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

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  • 18 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. NO. 15.25 1. ESTD. 1835 FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 3. 1»3" 10 CENTS.
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  • 290 1 One Killed, 8 Wounded |APTAiN AND CREW LAND I AT SPANISH SEAPORT Iritain To Reinforce Destroyer Strength In Western Mediterranean I ■tmSH STEAMER WAS TORPEDOED AND SUNK THE MEDITERRANEAN YESTERDAY, THE SI) ENGINEER BEING KILLED AND EIGHT HH WOUNDED, TWO GRAVELY. rfcw of the recent
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  • 97 1 Increase In World Stocks From Our Own Correspondent). London, Sept. 2. THE International Rubber Regulation Committee's figures for July were issued today an»j are as follows: Net exports 112,309 tons; consumption 89.305 tons. January-July absorption 671.638 tons; supply 644.713 tons. July shipments from quota countries, except
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  • 62 1  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh Shanghai. Sept. 2. Messrs.. Wong Kwal Luk. Mak Wun Checng. U Yam Y3ii and ether executives of the Kuomintang in South China lett Canton to attend the Fourth Fenary Session of the Party in Nanking on Sept. 15. They are reported to have laid
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  • 108 1 Situation Now In Hand London, Sept. 2. H.M.S. Broke today reported to the Admiralty that the 1.481-ton South African cargo steamer Sherard Ostoorn. on which serious trouble wai reported ealter, now has the situation in hand The steamer, which was oiT land's End bound
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  • 137 1 129,5 m.p.h. In Speedboat "Lot Up Our Sleeve Yet" Locarno, Sept. 2. PIR MALCOLM CAMPBELL took out his 2,350 h.p. Bluebird again this morning on Lake Maggiore and further improved the world's speedboat record he Bel up yesterday, his figures averaging 129.5 miles an
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  • 162 1 Big Increase In U.K. Stocks Of Tin (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Sept. 2. ]\|ESSRS A. Strauss and Co. esti1'* mate the world's visible supply of tin on Aug. 31 at 20,219 tons, an increase of 122 tons. The carryover in the Straits was 3,332 tons, a decrease of 278,
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  • 64 1 Passengers And Crew Rescued Hong Kong, Sept. 2. The entire passengers and crew ol tne X.P.M. vessel Van Heutsz. which was driven ashore in the typhoon. numbering over 200 mainly Chinesewere rescued by the tug Henry Kcs wick. The Buttern'eld and Swire steam?: Kwangchow is ashore at
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  • 92 1  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh Shanghai, Sept. t. It is officially confirmed that Lieut. Feng Hung Kuo, the eldest .son or Gen. Peng Yu Siang. was Killed in action during the lighting around Wanping, near Peiping, last month. Graduating from a Japanese military school late
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  • 69 1 London, Sept. Z. The cargo ship Kakapo, one of a series of 12 being built in Scotland for the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand, was launched yesterday on the Clyde by Mrs. Jordan, wife of the :ii<',h Comrricsicne*' in London. Of 2.30Q tons gross,
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    21 1 Photograph) REAR-ADMIRAL R.H.O. LANE-POOLE. of the Australian cruiser Canberra, just after he had landed at Collyer Quay yesterday morning. Free Press
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  • 15 1 The British Ambassador to China. Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen continues to make steady progress. British Wireless
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  • 30 1  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh Shanghai, Sept. 2. Mr. Eugene Chen, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, has left Paris for China, in response to a summons from Nanking.-
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  • 324 1  -  Sin Chew Jit Poh Chinese KoM Out Against Japanese Offensive 4 Shanghai, Sept. 2. A VERY severe battle is now raging in the Woosung area where the rivers have been turned red with the blood of the soldiers of both sides. THERE have been
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  • 63 1 Tokio, Sept. 2. 'THE Chinese Ambassador called on Mr. Hirota, the Japanese Foreign Minister, today and gave an assurance that the Stno-Soviet non-aggression pact contained no secret provisions He said the pact was similar to those the Soviet Union had concluded with European countries
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  • 79 1  -  Nanyang Siang Pau Sin Chew Jit Poh The Japanese authorities announce the abolition of the Peace PreseiTation Commission at Peiping and Tientsin. An anti-Red government is being organised. Chinese artillery subjected Japanese positions in Hongkew to three homhardments. Shell fell near the Japanese Consulate Kill in; many Japanese
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    • 67 1 (TF Odiums v> c 1 "Scotstflhisky d Up and Fnm«llij Sparif >llllt||| *yj >> f "*i T^^ *^> TONIGHT COCKTAIL DANCE 6.30 to 8.30 p. m. DINNER DANCE (informal) 9.30 to midnight I ABARET ATTRA CTION MARIE AUSTIN •II RKATEU AISTRALIAN DANCERS II I .ilented Repertoire of Combined Ballroom and
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    • 64 1 (D c Gcrilums a .Mellow and Friendly Spirit SEA VIEW \3 HOTEL TONIGHT (INFORMAL) SPECIAL DINNER DANCE DINNER D\NCE MUSIC BY THE RELLER BAND NO AFTER DINNER ADMISSION CHARGE SATURDAY: formal SPECIAL DINNER-DANCE WHETHER YOU REQUIRE LIGHT rFFRLSHMENTS OR AN ELABORATE MEAI. The ADELPHI GRILL IS RENOWNED FOR ITS EXCELLENT
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  • 825 2 Results Of The Negri Tennis Tournament (From Our Beremban Correspondent) 'THE annual Negri Sembilan L.T.A. 1 handicap tennis tournament was brought to a successful conclusion during the past week-end when Her Highness the Tfcngku Ampuan presented ihe prizes to the winners. The full results were: MEN'S SINGLES HANDICAP "A" First
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  • 221 2 Jo ho re Protector Of Chinese Weds THE marriage took place yesterday at 1 St. Andrew's Cathedral of Mr. Frank Leslie Williams, M.C.S., Protector of Chines?. Johore, to Miss Barbara Gwyneth Manby, only daughter of Mr. H. B. Manby, headmaster of the Bukit Zarah Government English School, and Mrs. Manoy.
