The Straits Times, 5 November 1933

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  • 37 1 THE SUNDAY TIMES THE LEADING SUNDAY NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. No. 99. Sunday* November sth., 1933. Price 10 cents. THE SUNDAY TIMES The Leading Sunday Newspaper in Malaya. No. 99. Sunday, November sth. f 1933. Price 10 cents.
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  • 501 1 Unscrupulous People Are Battening On The Slender Resources SYSTEM IS TO BE TIGHTENED UP iiviiviiLi>lATELY Local Unemployed Warned That This Month's Payment May Be Last "T^RASTIC changes will probably be made shortly in the ad- ministrition of the European Unemployment Fund, and many people who are
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  • 128 1 Canton, Saturday. THE wedding of Tung Yi-cho. a 70--year-old Overseas Chinese, and Miss Wang Mei-shun. 68, has attracted more attention hi Can ion than any other marriage in the past decade. The Chinese press narrates how, immediately after his engagement to Miss Wang, who was
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  • 69 1 Noon, Saturday. R.S.S. equal to London Standard Buyers Sellers Spot (loose) 12 15/16 13 1/16. (F. 0.8.) 13' i 13 3 Standard R.S.S. on Tender Buyers Sellers November 13 IV H December 13 lift. Jan.-. r .-ar. 13»i 13 3 i. April _une 13' i Tone of Market
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  • 108 1 ROSENBLOOM OUTPOINTS WALKER. New York, Saturday. MAXIE Rosenbloom, the holder, beat Micky Walker on points In a 15--round fight for the world's light-heavy weight title at Madison Square Garden. There were 10,000 spectators. Rosenbloom easily won 12 of the IS rounds. He lost the first round
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    16 1 The Master of Semp.ll, who was seriously injured in a car smash in Chicago last week.
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  • 71 1 Thirteen Chinese were rang 1' before Mr. N. Grice, the Second Magistrate, yesterday, charged with gambling. They were arrested In a smaL room in a house In North Bridge Road on Friday night The police seized two packs of cards and $3 27 in cash. The
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  • 60 1 Londo.i, Saturday. When a motorist was accused at Leicester yesterday of allowing his car stand In a country la it at Oadoj Leicestershire, withont lights, a policeman said, in explaining the affair, that the motorist had an "attraction" in the car. A fi-ie of £1 was imposed
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  • 159 1 REVOLT HAS COST MILLIONS OF TICALS. Singapore, Saturday. Guerilla fighting is ceing carried on In North East Slam against th*- i" I surgenU, accordtag to a censor delayed Bangkok message. The revolt so far has caused damage estimated at several millions of ticals and severely
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  • 280 1 SHOWS HOW IT IS DONE 'THREE hundred people, the guests ol i 1 the Japanese Consul-General in Singapore, saw a 75-year-old ju-jiUu expert attack and chrow a champion at Seavicw Hotel yesterday afternoon. The aged expert was Sir Jigoro Kano, life-member of the Japanese 1 House of
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  • 37 1 Brisbane. Saturday, Don Bradman scored 200 in his first innings this season for New South Wales against Queensland in the Sheffield Shield match. Bradman gave a scintillating display, scoring 264 runs in 184 minutes.
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  • 247 1 ADVISER TO TREASURY IS THE NEXT TO RESIGN New tfork, Saturday. ROOSEVELT'S determination to adhere to the Warren gold- >uylng experiment, despite the growing scepticism of h»s financial advisers, the \Vashln3ton correspondent of the Herald Tribune >elleves. Is the reason underlying the reported ueclslon of
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  • 75 1 MISS WETHERED MAY TURN PROFESSIONAL London, Saturday. The E ily Mirror announces on 1 reliable ?i>thority that Miss Joyce Wethered, four t'mes British (.olf Champion, is turning professional In the near future. The Mirror further states that in an interview Miss Wethered refused to confirm or eny
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  • 176 1 CASH PRIZES FOR ELEVEN ENTRANTS Competitors in The Bunday Times Football Competition narrowly missed winning the main prize of $500 for the third time In succession In connection with the matches played on Oct. 28. Eleven entrants succeeded it forecasting correctly the results of nine of the ten
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    17 1 Mr. P. N. Knight of the .'enanff Municipal Commission wh > takes aa optimistic view of town's finances.
