The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 3 August 1937

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1 16 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. NO. 15,227 ESTD. 1835 TTKSDAY, AUGUST 3. 1937. 10 CENTS.
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    63 1 UNEKM Of M\K(OM Dense crowds lined the three mile route from the Roval Atadcm> in R«m? to the Church of St. Mary of the An«els. to watch the funeral pr >c ->ion of Marchese Mart-ofti. Sic nor Mussolini an I member-, of h?N »v rrmtnt, members of the Diplomatic >rp>
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    Plane Bounces And Crashes In Flames
    55 1 Plane Bounces And Crashes In Flames Italian A via lion Disa^i* U i ii Haifa, lug. Pi»i h igen a. id wee member* «-f 1 1» citu v. rr«kilW'l ttt u oiitMn und It ilian M r \Lilitlori:i > r.t-h' today. bout to land icled not to do i 1
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    Why Not A Navy Week In Singapore?
    87 1 Why Not A Navy Week In Singapore? (From a Special Correspondent) IT is Navy Week in England tho ueek and dockyards and warships are open to public inspection. ."Many people in Singapore havi» hern wondering why similar celcbfatoMM are not organised in Singapore, Britain's great naval bass in the Far
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    EX-POLISH COMMUNIST DEPUTY ARRESTED
    32 1 A Warsaw newspaper states th.it thp former Polish Communist Deputy, M. K minder who fled frcin Poland tj the Srvirt. has been arrested and im.^d In Lu'oianka Prison.
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    CHIANG KAI SHEK RECONCILED TO OLD ENEMY
    572 1  -  Sin Chev Jit Poh. Generalissimo Confers With General Pei MOVE TOWARDS UNITED CHINESE RESISTANCE Counter-Off ens ve On Tientsin Planned By Central Troops QENERAL CHIANG KAI-SHEK (lew yesterday V from Nanking to Kuling to meet one of his old enemies, General Pei tilling
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    Situation in Siam Still Obscure
    416 1 Situation in Siam Still Obscure No New Cabinet Appointed (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Aug. 2. DETAILS of the political crisis in Km an- still lacking, but it appears that the People's Assembly have now approved the names of a new Regency Council. No announcement has yet been (made regarding
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    23 1 The Queen visited the Queen's Bays, now a mechanised regime it, ut Willetns Barra.ks, Aldrrsh t. The Queen is Colonel-in-chief of the regiment.
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    57 1 Six men lost their lives in a Royal Air Force crash when their machine, a night number of No. 160 Squadron, Leconfield aerodrome. Beverley. Yorkshire, caugh t fire after crashing into a 1,800 ft. high plateau near Kinder Scout, a mountain in the Peak District of Derbyshire. The burnt-out wreckage
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    What Co-operators Have Done In Malaya
    769 1 What Co-operators Have Done In Malaya Selangor Resident's Speech MILLIONS SAVED BY THOUSANDS (From Our Own Correspondent) "THE millions you hold as the savings of thousands of your members represent a fund of satisfaction and assurance which did not exist ten years ago, 1 declared the Hon. Mr. S. W.
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      71 1 BIGIA TEA [{rings the freshness and fragrance of the Malayan gardens direct to your home. TONIGHT CCCHTSIL OAXCE 6.30 to 8.30 p. m. DINNER DANCE (informal) 9.30 to mi; \gbt SOtSATIOIIAL NCW Cf BARET ENTERTAINMENT Firrt Apo^arance of THE 6 WALLABIES Work* r— nil enl oil 8 itish Acrobatic Troupe
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      65 1 There is no better Tea than BIGIA TEA GROWN IN MAIAYA. THE ROTARY CLUB p^; OF SINGAPORE MKETS TONKiHT AT MS P.M. AT THE ADELPHI HOTEL DINNER MEETING LADIES ARM WELCOME AS GUESTS SEA VIEW Wfa HOTEL TOMORROW FRIDAY AND SATURDAY SPECIAL DINNER-DANCE j DINNER AND D^NCE MUSIC BY RELLERS
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    Bank Holiday Crowds In England
    241 2 Bank Holiday Crowds In England (From Special Correspondent) RECORD bank holiday crouds are reported from all the popular holiday centres in England. Seaside resorts everywhere are doing good August business, particularly as the return of prosperity has meant that people have more mon I than they had List year. Although
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    WORKS EXPLOSION KILLS NINE
    31 2 One European ar.d eight N were killed by a dynam ta factory at Mode! A:rica. This i-< the second bi| the Modderfontein dynamite i within two months
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    MAYOR HOPES FOR A UNITED CEYLON
    743 2 How Sinhalese Must Reassure The Tamils THE dream ol a united Ceylon was the theme of a lecture by Dr Saravanamuttu. Major ol Colombo. on "Some Civic and National Idials." given at "the Colombo Y.M.B.A. "I stand before you today as a member of
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    CHINESE IN MALAYA DO READ NEWSPAPERS
    746 2 MR. N.A.J. PERERA CRITICISED (To The Kditor of thr Free Press.) Sir.— According to Mr. Perera, whose letter appeared in the Free Press, we Straits Chinese are so woefully ignorant ol world affatfl because we can- I not distinguish a newspaper from a palmyra
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    MALAYANS IN ENGLAND
    291 2 MR and Mrs. W. J Doughty, of Nilai. Seremban recently arrived in England after a pleasant trip home via South Africa. They intend to make London their headquarters until October and are staying at the Lancaster Gate Hotel. MR. T. H Menzies Ls returnuu U) Malaya by
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    EARTHQUAKES IN ALASKA
    25 2 A series ol earthquakes was reported along the coast of Alaska resulting in considerable damage to property. Ther»> were however, no casualties.
