The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 27 September 1937

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  • 17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. NO. 15.TM ESTD. 1833 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1937 10 CENTS.
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  • 1187 1 Near Military Objectives, Will Be Bombed Such Conditions Accepted Under 1923 Convention Says Spokesman FAITH BEING PL A CED IN "BIG PUSH" ACCORDING to a statemen maJe in Shanghai yester- day, non-combatants in C :ina may expect little mercy from Japan if they do not leave
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  • 557 1 Terrific Crowds See Duce Receive Rejewelled German Cross QUESTION WAS "DISCUSSED" IN MUNICH U-KIHC crowds were drawn n> Munich for the meeting between Hitler and Mussolini at which 11 Duce was presented Hitler with a jcwel-rncruste:! specimen of the Grand Cross the Order of the GonMUl T;igle which was conferred
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  • 31 1 London, Sept. .25. Ketail prices of certain brands ol tea are advancing by two pence per lt> from Monoay. The charge fox higher priced grades lern^ins unchanged. Reuter.
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  • 148 1 Move To Cut Kowloon Railway Expected JAPANESE ACTIVITIES IN THE SOUTH THE Japanese have landed men at Swatow, north-east of Hang Kong, and now command the harbour entrant. The Chinese are making great separations to drive them into the sea. states the Hong Kong correspondent of the Daily Telegraph. The
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  • 70 1 France Wants Abandonment Of Key Positions Paris. Sept. 25. Italy's pcsiticn in Spain dominates political ccrr.rrent in the press. The pWSen de?l?.re that the Italian hcpe that ir?re Italian troopf will not be sent to Spain ii insufficient and state that France can only be reassured when
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  • 88 1 The Central Government, Nanking, is considering experts' recommendations for organising an elaborate spying service to counteract traitors activities. A number of foreign professional spies have offered their sei vices on cheap salaries. In order to relieve economic hardship the Japanese Government has ordered unmarketable goods \alued 85,000,000 yen
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    • 58 1 p c GalUims r> Scotsttlhisky 9 M,".« «nd Frien«lly Spmf Tonight Cocktail Dance 630 to 8.30 p.m Dinner and Dance (informal) 930 to i-iidnight POPULAR CABARET ATTRACTION SZITA ANIS ONF OF AMERICA'S FOREMOST DANCE TEAMS Featuring their i».iious and sensational interpretation of a Russian Dance THE SEASONS GREATEST SUCCESS Won
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    • 80 1 (ifGo&hurfs Scots UMsh a Mellow and Friendly Spirit ADELPHI SEA VIEW HOTELS THIS WEEK. SPECIAL DINNER DANCE DINNER DANCE MUSIC BY THE I RELLER BAND NO AFTER DINNER ADMISSION CHARGE ADELPHI HOTEL: Tuesday Thursday SEA VIEW HOTEL: Wednesday Saturday SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3 f 1937 11 a.m. sharp FASHION PARADE held
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  • 113 2 Diary Of The Day The Tides Hish Wat r, 3.13 a.m. 7.8 ft.. 2.37 p m. 8« ft. Sports Soccer: S.C.C. vs. Publishers (F.A. Cup) at Anson Road Rugger: S.C.C. 10-min. fines, Hockey: C.SC. vs. Police. SRC. vs. <R-A. <7th Bdge.) at S.R.C. Colts vs. R.A.F. "A" at Farrsr Park.
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  • 318 2 Chinese Merchant Saved From Tong Mob HEARSE SENT TO HOUSE AN incident growing out Of the present Sino-Japanese war in China was enacted in Manila by Chinese ton^ members who stoned the La Fortuna wine store at 360 Sto. Cristo and threatened to wipe out a liquor bodega
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  • 185 2 Magician And Mind Reader At The Capitol "The Great Gambini/' the latest M.G.M. film at the Capitol, is one ol the best efforts in comedy thrillers I turned out in Hollywood. I Akim Tamirofl the Russian actor who made a name for himself in "Michaei Strogoff." carries
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  • 89 2 Supplies From Only China. Europe, Or America One hundred tinsmiths representing about the same number of shops met at the premises of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce on Saturday afternoon to discuss uniform measures to be adopted in connection with the future order of tin -sheets.
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  • 89 2 Britain Concurs With M. Delbos* Proposals London, Sept. 25. The Foreign Office states that the British charg? d'AfTaires in Rome has bc^n instructed to tell Count Ciano that the British Government has been fully informed of the conversations at Geneva between M. Delbos and Signor Scoppa and to
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  • 51 2 At a meeting of the Pahang State Council the acting British Resident. Mr. J. V. Cowgill. welcomed His Highness the Sultan back to Pahang after his visit to England to attend the Coronation of King George VI. His Highiv.-ss the Sultan replied and expressed his
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  • 44 2 Certain UNttDen ot the committee of tne Singapore Red Cross Funds have proposed that all Chinese property owners should voluntarily give one or two days' revenue towards ihe lunds. The proposal should swell the funos by at least $400,000.
