The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 4 January 1938

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1 4 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. NO. 15,357. ESTD. 1835 TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 19S8. 10 CENTS
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  • 1155 1 DEMOCR ACIES OF THE WORLD GUARD PEACE They Must Be Strong And Determined Roosevelt's Address To Congress PROVOCATIONS TO WAR Increased Wages Essential For Recovery DRESIDENT Roosevelt's address to Congress, presented early this morning (Malayan time) and rapidly flashed round the world, contained two outstanding statements. Mr. Roosevelt referred to
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  • 44 1 SECOND PEACE EFFORT MUST FAIL Hankow. Jan. 3. THE concensus of opinion here is that the second German attempt at mediation between China and Japan will faii. as the Japanese terms are stated to be too stiff for ever Chinese pacifists to accept. Reuter
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  • 338 1 WAR AGAINST CHINA UNPOPULAR IN JAPAN Smuggling In O£ Dead Wounded A VIVID picture of conditions m Japan is painted by a British resident of Tokio passing through Shanghai, states a Reuter message. He states that there is no widespread or spontaneous enthusiasm for the war i against China, which
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  • 160 1 BUT TEN MILLION STILL UNEMPLOYED IN UNITED STATES Washington, Jan. 3 SURVEYING 1937 Mr. Wlnthrop Aldrich. chairman of the Chase National Bank, declares the December i business figures suggest that the decline has ceased and that the business curve is flattening out. Referring to the rapidity of
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  • 72 1 Arms For Palestine Terrorists Jerusalem, Jan. 3. ACCORDING to Arab sources the Lebanese police have seized a large haul of arms m Tripoli, where rifles, revolvers, machine-guns and dynamite were discovered, supposed to have been ready for removal by Palestine terrorists. An Arab has been hanged at Acre for illegal
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  • 46 1 A Nanyang Slang Pau message states that the Chinese forces have captured a highland two miles north of Wuyi, the Japanese retiring to Wuyi station. Chinese forces also reached the heights m the western suburbs of Hangchow, coming into severe conflict with the Japanese.
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  • 66 1 BRITISH WAR CORRESPONDENT'S FATAL WOUNDS Hendaye. Jan. 3. The Associated press correspondent Mr Edward J. Neil, who was wounder near Teruel. has died m hospital. According to a Havas message from Saragossa. where Mr. Neil was received m hospital, the injured man, who was given a blood transfusion, had 34
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  • 54 1 TRAIN DERAILED TEN KILLED A SIN CHEW JIT POH message states that a train from Canton to Wuchang was derailed on Sunday night between Lehtung and Wangshih. Eight coaches were overturned and ten people were killed and 40 injured. The derailment was due to the weakening of the embankment m
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  • 163 1 3 Men Dead From Gas Fumes Disaster On Ship At Singapore THREE MEN were suffocated by turn s in a steamer berthed at Singapore last night. Artificial respiration was tried without avail and they were rushed to hospital, but life was declared to be extinct m each case on their
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  • 71 1 Quarter Million Refugees In Hong Kong Hong Kong. Jan. 3. An unofficial estimate sets the Chinese refugee population m Hong Kong at a quarter of a million, a total which is still growing. The Chinese hospitals are very much jvercrowded. making it necessary to turn over the abandoned Lai Chi
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  • 30 1 N*u York. Jan I, The Dow Jones Co. learns authorltatifdf from the Washington Treasury thit it will not change the current price for foreign sliver Reuter
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    • 61 1 BIGIA TEA Brings the freshness a n<l fragrance of the Malayan gardens direct to your home. Tonight-Cocktail Danc^ 6.30 to ,8.30 p.m. Dinner A Dance (b.t0.m.1) 9-30 to midnight NO ADMISSION CHARGE^ Tomorrow First Performance ~o7^h7 well-known Artiste ROGOTTA Character, Acrobat^^Nov^t^Dancer January26th-/rustra.ia« 150 th Annlvr«ry Carnival Knner. Ticket. $5.00 Dinner,
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    • 75 1 There no better Tea than i BIGIA TEA GROWN IN MALAYA. SEA VIEW f£? HOTEL WEDNESDAY FRIDAY and SATURDAY SPECIAL DINNER DANCE CONCERT DANCE MUSIC BY RELLERS HUNGARIAN BAND NO AFTER DINNER ADMISSION CHARGE THE ROTARY CLUB |l| OF SINGAPORE MEETS TOMORROW AT 1 P.M. AT THE ADELPHI HOTEL. ADELPHI
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  • 1000 2 Risked Death In Gallant Service Work Against Gang Robbers And Strikers (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. Jan. 2. NARROW escapes from death inquiring into subversive gangs ...battle with a maniac... handling "difficult" tribes. These are some of the accomplishments which have
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  • 139 2 Co rrespondence (To the Editor of the Free Press) CIR, I am a stranger to Singapore. This morning m Orchard Road, opposite Cafe Wien, I saw a dog shot. After the first shot the dog ran under a car. After the second shot the animal was still
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  • 65 2 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Jan. 3. ESTIMATES of tin stocks on Dec. 31 are as follows: world stocks 25,711 tons, an increase of 2,384 tons; U.S.A. stocks 6,385 tons, an increase of 1,100 tons. Strauss and Co. estimate world visible stocks at 24,241 tons, an
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    32 2 picture. GUNNERS FOR SINGAPORE BATTERIES. More than 200 gunners disembarked irom the troopship Dorsetshire, which arrived yesterday from England en route lor China. Here are some of them, with kits. Free Press
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  • 414 2 Claim Of China's New Military Leaders Hankow, Jan. 3. "OOVIET Russia has promised us 100 planes a month until the war is over, and has already sent several hundred, m addition to large quantities of war supplies" declare members of the new Supreme Military
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  • 30 2 Moscow, Jan. 3. EIGHT prominent Soviet leaders implicated m a plot to overthrow the government m Armenia have been sentenced to death at Erivan. Reuter
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  • 31 2 Chinese Returning To Their Homes In Shanghai /"VVER 5,000 Chinese, former residents with special passes, crossed the western perimeter of Shanghai into Japanese occupied territory, which was reopened this morning.- Reuter
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  • 139 2 Must Make Peace With Chinese Nation London, Jan. 3. THE Manchester Guardian commenting on the New Year message of Prince Konoye, Japanese Premier, states that it is not calculated to encourage undue optimism. "What was once known as the 'North China incident' is now
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  • 68 2 DV a remarkable feat of surgery, a nail two and a half inches long was removed from a child's right lung at the Hobart General Hospital, Tasmania. The outstanding feature of the operation, says Austral News, was the fact that the nail had been there
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  • 65 2 London, Jan. 3. rE sum of .£12,000,000 will be spent m 1938 by the London Passenger Transport Board under the great £40,000,000 improvement scheme. Ten miles of tubes will bored, seven new stations built and 15 stations reconstructed, while new rolling stock to be delivered
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  • 63 2 /^HINESE planes bombed concentrations of Japanese at Tsinan and Taian yesterday, states a Sin Chew Jit Pah cable, and destroyed a huge store of food and arms. Several bombs were dropped on Taian, causing scores of Japanese casualties. Heavy casualties were suffered by both Chinese and Japanese m
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  • 76 2 London, Jan. 3. J BEGINNING teas made today with the transmission from England by wireless of news m foreign languages. The first of the broadcasts was m Arabic from 6 p.m. to 6.15 p.m. Several representatives of Arabic speaking countries took part m the opening ceremony.
