The Straits Times, 24 December 1933

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    34 1 THE SUNDAY TIMES THE LEADING SUNDAY NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. No. 104. Sunday, December 24th., 1933. wa-vw THE SUNDAY TIMES The Leading Sunday Newspaper in Malaya. No. 105. Sunday, December 24th., 1933. Price 10 cents.
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    FRIGHTFUL CARNAGE IN REBEL CITY OE CHANGCHOW
    728 1 HEAVILY BOMBED BY NANKING 'PLANES CHIANG'S OFFENSIVE LAUNCHED CITIZENS FLEE FROM THE STRICKEN AREA Shanghai, Saturday. CIXTY persons were killed and several hundred were wounded when a Nanking air squadron raided Changchow yes* terday and dropped more than 60 large bombs on the
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    REICHSTAG FIRE TRIAL ENDS
    392 1 REICHSTAG FIRE TRIAL ENDS VAN DER LUBBE IS SENTENCED TO DEATH Lelpsig, Saturday. The Reichstag fire trial sentences were as follows Van der Lubbe, sentenced to death Torgler and the Bulgarian trio. P'mltroff, Popoff and Taneff, were acquitted. Van der Lubbe sat motionless with bowed head as he was sentenced
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    McGRATH DEFEATS PERRY
    41 1 SECOND TENNIS TEST Brisbane, Saturday. The second lawn tennis test resulted as follows Australia won 8 matches against England's four. The outstanding result was McGrath's victory, over Perry by 3 6, 6 2 and 6 3 yesterday. —Reuter.
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    LONDON RUBBER & TIN.
    61 1 LONDON RUBBER TIN. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Saturday. RUBBER. {Quotations as supplied by Symington and Wilson.) The Rubber Market was closed today. SILVER. Spot 18 13 16d. Two months 18 r s d. CROSS RATE. London-New York, 5.10. New York-London, 5.10%. (Rate as supplied by the London office of
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    OUR FOOTBALL COMPETITION
    136 1 SIX SHARE LAST WEEK'S PRIZE Again the best forecasts in the "Sunday Times Football Competition is nine out of ten. In Compt Jtion Number 20, run in connection with the Home football matches played on Dec. 16, six entries were received containing only one error, and the
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    O'DUFFY ON GRAVE CHARGE
    101 1 O'DUFFY ON GRAVE CHARGE INCITING THE MURDER OF DE VALERA London, Saturday. /^JEN. O'Duffy will be summoned be- fore the Military Tribunal on Jan. 2 on a charge of inciting the murder of Mr. de Valera. The charge arises from a speech which Gen. O'Duffy delivered recently at Ballyshannon. Oen.
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    MERRY CHRISTMAS!
    19 1 ILTE wish our readers all the J compliments of the Season i and a very Merry Christmas.
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    LOCAL U.E. MANAGER SUMMONED
    151 1 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban. Saturday. The manager of the United Engineer* at Seremban was summoned by the local Sanitary Board today for, erecting on July 28 and Oct. 20 a building In the Labu Road without permission of the Board. Allegedly he had deviated from
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    Here Today Gone Tomorrow!
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    CHRISTMAS TRADE INDICATES REVIVING CONFIDENCE
    757 1 CHRISTMAS TRADE INDICATES REVIVING CONFIDENCE SPIRIT OF OPTIMISM ABROAD VINETEEN-thirty-three has been the best Christmas trading season for years in Singapore. The festive season is always a time of supreme optimism, when people look at things through the rose coloured spectacles of goodwill and light-heartedness and the dark clouds never
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    AMERICA'S SILVER POLICY
    178 1 PRODUCTION MAY BE STIMULATED London, Saturday. /CAUTION was the keynote of pres* comments on the United Statos silver policy. Bullion brokers in the City fear that high official prices may stimulate production in or outside the United States. It was pointed out that as purchases of the
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    The "Wanderer" Reveals [M^iw/y Malayans
    2201 2 I DO hope that my elephantine raillery about the Brahmins of the M.C.S. in last week's burblings did not offend anybody. When I saw this would-be humorous j remark In cold print I was a little startled, lor of course there is no truth In
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    14 2 Team 'A' Co. MiViCi, winner* ol tbe Malcolm cap in the Command Rifle Meeting.
