The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 3 December 1936

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  • 17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. NO. 15,026. ESTD. 1835 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1936. 10 CENTS
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  • 1196 1 Missiles Thrown At The Police ATTEMPT TO STORM POLICE STATION AT TANJONG PAGAR No Signs Yet Of A Return To Work rpHE FIRST SIGNS OF VIOLENCE IN THE TAMIL LABOUR 1 TROUBLES IN SINGAPORE OCCURRED LAST NIGHT WHEN SHORTLY BEFORE NINE O'CLOCK, ABOUT 30 INDIANS,
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  • 214 1 Deep Regret At Leaving It Behind (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 2. rE following message was handed to mc this evening\by the Hon. Mr. T. S. Adams, British Resident. Selangor, who has been appointed to the post of District Commissioner m
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  • 61 1 London, Dec. 1. Twenty fire-engines and 100 firemen were still working at 8 a.m. damping down the burnt out ruins of the Crystal Palace. Only a twisted mass of metal and melted glass remains of the 1.400 feet long building and the theatre, concert hall and other buildings
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  • 82 1 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 2. rE visit of the Government of India's deputation to inquire into labour m Malaya, which was to arrive at Penang on Dec. 5, has been unavoidably postponed owing to the illness of the Right Hon. Mr. V. S.
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  • 97 1 200 MILES OUT OF HIS WAY ON LAST LAP CAPE TOWN, DEC. 2. JIM MOLLISON HAS FAILED TO BEAT THE RECORD FOR THE CAPE FLIGHT SINCE HE HAD NOT ARRIVED HERE BY THE ZERO HOUR, WHICH WAS 3.57 P.M., G.M.T. A previous message stated that
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    62 1 J. A. MOLLISON after landing a 1 Croydon Aerodrome, m his Ml miles an hour Bellanca monoplane "Miss Dorothy." 13 hours 16 minutes after taking off from Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, on his record Atlantic flight. Seven hundred miles out m the Atlantic he had to circle for an hour and
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  • 379 1  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh AGGRESSION WILL BE RESISTED Nanking, Dec. 2. ASTERN warning against any attempt by Japan to interfere m the fighting m Inner Mongolia has been issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs m answer to a statement by the Japanese Kwantung
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  • 39 1 Washington, Dec. 2. f\N the French Government's initiative. Franco-American discussions are proceeding m Paris with a view to a settlement of the French wax debt. So far no definite proposals have emerged.- Reuter Wireless
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  • 101 1 New Rule For Consular Officials In U.S. Washington, Dec. 2. Mr. Roosevelt has forbidden American diplomatic and consular officials to marry foreigners without the Secretary of State's specific permission. An executive order on this matter just published shows that 18 per cent of the American representatives
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  • 60 1 London. De<\ 2. In the House of Commons the Foreign Minister. Mr Anthony Eden, ~at?eorically denied there was any foundation whatever fdr the reports that the Government did not Intend to maintain the Malta defences. The Government, he said, had no intention of renouncing their commitrts both to
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 53 1 BIGIA TEA Brings the freshness and fragrance of the Malayan gardens direct to your home. RAFFLES HOTEL TONIGHT ORCHESTRAL CONCERT 8.15 to 9.15 p.m. DINNER DANCE cabaret (forma,) EDITH BILLY 9.45 to midnight HERSEY Non-diners $100 Raffles Celebrated Orchestra Directed by Dan Hopkins WHEN IN PENANG STAY AT THE E.
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    • 63 1 There is no better Tea than BIGIA TEA GROWN IN MALAYA hs_ ADELPHI p HOTEL ROOF GARDEN TONIGHT m^mmmmmmmmmmmm SPECIAL DINNER -DANCE I DINNER AND DANCE MUSIC BY j RELLERS FAMOUS HUNGARIAN BAND j <^ ENTERTAINMENT PROVIDED BY DAN KENNY'S VAUDEVILLI-ANS A COMBINATION OF ENGLISH REVIE VARIETY ARTISTES. DINNER $3.-
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  • 103 2 To Protect Germany s Stability Berlin. Dee. 2. As a protection to German economic stability the Cabinet has sensationally ordained the death sentence for people convicted of smuggling property or maintaining property abroad. Cfficial circles arc very reserwd regarding the report from London ot the landing
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  • 149 2 'Tn my country they greet a public figure with showers or paper, if necessary by tearing up telephone books Here you do it with flowers." said Mr. Roosevelt m reply to a request for a message to the younger generation. He added that the reception
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    170 2 ARTHUR TREACHER _s the great' gentleman s gentleman, with the accent on the first "gentleman." In tippjij! 1 if eves w the new nlm at r„Lo I Treacher extracts every Wodehn,L CT V. fFOm tne fa ™ous ori tte "ara t €r Whenever he is merriment arnon^^ht "Pple of A?d
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  • Letters To The Editor
    • 1174 2 JAPAN'S PACT With Germany NO JUSTIFICATION FOR IT— DIRECTED AGAINST RUSSIA— A CLOAK TO FURTHER AGGRESSION—THE SAFER POLICY— MAKINGS OF FIRST-CLASS COMBAT— WHAT IS BRITAIN'S PART? NO NEED TO SUPPORT EITHER SIDE To The Editor, Sir,- The Germano-Japanese pact and its effect on British foreign policy is giving rise to
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    • 104 2 To The Editor Sir.—l have the hbnour to refer to the text attached to an illustration published m the picture page of the Singapore Free Press on Nov. 30 m connection with the official visit to Prague of H.M. King Carol II of Rumania. As this
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  • 172 2 •pHE Singapore Chamber of Commerce 1 Rubber Association held its 1,306 th auction yesterday, when there were catalogued 1,110,694 lbs., 495.84 tons; offered 1.033.538 lbs.. 461.40 tons; sold 854,992 lbs.. 381.69 tons. Spot London 8 13 16d. New York 18 16 cts. PRICES REALISED Ribbed Smoked Sheet
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  • 260 2 Two Chinese Women Badly Injured A collision which occurred at The junction of Tanjong Katong Road and Grove Road, between a motor-car and a van. on Sept. 13 had a sequel before Mr. E. E. Colman in the fifth court yesterday. Following the collision, the occupants of
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  • 44 2 The Eastern Extension Telegraph Company announces that the delay en full rate telegrams from Singapore t-j London yesterday was as follows: Telegrams handed m at 5.00 p.m three minutes. 5.30 p.m. three minutes, 6.00 p.m. three minutes. 6 30 p.m. working clear.