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  • 183 2 Record Trade In Iron and Steel London. Jan. 3. The British Iron and Steel Federation, summing up the trade position m an end-of-t,he-year review, says that the steel industry enters upon 1938 at a record rate of output, m the hope ol reducing undelivered orders to more normal proportions. During
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  • 82 2 The Hague. Jan. 3 MY Government has BO intention if proreedins to do jure recognition." states the Queen of the Netherlands m reply to a telegram by the Negus who has expressed concern regarding Holland's invitation to the Scandinavian states to consider regularising re lations
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  • 170 2 The new Issue of Whitakcrs Alma nak is ol particular interest as il records the abdication of King Edward VIII and the accession and coronation of King George VI. Numerous additions have been mad* to the section allotted to Government Offices, and the statistical information has been reinforced
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    33 2 THE MARRIAGE of Mr. Chen Chc<Ming, teacher of the Sentid Chinese School, to Miss Fu Choy Nam. teacher of the Ampang Chinese School. A reception tras held m the Colonial Hotel Kuala Lumpur
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  • 270 3 TO COPE WITH MANY CRIMINAL OFFENCES rll/f/iJ Possibility Of Sixth Court Here Soon f j is quit* true that the five police courts cannot cope the numerous criminal cases now coming before them— cnminml offences m Singapore— we most certainly need a tixth court
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  • 59 3 Richard Tauber. the famous singer, VV arrive m Australia next July under engagement to fre Australian Broadcasting Commission, states Austral New* f Ho will be accompanied by his wife, formerly the English actress Diana Napier. Dr. Malcolm Sargent, the noted conductor, will also visit Australia at the
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  • 75 3 Dissolution Of Parties Rio De Janeiro, Dec. 26. Atter p. cor.torence with German ln- chief of police of the BratiUan State of Rio Grande do Sul has Canned Nazi activities throughout the State. This action was taken m accordance with the new Brazilian Constitution, under
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  • 232 3 Kampong Rd Stabbing Affray ALLEGED MAN HELD— KNIFED A young Chinese. Phai Kah. alleged to have taken part m a stabbing affray m Kampong Java Road on Sept. 18, 1936, was charged m the Second Singapore Police Court, yesterday, before Mr. Duckworth. Phai Kah claimed trial on the charge of
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  • 217 3 REV. A. EASTON MALAYA "Self Righteous Humbug" (To the Editor of the Press) Sir. Your issue of Dec. 30 contains a report of my article 'Farewell to Malaya' which appeared m the recent St. Andrew's Outlook. Unfortunately 3'ou misrepresent one of statements and give a false impression of my meaning.
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  • 54 3 The Singapore Fire Department accident ambulance service) attended 268 calls during Dec, 20 being cases outside Municipal limits. The cases are classified as follows Motor car accidents 28. motor lorry, 18, motor bus. 5, trolley car. 12, collapse cases, 26, attempted suicide. 6. shooting or stabbing.
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  • 336 3 Efforts In England To Raise Profession 's Status There is a hospital m London where nurses are allowed only nine articles on their dressing table-— i are severely punished if thpre are more. There are instances of hospitals working nurses seventy-two hours
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    48 3 HOLLYWOOD'S MOST BEAUTIFUL GIRL. Hollywood, which has found that it has not been invited to some of the beauty competitions m America, has now selected its first "America's Ideal Girl" the film actress Betty Grable. who received the prize from the director of the Los Angeles Art Association.
