The Straits Times, 29 April 1934

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  • 36 1 THE SUNDAY TIMES THE LEADING SUNDAY NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. No. 123. Sunday, April 29th., 1934. Price 10 cents. THE SUNDAY TIMES The Leading Sunday Newspaper in Malaya. No. 123. Sunday. April 29th., 1934. Price 10 cents.
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  • 115 1 HEAVY BUYING IN LONDON Announcement Expected This Week-End LONDON BROKER'S VIEWS "A FAIR AND UNEXORBITANT PRICE" SPECIAL TO THE SUNDAY TIMES (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Saturday, TT is believed that rubber restriction will be enforced on June 1 and will be of such
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  • 360 1 WHEN the rubber market in Singapore closed at 1 p.m. yesterday the feeling was strong that restriction would be announced by tomorrow morning. "It Is a certainty," remarked a broker, voicing the general view. Fluctuations in the price of the commodity and heavy
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  • 75 1 LONDON RUBBER TIN. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Saturday. RUBBER. (Quotations as supplied by Symington and Wilson.) Spot (Buyers) 6 1 ICd. (Sellers) 6Vid. January-March 6 7/32 d. April-June 6 11 32 d. July-September 6 7 16d. Market tone Easier. SILVER. Spot ..19 l/16d. Two months 19 Hd. CROSS RATE.
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  • 64 1 RISES DURING THE WEEK The following Indicates the rise which has taken place since Monduv In some of the more active rubber shares on the local market. A. Hltam Msnday 1.30 Yesterday 1.45 A. Panas 1.10 1.35 Connemara 1.20 1.36 Kluang 2.70 3.75 New Serendah I 1.30 1.53
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  • 237 1 MR. A.P. HERBERTS VIEWS Mr. A. P. Herbert, who was the guest of honour at Poyle's literary luncheon at Orosvenor House, London, had some interesting things to say about the divorce laws and the criticism of his new book, "Holy Deadlock." Mr. Leon M. Lion, who presided
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  • 259 1 SPEECH TO CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES Rome, Saturday. rALY wants the longest possible period of peace, but the greatest guarantee for peace is the efficiency of the Italian armed forces, declared the King inaugurating what is probably the last Chamber of Deputies, amid traditional
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  • 98 1 CAGE OVERTURNS IN STREET (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. A young tiger belonging to Harm- stem's circus which opens tonight. mjt with an uncomfortable experience while on the way from the station to the site of the circus this afternoon. Stripes' cage was being pulled b>
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  • 136 1 JAPANESE WARSHIPS' OUTRAGE Yangtse City Shelled Shanghai. Saturday. ¥jHDLLOWINO investigation into the shelling yesterday of Changsu, a Yangtse River town, it has been established that the two warships responsible for this unexplained action were Japanese. The Nanking Foreign Office has decided to lodge a strong protest with ttie Japanese Government.
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  • 71 1 London, Saturday. The Times Ottawa correspondent states that the Canadian Government is watching closely developments in the Far East and is considering the Implications for Canada of the Japanese declaration of policy. The Government will take advantage of the visit of Mi. Marler, Canadian Minister to T apan.
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  • 202 1 COTTON-WOOL BOY VICTIM OF STRANGE FREAK In a hospital on the outskirts of London is a two-year-old baby boy whose curious condition is attracting the attention of doctors and surgeons from all over the world. He is one of Nature's most amazing freaks, for his heart, stomach, and most of
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  • 87 1 Seremban Entrant Wins $500 In Football Competition Mr. A. F. Sta. Maria, of Temlang Road, Seremban, succeeded in predicting correctly the results of all ten matches in The Sunday Times Football Competition. No. 38. In accordance with the printed conditions, Mr. Sta Maria therefore wins outright the $500,
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  • 48 1 (Fiom Our Own Correspondent) Medan, Apr 25. Netherlands India newspapers anti:ipate an attempt to convert locally asued Government loans, amounting o 700 millions guilders, bringing th? ate of interest down to four per cent. A recent conversion operation in lolland, affecting 900 millions, was iotable success.
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  • 113 1 THE KING SEES F.A. CUP Crowd's Great Welcome THE King and Queen saw the F.A. Cup final at Wembley, London, yesterday. The weather was fine, says Reuter. Their Majesties were given a rousing reception by nearly 100,000 people singing God Save the King." The two football teams were pre- sented
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  • 130 1 APPEAL TO LANCASHIRE USERS London. Saturday An appeal to use Empire cotton is contained in the annual report of the British Cotton Growing Association, which says it would be of great ad van iage to the Empire cause if spinners when purchasing cotton would inspect samples of Empire
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  • 134 1 FIFTH ATTEMPT TO ENTER UNITED STATES New York, Saturday. A persistent Scot who wants to see bis wife and baby son hi California has Just attempted to enter the United States the fifth time. He was deported a month ago to Glasgow after serving a six months' sentence
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  • 55 1 Noon, Saturday. Tune of Market .—Steady. Latest Cable per Ib. London Spot Sheet 6 3 32<L New York Spot Sheet (Friday's close) G. eta. 12 13 It. M>t (lOOtt) .OJ.) M 4 20',. 20»,. R.S.B. eqaal to London Standard r-June r-Sept. -Dec. Buyers 20 V, 20N 21 UVt.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 16 1 THE OCEAN ACCIDENT AND GUARANTEE CORPORATION, (Incorporated in Great Britain.) Head Office fot Mali} a 81NCAPOKE.