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  • 21 2 Moscow, Dec. 2. The Congress of Soviets has unanimously adopted the draft of the new Soviet constitution.- Reuter
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 117 2 Dairy Of The Day High Water, 155 a.m. 8.7 ft.. 105 p.m. 9 7 ft. Sports Rugby Teachers vs. Med. Coll.. at Med. College. m Hockey: G.SC vs Y.W.C A Races: XL Skye Meeting. Cinemas ALHAMBRA White F_ing with Michael Whalen and Jean Muir CAPITOL Gorgeous Hussy, with Joan Crawlord
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    • 49 2 LOST. LOST, young Irish terrier, answers to name "Bottles." Last se'en follow-4 ing a European down Nassim Road, about 6 p.m. yesterday. Information (Telephone 7663) will be appreciated. MISCELLANEOUS. FUNERALS. EMBALMING, CREMATION AND CREMATION URNS. SINGAPORE CASKET CO., 1 and 3 Penhas Road, Singapore, Telephone 6075. After Office 6072.
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    • 924 2 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. LES PARFUMS CHANEL %he Stnoapore Pans jf ice |p lcS3 No. 5, No. 22, Ivolre m umw wv^ Gardenia 1940 Glamour. ««*<» str^t. sin r ap„ r e _i ii^.- 1 none 54.1 (5 mt> BOIS des lies. extensions to _l| dep jr i_^J Cuir de Russie. TH:
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 101 2 Law Notice For The Day Before the Chief Justice m the Ist. i Court at 11 a.m. Part heard:- 5. 340 33 —Stanton Nelson land Co.. Ltd.. vs. Brinkmann and Co. Before .Mr. Justice Adrian Clark m the 2nd. Court at 11 a.m. Judgment:-— Summons m Chambers m 5.83 36—
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  • 2647 3 A Malayan's Adventures SACRIFICE TO PROPITIATE MOUNTAIN SPIRITS R/IR. R. V.. HOLTTIM, Director, Botanic Gafdens, is one of m the very few Europeans who have climbed the Kinabalu mountain m Borneo, the Korinchi Peak m Sumatra and the Gunong Pauti. and he gave a very
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  • Article, Illustration
    18 3 PUPILS of the Serangoon English School who took part m the annual concert held yesterday. (Free Press photo).
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  • 364 3 Local Teachers Views BOYS do not become "soft' by schooling with girls, nor girls become "hard" by schooling with boys. Miss M. D. Gibbs, Headmistress of Serangoon English School, can prove this, and at the annual concert and prize distribution ol the school held yesterday, qroted
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  • 63 3 R.A. F. VISIT TO BANGKOK Valuable Contacts 1 (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Dee 1. AFTER a most enjoyable visit during which valuable contacts were made with Siamese aviation officials, the R.A.F. squadron left Don Mining this morning. Half the squadron is staying at Mergui tonight and the other half
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  • 319 3 Obstruction Case VEERAN, a sewerage cooly of the Municipality was fined $60 or m default one month's imprisonment yesterday by Mr. A. D. York, the third magistrate, Singapore, after he was found guilty on a charge of wrongful restraint of se\cn Municipal coolies and two policemen
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  • 154 3 'THE ability of Malaya to ship the additional tin quota during this quarter is amply illustrated by the shipments that were made from Malayan ports during November. These shipments totalled 10,236 tons, and although they include tin smc'tcd from foreign imports of ore, there is no doubt
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  • 56 3 Mr. Lim Seng Kim. second son of Mr. and Mrs. Lim Chooi Chuan. and a Penang State cricketer, was married to Miss Khoo Suan See. only daughter of Mr. Khoo Thean Teik. at the Lim Kongsi. Beach Street, Penang. on Saturday. Mr. Lim has also repretented Penang at hockey. He
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  • 253 3 Opening Ceremony At Kuala Pilah <From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Nov. 30. More than three hundred persons attended the opening ceremony of the Jubilee Park at Kuala Pilah on Saturday. The park, an enclosed space in the heart of the town, is provided with badminton courts, swings seats
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  • 74 3 Tamils Charged With Using Criminal Force Connected with the Municipal strike, six Tamils were produced before Mr. J. P. Biddulph in the second court yesterday. They are charged with having used criminal force against a public servant in the execution of his duty at Weld Road on Dec.
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  • 55 3 Sentence of three months' rigorous imprisonment was passed by Mr. J. P Biddulph m th: second court raster* day on two Tamils r.amed RunaUnga Thaver md Kanachi Thaver who were convicted on a charge of robbery They were alleged to have robbed one Ramasamy of $13.02 on July
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 33 3 X MAS SALE NOW ON TILL DECEMBER 31. Here's opportunity to buy SHIRTS PYJAMAS at EXTREMELY LOW PRICE COME EARLY MAKE YOUR SELECTION. S. SHIMURA CO., 79, Bras Basah Road, SINGAPORE Phone 4382.
