The Straits Times, 28 February 1937

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    39 1 THE SUNDAY TIMES THE LEADING SUNDAY NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA FINAL EDITION Ij No. 271 Sunday, February 28, 1937 Price 10 cents. THE SUNDAY TIMES The Leading Sunday Newspaper In Malaya. No. 271 Sunday, February 28, 1937 Price 10 cents.
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    NEW OIL SUPPLY WHICH MAY CHANGE BRITAIN'S EASTERN STRATEGY
    232 1 Men And Machinery Rushed To New POSSIBLE NEW NAVAL AND AIR BASE FOR INDIAN OCEAN Admiralty's Close Watch On Dovelopments London, Saturday. ATTEMPTS which have been proceeding for some time to locate oil on the Bahrein Islands in the Persian Gulf
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    MUI TSAI REPORT TOMORROW
    145 1 MUI TSAI REPORT TOMORROW Few Surprises Expected r A FTER months of delay the mvi tsai report has arrived in Singapore and will be released officially for publication tomorrow. It is the outcome of the visit made to Singapore and other Far Eastern centres by Colonial Office commission in the
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    Baldwin To Become An Earl
    231 1 WHEN Mr. Baldwin retires from the Premiership at the Coronation he will receive an earldom, and will take his title from one of the districts of his favourite Worcestershire. Discussions have been going on in the Baldwin household over the territorial designation to be adopted
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    Big Orders For Malaya At B. I. Fair
    41 1 London, Saturday. 'THE Malayan section of the British Industries Fair reports many inquiries and an order for 1,000 tons of goods is among those placed. Rubber horseshoes and sheepboots, which were specially com-
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    TEST MATCH
    83 1 Australia: 593 for 9 Bradman 169 Badcock 118 McCabe 112 Gregory 80 Fames 5 for 92 Voce 3 for 117 mented upon by the King during the Royal visit, have been sold to New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. Pineapples and tapioca have been ordered 1 on a
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    LEGATION BURGLED
    26 1 (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok. Saturday. The German Legation was buried last night and the Minister "ost cloth-i.-ig, a cigarette case and a watch.
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    AIRWAYS IN EAST PLAN EXPANSION
    86 1 AIRWAYS IN EAST PLAN EXPANSION Manila, Saturday. \fANIL,A is another aspirant for tm the title "Croydon of the Far East." It is relfublff learned that Imperial Airways has approached the Philippines Government with a view to extending its air service jrom Singapore to Hong Kong to Manila. It is also
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    India's Budget A "Story Of Disappointment:"
    342 1 BIG DROP IN IMPORTS OF SUGAR AND BRITISH PIECEGOODS New Delhi, Saturday. PRESENTING the budget in the Legislative Assembly today Sir James Grigg, Finance Member, said that although the budget vas a story of disappointment he hoped the difficulties could be surmounted with little
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    The Army Experiments With Troops By Parachute
    95 1 The Army Experiments With Troops By Parachute r FIIE British military authorities recently carried out experiments for the transportation of infantry, ammunition and fuel by aeroplanes, the Morning Post learns. In this connection it is also planned to test the possibilities of landing troops by parachute jumping. The military authorities
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    EUROPEAN'S 200 FEET DEATH FALL
    112 1 EUROPEAN'S 200 FEET DEATH FALL (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping, Saturday. I lEUT. J. P. G. E. ORME, of the 2nd. Punjab Regiment, went bathing early this afternoon. Some hours later his motor-car was found .unattended and a search for him began. Four hundred soldiers of the regiment and a
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    CLOSING PRICES
    72 1 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Saturday. RUBBER: Firmer. London, spot 10 13 164. 10 15 16d Apr-June 10- _d 114. July-Sept 10 15 I6d. 11 1/lSd. (id lie-, ...lid. 11 1 16d. COPRA: £20 ss. PEPPEB: (Lpc. Bk. forward) 2 13'16d. GOLD: £7 2s. 3d. SILVER SPOT: 20
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    Fields By Aeroplane
    109 1 Sculpts While In Trance J^YPNOSIS." a statue hailed in Budapest as one of the outstanding works of art of the century, is the work of a young scuiptor, Andov Koosis, who was said to have made it during a hypnotic trance. Koosis had made quite a name
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    Most Delicate Moment Of War In Spain Approaching
    196 1 Most Delicate Moment Of War In Spain Approaching —SENOR L. CABALLERO Madrid, Saturday. TTHE military situation around Madrid remains stationary, but the Government is using the lull further to strengthen the lines defending: the Valencia road. The reorganisation of the Spanish anti-Fascist forces as the Arm of the People is
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    Colony Cavalcade
    1701 2  -  Old-Jimer By Why Not a Female Muncom? Singapore's Civic Sex Monopoly— "M.C," "M.L.G" And The Mother of Parliaments WHY should there not be a woman on the Singapore Municipal Commission That question was asked by a contributor to the Straits Times women's supplement last week, and I for
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    BETTER ESTATE DRESSERS ESSENTIAL
    237 3 PROPOSALS RATHER VAGUE Planters Endorse One Sastri Report Recommendation BUT CRITICISED KANGANY SYSTEM DEFENDED (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 27. Jl PROMINENT member of the UP. A.M. Council, interviewed by the Sunday Times about Mr. Sastri's report to the Government of India on the
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    37 3 STUDENT PRINCE FROM ABYSSINIA: G-year-old Prince Desta, grandson of the Emperor of Abyssinia is now a pupil at King's Col-\e-xe, Taunijn. Devon. He is the son of Ras Drsta who is the husband of the Emperor's daughter
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    RUBBER WITH NO CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN
    131 3 RUBBER WITH NO CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN Chinese Charged Yesterday AH CHONG. a Chinese, was charged before Mr. Cuthbert Ess, the Fifth Singapore Magistrate yesterday with importing between $5,000 to $6,000 worth of rubber unaccompanied by a certificate of origin. Mr D. K. Johnson, Assistant Superintendent of Excise, asked for a
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    STRANGE CONDITIONS IN RICH MAN'S WILL
    140 3 THE Marquis d'Cr.-e d'Aubais died recently, left a will giving £100,000 to the French Government but on these conditions His body was to be embalmed, seated in an armchair, then paced in a glass box. The glass box was then to be placed in
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    FRASER & CO.'S REPORT
    125 3 FRASER CO.'S REPORT IN thslr daily report on the share market issued at the close of business yesterday, Messrs. Fraser and Cc. state that the price of tin fell $1.50 to $122. Tin shares suffered slightly during the day from liquidation and prices wen slightly lower. A fair volume uf
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    79 3 Noon, Saturday. Buyers Sellers No. 1 K. R.S.S. in cases (F. 0.8.) 36! i 36*6 Good F.A.Q. in cases (F. 0.8.) 36 3 16 36 5/16 No. 1 K. R S.S. (Spot loose) mardable Spore 36U 36?h March 36% 3614 Apr-June 36% 36* July-Sept. 36?
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    RUBBER PRICE
    34 3 The price of rubber for a&sessment of export duty in the F.M.S. for the period Feb. 26. 1937. to Mr>-. 4. 1937. inclusive, has been fixed «a 35 13/16 cents a pound.
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    POLICE BAND
    54 3 The Police Band will play on Tuesday, at Tcljk Ayer at 6 p.m.: Marche, Lorraine (Louis Qanne) Overture, Marco Spada (D. F. Aub:n Selection. Show Boat (Jerome Kern) Valse. Donan Wellen (J. Ivanovlnl) Cornet Solo. The Rosary (Ethelbert Nevln) Pot-Pourrl, Selection Old ana New 'Herman Flnck) March, Merry
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    MALAY DIES AT 90
    42 3 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban. The death took place at his esidence in LimbDk Road. Seremban, of Inehe Abdul Latif bin Penghulu Abdullah, who was about 90 years of age. There was a largo attendance at ths funeral.
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    IN MEMORIAM
    27 3 In ever loving memory of a devoted husband and Father Thomas Oswald Mayhcw. Died Feb. 28. 1933. Not today, but always ln sller.ee we remember.
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    68 3 HEIRESS MARRIES DEVON FISHERMAN Daughter of a wealthy Yorkshire colliery owner Miss Joan Mary Ellison, was married at Calmpton Church, Hope Cove, Devon, to a local fisherman, Mr. Ernest Edward Powlesland. whom she met and fell in love with when on holiday to Hope Cove, three years ago. In the
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    Eyes Of Law On 12 Cheetahs
    132 3 Eyes Of Law On 12 Cheetahs WHY twelve cheetahs have been Imported into England is puzzling Sir John Simon, the Home Secretary. At any rate, cheetah coursing with live game is not likely to be allowed. This was indicated in the House of Commons by Sir John in reply to
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      316 3 IN SINGAPORE TODAY CINEMAS. Today. ALHAMBRA: Mad Holiday with Edmund Lowe and Ello.a Landl. 3.10 6.15—9.15. < \riTOL: Ths charge of Th« Light Erifade with Erro! Fl>nn and Olivia de Ila\illand. 3.15—5.15—9.15. f;\RRiCK— c-*:vlang: Prince of Thle.es 6.15—9.15. GLOBE THEATRE, GBE \T WORLD: Give us This nijht. MARI.BOROUGH: Kind Kesaii
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      356 3 Pangkor 15 3 Centaur 13 3 Duisburg 11 3 City of Kimberley 8 3 Patronella 7 3 Empire Cock Steel Mariner 32 3 Tweedbank 36 3 Maron 48 4 West Wharf Meonla 5 4 B nuyvis 1 4 Section 10 Mirzapore 50 8 Islander 52 8 TIDE TABLE. TODAY H.