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    • 49 1 Babies progress wonderfully when nourished and strengthened b> the vital food values contained in .BEAR BRAND" Natural Swiss Milk. Under tropical conditions its use is' essential. ji «rt _„,ii Sole AjreuU for Malaya: Vfcliyflrj*^ JOSEPH TKAVfcns A SONS LTD.. >i«!^(lJ^^"^ ilnrrrporafed In fiigland 1«8«>) •fij*'.*--^ SINCJ.VrOBE AND PENANO. I
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    • 14 1 t>tf«M MOTOR POLICIES Retalt and report of F.A. Cup > final in Pare 14. I
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  • 1383 2 MAINLY about MALAYANS MRS. L. W. Geddes— who might well be styled Singapore's woman Cochran, so successful an organiser of shows is she has seen to it that the Town is already talking of next month's elaborate cabaret, to be held at Raffles in aid of charity. But she has
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  • 1106 2 of the Residency hill at Sercmban. It was. subsequently removed to Its present site on Lake Road where It now •lands In an excellent state r.' preservation, despite the year* that have rolled by. Floppy Fingers. ONE thing which the A AM. might
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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    • 435 2 I STUDY IN YOUR I AT SPARE HOME J TIME CAN HAVE A COLLEGE TRAINING IN ALMOST ANY CAREER FOR A FEW SHILLINGS MONTHLY. MATRICULATION There are many ways of commeacißg a career, but Matriculation la (be Jiiiii|ila( nff board for all the beat oaaa. CTVIL SERVICE Suitable ta back
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  • 730 3  -  Lily Datnita By WHEN I returned to Europe after an absence of two years, the first thing that struck me on visiting Paris was that the women were slightly stouter than before. The difference was not great, in fact hardly perceptible to anyone who had remained
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  • 683 3 Modern Miss China Is Magnificent SCOTTISH VISITOR STUDIES HONG KONG FLAPPER Chinese flappers are the subject of an entertaining article by Jam's Clifford in the Edinburgh Event r Despatch, which is reprinf.ea below. ijiNTER any up-to-date store In Queen's Road, Hong Kong, and behind the counter you will flnd Chinese
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  • 15 3 Mr. J. H. A. Trowell has been appointed Chief Inspector of Machinery, F.M.S.
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  • 14 3 Dr. and Mr*. G. W. Sanders were passengers travelling home by the Silver Cypress.
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  • 20 3 Mr. C. B. Cooper has been appointed a member of the Johore Bar Committee in place of Mr. John Laycock.
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  • 17 3 Mr. J. M. Cramond, of the Straits Trading Co., Singapore, and Mrs. Cramond ha"c sailed for home.
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  • 19 3 Mr. G. F. Staynes, an Officer of Class V, M.C.S. has been granted seven months and twenty-six days' leave.
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  • 16 3 Mr. B. G. Bradley, Assistant Registrar, Supreme Court, Ipoh, has entered the European Hospital, Batu Gajah.
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  • 16 3 Mr. M. R. Holgate, headmaster. King Edward School, Talping, has been appointed Inspector of Schools. Perak.
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  • 19 3 Mr. F. Glendenninr, of William Jacks (Malaya), Ltd., Ipoh, has gone on transfer to Penang to relieve Mr. Clements.
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  • 25 3 The Governor of Hong Kong, Sir William Peel, and Lady Peel, sailed by the s.s. Empress of Japan on a private holiday trip to Japan.
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  • 25 3 Mr. K. G. A. Dohoo, M.C.S., has been seconded for service in Johore and toas been appointed to act as Second Assistant Adviser, Batu Pahat.
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  • 22 3 Mr. A. Macaulay, of the Asiatic Petroleum Co., Singapore, and Mrs. Macaulay have been staying at the Repulse Bay Hotel, Hong Kong.
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  • 33 3 Mr. Christopher Season Francis has Just celebrated the 25th year of his service under the F.M.S. Government. He has been attached to the F.M.S. Export Duties Office, Singapore, as Chief Clerk since 1924.
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  • 39 3 Mr. J. VV. M. Smith, M.C.S., Public Trustee and Official Assignee, Selangor and Pahang, has gone to Kota Bharu to take over the duties of Adviser, K sHan tan, in the place of the late Mr H. F. Monk.
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  • 32 3 Tungku All, son of H.H. the Sultan of Trengganu, who recently returned from Europe, has arrived In Kuala Lumpur and will, It is understood, be attached to the Fedpral Secretariat for training.
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  • 38 3 Miss C. Kenyon, of the Methodist Episcopal Mission, Is going on a holiday to America after several years of work In Singapore. Miss Rea, of the Penang M. E. Mission, is also going on leave on the Carthage.
