The Straits Times, 27 September 1936

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  • 38 1 THE SUNDAY TIMES THE LEADING SUNDAY NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA FINAL EDITION No. 249 Sunday, September 27, 1936 Price 10 cents. THE SUNDAY TIMES The Leading Sunday Newspaper In Malaya. No. 249 Sunday, September 27. 1936 Price 10 cents.
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  • 125 1 Stabilisation Of All Currencies Foreseen EXPERIMENT IN SNTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION rpHOUGH tbe announcement of the devaluation of the franc and the Anglo-French-American agreement was too late for many London papers to comment, such editorials as aped on this matter were unanimous in commending the step taken.
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  • 249 1 TiIE Times says that the agreement may prove to be the first step of several towards ultimate stabilisation of the world's currencies. Its importance therefore must not be underestimated even though the ultimate goal Is still far oft and the present understanding contemplates only an
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  • 152 1 Few Coolies Still On Strike SEVENTY five per cent of the Chinese building coolies who went on strike 17 days ago returned to work during the last two days. Intimidation, and in some cases dissatisfaction with their position, is the ethers out on strike. It lias definitely b?en established that
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  • 132 1 BOMBS RAINED ON BILBAO MANY OUTBREAKS OF FIRE Bilbao, Saturday. OVER 100 bombs rained on Bilbao from the air yesterday. The seat cf the civil government was s'rucS and all available hosepipes are working to stem the outbreaks of fire. The dead are still being taken from the collapsed houses.
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  • 100 1 Death Of Member Of Famous Penang Family (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Saturday. TIIE death took place on Friday fl night of Miss Grace Elvira Caunter, a member of the famous Penang family who owned Suffolk House, Penang, at the age of 81 after a short illness.
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  • 252 1 URGENT MEETING CONSEQUENCES OF NEW MONETARY STAND Paris, Saturday. KM BLUM, the Premier, M. Vincent I 1 Aurlol, Minister of Finance, M. Charles Spinasse. Minister cf National Economy, and M. Roger Salengro, the Minister of the Interior, met urgently at 11.45 today at M. Blum's offU-lal residence to consider the
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  • 218 1 An ti- Japanese Acts Must Stop" FRESH THREAT OF ACTION Shanghai, Saturday. JAPAN will be compelled to take the most drastic action In China, if General Chiang Kai-shek fails to show a more sincere attitude in suppressing anti-Japanese activities." This warning was uttered today (says a. Tokio
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  • 130 1 Tokio, Saturday. IT is understood the British Am- bassador, Sir Robert Clive, called on the Japanese Foreign Minister, Mr. Arita, and denied the press report that Great Britain was contemplating mediating in the SinoJupanese dispute at the request of the Chinese Government. Sir
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  • 172 1 Mi:. A. T. Brennan, South African It! Trade Commissioner for the Far East, arrived back in Singapore yesterday after an extensive tour of Japan and China. He will remain in Singapore about a week before returning to his headquarters at Batavia. In an interview
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  • 89 1 Moscow. CTALIN has decided that the girls of Russia must be the most beautiful in the world. The Soviet Government has ordered a State Institute of Cosmetics to be established in Moscow. Grants have been made from public funds to defray the cost, and the Institute
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  • 66 1 Balinese As Soldiers AUXILIARY CORPS OF 2,000 MEN Batavia. A CCORDING to the Bataviaasch Nieuwsblad the Government is to form a Balinese barisan or armed auxiliary corps of 2,000 men. There appears to be great animation among the Balinese who are anxious to join the barisban. In the old days
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  • 63 1 EDITORS ARRESTED (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Saturday. Four Siamese newspaper offices were searched on Friday afternoon by C.I.D. officials and the four editors were arrested. No official reason is advanced for the search and or arrest, but the Siamese press believes the action is due to
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  • 24 1 Helslngfors. The Finnish newspaper "Siniristi' strongly advocatci that the Nobel Peace Prize should awarded to Chancellor Adolf Hitler.
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  • 570 1 MADAM Wei Guat Lang's return from China to Penang on a holiday trip recalls a romantic story of the early revolutionary days in Chna, in which her daughter, the former Miss Chen Pi Chun and now wife of Mr. Wang Ching-wei, former Prime
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  • 126 1 Malayan Mail Aboard Missing Air Liner London, Saturday. THE Post Office announces that a portion of the air mail for India, Malaya and Australia was aboard the missing Imperial Airways machine Boadicea, comprising correspondence posted in London up to about 8 a.m. on Friday and in the provinces up to
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  • 60 1 AEROPLANE SHOT DOWN IN PALESTINE Jerusalem. Saturday. A SHARP conflict has taken place near Jcnin between British troops and Arab volunteers in which aeroplanes were used. The Arabs suffered heavy casualties. One plane was shot down but the pilot succeeded in escaping without Injury. A short encounter is a.so reported
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  • 76 1 Niua, Saturday. Buyers Sellers No. 1 K. R.S.S. in cases (F. 0.1?.) Sept. 2C", 27 Good F.A.Q. in cases (F. 0.8.) Sept. 2!i', 2G13/1C No. 1 K. R.S.S. (Spot loose) Awardablc Spore 26 :> s 26^ October 26 3 i 26', Oct.-Dec. 26 7 27 Jan.-Mar. 27 27
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    • 8 1 COMING! HEARTS DIVIDED WITH DICK POWELL MARION DAVIS
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    • 106 1 COMING! ANTHONY ADVERSE A WARNER BROS. EPIC. RICH SWISS MILK SWEETENED CONDENSED r^--^fci«E____^a^^--^> Oledge Brand sweetX*"7" 'Zn\' ened condensed n*u cream SWEETENED CONDt«S»u Milk has its origin r /OGE BOyi n tne Bernese Alps, *0& aX 'l' am *d surroundings -^"sLa. E redolent of whole- r^K,. someness and health. iH>
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  • 1691 2 Fish, Coconuts and Betel A Singapore Tripper At Pontian The West Coast of lohore LJAVE you ever explored the road that runs up the west coast cf Johore to Batu Pahat If not don't! It is appallingly bad in places, so bad that if ycu have any respect
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    • 70 2 Extract from Straits Times: V I "I also lcam t>.at a sample o' crocodile 1)1 meat has been tested at the College of j[\ Medicine, Singapore, and has been /JV\ pronounced equal to venison So that I 1» Malaya is ever blockaded, and the I Cold Storage Company closes down,
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  • 751 3 SINGAPORE'S FAMOUS GIN SLING MOSTLY DRUNK BY TOURISTS Residents Changing Taste In Hard Liquor MORE BEER; LESS SPIRITS By A Staff Reporter SINGAPORE is famous for its gin sling— especially the Raffles formula. From all over the world come inquiries for the recipe of this sling. Of course people in
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  • 83 3 SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE Corresoondeme for transmission by all "via Netherlands" must be specially arc" clearly superscribed "By KIM Today 1. New Zealand. Java and Timor Dllly by a.i (Qantas) 7 p.m. Java Southern Sumatra Cy air (Netherlands) 7 pm. BBBBSBf Medan (Plancix:) 9 a.m. Pcnpprang lAlk Soon) f *.m. Pontlanak
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  • 72 3 Mails frra Europe etc. (London) expected today by clr (Imperial) will be delivered to boxriolderj :>.t 0.30 p.m. General de'lvery rs on Monday at 8.23 a.r.i. Malls fro:n K;r.i|>e i Amsterdam) expected today by air (Netherlands) will be delivered to boxhold-rs at 7.30 p.m. General delivery oi loiters
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  • 174 3 THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD Saturday, September 26. Ships alonjsid* the Wharves or expected to arrive Main Wharf Lch. Ladv CJflu.d— Lch. ICiltiwake— RAP. AQuaiius P.W.D. Grab Dredger No. 2— Lch. Sir H. Anderson— Tohltl W T4t. Enterprise— Euljskes Dll Wharf Nil Coal Whar: Nil Godouo Gate Cast Wharf La Plata
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  • 61 3 Cape Town. AN egg 9 inches long and IVz inches in circumference has been laid by a Light Sussex her owned by a farmer at Vermaaklikheid, near Cape Agulhas, Cape Province. The egg weighed five ounces. Inside the main egg there was
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  • 94 3 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia. An ordinance has been introduced in the Peoples' Council for regulating the sale and limiting the cultivation of quinine in Netherlands India for ten years from 1937. This ordinance Is v replace the quinine export ordinance and the quinine plantation ordinance,
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  • 61 3 /^•ORGED with kampong chickens a python 18 feet long has arrived :n Singapore from Perak to go to a taxidermist. The python, which is one of trie largest ever brought alive to Singapore, was caught on the Kapa Ban Estate, Slim River, by friends of Mr.
