The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 2 December 1936

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  • 17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. NO. 15,025. ESTD. 1835 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1936. 10 CENTS
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  • 313 1 And Most Powerful Air Force SEQUEL TO THREATENING ATTITUDE OF JAPAN AND GERMANY Russia Ready To Destroy Any Invaders k DECLARATION that the Soviet intends to build the M'«>>t powerful navv in the world was made by Admiral OrlofT. Chief of the Naval Forces,
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  • 154 1 ft 9 1 F Violent Fighting Madrid. Dec. 1. The most violent fighting on the Madrid front for over a month broke out this morning when the insurgents launched a fierce offensive. A Government communique, however, states that the rebels' attacks were repulsed. A message from
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  • 672 1 MR. ROOSEVELT'S ATTACK ON TRADE BARRIERS AT PAN-AMERICAN CONFERENCE "Suicidal Policies" Condemned m Buenos Aires, Dec. 1. CONFIDENCE that the Republics of the New World could help the Old World avert the catastrophe of war, wa? expressed by President Roosevelt at the opening of the Pan-American Peace Conference. Mr. Roosevelt,
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  • 408 1 Complete Deadlock In Local Tamil Strike REMARKABLE SCENES COMPLETE deadlock. That is i (be latest situation in the strike of the Municipal Tamil labouring force. The men. in spite of pleadings, would not appoint leaders to discuss their grievances, but stated that immediately the Commission agreed to their demands for
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  • 93 1 Paris, Dec. 1. rERE never was a Government so difficult as ours to overthrow from outside but so easy to overthrow from within, declared M. Blum at a great Popular Front meeting in Paris. He said that it was impossible to head a struggle for compulsory arbitrating
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  • 35 1 The Hague, Dec. 1. Rumours of a secret clause in the Gcrmano-Japanese treaty dealing with the Dutch East Indies are pure phantasy, declared the Foreign Minister, Herr DegraefT. in a debate on the Estimates. Reuter
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  • 67 1 Attempt On Return Record Abandoned Johannesburg, Dec. 1. AJR- Jim Mo'.lison landed at Broken Hill at 5 p.m. local lime, and expects to arrive at Cape Toicn tomorrow morning. While at Kisumu (Kenya Colony), ichere he spent an hour, resuming his flight at 9.40 a.m.. Mr.
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  • 152 1 Rome, Dcc. 1. POLICE and public gasped with wonderment yesterday when they saw the whole Cabinet and 400 Deputies, headed by Mussolini, marching through the streets at a running walk. At the conclusion of the Chamber sitting, II Duce ordered the deputies to form nine abreast
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    2 1 KNOCK! KNOCK?
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  • 16 1 London. Dec. 1. The death is announced of the Dowager Ranee of Sarawak. Reuter
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    • 40 1 fri^aH RAFFLES HOTEL TONIGHT COCKTAIL DANCE 6.30 to 8.15 p. m. DINNER DANCE cabaret EDITH BILLY (n,orma,) HERSEY 9.30 to midnight Non-diners $1.00 Raffles Celebrated Orchestra Directed by Dan Hopkins W HEN IN PENANG STAY AT THE E. &O. HOTEL
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    • 131 1 IS SEA VIEW Wh HOTEL IDEAL SEASIDE RESORT EVERY ROOM WITH PRIVATE BATH. RUNNING HOT AND COLD WATER— TENNIS GOW SWIMMING SUNBATHING ONE OF SINGAPORES SCENIC BEAUTY SPOTS TONIGHT FRIDAY SATURDAY SPECIAL DINNER DANCE DINNER AND DANCE MUSIC BY RELLER'S FAMOUS HUNGARIAN BAHO NO AFTER DINNER ADMISSION CHARGE ADELPHI HOTEL
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  • 187 2 Huge Increase In Post Office Activities London, Nov. 30. The activities of the Post Office enter so closely, and at so many points, into the general business relations that the movement of Post Office business provides a sensitive index to commercial conditions generally. It is noteworthy, therefore, that
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  • Letters To The Editor
    • 719 2 CAN LOCAL STRIKES Be Avoided /BITTERNESS AND MISUNDERSTANDING OBSTINATE EMPLOYERS NOT PECULIAR TO MALAYA— ENGINEERS WHO REFUSED TO SAIL— SHIPPING CONDITIONS MR. SASTRI'S VISIT TO SINGAPORE— INDIAN COMMUNITY AT HOME CRITICISED— ONLY ONE FUNCTION NEEDED To The Kditor. Sir,— Ycur leader of Monday morning on "Can Strikes be Avoided in
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    • 495 2 London, Nov. 30. A census of all Germans living in Soviet Russia has been oraered by the Soviet Commissar Jeshoff, says a German news agency from Moscow Reports must be ready in three days I and must state the political views and 1 occupations of the Germans. Reuter
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    • 77 2 Monday, Nov. 23. In the morning His Excellency I attended by the Personal Staff arrived |at Penang by Flying Boat. Tuesday, Nov. 24. His Excellency dined with the members of the Penang Flying Club at the Runnymede Hotel. Thursday, Nov. 26. In the morning His Excellency presented Rev.
