The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 18 September 1937

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  • 17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. No. 15,"J«7. ESTD. 1835 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER. 18, 1937. 10 CENTS.
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  • 175 1 Britain France Withdraw Their Warships I DESTROYERS TO BE USED IN THE ANTI-PIRACY SCHEME BRITAIN AND FRANCE HAVE DECIDED TO ABANDON THE S\\ \I CONTROL ROUND SPAIN AS THE DESTROYERS ENGAGED FHK PATROL HAVE "A TASK OF MORE ACTUAL IMPORTANCE TO PERFORM." I k understood the destroyers
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  • 91 1 THE Minister of Defence. Sir Archdale Parkhill, announced yesterday that the Cominoniccalth Cabinet had agreed to the British proposal that the Connnonwea th construct flying-boat bases In the Netherlands Indies, to which the minister referred as "an important point.'' Sir Archdale
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  • 264 1 JAPAN'S BUDGETARY FINANCES ARE "PARLOUS" War Race Against Time London, Sept. 17. DIS( l SSING Japan's finances and war effort, the Financial Times points out that though Japan's previous adventures, coupled with enormous outlays on the army, navy, and air force, have seriously weakened her financial structure, it would be
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  • Article, Illustration
    15 1 SHANGHAI WAR: Members of the Chinese military intelligence corps telephoning to headquarters "somewhere near Shanghai."
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  • 19 1 I London Sept. 17. r .> new th India 1 replace h w:re .icjo.irr. d British Wireless dd
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  • 38 1 London. Sept. 17. r a private session of the Nyon Conference, held at '■fneva this morning, an agreewnt supplementary to the i arrangement and extendtN principle to surface —In and aircraft uas formcnrd. British Wireless
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  • 73 1 Returns To London From Scottish Holiday London, Sept. 17. The Prime Minister, whose Scottish holiday has been twice interrupted by briei visits to London for discussions with his colleagues on internationjal situation, will return to London by the night express this evening in accordant with his original plans.
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  • 107 1 OF British overseas trade during 1936 no less than 92 per cent, of that to and from British countries was carried in British ships, while the amount so carried to and from foreign countries was 47 per cent. German shipping provided the
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  • 568 1 Japanese Refuse Permission To Move Supplies From Warehouses The prospect of a serious food shortage faces the Chinese population of Shanghai, swollen by hundreds of thousands of refugees, unless the Japanese allow the removal of rice and other foodstuffs from warehouses in Japanese
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 97 1 BIGIA TEA u r ii;«js the freshness and fragrance of the Halayan gardens Hir< -ft to your home. J I fi wt SJ r ««r-*w- **4 .R^W— T. H f 1ET~""""-J *^X*> 'J^ "If ""'Tr^yJf Tonight Orchestral Concert 8.15 to 9.15 p.m. SPECIAL RACE DINNER BALL OUTSTANDING CABARET ATTRACTION! SZITA
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    • 20 1 POLITICAL BRITISM ASSOCIATION P*C r £ffo* 31 'MPS SEVSATiOMAL Dt SCOPE** Ift MAM CVOLVtfcJC BACKWAWJ jT-'W (Copynoht in AH Countries.)
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    • 243 1 There is no better Tea than BIGIA TEA GROWN IN MALAYA. SEA VIEW W HOTEL TONIGHT (formal) SPECIAL DINNER DANCE I DINNER DANCE MUSIC BY THE j RELLER BAND j NO AFTER DINNER ADMISSION CHARGE SUNDAY MORNING j POPULAR CONCERT BY RELLER'S BAND 1 1 a.m. 1 p.m. PROGRAMME 1.
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  • Letters To The Editor
    • 213 2 SYSTEM IN SOME OTHER LANDS To the Kditor of the Free Press. Sir,— l have read with much interest the many letters written in your paper about the poof unfortunate dogs which have been, or are about to be, shot. In m many cases th: dog
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    40 2 RE] nion Ol ZOO VETERANS OF 1870 WAR. Two hundred veterans who L parl ,n the 187 war against France attended a ten-da v reunion at rms. Ciermany. Field Marshal yon Mackensen was cheered as he SffffOi taMBSSCfI 'he veterans
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  • 23 2 Law Notice For The Day Before the Acting Chief Justice in the Ist Court at 10.30 a.m. Magistrate's Appeal: -Rex vs Wong Pheng.
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  • 100 2 TO CRUISE IN EAST INDIES CUi Hughe Knatohbull-Hugessen, Briu t:-h Ambassador to China. is leaving hospital within a week. H' wiii remain .r Shanghai until Oct. 7 when nrpanied by his wife and daughters Elisabeth and Alethea, will iq to Hong Kong by warship for
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  • 637 2 CEREMON V WITH FULL SER VICE HONOURS rpHE flceral of Capt. IQK.) Francis! Edward Cooper of the R.A.S.C tool; place at the Bidadari Cemetery yesterday afternoon with full service; honours. Capt, J. Hooper. R.A., Staff Captain Malaya, represented the General Officer Commanding Troops. Malaya.