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  • 85 3 |N their daily report on the share market issued at the close of business yesterday, Messrs. Fraser and d state that the tin share market was very firm but In the absence of sellers business was on a sm^ll scale. I:i most casas prices showed a
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  • 80 3 The Police Band will play on Tuesday, at Telok Ayer at 5.30 p.m. March. Guards March Out (R. Ellenberg) Concert Overture, Boccaccio (Suppe> Selection, New Sullivan Selected and arranged by Dan Godfrey) Cornet So!o, II Baclo (Arditl) From The Garden of Kama. Four Indian Love Lyrics, (a» The
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  • Article, Illustration
    36 3 JOE E. BROWN, the linn come- dian with the cavernous mouth who has been acting: in English pictures, seen waving: coodby* at Waterloo from the Qu««n Mary boat train, on his return to the United States.
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  • 274 3 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Sept. 25. During: recent years, there had been an enormous increase in the e> port trade from Japan to India, said S. V. L. Chcttiar, a prominent Indian banker, on his arrival at Penang: after a four
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  • 23 3 Pastor W. W. R. Lake will speak on Sunday and the Sabbath at the Victoria Memorial Hall, tonight at 8 15.
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    • 257 3 IN SINGAPORE TODAY SEA VIEW HOTLL L. W. 1.30 a.m. 2.9 ft.; 1.48 p.m. Special Tiffin and Special Dinner. 5 3 Monday. INEMAS H. W. 9.10 a.m. 7.7 ft.; 8.39 p.m. \LH\m::»:.\: Palm Spr.ngs with Francis 8.5 ft. 3 13. 6.15. 9.15. 4^'ft (\riTOL: Danrln- Pirate with Claries P n»x
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  • 402 4 JAPANESE SEEKING SUCKERS IN MALAYA BUT ONLY OF PINEAPPLE TYPE Want To Improve Quality Of Formosan Fruit FOURTEEN JAPANESE BUSINESS MEN AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TOURED MALAYA LAST WEEK LOOKING FOR SUCKERS. They are anxious to improve the quality of the pineapples which are now being grown in large quantities "in
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  • 621 4 Eastern United Maintains Dividend And Bonus PROPOSING the adoption of the report and accounts for the year ended June 30, at the annual meeting of Eastern United Assurance Corporation Ltd. yesterday, Mr. Ong Soon Tee, the chairman, said, Once again it is my pleasure to
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  • 132 4 RAT PLAGUE MENACE Durban. 'TRISTAN DA CUNHA, Britain's lonely island possession in the South Atlantic, 2,063 miles from Cape Town, may have to be evacuated by its inhabitants, owing to a plague of rats, which are eating all the crops. So serious is the
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  • 128 4 Brighton. BRIGHTON licensing magistrates D have rescinded the much-dis-cussed resolution of 1933 by which licensees were requested to discontinue Sunday darts. The ban was resented by the many dart clubs in Brighton public houses, and some time ago the Town Council expressed dissatisfaction with the position,
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  • 105 4 (From O:.: Ov.n Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. 4 LARGE tiger is roaming round a famous picnic spot and lovers' meeting place lour miles outside Kuala Lumpur. At the impounding reservoir, 4th mile, Ampang Road, U'.u Klang, this tiger recently killed a larf/e scaly art-cater. The same
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  • 171 4 Big PFgrimage To Lourdes Lourdes. DRAYERS for peace were made by 100,000 ox-soldiers and war widows who gathered on Esplanade here for Pontifical High Mass on the occasion of the third international pilgrimage of ex-Service-men to Lourdes. Flags of twenty nations gleamed In brilliant sunshine while
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  • 42 4 Foreign exchange and gold have b:en pouring into, the Bank of Greece since the passing of the foreign exchange laws. The Prime Minister. General Metaxas. has deposited £112 in the bank and has called on all true Greeks to follow his examDle
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  • 210 4 Face Nearly Twice as Big as Before Some people seem to put on weight a/1 ct a sudden. You meet Hum one day. and they are quite nonrul. Uun ihe DOR lime you see them you hardly raeogniM tin-Mi, they have become so fat.
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    • 303 4 POULTRY PIG FARMS. Imperial Meat Meal and Liver Meal (for Poultry Pigsi. Highly balanced protein contents of 63 r 'r: Pat lOCi: and Mineral 14';. Endorsed by Trade. Abundant in Vitamins. VIC-LIC Concentrated Cattle I.lck (for Cattle) Ar. Ideal Cattle Lick, contains. Calcium, Phosporous. Iron, Sodium Chloride. lodides and Vitaminbctring
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  • 594 5 Prophecy Of Early War With Japan OLD FOE OF CHIANG KAI-SHEK ON WAY BACK TO CHINA Rumoured Secret Mission In Germany k MYSTERIOUS silence is being maintained by Mr. Chow Lv, who is now in Singapore on his way back to China from
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  • 166 5 CANADIAN WOMAN'S! STORY DEVELATIONS of life and condi- tions under Italian rule in Addis Ababa were made by Miss Freda Collier, a Canadian woman, now in England, whom the Italians "politely asked' to leave the town. Miss Collier acted as secretary to h. r brother. Mr. C.
