The Straits Times, 20 December 1936

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  • 20 1 THE SUNDAY TIMES THE LEADING SUNDAY NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA FINAL EDITION Ho. 261 Sunday, Dtcembtr 20, 1936 Price 10 cents.!
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  • 713 1 GENERALISSIMO'S FATE SEALED? Shensi Governor's Wife Executed Shanghai, Saturday. 7ERO hour, six o'clock Ihis evening, the time limit set by the 1 supreme war council for the liberation of Marshal Chiang Kai-shek by the pro-Communist rebels under Chang Hsuehliang, was reached ?nd the Generalissimo was
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  • 160 1 London, Saturday. M7IT: I apj ropriate ceremonial the proclamation was read this' afternoon by the King's offlcers-of- 1 arms at St. James's Palace and at oth*»r nolntt in Westminster and thej City ol London "touchlner his Royal Coronation and that of Her Majesty! the Qiio?n and the nobility
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  • 60 1 The Swedish Air Force has placed a cjntract In Germany fcr 36 bomber planes of Junkers type Nd 82. The first is to ba delivered in a few days. These machines are to be fitted with British motors, built under licence in Sweden, and certain .special ..ypes
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  • 38 1 Marseilles, Saturday. Maryse Hilsz, the French airwoman, was seriously injured when the machine In which she was attempting to break a speed record crashed. Mile. Hilsz jumped with a parachute. She broke two ribs. Reuter.
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  • 52 1 F >r the flflt time since the constitutional crisis Mrs. WaL. Simpson p r €i for the newspaper cameramen. The pictare was taken ha the rrounds of the Villa Loui Viei and shows, left to richt: Lord Brownlow, Mrs. Herman Refers, Mrs. Simpson and Mr.
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  • 122 1 Empire Youth Service In London Similar Rallies In The Qolopies? London, Saturday. WITH Westminster Abbey still in its Coronation setting, a service! for the youth of the Empire will be held there on May 19, one week after ttoe Coronation ceremony.* Over 8,000 youths between 16 and 18 years of
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  • 93 1 (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Saturday. LIIS Highness the Yang di Per- tuan Besar of Negri Sembilan and party of 50 arrived today. They travelled in four F.M.S.R. reserved coaches which were attached to the international express from Penang. On arrival they were met by
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  • 382 1 A. C. S. CAMBRIDGE DINNER MORE than 80 young; men, most of whom are going to put aside school books and begin life anew, met at dinner at the G. H. Cafe in Singapore last night. The Senior Cambridge Dinner of the Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore, is
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  • 86 1 England 426 For 6 Hammond Not Out 231 AT the end of the second day's play at Sydney in the second test match England had made a total of 42G runs for the loss of six wickets in their first innings. Of this total Hammond has made a
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  • 279 1 Singapore Harbour Board Dockyard Activities May Cease Entirely DOCKYARD engineering activities by the Singapore Harbour Board are likely to ceas_> entirely. The Sunday Times understands. This con-. tingenry has been precipitated by the strike by 400 Chinese artisans employed in machine shops of the board. It would have the effect
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  • 59 1 Severe Rubber Shortage Next Year? From Our Own Correspondent) London, Saturday. THE City anticipates that a severe shortage of rubber will be experienced by the end of April next year. As a result of this expected shortage it is expected that the price will steadily increase. The price of rubber
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 11 1 COMING "CAIN MABEL" STARRING CLAIM fiAHE i MARK! BAVIES WARMER BROS.
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    • 83 1 Coming GIVE ME YOUR HEART STARRING KAY FRANCIS SOON Full details of the play in page 24. Other sport in pages 24, 25, 26 27. PEEK FRfcANo^^CREAM tRAGKERS" ABE DELICIOUS! With cheese or as a "snack" their crisp wholesomeness makes them acceptable at all times. Try the new Air Tight
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  • 1602 2 Moneychangers And The Emden The Labour Unrest Should Coolies Save? AFTER the recent visit of n the U.S. Asiatic Fleet, ■with its seamen spending freely their pay of three dollars (Straits) a day, Singapore could not fail to notice during the past week that the Emden men spent
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 43 2 la B.'v l»^ jt^^^Wt y MS^K^sW mUU A wide selection of choice POULTRY GAME Australian Turkeys, English Ducks. Long Island Duckling*, English Chickens, English Australian Capons. Scotch Grouse, Pheasants, English Quail. Engliei? Pigs—. Continental Teal, Partridges, Weodcock. Pigeoas, Wild Duck. PHONE 5378 W.P.S./O.
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  • 151 3 SPENDING BAN ON MEN OF CRUISER EMDEN LIMITED TO $3.50 FOR SHOPPING A Lli ii F less than $2.50 was all the captain of the German cruiser Emden was permitted to spend on curios and other articles in Singapore during the warship's visit. Every one of the 650 other members
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  • 114 3 B?rlin. Princ ss Hermine von SchonichCarolata. twenty-six- year-old stepdaughter of the ex-Kalser. is to marry Herr Hn ;o Hanung, son of a Dusssldorf Indus Lriallst at a Berlin regljler omce. A chirc:i ceremony will be held later at Shabor Castle, the Slleslan home of Princess Hermine's
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  • 124 3 SLA Vin-.V HOTEL Bu* lat Tiffin and Special Dinner. CINEMAS. UMJOBMki L£dy Bi Ca-cfiil wi'h Lew Avrcs Man Carll;.a. 3.15. 6.1=. 9.13. "tAIi.OL: 3 Marred Men w.ih Kosoc WillCm F.av.ley and Mary 3rian 3 15— G 13 9.15. iIARaiCK— GEYLANC: Captain MOB. 6 glcb;: theatre, cbeat world:
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  • 30 3 TikL-t. Basby: Army vs. N.S.-Ma.acr-a, Anon Ho^Hey:' Un'.tcd Servlr-es vs. SeUnger. Tanglln: R.A.O.C. vs. 8.C.C.. Pul«u B-rri: RE. (Changl) »3. B.A.M.C. Ba*e'baH: Singapore v». Johoie. Oreat Wcr'.d, 7 p.m.
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  • 41 3 Mails from Europe etc. (London) expected today by air (Imperial! will be ilellverci hVd-'s at 6 pm. Oneral de T lv<-y of lett*-* en M pli<v 8 25 a.m. M-'- *-"m CX and Japan on Weatiatday by :.TaUcci Mam.
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  • 70 3 T«4ay. Av*trol;a Ne« Zealand. Java w* Timor DUly o* air .Q«nt««- oat Mw4t;. Mcdan <Plar.ci>s) jn Pengerang (8. &»n Hen?) »-n& Java and Southern Sumatra to air i Netherlands > 4 pjn. Minritlui (Houtm«n> PsiTangkat. Samoas and Slngkawang ■~r-n» P«n (Parcel- only) (Boilngla) 7 p.m. Tuesday. c-nt
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  • 498 3 Singapore's Unknown Artists Of The Marble Slab Prepare For Turkey Time SINGAPORE'S Unknown ArtiaU are preptuing for their annual exhibition. In every provision and grocery shop within the next few days silent, determined men will be arranging with expert hand and aesthetic eye those succulent viasses of food which will
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  • 209 3 Air Services And Trade EXPANSION HOPES IN MALAYA "THE possibility of considerable civil aviation expansion in Malaya from which British firms will undoubtedly benefit, was discussed by Mr. R. B. WillmoU, H.M. Trade Commissionei at Singapore, in an interview with a "Derby Evening Telegraph" representative at the offices of the
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  • 178 3 Drag To Save Life In Childbirth EXPERIMENTS are now being] conducted at Queen Charlotte^ Hospital. N.W., with a drug which may be the means of saving the lives of thousands of mothers in childbirth. The drug, which is called prontosil. is being investigated by Dr. Leonard Colebrook, of the scientific
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  • 133 3 In their dally report on the share market Issued at the clcse of business yesterday Fraser and Co. states that the price of tin locally rose 25 cents to $116.50. The tin share market was again very active Thsre was a large turnover covering all classes
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  • 79 3 Noon. Sutmday. No. 1 K. R. S S.. in cases (FOB.) MM 34 7 1G Good F A. Q. in cases r.0.8.) 34 s 31 7/16 No. i x. a. s. s. (Spa* loose) Awardable Singapore 31 3 34' j December 34*4 UK Jan-March ..IS.
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  • 19 3 Charles Bernhardt. an Alsatian, war sentenced to eight years solitary confinement by a military court at Nancy fcr espionage.
