The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 30 December 1936

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  • 17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. NO. 15,048. ESTD. 1835 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 133h 10 CENTS
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  • 262 1 Accepts Blame For Sianfu Revolt CENTRAL COUNCIL WILL NOT ACCEPT HIS RESIGNATION Secret Agreement With Chang Hsu eh Liang? Nanking, Dec. 29. JT transpires that Gen. Chiang Kai Shek sent a letter the Centnd Political Council assuming ultimate sponsibflity for the Sianfu revolt
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  • 68 1 Berlin, Dec. 10. THE oil king. Sir Henri Deterding. is giving 10.000.000 Dutch florins to huy agricultural products m Holland for Germany. I he official Vizi organ, Der An--jnlT. describes the gift as a gigantic one of foodstuffs for "the winter hep" Sir Henri has
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  • 170 1 Tokio, Dec. 29. rE Japanese Tariff Commission has decided to repeal the trade safeguarding law against imports from Australia applied m June. The repeal becomes effective on Jan. 1 when a new barter agreement with Australia will be enforced. Australia is expected to abolish
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    13 1 THEIEACUS? MM! FANCY SUCCCSTINC NATIONS COUID UWTC FOR P£AC£~ <c<-py-*-gM A u Count™,
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  • 42 1 Warsaw, Dec. 2«l. Accumulation ot ice on the wings was responsible for the crash of a Polish air liner between Lwow and Warsaw when four were killed and three seriously injured of the tf*n passengers and two crew aboard.- Reuter
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  • 498 1 Soviet Russia Will Not Remain Impassive London. Dec. 29. I_IITLER'S New Year conundrum is j given prominence m the Press and 'it is reported that Gen. Faupel. head lof the German mission to Burgos, has [recently returned to Germany and reported to Hitler that
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  • 92 1 SPANISH PAPER RAIDED BY ITALIANS Tangier, Dec. 29. THERE have been disturbances m the International Zone by 150 Italian blue jackets, headed by an officer, who broke up the offices of the Spanish newspaper, "Democracias" which printed a number of articles regarded m Italian circles as insulting to Italy. The
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  • 20 1 The death is announced of Gen. von Seeckt. reconstructor of the pest- war German army.- Reuter Wireless
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  • 41 1 London, Dec. 29. The Office of Works will take over possession of Westminster Abbey next week with a view to preparation for the Coronation ceremony m May. The Abbey will be reoDened to the Dublic m August.- British Wireless
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  • 157 1 London, Dec. 29. THE German Navy List, published for the first time m three years, strikingly evidences the speed with which Germany has been building up her fleet. Since 1934 Two 26,000-ton battleships have been launched; One or two 35.000-tonners laid down: Two 10,000-ton cruisers
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  • 137 1 SIKH POLICEMAN SU RVIVES GALLOWS Rope Breaks At Hanging TO RECEIVE A REPRIEVE Shanghai, Dec. 29. ATMA SINGH, the 32-year-old Indian policeman and murderer, was bring executed at the Municipal Gaol this morning when the rope broke. Atma Singh was sent to hospital with injuries to the neck and it
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  • 59 1 Dakar. Dec. 29. A German S nth Atlantic airliner dramatically .saved by a last cutter belonging to the rival French line. The cutler was passing when the plane landed m the sea after losing I pnpdler The crew was transferred I to the cutter but the plane wa--
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    • 73 1 I^JiuJ^B Cocktail Dance t. 6.30 to 8.15 pm Dinner and Dance '< .9.30 to midnisht No Admission Charge TOMORROW-NEW YEAR'S EVE GALA DINNER FANCY DRESS BALL Latest Parisian Carnival Novelties. Crackers, Balloons, etc., »%srY MESS PRIZES. 2 Ordinal and 2 Best Ladies and Gentlemen BEAITIFCL SIRPRISE GIFT FOR EACH LADY
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  • 114 2 Diary Of The Day High Water, 12.88 p.m. 9.2 ft., 11.31 p.m. 10.3. Sports Rugby: S.C.C. "B" vs. Midds. B. St. Andrew's vs. 3rd. AA. Battery. Hockey: SCC vs C.S.C. at SCC S.R.C. vs. RE at SJt.C. Soccer: We/irnes vs. G.E.C. at Farrer Park. Cinemas ALHAMBRA Sea Spoilers with John
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  • 122 2 Fast-Moving Action In "The Sea Spoilers" On the bleak shores of Alaska's ccastline. the members of the United States Customs department keep vigilant watch for smugglers. The wreathing mists and innumerable creeks make their work all the more difficult and the strenuous life they lead is made the
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  • 71 2 THE VALUE OF FLOGGING Committee To Be Appointed By Home Secretary London. Dec. 29. In conformity with the announcement made by the Home Secretary m the Commons before Christmas it is understood that a committee will shortly be appointed to inquire into birching and flogging. The value of these punishments
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  • 280 2 At the 47th annual general meeting oi the Chinese Christian Association held m the Institutute Hall, Prinsep Street, on Monday, the following were elected officers tor 1937: President. Sir Ong Slang Song, KB.E.: vice-president. Rev. Gibson. M.A hon. secretary. Mr. Lim Thian Pee; hon. debating secretary. Mr.
