The Straits Times, 12 May 1935

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  • 41 1 THE SUNDAY TIMES THE LEADING SUNDAY NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. No. 177. Sunday, May 12, 1935. Price 10 cents. 5 A. M. EDITION THE SUNDAY TIMES The Leading Sunday Newspaper in Mafeya, No. 177. Sunday, Way 12 f 1915. Price 10 cents.
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  • 325 1 Bracing Holidays For Soldiers, Sailors And Airmen At Cameron Highlands Soon SANATORIUM FOR THE SERVICES Barracks Sports Grounds Also Planned (By Our S± *cial Correspondent) THE Sunday Times learns on the most reliable authority that it is very possible that a start will be made on a Services Sanatorium at
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  • 226 1 Singapore Surgeon Answers S. O. S. OPERATION ON DUTCH* OFFICIAL THE life of a man lying seriously ill at Rengat, a small town on the Indragiri River, Sumatra, was saved in the nick of time yesterday by a Singapoie Surgeon who flew to his
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  • 141 1 DEMONSTRATIONS IN NEWFOUNDLAND St. John's, Newfoundland, Saturday. Demonstrations against the smallness of the scale for the relief of the unemployed lave led to rioting. Following an unemployed demonstra- i tion. the police made a baton charge in which many were injured. After the police had dispersed the demonstrators,
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  • 49 1 ENTERTAINED AT THE WHITE HOUSE Washington. Saturday. Returning from his Antarctic expedition Rear-Admiral Byrd steamed up the Potomac River and was welcomed by President Roosevelt, who co:igrutuiarcd him on behalf of the nation. K.n. -Admiral Byrd dined at the Whn,e House and stayed the night.— Reuter.
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  • 77 1 DAILY PRICES CURRENT. Noon, Saturday. Buyers Sellers No. 1 K. R.S.S. in cases. (F. 0.8.) May 19'x 19 i <• ..(I l.A.tj. in casrx (F. 08.) Mar 18 lilt tt 13/16 No. 1 K. R.S.S. (Spot loose, Tone of Market Steady. Latest Cable per Ib. London Spot Sheet
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  • 93 1 7-Feet Dog That Weighs 17 Stone gTRATHBOGIE Cochlarachie Lochinvar Mister he answers to all or any of these names weighs seventeen stone and measures seven feet two inches. He is the massive and remarkable Great Dane owned by Mr. A. P. L. Gordon, a London finance expert. Strathbogie eats three
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  • 190 1 CREATIONS ON SULTAN'S BIRTHDAY (From Our Own Correspondent.) IPOH, Saturday. On the occasion of the Sultan of Perak's birthday the following have been made justices of the peace for Perak. Mr. H.H. Wardlaw, General mmager, Chersonese Estate Kuala Kurau, senior planter in Krlan where he has been resident
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  • 77 1 London, Saturday. JtrnßEß (Quotations a< supplied by Symington and Wilson.) Spot (Buyers) 5 11 16 d. (Sellers) 5 1.1 16d. Jan. -Mar. sT>,d.5 T >,d. \pi Jim, 6d. July-Sept. 6 5 32<L Market Steady. SILVER Spot 33' ,d. Forward 33 7 16d. CROSS RATE London -New York. 4.85
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  • 142 1 With artificial wings attached to his arms and legs, a Soviet parachute exjpert named Kharakhoroff has flown nearly a mile. He jumped from an j aeroplane at a height of 9.000 ft. and successfully covered 1.350 yards horizontally in a remarkably short time He
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  • 600 1 BY OUR WOMAN CORRESPONDENT. J^AIN, which threatened to mar the third day of the Singapore races gave way to brilliant sunshine and the scene at Bukit Timah yesterday was a more colourful one than on previous occasions. Several women wore floral creations and
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  • 52 1 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Saturday. Cattle importing firms in Singapore have ceased ordering cattle from Bangkok, consequently exporters are sending cattle to Singapore for sale in the open market resulting in heavy losms. Singapore is believed at present to be obtaining its livestock and frozen meat requirement*
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  • 48 1 Starving Children Said To Have Eaten Parents. Peiping. Two reported cases of cannibalism, where children in the famine districts of northern Honan are said to have eaten of the bodies of their parents who had starved to death, have stirred famine relief work in Peiping recently.
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  • 139 1 Red Invasion Of Sikang FEUD BETWEEN TWO WARLORDS Shanghai, Saturday. pURTHER reverses have been suffered by the Sikang provincial forces under Gen. Liv Wen-hui as a result of repeated assaults l>y the Red invaders. Gen. Liv Wen-hui's men have abandoned Shichang. and are now concentrated around Chaokoh. The
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  • 31 1 SINGAPORE WILL IJKCIN TO UNDRESS TOMORROW The P.W.D. and Municipality will begin to divest Singapore of its Jubikn* clothing, tomorrow. Many firms and i private individuals are following suit.