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  • 68 2 In Spanish War Moscow, Dec. 1. BITTERLY attacking the Nazis who, he said, did not seem to trouble their conscience over the fact that their ally, General Franco, was leading non-aryan Moroccans in a barbaric fight against pure-blooded Spanish aryans. M. Litvinoff ridiculed the allegation that Russia
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  • 163 2 Bog Plays Lead In Alhambra Film "White Fang," the 20th Century-Fox film now showing at the Alhambra, is I a triumph for the producers and is ja picture that is out of the ordinary. It has romance, tragedy, comedy and humour and they are so well blended that
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  • 128 2 Death Of London University Principal London, Dec. 1. Sir Edwin Deller. Principal of the University of London, died yesterday as a result of injuries sustained on Friday in an accident, while inspecting the constructional worK in progress on j the new university buildings. He was 53. He
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  • 58 2 Istanbul, Dee. 1. A four-Power pact will be signed at Teheran, probably on Jan. 1, 1937, by the Foreign Ministers of Turkey Iraq. Afghanistan and Iran, according to a statement to the Press here by the Afghan Foreign Minister, whose entourage said the very troublesome international situation had
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    • 354 2 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. FOR BABY'S HEALTHY GROWTH FOLLOW Dr. TRUBY-KINGS METHODS AND USE KARILAC SUGARS and KARIOL EMULSIONS MEDICAL HALL LIMITED. Battery Road. BOARD RESIDENCE. SEA- FRONT KATONG GRANGE— 77 Meyer Rd Large rooms facing aea with own bath room. H and C. and mod. san. Phone 5758 Tennis Large Garden.
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    • 338 2 Gbe Stnoapote Jfrce ptcss Head Office. Cecil Strrr. s.iu™^ extension^ a s »fcfc Lumpur Office: 25. Java street Thonc Ipoh Office: Biews»« r Ko (j Penanc Office: 12 I. Phone: 14;: rf *t. 40 43 11,, a E < .4. Tel: "Leadmul.va-'^JJJ-SUBSCRIPTION R ATEs Malays Monthly > ft.il f| fa
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 94 2 Law Notice For The Day Before the Chief Justice, S.S., Acting Chief Justice, F.M.S., and Mr. Justice Adrian Clark in the Ist Court at 11 a.m. Court of Appeal:— No. 6— Sadhu Pakiriswamy vs. S. Rengsamy Pillay Appellant followed by:— Motion in S 801 !32— Re Shaik Sahied bin Abdullah
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    • 137 2 Dairy Of ms mf The Day High Water. 11l a.m. 9ft.. 12.18 pm 10 ft. M Sports Rugger: Pulau Brani vs. R.A.M.C, at Pulau Brani. Hockey: S.C.C vs. 1.A.. at S.C.C: S.R.C. 4, A" vs. Raffles College, at S.R.C: R.I. vs. Colts, at R.L; CS.C vs. M.C.U, at C.SC: SCRC.
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  • 325 3 Police Story Of Struggle Before Arrest •TWO soldiers of the Middlesex Regiment, Harry Newberry and 1 A. Ck Gardner, were eharged yesterday before Mr. J. P. Riddulph. the second magistrate, Singapore, with the theft of a mot«»r car from Ong Hai Soon on Nov.
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  • 96 3 Re>ult Of Malayan Ban Due To Disease Our Own Correspondent Bangkok. Nov. 30. M restriction on the export ..rfected the trade in bullocks the Straits, and Hong Kong trom the following figures •est issued Customs report Buffaloes 1934-35 1935-36 (Head» »Head> 12.473 1.554 7.153
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  • 84 3 IAMES Joseph Gomley. of the Innis- killing Fusiliers, was charged yesterday in the second court Singapore with having voluntarily caused grievous hurt to Bakan Singh v/ith an iron bar on Nov. 27 at the Tanglin Barracks. Gcmley claimed trial and the police asked for a week's postponement,
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  • 295 3 Hotel Manager Handles Three "Bruisers" I From Our Own Correspondent I Segamat. Nov. 29. Sentence of two months' rigorous imprisonment, with the option of a S4<> fine, was passed by Ungku Ismail bin Abdul Rahman, the Segamat magistrate, on Saturday, when Ching Kini Beng, a local Chinese, was
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  • 42 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Nov. 30. CINGAPORE has an inordinate K love of Bangkok's duck eggs. Last year Bangkok sent over 39,000.000 duck eggs to Singapore, practically a million and a half more than in 1934-35.
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  • 277 3 PEER'S SECRETARY ON FRAUD CHARGE Story Of Meeting With A Stranger London. A STATEMENT that he had been drugged in Paris, alleged to have been made by a former secretary to a j peer, was read at Bexhill. Raymond Henslow was charged on 'remand with misappropriating £37
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  • 113 3 To Enact Tamil Dramas Throughout Malaya On behalf of the Sri Ramakrishna Mission and with a view to furthering the educational activities of its Students' Home at Madras, the Madras Premier Amateurs, consisting of actors of the Madras Secretariat Party and the Madras Suguna Vilasa Sabha will
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  • 52 3 Englishman And German Robbed Jerusalem, Nov. 30. Arab highwaymen yesterday held up eight motorcars on the main road between Nablus and Tulkarem and robbed the occupants, including an Englishman and German. A barricade was erected in the roadway, the bandits, armed with rifles. covered the victims, collected their
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    31 3 ELVOR HUDSON, 13-year-old South African, will be the "leading lady" among the 60 children who will take part in the Christmas pantomime at the Piccadilly Theatre for the benefit of charity.