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    S. AFRICA'S MINISTER LEAVES BERLIN
    33 2 Dr Gie, South African Minister to Germany, has temporarily left Berlin. During his absence the affairs of the Legation will be conducted by the Secretary of the Legation.
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    SYRIANS THREATEN WAR
    39 2 A sensational declaration was made before crowd of 10,000 Mohommedans in the OUttjaden Mosque at PiiTWatPl by the Syrian Premier. "Syria now lias s.u-rcd mission." he declared, "to liberate tlir entire Arab domain from foreign dominion"
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      191 2 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEAiENTa i C. T. PYRIN for Colds, Catarrh and Influenza. Will absolutely lelieve your cold in a fV'W hours. Harmless and IBMItM Th'* most wondrrful discovery <>l the age Price 60. cents. MEDICAL HALL, LTD. HOARD RESIDENCE. SEA FRONT KATONG GRANGE— 77. Meyer R««4 (Bear Swtmmlnf Club) Board -Residence
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      215 2 Zbe Sinoapore free press Head Offlr«: CerU *trrti, Sii»c»porr I'hone r»47, m Tel: "lim»»«. Mnfap^if^ Kiutla Lain par Ph«»n. Ipob Ortcr: B? Phone: 17 Penaiiff CHBre 12. Bishop v 'r iv?,,-. l»honr tx>ndon Offiff: F < 4 fhmtr: Trl I SUBSCRIPTION v "»r*twrt w Monthly Quartrrl* Half Yearly l^rly f^
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      92 2 Diary Of The Day The Tides High Water 8.30 am 7 4 rt 718 p.m 87 n Cinemas AUIAMHRA Sunny Bide Up with Janet Oaynor and Charl Farrell CAPITOL Captains Courageous, with Freddie Bartholomew and Bpencer Tracy PAVILION The Dominant Bex with Philllpt Holmes and I): ma Churchill ROXY Low
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    JAPAN WATCHES HAINAN ISLAND DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS
    1192 3 Public-Spirited Tokio Offers Advice To China HAINAN, ihe island home of hundreds of thousands of Malayan houseboys, is in the news again. Japanese interest in recent proposals for tl»e development of the island is illustrated by the following editional comment in the Tokio journal,
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    TRAPPING THE MOSQUITO
    117 3 f\SI- mi the greatest malarial prev»:ili«>n needs in the inve>t.--..n r i>i th» relationship betwee.i |,hr- Hies and malaria is a trap t'.ihm; the adult mosquitoes. »hi«h will Himinate the human fat t«»r and be entirely foolproof. Ntair-N jt< FMS medical report. lh»* "human-bait mosquito-net trap which
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    NEW PILL FOR MALARIA
    200 3 Malayan Doctors' I Discovery TABLETS ol Quinine bihydrochlondc- or hydroehlohde. are a -a bv Hit- Mtv. rpurtment> Qi the t M S according to a rnediutl report They art* iy per cent more expensive than tablets Ol quinine sulphate, cut have the advantage of being M.
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    YACHT PURCHASED BY KING CAROL
    47 3 KkSg Carol of Rumania has bought Ladv Yules yacht Nahlin. In which the Winds ruised last .>ummer rd viii One o: the reasons for King Carol s is to discuss p. i state R Buckingham ..■te in the year the Daily M.u.
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    37 3 AFTER THE WEDDING AT ST. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL yesterday, Mr. William Reginald Faulkner-Willis, son of Mr. and Mrs. L Faulk-ner-Willis, of Singapore, and Mi ss Marjorie Rhoda Duckworth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Duckworth, of Singapore.
