The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 8 December 1937

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    16 1 The Singapore Free Press NO. 15,33 b ESTD. 183 ft WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 8. lf<37 10 CENTS
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    BLAZING NANKING FALLING TO THE JAPANESE
    98 1 CHIANG KAI SHEK WIFE LEAVE FOR INTERIOR CHINESE TROOPS ATTACK BRITISH TUG Nanking, Pec. TWO hmrse soldiers aboard a sampan attempted to hold up a British -owned tug going to a wh.u, treat a hulh la the river The tag did not stop and
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    Invaders Scaling City Walls
    227 1 Worst Air Raid Of War Rocks Capital MANK1NG, THE BEAUTIFUL CAPITAL OF CHINA. RUINS WITH THE VANGUARD OF THE INVADING JAPANESE ARMY STORMING THE WALLS THE DEFENDERS HAVE SET THE CITY ON' FIRE W'I> IT SEEMS LIKELY THAT THE CAPITAL Will. SOON FALL INTO THE HANDS
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    81 1 PRINCE BERNHARI). husband of t row n I r.n< ess Ju!i; ra ol Holland was injured m a car crash lust week. The Prince was driven* his two-seater car at 60 miles an hour when he crashed into a lorry just outside Amsterdam while on hi way to a hunting
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    5 FLYING BOATS ON WAY TO SINGAPORE
    54 1 5 FLYING BOATS ON WAY TO SINGAPORE •THE Kvf R.A.F. flying boats of No. 204 (leneral Reconnaissantf Squadron which are fly«n* from England to Australia via Singapore, left Alexandria yesterday for Lake Habbaniyah. near Baghdad, says British Wireless. A Reuter message states that the five flying boats parsed over Jerusalem
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    WRIT AGAINST GREGORY
    149 1 Valeric Accepts Film Offer I (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Dec. 7. IN Chancery today, Mr. Justice Clauson granted leave to serve notice of motion for an injunction with the writ of action by a sports promoter. Harold Lane, against Bob Gregory, who was recently married to
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    38 1 London. Dec. 7. The Government's bill to secure unification of mining royalties under state control by payment of £65.450.000 to between 4 000 and 5.C00 royalty owners was considered today by t^p House of Commons m committee.- Wireless
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    BRITISH BUSINESS MEN NERVOUS
    292 1 Increase In Unemployed Causes Alarm BUSINESS circles m Britain, cables Renter, express concern as to 1 Whether the increase of over 100,000 m unemployed m ar month signifies that Britain is becoming i involved m the trade recession which is troubling the United States. An analysis
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    STOP PRESS
    94 1 CHIANG NEARLY CAUGHT BY JAPANESE Nanking, Dec. 7. GENERAL and Madame Chiang Kai Shek. and the Generalissimo's adviser, W. H. Donald, won a thrilling rate against death today. Shortly after they took off from Nanking at daybreak m the GencTalissimos triple-engined high speed airliner they were spotted and
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    MR. H. W. RAPER IN GRAVE CONDITION
    66 1 (From Our Own Correspondent) I, <>n don Dec. 7. MR. Horace W. Raper, J.P.. 0.8.E of Singapore, managing director of the Great Far Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd., and a director of Maynard and Co., Ltd., is reported to be sinking rapidly at
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    Second Japanese Raid On Settlement
    55 1 Second Japanese Raid On Settlement Shanghai, Dec. 7. A second raid on the Settlement on j the south side of the Soochow Creek l was staged last night by the Japanese j consular police, who arrested a Korean I for whom the Japanese Consulate had issued a warrant. The man
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    RAID ON HOTEL IN SETTLEMENI
    91 1 Japanese Apology To Council Shanghai. Dec 7. POLLOWING representations from the Consular body m connection with the affair at the Great Eastern Hotel (raided by Japanese police) the Japanese Consul -General, Mr. Okamoto, has sent a written apology to the chairman of the Settlement Municipal
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    ARMY CHIEFS MISSING
    59 1 Planes Lost? (;ravk fears felt iis philippines Manila. Dec. 7. GRAVE fears are felt for the safety of Major-General Paulino Santos, Chief of Staff of the Philippines Army, and four others, including Lieut. William Lee, United States Army. They left Cuba yesterday morning for Manila m two
