The Straits Times, 10 January 1935

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    38 1 The Straits Times BBTABUSHSD NEARLY K CKNTDRY.] THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1935. PRICE 10 GENTS. The Straits Times 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, THURSDIAY, JANUARY 10, 1935. PRICE 10 CENTS
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      129 1 Singapore: 140. Cecil st. cphone sisi>< It 379 t AttATtP WATtB WORKS REPRESENTATIVE IN THE EAST -H. M.HODGES -37. ROBINSON ROAD, SINGAPORE 111 19^5 I Stan mrd I 4-DOOR SALOON I This Is a most attractive car— the latest development of Standard's unique light-car-buildlng experience. Based on the lines of
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      351 1 Kuala LUMP&t: 2^ Java st. cp%Ji rJHaa) remember! MONDAY, JANUARY 14th. COMMENCING DATE OF ROBINSON'S STOCKTAKING OFFER OF THEIR ENTIRE STOCKS OF GOWNS AND MILLINERY. jft, 25% OFF MARKED PRICES. liY>a] A GENUINE SALE THAT SHOULD NOT B^l|f|S BE MISSED y A PARADE WILL BE STAGED IN THE CAFE NEXT
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      12 1 I FOR FLOWERS PHONE 4097 1 5. Orchard Road, (Amber Mansions) I
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      594 2 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated tn England.) MAIL PA63KNOKR AND CARGO SER VICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL 8. N. CO. UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT. LONDON AD FAR EAST MAIL BKRVICE. OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. Due. Tonnage Spore. 1935. FANOALORE 6.000 Jan. 17 RAJPUTANA
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      627 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. GENERAL PASSENCER AGENTS FOR CUNARD LINE. (Incorporated In Japan) TO LONDON. Naples. MjhiWss, I laton, Aatwerp, Retteraam sad Mllelisarisgh. Vessels Tonnage Due Bail I BUWA MARU 10.570 Jan. 35 36 I FUSHIMI MARU 10,900 Feb. 7 8 HAKOZAKI MARU 10,400 Feb. 30 31 t TERUKUNI MARU 13.000 Mar.
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      671 2 I laf BJJK^S= PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. TO GENOA. LONDON, ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. From From From Frcci S'por* Malacca Fort Penang UA S-ham tJUTLANDIA 291 29/1 30/1 1/3 MKONIA 18/2 19/3 30/3 S3/3 ALBIA 13/3 12/3 13/3 15/3 BOtUNOIA 2/4 3/4 3/4 5 4 KRRIA 33/4 33/4 34/4 254
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      227 2 z^Baaanaaaaßßanaaaaa PRESIDENT LINERS I Tourist Class AMERICAN STYLE £71.12.SINGAPORE TO EUROPE VIA AMERICA GREATEST ADVANCE IN TOURIST CLASS LUXURY. Beautiful public rooms Swimming poolDelicious meala Hot and cold running water in each state room. Cabins for two or more lisswiiini with real beds Modern venUla- tion throughout. Weekly service* from
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      1248 2 l»j "m *ty isj.i iJtT SHIPPING. THE BLUE FUNNEL LINK (Oeeaa THE HUA KHIOW STEAMSHIP CO. Steam fhlp Co^ Ltd., and China Mutual (1931) LTD. Steam NaTlgatlea Co., Ltd. THE CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD THE STRAITS STEAMSHIP CO, LTD. THE SARAWAK STEAMSHIP CO, LTD. THE CHINA NAVIGATION CO, LTD. The
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    DISMISSAL OF OFFICERS LEADS TO STRIKE.
    953 3 WAGE SCALE DISPUTE. Cliinese-Owned Vessels Held Up. jDENDING the complete and unprejudiced re-instatement of r four British Officers of the s.s. Yuet On (who were dishiissed their ship on Saturday) by midnight on Tuesday, the whole of the river and coastal services operated by
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    PASSENGERS BY AIR.
    51 3 The following is the list of passengers by the Royal Netherlands Air Lines, from N.E.I. to Singapore on Jan. 8: Mr. Ong Kong Seng, Mr. Saw Choo Teng. Mr. Leunis, Miss Shigemoto. From Singapore to N.E.I, on Jan. 9: Mr. Demeny, Mr. Leunis, Mr. Mowinkel. Mr. Rutherfurd.
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    VESSELS ARRIVED.
    108 3 TOBA. Neth.. 684 tons, from Djambl 10-1. for Djambl 12-1. SANTHIA, Brit.. 4,841 tons, from Osaka 10-1, for Periling, Rangoon and Calcutta 12-1. TYNSBANK. Brit., 2,731 tons, from Sicolaieh 10-1, for Japan 10-1. INDIA, Italian, 4,076 tons, from Genoa 10-1, for Batavia 10-1. TRIANON, Nor., 3,579 tons, from
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
    137 3 Thursday, January 10. Ships alongside the Wharves or expected <o arrlrs. (Mm Gate KEPI-EL HARBOUR. Main Wharf Lch. "Crow," Dreager *Tenj- balcul," Dredger "Todak," The Cable. Dredger Kuantan." PWD Hoppers, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 6, 7 and 8, Tv? "Belang- kas." Oil Wharf Nil. Coal Wharf
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    31 3 According to telegraphic advice from the Chief Inspector of Navigation at Batavia the west light buoy of the Rokan River (2° 28, 0' North 100 48, 0' East) is burning again.
