The Straits Times, 13 February 1937

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    39 1 The Straits Times ESTABLISHED N2ARLV A CSNTfcBYl THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER JN MALAYA. JO PAGES. SINtiAPORG. SATIRDAY FEBRUARY 13, 1937 PRICE 10 CENTS The Straits Times M PAGES. SINGAPORE. SATURDAY FEBRUARY 13, 1937. I'KIl E 10 CENT*
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      171 1 6ING*PORF! 140. CCCIL ST CPMONC 5471). 16 ■r 19 3 7 YOU C*n i-ciatO* THE GENERAL ELECTRIC betW (lf USA) THRIFTU IT C» -^B*B^ avaiUble in all models. Now fives double W\T\C^ tbe told and uses eren less current than I%W|\ BT Re-iuires no attention, not eren jt% oiling. H«j
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      278 1 ANNOUNCEMENT H^ bW^ bV^b^bUbbbb! b^^^ afl L^LL^aT bbbbb^Mb&bM nVIS I^^^ AN EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS SCULPTURE BY MR. MRS. J. WENTSCHER COMPRISING STUDIES OF THE EAST COAST OF MALAYA AND THE SAKAI PEOPLE WILL BE HELD IN THE CAFI! LOUNGE FOR ONE WEEK COMMENCING 15th FEBRUARY. ROBINSON CO., LTD. SINGAPORE. WHEN
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      30 1 KUALA LUMPUR: 26 J*VA ST 'TMONt r»e^T> Scots (lihLsky 1 .HCIM IM m BE kj^^J^^^v 3OHN LITTLE C- CO.. LTD. (INCORPORATED JN JN(.I.AND) SINGAPORE. KUALA LLMPtR, Pf NANG and fPOIL
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      375 2 ghr Straits fomrs SITUATIONS VACANT WANTED well recommenced ccok-bcy bouse boy. 141. SUmiU Time*. -KOND GRADE DWSSU wanted !mmrt'iatrlv for Rubber Bitatc. South Johore. Apply Mo 743 StratU Time* VMIM rxpertenc-d bookkeeper for Rubbe. bute. Jchor* No. 744, Straltt 11M IU\[H) rxprri'nrcd Mino-typt»t (Male) Pn:»-v fioo only ifflnrnt men need
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      532 2 MOTOR VEHICLES FORD SALOON. Old model Excellent coodltion. S35O No offers Apply 29. Newton M ifM AUSTIN T tourer. d»rk blue Insured and taxed, perfect condition. $1,000 WrtU Box No 738. Straits Times DUD CARS: Austins Plat HUlman. Norm Cttroen H-.. in «jco i.uiMwHua. Eastern Auto Co. Ltd. Singapore. 1M4
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      715 2 HOUSES. FLATS TO LET TO LET. t Amber Road fronting the sea. bedrooms upstairs 4 bedrooms downstairs Sltung-room Dtnlng-room, Verandah. Tennls Court Oarage for 2 cars. Rkc. Water. Entry 1-3-37 Apply The British Malaya Trustee it Executor Co. Ltd. Tel. 5559. BUSINESS PREMISES TO LET TO LET. ground Door opposite
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      618 2 BUSINESS CARDS Ere MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE sjra HABU and Mia* HANA SO. WATERLOO STRtET. Telephone 7467. k NAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAN TO YOU O. a RIAT COMPANT. LTD. Booksellers. Stationrrs. Printers. Newst agents Oeneral MerchanU. t. Rsbmssn Be-*. Stagaasr*. HYCIEMIC DUST-BINS, SeJf-Classbg. Obtainable at EMCO Fa«Ury. 19th
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      278 2 Straits Times photographs ON COLOURED MOUNTS $1 EACH postage tMtrl EXTRA. Readers who require copies of local illustrations appearing in the Straits Times can obtain photograrhs as: 6" x 4" unmounted ••>» each 6" x 4" on 10" x 8" mounts 1.00 Mount Colours: Special Krown. Suede Plain. Suede Unen,
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      666 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA I AND APCAR LINES. rat-o in England) :> CARGO SERVICES AND OI.iKNT M s ItAn WITH HIS MAJtSTYS N r LONDON AND FAR EA£ T MAIL SERVICE DON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN Due I jnn.-ge Spore 19S1 6ioo I' WRA 19.000 Fb It, l( mi HM
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      404 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS, (NIPPON YUSF.N KABHAJ CFNEK. L PASSENGER AGENTS lOK CUNAUD WHITE STAR LTD. TO EUROPE VIA SUEZ. Regular fortnightly sailings. Ix>ndon via Penang, Colombo. Aden, Suez, Port Said, Napes, Marseilles and Cibrnltar. S.S. HAKUSAN MARU Feb. 18. S.S. HARUNA MARU March 4. SS. KATORI MARU March 18. SS. KASHIMA
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      820 3 [srVJJSi^I B. I. S. N. CO., LTD. V |i 4ML < Incorporated In England) LJu^ J P A J^ APCAR LINK. IV-^^Vfcif JS I I FOR HONG KONG. SHANGHAI. MOJI. HEK^mmaMmUmmaaJLlVmLij KOM AND OSAKA r.V.SSENGER AND FREIGHT S.S. SANTHIA SERVICE. BANGKOK HNS N Luxurious One Claaa Motorsnlps Most Cablr«% I<J
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      1035 3 THE BLIE FINNEL LINE fOeean The 11.. Kh.o. steam%hi. Ca. 119:', Ua Steam Ship Ca Ul and China Mataal The Canard whM, SUr IU Steam Navigation Ca.. L»*.l The Sarawak Steamship (o ltd The Straits Steamship Ca Ltd. The Australian Orieutal Line I td. The China Navigation Ltd. Thr Irrawadd*
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS.
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      THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
      116 4 Saturday, February 13. Shla* lUofiUt the. fVharrta ar czptcud x» gflttts mrm n Mtftfii 11 Mi'.n Wharl t^clflc. Lch Lady OuUlemartl. Lucifer. Recorder. Spring. Oil Wharf H MS Cumberland. HM3 fWRMMki Coal Woarl Nu 1 ssi is i> ÜBt v iRi Tanjnnt rie»i Sh^erj Wharl Nil
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      PASSENGERS BY AIR.
      83 4 Aircraft At'temia for Penan?. Siam. Burma ard Karachi left Feb 10: Dr X C Ghosh for Calcutta. Mr. E. J. Lee for Karachi and Mr and Mrs. J Hansard fot Bangkok. Aircraft Atalanta from Karachi. Burma. Siam and Penang arrived Feb 11 Dr. Harrop from Prnang. Mr.
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CI^OSE.
      299 4 IMV. Oi.mll (Total 1 -.m I Binieu Brunei and Labuan iKi»nci 4pm Ba»t. North West India Hoaane 4 > m B*gat> Bracka.il Seta I Pandjanf I cTcboa'ii 4 pin. Labucio Bum (Ranuui .4 p.m 1 Muntok Palrmbanc <8cnan() 4 p m IVn«at ft Tvmb.lahtn illirui 4 p.m
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      AIR MAILS.
      85 4 INWARD Dutch: From Netherlands India: Arrives this afternoon. Uantas: Fr-.m Australia: Arrives this afternoon. Imperial From Europe: Dae Sunday night K.L.M.: From Europe: Due Monday nirht. OUTWARD Correspondence for transmission by K.L.M. must be specially superscribed "By KIM KIM: To tarope: Mails close 12.45 p.m. today. Imperial: To
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      MAILS EXPECTED.
      188 4 Mails from Austra la Ketherlanas Indies etc expected todav Feb 13. by alr (Qantaai wlli be delivered to box holders at 3 p m General delivery of letters at 405 pin Mall* from Netherlands Indies expected today. Feb. 13. by air (Nether lands) will be delivered to boxholders
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      IMPERIAL AIR MAIL SINGAPORE—LONDON.
      22 4 IMPERIAL AIR MAIL SINGAPORE— LONDON. The air mall dispatch d from Singapore on Frb 3 wm delivered In London on Feb. 11.
