The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 8 February 1937

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. NO. 15,080. ESTD. 1835 MONDAY, FEBRUARY S. 19.17. IS CENTB
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    GREAT REBEL ATTACK ON MADRID
    487 1 Heavy Fighting Lasts INSURGENTS GAIN SOME IMPORTANT POSITIONS German Troops Suffer In Mass Attacks pIK great insurgent attack on Madrid, long dc--1 laved by bad weather, was launched on Saturday. Reports say there was heavy fighting all day long in which the attackers gained some
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    GERMANY & COLONIES
    358 1 GERMANY COLONIES Von Ribbentrop To Raise Question In London London, 1-ch. g. rHE British Governments intention to adhere to the policy i lready announced with regard !to mandated territories wa made {clear by Mr. Eden in the hioiise of Commons. Mr. Mander asked a long question in the course ol
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    HEAVY LOSS FROM GOLD RESER VES
    135 1 Bank Of France Statement Paris, Feb. 1. THE Banque tie France statement shows the withdrawal of three billion francs from the gold reserve. A Finance Ministry communique says this has been effected by the Stabilisation Fund, which is empowered to buy or sell the
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    CANADA REJECTS NEUTRALITY
    43 1 Ottawa. Feb. 7. AJ^^Xtlbfc that,c*n«*sr: remain neutral in any future war was rejected without a vole being recorded in the Dominion House of Commons. The resolution was moved by .Mr. Jarnes Woodsworth, leader of th*» Commonwealth Federation Party. Reuter Wireless.
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    MIXED COURTS IN EGYPT
    156 1 Stipulation For Abolition Cairo, Feb. 1. T'HE Egyptian Government, has handed a note to the Capitulatory Powers dealing chiefly with the problem of the Mixed Courts which, it is understock. Egypt stipulates should be abolished within 12 years. Resiidins the transition regime of the Mixed Courts
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    Pacifists Denounced By Bishop Of London
    110 1 London, Feb. PACIFISTS were denounced as a real danger by the Bishop of London in an outspoken address before the Church Assembly. He said there was no great danger ot war if we were strong enough. A policeman with a truncheon can keep order
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    POPE'S CONDITION
    31 1 Rome, Feb. 6. A notable improvement in the condition of His Holiness the Pope is announced in the official bulletin published in the Vatican newspaper Osservatore Romano.— Reuter Wireless
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    BURNED TO DEATH
    30 1 Dakar. Feb. 7. Six men were burred to death when two planss from the French aircraft carrier Beam collided in the Podor district. Senegal, today. Reuter Wireless
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    Nearly All Questions In U.S. Motor Strike Have Been "Adjusted99
    218 1 Nearly All Questions In U.S. Motor Strike Have Been "Adjusted 99 Detroit, Feb. 7. THE strike conference has adjourned until Monday, but Governor Murphy issued a statement that nearly all questions had been "adjusted harmoniously" with the exception of the unions demand for recognition as the exclusive bargaining agency lor
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    COMMUNIST PARTY PURGE BY SOVIET
    77 1 .Moscow, Feb. 6. THK big Communist Party purge ii-. proceeding with unabated vigour with the aim of eliminating ali Trotskyists. ZinoviefTists and Bukharinists and Miousands of resolutions are pouring into Moscow from all over the country to demand extermination of the "Trotskyist vermin." Besides well-known
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    DIED AFTER RACE OBJECTION
    64 1 From Our Own CorrespondentBangkok. Feb. 7. This artern:on's races at the TurJ Club produced a tragic incident. After the seventh race the Siamese owner led In the winner and waited (Sstoile the stewards decided in his 'favour an objection lodged against the jWin. He th°n fainted
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    ITALO-TURKISH PACT