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    • 435 3 Out came Corns after 10 years' misery A My husttand had t>rrilth r,,r„. hetmUM his toe*, and r<ry Under f<<l dut to long krnirs of stand* ri a. Afui using Had j foothath. hi was at'h tn lift th' ct*,,s rujht erut, and h« \s nt>U m t>, mill, altoiil
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  • 1055 4 Sounds Unheard By The Human Ear TNLIKE the Law. which ignores small differences, science begins by most carefully accounting them. Nowhere is the reckoning more marked than m the 20th century science of sound, where what is most particularly noted is unheard by the
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  • 60 4 At the Islamic Restaurant. Singapore, on Monday night the staff of the Colonial Secretary's Office bade farewell to their colleague. Mr Clarence D'Souza. who retired after serving Government for 37 years. Mr D'Souza's last appointment was Financial Clerk m the Colonial Secretary's Office and by his retirement
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  • 824 4 SHA W PLAY PUBLISHED IN BASIC ENGLISH "World's Most Sensible Crank London, Nov. 24. r[IS month has witnessed the publication of what a personage has called "this queer Shaw experiment.'' This book, "Arms and the Man." by Bernard Shaw, m Basic English (Nelson, 25.), is the greatest triumph of Basic
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    17 4 CHIPS FLY. The winner of the woodchopping competition at the recent Adelaide Royal Centenary Show, m action.
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  • 879 4  -  S. de Madariaga New International Group By In the following article, Senor Salvador de Madariaga, the distinguished Spanish statesman and publicist and forme* Spanish Ambassador m Washington and Paris, outlines the plan for a foundation to co-ordinate word unity. This movement, which has been called "The
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 46 4 U. S. de Silva MANUFACTURING JEWELLER 179, ORCHARD ROAD i/jiprspius ■^Tb\^ There no better pill gmWWiM 'ban MARTINS. Yoc can 1 MWmW rel> "Pon MARTINS PILL>. I BTJ" So i d L y Chemutt Stores and I by THE PKDEKAL DISPENSARY. k\ Raffles Square. Siocapore M
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    • 59 4 CUT THE COST OF LUBRICATION BY THE USE OF THE .}X; c- l^B^BffifflKflH^ffi^ffiMvWll^mfinW^MT I B^r^^^Bl b!b£ 9 Lubricating costs reduced to a small fraction and engine wear minimised for PETROL ENGINES. GAS ENGINES. OIL ENGINES, DIESEL ENGINES. MOTOR LORRY ENGINES. MOTOR ENGINES, ETC., ETC. Obtain full details from UNITED ENGINEERS
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  • 261 5 DEsIRKTION by fire this tveek of the Crystal Palace removes one of the most famous landmarks m London, for the vast building was unique m many respects and while it has been stigmatised as a relic of 'Victorianism'— in the disparaging sense of the
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 100 5 tirtt£ MISS WMWsArwA M#nr JA V frrwa «<r £SK\MQ Pl£ \Vv^ fBBBt CAvXS A 6*«4T S P/D£ R V\V Who s*f ao»vM Bts\t>£ hhh i^Sj^^CL Aho saiv, *7*mt co** s i pom COiO STORAGrT Jv*b\ fl L \f 1\ ESKIMO PIES Vanilla Ice Cream, coated with Chocolate We can recommend
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  • 341 6 Specialists Baffled FIANCE STILL MAKES HIS WEEKLY CALL Chicago, Nov. 27. ONE night in February, 1932, as Patricia Maguire, 26-year-old typist, of Oak Park, 111., was going home from work, she fell asleep on the railway. From that sleep, begun nearly five years ago,
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  • 232 6 Unique Conference (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 2. EUROPEAN police officers sat in a mining hut 11 miles south of Kuala Lumpur last night surrounded by 140 strikers from Thong Bang Mines Ltd., Serdang. When this unique conference, which was held by the light of
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  • 207 6 Four New Malayan Police Probationers The four new Police probationers who are coming to Malaya will arrivtin the Ranchi on Jan. 28 1937. All have splendid school records and are at present taking a course at the School ol Oriental Studies and a course ot lectures in trop'cal
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  • 202 6 Constructed To Carry 21 Passengers Further particulars of K L.M.'s new Douglas aircraft which are to be placed en the Singapore route shortly have been received by the Free Press. The DC. 3, it is claimed, can carry 21 passengers at a top cruising speed of 210
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  • Article, Illustration
    22 6 photo). THE SERANGOON English School gave its annual concert yesterday. Picture shows the performers in a s<mg and dance item. Free Press
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  • 27 6 Mr Ooi Jim Thye, son of Mr. Ooi Jin Kooi. was married on Saturday m Penang to Miss Eng Saw Yang, daughter of Mr. Eng Loke Koo.
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  • 858 6 "Waiting Period" To Be Removed (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 30. r[E "waiting period" during which no compensation was payable under the Workmen's Compensation Enactment in cases where incapacity extends beyond one month, is to be removed if a Bill, to be introduced at
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  • 108 6 Resignation From Malay States Volunteers (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 1. One of the last echoes of the departure from Malaya a year ago or that popular officer. Sir Andrew Caldej cott, then Colonial Secretary in the i Straits Settlements and now Governor of Hong
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  • 468 6 Eleven Families Move In SECOND BLOCK READY IN EIGHT MO NTHS' TIME ELEVEN families moved into the first block of Singapore Im provement Trust flats in Tiong Bahru Road on Monda\ h> eight months' time the second block is expected to be read\ an early in
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  • 634 6 By 7 Per Cent A DECREASE of 7 per cent, in the trade handled at Singapore wharves during the year ended June 30, 1936, is revealed in the report and accounts of the Singapore Harbour Board. The aggregate figure is 2,633,304 tons. General cargo inward decreased oy
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  • 86 6 From Our Own Correspondent Muar. elee. fm The annual meeting of Recreation Club took pie rd evening at the club premises Dr H L. Carvalho was m the chair The following were electee) bearers for the ensuing year dent. Dr H L. Carvalho f re-el vice-president. Mr
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 207 6 Use this Wonderful Healer for XLSKIN DISORDER MRfIK^^MBBI Tho most stubborn Eczema. Psoriasis or Pruritus yields to the mm\W*wV*™ 9 I amazing healing influence of D.D.D. Prescription. Relief is inuneaCk, I diate. Eczema tons diseases are always most actire when you get vi I to bed, but a little D.D.D.