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  • 1366 2 BIRTH CONTROL Clinics wanted Letters To The Editor CARDINAL HAVES GIVES HIS IMPRIMATUR— MORALS CONTRACEPTIVES— HOLLAND'S EXPERIENCE— UNEMPLOYED IN U S.— OMINOUS FIGURES -WHY CATHOLICS SHOULD SUPPORT BIRTH CONTROL— A CATHOLIC PRIEST REPLIES To The Editor, Sir.— The attack on birth control by the Malaya Catholic Leader, excerpts from which
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  • 118 2 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Dec. 28. Many rubber shares were quoted today at the highest prices since 1927. In view of the serious shortage of spot rubber further rises m prices are likely to occur, more especially when it is remembered that the U.S.A. consumption
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    • 447 2 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. i NOTICES. SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL 5% DEBENTURE STOCK 1928. Interest Due Jan. 20, 1937. NOTICE is hereby given that the Transfer Registers of the above Stock will be closed from Jan. 7 to 20, 1937. both days inclusive. C. H. GOLDIE, Municipal Secretary. THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD. NOTICE RE
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    • 350 2 DONT SCRATCH! SKETOLENE regd. PREVENTS MOSQUITO BITES, AND ALLAYS ITCHING IF BITTEN. Prices:— sl.so per bottle obtainable at all chemists stores. Sole Agents: GRAFTON LABORATORIESBOARD RESIDENCE. SEA- FRONT KATONG GRANGE— 77 Meyer Rd Large rooms facing aea with own bath room. H and C. and mod. san. Phone 575« Tennis
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    • 424 2 I Übe Singapore Jfrce fl>ccss Ilead Office: Cecil Stnf-t. Singapore Thone 54 71 exten-Mons to ail d<-p„, lm TeJ: Tune:, M!g<a|K>re Kuala Lumpur Oflice: 25. Java Sired. Phone: 3bB_. Ipoh Office: Brewster Road. Phone: 37. Penan* Office: 12, Bishop Strm. l; tlAnm Phone: 1477. London Office: 4c. 43 Fleet Street.
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  • 409 3 BIG INDUSTRIAL CONCERN TO OPEN FACTORY HERE Commissioners Consider Question Of Site COMMITTEE'S DISAPPROVAL REFERRED BACK References To Ford Co. and General Motors TTHE refusal by the Singapore Municipal Commissioners some years ago to entertain applications by the Ford Motor Company and the General Motors to establish factories m Singapore,
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  • 230 3 Mr. Lee Chim Tuan Not Reappointed To Commission IT was stated at yesterday's Municipal meeting that Mr. Lee c Mini Tuan has not been reappointed a Commissioner for next year. The revelation was made by Mr. John L___PCOelL who was commenting on the subject oi the election of Commissioners to
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  • 72 3 Three Hokkiens hired a taxi m Road at ten o'clock n M nday night, and instructed the Malay driver to take them tor a drive. They toured the streets for an hour and eventually arrived at Tiong Bahru. The driver was instructed to stop and was
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  • 204 3 Commission Gives Chance To Settle TTHE consideration of the motion standing m the name ol Mr. John Layccck at yesterday's meeting of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners to decline to grant any omnibus service licence either to the Keppel Bus Company or to the Keppel Bus Company
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  • 65 3 For having railed to report an accident to the nearest police station whilst driving a motor car m Coleman it, and having driven a motor car without a licence. on Nov. 13 H. F. Bleeker. a European, was fined $5 on the first charge and $7 on the
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  • 77 3 Tribute Paid In Municipal Commission Reference to the death of the Hon. Mr. A. E. Thornley Jones was made at the meeting of the Municipal Commissioners yesterday when a vote of condolence was passed m silence. "Mr. Thornley Jones." said the President, "served on the
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  • 93 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 28. Alleged to have false.'* represented to Messrs John Little and Co. at Kuaia Lumpur on Dec i 4 that he was ordering goods on behalf of H.H the Sultan of Pahang and to have induced them to deliver *,o
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  • 78 3 Charged on two counts with having cheated Messrs Roneo Ltd., by dishonestly inducing them to deliver to him noiseless portable Royal typewriters on various dates m September this year, H. M. Marso appeared before Mr. H. A. Forrer m the Criminal District Court yesterday. The accused claimed trial
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  • 81 3 Question In Commission THE tembusu trees m Raffles Place have disappeared. They were cut down so— Mr. John Laycock asked a question about them at yesterday's meeting of the Municipal Commissioners. am afraid I cannot ansicer your question tor the reason of their removal now." replied ihe president,
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  • 189 3 THANKS EXPRESSED BY MR. BARTLEY THE President of the Singapore Municipality, Mr. W. Bartley, expressed the thanks and appreciation of the Commission yesterday to all persons and bodies who had assisted them during the recent strike of the Tamil labourers. "We had every reason indeed." he
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  • 323 3 There were also the District Commissioner of the Singapore Boy Scouts Association and the scouts who swept roads and removed refuse and Mr. A. P. Craigie. who organised volunteer work, mostly from the S.C.C. to collect refuse. "They were joined, I am glad to say by a considerable
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  • 681 3 "Wipe Out Any Trace Or Feeling Of Bitterness** "M° RE than anybody else we realis e the growing seriousness of the I™ continuance of our strike and its unfortunate repercussions on the essential services as well as on the health and public weal