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    32 3 Another 8,000-ton cargo steamer for their service between Liverpool and West Africa has been ordered by the United Africa Company. This is the second recent addition to the company's Liverpool- Africa -enrice./
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      270 3 HOLLAND-EAST ASIA LINE. OUTWARDS. Regular Freight Service to MANILA, HONG KONG. SHANGHAI AND JAPANESE PORTS. U. MEERKERK 10,000 Jan. 26 ss. SEROOSKERK 11.500 Feb. 22 HOMEWARDS. TO GENOA. MARSEILLES, ROTTERDAM. AMSTERDAM, HAMBURG AND BREMEN. Leave Tonnage Spore SJ. ARENDSKERK 10,000 T. Jan. 30 sj. GAASTERKERK* 11,000 T. Feb. 18 Via
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      722 3 BOUSTEAD CO.. LTD. (Incorporated in F.M.S.) LLOYDS AGENTS BOOKING AGENTS, P.M S. RLYS. AND BIAM STATES RAILWAYS. TELEPHONE t Freight 543 J— Passage 513 L. CANADIAN PACIFIC STEAMSHIPS LIMITED. (Incorporated In England). REDUCED FARES SINGAPORE TO EUROPE First Class From £106.4.6 Up CONNECTING WITH CANADIAN PACIFIC ATLANTIC EXPRESSES. Second Class
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      422 3 i ELLERMAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. llncorporatfd in England > ELLERMAN LINE. FOR HAVRE, LONDON, ROTTERDAM HAMBURG VU PorU and Sues Canal Due. Sail*. Steamer S^pore Sport. p CITY OP EVANSVILLE Jan. 14 Jin- II CITY OF DUNKIRK Jan. 30 Fab. 2 CITY OP ORAK Feb. 14 Feb. 16 CITY
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      384 3 SINGAPORE WEATHER REPORT. Stations Yesterday Last night Max. Rainfall Bright Min. temp. Ins. Sunshine temp. •P hrs. *P Alor Star 89 Nil 11.1 69 Sitiawan 91 0.06 8.6 72 Kota Bharu 85 Nil 8.3 72 Bukit Jeram 88 0.01 10.5 72 Malacca 88 Nil 6 1 71 Singapore (Kallang Aerodrome,
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      501 4 SITUATIONS VACANT Vttrn apply Inc tar any ttton adveriferd in these columns send eapies of testltaoniaß Da not send original* "VANTED by Mercantile firm, junior lady Bti nn.rapl-er. Apply stating qualifications to Bex No. eai. StralU Times. 1 J.QIIRED European Building Foreman I In rnj-hly .experienced in Brickwork and :Ct:icrete
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      747 4 BOARD-RESIDENCE. SILVERBANK. 312 Orchard Rd. 2 rooms available, suit quiet bachelors. HOUSES. FLATS TO LET BUNGALOW 4 Angullla Park, Angullla Co. HOUSE TO LET, Institution Hill. United Engineers Limited. TO LET, weU furnished room at Bu Court, an conveniences. Apply Sf. 18 between s tt 9 p.m. TO LET, 8,
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      993 4 LOST I 1 LOST: Will the lady who took by mistake a long black velvet evening coat with "white lining, wide sleeves and deep white fur collar, return tt to Mrs. J. M. Slrne, 58 Naaslm Road, F and she will receive the one left In Its place. 2 FOR
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      810 4 PUBLIC NOTICES JAMES CRAIG LIMITED. NOTIOS Is hereby given that at extraordinary general meetings of the above Company he'd on December 20, 1934 and January 4, IMS, the following special resolution was duly passed and confirmed:— "That the Company be wound up voluntarily and that Leonard Ratines H"*"*^ and John
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      727 4 BUSINESS CARDS. Ere. FIGARO Ladles HaMressen. PERMANENT WAVING By Emrsfan Experts $8. $10, A $15 only RAFFLES HOTEL. (Room 120) and al 93, Bras Basah Raa*. Fresh Stack. TOOTAL UNCREASABLE TIES. Tootal Ties are known by their outstanding qualities. They are attractive, washable and crease-reslsttng. U|>-to-date patterns In stripes, checks,
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      650 4 MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE Mr*. HARU and Miss HANA 60 WATERLOO STREET. Telephone 7467. i AUCTION NOTICES AUCTION SALE Lot 8. Valuable 999 years' leasehold land nnd house No. 1055 Hillside Drive off Serangoon Road, Singapore, area 3 roods and 21.34 poles. Lot 9. Valuable freehold land situate at
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      187 4 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Singapore Within Outside Without Malaya Malay Postage <B«an:hly 3.M 4.M I 2.5« I Qoarterly t 8.5* $12.M f 7.5« lllalf Yearly $17.00 $>l.« 0 $15.00 'yearly 534.M S4B.M SM.M NoU— On (station cheques should Include thr Dtoal bank discount. IADVERTISEMENT RATES The eharrcn and Imtmrtlans for CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS
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      246 5 HOTELS MALAYAN PREMIER HOTEL J CABARET ATTRACTION! TONIGHT SATURDAY, JAN. 12th (FORMAL) PATRICIA NELSON Speciality Dancer, Late of Follies Bergere Casino De Paris. Miss MONA LEE The English Dancer direct from the Kit Kat Club, London and Return visit of the Popular Artists HUGO JOSEPHINE Non -Diners $1.00 RAFFLES CELEBRATED
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      93 5 SELANGOR CLUB Fraser's Hill 4300 ft. above Sea Level 6pen to non-members KXCELLENT ACCOMMODATION AND CUISINE Tariff on Application to Lady Secretary, Fraser's Hill Phone F.H. 26. It.M) VOl R HOLIDAYS AT CAMcfkON HIGHLANDS HOTEL In a cool and invigorating climate 5.0*0 Srrt above tea level amidst glorious scenery THE
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      161 5 SERVICE from a Radio Company Is not confined to serving goodi over the counter,— or doing a few odd repair Jobs to Radio Set? Amplifiers, etc., etc REAL SERVICE Is deeper than that. It embraces considerable experimental work with numerous types of components, various sets and equipment, different circuits etc..
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      538 5 8.8.C. PROGRAMMES. The 8.8.C. announces that In future the following wavelengths will be used: metre. metre. 9.38 p.m. -11. 8 OSC 35.29 OSB 31.65 11.5-11.20 OSB 31.56 11.20-12.20 OSB 31.55 OSA 49.59 12.20-12.35 OSA 49.59 13.35-1.5 OSA 49.59 GSD 25.53 TODAT. TransmiMton t pjn. C.20 Big Ben. The Bath Pump
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      627 5 BERLIN. TODAY. pjn. 8.30 DJA, DJN announcement (derm., Engl.) German folk song. Programme forecast (Germ., Encl.). 8.35 Short musical programme. 8.50 Luis Trenker has a talk with the Hitler youth. 5. 05 News In English on DJA and In Dutch on DJN. 9.20 Relayed from Munich: Some Round Dances from
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      459 5 Today's Crossword Puzzle «b im >7 iF* m Pi >5~ 20 ai 5T Hi i§i f^i §1= li Hi ii (CLUES.) ACROSS. *•»"*> »Pee««» 18. Waken A 20. Villain S. Artifice 21. At what place 8. Leave out 22. Oscillate 9. Insect 2 4. Field S^f™ 118 25. Often 2r"5
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      312 5 SINGAPORE. TODAY. 6 p.m. Recorded Muclc. 6.4:> p.m News Bulk-tin supplied by Straits Times. 8 p.m. Relay of Dinner Music dj Raffle? Hotel Orchestra under direction of Dan Hopkins 9.35 Records. 9 .-50 Station orchestra. 10.20 Dutch Natlcnal Anthem. FRIDAY. JAN. 18. pm. 8.20 Dutch National Anthem and opening announcement.
