The Straits Times, 6 March 1932

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  • 36 1 THE SUNDAY TIMES THE LEADING SUNDAY NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. No. 12. Sunday, March 6th, 1932. Price 10 Cent*. THE SUNDAY TIMES The Leading Sunday Newspaper in Malaya, No. 12. Sunday, March 6th, 1932. Price 10 Cents.
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  • 465 1 SERIOUS RIOTING IN PENANG— UGLY SCENES. Sequel To Shanghai War Rumours. POLICE AND VOLUNTEERS HOLD THE MOB. Chinese Report Says Japanese Still Attacking. While a British Wireless message from Rugby states that general hostilities have ceased at Shanghai, Renter's correspondent in that city, cabling last night, states that in spite
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  • 53 1 PENANG RIOTS. Attack On Trolley Bus. At midnight lam night, in telephone communication with Penanß, we learned that eleven people are in hospital suffering from injuries received during the riotinir. At !> .10 last night a trolley bus was attacked by the mob. The window a were broken
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  • 491 1 Feverish Excitement In Shanghai. Shanghai, Mar. S. IN spite of denials from the Japanese hca iqubrters Chinese official reports that the Japanese troops were attacking the Chinese lines this momma; in the Kiating and Taitsang sectors, adding that Japanese planes bombed Quintan. The Nanking Government emphatically
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  • 225 1 The Poivder-Puff Girl. TALE OF A FLIGHT WHICH FAILED. Tt|RS. Walter Camp, formerly Miss Ruth Elder, famous for her unsuccessful attempt to fly the Atlantic in 1927, is among the passengers on board the Resolute, due in Singapore next week. In October 1927 Ruth Elder,
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  • 232 1 New Division Preparing To Fight. Hong Kongr, Mar. 5. Reports to hand here state* that the Central (Nanking) Government has already dispatched General Shang Kunwanricng and the 47th Division to reinforce the Chinese armies west of Shanghai. It is stated that this division has already reached Nanziang (10
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  • 34 1 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Saturday. The Seremban coroner today returned a verdict of death by misadventure on a ten-year-old Tamil girl who died of burns received on the Kirby estate.
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  • 445 1 Unemployed Clerks. $2,000 MONTHLY FOR RELIEF NEEDED. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. At least $2,000 monthly is required to relieve urgent distress among the unemployed members of the clerical class and their dependents in Selangor. This is the conclusion reached by the Unemployment Committee
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  • 233 1 Inquest On Two Tamil Children. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. The inquest on the death of a Tamil ?irl agei five on Feb. 22 was held at the Coroner's court today, and a verdict of death by misadventure was returned. It was stated that the child
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  • 55 1 Death of Well Known Malacca Chinese Woman. (From Our Own Correspondent. > Malacca, Saturday. The death occurred this evening of Mrs. Neo Ong Hee, wife of the late Mr. Neo Ong Hee. JP. She leaves three sons and two daughters, among them being Mrs. Loh Kirn
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  • 791 1 NO WHISKEY BUT PLENTY OF CHILLIES. Unemployed Planters Smiling Through The Slump. 44 You need not starve if you can earn $20 a month," is the considered opinion of three Europeans who are living together in Singapore on 30 cents a day t
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  • 32 2 Pop Trips Up Again SPLENDID StRMON °>V OUR PATTPR, MA MAPPINE.SS OP MARRIED LIFE 26 (Copyright, J9.:i. by Th* Bell Sy.d.mc r .1 WISH I KNEW LITTLE ABOUT IT AS H£ OOE.S
