The Straits Times, 15 December 1937

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    38 1 The Straits Times [ZCTA3Ue:iED K2ABLY A CENTDRT] THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. 21 l'\< SINGAPOHE. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 15, 19J7 PRICE 10 CENTS The Straits Times I PACES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1537 PRICE 10 CENTS
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      19 1 KUALA LUMPUR 25. JAVA CT. f'PHONZ 3633). foto-psrtrait o at o stubio 33 c by f oto -artist only
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    43 2 Mr Tan Ewe Hock and family of the late Mr Tan Boon Eng desire to express their era'itude to their relatives and friends whc so kindly sent wreaths, scrolls and messages of condolence, and also to thank those who attended the funeral.
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      721 2 RIDDELL At Singapore on Dec. 15, to Mr. and Mrs. John Rlddell, a daughter. WOOD— On December 13. 1937. at Dr. Kibbles Port Dickson, Vo Alison, wife of O. Hunter Wood. SUlau, N.8.— a daughter. SrrUATJOJ^S_VACANT minted— Marine Engineer with second Class B O T. Certificate for about SIX months
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      835 2 BOARD RESIDENCE SERVICE FLATS at '-Joyd Hoise— all booked up at present. Ph. j450. WHITEHALL, 32 Calrnhll] Rd. Vacancj double single. English. Mod. Tel. 4747. FUKN. room. $25 and *50. Board opt Mod. san. garages. 11, St. Nicholas Flats. ORCHARD ROAD 252/254. Tel. *****. Furnished fiat and room* mod. sanitation.
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      854 2 LEGAL NOTICES SHELL ARDOL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the above Trade Mark is the joint property of THE ASIATIC PETROLEUM COMPANY (STRAITS SETTLEMENTS) LIMITED and THE ASIATIC PETROLEUM COMPANY (FEDERATED MALAY 8TATES) LIMITED both ot St. Helens Court, Great St. Helens, London. England, Merchants, and Is used by them
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      893 2 AUCTION NOTICES AUCTION SALE of modem polished teak household furniture including John Littles' and Robinsons' iron safes, colourful. Tientsin-pattern centre carpets (brand new) almost new Royal and Underwood standard and portable typewriters, AC. D.C. Crompton electric ceiling fan^ with guarantee. powerful 11-valve Philco radio receiver, almost new Singer hand sewing
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      682 2 TENDERS JOHORE GOVERNMENT Tenders will be received at the Office of the Hon'ble The State Secretary. Johore, Johorc Bahru, up to noon of January 12, 1938, for the Construction of one English School for 150 boys including Kebun's Quarters at Kluang. Johore, as per Plans Nos. 431-2 to 431-26 and
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      281 2 _rftt B^^^^V Have your hair afl fjf^S beautiful as possible— BBf^~ nav(i ll donf FIGARO j> ff^ You have no dl»V appointment. European ladies' Hair Drcsscrt. with experts in attendance. 93, Bras Basah Rd. and Raflk-s Hotel Phone 2868. BUSINESS CARDS Etc MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE Mrs. HARU and
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      763 3 P. &0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. Incorporated to England' MAIL PASSENGER ANL CARGO SERVICES PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N Co. UNDF.R CONTRACT WiTH HIS MAJESTY S OOVERNMENT LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. Due Tonnage Spore 1937 CORFU 15.000 Dec 17 f'BURDWA'J 6.070
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      522 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) (Incorporatetf is Japan) GENERAL PASSENGEK AGENTS FOR CUNA3D WHITE STAR LTD. TO I.ONDON. Naples. Marseilles, .endon. Antwerp an.. Rotterdam. Vesrels Tonnage Jue Tail KATORI MARU 10,000 Dec. 22 23 KA^HIM* MARO 111 000 lan n -i I YASUXUNI MARU 12,000 Jan. 18 19 HAKONE MARU
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      648 3 BANGKOK LINE Luxurious One Class mo'orships. M^«t Cauins nave au joining m;vat? bath. Excellent Cuisine. FOB (GENOA) MARSEILLES, LONDON, ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN From From i-Torr. From Spore Malacca Port Penane M.S. Sham BORINGIA 4/1 4/1 5/1 7 1 FIONIA 25/1 25/1 26/1 28 1 Calls Genoa and Marseilles. To
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      244 3 President liners] TRANS-PACIFIC SAILINGS VIA HONOLULU Prom Arrives H'kong S.F. Pres. Coolldg: Jan. 8 Jan. 26 Pres. Hoover Peb, S Feb. 23 Pres. Cleveland Peb. 23 Mar. 15 Pres. Coolldge Mar. 5 Mar 23 Pres. Tar Mar. 23 Apr. 12 RATES AS LOW AS £75.7.2 SINGAPORE TO EUROPE VIA U.S.A.
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      1023 3 REPRESENTING. i»iippi>i THE BLUE FUNNFL LINK tOcean The llua Khlow Sinnwhin Co IMSI -'.I Steam Ship Vo. Ud asd China lutaal Conard While Slai Kd St,am Navigation Co Ltd.' Aberdeen A Commonwealto Line Tnr Straits Steamship Co Ltd. Shaw Savill Sc Albion Co L'd Th» China N»/i;a"on Co Ltd. The
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS.
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      FROM MALACCA.
      156 4 Correspondence for transmission by air "via Netherlands" must oe specially and clearly superscribed "By X.L.M." Mails will close at Malacca as follows: Today. Penang (Internal Air Service) 6pm China, Japan, East Siberia, Philippines. Western U.S.A. and Western Canada 1 Sirdhana) 6 pm. Tomorrow. Iran, 'Amsterdam t London by
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      THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
      176 4 Wednesday, December 15. Ships »l*ac»i<l< the Wharves or expected to arrive. Entrance Exit Location Ship Godown Gate Gate East Wharf Rajula 22 1 1 Hong Siang 20 1 1 Hosang 20 1 1 Main Wharf Rajputana Bulan 18 2 3 Silvernr 16 2 3 Maetsuycker 14
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
      354 4 Today Denmark (Parcels only; (Malaya) 3 p.m Medan (ReJJnst) 3 p.m Muntok Palembang (Thedens) 3 p.m Pontianak iKhoen Hoea) ..3 p.m Philippine Islands 1 Memnon) 3 p.m Slam (Parcels onlyt iKamuning) 3 p.m Germany 1 Parcels only; (Burgenland) 3.30 p.m Tarempa (Scott Harley) ..4 p.m Tomorrow Kuala
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      AIR MAILS.