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  • 354 3 DRAMATIC END TO DIRECTORY TRIAL Many Frauds~of A "Most 1 Plausible Man" I London. A FTER a man was sentenced at the j Old Bailey 18 months* impri-! scnment he fell headlong down the steps leading to the cells. Three police officers carried him away. He
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  • 194 3 Woman Sent To Prison Fof 111-Treating Girl (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 30. "It's a pity that you cannot be caned" said Mr. C. H. Dakers in the Kuala Lumpur Police Court today in sentencing Yew Keng. a Chinese woman, to two months' rigorous
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  • 127 3 Connected With Leakage Of Civil Service Exam Papers From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Nov. 30. Last April there was a leakage in the examination papers for third grade clerks to the Civil Service and three officials connected with the examination were questioned. The committee conducting the investigations
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  • 39 3 On Nov. 14, at 14, Montague Square, W.1., a son was born to Joan, wife of Peter Koch de Gooreynd. She is a daughter of Mr. F. W. Douglas, and was u,pll Irnnum fn th„ PMS The hnhv is
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  • 169 3 RECONCILED TO LEAGUE CONTROL Englishman May Suceed Mr. Sean Lester t Warsaw. LIERR von Moltke, German Ambas- sador here, who was received by Kerr Hitler in Berlin, has returned to Warsaw and immediately saw Col. Beck, the Polish Foreign Minister. It is understood that the efforts
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  • 91 3 London Tin Corp. And Anglo-Oriental (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Nov. 27. Proposals are issued today for the amalgamation of London Tin Corporation and Anglo-Oriental Mining Corporation. The London Tin Corporation's capital will be increased to £4,200,000 (at present £3,158,344 and the arrears of preference dividend
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  • 84 3 Increase In Value Of Retail Sales London, Nov. 25. The Board of Trade Journal states that the money value of retail sales reported for October was 7 4 per cent, abrve that for October 1935 Sales ex panded in all districts. The total sales in the nine months
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  • 17 3 The number of calls attended during November by the Singapore Fire Denary™! 9^ onH „f ♦Hoc OO
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  • 106 3 Sunbathing Association In Siam? QUESTIONS IN THE ASSEMBLY (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Nov. tt. rE Siamese promoter ot sunbathing in Siam is still hopeiul of forming an association for this purpose and getting it registered. He says he does not mind the long 1 delay in having to wait
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  • 183 3 Story Of I^orry Travelling "Very Fast" While the circumstances of the death or a 21-year-old Chinese woman await inquiry by the Singapore Coroner. Oh Ah Teng has been on trial before the fifth magistrate. Mr. E E. Colman. on a charge ol causing her death by driving
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  • 130 3 To Tour Southern Part Of Country (From Our Own Correspondent* Bangkok, Nov. SO. The Premier <Phy.i Bahol). as soon as the Constitution Day celebrations in the middle ol next month are over, is to make I tour ol the South. The Premier has already vLsited the north and
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  • 9 3 Nru Vork, Nov. 28. Barney Ross outpointed I/.zy Jannazo
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    • 12 3 Straits Times Annual NOW READY HAVE YOU HAD YOUR COPY? ORDER NOW
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    • 51 3 CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY TRIPS TO SUMATRA BY JHLa JPa ML From 15th Decembei to 15th January SINGAPORE TO BELAWAN DELI Ist class Return $65.--2nd class Return $50.PENANG TO BELAWAN DELI Ist class Return $30.--2nd class Return $20.For detailed Information please apply to: K. P. M. LINE, 1 Finlayson Creen Tel. 54
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  • 2353 4 LUXURY OF BRITAIN'S NEW FL YING -BOA TS A flight In lhe Centaurus Cruising it 16.1/170 m.p.h. Full-Load Take-Off In IS Second* Fast (Landplanes In oustim lion 12 Passengers And 5 Crete Stressed Skin Sir net a re Flaps Faeil'late Landing And Take-Off BrUUh Aircraft Industry At Paris Sii >/r
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  • 87 4 London Sot 16 Lady Charles Cavend Mr>. Edward Rice are reviving a V mplish: whit I r several i m rati at. They learned to tat. iv.;6 intend cellars and culls uid BK luncheon d'oyiey se in wh; U is finished, lo One lesson vs usually necessa v
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    • 99 4 X^TJK FER.MAKEfJT Eg|?J| "WAVE--$8&$10 to our Chinese Clients. These offer\ are being made in commemoration of our opening a new department. MAISON JALBAUD 21. Stamford Road. Singapore. Fhone: 2320. MenMadeYoung Vigour Increased In 24 Hours i.r'V^ 01. 1 °I'l1 '1 l"!""- vour time, and unable to enjoy the pleasures of
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    • 69 4 ...for Roomy Comfortable 4-seater TAXIS Caref.,l »J P<?r m//e the same rate applies for one or four persons... Careful and courteous dnvers will take you speedily to your destination Pay only according to the f peedometer 20 cents for the first mile or part, 10 rents for every 1/2 mile
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  • 250 5 photo). photo) photo). \K\RIY S.ftW) TAMIL L\BO!RI-lIS employed by the Singapore Munit ipaht\ went on strike yesterday and massed at Farrer Park. Some of the strikers are seen on their way to Farrer Park. Free Press > \SH!V. tlrl in his Percival Gull monoplane
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    • 26 5 THEY ARE SO OBVIOUSLY FRESH SUITABLE FOR ANY MEAL, HOT OR COLD Have you ordered Your X'mas Turkey. ±'T^mfmmmmmmmmmwM^Z:.::~ /zlm^ i I PHONE. 5378 WS 264
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  • 208 6 EXTENSIVE FLOODS IN TRENGGANU (From Our Ea.st Cou.st Correspondent* IJEAVY and continuous raku Along the East Coast over the past lew: days have been responsible for extensive floods in the Trengganu area. News to hand from villages near Kuala Trengganu states that the overflow from the Trengganu Rivr has caused
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  • 130 6 On Hvlam With Five Previous Convicions I From Our Own Correspondent I Muar. Nov. 30. I fucked up the rubber from a:i estate without the p-'m.ission ot lti owner." was the answer given by Tin Ah Kuang. alias Chew Ah Kuan, an aged Hylam. to the charge ol
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  • 491 6 8,000 Coolies Downed Tools Yesterday I THE 2.500 Tamil coolies of the Municipal Sewerage Department w nt on strike once again yesterday and downing tools in gympathy with them were the whole ot the Municipal Tamil labour force and several hundred others engaged in
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  • 363 6 i From Our Ov. n Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 30. OELANGOR is preparing to receive its Sultan, Sir Alai'idin Suleiman Shah, G.C. M.G. on his return from t England on Dee. IG. A meeting has been held in the Dis- l trict Office at Klang.