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      NETHERLANDS AIR MAIL SINGAPORE—AMSTERDAM
      21 4 NETHERLANDS AIR MAIL SINGAPORE— AMSTERDAM The air mall dispatched Irom Singapore on Feb 6 was deliv-red In London on Feb 12
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      DEFERRED DEPARTURE.
      55 4 The Kajang lor Borneo itc Mails previously announced as closing today. Feb. 13. at 11 am will now ttnm on the same day at 4 pm. The Angby (or Sarlkel and Slbu. Malls previously announced a« closing on Frb 12 at 1 p m. will now close today
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      CLEARANCES.
      16 4 Frb 13 Marl) <Nor>; Vyner Broke San; Santhla. Raub <Brit>. Feb 14 Mata Hart Brit >.
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    NATIONAL SAVINGS MOVEMENT.
    268 4 Ceylon State Council Rejects Proposal. Olombo. THK State Council has rejected a motion of the Financial tary (Mr. H. J. Huxham) for the institution of a National Saving-. Movement in Ceylon. In the course of the debate, thr motion was strongly opposed. Dr. N. M Perera Ruanwrlla*
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    Cheating In University Examinations.
    70 4 LAMft. Th? Punjab University announce; that students, including gir'.s have been disqualified irom appearing at any examination of the Unlvt rsity for flx^d periods for using unfair means at examinations during 1936. Every year presiding examiners have to watch for students who smuggle notes into the
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    Films Banned In Colombo Last Year.
    51 4 Twelve films were banned by the Mayor of Colombo (Mr. W L Murphy > in 1938 Including "Crime of Dr. Chrispi Fighting Lady"; "Show Them No Mercy": ■Sprint Night": "One Big Happy Family": Jerusalem Delivered": "Verdict of the Sea": "Red Republic"; and "The Lllc
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    TREASURY BILLS.
    43 4 London, Feb. 12. The total amount applied for In tenders (or £35 000 000 Treasury Bills was £69.070.000. The average rate per cent, for Bills f. three months was 10s 4 70d. against 10s. 504 d a week ago British Wireless
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    PASSENGERS.
    50 4 The lollowing p±*arnv>-n (or Malaya embarked In the Menelaus at Blrkrnhead on Jan 30 and fen due in Singapore on Mar 1 Mr. and Mrs. W L Davison. Mr t T Pike. Miss C Duncan. Mrs. M C Lawrle. Master D. Lawrle Lady E Drummond. Miss A A. Ocntlrs
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    SIR HENRY CURTISBENNEIT'S WILL.
    160 4 Bequest To In born (irjmdson. Sir H.nry Cortil B EMM KC vi o died whUe making a speeri dinner In London :> eT naleft gross estate real and per £35,030— ntt estate JCM: and employees To his wile, j.mong other pr he left all h. wines,
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      512 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (lncorporaled In P M 8. LLOYDS AGENTS:— HOOKING %GENTS f M 8 BXTS ANO SIAJB STATES SAILWATS. TELEmONE: Freight MJ3— ruo|i 5431 fi^jZjAl CORONATION WM^M^aaa^MaflMMaßS \'T*'^l* i^P y^^^' GEORGE VI EARLY BOOKING _^T, A information and ticket! BrpP^^K^^^H from your own agent,' 7 BOUSTEAD CO.. SINGAPORE WORLDS
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      439 4 Mc^USTER6C9CP^ IncorporfttAO in Si tail 4ettMT?m*a v ELLERMAN BUCKNALL ISTHMIAN STEAHSHU' STEAMSHIP CO.. LTD. COMPANY 'Inrorporated In U S A > (Incorporated In England! nOSTON. NEW YORK KM TIM' rift TOCS CAMAI •^","1 STEEL MARINER. NtOll H rO« HAVRL I OMION BTKKL NAVIGATOR Mar 22 Ma ?8 ROTTERDAM A lIAMItI
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      570 4 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. Daily Weather Report. Station* festerday Last weal mil rain- bright mm Umo tall t shine temp ins nrs *r West Coa*t Alor Star 92 0 02 8 9 70 Bayan Lepas (Penang) 87 Nil 11 73 Sitiawan 89 0 12 4 7 71 Bukit Jeraxn M 0
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    NEW CHINA BUREAU
    105 5 TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION. Toklo. CREATION of a section In the Bureau of Iavestig atlon charged solely with the task of promoting 8lno-Japanese economic co-operation Is announced by the Foreign Office. Mr. 8. Iguchl. Consul In Chicago, who has formerly served In Shanghai, will be the first
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    NATURE CURES.
    410 5 PRACTITIONER'S BIG INCOME. Mr. George Poster, of Forest Road Walthamstow. against whom £490 damages were awarded recently in the King's Bench Division, told a Dally Mall reporter that he earned £4.000 to £5,000 a year as a nature-cure practi tloner. The d.images were BwatwSS' William Sones. of Dudley
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    30 5 London. Feb. 10. The general level of the Thames U lower and with the continued abeence of heavy rains the danger of aertous Hooding has been greatly reduced.— British Wireless.
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    MR. JAN BATA.
    69 5 Leaves Singapore For Netherlands. Mr Jan Bata. head of the we. Czechoslovakia!! shoe mar.v. firm. who arrived at f Europe by private plane last has proceeded to the Netherlands Indlea Mr Bata will retun. I within a tew days and My on to ■aoi Kok. Saigon Canton
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    Church Services.
    136 5 TAMIL MCTHODIST CHURCH 1 Short S'.rr*l S m Dlvinr E rvue at H M. N»»»l But S 15 n. Sundmr St3o m Wonhlp SrrTlr* in T»mli. Preacher Her Edward lasar 5 p n. Dtvlne Servtcv at Alrxandra Mat I Chapel. 6pm Worthi|> Servlcr m n>cllah. Prtthrr Rr\ 8
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      394 5 I M VERBAL'S SCREEN VERSION |«m* L^l^Bmh-sßftl Ol M>S\ IKRRKRS IMMORTAL I B^l^^^\^T^T_3 ,vmi THRILLING i t I m^F'S !i nis a i»\//ii\(. DANCES! I 'SHOW BOAT' IRENE DUNNE ALLAN JONES PAUL ROBESON Matinees Today Tomorrow lll^s\ I.ANDI in THE AMATEI'R GENTLEMAN" alss bANDKRS OK THF. RIVER' —r=^ C Footwear
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      84 5 Mllß 4M 1 day alarm from $17 8 day M- day superior Swlas lever moveDmty Aw im F.M.S.' en t MVICTORIA THEATRE TONIGHT at 6.1 S mad 9.15 LA T PERFORMANCE TOMORROW NIGHT at 8.30 SPECIAL CHINESE NEW YEAR PROGRAMME Chang Wei Chung THE FAMOUS CHINESE MAGICIAN AND FULL VARIETY
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      79 5 11l CHARLIE j lIIZ PIANO ■EILEYS.R ana r"»"» kcne ri.%xo Mmm no. •a Mar faa aaH af tutmmtt la law HkjM.' -A PtM a < aiiait N. Bam*. •am ovabxib im piano anourr no. n ■Bha* Shaac Bar.' -Wkwa I'M wttk ymm: "••■MkaaH itah a»j GmL' "Take Sly Mart.' •At
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      133 5 FROM FEB. 13th to FEB. 20th A Special Display GOWNS AND DRESSES (PARIS. LONDON U NKW YORK.) j that portray the Latest Fashions. POSITIVELY NO DUPLICATES Mrs. E. JUDD, room n« 6, RAFFLES HOTEL. LIQUIDATION SALE OUR ENTIRE STOCK MOST BE SOLD REGARDLESS OF COST. BIFFIT GOLF SET THE BALL
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      320 5 WHAT IS ON TODAY. Btnnle Barnes. United Artl^U 3 15 615. 915 StralU Times criticism stated: "An action- packed picture' CAMTOL: Tanan Escapes. WMtn Jclinny Welsmuller and Maui»en OSullivan. MOM 3 IS. 6 IS. 9 IS StralU Times criticism slated Herr U a picture that u ptcfcrd with Juofle thrills."