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  • 1435 2 A MYSTERY OF THE CHINA SEAS— HOW THE SUI-SAN WAS PLUNDERED. piRACY in the twentieth century! The very word "piracy" with its memories of CapUin Kidd, Blackbeard, Teach, the Spanish Main, and Execution Dock, seems t« belong to a bygone day. But in the Far
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  • 272 2 Death Follows Faked Cable. New York, Feb. 15. THE death of Miss Elizabeth Barrett Cook, aged 20, of Boston, while travelling in the British steamer Chinese Prince from Naples to Gibraltar, has been followed by unexpected developments. Miss Cook was found dead in her cabin with a
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  • 1164 2 A MYSTERY OF CENTRAL AFRICA. HIDDEN RICHES OF THE DARK CONTINENT— THE TREASURE OF QUEEN CANDAC E. (By Captain Louis Bowler, the explorer and prospector author of African Nighta.) flTEALTH beyond the wildest dreams of any treasure-hunter still lie* hidden in various places in the heart of Africa. Combined, these
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  • 239 2 The Latest List Of Prizewinners. In the Sunday Times of February 21 the following Limerick was printed and one prize of $50 and five prises of $6 each were offered for the bekt last lines submitted by readers. A planter cried out in affliction If only they'd five me
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    • 16 2 SHIRTS, COLLARS and PYJAMAS. Sole Agents: K. B. WINTER, I 18, BATTERY ROAD, SINGAPORE. |f I
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    • 142 2 WHAT MARRIED MAN WOULD NOT FEEL EASIER IN MIND j m I win 1{ MIND if he knew that he would leave behind him a definite provision at least until the family has grown up Ijjcrtlaijc FOR All? £3 a weel^ certain/ A PRUDENTIAL Ibeutaoe POLICY PROVIDES AT DEATH WITHIN
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    1026 3  -  NIGEL SHARPE. Famous Tennis Players. A LIVING LESSON IN STROKES. A LEADING PLAYER FROM THE BRITISH MIDLANDS— EXPONENT WHO STARTED YOUNG. BY The Famous Davis Cup International. IJ. K. LESTER has many years been the leading player from the Midlands. He was fortunate enough to start playing the game
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  • 1810 3 In the following article the Singapore resident who recently wont homo on leave to Europe by air he was the first passenger to fly front Singapore to Europe on leave continue* his description of the journey from Singapore to Europe. In the following
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  • 816 3  -  FRANCIS OUIMET +++++Golf Notes++~++~ By (Present Amateur and Former Open Champion.) ¥F IT were not for the breaks in golf, th. game would, I am sure, lose much of its charm, because after all it is the uncertainty of everything that makes it attractive.
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    • 116 3 BRITISH and BEST V i r i ri i that's what everybody says on W r ▼^Pt*^ W tasting Crosse Blackwcll's W nourishing and tasty soups. It is the obvious verdict. jfc, C&.B. Soups contain only fITsS the very finest ingredients, i rplendid meat and fresh veg* etables, the result
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 339 3 MALAYAN RADIO PROGRAMMES. Next Week** Concert* From Saigon. T<HE following are the details of proA grammes for today SUNDAY. BANDOENG RADIO (AMATEUR) SOCY., PMY.. 68 metres, 10.40 to 11.40! a.m. classical and church music (recorded) 11.40 a.m. to 1.40 p.m., music from Preanger Hotel interspersed with i similar gramophone music
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  • 49 4 M that fix your fur have come untied! nil! ><• then!" Ethel fried. To:> late! :'»l's ribbons fluttered from ea- h boot, v ril I round her like a parach "CosSfl down! Com* down!' called Ethel n dVm*v 1!" shrieked Sally Shrew, and ;.a l d away!
