The Straits Times, 2 February 1933

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    39 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] THE LARGEST 2ND MOST INFLUWTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MAVAYTL. 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, -JFKHRI ARY 2. 1933 PRICE 10 CENTS The Straits Times 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1933. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      207 1 SINGAPORE: 76. CECIL ST. ('PHONE 0101). iaaarai! I 6.15 Tonight 9.15. DOIH.I \S FAIKHANKS, Jr. IT'S TOUGH TO BE j FAMOUS. I'hone 5261-2. DRINK MORE (jtt^mi GOOB MILK! There is no milk of greater purity and higher quality than "BEAR BRAND." Guaranteed to be entirely free from adulteration and impurities,
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      178 1 KUALA LUMPUR 25, JAVA ST,- (PHONE 3603) %;%EH& TH£ SEARCH IS ENDED. rt_l_Jaa^- m Jl J Your search for the ideal fabric for nightwear ry* xj|~°^ I1 n t ij ends with the discovery of Horrockses /jL \m\ -m s mater a which has the advantages of \Jf jLS \\W
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      16 1 6.15 Tonight 0.15. DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, Jr. I in I it's tough to be I "hone 5261-2.
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      501 2 p. 0., British india" AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated in England.) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N. CO. UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT, LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. Tonnage. Due Spore. 1933. CORFU 16.000 Feb. S XBANGALORB 6,000 Feb.
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      712 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISBA.) TO LONDON. Naples, Marseilles, London, Antwerp Rotterdam and Middlesbrough. Vessels. Tonnage. Due. Sail. HAKONE MARU 10,400 Feb. 8 9 S BUWA MARU 10.700 Feb. 23 24 FUSHIMI MARU 10,900 Mar. 9 10 HAKOZAKI MARU 10.400 Mar. 22 2S t TERUKUNI MARU 12,000 Apr. 4 6
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      445 2 BURNS PHILP LINE. (Incorporated in Australia.) FOR BRISBANE. SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by the wellknown steamer MARELLA (7,860 tons) and the s.s. MANGOLA (3,352 tons) (Cargo only). The s.s. MARELLA is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia, cabins
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      514 2 THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LIMITED. (Incorporated in Denmark.) Telephone 5323. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. TO GENOA, LONDON. ROTTERDAM. HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. From From From From Spore Malacca Port Penang Swett. BORINGIA 14/2 14/2 15/2 17/2 FIONIA 7/3 7/3 8/3 10/3 ERRIA 28/3 28/3 29 3 31/3 LALANDIA 18/4 1* I
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      1096 2 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean THE HUA KHIOW STEAMSHIP CO. Steam Ship Co., Ltd., and China (1932), LTD. Mutual Steam Navigation Co., Ltd.) THE SARAWAK STEAMSHIP m. 1 I li. THE STRAITS STEAMSHIP CO, LTD. THE (I NAKI) STEAMSHIP < <) LTD. THE CHINA NAVIGATION CO.. LTD. THE AUSTRALIAN ORIENTAL
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      CHARTER-PARTY DISPUTE.
      866 3 Safety of Londonderry As A Port. A cane was brought before the Kinu's Bench Division (Mr. Justice Roeh*) by Louis Dreyl i- :inn Co., of London and Paris, the <-hai >■ rer.< of the stai'.'S 1 Sagoland, upon a special case stated by '.n: Umpitv an ai'hitr:.' ion
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      1,000TH VOYAGE.
      104 3 Tlw> Prince Rupert, a Newcastle onTyne built pHMfM steamer, has completed her I,oooth voyage and has travi'lIril MOM than 1,4M,00fl nautical miles .since aha "as launched in 1910. The Prince Rupert was specially built for the Vancouver, British Columbia J'rincc Rupert service operated by Canadian National Steamships via
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      FOREIGN SUPER LINERS.
      492 3 British Ascendency Must Not Decline. Can this country allow other nations, Germany, France and Italy, to beat us by building super liners whilst not paying their debts although we honour ours?" asked Mr. G. R. Newcombe, docks and marine manager, replying t< the toast of his health
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      PORT OF ANTWERP.
      207 3 Statistics of Inward Tonnage. During: December. JWWt 840 sea-poinjr vessels, measuring 1. 770.966 tons, entered the port. Over the whole year the inward tonnaee amounted to 19,'i66,745 tons (9,407 ships) In consequence of the per.eral crisis a decrease on 'he tonnage figures of previous years must bfl
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      VESSELS ARRIVED.
      178 3 TREMER, Dut., 2,784 tons, from Amoy 12 for Hong Kong 24-2. ARIZONA MARU, Jap.. ;>,992 to«is, from Nagoya 2-2, for Santos 4-J. UK WKKRT. Dut., 985 tons, from Batavia 1-2, for Blinjoe 4-2. GIANG ANN. Brit., r.4.". tons, from Sourabaya 2-2, for Sourabaya B'manin 3-2. PAHI'D,, Dut., 1,180
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      SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
      118 3 Thursday, February 2. Ships alongside the Wharves or expected to Arrive. KEPPfcL iIAHBOUR. Main Wharf W. Bt. "Joan I." Lch. "Hygeia," Tug "Hercules. The Cable. Oil Wharf Nil. Coal Wharf Nil. VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS. Tanjnng Pagar. Albert Dock Hua Tong, Nam Yong. Victoria Dock Soli. Keppel
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      PASSENGERS.
      156 3 Passengers arriving i.t Singapore by the Carthaire were as follows: From Yokohama: Mr. I. B. Newbigjin. Mr. W. F. Hilchie, Miss L. L. Betts, Mr. B. W. Coalfield, Mr. W. I). Hartley, Misi Neville, Mr. and Mrs. Q. U. Rcay. Miss M. Stott, Miss I. S. White. From Shanghai:
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      26 3 The M.M. General Metzinger is due here from Penang on Sunday at 7 a.m. and will probably sail for Saigon tho same day at ."5 p.m.
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      OUTWARD MAIL.
      40 3 Mails from Europe, (London mails dispatched 12th January), ex P. and O. Corfu which anchored at Penang at 6.50 a.m. today will arrive by train tomorrow morning. Correspondence will be ready for delivery to boxholdcrs nt 8.45 a.m.
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      ROTTERDAM.
      149 3 Reduction in Harbour Dues. The reduction of the harbour dues at Rotterdam has been approved by the Government. The date on which the new tariff will take effect, will be published as soon as possible. Entrances during December. 1932, wtre 883 ships, mea-v.mng 1.335.613 tons net for Rotterdam; Jiili
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      477 3 to NORDDEUTSCHER jgv LLOYD. skin*!.*!'* (Incorporated In fl r»V« Gennanj.) _*2w The undermentioned are the company's intended fixtures: OUTWARD. COBLENZ for Manila, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Jnpan Feb. 6 S NECKAR for Manila, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Japan and North China Feb. IS LAHN for Manila, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Japan and
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      390 3 WOUAM. OT-BAMCIF UH» <JWAMBtIcAN MAO/ LINK TO EUROPE Panama Canal America via Canada 1 Suez BY PRESIDENT LINERS 24 to 53 days of real comfort Enjoyable Economy Swimming Bath Excellent Cuisine. Large rabina with hedn. Hot and cold running water in every stateroom. DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINES, INC. LTD. (Incorporated in
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      509 3 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (Incorporated In England.) M ELLERMAN LINE. Freight Service to UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. TU Ports and Suet CanaL OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG. SHANGHAI A JAPAN. Steamer Due Spore, s.s. CITY OF KHIOS Feb. 25 Feb. 20 HOMEWARDS. sj. CITY OF LYONS for Havre, London, R'dam
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      64 3 SINGAPORE WEATHES REPORT. Stat ions. Yesterday Last night Max. Rainfall Bright Mm. temp, ins Sunshine temp. •F hra. "F Alor Slar 91 N"I 10.1 69 Kota Hharu K4 Nil 9.8 70 K. TrenjTßanu 82 Nil 7.7 69 Bukit Jeram 87 Nil 9.7 70 Mersi.igr 80 O.IG 2.8 73 Singapore 83
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      138 3 TIDE TABLES. Thursday. February 2. H. W. 3.03 a.m., 8 ft. 7 in., 3 36 in. 7 ft. 7 in. Friday, February 3. H. W. 3.37 a.m., 8 ft. 6 in., 4.38 p.m., 7 ft. Saturday, February 4. H. W. 4.19 ajn., 8 ft. 4 in., 6.16 p.m., 6 ft.