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  • 108 3 Pleading -.Jilt y to a charge bi having 'driven a motor cur without a licence intf having collided with a bus at sixth milestone. Bukit Timah Road on Nov. 11. F Kennedy, stuble mana I vk.is lined $7 by Mr E E Coin. an In the
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    • 38 3 HOME FOR THE CORONATION VIA THE CAPE AND BACK VIA SUEZ OR VICE VERSA ROUND TRIP FARE: Ist Class (AFTER JANUARY Ist 1937) From £161.13.9 FOR DETAILED INFORMATION PLEASE APPLY TO: X.P.M. LINE, 1 finlayson Green, Tel. 5451
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  • Article, Illustration
    13 4 THREE RECENTLY- VACATED houses at Hakefield. near Lowestoft, have hfCn M'_tll_~rl *X— nni
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  • 2571 4 SECRETS of the new Empire Airliners Aviation Topics London, Dec. 15. «M\l° limit m size of the civil L* flying-boat is yet m sight." That is the considered opinion of Mr. A. Gouge, chief Short designer and world authority on flying-boat construction. In a paper read before the Royal Aeronautical
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  • 194 4 A Different Man After 6 Months of Kruschen Kerf is the true story o! a man who und»rvent drastic treatment for rheumatism, and was lef; weak and ill at the end ol it H« regained his health not by paint ul. inconvenient methods but by
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  • 68 4 (From Our Own Correspondent* Seremban. Dec. I*. His Highness the Yang di Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan and party. P-ho had been on a visit tc Siam. returned to Seremban last night Hi* Highness was met by the Hon Mr G L Ham. acting British Resident, and Mr
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    • 84 4 «^n mm^mm<mmmmmmmrmmmmmmmm^mmm^mmm^^^mmwmum *****M******T ir-nffTn i •Wiitiiiii^j'' "r. ...for Roomy Comfortable 4-seater TAXIS p ut 20 cts per mile the same rate applies for one or four persons If Caret, 4 and courteous drivers will take you speedily to your destination. p Pay only according to the speedometer 20 cents for
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    265 5 t the Hague the proe.amation of the b.nn s for the forthcoming Royal wedding ON HORSE-BACK announcing m the fIL. and Prince Bernhard m Up pe-B.est*rfe!d. «i_w moI'NIED ON tn"*-****- t mntt4^ X Juliana, heir to tne nirou-c HEK.ALDS www- between rruiceas juu*«-»» m mmr AN ACTRESS NIECE of the
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    • 72 5 Photographic copies of Free Press local picture* can be obtained on application to the manager. Price 50 cents each. Kff lhar Choice of You will be sure to find youi favourite cheese at the COLD STORAGE. Or perhaps you are looking for something new Mild medium, or nippy whatever your
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  • 2610 6 EXISTING GAME ORDINANCE SUFFICIENT Sir T. Corny n -Piatt's Report 44QTRICTLY enforced I consider that the existing Game Ordinance would meet all requirements -certainly all that can be hoped for at present." writes Sir Thomas Comyn-Platt m his official report
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  • 243 6 China Buying Large Quantities COST 0! 'iving for Asiatics m Singapore mh* Malaya is steadily going lup A bowl of rice on each table costs la fraction of a cent more than a week ago. a gantang some two cents. Following the reported increase las'
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  • 134 6 From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Dec. £8. Mr Ma Lo Kah. second son of the Rev Ma Tham Shun and Mrs Ma. was married to Miss Lim Nyuk Thye. thiro daughter ot Mr. and Mrs Lim Thean Hcng. at the Chinese Gospel I Hall m Kuala
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  • 112 6 Ali bin Hassan, a 20-year-old Javanese, pleaded guilty yesterday before Mr. J. P. Biddulph the second magistrate. Singapore to having stolen a bag containing $1 04 cents from Mrs. R. G. Wilson m Oxley Road yesterday. Ali admitted having snatched the bag from under Mrs. Wilson's arm
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  • 458 6 Call To Prayer To Be Made Through Loudspeakers SINGAPORE FIRST CITY TO MAKE THE EXPERIMENT POWERFUL loudspeakers, audibl more than a mile away, have beei installed on the minarets of the Masjii Sultan Mosque, m North Bridge Road Singapore. Every Friday, and on special holj days, the muezzin intones his
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  • 598 7 How Jobbers* Wisdom Averted Panic Selling Peril W (From Our Own Correspondent) U w London, Dec. 14. NCERTAINTY is the greatest enemy of business, whether financial commercial, or industrial. For this reason, the City received the announcement of King Edward's abdication with great relief. There
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  • 293 7 PRIMATE'S CHRISTMAS ADDRESS SLACKENING OF MORAL STANDARDS "Resettle Foundations Of National Life" London. Dec. 21. JUST as there was no room for Christ m the inn on the first Christmas Day so today there is no room for Him m the noise, bustle and host?lry of modern life, declared the
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  • 120 7 Took 17 Brigades To Extinguish It Berlin, Dec. 28. The underground fire was practically extinguished at 1 a.m. alter 17 fire brigades had been m operation direct ed by the head ot the Fire Brigade with a loudspeaker Irom a special car. Many underground workshops, most
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  • 160 7 TRAFFIC BROUGHT TO A STANDSTILL Railway And Post Office Records Broken London, Dec. 27. FOLLOWING glorious sunshine on Christmas Day, fog spread throughout the country and the Continent and all air services from Croydon were cancelled today and flying is impossible at almost
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  • 90 7 Washington. Der. 28. A licence for the first shipment of aeroplanes from the United States to the Spanish Government since the outbreak of the civil war was granted today to a firm of aircraft brokers. The total value of the shipment is about half a million sterling.