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  • 934 4  -  HERBERT LAWRENCE. BRIDGE NOTES. BY MANY bridge players have adopted the American system of h >m.ur counting and basing their calls entirely on the apparent value of their hands. What they forget is that these values are entirely relative and dependent on distribution, which is
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  • 1534 4  - Mainly About Malayans THE WANDERER. Bj When Schoedsack was in Malaya With Mr. Gun-Munro in Ipoh Mr. A. B. Jordan goes on leave A Brilliant Surgeon. rpHE news that Mr. Harry Schenck is in Malaya with staff and equipment to make a big sound picture recalls a slight acquaintance which
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  • 52 4 ".she'n (tone!. My Sally Shrew!" poor Ethel wept! Put quickly (o her wide her friends both tenped. BaM Mr. Penguin "Pleane don t fret mv >'c*?, <>utH to come down somewhere, th- in clear" '"P.y aeroplane." the tortoise said, "we'll fly "And istch her easily! No need
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  • 273 4 Now (Capturing All The Husbands. BACHELOR girls beware of the widow Aft«r the age of M the dds are <.^w ten to one on a widow winning a mar 111 "wnpetition with '.he single woman. She has a taking ftftjr with her, this artful, this
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  • 217 4 Thief Hanged By Sausages. You never can tell what is going to happen next. Here is a list of strange accidents which befall people. They all happened within the last twelve months. A Berlin thief broke into a butcher's shop. In escaping through a skylight a string of
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 246 4 THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Denmark.) Regular Three-Weekly PASSENGER SERVICE BANGKOK— SINGAPORE PENANG— COLOMBO GENOA— MARSEILLES LONDON and vice versa by fast and modern one Class Diesel Motor vessels 1 equipped with excellent passenger accommodation. All Cabins outside and majority have adjoining private bathroom. Fares to London: £57
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    • 149 4 WHERE TO LIVE A SHOP IN KUALA LUMPUR. SZECHUAN LINEN I CAD CA I E DUCHESS SET. fl/K dAIX I J SECOND-HAND Bocks on any subjects. PHILATELIC stamp* for collectors. a». '^j *~M (OPEN to purchase above two p^ \m* x ~zt items for ready cash.) \mr Tht SELANGOR stamp
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  • 961 5 (By Our Fibn Correspondent) r pHK cult of the "fan mail," that ir.dox of a film star's popularity, is changing. According to Variety, New York's professional stage and cinema paper, star worshippers no longer send letters of unmixed admiration to their favourite screen players.
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    30 5 CLIVE BROOK AND WIFE IN ENGLAND.— CUv* Brook, the 61m star, with his wife on their return f rum America, photographed on the liner Bremen at Sou thampton. (Planet News.)
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    • 179 5 PAVILION MATINEE TO-DAY AT 3.15 6.15 TO-NIGHT 9.15 THE MOST GORGEOUS, SOPHISTICATED AND BRILLIANT SCREEN PLAY, WITH THE STAR OF STARS. Constance ■wnßcnraTT TAKES JJAHOLIDAY j if Modem m Love a BHU y m I An \rt GjUB < »r :i HE K.ickci? B^r lUr*BM) f IN M£ Vrrnvlh Mo(K(nno
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    • 238 5 ttfe^ Coming— Another Universal Hit! 4aSr ~f From The Brock Pemberton I^. Famous Stage Play by Preston Sturge* AT' Wf itttaV d N W The Talkin Pi ctu r c— A If I "DARING and DELIGHTFUL" MISSr '*w BPjH the production that stunned M jj/i K AMERICA AM) EUROPE— I
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    • 151 5 fiAWTOL The BEST THEATRE— The BEST PICTURES. MATINEE TO-DAY Special Screening of Radio's Side-splitting Comedy "CRACKED NUTS" with BERT WHEELER* ROBERT WOOLSEY and DOROTHY LEE TO-NIGHT Brought Back by Public Demand! "DISRAELI" with GEORGE ARLISS Warner Bros, famous Gold -medal Masterpiece Also BOBBY JONES in another of his popular series
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  • 916 6  -  Stanley Lupino Its The Right Way To Health By Famous Stage and Film Star ¥>EOPLE who quote: "Laugh and ihe world laughs with you; weep and you weep alone usually put the oU tagforward in the spirit of a complaint. Actually it is perfectly right and natural
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  • 52 6 A romance of the cinder track b levealed with the announcement of the engagement of Mi«a Vera Harwood, of the London Olympiads Athletic <lub, of which club the i« the track walking champion. t«» Mr. J. E. Tosh, of the Belgrave Harriers, a Hampshire track
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  • 37 6 IN yestordavV Straits Time* wan a picture of an official Keville Court gown approved by the King and Queen. Here i« another in c!oodwhitc snk net sprinkled with tiny diamond star., for dehutantes.