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  • LATEST LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
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      AROUND THE MARKETS.
      383 6 (lOod Demand For Rubber Shares. From Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, Feb. 13. Tin is down 425. 6d. for both positions in London and there is no l>rice from New York as yesterday and today are holidays there. The local tin share market opens quiet after the holidays
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      PRODUCE.
      80 6 Singapore. February 1J. 12 noon Buyer Briiei Gambler $7 Ml Hamburg Cube 19.00 Java Cube 10 50 Fewer White Muntok $21 .90 White $31.00 Black $12 00 Covra MUed $7 90 Sun Dried $8 20 Taptoca Small Flake $5 90 Pair Flake $5 00 Medium Pearl $9.55 Small Pearl
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      EXCHANGES.
      93 6 London, Frto IX. I The following were mean rate* ratine at noon today: Ptrto 105 M AUmu Ml* 1 Nn Tort 4 17 7 1« ■»■>■— I «M Uoctml 4 MS 1 BniMli ««4 Bk> ««4 O«nrv» 11 4*H Milan ■■lWJ Tiiiiilni ».m% uniii Ill Milan MILS* Bwao* Alfw
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        MINING.
        610 6 All shares quoted above an folly paid ls«ue Val. Ftaser k Co. Buyers Sellers Buyers SellenLyaU ft Uvati 4/- \npat Tin 4/9 5/3 5- 5 6 fl Asam Kumbang 33 C 34 6cd 33/- 34/6 £1 Austrai Malay 54 56/-cd 55/- 57/5/- Ayer Hltmm 21/- 22/- 22/9 23/9 1
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        GENERAL.
        465 6 nic* DHL* uiu. i.»j ].jj l.VV l.«MJ 2 2 do 7V 2 Pret* 2.45 255 2.45 2.55 10 10 Atlai Ice 8.00 lO.OOn. 8.00 lO.OOn. 1 1 B M Broadcasting 0.89 0.95 0 90 0.99 10 5 B. U Trustee 6.25 7 00 6 25 7Jt £1 fl Con.
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        194 6 >% 1901 red. 1940 M00JW Int. Mar. Si Sept. JO 108 V, 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 Int Mar SI Sept. 30 112 •i'. 190< red 1966 S1.JOO.jOO Int. Mar. 31 8ept. SO 130 1913 red 1963 $3 300.000 Mar. 31 Sept. 30 114 i* 1926 red 1990-66
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        394 6 <Bharw are SI nnleM othenrlM tUttd) iraaer h Co. Lyall ft Bratt Alleuby 200 210 2.00 210 Aior Gajah AmaJ Malay 1.55 1.66 150 1.00 2.15 225 21. 225 Ayer Hium Ayer Molefc Ayer Panaj Baacstt Batu Untang Bedford Ben la Buelll Bragms Brunc: Uu (S5> Buldt K*U'
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    EXCHANGES.
    189 6 The following are the »»cr.anga ratca thu moraine according U. tn« dan» dnolar ttraed b? we Boat Kong and Bh.nrhai Banrtnc Oonwrati^a:— wmatm Luodoo r.T a/4 i/i§ LoDdoo demand 2/4 1/M umdno t monuia tigbt 1/4% Lyons demand 228 Himlxui itLjteoa .4i Hew York demand ST-, Montreal demand St
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    67 6 Closing Prices, Few. 19. Ni.1X.R.5.8.11 eases (F. 0.8.) 36^ 36^4 Good F. A. Q. ta eases (F. 0.8.) 36% 36 No. 1 I. E. S. S. (Spot loose) Tom of Market: Quiet. Latest CaWe: London Spot Sheet 10 7/lfcL New York Spot Sheet G. eta.
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    STOCK EXCHANGE.
    291 6 London. Feb. 12. The following are today* closing middle prices on the Lomnc Stock Exchange: Shares of t\ denomii.jnon uule.-j otherwise stated: ~»d nS toch32? «t*»i> duty w» YmUc Hist day Convenloo Loan 5 d c IM4-U us or Pail Pundliif Loan 4 p.r. 1M0-M 113', War Loan
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    SINGAPORE RACE HANDICAPS.
    507 6 The following are 'lai.diiaps tor Saturday Beat— UM nrH day Singapore Turf Club's Spring I Hones, (list 1. Bftj 1 fur. Mlltundali' 0. Eastern Knight 8 13. Sunshine Sue 8 13. Bestlo' 6 12. Belle Edna 8 12 Saenden 8 i Knight b Eye ;8 6 Jack
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    FRASER & COMPANY.
    179 6 FRASER COMPANY. LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS. ioiai ror Company Dividend TIN. Aiut Malay 44. reb 23 Asam Kumbang 6d Feb 28 Ayer Weng y. Int reb. 15 K Kampar 3d «d. reb 17 K LuniDJr l'-(SOtn) Petallng JO". Final rtb. 5 Petalln* 10% Int reb. 5 4 24- bonus Pjnsah
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
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      LONDON RUBBER MARKET.
      864 7 CONTINENTAL STOCKS EXHAUSTED. WORLD POSITION. rN their weekly report on the London L rubber market dated Feb 3. Messrs Symington and Wilson, write: There have only been slight fluctuations In price since our lust report. Phe lowest price at which business was lone In ribbed smoked sheet
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      ARE TIN STOCKS NOW HIGH ENOUGH?
      1305 7 Strong Arguments For Reduced Quota Next Quarter. IN their monthly review of the tin situation A. Strauss and Co. Ltd London, on Feb. 2, writes:— At the end of January the world tin stock* were up by 1,562 tons, which together with a rise
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      RUBBER MARKET REVIEW.
      134 7 GUTHRIE AND CO*s. REPORT. In their weekly report on the lubber market issued on Wednesday, Outhrie and Co. Ltd. write: Pending any decisive development In the U.B. motor strike situation. markets have remained quiet and inactive, price fluctuations having been comparatively small. The position aa regards shlpp.ng
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      LONDON METAL MARKET.
      305 7 TIN EXTREMKLY QUIET. F their 'Foresight Saga' of Feb 3 Messrs William Jacks and Co London, write The general tone in metals since the end of January has be?n distlnctl; firmer America, however is still i little bit undecided or. account of the continuance of th<" motnr
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      SYNTHETIC SUBSTITUTES IN GERMANY.
      193 7 Mercedes Benz Director's Opinions. The possibility that some day ail countries will be producing substitutes for petrol, rubber, lead and xlnc U foreshadowed In an article appearing in The Four Year Plan." a new paper published by Dr Orttxbach. Oeneral Ooertng's press chief, to describe developments
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      577 7 BANKING. HONG KONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. ■nud IB the Ootonj erf Hoot *<■■> Tht UaMllty 01 members IS ISmlMd W U>» extent and in manner oresenbeo br Ordtnanr* No of lt» Of the C4-le»W MnmmKam Authcosed CapiUU J*0.0«O.0O« IHurd and Pully Pald-Un M0.00e.0W Reserre Funds- |iUM| Sterling J.J-JSSs Kong Currency--.
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      159 7 BANK OF CHINA Incorporated ft -Mm 0* Sptetmt Charter It. Cmtm Mmi S««*««r% Talapfcaaaa: Musmct. o«t« teklM Oaf* M41 General Office SltS-t Gaaat Uta: THrSCiKrOhtli U» CMNll CV Iwm ruk to n~m af Ck. IIMMM.N ratal «Mt twmhuwt Ck. I I.4N.(N.N«N ■BAD OmCI: SHAMOBAI TV-Vun* Soong Chairman of Board Buna
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      493 7 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. (Incorporateo in T"t'«»»" at Royal CnarUr 1U3> Paid Op Capital Hi wo ooo scar** of a Mtcb a .000.000 nmrit rund o.ooo ooo Reserve UaMUtT of PrnrHKort 0.000.000 ■SAD OmCI: M. WitipuiU, l«<« R.C V Alar Sta. Rone Hoc* Saiaro Mr.nuif IkJlo
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    LIVING IN FEAR OF HER LIFE.