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  • 31 3 A pretty Malay wedding took place at Kampong Bintongan, Rembau, between Enche Mohd. Dom bin Sail, of the Rubber Research Institute, Kuala Lumpur, and Inohe Sariffiah, granddaughter of Haji Bibon. Rembau.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 142 3 EDUCATIONAL. YOUR SCHOOL PROBLEM Parent; in Malaya will be interested to learn that a companion School to St. Margaret's Fraser's Hill.- has been opened by Mrs. R. M. MeCaU In the heart of Sussex, only 29 miles from London. The school stands 450 feet above sea level in its own
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    • 698 3 Where To Stay When Home on Leave LONDON. Two Residential Hotels. x"lsf*^ LONDON CALLS rJff J. INSISTENTLY Highly recommended for Overseas i \'M%A _^fc«rv COME' and eniov a I Visitors and families home on leave. N %lft"*fll^ ,V* 7 Unsurpassed for Comfort, Cuisine V^XfcW^^ eluier Service. Homeliness. /^7 HOTEL RUBENS
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  • 1383 4 THAT war which everybody says Is bonnd to break out in the Far 1 East sooner or later, and in which < Singapore is more than likely to be involved, came nearer to being an es- tablished fact during the week than ever before. I*, was touch
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  • 403 4 PROS AND CONS OF THE LEGHORN By OUR EXPERT \I7HEN a leghorn is spoken of, every- one thinks of the white leghorn, but there are no fewer than 11 varieties of this breed. They are known all over the world and great farms are run for
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  • 24 4 Henry Pa ¥1, of Manchnkao, is a keen tennis player. The Empress is seen in the gardens of the royal residence.
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  • 756 4 (By Our Seremban Correspondent.) rpHIRTY-two miles from Seremban, •L In the Jimah Muklm of Port Dickson, and three miles from the tiny Malay village of Chua, lies the Chua Indian settlement— the first of the two attempts by Indian labourers to settle
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  • 281 4 1. What was Little Eva's" last name 2. What colour is garnet 3. Who was called "the father of history 4. What is meant by 'Argus-eyed"? 5. What is a bayou 6. What was a berserk 7. Who built the Great Pyramid 8. What three countries formed
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 130 4 i Cou»«d by th« con- 1 J /^iKn tagiout ringworm g«rm: firtl tignt ar« itch- rCIICT *^^y mg, r*4n«t i. tlcin cr«<kt b«tw««n »o«." Amhaptk rfT'^^''"* flhmrhini It liiMi ftit fnni. ulii hi imJ lmll» .<• MAB6O or HEEM V^^W herbal plant modlcaUy used bHffr^wSlmVi eTery part of v from
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    • 236 4 Learn CONTRACT by Example! This NEW BOOK "60 CONTRACT LESSON HANDS'* 160 PAGES By ELY CULBERTSON teaches you both bidding and play at CONTRACT BRIDGE. #7.25 A COPY By specLU arrangement with Mx. Ely Cuioertaun, the world s greatest player and authority on modern Contract Bridge, this paper is enabled
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  • 3215 5  -  "OLDTIMER" Says When your native boy, rebuked, retreats beneath your withering gaze, with every semblance of a contrite spirit, you probably do not guess that he may run along to his quarters, there to re-enact, before a delighted audience of fellowservants,
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 236 5 SANATORIUM KABAN DJAHE (EAST COAST OF SUMATRA) 3,600 Feet above the Sea, 2 boars from Medan. For the care and prevention of LUNG DISEASE by climatic, dietetic, chemotherapeutkal and surgical means ("collapse-therapy"). CHARGES FIRST EXAMINATION (including X-ray) ACCOMMODATION I. CLASS (private bedroom and bathroom, drawing room) I2M 11. CLASS (bedroom
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    • 264 5 TERRIBLE AGONY WITH INDIGESTION. To suffer such agony from indigestion that he was a physical wreck, and nearly mad with pain, despite morphia and chloroform, and then, after three doses of Maclean Brand Stomach Powder, to feel better and sleep soundly without any drugs— that is the amazing testimony of
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  • 555 6  -  Culbertson "EVERY BID IS A BET" MR. GEORGE 8. Hellman, wellknown to lovers of literature and art, aptly declares the gist of bidding is based on the proposition that "every bid is a bet, the odds of which are determined by th« relation of hands to the
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  • Article, Illustration
    47 6 Madame Marcelle Maurette, winner of the national competition In France for the beat love letter." She started the letter with the words, Moncheri, how difficult It is to write to you," and finished with, "I do not know how to express my love in words."