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    • 160 6 SPECIAL OFFERS AT TO-DAY'S KEENEST PRICES. LADIES' SINGLE MUSHROOM TERAI HATS. Trimmed and bound corded ribbon. Very l ght weight and most --.erviceable for the tropics. Shades Wheat and Cocoa. Size 6'i to 7*4 ins. Price $7.50 each. A new shipment of Maids and children's straw hats. Trimmed ribbon in
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    • 52 6 CERTAINLY eat more fruit but eat it with V^s~tTT^ »U*« THIC«» I NESTLES CREAM Here is a cream which improves all fruit dishes, puddings and sweet* Its exquisite flavour, nutritive value and guaranteed purity will commend its constant :^o to the housewife who is looking for a cream which m
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    • 234 6 9 FOR YOUR BENEFIT OUR DISCOUNTS nil! PRICES ARE AT THEIR MAXIMUM BRITISH MADE JEWELLERY OF EVERY DESCRIPTION CIGARETTE AND CIGAR CASES AND BOXES IN GOLD AND SILVER OF THE BEST BRITISH MANUFACTURERS. BEST SWISS MADE FIRST QUALITY WRIST Gr POCKET WATCHES AT THEIR LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES. (MORE THAN ICOO
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  • 2840 7  -  iffifWllllD WHDITEILAW OUR SERIAL STORY Continued from last week. BY (Author of "The Mystery of the Killer," "The Little Hour of Peter Wells," etc, THE BEGINNING OF THE STORY. Rodney Blame returned from the War to find his father a suicide. Blame vowed to avenge his father's
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  • 95 7 Oh great and wondrous frui All others else beside Your horny thorny suit Foretells not what's inside. No luscious peach's bloom, No gold of apricot, A jaundiced yellow gloom. Is destined for your lot. Oft I've paused and vvondere Why men your praises sing- Why the tree was
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    • 389 7 "I SAW A ft. 4 ii. FRIEND OF MINE WITH HIS HAT ON, COMFORTABLY SEATED IN" A TRIUMPH SUPER SEVEN 4 DOOR PILLARLESS SALOON THE_ UNIQUE CAR OF 1932. $1,500/= NOW ON VIEW AT UNITED EN6INEERB LIMITED. (Incorporated in the S.S.) Wim^jn^LEY_JtOAD SHGWROOMS -SINGAPORE MAY WE A*RA>tCE A DEMONSTRATION. WITHOIfT
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  • 605 8 What a mysterious thing is Rumour During weeks of acute tension in all places where Chinese or Japanese form a considerable part of the population there has been, on the whole, a display of restraint that has been remarkable and an almost total absence of wild rumours of
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  • 828 8 Some time ago when the Prince of Wales was at St. Jean de Luce, near Biarritz, he was unexpectedly entertained by Chaliapin and Chaplin. In the accompanying article, Mischa Elman, the famous violinist, tells the story of what occurred. A few months ago
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  • 1207 8 One of the worst things that can happen fellow who does a job like mine is Mfc in an office with a lot of very l>ious young men whose idea of a joke would make the doorkeeper at the Athenaeum yawn. They'll be well after me
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 70 8 Use HISLNLJELV Terminal Boxes Outdoor (Inverted) Type Almost every Terminal B«C requirement can be met by a Henley pattern. Every bos dr :"ncd to simplify the jointer'i V and help him make a •hujJ job quickJv. ]_i,| LJJ? Sole Afeitt: JOHN MOREY CO. SINGAPORE Phone 7558 P. 0. Box: 374
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    • 48 8 A GAFLAC POLICY issued by the GENERAL guarantees you absolute Security backed by eager and efficient Service. GENERAL ACCIDENT FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION LIMITED. Hongkong Rank Chambers. TELEPHONE 6480. EDITORIAL, MANAGERIAL AND ADVERTISING OFFICES 78, Cecil Street, Singapore. TELEPHONE 5151. Kuala Lumpur: 27, Java Street. TELEPHONE 3689.
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    • 60 8 NON POISONOUS NON IRRITANT. [CARBOLIC COEFFICIENT Wf] A POWERFUL GERMICIDE DISINFECTANT. DEODORANT. AND ANTISEPTIC OF UNIFORM AND DEFINITE STRENGTH. 1 MIXES WITH SALT WATER 1 This disinfectant i* as effective when mined with Salt or Brackish m it is with Fresh Water. PEAR 6| Marß Lane I^^22!Sfpr/ f fop) LONDON,
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  • 986 9 HOLLYWOOD COMES TO MALA YA ANOTHER JUNGLE FILM. American Company At Kuala Kangsar. A JUNGLE FILM WITH MALAY ACTORS. Sultan Of Perak May Take Part. A Hollywood film company, after a preliminary visit to Siam, has arrived in Malaya and made its headquarters at Kuala Kangsar, in Perak. No actors
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    19 9 This cartoon in the BiMiton Her r. Id carries the c-. •>»•>", "A new technique for breaking down sales resistat.