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    "CHINESE NOT TO BLAME FOR OPIUM TRAFFIC"
    698 3 Hong Kong Professor Reviews History Of Drug S [DELIGHTS on Asia's drug traffic w« r<- gives at a recent lint!*. Kong meet in" by Prof. W. I fieri aril, of the Hong Kong University, who for the past five years has been in
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    SINGAPORE HAS POLICE IN WHITE
    70 3 Change In Traffic I'niforms Singapore's "winged" traffic police men an- angels* 1 in white now! a long contemplated change In the type 01 day uniform for the men on point duty began on Sunday This change In day uniforms was under consideration several months ago.
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    Elephantiasis Inquiry In Malaya
    262 3 Elephantiasis Inquiry In Malaya AN INVESTIGATION into the problem of filariasis in Malaya is being: made by Mr. E. P. Hodgkin. entomologist of the F.M.S. Institute for Medical Research, and Dr. J. J. C. Buckley, of the Department of Helminthology of the London School of Tropical Medicine. The investigation is
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    FORMER SINCAI'ORK MAN DIES
    175 3 Was First Secretary Of Harbour Board The first Secretary of the Singapore Harbour Board. Mr William Gillies Niven has died In Glasgow at the ag»* of 79 years He had lived in Glasgow 01 which he was a native ifter his depatruie irom Singapore la 1
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      188 3 Help Kidneys Qua Oat Pounovs An'* Y'>ur Kidneys have nine million tiny tut-* or f.W»rs which are eadanger»d by fdrugsor neglect. Unknown to you. wruk KiJn^-> a may I>~ th* real cause Nights. Nervousness. .swollen Ankles. Bladder Trou- ich«?. Rheumatism. dr. u-s Under Ky<-*. L>ry. mud-..-ninp. Smarting or I-ost K
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      54 3 1935 FORD V 8 SALOON 30 H.P. $1150. 1934 MORRIS COWLEY SALOON 15 H.P. 1075. 1934 WOLSELEY HORNET SALOON 12 H.P. WO. 1934 TERRAPLANE SALOON 21 H.P. 875. 1933 HILLMAN MINX SALOON 9.8 H.P. 825. 1931 MORRIS MAJOR SALOON 15 H.P. 500. WEARNES USED CAR MART gg WCARNf DFIOI LTD.
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    GOSSIP FROM LONDON
    429 4 XHE King anj Queen wnl not visit Ccwes Regatta this year, but early this ssjonfll will go to Ol imis Castle, so that Priiu-es.s Margaret may pass h -r nth birthday h; the place wfc she was rn Dsring Lhls visit. it is possible that Princess Elizabeth
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    WAY TO BEAUTY
    193 4 When a Mm star i«, o\ctweij;ht and larks frmtm, the Imvulv expert its Hollywood does fvt advocate a strenuous diet or exercise -hurt. Inste.ul h«" instructs her in rhythm 4 move-nen*. Sh» j tnu 1 watch hi>r step to J.velop a pt !«'< I uure. In thee
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    FASHION SHORTS BY LORRAINE
    485 4 I AST a .1 pr« gnu as rden parties and so on. llled 1 of ou'lH. a Ikiltl v the ground I .t-s V It aft ho ui i<« irned occasii n Phis year u d and tl .»r me lovelj ut hi Lh smart and
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    Make Your Troubles Fly
    28 4 Make Your Troubles Fly and 'icct otter U,< apt i i to v I £K(.UD i a j <r il h:nri F. ■M»r. 1 t: proper, otherwia "11'
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      170 4 a mi r* JM9IK. jfe ..^fc XT' J^M~^M Vi OVALTINL jf.'fitff) tzstt' AT** Uvaltine has .special '^trCfijVL/ l**/ik: \> r l properties which j£t*&~ y^v^y^"^^* }>i ilrJ w //r'r/ added to mi Ik v*~^ make lfle lllk much \rS\J>/ v^ nounshuuj i I i -Mokow Ova t lint is nothing
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      74 4 CHOOSE YOUR GOWNS Fro:: CHRISTIE. Nsi \kki\i i All I: O' y.< i ttir SAVE YOUR UOSE\ BUYING FRESH NEW GOODS 19 SUkmfor H 2526 where beauty is admiration follows W phone 23)0 y^W t< r ■I i maiKii ..rch:irtl r«>»4, I l Ladies Dressmaking— Jw Expert Chinese Tailor. if
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    First Pictures Of India's Worst Train Accident
    114 5 oVKK UMi M'FRF KILLED VM> !<M» INJI RED in India's wwsfl train smash for nail vears. The li .tin invis. ed ill the Punjab-Calctttta express, vihith Irl'l ihe rails abi ut 13 miles fr«:m l'atr«a The engine phmyt d down the en»h:»nkinent nnl
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      87 5 "COLD STORAGE orchard rd. speaking" f TO HELP YOU TO REMEMBER TO FORGET NOTHING our new Telephone Order Department is always at your service. We are confident that it will save you much anxiety. It doesn't matter what you want if it's anything to eat or drink, RING UP COLD
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    'CHRISTIANISE BRITAIN BEFORE ASIA'
    477 6 Presbyterian Missionary Replies To Challenge DESIRE 10 SHARE ADVANTAGES 4*/ ,11 rWE not to finish the task of evangelising Great Bri\J tain first?" asks the Rev. T. Campbell (iibson, in an article in St. Andrew's Outlook. "Is it wise to send men and money abroad when
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    American's Fight Against Leprosy