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  • 47 1 Huntsville. (TeSM), Suturdav. A gun battle broke out in the gaol a lew nours after the electrocution of Raymond Hamilton the notorious gangster. One warder and one convict were killed, one warder and one convict wounded, and three convicts escaped into the waods.— Reuter.
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  • 33 1 The Sunday Times is informed that local and naval charities will benelit to the extent of just over $7,000 from the Jubilee Ball held aboard H M.S. Terror on Friday.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements

  • 1766 2 By The Marquess Of Donegall T"HERE is a reason, behind the scenes, for everything. It only remains for the commonsense observer to pierce the veil of ballyhoo with the aid of a little inside knowledge, and put the puzzle together. Why on earth." I said to myself
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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  • In England Now
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      122 3 IT was Dr. Johnson who said that the man who was tired of London was tired of life. London is inexhaustible in the variety of its offerings to every type of holiday-maker. It is a city of contrasts; it has age and youth, ancient buildings side by side with
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 312 3 18, CONDUIT STREET, LONDON, W. I. IS A FAVOURITE MEETING PLACE rOR MALAYANS. H. G. DISS. (Ute of Singapore.) Managing Director of Coni Co., Ltd., the well known High-Class Tailoring businrss, Invi'es those coming home on leave to pay him a visit. All orders received by him will be executed
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    • 168 3 WOKINGHAM BERKS. (One. Hour from Hyde Park Corner.) Excellent Bus and Train Services. THE ©15 "IRose 3nn offers a most comfortable home and makes an ideal Headquarters when on leave. Under the personal supervision of GEORGE GOLDSACK. Write to the Sunday Times for illustrated Brochure. I— LONDON. NEW MANSION HOTELS.
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    • 465 3 A CAR FOR LEAVE YOUR nf Guaranteed Can supplied with Guaranteed KEPLRCHASE Price. 2N In stecx, including all New Makes. Special Facilities. Wwld-wide references. Write full requirements and we will quote y»u by return mail, or call on arrival at DEN MANS 132. lug (era, London. W.C. Z. May we
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 153 3 Our Crossword Puzzle NOTE:— Figures In parentbesss denote the number of letters la the words required. ACROSS. 19. Shelled fruit (3) L smtfl bottle (4, t Ji i Lofty ««> 2 f£? 31 Necessary (S) 15. Add (3) j 4 smooth (5) IS. Least coarse 21. Kettle-drum 23. Interior (5)
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  • 656 4 Chinese Have Celebrated With Lanterns For 2,000 Years QOMEONE has asked why the Chinese are fond of celebrating a great occasion by staging a lantern procession, as they did on several previous occasions the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria, the Coronation of King Edward VII, the Coronation of King George,
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  • 666 4 Poultry Notes \L7"HEN the beginner is attracted by some outstanding specimen at a show and feels that he would like to turn out a winner for himself, he is generally confronted with a problem which is summed up in; the one word, How." He has a good
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  • 626 4  -  JOHN HOLT or HTHE other day, one statisticallyminded gentleman over at the 'Hollywood Chamber of Commerce took it upon himself to find out how many scribes were turning out Hollywood columns, a^d the amount of material they had published if any. So, bear with us a moment, while
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 97 4 CADBURY AND FRY MILEAGE COMPETITION RESULT JNo competitor succeeded in estimating the exact mileage which would have been covered if all the Cadbury's and Fry's 3 cent bars sold in Malaya from February Ist until April 30th had been placed end to end. The nearest were as under: Ist Prize:—
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    • 66 4 EUROPEAN HENS FOR BREEDING PIRPOSES A few hens are arallable for breeding purposes to make room for new stocks at $5 each, also 2 100 eggs incubators at $30 each. Poultry Institute of Malaya 373-A Changi Road BVfe mile •Che Din. SINGAPORE Learn POULTRY By Correspondence. FEE $15/- ONLY. Apply
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    • 182 4 "AWURMA" BONE MEAL. (For Worming docs) Fertilizer for Fruit Trees, Flower Oardens. Vetetable*. Paddy. Sugar A UquW preparation, which to wan Cane Potatoes. Te^ CoD« Pepper j and Cocoanut plantations, etc., etc ZL^ZJZT L F.0.8.R. Puppie. .uH^to, from round or Up. of wv^iuft. bg jjj^ q,, appilcatlcn. Price $1.00 per
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  • 1070 5  -  Nathaniel Gubbins By IN a search for the girl with the best accent to make the gramophone record which will in future jtell telephone subscribers the time, the G.P.O., is now testing 15,000 applicants for the job. One of the tests is to say correctly, Have
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  • 21 5 Penguins Meal-Time Mother Penguin at the London Zoo catches the fish thrown to her and passes It on to the youngsters.
