The Straits Times, 19 April 1936

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  • 39 1 THE SUNDAY TIMES THE LEADING SUNDAY NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA FINAL EDITION I No. 226. Sunday, April 19, 1936. Price 10 cents. THE SUNDAY TIMES ■The Leading Sunday Newspaper in Malaya. No. 226. Sunday, April 19, 1936. Price 10 cents.
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  • 1030 1 Will Brave Oceans In 26-Foot Boat SMALLEST VESSEL EVER USED ON SUCH AN ADVENTURE To Panama In A Year PI a smail ship's boat that is now being fitted out in the Singapore Harbour Board workshop, a Singapore European nili set out from
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  • 231 1 "CRUEL BUTCHERY IN ABYSSINIA" CAP'I AIN Tmnsliend Slcphens, of UM British Red Cross, who Las just returned from the front to Addis .Ah.jh.i. describes the terrors of gas >n th" ci- nua Kgiaa. The w ole thinj," says Captain Stephen*, is the most cruel form of
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  • 77 1 Noon, Saturday. Buyers Sellers No. 1 K. R.S.S. in cases (FOB.) April 26 15/16 27 I/IB (.ood F.A.Q. in rases (FOB) April 26 13 16 26 15/16 No. 1 K. R.S.S. (Spot louse) :i\v:irdable Spore 26 3 4 26~» May-June 27' h 2714 Jul.v-Srpt. 27' i 27*6 Ort.-Dcc.
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  • 127 1 Failed To Attend Mosque (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Saturday. A EUROPEAN convert to Islam n-as summoned it the Pen•i.iirfui Court tcday for non-at-tendance at the mosque on Fridays. The defendant explained his absence by saying he recited prayyers at home. He was informed that according to
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  • 126 1 SIR VYNER BROOKE HERE SOON D AJ AII Sir Charles Vyner Brooke will be brought to Singapore from Sarawak next month in an RAF. Singapore 111 flying boat. The Dayanc Valeric will acompany Mm in the Singapore 111. The Rajah and the Dayang intend going on
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  • 98 1 "Breton Children Must Learn Breton Tongue Paris. A mysterious Breton autonomist society chief, "Gwenn-ha-du" has warned the Goverrment that unless within one month the Minister for Education decrees that children In Bretagne be given Instruction in the Breton national tongue steps will be taken to obtain
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  • 24 1 A wa'rh-dog belonging to a resident of the Hungarian parish of Kistarcsa recently gava birth to 26 puppies. This is claimed as a record.
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  • 15 1 Summer time comes into force in Great Britain at 2 a.m. this Sunday.
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  • 121 1 To Teach Volunteers To Fly INSTRUCTORS DUE THIS WEEK TPHK number of applicants for the Straits Settlements Volunteer Air Force is 167. The special committee that has been appointed will hold several meetings in the near future to select the required number of pilots. Air-Commodore Sydney Smith. Air Officer Commanding
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  • 97 1 NO CHANGE IN QUOTA ANTICIPATE™ London, Saturday. I ONDON tin circles do not anticipate Wednesday's meeting of the International Tin Committee at The Hague will result in any change in the quota believing that only the renewal of restriction and the questions cf Slam and the Belgian Congo
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  • 66 1 Export Duty Again Raised (From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia, Saturday. •"Tin; export duty on native rubber, as from Apr. 19, has been fixed at 35 guilders per hundred kilograms dry. The duty was raised from 33 to 34 guilders as from Apr. G and at the
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  • 284 1 Soviet Demands Withdrawal Of Japan 's Troops From Border Shanghai, Saturday. •THE withdrawal of Japanese and Manrhukuo troops from the Outer Mongol frontier in West Manchukuo is demanded in a strong Soviet protest lodged today with Mr. Ohta, Japanese Ambassador in Moscow. The Japanese and Manchukuo troops along the undemarcated
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  • 61 1 VJIR- I'm Nee Soon's body Iving in state at Shanghai. Beside it is the wreath of Mr. Wang Ching-wei, former premier of China, who left for Europe in February after he was wounded in an attempt to assassinate him. Other pictures and news of
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  • 128 1 DOOR FLIES OPEN DRIVER FALLS OUT (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Saturday. '/•WO European miners were involved in a serious motor-car crash yesterday afternoon when proceeding from Ipoh to Malim Nawar. Negotiating a sharp bend eleven miles out of Ipoh the car's door opened and
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  • 59 1 Athens. Saturday. A preliminary order for four new destroyers valued at £1200,000 has been given by the Greek Naval Ministry to British shipbuilding firms. Confirmation of the oider depends on an agreement about the terms of payment. The Greek Government wants credit for 17 y?irs. whereas
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  • 106 1 LOST IN FIERCE SNOWSTORM Berlin, Saturday. TTRAGEDY befell a party of 28 English schoolboys on an excursion in the Black Forest. They were caught in a tierce snowstorm and lost their bearings, but eventually reached the hamlet of Hofsgrund in the Schauinsland district late at
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  • 34 1 Parish Big as Europe. The Rev. Stanley Moorcroft Epps, Vicar of St. Mary's Stro^d, Kent, who has been appointed Archdeacon ot brazil, will have a parish nearly as big as the whole of Europe.
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    • 97 1 HYGENOL THE NEW PINE DISINFECTANT for HOUSEHOLD USE Page Wireless 4 Crossword Solution 6 Crossword Puzzle 17 Hi The Secret Hy^3fll °f a woman's dainty perjBM^HKIS sonality is largely due to fca^ft^V^kjCi her care in the choice of Bi'lffl J-" %ilQiif<i perfume she knows WitfCr-~S^ that K.W.V. Eau de Cologne
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  • 1254 2 lb!Il. Roland Braddell has rcctntly been notified that ho has been granted unrestricted baton by His Majesty the Kinj; to wear the order granted to him by the Sultan of Johcre at His Highness's Jubilee last year. It may not be generally known that such permission is necessary,
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  • 43 2 The beautiful setting of the Island Club Is well shown in this picture. Almost the full length of the clubs golf-course is seen, with the Peirce reservoir and forest reserve in the background. R.AT. photograph. (Crown copyright reserved).
