The Straits Times, 25 January 1936

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    40 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTORY.] JB f THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1936. BICE 10 CENTS. The Straits Times 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1936. PRICK 10 CENTS
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      423 1 SINGAPORE: 140. CECIL ST. ('PHONE 5471) MERCEDES -BENZ DIESEL TRUCKS BRINKMANN&CO A new shipment of ELECTRIC APPLIANCES is now on view at 251, ORCHARD ROAD:— Vacuum Cleaners Coffee Percolators Toasters Table Fans Cake Mixers C locks All of most modern design and on sale at surprisingly low prices. THE 3QRNSQ
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      83 1 KUALA LUMPUR: 25. JAVA ST. ('PHONE 3583) ASK FOR A MARMET PERAMBULATOR THERE IS NOTHING "JUST AS GOOD." TO BUY AN IMITATION IS TO MISS THE BEST. MODEL F. 45 PRICE $49.50. MODEL M. 55- PRICE $110.00. REVERSIBLE CHROMIUM PLATED MARMET NEVROIL (SELF LUBRICATING) HANDLES, SORBO TYRES, LEATHER WHEELS, CHROMIUM
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      20 1 Daisy 15. ORCUAKI) HDll I lor BOUUI 1 1 1 UASKr. l> v VVKKAI ll > lu'jnt j (4mbfr Maiu. )-i«)
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      532 2 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE' BIRTH VANDERPUT.— At Singapore on January 24, 1936. to Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Vanderput, a son. Both well. SITUATIONS VACANT Whea applying for any position advertised In these columns send copies of testimonials. Do not send originals. WANTED able canvassers for leather goods In Singapore on commission
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      784 2 FOR SALE CAR and Refrigerator for Sale or Rental 112 Orchard Road. Phone 3333. FOR SALE 274-3 Holland Road, Modem Sanitation. Electric Light, Tennis court, garage 2 cars, dining room, lounge, 3 bedrooms, Dressing rooms and Bathrooms. Also Nos. Z74-1 and 274-2, each with modand garage. And 5 acres of
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      825 2 EDUCATIONAL EDENMORE PREPARATORY SCHOOLi Surrey. Boys from abroad, 5-14. Excellent situation and record. Highest references. Healthy and happy holidays. 21 gns. per term lncl. Prospectus from "The Straits Times" or See. Medbourne House, Berrylands, Surblton. AUCTION NOTICES~ BY ORDER OF THE MASTER ATTENDANT, S.S. AUCTION SALE of one Steam Boiler,
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      819 2 PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE The Exchange Banks will be closed on Friday, Jan. 34 and Saturday Jan. 38, Chinese New Year (Bank Holidays). TAIPING TURF CLUB. As a mark of respect owing to the death of His Majesty King George the Fifth the Talping Turf Club Skye Race Meeting has been
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      531 2 LEGAL NOTICE Mr. J. JOHNSTON All persons having any claim against Mr. J. Johnston of Raffles Library, Singapore, are requested to send the same in writing with particulars to the undersigned not later than Monday, February 3, 1936. JOHANNES tc SAMMY. Solicitors for Mr. J. Johnston PHOTOGRAPHS. Copies of the
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      481 2 BUSINESS CARDS. Etc. MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE Mrs. HARU and Mtss HANA 60. WATERLOO STREET. Telephone 7467. HARTEAMPH'S VOCADILAKIES. Perfected and Simplified for Home. Profession, Trade. Pupil. Teacher. Scholar. Savant. Helps to illumine, emphasize or elaborate those salient qualities In your talks, sermens, lectures, letters briefs or other writings.
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      188 2 SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Singapore Within Outside Without Malaya Malaya Postage Monthly SIN S 4.00 2.50 ljuartrrly S 8.5* $11.06 S 7.M) Half Yearly $17.00 $24.00 515.00 Yearly $34.00 $40.00 $3*.00 Note. Oulstatlon cheques should include thr usual bank discount. ADVERTISEMENT RATES. The rliarge* and i list roc Ik is for CLASSIFIED
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      654 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Inoorporated In England.) MAIL PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. IjTCO. UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY S GOVERNMENT. LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. Due Tonnage Spore. 1936. BURDWAN 6 070 Jan. 25 RAWALPINDI
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      386 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LINE. TO EUROPE VIA SUEZ. Regular fortnightly sailings. London via Penang, Colombo, Aden, SUez, Port Said, Marseilles and Gibraltar. S.S. KATORI MARU Jan. 26. S.S. KASHIMA MARU Feb. 6. tM.S. YASUKUNI MARU Feb. 19. S.S. HAKONE MARU March
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      625 3 9 -^w^ HF^ PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. BANGKOK LINE Luxurious One Class Motorships, Most Cabins have adjoining private bath. Excellent Cuisine. FOB MARSEILLES, LONDON, ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. From From From From Spore Malacca Port Penang M.S. Sham JUTLANDIA 11/2 11/2 12/3 14/2 MEONIA 3/3 3/3 4/3 6/3 ALSIA 24/3
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      274 3 B. I. S. N. CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England) APCAR LINE. FOR HONG KONG, AMOY. SHANGHAI. MOJL KOBE AND OSAKA s.s. TILAWA 10,»oo Jan. 30, 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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      1180 3 THE BLCE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean The nna Khlow Steamship Co (1932) Ltd Steam Ship Co. Ltd.. and China Mutual The Cunard White Star Ltd Steam Navigation Co.. Ltd.) The Sarawak Steamship Co .Ltd ?h c ft', U v U f m SlhS 1 h P ,L«, L The Aus '""»n
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS.
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      SUEZ CANAL 1935 TRAFFIC JUMP.
      238 4 Receipts Advance To £11,836,000. Transits of the Suez Canal Company through the canal in 1935 numbered 5,992 vessels, against 5,663 in 1934. It is the highest total reached since 1929, when it was 6.274 vessels. Receipts last year amounted to Fr5.887,720,000 (£11,836,000 at current rates),
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      PORT HEALTH.
      374 4 League Bulletin For Week Ended Jan. 18. Colombo was again the only port in the Eastern Arena to report the presence of human plague during the week, two fatal cases having been notified. Cholera has been reported from Madras and Negapatam in British India and from Bangkok in
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
      199 4 Today. Penang. Slam, Burma. India. Iraq. Palestine, Egypt. E S Africa, Great Britain. Ireland. Europe and N. Sc 8. America by air (Imperial) 1 pm Tomorrow. Australia, New Zealand. Java and Timor DUly by air (Qantas) 7 p.m Monday. Belawan <b Medan (Ophir) ..9 a.m. Pengerang (S.
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      SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD
      113 4 KEPPEL HARBOUR. Main Wharf Lch. Kittlwake. W. Bt. Splendour, P.W.D. Grab 2, Sea Belle 11. Dredger Todak, Cremer, Lch. Mars. Sinabanc. Oil Wharf NU. Coal Wharf NU. VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS. Tanjong Pacar. Sheers Wharf Nil. Albert Dock NU. Victoria Dock Nil. Keppel Harbour. King's Dock NU.
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      NETHERLANDS AIR MAIL SING APORE—AMSTERDAM
      26 4 NETHERLANDS AIR MAIL SING APORE— AMSTERD A M The air mail dispatched from Singapore on Jan. 18 was delivered in London on Jan. 24 (6 days).
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      MAILS EXPECTED.
      143 4 Malls from Australia, Netherlands Indies etc. expected today by air (Qantas) will be delivered to boxholders at 3.30 p.m. General delivery of letters on Jan. 27 at 8.25 a.m. Mails from Netherlands Indies expected today by air (Netherlands) will be delivered to boxholders at 3.30 p.m. General delivery
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      TANKER FREIGHTS RISING.