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  • 128 1 Shanghai, Saturday. ASino-Sovlet non-aggression pact has been drafted. It contains five conditions and haa been submitted to Mr. Wang Chlngwel, the Chinese Premier, by M. Dmitri Bogomoloff, the Soviet Ambassador to China. The five clauses are as follows 3 mutual guarantees not to invade
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  • 99 1 London, Saturday. An All-Empire Conference '.vill meet in London early in 1934 to preserve th« Empire's cargoes for the Empire ships, says the "Daily Express." An organising committee is oeinj formed and Invitations will be dispatched to representative shipping interests in the Dominions and colonies
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  • 98 1 Dressed in a long shirt which hung over and covered his very short shorts, a young Chinese assistant of a photo engraving shop in Upper Cross Street, pleaded guilty to throwing sulphuric add on a Tamil coolie employed in the Municipality. An altercation had arisen between the
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  • 73 1 LONDON RUBBER TIN (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Saturday. RUBBER. (Quotations as supplied by Symington and Wilson.) Spot (Buyers) 4 1/32. m (Sellers) 3 31/32. October-December 4 1/16. January-March 4 5/32. April- June 414. Market tone Quiet. SILVER. Spot 18 9/lCd. Two months 18% d. CROSS RATE. London-New York, 4.S1
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 15 1 THE OCEAN ACCIDENT AND GUARANTEE CORPORATION, 'Incorporated in Grtai Britain.) Head Office tot M.ilaya SINGAI'OHE.
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    • 109 1 «AYLMER natural flavour PRODUCTS Natural flavour is the outstanding feature of all the Aylmer Products. They retain the fine natural taste of the fresh -picked vegetables and sr-^~~^^~~. fruits and will tempt the most fickle S^^^iSi«wiiiiiiiiiiii«i^ffil grocer for the following new addi--B^£j| j urn i^i JU Jp% tions: Aylmer Tomato
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    • 2 1 MOTOR POLICIES
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  • 1010 2  - Do MISSION SCHOOLS Subtly Seek CONVERTS?... "The Wanderer" by MAINLY ABOUT MALAYANS A LIVELY discussion has been started Ly the "Straits Times" concerning the true purpose of the mission schools, which play so large a part In English education in this country. Are these schools conducted In the hope of
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    12 2 The Sultan of Perak who is encouraging Malays to take up cricket.
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  • 1139 2 BEHIND the FRONT PAGE BY OUR DIARIST. SINGAPORE'S $00,000 Municipal orga w brought the National Anthem to a resounding finish. Six hundred schoolchildren, five hundred and ninety of them Asiatic*, the majority born of families of the Colony, stood to attention, awaited Ik word. "Now boys and girls," a voice
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 290 2 vx F.V r... r f\ lW Carefree days, uheit one was very young; when even such a problem fas one's matrimonial prospects ould be determined by counting plum-stones! In later ife r e's monetary responsibilities are unfortunately apt to be treated in as well-intentioned but haphazard a manner. Suggest to
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 64 2 I you KNOW THE BEST WAY TO SKIN THEM VERY CAREFULLY ADD OLIVE OIL MIXED a FLING THE KEEP THE SMELL OF CUT OFF THE FIRST THREE WITH PEPPER WHOLE. LOT, ONIONS LAYERS -CHOP TINE AND SALT— AWAY POP AWAY OR BETTER STILL AND lr-% AWAY. COLONEL? WT H THROUGH
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  • 1219 3  -  Ely Culbertson by World's Champion Player and Greatest Card Analyst MR. William J. Wall, a citizen of the capital of Canada, Ottawa, where he Is with the Privy Councillor, an Intelligent and Interested student rt^£^± of bridge. RecentUf ly he witnessed a JK J hand in
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  • 573 3 OR $100 FOR BEST FORECAST. Home Football Competition Witli No Entrance Fee. In tl~s week's Sunday Times football competition Five Hundred Dollars is offered for ten correct results. In the event of two or more entries predicting correctly the results of all the matches,
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 438 3 TL D ror 1 he r assing Hour. OUR CROSSWORD PUZZLE IH os Hr »7 lIP* Sr CLUES. ACROSS. m 4 24 Writing substance 36. Binds 1. Time to com* 27 Fox 4. Dolt 28. Looked gmy 6. Rec 1 stone 29. Suit; 10. Rule 30 Co;.ununlcat» 11. Jewel 33
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    • 550 3 Assets exceed $12,000,000. Assurance in forre over $35,000,000. The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements) BEAD OFFICE Great Eastern Life Building, Cecil Street. Singapore. LONDON OFFICE 27, Old Jewry, E.C. ttie Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England and compliei with the
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  • 305 4 AROUND the CLUBS Chinese Students 1 L.A. ATRIP to Port Dickson has been arranged for Nov. 11 and 12. All members of t 1 c Chinese Students Literary Association, Kuala Lumpur, who wish to take part, are kindly i st< to get in touch witr Mr. Jm I Hong, Hon.
