The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 18 January 1938

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  • 17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. NO 15.389. ESTD. 1835 TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1938 10 CENTS
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  • 559 1 String Of Appeals brom President Lebrun BLUM FAILS IN HIS ATTEMPT Financial Expert For The Government LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE NERVOUS Paris, Jan. 17. THERE are so many lefts and rights m French politics 1 that leaders hardly seem to know which way to turn.
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  • 85 1 Follows Rule Of Lenin .Moscow, Jan. 17. K\l ISI.V veteran Bolshevik leader, ha* been appointed chairman «»f the Supreme Council Presidium, the appointment creat- it < -ome surprise as it was expectrd that Stalin would assume the position. Uiin, n ..ever, seems to have prei w
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  • 84 1 a Chinese report says that the death of Darky Chen, the well known Chinese footballer, has been ut last confirmed by the Chinese rtt Federation. The message, which came from Hong Kong, says that Chen teas killed m action ichile bombing a Japanese warship. Many reports
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  • 27 1 \T 1 a.m., Singapore time, no further news of Princess Juliana had been received. An early message from London said that her condition was unchanged.
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  • 171 1 Shanghai, jan. 17. DFT WEEN 500 and 600 Japanese Mar'nes supported by barrage from Japanese warships and planes landed at Tangchiwan village m the Chungshan district northward of Macao yesterday morning, according to reliable Chinese reports. Fighting is m progress and Chinese reinforcements are
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  • 169 1 Japanese Rush More Troops Shanghai. Jan. 17. QTRONG Japanese reinforcements are rushing to attempt to prevent the Chinese troops under the Ironsides Commander. Chang Fah Kwei, from recapturing Hangchow. Chinese troops, who began a drive several days ago, reached a point six miles west of
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    35 1 Throughout Holland preparations have been made for weeks for the birth of the Royal baby. All shop windows are decorated, this one being at Soestdyk, the town m which the baby is to be born.
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  • 29 1 A Sin Chew Jit Poh message from Hankow says that a court martial found General Han Fu Chu guilty ol negl gence. He may be executed.
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  • 28 1 A Sin Chew Jit Poh report says tha* it has been estimated that more than 1.000 Chinese factories m Shanghai have been destroyed. Tiiese factories employed 100,000 workers
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  • 64 1 Members of the Communists and the Kuomintang have finally agreed on their attitude against Japan, says a Sin Chew Jit Poh report. "Peace is our nope, but it must bo secured by glorious victory, not by humiliating terms." is a resolution which was carried. "When reviewing
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  • 69 1 Woman Stabbed By Cantonese MOTHER OF TAXI DANCERS pNTERING a Chinese liquor shop at Jalan Besar. Singapore, shortly after 10 p.m. last r_isht, five well dressed Cantonese attacked the proprietress. She was stabbed with a knife m the right breast md Has taken to hospital m a serious condition. .She
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  • 215 1 Ambassadors Ready To Return Hankow, Jan. 17. APFICIAL circles do not attach much importance to Tokio s abolition cf relations with China, as the cessation of Japanese »e_j.t_ons With the National Government has long been ex peeled It is stated that Hsu Shih-ying, Chinese Ambassador to Tokio. originally planned to
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    • 155 1 BIGIA TEA Brings the freshness and fragrance of the Malayan gardens direct to your home. Tonight Cock ai) Dance 6.30 to 8.30 p.m. Dinner and Dance (informal) 9.30 to midnight Cabaret— ROGOTTA Character, Acrobatic Novelty Dancer Ww jM-.ni BUM. SATURDAY Nr XT JAN 22nd GALA "VICTOR.A THZ GRCAT" BALL HXM>M»IE
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    • 127 1 There is Mo H L Tea tTian*^ wwlWat BIGIA TEA GROWN IN MALAYA i! ADELPHI §§r HOTEL TONIGHT 5 SPECIAL DINNER DANCE CONCERT AND DANCE MUSIC DV KELLER'S FAMOUS F3 HUNGARIAN RAND II GRILL ROOM U H THE BEST FOOD AT THE MOST REASONABLE PRICES BANQUETS AND PARTIES ARRANGED AT
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  • 240 2 Frankfurter Zeitung Asks Some Questions CHINA IS LIX ELY TO BE LOST. B VT— At What Cost To The Stability Of Japan'/ Berlin, Jan. 17. DURINC recent weeks a change of mentality towards the Sino-Japanese war has been obvious m (icrmany. although officially Japan's
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  • 273 2 Siam May Give Lead To Malaya T*HOSE working for the preservation of wild life m Siam and Malaya [are apt to become discouraged by thfl I non-success of their efforts, but m j this country at all events there is 1 reason to believe that before
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  • 81 2 Anglo-Irish Talks Open FEELING OF OPTIMISM London, Jan. 17. "IPHE Anglo-Irish discussions opened this afternoon m the Cabinet Room •»r. No. 10 Downing Street ?fter both f .ekgati-ns had lunched together it! NO, !1. Firlier British Ministers conferred.' and it wa.s understood that they looked .c.'ward la the afternoon meeting
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  • 66 2 JAPANESE ACTRESS VA NISHED AFOPVLAR Japanese aggress, Yoshido Okado, and her fiance. Ryokichi Sugimoto. an actor and producer, have vanished after crossing the Japanese -Soviet frontier m South Saghalien. Their disappearance, according to a Japanese agency, is likely to become a diplomatic issue. The Japanese Consul-General at Alexandrovsk is to
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  • Article, Illustration
    21 2 JEAN BLANC (above) gave himself up to the Paris police investigating the five Paris murders, to which Eugen Weidmann. has confessed.
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  • 25 2 London. Jan. 17. The Empress of Ethiopia wept bitterly when she left London this morning for a three months holiday m Jerusalem. Reuter
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  • 107 2 Washington, Jan. 17. Supporting the Navy Budget. Admiral Leahy gave a warning that, from the standpoint of peace, world conditions were distinctly worse than a year ago He said that reduction by the United States of means of national defence would jeopardise national security Mr. Edison,
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  • 43 2 The Duke of Aosta, cousin of the King of Italy, recently became the new Viceroy of Addis Ababa. He is shown here with Marshal Graz iani (right), the retiring Viceroy, during the welcome by members of Ethiopian Church.