      301 4 Heavy Chartering By Italy. Tanker freight rates, which rose sharply in October, have further appreciated in the past few weeks. The general level Is now approximately 65 per cent, higher than that current about two years ago. Thus, in January, 1934, the current rate for dark oil
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      TELEGRAPHS.
      31 4 Kuching radio Is working Sunday hour* today viz:— «.3o to 8.50 a.m.. 9.40 to 9.50 a.m.. 10.35 to 10.50 a.m., 2.35 to 2.50 p.m. and 4 20 to 4.50 p.m.
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      584 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated tn P. M.S.) LLOYDS AGENTS:BOOKING AGENTS, F.M.S. ELYS. AND SIAM STATES RAILWAYS. TELEPHONE: Frelffet 5433— Passage 5431. CANADIAN li <* :f.\'i at 4,\^B_ J^rTTTTTTI AA A AJk A (Incorporated in England) -HE "EMPRESS" ROUTE offer* TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES via HONOLULD «c direct EMPRESS to VANCOUVER— ACROSS CANADA
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      656 4 (incorporated tn 3tTBJts Settlements) s i^JBK BUS* ELLERMAN BUCKNALL ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. COMPANY. In England* 'Incorporated !n U.S.A.) BOSTON. NEW YORK A BALTIMORE TLLERMAN" LINE. Via CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. FOR HAVRE, LONDON. Due Sails ROTTERDAM HAMBURG. SK SSSSS K 2 VU P»rts and Sues CanaL MEMPHIS CITY
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      122 4 ?ORT DICKSON TIDE TABLE. Date Time of Hl«h Water 1936 a.m. p.m. January 3d 7.40 8.00 27 8.17 8.40 HI 8.51 9.18 29 9. 25 10.00 30 9.59 10.48 31 10.40 11.65 PORT SWETTENHAM TIDE TABLE. Date Time oi Hlßh Water 1938 a.m. p.m. January 26 6.28 19.07 27 7.05
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      138 4 Malayan Meteorological Service. Daily Weather Report. Stations Yesterday Last night Max. Rainfall Bright Mln. temp, ins Sunshine temp. •F hrs. °F West Coast. Alor Star 91 Nil 8.3 70 Bayan Lepas (Penang) 88 NU 9.6 74 Sitiawan 80 0.08 64 73 Bukit Jeram 83 Nil 0.7 72 Malacca 83 Nil
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    SANCTIONS IN THE LIBRARY.
    195 5 ROME BUYING UP ENCYCLOPAEDIA. Geneva, Jan. 15. Information received here indicates that orders have been issued in Rome to buy up or confiscate all copies of the volume of the Encyclopaedia Itallana which includes the article on Ethiopia. The article is favourable to Ethiopia and so
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    23 5 Following protests and threats by Egyptian students against the showing of the film Bengal Lancer it has been withdrawn from a Cairo cinema.
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    16 5 In defiance of the Church decree, Bishop Zaenker of Silesia examined two candidates for the ministry.
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    54 5 The flnt case in history of a national hero being forced to flee his own country Colonel Lindbergh arrives at Liverpool aboard the United States freighter, American Impo rter, with his wife, who is seen walking down the gangway ahead of him, and his baby son, Jon whom he is
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    NAVY LEAGUE MESSAGE.
    160 5 'Necessity Of Rebuilding Our Fleets." The New Year message of the Navy League, signed by Admiral Sir Sydney Fremantle (Chairman) and Mr. H. T. Bishop (General Secretary), states that it is more th*n necessary to drive j home the message to the British peoples that the Fleet
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    AIR PASSENGER'S ALLEGED SMOKE.
    109 5 Proceedings Pending. Proceedings are. to be taken against a passenger who is alleged to have been smoking contrary to regulations in an Imperial Airways machine between Paris and Croydon. The case is believed to be the first of Its kind. Imperial Airways, Ltd.. are preparing a
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    TOURISTS BAN ITALY.
    284 5 MUSSOLINI LOSING MILLIONS. A holiday boycott of Italy is being imposed throughout the world today. Suffering already from the effects of official sanctions Imposed by the League of Nations, Mussolini is now face to face v.ith a new threat "holiday sanctions." Cruising ships will emit Italian towns
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    "CLIMAX OF HUMAN ACHIEVEMENT."
    187 5 GERMAN EXALTATION OF WAR. Berlin. Jan. 13. "War is the climax cf human achievement," declares General von Seeckt, former Chief of the Rlechswehr. In an article In the Military Scientific Review." the first number of which was published today by the German War Office, with a
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    19 5 The flrst aeroplane t.) reach Medina. Arabia, the Moslem Holy City, arrived there. piloted by an Egyptian. Mohamed Stdky.
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      261 5 NEW WORLD CABARET As a mark of respect during this period off mourning the death of H. M. KING GEORGE V. there will be NO GALA NIGHT TONIGHT and the extension up till 2 a.m. Tonight is cancelled. Today January 25 USUAL TEA DANCE 5.30 TO 8. SPECIAL VAUDEVILLE. Sunday,
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      122 5 The 'ROYAL' TANKARD (E. P. N. S.) BRITISH THEREFORE BEST $6/- EACH (POSTAGE EXTRA) EVERY TANKARD GUARANTEED BRITISH MAKE OBTAINABLE ONLY FROM Illl' 101. VICTORIA STREET ALSO 5. RAFFLES PLACE. Yw*, i 'Tnu.'it &aye M'uyhq (fno&i! BATA SHOE CO. LTD. SINGAPORE. WED., FRI., SUN. 5.30 7.30 p.m. TEA DANCES ADMISSION
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      54 5 MARLBOROUGH Tonight 3.00 7.00 9.00 "THE LIBERTY" CHINESE TALKIE VICTORIA MEMORIAL HALL. A PIANOFORTE RECITAL will be given by Clifford Huntsman, the celebrated English pianist at 9.30 p. m. _on Wednesday, Jan. 29. Booking at John Little's $3, $2 and $1. ALL OUR CHINESE FRIENDS, WE WISH YOU A HAPPY
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    ACCOUNTANT AND LIABILITY FOR LOSS ON FORWARD CONTRACTS.
    5748 6 MORE EVIDENCE IN PEPPER TRIAL. Witnesses On Dealings In. Shellac. The hearing was resumed on Jan. 9 before Alderman Sir Louis A. Newton, at the Guildhall, London, of the adjourned summonses issued on the information of the Director Of Public Prosecutions, against
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      22 6 AS SUPPLIED TO P.W.D. throughout Malaya, Rubber Plantations etc. Large Stock Spare* Carried McALISTER CO., LTD. SINGAPORE, PENANG, KUALA LUMPUR and IPOH
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
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      "SHELL" INTERIM PASSED.
      177 7 NO SURPRISE TO MARKET. As briefly announced In the Straits Times last week, the directors of the "Shell" Transport and Trading Co. have decided not to declare an Interim dividend on the £24.121.361 of Ordinary capital in respect of 1935. On November 19. 1935, the directors announced
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      WHOLESALE PRICES RISE IN 1935.
      226 7 Food Average Up 1.6 Per Cent. The average of wholesale prices in 1935 showed a slight increase on the j 1934 figure, but was still substantially lower than the index number of 1930, according to the Board of Trade Journal. The 1935 figure is greater
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      FLIGHT FROM THE DOLLAR.
      254 7 U.S. BUYING TIN AND RUBBER. London, Jan. 24. The dollar and the franc are vying for a monopoly of attention on the foreign exchange markel, with the dollar momentarily ahead. As a result of the international shortterm scare, money is continuing to leave the United States
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      EXCHANGES.
