The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 11 March 1937

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. NO. 15,106. ESTD. 1835 THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1937. 15 CENTS.
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    MADRID'S FATE HANGS IN BALANCE
    611 1 Terrific Battle Now In Progress MAY PROVE DECIDING FACTOR IN WAR Insurgents Continue To Advance On Capital LONDON, MAR. 10. ONE OF THE HEAVIEST ACTIONS IN THE CIVIL WAR WHICH MAY IM AY A GREAT PART IX DECIDING THE FATE OF MADRID IS NOW BEING
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    NEUTRALITY COMMITTEE
    151 1 New Proposals London, Mar. 10. THE non-intervention committee will now examine the question Of prohibiting other ](orms of indirect intervention. These include any form of financial aid to either party in Spain and entry into Spain of any non-Spanish persons for any purpose likely to prolong or embitter
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    Midnight Earthquake Rocks American Cities
    92 1 ALAHMED New York, Mar. 10. t^ARTHQUAKE shocks rocked the m towns of IndianapolLs. Detroit, Louisville and Lexington at about midnight last night, awakening sleepers and causing considerable alarm to the populations. Distinct shocks were a'so felt in \rani.a about 4.30 a.m. local time and tremors
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    MR. BALDWINS RESIGNATION
    108 1 "Immediately After Whitsun" London, Mar 10. TT i* now definitely, though not officially, stated that Mr. Baldwin, will retire from the Premiership immediately after Whitsun. presumably about 26 as the Pi enter's engagement list for thc pieceding week is lull, including o dinner with Their Majesties on
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    OSLO CONVENTION
    70 1 Extension Of International Commerce The Hague. Mar. 10. A communique Issued by the Oslo conventioncrs at the close of the meetings surveys the experts' report bl which certain possibilities are outlined for extension of internat ona* commerce which will be immediately realisable in the form of a plurilateral
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    MR. D. C. CALTHROP DEAD
    29 1 London, Mar. 10. The death is announced of Mr D.on Clayton Calthrop. the well-known artist and writer, at the age of 59- Reuter Wireless
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    FRENCH SHIPPING STRIKE
    87 1 Traffic Badly Hampered Havre, Mar. 10. A SUDDEN shipping strike is badly hampering traffic. In the absence of a tug service, the Blue Funnel liner AntUochus left port without one and the IV and O. vessel Bangalore will probably do the same shortly. The departure of the
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    UNREST IN WAZIRISTAN
    170 1 Rawalpindi, Mar. 10. IN view ol the unrest troop movements are progressing on the Waziristan frontier, the latest units to leave being the Second Argyll :and Sutherland Highlanders and ithe Third Infantry Brigade. The Moslem fire-brand the Faqir of Ipi, is inflaming the tribes and desciibing the
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    3 1 INTERNATIONAL TRICK SKATING
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    PARIS-TOKIO FLIGHT
    59 1 New Attempt Le Bourget, Mar. 10. rpHE French airmen. Pissavy and Cornet took off at 12.40 p.m. today in an attempt *o fly to Tokio within 100 hours of departure and so gain the Air Ministry's prize of K.3J000 for the first pilot accomplishing this feat. Their first
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    BATTLE ROYAL EXPECTED IN BELGIUM
    161 1 BATTLE ROYAL EXPECTED IN BELGIUM PREMIER TO EIGHT li V-ELECTION "In Interests Of The Country" Brussels, Mar. 10. A BATTLE royal is promised between the Prime Minister. M. Van Zeeland, and M. de Grelle, leader of the Fascist Rex Party at an impending byelection here. The present Rexist deputy has
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    FRENCH DEFENCE LOAN
    89 1 Passed By Huge .Majority In Chamber l'iris Mar. 9. The Chamber passed the Loan Bill by 470 votes to 40 The Finance Minister, M Yinc< nt Auricl. yesterday tabled thc new Defence Loan la the Chamber Tin Government prep. sex the Loan shall not noted detnicv uCpen#tun
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    STORMS DELAY LINERS
    38 1 New York. Mar. V. Seven tr.TS- Atlantic liner.s irmi Europe. Including the Queen Mary, have reported delays from 12 to 72 hours owing to lloflta described as the worst of kn exceptionally severe winter. Reuter
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      64 1 __u---_-__u-_u-___-__-_______i^mm___m BIGIA TEA Hrings the freshness and fragrance of the Malayan gardens direct to your home. '■^~^*m^_^B+ >"' ".y^lZT^r *^3Jttm^ *f V %f *FW^ Orchestral Concert fo 9.15 p.m. ft Dinnpr End Dance ,formal) 9.15 to midnight 0 -eV Harve snd Young Famous American Comedy Dancers Non-diners $1.00 R\*FIFS CELEBRATED
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      78 1 There is no better I Tea then BIGIA TEA GROWN IN MALAYA. SEA VIEW M& HOTEL IDEAL SEASIDE KSSORT EVERY ROOM WITH PRIVATE BATH. RUNNING HOT AND COLD WATERTENNIS GOLF SWIMMING SUN'BATHING. ONE OF SINGAPORE'S SCENIC BEAUTY SPOTS REACHED IN 8 MINUTES BY CAR FROM ANYWHERE IN TOWN TONIGHT SPECIAL
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    MERCANTILE HANK OF INDIA
    68 2 MERCANTILE HANK OF INDIA 12 Pier Cent. Dividend For Year The board of directors of the Mercantile Bank of India have recomm<ndcd a linal c.l.idend. less income tax. ol 6 per cent., making 12 per cent. the year ending Dec. 31. 193G An amount of £20.000 has been written ofl
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    FLYING-BOATS REACH HONG KONG
    31 2 The three Singapore flying-boats Which were forced down in the Ladrone Inlands at the mouth of the Canton River on Tuesday, reached Hong Kong safely yesterday morning.