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  • 261 6 Death Of Former Proprietor Of Well-Known Firm News has been received in Singapore from Edinburgh of the death of Mr Stamford Raffles Robinson, one of the leading figures in the mercantile history of Singapore, and for more than 40 years proprietor and partner in the well-known
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  • 203 6 Trooper's Alleged Pact With Wife London. A TROOPER in the Royal Horse Guards pleaded at Windsor police court that he and his wife signed an agreement to separate immediately after their wedding, and to have no call or claim on each other. Trooper Christopher James
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  • 228 6 To Move To Bloomsbury i From Our Own Correspondent* London, hy air mail. In three years' time the School of Oriental Studies will be housed in the new wing of London University which ts being built at Bloomsbury. Sir Richard Winstedt. who since he left Malaya
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  • 100 6 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Nov. 30. A fine of $150, in default four months imprisonment, was imposed by the Seremban magistrate, Mr. M. J. Hayward, on a Chinese, Wong Fatt, lor storing mineral ore without a licence. Evidence given by an official of
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  • 500 6 MAN DESCRIBES DRAMA IN A FIELD Mother, Aunt And Niece Had Been In Asylums OENTENCE of death was passed by Mr. Justice Atkinson at Derby Assizes on Albert Edward Batty. 39. a Sheffield turner, w:io was found guilt\ cf the murder of Mrs. R:sa Elizabeth Blackburn.
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    27 6 THESE ELEPHANT TUBKS, on show at the British Museum, are those which were presented to King: George while visiting the colonies when he was Duke of York.
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    • 358 6 CHANGED HER SHOES FIVE TIMES A DAY Suffered Agony with Rheumatism for 20 Years Try and picture the life this woman led lor twenty years changing her snoes several times a day in a vain endeavour to attain some reiiet from the rheumaticpains that were constantly tor'unny her Then imagine
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    • 18 6 Mr. Odin T. Faulkner, C.M.G., Director of Agriculture elect, Is a passenger On thP CWltwarri Vt/Min<l Tla.»._ tt_
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  • 1178 7 Reason For Jump In Commodity Prices j "BULL" SPECULATION IS NON-EXISTENT (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Nov. 19. UNITED KINGDOM rubber stocks continue to fall. Last week London's holding fell 335 tons while Liverpool stocks dropped 608 tons, making a total of 943 tons.
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    • 234 7 r 111 mmmWmW JAPANESE FAMOUS PICTURE DISPLAY r< presenting is CUM PICTIRFS PAINTINGS by artists from TOKYO ART CLUB on Dec 3. 4. 5 6 at TOYO HOTEL Kirk Terrace (above Dhoby Ghaut). Yi>ur early inspection cordially invited m> obligation whatever but this a/lords a grand opportunity to solve your
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    • 27 7 f* vJMr T ■TliTirTTHii 1 > I 'It* fiTiFI^B THE BIGGEST RACING THRILL OF YOUR LIFE! SEE WHY THE BEST HORSE DOES NOT ALWAYS WIN! NEXT CHANGE ALHAMBRA
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    • 193 7 Another Grand Comedy By P.G. WODEHOUSE OPENING AT THE I PAVILION TONIGHT 6.15 9,15 ITS ALL A LOT OF BALLY NONSENSE BUT IT WILL SIMPLY SLAY YOU! jWllm*** o\\^ V^T Jeeves may be no O^^fSKfet gentleman, but y\£ A fSKjk he's a gentlemen's m\m^^ 9 en w^° knows Wjfto j*N
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  • 1001 8 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1936. "Absolute Negation IT is impossible not to admire the persistence with which, month after month, Mr. John Hands pleads the cause of the unemployed in Selangor and in the process coins phrases of such biting force that they would lift the skin
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  • 170 8 Mr. J. L. Ross, a director of Messrs KyJe, Palmer and Co., has returned from leave. Mn. N. S. KUllick, manager, Jugra Estate, Banting, has returned from leave and resumed duties. Mr. T. Gore, of the Malim Nawar Tin Mines, has been transferred to the j Kinta
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  • 650 8 SO Years Of The Statue Of Libert: Jazz And The Louvr A tii ma Is Breeches Test For Good Beer AMERICANS like to poke fun at their own concessions to idealism, and so it is rather amusing to contrast the references to the Statue of Liberty, which has just
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  • 902 8 IT was past midnight when I discovered the one hotel in th. village: hence we did not meet unti the morning. I came down to breakfast to fine him presiding over a bleak, rectangular expanse of linen supported solelj by a lady on his right. As I enterec
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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    • 46 8 SOME PEOPLE THINK that genius is hereditary. Others have no children. But everyone should have the protection of a "GAFLAC" ALL RISKS WORLD WIDE POLICY when they travel. GENERAL ACCIDENT FIRE 6 LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION LTD. (Incorporated in Great Britain; HONGKONG BANK CHAMBERS SINGAPORE. PHONE: 6480.