      94 7 UJ3. Dollar Nearly Five To The London, Jan. 24. Paris 75 I 84 Athens 520 sellers New York 4.99 i Bucharest 668 sellers Montreal 4.9i'i Rio 4li Brussels 20 29 sellers official Amsterdam 7.1(9 Belgrade 217 Geneva 13.22 Buenos Aires unquoted Milan 61 151 6 Montevideo 39 716 Berlin
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      OVERSEAS TRADE
      92 7 1935 Exports Show 8 Per Cent. Rise Over Previous Year London, Jan. 22. Estimates of changes in the volume of overseas trade In recent years on the basis of revaluation of Imports and exports at the average values of 1930 show that in comparison with the year 1934
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      COMMODITIES.
      39 7 YESTERDAY'S PRICES:— Rubber. London, 7d., same. New York, 14*4 ct«. Tin. London, (3 months). £195 12s. fid. London, (spot) £202. New York, 46 !i cts. N Gold. London, £7 os. lOd. Cross-Rate London-New York. 4.99 Vi (prey. 4.96%).
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      TREASURY BILLS.
      40 7 London, Jan. 24. The total amount applied for in tenders for £35,000,000 Treasury Bills was £68,735,000. The average rate per cent, for bills at three months was 10s. 6.96 d. against 10s. 5.52 d. a week agoBritish Wireless.
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      BRITISH TRADE WITH ITALY.
      274 7 DECREASES UNDER SANCTIONS. The effect of Sanctions on British Imports from, and exports to. Italy Is shown In the trade returns for December Just Issued. Comparing last month with December, 1934. there were striking decreases in Italian exports to this country. Including the fo'lowing: Dec. 1934
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      STOCK EXCHANGE,
      326 7 Some Profit-Taking In Tins. London, Jan. '24. The Stock Exchange was quieter. British Funds were firm but urcliar.g- j cd. Transatlantics moved in sympathy with the exchange. Rubbers were still firm on the commodity. Holders of tin shares appear at last to have taken cognizance of th 3
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      612 7 BANKING. HONG KONG SHANGHAI HANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated in the Colony ot Hong Sock) The liability of n.embera Is limited to the extent and In manner prescribed by Ordinance No. 6 o( 1921 of the Colony. HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG. Authorised Capita] $50,000,000 Issued and fully paid up $20,001,000 Reserve Fund:
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      8 7 What's On IN SINGAPORE TODAY See Page Twelve.
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      369 7 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. (Incorporated in England by Royal Charter 1853 i Paid Up Coital in 600.000 shares ol 15 each 13.000 000 I Reeerve Fund 13.01H) uoo Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3.000.00! HtAD OHICl: S3. Biahnptcate. London E.C. 2. Amritsar Hong Kong Ea:gon Bangkok Hello
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    Why Empire Broadcasting Is Popular In Canada.
    449 8 A STEADILY increasing sale or short-wave radio sets throughout Canada mirrors this Dominion's tremendous interest in overseas news, and in particular the British Broadcasting Corporation's daily Empire programme from London. Reception of these trans-Atlantic news broadcasts, which deal almost wholly with Empire affairs,
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      46 8 WESTINGHOUSE r/ M RADIOS INCORPORATE EVERY WORTH-WHILE IMPROVEMENT KNOWN TO THE INDUSTRY TODAY-ALL-METAL TUBES SHADOWGRAPH TUNING HIGH-FIDELITY TONE CONTROL AUTOMATIC VOLUME CONTROL CONCERT-TYPE DYNAMIC SPEAKER WORLD-WIDE RADIO CO. 119. North Bridge Road. Singapore. ©Leader in Radio! KEE KUAT RADIO 404, North Bridge Rd Phone 4566, Spore
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      51 8 ALL-WAVE RADIO RECEIVERS product of ELECTRIC \3K/j3y AMERiCA I *^BB| P METAL TUBES-HIGH FIDELITY REPRODUCTION Model. AB2 c,, hull vision Sliding scale tuning dial New air-dielectric trimmers Variable Tone Control Push pull output New Electro Dynamic Speakers METAL TUBES mean Improved Performances Reliability Increased Sensitivity Increased Selectivity FREE DEMONSTRATIONS. DEFERRED
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      463 8 FULL MALAYAN BROADCASTING PROGRAMMES. 8.8.C. TODAY. Transmission 1 GSF 15.140 kc/s (19.82 m.) and GSB MlO ke/s (31.55 m.l. 5.05 p.m. The News. 5.20 Close down. Trarumiasion Z GSG 17.790 ke/s (16.86 m.). and GSF 15,140 kc/s (19.82 m). 6.20 p.m 81-T Ben. The 8.8.C. Northern Orchestra; leader, Alfred Barker;
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      808 8 9.510 ke/s (31.55 m.), GSL 6,110 kc/s (49.10 m.|. GSA 6.050 kc/'i (49.59 m.). 6.20 a.m. Big Ben. A Recital by Olga Haley (Mezzo-soprano). Where e'er you Walk (Handel). On Wings of Song (Mendelssohn). O that it were so (Frank Bridge;. Soft-footed Snow (Sigurd Lie) The Lark (Rubinstein) So we'll
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      715 8 from Smeaton Tower, the old Eddystan? Lighthouse, Plymouth Hoe, by I*. -Colonel W. P. Drury, C.B.E. 735 Viennett Waltzes. t Marek Weber and his Orchestra; Blonde or Brunette (Waldteul), Amoretteiitanze (Gung'l) Edith Lorand and her Viennese Orchestra: My Darling iThe Gipsy Baron) (Johann Strauss), Waltz, Dreaming (Joyce) 7.5« p.m. "Around
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      718 8 PARIS: RADIOCOLONIAL. FRENCH GOVERNMENT STATION. TODAY. (19.68 m.. ***** kc/s). 7.15 p.m. Day's programme. 7.20 News In English. 7.35 Concert, relayed from MarjeilleProvence. 8.20 News In French. 8.54 Continuation of relay. Concert. 9.20 Reviews and periodicals. M. F. de Teramond. 9.20 Talk by M. F. Porche. 9.40 Colonial market rates.
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      466 8 Today's Crossword Puzzle I—' 14 Hi H' 7 3-2 33T m 54 ssr ftr I*7* !1 Z Z Zl!l I V Z Z ■Fl n ndafl H ni MOTE: Figures in parentheses denote the number of letters In the words required. (CLUES.) ACROSS. 23- Word of assent (3) 24. Tap
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      135 8 ly Pianoforte solo, Au Eord DUne Courre. and Rhapsody No. 3 in C Major; Orchestral, "Peter Pan." Selection Parts 1 and 2; In Italian, O Del Mio Dolce Ardor, ar.d 11 Fior >- Che Avevl A Me Tv Dato. SINGAPORE. ■0 Station Z.H.1., Singapore —Wavrlrngth 49.9 metres. Owned and operated
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    THE RED CROSS BOMBINGS.
    321 9 Mussolini's Reply To Protests. London, Jan. 21. Not only the Abyssinian Red-Cross, but societies of other countries which followed Sweden's example, and according to the Geneva agreement of 1929, sent an ambulance corps to Abyssinia, demand emphatically that in accordance with international convention the Red Cross
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    NANSEN PASSPORTS.
    135 9 To Be Issued By 14 States. Geneva. Jan. 22. Nansen passports for political refugees will now be issued by fourteen states including Denmark. England. France, Italy, Poland and Switzerland, according to the announcement of the International Nansen Office. These new passports will be available also for fugitives from
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    21 9 The Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal of England who played a prominent part in the proclamation of King Edward V ill.
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    85 9 R.A.F. flying will bs suspended en Tuesday. Civilian airmen are being asked to refrain from flying over the route of the late King's coffin and over Westminster Hall. Reuter. At only 48 hours notice, Mr. John Buckmastcr, actor-son of Gladys Cooper, sailed from Southampton aboard the liner Aquitania to join
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    BEES TAUGHT THE TIME.
    664 9 FOOD APPOINTMENTS t WITH SCIENTISTS. DOG INSTINCT— AND SENSE. Dr. David Katz, formerly Professor of Psychology and Education at Rostock University, Germany, dealt with secrets of animal behaviour when he c delivered the first of the Dr. Mann s Juvenile Lectures at the Royal Soe clety
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    FRONTIER INCIDENT IN MONGOLIA.