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  • 140 2 China Cannot Guarantee Debts A Strong Lever For Japan London, Jan. 17. JYSCUSSING the Chinese debt service the Financial News says it. must be quite clear that the Chinese Government is not %i a perfect position to give assurances m regard to the debt at present and it seems likely
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  • 39 2 Palestine Partition Opposed By U.S. Jews New York, Jan. 17. TTHE American Jewish Committee representing several hundred thousand Jews m the United States unanimously passed a resolution at Its annual meeting opposing the plan for the nartition of Palestine.
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  • 98 2 Hankow, Jan. 17. 1 New measures which will enable the '.Chinese forces m the various sector.. |to work m co-ordination with one another are reported to have been completed by the General Headquarters at Hankow, which have not only decided upon a charge of field-Com-manders m the Shansi,
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  • 27 2 A Chinese, believed to have suffered a collapse, died m a room m Jalan Klapa yesterday. He had been dead half an hour when the ambulance arrived.
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  • 59 2 Karachi. Jan. 17. The French airman, M. Christian Moench, who is attempting to break the Saigon-Paris air record, is missing m desert regions of the Persian Gulf. He was last seen passing over Jask and should have arrived at Basrah early on Sunday morning. An intensive
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  • Article, Illustration
    38 2 A picture of some of the imxi dancers of the Great World who took part m a charity perform ance, staged m the Gre at World on Jan. 15 and 16, m aid of the China Relief Fund
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  • 86 2 London, Jan. 17. Mr. Quo Tai-chi has returned to London after meeting Dr Sun Fo m Amsterdam. He told Reuter that there was not a conference." I and the other diplomats went to see Dr. Sun Fo to get the latest home news and report to
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  • 100 2 Jewellery From Room At Government House Jewellery worth about £3.750 belonging to Lady Cochrane, wife of Sir Archibald Cochrane. Governor of Burma, has been stolen from Lady Cochrai'e's room at Government House. Eighteen articles are missing. They include a necklace of 212 pearls with a diamond cluster
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  • 198 2 LABOUR MINISTRY INQUIRY London, Jan IT THE Ministry of Labour states there has been a highl. satisfactory response to the inquiry made m the autumn into working class family expenditure. More than 13.600 household supplied "budget. a" giving a del analysis oj their expenditure week of October
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  • 252 2 North Borneo Chamber Of Commerce At the January meeting of the con mittee of the North Borneo Chamb» of Commerce held m the Sandaka:. i Club. Sandakan. Mr F W Pinnock presiding, a letter from the Government Secretary dated D C W was read It said that m future coolie
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    • 38 2 HARRIET HUBBARD AVER. The three cream* that always brtnc results. LL'XI'RM. The silk -soft cleansing aaam SKIN TISSUE CBtEAM; Ught non-clogging cream scented with Attar of Roses. BEAUTIFYING FACE CREAM Th. pearl -fair transparent finish MEDICAL HALL LTD.
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  • 611 3 Singapore Conference On Rates Of Pay Sliding Scale Reductions In Madras Ji KIOR Civil Secants from all parts of Malaya are expected to attend the conference to be held m Sin tra pore next Sunday when the recommendations of thr Nb.cl.regor pay cuts
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  • Article, Illustration
    66 3 MISS HELEN SCHLEY, of Plain field. New Jersey, and Mr. C. H. Crickenberg. Superintendent of Schools, at Elmsford, New York, were married m mid-Atlantic by Capt. Giles C. Stedman, commander of the U.S. liner Washington. The couple chose to be married on board ship, as they c xpressed it. "to
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  • 301 3 Parents Pay Lower School Fees From Today Flat Rate For Elementan a/ Education *¥*HOUSANDS of school children m Singapore and the other settlements, who are returning to their respective English schools this morning after a five-week vacation, will enjoy the benefit of a reduction of school fees. This reduction, announced
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  • 124 3 Till English weather has no terrors for the Chief Royal r "oncer of the Corps of Royal Engineers, General Sir Bindon Blood. He is 96. 1 Everj day he walks down fire flights of stairs from his fiat m udosan Square, London, walks two wiles to
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  • 239 3 Cruise Plans j* After Manoeuvres i THE Royal Indian Navy sloops. Indus ■nd Hindustan, which with the i Investigator, are com'ng to Singapore! for the manoeuvres, have just com- ple*ed their cold wea.ner visit to Cai- cutta. The Indus is flying the flag of Rea--Admiral
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  • 105 3 Mr. L. Hore-Belisha (War Minister) last week made a threehours tour of a secret city of iron fences and special police guards, with 25,000 inhabitants— the Royal Arsenal, at Woolwich. Watching the development of Britain's rearmament programme, he saw the construction of antiaircraft, naval and field
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  • 397 3 THIRTY" distinguished archaeologists and prehistonans will be gathering m Singapore this week for the Third Congress of Far East Prehistorians which begins at Raffle^ Museum next Monday for a five-day session. Among then, it is t'lought. w E oe D~. G H R v.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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  • 225 4 A<;ALA nrrni. .<• si ;h" C ipit'd is always M Important social eve: t and t^« > distil rtirn is onlj accord d to films )1 cmUUMlttef me rit At t'.ie I :™".n? o •Victoria the Great" on Wrdnesdav. Jan 26 the Band ol rh? Ist Batta
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  • 67 4 The Singapore Gardening Sciety are holding their annual flower show this year at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Apr. 1. 2 and 3 so there is as yet plenty ol time lo.' intending exhibitors to sow seeds and grow lots of' fine, healthy plants for the exhibition. There
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  • 94 4 A NEW AND UNUSUAL composition of velvet is to be found m this becoming evening gown. The skirt iv of black taffeta which forms a rir-tl.nc basis for the fluffy tulle dirss. The velvet is used m the brea 1 shoulder straps, the tapering belt and as rihhon
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  • 820 4  -  Sophia Lauterbach By MOTHERS anxious to do the right '^■things realise the value of routine and successful training. Yet we all sometimes forget that habits are a means and not an end. What do we want this early training to ac lieve? Do we? wart our rhildr*
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  • 489 4  -  Ursula Bloom By LONELINE7S a .sails too many <d us. I. with a host oi friends, am a vry lonely woman. You probably do not believe me. yet. for all that. it is pathetically true Those who live m isolated bed -si ttin g-r :otis watching
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    • 96 4 if i i Kl-i.l-.n. Imitation I^v'iiM r-of< j» itTtte for tr** tltv strafe* HAMIUS Rodney H-Hisr 10. Hotter* Road ■Tl*s ,n rRENCH Materials I! SHOPPING CAN BE A PLEASURE IF YOU SHOP IN THE RIGHT JPLACE I •Pleasant Service Goods ®Homely AtMospntPb •Reasonable Prices j| THESE ARE FEW OF THE
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  • 277 5 Saigon Clue In French Mass Murder Hunt Woman Resident m^\ t•' l f f im Questioned Scotland Yard Assists Paris Police UUNT for further possible victims of Eugen Weidmann, France's, mass murderer, has spread to five countries, as far apart as panada and French Indo-China. In Saigon, French Indo-ChiiuL lives
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  • Article, Illustration
    35 5 Japanese Ambassador to China, who is considered one of the most astute students of political conditions m the Far East, is seen photographed outside General Matsui's headquarter m Shanghai He may be withdrawn from China.