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  • 57 7 Avila, Dec. 29. Monseigneur Goma. the Primate of Spain and Archbishop of Toledo, yesterday returned from Rome, where he was twice received by the Pope. The Primate is reported to have declared that ten bishops and 5.000 priests, out of a total 35,000. have been killed since
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  • 44 7 Madrid. Dec. 29. The Government claim successes m yesterday's fighting which lasted until nightfall and have completely cleared the Corunna roads and re-established communications with their positions at Aravaca, Pozuelo and Humera, inflicted heavy losses and captured five armoured cars Reuter Wireless
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  • 162 7 DUCHESS OF KENT AND HER BABY New Princess Is Sixth In Succession London, Dec. 28. T^HE Duchess of Kent and her baby daughter, who was born at 11 20 on Christmas morning, are both reported to be doing very well. In accordance with constitutional practice, the Home
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  • 174 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Dec. 17. Tailors who include "entire satisfaction" m their guarantees are very unwise according to a County Court judge, who had before him a claim to recover the cost of certain clothes. The defence was that the firm promised entire satisfaction and that
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  • 288 7 REJECTS GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ACT Faizpur, Dec. 29. rE National Congress passed a resolution rejecting the Gov- j ernment of India Act of 1935 and reiterating the demand for a Constituent Assembly elected by adult 1 suffrage for the purpose of drafting a
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 68 7 A new hero m a new setting ALHAMBRA j 6.15 TONIGHT 9.15 Young. handsome. six-feet-five inches tall! The hero you've been dreaming of— in a gripping love and action drama of the Coast Guard m smuggler-infested Alaskan waters! JOHN WAYNE m the New Universal Hit "THE SEA SPOILERS" with NAN
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    • 362 7 jfXr^ THE ONLY COMEDY SHOW IN TOWN f-f^JlJgf) PAVILION mUmm^3K3^^ Tonight 2 Shows 6.15-9.15 X IM H-V (Brought Back For Shorl Season) RALPH LYNN and TOM WALLS m 44 A CUP OF KINDNESS" with ROBERTSON HARE and DOROTHY HYS3N By Ben Travers LAST NIGHTS GALA PREMIERE I WILL LONG BE
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  • 984 8 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1936. Boom Dangers HOWEVER poorly it may have started, the year 1936, so far as Malaya is concerned, seems to be going out m a blaze of glory, if we are to judge from yesterday's issue of the Free Press. In the first
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  • 238 8 Tuesday, Dec. 22. In the afternoon H.H. The Sultan of Perak called on His Excellency at King's Pavilion. Wednesday, Dee. 23. In the afternoon His Excellency and Lady Thomas gave a Children's Party at King's Pavilion. Thursday. Dec. 24. H.H. The Sultan of Perak, H.H. The. Raja Muda
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  • 599 8 fTHE Choirs of the Chapels Royal, i now beginning rehearsals for the i part they will play m the Coronation ceremonies, are among the most historic and exclusive bodies of their kind inj the world. The "Gentlemen and! Children of the Chapels Royal"; date back to
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  • 1025 8 THE trees they call las madies de l cacao, taken from the forest and tamed to shield the growing cocoa irom the sun. were all m flower when he returned to his own village ot Mania nllla. He thought, without knowing clearly what he thought, how good
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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    • 56 8 TO WRITE A SONG HIT, take something composed by cne of the masters and decompose it. To write something you will never regret fill m and sign an application for a "GAFLAC" ACCIDENT AND ALL SICKNESS POLICY. gelseral ACCIDENT FIRE b LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION LTD. (Incorporated m Great Britain) i
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  • 252 9 Gen. Chiang Orders Resistance PRINCE TEH MAY DESERT TO NANKING Shanghai, Dec. 29. IPON receipt of the report of an offensive to be launched by the allied invaders of Suiyuan, Gen. Chiang Kai Shek, has ordered the Government forces m East Suiyuan to
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  • 644 9 u ROMEO AND JULIET 9 AT THE CAPITOL A LONDON film critic has said, very aptly, that if Shakespeare were alive today he would be a film fan. One might go further and say that he would be a scenario writer!
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  • 26 9 Loodon, Dec. 29. Mr. Patrick Duncan, GovernorGeneral Designate of the Union of South Africa, arrived m London yesterday for a short holiday.- British
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  • 105 9 Strike May Affect The Building Programme St. Nazaire. Dec. 29. Another setback threatens France's naval programme m the shape of a serious labour conflict m shipyards involving over 12.000 men. A meeting has been called for tonight and is expected to denounce the recent labour contract owing to
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  • 98 9 London, Dec. 29. DURING the past year more than 30 broadcasts from the Empire overseas, including the change-over of the Viceroys m India and the meeting of the Governor-General of Canada and the President of the United States, were carried out by the British Broadcasting Corporation. The
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  • 161 9 London, Dec. 29. A FURTHER drop m the figures of unemployment m the New Year is forecast by leading industrialists and business organisations, which anticipate a considerable expansion m trade m the coming months. Optimism is high m the coal, iron and steel
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  • 342 9 Why Step Was Necessary Madrid, Dec. 29. WITH the decision to move the British Embassy to Valencia some 200 remaining members of the British Colony have 24 hours to decide whether they wish to be evacuated. There was a pathetic scene when the Charge d'Affairs.