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    Britain Rejects Blockade By Franco
    88 1 Britain Rejects Blockade By Franco London. Dec. 7. FOLLOWING receipt of a verbal note from General Franco, the British i Ambassador at Henday has been instructed to say that .Britain cannot recognise Franco's right to institute a blockade of the Spanish coast. British ships will continue protected outside territorial waters
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    Franco's Agent In Britain
    48 1 London, Dec. 7. The Foreign Secretary 'Mr Edent > nfirm«*d. when questioned m the House of Commons thit the Duke of Alba and Buerwirk had been appointed if General Franco to be his agent m 'he United Kingdom, under a recent i icxecment.- British Wireless
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    45 1 New York. Dec. 7. The death ki announced of the M bibliographer. WiLberforcf Bund Renter Proi 'a Ibcffotct hMI was born m Newark. N J m 1855 and was author of many historical and religious :ks He won the Historical Society ;old medal In 1931
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      78 1 .M. SEA VIEW C/ HOTEL TONIGHT FRIDAY AN SATURDAY SPECIAL DINNER DANCE CONCERT DANCE MUSIC BY REISER'S HUNGARIAN BAND NO AFTER DINNER ADMISSION CHARGE THE ROTARY CLUB ||J| OF SINGAPORE MEETS TODAY AT 1 P.M. AT THfc ADELPHI HOTEL SPEAKER: ROTARIAN M. B DAVIS SUBJECT: "THE TRADE POLICY OF THE
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    MISDIRECTION BY JUDGE ALLEGED IN ROSS CASE
    770 3 MISDIRECTION BY JUDGE ALLEGED IN ROSS CASE Counsel Claims Miscarriage Of Justice APPEAL JUDGMENT RESERVED JUDGMENT was reserved yesterday m the Full Court which consider ed the appeal of Charles Arthur Ross, European mercantile assistant, against the sentence of six months' simple imprisonment and a three-year disqualification from holding a
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    SINGAPORE SILVER WEDDING
    74 3 Th* Time* as the announce-.' ir London Cor^sponIhe sihti wedding of the Rev Mrs. Edward Courtenay West s oom Chancellor and Town Cathedral Colony n he was married ll the tourth daughter Itt Mi William Ramsay Scot Ol SmigaDun .'rs William Rumsa> rudwurth England A tine of
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    Malayan Fights Against Franco
    114 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Dec. 7. Veerappan, a former student of the Außlo-Chmesr School, Ipoh, is claimed to he the only Malayan Indian to fight m the Spanish war. After Charterhouse and Cambridge, he went to Spain and joined the Government's air training 1 centre
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    SIX MONTHS' PROBATION
    170 3 Chinese Boy Released A Chinese boy. Cheang Cheng Chye, was released on probation by Mr. E. C. G. Barrett, m the Fourth Police Court yesterday. He appeared on a summons, pleaded guilty and was convicted of having stolen a gold ring, bangles and a brooch, valued at
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    Blazing Empire Skyways
    290 3 DLAZING th c tiail of the Empire air ■"*rout*. from England beyond Singapore to Australasia, the Empire, fly-ing-boat fiii.iiiius. is due here on Saturday. She will leave Karachi tomorrow for j Calcutta, flying to Bangkok on Friday und reaching Singapore the next day. Prom Singapore she will
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    Attempted Murder Charge
    217 3 During the trial of a young Hylam, Teo Chong Kuan, charged before Mr. Justice Home m the Assize Court yesterday with* having attempted to mur- der Tan Ah Jooc. medical evidence was given that the weapon entered the chest cavity, which became septic, and the patient was
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    WEIMAR'S WONDER CLOCK
    139 3 A local clockmaker has succeeded m putting m order the "wonder clock" of Weimar. This timepiece was built m 1704 for Duke William Ernest of Weimar by Johannes Asmann. Not only did it tell the time of day, it recorded the Duke's age from time to time
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    ALLEGED BRIBE TO POLICE INSPECTOR
    84 3 Alleged to have offered a $3 bribe to Inspector F H. Goodship. at Central police station, on Monday, a Chinese, Lim See Wan, pleaded guilty when charged, with offering illegal gratification to a public servant, m the third Singapore police court, yesterday, before Mr W.
