The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 25 January 1938

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  • 17 1 The Singapore Free Press AND DAILY NEWS. NO. 15.375. FSTD. 183* TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1938. 10 CENTS
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  • 295 1 UNDER-ESTIMATED BY JAPANESE Vast Fortifications DAILY EXERCISES OF rLANES SUBMARINES VMSft prtptmtidaa by Soviet Russia for war m the V:w ka^t are described by an eye-witness who has iu -t concliuied a tour of Soviet Far East territory. )n|.;iiit-se reports of these preparations, he
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  • 33 1 London. Jan. 24. hi Baled sculptor. Captain Adrian Ui»-d at his Chelsea home today I i>: s3 He executed .unong tton works the ci»*<***<"* o-^.»^ uriu r i Hill Reuter
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  • 630 1 Hirota Speech Discussed ACCORDING to a British Wireless message, the Cabinet held a meeting late last night m order to take advantage of the presence of the Foreign Secretary before he left for Geneva. Earlier messages stated that the speech of the Japanese Foreign Minister was considered of
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  • 79 1 London, Jan. 24. One of the world's largest aircraft, the first oi 14 Armstrong-Whitworth Ensign monoplanes ordered by Imperial Airways, wu seen by the public for the first time yesterday. The craft, which has accommodation for 42 passengers, has a wingspan of 124 feet and
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  • 199 1 Thousands Of Messages YESTERDAY at Cap dAntibes. m the south of France, the 75--year-old Mr David Lloyd George, Minister of Munitions and Prime Minister of Britain m wartime, and n^ wiie. Dam.. 1 Margaret Lloyd George, celebrated their golden wedding, m the presence of their son.
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  • 118 1 Destructive Work By Planes SEVERE STRUGGLE IN THE HIGHLANDS TOE Chinese forces are tightening their onslaught on Wuhu, near 1 Nanking, states a Nanyang Siang Pau cable, with the support of Chinese planes, which effectively bombed and machine-gunned the Japanese positions at Wuhu. Lukang and
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  • 83 1 Soviet Experts In China pVELEGATES from the provinces in the Yangtze valley have arrived at Nanchang, capital of Kiangsi, to attend a conference which will discus? measures for the mobilisation of China's man-power, economic resource^ and for the training of young men for military services. The chief training
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  • 37 1 Barcelona, Jan. 24. The Spanish Ministry of National Defence states that five insurgent warships, two of which were Italian destroyers under Spanish names, fired 14 shells at Valencia, causing little damage- Reuter
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  • 53 1 Marseilles, Jan. 24. k RADIO station here has received a message from a French ship, the Prado, saying "We have been stopped and searched by an unknown warship." The Prado later reported that it had resumed its course escorted by a French warship and that all
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  • 78 1 Air Raid Steps Shown To British Minister London, Jan. 24. Mr. Geoffrey Lloyd, Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Home Office, who has been visiting Germany to inspect air raid precautionary measures, left Berlin for Paris last night. Before leaving he expressed appreciation of the courteous reception given to
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  • 321 1 Further Cut In Rubber Quota? Today's Meeting Oi Committee (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Jan. 24. r HK consensus of opinion m Mincing Lane is that a cut m the rubber quota to 65 or even 60 per cent, is imminent, though the decision may not be announced at tomorrow's
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 96 1 BIGIA TEA Hrings the freshness und fragrance of the .Malayan gardens direct to your home. Tonight Cocktail Dance 6.30 to 8.30 p.m. Dinner and Donee (informal) 9.30 to midnight COMPLETE C HANtiE OF PROGRAMME BY BI STER FLO -hti.iujc tap dancers Non-diners $1 00 1788 The Birth of a Nation
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    • 107 1 .ThA-e^r^io better Tea than BIGIA TEA GROWN IN MALAYA ADELPHI njv HOTEL THE ROTARY CLUB OF SINGAPORE MELTS TONIGHT AT 8 P.M. AT THE ADELPHI HOTEL. DINNER MEEIING THE ROOF GARDEN IS RESERVED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF SINGAPORE AND THEIR GUESTS. ADELPHI GRILL ROOM THE
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  • 93 2 ADMIRING NEOLITHIC FINDS IN MALAYAN PENINSULA Delegates to the Far Eastern Prehistoric Congress caught by the Free Press cameraman yesterday. From left to right are: Mr. H. D. Collings. assistant curator of Raffles Museum, Mr. F. N. Chasen, director of Ruffles Museum, Mrs. von Koenigswald, Mr
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  • 362 2 Offenders Severely Warned And Bound Over (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Jan. 24. pEMARKING that they had no rifht to go round intimidatX ing people, the Seremban Magistrate, Mr. J. P Biddulpn, today gave a severe warning to three Chinese who were concerned m
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  • 309 2 PROTO-HISTORIC WOMEN DID NOT LIKE GLASS BEADS /\NE of the riddles m the prehistory of south-east Asia is the origin of stone and glass beads which have been found either m graves, hills or beaches. Specimens with similar characteristics to those of Egyptian beads have been unearthed m Malaya, China
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  • 31 2 A one-night only showing of A Hundred Men and a Girl, the Deanna i Durbin film which was screened m i Singapore recently will be given, at the (Capitol Cinema tonight.