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  • 101 3 TpHE name of M. Georges Bonnet, former Minister of Finance and Commerce, is being mentioned in Paris as the new French Ambassador at Washington. He has had a number of talks recently with M Delbos. and in some quarters it is stated that he has already accepted the
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  • 100 3 Saturday, December 19. Ships ilmnHi tbr l»>r.r. o. e»K-rl-« I »rrfv» Oaflaaa East Wharf Nieuw Zetland 22 Muinam 20 Mtln Wharf Ranpura 18 Klstna 16 Kinta 13 Raub 12 Ipoh 6 Empire Dock S'lversandal 30 Mentor 34 Shyoiren Mnru 48 West Wharf Chenone?aux 4 1 1
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 246 3 London 81 days Brisbane 31 days M Ftir-tflgiied air tours leave Singapore i fftr LONBON every Wofandiy aid Sitday— i ftr BRISBANE m Mewlays aid Fridays. l\ Passeigers esjey every contort. j Nights are spent on laid. m Hstels, meals even tips art iielidcd ii the Moderate fsre. Bookings and
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 136 3 TIDE TABLES SINGAPORE Today. H. W. 2.38 a.m. 8 5 ft.; 2.13 p.m. 9.1 ft. L. W. 8.09 a.m. 4.2 It.; 8.45 p.m. 2.1 ft. Monday. H W. 3.20 a.m. 8.4 ft.; 3.10 p.m. 8.5 ft. L. W. 9.01 a.m. 4.1 ft.; 9.33 p.m. 12.9 ft. POST SWETTCNUAM H. W.
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  • 430 4 SEQUEL TO 3 A. M. FATAL ACCIDENT Says Road Was Badly Lit And Tricyclist Had No Rear Light C A. S. PARK, a European, was yesterday committed to the nex. Assizes by Mr. T. P. Cromwell, the fourth magistrate on a charge of causing tiie
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  • 99 4 Pleading guilty to having had in his r > -session for sale seven gross of white chalk cleaners bearing a counterfeit trade mark of "Blanco" the products of Messrs. Joseph Pickering and Sons. Sheffield, P. M. Abdul.Kader. a Changp Alley dealer, was fined $10 or seven days in default
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  • 23 4 The total takings at the War Disabled Ex-Servlce Men's Exhibition, held from November 5 to 25 at the Imperial Institute, exceeded X 15,000.
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  • Correspondence
    • 228 4 "WOMEN AREN'T REASONABLE i"N this letter I would like to appoint myself the champion of club secrearies, hairdressers, doctors, dentists, dressmakers and other people who provide magazines for the entertainncnt of their clients. I am a man but this letter is dlrectJ to the women of this town. Whcnver I
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    • 142 4 WI "H reference to "Onlooker's" notes in The Sunday Times of last week regarding the mention of Malayans In the literature of the Great War, it might have been, more accurate for htm to have said those of the army who are mentioned in the literature."
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    • 101 4 IN bMt week's Sunday Times Mr. Horace Richards asked: "Why did you get married?" The various reasons he gave seemed to have been obtained from people of the modern world. Did he ever ask those whose parents (especially the Asiatics) are old-fashioned? I think he
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  • 118 4 /\N her way to Europe to man\' a man she has never teen except in photography, an 18--year-old Japanese girl passed through Singapore a few days ago. She was Miss Orie Yamaguchi, daughter of a famous Japanese artist of the classic sen I. She
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  • 819 4 'AN ABSOLUTE FARCE" ■'I ADY Precious Stream' is not worth seeing again." Soi say the Chinese of Singapore. Although press reviews of the Chinese play staged by the Singapore Amateur Dramatic Association ...ve acclaimed it one of the best performances seen in
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  • 30 4 Tho Buchan Prise of the Royal Meteorological Society for 1937 has been awarded to Mr. C. 8. Durst for papers contributed to the Quarterly Journal of the society In IC3I-35.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 444 4 TWELVE INCHES LESS I ROUND THE WAIST Fat Man's Figure Now Becoming Normal Tt is a mistaken Id. a that some people •re doomed from birth to be fat and that nothing they can do will lielp them. Read how this typical fat man reduced his girth 12 Inches Having
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    • 316 4 FREE X'MAS GIFTS! PPV The King TCE./W of N««dr^« for each new Record parrhased, we clre oao box of Rex Needles Free. This offer b rood from 15th to 31st Dorember 193 C. Get those records for your Christmas and New Tear and recrivc our Free Gifts: MHO SCALA'S ACCMIEON
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  • 957 5 Fine Building To Cost $1,750,000 LANDMARK VISIBLE FOR MILES AROUND Only Part Of Ambitious Works Programme JOHORE IS TO BUILD THE FINEST GOVERNMENT v OFFICES IN MALAYA AT A COST OF ABOUT $1,750,000. Situated on the site of the old fort, Johore Bahru, on the edge
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  • 303 5 Doctor's Warning To Women DYES MAY CAUSE INFLAMMATION THE risk women run by the indiscriminate use of certain types of cosmetics for tinting their eyelids and lashes is pointed out by Dr. Henry C. Semon. physician to the dermatological departments at the Royal Northern, Hampstea and King
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  • 175 5 U.S. HEIRESS'S CASE AGAINST MOTHER EXTRADITION ORDER Trenton (New Jersey). MI?. Hoffman. Governor of New Jersey, has ordered Mrs. Maryon Cooper Hewitt to be extradited to California to face charges arising from the operation performed upon her daughter. Miss Ann Hewitt, to prevent her having children. Miss Hewitt is claiming
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  • 26 5 The Sports Correspondent in B?rlin of the Parls-Soir, M. Walter Bing. has been ordered by the Oerman authorities to leave the country within live d.\vs.
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  • 64 5 KEEL-LAYING STARTS AT CLYDEBANK Clydebanlc. The keel of the new Cunard-Whlte Star Mner No. 532. sister ship to the Queen Mary, has been laid at John Brown's shipyard here. There was no ceremony. One hundred and thirty f jet were laid, and work has be^un on fitting
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  • 86 5 Pork Chop Costs Club £625 \MR. EUGENE ARON, of Hunton Bridge, King's Langley, Herts, was awarded £625 damages in the King's Bench Division aaamst the Automobile Proprieta v. Ltd., owners of the Royal Automobile Club. It was alleged that he had been made ill by a pork chop hr ate
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  • 408 5 WHY PETROL PRICE HAS DROPPED SUGGESTED THREAT OF COMPETITION MOTORISTS in Singapore are puzy.lt- d by last week's drop in (he official price of petrol from 82 cents to 77 cents a gallon. Petrol prices move up and down in a mysterious and apparently arbitary manner, and in the absence
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  • 64 5 Piloting a three- engined "Cant. Zappata 506 machine the Italian airman. Captain Mario Stoppanl, on November 29 flew to a height of 25,692 ft. with a load of 4.4001 b and on December 1 reached 22.071 ft. with a load of 11.0001 b. The former records were held
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  • 188 5 rIE Malaya Catholic Leader of Dec. 19 stales: We are unable to understand how certain local contemporaries could give such prominence to the debate on Birth Control by the Chinese Christian Association in Singapore. One of the papers went to the extent of making
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 151 5 THE CHANCE OF A LIFE TIME! There is an incomparable thrill in telnj able to both recognise the chance o( a lifetime and make the most or it at the time, but it is the irony of life that such chance, slip by unclaimed, and arc rarely discerned until they
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    • 376 5 I]/|| 1/ Bone-Radiol WJI TREATMENT \]^2rj I S O T* lamene**. and cure* Jmlrir i>(" Spavin*, Hing-bnaes. "Mfl I'hirkencd Tendon*, on.l all II hard and armi-harJ, bony or -H'jf fibrous enlargement*. B I NO PAIN, ff\\ NO BLISTER, b.l I NO HAIR J^fe DISTURBED /^p'V A curt it gunranltrd, and
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  • 720 6 P. and O. CHAIRMAN ON COMPETITION FROM JAPANESE "DECAUSE of Japanese competition, the number of British ships serving the East is bound to diminish no conceivable recovery in trade can prevent it," said the Hon. Alexander Shaw, chairman of the
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  • 126 6 "I HAVE not yet decided what I shall do, but I shall go to Cambridge next August," Chia Kirn Chwee, one of Singapore's Queen scholars, told the Sunday Times yesterday. Kirn Chwee is the son of Mr and Mrs. Lim Siew Long, and adopted
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  • 34 6 The Rev. R. L. Archer will give a lecture on "The Significance of Christmas" at the Ramakrishna Mission, 9. NorrU Road. Singapore, at 6.30 v.m. on Thursday, Dec. 24. All interested are Invited. I