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    • 19 6 TRAVEL BY X.L.M. SHORTEST FASTEST Apply: X.L.M. KNILM Offices, 49 Stamford Road. or at any Booking Agency m Singapore.
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  • 482 7 Swimming The Most Popular Sport pRESTLING al :he annual distribu- tion oi sports and game prizes at the Anglo-Chinese Secondary School last Friday, the principal. Mr. T. W. Rlnch, said that while on leave m tnd he had received accounts of what had been happening in
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  • 83 7 Chaises Against Three Chinese I Three Chinese named Chua H;'a Bee. Khoo Peng Chee and Chua Kee Chow were produced before Mr. E. E. Column in the first court yesterday. They are charged with having imported about '80 piculs of rubber into the Colony. without a certificate of
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  • 138 7 Alleged Bribe To A Detective (From Our Own Correspondent* Segamat. Nov. 30. One of the first cases of its kind to be heard locally came up before TJngku Ismail bin Abdul Rahman, the Segamat magistrate on Sunday, when Low Poo. an old Chinese of Sungei Cha'ah. claimed
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  • 47 7 Mr. A. B. L. Murison, son o! Sir William and Lady Murison, and for- j merly of Singapore, will be leaving for New York shortly on a business visit. Lady Murison is at the moment In Singapore, on a visit to her daughter, Mrs. G. E. Tatham.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 354 7 LAST TWO SHOWS ALHAMBRAI TONIGHT AT 6.15 9.15 The screen version of the most thrilling book of the year JACK LONDON'S 'WHITE FANG' A Danyl Zanuek !oth Century-Fox Film with MICHAEL WHALEN JEAN MUIR and slim SUMMERVILLE TOMORROW NIGHT Warnei Bros.' Track ful of Thoroughbred thrills "DOWN THE STRETCH" with
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    • 34 7 A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS! PAVILION TONIGHT 6.15-9 > 5 20th Century-Fox's Hilarious Comedy "Thank you Jeeves Bust' 1 1 on a story hy P a WODEHOISE with ARTHUR TREACHER VIRGINIA FIELD-DAVID NIVEN Plus Gaumont British News
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    • 442 7 "TIP TOP STUFF. NEVER HAVE YOU SEEN JOAN IN BETTER FORM OR LOOKING MORE DAZZLING EMPIRE NEWS. OPENING TONIGHT at the CAPITOL THE PICTURE LONDON CROWDS FLOCKED TO SEE nms mm mm uumnmuauununmM^2Mmmmm*M}m new anc 9 rea er triumph for lovely Joan— ds the HL heroine of flaming history now
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  • 36 8 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE DEATH. THORNLEY JONES— Suddenly at ihe General Hospital, Singapore, on Dec. 2, A. E. Thornley Jones, aged 46. Service at St. Andrew's Cathedral at 5 p.m. Funeral at Bidadari Cemetery at 5.30 p.m. today.
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  • 946 8 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1936. "Splendid Isolation A COMPARISON between the international situation of a year ago and today would show with alarming clearness a rapid deterioration; a year ago the crisis precipitated by Italy's rape of Abyssinia was causing no little anxiety m the peace-loving nations
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  • 119 8 Dr. V. M. Matthews, the well-known Ipoh practitioner, will be going home on leave shortly. Mr. T. A. Curran-Sharp, manager of Raja Musa Estate. Kuala Selangor, with Mrs. Curran-Sharp, returned from home leave by the Boringia. Mr. W. F. Wegener, Assistant Chief Mechanical Engineer. F.M.S. Railways, and
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  • 581 8 Ban On Political Gestures? Responsible Joking Requested History Of A R(niin "Masterpiece" aTOW that action nas oeen taKen against political uniforms, it may become urgent to deal also with political gestures or salutes. There is significance in the accounts cf the Radical Convention at Biarritz, in
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  • 991 8 A fixed smile on her face, glancing left and right so that she might 'lose no opportunity of bestowing one |»f her gracious little nods on those rho made way for her. Miss Loring rtodded along the High Street behind he Bath chair that contained the inert,
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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    • 58 8 A PSYCHOLOGIST REMARKS that moonlight tends to produce an atmosphere of kindliness. Sunshine makes people painfully tender, too. A sense of security and freedom from anxiety is afforded to the traveller who holds a "GAFLAC" ALL RISKS WORLD WIDE POLICY. GENERAL ACCIDENT FIRE V LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION LTD. (Incorporated m
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  • 622 9 SUDDEN DEATH OF MR. A. E. THORNLEY JONES Legislative Councillor And Com missioner HIS RECORD OF SERVICE IN SINGAPORE TIIK Free Press regrets to announce the death ot Mr. Albert Edward Thornley Jones which took plate at the General Hospital last night suddenly. The news of his death came as
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  • Article, Illustration
    57 9 photo) THE BRIDE SURROUNDED by her friends at the reception held after the wedding of Mr. Leong Yung Kwok, the eldest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Leong Long Men of Malacca, to Miss Wong Tong Yee, third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wong Chok Poh, which took place
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  • 217 9 GAS USED AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT FORCES London, Dec. 2. THE Government offensive on the Madrid front progresses well according to the latest Madrid dispatch which states that after an effective artillery barrage the infantry advanced, supported by 40 chaser planes and evicted the insurgents from
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  • 246 9 OUTRAM OLD SCHOOL TIE COLOURS CHANGE ANNOUNCED BY THE PRINCIPAL Successful Year In Sport And Studies THAT the colours of the "old School tie" had been changed from red, to red. white and black, was one of the observations made by Mr. C. W. Bloomfield. the principal of the Outram
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  • 45 9 A REUTER message states that the flotilla of mine sweepers coming to Singapore are at present held m reserve at Malta where they are being refitted. They will sail for Singapore on Jan. 25, and are due here on Mar. 16.