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      445 4 SITUATIONS VACANT. When applying for any position *il*ertlsed. la U>e*e columns send copier o» testimonials. Do aot send original*. Straus Tim** Situation filled. Applicant* ar* thanked. BHORTHAND-TYPUT and Stenographer repaired from March i. Apply M, B. T. WANTED, Chinese < male i shcrthandlypUl ;:i ci: -turned to lihnir i. flioe
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      683 4 HOUSES. FLATS TO LET TO LET, small bnngalow, No. S Grange Rd. Apply to Th* Britiah Malaya Traato* Bt•eutor Co.. Ltd.. T*'. SDW. UNFURNISHED, r,J. Crescent Road, spacious Kuropean bunifalow, .1 liedrooms, <*ol and quiet, two garage?, pretty ground*. Low rent. Tel TO LET, "Sentosa" 61, Stevens Road, Compound house,
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      438 4 BUSINESS PREMISES TO LET OFFICES TO LET. No. 8, Raffles Place (ground and 3rd floor*), Noa. 6 (Ist and 2nd floors), 8 (Ist and 2nd floors), and 10 (Ist and 2nd floors), Change Alley. Nos. 6 (2nd floor), (9- A, »-O, a-E' and 9-F, Robinson Road, No. 78 (lit and
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      614 4 MISCELLANEOUS Ton can have THE SUNDAY TIMES delivered to you every week for thr*o month* for 11.60. Manager, Sunday Times. MODERN ballroom dances tanght at Rena's Dance Studio, Meyer Mansions Ist floor, flat No. 6, Coleman St. Tel. 4889. TUITION modern method, Tenor Banjo, Hawaiian (iuitar Mandolin, Ukelele and all
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      526 4 PUBLIC NOTICES. NOTICE. The Exchange Banks will lie closeil on: THIRSPAY. FEBHI ARV Thaipunam (Bank llnliilay). THE MEMBERS OF THE CHETTIARS' (MATTUKKOTTAI) COMMUNITY OF SIN6APORE CORDIALLY INVITE The Lad>es and Gentlemen of Singapore to bo present at tm? Festival of THAIITMAM the ilny Cod Subraroaniam appeared to his ilivotees in
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      372 4 BUSINESS CARDS. MASSAGE HALL 1 MANICURE AND MASSAGE. Mrs. HARU aasl Mia* BAKA. M. WATERLOO STREET. Telephone 7467. ANNOUNCEMENT. Mr. Ho Kwong Yew, registered architect, late partner of Mesurs. Chung t Wong, has started his own practice since January l, IMS, at China Building, (Office No. «>.: M) Chulia Street,
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      70 4 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Singapore Within Onislde without Malaya. jfalaya. Postage, ■onthly f 3.00 X 4.00 2.60 S*arterly 8.50 $12.00 7.60 ■II Yearly 517.00 124.00 $16.00 Taarljr... 134.C0 |4«.G0 180.00 ADVERTISEMENT RATES The charges and infraction* for CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENT? appear on the (ana at the bottom nf this page. Gontra-rt rate* may
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    COMEDIE FRANCAISE.
    273 5 Actress Forbidden To Retire. Paris, Jen. 3. The Minister of Fine Arts, M. Jean Mistl'-r, today refused the application of Mile. Cccile Sorel to retire from the Comedie Francaise, and the famous actress will in consequence remain in the company. Mile. Sorel a.sked to be released from her
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    ROMAN CATHOLICISM.
    44 5 The latest official return of conversions to Rome shows, states the Universe," that 12,019 people were received into the Catholic Church in Kngland ami Wales in one year. During the year 51 new Romnn Catholic Churches were opened in England and Wales.
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    CEYLON COUNCIL.
    237 5 Constitution Bill Nearly Ready. The Ceylon Daily News understands that the first reading of the Ordinance granting a new constitution t« the Colombo Municipal Council will take place in the State Council in March. The draft of a Bill for giving effect to the reform of the .Colombo
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    WOMAN'S DEATH.
    308 5 Palmist's Evidence Of Interviews. An open verdict was recorded by the 'oroncr at the inquest at Battersea on Lily Rosina Ix>vel.*k. aged 30, acornpaAicxi, of Ramsden Road. Balham, S.W.. who was found (kad in the bathroom of the flat where ?he livH with her employ er, Mary Louisa
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    "A" FILMS
    145 5 Another Blow To Censorship. The Ministry of Home Affairs of Northern Ireland is not meeting with any great success in its efforts to get the various municipal bodies voluntarily to agree to order exhibitors to consent to banning young people from seeing "A" films. When the now well-known
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    FAMOUS CLUB
    30 5 Monte Carlo, Jan. 1. The original Sporting Club at Monte Carlo, formerly the rendezvous of the elite of Kiviera Society, is to be converted into a roller-skating rink.
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    CRUEL FRAUD.
    169 5 Ex-Police Sergeant Sentenced. Charles Henry Kersey, a pensioned police-sergeant whb was stated to hrv* taken part in the famous cavalry charge at Omdurman, was at Marylebone police court sentenced to three months' imprisonr.ier.t on a charge of having obtained 4K' credit from Goorge Rowson, aged 73, an Army
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    HITLER A GERMAN?
    183 5 Naturalisation Issue Raised. Berlin, Dec. 29. It is once more *ing asked whether Heir Hitler really became a German citizen this spring. His naturalisation was secured, it may be recalled, by his nomination as a Brunswick official attached to the Brunswick ''Legation" to the Reich in Berlin,
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    PICTURES BY BARTER.
    213 5 "Vie De Boheme"— New Style. Paris. Dec. 29. Last year's "Salon des Echanges having proved so successful, amateurs of modern art are now flocking to this year's show at the Porte de Versailles. Works of 200 well-k'>own artists may be had in exchange for such articles as
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    NEGRO RUNS AMOK.
    164 5 Five People Killed In Arizona. N'osales (Arizona), Dec. 30. Army machinery had been set in motion to start an immediate investigation into five shootings at Fort Hunchuca, a remote Arizona Army post, which involved the death of two officers of the 25th Infantry and their wives when
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    RUSSIAN SCULPTOR DEAD
    50 5 N. A. Andreev, sculptor of the Statue of Liberty in front of the Moscow Soviet Building!), has just died. He was chairman of the Moscow Union of Soviet Sculptors, and was the sculptor of the Moscow Monuments to 'nc Ru">ian authors Gogrol, Ostrovsky, (ten trill and Ogarev,
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    CONTROL OF MOSS EMPIRES.
    282 5 £20,000,000 Chain Of Cinemas Theatres. The Gaumont-British Picture Corporation has acquired control of Me* Empires. Negotiations in this respect have been completed by Mr. Isadore Ostrer, pre sident of the Gaumont-'British Picture Corporation. Mr. Mark Ostrer and Mr. Charles M. Woolf. joint managing directors of the
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    £2 OFFERED : £70 FINE
    276 5 £2 OFFERED £70 FINE Attempt to Bribe Police. A fine of 170 with I i 5 eorfl was imposed at West London Police Court on Mark Myers, a showman, of F.nd Road, EL, on a charge of attempting to Mm two police officers. The evidence of Police CoBStaMM Hutchins and
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    BURMA MINISTERS.