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    GEN. HERTZOG DONE WITH REPUBLICANS
    537 6 Attack On Dr. Malan The need for a unified South Africa was stressed by General Hertzog in a speech at Bethal, Johonnesburg. The first duty that rested upon them, he said, was to build up a unified strong nation instead of remaining a people divided
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    NEW UNEMPLOYMENT BOARD.
    173 6 Alto .vances Instead Of The "Dole." London, Jan. 7. What is described as a new chapter in ths social history of Great Britain was opened today when the Unemployment Assistance Board, began its career as a national authority charged with the maintenance and well are of able-bo-'ird
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    DRAMATIST LEAVES £69.000.
    149 6 DRAMATIST LEAVES £69.000. Sir George Thomas, Britain, Euwe (Holland) and Flohr (Czechoslovakia) tied for first place In the Hastings Chess Congress with a score of six and ,a half each out of a possible nine ißeuter Wireless. The dramatist, Sir Arthur Plnero, left £69.000— Reuter Wireless. After a six weeks
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    INDUSTRIAL ART AT ROYAL ACADEMY.
    214 6 Prince Of Wales Opens Winter Exhibition. I H.R.H. the Prince of Wales last week opened the winter exhibition of the Royal Academy which marks an entirely new departure. In recent years these exhibitions have been devoted to displays of art treasures of the past. The
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    16 KILLED 67 INJURED IN RAIL CRASH.
    109 6 Details Of Soviet Train Disaster. Moscow, Jan. 8. Sixteen persons were killed and 87 were injured in a disastrous express collision which occurred yesterday morning 135 miles from Leningrad on the Moscow main line. It Is alleged that an express ignored the signals
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    £2,000,000 FOR NEW WHITEHALL.
    108 6 Demolition To Start Soon. The Government Is to go ahead with the scheme for erecting a great block of new Government buildings in Whitehall. In November Mr. W. Ormsby-Oore, First Commissioner of Works, said he was not In a position to decide, but It was later
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    THE BLACK GUARDS.
    97 6 tor Use Against internal Enemies. Berlin, Jan. 7. Herr Hitler Is secretly reorganising the "Black Guards." Twenty thousand Black Guards are being formed into a separate organisation called "Regiment Number One" which will be more heavily armed than the Black Guards are 1 at present. The majority
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    SOVIET MUSIC IN ENGLAND.
    131 6 Folk Dancers To Visit London. I The All-Union Society for Cultural I Relations with Foreign Countries has i sent a number of musical productions of Soviet composers Polovlnkin, Mia- skovsky, Chaporin, and others, to the Edinburgh Society for Cultural RelaI tlons with the U.5.3.R. at the
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    "GOLFERS ARE NOT SPORTSMEN"
    75 6 Bishop of Chelmsford's Opinion. "Golf teaches us only the things we ought not to learn." declared the Bishop of Chelmsford iDr. H. A. Wilson). "Men who confine themselves to golf cannot call themselves sportsmen. "That is why golfers are such awful bores. They simply play for
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    Viceroy's New 'Plane.
    26 6 Mr. Neville Vlnteent, pilot of the Viceroy of India's new four-fr-ined monoplane, "Star of India." built and furnished to Lord WUlingdon's special requirements.
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    SCOUT'S 20,000-MILE TREK.
    86 6 Emidio Fernandes, a Portuguesa Boy Scout, who le.t Laurenco Marques, Portuguese East Africa, with two other Scouts in April last year to make their way to Lisbon on Britishbuilt bicycles, arrived in Lisbon recently, having cavered roughly 20,000 miles. His companions were taken ill on the way.
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      76 6 THE 1935 IMPROVED FAMILY SCALE "THE GEORGE WASHINGTON" "NEVER TELLS A LIE" QUAiITY IMPROVED— —YET LOW IN PRICE COLOURS ENAMELLED WHITE GREEN IVORY BLUE WEIGHS UP TO 240 LBS. PRICE $15.00 (DELIVERED ANYWHERE) BUCK WITH CHROM TRIMMING $2/- Extra. FOR 'HIS MAJESTY THE BMY" WEIGHS UP TO 24 i.bs. ENAMELLED
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      123 6 HZ^^^^B^sV^XHsSflsl B^B^r^B^B^^^^^B^Bß^^^^^^^^^BW^T^^^^^^B^BrT^^B^lW^^Ti I lllilsllffl t'.^V iln'rffrrPw B 8 MORRIS _J OXFORD-TWEKTY The dignity, comfort and luxury of a big car brought within your reach. There is no motoring pleasure to csmpare with the silent, effortless glide of a big preclslon-built car. And up till now that pleasure has been confined
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    VISION THAT WAS FULFILLED. METHODISTS' JUBILEE.
    2407 7 VISION THAT WAS FULFILLED. METHODISTS' JUBILEE. Wonderful Tributes To Bishop Oldham. THE Victoria Memorial Hall was crowded to its utmost capacity yesterday when in connection with the semicentennial celebrations of the establishment of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Malaya, a public meeting was held in honour of the Rt. Rv.
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  • Correspondence.
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      EUROPEAN FOREMEN.