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  • 87 2 According to the year's marriage figures just issued in New South Wales, romance may happen to a man or woman at any time within 80 years. The extreme range during the year was represented by a bride of 13 and a bridegroom of 93. The
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  • 80 2 Australian unemployment figures have so far returned to normal that they are now within 2 of one per cent, of the record established in March 1929, which, based on returns by unions, was 9.3 per cent. It is now only 9.7 per cent. There has been
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  • 424 2 Singapore. Sept. A MEAT Beef steak Kati 30 Beef stew or curry do 25 Fillet steak ib. 50 Mutton, Australian do 45 Pork, lean Kali 44 Pork lean and fat (Ist quality) do 34 POULTRY Capons (locally reared) Kati 54 Ducks each 45 Fowls Kati 33 Hens
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  • 110 2 Suggestion That It Has Been Bombed Shanghai. Sept. 17. Much mystification has been causled by the non-arrival of the N.Y.K. express liner, Nagasai Maru. due at 10 this morning from Kobe and Nagasaki Tugboats waited all day long for the ship, which usually runs like
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  • 43 2 On Monday the Straits Times will issue a special twelve-page supplement containing all the addresses that have been given to the Incorporated Society of Planters' conference in Kuala Lumpur. The supplement will be issued free with the Straits Times
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  • 109 2 'From Our Own OsCtWpOBdSI Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 17. THE F.MS Government to '< give the Controller oi Rubber jauthrrity to eradicate and destroy [rubber plants which are "sell-sown" The Bill, which is to be introduced at the Federal Council meeting on Nov. 3, is
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 290 2 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS Muzzle your Dog With a Grafton Muzzle. Obtainable from MEDICAL HALL, LT9. 3, Battery Road. BOARD g RESIDENCE SEA-FRONT KATONG GRANGE— 77. Me>er ltd. (near Swimming Club) Board-Residence at moderate rates Large Gardens Tennis. Phone: 5758. THE MANSION. OXLEY RISE HON LICENSED RESIDENTIAL HOTEL Daily and monthly terms.
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    • 284 2 Che free p\ Head Offire: < rxleiiM'-r. Kuala I ampitr I'lu.ili 1 1 oh Or*. v. I I'huii* rvranr 'HrW t> London onv 43. Fit* fee Hmmt: I^a_J pq SUBSCRIPTION rates •••*u! Monthly S m S4N |21 Quarterly J fp M .J Half Yearly 5 JJ" Note. Qnotalior < (U^.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 126 2 Diary Of The Day The Tides High Water. 9.40 a.m. 8 it.: 9.13 p.m. 8.7 ft. Sports Races: Final day of S.T.C. Skye Meeting. Soccer: S.A.F.A. Cup: Chinese vs. H.M.S. Terror il An MO Road. Cricket: S.C.C. vs. M.F.A.. at S.C.C. Cinemas ALHAMBRA The 13th Chair, with Madge Evans and
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  • 655 3 ADVENTUROUS AMERICANS REACH SINGAPORE AFTER TWO YEARS' TRIP A I IKK an Mfeenturous 19,00" miie t .,„i st f„i over two years down the Mexican coast a nu lne tver ,„inantic South Seas, two young Middle West A mericans who an writing for
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  • 365 3 ST ABBENG DEMONSTRATION GIVEN IN COURT Interpreter "Victim" Found I h'liionstrutor Over-Zealous 11/! PH the aid of a knife fashioned from paper. Kwek Ah Gnow. 34- ytur old beehoon manufactmer at Bukit Timah Road, yesterday liriannnstratfll to Mr Justice Laville and a special jury how Kin 00. a coolie in
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  • 22 3 PUBC of soccer the M iliv Regiment beat a cratch side by 4 goals to 0. ...i. M*>ilt by rain in the
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  • 149 3 Where Can the Answer Be? 44/~VUESTION as to whether express >^ power should be provided to expend the Municipal Fund on public museums and public librarier,." was an item on the agenda of yesterday's meeting of Municipal Committee No. 7 who deal with the financial and "general purposes" side
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  • 101 3 After a lightning visit to the United States, Mr. Len H. Roos. managing director of the newly- formed Malayan Films, Ltd.. returned to Singapore by the steamer Shirala. He was accompanied by Mr. Clifford M. Pressnell. of Hollywood, who has been appointed laboratory engineer to the company. With
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  • 66 3 With the Sino-Japanese conflict developing into a major war, the boycott of Japanese goods by Chinese in [Malaya is extending. In Siam, too, there is strong antiJapanese feeling among the large proportion of Chinese. British trade is benefitting by the boycott in Malaya. Several trade
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  • 53 3 A pilgrim ship, the Rotterdam Lloyd vessel Kota Nopan with over 500 Javanese pilgrims to Mecca lay in the outer roads of Singapore harbour yesterday. The pilgrimage costs each man and woman about $1,000 and to find this sum some of them sell almost everything they possess
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  • 145 3 ANOTHER $10,000 FROM TAIPING <From Our Own Correspondent Taiping, Sept. 14. ANOTHER remittance ot $10,0u0 In Chinese currency has been for warded by Taiping Chinese to Shanghai for the reliel Of the distress of war refugees, thus bringing total remit tances from the district to $30 000 The enthusiasim ot
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  • 191 3  -  Consent $4,000 Judgment Blade By S Saminathan, a former solicitor's clerk, was granted tiis discharge from bankruptcy yesterday by Mr Justice Home subject to his consenting to a judgment in favour of the Official Assignee for $4,000 Saminathan was made a bankrupt in July 1925 He
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  • 105 3 Chia BOOh Man, who was made a bankrupt in 1934 in connection with the bankruptcy of his business, Chop Yuen Cheong. applied for his discharge yesterday before Mr. Justice Home. There was opposition by a creditor and his lordship adjourned the applic ttion for six months. The
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  • 332 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Sept. IS. POR some time poker was very sternly forbidden in Bangkok but now by a notification in this week's Gazette poker (American and foreign) and Chinese poker are allowed The charge (license fee) per day