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  • 39 9 London, Dec. 2. Sir Maurice Gwyer, First Parliamentary Counsel to the Treasury, has been appointed First Chief Justice of India, the appointment taking effect from Oct. 1. 1937, when the Federal Court will be instituted.- Reuter
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 2 9 HUiHb MiftWi
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    • 72 9 ■gn* GIFT SUGGESTIONS S FINEST HAND CUT !||ffl LEAD CRYSTAL WHISKY DECANTERS SALAD BOWLS HEIGHT 9 INS. HEIGHT 8' 9" PRICE 15.00 PRICE $7.75 -$lO.OO ROBINSON CO., LTD. SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR PEACE BRAND SWEETENED-FULL CREAM MILK THE PUREST AND MOST NOURISHING SOLE IMPORTERS MITSUBISHI SHOJI KAISHA LTD. UNION BUILDING SINGAPORE
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  • FREE PRESS SPECIAL COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    • 595 10 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCKS SHARES From London 6 p. m. Dec. 2 6hare of £1 denomination unless Previously Yesterday Rise or Fall otherwise stated Conversion Loan, 5 pc 1944-64 117 3 8 117 Funding Loan. 4 p.c. 1960-90 117*4 H6V2 War Loan, 3Vfe p.c 106' 4 105 3 8
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    • 202 10 By arrangement with tbe 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 Tork and other centres. This ls the first occasion on which a newspaper published m Malaya has
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    • 198 10 Nov. 28. 30. Dec. 1. American Can. Com 122 123> 2 122 American Telephone and. Telegraph 187* 8 188 187 8 Atcheson Railroad 74 7 8 73 l 72? 8 Chesapeak 72 72' 2 70» 2 Dupont 1823 8 181 4 182 Firestone 34» 8 343 4
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    • 80 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association Dec. 2, 12 o'clock noon Buyers Sellers No. I.X. R.S.S. m cases (FOB. Dec.) Wa 31»4 Good F.A.Q. m cases (FOB. Dec.) 31 116 313 16 No. I.X. R.S.S. (Spotloose) (awardable Singapore) 31 31 Vs December 31 116 31^ Jan-Mar. 31 3j16 31*4 April-June 31
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    • 67 10 Dec. 2 Buyers Sellers Gambier 5.50 Java Cube 9.25 Hamburg Cube 10.50 White Muntok Pepper 17.25 Black Pepper 9 25 White Pepper 16.75 Copra, sundried 8.15 Copra, mixed 7.85 Small Flake Tapioca 5.25 R. Saigon Al $165 R l Siam, W.C. No. 1 $144 Rice, Siam, W.C.
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    • 206 10 From London 5.30 p. m. Dec. 2 KIBBER: Firm. London Spot: 813 16d. 815 lGd. Previously: 8 13 16 d 8 7 B d. Jan-Mar: 8 7 a d. 815 16d. Previously: 813 16d 8 7 B d. April- June: 8 7 B d. 9d Previously: 8
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    • 70 10 From London 5.30 p. m. Dec. 2 Tin: Firmer Cash: £231 5s Previously: Dull at £230 15* Three months: £229 17s. 6d. Previously: £230 3s. New York Tin: 51.50 Previously: 51.25. Copper: Settlement: £43 7s 6d. Previously: £43 10s. Gold: Yesterday: £7 ls. 8 1 >d.. Previously:
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    • 73 10 London Closing Quotations Dec. 2 Method of Parity before Rate PreCentre Quoting 20-9-31 Yesterday viously Paris Francs to 124.21 1051a 105»8 New York to 4.88 2 3 4.90 7 8 4.90"s Amsterdam Guilders to 12.107 9 01 3 4 9.02 >'•> Hong Konu Per dollar Is. 215
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    • 198 10 LOCAL EXCHANGE RA TES Yesterday's Singapore Quotations Dec. 2 London, TVT. 2,4 1 16 London, demand 24 116 London. 4 months' sight 214y 8 Lyons, demand 1230 Hamburg, demand 141 New York, demand 57 3 16 Montreal, demand 57 M 6 Batavia, demand 104>/ 2 Samarang. demand 104»4 Calcutta, Bombay
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    • 1188 10 Fraser and Co. 's List WEDNESDAY, DEC. 2, 1936: C P.M. MINING Buyers Sellers. Ampat Tin (4s) 5s 5s Cd Asam Kumbang 32s 34s cd. Austral Malay 55s 58s cd. Aver Hitam (5s) 20s 21s 6d cd. Ayer Weng ($1) 1-75 1.85 Bangrin Tin (£>
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    • 183 10 IN their daily report on the share market issued at the close business yesterday. Messrs I raser and Co.. state that the P« of tin locally fell SI. and the tin share market rontiwaaj J throughout the day. Sellers, however, showed no inclinatu* sacrifice their holdings and
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    • 55 10 Ocean shipments of rubber, including latex, revertex and concentrated latex, during November from Malayan ports, totalled 47.342 tons compared with 46,399 tons m October The total shipments for the eleven months ended November were 481.428 tons a decrease of 71.053 tons on the figure of 552.481 tons for
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    • 46 10 According U) oil quota position ol th< tries and Siam at th was a net under-: I Malay* and S!am nj! to exceed then quota M over-exported by 995 Mn> 217 tanm Bolivia's deficit Incn tens. Netherlands India was wand Nigeria 1.068 tons under-expo*
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  • 1076 11 But Local Market Has Now Reached Top WILL RUBBER PRODUCTION QUOTA BE RAISED MALAYA has rarely enjoyed a simultaneous boom m both rubber and tin shares, but such has been the case during the past week and a very large volume of business has
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  • 421 11 Winning CONTRACT #V^^o\tf\(Xau> NKSM C AAO VALUES OF TMC FOUR ACES SYSTEM TOTAL WALUC O* AVCRAOC HAH» I'tl David Bumstinc. Merwin D. Maicr, Oswald Jacoby and Howard Schenken, ivorld's leading team-oj-jour and inventors of the system that has beaten every other system m existence THE BEST PERCENTAGE AT the start
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  • 170 11 Bill Passes Second Reading In Commons London, Nov. 30. The bill to provide that every employee m the same employment for at least 12 months shall be entitled to an annual holiday of at least eight consecutive days, with full pay, passed the second reading m the Boost
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  • 19 11 Miss C. A. Wade. Nursing Sister. Malayan Nursing Service. has been seconded for service under the Government of Johore.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 350 11 HONGKONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated In tne v/ulony of Hong Kong) I The liability of members is limited to the extent and in manner F prescribed by Ordinance I No. 6 of 1929 of the Colony. Authorised Capital $50,000,000 Issued and Fully Paid-up $20,000,000 Reserve Fond: Sterling 6,500.000 Hong Kong
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    • 487 11 CHARTERED BANK Or 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 38, Rishopsgate, London, E.C. 2. Agencies and Branches. Alor Star Uoilo Saigon Amritsar Ipoh Semarang
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 222 11 RADIO PROGRAMMES FOR TODAY Batavia— NIROM 6.20 a.m.— 7.05 ajnci.— YDA 98.68 m. and YDB 25.3 m. 10.50 a.m.— 1.50 p.m.— YDA 19.67 m. and YDB 25.3 m. 5.50 p.m. to Closing YDA 98.68 m. and YDB 31.32 m. a.m. 6.20 Gymnastics. 6.25 Recorded music. 6.50 Time signal. Recorded music.