    103 9 New Japan-Soviet Clash. Moscow, Jan. 24. ANOTHER frontier incident in- volving Japano Manchurian troops has occurred, according to a message from Llan Bator (formerly Urga) the capital of Outer Mongolia. It Is alleged a Japano-Manchurlan detachment, consisting of three lorry loads of soldiers, with five more
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    ANGLO-ITALIAN TRADE DECLINE.
    114 9 Effect Of Sanctions. How the economic Sanctions which came into force on Nov. 18 last are affecting Anglo-Italian trad} is Illustrated by the Board of Trade returns for December. Last month exports of British coal to Italy amounted to 19.098 tons, valued at £14.0001, compared with 420.373
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    ANGLO-CANADIAN TRADE PACT.
    202 9 Plans To Effect A Revision. Ottawa, Dec. 31. Departmental officials are already gathering material preparatory to a revision of the Trade Pact between Canada and Great Britain, which, it is understood, Is to be on the basis of an exchange of lowered Customs duty rates. Canada is
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    BRONZE OF LAWRENCE OF ARABIA.
    236 9 Plans For Dedication In St Paul's. A service will be held in St. Paul's Cathedral shortly, for the purpose of dedicating the bronze of Lawrence <» Arabia which Is now being placed In the crypt. The home of Lawrence wa3 in Oxford. He went to
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    AMUSEMENTS
    139 10 SINGAPORE ALIIAMRRA H. Rider Haggard's She. 6.15— 9. 15. GLOBE THEATRE, GREAT WORLD The Three Musketeers Episodes 1 to 6. GOODWOOD PARK BOTEL Special Curry Lunch every Sunday. GKKAI WORLD The Blossom Time. HOLLYWOOD D. SERANGOON UOAD Mad Love. With Peter Lone 8c Prances Drake. Also Bright Eyes. With
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JAN. 25, 1936. THE YOUNG MAN'S DILEMMA.
    860 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JAN. 25, 1936. THE YOUNG MAN'S DILEMMA. Much has been written regarding the employment problem facing the adolescent scholar in Malaya. Few practical suggestions have emerged from the spate of words, but enough has been said to indicate that it is the more or less
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    Social and personal
    165 10 Bishop Devals is spending a short holiday at Cameron Highlands. Mr. San Ah Wing, J.P., of Kuala Lumpur, is going to Hong Kong shortly for a holiday. Mr. C. H. K. Cormac. of Messrs Brown, Phillips and Stewart, Ipoh. will shortly be going on Home leave. Inspector
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    SNAKES OF MALAYA.
    866 10 lI.— DENIZENS OF SWAMPS, SEA AND MANGROVE, By IDA SLATTER, F. V. S. F. Z. 5. 'THERE are three Kraits in Malaya Fortunately two are lovers ol obscurity and keep to the forest and damp undergrowth; the third, Bunrrarus Coeruleus, is almost black and given to entering
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    HOW LUNG POO FOOLED THE PLANTERS.
    428 10 "T^HE true story of Lung Poo's coal mine Is one that the rubber planters of Malaya still blush to tell. Lung Poo was a Chinese boy who had come to Malaya and prospered but little. But coal is, to say the least of It.
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    A COLONIAL COUNCIL.
    214 10 IN our plea for the establishment of an Advisory Council to assist the Secretary of State on matters of general policy affecting the Colonial Em pire. and of a Development Board to initiate and co-ordinate the economic development of the Colonies as a wi-.ole. we are glad
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    NOTES Of The DAY.
    760 10 PREFERRED. I>HERE was a very marked diminution cf cracker firing in Singapore d on Thursday night, but the Chinese t celebrations seemed to be none the n less hearty. Streets were thronged with shoppers on the eve of the festival, and it appeared that a good
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      26 10 Funeral of His Majesty KING GEORGE V. As a mark of respect there will be NO issue of the STRAITS TIMES on Tuesday next, Jan. 28th.
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    150,000 FILE PAST ROYAL CATAFALQUE.
    927 11 ENGLAND'S HOMAGE TO A GREAT MONARCH. King Edward Queen Mary Visit Westminster Hall. TWO MINUTES' SILENCE ON TUESDAY. ABOUT 150,000 of his bereaved subjects paid homage yesterday to the late King George V, filing silently three abreast in double lines past the catafalque in Westminster
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    STOP PRESS
    155 11 GOEBBELS SPEAKS OUT AGAIN. Cologne, Jan. 25. Germany's expenditure on rearmament was defended by Dr. (iorbbels who speaking last night said the German programme was not tomplete. They were only playing the overture and it was like one of Wagner's works, with many leading motives. In February, 1933.
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    SINGAPORE BROADCAST.
    32 11 I Mr. Clifford Huntsman, the pianist, i will broadcast a recital from Singapore ZHI at noon tomorrow (Sunday). He is giving a recital at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Wednesday.
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    ROOSEVELT'S CLASH WITH CONGRESS.
    111 11 ROOSEVELT'S CLASH WITH CONGRESS. President Vetoes Bonus Bill. FEARS OF DOLLAR INFLATION. acute crisis between President Roosevelt and Congress is revived today by the announcement that the President has vetoed the Veterans' Bonus Bill. His decision to veto the Bill was conveyed in a brief handwritten message to Congress (says
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    NEW FRENCH CABINET.
    117 11 M. LAVAL WITHOUT A POST. Paris Jan. 24. M. Sarraut has completed the new Cabinet, which is essentially a SarrautFlandin combination. The former stands for a 100 per cent. League policy and M. Flandin is strongly pro-British. >!. Laval, the former Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary, is
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    LADY ARTHUR YOUNG DEAD.
    109 11 Wife Of The War Time Governor. The death is announced today (says Reuter) of the Lady Evelyn Young wife of Sir Arthur Henderson Young, a former Governor of the Straits Settlements and High Commissioner of the Malay States. Sir Arthur and the Lady Young came to
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    MR. PU YI AND THRONE OF PEIPING.
    59 11 Shanghai. Jan. 24. It is persistently rumoured In Shanghai and Nanking that the Japanese are making elaborate arrangements to place Henry Pu Yi. Emperor Kang Teh of Manchukuo, on the Throne in Peiplng from which he was forced to abdicate in 1911 when
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    Italian Troops Desert Into Kenya.
    169 11 It is officially stated, says a Reuter message from Nairobi, that SBO Italian native troops have deserted across the Kenya frontier and laid down their arms. They are being Interned In a special encampment. They constitute a force recently brought from Eritrea 111 1 reinforce
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    43 11 This super-warplane seen in flight at Brooklands is built on a revolutionary principle, it is claimed it could be riddled with bullets without collapsing, and it has been ordered in larze numbers by the Air Ministry for the RAF. from Vickers (Aviation) Ltd.
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    COAL STRIKE AVERTED.
    345 11 Men Accept Offer. Is. A DAY INCREASE. London, Jan. 24. 'THE danger of a stoppage of work in the British coalfields, which has been impending for some time, in view of the disagreement between the owners and men on the claim of the miners for a wages
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    THREE MEN FROZEN TO DEATH.
    119 11 THREE MEN FROZEN TO DEATH. Arctic Cold In U .S. Canada. 42 DEGREE BELOW ZERO IN ONTARIO. New York, Jan. 25. RESPITE slight rises in temperatures in New England and the Middle West, an arctic cold continues to grip the country. Hundreds of thousands dollars worth of damage was caused
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    NIAGARA FROZEN.