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  • 199 3 Steep Caucasus Peaks Scaled STORMS AND INTENSE COLD Four aunuberj sf the Oxford University Ifsamtaiaeeraag Club have ■> turned te England after climbing Uihba. 15.40y leet. and other high peaks in the Caucasus. They formed the rst British expedition to the Caucasus Mountains s\nce rhe war
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  • 110 3 (Ptoun O.ir Own Correspondent) Malacca, Sept. 16. The ease in which D W Devarajah. Tamil court Interpreter and president o! the Malaees Indian Club, was charged, that you on or about May 29 and June I div tend two letters respectively by post, to M.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 161 3 CHILD'S 4 YEARS OP STOMACH TROUBLE »n 1* .1 -.tiessiflg than the Mid in the toils of stomach If your little boy or girl sufiers i or toss of appetite, tak« Sargwy. This is what the *rlr daughter, aged 6 yean, has kuttered froM had breath, and a very poor
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    • 52 3 To BELAWAN DELI (SUMATRA.) Reduced same vessel return tickets now available. Singapore Belawan return Ist class $80/Interchangeable with Straits Steamship Company, for first return sailing of the ss Kedah to Singapore, after arrival of X.P.M. Steamer at Belawan. For particular* af y to K. P. M. LINE, FiNLA YSON GM£EN
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  • 187 4 Suffered Whatever They Ate. A nSOther Of four writes 'Myself and fannlv of tour .ill serried to suiTer from aeiditv. pains in the back, and other f:OS Of indigestion I suffered whuteuei I an- But since w»- have been takinf Krusehen (for th»- last th;"e in
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  • 2164 4 AIR MAIL LETTER FROM LONDON FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT i! t. ...N'NOT remember such a year j- this tor l.ias. or rather. SO .'ar a> London li concerned, for lack of it er week now I have had to n m witn nip and a lot of ddtng a'oout holidays,
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  • 118 4 4 'Nazi' P Convert An Insult TPHE Lord Mayor o! Stoke-on- 1 Alderman J A Dalei replied to criticisms on his recent stkor f If H at a meeting ol Rotary Clt'o :.'at to say th« y had t to Nazi-ism wa> an suit
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  • 99 4 Dutch Service Terminu> M One Of The Capital* aviation Rttllg tO I 1 noray leading world v.\ all Australian internal I I now porute 2; i >.i7(> ml IfM Iher m >r j:. and ..,1 pUois, 241 iin rail and It! ecu ril IM ticj t.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 49 4 VICTORIA •JHEATRE Here's Another Winner! LAST NIGHT. TONIGHT AT 9.30 R. B. SALISBURY (The Quaints) sVwawwss His Famous MUSICAL COMEDY CO. THE GIRL FRIEND Booking Plans at Litties sg*^^^^ When looking for GIFTS Choose an everlasting one From U. S. de SUVA I Manufacturing Jeweller 106. Orchard Road. i
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  • 241 5 Ml. BOM BEUSBA, tin- War Minister, inspected the new 11,000-ton motor ship DunetU SOfaee she left i, i i ii on tv r maiden voyage, taking truops and naval ratings to lions; Koiii- am! the Far Basi. Troops iheer as the Dunera leasui Seusnaaapion.
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  • 736 6 "I.S.P. In Full Surge Of Adolescence" MR. W. LEGGATT lI 7HETHER or not Malaya should be regarded as the real Gold (oast was the query put before members of the I. S. P. at the conference luncheon yesterday at Kuala Lumpur by the President,
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  • Article, Illustration
    29 6 MARLENE DIETRICH IN ITALY. Miss Marlene Dietrich photographed uttli Josef sou Sternberg, her di ector, in a restaurant in the Piazza San Marco in Venice, where they were staying.
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  • 94 6 Convicted on a charge of using a hypodermic syringe not being a licensed dentist a Chinese named Lim Peng Lim was fined $100 or two months' rigorous imprisonment by the third magistrate, Mr. W. G. Reeves, yesterday. The case was a sequel to a police raid
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  • 60 6 LORRY DRIVER EXCEEDED SPEED LIMIT For exceeding the speed limit, a Chinese Johcre lorry driver named Choy Chee Seng was fined $4 and costs by the fourth magistrate, Mr. L. C. Goh, yesterday. Court Inspector Frew said the accused was seen driving along Woodlands Road at a speed of 36
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  • 312 6 WHILE the incidence of cholera at Hong Kong and Macao remains about the same as the previous week the disease showed a big Increase in Shanghai for the week ending Sept 11 according to the health bulletin of the League of Nations Eastern
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  • 319 6 Qantas Pilots Tell Of Avmticn's Fine Work In Australia CAPT. I. J. BKAIN, IV-ht- Superintendent of Qantas Empire Aaurajrs, and two oiher Q mtas pilots, Captains W. H. Crow:her and C. K. Gurney, hive been in England mastering liying-Lcai lecliiiique, wiih a v.ew to the
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  • 96 6 New $2,000,000 General Hospital For Perak i Fro n Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, sept. 16. A NEW Generat Hospital for rak has been sanctioned and will be constructed on the Ashby Road site as soon as plajis are ready. The entire scheme wi I cost a little over $2,000,000 and
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  • 100 6 Bangkok To Get Automatic Phones At Midnight (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Sept. 15. 'THE automatic telephone service will I b? established after midnight on Sept. 25. The reason this hour has been selected is because very few people will be using the telephone then. If the change were effected
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  • 211 6 Seven Chinese Fined: Four Others Acquitted As a sequal to the gambling raid conducted by the police on Thursday night, at a house in Sago Street, 11 Cantonese yesterday appeared befora Mr. W. G. Reeves, the third magistrate, to answer charges of gambling. Planks and thick
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  • 44 6 Although various low estimates of the United States rubber consumption during September have been circulating I rei-enuy, weii-informed market circles' in Singapore yesterday believed that the figure will eventually prove to be I I between 41,000 and 43,000 tons.