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    17 2 pnoto). THE CRAB RACE caused some amusement, at the Girls' Sport Club sports on Saturday. Free Press
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  • 98 2 Soviet-Manchukuo Trouble Soon Says Japan Shanghai. Sept. 26. MR. Ariyoshi. former Japanese Ambassador to China, in an interview with foreign and Japanese newspapermen, said that trouble between the Soviet and Manchukuo will inevitably break out in the near future, in view of the recent massing of Soviet forces in the
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  • 87 2 Warm Welcome For New Vessels From Japan (From Our Own Correspondent* Bangkok. Sept. 26. FIVE new vessels for the Siam navy built in Japan wera welcomed home today after a long and tedious voyage which included riding out and anchoring at Hong Kong during the typhoon. Huge crowds
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  • 22 2 Law Notice For The Day The Acting Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Home at Johore Court of Appeal. Reuter and British Wireless
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  • 339 2 London Perturbed At New York Weakness London, Sept. 25. The city Is serlousiy perturbed at the continued weakness of Wall Street which it believes is due partly to the tears of reforms by Mr. W. O. Douglas, the newly-appointed chairman of the Securities Exchange
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    • 349 2 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENT^ /IVO/D PRICKLY HEAT 6y using AGNESIA ANTISEPTIC DUSTING POWDER. Manufacturers, GRAFTOK LABORATORIES. BOARD RESIDENCE I SEA-FRONT KATONG GRANGE— 77, Meyer Rd. (near Swimming Club) Board-Residence at moderate rates Large Gardens Tennis. Phone: 5758. j THE MANSION, OXLEY RISE lON-LICENSED RESIDENTIAL HOTEL Daily and ruunthly terms. TEL. *****. NAPIER
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    • 220 2 Jfrcc p r Koala Ijimpoi>on, A lIIK lp«h Office; Ma l»hnfu London OfTW Mr Tel Ni^| SUBSCRIPTION RA]^ Quarterly Jj Half \eariy t*mriy Note.— Qm»Utlon rh^ui* ih- the osval bank dlscoir.i ADVERTISEMENT P A J The chArjren and IfMtrartka. -BIFIED ADVERTIB1 M* \t *L H under. To I>t, PVjt Salo
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  • 431 3 B. B.C. NOT TO COUNTERBLAST FOREIGN PROPAGANDA Mr J. B. Clark Tells Free Press Of The Empire Service Aims Bid lAIN is not likely to take any steps to counteract antiBritish propaganda emanating from foreign stations, Mr. I H (lark, director of the 8.8.C. Empire short-wave service, !»,!el the Kree
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  • 55 3 $200,000 Remitted For War Sufferers 'From Our Own Correspondent) lpuh Sept. H Chinese have responded gento th» appeal lor funds to be Chin.i :,> aid Rod Cross work r th»> allc-.i iti«>n of suffering In wur zone. iimUlinim already have been v tht- Perak CMina Red Cross
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  • 65 3 OFFICERS GOING TO SHANGHAI MEARLY 120 Indo-Chinese troops who have been serving with the French forces in Syria passed through Singapore yesterday aboard the Mes- sageries Maritimes liner Andre Lebon. They are returning to French IndoChlna. where ttaaf will rejoin the rative regiments Also travelling on
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  • 259 3 Forced Landing At Teluk Anson (From Our Own Correspondent) Teluk Anson, Sept. 24. A single-seater Gypsy I Moth plane. VR-SAI. belonging to the Royal Sin- j gapore Flying Club, met with a slight j mishap yesterday on the Clayton Golf Course. Teluk Anson. The plane was piloted
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  • 211 3 Programme Of Drills For This Week The Singapore Volunteer Corps programme of drills for the week ending Oct. 3 is as follows Monday. Sept. 2T 5.13 p.m Headquarters S.R.A. (r) Lecture. 30x Range H.Q. S.F.C.R.E. (v) Testing Rifles. Headquarters S.FC.R.E. (v) Musketry. S.V.F.A. Unit Training. Tanglin Hospital S.VJ.A. Unit
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  • 26 3 At 7.20 pm. tonight a talk on "The Control of Rabies" will be given from the Singapore radio station.
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  • 162 3 GOVERNMENT'S REQUEST TO ORGANISERS 'THE following communique was! issued lust night: "In the communique issued in regard tv the raising of relief funds for sufferers in the Far East, the Government asked that organisers of funds should seek consent before
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  • 132 3 Inspector's Remark In Court Penanff. Sept. 25. THAT some of the cyclists were a nuisance on the road was a statement made by Inspector Blake before Mr. Lim Cheng Ean. the Additional Police Magistrate, in the Penang Middle Court yesterday, when a Chinese cyclist was charged
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  • 123 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) I poh, Sept. 25. Perak had the unique distinction of producing two freaks during the week. One was stillborn and the other died a lew days after birth The mothers of bath freaks were inmates of a hospital. The first one
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  • 64 3 London, Sept. 24. Four of the five Singapore 111 flying boats of No. 210 Squadron, Royal Air Force, which left England on Monday for the Mediterranean, to take part in the scheme for employing aircraft in the anti- piracy patrol, are now based at
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    42 3 LOCOMOTIVE FOR CHINA. The Italian freighter Fusijama. which arrived in Singapore yesterday on her way from the Mediterranean to China ('oast ports, is carrying this large railway engine for the Canton- Kowloon Railway. The engine is Irom the Skoda Works in Czechoslovakia.