      135 7 Three Dollars Per Day On The New Aerodromes. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— lt may interest you and your readers to heai the maximum salaries paid for foremen or men employed in similar capacity on the new work* at the P.W.D. civil aerodrome. Penang. For
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      78 7 monument to his memory. Not only did he nnlsh that work but he produced the whole bible In baba Malay as well. Only the New Testament was published. I believe the Rev. Ooh Hood Kens has the Old Testament manuscript In his possession. Lastly we are brought to the one
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      107 7 rv, P"O^E 32C1 c TnuiruT oic Deiifhtrau 6.IS— TONIGHT— 9.IS rtoaaeed hy |l 1/ A beTy o( BRITISR ■>»"(• the Makers I^^^^B ■W* aP> *SQE aVbXS Mipportln* > famous star In a "^//jjt~^^mM FAIRBANKS in MONTGOMERY isajjF^*® nni7 TuTn°' ■■hW rfUuitt&L. '4, Rome...Th«Gloryol UU II JUM II Wl^ mmO m
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      267 7 PIONE TWO ENTERTAINING PICTURES 5 7 0 9 aU for one payment J6.15 TONIGHT 9.15 The Life of a Camsusnero! Saturday for football! Monday to Friday to Love! "SATURDAY'S MILLIONS" wtth ROBERT YOUNG. LEILA HYAMS. J OHNNY Me BROWN preceded by A Thrillinc Western Picture "STRAWBERRY ROAN" a wtth KEN
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    AROUND THE MARKETS.
    190 8 Rubber Shares Continue! Steady. (Prom Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Jan. 10. The rubber market was again quietly steady this morning and sellers did not seem to be inclined to sell down at present. There was a fair amount of action at the auction, good sheet fetching 21%
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    PRODUCE.
    308 8 Singapore Jan. 1», 12 ■•on. Buyer. Seilei Gambler 5.50 Java Cube 8.75 Hamburg Cube 11 00 White Muntok Pepper 65.00 White Pepper 64.00 Black Pepper 20.50 Mixed Black Pepper Copra, sundrled 3.70 Copra, mixed 3.40 Small Fiake Tapioca 3.50 Fair Flake Tapioca 3.40 Med. Pearl Tapioca 5.50 Small Pearl
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  • LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
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      EXCHANGE RATES.
      210 8 The following are the exchange rates this morning according to the daily circular issued by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation SELLING. London, 4 months' sight 2/4 7/32 London, 3 months' sight 2/4 3/16 London, 60 days' sight 2/4 5/32 London, 30 days' sight 2/4% London, demand
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
      311 8 Tads*. Aden <Kvoa) ..3 p.m. East and South Africa (Kara) 3 p.m. America (North) Except Western Canada and Western States of DSA iKaroa) 3 pm America (South) (Kara) 3 p.m. Burma (Karoa) 3 p.m.; Egypt (Karoa) 3 p.m., Europe:— Great Bnt-ali and Europe generally (Karoa) 3 p.m
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      AIR MAIL AMSTERDAM.
      56 8 The local agents of the Netherlands Air Mail Service notify that the outward aeroplane Is expected to arrive at Singapore at about 8 a.m. tomorrow. The matt will be available to boxholders and window delivery ticket holders at 9 a.m Coi> spondenee for non-boxhoMers will be sent
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      MAILS EXPECTED.
      42 8 From China by Burdwan due at Singapore noon today Prom Philippine Islands by President Harrison due at Singapore daylight on Saturday, the 12th instant. From China and Japan by Toba Maru dv» at Singapore on Saturday afternoon, the 12th Instant.
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    • STOCKS AND SHARES.
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        MINING.
        381 8 Val. Bayers Bellers i/- Ampat Tin 4/3 4/7*4 £1 Asam Kumbang 33/- 39 £1 Austral Malay 61/- 62/5/- Ayer Hitam 13/- 14/1 Ayer Weng 2.20 2.25 £1 Bangrln Tin 24/3 25/£1 Chenderiang 8/6 9/3 50 Hitam Tin 0.49 0.53 1 Hong Fatt 0.48 0.51 5/- Hong Kong Tin 11/6
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        GENERAL.
        294 8 Vai. Pd. Buyers. Seller 2 2 Alex. Brick Ord 1.30 1.40 2 2 do 7% Prefs. 1.75 1.83 10 10 Atlas Ice 10.00 10.75 £I£IB.A.T. 6.7.6 6 12.6 10 5 British Malaya Trustee 5.75 6.00 £1 £lCon. T. 8 7% Prels. 24/9 25/6 1 1 Con. T.ti.Ord 19/9 20/6
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        143 8 SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL 5% 1901 red 194 b $400,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 110 112 norn *Vi% IM7 red 1947 $1,600,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 114% 116% norn **k% 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 120 122% norn 4% 1913 red. 1963 $2,000,000
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        348 8 Fraser and Co., and Lyall and. Evatt's Quotations. Today's Prices Fruer Ly«M Brat Co. Allenby 190 2 00 185 2.05 Alor Gajah 1 55 1 65 1.56 1.65 A. Hltam 2.90 2.60 250 2.60 A. Molek 1.15 130 120 1.30 Amal Malay ($2) 3.46 3.55 3.50 3.60 A.
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      HIGHER PRICE AND LOWER COST.
      446 8 KillinghaU Tin. LAST YEAR'S PROFIT QUADRUPLED. The fifth annual general meeting of Killinghall Tin, Ltd., was held at the registered offices, 7, Martin's Lane, E.C. Mr. W. Arthur Addinsell (chairman of the company), in the course of his address, said: It is pleasant to meet
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      TAIPING RUBBER DIVIDEND.
      107 8 More Company Results. BRITISH TIN PAYS V/i PER CENT. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Jan. 9. The annual report of Taiping Rubber Plantations for the year to September 30 last shows profits of $14,134. A final dividend of 3U per cent, is being declared making a total
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      63 8 Daily Prices Current For R.M.A. No. 1. K. Ribbed Smoked Sheet. Noon, Jan. 10. Bayers. Sellers. Spot (loose) 21% 22 (P. 0.8.) Current month 22% 22% Feb.-March 23 23 Mi April-June 24% 24% Jury-Sept. 25% 26% Tone of Market:— Quiet steady. Latest C4ble: London Spot
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    WORLD FINANCIAL AGREEMENT.
    167 8 Foreshadowed By 1-S. Law Head. Washington, Jan. 8. World agreement on money and currency matters is forecast by Mr. Cummings. Attorney-General in mi address in the Supreme Court in the Norman case. Mr. Cummings asked the court to upnold the law suspending gold payments, so that the
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    MANCHESTER AND CHINA TRADE.
    136 8 Diminishing Purchasing Power. London. Jan. 9 "A more peaceful China but alas less trading activity" states the Manchester Chamber of Commerce annual review of trade with China. The Diminlshint of Chinese purchasing power is the chief cause of Lancashire's rapidly contracting piec?goods trade and ft is
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    CHINESE PLAY IN LONDON.