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  • 55 2 Head Of New Nanking Government GEN. Ho Feng Lin. who was Shanghai's Garrison Commander 15 years ago. has been selected by the Japanese to form a "provincial government." at Nanking. Other pro-Japanese officials m Peiping are reported to have also r»€en invited to assist m the formation of the new
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  • 73 2 From Our Own CorrespDndent) Malacca, Jan. 24. The ea.~e asMinst a Malay woman, Tejah Binti Jambi. and Latif Bin lAgui. who are charged with causing the death ol Minna Binti Lagui by T^kin? her away from tho General Hosnltdl against medical advice, was heard ifl the Police Court
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  • 62 2 (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Jan. 24. THE Imperial Airways west-bound plane which left Singapore this morning: met with such bad weather over the middle of the Siamese peninsula that the pilot decided to return to Alor Star, where it is spending the night and resuming:
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  • 79 2 Queen Marie of Yugoslavia reached London yesterday with Prince Tomislav and Prince Andrey, her sons, and Frince Nicolas, younger son of Prince Paul Chief Regent of Yugoslavia. The three young princes will be pupils m an English boarding school. Princes Tomislav and Nicolas have each
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  • 166 2 GOVERNOR OF SHANTUNG EXECUTED Received Sentence In Stony Silence Hankow, Jan. 24. PTANDING m bitter cold, under a cheerless drizzle, General Han Fu Chu, Governor of Shantung, met his end at 7 p.m. before a firing squad at Wuchang, across the river from Hankow. The most expensive coffin procurable was
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  • 107 2 Those who have been fortunate enough to hear the few broadcasts of the Don Cossack Choir from the Java racjk) stations wiil expect entertainment o€ a high order when the Don Cossacks and itfteir Russian dancers open their co ason m Singapore on Feb. I
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  • 165 2 Berlin, Jan. 24. Herr Hitler has summoned a meeting of the Reichstag for the morning of Jan. 30. lt~is believed that it will deal exclusively with domestic politics and occasion no surprises. Reuter. Washington. Jan. 24. The White House has announced that President Roosevelt's naval message is not
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    33 2 CROWDS WELCOME PRESIDENT DE VALERA m London with the Irish Free State (Eire) fla*. He bad, friendly talks with the Dominions Minister. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. on the new constitution of Ms State.
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  • 57 2 STABBED— KILLED Johore Bahru. Jan. 24. One of the 14 Chinese, living m a kongsi on a rubber estate at Sanglang. m the Pontian district, was stabbed to death yesterday by a fellow labourer. After return from work there was a quarrel over the use of a tin vessel and
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  • 31 2 (Prom Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Jan. 24. A 41-year-old Malay was today sentenced to three and a half years' imprisonment and 16 strokes of the rotan for rane.
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  • 51 2 Grenade Thrown In Newspaper Office Shanghai, Jan. 25. THE list of terrorist outrages m Shanghai, grew tonight when a hand grenade was thrown into the offices of a Chinese newspaper, The Social Evening News, published m the Settlement. Two men and one woman were injured, all Chinese. The culprit escaped.-
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  • 186 2 Arrangements In Singapore And Johore MORE than 5,000 men aboard British warships will be m Singapore for the forthcoming combined manoeuvres. Some of them will be entertain3d by Mr. A. C. Willis, steward of the Seamen's Hostel, who will conduct them on a tour round
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  • 82 2 JAPANESE planes three times bombed Hsuchow yesterday, states a Nanyang Siang Pau message, when scores of houses near the Eastern Gate were destroyed. One or tioo Japanese planes were damaged. Groups of Japanese planes bombed places m Kwangtung Province, m the south, yesterday. Seven
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  • 67 2 3 Italian Planes Leave For Brazil Rome, Jan. 24. Bruno Mussolini, son of II Duce, took cfi for Brazil with other aviators at 6.25 a.m. GMT Bruno is accompanied by the famous airmen, Capt. Moscatelli and Colonel BLseo. All three are m separate machines carrying altogether 15
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  • 31 2 INFANTILE PARALYSIS EPIDEMIC Melbourne. Jan. 24. CO far 1,700 cases of infantile para- lysis hare occured m Victoria since the outbreak of the epidemic and there have been 88 deaths Reuter.
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  • 68 2 DRUNKEN JAPANESE JUTS BRITON Outrages In Tsingtao british-(;h:ioi\\ PROTEST T*HE British and German I General at Tsingtao have representations to the Japa states Reuter. regarding c illegal entry into the \)uv' their nationals. British property is concern, four cases and German m iw> most serious was that when British subject.
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    • 30 2 "AGNESIA HAIR DRESSING prevents Scurf, Dandruff and Falling Hair and at the sam<tlme Cleanses ant) Tones t Scalp Small si*e Eeonoim ,i,«. $1.25- %1M MEDICAL HALL LTD 3. Batten Koad
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  • 156 3 i\ with Brahminism. abolish all sorts of superstins and meaningless rites and iMrni.Hiifs. Hindu customs and rip. inn trarhimjs were all imported h) ihe ancient barbarous \r\ ins who imaded India from imtr.l \si.i." said Mr. G. sir.»!»i: ipany at the wedding of Mr. M Miinkk.iii).
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    62 3 pn cure FKASQELL1. Manila dancer i ',rld tour to study at (Uim-ing schools, has been 'I by Mrs Quezon, wife of <nt of the Philippines ut-alth. The dancer, irho pt today in the Pots- mi (jivrn a role in a German the production had to be d ar, authorities would
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  • 36 3 C HEATING CHARGE I i middle-aged Chinese, rial m the sixth Singapore i .rt. yesterday, when he was vith cheating a compatriot, on Jan. 3. $100 was offered and the case K>!ied a week for mention
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  • 26 3 riving his car negligently alon^ oad and driving without a Euronran. Etienne Mejer. i« fi m <md $8 respectively In Sirmanore Police Court.
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  • 30 3 A European woman, Mrs. W. Klela. was fined $4 yesterday m the Fourth Singapore Police Court, when she pleaded guilty to falling to conform with a traffic signal.
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  • 19 3 Tonight at the Adelphi Hotel at 7.30 p.rn the Rotary Club of Singapore will entertain the Prehistorians.