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  • 1010 4 POULTRY NOTES THE feeding of chicks is almosl the same in the cases of incubator and he.i-reured broods. The hen onlyacts as a bodyguard. It is necessary lor the benef i of you* chicks to allow the hen to partake of the chicks food, which
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  • 342 4 ABOUT the VOLUNTEERS. VOLUNTEERS in Singapore are now in the thick of the festive season. Last Saturday the Engineers held their dinner at the Adelphi. and on Friday evening the Machine Gunners gathered in I**- Drill Hall for a bachelor night." Saturday was the occasion o' the Gunners Ball. If
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  • 775 4  - Billiards Decor urn "Cueman" **y rpHERE is a pretty cuiu.-u ainui^ billiards players o c lesser degrees that they cannot do their best if there is what they call 'distracting noise 1 suspect that some of them learned Ir n the prolessional brethren who runs* have a cathedral calm if
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 59 4 M The World Renowned W*Sim Mo£l 3m Mineral Water iJo« tied wMIW mW&aww as ll llowv from WW FK!t M the Spring liSSr/ especially "Jl InmitilG Ww/ effective BfnvsM W STOMACH 4 LIVER TROUBLE, POUT, MRir m SPUNCRETE Building Products. Hollow Blocks, Culverts, Tiles, Pipes. Guaranteed non Porous. made Any
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    • 85 4 This Coupon, attached to a letter addressed to the Poultry Expert, entitles readers to free advice on any poultry-keeping problem. DAY, SON AND HEWITT'S FAMOUS POULTRY MEDICINES and KOSSOLIAN BLOOD SALT POULTRY TONIC. Free booklet All about Poultry Ailments to all purchasers of Poultry Medicines. Sole Agents for Malaya MEDICAL
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  • 1040 5  - The SCOTLAND YARD SCANDAL EDWIN T. WOODHALL By THEKE is one Dlot upon the history of Scotland Yard. In 1877 was uncovered a plot which revealed that tnc most trusted and highly placed detectives of the Yard were the paid took of one of the most cunning gangs of criminals
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  • 164 5 MALAY WHO ESCAPED FROM STATION rpHAT he was the man suspected to be connected with several cases cf housebreaking was the remark made by Mr. I. H. M. Mecredy, ASP., before Mr. J. M. Brander, in the Third Court, yesterday, when a Malay named Ahmat bin Salleh was
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  • 662 5 HOW the CINEMA WAS INVENTED By Max Skladanowsky the Inventor of the first Cinema Camera THE fundamental principles of the cinema are much older than Is srnerally suppored. My father, Karl Skladanowsky, gave the first public magic lantern show In Berlin at the Flora pleasure grounds on Nov. 18. 1379.
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  • 988 5 MAT NOOR—the IDOL of Football FANS IN THE SPORTING LIMELIGHT £>EW fouLJc. c».s ii.« i .idered such fine service to Sim; pore as Mat Noor, the brilliant inside-forward of the Malays. Especially during the season just concluded nas Mat Noor proved his worth to the Settlement and much of the
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  • 315 5 T\OGS barks vary to a remarkable iJ degree. People who declare that all barks are the same are quite unable to sense the feelings that prompt a dog to use the only m<;ans of expressing itself with which Nature has equipped hin\ There are more than
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  • 49 5 Samuel Ornsteln, a New York frull pedlar, has gone to prison for two day; for cheating the railway company o 2' 2 d. He could have paid a Une ol £2 and dodged piison, but although his bank-book snowed a balance ol nearly, £8.000. he refused to do so.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 110 5 Jriorlick's builds up vigorous j^^ifc young bodies LJK /CHILDREN in their /"^OT^i^^iTl year* should J^^Jj <^O\ be given a nourishing Q^L Sv/-v\ If /}Y«fl diet— one that provides H^^s. N. '^xiyi plenty of energy-giving K H Ny ]f&m H food. That's why doctors J$M recommend Horlick's n^^ l v t^r