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  • 107 3 The fflawmtc Government publicity bureau denies reports, first punished m a Japanese newspaper m Bangkok and quoted m several Malay an nev/-;-papers, that plans for rebuilding ti e port oi Bangkok have been settled. The Japanese report was to tne effect that the
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  • 716 4  - Fashions In Hollywood Today Sheilah Graham By I EOPARD and black wool is a popu ar Hollywood combination of the moment Miss Edith Head, designer for Paramount ias lashlonfd an attractive ensemble of the fur and matt-rial lor Shirty X s» m 'Thr Big Broadcast of VJ'Mi The skirt is
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  • 541 4  -  Marion Morton How They Come, And How They Can Be Checked By WRINKLES aio the bug-bear sooner or later 01 every woman who values her appearance. They ccme so slowly, too, that a woman often finds it d fficu't to realise the changes which are taking place
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  • 77 4 COLD HADDOCK may be use up thus: Put a thin layer of mashed potato m the bottom of a pie-dish, then a thick layer of broken-up flsh, flavoured with a little tomato ketchup, pepper and salt, and moistened with a little milk. Then add another thin layer of
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    435 4  - New Handbags YVONNE BY rFHE smartest handbags— likely every other "chac" accessory— ar? invariably plain and free from unnecessary fussiness as to design and trimming. But many of them have very novel iiiapes and all kinds of amusing little ing nuities which enable you to choose something out of the
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    • 38 4 Oho iinajii.ii irwellrry cv// Of ttf«fe fr>r /ffe dust rated cutulotfues. HA.MLI.VS Kudnev House 10. Battery Koud. Nc%v AnifH the Pv^J lalt!>t if FRENCH H MatiTial* «S» OOUIATtAMS ///A (^o^^^ I 7 > -(7w5/» Ww ka ble Colour Fast,
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    • 97 4 RECEIVED! 4 1 FROM CASES CHINA NEW UNDERWEAR SETS SEQUENCE CAPES COATS SEQUENCE SHOES CARPETS. Kj I 8 I X I f I I Kj I m\ H I I X I I I I 31 I 'II k I I PHONE 7144. 31-33 HIGH STREET Ift _jut FLOWERS \^L7p3pZK
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  • 344 5 Buffalo Which "Broke Loose At Night" Caused Tenang Crash TAMIL DIED BY MISADVENTURE (From Our Own Correspondent) Segamat, Jan. 2. AT the Corone^fi Court yesterday it was admitted n !»y the Chinese owner that the buffalo, which caused thr Tenang derailment a month a^o, ''broke loose at sight.* 1 The
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  • 236 5 Last Stone Of New Bank Of England 0. The final piece of stonework re-, quired for rebuilding the Bank ot England was placed m position by the wife of the Governor, Mrs. Montagu Norman. She put the cap stone or. the one unfinished dome, m Princes Street. A special platform
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  • 90 5 I i Kxports of tinned pineapples from Malayan ports during the week ended Dec. 25. 1937. amounted to 32,369 cases including 25.917 (80 per cent.» to the, United Kingdom, 891 (3 per cent.) to; the Continent 325 «1 per cent.) to Canada, and 5.23G '16 per cent.) else-
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    28 5 MR AND MRS. rtlTUlf #BkEDIOS after their loeddtng at the church ot St Joseph yesterday. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. da Silva.
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  • 53 5 THIS 70-FOOT TREE on the side of Cairnhill Circle Road was blown doxon during the severe "Sumatra" early yesterday morning. It fell on a European mess, m which lived six people, four of them fn.n Derrick and Co., hitting a corner of the porch and part
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  • 164 5 REDUCTION OF BAIL GRANTED APPLYING m the Second Police Court yesterday for a reduction of hail on behalf of his client. Pus. Patrick Clirk. who. with Fus. Denas Campbell was charged with the theft- of a motorcar and driving without a licence, Mr C. P. Burke
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  • 102 5 Valkyries Invbked Munich, Dec. 23. Just as Gen. Ludendortf's coffin was being lowered into the grave at Tutzing after a purely military and nonChristian ceremony, a member of the General's pagan society pushed his way through the mourners. 'General Ludendorff." he cried, 'deserves to go
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  • 123 5 TPHE new Japanese Consul-General for Singapore, Mr. Issaku Okamoto, who is to succeed Mr. Riichi Gunji, when he leaves hrrtly to become the first Japanese ConsulGeneral m New Zealand, arrives toHiv m the N.Y.K. ves.sel KashLma Msru. With considerable experience as consul In three
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  • 131 5 <Fn>m Our Own Correspondent Segamat, Jan. 2. Fegamat is taking great pains to minimise the dangers to traffic at cross *oads, and new signs have been put up it principal points. The signs, however, have not yet reiuced traffic breaches. Ten cyclists appeared before
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  • 152 5 A ricksha puller, who was about tc I return to China, had his box contain- ing $157 m cash and a quantity of clothing stolen from his home m Tapah Road on Nov. 30. Reporting at the Tanjong Pagar Police Station early the next morning, i
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  • 58 5 A Chinese, Ke e Ah Ngoh, was charg ed, In the Second Police Court yesterday, of voluntarily causing grievous hurt to a compatriot, Chia Cheng Chal. by stabbing him with a knife m Crawiord Street on Christmas night Chia died In hospital two days later The case
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  • 168 5 Tailor Strikers Start On Own EQUAL WORK —PAY BASIS FOR 600 •TPHE Free Press leairis on jjood authority that the 600 Chines? tailors of the 1,000 who went en strike more than a month ago, and who have refused to return to work unless their demands for wi r e
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  • 129 5 Chinese Gets Six Months For Stealing Sentence of six months' rigorous imprisonment, to be followed by a y< ar's police supervision, was passed on a middle-aged Chinese. Llm Kirn Poh. m the Second Singapore Police Court, yesterday, v.hen he pleaded guilty to stealing two or.andu pipes worth $6, bolor.ging to
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  • 430 5 The French Government has at last yielded to representations made through the British Foreign Office on behalf of foreign legionary Reginald Percy '1 hurst on. British subject, now under life sentence m a military prison m Morocco. The cas?. which is to be reopened
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    • 258 5 QUICK RECOVERY AFTER ILLNESS Very often a period of convalescence 15 much more critical than the actual ill/iess that preceded it. Your whole body is left m a state oi complete exhaustion You have no strength to corcbat any renewed 'attacks. Doctors and nurses realise the importance of a speedy
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    • 143 5 POST BY AIR YW/ SAVE TIME M*«l TIME TABLE PASSENGER FARES mj/ Dep. Singapore 7.00 a.m. Singapore Penan* J Air. K. Lumpur 8.40 a.m. Prp rn ang Singapore V 1| V Dep. K. Lumpur 9.00 a.m. eh Wa t g w Arr. Penan* 10.30 am. Ch Way ls# U Dep.