      100 4 INWARD. Wearnes: From Penang Kuala Lumpur: Arrives every evening other than Sundays. X.L.M. From Netherlands India: Arrives tomorrow evening. X.L.M.: From Europe: Arrives tomorrow evening Imperial: From Europe: Due Friday evening. Qantas: From Australia: Arrives Sunday afternoon. OUTWARD. Wearnes: To Kuala Lumpur and Penang: Mails close 6 a.m.
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      MAILS EXPECTED
      193 4 Mails from China and Japan expect«d today, Dec. 15. by Rajputana. Mails from Penang and Kuala Lumpur expected today, Dec. 15 by air (Internal Service) will be delivered to boxholders at 7.30 p.m. General delivery of letters tomorrow, Dec. 16, at 8.25 a.m. Mails from Netherlands Indies expected
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      D'ARTAGNAN.
      38 4 The D'Artagnan from Marseilles via Port Said, Djibouti and Colombo is expected to arrive on Saturday at 8 a.m. and sal the same day at 1 p.m. for Saigon, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Kobe. Berth: S.H.B. Wharves.
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    LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.
    360 4 London, Dec. 14. The following are today's closing middle prices on the London Stoci Exchange: Shares ol £1 denomination unless otherwise stated: Vaster- Rise <*ls or F»l) Oon version UMU> 6 p.c. 1944-64 112V* Funding Loan DC. 1960-90 112H War Loan, 3Vs p.c 101*4 Com. Union Assce.
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    PASSENGERS BY AIR
    211 4 Arrived from N.E.I, by KLM plane "Oehoe" Dec. 9:— Mr. M. J. Meier, Mr. and Mrs. V. E. Bertandias, Mr. E. Sarqant, Mr. W. S. Schupf. Arrived from Europe, India and Penang by KLM plane "Ibis" Dec. 10: —Mr. Austin Rand, Mr. Harold Bridges, I Mr. G.
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    PASSENGERS LEAVING IN RAJPUTANA.
    212 4 The following passengers are leaving Malaya in Rajputana on Friday morning for Colombo, Bombay and Europe Mr. D. J. Allan, Gnr. P. Abdilla, Mr. W. L. Blythe, Mr. N. C. S. Bosanquet, Miss Bosanquet. Gnr. A. Borg, Mr. M. J Boasso, 'Mrs. E. M. Chapman, Mrs.
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    CLEARANCES
    41 4 Dec. 13: Chung King, Medusa. Pangkor, Meran ißrit.); Hague Maru (Jap.); Angelina, Gewang (Dut Dec 14: Swartenhondt, Palopo (Dut.. 1 Chye Hin Tay Ylt. Giang Seng, Anshun, Calchas, Gorgon, Esmeralda, Hong Thong. Hong Kwong. Hung Lam, Jerantut, Rantau. Rahman (Brit.)
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      632 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated in F.M.S.) LLOYDS AGENTS:BOOKING AGENTS F.M.S Rl VS AND SIAM STATES RAILWAYS TELEPHONE Freifht 5433— Passage 5431. Canadian =3s=pacific (Incorporated in England) THE "EMPRESS" ROUTE offers TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES via HONOLULU or direct I MI-HISS U> VANCOUVER— ACROSS CANADA by TRANSCONTINENTAL TRAIN without change thence by CANADIAN
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      219 4 BiMJi #fi s Alii I kW"l"i li-U/*« liEv TTD^blliia ill ELLERMAN&BUCKNALL ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP STEAMSHIP CO LTD. .i2™L, f lncorporated In England) FOR HAVRE, LONDON. BOSTON RK »*""•<>■« ROTTERDAM A HAMBURG VM SVEZ c 1 VI. Port, and Sac. C»»«l STEEL MARINER J^port Due Sails FAIRFIELD CITY Dec. 21 Dec. 27
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      365 4 ttAUAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. Daily Weather Report. Stations Vesterda; Last night max rain- oright mln temr, fail s'shme temp *F inches ors. °F ITest Coast Alor Star 88 Nil 69 72 Sayan Lepas (Penang) 86 Nil 6.0 74 Sitiawan 86 0.67 5.5 73 Bukit Jeram 88 Nil 5.8 -"73 Malacca 87
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      327 5 ROXY BAR OPEN TILL midnicht LAST NIGHT ■P^BOT'iai rHf SCREEN'S NEW I I J^ {«k SONG-AND-ROMANCE M wL^^^i ,t' iEml!, TEAM M^^^^^^i^^^^^^^^^^n^^U^^^ ANTHONY MARTIN. LEAH RAY JOAN DAVIS. HELEN WESTEY in4he Season's romantic comedy treat! SING AND BE HAPPY 2Oth Century-Fox Picture Tomorrow— \S AMAZING NEW CHARACTER BRINGS A NKW
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      372 5 OPENS TO-DAY 315. 6-15. 9-15. .Jr^il^^ ALHAMBRA t --JB| Columbia Picture* Pratent a t^riilin- M^ UNDER-SEA Drun. -devils PLAYGS!OU^D" with '^M: DOLORES DEL RIO W RICHARD DIX t CHESTER MORRIS k r *l iff Excellent Columbia supporting shorts include A COLOR RHAPSODY AND A ROLLICKING TWO REELER COMEDY LAST NIGHT
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      444 5 PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE. The Government of Negri S mbilan i.-, prepared to consider the leasing of about 4 acres of land on the Sea Coast. Port Dickson. as a I site for a hotel. Any person. interested i'l such a proposition should ma'".e enquiry the District Officer, Port Dickson. as
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      534 5 WHAT IS ON TODAY. THE Shaits Times is publishing 1 this daily feature to give readers :< comprehensive summary ot enlerI tainments. meetings. sport-, events. social functions and other oulstanding h-ippenings. Organisers of meetings etc. ar; invited to -ubmit diary dates. Hotels. RAPFLK8 BOTBL: CocKtaii danc?. UN D m to
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    AROUND THE MARKETS.
    573 6 Dollar Tin Shares Lower And Weaker. (By (fur Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Dec. 15. Although the nervousness caused by the incident! in China has not completely died down, local markets this morning open with some improvement on yesterday's outlook, bat generally there is some disappointment at the failure
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    AMERICAN STOCK AND COMMODITY PRICES.