    115 5 Sir Joseph Mating Gyi And U Kyaw Din. Rangoon, Jan. 13. It is understood that'Sii Joseph Maurijr Gyi has been appointed KhntM for Forests and I' Kyaw Din, Minister of Education. They are expected to take over their duties next week. The appointments do not come as a
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      261 5 HOTELS RAFFLES HOTEL TONIGHT. "EMPRESS OF BRITAIN" IN PORT. SPECIAL CRUISE BALL AND CABARET. i (7 TURNS) EXTENSION TILL 2 A.M. RAFFLES CELEBRATED ORCHESTRA. PHONE 5381 FOR RESERVATION. ADELPHI SEA VIEW HOTEL HOTEL FAVOURITE DOWN TOWN DELIGHTFUL SEASIDE UERENDEZVOUS. EVERY ROOM ti ..mm,o rnr WITH MODERN SANITATION fcOKT. TKNNIb— GOI.r
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      148 5 RAFFLES HOTEL DOTS REVUE 7 7 2nd FEBRUARY J 4th FEBRUARY J Jj 7th FEBRUARY J| 9th FEBRUARY N BOOK NOW. 9.30 SHARP Admission $1.00 Admission $1.00 25 Vo will be devoted to the European Unemployment Fund. THE ARTISTS Dot Page, Diana Murison, Elaine Roma Yenning, Joyce Sassoon, Joan Watson,
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      37 5 HM« "Thf latc-l d.viitns in Ky. -\V.ar' (INSII.T ELLISON S. EZEKIEL Co.. ManufarturinK and CMUtttag Optician* Capitol Building St.-mford Kd.. IW*. t.N'o connection with any optician in I Kvpa<r<: Binocular*. 'I'rleacopi-v .1 Vy I"' altemU-il to iniiiU'JisUfl^B
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    Cinema Notes.
    1877 6 The first showing in London of B.IJV* new nusical comedy entitled "Sleepless Nights," was honoured by the pn of Princess Arthur* of < onnaught who afterwards attended an informal recap tion in the theatre lounge. Ii.K.H. who takes a great inter* I in British films, was attended by
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    Greta Garbo As She Really Is!
    955 6  - Greta Garbo As She Really Is! Some Memories of A Little Flapper Carl Brisson. (Bj Since it became known that Greta Garbo had recently been in London, and had visited me at the theatre, I have had nothing but trouble! My life lias been a perfect nightmare! Strangers stop me
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    RED FILM SENSATION.
    172 6 French Sponsor Charged I By Police. The presentation of Soviet fi'ms in France has reached a dramatic development in the threatened deportntion of one of their chief sponsors. afoBS. J. Silberman. chief of the Societe d'Expansion Cinematographique. This agency which handles th" rod film output in France
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    ERNST ROLF.
    81 6 Vast Crowds at Comedian's Funeral. Stockholm, Jan. 1. Police were called in to control the crowd today at the funeral of one of Sweden's most popular young comedians, Ernst Rolf, whose revue has been a Mecca of British tourists visiting Stockholm in the summer time for the past
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    5 6 JtM' I'.rown ill Ike Tendi-rtroi
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    18 6 Mr. F. Dowdeswell, of the firm of Keys and Dowdeswell, returned to Singapore from Shanghai by the Carthage.
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    CLASSROOM FILMS
    392 6 "The lack of suitable films is the great obstacle in the way of the introduction of the cinematograph into the schools." This is one of the conclusions of the Edinburgh committee which carried out an experiment with 1,872 pupils in ten school, in Edinburgh last year, and which
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    INDIAN TALKIE.
    60 6 "Hur llanjjha," a clas.-ical love story of v Punjab village, is the first talkie produced by a company in the Punjab in uctual locations. The dialogue is in Hindu, while a couple of Punjabi songs from the original work on this legend have been introduced. Hakim Ram Praaad.
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    DOMINION THEATRE SALE.
    48 6 Mr. w. H. Chantrey, acting as receives 1 and manager, has, subject to the approval of the court, entered into a contract to sell the Dominion Theatre, Tottenham Court Road, to Associated Provincial Picture Bouses, Limited, one of the Gau-moni-Br tish group of companies. RM,
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      34 6 •■awaWal rnvjaVß em) aVmVBI ami iVaTtaW rv MaWaTaV ra faaTJaWasa I INSURE ACAINiT ALL FIDE I LIFE MAPINE ACCIDENT GUARANTEE AND MOTOD Oil K I Bam*l*]^l^T^^^' r^aa^^^^^^aa! Arthur > Pottl 'Ij-i.s-i in! WNkrai <»nrh. Smgiporf.
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      184 7 AWAMBRA NIGHTLY 6.15 9.15. The Independent Theatre with the Pick of the World's Picture*. —And Still it draws the crowds!! SEE IT WITHOUT DELAY! J-AST- FEW- DA YS| SOON': BMeß^BMn^BMn^el 1 W| to the Man she tk iJfc' had sworn to hate/ I/ Is' f 1/ 1/*"*^* r\ c o
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      854 7 I 1 CAPITOL Last Night of: First National's rollicking revelation of what it means to be a hero! "IT'S TOUGH TO BE FAMOUS" WITH DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, Jnr. HE HAD THE KEY TO THE CITY She wanted a husband to make -BUT WAS LOCKED OUT OF LOVE not a hero to
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      372 7 I Owint to th« iMtStk »f Ihr Mr, x.mplctf print af TH K LOVE I'\K\l)K. tim<- nnl> prrmitH fur hiiwint Ihr U MOM' >l III; i SOIM) NKWS KEEL (Ihis i. •d. > pivtunv ..I th.- rir.l I -I i Match). I'atr.ins are MrMMll] iwiur-ltd tv In- in th ir
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    AROUND THE MARKETS.
    373 8 Tin Again Higher Locally. NOT AFFECTED BY FALL IN NEW YORK. (By Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Thursday. Today's Prices: Rubber. <>'* cents uer Ib. Tin. Sinuapore price $7<> per picul. Yesterday's Prices: Rubber. London, 2 1 *J2d.. down 1 l(i (N. New York. 22 7 k els.,
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    76 8 Noon, Feb. 2. R.S.S. equal to London Standard: Buyers. Sellers Spot (loose) 6 |j fo <»' y (F. 0.8.) 6i Standard R.S.S. on Tender: Buyers. Sellers Feb. G' t Mar. 6 :t 6'-> Apr. .<; 7/16 6 9 16 Apr.-.hmo (1 !> 16 (5 11
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    PRODUCE.
    68 8 Singapore, Feb. 2. Gambler 5. (t0 (Cubt«) No. 1 unpicked) 10.M Copra 4.75 mixed 1.-'.i 1 SajfO Hour. Sarawak 1.98 White Pepper 20" Black Pepper 16U l'earl Sago 4.00 small 3.90 medium 6.00 like Siam $148 to 212 Saigon $142 t<> i\? Rangoon $132 to 1">8 No. 1 125
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  • LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
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        MINING.
        442 8 Isaac V*L Pd. £1 £1 Asam Kumbang £1 £1 Austral Malay 5 5/- Ayer Hitam Tin £1 £1 Bangrin Tin 1 1 Batang Padang 1 1 Batu Caves 1 1 Bukit Arang £1 £1 Burmah Malay £1 £1 Chenderiang 1 1 Hitara Tin 1 1 Hong Fatt 5/- 5/-
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        GENERAL.
        280 8 Issue Val. Pd. Buyer*. Sellers. t Alex. Brick Ord. 0.50 2 2 Alex. Brick Prefs. 1.05 ill n Brit. Am. Tobacco 4,17.6 10 6 British Malaya Trustee 5.00 £1 £1 Con. T. S. 7'- Trefs. 21 6 £1 £1 Con. T. S. Ord. 15 G 1 1 Cycle and
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        151 8 Singapore Cold Storage 7 p.e. deb. of 1926 red. 1931-36 100 101 ci. Singapore Municipal 6 p.c. of 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 105 110 nom. Singapore Municipal 4>/2 PC. of 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000 104 105 nom. Singapore Municipal 4Vfc p.c. of 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 104
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        377 8 Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt's Quotations. To-day'i Price Fraser Lyall ft Evatt ft Co. Allenby (|1) 0.45 0.56 0.48 080 Alur Gajah ($1) 025 0.35 0.30 0.10 A. Hitam (|1) 060 0.65 0.50 0.60 A. Kilning (|1) O.Oi 0.16 o.o* 016 A. Malay ($2) 0.76 1.00
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      EXCHANGE RATES.