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    PUBLICITY WANTED For Singapore
    674 2 PUBLICITY WANTED For Singapore Letters To The Editor /•'IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE"— MALAYAN ATTRACTIONS UNKNOWN TO TOURISTSTRAVEL BUREAUX AT HOME SINGAPORE NOT A DEN OF INIQUITY DISILL USION TRA VELLERS GOVERNMENT SUPPORT NEEDED To The Editor. Sir,- At long last the much belated question oi publicity and advertising for Malaya
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    JOHORE RIFLE CLUB
    57 2 The Johore Rifle Club scores for February are: Nett Cup Ng Titian Choe 34^29*32-95 Ist Abdullah Bin Hj. Ismail 25 1321 32 89 2nd. Handicap Cup Sulaiman Sgt. No. 713 'Johore Police) 84 I 12. 915 96. 915 Ist Mr. F. K. McNamara. 'Adjutant. Johore Police Foreesi
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    LAST NIGHTS OPERA
    788 2 Peak Performance In Butterfly YESTERDAY was a heavy one for the Gonsalez Opera Company because, in addition to the evening 'performance of Madame Butterfly, there was a special matinee of the Earber of Seville for Singapore schoolchildren at the Victoria Theatre. It was in Butterfly, however, that
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    BITTEN BY PIG
    42 2 A«:ed Chinese Admitted To Hospital Dr. o ftamiltngam Tan Toek H4-.vear-old Chnu,e Jock Than, wis -/"m.ed to the Hcapital with hist oi having been bIU a )r lb -«K Pnn.ous He ha s JwowounS near the rich! k: U
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      711 2 CLASSffIED ADVERTISEMENTS. Zbe Sinoaporc /ree press Head Office: Cecil Street. Singapore Phone: 5471 (5 h„r, Ul b eitensiona to all departnx out Tel: "Time*" Sinaapotr Kuala Lumpur Office 25. Java Street. Phone: JMI. Ipoh Office: Brewster Rood Phone: 27. Penang Office: 12. Blahop Street. pr„, n Phone: 1477 London Office:
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      123 2 Diary Of The Day High Water: 9.26 a.m. 8.5 ft., 10.35 p.m. 8.0 ft. Sports Soccer: Midds vs. Indians at Stadium; R.A.F. vs. Fort Canning at Tanglin; SRC. vs. Municipal Health Office on Padang. Lawn tennis: Y.M.C.A. tournament. Water Polo: Y.M.C.A. vs. H.M.S. Hermes. VICTORIA THFATItF Gon.su iez Opera Coy.
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      36 2 Law Notice For Thc Day The hiel Juslii e at Kedah Court A| pi Before Mi. Just,,,, fi,. Burtalte in the M. Court at II a.m Assizes: R« I vi I ,n Rex rj Valaj rn
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    32 3 AT A RECENT gall tournament m Los Angeles one of the spectators demonstrated her interest in sport by wearing a blouse, the demku of which showed the sport page of various newspapers.
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    TRAGIC LETTER LEFT BY DEAD HOKKIEN GIRL
    673 3 TRAGIC LETTER LEFT BY DEAD HOKKIEN GIRL "Made A Mistake And Am Committing Suicide" OVERDOSE OF OPIUM "£AN you throw any light on the words she nsed in the letter I have made a mistake and I am very sorry and I an. Me., a Cantonese w0n.,,,, yesterday when Mr.