    47 1 Milan. Feb. ii. Italy s adherence to the recent Dardenelles Convention is the main outcome of the con ver.sat ions between Count Ciano and Rustuaras Pasha. The official communique states the negotiators sealed their determination to co-cperate in the interests of Italo- Turkish relations Reuter
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    EMPIRE PREMIERS
    65 1 To Med King At launch On May 7 London, Feb. 7. The King has signified his intention ot bein? present at the lunch MO ot the Empire Parliamentary Assonati:n at Westminster Hall on May 7 in order to me?t the Prime Ministers anl members ol the Empire Legislatures
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    H.M.S. MALAYA IN COLLISION
    54 1 London, Frb. 7. The Dutch itcamtr Ktrtsono wag in .1 heavy eoUStl n with HMS M.»laya ell OportflJ la'c lust ntgHt TIMII POTS no esiaaltkil bul the warshio is remain Ing with ihe Keitsono until the latter ll .safe. Afterwards H.M S Malaya will return to
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    Law Notice For The Day
    56 2 Law Notice For The Day Before the Chief Justice in the Ist Court at 11 a.m. Summonses- in-Chambers. Originating Summonses and Motions. Followed by:— S. 29 35— Chia Chay Neo vs. K. Periasamy I Further consideration!. Before Mr. Justice E. de Buriatte in the hid Court at 11 a.m. Magistrates
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    "DAVID LIVINGSTONE"
    140 2 "DAVID LIVINGSTON E" Inspiring Film At The Pavilion Inspiring, and in pares thrilling, 'David Livingstone." which is screening at the PaviUcn. should appeal particular^ to those who like historical pictures. The film gives a vivid account of lhat part of Livingstone's life spent In Africa and brings out. in Livingstone's
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    A Drnken Odysseus
    345 2 Continued from page 8> unseaworthy ship to try and run on still another trip, and after that he had come, in his worn age. to be a visitors' guide-book on bibulous legs. and then the smart yachting party "f Sir Bridgin Hakes, the shipowner took him to
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    THE MALAYAN HONOURS LIST
    715 2 THE MALAYAN HONOURS LIST Letters To The Editor OUR LEADING ARTICLE "A DISTINCT PUBLIC SERVICE"— HIGH HONOURS RESERVED FOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS PUBLIC SERVICE THAT GOES UNREWARDED —MAN'S WORK THE RECORD OF HIS LIFE To the Editor. Sir. I know the great influence your journal wields in moulding public opinion and
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    DEATH OF M.P.
    107 2 Sir Harry Mallaby-Deeley. famous ior spreading the cult of the cheap ready-made suit In London, shortlv after the war. with a chain of tailoring shops, has died at Cafines. according to a Reuter message. He was aged 73. He was M.P. for the Harrow division of Middlesex
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    NO INDIAN DURBAR TO BE HELD THIS YEAR
    218 2 TOO SOON AFTER THE CORONATION Immense Strain On Their Majesties London. Feh. "COME people have been optimistic enough to count upon the Durbar in India in 1937." says the Times in an editorial quoted by Reuter, "but lately the expectation has been
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    THE ALHAMBRA
    172 2 A Fine Performance By Jackie Cooper Jackie Cooper, perhaps a little older and bigger than when he was seen in his last picture, tugged at the heart strings of all who saw his latest film "Dinky which opened at the Alhamb*- a yesterday. The little star always gives
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    SIR N. HENDERSON
    54 2 London. Feb. <>. The Kin^ has approved the appointment of Sir Nevile Henderson. Ambassador at Buenos Aires, to be His Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Berlin in succession to Sir Eric Phipps. who is going to Paris in place of Sir George Clerk, on the Matter's
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      109 2 AGENTS WANTED, £01J easily earned in Commission by obtaining orders for Private Christmas Cards and Calendars from your friends and acquaintances INo previous experience necessary Write today for beautiful Free Sample Book to Britain's largest and foremost Publishers. Highest Commission Do not miss this great money making opportunity. JONES, WILLIAMS.