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  • 615 3 Four Years Far Killing Chinese NOT AUTHORISED TO SHOOT HUMANS, SA YS MR. JUSTICE TERRELL IN the Singapore Assize Court yesterday, Mr. Justice a'Beckett Terrell sent Ahmad bin Noor, a police dog shooter, to four years' rigorous imprisonment. Ahmad was found guilty of culpable homicide
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  • 277 3 HE IS FIT BUT HIS MEN ARE WORN OUT I 1/IENNESU doctors, specialist* m v nerve strain, have for some time been flying to Moscow on a series of urgent calls. One will visit the Kremlin next month. Every time they fly tongues wag m
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  • 86 3 TWINS BY NUMBERS. JENNY, the wife of Ashley (James) Had just about run out of names* Before the twins born yesterday e'en. Arrived to make her brood thirteen She vows she won't disturb her slumbers By finding names— just give 'em numbers. And James says. -That' O.K. by me." For
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  • 52 3 Rotary 's Regional Conference The first Regional Conference of Rotary m Middle Asia will be held at Penang from April 15 to 18. The President of Rotary International. Mr. Maurice Duperrey, will attend. Rotarians from Burma, Ceylon. India, Malaya. Netherlands Indies. Sarawak and Siam are entitled to take part m
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  • 295 3 Highest For Eight Years RIIAIAYAS trade last year was the highest for eight years. According ft) statistics published yesterday, the total of foreign trade (imports and exports) was $1,603 557.000 compared with $1,151,668,000 i,i 1936. This is the highest figure since the "boom year" of 1929.
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  • 46 3 f*HARGED with disorderly conduct by shouting for customers m Singapore's well-known bargain lane, Change Alley, on Dec. 17, a 12-year-old boy, Sahib bin Ismail, appeared m the Fourth Singapore Police Court, yesterday. He pleaded guilty, claiming ignorance, and was cautioned and discharged.
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  • 243 3 Frying Pans For Air Raid Warnings GERMAN girl air-raid wardens, with frying pans and ladles as their warning gongs, may be giving demonstrations to a representative of the British Government. Mr. Geoffrey Lloyd, Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Home Office. Ifett a few days ago with an Air Raids Precautions Department
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  • 47 3 Convicted on a charge of permitting the premises of which she was the oc- cupier to be used as a common gamj ing house, a Japanese woman, Chino Kaneko. was fined $20, m default two i weeks' simple imprisonment, In the [Fourth Singapore Police Court, yesteriday. i
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  • 221 3 AIR Commodore E. W. Norton will 1 arrive m Singapore today to take! 1 over his new appointment of Air Officer In Charge of Administration, Royal Air Force. Far East. The creation of this post is m accordance with the R.A.F. Far East expan- sion programme. The Junior
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  • 163 3 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Jan. 24. More than 250 hawkers of many nationalities assembled m the compound of the Capitol Theatre today to see Mr. Tan Soo Chong and to submit grievances of arrests of licensed hawkers by the Police. The hawkers agreed to present
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  • 208 3 I11-Treatment Of Chinese Girl CONVICTED on ch«irce> of illtreating a 14-year-old pirl. Tati Too Ber. and keeping .m unre/jistered mvi tsai. a < hina-born woman. Tan Hoon. uav sentenced to two months' imprisonment and fined $20 or a further month's imprisonment m default, m the Criminal District Court >csterday. Medical
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    45 3 picture DR. SIH KWANG TSIEN. leader of the Chinese propaganda mission t«» t Italy, with his wife and son. as they passed through Siusapore yesterday lor China m the route Rosso. The mission was abandoned on account of Italy siKiiinir the Anti-Comintern Part.- Free Press
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  • 45 3 Pleading guilty to h chmrpi «>t abet ting the offence ol receiving illegal gratification ol 1(» Lent.s irom a police constabl". a Chinese Tia Teng Keng. was fined $5. iv dnault M'vcn days' ri gorous' imnriscjuinent m the Third Singapore Police Courv yesterday
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  • 33 3 Alleged lo have stolen a ricksha, valued at .s:iUU i Que< street, a young Chinese. Lan Ah Mali (Inimed trial to the ebftFge m ih. sixth Singapors Pclicr Court. crdi<\
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  • 49 3 The engagement w;. announced yesterday of Miss Rosamond Betty Cttfton-Jaawg '<> Hr Eav.ard OtNP Lambert Russell ol Singapore Miss James is the iMVMer if Mfcfc Zuyderhoudt. of ■ttfipMC and Mci bourne. Victoria and her hanee is the son of Commander and Mrs Russell, or Walmer. Kent
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    • 181 3 f~\Covnt fcure scotch B APB 3 Beware Kidney Germs If Tired, Nervous, Aching \f xoii Run Down. Nervy, suffer Ach■v .»il.-n joints? Do you Get Up Nights r from Burning. Itching Passages. ttaataMML Kheunuiti.sni, Circles Under I'uffy Ankles, Frequent Headaches I<l3. Loss of Appetite and Energy? yinptuins show germs are
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    • 51 3 Ab Happy World Stadium *m> r^"*' Friday, 28th January WL *t bLX marques m WtMt 12 (3) rounds. Wis**m o^m M RETURN CON VI S I jfete DHARMARAJ Im Vk HUSSEIN S IV FAlfcjHO I f C>iie Six Round Preliminnn M Fi?ilirPricti:S2,l,BoA4octi Bookings at Usual Depots *W^sima C VILLANUEVA, Promoter.