      219 8 SELLING Singapore, Feb. 2. London, 4 months' sight 2 29 -VI London, 3 months' sight 23 7 8 London, 60 days' sight 2, 327 ,T2 London, 30 days' sight 23 13 16 London, demand 2, 3 25 32 London, T.T. 2 3 3 4 Lyons and Paris, demand
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      EXCHANGES.
      106 8 Rugby, Jan. 31. Foreign exchanges are: Amsterdam 8.44 Athens 600 Berlin 14.9/32 Belgrade 250 Bombay 1/6 5/32 Brussels 24.41 '/i. Bucharest 575 Buenos Aires 4 1 ;t V official Copenhagen 22 7/16 Geneva 17.561 1 Helsingfors 226" Hong Kong 1/3 5/8 Lisbon 110 Madrid 41 7 16 Milan 66
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    263 8 Today. Upper Burma, North and Ettst India 1 Karuparal 3 p.m. Bangkok (Kistna) 3 p.m. Japan and Korea (Kidderpore) 3 p.m. Snuraliaya and Bandjermiisin (Giantr Ann) .4 p.m. StmaranfT, Sourabaya, Celebes, Moluccas Timor Dilly I Read) 4 p.m. Selat Pandjang, Bengkalis, Siak, Pakan Baroe, Fort de Kock
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      153 8 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. Today. February 2. Dot's Rrvur at Ruffles Hotel, 9.30 p.m. Friday, February 3. Annual general meeting of Singapore Turf Club at Chamber of Commerce, FullertoD Rl<lg., Ul p.m. Saturdnv. February 4. Dot's Cvue, Raffle:- Betel, tM p.m. "Much Married," ■'pew Repertory players, Victoria Theatre. K SVC
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      THE SINGAPORE AUCTION
      122 9 The Sincrnporc Chamber of Con;iner-» Rubber Association held Iti 1,107 th auction on Feb. 1, when there was catalogued I 1.157,433 ll>. or 51C..71 tons: offered 1.097.260 lb. or 489.8S tons; sold 910,637 lb. or 4nr,.-,:; tons. I Spot. London 2 1 l»»ii I New York c
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      British American Tobacco Co's Increased Profit.
      1943 9 COMPANY'S STRONG POSITION. Trade Conditions Importance Of Silver Stabilisation. The annual jreneral meeting oT BritishAmrrcian Tobacco Company, Ltd., wa< lu'ld in London, on Jan. 9. Sir Hugo < i'nlilTi--O\vcn, Bt. (the chairman), pre- iiicd. The chairman said: Before I deal with Urn accoaßt*, I
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      STERLING RUBBER SHARE PRICES.
      624 9 LONDON EXCHANGE PRICES JAN. 18 Abaco (£1) hi; Allsgar (t/) /«tt: Ambarst (2/) /I; Anglo-Malay (£1 1 f> Ayer Kuning (£1) 10 Baican Serai £1 > SU; Bahru (Sel.) (2/) 1,1; Bantesg 8/9; Bkfnir Cns. (2/) /2; Batu Cave» (*J) 7/; H. Tiira Xli MVK: Bekoh
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      SHARE MARKET.
      589 9 Fraser and Co.'s Weekly Report. Fr^ser and Co., in their report, date Fib. 1. state: With three clear working da.w Km; thi»ngh local holidays during the pas week, business in 311 sections of the share market has naturally been on a very restricted scale. Advices from Lon don
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      RUBBER FUTURES.
      166 9 Year's Greater Activity In New York. Mr. C. Slaughter, president of \hc Rubbei Exchange of New York, tec in a review of rubber in 1932, states tha: the activity on the Rubber Exchange of New York during 1932 was highh i fyingr. Transactions in futures for thyear amounted
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      BOMBAY SENTENCES.
      105 9 Bombay, J»o. VS. The CM«f Presti<fcm-.v Matistrate yesterday senWnf'ed Mr. Py*relal, Mr. Caml lnV secfetary, Mr. P. R. Barucha and Mr. B. Biiucha, two B»m)>ay barrittera, each to one year's ri^iroutmprisonmMit and fine of H-*. UK) or. in default, a further term of imprisonment for three months, for
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    AMUSEMENTS
    114 10 Singapore. AI.I.A.MBRA. Chand-i with Edmund Lowe. 6.15—9.15. Phone 6909. CAPITOL. Douglas Fairbanks Jnr. and Mary Brian in It's Touch to be Famous. 6.15—9.15. Phone 5261-2. CHEAT WORLD. Daddy Long Legs ani "Shanghai War Scenes." (iate 10 ct... Ladies Kni-. M \ltl HOROI (.11. Richard Talmadge in Spree) Madness, fi.ls
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. DEATHS
    73 10 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. DEATHS rrSULUVAN. On ternary 81, In London of pneumonia following- an operation Noron I'atlii-ia O'Sulliviui lUt«l "f Kilecn PMI >un. WKE. On January :!1 at her residence N-. 64, Wilkie KoaH, Madam Vh ive Nco, uki7:1 me.ther of Missis. Tan One Si-ntf of tIM Supitme Court and Tan
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, FEB. 2, 1933. THE PARISH PUMP.
    1036 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, FEB. 2, 1933. THE PARISH PUMP. Singapore's Municipal Commissioner* spent a really constructive afternoon on Monday. The most controversial issue raised at their meeting was the proposal to launch what was picturesquely described as a Five Year Plan." It was decided, after considerable discussion, to
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    INTERNATIONAL DEBTS.
    865 10  -  Dr. Hermann Schmitz. A Plea for Economic Common Sense. <!!> The miter of thr following aitirlr, who in a kndii'n <'<<>- man iudimt rial int. fioldx that "the pioblrms of politiral aitd rowwfrrin 1 Itiilchtcdiiiss, of mti ri,<itin»<il I nub- rrl'itimis. of state finance MMI rinniirii refoi m,
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    NOTES OF THE DAY.
    796 10 CHILDREN'S AID. TIMM are times when thOM who isSßf appeals on l>ehnlf i>f charities do so with certain niisfcivinjrs as to the raetption they will have. There are some lnc;tl iharities which always loiiimeiul themselves, howev.er. in days of d«pma|<W 01 of prosperity, and prominent amonfr
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    GEORGE BERNARD SHAW INTERVIEWED IN SINGAPORE. "CAN YOU SEE END OF SLUMP?"
    2065 11 GEORGE BERNARD SHAW INTERVIEWED IN SINGAPORE. "CAN YOU SEE END OF SLUMP?" Can I See The End Of The World?" THE "BIG CISTERN." Shocked at Death Of Galsworthy. > George Bernard Shaw is always good "copy." and he was in his best vein when interviewed by the Strait* Times this
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    NEW ELECTION IN GERMANY.
    882 11 Hitler Refused Support Of Centre Party. MANY DISORDERS. Nazis and Communists Killed. The Centre Party failing to support the Hitler Government, the Reichstacr has turn dissolved and a ueneral election will he held in Germany Ml Mar. 5. Jn a remarkable speech broadcast to the nation,
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    AGREEMENT IN OIL DISPUTE.
    88 11 Direct Negotiations To Be Resumed. Geneva, Feb. 1. M. Bcnes" mediatory efforts in the Anglo-Peisian oil dispute have resulted in agreement in principle between the representatives of the two parties ai Geneva. There will be a resumption of direct negotiations for nenvwal of the conn, but
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    INDIA'S OUTLOOK.
    115 11 Harm Done by Civil Disobedience. New Delhi, F<;l>. 1. Regret that the leaders of the C vi! Di solied ience movement have net yet openly recognised the harm of the policy to which they aie si ill pladfad was exproaaM] by Lord Willingdon in a speech in the
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    FREE STATE TRADE.