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      488 2 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. NOTICES. JUST PUBLISIIEn Colonial Reports. Annual report on Social and Economic Progress of the People of the STRAITS SETTLEMENTS 1935 PKHE $300 KELLY WALSH, LTD. Raffles Place Sin^porc. NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that A.RS. JSockalingam Chettiar of No. 56 MarI ket. Street. Singapore, hjs been ap- pointed
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      465 2 AGNESIA fragrant HAIR DRESSING i tor preserving and restoring the Strength and Beauty of the Hafr. Is ntrongly stimulating and a «uie cure and preventative of Dandruff The minute It's applied you feel a cooling, exhilarating effect. You'll Like It Price:- $1.25 $2.00. MEDICAL IWLL LIMITED. BOARD RESIDENCE. ssaaggSKggssßSßgasSggss» SEA
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      552 2 j Zbe Singapore /ree iftrcss Head Oilier: Cerll Strrrl M,, K Phanr 5471 «j u extensions t« all dr,,.. TH: Tunes sto**^?** I Kuala I umpui Olhce: ti. Ja\a Mi ret. Phone: 36*3. Ipoh Office: Rrewvter Road >enanc Office: It. Bishop strm Phone: Iflf, London Office: m[ ri*ef Street Phone:
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      95 2 Diary Of The Day Hixh Water, 7.57 a.m. 82 ft.. 10.15 p.m. .7.5 ft. Sports H:cl:ey: SRC. "A" vs. Sikh Police on pa-lang. C.S C. "A" vs. Pulau Brani at C.S.C. Soccer: M.P.H. vs G.E.C. at Anson Road. Straits Times vs. Y.M.C.A. Cinemas AUIAMBRA Dinky with Jackie Cooper. CAdftTOL The
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    TWO EX-LORD MAYORS COME TO BLOWS
    558 3 TWO EX -LORD MAYORS COME TO BLOWS Amazing Guildhall Scene SIR ALFRED BOWER HITS SIR PHENE NEAL London, Jan. 23. rpVO <*-Lord Mayors of London, one aged seventy-seven, the other I seventy-eight, were involved j n an astonishing scene in the Udermen'f Court Room of the historic London Guildhall after
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    BIRTH CONTROL
    160 3 S.C.B.A. To Take Up Matter Birth control, a subject wbich has exercised public bodies, debating societies and newspapers in Singapore for some considerable time, has now become a subject to be taken up by the Straits Chinese British Association. At a committee meeting of the S.C.B.A. last week
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    ASIATIC APES
    386 3 To Be Studied By Harvard Men (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Feb. 7. INVESTIGATORS from Harvard University. Bard College and the Johns Hopkins University, accord- ing to an announcement In the Harvard Alumni Bulletin, left at' the end of December for Siam, BotrMO and Samatra in order to
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    LOCAL Y. W.C.A. 's FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES
    1017 3 LOCAL Y. W.C. A. 's FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES i a Despite Increased Membership t, I ALTHOUGH membership of the Singapore branch of {lie Y.W.C.A. has shown a steady increase, the raising of sufficient money to meet the year's expenses has been a constant anxiety, states the report of the Association's loeal
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    15 3 ROBERT TAYLOR and Barbara Stanwyck, famous Hollywood stars, who are reported to be marrying shortly.
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    WOMAN CLUB OWNER SENT TO GAOL
    501 3 Collapses When Sentenced THIRTEEN FREQUENTERS ALSO IMPRISONED London, Jan. 27. rVNE of the most remarkable trials in the history of the Old Bailey ended last night after a hearing which lasted Ave days. Billie Joyce, aged 31, proprietress of Billie's Club, Little Denmark Street,
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      124 3 BURTOL QUICK CLEANERS FOB SAME DAY SERVICE Goods handed in by 10 a.m. can be collected by 6 p.m. same day. 278, Orchard Rd. Phone 7776. You Can Cure PILES Physicians discovery positively reduces and heals piles. Dr. Yaq Vleck's Absorptive Pile Plasma is a complete cure for the worst
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  • TRADE AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE
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      RUBBER COMMITTEE REGAINING MARKET CONTROL
      2107 4 But Costs May Force Higher Prices SPOT FAMINE EASED B\ U.S. STRIKE (From the Free Press Correspondent) London, Jan. 28. ITT is probably very fortunate for the rubber 1 growing industry that the current shortage of spot supplies has coincided with the strikes in the
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      Wall Street Cable
      210 4 Feb.4 5 6. American Can. Com. 107 3 4 107 106 '.4 American Telephone and Telegraph 183» 8 183 182 1» Atcheson Railroad 73' 2 72' 2 74 3 jChesapeak 66 3 4 66 67 Dupont 173U 173 173> 2 Firestone 34 h 35 35" i I