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    64 5 POI X X SLAKC HING by the light of electric torches m a cavern which nas once the retreat of bandits m Fontainebleau Forest found the sixth \it tim of killer Eugen Weidmann. The body of 30-year-old Janine Keller, of Strasbourg, was m the exact spot described by Weidmann m
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  • 222 5 Higher Standard Of Life In The East Depends On Agriculture And Education rERE is evidence to show that the work of the International Labour Office hae had real effect I it m India, said Mr. Harold Butler, speaking at a lea party m Bombay given m his honour by the
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  • 69 5 Reds And Kuomintang Disagree A DIFFERENCE of opinion has arisen o^tween the Kuomintang and the nunisti who recently united for the defence of China according tj Sti; Chev. Jit Poh message irom ■mkflw Ihey ignc B Urn principle ol legalisation of the "free, popular movement" but disagree on whether the
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  • 98 5 Singapore's Record Poppy Day Total CDtOAPORE'S contribution to tht Poppy Day Fund was over $26,000 —a record since 1932. It was neari* $11,000 more than the 1936 total. Sales of poppies brought m $7,355.20 The total from sales of wreaths and labels and donations was over $10,000. "Fresh Fields" was
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  • Article, Illustration
    21 5 QUEEN MARY attended tbe annual New Year party given by the "Not Forgotten" Association Wounded Ex -Servicemen) m Buckingham Palace Mews.
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  • 229 5 U.S. A. FLEET EXERCISES h r S i Over .A Vast 1 \r* Area rE American Fleet manoeuvres, starting on Mar. 14. and ending on Apr. 29, are to cover an even wider area than originally contemplated and follow shortly after the Singapore Base exercises. According to the latest advices
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  • 81 5 Network Of In Britain London, Jan. 17. A CONFERENCE on the -Development of air transport within the British Isles took place today between the principal air line operators at which, according to reports, the whole fi.ld oi the respective companies' operations was surveyed and arrangements were made providing for co-ordination
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  • 44 5 Allahabad. Jan. 17. OIK PEOPLE were killed and 12 seriously injured, all Indians, when the Calcutta-Delhi ex pres* collided with a goods train at Bamrauli Station, near Allahabad. One cf the thirtl -class carriages was telesccped and another was overturned. Reuter.
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  • 85 5 Can You Eat With A Gas Mask On? UOH can you cat your tiffin with gas mas\ on? Rotarians m Singapore will he wondering thi> Tomorrou. at their weekly tiffin meeting. Mr. L. r s.on will speak on Gas Warfare an 1 Civil Protection. It is sta<ed that Mr. Crcsson
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  • 98 5 Ethel Mannin Sued For Divorce A DIVORCE suit against Miss Ethel Mann'n. the novelist is m the list Of undefended matrimonial causes for hearing during the present law t<_rn_ m London The suit is listed as Porteous vs. Porteous arid Reynolds. Miss Mannin who was born m London 'n 1900
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    • 175 5 /^~\Count &ure iOSUy anuzzer'^ m m^ m SCOTCH M ___k_. m M Mmm __H __L_^ L <■■ APB 3 Getting Up Nights Caused By Germs oi w<.i r.«>.i and aanopred hj oons up Nights n -M..yy tho true cause is irritating germs which are attacking the mU- tubes or tilters
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    • 100 5 Shakespeare Boy-Meets-Girl Stuff Revised [With Additional Dialogue by John Buchan] LORD TWEEDSMUIR (John Buchan), the Governor-General of Canada, rocked a convention ot Canadian authors m Tronto by reciting these lines of Shakespeare "O, mistress mine, where are you roaming O stay and hear Your true love's coming." and then giving
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    • 142 5 VICTORIA THEATRE COMMENCING TUES. FEB. Ist. Nightly At 9.30 p.m THE WORLD FAMOUS DON COSSACK CHOIR _>JAf» AI, WML RUSSIAN DANCERS m\ m. A k BOOKING PLANS P| Wtt s3/- AND $2/- t ■<- 'i.r ■i 1935 VAUXHALL SALOON 20 H.P. $1,225.00 1935 FORD V-8 SALOON 30 H.P. $1,150.00 j
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  • 291 6 Free Press Air Mail i Pictures EGYPT'S NEW PREMIER: Youn« Kng Farouk of Egypt has ma _c use of his Constitutional powers b> disn>issin r the Cabiret of Nahas Pasha. lis Premier, and asking Mohamed Mahmoud to form a new Cabinet. The new Premier of
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  • 88 7 Gary Cooper was the highest paid film star m the United States m 1936, according to the House of Representatives' Ways and Means Committee. He received £74.042. He was fol'owed closely by Ronald Colman with £72.500. and Claudette Colbert with £71.960. Mac West
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  • 554 7 DR. J. HUXLEY'S LECTURE AUIU were given for Dr. Julian Huxley when he ended his series of lectures to children on rare animals at the Royal Institution, London. First, he showed a sad and cruel film of men m the Arctic beating seals to
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  • 42 7 The result r>f the fancy drat*, competition held m conjunction with the iThaipusam procession at tbe New I World on Sunday night is as follows: j Tamil Brotherhood Party 1, Race Course Rangers 2, and Jollilads Athletic Unioa 3.