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  • 249 2 The undernoted newly added nontiction and fiction works will be ready lor issue on Saturday (4.9.37) Service of Our Live*! Last Spee-jh-ss M Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin; The Zoo You Knew?, L. R. Brightwell; Don't You Agree? Illustrated. C. J. Cuteliile-Hyne; The Last of the Gentlemen's Wars, J.
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  • 310 2 SOLDIER'S MARRIAGE IN INDIA "Back To England A Bachelor" ■THE refusal by the War OflVe to re- cognise the marriage which he: contracted while serving as a soldier in India was put forward a.s Justification for his describing himself is a bachelor when he went through a; second form of
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    7 2 FRANCO'S MEN ENTER SANTAN DER in triumph
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  • 671 2  - BRITISH IRON STEEL INDUSTRY Joseph Martin By THE vast potentialities of the British Iron and Steel Industry are strikingly illustrated in a recent report by the Import Duties Advisory Committee. Alter two decades of post-war readjustment, the Industry is emerging as a unified organisation, ready to pay its part in
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  • 28 2 Alosco.v. Sept. B. The Premier of the Ukraine, M. Lubchenko. committed suicide today because, says a communique, he was discovered in anti-Soviet activities. Reuter
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  • 47 2 Mr. Maddock has arrived at Kuantan as Officer-in-Charge of Police District in place of Mr. E. A G. Ande.snn who has proceeded to Kedah on transfer. Mr. A. Tinker, manager ol Jong Lander Estate, Tapah. who has been to Singapore for medical attention, has returned to Tapah
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    • 347 2 I CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS^ Muzzle your Dog With a BriftM Itazzte. Obtainable from MEDICAL HALL, Lit. 3. Ea'i^ry Rr. BOARD RESIDENCE SEA-FRONT KATONG (iRANdE— 77. Mover Rd. (near Swimming C\jb) Board -Resident r at moderate raleLarge Ciardens— Tennis Phone: ST.IS. THE MANSION, OXLEY RISE NON-LICENSED RESIDENTIAL HOTEL Daily and monthly terms.
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    • 169 2 ttcc fresi i Ipoh OPict: I i II:... London <fff\c SUBSCRIPTION RATE J Monthly K S Half Veartv l.'.rty Him 9 Note. QooUtWm thr a»aal bank diwouDt B( N ADVERTISE c fITE The rharr#» »ni SfPIFI) M)\ Mi und*r. "*< To Let For 8al« v v rata In i Pobllr
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  • 156 3 tftCf s Years Suffering With (Jastric Ticers n gastric ulcers dread possibility t'nat their condi- ..illy lead to the operator v th this d all kinds of tVMtHMOI ich trouble wiih-.jt obBut before deciding or. hospital, he tried one more ..djx the natural super-
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  • 45 3 Chinese women in Sinjmnvttee to the f Re<\ Cnm m -a:!! V: I K.i L'lig Singapore ConsuiI S Q \V\>ng and Mrs ng. ue to pjur in from all Ida The funds are the Secretary-General of Yuan at Nanking
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  • 57 3 August outputs from Takuapa dredge are notified as follows: Takuapa No. 1. 673 hours. 170.000 cubic yards. 336 piculs: Takuapa No. 2. 691 hours. 175.000 cubic yards. 739 piculs: Takuapa No. 3. 634 hours. 72.000 cubic yards. 220 piculs The estimated value of the output wai $93,700
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    37 3 MARC.ARKT M. BANNA, newly appointed I.S.A. consul at (leneva, and one of three American women holding foreign service posts, arrived at Plymouth on the liner .Manhattan from New York, en n.ute to take up her new post.
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  • 114 3 A DEATH-RATE in the Singapore Municipality of 20.23 last week as compared with 17.33 in the preceding week and with 20.96 in the corresponding week of last year, is shown In the weakly health return. Pneumonia caused the most deaths amounting to 26. Second came phthisis,
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  • 35 3 Rjtrun Basin Tin dredge statistics for August are as follows: -hours run. 500: cubic yards treated, 89.1(0. tin ore won, 337 piculs; estimated cast. $17,000; cost .per cubic yard. 19 08 cents.
