The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 7 January 1938

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. NO. 15,360. ESTD. 1835 FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1938. 10 CENTS
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    JAPANESE TROOPS ADVANCE-TOKIO CLAIM
    329 1  - JAPANESE TROOPS ADVANCE -TOKIO CLAIM Sin Chew Jit Poh CENSORS IN SHANGHAI: NO DIRECT NEWS Chinese Destroy Property In Tsinan BUILDINGS WRECKED AS ARMY RETREATS JAPANESE censors began work in the Shanghai offices of foreign telegraph companies yesterday and the only Reuter message about the war to reach Singapore last
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    BOND STREET JEWELLER'S STORY OF ATTACK
    317 1 Accused Youths* Version Of Hotel Robbery .9 i London. Jan. 6. 4N attack on a well-known London jeweller in the Hyde Park Hotel was described to the Westminster magistrate today when four young men, stated to be of good family, again appeared on a
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    29 1 JAPANESE TROOPS FROM THE BATTLEFRONTS up the Yangtse return to Shanghai for leave. They are here seen clambering up the Soochotv Creek regaining wall on their arrival in junks.
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    SECOND RAID ON HANKOW
    69 1 Huge Fire Started In Poor Quarter Hankow, Jan. 6. Japanese bombers. escorted by 16 pursuit planes, raided Hankow this afternoon and dropped about 50 bombs on the aerodrome, which was the main objective. I hey also attacked the radio station. Bombs which missed the latter target
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    Prince Safely Out Of Hurricane
    97 1 Prince Safely Out Of Hurricane Bucharest, Jan. 6. /^ROWN Prince Michael of Rumania, V aged 16. arrived safely at Constanza this morning and is now returning to Bucharest by special train, which awaited him. It is understood that he is likely to go to Greece by train for the wedding
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    M. VAN ZEELAND IN LONDON
    49 1 London, Jap. 6. M. van Zeeland, the Belgian statesman, who has baen preparing the International economic report entrusted to him by the British and French governments, arrived in London today. He hopes to have a conversation with Mr. Neville Chamberiainjthe Prime Minister, tomorrow.-B Reuter
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    450 Foreigners In China's Air Force
    75 1 ACCORDING to an announcement published by the foreign Press in Shanghai, there are some 450 foreign volunteers serving in the Chinese air force at present. Of the number 152 are Americans, 124- French, 115 Russians and 55 British. Hundreds of Chinese pilots are now
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    Permanent U.S. Fleet In Atlantic?
    68 1 Washington, Jan. 6. a bill providing for a permanent peace-time fleet to operate off the Atlantic coast has been produced in Congress by Mr. Hamilton, a member of the Warfare Committee. The bill calls for eight battleships with 16-inch guns, one aircraft carrier, seven class
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    SHANGHAI MERCHANTS & JAPAN'S DEMANDS
    68 1 SHANGHAI MERCHANTS JAPAN'S DEMANDS "Concession to the latest Japanese demands regarding the policing of the International Settlement and its peace maintenance by Japanese soldiers Is tantamount to the abandonment of all the rights of the western Powers In China," declared one of the leading foreign merchants of the city in
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    TWO HOURS WORK DAILY FOR CHINA
    42 1 Hong Kong, Jan. 6. The Labour Union of Canton, at a mass meeting yesterday, decided that ever member should contribute two hours work gratis to the country every day until the war ls overß Union Times
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    CHINA NOT GOING COMMUNIST
    157 1 CHINA NOT GOING COMMUNIST WHAT DR. SUN THINKS "COVIET help to China is quite natural as that country is close to China, but there is no truth in the statement that China has accepted the Soviet terms to go Communist," says JDr. Sun Fo, President of the Legislative Yuan, who
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    U.S. FLAGSHIP GOES TO MANILA
    36 1 Shanghai, Jan. ti. The United States cruiser, Augusa. flagship of Admiral Yarnell has sailed to Manila for Its annual overhaul Admiral Yarnell has transferre<niisflag to the patrol vessel. Isabel. H Reuter
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    "DANGEROUS TO SECURITY OF FRANCE"
    191 1 "DANGEROUS TO SECURITY OF FRANCE" Labour Troubles Prosperity PREMIER APPEALS FOR PEACE Paris, Jan. 6. "I ABOLR conflicts create a situation which is dangerous to prosperity and to France's security," declared the French Premier, M. Camille Chautemps, in an appeal to employers and workers issued today. M. Chautemps appeal was
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    RUMANIA RECOGNISES ITALIAN CONQUEST
    50 1 Rome, Jan. 6. AN official communique states that the Rumanian Government has officially informed the Itaj«in Minister at Bucharest that it has decided to oroceed with the nomination of a minister to Rome with letters of credence addressed to the Kin^ofltaly and Emperor of Abyssinia Reuter
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    BRITAIN'S NEW TRAINS
    52 1 London, Jaa. S. Four engine railway companies have authorised construction during 1938 of 355 new locomotives. More than 2.200 new passenger vehicles are also to be bnilt. Although 24.790 new waggons and more than 1.600 container- 1 for door-to-door transit of merchandise to be providi a H
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    BRITAIN HAS REAL PROSPERITY
    84 2 BRITAIN HAS REAL PROSPERITY The view that England has real prosperity, and that the factor of the rearmament programme was being overestimated, was expressed la>t week by Mr. H. D. Gibson, president of the Manufacturers Trust. Mr. Gibson has just returned from the German "stindsiU" negotiations in London. People to
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    POISON FOG KILLS MAN
    64 2 '•pOISON fog" is oelieved to have caused the death of one Belgian v rk.r.in and rendered 20 others unc r ious at Couillet. near Charieroi. Belgium, a few days ago. The men were working near blast lurnaecV; in a smelting works when they collapsed. Carbon monoxide
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    Japanese Demands At Shanghai Impossible
    37 2  - Japanese Demands At Shanghai Impossible Nanyang Siang Pau Shanghai, Jan. 6. |N-I_UENTIAL foreigners in Shanghai state that it is impossible to concede the Japanese demand for juridical rights, otherwise the Settlement will b( virtually givon to Jaoan
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    ENGINEER ON CAUSING DEATH CHARGE
    105 2 Alleged To Have Fatally Injured Tamil 'From Our Own Correspondent* Ipoh, Jan. 6. Mr. R. Bennett, an electrical engineer cf Messrs. Huttenbatch Limit.d Teluk Anson, was tried before Mr' Innes Miller. District Officer, on a charge of causing the death of a Tamil, named Somalu,
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
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      DEATH.
