The Straits Times, 27 January 1936

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    37 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CSNTDKY.] THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 1936. PRICE 10 CENTS. The Straits Times 20 PAGES, SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 1936. PRK'E !(> CENTS
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      72 1 Singapore: 140. Cecil st. cpkone 5471). TO ENGINEERS Before buying elsewhere enquire the price of "GRIPWELL" HAIR BELTING. It is unaffected by atmospheric conditions, is immensely strong and supple and has great gripping power. For prices phone Singapore 5037, THE BORNEO CO. LTD. also at PENANG, IPOH KUALA LUMPUR. W.S.
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      138 1 KUALA LUMPUR: 26. JAVA ST. ('PHONE 3683). SALLY'S r mmmW mmM Mmm <& Exclusive Footwear, EXTREMELY SMART BLACK GLACE KID BAR SHOE \\Tv^^X WITH LOUIS HEEL. Jj] %^^v PRICE $10.95 PER PAIR. ""^^^i BEAUTIFULLY CUT NAVY /ji^, KID BAR SHOE WITH Wfc\ CENTRE CLIP. PRICE $13.95 PER PAIR. DELIGHTFULLY MODELLEb
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      18 1 I Daisy I 15. UKCIIAKD KIM I. I 5 I BOUQUETS BASKETS WKEATUS I I'booe 409? (Amber Mansion*.)
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      557 2 JJM— CHIA. The engagement is announced between Mr. lim Yew Hock, eidest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Lim Tect Locke and Miss Chia Kirn Neo, fourth daug'iter of Mr. and the late Mrs. Chia Toon Whatt. SITUATIONS VACANT When applying for any position advertised in these columns send
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      808 2 FOR SALE CAB and Refrigerator for Sale or Rental 112 Orchard Road. Phone 3333. FOR SALE, One pair (male and female) pedigreed Alsatian pups, 4 months old. Apply to Knudsen, Borneo Motors, Singapore. COLUMBIA "Hot Shot" Batteries are compact Sc convenient dry batteries. Prices from Eastern Auto Co., Ltd., Singapore.
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      740 2 AUCTION NOTICE STATE OF JOHORE. In the Matter of the btate and Effec4a of TEO 111 A SIEW also ipelt as TEO SIEW KEONG and also aa TEO HUA SIM Deed: AUCTION SALE of eleven separate lots (pieces) of Valuable Rubber Lands, areas varying from 4 acres, 3 roods and
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      1105 2 BUSINESS CARDS. Etc. I MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE Mrs. HARU and Miss HANA 60, WATERLOO STREET. Telephone 7467. HABTRAMPH'S VOCABULARIES. Perfected and Simplified for Home, Profession, Trade. Pupil. Teacher, Scholar, Savant. Helps to illumine, emphasize or elaborate those salient qualities in your talks, sermons, lectures, letters brief* or other
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      487 2 OVTSTATIOXS. KIALA Ll'MPl^R. Straits Times Press. 25, Java Strett. Federal Rubber Stamp Co.. .i v Selangor Stamp Co.. Ma:kct Strct. Muthlah Co., 50," B.lck:i-.d Hoad. M. M. Ally Co., Market Street. Shanmugam Sc Co.. 93. Fort Street, K. 8. P. Sivaguru. SO. Brickfields Ri ad. K. L. Nalna Mohamed Sons,
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      184 2 SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Singapore Within Outside Without Malaya Malaya Postage Monthly S 3.0* f 4»0 f t.59 quarterly 8.50 $12.00 S 7.5* Half Yearly $17.00 124.00 $15.00 Yearly $34.00 $40.00 $30.00 Note. Oulstation cheques should Include the usual bank discount. ADVERTISEMENT RATES. The eb«r»n and Instructions for CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS are aa
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      681 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated In England.) iAIL PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. fTCO. UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT, LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. Due Tonnage Spore. 1936. RAWAUINDI /J.OOO Jan. 31 SOMAI.I 6.810 Feb.
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      613 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD. (Incorporated In Japan) TO LONDON. Marseilles, London, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Middlesbrough. Vessels Tonnage Due Sail KASHIMA MARU 10,000 Feb. 5 6 i YASUKUNI MARU 12.000 Feb. 18 19 HAKONE MARU 10.500 Mar. 4 6 SUWA MARU 10,700
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      630 3 jh JiTii "__n sW^b#*^bPs^B^st^s^™"WbS^bMl PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. BANGKOK LINE Luxurious One Class Motorshtps. Most Cabins have adjoining private bath. Excellent Cuisine. FOR MARSEILLES. LONDON, ROTTERDAM. HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN From From From From Spore Malacca Port Penang M.S. Sham JUTLANDIA 11/2 11/2 12/2 14/2 MEONIA 3/3 3/3 4/3 ti'3 ALSIA
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      280 3 B. I. S. N. CO., LTD. (Incorporated In England APCAR LINE. FOB HONG KONG. AMOT, SHANGHAI. MOJI. KOBE AND OSAKA s.s. TILAWA 10,000 Jan. 30, 3 p.m. Excellent modern accommodation for first and second class passengers. Special holiday return tickets Interchangeable with P. Sc S. N. CO., Issued at cheap
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      1168 3 p^^^p?^^^ SHIPPING THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean The Hua Kbiow Steamship Co. (1932) Lt*. Steam Ship Co. Ltd., and China Mutual' The Cunard Whit.- Star Ltd Steam Navigation Co.. Ltd.) The Sarawak Steamship Co Ltd. The Straits Steamship Co., Ltd. The Australian Oriental Line Ltd The China Navigation Co., Ltd.