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  • Article, Illustration
    27 7 MISS GRETA KELLER, the well known American radio singer, has announced her engagement to Count Theodor Zichy, a Hungarian, who made a stratosphere flight two years ago.
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  • 249 7 Sapper's Leave To Patent Paper Violin Made It In His Off-Duty Time CAPPER Herbert Edward William Wratton, 42nd Field Company, Royal Engineers, stationed at Ismailia, Egypt, has been granted three months' special leave by the War Office to come to England to patent his paper violin. He made it m
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  • Correspondence
    • 344 7 DOMICILED EUROPEANS AND EURASIANS Appeal For A "United Front"! In Malaya (To the Editor of the Free Press) Sir. Many thanks and congratulations to Reader on his well-reasoned letter he has hit the nail right on the head. Unfortunately we are certainly not spoon-fed m this country. Otherwise the boot
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    • 265 7 ALHAMBRA LAST 2 SHOWS TONIGHT 6.15 9.15 Fox's Comedy Success TIME OUT FOR ROMANCE! Starring CLAIRE TREVOR MICHAEL WHALEN HIGHLY AMUSING Says Free Press «_ovel> flail ip^aK: ,or llspU and *ays— '__^___U_l^Bl <cc FIGARO codav f f- *_^H| Experts m attevdanc fcfc^yy fo gtve complete *Mm^^ m satisiacnon FIGARO Htir*
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    • 11 7 a- *Y«__. M&w! I Vm stnittln' m M» 52ml Stud f
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    • 345 7 OPENING TONIGHT... CAPITOL The Popular Daddy of tbe "3 SMART GIRLS" Now becomes "CAPPY RICKS" Peter B. Kyne's World Loved Character m Warner Bros. Laughable Romance CHARLES WINNINGER I i GEORGE BRENT W ANITA LOUISE «t«i6o GETTE^ BJBmT ■Ot_W i '''i_it <^___H_______l ___________________-l__PV_MHP^^'~NP*** aM uv*VßKMa^^^^^^v^^Bß l Mm mm. _R Al
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  • 625 8 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY. JANUARY 18, 1938. Philippines Prospect DEPORTS of Filipino concern at Japan's policy m China are not surprising for the Japanese "advance to the south" aim has always been a great stumbling block m the way of granting the new Commonwealth complete independence. A year ago
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  • 958 8 War Minister And "Grizzled Warriors": More Army Changes? Services Notes rE marked distaste to "grizzled warriors" .shown by Mr. Leslie Hore-Belisha is to be demonstrated still further, if all accounts be true A big reorganisation schema is looming and when it takes effect ..ome time before the end of the
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  • 777 8 - IJIR C E WURTZBURG. who retired from Singapore a year or 50 ago. Is now settling down to write •he new biography of Sir Stamford Raffles which he has been planning He is appealing for fresh material about Raffles' life, and m one letter .tates he is
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    • 52 8 OWING TO THE PROPHECY OF A MILD WINTER many plumbers are disposing c f their cars. Another way of economizing and preparing against seasonal dangers is to take out Fire and Householder's Policies GENERAL ACCIDENT FIRE 6 LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION LTD. (Incorporated ln Great Britain) HONG KONG BANK CHAMBERS SINGAPORE.
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  • 271 9 NEW ARAB PLAN TO SOLVE PALESTINE QUESTION United Kingdom Under Iraq Monarch Full Rights And Privileges For Jews A NEW Arab plan, designed to solve the Palestine question, is being placed before the British Government by Nuri Pasha, of Baghdad, after consultation with Palestine Arab leaders and Syrian politicians. An
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  • Article, Illustration
    41 9 .l\r\\-Si: nOOPfI arriving at Shtnghai via Soochow Creek on leave im :xi various fronts. They spend their furlough m the Hongkew distil., lhe creek, which runs thropgh the International Settlement, i. now used freely for the passage of troops and supplies.
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  • 779 9 lf Indians Make Hindi Their Language A FOREMOST PROBLEM for southern Indians is the con- troversy regarding: the use of the Hindi tongue." said Mr. G Sarangapany. editor of Tamil Marasu. a Tr.mil newspaper published m Singapore, at the recent mass meeting of Tamils
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  • 73 9 "Money Should Go To War Relief" (To the Editor of the Free Press) Sir. I appeal to all my compatriots, m view of the hostilities m China, to desist from letting off any fire-works and crackers during the coming Chinese New Year. They should send whatever
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  • 112 9 Not Practical Just Yet IT is learned that the possibility of a drastic alteration m their Eastern route which, had it been carried cut would have resulted m the exclusion of Calcutta, Jodhpur and Allahabad and the substitution of single "hops" from Karachi to Madras and
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  • 14 9 The s.s. "Bhutan" arrived m London at 9 a.m. on Jan. 15.