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  • 505 3 CHINESE TOPICS EFFORTS TO OVERCOME DIFFICULTIES NOW EXPERIENCED HY OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT JN order that tlie various Cantonese public bodies in Singapore may unite in their efforts towards local and outside charity from tirnf to time, rhe leaders of the Cantonese community in Singapore have
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  • 189 3 WARNING TO OTHERS COR failing to pay wireless licence fees as per notification of Government Gazette cf Mar. 1. 1937, Woon Chow Tat of Pasir Panjang Road. J B. Hodgint, and S. A Dawood of Serangoon Road, appeared before Mr. L. C. Goh in the
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  • 32 3 Manila. Sept. 2. Last Sal? Prices Previous Tod.iy Antamok 0.63 0.67 Pesos Benguet Consolidated 975 10.00 L.XL 0.55 0 58 San Mauricio 0.67 0.73 United Pararale 0.54 0.57
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  • 255 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 1. "THE Committee note with satisfaction." ThW is the comment in the minutes of a meeting of a committee of the Kuala Lumpur Sanitary Board recording the removal of rubber street paving in Viclory Avenue
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  • 526 3 Bui One Day He Found Prince's Cabaret Very Gloom y <From Our Own Correspondent >. Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 1. TPHAT he Uad been a Irequent visitor to the Prince's CaLaret because he always had a. gucd time there, was an admission made by
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    • 108 3 I Here is tKssencraj h/l^UR?j H f?3S2wSB Kb* hJ X/IGOUR comes with good health and JM good health comes with Brand's Essence 1 of Chicken When vitality is low, you get that sluggish lack-of energy feeling— sure sign that you need Brand's. Brand's Essence of Chicken restores lost For years
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    • 210 3 DINEAT'THE ARCADE i RESTAURANT' M A 5-7 Waterproof Gr^en Canvas Tarpaulina Maker and repairer of rattan and Bertam Chick.s. Car.w, Spring blinds Tarpaulins, Tents bags. Blue screens. Bertam paneLs. Wire netting fencing. Wool buntings and Flags. Abdul Kahman, Telephone 2454. Office: *>•» Robinson Koad. 1 opposite Telegraph Co. > Workshop:
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  • 1436 4 AROUND THE TOWN MIGNON LOOKS ON AT THi: RACKS OIMPLICITY and neatness were the keynotes of race fashions seen at Bukit Timai. last Wednesday with the result that although there was nothing startling or picturesque about any of the dresses won) it was a very "well-dressed" meeting. Navy blue, green
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    • 343 4 IS YOUR WEIGHT NORMAL your figure elegantly slim?.... guard carefully againrt destructive over-weight. STEAM BATHS 6c MASSAGES an- nov recognised by leading authori- IkM as the finest and mo.-,t natiua' nit-thuds ofl removing superfluo. s fle^li. bon t hr-MTate kaigW but consult perMADAM DE VKILS hose inexpensive treatments ma/c you
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    • 312 4 fWHY I USE! II I IXHII 2' Afu If.' 3 IV. w 4t „t li< •I v_e i bt Give A Face Powder Party at your home EDEE *****0 rKE Especial boxes TOKALON MOUSSE OF CREAM FACE POWDER free for J What Is Your Mousse of Cream powder is b^Hz^i^lfekv.
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  • 118 5 IMI <.OVKKNOK. arrompaiiird b> Rear-Admiral R. H. Lanc-Poole. rear-admiral commanding the Royal Australian Squadron, inspecting the guard of honour on the flagship. THE AISTRALI AN CRUISER, Canberra, at author in the Outer Road^ M»' GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING Trmpi. i Mujor-General \V. G. S. Dobb ie.
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  • 283 6 R. A. N. Flagship On Visit To Singapore ■THE cruiser Canberra, flagship of 1 the Rcyal Australian Navy, moved yesterday to the man-o'-war i anchorage in the Outer Roads and will remain at Singapore until Wednesday. I Leaving Sydney last month, the j Canberra visited Darwin >n her way i
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  • 1848 6 B. M. B. C. Chairman's Suggestions At Yesterday's Annual Meeting PUGGESTIONS concerning the way in which Government can aid wireless in Malaya were made by Mr. K. C. Giggins, the chairman, when speaking at the annual general meeting of the British Malaya Broadcasting
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    • 72 6 VICTORIA THEATRE THE HOUSE OF FIRST CLASS ENTERTAINMENT 'ZjmZ COMMENCING SAT. SEPT, 11th fM AND NIGHTLY II 9.30 p.m. PRESENTS §^K^k HIS /FAMOUS LONDON /musical comedy J4^^^t^^m I co THE FOLLOWING SUCCESSES R. B. SALISBURY SAT. SEPT. II I'll S B "NO! NO! NANNETTE" f«: T "THE GIRL FRIEND" .T
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    • 148 6 The 1937 £EEE=ZI=I rr ANNUAL THE PREMIER ANNUAL OF THE FAR EAST Will contain several full pa£es of coloured prints pictonally portraying the irimm charm of Malaya Several full-pa^e colour plates depicting the vivid beauty of w^ Malayan life anJ landscape. L) O These plates will be splendidly V/ 1
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  • 325 7 Letters to the Editor Correspondent's Plea For Ban On Their Importation th'-r- IH that labies s.ngapore. it v >u'.d rtune moment to inquire as tivities of the Singapore r the Prevention of Cruelty A als. writer's opinion, the public •U:C to enlightment en the
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  • 719 7 A Correspondent's Comment Mm Kditor. Sir Malaya p. one mtitul I. "di jii earth. ng i Itk I alth ud mir?ral i a fir. ircially sDund tent that experi nj clifri- ;nci intfnl .t:u. happy But with all tti .oundant 1 md
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  • 131 7 Few Entries For Malayan Contest CINGAPORF kronchong and stamboel singers are shy especially the girls! Twenty entries have been received i or the competition which will be held in the Happy World on Saturday Sept. 1 1 and not one of them is a woman. A
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  • 23 7 Law Notice For The Day Before .Mr. Justice Home at II a.m. Originating Summonses and Petition, at 2.15 p.m. in 2nd Court: Bankruptcy
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  • 180 7 "A Day At The Races'* At The Capitol Typical Marxian madness i.s A Day At The Races." the Brothers' new, M.-G.-M film which should enjoy B long run at the Capitol for it created a riot <oi laughter* at its opening las r nighv It's so completely
