The Straits Times, 6 December 1937

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    37 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY] THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1937 PRICE 10 CENTS The Straits Times PAGES. SINGAPORE. MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1937 PRICE 10 CENTS
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      75 1 STOOll**"/ MINING, TUNNELLING, AND QUARRYING PLANTS DRIFTERS, STOPE HAMMERS, JACK HAMMERS RIVETING AND CHIPPING HAMMERS PNEUMATIC DRILLS, GRINDERS ROCK DRILL MINING STEEL PROSPECTING DRILLS AIR COMPRESSORS AIR HOSE Complete machines, spare Mg^BM inquiries promptly parts and accessories attended to by the Ingersollaoailable for immediate H Rand engineer attached delivery from
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      454 1 IDEAL CHRISTMAS GIFT MID MULTIFORT THE PERFECT WATCH WATERPROOF" SHOCKPROOF NON-MAGNETIC o^pHE Watch Winds up by itself through the X natural movements of the wearer's arm, within 3 to 5 hours time, according to the temperament of the person. Once thoroughly wound up, the Watch will be provided with a
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      369 2 BUCHANAN— At Maternity Hospital, Penang, on December 3. to Rosemary, wife of Capt. A. W. Buchanan Ist '2nd Punjab Regiment, a son. LEADBETTER WEBB. On November 11. 1937. at Holy Trinity. Leamington Spa (by the Rev. J. M. Vincent i. Robert Peaston Leadbetter. of Kuala Lumpur. Fed. Malay States, to
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      534 2 SITUATIONS VACANT ESTABLISHED British Firm has vacancy tor energetic European Assistant. Excellent prospects. Apply Box No. 186, Straits Times. WANTED. Male European confidential clerk with knowledge of shorthand and typing. Reply stating qualifications to Box 214, S,raits Times. WANTED machine Draughtsman capable of supervising construction of his own designs under
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      744 2 FOR HIRE REFRIGERATOR- New or Used. Phone 333S BOARD RESIDENCE ISAS1 4NGLIA Oxlev RWC Fete 4S9U URN. large front room, verandah, S, Cairnhill Road. Phone 4609. Near Bus. WHITEHALL. 32 Cairnhill Rd. Vacancy double single. English. Mod. Tel. 4747. BELLEVILLE. IS. Scotts Road. Phone 4274 large airv rooms Prlv. Verandah,
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      653 2 AUCTION NOTICES AI 11- XllVE AUCTION SALE of a large quantity of new ladles' hats, morning, afternoon, and evening dresses of the latest styles, hand bags, fancy ornaments. etc.. etc. Just received from Europe. To be held at our saleroom. No. 18, Chulia Street on Friday. Dec. It Saturday. Dec-
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      732 2 PUBLIC NOTICES K RAM AT PULAI LIMITED. Dividend No. 102. Cable advice has been received that the Board of Directors has declared an INTERIM DIVIDEND for the year ending Dec. 31, 1937 of 25% less Income Tax Hi 5 in the payable in London on Dec. 13. to all shareholders
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      176 2 A Figaro Coiffure is both beautiful and jQSJSMJb A distinctive. It is the Py\-— ,3 lv ork of an arti.'t who Etc 9 Py ls also a nalr Expert. V~ FIGARO today for satisfaction European Ladies' Hair Dressers. 93. Bras Bamh Rd and Raffles lloi«-i Phone 2868 BUSINESS CARDS ETC.
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      193 2 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Singapore Within Outside Without Malaya Malaya Postage Monthly 3 M S 4.M 2 50 Ouarterlv J X 50 $12 00 1 50 Half Yeirlj $17 00 $24 00 $15 00 Nearly $34 00 $48 00 $30 00 No«e. Outotation cheques should include the usual bank di>count. ADVERTISEMENT RATES
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      689 3 P. &0. BRITISH INDIA i AND APCAR LINES. vlncorporatedv Incorporated to England) MAIL PASSENGER ANL CAROO SERVICES PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N Co UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY S GOVERNMENT LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN Due Tonnage. Spore 1937 CORFU 15.000 Dec. 17
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      535 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) (Incorporated in Japan) GfNERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD. TO i-ONI>ON Naplei MarseiPes. .ondnn Antwerp »n.. Rotterdam Vesfiels Tonnase Jue C ail HARUNA MARU 10.500 Dec 8 9 KATORI MARU 10.000 Dec. 22 23 rr*ann><* marc mood lan YASUKUNI MARU 12.000 Jan 18
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      647 3 i BANGKOK LINE Luxurious One Class motorehips. M.~st Cabins have adjoining nr'vate bath. Excellent Cuisine. FOR (GENOA) MARSEILLES. LONDON. ROTTERDAM. HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN From From Tom From Spore Malacca Port Penane M.S. Sham •AtSIA 12/12 12 12 13/12 14/12 BORINOIA 4/1 41 5/1 7 1 FIONIA 25/1 25,1 26 1
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      275 3 TRANS-PACIFIC SAILINGS VIA HONOLULU From Arrives H'kong S.F. Pres. Hcov?r Dec. 17 Jan. 3 Pres. Coolidgj Jan. Jan. 26 Pres. Wilson Jan. 26 Feb. 15 Pres. Hoover Peb. S Feb. 23 Pres. Cleveland Feb. 23 Mar. 15 Pres. Coolidge Mar. 5 Mar. 23 RATES AS LOW AS £75.7.2 SINGAPORE TO
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      1010 3 REPRESENTING. nonma THE BLUE Pihratl, VIS-'. (Ocean The Hua Khiow SUamahin Co ISMI Mil Steam Ship Co., Ltd. and China -lutual Cunard White Stat Ltd. Steam Navigation Co Ltd.) Aberdeen tt Commonwealtb Line The Straits ■itram.obip Co I.W. Shaw Savlll Albion Co. Ltd The China Na/i;a"on Co Ltd. The Australian
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS.
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      FROM MALACCA.
      110 4 Correspondence for transmission by lir "via Netherlands" must be specially uid clearly superscribed "By X.L.M." Mails wili close at Malacca as ollows: Today. 'enang i lnternal Air Service) «pm Tomorrow. .ran, 'Amsterdam and London by air (Netherlands) 1.15 p.m. Java and Southern Sumatr. by air (Netherlands) ..9.45 a.m.
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      THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
      167 4 Monday, December 6. Ships atengsMe the Wharw or expected to arrive. Xl Ill I HAT -OCX Main Wharf Lch. Moonstone, Kedah, s.s. Lady Tennison Pender, Asahan. Supply. Dil Wharf Sawahloento. ;oa) Wnart Nil VESSELS IN OKY DOCKS Fanjonc Pagsr Albert Dock Nil. Victoria Dock Nil. V-
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      PASSENGERS FROM EUROPE.
      83 4 The following passengers for Malaya ire in Fushimi Maru which left London on Nov. 26 and is due in Singapore on Dec. 26: Miss M. Alexander. Mr. and Mrs. G. 3 Barnett, Miss M. B. Benjafield, Mr. F 1 H. J A. Broers, Mr. F. J. Bryant,
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      CLEARANCES.