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  • 155 5 Paris-Saigon-Paris Flight Next Month is described as the longest and most arduous race in the history of aviation is to be staged over a 13.600- mile course from Paris to Saigon, in French IndoChina, on October 25. The Aero Club of France and the Aero Club of
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  • 139 5 Malayan Jungle Picture Among First To Be Shown New York. lIASA, Tibet's sacred city, has at last succumbed to the lure of the cinema and will shortly open the first moving-pictures theatre ever permitted in that inaccessible region. According to an announcement by the United Artists'
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  • 57 5 Water ski-ing is one of this season's most popular sports on the French Riviera. The skier is towed by a fast motor-boat and at intervals is thrown high into the air by sloping boards floating on the waves. The pastime requires almost as
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  • 353 5 jytß. F. THEO. ROGERS, business manager of The Philippines Free Press, Manila, who recently stayed in Singapore in the course of a leisurely visit to Europe, was in Barcelona when the Spanish civil war began. He was Instrumental In savins the lives of Mrs. Antonio
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  • 638 6 ENGAGEMENT OF THEIR EX-CLERKS BY F.M.S. RAILWAYS Allegation That Government Circular Is Ignored ALTHOUGH Government is engaging retrenchees on a large scale, those who wish to re-enter the Railway Department have to do so severely handicapped, according to an article in the September issue of The Indian, in which the
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  • 70 6 MR. C. W. Mason, of Dover, made an attempt to paddle across n the Channel from Dover to France on an air mattress six feet long. He was accompa'.iod by his daughter, Florence in a rowing boat. When he reached the East Goodwin lightship, 13y 2
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  • 336 6 $200,000 CONSULATE FOR CHINESE IN SINGAPORE Fund Began A BUILDING costing $200,009 may be erected in Singapore shortly to take the place of the present Chinese Consulate-Gi ?ral. Mr. Leong Sin Nam, one of the leading citizens of Perak, Is heading the scheme and it is expected that the Chinese
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  • 88 6 Santiago (Chile). fONSTERNATION has been caused among married women by new rules concerning admission to the Casino at Vina del Mar, Chile's premier summer resort. The municipality has r. -d that no married woman can et. T the roulette saloons unless she has the written permission
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  • 136 6 DRASTIC MEASURES IN CHINESE SHANGHAI ANEW tack in the campaign towards securing enforcement of the Chinese oplum-suppresslon regulations in the foreign settlements has been taken by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in petitions which have been made upon consuls-general in Shanghai representing national with extrallty rights. This report,
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  • 53 6 Woman Missionary Loses All Her Belongings Hankow. Miss S. Myklebust. Lutheran Free Church missionary, returning alone to Annang from Kikungshan was robbed of all her belongings at midnight on Sept. 9 when nine bandits entered her houseboat on the Han River. She returned from the bandit-in-fested Upper Han
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  • 156 6 HAMBURG TO MUAR IN OPEN BOAT Young Man 's Night Among Crocodiles (From Our Own Correspondent) Muar. A YOUNG German, Oscar Specks, who left Hamburg in an open boat four and a half years ago, has arrived in Muar. In pn account of his voyage to Dr. Hamzah bin Taio
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  • 170 6 Brussels. ABOUT a hundred members of a strange sect which calls itself the Kitawala have been arrested in the Belgian Congo, and a judicial inquiry into the movement is continuing. It is believed that one or two Europeans are its leaders in the Congo, although the
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  • 36 6 The Czechoslovak Public Prcsecu:cr has forbidden the sale in Prague of Fowler Wright's novel, Prelude in the German translation of M. Sidney Prague," which is published la German under the title of Der Untergang von Prag."
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  • 317 6 The Hague, Sept. 15. THE Ridderzaal, the medieval Hall of the Knights in the Binnenhof at The Hague, was again the scene of the combined meeting of First and Second Chambers today when the Queen, accompanied by Princess Juliana, opened the new Session. In her
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  • 330 7 U.S. MAY DISCARD ISOLATION Oceans Ceasing To Be Barrier FUTURE OF KELLOGG ANTI-WAR PACT Washington. /CAREFUL study of the important speech on foreign affairs made by Mr. Cordell Hull, Secretary of State, leads many observers to the belief that his remarks may be the forerunner of Important developments in the
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  • 740 7  -  Fred J. Melville Stamp Collecting By J^IY letter-box has been of little use the past few days, for the postman has been weighed down with the bulky heralds of the stamp season, notably the new catalogues. The first to arrive was Whitfield King and Co.'s
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    • 304 7 THE STAMPS OF THE TREATY PORTS OF CHINA AND OF FORMOSA by Captain H. R. Oldfleld. LL.B. A compiete history of this little known grouo of stamps. Price 4 9 post free. The Philatelic Journal of Great Britain The oldest British Philatelic magazine, now in Its 46th annual volume. Monthly
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    • 128 7 for Is. Post Free. (or Its equivalent In current unused stamps of any country). WE will send you 50 different British Colonials 100 different New Europeans. 20 dlTercrt Air Stamps. 1.000 Stamp Mounts, a perforation gaug; and a specimen copy of the Philatelic Journal of Great Britain. If you prefer,
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    • 157 7 ST. MARGARET'S SCHOOL THE GRANGE CRAWLEY DOWN SUSSEX Mrt. R. Af. McCall N.F.U. Miss Holt-Kentwcll B.A. Oxon. Preparatory and Finishing School for Girls. Pupils coached for University Entrance Examinations. Daily Riding, Classical Ballet and other Dancing. Pianoforte. Violin. Parents from Malaya are Invited to visit the School when hom>* en
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    • 311 7 S LONDON CALLS INSISTENTLY and enjoy at either HOTEL RUBENS Buckingham Palace Road. racing Buckingham Palace or HOTEL <3f^v REMBRANDT South Kensington, S.W. JWisSSL facins the Victoria and AfSii* Albert Museum. Every attention In pleasing surroundings PERFECT QL'IETL'DE TIIES: COMFORTABLE HOTELS WITH ACKNOWLEDGED RENOWNED CATERING have running not and cold
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    • 1511 7 Today's Wireless Programmes FMPIRF STATION <>■*■ Concerto in D: (1) Vivace (2) Un 12.30 Musical Sunday Greetings, 1.20 News 11.35 a.m. -1.50 p.m. European recorded LilTll nvi> uinuuiii poco ac j as i 0 o) Rondo alTUngharese in German. 1.35 Musical Sunday greetings programme. 11.35 a.m. Concerto in A Minor
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    • 213 7 CROSSWORD PUZZLE RESULT Three all correct solutions were received In The Sunday Times $100 Crossword Puzzle Competition printed In our L>sue of Sept. 13. The name* and addresses of the senders, who share the $100 prize money In equal proportions, are: Chan Chee Chong, District Forest Office, Seremban; James Alexander,
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  • 159 8 NOVELS AND HIKING Vl'.-nna. TWO centenarians of Belgrade, a man of 100 and his wife of 101. recently appeared together in Court to ask. in all amity, fcr a divorce by mutual consent. The marriage had lasted 75 years, but only the iirst 30 of these, the
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  • 90 8 Owing to transfer to Brunei owner niust pe.rt with new 1936. AUSTIN, dark-green Hertford Saloon, light sixteen (short i chassis with 13 h.p. engine. Jack-all Jacking system etc., etc., averages 20 m p.g. delight!u to ('rive Put on road December 1935. has done only 8.700 miles. Price
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  • 1277 8 TWO IRISH The Third Bride Given SCOTSMAN FAMILIES Generation Awav Rv MARRIES UNITED jS* u X .f y AMERICAN In Malaya Her rather A/IR. Robert Porter Bingham, M.C.S., Assistant Protector of Chinese, Singapore, was married yesterday at the Presbyterian Church, Singapore, to Miss Elizabeth Walker Acheson, the
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  • 144 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. THE remains of Mrs. Alan Loke, wife of Mr. Alan Loke. the Kuala Lumpur millionaire and land owner, were conveyed by special train from Kuala Lumpur to Penang this evening. The cortege left No. 11. Buklt Nanas. the residence of
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  • 46 8 Colombo. It is announced :hat Mr. H J. iiuxham. Financial Secretary to the Government of Ceylon, will head the official mission which is shortly leaving for London to appeal to the Colonial Office for a greater degree of Imperial preference for Ceylon.