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      334 2 JOYOUS VICOURrFEw^N^ HJfcJhii^-i YOUc&n benefit IS^Yt-t I f*v ifenH*^ Whether you are a Man or K VV<i{^3i|jJsi V. .man, young, middle as;ed or f^V,^-^WJ I-U'-VV^^***^ old.whethcrDebility and Weak- JfjO^jT^i n'ijii: %f^ ness are just steadily creeping Vnf r^attsjfc^ upon you, or whether you have '4fj i=^ k 1 suffered foryears,
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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    For The Passing Hour.
    922 3 For The Passing Hour. The WORLD of BRIDGE by Ely Cdbertson World's Champion Player and Greatest Card Analyst •T*HE pass does not always show weakness. While 99 per cent, or more of all passes indicate inability t > bid. there are certain beautiful situations in which pass is the most
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    CHANDU CASE
    215 3 ANTI PIRACY GUARD v CHARGED ISMAIL bin Juma Khan, an antlplracy guard attached to the Hong Kong police, appeared yesterday before Mr. N. A. Worley, the acting criminal district Judge, to answer a charge of being in possession of nongovernment chandu. Accused had been arrested by Mr. Tan
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    Five Hundred Dollars For Ten Results—
    576 3 Five Hundred Dollars For Ten Results OR $100 FOR BEST FORECAST. Home Football Competition With No Entrance Fee. In this week's Sunday Times football competition Five Hundred Dollars is ofYered for ten correct results. In the event of two or more entries predicting correctly the results nf all the matches,
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      255 3 Learn CONTRACT by Example! j This NEW BOOK •00 CONTRACT LESSON HANDS" 1 60 PAGES By ELY CULBERTSON teaches you both bidding and play at CONTRACT BRIDGE. j $1.25 A COPY I By speci.-i arrangement with Mr. Ely Culbertson, the world's greatest puycr and authority on modern Contract Bridge, this
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      562 3 Assets exceed $12,000,000. Assurance in forre over $35,000,000. The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in the Strait* Settlements) HEAD OFFICE Great CaiUro Life Building, Cecil Street. Singapore. LONDON OFFICE 27, Old Jewry, E.G The Company hat £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England and complies with the
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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      177 3 Our Crossword Puzzle SSka; is. •583? 23"" PH i|3s"^ !l~^l I CLUES. :nb"r of brotherhcKM 21 Earth 22. Compound of oxygea D. Joke 24. Many l«in 25. Gulf 13. Weak point, 31. Scoundrel 14. Mournful 34. Worthless fellow 13. Noosed rupj 35. Gasp 17. Slave 36. Violent strain 19. Nan
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    AROUND the CLUBS
    740 4 'Anniversary Celebration. •T*HE Jovial Badminton Party cele- brated its fourth anniversary at Mr. Aw Boon Haw's bungalow, Pasir Panjang on Saturday and Sunday last. At the annual general meeting the report disclosed a successful year. Although the party was not very successful in the Singapore tournaments, and
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    18 4 Members of the Straits Chinese Re ading Club at the recent anniversary celebration at Aw Boon Haw's bungalow.
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    CARE of CHICKENS
    596 4 By L >r Poultry Expert THE next issue of the Poultry Notes will see the close of the year 1933 I and I am holding my article on turkey I rearing (which will be published towards the end of January 1934) to give those interested a few
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    CYCLING CLUB
    216 4 FIRST RACE TO BE HELD ON JAN. 7 rE first ordinary general meeting of the above club was held last Wednesday at the Board Room of the V.M.C.A. Mr. E. D. Smith. President of the club presided and there was a fair attendance. The President read out the
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    ABORIGINES REVOLT
    210 4 KWANGSI PUNISHMENT FOR REBEL LEADER Wuchow (Kwangsl), Saturday. BY order of the Commander-ln-Chlef. General LI Chung-yen, on the first of the month, Hau Plng-chlang, a high chief of an aboriginal tribe, was executed by the military authorities. Some time ago, a revolt broke out in the mountains near
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    A Fine Test of Touch ■
    677 4 A Fine Test of Touch BILLIARDS SOME talky fool It was who tackec on to Herbert Spencer the declaration that high ability for billiarua VM evidence of a mis-spent youth. Spencer denied that stupidity more than once but every now and then we hear that gross misstatement again. He fondly
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    ECHO OF KIDNAPPING CASE