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  • 99 6 S. S. Qurishi, a military contractor, appeared before Mr. F. V. Duckworth] in the second court, yesterday, in answer to a summons in which he is alleged to have defamed one. Abdui Aziz, by uttering to Belbir Singh and Gulchand Rai a certain imputation concerning
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 397 6 r'S aatf that cause stomach pains corro excess ac:d which burns th< U of the stomach and turns your tood lot, fermenting, mdigestible mass. The only way to get nliei is to neutrali* the excess stomach and. Just t dose of Bisurated Magnesia and tf» job 8 done Bisurated Magnesia
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  • 485 7 84 AWARDS ANNOUNCED in the 3tr aits n s G ament Gaze'.te last the following 84 officers and ol the Straits Settlements lafteei Ptaece have been awarded EiTici.nc-. Medal: rml il ang bin Haji Yusotf. C B Albuquerque. (Medal and C C rporal Abdul'ah bin
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  • Article, Illustration
    28 7 nCTOfI SWII.LE (PBOMJCtt) uith a very distinguished visitor •tn the South Riding' set at Denham, Anna May Wong, while the film was being made by London Film Productions.
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  • 36 7 Manila. Sept. 17. Last Sale Prices Pre\ious Today Antamok 0.54 0.53 Pesos Benguet Consolidated unquoted unquoted I.X.L, 0.49 0.50 San Maurieio 0.49 0.49 United Paraci.le 0.44 0 43» 2 Consolidated Mines 0.13
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  • 141 7 Chinese Driver Charged On Three Counts An accident involving a bus and a taxi that occurred m Woodlands Road on Thursday night, resulting In injury to several persons, r.ad a sequel in the tourrh court, before Mr. L. C. Goh yesterday The driver of the taxi, a Chinese
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  • 192 7 TO CHECK ALLEGED "MALPRACTICES'' (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 17. I '*TT la considered desirable that there should be some form of coiitrol of dealers in copra in order to protect producers by checking certain malpractices which are alleged in some cases to
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  • 176 7 CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND CESAREWITCH CALLOVERS Reuter cables the latest Victoria Club call-overs for the Cambridgeshire (Newmarket. Oct. 13 1 and the Cesarewitch (Newmarket. Oct. 27 1 as follows— odds taken and offered except where otherwise stated: CAMBRIDGESHIRE 10 1 Dan Bulger offered. 100 9 taken. 22 1 Reqaemeling offered. 25 1
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  • 102 7 Ties for Monday are: .Men's Singles 'A' K. II R. Ifenon vs. J. itinimh, Men's Singles 'B' A Mjnasseh vs. F. S. Sadka M. Woelz vs. S. Marshall. E. Simon vs. K. C. Kwek Lauw Pek Tjin vs. C. Simon. Yesterday's results in the V.M.C.A. tennis tournament
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  • 182 7 BRUNEI UNITED PLANTATIONS PROFIT OF $65,771 Final Dividend Of Five i Per Cent Proposed BRUNEI United Plantations Ltd ac- counts and balance sheet issued 'last night show that the net profit for I the year was $65,771. It is proposed that a final dividend ol five per cent should be
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  • 97 7 Barlow and Co. Kuala Lumpur, report the following crop returns for August The Aver Kilning 'F.M.S.) Rubber Co.. Ltd. 93.000 lbs. The Badek Rubber Estate Ltd 'Staffield Estates 27,000 'lbs.; The Bradwall <F.M.S.> Rubber Eftate Ltd. 04.000 lbs. The Chersonese 'F.M.S.t Estates Ltd. 95.000 lbs.; Dennistown Rubber Estates
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  • 123 7 Although Royal visit to Australia next year, during: the Australian ses-liii-centennial celebrations at Sydney, ias been found impossible, a visit by the King and Queen, in 1940, after iheir visit bo India and the British general elections, has been tentatively decided upf>n. This has now been
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  • Article, Illustration
    31 7 TYRONE POWER, in a scene with Madeleine Carroll from "Lloyds of London," Twentieth Century-Fox's story of a love that changed the destiny of an empire which is coming to the Pavilion.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 51 7 Lovely and Lasting ,£Sjx£g\ PERMANENT \4%4S^ :i'»uid Of ins>i.c.td ♦^■r^, upon 1 i u> tor -atistitcuon tod»\ P FIGARO LADIES HAIR DRESSERS »3 Bra<. B-i>at Kd A RafMr* H»'el Phone JB6* FLORENCE OlSMOHQ^^m^^f t>*> A\IUK-^VyHARRY>TE #SaJ>^* U KTAIASTAIR SIM Vtja T< P Minn r m<m hwugwoii MONTY BANKS PAVILION NEXT
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    • 375 7 LAST 3 SHOWS! Positively LAST DAY! a BIG SUCCESS! ALHAMBRA PAVILION TODAY 3.15-6.15-9.15 QAPI T 0 L TOD y 3.15-6.15-9.15 VLGM, Exci.ing Murder 3 SHOWS.. •Beautifully acted. capably *l**TJ 3.15-6.15-9.15 produced... worth while tm lUC 11 1 11 Fiction's mighty man of English film" lEI fi. I 0 111 volo"
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  • 590 8 The Singapore Free Prress Japan And China Wh: Do They Fight SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER, 18, 19^7 IT is not easy to rind a satis- factory explanation of the Sino- Japanese war. The obvious comment which is being made bj most people in Europe and the United States is that tlv I
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  • 677 8  - Don't Wear A Hat In BarcelonaOnly Fascists Do! William F. By McDermott T"HE first indication you have of tho abnormality of life in Barcelona is a peculiarity in the appearance of the windows. Every piece of window g'ass that meets your vycs is pasted over with narrow strips of paper
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  • 285 8 DECENT London comments on tnt he use near London where Stamford Raffles lived in ietirement is a reminder of the friendship which existed between Raffles, the founder ol Singapore, and William Wilbertorce. the emancipator of the slaves, tor they were neighbours In that Louden suburb. Raffles
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 276 8 !MAKE YOUR 1 GIMLET j WITH 1 ROSES LIME JUICE I I CaldbecksJ KJN<- OF SUM FOR ATTRACTIVE WEDDING PRESENTS \H STERLING SILVER, E. P. H. S. CRYSTALWARE THE HEADQUARTERS AT THE ROYAL JEWELLERS I (incorporated In Ceylon >. 19 21 Hi*h Street. .so. I tflshno Sireet, SINGAPORE IPOH PENANC.