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  • 62 9 [From Our Own Correspondent] Malacca, Jan. 17. THE death took place last night at the Malacca Hospital after a short illness of Mr. H. L. Lamotte, manager of Tangkah estate, Tangkah, Johore. A resident of Tangkah for over 30 years, Mr. Lamotte was a popular figure m
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  • 203 9 i Popular Sportsman 9 s Bride TWO interesting weddings took place m Penang on Saturday. A popular member of the local Eurasian and sporting circles. Mr. Chris Danker married Miss Regina Sara Oliveiro at the Church of the Assumption, the Rev. Father Southait offtcating. The bridegroom
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  • 326 9 Tour Of Old City (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Jan. 17. "117E ARE very much impressed W with the place" said Mr. Jack Kiely, leader og the 40 girls of the Australia League of Youth after they had been conducted round Malacca by members of the
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  • 259 9 Touched Live Wires Inquest Verdicts DEATHS of two people from electrocution were investigated by the Penang Corner, Mr. D. J. Lambert, on Saturday, and- m each case a verdict of death by misadventure was recorded. Ong Ah Nya, a married woman living at Acheen Street.
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  • Article, Illustration
    19 9 ANNA NEAGLF ANU H. B. WARNER m a scene from "Victoria the Great" opening at the Capitol on Jan.
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  • 46 9 2,200 Freeze Or Starve To Death In Shanghai A TOTAL of :i:>'M persons, m eluding 13 foreigners, were frozen or starved to death between Jan. 3 and 9, m the Settlement of Shanghai, according to an announcement by the Public- Health Department ol the MunLipal Council.
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    • 517 10 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCKS SHARES Last Night's Quotations From London 5.30 p. m. Jan. 17 Bhart of £1 denomination unless Latest Quotations Previously otherwise stated Conversion Loan. 5 p.c.. 1944-64 115*8 114 7 3 Fur ding Loan. 4 p.c. 1960-90 113^ 4 IWj U r Loan. 3U p.c 103V
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    • 1311 10 Fraser And Co.'s List From Exchang e Telegraph Co. SATURDAY, JAN. 15, 1 P.M. MINING Bayers Sellers Ampat Tin (4s) 4k 4hjd 4s lO^d Asam Kumbang (£> 32s 34.5e. a. Austral Malay i£> t>us sas Ayer Hitam (ss> 25s 26s Ayer Weng ($1) .75 .80
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  • 189 10 Jan. 13 14 15. American Can. Con 80 80 80 American Telephone and Telegraph 148»/ 2 147 Vi 1483'; Atcheson Railroad 39 'g 40 41 1/3 Chesapeak 37 8 37 8 37»/ 4 Dupont 116^2 118 120 Firestone 23»' 2 24 General Electric 43*s 44» 4 44»
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  • 90 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association DAILY PRICES CURRENT Jan. 15, 12 o'clock noon Buyers Sellers No. I.X.R.S.S. m cases (F.OB. Jan.) 23» 8 23% Good F.A.Q. m bales (F.OB. Jan.) 22% 22V 2 No. I.XHJSJ&. (Spotloose) (awardable Singapore) 23 23 V 4 January 23> 4 23% Feb.-Mar. 23 3 /4
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  • 62 10 Jan. 15 Gambler T.T. 3.00 Whit? Cube 13.50 Hamburg Cube 15.50 White Muntok Pepper 14.00 Black Pepper 8.75 Copra, mix?d $4.10 Copra, sundried $4 50 Small Flake Tapioca 3.80 Rice, Saigon Al $162 Rice. Siam, W.C. No. 1 $155 Rice, Siam, W.C. No. 2 $150 Rice, Siam,
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  • 191 10 From London 5.30 p. m. Jan. 17 RUBBER:— Steady. London: 7»/ 8 d. Jl 3|16d. Previously: 7 l!16d. 7* 8 d. Jan-Mar: 7»/ 8 d. 7 3|16d. Previously: 7 i!16d. 7 l /8 d. Apr-June: 7»/ 4 d. 7 5!16d. Previously: 7 3|16d. 7»/ 4 d. Julj-Sept:
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  • 77 10 From London: Latest Quotations TIN: Firm. Spot: £183 15s. Od. Previously: £Iss 12s. 6d. Three months: £188 17s. 6d. Previously: £185 17s 6d, NEW YORK TIN: Opening Price: 42.50. Previously: 41.75. COPPER Settlement: £43 17s. 6d. Previously: £42 12s. 6d. GOLD: Yesterday: £6 19s. B^. Previously: £6
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  • 71 10 London Closing Quotations Jan. 17 Method of Parity before Latest PreCentre Quoting 20-9-31 Rate Yiously Paris Fnnc to 121.1 1485a 149»8 New York to 4.88 4.90 9 16 4.99 1116 Amsterdam Guilder! to 8 97 3 4 8.70 1 4 8.97 3 /8 Hong Kong Per dollar
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  • 179 10 Saturday's Singa pore Quotations SELLING London. T.T. 2.4 132 London, demand 24 i; 32 Ltndon 4 months* sight 2|4 I|l6 Lyons, demand 1735 norn Switzerland, demand 251 Hamburg, demand 142 New York, demand 58% Montreal, demand 58 5|16 Batavia, demand 104% Samarang, demand 104*/ 2 Calcutta, Bombay
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  • 175 10 List Supplied By Messrs. Fraser Co. SATURDAY. JAN. 15, 1 P.M. Total for financial Company Dividend Books Date Ex Div. year TIN Close To Payable Date to date Asam Kumbang Is No. 61 Jan. 21 Jan. 28 Jan. 22 6d bonus Ipoh Tin Is. Int. Jan. 5
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 66 10 S. E. Levy Co. Shanghai. Hongkong, Manila. Singapore. Investment Bankers and Broken m Securities and Commoditiea 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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  • 383 11 DUTCH RUBBER ESTATES' BIG EXPORTS All-Time Record In December 23,307 TONS: QUOTA FOR YEAR ATTAINED A FEATURE of the preliminary figures of Netherlands East Indies rubber exports m December is the marked increase m estate exports to an all-time high record of 23,307 tons. Native exports have further decreased to
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    10 11 A NEW picture ol Mussolini— taken for the New Year.
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  • 239 11 His Journey From Lower Deck The recent appointment of a former lower deck sailor to the position of Ch ef Constable of Rochester is of especial interest to naval circles m Hong Kong. The appointment of a bluejacket boy entrant as a Chief Constable is believed to be unique. Lieut.