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    "PAIN NO EXCUSE FOR EASY DEATH."
    219 4 CORONER CONDEMNS I TA(iAN PHILOSOPHY" To claim the right to take one's own life, or obtain "easy death." even in the case of a person suffering from an incurable disca.e, was condemned as an "ultra-pagan" and dangerous philosophy by the Manchester count.v coroner. Mr.
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS.
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      SHIPBUILDING RECOVERY.
      511 4 Britain's Highest Level Since 1930. Shipbuilding in the last quarter of 1935 made Its most striking recovery since the beginning of the world depression. Lloyd's Register shows that at the end of December merchant shipping under construction in Great Britain and Ireland was 743,086 tons, or 146,252 more
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      MAILS EXPECTED.
      137 4 Mails from Europe etc. (Amsterdam) expected today by air (Netherlands) will be delivered to boxholders at 8 p.m. General delivery of letters tomorrow at 9 a.m. Mails from Netherlands Indies expected tomorrow by Air (Netherlands) will be delivered to boxho:ders at 1 p.m. General delivery of letters and
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
      233 4 Today. Bengkalis, F. de Kock, Padang. Pafcan Baroe. Slalc S. Pandjang (Hong Kong) 3 p.m. Soengel LOat (Magnet) ..4 p.m. Western Canada and Western States of U.S.A. (Suwa Mam) 7 p.m. China (generally) Holhow (Suwa Maru) 7 p.m. Hongkong (Suwa Maru) ..7 p.m. Jr.pan and Macao (Suwa
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      SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD
      146 4 Monday, January 27. Ships alongside the Wharves or expected to ■iftoa KEFPEL HARBOUR. Main Wharf Lch. Kittiwakc. W. Bt. Splendour, P.W.D. Grab 2, Lch. Mars, W. Bt. Spring. Oil Wharf Nil. Coal Wharf Nil. VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS Tanjoßf Pagar. Sheers Wharf Nil. Albert Dock Nil. Victoria
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      MONEY ORDERS.
      101 4 The current rate of exchange for the Issue and payment of Money Orders is as follow: India and Ceylon $100=Rs. 154 Issue, payment 156. U.S.A. $100= U.S.A. currency 57 Issue, payment 60. N.E.L $100=Gullders 83 Issue. Indo- China $100 Francs 855 Issue, payment 885. Australia $i=Australlan currency 2/10
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      CREW ABANDON BURNING SHIP.
      140 4 Rescued In North Japan Sea. Tokio, Jan. 26. After drifting in the ships boats all night long, the crew of 35 of the steamer Forthbridge, 4,510 tons gross, who abandoned ship last night as the flames were consuming her, were picked up by three motor-boats and
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      PRESIDENT MONROE.
      102 4 The following disemoarked at Singajpore from the President Monroe: Miss Emelyne I. Ashland, Miss Estellt Ashland, Mrs. L. Berquist, Mr. W. T Francis, Mr. Sigmund Hindlemann, Mr Robert Hoffman, Mr. Albert Mledbrodt Mrs. Edith Mcleod, Mr. and Mrs Frederick Miller. Mrs. Aimer M. Newhall, Miss E. E. Rowe,
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      CLEARANCES
      51 4 Jan. 25: de Kaan, Doggersbank. Dlone, Tomohon. Patras, Toglan. Kota Agoeng, Toboall, RlfccK (Dut); Durban Maru, Glasgow Maru (Jap.); Marosa (Nor.); Flevo, Klang, Pangkor, Hua Tong, Koollnda, Aing Leong. Rantau (Brit.). Jan. 26: Fdendale. Kampar, Larut, Darvel (Brit.); Katorl Maru (Jap Maros, Belawan. Gewang (Dut.); Boribat (Slam); Mata Harl
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      GLASGOW BANS O.T.G.s.
      226 4 ARMY AS "SHAMEFUL INSTITUTION." Glasgow Corporation, on the initiative of the I.L.P. members, decided by 53 votes to 32 to withdraw all facilities at present enjoyed by the O.T.C.s and Cadet Corps associated with City schools. Three High Schools are alTected by the decision, which may lead
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      MM. SAILING.
      37 4 The mail vessel s.s. Bernardir. de St. Pierre from Pondicherry pected to arrive on Wednesday. Jan. 29, at 7 a.m. and sail on the same day at noon for Saigon. Touraneand Haiphong Berth S.H.B. Wharves.
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      526 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated In P.M. S.) LLOYDS AGENTS:BOOKING AGENTS, F.M.S. BLYS. AND SIAM STATES RAILWAYS. TELEPHONE: Freight 5433— Passage 5431. CANADIAN PACIFIC STEAMSHIPS, LIMITED. (Incorporated in England). REDUCED FARES SINGAPORE /EUROPE First class from £106-4-6 Second class from 70-6-1 REDUCED AROUND THE WORLD FARES BY CP.R. Interchange with P.
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      311 4 IMiAIfIS?PER c €M£?Jtijyi (incorporated In Straits Settlements) c ™^^^Pl, ELLERMAN BUCKNALL ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. COMPANY. (Incorporated in England^ f lncorporated tn USA.) BOSTON. NEW YOHK BALTIMORE "ELLERMAN" LINE. Via CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. FOR HAVRE. LONDON. Due tiiTTitniM m. niiißi'Rr STEEL SEAFARER In port Jan. 28 ROTTERDAM HAMBURG.
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      23 4 For everything appertaining to Travel, Banking and Freight, APPLY TO COOKS WACONSLITS [WOBLO TpAVtl SERVICE^ 39, ROBINSON ROAD. TELEPHONE 5908. NO BOOKING FEES.
