The Straits Times, 8 January 1936

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    38 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NKARLY A CENTURY.] THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 24 PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1936. PRICE 10 CENTS. The Straits Times 24 PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1956. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      56 1 SINGAPORE: 140. CECIL ST. CPMONE 5471). MERCEDEb -BENZ DIESEL TRUCKS BRINKMANN CO H I^hL^s^sl^tßlßsW REMOWHED THROUQHOUT MALAYA PUREH FOOD XUPPLIEJ DANISH BLUE ROCQUEFORT CHEESE £k Specially Imported Shipment of New Season's Selected SCOTCH BEEF LAMB PHEASANTS 1^ fit^Zi The World s BeBt PARTRIDGES i& a Just Arrived! Small shipment of
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      21 1 KUALA LUMPUR: 25. JAVA ST. ('PHONE 3683). Daisy 15. UKL'HAKII KUAI* I I BOtUIiETS BASKETS A WKKATIIS. I t'tioue 4U97 Mansions.)
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      625 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated in England.) MAIL PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORrENTVT, S. N. CO. UMDFR CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT. LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. CUT..ARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. Due Tonnage Spore. 1936. CATHAY 15.^00 Jan. 17 BURDWAN 6.070
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      590 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. r^rj*f*r^r3jß^y**j|*^*j*ft*^py^^ GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LINE. (Incorporated in Japan) TO LONDON. Marseilles, London, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Middlesbrough. Vessels Tonnage Due Sail HARUNA MARU 10.500 Jan. 8 9 S KATORI MARU 10.000 Jan. 22 23 KASHIMA MARU 10.000 Feb. 5 6 t YASUKUM MARU 12,003 Feb.
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      623 3 I ■Mm lV^/asihlini 1 IV I BANGKOK LINE Luxurious One Class Motorships. Most Cabins h«ve adjoining private bath. Excellent Cuisine. FOR MARSEILLES. LONDON. ROTTtpr>AM. HAMSI'RG AND COPENHAGEN From Frcm From T*rom Spore Malacca Port Peoang M.S. Sham •LALANDIA 21/1 21/1 22 1 24 1 JUTLANDIA 11/2 11 2 12 2
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      257 3 B. I. S. N. CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England* APCAR LINE. FOR HONG KONG, AMOY. SHANGHAI, MOJI. KOBE AND OSAKA s.s. SHIRALA 8,000 Jan. 16, 3 p.m. Excellent modern accommodation for first and second class passengers. Special holiday return tickets interchangeable with P. S. N. CO., issued at cheap rates.
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      1212 3 I THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean The Hua Khiow Steamship Co. (1D32) Ltd. Steam Ship Co. Ltd., and China Mutual The (unard White siir Lid. Strain Navigation Co., Ltd.) The Sarawak Steamship C0. .-Ltd. The Straits Steamship Co., Ltd. The Australian Oriental Line Ltd. The China Navigation Co., Ltd. Thr
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS.
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      WRECKED SEAPLANE.
      64 4 Did Not Carry Bulk Of Air Mail For Malaya. With reference to the previous notice concerning the Outward Imperial Airways Seaplane which was wrecked at Alexandria on the 31st ultimo it would now appear that the major portion cf the mall for Malaya was not in the wrecked
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      IMPERIAL AIR MAIL SINGAPORE LONDON.
      23 4 The air mall dispatched from Singapore on Dec. 29 was delivered in London on Jan. 7. (9 days).
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      NETHERLANDS AIR MAIL SINGAPORE—AMSTERDAM
      23 4 NETHERLANDS AIR MAIL SINGAPORE— AMSTERDAM The air mall dispatched from Singapore on Dec. 28 was delivered In London on Jan. 5 (8 days).
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      DEFERRED DEPARTURE.
      26 4 The s.s. Arabia Maru for East Africa etc. Mails previously announced as dosing at 11 a.m. today will now close at 3 p.m. today.
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      SUWA MARU
      69 4 The following passengers disembark at Singapore from the tA. Buwa Maru which Is due from Europe on Jan. 26. Mr. M. O. H. Boom, Mr. Farquharson, Mr. H. N. Ferrers, Mr. and Mrs. J. Hehenkamp. Master R Hehenkamp. Master P. Hehenkamp. Miss J. Hehenkamp, Mr. Jacobs, Mr Mcßride,
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      SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD
      120 4 Wednesday. January 8. Ships aloo«»dc the Wharves or expaeted to arrhre KBfTEL HAKBOUB. Main Wharf Lch. Lumut. Lcb. Alert, Lcb. KiUiawake, P.W.D. Grab 2, W. Bt. Splendour, Corato, Van Heutsa, Kudat. Oil Wbarf Nil. Coal Wbarf ML VBSSfLS IN Ml DOCKS. Taajsag I"agar. Sheer* Wharl KB. Albert
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
      318 4 East South Afrl'ia (ArabU Maru) 3 pm. South America (Arabia Maru) 3 p.m. Belawan Metfan (Van Outhoorn) 3 p.m BMnJoe (Thedens) 3 p ra DJambi &K. Toen?k»l (Toba> 3 p.m Muntok. Palembang and Pladjoe (Thedens) 3 pjn. Pangkal P:nang (Thedens) ..3 p.m. Pontianak (Khoen Hoea> ..3 p.m.
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      MAILS EXPECTED.
      134 4 Mails from Europe (London) expected today by air (Imperial) will be delivered to boxholders at 8 p.m. General delivery of letters tomorrow at 8.25 a.m. Malls from Europe etc. (Amsterdam) dispatched on Jan. 1 by air (Netherlands). Time of arrival uncertain. Malls from Netherlands Indies expected today by
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      CLEARANCES
      39 4 Jan. 6: Genoa Maru. Ryufuku Maru. London Uatu (Japan); Marly Mabel la (Nor); Kulit. Buitenzorg (Dut); Raub. Hoog Peng, Gemac Rahman (Brit). Jan 7: Hone Lam, Hong Thong. Hong Kwong. EsmeraJda. Malacca ißrit): Tomohon (Dut); Giistav D'derlchsen (Dan).
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    ERASER & CO.'s SHARK REPORT.
    922 4 ERASER CO.'s SHARK REPORT. Rubber Counters Spring Into Sudden Favour. With the conclusion of the lone list >t holidays, the work-a-day world i has discarded Its gay tinssl rl makebelieve, wa hope, for ar.o'.her twelve i months and is once more busy about Its lawful occasions (write Messrs Fraser ft
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      579 4 BOUSTEAD CD., LTD. (Incorporated In F.M.S.) LLOYDS AGENTS: BOOKING AGENTS, F.M.S. RL' S. AND SIAM STATES RAILWAYS TELEPHONE: Freight 5433— Passage 54J1. CAN ADIAN PA CIF I C STEAMSHIPS, LIMITED. i Incorporaiec in England) REDUCED FARES SINGAPORE /EUROPE First class from i 106-4-6 Second class from i 70-6-1 REDUCED AROUND
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      20 4 For everything appertaining to Travel, Banking and Freight; APPLY TO IWOPtO VftAVeT^SERVICtI 39, ROBINSON ROAD, TELEPHONE 590* NO BOOKING FEES.
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      368 4 STATES STEAMSHIP LIKES. Fast Trans Pacific Pascmxer Servire HONGKONG to SAN FBANCISCO and PORTLAND via Shanghai. Kobe A Yokohama ONE CLASS VkSSFI.S M GENERAL PERSHING due to Sail Hongkong Jan 11 due to arrive San Pran?!3Co Peb 2 S.I. GENERAL SHERMAN due to Sail Hongkcr.j; Peb 1 due to arrive
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      142 4 JANUARY TIDE YtABLES. PORT DICKSON POR^r SWETTENHAM TIDE TABLE. WIDE TABLE. Dute Time oJ High Water pm. Date r Tin* m High Water January 193 p.m. 5.50 8.06 January a 6. 34 6.47 10 7.11 7.27 4.41 17.25 11 7 45 8.03 9 5.26 18. 10 12 8.11 t 36
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      122 4 Malayan Meteorological Service. Daily Weather Report. Stations Yesterday Last nisht Max. Rainfall Bright Mm. temp. Ins Sunshine temp. *F hrs. *F West Coast. Alar Star 87 Nil 10.8 67 Bayan Lepas (Penang) 88 Nil 10.6 73 Slttawan 89 Nil 9.3 72 Bukit Jeram 88 Nil 8.3 72 Malacca 85 Nil
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      200 4 FROM MALACCA. Malls wi:i close at Malacca as follows Tomorrow. Ceylon (via Penang) (Harune Maru). 1.15 pjnj Friday. Jan. 10. Medan (via Singapore) by air (Netherlands) .6 pjn. Persia, Amsterdam and London (via Singapore) by air (Netherlands) 8 p.ra Upper Burma, North and Bast India, Aden. Egypt, Europe. Great Britain,
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    FAINT PRAISE FOR MR. ROOSEVELT.
    674 5 European Newspapers Detect Danger Singals. Paris, Jan. Comments on Roosevelt's speech are the chief features of the Parts Sunday papers which on the whole express satisfaction with the general tendency of the speech. Many papers, however, voice fear that the new neutrality law will work
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    27 5 To escape the attention of photographers after her wedding In Paris the Hungarian nim actress, Kate de Nagy. left the Town Hall in a ReU Cross ambulance.
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    TEACHING THEM TO BE SOLDIERS.
    116 5 Italian Children And Their Uniforms. Rome, Jan. 6. Pedal-driven model tanks equipped with pop guns, bicycles with rrodel machine guns riring through an aperture and steel windscreen and toy aeroplanes with swivelled quickfiring guru were among the presents received by Italian children today, the Feast
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    35 5 Queen Wilhelmina, who has recovered from her indisposition, drove from the palace at The Hague in an open carriage through a snowstorm and reviewed the Netherlands Marines on the 270 th anniversary of their formntiDn.