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    • 25 8 For FIRE INSURANCE APPLY TO THE GENERAL ACCIDENT FIRE V LIFf ASSURANCE CORPORATION LTD (Incorporated in Great Britain) HONG KONG BANK CHAMBERS SINGAPORE. TBONE: «;48f>
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  • 778 9 MONOGAMOUS MARRIAGE LAW FOR NON-CHRISTIANS TEXT OF NEW BILL PUBLISHED Straits Chinese Who Have Rejected Polygamy IMPORTANT legislation to permit the monogamous marriage of non-Christians and for the registration of polygamous marriages is foreshadowed by the publication last night in the Straits Settlements Government Gazette of the provisional drafts of
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  • Article, Illustration
    21 9 RtMBERO gfoaadtrs nt t>u- famous IftST rr^ V* ChancC'or BiUer during their great parade at the Zcpp m rie'd at Ifaremberf.
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  • 861 9 WHICH TAPPING SYSTEM IS BEST? R. R. I. Expert On Adapting Rubber To Environment TIU XX jn no universal tapping ostein th.it will give the best rfMilts under all conditions." deJ.ired Mr. C. T. Sham of the Botanical division of the Rubhcr RrNf.irch Institute of Malaya, in an address to
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  • 68 9 At Sept. 1 the average level of retail prices of commodities was approximated 55 per cent, above the leve of July. 1914. For food only, the average percentage increase was 40. These percentages were the same as at July 31. At Sept. 1. 1936. the
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  • 47 9 Boston, Sept. 17. The coastguard aeroplane found no trace of Endeavour I, which broke away while being towed to England, after a four- hour search in the area in which the yacht should have been if drifting towards Nova Scotia.— Renter.
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  • 197 9 CIX Ong Siang Song told the Free r..-ss last night that he believed the publication of the Bills iti the (iovernment Gazette would he welcomed by a substantial section of the Straits Chinese community, which desired to see established a monogamous system of marriage for
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  • 229 9 From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 17. THE Hon. Mr. O. T. Faulkner, Adviser 1 on Agriculture, made the announcement at the luncheon of the I.S.P. today that the F.M.S. Government has decided to offer next year lour open scholarships in addition to
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  • 30 9 London, Sept. 16. Sir Maurice Gwyer, the first Chief j Justice under the new Indian constitution, left London for India yesterday |to assume his appointment. British Wireless.
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  • 261 9 LASTED 28 DAYS (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 17. M R. Justice R. C. Cussen reserved judgment today in the Supreme Court in the case in which Messrs. Guthrie Co. are suing Mr. Ong Ec Lim, Lim Hee Kung and the
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  • 43 9 Penang Municipality has agreed that the Superintendent, Fire Brigade, be authorised to undergo a course ot training at the Civilian Anti-Gas School at Falfield, England. It is stipulated that no extra leave will he granted in this connection.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 5 9 UH HprT >^^H a< iipr,
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    • 112 9 GOSSARD CORSET t MODEL 313 COUTIL WITH STRONG ELASTIC INSETS. SLIGHTLY SHAPED IN FRONT GIVING ADDITIONAL COMFORT. SIDE HOOK FASTENING DEPTH 14 INS. IN PEACH COLOUR ONLY j SIZES 27-34 PRICE $11.50 SIZE 36 PRICE $12.50 OBTAINABLE FROM ROBINSON CO., LTD. SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR. SOMETHING NEW THIS WEEK YOU WILL
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  • FREE PRESS SPECIAL COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    • 185 10 Sept. 14. 15. 16. American Can. Com 99 4 97 99 Hfll'klll Telephone and Telegraph 1623 4 163 165 Atcheson Railroad 60 59 3 8 64 3^ ■apeak 43 7 8 43 n 4 46 149 149 152'. 29 J 2 29 29 3 47> 2 475
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    • 459 10 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCKS SHARES From London 5.30 p. m. Sept. 17 of £1 denomination unless Yesterday Previously otherwise stated Conversion Loan. 5 pi., 1944-64 I19H 113% rillllllH| Loan. 4 p.c, 1960-90 110 3 4 HO^i w .r Loan, 3» 2 p.c ioo?8 100% Com Union Assce. (Units) 9
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    • 87 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association Sept. 17, 12 o'clock noon Buyers Sellers No. IX. R.S.S. in cases (F. 0.8. Sept.) 30% 30» 2 k Good F.A.Q. in bales (FOB. Sept.) 29 916 29 1116 No. I.X. R.S.S. (Spot- loose) (awardable Singapore) 30% 3014 September 30% 30 October 30% 30% i
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    • 67 10 i Sept. 17 Oambier T.T. 8.00 White Cube 15.00 Hamburg Cube 15.00 White Muntok Pepper 17.25 Black Pepper 11.25 9 Copra. Mixed 4.85 Copra, sundried 5.10 5 Small Flake Tapioca 4.50 7 Rice Saigon Al $180 3 Rice. Siam. W.C. No. 1 $166 5 Rice Siam. W.C.