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      60 4 PORT DICKSON TIDE TABLE. Dkte Time ol HWn Vater 1930 a.m. p.m. January 27 8.17 8.40 *8 8.51 9.18 29 9.25 10.00 30 «.5» 10.48 31 10.40 11.55 POR'I SW KITE Ml AM TIHE T.***LB. Date rime o. digh Wawi 1936 am o r< January 27 7.05 r 23 7.4
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      96 4 TIDE TABLE. Monday, Jan. 27. H. W. 1.05 a.m.. 9 ft. 2 in., 12.40 noon, 18 ft. 6 in. L. W. fi.35 a.m.. 3 ft. "3 in., 7.14 p.m., 0 ft. 6 in. Tucsdj- Jan. 28. H. W. 1.35 a.m.. 9 ft. 4 In., 1.23 p.m.. 10 ft. 4 in.
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      138 4 Malayan Meteorological Service. Daily Weather Report. Stations Yesterday Last night Max. Rainfall Bright Mm. temp, ins Sunshine temp. •F hrs. *F West Coast. Alor Star 89 Nil 9.1 72 Bayan Lepas (Penang) 89 Nil 7.3 75 Sitiawan 88 Nil 4.8 75 Bukit Jeram 85 Nil 2.5 74 Malacca 83 Nil
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    8,000-MILE RANGE OF BRITISH PLANE.
    14 5 8,000-MILE RANGE OF BRITISH PLANE. HI LI of uOOO inn mUoti il inucliiui .uiop
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      128 5 CAFE PE LUXE moll SIKEET. E Tiff |N WLNU I I «<» Uyi $t« N .Ull ,i J i i HK' a"T I Til rI 1 I II 1 '^■sj: pp j i '|j 1 1 rbßrrml r Ti| Hi "'H J^P^^ 1 1 LrLri^^l I Rff A 4 HRf
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      110 5 warn memoriu hai-u-A PIANOFORTE RECITAL Cuffqbp Huntsman, <»• c.|.|.r.f4 Sn«l..h p mm aJliiK^ftr DooMhs... .1.1,. lIUU. »j .5.2 Ui FPR mPHTS QNI-Y BBL^osKfmWi '7th and 29th tt^H I latest Vtrctt p %J^ 48^ 1 |<:iISVIM.TII RFtICNEII IN THE Ni > FIUM %BCAPE ME NEVEr •In. HUdH olN.iU.lt GRirPITH lONtt» HBIH
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      90 5 PQNTWEP SPP^fS! TONIGHT 615 Q]s idiWEKIAN C < RIPER HA< "SHE" .Unl Vt«M »t«H(«-U lv.l tllli-1 Ut NIMII I NOTjCE AS A MARK OF rJSPSCTFOR KING GEORCE V rtlL CSREAT WORI D SHOW ANP CABAH. BE CLOSEO ON TUEBPAX JANUAR\ SNIiWIJH! ft ■a I) ...I I 111 M|. HUM 1
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      30 5 WARI.ROROUGH Tonight v oo "NI6HT QF GIFT" cm kii L-'"H! I 1 The KQXAfc TANKARD (f. p. N. s CUARANTECO BRITISH MAKt w*' mm 101 VICTORIA STREET a. RAfFUta p^ACE■
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  • LATEST LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
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      AROUND THE MARKETS.
      339 6 Bear Rubber Talk Disregarded. (From Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Jan. 27. The rubber market opened steadier with buyers a trifle nervous at the current level and holders showing more inclination to sell. In spite of the further advance of ;t:; in New York. Ixmdon has been unable
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      EXCHANGES.
      93 6 Dollar Over Five. London, Jan. 25. ran. 75 5 64 Athens 520 ttlier'. New Yirk 5.00\ Buhaie*t 668 selli-rs Montreal t.M 1 R| 414 Bru«scU 25.32 .-pliers official Amsterdam 7.29- Be crade 217 Oeaeva Ij 24 Bu /nos Aires unquoted Milan 6.1 Montevideo 39 7/16 B/rUn 12 ?o >...
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      LOW INFANT MORTALITY.
      49 6 Provisional figures for 1935 just' Issued by the Registrar General show the lowest rates on record for infant mortality. The rate for England and Wales was 57 deaths under one year per thousand live births, compared with 59 in 1934 and 64 in 1933.— British Wireless.
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        MINING.
        574 6 All Shares quoted above are fully paid. issue vai. Eraser Co. Lyall Si Evatt Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers 4/- Ampat Tin 5/3 6/- 5/7fc «/l% £1 Asam Kumbang 33/- 34/- 33/6 34/6 £1 Austral Malay 69/- <SO/- 59/- 60/5/- Ayer Hitam 15/6 16/6 16/- 17/1 Ayer Weng 1.80 1.90
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        GENERAL.