      30 2 WESTERHOUT:— Newbold Benjamin Westerhout. 73, who passed away at If, Newton Road, Singapore Jan. 6 Funeral today at St. Andrew's Cathedral I p m Burial at Oukit Timah cemetery.
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    ROOSEVELT'S NEW PROPOSAL TO BIG BUSINESS
    117 2 Joint Control Of Production By Government And Industry New York, Jan. 6. WALL STREET is highly interested in President Roosevelt's proposal for joint control of production by Government and industry. Many authorities are inclined to see in this suggestion another reversal of his attitude
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    BIG GROWTH IN BRITAIN'S NAVAL STRENGTH
    782 2 More Than 100 Other Vessels Under Construction fXURING last year a greater number of cruisers have been completed for the Royal Navy than in any year since the Great War. But the rapid completion of cruisers has not been effected at the expense of
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    74 2 CAIRO CRISIS. Demonstrations have heea taking place in the streets of Cairo led by students of the I'niversity of Al A/.iuir who are solidly behind *he young King Farouk in his dispute with tiie Cabinet. They demonstrated against Makram Pasha, who is acting Foreign Minister. and when he went to
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    Far East Now Almost Free From Plague
    429 2 Far East Now Almost Free From Plague Only Cne Case At Bassein DASSEIN was tne only port in tne Eastern arena to report the presence of human plague last week, one fatal case having been notified, says the Health Bulletin of the League of Nation Bureau in Singapore. CHOLERA was
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    CLAIM FOR CHITS FOR DRINKS
    101 2 (From Our Own Correspondent) II Malacca, Jan. 6. N the Malacca police court today Commander D. C. Derrick gave judgIment in favour of the proprietors of the Capitol Dance Hall, in a civil suit in which they claimed from Chi Kau Chiang the sum of
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    INDIAN LABOUR
    74 2 Following are the numbers of arrivals from and departure to Madras Presidency for the month of DecemberArrivals (State aided) (figures supplied by Travelling Inspectors) adults 1,116; minors 180; infants 125. Arrivals (Ordinary deck passengers) (figures supplied by Travelling Inspectors) 4,490; 358: 174. Departures (figures supplied by steamer agents)
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    STOP PRESS
    42 2 The Welsh Rugby team to play England at Cardiff on Jan, 15 will be: Jenkins, Clement, Idwal Rees, Wooller, Bassett, Tanner, Cliff Jones (Captain), Travers, E Morgan, H. Rees, Watkins, McCarley, A. IVI. Rees. Vickerv ami kv L. Morgan Renter
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    Another Court Is Needed
    77 2 A lawyer and a court usher yesterday, in a conversation, illustrated the need in Singapore for a sixth court. Court Usher— (rummaging through, the leaves of the court's 1938 diary): Ah! yes, there is a whole day vacant on the llth Lawyer— (S wii tlv scanning
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    25 2 INGRIl) BERGMAN, the young Swedish film actress, who has been engaged by the German Ufa Company who intend to feature her as a star player.
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    RAUB OUTPUT
    24 2 The Raub Australian Mining Company. Ltd.. advises that the output for the four weeks ended Jan. 1 1938 amounted to 1,220 ounces
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    Death Of Mr. N.B. Westerhout
    132 2 Well-Known Eurasian Resident rpHE death occurred last night of x a well-known Eurasian resident of Singapore, Mr. Newbold Benjamin Wcsterhout. Mr. Westerhout. who was 73. was employed for 47 years with Messrs. Donaldson and Burkinshaw, of Singapore. When he retired some 12 years ago he
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    CHILDREN'S PARTY AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE
    56 2 Lady Thomas gave a New Year's party at Government House on Tuesday for the children of the Children's Aid Society, Singapore. Mr. P. R. Lewis, of the Straits Settlements Civil Service, has arrived at Jasin from Singapore to take up the post of assistant Collector
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    A LOCAL LAUNCHING
    98 2 The Rainillies, new steel general service motor barge built for the Royal Army Service Corps by United Engineers Ltd.. shipyard. Tanjong Rhu, ready to go down the slipway. The vessel was launched by Mis Spafford (above), wife of Lt.-Col. P. L. SpafTord, Officer Conniniiidiiic the R.A. S.C,
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    Prince Teh s New Anti-Red Regime
    78 2 Hankow. Jan. 6. FORCES in Outer Mongolia are advancing southwards in the direction of Peilingmiau. the capital of Inner Mongolia where Prince Teh has established an anti-Communist regime with the assistance of the Japanese. Martial law has been proclaimed at Peilingmiau. Prince Teh has.
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    Bombs Fall On Mencius Birthplace
    162 2 Bombs Fall On Mencius Birthplace Several Civilians Killed Ilankou. Jan. <►. urnrLE the nest Mg battle win ably take place at a point north of Hsuchow. hi North Kiangsu. mobile units of the Chines? forces have b attacking the J.. Shantung, with the o'ojer* of delaying the advance oi the
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    RAFFLES LIBRARY
    221 2 i The lollowing new books a* ta___e_ Library will be i, ;I <;v for It i morrow. The Diary of a Country Priest Georges Bern an os: In the Wake Gerald S. Doorly; Preface* to Shake speare. Harley Granviile-Barkei Th< Letters of Marie Antoineti i and Barnave, O.
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    JOHAN DE WITT
    34 2 The Johan de Witt. whi-h will k_ Wi alongside Godown 18. of the Bin Harbour Board whan r.s at 7 ufl day, will sail for F.un.pr U_e taut* at Hi a.m
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    HE WAS SAVED FROM AN OPERATION.
    253 3 After 8 Years Suffering With Gastric Ulcers. People suffering from gastric ulceTJ have always the dread possibility hanging ovsr them that their condition will eventually lead to the operating table. That was the case with the man. wh > tried all kinds of treatment
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    PRINCE BIRA TO MARRY NEXT WEEK
    129 3 PRINCE BIRA TO MARRY NEXT WEEK Bride In Pale Blue Under Fur Coat From Our Own Correspondent) London, Jan. 6. Prince Birabongse of Slam and Miss Ceril Heyeoek, daughter of Colonel and Mrs. P. R. Hey cock, of Evelyn Gardens. London. S. W. are to be married at the Siamese
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    PERSONAL
    121 3 Captain Charles William Daubeny. a former officer of the Sarawak Government Service, died at The Brow, Ccombe Down. Bath. Somerset on Dec 29. reDorts our London Correspondent. Commander C B. Swayne. who formerly commanded the monitor Terror, base ship at Singapore, has been appointed to the Saltburn, Signal and
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    "FIVER" FOR CRIPPLE
    124 3 Among bequests In the will of Mr. John Glen, of Clive Court. Malda Vale. London, was a 'fiver* to the crippled man in the wheeled chair who takes up a position occasionally on the pavement close to Clive Court." Mr Glen, a retired fine-art dealer, left £24.074.