      52 4 Dec. 4: Olang Ann, Ipoh, Kamuning, 31eniffer, Pulau Kidjang, Sin Alk Lee, Medusa, Kelantan, Darvel (Brit): Schamhorst (Ger.); Verbaniat, Conte flosao, Teseo (Itl); Angby (Sa.); Dukat, Hero (Nor.); Gen. Verspyk, Senang, robelo, Pasir, Toboali. Toba (Dut.). Dec. 5: Maros (Dut.); Klstna, Bulan (Brit.); Pleasantville (Nor); Eurylo:hus (Brit.). Dec. 6:
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
      197 4 SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE. Tomorrow <■ ala Lumuui ai.a Pemuis OT a& i Internal Air Serrtce) m Eastern, Southern and Western Australia (Charon) 9 a.m. Pamangkat, Sambas and Singltawang (Tomohon) ..9 am New Zealand (Charon) ..9 a- m Pengerang (Aik Soon) Sarau-ak (generally) Bintulu (Circe) 9 a.m. Germany (Parcels only) (Gnelsenau)
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      AIR MAILS. INWARD.
      112 4 AIR MAILS. INWARD. Wearnes: From Penan p Kuala Lumpur: Arrive* every evening other than Sundays. Qantas: From Australia: Arrives tomorrow afternoon. Dutch: From Netherlands India: Arrives tomorrow evening. K.L.R..: From Netherlands India: Arrives tomorrow evening. K.L.M.: From Europe: Arrives tomorrow evening. Imperial: From Europe Due Friday evening. OUTWARD. Wearnes: To
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      MAILS EXPECTED.
      178 4 Malls from Penang and Kuala Lumpur expected today, Dec. 6, by air (Internal Service) will be delivered to boxholders at 7.30 p.m. General delivery of letters tomorrow, Dec. 8.25 a.m. Malls from China expected tomorrow, by Gneisenau. Mails from Netherlands Indies expected tomorrow, Dec. 7, by air (K.N.1.L.M.)
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      SUEZ CANAL RECEIPTS.
      20 4 Paris. Nov. 24. Traffic receipts of the Suez Canal Nov. 15 to Nov. 21 amounted to £193,000.
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      VICTORIA.
      23 4 The Victoria arrived this morning from Europe and Colombo. She is expected to sail at 4 p.m. for Manila, Hongkong and Shanghai.
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      671 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated in F.M.S.) LLOYDS AGENTS:~ BOOKING AGENTS F.M.S. RLYS. AND SIAM STATES RAILWAYS. TELEPHONE Freight 5433— Passage 5431. CANADIAN PACIFIC STEAMSHIPS, LIMITED. i Incorporated in England) FARES SINGAPORE /EUROPE First and Cabin Class from £106-7-10 Second Class From £74-0 AROUND THE WORLD FARES BY C.P.R. Interchange with
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      23 4 <\jou must see and hecvt Head Office 2*4. ORCHARD ROAD, SINGAPORE. Branches at Malacca, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh and Penang. 5 APB 2
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      674 4 Me ALISTEReC?L T 4 TtncorporMed va Straits ■ettlemenw y jS^jg^^^^Q ELLERMAN&BUCKNALL ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. COMPANY. (Incorporated in England) I Incorporated In U S.A.I FOR HAVRE, LONDON. boston, new york, Baltimore ROTTERDAM HAMBURG D.ie Sills Via Ports and Sum Canal STREEL TRAVELLER In port ToriaT Due .fa'^ STEEL MARINER
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      174 4 TIDE TABLE. SINGAPORE Tod*) H W. 00.49 a.m. 8.6 ft.; 11.58 a.m. 9.6 ft. L W. 6 a.m. 4.4 ft.: 6.40 p.m. 1 ft. Tuesday. December 7. H. W. 1.18 a.m 8.5 ft.; 12.33 p.m. L W 6.32 a.m. 4.4 ft.; 7.11 p.m. 1.3 ft. l-OKl SWETTENHAM Tomorrow H W.
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    WHAT IS ON TODAY.
    169 5 Hotels. RAFFLES HOTEL: Cocktail danct. 6 30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. Dinner and dance, 9.30 p.m. Cabaret. Hugo and Jacqueline. COCONUT GROVE: Dinner and dance. Cinemas. ALHAMBRA: Terang Bulan. With Nji Bukyah. 3.15, 6.15 and 9.15 p.m. Straits Times criticism on page 12. CAPITOL: Firefly. M.O.M.
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      321 5 ROXY BAR OPEN TIIL WDN'GIT LAST NIGHT TONIGHT 615 915 VOl'R HOLIDAYS i^i^i^i^iVl^N^^a^a^a^a^aa MFRRIEST COMEDY i^^^^P^^^k^a^a^^^J SHOW. BRING "JT Jfc 4afck YOUR FAMILY H ft_a_aO__^a_fc_a^a^BS TO SEE. conrrAMce bbmnbtt. caky grant 'TOPPER' A Metro-Qoldwyn-Mayer Picture with TOMORROW:— One of Rudyard Kipling's most popular Ute* in th« luncl« Book ELEPHANT BOY
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      222 5 THE LATEST L^l RICHARD TAUBER gave two lovel7 melodies on his latest Pariophone Records R *****6 One night of Love Lore's old Sweet Son* Hts other popular records R *****5 Smllin" Through Ah! Sweet Mystery of life. R *****3 Fear Nothing The Old Tree. T. M. A. MUSIC HOUSE, Singapore
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      24 5 na Jl xl WE STOCI THE BIC SIZES TOO tor TIN DREDGES MiNING MACHINERY INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY TRACTORS ETC. MALAYAN MOTORS LIMI T E D
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      675 5 Oh, My Poor Legs! ..^aaaaaav^^^LaaW J litH^^iM wnim jdfl LV i fia% /Lmi W'r 'S\\.r. a«W < way fA^ 77iaf Awful Fatigue! Do You Know it? That Agonising Pain! Have You Suffered it? DO your leg» throb and burn Is your body tortured with the pain* o( rheumatism Do piles
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES—LATEST LOCAL QUOTATIONS.
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      AROUND THE MARKETS.
      207 6 MORE ACTIVITY IN TIN AND RUBBER SHARES. INDUSTRIALS STEADY BUT QUIET. (By Our Financial CorrecpondeM.) Singapore, Dec. 6. I»cal markets, with the sole exception of tin, are closed today and in addition it is Monday so there is not much upon which to comment this morning. Rubber
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      TREASURY BILL DISCOUNT RATE.
      304 6 London. Dec. 5. ON the money market yesterday Fridays Treasury Bill tenders again provided the week's hijrh <pot. Discount brokers, heartened l>> the results achieved the previous week, took their courage in both hands and raised their tender rate for Treasury Bills to 15s. to It.s-.
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      MINING.
      619 6 Issue Va). Frasers h Co. Lyal) fc Fvatt Buyers Set "srs Buyers Seller* 4/- Ampat Tin 5- 5/6 5/- 5,6 £1 Asam Kumbar.? 32,- 34,- 31/- 33/£1 austral Malay 50/- 55- 48/- 50/5/- Ayer Hitam 27/- 29/- 26;- 27/6 1 Ayer Weng O.« 0.90 0.85 0.95 II Sangnn Tin
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      GENERAL.