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  • 54 8 FIRST S. AFRICAN SNOW IN 90 YEARS Cape Town, Sept. 10. For the first time in ninety years snow fell today in various sections of South Africa, including the Springbok fiats, one of the hottest spots m northern Transvaal. At Nylestroom the temperature dropped from a normal 92.5 degrees yesterday
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  • 218 8 State Lottery For Malaya? (To the Editor of The Sunday Times) Sir, Your suggestion of forming a regiment of Eurasians is a grand one I go further and say form a regiment of all young men who have left oChool. and cannot find employment. The question of finance is the
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  • 85 8 PROVISION has again been mads for a grant of $15,000 towards the expenses of the Travel Association in Hong Kong. It represents a maximum up to which Government will contribute a dollar for every dollar raised by public subscription. In order to increase the attractions of
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  • 37 8 (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok. Saturday. A miniature gold urn containing the ashes of Prince Damrong's mother, kept in the Prince's Palace in Bangkok, has been stolen presumably for the sake of the gold.
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  • 41 8 During a demonstration at Piatra, near Neamt, in Moldavia, peasants tritd to secure the release of two monks who had been arrested for preaching against the new calendar. A policeman and a peasant were killed.
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  • 47 8 Dr. Schacht, the Reich Minister of Economics, has sent his thanks to Captain Cro^kshar.k, the Secretary for Mines, for a message expressing the sympathy of the British mining industry with the relatives of the miners killed in the explosion near Bochum, In the Ruhr.
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  • 261 8 YOUNG CHINESE GIRL BARBER IN COURT (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh. A YOUNG Penang Chinese girl, Choy Mci Chan, an apprentice barber in a local saloon, was convicted by the Ipoh First Magistrate, Mr. L. C. Simpson Gray, on a charge of fraudulently obtaining a registered packet addressed to someone
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  • 20 8 The Izvestia reports that two Jewesses and a Jew living in Moscow are changing their surname from Hitler to Zubkcff.
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  • Article, Illustration
    10 8 Robert Eu. captain of the St Andrew's School Rugby team.
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  • 172 8 Millionaire's Advice A millionaire's advice to bli children on the responsibility of money is contained in a copy of the will of Mr. H. L. Cohen, Chairman of Lewis's, Liverpool, which has been lodged at Somercet House. Mr. Cohen left £1,285,498. "I trust." he stated, "that my
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  • 657 8 RAILWAY FIGHT TO RESTRICT ROAD TRANSPORT Opposition To Licences For Lorry Services •TTIE first stage of the flg-ht be- tween road and rail for haulage business began on Sept. 15 at the Metropolitan Licensing Authority's court at Komney House, Westminster. Th-> four rail companies L.M.S L.N.E.R.. Southern, and O.W.— opposed
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  • 1503 9 Onlooker By The AN Commodore Mark-Ward- law's departure for England he reassumes the title of Captain, and I am told that ho is hoping to be given command of a warship when his leave in England has expired. I have never heard whether naval people prefer jobs
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  • 550 10 TRIBAL RENEGADE STOPS SALE OF GIPSY BRIDES Los Angeles. LJANDSOME Gipsy Ned Adams has just fought and won a romantic battle that has made Romany history and has put his r ime on the lips of thousands of dark-e> i beauties of his ancient race. He has won for them
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  • 207 10 China's Way To Salvation DEFENCE AGAINST AGGRESSION Brussels. "f HINA is at present passing through an unprecedented national crisis," Dr. Shelley Wang, a member of the Chinese delegation, declared in speaking at the opening meeting of the Universal Peace Conference here. Affirming China's adherence to the cause of peace, Wr.
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  • 195 10 U.S. Philosophers' Protest New York. EIGHTEEN distinguished American philosophers have jointly sent a letter to the German Philosophical Association expressing their regret that they cannot honourably accept the association's invitation to attend its session in Berlin. The reasons given for declining the invitation are a detailed
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  • 72 10 GERMANY'S NEW GUN Berlin. A new German 105 mm. (4.134 in) gun, a combination howitzer and field gun, first revealed on Herr Hitler's birthday last April, is believed by competent observers to represent a revolution in artillery. It combines exceptional range and mobility with the possibility of qulcK conversion into
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  • 26 10 The Danish steamer Dronning Alexandrine (1,854 tons) and a trawler were in collision off the c^ast of Iceland. The trawler sank and two men were drowned.
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  • 41 10 QUAKE IN YUNNAN BELATED REPORTS OF SHOCKS FELT LAST MONTH Kunming. A series of six earthquakes occurred at Hweitse In Northern Yunnan, between Aug. 19 and 28, resulting in the collapse of many houses, according to a belated report reaching here.
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  • 660 10 Story Of Emperor Hao Ngai And His Naughty Concubine IRCHERY, in the good old days when China was at peace with herse'f and with the world, was practised by all. In fact a person who could not handle a bow and arrow was at the bottom of the
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  • 871 11 SEPTEMBER 27. T936 LORD KNUTSFORD MEMOIR He Collected £5,000,000 For Charity Sydney Holland Lord Knuts- I ford. A Memoir. By John Gore. John Murray. 7s. 6d. IX Malaya where most hos- pitals are run by Govern- 'ment and Singapore has only i one big hospital week
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  • 285 11 Little Use For Civilisation Going Native By Eru Musnratt. Michael Jcocph. 12s. Cd. J7RIC MUSPRATT is one of the over growing band cf men, who have little or no use for civilisation I as such. Going Native is a fur- thcr record of his adventures, in succession to "My South
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  • 135 11 Death Round The Corner. By Jr.hn CNM|< Gd. "|\EATH rourd tha Corner' is a par- ucularly Rood sample of Messrs. Melroae'a 2s. 6d. library, v.hich includes worka by Phyllis Austin. Leroy ton. llerlufl Lyle, and M»rPetenoa. Mr. Creascy has made a speciality of stori<?s dciliivr v.i'.h Department
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  • 335 11 Tsushima. By A. NovikolT-Priboy. Translated by F.dcn and Cedar Paul. George Allen Unwin Ltd. 16s. HTHE author of this book was Paymaster's Steward on the Oryol, one of the four most modern battleships In Rozhestvensky's squadron during the naval action off the island
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    • 168 11 MALAYAN JINGLES 72 THE SPORTS EDITOR'S NIGHTMARE He scored a great goal with his niblick, He killed a high lob with his bat, And they yelled "Tarkle low!" As he coxed from the bow. So he jabbod with a joyous "How's that?" He revoked in the thirty-first chukker, Ami hit
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  • 75 12 41 Representatives Of 21 Countries SMOOTHING THE WAY FOR £100,000,000 WORTH OF OCEAN TRADE AS the cross-currents of trade and trade negotiations flow more strongly through Singapore every year, so does the local Consular Corps advance in size and status. There is now a total Consular
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  • 104 12 JUDGE SENDS HIMSELF TO PRISON Pittsburgh. JUDGE hi. A. Musmanno, when appointed to the Pittsburgh Criminal Court, first sentenced himself to three days' imprisonment to discover what it feels like. "A judge should know something of the environment and daily routine of a prison," he told newspapermen who int< viewed
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  • 69 12 The air race for the Coupe Deutsch de la Meurthe at Etampcs was won by M. Lacombe, who covered the 2,000 kilometres (1,242 miles) in 5 hours 8 mln. 7 sec, at an average speed of 389.462 kilometres an hour. His machine was a Caudron C.450 (350
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  • 31 12 The trial at Moravska-Ostrava of several Polish citizens on charges of offences against the Czechoslovak Republic, which gave rise to a protest by the Polish Governmp.nt ha* been adjourned sine die.