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    • 178 10 THE COMMODITY MARKETS From London 5.30 p. m. Sept. 17 RUBBER: Steady. London: 9d. 9 i;i6d. Previously: 9d. 9 1 16d November: 0 1 16d. 9» 8 d. Previously: 9 l|16d. 9 3 16d Jan. -Mar.: 9 3 16d. 9> 4 d. Previously: 9 3 16d. 9 5 16d Apr.-June:
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    • 70 10 From London: Latest Quotations TIN: Easy. Spot: £261 2s. 6d. Previously: Easy at £261 12s. 6d. Three months: £280 2s. 6d. Previously: £260 17s. 6d. NEW YORK TIN: 59.25. Previously: 59.50 COPPER: Settlement: £52 10s Previously. £53 5s. GOLD: Yesterday: £7 0s. 3'»d Previously: £7 0s.
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    • 74 10 Foreign Exchange Rates London Closing Quotations Sept. 17 Method of Parity before Latest PreCentre Quoting 20-9-31 Rate viously Paris Franc to 124.21 146 3 4 146 3 4 New York to 4.88 4.96 116 4.95' 4 Amsterdam Guilders to 8.97 3 4 9.00 9.00 Hong Kong Per dollar Is. 3d.
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    • 196 10 LOCAL EXCHANGE RATES Yesterday's Singapore Quotations Sept. 17 SELLING London. T.T. 2 4 1 16 London, demand 2 4 116 London. 4 months' sight 2,4 18 Lyons, demand 1695 Switzerland, demand 250 Hamburg, demand 142 New York, demand 57 13 16 Montreal, demand 57 :i 4 Batavia. demand 104 3
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    • 262 10 ISSUED BY FRASER AND CO. AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS YESTERDAY MINING. Tin at midday was $131 14, down SI 14. Most operators were rather puzzled at the sharp fall which took place in tin on the London Metal Exchange yesterday and although the fall in the
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    • 1141 10 SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES Fraser and Co.'s List I FRIDAY. SEPT. 17, 1937: I IW1 Closing Quotations MINING Buyers SHIetv Ampat Till (Is) 5s 6d 6s 6d Asam Kumbang 36s 37s Austral Malay (f| 56s 6d 58s 6d Ayer Hit am (5s > 35s 36s 6d c.d Aver Weng
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    • 64 10 S. E. Levy Co. Shanghai. Hongkonji, Manila S'i-v. Investment Bankers and Brokers m Wtcmritk tmd Daily Foreign Market Cahirs and Quotatint MEMBERS NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC NEW YORK COFFEE SUGAR EXCHANGE CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE CANADIAN COMMODITY EXCHANGE SHANGHAI STOCK EXCHANGE HONGKONG SHARE BROKERS A^SS" MANILA STOCK
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  • 823 11 PROBLEM FOR MANUFACTURERS: WHEN SHOULD THEY BUY RUBBER (rap Collector" On The Market Outlook BETTER PROSPECTS FOR PRODUCERS 41 the time of writing only two!! ,> ..i statistical interest have 1 1 published since last week. «TiM ks at Aug. .11. totalled I touv .in increase of 4,711 tons <
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  • 576 11 EXPECTATIONS MAY NOT BE FULFILLED •THE high hopes that were expressed 1 at one time that American con- j sumption this year might beat all re- 1 cords and exceed 600.000 tons may; not be fulfilled, and unless the factorMM are unusually active during October
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  • 25 11 Raub Australian Gold Mining Company Ltd. advises that the output foi the four weeks ended Sept. 11, 1937, amounted to 1,779.51 ounces.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 554 11 HONGKONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION (Incorporated in the Colony of Hong Kong) The liability of members Is limited to the extent and in manner prestribed by Ordinance No. oof r* ot the Colony. Authorised Capital $50,000,000 Issued and Fully Paid up $L'0 f OOO.oOO Reserve Fund: Sterling £6.500.000 Hong Kong Cuirency
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    • 509 11 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA (Incorporated in England by (Royal Charter) Paid up capital in 600.000 shares of £5 each iIIi.OOOOOO Keserve Fund £3 000.000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors 3 0000(H) HEAD OFFICK 38, Bishopsgate, I omit. n E.C. Z. Agencies and Branches. Alor Star IJulio RMOPOM Ainritsar
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 936 11 WEEK-END RADIO PROGRAMMES 7 35 The London String Players TfIDA V 8 30 N€WS and announcements M B 35 Greenwich time signal 8 55 Close down. SINGAPORE Tran^ion 2 1.333 kc/s (22.8 m.) 21.53 mc/s (13.93 m.), 21.47 mc/s (13.97 m.), p.m. 17.79 mc/fc (18.86 m.), 15.18 mc/s (19.76 m.)