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    BORROWING FOR MEDICAL EXPENSES
    339 3 TREATMENT PROVIDED Question At Co-operative Meeting <<JT is an unwise policy to refuse something which is given to jou fire and to pay lor something icr which you ought not to pay The speaker was Mr. T Btvapraga n. Cu- operative Officer, Singapore; his audience, members
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    COLORATURA COMEDY
    274 3 photo) Prima Donna Joins In Laufthter CMGNORINA SANCHIONI, prima ■J donna soprano ol the Gonsalez Italian Grand Opera Company i.as ■i sense ol humour which h; not always possessed oy operatic artists. During .1 .special performance ot the Barber Ol Seville" yesterday afternoon r mho richiktren, the singer,
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    45 3 fUMQ GUSTAI of Sweden, who is on an oflicial visit to Kin, Leopold Return, recently attended a gala performance at the Theatre Royal in Brussels with his nephew. Km* Gustaf and Kin* lipoid in the royal box. during the plaGny 0 f the national anthems
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    Most Ancient Order Of Chivalry In World
    617 3 AMBULANCE CHIEF ADDRESSES ROTARY CLUB "THE difference between the St. 1 John Ambulance Brigade and UK St. John Ambulance Association and the origin of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, formed the subject of an address to the Singapore Rotary Club yesterday
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    WIFE'S TALE OF ILL-TREATMENT
    522 3 Maintenance Order Petition ALLEGING that her husband had come home late al night, had ill-treated her and had even forced their servant to hold her by the hand. K.irrupiah Ammal, a young Indian married woman, petitioned Mi Tan Thoon Lip the fifth magistrate Singapore yesterday, for
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      92 3 OV/ILTIBE TONIC FOOD BF.VERACE v A WANDER LIMITED. IN Chartered Sank Chambers, Singapore. PITMAN'S COLLEGE Established in England (55 years, Singapore Branch under European Ifanagemtnt at I in'rrr. molding. River Valley Road (entrance Oamar Koad I Expert tuition in ALL COMMERCIAL SI'K.IECTS. Special couiscs in Shorthand Type-writing. Book-keeping\ Commerce. Malay.
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    "WAR IS NOT IMMINENT AND ARMS RACE MAY END"
    2358 4 Chancellor Promises To Stop Any Arm s Profi tee ring FROM OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT f London, Mar. 1. "THERE was a great Parlia- mentary occasion this week. The House of Commons was packed as it had not been since the Abdication
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      481 4 VALUES OF AIR CONDITIONING TO STORES I >/I m W I I J*' 111 k \r m M lil 1 r-1 lil 1 MB 111 I l» r I I t^ 11 8 m \3mß y v e _w__W\B f v WE S X mm \mwm T If \y in
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    433 5 his Silver la^^^J^l^S.?^ r y e of h^»^gcst State in India, and reputed to be the richest man in the world, is now celebrating On right is S,r U^can Uckenlie thl L^id^ ZTT-l "^S^ml firework di *P ,a >' after a banquet given at the Jubilee Hall. Hyderabad. Mackenzie, the
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      108 5 M n Jt M^Ma^m .^J F Mam t^m sh» v» Mmm^Mm. '^^H 3 J___m_^^^m ~C ■mU \Urn_. u^S W^^mmSt y WWr^ ««H m_n. J^JS _f JS I St C *^^i fjgi^BiC __f^_b__f ifiii/^ MMm r JSB A .^^^.^^l^k^l^k. atagtF\j^F _^L v> Shs^. Hl^^ia^eiß JH agk y <* "ROYAL BAKERY" cakes
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    600 Officers And Men Leave By Transport Today
    312 6 600 Officers A nd Men Leave By Transport Today SEVERy\L PROMINENT SPORTSMEN ABOUT 600 officers and men and nearly 200 Servicer wives and children will leave Singapore by the transport Dilwara today. Various details will disembark at < m. India. Egypt, Malta, Gibraltar and the res: wiii continue to the
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    27 6 WOMEN ANT) CHILDREN amang the ruins of their town, EseafcHia, south-west of Madrid on the Avila -Maqucda road, which suffered heavily during the Rebels' advance on Madrid.
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    42 6 TWO NFW TYPES «>f motorsled.;es are bcin.; tried out on the Neusiedler Lake in Austria. One looks like a plane without wings and uses a propeller, and the other looks like a car without wheels and has the engine at thc rear.
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    HINDU FESTIVAL TODAY
    307 6 CELEBRATION AT THE LADIES UNION CLUB "THE Hindu re thri arill be celebrated In Si Ladies' Union Club 7 M lulmetn R< ad tonight when Mr T Narain Das IP. will preside. The Hon Secretary ol tli Bhl man The Hon. 1 retai f the Shi varathii
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    MALACCA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
    87 6 From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Mar. 10. The annua! g me sting f >! the Malacca Historical Society was held in th" Stadthuis on Monday. Mar 1, with Dr A L Hoops, as chairman, and the following were elected officials for the current year: President: Mr. T
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    23 6 The vest wing of Broxworth House a Dorset mansion damaged by flre. but turniture and many valuables were saved by servants and vitamers.