        404 6 aicx uncK <_>ra. l.zu i.3U i.zs 1.30 2 2 do 7', Prefs 1.50 I.GOn. 1.55 1.65 10 10 Atlas Ice 12 25 12.7 b 12 25 12.75 11 1 BAT 5.16.6 5.100 518.0 8.20 1 60 B .M. Broadcasting 0.05 dis par 10 5 B. M. Trustee 8.00 6.50
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        173 6 SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL. s', 1901 red. 1940 5400,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 103 110 norn 4';', 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 112 114 norn 4! 2 "c 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 118 120 norn 44 r o 1913
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        352 6 'Shares are $1 unless otherwise stated) Today's Prices Frascr Co. Lyall k Evatt Allenby 170 1.30 1.70 1.80 Alor Oajah 1.00 1.06 1.00 107^ Amal. Malay ($2) 3.30 3.45 3.12& 325 Aycr Hitam 1.40 1.55 i.40 1.50 A. er Molek 0.85 1.00 0.90 1.00 Ayer Panas 1.45 l.£!>
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      EXCHANGES
      218 6 The following are the exenange rates this morning according to the dally circular issued ov the Hong Kung and Shanghai Banting Corporation: SELLING London. 4 months' sight 2/4 Vfe 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 Ob COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      83 6 Noon, Jan. 27. Buyers. Sellers. No 1 K. R. S. S. in cases (F. 0.8.) Jan. 241/2 24% Good F. A. Q. in cases (F. 0.8.) Jan. 24 7/16 24 9/16 No. 1 K. R. S. S. (Spot loose) Awardable Tone of Market: Easier after
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    ALLEGED SPIES ON TRIAL.
    114 6 21 Face Red Court At Khabarovsk. Khabarovsk. Jan. 26. The trial is being held of 21 alleged spies accused of operating in Soviet Far Eastern territory under orders of the military mission in Manchuria or a foreign government. It is stated that the majority of the
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    M. SARRAUT AND THE FRANC.
    62 6 Policy Of New French Government. Paris, Jan. 26. The first meeting of the new Sarraut Cabinet today unanimously approved the general lines of ministerial policy which will be declared in the Chamber on Thursday. It is understood that the policy is based on defence of
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    DANGEROUS SITUATION ON FRONTIER.
    292 6 Reported Massing Of Russian Troops. Shanghai. Jan. 26. The situation in North China, particularly along the Mongolia-Slberia-Manchukuo borders, has worsened. A strong protest by'the Governments of Japan and Manchukuo jointly was handed to the Soviet Ambassador In Tokio, protesting against attacks on the Manchukuo outposts by
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    RELIEF AT COAL COMPROMISE.
    197 6 Happier Outlook For The Industry. London. Jan. 25. The settlement of the dlspir coalfield.; has been received with general satisfaction and thankiulness. The newspapers hail Ui2 declaim <>f the Mineworkers' Federation to acctept the revised offer of the colliery owners with relief. The Morning Post says:
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    I 1935 DEPOSITS RECORD.
    48 6 Figures now available from t!ir> balance sheets of the 'Bis; Five" banks for last year show that aggregate deposits increased during the year by over a hundred million pounds ta 1,874.614,975. This figure Ls without precedent in the history of tht banks, —British Wireless.
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    PRODUCE.
    206 6 Singapore, January 27, 1 n KiDii Buyer. Seller Gambier Java Cube Hamburg White Muntok Per?er Black Pepper Fair Flake Tapioca Med Pearl Tapioca Small Pearl Tapioca Lingga Sago Flour Sarawak Sago Flour Palembar.g Jelotong Banja Jelotong Sarawak Sago Flour Small Pearl Sago, fair White Pepper Fair Sago Flour Sundried
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      29 6 ROYAL EXCHANGE! ASSURANCE. (Incorporated in Kngland. A.U. 1720) I FIBE. MARINE. LIFE. MOTOR CAR. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION. i Branch Office for Malaya. Chartered Bank Chambers, Singapore. aaiSraHHaWß^B^B^BVHawßanw 1 APB I.
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      44 6 love everything thati old old fritndt tld limn, old mannen, old booki" And need one s&y. the magnificent Whisky called 'Old Rarity GUARANTEED 13 YEARS OLD 53. 75. per bottle includinadvti M C ALISTEIU CO.U? 50/e A 9 t*t for S.S- C FMS f
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
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      BRITISH TIN INVESTMENT CORPORATION.
      1167 7 Chairman On Future Of The Industry. 1 1, Unary annual gonontl mootlni 1 11,, British im mvi •mn 1.1 1 orpora 11, ,11 Ihi wuh held In 1 "lvi hi ..n Jan in h.m man and managli «alrt 1 ilu Invealmenli nf II IU h had
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      GROWING NUMBER OF NEW COMPANIES.
      297 7 I injiiuinl oplinii- in In IM, nOW liiililUlmil |i|.. lilt.'). 11l iplti 111 I wan v year nl iimiiiairiui optlmlam in On al Britain I h iiiniili, i nl n. w i i. nip. I. i porati i dvi Im U i ll IM, ai
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      SIAM PAPER CO. FINANCE.
      800 7 SI AM PAPER CO. FINANCE. To |i Opel-uteri Ity (internment. A ntMUIIK nf Him ■hni 1i..1.1. i in Him Mum r.i" i i i iii. wti held at liiinuknk on Jdli HI The ilialrnmn ami! It litni been anI lli.ii lln ruiil|iiiliy li.nl i ni' *ll!i Meur* J M Vullli
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      I.R.R.C. AITITUDE EXPLAINED.
      334 7 < LU.ON AND IM H II quota KNCRIAIA Mr. O. H. I'lgK MM IA I yl |.11-HelltullVl*M I'll i.pmilM LI ll" g/IW t«i h mootlni nt rubbi m vi. Colombo! why thi Ni Mid Inrilffa mirceeded, wh«r« Oovlon fulled, In kfntlliitf her lm«lr rubboi in. i< uaed.
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      COOD SOVIET BUDGET SURPLUS,
      266 7 In.iii 111.11 Oiilpul rroKiamnu*. im 11 M 1 1 vtai wini budgei lurplui ol ,1111,*****1 1 111 l I, mill, I :mm iiimi 000 1 1 1 .1 I amount m>» 1 '•<•" II(MI >' "I" lln "i O.UOO, In, lIIIMMMMHIIHI II iiir ngur< 1 pui
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    MORE SHIPS FOR RUSSIA.