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  • 112 7 JAPAN "UNIFORMS UNIFORMITIES" Delegates "Bundled On To Ships At Dead Of Night" flYoiri Our Own Correspondent*. Malacca, Sept. l. TUi R 8. H. Perir.panayagam addressed B Malacca audience this week. ,m his Impressions of a visit to Tokio during the World Education Conferonce last month. He said "Japan 1. all
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  • 140 7 "Dreaming Lips" At The Pavilion ibeth P-crgner acts with her :.sual finesse and elfin grace in "Dreaming Lips." the new film at the Pavilion, but even her display of histrionics will not be sufficient compensation to filmgocrs for the plot weakness of the film It
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  • 102 7 To The Editor of Singapore Free Press Sir.— r, is reaHy an insufferable nuisance to the public to encounter j people purporting to come from religious bodies who frequently ask Tor contributions for the purpose of maintaining their medical, educational and 1 evangelical work. These over-zealous •missionaries"
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    • 93 7 thf >n Oil ,^^9^^^wlSW^ '<.' f'enna' 'nil '>t \r£^uW£^&^k Phone or wß^^^^QKw FIGARO. 1^ Ladies Hair Dressers I k. iusih Kd and Raffle* Hotel Phone iB6B THE CAPITOL ANNOUNCES ANOTHER GRAND COMEDY! w>u remember "ON THE AVENUE" and "ONE IN A MILLION". nmies ZHth Century -Fox FUms "TRIPLET* THE BEST
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    • 290 7 Packed Out Again -yoi can hear the roars of *7'V"vSt Yesterday "W 8 2T"\sSi!:* tcfrrdNi 6.1519.15 CAPITOL 6.15 nightly sis iddltlir l SS i A AMB R A IT'S A HORSE ON US J 6 T f ES2HPSK! #f (he mad Marx9s don't A screen ACTRESSES dr/n yow th% <
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  • 639 8 The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1937. Japan 's Big Task JAPANESE comment on the new Sino-Soviet pact suggests a fear that Soviet Russia, the 'unknown factor" in the present hostilities between Japan and China, might at any time throw the whole weight of the vast Russian war machine
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  • 995 8  - Why Australians Are Worried About The Far East Crisis D.B. COPLAND The Empire The Pacific By THE British p:ople speak of the Sino-Japanese conflict as a leading problem in the Far East. Well, we people in Australia are beginning to regard the Sino-Japan-3s? conflict as a leading problem in the
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  • 431 8 - OINGAPORE organisers of the local Red Cross fund must be very embarrassed when they hear that Nanking openly speaks of the donations from Malaya as for "China's war-chest." A recent Nanking announcement made no reference whatever to gifts for ambulance work and the relief of distressed.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 215 8 Jilted f*\ 1 f+A k y #,~C~I Caldbecks Qenuiae TUBULAR FOLDERS WODEL 5?5R A iichr bu* rc>orny nra design of Tan-Sp.d fokter with a b*>d lrngth of 34-in. rphnl. vred throughout in lat it loth with a lined bood aud box-end apron. Wide lace to hood an.l patent three-poti'. \o::
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    • 25 8 For BAGGAGE INSURANCE apply to the GENERAL ACCIDENT fIRE 6 LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION LTD. (Incorporated in Great Britain) HONG KONG BANK CHAMBERS SINGAPORE. 'PHONE: 6480
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  • 292 9 ELECTION OF CANDIDATES FOR CHINESE NATIONAL CONGRESS Result Of "Singapore Area" Voting JOHORE NOMINEE LEADS Kuala Lumpur Returns Will Decide Issue AFTER a 16-hour sorting of 168,000 votes sent by Chinese irom Singapore, Trengganu, Kelantan and Johore, engaging the attention of 14 Chinese hi^h school girls and four men, the
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    23 9 I i <!:o\\|> rri(ii-) -»iT. :^l pr t !nm aim of dtath id«r> of rumours f'uiin? J.ipanc c army's BMlfiflit Aicain>* th»- itv
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  • 193 9 Determination To Produce Full 90 Per Cent. Quota AR area of rubber was Malaya during July other month this *o the returns pubDepartment of Stat--4 acres oi tappable 1 ~0-819 arres or I oeing tapped during rrav is indicative of th«* It which are hem?
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    75 9 MUSSOLINI'S PEACI SPEECH at Paterm*. Starting on a platform 30ft. his: before a delirious multitude of 400.000 Sicilians who thronged the shore and all the boats in Palermo harbour. Mussolini oiler ed Mediterranean peace, with an ultimatum, directed to Sp<iin: "We have declared in a most categorical manner that we
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  • 22 9 > Ton^ Last Month shipments la^t month U r 9.306 ajn MM in June. .is tons 789 6.051 3iO a 19
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  • 72 9 Japan Buys Less Tin Rubber T\\ STITK the Japanese uar de- mi. .is for raw materials, rubber and tin shipments from Malaya list month to Japan were lower than usual. shipments of rubber from Malaya to Japan were 1.717 tons i umpired with ?.l»»»i tons in July. Shipments oi tin
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  • 439 9 Death Of Leiut (Q. M. J. E. Burton •THE death took place relay BH r:..: -nor! ll] of Li ut 'Q M Ja:r.es Edward Burten or the Royal Army Service Corps a: the age yean Lt. Burton is survived b: i- 3 The funeral look place
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  • 161 9 Weakening Causes Surprise In Ixindon London. Sept. While the Stock Exchange and most other markets were in the doldrums today through nervousness about Far Eastern and Mediterranean events. foreign exchanges were moderately active, a feature being a Lned commercial demand ror dollars, which is necessitating the sale of
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  • 242 9 SINGAPORE MOTORISTS' COMPLAINT "Eva" Is Biassed (Free Press Special) SINGAPORE motorists are complaining about the "Eva"' traffic light at the junction of North 3riclge Road and Stamford Road, at the Capitol corner. Going in the direction of town from Orchard Road, they complain that re kept waiting for periods oi
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  • 43 9 I From Our Own Corr^snondent London, Sept. 2. Southern Malayan Tin has trebled its interim dividend for the year ended June 30. 1933. at 15 per cent. Malayan Tin has doubled its Interim dhidend at 20 per cent. 'Free Press copyright).