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  • 540 5 INDIA has sent Pratyush Krishna; Deb her amateur billiards champion to England for the. British Empire Championship and this has given the event an attractiveness which otherwise it would have lacked. I have seen Deb in action and while it would be foolish to say
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 118 5 Itch Cause Killed in 7 Minutes Your skin has nearly B 0 million tiny aeumn or pores where tiny germs or parasites ran hide and cause your skin to Itch. Crack. Peel Burn, also Eciema, Ringworm, IMmples, Acne, Orotch-Itch, and foot Itch. Don't waste time with ordinary methods. You must
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    • 633 5 HOME ißßßßP^^tfe TIME THE" BiNNEnCOLLEGE. SHEFFIELD. OPEN LETTER TO PARENTS Dear Sir or Madam.-Whsti par ckiUrwi first mrrirU nWy brosMbt with oWn wsmlirfri lot of sunsbuM. Utor. yon became prood of tne intelligence tfcoy displayed, bat, still later, yon became snriim as to watt wool! become of tnem in tbe
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  • 710 6  -  Birdman Aviation Notes 5y •THE few days preceding Jubilee Monday were strenuous ones for flying club pilots putting in their last minute formation practices. The Singapore Club put up a creditable performance on the actual fly-past and turned out a varied assortment of
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  • Article, Illustration
    498 6 Encouraging Sea Scouts In Singapore A COMMITTEE to control the activities of sea-scouting in Singapore and to encourage and foster the development of this branch of the scouting movement, has been appointed. Mr. O. W. A. Trimmer, the chairman of the Singapore Harbour iJoard. Is the chUrman.
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  • 738 6 By Quiz Knocking The "H" Out Of H.CL. Should The Improvement Trust Be Remodelled Officers, Servants And Duties. The Menace Of The Loud Speaker. JLIY compliments to Mr. John Laycock on his attack on the cost of living in Singapore, by his proposals, to be discussed by the
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 405 6 si*.,!, h.td ih, 1 1 'TffljfHlaBfaiPcBr 4JT^^ J^B^SK£^Kr^^^^mßK^J^^mm li, t>i and iA« .aflH la^r^ W^^^Kk Umg <Wmw> Ink. I -iN\>JM a^a^JlM [WP^ rftf^iP^/ \^^wßr Lw fir**^ J^^JJa^aa^ar-— •^m^b^b^b^'^^l I (^JI THE WRITING SENSA TION OF 1935 Arnaxiitp Parker Varumatic write* on either side twice as useful point a twice greater
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    • 386 6 NURSE LOSES 19 lbs. Knuchen Fills Her With Energy and Vigour. Seven weeks ago," writes a nurse, 1 commenced a course of Kruschen Salts In order to try and reduce my weight, which was then 15 stone 7 lbs. I am delighted to be able to report that my weight
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  • 1662 7 The Men Responsible For Discipline Criticism Of The Workshop System By An Ex-Convict Fourth Article Of The Series The head man of the prison, feared by the warders and respected and trusrtetl by the prisoners, is ofeour«e, the Superintendent. To the '.he prisoners, he is
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  • 292 7 HIS QUEEN, AN ENGLISH GIRL, MUST "ABDICATE" Pan.;. |£ING Carl I. and Queen Jessie, rulers of the Island of Tabar, in the South Seas an island *ich in gold are ready to sell their kingdom at a bargain price. Queen Jessie is English. Her story,
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  • 139 7 Betting On Who Will Be First Inmate Tenant's Creek. AustiaMa Great honour envelops the openir s ;of a new lock-up, at least in the opinion of Tennant's Creel; gold-diggers. With the completion of the field's i new lock-uo. a Consolation i iwas conducted, and a host of bet
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 123 7 EXCELLENT MODERN OFFICE AND I 1 GODOWN ACCOMMODATION Kobinson Road. Splendid position All conveniences Suitable for Import and Export house. Rent very moderate. J Apply "C Sunday Time 3. Kill Kidney Trouble Quick Thousands of sufferers from Kidney trouble and Bladder weakness hay» stopped Getting Up Nights, Leg Pains. Nervousness,
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    • 137 7 SUNLIGHTand UMBRELLAsoap money to you! Commencing on ist May you will be able to get Lux Toilet Soap free in exchange for Sunlight SAVE 8 SUN I IGH" SOAP and Umbrella Soap printed wrappers PRINTFn WRAPPFR^ All you have to do is to save 8 Sunlight Soap IMI^I EL/ mMrrCIXJ
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  • Readers' Stories Of The Uncanny
    • 476 8 "Nearly Turned To Stone. lyiY work frequently took me down the Perak River when I was stationed at Telok Anson in the early nineties. My usual custom on such occasions was to stop at a kampong which I thought would be the most convenient centre for my work, and with
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    • 927 8 IT was a lonely bungalow, off the beaten track, seldom used, except by an occasional forest officer, or a surveyor. The district where it was situated shall be nameless, and the bungalow is now defunct. I heard of its sinister reputation, and of the ghostly scenes that had been enacted