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  • 470 12 Promoting Trade Interests A LTHOI GH the position of Consul or Consul-General does not carry diplomatic representation, the added importance of Singapore as an expression of British policy in the Far East has conferred a special status on accredited representatives of foreign Powers. This conveys to local consuls none of
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    69 12 OROFESSOR Dr. Ing. Emerich Herzog, renowned Austrian dowser and geophysicist, has arrived in London at the start of a tour of Britain during which he will search for oil, coal, gold, water and other minerals. During the Great War, Professor Herzog was official water-diviner to the Austrian Army. Professor Herzog
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  • 101 12 NO SCHOOL FEES For Fathers Of 8 In Italy Rome. JJATHERS of eight or more will have their children educated free in Italy in future. This was one of the measures decided on today by Mussolini and the Cabinet in their new efforts to raise the birth rate. Married men
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  • 128 12 A Wife Plays Football SO HER HUSBAND SEEKS DIVORCE Vienna. DECAUSE his wife plays football D instead of cooking, Karl Lutz, of Vienna, has filed a petition for divorce. Pretty, blonde Frau Maria Lutz, 28. plays half-back for the Tempo team, and Is one of Austria's b:st known women players.
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  • 57 12 Dr. Harold Thompson, of Newfoundland, has been given charge of fishery investigations under the Department of Scientific and Industrial Resaarch, which is providing £80,000 over five years, including the cost of a deep-sea trawler. The possibility of using nonedible fish as fish-meal, methods of quick freezing, and the
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  • 44 12 The newspaper East Africa will in future be called East Africa and Rhodesia. An editorial note explains that this extends the scope of the newspaper to Southern Rhodesia, with a view to improving contact between the British States from the Nile to the Limpopo.
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  • 452 12 "No One Has The Right To Kill, 1 Says Judge TEN YEARS FOR A HUSBAND QENTENCE of ten years' penal servitude was passed by Mr. Justice Greaves-Lord at the Old Bailey on Hilla Shipley, aged 34, merchant, of Fitzjohns Avenue, Hampstead, for trying to murder his
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  • 44 12 Mr. Daniel Baily, a member of the Stock Exchange from 1874 to 1911. has died at his home at Hampstea^ nt the age of 99. He leaves a widow; a son, Mr. Gerald D. P. Bally, o' Baiiy, Mercer Karo, stockbrokers; and a daughter.
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  • 426 12 New York. FVENYING that either munitions or bankers forced the United States into the War or exerted any influence on President Wilson, Mr. Newton D. Baker, on the basis of his own experience as Secretary for War and subsequent studies of
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  • 1358 13  - Sitting On The Fence NATHANIEL GUBBINS By gIXTEEN-j ear-old Nova Pilbeam, when asked by a reporter, Whom would you choose as 8.8.C. Talks Director?" answered up promptly, Sir James Barrie." If I had been asked the question I should have given the same answer, for I simply date on Sir
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  • 234 13 Sir H. Page Croft On Capacity Of The Dominions Bournemouth. ADDRESSING the Bournemouth A Rotary Club Sir H-nrv Pace CrolS M?.. saidf'thatredlstLt of the population of the British. Empire A/v- latest need or .h= aay" "Certain nations far less crowded than Great Britain are clamouring for lurthcr
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  • 229 14 SANATORIUM PATIENT CHECKS LOSS OF WEIGHT. Took Flesh-forming Tablets. If you are troubled by steady loss of' weight, read this letter from a man who j put on flesh steadily after taking a, course of tiny, tasteless, flesh-forming tablets—altnough 12 months in a sanatorium had failed to help him. "I
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  • 499 14 The Straits Times EDITORIAL, MANAGERIAL AND ADVERTISING OFFICE Cecil Street, Singapore. Totidem Verbis Chinese Only QUESTIONS are doubtless being asked about the uses to which it is proposed to put the Selangor Jubilee Fund. Half of the total sum of $165,000 much less than had been hoped for Is to
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  • 1901 14 Full Story Of The Attack On Jeram Ampai Told For First Time THE news of the attack by the Malay rebels on the police station at Kuala Tembeling reached Taip.ng on June 17, 1894. It aroused intense excitement, especially as it was accompanied by a requisition
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  • 845 15 Air Lines Of Five Nations Converging On Pacific Seaboard STRATEGIC MOVES BEHIND TRADE EXTENSION America's 20 Seaplane Bases In Alaska And Aleutian Islands a highly significant trend of world aviation of the past fey,- years has just been consummated with unpredictable effects on
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  • 163 15 14 Keys, 4 Penknives -And "Cashbox" Rome. A PEASANT with a passion for accepting wagers that he would swallow bits of metal, has been operated upon in a Trieste hospital, and had a fearsome assortment of ironmongery removed from his inside. The report would be incredible were it
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  • 234 15 MR. ISHIi HERE NEXT WEEK rV*"E of Japan's most distinguished servants will pass through Singapore this week in the person of Mr. I. Ishii, who has been appointed Japanese Minister at Bangkok. Considerable importance is attached to the honour conferred on Mr. Ishii, who was until
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  • 84 15 BRITAIN'S most wonderful father is Mr. George Skeet, 103 years old, of Burnham Market, Norfolk. His eldest child is 69 years of age. His youngest is two. Mr. Skeet was first married when he was 25, and earned only 7s. 6d. a week. His wife
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  • 120 15 "A HOLE IN TRAFFIC REGULATIONS" A baby in a perambulator is not a pedestrian. A Hull Corporation 'bus driver, accused of not allowing free passage to pedestrians at a beacon crossing, was stated to have restarted his 'bus as a woman, pushing a perambulator,
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  • 439 15 Giant Telescope May Give Solution CIR James Jeans, in a public lecture at Southport, made the announcement that the new 200--inch telescope, now being built in California, might solve the problem of whether space was curved and finite, or was infinite. He declared that Sir Arthur
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  • 222 15 "k Would Be To Men's Advantage" MRS. Barbara Gould, speaking at IT a luncheon in London cf the National Union of Women Teachers, said it was up a women to convince men that it was to their advantage to give women equal pay. The two great
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  • 90 15 Sergei MoskvicliCV, a Lipovan fisherman, has died at the a^c of 108 at Valcov, the c. ief caviare-producing centre of Rumania. Valcov is inhabited by Lipovans, members of a R religious sect banished by the Empress Catherine the Great in the eighteenth century, who still
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  • 1212 16 When Fighting Was Part Of The Christmas Festivities CUSTOMS OF THE EARLY DESCENDANTS OF THE PORTUGUESE IN MALACCA By Our Malacca Correspondent LJAVING spent two days on the outskirts of the Portuguese Settlement at Banda Hllir, I have been able to gather much information regarding the home life of the
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  • 254 16 Officers' Plea For Special Training •WARTIME VALUE NOT RECOGNISED' ATTENTION to merchant shipping in relation to defence is urged in the 1935-6 report of the Officers' (Merchant Navy) Federation, Ltd. Special training courses are suggested. "There are few indications." states the report, "that the authorities are
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  • 176 16 Widow's "I Suggested £100,000 Ban In Will" LJUSBANDS who leave their 1 fortunes to their wives on condition that they do not remarry are defended by Mrs. Lucy Ann Marshall, widow of a Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, magistrate, whose will, now published leaves her £100,000 absolutely, or "a life annuity of £250
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  • 158 16 TRAMP SHIPPING SEAWORTHINESS SWIFT ACTION SINCE WRECK INQUIRIES THE need for a higher standard of British tramp shipping is urged in the report. Referring to the disclosures at the j Wreck Commiss'oner's Inquiries into the foundering of four steamers, the report states: Federated officers readily admit the existence of E.itlsh
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  • 179 16 QUEEN MARY'S MESSAGE Adelaide. I ADY Dugan, wife of the Governor of South Australia, read a message from Queen Mary at a Child Welfare Congress organised by trie Women's Centenary Council which was opened by Lady Gowrie, wife of t^e GovernorGeneral. The message stated that
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  • 74 16 PREMIER AND PEACE Copenhagen. "AT LEAST Denmark is above suspi- clon of entertaining intentions likely to lead to war," said the Danish Premier, M. Stauning. when addressing an International conference of war invalids at Copenhagen. Denmark expects that her neutrality will be recognised on all sides." he
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    • 482 17 Now! Restore Natural Whiteness to Your Teeth! An Antiseptic Cleansing Dental Cream That's Bringing New Attractiveness to Millions! There is now a way to restora the coloration and decay are destroyed natural whi f «>noss and brilliance to and washed away. Soon your tooth your Ireth. It is called the