    103 11 Decreases in Imports And Exports. Rugby, Jan. 11. Trade statistics of the Irish Free State show that in the year 19:12 impoit-; from all countries into the Free Stale totalled £42,572,000 against £50,467,00.0 in the previous year. Exports from tho Free State to all countries fell fiom
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    BERT HINKLER
    70 11 Story Of Journey To China. Interviewed by Smith's Weekly, Mrs. Ilinkler, the wife of Mr. Bert Hinklcr. who na< lost after setting out on a flight from F.ngland to Australia, said •'lterl is not in the Alps. I shall hear In.m him shortly, lie told me that possibly
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    CALCUTTA RIOT.
    47 11 Police Compelled to Open Fire on Crowd. Calcutta, Jan. 29. Rioting broke out during the celebration of a "Day of Independence" and the police were obliged to open fire on the crowd. Four people were vounded. Reinforcement arrived immediately and calm was ■MM restored. Aneta-Havas.
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    NO BARGAIN WITH JAPAN.
    1781 11 Britain's Denial. STRANGE STORY OF A "FREE HAND." London, Feb. L The Foreign Office has issued a statement to the effect that there is no truth whatever in the newspaper report from Geneva that the British Government is working to secure a free hand for Japan
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    SOCIAL EVIL IN FAR EAST.
    210 11 League Report. CONDITIONS IN MALAYA. Geneva, Feb. 2. International co-operation to combat the traffic in women and children in the East through the creation of central authorities in each country is recommended in the report made to the League Council by the commission of inquiry
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    ARTIFICIAL SILK.
    107 11 Great Britain's Output Increases. Paris, Jan. 30. The consumption of artificial silk in the United States did not fall to the low level expected in IMS, A decrease of 20 per cent, only was registered, the low price piobably influencing this fact. The pioduction of artificial silk in
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    SPANISH UNREST.
    49 11 Police Discover More Bomb Dumps. Madrid, Jan. 30. New and imoortant discoveries of ana hist bomb dumps have been made in Barcelona. It is understood that the police arc now systematically combing all Catalouia .••nd are confident of stamping out the anarchist menace within a week. Aneta-Tians-Ocean.
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    STUDENTS' STRIKE
    51 11 Ghent University Temporarily Closed. Brussel, Jan. 28. Students of the Ghent University went on strike as a protest against the government's refusal to open the Flemish section of the veterinaiy department. In order to avoid po.vible rioting the academy authorities havv closed the inn versity until next Wednesday.
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    "NO INFLATION."
    51 11 Mr. Chamberlain Opposes Mr. McKenna's Suggestion. London, Jan. 30. Speaking in Birmingham, Mr. Neville Chamberlain said he had no confidence ta the policy of "controlled inflation" advocated by Mr. McK-;nnu. He declared that Great Britain would oily return to the (Told standard after international agreement on the question.
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    SENT HOME.
    49 11 France Repatriates Foreign Workers. Paris, Jan. 28. According to statistics published by the Ministry of Labour 300,000 foreign workers been sent back to their respective countries during the past twelve months. Only in very rare exceptions is permission now granted to foreigners to work in France. Aneta-Trans-Ocean.
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    SOUTH AMERICAN WAR.
    51 11 Paraguayans Claim A Victory. Buenos Aires, Jan. 29. The war continues in South America. A communique from Assuncion announces that the Bolivians were repulsed with a loss of 60 killed and much matelial and many prisoners taken near Narawa. The Paraguayans lost one officer and four men.
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    FURTHER CONCESSION TO PLANTERS.
    62 11 Rubber Cess Reduction Announced. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 2. Following the renewal of the land rents concession, further good news for rubber producers was announced this morning. The cess levied on rubber exports to finance the Rubber Research Institute will be reduced from
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    JAPANESE DUMPING
    176 11 European Near Eastern Markets Invaded. Zurich, Jan. 27. The Gazette, discussing- the financial situation in Japan, remarks that the depreciation of the yen constitutes a premium of 60 per cent, in her dealings with countries still adhering to the gold standard and of 40 per eont. in regard
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    WAR DEBTS
    47 11 Mr. Roosevelt's Plan For Reciprocity. Warm Springs, Georgia, Feb. 2. Mr. Koosevelt, the President-elect, and Senator Hull are reported to have drafted a plan for a world-wide lowering of tariff walls and the stabilisation of currencies in exchange for remittance of War debts. H< liter.
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    RUBBER SHOES.
    53 11 Increased Tariff in United States. Washington, Feb. 1. President Hoover has sanctioned an increase in the tariff on rubber-siled boots and shoes and other footwear consisting wholly or chiefly of rubber. Tho tariff will be operative from Mar. and will he assessed on the basis of the American
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    STORMS IN CANADA.
    88 11 Shipping and Railway Traffic Disorganised. Halifax, Jan. 11. Fierce storms have been raging for several days on the east coast of Canada, and serious damage is leported. Ships have been unable to leave the port of Halifax for 36 hours and several smaller boats have broken adrift.
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    SMALLEST PLANE
    64 11 Long Distance Flight In 35-Horse-Power Machine. Rome, Jan. 29. The well-known pilot, (apt. Shut eworth, has landed ar the aerodrome of Lecteur in a Comper Swift, the smallest aeioplane in the world. He left immediately for Naples. He is on a fight to Delhi in arf aeroplane which
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    SINKING VESSEL.
    31 11 Eleven Portuguese Sailors Rescued. Gibraltar, Jan. 29. The Japanese steamer Gyoko Mam prut into Gibraltar to land 11 Portuguese sailors rescued off Lisbon from a sinking fishing smack.— Anela-Havas.
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    KLANG SHOOTING CASE.
    976 12 KLANG SHOOTING CASE. Accused's Statement. MRS. WALLACE WAS SHOT ACCIDENTALLY." (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Keb. L "1 wish to make v. confession becauiie I feel urn guilty." This was a statement made to the Klang magistrate la*t November winch was qaotod during the trial today ot no Fook
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    WOMEN'S STORY OF CHARMED CAKES.
    1018 12 Chinese Arrested After Four Years. On a certain day in 1928 a Chine* bus-driver, Tay Eng Lam, went home ami found that his wife was missing. Over a year later- -he had not sevn or heard of Ml during the period he was driving I
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    THE EMPRESS OF BRITAIN'S ARRIVAL.
    622 12 300 Passengers. NO "CROWDS" INSIDE OR OUT, In these days of depression, the 42,500 Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Britain had the appearance of a welcome ambassador of returning prosperity when it edged its way through the morning dew and berthed alongside Tanjong Pagar docks
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    TRADE COMMISSION TO BE APPOINTED.
    330 12 Governor's Decision. TO EXAMINE REASONS FOR GAINS AND LOSSES." H.E. the Governor has decided to appoint a Commission: "To inquire into the trade of the Ooiony, the directions ki which it has gained or lost, and the reasons for these gains or losses, and its
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    REPERTORY PLAYERS.
    58 12 "Much Married," a comedy of the Midlar.ds. will be presented by the Singapore Repertory Players at the Victoria Theatre on Saturday. The cast will include: the Misses B. Aikvn, EL Dorrington, B. Clifton James, S. George, J. Watson and M< -i J. Goddard, C. Meredith, R. Collier aid
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    ENTICING CHARGE FAILS.
    1009 12 Magistrate Disbelieves Witnesses. Stating that he did not believe a word said by the witnesses on either tide, Mr. A. W. Hay, the Second Magistrate, in the Police Court yesterday discharged a Straits-born Hindu, Harpel Singh, alias Suppiah, who was accused of enticing away a woman, a
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    EUROPEAN WOMAN'S COMPLAINT.