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  • 115 6 COLONIES' PART IN AIR DEFENCE OF EMPIRE 'THE hope that the Colonies would play an increasing part in the air defence of the Empire was expressed by Mr. Ormsby-Gore, the Colonial Secretary, at a luncheon of the East Africa Group of the Overseas League at Holborn Restaurant, London. He and
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  • 106 6 Eternity "VERY NEAR".... DIED IN 5 MINUTES J^R. James F. Long, 64, of Bath, collapsed and died at a minister's induction at Limpley Stoke (Wilts). Five minutes before, in a speech, he said: know I have not got very long before me. Eternity is very near." Dr. Long, brother of
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  • 473 6 (From A Special Correspondent.) CANTA Claus and carol singers, pastors and Sunday school teachers will revive the spirit of Christmas this year for 2,000 Chinese families in Singapore. Local Chinese churches and Epworth Leagues are organising pageant?, djnners, socials and carol parties, and holding special services
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  • 116 6 TSMAIL bin Noor Mohamed, charged on three counts, with having cheated soldiers of Tanglin and Gillman Barracks on various dates In November this year, was produced before Mr. H. A. Forrer in the Criminal District Court yesterday. The accused claimed trial and the case was postponed
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  • 37 6 A man named Vecravagoo was charged before Mr. J. P. BMdalph in the second magistrate's court. pore, yesterday with voluntarily ou:slng grievous hurt to Rajaratnam. The case was postponed to Dec 24 for mention.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 177 6 Miss Fianklm, winner of the "Daily Mail" Btaaty Contest thanks ([jsss DENTIFRICE mf for her beautiful teeth Miss Franklin says: "Of course, good looks are not of much use unless your teeth are in good condition. My teeth are thanks to Gibbs Dentifrice. Since I started using Gibbs I've noticed
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  • 951 7  -  Fred. J. MelviUc) Stamp Collecting (By MY American mail this week is the fullest of news of unusual philatelic interest. First there comes a note of the death of Mr. Fred W. Ayer of Bangor, Maine, at the age of 81. The name is all
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 334 7 nw stamps or thk tbbatt rdm GREAT BRITAIN. OV CUINA AND OK FORMOSA UKfcM I BKM«in. oy Captain B. R. Oliflcll LL.B. The handsome tlack stamp of the A complete history of tills littic known 1 ostal Congress kM of 1029 in very «roun cf stamps. nnc u^" d con:
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    • 500 7 ♦-^aaaaaamaaaaaaaaaa»aaaaaaqa*»aaßaaaa«aT LEAVES FROM MY DIARY ooacerninc OATLANDS Met a fellow called Marriott yesterday, just j home frovi New Zealand. Said he always spends] Leave here. Most of his'^ friends know of Oatlands' ...was Hospital for JVeicj Zealanders during the War. Added with broad grin that it is much more 'hospitable'
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 471 7 Today's EMPIRE STATION. TRANSMISSION 4. Three of the foUowlmr frequencies wUI M toed: GSI 15.26 Me s (10.66 m.) GSD 11.75 MC/S Uj.53 m GSB 9.51 Mc'f m S* no 12.35 a m Big Ban. The ChOsren's Hear Tantomanla.' A Christmas pontoalavr by Gerald MerrUac. 1.20 am Greenwich time dgnal.
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    • 700 7 Wireless Programmes Minuet (4) Ballet (Detussy). Symphony No. 4 in A (The Italian!: (1) AUagro vivace (4) 'Andante con moto (3) Con moto Oodft-ato (4> Saltarello. presto (Mendelssohn) 7 20 p n -Annul V. (W«» A runr:nc ri *--r an the AbmlsUm f aatball match, Iroa the Arsenal FootbaU <;
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    • 371 7 Court. A radio drama on E. Th. A Hoffmann by P. Ch. Lance. 10. J5 p. a. Hitler Yo>:th profrram-e. 11 .05 p.m. Little folk music. 11. SO p m Cloce down. PHOHI-HOLLAND SUUon P.B I. Wavcamcth* 18.71 al U U b. o. 31 U a 7. 50 p.m. Special
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    • 362 7 10.50 a. a. Opening announcement. 10. M a. a. Merry music. 11.20 a.m. Concert by Nlrom Orchestra. 11.48 a. a. Caiil'on. 11.50 a. a. Continuation of concert by Nirom Orchestra. 12. 0S p. a. Varie'y cinema organ concert. 12.35 p. a. Light programme by Nlrom Orchestra. 1.10 p. a. News
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    • 193 7 CROSSWORD PUZZLE RESULT Messrs. H. C. Chuan, 216. Jalan Besar, Singapore and Foo Jee Loy. Chartered Bank. Singapore, share the $100 offered In The Sunday Times Crossword Puzzle competition printed In our issue of Dec. 6. They submitted the only two All Correct entries recelred. We give below the solution
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  • 118 8 Search For A Kindly Acquaintance "lit AY I carry your little sister IJM tor you?' A nine-year-old Hokkien girl, walking with her two-year-old siscer along Amoy Street on Friday afternoon, stopped and looked up at a Chinese acquaintance of her parents. The man picked up the little girl and walked
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  • Article, Illustration
    20 8 Group taken at the S.V.C. Eurasia.* Company tlancu given in honour oX the SeUngor Colts by tnc HafSr pore Colts.
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  • Article, Illustration
    59 8 PRESIDENT Franklin D. Roosevelt, re-elected President of the United States by a smashing majority, attended the elaborate rededication ceremony of the Statue of Liberty, on Bedloe's Island, New York harbour. The statue, which was presented to America by France, was first dedicated fifty years ago. Above is a picture from
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  • 508 8 Shortage Of American Delicacies ALL MAIL SERVICES DISORGANISED AN acute shortage of American delicacies for the festive table. An almost complete lack of American fresh fruits. Mail services disorganised. Singapore ras !«egun to feel the worst effects of the United States maritime strike, which has
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  • 184 8 CHINESE DENIES THEFT OF C AT SAYS IT WAS PUP HE KILLED (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban. "I KNOW nothing about a cat but 1 I did kill a stray pup," said Cheong Kow to the local magistrate when charged with the theft of a cat belonging to Kaka Singh,
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  • 62 8 CHINESE WORKMAN'S FALL IN SINGAPORE CHURCH 117ORKING about 50 feet up inside the tower of St. Joseph's Church, in Singapore, a Chinese workman slipped yesterday morning from the wooden scaffolding on which he was standing and crashed to the cement floor of the chancrl. Fellow workmen rushed
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  • 255 8 ARRESTED MARCHER BOUND OVER From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur Saturday. POR trying to force his way through a police barricade on the highway outside Kuala Lumpur during the march of 700 strikers from Sungel i Besi mines, one of the marchers was bound over in
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  • 310 8 Bishop Thinks Bible Has Been Misinterpreted |S it wrong for a v oman not to wear a hat in church Some Churchmen think it is others think it is not. The latest pronouncement is by the Bishop of Ely, who thinks thar people who insist
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  • 101 8 Three serious accidents occur d in Singapore yesterday afternoon. A 13-year-old Chinese girl was seriously injured when she was Knocked down in Havelock Road by a motor- cycle. She was taken to hospital unconscious. A Javanese is not expected to live tallowing a collision with
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  • 145 8 A DARING highway robbery took place in a Singapore street when a messenger boy on his way to a I bank was punched on the fa«c by a man who then snatched a parcel holding three cheques worth HJtTi and $193 in cash, and ran
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  • 194 8 FROM MONS TO THE ARMISTICE Hull. A VETERAN War horse. Captain Adrian Bethell's old charger Suzette, has died at Rise Park, Captain Bethell's seat near Beverley, at the age of 32. Suzette joined the 2nd Life Guards in 1911. and took part in all
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 555 8 HEADACHES We think Wt'r about them perhaps, and yet tlwy ure very often the warning signals of iori» MMM which Is developing within our CHIROPRACTIC Li U)<> health science that has been most successful and which Immediately goe» to the es use of those headaches and In many cues h
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  • 1357 9 I AST Sunday's notes on Malayans mentioned in the literature of the Great War have brought a letter from a Penang reader who calls my attention to a reference to the late Major Jensen, well-known in Penang and Kuala Lumpur before the War. In Lieut. Ccl. J.