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  • 353 9 Eastern Ports Health Bulletin pOLOMBO and Rangoon were the only ports in the Eastern Ar:-na to report the presence of human plague during the week. Cholera has betn notified from Calcutta and Madras in British India and from Hong Kong. Macao and Shanghai in
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  • 58 9 One Woman Pilot Among 31 Knt rants London. Srnt. T SI entrants .or the King's Cup air ra^e. to be n Friday .nd Saturday next v A new featurf thl> yea- is the cont;r.uoos course— which 1.442 rriies— w:th the start and finish at Dub in.
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  • 33 9 Ratrut Ba.s*n Tin dredge statistics August are u& follows hours run, 624; cubic yards treated: 153.000; tin ore won, 621 piculs; estimated cost. S16.000: cost per cubic yard 10.46 cents.
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  • FREE PRESS SPECIAL COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    • 509 10 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCKS SHARES Last N ight's Quotations From London 5.30 p. m. Sept. 2 Shan* ot Cl denomination unless Yesterday Previously s stated Con. rsion Loan. 5 pc. 1944-64 113*4 U*% I Bdtaf Loan. 4 p.c. 1960-90 llttt HO'/b w.ir Loan. 3> 2 p.c ioo 3 s
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    • 195 10 From London 5.30 p. m. Sept. 2 RUBBER: Stead London 8 7 B 'd. ®6 Previously: 8 7 B d. 9d. Oct.-Dec: 9d. 9 l I6d. Previously: 9d. 9 1 16d Jan. -Mar.: 9 1 15d. 9 3 16d. Previously: 9 1 16d. 93 16d. Apr.-June: 9'
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    • 1104 10 From Exchange Telegraph o< Fraser and Co.'s List THURSDAY, SEPT. 2. 1937. 5 P.M. MINING Buyer* Sellers Ampat Tin <4s» 6s 6s M Asam Kumbang i£> 36s 37s Austral Malay 58s 606 c.d. Ayer Hitam <ss» 34s 6d 35& 6d Ayer Weng ($1) 1.30 1.40
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    • 69 10 i From London: Latest Quotations TIN: Dull. Spot: €260 2s. 6d Previously: Firm at £262. 3 Months: €259 7s. 6d. Previously: £261. NEW YORK TIN: 58.25. Previously: 58.75. COPPER: Settlement: €54 15s. Previously: £56 17s. 6d. GOLD: Y> terday £7 os. 0> 2 d. Previously: £7 0s
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    • 77 10 London Closing Quotations Sept. 2 1 Method of Parity before Latest PreCentre Quoting 20-9-31 Rate viously Paris Franc to 124.31 132 7 8 132 13 16 New York to 4.88 4.96 1 4 96*2 Amsterdam Guilders to 4.98^ 8.99U 9 00^ Hong Kong Per dollar Is. 3d.
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    • 286 10 ISSUED BY FRASER AND CO. AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS YESTERDAY MINING. Tin at midday was $130.00, unchanged. After a good opening prices on the London Stock Exchange were inclined to ease in the absence of support and there appeared to be more sellers than buyers for
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    • 197 10 An*. 30. 31. Sept. 1 IB OWL Com. 102 102 3 100» 8 American Telephone and TVlcuraph 168 3 8 167 i6s'j AUheson Railroad 74 72 :i 71' 8 Chesapea* 47 5 8 47 l 4 46' 4 Dupont 155' 2 155 152V2 Wmiium tttt 32' 2
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    • 63 10 SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES Sept. 1 Gambier T.T. 8.00 White Cube 15.00 Hamburg Cube 15.00 White Muntok Pepper 17.50 Black Pepper 11.50 Copra, mixed 4.60 Copra, sundried 4.90 Small Flake Tapioca 4.25 Rice Saigon Al $180 Rice, Siam. W.C. No. 1 $166 Rice Siam, W.C. No. 2 $155 Rice Siam, W.C.