    67 11 INTENSE COLD IN WESTERN CANADA. Ottawa, Jan. 24. Canada is locked in the grip of winter and swept by howling eales. Teperatures in Western-Canada is far below zero. 42 degrees below [zero was registered at White j River (Ontario) and many roads in the state are blocked with
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    19 11 The Chinese Government has cabled to King Edward and the Royal Family expressing profound sympathy and sincere condolences. Reuter.
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    DEDICATION FESTIVAL AT ST. ANDREW'S.
    172 12 Canterbury Stone To Be Presented. CPKCIAL Dedication festival services will be held in St. Andrew*! Cathedral, Singapore, tomorrow. Lay representatives from as many of the churches of the diocese as possible, including up-country churches, will attend the 8 a.m. choral Eucharist. The Bishop of Singapore
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    At The Cinema. "VINTAGE WINE."
    274 12 At The Cinema. "VINTAGE WINE." "Vintage Wine." (With Seymour Ilkks. Claire Luce and Eva Moore.) (..turnout British. At the Pavilion. Sir Seymour Hicks has appeared on the talking screen all too infrequently. His acting like wine improves with age. His technique is a lesson in the va'.u of stage experience
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    DEATH OF MR. J. L. CRAIG.
    209 12 WORK IN SINGAPORE AND MALACCA. The death of a former Malayan, Mr. James Llewellyn Craig, took place at his home, 55 Hertford Avenue, East Sheen, London, last month. Mr. James Craig was the son of Capt. and Mrs. James Craig who were well known
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    ARMED GANG ROB SHOP.
    74 12 Hylam coolies in Singapore, gathered behind a shut, but not locked, door of a coffee-shop in Selegie Koad last night, were held up by several Chinese who threatened them into silence with plsto's and knives. They were herded into a room at the rear of the
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    SPECIAL ORDER OF SERVICE.
    38 12 London, Jan. 24. The King has approved a special order of service in commemoration of King George for use in all churches. In prayers Queen Mary is referred to as "Mary the Queen Mother."
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    NEW YEAR'S DAY FREE OF ACCIDENTS.
    35 12 1 Th? ambulance department in Sin- gapore were not called to any motor accident;; or "seriously Injured" cases yesterday. I This is unusual for the Chinese i New Year.
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    ORDER OF SERVICE IN CATHEDRAL ON TUESDAY.
    1978 12 FOR USE IN ANGLICAN CHURCHES. Day Of Royal Funeral. The Memorial Service for His late Majesty King George V authorized for use in St. Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore and in all other Anglican Churches and places of worship throughout the Diocese of Singapore on
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    BUGLERS IN CATHEDRAL.
    145 12 BUGLERS IN CATHEDRAL. Salute From Fort Canning. A salute of 70 minute guns from Fort Canning will precede the beginning of the Public Memorial Service for His late Majesty King George to be held In St. Andrew's Cathedral on Tuesday. The salute will be fired at 5.05 p.m, ten minutes
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      211 12 WHAT IS ON TODAY. 'THE Straits Times is publishing I his da-ly fc.ture to give renders a comprehensive summitry of entertainments, meetings, sports events. MefaU functions and other o«tstr.ndinj> happenings. Organisers of meetings etc. arc invited to submit diary dates. HOTELS. Umn HOTEL: Rijstatlel 12.303 p.m. Orchfstral Concert 8.15—9.15 Dinr.er
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      168 12 thoroughly exciting. <rd the audience showed the fervour they used to ke?p for Wild West films i. hen the Urave Mtiskete?.' horsemen v.i-re in chase or In flight. GLOBE rHKATKE. GREAT WORLD: The Three Muslcetecrs. Modernised I version in serial form. Episodes Ito6. 7.15 9 15 GREAT WORLD: The Blossom
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    TANGLIN PREPARING FOR CHANGE OF GARRISON.
    683 13 Irish Soldiers Soon In Singapapore. ROYAL INNISKILLING FUSILIERS' RECORD. fREAT preparations are afoot at Tanglin Barracks and Officers' Mess for the change of garrison which will be effected at the arrival of the Bibby liner Dorsetshire, bringing the Rcyal Inniskilling Fusiliers from Shanghai to
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    LICENCE CANCELLED.
    94 13 Lorry Driver Crashes Into Gharry. (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 23. Low Wan Chor, the driver of the lorry which ran into a gharry at the 3!^ mile Cheras Road on Wednesday evening, killing a child and causing Injury to three others, was sentenced to one
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    SIAMESE BOXER WINS AT K.L.
    128 13 (Prom Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 25. A fair crowd witnessed last night's boxing at the Olympic Stadium. Nal Boon Mah (9.11) beat Young Slki (9.7) on points over ten rounds. It was a dull fight until the eighth round when the Siamese asserted
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    CHINESE NEW YEAR'S EVE ACCIDENTS.
    98 13 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 24. I Two minor accidents took place in Kuala Lumpur during Chinese New Year's Eve At the Junction of Taylor Road j and Socony Road, a Chinese and his j little daughter escaped serious injury when the car
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    MISS VIVIAN HAYNES ENGAGED.
    98 13 The engagement of Mr. J. B. Sturgeon, of Sklpton, Yorks., and Miss Vivian lUlngwortr Haynes, of Pebworth Manor, near Stratford, is announced. Miss Haynes Is an accomplished horse-woman and is associated with the Edgbaston Riding School. Ltd. She is the younger daughter of Mr. A. S.
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    CHURCH SERVICES.
    61 13 STRAITS CHINESE CHURCH, Prinsep Street.— B.ls a.m., Sunday School and Bible Classes; 9.15 a.m. (Malay) Sir Song Ong Siang; 8 p.m. (English) Memorial Services for His Majesty the late King Oeorve V. Rev. T. C. Gibson, M.A.; Monday 8 p.m., Reading Club; Wednesday 8 p.m.. Choir Practice: Friday
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    Going Home Today.
    36 13 The touring party of 36 Young Australians and three officers of the young Australia League who leave on their return voyage today. This photograph was taken at the Singapore Cenotaph. Straits Times Photograph
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    SLUM CLEARANCE PROGRESS.
    122 13 MORE N&W HOUSES FOR PROVINCES. The progress of slum clearance In the provinces is indicated by the latest figures for nine important towns which the Ministry of Health publish. The figures, which relate to houses in the five-year plan of slum clearance inaugurated in 1933, are as
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    CHINESE TRAFFICKER IN OPIUM.
    122 13 London Man With English Wife. Ah Hlng, a Chinese who has an English wife and eight children, was M the Thames Court sentenced to six months' hard labour for bMng an unauthorised person found In possession of opium. The magistrate. Mr. Harris, said Ah Hing, who
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    PRISONER ESCAPES.
    47 13 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 24. A Chinese who was arrested for an alleged offence under the Weights and Measures Enactment, escaped from the charge room at the Central Police Station yesterday. A search was made, but the man has not been arrested.
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    VOLUNTEER GUNNERS TRAINING SEASON.
    102 13 Full Strength Battery Sought. The Singapore Volunteer Artillery will beirin its 1936 training pro gramme on Monday, Feb. 3. A lecture will be given at 5.15 p.m. On Feb. 10, Feb. 17 and Feb. 24. anti-aircraft training will take place The R.A.F. will co-operate in these
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    SELANGOR CHINESE RESOLUTION.
    94 13 At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall on Thursday the following resolution was unanimously passed: "That the demise cf His !ate Majesty King George V be recorded with vhe deepest sympathy and regret and that the sincere condolence of the Selangor
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    CATHEDRAL OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD.
    46 13 A service in memory of His Late Majesty, King George the Fifth, will be held at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd on Tuesday at 6.15 p.m. The service will be conducted by the Rt. Rev. A. Devals. Bishop of Malacca.
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    MEMORIAL HALL CONCERT POSTPONED.
    25 13 The symphony concert which was to be held tomorrow, at the Victoria Memorial Hall, has been postponed to I Feb. 23.