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      414 5 SPLENDIDIT* WT^lr W RahaminPenhas mSX Jl £f SINGAPORE. I dv ata I W'Jti INiK*! l mia" I is made In Ik I PHILL "=><= I^^ 1^ l-T-lall lAL OCTBB: SHOES WITH VARIOUS SHADES OF LEATHER SUITABLE TO TOOK CHOICE CAN BE MADE FITTED WITH PHILLIPS RUBBER SOLES HEELS FOR 54.15
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      212 5 STOCK TAKING SALE Surplus stocks of Gramophone Records to be cleared. BELOW COST PRICE. Brunswick 50 cents each Decca 40 cents each Regal Zonophone 40 cents each Sterno 25 cents each Edison. Bell 25 cenU each PUia is cents each EVERT RECORD GUARANTEED ABSOLUTELY BRAND NEW. No list issued. 61/63
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      13 5 WED., FRI., SUN. 5.30 7.30 p.m. TEA DANCES ADMISSION FREE— LADIES M eta,
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      626 5 TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION CAN ANYONE recommend good, reliable baby amah. English speaking preferred. Warln, 10, Gallop Road. Tel. 7839. WANTED immediately thoroughly experienced Enlarger for the Developing and PrintIng Dept. of Kodak Ltd. Apply by letter enly to Box No. 87. Straits Times. One Electric Gramophone and large record
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      534 5 WANTED post by experienced and efficient Lady Stenographer with knowledge of accounts and general office work. Apply Box No. 83. Straits Times. NOTICE MALACCA MUNICIPALITY. CLAIMS FOR REFI'ND OF RATES ON I M)C( 1 I'IKII BUILDINGS. NOTICE Is hereby given that claims for refund of rates for the secend half-year.
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  • LATEST LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
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      AROUND THE MARKETS.
      342 6 Large Turnover In Rubbers. (From Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Jan. 8. The market in rubber shares took the lead again yesterday afternoon and left tin shares almost entirely reflected. There was a fairly heavy turnover in practically all classes of rubbers. During the last few months Isolated
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      MANCHESTER TRADE IN 1935.
      116 6 Total Volume Approaching 1932 I^evel. London. Jan. 7. Cotton yarn exports to British India which fell from over fourteen million pounds In 1932 to 93 millions in 1934. have already amounted to 9.7 millions for the first eleven months of 1935, according to the annual report
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      EXCHEQUER RETURNS.
      48 6 London. Jan. 8. The Exchequer returns show that total ordinary revenue excluding selfbalancing items amounts to £449,253.056 compared with £430.667,302 at the corresponding date of last year. Total ordinary expenditure exclusive of self-balancing Items Is £567.056.866 against £544.838.030 at the corresponding date of 1935— British Wireless.
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    • STOCKS AND SHARES.
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        MINING.
        546 6 Issue Val Fraser Co. Lyall Evatt Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers 4/- Ampat Mi. 5/9 6/- 5/4y 2 5/lOVfe £1 Asam Kumbang 33/6 34/9 33/6 34/6 £1 Austral Malay 59/- 60/- 59/- 60/5/- Ayer Hitam 15 6 16/6 16/- 17/1 Ayer Weng 1.82& 1.92 "i 1-80 1.90 £1 Bangrln Tin
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        GENERAL.
        395 6 2 2 Alex Brick Ord. 1.20 1.30 1.25 1.35 2 2 do IVi% Prefs. 1.50 1.70n. 1.55 1.65 10 10 Atlas Ice 12.25 12.75 12.25 12.75 £1 £1 B. A. T 5.15.0 6.0.0 5.14.0 5.19.0 xi 1 60 B. M. Broadcasting 0.05 dls par 10 5 B. M. Trustee
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        170 6 SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL. t% 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 108 110 noni 4%% 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 112 114 norn iV 2 1909 red. 1955 51.000.00 C Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 118 120 norn 4% 1913 red. 1963
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        338 6 Today's Prices Fraser b Co. Lyall Evatt Allenby 1.60 1.70 1.70 1.80 Alor Gajah 1.00 1.10 1.00 1.10 Amal. Malay ($2) 3.15 3.35 3.12'/ 2 325 Ayer Hitam 1.35 1.45 1.35 150 Ayer Mole* 0.90 1.00 0.90 1.00 Ayer Pan as 1.35 I*s 1.40 1.50 Bassett 0.55 065
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      EXCHANGES
      214 6 The following are tne exchange rate* this morning according to the dally circular issued Dy the Hong Kung and Shanghai Banting Corporation: SELLING. London, 4 months' sight 2/4 8 London, 3 months' sight 2/4 3/32 London, 60 days' sight 2/4 1/16 London, 30 days' sight 2/4 1/32 London, demand
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      81 6 Noon, Jan. 18. Buyers. Sellers. No 1 K. R. S. S. in cases (F. 0.8.) Jan. 23 Vi 28% Good F. A. Q. in cases (F. 0.8.) Jan. 23 23 1/16 No. 1 K. R. S. S. (Spot loose) Awardable Singapore 23 1/16 23 3/16
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    STOCK EXCHANGE.
    425 6 Some Profit-Taking: In Evidence. London, Jan. 7. Markets were less decided, gilt-edged being easier with War Loan closing nominally unchanged but weaker at 105 78.7 8 Industrials were irregular but movements were small, vjiile the previous strength of tins and rubbers apparently brought profit-takers to the fore and
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    EXCHANGES. Sterling Firmer.
    85 6 EXCHANGES. Sterling Firmer. London, Jan. 7. Paris 1i 51/64 Athens 520 sellers New York 4.93 1 /I G Bucharest 667 sellers Montreal 4.M?i Rio 4'A Brussels 29.3! sellers official Geneva 15.17fe Bclerade 217 Amsterdam 7.27 8uen0s Aires unquoted Milan 61 V- Montevideo 39% Berlin 12.26 sellers official Prague 119 Bombay
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    FIXED TRUST MOVEMENT.
    166 6 MANAGERS WELCOME LEGISLATION. London. Jan. 8. A committee representing manager* of a number of nxed trusts has issued a statement with refei the report of the Stock Exchange subcommittee on the fixed trust movement in which certain aspects of the movement were criticised. The statement welcomes investigation
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    PRODUCE.
    201 6 Singapore, January 8, 12 noon. Kuvrr NHIor Gambler 6.25 Java Cube 9/.5 Hamburg 10.25 White Mun ok Pepper 17 50 Black Pepper 9.25 Fair Flake Tapioca 4 15 Mcd Pearl Tapioca 5.30 Small Pearl Tapioca 5.20 Llngga Sago Flour Sarawak Sago Flour Palembang Jelotong 9 25 Banja jelotong 9
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    SHARES REPORT.
    87 6 I.yall Evatt's report dated Jar.. 8. ihowa: RUBBER Interest maintained in robber shares, both in London and locally. Dollir counters active. Sellers reserved. Tambalaks buyers at 59. Indrapriris further buyer:; l.io, Lunas Inquiries at 1.85 cd., Kuala Sidlm Improved 2.35 2.50, Pajam 1.77. 1.82 r Ayer Panas 1.42/4
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      25 6 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated in England. A.D. 1720) FIRE MARINE. LIFE. MOTOR CAR, WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION. Branch Office for Malaya, Chartered Bank Chambers, Singapore. APB 1.
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      50 6 Royal Agricultural Hall LONDON Held on 6th 7th November, 1935 Empire Wine Competition Ist Prize Tolley's Brandy From 1858 to 1936 Messrs. Tolley Scott Tolley Ltd., have made consistent quality their aim and I the result of tin- latest competition was quite anticipated. Sole Agents for Malaya: McAlister Co., Ltd.
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
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      DEBENTURES NOT IN VAN OF PROGRESS.
      751 7 Cheap Money as Raw Material for Advance. London. Speaking at the Cardiff Business Men's Club en "Getting out of the World." Sir Joslah Stamp said that there were five lines along which business men's discussion should proceed. They were flnancla!. Industrial, international, political and
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      CANADA EATING MORE BANANAS.
      236 7 80 Per Cent. Imported From Jamaica. Demonstrating the Increasing popularity of bananas in the Canadian home, it has been estimated that the average Canadian family consumed one stem of bananas in the first nine months of 1935. Ten years ago the appetite for this fruit in
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      SIAM PAPER CO.
      83 7 From a notice appearing In the Nation it appears that a meeting of shareholders of th e Slam Paper Co.. Ltd., is being convened for the 10th inst.. at the Royal Survey Department, for the purpose of considering and if thought nt passing a resolution to sell
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      CANADA'S LEATHER FOOTWEAR PRODUCTION.
      65 7 For the nine months ended September. 1935. the total production of leather footwear in Canada was 16.528.838 pairs, compared with a total of 14.223.517 pairs In the corresponding period of 1934. Canada is the principal source of j supply for wheat tlour In the United Kingdom.
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      IMPERIAL BANK OF CANADA.
      103 7 Rise In Deposits And Advances. Total assets of the Imperial Bank of Canada at Oct. 31 last amounted to $142,405,878 (about £28.500.000). an Increase of $6,133,247 compared with the figure at the corresponding date last year. Deposits have risen to $114,674,601 from $106,761,943. The balance-sheet reflects
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      ILFORD'S PROGRESS. Net Profit Well Over £100.000 Level.
      110 7 ILFORD'S PROGRESS. Net Profit Well Over £100.000 Level. A net profit ot £107.418. as against £96.250— wh1cn included £4.000 from tax account Is recorded by Hford, manufacturers of photographic plates, papers and films. The company, of which Sir Ivor Philipps Is chairman, owns the issued capital of eight coml Danies.
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      JELEBU TIN DREDGING
      17 7 The output from the Jelebu Tin Dredging's mine for December amounted to 280 pels
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      GERMAN TRANSFER MORATORIUM.
      427 7 New Effort For An Extension. Germany's difficulties in continuing her debt service are continually Increasing, said Dr. Schacht. the Minister of Economics, In a lecture last month In Munich. The success of the "New Plan" and the "Currency Equalisation for Export" measure are endangered b> the beginning
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      USES FOR NEW ALLOYS.