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  • 60 6 Fears for world peace are expressed by the Archbishop of York (Dr. Temple) In the York Diocesan leaflet. He writes: 'Prospects before the world are profoundly disquieting. Devices for securing world peace have largely failed, and there Is less confidence than existed not long ago that we have
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  • 250 6 AROUND THE C T UBS From 1897. The Negri Sembilan Club is one of the oldest clubs in the country and perhaps the only Asiatic Club that takes its name after a State. A marble slab Is shortly to be erected In the club house to commemorate It* foundation in
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  • 71 6 The following are Invited to play for the V MCA. In a friendly match against Slong 800 Athletic Association on Tuesday, on the V M C.A. ground at 5 p.m. :—F. Pullen, Lee Kit Soon. Kee Tew Hock, Tan Kong. Guan, Llm Chwee Chua, Au Peck Kan, R. J. Fennie,
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 238 6 rAPITHI SPECIAL RETURN WM^I I UL SCREENINGS TODAY AT THE MATINEE ONLY 3.15. LAUREL HARDY in metro goldwyn mayers SONS OF THE DESERT 1000 NEW LAUREL and HARDY LAUGHS! TONIGHT 6.15 and 9.15. M G Ms BANQUET OF THE STARS! DINNER AT EIGHT With MARIE DRESSLER, JOHN and LIONEL BARRYMORE,
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 208 6 Our Crossword Puzzle (CLUES.) 30. Monkey ACROSS. 23. Part* of Roman calendar 26. Vie with i unrrihu 27 Mould anew 1. S?ia] Element f"** l 10 Huit Cfe* 08 1 n oJ",^ 30. Human betng 12. Certify 3 Beton 13. Blusters 15. Decay 16. Cot 18. Otrl's name Solution Of
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  • 357 7 New Ruler Installed With Impressive Ritual AMID traditional pomp and ceremony, Tuanku Abdul Rahman was last week installed head of the Nine States, the confederacy of Ne«ri Sembilan. A vivid impression of the scenes at the ceremonies is conveyed by these Sunday Times photographs.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 417 7 H Bourn -vita '$4£&^r«L\ P^HH B BETTER for £IPp fl /I 11 Si s«i B^ E AT BOuR oS l T > l j derstand. Never before have they I ill |''I 'I" »i i I tain in its power to soothe them i^HI^I^VRII^^ IIRIHH <— LUJI gently to sleeo.
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  • Article, Illustration
    12 8 For the restaurant a creation in black lace by Chanel of Paris.
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  • 52 8 Take 1 lb. of aspic Jelly and Vfe pint of fresh tomato juice. Set in a Tins mould, turn out when set and fill the ring with cucumber, spring onions^ and radishes. Surround the ring with young fresh lettuce, sprinkle with mayonnaise, and put lr. the refrigerator
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  • 492 8 Thrills Of The Russian Circus (By Our Woman Correspondent) NOT only children, but grown-ups as well, experience a thrill in seeing a! circus once again. So Isako's Russian Circus was packed last week-end, with a crowd that thoroughly enjoyed itself. The Russian girls, in national costume, looked
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  • 292 8 Every mother and doctor realises the importance of a baby's diet, but it Is only comparatively recently that this subject has been scientifically studied. The average young mother, being somswhat unused to the idea of scientific study of diet, and full of memories of the promiscuous and hearty
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  • 989 8 FOR WOMEN LESS TUBULAR LINES (By Our London Fashion Correspondent.) Sunday Times Office. Fleet Street. ALTHOUGH it is several weeks yet A before the beginning of the "Season," It is proclaimed already that the summer of 1934 is to be a gay one. Eight weeks
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  • Article, Illustration
    15 8 An evening creati n by Gisele of Paris— Robe of white satin, with fan-shaped -train.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 376 8 SPECIAL FURNISHING FABRICS AND HOUSEHOLD LINEN WEEK WHITEAWAYS MONDAY, APRIL 30th to SATURDAY, MAY sth DURING THIS WEEK THE WHOLE OF THE GROUND FLOOR WILL BE DEVOTED ENTIRELY TO DISPLAY OF Ol'R NEW STOCKS OF THE VERY LATEST CREATIONS IN SOFT FURNISHINGS ANP LINENS. EXCLUSIVE DESIGNS AND DELIGHTFUL COLOURINGS YET
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    • 237 8 MEN CAN TELL by ttto Smartness of her Make-up! MEN compare her with other girl* and find her lovelier by far! Men art attracted by beautiful lips, but no man likes "painted" lips. Her lips never shriek "paint," for she always uses Tangee Lipstick. It pives lips the youthful color
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    • 23 8 AMBER MANSIONS —BAFFLES HOTEL, ROOM 1»— For the Petite SPECIAL SMALL SIZES OF EVENING AND DAT GOWNS ARRIVING THIS MAIL, ALSO WHITE HATS.