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  • 123 9 Rome, Dec. 29. IT is just announced that 20 were killed and 100 injured m a boiler explosion m the Italian liner Cesare Battisti at Massawa on Dec. 23. Seventy-three of the injured are m a serious condition and may not survive. The explosion occurred while the
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  • 200 9 Close Vote In S.S. A. Municipal Ballot MR. GREGORY JONES THE NEW NOMINEE AS a result of the ballot taken by the Straits Settlements Association. Mr. E. Gregory Jone*? has been elected as the Association's nominee on the Singapore Municipal Commission m place of Mr. David Frankel who has resigned
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  • 301 9 THE POPE MAKING PROGRESS But Unable To Leave Bed Vatican City, Dec. 29. THE Pope spent a fairly good night and it is officially stated he is progressing favourably. The chief difficulty at present is the, varicose ulcers m the left leg have not responded to treatment and it is
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  • 120 9 Queen Mary Recovering From Her Cold London, Dec. 29. At Sandringham. Queen Mary is slowly recovering irom the cold which has kept her indoors throughout Christmas. The King spent today with a shooting party, including the Duke of Gloucester and the Earl ol Athlone The Queen and Princesses
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    • 62 9 ips-M Mr TELEPHONE 4906 SPECIAL NEW YEAR'S EVE DINNER DECEMBER 31st $2.75 Grape Fruit Au Maraschino Clear Turtle or Ox Tail Soup Grilled Fresh Salmon. Tartare Sauce Roast Saddle of Lamb Roast Pheasant and Bacon. Ked Asparagus. TyroUenne Sauce Mince Pies Plum Pudding. Brandy Sauce Strawberry Royal Fancy Dessert. Cafe
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    • 72 9 CORSET No. 689 PINK SURGICAL ELASTIC WITH SATIN FRONT AND TWO BONES STEP-IN MODEL 13 DEEP. SIZES 24-30 PRICE $6.50 A FULL RANGE OF WORTH S CORSETS IS AVAILABLE AT ROBINSON CO., LTD. SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR. Uj^^S^ JUST UNPACKED AT I W: CHOTIRMALL'S NEW- SEASON'S GOODS I J^LM CHINESE HAND
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  • FREE PRESS SPECIAL COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    • 194 10 D«c. 23 24 28. American Can. Com. 114 \W 2 113V2 American Telephone and Telegraph 185 185' 2 184% .c-son Railroad 67 3 4 69 5 8 69 7 8 Chesapeak 64 65» 2 63 3 4 Dupont 174»/ 4 174» 2 172»/ 2 Firestone 33> 2
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    • 517 10 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCKS SHARES From London 6 p. tn. Dec. 29 Share of 4:1 denomination unless Previously Yesterday Rise or Fall otherwise stated Conversion Loan. 5 p.c, 1944-64 117% 117% Funding Loan. 4 p.c. 1960-90 116' 4 116^ War Loan. 3' 2 p.c 105% 105% Com. Union Assce.
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    • 90 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association Dec. 29, 12 o'clock noon Buyers Sellers No. IX. R.S.S. m cases (FOB. Dec.) 39% 39 7 8 Good F.A.Q. m cases (FOB. Dec.) 39% 39% No. I.X. R.S.S. (Spotloose) (awardable Singapore) 39% 39% January 39% 39 7 8 Jan-Mar. 39% 39 7 8 Apr-June
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    • 65 10 Dec. 29 Bayers Sellers Gambier $6.50 Java Cube 9.50 Hamburg Cube 10.50 White Mimtok Pepper 19.00 Black Pepper 11.00 White Pepper 18.50 Copra, mixed 9.00 Copra, sundried 9.25 R. Saigon Al $180 Small Flake Tapioca 5.25 R. Siam, W.C. No. 1 $171 Rice, Siam. W.C. No. 2
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    • 197 10 RUBBER: Dull. London Spot: 10 13 16d. 10 15 16d. Previously: 11 1 16d. 11 3 16d April-June: 10 13 16 d. 10 15,13 d. Previously: 11 1 16d. 11 3 16d July-Sept: 10 11 16 d. 10 13 16d.
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    • 72 10 Tin: Firm. Cash: £235 17s. 6d. Previously: Firm at £234 7s. 6d. Three months: £236 7s. 6d. Previously: £234 12s. 6d. New York Tin 52.50. Previously: 52.20. Copper: Settlement: £49 ss. Previously: £48 15s. Gold: Yesterday: £7 Is. 4d. Previously:
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    • 70 10 Foreign Exchange Rates London Closing Quotations Dec. 29 Method of Parity before Rate Pre~ rpntrp Quoting 20-9-31 Yesterday viously Paris Francs to 124.21 105" 8 IO5«/, New York $to 4.88 2 3 4.91>/ 2 4.91»2 Amsterdam Guilders to ***** 8.98 8.97» 4 Hong Kong Per dollar Is 3d. Is. 3d.