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  • 132 6 Donna Rachele The famous Don Cossack choir, uhtch left Paris m 1936 and have since toured South Africa, South Arutr.ci, New Zealand, and Austra ia, will be m Singapore next ?nonth. They nri I be heard m Russian /o.'fc songs, and will give several
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  • 910 7 To Answer For Only $2 In $900 Johore Breach Of Trust Charge (Front Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru. Jan. 3. UK J Bernard Weiss, the First Magistrate, today announced his decision m the case m which Mohamed bin Abdullah, former chief rlerk of the
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  • 126 7 New Captain For Innis killings (from Our Military Correspondent) pAPTAIN George S. F. Middleton, who bas just been promoted to th?t rank into the Royal InniskiMin? Fusiliers, from the East Surrey Regiment, was commissioned m the latter Corps m September. 1927. He put m three years or so with the
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  • 289 7 Pleads Guilty Employer Forgives Higher Salary For Accused Man From Our Own Correspondent) Penan;, Jan. 3. A FTER having had his employee ar- rested, prosecuted and convicted, a complainant m a case, a retired District Court interpreter. Penang, offered to take the man back m his employment at an increased
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  • 62 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) Segamat, Jan. 2. Provision has been made this year for the installation of a water sewerage System at tjhe Muar Hospital. Government has voted $30,000 for that purpose. Another hosoital that has been improved is at Tangkak. wiiiere an electric plant has been
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  • 122 7 The Band of the Straits Settlements Police will olay during the week as follows, under the direction of Mr. J. C Hitch. Today, Jan. 4, at Telok Ayer at 6 p.m. March, "The God of Thunder" (J. S. Howgill), overture, "Pique Dame" <Suppe). selection, "Bric-a-Brac" <LJooei Monckton),
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  • 251 7 Remedios -Da Silva At the Church of St. Joseph, yesterday, the Rev. Father R'ego married Elvina, daughter of Mr. A. M. da Silva. bandmaster of the New World Cabaret, and Mrs. da Silva, and Mr. Titus Remedios. This is the first Goanese wedding m Singapore for 30 years The
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  • 78 7 From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Jan. 3. Over 100 people attended the New Year fancy dress ball held by the Gir^ Sports Club at the Malacca Eurasian Volunteer Club on Saturday night. The winners of the spot dance competition were Mr. A. Machado and
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  • 84 7 (From Our Own Correspondent* Segamat. Jan. 3. More than $30,000 will be spent on a new road from the main Segamat^Singapore highway, four miles south of Tenang. to a new Malay reserve at Fekan Ayer Panas. This tiny village was formerly known as Bukit Ayer Panas, but
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  • 626 8 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1938. Eu rasian Oppo rtunities T'HE Eurasian Association did well at its annual meeting last week to allocate some of its funds for additional scholarships as it was recognition of the importance which the Eurasian community attaches to education as the surest way
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  • 1387 8  - And Still America Won't Go To War: A New York View C.V.R. Thompson U.S. Public Opinion The Panay By IN 1898 the American warship Maine, anchored m Havana's harbour, was mined and sunk. In no time the flery Admiral Dewey was leading America's fleet towards Cuba, with guns primed for
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  • 548 8 - \7ERY little is known of Chiang Kai Shek's personal history. Even hip latest biographer, Mr. Hollington K. Tong, Ttfho had access to many sources of information hitherto denied to those who have written about him. cannot find very much. He has found one or two ancedotes
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    • 205 8 CALDBECK'S BY SPECIAL T H M fHE APPOINTMENT xJoK K NG F S A M ESTD. 2 Et 1872. ENGAGEMENT ETERNITY RINGS. Ch<w^ C artfully The DIAMOND RINGS You would be proud of years from today and carefully choose its maker. F.veiy DE SILVA'S rinjr. is measured b> a. standard
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    • 43 8 MANY GIRLS CATCH COLD •through not wearing enough clothes, says a doctor. They don't care a wrap. What about an ACCIDENT and SICKNESS POLICY? GENERAL ACCIDENT FIRE b LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION LTD (Incorporated m Great Britain) HONG KONG BANK CHAMBERS SINGAPORE. THONF; 648'
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  • 921 9 NO POLICE COURT ATMOSPHERE IN TRANSPORT BOARD First Inquiry At Seremban Yesterday BRIBERY WILL BE STAMPED ON (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Jan. 3. "UTE don't want a police court atmosphere. We "don't want applicants to feel that they are criminals," said Mr. S. W. Nelson, chairman of the Transport
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  • 391 9 BIG STEP IN INDUSTRY'S DEVELOPMENT pOLLOWINT, the decision of Malayan pineapple canners m favour of the standardisation of can sixes, regulations to give effect to the decision are published m the Johore Government Gazette. Th?v will be submitted to the next ■Mttea of the Johore
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  • 42 9 At the last meeting of the committee 04 the Singapore Ratepayers Associaton. it was resolved that complaints as to certain irregularities alleged to be permitted by the Municipality should be forwarded to the Municipal President. Mr. W. Bartley.
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  • 132 9 A BILL to bring the Women and Girls Protection Enactment m line with the legislation m the colony will .shortly be introduced m the Johore Council of State. The new bill, published m the Johore Government Gazette, makes it an orler.ee to bring into the State
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  • 65 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca. Jan. 3. Mr P. d? Souza. the well-known Malacca sportsman and lawyer left Malacca yesterday for Singapore where he will be attached to the legal firm of Messrs. Braga and Tavlour. Singapore. Mr de Souza has represented Malacca m
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  • 58 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Jan. 3. Mr M C ff. Sheppard. the former popuiar District Officer. Alor Gajah. and one of Trengganu's delegates to the Coronation last year, will be returning to Malaya about the middle of this month. Mr. Sheppard, It is
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  • 39 9 The preparation of a third amending bill for the Municipal Enactment was mentioned at the last meeting of the committee of the Singapore Ratepayers Association when correspondence regarding Municipal (Amendment No. 2) Bill was considered.
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  • 33 9 Miss Lily Chan, nurse m charge of the Infant Welfare Centre at Merlimau has been transferred to Malacca. Central Division of the Infant Welfare, Centre Malacca. Miss Ng Poh Ying has succeeded her.
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  • 86 9 4 -SIT DOWN' strike was begun by a Chinese woman, Ong Tee Wah. m the Second Police Court yesterday, when she asked to be released arid sent back to China. She refused to move until her 'cqurst was granted. She wat charged with stealing a ro~
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  • 44 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Jan. 3. THE Ministry of Economic Affairs announces that 1.600.000 metric tons of rice and rice products are available for export from the present season's crop. The problem is to find markets for this surplus.