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    • 124 8 W^BKt M m—^m\ t*^-*" I GOWNS FOR ALL OCCASIONS 11. BATTERY ROAD SINGAPORE PHONE 3164. BEFORE THE RACES You mu«t pay a vuit to RENE ULLM ANN'S MILLINERY DEPARTMENT where you are sure to find the BEST DRESSES AND HATS with glove*, handbags to match. Also lovely gowns for evening
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  • 999 9 Sir Reginald Johnston's Study Of "Forbidden City" CHINA THE MANCHUS Twilight in the Forbidden City.. By Sir Reginald Johnston. Gollancs.] lte. THE root cause of much that Is significant In Chinese contemporary history Is revealed In Sir Reginald Johnston's book on the I twilight
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  • BOOKS WEEK
    • 458 9 "Specialising" In Virtues CHRISTIANITY FROM A NEW ANGLE Orthodoxy of Jesus and Per-; sonality. By A. T. Cadoux. Ivor Nicholson and Watson. ss. is as the Women Knew Him. By 11. G. Tunnirliff. Ivor Nicholson i and Watson, li A LI HOUGH the author knows that
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    • 206 9 STRAIGHTFOR WARD AND EXCITING Steele Bey's Revenge. By T. I und. Werner Laurie. 7s. 6d. itcn EELE Beys Revenge" is an excel»s i ?n t example of Mr. Lund'a straightforward and exciting stories of adventurous happenings, although the venue has been changed from NorthWest Canada to a "terror" ridden
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    • 464 9 YOU'RE TELLING US Smoke Without Fire. By M.E. Snryd-Kynnersley. Penelope's Pro- Kress. By Richard Starr. Jenkins' Colonial Library. SMOKE without Fire is the sort of caricature of their lives which j people who live in far countries have to tolerate. The author sets out toj tell the tale of life
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    • 330 9 The judgment of Larose. By Arthur Gask Jenkins" Colonial Library urpHE judgment of Larose" is a really ■1 well planned and executed detective story, with a plot which keeps the reader guessing until almost the last page. There is a fortunate absence of the many lucky coincidences
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  • 121 9 Glorious Liberty. By Stuart Wood.' Hodder and Stonghton. 3s. 6d. IT is a pity that it Is almost impossible for the reformed criminal to. avoid smugness in recitals of his former wickedness and his present state of being saved. Certainly Stuart Wood, former convict, drunkard, burglar, sexual pervert
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  • 373 9 CAPTAIN RUM'S REVENGE Tne Grinning Avenger. By Edgar Jepson. Looted Gold. By G. E. C. Wedlake Jenkins' Colonial Library. MR. Edgar Jepson has given us many excellent and amusing thrillers, but he has never written anything more exciting than "The Grinning Avenger," which tells the story of
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 59 9 Bobby is delighted with his collection of NESTLES* picture stamps, and so will your boy be. It is so easy to obtain an album just send 10 cents in unused postage stamps or 5 picture stamps to: NESTLES, CHOCOLATE DEPT., 144/7, Cecil Street, SINGAPORE, and a Volume 2 "Wonders of
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  • 788 10 Pat Permang's Plea To Women: rpHE ideal woman of 1935, so we arc told, will be 12 lb. heavier than has been the favourite average weight In recent years. No one knows what the favourite average weight in recent years really was, when expressed
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  • 861 10 Terms of an international agreement for the control of rubber production are to be announced tomorrow. We feel fully justified in making that positive statement in view of information received from our London correspondent during the past two days, and we anticipate that an official communique will appear
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  • 65 10 (Ananias News Factory.) Penan*, Saturday. I understand that Mr. Boater's speech at the last meeting of the Penang Chamber of Commerce has been taken very seriously by several of the members. I know at least three who have intimated their refusal to attend future meetings unless they are
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  • 799 10 AU right, sarge keep your hair on. Just to show there's no illfeeling, you can have the ten dollars this week— and don't forget to leave a little drop in the bottom of the tankard for me. Here's the reason the $10 goes up Tanglln way Teacher Give
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 184 10 OPENING TODAY 3 15 6 15 and 9.15 A NEW STAR IN THE MOVIE SKY! MAY ROBSON IN MKikU GOLDWYN MAYERS "YOU CAN'T BUY EVERYTHING" with LEWIS STONE and JEAN PARKER You will Uufh through your tear* at May Rcbson's marvellous acting aa the mother who rave her whole life
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    • 26 10 PIANO! TUNING REPAIRS REMOVALS HIRE CHARLES. Pbone29o2. 74, Orchard Rd. 1....... ■■■in i I NEW WORLD j SINGAPORE. Side Shows. Cabaret Dancing. Talkies. Theatres and Cinemas.
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    • 29 10 *ISL^Jr ASSERTIONS^yi. 'S^S^rl^^^ SPECIAL VALUE TANKARDS— I PRICE $6.50 EACH MADE IN ENGLAND LOOK— AND ARE WORTH TWICE THE PRICE ASKED. ATTRACTIVE DISCOUNTS TO CLUBS. ROBINSON Co., Ltd. SINGAPORE.
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  • 722 11 MUST RETURN TO WORK TOMORROW Or Privileges Will Be Lost MEN'S RIDICULOUS DEMANDS (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 28. A S the result of a meeting this after- noon, between ten representatives of the F.M.S. Railway strikers and the Standing Labour Sub-committee,
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  • 432 11 KING'S MEDAL FOR TWO OFFICERS Kinta Bandit Round-Up Recalled (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. For meritorious service, particularly while stationed in Kinta, two officers of the F.M.S. Police force were presented this morning with the King's Police Medal by the High Commissioner before a smart pafade on the
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  • 271 11 EX -MOTHER SUPERIOR CHARGED Formerly Mother Superior of the Franciscan sisters' convent, Ashton-under-Lyne, which was suppressed in. 4914, Emily Jane Burke, 62, who still' lives In the convent buildings in Burlington Street, Ashton, was charged at Leeds with obtaining charitable contributions by fraud. She appeared in the
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  • 174 11 NO SLOUCHING THE WESTMINSTER RULES Have you ever seen a boy slouching? Westminster School has, and It has evolved a set of strict rules to stop boys slouching about with any hand in any pocket. The right to two hands in pockets is reserved to the following people only: School
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  • 184 11 U.S. DOCTORS ON HOW TO FIGHT FATIGUE The old question of "Why does smoking give you pleasure?" has now been definitely placed on a scientific footing. Recent research in the United States by Dr. H. W. Haggard and Dr. L. A. Greenberg, described in the Journal-
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  • 107 11 It is somewhat of a revelation to many people when they scan a catalogue of a leading British refrigerator firm to see what a wide range of service it covers. The utilisation of electricity for household purposes was for a long time confined to driving fans and providing lighting.