    333 6 American 's Fight Against Leprosy Whole Or China Is Young Doctor's Field AYOI'XG American doctor sat in the lobby of the Palace Hotel at Shanghai and carefully scanned the front pages oi all available newspapers for news of the trouble in North < hina. Many people in Shanghai were doing
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    PERISHABLE GOODS BY AIR
    75 6 O:v of the recent features «>: air transport In Australia has been the ing volume ol perishable goods carried by th living routes, such as fresh fruit vegetables, butter, and oth^r similar commodities. In the case ol .1 food many localities, far remored iron supply-centres, the
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    HEAVY TRAFFIC AT CROYDON
    42 6 Figures lor traffic in and out of the Lonam airport. Croydon. already indicate that this summer's totals are likely to i xceed tho^e 01 any previous .season I -;or traffic is particularly heavv to Paris and Lp Touauet.
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    AIR DEVELOPMENT IN ALASKA
    30 6 Commercial aircraft in Alaska carried nearly 17,000 passengers in 1936. as compared with about 2.000 in 1929. There has also t-.en a great increase in loads
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    HECHT LEVIS & KAHN
    622 6 HECHT LEVIS KAHN Annual Meeting In London THE twelfth annual general meeting of Hecht Ltvis and Kahn. Ltd xas held in London. Mr Walter Fletcher the chairman i said that last year he had pointed out In regard to the outlook that they i were in the midst af i
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    Dramatic Story Of Piracy In Chinese Waters
    452 6 Dramatic Story Of Piracy In Chinese Waters A DRAMATIC story of the piracy aboard the Tin Sang, briefly reported in cable messages from China ten days ago was related to Hong Kong newspapers by the compradore when the vessel arrived home safely on her turn voyage. The pirates, numbering more
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    15 6 FINISH of the IM metres dash, won by Poh Kim Sent at the Chinese Olympiad.
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    America's Airway To The Far East
    441 6 MILLIONTH MILE IS LOGGED WITH the arrival in Manila a few days a^o of the Philippine Clipper 1.000,000 miles of trans-oreanic Hying, without mishap, were completed by Pan American Airways trans-Pacific clippers, flying in regular, scheduled airline service across the world's largest ocean from
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    TAMIL AUTHOR IN MALACCA
    47 6 THE only Tamil Author to write a Tamil novel with a Malayan backcround, Mr. S. Sivarnan&n, is visiting Malacca, writes the Malacca correspondent of the Free Press. A distinguished Ceylonese. Mr. Sivagnanan was formerly with the F.M.S. P.W.D. His novel is called "Ne&amalar."
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    LIGHTING IN EMPIRE AIRBOATS
    117 6 A interesting feature of ihe internal equi^.Tient or the new i:*npire flyingboats is the electrical installation This includes generators, rngine st.irtcrs, magneto^, navigation lights, pilot lights, lights in r.i£uui. lounges, kitch(ns. lavatories bagga^.' i'on:;jartrr.«it control-room, and corridor*, together with switches, f unboxes. I There are 70
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    UNEMOTIONAL CINEMA FANS
    241 6 UNEMOTIONAL CINEMA FANS Lack Of Enthusiasm In Shanghai PHANGHM rill— audie peculiai Wmth China Dhitf Hi For instance, where OttWC parts 01 the laugh uproariously. i»rip |cr go into ecstaMes ov»t U kions oi their favounw ]£hanghi. cmema-goer m bored and slightly blase c. dnour .stated the publicity manage of
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      59 6 Bright boys knar* It must be o £OILED-rniL l^ 4 THE CROMPTON LAMP IS IN THE TOP CLASS. I /sth more light^-the same current consumption— extra value. In othei word!' Cromptons are the solution to every lighting problem. Cromptons GUARANTEE MORE LIGHT AT NO MORE CURRENT COST. THE LAMP OF
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    HELP FOR TAMBIES AND WOMEN WORKERS
    763 7 Malayan Co-operators' Aims During Coming Year •m Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. Aug. Z. SI GGOIMHII for the expan >ion of the C o-operative movement in Malaya were made h» Mr. <i. Hawkins, assistant director of Co-operation. S.S. < mI I.MS., mi a speech
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    UPTON SINCLAIR MEETS SOVIET AVIATORS
    46 7 Lh Anßcles. V B )viet Consulate and had a long interview with l\w Siwet who accom- i, States Bight writer told th< D thai while D vSSR. his publication? had million couies. in America •turn one million copies had b»'»-n solcl
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    50 7 il loan tor the consolidation oi rhe defence of the u.s.s R la b»:na r- alist'd with exceptional SUCt 7h" ibscripU oi :m Moscow have d 418 million roubles, and in Jfiß million roubles. Thi.-, >iy exceeds the subscription.loan Similar reports are arriving from all parts of the USSR. n