    128 8 Lady Precious Stream A Great SuccP cn London jan. 9 The performance of "Lady Precloa.. Stre.m." the ancient Chinese play which was successfully translatea by Mr. Hsu-ing, and which has proved a grat stage success in London, was suspended during the Christmas holid.ivs because the Little
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    ASIA'S RARE ANIMALS' PROTECTION.
    121 8 London Conference Next Autumn. London. Jan. 9. Mr. Guy Dollman, Curator of the Natural History Museum in a letter to The Times today, protests against the simultaneous killing in West Szechuan of ten takins by the American Dolan expedition. He fears it is unlikely that the
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    11 INDIAN SOLDIERS KILLED BY PLANE.
    61 8 Karachi, Jan. 8. Eleven l^lan soldiers were killed and eleven aerlovslj Injured when a plane which was pracwir.n attacks on marching troops crashed into a Istoon of the Balooch Regiment. The plane was piloted by Flying Officer Sircar md bowled the men over like
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    FAMOUS EDWARDIAN HOSTESS DEAD.
    27 8 London, Jan. 8. The death is announced to the famous Edwardian hostess and non-agenavian, Emma, widow of the first Lord Rothschild.— Reuter Wire'ess.
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      PROSPERITY AGAIN BY JUNE.
      1355 9 AMERICAN FORECAST. Lesson Of Former Crises. i New York, Dec. 24. As usual, the major interest of the business community is found in the question, when will the depression be likely to come to an end. Former Vice-President, Charles G. Dawes, later head of a Chicago
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      STATISTICS OFFICE LIBRARY NOTICE.
      203 9 The following publications were Issued or received by the Department of Statistics, SS. and F.M.8., during the periodd Dec. IS to Dec. 21, 1834. Inclusive, and are available for public use in the Reference Library, Pullerton Building. Singapore Application may b? made by members of the
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      HOME AND AMERICAN STOCKS.
      460 9 Last Night's London Quotations. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Jan. 9. Closing quotations today ol the principal British stocks are given below. The rise or fall is in relation to the price of Jan. 8. GOVERNMENT STOCKS. BRITISH. Rise or Fall Conversion Loan 5% 124 Funding
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      201 9 MALAYA RUBBER STATISTICS Foreign imports or rubber during the month of December 1934, In dry tons. WET RUBBER Re mill Crepes, (estimated dry weight) DRY RUBBER Blanket Crepes, Native Bark and Wet Sheet Scrap, Lump TOTAL Country of Origin Smoked Sheet Dry Unsmoked Estate Scran Crepes and Bark All Ocades
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JAN. 10, 1935. THE GOVERNOR AND THE CHINESE.
    702 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JAN. 10, 1935. THE GOVERNOR AND THE CHINESE. Sir Shenton Thomas has been struck by one thing more than by any other during the few weeks since he assumed office. It Is the happy conjunction of a great diversity of races with an admirable state
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    Noise In Hospitals.
    221 10 /\NE of the leading medical authorl- ties in Australia has drawn attention to the unnecessary noise In hospitals, particularly that arising from the contact of hard-heeled shoes with wooden floors. A propaganda pamph- 1 let Issued by the Rubber Growers' i Association, indicating the merits of i
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    The Late Dr. E. A. O. Travers.
    36 10 Dr. E. A. O. Travers, of Saffron Walden and formerly of Kuala Lumpur, whose death took place recently, left an estate of £27.420 wltb a net personalty of £24,703.
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    OVERLAND FROM PAHANG.
    1101 10 How Trade Crossed The Watershed. (A historical survey of Pahang toas essayed by Mr. Linehan, M.C.S., in an address to the Seremban Rotary Club recently.. This address is deserving of a much wider public, and it is therefore to be published in three instalments in the Straits
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    NOTES Of The DAY
    713 10 A RESIDENT of Trengganu has drawn my attention to the enterprise which Japanese settlers are showing on the East Coast. There are nine fishing villages between Kemaman and Tumpat, and one finds small Japanese businesses, such as boarding-houses, billiard saloons, halrcuttlng shops and piecegoods shops, in
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    MR. HOWESON ANALYSES THE PRICE OF TIN.
    397 11 "HIGH LEVELS ARE AS DANGEROUS AS LOW." "ABSURD" VIEWS DEPLORED. Serious Depletion On Short-Lived Mines. KEEPING EQUITABLE MEAN. MR. JOHN HOWESON resumed his defence of the higher price of tin in a 'speech in London yesterday at the annual meeting of -Nigerian Tin
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    FAVOURABLE PROSPECTS FOR RUBBER.
    107 11 An Amsterdam Review Of The Year. Amsterdam, Jan. 9. Discussing the provisional figures for the period June to December last representing the first seven months of rubber restriction, one of the largest Amsterdam brokers, in his annual review, expresses the opinion that the prospects are favourable
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    BRITISH BANKS HAD A GOOD YEAR.
    86 11 Big Five's Higher Profits. London, Jan. 9. Higher net profits recorded by "Big Five" prove that British banks, though battling against adverse factors, had a successful year. Improved trade assisted net earn Ings, but the reduction of income-tax was chiefly responsible for the sllgh
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    13 FEARED DROWNED FROM TRAWLER.
    82 11 Three Survivors In Hull Disaster. The trawler Edgar Wallace (336 tons) struck a sandbank in the river Humber near Hull tonight and heeled over and sank immediately. The number drowned Is now estimated at 13. There are three survivors of the disaster, one of whom
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    N.R.A. CLAUSE RULED INVALID.
    468 11 Important Oil Decision In America. Washington, Jan. 9. Two most important features of the New Deal, namely the Invalidation of the gold clause in June, 1933, and the devaluation of the dollar in January. 1934. were subjected to an attack today when the Supreme Court began
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    AUSTRALIAN MAYOR FETED IN JAVA.
    387 11 Air Race Hero. HE HELPED DUTCH Am RACE PLANE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Sourabaya, Jan. 8. A small-town Mayor from Australia who has become famous indeed is the hero of the Dutch is beinpr feted in the Netherlands Indies and he will soon call at
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    WOLVES ATTACK PEOPLE IN POLAND.