      406 7 Many Benefits To Industry. I Steel tubing is one of the most familiar features of modern civilisation, and its threatened replacement by a new alloy is of great importance. The advantages of lightness in tubing arc in themselves apparent. Weight is saved, and if this can
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      LOSS ON SHELLAC REDUCED.
      421 7 TOBACCO SECURITIES TRUST. At the meeting of Tobacco Securities Trust held In London Mr. R. McXenna. the chairman, made an importarsi statement concerning the loss on shellac Incurred by the Dean Finance Corporation, its subsidiary. Between April and Oct. 31. he said, a fair amount of
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      TURKEY'S RAPID PROGRESS.
      377 7 Plans For Rayon And Bottle Works. Important economic expansion took I place In Turkey during November. The i Ankara Government has given further j evidence that it is capable of giving things done according to plan and date i (writes the Istanbul correspondent of the Financial Times.)
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      727 7 BANKING. HONG KONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. Incorporated In the Colcny ot Hong Kong) The liability ot members U limited to the extent and in mar.mr prescribed by Ordinance No 8 of 1929 ot the Colony HEAD OFFICE: BONG KONO. Authuru-to Capita, 150.000.0 CC Issued and fully paid up 120.000.C00 Reserve
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      379 7 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. (Incorporated In England by Royal Charter *****. I Paid Dp Capital in 600.000 shares Ol £5 eacn £3.000.000 j Reserve Fund £3 000.000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors t3.D00.00S lI K AII OFFICE: S3. Blsbepacate. London. E.C Z. Amrluar Hcng Rons Saigon Bangkolc
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    SIR ERIC DRUMMOND TO BE RECALLED?
    158 8 Anglo Italian Diplomatic Rupture Feared. London, Jan. 6. DUMOURS relating to the 11 recall of Sir Eric Drummond, British Ambassador in Rome, have been circulating for some time and are given prominence in the Daily Dispatch, (Manchester) which declared. Without being able to obtain
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    BADOGLIO'S DILEMMA. More Men, Or Positions May Be Lost
    128 8 BADOGLIO'S DILEMMA. More Men, Or Positions May Be Lost Berlin, Jan. 8. The usually well informed Rome correspondent of the Berliner Tageblatt claims authority for stating that Marshal Badoglio makes the opening of a new offensive on the Er'trean front contingent upon his being supplied with large reinforcements, while claiming
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    PARIS-SAIGON FLIGHT.
    165 8 Aviators Crash In Desert Cairo, Jan. 4. The aviators M. St. Exuspery and M. Prevot, who were attempting a ParisSaigon record flight, and had been lost for several days have been found safe and sound 70 miles from Cairo, having wandered in the desert for three days. Flying
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    MUTINY ON A TANKER.
    55 8 Refuse To Help War To Continue. Paris, Jan. 6. According to a press message, mutiny has broken out aboard the Italian tanker Corona Ferrea en route from Rumania to Italy. The crew, which is composed of Greeks and Rumanians, declared that they refuse to contribute to
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    SIAM'S NAVY
    77 8 Officers And Cadets' Tour Of Italy. Sixty officers and cadets of the naval school of Bangkok, travelling for study purposes in Italy, have arrived in Turin from Montefalcone, where they visited the six torpedo boats under construction for the Siamese Navy. The officers and cadets were received by
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    26 8 Iris Ashley plays the role of Mar sot, in a scene with Gibb :>lcLaughlin who is De Brissac in the new 8.1. P. film "The Dubarry."
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    FLOODS THROUGHOUT FRANCE.
    190 8 Alpine Sport Marred By Weather. Paris, Jan. 6. The new floods, which have been caused by continued Incessant heavy rain are causing much anxiety .and the situation everywhere is rapidly becoming worse. Owing to the unseasonable weather, with a temperature 10 degrees above freezing point, winter sporting
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    The Pussyfoot Threatres
    37 8 Budapest, Jan. 6. ALL alcoholic beverages have J\ been forbidden in Hungarian state theatres. The only exception permitted is drink needed by the action of the play and that is usually coloured water— Aneta-Trans-Ocean.
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    BRITISH POLICEMEN ON MURDER CHARGE.
    82 8 Alleged Assault Of Chinese Beggar. Shanghai, Jan. 6. Sergeant Ernest V, illiam Peters, aged 31, and Sergeant William Alfred Judd, aged 26, Britons belonging to the International Settlement Polio?, were today committed for trial in His i i Majesty's Supreme Court for China on a
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    LEGAL MIX-UP. Man Who Was Guilty And Not Guilty.
    119 8 LEGAL MIX-UP. Man Who Was Guilty And Not Guilty. There was a curious incident at Mortlake Police Court last week. i When Mr Humphrey H. Wiles, of The Drive. Belmont, was summoned for exceeding the speed limit, a soli1 citor rose and said 'Not guilty,' and another rose and said
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    ORDERED TO LEAVE BULGARIA.
    83 8 NOTICE TO JOURNALIST. Sofia. Dec. 23 Mr. J. Swire, the correspondent ol Reuter's Agency for Bulgaria, has been notified by the Bulgarian Press Bureau i tr.at his permit to stay in the country has expired and V at it will not be renewed. He has been
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    LUANG PRADIT IN JAPAN.
    258 8 SIAM MINISTER TO VISIT MR. HIROT A. Luang Pradit Manudharn: Councillor in charge of the Ministry of the Interior of Slam, left San Francisco aboard the Taiyo Maru for Japan. Interviewed previous to his departure, the Siamese Minister stated I intend to stay in Japan for
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    JAPAN'S AIR SERVICE TO OLYMPIAD.
    94 8 Four-Day Schedu'c Tokio-Beriin. Tokio. Jan. 6. The Yoniiuri Shimbun announces that it will run a special aviation service between Berlin and Tokio during the Olympic games. The aeroplanes are expected to make the flight in four days. All the organisation has already been prepared. A
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    ITALY UNEASY. BRITAIN'S CONTINUED WARLIKE PREPARATIONS.
    89 8 ITALY UNEASY. BRITAIN'S CONTINUED WARLIKE PREPARATIONS. Rome, Jan. G. Italian public opinion is very uneasy at Great Britain's continued warlike preparations in the Mediterranean and by the report that the Fleet has been reinforced by 3,000 men. The extension of the port of Haifa which a fiords oil and petrol
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    VICEROY TO VISIT BARODA.
    96 8 THE CAEKWARS JUBILEE. Bombay. Dec 14. The Earl of Willlngdon, the Viceroy, and Lady Willlngdon will visit Baroda to take part in the celebration of the 50th year of the Gao-kwar's reign. A number of the States will send Prince* or other representatives. The Gaekwar of
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    EFFECT OF AMERICAN A.A.A. BOMBSHELL.
    612 9 "New Deal" Now As Good As Dead. THE U.S. Supreme Court ruling that the Agricultural Adjustments Act is unconstitutional is still being discussed by Washington officials. Officials of the &.A.A. decline to comment on the situation, but it is j understood three emergency substitute plans
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    CHEAPER COTTON GOODS. EFFECT OF A-A.A. DECISION ON MARKETS.
    174 9 CHEAPER COTTON GOODS. EFFECT OF A-A.A. DECISION ON MARKETS. Liverpool and London were busily engaged yesterday In contemplation or the abrogation of the processing tax which involves an Immediate reduction in the U.S.A. flour prices by 20 per cent with similar cuts In the prices of cotton goods and other
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    INCOMES RISE IN U.S.S.R.
    177 9 WAGES 23 PER CENT. INCREASED. Socialist economy in the USSR. Is accompanied by a steady growth in the incomes of the population and a rise in the welfare of the workersi The total sum of wages during nine months of 1935 increased by 23.2 per cent,
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    RUSSO-JAPANESE FEARS.
    142 9 London Newspapers On Recent Events. London newspapers publish the report on the attack of the frontier pest of the Mongolian Peoples' Republic by Japanese troops. The newspapers treat the Japanese version about the aggressive intentions of the U.S.S.R. and the Mongolian Peoples' Republic with complete mistrust. The Dally
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    SYNTHETIC RUBBER IN RUSSIA.
    44 9 25,000 Tons Produced Last Year. The synthetic rubber plants In Soviet Russia last year fulfilled their annual programme before schedule and produced 5.000 tons of synthetic rubber above plan. Altogether 25,000 tens of synthetic rubber was produced last year —Tass.
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    SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT FOR U.S.S.R.
    36 9 Part of the equipment for the laboratory for the famous Soviet Scientist, Professor Kapltza. has arrived in Russia from England. The equipment was bought by the Soviet Government from Cambridge University. Tass.
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    27 9 Seals have been caught off the coast at Sanit-Brieuc. Brittany. Their presence in those waters is unusual, and fishermen regard It as an omen of bitter cold.
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    MINERS' STRIKE THREAT.
    195 9 HIGHER WAGES AND PRICE OF COAL. VITAL MEETING IN LONDON TODAY. Representatives of the owners and miners from different district.: meet in London today and offers will be made for a general advance in wages. The owners in seveiai districts in South Wales have agreed to make
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    MOSCOW WOMEN IN GAS MASKS.
    93 9 Ten-Mile March In Military Formation. Moscow, Jan. 6. 25,000 Moscow civilians, mostly housewives and maids, today marched ten mile in military formation, wearing gas-mas> and gas-proof costumes and accompanied by first aid units. while tanks sped by and huge bombers roared overhead. The march was
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    JAPANESE COTTON FOR COLONIES.
    105 9 CUT BY QUOTA Mr. J. H. Thomas (Secretary for the Colonies) states in a written Parliamentary reply that the imports of Japanese cotton piece goods into those colonial dependencies, with a few minor exceptions, in which the quota system is in force, totalled in the first
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    MORE AMBULANCES IN ABYSSINIA.
    287 9 NETHERLANDS UNIT FOR DESSIE. RED CROSS STATIONS CAMOUFLAGED. Addis Ababa. Jan. 7. Foreign ambulances are increasing in Abyssinia. The Netherlands' contingent including six doctors. Ls leaving Addis Ababa for Dessie, the Norwegian and Finnish ambulances are expected to arrive at the capital shortly while a turther
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    ENGLISH FLOODS ' SUBSIDING.