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    COULD HARDLY RISE FROM HER CHAIR.
    195 4 Thought There Was No Cure For Rheumatism. This woman was such a cennrmed 6Utlercr from meumatism that she thought it was incurable. But before she had finished one bottle of Kruschen her rheumatism was leaving htr. Here is her letter.— "I had rheumatism so
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    RICH AMERICANS, ENGLISH NOBLES AND CONTINENTAL ARISTOCRATS
    547 4 Luxury World Cruise Liners Li Singapore Soon With All Will Be Spending Except Germans Who Get Only $8 A Month THIS is the story of nearly 1,250 rich Americans, of English nobles and Continental aristocrats who, wishing to see the world in comfort
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    Miss Otis Vainly Regrets
    134 4 Miss Otis Vainly Regrets IT is not to be expected that the average Chinese boy is very familiar with the name Otis. Far less with the dance tune, "Miss Otis Regrets Thereby hangs tht following tales, says the North-China Daily News. At a certain foreign club in Shanghai a group
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    FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN BALI DEDICATED
    260 4 FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN BALI DEDICATED Missionaries Begin To Make Inroads (From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavla. TTHE first Christian church In Bali was consecrated at Toka on Feb.--14. Since 1891 several attempts have been made by missionaries to introduce Christianity to Bali, but with no success. By 1935, however, a
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    Yellow Fever In W. Africa
    168 4 The town of Accra, Gold Coast, has been put into quarantine because of an outbreak of yellow fever. There have been a number of deaths amonfist the Syrian and native popuHt r>~ painted Singapore in most colourful phrases. Tourists must, expect much! Let us compare
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    Another Raleigh
    47 4 AS a car driven by a woman was slipping on an icecovered road at Calgary, Alberta, a passing pedestrian took off his coat and spread it beneath the spinning wheels. The woman drove away, the man picked up his coat, shook it— and walked on.
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    Empress Boat's Masts 'Clipped'
    43 4 •THE towering masts of the Empress of Britain have been "clipped." Originally 208 feet above the load water line, they have been reduced by two feet to ensure clear entry under the new Golden Gate Bridge at San Francisco.
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    $1,000,000 BUILDING FOR SINGAPORE
    56 4 'THE brothers Aw Boon Haw and Aw Boon Par have planned the building of a 12-storey, $1,000,000 head office and factory on a 60.000 square feet site, purchased for 5170.00 C. at the Junction of Tanjong Pagar and Cantonment roads. As soon as building plans are
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    1,000-FT. FALL DOWN PIT-SHAFT
    39 4 Alexander Lumsden, aged 60, after Joking with fellow-workmen at Auchengeich Colliery, Lanarkshire, halfturned to leave and stepped into the pit shaft. He was hurtled a thousand feet to the bottom where his body was found.
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    ILLEGAL FLIGHTS
    30 4 Illegal flights over the most northerly parts of Sweden by foreign 'planes have been reported by the military commander of the area, who proposes measures to prevent them.
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    Shaking Hands With Giant
    46 4 nrriERE'S Sft. sin. of this young man so no wonder the girls with whom he is shaking hands feel small. The giant is Myllirinne and his horn* is in Finland. This picture was taken at Milan where he is paying a visit
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    STRAITS BAN ON BOOKS
    146 4 NINE PUBLICATIONS IN LIST ITNDER t°c Seditious Publications Ordinance, states a Government j Gazette extraordinary issued jesterday, the importation or bringing: into the Colony of the following publications has been prohibited: The Voice of China, published in Shanghai, China, and issued in English. Giu Guo Sh
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    Burma-Japan Trade Negotiations
    33 4 Rangoon. Trade conversations bet'soen Mr. K. Yonezada (Consul-Oeneral for Japan representing his Government) and Mr. W. Booth-Gravely (Financial Commissioner, Burma, representing Burma) are proceeding here. Material progress has been made.
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    £50,000 FORFEITED IF WIDOW REMARRIES
    36 4 Mr. Sydney Hogg, retired Harrogate shipowner who left £207,469, gave £60,000 and his house and furniture on trust to his wife during widowhood, or £10,000 in the event of her remarriage.
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      36 4 Bth DAY... and still Drawing the Crowds. Positively LAST 2 DAYS! "CAPITOL THREE SHOWS TODAY! ERROL FLYNN AND OLIVIA de HAVILLAND IN Warner Bros magnificent epic of BRITISH HEROISM 11 tne CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE"
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    Yesterday's Weddings
    419 5 Yesterday 's Weddings WELL-KNOWN FOOTBALLER AND SCOTTISH GIRL (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. MR. Archibald Noble Farquharson, a weil-known Kuala Lumpur share broker, sportsman and Freemason, was married in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church by the Rev. Alan H. Pringlc this afternoon. The bride was Miss Margaret McDonald Coghill,
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    Also Married
    123 5 Also Married The wedding took place in Canton recently at the Baptist Mission In Tungshan of Miss Marie Helen Deacon of Philadelphia, and Mr. Ludwell McKay Shadburne of San FrarcUco and Singapore. The Minister of the Baptls. Mission. Mr. HUI In the presence of the American Consul, Mr. W. Leonard
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    Williams—Tan
    64 5 Williams Tan A EURASIAN engineer, Mr. Cuthbert Ernest Williams, of Pulo Bukom. and a Chinese girl from Borneo, Miss Tan Pek Lav, were married before Mr. H. A. Forrer. Senior Marriage Registrar, at the Singapore Marriage Registry yesterday morning. Th 3 bride, gowned In white satin. Is the daughter of
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    Phuah—Scow
    63 5 Phuah Scow fy|l3S Elsie Cjow Hons Keo, youngc daughter of Mr. Secw Kway Fal was married at the Geylang Methodls Church. Singapore, yesterday, to Mr Phuah Cheng Swee. youngest son 01 Mrs Phuah Chong Tin. who Is a cashier at the Singapore Police Cour: The Rev. P. B. Maans took
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    26 5 Two machine-guns, six Lewis guns 48 Gorman rifles and 1.600 rounds M British ammunition were found In r car which attempted to enter France from Belgium.
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    Parents To Blame
    42 5 Oofty Goofty are the names of a Racine, Wisconsin, resident. He is aged 56, declares they are his real names, and that he intends to stick to them, despite derisive telephone calls, hotel reception clerks, and disbelieving bank cashiers.
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    When Did Life Begin?
    24 5 Life on the earth began 1.250.000,000 years ago, scientists were told at a meeting of the Geological Society of America.
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    Camera Size Of' Cigarette Packet Costs £30
    155 5 Camera Size Of Cigarette Packet Costs £30 A MINIATURE camera built with jewelled movements like a watch, and weighing less than Boz., will be on sale this week at £30. It is the invention of Mr. Noel Pemberton-Billing, the air pioneer. A private British company has spent £37,000 in developing
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    "CARNIVAL" DAY IN RIO.
    55 5 It was Carnival Day In Rio de Janeiro. Results: UO2l peop'.e taken to hospital with injuries; 93 wounded in fights; 141 trampled on; IS burned; 49 injured by falling off tramcars: 103 hit by motor-cars; 12 bitten by dogs; 6 attempted suicides. In addition 27 women
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    38 5 Armed bandits, finding the office safe In the Standard Dairies at Winnipeg unlocked, did not trouble to look in it. fled with £4 lZs. fro:n a ;ash drawer, after holding up the staff. The open safe contained £140.
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    Planter Danes Marry In Singapore
    99 5 MR. Aage Rasmussen Buss and Mr. Jens Olaf Ollegaard Hansen. both of Noemblng Estate, Tandjoeng Pinang, Riouw. D.E.1., were bridegrooms before Mr. H. A. Forrer, Senior marriage registrar, yesterday. Mr. Buss, son of Mr Jens Rasrr ussen Bus. of Lyn'-;by. Denmark, was married to Miss
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    COOK'S MAN WEDS AT CATHEDRAL
    323 5 COOK'S MAN WEDS AT CATHEDRAL THE wedding took place at St. 1 Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore, yesterday of Miss Wynne Reeve, and Mr. Guy Brightwell of the banking department of Thos. Cook and Son, Ltd., Singapore. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Brightwell, of delsdon, Surrey, England.
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    LIFE IS HARD IN RUSSIA
    325 5 Escaped Seaman's Story WAGES TOO LITTLE FOR FOOD "•THOUGH life in Russia has im- proved in tho last three or four years it is still extremely hard," said Vassily, a 22-year-old Russian seaman, who left the Soviet cargo ship Pokrovsky while it was unloading manganese
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    FIFTY MILLION PICULS OF RICE FOR CANTON
    30 5 Canton. More than 50.000,000 piculs of foreign rice is expected to arrive here shortly to relieve the acute grain shortage in the province.