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    FRESH EVIDENCE IN TAMPENIS
    415 3 MURDER CASE Handwriting] Expert Called I SIMILARITIES IN LETTERS PXPERT evidence on hand writ Jj ing was given by Mr. Oscar Wilson, in the Second Police Court yesterday, during a case in which a charge of murder was preferred against a young school teacher, Yeo Heok
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    Budge Won't Budge
    105 3 Melbourne, Jan. 4. Donald Budge, Wimbledon champion, today described the efforts of his parents to make him turn professional as "a lot of boloney." I discussed with my mother and father the £8.000 guarantee offer and other offers that have been made to me before coming to
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    WEEKLY RUBBER REPORT
    115 3 Guthrie and Co. state that the rubber market, after the New Year, opened dull with a sagging tendency, prices in London and New York being again marked down. A little better buying interest was reported from Europe and America on Wednesday, and the local market yesterday was
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    Volunteer Appointment
    121 3 NAVAL CIRCLES APPROVE (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Jan. 6. Naval circles in London warmly approve the appointment, announced here, of Capt. Victor E. Ward to be Commanding Officer of the R. N. I Volunteer Reserve Division at Singa- pare, and declare that no more suitable j officer
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    A CITY OF ART IN ROME
    143 3 CITY of Art, to include the buildings of the International Art Academies, is growing up cn the heights of Valle Qiu.ia. between the Tiber and the Flamimo Quarter. The first building of the neic town is that dedicated to Austrian Culture, the Construction of
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    Loss To Singapore
    31 3 LIDA LANGERVELD. wcl known violinist and leader of the Singapore Musical Society's orchestra, leaves Malaya today with her husband, Captain E. Vorenkamp. who is retiring from the K.P.M.
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    AROUND THE TOWN WITH MIGNON
    1144 4 New Year AT midnight last Fridav the good ship 1938 was launched with all the ceremony and gaiety befitting the occasion la ai' the various places o: amusement and in n jnv homes in Singapoie As she sid gracefully down the slipway into th? qupt
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    The Perfect Home
    663 4  -  E. M. Delafield By \I7HAT constitutes the perfect hone? I find myself, almost automatically, running through a mental list of the things— and the people— that in my opinion do not help to constitute the perfect home:— D a bts; an o ver-worked woman; Some one who
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    Middle-Aged Hokkien Goes To Trial For Murder
    413 5 Middle- Aged Hokkien Goes To Trial For Murder KILLED SON WITH AXE IN SLAUGHTER HOUSE, IS CHARGE Preliminary Police Inquiry Ends THE preliminary inquiry into the Pulau Saigon murder ease, when a 54-years-old Hokkien, Low Kim Joo, a pig sorter, was alleged to i have killed his son in the
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    SERIOUS INJURIES IN BRAWL
    202 5 SERIOUS INJURIES IN BRAWL (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, Dec. 4. SERIOUS drunken brawl occurred last nl?ht at Tupai in which Inder Sineh, a 55-year-old Punjabi, is alleged to have been so brutally assaulted by a number of his compatriots that he had to be admitted into the Taiping hospital
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    First Offender Gets Off Lightly
    205 5 TWO SMUGGLING CHARGES (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, Jan. 4. 1 ITAM binti Anjang. a Malay woman, who had yesterday pleaded guilty to two charges under the Chandu Enactment and to a charge of smuggling, was let off lightly because she was a first offender.
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    R. S. P. C. A. ACCUSES POLICE
    75 5 R. S. P. C. A. ACCUSES POLICE Summonses have been issued against the Chief Constable of Colchester Lieut-Colonel Hugh Stockwell, 0.8.E. and other prominent police officials In Colchester by the R.S.P.C.A. The summonses, which are returnable on January 11, were applied for before the local bench. They follow a case
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    ALLEGED THEFT OF CYCLE
    90 5 I admit the motor-cycle was found in my possession but I did not know lt was stolen property," said a young 1 English-speaking Chinese, Wo Sin Bee, iwhen charged in the Second Police Court yesterday with stealing a motorcycle belonging to a vehicles Inspector, Chan Soo
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    EX-WIFE OF RULER ARRESTED
    48 5 A sensation was caused In Kroh Perak) yesterday, when It was known that the former wife of a Malay ruler had been arrested on a charge of 'possession of drugs belonging to a •Government hospital. She was released on ball pending j further investigations.
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    Refugees From Teruel
    27 5 THE CIVII, POPULATION OF TERUEL in flight from the city, wrapped in blankets against the bitter cold, when the Government troops began their offensive.
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    "MAE WEST" IS BANNED NAME
    104 5 The National Broadcasting Company New York, recently banned the use ofl Miss Mae West's name in scripts breadcast by any of its managed cr operated stations. This action follows protests from all parts of the country against alleged impropriety in a skit in which Miss
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    MRS. TAN OON GIEW DEAD
    52 5 Mrs. Tan Oon Giew, 83, died at her Serangoon Road home last Sunday. She is survived by one son, Tan Song Kang, and one daughter, Mrs. Soh Oh Peng, 19 grand-children and many great-grandchildren. The funeral will take place tomorrow at 10 a.m. at Bukit
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    New Blades For Queen Mary
    149 5 New Blades For Queen Mary Southampton, Jan. 5. When the Queen Mary begins hei £32,000, six-week overhaul in the King George V. Graving Dock at Southampton she will be fitted, with two new sets of three-bladed propellers. These have been designed purely to increase her speed. For two years experiments
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    TWO WELCOMES: ONE OVER ONE PLANNED
    199 5 Good order and tactful handling pre- vented any "incidents" during the pro--1 cession of 2,000 Chinese through the streets of Singapore on Wednesday night to welcome Dr. Sun Fo, President of the Legislative Yuan in China and son of Sun Yat Sen, who reached
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    BIG U.S. FILM DEAL
    277 5 Goldwyn, Korda, United Artists JiVpt. Douglas Fairbanks It ex pected to return to Hollywood from London at any moment and rumours are current in trade circles that an eleventh -hour effort is beine made to bring off the deal for the purchase of United Artists by
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    Law Notice For The Day
    39 5 Law Notice For The Day Before the Chief Justice in tbe Ist Court at 11 a-m. 1 Motion in Admission of Solicitor No. 4/36. followed by: Bankruptcy. Before Mr. Justice Horne at 11 a.m. Summonses- in-Chambers and Originating Summonses.