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  • 391 3 TAMIL ASKS TO BE SHOT IN PUBLIC WOMAN CURSES HER HUSBAND Disturbances In Penang Courts (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Sep*, 25. 'TWO incidents yesterday disturbed the usual placid atmosphere of the Penang Courts. The first occurred when a middleaged Chinese woman roundly cursed her husband at the top of
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  • 94 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, Sept. 25. The death took place in Taiping on Thursday night of Che Ahmad, a Government pensioner, and father-in-law of Che Kamai-uddin of the Malay 'Administrative Service, Ta'piny. The deceased had been ailing for some time. Che Ahmad was formerly in
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  • 498 3 PUNJABIS ADVISED TO BE HONEST Judge Regrets Quash in g Magis tra te 's Sen len cc From Our Own Correspondent* lpoh, Sept. 25. I AM letting you go. not beet MM there is a ./rap o: merit amo: you, but because I do not think that the Perak River
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  • 53 3 tIdOII Sifil I By an excli Britten a:id F> t-tn h :iiLid»--j ii unprotected raffia prodw I In s proit wM ente:- the United Xl and ci B; IU h B usi h and k.tini I be xempt I &io Pi an< >• [roi
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    • 153 3 How to Cure PILES Simple Application Stops Pain and starting. Pitt HmA Cowpitf ly. Uatil Dr Yen Vfeok's sUrtlinf discovery A tn» AUorptive Pile Plasm*, the sur jioou knife was the only core for bad •Jc«. But the ""Ming healing effect of It. Van Vleck's Abeorptire Pile Plasma, I many
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    • 117 3 VICTORIA MEMORIAL HALL ONE RECITAL ONLY Thursday, October 7th at 9.30 p.m. JOSEF LAMPKIN NOTED AMERICAN VIOLINIST BOOKING AT LITTLES iMCfORJA MEMORbU HALL Under the Distinguished Patronage wi H. E. The Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, c.c.m code. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3rd AT 9.15 P.M. THE SSKGAPORE MUSICAL SOCIETY PRESENTS HANDEL S
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  • 334 4 FOREIGN NEWS Freddie Bartholomew To Get Higher Pay IT is understood that Goldwyn- Mayer are prepared to raise the £220-a-week salary of Fredd.Bartholomew their 13- year -old London boy star to £450 WHEN the Duke and Doeh m Windsor arrived in Vienna Ly train
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  • 506 4 Financial News THE SBtCSSI of the Nyon Conier- < i.e.: left the markets singularly inmowed. Not only did the Stock Ex-I>anp.e tail to recover: prices have tal.en sharply, the technical position is developing !unsatis:av-tv>rily, and there are ominous rumours of serious trouble m the Fiovinces. To the in-
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  • 804 4 NEW SCHOOL FIGHT IN ROMFORD. MOTHERS AND CHILDREN STORM OLD SCHOOL. Romford children accompanied by their mothers stormed the gates of a school in London Road, Romford, which the children have been attending. They mere accovcpanied by Councillor A. E. Fruitnight, a member of the Romford Council.
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  • 666 4 Attack On Death Duties In Runciman Will AN attack on death duties is con- tamed in the will of Lord Runciman. the 90-year-old shipowner, who died on Aug. 13. Lord Runciman charged his son. the former President of the Board of Trade, to "Advocate that one ol the
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    • 70 4 KATI AN (HICKS >lakrr and repairer of rattan and ltrrt:im Chicks. Canvas and Spring Winds Tarpaulins. Tents. K.i^'n r.iur sheens. Kertani NllK Wi c Nrtti'i-.' en- in < WtHil huntings and Flag*. ABDUL KAHMAN, !< lephone 1454 (Illite: 6(1 Kohinsun Koad. «uoDo.sltf» Telegraph Co.) Worksho'i: VX). Joo Chiat Place, Singapore,
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    • 207 4 SAY "SIS. "YOUR TEETH LOOK DULL. COVEREO WITH FI4_M 5 '^P*^ X"®PW START USING PIPIODIM 1 J>Jr*^ N?*s&r^i TOOTH PASTE TOOAV ANO I WHY. MY TMTH DO LOOK DARLING— ALL AT ONCE I C% FANER AND BRIGHTER AF- REALIZED THAT I WANTED TC TER USING PCPSOOthi THIS SEE YOUR SWEET
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  • 327 5 MR. HAROLD DAHL, an Ameit an volunteer ficliling ior the Spanish Government, was »-aptu;ed by the insurgent troops uhile piloting an aeroplane. Mrs. Dahl, beautiful blonde wife < the airman, who was siayin? at Cannes, believed her husband rt;ad luitil. receiving news of him, she
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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  • 781 6 Very Old Rubber On Part Of Estate; Factory Is Obsolete ADDRESSING shareholders at the annual meeting of Brunei United A Plantations Ltd.. in Singapore on Saturday, Mr. Lee Chim Tuan, ti\e I lull man, taid: fefOM proceeding with the formal business of this meeting I
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  • 340 6 INFORMATION BY EXCHANGE OF HATS (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 24. THAT over 1,000 Chinese had been court- martialled in Canton recently for spy activities was revealed by a Chinese newly arrived in Kuala Lumpur from China. He told me that these traitors disclosed
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  • 191 6 Tuesday, Sept. 21. Mr. R A Cary. M.P. arnved to stay at Government House. Wednesday, Sept. 22. Commander and Mrs I Whitehorn, Commander T. M. Brownrigg. Major A. W S. Mallaby and Lieut R A. L P. Hooper dined ut Govern ment House Thursday, Sept. 23. Mr. J
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  • 386 6 (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, Sept. 25. A TALE of a man being robbed while he was serving a sentence in prison was told to the Taiping Magistrate yesterday, when a Can- tonese named Low Kwan Tai was charged with thetft of a smoking pipe,
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    31 6 photo). MR. H. A. PORTER, of Printers Ltd., Singapore, and Miss Lily West, who were married at St. Andrew's Cathedral on Saturday. The bride arrived from Europe last Monday. Free Press
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  • 171 6 Elderly Vagrant Wants To Pray <From Our Own Correspondent) Penan-. Sept. 15. "I am a very religious man and I wish to say my prayers five times a day," were words uttered by an elderly Indian, Kadir Alishah, after his re- quest for repatriation
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  • 88 6 WH Y "MR." SI RIPES CHASED CAR 'From Our Owji Correspondent j Sungei Patani, Sept. 24. JA' all-night watch kept last night by HH. Tunku Abdul Majid and a shooting party for Mr. Stripes in Baling jungle proved fruitless owing to rain. Another party from Bukit Selambau also failed. On
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  • 34 6 <From Our Own Correspondent) Penan?. Sept. 25. The Penang Distressed Europeans Fund assisted 15 cases during the half-year ended June. 19J7. the total ielief granted during the period being $1,569.