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    28 9 MR. KOH PWAY CHIM, of Messrs. Stanton Nel^Jn (Brokers Department), and Miss Tan Boon Liang, who were married yesterday morning at the Church of St. Peter and Paul.
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  • 66 9 At the last meeting of the committee of the Singapore Ratepayers Association, the leading article m the Straits Times on "Tea Money" and house rents was discussed. The committee passed a resolution viewing the giving and taking of tea money "with the greatest disapproval" and asking
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  • 50 9 At the last meeting of the committee of the Singapore Ratepayers Association, a letter was read from a member complaining of "irregularities committed by a dog shooter on land m Lhn Chu Kang road." The Association is to investigate the matter and take appropriate action.
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    17 9 picture. A VIEW OF ONE WING of St. Andre*'* School, a view from Stamford Road.- Free Press
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  • 261 9 IUO DECISION has yet been reached as to the site of the new St. Andrew's School, Singapore. It was decided some two years ago that the school, should be moved from its present central site m Stamford Road, and early last year it was
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    • 196 9 "TUPLEX" SUPER UNDERWEAR yf^f^ the outside^pure wool. //v a 'the inside— lined with superfine cotton. stocked m cream. Sing'ets— Button Front Short Sleeves. S3 75 to |MI each LU 0 Athletic Vests Sleeveless. Price: $3.75 i to $4.75 each J\ I H Short Drawers Elastic Waist Price: $3.50 to $4.50
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    • 528 10 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCKS SHARES From London 5.30 p. m. Jan. 3 Sharr of £1 denomination unless Latest Quotations Previously otherwise stated Ot vrrMon Loan. 5 pc. 1944-64... 114 3 4 U4 5 s Puniin? Loan. 4 p.c. 1960-90 112 7 8 112^8 Wai Lmm, 3> 2 pc ioi
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    • 212 10 l>ec. 29. 30. 31. American Can Com 69 10\ 2 70 4 American Telephone and Telegraph 143* 4 144 3 4 144 U Atchesnn Railroad 37 3 4 37' 4 35 3 4 Chrsapeak 33 33 3 4 33V 2 Dupont 1113 4 ***** 112 Firestone 18^
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    • 96 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association DAILY PRICES CURRENT Jan. 3, 12 o'clock noon Buyers Sellers No. IX.RS.S. m cases (FOB. Jan.) 22 7 R 23 Good F.A.Q. m bales FOB. Jan.) 22 22 1 8 No. I.XH.SS. (Spot-loose) (awardable Singapore) 22\ 22 7 R January 23 23 •a Feb. -Mar
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    • 166 10 THE COMMODITY MARKETS From London 5.30 p. m. Jan. 3 RUBBER: Dull. London: 6 13 16 d. 6 7 B d. Previously: 6 15|16d. 7d. Jan-Mar.: 7 13 16 d. 615 16d. Previously: 7d. 7 l|l6d. Apr-June: 615i16d. 7»/ B d. Previously: 7V B d. 7 3!16d. July-Sept.: 7d. 7»/3<i.
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    • 67 10 From London: Latest Quotations TIN: Firmer. Spot: £182 2s. 6d Previously: £181 17s. 6d. Three months: £182 2s. 6d. Previously: £181 17s. 6d. NEW 1OR& TIN. 41.00 Previously: 41.00 COPPER: Settlement. £39 10s. Previously: £39 10s. GOLD: Yesterday: £6 19s. sd. Previously: £6 19s. 6d. SILVER* Spot:
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    • 72 10 Foreign Exchange Rates London Closing Quotations Jan. 3 Method of Parity before Latest PreDentre Quoting 20-9-31 Rate viously Paris Franc to 121.1 147 5:16 147» 4 New York *> 4.88 5.00 716 4.99 13 16 Amsterdam Guilders to 8.973 4 9.88 3 16 9.88 1 8 Hong Kong Per dollar
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    • 180 10 Yesterday's Singapore Quotations Jan. 3 SELLING London T.T. demand 2|4 1i32 London, demand 2!4 1|32 London 4 months' sight 24 li 16 Lyons, demand 1720 Switzerland, demand 251 Hamburg, demand 142 Npw York, demand 58 7|16 Montreal, demand 58% Batavia. demand 104 3 4 Samarang, demand 104
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    • 155 10 ISSUED BY FRASER AND CO. AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS YESTERDAY Business m all sections of the markets was on a very small scale today and the tone was dull with operators mostly marking time pending advices from London and New York. MINING. Tin at midday was
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    • 1282 10 Fraser And Co.'s List MONDAY, JAN. 3, 1938: 5 p.m. MINING Buyers Seller* Ampat Tin <4s> 4s 44d 4s 10% d Asam Kumbang 32s 34s Austral Malay 50s 55s Ayer Hitam (ss) 25s 27s Ayer Weng ($1) .Hl4 82 Bangrln Tin 23s 9d 24s 6d
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    • 61 10 Jan. 3 Gambier T.T. 8.00 White Cube 15.50 Hamburg Cube 15.50 White Muntok Pepper 13.75 Black Pepper 8.25 Copra, mixed $4.45 Copra, sundries $4.75 Small Flake Tapioca 3.75 Rice. Saigon Al 5163 Rice. Slam. W.C. No. 1 $158 Rice. Slam. W.C. No. 2 $153 Rice. Siam, W.C.
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    • 66 10 S. E. Levy Co. Shanghai. Honpftoiiß. Manila. Singapore Investment Bankers and Broken m Securities ar,<J Commodities. Daily Foreign Market Cables and Quotation Service. 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' ASS.