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 73 3 Law Notice For The Day Before the Chief Justice in the 1st Court at 10.30 a.m. Judgment in Rex vs Sathaiah, P.L.A.S Somasundarm I and Hayatmiah. at 11 a.m.:— S. *****— L.W Ariyaratne vs. H Sena etc. Before Mr. Justice a'Beckett Terrell in the 2nd Court at 11 a-m. Asskes:—
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  • 396 4  - PAPER THAT LOOKS LIKE PAINT Madge Ames New And Ingenious Ideas In Interior Decoration By yHF new waßpapOTi shew ssr^at va-icty ofl drsigji this season, not unlv tan the prints but, ilsr> m the uxturr the paotl 'self bktoe4 ts dtfßntft at first, to va»lM* h rhi' we are looktfu
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  • 1600 4  -  Godfrey Winn Ky T^HE other day I wa.s sitting at my desk, seeking inspiration, when I heard my housekeeper clattering down the passage that leads to my den. In a second I had taken up my pen. pulled my writing-pad towards me. and was bending over it
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    324 4 SfCKM Kwt9 Of Campaigning In North China WITH everyone talking ->f t\^ Chinese £irl so'rfi«»rs. i Qawera ment spokesman recently introduced correspondents bo typi-tl Chines girl warrior. Miss Yao Jui-lanp. -*h Join', d the army as ling ago i> iho Nonri River battle, where General Ma Chan-sh m
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 93 4 If you Need A WASHABLE WEARABLE WELL- MADE MATERIAL ASK FOR I DULL FINISHED SILK PIQUE BEST FOR DAY WEAR. SHADES:— LIGHT BLUE. SALMON PINK, WHITE. OYSTER. BEIGE CANARY YELLOW. WIDTH 36" PRICE $I*so per yd. 3 to 3| y ds Sor a dress TAILORING Charges $5-OO to 56.00 LET
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    • 48 4 RKAL and imitatidn i<M<riifr\ Mp nr ii'r./r f"^ free iflustratrrt catalogue* HAMIFVS Rf>dne> House 1(1. Batter* Road Ladie* Drrntmakmg tiptrt Chincjt iailor DOULATtAMI Al tH-HU.il STREEI. Plione 3158|,T-*>l-. i Yl UcUal r jze i I, 2 CHIKOPOEYIIrni capitdl'bldg. JJtr j Advert oX The Baia Shoe Co Ltd Singapore
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  • 59 5 MR TA.\ AH HONG and Miss Lee Sieic Luan. MR. CHEW KEOW SEONG and Miss Lee Poh Tin. MR. KWA KWEE CHEW and Aftss Tang Chai Koon. MR. LIM HONG WAN and Miss Ong Yeo Tee. MR. ANN YEE TENQ and Miss Kang Hoe
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  • 653 5 Italy's Strategical Weakness Pronounced VULNERABLE TO SEA POWER-HER IMPORTS COULD BE CUT OFF A LONDON cable says that the Italian press is devotn in^ much space to the strategical dilemma m which Great Britain U alleged to find herself because of Italy's expanding armaments and the Rome-Berlin-Tokio "triangle." Little h
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  • 71 5 Chinese should not eat with their hands and their women should not near the sarong and kebaya. This is the opinion of a Singapore Chinese editor, Mr. C P. Kican. of the Sin Chew Jit Poh, who. m an address to the pupils of the Yang
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  • 36 5 On Thursday, Feb. 3. the Chinese Salesmen's Association will hold a New Year dinner at 448 Raffles Quay. Reservations should be made before Jan. 29 with the assistant secretary, Mr Teo Cheng Moh.
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  • 213 6 MUCH IN COMMON (to talk about) h -d Professor P. V. van Stein Cailcufels, of thj Netherlands, and M r. H. D. Noone, of Perak. TWO PRESIDENTS. Dr. W. Linehan, president of the Congress, and Mr.'ustice J. V. G. Mills, president of the
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 28 6 TEACHER'S HIGHLAHD CREAM PI WUICKY Jd\ perfection Kflrau QF_jOLD SCOTCH PHONE 5376 (4 Lines) Adit of Singapore Cold Storage Co., Ltd. n m i ■■■i.i W P.S 260
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  • 202 7 F'om Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Jan. 24. i \\l stronely of opinion that Malaya I would be v.iy unwise to consider :)i m ii i Lin ourTer pool, un:he scheme were based on an (•yitable revision of assessments and ituined satisfactory provisions
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  • 140 7 New War Office Appointments London, Jan. 23. I^HE appointment of Major-General E. A. Benk us Director of Personal Services at the War Office is gazetted tonight, as well as the appointment of Colonel Q. L. E. Q. Mart3l as Deputy Director of Mechanisation at the War Office. Major-General Beck was
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 148 7 j RETURN SHOWING TONIGHT ONLY! j PAVILION 6.i5 9.i5 TONIGHT k a\ > \um& i rib' m> liic^A V" VA I ing climax of i Sy^^M W^^\ their young lives! /p\ zHollyxrood's t^SW, W M itunnir.gtst m VICTOR MOORE, HELEN BRODERICK, ERIC BLORE, premiere ALHAMBRA SsUrda-, Jan. 29th 4 Shows
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    • 399 7 The Screen's Nightingale returns for ONE NIGHT ONLY m the glorious musical picture that recently thrilled the Town! TONIGHT ittttttt] CAPITOL Special Return Screening! DEANNA DURBIN In New Universal's record-breaking success "100 MEN and a GIRL" With LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI and his famous Symphony Orchestra, ADOLPHE MENJOU, MISCHA AUER, etc. DON'T
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    • 135 7 A dippy young dandy dubbed Powell Made love that made the grills how-11. But he really found joy In the arms of Miss I.oy. P.S. He threw m the toy. el! Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer answers every maiden's prayer with ■^flflHflflflflflflflflflßVAßfiflltflb^^'^^y'^Mflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflflk fiflflfl MVD KJ a IA V mmlm^^^^m mirvJiA LUi M l^BMfllflF^^" '^f«
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  • 654 8 The Singapore Free Press. TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1938. One Day In Seven UpHINESE Workers Don't Want Weekly Holiday" was the startling headline m a Malayan newspaper the other day. Those who read further discovered that Singapore opinion (according to a Chinese coi respondent) was not m favour of following the
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  • 546 8 ADMIRAL Sir Allan Everett, whose death was announced yesterday, was Commander-in-chief of the China Station during two years when the future of the Singapore naval base was critically m the balance The decision to build the base had been reached m 1921. though details were not announced until 1923.
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  • 1497 8 Big Battleships And 16-Inch Guns: What Japan's Action Means Services Notes From A Special Correspondent lAPAN having decided upon the 16-inch naval gun. we are to have the battle: of the guns all over again. The United States of America has answered the challenge, and Great Britain must necessarily follow;
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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    • 62 8 MEDICAL MEN CLAIM THAT YAWNING is good for hman beings. This explains the robust health of dramatic critics, assuming, of course, their human status. Another very human and laudable instinct is to take out an ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS POLICY. GENERAL ACCIDENT FIRE b LI F I ASSURANCE CORPORATION LTD. (Incorporated
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  • 572 9 HOW MALAYAN ANTIQUITIES ARE LOST FOR EVER Dr. Linehan Urges Need For Local Legislation GOLD ORNAMENTS SOLD "FOR MERE SONG" THE need for Malayan legislation to prevent antiquities and archaeological finds being sold or dispersed without experts having the opportunity to examine them was urged by Dr. W. Linehan m
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  • Article, Illustration
    26 9 \tr: I II \h < AR'IHY. of the Au 'rulijn Museum SvJney. and Mile. m rol^ni oi lnJ«-( hi. .i ut Ihr Pifhi^hwiaiis (onfeitme whiih opened ycsteidav.