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    NEGLIGENT DRIVING
    63 5 Lieut. R. S P. Dawson, of the R. A Mess. Changi, was fined $20 yesterday in the Fourth Police Court, for negligently driving along East Coast R_ad in a motor-car. Dawson had claimed trial to the charge. The prosecution alleged that Dawson was driving along East Coast Road
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    MICHAEL OF RUMANIA AND SUN FO OF CHINA
    119 6 Crown Prince Michael attending a rece-*icn in Bucharest uith his father, Kii if Carol, lhe young prince was yes ler dav on hoard a Rum.~ri.in destroyer on its way to Greece, fighting a hurricane in the Black Sea. l>R. SIN FO IUETD,
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    Three Princes As Best Men
    303 7 Marriage Plans Of Paul Of Greece ACROPOLIS TO BE FLOODLIT Athens, Jaa. 6. CROWN Prince Michael. the 16--year-old heir to the throne oi Rumania, will be cne of the three best men ur the wedding of Crown Prince Paul of Greece to Princess Frederlka ol
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    MALAYS IN ROAD CRASH
    43 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Jan. 6. Two Malays were injured when the motor cycle on which they were travelling just outside Seremban today crashed into a road bridge. The men were taken to hospital with severe head injuries.
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    CHILDREN IN ACCIDENTS
    45 7 Yesterday proved to be unfortunate for children. Three of them, all Chinese, were the victims of motor accidents. Two were knocked down by lorries and the other by a car. One boy is only three years old. There were no serious injuries.
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    47 7 MANY PERSONALITIES AND NOTABILITIES, are aboard the P. O. Stratheden which is making: her maiden voyage to Australia. Lord Craigmyle, the Chairman of the P. 0., Lady Craigmyle and the Hon. Jean Shaw (centre) are here seen prior to their departure from London for the liner's sailing.
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    Killed While Chasing Away Monkeys
    323 7 Killed While Chasing Away Monkeys INDIAN'S GUN INCIDENT (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 6. IJOW one of two men who were asked to drive away monkeys from an estate was killed when the gun he was carrying suddenly went off was related today before Che Ahmad, second magistrate,
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    RESCUED FROM FRANCO'S SHIPS
    83 7 THE French freight steamer Yolande (3,859 tons) has been rescued by a French destroyer after being seized by the rebel cruisers Canarias and Almlrante de Cervera. She was on her way to Barcelona when she was seized and forced to change her course. Her radio call
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    CHEATED OF $3,000
    76 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, lan. 6. Nine Chinese wom^n walked into the Seremban police station today and alleged that they had been cheated of $3,000 by a Chinese woman who recently visited the town. The women said that they had been persuaded to part with cash
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    The Singapore Free Press. FRIDAY. JANUARY 7, 1938. Dissatisfied Listeners
    602 8 The Singapore Free Press. FRIDAY. JANUARY 7 1938. Dissatisfied Listeners IT is refreshing to see Government anticipating private enterprise. According to the radio correspondent of the Free Press the F.M.S. Government, having set aside nearly half a million dollars for the erection of new short-wave apparatus in Kuala Lumpur, has
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    How Loyal Troops Took The City: Children Used As Dynamiters
    1451 8  - How Loyal Troops Took The City: Children Used As Dynamiters Ernest Hemingway On The Teruel Front— ll By rIS morning we lay on top of a ridge with a line of Spanish infantry under heavy machinegun and rifle fire. It was so heavy that if you lifted your head cut
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    AS I was Laying.
    664 8 X^UALA LUMPUR seems to be waking up. Not only is it to have the most powerful short-wave radio station capable of speaking direct to London in lhe country; it may soon, according to all accounts, have its long-desired municipality. It was announced recently by the chairman
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      64 8 A CORRESPONDENT writes to a paper and asks which is the best the Wireless or the Gramophone. The answer is in the negative. The answer to a question as to how to protect the wife's Jewellery and furs is "Take out an All Risks Policy." GENERAL ACCIDENT FIRE fr LIFE
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    "AMBASSADOR WITHOUT A JOB" ARRIVES IN MALAYA
    466 9 "AMBASSADOR WITHOUT A JOB" ARRIVES IN MALAYA Militarism Is Having Its Final Fling; Birth Pains Of A New Era STUDENTS' FRIENDSHIP WILL SAVE WORLD (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 6. "THE Sino-Japanese conflict, the Spanish civil war and the political anguish among the nations are the birth pains
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    184 9 A /•arty jf 20 Italian aviatio?i eng. neers. headed by Signor Fossati. from the Sino-Ita ian National Aeroplane Factory at Sanchang. which has now passed entirely into Chinese hands and been removed to the interior fol± leu'ng Japanese bombings, passed through Singapore on their way to Italy, yesterday in the
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    LONDON REVUE GIRLS WALK OUT
    561 9 "Unpleasant Experience Visit To Singapore Cancelled IT WAS announced yesterday that Peter Sergi's London Revue Company, which was to have played at a Singapore theatre this month, will not now be playing in Malaya. A cable was received from Rangoon stating that "owing to serious
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    28 9 TIIE RENOWNED AMERICAN SINGER, Lily Pons, seen in her feathc<r-weight costume in a jungle scene in her newest picture "Hitting a New High" which is about to released.
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    MALAYA'S RADIO TALK ON HOLLYWOOD
    48 9 Mr. V. D. Kuppusamy. F.R.G.S.. who is well known in Ipoh and Kuala Lumpur and was the Malayan delegate to the Methodist World Quadriannual Conference in Ohio in 1936 will speak from Singapore ZHL on Saturday at 7.45 on a visit to Hollywood.