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    11 7 PRIZE Wiy.y.iy.G pineapples at the MA HA. flfeow ir Kuala lutnpur
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      100 7 You always FEEL BEST when you LOOK BEST <^^*^^ H.. na.r a s bcautitui a.- 00-mcw *4 L. Ha.rar^s.^' rs ,^> >3 Bra* BiiNah Krt TAKE MY TIP JACK HULBERT CICELY COURTNEIDGE COMING to PAVILION I i II V X' I" II I V i H^H^k '•'II .A. > 1
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      394 7 OPENING TONIGHT I 6.15-9.15 CAPITOL! SPECIAL MATINEE TOMORROW AT 3.15 1 rafett Positively no advance in prices! New York and R '^^njhJM,, I J W*^^&fc& \m other larqe cities paid $2 (and gladly) to see this f //i/;-,? K ML V I magnilicent Uiumph! But you see it at our
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      447 7 RADIO PROGRAMMES FOR TODAY SINGAPORE Transmission 5 1.333 kc s <i25 m.i Hol i day Cruise* 1 2: "The West Indie-s Musical and descriptive p.m. tour. t.OU Indian BMSk (records) 7 2 Bi^ Ben. 'fcnipire Exchange." Points N Chu^ese mu:K (Mandarin re..urd6» oi view by travellers from the Doml--7 00
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    The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1937. Child Welfare In Singapore
    663 8 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1937. Child Welfare In Singapore THE Municipal Commission dis- cussed a major problem in the civic life of Singapore at its meeting on Fiiday but out of the plethora of verbum*- and much of it was well said and highly commendable-— only one
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    UNKNOWN
    763 8 IT la pr >.iu,y oews to many that then- b> such an art club as the 8 clete des Artistes Chinois which -..r-duy exhibition at YWCA ball, In Raffles Qu iv [ts membership which is now 30. ox artists living in Penune and [p and N.I The president is
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    What The Observant Can Discover In A Big City
    746 8  - What The Observant Can Discover In A Big City W. J. Makin Street Scenes By WHY do so many people stop and stare at a workman using n drill in* the middle of the street You would imagine that the racket and noise would drive most people away. As a
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      288 8 HAVE YOU TRIED l^^^wEi S# #^L BnL Sbk Sa 1 (A British Fmpire Product) NOW OBTAINABLE FROM vnLyOCvffi <*& BT SPECIAL Psf A TO H.M. THI \PPOI\TMFM KIMi »>F BIAM FOR ATTRACTIVE WEDDING PRESENTS IN STERLING SILVER, E. P. N. S. CRYSTALWARE THE HEADQUARTERS AT THE ROYAL JEWELLERS (Incorporated In
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      56 8 THE DECREPIT OLD CAR drove up to the toll-bridg?. "Fifty cents," criod the gat?man. "Done!", replied the driver. And, doubtless, h: proceeded to buy a new car to be covered by a "GAFLAC" MOTOR CAR POLICY. geWral ACCIDENT FIRE V LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION LTD i Incorporated In Great Britain) BONG
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    MALAYAN CO-OPERATORS MEET AT KUALA LUMPUR
    1158 9 More Than 28,000 Members $5,325,500 Capital j PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS Poor Men Who Indulge In Extravagance (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 2. MORE than 28,000 people in Malaya are members *of Urban Co-operative Soeieties which have a paid up capital of $5,325,500, and
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    Malayan Workmanship Admired In London
    304 9 Malayan Workmanship Admired In London COLONIAL CORONATION ADDRESSES ON EXHIBITION (From Our London Staff) Lon.lon, July 26b THERE was a disconcerting]) small attendance at today's of the exhibition of addresses and messages I nn the Coloniel Empire by the King and Queen, on the occasion of their Coronation, at the
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    TEST FLIGHT IN DIVING SUIT
    72 9 flier. S. M. Korobov. ndurting test flights in a Mtt, preparing for a flight to sphere. wearing a diving suit and ptiotlnf the olane ascended ol 7.000 metres where tru was 28 below zero. He d it this altitude for about 30 Th«» diving suit
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    Footballer Dies Suddenly
    118 9 A FIER a dramatic Utempt to save :.S !;-e, Mohamed Amin bin K-vhil. one of the best soccer forwards o: the Malaya PublLshins* Hou.s.eleven, died yesterday from peritonltis. Amin. w'io was only 23 y3ars of .me. WU taken ill suddenly yost^rflav and was sent to bOtpKmJ A
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    GEOLOGICAL EXHIHITION IN MOSCOW
    30 9 A large geological exhibition was cpened in the building of the State Conservatoire. Moscow where the sittings of the International Geological Congress will be held.- Tass
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    32 9 Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Wood, of Penang. have arrived in London on leave and are staying at the Cumberland Hotel. Mr. Wood is an official of the Straits Trading Co., Ltd.