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  • 1447 11 LOW PRICES MEAN A BAD START Statistical Signs Of A Brighter Outlook BY SCRAP COLLECTOR UK: have said good-bye to 1937 and, as it passed away, a great number of us welcomed 1938 with jubilation and mutual good wishes all round. Unfortunately, however, the
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 637 11 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. Hbe <s>lnoapore Jfree iPress Head Oftice: CecU Street, Singapw*. Phone: 5471 (5 Ham wlsn extensions to s>U department* Tel: 'Times" Singapore. Kuala Lumpur; Office: 25, Java Street Phone: S6BS. llHtfa Office: ttrewvter Boa*. Phone: SI. Pfcnang Office: 12, Bishop Street, Penaat. Phone: 1477. London Office: 4t/43, Fleet Street,
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    • 468 11 HARRIET HUBBARD AVER.I The three creams that alway* brine results. LIXI'RIA. The silk-soft cleansing cream. SKIN TISSUE CREAM; Light non-clogging cream scented with Attar of Roses. BEAUTIFYING FACE CREAM; The pearl-fair transparent finish. MEDICAL HALL LTD. BOARD RESIDENCE SEA-FRONT KATONG GRANGE— 77, Meyer Rd. (near Swimming Club) Board-Residence at moderate
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    • 601 11 BANK OF CHINA t Incorporated In China by Special Charter i 12, Cecil Street. Sinfapore. Telephones: Manacrr'n Oftu-r €444 Exchange he pi 6441 General Off ire 5188-9 Cable Address: "< 'IU'N'GKL'O" Paid Up capital Ch. 40.0041 OOO.It'J Reserve Funds m excess Ch. 4,8(10.M0M Total Assets approximately Ch. Sl.MHi.ouu.uM «M» HEAD
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    • 663 11 RADIO PROGRAMMES FOR TODAY SINGAPORE ZHL 1.33 mc/s (225 m.) pan. 6.00 Indian music. t 6.20 Chinese music. Cantonese orchestral recitals. t 6.45 Children's programme (English). 7.00 Piano recital by Luda Dontsofl. 1.(a) "Painted Desert" <b) "On the Trail' (c) "Sunset." Prom "Grand Canyon Suite 1 By Perde Orofe. 2.
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  • 97 12 The Lloyd Trlestlno vessel Conte Bipncamano is due here at 9 p.m. on Jan. 5, from Genoa, Naples, Port Said. Bombay and Colombo. She will berth at the S.H.B. wharf and is expected to sail again the same day at 11 p.m. for Hong Kong and
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  • 1098 12 Aid To Exploration And Colonization V YING asprawl off the South --eastern tip of Asia, the NetherL* lands East Indies stretch out m a great green crescent over a distance equal to about one-eighth the circumference of the world, says the Compass. Washed at
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    35 12 The North German Lloyd Far Eastern express liner Potsdam made a fine picture as she steamed out of Singapore port. She was the on y large passenger vessel which spent New Year's Eve m Singapore.
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  • 161 12 The following ships along jide tfc« wharves or expected to arrive: East Wharf Entrance Gate 1 Exit 1 Toyama Maxu 22: Anshun 20. Main Wharf Entrance Gate 2; Exit 3 Kashlma Maru 18: Jevpore 16: Deu calion 14; Boringia, Kedah 11; Manoe ran 9; Bellerophon 7 Empire Dock
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  • 427 12 The X.P.M. vessel Nieuw Holland will arrive from Australia on Jan. 10 The following saloon passengers are: Miss A. M. O. Avery. Mr. P. Baliande Mn, P. Ballande. Mr. II V. Barrett. Mrs. R p Baxter, Mr. F. R. Beit. Mrs. P. R. Bolt Mr.W Bell,
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  • 32 12 Jan. 2.—City of Christchurch, Ancylus Jarak. Tandjong Balei. Chitral <Brit.>; Elise, <Nor>; G<?wang, «Dut Jail. 3.— Roseville, (Nor.); Chum-' King, Stentor. Klang. Sin Kheng Sen^ Klias. Tandjong Pinane, <Brit Aletta, k
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    • 492 12 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated In PJ4.S.) TFI.EPHOVE: FrrJjht 5433— Pft*sa«» MSI. LLOYDS AGENTS. *OOKI!»C. AOEKTB FOB FEDERATED MALAY BTATW KAOWATI ROVAI STATE RAILWAYS Or 81AM. CANADIAN MClf IC tfiSvU SYSTHi r lncorporated In ftxglandTHE "EMPRESS" ROUTE offers TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES via HONOLULU or direct EMPRESS to VAXajrVER—ACROSS^CAI^p IINTAI' TRAIN without *chan?e—
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    • 70 12 M.S. AFRIKA. Arrived Dec. 25, 1937. Consignees of cargo per the above molorship from Europe are hereby notified that a general survey of all cargo landed m a damaged condition will be held at Godown No. 13 at 9 a.m.. Bonded "D" at 2 p.m. and Matches Store at 3
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    • 25 12 For everything appertaining to Ocean Passages, Foreign Money Exchange and Freight, apply CO^KS WACQjjjsljTS iwoato TWAVfT stavicTi 39, ROBINSON ROAD. No Booking Fees. Telephone S9OB.