      428 6 2 2 Alex Brck Ord. 160 1.60 1.50 1.60 2 2 do llz'.i, Prefs 2 27' 2 2.35 2 25 2.35 10 10 Atlas Ice 8.00n 8.00n 112. M. broadcasting J.45 0.55 'J.51 0 BOnom 10 5 B M. Trustee B.OC tf.75 5 0C 6.75 £1 £1 Con. T.
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      DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
      239 6 SINGAPOK* MUNICIPAL. v, 1901 red 1940 J40t 'CO Int .Mar 31 Sepi 30 102 104 nom < 1 1907 reo 1947 600.000 Int Mar 31 Sept 20 108 ■i> 2 <<. 190S red 1955 >;,000.000 int. Mar 31 Sept 5C 113 :913 red 1963 v2.000.000 .nt Mar
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      RUBBER SHARES.
      379 6 Bnaies ire $1 un'.ess otherwise stated' Allenby Frasei Co Lyall Evat 1.45 155 1.50 1.60 Alor Gajah imal Malay Aver Hitam Ayer Molek Ayer Panas Bassett Batu Lititang Bedford 3enta Borelli Brogas Brunei Un Bukit Katil Bukit KB Bukit Kepong Bukit rinian ><610) "hangkat Sercianji ~;>nnemara Menealy Planta:ions
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      EXCHANGES
      204 6 Singapore. Dec. 4, I The !ollowin B art the exchange rates this mcrniag according to the daily circular issued by the Hone Kons and Shanghai Banking Corporation: SELLING. London TT 2/4 1/3'z London demand 2/4 1/3* London 4 months sight 2 4 Lyons demand 1715 Switzerland demand 251 1
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      CHAMBER OF COMMENCE RUBBER ASSN.
      85 6 Saturday, December 4, Neon. No. 1 X. R. S. S. in CM (F.O.B.) Dec. 25% :>7 k Good P. A. Q. in bales (F.O.B.) Dec. 24% 25>is Na 1 X. R. S. S. (Spot loose) Awardable 25"' 25% December 25% 26 January -March 28% 26
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      AMERICAN STOCK AND COMMODITY PRICES.
      464 6 THE following quotations are pub- llshed by courtesy of Messrs S E Levy and Co. Singapore Messrs. White We)d and Company, New York, report by cable regarding Saturday's markets. STOCKS. There is a further evidence of a firm undertone. However, in view of the recent
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      ANGLO-ORIENTAL GROUP.
      141 6 Tin Ore Production In November. ANGLO-Oriental (Malaya), L.mited. advise the following particulars of operations of the undermentioned companies for November. Hours I". P1CU1 ire. Ampat Tin 1.213 Southern Kinta 4,140 Kamuntlng Tin 1.801 Pangnga River Tin 761 Tongkah Harbour Tin. 2.457 Anglo-Siamese Tin 1 .229 Kampong Lanjut Tin.
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      FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS
      261 6 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Singapore. jj>ec. 4 pni Twrl !i Bookt Cloee financial Date Bx. Div. yea.' Cor.ipany Dividend Payable Date TIN. To Batu Selangor sri5 r i Int. Dec. 9 Dec. 17 Dec 10 Burma Malay 6d. On. Dec. 11 uec. 18 Dec. 13 Hong Konp Tin
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      26 6 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. Mmcrpoiattd in Kngl ir.l VI). ***** FIRE. MARINE, LIFE, MOTOR CAR, fttifiKMEN'S COMPENSATION. Branch Office for Malays: Chartered Bank Chambers. Singapore AFB 1.
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
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      LONDON METAL MARKET.
      346 7 GENERAL EASINESS IN ALL METALS. DEMAND AT LOW EBB. IN Uieir weekly report on the London markec dated Nov. 19. Messrs Malcolm Bowley and Son. write:— The general easiness in all markets is due to bearish advices from the US A Whatever may or may not be
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      COMPANIES STRUCK OFF REGISTER.
      80 7 fTHE following companies are struck off the register of companies: Wee Seng Bee Steamship Co.. Ltd.. Thrift and Provident Society. Ltd.. Distributing Agencies of Malaya. Ltd.. V. R. Menon and Co.. Ltd. Notice U given in the Government Gazette that, unless cause is shown to the
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      EXCHANGES.
      89 7 London. Dec. 4. Paris U7 J W Athens 547% Ne-A York 4.39 3 16 sellers Montreal 4 99 Rio 2 23/32 Brussels Ji).3Tj market rates Geneva 21.60 Belgrade 21* Amsterdam 8 98. Buenos Aires unquoted Milan 94>4 Montevideo 39 13 16 Berlin 12.39*1 sellers official Mad.'d nominal Bucharest 677
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      TIN QUOTA MAY BE REDUCED BY MORE THAN 25 Per Cent.
      1537 7 TIN QUOTA MAY BE REDUCED BY MORE THAN 25 Per Cent. Malaya's Case For A Revision Of Standard Tonnages. MOW that a reduction in tin quotas for the first quarter of 1938 is regarded as inevitable, discussion has centred on the possible inade- quacy of the 25 per cent, cut
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      456 7 HONG KONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated to the Coiooy ol Hong Kong i The liability of members is limited to th oxu-nt and In manner prescribed by Ordir..'iice No. 6 ot 1929 of the Colony. Vithorlied Capital *50.000.000 ..I. Pullv $20,000,000 1 v I 6.300,000 Ilutig Kong Currency $10,000,000 lability
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      624 7 BANK OF CHINA Incorporated ui China by Spcrtaj Charter.) It. Cecil Street. Singapore l>lrph«m<-< Manager's Office HU fcsehaagr Dept 6411 General Oflee Slgg-f Cable Addrem: "CHl'NGKUO" raid Ip Capital Cb f IO.IH.tHH I Reserve Fund* in exren Ch S 4.SM.M* 90 Total Awets approximaii-l, Ch $1 80OW.W0 M HEAD OFFICE.
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      516 7 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. (Incorporated in £ni»,ara o* Royal 1 Charter 18JS. Paiii Uo Capital in 400,000 share* i oi £5 each EJ.OOO.i)O* Reserve Pund £1.000 000 Rtserve Liability of Ptopnetorj C 3 000.00<t HEAD OFFICE: BMiopsfaU I ood«n f. t 2 I A.or Star Hong Rons
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    SIAM'S POPULATION GROWING.
    131 8 3,000,000 Increase In Eight Years. (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok. Dec. 3. 'THE new census in Siam was taken *in May this year, and the first figures are now available from the Ministry of Interior. The increase in the population of the country as compared with the
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    R.A.F. 'PLANE CRASH
    51 8 The petrol tank of an RAF. 'plane from Sealand. near Chester, which made a forced landing in a field near the aerodrome recently, burst, hut the machine did not catch flre. The international whaling agreement, signed in London on June 8 last year has 'oeen ratified by
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    CHECK THAT FATAL LOSS OF WEIGHT.