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  • 51 11 Particulars of the Takuapa Valley Tin Dredging N L for the first half of January are Dredge Takuapa No 1. 314 hours. 72.000 cubic yards. 336 pieuls dredge Takuapa No 2. 315 hours 80.000 cubic yards 386 pieuls dredge Takuapa No. 3. 258 hours. 61.000 cubic yards 100
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  • 29 11 The output of the Sione Tin <F.MS .I Limited for the month of December. 1937 was 580 pieuls yardage worked was 111,700 and hours run was 629
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  • 632 11 How Overseas Lending Has Recently Declined ONE of the outstanding features of Great Britain's economy is that she is the greatest 'creditor" country m the world. A creditor country is. of course, one that by reason of thp investments of its nationals m foreign
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 614 11 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. 3be Singapore jfree press n« OBse* CecU Street. Slncapom. Phone: 5471 (5 lima with j extensions to all departments. Tel: "Tttaes" Sine spore Lumper Ofßre 25. Jars Street Phone: 3683. fooh OMft: Brewster Road. Phone. 37. Prnanc Office: 12. Bishop Street Penang. Phone: 1477. London Office 10 43.
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    • 370 11 BOARD RESIDENCE SEA-FRONT KATONG GRANGE— 77, Meyer Rd. (near Swimming Club) Board -Residence at moderate rates Large Garden- Tennis. Phone: 5758. -m i i THE MANSION, OXLEY RISE YON- LICENSED RESIDENTIAL HOTEL I Daily snd monthly terms. TEL *0098. EAST ANGLIA S. OXLCT RISK SINGAFOU S coins, to town high
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    • 306 11 BANK OF CHINA 'Incorporated ln China by Special Charter. l 12. Cecil Street, Singapore. Telephone*. Manager's Ofßre M 44 Exchange Dept.. 6441 General Office 6188-9 Cable Addre«: "CHUNGKUO" PaM Up Capital Ch 4H.ftftft.ftM Reserve Funds m exreao Ch. I 4 Jftft.ftftft ftft Total Assets approximately Ch. Iljftft.ftftft.ftftfttft HEAD OFFICE: SHANGHAI
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 399 11 I RADIO PROGRAMMES SINGAPORE am 6.00 Indian music* 6.20 Chinese music Selections from Peiping dramas, t 6.45 Children's programme I English v 7 00 Orchestral concert "Enigma Variations. Op 36 I Elgar I Played by the BBC. Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Adrian Boult. "I'Enfant et les Sortileges 'Pavel). Played by the
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    • 401 11 tions for a Variety performance at the Palace TTieatre. Burnley. Lancashire 7.35 "The Real Robinson Crusoe." The story of Alexander Selkirk. A play for broadcasting, by R. L. Megroz. Characters: Richard Steele: Mrs. r >rue". Steele; Dame Hollis, hostess of a tavern; Captain Woodes Rogers; Alexander Selkirk; Captain Stradling: Lieutenant
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    33 12 THE STATUE of Britannia which has been erected by Frenchmen m the harbour of Boulogne m commemoration of the first British troops landing at the beginning of the great War. is now finished
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  • 466 12 SHARP RISE IN SHIPPING FREIGHTS Market Rates In Australia And The East London. Jan. 8. A SHARP rise has taken place m freights from Australia. Yesterday a premium of ss. over the minimum schedule was paid, which compares with 2s. 6d. premium which was the best obtainable last week, says
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  • 36 12 The Messageries Maritimes Mail and Passenger S/S iyArtagnan from Japan, i China and Saigon is expected to arrive today at 6 a.m. and sail at 1 p.m. for Marseilles via Colombo. Djioouti. Port 1 Said:
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  • 70 12 The engagement of Mr. George > Duncan Cameron, son of the late Mr. Alexander Cameron and Mrs. Cameron. Of Edinburgh, to marry Miss Margaret Mary Walker, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Walker, of Chichester, was announced m The Times of Jan. 10. writes
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    29 12 NEW SIGNPOSTS are being painted at the Kuala Lumpur central police station m connection with the new Road Traffic Enactment, and more parking space is being created m town
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  • 300 12 TANNED a deep bronze, wearing dark blue dungarees with a sheath knife strapped to her waist-belt. Miss Winilred Lloyd. 24-year-old. Oxfordshire girl, arrived here recently m the (Finnish barque Olivebank after a 100-day voyage from Mariehamn. She is a lull working member of tne crew, paid the same
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  • 164 12 The following ships alongside wharves or exported to arrive East Wharf Entrance <.ate I. Exit 1 Prosper 20 Sheers Wharf Entrance (uU 1 Kxit i Charon 19. Main Wharf Entrance Gate 2, Exit 3 DArtagnan 18: Yuens .ng 16 p a t roclus 11: Teucer 9: K<>d..h G
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  • 40 12 Jan. 17: Rusa. Klias. Sin K_v Seng, Meran. Tandjong Pinang. XL Glenapp. Flevo. Box Hill. Klang <Brit Shyogen Maru Jap Hai Le e <Nor. I G.G. Pasquier Fren Pasir Pla_. Renist. Gaasterkerk. Djirak «Dut I Jan. 18: Boelongan Dut.).