    303 8 WIDOW OF BRITISH SBCRET AGFJNT. HUSBAND MURDERED AT MONTE CARLO Living In hiding In London today U Mrs Eugenic Leech who fears she may bt the n< xt victim of the assasrans who murdered her husband an English Secret Service ..gent, two week* ago.
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    FIRE—UNDER SNOW.
    48 8 FIRE— UNDER SNOW. Firemen called to fight a fire at Duluth Heights. Minnesota, fsund It under the snow. Smoke was rising through the snow from a peat bog which had probably been smouldering since the summer. The firemen piled on more snow and went back to their station.
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    ATLAS-PRICE £875.
    22 8 An old coloured atlas, inscribed in Fp.nr.--h and dating from the year 1540. has been sold for £875 in Munich.
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    PREDICTION WAS NEARLY TRUE.
    245 8 unarder Battered In Hurricane. New York. A French witch's prediction that the Cunard White Star liner Aqultanla would sink at 11.47 on Saturday, Jan. 23, causd several elderly passengers I to become hysterical (our hours before that when the ship struck the worst wave In her
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    DARING FLIGHT IN POLAR REGIONS.
    157 8 Over Frozen Arctic Wastes. Moscow. Feb. 9. Feodor Far.kh. one of the bestknown Soviet Polar fliers, took off from here at 9 37 a in GMT on a flight through the frozen Arctic wastes His flight Is the second of Its kind and the first
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      263 8 VICTORIA MEMORIAL HALL FRI. FEB. 26th and SAT. FEB. 27th at 9.30 P.M. SCOTIA ("BARDESS of the GORSEDD") FOLK SINGER HARPISTE SOMETHING entirely NEW and DIFFERENT A NIGHT OF HEBRIDEAN FOLKSONG RECITALS BOOKING OPENS SHORTLY Does WEAKNESS Languor, Anaemia, Stomach or Liver Trouble, Debility, Heat Breakdown, Etc. iflu j7\ Weight
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      369 8 I. IS pa. "Music Hall Memories." .at p.a. Paul Strauss and hi* orrli.-ra, J. 4« pa. Timr signal. Ck»c demn. TOMORROW I.M pa Talk "By Air Cher UuU' (No. 2.). 1 Jl p.a. Indian mualr. t tl p.a. N-ws bulletin In Bengali. It b a News bulletin in Eng-Uah. I
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      826 8 Broadcasting. SINGAPORE -ZHL Wavelength— 225 metres, 13*3 kc/i (or 1.33 me/1). TODAY 7 pjn. to II p.m. Speech and recorded m««ic. TOMORROW 11 20 a.m. to 12 noon A talk The Hebrides. By Madame Scotia. Madame Scotia, the Bardesi of the Oorsedd. will give a talk on the Hebrides, those
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      818 8 TMi m RrltUi Aray t. Freaeh Army A cwtmUfy ra the AMthUn f«*sbaD matrh. tnm Sdhant a m The mn ana hhmimiiU. IS a a Oreenvlch time signal. M a a Ctes* 4wd BERLIN. DJA XI I* EL DK. It. O m DJC It IS m DJB It 74 DJ>
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    "NEUTRALITY" OF BELGIUM.
    336 9 WHAT DID HITLER MEAN EXACTLY PREVIOUS SPEECHES TOO VAGUE. Government circles in Brussels have been carefully stvdylng the passage or Her r Hitter's speech concerning Belgium. The Oerman leader declared that he was ready to guarantee Belglum and Holland as permanent neutral territories. He even used the
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    SOLDIERS' PACKS MAY BE LIGHTER.
    226 9 "Light" Training In The Real Sense. The Army Council is considering a reversion to llgM infantry. A chance in the character of field training and a reduction of the soldiers equipment are involved, says the Morning Post's Military Correspondent In the case of the soldier's
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    48 9 The Admiral Hipper, the first oi three heavy crullers of 10.000 torn each, was launched at Hamburg oc Fete S and christened by Admiral Raeder. who recalled the part played bj Admiral Hipper In the bombardment of the HartlepooU In December. 1914 and In the battle of Jutland
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    SIR HENRY WELLCOME'S BEQUESTS.
    393 9 For Medical Research. London. Feb. 4. The trustees under the will of Sir Henry Wellcome, founder of Burroughs, Wellcome and Co., manufacturing chemists, who died last July leaving estate valued at £1,138.959 (net personalty. £2.065.063). have Issued an explanatory statement in view of the number of
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    DIVER TO EXPLORE LUSITANIA.
    356 9 Hull May Be Blown Up For Scrap. SEA-BED BROADCAST PLAN. CALVAGE operations in the former Cunard liner Lusitania, which was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in 1915, with a loas of 1,198 lives, are expected to begin next April. It U planned (says the
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    DUKE OF WINDSOR'S ATTORNEY
    320 9  -  King George. Knighted By SPECIAL CEREMONY AT PICCADILLY HOME. ft/ITHIN a few hours of seeing his name in the Honours List, Mr. Walter Monckton. X.C.. Attorney-General to the Duchy of Cornwall, was urgently summoned by telephone to 146, Piccadilly. where the King gave him the accolade.
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    'RED' PROPAGANDA IN BRITAIN.
    227 9 EVIDENCE AT LONDON EXHIBITION. A remarkable mass of evidence of the world-wide activities of Communism Is to be seen In an exhibition at Dorland Hall. Lower Regent Street Prominent among the exhibits is a collection of news-sheets, some appearing regularly, others irregularly. periodicals and pamphlets preaching
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    NO COME-BACK FOR "JIM" THOMAS.
    131 9 Powerful Influences are tiring to persuade Mr Stanley Baldwin to Lake back Mr. J H. Thomas into the Cabinet, or alternatively to give him some high Government appointment In connection with the industrial reorganisation plans that are being formulated says the Sunday Weferee diplomatic correspondent.
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    AMUSEMENTS
    125 10 SINGAPOKK. GAKRICK THEATKE. GETLANO "Tmkdeer" <A Hindustani Talkie). 15 9.15 p m. GLOBC THEATKE Under Two Ptafs. 7.15— 9 SO. GKEAT WORLD—THE SKT TALKIE Cougar. NEW WOKLO Side Showi. Cabaret. Dancing. TalkKa Theatres Cinema* I KITZ GETLANG San Pranclscc. With Jeanrtte MacDonaM. Also Belli. With Ann Sot hem 7
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, FEB. 13, 1937. New Planting.
    1038 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, FEB. 13, 1937. New Planting. It may be somewhat premature .v this stage to consider modifications of the present Rubber Reguj lation Scheme in the event of control being extended after December of next year. However, chairmen of rubber producing companies are considering one aspect
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    LIDA LANGERVELD.
    104 10 To Play In Wesley Church Tomorrow. Lida Langerveid (Mrs. Vorenkamp> is on a week's visit In Singapore and will play In the Wesley Church Fort Canning tomorrow evening at 6 p.m. She has clten played In the services of worship of this church and this Sunday will be
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    ENGLAND MEETS IRELAND.
    1305 10  -  JEROME WILLIS. AT TWICKENHAM TODAY. Mingling With the Crowd On An Historic Ground. By crowd that goes to Twicken ham to witness Rugby Inter nationals is an essentially different crowd to that which attends most sporting events. Though the road from the station to the ground is
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    HOW OTHER NATIONS MOURN.
    194 10 RATIONAL and personal losses have called forth many different outward express'ons of grief; the Egyptians used to shave their eyebrows, the Greeks shaved their heads and cut off the manes of their horses (by order of Alexander > other forms of mourning have manifested themselves In
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    NOTES Of The DAY.