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  • 425 2 Leaves From A Monthly Diary •1st Imperial Airways plane arrives on time. 2nd— Famous film star, on world tour, arrives and remarks. Your policemen are wonderful 3rd— Crowd at boxing contest unanimously agree with referee's decision. •4th Singapore ratepayers pass vote of confidence in Municipal Commissioners. Individual commissioners
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 47 2 "The proof of the pudding is in the eating." AND THE SAME IS TRUE OF OUR CHILLED BEEF which is deliciously tender, retaining all its natural juices and having a flavour all its own. A trial will prove the truth of our statement. TEL. 5378 w.s. m
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  • 364 3 CHINESE GOVERNMENT TRIBUTE Official Mourning Ordered THE Sunday Times has learned from authoritative sources (hat the Chinese Government will pay tribute to the services and sacrifices of Mr. Lim Nee Soon, of Singapore, on behalf of China, by building an artistic memorial to
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  • 108 3 Four members of the French Himalayan expedition which is to attempt the ascent of Hidden Peak 26.461 ft.) hay. arrived at Karachi, and will join M. Henry de Segogne, their leader, at Srlnagar. Four hundred Baltl coolies will accompany the expedition, but the final attack will be made with 40
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  • IN SINGAPORE TODAY
    • 123 3 SEA VIEW HOTEL: Special Tiffin and Special Dinner. CINEMAS ALHAMBRA: Music Is Magic with Alice Paye. 3.15 6.15—9.15. CAPITOL: By Your Leave with Frank Morgan and Gene vie ye TVbln'. 3.15 6M5 —9.15. 1.1.01 Y. THEATRE. GKEAT WORLD: Broadway Hostess with Win! Shaw. 7 p.m. 9.30 p.m. MARLBOROUGH Bright
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    • 115 3 Tor-.v Yachting: Six-metre class final racz for GullUmard cup. ID a.m.; "W class first race for Alfcrd Cup 10.10 a.m.; "C" class serono. rare for Sailinj Committee cup 10.20 a.m. Crirl-.r;: S.C.C. tourney. Etcsl rsa vs. M nhants at S C.C. 11 a.m.; SBC. tournry. Govt. Services vs. Etc
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    • 101 3 Today. Australia New Zealand. Java anc Timor Dllly (Qantasi ..7 pin *.I nday. Karimcn <Hang Yom 9 a.m. Medan (Op ten Noort) ..9 a.m. H'kong. China Canada (Parcels only i (Sarpedon) ..9.33 a.m. Hrnh (Hal Lee) 2 p.m Burma (Sirdhana) ..3 p.m. i::ut North. South and West
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    • 56 3 Malls from Europe etc. (London) expected today by air (Imperial) will be delivered to txjxholders at 7 p.m. General delivery of le.ters on Monday at 8.25 a.m. Malls from Europe (Amsterdam) expected on Monday by air (Netherlands) will be delivered to boxholders at 8 p.m.. General delivery of
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    • 137 3 Saturday. April 18. East Wharf riohna 32 1 Apoey 20 1 Main Wharf Arabia Maru 18 3 Raub IS 3 Mlsaki Maru 13 3 Pres: Hayes 11 3 Halvdan 8 3 Poelau Laut 6 3 Empire Dock Klnta 32 3 Gctnas 35 3 Tan K o
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  • 139 3 I AM not so fanatical as to be against the employment of Europeans in the State services, but I do not sec why the minimum number should not be aimed at instead of the tendency to increase at every possible opportunity. Inche Onn of Johore. You can't
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  • 76 3 $20,000 GIFT TO PENANG JUBILEE FUND (From A Correspondent.) Penang, Saturday. k further sum of $20,000 has f\ been donated by the Penang Buddhist Association to the Penang and Province Wellesley Jubilee Fund. This association has already made four contributions, in various amounts totalling $30,000, to the fund. The Penang
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  • 23 3 A 17-year-old English boy. Hujh Lobar. was shot dead at Loralal, Baluchistan, by a Mohammedan blacksmith, according to an official report from Quetta.
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  • 198 3 More than Two Stone Vanished in Four Months This woman is only 5 feet tall and shs weighed 11 stone 4 lbs. Thtn she found a simple, safe method of reducing, and she stuck to it faithfully for four months. Shs now turns the scale
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    • 260 3 THE IDEAL FOOD for All PUPPIES DOGS SHERLEY'S LACTOL The difficulty of rearing healthy pups and keeping adult dops fit in hot climates is overcome by LACTOL. His the ideal diet for all do^s from birth. LACTOL ensures strong bones, fine constitution, and healthy flesh and provides the highest degree
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 154 3 TIDE TABLES SINGAPORE Today H. W. 8.41 a.m. 7.9 ft.; 9.23 p.m. 7.7 ft. L. W. 2.38 a.m. 3.2 ft.; 3.11 p.m. 1.8 ft. Monday H. W. 9.40 a.m. 8.5 ft.; 9.56 p.m. 8.3 ft. L. W. 3.26 a.m. 2 ft.: 3.55 p m. 1.8 ft. PORT SWETTENHAM H. W.
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  • 217 4 OFFICIAL STATEMENT BY F.M.S.R. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. Saturday. "Absolutely no change in the schedules of the mail trains on the FV. S.R. system are under consideration" was the official reply given today to inquiries about a report that there would be a
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  • 764 4 ONLY WHITE WOMAN FOR 700 MILES One European Meal Each Fortnight For Rulers Of The Cocos (By A Special Correspondent.) I talked a few days ago with the queen of a group of islands who stitches her own clothes, who jingles coins of bone
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  • 286 4 8.8.C. 1 TRANSMISSION 2. The following frequencies will be used: G.S.H. 21.47 Me t (13.9; mi and G.S.G. 17. ?S Me s 116 86 ml. p.m. 7 20 Big Ben. A short religious service from the Studio.* 7.35 A recital by Laur. Kennedy (Australian vioUncelUst.) Arloao (Bach.) German
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  • 222 4 German Short-war Station. Berlin D.J.A. (SI 38 mi. D.J.B. (19.71 m and D.J.N. 131 45 ir I 4.10 Call DJB. DJN (German. English. Oerman Polk Song. Outstanding Broadcasts of the Week. 4.15 Qreetlngf to our listeners. 4.20 Choruses from German Lands from the Lake of Constance to Masuria The
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  • 47 4 Station Z.H.1., Singapore.— Wavelength 49.9 metres.— Owned and operated by Radio Service Co., of Malaya 1*34. Ltd.. Broadcast House. No. 2 Orchard Kd. Singapore. 11 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. Recorded music. 5.30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Relay of Presbyterian Church service, preceded by an organ recital.
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  • 180 4 G. 20 a.m.— 7.05 a.m. YDA 98.68 m. and YDB 31.2 m. 1 10.50 a.m.— 1.50 p.m. YDA 49.67 m. and YDB 25.3 m. '.30 p.m. to closing YDA 98.68 m. and YDB 31.2 m. a.m. 7.55 H. Hartkerlc, Soerabaya— Hieh Mass. i 9.55 The Protestant Church, Soera- baya.