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    • 412 11 8.05 Greenwich time signal. 8.20 Close down. Transmission 2 The following frequencies will be used: GSH 13.97 metres, GSG 16.86 metres p.m. 6.20 Big Ben. 'The Beggar Student.' J A comic opera. Music by Millocker. 7.22 A cinema organ recital. 7.45 'Food for Thought.' Three short talks on matters of
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  • 73 12 At Birkenhead, recently. Messrs' Camme!! Laird and Co.. Ltd., launched the oil tanker Pellicula, which they are building to the ordpr of the Angloo Petroleum Co., Ltd. She is the eighth ship to be launched by the eornpany this year, and the second this month. In accordance with
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  • 59 12 Figures issued last month by the G.W.R. Co. show that this year, up to Oct. 18. exports from the six ports of South Wales totalled 14,691,000 tons, and imports 3,127.000 tons. Imports increased by 91.000 tons, but exports of coal fell by 2,110,000
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  • LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
    • 611 12 Great Italian Shipping Company's Development THIS year the Lloyd Trieslino celebrates its centenary as a shipping company. Its origin, indeed, dates hack to 183:>, when with the development of shipping activities m Trieste the insurance of both ships and cargoes rendered necessary a centre for obtaining
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    • Article, Illustration
      29 12 THE SMASHED LIFEBOATS of the Hilda Thordcn m the Surrey Commercial D(«ks. london. after the steaaaav had fought her way through the recent terrific which have pounded Britain's coast.
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    • 58 12 The steamer Armanistan. 9.500 tons. built to the order of Messrs. F. C. Strick and Co.. Ltd.. London, was launched recently from the yard oi Messrs. John Readhead and Sons. South Shields. |She is the largest ship ever built at South Shields, and the
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    • 41 12 Mr. Tan Ewe Aun. clerk attached to the Magazine Police Station. Penang. son of the late Mr. Tan Choo Keng. was married to Miss Khoo Hong Choo. daughter of Mr. Khoo Ewe Hai. at the Hu Yew Seah. Penang, on Saturday.
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    • 23 12 The Pi die. I at H She will bt v. lor her annual ove: at Havi nissl m on I
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    • 81 12 An important order of the value ot over €100.000. which will take over a year to fulfil, has been secured from Paly by the English Steel Corporation. L 4 d.. for the supply ol forged steel-high-pressure hydrogenation vessels such as this firm has already supplied
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    • 28 12 1. to T^ Pi H Kedah, B: g; Lond X 'kok 2 s Dut.. 98:; 3. H X I Khand; Brit 3 23:< Calcutta 2. C
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    • 516 12 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated m P.M.S.) Jj TELEPHONE: Freight 54 Passage MJL r m LLOYDS AGENTS. V BOOKING AGENTS FOR FEDERATED MALAY STATES RAILWAYS. J. ROYAL STATE RAILWAYS OP SIAM. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Canadian pacinc |wp«tD 5 CSEattn (Lncorporated In England! QWVEL SYTTH4 THE "EMPRESS" ROUTE offers TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES Via BONO!. I
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    • 75 12 NOTICE TO MARINERS On the Malay Peninsula East re. Alteration m visibility oi is being eilected on the south bank at entrance to Mersing River at Latitude N.. Long. 103- 51' E. i approx i. Character: A light Hashing every three seconds show.ng red from 232" through west to 277
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    • 73 12 HENDERSON U« SCHEDlLi: Ol StlM** By FortniKhtl> V dtil Between Rangoon. I on Marseilles. Palma LJf 1^ HOMEWARD M^' Fort of l^m^rkaliynJ^J^^ It PEGU KEMMENDINE 9 CHINDWIN I n BHAMO 6 AMARAPOOKA o BURMA YOMA 3 PEGU KEMMENDINE I CHINDWIN AMARAPOORA 8AOAING l SURMA YOMA ;l ?|s LbB*B1 Through P
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 66 12 CLEARANCES Dec 1: Hin Cheong (Chin.); Mabella, Pleasantville. Dukat. Tourcoing. Halldor <Ncr. >; Danmark, Java (Dan.); Kepah. Pasir, Rokan, Kulit (Dut): Bengloe. Flevo, Chye Hin Tay Yit, Giang Seng, Jarak, Silver Gull. Tandjong Pinang. Rusa 'Brit). Dec. 2: Malacca. Meran, Sin Aik Lee, Taorijong 'Ha lei. Benledi. Klang. Benrir.nes. Lipis,
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    • 551 12 Local And Foreign Mail Dispatches And Arrivals BY TRAIN Bangkok every Saturday 7 p.m. Thursday 7.45 a.m Alor Star: Mon. to Fri.* 7.45 a.m. Saturday 7.45 a.m. and Ipoh: Weekdays; 7.45 a.m. and '1 pjn. Klang, Kuala Lipis, Port Swettenham. Tainmg and Telok Anson: Weekdays* 7 p.m. Kota Bahru, Kuala