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  • 321 6 Air And Sea Inter- 800 king An Attraction A RECENT examination of traffic figures on Empire air routes shows a remarkable increase in the volume of passengers, notably on the service between England and India UQF COURSE, at this fmT explains Imp r..,i A
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  • 224 6 Disobedience And Assault Of Master Alleged <From Our Own Correspondent* Penan;, Sept. 25. IN making a request to have the case compounded, a Malay sailor on board the motor-launch Chaya, who was brought up before Mr. T. D Hughes in the Penang Police Court yesterday on
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 18 6 When looking for GIFTS Choose an everlasting one From U. S. de SUVA Manufacturing Jeweller 106. Orchard Road*
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    • 152 6 The 1937=^ n ANNUAL THE PREMIER ANNUAL OF THE FAR EAST Will contain several full pafe.es of coloured prints pictorially portraying the infinite charm il Malaya, Several full-pa&e colour places -i-^^ depicting the vivid beauty ol /f\& r\ ~T Malayan life and landscape. D£ft I These plates will be splendidly
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  • 80 7 (Irotn Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. Sept. 26. pIVE thousand two hundred and frur letters were receivrd by MM Kuhher Research Institute of M.il'v.i in 1 making inquiites recording rubber production and manufacture. REPLIES SENT WERE 4.881 In addition, thei.- were 2.507 cir<ul ir\ and
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  • 709 7 Have You No Conscience Or Feelings For Mankind *> To the Editor of the Free Press Sir: May I address the following letter to the Japanese? It expresses my opinions and those oi many others Stop it! Stop it! Have you gone off ycur senses?
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  • 626 7 Letters To The Editor What Should The Local Born Community Think UOW do the Straits-Chinese regard the Sino-Japanese war? Opinions in the community differ widely, and many local-born Chinese, who are 1 proud of their British citizenship, now feel that China, the land of
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  • 178 7 12 Years' Absence From Our London Correspondent) London, Sept. 26. ACCORDING to "Autolycus," in the Sunday Timey. Prince Chula-Cha-krabongse. who has been living in England lor the last 12 years, and who represented Siam at the Coronation, is ;to visit his native country during the winter.
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  • 76 7 London. Sept. 26. Wembley district in northwest London, which is known the world over as the site of the great empire exhibition of 1924 and of the empire stadium which has been the scene of many annual athletic and sporting events, has been incorporated as a
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    • 323 7 GREAT Success! One of the Best Mystery RETURN SCREENING All Shows Packed Out Thrillers ever made! Popular TONIGHT ONLY Yesterday! °P inion PAVILION ALHAMBRAI CAP'TOI- I rowan 6.15 9.15 sts TOHreHT ls WILLIAM POWELL Come and enjoy a real good MYPNA fOY First 8 Chapters of thnil m m.g.ms great
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  • 616 8 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1937. The World Denounces Japan 's Tactics JAPANESE propaganda will avail v nothing to wipe from the world's memory the bitter reflections which remain alter the air raid horrors of the past week. No longer can the Gaimusho talk convincingly of Japans great
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    7 8 CCTMAMY NKN COLONIES* (Copynght h a;; r
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  • 741 8 Services Notes <From Our Correspondent London, Sept. 14 (By Air). •yHE trooping season of 1937-38 which is somewhat sketchy because of events in the Mediterranean and the Far East began with the dispatch of drafts to Singapore and Hcng Kong by the new trooper Dunera.