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  • 96 4 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban. At the preliminary inquiry into the case in which a Chinese food hawker is charged with culpable homicide not 'amounting to murder, by stabbing a I compatriot, it was revealed that the men had a quarrel over a gambling debt
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  • 190 4 If you had had years of Functional Indigestion and could find nothing to do you any good, would you not think it marvellous if a few doses of the last medicine you tried completely cured your suffering? Yet this is what happened to one
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    • 4 4 WILL STOP THAT COLD
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    • 244 4 5.15 7.15 9.15 TONIGHT The most unusual plcturs of all time "DEATH at BROADCASTING HOUSE" An electrifying murder story with Intimate and exiciting glimpses of How the Wheels go round at the BBC." 111* y% v P^^jJSmt J i /SjsS'^ -^isH Liim. siß -0E TELLS WHEN TO REFILL-NEED NEVER RUN
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  • 254 6 RUBBER INDUSTRY HIT BY UNREST IN EUROPE (From Our Own Correspondent.) I AT the annual meeting of the Mai tion at the Caledonia Club at Mr. D. F. Grierson, said that 1936 h for the rubber industry, but thi through political hysteria which th again
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  • 189 6 EUROPEAN FINED $125 ON FIREARM CHARGES THOUGHT the bis rats in llugis Street were a good thing to slioot." said Cecil Foister Walsh, a Kuropran who described himself as a journalist, when he pleaded guilty yesterday before Mr. L. B. Gibson, the Criminal District Judge,
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  • 122 6 HE STOLE TOO MUCH SO HE TOOK IT BACK AND WAS ARRESTED Chicago. Bernard Wilson, 19, needed four dollars to pay his rent. He decided to get it by staging a "hold-up." He entered a sweet shop and held up the girl assistant. Thrn he plunged his hand into the
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  • 94 6 WOMEN IN NORWAY RIGHT TO HOLD POSTS IN GOVERNMENT Oslo. The right of women to hold any administrative post in the Government was admitted by the Odolsting, lower hous? in the Norwegian Storting, by the passing of a bill by 64 votes to 38. Heretofore, women in Norway have been
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  • 146 6 SINGAPORE ASSOCIATION CELEBRATIONS The celebrations by the Singapore Sinhalese Association of the Sinhalese National Day (Wesak)— which commemorates the severance of Ceylon from Mogul domination took place at 61, Waterloo Street. Mr. P. E. Perera, president of the Association, reminded those present that they were now lacking in
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  • 57 6 I The Police Band will play on Tuesday at Telok Ayer at 5.30 p.m.: March. Cavalry of the clouus (Kenneth J. Alford»: Overture. Maid of Orleans (Harold Rawlinson); Selection, i: Travatore (Verdi) Waltz. Confidence (Cl anter Robinson); Selected. From the Merchant of Venice (Frederick Rosse) Suite, Monsieur Beaucalre
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  • 100 6 Anniversary And New Year Celebrations The Tamil Brotherhood Party, of Singapore, celebrated its first anniversary and the Tamil New Year's Day on April 13 at the premises of the Ladies' Union at Moulmeln Road. There was a large gathering present. Mr. K. Periyah, the president of the
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  • 248 6 LOCAL WEDDING Mr. J. C. Nunis And Miss E. V. Gomes The marriage between Mr. John Christopher Nunis, of the F.M.S. Railways, the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Nunls, of Kuala Lumpur, and Miss Eileen Victoria Gomes, eldest daughter of Mrs. Cecelia Gomes and the late Mr.
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  • 256 6 CROSSWORD PUZZLE RESULT HOW TO CLAIM $100 PRIZE MONEY Five competitors had only one error in the Crossword Puzzle printed in The Sunday Times on April 5. and they, therefore, share the $100 prize monr-y In equal proportions. They are Mrs. Grace Baker, 16. Lorong Stangee, Katong. Singapore; Miss Marie
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 154 6 THE BLAZE OF A NEW STAR AFLAME IN A MELODIOUS MUSICAL. Tomorrow— VICTORIA THEATRE I] H..r Wmi Slug: Ploykor 'I I TiTmTtTMl^^F TODAY— Two Shows at the GLOBE only. 7.15 9.10 NO SHOW TONIGHT at the VICTORIA PAUL MUNI jjj|jj|||{|p)H&lS PASTEUR has beenMitkoritlweP^led as a truly grew&ure bluing ft new
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    • 163 6 NEW STOMACH TREATMENT GETS QUICK RESULTS It takes only about 3 minutes for 1 BISMA-REX, the new pleasant-tast-' Ing antacid powder, to bring you relief from stomach agonies. And It Is lasting relief too. Mr. O. T. K. of Singapore writes "For many years I have suffered almost Intolerable rain
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous

  • 1865 7  -  FRED J. MELVILLE THE STAMPS OF INDIA Continued By •THERE is one special, if para- doxical, reason why Scotland is one of the best motoring countries, It has very few roads. Between the Tweed and Cape Wrath, John o' Groatr, and the Clyde, you have actually only
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  • 457 7 PULTRY diseases of many types— the greater number of them incurablehave been created through the insatiable desire r* breeders for larger, and yet larger, numbers of eggs. These dLsc?.ses have become firmly established throughout the world. Scientists are battling desperately to discover causes, and cures, with means of
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 405 7 A BARGAIN IN STAMPS For Is. Post Free. tor Its equivalent in current unused stamps of any country). WE Till send you SO different British Colonials 100 different New Europeans, 20 different Air Stamps. 1.000 Stamp Mounts, a perforation gauge and a specimen copy of the Philatelic Journal of Great
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    • 127 7 rilE STAMPS OK THE TREATY PORTS OF CHINA AND OF FORMOSA by Captain H. R. Oldfield. LL.B. A complete history of this little known group of stamps. Price 4/9 post free. The Philatelic Journal ef Great Britain. The oldest British Philatelic magazine, now in Us 46th annual volume. Monthly 4d.
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    • 494 7 LONDON GOODWOOD HOTEL QL'EENSBOHO TERRACE. HYDE PARK H. C. water and reading tight in bedrooms. Lift. Night porter. Garage Adjacent. Excellent Cuisine Dally Terms from 10/6 d. Weekly from 3 gns. Bed Breakfast 6/8 to 8 6. New Lounges and Billiard Room. Tariff from Resident Proprietor or the SUNDAY TIMES
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    • 467 7 LONDON CALLS rm INSISTENTLY j»**/ COME! and enjoy at either S&^^L HOTEL REMBRANDT <fiOfr South Kensington. S.W. facing the Victoria and m: 3B~i_°fc. Albert Museum. WSfb, or HOTEL rwlr RUBENS (tSi^ Buckingham Pnlace Road, facing Buckingham Palace Every attention in pleasing surroundings. perfect qiietude these comfortable hotels with acknowi.f.oc,;:;» renowned
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  • 322 8 NO CHANGES EXPECTED IN BUDGET Defence Demands Make Tax Remissions Impossible London, Saturday. "THAT Mr. Neville Chamberlain, Chancellor of the Exchequer, will introduce no change in the Budget on Tuesday is now a foregone conclusion. The belief that he does not propose to make any drastic modifications
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  • 117 8 LABOURER NAILED TO CROSS REFUSES TO SPEAK. Ocala, Fla. Police, press ond public are speculating on one of the strangest torture cases in the history of the south, as a local labourer was found nailed to a cross but refused to give any details of his
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  • 73 8 Rome, Saturday. A civil airplane on the service between Turin and Milan crashed on Wednesday owing to stormy weather, all seven persons In the machine being killed. Six were Italians and the seventh, either a German or a Swiss, is still unidentified. An
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  • 40 8 The re-union dinner of all Old Boys of the Christian Brothers' schools will be held on Thursday, May 14, at the Victoria Memorial Hall. Tickets at $1.75 each may be obtained from the honorary secretary c/o A.P.C., Singapore.