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  • 198 12 The following are passengers on board the s.s. "Patroclus" leaving Sin gapore for the United Kingdom on Wednesday Mr. J. B. M. Wilson. Mr. T. B Bet_eridg» Mrs. Betteridge. Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Carter Mr and Mrs J Downes and Infant, Mis.. A M. Carter,
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  • 146 12 Ship Damaged On Trip The troopship Nevasa arriveo Southampton with 1.500 soldiers fron India. During the latter stages of the voyage engineers suspected pr<. peller trouble As soon as she dockeo a diver made an examination He lound that one of the blades o: the
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  • 41 12 Freight Tariff No. 14. < CHROME ORE It is notified for informat.on that, with immediate effect, contract ai.a non-contract rates oi UiS $16 25 anu U.S $18.25 per tea of 20 cw. will ba quoted on this cctaunodity. m
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    • 529 12 BOUSTEAD CO., ITD. (Incorporated In F.M 8.) TELEPHONE: Frejfht 5433— Paaaafe §411. LLOYDS AGENTS. BOOKING AGENTS FOB FEDERATED MALAY STATES RAILWAYS 4RI ROYAL STATE RAILWAYS OF SIAM. ammmmammmmmMamim CANADIAN PACIIIC ■fettit^WAnsff [gAVEL SYSTEMS < incorporated ln England* THK "EMPRESS" ROUTE offers TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES via HONOLULU or direct EMPRESS to VANCOUVER—
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    • 38 12 TUEPHONE OS__M k THONE I Jf) 5471 (5 lines) lOSE no time m call* Jing vs whaterer the need may be for m the Classified Want-Ad Columns lie results v» ahing to serve you. jfree press WANT ADS
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    • 31 12 For everything appertaining to Ocean Passages, Foreign Monsy Exchange and Freight. apply colsks *<L___glL->* wacosShlits > ittt i rm_ I .4 [WOPIO TttAVfl siwvicfj 39, ROBINSON ROAD. No Booking Fees. Telephone 5908.
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 430 12 Local And Foreign Mail i Despatches And Arrivals BY TRAIN— TODAY Bangkok every Saturday 7 pm. Thursday 7.45 a j^ Swettenham, Taiping and Telok Anson; Weekdays* 7 pjn. Kota Bahru, Kuala Krai Thursday and Friday* 7 a.m. j Sundays 7 pjn I Kuala Lumpur and Penang Weekdays* 7.45 ajn Sundays
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    • 464 13 jj* i 11 mwLmy 1 _____~_____T' 'fife BY P&Oand BRITISH INDIA LINES (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND) P. 0. S. N. COS SAILINGS, OUTWARDS Due Due Tonnace Spore Tonnage Spore. 1938 1938 •SOM AM t* oo Jin 18 BEHAR 6.000 Mar. 21 MOR IN 15.000 Jan. 28 RAWALPINDI 17.000 Mar. 25 KAISAR-I-HIND
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    • 357 13 (Incorporated m BtraUe SettlemenU.) ELLERMAN BUCKNALL S.S. Co., Ltd, (Incorporated tn BnglandJ FOR UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL Steamer Dm BaUi rrrv OP atNOAPCWIB Havre. Umdon, R'dam, H'burg, Glasgow Jan. 29 Peb. 2 CITY OP EASTBOURNE Havre, London, R'dam, H'burg, Glasgow Peb. 27 Mar. 2 FOR
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    • 818 13 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. SINGAPORE PENANG PHONE 5154 (7 Lines) REPRESENTING. SHIPPING THE BLUE FUNNEL L'NE (Ocean The Hua KhJow Steamship Co. (1832) Lt*. Steam Ship Co Ltd and China Mntval Canard White Star Ltd Steam Natation Co Ltd.) de« S^SKT^IiT The Straits Steamship Co.. Ltd Sf*!___2_± S______t__ft_l__f%__l The China Navigation
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    • 644 14 K. P. M. INCORPORATED IN HOLLAND) ROKAN— Tuesday, Jan. 18. Bengkalis. Paneh, Berombang, TanjongMengeidar. Tanjong-Leidong and Asahan. BOELONGAN— Tuesday, Jan. 18, Rnio. Tambelan. Singkawang and Pemangkat. MAKASSER— Wednesday. Jan. 19. P. Samboe. Poeloe-Kidjang. Sapat, Tembilahan. Poeloe-Palias, Pengalian-Estate and Rengat. THEDENS— Wednesday, Jan 19. Muntok and Palembang. TOGlAN— Wednesday. Jan. 19,
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    • 632 14 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE MAIL LINE I Hff|2_N^__A W/w^vJm I TO EUROPE PROM SINGAPORE AND PENANG VIA COLOMBO. BOMBAY. SUEZ, PORT SAID, ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES, GENOA, MARSEILLES AND NEW YORK. Arrives Leaves Leaves Arrives Spore. Spore. Penan*. New York. Pres. Garfield Feb. 3 Feb. 5 Peb. 7 Mar. 19 Pres. Monroe Feb.
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    • 574 14 Q.S.K. LINE FOR AFRICA AND SOUTH AMERICA t Arabia Mam Buenos Aires via Colombo, Mombasa, F_eb g Zanzibar, Dar-es-Salaam. Beira. Lourenco Marques, Durban. Port Elizabeth, and Cape Town. tßio de Janeiro Mam Buenos Aires via Colombo. Durban, Feb v Cape Town, Rio de Janeiro. Santos. Kio Grande and Montevideo Cape
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  • 462 15 North Malayan Golf Championship To Be Held At Ipoh SELANGOR INCLUDED FOR THE FIRST TIME THE Northern Malayan Amateur Golf Championship Meetin* will this year be held at the Ipoh Golf Course on Jan. 10 and 31 and Feb. 1. The leading exponents of the game m North Malaya are
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  • 104 15 Kwong Koh Long Failure Offer Of 25 Per Cent. Refused I* THE matter of the failure of the of Kwong Kch Long, a Bang *Qk firm which had a branch m Singapore, the creditors m Bangkok expressed their willingness to -to per cent, of the amounts but Mr Ung Yuk
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  • 46 15 amtaaa of Chinese children from tr-cievastjted area* m Clicking Ki.ingsu h ivj been sent to Japan brought up tor services m the uny. hundred Chinese children were liKen away from the Chuen Sha land, off the Kwanatuna coast, last wtek. Union Times
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  • 151 15 But Not Enough I Skilled Men /CLERICAL un niployment continue.. lo be an unsatisfactory and seemingly permanent feature of the labour market m Mala* a. states the Sunday Gazette I Penang)— but we have discovered evidence lecently that we were perfectly correct m our assumption that
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    21 15 PRINCE ALBERT (Anton Walbrook) m a scene during the courtship of Queen Victoria (Anna Neagle) a scene from "Victoria the Great."