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    Toothache Stops Duke's Golf
    71 9 lUIR. EDWIN MUNZINGER. an American dentist practising at Cannes, was sent for last week by the Duke of Windsor. The Duke had planned to play golf, but an attack of toothache caused him to cancel his game and send for the dentist. Treatment was given at
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    SCHOOL PEON FOUND HANGING
    238 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 6. Suicide by hanging was the verdict returned by Che Ahmad, the second magistrate. Kuala Lumpur, when he inquired today into the death of Nadesan. peon of the K.K.M. School of Commerce, who was found hanging on the top
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    Once Sued European For $127,000
    162 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Jan. 6. «TN 1937, I sued a European in the Singapore Supreme Court JL for the recovery of $127,000, but at that time I was in prison and had no time to attend to the case/' said William de Zilva,
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    Gambled With Gold
    136 9 i From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Jan. 5. CENTENCE of three months' rigor- ous imprisonment was passed yesterday on a Chinese goldsmith coolie, Tham See Kee, who pleaded guilty to having committed criminal breach of trust of gold to the value of $86.90 on Dec. 31 at
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    Government House
    85 9 Saturday, Jan. 1. IN the morning His Excellency and Lady Thomas attended the New Year Sea Sports. His Excellency and Lady Thomas were guests at the New Year luncheon at the Singapore Club. In the afternoon His Excellency and Lady Thomas attended the New Year Land Sports held
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    "MESSIAH" PRACTICE
    37 9 Members of the choral and orchestral section of the Singapore Musical Society are reminded that the fllrst practice of the "Messiah will be held in, the Memorial Hall on Tuesday Jan. 11. at 5.15 p.m.
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    F. J. McDougall Dies At K. L.
    165 9 WIFE, TWO CHILDREN IN LONDON 'From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 6 pVESPITE an emergency operation for peritonitis. Mr. F. J. McI>ougall. who was proprietor of a European tailoring firm in Kuala Lumpur, and before had been in Klang and Singapore, died
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    MORE MONEY FOR CHINA RELIEF
    55 9 «From Our Own Correspondent* Seremban, Jan. 6. Another remittance of $60,000 (Chinese currency) was today sent to China by the Negri Sembilan China Relief Fund. This makes a total ot *450.000 (Chinese currency collected since I the fund began, and it is reported that donations
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      21 9 Dine and Dance at the CAPITOL RESTAURANT Music by KURT BLACH HIS ORCHESTRA TONIGHT ds WEDNESDAY 8 P. M. TO MIDNIGHT.
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      LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCKS & SHARES
      460 10 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCKS SHARES Last N ight's Quotations From London 5.30 p. m. Jan. 6 Share of £1 denomination unless Latest Quotations Previously The above are dealers' middle prices; jobbers' margins, brokerage •nd stamp duty are not included. otherwise stated Conversion Loan. 5 p.c. 1944-64.... 1147 8 114%
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      157 10 Jan. 3. 4. 5. American Can. Con. 72% 74 75 riflan Telephone and Telegraph 144% 147 148% Atchcson Railroad 36 36% 36 Chesapeak 34% 347/ 8 33% Dupont 111% 113% 110% Firestone 19% 19 19% General Electric 40% 42% 41% General Motors 29% 32% 31% Goodrich 14
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      Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association
      87 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association DAILY PRICES CURRENT Jan. 6, 12 o'clock noon Buyers Sellers No. IX.RjS.S. in cases (F.0.8. Jan.) 22% 2*2% Good F.A.Q. in bales (F.0.8. Jan.) 21% 21 No. LXJLSjS. (Spot-loose) (awardable Singapore) 22% 22 January 22% 22% Feb.-Mar. 22% 22% April- June 23% 23 July-Sept. 23%
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      62 10 Jan. 6 Gambier T.T. 8.00 White Cube 15.50 Hamburg Cube 15.50 White Muntok Pepper 13.75 Black Pepper 8.25 Copra, mixed $4.30 Copra, sundried $4.60 Small Flake Tapioca 3.75 Rice. Saigon Al $170 Rice. Siam. W.C. No. 1 $160 Rice. Siam, W.C. No. 2 $155 Rice, Siam. W.
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      THE COMMODITY MARKETS
      154 10 From London 5.30 p. m. Jan. 6 RUBBER: Dull London: 6%d. 7d. Previously: 6 15|16d. 7d. Jan-Mar.: 6 15|16d. 7d. Previously: 6 15|16d. 7 ljl6d. Apr- June: 7d. 7%d. Previously: 7 l|l6d. 7%d. July-Sept.: 7%d. 7 3|l6d. Previously: 7%d. 7 3jl6d. New York (Opening Price): 14.20. Previously:
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      THE METAL MARKETS
      67 10 From London: Latest Quotations j TIN: Easy. Spot: £185 ss. Previously: £186 12s. 6d. Three months: £184 17s. 6d. Previously: £186 7s. 6d. NEW YORK TIN. Opening Price 41.50. Previously: 41.37. COPPER: Settlement £40 17s. 6d. Previously: £41. GOLD: Yesterday: £6 19s. B%d. Previously: £6 19s. 9d.
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      66 10 London Closing Quotations Jan. 6 Method of Parity before Latest PreSentre Quoting 20-9-31 Rate vlously Paris Franc- to 121.1 147 5)16 147 5J16 Now York to 4.88 4.99 ***** 5.00% Amsterdam Guilders to 8.97% 8.98% 8.98% Hong Kong Per dollar Is. 3d. Is. 3d. Shanghai Per dollar
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      LOCAL EXCHANGE RATES
      171 10 Jan. 6 SELLING London T.T. demand 2|4 1|32 London, demand 2|4 1]32 London 4 months' sight 214 I|l6 Lyons, demand 1720 Switzerland, demand 251 Hamburg, demand 142 New York, demand 58 7|16 Montreal, demand 58% Batavia.. demand 104% Samarang, demand 104% Calcutta. Bombay and Rangoon, demand 154%
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      Daily Share Report
      236 10 ISSUED BY FRASER AND CO. AT THE. CLOSE OF BUSINESS YESTERDAY MINING. Tin at midday was $90 V_, unchanged. A very small volume of business was transacted on the local market today and although at the outset the market opened firmer enthusiasm was rather damped by the
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      SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES
      1286 10 From Exchange Telegraph Co. Fraser And Co. List THURSDAY, JAN. 6, 1937: 5 P.M. Bayers Sellers Ampat Tin (4s) 4s 6d 5s Asam Kumbang 32s 34s Austral Malay 60s 55s Ayer Hitam (ss) 25s 27s Ayer Weng (81) 75 .80 Bangrtn Tin 23s 9d 24s
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      66 10 S. E. Levy Co. Shanghai. Hongkong, Manila. Singapore. Investment Bankers and Broker* in Securities and Commodities. iimtil* 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. HONOKONG SHARE BROKERS' ASS.