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    HURLING THEIR PROTEST
    15 5 Prisoners !n Zagreb Gaol bombarded warden with hard loavessubject of a protest.
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      2 5 TIGER BEER
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      291 5 HARROGATE BRITAIN'S FAMOUS SPA If you suffer from the effects of prolonged residence in tropical climates you will be wel" advised to recuperate at Harrogate. The exhilarating moorland air and natural mineral waters »nd treatments combine to make Harrogate the health Muuroted resort for toning you up after the tropics.
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    1,000 FOUNDRY WORKERS LOCKED OUT
    255 6 NO REPLY FROM WORKMEN K. L. Employers Bid To Forestall Imminent Strike ORDERS FOR MINES HELD UP BY STOPPAGE (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. \TEARLY a thousand workers in Kuala Lumpur iron foundl^ nes were lecked out by managements this morning as a
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    Y.W.C. A. Fete Ends With Cabaret
    219 6 Y.W.C. A. Fete Ends With Cabaret pABARET items in the form of dances of different nationalities were presented at the ball at the Drill hall last night brought the International Fete organised in aid of the funds of the Singapore branch of the Young Women's tian Association to a successful
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    Singapore Assizes To Open On Mar. 8
    30 6 The date of the Second Singapore Assizes has been altered from tomorlow to Monday. Mar. 8, states a Government Gazette extraordinary issued yesterday.
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    TELEGRAMS TAKE TEN HOURS TO BANGKOK!
    57 6 (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok. Saturday. Telegrams from Singapore are taking eight to ten hours to get through. As a result the close of play scores in the final test match at Melbour ie were received by wireless before T he lunch score had
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    LONDON-CAPE FLIGHT
    26 6 Flight Lieutenant David Llewell?n. continuing his Lcndcn-Cape fllg'.it arrived at Cairo at 6.20 am. today and two hours later departed to* Khartoum- British Wireless.
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    17 6 Two bank-note counterfeiters, arrested in Tientsin, earlier this week, were publicly executed yesterday —Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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    TROUBLE AT AIR COLLEGE
    162 6 ALLEGED CRITICISM OF CANTONESE Hangchow, Saturday. The visit to the Hangchow (Cheklangi Aviation College of Gen. Yu Honmau, commander-ln-chief of Kwanntung, it is learned, Is In connection with growing differences between Cantonese and Chekiang airmen. The trouble was started by the publication of an address by
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    SINO-JAPANESE TRADE CONFERENCE
    82 6 SINO-JAPANESE TRADE CONFERENCE Shanghai, Saturday. A Sino-Japanese trade conference will be held in Shanghai on Mar. 18. when the Japanese arc expected to put forward certain far-reaching proposals aimed at "accelerating economic co-operation" between the two countries. The Japanese mission, says a Toklo report, will comprise three, as follows: Mr.
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    BIG HAINAN SCHEME
    97 6 Mr. Soong To Revisit The South Shanghai, Saturday. Large-scale development projects for Kwangtung, particularly Hainan Island, are engaging the attention of Mr. T. V. Soong. head of the National Economic Council, and Dr. Sun Fo, president of the Legislative Yuan. They will shortly proceed to Kwangtung, accompanied
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    U.S. AIRCRAFT WORKS STRIKE
    98 6 400 "SIT-DOWN WORKERS INDICTED Los Angeles Saturday. nplE "sit-down" strikers at the Douglas Aircraft works at Santa Monica, who have been indicted on charges of felony and conspiracy, were released from gaol today. Four hundred men are indicted i logther but the District Attorney snys that
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    NEW CHINESE ENVOY TO TOKIO LIKELY
    73 6 Shanghai. Saturday. The appointment of a new Foreign Minister and a successor to Mr. Hsu Shi-ying, Ambassador in Tokio, is expected to be announced simultaneously about the middle of March. Dr. Wang Chung-hul, international Jurist. Is regarded as a virtual certainty for the 'oretgn
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    £100,000 FOR DENTAL HOSPITAL
    62 6 nLANS for a dental hospital and school at Manchester University the cost of which, amounting to £100,000, is to be provided by a Rochdale manufacturer, Mr. Samuel Turner, are being now prepared. The new hospital will include a children's clinic, a special department for treatment of
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    NIGERIA'S DEFENCE CONTRIBUTION
    52 6 London, Saturday. rE Nigerian Government has contributed £75,000 to the British Government towards the cost of Imperial defence. The Colonial Secretary has replied expressing most cordial appreciation of this generous action and this further evidence of Nigeria's readiness to play her part as a member of the
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    34 6 A Government armoured car wrecked and overturned hy a direct "hit" from an Insurgent warship, which joined in the attack on Malaga, the important coastal town which has just been captured by Franco's troops.
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    24 6 From tomorrow, a .'cc of Sl.-vi will be charged for every copy of any report made to the Police states a Government Gazette extraordinary.
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    Historical Pageant Of Malacca
    866 6 PLANNED FOR CORONATION CELEBRATIONS (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca. A PAGEANT depicting notable events in the history of Malacca will be the European community's contribution to the Coronation Week celebrations in the Settlement. Final details arc expected to be announced shortly. Meanwhile plans of the various
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    CHINESE COMMUNITY LANTERN PROCESSION TO BE HELD
    25 6 CHINESE COMMUNITY LANTERN PROCESSION TO BE HELD In connection with the Chinese community the following arrangements have been made: First, a committee has been form-
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    THE STAMPS OF KELANTAN
    748 7  -  Fred. J. Melville Stamp Collecting Full Series with Sultan's Portrait on Order By MALAYA is again in the stamp w news this week for the Crown Agents report that they have a full new issue on order for Kelantan. In the rather more than a quarter
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      214 7 THE STAMPS OF THE TREATY POSTS OF CHINA AND OF FOSMOSA by Captain H. R. Oldfleld. LL.B. A compiete history of this little known group of stamps. Price 4 o post free. The Philatelic Journal of Great Britain. The oldest British Philatelic magazine, now In Its 46th annual volume, auonthly
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      92 7 Coronation Stamps To be Issued on Coronation Day. The complete lot, from 45 CROWN COLONIES comprising !35 stamps. Price 27/6 Post Free Order now to prevent disappointment. SEFI-PEMBERTON CO.. LTD.. 12, South Molton Street. London, W.I. ENGLAND. RARE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS STAMPS. I am always In a position to offer rare
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      398 7 LONDON The World Centre of Attraction for 1937 Two outstanding Hotels that meet all modern requirements including Hoi and Cold running water and Central Heating. HOTEL GREAT CENTRAL Marylebone Road, N.W.I HOTEL RUSSELL Russell Square, W.C.I Adiacent to each Hotel is an Underground Station that luuu up with all parts
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      507 7 Today's Wireless Programmes SINGAPORE-ZHL. Wavelength— *r»5 m 11.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. Speech and recorded music. KUALA LUMPUR. Station Z G.E.. Malayan Amateur Radio Society. K L. Wavelengths 48 92 m. and 11*. 7 pm. Gramophone recital: A Mlc! -Surruner Nights Dream. Overture ('.it and 2nd records). Mendelssolm— Berlin State
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      437 7 CM am— 'Ezra Pitt and Elmer Come U London.'* 7 20 a.m. -Ireland f. Scotland* A commentary on the International Rugby Union footboi: match. 7.4S a.m. 'Tales of the Sea' S: 'Ocean Towing.'* A talk by Captain A. K. Jackson. X a m. The newt and announcements. B. OS a.m.
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      393 7 Rehbold at the piano. 3.50 p.m. Women's hoy: Tne Thirteenth Guest. Interesting at. amusing tales of Number 13. Manuscript by Paula Walendy. 4.20 p.m. Magazine review. 4.35 p.m. Who laughs there? 4 50 p.m. News and review of the week In Oerman. 5.05 p.m. Hitler Youth programme. 5.35 p.m. Close
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      310 7 9 30 p m. Talk on the cinema by M. Henri Jeanson. Reviews ai.e' neilodlcals by M. Francois de Teramond. 9 50 p.m. Relay. 11 OS p.m. Close down. HONG KONG. Station 2.8. W. 49 m, J1.49 m 19.75 m. or 16.90 Ji. am. 9.50 Relay— Union Church Morning Ser--10.50
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      303 7 CROSSWORD PUZZLE RESULT Fifteen competitors succeeded In solving correctly The Sunday. Timea Crossword Puzzle printed In our Issue of Feb. 14 and the f 100 prize is therefore equally divided among them. The names and addresses of the winners are: Mrs. G. Baker. 16. Lorong Stangee, Katong, Singapore; Sam Ec,
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    CHINESE GIRL FROM CHINA STARTLES SINGAPORE CHINESE
    446 8 CHINESE GIRL FROM CHINA STARTLES SINGAPORE CHINESE "Am Lonely Wish For A Good Companion To Whom I Shall Entrust My Future" ADVERTISEMENT IN NEWSPAPERS (By Our Chinese Correspondent.) [yjISS Kwee Sic Kirn has inserted an advertisement in the local Chinese newspapers which has made her the talk of the town
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    Quad Kittens For The Quads
    55 8 •"PHE happy scene in the nursery at St. Neots, the home of the famous Miles' quads. Each baby has now had a lovely present riven them in the form of a black silky kitten with' white feet. They are the family of Sally, the Miles'
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    Colonel Leaves £5,000 To Valet
    281 8 Colonel Leaves £5,000 To Valet LIEUT.-COLONEL COTTON ED- WIN THEOBALD, who died aged 100, at Sandbanks, Bournemouth, last November he was the oldest living British officer left £5,000 of his £50,707 estate to his valet, James O'Sullivan. Other servants are to share £800. O'Sullivan, who served the colonel for about
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    NETHERLANDS SUBMARINE VISITING AMERICA
    30 8 Washington. The Netherlands submarine 0-16 is visiting the United States on a goodwill mission. She is the first Netherlands warship ever to visit the United States.