    542 10 AT THE ROAD'S END. IJOW far is It from one end t/ Malaya to the other north to south? Moct people. I think, mud under-e.«tlmate that distance considerably. 1 know 1 did until I looked up the new handbook or :t\e A a M r*d found
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      72 10 Coconut Palms. Stark sentinels of night erect In silhouette against a limpid Lucent r.ioon. whose clear-cut fronds Swaying in gentJe breeae make their Obeisance to a calmly rippling sea. Share with me thy tranquUlin Sweet nit are's cure for all thos Ilk Of sordid worldliness that ever Circumvent worn-out I.
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    STRONG UNDERCURRENT OF DISAFFECTION IN RUSSIA.
    369 11 RED ARMY RUMOURS. Admissions In Soviet Press. MILITARY CHIEFS DISMISSED. DMpMc repeated denials from Moscow that there is an> thing but perfect satisfaction with the beneficent dictatorship of Stalin, tales of discontent, not only among the wwien and peMMlll, but in Um Red Army
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    SUSPECTED REDS IN PEIPING.
    79 11 Students Arrested In Scores. Shanghai. Feb 12 of college students m Pelplng :uui Tientsin who are suspected of ig members o. the extremist parties, were arrested on Monday and Tuesday by the Chinese police of the two cities •udetits In several colleges petttooed the authrrlties to
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    Palestine Commission.
    27 11 London. Feb. 13 ...yul Commiasun met in idor. yes'.er Jay and r m Sir John Chann i:.- «t and c In Chief in Palestine :e«.
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    11 11 H.M.S. Malaya leaving Portsmouth after refUtinr which occupied two ye an.
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    Mixed Reception For Defence Loan.
    605 11 Mixed Reception For Defence Loan. MAY AFFECT NATIONS COST OF LIVING. London. Feb 12. THE Governments defence loan 1 proposals have met with a mixed reception in the Pres... although The Timr? declares thru there is nothing unexpected U, the announcement nor any cause for alarm on constitutional grovrds. nor
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    NAVAL BUILDING HELD UP IN U.S.
    191 11 SHORTAGE OF STEEL. Washington. Feb 13 Official figures reveal that the construction of six new destroyers and three submarines, embracing half the United States Navy's current warship building programme, is at a standstill owing to the critical shortage of steel. It is learned that
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    COUNTER-ESPIONAGE IN U.S. STRIKES.
    46 11 Washington. Feb. 12. THE revelation that General Motors I Corporation pan. the PinKerton Detective Agency $419,000 between Jan. 1. 1934 and July, 193«. was made in testimony given before the Senate sub-committee investigating the activities of labour "spies" in previous motor strikes.
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    35 11 Londoi. Feb 11 The Post Office announces that it the end of January the number of wireless recelvlrg licences in force in Great Britain was 8071.464. as compared with 7.478,817 a year ago —British Wireless.
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    PRESENTATION TO CHIANG KAI-SHEK.
    178 11 SWORD OF HONOUR. Shanghai, Feb. 12. /\NE hundred and twenty delegates, representing the student bodies of Peiping, arrived in Nanking this morning to present Gen. Chiang Kai Shek with a speciallymade sword. The sword, which is 13 Inches long, has been the result of several weeks'
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    EX-COLONIES OF GERMANY.
    175 11 FRAXCK WILL NOT RETI'RX THEM. PLAIN STATEMENTS. Paris. Feb 13. i "Neither Britain nor France wl!l I cede territory in Africa or elsewhere" I declares M Berenger. President of thForeign Affairs Committee of tn.^ Senate, referring to Herr von Rlbbentrop's interview with Lord Halifax An article in
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    BRITISH NOTE ON NEW LOCARNO.
    108 11 Reply From Russian Government. London Feb 13. Tl.e Russian Ambassador M Malsky. called at the Foreign Office yesterday and left his Government's reply to the British communication of N :v. 19 last giving the views of His Majesty's Government as to how the various opinions
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    ROOSEVELT WILL NOT RETREAT.
    178 11 NO COMPROMISE ON JUDICIARY REFORM. FIGHT TO A FINISH. Washington, Feb. 13. Mr. Roosevelt's determination not to compromise his judicial reform programme was realised when it was learned yesterday at the White House that the plan was th fruit of 18 months' deliberation between himself and
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    M.C.C. IN SYDNEY.
    58 11 N.S.W. Lose Four Men Before Lunch. The If.CC. began a four days match with New South Wales at Sydney today. New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat. but they were soon In trouble, *he English bowling prov:r>K effective At the lunch adjournment, rabies Reuter.
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    WARSHIP'S DAMAGE.
    94 11 H. M.S. Malaya Drydocked. UNDERWATER INJURIES. London. Fflv 13. H.M.S. Malaya, which collision with the Dutch steamer Kertosonu otF Oporto last Saturday, returned to Port»mouth yesterday t W drydocked for repairs. The battleship's l> port sion and slight dMMf to the platings above. A four-Inch cun was also
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    Government Help For U.S. Flood Victims.
    28 11 Government Help For U.S. Flood Victims. Washington. Irb. I? Prrsidrnt Roo%tvrlt has Mgnrd the bill rrrmlinc a S!o.MO.§«fl (•ovrrnment rorporalion for makinc loans to thr flood victims Reutrr
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    Income Tax For Kenya.
    36 11 London. Feb 1? It has beeti decided income tax in Kenya. The Colonial Secretary i: thU announcement in th" H (use of Cummoi.s said that legislation was being consider d.— British Wireless.
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      56 11 Km if Everyone likes bre»d but make sure that it is pure bread you are eating I "ROYAL BAKERY" BREAD is made from the purest ingredients under European supervision each loaf is wrapped and can be delivered to you freth daily in MM foe breakfast. '^/^A.^ /Jju^ (H fl^a IfIHF
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    New F. M. S. Volunteer Units.
    197 12 New F. M. S. Volunteer Units. Two Eurasian Platoons In Selangor. (From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Today. THAT the expansion of the F MS Volunteer Force is proceeding j apace is clear from the announce- ment of the formation of two new units of the Selangor Battalion specially for
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    CHILD WELFARE SOCIETY.
    242 12 (tood Work Done In Singapore. In acknowledging the subscript. urns that have been ger.erously Riven to d Wellare Society by those Who appeal in the list below, tic opportunity is taken of drawing th.--attention of all to the needs and I ol thLs most deserving work. Child
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    Shortage Of Land For Vegetable -Growing.
    330 12 DUE TO MILITARY ACQUISITION. Vfl \RY acquisition resulted in many acres of coconut and vegetable land being cleared for military purpose?: and squatters being turned off. says the report of the Singapore Agricultural Officer for 1935 which has just been issued. '■res of palms
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    DOMINIONS SUPPORT SINGAPORE BRITISH TRADE FAIR.
    193 12 3 EMPIRE COUNTRIES PARTICIPATING. Commissioners Confer This Morning. SPECIAL SECTION AT GREAT WORLD LIKELY. THREE Dominion Governments Canada, Australia and South Africa are giving their support to the British Trade Fair to be held at the Great World Amusement Park from April 30 to
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    22 12 Mr. T A. MacNair and Miss M. Hoorweg who were married before the Reristrar in Singapore this j morning. Straits Times Photograph
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    SINGAPORE ART EXHIBITION.
    51 12 Sculpture and pa. tilings of Mr. end Mrs J Wenischer wUI be on exhibition at the Cafe Lounge of Robinson air! Co. Ltd. Rallies Place, for a week commencing Monday They comprise studies of the east coast of Malay? and of the Sakai ab iri»lnes of the
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    Australia's Support For Singapore.
    81 12 •THE chain of air bases which 1 Britain is rstablishinf at Singapore and elsewhere In the Far Eaat has prompted the Australian Government to construct baaea which will provide additional links in the Empire system of aerial defence. The Commonwealth's plans provide tentatively for the development
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    AUSTRALIAN PARTY TO VISIT SINGAPORE.
    94 12 Rotary Goodwill Mission To Far East. An Australian Rotary goodwill mission to China and Japan will ixtend its tour to Singapore, where the members expect to arrive en Apr. 17. Advice to this effect has bevn received by Mr. W. A. L. Schaub. pieMdent of
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    TODAY'S SINGAPORE WEDDING.