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    • 89 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association Sept. 2, 12 o'clock noon Buyers Sellers No. I.X.R.S.S. in cases FOB. Sept.) 30» 8 30^ Good F.A.Q. in bales (FOB. Sept.) 29 716 29 916 No. I.X.R.S.S. (Spotloose) (awardable Singapore) 30 30 > 8 September 30 3 8 30» 2 Oct.-Dec. 30 s 3
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    • 198 10 I Yesterday's Singapore Quotations SELLING Sept. I London. T.T 2 4 1 16 London, demand 2 4 116 London. 4 months* si<4ht 24 18 Lyons, demand 1540 Switzerland, demand 251 Hamburg, demand 142 New York, demand .>7 15 1G Montreal, demand 57 7 8 Batavia. demand 104
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    • 65 10 S. E. Levy Co. Shanghai Hongkong Mj Investment Bankers and Brokers m Securities and Cnmmndtt Daily Foreign Market Cables and Quotation Sen MEMBERS NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANf-' COMMODITY EXCHANGE. INC. NEW YORK COFFXE SUGAR EXCIIANHI CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE CANADIAN COMMODITY EXCHANGE SHANGHAI STOCK EXCHANGE. HONGKONG SHARE BROKERS' ASSO MANILA
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  • 756 11 i iMMKRCIAL EXAMINATIONS l.o\(i LIST OF PASSES dents from Raffles i tamed passes in the Chamber of Commerce I Nm«k IKITHMETIC. ito Rahmat. Roland I 1 Yearn. Chia Cheng lion), Chong Lian a Hussein bin Kam- Mohamed. Koh :.r.ction». Koh Kirn ClMB| L.m Keng M .s
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  • 80 11 Smaller Rent For K.L. Town Hall From Our Own Correspondent* Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 1. The rent of the Kuala Lumpur Town HftO for charitable perforrmlnces has been reduced from 51 2.50 to $2^50 per night. The announcement was made at today's meeting of the Sanitary Board It
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  • 95 11 More than 1.000 Chinese attended reception given to Gen. Feng Cheng V/u at the Great World on Wednesday evening Gen. Feng, wh3 is on his way back to China to take an active part in the anti-Japanese hostilities, was warmly greeted by the gathering, over
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  • 77 11 Charged with having committed robbery of jewellery and cash to a total value ol $258.50. the property oi a Chinese woman nam^d Ong Ton. which was in her possession at a house in Duxton Road on Aug. 17. a Chinese named Lim Teck Guan was produced before Mr H A
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  • 350 11 Winning CONTRACT Daiid Bumstine, Mericin D Maier, Oswald Jacoby and Howard Scfienken, world's leading team-of-four inventors of the system that has beaten every other system in existence. FINE DIM MY PLAY LEWIS Bernard tannery of Cincinha:i and n^w a permanen: resident of New York, commands a ?rea: deal I teet
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  • 249 11 List Supplied By Messrs. Fraser Co. Singapore. Sept. 2. 5 p.m. Total foi Books Close financial Company Dividend Tv Date Ex Dlv. year TIN Payaole Date to dat« Austral Malay 3 3 4 Int. Sept. 3 Sept 10 Sept I 10% 3 3 4 Bonus Ayer Weng
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  • 194 11 HONGKONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION (Incorporated in the Colony of Hong Kong) The liability of members is limited to the extent and in manner prescribed by Ordinance No. 6 of 192» of the Colony. Authorised Capital $50,000 000 Issued and Fully Paid-up $20,000,000 Reserve Fund: Sterling £6,500,000 Hong Kong Currency $10,000,000
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  • 71 11 The oldest Chinese reporter in Singapore, Mr Lee Ycng Hir.g. died on Wednesday at his residence in Chin Chew Street. Wednesday was Chinese Reporters' Day and a holiday. A newspaperman for 37 years. 65 year-old Mr Lee was Sin Chew Jit Poh's social reporter and a
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  • 69 11 Large contributions toward the St. John Ambulance Association in Hong Kong have been made by thf Singapore multi-millionaire philanthropist. Mr Aw boon Haw Foreseeing the Sino- Japanese con flict he purchased $8 000 worth of bandages and had them kept at Hong Kong. With the Shanghai situation
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    • 58 11 OVERSEA -CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION, LTD., CHINA BUILDING, CHILIA STREET, SINGAPORE. For the SAFE CUSTODY OF YOUR /ALUABLZS. there are In our vaults PRIVATE SAFE BOXES for hire at moderate rates. Hirers themselves hold the keys -nd only they can have access to these -afe boxes, so that SAFETY and PRIVACY
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    • 512 11 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AI'STRALIA AM) <lIINA (Incorporated in England by (Royal Charter) Paid up capital in 600.000 shares of £5 each £3,000,000 Reserve Fund i;:i,uoo.ooo Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3.000.000 HKAD OFFICE: 38, Bishopsgate. London, EC 2. Agemies and Branches. Alor Star Loilo Rangoon Amritsar Ipoh Saigon Bangkok Karachi
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    • 506 11 RADIO PROGRAMMES FOR TODAY SINGAPORE 1,333 kc/s 122.5 m p.m. tf.oo Malay music (records). 645 Children's Programme (English.) 7.00 Symphony concert (records'* 1 30 Time, weather, news and announcements. 7.45 "Gas Further Purifications, and some Recipes.' by M M. Paterson, acting Municipal Gas Engineer. 8 00 ••Postman's Knock." A musical
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  • 568 12 Launch of Twin Screw Diesel Engined Sofala DIILT by Messrs. Henry Robb Ltd., of Leith to the order of the British India S.N. Ctu, ihe twin screw Diesel engineed Sofala was launched from the year of the builders on Aug. 27>. She is intended