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  • 539 8 WHEN Mr. J. B. C'ark. the tapir' radio director, gets to pjnang during his Malayan tour, he v.ill BNiet c< Ir-uat'cns representing European, Indian, Chinese. Malay and Eurasian listeners who will each express their i opinions on the B B.C. broadcasts. I hope they will not
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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    • 26 8 For MOTOR CAR INSURANCE APPLY VO THE GENERAL ACCIDENT FIRE V LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION LTD (Incorporated in Great Britain) HONG KONG BANK CHAMBERS SINGAPORE. PHONE: 6480
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  • 475 9 EUROPEAN WOMAN'S "NO" TO LIFE ON PENANG LEPER ISLAND MRS. SOUTHERN'S REPLY TO MALAYAN COURT ORDER "Must Wife Risk Life For Her Husband?" (From Our London Staff) London, Sept. 26. THE report that the Penang magistrate refused to enforce a provisional £l-a-week maintenance order made by Blackpool magistrates in May
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  • 268 9 Flying Club Captain In Plane Mishap Forced Landing After Bad Weather Frcjm Oisr Own Corresponded I Teluk .son. Sept. 2.V A MW.LE^SEAIER Gypsj I Moth j plane, VR-SAI. belonging to the Royal Sir.iianore F'..v:r.- Club, met with a slight mishap on the Clayton Golf Course. Teluk Anson. The plane, piloted
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  • 77 9 "I'nchallcntfeable Position" Says Lord Lee London. Sept. 36. At the opening of the fourth Antique Dealers' fair and exhibition yesterday. Lord Lee of Fareham referred to the unchallengeable position of London as th^ centre of the art -dealing world The exhibition is under the patronage of
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  • 53 9 New Commercial Agreement Foreshadowed A Dome! message from Tokio states that it is understood that a commert.;reemdnt will shortLy be concluded between Siam and Japan "along the lines of the old one. but with a better chance provided for drawing, still closer, the friendly reiations between the
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  • 92 9 THE payment of rewards for the killing of tigers in the coast districts was agreed by the Pahang State Council on certain conditions. Mr. G. M. Harding was of the opinion that the rewards were too restricted by conditions and that they shculd be made
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  • 180 9 Britain Prepares For Health Campaign Itli. IHMNK l»l..\.Y\Fl> London, Sept. 26. In connection with the national h alth campaign which the Prime Minister wil\ inaugurate on Thursday, the Minister of Health and President of the Board of Education have sent the following rcessag? to all local authorities: "Over a number
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  • 67 9 At the Royal Lancashire Show held at Manchester recently, Jersey cows from tho Ovaltine' dairy farm were awarded three first prizes, three seconds, two thirds and the Blythwood Bowl. This brings the number of 'Ovaltine' awards at the leading agricultural shows this year to
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  • 55 9 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca. Sept. 26. Mr. Lc?e Soo Hoe. aged 77. died at his residence 35. Bachang Road, Malacca, a day after his grandi daughter's wedding. At the funeral the mourners included numbers of the Keng Leong Whav. the Ghee Hoe Whay
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  • 42 9 London. Sept. 26. All records for recent years have been broken by attendance figures for the first two days at the bicycle and motor-cycle show which opened in the new pvhihit.inn buildinc at Earl's Court. British Wireless
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  • 113 9 THRILLS AND EXCITEMENT AT ALHAMBRA Jungle Film Is Good The first six chapters of "Jungie j Jim", the Universal adventure film which opened a season at the Alhambra yesterday, provide good entertainment. This film indeed ranks with all pre- I vlous high standard 'jungle films'. Several jungle sequences in the
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  • 138 9 'From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Sept. I<». The Malacca branch of the Royal Life Saving Society was successfully j established tonight at an inaugural meeting held at the High School hall. Mr. B. F Bridge, District Judg2, presided. A committee comprising Mr. B. F.
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  • 47 9 The Imperial Airways' west- bound 'plane Arethusa, piloted by Captain Garsaid, damaged a wheel and undercarriage while taking off from the Cawnpore aerodrome last week. The machine is under repair and has been rendered unserviceable for j several weeks, says a Cawnpore report.
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  • 84 9 (From Our Own Coi respondent) Bangkok, Sept. 26. THE Premier Minister of Siam, Phya Bahol, told friends this wet* k: "^fter my death, should I be reborn. I pray that I may never become a Premier again. It is not an easy task to perform the
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  • 160 9 Imperial Preference To Continue In Ceylon Colombo, Sept. 26. THE State Council has adopted the motion of the Financial Secretary for the extension of imperial preference indefinitely. The Minister lor Commerce stated that the action would not deprive them of the right of reopening the
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  • 101 9 (From Our London Staff* According to experts at the Grocers Exhibition at the Royal Agricultural Hall, Islington, housewives of Great Britain will buy 1 /G0, 000.000 tins of 350 different kinds of food this year. Importers of Malayan pineapples are sparing no effort lo obtain their
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  • 52 9 London, Sept. 26. The Duke and Duchess of Kent. Mr. Neville Chamberlain, Mr. Anthony Eden, the French Ambassador, and the Gorman Charge d'Affaires were among the guests at a luncheon given in London by Senor Grandi in honour of the Duchess Aosta whn Is visifcinsr
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  • 314 9 M. Helsey On His Way To The Shanghai Front. A VETERAN French uai corres- pondent who has "covered" practically every war for the past 25 years was in Singapore yesterday by thp Messageries Maritimes liner. Andre Lehon. on his way to Shanghai. He is M.
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  • 38 9 The Times announces the birth ot a daughter to Dr. and Mrs. Mirhae. S. Good. Mr. 1 Good was formerly Mlss Dir.na Shehcy and is the diufhter of a former Chef Secretary F.MS
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    • 154 10 From London 5.30 p. m. Sept. 25 RIBBER: Closed Previously: a^d. 8 7 8 dPreviously: 813 16d. 815 16d Previously: 815 16d. 9d. Previously: 9d. 9 ITT6d. New York (Opening Price). Previously: 18.17. STOCKS: London 27.967 tons (27.037 tons) Liverpool 20,794 totas (20.870 tons) COPRA: Straits S.D.