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    • 552 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. Should no reader succeed in solving the puzzle correctly, the $100 >'ill be awarded in respect of the
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    • 145 18 An excellent selection of FREE GIFTS is now offered to users r*~ of Bourn vi!3e Cocoa. A 1-lb. tin contains 4 coupons, a M 2 coupons and 1-lb. tin 1 coupon, save them,: ney are valuable. y Ti'iei c are certain stocks on the market without coupons but mk I
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  • 753 19 Remember Your Arms,, Your Neck And Your Back WAS lunching the other day with Adrian Adrian of Hollywood the young man who is so largely responsible for the glamour of the stars. Yes, the same who designs all the clothes for Crawford, Shearer, and Garbo herself. During the course of
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  • 363 19 WHEN we are furnishing any room we often spend ir.ach thought upon the walls, the furniture and the hangings, but we are rather inclined to let the floors look after themselves. Though not, I think, if we have seen some of the new floor designs in
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  • 133 19  -  I INE a 6 in. diameter cake tin with waxed paper. Split 12 large sponge fingers in halves, cut them off square and line the tin with them. Melt 2 oz. vanilla chocolate in a double boiler, add 3 oz. castor sugar, \'z gill water and 4
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    • 179 19 K. P. M. CHRISTMAS TOUR TO INDO-CHINA AND SIAM AN ALL INCLUSIVE TOUR OF 19 DAYS by s.s. "T ASM AN" LEAVE SINGAPORE: DEC. 19th RETURN TO SINGAPORE: JAN. 6*h. For detailed information please apply to: X.P.M. LINE. 1. Finlayson Green, Tel. 5451. M THE IDEAL GIFT P A FOR
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  • 425 20 COLOURED bedclothes are still in fashion, but where once they were seen in bright yellows and blues, there are now linens and suitable crepes in subtle tones. It is not unusual to select a colour that harmonises with, or even matches the colour of
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  • 1124 20 MOLLY EVERITT BY HOES your child steal This question may seem tc you to be a piece of gross impertinence certainly you would treat it as such if it were put to you in the ordinary way Yet there must be thousands upon thousands of parents
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  • 930 21 FROCKS SIMPLE IN LINE WITH FRILLY PETTICOATS A SAVOURY CAKE IJERE is a recipe for a Continental savoury cake which is unusual and attractive. A flat milk loaf shaped like a cake and quite new is be.n for .he purpose. Remove all
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  • 1266 21  -  John Drinkwater By I SUPPOSE it is natural for some people to become alarmist if the King chooses to see a doctor. His Majesty's consultation with Prof. Neumann, the eminent Austrian ear-specialist, during his visit to Vienna, was the occasion of quite unnecessary scavemongering. The fact
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  • 46 21 Tulle capes and full coats, often of two tones super- imposed, are used both over matching and silk dresses, varying from below the hips to fui! length. Many suits have snugly fitted little coats, with the lace handled exactly like a silk fabric.
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  • 47 21 Although Paris is reported to have turned thumbs down on flat-heeled evening shoes, the advance display of a leading bottier includes seven flats out of fourteen models on view. The majority of these are sandal-type slippers made of shimmering materials with metal trimmings and heels.
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  • 93 21 Chop fine two green peppers from which the seeds have been taken, a cup of raisins, six green tomatoes and four small onions. In a whitelined saucepan heat a quart of vinegar, one cup powdered sugar and two of brown sugar, two tablespoons of mustard seed
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  • 102 21 1 tablespoon cold water V 2 envelope granulated, unflavor.i\J gelatin 2 egg yolks. 1 teaspoon mustard l'/a tablespoons melted butter 2 tablespoons vinegar 1 teaspoon salt Few grains cayenne pepper 1 tall can salmon 3i cup milk Soften the gelatin in the cold water for five minutes.
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  • 2470 22  -  MRS. E. D. BULTER Broadcast Talk From Kuala Lumpur Station BY THE interest in growing flowers in Malaya has increased tremendously the last few years and people are not content just to leave things to the kebun. I am quite sure flowers have feelings and respond
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    • 349 22 RUBBER 6th Oct. 6th Oct. £i IXTY years ago on June 14, 1876 Sir Joseph Hooker, Director of Kew Gardens, received from Mr. W. 11. Wickham a shipment of 70,000 Hevea seeds, gathered in the rubber forests of Brazil. Barely 3 per cent, germinated, but by August 2,000 seedlings were
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  • 1887 23  - World Sport Darkened By Shadows Of War THE "KHAKI CUP FINAL" Nestor By AS RECRUITING GROUND THE pages of this instalment of the scrap-book of sport are darkened by shadows, for the period is 1915-1919 and the war puns are thundering. Sportsmen were called upon to play a greater game
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    45 23 GOLFING BROTHERS I This picture of the three Lims was taken by the Sunday Times photorrapher at the Island Club, of which they are keen members. Left to right Dr. H. L. H. Lim. Dr. A. L. J. Llm and Mr. A. L. B. Lfan.
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  • 845 23 A GOLFING WIZARD FROM WALES Achievements Of Dai Rees JN 1933"th c British golf public first became aware of a small Welshman who could liit a golf ball with I precision and whh a power which his slight build did not hint at. In the first round of a Daily
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    • 346 23 IT rtfWAJ r V" g ..rr-lStwß A I]W iSy Earn tL A II Ilv T* :Bk 1m INDIGESTION...HEARTBURN... ALL STOMACH TROUBLES... call for this immediate relief! Do you dread your meals Are wise and take it in time. Others you for ever wondering what you endure terrible torture but even
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    • 185 23 4Sjfc. ANOTHER OF BERTIE BELL'S j&ft THRILLING DOUBLE MAIN EVENT k JIT 'jfl PROGRAMMES fc«THURSDAY. OCT. Ist f A atthe NEW-WORLD ARENA J&V c&c ir AL r«vers mrx i VK9i M (AMERICAN) THE FIRST EXPONTNT ■\> fl x'l\ SsMfV^ OF GOOD BOXING IN SINGAPORE. B XJUmt' I §^H A At
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  • 2205 24 Bay Laddie Wins Well To Please The Punters WITH only one exception, the favourites won at yesterday's races which marked the conclusion of the Autumn Syke Meeting of the Singapore Turf Club. Excuse Me sprang a surprise to pay $36, the highest dividend for
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  • 96 24 The annual football match for the Clarke Shield between the Past and Present (Raffles Institution) will be played tomorrow at 5.15 p.m., on tiv R.I. ground. The following will represent the Present Sundram Abdul Hamld, Mohamed Zald Heng Tee, Jamil, Teck Bee. Lian Sin (capt.), A. Watts,
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  • 468 24 KOH KENG SIANG'S GREAT WIN A I^L expectations as to the match between Koh Kcng Siang of thi Clerical Union and Seali Ens Hee of the Mayflower Badminton Party belnn an interesting and thrilling one wer-j fulfilled when these players clashed in the third round of the
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  • 78 24 Following are the tics In the Y.M.C.A. autumn tennis tounmrr.ent for Wednesday: Handicap Singles Class "B" YaJi —33.3 vs. T. Koboyasht —30.3. Mixed Doubles C. Rcshty and MLsr, Armstrong 15 vs. Winners of Kanils and I.Irs. Hill and E. M. T. Philips and MUs t. widen
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  • 123 24 Following are ties in the S.R.C. tennis t>urnamnt: Monday. "A" Singles l-inal: Dr. S. L. Oehlers 15.:) vs. C. A. Norri; (—4); Doubles Il.-ndirap: O. A. Loivc and IT. S. Hcjan (—30.3) vs. G. Ro.s and D. Rom (sct.) Tuesday Mixed Doubts: IJr. S. V Cetera and
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  • 52 24 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiplng. The Sanlcals XI gained their lirst hockey victory when they ware opposed to the Police XI whom they boat by the solitary goal In the second half, scored by Deven. The Police had their chance to equalise through PowellEvans but he received
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  • 527 25 Bold Bid By Police For Victory In Closing Stages R.A 2. Police 0. fTHE Royal Artillery won the coveted S.A.F.A. Cup with comparative ease yesterday when they beat the Police valiant fighters, in the final. The ground conditions suited their methods of play and
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  • 237 25 MIDDS. NARROW WIN OVER ST. ANDREWS BY the narrow margin of three points, one try. to nil. the Midds "C" Co. beat the St. Andrew's Oldj Boys second string at Rugby yesterday at Farm Park. The game was not, •very interesting there being far too many scrums due to knock
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  • 292 25 Boxing- QUARTER-FINALS of the amateur championships of the Singapore Amateur Boxing Association werej held at the Drill Hall last night Pe.ults: KLYW3IOHTS: P. C. Alxlul R (holder) Ixat Othman bin ;:ohamea on UJidds) on point*, ?:e. G. Smith (HMOO knocked out P. C. Muthu in t.._? third roind.