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  • Article, Illustration
    13 8 A croup taken at the annual central meeting of the Malacca Indiai. Cab
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  • 179 8 FIRST OFFICIAL ACT A BROADCAST New Delhi, Saturday. THK Imperial Capital accorded a fitting reception to the new Viceroy. Lord Linlithgow. A salute of 31 guns announced his arrival by special train. Indian infantry provided a guard of honour. Crowds cheered as Lord and Lady Linlithgow drove
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  • 198 8 MR. H. J. R. BENNETT AND MISS MARGARET ARTOON Officials of the Children's Aid Society attended the wedding yesterday of Miss Margaret Artoon. of Singapore, to Mr. H. J. R. Bennett, a European warder at the Singapore Prison The bride has been a protegee of the Children's Aid
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  • 128 8 HIDDEN FROM BRITISH BY GERMAN SOLDIERS Berlin. A strange tale of German treasure buried in Palestine during the war was told at a trial at Duisbcrg. in the Rhine province of Prussia. The former administrator of the estate of Prince Henckel-Donnersmarck was acquitted of divertir.e to his
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  • 53 8 (From Our Own Corresporu. i Bangkok. Sai :...i". Among the parcels aboard th<a afternoon's Imperial plant from C;iicutta was a bottle of water from the River Jordan for a local chr:., and baskets of fresh strawberries. The water badly needs Hitcrins before bDing usable
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  • 663 8 'Great Britain Is Defending A Vital International Position ITALY'S WAR A TEST CASE London, Saturday. A REPORT registering the failure of; efforts to bring the Italian and Abyssinians together for a settlement! of the war will come before the Com- < mittee of Thirteen of the League of Nations for
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  • 123 8 RADIUM THIEVES CAUGHT AFTER 8 YEARS WORK BY POLICE Karlsoad. Saturday. Thefts of radium ana uranium compounds aggregating In value several million Czech crowns have been going on at Joachimsthal mlr.fs for over eight years without 'he authorities ever having been able to discover the Identity of the thlevet.. Finally
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  • 58 8 The Singapore Shorthand Writers' Association theory class is being held at the Association's premises every Wednesday at 8 p.m. This class is being conducted separately from the regular speed classes en Mondays and Prldays, and while It ha« recently been started specially for the benefit of the Junior
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  • 1358 9 f\F one thing Imperial Airways mnot complain, and that is lack of publicity. And if much of m ¥I the publicity The Hare freely glyen And The talces tne f Orm Tortoise of criticism that need not be resented either. It is
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    • 347 9 AEROSHELL J* Jrl A^^^^^^T A^^^^L *Am I Hh_u I ~1 1 I I I BBII^HHL^^BWBBBHBBB^^^gBSL^jM !^^^^^^^i"^l $3.30 per Imp. Gallon. There are hundreds of well known Bedford users throughout Malay*, owners woo appreciate Urn I j^Mßy^TP^s^ economy of a truck which seldom requires spare parts or repairs. (5^2/ The Bedford
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  • 1183 10 Things Seen And Heard In Remote Parts Of The Country China Changes. By G. J. York, London. Jonathan Cape. 10s. (id. MR. Yorke spent two years in China during which time he travelled in many remote districts and visited places seldom seen by Europeans. He
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  • 428 10 The End of Illusion. By Homer W. Smith, Cassell 7s 6d Drums Over Africa. By Derek Temple. Mefrose. 7s. 6d. ttTTHE End of Illusion" Is a story of north-eastern Malaya, and tells of the strange adventures which befell the dilettante explorer, Ceylon Kerlow, when he landed at
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  • 341 10 We have received copies of the following educational books which have Just been published Gateways of the World, By C. B. Gyford. Macmillan and Co. 2s. In this book the author sets out to enable pupils to see the world through the eyes of a traveller-teacher. Earth and
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  • 359 10 PSYCHOLOGY IN A MINOR KEY Venus Over Lannery By Martin Armstrong. Gollancz. 7s. 6d. U^/ENUS over Lannery" is a thoughtful study of psychology, written in a minor key. We are introduced to all Mr. Armstrong's characters at a house party presided over by Emily Dryden, a shrewd lady of about
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  • 1071 11  -  Nathaniel Gubbins By yHIS seems to be the right moment to have a dig At Dr. Schuschnigg The Austrian Chancellor of State Who, not wishing to be late In the treaty breaking racket, Has started another packet Of trouble by introducing conscription Of some description. In
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  • 569 11 QNE of the most interes'lng features of duplicate play for match points lies in the use and abuse of the double. In competitive partial score situations, if you think y»ur opI ponents have HICiH CARD 1 ;j *-:/,b--mi i< D1 one trick of the mucn > a ou four-aces
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    • 1148 11 *y&r yC For some months after your child has been j^r born, you are liable to get quickly tired and jO% easily exhausted. £zf That is the time to take Wincarnis. A glasswr ful of this delicious tonic after every meal and IW at bedtime will restore your strength and
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  • 205 12 QANTAS APPEAL FOR UNITY Australian Opposition To Imperial Control ALTHOUGH political and press opinion in Australia seems strongly opposed to the surrender of the Singapore-Darwin air mail link by Qantas to Imperial Airways on the introduction of the Empire flying-boat service in 1936, the monthly gazette published
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  • 708 12 "pilF sentiments express by Qantas Empire Airways, in which Imperial Airways bold 51 per cent, of the capital, are not echoed by influential newspapers and statesmen in the Commonwealth. There has been vigorous criticism of Imperial Airways service because of recent delays that have held up the
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  • 79 12 OID ROY, brother of dance band leader Harry Roy, is going to marry Harry's secretary, twenty-three-year-old Margaret Grossmitli. cousin to George Grossmith, on April 24. Wedding will be at Caxton Hall Register Office, where Harry Roy had his whoopee wedding to Princess Pearl. Three years ago
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  • 202 12 ONCE DREW PLANTERS FROM THE BAR MOHAMED HASHIM, the Malay tTior, gave an interesting performance at Sea View Hotel last Sunday, in spite of the acoustic difficulty. This necessitated standing under the dome, where, unable to hear his accompanist, he was very naturally nervous. In O Sole
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  • 264 12 U.S. PROFESSIONAL'S C 51.17 A STROKE St. Petersburg. Fla. FARNING better than a dollar a stroke for the 34 tournaments he participated In last year, Johnny Revolta of Milwaukee, Professional Golfers' Association champion, was the leading money winner among professional golfers in 1935 with a total
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  • 462 13 TRIALS WITH TWO STRIPS AT BUSY CORNER One Loosened And The Other Began To Break Up BUT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WILL WALK ON RUBBER PAVEMENTS (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuaia Lumpur. jiff ALA YA, the home of rubber, will never ride on rubber
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  • 319 13 YT is learned from India that the filming of Rudyard Kipling's story "Toomai of the Elephants" in the jungles of Mysore has just been completed by Mr. Robert Flaherty, the producer of "Man of Aran." In the main. Kipling tales are not susceptible
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  • 163 13 ELECTED DIRECTOR OF BANK OF ENGLAND J^fß. D. G. M. Bernard, former chairman of the Court of Directors of the Hone Kong Shanghai Banking Corporation, has been elected director of the Bank of England. Mr. Bernard is a member of the London Committee of the Hong Kong
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  • 46 13 Mr. William Spiiler, an accountant and a native of Cressington, Liverpool, has died in the British hospital In Buenos Aires from injuries received when resisting a thief who had entered the office where he was working and had attempted to seize the keys of the safe.