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      135 3 SPECIAL Vs# Jb Is JL\ JL fca? JL A .fc X B^:3 TOURS to BRASTAGI praVat 8 day tour $150.00 10 day tour $165.00 including steamer* hotels, tips and sightseeing. f£«P*M« LINE 'INCORPORATED IN HOLLAND. Photographic copies of Free Press local pictures can be obtained on application to the Manager.
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    "LET THEM COME WHO DARE"—General Wu
    1397 5 "LET THEM COME WHO DARE"— General Wu •.till. There Is No Disunity In Southern China WILL THE~ POWERS INTERVENE (From Oui own Correspondent) Canton, Dec. 7. "I X' them come who dare,' General Wu Teh-chen, former Mayor of Greater Shanghai, and Governor of Canton, told the special correspondent of the
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    Planter To Wed Colonel's Daughter
    55 5 r\l X London correspondent reports th.it the engagement is iimtiun<T(l l»etwet*n Vlr K.i.vtnoiid Hrusl<*> Jackson. ol Kainuniiu Kntule. Perak. «»nl\ son of Mr .tml v«rs Ja«*k.s4>n «»i Purlev. Surrey. xnd Miss Olive NugenC. elder daughter of Cuionel V Nugent. Uk Rovul Artillery. and Mi> Nugent,
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    30 5 picture. Captain I) de Josselin de Jong*, new Commander of the Netherlands Indies Naval Air Service, who is goinff^o the Netherlands Indies mi the Rotterdam Lloyd liner Dempo. Free Press
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    Eu Tong Sen On Muzzle Charge
    111 5 Eu Tong Sen On Muzzle Charge CCMMONKU to appear before Mr X C. <i. Barrett, m the Kourtli Folire Court yesterday, on a rhargf of having allowed his two dogs to he out of d'.Mirs without muzzles, Fu 'Ion:' Sen, who was not present m roint. was represented by his
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    Japan WiD Not Expand South
    182 5 Impossible, Says Calcutta Consul ii lAIMN IUM ten iioi iai .imlxliiri m hiii.t ll uill be ph>M, il!\ mi possible 1.,r hei rvtiand Imllit'l southwards ay all mir nso.i. •< tr needed iarr> out otti plai i»l Uneconomical fIMCtOMMBfI at \<>ilh China," said thr nen
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    Stabbed With Vegetable Knife
    92 5 Stabbed With Vegetable Knife Charged with having attempted to murder his brother last Monday, a 22-year-old Teorhew. Ng Kweh Teh. appeared before Mr F V. Duckworth Second Singapore Magistrate, yesterday morning. Alter the charge had been explained to Kweh Teh. the case was postponed for a week. The offence is
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      135 5 WHY NOT ENJOY I. IH AND REGAIN YOUTHFUL VITALITY ALVO ECSTASIN Th* World's Bes( knownHomion« Biuldinvj-up Drafleea -t High Effkienc} t.» counterad mid remove h couture Ageing toss ol Appetite Nfeurasthenia Sleeplessness lervuus Breakdown Fatigue lmpOtt:!. Wm Bi:nn-Fa«. Urn Wmm \m Mca Fvigidit>. DWnrllMonthly Disorders CUmartetk m Wumrn n., 1.4-nUmu
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      75 5 10 YEAR OLD ]/sKi s r yCt Wy TC^ t j qs\ I i i f*^ itt** Vjf &.^l übw f .^^l «^H m. **fc a 1 t it P** t» v^H •sBS UHt T^H «>m» ln^r Tinii- «j^^K ,^^H J APB 7 GOOD NEWS FOR LADIES During Our Annual
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    Examinations A Long Way From Home
    128 7 Examinations A Long Way From Home Letters To The Editor 1 1. the Kditor of thr Free Press) I enquire through your paper why Ls it that 'centres' for the r.inations are not held .ty of the school where the p s are educated? a point n stressed ll that
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    CHRISTIAN CHURCH AGAINST WAR?