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    Mr. R. Boyd Absent
    49 9 MR. R. Boyd, director of Cooprratinii. was unable to attend the Kuala Lumpur Conference as hr is a member of the Malayan delegation to the League of Nation's conference on rural reconstruction at Bandoeng. The Malavan conference yesterday sent their best wishes to .Mr. Boyd.
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    CYCLING TO AUSTRALIA FOR A JOB
    290 9 Young Englishman Should Pass Through Singapore THE urcrc ol adventure :md a de>. .1 J Algar with the a. i >;.i7t> the overland migration track to Australia He companions— \V. B 1 Cl >s> on his long cycling trip from London a few w-::ks
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    America's Modern Marco Polo Dead
    145 9 America's Modern Marco Polo Dead I\> \\m \L \isitor TO SING VPOEE ■Pr Our Lond Staff I London. July 27. AMERICA'S modern Marco Polo. Mr. Julius Brtttlebank. ta annual visitor to Singapore, died on July 25. at Honolulu, while on hi* 13th fip round the world. He ni -< Mr.
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    BIG LAKES VANISH IN DROUGHT
    63 9 I u o- thirds of Saskatchewan's K00.000 population have been thrown on relief by a drought which has swept the province, and which is described by experts as the worst in Canada's history. And the only consolation to the beggared farmers is that, though the
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    161 10 DOPE PEDDLING FROM ORIENT PORTS United States Coastguads Arc Active The us Bureau ol Customs, working in co-operation with the U.S. eras' I Guard Service, is now taking great precautions to prevent narcotics from being landed In California ports from American passenger steamers arriving From th Or:; :it Coast guard
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    244 10 Life On Ocean Wave Doesn't Appeal To Japan's Young Men Shippers Perturbed JAPAN'S shipping companies are greatly worried over the shortage of first-class sailors. The Communications Office has opened special emergencytraining courses, extending over a year in to educate men for deck and engine departments in Tokio
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    NELSON'S QUADRANT FOR H.M.S. VICTORY
    162 10 Nelson"s quadrant and Hardy's sextant have been presented to the Board of Admiralty by the Rt. Hon. Mr. M. J Bavafe, Prime Minister of New Zealand, on behali of a New Zealander who wishes to remain innonymom. These two historic nautical instruments, which were at
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    ANDRE LEBON DIE THIS MORNING
    43 10 Inward bound irom Japan. China, and French Indo-China. the Messageries Marttlmea liner Andre Lebon is due at Singapore at nine ••vioek this morning. She will sail at 2 p.m. tor ManeU via Colombo and Mfdlturi SIM ail ports.
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    TRADE BETWEEN JAPAN & AUSTRALIAN
    404 10 TRADE BETWEEN JAPAN AUSTRALIAN Shipping Competition Difficulties An Ang'o-Japanese shipping conference may be held in Kobe this month to discuss mutual intere.-ts in tlv Australian service. Japanese shipping companies have already applied to the Australian (< eminent through the Foreign Office asking tor its assistance in inducing the British interests
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    BRITAIN'S NEWESE WARSHIPS
    25 10 Remarkable Att.i. Im w I'nw cr R Sir Thou I Tin bombs only end on armour and total rii'vi :cr. K AT'
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      437 10 Local And Foreign Mail Dispatches And Arrivals BY TRAIN Bangkok every Saturday 7 pm Thursday 7.15 a.m. Bwettenham, Taiping and Telok Anson: Weekdays* 7 p.m. Kota Bahru, Kuala Krai and Thurs. and Friday* 7.45 a.m. Sundays 7 p.m. Kuala Lumpur and Penang: Weekdays' 7IS a m and Sundays 7 p.m.