    1050 12 "Twisted My Arm." ALLEGED ASSAULT BY FURNITURE DEALER. Allegations were made againsi proprietor of th< well known linn ii Chop Keng Hup Seng, furniture nuikl t and dealers, Victoria Street, in the Police Court yesterday before Mr. A. C. I the Fourth Magistrate, when 'i of using
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    Soccer In Singapore—Early Season Matches—Malays Win Again. R.A.F. BEATEN BY MALAYS.
    738 13 Soccer In Singapore Early Season Matches Malays Win Again. R.A.F. BEATEN BY MALAYS. Three Clear Goals. WEAK FINISHING BY FORWARDS. Malays. .3; U.A.K...0. The R.A.F. cannot cavil much at their B—•B defeat nt football yesterday afternoon at the .lalan. Hoar Stadium, neither <an the Malays feel unduly elated, for the
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    WATER POLO AT S.S.C.
    172 13 WATER POLO AT S.S.C. Training for Chinese Opponents. In future water polo practice games at the Singapore Swimming Club will be played at the club each Thursday at 5.00 p m. and on Sundays at '1.15 a.m. On Sunday, the 19th ist.. commencing ct 11 a.m., the club will play
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    S.C.C. CRICKET.
    35 13 Net Practice To Start Today. Net practice will stait at the S.C.C. today, weather permitting. In the event of the weather being unfavourable the nets will be put up again on Tuesday next.
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    SPORTING FIXTURES.
    195 13 Today. February 2. Hockey: R.I. vs. SKA., R.I. grcl. Medical College vs. V.M.C.A., Anson Kd. Friday, February 3. Annual mtg. *f Singapore Turf Club, Chamber of Commerce, Fullerton Bldg., 5.15 p.m. Hockey: V.M.C.A. II vs. M.C.U., V.M.C.A. «rd. Saturday. Febrnary 4. Rugby: S. Johore vi. Wiltshire Rest., Johore.
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    AMES AND HAMMOND IN FORM.
    69 13 Both Score Centuries At Toowoomba. Toowoomba, Feb. 1. The M.C.C. tourists compile I :576 in their opening innings agaiist a Queens land tountry team he c today. Hammond (101) and Amis (121) were in great form, and gave an attractive display of carefree liittiig. The
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    PERAK RACES.
    245 13 Entries for Three-Day Meeting. The following are the entries for the Perak Turf Club Spring meeting on Feb. 11, 15 and 18:— Horses, Class 1: —Sigh, Done Up. Brown Jack (late Mountebank), Avonford, The Crisis, Golden Ma;ze, Comprador, Sunpark, Sungei Besi, Selangor, Tiawellton, Limber Up, Geninderra. Hatchet I-ane,
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    "KID" CHOCOLATE DEPORTED.
    190 13 Secret Hearing Of Charge. Key West, Florida, Jan. 19. Kid Chocolate picturesque Cuban Negro who is recognised i New York State as world featherweight champion, was ordeied to be deported here today to Havana after a hearing by immigration <;Tkials because he had no permit from Am
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    GEORGE CROTHERS.
    164 13 Irish Wicket-Keeper For Worcester. It is rare for a fir."'-class English cricket county to turn to Ireland for reinforteiiKnts, but Worcestershire, having recruited the Nawab of Fataudi from India, Martin from Soutr Africa, and other players from var.ous parts of Eng 1 land, have now invited George M.
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    HOME FOOTBALL RESULTS.
    121 13 Arsenal's Big Win At Bolton. London, Feb. 1. The following are the results of home football matches which took place today: F.A. Cup.—Fourth Round Replay. Leeds Utd. 4 ranmere R. 0 First Division. I Birmingham 3 Derby County 1 I Polton Wands. 0 Arsenal 4 Huddersfield T.
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    Rugby Matches Cancelled.
    77 13 All the Rugby matches fixed for today were cancelled.—Renter. The following will represent the Y. M. C. A. at hockey against Fi/rt Canning on the V.M.C.A. ground at 5 p.m. on Friday Feb. 3. W. Ferguson; Lee Fong Lim, C. I). Ross; R. Lyne, G. A. Ni
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    DEFENDER SCORES EQUALISER.
    631 13 Wiltshires and S.RC. Share Honours. SR.C. 4; Wiltshire lagt 1. A lucky goal, obtained off an opponent's stick, saved the Wiltshire Regiment from defeat when they met the S.K.C. at hockey yesterday M the Padang. But for some remarkable goalkecping by Jones, the Wiltshire Regiment might not
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    INDIAN REFORM SCHEME.
    1180 14 Sir S. Hoare's Belief. SAFEGUARDS ALL ROUND. Sir Samuel Hoare, Secretary for India, !'h>;ku;.m a talk on India and the Round Table Conference. As a result of the three Round Table Conferences, he remarked, a scheme was emerging for the future consideration of Parliament that would, he
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    NEW COWARD PLAY.
    183 14 Variation of Eternal Triangle." New York, Jan. 8. The play. "Design for Living," which Mr. Noel Coward wrote for his own appearance with Mr. Alfred Lunt anrl Miss Lynn Fontanne. had a first performance at Cleveland last night, and won enthusiastic praise from critics and firstnighters. Mr.
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    NEW YORK GOVERNOR.
    125 14 Promise to Care For Unemployed. Albany (New Yorkt, Jan. 2. Mr. H. H. Lehman was tuday installed as Governor of New York State in the presence of hir predecessors, Mr. Franklin Roosevelt and Mr. Alfred SmithSeveral thousand onlookers crowded the Assembly Chamber to witness the ceremony. Mr.
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    CHESHIRE REGIMENT.
    94 14 Presentation of New Colours. Allahabad. Jan. IS. Owing to the inability of the Viceroy to be present at Allahabad in ordor to present new colours to 'he Ist Battal'utl of the Cheshire Regiment, the- niilitar> authorities, it is understood, had sent a telegram to the Commar.der-in-Chk'f, niw in
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    THE FLEET
    64 14 No Combined Exercises Again This Year. It is understood that then- will be no combined exercises of the Home and Mediterranean Battle Squadrons this year. Those manoeu\ re> were also omitted last year in the interests of economy. There will !h\ however, destroyer and other exercises, and the
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    NURSE SHOOTS PATIENT.
    208 14 Echo of Affray at Sofia Palace. Sofia, Jan. 5. Christoff Trajonoff, who killed he editor, Simeon Estimoff, in the fighting out&ide the Royal Palace last week, was shot dead in hospital tonight by a nurse A secret adherent of the rival faction, she stopped up to his
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    WIFE FOR HALF A PIG.
    178 14 Transaction That Ended In Police Court. Berlin, Jan. 2. Half a pig (with a gramophone and records and about £2 10s. in cash) was the pi ice at which a young Lithuanian p tented to pait with his wife to a neighbour ;'n friend who
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    CHILE'S DECISION.
    148 14 Petrol Gives Way To Gas. Chile has gone off petrol and is now on gas. Private and public vehicles ar-j being equipped with the gasogene appalatus. ugly and cimbersome but practical, which enables cars to run on gas derived from charcoal fuel. The change has been brought about
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    DATIA DISAPPOINTED.
    87 14 Cancellation of Tour Of Viceroy. Jhansi, Jan. 14. Great disappointment is felt in Gwalior and Datia States, particularly in tae latter, at the cancellation of the Viceroy's tour. Elaborate arrangements were in profiess in Datia to accord a fitting welcome to Their Excellencies. His Highness the Maharaja of
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    TROOPS WELCOMED.
    115 14 Gurkhas' March Through Bankura District. Bankura, Jan. 13. A showinjr the flajf march by a company of the \<X Battalion, Ist K. G. 0* (■urkha Rifles, has just been complcte'l. the area traversed being the .southern part of the district. Tht' troops halted at six centres, at •if
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    APPEAL TO INDIAN PRINCES.
    1007 14 Round Table Ends. FEDERATION AT EARLIEST DATE. The Third Indian Round Table Conference ended in London on Dec. 24. After a night's sitting, which had continued until after one a.m., delegates showed fatigue when they assemble 1 later in the day for the final plenary session
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    SYSTEMATIC THEFT.