    100 7 i<. thr rditor of the Kree Pre^i Al I Br: Iject a.s well as lid hi concerned In other cjuum r*Ls own. I feel thai impression MWI tn U i imminent C N Christian leader has I statol to I -the Chris:. an has be,?n as
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    Air France Bid For Far East Record
    142 7 Air France Bid For Far East Record AN attempt is shortly to be madp to establish a record for the flight from ParLs to Saigon, m French IndoChlna. The regular service takes about eight days. The pilot chosen for the proposed flight la M. Durmon. chief pilot of th? Air
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    FLOUR PRICE LOWER
    281 7 London millers reduced by 6d. tru price of standard grade flour m the home counties to 38s. per 280 lbs., inner London 6d. less. who have been Initiated m the practices of Christian preach?rs that the statement was not authoritative and final even from the standpoint of
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      286 7 THE SUPREME SCREEN SENSATION YOU'VE SO EAGERLY AWAITED IT'S HERE! CAPITOL 3 SHOWS DAILY OPENING TODAY J|L^ 3.15 6.15—9.15 RONALD COLMAN tcV^K^W> B|^^^^|g^^^g^a^ jANt WYAIT d s "SONPRA" I\.() I > I Is. N* .ti H^flt l I v^pk Bm ft|V la BsIB Ma 1^ loar k e n wI'ITU
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      163 7 FREE LIST ENTIRELY SUSPENDED! PAVILION TONIGHT 6.15—9.15 IN RESPONSE TO MANY REQUESTS RETURN SCREENING OF THAT UNFORGETTABLE FILM STORY OF THE REAL AND INNER HOLLYWOOD FILLED ENTIRELY IN WONDROUS TECHNICOLOUR see this Moving story of what MAKES MOVIES! fR £DRfC plißlF v'tb ADOLPHE MENJOU Keleated thru >j rcfuvirnrnD Jmc <
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    SHOP WITH JAPANESE GOODS ATTACKED BY CHINESE
    404 9 SHOP WITH JAPANESE GOODS ATTACKED BY CHINESE FRONT TARRED BADLY DAMAGED Police Roughly Handled MOB HOLDS UP TRAFFIC IN NORTH BRIDGE ROAD TWO police constables were roughly handled m JNoiin Bridge Road at about 1.30 yesterday afternoon on attempting to restore peace when a gang of Chinese began "tarring" and
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    Popular Airman Weds In K. L.
    398 9 FLIES TO MEET BRIDE \nd Flies For Honeymoon (Fr«»m Our Own < «v respondent) kuah Lumpur. Dec. 7. A DAY after having flown from Singapore, where he i- manager <>f the Airport, Mr. Arthur Newark was married Mary's Church, Kuala Lumpur today to Miss
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    3,000 Sit For Exams In Singapore
    169 9 3,000 Sit For Exams In Singapore NEARLY 2.000 Singapore schoolboys and jzirls. who have lately been burning the midnight oil <or, to be more correct, running up the electric light bill 1 m a final endeavour to refresh th.-ir minds on what they had learnt In f hc past 11
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    NEW CONSTABLE OF THE TOWER
    65 9 London, Dec. 7. The King has approved the appointment of Field Marshal Sir Claud Jacob as Constable of the Tower of London from Feb. 19 next m succession to Field Marshal Lord Milne. Sir Claud Jacob is stated to be the first Constable of the
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    THREE DETAINED AFTER PENANG BOMBING
    247 9 THREE DETAINED AFTER PENANG BOMBING SEQUEL TO RAID ON HOUSE From Our Own Correspondent* l'enang, Dec. "J. AS a oequel to the Penang bombing incident, m which one man was killed and several were injured m an amusement park, three Chinese, Twa iKoh Lian alias Lim Ah Huah, aged 35,
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    U.S. TO KEEP OUT OF WAR
    89 9 Washington, Dec. 7. HPHE application of the Neutrality Act must await a declaration by President Roosevelt that a state of war exists, Mr. Cordell Hull (Secretary of State) points out, replying to questions on the United States policy m the SinoJapanese conflict, m a
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    FUNERAL OF MR. J. DE ALMEILDA PEREIRA
    71 9 Mr. Jose de Almeilda Pereira was boiled at Bidadari Cemetery yesterday afternoon. At grave side were Brigadier Herbert A. Lord, Mr. W. Lambert, Mr. de Silva. Mr. Wilson, Mrs. W. Neubronner and wreaths were sent from his beloved wife, daughter. Mrs. M. Neubronner,