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      40 10 CLEARANCES Aug. 2: JoseMna. Anastasia Ophir Reaol. Blitar. Mesarong Dut GO Pa^quier Fch.»; Peiping «Swed B.viledi. British Ambassador. Antilochu.s. Klang. City of Oran. Sin Khong Seng, Meran. Tandjong Pfaunf. Silver Gull Brit. > Aug 3: CDat); Nagato Maru. T»l--ruga Maru (Jap.
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    GOOD DAY FOR PUNTERS AT PENANG RACES
    1717 13 $3 7 Bigges t Dividend TWO FIRSTS AND TWO SECONDS FOR MR. A. VAN TOOREN (From Our Own Correspondent) Pening, Aug. 2. THE List day of the Fenang races attracted the largest crowd for the whole meeting. Punters were given a good start
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    18 13 SIAM'S PRINCK KIRA drinking from the winner's cup after coining ttrst in the London Grand Prix motor race.
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    POLICE BAND
    56 13 The band of the S.S. Police will play the following programme at 6 p.m. to day at Telok Ayer March. Victoria (Franz von Blont Overture. Prince Igor (Borodine*; Selection. Gold Diggers of 1937 <Arlen) Intermezzo. In a Monastry Garden (Ketelbey) Valse Valse de Concert (Glazounow) Fantasia, Cock Robin
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    F.M.S.R. ANNUAL SPORTS
    85 13 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. Z. By winning the long jumD shot putt and bardlet Wong Swe> Chew became champion athlete at thp Federated Malay States Railway sports this evening on the Railway ground. There was a large crowd present and at the conclusion of
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    S.C.C. LAWN BOWLS
    40 13 Today's ties In the SO C lawn bowls r Mtrnament are as follows Championship Singles D Sturrock vs. H B. Knox Championship Doubles E. Fozard and C. G. Fugler vs H Gray and E. H R. Bownrman.
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    S.C.C. SNOOKER
    34 13 C E Winter and J. C. Nauen play th? winners of C. L. Boumphrey and H. F. Foulds vs. A F. Hunter and M Melville in the S.C.C. volunteer snooker tournament today.
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    56 13 Malacca, Aug. 2. The Excise Dept. (hold rs) beat th.: Postals by three goals to one in the semi-final of the Malacca Government Football Shield Competition at Kubu Plain Mohd. Haad (two) and W Rogers (one) scored for the Excise while A. de Silva reduced the deficit from a penalty.
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    SIR JAMES BARRIE'S ESTATE
    48 13 Litigation over Sir James Barrie's will is foreshadowed by the announcement that his nephew, Mr. William Winter has entered a caveat against the will. The total amount of the will has not yet been disclosed but is estimated to be between 200,000 and 300.000.
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    CENTURY BY L. ALVIS
    301 13 St. Andrews Past Beat The Present Boys 4 JOCKEYS FINED FOR RECKLESS RIDING (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Aug. 2. AFTER the last race on Saturday witieh was won by Amazing (White up) the Stewards held an inquiry and fined jockeys White. McPherson, Dodd and Lewis
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    COLONY'S 10 MEN SNATCH CRICKET HONOURS
    1329 14 Last- Wicket Partnership Dashes F.M.S. Hopes MALAY STATES WICKETS TUMBLE AT END Six Down And 51 Needed For Victory (From Our Own Correspondent) Penantf, Aug. 2. AN enterprising last-wicket partnership by Andres and Crowder today, the last day of the F.M.S.-Colony match, put an
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    121 14 MALACCA XI TO MEEI I UNITED SERVICES Cricket Match At Next Week-end p 'From Our Own Correspondent' MaCacca, Aug. 2. IT HE Malacca XI to meet the United Services Qt cricket at Malacca on Saturday and Sunday has been selected us folluicbs E J. Cooper tJasin Club capt
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    DOG' TROUNCES CRICKET CLUB AT SOCCER
    594 14 But S.C.C Have Best Of Cricket Encounter QUICK SCORING THE annual cricket fixture between the SC.C. and Selangor Club, whiih was played on the Padang on Sunday and yesterday, ended in a draw with the odds in favour of the local side. When stumps
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    TYRE NETS 4
    334 14 Selangor dub <i: S.C.C. 1. TTHE Selangor Club trounced the S.C.C. to the tune of 6— 1 on the Padang ye.^ierday. Tyre, the spearpoint o' *he Selangor forwards accounted lor lour of the goala In fairness to the Club, however, it should ix- mentioned that they VtfC
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    AMERICAN'S CUP
    50 14 Newport, Rhode Inland, Aug. 2. •yilK second America's Cup race, over a 30-miles triangular course started in foggy weather today with a seven milts an hour wind. The Ranger is a 4 to 1 on favourite, bul Kndeavour crossed the line minute ahead on the south-west beat. Reuter