    129 11 So Cold That Milk Bottles Explode. Poland is experiencing a spell of exceptionally cold weather, which has come from Russia. Thirty-three degrees of frost are recorded in some 1 places. V Wolves have become a veritable Pest and are continuing to attack peasants. In some
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    JAPANESE COTTON EXPORTS INCREASE.
    43 11 Figures 20 Per Cent. More In 1934. Toklo, Jan. 9. Japan last year exported over 2,567,000,000 square yards of cotton goods, an increase of 20 per cent, compared with 1933. Rayon output was almost doubled, totalling 1.377.000.000 lb— Rcuter.
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    45 11 Orenoble, Jan. 10. A whole block of houses was set alight by fire In a rubber warehouse in the centre of the town. The fire, which Is threatening other parts of the town Is still blazing furiously and all fire brigades are called out.— Reuter.
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    FORT CORNWALLIS TO BE RESTORED.
    236 11 Sir Shenton Thomas Decides. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Jan. 10. The restoration of fort Cornwallis to its original condition, so far as the three remaining walls are concerned is ordered by His Excellency the Governor in a Minute Paper issued from Bel Retiro. The
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    EUROPEAN IN DRUG CASE IN CHINA.
    101 11 "A Regular Morphine Factory Reference. Shanghai, Jan. v. A sensational drug case opened in the British court at Shanghai today when Mrs. Victor V. Johnston, the fashionably-dressed Spanish wife of an Australian sea captain, was charged with the manufacture of narcotics. Following a fire
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    M. P. ASKED TO RESIGN.
    42 11 London, Jan. 8. The Conservative Association has unanimously decided to ask Capt. H. J. Moss, who was fined last month for contravening the Lotteries' Act, to return his seat. Reuter Wireless. Capt. Moss is M.P. for Rutherglen.
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    SIR LESLIE WILSON TO VISIT MALAYA.
    147 11 Governor Of Queensland In Far East The Straits Times understands that Sir Leslie Wilson, the Governor of Queensland and a former Governor of Bombay, will be visit>'n£ Singapore in a few weeks' He is planning a two months' hollC ijr in the Far East
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    A JUNK MODEL FOR LONDON MUSEUM.
    138 11 News In Brief. A magnificent six-foot model of a South China junk presented by Sir Frederick Maze has arrived at the South Kensington Science Museum. This Is the tenth junk given by SiFrederick and it is the most beautiful of all— Reuter. Jan Kiepura,
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    FATED AIR LINER WAS HIT BY LIGHTNING.
    301 11 Dutch Pilots Inspection. Fresh details of the disaster to, the X.L.M. Douglas plane which crashed 250 miles from Baghdad while carrying the Christmas mail from Amsterdam, are contained in an interview given by Pilot Viruly, of the X.L.M. Ricebird, which landed near the
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    HEIL HITLER AND BE DISQUALIFIED.
    301 11 HEIL HITLER AND BE DISQUALIFIED. Saar Plebiscite Incidents. RESULT KNOWN ON MONDAY. Saarbrucken, Jan. 8. CIVE men who gave the Hitler salute on entering a polling station, during the preliminary Saar plebiscite, were immediately disqualified from voting in accordance with the decree of the Plebiscite Commission. An aged woman was
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    SIGNOR MISSOLINI TO VISIT PARIS.
    31 11 Rorr.e, Jan. 8. i In the name o> the French Government hi. Laval has invited Signor Mucsolini to visit Paris in the near future. A neta-Havas.
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    FINGER PRINT EVIDENCE.
    152 11 Expert's Report At Lindbergh Trial. Fiemington <New Jersey, Jan. 3. Continuing the tri .1 of Bruno i Hauptmann on a charge of nrarder- ing the Lindbergh baby. Mr. Kelly a I finger print expert, admitted that he I had found no flngsr prints in UM nursery or
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    MUNICIPALITY FOR KUALA LUMPUR?
    2467 12 MR. JOHN HANDS' MOTION CARRIED. Comparisons With The "New Despotism" In England. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 9. By five votes to three, the unofficial members of the Kuala Lumpur Sanitary Board yesterday passed the following resolution "That steps -be taken immediately towards converting
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    "GUILTY" PLEA WITHDRAWN.
    92 12 But Men Sentenced For Drug Offence. By permission of the trial judge, Mr. H. A. Forrer, two Bengali Hindus, Ram Sanka Rai and Lantara, who had originally pleaded guilty to possession of deleterious drugs, withdrew this plea in the criminal district court yesterday. The two had been
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    23 12 The wedding of Mr. Chang Kam Swee to Miss Loke Soh Bee at the Selangor Chinee Recreation Club. Kuala Lumpur took place yesterday.
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    AMUSEMENTS
    115 12 SINGAPORE. Private LITe of Don Juan wlttf Douglfts Fairbanks 6. 15— 9.1.,. CAPITOL Cleopatra with Claudette Colbert 6 1^—8.15 GLOBE THBVrBE. GKEAT WORLD Strictly Personal. GBVAI WOKLU Cabaret— Operator 13 Se Dawn 1 Patrol. HOLLYWOOD V. SEJTANGOON Freighters of Destiny it Love Raco MAHLBOROK.iI Tanan His Mate 6— B
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    CHRONIC INVALID'S SUICIDE.
    152 12 Found Hanging In Shed At Furniture Store. The Singapore Coroner yesterday returned a verdict of suicide by hang- 1 ing after an inquiry Into the death of a young Tamil Hindu. Panjanathan. I The man had been employed as a peon at Messrs. Frankel Brothers of Victoria
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    ALLEGED CAUSING HURT.
    130 12 English-Speaking Hokien Charged. Tan Say Lin, an English -speaking. .Hokien Chinese, shabbily dressed, apIpeared before Mr. Normar Grlce. the second magistrate, yesterday. The charge was one of voluntarily j causing hurt to a police constable T" I Injured man received three stab wound with a cobbler's knife
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    Seven Years' Gaol For Chinese Armed Robber.
    803 13 Seven Years' Gaol For Chinese Armed Robber. Convicted Man's Story Of Being Victim Of A Grudge. A UNANIMOUS verdict of guilty was returned by a common jury at yesterday's Assizes before Mr. Justice A. K. a'Beekett Terrell on a Kheh Chinese named Yong' Foi, who was charged with committing armed
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    Rush For Stalls At Trade Fair.