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    LUNCH WITH A QUEEN
    41 8 The Duchess of Atholl and Miss Eleanor Rathbone, M.P., who are making a tour of inquiry into the economic position of w .nen in Central Europe, and have arrived at Bucharest, lunched with Queen Marie of Rumania.
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    Stowaway's S. O. S. From Bunker
    136 8 Stowaway's S. O. S. From Bunker CRUSHED TO DEATH BY COAL New York. HTIIE German 8,000-ton liner Ilsenstein, which has just reached New York, was a few hours out of Antwerp when the chief engineer heard a persistent tapping on the ship's hull. Finally he interpreted the signals as the
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    NEW MOTOR ROAD THROUGH AFRICA TO THE EAST
    209 8 NEW MOTOR ROAD THROUGH AFRICA TO THE EAST COON motor tourists going to Egypt, Palestine and the Far East will be able to ship their cars at Gibraltar for Tripoli, in Libya, and there join a great motor road running for hundreds of miles along the coast to the Pyramids
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    THE NEW BRITISH AMBASSADORS
    275 8 AT the outset of what is almost bound to be a critical year's diplomacy in the major European relationships, important changes or shiftings have been made in the persons holding certain key positions on the British side, writes the diplomatic correspondent of The Observer. The transference
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    ROMPIN BAHRU ASKS FOR REDUCTION OF CAPITAL
    346 8 ROMPIN BAHRU ASKS FOR REDUCTION OF CAPITAL AN application was made yesler- day in the High Court, Singapore, before Mr. P. A. McElwaine, the Chief Justice, for the reduction of the capital of the Rompin Bahru Rubber Estate, Ltd., thus confirming a resolution passed by the company some time ago.
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    CHINESE ATTIRE
    158 8 Full Rules Will Be Fixed By Nanking Nanking. EVIDENCING extreme caution in advising the nation how to dress itself, the Ministry of Interior will shortly conduct an open forum to debate on the best styles of dress the people should don on various occasions. The Ministry has now
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    CANTON TO BOOST TOURIST TRADE
    68 8 Canton. The Canton City Government Is planning shortly to open a tourist information bureau for the benefit of visitors who come to the city for sightseeing. Arrangements are being made between the city authorities and the local newspapers for publication of weekl/ tourist supplements. A
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    OSLO CONVENTION
    33 8 Five of the seven countries to T?hich Holland sent invitation have already replied agreeing to attend the conference of Oslo Convention Powers at The Hague at the end of this month.
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    1242 9  -  NATHANIEL GUBBINS By QISCUSSING "the mandrill or the blue-behinded ape," a newspaper correspondent writes with startling frankness and gTeat dignity "Sir,— The brilliantly coloured areis fore and aft In this species are most pronounced in the adult males the extravagant blue and red tints become intensified
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      415 9 $LE»€E (SWEETENED ggg^t^^ CONDENSED) .^^t^^^S^lT After the snows have flgr^ f arT^'^^fe^ melted the ALPINE S ai^l^W^^^ VALLEYS OF THE Tjl^Rm-^^3v\^"^ EMMENTHAL take on a '"^^W*^^ mantle of the richest, vM^*^i greenest verdure to be in found anywhere on the j^^jj^^jg^g 55^ earth. Here, the famous Bi *U CREAM SWEETENED
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      485 9 CONTRACT BRIDGE Hit HTHF FOUR ACIFS selves with making three notrump *>y nit, fv/ui\ .rvv^o overtrlcks All the Slam bidders CINCE most top scores at Dupli- made their contract, but Mr. Bachner cate result from some serious fot a clean top I by gathering in error by an opponent, it
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    SINGAPORE'S HANGARS TO BE UNDERGROUND IN FUTURE?
    300 10 SINGAPORE'S HANGARS TO BE UNDERGROUND IN FUTURE? Need To Protect Planes And Fuel Tanks Against Air Attack THE need for oil fuel stors^e tanks to be underground as a protection against air attack is being urgently investigated by the British Government, according to a reply made in the House of
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    KING OF SWEDEN IN COLOUR FILM
    72 10 I^ING Gustav of Sweden recently acted for a short colour film. made by the Svensk Filmindustri." The film was "shot" at the Tennis Stadium, where the King played a match for the benefit of the cameramen. This is one of the first Swedish films
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    FIRST DIRECT CARGO FROM N.I. TO RUSSIA
    53 10 FIRST DIRECT CARGO FROM N.I. TO RUSSIA (From Our Own Correspondent) Batavia. The ss. Slngkep, belonging to the Mederland Steamship Co., left Java last week with a cargo of hemp on her iray to Odessa. Black Sea. She is the first boat to take cargo from Netherlands India direct to
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    JEWS ARRESTED
    35 10 Following an organised raid on the offices of the Jewish Agency at Jerusalem, In which windows and furniture, were smashed. 37 members of the Junior branch of the Jewish Revisionist party were arrested.
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    "BIG BEN" IN COURT ACTION
    138 10 INJUNCTION FOR MAKERS "DIG BEN," the world-famous clock in the Houses of Parliament, was involved in Chancery Court proceedings. The predecessors of E. Dent and Co., Ltd., of Pall Mall, members of the Dent family, made Big Ben," and in 1858 fitted it in the
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    NEW GUINEA OIL
    79 10 ACTIVITY BY SHELL CO. OF AUSTRALIA (From Our Own Correspondent) Batavia. Many geologists are at present In Batavia, while large quantities of pipes and heavy material are arriving from Europe and America, mainly by Dutch boats, destined for Australian New Guinea where oil fields are to be
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    ROSITA FORBES' "LAST BOLT HOLE"
    58 10 SETTLING IN EAST AFRICA MRS. Arthur McGrath, Miss Rosita Forbes, the authoress and traveller, landed at Mombasa recently and later left for the interior of Kenya Colony. She is looking for a suitable district in which she and her husband, Col. McGrath, intend to settle
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    MARRIAGE OF SCOTS GIRL & HINDU
    208 10 MARRIAGE OF SCOTS GIRL HINDU DECISION CONFIRMED 'THE First Division of the Edin- burgh Court of Session has confirmed the judgment given in the Outer House refusing a declaration of nullity to a woman who married a Hindu medical student in Edinburgh, but who was not recognised as his wife
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    Marriage Popular In Shanghai
    188 10 Marriage Popular In Shanghai MAJORITY OF CHINESE FOUND TO BE WED IF the official figures released by the City Government of Greater Shanghai Police Bureau can be taken as a basis, a majority of the Chinese living in the area under the jurisdiction of the bureau are I fond of
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    HAINAN ISLAND
    131 10 Development Interests Shanghai Magnates AN increasing number of leading Shanghai Chinese businessmen are manifesting an active Interest in the industrial and agricultural prospects of the rich, undeveloped Hainan Island, lying in the South Seas off the southernmost tip of Kwrngtung Province, which was described as the future bread
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    THINKS MICKEY MOUSE FILMS 'INDECENT'
    231 10 Mickey Mouse, idol of millions of children, nearly toppled off his pedestal recently. So did all those Joyous birds, animals and insects that people Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies. For this is what one man said about them: "The SiUy Symphony, Who Killed Cock Robin,' was
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      209 10 GREAT EASTERN OPTICAL CO. 275, Sot-th Bridge Road, Singapore. (Optician Mr. C. Y. TAN). Tele. 2164. CHARGt.rf CHEAPER THAN A.TYWHERr. X CROOKS LENSES completed with frame from $6 Parents needing able advice about SCHOOLS, TUTORS SECRETARIAL SCHOOLS and other Tralnta;; Centres at Home and Abroad are Invited to consult without
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      556 10 A /Utnce, 1865 Tli* Sun Life AMurancr Company of Canada X has been providing protection and future f security to policyholders and beneficiaries by means of a variety of practical life iusurance plans. To-day Agencies of the Sun Life of Canada encircle the globe 133 liranch organisations are maintained in
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      Through Albania By Bicycle
      683 11 Stage To Stage With Chit Saying "Received One English man— A live IWR. Newman makes a speciality of discovering littleknown regions, on a bicycle, and the trusty companion of his latest trip to Yugoslavia and Albania is known throughout this account of his adventures as George."