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    • 64 5 RENE ULLMANN ANNOUNCES THE ARRIVAL OF NEW JEWELLERY BROOCHES, CLIP BROOCHES. BRACELETS, ENGAGEMENT AND DINNER RINGS. DIAMOND WEDDING RINGS ETC. WRIST WATCHES SET WITH DIAMONDS. ALL THE LATEST STYLES PRECIOUS STONES OF THE BEST QUALITY. PRICES r— THE LOWEST. CAPITOL BUILDING BRANCH STAMFORD ROAD 30-A RAFFLES PLACE SINGAPORE. FIRST thing
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  • 1010 6 And Now The "LITTLE SEASON" Begins. (By Our Own Correspondent). Sunday Times Office, Fleet Street, Oct. 5. rpHE breathing space between the Seasons Is over, and althjug'i "everybody" Is not yet back In London, the Little Season is well sorted. What with opening nights at the clubs and restaurants, first
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  • 805 6 SEEN IN and ABOUT TOWN BY The Woman Correspondent. AS everybody else has had their say of the very successful Movie BalJ held at Raffles last week, I think it behoves me to say a few words on the subject too. The pleasure loving crowd of Singapore supported the function
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  • 360 6 I Seen From A LONDON WINDOW] NEXT time you want to serve something specially tasty for supper, try one of these simple savouries. Cod's roe on toast is a ueluious dainty. Soak the nx In cold w.itor for half an hour, then cut it into thin slices
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  • 43 6 The Grecian influence is apparent m the on the left in jacaranda blue chiffon with a rolled pcplum and task o/ /i/r/uro. whilst the block dull tattr. on the right features a year) drajH'd cier the arms like wing sleeves.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 148 6 WHITEAWAYS FOR HIGH STANDARD GARMENTS. I MM Vt^^ i, ''Bt "REDI CA." CHIN STRAP HELMET. Pre\ents and corrects Double-chin. Keeps the hair in perfect order. No creams or Lotions required. Produces a perfect Chin-Line. Price $2.75 each. 'REGAL- CORSETRY. Deep fitting model in Tra Rose Broche. dur- able fancy elastic
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    • 96 6 9W Men dislike PAINTED LIPS! That painted look is one thing men cannot stand End painted lips! Use Tangee. Tangee can't make you look painted. It isn't paint. It's a new discovery that changes on your lips to tbe one color best on you! < Tangee is permanent, waterproof. Its
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    • 96 6 RENE U L LMA N N (MILLINERY DEPARTMENT.) NEW SHIPMENT: THE LATEST "HAUTE COUTURE" MODELS FROM PARIS. HATS AND GOWNS ARE ON VIEW AT RENE ULLMANN CAPITOL BUILDING SINGAPORE STAMFORD ROAD. i A Large Selection off Exclusive Model Evening and Afternoon Gowns, Morning Frocks, Corsets, Gloves, Always on View. 2ND
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    3199 7  - Heavy W eather P. G. Wodehouse OUR SERIAL By HI am uneasy, Mr. Galahad." < i "You shouldn't wear flannel vests, I then, in weather like this." "Mentally uneasy, sir." "What about?" "The safety of this book of yours, i i Mr. Galahad." Th< hntler lowered his voice. "May I
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  • 147 7 Monty Bodkin, who has been dismissed from the Mammoth Publishing Co., by the proprietor, Lord Tilbury, gets a job at Blandings Castle as the Earl of Emsworth's secretary. Sue Brown, a chorus girl, Monty's former flnancee, who is now engaged to Ronald Fish, Lord Emsworth's nephew, is staying at
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 45 7 "IDEAL MUJ&, "Ideal" Milk improves cooking as only good milk can, for "Ideal" is the purest and richest English milk concentrated to the consistency of cream. Ideal is economical too: a little goes a very long way. Give yourself the benefit of IDEAL English MILK.