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  • 131 25 The teams for the S.C.C. Rugby trial match tomorrow are as follows Whites W. N. Rothery: J. H Brett. r. M. Watts; H. R. McDonald. N. Poyntz-Roberts. N. G. Morris. O. E. C. Ash: A. R. Brand, J. A. Allen. S. J. Rand, J. Welsh. M. P.
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  • 22 25 The hockey match between the I.A. and the Sikh Police at I.A. ground yesterday resulted in a goalless draw.
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  • 201 25 ASIATICS WEAK IN SCRUM (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Saturday. The Selangor Asiatics opened their first Rugby game against the Qelangor Club on the padang today and met with defeat, after putting up a good fight, by 14 points (one goal and three tries) to
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  • 69 25 'From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh. Saturday. Prior to the selection of the Rugby team to visit Penang. Perak Asiatics held a trial this evening on the Ipoh Club padang. Colours defeating Whites by 23 points to 8. Colours' threes were prominent throughout and Kam Foong,
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  • 241 25 Excise Dept. Again The Champions (From Our Own Correspondent! Malacca. Saturday. IN the final of the Government Football Shield competition, the Excise Department beat tbe Municipality one-nil yesterday on tbe Kubu Field. Raphael Leon and Lee the Municipal centre forward and right-in— were great triers and
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  • 218 25 A fast and interesting football game was seen at the Singapore Harbour Board ground yesterday when the Singapore Rovers 2nd XI were beaten by the Straits Physical Athletic Party by five goals to four. Mr. Mi Lan referosd and the tesmr were: Rtovtft: A.
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  • 90 25 (From Our Own Correspondent). Penang, Saturday. In the Penang badminton finals Tan Boon Piew and Tung Ghim Huat doubles champions, retained their title by beating Tan Choon Kooi anr> Lim Yong Fong this evening at the Volunteer Drill Hall. The challengers put up a hard fight before
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  • 1202 25 DESULTS of games played yesterday in the leagues are, says Reuter DIVISION I Arsenal 2 Derby Co 2 Birmingham 2 Orimsby T. 3 Bolton W 1 Sunderlana 1 Brentford 3 WoJverhampton 2 Everton 2 Huddersflela 1 Leeds U 2 Liverpool 0 Man^lisster C. 0 Chelsea
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  • 76 25 Results of Rugby games played at home yesterday are says Reuter: Bedford 3 Richmond 16. Biackhcath 15 Birkenhead 12. Brldgend 23 London Welsh 12. Bristol 0 Gloucester 11. Devon Services 18 Bath 29. Leicester 22 Northampton 3. London Scottish 24 O.M.T.s 8. Rcsslyn Park 0 Harlequin^ 12. Old
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  • 134 25 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Saturday. The second State Rugby trial today resulted in Whites beating Colours by nine points (three tries) to three points (one try). Whites had a probable State full-back and forwards, also Montgomery who played for Peiak last year. Colours had the
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  • 56 25 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang. The Penang Sports Club entered the final of the Penang Football Association Cup on Friday by a 2—l victory over the Indian Recreation Club. Joy and Donald, former Singapore stalwarts, were the best forwards on the field. The scorers were Joy and
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  • 71 25 The first round of the Sing? pore Golf Club championship was played at Bukit Tlmah yesterday and resulted as follows R. J. Isherwood (holder) beat J. Moncur 6 and 4. M. M. Paterson beat S. N. Kelly and 5. W. Eldred beat J. H. Beeton 4 and 2.
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  • 343 25 HOME TRIAL MATCH FIXED FOR WEDNESDAY The following S.C.R.C. players are invited to represent thc;r club in hockey matches this week: Tomorrow: S.C.R.C. n. V.M C.A. '^nJ at Hong Lim Green: Tony Low, Yao Choon Lin. K. T. Ooi, Chec Kcng Lcong. Kec Yew
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  • 139 25 BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS AT K.L. (From Our Own Correspondent} Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. Exciting badminton was seen today when the semi-finals of the women's! singles and doubles and the men's junior doubles championships were played oft at the Victoria Institution Hall. Miss Chan Kon Neong, playing
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  • 149 25 GOOD DISPLAY BY GILLESPIE treaty ball as a result cf rain made it impesrib'e t:> <xa>n any reliable indication ol form in two practice Rugger games of 10 minutes each way at the Singapore Cricket Club yesterday afternoon. The forwards in both games vorked honestly and
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  • 134 25 RIC, LEAD OVER SKINS IN FIRST HALF 'piIE St. Andrew's "A" rugger team defeated the Inniskilling Fusiliers at Tanglin yesterday at Rugby by eight points to six. in a keenly fousht out game. In the first half the St. Andrew's team was distinctly superior and led by eight
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  • 35 25 "D" Co. Middlesex Regiment, beat the Nelsonltes at the latters' ground yesterday at football by two goals to one. Powell scored twice for the mllitjary and Foo Wong replied for the Nelsonltes.