    140 8 Intensive Expansion Of Mercantile Marine. Riga. Jan 11 Foreign shipowners' twelve shilling minimum rate lor loading coal it Blaclc Sea ports has Btri Soviet Government's dotermli. enlarge Its commercial lint 13 cargo vessels and one lighter ordered from foreign shipyards last year the Soviet Government also
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    LETTER TO MR. J. H. THOMAS.
    184 8 Alleged Fraud Attempt. Two charges of attempting to obtain money by false pretences from Mr. J. H. Thomas, the Colonial Secretary. were made at Bow-street p gainst Stanley John Coxon, 45, a traveller, of Bevlngton Bush, Liverpool. Mr. Thomas was not In court. Coxon,
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    ITALIAN USE OF GAS.
    177 8 GEN. NASIBU'S PROTEST. Addis Ababa, Jan. 15. Oen. Naslbu, the Abyssinian commander on the southern front, Is reported to have protested to Qen. Graziani. commanding the Italian troops In Somallland, about the leaflets recently dropped by Italian 'planes. These threatened reprisals for the alleged decapitation of
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    21 8 Experts In narcotics, Including detectives and chemists, are discussing at Gensva means of strengthening the League's control of the drug traffic.
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      206 8 ¥T Ym BATTERIES <tf Willard STANDARD FOR ALL AUTOMOBILES LIGHTING STARTING IGNITING SALES tad SERVKX SEOW KUAN COMPANY DHOBY GHAUT. SINGAPORE. TELEPHONE 778^ ATWATER KENT RADIO YOUR EARS AND YOUR EVES will tell you that dollar for dollar there Is no better set thar the new model ATWATKK KENT RADIO.
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      285 8 This Important fact Is often overlooked I Leltz Binoculars arc optically unsurpassed, and Me metal used for the prism bodies has been specially tested for humid heat. Leltz Binoculars of the extremely light Electron- metal are In favour at Home, but It Is not advisable to have them In the
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      325 8 FULL MALAYAN BROADCASTING PROGRAMMES. 8.8.C. TODAY. TranamlMion 1 i. I IVMO kc (19.82 m.). GSD 9.Alt kr 131.55 m.) 5.05 p n>. The New*. 5.25 Close down. TranamUaion 2 Two of llir following frrn.urn.-lrt will be .0 kc > (13. !13 ml, USG 11,700 kr (16.86 or <iSF 15.1 M
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      756 8 BROADCASTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE KING'S FUNERAL. MALAYAN listeners to the 8.8.C. Empire transmission tomorrow will be able to hear running commentaries of the scenes in London during the funeral of King George V. It Is understood that beginning from about 5 p.m. Malayan Time the broadcast will Include a destrlption
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      446 8 KUALA LUMPUR. On the occasion of the funeral of his late Majesty King George V., there will tie no broadcast from Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday. (19. M m.. 15.244 kc/s). 7 15 p.m. Day's programme. 7>2* News In English. 7.36 Concert, relayed from Limoges. 8 Zt News In French. 8.5*
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      146 8 SINGAPORE. Station Z.H.1., Sln»»pore Ws»»lenf th 49.9 met rei.— Owned and operated by Radio Sendee Co.. of Malaya 1934, Ltd.. Broadcast liouse. No. 2 Orchard Rd., Singapore. TODAY 6 p.m. Recorded music. 1 6.45 p.m. News bulletin supplied by Straits Times. 7 p.m. Relay of concert artists from i the
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    VICTORY FOR MR. EDEN.
    293 9 HP4NI STUONtiKK .Ion, .Ian. 'ilk. Afti liuiu I. I .a i I the I ,n Secretary, Mr. Anthony i u tonlnht Iroia inc dispute between i.i ana Uruguay. newspapers print messages from nta dcscrlbing of optimism ci i by the 6uixcs.,ful lottlement of these i ..ii
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    SLUNG ON A POLE.
    119 9 IJANDITS' \N WITH MISSION \UY. Hankow, .lan. US. Villager, rel -nary, Mr. Budoll Mam > his luuiii bound and slung on a banibon Hi a i n In i mi.i in i >uth west Hunan, on md Jan. l when Ho l iuir Communist troups making
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    MISSIONARIES LEAVE.
    36 9 BEl) [Q FHQM 25 fnUflWi'^ the Cummiin.,! luvasi.Mi trotn liui.au U .»Bteni X.> i in (uge in (iirfnrant oltU to tiio .HCC uf Hi. IllUlltSl:. >.lg 1(1 K« i" i'U lighting Is reported Router.
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    LINER OFFICER' NEGLIGENCE.
    58 9 LINER OFFICER' NEGLIGENCE. Mono iihtle I rial V onvit lion. New Yuik. Jan. id. They arc I Henry b Oabaud YorkCuba M..il Sl. am. 1. 1;. a maximum pea a years' Imprlaonm niu will be held on ball uui.ll si I Jan. 28 mpany also com I possible fine of
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    6 9 a rnment has postponed ti against
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    AMUSEMENTS
    144 10 SINGAPOBE. AIJIAMBRA H. Rider Haggards She. 6.15— 9.15. GLOBE THEATRE. GREAT WORLD The Three Musketeers Episodes 1 to 6. GOODWOOD PABK HOTEL Dinner Dance Every Thursday. No after dinner Admission Charge. GBF.AT tVOKLU The Blossom Time. BOLLYWOOD U. SFRANCOON "JOAD The Ne» Adventures of Tarzan. With Herman Brlx. Also
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    The Straits Times. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JAN. 27, 1936. RADIO AND THE NATION.