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    Fine For Dealing In Poppy Shells
    258 6 HAD TRADED FOR YEARS IN COMMODITY Used For Making Tea NOW INCLUDED iN DELETERIOUS DRUGS ORDINANCE BS. Mohidecn and Abdul Kader. partners of B. S. Mohideen and Co.. appeared before Mr. H. A. Forrer ill the Criminal District Court yesterday charged with dealing on
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    PERJURY ALLEGED IN MURDER CHARGE
    114 6 Accused Cobbler For Trial At I poll 'From Our Own Correspondent Ipoh. Mar 10. 'fll AT almost every witness had perjured fumself was a re-mark made hi/ (he Assistant Com -nisskmer of Poke at Kampar. Mr Duthie. when conducting the proteeuiUM a* a pre iminary
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    Chinese Dance Champions For Singapore
    249 6 Chinese Dance Champions For Singapore TED and Evelyn Chen, a Chinese couple who specialise in western dancing, will be the interesting stage itl action to be presented at the Capitol Theatre from next Sunday. Ted and Ev:lyn Chen have arrived in Singapore after touring India, Ceylon and Burma, where they
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    EVIDENCE TAKEN IN HOSPITAL
    198 6 Chinese Knocked Down By Lorry DRIVER CHARGED THERE was a sequel to an accident occurred at Keppel Road on Jan. 1 11. in which an elderly Chinese was knocked d wn by a motor lorry, in the Criminal District C >urt on Tuesday when the driver
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    CARDIFF PHOTS' LOW CASUALTY PERCENTAGE
    152 6 Congratulated By Board On Year's Work Sir William Seager. DL chairman o: the CarditT Pilotage Board, recently complimented the pilots upon the care they had exercised in the performance ol their duties in 1930 During the year I 503 vessels of I 182.000 tons register
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    EIGHT NEW MOTOR LIFEBOATS
    174 6 New Station To He Opened At Tobermory Th- U am: National Lifeboat Institution has hud d'>wn eight more m >tor llfeboaM three for Scotland, tar i tor England, two lor Ireland and one t <r Wales One is tor g DC* itl il Which The Institution
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    SIAM PIGS
    131 6 Han On Import To Malaya Raised From Our Own Correspondent I Hin .u.ik Mar. 10. Arrangements have been completed I > allow the exp rt of Siam plus t l Malaya again, atter I long period ol suspension, starting on Friday At lii st th? animals ran be
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    FORTNIGHTLY CLUB
    61 6 To He Addressed By Mr. H. R. Cheeseman An open meeting ot the Fortnightly Club, to which non-members of both sexes are invited will be held at the Y.W.C.A. Raffles Quay on Friday at 630 p.m. The speaker will be Mr H R Cheeseman and his subject: "The
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    Lt.-CoL Hammond-Smith Leaves
    166 6 Lt.-CoL HammondSmith Leaves SAILS BY 1)1 1 MARA rot) a T Col M F. Han Ml on ih' Lallon. .11 ives lof B He Is to I II r H A A fl I nsand snd H K C in b •< In Ills R< •ay in K gfOT B
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    DEATH OF F.M.S.R. PENSIONER
    111 6 A la tue gathl ind reatnos attended tl day ol Mu it< Mr Bai irimuthu P retired i u nun -t the fm fl R srh i |ghl Re\ 1 o\ on ltn oo| l^ted it I the house, at the Church Ol Our lot Lourdgg
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      223 6 CORNS as big as peas banished by Radox kai+ j4m*urt in .tndimq vm i< *if mn* <A* t*** nl th tmttom >>f my Corn M O* tnr<p «l« <t 'tTpenre nnti i. tkttk a* n pen I mutd i. > „->*l, but after ymr H ni< i li'itr, directed. \t
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    PERAK TURF CLUB
    417 7 Satisfactory Position (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Mar. 9. PRESIDING at the annual meeting of the Perak Turf Club, Mr. E C Watson reported that the year's results were most satisfactory. Profit on racing account amounted to $60,745 compared with $52,001 for the previous year and after
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    Yesterday's Rubber Auction
    176 7 Yesterday 's R ubber Auction TTHE Singapore Chamber o: commerce 1 Rubber AefeoeUtAoo h"id its 1,320th auction yesterday when there were .alogued 1.454.3661b5.. 649 27 tong; offered 1.377.021 lbs 014 74 tans; sold 1 158.236 lbs.. 517.07 tons. Spot London il 3 16d. New York 22> 2 CU. PHCM ULAUMD
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    CAMBRIDGE FIT
    47 7 London. Mar. 9. In the boat race practice todav Cambridge, rowing on an ebb tide. broke their own record from Hammersmith Bridge to the mile post, the time being two minutes 51 seconds compared with their previous best of two minutes 54 second in 1933.