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    37 13 Lieutenant-Color el H. Goldlng 0.8. E., Royal Army Pay Corps, has assumed the duties of Command Paymaster, Malaya, ard Treasury Chest Officer, Straits Settlements, with effect from Jan. 21 in place of LieutenantColonel C. J. K. Hill.
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    DECLINE IN EXPORTS.
    162 13 Raw Materials Fall. TRADE FIGURES FOR 1935. UEAVY falls In the value of exports of raw materials and articles wholly or mainly manufactured (probably reflecting the lower tin prices, and the smaller quantities of rubber shipped through Singapore entrepot) brought the December trade figure down to $45,338,000
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    AIR RACE HERO IN SINGAPORE SOON.
    86 13 Parmentier Returning To Far East Run. Chevalier Parmentier. one of the heroes of the Melbourne Centenary Air Race, will be in Singapore about the middle of next month. After having been on European lines for some time, he is returning to the Amsterdam-Batavla run.
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    SEDITIOUS LITERATURE.
    70 13 Prison For Hylam. (From Our Own Correspondent. 1 Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 23. Sentence of two years' rigorous imprisonment was passed on Lim Ah Lam, a young Hylam. who was found guilty by Mr. Justice Pedlow at the Selangor Assizes today, of being in possession of seditious literature in
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    40 13 Mr. D. J. Benton, of the Seafield Rubber Co., Ltd., Lumut, with Mrs. Benton and child, will sail for England on leave on Feb. 10. They will travel via China, Japan and America, ani will return via Suez In September.
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    GRAND NATIONAL MAY POVE TO BE A TWO- HORSE RACE.
    795 14 GOLDEN MILLER OR REYNOLDSTOWN Horses Have Longer Memories Than Most Backers. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Jan. 14. TIIFRF has been nothing to distinguish the early part of the present National Hunt season from any other up till now. So
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    SERIOUS BUSINESS FOR AMERICANS.
    83 14 New York. Jan. 15. American athletes, right in the mldj die of their indoor season, are finding time to try-out in the open for the Berlin Olympiad next August. Glen Cunningham, a long way short of racing fitness, has run a mile In 4 mm. 16
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    S.G.C. CLOSED.
    31 14 The Singapore toll Club course at Bukit Tlmah will be closed for play on Tuesday. Jan. 28, on account of the funeral of His late Majesty King George V.
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    ABAYAN vs. L. S. FOND.
    43 14 In reply to "Boxing Enthusiast's" query regarding the weights for the above fights at the New World on January 17 these were given correctly In the Straits Times of Jan. 18. Abayan 7.11 3 4 and Fond 8.2.
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    JOE LOUIS HAS TO LAY OFF.
    366 14 CONTRACT TO FIGHT SCHMELING. Fears That Rest Will Effect His Condition. (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Jan. 13. TOE Louis, the Detroit negro, who has earned the title of "uncrowned king of the heavy-weights," is looking for work in the ring. He does not
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    TANGLIN CYCLING PARTY
    98 14 The Tanglin District Cycling Party held its first ordinary general meeting at the residence .of Inche Kassim bin Mahmood, 319, Kirn Seng Road on Sunday. On the motion of the Chairman, the report and accounts for the year pnded December 31, 1935 were adopted and passed. The
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    MILLER BEATEN.
    53 14 Freddie Miller, the featherweight boxing champion of the world, was beaten on points by the Mexican light-weight champion, Baby Casanova. In a ten-round contest at Mexico City on Jan. 4. Miller has promised Casanova a further contest in which he will defend his title, if the latter can
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    CENTURY BY PARKS.
    35 14 Wanganui. N.Z.. Jan. 24 The M.C.C. scored 202 far two wickets and declared. Parks, the Sussex professional, made 113 not out. At ti.e close Wanganui had lost eight wickets for 74— Reuter.
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    31 14 The first Malay Inttr-State Hockey match was played at Kuala Lumpur last week-end by teams from Selangor (seen here) and Negri Sembilan. The Negri won unexpectedly by four goals to 1.
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    Boxing. SURPRISE VERDICT FOR STEVENS.
    531 14 Critics Considered Berg Was The Winner. (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Jan. 13. JACK (Kid) Berg, British light- t•* weight champion, proved a sound investment for the Transvaal Sporting Club, although he was declared the loser on points in his 12 rounds bout with Laurie
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    PERAK TURF CLUB
    26 14 The date of closing of Entries for the Perak Turf Club February MeetIns has been postponed until 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 29.
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    SINGAPORE COLTS WELL BEATEN.
    233 14 Girls' Sports Club Win Against Perak Y.W.C.A. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 24. The Singapore Colts, the Indian Association and the Girls' Sports Club j are all on tour in the Federal Capital this week-end. Several matches were played yester- I day and resulted
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    McGRATH'S SUCCESS.
    87 14 Wellington. N.Z.. Jan. 4. V. B. McGrath, the Australian Davij Cup player, today won the New Zealand singles championship, which last year was won by F. J. Perry, now on his way back to England. In a keenly contested final match, McGrath beat the New Zealand player and
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    THE CLUB VERANDAH
    785 14 Lancashire's Cricket Captain Ernest Tyldesley May Be Chosen Welsh Referee For Big Fight— Cotton Active Again, Conducted by 'LUGIITOM." INHERE Is no doubt that Peter Eckersley did the right thing when he resigned the Lancashire cricket captaincy on winning a seat in the House of Commons. Manchester
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      52 14 SINGAPORE SWIMMING CLUB. The Singapore Swimming Club will close at midnight and there will be no dancing each day up to and Including Monday. Jan. 27. The Club will close on Sunday as usual at 9 p.m. THE CLUB WILL BE CLOSED ALL DAY ON TUESDAY. JAN. 28. i^™ ■^^■■■■■m
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    FOUR ADMIRALS RETIRE.
    917 15 AT THEIR OWN REQUEST. MANY PROMOTIONS ANNOUNCED. The Admiralty announce that the following retirements and promotions have been approved. They include the retirement, at their own request. Of four Admirals, and the appointment of their successors. Admiral Sir Hush J. Tweedie. X.C.8., and Admiral Sir Kric J.
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    20 15 The smashed and splintered wreckage of the derailed coaches after the Penzance express crash near Swindon (picture by Air Mail)
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    A RULER FOR 60 YEARS.
    114 15 MAHARAJA'S GIFT OF £750,000. Bombay. Jan. 3 The Maharaja Gaekwar of Baroda, who ascended the throne 60 years ago at the age of 12, will open his Diamond Jubilee celebrations with a durbar tomorrow. He has given £750,000 to form a Diamond Jubilee Trust. The
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    MR. BALDWIN'S 1936 MESSAGE.
    304 15 Need For Exposure Of Socialist Aims. A New Year Message Is contributed by Mr. Baldwin, the Prime Minister, to "Home and Empire." He writes: "The only alternative to the National Government was the Opposition Labour Party. "Prom an early stage In the campaign, the Independent Liberal
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    A FAMOUS WRITER DEFENDS THE PRESS.
    480 15 A FAMOUS WRITER DEFENDS THE PRESS. A. J. CUMMINS ON THE THREAT OF CENSORSHIP. IS a censorship of the British Press seriously threatened? Yes, it is— unless strong and clear i voices are raised against it. says. A. J. Cummlngs, of the "News-Chronicle." I And he goes on to make
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    12 15 The new Chinese Ambassador to Berlin snapped with his family in Shanghai.
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    FASCIST CHILD'S PRAYER.
    97 15 The Fascist Youth Movement in Italy has composed the following grace to be said every day by children who receive the free meals provided by the organisation. "O Lord, we thank thee for the bread which thou givest us every day and for this nob'e charity which
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    PLANE CURE FOR A COLD!
    245 15 A TISH OO! Next time you've got a cold, Just try this new remedy. Charter an aeroplane, get the pilot to take you up to 10,000 feet, and fly at that altitude for at least half an hour. This cure for the common cold is
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    FIFTY ACRES TO A FAMILY.