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  • 401 9 Preparations For General I Attack On Pangkiang REBEL GENERAL SHOT Shanghai, Dec. 1. THE Chinese Suiyuan Command is now massing several divisions of troops at Pailingmiao, capital of Inner Mongolia, preparatory to launching a general attack on Pangkiang, the present military base of the Mongols
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    56 9 CHANCELLOR S< HI'SCHNIGG of Austria, who is noted for his interest hildren. hllvd the role of kind uncle to 120 poor peasant girls and >> uhe.m he invited to Vienna as his guests. None of the children |i j sffii Vienna before. The Chancellor is seen greeting his guests, some
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  • 182 9  -  More Miners Go On Strike From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 1. LABOUR troubles broke out afresh near Kuala Lumpur tonight No sooner had the Sungei Besl strike >ettled then 140 miners on the Thong Siang mine, one and a half away from
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  • 79 9 At Pan-American Peace Conference Buenos Aires, Dec. 1. Throngs estimated at a half a million gathered to welcome Mr. Roosevelt here tc open the Pan-American Peace Conference tomorrow. A United States official, in a broadcast said the conference will be a meeting of 21 friendly nations to
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  • 167 9 At the next meeting of the Legislative Council, to be held in Singapore on Monday. Dec. 7, the Hon. Capt. N. M. Hashim. 1.5.0. will ask: What is the revenue for the first ten months of this year? How is this compared with the estimate for the same
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  • 140 9 Nutrition Problems Of Tropical Countries London. Nov. 30. Government will give its Mpport to enquiries propped by the sation of the League of problems of malnutrition •.ntries. according to an ny the Foreign Secretary. Mr a the House of Commons. .rided that last April a patch was sent
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  • 45 9 London. Nov. 28. ftmrm.m Ml m of India at the Imperial Conference in London next •W be the Marquess of Zetland. tai India. His Highness the iraja Gaekwar of Baroda and Sir tinrib Khan, member of the ExecuCouncil of the Viceroy. British Wireless
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  • 313 9 £1,500,000 Damage London, Dec. 1. FE Crystal Palace, renowned throughout the world for its fireworks displays, gave London last night its most majestic and last show of all. Viewed by Reuter at midnight, the palace of glass was transformed into a palace of fire in the
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  • 130 9 Relationship Between Tin And Copper Prices London, De:. 1. The existing relationship between the leading base metals is interestingly criticised by Messrs. Brandeis. Goldschmidt and Co.. prominent metal brokers, in a circular issued yesterday In 1913 which is considered the 'last full year of normal trade," copper was
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  • 15 9 London, Dec. 1. The famous Savoyard, the late Sir Henry Lytton. left £15,000. Reuter Wireless
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  • 531 9 The Chinese Philosophy Of Life DR. L!MS LECTURE a hundred Europeans, Chinese and Indians of both j ;exes attended in the Ramakrishna Mission Hall last night and listened i -o a talk on the "Chinese Optimis- i ;ic Philosophy of Life" by Dr. Lim Boon Keng. president of Amoy University.
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  • 58 9 Grand Master Mason Of Scotland London, Dec. 1. The Duke of York was yesterday installed at Edinburgh as Grand Master Mason of Scotland in the presence of delegates from throughout the world, including representatives of the District Grand Lodges under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of
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  • 147 9 BRITISH LOAN TO JAPAN? f Questions In Commons London, Dec. 1. IN the House of Commons a Labour Member, Mr. W. Debbie, asked whether the Chancellor of the Exchequer was aware that negotiations were proceeding in the City of London for a Japanese loan and inquired as to the Government's
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  • 83 9 £2,125,000 Gift For His Employees London, Dec. 1. Lord Nuffield yesterday announced his intention to give 1.000,000 Ordinary Stock Units, with a present market lvalue of £2,125,000, to create a fund j under which the workers in his nine i companies will share in the profits. The dividends
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    • 138 9 SUGGESTIONS -TOOTAL" WASHABLE AND ANTI-CREASE SCARVES AND TIES, IN A LARGE SELECTION OF THE LATEST DESIGN SPOTS AND PLAIN COLOURS. SCARVES PRICE $2.50 NETT. TIES PRICE 75 cts. NETT. ROBINSON CO., LTD. SINGAPORE. MHaHBaMH HHMHH i^ BHaH ||B^HIHiMIMI.ia^HMIMIiMMIMH^BMi ****<+ mWmm REMINDER. BRITISH TRADE FAIR. 1937 A meet ing of local
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    • 536 10 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCKS SHARES From London 6 p. m. Dec. 1 The above are dealers' middle trices; Jobbers, margins, brokerage •nd stamp duty are not included. 6hare of £1 denomination unless Previously Yesterday Blse or Fall otherwise stated Conversion Loan. 5 p.c. 1944-84.... H7 3 8 117% Funding
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    • 174 10 Nov. 27. 28. 30. American Can. Com. 122 122 123'/ 2 American Telephone and Telegraph 189> 8 187% 188 Atcheson Railroad 73% 74% 73»/ 2 Chesapeak 72» 4 72 72V 2 Dupont 182 182% 181% Firestone 33' 4 34H. 34% General Electric 52 52 1 51% Ot
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    • 91 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association Dec. 1, 12 o'clock noon Buyers Sellers No. I.X. R.S.S. in cases (FOB. Dec.) 31 31% Good F.A.Q. in cases (F.0.8. Dec.) 313 16 315 16 No. I.X. R.S.S. (Spotloose) (awardable Singapore) 31% 31 5 16 December 31% 315 16 Jan.-Mar. 31% 317 16 April-June
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    • 67 10 ii r Dec. 1 Buyers Sellers Gambier 5.50 Java Cube 9.50 Hamburg Cube 10.50 White Muntok Pepper 17.75 Black Pepper .9.25 White Pepper 17.25 Copra, sundried 8.05 Copra, mixed 7.75 Small Flake Tapioca 5.25 R. Saigon Al $165 R. Siam, W.C. No. 1 $148 Rice, Siam. W.C.