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    ONN MALAYAN LAWN TENNIS CHAMPION
    761 14 ONN MALA YAN LA WN TENNIS CHAMPION Sansonis' Easy Path To Mixed Doubles Title MRS. HARTLEY GOES FROM COURT TO OPERATION From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur. \u.. Kee Onn is the new men's singles lann tenni- iwiMpin Malaya. Having conquered the holder. H. San son i. finnl yesterdav. he
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    TANGLIN CLUB TENNIS
    72 14 Today's ties le. I lawn tenii.s tOURtai I lows I MIXED IMH'KI h Ml'IN I Mr and Mrs Ware I P Perry and I I Miss Vhelan.c I Mr and Mrs Mallon I Mrs Jemn I Mrs Blytlu I Miss Robi S I Man^e ar.c H Mr
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    M.V.C. RIFLE MEETING
    46 14 "From Our Own M.i > Further results lion service rirt» i l.oh Kim Sui c up <5I pts 2 H Q V 'Chi:i.se i Coy (17 llldividti.il rrvohri mi and I B< |#Mi Hay <5l pts.» Cadrt matrh Pnh < Malacca 2 Ptt» F Ruku-
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    DUFFERS COMPETION AT GARRISON
    34 14 DUFFERS COMPETION AT GARRISON II The final U Golt Club 1 1 over the (i.trn> Oi H R c M Bran if* M Cole >24- by i The Governor be played (10 holes H
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    ATHLETES SMASH MORE RECORDS
    472 15 Final Olympiad Results Singapore Takes All Men's Track Titles But One WINS BOTH WOMEN'S SECTIONS 'WO more records went by the board in tin* hist da\ of the Malayan Chinese Olympiad 1 1 hie tic meeting at .lalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Tkesc made the total number
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    Hockey Final Replay Cancelled
    36 15 'THE replay of the hockey match final between Penang and Perak in the Chinese Olympics, to have been played at Farrer Park yesterday owing to a goalless drau OH Sunday, was cancelled
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    PENANG PAIR WIN MEN'S LAWN TENNIS DOUBLES
    276 15 Beat Singapore Players •THE Penang oair. Hock Jin and Boon Pien showed excellent form when th?y won the final of the men's doubles in the Malayan Chinese Olympiad tennis championship, beat in? the Singapore players, Huck Toe aid John Lim. I—6. p. 4.
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    Singapore Sweep Board At Swimming
    526 15 TAKE ALL FIRSTS, WIN WATER POLO r SIN(i.\!M)KI MeWCd first plate. IVtiang second and Por.ik third in the aquatic competition of the Malayan Chinese < Olympiad which concluded at the Chinese Swiaußlng riub h yesterday. Singapore also won the water polo championship, beating: I'enang 4
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    16 15 MOHAMBP AMIN bin Ketchil, the M.IMI. soctcr player, who died suddenly \e>terday. Report in pace t.
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    Selangor Capture Soccer Honours
    513 15  -  Nimrod HELD TENACIOUSLY TO ONLY-GOAL LEAD Singapore Waste Chances By Poor Finishing By Selangor 1: Singapore '>. QINGAPORt threw away a splendid chance of gaining Malayan Chinese Olympiad soccer honours by poor finishing in the final against Selangor yesterday. They lost I—o.1 0. ONE had the
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    WOMEN'S TABLE TENNIS
    108 15 Seiangor won runner-up place ttctn Singapore in the women's table tennis, beating Singapore by three games to two. Results < Seiangor first): Lam Yuek Al beat Yuen Lai Yong 3—o; Chai Lay Fooi beat Cheong Sow Yon? 3—l; Lam Yong Ying lost to Chong Fonf Kay o—3;
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    FINAL PLACINGS
    24 15 THE Olympiad soccer tournament resulted as follows 1, Selangor; 2, Singapore; 3, Perak; 4, Pahang; with Malacca and Negri Sembilan coming behind.
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      21 15 SPECIAL OFFER PRINTS OF PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN AT THE OLYMPIAD 4 for $1. Numerous Photographs on show at SINGAPORE FREE PRESS OFFICES
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      139 15 The 1937 ANNUAL THE PREMIER ANNUAL OF THE FAR EAST Will contain several full pa£es of coloured prints pictorially portraying the infinite charm o{ Malaya. Several full-page colour plates /^^^^^•^w^ depicting the vivid beauty of Malayan life and landscape. p* f These plates will be splendidly t mounted, ready for
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    102 16 TUB FINISH "f the 2(M metres tlavli (WfBWM) final. XI THE PRIZE di-.tributi on altrr the hinrse Olympiad MISS W ■WU MKN I l*i rak. uith her sun.sh.ttir. I KIM YONG <>i siiK.ipore winner of the Baseball Throw THE START of the IOU
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