    290 8 Pake These Flesh-Forming Tablets. You know only too well, what lhat sttai:y loss of weight foretells. .Check it now. while there is yet time! You can now get. in the form of tiny, tastt'ess, sugar-coate rl tablet*, I the most wonderful body-building, flVshi forming
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      241 8 WASH YOUR FACE THIS NEW WAYI AMBROSIA PORE -DEEP CLEANSER 6 OZ. BOTTLE ENOUGH FOR SO aiqc CLEANSINGS >J Ouii-iiiamc ai ail Chemists and Stores r.rai'ton Laboratories Distributors 1938 "HIS MASTER'S VOICE" American Radio LEADS AGAIN. Sole Agents KEE HUAT RADIO CO. 122/124, Orchard Road, Sinuanore Phone 4566. STANDARD COMPONENT
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      38 8 JOHNNIE WAfattEß 7 Baest FOR ALL DEFECTS OF VISION MJ[zelcJel sggs Kstabltelic* aver *v Kin Qullfied Ophlhalmk Optkiiw 9. RAFFLES PLACE. Special Price quoted for school children "TIME MEANS MONEY" You lose nothing by rfrekaswg a VULCAIN WATCH.
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      64 8 Cox Kings (AGENTS), LIMITED Arrange SHORT TRIPS TO CAIRO for homeward bound passengers Apply for particulars to PATERSON, SIMONS CO., LTD. or to any Cox and Kings Offices PORT SAID, CAIRO, LONDON, etc. TWYFORDS I BATHS— W.C. TOILETS LAVATORIES SINKS MIRRORS SHELVES TOWEL RAILS Stocks always available. Pure white or
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      303 8 SINGAPORE TODAY ZHL 1.33 nc'i (2M m.) p.m. 6.00 Malay music. t 6.30 Chinese music. t 7.00 Music and Musicians— 3. Talk with piano illustrations by Lindsay Granville. 7.30 Time, weather, news and announcements. 7.45 Light orchestral music! Overture "The Barber of Seville." Parts 1 and 2 by Rossini, played
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      808 8 EMPIRE STATION. TODAY TRANSMISSION 2. GSJ 21.53 me s (13 93 m); GSH 21.47 me s (13.97 m.); GSO 17.79 me s (16.8G m GSO 15.18 me s :19.76 m.). p.m. 6.05 Big Ben. Music Hall.* including Georg.3 Formby. With the BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Charles Shadwell. 7.05 "Memories
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      593 8 BERLIN. TODAY DJB 15.2* me s (19.74 ml; DJN 9.54 me s (31.45 m.l; UJE 17.76 me/I (1SJ9 t m); and DJQ 15.28 me s (19.63 m.) 1 Ml 6.20 Concert of light music. 7.20 News in English. 7.35 Concert of light music (continued). 8.15 Greetings. 8.20 News and economic
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    HONG KONG ARMS TRADE ANNOYS JAPAN.
    455 9 Is Cause Of Bitter Feeling Against Britain, THE supply of arms to China through Hong Kong is one of the causes of the anti-British feeling in Japan, according to a dispatch from the Tokio correspondent of The Times. The Japanese attitude, he says, is
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    Gen. Chiang's Reply To Peace Move.
    109 9 Gen. Chiang's Reply To Peace Move. Japanese Must First Withdraw. Hankow. Dec. 5. THE conversations at Nanking between Gen. Chiang Kai-ohek and Dr. O. Trautmann, the German Ambassador, have been concluded and Dr. Trautmann is due back hsre today. It is understood that Gen. Chiang maintained that peace negotiations were
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    GERMANY LOSES TRADE IN CHINA.
    105 9 Chinese Exports Expand Remarkably. London. Dec. 5. 'THE Manchester Guardian, reviewing the Chinese customs returns, em- phasises the rema. able expansion of Chinese exports from the beginning of the war and stresses the remarkable drop in Germany's trade with China the drop in both Imports
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    SPIRITUAL RULER OF TIBET DEAD.
    61 9 The Panchan Lama, "Living Buddha" of Tibet, died from i'lness on Eec. 1 in north-western China while on his way back to Lhasa, according to Chinese reports. Spiritual ruler of Tibet, the Panchen Lama had been living in virtual exle in China since 1923 following
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    Victory March Was Aimed At Prestige Of West
    269 9 Victory March Was Aimed At Prestige Of West London, Dec. 5. •••"PHK Japanese victory march in Shanghai doubtless had the definite purpose of striking a blow at the prestige of the Western powers concerned in the Settlement, especially Britain aad America," says the Sunday Times in an editorial. "The risks
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    CHINA'S PROTEST AGAINST ITALY.
    29 9 Geneva. Dec. 5. China has protested to the League against the Italian recognition of Manchukuo as a violation of Italy's obligations under the Covenant.— Reuter.
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    MEDICAL AID FOR CHINA.
    29 9 Three medical and epidemiological teams are leaving London for China on Dec. 10 in connection with the work of technical collaboration with China, states Reuter.
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    Nanking Hears Battle.
    215 9 Japanese Steadily Closing In. UNFIRE was audible in Nan- king as the Japanese forces tried to close in on Kuyung, 22 miles south-east of Nanking. Nine Japanese planes bombed and destroyed the Ming Palace aerodrome, i inside the Nanking city walls and petrol store was blown up
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    Uncle Sam Builds Big Hawaiian Base.
    160 9 MEASURES to make Hawaii impregnabl? from land, sea and air are being taken by the l> Uted States Army ani Navy, the expenditure run- 1 ning to $20,000 (M*- (£4?;T000t fcr a 1 flva-year programme of defence al~ne. j This is apart from $17,000,000
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    Four Japanese Warships Hit By Bombs.
    43 9 Chinese bombing plants attacked the Japanese naval concentrations at Klangyln and at Shanghai durng the week-end, seriously damaging four warships, it is officially claimed. The raiders then proceeded to Sungming Island*, bombed and sank a Japanese transport.
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    BRITONS WILL NOT HANDLE GOODS FROM JAPAN.
    44 9 BRITONS WILL NOT HANDLE GOODS FROM JAPAN. London, Dec. 5. eOUTHAMPTON stevedores and members of the Transport Workers' Union have refused to dacharge Japanese goods which arrived on the Canadian Pacific liner Duchess of Richmond. The ship is returning to Canada still loaded.— Reuter.
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    British Bar Japanese Troops From Settlement
    219 9 OIK mounted Japanese soldiers tried to enter the British manned western defence sector yesterday, at a point through which the Japanese military parade passed, says a Renter message from Shanghai. The British outpost re- fused to move the barbed wire and the Japanese went
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, MONDAY, DEC. 6, 1937. PROMISES & THREATS OF SCIENCE.
    1004 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, MONDAY, DEC. 6, 1937. PROMISES THREATS OF SCIENCE. There was a time, not so very, long ago, when inventions were haphazard happenings, subject to little j j or- no control. Some men had a genius for invention, such as Edison, and devoted their lives to inventing
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    Would You Like To Be An American ? DRAWBACKS IN PARADISE.
    1388 10 Would You Like To Be An American DRAWBACKS IN PARADISE. IF you observe English manners 1 in America you are likely to be taken for a confidence man, according to William J. Makin, j the writer of this copyright article. He points out a number of draw- backs in life
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    Intellectual Adventure.