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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 in Malaya has
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    • 196 10 From London 5.30 p. m. Dec. 1 RUBBER: Quiet. London Spot: 8 13 16d. 8 7/ B d. Previously: 8 13 16d. 8 7 B d. Jan.-Mar: 8 13!16d. 8 7 B d. Previously: 8 13 16d. 8 7 a d. April- June: 8 7 B d.
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    • 63 10 From London 5.30 p. m. Dec. 1 Tin: Dull. Cash: £230 15s. Previously: Easy at €233 15s. Three months: £230 ss. Previously: £232 12s. 6d. New York Tin: 51.25. Previously: 52.37. Copper Settlement: £43 10s. Previously: £44 2s. 6d. Gold: Yesterday: £7 Is. 7d. Previously: £7 Is.
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    • 76 10 London Closing Quotations Dec. 1 Method of Parity before Rate PreCentre Quoting 20-9-31 Yesterday viously Paris Francs to 124.21 105V 8 105V 8 New York $to 4.88 2 3 4.90 7 8 4.90 3 8 Amsterdam Guilders to 12.107 9.02V2 9.01 3 4 Hong Kong Per dollar
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    • 187 10 LOCAL EXCHANGE RA TES Dec. 1 London, T.T. 2i4 1] 16 London, demand 2J4 I|l6 London, 4 months' sight 2}4% Lyons, demand 1230 Hamburg, demand 141 New York, demand 57 3 1 16 Montreal, demand 57 1i 16 Batavia, demand 104i/ 2 Samarang, demand 104% Calcutta, Bombay" and Rangoon, demand
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    • 125 10 Employers Agree To Increase Wages London, Nov. ?."i. The Cotton Conciliation Board at Manchester, after hearing the claim :>f the weavers for a 15 per cent, increase in wages affecting over 100,000 men, yesterday announced the employers and operatives had agreed to alterations whereby the wages of the
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    • 16 10 Mr. W. H MaeLaughlm Superintendent. Customs and Bad* »P° shortly be proceeding to Pari" on transfer.
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    • 1205 10 Fraser and Co. 's List TUESDAY, DEC. 1, 1936: 6 P.M. MINING Bayers Sellers. Ampat Tin (46) 5s 5s 6d Asam Kumbang (C) 32a 34s c.d. Austral Malay 56s 60s c.d. Ayer Hitam (ss) 20s 21s 6d c.d. Ayer Weng ($1) 1.7.5 1.85 Bangrin Tin
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    • 145 10 In their daily share report issued at the close of husim terday, Fraser and Co. state that the price of tin was $115. of $2. In spite of a firm market in London it soon became eudei that the local markets have reached the top for the
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  • Article, Illustration
    25 11 J'HN (RXUFORD AND LIONEL BARRYMORE, the latter as President Anilreu ,oid Hickory**) Jackson, in M.G.M.'s great historical romance, "The Gorgeous Hussy," coming to the Capitol.
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  • 249 11 f* d actors of peculiarisUbi characteristics, four I vers, were required to imthe men who figured in the glamorous Peggy O'Neal in "The Hussy" which is the next Un Capital Theatre. *:>>rd. in the title role of Istorteal romance from Metro- ver. portrays the lovely cm keeper during ittan of
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  • 743 11 Winning CONTRACT David Burnstine, Merwin D. Maier, Oswald Jacoby and Howard Schenken, world's leading team-of-four arid inventors of the system that has beaten every other system in existence MORE ABOUT SQUEEZES I AST week we discussed some of the elementary squeeze-play situations. Before going on to the more complicated plays
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  • 149 11 No. 36 i Torpedo-Bomber > Squadron commanded by Squadron-Leader E. D Davis, arrived In Bangkok on Sunday j on a courtesy visit, by invitation of the Siamese Government. The Squadron is on its way back to Singapore from India, where it took part recently in inter-Command
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  • 88 11 Former Kwangtung Dictator In London London, Nov. 27. Gen. Chan Chai Tong, the former dictator of Kwangtung, accompanied by his former Finance and Education Ministers and a secretary. Col. Liang, is staying for a few days in London and called on the Chinese Embassy yesterday. Otherwise
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  • 49 11 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Nov. 27. A young Malay, Udon bin Ayon, of Rembau, was admitted to the Seremban Hospital suffering from severe burns on the face. It is stated that unknown persons threw acid at him at Kota, a village near Rembau.