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    • 324 8 Laughed At His Granny But WJIANY strange, superstitious and I weird stories of ghosts, spooks, 'devils, jins, and vampires have been related to me by my granny, but none had ever won my belief. I used to laugh at her stories but the tide turned when I myself experienced a
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    • 404 8 ALL my life I have pooh-poohed the idea of ghosts and pontianaks, etc. I say have because my unbelief persists to this day. And this is so even though the incident I now relate has never in my opinion been sufficiently explained to sweep
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    • 393 8 She Beckoned, I Followed. IX 1894 the only amusement we had at Kuala Klawang was a bagatelle saloon run by one Haji Said. We occasionally broke off between 9 and 10, and at midnight on Saturdays. With the full moon in all her glory, I went out for a minute
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 127 8 I HI 1 tf a WSIA lasting beauty plus INVESTMENT VALUE. The Austin 10-4 shown in the picture above has proven Itself one of the best investments in the world of motors. The public has learned to depend on Austin reliability to such an extent that the Used Car Value
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    • 69 8 DANGERS OF IMPURE BLOOD The root cause of most disease* is impure blood. /•ggjgfc-^^v If you suffer from Skin -Disease, |^fl Ulcers, Sores, Glandular Trouble, BPHBJ Boils, Rashes, Bad Legs, Rheumatism, Painful Joint*, etc— ■J52 |y3 you MUST remove the CAUSE by purifying the blood. Clarke's Blood Mixture it the
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  • Books Of The Week
    • 782 9 THAT WICKED "SYSTEM" The Miner's Lot Is Not A Happy One "The Stars Look Down." By A. J. Cronin. GoUancz. Bs. 6d. IIfHETHER Dr. Cronin's new novel will be recognised as the book of the year," or whether it even deserves its selection by a London newspaper as the book
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    • 482 9 The World As Prof. Einstein Sees It The World As I See It. By Albert Einstein. John Lane. The Bodley Head. J7INSTEIN has been drawn into the arena of politics in contemporary history, contrary to his own Intentions. As a result his character and opinions are being exposed to the
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    • 450 9 Dusk at the Grove. By Samuel Racers. Hurst and BUckett. 7a. 6«1 "TVUSK at the Grove" arrives in Malaya with very good "tetlmoni- j als." Coming originally from America 1 where it was selected from 1.340 manuscripts as the winner of the Atlantic £2,000
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    • Article, Illustration
      536 9  -  Ely Culbertson By JLIUCH time has gone into calculations on the mathematical probabilities and permutations o j bridge hands. And for many years card distributions have been figure( according to the known laws o: chance. In addition, there are certain probabilities that may be reckoned from bidding or respond
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 127 9 BOOKS ABOUT MAL4YA For all books new, secondhand or rare relating to Malaya write tc FRANCIS EDWARDS LTD. 83, High Street, Marylebone, London, W.I. England. Catalogue 583 relating to all parts of Asia sent free on request, or it may be obtained direct from the office of the "Sunday Times."
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    • 403 9 Irritability Sleeplessness General Weakness Fatigue Lack of Appetite and many troubles HOW **m trenuou, *m v ou« oi you? v of the Stomach and Intestines il wonder *<*" nerveB sufl€r not OW l^is condition to continue too long, or you may do yourself irreparable harm some serious disease may be
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  • 1547 10 By Our Woman Correspondent r\URING Jubilee week several new i and delightful forms of enteri tainment were introduced. In Singapore curry tiffins ar3 a la mode but last Monday, after the I parade, many friends gathered together for breakfast parties. Then, traffic being unusually dense on the
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 259 10 New Shipment HATS AND y U W 11 FOR Mcrniug, Afternoon and Evening Wear Always Something New at Aurelia's 12-A. STAMFORD RD. Freckles Secretly and Quickly Remove 11 Htillman's Fr*cM" C'r*»m We«rhe« them out while >ou Bleep. the ckin soft and liit> the com. pleti.in frrsh, rlear and ntlunl. for
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    • 220 10 'g v j BRINGS HEALTH AT EVERY MEAL O b.*^»^»J^s&y- ig take of our vitality. The hot damp 4V%^V climate, the bustle from work to Club or kwk; *\^-*lj Kames. the 'pahit' parly. .-vnd then alPV*n. •VI most before you know it, another hard E*>V J\ day be.','un fflWWjL^^'.^X Vita-Weat
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    • 14 10 Ist Annual Sale THE LACQUER WARE HOUSE 155, Orchard Road, Next to Post Office.