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  • 134 9 83 CHRISTMAS, 1936 {Written on the evt 0/ a twenty-filth succe?sive Chrittmai in the East When Christmas comes and the Old Year dies There's no place like Home. Of people and places fond memories rise And Time turns a page in his tome. There all the loved ones
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 242 9 QUICK RELIEF Yeast-Vite not only /^^^V. Don't suffer dayi jgtt\ relieve* pain and discom- /T of tain an! ill- V7*J**.t fort but tone* the whole (jsf A get reliejJAr "?*i system as well I It nour- f*A f?\ /W^^J ishe* the nerve* and ,S l\* ~JI> S/, purifies tbe blood
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    • 306 9 r* jjfe i H HISTORIC H I If -+A m VJ> v^*- /^a. n U Maaa^H r 'H A M H PtJ^jll I yi s »»aL^y^^Bi l& CHINA K.^^^*^B^BBuf t^, B^P BBBW Come to Indo-Cnina for your short vacation land of picturesque scenery and charm, tteeped with ancient culture and
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  • BOOKS of the WEEK
    • 586 10 Left Oxford To Work Among Primitive Indian Races Leaves from the Jungle. (Life In a Gond Village.) By Vcrrier Elwin. John Murray. 9s. »THE Gonds are one of the poorest and most primitive races in all India. For centuries they have been driven farther and farther into the dense jungles
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    • 73 10 The Silent Rancher. By Gertrude Page. Lavender's Love Slory. By E. A. Rowlands. Hurst and Biackctt. 2s. 6d. Messrs. Hurst and BlackUt have added these two popular romances to their admirably produced and printed "Red Jacket" stries. "The Siient Rancher" is in its 275;h. thousand, while Miss
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    • 341 10 SEAFARERS' ADVENTURES IN THE DAYS GONE BY Adventures and Perils. Edited and compiled by C. Fox Smith. Michael Joseph 7s. (id. "ADVENTURES and Perils," Is just what il sets out to be a carefuhy edited and well selected compilation of adventures and perils undergone by seafarers between Urn years 1755
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    • 661 10 Spider Spinn. By Princess Paul Troubetikoy. The Machine Stops. By Wayland Smith. Green Grain. By Mary Morrison, kobert Hale. 7s. 6d. each. Sylvia Dale. By Joan Kennedy. Hutehinson. 7s. Cd. DRINCE Paul Troubetzkoy has written a grim tale of the remoter j Scilly Islands, where a few
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    • 173 10 Attic meteor. Hy Dennis rarry. Robert Hale 7s. Gd Imagine a sangster "tsar, accustomed to thinking In millions, who has been put "on the spot" but makes a "getaway" and arrives in Athens, penniless but resourceful, and ropes into schemes to gtre Greece a new government (with big
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    • 365 10 Cossack-Adopted Girl Continues Her A utobio graphy H:..-sia, Farewell. By Marina Yurlova. Michael Joseph. 7s. 6d. THE naive and childlike charm which distinguished Cossack Girl "is equally noticeable in the continuation of Marina Yurlova's autography. Adopted by a Cossack regiment at the age of thirteen in 1915, and accompanying them
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    • 401 10 BACKGROUNDS OF THE STAGE AND AUSTRALIA The Fair Daughter. H; Hi-I( liinson. 7s. 6d. The Shadow-Tree. By 1.. .V 15. Henry. Mc!r<rse. "s. Cd. "THE Fair Daughter" is a story or character and family Election overcoming adversity. Chris 1 Dane is a brilliant artist in black and white, but he
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    • 396 11 INTERESTING BAND OF WOMEN BROUGHT TO LIFE BY HISTORIAN Our Queen Mothers By Elizabeth Villiers. Mclrose. 7s. id IN a thousand years the characters and fortunes of the English Consorts who have lived to become Queen-Mothers have varied as much as their appearance and nationality. Except
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    • 230 11 A Mess.3*e From The Sphinx. By Knei." Rk ler anO Co. 12s. 6d. pERHAPS it would be fairest to say at ence that this is a book which every astrL-^er should add to his IDmrjr. Any further discussion of its would require some ability on the
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    • 248 11 Psychological Murder Story The Crime. By (icorso Bern.ano*. Robert Hale. 7s. 6d. B^OTHING varies more than the technique of writing the modern crime or detective story. Many authors become so Interested in the mechanics of their plot that they entirely forget the human aspert and their characters become mario I
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    • 464 11 I'air C.u-:i(\ The Open Air of I iur .>n 'ne-:<-.. By .'Martin Stephen.?. John Murray. Ps. |\V|^. Martin S .phens, In this book. has desTibed the hunting of big game < *r.'!iy parts of the world In a style pecO'r to himself, which, while
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    • 257 11 Story Of Slave Days In Jamaica Go Down, Moses. By Jane Rets Wosan. Hutchinson. 7s. Cd. fO Down. Moses" Is a distinguished addition to Messrs. Hutchison's First Novel Library. The new author has written a story tearing the unmistakable stamp of authenticity, round slave days in Jamaica, at the end
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    • 234 11 The Sussex Downs Murder. By John Bude. Skeffington. 7s. (id. AJfR. John Bude has written a most intriguing mystery scory placed in the countryside* round Chanctonbury Ring. A farmer disappears, and his abandoned and blood-stained car is found hidden on the Downs, not very far from the house
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    • 288 11 THE INDIA OF THE NATIVE PRINCES Diamonds and Dust. By Baron Jean Pellenc. lohn Murray. 10s. 6d. T*HE India so vividly described by Baron Jean Pellenc is the India of the great native Princes, varied by brief visits to the British strongholds of Delhi, Peshawar, Agra, and Bombay. The author
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    • 733 11 Delightful Amusing Stories Of Animals In English Zoos Searchlight On Animals. By E. G. Boulenger. Robert Hale and Co. 7s. 6d. ■JIR. Boulenger with his great experience is able to bring an extremely powerful searchlight to bear on to the ways, habits and reactions of wild animals in captivity, having
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    • 133 10 "TEETH ALMOST PERFECT says Dentist M nttnMbaw jll M W JJ># m "Recently my dentist pronounced my teeth almost perfect,' writes Miss B. Skidmore. "He was curious to know to what I attributed their wonderful whiteness and extremely good condition. I have been a regular user of Macleans Tooth Paste
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    • 135 10 Beatrix Potter's Famous Character Jig -Saw Puzzles Jemioa Puddle Duck 12.23 Tom Kitten 2.24 Squirrel Nutkin m; Vktwy Jig -Saw Puzzles The HouiC Guards. Whiehall (200 Pieces -j.jo The Buccaneers. Retreat. t 3OO P.ee: I I. so Hullo. Twin* (6 Puszlea of IS Pieces bi each box) z.»9 Let's Have
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    • 150 11 More Money-Saving Power in CHEVROLET TRUCKS 1^ r GENERAL. MOTORS VALUf Busmes* men who u»e trucks will be sure to I, e f us prove how Vital HCW features investigate the remarkable advuncements in mil truck engineering and design introduced by Haulage COStS tO lUSW iffW lCVek They are the
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  • 570 12 Retiring Interpreter Hopes To Start Malay Newspaper A WHITE haired Malay in Singapore contemplates beginning life over again when he retires on Dec. 3.1 after serving 34 years as Malay interpreter in the Singapore Police Court. He has been planning for it
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  • 361 12 "Why I Chose Chinese Nationality" American Woman s Three Reasons "MY reasons for acquiring Chinese citizenship are three: as a matter of principle, of preference, and of protest," said Mrs. Paul DeWitt Twinem, formerly an American, who has recently become a Chinese citizen, in a speech given at the Central
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  • 310 12 1 17 Years' Service Abroad 2nd ROYAL SUSSEX ON WAY HOME AFTER 17 years' service abroad, the 2nd Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment (107 th Foot), which was at Singapore from the end of 1923 until early in 1926, will return Home from Egypt by the transport ship Dllwara, which passed
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  • 414 12 GEN. GOERING ON GERMANY'S STRENGTH No Longer So Weak As In 1914 CALL FOR HELP OF PEASANTS Hope Of "Unison" With Austria Berlin. PTX. Goerinjr. who has been en- trusted by Herr Hitler with the task of carrying through the Four Years self-sufficiency plan, made a powerful appeal to German
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  • 76 12 SHIPS HELD UP SIXTY MILES FROM THE COAST Sydney. r\ENSE smoke from a great bush flre is interfering with shipping many miles to sea. The Blue Funnel steamer Nestor, bound from Brisbane to Glasgow, wirelessed from 60 miles off snore that she was running into smoke which