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    KATONG GOLF CLUB
    40 7 The men's monthly medal for March i at the Katong Golt Club was won by W. Gordon with g nett score of 67. The ball sweep was won by B. KaurT, J. W. Edwards and H. Proud.
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    42 7 London, Mar. 9. Miss Dorothy Round Ls engaged to I marry Dr. Douglas Little from her I home town of Dudley. Dr. Little is a j Scotsman and a country hockey player, also a golfer but plays little tennis, i I -Reuter.
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    DOLLAR TIN SHARES DISAPPOINT
    906 7 Rubber Quotations Show An Improvement FEATURES OF THE LOCAL SHARE MARKET TJOME news during the past week has been without any special I feature and although the undertone of the London Stock Exchange is reported as being steady, quotations seem to be rather marking time, states
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    MATCH CANCELLED
    27 7 The third division league match between the Casuals and the Y.M.C.A which was to have been played at the Anson Road stadium yesterday, was postponed.
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      237 7 A Great Opportunity! Another Chance to See this Famous Warner Hit ALHAMBRA] TONIGHT ON LY 6.15-9.15 tThe moot amazing adventure a man ever lived becomes m t «dv««^re of the screen as Warner Bros, pack Sfjr** 1 doU rm worth rf «*«tement into RAFAEL frO SABATINI'S immortal romance of the
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      193 7 One of lhe Brightest .shows >rl presented CAPITOL I Paramount'* Mggasd Ml Star .Musical with the most famous names of Screen. St. me and K.idio "THE BIG BROADCAST OF 1937" Starring JACK BENNY BURNS and ALLEN MARTHA RAYE Krnin Goodman und his Rand. Leopold Stoko\\sk> .uul hi* S>mphon> Orchestra. MALAYAN
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    The Singspore Free Press THURSDAY. MARCH 11, 1937. Advertise Malaya !
    982 8 The Singspore Free Press THURSDAY. MARCH 11, 1937. Adve rtise Malaya THE recent visit of the Empress of Britain has had a number of unexpected repercussions locally which have served to show up certain weaknesses in the manner in whieh we cater for visitors— or. as .some would put it.
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    FASCIST GRAND COUNCIL
    95 8 Rome. Mar. 'I. Domestic atTairs monopolised the three-hour mnnMng ot the Fascist Grand Council yesterday. Signor St a race, the Secretary -Genial, reported that the membership ot the Fascist Party, including women md youths, was over 9.000.000. It was decided that the corp rations hould intensity their
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    MRS. ERNEST SIMPSON
    42 8 Tours. Mar. 9. Mrs. Ernest Simpson, accompanied bv Mr and Mrs. Rogers her hosts since last December, has arrived at th« Chateau de Cande in the Loire valley where they are the guests of Mr and Mrs. Bedaux. Reuter.
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    58 8 Mrs. Mary Barker, formerly of the Education Department, Hong Kong is arriving in Singapore on Mar 24' to take over the duties of Lady Assistant Protector of Chinese, in place of Miss Y. M. Langley. who will be going to S??J I S?" B shonl y f °r her marriage
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    As I was Saying
    554 8 Thirty-Seven Ways of Saying ">i\v" Gretna Oust Weddings 100 Years Ago |l/|R Justice Charles, who has recently been commenting on the habit witnesses have of adding "definitely" after saying "yes,'' would perhaps be less critical of this foible if the alternative were, as in the United
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    Sketch From Life
    1091 8 MRS Tratlord was ':red Ever since Christmas Eve she had been on the run. and no*, well into January there sermed still I i be no end to it. Never v. rt such people tor giving paras those tor whom "she did"' u .ere and a:. ..:t<
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      66 8 A CENTENARIAN who lives in an Essex village attributes his long lire to breathing deeply. And, cf course, continuously. On the principle that it never rains when you take out an umbrella why not take out a GAFI.AC ACCIDENT and ALL SICKNESS POLICY and keep fit. GENERAL ACCIDENT f IRE
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    Withdrawal Of Extraterritorial Rights In China
    249 9  - Withdrawal Of Extraterritorial Rights In China Sin Chew Jit Poh NEW JAPANESE GESTURE Powers In Sympathy With Proposal Shanghai, Mar. 10. DR. WANG CHUNG HUI, the Foreign Minister, held an informal meeting yesterday, to which practically all the diplomats of the Powers in China were invited, and suggested that China
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    15 9 KF.RFI PRISONCRS captured ou the Madrid front, having a frunal meal in a Madrid prison.