    553 6 THE following quotations are pub- lished by courtesy of Messrs. S. E. Levy and Co.. Singapore. Messrs. White Weld and Company, New York, report by cable regarding yesterday's markets: STOCKS. There are signs in certain industrial quarters tending to suggest that the approaching climax of
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    STOCK EXCHANGE QUIET.
    96 6 London. Dec. 14. ON the Stock Exchange today, leading oils again claimed the attention of the continent while Paris 'supported Kaffirs in the early stages, otherwise the market generally was quiet and narrow. Silver mines eased on the non-ex-tension of the 1933 international silver agreement. Among industrials,
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES—LA TEST LOCAL QUOTATIONS.
    • Issued by Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt, Exchange and Stock Brokers. Singapore closing prices Tuesday, Dec. 14. 5 p.m.
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        MINING.
        642 6 All shares quoted above are fully paid. issue Val. I I Prasers Co Lyall Si Fvatt Buyers Sei.'ers Buyers Sellers 4/ Ampat Tin £1 Asam Kumbarv> £1 Austral Malay 5/ Ayer Hitam 1 Ayer Weng i'l 4angnn Tin l 3atu Selangor £1 Burma Malay £1 Che naeriang 50 riitam
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        GENERAL.
        427 6 2 2 Alex Brtck Ord. 1.60 1.60 1.50 1.60 2 2 do 7y 2 Co Prefs. 2.30 2.37^ 2.25 2.35 10 10 Atlas Ice 8.00n. 8.00n. i 1 fi. M. Broadcasting J.45 0.55 0.50 O.OOnom 10 5 B M Trustee ri.OU 0.75 S 00 6.75 11 £1 Con. T.
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        253 6 SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL. 5% 1901 red. 1940 $400 000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 102 104 nom V7'/oV 7 '/o 1907 red. 1947 l." 600,000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 20 108 110 nom 4'4% 1909 red. 1955 000.000 int. Mar. 31 Sept iO 113 115 nom ",c 1913
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        374 6 (Shares are $1 unless otherwise stated* Fraser Co. Lyall Evatt Allenby 1.40 1.50 1.50 1.60 Aior Uajah Amai Malay Ayer Hiiam Ayer Moie!: Ayer Panas Bassett Batu Lintar.g Pedlord 3enta Borelli Brogas Brunei Un Bukit Katil Bukit KB Bukit Kepong Bukit nman ($10) ;.*hangkai Serdang Connemara '.Jienealy Plantations
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      87 6 Wednesday, December 15, Noon. No. 1 X. R. S. S. in cases (F. 0.8.) Dec. 28% 23 13/16 Good F. A. Q. in bales (F. 0.8.) Dec. 23 1/16 23 3/16 No. 1 X. R. S. S. (Spot loose) Awardable 23- 28% I December 23%
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      EXCHANGES.
      202 6 The following are the exchange rates this morning according to the daily circular issued by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation: SELLING. London T.T 2/4 1/32 London demand 2/4 1/32 London 4 months' sight 2/4 1/16 Lyons demand 1720 Switzerland demand 251 Hamburg demand 142 New York demand
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      PRODUCE
      189 6 r p: r,\ mbCI 15, 1 i ii. m :t. civs Sciier Oam««i ,8,8 O0 Hambc.rs Lute «)3jo Java Juot Sli.JO '■eppet White Muntok $]3 7;, White $1325 Black 5350 -opra Mixed $4 55 Sun Dried $4.80 QD'OIU Small Flake $375 Fa:r F.ake s3 5M Medium Pearl $4 45
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      26 6 London D?c. 14 Belgian bonds, part of the loan of .t 5.000.000 being raised by Brit is.. Bankers, are being issued at £97 pt: cent. Reuter.
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      IRON AND STEEL ORDERS FOR NEXT YEAR.
      276 7 IRON AND STEEL ORDERS FOR NEXT YEAR. HEAVY DEMAND FOR FIRST SIX MONTHS. EASIER PRICES ANTICIPATED. Middlesbrough. Dec. 4. EXPANSION of business on the North-East Coast in iron and sleel for delivery next year has already developed. Most consumers have been able to place contracts which will cover the bulk
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      TELUK KRUIN TIN. DIVIDENDS TOTAL 24 PER CENT.
      130 7 TELUK KRUIN TIN. DIVIDENDS TOTAL 24 PER CENT. I "THE report of the directors of 1 Telok Kruin Tin. Ltd. states that the profit for the year ended Oct. SI, last was $46,981 to which has been addfd $588 brought forward, making $47,569. Interim dividends totalling 19 per cent, were
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      RUBBER. TEA AND COFFEE CROPS.
      55 7 The following were the crops of rubber, tea and coffee harvested by the respective estates in Java in November RUBBER Kg. Ankola 4.805 Estates Bajoe Kidoel Co 95.442 Djasinga 88.359 TJikasintoe 32.300 Langen 46.5TC Donowarle 28.000 TEA Hfc. Ai.kola 34.456 Pasir Madang 45,812 COFFEE piculs
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      EXCHANGES.
      90 7 London, Dec. 14. Paris 147 15/64 Stockholm 19.40 New York 4.92', Athens 547 "A Montreal 4.99\ seller* Brussels 29.39'-s Rio 2 21 '32' Qcccra 21. GO 1 market lates I Amsterdam 8.98H Belgrade £16 Milan 94 5 16 Buenos Aires unquoted Berlin 12. 39 <« Montevideo 254 Mai., r
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      Feeling Of Optimism Checked By Incidents In China. FRASER AND COMPANY'S WEEKLY REPORT.
      1030 7 Feeling Of Optimism Checked By Incidents In China. FRASER AND COMPANY'S WEEKLY REPORT. Share Market Review, »«ESSRS. Fraser and Co.. in their weekly share report issued at the clcse of business yesterday, write Since our last report the political s tuition generally has undergone very little actual change although the
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      TINPLATE PRICES IN US. EXTENDED. Carnegie Steel Move.
      91 7 TINPLATE PRICES IN US. EXTENDED. Carnegie Steel Move. New York. Dec. 5. AN extension of -ts current tlnplate prices lor delivery during the period Jan. 1 to Sept. 30 of the coming year is announced by Carnegi';nilnois Steel Corporation. This concern is a unit within the United States Steel Corporation.
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      FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS.