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    • 451 12 Local And Foreign Mail Dispatches And Arrivals BY TRAIN Bangkok every Saturday 7 pjn. i Thursday 7.45 eon. Swettenham, Talping and Telok Anson; Weekdays* 7 p.m. |Kot* Bahni. Kuala Krai Thursday and Friday* 7.45 a.m. Sundays 7 pjn. I Kuala Lumpur and Penang: Weekd.ws* 7.46 a.m. and Sundays 7 pm
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    • 491 13 I Mm /^k^k/ mA I UW BfWTPWfc W™4 I MMHMj |p p m H BYP&Oa^dBRITISH INDIA LINES •INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND) P O. S. N. GO'S SAILINGS, OUTWARDS Due Dum i..f.n*«r spore. Tonnage Spore. "c^taoe «&a COM T ORIN E £22 Si 2^ Sr 1^ 1 \IZ Z'l KAISAR-I-HIND 11.500 Feb
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    • 357 13 'Incorporated m Straits Settlement*.) W<*- ELLERMAN BUCKNALL S.S. Co., Ltd. (Incorporated In England.) FOR UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL Steamer Due Sails CITY OP SONGAPORE Havre. London. R'dam, H'burg, Glasgow Jan. 30 Feb. 2 CITY OF EASTBOURNE Havre, London, R'dam, H'burg, Glasgow Feb. 27 Mar. 2
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    • 835 13 [MANSFIELD CO., LTD. SINGAPORE PENANG PHONE 5154 (7 Lines) RI PRESENTING. SIIIIPING THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean The Hua Khiow Steamship Co <IM32i Ito Steam Ship Co, Ltd., and China M.u..ji i unard White Star Ltd. Steam Navigation Co., Ltd.) V> dm a Couunon wealth Line. The Straits Steamship Co.,
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    • 668 14 K. P. M. INCORPORATED IN HOLLAND > ROHAN— Tuesday, Jan. 4. Benskali*. Paneh. Berombang. Tanjong-Men-geldar. Tanjong-Leidong and Asahan. PAf.OPO Tue-sday. Jan. 4. Penang and Bagan 81-Api-Api. TOMOHON— Tuesday, 4. Singkawang, Pemangkat and Sanibas. MAKASSERr Wednesday. Jan. 5. P. Samboe, Poeloe-Kldjan*. Sapat, TembiLahan, Potrloe-Pallas. Pengalian-Estate and Rengat. I'HEOENS- -Wednesday. Jan. 5.
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    • 630 14 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE AMERICAN MAIL LINE TO EUROPE FROM SINGAPORE AND PENANG VIA COLOMBO. BOMBAY, SUEZ, PORT SAID, ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES, GENOA, MARSEILLES AND NEW YORK. Arrives Leaves Leaves Arrives Spore. Spore. Penang. New York. Pres. Van Buren Jan. 9 Jan. 11 Jan. 13 Peb. 22 Pres. Oarfleld Jan. 29 Jan.
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    • 573 14 O. S.K. LINE FOR AFTtICA AND SOUTH AMERICA Santos Maru Buenos Aires via Colombo, Ehirban Cape Town, Rio de Janeiro Santos and Montevideo. t Arizona Maru Buenos Aires via Colombo, Mombasa Zanzibar. Dar-es-Salaam, Beira, Lourenco Marques, Durban, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town. Victoria Mam Cape Town via Mombasa, Zanzibar. J*n
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  • 944 15 Backers In Form At Second Day Of Penang Gold Cup Meeting nACKERJI mm m form on Saturday, the second day of the Penang I Gold Cup meeting, five favourites justifying the connec of their supporters. BqpeCK was first past the post m the seventh race but after an hy the
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  • 100 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 3. r|WE Malaya Cup rugby final between Selangor and the Army at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, Jan. IS, will again be broadcast from station ZGE, Kuala Lumpur. It Is understood that arrangements are hting made to relay
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    32 15 VICTORIA INSTITUTION (Kuala Lumpur) who were leading St. Joseph's Institution by two goals to nil m the hockey match at the latte r's ground yesterday when rain stopped play. Free Press picture.
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  • 1192 15 League Tables Up To Date ENGLISH and Scottish League tables up to date are below (yesterday's results will be found on pace 16): ENGLISH LEAGUE DIVISION I Goals P W. L. D. F. A. Pts Brentford (6> 24 12 6 640 32 30 Arsenal (3) 23 11 7 543 27
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  • 89 15 Twenty- four cards were taken out for the mixed flag competition on Sunday afternoon at the Keppel Golf Club and it resulted m a win for Miss I Farnell and J. P. Campbell (on 10th green 25 feet from the hole). Saturday: O. McGuffln 36 3 /i
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  • 27 15 The hockey match betweeu the S.C.C and the Police, which was to have been played yesterday at the Police Depot, was abandoned owing to rain.
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  • 39 15 Prague, Jan. 3. THE first two groups of Jewish refugees from Fascist Rumania, chiefly women and children, have arrived at Uzhorod, Eastern Czechoslovakia, where a relief fund ha.v hern opened. More refugees are exneetful.— Renter.
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  • 231 15 Chinese Reply To Japan's Offer London. Jan. 3. |W|H Quo Tai Chi. Cfclnew Ambassador to London. Interviewed by Renter today. said the Japanese piACff terms cave the "inevitable '.mprrssi^n that these terms are not msrelv for China but the world. They c\v. only be d*scribable
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  • 81 15 FRENCH AVIA TRIX MAY BE SAFE London, Jan. 3. IT is believed that the French Airwoman, Maryse Hilsz, who is missing, was last seen over Jask at 4.15 a.m. G.M.T. on Sunday and may have been forced to land m the mountains of Iran, m which case it is improbable
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  • 42 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Jan. 3. Osman bin Mohin. a lorry driver attached to the Istana Gardens, was found guilty by Sheikh Abu Bakar. the second magistrate, of rash driving and lined $30 or six weeks rigorous imprisonment.