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    NATIONAL REFERENDUM IN AUSTRALIA
    173 9 Constitution Changes Opposed Melbourne, Mar. 10. AUSTRALIANS in nationwide referendem overwhelmingly rejected the Commonwealth Government's proposals to alter the Constitution to enable it to legislate for the whole country in matters concerning air navigation and aircraft. The Government contended it was ridiculous that air transport .should
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    SLUM CLEARANCE
    97 9 Government Campaign Shows Continued Progress London, Mar. 10. Continued progress in the Government's slum clearance and rehousing campaign is shown in the returns for February. During February local authorities declared areas for clearance comprising 5.088 houses, and representing a displacement of 2.140 persons compared with 4.336 houses and
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    NEW GERMAN LAW
    88 9 Retaliatory Measures Against Foreign Subjects Berlin, Mar. 10. Far-reaching powers are conferred on the Minister of the "nterior by I law adopted by the Cabinet authorising retaliatory measures against sub Jects of foreign States and their pro perty ir. the event of ?ny particular State penalising Reich
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    CORONATION REVIEW
    112 9 Hermes Taking Part rE aircraft-carrier Hermes (Capt. the Hon. G. Fraser. DSO.). which is still at Singapore after the manoeuvres early last month will take part in the Coronation review of the Grand Fleet at Spithead. The vessel leaves Singapore on Mar. 17 lor Penang, where she will
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    MR. ROOSEVELT'S WARNING
    179 9 "Dangers Of 1929 Are Again Becoming Possible" New York, Mar. 10. "We cannot yield our constitutional destiny to the personal judgment of a few men who. being tearful of the future, would deny us the necessary means for dealing with the present" exclaimed President Roosevelt in a
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    COAL INDUSTRY
    101 9 Rationalisation Negotiations Break Down London, Mar. 10. Negotiations for the rationalisation of the coal industry have broken down. The Government hopes to secure unification of the coal royalties, and negotiations have been proceeding with the coal owners for some time. A tribunal was appointed today to determine the
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    U.S. GOLD
    23 9 Washington, Mar. 10. The net inflow ol gold to America last year was $1,030,000,000 compared v.-ith $1,739,000,000 in 1935. Reuter Wireless
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    KPENANG-HONG KONT. AIR SERVICE
    190 9 KPENANG-HONG KONT. AIR SERVICE Air Secretary's Statement London. Mar. 9. The Secretary for Air. Lord Swinton, announces that it is proposed to continue the experimental Penang-Hong Kong air service until alternative arrangements are possible whereby the strvice may be improved, with a view tv the eventual carriage of all first
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    FLYING-BOATS ARRIVE
    25 9 Hong Kong. Mar. 10. The three R.A.F. flying-boats from Singapore which were forced down by i bad weather have arrived here safely Reuter
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    CASHIER'S 70-FT. DEATH FALL
    122 9 Jump From Beam A THIRD case of death from falling off a building, took place yesterday when the Chinese cashier of the Sze Hai Tong Liank in Chulia Street, jumped from a beam 70 feet high onto the floor of the bank and died five hours
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    MORE MONEY FOR EDUCATION
    53 9 London, Mar. 10. Education will cost Great Britain i £95:207.000 in 1937. compared with .f 92.886.000 last year. This will be met from the national exchequer and Irom local rates. The c st of elementary education Tor the year works out at £15 lis. Id. a
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    LORD NUFFIELD'S NEW £30,000 OFFER
    46 9 LORD NUFFIELD'S NEW £30,000 OFFER London, Mar. 10. An offer of a gift of t: 50.000 for the formation ot a sea cadet corps was made by L :i\l Nuffield today. The oiler Ls conditionaf on another £100.000 being raised by the Navy League.— British Wireless
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    RESIGNATION SENSATION
    73 9 Canberra, Mar. 10. A SENSATION has been caused by the resignation of Sir Henry Gullett, the Minister directing negotiations for trade treaties, which is under stood to have followed a sharp difference of opinion on trade poUcy at a Cabinet meeting. Mr. Lyons, the Prime Minister, states that
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    RAW MATERIALS CONFERENCE
    263 9 Geneva, Mar. 9. CONSIDERABLE progress was made at the raw materials conference today. Sir Henry Strakosch, of South Africa, strongly favoured the inclusion of foodstuffs in the inquiry and said that it was also necessary to examine whether the complaints with regard to raw materials were well-founded
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    GOVERNMENTS SCHEME FOR DISTRESSED AREAS
    568 9 Hopeful De velopm en ts spending of public Booty, but Ml bers complain that the prastni solution destroys Parli. to amend the bill to balder scope Captain Ifa nanara the fimntf C iimmt the MUtrtti crti complained that he ar.c had put down 17 amendnu
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    52 9 QUEEN MARY attended the annual St. David's Day church service of the Ist Battalion Welsh Guards, at Wellington Barracks. S.W.I, and afterwards presented Leeks to the officers for distribution to the ranks. The Battalion afterwards marched past Queen Mar> General view showing the crowds watching the Welsh Guards marching past
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    ARMY CUP FINAL
    26 9 Aldervhot. Mar IS. In the Army Ruga Clip Anal 'nv First Welsh Regiment H the Firs. Prince Dl Wal< V < Dover" 13 poln:.*
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      430 10 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCKS SHARES Last Night's Quotations From London 6 p. m. March 10 Share of £1 denomination unless Previously Yesterday Rise or Fall otherwise stated Conversion Loan, 5 p.c.. 1944-64 114% 114% Funding Loan. 4 p.c, 1960-90 111% 111% War Loan. 3V_ p.c 101% 101% b Com.