      316 7 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS. Singapore. Dec. Cooks Close Date Ex. Div Company Dividend Pavable Date TIN. To Bata Selantjw 5"o Int. Dec. 9 Dec. 17 Dec 10 Burma Malav 6a. tni. Dec. 11 Dec. 10 Dec 13 Hong Kong Tin 40"'o Final Dec. 30 Dec. 13 Idris Hyds.
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      NOVEMBER RUBBER CROPS.
      61 7 The following crops of rubber werr harvested by f.e respective estates in November: 1b Ayer Molek 28.405 Henrietta Rubber 120.80 C Sungei Matang 43.000 Malaka Pinda ***** JP?rak River 34.387 Jura Estates 34.500 United Malacca 58.000 Brunei 43.3?", Bukit Timah 8.40 C C angkat 26.109 Haytor 15.20"
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      NEXT JAVA SUGAR CROP.
      78 7 Amsterdam. Dec. 5. |T is understood that the Java sugar crop for 1933-39 will probably De fixed at 1,550,000 tons, or 150.000 tons above the original expectation. The 1937-38 crop is estimated at 1,412.837 tons. The lowest crop on record was 505,438 tons in 1934-35 and
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      486 7 HO.V. KOM. SHANGHAI RANKING CORPORATION. i'ii-. ol Hoiit Kony >l membrri v .imueo v It a v. manner nre cribeo b- Ortii:.UKi No 6 (il 1929 ol the Colony Siii.uOu.iinui n Hill\ Paid-t., $2C.000.000 i Funds Sterline t C.aOD.OOC Son* Currcncv »...:00.000! iabilit\ ol Proprietor'- »2U.00 000 UK \H OMK
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      275 7 A SUGGESTION Christmas and New Year are fast approaching. To our Chinese readers, we suggest that you buy as a gift to your friend or relative A CHINESE LIBERTY BONO Obtainable in sit denominations, from $5.09 upward Full particulars on application BANK OF CHINA (Incorporated in China) Parkcane C. Hwang,
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      516 7 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. Charter 185:) I Ps.u Ud C'a-uta. in iM'JM HMM ot £5 eacti 13.001'. 000 i Kt;-er\e Funo iU.OOOOOO Rt serve LiaoiiJtv jt t'uw.cl.r- M.OOO.UO" •ft. mi omci II VaMMIMI I univ.p t.i t A ci Star tiong Kong K.ncocn An.nUai I oik Siueou
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    UPWARD TREND OF TIN PRICE.
    908 8 Improvement In Commodity Markets. (From Our Own Correspondent.) 1 London, Dec. 3. ERRATIC" conditions have con- tinned in evidence on the London standard tin market during the past week, but on balance the price trend has been very definitely up- 1 ward, a gain of
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    BENGAL GOVERNOR'S LAST DURBAR.
    27 8 Sir John Anderson entering: the Durbar Hall at Government House. Calcutta, to invest titles. This was his latt Durbar as Governor of Beneal.
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    NEW ARMSTRONG SIDDELEY Elegant Saloon Model For Town And Country Use.
    880 8 NEW ARMSTRONG SIDDELEY Elegant Saloon Model For Town And Country Use. Motors And Motoring IN its range of new cars for the 111 1 1938 season, Armsti-ong-Siddeley has produced a series of models re- 1 markable for its combination of artistic design and fine perform- ance. This company has always
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    PRAYERS TO THE ANCESTORS.
    280 8 SHINTO SHRINKS CROWDED. I cince tn e outbreak of the China 1^ incident the Shinto shrines scatj tered in hundreds throughout Jap;>n have become the object ot :requ pilgrimages and pray era on the port of the population. According to an ancient and i i I
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    MYSTERY OF THE VANISHING MILK
    67 8 Mystery! The milk that foes into a. Ot block of Cadbury's Milk Chocolate weight almost 4 oz. yet the block weighs 2 02 The rearon Is that only the concentrated goodness of the milk is used. That is ahj Cadburys maker an ideal snack for
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      72 8 "Gold Leaf" Tea is GOOD TEA. 1 k«a sunny day sheds a brightness over r everything: It's the sweetener of to:'l and the soother of care:,. I s X 5 1 CiAHlfl BMHmJE THE TRUE TONIC FOOD Obtainable of all Chemists and Stortt I .S ENSIGN MULTEX |2£?£b A New
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    FOUR KNOWN DEAD AFTER PANAY BOMBING.
    250 9 Killed Italian Was In Singapore. THE known-deathroll from the bombing of the Panay and the 1 American tankers on the Yangtse has been raised to four by the discovery of the body of an unidentified foreigner Two of the dead are an Italian newspaper
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    30 9 Mr. Leslie Hore-Belisha. War Minister, talking to Viscount Gort, new Chief of the Imperial General Staff, at the War Office just after the radical changes in Army administration were announced.
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    TOKIO MINIMISES INCIDENT. Apologies Offered.
    148 9 TOKIO MINIMISES INCIDENT. Apologies Offered. Tokio. Dec. 14. THE sinking of the U.S.S. Panay and the damaging of H.M.S. Ladybird are greatly minimised in the Tokio press. The newspapers are almost without comment, except for stressing, firstly. Mr. Eden's extremely cautious attitude in the House of Commons." secondly, reports stating
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    GERMAN EMBASSY SHELLED.
    96 9 Was In British Steamer. Berlin, Dec. 14. TPHK German Foreign Office has lodged a complaint with the Japanese Embassy in Berlin about the continuous attacks by Japanese artillery on Dec. 11 on the British steamer Wangtu. which had on board the office of the German Embassy in
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    EXPRESS SNOWBOUND
    76 9 Large areas of Scotland are still deep In snow and last night .the express from Edinburgh to London, after being snowbound during the night, causing It to leave Carlisle eight hours late, was delayed for three hours at Cobblnshaw. owing to a freight train In front being held
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    Action Demanded By British Press.
    262 9 Action Demanded By British Press. London, Dec. 14. TTHK London press speaks this morning in a singularly united voice demanding in one form or another, stronger action in the Far East. The Times' leader draws a distinction between the firing on British gunboats and the linking of the Panay. though
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    China Will Not Let Chiang
    150 9 Resign, Says Dr. H. H. Kung. DR. H. H. KUNG. Finance Minister, in a press interview at Hankow, denied that a peace movement was afoot among Chi- nese Government circles. He added, however, that China lud always been a peaceful nation Mftl was ready for
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    Newsreel Of Roosevelt's Anti-Japan Speech Banned In Shanghai.