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  • 723 9 SINGAPORE RIOTS "Most Of The People Paid By Somebody?" U/MKN the Singapore riot case was resumed m the Second Koine ourl >esterday, the Assistant Superintendent of Mur Mr i: B. llope-Falkner. was questioned by Mr. T. W. our *ho appeared for two of the accused men Did you Bud out
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    17 9 THE ONLY MALAY at the Prehistorians Conference is Tunku Yaacob. who is representing the Government of Kedah.
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  • 1503 9 There wfu m-jnv new c points m the speeches at the opening yesterday of the Congress of Far East Prehistorians. The Governor's Denuty, .Mr. F. J. Morte:i It is the first time on which the Malayan Governments have sponsored a purely scientific gathering. Mr. A. Kier.
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  • 219 9 A short "passage at arms" between two scientists was one feature of the afternoon session of the Congress of Far Eastern Prehistorians, yesterday. Rotund Professor P. V. van Stein fallen fels made the first tilt. It was on the subject of ancient beads which, a
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  • 171 9 Imprisonment and heavy fines were imposed m the Criminal District (on it on two Chinese. Woo (ice Fung and Wong Chin Keng, who were convicted on a charge of having been concerned m the importation of 1.001 tahils of Ked Lion Chandu, on Nov. 24. Woo
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    35 9 picture. SIX PERSONS VVKKK INJURED m this accident that occurred at the intersection of Tiong Bahru Road and Henderson Road on Saturday afternoon. The Fiat car on the right is a toUl wreck Free Press
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  • 149 9 I/M)(KKI) down by a two ton electric mobile crane at the X.A.X. Base, Seletar. vii Jan. 11. a Tamil coolie. Kbupalhan (32), sustained I'at.il injuries mil died m hospital the next day. At a Coroner's inquiry yesterday it was revealed that hhupathun was riding on the crane
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    • 454 10 LONDON AND NEW YORK STOCKS SHARES From London 5.30 p. m. Jan. 24 Last Night's Quotations 6h:m of £1 denomination unless Latest Quotations Previously otherwise stated Conversion Loan, 5 p.c.. 1944-64.... 115% 115»/ 4 Fin ding Loan. 4 p.c. 1960-90 114»' 8 113Ts War Loan, 3» 2 p.c 103 1023/
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    • 168 10 STOCKS: London 39,284 tons (37,939 tons) Liverpool 21,561 tons (21,782 tons) COPRA: Straits S.D. Rotterdam: €13 ss. Od. Previously: £13 7s 6d. PEPPER: White Muntok: m bond: 3%d. Previously: 3%d. White Muntok: Jan.-Peb.: 3%d. Previously: 3%d. Laumpong black: m bond: 2V
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    • 1337 10 SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES Fraser And Co.'s List From Exchange Telegraph Co. MONDAY, JAN. 24, 1958. 5 P.M. MINING Buyers Seller* Ampat Tin (4s) 4s 6d 5s Asam Kumbang 30s 6d 32s 6d x.d. Austral Malay (£> 50s 55s c.d Ayer Hitam (,ss) 25s 26s Ayer Weng ($1) .75
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    • 70 10 TIN: Easy. Spot: £181 ss. Od. Previously: £182 17s. 6d Three months: £182 2s. 6d. Previously: £183 12s 6d. NEW YORK TIN: Opening Price 40.87. Previously: 41.25. COPPER: Settlement £40 2s. 6d. Previously: £41 2s. 6d GOLD: Yesterday: £6 19s. 7>/ 2 d.
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    • 71 10 Foreign Exchange Rates London Closing Quotations Jan. 24 Method of Parity before Latest PreCentre Quoting 20-9-31 Rate flously Paris Franc* to 121.1 150J 4 150*8 New York to 4.88 4.99 13 16 4.P9 7 P Amsterdam Gulldera to 8.97 3^ BM% 8.96 7 /8 Hong Kong Per dollar is. 3d.