    935 10 The Straits Times. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JAN. 27, 1936. RADIO AND THE NATION. Never has radio played so great and vital a part in the life of the British nation and of the Empire as in the few momentous days that saw the passing of Kins George V. and the accession
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    The Birds Of Malaysia.
    873 10  -  E. BANKS. IMMENSE FIELD SURVEYED BY MR. F. N. CHASEN. Reviewed by (Curator of the Sarawak Museum, Knching.) A Handlist of Malaysian Birds. A Systematic List of Birds of the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo and Java, Including the Adjacent Small Islands By Frederick Nutter Chasen, C.M./.S
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    King George V.
    240 10 Let the drums roll; and toll the dirge ful bell; He fares him home; our king is resting well. Toll for the courteous and the kingly soul Who goes in triumph to earth' s last, lone goal; And sound victorious paeans o'er his tomb Who kept high
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    NOTES Of The DAY.
    703 10 TRENGGANU MALAY. A BOOK which should be extremely useful to Government officers who are transferred to Trenjgr.nu is Mr. C. C. Brown's Trengganu Malay, which has just been published by the Malayan branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. Mr. Brown says that the Trengßmnn dialect shares
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      233 10 AUK CHATS NOIRS Owing to the death of His Most Gracious Majesty King George V. The fashion parade will now not take place. *g |k SIME, DARBY i CO., LTD. VEACEkV THE EASTERN AGENCIES, LTD. W.S. 3 PENANG EXCURSIONS T.S.S. KEDAH WITH FOUR DAYS AT THE CRAG HOTEL $75.00 or
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      61 10 FUNERAL OF HIS LATE MAJESTY KING GEORGEV. AS A MARK OF RESPECT THE CALIFORNIA SANDWICHE SHOPPE. WILL BE CLOSED ON TUESDAY NEXT UNTIL 6. P.M. h. a. Mcknight, PROPRIETOR. Funeral of His Majesty KING GEORGE V. As a mark of respect there will be NO issue of the STRAITS TIMES
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    NOON SILENCE TOMORROW.
    508 12 Malaya's Day Of Mourning. HOMAGE TO MEMORY OF KING GEORGE. TOMORROW will be a day of general mourning in Singapore and throughout Malaya. Ali business— which was resurfied today after the break for the Chinese New Year— will be suspended tomorrow. A two-minutes silence will be observed
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    BUDDHIST MEMORIAL SERVICE.
    124 12 Tlv Ilar.ocaya Buddhxt Assoc'ation Will hold a Bv.ddi.ist Memorial Service lor His late Majest> -Kin^ George th,' j Fifth tomorrow at the Mahlndaiama Buddhist Temple. Gaunter Hall. Pen- 1 aim. The programme is: 7.00 a.m. Special service for Hisj ■esty King George V. 11 00 ant OfTerlng
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    7TH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH SERVICE.
    46 12 Pastor W. W. R. Lake. Director of to Malay States Mission, will conduct a memorial service to the late Kins George V at the Seventh Day Adventlst Church. Penang Road. Singapore. at 5 p.m. tomorrow. The service Is open to all.
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    CEYLON TAMILS' FESTIVAL POSTPONED.
    25 12 The sixth Maka Kumpasheka n anniversary testival <manava:akola \i'^> of SempagavenayakarTemole. Katong. which was to have taken place tomcr- b:ci: pretpence".
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    MEMORIAL SERVICES YESTERDAY.
    408 12 How Historians Will Rank King George. I "It Is impossible for a citizen of another country fully to enter into tnc attitude of mind of a British subject in appreciation of the English Crown, but from another vantage point I yen- ture to say that the historians
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    ITALIAN WOUNDED ON DECKS.
    225 12 FAMOUS SURGEON'S WIFE SHOCKED. Pallid Italian soldiers, stricken by the African sun and Abyssinian bullets, who lay on the decks of passing Italian hospital ships, provided the most tragic impression of the Italo-Abyssinian' dispute to Lady Moynihan, who is at Singapore in the Viceroy of India
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    COMMISSIONERS TO MEET.
    101 12 A meeting of the Municipal Commissioners of Singapore will be held in the board room on Friday afternoon at 2.15. Three other memorial services were held in two churches in Singapore yesS terday. The younger generation congregated at the Presbyterian Church in the I morning for the
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    24 12 The only surviving child of King Edward VII, the Queen of Norway, who will attend the funeral of her brother. King George V, tomorrow.
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    LINER HITS BOOM AT MALTA.
    243 12 ADVENTURE AMID NETS FOR SUBMARINES. VICEROY OF INDIA. One of the cooks had just doubled a five no-trump call by the butcher in a bridge game in the cooks' quarters of the Viceroy of India, at the luxury liner was threading her way through the
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    POH LEUNG KUK.
    229 12 Children Given New Year's Feast. (By A Special Correspondent) A happy Singapore party was held at the Poh Leung Kuk on Saturday, when the children of the home were entertained to a New Year's feast. The dining hall and the tables were gaily decorated for the occasion,
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    ELECTION IN GREECE.
    145 12 WILL ROYALISTS BE IN POWER? Athens, Jan. 26. The first general election in Greetv since the restoration of King George, which it Is hoped will put back the country on a democratic basis under a constitutional monarchy, opened today and heavy polls are reported. Voting proceeded in
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    SWIMMING CLUB CLOSED.
    13 12 The Singapore Swimming Club will be closed all day tomorrow.
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    NEW WORLD CLOSED.
    13 12 All shows at the New World will be closed tomorrow
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    SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE COMPANY.