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      PORTRAIT Of UNKNOWN VICTORIAN
      411 11 PORTRAIT Of UNKNOWN VICTORIAN Portrait Of An Unknown Victorian. Dy R. 11. Mottram. Kobe Hale and Company. 10s. 6d The niOdern writers of biography and "humanised" history usually exhibit a malicious streak; they take no little delight in destroying any illusions that may still surround outstanding characters of the past
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      FOUR NOVELS
      177 11 Rhapsody in Green. By Margaret Ferguson. Hutchinson's Blue Star Library. 2s. 6d. Honeymoon Husband. By Barbara Stanton. Shot from the Door. By Charles Barry. The Death Weed. By Lee Thayer. AU Hurst and Blaikett. 2s. 6d. "OHAPSODY In Green.", now publlsh- ed in book form for the first
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      A PLEA FOR UNITY AMONG MONOTHEISTS
      156 11 Wayfarers. By C. Crauford. Rider. ss. TTHIS book consists of two chapters, one entitled Credo and the other Ezekiel Ben Buzi, and runs into one hundred and ninety-one pages. The author styles the work "A Plea For The Unity Of Monotheism." There are 14
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      GILBERT FRANKAU
      116 11 Experiments in Crime and other Stories. By Gilbert Frankau. Hutchinson. 7s. dd. IVVfR Frankau's full-length novels have become so redundant that his book of readable short stories comes as a relief. Here he returns to his original gift of being able to tell a good story without wasting
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      MALAYAN JINGLES
      199 11 93 THE FIFTH TEST. The Lion said to the Kangaroo coming again to joust with you 1 mean to regain (for I'm feeling sore) The Ashes you bagged in 'thirty-four." The Kangaroo replied "O. X Though it's toaste of time five Tests to play. However, it's practice, so
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      150 11 LIST OF NEW BOOKS RECEIVED. Gone with the Wind. Mitchell Margaret. Ttie Case ls Closed. Wentwdrth Patricia Spies In Spain. Walsh J. M. The Endless Path. Delmont Joseph. Mary Lavelle. o. Brlen Kate. The Screaming Pie In The Sky Marshall C alder. Lake. Wright Fcwler. ExUnuatinc The Happy Rrtjrn. Forester
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    1295 12  -  The Onlooker By I AST week's Sunday Times' re- ference to Mr. C. F. J. Ess, the Singapore Fifth Magistrate, as the first Eurasian to mount the Bench in Singapore has prompted speedy contradiction from two old-timers, one of whom points out that the late Mr. Logan,
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    ORIGIN OF THE PYGMIES
    439 12 EXPLORERS VISIT TO THE CONGO FORESTS "^UR legs are sa short because we rove about among the forest so much." This naive reply was given to M. Paul Schebestn, an explorer, when he asked a Bambuti pygmy of the Congo forests why his people were so
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    SEARCH FOR £20,000.000
    36 12 Japanese fishermen and adventurers are -earchlng for the burled treasure of the British buccaneer. Captain Kldd. on a volcanic Islet between Inrmosa and Kyushu wher° thoy believe gold valued at £20.000,000 lies hlden.
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      223 12 A BETTER INVESTMENT THAN EVER Sound -insulating material ensures silence. B^TI^BIBKjP^^BB SHJf The New Fourteen Goodwood SaUwn STYLE COMFORT AND SAFETY IN A The New Fourteen Goodwood Saloon is a typical SULATED throughout by a special lining which Austin since its graceful lines are based on practical needs prevents body-noise
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    CONFERENCE TO FIND OUT WHAT IS GOOD TO EAT
    342 13 Assessing Nutritive Value Of Foods Eaten In The East MALAYAN DELEGATES TO ATTEND \yHAT is the nutritive value of man mcc, lakhsa, sateh, ikan mooli and nasi goreng? An International Health Conference on Rural Hygiene in the Far East to be
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    Smith 5/8 Smith
    51 13 Smith 5/8 Smith WILLIE Smith, of Howesville, Georgia, to prevent hit letters being delivered to the wrong "Smith."— there are four others in his neighbourhood now has his letters addressed to "Willie 5 8<fts Smith." He maintains that he is now free of the trouble that besets thousands of other
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    ONLY THE BEST FOR R-A.F.
    283 13 Lord Swinton And Risks Of Delay TAKEN PURPOSELY TO GET LATEST TYPES. DEASONS for the delay in the Government's air expansion programme were given by Viscount Swinton, Secretary for Air, speaking ai a luncheon given by the Radio Manufacturers' Association at the Savoy Hotel. "It
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    DUELLING DOCTOR WINS AGAIN
    105 13 14 ROUNDS WITH SABRE Budapest. PR one-^nd-a-half houis, Dr. Francis Sarga. 'the Duelling Doctor," fought a sabre duel with a former suitor of his wife, in a fencing school in Eudapest. The duel, which was one of a number which Dr. Sarga is fighting to avenge
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    SHIP HITS WHALE AND SINKS
    55 13 Oslo. After ramming a giant whale in Antarctic waters, the Norwegian whaler. Kos Nine, was lost, according to a despatch received by the owners here. The ship was severely damaged by the crash and lost her screw. She drifted about helplessly until the crew was
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    GAOL FOR OPINION
    32 13 For expressing the opinion that the German army was trying to bring about a war. a young man has been sentenced to five months' imprisonment by a Brunswick court.
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    NIZAM OF HYDERABAD
    39 13 Charters Steamer For Retinue At Coronation Hyderebad. It is reported that the Nizam has chartered a steamship at a cost of $1,000,000 to transport himself and retinue of 300 persons to London to attend the coronation.
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    RAJKUMAR'S TRAGIC ROMANCE
    497 13 TO SEEK LIFE OF A RECLUSE WANTED INFORMATION AND PARTICULARS OF A LARGE ISLAND FOR SALE. BUYER WILLING DEVOTE CAPITAL FOR DEVELOPMENT, BUT ABSOLUTE PROPRIETORSHIP ESSENTIAL. •yHIS small advertisement which recently appeared in the Statesman, Calcutta, conceals the human story of a broken-hearted man whom despair has
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    12 13 The staff and students of the science classes at Raffles College, Singapore
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    KING'S CUP AIR RACE
    185 13 Viscount Wakefield's Prize Doubled This Year l/ISCOUNT Wakefleld has decked v to double his prizes for the 1937 King's Cup air race to mark the Coronation year. He will give £2,000 instead of the £1,000 he has given previously. The King's Cup race was inaugurated in
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    KING CAROL STARTS A BOOK SHOP
    77 13 OPPOSITE HIS PALACE Bucharest. I^ING Carol has become a publisher and bookseller. He has founded and financed a publishing firm, which he will himself control, and opened a shop opposite the Royal Palace to sell its publications. The firm, "The Royal Cultural Foundation," publishes
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      597 13 and SCURRY of WERYDAY LIFEI WE ARE LIVING through strenuous days. Keen competition in business, and the i jH necessity of keeping pace with modern developments, keeps our nerves eternally on H| j ly« tdgt. Even our pleasures, recreations and sporting activities are strennous; we are mtf l v] Wtm
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    The Straits Times Totidem verbis high Price folly
    485 14 The Straits Times Totidem verbis high Price folly EDITORIAL, MANAGERIAL AND ADVERTISING OFFICE: Cecil Street. Singapore. DOTH rubber and tin are at present costing the consumer more than he ought to be required to pay. And as bitter experience has shown, high prices are in the long run the reverse
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    SINGAPORE SALVO
    1714 14  -  Victor Purcell By *|*HE liner gi. les southwards through the smooth waters of the Straits, past haunted Malacca and the coconut margent ox Johore, and then turns east and rounds Tanjong Belayer. The seaway ahead is strewn emerald islets. Emerald is borrowed from the nomenclature of gems because
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    WHY NOT SEA RULES FOR THE ROAD
    569 14 The Responsibility On The Overtaker JT is remarkable that, in all the studies that have been made of road traffic, so little notice has been taken of the rule of the road at sea and of the suggestions implicit in it. Some time
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      36 14 The New World Cabaret TEA DANCE (ADMISSION FREE) THI'RS. SATURDAY SUNDAY AFTER DINNER DANCES (ADMISSION 50 CTS.) EVERY NIGHT FROM 9 P.M. TO MIDNIGHT PIANO TUNING REPAIRS REMOVALS HIRE E. CHARLES. Phone 2902. 74. Orchard Rd
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    NETHERLANDS INDIA'S DEFENCES
    1409 15 Interview With Commander In Chief People Feel Motherland Does Not Realise The Danger PETITION SIGNED BY 50,000 TO BE SENT TO HOLLAND Compulsory Navy, Army And Air Force Training For Civilians BY A SUNDAY TIMES SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT IT is impossible to discuss piablems of defence in Netherlands
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    RECOVERING IN HOSPITAL
    37 15 H/IR. W. McQuarrle. the Singapore Coroner, who is making a good recovery from illness at the General Hospital. Mr. MrQuarr> oxp.x ts to be able to resume his duties within a week or so.