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  • 437 8 "There are thousands of acres of irrigated and suitable land available in the Krian district alone for which settlers rannot be found and which the Malays will not colonise." This statement appears in a well-informed and forceful article contributed to the Pinang Gazette, and it is decidedly disturbing
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  • 2300 8  - The CRUISE of The MEDEA A. J. Moore -Bennett BY FPHE east coast of Banka is beset with a thousand dangers. Reefs, wallsided and terrible, arise from depths of one hundred fathoms or more to just awash or a few feet under water, Islands bare and islands tree-clad, rise in
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  • 53 8 W.M.V.R.. collects the boodle today for following up last Sunday's verse in this way: When you wake in the morn And you feel all in. And you'v a bursting head And it 'ies likes sin And you say to yourself "What a fool I've bin" You're sober, old
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  • 151 8 (Ananias New* Factory.) London, Saturday. Acting on your cabled instructions, I sought an interview today wiin yr. j. h. C. E. Howeson regardinr ti;o ?*>nounce<ueiit that a new agreement for th.? control of tin had been signed. Mr. Howeson if he realised how greatly his work on behalf
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 240 8 ENTERTAINMENTS NOVEMBER 5, 1933. ALHAMBRA I Cover The Waterfront with Claudntte Colbert and Ben Lvon. 6.15— 9.15 p.m. CAPITOL Irene West's Revue Also Kirn; of the Ritz with Stanley Luplno. 6.15— 9.15 p.m. BIAKLBOROUGH Rambha Ranee. Hindustani Talkie. 6.15 9.15 p.m. rAVILION Kay Francis and George Brent In The Key
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    • 23 8 PIANO TUNING REPAIRS REMOVALS HIRE E. CHARLES. Phone 2902. 74, Orchard Rd, NEW WORLD SINGAPORE. Side Shows, Cabaret Dancing, Talkies, Theatres avd Cinemas.
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    • 38 8 P __^^N HfiSft/S TODAYS IK. Jl Ws^i 1 ff_l ils Te fun d n ollar r or a ANANIAS _w*4^ -3-^TT 'O r? r% fy- *rv« *n\ *n* *nfr r^ .fv n* jn o n Q r^rf^ .1
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 30 8 ©he Swttla!) SlitnflS i:diiokial, managerial and advertising office Cecil Street, Singapore. TELEPHONES EDITORIAL 5151. 5152 ADVERTISING 770U GENERAL OFFICE 7702. PRINTING PUBLISHING 7703. Kuala Lumpur: 25, Java Street. TELEPHONE 3683.
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  • 636 9 CONTROLLER'S MISSION TO NEW DELHI MIGRATION COMMITTEE WILL DEMAND GUARANTEES The Controller of Labour, the Hon. Mr. C. D. Ahearne, and Mr. J. C. Innes will arrive in New Delhi about the middle of this month to discuss Indian labour problems, as affecting Malaya, with
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  • 60 9 Human beings, says a HarleyItreet expert, are taller in the morning than at night. More than 700 games can be played with a single deck of playing cards. A telephone directory in Braille type is Issued for the blind in Hungary. A child In Russia is allowed
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  • 183 9 A. B.C. BREWERY OPEKED rpHE huge bottling hall of the new A.8.C." Brewery was packed wit*i guests when the building was formally opened by Mr. W. Bartley. Fresicerr of the Municipal Commissioners •<" terday. The same brew as the n«.r brew" Is the slogan of
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  • 70 9 A queer fish. 4 in. long, Dla in colour and with two protuberanc.3 like rhinoceros horns sticking out of Its head, has been caught in the graving dock at Durban. It has a very long tail, two webbed feet, and on its forehead carrie" &mall section of luminous white flesh,
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  • 232 9 WHITE SLAVERS' NEW TRICK TO MAKE FOREIGN GIRLS BRITISH SUBJECTS London, Saturday. SCOTLAND Yard is investigating a serious new development of "mischief marriages." These marriages, between undesir able women of foreign nationality and Englishmen, who are paid a fee for thus making the women "British," have recently become difficult to
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  • 88 9 ADDITIONS TO NURSING STAFF FIVE additional nursing sisters arrived in Singapore last week and the staff of sisters at the General Hospital, is now at full strength. The staff of probationary and staff nurses however is still under strength. but this will be overcome shortly By the engagement
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  • 507 9 Mystery Of Negroes Wireless Telegraphy Commander Attilio Gatti, who recently returned from a journey of exploration in Africa and Kill be going back there soon for further research, tells in this article of the remarkable system of wireless telegraphy in common use among the native peoples. rpRAVELLERS in Africa are
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    20 9 When a bicycle and car came into collision in North Bridge Road on Friday both drivers were taken to hospital.