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    • 61 10 From London: Latest Quotations Tin: Closed. Previously: Weak at £255 15s. Previously: £254 15s. MEW YORK TIN: Opening Price* Previously: 58.67. COPPER: Settlement: Previously: £51 ss. GOLD: Yesterday: £7 Os. 6d. Previously: £7 Os. 6» 2 d. SILVER: V Spot: 19 15 16 d. Previously: 19 1516
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    • 73 10 Foreign Exchange Rates London Closing Quotations Sept. 25 Method of Parity before Latest PreOtßtN Quoting 20-9-31 Rate vlously Paris Franc to 124 21 144 116 144% New York to 4.88 4.95 5 16 4.94% Amsterdam Guilders to 8.97 3 4 8.95 3 4 8.94 7 8 Hons Kong Per dollar
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    • 201 10 Saturday's Singapore Quotations Sept. 25 SELLING London. TT. 2 4 1 16 London, demand 2 4 1 16 London. 4 months' sight 2 4! 8 Lyons, demand 1680 Switzerland, demand 250 Hamburg, demand 142 New York, demand 57 3 4 Montreal, demand 57 11 16 Batavia. demand
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    • 90 10 Sept 12 o'clock nixm Buyers Sellers N I x j.vs.S. in cases <F\o n s^pt > 20 n 4 20 7/ 8 I V Q. in bales I FOB Bept L>9 116 29 316 v &a «spotloosf 'uwuidable Singapore > 29 8 29 4 Oei
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    • 54 10 Sept. 25 Gambier T.T. 8.00 White Cube 15.00 Hamburg Cube 15.50 White Muntok Pepper 17 00 Black Pepper 11.00 Copra. Mixed 4.95 Copra, sundried 5.20 Small Flake Tapioca 4.50 Rice Saigon Al $175 Rice, Siam. W.C. No. 1 $166 Rice Siam. W.C. No. 2 $155 Rice Siam.
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    • 41 10 London, Sept. 26. The total amount applied for in tenders for £50,000.000 treasury bills was £79.025,000. The average rate per cent for bills at three months was 9s. 10.83 d. against £s. 11.18 d. a week aco.— nritish Wireless.
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    • 652 10 EQUIPMENT COMPANIES' PROGRESS •yilE British electrical industry i one of the few industries whirl m. ide headway during the depres sion years, 1930-32. The great work of equipping th( "Grid" system of electrical produc tion and distribution has now beei accomplished, but the output of
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    • 57 10 Manila, Sept. 25. Last Sale Prices l*revious Today Antamok 0.57 0.57 Bongruet Consolidated unquoted 9.00 Consolidated Mines 0.013 0.013 IX.L 0.54 0.54 San Mauri'-io 0.58 0.61 United Paracale 0 475 0.48 These prices are published by cour- I ♦esy of Messrs. Levy Co., of Singa- i
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    • 39 10 Mr. E H H. Everest, who went home last November from Kuala Lumpur where he was a director of Boustead and Co., has retired from the East and he and Mrs. Everest have settled at Win.ser Farm, Rolvenden, Kent
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    • 387 10 Singapore, Sept. 24. MEAT Beef steak Kati 32 Beef stew or curry do 28 Fillet steak lb. 50 Mutton, Australian do 45 Pork, lean Kati 44 Pork lean and fat (Ist quality) do 34 POULTRY Capons (locally reared) Kati 50 Ducks each 48 Fowls Kati 35 Hens
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    • 193 10 Sept. 23. 24. 25. American Can. Com. 96 3 4 92» 2 93 1 American Can. Com. and Telegraph 159 156 3 4 156^4 Atcheson Railroad 58 55 54 1, Chesapeak 4P 4 42»0 39. Dupont 146 140 138' 4 Firestone 27>/ 2 26*8 25. General Electric
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    • 1188 10 Fraser and Co. 's List SATURDAY, 1 t> n» Closing Quotations MINING Buyers Srilfrs Ampat Tin (4s> 5s 6d 6s> 3d c.d. Asam Kumbang 34s 6d 36b 6d Austral Malay (£> 56s 57s 6d Ayer Hitani (ss, CLs 34^ <>d Ayer Weng .90 1 .on
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    • 68 10 S. E. Levy Co. Shanghai. Hongkong, Manila. Bii Investment Bankers and Brokers in Securities and Com moditie*. Daily Foreign Market Cables and Quotation Service MEMBERS NEW YORK COTJ'ON BDCBAM) COM^IODITY EXCHANGE INC NEW YORK COFFEE SUGAR EXCH A CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADECANADIAN COMMODITY EXCHANGE SHANGHAI STOCK EXCHANGE HONGKONG SHARE BROKER?'