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  • 59 12 New Aircraft Carrier Launched The new aircraft-carrier Chltose (9.000 tons) has been launched at the Kure Naval Arsenal In the presence of Prince Fushiml, Chief of the Naval General Staff. The new vessel will be completed about May, 1938. The keel for the Cblyoda. the Chitose's sister-ship, will,
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  • 112 12 Firm's Acting Manager Commits Suicide CONFESSION TO POLICE Manila, Dec. 6. A sensation was caused here this morning by the suicide of Rafael Drusdale, the Norwegian actingmanager of the Bachrach Motor Co. It appears that Mr. E. M. Bachrach. head of the concern, returned from the United States
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    • 446 12 NON SPLINTERABLE For safe landing and Protection against dazzle Sole distributing agents: Established over 20 years Manufacturing Opticians Only address: 9, Raffles Place. Singapore. Branch office. Noordwyk, Batavia. No riiiinrctir.ii and interest whatsoever with any other house bearing the name E/f.KIEL in Singapore. TWENTY YEARS OF GASTRIC TROUBLE Maclean Brund
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    • 160 12 Smartness combined with comfort "VAN HEUSEN" he'd Ma* OSEMI- STIFF COLLARS give the comfort of a soft. ■"*w and the smartness of a stiff in white and collar. No wrinkling, therecoloured designs fore ideal for hot weather. PNCP Made in one piece without seams, their shape to the last, fill
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  • 1395 13  -  By Nathaniel Gubbins HPHERE seems to be no escape from Christmas. Weeks before it happens the newspapers remind you that the dreaded season is approaching, ticking oft the days as they pass and advising you how to spend your money. Wine lists, catalogues and charity appeals
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  • 471 13 "Whom Are We Going To Fight?" EVERY scat in the Albert Hall was occupied at a recent meeting arranged by the Peace Pledge Union. Canon H. R. L. Sheppard presided. Lord Ponsonby said that, whereas the world was growing more warlike, the opinion of people in
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 836 13 You will prefer w, d* -orid iovo, this NO -CUM are following London s lead. in using BRYLCREEM-the P% QrCCI Xl T, Perfect Hair Dressing. And l/nEJJIIIVJ. no wonder! Brylcreem keeps the hair glossy and in position with- /Z^^tti^^L. out resorting to harmful gum. Re- /JM jk^k member it's the
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    • 183 13 CONTRACT BRIDGE Bv THE FOUR ACES ALL good players when playing fence hate- to receive vociferous signal! fn;m their partners to ■how when their high card.-; are located, lince Ml alert declarer will tak^ lull adrantage of the information received. However, in defending against slams, ar.rt ospe-j dally when beii:^
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    • 228 13 small slam, since he was afraid his partner would drop a bid of three spades, which was sufficient for the game. The Queen I VALUES of hearts wa» opened and de01 the cUrer attempted K)l R-ACF.S to ruff his thin! SYSTEM. heart in dummy. AC1 3 only to have East
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  • 639 14 Meeting Half -Way A MID news of strikes and rumours of strikes has come a refreshing touch of common-sense and goodwill—the action of the F.M.S. Railway administration in not ©nly restoring the last fraction of the labourers' wage-cuts, made of necessity a while ago. but inviting the men
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  • 1443 14 China Versus Japan What would happen in the event of war between China and Japan? However deplorable the prospect of such a war it is one that cannot be overlooked in the light of recent events and portents. Here is a review of the military forces of China and Japan
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    • 371 14 WITH "VX T OH. Precision ////A Lenses. 1j) COWfORT STYLE \W// WITH \i^T.O.H.FUL-VUEfß^£s/ N^ A.TAN,oa,rt.N».a > /T//£ OPr/CAL HOUSE A SURE LIVING WITH BIG PROFITS ts guarar.ipic o> selling HOSIERY. ORAPEAY. UNDERWEAR. Mi n t ana Bojs Shirts Boots ana shoes etc Regular lines ol perfect goods Shopkeeptrs Markctrr.rn and
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    • 39 14 The New World Cabaret TEA r\\< (ADMISSION KKEE) Ti:FSDA\ THURSDAY AND mTI'RDAY i Hi DINNU DANCES iadmission st errs.i FVEFV NIGHT FROM 9PM TO MWMC.HT PIANO j TUNING REPAIKS REMOVALS HIRE J E. CHARLES. PSone 2902. 74. Orchard Rd
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    • 32 14 I C \l(* LIED v-4 UEFlv.nilr\ j? mm m mm m .^jar f jg BREWED AND BOTTLED IN SINGAPORE 8Y THE AftCHIPELACO BREWERY Co.. Ltd. sIME^DARByTco.Ltd t W P T 7 I
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  • 1021 15 Spreading News Of Best Agricultural Methods COVERS 30,000 MILES IN SIX YEARS OF TRAVELLING (FROM OUR OWiN CORRESPONDENT). KUALA LUMPUR. "JHE CARAVAN HAS ARRIVED!" WITH THE SPEED OF A LALLANG BLAZE THE GLAD NEWS TRAVELS THROUGH THK "MUKIM." MALAY VILLAGERS, INDIAN TAPPERS AND A FEW
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  • 377 15 DANGER OF NAVAL BLOCKADE r[E Chinese National Government, at Nanking is shortly to embark on a scheme of rice-buying of a very large scale. The scheme en- visages the purchasing and layingup of not less than $150,000,000 worth of the grain, as part of the vast
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  • 104 15 Vast Combine To Eliminate Overlapping Rome. THE Cabinet has decided that all 1 regular Italian shipping services i shall bo grouped into four big com--1 bines which *vill cover denned areas, thereby eliminating overlapping and competition. The nine companies grouped have 181 ships and a total tonnage of
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  • 134 15 Underground Markets For Canton DESIDES advising the theatres of D Canton to build bomb proof shelters, the Canton municipal authorities will order the construction of many underground markets. (says the Canton Daily Sun. In normal times the markets will be used as markets, but in time of war they can
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  • 55 15 Shanghai Official Given Permission Washington. IN accordance with United States requirements the acting Secretary of State. Mr. Moore, has granted the American Vice-Consul at Shanghai. Mr. Elvin S'.ebert. permission to marry Miss Christine Beck-Fries, daughter of the former Swedish Legation counsellor. American rules require that no diplomat
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  • 90 15 American Exports To China And >->iam Washington. The Department of State announces that during November the following arms export licences were Issued: Arms and munitions. 399 export licences of a total export value of $3,454,496 mostly aircraft of which Russia took $934,949 mostly transport 'planes which can
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  • 89 15 Thomas Mann And 38 Others To Ix)se Property Berlin. Thomas Mann, the well known German writer who won the Nobel Prize for Literature In 1929. and 38 other German Intellectuals have been deprived cf German citizenship ri&iits by a decree Just promulgated by Dr. Wilhelm Frick. Reich
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  • 107 15 First Lord's Ambition CIX Samuel Hoare, First Lord of the Admiralty, said at a London dinner recently that he looked forward to the time whr;i every ship in the British Fleet would be equipped with a cinema. "We have made, and intend to make, full use
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    • 108 15 f)k NtW J GLUCOSE At the request of numerous customers Cow A Gate arc now introd icint dew and Improved Glucose. Glucose A. D. Is pure medicinal glucose with caicium (l/cerophosphate and vitamins A and O oenved from a natural source It is entirely i """^v^-^ re rom artificial vitamins.
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    • 62 15 lIULJLO i 1 1 iij> BOYS BROWN DERBYS J_B_»^_^_s«« Xfc m FINE SOFT WILLOW I MtiS 11SK 3.8. $2 60 IN BLACK PATENT OR BROWN CALF. SOFT FINE CALF IN BEIGE COLOt i: S.S. $1.60 F.M.S. $1.90 SS. SI 60 F.MS. SI 30 BUILT UP ON FOOT SHAPE LASTS FOR
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    • 87 15 Singapore Sportsman's Sunday Morning I'fliypi SzLsL-, HE WAK£b r U? T MORNING /s H£ C<O(nG COLfltiC. OK FAnC/ DlVlN^ Fvlc of vcßve a^D Viooua OR, yACMT'NIC (what T»Ro*/A Ct i X S fAA/ Jfl s^£ Not on you* ci*£ h£ i% ofp^TcTa erO 1 Ci^HlrMC? SCULUINC > HE 'MANS CAT^f£
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  • 1155 16 "Straits Chinese Too Fond of Pleasure" IMMIGRANTS WHO WORK HARD TO BECOME WEALTHY BY OUR CHINESE CORRESPONDENT WHEN I mentioned the indebtedness of the English-speaking clerical classes of the local Chinese, to a well-known towkay he replied If a China-born Chinese got as much in salary
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  • 29 16 ARTISTIC value and extra light combine to help the photo- graphcr in scenes that include an expanse of water. Clouds and back lighting enhance this shot.