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    • 193 10 Vest erday's Singapore Quotations Dec. 29 SELLING London, T.T. 2|4 ljl6 London, demand 2|4 I|l6 London, 4 months' sight 2t4 /c Lyons, demand 1230 Hamburg, demand 141 New York, demand 97 5116 Montreal, demand 57 3! 16 Batavia, demand 104 Samarang, demand 103% Calcutta. Bombay, and Rangoon,
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    • 1100 10 Fraser and Co. 's List TUESDAY, DEC. 29, 193 ft P.M. New Sercndah (f2) 350 3.20 Mentakab (20 cts.) .55 gf, New Scudai (s2> 2.05 220 Fraser Co's C 079 Nyalas <n> new telephone OLIO Par?t m perak ($n number is now I iSSUV?"" MINING
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    • 187 10 In their daily report m the share market issued at the elos** «f business yesterday. Messrs. Fraser and Co. state that the local prire of tin rose $1.25. The tin share section of the market ruled strong; throughout the day and the attentions of speculators turned towards
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  • 80 10 Commodities Experience Large Price Gains London, Dec. 28. The Stock Exchange resumed business optimistically with very large dealings m commodity shares, especially rubbers and coppers. Commodities experienced the largest price gains since Britain abandoned the gold standard, Reuters' Index showing a rise ol 3 l 2 points. Rubber
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  • 354 11  - Winning CONTRACT the Four Aces fc\ David Burnstine, Merwin D. Mater, Oswald Jacoby and Howard Schenken, world's leading team-of-four and inventors of the system that has beaten every other system m existence Mi_rH CAftD VALUES OF THE FOUR ACES SYSTEM THE other day we witnessed one of the most unusual
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  • 189 11 GERMAN SERVICE AT CHRIST CHURCH Unique Ceremony On Christmas Night (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok. Dec. 27. TPHE Emden visit continues and those who can get away from the cruiser oft the Bar of the Bangkok river to the capital, are having a good time. One
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  • 140 11 Four Chinese Get Away With Jewellery And Cash An old Chinese woman and an assistant m a sundry goods shop m Howard Road, off McPherson Road. Singapore, were on Monday night tied to chairs by four Chinese two of whom were armed with a pistol and a knife.
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  • 97 11 Sharp Engagement With Tribesmen New Delhi, Dec. 27. A communique states the Razmak Erigade and the Second Infantry Brigade moved last night into the area occupied by the immediate followers of the Fakir of Ipi. The Infantry Brigade occupied high ground near Dalaikalai with small opposition, enabling the
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  • 197 11 CHINESE DELEGATES PASS THROUGH (By Our Chinese Correspondent) MESSRS. Shi Siang Tsai, Liang Siau Cho. Choo Pei Un and Wang Chek Po. China's delegates to the V.M.C.A. Conference which will be held m India at the beginning of next month, passed through Singapore last Tuesday on their
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  • 270 11 Mr. Ellis Arthur Albrecht And Miss Louise Alvis Former All-Ceylon Rugby player, Mr. Ellis Arthur Albrecht son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Albrecht, of Ceylon, was married on Saturday to Miss Louise Alvis. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. Alvis, of Singapore, at St.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 530 11 HONGKONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated ln tne -oolony of Hong Kong) Tho liability of members Is limited to tho extent and m manner prescribed by Ordinance No. C of 1929 of the Colony. Authorised Capital $50,000,000 Issued and Fully Paid-up $20,000,000 Reserve Fund: Sterling 6,500.000 Hong Kong Currency $10,000,000 Reserve
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    • 500 11 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA (Incorporated m England by Royal Charter* Paid up capital m 600,000 shares of £5 each £3.000 000 Reserve Fund £3,000 000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3,000.000 HEAD OFFICE 38, Bishopsgate. London, E.C. 2. Agencies and Branches. Alor Star Iloilo I Saigon I Amritsar
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 822 11 RADIO PROGRAMMES FOR TODAY Katavia— NIROM •..•.Ml a.m.— 7.05 a.m.-YDA j8.68 m. and YDB 31.2 m. 10 50 a.m.— 1.50 p.m.— YDA 49.67 m. and YDB 25.3 m. :»0 p.m. to closing YDA 98.68 m. and YDB 31.3? m. 6 20 Gymnast ics. 6 35 Recorded music. 6 50 Time
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  • 60 12 Dec. 28: Rasa. Klias, Jarak, Nagpore. Pangkor, Flevo (Brit.); Hin Cheong (Ch 1 Swartenhondt. Siamang, Poelau Bras (Dut.); Pacific (Dan.); Hong Ho (Chi.); Hafthor, Tarifa (Nor.); Sumatra Maru, Erie Maru <Jaja). Dec. 29: Malta Maru (Jap.); O. B. Sorensen (Nor.)*, Tawali. Singkel <Dutj; Anshun. Yuen Sang, Gemas. Esmeralda. Hong
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  • 42 12 It is understood that there is a possibility of Messrs. Wood, Skinner and Co.'s shipyard at Hebburn-on-Tyne being reopened early next year, after being without work for 11 years. In the meantime a skeleton staff is being maintained.
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  • 32 12 THE CREW of the herring drifter 'Pitgavenny" taking away the fishing gear and saving their belongings when the vessel was Mown ashore by a gale at Gorleston, Norfolk recently.