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  • 141 9 Farewell To Popular Perak Offirlul, (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Saturday. The Chinese community of Penik today bade farewell to Mr. G. R. Sykcs, the of Chinese in Perak, and Mi's. Sykes, on the eve of 1 ire on home furlongh. Nam, who pnsJiaJ. Mated thai
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  • 322 9 If hen The IsUmders Jeer. Southampton, Feb. 9. It seerr.s hardly likely that there in a community in the wurl.l where the presiding magistrate could With the pfi mission cf Parliament, I csne the thrit- offt Ity of office by no mean- complete? the tale of potts
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  • 216 9 Hotv itl l'alorem Duty Is Imposed. Tariff Bill, when it becomes law, iutioniae the Customs Department. A largo extra staff will U> required, and •ho Treasury is hoping to meet the immediate emergency !y transfers from >ther Departments, says the Daily Telefrraph of Feb. lf>. A circular inviting
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  • 215 9 Dotcn To 70 Degrees. RAINFALL BELOW NORMAL AVERAGE. Interesting data regarding the weatheT conditions in February wavg ".wn !>v Mr. C I). Stewart. Superintendent of the Meteorological Branch, Malaya, in an interview with a Sunny Times reporter yesterday. Averatje condit ons in February were not rrnch
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  • 103 9 Ipoh Chinese Committed To Assizes. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Saturday. Acting on information received detective police went out on the Gopeng Road and arrested two Chinese who were riding bieydes and going in the direction of Ipoh. One Chinese carried a bundle of Chinese literature which is
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  • 248 9 Leaves Singapore On The Xaldera. PROFITABLE Bl SIN ESS. Melting Down Jewell* />■. Buying and selling gold is a new and lucrative business in Malaya. On Thursday half a million dollars worth of gold bars were shipped on the Naldera at Singapore, bound for London. a
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  • 25 9 <KM>m Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Saturday. Mr. Justice Mc-Fall this morninc Cheong r Vi was sentenced i > two years' aiaaple imprisonment f<rr counterfetiing.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 152 9 See the EXTRA big car features in the 1932 MORRIS MINOR longer bonnet rear tank new radiator Following the success of the 1931 model, the 1932 Morris Minor has incorporated even more "big car" taagav bonnet, a rear petrol tank, a newtype chromium-finished radiator and a new excellence of line
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    • 141 9 litt\p\ TRAVEL JMH**>^j REQUISITES. FOR THE HOMEWARD BOUND WE OFFER A DISCOUNT OF Io°o OFF ALL TRAVELLING REQU ISITES DURING MARCH ONLY Es~^ ff T^LidPr^~^^^^-!^M^^^^ rjg —^^^Ti^L 1 X* I v t^^l fii^T'^"^^^^^^ r* (I B HVND WARDROBE TRI'NKS jfl I flj Bett quality veneer wood bounii sfe^l. W.th 4
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  • 1704 10 An Historic Singapore Lighthouse. 82 Year -Old Details Brought To Light. Some interesting details regarding the building of the Horsburgh Lighthouse, which guards the entrance to the China Sea and was built only a few years before Raffles Island Lighthouse, have been collected
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  • 133 10 Daughter* Marriage to Sir Charles Buchanan. Madras, Feb. 23. St. George's Cathedral was filled with a gay crowd when Sir George Stanley, Governor of Madras, escorted his daughter, Miw Barbara Stanley, up to the aisle for her marriage t<> Sir Charles Buchanan, of the Highland Light Infantry. The
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  • 30 10 \n excellent pot of orchids which won the first prize in one of the section* at the Malayan Orchid Society's fho» on Friday afternoon
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  • 209 10 Annual Meeting: New Oflice-Bearers. The annual general meeting of the Indian and i yVnese Ladies Club was ksii at Mm Y.W.f V, itafficd Quay, on Saturday, when th.- a offi'-e-bearers were HscU current year: President, Mr*. E. V. Davies, M.A., vice-presi d^nts, Mrs. B> Jumabhoy and Mrs.