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      74 4 Feb. 6 Gambier T T 7 50 Java Cube 10 50 Hamburg Cube 15 00 White Muntok Pepper 21 50 Black. Pepper 1175 Black. Pepper 12 00 Copra, mixed 7.55 Copra, siuidried 735 Small Flake Tapioca 1 5 40 R. Saigon Al $174 R Siam. W.C No
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      Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association
      82 4 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association Feb. ti, 12 o'clock noon Buyers Sellers No. I.X.R.S.S in cases FOB. February* 36% 36% Good FAQ. in cases <F.0.8. February) 36 3 16 36 716 No. I.X.R.S.S 'Spotloose <awardable Singapore) 36\ 2 36% Feb.-Mar. 36% 363 4 Apr-June 36% 36 7 8 July-Sept 36%
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      THE COMMODITY MARKETS
      221 4 From London 5.30 p. m. Feb. 6 RI'BRFR: Irregular London Spot. 10 9 16d 10 11 16d Previously: 10' 2 d. 10'' 8 d Apr -June 10'- B d. 10 11 16d. Previously: 10 9 lGd 10*» 8 d Juiy-Sept.: 10'_.d. 10 s «d. Previously 10 7
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      Foreign Exchange Rates London Closing Quotations Feb. 6
      70 4 Foreign Exchange Rates London Closing Quotations Feb. 6 Method of Parity before Rate PreCentre Quoting 20-9-31 Yesterday vlously "Paris Francs to 124 21 105% 105% New York $to 4.88 2 3 4 89% 489% Amsterdam Guilders to 12.107 8.93% 3.93% Hong Kong Per dollar Is. 2 5 16d. is. 2
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      Daily Share Report
      139 4 ISSUED BY FRASER AND CO. AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON SATURDAY In their daily report on the share market issued at the close of business on Saturday, Messrs. Fraser and Co. state that the tin share section of the market continued quite firm. Dollar tin shares
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      SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES
      1299 4 Fraser and Co. 's List SATURDAY, FEB. 6, 1937: 1 P.M. Bayers Sellers. Ampat Tin (4s) 4s M 5s W Asam Kumbang (£< 33s 9d 34s 6d Austral Malay 54a sbs Ayer Hitam (ss) 22s 3d 23s 3d Ayer Weng (81 I.H 180c d. Bangrln
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      LOCAL EXCHANGE RATES
      199 4 Saturday's Singapore Quotations Feb. fi SELLING London, T.T 24 1 Id London, demand 24 116 London. 4 months' sight 2 4», Lyons, demand 1230 Hamburg, demand 141 New York, demand 57 1 16 Montreal, demand 56 15 16 Batavla. demand 103 5 8 Samarang. demand 103 3
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      607 5 stows TOfiecai jattrtget FASHION NOTT tf?0___-__M_^ alleg.n^ *rnV tney are ln'sh I* 'fr^A l^-^B a* 5 •Y'* -fe&^ < A K i ///^_wlr 1_ _|S j V \_f iC s^y\w^ J found in England, but in 5ujeder?-~ \^^^r^m^Jh^ *$$*Jmm\ Subsequently abandoned I _V^ I J /J /J I a* bcL
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    $630,000 ESTATE: BENEFICIARIES GET $125 A MONTH
    1181 6 1 i Lawyers' Costs $60,000 ADMINISTRATION SUIT JUDGMENT HOV/ the only benefits reaching Hie beneficiaries of an estate valued I at over $(>50,000. when thc testator died in 1916, amount to $125 a month was revealed in a Judgment delivered by Mr. Justice
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    QUEEN MARY
    67 6 London. Feb. 3. Queen Mary, i c tnipanjßd by the Dttehees <>t Gloucester made her first public appearance since the death ot King Oeorgfc V laM Olght when she attended a charity performance Of the new Blßßhtth Bermter film. Her Maje.siv was acc >rded an enthuataatic reception bv
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    MERCHANTS ACQUITTED
    95 6 JNDER SINGH- and Hardial Singh, the Indian merchants, were both acquitted last week when judgment vas delivered by Mr. H. A. Forrer in lhe Singapore Criminal District Court in the case in which Inder Singh was charged with having made a misleading written statement that nine cases of
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    4 YdEARS FOR MAGISTRATE
    1009 6 Plea That His Character Changed After Illness London, Jan. 28. SENTENCE of four years* penal servitude was passed on a magistrate at Leicester Assizes yesterday. He was Albert Victor Simons, aged 47, who sits at Solihull. Warwickshire, and his sentence was on twelve indictments of obtaining
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    CHINESE KNOCKED DOWN BY MOTOR-CAR
    297 6 Death From Injuries "HIT WITH TERRIFIC FORCE. SAYS CORONER MII7IIATEVER may have hit hin. hit him with terrific for.. said Mr. W. MacQuarrie, Singapore Coroner, at lhe in. quest on Saturday on Ng Ah Lfth, 35-year-old Chinese coolh Western Depot, Seletar Road, who died from
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    WATCH OUT FOR "EVA"!