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    • 383 10 RENE ULLMANN MILLINERY DEPARTMENT GREAT CLEARANCE SALE Enormous Reductions On All The Stock Of GOWNS HATS NOVELTIES. LH9a^lL^L^L^a^HHHflrVßLfl9lßD3aß<H TSI m^r* ~Jt FOR SALE AS A GOING CONCERN AUK CHATS NOIRS 18, Battery Road, Singapore. Proprietress Retiring ANNOUNCES A NEW COLLECTION OF EVENING, DINNER, AFTERNOON GCWNS AND SPORTSWEAR. NIKKO HOUSE. PHONE
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  • 655 11 Your Face Powder And Your Rouge By MAX FACTOR Of HOLLYWOOD IF you peek into your powder box this morning and find it empty, it might be a good idea to look at your face before you march up to the counter and order some more. Faces are not static,
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  • 572 11 (By Our Own Correspondent.) Sunday Times Office, Fleet Street, London. •THE approaca of the Jubilee puts us all in reminiscent mood. I was talking the other day to a middle-aged woman who started housekeeping in 1910. She described strikingly the changes that have taken
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  • 810 11 MOTHER GOOSE'S LETTER TO BOYS AND GIRLS jy|Y dear Children. It was very interesting to receive all your letters telling me what you did during Jubilee week. One little boy told me all about the things he had seen at the British Trade Fair at the Great World. He liked
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 87 11 NESTLES CHOCOLATE Orange chocolate is rather unusual rather subtle in flavour and it tends to grow on one. The remarkable enthusiasm ceated by Nestle's previous two albums has proved so encouraging that a third volume, on more ambitious lines, has now been issued. Such interesting subjects as Transparent Animals, Carnivorous
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  • 436 12 |U|ALAYAN history was made on j Easter Sunday. The* first t Malayan trout hatched out in the upper highlands, and those harbouring piscatorial proclivities will; now await breathlessly for the next j development. We do not proless to be well informed upon the habits of trout. While colleagues
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  • 856 12  - THE TALE OF THE LOST FOWLS Timrel •By IT happened in the days before the slump. I was planting on an estate in a district which was considered essentially a Tamil district noted for its health, its good water-supply and all the other good things that go to make a
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  • 1099 12 The Pade of Ananias Co. Conducted by Gnanias, Qui%, the Pickle r and one or two other liars along. Singapore! That Jur-i- Fund is mounting terribly slowly. Let it never be said Penang and XL. have you whacked. (Inoh will get started about Golden Jubil-e time). Personally I have decided
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  • Article, Illustration
    27 12 A a<x« jr recommends certain patients to wear gloves when sleeping:. Some of our heavy-weight boxers often do. I 1 i 1 I j
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  • 24 12 In a separation case last weeit the wife told the magistrate that she would waive her right. And the husband ducked.
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  • Article, Illustration
    38 12 If there are fairies at the bottom of my garden. As I'm told there are each sunk.st April morn, O fairies at the bottom of my pardon. Do your fairy stuff go cut the goldarn lawn. 1
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 123 12 PIANO NEW WORLD TUNING REPAIRS Singapore. REMOVALS HIRE Side Shows, Cabaret, E. CHARLES. Dancing, Talkies, Phone 2902. 74. Orchard Rd. Theatres and Cinemas: L nmul and tutul j cut snjUAxi£iitr Swiss Watch Specialists. OPENING TO-DAY 3.15-6.15-9.15 CAPITOL 1933. MUSICAL THRILL! B^^^^^BP T-T^ with CHARLKS BUTTSRWOiITH UNAMthTIL idward ivurrr hohton DONALD
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    • 9 12 ii inn L m Si Warm Studtat 3 w^^^m
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous

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    6 13 Iteep in a game of dam
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  • 425 13 jyiß. D. F. TOPHAM, who is a director of Harper Gilfillan and Co., of the Malay Mail Press Co., Ltd., and of a number of other local companies, is to leave Malaya on retirement next week, sailing from Port Swettenham in the Patroclus
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  • 150 13 CUSTOMARY CEREMONIAL I PARADE ON JUNE 3 The birth-lay of His Majesty the! King will be celebrated oa Monday, June 3. The customary ceremonial parade, at which His Excellency M»e Governor and Commander-in-chief will attend, will take place on the Esplanade at 7.40 a.m. Seating accommodation will be
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  • 138 13 LAWYER'S CLERK SPEAKS TO INTERPRETER 'From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. In the Kuala Lumpur police court yesterday Mr. Ahmad Khan, clerk to Mr. S. M. Sharma, advocate and solicitor, was rebuked by the First Magistrate for talking to an Interpreter who was in conversation with an