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  • 276 12 Advantages Of Imports From South Africa -London. CLYDE Navigation Trustees, at a meeting m Glasgow recently, approved a recommendation by the Workshops' Committee accepting a tender of £55,500 by Messrs. Ferguson Brothers (Port-Glasgow), Ltd., for the construction of a new vehicular ferry-boat for service at
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  • 237 12 Four Generations In Unbroken Succession There are still many links with the sailing ship era, even m this modern uge. One such is the recent celebration of the centenary of the firm of J. Nickels and Son. Ltd., sailmakers. of Liverpool. The concern was founded on
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  • 278 12 Intensified Competition The profit of the Prince Line, Ltd for the year to June 30. including interest and dividends on investments, and amount released during the year from the insurance account, amounted to £34.193 I £35.002 m previous yean, and £10 (£7) was received from
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  • 312 12 SINGAPORE HARBOU R East Wharf (Entrance Gate 1 Rohna 22; Sirdhana 20 Main Wharf (Entrance <„u< Bulan; Comorin 18: Roseville 16; CUenapp Cl burg 14; Ramses 11; B i Maru 7. Empire Dock (Entrain (..it. Taybank 30; Khandalla 34; Ki] Oi Kamuning 38. Empire Dock (Entrance Gelt 1 Merkur 46;
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  • 159 12 Changes In The Directorate The Hon. Geoffrey Parsons has been appointed chairman of the Parsons I Marine Steam Turbine Co.. Ltd., Wall-jsend-on-Tyne, and Mr. W. H Pilmour ;has been chosen as managing director !to succeed the late Mr. R. J. Walker. Mr. Pilmour is still to
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 517 12 mwßf^T^ mmm w__ lr ;Vq empress T WA V ti iijk'iiki ▼w rm Am i t^^mmmmJ^ lo N°rlh Amcnca £5 .Bi- "Tl Ami Fortnightly sailings to Victoria HS§r*-i"~ -V'ZIT jiSmW and Vancouver Duct or via B» i h J, y.^'-^ f Bonolulu :hlp's-side rail cont AmJi^kmS/ Ibis tnnt' go via
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    • 188 12 BIBBY LINE [LONDON ADDRESS: 22, PALL MALL. LONDON W 1) of fast U*m\-*atm Oil Driv I Mail Passenger PMH RANGOON. COLOMBO, PORI si DAM, MARSEILLES. PLYMCN 111 AND LONDON with thr inectlon Trom BHlcapor and Penang. HOMEWARD SAII IN(.s Leave Leave Rangoon Colombo 19 YORKSHIRE Dec SI Jmn DERBYSHIRE Jan
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 489 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 P- m Klang, Kuala Lipis, Port Swettenham, Tainmg and Telok Anson: Mekdays* 7 p.m. Kota Bahru, Kuala
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 281 13 P&O *MnMi i j i *m\wr mfPMn^V&Wl^'i ''\r r r^ J ■i'" *"*^""-_C Wv'a •5?MJ*>- "^T *-l****l_ TL^***-!^ WW^ I ALWAYS GO BY p o I IT'S MORE COMFORTABLE i CHEAP RETURN TICKETS TO CHINA, JAPAN, COLOMBO AND BOMBAY. fc£ Available for two months. From SINGAPORE. TO:— Ist. Class 2nd.
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    • 502 13 |MlilllSiE«iP%Kl (Incorporated m Engiand.) w Wi 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 SaiH CITY OP tPITTSBURG Havre, London, Rfdam, H'burg In Port Jan. 2 CITY
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    • 996 13 SHIPPING THE BLUE PUNNEL LINK (Oct-_.ll lb** lim Khiow Ri.. m .i,i. r '.-••> Steam Ship Co, Ltd.. and China Mutual Th* CuL" Whfte ?i P ,__J J Steam Navigation Co, Ltd.) Thi- Sart-n k NU.unshin C« ltd The Straits Steamship Co.. Ud. Th* Au.sUalian Oriental l_W li_L Ihe China
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 723 14 K. P. M. MAKASSER— Wednesday, Dec. 30, P. Samboe, Prigi-Radja, Sapat, Tembilahan. Poeloe-Pallas, Pengalian-Estate and Rengat. THEDENS- Wednesday. Dec. 30. Muntok and Palembang. TOOIAN -Wednesday, Dec. 30, P. Samboe, Toengkal, Moeara-Saba and Djambi CREMER Wednesday. Dec. 30. Penang and Belawan-Deli. REAEL— Thursday, Dec. 31. Toboali. Cheribon (not lor passengers), Semarang.
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    • 1211 14 sp""" I c X" I INF PRINCE LINE -SILVER LINE tJ« IV* 1-illllL FOR HALIF/OC. BOSTON, NEW YORK, BALTIMORE Maril Cape T own via Mombasa ZanattNir D nißf rfc'C .rnnn HOPE Dar-es-Salaam, L. Marques. Durban, AND PHILADELPHIA, VIA CAPE OF GOOD MWPfc E London, P Elizabeth and Mossel Due BaHs
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  • Spotlight On Sport
    • 351 15 Dumbleton's Dazzling Display JT was a thrilling night of fighting we saw at the New World Arena on Boxing Night. There can be nothing but admiration for the way m uftjch Ignacio Fernandez battled on afttr being i>irt nally frwcked out by Joe Diamond m the sixth of f> gruelling
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    • 563 15 r|FF with the Commercial Cup and on with the Business Houses' League a change very much for the better, both from the players and commercial firms points of view, especially those firms who have not been able to get a look-in owing to the absence of
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    • 1050 15 New Year Pageant Peculiar To Singapore FUN FROLIC, STRANGE SAILING CRAFTS NEW YEAR pageant, peculiar to Singapore, and dating back nearly a century, will be witnessed once again on Friday morning m bingapore harbour when strange looking craft, rarely seen m the inner loads—from men-o-war whalers to "piratical" Bugis craft
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    • 236 15 DURING the Indian Association-S.R.C. match last week, the ball became lodged m the pads ol the Indian goalkeeper, who quickly nicked it out and threw it away. The umpire awarded a penalty corner against the Indian. Some of the players and spectators expressed an opinion
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    • 925 15  - Asiatics' North vs. South Match WWO weeks after the Malaya Cup final the North and South match at Singapore will ring down the curtain on Malayan rugger. A correspondent suggests that besides this there should be a North vs. South Asiatics match m addition Tt* *J* •T* TT Sf» He
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 75 15 Hi H The Critical ip) Smoker Chooses £ssj Discriminating Smokj|)P| ers ask for Slate Express 2jB Five-Five-Fives almost tKjjfo Ws3 by instinct, for Five- Wi* y m f* •> Five-Five have been Mi recognised for half a f» century as the ideal a&d f/JJrifi cigarettes for quality P<v •VvCr w
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  • 212 16 LA. Beat Midds A Co. By 4 Clear Goals Indian Assn. "A" 4 Middlesex A. Co. 0 Scoring twice m the first half and twice m the second half without reply, the Indian Association easily beat the Middlesex A. Co.. at hockey on the 1.A.. ground
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  • 211 16 Discussion By Commission rHE subject of the use of Jaian Besar Stadium to teach hockey to schoolDoys came up once again at the neeting of the Municipal Commissioners yesterday but was only briefly iiscussed and a decision of the Committee that it was undesirable to let j
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  • 37 16 Rotterdam, Dec. 29. Miss Mastenbroek. a Dutch woman, yesterday broke the world record for the 400 metres backstroke m five minutes 48 45 sees, beating her own record of five minutes 59 45 sec. Reuter.