    269 14 Shoplifters Sent To Prison. Four women wh'> appeared before Mr. Cairns at Marylebone Street police court on shoplifting charges were each sent to prison. "Except in very exceptional cases shoplifters must go to prison," he observed. The defendants and their Sentences were: Mary Hack, 73, dressmaker, of Chatham
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    JUST FOR FUN !
    112 14 JUST FOR FUN Bandits Shoot Night Club Members. Ne.v York. Jan. 15. Seven bandits, armed with rifles and v-hut guns, invaded the Blo*som Club here in the early hours of this morning and robbed some 30 guests who were present. Then, despite the fact that no resistance was offered, they
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    GIRL BURNED TO DEATH
    68 14 18 Huts Destroyed In Madras Fire. Madras, Jan. 12. A girl was burned to death and eighteen huts were destroyed in a fire at Washermanpet this morning during th celebration of the Pongal festival. The ont-break U> believed to have been caused by sparks from a
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    Chinese Topics In Malaya.
    1588 15 Mosquito liusvs I nder Sent* nee All Model T Fonts To Re Replaced In July Many I nahlv To CoMjrfy With Order (tuners At Wits" End A Reply To Criticism Of Faulty Vehicles Petition To Municinul Commission hat Mosquito Ruses Pay In Taxation Totml Revenue Of
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    GENERAL'S ESCAPE.
    245 15 Attempted Murder In Bangkok. As already repored, an attempt on the l'fe of Major-General Phya Sena Sonjr jjram was made in Bangkok last week Ho v. as shot and dangerously woundet on June 24 last at the time of the revolution, but that occurred when the Genera lesisted
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    Y.M.C.A. DRAMATIC SOCIETY.
    201 15 "The Scene Shifters," the newly-form-ed V.M.C.A. Dramatic Society, will give performance?, in the V.M.C.A. Hall on Wednesday and Saturday next week, starting at 9.15 p.m. The four one-act plays which will make up the programme offer considerable variety, consisting of "A Bit O'Laikin," a Yorkshire comedy: I
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    GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
    425 15 Monday, Jan. 23. In the morning and afternoon His Excellency presided at a meeting of the Federal Council held at the Council Chamber, Government Offices, Kuala Lumpur. Tuesday, Jan. 24. In the morning and afternoon His Excellency presided over a Residents' Conference at King's House. The Hon. Mr.
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    TANGLIN CLUB
    21 15 The i and of the Pinliw' Polk will play foi the dance at Tanplin Club on Saturday, Keb. 11.
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    21 15 Ellison S. Ezekiel and Co., manufacturing and k isulting opticians have opened a town office at 3, Capitol Buildings, Stamford Road.
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    59 15 The number of calls attended by the accident ambulance service of the Singapore Fire Department during January Wl ISK and of these 17 were to cases outside Municipal Limits. The cases were a.s follows: Motor-car accidents 20, motor-lorry accidents 10, motor-bus aciidents 7, trolley-car accidents 6. .-ullapsr cases 5, attempted
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    Pioneering Days Of Motoring In Singapore.
    964 16 MODEL THAT REQUIRED HORSE AND BULLOCK POWER. Mr. C. B. Buckley, author of the Anecdotal History of Singapore, was the first to own a cur in this settlement. It was a Benz, familiarly known as the "coffee machine." This fact is well known to
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    MOTOR-CYCLING IN MALAYA.
    893 16 Some Suggestions F or An Inexpensive Holiday. Mater cycling, wn apart from dirttrack radng, is slill largely a uport. If wisely indulged in, motor-cycling piovidcs tramandoaa opportunitias for *njoynient and a iniefutly planned holiday over a week-elk! or a week cai five just :i- mvi h |ilea;me
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    COOLING TESTS.
    281 16 Piston and Exhaust Valve. By using soapsuds to cool tho piston and circulation water to cool the exhaust valve engineers in the Detroit laboratory of a leading American petrol company have succeeded in increasing the power output o* an experimental hij;hcompression engine by one-third. These tests, showing the
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    CHINA'S GREAT WALL.
    66 16 Suggested Conversion Into Motor Road. The Great Wall of China, which extends from Shanhaikwan across North ei-n China for about 200 miles to the \Vest of Mongolia, may become a motor road if a proposal of the National Highways Association is accented by the Chinese Minister of
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    CAR IN RIVER.
    102 16 A tar in which were l'atric!; Douglas and Pet.-r Doujflas, grandsons of the Karl and Coun'cs of Morton, was crossing a narrow bridge at Puisky, ArgyllshirS, whrn part of the ioad-\vay and <>m parapet of the bridire eolhip.sed, and the car tamed ovei ami fell into tin-
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    KING'S MISTRESS.
    287 17 Public Threat to Her Safety. King Carol is fighting with his back to the wall to save Mme. Lupescu, his red-haired Jewish lover, from an enforced departure from Bucharest. So high has the v.-aye of public resentment risen that during the week-end the guards round her house have
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    CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY
    216 17 The hon. treasurer of the Children's Aid Society, Mr. H. J. Fougere, announces the first list of subscriptions f or the year 1932-3 as follows: Singapore Turf Club $3,000, Straits Settlements Government Grant $1,000, Hammer and Co., Ltd., $75, Mr. J. tt. Lain? $3.15, Boxes Europe Hotel
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    PACHMANN.
    267 17 His Mystery Bag Opened. Rome, Jan. 14. The late Vladimir de Pachmann left no will and no bequests, it is learnt from his impressario, Signor Francesco Pallottelli, in whose house de Pachmann died after staying with him for twenty-sewn years. His fortune had already !>een given during his lifetime
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    DARTMOOR MUTINY.
    121 17 Released Convict Sent Back Again. London, .Inn. 1". A convict, who said that he was slv>t during the Dartmoor mutiny, was sentenced at Northumberland Quarter Ses:tt Newcastle yesterday to live years' penal servitude. He was James ll"iny Jordan, aged 12, and he pleaded guilty to three charges of
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    TRAIN DERAILED.
    143 17 Two Killed in Outrage In Ireland. Dublin, Feb. 1. Two people were killed when a passenger train en route <o Belfast was derail ed near Dundalk. The accident is believed to ha\e l>een due to the removal of a rail. The train was manned by voluntary workeis. part
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    CHINA'S TRADE
    68 17 Delegates' Visit To Manchester. London, Feb. 1. Dr. H. H. Rung, 'hi head of the Chinese trade delegation, iccompanied by Mr. Quo Tai chi, called on the Lord Mayor tf Manchester and mn.l^ a tour of the cotto i mills of Salfml. Later he met the l:u;ine.-.s Naders
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    58 NEW SHIPS.
    42 17 Improved Outlook At English Dockyards. Lor.don, Jan. 27. Since Nov. 1, 1932, orders for 68 new ships have betn plnir I in English dockyards. This new tonnage wili probably exceed the whole of that pnxiured in 1932. Aneta- Havas.
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    PRINCE OF WALES
    36 17 Three Days' Tour Of Cornwall. Rugby, Jan. 31. The Prir.ce of Wales will leave London tonight for three days' tour of Cornwall, travelling to St. Austell by the ordinary midnight train. British Wireless.
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    13 17 Mr. and Mrs. F. Aeria, of Kuala Lumpur, have «'lol>i«tcil their golden wedding.
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    24 17 t Mr. 11. B. Talalla addressed the Klang an.l Coast District Rotary Club on Tuesday on his flipht to Europe and back from Malaya.
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    " DONE VERY WELL."
    255 17 DONE VERY WELL." Rotarian's Party Instead Of Business Meeting. Rotarians w.ho attended the weekly tiffin at the Adelphi Hotel yesterday, anticipated a business meeting, but there was no agenda. "I hope I am not going to disappoint you today, but the secretary tens me there is no agenda," apologised Dr.
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    TRADE MARKS.