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  • 211 11 SHORTHAND WRITERS OF THE PAST ABRAHAM'S SECRETARY Oreat shorthand writers of the past were referred to by Sir Leslie Scott, X.C Addressing the Institute of Shorthand Writers practising in the Supreme Court, at their dinner in the Connaught Rooms, London, Sir Leslie said Abraham, who lived in a two-storey house,
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  • 67 11 TIN CONSUMPTION 128,000 TONS FOR YEAR ENDED FEBRUARY (Prom Oar Own Correspondent.) London, Saturday. Tin consumption for the twelve months ended February 1934 was approximately 128,000 tons, compared with 99,833 tons In the year ended February 1933, and the world automobile output for the same period respectively were 2,930,000 and
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  • 162 11 GIRLS' YACHT CRUISE QUESTIONS IN HOUSE A woman's advertisement asking for young girls to accompany her on a yachting cruise to the Mediterranean led to questions being asked In the House of Commons. Mr. Morgan Jones (Lab., Caerphilly) asked the Home Secretary what power he had to control the taking
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  • 159 11 GIRL STOWAWAY A 24-year-old Irish girl, who hid in a ship's lifeboat, and had only two loaves of bread to eat during an Atlantic voyage, has arrived at Galway in the Cunard liner Scythla. The girl, Catherine Carr, an orphan, of Belfast, stated that after four
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  • 263 11 30 Specialists Arriving The first international an tl- malarial course to be held in the East com« mences at the College of Medicine, Singapore, at 8 a.m. tomorrow. Dr% G. V. Allen. Principal of the College, will deliver an introductory address. Nearly 30 specialists from all
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  • 22 11 Inche Jaal. Assistant District Officer, Seremban, was entertained by the members of the Persidangan Bella Club prior to his departure on transfer.
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    • 141 11 INSURANCE IN FORCE I j j j TRIPLED IN 5 YEARS, f f 1 1 At the end of 1923. the total J Insurance In Force of the (1923) Asia Life Company was 6.044.HS < At the end of 1928, the total was almost exactly 3 time that (1928) «c
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    • 29 11 DON T BE gfy VAGUE am> m%~^^^^^s»k Iwm ncuij NO FINER WHISKY GOES INTO ANY BOTTLE SOLI AGENTS JOHN LITTLE tC°L T D SINGAPORE, KUALA LUMPUR. PENANG. C IPOH.
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  • 208 12 TEMPTED ACROSS FRONTIER Story Of Secret Service A GERMAN LAWYER ACCUSED WIFE AS ACCOMPLICE Amsterdam, Saturday. AN amazing story of how a German lawyer and his wife, alleged to be Secret Service agents, enticed Dutch subjects across the frontier in order to get them arrested is told in the Telegraaf.
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  • 52 12 The marriage was solemnised at St. Michael's Cathedral, Coimbatorc, South India, of Miss Josephine Pillay, sixth daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. Dor/iisamy Pillay, and sister-in-law of Mr. J. Louis, of Singapore, and Mr. A. Joseph, eldest son of Mr. S. Santa Billay, retired circle inspector, of Erode,
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  • 378 12 SEEKING MONEY FOR NANKING One of the most Important Chinese visitors to Malaya since the fall of the Chlng Dynasty will reach Singapore on Tuesday. He is Mr. Chen Kung-po. Minister of Industry, who is on a capital-raising tour among Chinese overseas on behalf of the
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  • 1569 12 \news from the courts A RUSSIAN SINGER'S /uAEGED OFFENCE FLYING CLUB -CLERK'S APPEAL FAILS A YOUNG woman. Urn Ah Ngah, who was caught by Revenue officers in possession of $16 worth of contraband chandu, was yesterday fined $180, or 18 weeks' imprisonment, In addition to sentence
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  • 1312 14 ARSENAL WIN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP JJELOW are the results, cabled by Reuter, of yesterday's League football matches. The League tables include results of yesterday's games. Arsenal, by drawing with Chelsea, win the League championship. Division I. Aston Villa 4 West Brom A. 4 Chelsea 2 Arsenal 2 Huddersfleld
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  • 30 14 i in iby, .ncr.shire. English amateur golf championship Lunt, of Moseley, defeated Leonard Crawley, Brancepeth Castle at the thirty-seventh after being six down at the eighteenth. Reuter.