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    REPENTANT MOTHER SUICIDES
    389 9 REPENTANT MOTHER SUICIDES Arranged Marriage She Did Not Like (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang. Dec. 7. BECAUSE she felt she had done an injustice to her husband and daughter by arranging a marriage for the girl, without the father's consent, to a man she did not like, a mother committed
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      205 9 CHRISTMAS GIFTS THAT PLEASE FULLER'S CHOCOLATES CHOCOLATE PBPPERMINI CBBAJU i 2 ib Vv'i*- >1 00 i!b I* THERMOLITE UKOOkI.YN ASSORT.MKNT SERVICE SET CHOCOLATES Ib. Price I L2S r il vlt i' 2 lb. .').'>o tfal Tunibln.s [J .J's Oht;un.!b!< n. Mv 4 lb II lb -t |4j| Co louri S|
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    MARKET OPTIMISM
    661 11 OUTLOOK FOR TIN AND RUBBER SHARES Messrs Fraser Co. On The I. T. C. Meeting KIM. thr week under review st»i«r of an> siie sufficient i iiiffie tht* surface of the political i appear* to have been thrown iit-h news us there is from the p< vi capitals
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    "Happy Station's" Broadcast Tonight
    355 11 TTIE famous Netherlands shortwave broadcasting station, P.C.J. the "happy station" will broadcast tonight an anniversary celebration programme. It i> just ten years >ince the station started broadcasting and listenters m Mala>a have always regarded it as a good stand-by for short-wave entertainments. The special programme tonight
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    SUM'S TREATY WITH GREAT BRITAIN
    164 11 Text Published As White Paper In London The new treaty of commerce between Gre?i Britain and Siam, and the exchanges of notes regarding the renunciation by Britain of the right to evoke from the Siamese Courts cases m which British subjects are concerned are published
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    MANILA GOLD SHARE MARKET
    61 11 These prices are published by courtesy of Messrs. S. E. Levy and Co., of Singapore, to whom they are cabled daily Manila, Dec. 7. Last Sale Prices Previous Today Antamck 0.51 0.51 Benguet Consolidated 9.70 9.70 Consolidated Mines 0.014 unquoted I.X.L. 0.57 0.57 San Mauri-i 0.50
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    APPROACH TO WORLD PEACE
    331 11 Trade Pact With U.S. First Step. T*HE announcement that the trade negotiations between the United States and Great Britain have now reached an official stage, is followed so closely by the announcement of the reopening of negotiations with Canada, that some of the sting is taken
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    CANADA'S HOPES Treaty On A Broad Basis
    103 11 CANADA'S HOPES Treaty On A Broad Basis The Canadian Prime Minister, Mr. Mackenzie King, announced that ne- j gotiations for the extension and revision of the existing United StatesCanadian trade agreement were contemplated. He hoped the new treaty '•Would be on as broad and comprehensive a basis as possible." Mr.
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    NEW BUTTERFLY DISCOVERED
    113 11 The Pesti Naplo (Budapest* reports that a new butterfly has been found m the Mecsek mountain near Pecs by Klimesch. an Austrian insect collector. Klimesch calls the butterfly Nepticula Loranthella. as its eggs are placed on the mistletoe branches. Although mistletoe may be tound m many countries
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      301 11 STILL PREVAILING^ Current Company Dividends List Supplied Hy Messrs. Fraser Co. Singapore Her. 7. 5 p.m. Total tor financial Company Dividend Books Date Ex Div year TIN Close To Payable Date to date Batu Selangor VU Int Dec. 9 Dec. 17 Dec. 10 5^V Burma Malay 6d. Int. Dec 11
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      256 11 HONGKONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION (Incorporated m the Colony oi Hong Kong) Tfce liability of members Is limited to the extent and m manner prescribed by Ordinance No. uf Ittl uf Ihe Colony. Authorised Capital f ttj.oou.uuo Issued and Fully Paid up $20,000 000 Reserve Fund: Sterling *;tt,boo,ooo Hong Kong Currency..