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  • 723 10 Mr. Priestley s Tribute. PLEA FOR v FINE FLAME OF LIVING." menage -j the sWSkn v»oiui wdd tn. i .vir. J. ii. Ptm -.letcn at the annual dinner of tne Dickea mmio Kestauiant. tlebrated the 120 th anniuirtn of Dicfcens. Mr. Iloiai v achell presided, and
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 74 10 GENUINE TEAKWOOD FURNITURE MADE BY GENUINE SHANGHAI CARPENTERS. mwT II r High class French Piano-polish. Latest British Designs. Fancy Satin-inlay and Teakwood cross -grain works. NANG HENG FURNITURE CO., Factory: 31, Sophia Road. Show-Room 103, Selegie Road. Telephone 6958. HIGH GRADE BRITISH BRASSFOUNDRY Manufactured by EVERED CO. LTD. Smeth wick-Birmingham
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    • 136 10 HEE KEE TAILOR. FOR LATEST FASHIONS. EXPERT CUTTER. KEST MATERIALS. MODERATE PRICES. A TRIAL ORDER WILL CONVINCE YOU. 101, NORTH BRIDGE RD., SINGAPORE. CO., 82, HIGH STREET, SINGAPORE. 'Phone 3735. DEALING IN HIGH CLAM BLACKWOOD FURNITURE, CHINA WARE, CURIOS, JADE NECK-LACE, CAMPHORWOOD CHESTS, GRASS STRING MATS, AND ETC. V XbbbbbbbhV
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    • 223 10 $75 in CASH PRIZES This Week's Competition. Below is another unfinished Limerick in connection with which six cash prizes are offered. For the best line completing the Limerick a prize of $50 will be awarded and the senders of the next five best entries will receive consolation prizes of $5
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  • 318 11 Mistaken For Prince Of Wales. HOTEL COMEDY. An Engineer" s Amusing Expcrivnvv. Budapest, Feb. 12. All Budapest is lausrhinj? at the story of the latest Royal visitor to the Hungarian capital. Thp newspapers relate that a handsome English touring car stopped outside Budapest's smartest hotel, and
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  • 676 11 London's Battle With Paris. London, Feb. 15. THIS week and next London is to make the most remarkable bid for the dictatorship of fashion ever known in the histcjry of dress. Today sees the first move. This dictatorship already shows signs of pawung out of
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  • 484 11 MASKED MEN MAKE TEA. When three men were remanded at Clerkenwell Police Court on Feb. 9, charged with assaulting and robbing two women, one woman told a remarkable story of how two masked men who broke in and stole her property made tea for her. Harry
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  • 170 11 Costume For Irish Draw Mixing. A costume for the gir'* who will mix the counterfoils in the Grand National jwssjistake has been designed by Mr. y Hamor.d, the illustrator and designer. The design is founied on a military coslump "f the Napoleonic period. Its dt- 1 are as
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  • 31 11 Thesw »ix Singapore babies will only hive a birthday on^e in four years m the >• were bora at the Kaasaaf kerb* a Mattrnitj UtMpital. on Feb. 29.
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  • 816 11 Judge And A Medium's Beliefs. TJOROSCOPES and seances were dis- cussed in the King's Bench Division on Feb. 9 during the hearing of an action in which the plaintiff was a spiritualist medium. Summing up, Mr. Justice Humphreys said the view that certain stars were
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  • 550 11 Cost Of Living Twice That In England. GOLF 10s. A ROUND. 6d. Tax On Teetotal Lunches! Nice, Feb. 13. THIS is the story of life on the Riviera today. The cost of an hotel bedroom is 15s. 6d. per day and 25 per cent, is added to
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  • 506 11 Why Beerbohm Tree Cursed The Angels. PIQUANT ANECDOTES. When Irving Lost The Toss. "Hi V de r> said Lily L*"* ll^. the 1»* famous Victorian beauty and actress* never trust a man who grows hair on his face in unexpected places." Siie said this with
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  • 174 11 Why Nora Swinburne Left Actor Husband. Mr. Francis Lister, an actor, of Clifton Gardens, Golders Green, has been granted a decree n si against his wife, Leonora Mary, an actress. Another actor, Mr. Edward Ashley Cooper, was cited as co-respondent. Mrs, Lister, who was acting in
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 60 11 THE ART FURNITURE DEPOT 28-34, ORCHARD ROAD, SINGAPORE. I We beg to notify the I f public that J J 1. The prices of our stock furniture have been greatly reduced. 2. We supply furniture on hire-purchase agreements. 3. We are prepared to supply furniture on hire to approved customers.