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  • 33 13 Dr. Julius Stoklasa. formerly professor at the Czech Polytechnic, died in Prague at the age of 79. Dr. Stoklasa was a scientist of international repute who had made a special study of blo-chemlstry.
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  • 930 13 Returns To Japan SIGH OF RELIEF IN N. CHINA WORTH China heaved a sigh of relief recently when Major General Kenji Doihara, Chief of the Special Section of the Kwantung Army, summoned members of the foreign press and told them that he was returning: to Japan and
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  • 528 14 Cut The Petrol Tax! THERE has, as was to be expected, been some criticism of the taxes fixed for heavy-oil vehicles, but it must be said for the Government that fair warning was given, and that there is no hesitancy in admitting the motive protection
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  • 1678 14  -  Vice-Admiral C. V. Usborne By What The Naval Base Means To The Empire THE question of Singapore is an old one and has been thrashed out many times, but every new review brings the same conclusion, that Great Britain must have a base there. This was
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  • 94 15 rTHIS picture, drawn specially for The Sunday Times by a Singapore artist, shows more vividly than any other picture yet published the giant bulk of the recently-launched Cunard^White Star liner Queen Mary.' 9 The drawing, which is
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  • 1001 15 "DANCING, DRIFTING BALLS OF LIGHT'' Malayan Jungle Mystery MALAYS KEEP SILENCE A STRANGE story of "dancing, trifling balls of light in the jungles of Pahang is told below by a European who has seen them on three j different occasions. Although he closely questioned the Sakai concerning these lights he
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  • 119 15 War Story 1916—1936 Lublin (Poland). IN 1916, his fighting days ended, a Polish soldier was discharged from the army and from hospital. A bullet had rabbed him of his sight and his memory at a stroke. He walked into the streets of Warsaw nameless, penniless, a wanderer. He wandered the
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  • 132 15 NEW UNILEVER WORKS TO BEGIN WORK THIS MONTH AT BATAVIA JUfR I. Van Den Bergh, managing director of the Unilever concern, and Mr. Bicker Kaarten, managing director of the Lever soap factory at Batavia, have Just returned to Amsterdam from a Journey through Sumatra, where they visited oil palm estates.
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  • 313 15 INTERESTING facts about the conceptions held by early Chinese astronomers with regard to the creation of the universe were disclosed by Dr. Herbert ChaUey in a lecture entitled "The Chinese Astrological Theory of Creation," given before members of the Royal Asiatic Society.
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  • 22 15 Torrents of rain swept into the underground drains of Lisbon and carried away two of 10 workmen who were repairing a sewer.
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  • 159 15 THE KING'S GIFT SHOES FOR FAMILY OF WORKLESS CADDIE Through the generosity of the King an unemployed man, his wife, and four children have been provided with new shoes, of which they were badly in need. Mr. J. H. Whitethread, of Grove Road, Mitcham, the father of the family, said
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  • 129 16 ESCAPED DEATH BY A FEW FEET Emperor's Retaliation With Machine-Gun A VIVID account of war conditions in Abyssinia, particularly the bombing of Abyssinian towns by the Italians, was given to The Sunday Times by Mr. James A. Mills, who until five weeks
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    77 16 The wedding of Mr. Wee nun nee, youngest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Wee Choong Lay, of Singapore, and Miss Khor Sok Hiong, eldest daughter of Mrs. Khor Chwee Toh and the late Mr. Khor Chwee Toh, of Singapore, took place last Sunday at the United Chinese Library,
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  • 1325 16 jyiK- Mills said that not one correspondent on the Abyssinian side was allowed to go to the front The Emperor feared that something micht happen to the foreign corr spondents not at the hands of the Itm. i troops hut at the hands of
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  • 84 16 Contributions Being Sought For Settlement London. An appeal was launched at an influential meeting In Mansion House, at which the Lord Mayor presided, on behalf of a fund of £180 000 required to augment contributions of the British and other governments and of the League of Nations for
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  • 123 16 JUMPS FROM AEROPLANE WHEN 10,000 FT. UP pLEM SOHN, of Miami who claims to be the only man who really flies with wings, has succeeded in a second attempt. Sohn, wearing fabric wings, climbed into the cockpit of an aeroplane and when It had reached 10,000 feet he
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  • 32 16 Lieutenant-Colonel S. G. V. Ellis, who was military Accountant-General to the Government of India from 1929 to 1935, has been appointed Minister of Finance for Patlala in succession to Sir Frederic Gauntlett.
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    • 622 17 $100 FREE ENTRY CROSSWORD PUZZLE MONEY PRIZES FOR CROSSWORD ENTHUSIASTS OUR WEEKLY "MUST BE WON" OFFER The Sunday Times offers today $100 for a correct solution of the Crossword Puzzle printed below. Fhould no reader succeed in solving the puzzle correctly, the $100 will be awarded in r-espect of the
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  • 643 19 Do You Ever Look B ackwards? Max Factor's Advice Your Neck Needs As Much 1 Care As The Skii Of Your Face A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, they say. How well this old adage fits this week's beauty topic The next time you think you haven't
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  • 531 19 ONCE upon a time there was a lonely old woman whD lived in a small room at the top of a big buildIng, and who made and mended lace all day long. When one of the Court ladias tore a fine lace scarf at a dance, she would
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  • 361 20  - New Mode That Is Kind To Home Dressmakers Doreen Tyrell Buttons And Buckles Become Jewellery By DUTTONS, buckles, and various other fastenings which used to be purely useful, have now been raised to the status of dress "jewellery," which,! the fashion designers would have us know, is a very important
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  • 34 20 CUTS by night achieve the acme of smartness. Here is a very elegant example. White moire has been cut on severe lines, and trimmed in an unusual way with gold embroidery.