    261 10 OROFESSOR F. Wood Jones, of Mel- bourne, in a recent address in Adelaide to the Australian Medical Congress, deplored the tendency of universal school education and orthodox University teaching to destroy or stultify the spirit of intellectual adventure. For the University he advocated prevision to enable the teacher
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    NOTES Of The DAY.
    697 10 NOTES Of The DA Y. St. Nicholas. ALTHOUGH blase twentieth century children tend to take Santa Claus with a pinch of salt from their earliest days, the Dutch children of Singapore take their St. Nicholas seriously enough. When he drove away after the presentation of gifts at the Hollandsche Club
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    FLYING-BOAT CRASHED IN HEAVY GALE.
    375 11 FLYING-BOAT CRASHED IN HEAVY GALE. Two Drown When Cygnus Sinks At Brindisi. SUDDEN GUST UPSET BALANCE. i SUDDEN gust of wind during heavy weather caused the crash of the imperial Airways Empire flying-boat Cygnus as she was taking off at Brindisi for Marseilles early yesterday. Two people were killed and
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    Briton Refused To Wave Flag Of Japan.
    232 11 Briton Refused To Wave Flag Of Japan. gECAUSE he was incensed when a Japanese civilian thrust a Japanese flag in his r hand and tried to force him to wave it, Mr. E. T. Maitland, English lawyer in Shanghai, broke it across his knee during the "victory parade." "A Japanese
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    " AUTONOMY " PROCLAIMED FOR GREATER SHANGHAI.
    79 11 AUTONOMY PROCLAIMED FOR GREATER SHANGHAI. Fukienese, Schooled In Japan, Is Mayor. Shanghai. Dec. 6. SU HSI-WEN, a Fukienese who was educated in Japan, has issued a manifesto proclaiming himself mayor of the autonomous Municipality of Greater Shanghai which embraces the whole of the 193 square miles area formerly administered by
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    "NOTHING DEFINITE."
    56 11 German Peace Talks With Chiang. NOTHING definite" emerged from conversations between Dr. O. Trautmann, German Ambassador, and Gen. Chiang Kai-shek, it was authoritatively stated in Hankow this morning following the arrival back there from Nanking of the German envoy and the Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister. Dr. Trautmann is stated
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    Roosevelt Slashes Budget Spending.
    58 11 Roosevelt Slashes Budget Spending. New York, Dei. 6 CLTB totalling $800,000,000 (£160,000,000) on amounts appropriated last year are being made to assist in the fulfilment of President Roosevelt's promise of a balanced budget for 1938-1939, according to the the Washington correspondent of the New York Times. The Budget Bureau is
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    U.S. Borrows £90,000,000.
    145 11 U. S. Borrows £90,000,000. Washington, Dec. 5. THE United States Treasury has offered for public sale $250,000,000 < ,C 50 000,000) worth of eight-year 2V 2 per cent, bonds and $200,000,000 <.£ 40,000,000 worth of five year 1:I41 :I 4 per cent. Treasury notes, it was announced tonight. Persons holding
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    GEN. FRANCO LOSES HEAVILY IN BOMBING
    90 11 Loyalist Planes Hit Troops And Materials. Barcelona, Dec. 5. TPHE Government air force claims tc have bomb'd effectively Gen. Franco's positions on the Saragossa front, according to an official communique. The Nationalists suffered great losses nnd much material damage, as they were preparing to
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    U.S. WILL NOT RECOGNISE SPANISH NATIONALISTS.
    55 11 Washington, Dec. 5. The United States Government has no intention of recognisng the Franco regime in Spain, declared the Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull when announcing that the American Consul at Bilbao had been given leave of absence because the Nationalist Government was
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    NEW JAPANESE NAVY APPOINTMENTS.
    89 11 THE Tckio Admiralty announces annual transfers and promotions in the Navy, including the appointments of Admiral Osamu Nagano, command-er-in-chief o: the combined fleet, as war councillor Vice-Admiral Zengo Yoshida, commander in-chief of the second fleet, as commander-in-chiel of the combined fleet and commander of the first
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    22 11 The coffin containing the body of Mr. Ramsay Mac Donald leaving Westminster Abbey for the Golders Green Crematorium after the memorial service.
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    JAPANESE INSOLENCE AT SHANGHAI.
    56 11 APPREHENSIONS aroused by the Japanese victory parade on Friday were not allayed by the action of three Japanese planes stunting over the racecourse in the heart of the Shanghai International Settlement yesterday while 2,000 foreigners, mostly British, were watching soccer and rugger games. The planes performed
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    Goering Rattles Collecting Tin In Rain-Swept Berlin Streets.
    134 11 Berlin, Dec. 5. nTHOUSAKDS of public officials, from ministers to storm troop leaders, rattled collecting tins yesterday in cold, drizzling rain to raise funds for the Nazi winter help campaign. The Minister of Propaganda, Dr. Gocbbeis, accompanied by some of his children,
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    China's Will To Resist Is Unshaken.
    148 11 China's Will To Resist Is Unshaken. All Revenues Now Used For War. CHINA'S unbreakable will to resist Japanese aggression to the last" I was reiterated at Hankow by the ■spokesman of the Chinese Foreign Office. Initial steps for the organisation of defence of provinces threatened by war have been taken
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    British Ships Hit By Japanese Bombs.
    379 11 I*WO British steamers and a British-owned hulk were hit by bombs yesterday, when Japanese planes attacked Wuhu, Yangtse River port above Nanking. Bomb splinters showered on H.M.S. Ladybird. There were no foreign casualties. The two ships were the Jardine Matheson's Tuckwo and the Butterfield
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    Japan Has No Imperial Aims, Envoy Declares.
    203 11 Japan Has No Imperial Aims, Envoy Declares. Part?, Dec. 6. THERE was no question of Japan carrying out any imperial scheme and there was no danger of any war party in Japan gaining too much power, declared Viscount Ishii, Japan's Envoy to Europe, on his arrival from Rome yesterday. But
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    Lindberghs Pay Secret Visit To America.
    165 11 London, Dec. 5. pOLONEL and Mrs. Lindbergh arrived today on an unexpected visit, the first paid to the United States since they took up residence in England two yean ago. Complete secrecy marked the voyage, which was made in the President Harding. Tha Lindberghs
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    JAPAN SHOULD ASK LEAVE IN FUTURE.
    67 11 Permission Needed To Enter British Sector. IT has been in.ormally suggested that the Japanese military authorities In future reques. aye when they wish to enter the British defence sector at Shanghai. Reuter learns. This is the result of a lorryload of JaDan«e troops entering
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    37 11 WITH the Italian rcco;»niticn of Manchukuo, the Italian Consu'ateOsneral at Mukden wll be raited to the status of a legation simultaneously with the removal of ths seat of the new legation from Mukden to Hsinklng < Changchun t.
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    GERMAN TENNIS STAR.
    66 12 GERMAN TENNIS STAR. FBAUIMK MASI2 LOL'ISZ 71ORN. ranked No. 1 o) Germany's women players, photographed on ll in Singapore today by the 'lorddeutscher Lloyd liner Gneitenau. from Manila. She has just •omulet:d a tennii tour of the United States. Japan and the .'hilippines wi'-h Von Cramrn and Xienkel, Germany's No.