    94 12 Mr. T. A. MacNair And Miss M. Hoorweg:. Dressed simply in a chocolate-co- loured blouse, a red silk scarf around the neck and a dark tweed skirt. Miss Marelke Hoorweg was married this morning to Mr. Thomas Alexander Macnalr at the Singapore Marriage Registry Mr. H A.
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    PORTSMOUTH-COLOMBO IN FIVE TON CUTTER.
    106 12 Voyager May Come To Singapore. After sailing from Portsmouth to Colombo by way of Suez in a five-ton cutter. Mr AO H Macpherson may come on to Singapore in his tiny craft Mr Macpherson has formed a famous collection of old prints and paintings, totalling
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    BURMA & CORONATION.
    88 12 BURMA CORONATION. Police Contingent Of Nearly Twenty. Rangoon. Close on the heels of "Coronation rush" the Oovernment of Burma Is busy selecting official candidates to represent its Police Force at the Coronation of Their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to be held In London on May 12. Th?
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    30 12 Miss Mis. Mareike Hoorwrg Mr. T, A. MacNalr after thUr marriage at Singapore Marriage Registry this morning With them are Messrs. I. R. Anderson and R. Andrews. —Straitt Timet Photograph.
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    Income Tax For Colony Not Being Considered.
    213 12 TREASURER'S ASSURANCE. A CABLE received last night from the London Correspondent of the Straits Times reported than an emissary of the Straits Settlements Government was attending Somerset House for the purpose of studying certain aspects of the administration of that department. A report
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    "JOY-FLIGHTS" AT BATU PAHAT.
    100 12 72 Go Up In Singapore Planes. Seventy- two enthusiasts were taxen on "Joy-flight*" in two Royal Singapore Flying C;ub Moth aeroplanes- a Oipsy and a Hermes— at Bi'.u P-iiiat yesterday. Most of the passengers were Indians and Malays, with a proportion of Europeans and Chinese. There
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    NOVEL "CON" TRICK.
    108 12 Posed As Reincarnation Of Dead Son. Rangoon Burma's novel confidence trick man Is 25-year-old Maung Pyaw. With the ruse that he Is really the reincarnation of his dead son. the con man ingratiated himself Into the favour of U Thin, the bereaved father, and lived with him.
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      A UNIVERSITY.
      127 12 To the Editor of the Straits Time* Sir. One possible objection to a unlersity at Singapore nas not yet been mentioned What would Hong Kong do without its Malayan pupils It l.s already struggling hard against developments In the New China. It: pupils arc White Russians. Filipinos. Portuguese.
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    60 12 Th.' titular feast of the Church ot Our Lady of Lourdes will be celebrated at the Ophir Road Church tomorrow The High Mass will be sung at 8 a m and at 7 p m tt, procession If the nich? containing the statue of Our Lady of Lourdes will take
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    TRACTION CO., 5 PER CENT. DIVIDEND.
    177 12 TRACTION CO., 5 PER CENT. DIVIDEND. First Payment On Ordinaries. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London. Feb. 2. pOLLOWIM; quickly upon the reorganisation of the capital structure of the Singapore Traction Co. Ltd. comes the proposal to pay a dividerd of 5 per cent, lewt tax, on the ordinary shares in
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    32 12 T»o Japanr-* women in fancy drr» at the dance held in the Japanese .Society Hall in Jnhnrr Raliru on Feb II in honour of the 2597 th Anniversary of the Japanese Fmpire
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    Singapore To Be As Strong As Gibraltar.
    223 12 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang. Feb 12 "THAT Singapore will become as great and Important a fortress as Gibraltar was the view expressed by General Sir Alexander John Oodley. a former Governor of the Empire's Mediterranean citadel, when Interview aboard the Naldera Sir
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      53 12 WING LOONG TAILORED "SPORTS SUITS" jMt reflect the fine quality of their cloth 'fC W& and the true craftsmanship of their W^ 'make up' wherever they are seen. ifsi Cut on generous lines, easy and Rll sportingly comfortable and wear resisting, keeping their shape under the hardest conditions. j^J fex
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    HELPED TO BUILD POLICE CORPS D'ELITE.
    891 13 Mr. N. A. M. Griffins Work For Sikh Contingent. OFFICERS BID FAREWELL TO ACTING INSPECTOR-GENERAL. THK part played by Mr. N. A. M. Griffin, the retiring acting Inspector-General of Police, S.S., in building up the "corps ri Chtc of the force "—the Sikh Contingent—
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    WOMAN WEEPS IN COURT
    186 13 No Money To Pay $15 Fine. From Our Own Correspondent Talplng. Feb. 11 A pathetic scene was witnessed the Taiplng Courts yesterday when an old Chinese woman. Peck Swee. Durst i Into tears when she was sentenced to a fine of S15 or In defau't two
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    WHERE LEPROSY IS MOST VIRULENT
    724 13 Sungei Buloh's Importance Stressed. AMERICAN EXPERT ON MALAYA'S PROBLEM. "OUNGEI Buloh Is one of the most Important leprosy centres In the world," declared Dr. H. Wade, world-famous American leprologist. in an address to the Kuala Lumpur Rotary Club on Wednesday. Dr. Wade, who Is attending
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    MR. R. V. HARRIS.
    39 13 Mr R V Harris, proceeded on home leave by the P. and O. Rawalpindi yesterday and during his absence Mr H. F. Hammond 1* In charge of the P and O Co affairs In Singapore.
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    34 13 Four Japanese ladies in red white and blue at the dance held in the Javanese Society Hall In Johore Bahrn on Feb. 11 in honour of the 2597 th anniversary of the Japanese Empire.
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    Chinese Merchants Back At Work Today.
    204 13 (By Our Chinese Correspondent.) |7ROM today will begin the 363-day grind for Chines** merchant* in Malaya who have taken the last two days off for Chiwsi Year. Although no adult ia entirely free from the Kong Hee Fat Choi" greeting (the codeword among children
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    RADIO PHONE TO MALAYA.
    140 13 'From Our Own Corespondent London. Feb. 4 In the House of C-mrrons last night. Mr H Day. Lab. Southward I asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the estimated cost on completion of the telephone equipment which is to be installed In Malaya lot the
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    USE OF KNIFE TOO COMMON IN MALAYA.
    311 13 USE OF KNIFE TOO COMMON IN MALAYA. Whipping Only Way To Stop It. (Knim 'Jur Own Correspondent.) Ipoh. Feb. 11. "The us* of the knifV w far t<><> rommon in \h\-~ country and I don't think ;in> rm of imprisonment i-. ti> -t<>;> it. I think that Mthiag hut whipping
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      121 13 I HOW ARE YOU TD-fXf?] PPSI^ WORRYING mThislHH^^^M I MMJS^'^-^siasissS*. I V*^ Ok/I V J I^Hfi^^^ WHEN CONVALESCENCE IS SLOW IN so many cases after Malaria and other fevers convalcence is protracted and strength returns /^^/J •o slowly. This is the time when Horlick's can v be of such help.
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    SELANGOR INDIANS LOSE TO THE "SKINS."
    500 14 Hard Fought Hockey Match At Balestier, fHK MMgW Indian Association hockey team net the Inniskilling h usiliers eleven at Halesticr Plain yesterday and suffered defeat by j (he odd coal in three. The same was fast and exciting and the issue! •M nry much
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    MALAY INTER-STATE MATCHES.
    287 14 NegriSembilan Draw With Perak. 'From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur Feb. 12. Par the first time Malays from the Federated States, except Pahang. met today In a hockey tournament, on the Technical School ground Perak drew with Negrl Sembllan. while earlier in the day heavy rain compelled
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    14 14 .tart of a heat in the three mile, championship race for schoolboy, at '^J^/^^*,^
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    "-RAIN STOPPED PLAY."