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    82 12 TECHNICAL SCHOOL DESIGN AEROPLANE for the King's Cup race. Pupils of the de Havilland Technical School have designed and built a small racing aeroplane which Lord Wakefield has entered for the King's Cup air race to be flown on Sept. 10 and 11. It is a small low-wing cabin monoplane
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  • 438 12 THHE first test in action at sea ol the auto alarm, developed to meet an important provision of the Safety of Life at Sea Convention recently ratified by the United Stairs, is reported by D V. Murphy, radio operator of the tanker Comet of the Soeony- Vacuum fleet
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    • 484 12 80USTEAD CO., LTD. (Iscorporat«d *n F^iS.) TSLIPBOKE: Freight H3J— Puitfc NO. LLOYDS AGENTS. •OOKINO AGENTS FOE FEDERATED MALAT STATCB RAILWAYS ROYAL STATE RAILWAYS OF SIAML CANAOMN PACIHC iWOSIoi tifttAitn (Incorporated is «n#iand> THE "EMPRESS" ROUTE offers TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES via HONOLULU or direct MPRESS to VANCOUVER—ACROSS CANADA by TRANS-CONTIN-ENTAL TRAIN without
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    • 30 12 TELEPHONE lOSE no tiuic in <ill ■^ing ut» whatrv«T u<*ed m«y be for in «l" Cfctrfiti Whmi-A.I i J umim lie r«-.suii« ***ii»"#i CO refvt you free preee WANT ADS
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    • 603 12 Local And Foreign Mail Dispatches And Arrivals I BY TRAIN Bangkok every Saturday 7 p.m. Thursday 7.45 a.m. Swettenham, Taiping and Telok Anson; Weekdays* 7 p.m ■Kota Bahru, Kuala Krai Thursday and Friday* 7.45 a.m. Sundays 7 pm.| Kuala Lumpur and Penang: Weekdays* 7.45 a.m. and Sundays 7 pin. Malacca,
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    • 78 12 CLEARANCES Sept. 1: Cassel (Ger.); Hamburg Maru, Atlantic Maru, Mika^e Maru No. 18 < Japan): Steel Navigator »Am>: Suddhadito iSiam); Aing Leong, Sin Aik Lee. Kinta. Rio Blanco. Patroelus, City of Kimberley <Brit>: Sawahloentoe. Makasser. Van Outhoorn. Togian, Both. Thedens, Ameland-' <Dut Sept. 2: Cremer. Van der Lyn <Dut.); Angcra*
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    • 402 12 SINGAPORE HARBOVt The foUowing an- ipHif^ nrharves or expected to East Wharf Entrant* u t, X|| r Plancius 22; Prosper 2o Sheers Wharf Kntran., <..,i. X(f Muina&n. Hai Bb« H Main Wharf Entrant lt Sentor 18; Bennex Peisander 11. Char 9; Polydorus 7. Empire Dock Ktitratu-c <„, L/.ssiebank 30 8.
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    • 491 13 ■sf j f^^zi m I urn "t^C 7%^/ i^T DHI r ll^n J_ J».*^]r JL Ma H i MJSI MM BY PsOand BRITISH INDIA LINES 'ORPORATED IN ENGLAND; P. O. S. N. COS SAILINGS, OUTWARDS l>ue Dim Tonnage Spore. Tonnage Spore. 1*37 1927 16 000 Sept. 10 RAJPUTANA 17 000
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    • 532 13 (Incorporated in Straits Settlements i W*NPj(J| ELLERMAN BUCKNALL S.S. Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in England.) "ELLERMAN LINE" FOR UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL Steamer Hue Sails x CITY OF BAGDAD Havre. London. R dani. H'bui G a.-cow Sept. 29 Oct. 2 CITY OP PITTSBURG Havre. London. R
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    • 1059 13 SHIPPING THE BLLE FINN EL LINE (Oceaa .Aberdeen aad Commoß wealth Lime. steam Ship Co., Ltd.. and China Mutual The Hua Khiow Sieanskhip Csw, {\9Zt\ Ud. Steam Navigation Co.. Ltd.) Tbe Canard Uliite Star Ltd. The Straits Steamship to.. Ltd. Shaw Savill and Albion Co- Ltd. The China Navigation Co.,
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    • 693 14 K. P. M. PLANCIUS Friday, Sept. 3. Muntok (passengers and mails only). Batavia. Semarang and Sourabaya. SIBERG Friday. Sept 3. Rhio, Dabo. Eilliton. Batavia. Semarang. Pekalongan. Tegal. and Ch?ribcn. (.ENERAAL VAN I»ER IlEYDEN— Friday. Sept. 3. Belawan-Dcli and Penang. TOBOAU— Saturday. Sept. 4. Selat-Pandjang. Koedap. Tampoetih. Tampat-Tinggi Bengkalis and Bagan
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    • 562 14 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE c£rctf AMERICAN MAIL LINE _-_--------^-i_ '^l.^i.^f.^l.^l.l l__________________________l^l__________________________________________. i _k__ ___^_______________H TO EUROPE. FROM SINGAPORE AND PENANG VIA COLOMBO, BOMBAY, SUEZ, PORT SAID. ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES, GENOA, MARSEILLES AND NEW YORK. ..Arrives Leaves Leave* Arrives Spore. Spore. Penan*. New Y»rk. Pres. Pierce Sept. 5 Sept. 7 Sept. 9 Oct
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    • 546 14 O. S. K. LINE FOR AFRICA AND SOCTB AMERICA t Arabia Maru Buenos Aires via Colombo. Mom: Zanzibar. Dar es-Salaam. Beira, Lour ence Marques, Durban. Port Elizabeth and Cape Town. Tamahoko Mara (ape Town via Mombasa Tanga. Zan zibar. Dar-es-Salaam. Beira. Lourem-o Marques. Durban and Port Elizao t Rio de
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  • 493 15 Formation Of Hockey Association Will Be Great Help Expenses Will Be The Main Factor (BY MM ROD) IN a month, hockey balls will be swinging merrily along the floor of Malaya's green fields. lint perhaps the most important announcement one can make about this
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  • 602 15 Chinese Take Honours In Two Divisions HTHE championships in all three divisions 01 the S.A.F.A. League have 1 been decided, but there are still a few more games to be played. The winners ami runners-up are' as follows IMv I Chinese runners-up. In niskillinffs.