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    HOW LONG WILL U.S. SETBACK LAST?
    1676 11 Economic Causes Of Price Drop NEED FOR REVISION OF TAX SYSTEM rATEVER business men may think as to the duration of the* recession, it is plain that they are taking no more risks than they have to, but are following policies of the utmost
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    SCHACHT WARNS WORLD POLITICIANS
    260 11 SCHACHT WARNS WORLD POLITICIANS Trade Aspect Of Colony Demand Writing in the latesi edition of the "Deutsche Volkswirt." Dr Scha.-ht. Minister of State :ind Reichsbank Prosident. issues a warn i tig to the world to return quickly to a realistic view of world economics. He asks lor justic for the
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    BANK OF FRANCE DIVIDEND
    159 11 Higher Payment For Year The Bank of France is paying increased dividends for 1937. The amount for the second half of the year is Frs. 150 gross (against Frs.l2s for the last six months of 1936* The net payment on shares subject to the 15 per
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      575 11 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. TXbe Singapore /ree press ■end o__re: Cecil Street, WmmWmmm. Pbone: 5471 (S tfacs wttfc estensleas te all irpsrtSNsaU Tei: "Tinas" S lags see. Koala mmmmmWtl Officf.2s. Java Street. Phone: 3*83. Ipefc OS-ee: Brewster Read. Pbone: 37. Peaaag Oflee: 12. Blshep Street, nail Pbone: 1477. Lmmmmm Oflk-e: it 43.
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      448 11 HARRIET HUBBARD AYER. The three creams thst always bring retails. LUXURIA; The silk-soft cleansing cream. SKIN A TISSUE CREAM; Light non-clogging cream scented with Attar of Roses. REAUTIFYING FACE CREAM; The pearl -fair transparent finish. MEDICAL HALL LTD. BOARD RESIDENCE _MMBM _l_^_^_i_M_B. SEA-FRONT KATONG GRANGE— .7, Meyer Rd. (near Swimming
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      371 11 BANK OF CHINA (Incorporated in China by Special Charter.! 12, Cecil Street, Singapore. Telephones Manager it Ofltrr €444 Exchange Dept.. .8441 General Office 5188-9 Cable Address "CHCNGKI O" Paid I. p Capital ch. 8 40.*****0.8. Reserve Funds in exceae Ch 8 4,x00 mod 80 Total Assets approximately Ch. 81.880 OuO.BBo
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      354 11 RADIO PROGRAMMES FOR TODAY SINGAPORE ZHL 1.33 mc s (225 m.i ■JB. 6.00 Malay music. t 6.45 Children's programme. (English). 7.00 Chamber music. t 7.30 Time, weather, news and announcements. 7.45 "Prom the Studio Armchair." Weekly newsletter 8.00 "Music of the British Isles. "t 8.50 News and announcements. Relay from
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    ANTI-MALARIAL BOARD
    65 12 (From Our Own Correspondent^ Segamat, Jan. 4. The following is the Anti-Malarial Board for Ali Johore for the current year:— The Principal Medical Officer H. H. Tunku Aris Bendahara, the Senior Health Officer, the State Engineer, Mr. D. G. A. Fraser, Sir David Galloway. Dr. N. Mootatamby, Mr.
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    TWO MILLION MORE UNEMPLOYED
    40 12 Washington, Jan. 5. THE Senate committee investigate ing the question of unemployment was told by the Labour Statistics Commissioner that some 2,300,000 operatives will have lost their employment during the period November. December and Januarv. Reuter
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    Shipowners Lose Claim For £456,000
    463 12 ACTION THAT BEGAN 20 YEARS AGO 11/TR. Justice Luxmoore, in the Chancery Division dismissed M with costs the action brought by six Finnish shipping companies, who claimed sums totalling £456,165, held by the defendants, Baring Brothers and Co., Ltd., as bankers. The shipowners had sought
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    NEW SHIP FOR MITSUI LINE
    298 12 The Mitsui Line's new motorship, Asakasan Maru arrived in New York recently from the Far East on her maiden voyage. The new ship made the voyage from Yokohama in the fast time of 25 days. The passenger accommodations are excellently furnished and tastefully decorated for
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR
    165 12 The following ships alongside tu wharves or expected to arrive: East Wharf Entrance Gate 1; Exit l Talma 22; Plancius 20. Main Wharf Entrance Gate 2; Exit 3: Johan de Witt 18: Kun.shjr.„ 16; Fulda 11; Tirpitz 9. Empire Dock Entrance Gate 2; Exit 3 Thurland Castle 30;
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    NEW POWERS FOR CENTRAL EXECUTIVE
    150 12 Chinese Cabinet Changes Take Effect naitkOM, Jan. 5 IN order to carry out emergency 1 measures, the Central Executive Council lias been given ext Nfcff pow<. to cover a wide sphere of CL. national life. The new ministers of the new Central Government, now functioning
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    GREAT BRITAIN AND PALESTINE
    134 12 Importance Of New White PaDer Statement London. Jan. 5. Much prominence has been given in the Press to the Government statement clarifying the policy in Palestine which was issued as a White Paper last night Emphasis is laid on the fact that, while the Government have
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    CAR SALES UP 5,000 SAYS WORKS CHIEF
    76 12 Captain J. P. Elack, managing dire: tor of the Standard Motor Co.. Ltd at a ball which he gave to 500 of his executives and staff, scorned slum*, rumours and said "We have to date sold 5.000 more 1938 Standard cars than we
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    NEW INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH
    64 12 NEW INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH London. Jan. 5. It Ls announced in London that National Institute of Economic Serial Research has been formed for th. Investigations of problems of cortemporary tMHMUI .society. Besides providing ior research by members o: university .staffs and others, the Institute staffs will cooperate with similar
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    INDIAN LABOUR
    45 12 INDIAN LA BOUR Information has been received by telegraph that 460 stAte-aided labour ers will arrive today at Penang by the s.s. "RajuU It is expected that 135 will b( to Pulau Jcrejak and the bal as IO proceed to Port Swettenham tor quarantine the-c.
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    JOHAN DE WITT
    33 12 The Nederland Lloyd i Royal Dutch Mail* liner Johan de Witt is to berth at the S.H.-3. wharves todav at 7 a.m. and to leave three hours later tor Europe.