    251 4 EX -DETECTIVE SENTENCED NAI Chal Vim, the 26-year-old Siamese ex-detective, who is at present serving a sentence of eight months" rigorous imprisonment in connection with the kidnapping of a Siamese Buddhist priest, was again produced by Detective Inspector A.R. McEwan before Mr. R. J. F. Curtis,
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    ALLEGED DIAMOND SMUGGLING
    117 4 Toklo. Saturday. The Tokio Metropolitan Police h?.ve started a strict examination of Eizo Kakutani. a Japanese merchant who formerly carried on business as Jev/eller in Woosung Road. Shanghai, and [several others, in connection with 'he smuggling of diamonds valued at Yen 1,000,000 from Shanghai to Japan. So
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      89 4 1934 lllllHllllllllltllllllllllilli New beauty NEW REFINEMENT NEW POWER SPEED AUSTINS see them at BORNEO MOTORS LTD. Branches from Singapore to Penang. ■lllllllllllllllllHlllllllllßllllllli #MARGO or NEEM k one of the most popular herbal plant medically used every part of It from Its root to flowers. The oil of thla plant removed
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      62 4 Cong Xam Co. 46/48, PECK SEAH STREET. For Gardens, Vegetables and other planting purposes 'SHEEP DUNG* (MANURO) Packed In Gunny Bars at 910 per ton F.0.R./B, Spore. SINGAPORE Phone 7328. DAY, SON AND HEWITT'S FAMOUS POULTRY MEDICINES and KOSSOLIAN BLOOD SALT POULTRY TONIC. Free booklet All about Poultrj Ailments to
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    Eat, Drink And Be MERRY
    504 5 Eat, Drink And Be MERRY Gourment's Book of Food and Drink. The Bodley Head. 7s. 6d. ¥N his amusing Foreword to his own book, "Gourmet" explains, first of all, that this is not a cookery book— of such there are a-plenty— but that for years he has made a habit
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    A Survey Of RELIGIONS
    217 5 A Survey Of RELIGIONS A Short History of The Religions of Mankind. By E. Kellett. Goilam-z. ss. TROM animism to positivism, from Judaism to Swedenborglanism, these are the extremes of this survey of the religious life of man. It is very well done. Professor Kellett has managed to keep his
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    GUESTS Of His MAJESTY
    464 5 GUESTS Of His MAJESTY Stir. By George Ingrain. Denis Archer. 7s. 6d. THIS novel of prison life was a choice of the Book Society According to the publishers, lffcs the outcome of an inward urge of months standing by one who has himselt undergone a period of detention in an
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    EXPLOITS Of The NAVY
    396 5 EXPLOITS Of The NAVY Saiormen All. By Admiral Campbell V. C. Hodder Stoughton. 7s. (id. ADMIRAL Campbell, of Q," lwat fame, here retells some of the Kreat exploits and adventures of the British Navy and, as far as possible, made each chapter a story in it- j Often, too, he
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    Masters of the Macabre.
    425 5 Great Tales of Horror. Edited l»y Marjorie Bowen. The Bodley Head. 7s. (id. AS a nottd writd on horrors herself, Marjorie Bowen is particularly well qualified to collect and edit a selection of "strange stories of amazement, horror and wonder," and the present volume contains many
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    AN EXCELLED THRILLER
    437 5 The C jld Finger Curse. By EJwin Dial Tnrgerson. Falcon Books. 7s. Sd. THE popular superstition amomj the criminal classes that jewels taken from a corpse carry a curse with them plays no small part in this exciting crime story from New York's Latin J Quarter, for
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    GRAMMATICAL
    84 5 PROBLEMS Kn?li.->h Grammar And Noun Idioms lor Foreigners. By I S:haa'i Macmillan. 3s. 6C THIS book has been written primarily to meet the requirem?nts of students who have already acquired th--rudiments of English, and of pupils in i the higher classes of English second -r" schools. Greater attention is
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      128 5 c^ to Independence TOURING the past few years most men have J— learned some bitter lessons in economics. /^Jllai Speculation is not Thrift. Of all your material -s|f^ possessions, life insurance gives you the least cause for worry. No doubt it is more appreciated than ever before because you know
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      145 5 The City High School, 116. BENCOOLEN STREET, Estd. 1931. RE-OPENS JAN. 8. 1934. Principal- M. N. Samadar B.A i Hohs. Asst. Tea«hers. 3 Singh (Passed Final Normal" P. S. D. Chereath (Passed Final Normal) B. Singh (Passed Final Normal > Miss C. Thompson (Certificate of Competence) and others. Classes.— Primary
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      19 5 J&&«Gpna» 334 NeW SHirMcRT <^^^^^»«»«u«m» 1 iict ARpiycn I A WkXsF value. wa\ o#«W AGENT RENE ULLMANN j SINGAPORE.