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  • 630 20 CPIRAL crystal lampstands are decorative and very beautiful when topped with material shades. There is nothing quaint, or old fashioned about the styl?s of the new shades, though they entail the use of such old favourites as sprigged silk, glazed cretonnes, checked cottons and pretty, floral muslins.
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  • 102 20 JUST how much velvet will be used in the making of coming clothes, no one knows. But some of the prettiest garments are to be of velvet, or velvet-trimmed. Perliaps the most charmlnn instance of a velvet-trimmed fashion is the lining to a three-quarter cape of
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  • 756 20 DKIDES are ringing the changes in their retinue schemes by wearing white, and dressing their grown-up and child maids also in white. Harmony is everything in a bridal scheme just now. Sufficient colour is usually gained by the maids' bright bouquets. Muffs of
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  • 109 20 ORASSIERES are becoming more and more a necessity. There are so many new kinds. There Is the strapless brassiere which remains firmly in place, and the circular brassiere, as well as those which are extra-long. The extra-long designs are slightly stiffened so that they serve the purpose of
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    • 485 20 WOMAN'S GREATEST SIN Women are now flocking to this Man It is now a sin for women to look Trrinkled and ugly. Prof. Dr. Stejskal. famous physician and scientist in th« University of Vienna, has extracted a new product from young animals called The moment Jt^ m^>^A this vital sutMance
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    • 235 20 -MiBeauty Products Tested by a Doctor Ambrosia deep-pore Cleanser— you feel it tingle, you know it is clean* ing a 5 nothing has done before. Ambrosia Cream— practically identical with natural skin oil. Ends dryness, smooth wrinkles. Ambrosia Tightener Doctor's tests prove it ends oiliness, prevents blackheads and pimples. Ambrosia
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    1955 21 HURING the past few weeks Singapore has been inundated with distinguished visitors and not the least of them is Mr. Jim Mollison, the famous airman, who arrived here from Australia last week and leaves for London by the K. L. M. on Wednesday. Mr. Mollison was the guest of
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  • 98 21 SOME evening frocks are still designed to sparkle, but mostly they are made for older women. Dark colours are chosen, and black is first favourite In t^ese scintillating materials. sfcquln-tovettd ninon is used for gene-ous trimmings on new chiffon evening frocks resplendent v.i h their elegant streamlines. Magenta
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  • 114 21 MANY women spend much time selecting their face powder, testing the colour and the fineness, yet they are not nearly so punctilious over the "foundation". Lotions to cleanse the skin which will also serve as foundations are a popular method at the moment. Other skins need an
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  • 88 21 fREAT strides have been made lately in designing fireproof utensils. Nowadays, it Is possible to <-. t oval casseroles in the familiar brown colour which are as attractive a cooking accessory as one could wish. Cafetleres are made in the same brown colour. There are also many sizes
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    • 65 21 Y\rs==^|^^M^yyPv^«>y\ Precious little people, these babies, and worthy of the VV vK^'P^Q m W most loving care. Fortunately, there is no longer any \x\dm Wswr'J ki tt <~7, _Zi\S7 W 'N thrive on will tx gi*d> r jtw f'tt to >"j mo^er «Ko I V 2"\ „n, our o«««. o.
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  • 242 22 IMORE than 400 boys and girls from towns and kampongs all over Malaya, and contingents from Mcdan and Palembang, are now in Singapore for the twelfth All-Malaya Epworth League Institute. The Institute began early last week and ends this evening with a ndtal and service
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  • 64 22 A GROUP taken last week at the Singapore Chinese Mandarin School when the School held its sixth anniversary. Mr. Huang Tse Yea, principal of the School, Dr. Tyau. the Chinese Consul-G«neral, Mr. Cb.r. In Ching. Inspector of Chinese Schools, and Dr. Chen Su Lan were the principal
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  • 202 22 WEAK CHILDREN GET STRONG! SICKLY BABIES THRIVE! Saved by Tasteless Vitamin Tablets. Fathers Mothers Now you can build up thin, languid children, put pounds and pounds of firm flesh on bony bodies, fill tired little people with health and abounding energy. For science has made a new discovery Now all
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    • 98 22 "My dear —she's amazing!" "/Vlways ar her best— it's too jSfflßwlysjt t-asy You don't know why r* gg|ißg"*^i Because, like thousands of other women who take care of their youth, she obeys a simple Rjv^ morning rule Take a teaspoonful of ENO'S ENO inMttmcbtd by bamd dynng FfUlt Salt in
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    • 144 22 HI JIFFYKODAKS *jSK^K/Kk^ v You i! s*». theie popul»r c»mer»s w itrevef z' B JBir~) jSBE"""* >ou O- n so compact jo ri»ndy 11/^\bL touch of k button pops !.•>« 'iffy into y nW^^BP :>X J tfW rigid picture-making poiition. Prets »>.<*:'. t \\\^m ■WL button »nd the picture it
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  • 1242 23 Best Men Sold To Pay Wages ONCE HAD FOUR BROTHERS IN FORWARD LINE Club Which Discovered Sam Cowan By A Special Correspondent |N May last, after thirty years' membership of other leagues, including twelve seasons in the Northern Section of the FootbaH League, Doncasler
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    21 23 S. Muthucumaru, honorary secretary of the Negrl Sembilan Government Inler-Departmental F otball League, and captain of the Seremban Customs football team.
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  • 304 23 POLICE FAIL TO HOLD RANGERS First Match In New Malacca League (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca. T^HE Malacca Rangers gained a comfortable victory over the Police on the Kubu Plain ground yesterday, winning by six goals to one. The forward lines of both teams were disappointing, making little effort at
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  • 363 23 Need For State Trial Matches (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban. Negrl Sembilan's cricket defeat at the hands of Malacca, though surprising was not altogether unexpected. When it was learnt locally that the two fast bowlers. J. E. Edmonds and E. N. Wood, were not available, hopes of
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    26 23 I The Penan; Tong Sian School Union and Selangor Chinese Recreation Club football teams v.lio mot recently at Kuala Lumpur. The Selangor players won 4 1.