    215 9 Newsreel Of Roosevelt's Anti-Japan Speech Banned In Shanghai. QHANGHAI messages state that -in j •5 view of the local situation" the Settlement police have decided not to allow the showing of the 20th Century- j Fox Movietone news aim recording President Rcosavelfs Chicago speech, i The agents of the company
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    Canada Builds Fortresses On Pacific.
    94 9 Toronto, Dec 14. «/>ANADAS schemes of forttflcatioiis on the Pacific and Atlantic coasts have been completed and reinforced." declared the Defence Minister, Mr. Lan Mackenzie. In a speech today "At present we are concentrating on expenditure in the Pacific, for I strategic reasons tow will
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    Nanking Is Conquered. COUNTRYSIDE LAID WASTE BY RETREATING ARMY
    272 9 Nanking Is Conquered. COUNTRYSIDE LAID WASTE BY RETREATING ARMY Shanghai, Dec. 14 THE Japanese forces are cora- pletely in control of Nanking, and hostilities within the walls have ceased, according to a Japanese Army spokesman. Japanese press reports state that the Hsiakwan waterfront district was occupied yesterday afternoon when the
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    ! Sfc Straits Waaeß : SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 15, L947. BARTERING WORLD PEACE.
    951 10 Sfc Straits Waaeß SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 15, L947. BARTERING WORLD PEACE. I Moderate opinion in Germany gave a warm welcome to the statement issued at the conclusion of the Anglo-French talks in London i last month. It was then announced 1 officially that the statesmen of the two countries found
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    AMUSEMENTS
    131 10 SINGAPORE. GAKRICK TBEATEE. GEYLANG '3 Hours By Air and 3 Wise Guys at 7.45 p.m. GLOBE THEATRE Dreaming Lips. GBEAT WORLD—THE SKY TALKIE The Galloping Ghosts Chapters 1 to 6. HAPPY WORLD Cabaret Dancing* TalklM Okumas. Theatres and Side Shows. NEW WORLD Side Shows Cabaret D>nc>»« Talkies Thealrt* ft
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    BOARD OF VISITING JUSTICES.
    187 10 I THE following Justices of the Peace i have been appointed members of the Board of Visiting Justices for Singapore for the coming year: Inche Abdul Hamid bin Ahmad Marang, Mr. Ahmad Mohamed Salleh Augullia, Mr. IS. C. H. Charlwood, U~. Chua Ken Hai, I !Mr.
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    Analysing The Mind Of Japan.
    1559 10 HER STRUGGLE FOR POWER. 'THE present Far Eastern conflict is so complex in its nature and so confused in its origin that the most intelligent Western student of international affairs may be pardoned if he gives up the attempt to understand it, and takes refuge
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    NOTES Of The DAY.
    767 10 NOTES Of The DA Y. Chihuahua. 'THE animal descrlbrd as a Mcxlcnn hound In the note the other day about the animals owned by Mrs. Wenner-Gren, wife of visiting multimillionaire Axel Wenner-Gren, is more than a Mexican hound. The term was applied facetiously by a member of the crew. A
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    BRITAIN MAY STRENGTHEN NAVY IN EAST.
    179 11 Heaviest Ships Are Available. CAREFUL THOUGHT BEFORE DISPATCH. THE desirability of reinforcing the British naval strength in the Far Ea«t is being considered in London, according to the diplomatic correspondent of the Daily Telegraph and Morning Post. It is uncertain, however, that ships will
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    40 11 MR. SIMPSON AND BRIDE. Mr Ernest Simpson (former husband of Mrs. Wallis Simpson, turn Duchess of Windsor) and his bride the former Mrs. Raffray, arriving at Waterloo Station, London, from Neie York. They intend to make their home m England.
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    37 11 The French Foreign Minister, M. Delbos (right), who has been conducting conversations in central European states, with Colonel Beck, Polish Foreign Minister, and Marshal Rydz-Smigly, commander-in-chief of the Po'ish Army, during his visit to Warsaw last week.
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    Industry Has Good Future, No Need For Gloom.
    157 11 Industry Has Good Future, No Need For Gloom. London, Dec. 14. 4tf*HE rearmament programme will not slow down for four or five years.' declared the Minister for Defence, Sir Thomas Inskip, at a luncheon of the National Union of Manufacturers. He said that the programme was gathering fresh momentum every
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    NETHERLANDS TRAIN MORE CONSCRIPTS. Army Increased By Over 50 Per Cent.
    62 11 NETHERLANDS TRAIN MORE CONSCRIPTS. Army Increased By Over 50 Per Cent. The Hague, Dsc. 15. A LARGE increase in the Netherlands conscript army has been voted by the Lower Chamber, whereby the annual conscript control is raised from under 20.000 to 32.000 from the spring of 1939. The period of
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    ANTI-JAPAN BOYCOTT.
    55 11 Movement Revived In United States. Washington. Dec. 14. The question of boycott of Japan Isli again being discussed in labour circles The president of the American Federation of Labour. Mr. W. Green, speaking at Ohio, pledged that the Federation would "make a real boycott! against Japan for her
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    " Wings Of The Century " Over Tokio.
    48 11 Wings Of The Century Over Tokio. A feature of the Tokio celebration ot the Japanese victory at Nanking j was the flight around the city of the '•Wings of the Century" Japan's longdistance aeroplane. It is claimed that the plane can circumnavigate the world In three hops.— Aneta-Domei.
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    CHINA MAY GET NEW FOREIGN MINISTER.
    198 11 Eugene Chen Suggested. •TTO continue the policy of national resistance, and of scorching the earth before the invaders, the ad1 ministrative organs of the National Government have been strengthened particularly as regards diplomatic I positions and com acts, reports Nanyang Siang Pau. Certain official
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    JAPANESE DUMDUM STORY DENIED. Statement In Commons.
    111 11 JAPANESE DUMDUM STORY DENIED. Statement In Commons. London, Dec. 14, I A denial that export licences had been issued for dum-dum bullets for China or elsewhere was given by Mr. Oliver Stanley, president of the Board of Trade, replying in the House of Commons to Mr. J. W. Banfield 'Lab.,
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    Japan Tells Why She Bombed Gunboats.
    324 11 Tokio, Dec. 15. "THE Naval Section of the Impe- rial Headquarters has issued a statement on the "minute circumstances in connection with incidents in which the U.S.S. Panay and British gunboats were bombed by Japanese naval planes." On receipt of information at noon on
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    Britain And U. S. In Close Contact Over Yangtse Incidents.