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    "Sainthood" Sold For Monthly Payments
    145 15 New York. I*ll E world's best salesman is 1 Sylvester Hasselbach, of Detroit, who sold sainthood on the instalment plan to an aged steel worker, now dead, who wanted to be good. Hasselbach, now in gaol, had been living since 1925 on money paid him
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    CHARGE OF SETTING A MAN-TRAP
    205 15 ALLEGED JOKE ON POLICE CONSTABLE /^•EORGE Alfred Brown, aged 24, of Pound Lane, Beeding, near Worthing, and George Lawrence Newman, aged 23, of Sele Gardens, Beeding, were committed for trial by the Steyning magistrates on a charge of setting a man-trap with intent to do
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    MISS MacDONALD AND WORK IN AN INN
    334 15 MISS MacDONALD AND WORK IN AN INN "Very Hard Very En joy able" WHERE THE BARMAN "SETS THE TONE" IVIISS Ishbel Mac Donald, daughter! of Mr. Ramsay Mac Donald and licensee of the Plough Inn, Speen, Bucks, recently discussed some of the problems of bar-keeping with young men who, under
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    ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE
    122 15 QUEEN MARY CHANGES THE INSIGNIA QUEEN **ARY, who is Grand Master and Principal Dame Grand Ctoss of the Order of the Brulsh Empire, is introducing changes in the mantle and insignia of the Order. The necessary Statuies have not yet been sanctioned and signed, but
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    BUSINESS IS GOOD IN CANADA
    48 15 Of 288 Canadian firms answering a questionnaire on business in 1936. 80 reported it the best year in their history, 17 said it was within 10 per cent. of their record, and only 11 stated that the volume was lower than In 1935.
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    Society Widow's Liner Romance
    166 15 To Marry Officer Of The Hector THE second cousin of a duke and the first engineer cf the ship in which she sailed to the Far East have become engaged. They are Mrs. Leila Neligan. aged 45, sister of Lady Alice Fitzgerald, and second cousin to
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    HORST WESSEL SONG
    35 15 The Nazi Horst Wessel song, prohibited at public gatherings in Austria, was. by special permission of the Vienna authorities, played at the opening of the international wrestling contest between Austria and Germany.
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      56 15 London Paris New York. > >;.'' <j| p We offer you the latest stj'.es which are in vogue in tne fashion centres of the World The very latest In Evening Sandals, jk Black and Gold. $2.90— f, A very beautiful Court for Evening wear in Silver only. $4.90— -4 ■J
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      125 15 GLUCOSE HI A.D. I It is essential to ask for Glucose A.D. in order to get the Cow Gate Gluccse containing the additional Vitamin A (anti-infective factor). Another advantage is that both Vitamins are natural, 1.c., not derived from synthetic sources. Glucose A.O. is also fortified with Calcium Glycerophosphate. SOME
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    491 16 Col. Roosevelt Warns Gf Danger To The Philippines "NECESSARY ADJUNCT TO TOKIO SCHEME" J.iIWN'S attitude to the Philippine Islands was discussed by Col. Theodore Roosevelt in his sixth lecture at London University of the Watson Chair Found? tion of the Sulgrave Manor Board. Col. Roosevelt's subject
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    101 16 TJNLIKE the body, the mentally active human brain Keeps m grovHng for at least 50 years, and possibly longer. Dr. Ales Hrdlicka, an American anthropologist, who lives in Washington, has come to this conclusion on the basis of vieasurements of the head sizes of adults.
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    93 16 Oslo. A new antarctic land, consisting of a chain of mountains of which the highest peak reaches the altitude or about 5,000 ft. has been discovered and claimed for Norway by M. Wlnggo Wlderoe. the noted Norwegian flier, in the couise of a series of exploration
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    49 16 MURDERER PLEADS AN ENGLISH EDUCATION That a man charged with murder was made super-sensitive owing to an English education was one of the points in the defence put at a murder trial In Bombay resulting in sentence of death. The Judge described this point of the defence as fantastic.
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    552 16 MAKE YOUR OWN EXPOSURE GUIDE THE trouble with a good many 1 amateurs is that they never get beyond the stage of happy-go-lucky shutter clicking. They keep on making haphazard guesses at exposures notwithstanding the Indistinct pictures that too often result They would be surprised at what
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    AMELIA EARHARDT
    114 16 TO MAKE FLIGHT ACROSS PACIFIC OCEAN Washington. THE Superintendent of the Depart- ment of Air and Commerce. Mr. Vf. T. Miller, states that Miss Amelia Earhardt would first fly to Honolulu and Howland Island, then to Lac in New Guinea. He said that, although scientifically and geographically important,
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    HUNGARIAN CAFE
    111 16 Request Embarrasses Japan's Government Tokio. COR the first time In history, r Gaimusho officials have admitted that they are puzzled and embarrassed." The source of their embarrassment was an official Note from the Government of Admiral Nicholas Horthy de Nagyabanaya, Regent of Hungary, asking for permission to open
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    27 16 The Burgomaster of Antwerp, accompanied by rive Sheriffs and tlv organisers ol the recent Antwerp Diamond Exhibition, Is visiting England at the Invitation of the Diamond Corporation.
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    70 18 Harold Halen, smoking; a cigaratte, gazes at the object of his affection, pretty Miss Florence Ilurlbut as be sits chained to the radiator outside her apartment at Excelsior Springs, Missouri. Hulrn's self-imposed vigil was brought about by Miss Hurlbut's refusal to marry him and he stated he would stay there
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    DECREE NISI GRANTED IN K. L. DIVORCE CASE
    1046 18 Adultery Allegation Against Husband EX-SINGAPORE WOMAN MENTIONED (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Friday. A DECREE NISI to be made absolute in six months was granted today to Mrs. Mona Margaret Frank, who petitioned before Sir Samuel Joyce Thomas, the Chief Justice,
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    Good Year For Malacca Library
    238 18 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca. AT the annual meeting of the Malacca Library, presided over by the Hon. Mr. G. R. Sykes, Dr. A. L. Hoops, C.8.E., the Secretary, read the report for 1936. The report was passed. The report stated, inter alia: "Owing to
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    HAJI AHMAD DEAD
    70 18 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban. The death took place at the Seremban General Hospital on Friday of Haji Ahmad bin Hajl Abdulrahman, Malay Assistant Inspector of Schools, Negri Eembilai.. Haji Ahmad, who was 40 years of age, was a \try efficient officer and was honoured by government.
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    ZUYDER ZEE WORK
    24 18 Preliminary work on the reclaming of a further 750,000 acres of the Zuyder Zee starts at the end of the month.
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    AEROPLANES FOR AFRICA
    30 18 The Government of South Africa has bought three of the latest British Hurricane Spitfire 'planes at a cost of £20,000, and Is spending £110,000 on anti-tank rifles.
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    HARDOON'S WILL
    117 18 $100,000,000 Estate Awarded To Widow Shanghai. THE fate of $100,030,000 real estate was, at least for the time being, decided in the British Supreme Court when Judge Grant Jones upheld the will of Silas Aaron Haruoon, Shanghai realty millionaire, who died in 1931 leaving his entire fortune to
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    GEORGE HASSELL DEAD
    26 18 Mr. Gecrge Hasseil. the Englishborn stage and film actor, died In his car while on the way to a film studio at Hollywood.
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    LORD NUFFIELD'S £1,000
    30 18 Lord Nuffleld has offered £1,000 to the relief fund for the widows ol the miners who lost their lives in the Wontaggi mine disaster in Victoria. Australia.
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    20 18 Miss Mary Pickford leaves New York for England on Mar. 10 for a holiday, and returns to America in May.
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    13 18 Germany's foreign 'rade for January showed an active trade balance of aDout £6.500,000.
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    FIRST STEP TO STARDOM
    730 19 A Good Recipe For Success Is Intelligent Make-Up THERE is no royal road to stardom, but the woman who has already attained the heights can guide the beginner over many of the stones that might otherwise lie in her way. There is no royal road to
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    QUICK VEGETABLE SOUP
    118 19 LJERE is a nourishing soup which can be made when there is no stock available. Cut into small dice two large onions, a carrot, a turnip, and two leeks. Melt a lump of butter in a saucepan and put in the vegetables. Fry for a few minutes
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    DELICIOUS CONSERVE
    110 19 TO the Juice drained from two cups of crushed pineapple add enough water to make two cups. Add two cups of granulated sugar, heat over a low fire until sugar is dissolved, then add a pound of cranberries. Boil for five minutes. Put in the two cups o.