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    • 628 23 r X medicines were needed for a dozen complaints that laying up for indefinite periods was necessary that it was also I i necessary to take dangerous drugs and narcotics was an illusion. 'ASPRO' has dispelled it. For it is tbe medicine that takes tbe place of a dozen medicines,
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  • 1680 24 PURE GOLD RETURNS THE BIGGEST DIVIDEND La Reynarde Provides The First Upset (Frrm Our Own Ccrresponuent.) Penan;:. Saturday. •si'BiJ fret Cay of the Penang Turf Club extra meeting, which opened in dafl wf h«r today, was marred by rain which fell
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  • 31 24 "(apt. Dash," the Straits Times racing expert, picked thrr straight winners in the Penang r. es yesterday, as follows: Cheer fu Eyes, Vandal and Singsong Girl.
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  • 305 24 EVAN WONG TO THE RESCUE CHINESE VICTORY OVER R.A.F. T^HE Chinese scored a creditable victory over the R.A.F.. in their cricket encounter at Hong Llm '.Treen yesterday. Batting first the R.A.F. totalled 107. P/O Longmore top-scor-ing with 28. Keng Slew bowled well taking three wickets for 19 runs, and Boon
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  • 27 24 In the Keppei Golf Club mixed flag competition on Sunday afternoon Apr 26. players will arrange their owr partners and fix their own games.
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  • 338 24 ABDUL RAHMAN WINS CROSS-COUNTRY RACE (Prom Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru. The Kampong Bahru cycling team held a successful gymkhana in celebration of the Mohamedan New Year. The main event was the cross-country cycle race over a course of 734 miles The race attracted ten entries
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  • 139 24 TWO MEN RETIRE PENANG C.R.C. TOO STRONG FOR ALOR STAR TEAM (From Our Own Correspondent) Alor Star. An Interesting cricket match was played between the Chinese R^-crei-tlon Club of P°nang and a team tr>m Alor Star known as Shualb's XI. Shurio's XI batted first and OMJe 114 out of which
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  • 95 24 TAMILS WIN SEVERE DEFEAT FOR SELANGOR CLUB (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. Playing at home the T.P. C.A. inflicted a severe cricket deteat on the Selangor Club today. The Tamils batting first declarM at 122 for seven wickets. Nalliah was unbeaten with 33. Robert made 1« and Thurairajah
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  • 565 24 Inniskillings Just Beat Clock Agai nst S. C C o JANSEN FLOGS "RECS" BOWLING DOTH home teams were beaten in yesterdiy's cricket matches on the Padang, the Inniskillings beating the Cricket Club at the S.C.C. end by 43 runs and the Ceylon Sports Club
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  • 137 25 WINNERS BRILLIANT BUT GIVEN TOUGH FIGHT Soldiers Lose By Passing Too Far Forward Sinn-Malays 2. Middlesex Kegt 0. C\SK of the UtfWl stadium crowds saw the downfall of the Middlese\ Regiment at (he feet of a nippy, speedy Sino-Malay eleven in a friendly football
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  • 544 25 YKSTKKDAV, however, they learned the necessity of getting off the mark quickly uilli the ball when playine against either the Chinese or the Malays. Excellent balance and combination was no use without nippiness. Summing up though, the Middlesex btat themselves by their own tactics. In practically every
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  • 226 25 I.A. AND A.C.S. TIE BOTH SIDES SCORE 71 RUNS The match between the I.A. II and the Anglo-Chinese School a» Baletier yesterday ended in a tie. both siaes scoring 71 runs «;ach. INDIAN ASSOCIATION Harigcvind c and b Jan Jee 23. Ram Plara b Balasingham 7. Dnass s Chin Chye
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  • 56 25 PERAK BADMINTON KOH KIT YOONG WINS LEE SWEE HO CUP? 'From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Saturday. Kon Kit Yoong. winner of the Perak junior singles badminton title in 1935. won the Lee Swee Ho challenge cup, awarded annually to the winner of the Old Michaelians' Association's singles competition, by defeating
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  • 69 25 MATCH DRAWN KUALA LUMPUR Y.M.C.A. AND INDIANS From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Saturday. The Indians drew with the V.M.C.A at cricket today on the Indian ground. The V.M.C.A. scored 102 (Grenier 35. RadclifTe 24). Gorbex Singh took five for 33 and Gill three for 22. The Indians were 80
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  • 39 25 The following will play football for Tengku Hassin's team against the Jorinthians at the Civil Service ground at Johore Bar.ru today: Said: Sldek. Johari: Abdul Rahim. Hamzah. T. Mansor: Wan Puteh. Zam Zam, Dolfattah, Dollah. Madon.
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    22 25 The Middlesex Regimental Band during the interval of the soccer match between the Middlesex and the Sino-Malays at Anson Road Stadium yesterday
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  • 118 25 SELANGOR TENNIS SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Saturday. Good progress was made in the men's singles of the Selangor lawn tennis championships which were played In ideal weather. There were no surprises although two of yesterday's unfinished games produced some good tennis. Lo. Yah Kwal did
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  • 563 25 AUGUST B. P. PING PONG TEAM'S TOUR TO KUALA LUMPUR The August B.P. ping pong team who won the 1935 inter-club and the open championship tournaments of the Singapore Ping Pong Association visited Kuala Lumpur during the Easter holidays. The team comprised of Messrs. Chen Shih Chien (manager), Koh Thian
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  • 35 25 Members of The Chinese Friendly Association are requested to cote .hat a special gene ral meeting will be heM k t the Association premises. 126, Albert Street, on Wednesday at 8 p.m.
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  • 324 25 Latest positions In the-SAF.A. Lcagu? and Commercial Cup football competitions are as follows ilast year's 'positions in brackets): Goals P. W L D. FA Pts. R A F. (6) 5 4 0 1 18 4 9 Chinese <2> 5 3 1 1 8 6 7 -nniskilllngs 5
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  • 252 25 The cricket match between the N.C.C. and St. Andrew's School on the McNair Road ground yesterday, ended in a draw, time saving the school from defeat. The home side batted first and declared their innings closed with 137 runs for six wickets. Sithamparam was undefeated with 30.
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  • 108 25 Selangor Chinese Draw With Police (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. Playing on their own ground today, the S.C.R.C. did well to draw with the Selangor Police in a one innings match, time Intervening. The Police scored 134 (G. B Fol- i liott 53 not out. Salleh
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  • 23 25 The cricket match between the V.MC.A and the P.w.D which was to have been played yesterday at the V.M.C.A.. was postponed.