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  • Three Latest Wonders Of Science
    • 227 9 TELEGRAPHING 18 MESSAGES AT ONCE ELECTRIC AID IN OPERATIONS London, Saturday. rpHREE scientific advances came to 1 light yesterday. Railway engineers are completing a streamlined rail car which will reduce the existing wind resistance to one-fifth. The first cur will shortly make its appearance on the Reading-Slough
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    • 253 9 Shanghai. Saturday. NEW Instructions on etiquette concerning the baton, the sword anl the firearm have been issued by tn Nanking Government for the guidance of Chinese police forces. The uninformed citizen might un- agine that a constable could choose for himself whether he would wrap hid baton
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  • 248 9 17 ESCAPE FROM DEVIL'S ISLAND DREW LOTS TO DECIDE WHO WOULD BE EATFN LunUon, Saturday. I I J> by a man who was a murderer J at the age of seventeen and has become a champion Jail-breaker, seventeen convicts have escaped from the Devil's Isle Penal Settlements and after many
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 29 9 DON'T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITYI norma" marie shearer ii dressler in M.G.M.'s Prize Production "LET US BE GAY" SHORT RETURN SEASON NEXT CHANGE p A V I L I ON
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    • 32 9 BOORDS THE ORIGINAL BASIS OF GOOD COCKTAILS m USED IN THE PREPARATION OF LITTLES FAMOUS SLINGS. UM SOLE AGENTS: JOHN LITTLE CO., LTD. (Incorporated In England) SINGAPORE. KUALA LUMPUR, PENANG and IPOU.
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  • 319 10 ALTHOUGH FINANCIAL OUTLOOK IS GLOOMY. Penang, Saturday. ALTHOUGH revenue is on the downward grade and there are no prospects of an immediate improvement, the Penang City Fathers continue to sj^iul as prodigally as as ever. Particular! ol the 1934 Budget have been published. Revenue has decreased
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    34 10 Miss Rena Stibbe, Principal of Renas Dance Studio, at a Pulao I bin Picnic in a charming beach salt consisting of s navy blue and white striped jersey worn with white American sailor trousers.
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  • 422 10 MANNEQUIN PARADE AT LITTLES ANOTHER successful mannequin parade was held yesterday morning in John Little's tea-room. Crowds of women were present. After the show the many lovely frocks sold like wildfire. Many of these creations doubtless will be seen at the races next eek. Judging
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  • 125 10 INGENIOUS METHOD EMPLOYED. TAN Siew, a deck passenger by the m.v. "Anshun" which arrived in Singapore yesterday from China, made an unsuccessful attempt to smuggle 80 tahils of opium into the Colony. He hit upon a very ingenious method of evading payment of duty of $306. His
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    11 10 The Gunpowder conspirators: Guy Fawkes is the sixth from the left.
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  • 598 10 BRITAIN'S PIECEGOODS TRADE IS INCREASING WHY CHINESE COMPLAIN. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. MERCHANTS in Kuala Lumpur ridicule the suggestion that Great Britain will lose her piece-goods trade with Malaya unless Singapore dealers are relieved of the disabilities which they suffer. Sales of British goods in the 1
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  • 117 10 A Day We Do Not Celebrate rpODAY is Guy Fawkes day— the 328 th anniversary of the celebrated attempt to blow up the British Houses of Parliament. Guy Fawkes was burned at the stake. Effigies of him were onrned on a thousand tonflrcs all
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  • 201 10 Policeman Wedded. TiHE wedding took place M St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday afternoon of Mr. A. J. A. Blake, of the Straits Settlements, Police, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Blake of Bayswater, London, and Miss Myra Winifred Chapman, daughter of Mrs. R. J. Chapman, of Queen's Park. London, and
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 59 10 it j i i 6amc.. set.. and* I (Ifiy mH^*'*!^! I'll t i 2 s '^L fiLJ&Mjfs* *> M^^ certainl y picks you n&fi^i iVryjS^V 3B^^^^? up after a tiring game— MmBIiB I/ n hjsfiSiffiit /-> 9 you n f ind reater satisf ac O li^WiJIX "I f f tion