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    • 210 15 Wire Nettinc Fencine Waterproof Green Canvas roller blind Maker end repairer of rattan and Rertam Chicks. Canvas mud Spiinc Blinds. Tarpaulins. Tents. Ra?s. Blue Screens. Bertam Panels. Wi-e Netting Fencing. Wool huntings and Fiaes. ABDUL RAHMAN, Telephone 2454. Office: 68. Robinson Road (Opposite Telegraph Co Workshop: 293. Jo* Chiat "»li?e,
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    • 172 15 When looking for GIFTS Choose an everlasting one From U. S. de SUVA Manufacturing Jeweller 106. Orchard Road* -IhUJQd 1934 DAIMLER SALOON 15 H.P. $1750 1935 VAUXHALL SALOON 20 H.P. $1225 1935 AUSTIN SALOON 15 H.P. $1175 1934 ROVER SALOON 14 H.P. $1025 1934 MORRIS SALOON 20 H.P. 950 1934
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  • 263 16 SKJNS LEAD S. C. C 3-NIL WHEN GAME ABANDONED DAIN interfered with the hockey match between the S.C.C andfhe Inniskillinijs on the Padang yesterday. Play ■tailed m pood weather but the sky became overcast towards th«» end of the first half and it came down
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  • 117 16 Good Storing By G. A. liaxendale Prom Our Own Correspondent* Kirn! 1 Lumpur. Jan. 3. G A Baxendale scored 100 out of a possible 105 points at the practice shoot of Urn Kuala Lumpur Branch of the F.M.S. Volunteer Force Rifle Association yesterday, and headed the
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  • 29 16 Ovißf to wet condition •of the ground, the hockey match between the SRC and the RE to have been played on the formers ground yesterday wa.> cancelled
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  • 56 16 Calcutta. Jan. 3. ALL India beat Lord Tennyson's XI m the third unofficial Test match by 93 runs. Complete scores were: All India: 350 and 192. Tennyson's XI: 257 and 192 (HardstafT 49, Amar Singh four for 76. Mankad four for 74). Renter. The tourists
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  • 274 16 THE January mixed foursome com- petition held on Sunday at the Is and Club over the first nine holes resulted m a win for Mrs. D. Duncan and E. D. J. Abbott with a net score of 3334. The following were some of the best
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    24 16 picture ST. JOSEPH'S INSTITUTION soccer team who were down two goals upainst the Victoria Institution (Kuala Lumpur) team when rain stopped play.- Free Press
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  • 159 16 Programme For Friday Evening A charity boxing tournament, with Little Bernal vs. L. S. Fond and Young Choon vs. Boy Quee heading the 40--round card, is being organised by Mr. F. C. Johnson, the boxing referee and will take place at the Happy World Stadium
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  • 142 16 ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH LEAGUE RESULTS Rangers Beaten At Home DEUTER cables the following results of matches m the English and Scottish Leagues played yesterday: ENGLISH LEAGUE, DIV. 11l (Northern) Accrington 4, Wrexham 0 Port Vale 0. Rotherham 0 SCOTTISH LEAGUE DIV 1 Aberdeen 4. Ayr 0 Arbroath 3. Hibernian 3
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    27 16 picture Sk^sTdTh^ rr DURI^ HOCKEY MATCH between the when th«%t£ n *5f J^ 1 11 yesterday. Rain stormed nlav wnen the Skins were leading three-nil.- Free Press
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  • 223 16 Lead Of Two-Nil When Play Stops DLAYING a rather indifferent game. St. Joseph's were two goals down 1 and still to score when rain interrupted their soccer match with the Victoria Institution team from Kuala Lumpur, at Sr. Joseph's ground yesterday. The visitors
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  • 129 16 From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca .fan. 3 JN view of the forthcoming visit, of the Islington Corinthians to Ma ace* en Jan. 20. the first State soccer trial ioJ the Malacca Amateur Footoall Asso siation was held tonight. Whites defeated Colours by the only Real which
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  • 395 16 Engineers Beat Gunners In Garrison Semifinal After Extra Time (From A Correspondent) EiXTRA time was necessary before a decision could be rearh i ed m the Garrison Inter-Company Hockey semi-final at Tanglin yesterday. The 30th <F> Company, Royal EngiIneen defeated 11th (8) Heavy Battery R.A. by three goa's to one
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  • 122 16 Inter-State Seven-a-side Rugger From Our Own Correspondent Penanf. Jan. 13 A SEVEN- 4-SIDE rugby tournament has been arranged for Saturday on the Esplanade m conjunction with Peiak. Kedah and Province Wellcsley It is the ftr&t attempt m which tlv* three S ates combined will run such a i tournament and
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    • 97 16 womoter.MrA^l.Kiat. manage R.TW^fryCiN, CHARITY. BOXING CONTEST— PROCEEDS TO CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY ON FRIDAY, 7th JANUARY at 9 p.m. MAIN EVENT L. S- FOND vs LITTLE BERNAL 10 (3) ROUNDS SEMIFINAL young CHOON vs BOY QUEE 8 (3) ROUNDS SUPPORTED BY six contests between reformatory boys POPULAR PRICES: $2, 1 50
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    • 35 16 TWYFORDS BATHS— W.C. TOILETS til I I 111 (1 SINKS ■Illift'l SHELVES TOWEL HR| Stocks n twmt* available. Pure white or coloured. Prices and descriptiw literature will he hii pplie d on request. Sole Agents
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  • Singapore Free Press Racing Supplement
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      9 1 Singapore Free Press Racing Supplement TUESDAY, JANUARY 4. 1938.
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    • 1050 1 i4lbs Rise For Easy Win On Saturday DARE DEVIL GOOD BET IN MILE EVENT BOVR races tomorrow, ihe third day of the Penang: Gold Cup meeting will see practically the same field as raced on Saturday. On thi> >< Smoke Dreams stands out as
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    • 966 1 Th<e information contain 3d m this Form Guide has been specially compiled for the Straits limes Group. and the copyright therein is strictly reserved by the compilers. him a good chaace. Of the last three Pipe of Peace will ba suited by tne distance ana should be m front
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      2 1 SILVERLAW STRATHPEFFER
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    • 479 1 NOMINATION SHOULD BE REFUSED Troubadour, who is entered again tomorrow, took no part m his race on the opening day of the Gold Cup meeting after he had come under the starter s orders. This Is no new thing for him— he has don
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    • 6373 2 Horses, Cl 3, Div. 4, 5§ Furs. Lady Ida 9.0 Mr A Riimks bam b* Lord Ktutx I .id> t*cers 'P Loftur' 3rd. 3 lens 1 1 1 rtrs.» 8.12 Manin 1; did net show up m early stages but finished strong ly over last furlong.
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    • 6209 3 Horses, Cl. 4, Div. 'B,' 1 Mile. Cheerful Eyes 9.4 Mr. V Van Toortns rb.rm. by SoMennto— Sharp. (A. Van Tooren). sth, 3 lens. <8 strs.) 7.12 (Lewis 2), 7th on < .v :tic grandstand, same position round first «nd. similarly into back straight, dropped last
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    • 485 4 WHO WINS AND LOSES AT THE RACES A Bet On Every Race Can Never Be Profitable CAiOROAY'S racing at Penang saw punters have a little the better* Of the argument but it is doubtful if many made amends for their looses on the first
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