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  • 54 25 Bremen, Saturday. The former heavyweight champion of the world. Max Schilling, left here on Wednesday on the "Bre'^«n tr for New York, where he will Immediately start training for his fight with the famous Negro boxer Joe Louis, which is scheduled to take place
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  • 202 25 A crowd of 100.000 people saw Glasgow Rangers win the Sc. ttish FA. Cup at Ham*>den Park on Saturday by beating Third Lanark by one goal to nil. The Rangers have now wan the Cup ten times. This is their third win in
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  • 268 25 DESULTS of eames played in the Leagues yesterday were, says Rcutcr: Arsenal 1 Birmingham 1 Blackburn R. 3 C:.elsca 5 Grlmsby T 4 Leeds U 3 Liverpool 0 Manchester C. 2 Stoke City 0 Sunderland 4 W. Brom. A. 2 Aston Vilip. 0 Middlcsbro' 0 Portsmouth l Prc.-.tcn
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  • 181 25 At the football meeting of the Straits Chinese R.C. it was decided that ten teams be entered for the six-a-side tournament. The following were elected captain of the ten teams:— Kam Gim Hock, Gan Kee Tian, Yap Ah Chuan, Chua Choon Leong. Gan Kee Siang, Henry Boon. Low
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  • 23 25 Selhurst Park. Saturday. In the amateur football cup final the Casuals drew with Ilfora I—l1 1 after extra time. Reuter.
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  • 1032 25 League tables correct to Friday are as follows: Goals P. W. L. D F. A. Pts Sunderland (2) 39 24 9 6 105 64 54 Derby (6) 39 17 10 12 55 42 46 Huddersfield (16) 39 17 11 11 54 51 45 Stoke (10) 39 19
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  • 1058 26 SINGAPORE AND KAMPAR PROVIDE FINALISTS Weakness In The Women By Our Badminton Correspondent Till: badminton tournament held in lunnection witli the Twelfth AllMalaja Kpwoith League Institute. which bc«;in on Tuesday last and was concluded en Thursday, proved to be much more intercstins than was at lir.t
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  • 446 26 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Tdlpms. During the Easter holl<3a;s th? Malay Scholars Badminton Party. Taiplng, travelled to Penang and played 'our matches. Results (Malay Scholars mentioned first): Malay scholars beaten by Windy Dale Badminton Party by 8 games to two. Singles: Zainul Abidin lost to Osman. B—IS,8 —IS,
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  • 226 26 C r rom Our Own Cor-espondent.) Alor Star. The Dreadnoughts B.P. of Bukit MertaJam visited Alor Star during the week-end and played two of the local parties. The first match was with the Hottentots. Results (Dreadnoughts first): L. J. Pavanar'.s and Rashid beat Hassan Shuib and Che Hamid.
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  • 103 26 The Union Chinese B.P.'j "B" team beat the Derbyshire B.P.s 'B" team by five games to two; (Union Chinese first): E. Meng beat P. E. Guan. 5— 15, 13—13 (5—2). 15—12; Wilkle Chan >st tj K. K. Guan. 15—7. 12—15. 11—15: C. L. Chua lost to T.
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  • 773 26 Sans Party Beat Lian Hwa By 5-3 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. •THERE was a large attendance of badminton enthusiasts at the Victoria Institution Hall during the Faster week-end to watch the friendly match between the San's Party champions of the Selangor Interteam doubles tournament and
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  • 151 26 (Fcm Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru. The Muar Customs Badminton team visited Johore Bahru and met the Buklt Som Badminton Party in a friendly match of four doubles and two singles. The local team won by five games to one. The following are the scores— (Bukit Som
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  • 110 26 The annual open singles championship of the Amicable Badminton Party has been fixed. Competitors are notified that fixture will be every Saturday an i Sunday. The fixtures for this week -em. are as follows: Saturday 18. K. Y. Beet vs. Low Poh Hye; Tan "Choon Seng vs. Phua
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  • 200 26 (Prom Our Own Correspondent. 1 Alor Star. Office-bearers of the Kedah Badminton Association are: Patron. H. H. Tunku Badllshah (The Raja Muda of Kedah): president, Che Laldin; vice-presidents. Capt. E. H. Wilson. Tuan Syed SheU Earakbah, Dr. M. Sundara Raj an; hon. secretary ft treasurer, Mr. Chan.? i
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  • 65 26 An Inter- team tournament (league •system) will be held by the Premlerlan Badminton Party. The closing date is May 3. Those who wish to take part are revested to give their name* to the sports I >t*ln. The c't rge for an entry 50 cents for men
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  • 940 26 The first quarterly report of the Mercantile Institute Sports and Literary Union presented to the g:r.eral meeting held on April 8 is: Football: The results or matches played: —Ist XI vs. City High School Ist Lost 3 4. Ist XI vs. Clerical Union lit Lost 2—4. Ist XI
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  • 134 26 A largo gathering of uadminton enthusiasts saw Hi? return friendly match on Monday la't between the Reynard n.P. and the Sphinx B.P. the former winning by five games to one. On? tie v/as abandoned owing to failing light. The matrh was payed at th-> Reynard's court whose players
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  • 177 27 ODDS AT ONE TIME 10-1 AGAINST EVENTUAL WINNER Success Of Younger Men From The Smaller Centres By "Springbok" Kuala Lumpur. CELDOM has there been a golf championship final with two such different phases as those which marked the iirst and second nine holes of the struggle for
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  • 608 27 n/I.\L.\YA. by the way. L> one of the very few countries in the world v.l: ere championship finals are over 18 hcl:s and not 36. I heard several people who foi.. sport closely express surprise last w«.ck when the matcli ended in the morning. The reason,
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  • 52 27 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Geremban The Kwan Seng girls' basket ball ttam from Kuala Lumpur visited Seremban and beat the Chung Huh girls' school by 24 points to 16. The Kuala Lumpur girls, who were returning after a visit to Malacca and M.ar. I were entertained after
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  • 1070 27 Easter Meeting: New Rifle's Accuracy: Why No Colony Team S. R. A. "BulUeye's" Shooting Notes Almost Moribund: Lack Of Ranges: Woman Wins A Parbur> Button ANY visitor from the Colony to the F.M.S. Rifle Meeting at Kuala Lumpur last week-end would have to admit that the F.M.S.V.F. Rifle Association put
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  • 113 27 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru. Three furtl.er matches in the Johore Bahru District Football Association League were played during the week. In the first match the Posts and Telegraphs Recreation Club and the P.WD. Atheletlc Association drew, each sld-J scoring twice. The Customs Football team, last year's
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  • 63 27 The following have been selected to play football for the V.M.C.A. vs. Indian Recreation Club on Wednojday on the s.H.B. ground at 5.15 p.m. J. Bleha; H. Crocker, Kwee Thiam Teck: A. Zazula, O. Day, W. Mitchell; N. Jacksod. Yap Yeow Siang, Lira Kirn Wee, V. If. Pillay.
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  • 624 28 New Supreme Court Rises On Site Of Europe Hotel TOP left is a composite picture showing the inside and the outside of all that remains of the Europe Hotel. Above is a view of the mass of piles, crane girders, planks and bricks on the site of the new Supreme
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