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    • 21 11 LEE KEE Co. 24, 25 26, Birch Road SEREMBAN. HIGH CLASS GROCERS, General Merchants and Cold Storage Suppliers. PHONE No. 10
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    • 83 11 NOTICE NOTICE is h*r«h c>»«n that th* ahoy Tr:. E AM) ANGLO Street Bisssystl and that this Trade Mark ss*S v Milks Condensed and preserved imported an Federated Malr:' States, Unfcdcrated Mala) Saiavak and elsewhere. fur'hfr <riven that Ip|>l person Ann or coriorml.^r vfca uses the sat I Ti mtation
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    1797 12 The Book Page. so many unfortunate ends to his friendships. His breach with Galsworthy for instance. Being in- tensely interests! in animals he tried to get Galsworthy, as head of vari c v s humane societies, to back a Bill in Parliament for the humane slaughtering of animals. Owing to
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  • 806 12 An Author And Artist Who Is Proud of His Unpopularity End Some New Novels villain was a striking likeness to myself, so perhaps she really had not." Ingratitude of the World. He had, too, the ingratitude of the world to cope with: "As far as I can rememJber, except for
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 217 12 THE WRITING PAD WITH THE WORLD WIDE REPUTATION* (gOXLEY? M Cambric Writing Pad -jj Manufactured by: f JOHN DICKINSON CO.. LTD. (Incorporated in England*) POST BOX IW. SINGAPORE. AND SOLD BY ALL STATIONERS IN MALAYA. An invaluable reference book THE CONCISE OXFORD DICTIONARY OF CURRENT ENGLISH Adapted by H. W.
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 193 12 OUR CROSSWORD PUZZLE. II nf ny pr i r r r r I P i-y'ii'-i ':y*3 r— W* 5T PS**^ §P I I m& H^ W 'M T^yS JTTs tcT £g>! *< _m !53$ 35 I I I I I I ffll I 1 m I (CLUES.) kr>nt\aa Serpent-like fish
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  • 1117 13 MALAYA'S CLUB LIFE.— THE TAMPIN RECREATION CLUB. Tampin Recreation Club: Annual Meeting SATISFACTORY FINANCIAL POSITION IN SPITE OF THE SLUMP THE annual j;creral meeting of the Tampin Recreation Club vis held <>n Feb. 23. After the ordinary bui me s had been dealt wit! the chairman, Mr. U. Inine referred
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    99 13 *rnu|i nh««otrrimh if »S r n-pmh.r. <»' <h- Rowr») lUdminl .n Vnrty taken on Hun«la>. Fi b. M, at the rrnidrnre of Mr. Tan Kirn Joo, 45, I»K>nir J7- <;«-ylanc Ko d I -Mf»»t* Lim f'huan him (hon. mu»ir <ui>l>, k<>h Then.: Moh (hon. auditor). Chea Boon Hork (vice-president) Tan
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  • 530 13 Aims Of Kuala Lumpur Body Defined. rpHKRE arc now two Chinese Students J I ations in this couniarters in Singaoore and Kua'a Lumpur respectively, and there are others of whi:h the r of this page is unaware. <■■>'„:-:,,u which these ass"ciation« is a valuable one and should
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    92 13 ii :>iioto!;ra.ih taken the raaMeaea <>, thr_natron. Mr. \w Ho»n liaw. Juring the re<«n* < nir.ft* New Yeir outing <>! ih> >ilß«trela <>■' (he Uaftad hjmwi .•iatiin. Abated (I. t to right) Mrsitr*. tb;e Kirn H«««, Koh Kerg l.«>ng. (.oh Tian- Tre (ax»l. Hon. trewirer (a-sst. "ion. t.ecreta-> >c <a«»t.