    311 13 JUBILEE WEEK SHOW IN SINGAPORE. The British Trade Fair, Singapore, like the British Industries Fair held annually in London and Birmingham, grows increasingly popular from year to year. In these circumstances it is not a matter for surprise that applications for stalls at the
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    CEYLON EPIDEMIC.
    97 13 Performance In Aid Of Appeal Today. Money continues to cone in for the relief fund which has been opened in Singapore in aid of sufferers in the unprecedented malaria epidemic in Ceylon. Nevertheless, it is hoped that further support will be given, not merely by the Ceylonese but
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    SENSATIONAL TEST CRICKET—WYATTS BOLD POLICY.
    432 14 SENSATIONAL TEST CRICKET— WYATTS BOLD POLICY. RAIN PREVENTS PLAY BEFORE TEA. Smith Takes Three Wickets For No Runs. Although no play was possible before tea in the First official Test match at Barbadc there was plenty of excitement during the last hour of the day and when stumps were drawn
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    15 14 S. Vellupillay. skipper of the Medical College hockey team, who is also a good cricketer.
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    SPORTING FIXTURES.
    103 14 Thursday, Jmo. It. Rugby: S.C.C. "A" vs. Wiltshire*, paaanj Hockey: S.C.C. vs. SRC. padang; S.C.R.C. II vs. Port Canning. Football: S.A.F.A. Meeting. Alison Road Stadium. rrMay. Jan. 11. Rugby: Wiltshircs II vs. R.A. (B'.akang Mali). Tanslin. Hock European Trial, padang: S C.R.C. vs. SVC. Hong Llm Green; S.R.C.
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    STATE HOCKEY.
    50 14 The following have been selected to represent Negri Sembllan against Perak on Sunday, Jan. 13. at Seremban. Alexander; R. Fowler and Dr. G. [Van Geyzel; R. Lopez, Ramali and ,Mhd. All; T. G. Winch. Lee Moh Hon. R. E. Wilson (Capt>, G. OHara and i Ismail bin Latif.
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    18 14 ["he Government, Bat 11 Road, English School Kuala Lumpur football team, which has bad a particularly good season.
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    JUST WANDERING AROUND
    1507 14  -  VAGRANT.) A Sportsman's Memories No. 1. (BY A Few Famous Colleges. "Poddie*' And Port. Tennis Players Of Note. THE NORTH'S FINE HOSPITALITY. What an adventure that first away match, be it rugger, cricket or soccer is when one has just got into the school XV or XI.
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    TOMORROW NIGHT'S BOXING.
    307 14 MUROTA READY FOR L.S. FOND. Stewart 6? Guillermo To Meet Again. At last Tiny Mur the Japane-3 flyweight boxer, has recovered from his illness and is able to take the rln,j against L. S. Fond at the Olymp.o Stadium tomorrow night. Murota came here with Aide and
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    F. M. S. POLICE TO MEET COLONY.
    166 14 Week-End Sport. Hockey Rugger Matches Here On Saturday. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 9. The following, representing the F.M.S. Police hockey team, will travel to Singapore, leaving Kuala Lumpur by night mall on Saturday, ta meet the Colony Police in their
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    LAWN TENNIS.
    211 14 Chinese New Year Tourney Next Month. An open lnvitj'lon lawr. tennis tournament will be held at the Singapore Cricket Club from Feb. 1 to 5. There will be 11 events as follows: Open men's single, open men's doubles, open mixed doubles, open women's singles, open women's doubles, handi-
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    SQUASH RACKETS.
    66 14 Today's Ties At The Tanglin Club. Ties for today in the Tanglln Club squash tournament are as follow: B CLASS Court No. 1 5.30 p.m. Skey vs. Finlay. 7 p.m. New vs. Price. Court No. 2 530 p.m. Henman vs. Black. 7 p.m. Giles vs. Bailey. A CLASS
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    SHEFFIELD SHIELD.
    83 14 Tommy Andrews In Record Partnership. Sydney. Jan 2 Queans.and totalled 494 runs agate. c New Soulh Wa'es. T. T Ardiews <25.'and J. Bensted <155> wer* associate;! in a partnership which r"».«!'Sfd 09 runs. This is a record partnership for the seventh wickft in Sheffle 1 Shield matches aid
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      154 14 B^ 'yD lt_-. IMPROVED SMOKER'S TEETH AT FIRST BRUSHING If you smoke you should use this special peroxide toothpaste to keep your teeth dean and stain-free. For heavy smoking leaves ugly brown deposits on the enamel and in between the teeth. Mr. T. W. R., of Norwich, England, a very
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    PUNAI WINS ANNUAL RACE TO CHANGI AND BACK.
    930 15 MOWGLI AND BETSY IN TROUBLE. Cora Takes Ramona Trophy On Handicap. /"JN Saturday afternoon starting at 2.15 p.m. and on Sunday starting at 10.30 a.m. the B Class sailed the annual race to Changi for the Aoelus Cup, which was eventually won
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    KEPPEL vs. ISLAND CLUB.
    596 15 INTER-CLUB MATCH ON SUNDAY. W. H. Elkins In Great Form At K.L. A four ball foursome handicap match has been arranged between the Island Golf Club and Keppel Golf Club for Sunday over the Keppel Links. The following are the ties and starting times, Island Club
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    PENANG AMATEUR MEETING.
    462 15 Racing. New Classifications By The S.R.A. The Penang Polo Club Amateur Meeting will be held on Saturday, Jan. 12, and the entries are as follows: Horses, Class 4, Fan. Conan Doyle, Double Speed. Cats1 paw, Owen, Grey Nun, Lady Alouette, Windgarde, Brown Lady, Veracity, Gunga Din, Car
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    EDDIE BILLETT.
    59 15 Does Well At Colombo Meeting. At the Ceylon Turf Club holiday meeting Eddie BlUett rode a second on the first day. On the same Saturday as Robe BlUett saw Eastern Ally win for his patron, Mr. "Graham," In Penang, young Eddie rode three win* ners including that of
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    THE CLUB VERANDAH.
    607 15 Inter-State Baseball. A Problem For The Colleges.— The Way Out.— s Polo Club's Long Existence. Conducted by "LEIGHTOX" BASEBALL has made tremendous strides throughout the country recently and If taken In hand properly should become Increasingly popular with th£ Chinese. It was stated recently that tr.e game
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    DIVORCE PETITION DISMISSED.