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    Cakes And Puddings
    809 6 Cakes And Puddings MOST cooks have their own pet recipes for Christmas pudding and the festive cake, handed down most probably as a family heirloom. Sometimes, however, the most conservative of women feels she would like to break away from old-established custom and see if she could not get quite
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    Christmas Greetings!
    921 6 From A London Woman's j Window (By Our Own Correspondent.) Sunday Times Office, Fleet Street, Nov. 30. A MERRY Christmas to you, my sisters in Malaya, and may the happy season bring you much joy and leave you many happy memories. As I write, it is nearly a
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    Seen in and About Town
    775 6 A very, very Happy Christmas to You and Yours! May there be heaps of lun and Jollity for every one— the Merriest Christmas you have ever known In fact! DO you know that you should wear something new for Christmas Day? Whatever this Is, it
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      119 6 WHETEAWAYS EXTEND CHRISTMAS GREETINGS To All Their Customers AND Announce that on TOYS ■Crackers AND Presentation GOODS THEY WILL ALLOW A Reduction of 25% OFF USUAL PRICES ON PURCHASES MADE THIS WEEK. THESE GOODS WILL BE DISPLAYED ON SPECIAL TABLES IN THE STORE AND INCLUDE TOYS, CRACKERS,, TOYS. GAMES, BOOKS,
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      162 6 madame RENE ULLMANN THANKS ALL HER CUSTOMERS AND FRIENDS FOR THEIR KIND PATRONAGE AND WISHES THEM a MERRY CHRISTMAS AND a HAPPY NEW YEAR. ON ALL l^Coisli <vi, I 11, Battery Road, 'Phone 3164. I 2nd Floor, Maynard Bldg. Vi. j> E t>eabquatterB J FOR ALL THE FAMOUS MANUFACTURERS OF
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    HEAVY WEATHER
    3269 7  - HEAVY WEATHER P. G Wodehouse By OUR SERIAL "YOU are the relict of the late Major General Sir Miles Fish, C. B. 0., late of the Brigade of Guards." "I have never denied it." "Let us speak for a while," said the Hon. Galahad gently, "of the late Major General
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    ! SYNOPSIS.
    191 7 SYNOPSIS. Monty Bodkin, who has been j dismissed from the Mammoth Publishing Co., by the proprietor, Lord Tilbury, geti a job at Blandings Castle as the Earl of Emsworth's secretary. Sue Brown, a chorus girl, Monty's former fiancee, who it now engaged to Ronald Fish, Lord Kmsworth's secretary, is at
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      90 7 v 'LACTOGEN" :JBmn&i''- MP N babies enjoy W- *|«tV" -4Sw^ t every moment of V 4l "ftWm^ms TI SSir ;?r life— they teethe well, sleep well, .JM and are fine, Mi '•M^- t robust imps of oF^B. mischief! W§m :>< Give Your rf^^njp V I^K.-'-.^^l ML Children ■WK^^ LAblubtli A
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      302 8 BOURN-VITA r > J THE PERFECT FOOD -DRINK RECOMMENDED BY OVER 14,500 ENGLISH DOCTORS. AA of its nourishment can be turned \s «/v /o to human energy in a few hours... 'l^^Sfi All the experience of Cadburys, who have specialised in food-drinks for over a hundred years, ■^^^fijijjjjj^^^! 1 1^^
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    Christmas at Home
    148 9 A YOUTHFUL SHOPPER, who has complied with the advice to shop early at Ctiristmas, taking home two purchase* from a London Store. (P. News.) TAKING their turns at mixing the Christmas pudding at Aldershot. (Planet News.) THE WORLD'S YOUNGEST ORCHESTRA which has been formed at the Mar*
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    TOTIDEM VERBIS
    467 10 mmIOKIAL. MANAGERIAL AND ADVERTISING OFFICE: Cecil Street, Singapore. TELEPHONES EDITORIAL 5151, 5152. ADVERTISING 7701. GENERAL OFFICE 7702. PRINTING PUBLISHING 7703. Kuala Lumpur: 23, Java Street. TELEPHONE 3683. Those who are preaching traffic coordination as the only solution of the road-versus-rail-versus-shipping muddle in Malaya may point to Siam as
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    Some Queer Facts ABOUT CHRISTMAS
    1027 10  -  W. J. Passingham By LIKE many another hackneyed quotation, the "Good Old English Christmas" is a statement open to serious question, for English speaking peoples have no claim at all on this greatest festival of the year. The great majority of Christmas customs and observances
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    Christmas In 30 Countries
    1167 10  -  HENRY S. VETHECAN BY AS far as I can remember, I have spent only three Christmases In England, though in whichever part of the world I have been at this season all mankind seems to have been united with a common bond. But my mind Invariably
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      231 10 ENTERTAINMENTS DECEMBER 24, 1933. ALHAMBRA S. O. S. Iceberg. 6.15—9.15 p.m. CAriTOL Broadway to Hollywood with Alice Brady. 6.15 9.15 >.m. MARLBORO' (.11 Zahri &inp Indian Talkie. 6 15 9.15 p.m. PAVILION The King's Vacation. With George Arliss. 6.15 9.15 p.m. bit/. gi:ylang Behind Two Guns fCllcnt). Big Cage with
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      26 10 j PIANO; TUNING REPAIRS REMOVAIS HIRE j E. CHARLES. Phone 2902. 74, Orchard Rd, j NEW WORLD SINGAPORE. aide Shows, Cabaret Dancing, Talkies. Theatres and Cinemas.'