    58 9 ENGLISH FLOODS SUBSIDING. Following -wo days without rain tha floods in most parts of England subsided over the week-end. At Teddington yesterday there was a fall in the level of the river of nine inches following a substantial drop on Saturday. For the first time since Christmas Day the flow
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    23 9 Vice Admiral Sir Humphrey Walwyn, the new Governor of Newfoundland, will sail from England on Thursday to take up his appointment— British Wireless.
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    23 9 It is disclosed in the "Figaro" that every year in Paris 14.000 persons disappear, and that nearly hall of these cases remain inexplicable.
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    116 10 ALHAMBRA Man On The Plying Trapeze. With W. C. Fields. 8. 15— 9.15. GLOBE THEATRE, GREAT WORLD The Case cf The Howling Dog. With Warren William. GOODWOOD ***** HOTEL Dinner Supper served until midnight. OBFAI WORLD Gambling. With George M. Cohen. HOLLYWOOD V. SEBANGOON UO.U) Ever Since Eve. With
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 8, 1930. The New Deal.
    757 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 8, 1930. The New Deal. "Almost nothing now remains of the Roosevelt 'New Deal' and the National Recovery Act." Thus the cables reporting the decision of the United States Supreme Court that the Agricultural Adjustments Act is unconstitutional. This Act, an integral part of
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    A Little Harsh?
    279 10 For the first time since the introduction of the horse-power tax on motor vehicles in Singapore, officers of the Navy, Army and Air Force stationed on the island are this week receiving demands for payment of the tax on their private vehicles. There are evident signs of
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    1058 10 In The Days OF YORE. (By Anthony Chester.) An excellent article by Mr. Chester, on the' Malay kris appeared in the December number of "British Ma'ava,"\ and extracts from it are published below. TOE history of the sword is one of ritual and ceremonial observance. From
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    PAINLESS DENTISTRY AT LAST
    334 10 LAST week (said the American magazine "Time" in Its issue of Dec. 9) virtually every man. woman, and child In the civilised world had reason to hail Dr. Leroy Leo Hartman of Columbia University with profound, personal gratitude as an authentic Hero of Science. What hundreds
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    NOTES Of The DAY.
    725 10 CLAN CHATTAN. COME odd things fall Into my postbag. Yesterday tb^re arrivod two magazines hitherto unknown tj mi. entitled "C:an Cl-.attan and Tor Men Only." I am not yet quite suiv whether UM latter will b? suitaob lor this chaste column, but if so. I will
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    JAPANESE TO "DOMINATE NORTH CHINA"
    548 11 AUTONOMOUS REGIMES PLANNED FOR E. CHARHAR SUIYUAN To Form United Confederation of Manchukuo. MORE TROOPS AT GREAT WALL. New Independent Leaders 9 Names Mentioned. Shanghai, Jan. 7. rpHE Japanese military have completed arrange- ments to set up autonomous regimes in East Chahar and Suiyuan before
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    MR. QUO TAI-CHI SEES MR. ANTHONY EDEN.
    89 11 Long Discussion On The Far East. London, Jan. 7. Mr. Quo Tai Chi, the Chinese Ambassador in London, called on Mr. Anthony Eden today in accordance with the custom that ambassadors and ministers shall call on a new Foreign Secretary when he takes
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    JAPAN'S BID FOR FUKIEN TRADE.
    39 11 The economic invasion of Fukien by Japanese interests has been started in Amoy where a number of Japanese .firms and banks have been opened. says a Sin Chew Jit Poh message from 1 Amoy.
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    HUGE WAVES HIT LINER
    192 11 ULYSSES IN FIERCE GALES. After 17 hours' struggle with a fierce gale, the four Injured seamen and the bodies of the three dead men from the Ulysses, the Blue Funnel liner, were landed at Swansea today. It appears that two gigantic waves swept the vessel while
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    SOLDIER WINS APPEAL IN INDIA.
    101 11 Reduced Sentence For Benda Riot The life sentence of penal servitude passed in India on a private of the King's Regiment, Liverpool, following the Benda village rioting was quashed by the appeal court at Nagpur yesterday. The sentence aros» out of the socalled "beating up"
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    17 11 GENERAL SANTIM, who has the command of the Italian left wing on the Northern front in Abyssinia.
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    " DUM DUM BULLETS." Found To Be Cartridges Made 22 Years Ago.
    156 11 DUM DUM BULLETS." Found To Be Cartridges Made 22 Years Ago. Geneva, Jan. 4. Continuing its polemic against the alleged use of dumdum bullets by Abyssinians, the Italian Government has lodged with the League Secretariat several photographs intended to prove that Abyssinian troops have been employing duirr-dum bullets of British
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    BRITISH PLANES FIRED UPON.
    74 11 Abyssinians Mistake Them For Italian Aircraft. Nairobi, Jan. 6. Three British aeroplanes engaged In a flight along .he frontier between Kenya and Abyssinia were fired at by Abyssinians near Dawa River on Christmas Eve. The British authorities protested to the commander of Abyssinian forces in thai
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    OIL EMBARGO "EMBARRASSING "
    250 11 OIL EMBARGO "EMBARRASSING Rome View Of U. S. Threat. PARTIAL BAN COULD BE OVERCOME. IN view of the fact Italy has relied largely on the possibility of United States supplies of petrol in her calculations for a continuance of the war, a reduction in American supplies to the pre-war figure
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    A COMPROMISE. SIGNOR GAYDA ON NEUTRALITY.
    125 11 A COMPROMISE. SIGNOR GAYDA ON NEUTRALITY. Vlrginlo Gayda In the Giornale d' Italia says President Roosevelt's speech is an electoral effort aiming at a compromise on the difficulties of American neutrality. President Roosevelt's references ro dictatorships are obviously Germany, Italy and Japan. For thirteen years Fascism has been tranquil, while
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    ALLEGED RED AGENT ARRESTED.
    59 11 Head Of Movement In South America? Rio de Janeiro, Jan. 7. The police have arrested a man named Harry Berger who is alleged to be the head of the Communist movement In South America. Many documents and letters have been seized. It Is stated that he
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    VETERAN SINGAPORE BANKER DEAD.
    73 11 MR. JOHN MacLENNAN. The death is announced in London today (says Reuter) of Mr. John MacLennan, formerly of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank. Mr. MacLennan was a veteran Singapore banker, having been accountant to the Singapore branch of the bank In 1893. He Is veil
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    14 11 CHARLES BOTER, who is described as the most popular film actor of the world.
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    FRENCH FLEET READY.
    134 11 AID FOR BRITAIN IN MEDITERRANEAN. Paris, Jan. 8. Both Ist and 2nd squadrons of the French fleet will be cruising in the Mediterranean when the League Committee of Eighteen meets on Jan. 20 to consider oil sanctions. The Ist squadron will be manoeuvring off Provence and Corsica,
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    DR. WU LIEN TEH ON WAY TO SINGAPORE.
    42 11 Dr. Wu Lien Teh, famous Chinese plague prevention expert, sailed in the Carthage from Shanghai yesterday for Singapore to attend the meeting of the League of Nations Oriental Health Bureau.— Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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    STRIKE RIOT IN ARGENTINE.
    234 11 STRIKE RIOT IN ARGENTINE. Four Killed In Buenos Aires. SOLDIER STONED TO DEATH. Buenos Aires, Jan. 7. riVE people were killed and many injured in serious disturbances which broke out in connection with the one-day general strike called in sympathy with the striking building trade unions. Most workers Joined in
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    GERMANY'S NEW WARSHIP.
    28 11 Germany's third 10.000-ton "pocket" battleship Aomlralgraf Spec was commissioned at Wilhelmshaven in the presence of survivors of the battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands— Reuter.
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    106 DOGS ON SHOW.
    187 12 Thoroughbreds In Malaya. EXTRA BUS SERVICE TO RACECOURSE. ONK hundred and six dogs have been entered for the Singapore Dog Show at the racecourse on Jan. 19. These include fox terriers, Alsatians cocKer spaniels, sealyhams. foxhounds, airedales, bull terriers, Dalmatians, golden retrievers, collies, salukis, Great Danes.
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    DO SINGAPORE WOMEN WASTE THEIR MORNINGS ?
    11 12 DO SINGAPORE WOMEN WASTE THEIR MORNINGS SEE OUR WOMEN'S SUPPLEMENT TOMORROW.
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    ABYSSINIAN WAR.
    382 12 ABYSSINIANS ADMIT DECAPITATIONS. But Italian Airmen Were Ising A Machine-gun! AddLs Ababa, Jan. C. it indignation prevails here at the suggestion that the Italian raid on 1 the Swedish Kod Cross was justified 1 because Abyssinlans had decapitated Italian airmen who had been forced down. The facts pro
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    SINGAPORE BECOMES EQUATORIAL HOLLYWOOD.
    350 12 FILM EXPEDITIONS DUE THIS YEAR. Malayan Background For Jungle Pictures. DEPORTS that Frank Buck of "Bring 'Em Back Alive" fame, Ward Wing, who made a film of Malayan kampong life at Katong in June, the Martin Johnsons who are at present in British North Borneo, and
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    JAPAN'S NEW CHINA POLICY.
    194 12 Tokio Favours Chiang's Proposals. Shanghai, Jan. 7. Mr. Hirota, the Japanese Foreign Minister, has formulated his new policy towards China, after conferring with Mr. Suma, the Japanese ConsulGeneral In Nanking, says a Tokio report. Japan will work together with the Chinese authorities in North China against
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    " CHRISTIAN GENERAL'S " DUTIES.
    29 12 CHRISTIAN GENERAL'S DUTIES. Gen. Feng Yu-hslang assumed the post of Vice-Chairman of the Central Military Council. Nanking, on Monday when he was formally sworn In. Sin Cheo Jit Poh.
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    $3,000 REWARD.