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    FLIERS CHRISTMAS IN SINGAPORE.
    93 12 -lying boats of No. 204 squa-lron arc already on their My to Singapore tn route for Australia to attend the Conmonwea'Ws 150 th anniversary celebrations. The flying boats are under the command of Wing-Corn. X 3 Lloyd. The personnel of the flying boats are here photographed
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    Selangor Ruler Not Ill.
    123 12 Just On Holiday At Siglap. <7rom Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Dec. 6. OUMOURS that the Sultan of Selangor has gone to Singapore •or medical treatment were denied ;>y his medical adviser. Dr. Barclay 3arrowman, in an interview with a ■Straits Times representative this morning. His
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    STOP PRESS.
    28 12 Shanghai, Bw. Til Jaaanise Army spokesman this ■mill announced that the j JaiviiK-se havr taptured Kuyung. Mi that the (all of Nankin; was j Imminent. F
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    BIG ARMY CHANGES WILL AFFECT SINGAPORE GARRISON.
    417 12 EXPANSION SCHEME SPEED-UP. More Pay For Soldiers, Transfer Of Officers. REGIMENTAL TRADITION TO GO? A RMV changes, planned for some time, are likely to be acceler- ated by the recent reconstitution of the military members of the Army Council, with 51-year-old Viscount Gort
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    WOUNDED ENVOY HERE SOON ON WAY HOME.
    80 12 WOUNDED ENVOY HERE SOON ON WAY HOME. Knatchbull Hugessen In Rajputana. Hons Kong. Dec. 5. SIU Hughe Knatchbull Hugessen, the British Ambassador to China, who was shot in the spine when his car was machine-gunned by Japanese aviators on the Nanking-Shanghai road, leaves here for London, with his family, by
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    ROSS APPEALS AGAINST GAOL SENTENCE.
    78 12 ROSS APPEALS AGAINST GAOL SENTENCE. Hearing Fixed For Tomorrow. pHAKLES Arthur Ron, the European mercantile assistant who was sentenced to six months' simple imprisonment at the Singapore Assizes afl.r being convicted of caifcsim; death by driving negligently, has appealed against his sentence. The appeal will be heard tomorrow before a
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    MASKED ROBBER WITH PISTOL.
    178 12 Shop Owner Gaggecl With Onion. THREE Cantonese, one of ■whom waa masked and armed with a revolver, entered a Chinese dentist's shop in Joo C'hiat Road shrrtly after 8 p.m. yesterday and took with them $46 in cash and about $20© worth of Jewellery oelong'n? to
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    SINGAPORE "DANGEROUS DIPLOMATIC LOCALITY."
    227 12 Japanese Diplomat's View. "I HOPE that Great Britain will soon try and come to some understanding with Japan durinp this dangerous crisis," said Japan's new Ambassador to Germany, Shigenori Togo, on arrival in Singapore this morning, enroute to take up his new post at Berlin. "I
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    Prince To Wed Art Student.
    62 12 MISS CERILHEYCOCK,2I-year-oidart student, who is engaged to marry PRINCE BIRABONGSE of Siam, the we'.l-knoum Brooklands racing driver, poses for her fiancee, who is a talented sculptor and exhibited a bust of her at this year's Royal Academy. They have been secretly engaged for three years
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    Bomb Kills One, Badly Hurts Another In Penang Park Women Stampede From Amoy Opera Show.
    177 12 Bomb Kills One, Badly Hurts Another In Penang Park Women Stampede From Amoy Opera Show. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Dec. .>. f")NE man was killed instantly and several others were injured in a bomb outrage at the Fun and Frolic Amusement Park last night. Complete mystery surrounds the reason
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    Pilot's Jungle Mercy Mission.
    146 12 Pilot's Jungle Mercy Mission. CURTAILING his flying holiday in Java, the German Air Force pilot Major Frederick Haerle who left Singapore on his return solo flight back to Germany at 6 a.m. today, flew on a mercy, mission to a small island, off the coast of south Sumatra. He carried
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    "LILAC DOMINO' AT PAVILION.
    75 12 At The Cinema. Lilac Domino (Michael Bartlett and June Knight), United Artists at the Pavilion. GAINST the gay and tuneful back- ground of old Hungary, this pleasant though inconsequential story of a romance between a Hussar and a girl who appeared as a lilac domino at
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    MANY TAILORS TO GO BACK TO WORK.
    50 12 TBE strike of Singapore tailors is decreasing in its intensity, it is understood. i More than 70 tailoring shops effect|ed settlements with their employees and work will be resumed either today or tomorrow. The strike, which began on Friday, Involved over 1,000 workers.
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    TWO COFFEE SHOP FIRES.
    45 12 TWO small cofiee shops in Paya L.»bar Road were damaged by fire In the early hours of Sunday morning. Two flre engines were sent out and thf troub'e was over wltlrn a tew minutes The damage was confined to the ceilings.
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    New P. & O. Skipper Sailed in Windjammers.
    214 13 New P. O. Skipper Sailed in Windjammers. pAPTAIN H. ELLIOTT-SMITH, who is well-known in Singapore, has retired from the P. and O. after 38 years in the company's service. His place as Commander of the Chitral has been taken by Captain W. E. L. S. Pocock who thus takes up
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    49 13 MB. KOBtCKi JACKSON", son of Mrs. E. L. Jackson and the late Mr. J. P. Jackson, of Barnslev. England, and his bride. MISS PHYLLIS MAY ASSENDER, daughter of Mr. mid Mrs. G. Asaender. of P«rth, Western Australia, after (heir wedding at St. Andrew's Cathedral on Saturday. Straits Times Picture.
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    Australian Airboat Bases Ready Early Next Year.
    435 13 METEOROLOGICAL AND RADIO EQUIPMENT. "PREPARATORY work for equipping bases for the new hrnpire flying-boats between Singapore and Sydney is being pushed ahead in Australia already and the minimum requirements for safe operation of the service should be ready quite eaily next year. Meteorological
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    Stage Prayers For China's Soldiers.
    66 13 /^ANTONESE nuns in Singapore are doing their bit for their country. Engaging a theatre in Smith Street, a show will be given tonight under their auspices. During the performance, 15 nuns will pray on the stage for Chinese soldiers killed on the battlefields. A minute's
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    "Slamat Hari Raya."
    158 13 "Slamat Hari Raya. Colourful Malays Pack Streets, "CLAM AT Hari Ray a was the greeting among thousands of 'Moslems in Malaya and throughout 1 the Mohammedan world yesterday. It was the end of the Puasa (fasting) season. They continue their festivities today wlich by decree of the Ooverntment, is a
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    27 13 Mr. E. G. Holiday of Lewis and Peat (Singapore) Ltd., Mrs. Holiday and three children are passengers in Fionia due in Singapore from Europe on Jan. 2.
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    K.L. CHINA RELIEF FUND BALL.
    54 13 i From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 2. ■TTHE charity ball of the women's section of the China Distress Relief Committee, which is to be held at the Chinese Assembly Hall on Saturday is expected to be a big international function. Five hundred tickets
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    18 13 Mr. Solo Grunberg arrived in the Victoria this morning from Europe to Join A. Flinter and Co., Ltd.