    77 14 No Cricket Possible In Singapore Yesterday. There was no play in the cricket match between the SRC and the S C.C. yesterday owing to the rain The game was therefore abandoned without a ball being bowled. Also, the match at Baleatier between the Singapore and Selangor Indians
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    72 14 A Canadian steeplechaser, named Rock Lad. has arrived In England in order to be prepared (or the 193« Liverpool Orand National. He Is to txgiven plenty of time to acclimatise. but will of course, be raced In England before next year F Furlong, who won the 1035 Orand National on
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    53 14 There will be another match I t m~ sculling championship of £ngland on Easter Monday March **9 £rie Phelp*. the holder, has accepted a challeng; from Lou B. Barry for a s!d?-wager >i £200. PheJps Ss at present roaehtnf In Germany. whi> Barry Is dolr.^ h'l usual work as a
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    24 14 The officials at the cycling carnival at Jalin Besar. in which heats were run off yesterday. The finals take place today. Straits Times Photograph
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    MALAYAN COLTS' VICTORY.
    368 14 Chinese Beaten At Kuala Lumpur. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 12. A FAST attack and a .sound defence were features of the play of the All-Malayan Colts hockey side who defeated the AllMalayan Chinese 2—o2 0 in the first match of its kind, played on
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    53 14 MMrict Holtzer o 1 France. Is now wnrld champion of the feathrr-welghte because he has elected himself. The !BU decided to organise a world competlMrm for the title and Invited entries Holu?r was tv>e only fighter te nend In h!s Bam si thit lr^'.^ally the IBl' must now proclaim him
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    REID BEATS ABBOTT IN NORTH MALAYAN GOLF FINAL.
    45 14 REID BEATS ABBOTT IN NORTH MALAYAN GOLF FINAL. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Feb. 13. J. B. Reid won the North Malayan golf championship, defeating Abbott 2 and 1 in the final. The matches were played on the Ipoh Coif Club's course during the holidays.
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    CYCLING CARNIVAL AT JALAN BESAR.
    283 14 Series Of Finals This Afternoon. HcV«s for the Cycling Carnival, run by Mr. G Mahmood. wet-.' contested at Jalan Besar yesterday a:;d the finals will be run oil today Ground conditions were vary bad yesterday owing to rain and there were several spills but happily
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    33 14 Nel Tarleton. former British featherweight champion, who hm> reconsidered his decision to retire from the ring will make a come-back In Belfast on Feb 22. when he meets Spider Kelly, the Irish champion
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    H. E. & LADY THOMAS WATCH TRAINING.
    319 14  - H. E. LADY THOMAS WATCH TRAINING. "Capt. Dash." THIS MORNING'S RUNS AT BUKIT TIMAH. GLEN DEVON CREATES A GOOD IMPRESSION. By H.E. the Governor and I.ad> Thomas were amoni; th»>«*- who watched the training on the second track at Hukit limnh 1 hi- morning. They were especially interested in a
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    MALAYS' TENNIS TOURNEY.
    357 14 Sultan Of Pahang Takes Part From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur. Feb 12 Good progress was made today with the second All-Malaya Malays lawn tennis tournament, on the Sultan Suleiman Club courts In the first round of the men's open singles. Sheriff, of Kedah. defeated Adnan. of
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    S.C.C. TOURNAMENT.
    55 14 There was no play yesterday, owing 111 1 the rain, in the i.iviutlon lawn tennis tournament at the SCC Women players were requested to b«at the club this morning also m<") players able to attend, to play If conditions permitted. All competitors must report to the hon. referee
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    FIRST DAYS HANDICAPS.
    23 14 The hand naps for the fir-t d:i> of the S.T.C. Sprin M. inif will he found on Pair* t» todav
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    K.L. LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    383 15 Good Play On Wet Courts. 'From Our Own Correspondent > Kuala L.'tnpur. Feb. 12. Rain throughout th.s morning caused the postponement of a number of ties In the Selangor Club's Chinese New Year tennis tournament, but a bright nlternoon sun -1-led the courts In some measure,
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    THK SPORTS DIARY.
    104 15 TODAY. Laan Trnata: 8 C C. tournament < rrliaf M mine at J»lan Btaar Stadium. llarkr; I A V*. 8etanfor Indlanj Vx-kltBC: R 8 Y C. rt. P.D.Y C. Irirkrl: 8 C R C. VI. Til- S.J.I. VI. K k S C. M Mitl Tnuk: 8 C
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    PETERSEN BATTERED TO DEFEAT.
    1257 15 Round-by-Round Description Of Fight With Neusel. pOR the third tine, at Harringay or Feb. 1, Walter Neusel, of Germany, compelled Jack Petersen. of Wales, to relinquish a hopeless straggle. In their first fight Pete men was finished in the eleventh I round; in the second, a
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    PROMOTER'S QUANDARY.
    105 15 The result of the fight leaves the promoter. Mr. Sydney Halls, in a quandary. He has booked Max Baer. former heavy-weight champion of the world, to box at Harringay on March 15. To pet Petersen against Baer would now he futile Possibly Ben Foord will be fit, bat
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    R.S. Y. C. GAIN A LEAD.
    399 15 Interport Races With Port Dickson. The first race of a series of two between the R.S.Y.C. and Port Dickson V.C.. sailed yesterday morning, resulted in Singapore gaining a lead of 32 Vi points to 28. Although the weather was overcast and there was slight
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    FIRST MATCH FOR TITLE WON BY HOLDER.
    107 15 Squash Rackets! The first match for the Professional Squash Rackets Championship between the holder. J. Dear, and bis challenger. D. O. Butcher, was played at Prince's Club. Knlghubrldge. on Feb. 1. when Dear won by B—lo.8 10. 3. t—6. 9—4. Butcher, who lost
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    THE CLUB VERANDAH
    541 15  -  "ECHO." Rain the Spoilsport The Last Test When the Ball Lost Its Shape— Allen as Tactician L. T. A. and Prizes. CothimtiJ ilx CURELY this rain has had a rood j enough Innings and needn't have butted In to spoil Chinese New Year sport! It Is very
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    WELL BRED HORSES FOR MALAYA.
    102 15 The Turf. The Anglo-Irish Agency. Ltd 27 Old Bond Street. London, have recently exported to Malaya the foli'-winc well known animals Democrat brown ceding. I by Solarto out of Soliloquy Winner or the Welsh Derby and other races Ben Gn^brtt -bay Raiding by Blenheim out
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    CHURCH SERVICES.
    1657 16 First Sunday in Lent: "Forgiven." II nerds only tbe experience of a cross examination to conthat our consciousness Is partial, and that we are oblivious Btl any given moment of quite half our, material surroundings It needs but, little more experience of the spiritual 1 l.ff fca make
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    42 16 Ist a cere—ay Ist ft aas t Muaoolini decorated Use heroes it the Abyssinian campaign, atao taw mother* aad wives of men who tost their live*, rtetare shows II Dvee e>eoratsßg the widow of a soldier who loot his life in Abyssinia
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    RAILWAY WORK WILL HELP INDUSTRY.
    79 16 British Industry will benefit considerably as a result of the derision of the L.MJS. to'caxry Into effect a hate programme of permanent way renewal. Thousands of the company's miles of track are to be entirely relald and nearly 100 miles will be re-ateepered. More than
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    £100,000 A YEAR GIVEN TO BOGUS CHARITIES.
    383 16 Collectors Disguised As Nurses. |)ETAILS of bogus charity collecting schemes now thriving in all parts of the country were given at the conference in London of the Charity Organisations Society. It was stated that: ■<■!!■ NU4 7I IMCW ttaos hi L— i— briar
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    "MOST RECKLESS CHARGE."
    348 16 £800 APPEAL BY A DIRECTOR FAILS. CLERK'S DETENTION IN OFFICE. 1 have never known a case In which a charge was made so recUrssry or lmj properly or upon such insufficient information." said Lord Justice Slesser In the Court of Appeal 1 The Court, without calling on
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    SPECIAL AREAS BILL.