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  • 210 15 Port Captain Charged With Manslaughter HAVING ended his inquiry into the Belgian air liner crash near Ostend, m which 11 persons, including five members of the Grand Ducal family of Hesse were killed, the Public Prosecutor of Bruges recently caused the captain of the airport, M.
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  • 82 15 j Although reinstated as an amateur, W. Guyatt, 17-year-old Victorian cyclist, who was tentatively c/iosen for the Empire Games In Sydney next month, i cannot participate because he has ridden as a pro. He is barred, by rule, from both Oympic and Empire Games. Fred Aoostoli. from San Francisco, has
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  • 50 15 S. C. C. Seven- A -Side Tournament picture. picture. INCIDENT DITUNG PLAY IN THE SEVEN-A-SIDE RUGGER MATCH be ween the R.E. (Changi) and the 70? Heavy Brigade on the Padang yesterday.— Free Press A DRIBBLING RUSH DURING PLAY m the S.C.C. sevtn-a-side rugger tournament on the padang yesterday— Free Press
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  • 525 15 Sir Shenton Thomas Guest At Rugby Union Dinner (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 18. FIRST Governor and High Commis- sioner m Malaya to attend the Rugby Cup final m the Federal Capital, Sir Shenton Thomas was the Drincipal guest at the dinner of the Malayan Rugby Union which
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  • 96 15 TO CAPTAIN MIDDLESEX AT 28 I. i Twenty-eight-Year-Old W. H. Webster, of Highgate and Cambridge University, is expected to captain Middle- j sex county cricket eleven next season. I R. W. V. Robins, the present captain. is unlikely to carry on, thoug.. he will not make a definite decision for
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  • 164 15 TOMMY FARR has quickly settled down m his new training camp at Summit, New Jersey, where he is preparing for his fight with Jim Braddock at Madison Square Garden on Jan. 21 The Welshman is reported to have I ravealed. unexpected 4S devil against his sparring partners.
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  • 348 15 1 Fewest Invalids On j Record a BELATED report on the health of the Navy m 1935. issued last week a Blue Book, shows that year to have established a record for fitness The average number of men on the daily sick list was the lowest ever
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  • 132 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, ian. 17. Dr E. S. Lawne, who has been seen on many Malayan rugby fields, formerly as player and ljtterly as referee, has been elected president of the Malayan Rugby Union. A Government estate surgeon. Dr. .L.vrie has travelled much
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  • 227 15 Singapore To Play Selangor Next Month (By NIMROD) A MATCH which, it is hoped, will become a customary feature m future hockey seasons may be played In Singapore on Feb. 5. It is the first State hockey match between women, and Singapore's opponents will be
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    25 15 As King Farouk gets out of his car on arrival at the mosque of Koubbeh. he is greeted by his new Egyptian Premier, Mohamed Mahmoud.
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  • 467 16 Game Of Lost Chances At Ipdh VISITING FORWARDS IN POOR FORM [From Our Own Correspondent! Ipoh, Jan. 17. THE Islington Corinthians followed up their earlier successes m Malaya with a three-nil victory over Perak m their second match against the State here this evening.
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  • 62 16 Army Rackets Championships will be held at Prince's Club during the fortnight beginning Feb. 28. Holders are Lieut. R. H. A. G, Calthorpe (singles) and 3rd Brigade R.H.A. (doubles). Donald Budge, Wimbledon and American championship, does not favour the idea that the Davis Cup should become a biennial affair, as
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    28 16 picture. A Kood tack'e during play i nthe sevrn-a-side rugger match m \vhi--h the S.C.C. "A" heat the 3rd AA. Bde. by 5 points to 3 Free Press
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  • 613 16 S. C. C. Seven- A -Side Rugger Start CLUB SECOND TEAM OUT IN FIRST ROUND I.HE seven-a-side rugger tournament of the S.C.C. began yesterday, when six teams decided their ties on the Padang. In the first game, the S.C.C. "A" beat the 3rd Anti-Air-craft Brigade, by five points a goal
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  • 344 16 V M.C.A. 1; S.C.R.C. 0. A SOLITARY goal scored late m the second half gave the Y.M.Cj*. victory by that margin over the S.C.R.C. m a game of hockey at Anson Road yesterday. The Chinese had more of the
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    17 16 picture. A TUMBLE DURING PLAY m the seven-a-.ide rugger tournament on the S.C.C. padang yesterday Free Press
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  • 62 16 [From Our Own Correspondent] Malacca, Jan. 17. rIE team to represent Malacca against the Islington Corinthians was chosen tonight as follows: Law Ah Sang; Lim Chwee Seng, B. Noronha; A. de Silva, D. Hendross, Goh Jit Sin; Mustapha, Mohd. bin Haad, R. P. Leon (Cpt.),
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  • 322 16 rIE annual Clarke Cup hockey match between the Europeans and The Rest takes place this afternoon on the Padang, and one again is compelled to ask whether the Europeans will be able to break the run of victories lying to the credit of The
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  • 471 16 Visiting Backs Force Goalless Draw A KEEN tussle between the forwards of the Inniskillings and l\ the full backs of the S.R.C. would be an apt description of the hockey match between the two teams which ended m a goalless draw at Tanglin yesterday.
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  • 89 16 TJIE Management Committee of the Football League has decided to launch a £100.000 benevolent fund appeal to the public. The money will primarily be used to help League players who have served the game and then fallen on bod times. There is also a possibility
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  • 60 16 I wonder if I shall ever be able to play tennis again. I certainly shan't be able to play for several months But I don't despair." said Jean Borotra this month when he arrived m Paris from St. Moritz. His right knee was encased m
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    21 16 picture A struggle for possession during play m the SCC. seven -a -side rugger tourney on the padang yesterday.- Free Press
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  • 97 16 R '-suits of yesterday's ties m the second Ma'ays lawn tennis tournament, now m progress on the Y.M.CA courts M r< Handicap Singles: A S. B Pakir 15 > beat A Hamid «scr In he semi-final. 6 0. 6-1: O. Farai <scr> beat A. Rahman <ser
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