    401 11 Britain And U. S. In Close Contact Over Yangtse Incidents. Washington, Dec. 15. WITH the presentation of a formal note to Japan in regard to the Panay incident, the atmosphere in Washington is one of calm expectancy. The Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull, called on President Roosevelt at the
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    Request To Emperor Not Printed In Japan.
    114 11 Request To Emperor Not Printed In Japan. rofcio, Dec.lS. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S request to the Emperor of Japan cannot be printed in Japanese papers, as it would cause the deepest shock to Japanese susceptibilities because the Emperor is sacrosanct and above politics. It is recalled, however, that the Emperor Meiji personally
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    America Sends Stiff Note To Japan.
    264 11 London, Dec. 14. THE Japanese Ambassador visited Mr Eden today and offered apologies for the recent attacks on British war ships In the Yangtse River. The Ambassador Indicated that the Japanese Government was not yet fully In possession of the facts but was actively
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    Japan Sets Up New China Government.
    355 11 PEKING WILL BE CAPITAL, REPLACING NANKING. Tokio, Dec. 11. CREATION in Peking today of a Provisional Government of China, replacing the Nanking Government," is reported by Domci. I The chairman, Dr. Tang Er-ho. reports Domei, read a proclamation announcing the new administration, whose aims
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    Nazis Spurn New State.
    55 11 WELL-INFORMED quarters consider the constitution of the new "Provisional Government" in China does not modify Germany's relations with Gen. Chiang Kai-shek, whose Government is the only one Germany regards as legal. It is added that Germany will continue to be represented with Chiang's Government by its
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    IS FRANCO STARTING WAR FOR CHRISTMAS ?
    25 11 IS FRANCO STARTING WAR FOR CHRISTMAS Gibraltar, Dec. 14. Gen. Franco has closed all frontiers, it is believed in preparation for a new offensive. Reuter.
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    COMMITTEE TO STUDY NEED FOR SUBORDINATES' QUARTERS.
    383 12 Accommodation For Less Than 40 Per Cent. At Present. BRIEF SPECIAL MEETING OF COUNCIL TODAY. r) investigate the question of the construction by the Government of more quarters for locally recruited Asiatic and Eurasian officers, a committee is being: appointed, it was officially
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    Municipal Law Amendments Sub-Committee.
    49 12 Municipal Law Amendments Sub-Committee. 4 SELECT I'tb-comnt.ttee comprising the Attorney-General. >..S Mr. C. G Howeli. Mr. R Wiliamson and Mr. Tay Lian reel will consider the amendnents proposed for the Municipal Ordinance, it was announced at .xtoir's Legislative Council meei'i.i when the emending MU -oa; ■■:ad a second time
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    Council Tribute To Mr. H. W. Raper.
    216 12 Council Tribute To Mr. H. W. Raper. A tribute to the serrleei of Mr. H W. Raper. who died a few days ago In England, was paid by the Governor. Sir ahenton Thomas, at today's meeting of the Legislative Council. His work in Singapore -sir.cc his. .val nearly :'O year;
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    MALARIA OUTBREAKS IN PENANG.
    93 12 OUI BREAKS of malaria have occurred in various parts of Penang. and steps are being taken to extend the protected zones to ths affected jTii-.m Urgent anti-mosqulto works are »»ow being carried out at Butterwcrth. Buktt Mertajam. Sungei Bakap. Suni;ci Dua and Ayer Itam. A supplementary
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    GOVERNMENT TRAVELLING EXPENSES.
    65 12 GOVERNMENT TRAVELLING EXPENSES. GOVERNMENT officers travel a lot. I The expenditure against this item Of transport is. it is stated, "difficult to vstimate" Consequently, a vot« of 32.000 in addition to the provision of 38.500 already made hi the estimates, has been app'-oved by the Finance Committee. Tills sum of
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    WIRELESS TO FIGHT CRIME.
    42 12 EXPERIMENTS with wireless ap- paratus have been carried out by the Singapore Police within the last two years with a view to fighting crime Government has now approved of' the purchase of additional wireless j installation and fittings.
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    RURAL BOARD RETIREMENTS.
    60 12 An assurance that section 14 of the Municipal Ordinance, which provides that the one third of the members who have been longest In office stall retire annually shall be applied with any necessary modifications to the Singapore Rural Board was given by the Government in the Legislative
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    If China Goes "Red," Japan Will Be To Blame. —Dr. Stanley Jones.
    290 12 If China Goes "Red," Japan Will Be To Blame. —Dr. Stanley Jones. "¥F China is driven into the hands of Communists, Japan will be to blame," declared Dr. E. Stanley Jones, internationallyknown missionary leader and author, on arrival in Singapore today after many months in North China during hostilities. 'When
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    WRECKED EMPIRE AIRBOAT.
    90 12 WHILE TAKING OFF from Brindisi, Italy, on Sunday week, with a load of passengers and mails from Australia. Malaya and India, the Empire flying boat Cygnus crashed and was wrecked. A steward and a passenger were killed. Flying Officer R. Mountain, of the airboats crew, was thrown
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    State Claims $65,000 From Chettiar.
    99 12 State Claims $65,000 From Chettiar. ''From Our Own Correspondent.! Ipoh, Dec. 15. T^HE State of Perak Is plaintiff in an action for the recovery of estate duty the hearing of which was begun before Mr. Justice Altken yesterday. Defendant is P. R. L. M. M. Muthucaruppan Chettiar. The State Is
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    Singapore Ambulance For China.
    102 12 Singapore Ambulance For China. IN response to a >tter from Mr. Ching Ke? Sun. a leader of th? Singapore Cantonese community, it Is reported that Mr. Moh Ylng Kwi. Director of the Cancon Ambu'.anct 1 Brigade, will shortly be arriving in Singapore to take the Singapore arrivlance twit to Canton
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    NEW PENS FOR POST OFFICES?
    46 12 IT Is likely that brand new pens and nibs will soon grace the counters of Post Offices in Singapore. Government has approved of a special expenditure of $489 "to meet the cost of new furniture and flttlnes" at the various buildings.
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    SHOT ENVOY BOUND FOR BRITAIN ON LEAVE.