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    VEAL PATTIES
    142 19 HOME-MADE patties can be quickly made with the aid of the puff pastry which can now be boughtreadymade In packets. Roll out the pastry about half an inch thick, then cut into rounds with a small cutter. Mark a smaller circle on the top of each with a
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    STUFFED MUSHROOMS
    75 19 £OOK some fairly large mushrooms lightly in butter and put one stalk side uppermost in each buttered cocotte. Chop the stalks and a tew small mushrooms, chop a shallot and cook all together In a little butter. Add enough bread crumbs to absorb the butter, then season well
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    Milliners Enjoy Mixing Materials
    437 20 A PPARENTLY, miUiners enjoy mixing materials. At least, they are achieving charming results this season by that process. Small, new caps are created from two or three materials. Antelope with astrakhan as a bow appears as a tiny Juliette style. Georgette and velvet swathed in tidy
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    Special Crockery For Each Course
    337 20 IT is a lucky young housewife who begins her housekeeping with a complete set of everything she needs by way of china and giass. And she is even luckier if, after a year or two in her new home, the contents of her china cupboard
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    A FRUIT NOVELTY
    43 20 A fraw fruit appeared in sweet courses at Hunt Ball suppers In London. These were Youngberries, pale green in colour and with an exotic flavour. The 7 were served in a slightly Jellied syrup and eaten with thick Devonshire cream.
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    Graceful Evening Gown
    24 21 Graceful Evening Gown Black lacquered satin is used for this graceful evening gown with waistband and shoulder straps of velvet. Model by Violet Yorke.
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    The Needlework Basket Is Now An Attractive Piece Of Furniture
    638 21 The Needlework Basket Is Now An Attractive Piece Of Furniture IMONG the most important pieces of modern furniture is the needlework basket, and a tidy, attractively coloured design is tall and slender and made of wicker. The lid on top is lifted and underneath is not only a lining of
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    BROWN INTO BLACK
    127 21 When growing girls who usually wear brown si.oes need a black pair for occasional use with a Guide uniform it is better to stain an old brown pair black than to buy new black ones that may soon be found too small. Before the staining is attempted
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    CAREERS FOR GIRLS IN MALAYA
    1166 21 CAREERS FOR GIRLS IN MALAYA V Clerical and Secretarial Work Continuing The Series Written Exclusively For The Sunday Times CLERICAL work is, I believe, the 'me of least resistance to the majority of girls on leaving school. The mistaken idea persists that this work is easy and does not require
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    Getting Rid Of Tobacco Fumes
    295 21 WOT a new, but a very successful way of getting rid of tobacco fumes at a party is to light a specially constructed burner for a few minutes. In design, the burner is small and exquisite, reminding one of an old-fashioned crystal smelling salts bottle,
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    INDO-CEYLONESE BEAT N. JOHORE EUROPEANS 3-1
    606 22 Drizzle Mars Second Half Of Match (From Our Own Correspondent.)' Segamat. IN a thrilling hockoy match the North Johore Indo-Ceylonese secured a well-eurned three-one victory over the North Johore Europeans at Sagil, over the week-end. The game was well contested and the pace set,
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    Sagil Estate Rout The Segamat Europeans, 8—0
    404 22 Sagil Estate Rout The Segamat Europeans, 8—0 F. P. GRAVES IN GREAT FORM: SCORES 4 GOALS (From Our Own Correspondent.) Segamat. FIGHT goals to nil That was the score registered by the Sagil Estate against the Segamat Europeans in their return hockey fixture on the town padang, last week. In
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    SEGAMAT HOCKEY CHAMPIONS
    383 22 To Play The Rest This Week (From Our Own Correspondent.) Segamat. SINCE this is the first year that Scgamat has had a district hockey league, it may not be out of place here to give thumbnail sketches of the players of the champion team the India-Ceylon Association.
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    Cricket Revival At 3atu Pahat?
    176 22 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Batu Pahat. DATU PAHAT sportsmen seem to be taking renewed interest in cricket this year, and it is believed this sport will be revived here again after three years' inactivity. Mr. N. Racs. the headmaster of the Government School, a keen
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    Oxford Boat Race Crew
    231 23 Advantage Of Early Decision HODGSON STROKE: MERIFIELD COX •■pHE O::ford crew for the University Boat Race from Putney to Mortlake. to b 2 rowed on Mar. 24. is announced by the president, J. S. Lewes, as follows •M G. Ashby (Oundle and st lb N-.-w COL),
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    YALE HOPE TO HOLD RECORD
    228 23 TWELVE SEASONS UNDEFEATED AT SWIMMING New Haven, Conn. VALE'S Kiphuth-coached swimming team, undefeated In twelve seasons during which 151 inter-collegiate dual meets, matches were held, is training with a ruination to come through in the "luckless" thirteenth. Suflcrlnß only from sligh^ losses through praduatk-n. Vales
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    Johore Bahru Police Win At Segamat
    396 23 DEFEAT COLLEAGUES AT HOCKEY (From Our Own Correspondent.) Segamat. DETTER combination by their forwards gave the Johore Bahru Police a hard earned two-nil victory over their Segamat colleagues in a hockey match, at Segamat over the week-end. The game was played at quite a
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    Y.M.C.A. KNOCK UP 112 FOR 6 AGAINST MIDDS.
    160 23 THE cricket match yesterday on the V.M.C.A. ground between the Middlesex Regiment ano the V.MC.A ended abruptly i».vlns; .o the rain. Batting first the Y.M.f-.A had lost six wickets for 112 runs 'jjfore the rain prevented further play K. Leembruggen once more
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    KEDAH CRICKET
    204 23 Carey's Team Pile Up Runs Against Strachan's Team (From Our Own Correspondent.) Alor Star, i A VERY Interesting cricket match was played at the Ibrahim School Ground. Sungei Patani. between teams captained by T. P. Carey and Dr. Strahan respectively. Batting first Carey's team sent In Tyndale-Powell and
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    LEVINSKY TURNS TO WRESTLING
    203 23 ANNOUNCEMENT AFTER K. O. DEFEAT Lcs Angeles. KING Levlnsky. Chicago heavyweight and would-be movie actor, announced r.ere that tie is abandoning prize fighting and plans to become a wrestler. The colourful Chicago slugger, who has met most of the eadlng heavyweights during the past five years,
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    JAPAN'S OLYMPIC TEAM TO VISIT CHINA
    72 23 Nanking. Japan's track and field team to the last Olympiad in Berlin is expected to sail for Tientsin on a tour of North China sometime next April to take part in friendly competitions with Chinese athletes there. At the same time it is learned
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    RACQUETS CHAMPION
    28 23 London, Feb. 9. J. Beer. Queen's Club, won the professional Championship of the British Isles. In squash racquets, by beating D. V. Butcher 9-4, 9-6. 9-0.
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    LAST DAY OF SINGAPORE SPRING MEETING
    2504 24 READ HOW THEY RAN Good Dividends Paid In Most Races THF skies were overcast, it wa^ bad weather but punters at the last day of the spring meeting of the Singapore Turf Club cared nought. Dividmds were hitfh! Little Miss X set the money
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    STUDENTS BEAT SEGAMAT CHAMPIONS, 4-1
    304 24 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Segamat. DLAYING with several reserves, the Government Services, last year's league champions and winners of the Sooi Cheong Cup. were no match for the Government English School and lost by one goal to four in a friendly soccer match on the
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    S.R.C. 90 FOR FIVE WHEN GAME ABANDONED
    138 24 S.R.C. 90 FOR FIVE WHEN GAME ABANDONED AFTER the Singapore Recreation Club's second team had scored a total of 00 runs for the loss of five wickets in a match against St. Andrew's Old Boys at the S.R.C. ground yesterday afternoon the match wai abandoned owing to rain. Scores: f>.
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    Rain Spoils Padang Trial Cricket Game
    345 24 TTHE first day's play in the trial at the S.C.C. did not produce anything out of the way as far as cricket was concerned. Interest centred in the appearance of the two newcomers Lieut. Simpson and Capt. Persse. Simpson was at the wicket for
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    SCHOOLBOYS IN FINE GAME
    283 24 FULLY EXTEND C. R. C. AT SEGAMAT (From Our Own Correspondent.) Segamat. A GOOD rally in the second half by the schoolboys was responsible for only an odd goal's defeat at the hands of the Chinese Recreation Club in a friendly soccer match on the school
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    AUSTRALIA'S GRASP ON ASHES FIRMER THAN EVER
    771 25 YOUNGER STARS PILE UP RUNS TO 593 FOR NINE Brilliant Century For Badcock: Gregory 80 AMES AND FARNES SHINE FOR ENGLAND AUSTRALIA'S younger batsmen— Badcock with a brilliant .-entury and Gregon with a patient 80— yesterday afterroon placed the Commonwealth in an extremely
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    Ireland's 11-4 Rugby Win Over Scotland
    346 25 GAME HANDICAPPED BY SNOW AND HIGH WIND Dublin, Saturday. IRELAND beat Scotland in a Rugby Union game here today by eleven points to four. The ground was in excellent condition in view of tne batiy rain, but :t was bitt3rly cold and was snowing
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    MATCH CANCELLED
    26 25 The cricket fixture arranged to be played yesterday afternoon between the Victoria school and the A.C.S. was cancelled on account of the heavy rain.