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    CATHEDRAL WEDDINGS.
    121 13 "MACK," a sheer black pup, takes no further interest after his rapturous welcome of his mistress, MISS JOYCE MARY HARPER, daughter of Mr. H. F. Harner, of Hong Kong, and the late Mrs. Harper, after her marriage on Saturday to MR. F. H. BLUNDSO.N, son of Mr. and
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    "DON'T BE LEFT WITH HALF-TIME LEMON."
    313 13 British Resident On Value Of School Sport. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 5. "J HEAR very often that a good centre-forward never has any trouble in getting a job. That may b* true but the time comes when ability in games is
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    NON- EUROPEANS TO PETITION WHITEHALL.
    218 13 Better Salaries Sought. g I N G A P 0 R E subordinate Government servants have decided to send a petition for revision of their salaries to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, through the (Governor, Sir Shenton Th«m:i-. This step, which is expected
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    Sir Shenton's Kedah Tour.
    164 13 Sir Shenton 's Kedah Tour. "¥*HE Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas I and Lady Thomas, will leave Singapore on Wednesday by plane i for a tour of Kedah and Penang. They will return on Dec. 14. Added attraction will be lent to the seven-day Bulan Puasa holidays in Alor Star by
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    FREE PRESS DELIVERED LATE.
    28 13 /~|WING to the development of a defect in one of the printing presses, the Singapore Free Press was delivered to subscribers late this morning.
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    Dutch Children See Their Own Santa Clans.
    202 13 jy|ORE than 50 happy Dutch children celebrated at the Hollandsche Club last evening the festival that in many Netherlands hemes takes the same place as Christmas, in British homes St. Nicholas Day. St. Nicholas, who looked just like Santa Claus, arrived in state
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    Johore's Gallant Rugger Team Go Down Fighting,
    567 14 MALAYA CUP VICTORY FOR SINGAPORE. Winning Pack Play Well But Backs Are Faulty. HARI play by both packs, but a ragged exhibition by. outsides, were features of the Malaya Cup rugger gamej in which Singapore defeated Johore at the S.C.C. on Saturday, ?>v
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    St. Andrews Win As They Like.
    196 14 1 The N.S. All Blues sustained another I heavy defeat at Jalan Besar yesterday. when St. Andrew's 0.8. beat them by 23 points <a goal, a penalty. 5 tries) to nil. Thy had three local players in their team as substitutes. j J. Ferguson
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    N.S. ALL BLUES OUTPLAYED.
    267 14 Singapore Asiatics In Good Form. Displaying all-round superiority, the Singapore Asiatics defeated the N.S. All Blues at Jalan Besar stadium on Saturday by 26 points (3 goals. 2 tries, 2 penalties) to 6 points (2 penalties). Tall), the local full back, showed he is a^ good
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    22 14 The Singapore Asiatic rugger team who easily defeated the Ncrti Sembilan All Blues at Jalan Besar stadium on Saturday. Straits Times Picture.
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    MRS. PENNEFATHER WINS BADMINTON TITLE.
    64 14 In the Malayan badminton championships, which were continued at the Happy World stadium this morning, tne women's open singles final was decided, Mrs. Pennefather beating Miss Lee Chee Neo. ft— ll, 11—4. 11— 9. The men's singles seml-flnals resulted as follows: A S. Samuel beat
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    SINGAPORE BEAT THE NEGRI AT HOCKEY.
    388 14 THERE was very little about which the spectators could enthuse iv Saturday's Singapore-Negri Sembilan hockey match on the padang. Considering the chances that came their way, Singapore did badly to win only 3—o.3 0. The de'ence played well, but the forwards were a very
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    5-2 WIN FOR THE SERVICES. State Outplayed In Rain At Tanglin.
    317 14 5-2 WIN FOR THE SERVICES. State Outplayed In Rain At Tanglin. Continuous rain made the conditions unpleasant for the hockey match between the Combined Services and Negrl Semblkm at Tanglin yesterday. won 5—25 2 by the military. The Services soon scored when Duk? sent a well Judged pass across the
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    ALEKHINE'S ADVANTAGE IN CHESS TITLE MATCH.
    104 14 The Hague. Dec. 4. The 25th gam? of the series of 30 between Dr. Alekhine (former holder t and Dr. Euwe »ho"der> for the world's chess championship, was adjourned after 40 moves, with Alekhine holding an advantage of two pawns. With 14 l/ 2l
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    SELANGOR IN FINAL.
    334 14 Open Score Against Perak With A Penalty Try. selangor, Holders, again (|iialifiei for the Malaya Cup rugger finri when on Saturday, at Kual» Lumpur, they beat Perak by 11 points (a goal and two tries) to nil. Victory wa^ not easLy won and Perak covered themjelvet-. with
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    Blackheath Beaten At Home By Gloucester.
    136 14 Results of rugger matches played at Home on Saturday axe cabled by Reuter as follows: England 18, Possibles 11 Bath 0. London Scottish 14. Bedford 16. St. Bart's Hasp. 0. Birkenhead Park 24. HaUfax 3. Blackheath 11, Gloucester 13. Bristol 5, Newport 3. Coventry
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      ENGLISH LEAGUE.
      1089 15 DIVISION II. Manchester United Continue Winning Sequence. Barnsley 3 Plymouth 2 Burnley 1 Bradford 1 Bury 4 West Ham 3 Coventry 1 Southampton 0 1 i When abandoned at half time, ground unfit.) Luton 4 Fulham 0 Manchester U. 5 Swansea 1 I Newcastle 1 Sheffield W. 0
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      SCOTTISH LEAGUE.
      474 15 DIVISION I. Motherwell Lose At Home To Celtic. Clyde 1 Rangers 1 Dundee vs. St. Mirren postponed. snow. Falkirk 3 Third Lanark 1 Hearts 2 Morton 1 Kilmarnock 3 Aberdeen 3 Motherwell 1 Celtic 2 Partick 4 Hibernian 0 Queen cf S. 3 Hamilton 1 Queen's Park 1
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    DECEMBER MEDAL WINNERS AT BUKIT TIMAH.
    504 15 Captain's Prize Qualifiers Return Cards Below 70. Till; Dtirmbtr itieual competition of the Singapore Gelf Club was played at Bukit Timah on Saturday and yesterday and resulted in v.ns for Dr. M. C. Bain in "A" Division with a net score of 68, G.
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    GLIMPSES AT THE GAMES.
    465 15 Snow Costs Clubs Thousands Of Pounds. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Dec. 5. "JpHE weather bad a considerable efleet on many soccer matches this week-end in England and Scotland. Snow prevented two Scottish and one English League matches from starting. Two other Engfch games were abandoned
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    FRIVOL AND REPUBLICAN DEAD-HEAT AT IPOH.
    1072 16 Etona Surprises To Pay $74. DACKIIRS were kept guessing at Ipoh on Saturday— the second and D concluding day of the Perak Turf Club's Skye Meeting. The going m heavy, and li;ht rain fell for most of the afternoon. la the first race Etona
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    S.C.C. SNOOKER TIES.