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      178 10 CHRISTMAS TRAGEDY, (tW^ffiP Told Bj jjT^J ANANIAS Gentles.— lt is a sad thing that I relate to you, and I grieve that it should have fallen to my lot to be the Fly in Your Ointment, the Rift In Your Lute, the Speck of Cloud In Your Azure Sky, the
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    AMAZING OPERATION ON BOY'S BRAIN BY LOCAL SURGEONS
    458 11 PATIENT'S SIGHT IS RESTORED BRAIN "LIFTED" TO REMOVE TUMOUR ■THREE weeks ago a Chinese youth was admitted to the General Hospital almost completely blind. A brain operation was performed and today he is able to recognise people and find his way about
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    JAPAN BUYS ALL OUR SCRAP-IRON
    412 11 JAPAN BUYS ALL OUR SCRAP-IRON WHAT HAPPENS TO THE OCEAN GREYHOUNDS OF YESTERDAY THOUSANDS of tons of scrap metal especially from brokenup ships are being purchased locally by Japanese concerns and shipped to Japan every year. The amount represents almost the total scrap iron obtainable here. It is significant that
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    TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
    67 11 A Chinese pedestrian sustained several contusious and abrasions over his back as the result of being knocicd down by a motor-lorry yesterday afternoon in Beach Road. A collision between a motor-car and ricksha in Serangoon Road yesterdiy evening resulted in the puller being removed to hospital in the
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    15 11 MM at the children's entertainment at the Capitol on Friday, Kiven by the Rctary Club.
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    HOW GOOD TIMES END
    117 11 KUPPUSAMY, a middle-aged overseer employed at the General Hospital, was charged in the Third Police Court belore Mr. Curtis yesterday with being drunk and disorderly in the hospital grounds on Friday night. Accused admitted that he had taken drinks tut maintained that he was arrested while
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    HUGE RUBBER SHIPMENTS
    209 11 HUGE RUBBER SHIPMENTS RUBBER is still pouring out of the port of Singapore, and commercial circles are wondering when a break In prices will check this torrent flowing out of the vast rubber forests of the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. It is expected that the quantity of rubber dispatched from
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    OVERLAND TO MALAYA
    321 11 ADVENTUROUS TRIP •yHE announcement that a Singapore journalist has set out from London in an attempt to reach Singapore on a motor-cycle recalls the only other attempt yet made to travel over this route by land. About five years ago Francis Birtlc;, the well-known Australian explorer, arrived
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    PROTECTION NEED.
    59 11 Armoured Car For M. Venizelos, The Greek ex-Premier, M. Venizelos, has imported from the United States a bullet-proof automobile, similar to those used In the police raids against the Chicago gangsters. M. Venizelos' car is made of powerful steel-plates, weighing 3.5 tons, anA will be used as a
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    FRENCH EXPLORER DIES.
    59 11 Founder Of Comite Dupliex On India. Ihe death occurred at Paris on Dec. at the age of 81, of M. Gabriel Bon- alot, a French explorer, who founded, nd was chairman, of the Comite Dupliex on India and was author of several books. M. Bonvalot carried out
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    YOUNG MARSHAL'S PILOT.