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    • 171 10 ISSUED BY FRASER AND CO. AT THE CLOSE OP BUSINESS YESTERDAY Singapore, Jan. 24. MINING. Tin at midday was $90.00, down H. There was practically nothing doing m the local market today and most operators preferred to look on pending news from London tomorrow. Sterling shares were
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    • 176 10 LOCAL EXCHANGE RATES Yesterday's Singapore Quotations Jan. 24 SELLING London. T.T. 2|4 |{H London, demand 2|4 1)32 London 4 months' sight 2|4 I|l6 Lyons, demand 1,755 norn Switzerland, demand 251 Hamburg, demand 142 New York, demand 58 7|16 Montreal, demand 58% Batavia, demand 104% Samarang, demand 104% Calcutta, Bombay and
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    • 95 10 Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Association DAILY PRICES CURRENT Jan. 24, 1? o'clock noon Buyers Sellers No. I.XJR.SJS. m cases (P. 0.8. Jan.) 23 3 4 23 7 8 Good F.A.Q. m bales (P. 0.8. Jan.) 22 15 16 23 116 No. I.X.R.S.S. (Spotloose) (award able Singapore) 23% 23 J 4
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    • 81 10 B Amsterdam. Jan. 16. NDAR RUBBER COMPANY, of Amsterdam, the large Netherlands Indies rubber concern, with an issued capital of F15.2.373.000 (£263.000). has had a much better year. Net profits for 1937 amounted to FL5.552,000 (£61.000). against Fls 158.000 (£17.000). The dividend has been doubled from 5 to
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    • 161 10 Jan. 20 21. 22. American Can. Con. 80 81 80 2 American Telephone and Telegraph 146% 146 145% Atcheson Railroad 38 3 4 37.4 38V_ Chesapeak 36»4 36 36% Dupont 119 116% 115» 2 Firestone 23% 23 General Electric 43% 42% 42V 2 General Motors 37% 35
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    • 66 10 S. E. Levy Co. Shanghai, Hongkong. Manila, Singapore. Invettment Bankers and Broken m Securitiet and Commodity* itaily Foreign Market Cablet 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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  • 877 11 KAFFIRS, OILS RUBBERS LEADING RECOVERY "Big Five" Bank Profits Best Since 1929 (From Our Free Press Correspondent) j London, Jan. 15. I OJNDON stock markets are now rf In k condition which the City calls "interesting." While business is still restricted. the. number
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  • 269 11 RUSSIA ELECTS 3 PERMANENT COMMISSIONS The Union Council and Council 01 Nationalities are not expected to meet m joint session as the "Supreme Council to elect the Soviet President anH Vice-President^ ntll Saturday. Th* new Union Council— the more important of the two new Chambersnominated the members of its permanent
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  • 62 11 Jan 24 Gambler T.T. 8.00 White Cube 13.50 Hamburg Cube 15.50 White Muntok Pepper 14.00 Black Pepper 8- 75 Copra, mixed $3.80 Copra, sundried $4.20 Small Flake Tapioca 3.80 Rice, Saigon Al $160 Rice, Slam, W.C. No. 1 $155 Rice, Siam, W.C. No. 2 $150 Rice, Siam.
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  • 188 11 WRITS CLAIM DAMAGES FIRST of a. number of writs claiming damages from C'roydo>n Corporation following the outbreak of typhoid was issued last week by Mr. E. Royalton Kisch. a solicitor, of Gray's Inn on behalf of a Croydon resident We cannot reveal the name of
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    • 521 11 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. Zhc Singapore fvee IPrcss extensions U mil depart ments. Tel: Ttaes Singapore. Phone 3683. London Office Fleet Street, London Phone. Central MM— 3M9. Tel: Leadmalay*" London. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Singapore Within Outside Without Malaya Malaya Postafe ManthU 3.H 4.H $Ui ■Sm YeLrl, 117.it Li; W4.it f4«.it f3t.it otr —Quotation
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    • 442 11 BOARD RESIDENCE SEA-FRONT KATONG (iRANGE—77, Meyer Rd. (near Swimminf Club) Board-Residence at moderate raid Larre Gardens— Tennia Phone: 5758. THE MANSION, OXLEY RISE ••OH UCERSEO RESIDENTIAL HOTEL Oailj and rauntbl? terma. TEL. *****. EAST ANGLIA OXLET KIBV SIttGAFOBI 5 mlns to town high level, fartteft. d*Uy or monthly rates, larg*
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    • 97 11 NOTICE. NOTICE. Chinese New Year Greetings Telegrams. By arrangement with the Admlnistratlons concerned the EASTERN EXTENSION AUSTRALASIA CHINA TELEGRAPH CO.. LTD.. (Associated with CABLE WIRELESS LTD are according XLT facilities to Chinese New Year Greetings telegrams exchanged between Malaya and Hong Kong. British North Borneo and Brunei from Jan. 24
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    • 343 11 BANK OF CHINA Incorporated m China by Special Charter) 12. Cecil Street. Singapore. Telephones: Manager's Office C 444 Asst. Manager's Office 6442 Exchange I»rpt.. M I General Office 5188-t Cable Address: "CHtNGKUO" Paid Up Capital <h. I 4M<Ht Reserve Funds m excess Ch. 4 J«o.s*« M Total Assets approximately Ch.
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    • 626 11 RADIO PROGRAMMES FOR TODAY SINGAPORE £HL 1.33 me (225 m.) p.m. 6.00 Indian music. 6.20 Cnirese music. SeSfCdflfV Jfjp Piping drau.as.t 6.45 Children's programme. English* 7.00 Dance music played o\ di Silva's Bar.«i Relay from the New World Cabaret 7.30 Tiiiif:, weaver, n^ws MH announcements. 7.45 "Ireland Today— No. 2.
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  • 79 12 The President Doumer from Mariseilles via Port Said, Djibouti. Colombo lis expected on Thursday. Jan. 27, at 6 a.m. and will sail the same day at noon for Saigon. Hong Kong, Shanghai and Kobe Berth: S.H.B. wharves. The Ville de Verdun from Marseilles via Port Said, Djibouti,
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  • 755 12 Great Britain's 38 Per Cent. Of World's Output QTATISTICS issued by Lloyd's Register of Shipping regarding merchant ships under construction at the end of December last show that m Great Britain and Ireland there is a decrease of 59,209 tons m the work m hand
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  • 155 12 WHE battleships Nelson and Roa--1 ney are called by sailors "The Cherry Tree class, because they ti>ere cut down by Washington," said Lieut. -Commander D. S. E. Thompson, RJi., lecturing to the Bristol branch of the Royal Empire Society recently, He added, "They just, lopped off 200
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  • 451 12 !|N its annual returns issue "Fairplay." the weekly shipping Journal, gives a series of tables showing the earnings of British shipping companies. "There is no doubt." states the article dealing with the figures' "that, judging from the accounts which have been published, neither liner nor tramp shipping companies
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  • 120 12 New Yurk. Jan l The US Navy Department iecUres that the requirements of fleet orcan; sation and training were tin- rfor the sudden transfer of nin»troyers from San Diego Calitorri. San Pedro. 120 miles north Reports of this sudden move coupled with a wireless call Issued
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  • 72 12 Jan. 23: Silver Gull, Rantau. Koo linda, Spondilus-. Scott Harl< y Bei. mohr (Brit): SauerLand. fOer Kuht <Dut>: Muinam 'Dan Ngow Hoy*< •Nor. Paula. Milo <Dut N» edwood Panama Jan. 24 Larut Klaiig. Tandjo..* Pinang. Tandjone Balei. Sin Kheng Seng, Kliais 'Brit i. Pegasus* <Swed> Thordis O B Sorensen,
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  • 52 12 The Singapore Hart> »ur Board banking arrangements lor today ar«Kedah. "West 1 p.m 4 5 godownt Hector. West 6 am 8.9 Lessiebank East am :i2.3 Volpi, West noon. 12 Olenaffaric. West Man 48.9 Kudat, Shift noon. 46 7 Gewang. P Bukom 8 am \b Kelantan. West a.m..