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  • 459 16 IF you live by the sea, iake or river, or when you spend time by them for health and recreation, don't forget that you are in a snapshooters' puadise. Always where th?re is water, by It or on it. th?re are presented to the amateur picture-taker
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  • 38 16 Tientsin. At the request of the shipping companies, the Tientsin Navigation Bureau has decided to despatch two lce-break-lng tugs to Taku to keep the river open for traffic during December, January, and February.
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  • 54 16 Fear That France Will Present Building To Mr. Rockefeller Paris. DEASANTS at the village oi Chauvirej le Chatel have established a da and night guard around the St. Huber Chapel which they fear the French Government will present to Mr. Jon D. Rockefeller, Jr.. in appreciation of
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  • 62 16 The French destroyer Volta, 288-: tons, which is claimed to be the largest in the world, has been launched at Nantes. Her overall length is 412 ft.. beam 37ft., and the draught 13ft. Senor Guerro. vice-president of the Permament Court of International Justice in The Hague, has been elected President
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    25 16 CIR Miles Lampson, High Com- missioner in Egypt, asking Garcia, the champion Egyptian jockey, for a good winner, when attending the races at Heliopolis recently.
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  • 84 16 Campaign For More Jurors Of Same Sex London. A campaign to demand in the case of a woman being tried by a jury that at least three of the jury shall be women was begun by the Dorset Federation of Women's Institutes. A res&lution to this effect
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  • 30 16 A conference of tlw Alliance Internationale de l'Hote!lerie was opened in Budapest under the chairmanship of Sir Francis Towle, the president. The conference is attended by 70 delegates from abroad.
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  • 173 16 Soldiers May Stay Out Of Barracks Later London. QENERAL Sir Harry Knox, Acljuti** ant-General to the Forces, has issued an important amendment to existing King's Regulations, providng that "subject to the discie of the CO. soldiers not detailed for any particular duty in the meantime may quit barracks
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  • 129 16 NOT TO STAND AGAIN WO President of the United States has evor served three terms of office. George Washington was invited to, but refused. Since Mr. Roosevelt's orenrheiming re-election there has b?en much surmise in America as to whether hs might shatter precedent and be
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    • 61 16 /#v- A^^ -he gift that carriet the «pint of -hrutma*— the gift that only you crIf make your photograph Make an appointment today. THE LIGHT STUDIO Modern Art Photographers 24. Orchard Road Singapore Phone 6496. M THE WOiiD— RENOWNED \J&Mwti^ NEURAL *"NERAL WATER TrmLlmj MmK&Mj* BoU'ed as it flows from
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    • 67 16 CORONATION CELEBRATIONS We take pleasure in announcing a special Coronation voyage of the passenger steamer S.S. "STUTTGART" leaving Singapore on 17th February and arriving at Southampton on 16th March Passage rates Singapore— Southampton Straits $230.— and upwards. For full particulars apply to.— LOHMANN CO., LTD. PASSAGE AGENTS NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD 124.
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    • 587 17 IT PAYS TO BUY THE BEST RADIOS SOtND STEWART-WARNER HERMAN A. DE VRY SOUND WESTINGHOISK PROJECTOR AND AMPLIFIER STROMBERG-CARLSON JENSEN'S DYNAMIC SPEAKERS HOWARD AND OTHERS AND CINEMA EQUIPMENTS REPLACEMENT COMPONENTS L RCA BADIOTRON— METAL or GLASS TUBES 2. OH.VUTE or WARD-LEONARD VARIABLE RESISTORS 3. C'ENTRALAB VOLUME AND TONE CONTROLS 4.
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    • 370 17 YOUR TEETH x I CLEANER and 1 x \brighter Antiseptic Cleansing Dental Cream Removes Stain and Discoloration and Restores Natural Whiteness If your teeth are so stained, so dull fissure. Millions of dangerous mouth and discolored that you feel self- germs that cause stain, discoloraconscious and ashamed when you tion
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    • 593 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 will be awarded in respect of the
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  • 680 18 SULU THRONE TO BE HELD EVEN IF IT MEANS BLOODSHED Jolo, Nov. 22. TVVTr V. mail Kiram was proclaimed Sultan of Sulu by the followers of the late uncrowned Sultan Mawalil Wasit yesterday. The proclamation was made in accordance with the age-old Moslem tradition that a
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  • 133 18 "THE Empire air mail service between England and New Zealand, via Singapore and Australia, should be in operation by the beginning of 1938," said the Murquess of Hartington, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, in New Zealand recently. "We realise fully the import -re
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  • 40 18 Applications will soon he |tm»"*- the position of headmistress of the City of London School tor (j id xn salary Is to be £600- £3OO a year. Candidates must not be under 30 or over 45 on May 1, 1937.
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  • 32 18 Several areas In Northern Ireland were In darkness on Monday night through an Interruption of the electricity supply, and the Northern Ireland regional broadcasting programme was cut off for about 10 minutes.
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  • 134 18 EVEKY RIVET WEIGHED TO ENSURE BALANCE Clydebank. HTHE first half of the keel of th.> b Canaid-Whlte Star liner No. 552 Is s ready for placing on the blocks at the s Clydebank shipyard s The machines used for drilling the a keel plates are operating 24 hours
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  • 46 18 Count Ciano. the Italian Foreign Minister, received in Rom« Don Albert i Carlola. the new Chilean Ambassador to the Quirlr.al. who hand >d to him a copy of his letters of credence, which are addressed to the King of Italy, Emperor of Abyssinia.
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  • 62 18 Six Spaniards who fled from the island of Formentera, In the Balearic group, when they were In danger of being compelled to fight with the Insurgent forces have arrived at Cherchel, Algeria. In a small open sailing boat after six days and nights at sea. When they
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  • 561 18 ZaSu Pitts In England 'O'Oh De-ear! What A Scramble It's Been' TO ACT IN TWO BRITISH FILMS "AH, De-ear." That plaint'Ve, Blistered lament which has rocked millions of fitagoen with callous laughter echoed from a tangled trass of luggage, autograDh-hoands, pullman-car attend an Is, porters, and policemen at Waterloo Station
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  • 47 18 The King of the Hellenes opened the Pan-Orthodox Theological Congress in the hall of the University of Athens. Representatives were present of the Oecumenical Patriarchate and of those of Alexandria. JcrOH m, Serbia and Rumania: of tiT» Ortlirci x Churcr of Poland; and of the Bulgarian Church.