    168 12 Hopes For Settlement In Far East THE British Ambassador to China, Sir Hughe KnatchbullHugessen, till convalescing from wounds he received when his car was machine-gunned by a Japanese plane, arrived with his family in Singapore this morning, in the P. and O liner
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    JAPAN LETS FOREIGN SHIPS DOWN RIVER. Safe Passage Given.
    76 12 JAPAN LETS FOREIGN SHIPS DOWN RIVER. Safe Passage Given. Shanghai. Dec. 14. A JAPANESE naval spokesman has announced that-, safe passage and eveiy facility wi'l be given by the Japanese Navy to any foreign warships and merchantmen previously bottled up by the Yangtse booms which wish to go down the
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    WEIGHTS FOR TAIPING.
    261 12 The following are the weights for Friday, the first day of the Talpins Turf Club's Skye Meeting R»ce I.— Pony Race (2 furlongs). Catchweighte. Race 2.— Ponies Class 2. EHv. 3. 5 furs. Capone ..10.07 Chinese Doll 9.06 Muvalotig 10.04 All Serene 9.M Leonle 8.1 l Ptioon
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    Stricter Colony Law Against Stowaways.
    186 12 Stricter Colony Law Against Stowaways. THE steps to be taken by the authorities to prevent the further influx of stowaways* into Singapore and the entry of aliens in the guLse of crews of ships were described at the Legislative Council meeting t>day. Introducing a bill which amends the Aliens Ordinance,
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    BETTER FOOD FOR PRISONERS.
    47 12 I OENANG prisoners are ijettiu food, now that a new scale of diets tea b?en introduced. Owlnti to the higher prices oi tre I'.ets. Government has provided an adMttonal sum of $2,100 to the normal >rovialon ol $5,000 to the Hem of 'Rations.
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    SMALLPOX IN THE PROVINCE.
    39 12 THE ciiscovnry o: a smallpox eve In Pr.ivl n Wellesley recently set tfie authorities on an extensive vaccination campaign. They had to purchase $3,750 worta oi vaccine lymph, it is revealed by tli? Finane? Commute?.
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    CAREFUL WATCH BEING KEPT ON INDIAN LABOUR POSITION.
    675 13 CAREFUL WATCH BEING KEPT ON INDIAN LABOUR POSITION. Johore Planters Now Have Biggest State Body. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kluanjj, Dec. 14. 4 C4&EFUL watch i* b"mg kept by the Labour Department and the Indian Immigration Committee to see that the labour position does not become unbalanced owing to a
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    "Obvious Need For Cultural Facilities."
    256 13 "Obvious Need For Cultural Facilities." Friends On Galleries Proposal. "THERE is an obvious need for the provision of cultural facilities in Singapore and art galleries should form part of a public hall," contends the Council of the Friends of Singapore, who, in spite of unfavourable comment, has not dropped its
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    WOMAN STABBED 22 TIMES.
    96 13 Tamil's Appeal Against Gaol And Rotan Fails. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru, Dec. 13. DERIASAMY, son of Veerappan, a railway employee of Segamat, who was sentenced to eight years' rigorous imprisonment and 15 strokes of the rotan for voluntarily causing grievous hurt to his brother's
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    S.S.A. BROADCASTING REPORT.
    86 13 IWHEN th? committee of tie Straits Settlements < Singapore) Association I meets on Dec. 20, it will consider ai report of a sub-committee which it' appointed to inquire into the general i question of broadcasting in the Straits Settlements. Another item for discussion is the recent decree
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    General Gives Bride Away.
    88 13 Major General IV. G. S. Dobbie, General Officer Commanding. Molapa gave the bride away at yesterday's St. Andrew's Cathedral uedding o, LIEUTENANT EDWARD lAN EVEREST MOZLEY, of the Royal Corps O, Signals and son of Lieut. -Colonel a:d Mrs. Motley, of Ripon. Yorkshire, to MISS ANTHEA
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    PRINCE M BIRA'S" WEDDING PLANS ARE -SECRET." London Is Very Interested.
    153 13 PRINCE BIRA'S WEDDING PLANS ARE -SECRET." London Is Very Interested. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Dec. 14. DOTH the date of the wedding and other arrangements arc being kept absolutely secret," said Miss Ceril Heycock. art student daughter of Colonel and Mrs. P. R. Heycock, of Evelyn Gardens, London. S.W.,
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    Valerie Is Going To Hollywood.
    129 13 Valerie Is Going To Hollywood. (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Dec. 14. ■JfRS. 808 GREGORY, wife of the all-in wrestling champion and formerly Valeric Brooke, youngest daughter of the Rajah of Sarawak, hopes to do film work in Hollywood while her husband is fighting in America, for which they leave
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    Friends To Purchase Unique Malayan Books And Prints
    342 13 Friends To Purchase Unique Malayan Books And Prints A UNIQUE opportunity to acquire for Raffles Museum a valuable collection of old Malayan prints and books, placed recently on the London market, is being seized by the Friends of Singapore, at tbe suggestion of Mr. Roland Braddell, the vice-president. The Council
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    COCONUT AND PALM OIL CONCESSIONS TO DISAPPEAR. Of Small Aid In Good Times.
    120 13 COCONUT AND PALM OIL CONCESSIONS TO DISAPPEAR. Of Small Aid In Good Times. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Dec. 1 I. THE discontinuance of concessions regarding rents on land in Iht F.M.B. planted with coconuts and oil-palms, which. it is announced, will take effect in the New Year, i^
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    "PATRIOTIC SOCIETY" LETTERS TO MERCHANT.
    141 13 Chinese Gets Gaol For Extortion. (From Our Own Correspondent.! Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 14. A NUMBER of letters supposed t( have been signed by a "patricut society," accusing a well-known Kuali Lumpur Chinese merchant of stocxin; Japanese goods, which led to th; merchant paying ou: $109,
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    F.A. Cup—3rd Round Draw.
    291 14 F.A. Cup— 3rd Round Draw. CHELSEA AT HOME TO EVERTON. There was a mistake in the Etalter cable riving the draw for ird round of the F.A. Cup ci mpetifon, Chelsea beiag omitted. The corrected draw—matches to l>o played on Jan. B—is as under: Cnmsby vs. Swindcn. Doncaster vs. Sheffield
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    INDIA BEATEN IN UNOFFICIAL TEST.