    164 17 Judgment Reserved In Japanese Firm's Suit. Judgment was reserved by Mr. H. A. Forrer, the Criminal District Judge, yesterday in the case in which the manager of Chop Thye, On of 80 Hicrh Stre?t, named Sing Vu Pong, was charged with having in his ponF°ssioh 20 pieces of
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    "THE LOVE PARADE."
    194 17 An Old Favourite At The Pavilion. An erudite reader, one Mr. R. W. Jakeman, has been inveighing against I these notices of cinema performances. Probably he has no experience of the worries of the small-town critic, who is told on the one hand that he is too
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    GARAGE FIRE.
    68 17 Car And Motor-Cycles Burnt At Kuala Lumpur. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 1. Eight garages, one motor-car and five motor-cycles were destroyed in a lire at Kuala Lumpur last nifcht. The garages, which were at the back of the San Peng flats in Circular Road, were
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    MARRIAGE BAN.
    42 17 No May And December Unions In Baroda. Bombay, Jan. 29. The Gaekwar of Ba<-oda has signed a decree forbidding the marriage of very young girls to elderly men, aid is preparing legislation abolishing the custom nf perpetual widowhood.— Aneta Havas.
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    MURDER CHARGE
    34 17 (Prom Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Feb. 1. A Tamil was Acquitted at the Seremban Assizes on a charge of murdering -i Tomil woman on Bahau Estate, the defence not being cs>ll«d upon.
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    27 17 The wedding of Bfv. R. Q. Heath uf the Agricultural Department,. S.S. and F.M.S., and Miss M. M. Adie of Stone, Staffordshire, takes place in I'enang today.
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    15 17 Mr*. G. P. Strickland and Mis* Strickland are due at Singapore by the Corfu tomorrow.
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    MAN AND THE MACHINE.
    428 17 Doleful New U.S. Science. New York, Dec. 29. "Technocracy,"' a Word, and a "technique popularity" unknown two months ago, are amongst the "highlights" of the American newspaper Pres« and magazines today. This afternoon they stole the show of the American Association for the Advwncement of Science.
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    KLANG PLANTERS.
    77 17 The annual ueneral meeting of the K'ang District Planter' Association Uok place on Monday at the Klang Club t«- crnsider the accounts and elect officeIxarets for the current year. The following were elected: Mr. E. M. Pennef»ther, Chairman, Mr. J. Melville, reelected Vice-Chairman, Mr. J. W. S. Price,
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    26 18 The Hon. Mr. J. D. Hall, British Adviser, Kcdah, is returning from leave by the Corfu and will oe accorded an official reception at Alor Star.
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    APPEAL ALLOWED.
    99 18 Sentence of Two Years Quashed. Mr. Justice Terrell allowed the appeal of Lee Oh Cheng in the Supreme Court today and quashed his conviction, and sentence to two years' regorous imnrisonment, for offering an illegal gratification. At the hearing of the appeal, on which His Lotdship leserved iuJgmcnr,
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    SOVIET PLANS.
    43 18 Big Planting Programme In The Spring. Moscow, Feb. 2. The Soviet's spring plan provides for planting 95,000,000 hectares of all cereals, of which 10,000,000 hectares will be planted by State farms, 67,0(K),000 by collective farms and 18,140 by individual farmers. Reuter.
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      1065 19 "THEY FUMBLE— WE PAY." To the Kditor of the Strait.- Times. Sir,— ln view of the very unsatisfactory replies received by the Hon. Mr. A. B> Bailey at the Federal Council meeting, the time has now arrived when potential tea planters must speak fur themselves and speak very plainly through
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      WILD LIFE
      629 19 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— Mr. O'Hara's references in !-.U recent letter to differences between tho I'oivst Department and the Game Deparnent. and Hr. Theodore Hubback's vehement denial in the Straits Times of tho incident of the old tusker over which Mr. O'Hara incurred his
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      OLYMPUS !
      360 19 OLYMPUS To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir. Did it ever occur to you what a Jo* it must be to live on the heights of Olympus? Amongst other benefits it confers upon you is the right of Imposing your own arbitrary values ard meanings on common words. For
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      DANGERS OF THE SEA
      472 19 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir. The account published in your i^sn,. „f Tuesday last of the trying experience of captain and crew of a Blue Funnel steamer in a recent hurricane off the Bahamas raises a very interesting ;>oint. The narrative given would
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      WILD PEOPLE IN ULU KELANTAN.
      247 19 WILD PEOPLE IN ULU KELANTAN. To the Editor of the Straits Times. I Sir, In your issue of Jan. 27, you published a very interesting account of Sakai in I'lu Kelantan. In August and September 1931 Mr. Fdncy-Haytor, of Cameron Highlands, travelled down from the Highlands to the Kelantan Railway
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      SELF-HELP
      410 19 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, Cannot rubber producers help themselves Why this sporadic whine for government intervention for others to use more rubber while they themselves refrain from utilising their own produce? A short while back we had the cry: "burn scrap rubber on the railway
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    PRISON MUTINY HERO BACK AGAIN.
    241 19 Shopbreaking While On Ticket-of-Leave. A man who was awarded fo bravery in the Dartmoor mutiny, Daniel Thomas MaJßVraring. ajr<<l Of I'ontaidawe, was sentenced to twelve months' hard labour a, the Glamorgan Quarter Sessions at Cardiff.' when he Meadod guilty to breaking into a shop at
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    MOSCOW "NEWS."
    233 19 Protest By Foreign Correspondents. Helsintffors. Before being permitted to dispatch their telegrams abroad, all foreign correspondents resident in Moscow are obliged to submit their messages to a special censorship bureau at the Commissariat for Foreign Affairs, and only those communications which bear the official stamp of "passed by
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    EXPELLED FOR LAUGHING
    110 19 Italian Anger With Yugoslavia. Rome, Dec. 30. Rising anger in Italy against Yugoslavia is being inflamed daily by reports of anti-Italian incidents in Dalmatia and I i-1.-ewhere. The arrest and expulsion of an Italian youth is reported from Fiume today. He is stated to have been travelling
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    C.I.D. INSPECTOR'S SUICIDE
    674 19 "They've Got Me." POLICE EVIDENCE OK HIS DELUSIONS. The- suicide of Wetective Henry George Vince. of the Birmingham C.1.D., at King*! Heaih IV! Station on Tuesday, by sir.. ::ii' mii'self with a revolver, was investigated at the inquest) At Birmingham, am! a verdict m ri corded thai
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    THE MAURETANIA.
    268 19 Retirement of Chief Engineer. Mr, Andrew Ceckbnrn, chief engineer of the Cunard liner Mauretania for the pa 13 years, ha retired after spending over 40 years with the Cunanl Line. Mr. Oocl burn was in charge of the Mauretania' engines whin >hi' accomplished her fastest Atlantic crossings in
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      176 19 Today's Crossword Puzzle across <O-UES.) .1.-tial budy I. liliinl.vl Slnkf I 11,1 1, cleft, Sl'chII Si.ort IVrusf It AJMMFI 11. Moulding r% t ivin f 1., Batiattd I^sputched IT. StaM.i-.l K Bead Urn nail II Overpower :tu Touch w 'th lips IS Hc.:u,h. ..\,,1, z ,,l Harbour tl. Drinking vcaael
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    'Perfect Crime" Fails.
    88 20 SAMUEL FURNACE, who was arrested on a charge of murdering Spatchett, cheated the gallows by swallowing poison in his cell in a London prison. He had attempted and failed to effect— the perfect crime "by trying to make it appear as though the body of his victim
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    12 20 THK SIX New Year ..»>■« at the (Jueen Charlotte Maternity Hospital. (IManet News.)
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    22 20 THE PRIME MINISTER with Ih St.ition >lasler at Liverpool Sir,-,'! l:cforc departure to SanHrin;;ham on a \i*il to tho Kin;,'. (Planet News.)
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    24 20 V 6LOT A catch of li»h at S»uth- iid was xv plenlilul (hat it h;H to sold to farmers f or manure. (IManet News.
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    9 20 I.AKC.K consignment of rice l>< in- unhaded B( Singapore
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