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    • 320 18 Doctor's Amazing Discovery Brings Back Youth To Faded Wrinkled Skins Ik d mJKM l^B^H* M? A Vienna medical journal announces sole rights to the Professor's discovery the latest triumph of science which will have been acquired at enormous expense M.mle the world. Not only has the cause by Tokalon. His
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    • 110 18 —X'MAS SALEEnds December 25th. Buy only GIFTS at prices beyond compare— buy them whilst our sale lasts for never have Reductions been so drastic. Bargains so incredible and such offers repeat able. a Ust a f ew °f our Special #^7 Jk Bargains. '*J Stronc Hemmed BedsheeU *^f 90"xlW J2.M
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  • 320 19 I*HERE is certainly a revived vogue for waffles at tea-time. Investing in an electric waffle iron is the best way of ensuring a feed of waffles whenever you fancy them. The iron is tc use. and easily cleaned, whether viade of coloured enamel or in
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  • 693 19 IMPROVING BEAUTY BY A STUDY OF MODERN MAKE-UP AN actress establishes more than a reputation for ability and a popular following during her years on the screen. She becomes morn beautiful with every new role. What is the reason There is a very logical answer to this question. A screen
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    • 446 19 Freckles Secretly and Quickly Removed! Stiliraan'a FreckH (trim bleachaa Oirrr out while >on alrea. Laavea the -Win aofl and »hiu the com. ■Irilon fraah, rlear and natural. Far *T jeaxa Ihousanda of wn fca»r «aaarard lv So r-aay la m, Ika flratlar aroraa lv ma«te wortk. Stillmans Freckle Cream Rimortt
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    • 189 19 CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY TRIPS TO SUMATRA X.P.M. From 15th December to 15th January SINGAPORE TO BELAWAN DELI Ist class Return $65.--2nd class Return $50.PENANG TO BELAWAN DELI Ist class Return $30.--2nd class Return $20.For detailed information please apply to K. P. M. LINE, l Finlayson Green Tel. 54 5 1 Bft£%
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  • 127 20 HADDOCK, or whiting or hake can be made sa if oury and delicious as follows. Wash the fish and dry well. Cut It into steaks or nllets and sprinkle with pepper, salt, and lemon juice. Put a fireproof glass dish in the oven with a piece of butter
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  • 138 20 /"*UT a marrow across Into slices, one and a ha!f inches thick, peel them, and remove the seeds and pith. Then prepare the stuffing by mixing together half a pound of sausage meat, three ounces of breadcrumbs, one teaspoonful of finely chopped parsley, one teaspoonful of chopped
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  • 155 20 WHEN making casement curtains put a small dress weight into each corner at the bottom. This will make them hang nicely and at the same time will prevent them from blowing out of thd window when it is open. When making short lace curtains, turn in the raw edges
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  • 571 20 THE GREEKS KNEW HOW TO DRESS Fashion Favours Draperies WHENEVER we look back at the fashions of the past we are all apt to regard them with amusement bordering on scorn. Some of them look quite ludicrous to our modern eyes, just as some of our present fashions will appear
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  • 63 20 •TTIE military influence is noted in this brown street dress worn by Eleanoie Whitney. Figured in tiny blocks of light tan, the dress is trimmed with gold buttons and collar and cuffs of gold metal cloth. A small feather trims the brown felt hat; brown suede gloves, pumps
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    • 520 20 How to Cure Your SKIN ERUPTION Why suffer humiliation from the scrutiny ECZEMA of ptssers-by If your face is marred by a mmm^m^mm disfiguring eruption, an angry rash, oi un- •\i_i^%m»c ITf*U lightly blotches, a course of Cuticura treat- UMUDI 9 II vn xnjnt will quickly dear you skin. Healing
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    • 49 20 Linens that make your table the envy of your friends are to be had at The Jade Tree at popular prices. A new shipment Just received. FOR X'MAS GIFTS! I SILK I UNDERWEARS cut on latest French Style A VISIT WILL CONVINCE YOU WASSIAMULLS' 31-33 HIGH ST. Trt: 7144
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    • 574 20 |Mi t& west of geek eyes BBk^ilH aflam When you have lovely eye* you can get avay with most things. They dim the remembrance of more ungainly features a mouth too wide, a noae too long. So if they're beautiful do everything Co emphasise their beauty, and if they're insignificant
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  • 31 21 Low Waist And Softly Draped Shoulders REMINISCENT of an old Italian is this evening gown expressed in silver lam*. It features the low waistline and softly draped shoulder. Designed by Adrian.
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  • 639 21 Feminine Interest In Motor-Cars Gives A Quaint Innovation t'EMININK in*, res', in motor-car! accessories is rsixsnslble for a! quaint innovation. You may nowj have a driving mirror with a clock! fitted into the glas*. The clock is designed on very modernistic linos, the dial being just I ;i small circle
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  • 806 21  -  BY DR. ELIZABETH SLOAN CHESSER How Mothers Can Avoid Any Waste Of Healthy Benefit rVERY normal child has an instinct for play. Like kittens and puppies, children play naturally, instinctively, with that joie de vivre which we seldom recapture in after life. On the other hand, instincts
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  • 496 21 TO display jewels to their best advantage seems to be the aim of present day designers. And they know that the line skin of a woman's throat or arms is the best possible background for them. Jewels look lovely, too, against velvet and many other fabrics,
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  • 127 22 j A large gathering or Selargor Indian nMrchanta and friends of all nationalities a«wt..: v >'cd at the Ku;\la Lumpur railway-station to bid farewell to Mr Fakir Mohamed. .s going to India to Join His Exalted Eminence Maulana Shah Mohamet Abdul A!eem Sahib Siddlque at Bombay and
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  • 2844 22 Finding Against The Adopted Son JUDGE AND "DRAMATIC CIRCUMSTANCES" (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. THAT one of the very foremost doctors in Malaya had erred in his examination of an insane person was the opinion of Mr. Justice Pedlow in the Kuala Lumpur Supreme
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  • 777 24 231 Not Out At Close Of Play ENGLAND BUILDING UP BIG TOTAL Rain Causes Early Closure 'AT Che end of the second day's play in the second Test match >ydiwy, Enffltild had consolidated the fine start made oh the total having been fetched up
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    35 24 An R N and RAF. player falls on the ball to stop a N'egri-MaUcca forward rush in the Malaya Cup Rugby game at Anson Road yesterday, which resulted in a pointless draw. Sunday Times Photograph.
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  • 388 24 All Blues To Appeal To Malayan R. U. Will Be Asked To Be Controlling Body (From Our Own Correspondent; Seremban. Saturday. A DECISION to nsk the Malayan Rugby Union to take charge of the Al! Blues Asiatic State rugger competition, now controlled by the All Blues R.F.A., was arrived at
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  • 187 24 I POSSESSING the heavier pack, the R.A. (Blakan Mati) "A" beat the St. Andrew's "A" at rugger by nine points (two tries and a penalty goal) to five (a goal) at Farrer Park yesterday. The Gunners were a superior side, displaying better combination in
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  • 113 24 (From our Own Con*-4,oncLni,i Seremban. Saturday. MALACCA beat Negn Scmbilan in ITI an inter-State hotkey match liere today by three goals to one. The visitors should have won by a larger margin as their 'orwards seemed more accurate in front of goal. They opened
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  • 212 24 SINGAPORE ASIATICS BEAT NEGRI (From Our Own Correspondent) Ser-rr.'oan, Saturday. r[E Penang Asiatics failed to turn up for the final of the All Blues trophy here today and the Singapore Asiatics received the cup by virtue of a walk-over. However, they player* a friendly game with
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  • 205 24 CLUB HOLD MUAR TO A DRAW (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Friday. Playing against Muar at hockey yesterday evening on the padang and holding them to a draw. The Club. I Malacca, owe it to Salmon, right back. I and Graves, inside left, that they were
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  • 170 24 The f jllowing are tli«: result; of the ties played yesterday in the SC.R.C. lawn tennis tournament seml-flnals: Veterans Single Handicap: Chia Keng Tye— 9 beat Ns Wing Choon scr. 6—l. 7-5. Singles Handicap: Dr. P. T. Liem— 12 beat Tco Tiam Keng— 6 9—7. 6—2. Doubles Handicap:
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  • 20 24 The Army meets Negri -Malacca in a Rugby game at the Anscn Rrnd stadium this evening at fly
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  • 1200 24 (From l>ur Own Correspondent.) Taiping, Saturday. The going was soft for the final day of the Taiping Skye meeting and although rain threatened throughout the afternoon, only a slight drizzle fell intermittently. The fields wero mailer than on tht ooening day. There was an improved attendance today, which
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  • 443 25 R.N. and R.A.F. In Keen Forward Struggle With Negri-Malacca BY "STAND-OFF," R.N. and R.A.F 0; Negri-Malacca 0 A SCORELESS draw was the outcome of the Malaya Cup Rugby match between Royal Navy and Royal Air Force and Negri Sembi-lan-Malacca at Anson Road Stadium yesterday
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  • 526 25 Selangor Win Trophy Rugby Match 23 Points Against Singapore (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. DRACTICALLT fielding a Selangor 1 Malaya Cup fifteen, the Selanjjor Club annexed the Rugby trophy from the Singapore Cricket Club in the annual match here today with a score of 23 points (four peals
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  • 61 25 The following are results in the JC.B.A. billiards championship tournamen f Goh Chiang Chuah beat Jan:es Ltp 300— 2»2. I.im Cheng Ban beat Woon Chow Tat 300—200 Tan Bock Lin 1 beat Lim Ah Kwec 300—202. A. Ohanl beat C. Albuqueqne 300 257. Ooh Chiang Chuah beat Lim
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  • 210 25 PENANG AVENGE DEFEAT BY PERAK (From Our Own Correspondent) Fenang, Saturday. DKNANG avenged their defeat by Perak this evening in a Malaya Cup Rugby match when they won by tre overwhelming margin of 17 points (one goal, four tries) to nil. Penang were superior in almost every department and In
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  • 111 25 AN interesting series of races was held on the breakwater course yesterday between crews from the Emden and from the R.S.Y.C. Each were represented by a four, a pair and a scullrr The R.S.Y.C. won all three. The crews were Emden Four: Kadett Benker. Kadett Boh k off.