    109 11 Engaged To Honolulu Magnate's Widow. Mrs. Ruth Schuman, wealthy widow of Mr. Gus Schuman, leading Honolulu financier, today confirmed reports of her engagement to Mr. Perry G. Hutton, Oklahoma City aviator, who until recently was personal pilot for Marshal Chang Hsueh-llang, says a message from Honolulu dated
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    Tambies Form A Co-operative Society
    615 11 TAMBIES employed by firms in* Singapore are as much in the hands of unscrupulous money-lenders as the members of clerical staffs were before they formed their co-ope-rative societies to free them from their troubles. Employers recognise this and have given their support to the newly
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    A TRUE FISH STORY
    453 11 A TRUE FISH STORY MALAYA'S LATEST INDUSTRY •TWENTY thousand Malayan fresh- water fish were recently shipped to Germany from Singapore. In the last two years this port lias become an important distributing centre for fancy tropical fishes. Dealers, aquaria officials, students and private individuals who keep miniature aquaria have made
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      32 11 THE EPITOME OF CHRISTMAS HOSPITALITY BEg^incorking A. bottle aP The Wine of Kings The King of Wines AGENTS >U^^sO JOHN LITTLE CO., LTD. (lncorporated in England) SINGAPORE, KUALA LUMPUR, PENANG and IPOH.
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    FIREMEN ARRESTED AFTER CITY BLAZE
    281 12 ALLEGED THEFTS FROM GUTTED SHOP AFTER the big fire in the premises of Chop Kwong On, jewellers and piece-ifoorts merchants at Nos. 22G-8, South Bridge Road, early yesterday morning several firemen who had helped to quell the blaze were arrested at the Central Station. They
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    TREBITSCH LINCOLN AGAIN
    89 12 [A SPECTACLE unique; in tic ann r A of Chinese Buddhism was witnessed ut the Tse Hsia Shan Monastery near Nanking recently, when devotees of the great Eastern religion and numbers ot interested spectators including the Soviet Amb; ssador, M. Dmitri BogolomolT and officials of the Chinese
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    POLICEMAN ASSAULTED
    186 12 A MALAY constaole attached to the Singapore Harbour Boai 1 Police prosecuted an Indian named Govindasamy in the Third Magistrate's Court yesterday for assaulting him in the execution of his duties. Giving evidence the policeman said that at 2.35 p.m. on Friday he was on duty at the
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    FATHER CHRISTMAS IS REAL
    536 12 FATHER CHRISTMAS IS REAL An Old Question Answered «T HAVE received a letter from my little niece who Is Just 7 years old," writes "Uncle" to the Editor, asking the old old question of children through the ages—"Please tell me the truth. Is there really a Santa Claus? My friends
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    38 12 A commission as Lieutenant in the Straits Settlements Volunteers has been granted to Mr. J. R. Gildea, and a commission as Honorary Chaplain, 4th Class, in the S.S.V.F. has been granted to the Rev. S. W. G. Elvlns.
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    Arrangements For The Holidays
    808 12 FITTING PROGRAMMES TO CELEBRATE FESTIVE SEASON pOD rest you merry gentlemen, may nothing you dismay." f The old Christmas sentiment has perhaps a deeper significance this year, for Singapore's business men are unanimous in the belief that things are indeed improving. We have seen through to
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    58 12 There are no seats available in the Victoria Theatre for the Christmas Entertainment on Thursday next, 28th Instant, all seats having been booked by the children. There are tickets for adults for the Dance at the Memorial Hall at 9 p.m,, which may be had from the Right Rev. Father
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    MALAYAN COAL FOR POWER STATION
    253 12 MALAYAN COAL FOR POWER STATION F»OR the first time, Malayan coal will •I be used continuously, for a year at least, by the Singapore Municipality in connection with St. James Power Station. Malayan Collieries Lid., hay.- secured a contract to supply Batu Arang coal to the station during ifM Hitherto
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    19 12 Sir Henry Dickens, the son of the famous novelist, who died in London last week following a street accident.
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    COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE NEW PIER
    336 12 COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE NEW PIER Launches Needed Pontoon For "pHE New Pier Is no more convenient than the old Johnston's Pier, and the reason appears to lie behind the lack of a pontoon for the use of launches at its extremity. The New Pier is recognised as the approacli from
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    A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE.
    4916 13  -  FRANCIS FOSTER. By A CHARMING STUDY OF LOVE THAT VANQUISHED SCANDAL AND RE-INITED A FAMILY. "FOR THEY THAT ARE AFTER THE FLESH BUT THE >IlM> OF THE SPIRIT IS LIFE." MR. RECKITT was In need of a secretary, and* Michael Salt was in need Ol v Job.