    205 6 She's Temperamental FOR the past two days, motorists have been driving most cautiously along Stamford Road. At one point stood "Eva —but unfortunately, she is a personality full oi surprises and different moods. No one can tell when she will change her mind. No one can
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    CHINESE PRODUCTS EXHIBITION
    86 6 With a view to developing the native Booda tr^de in foreign markets, the Chinese Industrial Foreign Trad? Association at planning to hold a Chinese products exhibition ln Singapore some time this year An office in charge ot the transportation and marketing of native goods, it is turther
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    VOLUNTEER DRILLS
    106 6 The Singapore Volunteer Corp.> programme of drills up to anr! week ending. Teh. 14. is ss i ..aa* Today: 515 pm at Headquar Cadre Class LA Cadre C SRA IV) 'HA Gun Drill Tomorrow 515 pm at liters. Cadre Class MG C*dr< Rine Wednesday: 515 pm at Hcirt.
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      65 6 Wool Buntings Flags. Maker repairer at rattan and Bertam Thicks. Canvas Spring Blinds. Tarpaulins, Tents, Bags, Blue Screens, Bertam Panels, Wire Netting Fencing, Wool huntings and Flags. ABDUL RAHMAN, Telephone 2454. Office: (>«, Robinson Road, (opposite Telegraph Co.) Workshop:— :>!)?, Joo (hiat Place, Singapore. Orders promptly Executed. mm m^ m^
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      26 6 X -TWYFORDS- "7 BRITISH SANITARY WARE >^ X. MODERN DESIGNS > OBTAINABLE S^ ±^-'*^L-~- !:^n STOCKS ALWAYS v^ SO££ AGENTS: /united engineers limited I\ yC SINGAPORE BRANCHES. wps.
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    Reform Of U.S. Federal Court Will Go Through
    679 7 Reform Of U.S. Federal Court Will Go Through "LOT OF ORATORY" IS EXPECTED Washington, Feb. 6. IN his surprise message to Congress regarding reorganisation of the Federal Court machinery. President Roosevelt has listed four r. commendations: Firstly, the President shall be emred to nominate an additional :v in any court
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    FEBRUARY MEDAL AT S.G.C.
    509 7 V.P. Barbat First j With Net 70 "THE February Medal Competition of the Singapore Golf Club was played at Bukit Timah on Saturday and Sunday and resulted in a win for V. P. Barbat in "A" division with a net score of 70. in a win
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    INCREASE IN AIR MAIL TRAFFIC FROM U.K.
    196 7 INCREASE IN AIR MAIL TRAFFIC FROM U.K. NO SURCHARGE TO SCANDINAVIA Ail-Round Rise In Post I Office Business London, Feb. 6. "THERE was a further substantial in- j f crease in "\he weight of letter airmails carried from the United Kingdom last year. Traffic on Empire services increased by 33
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      191 7 The Hero and Heroine of "CAPTAIN BLOOD" re-united in Warner Bros.' mighty production of a mi iiwiwiiiiiiwi^^^M famous British I ERROLFLYNNOLIVIAdoHAVIIXAND IIIeCHARGEof Ae UGBT BRIGADE I Screened hy Wmrmrrßrwt. frcn Tennyson's Heroic Poem, uith *A PATRIC KNOWLES HENRY STEPHENSON NIGEL BRUCE I Donald Crisp David Nivcn Robert Barm Directed by
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE
    160 8 Mr Ong Boon Tat, JP. who has been spending 8 months in Europe taking a cure at Badnauheim, is due to return on the s.s. Naldera en Feb 11 or 12. He has spent about 8 months in Europe most of this time at Badnauheim in Germany, and
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    The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1927. Chamber Of Commerce Centenary
    1077 8 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1927. Chamber Of Commerce Centenary FARLY Tebruary is a significant aa period in Singapore history for the 6th of that month is recognised as the biithday of the Settlement (while today will be observed the centenary of an institution thot has played a
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    As I Was Saying
    602 8 rsays a good deal for the mass drilling ot the Russian people in the last few years that they are facing up to the new census without complaint. Britain in the year 1753 'in which a numbering of the people was first sug g e sted
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    A Drunke n Odysseus
    1054 8 WISITORS looking out of their hotel windcws would remark as Captain Breppa went by "He reminds me of one of those piratical villains in 'Treasure Island' or "You only see faces like that in a fishing-port, my dear— look at the deep-cut lines Breppa played up
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      54 8 "I BELIEVE IN A YOUNG MAN holding flrmly to his ideal," states a lecturer. Provided he isn't trying to drive a car at the same time. The ideal protection lor MOTORISTS is a "GAFLAC* POLICY. GENERAL ACCIDENT fIRE V LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION LTD. Incorporated in Great Britain) HONG KONG BANK
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    CENTRAL TROOPS ARRIVE OUTSIDE WALL OF SIANFU
    203 9 CENTRAL TROOPS ARRIVE OUTSIDE WALL OF SIANFU Control Of Four Cities Taken Over LEADERS OF EXTREMISTS ARRESTED Shanghai, Feb. 7. THIRTY thousand Central troops have taken over A control of the cities of Lintung, Lingkow, Weinan, and Pachiau. The vanguard of the Central army has arrived outside the city wall
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    $2,750,000,000 PLAN FOR FLOOD PREVENTION IN U. S.