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  • 498 12 Programme Of William Froude Laboratory PROPOSALS lor future work at the William Fronde Laboratory, which form part of the National Physical Laboratory, are indicated in a report issued by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. Generally speaking, the work will oe j the natural extension
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  • Article, Illustration
    62 12 HITLER'S DOUBLE at first glance one would think that the man on the right of this picture was Herr Hitler, but the man uho bears such a striking resemblance to the Fuehrer is Ritter yon Kpp. He is seen here with Dr. Goebbels and General (Muring waiting foi Hitler outside
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  • 172 12 TTHE statement thai the King will follow in the tradition of his lather and grandfather and race his own yacht is very pleasing news. There ua.really very littie doubt that this would prove to be the case, since his Majesty's love for the MO almost amounted to an
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  • 101 12 Who Will Design New Yacht AS to who will design the vessel this is at present purely a matter of speculation, and therefore it is premature to mentionn any name, however >bvious it might seem All that need be said is to express the bona that whoever is entrusted with
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  • 36 12 The Taiping Rotary Club will hold a guest night and dinner at the Hokkien Hoay Kuan. Taiping. on Sept 24 Rotarian R Sidney of Singapore will deliver an address and show films of interest to Rotariana
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 503 12 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated In F.M.S.) TELEPHONE: Freight 5433 Passage 5431 LLOYDS AGENTS. BOOKING AC.ENTS FOX FEDEEATED MALAY STATES RAILWAYS KOYAL STATE RAILWAYS OF SIAM. CANADIAN PACIfIC -WOtUfiCfiMJin? .Incorporated in England* rmAvei. mshm* THE "EMPRESS- ROUTE offers TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES via HONOLULU or direct IMPRESS to VANCOUVER— ACROSS CANADA by TRANS-CONTIN-ENTAL
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    • 36 12 TELEPHONE CBjI V PHONE *^F*\^ 5471 (5 lines) IOSE do time in call* -*ing us whatever the need may be for in the Classified Want-Ad Columns lie result* wailing to &<*rve you. jfrce press WANT ADS
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    • 154 12 BIBBY LINE [Lotsßow wmm 1 22, PALI MML, MINIKIN UU 1 Mail Passt RAM.onv < oi oMIio I'oim mo MARSEILI I S, PLI 1101 lii IM I lIMION with thi z Sin HUM! Wmmß fi 111 I I Lea* Ran: i oMs) WORCESTERSHIHL CHESHIRE YORKSHIRE DERBYSHI SHROPSHIRE STAFFORDSHIRE OXFORDSHIRE WORCESTERSHIRE
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 591 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 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 pm. Malacca, Batu
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    • 112 12 VESSELS ARRIVED Shirala, Br., 4,872 tons, from Osaka 16, to Calcutta 18. G.G. Merlin, Fr., 954 tons, from Saigon 16, to Saigon 18. Hurricane, American, 6 tons, from Florida 16, to U.S. via Cape Town Oct. Ipoh. Br., 528 tons, from T Anson 16, to T. Anson 18. Scott Bsuley,
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    • 144 12 SINGAPORE auMtJ The followin, wharves or ex] East Whan H,«, Rajula 22 Main Wharf Entrain. Menestheus 18 13: City ol 1.. Empire Dork I nt Kaaianini nor 36. j Empire Dork Knti K. 40 Empire Dock I BUv< West Whan I -„t, Mnla i West Wharl l.ttr.. i.. Ben venue
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 468 13 m BYP&OandBRITISH INDIA LINES INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND) P. O. S. N. COS SAILINGS, OUTWARDS Due Due tonnage Spore. Tonnage Spore. 1M37 1927 RAJPUTANA 17 000 Nov. 5 [BAOI 15.000 Sept 24 SOUDAN 6 500 Nov. 19 6 000 Sept. 25 RANPURA 17.000 Nov. 19 15.000 Oct 8 RAWALPINDI 17 000
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    • 404 13 McALISTEReC o (Incorporated tn Straits Settlerrients I |y Wlf^ ELLERMAN BUCKNALL S.S. Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in England.) "ELLERMAN LINE" FOR CNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL Steamer Due Sails 1 1 CITY OP BAGDAD Havre. London, R'dam, H'burg, Glasgow Sept. 29 Oct. 2 CITY OP PITTSBURG Havre,
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    • 1029 13 SHIPPING THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean Aberdeen and Commonwealth I^»* Steam Ship Co., Ltd., and China Mutual Tin- Hua Khiow steamship Co., (1932) Lid Steam Navigation Co., Ltd.) The < unard White Star Ltd. The Straits Steamship Co., Ltd. Shaw Savill and Albion Co.. Ltd. The China Navigation Co., Ltd.
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 666 14 K. P. M. TOBA -Saturday. Sept. 18, Moeara-Saba and Djambi. PATRAS— Saturday. Sept. 18. Rhio (passengers and mails only). Padang-Bay (passengers and mails only), Ampenan 'passengers and mails only). Boeleleng I passengers and mails qtoly). and Soerabaia. TOBELO— Saturday, Sept. 18, Pontlanak. TOBOALI— Saturday Sept. 18. Sel at- Pandjang. Koedap,
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    • 642 14 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE <^m/ AMERICAN MAIL LINE TO EUROPE. FROM SINGAPORE AND PENANG VIA COLOMBO, Bo.MX.it SUEZ, PORT SAID. ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES, GENOA, MARSEILLES AND NEW YORK. Arrives Leaves Leaves ArHres Spore. Spore. Penan*. New York. Pres. Van Buren Sept. 19 Sept. 21 Sept. 23 Nov. 2 Pres. Garfield Oct 3
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    • 486 14 O. S. K. LINE! POR AFRICA AND SOUTH AMERICA I Tamahoko Maru Cape Town via Mombasa Tanga, Zai. zibar, Dar-es-Salaam, Beira. Lour» Marques, Durban and Port Eizabeth t Rio de Janeiro Maru Buenos Aires via Colombo. Duroau. Cape Town. Rio de Janeiro ■ftntoi Montevideo Holland Maru (ape Town via Mombasa.