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  • 291 13 SUIT AGAINST PERAK ACCOUNTANTS (From Our Own Correspondent). Ipoh, Saturday. Mr. Justice Howes delivered Judgment this morning in the suit brought by Mr. W.F. Barns, a former Perak Planter and merchant, against Messrs Phillips. AS. Brown, and R.S. Stewart claiming damages for aiieged negligence and breach of
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  • 219 13 OPEN VERDICT IN PERAK MYSTERY (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh. Saturday. AN INQUEST was held here on an unidentified Tamil who was found hanging from a rubber tree on Chemor Estate on Apr. 7. The body was that of a man aged between 35 and. 40 but
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  • 680 13 Judgment Reserved In Case Of Expenses Voucher (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. JUDGMENT was reserved by the Chief Justice (Sir Samuel Thomas) in the case in which K. V. S. Gargar, an assistant inspector of schools, appealed against the sentence of one day's simple imprisonment
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  • 258 13 New York. Apr. 26. RARS. Zetta Robart Wells, second wife of the explorer-author. Grant Carveth Wells, will try next week to have the verdict set aside under which she has been ordered to pay £1.000 to the first Mrs. Wells— £600 for alienation
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  • 65 13 Arriving in Singapore yesterday after a long journey by sampan tx I Pulau Lama, a two-hour journey I t launch off the west coast, a Chi: i fisherman and his wife brought ncra of an armed robb?ry of v/hir had been the victims. Ljcal police and detectives set
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  • 125 13 The increasing use of Cow and Gate milk food Is Indicative of the Increasing intelligence with which thfl modern mother nowadays selects a food for baby when natural feeding <i impossible. This food is made in the English west country in the most famous pastures of the
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
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    • 105 13 A NEW TONIC WINE. A Medicinal wine of full tonic valus and of well-known basic ingredients is being marketed. A leading London analyst vouches for the quality of Phosferine Tonic Wine as follows I find it to be made from a sound full-bodied wine of excellent quality. It is free
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    • 154 13 AERTEX POLO SPORTS SHIRT colours y^/Ujßr checks $3.50 $4.50 Active and athletic pc >.<•«• of both Kiel are taking a<ivaua<« of health-giving Aertex |imnenii. Aertex ensurei free acct*. air to the body, it supremely comfortable in wear, and atforJt maximum protection against overbearing or chill. 4 AERTEX AERTEX VESTS mm
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 80 13 WHAT'S ON TODAY High Water, 5.20 a.m. 6.7 ft., 7.10 p.m. 6.8 ft. Cricket Ncgrl-Sembilan vs. Selangor at Kuala Lumpur Merchants vs. Etceteras (Tournament). S.C.C. padang S.R.C. ts. I A., S.R.C. padang SRC. vs. CSC, Balestier Road S.C.R.C. vs. M.F.A., Balestier Road N.C.C. vs. R A. (Changl). McNair Road. Golf
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  • 938 14 KUALA LUMPUR. J IT is understood that the I rak Badminton Association has k o-j visionally fixed the forthcoming! Whitsuntide holidays for the annual j inter-State triangular tournament! which is to be played at Ipoh, andj invitations have been sent out to both Penang and Selangor to
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  • 779 14 SINGAPORE. ["HE current year's tournaments promise to be as interesting as n previous years, if not more, and ntending competitors in both the unior and senior events have during he past week or two gone into lerious training. The players who are going In
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  • 80 14 A friendly badminton match of nine men's singles will be played today between the Useful Badminton Party and the Green Hill B.P. at the former's court. 522. Kampong Bahru Road, at 2 p.m. The following will represent the Useful 8.P.: George Chen. We" Kirn Wee. E. Hock Chiang.
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    • 521 15 IST. ft ft I TTg H B^HiSvßSf frjfi All you have to do to win one of our big cash prizes is to place in their order t^SJ o f importance the reasons why the consumption of Bourn-Vita is steadily increasing. Cr K U^H I^^. Tne list of masons is
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  • 570 16 Trial To Select Team To Meet Burma Rifles By Echo." Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. I AST evening's State trial match on the padantf, in perfect conditions, produced some decidedly imperfect football. I fancy it taught the selectors some useful lessons, and perhaps gave them rather a
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    19 16 Inche Mahmood, one of the joint honorary secretaries of the Johore Club, the Premier Malay Club in the State.
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  • 35 16 Members of the Chinese Friendly Association are requested to note that the usual monthly meeting will be held on Tuesday, at Mr. Tay Oen Seng's residence, 181 Tras Street, at 8 p.m.