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    MALAYAN MALAYAN CHINESE ATHLETICS SPORTING PENANG AND THE CUP FINAL CHATTER
    11 14 MALAYAN MALAYAN CHINESE ATHLETICS SPORTING PENANG AND THE CUP FINAL CHATTER
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    EXAMINATIONS ESSENTIAL
    869 14 To Improve The Standard Of Hockey Umpires HTHE Important event of the week in selangor sport was the election of A. L. Henry aa Malaya's best footballer by winning the Malayan Breweries prize trip to England on a four months football tour. Henry's victory has been solely brought
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    309 14 Negri Sembilan. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban. Saturday. rpHE finals of the Seremban Chinese Badminton Party's Tournament came to a close this week and resulted as follows: Doubles Final: Tan Chai Tian and Cheng Shu beat Wong Nang Ching and Chee Cheong 21—9, 21—12. Singles Final: Chan Ah
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    PENANG
    786 14 OENANG has at last entered the Malaya Cup Rugger final, and for the first time in these series of matches, two Colony sides will meet In the final on Jan. 13. During the last display, Penang totally eclipsed Selangor and won most decisively. It was generally thought that the
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    31 14 Abdul LatiiT. the Kins George V School boy at Seremban who is the Negrl Senbilan hockey fullback. He is also a keen cricketer and has represented Negri Sembilan at Association Football.
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    NEGRI SEMBILAN
    344 14 'THE Negri Sembilan All Blues, the oldest of the Asiatic rugger sides in the country, will visit Singapore on Jan. 6 when they will play the Singapore Chinese at the Jalan Besar Stadium. This Is the second visit of the All Blues to Singapore, for some years ago
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    MALACCA
    570 14 TPHE Malacca hockey side made a magnificent showing at Singapore where they drew with the Singapore side, and next day defeated the useful Wiltshire XI. Seeing that last year they were trounced s—l5—1 in the corresponding game and again, badly beaten by the touring Wiltshire Regiment on Malacca soil,
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    INCREASING SUPPORT FOR RUGBY CODE
    1055 14 Surfeit Of Boxing Indicated For New Year II7ITH the preliminary ties of the Malaya Cup competition completed and the finalists decided, there seems to have been a lull in Rugby this last week and there are no games of really outstanding importance to comment upon.
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    Exciting Inter-State Hockey
    621 15 SELANGOR AGAIN DEFEATED Malacca Wins 1-0 DE SOUZA'S GREAT GAME (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Saturday. In a hockey match here today, Malacca inflicted another defeat upon Selangor by the only goal, which was scored during the six minutes after the resumption. Uneven ground rendered good hockey
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    122 15 Two tc:ims of Ipoh hockey enthusiasts. The central figures are Mr. Leum; Sin Nam ...o President of the Perak Chinese and Mr. Aw Boon Soo, the sports secretary of the Perak liir.ese Standing- Ang Earn Hock (Colours) Chung Mm Kee (White) Low Sit Slew. C. Y. Lum. Tse Phin, Yeo
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    MATCH POSTPONED
    31 15 The hockey fixture between the Police and the Ceylon Sports Club, which was to have been played yesterday was postponed owing to the bad st :it of the Rroum
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    S.C.C. WRESTS COVETED TROPHY FROM SELANGOR
    1351 16 EXCITING MATCH IN THE MUD .Visitors Outclassed BILLSON AND MINNS GIVE FINE EXHIBITION (By Our Rugby Correspondent) S.C.C. 17 pts.; Sel. Club nil. Conditions could hardly have been worse when the Singapore Cricket Club and the Selangor Club met in the annual Trophy match
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    STRAITS BACHELORS
    205 16 TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY DINNER i"|N the occasion of the Club's 20th anniversary, the Straits Bachelors Physical Culture Association began last night an extensive programme which will last until this afternoon. The annual meeting preceded a dinner at Mr. Aw Boon Haw's bungalow at Paslr Panjang, and later in the
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    RUGBY MATCH
    31 16 The South Johore RFC. defeated the Islands XV by 5 points to nil in a Rusby match played at Johure Bahru. yesterday. Stott scored a try which Dudsvn converted.
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    N.S. CHINESE V.M.A.
    227 16 rpHE following are the present officers of the Negri Sembllan Chinese Young Men's Association elected re-< cently for the coming year t President* Mr. Lee Chin Hua Vice-Presldentaj Messrs. Wong See Ohiok and Ng Vat* Seng treasurer, Mr. Ong Tian H^e Chinese secretaries, Messrs. Wong Hong Tang
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    RUGBY MATCH CANCELLED
    22 16 The Rueby match, to have been played yesterday at Tanglin, between the Wiltshire Regiment and the RAF was cancelled.