    223 15 Spacious Devon. The population of Devonshire is growing. In the 10 years to 1931 it increased by 23.354 to 732.968, according to the Census Report, County of Devon, Part 2. Issued by the Stationery Office. Yet In many parts of the county each family is
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    THRILLING RESCUE AT SEA.
    411 15 LINER TAKES OFF TRAWLER'S CREW. Southampton, Jan. I. A thrilling rescue at sea in last nights gale was described by tha captain of the Bernstein Red Star liner Westernland on arrival here today. The Westernland, a vessel of 16.500 tons, succeeded in savins two of tho
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    "ANTI-ICER" PLANES FOR K. L. M.
    388 16 Safety Device On Three New Machines For Far East. PREPARATION ON WINGS TO PREVENT FREEZING. AN anti-freezing preparation deBigned to remove the cause of many air crashes the formation of ice on the wings and fittings— will be used on three new Douglas DC2
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    COMPETITION FROM THE EAST.
    137 16 Lancashire And Indian Trade Handicaps. Manchester, Jan. 17. High tariffs and competition from I the East are given as reasons for the low figures of United Kingdom exports of cotton piece goods to India. The annual report of the Indian Section of the Manchester Chamber of
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    15 16 The scene when the Proclamation of King Edward VIII was made on the Esplanade, Penan*.
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    325 16 MR. FOSTER ST. BARBE. The death took place at Fownhope, Hereford, on Jan. 6 of Mr. Foster St Barbe, who retired two years ago from the post of Superintendent of Frasers HUI 'states the Malay Mail). Mr. St. Barbe came to the F.M.S. in 1907 as an assistant on
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    APOSTLE OF CEYLON.
    245 16 225 th Anniversary Celebrated. Thursday, Jan. 16, who the 225 th anniversary of the death of the Venerable Father Joseph Vaz, the Apostle of Ceylon. On this occasion a votive mass for the early beatification of Father Vaz was said in the Church of Our Lady of
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    31 16 A Chinese woman and three young girls, seated in a ricksha travelling along Bencoolen Street, Singapore, on Thursday, were tipped out, receiving slight injuries, when a motor-lorry crashed into the ricksha.
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    21 16 A meeting to discuss arrangements for a horticultural show at Sesamat In March will be held tomorrow at th: Scgamat Club
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    BIRTH CONTROL CLINICS.
    332 16 Indian Women Urge Establishment Trivandrum, Jan. 1. The All-India Women's Conference passed a resolution yesterday reiterating its former resolutions, supporting the necessity for instruction in methods of birth control through recognised clinics, and callinjf on all constituencies to make a special effort to induce their municipalities and
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    15 16 Prince Ferdinand of Liechtenstein has left Vienna for Addis Ababa to join the Abyssinian army.
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    28 16 M. Andre Japy, a young French airman, has flown from Paris to Saigon, Indo-Chlna, in three days 15 hours, beating the previous record of five days four hours.
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    29 16 News reels, shawing deathbed scenes and incidents In the last years of the famous novelist, Leo Tolstoy, have been discovered In archives of the State Cinema Trust In Kharkoff.
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    INDIAN WOMEN OF SELANGOR.
    291 16 Branch Of Association Formed. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 23. There was a large gathering at the Selangor Indian Association at the invitation of Rao Sahib K. A. Mukundan. the Agent of the Government of India, and Mrs. Mukundan, to inaugurate a women's branch
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    SELANGOR HOSPITALS
    283 16 Boards Of Visitors For This Year. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 23. In the F.M.S. Government Gazette appear the names of those appointed to Boards of Visitors to Hospitals in Selangor for 1936, as follow: Bungsar and General Hospital... Kuala Lumpur.— The Tengku Laksamana, the Chief
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    TERRORISTS IN THE MAKING.
    362 16 CHITTAGONG DURBAR. AN APPEAL TO CITIZENS. Chittapong, Jan. 2T A Durbar was hold by Mr. E. M. Blandy, Commissioner, Chittagong Division recently when Sanaiis were presented to a number of prominent men in the Division. The Durbar was piecrcUd by a combined military and prlico parade
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    APPOINTMENT OF CEYLONESE.
    101 16 New Director Of Agriculture. It Is understood that the Government of Ceylon is not bringing out a special officer for the post of Director of Agriculture. The vacancy, caused some montns ago by the retirement of Dr. W. Youngman, will bo filled from the Civil Service. Further,
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    CHURCH SERVICES.
    1216 17 3RD SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY. Faith Healing. The two cures mentioned in St. Matt. VIII. vv.l-13 will remind Christian readers of "the lost pleiad of the sacramental firmament" which is one of the causes of the rise of Christian Science In our day. It is not neces- „ry however
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    PENANG MOHAMMEDAN BOARD.
    117 17 The members of the Penang Mohammedan Advisory Board for 1936 are announced as follows in the Straits Settlements Government Gazette issued last night:— Mr. R. J. F. Curtis. M.C.S. (Chairman). Mr. H. G. Surwar. M.C.S. (Retired) (Vice-Chalrman). The Hon. Mr. Mohd. Rouse bin Chee, J.P.. Syed Salleh
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    MALACCA MEDICAL BOARD.
    78 17 The Straits Settlements Government Gazette issued last night announces that the Malacca Agricultural Medical Board will consist of the following members for the year 1936:— The Chief Medical Officer. Malacca (Nominated by His Excellency the Governor): Mr. A. McKenxle. J.P.. Mr. J. F. S. Carmichael. J.P., and
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      "BONEY" FALLACY.
      49 17 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.— lt Is a pity that your Military Correspondent mars his article of Jan. 14 by relaying the oft-repeated fallacy of Napoleon having been a Corporal. The Great "Boney" was never In the ranks. Yours, etc., "JENA." Johore, Jan. 18.
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    "HAND THE COLONIES TO THE LEAGUE."
    210 17 Sir Frank Swettenham's Comments. "You send me," writes Sir Frank Swettenham, C.H., G.C.M.0., to the Crown Colonist, "a passage from a speech reported to have been made by Mr. Herbert Morrison at Brighton and you ask me, as one with some experience of British
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    KARLSRUHE MISSES OUT SINGAPORE.
    263 17 German Cruiser On World Voyage. Singapore is apparently being given a miss by the German light cruiser Karlsruhe now on her world cruise. It is thought that Singapore was not included in the warship's itinerary; the local German ConsulateGeneral has received information that she was at
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    26 17 Mr. G. W. Webb, M.C.S.. has been appointed an Assistant Director of Education under the Registration of Schools Ordinance, with effect from Jan. 8, 1936, inclusive.
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    SHOP PROPRIETOR CHASES THIEF.
    104 17 Alleged Attack With Parang. (From Our Own Correspondent > Ipoh. Jan. 23. A daring attempt to burgle a shop in Togo Street In the heart of the town was made early this morning when a Chinese entered the premises through a back entrance and demanded money
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    SINGAPORE SIKH BOARD.
    68 17 The members of the Singapore Sikh Advisory Board for 1936 are announced as follows in the Straits Settlements Government Gazette issued last night:— Mr. J. P. Pennefather-Evans (Chairman), Subedar Tota Singh (ViceChairman), Mr. Jawala Singh (Secretary). Mr. Sundar Singh Sawhney. Mr. Sohan Singh Virlng, Mr. Sundar Singh
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    WHAT SAILORS READ
    396 17 SEA LIBRARY WITH 700 BRANCHES. CATHOLIC TASTE. The mos. curious library In the j world has just established its *****1 branch. It is the library of the sea-faring books, the volumes that spend their whole lives in British merchant vessels. They are read in leisure moments under
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      THREE MODERN NOVELS.