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  • 36 14 Putting tl'.e shot 55 ft. l> 2 ins. was the performance set up by Jack Torrance of Louisiana, State University states a Des Moines (Iowa) message. This is believed to be a world's record.
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  • 35 14 Wednesday J. Lee and C. G. Fugler vs. F. J. L. Mayger and M. C. Elliott. Friday P. H. Romney and R. S Wilson vs. A. L. Gilmore and A. G. Hay.
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  • 634 14 MANCHESTER CITY WIN CUP FINAL BEAT PORTSMOUTH BY 2-1 A GAME OF THRILLS Manchester City 2 Portsmouth 1. Wembley Stadium, Saturday. The teams were unchanged. Thackery won the toss but this was not aa advantage as there was no wind and no sun. There was a thrill in the first
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  • 438 15 135 For Three UNITED SERVICES HIT UP 162 With seven wickets in hand, the 6.C.C. only need 45 tc equal the total collected by the United Services and will therefore resume batting this morning in a strong position. The match between the two
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  • 218 15 CUP FINAL REFEREE TO BE NEW F.A. SECRETARY Thirty-nine years after embracing the secretaryship of the Football Association, Sir Frederick Wall has made up his mind to divorce himself from the office some time after the end of the present Soccer season. Then will the game lose
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  • 185 15 First Event Of Series The RJB.T.C. Ladies' Race, the first of a series. ta!« season, was sailed under favourable conditions yesterday afternoon Boats at the start were: 5, Merlin (Mrs. Mac Donald); 10, Ella (Mrs. Knox) 4, Harlequin (Mrs. Allen) 8, Punal (Mrs. Missel brook 9, Mowgli
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  • 318 15 BETTER SEATING AND MORE ROOM London, Apr. 9. When the crowds flocks to Wimbledon for the tennis championships this summer they will find that several changes have been made in the arrangements at the famous ground. The most obvious is the erection of the new £5,000 stand overlooking
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  • 139 15 TWO PROMOTIONS THIS WEEK Two interesting boxing promotions will take place this week. On May 2 at the New World Frankie Weber will be seen in action against Peter George, the East African. This should prove a very entertaining fight, as also should the third meeting of Sherlock
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  • 240 15 Ceylonese Then Dismissed For 54 The Singapore Recreation Club gained an easy victory over the Ceylon Sports Club yesterday on the Ceylon Sports Club ground, Balestler Road. The Recreation Club declared with 118 for 5 wickets, Orr contributing 38 after a '.erry knock. The Ceylon
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  • 330 15 GENE SARAZEN'S ADVICE TO GOLFERS. Miami, Florida. "Master a good grip and stick to it, otherwise your chances of becoming a good golfer are pretty slim," said Gene Sarazen during a discussion of the game. In his next sentence, he tired a verbal broadside at players who
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  • 61 15 DATE OF CONTEST BETWEEN ENGLAND AND FRANCE It U announced that the British Golf Union and the French Golf Federation have fixed the terms for the usual annual tournament between French and British amateur golfers. The first match will be played on July 21, at Virginia Water, and
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  • 142 15 SUGGESTION THAT JAPAN PAY FARES IN 1940 Baron do Bassempierre, the Belgian Ambassador, was the guest of the Toklo Olympic Committee the other night, his advice being sought as to the best means of securing the Olympic Oames for Toklo in 1940. The Ambassador stated that the Japanese
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    • 14 15 FRIDAY, 4th MAY. FERNANDEZ SUARES. 12 THRILLING ROUNDS. OLYMPIC STADIUM. R D. SIMON. Promoter.
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  • 475 16 Indo-Ceylonese Concede Ten NINE IN SECOND HALF Chinese 10 Indo-Ceylonese 0. The Chinese overwhelmed the IndoCeylonese to the tune of 10 goals to nil in a First Division match at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday afternoon. During the opening half the IndoCeylonese defended well and although the
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  • 208 16 ON FOOTBALL FOR WOMEN QUESTION London, Apr. 7. Twenty- two buxom lassies down Somerset way thought they would like to have a nice football match at Yeovil today, writes a Dally Express correspondent. The County Football Association thought otherwise. "We bean't going to have such goings on dewa
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  • 194 16 CRAWFORD RECOVERING FROM ASTHMA London, Apr. 9. Closer contact reveals the Australians as a most pleasant body of men sure to make a good impression, says Tom Clarke In the Daily Mail. Most of them attended Divine service today, including Bradman, who chatted afterwards amid the breezes on
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  • 28 16 The Second String of the Marina Department beat the Prisons' Department second team by 11 goals to nil, at the Outrun School ground yesterday.
