Servicts team at the Swimming Club yesterda>. From i. to right: J. Rrarh, C. Goldman, F. M. Adam. L. B. Stewart. (i. Hindi. T. H. Allen and m front Dr. M Bain. Free Press
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  • 78 16 AT the conclusion of the Singa- pore Gold (up Profeß&imial meeting we commented on the time credited to Bordighera. when s\u> won lass 11, Division II ra< over nine iurlongs. on the final daj The time that was posted alter th«race was 1 mm. 51 2-5 se< which
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  • 31 16 In a hockey match between P College and S.C.RC which vil :>. on the college ground yesterca> 3 e won by two goaLs to nil.
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