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      509 12 DOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (incorporated In P.M R.) TELEPHONE: Freight 543.1 Pi— gi fttl. LLOYDS AGENTS. BOOKING AGENTS FOB FEDERATED MALAY STATES RAILWAYS <<- ROYAL STATE RAILWAYS OF SIAM. CANADIAN PACIIIC msu>f«-Ann iIfAVEL SYSTEMS (Incorporated In Hogland) mmmmWLx2msm\Zt.sm&Jb THE "EMPRESS" ROUTE offers TOANS-PACIFIC SERVICES via HONOLULU or direct EMPRESS to Vancouver—
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      133 12 Current Company Dividends t Li_f Supplied By Messrs. Fraser fe' Co. THURSDAY. JAN. 6, 5 PM. Total for financial Company Dividend Books Date Ex. Div. y* ar Close To Payable Date to date Southern Kinta 6% Int. Dec. 28 Jan 13 Dec 24 _m Sungei Wa 10% No. 32 Jan.
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      138 12 RED FUNNEL LINE HEAP ENG MON S.S. CO., LTO In Strait. SetUemants) REGULAR PASSENGER and Cmrf Bervte* from Sincapore to Java. Borneo. Banka ani Biiliton. FOB BATAVIA. CHERIBON AND SEMARANG. (Every Toeffdav and Friday) s.s. BAN HONG LIONG Fri. Jan sjs. NAM YONG Tue* Jan II Far SOURABAYA AND BANDJERMASIN
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      392 12 Local And Foreign Mail Despatches And Arrivals n BY TRAIN Bangkok every Saturday 7 pjn. Thursday 7.45 ajn. Swettenham, Taiping and Telok Anson; Weekdays* 7 pjn. Kota Bahru, Kuala Krai Thursday and Friday* 7 a.m. Sundays 7 pjn. Kuala Lumpur and Penang Weekdays* 7.45 am. Sundays 7 pjn. Malacca, Batu
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      480 13 ?^iii!^S' 1 sis "S4___ JM •mm\\ mm _^y ut>H BY P&Oand BRITISH INDIA LINES (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND) P. O. S. N. CO'S SAILINGS, OUTWARDS Due Due Tonnage S'pore. Tonnage S'pore. 1938 1938 •BHUTAN 6,100 Mar. 12 •SOMALI 6.800 Jan. 14 BEHAR 6,000 Mar. 21 CARTHAGE 15.000 Jan. 14 RAWALPINDI 17.000
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      398 13 (Incorporated tn Straits Settlements.) 1 M ELLERMAN BUCKNALL S.S. Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in England.) FOR UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL Steamer Dae Sails CTTY OF SINGAPORE Havre. London. R'dam, H'burg. Glasgow Jan. 30 Feb. 2 CITY OF EASTBOURNE Havre, London, R'dam, H'burg, Glasgow Feb. 27 Mar.
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      790 13 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. SINGAPORE PENANG PHONE 5154 (7 Lines) REPRESENTING. SHIPPING THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean lhe Hua Khiow Steamship Co. (1882) Ltd Steam Ship Co, Ltd., and China Mutual i unard White Star Ltd. Steam Navigation Co., Ltd.) deen Commonwealth Line. The Straits Steamship Co.. Ltd. MM Saviil Albion
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      724 14 K. P. M. I INCORPORATED IN HOLLAND) BARENTSZ— Friday. Jan. 7. Batavia. Rodriguez, Mauritius, Reunion, Durban. Lourenco-Marques, Beira, Zanzibar, Mombasa and Mahe. TlDORE— Friday, Jan. 7, Belawan-Deli. VAN DEN BOSCH— FYiday, Jan. 7, Rhio (passengers and mails only), Bawean (passengers and mails only), Padang-Bay (passengers and mails only). Boeleleng (passengers
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      537 14 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE ZJhmd AMERICAN MAIL LINE L TO EUROPE FROM SINGAPORE AND PENANG VIA COLOMBO, BOMBAY. SUEZ, PORT SAID, ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES, GENOA, MARSEILLES AND NEW YORK. Arrives Leaves Leaves Arrives S'pore. S'pore. Penan*. New York. PTes. Van Buren Jan. 9 Jan. 11 Jan. 13 Pteb. 22 Pres. Garfield Feb.
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    AUSTRALIAN FOR ENGLAND
    65 15 AUSTRALIAN FOR ENGLAND J G Lush, the New South Wales j I Ticketer and Test match possible, has; accent* ci the contract of Sir Julien Calm to p I y in England. Thr contract is for three years, dur- J which Lush will be employed on uirn.i.istic stall of a
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    V. P.H. PEARSE NOT TO RETURN TO MALAYA
    46 15 It li understood on reliable inforD that Mr F. P. H. Pearse. well known Oniony and Malayan cricketer., will not be returning to Malaya. Mr Pearse. who was attached to the K Department, is to be married shortly
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    HOCKEY CANCELLED
    18 15 The hockey match between the V.MCA Juniors and C.S.C. to have been played yesterday, was cancelled.
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    Abayan Beats Palace In Great Bout At Ipoh
    208 15 •From Our Own Correspondent* Ipoh, Jan. G. IN a spectacular fight tonight Little Abayan, »8.0) Filipino flyw?ign. enhjneed his reputation by b.ating Little Palace (7.12) another Filipino flyweight. In a 10 (3 minutes) round contest The flaht was one of th? best
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    F.A. CUP—3rd ROUND.
    131 15 F.A. CUP— 3rd ROUND. The third round ties in the F.A. Cup competition are due to be played tomorrow, as follows: Grimsby vs. Swindon Doncaster vs. Sheffield U. Crystal Palace vs. Liverpool. Brentford vs. Fulham. Chelsea vs. Everton Derby vs. Stoke. Bury vs. Brighton. Aldershot vs. Notts Co. Arsenal vs.
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    POLICE BEAT SCRATCH TEAM AT K.L.