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    • 1089 16 FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR TEN RESULTS— OK $100 FOR BEST FORECAST. Home Football Competition With No Entrance Fee. In this week's Sunday Times football competition Km Hundred Dollars to offered for ten correct reraltfl. In the event of two or more entries predicting correctly the results of all the matches,
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  • 606 17  - IMPROVE YOUR Billiards CUEMAN —BY nPOO many billiard players despise the apparently simple shots of the game. The simple cross-loser off the spotted red is one of the shots I have in mind. With the cue ball on a top shoulder of the top cushion, the loser off the spot
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  • 165 17 GUNNERS BEATEN BY 23 RUNS On tne Nondescripts ground, McNair .'woad. yesterday, the Nondescripts beat the Royal Art'llery. Scores Nondescripts: Choon Lim c Filsell b Jagger 25, Chopard c Webb b Lelri 8, V. Ponniah b Lelr 21, Choor Singh b Leir 10, F. Perera lbw. Lelr 5,
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  • 158 17 In a Second Division match at Seletar yesterday afternoon the Wiltshire Regiment defeated the RAF. by 3 goals to 1. Scammell, Read and Briton scored for trie Regiment. The following will represent the Chwee Beng XI versus the M.V. Malayan Prince XI today at J.C.S.A. I ground:
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  • 194 17 Sinnadurai Takes Nine Wickets United Engineers beat the F.M.B. Railway Institute by 1 run. Wickets went cheaply on both sides, Anthony's 47 for the Institute and Harvey's 42 for the Engineers beir>? the only outstanding scores. Sinnadurai took all the Uniteers' wickets with the exception
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  • 287 17 SELANGOR PADANG GAME ABANDONED (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. The match between the Selangor Club and the V.C.M.A. was abandoned after two and a half hours' play. The Club had just finished their inn'ngs when a shower fell, making further play impossible, CoUett and Mills
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  • 261 17 AN S.C.C. TRIUMPH OVER TEACHERS Brander's hurricane batting accelerated the victory of an S.C.C. eleven in their match against the Singapore Teachers' Association on Raffles Institution ground yesterday afternoon. The Club won by four wickets. Batting first, the Teachers faded to attain high individual scores against the
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  • 46 17 Entertaining the Anglo-Chinese j School yesterday the B.R.C. 2nd XI j won by 9 wickets. The School were trundled out for 41, C. de Souza taking seven wickets for 15. The club made 140 for 8 wickets, V. C. Wester- 1 ho'it collecting 4? not out.
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  • 459 17 KUALA SELANGOR VISIT SABAK BERNAM TE~**IS, FOOTBALL, b.vDMINTON CRICKET Representatives of Kuala Selangor, accompanied by the British Resident, the Hon. T. S. Adams, and Raja Uda, District Officer, Kuala Selangor, visited Sabak Bernam last week-end and played a series of matches at tennis, football, badminton and cricket. On Saturday afternoon
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  • 241 17 S.CRC. WIN BY 73 RUNS The Raffles Institution cricket eleven fared badly against the S.C.R.C. on Hong Llm Green yesterday, being defeated In a low-scoring match by 73 runs. Henry Boon took seven of the schoolboys' wickets for only 20 runs, varying the length of his deliveries and
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  • 1646 18 Singapore Races Open This Week— Shield Football At Malacca— Negri And State Cricket— Selangor's Good Police PlayersChinese Trousers On The Courts npHERE Is every indication that the A May race meeting at Bukit Timah racecourse will be a bumper one. The entry for the meeting is a
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  • 271 18 (From Our Own Ccrr?spondent.) Malacca. THE Negri Sembilan Club, who made their first appearance in Malacca last Sunday, provided entertaining cricket and. by defeating the Malacca Club in a day's match, maintained their unbeaten record. The two de Silva brothers for the N.S. Club were conspicuous for their
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  • 170 18 (From Our Own Correspondent.* Kuala l.iunpur. TJiE F.MP. Fohte possess the stivinsest individual cricket team in Malaya today and are capable of giving any State side a close run. S?langor's policemen include men of outstanding ability such as MacNamara. Dennison-Smith, Willcocks, Husseys, Thomas and Suppiah. 1 The display
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  • 519 18 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang. TCHE weather has been kind this week and excellent progress has been made with the Pcnang Lawn Tennis Championships. There have been no real surprises so far although an unusually large number of matches have gone to three sets. In the men's singles
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  • 1348 19 CHANCE FOR STATES TO TALK IT OVER At Ipoh Whitsun Tournament FALSE RUMOURS ABOUT WELLKNOWN UPCOUNTRY CLUB i^HIN Swee Lin, Selangor Chinese champion, and runner-up in the open singles tournaments of 1932 and 1933, Is to be congratulated on his brilliant victory (reported
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  • 909 19 RECORD ENTRIES EXPECTED The official local annual badminton championship tournaments will soon commence and. with several fiew applications for affiliation to the Singapore Badminton Association, it is expected that the entries for all the events this year will be record ones. The courts Uave not yet been decided
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  • 562 19 MALACCA VICTORY <From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca. In a friendly match played on the Adamevean's court, the Adamevean Badminton Party, of Malacca, beat the Straits Chinese Epworth League, of Singapore, by 4 games to 3. In the singles, Cho Kirn Hawke (Malacca champion) decisively beat Wee
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    110 20 THE LAST two Services men coin* out to bat in their match against the S.C.C. yesterday on the Padanr. THE S.C.C. team going not to field. They dismissed the Services for IG2. THE S.C.C. opening batsmen rotaf in after dismissing the Services for ICE ran*. A CHINESE PLAYER falls to
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