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  • 278 16 STRUGGLE IN SEMI FINAL i OF WOMEN'S SINGLES (From Our Own Correspondent.* Kuala Lumpur Friday. Brilliant weather favoured continuation of the Selangor lawn tennis championships which were played today. In the men's open doubles event, Ong Ec Kong and Cheong Tuck Wing easily accounted for Loke
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  • 207 16 TAIPING TURF CLUB'S DRAW. The draw for the Taiping Turf Clubs pony griffins to race in August resulted as follows: O. H. M Sturges, 1J. Br. A. M. 3Y.O. Morang Lady B. Capt. Lindsay Vears. 7. B. A. O. 4Y O King Offa My Anna. H. H. The
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  • 109 16 Selangor Club Beaten By The Chinese. (From Our Own Correspondent) KuaK Lumpur, May 3 The Selangor Chinese Recreat en Club defeated the Selangor Cluo on the Padang today, oy th<? odd goal m three. The Club fielded a strong side and Hill, their custodian, gave a brilliant
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  • 3993 17 Rest From Sport During Jubilee Week Pleasin g The Singapore Soccer Selectors Clever And Quick Inside Trio SINGAPORE. TUB1LEE week has been quite a restful one for Singapore sportsmen as, apart from racing, Thurssoccer match and the S. C. CSelangor Club cricket match there has been very
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    • 49 18 BOXING INDIA CLP CONTEST (UNDER 1.5.8.A. RULES.) THE ARMY VS. THE ROYAL AIR FORCE AT R. A. F. STATION FRIDAY, 17th MAY Reserved Tickets $1. TICKETS CAN BE OBTAINED FRON*: Officer in Command Boxing Ist. Wilts. 9f K.A.r. otn. Secretary TangHn Club S S C sec kJ« Vs. V"*
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  • 2742 20 Sailing On Rewards Backers With $98 The feature of the third day of the Singapore Turf Club Summer Jneeting was the riding of the Donnelly brothers, E. Donnelly bringing tome three winners. The Jubilee Cup produced easily finest race of the day, Garrard winning
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    • 394 20 GROWING CHILDRENIn the tropics need the very best milk obtainable, combined with absolute safety. Your doctor will tell you that "Bear Brand" natural Swiss Milk ampiy fulfils both these essentials and that countless numbers of the healthiest and sturdiest children have been brought up on it. In a word, it
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  • 195 21 ARNOLD AND BATTYE IN GOOD STAND The Wiltshire Regiment scored an easy win over an B.C.C. XI on the Pidang yesterday. Scores: WILTSHIRE REGIMENT Cremin c Haxworth b McNeil 7 Moore b Haxworth 35 Lt. Bond c and b Jeans 3 Stopher b Morgan 21 Hopgood
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  • 202 21 ST. ANDREW'S SCHOLARS LOSE BY ONE RUN St. Andrew's School lose co the N.C.C. Ist XI on Uie N.C C. ground yesterday by one run. Scores. N.C.C: Salim b K-?e Hin C, Minjoot b Weber 12, Choor Singh c Weber b Hee Hin 6, K. T. Ooi b
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    2 21 Jockey Hayes.
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  • 82 21 R.S.Y.C Programme For Today. Today the International SixMetre Class will sail a race. Start at 10 a.m. In preparation for the Batavla Interport Races. "B" Class will sail the second race for Hoops Remembrance Cup. Start at 10.10 am. "C" Class will sail the second race for the
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  • 104 21 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, May 10. Following play in the qualifying stage of the women's golf championship at the Selangor Golf Club, the draw for the first round proper (to be completed by May 23) was made, and resulted as follows: Mrs. Newsome vs. Mrs Marsden.
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  • 105 21 The National Badminton Party will meet the August Badminton Party at the latter's court in a return friendly badminton match today at 2.30 p.m. Four men's singles, one men's Joubles, one mixed doubles and one women's i double will be played. The following i have been selected to
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  • 319 21 BIG CROWD AT JUBILEE LAND SPORTS (From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru, Saturday. In honour of the King's Silver Jubilee, land sports were held under tbe I auspices of the jDhore Club on the| Bukit Zahrah School padang yesterday afternoon. The weather kept fine throughout the meeting and
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  • 208 21 Results of ties in the Singapore Y.W.C.A. Sports Club lawn Tennis tournament are as follows: SINGLJCB CHAMPIONSHIP Miss K. Smith best Miss D. Fanes, 6—2, O. Miss 8. Nsthsn be** Miss L. Perelrm. w.o. Mlsb O. N»th*n bssA Miss 8. Nathan. 6—l. I—6, 6—l. Mm. N. 8. Hogan
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  • 81 21 Members of the Clerical Union who would like to compete In the forthcoming junior singles and doubles badminton tournaments, organised by the Singapore Badminton Association, should communicate with Robert Lee Ah Kwee, 270-A, Rangoon Road or cjo the Clerical Union. Entries close on May 17. Practices for those
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  • 290 21 ALL OUT FOR 117 RUNS SELANGOR 19£— 5. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. THE Selangor vs. Negri Sembilan cricket match opened today in perfect weather and the wicket was excellent. Negri won the tcss and batted first. They opened badly, losing three, wickets for
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  • 101 21 OVER 1,200 JUVENILE COMPETITORS Over 1,200 competitors, boys and girls, are taking part In the Jubilee sports meeting of the Singapore Chinese schools at Jalan Besar Stadium. They represent the athletes of some 40 schools. The meet was opened in the morning by Mr. Llm Keng Lian,
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  • 135 21 HEALTH STRENGTH LEAGUERS' UNION REDUCE SUBSCRIPTION "Owing to numerous applications by schoolboys for a reduction in the rite of subscription the committee of the Health and Strength Leaguers' Union has decided to reduce the subscription to 25 cents a month for schoolboys and the unemployed. The reduction will take effect
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  • 116 21 The following will play cricket for the S.C.R.C. this week-end Today vs. The Singapore NonBenders. at 11 ~m. on the S.C.R.C. ground Chua Choon Leong (Capt.), V. I. Evan Wong. Chia Keng Hock, I. H. Hoahlng, Dr. Ong Scow Hian, Tay Lian Teck, John A Then, Tan Boon