    66 15 (From Our Own Correspondent J Kuala Lnmpur, Jan. 6. The Police Depot defeated a scratch team raised by C. O. Labrooy this evening in a hockey game on the P.W.D. ground by two goals to nIL Play was of a scrappy nature and the
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    Schoolgirl To Bid For Golf Honour
    255 15 FOR three years Major Ruttle.a company director, played golf with his schoolgirl daughter every week-end, and when her handicap was five he realised that her skill at the game was phenomenal. When she was 14 a year ago he took her to Archie Cornpston,
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    British Boxing Control May Soon Change Hands Again
    993 15 British Boxing Control May Soon Change Hands Again THE efforts that are being made to form a new board, or a number of new associations, to control professional fighting in this country should not be misunderstood, writes Trevor Wignall in the Daily Express. They were born of exasperation, and nurtured
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    PROSPECTS FOR DAVIS CUP
    107 15 Sydney. G. von Cramm, the runner-up in the singles at Wimbledon last year, and H. Henkel, the German 'Davis Cup player, state that Australia, with J. E. Bromwich and Adrian Quist, both now in the world class, would lose a splendid chance if she did not
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    44 15 picture. A CLEARANCE: C. i»EREIRA STANDS ALONE to clear, while ThHlianathan (right) waits in anticipation. Hewan leans on his stick, in expectation of the ball being swung well up the other end of the field. Another scene in yesterday's S.C.C.-C.S.C. hockey matchJl B Frpe
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    CHALLENGER TO JOCK McAVOY
    914 15 CHALLENGER TO JOCK McAVOY Pierce's Claim To A Title Fight J7DDIE PIERCE, South Africn cruiser-weight champion, is being pui forward as another "Pive" contender for .Pock McAvoy \s Hrilish titles, writes Joe Bmm lev in the Sport intr I.m r. ,ife. It is pointed out on the South African's behalf
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    CEYLONESE BEAT S.C.C. TWO GOALS TO ONE
    638 16  -  NIMROD Fast Hockey On Padang Yesterday SUPERIOR STAMINA OF C.S.C. WON MATCH (By S.C.I. 1: C.S.C. 2. IT IS rath»i difficult to say whether the Ceylon Sports Club deserved their win by 2 l or the Singapore Cricket Club were unfortunate to lose
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    G.S.C. Defeat McNair Sports Club One-Nil
    279 16 IN SPITE of the bad ground conditions, a good hockey match was seen when the G.S.C. "A" met and defeated the McNair Girls' Sports Club at the G.S.C. yesterday, by a solitary goal scored in the second half of the game. A aoft field
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    CLUB DRAW WITH RANGERS AT K.L.
    53 16 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 6. The Selangor Club drew with the Selangor Rangers in a hockey game on the padang this evening, both sides scoring a goal. Play was fast but not scientific Belepp got the Club's goal and Jalleh netted
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    MALACCA HOCKEY
    83 16 (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Jan. 6. Playing without the services of two of their stalwarts, Capt. Jackson and N. B. Fletcher, the Malacca Club were today beaten by a scratch side, captained by Mr. Sequerah, in a hockey encounter by 6 2. The Club had an equal
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    SEPOY LINES GOLF CLUB
    79 16 The Sepoy Lines women's stroke competition for January was played on Monday and Tuesdav and resulted in a tie between Mrs. E. B. Murreil and Miss H. G. Lacey. The tie will be played off next Monday or Tuesdav The following cards were returned: Mrs. E.
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    DOG AND S.C.C. TROPHY RUGGER
    221 16 Visitors To Play Practically State Side :p_VE Army rugger players including Flndlay-Shirras, who is making his first appearance for some weeks following injuries, have been selected to represent the S.C.C. in their game against the Selangor Club tomorrow (next Saturday.) If the ground is fast,
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    AMERICAN WINS CHESS TOURNEY
    59 16 London, Jan. ti. The international chess tournament at Hastings was won by Samuel Reshevksy. the American champion, who finished with a score of seven for nine days' play. Alexander, the young British master, tied with the Estonian. Keres. for second place. Other competitors included Fine, the
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    Loon Chong Wins S.C.R.C. Singles Final
    499 16 THIAN TECK BEATEN IN STRAIGHT SETS i Y ONG LOON CHONG. Singapore singles champion, gained another I lawn tennis title when he became the i singles champion of the S.C.R.C. lawn I tennis tournament alter beating Wong I Thian Teck 6—4. 6—o in the
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    33 16 picture. C PEREIRA DOES NOT FEEL TOO SAFE with Perdriau swerving round to tackle him. and in his over-anxiety to clear has missed. A scene in yesterday's S.C.C.-C.S.C. match on the padan&.B ■Free
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    K. L. SCHOOLBOYS SCORE ANOTHER VICTORY
    376 16 St. Joseph's Institution Beaten At Hockey VI 3; SJ.I. 0 r[E Victoria Institution, of Kuala Lumpur, who are on a tour of sport here, registered another hockey victory yesterda* when they defeated St. Joseph's Institution by three clear goals on the Institution ground. As
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  • Racing Supplement
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      6 1 Racing Supplement FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1938.
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      Form Of Big Race Candidates
      1530 1 icklow Bay 9.0 Mac Kongo's ch.e.g. b- Upsalquitch KljeNrJ iG. N. Ma-Ill). 3_. lens. 11 strs.). 8.3 (Lawler 8), 3rd 1 :1> stages, lo^t ground later. Oct. 16. Race 5. H CK 1. Div. 1. sf. str. SUNSHINE SUE 8.12 Ist. Pure Gold 8.1 2nd
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      Gold Cup Field
      32 1 Wicklow Bay 9-0 Measure 8-6 Jack Druce 8-I*2 Barford 8-5 Pure Gold 8-1? Where Am I 8-3 Vandal 8-10 Beaudekin C-l Knight's Eye 8-:> Aerial Post 7-8 Miltondale 8-7
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      VANDAL SHOULD WIN PENANG GOLD CUP TOMORROW
      1675 1 Wicklow Bay And Pure Gold To Fill The Places COMPLETE REVIEW AND SELECTIONS. TOMORROW'S -acing will se c the close of the Penang Gold Cup meeting for another year, and the main interest of the afternoon will centre in the race for the
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      Copyright
      27 1 The information contained in this Form Guide has been specially compiled for the Straits Times Group, and the copyright therein is strictly reserved by the compilers.
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      Racing Guide To Form
      10964 2 Horses, Cl. 1, Div. 2—l M. &D. Bestlot 9J2 Mae Kengal's eh-e.m. by Wbialot—Lodybrkige. (G. N. Magill). 6th. s'_ lens. «11 strs>. 7.12 <Lewis 6), failed to make any impression. Oct. 16. Ipoh. Race 5, H. Cl. 1. Div. 1. sf. str. SUNSHINE SUE 813 Ist
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      Camera Finishes At Penang On Wednesday
      26 4 Portion of the crowd that witnessed the racing; at Penang on Wednesday, the third day of the Gold Cup meeting.
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