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  • 799 26 Possible Misunderstanding In Negotiations How The Tournaments Are Progressing Local Standard Of The Game By Our Badminton Correspondent ALL followers of badminton here, oai especially the likely State rcp-escntatlves, will no ioubt learn Wltta great disappointment that negotiations for the first interport match
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  • 164 26 Th 2 Merry-Youngjters BP. registered a narrow badminton victory at the Groat World Sports Ground against the Spartan BP. by six games to five. Results (Merry-Youngsters first) Chin Tham Swae beat Tan Kok Ann. 13—13 (3—l), 15—8 Richard Tan lost to Kum Kirn Leng. 15—12. 10—15. 13— 13
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  • 216 26 (From Our Own Correspondent) Segamat. Good progress has been made In the Segamat District badminton tournament. There are still several matches to be played, but I understand th3 finals will be held this week to allow the committee to send In the names of the finalists as
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  • 75 26 (From Our Own Correspond ;r.t> Seremban, Sept. 21. Rjggle Sta Maria, of the Serembp Kllat Clut, won the Morphy ChalleCup for badminton singles for u. o;cond year In succocsion. J. Fernan 'lzz vas rur.ner-up. In the double"■vent, the winners were Reggie St:. laria and S. Thambiraja The run-ners-up
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  • 346 26 Kuala Lumpur Women's Singles (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. pOIVSIDEBABLE interest was centred on the opening tics of the Selangor women's cpen singles badminton championship, held under the Sclangor Badminton Association, which was played at the Victoria Institution Mall before a verj large crowd. Three oi the ties to
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  • 27 26 Owing to heavy rain last Sunday the Eclipse B.P. group photograph and the doubles final were postponed and will take place today at 4 m.
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    25 26 Va? Chin Tee (left. Devonshire R.P.) beat Lim Hee Chin (Gleeful 8.P.) 2—15, 15—7, 15—9 in the third round of the Singapore open badminton to:irnamrrf
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  • 233 26 BADMINTON IN TAIPING VISIT OF KULIM MALAYS (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping. In an inter-club badminton fixture rlayed in Taiping during the week, the Malay Scholars of Larut beat an All-Malay team from Kulim, styled the Nightingale Badminton Party, by nine matches to nil. The visitors were the guests of
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    23 26 Tan Chung Tee (left. Marigold 8.P.) beat Michael Tan (Diehard 8.P.) 15—13, 15—9 in the third round of the Singapore open badminton tournament.
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  • 50 26 Ties to be played during the next week-end in the Useful B.P. tournament are: A Saturday, Oct. 3—Chiang Tiong Wah vs. George Chen Wee Kirn Wee vs. Lim Cheng Hong. "B" Sunday, Oct. 4 Yeo Cheow Heng vs. J. C. Koruthu P. S. Nair vs. Ong Say Yeo.
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  • 306 26 CUP FOR HOCKEY COMPETITION RAISING STANDARD IN SEGAMAT (From Our Own Correspondent) Segamat. LJOCKEY enthusiasts in the district will be glad to hear that Mr. P. Wills, the Assistant Advis:r, who lakes a keen interest in sport, has nresentcd a handsome cup for a heckey comnetition amons the various sides
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  • 309 26 GOOD MATERIAL AVAILABLE (From Our Own Cony io.idont.) Sorcmban. I HAVE not ccen a copy ol the Neuri Semoilan-Malacca Ru.7by fixtures yet but I suppose that the first State encounter will to against Selangor. The selection of the Combined Statrs rugger side is going to be a more
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  • 128 26 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Alor Star. The knock-cut football competition for the Regents Cup this year was started with the Police Club. Aler Star playing against the Kuala Muda Club at Surgel Patani. Abdul luimid Sport* Club were champions last year. Th; other
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  • 46 26 Members of the Slew &in Sia are requested to note that entries are invited for the annual lawn tennis and badminton tournaments which will close on Oct. 6. Entries should be sent to Mr. Lim Kirn Leng. sports captain, c/o Government Treasury, Singapore.
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  • 627 27  -  Joe Diamond To Meet Tiger Flowers Rugby Begins Cup Soccer Comes To An End BY "ECHO" ANOTHER "double main event" programme of boxing is to be provided at tho New World arena this week, and it looks attractive Al Rivers vs. Clever Henry,
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    35 27 The r t police football team (below) which was beaten by tha II M.S. (irimsby team when the vessel called at Kuan tan. Above is the Kuantan district team which drew with II M.S. Grimsby.
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  • 140 27 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban. Inter-State lawn tennis matches are now being arranged by the Negri Sembilan Lawn Tennis Association and on the day these notes are printed, Malacca will be visitors. The programme will consist of four singles matches and sixteen doubles matches. The
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  • 63 27 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping. Chung Ah Kee and Ooi Seng Chye won the Chinese Recreation Club open doubles lawn tennis tournament beating Lim Wan Seng and Ng Chye Heng 6 2, 6 3. The Club's open singles has also reached the final, and Chung Ah Kee and
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  • 135 27 PUNJABS GIVEN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP (From Our Own Corresp ndent) 1 olng. Quite a sensation was caused In Taiping saccer circles when it was announced that the 1/2 Punjab Regiment has been awarded the championship in the Second Division of the local League. The Malays and the Regiment
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  • 135 27 (From Our Own Correspondent) Alor Star. The golf match between the Penan? women and Kedah women proved to bo a great success. Quite a big crowd turned out to witness the encounter and golf of a very high standard was seem. Per.ang played extremely well and won
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  • 98 27 (Frcm Our Own Correspondent) Taiplng. The King Edward VII School hockey team won their second match by beating the Taiping Police by four goals to nil. The schoolboys were much the faster side, and Ah Por. their centreforward, who was in good form, netted three goals, while
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  • 100 27 CHINESE INTER-SCHOOL SPORTS IN KEDAH (From Our Own Correspondent) Alor Star. After a meeting of all representatives of Chinese schools in Kcdah, it was unanimously agreed that the Kcdah Chinese inter-school sports will be held some time in November at Sungei Patani. Great credit must be given to the newly-formed
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  • 52 27 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban. I hear that it is proposed to hold an inter-club athletic meeting In Negrl Sembilan and a cup has already been donated. If my information is correct this is an excellent move mc should give the much needed impetus for athletes In
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  • 32 27 (From Our Own Correspondent) Alor Star. The annual general meeting of the Kedah Hockey Association will be held In the Stuart Library Hall at 6 p.m. on Oct. 7.
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  • 131 27 MIXED HOCKEY MRS. HOLLAND SHINES FOR KRIAN (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping. Taipinu fielded a mixed hockey team against a Krian XI at Parit Buntar and were beaten to the tune of seven goals to one. The homesters were the better side and they had a strong forward line of
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  • 101 27 (Frcm Our Own Correspondent) Taiping. The Taiping Tigers, one of the premier hockey teams in North Perak. opened their season In promising fashion, beating the Sanicals XI by the comfortable margin of four goals to one. The Tigers won almost all their matches last year
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    11 27 The hockey team ol the 7th Heavy Brigade, R.A., Dlakanff Mati
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  • 168 27 SEE HOCK BENG CUP KUALA KANGSAR AND LARUT IN FINAL (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping. In the replay in the semi-final for the See Hock Beng football cup, Kuala Kangsar created a surprise by beating the holders, Sitiawan and Lumut, on the latter's ground by three goals to one. Kuala
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  • 677 27 SAGIL ESTATE'S WIN OVER MUAR CLUB Yates Arumugam Combine Well (From Our Own Correspondent.) Sejjaniat. THE Sagil Estate hockey tram opened their season uilh a hardearned win over the newly-fcrnicd Muar Club, by the old goal in three, on the Sagil padang. Kern rivalry between the two teams made up
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  • 72 28 TWO HL'NDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE. including M. Litvlnr.iT and other Soviet leaders, watched a display of '.lie Soviet In ion's aerial might at the Tushlnsky aerodrome. Moscan*. on Aviation Day. The top photo shows bombers blowing up a dummy railway o'.r.Uon in an air raid"
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  • 59 28 AND ONE OF THEM is not afraid to show her liking, even thoufh the only male in the St. James's Park sandpit looks scandalised by such unladylike behaviour. Perhaps her extreme youth excuses her actions in his ryes, for the four older girls in
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