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  • 830 15 Successful Tennis Season In The Negri From Our Seremban Correspondent A REVIEW of Negri Sembilan tennis doling the year was made by Mr. C. P. Thane, the president of the Negri Bemboan Lawn Tennis Association, at the conclusion of the recent annual Negri Sembilan handicap tournanent. ICr Th^ne said:— 'This,
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  • 109 15 Diary Of The Day The Tides High Water: 10.11 a.m. 8.5 ft. 9.38 p.m. 9.5 ft. Sport Soccer: Malays vs. Skins (Div. 1) at Anson Road. Lawn Tennis: S.C.C. tourney. Cinemas A L HAM BRA Charlie Chan at the Olympics, with Warner Oland. CAPITOL A Day at the Races, with
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  • 135 15 Probables and riders for the St Leger axe: Cash Book (.Gordon Richards* Chuhnleigh Vergette Double Bracket (Mahen Fair Copy tPerryman Fullsail <E. Smith) Goya II (Elliott) Maranta (Weston) Mid-Day Sun (Beary) Perifox (Pat Beasley) Renardo (Steve Donoghue) Sandjsprite (Crouch) Senor (Breenan) Snow Leopard < Harry Wragg)
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    23 15 photo). THE COMBINED Singapore and Johore Police team liken it I hompson Road yesterday prior to their match, which .lohorc won. Free Press
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  • 139 15 Three-Two In Soc<ci International B«ll;«st. Sept. I The Iri.sh Lcuuc lost to Hh Scottish League by 2 tro;.ls t(, .i Twelve th iis;md spectators witnessed the match The Scottish opened with mor thrust! ul looibill but their defence though .'•teady. was later troubled by the
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  • 692 15 MIDDLEWEIGHT HOLDERS TO MEET THIS MONTH •THE "rubber" between those two middleweight champions. Mohamed Fahmy and Young Frisco, comes off on Friday. Sept. 10 at the Happy World Arena. The fight is arranged for twelve rounds. Their first battle, which was over 10 rounds,
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  • 459 16 Engineers Beaten By Two Goals To One WINNERS MOVE UP ON LEAGUE LADDER S.C.C 2: R.E L MICH struggle, plus some fine opportunism, brought the Singapore Cricket Club a well-merited victory of 2 l over the Royal Engineers in their final first division match
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    18 16 r!n to) CAFI D taken at the S.< < taring play in the d»-i the S.C.C. tou: Free Press
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  • 170 16 Singapore Lose To Johore Johorc 4: Singapore 1. •THE teams o: the Johore Police Force and the Singapore Police Force, composed of Malays only, contested the Ambok Suloh Shield in a game of soccer played at the depot yesterday. The Johore force won by four yonls
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  • 34 16 Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh. Sept. 2. Joluu ialncd his third victory i 5.4 > when he narr ...>. nted him in a 10-three-minute r mnd contest at Jubilee Park toniaht
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  • 141 16 Rcutcr cables results of league soccer matches played at Home on Wednesday as follows ENGLISH LEAGUE. DIVISION I. Arsenal 3 Huddersfleld 1 Birmingham 3 Mlddlesbro 1 Brentford 2 Preston 1 Derby 1 Wolverhampton 2 Leeds 2 Chelsea o Liverpool 3 Portsmouth 12 Manchester C. 2 Everton 0
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  • 134 16 (Fr:>m Our Own Correspondent) Segamat, An?. 30. Though a man short, the Chinese Recreation Club scored a 2 o victory over the P.W D. in their Segamat and District league fixture on the town padang yesterday. Ten minutes from the kick-off Ang Kean Kah opened
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  • 318 16 Cricket Club Tennis Tournament RESULTS of yesterday's ties in the S.C.C. tournorrent were as follows: "A" Class Handicap: E. C Cherrington <— 3> beat H. J. H. Hass <-r3> 6—3, 6—4. H. H. Markhum <~3> beat B. Gaillard (~15» 6-3. 6—4. "B" Class handicap: W. Oak-Rhind (—l5) teat T. C.
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  • 279 16 "THE boxing competition between the sailors from H.M.A.S. Canberra and a team from the local Garrison provided plenty of keen fighting at the Tanglin Barracks last night. There were nine fights and the Navy wen by S to 4. The issue was in doubt until the
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    18 16 photo) P. D'ALMEIDA in action during play in the S.R.C tournament on the club couits yesterday. Free Press
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  • 337 16 Weights For Fourth Day Of Gold Cup Meeting Horses— Class 4 Div. I— T, furs. Glenarrow 9.0 B th 8.13 Benedict 8.10 Chance 8.8 Amazing 8.7 Kate Kelly 8.3 Cosmetic 8.3 Ciscara 8.2 Blazonry 8 0 Young Ginger 7.9 Excuse Me 7.9 Lady Lavinia 7.4 ■arses class 4 Div. 2
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  • 61 16 The band of the S.S. Police will perlorm the following programme at 6 ).:n tcday at Katong Park March, Entry of the Gladiators Overture. The Jolly Robbers Mozart Celecttcn, Land without Music < Straus); Valse, De Concert <G)azowncw»; Cornet Solo. D Bacio <Arditi> Serenade and Spanish Dance from
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    20 16 photo 11. V »AI 111 1( HI T taken during pi ;t> i:i 'in* •'< t v. -t. (t > Free Press
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  • 233 16 Y.M.C.A. BEAT S.R.C. IN FRIENDLY MATCH HLAYING wi;h a scratch team. A the S.R.C. failed to effer any great opposition against V.M.C.A. who won 5-2 in a friendly soccer match at the SRC pi day. The V's disproved pood combination and defence vhftle the home ttafl lied mainly on the
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  • 61 16 The G..:- C, mixed Fotll Tar.?. in OQ 1 v resulted in a Mr. ai C Pott.<= 1 foUowins r irds wr< n Mr 48 1-.? Can J D 60— 11— -49 Cipt J B orMr A H W I lon 67—16 Brig, and 1
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