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  • 1658 11 Will Provide High Yields In Boom Or Slump R.R.I. REPORT COMMENT ON INDUSTRY'S ECONOMICS elation with the Limmer and Trinidad Lake Asphalt Company on the use of an asphalt-rubber mixture as a binding material for highway surfacing, for which a grant has been received during
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  • 246 11 List Supplied By Messrs. Fraser Co. Singapore, Sept. 25, 1 p.m. Total Ici Bookc Close financial Company Dividend To Date Ex Dlv year TIN Pr.yuOle Date to dat* Ampat Tin 3% Int. Sept. 29 Oct. 21 Oct. 4 Burma Malay 6d. Sept. 23 Sept. iU Sept. 24
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    • 356 11 HONGKONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION (Incorporated in the Colony of Hong Kong) The liability of members b limited to the extent and in laauner prescribed by nuinumc No. t of IMS of the Colony. Authorised Capital $b0,0U0,000 Issued and Fully Paid-up.. $20,000,000 Reserve Fund: Sterling £6,500,000 Hong Kong Currency $10,000,000 Reserve
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    • 510 11 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AM* < lIINA (Incorporated in England by (Royal Charter) Paid up capital in GOO 000 shares of £5 each £3.000.000 Reserve Fund ihmjuou 'Reserve Liability or Proprietors ynuuo.uuu HEAD OM'Ki: 38, H.Nho P N t .,u 1 i.'>il..n E.C. Z. Agem-ies atid liruiuhes. Alor Star
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 391 11 RADIO PROGRAMMES FOR TODAY SINGAPORE 1.333 kc/s (22.5 a.) p.m. 6.00 Malay music (records). 6.30 Chinese music (peiping records). C.45 Mandarin language lesson No. 17. by Mr. Chang Vi Ling. 7.00 Symphony concert (records). 7.20 Talk: "The Control of Rabies." 7.30 Time, weather, news and announcements 7.45 "It seems Only
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  • 2225 12 Two Witnesses Tell How It Happened Penan?, Sept. 22. TWO versions of how the collision involving the s.s. "Kedah" and a tongkang occurred on Aug. 31, last year, in the Penang Harbour, was heard in the Supreme Court yesterday before, Mr. Justice Gordon Smith, in
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    • 421 12 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated In F.M.S.) TELEPHONE Freight 5433— Pa*sa*e 8431. LLOYDS AGENTS:— BOOKING AGENTS FOR FEDERATED MALAY STATES RAILWAYS. ROYAL STATE RAILWAYS OF SIAM. w£\ ■T v Canada to North America— w m^J^y-^^^^^^mm^^ I extra rail fare in Oanadii for UruwLn^ [19^^ person. Stop-overs if you wish In "^tlwffl^^k.
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    • 249 12 ■,-=r-. J HENDERSON LINE HUM i h OK S\ll ist.s By Fortnightly Passenger .steamer Between Rangoon, Port Sudan, Marseilles, Palma and England HOMKU mi. SAIUNGI Port of Disembarkation Plvmoutb l.rave Kanfoaß i H BURMA 16 YOMA Oot 30 PEGU Nov 13 KEMMENDINE Njv 27 CHINDWIN Dec. 11 AMARAPOORA D 0.
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    • 466 12 Local And Foreign Mail Dispatches And Arrivals BY TRAIN Bangkok every Saturday 7 p.m. Thursday 7.45 ajn. Swettenham, Taiping and Telok Anson; Weekdays* 7 pm Kota Bahru, Kuala Krai Thursday and Friday* 7.45 a.m. Sundays 7 p.m. Kvala Lumpur and Penang: Weekdays* 7.45 a.m. and Sundays 7 pm Malacca, Batu
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    • 308 12 SINGAPORE HARBOUR Tr* followiiig are slup* alongside lU wharves or exported to arrive East Wharf Entrant** Ciat»» 1 Fxit 1 Planciu> 22. Anhu U Main Wharf Entrance < ale Kxit Bulan lh Gorgon 17 A GlenshK'l 11 X< r Hjvcl 7. Empire H»Mk Enira t Silveray 32. a p.- 1..
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    • 487 13 BY PsOand BRITISH INDIA LINES INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND) P. O. S. N. COS SAILINGS, OUTWARDS i>ue Due Tonnage Spore. Tonnace Spore. 1937 1937 COMORIN 15.000 Oct. 8 RAWALPINDI 17 000 Dec 3 BHUTAN 6.100 Oct. 18 CORFU 15.000 Dec 17 RANCHI 11,500 Oct. 22 BURDWAN S 070 Dec 18 BEHAR
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    • 504 13 (Incorporated in Straits Settlements.) b /^c^ ELLERMAN BUCKNALL S.S. Co., Ltd, (Incorporated in England.) "ELLERMAN LINE" FOR UNITED KINGCOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL Steamer Due Sails li CITY OP BAGDAD Havre, London, R'dam. H'burg, Glasgow Sept. 28 Oct. 2 CITY OP PITTSBURG Havre, London, R'dam. H'burg, Glasgow
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    • 992 13 SHIPPING THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Oceaa Aberdeen and C onunonwealth Steam Ship Co., Ltd., aiid China Mutual The llua KJiiou Sleaotofelp v, (***** 1.44 Steam Navigation Co., Ltd.) unurd White Star Ltd. The Straits Steamship Co., Ltd. Shaw Saviil and Albion Co.. LUL I The China Navigation Co., Ltd. The
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    • 689 14 K. P. M. PLANCIUS— Monday, Sept. 27. Belawan-Deli REAEL-^Monday, Sept. 27, Muntok, Batavia, Semarang and Cheribon. ROK AN— Tuesday. Sept. 28. Bengkalis, Paneh. Berombang. TanjongMengeidar, Tanjong-Leidong and Asahan. BOELONGAN— Tuesday. Sept. 28. Rhio, Tambelan. Singkawang. Pemangkat and Selakau. MAKASSER— Wednesday, Sept. 29. P. Samboe. Poeloe-Kidjang. Sapat, Tembilahan, Poeloe-PaJlas, Pengallan -Estate
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    • 534 14 dollar steamship line Euramerican mail line 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 York. Pres. Garfield Oct 3 Oct 5 Oct. 7 Nov. 16 Pres. Hayes Oct 18 Oct 19
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    • 491 14 Q. S. K. LINE fOR AFRICA AND SOUTH AMERICA t Rio de Janeiro Maru Buenos Aires via Colombo, Durban, gep( Cape Town, Hio df Janeiro Santos and Montevideo. Holland Maru Cape Town via Mombasa, Zanzibar. Dar-es-Salaam, Beira, Lourenco Mar ques, Durban East London. Port Elizabeth and Mossel Bay Sumatra Maru
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  • 1367 15 Jonathan Pays ThreeFigure Dividend OPENING DAY OF SELANGOR AUTUMN MEETING (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 25. "THOUGH many well supported horses saw their backers through there was not one straight out favourite successful today, the opening day of the Selangor Turf Club's
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    27 15 photo) ROSSES K. DA SHAW N. Sullivan and M. de Sou/a were Dlaced in the 80 yards flat race at the G.S.C. sports on Saturday. Free Press
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  • 397 15 One Point Margin In Saturday's Rugger (From Our Special Correspondent.) Rengam, Sept. 25. IN a closely contested Rugby match here today the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force beat Johore by 9 points (three tries) to eight points (a goal and a try).