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      202 10 From London 5.30 p. m. March 10 id it lit: K: Strong. London Spot: 11 7 16d. lllod Previously: ll^.d. II 1 id. May: ll^d. ll*«d. Prpviously: ll l^d ll 3 8 d. July-Sept.: ll s «d. 11 11 16d. Previously: 11 5 16d. 117 16a Oct
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      70 10 From London 5.30 p. m. March 10 J i Tin: S'rnng. Cash CM 15.; Previously Strong at £3t3 il ThKC months &291 II Previously £282 15.> New York Tin: 66.50. Previously 6125 Oappar: Settlement: €77 M Previously £73. Cold V terdftl £7 2.< 2>jd. Previously £7 2s
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      82 10 w i London Closing Quotations March 10 Method of Parity before Rate PreCentre Quoting 20-9-31 Yesterday vlously Paris Francs to 124 21 IM 15 IG Ml 15 16 New Y>rk to 488 4 88% 488 7 16 Amsterdam Guilders to 12 107 8 92% 8 92 s
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      SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES
      1071 10 From Exchange Telegraph Co. Fraser and Co. 's Lint WEDNESDAY, MARC H IS. 1937: 6 PM. MINING <Vmpat Tin (4^» 6a 9d 6s 3d "Vsam Kumbang 34s usual Malay <£) ■>•'■ \>er Hitam <ss. 25.s 3d 26s id \yer Weng <81> I .Ifl 1 •*>
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      299 10 ISSUED BY FRASER AND CO. AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS YESTERDAY Tin at midda> was $143.00, op >K. .\V The tin share market arr rxtremeh active throughout practical ly the entire day. The London market \i is firm and Sterling count era generally speaking had a rW«I
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      Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association
      88 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association Mar. 10, 12 o'clock noon Buyers Sellers No. I.X.R.S.S. in rases iF.0.8 March» 38 516 38 716 Grood FAQ. in cases 'F.0.8i March* 37 15 16 :J8 IHi No. I.X.R.S.S. (Spotloose* <awardable Singapore i 38 38»k March 38 Vh 38' 4 Apr. June :j8 :i
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      LOCAL EXCHANGE RATES
      214 10 Yesterday's Singapore Quotations M.ir. lu sei iin<; London. TT. 2 4 1 16 London, demand 2 4 1 16 London. 4 months' sight 2 4 l Lyons, demand 1245 Hamburg, demand 141 New York, demand 57 Montreal, demand r »6 7 H Batavti demand lW»/a Bnmarang, iomind
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      FRASER & CO. LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS
      230 10 FRASER CO. LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Total lor Books Cle>se financial Company Dividend Date Ex Div. year Payable Date to date TIN Burn. a Malay Gd. (12th) Mar 22 Mar. 27 Mar. 23 KatU Tin (id (13th) Mar. 10 Mar. 17 Mar 11 7i.'Malayan Tin 161 Int. Mar. 3 Mar.
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      66 10 Max. 10 Gambler T.T. 7.50 Java Cube 10 50 Hamburg Cube 15.00 White Muntok Pepper 21 50 Black. Pepper 1200 Copra, mixed 7.80 Copra, sun dried 800 Small Flake Tapioca 5 40 R. Saigon Al $174 R. Siam. W.C No. 1 $162 Rice, Slam, W.C. No. 2
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    203 11 DEATH OF STALIN'S RIGHT-HAND MAN SERIOUS BLOW TO SOVIET UNION Chiefly Responsible For Industrialisation M OHGHONIKIDZE. one ot the "Old Bolsheviks" and friend ol Stalin ■Ince childhood, died in till flat in th? Kremlin trom heart failure. He was 50 He had been Commissar lor Heavy Industry, one ol the
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    OFFICERS RESCUED
    78 11 Four British officers from the battleship Resolution, recently reeom missioned at Portsmouth, had narrow escapes from drowning in the River Tagus. After returning early in the m rning from a dance at Lisbon British club, they hired a fishing boat to return to their ship. The boat capsized
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    423 11 Winning CONTRACT £*\XYvj^fou^ Qotfc David Bumstine, 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 in existence THE LUCKIEST HAND OF THE YEAR IF, in a cut-in game composed of two experts and two weak players, the
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    MORE WELSH COAL FOR FRANCE
    44 11 Much larger quantities of Welsh coals are to be taken by France over the next three months. South Wales collieries and coal exporting companies are already heavily booked, and supplementary import quotas have been granted by the French authorities.