    33 12 The retail establishments throughout Malaya of the Singapore Cold Storage Co., Ltd, will be closed tomorrow. The usual van deliveries will be despatched at 6.15 a.m. and 10.30 a.m.
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    CHALIAPIN MAY SING ON HIS WAY BACK.
    249 12 CHALIAPIN MAY SING ON HIS WAY BACK. Usual Singapore Terms. CELEBRATED BOYS* CHOIR COMING. pEDOR CHALIAPIN who wanted G. 51,200 for a two-hour concert in Singapore, may change his mind if he returns to Europe via Malaya after his Japan engagements. It is not yet known when Chaliapin will be
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    RAJAH SEES INDIAN PROGRESS IN MALAYA.
    249 12 RAJAH SEES INDIAN PROGRESS IN MALAYA. Tour Of Island And Johore. Rajah Shrimant Shankarrao Appasahey Patwardhan, ru!er of Jamkhandl, and one of the few Indian Rajahs to visit Singapore, :s Impressed with the progress that ;he Indian community of Malaya has made. The Rajah who is accompanied by the Ranee
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    PENANG BROADCAST.
    42 12 Station Z.H.J wavelength 49. J mef.re«. TODAY. 7 p.m. Time signal. 7.03 Announcements for the week. 7.08 Recorded Asiatic muMc. 7.30 News bulletin. 7.35 Asiatic music. 8 36 What's on in Penang. 8. 40 Asiatic mu',:c. 9 p.m Close down.
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    44 12 Under the ausp^es ot the Indian Association, Singapore, a lecture on "The trees of Singapore" will be given by Mr. R. E. Holttum, Director of the Botanical Gardens, at 1, Short Street on Wednesday at 6.30 p.m. Mr. A. K. Surattee J.P. will preside.
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    AIR MAILS.
    43 12 The X.L.M. eastward oound ir.::i\ plane is expected to arrive on schedule at Seletar this evening at about Vl5. Mails will be available to box-holders tonight, and will be distributed tomorrow morning. The Imperial Airways machine a:\ived on time ,ast night.
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    26 12 News has been received :n Kuala Lumpur that Mr. W. Duraiswamy of Jaffna has been returned uncontested to the Kayts' seat in the Ceylon State Council
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      312 12 m SKIN DISEASES r<m CURED IN A NIGHT nffil We have a Room full of y^^ifm V.V "OSE ANO OTHfcft DLCERS. MANY MAY PROMISE A WONDER- BOILS. ETC. "For yean I watered FVlj CURK< BVT THERE IS NOTH- BoUa cannot resist rjsr-s or ZZ27Z2. applied Zee-Kol. and IMITATIONS. and In
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      432 12 I WHAT IS ON TODAY. iTTIE Straits Times is publishing! GLOBE THEATRE. GREAT WORLD: this daily feature to give The Tnree Musketeers. Modernised readers a comprehensive sum- vc J| lon g serlal form Episodes Ito 6. |Mary of entertainments, meet- j GREAT WO rld: The Blossom Time .ngs, sports events,
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    FOURTH ROUND CUP-TIES GO ACCORDING TO EXPECTATIONS.
    777 14 F.«A. CRITICISED FOR CARRYING ON. Fishermen Too Strong For Sunderland's Conquerors. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Jan. 26. THE fact that the professional soccer matches have not been interrupted, when all other sport has been cancelled until after King George's funeral has been
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    THE CLUB VERANDAH
    425 14 J. H. Crawford Tired Of Lawn Tennis— Too Many Matches Swansea R.F.C. Invited To South Africa. Conducted by "LEIGH/OX." I JNLESS J. H. Crawford recovers his i form and keenness for the game t he will not be available for the Davis Cup matches this year, according
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    SULTAN OF PAHANG'S SUCCESS.
    564 14 WINS HANDICAP DOUBLES. Malay Singles Final To Be Played Today. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Jan. 26. Ideal weather favoured the concluding events in the All-Malay lawn tennis tournament. The men's open singles final, handicap singles final and open doubles final will be played off
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    20 14 Sflangor Colts beat the Perak ColU on Friday by two goals to one. The combined teams, Selangor in light shirts.
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    46 14 London, Jan. 25. The Welsh sv*xer team to meet England at Wolverhampton on Feb. 5 will be John (Sheffield United) ■It (Motherwell), Jones (Leicester); Murphy (West Bromwich), Griffiths (Aston Villa) Richards (Brentford), Hopkins (Brentford), Phillips (Astor Villa), Astley (Aston Villa), Robbhs West Bomwlch), Evans (Tottenham' Reuter.
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    Club Notices. CEYLON S.C. ANNUAL MEETING.
    216 14 Club Notices. CEYLON S.C. ANNUAL MEETING. New L. B. W. Rule To Be Dealt With Later. "THE annual general meeting of the Ceylon Sports Club was held yesterday in the club pavilion, presided over by Mr. S. Muthukumaru. Before the business of the meeting was taken up a vete of
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    CRICKET MATCH DRAWN.
    99 14 (From Our Own Correspondent! Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 26. There was no play today In the cricket match between the Singapore Indian Association and the Selangor Indian Association owing to rain and the match had to be abandoned. The Singapore team gained a lead of 11 runs on
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      48 14 SINGAPORE SWIMMING CLUB. The Singapore Swimming Club wili close at midnight and there will be nc dancing each day up to and including Monday, Jan. 27. The Club will clooe on Sunday as usual at 9 o.m. THE CLUB WILL BE CLOSED ALL DAY ON TUESDAY, JAN. 28.
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    "INCREASE FEELING OF BLACK RACES AGAINST WHITE.'