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  • 487 25  -  (Bjr "NIMROD") HARD HOCKEY MATCH WITH SELANGOR r would not to to over-praise Slnga- 1 pore for their hockey defeat of Selangor on the Padang yesterday by the narrow margin of 4—3! All honour to them; they p.ayed a fine game, especially in ths second half—
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    17 25 Malaya's cycling" champion, liani bin MawL with Mr. Joseph Van. organiser of the 3t-mries road cycling race.
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  • 64 25 In the second semi-final of the Singapore Biiliards Association's junior championship tournament played at the Clerical Union pavi'lon yesterday. Goh Teck Monff (Aston Athletic Cub) beat Sect Teng Chye (United Confederate Funeral Association) by 102 points. The winner will meet K.ioo Kirn Swee in the final at a
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  • 367 25 (from Oar Own Correspondent) l*t »ian£. Saturday. UANDICAPS for the first day of the Penan*- Turf Club's nest meeting, whir'i b+irinr. on S.itrirday, Dec 2C, are as folio™: Uancc. CU« 1. Dit. I.— < (01 Fatten Knight ».»3 i*aiyk-:in 8.13 Uaattot 8.03 Ml'.UmdalF
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  • 99 25 j^l GBY fames played at home on Saturday resulted, says Heater as follows:— Probables 12, Possibles 11. Bath 19, Devon. Serv. 3. Bedford 8, Leicester 3. Birkenhead 12, London Scot. 0. Gloucester 8, Newport 22. Harlequins 11, Cardiff 14. Liverpool 17, Guy's Hosp. 3. Northampton 9. Waterloo 5.
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  • 1142 25 DOSITION in the leagues including yesterday's games are: DIVISION I P. W. L. D. F. A. Pts Sundcrland 19 11 6 2 43 15 24 Arsenal 19 9 5 5 40 27 23 j Brentford 19 10 6 3 38 32 23 j Middlesbro 19 10 6 3
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  • 363 25 Surprise Results In All Leagues Home Football DESULTS of footh?U gams played in the leagues yesterday are "ays Reuter: Arsenal 4 Chelsea 1 r*o!ton W 2 Charlton A. l Brentford 2 Stoke C 1 Derby Co 0 Middlesbro. 1 Sverton 3 Grinosby r > 0 "Juddersneld 4 Liverpool 0 Manchester
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  • 754 26 Singapore Badminton Team To Visit Ipoh And Penang Chosen: Leow Kirn Fatt's Plans For Calcutta BY OUR BADMINTON CORRESPONDENT THERE will be no less than five States participating in inter-State badminton matches next \vc?k-.'.:k namely, Sinsnnore, Ma'i r Prnarg and Perak, and this will go
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  • 326 26 Richards Must Give A £500 Dinner For the tenth time in twelve years Gordon Richards, with his strong riding and quick brain, stands supreme among racing Jockeys. And in accordance with tradition. Richards, for the tenth time, must celebrate the winning of the Jockeys' championship by entertaining
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  • 74 26 A O»nmercial Houses Tournament The Singapore Badminton Association announces that the tournament for the Capstan Cup (restricted to commercial houses) will take place In January and the closing date lor entries has been extended to Dec. 31 at noon. The entrance fee Is $6 per team and
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  • 415 26 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. WISS F. Doralsamy, a 13-year-old student of the Pudu English Girls' School, Kuala Lumpur created a big surprise when she won the singles and doubles titles of the IndoCeylonese women's badminton tournament, held recently by the Tamil Physical Culture Association.
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  • 47 26 Following Mr. Wee Kirn Wee's departure for Ipoh captains and secretaries of clubs or parties wishing to communicate with the Useful Badminton Party cnou'.d write to the honorary sports captain, Mr. Tan Siong Leng. 41, Craig Road or the honorary secretary, 147, Paslr Panjang Road.
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    41 26 The winners of the Spartan badm inton tournament Front row. left to right— Khoo En* Tee (champion) Kum Kirn Leng (runner-up). Back row. winner of the Consolation prtaes Yap Yew Keng;, Tan Kok Ens, One Thiam Say, and Cheong Soon Tuan.
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  • 268 26 (From Our Own Correspondent) Muar. 'THE extension of the rifle range to accommodate six targets and the activity of the Muar Rifle club have greatly tended to Increase Interest in rifle-shcotlng. Of late several new entrants r ave been added to the present membership and November
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  • 663 26 FIFTEEN PLAYERS TRAVELLING (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru. D ADMINTON enthusiasts in Johore D are looking forward to the first inter-State match when Johore will be visitors to Malacca during the Christmas holiday. Fifteen players have been invited to travel. The match will consist of
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  • 148 26 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban. I^R. Kung Jit Seng was re-elected president of the Seremban Mafpij Badminton party at the annual general meeting held at the premises of the Seremban Chinese Athletic Association. The other officers elected were Vice-presidents, Messrs. D. L. Chanel. K Vettiveloo L. Pong Watt.
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  • 72 26 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban. I understand frcm a reliable source that arrangem?nts are being made to hold an annual inter-state competition in var oui games and athl I for the staffs of the Medical and Health Department in the F.M.S. The d'oartment
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  • 492 27 "Army My Fancy For Malaya Cup Rugby Day Boxing Two Good Bouts Sir Julian Cahn's Cricketers Malaya's Prospects •THE Malaya Cup divisional programmes close with the match in Singapore this week-end, R. N. and R. A. F. vs. N. S. Malacca, and ■we already know that the finalists will be
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  • 187 27 A welcome addition to the ranks of Army cricketers in Sing.<:>ore next season will be the Hong Kong intcrport player. Capt. Dudley Perss*. w'io is now stationed with the R.A. (Blakan Matl). Captain Persse. who only rectntl> arrived in Singapore is a fine- forcing batsman ar.d a
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  • 510 27 ST. MATTHEW'S TOP THE TABLE 'THE August Badminton Party ob- talned their first point In the S.C.F.A. football league by surprisingly holding the Slong 800 A. A. to a one all draw after a goalless first-half at the Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday The Slong 800 team who were
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  • 65 27 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Saturday. The prize winners at the recent Negrl Sembilan Club billiards tournament were: Billiards: winners, Mr. K. Sankaran, runner-up, Mr. M. G. Plus. Russian Pool: winner, Mr. V. M. Francis, runnei-up, Mr. S. Veerapan. Highest break, Mr. J. D. Sundraj. These prizes were
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    20 27 Group photograph taken on the occasion of the celebration of Hari Ray a Puasa at the Arab Peranakan Club, Singapore.
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  • 254 27 SUNGEI UJONG BEAT NEGRI SEMBILAN (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Saturday. THE premier hockey clubs, Sungei I Ujong and Negri Sembil n, met on Thursday, the Sungei UJoi. Club winning by four goals to two. Though both sides were not at full strength the hockey
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  • 171 27 Waseda University XI May Be Coming (By M Nimrod.") Contrary to txpectations of a fortnight ago. It Is likely now that Malaya will be visited by a Japanese hockey side. This confirmation of a visit discussed earlier this year, when the Japanese Oi>mplc team passed through
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  • 148 27 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Saturday. Wong Sow Chong beat Foong Chak Lam 3 o to win the Negrl Sembllan open ping pong championship singles title. The prizes to the winners were presented by Ttmkay Chu Klk Mc;.v the President of the Negrl MMMlaa Chinese Athletlr Association,
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  • 292 27 HARD STRUGGLE BETWEEN PACKS (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru Satv.o'ay. GOOD defensive play and desperate tackling by the backs characterised today's Rugby game at the Johore Civil Service Club ground, when South Johore were at home to the Rc; al Engineers. A pointless
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  • 262 27 INTEREST FOLLOWING CLUB FORMATION (From Our Own Correspondent) Muar. •T^HE game of hockey which has hitherto been played among the schoolboys in Muar has been given a great flUlp mainly thro-igh the efforts of Mr. H. Miller, better known as the South African player, since the opening of
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  • 164 27 K. L. SWALLOWS DRAW WITH MALACCA GIRLS (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca. Saturday. A LARGE crowd including the Resident Councillor and Mrs. Sykes watched the Kuala Lumpur Swallows play the Malacca Girls' Sports Club and draw without scoring at hockey on the Malacca Club padang here touay. If the home
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  • 19 28 [The Leading Sandcy Newspaper In Malaya, No. 241 Sunday, Dicwtir 29, It 3€ Price 10 cent*.
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  • 619 28 DEPORTS of exceptional monsoon rains and consequent flooding on the East Coast recall memories of the disastrous floods of December, 1926, and make one wonder whether the events of a decade ago are likely to repeat themselves. In that year in Trengganu the aggregate rainfall
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