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    • 226 10 >4fSSk. A CASH PRIZE W^L \^Hr $50 "d Hamper $30 and Hamper $20 an^ Hamper V^ F rSt P rize Second prize. Third prize. JIM P^ 17 OTHER XMAS HAMPER l\7r 77~ THIS IS A POPULAR C. A B. Competition c. SIME DARBY ft CO., LTD. CROSSE BLACKWELL'S BIWGAPOWE SOUP
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  • 897 11 CHINA War-Racked Victim of JAPAN'S Greed Two Years of the China-Japan I'ndeclared War. By Edward IlingShuey Lee. Menury Press, Shanghai, Cloth bound edition S. S7, and paperbound, S. IMPARTIALITY is the keynote of Mr. Edward Bing-Shuey Lee's book. •Two Years of the China-Japan Undeclared War." in which this wellknown Chinese
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  • 276 11 Galleon Gold The Ghostly Galleon. By ViceAdmiral K. R. G. Evans. The Bodley I Head, ti U I^VANS oi the Broke has given us another stirrin b tale of the days when great pira.e ileets held the Carribean Sea in thrall and when Monseigneur Gian da Garda, Cardinal of Panama,
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  • 265 11 Psychology. Male and Female. By James 1 Grant. Fortune Press. 7s. 6d. DH. LAWRENCE has been the subject of a stream of books since his death, but this is the first attempt to portray him through the medium of fiction. Mr. Grant's took has at least
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  • 323 11 A SATIRE ON LIFE IN THE ARMY --t_ Flfht Till Six. By Noel Nicholson. Jam. lds. 7s. 6d T ET'S fight till Six and then ■"have dinner,' said Tweddledum." Although few would venture to suggest that the life of an officer In a cavalry regiment is particular!? strenuous, or that
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  • 544 11 —GERTRUDE STELV The Autobiography oi Alice Toklas. By f.ertrude Stein. The Bodley Head. Bs. d rE autoblgraphy of Alice B. Toklas has very little to do with Miss Toklas and a very great deal with its real author. Miss Stein. Miss Gertrude Stein is an American
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 85 11 THE WRITING PAD WITH THE WORLD WIDE REPUTATION 100 MM (£j|«ILEY Manufactured by: JOHN DICKINSON CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England) POST BOX 160. SINGAPORE. AND SOLD BY ALL STATIONERS IN MALAYA. Ani '"'""something different in CHRISTMAS CARDS RH Our 3 new S Chrtstma<» Card has Just that colourfulncss that present
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    • 158 11 Ido not want JJB LIFE INSURANCE! |p^ JCT in the event of S your early death Jj^L YOU DO WANT your children f to have a comfortable home W^aTJr and a good education. YOU DO WANT your wife to be free from financial tV stress. YOU DO WANT your wife
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  • MALAYAN NOTES ON HOCKEY PLAYERS Sporting RUGGER MATCHES REVIEWED Chatter
    • 789 12 IT was unfortunate that the Singapore Cricket Club could not appear at full strength In their hockey fixtures in the Federal capital last week-end, but they put up a tough struggle against their old rivals, the representatives of the "Dog." The local club had their best team out and played
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    • 829 12 COMMENTS ON RUGoER M/t/CH |>ENANO repeated her victory over Perak at rugger again last Saturday, the margin of victory, however, not being so grca- as on the first meeting between these two sides at Ipoh. The play was scrappy and poor and the only redeeming features were the fine
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      8 12 "J. Clark on the other wine did little
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    • 245 12 CHANGES IN THE HOCKEY IfeAM THE day that these notes appear In print, representative hockey sides from Singapore and Negri Sembilan will try conclusions at Seremban. This is the first occasion that Singapore has sent a hockey side to meet Negri. In previous years, of course, the Singapore
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    • 400 12 STRONG HOCKEY TEAM SELECTED. J^fALACCA has selected quite strong side to oppose Singapore here today at hockey, in her first Inter-Otate game of the season. At the moment of writing it is uncertain whether E. W. Reeve, the pivot and captain, will be able to play or rot. He
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      16 12 R. N. Hamilton, upturn of the Malayan Cricket XI in the interport competition at Hong Kong.
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    • 50 12 In a friendly game of soccer played at the Singapore Harbour Board ground on Tuesday last, the Lunar beat the Malaya Publishing House by 6 goals to 3. The scorers for the home team were:— Kuan Chong 3. Hai Choo 1. Chit Bah 1, and Yew Whatt 1.