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  • 53 11 The second Singapore company of the Girl Guides have this year won the Jean Cavendish Shield which is < competed for by the whole of Malaya. I and at an enrolment ceremony held 01. Friday the shield was presented by I Vlrs. R. Bird, District Commissioner for I CKnnnnAH/s T»V.a
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  • 117 11 Negotiations For Agreement Proceeding London. Nov. 30. Mr Walter Runciman. the President of the Board of Trade, announces that exchanges of a purely iniormal and exploratory character are proceeding with the United States with a view to ascertaining whether a basis exists for negotiations on a trade agreement
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  • 45 11 The second annual inspection of the Fifth Singapore Company of the Boys' Brigade, was held on Saturday on the Choon Guan Presbyterian Mission School ground at Katong After Mr. H. R. Cheeseman. Inspector of Schoois, the Inspecting Officer, had congratulated the company on
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    • 336 11 HONGKONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated ln ine Colony of Hong Kong) The liability of members is limited to the extent and in manner prescribed by Ordinance No. 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 Liability
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    • 499 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 £3,000,000 HEAD OFFICE I 38, Bishopsgate, London, E.C. 2. Agencies and Branches. Alor Star Iloilo Saigon Amritsar Ipoh
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    • 458 11 RADIO PROGRAMMES I FOR TODAY Hat avia NIROM 8 -20 The news and announcements 8.35 Greenwich time Signal. a in. -7 05 ajn.— YD 98.68 m. 84U Dance music. Harry Roy and his uid YDB 25.3 m. Band. ltt -,e m —150 p.m.— YDA 19.67 in. 905 CmWt down. and
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  • LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
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      25 12 THF MAJESTIC one-time luxury liner of the Atlantic, lying in Southampton where she is undergoing alterations and is being converted into a naval training ship.
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    • 511 12 Transfer To The Maritime Commission London, Nov. 5. PLANS for the transfer to the Maritime Commission of the four remaining Governmentowned lines and dissolution of the Merchant Fleet Corporation, the 20-year-old ship-operating agency, have been virtually completed by the Corporation's j board of trustees, states a
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    • 322 12 SEA ADVENTURE FOR CEYLON SCHOONER Colombo, Nov. 21. AN American author. Mr. William A. Robinson, aged 34. has bought in Kayts a teakwood brigantine ior another of his voyages to little-known places oi the world, says the Times of Ceylon. With a crew of eleven, he sailed the biigantine from
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    • 510 12 it), EMPRESS towJnmmmMif^^i To North America MpSffimjfr Europe a ji^r*' L~^r' ?1* jmi Fortnightly sailings to Victoria Wam.mmV' c -.Jl^E? or and Vancouver Direct or via W -j^.. jgjgtelijjj^J<yy Honolulu ship's-side rail conWtr x «TTIL '"^rrr '^%y m ctions at Vancouver. w Sk^^.^m^mT^' This time go via Canada book +Jt
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    • 140 12 BIBBY LINE [LONDON IDDRESi 22, PALL MALL. LONDOX H (ji last twin-screw OJ Dnw* Mail Passenger V( n RANGOON COLOMBO, POKI SlO** MARSEILLES PLVMOI N|) LONDON with through c n ,rom Singaj' lIOMI U UID SAILINGS Leavi I'* ll Rang»"n ol^** WORCESTERSIII! CHESHIRE YORKSHIRE DB DERBYSHI SHROPSHIRE ST AFFORDS HI
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    • 616 12 Local And Foreign Mail m -m Dispatches And Arrivals *m. am 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 t pjn. Klang, Kuala Lipis, Port Swettenham, Taining and Telok Anson: Weekdays* 7
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    • 162 12 VESSELS ARRIVED Cremer. Dut 2.784 tons, from Amoy 30 to Penang 2. Prachatipok Siamese. 603 from BangKok 30. to Bangkok 2. Klang, Brit.. 732 tons, from Penang 30. to Penang 3. Halldor, Nor., 840 tons, from Bangkok 30, to Bangkok 2. Boelogan. Dut., 578 tons, from Singkawang 30, to Singkawang
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    • 204 12 SINGAPORE HARBOR Ships alongside the hin_ expected la wSw East W r harf (Fntran,, Rohna 22: Hai H Wain Wharf (Entrain-.- r, te Naldera 18; Bull Kosei Maru 11; G horst 7. Empire Dock (Entrance f. a t* j Kota A Luneburg U C bank 36: ftmif Empire Dock 'I
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    • 274 13 P&O iw I Am^r4&Lsb m 9 WE'LL LOOK AFTER YOU ON THE P&O CHEAP RETURN TICKETS TO CHINA, JAPAN, COLOMBO AND BOMBAY. Available for two mcnthA. From SINGAPORE. IO:— l>>t. Cfatfi 2nd. Class Hon S Kon; SIH7.U $102 86 in^hai lISSJI 511J7.14 K I or t ■>■>■■■ I IM 5154.'!9
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    • 686 14 K. P. M. THEDENS— Wednesday. Dec. 2. Muntok and Palembang. TOGIAN- Wednesday, Dec. 2. P. Samboe, Toengkal. Moeara-Saba and Djambi. CREMER— Wednesday. Dec. 2. Penang and Belawan-Deli. MAKASSER— Wednesday. Dec. 2. P. Samboe. Prigi-Radja, Sapat, Tembilahan. Poeloe-Pallas, Pengalian-Estate and Rengat. BARENTSZ— Wednesday. Dec. 2. Hong Kong and Shanghai. VAN DER
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  • 2530 15 O. C. AERIA'S OUTBURST OVER GOALKEEPING CRITICISM "No Justification For Vitriolic Attack" New Hockey Club In Singapore phoiot Spotlight On Sport By "NIMROD" Crucial Cup Game On Saturday ANEW type ot sportsmen— that word should really be between ini commas i.s roaming the plavla oi Singapore today I refer who
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  • 183 15 Smarn Outpoints Johnson From Our Own Correspondent* Penang, llee. 1. Last night's boxing at Wembley Park provided i othing to enthuse ■bout Your.g Johnson, the FM S Negro. was but .i shad w ol hi.s lormer sell against Nai Smarn in the main event, whieh Smarn
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  • 49 15 <From Our Own Correspondent* Kuala Lumpur, Nov. .1(1. Selangor's hockey team to meet Penang at Penang will be tlie same as that which defeated Singapore a lortnight ago: Laa Cheng Nam; G Labrooy. L B M ArifTin: Turner Peel C O La- Cariappa, C. R. Martin, Kasi
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  • 27 15 The Middlesex Regiment beat the Chinese 2 0 in a hockey match at Gillman Barracks yesterday The scorers were L Cpl King and Pt# Dunn.