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  • 796 15 Downed For First Time In His Career i IRNANDEZ RETAINS THE LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE PHAMFION lunacio Fernandez made sensational ring history in Singapore last night by unexpectedly knocking out contender Nai Boon Mah in the eighth round of their scheduled 15-3-min.-round fight for the lightweight
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  • 346 15 Medicals Beat Chinese Four Goals To Two HOCKEY MATCH AT TANGLIN TTHE R.A.M.C. met the Chinese at hockey at Tanglin yesterday afternoon and the Medicals won by four goals to two. The R.A.M.C, forwards were well i served by their half-backs. Mahoney being conspicuous, and they made most of their
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  • 51 15 H.Q. Wing defeated "A" Company of he Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in the nter-Company s'nior soccer leagu? at i ranglin yesterday afternoon. H.Q Ving dominated the game throughout nd goals wer' 1 scored by Nind (thr3e>. I /ampbell, Thompson and Collins (two j ;oals) were the goal
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  • 91 15 The following will play rugger for he Riff RafT.s XV team against the ULF. <H.Q.) today at Farrer Park at p.m.: J. Ransom: D. D'Cotta. A Gardner. Reutens. Ebert; P. Cooke, R. Lewis; I Scul'y. E. Albrecht. E. Carroll; A. I'Sylva. A. Peterson; K. Mathiew. T. t
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  • 428 15 Keen Competition At Raffles Institution Swimm i ng Ca rn iva l THE Ha tile- Institution School held their first Annual Swimming Carnival yesterday at the V.M.C.A. Swimming pool at Fort CanrTng and it proved to be a success. Competition was keen and the many spectators who were present enjoyed
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  • 251 15 THE following are today's fixtures in the Home soccer leagues: ENGLISH LEAGUE. DIVISION I. Arsenal vs Sunderland. Birmingham vs. Charlton. Blackpool vs. Leicester. Briton vs. Everton. Brentford vs. Wolverhampton Leeds vs Huddersfield. Liverpool vs. Grimsby. Manchester C. vs. Derby. Middlesbro vs. Chelsea. Stokr vs. Portsmouth. West Bromwich
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  • 69 15 Tne following piavers wil 1 repres r.t tne Banka XI against the 7 amil Bro- f'.erhood Party on Sunday on the i M.F.A ground «off Balestier Road>: Pak Tong; Soon San. Mook Woong i Kong Hee. Seng Quee. Thian Teck; Cboong Hee. Te? Sian. Liang Sin.
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  • Article, Illustration
    24 15 KOH POH SENG (right) and Chow Yong Seng, first and second in the plunging event at Raffles Institution swfmming c_t._*._J yesterday. (Free Press photo).
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  • 181 15 Results of the tennis ties played in 1 th? S.C.C tournament yesterday were i as follows: "B" Cass Doubles Handicap H. Sardernan and P H. Boo"-; BkmI fail < *:'>> beat a. Bvehanaa inti a. j ThnrsAeld i 15 6 l 8-^ "B" Class Singles Heap (Semi
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 1091 15 CHURCH SERVICES II WDRrWS ATHEDKAL Meeting Speaker: Mr. Wee Teow Poh TRIM IV XVII Subject:— "Prayer." Fri 3 p.m. Women's Bible Clas.s (in 650 a.m Holy Communion. Malay). > a.m. M 8 p.m. Hokien Service •am. Choral Eucharist. Speaker: Mr. Oh Teow Suan a m Holy Communion 19 a m
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  • 1176 16 Komolux Chosen As Day's Best Bet GOOD AFTERNOON'S SPORT PROMISED (Hy "Bookie") f THK serond day's races of the Singapore Autumn Skye Meetting wiP he held this afternoon and with its termination wS close the Singapore Autumn racing season. The card of eight events
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  • 65 16 Mr. Khoo Kirn Leong of the American Express Co.. No. 1, Collyer Quay, has been elected a member of the' committee) of management of the Amateur Sporting Association for the year 1937. DYNE CUP AT TANGLIN CLUB In the Dyne cup tennis final at the Tanglin Club
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  • 34 16 Results of English League matches played on Thursday are cabled by Reuter as follows: DIVISION I. Brentford 2 Blackpool 4 DIVISION 11. Norwich 1 Aston Villa 0 Sheffield Wed. 0 Tottenham 3
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  • 606 16 Defeat Malays In Yesterdays Cup Tie By Nimrod Gordons 2. Malays 1. TTHE Gordon Highlanders managed to put themselves into the second round of the Singapore Cup. They were ex-ceeding-y lucky to get away with yesterday's tie against the Malays; good fortune stayed with them to the end.
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  • 313 16 Yesterday's Hockey A I i Balestier T lli". Indian Association drew 2-2 in their li x mmmfm Mfc (he Air Force at Balestier K< ad ground yesterda teams .were making their first appearance for the sea both Clubs with a little practice, should be able
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  • 97 16 pUGI'LAR erieket n, Ms a\ with 10 Alsatian n- the field are played at andria in New South Wale* The dogs have been train, d \n two police constables The field of dots |s v., t l()v, in ordinary cricket. sa\s lra| News, and the dogs
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 100 16 ONE HUNDRED YEARS' HISTORY OF THE CHINESE IN SINGAPORE Being a chronological record of the contribution by the Chinese Community To the Development, Progress and Prosperity of Singapore; of events and incidents concerning the whole or sections of that community: and of the lives, pursuits and public service of individual
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    • 69 16 'Experience Tells' E_^^^^^P^ PTm _*__£l__b___ ■_fc^§^ 4ar^ m.. v>^^ 'Vv _________i _L »j_ I __> T l _a .^^^B _P__l W*T ~^-r^Mm\ 1 ____^^I__H J -I l^-fc-F^ I W jb"'-- 'Am _^Sa a_J^\.i ____s '.tjSm Experience extending over more than haH a century has taught Fraser <k Neave to produce
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