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    • 248 12 ■-jwiTrm w s ffi fli T Plate guaranteed J_ -^^j^ mm^sß or a eas 35 years' wear. The case is Solid Oak and contains a com■nßHu<tw plete service for 8 Sff%A\^l persons inWelbeck \'"C^ Pnce fc7«lj»v Duty free into Countries where 1 Hity v under 20 GIFT GIVING MADE EASY
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  • 333 13 UN UKIM FIGHT Rugby Thrills SELAN£OR'S SPEEDIER THREES (From Our Own Correspondent Ipoh. Saturday Playing Si.-lcngor nere in tneir third inter-S.ate rugger fixture Pcrak I calculations by putting up a Bgbf and losing only in the lust minute by the narrow margin o! six point;, to rive after
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  • 282 13 ONE -NIL MClOin AFTER THRILLING FIGHT (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca. Saturday. Singapore beat Malacca 0 tni? evening in a came that was packed with thrills specially in the second half. Singapore scored in the fifth minute but wm Uien overrun by the Malacca forwards especially
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  • 23 13 Belfast, Saturday. In the international soccer match at Belfu.it Ireland and Wales tied omgoal all, after a thrilling game. Rrufnr
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  • 444 13 Penang Beaten (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. In their annual inter-State hoefcev encounter, Selangor defeated Penana this evening by three clear goals on the Selangor Club Padang. The forwards were the most prominent players on the field of whom Martin, Radcllffe and Koelmeyer were
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  • 485 13 SELANGOR CLUB SECOND STUNG ICTORY (F:c;n Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpui. Saturday. After a most thrilling match the Selangor Club "A" team just managed < to defeat the Wegri Sembilan All Blue.; i non Europe an team this ev.ning on the pudang by two tlear tries.
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  • 1066 13 HOW THEY STOOD BEFORE THE GAMES YESTERDAY Division 1. P. W. L. D. F. A. Pts Tottenham H. (P.) 12 7 2 3 22 10 17 Arsenal (1) 12 6 2 < 25 13 18 Huddersfleld T. (6) 12 6 3 3 33 22 15 Wolverh'pton (20)
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    • 326 13 BEAUTIFUL BABIES of singaihmm: ii.... Both these lovely children JLj were reared in Singapore A tjL jy jjaj on Cow Gate. IA In trying climates this Food li mk is a boon indeed to the anxious mother. Freshly made and packed in «j f English meadows shipped wc-kly to Malaya
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  • 1178 14 JCHORE BADLY TROUNCED 38 Points To Nil IINE CROSSED TEN TIME'S r (By Our Rugby Correspondent.) Singapore 38 pts.; Johore Nil. In spite of the fact that they were beaten by 38 points (4 goals and 6 tries) to nil Johore put up quite a stout
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  • 505 14 WINNERS' PACK IN GREAT FORM. Wiltshires I. 8 pts.; R.A.F. L..1 pts. Brilliant forward play secured victory for thj Wiltshire Regiment when their first fifteen met the R.A.F. at Tanglin yesterday. The Air Force, however gave an excellent display but the score of eight points to
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  • 333 14 'SPURS VICTORIOUS AWAY London, Nov. 4. The following matches, played this afternoon In the different divisions of the English League and in the first division of the Scottish League, resulted First Division. Arsenal 1 Portsmouth l Birmingham 1 Liverpool 2 Blackburn R. 7 W'hampton W. 1 Derby
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  • 128 14 The P.F.A. Cup final between Chinese R.C. and St. Xavier's R.C. was played this evening on Victoria Green, resulting in a win for the former by 4—l. The match was played under difficult conditions, the ground being badly waterlogged. The poor crowd present included the Resident
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  • 125 14 The European team to meet the Girls' Sports Club in the annual women's hockey match in aid of the Poppy Day Fund, to be played at the S.C.C. Padang on Friday. Nov. 10. will be chosen from the following:— Miss Workman. Miss Crowe. Miss Hoops. Miss Maine, Miss
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  • 36 14 The following players have been selected to represent Penang against Singapore in the Rugby match or. Friday Whaley. Fenwlck, Kirke Hague. Clark, Blngham, Latimer. Scoular, Wraight, Smith, Rycroft, Coupar. Burgess. Clements and Hembry
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  • 827 14 Last Minute Goal LOCAL MALAYS WIN THREE TWO. Malays 3 Padanr 2 A splendid last-minute goal gave the Malays victory over the Sumatra Padang visitors by the odd goal in five when they met at the Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. This was the visitors' last match of
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  • 2330 15 the World of Badminton Results Of The First Inter-Club Tie The Ugly Incident At The Drill Hall Firm Action Must be Taken Play Off Of Ties Suggested Thrilling Ladies Doubles Diehards 9 Great Tussle. the tournament, both of which were from the United Chinese Amateurs. rpHE Singapore championship tourna- ments
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  • 69 16 TALBOT touches down in the Ist half rHE SINGAPORE AND JOffORI PrC.UY TE^"?r. before yesterday's Malaya Cup match on the Pa«l»nr ANDERSON just afc"tit t-> *>n«c S to Bonnar trim t I'«e ot«r PASSING TO D.I.I.V. who scored after a fine ran I r i
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