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    EMPLOYER GOES ON STRIKE
    149 11 New York, Eeb. .'0 MR Walter Fry. pr. s:dent ol the Fry ifi Product Company, whose employees are staging a sit-down srike in the Detroit factory for higher wages, today began a sit -down" strike <>t his own. He had a bid moved into Ml *****
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    TWO NEW "EMPRESS" LINERS
    98 12 For Pacific Service Montreal. The Canadian Pacific Railway Co. announces that it Intends to construct two new Empress liners for the Pacific service if negotiations between Grsat Britain. Canada and Australia for a subsidy to permit of competition with the American lines in the Australian and
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    LATEST SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
    875 12 MERCHANT NAVIES OF I THE WORLD Authoritative (Reference Book "Maritime Statistical Handbook*' (London: P. S. King and Son, Ltd., Orchard House. Westminister S.W.I. Price ss. net.) THIS important publication lias been issued by the Interna- tional Labour Office. Geneva, and as a ready means of I comparing
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    NEW LINER FOR SHAW SAVILL
    265 12 Order Placed With Lyne Builders AN order has been placed by the Shaw. Savill and Albion Co., Ltd., with Messrs. Swan, j. Hunter and Wigham Richardson, Ltd., of Wallsend-on-Tyne, for a large new passenger motorship. This vessel is intended to Open up an entirely new
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    80 12 lioston Follows l/ead Of Now York Boston. F" lowing the concession alre.tdv made by New York r liners entering Boston frog pa ports vBI alter Feb 15. be given clear r..- bv wireless to their berths without snch ring .tt quarantine, provided thai there arc no
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    TURKISH ORDERS FOR GERMAN YARDS
    69 12 ..-.urns between representatives Ol Krupps and the Turkish Ministrj ol Economy lot the construct In German shipyards ot seven ships for Turkey have K li understood, been •uccessfully concluded itatoi Heutcr message With this order 13 vessels will be OT STe now being built In
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      495 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* 7 p.m. rCota Bahru. Kuala Kri and Tumpat: Mon., Wed., Thurs. and Friday* 7.45 a.m. Sundays 7 p.m. iuaJu Lumpur and Penang: Weekdays* 7.45 a.m. and 7
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    4135 15 Three Centuries In Home Side's First Innings FIELDING LAPSES HELP BATSMEN ALONG A OMPLETE report of the fifth and vital Test which was played at Melbourne and won by Australia have been received by the Free Press. The first three days* play are published
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    873 16 Aizawa And Thutt Pitt Provide Thrilling Struggle photo). A CONTEST which developed into a base line duel and which was confined mainly to forehand driving with volleying or net play conspicuous only by its absence, describes the first quarter final to be played in the Y.M.C.A. men's open singles, when
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    590 16 R. A. F. Beaten By Odd Goal In Five STERLING DISPLAY BY S. C. C. GOALKEEPER (BV MMKOD) S.C.C. 3; R.A.F. 2. TIIK same old story again but with a different ending! The, Royal Air Force took the Singapore Cricket Club too lightly in this
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    25 16 photoi. OVER THE TOP. Pirture taken during play in the soccer mat< h between (he S.C.C. and the RAP. on the padang yesterday. Free Press
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    NATIONAL FAVOURITE INJURED
    47 16 NA TIONAL FA VOURITE INJURED May Be Scratched London, Mar. 10. HEADY CASH, the present favourite for the Grand National, may not run. He hit himself during training and the injury reoeived may keep him out of the race. A decision will be made on Saturday.- Reuter
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    Y.M.C.A. SOCCER
    58 16 The lollowing have been selected to play football lor the Y.M.C.A. vs. Middlesex II at Giliman Barracks on Friday at 5.10 pm. Tan Kwan Seng. R Lyne. K. Leembruggen. Kwee Thiam Teck. G. Day. A. Zezula. Chan Joo Tiang, J. Bleha. Kim Wee. Gim Hock and Bah Song.
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    18 16 photoi WEE THIAM HOCK making a forehand i.'iurn during play in the Y.M.C.A. tennis tournament yesterdaj. Free Press
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    TERROR BEATEN BY ST. ANDREW'S
    199 16 Low Scoring Match On School Ground St Andrew's School beat HMS Terror by 55 rui^s yesterday In the cricket match played on the former :> ground. Scores. H.M.S. Terror: Workman lbw H Shah 5. G Hodgson b J Ross 5. Smith run out A, A
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    445 16 MEDICALS BE A T C. S. C. IN HARD "FOUGHT" GAME UNPRINCIPLED tactics which led to a player being sent off made a brisk, well-played game into a hectic, blatant h rough match, nearly brought members of opposing teams to blows and marred the third
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