    1032 16 Question Of Husband's Domicile. AN interesting point with regard to domicile was raised in an undefended divorce suit heard in Kuala Lumpur. The petitioner, Mr. G. L. O'Hara Hickson sought for a dissolution of his marriage with Mrs. Irma O'Hara Hickson on the ground of adultery; with
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    INDIAN LABOURERS ARRIVING.
    76 16 I Indian Migration Figures For December. Information has been received by telegraph that 1.457 state-aided labourers will arrive on January 10 by the Rajula. II Is expected that 288 will be sent to Pulau Jerejak and the others will proceed to Port Swettenham for quarantine there. December
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    JUDGE'S WIFE IN CAR MISHAP
    208 16 Alleged Dangerous Driving. A minor motor-car collision at Collyer Quay had a sequel before Mr. C. H. Whttton in the police court yesterday when Mr. Alexander Brown, an engineer employed by Messrs. Ritchie and Bissett, was charged with driving negligently. Mrs. Aleyne a'Beckett Terrell, wife
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    ANOTHER RUSSIAN RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
    58 16 6 Killed And 23 Injured. Moscow. Jan. 10. Six people were killed and 23 injured when a train crashed into the rear of another at Rosto Vondon early yesterday. Reuter. A disastrous express train collision occurred early this week 135 miles from Leningrad.' on the Moscow
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    MISSION TO CANTON.
    129 16 Dr. Wang: Chung-Lui's Work For Unity. Nanking, Jan. 10. Dr. Sun Fo, president of the Legislative Yuan who has just returned here from Pelping, will accompany Dr. Wang Chung-hui, the international Jurist, on another mission to Canton next week. It is confidently expected that the two del
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    23 16 Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Petrie have returned from leave by the s.s. Hakone Maru," via America and Shanghai, after completing a round-the-world trip.
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    30 16 The concert to be given by Miss Elsie Pratt's pupils, in aid of charities, at the Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur, has been postponed from Jan. 22 to Tuesday, Jan. 29.
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    31 16 M. Rollin opened the Annamlte House of the University City in Paris. He spent a long time chatting with the Indo-China students .and visited the quarters which they wil occupy Aneta-Havas.
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    55 16 The engagement is announced of Lois Isobel. daughter of the late Canon and the late Mrs. Walker-Taylor, of Orange, N.S.W., and step-daughter of Mrs. Walker-Taylor, of Cremorne, N.S.W.. to Thomas Spence, of Sungel Krudda estate, Sungel Siput, Perak, son of the late Col. H. B. and of Mrs. Spence. of
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    CRACKER FIRING IN SINGAPORE
    217 16 CRACKER FIRING IN SINGAPORE As a result of the loud cracker firing heard in Singapore on New Year's Eve, inquiries are being received by the Straits Times as to the regulations governing this practice. It seems to be generally believed that specific hours have been set aside under the police
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    77 16 The weekly health statement issued by Dr. P. S. Hunter, Municipal Health Officer, reveals that during the week ended Jan. 5 there were 192 deaths in Singapore, compared with 202 in the preceding week and 194 in the corresponding week of last year. Of these, five persons had been less
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    STORY OF SWALLOWED NOTE DISBELIEVED.
    265 16 Chinese Carpenter Acquitted. Leong Teck, who was alleged to have chewed up and swallowed promissory note, and who claimed trial before Mr. Justice a Beckttt Terrell and a common jury at the Singapore Assizes on a charge of fraudulently and dishonestly destroying a valuable security
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    GOVERNOR'S GARDEN PARTY.
    65 16 300 Guests At Penang Residency. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Jan. 10. The Governor and Lady Thomas held an At Home at th? Residency yesterday evening to a gathering of about 300, representative of all communities in Penang. The weather was brilliant. The party lasted from 5
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    MANAGER ACQUITTED.
    146 16 Breach Of Trust Charge Fails. Yap Ann Plow, a former manager of the Jco Ouan Shipping Co., was acquitted after trial before Mr. J. M. Brander in the police court yesterday on charges of criminal breach of trust involving sums of $500, $300, and $15. Counsel for the
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    30 16 Mrs. W. Craig, wife of the late Mr W. Craig, formerly of the General Post Office, Singapore, arrived from Australia by the Nlew Holland, and is staying at The Mansion.
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    33 16 Mr. A. Thoma-u, who for over 20 years has been in the Kuala Lumpur office of Messrs. Harrisons, Barker and Co., Ltd., has come to Singapore to take charge of thenrms office here.
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      168 16 ITCHY PIMPLES OF WELNATURE Over Little Girl's Face and Head. Healed by Cuticura. "Little pimples of a wet nature started on my little girl's lips They were very itchy fend she would scratch them and they went all over her face and head. This complaint caused many a sleepless night.
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    1381 18 The World Of Women: Lady Thomas's Tour— The Police Ball Guests Of Mr. Wearne Ghosts Of Old Singapore. Leaves From A Singapore Notebook. CO accustomed are we becoming to the disuse of the Governor's yacht that there was little comment last week when Lady Thomas and Miss Thomas accompanied Sir
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    FUN IN FANCY DRESS.
    24 18 A merry group in the Raffle* Hotel ball-room on New Year's Eve. Sir Andrew Caldecott i« on the extreme right.
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    SPRING STYLES IN SINGAPORE.
    409 19 THE NEW NIGHTWEAR AND LINGERIE. Deep Rose And Dusty Coral Shades. (By Our Fashion Correspondent.) rpH- new spring styles are now very much in evidence In Singapore, and some delightful examples of nightwear and lingerie are to b* seen. One could almost mistake the sleeping costumes
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    160 19 Malayan Fruits. [This is the second of a series o/ short articles on the food value of des- I sett fruits which may be had in Singapore markets.] Scientific discoveries have aided greatly in making the orange cne of the most popular of fruits. The
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    Hints For Bridge Hostesses In Malaya.
    294 19 (This is the second of a series of suggestions for bridge luncheons which wtil appear every week in the Straits Times.) This week I suggest cheese souffle, fruit salad and coffee. For the cheese souffle you will require l 2l 2 pound of cheese
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    AROUND THE SHOPS.
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