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  • 103 13 Officer* of Kuala Lumpur Association. AT the first annual general meeting of the Selangor Literary Aasocaition held amber of Commerce the follov. ted office bearers: Mr. < vice-pre-Seng, hon. M Won/ ta:y Mr. V oa Cheni, hon. treaAw Dick San, a^sc. Hon. trea Chock Lim, hon. librarian Mr.
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  • 633 14 SCORES 70 FOR OVER THIRTY XI. A Draw on the Padang. BURN RETIRES WITH 59 RUNS. AN unusual result was reached in the "S.C.C. cricket match between the Over 30 and Under 30 members, which bepan on Friday and concluded yesterday. When play
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  • 627 14 Barteh Takes 4 Wickets For 10 Runt. The S.R.C. opened their cricket season yesterday with a trial match betweer two elevens captained by T. Leijssius and R. Bartels, the latter side emerging tat winners by 41 runs, thanks to a successful day with the bail by their
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  • 146 14 Balaskas Unbeaten For 122. Wellington, Mar. 6. When play concluded today the second day— in the second Test match between the South African cricket tourists and New Zealand, the taurists bad scored 410 runs for the loss of nine wickets, their reply to the home
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  • 179 14 First Three Figure Score Of Seremban Season. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Mar. 8. Excellent batting by ihe schoolmaster and a local SUrte player in Arthur Chapman was the feature of today's first local inter-school fixture, when St. Paul's Institution defeated King George V. School by 90
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  • 104 14 Old Boys' Rugby Results. (From Our Own Correppondent.) London, Feb. 16. The following are reeults of Old Boys' snd Public Schools' Rugby matches played on Saturday? OLD BOYS. Bedford 9 0. U. TayUrs 0 Old Citiii-n* Canterbury 3 atford Brid«« (A) 5 Old Wrocklaians 8 Old Celfaisa* <
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  • 129 15 Nick Sullivan Beats Kid Cabo On Points. Nick Sullivan again proved the victor over Kid Ga'uo in a ten round contest at the New World last night. It was a very near ihinjr, however, for Gabo, although weighing 8st and had to give away 101b. to Ml
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  • 110 15 Referee Intervene* In Fight With Mirza Khan. Gunboat Jack defeated Mirza Khan. amattur middleweight champion of India and Persia, in Madras about ten days •ffo. The rtferee, Mr. Kearnn, intervene! at th* seventh round in a ten-round contest. Mirza Khan, at the t.-ne ttie contest was stopoed,
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  • 76 15 Will Be Retained And Not Sold. London, Feb. 25. The National Stud, containing famous bloods*. which was established through the generosity of Lord Wavertree during the War, will not be noIJ for the present. The Chancellor of the Exchequer announced in the House of Commons that the
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  • 268 15 Playmd in 21 Season* Of County Cricket. G. G. Hearne, the famous Kent cricketer, died on the night of Feb. 13 in King's College Hospital, in his 76th year. He was the eldest of three brothers Frank and Alec were the others all of whom played
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  • 130 15 Most Conscientious Player In Firtt Clot* Cricket. C. V. Grimmett, who recently routed the South Africans, is probably the moat conscientious player in first-class cricket. He is 40, and, with his record, might be forgiven for thinking: that he could not hope to learn much more about
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  • 24 15 London, Mar. 6. At Twi kenham, in the inter Servioet Rugby match Um Army beat th« Navy by 11 pU. to nil.— ReuUr.
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  • 328 15 Death of Cricked Great Historian. Mr. Frederick Samuel Ashley-Cooper, unrivalled as an authority on cricket history, died at his home in Milford, Surrey He waa born in London on Mar. 2, 1877, and eo had not quite completed hit 66th year. In his devotion to the history of
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  • 278 15 Scottish Cup. HOME LEAGUE FOOTBALL RESULTS. London, Mar. 5. The following: were the results of matches played today in the Scottish Cup and English and Scottish Leagues Scottish P.A. C up. tth Round. Airdrieonian* 4 Partifk Tiviitle Clyde 0 Hamilton Acadv 2 Dunfermline 1 Kilmarnootc Rangers
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