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  • 567 16 POSSIBLES PROBABLES PLAY A DRAW Yesterday's State Hockey Practice On Padang Ry Nimrod Colours 1; Whites 1. JI'ST in the nick of time, the Probables Singapore team to meet Negri Sembiian and Perak upcountry this week-end, escaped a humiliating defeat at the hands of the Possibles when they had a
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  • 75 16 The following are ties for Monday iin the Tanglin Club squash tournament. BATEMAN CUP Court 1. 6.00 N. Poyntz Roberts vs. R M. Longmore. Court 2. 5.30 W. H. Droogieever vs. R S. MacTier; 6.00 A. H. Peck vs. C. H. A Olivier; 6.30 H. E.
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  • 163 16 On Friday, the "B" class yachts will sail the final race of a series for the Clement! Challenge Cup (for women>, starting at 5.20 p.m. The Points to date are as follows: Points B. 9 Mowgli (Mrs. Walker) 10 B. 3 Corrib (Mrs. Cox) 7 B. 4 (Mrs.
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  • 21 16 The hockey between the G.S.C. and the Teachers Association which was fixed for last evening will be played today instead.
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    20 16 IN HOT PURSUIT. Picture taken during yesterday's rugger match between Scotland and The Rest at the S.C.C. (Free Press photo).
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  • 372 16 HANDICAPS FOR SELANGOR SKYE MEETING (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 1. THE handicaps for Thursday, the first day of the Selangor Turf Club's Skye meeting, are: Race 1. Ponies, Class 3, Div. 2, (5 furs.). Bright Eyes 10.6 Taj Mahal 10.5 Capone 10.1 Mickey Mouse 9.6 Phoon Tok
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  • 282 16 CRICKET CLUB HOCKEY RUGGER TEAMS THHE following have accepted to play I Hockey for S.C.C. vs. the Indian Association today at the S.C.C. P. W. F. Mills, P. F. Kinsey, H. G. I Shaw, H. Sardemen, E. W. Reeve, W. |T. Henman. J. H. Wainwright, A. H. Marshall, E. V.
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  • 96 16 To Be Plaved On Dec. 12 London, Dec. 1. The Association Cup draw to be played on Dect. 12 is: Carlisle vs. Clapton Orient. Mansfield vs. Bournemouth. Shildon vs. Dartford. Cardilf vs. Swindon. Lincoln or New Brighton vs. Oldham. Burton vs. Darlington. Ipswich vs. Boston or Spennymoor.
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  • 85 16 Four goals by Allan was mainly' tesponsible for the five-nil hockey victory gained by the R.A.M.C. over the R.A.O.C. at Tanglin yesterday. The Medicals were superior in all departments of the game and at half i time were three goals up. The Ordnance threatened on
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  • 29 16 The hockey match between the St. Joseph's School and the Christian Brothers Old Boys' Association, played j on the school ground yesterday, resulted in a goalless draw.
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  • 26 16 The Y.M.C.A. Junior Dept. beat the St. Andrew's team by three goals to nil in their Tiockey encounter on thej Anson Road ground yesterday.
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  • 159 16 Sundays 9 Golf Match The match between the Army and Ist Bn. S.S.V.F.. was played at the Garrison Golf Course on Sunday, 29th i instant resulted in a win for the Army jby 6 3 4 points to 4 3 4 The scores were as below
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  • 61 16 London, Dec. 1. The Oxford Rugby team to play Cambridge on Tuesday is as follows:— jFreakes Rhodes University*. Renwick Loretto), Waif ord Rugby Button Trent College), Percy ♦Uppingham). Grieve <Ampleforth). Cooke (St. Edward's School). Brett (Durham School), McGrath 'Stonyhurst >. Roos (Stellenbosch University), Reid 'Uppingham*.
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  • 67 16 (From Our Own Correspondent* Ipoh, Nov. 29. After a trial match today the Perak selectors chose the following team toi j meet Malacca and Singapore at Kuala I Lumpur on Saturday and Sundav next: Swee Lin; Stuart Moreira. Abdul! Rahman; Choo Choon. Major Byers. La Brx)y; Sunder
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  • 535 16 SCOTTISH BORDER AGAIN BATTERED Margin Of Thirteen Points In Padang Rugger •BY BREAKAWAY" rHE REST 13; M JHE Scottish border w; three times in the rugger match on the Singapore padanr afternoon. Having been bea: at football the previous day s lS w nt down to The Rest by 13
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  • 103 16 Bombay, Dec. 1. Sir John Beaumont replying to a telegram from the Maharaj Kumar of Vizianagr&m regarding reports which have appeared on the Amarnath incident says "the reports are entirely unauthorised and untrue —Reuter. The reports referred to were the findings of the Commission of In-, j quiry,
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  • 165 16 USEFUL batting and bowling practice was obtained by thr M.C.C. team on the fourth and final day of the match against Queensland at Brisbane, says Reuter. With their overnight scot. Ifor three the M.C.C. carried this morning and declared at tno
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  • 88 16 THE Singapore hockey eleven to meet Negri Sembiian at Seremban this Saturday has been chosen as follows: O. C. Aeria; R. Barth and G. Scott; G. Ross, G. E. N. Oehlers and P. K. Baskaran; D. Koss, V Sullivan. A. M. Valberg, A. G. Valberg- and J.
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