    140 9 Submitted To Congress By President Roosevelt Washington. Feb. 7. A FLOOD prevention plan costing $2,750,000,000. spread over six years was submitted to Congress yesterday by President Roosevelt. The scheme has been drafted by the National Resources Committee with a view to preventing
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    36 9 SOME OF THE GUESTS at the R.S.Y.C. At Home on Saturday. On the right is Mr E. O. Holiday, while in the background the Governor is talk.ng to Mr. G. W. A. Trimmer. (Free Press photo)
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    DEFENCE OF SOUTH CHINA
    112 9 Plans To Be Submitted To Kuomintang Congress Hong Kong, Feb. 7 Messrs. Li Yi Am. Chill Kwong Shau. Tent Ching Yang and Chen Yau Woon, members of the Central Exe- cutiye Council of the Kuomintang. have left Canton for Nanking to attend the Third Plenary Conference-
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    LEAGUE UNION
    70 9 Sends Deputation To The Foreign Minister London, Feb. 6. A deputation representing the League of Nations Union which was received by the Foreign Secretarv yesterday, laid before Mr. Eden a manifesto in favour of a policy whicn would seek simultaneously to strengthen the League of Nations as a
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    62 9 Manila, Feb. 6. Men to the number of 125.000 participated in the open air Midnight Mass in Luneta Park, the feature of men's day at the International Eucharistic Congress. The International assembly was held later and the Spanish Rector, Silvester Sancho. exhorted Catholics throughout
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    51 9 Shanghai, Feb. 7. IT is revealed that Miss Aleihea A Knatchbull-Hugessen, daughter of the British Ambassador to China, was slightly wounded in the head by a stray bullet from a rifle range while riding in the outskirts of Nanking. She is now recovering satisfac- torily.— Reuter
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    INTERVENTION IN SPAIN
    244 9 Britain Favours Control Scheme London, Feb. G. TTHE British Government communicated to the non-intervention committee yesterday a reply favour- able to the committee's proposed scheme for the control and supervision of the arrival of war material I and foreign nationals destined for j rival parties to the
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    DUKE OF WINDSORS WEDDING
    109 9 To Take Plaee In Austria At End Of April From Our Own Correspondent London, Feb. B. The Vienna correspondent o: the Daily Express states that the wedding o f the Duke of Windsor and Mrs. Ernest Simpson will take place at Enzesteld Castle seme time towards
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    MR. RUNCIMAN
    93 9 Discussions With Roosevelt Were Private London, Felt. g. The President of the Board of Trade i reached England yesterday on his return from a private visit to the United 1 States in the course of which he called on President Roosevelt and Mr. Cordell Hull. Secretary ol State.
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    THE OROPESA
    41 9 London, Feb. g> The liner Oropesa. of the Pacific Steam Navigation Company, has been recommissioned and renovated for the inauguration on Feb. 18 of a cabin service between Liverpool and the west coast of South America- British Wire less.
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    POPPY DAY FUND
    45 9 London, Feh. 6. With balances yet to come in. receipts from the sales of poppies last Armistice Day on behalf of the lunds 1 Oi the British Legion total £480.747 or £20.400 more than at the corresponding date last year. -British Wireless.
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    New Form Of Coronation Oath
    178 9 London, Feb. 7. IT is understood a new form of Coronation Oath will be taken by His Majesty the King which will recognise the changed position of the Dominions since the passing of the Statute of Westminster. The wording of the oath has been a
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    INFLUENZA DEATHS IN BRITAIN
    25 9 London, Feb. 6. INFLUENZA deaths in Great t Britain last week totalled 1,155, compared with 1,137 In the previous week. Reuter.