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      502 11 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA A.Ni» WOU Incorporated m England l.> Koyal Charter) Paid up capital m 600,000 shares of £5 each £3,000,000 Reserve Fund £3.000.0uu Keserve Liability of Proprletori, £:hmk».wiu him* OPffM t M, Kis»Hips>cjl«- London. X Z. Agencies and HrAiu-ht**. Alor Star Iloiio (Raj Amntsar Ipoh Salfon Bangkok
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      507 11 RADIO PROGRAMMES FOR TODAY SINGAPORE ZHL 1.33 noes (225 m.) p.m. 6.00 Chinese music. t 7.00 Dance music played by De Souza's Band and Charlie's Hot Stompers. Relay from the Great World Cabaret. 7.30 Time, weather, news and announcements. 7.50 Selections from well-known Operas. t "Madam Butterfly" Selections. Parts 1
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      78 11 series for listeners m India 11.55 Recital of classical solids. May Busby (soprano) and Sinclair Loyan baritone). May Busby: O Sleep, Why dost Thou Leave Me? (Semelei Handel,. Sinclair Logan: Ye Verdant Hills (Handel), Often when I Smoke my Pipe Bach May Busby: Mutter oh Sin« Mich zur Ruh (Mother,
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      284 13 p q I ALWAYS GO BY P&O IT'S MORE COMFORTABLE CHEAP RETURN TICKETS TO CHINA, JAPAN, COLOMBO AND BOMBAY. Available for Uo months From SINGAPORE. !•>:— Ist. (lass 2nd. Class. Hong Kong $137.14 $102.86 >hun S hai $188.57 $137.14 Kobe or Yokohama $222.86 $154.20 (olombo $205.71 $137.14 Bombay $274.29 $162.86
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      374 13 dncoiiHjrated In Straits settlements.* ELLERMAN BUCKNALL S.S. Co., Ltd. i incorporated m England.} FOR UNITED KtNGCOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL Steamer Out Sails CITY OF KIMBfcRLEY Havre, Dunkirk, London Dec 22 Dec. 26 CHRISTCHURCH Havre, London, Rdam, H'burg, Glasgow Dec. 30 Jan. 2 CITY OF SUNGAPORE Havre,
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      1016 13 SHIPPING THE BLUE FUNNEL UMI «Occ»« ftfcaviern and un»muiiwr«lUi Lt"wt htean Ship Co., Ltd., and C'uiua Mutual 1 lie Hua KhioM Meaiuivhip Co., IIMI| Lt4 Steam Navigation Co.. Ltd.) < unard Mini Mar Ltd The Straits Steamship Co., Ltd. Shaw Savill and Albion o Ltd. The China Navigation Co., Ltd.
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    CURIOUS HAPPENINGS IN FOOTBALL
    1896 15  -  NOME SPORTS NOTES Chelsea Bid £12,000 For A Player— Offer Refused By Bolton Wanderers Richmond's Confidence In Laborde Oxford's Narrow Relay Race Victory Strickland Wins Poor Heavyweight Contest London, live. I. mtained such a tal« 'he \v expect few I club n tall torm I 'Ued
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    ATTEMPTED DROP GOALS PROVE R.A.s DOWNFALL
    656 15 picture. Cricket Club Win Rugger 13 Points To Six LOSING hard won territory by many attempted drop poals, when m promising positions, the 9th Heavy Battery R.A. (Changi) "A" XV, were defeated by an S.( A" XV by 13 points (two tries, one dropped
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    AMERICANS BEST JAPANESE Monday's Golf Match
    150 15 AMERICANS BEST JAPANESE Monday's Golf Match The result of the social match be- tween the American Association and the Japanese Golf Club played m the form of four balls foursomes over the Japanese Tanglin course on Monday morninp. was a win for the American Association by 4 1 against 4
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