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    8 16 !.r.c-out in yesterday's rugger match S.C.C. vs. Selanger.
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    And A Good Time Was Had By AU
    36 16 How-gill about to pick up. L. V. Taylor. A. R. Anderson, A L S Talbot J. L. Bonnar also well up with Gomm, the Selangor Captain, coming up
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    64 16 TPHE following will represent the Havelock Road XI against the Ballestier Friendly A.P. in a friendly match at soccer today at 4.45 p.m. sharp at their ground.— Kay Eng, Leng Hock, Ah Chew, Teck Chye. Cheng Hoe, Ah Tim, Soh Teng, Joon Tin, Ahmad, Kee Chuan. Swe«
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    CLEANING IP GOLF.
    192 16 R. A/s Definition Of An Amateur. A great clean-up starts in the golf world on New Years Day. as a result of a new amateur definition issued yesterday by the governing body the Royal and Ancient Club of St Andrews. Players whose names have been household words
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    ALL-MALAYA CHINESE OLYMPIAD
    1648 17 ALL- MALAYA CHINESE OLYMPIAD All Roads Lead To K.L. PICTURESQUE SCENES Singapore Athletes Score Many Successes (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. *CH'fiKY approach road to the stadium was packed with motor vehicles, rickshas and pedestrians before the opening cere< mony of the all-Malaya Chinese Athletic Meet this morning.
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    434 17 Stinnylads vs. Yale. THE Sunnylads Badminton Party cf Seremban will meet the Yale Badminton Party of Klang during the Christmas holidays at Seremban. Five men's singles and three men's doubles v, ill be played. The Sunnylads will be represented by P. Thambisamy. Cheong Jin Hoe, Teo Lian Khor,
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      206 17 The WORLDS LATEST STAR MHRP^yiF^ m* i^M M&*^*/00Q*^ f%/^^^M- > Spy Jfl^r fit -*7 i i Of BABY LE ROY the Star of the PARAMOUNT Picture 1 A BED-TIME STORY his Mother writes like all other babies, Baby Le Roy loves COW GATE" "Z SOLE AGENTS FOR S. MALAYA SARAWAK.
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    GOOD DIVIDENDS AT PENANG
    644 18 FAVOURITES WIN Excellent Day's Racing UNLIMITED SWEEP WORTH $38,593 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Saturday. TTHE Penang Gold Oop meeting open- ed today In the happiest auspices. The Governor and party, the Resident Councillor and Mrs. Goodman, and the Sultan of Perak and suite were among
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    1072 18 POSITIONS BEFORE YESTERDAY'S RESULTS The following were the positions In the English and Scottish League tables prior to yesterday's games: ru.-M i/ivi^iuii. P W. L D. F. A. Pts. Arsenal (1) 19 11 3 5 Derby Co. (7) 18 10 3 5 Tottenham (P) 19 10 5
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    HOME FOOTBALL RESULTS
    385 18 •SPLRS IUWWAY WIN (From Our Own Correspondent.) London. Saturday. The following matches played today In the different divisions of the English League and the first division of the Scottish League resulted: Glasgow Rangers have secured the transfer of Alex Venters, the international Inside-left of Cowdenbeath. Blackburn Rovers
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    277 18 Tributes To G. Wilson At Annual Dinner. One of the most tnjoyable events, for National Hunt jevkeys is the annual dinner to celebrate the success of the previous season champion rider. Of recent years this has been given by the Cheltenham Steeplechase Company. I A happy company gathered
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    2489 19 the World of Badminton Diehard* Recover The Inter-Club Championship The Matches Reviewed End Of The Season Plea For Co-operation. ONCE again the Roseray Badminton Party have failed to win the Inter-club championship, this being their third successive attempt in the final and the Cup presented by Mr. Lim Kee Cheok.
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    163 19 Under Treatment That Creates Energy Some folks are naturally fat, but there's a lot of people who put on pounds of unhealthy fat because they haven't got enough energy to move about to keep it off. It's not laziness In most cases but a condition brought about
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    96 20 THE WORK, of clearing up ibc wreckace of the cstrui train which plunged over a viaduct at Kwemmmx. France, with great loss of life, is still proceeding. (Planet News.) THE TROOPSHIP DORSETSHIRE sailed from Southampton with drafts for Karachi, India, from the West Yorkshire and
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