    68 12 Theft From Bank Packet. A reward totalling nearly $3,000 is offered in connection with the theft of tbe 41,000 guilders belonging to the N.V. Nederlandsch Indische Handelsbank, of Singapore. Five hundred dollars is offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons concerned
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    PLANE ALTERED FOR RANEE
    138 12 Cabin Seat And Injury. Cabin alterations are being madj to the Imperial A'rways liner at Seletar so that the Ranee of Sarawak, Lady Vyner Brooke, who leaves by air tomorrow for London, and who recently injured her leg, will be comfortable during the flight. The seat
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    HAWKER NUISANCE.
    143 12 They Scuttle When Police Arrive. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 7. When the oase in which three Chinese— two men and an elderly woman— were charged with hawking without licences and causing obstruction on the five-foot way was heard by Mr. J. Calder, in the Kuala
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    DESTROYERS RETURN.
    24 12 The destroyers Duncan and Daring [>t the China fleet returned to Singapore at nine o'clock this morning from a visit to Pcnang.
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    IN SINGAPORE TODAY.
    202 12 THE Straits Times is. publishing this daily feature to give Singapore readers a comprehensive summary of entertainments, meet- nj;s, sports events, social functions and other outstanding happenings. Orgi'jiiscrs of meetings etc. are invited to submit diary dates. HOTELS. RAFFLES HOTEL: Cocktail dance 6.00--8.15 p.m. SEA VIEW HOTEL:
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    SINGAPORE BUS IN SWAMP.
    90 12 One Passenger Dead. One passenger was killed and ten others injured when a motorbus travelling along Woodlands Road, Singapore, ran off the road and overturned in a swamp this morning. The dead man was an elderly Malay. His wife and young daughter were passengers too, and
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    JOHORE JUNGLE AFFRAY.
    101 12 HYLAM COMMUNIST SENTENCED. Foo Ah Joon, the Hylam who was tried at Kota Tinggi last Saturday on charges of distributing seditious literature, rioting and resisting arrest, was yesterday sentenced to a total of 12 months' rigorous imprisonment. Che Ismail bin Abdullah, the magistrate, convicted him on all
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    TWO TROOPSHIPS THIS WEEK.
    108 12 Neuralia Comes Back Tomorrow. The troopship Neuralia is expected to arrive in Singapore from Hong Kong tomorrow morning and to berth at godowns 50 51 at 7 a.m. Troops going ashore will do so at 7.30. and those going Home from Singapore will embark at nine
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    SHIP IDLE FOR A MONTH.
    118 12 Leaves Singapore For Bangkok. The British steamer Kaitangata sailed for Bangko yesterday afternoon after having waited over a month at Singapore for a charter. She arrived on Dec. 4 with a cargo of coal for the Mitsui Bussan Kalsha, and a crew of 34 commanded
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    20 12 A 17-year-old Chinese boy received slight injuries when he was knocked down by a RAF. motor-lorry In Serangoon Road, yesterday.
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    LUDLOWI DANGER COMES TO INDIA.
    157 12 Singapore Pushes On Anti-Malarial Schemes. Following the decision last month to carry on an anti-malarial campaign "regardless of expense." the Municipality has taken preliminary steps to fill in the swamps near the new civil aerodrome, and to let the sea water into the fish ponds
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    WOMAN CHEMIST IN SINGAPORE.
    68 12 Miss Ruby M. Mercer. M.Sc, 8.A., Assoc. A.C.1., who Is an analyst connected with a prominent druggists firm in Melbourne. Victoria, arrived in Singapore yesterday In the J. v. Oldenbarnevclt in the course of a tour through the East. Miss Mercer, who is staying at Raffles
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    23 12 A Chinese living in Temple Street was taken to the General Hospital yesterday with his throat cut. A knife was found near him.
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    CASE TO BE HEARD A THIRD TIME.
    279 12 SIKH MONEYLENDER CHINESE BORROWER. COMMENTS BY THE JUDGE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Jan. 7. A civil suit brought by a Sikh moneylender against a Chinese borrower will have to be heard a third time as the result of an appeal here. The
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    Methodists Want Bishop Lee To Stay.
    116 12 Methodists Want Bishop Lee To Stay. Yesterday at the closing session of the Malayan annual conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, a resolution was passed urging the delegates to the general conference at Columbus. Ohio, U.S.A^ next May to persuade the conference to re-appoint Bishop Edwin F. Lee to the
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    KIDNAPPING CHARGES IN SINGAPORE.
    480 13 Woman Baby Boy. How a woman took a fancy to a ten-month-old baby boy, took him away to Johore without his parents' consent and made an attempt to sell him for $85, was told in the Singapore Assize Court yesterday, before Mr. Justice a'Beckett Terrell and
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    28 13 The North Atlantic is normally the home of the German liner Stuttgart which berthed at Tanjong Pagar yesterday with 5<M passengers on her first visK. Straits Times Photograph.
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    DEPRESSED NOBLEMAN
    245 13 DEPRESSED NOBLEMAN On His Way To Java. A YOUNG Dutch nobleman who arrived in Singapore yesterday has been a victim of the depression. He is Baron F. d'Atthus de Bouronill, travelling from Europe to Java with his wife. Baron Bourouill is in his early twenties and one of the few
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    AFTER FIVE YEARS IN ASYLUM.
    245 13 Alleged Murderer To Be Tried. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. Jan. 7. A tragedy which occurred five years ago at Petallng Salak, when a Chinese coolie named Llew Seng died from inlurles received as the result of an assault In a kongsi house, hafi
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    FUNERAL OF HERMES SAILOR. A. B. Frimston.
    312 13 FUNERAL OF HERMES SAILOR. A. B. Frimston. The death occurred at the General Hospital. Siaeapsre, on Jab. 6, 1086. of George Frederick FrkMton, Able Seaman, H.M .S Hermes, at tb* age of 20. He was a very popular member and one of the bright lights of the ship's Ten-a-Penny Band.
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    BARONESS WHO IS BESIEGED BY REPORTERS.
    213 13 BARONESS WHO IS BESIEGED BY REPORTERS. Cameramen Are A Nuisance Too. "We have had a nice trip but were everywhere besieged by Press reporters." said the young Baroness de Koenlgswarter, formerly Nlcka Rothschild, of the English branch of the famous Jewish family of RothscMlds. who arrived In Singapore on her
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    HID TIN ORE IN CEMETERY.
    274 13 Coolies Use Flour Bags. SENT TO PRISON. (From Our Own Cones^o.idcnt.) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 6. T^KIS was obviously a well thought out theft." remarked Mr. J. Calder, in the Kuala Lumpur Police' Court today when thrre Chinese. Yap Thiam. "a,) Meow Chin and Van Chan
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    REITKR MANAGER LEAVING.
    63 13 The place of Mr. F. R. Jones, manager of Reuters Limited. Singapore, who is going on leave for ten months soon, is being taken Mr. J. E. Henry. Mr. Henry, who has been stationed here y»-eviously, arrived at Singapore yesterday. Mr. Jones will go on t;ur In
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    S.C.C "A" REVERSE PREVIOUS RESULT AGAINST GUNNERS.
    540 14 PADANG WAS JUST A SHEET OF WATER. But Club Outsides Handled Better Than Usual. S.C.C. A 5 pts. R.A. A" niL ■THE S.C.C. A turned the tables on the Gunners A team yesterday— the Club were beaten by a try to nil earlier
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    INDO-CEYLONESE LAWN TENNIS TOURNEY.
    72 14 The All Malayan Indo-Ceylones- 1 Tennis Championship Meeting is to! be held during the Chinese New Year, holidays Jan 24, 25 and 26 in Kuala Lumpur. A number of entries have already boen received and many more are I before the closing date. The| ■fixed Doubles
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    R.S.Y.C. PROGRAMME.
    116 14 On Friday, there will be a Team Race !or the "B" Class: Flas Officers vs. The Rest, Parting at 5.20 p.m. The "C" Class will sail the usual afternoon race also starting at 5.20 p.m. On Sunday, the slx-me re Class will sal a race lor Uie Ramona
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    SINGAPORE BADMINTON ASSOCIATION.
    157 14 The first annual Singles vs. Married match for the Tan 800 Teck Cup will be played off on Saturday at the Clerical Union Hall at 2.30 p.m. The Married Team is expected to put up a hard fight as 't commands many players who have represented the
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    25 14 The combined Colts and Wiltshire Regiment hockey teams taken at TanifHn on Monday. The Colts won 2— N. Hay scored three goals. —Straits Times Photograph.
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    EIGHTEEN POINTS SCORED BY GOAL KICKING.
    778 14 TOURISTS GOT ONLY TWO TRIES. London Counties Go Under To New Zealand. (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Dec.*27. j New Zealand 24 pts.; London Counties 5 pts. There was a good deal of Christmas in the football yesterday at Twickenham, where New Zealand beat
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    Lawn Tennis. CZECHS DO WELL IN INDIA
    253 14 Lawn Tennis. CZECHS DO WELL IN INDIA Menzel And Hecht In Two Finals At Calcutta. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Calcutta, Dec. 30. CALCUTTA'S tennis festival is nearly over and an international match between India and the Central European team now in Calcutta (Menzel Hecht, von Metaxa and Baworowskl) will begin
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    WEIGHT LIFTING.
    98 14 The Singapore Amateur Weight Lifting Federation, the Government Body of Weight-Lifting In Malaya, will hold the 1936 Novice Competition on March 28. Entries will close on March 21. The competition is open to members of the Federation or unattached members of the British Amateur Weight Lifters' Assn. The
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    P.W.D. HOCKEY.
    65 14 The following have been Invited to play hockey for the P.W.D. Sports Club against the General Hospital Sports Club on Friday on the latter's ground at 5.15 p.m. P. d'Cosia Noel Pestana and V. Ponnlah; Carle Perera, S. SabaPathy and T.. T. Klat J K. Thalllnathan, J. H.
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    CHINESE BOXERS TO VISIT SINGAPORE.
    42 14 Nanking. Jan. C. Sixteen exponents of Chinese boxIng, under the charge of Mr. Pang Yu-hsuen. are sailing for Singapore today to give exhibitions there. They are members of the Central Institute of Boxing. Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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    English Boxing. KID BERG THINKS HE IS FIRST.