      442 18 A MIXED BAG. The Experimental Age. By 11. L. Waghorn. The House That Chak Built. By Keith West. The Winrrave Case. By Peter Lurk. Slave Market. By Vere Lockwood. Jenkins Colonial Library. "The Experimental Age" tells o! the adventures of a young man with an excellent education,
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      TWO BOOKS ON INDIA.
      247 18 Problem Of The Future. India Calling. By Cornelia Sorabji. India's Womanhood. By Christine I. Tinling. This book tells the story of a life devoted to the service of India, but of an India little known to Westerners. The wives and widows of land-owners, both Hindu and
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      SENT TO PRISON FOR 75 YEARS.
      117 18 End Of The Scottsboro' Assault Case. Decatur (Alabama). Jan. 24. Heywood Patterson, the first of nine Negros accused in the four-year-old Scottsboro' assault case, was found guilty yesterday and sentenced to 75 years' imprisonment. The retrial was due to the Supreme Court quashing the
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      NEW BIOGRAPHY OF ADMIRAL TOGO.
      1481 18 A BRITISH MAJOR'S EFFORT. Toco, Admiral of the Fleet. By Major R. V. C. Bodley. Jarrolds. 18s. THE life Admiral Togo was told in Japanese by Vice-Admiral Nagayo Ogasawara some ten years ago. This officer was eminently fitted to carry out this work, being not
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    FRANCE'S 1936 BUDGET.
    174 18 REVENUE ESTIMATE OF £542,951,500. SURPLUS PUT AT ONLY £162,000. Paris, Jan. 1. The final figures In the French budgetary estimates for 1936 have now been agreed upon. Revenue Is estimated at Frs. 40,449.887,066 (£542,951,500 at current rates) and expenditure at Frs. 40.437,808,525 (£542,789, 370), giving a revenue
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    WHEN THE WIFE'S AWAY.
    170 18 Husband Sues Fellow Revellers After Party. A happy "bachelor party," held by a Civil Servant and his closest friends in Prague has resulted in his bringing an unusual claim for damages against his fellow revellers. On the morning after the party he awoke with a violent
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    GERMAN CLAIM TO COLONIES.
    178 18 "PRICE OF ASSISTANCE IN ASIA." Berlin. Jan. 1. Propaganda favouring tho grants of colonies to Germany is increasingSpeaking in Hamburg today. Herr Huebbe. president of the local Chamber of Industry and Commerce, declared that Germany made an emphatic claim to colonies, which she needed as a
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    HER "GREATER CLAIM"
    124 18 Germany's need for colonies is cnc« more empnaslsed In a special report published by the Hamburg Chamber of Industry and Commerce. An organised colonial propaganda campalgu now seems to be getting under way. The report states that Germany's demands would not be satisfied by the mere grant
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    BENGAL DETENU PROBLEM.
    257 19 REVIEW OF CASES BY GOVERNMENT. The Government of Bengal, it is authoritatively understood, are reviewing the cases of detenus with a view to exploring the possibilities of either their release or relaxation of the restrictions imposed upon them. From the various pronouncements made recently It would appear
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    MADRAS GOVERNOR
    54 19 To Visit Waltair Next Month. Madras, Jan. 22. His Excellency the Governor of Madras, accompanied by Lady Marjorio Ersklne and Personal Staff, leaves Madras on Febn^ry 10 for Waltnir, where they will stay till February 14. His Excellency will then pay a visit to Parlaklmedi and return to
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    INDIA'S GREATEST NEED.
    242 19 Spirit Of Service. Madras. Jan. 20. Presiding at the annual "Speech Day" celebrations at the Madras Christian College Sir R. K. Shanmukham Chetty, a former student, said that what India required to-day was a spirit of missionary service. In creating that spirit those who had built up
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    NO CELEBRATION OF HINDU FESTIVALS.
    186 19 Hatijans' Decision. Ellore, Jan. 20. The West Godavarl Harijan Association has resolved to abandon the celebration of all Hindu festivals, pending orders, from Dr. Ambedkar to the contrary. A heated discussion issued at the meeting of the Association. Some members said that such abandonment was
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    RULER OF CAMBAY.
    125 19 Wedding Attended By Leading Hindus. Lahore, Jan. 18. The marriage was solemnized of His Highness the Nawab of Cambay with the third sister of Nawab Nlsar All Khan Qasilbash, a leading Moslem Jagirdar of the Punjab. Among the large number of guests were several prominent Hindus and,
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    ELEPHANTS FIGHT IN CITY STREET.
    101 19 Pedestrians Hurt. Allahabad. Jan. 19. Pedestrians were attacked and vehicles upturned when one of the ten elephants forming part of a procession of sadhus ran wild on the Grand Trunk Road, the busiest street in the city. The animal also attacked the other iephants and
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    SERVANTS OF INDIA SOCIETY.
    34 19 Naspur, Jan. 20. At a meeting of the memb?rs of the Servants of India Sjci?ty, Panciit H. N Kunzru and Mr. N. W. Jashi were elected president and vice-president, respectively.
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    31 19 WHERE CLEANLINESS IS NEXT TO GODLINESS: Hindu worshippers, taking advantage of being In the water, give their sari, the outer garment worn by the women, a thorough washing in the sea.
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    WIDER SCOPE FOR INDIAN WOMEN.
    802 19 Maharani Addresses All-India Conference. Trivandrum, Jan. 2. "In the last resort the solution of women's problems depends on securing for them economic independence. Freedom to work outside the home is one of the ideals which cannot be kept outside the range of discussion and decision,
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    RELIGIOUS FAITH NO BARRIER.
    443 19 Lord Sinha's Position Explained. London. Lord Hailsham in the course of his speech on Lord Kinnoull's question in the House of Lords regarding the position of Lord Sinha pointed out that the only question which could be considered by either the Committee of Privileges or the
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    MR. H. STEEL.
    57 19 Former Burma Merchant's Death. Rangoon, Jan. 20. The death is reported of Mr. Hulbard Steel, formerly a director of Harpermik. Smith and Co., Rangoon. Mr. Steel died in Edinburgh on December 28. He was a well-known amateur painter and held several local exhibitions. He was also a
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    VICEROY'S CUP RACE.
    98 19 MAHARAJA HS AMONG ENTRANTS. New Delhi. Jan. 19. The Maharajas of Patiala and Indore are both entering aerogUncs icr the Viceroy's Challenge Cup*air race. The Aero Club of India and Burma has also received ither entries from {England and elsewhere and the success of the race is
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    BENGAL CONGRESS DISPUTE.
    97 19 Provisional Body To Be Set Up. Bombay, Jan. 2. The Congress Working Commute* meeting concluded at Bombay today after authorising the Congress President to nominaf, a'ter consulting Mr. Sarat Chandra Bose, a provisional Bengal Congress committee In order to carry out the work of the Congress in
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    ONE DEAD & 26 INJURED IN ENGLISH RAIL DISASTER
    79 20 ONE DEAD 26 INJURED IN ENGLISH RAIL DISASTER The driver, E. Starr of Acton, London was killed and 26 passengers were injured when the engine and first coaches of, the Great Western Railway night Penzance to London express were derailed after crashing into five goods waggons that had become uncoupled
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    29 20 ries of artillery are taking a prominent part in the fighting reported in the Makale sector. Photo just received by air shows Italian massed artillery on the northern front.
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    83 20 To prevent their skins from cracking in the cold weather, the elephants at the London Zoo are rubbed down from head to toes with Unseed oil. Elephants cannot bathe during the colder periods of the year, so that keepers have to knead their tough skin with rags soaKed In oil.
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    60 20 Mr. A. J. M. Melly, a London surgeon, has left Dessle to aid tl.e wounded following the bombing of a Red Cross ambulance commanded by a British officer, Major Burgoyne. by Italian aeroplanes at Waldla. midway between Dessye and lake Ashangl in Abyssinia Fourteen people In the town were killed
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