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    MIDDLESEX REGT. BEATEN 4-1
    236 25 JALAN BESAR GAME MARRED BY RAIN THE Government Services beat the Middlesex Regiment by four goals to one at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday evening in a game which was marred by a sodden ground. There was little to choose between the teams, but on the whole,
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    AMERICA'S CUP CHALLENGER
    281 25 Endeavour I. May Be Substituted Endeavour I which was defeated in the America's Cup In 1935, may yet be the challenger In this year's race instead of Endeavour 11., which has been nominated by the Royal Yacht Squadon as the cha!'enger. Mr. T. O. M. Sopwlth. owner
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    F.M.S. BEAT COLONY IN ANNUAL HOCKEY ENCOUNTER
    925 25 F. M. S. BEAT COLONY IN ANNUAL HOCKEY ENCOUNTER Six Goals In Fast Game (From Our Own Correspondent.) Koala Lumpur, Saturday. AS was expected, the Federated Malay States ran out winners in the annual classic hockey match against the Colony here today. They went one better than last vcar though,
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    HOME RUGBY
    87 25 jyiANY Rugby games were scratched yesterday owing to waterlogged grounds. Results of games played Army 11, Oxford U. 3. Blackheath 5. Cardiff 4. Coventry 21, R.A.F. 9. Harlequins 0, U.S. Portsmouth 0. Leicester 4, Northampton 11. London Scottish 7, Cambridge U." 8. O. M. T. 8. Richrrrnd 6.
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    RAFFLES vs. ST. ANDREW'S SCHOOL Rain Washes Out Play
    122 25 RAFFLES vs. ST. ANDREW'S SCHOOL Rain Washes Out Play Play in tne cricket match between the first elevens of Raffles Institution and St Andrew's School was washed out when St. Andrew's r.ac scored 94 for the loss of eight wickets. E Bowcrman, with 42 was top scorer and Sundaram with
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    INTER-SCHOOL DRILL
    391 25 The second heats of the Middle Division of the Malay Vernacular Inter-School Drill Competition were held on Saturday at the Victoria School grounds. The participating teams are Tanglin Ketchil, Geylang I and 11. Xatong, Kota Raja I and II and Bukit Panjang. Rain Interfered with the drill and
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    LEAGUE TABLES
    1062 25 POSITIONS in the leagues including yesterday's games, are Notts C 31 16 6 9 51 Luton 29 18 8 3 66 Brighton 30 17 9 4 51 Queen's P. R. 30 15 8 7 56 Reading 30 14 7 9 59 Watford 30 14 8 9 61 Millwall
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    SEASON TAXES SINGAPORE BADMINTON FUNDS
    1127 26 Travelling Expenses: Cost Of Tournaments: Should Commercial Houses Affiliate To S-B.A?: Married vs. Singles: Dinner For Women's Singles Winner BY OUR BADMINTON CORRESPONDENT *THE curtain will be rung down i next week, as far as local badminton is concerned, when the conclusion of the second
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    SPEEDWAY CONTEST
    54 26 Melbourne. The Speedway contest between Australia and the world, represented by Great Britain and the United States, resulted in a tie, with 27 points aside. Group photograph of members of the Chartered Bank ».L.S.) Recreation Club taken at Mr. ung Jt;o Chin's bungalow, Telok Kurao, where the club's
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    SELANGOR B.A.
    78 26 Annual Prize Distribution The annual distribution of prizes won in the Selangor State badminton championship tournaments during 1936 will take place at the Victoria Institution Hall today. Before the prizes are given away by Mrs. Loke Yew the following exhibition games will be played beginning at 3 p.m.
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    EVERGREENS WIN
    144 26 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Talplng. A badminton match between the Kilat Badminton Party and the Evergreen Badminton Party played at the Town Hall here resulted in a win for the Evergreens by five matches to three. Results (Kilat first) Singles Mohamed Noor lost to Yeap Gim Soon 15_7,
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    ECLIPSE B.P.
    151 26 A New Year At Home was held by the Eclipse B.P. at the patron, Dr Chia Keng Hoe's residence last Sunday at 3 p.m. Exhibition matches were played in which two well-known players were invited to take part. Excel lent badminton was witnessed during the exhibition and throughly
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    BANKERS WIN
    91 26 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban. The Overseas Chinese Bank (Seremban and Kuala Lumpur) beat the Port Dlckson Recreation Club, scores: Chan Yoon Kan beat V Scully 15 6, 15—7; Lim Tech Chor lost to Neo Hong Kow B—ls, 15—10. IC— l5: Ong Chong Hool and Lim Teck Chor
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    FRIENDLY SPORTING ASSOCIATION
    48 26 Member of the Friendly Sporting Association are reminded of the invitation from Mr. Tay Boon Swee to witness his marriage at the Chung Chew Chap Slak Kuay Kuan, 14, Van Kit Road, today at 1 p.m. and afterwards to a reception at the same place.
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    OEI KHEE ASSN.
    133 26 At a special general meeting of the Ole Khce Association the following were elected office-bearers: Patrons. Mr. Low Peng Hoe and Mr. Wee Thlam Slow president, Mr. Tan Kay Toh vice-presidei:ts, Messrs Baey Kirn Swee. Gan Chin Watt Yco Kirn Tay, Tan Swee Yam; hon. general secretary.
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    NEGRI MEDICALS
    162 26 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban. The following are results in the Negrl Sembllan State Medical and Health Services Club's badminton tournament: Men's Singles: A. Chelllah beat S. Thllliampalam 7—15, 15—8, 15—6; Lee Keen Siong beat Harun bin Abdul Ghanl 15—10. 10—15. 15-11: K. Vettlveloo beat Neo Hong Kow
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    ROSEHILL B.P.
    89 26 In a friendly badminton match the Ros hill Badminton Party beat the Ueneral Hospital Recreation Club by four games to one at the latter's court last Sunday. Scores (Rosehlll first) Lim Hong Keng beat S. Sivam 15—6. 15—1 C. B. Nair beat Thong Soo Yong 15—1, 3—15. 15—3
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    USEFUL B.P.
    131 26 Next week-end the Useful Badminton Party will celebrate its fourtr. anniversary at the sca-sids bungalow of Mr. Aw Boon Haw, 5\' 4 milestone Pasir Panjang. Aquatic events will be held at the Haw Par Swimming Pool on Mar. 6 to be followed by the fourth annual general meeting
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    KEDAH BADMINTON
    128 26 Only two games of importance were played at Alor Star during the last week-end, the A Ah A being opposed to two local teams, the Union B.P. a recently formed party, and the Woodland B.P. The Woodland players were at their best and swept the board by 5
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    ROSERAY B.P,
    66 26 At the ninth annual general meeting of the Roseray Badminton Party tiie election of office-bearers for the year 1937 resulted as follows President Mr. Tan Kirn Joo (re-elected) vicepresidents. Messrs. Chan Tiang Choon and Charge Chua (both re-elected) hen. secretary. Mr. Tan Keng Yam (reelected) hon. treasurer. Mr.
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    THE COTERIE
    44 26 At the monthly general meeting of the Coterie, Singapore, to be held on Mar. 2 at the Patron's residence. 58. Rochore Canal Road, at 7 p.m., Mr. Vellu will lecture on An Asatic Philosophy of Life." Mr. Sim Bock Choon will preside.
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    MERRIDALE B.P.
    443 26 The Merridale Badminton Party celebrated Its fourth anniversary at Mr. Aw Boon Haw's bungalow at Paslr Panjang on Feb. 13 and 14. Ther» was a good attendence of members and friends on both days. The celebration began with tn« holding of the annual general meeting. Office-bearers for the
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    WEI YANG A.P
    95 26 Mr. Lee Geok Eng, manaulns director of the Happy 'Vorld mow under construction) ana a committee member of the Chinese ChambPi of Commerce, has consented to be honorary president of *he Wei Yang Athletic Party. The W.Y.A.P since its foundation four years ago, has Deen successful in
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    GETTING READY FOR SIR JULIEN CAHN
    906 27 This Week-End's Trial Game Bowling All-Important: Nothing Must Be Given Away In The Field BY "ECHO" •"PHIS week-end's cricket trial game in Singapore will be helpful, but its importance should not be exaggerated, for the players have not yet had time to run into
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    KULIM CLUB GOLF
    151 27 The February women's medal at the Kulim Golf Club was played m Feb. 20 und 21, nine holes vs. bogey, and the leading scores were: Mrs Kitchlng f2B> 3 up; Mrs. Homer (28) 1 up; Mrs Perrln (15) all square: Miss Howard (36) 3 down; Mrs. Da
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    NEGRI CRICKET TRIAL
    206 27 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban. Saturday. IUEGRI Sembilan's first State cricket trial will take place at Seremban or. the King George V School padang or. Mar. 6 and 7. Negri Sembllan have arranged fixtures with Selangor, Ma'acca and Perak. At the moment of writing no fixture has
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    Sports Notes From Negri
    709 27 Meeting To Form Malayan Hockey Association Benefits Of Such A Body Lieut. Morris Finds A Place In F. M. S. Team Negri Cricket Season Opens Seneviratne's Fine Knock At Tampin Lawn Tennis Winners Since 1924 BY OUR SEREMBAN CORRESPONDENT A meeting of delegates from the various
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    TAIPING CRICKET
    88 27 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiplng. r;E members of the newly formed Taiping Cricket Club have been at regular net practice every tine day since the inception of the Club a few weeks ago and hopes of a good season are entertained. A practice match will be played today
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    Pavilion Built Like Bow Of Boat
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