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  • 256 15 THHE second annual athletic sports meeting of thr Girls' Spjrts Club was held on Saturday and proved tho- roughly enjoyable. The shower of rain earlier in the afternoon made the track soft but the girls made up for this with their keenness, and at the
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  • 82 15 Auckland. Sept >5. Dominating the scrums and showing speed In threequarter play. South Africa today beat New Zealand 17—6 in the flnal test, thus winning the rubber. Fifty thousand spectators saw the All Black beaten on a soft ground, the weathjr being fine. Half time
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  • 33 15 Heavy rain flooded Anson Road' stadium on Saturday and caused the big match of the week, between the i Combined Services and the Chinese. I- i-iit' r him 1 »i<»iir.. to bo cnncoUert
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  • 98 15 Results of rugby games played at home on Saturday are cabled by Router as follows: Blackhearr. 6, Piymoutn Albion 5. Harlequir, 13. **osslyr Park 0. O. Mer iaylors Loud. Scottish 6. Richmond 0. Bedford 11 Bath 6. London Welsn 21. Coventry 34 Guys Hospital 0. Gloi!ces f 6,
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    21 15 photo i COMPETITORS LINED VP for the 80 yards Hat rate at the Cirls' Spoils Club sports on Saturday. Free Press
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  • 1141 15 Rugger Practice Games At Cricket Club Chance went to the front yt the fifth! lurlong post, Chance led round the bend, with Cosmetic. Woden and Ciscara following in that order Chance 1-ed into the straight but Cosmetic and Benedict moved up strongly soon alter. As Chance dropped back Cosmetic went
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    15 15 photo). IMER-HOrSF NFT BALL RFXAY at the Girls* Snort- Club >p«rt» on Saturday. Free Press
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  • 1803 16 ARSENAL LOSE DRAKE GO DOWN TO DERBY Leicester Unlucky To Be Beaten By Brentford SATURDAY'S SOCCER IN 6 HOME LEAGUES (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Sept. 25. ARSENAL lost Drake before the interval in their match against Derby in the first division of the League yesterday. The score sheet was
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    26 16 photo.) MISS D. CLARKE and Miss E. B. Seuza were the winnefs of the Crab race at the Girls' Sports Club sports on Saturday. Free Press
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  • 51 16 DEAD HEAT IN NEWBURY FOAL STAKES (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Sept. 25. THE Newbury Autumn Foal Stakes run todpy over six furlongs resulted *DYTCHLEY (Beasley) 8.9 1 *SEVERINO (Lane) 8.2 1 SOLAR BEAR (G. Richards) 3. Dead heat. Betting 100 to 8; 20 to 1; 13 to 2. Nineteen
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  • 541 16 The second bi-monthly mixed foursomes competition for a prize przsented by H.E. Sir Shenton Thomas, was played at Bukit Timah on Sunday afternoon and resulted in a win for Mrs. G. A. Clements and C. G. Satterthwaite with a net score of 34» 2 53
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  • 65 16 (From Our Own Correspondent. Penans, Sept. 25. Penang teat a Kedah and Province Wellesley combined team by 15 points (five tries* to 3 points 'one try) at rugger on thr esplanade here this J evening. Territorially the visitors had as much oi the play but the Penang
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  • 33 16 A practice hockey gam 3 will be played at che S.CC. today and on Wednesday and Friday afternoons. All j players are asked to turn up with coloured and white jerseys
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  • 199 16 P LAYING excellent golf M. M. Paterson b«at S. N. Kelly fiv. and four in the semi-final of the Singapore Golf Championship at the Singapore Golf Club yesterday morning. In the ether match J. H. Beeton beat Ft. C.
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  • 148 16 Blue And White's "Display" At Kuala Lumpur MySPLAYISG ay ability that ■i Id a 1 tt have < to a buckjumper. Blur and White caused some nitrrtainrnent for ip^ctafjrs and no little anxiety to Spencer prior tc the start of the ast race at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday Blue end
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  • 68 16 Ten card? were taken out for the September women's foursomes at the Keppel Golf Club and the following returned:— Mrs E R Lubbock and Miss D Udall 54—18 36: Mrs M Lawrey and Mrs E A Ford 55—18 37: Mrs C Q Starkey and Mrs P Crawley 49—
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    • 93 16 PHILIP GIBBS ORDEAL IN ENGLAND Price $4.50 Since that memorable survey England Speaks, England has spoken again. The chapter headings of Ordeal in England reveal the new events and later tendencies which Sir Philip now interprets for us: The End of a Reign Those Who Wear w King Edwanl VIII
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