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    COLLIERY MANAGEMENT CENSURED
    226 9 COLLIERY MANAGEMENT CENSURED RESULT OF INQUIRY INTO EXPLOSION- Safety Officials More Concerned With Output London, Feb. 7. SEVERE censure on the management of the Gresford Colliery, Denbighshire, where 265 lives were lost in a mine explosion in September. 1934, is contained in the official report of the commission of inquiry
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    SINO-JAPANESE AGREEMENT
    55 9 Shanghai, Feb. 7. Mr. Li Sz Hao. head of the Economic Council for North China, is reported to have concluded an agreement with the Japanese under which the Japanese and the Chinese Governments will develop the industrial and other resources of the provinces of Hopei, Charhar. Shangtung and
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    ILLICIT MERCHANDISE
    50 9 Shanghai, Feb. 7. An official report from Tientsin .states that illicit merchandise worth $30 000.000 found its way into the port chu ing the last two we?ks of January. Most of it came by lorries from Changli and Nantaitze which are under the control of Japanese troops. khjkhlk;ol;olkjnghtf
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    28 9 Shanghai, Feb. 7. The Japanese forces in North China have started military manoeuvres along the Peiping-Shanhaikwan Railway. The exercises will last until Feb 14. Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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    55 9 Shanghai. Feh. 7. The Chinese newspapers in Nanking. Shanghai. Tientsin and Peiping will suspend business for a week beginning from Thursday during the Chinese New Year (Old Calendar), but the Government offices will be open ln accordance with the measures adopted by the Central authorities to encourage the solar calendar.—
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    Defence Of The Empire
    330 9 Defence Of The Empire i TWO IMMEDIA TE TASKS London, Feb. 6. "ANXIOUS as we are to lighten the very heavy burden of defence which at present falls on the shouldtrs of Great Britain, we should make a grave mislake it we tried to impose some rigid plan upon other
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    FOUR DEAD IN BURNED AEROPLANE
    98 9 Machine Chartered By Big London Newspaper London. Feb. 1. T^OLLOWING two-day organised 1 search, in which 19 aeroplanes participated, u burned -out aeroplane was discovered by a shepherd in a field in a lotiely part of Kirkcudbrightshire. Scotland, with the lour occupants Uead inside the
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    120 11 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 4. The question oi the grade of petrol sold in Malaya was raised at the meeting of the Selangor and Pahang branch of the Automobile Association of Malaya. The committee declared that aviation spirit could be obtained in fourgallon drums and
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      563 12 UNIQUE MOTORSHIP FOR AUSTRALIAN SERVICE London, Jan. 9. THE managing director of Messrs. Henry Robb, Lid., Leith, Mr. H. Robb, senr., yesterday told The Journal of Commerce and Shipping Telegraph that he had put the largest hatch ever built into the timber-carrying motorship Port
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      NEW P. AND O. LINERS
      239 12 NEW P. AND O. LINERS Added Comfort For Passengers The new liners Stratheden and Strathallan. under construction lor the P and O Line by Messrs VickersArmstrongs Ltd at Barrow- in -Furnes* are to be similar tn design to the Strathmore. but certain new fmfm have been Introduced with a view
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      CONSTRICTION FOR ADMIRALTY
      137 12 Vessels BeinK liuilt In Private Yards l/ondon. I'eh. I. The tonnage ot vessels under con struetlon tor the Adnuraitv in pnvat yards in Scotland amounts to 65..56J The vessels include three cruisers. II destroyers and two submarines. Yards in the north west ot England according to information
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      LINER'S EXTENSIVE OVERHAUL
      241 12 Carinthia To Cruise Between New York And Nassau London, Jan. B. Making her first sailing after an extensive overhaul, the Cunard White Star liner Carinthia lelt Liverpool last evening for New York, whence she whi c^irrv out a cruising programme ol nearly 20.000 miles. During her two
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      MERCHANT SHIPPING SAFEGUARD
      137 12 Penalties When Load Line Is Submerged London. I -eh. 2. The House ol Comm ns today agrcd to the Second reading of the Merchant Shipping Bill the objects of which are to impose penalties for allowing a -ship to go to sea with the load line submerged,
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      ROOSEVELT'S THANKS
      34 12 London, Feb. 4. A telegram has been received by th? King and Queen from President Roosevelt expressing warm appreciation of Their Majesties' message of sympathy on the American flood disaster British Wireless