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    • 510 12 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. < Incorporated In F.MS.) TELEPHONE: Freight M 33 PMiaf 1411. LLOYDS AGENTS. BOOKING AGENTS FOB FEDERATED MALAY STATES RAILWATi ROYAL STATE RAILWAYS OF §lAM. CANADIAN PACIf l€ ETIAVCL SYSTEM, < incorporated In Eugland) THE "EMPRESS" ROUTE offers TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES via HONOLULU or direct EMPRESS to VANCOUVER—ACROSS CANADA
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    • 27 12 For everything appertaining to Ocean Passages, Foreign Money Exchange and Freight. apply cock's WAG OJJSX ITS [WOPtO TWAVtiI StPVIcT) 39, ROBINSON ROAD. No Booking Fees Telephone 5908.
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    • 646 12 Local And Foreign Mail Despatches And Arrivals BY TRAIN Bangkok every Saturday 7 pjn. Thursday 7.45 a m Swettenham, Taiplng 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 ajn Sundays 7 pjn I Malacca,
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    • 130 12 SINGAPORE HARBOI R The following ships aiong.^it t wharves or expected to arnv East Wharf Entrance Gatr I Rohna 22. Mate Wharf Entrance Gate I hnj Potsdam 18: Oewani 16 ue(i 14; Mapia 11: Hectar I; empire Dock Entrance Gat* Kit j Lcssiebank 32: AsaK Kelantan 36; Marudu 3« Empire
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    • 485 13 tKAi EL BRITISH m mam 9^*^^W^kW> BY P&Oand BRITISH INDIA LINES (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND) P. O. S. N. COS SAILINGS, OUTWARDS Due Due ronnage Spore. Tonnage Spore. 1938 1938 t™« oo BEHA 6.000 Mar. 21 commm 15.000 Jan. 28 Rawalpindi nooo Mar 25 KAISAR-I-HIND 11.500 Feb. 11 CORFU 15 000
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    • 353 13 IncorpoToxctL tn Stroxtt S€ttlcm£nts.) Vfl ELLERMAN BUCKNALL S.S. Co., Ltd, (Incorporated m EnglandJ FOR UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL Steamer Due Sail* CITY OP SINGAPORE Havre. London. R'dam, H'burg, Glasgow Jan. 28 Peb. 2 CITY OP EASTBOURNE Havre, London, R'dam. H'burg, Glasgow Peb. 27 Mar. 2
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    • 664 13 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. SINGAPORE PENANG PHONE 5154 (7 Lines) REPRESENTING. SHIPPING THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean The Hua Khiow Steamchtp Co. (113?) LUL Steam Ship Co, Ltd, and China MutuaJ Canard White Star Ltd. Steam Navigation Co., Ltd.) ALe deen Commonwealth Line The Straits Steamship Co.. Ltd. Shaw SaviU Albion
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    • 651 14 K. P. M. i INCORPORATED IN HOLLAND) HOUTMAN— Tuesday. Jan. 25. Batavia, Mauritius, Lourenco-Marques, Durban. East-London, Port Elizabeth, Mosselbay and Capetown (no cargo will be accepted for East and South African ports). PALOPO— Tuesday, Jan. 25, Penang and Bagan Si-Api-Api. ROKAN— Tuesday. Jan 25, Bengkalis. Paneh, Berombang. Tanjong Mengeidar, Tanjong-Leidong
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    • 652 14 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE Cind AMERICAN MAIL LINE TO fcUROPE FROM SINGAPORE AND PENANG VIA COLOMBO. BOMBAY. SUEZ, PORT SAID, ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES, GENOA, MARSEILLES AND NEW YORK. Arrives Leaves Leaves Arrives Spore. Spore. Penang. New York. Pres. Oartlelcl Feb. 3 Feb. 5 Feb. 7 Mar. 19 Pres. Adams Mar. 6 Mar.
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    • 586 14 O. S, X, LINE FOR AFRICA AND SOUTH AMERICA t Arabia Mara Buenos Aires via Colombo. Mombasa, F*b. ]t Zanzibar, Dar-es-Salaam. Beira. Lourenco Marques, Durban. Port Elizabeth, and Cape Town. tRIo de Janeiro Maru Buenos Aires via Colombo. Durban, Fcl Cape Town. Rio de Janeiro. Santos Rio Grande and Montevideo
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  • 100 15 "THF Italian brothers Rosselli, who were found murdered m a country road m Normandy last June, were assassinated by members of the 'Hooded Men.' Four men carried out the murders. Three are m the hands of the police." "This accusation was made by M. Marx Dormoy, the
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  • 20 15 London, Jan. 24. In the southern section of the League Millwall beat Notts County 5 0 Reut-er
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  • 464 15 Boxing Board Takes Risk London. Jan. ft. WHILE most people will agree that the choici by the British Boxing Board of Control of Len Harvey as official challenger for Jock McAvoy's British light heavy-u fight title, the National Sporting Club are m no way
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  • 172 15 Man's Threat To Wipe Out Whole Family rTGHTEEN-YEARS-OLD Jeanne Schuellain, playing Little Red Riding I-* Hood to her friend. Mrs. Lena Waite, aged 59, who lives m a lonely house at Belmont, Long Island, took her a home-baked loaf. When Mrs. Waite's son came home
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  • 211 15 Three Goals By Home Team In Hockey Match (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 24. Possessing individually a more enterprising attack the FM.S. Police de- 1 feated the S.S. Police on the Padang yesterday m a hockey match by three goals 10 nil. The standard
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  • 87 15 Draw For Second Round London, Jan. 24. The Scottish Cup second round draw to be played on or before Feb. 12 is: Absxdeen vs. St. Jchnstone or Ar- broath. St. Bernards vs. Kings Park. Stranaer or Partick vs. Ccwdenbeath. Larbert Amateurs vs. Morton. Stenhousemuir vs. Motherwoll. Eastflfe vs.