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    • 163 12 SINGAI'OItE\ UARB(A M Ships alongside (he h e\n<-. l«d It .ur.\/^ I East Whart I m, Rohna 12; H Muinam 20. > Main Wharf (Entrain, lU Naldera 18; Ip 14: Ko.se: Maru n aVhamnoral I Empire Easjfe Meats* ate Qkagaleee Pr. Silverbelie J4; I JJ*** 1 Empire Eerk (hnti,,,,, Marella
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    • 506 13 .mm*- g JBL JSmw^^Jr JmmvJmm. ''"ni/.' > 1 I BY P&Oand BRITISH INDIALIN ES P. O. S. N. GO'S SAILINGS, OUTWARDS I Due Due Tonnage Spore. Tonnage Spore. 1936. 1937 RAJPUTANA 17.000 Dec. 4 CARTHAGE 17.000 Jan 29 \LORE 6.000 Dec. 19 SOUDAN 6,500 Feb 12 RAMPURA 17,000 Dec. 18
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    • 490 13 mmm mmm§ mmm^Ammmmmmmmmmm mmu^Ss^^>\Ammm m^.i mmm mmm mm.\^ Ai-^-1 (Incorporated m tngland.) jr^Plp* ELLERMAN BUCKNALL S.S. Co., Ltd. (Incorporatea m Straits Settlements.) "ELLERMAN LINE" FOR UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL ACCEPTING CARGO FOR MONTREAL AND HALIFAX VIA COLOMBO. Steamer Due Sail* CITY OP PITTSBURG Havre, London,
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    • 989 13 P REPRESENTING SHIPPING I Hi: BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean The Hua Khiow Steamship Co (1932) Ltd steam Ship Co., Ltd., and China Mutual The Cunard White Star Ltd. Steam Navigation Co., Ltd.) The Sarawak Stramship Co^ Ltd. The Straits Steamship Co., Ltd. The Australian Oriental Line Ltd. The China Navigation
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    • 762 14 K. P. M. BUl JSKES— Thursday, Dec. 3. Penang. Oelee-Lheue mot for passengers), Sabang. Tjalang, Meuiaboh, Tapa-Toean, Sinabang. Banjak-islands, Singkel, Sibolga and Padang. TlNOMBO— Thursday. Dec. 3. Selat-Pandjang, Bengkalis, Soengei-Pak-ning, Siak and Pakan-Baroe. BOELONGAN— Thursday. Dec. 3. Singkawang, Pemangkat and Selakau. OP TEN NOORT— Friday, Dec. 4. Muntok (passengers and
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    • 575 14 JOINT SERVICE OF PRINCE LINE -SILVER LINE FOR HALIFAX. BOSTON, NEW YORK. BALTIMORE AND PHILADELPHIA, VIA CAPE OF GOOD HOPE Due Sails Due Singapore Singapore New York. M.S. CINGALESE PRINCE In Port Dec 7 Jan. 21 M.S. SILVERSANDAL Dec. 14 Dec. 21 JW. J M.S. CHINESE PRINCE Dec. 28 Jan.
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    • 474 14 O. S. K. LIN| London Maru Buenos Aires via L. Marques. Durban jv Cape Town, Rio de Janeiro and Santo* I China Maru Cape Town via Mombasa. Kamlbar, D Salaam. Beira, L. Marque^ Durban and P. Elizabeth t Manila Maru Santos and Buenos Aires via Colomb) Mombasa, Zanzibar, Dar es
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  • 1034 15 BRADMAN HAMMOND BIG FACTORS IN FATE OF ASHES Brisbane In Grip Of Test Match Fever PRESENT ODDS SLIGHTLY FAVOUR AUSTRALIA Brisbane, Dec. 2. BRISBANE has been gripped by the Test fever, cables Reuter, and people are converging on the city by train, boat, road and air from all directions. The
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  • 219 15 BEST DOUBLES PAIR IN THE WORLD Budge-Mako Named CAYS American Lawn Tennis n A world's doubles ranking which, at first glance, must surely have been the creation of an American recently appeared m the Paris L'Auto over the signature of Michel Boutin. The feature of the list is the ranking
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  • 182 15 Wales Win Soccer By Two-One Dundee, Dec. 3. •TWENTY -FIVE thousand people saw tbe kick ort" m the match between Scotland and Wales here today. Wales won hy two goal! to one. In the third minute oi" play AnceU •offered an injury to his leg and
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  • Article, Illustration
    33 15 WORTHINGTON AND HAMMOND m confusion during the match against South Australia recently. Both men hesitated m the middle of a run and ran to the same crease and consequently Worthington was run out.
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  • 178 15 Sunday's Event Starts At 6.45 a.m. The annual Johore-Simiapore walking race organised by the Sportsman magazine will be held on Sunday from a point opposite the Johore Bahru police station to the Clerical Union padang off Rangoon Road A representative committee has been formed to supervise the event,
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  • 45 15 Mr. R. J. Aylward, formerly of Seremban. has jointed the staif of Penawat Consolidated Tin Ltd., Tanjong Tuallang. Lieut-Colonel R. H L. Fink. O BE.. MC. Commandant of the Straits Settlements Volunteer Force, and Mrs. Fink, will be leaving Singapore for home on Dec. 4.