    264 14 English Boxing. KID BERG THINKS HE IS FIRST. Ready To Deposit £500 To Meet Canzoneri. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London. Dec. 27. lACK (Kid) Berg. British light-weight champion, has adopted the attitude |that If any Englishman Is to be giver. the chance ot fighting Tony Canzoneri for the world title
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    Y.M.C.A. HOCKEY MATCH ABANDONED.
    61 14 The V.M.C.A. Seniors were only able to muster eight men In their hockey fixture with the Juniors who were also a depleted side having only nine men out la*t evening on the V.M.C.A. ground. After ten minutes' play G. Day seizing an opportunity scored for the
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    Golf, JUTE WALLAH WINS INDIAN TITLE.
    356 14 Golf, JUTE WALLAH WINS INDIAN TITLE. Championship Was Full Of Surprises. (From Our Own Correspondent) Calcutta, Dec. 30. 'THE amateur golf championship of India was won yesterday by a "jute-wallah," A. Olennie. of Barrackpore, a little river resort seventeen miles out of Calcutta with a very ordinary 18-hole course. Glennie
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    R.S.Y.C. CRUISER RACE
    148 14 The R.S.Y.C. Cruiser race on Sunday which started from Changi at 9 a.m., the course being Anglu Bank Buoy to Starboard and the finish on R.S.Y.C. line at Singapore, resulted in a win for Candela (Misselbrook) There was a fresh N.E. to E. wind throughout. The finishing
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    TOURING TEAM BRINGS DISCREDIT ON SINGAPORE SOCCER.
    674 15 PITIFUL EXHIBITION AT SAIGON. S.A.F.A. Say They Have Not Sanctioned Any Tours. U/E print below a translation of an extraordinary article which appeared in La Depeche d'lndo-Chine (Saigon) dated Dec. 26. When the copy of this newspaper reached the Straits Times a few
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    13 15 K. C Gillett convertea the S.C.C. "A's" only try yesterday against the Gunners.
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    Boxing. SANADA TO MEET WEBER AGAIN.
    162 15 Boxing. SANADA TO MEET WEBER AGAIN. Three Japanese Leaving After Friday's Fights. |y/|l- taf CfcWM Seal lias arranged an attractive card for Friday at the Olympic Stadium. The main event will bs a return flKiit over 12 rounds between Sannda and Frankie Weber. The Penang boy won last time on
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    SELANGOR HOCKEY XI.
    57 15 (From Our Cwn Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 7. The Selangor selectors have made no change from the side that won at Penang for Saturday's match at Ipoh. the team b?ing: George Orenier: Gorbex Singh and Gecrge Laßrcjj Keun. Peel and CO. LaErooy: Ko ■lmeyer. Hassan. C. Grenier.
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    SOCCER FRIENDLY.
    56 15 Tlu' following have been selected to play ■occcv for the Railway Institute the H.M.S. Hermes (Royal Marine) taday at Railway ground at 5.15 p.m. Ch lliah. Ycap Ah Han (Captain) and Thuray Singam; C. Ratnam, Rajuloo and Swee Hock; Sulong. Sany, Anthony. R. Ratnam and Samy Bin Kcehep.
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    KATONG GOLF CLUB.
    19 15 A One Club Competition will be played over the Katong G.C. course on Saturday and Sunday.
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    NAVY XI BEATEN.
    36 15 The Railway Institute beat H.M.S. Diamond by three goals to one in a friendly soccer match on Saturday at Railway ground. Awang Bin All (2) and Chua Keng Pak were the goal scorers.
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    MALAYA CUP FINAL.
    68 15 F.M.S. Railways Issue Cheap Return Tickets. The F.M.S. Railways are Issuing cheap return tickets for the Malaya Cup Rugby final at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. The first class return fare Singapore— Kuala Lumpur is $16, second class $8. Johore Bahru— Kuala Lumpur $15 and $7.50. Malacca— X.L.
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    PENANG RACES.
    124 15 Order Of Running And Scratchings. (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang. Jan. 7. Following are the order of running and scratchings for the fourth day of the Penang Turf Club professional meeting: Race 1: Horses. Class 3, Div. 5. Scratchings: Flavello and Jubilee Star. Race 2: Horses, Class 3,
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    SIAM'S DERBY.
    46 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Jan. 6. The Siam Derby was won by Phya Devahastln's mare. His second entry, also a mare, gained second place. The race was run in record time. The tote dividend was poor as the winner was a hot favourite.
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    S.R.C. HOCKEY
    52 15 The following have been selected to play hockey for the S.R.C. vs. Police Sports Club at Thomson Road on Friday: F. L. Wilson. E. G. Wheatley. A. G. Armstrong, E. Mathleu, L. Reutens, C E W. Souaa, D. Ross, A. G. Valberg, R. Armstrong. O. B. Armstrong and
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    SPORTING FIXTURES.
    99 15 WEDNESDAY, JAN. t. Erne lnj: Penang Gold Cup Meeting, 4th day. Hockey: Colts vi. Combined Colleges at Medical College: SRC. II vs. Khalsa Assn II at 8.R.C.; WllUhlres II vs. V.M.C.A. II at TangUn: Medical College n vs. Sikh Police n at College. Till RSI) A v, JAN.
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    Polo. JAIPUR'S SIXTH SUCCESS.
    368 15 Polo. JAIPUR'S SIXTH SUCCESS. Four Should Represent England vs. America. (From Our Own Correspondent.? Calcutta, Dec. 30. INDIA is the home of the best polo in the world and the annual polo tournament final played on the Racecourse ground yesterday in the presence of the Viceroy and Lady WiMngdon. the
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    10 15 W. H. McNeil), played well for the S.C.C. "A" yesterday.
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      OUR ONLY COMPETENT REFEREE.
      165 15 "Little Tin Gods" Are Far Too Autocratic. All readers of your representative^ i report on the Boxing of last Sunday will be very sorry to think that Mr.' Dargue Robinson, or as we old fans knew him as Eddie Grady. Is considering giving up refereelng. I
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      AUSSIES START WELL.
      30 15 Port Elizabeth, Jan. 7. The Australians made 189 for 4 wickets, Victor Richardson 75 not out, today against Eastern Provinces. The match will last three days. Renter.
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    THE CLUB VERANDAH
    593 15  -  Mr. Robinson's Decision— Hope That He Will Not Retire Board's Annual Meeting Curious Rugger Problem At Penang. Conducted by "LEIGHTON." PLSEWHERE en this page will be found a letter from one of the oldest followers of boxing In Singapore and a competent judge at thatregretting the decision
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    WOMEN CAVE-DWELLERS CHANGE INTO FOXES.
    3871 16  -  Rosita Forbes By Strange Tale Of Abyssinian Sorceress And Hyena. TRAVELLER TELLS HER EERIE EXPERIENCES. Somebody once wrote a book called Lady into Fox." It was a delicious affair, especially when the transformed wife worried her dress-ing-jacket and the husband felt it wouldn't be safe
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    BEHIND THE SCENES IN SINGAPORE COMMERCE IN 1935.
    1926 17 The Banks' Toll On Small Accounts A Home Contrast Service Leads To Business Associations and Monopolies Lack Of Leadership. BY OUR COMMERCIAL CORRESPONDENT. n«Y 1935 review of the local associations connected with the bujiness life of the Colony, which I started last
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    A SINGAPORE MERCHANTS NOTE BOOK.
    61 17 great work performed by the Trad? Commission would not be lost I I tin? country. Here again leadership is required. Will one of the chambers come forward and make the matter the subject of its special attention, or could Government see its way to invite
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    AMSTERDAM SELLS ITS PALACE.
    148 17 Government Purchase Of Historic Building. Amsterdam. Dcv 22 The City of Amsterdam has sold its historic Palace to the Dutch Government for £1.370.000. Although it was for long a royal residence, the building remained the property of the burghers of Amsterdam. In 1655 the c:ty felt
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      154 17 CONFEDERATION LIFE ASSOCIATION. (tnr.orporatad in 1871 by Special Act of ths Parliament of Canada) Head Office Toronto, Canada. General Agency for fitraits Settlements 34 35, Mercantile Bank Building, Singapore. ONE OF THE BRITISH EHPiBE'S STRONGEST AND LARGEST LIFE INSIRANCE COMPARES. Itch Cause Killed In 7 Minutes Tour skin has •aa.rly
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      A NEW ANGLE ON ABYSSINIA.
      591 18 A British Socialist's Point Of View. "Abyssinia and Italy." By Emile Burns. Gollancz. 3s. 6d. "It is obvious that any victory for Italian aggression would be a tremendous encouragement to German Fascism, already threatening the world with war. For Italy to gain any benefit from
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      A Crime Story With Atmosphere.
      251 18 The Cases of Susan Dare. By Micnon Eberhart. The Bodley Head, 7s. 6d. Miss Eberhart gets more "atmosphere" Into her mystery stories than the majority of crime writers. She Is an artist at conveying the feel of a creepy old house, the emanations of an
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      EX-KAISER IN EXILE.
      672 18 British General's Memoirs. Potsdam and Doom. By Brig.-Gen W. H. 11. Waters. John Murray. 7s. 6d. A British general who knew Kaiser William In the glories of Potsdam and who has since been a regular visitor to Doom writes entertainingly in this book of the exiled monarch.
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      34 18 THE CREW of the Union Castle motor ship Warwick Castle, which is taking mail for Tristan da Cunha. the world's loneliest island, and South Africa, undergoing lifeboat drill at Southampton before the ship sailed.
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      20 18 Owing to the Holidays and delayed air mails, the Straits Times London Letter has not yet arrived.
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      SECRET OF HUMAN GROWTH.
      425 18 Search For Unknown Chemical. Scientists in two countries are making a new approach to one of the greatest mysteries of life— the power of organised growth. This is the power which enables a single fertilised cell to Increase and multiply, not formlessly, but so that different
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      RIGHT CAREERS FOR GIRLS.