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  • 43 16 The Eastern Extension Telegraph Co. announces that the delay on full rate telegrams from Singapore to London yesterday was as follows: Telegrams handed m at 5 p.m.. 3 minutes: 5.30 p.m.. 7 minutes; 6.00 n.m.. 8 minutes; 6.30 p.m., 3 minutes.
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  • 435 16  -  BREAKAWAY By Sloppy Field: Slippery Ball Hampers Play IN a colourless rugger game with a greasy ball on a sodden ground, H.M. Monitor Terror's team beat the Singapore Cricket Club "A" Fifteen on th c Singapore .padang yesterday afternoon by 11 points
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  • 211 16 Khoo Beats Goh By 18 Points j TWO members of the Aston Athletic Club furnished the final of Junior Billiards Championship last night at the Clerical Union, Khoo Kirn Swee being opposed to Goh Teck Mong. The tie resulted m a victory for Khoo by
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  • 280 16 Handicaps And Draw For Tourney The following are the draws of the above tournament: Championship Lim Bong Soo bye vs.- winner of Sect Hong Geok and M. L. Rodrigues. Yap Tian Beng vs. Lee Jouy Seah Sih Kirn Soon vs Teo Kiak Seng. Tan Miang Kang vs.
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  • 66 16 The following have been invited to play rugby for S.V.C. vs. S.S. Police on Saturday at S.C.C: R. V. Welch. N. J. M. Hesketh, G E C. Ash, R. A. Ward. W. J. Henman. Alan Colvillo. C. T. Owen. D. M. Walker, G. Mitchell, E. N. Griffith-Jones. D.
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  • 141 16 Scratchings and Order Of Running THE following are scratching:* and order of running for today's racing at Penang: Race 1. Pacoletic. Race 2. Explode. Race 3. Bay Laddie, La Reynarde, Maggie Girton. Race 4. Brown Fox. Race 5. Forget-Me-Ndt, Pantoi. Race 6. Knight's Eye, Kuala Prince. Race 7.
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  • Article, Illustration
    26 16 photo) ALMOST OVER. Picture taken luring play m the rugger mat< hat the S.C C yesterday, between the Club and the Terror F r ee Press
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  • 204 16 Johore Win By Six Matches To Five i From Our Own Correspondent" Malacca. Dec. 27. In an inter-State badminton nxture Johore beat Malacca by a narrow margin at the Pengalan Rama courts yesterday, winning by 6 matches to 5. Malacca were without two ot their best men.
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  • 73 16 The following have been selected to represent the V.M.C.A. at hockey against the R.E. Blakan Mati on Saturday at 5.10 D.m. Members ot the team are asked to meet at V.MC.A. at 4.15 p.m. sharp: J. Bleha. R. Lyne. P. C Sands, B S Varma. Lee Fong Lim.
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  • 243 16 Registration Of Transfer Not Decided ENTRIES for many of tingreatest races bar the classics to be run as far ahead as 1939 have to be made, and it is not yet known whether the royal horses can be entered. The question ot ownership or r
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  • 85 16 The hockey match between the RA MC and the Ceylon Sports Club plave<. at Tanglin yesterday resulted m scoreless draw The Sports Club adopted th ing movements, but however without etfect and the early part ol the saw the Medicals pressing hard They were without the
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  • 60 16 The to-lowing have accepted to pla? hookey for S.C CVf C Sports C• today at SCC. P. W. F. Mills P. F. I --'apt N L Hammond. F O S Man. 1 Henman. Lt. H F C Bone. J N Wainwright. A. H Marshall. E. V. Smith. 1
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 135 16 fine "F^an SAVES raiovJUJjft time Kl|^_s^r^ AND Htl MONEY |A# w& cooki ng or water hea ting-you can r 1 1 1 J CONTROL the fuel supply to a |U •lairsbreadth There's no question of wasting even a centworth of fueL And here s another point worth noting. You may
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    • 81 16 *4f t -fr *yfr XutU^mmtm i____f^&^P l flf l *'flsßßP^»! RETURN TO MALAYA By R. H. BRUCE LOCKHART In "Return to Malaya" it is abundantly clear that the author, m spite of the disillusion of the years, has lost little of the youthfulness of Mi early Malayan rugger days, and
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