    582 16 Former Bishop Of Singapore On Effect Of War In Abyssinia. COLLEGE IN SOUTH AFRICA. DISHOP Ferguson-Davie, formerly Bishop of Singapore, spoke on the effect which the war in Abyssinia has had on the native peoples of South Africa at a meeting in connection
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    30 16 The Villa Gloria, Cap I-'errat, which is expected to be the Riviera name of the Lindberghs, who have cone to England to escape the worries of their life in America.
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    PRIVATE OCCUPIERS OF GOVERNMENT QUARTERS
    101 16 The F.M.S. Government Gazette publishes an Enactment to amend the Education Rate Enactment, which Is to. be introduced in the State Councils of Perak, Selangor. Negrl Sembilan and Pahang. The object of the Bill Is to clarify the position with regard to the imposition of
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    LECTURE BY DR. WU LIEN TEH.
    52 16 Under the auspices of The Chinese Association, a lecture entitled "Cultural Relations between China and the West Past and Present" will be fielirered by Dr. Wu Lien Teh on Friday at 8 p.m. at 5 Short Street, Singapore. Dr. Philip K.C. Tyau will take
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    PENANG GIFT FOR LEPERS.
    49 16 In addition to the distribution of over $3,000 to poor Chinese families in Penang, the Penang Buddhist Association gave $892 to the inmates of the Leper Asylum at Pualau Jerejak and the female lepers at Jelutong to enable them to celebrate the Chinese New Year.
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    MORE CYCLISTS IN LONDON.
    384 16 THEY CAUSE THE TRAFFIC PROBLEM. Cyclists, not motorists, are becoming the chief problem in London's traffic as they are in Singapore. This is one of the most interesting facts revealed by a census of traffic taken by the Metropolitan and City of London police in July,
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      CHILDREN'S CONCERTS.
      229 16 Mr. H. C. W. Allen's Fine Work Recalled. To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir,— An article written by Mr. E. A. Brown In a magazine called The Chorus has Just come to my notice. In this article Mr. Brown makes a slighting reference to Mr. H.
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    DIAMOND AS BIG AS TENNIS BALL.
    76 16 London, Jan. 24. News comes from South Africa that a diamond as big as a tennis ball, weighing 2,268 carats, has been found near Pretoria on the property belonging to the Dutch farmer, Jenker, where another famous diamond was iound two years ago. That
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      267 16 CINE KODAK Actions always speak Don't think that making more clearly than words movies is an expensive and It's action you get Pleasure. It isn't-as your in the movies you make dealer wi explain The cost of a Cine-Kodak 8 with a Cine- Kodak. is small and it s easily
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    BRITISH TRADE HOPES IN INDIA.
    277 17 SIR T. AINSCOUGH'S OPTIMISM. MEETING JAPANESE COMPETITION. An optimistic view of the future of British trade in India was given by Sir Thomas Atnscough, Senior Trade Commissioner in India and Ceylon, in a paper read before the East India Association at Caxton Hall. Westminster. As
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    33 17 It Is officially stated In Egypt that locusts have appeared at the oases of Kharga and Dakhla. Many deaths have occurred In a serious epidemic of influenza on the East Coast of Greenland.
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    14 17 Nearly 40,000 wireless licences were Issued in India in 1935, against 20.000 in 1933.
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    SCENE AT DUSK
    44 17 Forgetting: for the moment their peril, Italian soldiers leave the bushes which provide them with cover on the northern war front to follow the course of an Italian plane which wings Its way over the front lines into the darkening sky.
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    "LONDON IS HELL."
    614 17 MAX BEERBOHM'S BITTER LAMENT. FEATURES THAT HAVE GONE. Mr. Max Beerbohm, a Londoner born, broadcast from a 8.8.C. station and declared that "London is Hell, It Is a bright, cheerful, salubrious Hell, certainly, but still— ta my mind —Hell. In some ways a better place, I readily
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    STREET TRADER'S £120 A DAY.
    96 17 "LARGE HOUSE AND TWO CARS/ A street trader who was alleged to have said he had taken £120 at his stall on the day of his arrest appeared at Marylebone Police-court In London. He was David Dale. 28, of Albionroad. Stoke Newlngton, and he was
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    ENGLISH CHILDREN WITH
    676 17 AMERICAN ACCENT. EFFECT OF U.S. FILMS MR. SYDNEY CARROLL'S DISCOVERY. Mr. Sydney Carroll, the Shakespearean producer, speaking at the annual conference of Educational Associations In London, made an interesting disclosure on the teaching of Shakespeare In schools. There was a danger, he said, of allowing pupils to
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    22 17 Between March and December, 1935, Signor Mussolini distributed .narrtage bonuses and large family prizes to the value of £667,000 to State employees.
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    3697 18 Noel Coward's New Play About A Malayan Planter On Leave In Mayfair OUR LONDON LETTER. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. London, Jan. 17 (by air mail). TiIRTY yellow fog is hanging obstinately over the wet and Booty rooftops of London. Drizzling rain is soaking through the dingy overcoats of the dismal
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    CHINESE NEW YEAR SCENES.
    46 20 Another scene in the Alkaff Gardens. —Straits Times Photograph. v. TiIESE NEW YEAR In Singapore. The Alkaff Gardens invaded by visitors. Straits Times Photograph. Boating and sight-seeing in the Alkaff Gardens. Straits Times Photogravh Crowds at the Alkaff Gardens. Straits Times Photograph-.
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    9 20 Raffles Museum was a popular rendezvous. —Straits Times Photograph.
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    7 20 Crowds at Raffles Museum. Straits Times Photograph.
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