      166 18 A MINISTRY OFFERS SUGGESTIONS. Suggestions to girls in the choice of a career most suited to their individuality are given in a pamphlet entitled "Careers for Secondary School Girls" issued by the Ministry of Labour. "Experience shows," the pamphle*. states, "that it is often lack of
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      MURDERS AT $14 A TIME.
      224 18 TERMS FOR HIRE IN INDIA. Bombay, Dec 22. In a recent murder case before the Bombay High Court the presiding judge found it necessary to impress upon the jury the .leesssity of giving; a verdict in accordance witli the evidence forthcoming. It was even asserted
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    Japan's Plans In North China.
    248 19 LARGE-SCALE COTTON PRODUCTION. To End Dependence On United States. New York, Dec. 19. •IAPAN'S realisation of the possi- bilities of North China a3 a source of raw material ajid as a market for her finished products has been the dominant motive behind the autonomy movement,
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    Interior Minister's Programme.
    230 19 LAND POLICY AND PRESS PROTECTION. New Life Movement To Be Fostered. I AND reforms, extensive promo-1-1 tion of the New Life movement, enforcement of district selfgovernment, and the development of the press will form the main points on the programme of the Ministry of Interior, according to
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    UNREGISTERED MUI TSAI ALLEGED.
    265 19 Further hearing was resumed before Mr. Cunnyngham-Brown in the third magistrate's court, Singapore, yesterday in the case where Lee Tin Keow. a Straits-born Chinese nonya. isj charged with having In custody an unregistered mvi tsai. Mr. Bingham. the Assistant Protector of Chinese, prosecuted while Mr. Demuth
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    CHANDU HIDDEN IN SHOES.
    94 19 Chinese Sentenced. Walking unobtrusively down the gangway of a ship berthed alongside godown 21. Tanjong Pagar, on the evening of Dec. 21. Kora Kum, a Kwangsl Chinese aroused the eusjlctons of a revenue officer. A search revealed a small tin of nongovernment chandu secreted in the
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    KIANGSI'S LINKS WITH SIX PROVINCES.
    39 19 New Highways Completed. Six main highways with their centre in Kiangsi and proceeding through other provinces, namely KiangslKwangtung, Klangsl-Cheklang, Kl- ancsl-Fuklen. Kiangsl-Hunan, KiangsiHupeh and Klangsl-Anhwei have been completed and through traffic has already commenced.
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    28 19 I Gen. Araki and Adml. Osumi have been created barons in recognition of their services in connection with the Shanghai incident of 1932 and the deveiojunenu in Manchuk-un.
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    CIVIL SERVICE CLUB PANTOMIME.
    218 19 Success At Batu Pahat. (From Our Own Correspondent) Batu Pahat, Jan. S. Members of the Civil Service Club, Batu Pahat, staged their first play, "potted pantomime of Cinderella," last night. It was produced by Mrs. Keene and directed by Mr. Keene. At the start Mr. J.
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    BATU PAHAT J. P. ENTERTAINS.
    165 19 125 Residents At Dinner. (Prom Our Own Correspondent.) Batu Pahat, Jan. 5. More than 125 residents from Johore Bahru. Muar, Klang and Batu Pahat were entertained to dinner last night by Mr. S. Pormampalam, Batu Pahat's new Justice of the Peace. Among those present were
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    MAN'S DEATH AFTER COLLISION.
    276 19 European Driver Not To Blame. An accident opposite the S.C.R.C. in New Bridge Road, on Dec. 22, in which a cur driven by a European was Involved, was the subject of an Inquiry conducted before Mr. W. G. Porter, the Singapore Coroner, yesterday. Giving evidence. Mr.
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    31 19 Sixty labourers on a highway in the Pyrrenean valley of Aran are reported to have been Isolated by snow. All efforts to reach them for several days have been without avail.
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    26 19 Germany has concluded agreements with Holland and Denmark for the purchase in increased quantities of agricultural products, chiefly butter, eggs and cheese, in the year 1936.
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    37 19 Mr. Felix Choo, of the teaching staff of Rangoon Road School, Singapore, and Miss Madeline On*, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ong Hap Keng, of Race Course Road, after their marriage at St. Andrew's Cathedral on Saturday.
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      THANKS.
      100 19 Appreciation Of A Happy Christmas. To the Editor of the Strait* Times. Sir, —Now that Christmas is over, many of those who celebrated It far away from Home would like to thank those responsible for running the Union Jack Club for the very homely decorations which they provided. Nothing
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      LORRY DRIVER CHARGED.
      78 19 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 6. A Sikh motor lorry driver named Ram Singh appeared before Mr. J.! Calder, in the Kuala Lumpur Polio Court today, charged with causing grievous hurt to a Chinese, San Chew Hai, by driving his bus rashly at Sentul on
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      HIS SUNDAY OUT.
      79 19 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 6. "What is the cause of the celebrating?" inquired Mr. J. Calder, In the Kuala Lumpur Police Court today, when a Tamil named Palanl was charged with being drunk and Incapable. "I was celebrating my Sunday," pleaded the accused. Mr.
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      UNEMPLOYMENT FUND
      33 19 The latest subscription to the Rotary Club Unemployment Fund Is $20 from Menn. Indian Association. The fund now Is: Already acknowledged $1,407.00 Messrs. Indian Association 20.00 $1,427.00 Donations Already acknowledged $7,106.90
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      CRIMELESS KLANG.
      90 19 A pair of white gloves was presented tc Che Osman, the Klang magistrate, on Saturday when the court assembled as usual at 10 a.m., there being no fresh criminal cases brought by the police. In making the presentation Mr. Fakir Chand, Asiatic Police Inspector, said that it was
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      ULU LANGAT & SELANGOR JUBILEE FUND.
      37 19 ULU LANGAT SELANGOR JUBILEE FUND. (From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 6. The Ulu Langat committee of the King George V. Silver Jubilee Memorial Fund have collected subscriptions ranging from 50 cents upwards and totalling $246.60.
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      MALACCA NOTES.
      187 19 (From Our Own Correspondent.) I Malacca, Jan. 6. The Hon. Dr. R. D. Fitzgerald. Director of Health and Medical Services, has arrived in Malr.cca on an official visit. Mr. G. A. Chalmers, manager of Pegoh Estate, has returned from leave. He will now take charge of Telemong Estate,
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    TEN YEARS' GAOL FOR GIRL MURDERER.
    46 19 Shih Chien-chlao, the girl who murdered General Sun Chuan-fang. the former warlord of the five provinces of Klangsu, Chekiang. Fuklen, Anhwel, and Kiangsi, to avenge her father's death, was sentenced recently by the Tientsin District Court to ten years' imprisonment.
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    OUGHT WIDOWS TO MARRY?
    220 19 Tamils Reform Debate. "Widow Marriage" was the subject of a debate at a meeting of the Tamils Reform Association held in Singapore on Saturday. Mr. K. Damotharan presided. Messrs. P. P. Samy and T. V. V. Lingam, who led the debate, maintained that widow marriage was
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    GERMAN WOOD-OIL MOTORCARS FOR CHINA.
    36 19 The Klangnsai Motor-Car Co., of Nanking has placed an order for 50 wood-oil motor-cars from Germany, and the first 20 are due shortly and will be put on the regular service.
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    WITH THE BRITISH RED CROSS AT HARRAR.
    149 20 Weighing time at Queen Charlotte's Maternity Hospital, Lor.con Following the wiping out of the Swedish Red Cross Mission by Italian bombers, and the reported bombing of the Egyptian Red Cross 1^.,... i have been expressed for the safety of the British Red Cn*s
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      18 1 The Straits Times RADIO SUPPLEMENT FOUB. PAGES SUPPLEMENT TO THE STRAITS TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1936. No. 18.
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      Music From London At Tea Time For Malayan Listeners
      1132 1 DO YOU HEAR TRANSMISSION I (From Our Radio Correspondent). DESPITE all its shortcomings, the Empire transmission from London remains the backbone of Malayan broadcast reception. The other European stations provide good music, but on the whole the average English listener in
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      KUALA LUMPUR'S TWO WAVE LENGTHS.
      88 1 Rugger Final Broadcast On Saturday. (Prom Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Jan. 7. The Malayan Amateur Radio Society. Station ZGE. Kuala Lumpur, will broadcast simultaneously on wavelengths of 43.92 and 110 metres for a period of two months. The alternative wavelengths will first be used
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      COMMISSION TO REVIEW DUTCH SERVICE.
      124 1 Efforts to place broadcasting In Holland on a satisfactory basis have entered a new phase by the Minister of the Interior's appointment of a Commission "to investigate wnat is the best manner in which wireless broadcasting in Holland can be organised, controlled, and exploited." Proposals
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      14 1 THE POLITICAL TIME SIGNAL. Political broadcasts are a nomlsr fesswe of short-wave radio today.
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      Listeners' Query Corner.
      406 1 Listeners' Query Corner. Conducted by TECHNICIAN. QUERY:— I shall be clad, if you will be good enough to enlighten me through the medium of the Radio Supplement whether the Hong Kong short-wave station broadcasts regular programmes of Chinese music in addition to the English ones? (Chan Chang Len, Singapore). ANSWER
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      RADIO WILL SOON BE PERFECT.
      144 1 THE REASON LIES IN THE SUN. Wireless reception is better now than It has been for ten years. The reason is sunspots. The sunspots are weaker, so wireless will be stronger. Sunspots are bubbles of gas which rise from the boiling centre of the sun.
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      MODERN MUSIC BY RADIO.
      177 1 APPEAL TO 8.8.C. FOR "MERCY." "TEMPER SCHONBERG WITH SCHUBERT." An amusing plea on behalf of instrumentalists, condemned by the 8.8.C. to p?rform too much contemporary music, was made by Mr. E. W. Hlnchltff, contrabassoonist at the 8.8.C, when he spoke at the annual luncheon of the
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      THE PRISONERS' SONG— AND SHOW.
      127 1 Convicts of Joliet. Illinois, prison have recently Inaugurated their own amateur programme over the o.i.k. W station, WCLS. Every Monday ana Wednesday night talented prisoners take the air and entertain fellow inmates who assemble around receiving sets in the prison libraries and reading rooms. By
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      MORE RADIO STATIONS FOR JAPAN.