    150 16 New Districts May Be Determined. A letter received by Mr. Rhys levies, UP, from the secretary to Mr. Lord manager of the NunVld Tniat. tnti mates that the Trust U Intended to give assistance only to the Special Anas as defined by Act of Parliament The communication
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      501 16 B. H .swAwfti •w*^^^ One enemy decay attacks teeth. Another Pyorrhea threat' ens guns. This second mini te so dangerous that 4 out of people over 4O suffer from it Merely hruihin« your teeth is but half the battle. Brush hnfh trrth and |umi with FOR' HANS anj defeat Kxh
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    CONTROLLED RESERVATIONS FOR SAKAIS.
    1816 17 Protection Proposals By Mr. H. D. Noone. EXPLOITATION BY TRADERS. THL-; need for iMiimim for the protection of the aborigines of the Malay Peninsula it stressed by Mr. H. D. Noone, field ethnographer of the Perak Museum, m his report on the settlement* and welfare of
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    JIM MOLLISON TO PAY £436.
    102 17 Mr J A Mollison. the airman, did not attend in the King's Bench Dlylsicn to defend a claim by the De Havilland Aircraft Company for £436 expenses incurred after Mr and Mrs Moillson's 1933 Atlantu night in a rrachlne supplied by De HavlUands .\sr J
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      242 17 4oupJU*us»q Jfs^ A Jealous R| Wife's T^Confession U\btoJiiAM n _bMbb^ JbbbMS^Bw wil cooling oil. At JO I had UPW KCtfc^L a pretty face and fresh clear f HfrT^^^ skin. But housework and brini;in;; %B^^^ll^^ '"^^fc BVM up two children %000 brooght lines an 1 IsA *»O Vi\^ wrtoktei. At 30
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    FLOATING SUBURB FOR CORONATION.
    906 18 Vessels In Thames. PLANS FOR RECEIVING OVER SEAS VISITORS. FIFTEEN u.sels will be moored in the River Thames and used M "Moating hotels" during Coronation Week— May U to 15 This announcement has been made by the Port of London Authority, who estimate that 10,000 people
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    VILLAGE MADE OF MATCH-STICKS.
    49 18 Eight thousand match-sticks have been used by Mr. J. Ayres. a Northampton hairdresser, in the making of a miniature village. The only articles used were a razorblade and Klue. The work has taken Mr Ayras, who is 30 years of age, nine months to complete
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    37 18 London. Feb. 11 Th- date of the afternoon party at Buckingham Palace, which will be the first social function at the Palace In the new reign, has been changed from Mar 24 to Mar. 16— British Wireless.
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    19 18 Coldest England in January: a toboggan party rlimbinr a snowcovered hillside in the Peak district of Derbyshire last week.
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    BIG CHARITABLE BEQUEST.
    437 18 OVER £700,000 TO GLASGOW. FROM SIR T. LIPTON'S ESTATE. Over £700.000 will. It b estimated, now be thared by charities in CHasgcw through the sale of businesses and estates of the late Sir Thomas Upton In America. Canada and Ceylon— six years after his death. < Sir
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    B.B.C.'S MYSTERY CRITIC.
    136 18 Rival Programmes Broadcast A mystery broadcaster who criticises BBC. programmes ana then entertains listeners with Interludes of t is own. has been heard by many people at Welllngborough. Northamptonshire. Although his activities are known to the Poet Office authorities, he has not been located so f*r "Hello
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    INDIAN JOINS ANTI-FRANCO BRIGADE.
    47 18 London A young Bengali. Mr. Sar.tosh Kumar Ohosal. has left for Spain to ].>:n the International Brigade at Madrid, which Is Anting against General Franco's troops <says the Times of India). ITe Is the first and only Indian In the j International Brigade.
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    INFLUENZA FLOUTS THE LAW.
    175 18 Murder Appeal Case Held I'p. Influenza last montli held up ai assize and a murder appeal, .-losed all elementary schools at Bridl.m;lon for a week, and resulted In a waiting list for Glasgow hosplta's Bedlordshli? Assizes w.t postponed because of th? Illness rf Mr Justliv Humphreys.
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    AUSTRALIA'S WAR MEMORIAL.
    142 18 CONSTRICTION I\ FRANCE. INVITATION TO Kl\(,. fourc.U:' i.' of t!i Austr.iUun war memorial at VII en Br i Amiens It Is like!-. King will b-- ask>H) by t!i ernment to perfom tho I This I- tlv on!y war Bttam In courv ol n In Franr.r. It has
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      286 18 r PHE fronts of har taath glaam, but sha mat an old-fashioned, clumsy brush J quita unsuitad to its work, and tha 1 backs of har taath ara untouchad. V 1 Tak's short haad wa« tpecißlly dasign*d to fit lha innar curva of your mouth and aJL lo kaap tha
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    UNEMPLOYMENT IN CEYLON.
    274 19 Deputation Warns Government. "A QUICK SOLUTION MUST BE FOUND." Colombo. "1 SAY with great reluctance that a quick solution must be found or the people, who are in a state of jjreat excitement, may adopt an attitude which would not be advantageous to the ordinary form of
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    MALARIA EPIDEMIC.
    42 19 raina I Whole families have been wiped out In many villages In Darbhanga as the result of a particularly virulent form of malaria which has been raging there for the past two months. Paddy crops in many Acids arc unattended.
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    'India Will Not Keep Independence Even For A Few Days.'
    938 19 PROBLEM OF DEFENCE. Why Her Goal Should Be Dominion Status. Bombay. A DEBATE in which both Europeans and Indians participated was arranged here by the European Progressive proup. The motion was: "That in the opinion of the house. Dominion Status
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    MEDICINAL PLANTS OF INDIA.
    97 19 Glossary Ready Soon. New Delhi. A glossary of medicinal plants or India which are used In the Allopathic. Ayurvedlc and Unanl systems of medicine will be available In the near The work of collecting data began some ten years ago In the Indian Research Fund Association,
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    BAN ON CONGRESS RESOLUTION.
    185 19 POLICE ACTION IN DELHI. Delhi. CONSIDERABLE excitement prevails in Congress circles In Delhi as the it-suit of a notification issued by the Chief Commissioner ordering tod ture of all copies of newspapers, books, or other documents giving publicity to the words of the Congress independence resolution
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    Shoe Thrown At Congress President
    44 19 Cawnpore An old shoe waa thrown at Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru when he ascended the rostum to address an election meeting on the Parade Grounds. Cawnpore. Earlier in the day he had addressed half a doten meetings In Cawnpore villages.
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    25 19 Lady Unlithfow. the Vicereine pliot»cr*phed with her second d-tumi ter Lady Joan Hope arriving in State to watch Ihe annual proclaim tion paradt in alrntta
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    BIG RISE IN INDIAN WHEAT EXPORTS.
    113 19 600 Times More Than In 1933. There has been an Mto Improvement in the export and price o! Indian wheat. Exports since Apr. 1 :.wt amount to nearly thirty time. tt.e figure for the previous year and about six hundred times the figure for
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    Coronation Exhibition
    75 19 For Ceylon. An All -Ceylon Exhibition and Carnival will be held during the Coronanation celebrations in Colombo The Exhibition, which will be run between May 11 and May 26. will cover not only the Coronation holiday but the Wesak and Hadji festival* as well. The movement is being
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    Lynching: In Bangalore Village.
    64 19 Bangalore. The Bangalore police have arrested 19 persons on charges of having taken part In the lynching of a villager A crowd of over 2.000 villagers. It U alleged, chased him from street to street and beat him severely, suspecting him to be a kidnapper of
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    47 19 India's smallest railway ■tattca Is at Verrampalll. In the Madras Presidency. The t hole station consists of a dis;carded goods van *hlch serves as the booking office, .stationmaster's office. goods office, post < (Tire and I office It also contains the ■tatton bell, weighing machine and inter box.
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    HIS MAJESTY THE KING RECEIVES AMBASSADORS.
    133 20 AmbaBB«dors and Ministers to the Court of St. James presented their credentials on Feb. 1, to His Majesty King George VI, at Buckingham Palace. They were presented to His Majesty by Mr. Anthony Eden, the Foreign Minister. Mr Anthony Eden leaving the n Offlff
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