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  • 62 21 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Saturdiy. A cricket match on the Victoria Institution ground between the V.I. and the Technical School resulted In a V.I. victory by 23 runs. The V.I took first knock and scored 107 (Anandarajah 49, Appadurai four for 16>. The TechnicUs replied
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    • 515 21 At 28 this woman felt 50 and a!l bocaude of corns She tried most remedies bctore she found the »urs> reliever— Radox. Itadox brought comfort; brought back her youth. Her husband also had corns— until lie us»-d Radox. Just read this letter: "Until a few months ago I could hardly
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  • 172 22 New York, Friday. TpONY Canzcneri won the world's lightweight championship tonight beating Lou Ambers on points at Madison Square Garden in a fileen-round contest. Landing blows almost at will and shooting in stinging rights and lefts Canzoneri reduced Ambers to a mere zephyr. The bell
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  • 266 22 SELANGOR OPEN DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP "From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. The Selangor inter-team open doubles badminton chmpionsnips continued today at the Victoria Institution Hall before a fair crowd. Vllladale a beat the V.I. by 5 to nil and Tai's party beat Sunlight 3—2. Most of the
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  • 217 22 FREE HITTING IN K.L. MATCH (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Sa urday. Some very bright cricket w.s >it- nessed today when Selangor Club batsmen were in scoring mood against the TPC A. on the TPJA. i padang L In two hours the Selangor Cub knocked up
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  • 30 22 Eastbourne. Saturday. In the Davis Cup first round Crawford (Australia! beat Andrews <N?ry Zealand) 6—4, 6—4, 7—5; McGrath Australia) beat Stedman 6 3, 6 2, B—6.—Reuter.8 6.— Reuter.
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  • 397 22 Singapore Jubilee Celebration PLAMES from a Boy Scout bonfire lit in the centre of the old racecourse at Buffalo Road and near to their headquarters, licked into the sky for thirty feet last night, and provided an inspiring spectacle. This was the Singapore scouts man- ner of
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  • 161 22 CLUBHOUSE AND LAWN DECORATED The clubhouse on Hong Lim Green and the lawn were colourfuily decorated last night when the Straits Chinese Recreation Club held their Jubilee dinner and dance. Many old members of the club and also many friends, including Europeans, attended. The dinner was a great
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  • 91 22 The National Badminton Party will meet the August Badminton Party at the latter's court, facing the Chinese Temple, Telok Ayer Street, in a return" friendly match of badminton today at 2.30 p.m. The ties will be four men's singles, one men's doubles, one mixed doubles and one women's
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  • 198 22 The Sikh community at the conclusion of Akhanda Patha of Sri Grantna Sahib (continuous reading of the Sikh Bible) in honour of the King's silver jubilee held thanksgiving services in lall the Sikh temples in Singapore and the adjoining islands and at the Central Sikh Temple, 175. Queen
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  • 128 22 Today the whole of France and all her colonies celebrate the national fe»e of Joan of At, liberator of Orleans. there, too. A short time ago she noticed during a visit to a certain hospital that the kitchen staff had to go into an adjacent room whenever
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  • 756 22 IyELL done, Sir Ibrahim You have always a way of doing things spectacularly. You live spetacularly. Your great gift of £500,000 to the Imperial Government in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of H. M. Kin? George V's accession is a strikingly spectacular
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  • 106 22 Over 1.000 children wero entertained ta a Jubiloe tea party on the padan* yesterday the Singapore Ret Club and the Eurasian Committee The enclosed ground hid from th^ outside crowd a motley of amusement.* ranging from a dart-board to a Hindustani snake charmer and conjurer who mystified
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  • 320 23 ADAMEVEANS DRAW WITH INTERNATIONALS One of the best badminton matches played in Malacca at the Adamevean courts was played on Sunday and Monday, May 5 and 6. between the Adamevean Badminton Party of Malacca and the International Badminton Party of Kuala Lumpur. The match ended In a
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  • 91 23 The following players will represent the August Badminton Party In a friendly return match of four singles, one double, one mixed double and one women's double today at home court at 230 p.m. Wee Hong Hai, Wee Eng Slang, Koh Tian Hock, Tay Kheng Ann, Soh Keen Thye,
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    479 23 By Ringside 'rHE eleventh-hour postponement of the Rivers Aide fight fixed for last night caused considerable disappointment. It was necessitated by the sudden indisposition of Aide. Both boxers are to be sympathised with but the major share of sympathy should go to R. D. Simon, whose first promotion
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    793 23 Bring The InterPort Trophy To Singapore I*HE Inter-Port Shooting Trophy, competed for annually by Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore, has not been won by Singapore for 22 years. It Is most unlikely that the China ports should consistently have been blessed with the more efficient marksmen over so
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  • 116 24 Getting Ready For The Royal Tournament Jean Reviile, in Ms nUfil TataM* S»ecUl radnc hi, mm of nuny wkM mm» mi a miniature track aC the Crystal Patoe*. The PoatypriM W«Wi W*meiB O*»o4r. in th«4r UadiMoMl omtume. la Lo«--doei an tbelr way to Windsor Castle where they san« before the
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