      26 1 Japan will have 32 broadcasting stations next spring when the Japan Broadcasting Association adds six stations to those already in operation.
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        92 1 WORLD'S LARGEST RADIO-INDUSTRY H VV L T l'Cii' !>! 1 1 SHORT WAVE PROBLEM! B -J^bL^^ -rW "ike* Philips ~Qr Radio have at f§. iheir M**"** blem of real world wide broadcastreception and to make tbe new all -wave receiver 335. This set offers short-wave long-distance performance almost esjsud to
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        88 2 THE NEW 1936 Westinghouse PRECISION RADIO brings you RADIO'S LATEST REFINEMENT MORE POWERFUL tfa METAL ENVELOPE MORE SENSITIVE dffl^MLf ELIMINATES NOISE AND NON MICROPHONIC PREVENTS INTERACTION VIBRATIONLESS £r BETWEEN CIRCUITS ALL METAL TUBES WITH IMPROVED ILLUMINATED SHADOWGRAPH COLOUR WAVE TUNING BAND SELECTOR OVERSIZE FULL B\/^« BEAUTIFUL FLOATING COIL M M*"
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        228 2 THE NEW 1936 ALL WAVE means all the World to you. EXCELS IN FINER TONE GREATER VOLUME AND WORLD WIDE RECEPTION: jfiMHßMßptote, AC DC BATTERY 1 3, Ik TABLE MODELS RADIOGRAMS; t| EASY PAYMENTS ARRANGED MODEL 1 1 ATF. of this It is tone and performance you want in Radio.
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        670 2 WEEK'S BROADCASTING PROGRAMMES FOR MALAYA. TODAY 8.8.C. PROGRAMMES. Truumlslan 2 GSG 17.7 M kc/i (16. M m.). GSF 15.14 A ke/( 119.82 m.) 6.20 p.m. Big Ben. Cecil Chadwlck, «t the Organ of the Classic Cinema. Belfast. As I Sit Here (Sanderson). Waltz, As Long as our Hearts are Your?
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        405 2 PARIS: RADIOCOLONIAL. FRENCH GOVERNMENT STATION. (25.23 m.. 11.880 kc/«) 4.35 p.m. News In French. 5.05 News Ji English. 5 20 End of transmission. (1t. 68 m.. 1&244 kc/s) 7 15 p.m. Day's programme. 7-20 News In English. 7.35 Concert, relayed from Mont-pelller-Languedoc. 8 20 News in Frcrlch. 8.50 Continuation of
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        767 2 TOMORROW 8.8.C PROGRAMMES. Transmission 4 Part 1. Two or three of the following fre■oencles will be used: GSI 15.260 ke/t (19. S6 m.l, GSO 11,750 kc/i (25.53 m.), GSB 9.510 ke/t (31.55 m.l, GSL 6.U0 kc i (49. 10 m.) PART I 12.35 a.m Big Ben. The 8.8.C. Dance Orchestra,
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        889 2 PHOHI-HOLLAND. Station P.H.1., 11,730 ke/i (25.57 m.) 5.20 p.m. Opening announcement. B. SO Music. 8.5* News from Holland. 9 05 Music. 9-15 Accordion music by Eogel Papp. 9. t0 Criss-cross through the Netherlands. 9. 40 Music. 9.50 Accordion music by Engel Papp. 10.05 Dance Music. 10.20 Clc:e down. ROME. 9.20
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        208 2 Stephen) Flndlater Macdonald Mary (Richardson). Noel Eadie: The Flowers of the Forest (arr. David Stephen), Heart o" Fire Love (arr. Kennedy Fraser). Findliter Macdonald: Piper o' Dundee (Traditional), A oast (fcr Auld Lang Syne) (Harrhy). Noel Eadie and Flndlater Macdonald: Huntingtower (Lady Nalrne) 9.50 p.m. The 8.8.C. Northern Orchestra; leader,
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        189 2 Relnacher. 6.05 News in German. C.20 Concert of Light Music. 8.40 Topical Talk c 50 Concert of Light Music <contd.> 7 20 New* In English. 7.35 Close DJB. rjN. 8.20 p.m DJA. DJN Announcement. 8 S5 Cheerful Choral Music. The German Choral Union conducted by Rudolf Lamy 9 05 Newt
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        668 3 (Continued from page 11) PARIS: RADIOCOLONIAL. (25. C0 m., 11.720 kc (.35 a.m Concert relayed from RadioParts. 7.35 News In French. Market prices. 8 00 News in Spanish. 8.20 News in English. 8.35 Song of yesterday and today by Mile Susy V inker. 9.05 Recorded music. 9.20 End of transmission.
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        701 3 fortes). Orchestra: March, The Light Horse (von Blon), Overture, Light Cavalry (Suppe), Waltz. The Grenadiers (Waldieufel) Marjorie Crane and Margaret Blackburn: Sonata In E major (J. S. Bach. arr. Keller). Orchestra: Chant eleglaque (Tchaikovsky). Humoresque (Dvorak), Toreador et Andalouss (Kubinstein). Marjorie Crane and Margaret Blackburn: Hardanger (Arnold Bax). Cortege; En
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        444 3 jyyyy/yinr» »»i »> »nn» irnrat **£^t*Wl Organ music from London is heard almost nightly in Malaya. Here is the console of the giant organ in the concert hall at Broadcasting House London. —8.8.C. Picture. Housewives. 11.20 Gramophone music. 11.50 j Time signal; "For Opera Lovers", a pro~ j gramme of
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        694 3 5.35 p.m. Weekly Newsletter and Sports Summary. 5.55 Close down. Transmission t 7.20 p.m. Big Ben. Weekly Newsletter and Sports Summary. 7.40 A Recilal by Olive Groves (Soprano) t 7.50 The Crystal Palace Band: conductor, Denis Wright. Kenneth Ellis (Bass). 8.20 Greenwich Time Signal. 8.50 A Short Religious Service.* God
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        738 3 NIROM. 7. M a.m. end 9.20 am. Church Services. 10. M a.m. WUhelmus. 10.53 Concert by tlie Nirom Orchestra, (Light music). 11. 19 Vocal programme by Leo Morein. 11.48 Carillon. 11.50 Concert by the Nirom Orchestra (Light classical music)). 12 20 p.m. Gramophone recital of light music. 1.10 News. 1.20
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        591 3 Sonata in A, Op. 47 (Dedicated to Kreutzer): Adagio sostcnjlo. Presto. Atulanta con Variazionl. Finale Presto (Beethoven). 11. 50 p.m. Greenwich Time Signal. The News. 12.10 a.m. Music by Wilfred Sanderson, t Harold Williams (Baritone) with Orchestra: Shipmates o' Mine. Esther Coleman (Contralto) with Orchestra: nutf pense. Richard Crooks (Tenor)
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      1083 4  -  Peter Goss. By In previous articles Mr. Goss described some of the fundamental principles underlying the operation and organisation of the Empire Broadcasting Service as well as the manner in which the programmes are prepared and produced. In this concluding article he
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      253 4 'No Doubt We Can Find An Alternative/ "IF Mr. Jack Payne Gads it inconvenient to broadcast, we arc very sorry, particularly as we made his reputation for him." This was the comment made to a reporter last week by Mr. Eric Masehwitz, Variety
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      26 4 At DAVENTBT: A view of the feeder lines from the transmitter hall to each aerial system. A scene at Daventry. the 8.8.C. Empire station. 8.8.C. Picture.
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      FRENCH LICENCE FIGURES.
      48 4 The official figures of declarations ol wireless receivers In France up to October 31. show that at that date there were 2,399.445 licensed listeners. 62.381 of whom possessed crystal receivers. Sets used for public performances—ln cafes and other places open to the public numbered 42.318.
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      94 4 (To the Radio Editor) Sir— By chance 1 logged station "HFHPJ" on Monday Jan. 6, broadcasting Siamese and English music and the news bulletin in English on 2738 metres on a frequency of 10,955 kilocycles. This station w;u just below the Japanese station JVai. It is supposed to be
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      SAARBRUCKEN "TAKES THE AIR."
      91 4 SAARBRUCKEN TAKES THE AIR." Reichssender Saarbrucken. the eleventh German regional station has been Inaugurated. Dr. Goebbels, the Minister for Propaganda, who is responsible for broadcasting, opened the station. His speech, which was of a political nature, was broadcast by all German stations. Herr Hadamovsky, the Director of German Broadcasting, also
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        312 4 8.8.C. PROGRAMMES. i Continued fiom page iii) BooU iJ. P. McCall). He Heard the Great Sea Calling (BowUer Andrews). 6.50 A talk by the Chief Engineer of the British Broaicastins Cornoration.* 7.05 a.m. Masters of Music— Haydn The 8.8.C. Empire Orchestra: leader, Daniel Melsa: conductor. Eric Fogg. Gwcn Catley (Soprano)
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        110 4 ;^"ir>^ rr *****"N(B| w|k **s. At 1 x Stanford Robinson, Director of the 8.8.C. Theatre Orchestra, and one of the most familiar and popular conductors on the ah-. He was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, was a cinema pianist at the age of sixteen, and in 1924 joined the 8.8.C. Music
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        511 4 and Deeper Still; Aria. Waft her Angels (Jephtha) (Handel). Orchestra: Selection, La Tosoa (Puccini). Benedictus (Mackenzie). George Annitage: O Mistress Mine; Blow, Blow, thou Winter Wind (Quilter). Orchestra- Ballet Music from Rosamunde (Schubert), Rustic Suite. In Downland: (1) April Song (2) Shepherd's Lullaby (3) Lavender Time (T. J. Hewitt). George
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        506 4 Evenini? Address, t H Concert by the Nlrom Orchestra (Light classical). 9.35 The ■Plckens Sisters" Sweet Georgia Brown. Good morning glory. San. Lawd you made the night too long. Dream Sweetheart. 9.50 Dance music by the Hawaiian Syncopators. I«.M p. so. Close down. WEDNESDAY 8.8.C. PROGRAMMES. Transmission S 6. 20
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