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  • 56 15 Lincoln Win After Extra Time London, l>< 3. First round replays of the FA Cup resulted. Hartlepoois beat Rotherham two gobls to nil. Spennymoor beat Boston two goals to nil. Southern beat Crystal Palace two* goals to nil. Ltncohn beat New Brighton three goals tb two, after
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  • 187 15 Six Goals To Two At Highbury Highbury. Dec. 3. PNG I. AND scored a decisive soc- cer win over llungarx here today by six goals to two. The home team led hy three goals to one at half time. Hungary won the toss and both sides displayed
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  • 64 15 At the L:m Ann Haay Kuan A< been Street. Penang. on Saturday the I ding took place o! Mr. Lin B Kheng. al Messrs. Tek Scn-4 ;md Co rubber merchants. Kuala Kangsar Perak. any son ol Mr and Mrs. Lim Kee Keok ol Kuala KlntlTffT. and M. Tan Siew Kin
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 210 15 'With an AC Oil Filter tt fl j wear on a'l mount parts of B B| the en-one hi very preatlv re- B I duced The practical elimination fl fl of all friction caused bf .solid H B paWtfela m auapea iI es fl H tlv rformonce the eninc fl
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    22 16 photo ALL EYES on the ball during the hockey match between the I and the S.C.C. on the padang yesterday. Free Press
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    23 16 photo). AN INDIAN player gets the ball away during play m the hockey match with the S.C.C. on the padang yesterday. Free Press
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  • 330 16 Fast And Exciting Game Promised 'BY BREAKAWAY WITH both teams fielding splendid 1 threequarter lines, the rugger match between Singapore and the Army on the Singapore padang on Saturday the crucial game of the south division m the Malaya Cup competition should produce some line
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  • 122 16 Gunners Beat Sappers At Changi In the final of the Inter Company" Command. Changi Area, hockey competition, the 7th. HB. Royal Artillery beat the 41st. Company of the Royal Engineers by the one goal to nil. Play was very even but on the run of play
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  • 140 16 R.A.M.C. Beaten At Pulau Brani A combined team of the Royal Engineers, Signals and Ordnance Corps defeated the R-A.M.C. by six points •two tries) to three <a penalty goal) at Pulau Brani yesterday. The ground was very wet and the game was mostly confined to the
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  • 85 16 82nd Birthday Of Noted Jockey Charles Wood, the ex-jockey, who won the Derby three times, celebrated his eighty-second birthday quietly at his East-bourne home last month. He was a contemporary of Fred Archer, to whom he was seven times runnerup m the jockeys' championship before he became
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  • 46 16 An Indian schoolboy, M. I. Yusut, smashed all sorts of cricket records at Bulawayo, Rhodesia, recently by scoring 410 not out against an Indian senior club. He obtained his runs out of a total of 462 m 170 minutes, his hits including 25 6's.
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  • 747 16 Ibrahim Scor es Hat-Trick For Indians THE S.C.C. went down fighting to the tune of four goals to one m their hockey fixture with the Indian Association on the Padang yesterday. The game was fast but became a battle between the defences, both
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  • 109 16 The following is the latest amendment of the Straits Racing Association classification of horses and ponies. Transfers. HORSES From Class 2 to Claiss 1 —Squeeze Prom Class 3 to Class 2.— High Degree. Numero Treize. From Class 2 to Class 3— Gaythario. Nuit d'Amour. NEW CLASSIFICATIONS Class
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  • 214 16 Championship Sculls On Saturday On Saturday, Dec. 5, at 5.15 p.m. the followers of rowing m Singapore will see the start of the last race of the year. The event is the Championship Sculls when the three finalists will compete for the honour of being Club champion
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  • 86 16  -  Mr R Lyne Seventeen Candidates Pass For Bronze Medallion The following candidates have passed the Royal Life Saving Intermediate Certificate and Bronze Medallion test at the V.MC.A. Pool Wee Leong Quee, Tan Soon Watt Leong Chung Fen, G. Liang. Yeo Peng Hwee. Kwik Sam York. Henry Yap
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  • 65 16 The following have been selected to represent the V.M.C.A. Junior Department at hockey against the S.R.C. on Monday, at S.R.C. ground at 5 p m Wee Hong Heng, M. Modder, V C Armstrong, S. T. Hope, Goh Chin Chye G. Newman, E. C. ML Hope, Suratta. M. W.
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  • 74 16 Muar, Nov. 30. The following have been selected to represent Malacca against Perak on Saturday at Kuala Lumpur Low Seng Meng (Alor Gajah RC); H. M. de Souza (capt.) (S.FA) P F de Souza (S.F.A); J. F. Skaddian (S.F.A.). E. N. W. Wood (The Club) J D.
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  • 32 16 In a hockey match on the S.R.C. ground yesterday, Raffles College defeated the S.R.C. "A" by two goals to nil. Swee Keng and Kee Pow scored for the winners.
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  • 25 16 The hockey match between the Ceylon Sports Club and the Medical College, which was to have been played yesterday at Baiestier, was cancelled.
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  • Correspondence
    • 162 16 Another Point On Sliding Tackle The Editor. Dear Sir, I have been very closely following the "Aeria sliding tackle" controversy that has been going on m your paper. Apart from what your X.L correspondent, you yourself and the two foremost Singapore players have said about the effectiveness or
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  • 46 16 VARSITY BOA T RACE London, Dec. QWING to several difficult* V chiefly tides, the OxfordCambridge boat race has no» been definitely fixed for He*, nesday, Mar. 24 at about 113 c a.m. The last time the raw rowed on a midweek day aa» m 1921.. Reuter
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  • 14 16 I «'nd«»n. bet. In a Rugby I Cambridge Dnlven Wtii Greenwood Reir
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    • 86 16 iiiil PUBLISHED CAMBODIAN GLORY by H. W. PONDER Author of "Java Pageant," etc. A fascinating description of the Authors pilgrimage to the deserted city of Angkor and the temples of Cambodia, the most grandiose m conception that the world has ever seen, illustrated by the Author's brilliant collection of photographs.
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