    78 16 Billiards. S.C.C. volunteer snooker tiei for ihis week are arranged as follows: TOMORROW C. R. Wardle and D. M. Seward vs. G. Prltchett and H. L. Hopk'.n WEDNESDAY C G. Fugler and Roy Brown vs. F. J. L Mayger and M. F. Cutler. THURSDAY A. F. Hunter
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    MISS HADLEY WINS SPOON AT KEPPEL.
    52 16 Golf. Twenty-two cards were taken out for the December spoon (bobey) competition at the Keppel Golf Club and the following were returned: Miss M M. Hadley (16) All square Mrs. E. OSullivan (20) 2 down Mrs. J. D. Malr (26) 2 Mrs. M. Lawrey
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    THE SPORTS DIARY.
    62 16 Swimming: s.S.C. championship events, Hockey: Colts vs. K L. Casuals. Tanglin: InntskUlings vs. S.C.C.; Raffles College; vs. S.R.C.: Medical CoUege vs. SRC, I A. vs. 11th H.B.: S.C.R.C. vs. R A. (Changi): RAP. vs. P.O.C. IOMORROW. Ka(kr: S.C C. "A" vs. R.A. (Chan;i> "A": St. Andrew's vs.
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    SINGAPORE STARS DEFEATED IN BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS.
    451 16 (By Our Badminton Correspondent.) THE first Malayan badminton championship tournament began at the Happy World covered stadium on Saturday. There were two walkovers, and play did not reach the high standard anticipated. This was partly due to the poor condition of the courts which
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    SIONG 800 vs. C.S.A AT BILLIARDS AND SOCCER.
    284 16 SIONG 800 vs. C.S.A AT BILLIARDS AND SOCCER. A capital standard of play in born billiards and soccer was attained yesterday when the Siong 800 Athletic Association enterta'.ned the Chinese Sports Association for inter-c!ub matches. Two ex-charrp:ors tcok part in the billiards match— Choo Eng Wah. r»r the Siong 800.
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    BRITAIN CANNOT BE "STARVED OUT."
    264 17 New Wartime Plans For Family Ration Cards. i "yHE plan for a shadow food control I scheme in Britain for wartime i: I much further advanced than the preI sident of the board has allowed Parlla ment to know, says the Sundai Chronicle. Preparations nave
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    Heiress To Wed Factory Worker.
    135 17 Heiress To Wed Factory Worker. AN heiress from Haslemere, Surrey, is to marry a £3-a-wcek Northamptonshire ihoe worker. Bridegroom-to-bo is Mr. Edward Stuart, aged 38. who is a clicker at the .«aoe factory ol S. Rivett, Ltd., at Woltastot, near Wtllingborough. His fiancee, Miss Bessie Maltby. is the daughter of
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    SOVIET PROPAGANDA.
    58 17 A joiit session in Moscow recently of the Comintern and Red International of Amsterdam, voted 2,000.000 roubles, nominally £80,000. for Soviet n Milntionary propaganda abroad. A tradesman at Zwickau "Central Germany* has been sent to gaol for a month and fined £165 for refusing to employ three aged
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    War Minister On 'Why I Never Married.'
    302 17 War Minister On 'Why I Never Married.' Ililß. Hore-Beliaha. Minister for War. 1 pres?nted medals to Army cooks |at Aldershot recently and explained j why he has never married. j| To the cooks he said: "I hope you I will spread the love of cooking to your wives, if you
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    SIAM BUYING RICE FOR JAPAN?
    138 17 Chinese Millers' Godowns Chocked With Grain. (FYom Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Dec. 3. 'THE Department of Commerce in the Ministry of Economic Affairs has now entered the rice trade as a buyer for a substantial quantity, and has issued a circular calling for tenders for
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    ARMS IN PLANES MUST BE SEALED.
    120 17 Each Member Of Crew May Have Weapon. pOR the benefit of the crew and passengers of aircraft calling at or leaving Straits Settlements stations the Government Gazette announces rules for the carrying of arms and ammunition in such craft. For each m?niber of the
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    ACCOUNTANT-GENERAL. New Post In S.S. Treasury
    104 17 Department. POLLOWING the change of title of the Treasurer, Straits Settlements, to that of Financial Secretary, of Deputy Treasurer to Deputy Financial Secretary and of Assistant Treasurer to Accountant, a new officer called the Accountant-General has been added to that department. To give legal
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    31 17 News has been received of tMe death In Dublin Hospital on Nov 16. at the age of 55. of Mr. John J. Fleury. formerly Government Veterinary Surgeon, Kedah. He retired recently.
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    BLUFF CAPTURED COLONY OF TOGOLAND.
    576 18 Two Men And A White Flag Perform Master Stroke. TWENTY-THREE years after he planned and carried out one of the most audacious campaigns of the Great War, Lieut.- t Col. Frederick Carkect Bryant— General Togo" to 1914 War j Office chiefs— has just received the
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    Mr. Death Run Over By Train —Hurts Toe.
    75 18 Mr. Death Run Over By Train —Hurts Toe. Crowds on the platform of Luton Station saw a middle-aged man fall ln front of the "Derby Special" as It Tossed through the station at 6.50 the other night on Its way to London with Derby racegoers. j The man was picked
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    27 18 A cairn of moorland stone is to be set up on Pad Cote. Ickornshaw Moor. West Riding, to mark the restingplace of the ashes of Lord Snowden.
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    Simpson Wedding Critics Hurl
    151 18 Simpson Wedding Critics Hurl "Blue Blood" Charges EXEMPTION of Mr. Ernest Simpson, divorced husband of the Duchess of Windsor, and Mrs. Mary Kirk Raff ray from the marriage laws of Connecticut is being scathingly criticised, cables I the New York correspondent of the Daily Express. "Blue blood is better than
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    23 18 The Guild of Air Pilots has awarded ♦»"> Johnston Trophy to Capt. A. S. WUcockson ln recognition of his Atlantic nights In the Caledonia.
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    Best Army Cooks Are Bachelors.
    358 19 "ARE you married?" asked Mr. 1-ieslie Hore-Belisha, War Minister, of each of the scores of cooks some of them destined to be well-known chefs at the prizegiving ceremony at the Army School of Cookery at Aldershot. Each one replied, with more or less emphasis, No."
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    M. P.s Plead In Vain For Dentist.
    185 19 M. P.s Plead In Vain For Dentist. I A TOWN'S benefactor who was said to ve reduced himself to penury in helping others, and for whom seven M.P.s and two doctors pleaded in vain, has been struck off by the General Medical Council. David Minton, 42-years-old dentist, of Blaina, Monmouthshire,
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    FIRST "GATEWAY" TO NANKING FALLS.
    117 19 Chinese Admit Loss Of Kiangyin Forts. j A PTER a four-day battle, the Kiangyin forts on the Yangtse River have fal'en to the Japanese. This is officially confirmed by Nanking. The Chinese defenders put up a stiff resistance in spite of inferior weapons and equipment
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      325 19 ff\sb VOW ARE Ri *^J JUST AS OLD f fe" 3j^ A YOU FEEL! Jj tf> .itnnl ln !i? ace n <: >n advancing years many men. and women too. find their berth slipping vague and pains awaU them and they are at a loss to know the (au.s. In
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