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  • 16 15 The S.C.C. bowls green is closed until further notice for weeding and top dressing.
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    44 15 picture. DISCUSSING RECENT FINDS were (left to right) Professor H. Otley Beyer, of the Philippines, Dr. W. J. A. Willems, of the Netherlands Indies, and Mr. D. A. Casey, of the National Museum of Victoria at the Congress of Far Eastern Prehistorians.- Free Press
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  • 23 15 The cricket conveners meeting which was to have been held at the S.C.C. on Feb. 2 has been postponed until Feb. 4.
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  • 70 15 The Straits Settlements Police Band will perform m public during February as follows, under the direction of Mr. J. C. Hitch: Feb. 2: 6.00 p m. Ifelok Aver: Feb. 4: 6.00 p.m. Katong Park; Feb. 8: 7 00 p.m. Waterloo Street: Feb. 13: 8.30 pm.: Botanic
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  • 80 15 Members of the Juvenile Amateur *Veight-Lifting Anoctetton, who have taken part m the fourth body improvement contest, are requested to assemble at the association premises on Sunday at 3 n m. to have their final measurements tuk.-n Competitors who do not turn up by 5 p.m. won't have their
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    • 78 15 Skin Itch Cause Curbed Overnight has nearly SO million tiny srams wheft g» rj.is hide and cause terrlig, Eczema. Peeling. Burn-ing-worm, Psoriasis, Blackheads, I toh, Singapore Foot and other ry treatments give only ause th«y do not kill the The new discovery, Nixoderm, s the \«ry rtrst night and is
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    • 209 15 /fe/w/^ Hockey Player's Feeble Game ffl^vi Caused by NIGHT STARYifflOfe\^¥J I FUMBLEO EVERy SHOTf I'M I ■^"^^■■CHBfiHIEEHEQBHI SURE TO BE DROPPED OUT OF rmOf -J W^Sk WL ENERGY IS STILL USED OP THE FINAL NEXT MONTH. THE *"M H E °*H M IfsW H DURING SLEEP, AND YOO ARE TRUTH
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  • 674 16 7,000 Spectators See Home Team Outclassed At K. L. BOTH GOALS COME IN TWO MINUTES (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 24. HPHE Islington Corinthians overcame one of the, strongest oppositions of their tour m this country, when they inflicted a two-
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    30 16 picture. W. J HKN.MAN contests possession with a gunner, during play m yesterday's seven a-side niffhy match m which the 9th. Heavy ride beat the Volunteers H 3. Free Press
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  • 161 16 Unfederated States To Be Included In Annual Cricket Matches IT MM assured that the Colony- KM S cricket fixture will be no •noie jikl the game will be played m lut ure xs Colony-Malay States. A letter from the Perak Cricket Association, bring ng this matter forward was read at
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  • 98 16 Clericals Heat Uniform Staff :J-Nil Im aft game of bockei on the Clerk*] Union "round on Sunday, the Past Office Clerical Staff, beat the Uniterm Staff by three goals to nil. Chowdry. who was responsible for the first goal, played a good game at centreforward, and together
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  • 55 16 New York, Jan. 24. PKOMOTEK Mike Jacobs has promised Tommy Fair a return contest with James Braddock over 12 rounds m New York on Apr. 11 or Apr. 1. Jacobs has announced that he refused Wembley's offer to stage a contest m London, the profits
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  • 48 16 The Islington Corinthians arrive m Singapore from Kuala Lumpur today and they will play their first match here against the S C.F A. at Anson Road tomorrow. The kick on* will be at 5 pm. ana the eharfCi $'2 SI. and 3u cents.
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    38 16 THE ISLINGTON OKINI 111/VNS taken prior to the match, which was drawn one soul each, with the Tamil Physical Culture Association at Kuala l.umpur on Saturday. On the left of the picture is the manager, Mr. T. Smith.
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  • 201 16 r PHI\ s.K.C. beat the Khalsa Association by one goal to nil m their hockey clash on the yadang yesterday. Tbe gain*- began promisingly, and some fast play and crisp hitting was MM The newromer to the ranks of the 5- Re D La Brooy.
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  • 156 16 Take Seven Out Of Nine Fights From Our Own Correspondent* Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 24. Only one draw and one loss prevented the F.M.S. PoUce from making a clean sweep of the boxing tournament m which their opponents were the S.S Police. They won seven out of
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  • 190 16 Two Goals To One In Seletar Soccer (From a Correspondent) The Royal Air Force defeated a team rrom the H.M.S. Eagle m a soccer j match played at Seletar on Sunday by two goals to one. The airmen attacked from the start and Northgraves had
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  • 26 16 The second bi-monthiy mixed foursomes competition for January will be played on Sunday afternoon at the Singapore Golf Club pi( lure.
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  • 516 16 BRIGHT RUGGER IN S.C.C. SEVEN ASIDE MATCHES BRIGHT rugger was seen m the tuo quarter finals of the S.C.C. seven-a-side tournament, yesterday, especially m the close game between the Volunteers **B". playing with only ix men, against the 9th Heavy Brigade X A. Results nt
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    24 16 pit lv" INCIDENT IHTRING PLAY m the s. vena-side ruricer match m wbi.-h the !Hh. Heavy Bde., beat the Volunteers G— 3- Free Press
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  • 74 16 F. A. CUP FIFTH ROUND DRAW London, Jan I the fa. cup ifHi j.»i«:ki irma I pliwd mi h'ftj 12 Is cabled v. R«-u t. r ii 101 l )'.v. York vs M.ddlesbroi. I,ut ii vs Manchestei Cit\ Clurlton vs Aston V Arsenal r* PMRfIM Sund.
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