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      150 12 Changed Membership Every Week Mr Seymour Bell described In an address to the Rotary Club of Manchester hew a travelling Rotary Fellowship with a membership which chang ed every week was formed on board the Queen Mary last summer. Mr Bell left Manchester last
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      424 12 Local And Foreign Mail Dispatches And Arrivals BY TRAIN Bangkok every Saturday 7 p.m. Thursday 7.45 a.m. Swettenham. Taiping and Telok Anson: Weekdays* 7p m. Kota Bahru, Kuala Krl and Tumpat: Mon.. Wed.. Thurs. and Friday* 7.45 a.m. Sundays 7 p.m. Kuala Lumpur and Penang: Weekdays* 7.45 a.m. and 7
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    BIG DIVIDENDS AT FINAL DAY OF IPOH MEETING
    1646 15 Pledge Surprises And Pays $181 ONLY ONE FAVOURITE SUCCESSFUL j (From Our Own Correspondent) DLEDGE, winning the third event today, was responsible for the biggest dividend of the meeting; the lucky ticket holders on this horse collected $181 for each ticket. Princess
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    113 15 Result of Rugby games played at home yesterday are. says Reuter Blackheath 8. The Army 22. Bradford 18. Waterloo 3. Bristol 12. Cambridge Univ. 10 Devonport Serv 27. Guy's Hosp. 0. Gloucester 0. United Serv. 12. London Scot. 16. Leicester 0. Old Leysians 7. Old Alleynians 5. Oxford
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    34 15 A line partnership by Thillainathan 52 retired and D'Almeida 61 cnabiec the PWD. to beat the S.R.C. by nine wickets in their cricket match at tin S.R.C. on Saturday. I
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    23 15 AN INCIDENT during play in the soccer match between the S.C.C. and the Malay Regiment at the S.C.C. on Saturday. (Free Press photo)
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    SELANGOR AND PERAK PLAY TWO-ALL DRAW
    447 15 Heavy Rain Spoils K. L. Inter-State Hockey (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 7. CELANGOR were able to share the j honours in the return inter- j State hockey match against Perak played on the padang today, both sides scoring twice. Torrential rain
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    SCOTLAND BEAT WALES
    336 15 Vigorous Game Won j By 13-6 Swansea, Feb. 6. CORTY-FIVE thousand people r watched Scotland beat Wales at Rugby here today by 13 points to six. The weather was beautifully fine and the ground sottish. Wales made a fiery opening and forced their way across the line
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    134 15 Geelong. Feb. G. The MC C. tourists 'were dismissed for 252 by Geelong today and thc home side had lost one wicket for 50 at close of play. Tiie tourists won thc toss and declr>ed to bat. Verity again opening and scoring 47 in 110
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    S.C.R.C. BEAT A.C.S.
    31 15 The S.C.R.C. beat the *JCM by 78 runs at cricket at Hong Lim Green on Saturday. Kee Pow top scored with a well made 60 for the winners.
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    17 15 The hockey match between the S.C.C. and Combined Services, set down for play ysterday, was cancelled* i
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    305 15 Chinese Offer Poor Resistance AN excellently compiled 83 by Mohamed Shah against the S.C.R.C. enabled the Malays to inflict a crushing defeat on the Chinese at Hong Lim Green yesterday. Batting first the Chinese collapsed for 39 runs, against the deadly bowling of Ismail who took
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    R.A. IN GOALSCORING FORM
    338 15 Engineers Beaten Five-Nil TTHE Royal Artillery. Blakan Mati. had an easy time in disposing of the Royal Engineers. Changi. by five goals to nil in the 2nd Division of the Regimental Soccer League at Blakan Mati on Friday. 1 Jones, the Gunners' centre forward. r was
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    1701 16 Charlton Now Lead By Two Points BRENTFORD REVENGE CUP DEFEAT BY DERBY (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Feb. 7. ARSENAL dropped a valuable point in their match against Manchester United yesterday when they were held to a one-all draw. Charlton's full point
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    399 16 Yacht Club Regatta And At Home CORRIB AND RAMONA WIN MAIN EVENTS •THE bi-annual Regatta and At Home held on Saturday afternoon at the R.S.Y.C was very successful and was favoured with good weather when at one time a delude seemed inevitable. A northeaster had blown throughout the day and
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    318 16 Army Win Contest By Seven Bouts To Six TV) shouted encouragements of "Hit him in lhe foc'sle!" and "Hit him amidships!" the Aimy fought its way through to victory, defeating the floral Na\y by seven lights to six in the inter-Ser\ices boxing lot the Lowther
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    146 16 (Front Our Own C orrespondml Kuala Lumpur. Feb. K Ct PKKIORITY in defenee and attack enabled Perak to beat Negri Sembilan by four goaU to two in the inter-State hockey match played here, on the padang today. Perak led by 4-0 at one stage hut
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