    94 14 Cricket Six Wickets Margin For Tennyson's XI. Bombay, Dec. 14. Lord Tennyson's XI beat All-India Ui the second unofficial Test by six wickets. At close of play yesterday they had in their second Innings scored 90 for tour wickets. The not outs. Edrich. of Middlesex,
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    FOOTBALL COULD STOP WAR."
    47 14 JF teams representing every nation of the world could meet frequently at football matches attended by thousands of their supporters, war would be unthinkable. This statement was made by Mr. R. C. Morrison, M.P. for North Tottenham, at a dinner in London recently.
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    SCHMELING HAS A HARD FIGHT.
    167 14 SCHMELING HAS A HARD FIGHT. Wins On T.K.O. After Being Outpointed. As briefly recorded yesterday, Max Schmeling, former world champion, defeated Harry Thomas, of Chicago, on a technical knock-out in the eighth round of a fight scheduled for ten rounds in New York. This was the first of his bouts
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    ASIATICS MEET S.C.C. AT RUGGER TODAY.
    165 14 Teams For Match On Padang. DIGGER enthusiasts will today be enabled to judge of the progress made in the game by local non-European players, a Combined Asiatics team meeting an S.C.C. XV on the padang. The exact composition of the Asiatic side will be
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    41 14 FOR THE EMPIRE GAMES: English women athletes and swimmers with their mascots before leaving St. Pan eras for Tilbury en route for Australia. On right is Miss I.unn. the famous runner, and captain of the women's team, with her lion mascot.
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    TIES FOR TODAY AT THE S.C.R.C.
    174 14 Lawn Tennis Semi-Final Match In Open Doubles. There was no play yesterday, owing to the rain, in the S.C.R.C. invitation tournament. Ties for tcday are: Open Doubles (Semi-final): N. S. Wise and S. Abed vs. Tan Hock Toe and Wee Eng Lock. Veterans' Doubles
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    N.S.-MALACCA XV TO MEET JOHORE.
    78 14 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Dec. 14. The Negri Sembi' an- Malacca team for Saturday's Malaya Cup tie against Johore at Rengam Is the weakest yet fielded. Neither Hague nor Pinto is available. The team Is: Angus: McGilchrist. Crawford. Smith, Morris: Lindsay, JefT: Trevor, Harding.
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    PATRICIA CUP TOURNEY AT SEGAMAT.
    344 14 Lawn Tennis Rasiah To Meet Chinese In Final. iFr3tn Our Own Correspondents Segamat. Dec. 14. j In the handicap tournament o' the Gemas Railway Institute, for the Patricia Challenge Cup. the concluding stages have been reached. S. Raslah has done well to enter the final
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    THREE S.C.R.C. FINALS
    128 14 Conclusion Of Club Tournament. Three finals remain to be played in the S.C.R.C.'s own tournament distinct from the invitation tournament now in progress. They are fixed as follows THURSDAY. •B" Doubles' Handicap (Final): Chiap Choon and Keow Bock vs Choon Seng and Jek Klang. FRIDAY. Championship Singles
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    26 14 Another picture of the English women athletes leaving for Sydney, left to right: Miss D. Octant. Miss Burke, the South African, and (below) Miss D. Saunders.
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    Golf. WOMEN'S MEDAL AT BUKIT TIMAH.
    276 14 Golf. WOMEN'S MEDAL AT BUKIT TIMAH. Mrs. Paterson Wins A Division. The women's December medal competition jf the Singapore Golf Club was played at Bukit Tlrr.ah on Monday and resulted in a win for Mrs. M. M. Paterson in "A" Division with a net score cf 39. in a tie
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    CHRISTMAS EVENTS AT KEPPEL.
    99 14 Arrangements for Christmas competitions at Keppel Golf Club have been revised as follows: Saturday, Dec. 25: Singled (Btapleford). Sunday. Dec. 26: Four ball S:apie ford in morning mixed flag in afternoon. Monday, Dec. 27: Stapleford competition. The distribution of prizes to winner; ot competitions for the
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    Sima's Bid For Fame.
    221 14 I CAN HE CONQUER FERNANDEZ Battling Sirrui and [gnacio Fernandez top Mr. Kiat's programme j of five bouts at the Happy World i Stadium on Friday. 1 Provided all the flgbti go the fall j distance forty-two rounds of boxing will b? seen, there being three
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    HOMELAND TEAMS FOR SYDNEY.
    339 14 Possib'e Tit'e Winner.; At Empire Game?. The United Kingdom teams for tnFourth Emoire Games at Sydney (Feb 5 to 12 > sailed on Dec. 3 from Tilbury. The En? ish team numbers 75 inc'uding seven officials. There are IS r-?n athletes (under the captaincy o; K.
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    ROME TURF RETURNS.
    383 15 £a Khan Lea.de Bom Owners And Breeders. leading i vrners, breeders, trainers and jockeys for the flat-racing season at Homo. oncluded, are as under: OWNERS. naccs td.uc Winners. Won. i: K.H. Aga Khan ..17 30 30.655'? Sir Abe Bailey 16 20 23 074 Sir Victor Sassoon <J
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    HOW OXFORD THRASHED CAMBRIDGE.
    1091 15 Great Victory That Confounded The Prophets. (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Dec. 7. OXFORD won the sixty-second inter-university rugby match at Twickenham today, defeating Cambridge by one goal and four tries (17 pts.) to one dropped goal (4 pts.). The match was watched by a crowd
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    68 15 iMtriWH ATHLETES LEAVE FOR C.unnt GAMES: The most imposing contingent of English sportsmen and women ever to leave Home shores for Australia sailed from Tilbury on Dec. 4, when nearly 100 athletes, cyclists, boxers, swimmers, etc., left for the Empire Games at Sydney. The photograph shows (left to right) Sir
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    plans for next BISLEY.
    521 15 plans for next BISLEY. Two Thousand 1914 Rifles For Sale. j The National Rifle Association will hold its 75th annual meeting at Bisley camp from Monday, July 4, to Saturday, July 16, on which day the final of the King's Prize will take place in the afternoon. The National Smallbore
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    THE CLUB VERANDAH.
    758 15 Mr. F. C. Jo h so". R e t i r i ng—Gre i Services To Boxing In Singapore Schmeling's Win Has He Gone Back So u c h Afr lea no Descending On England. Conducted By "ECHO." f\N Jan. 15 Mr. F. C. Johnson, Super- I
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    THE SPORTS DIARY.
    45 15 TODAT. Rugby: 3.C.C. "A" vs. Coiibincd Aaiatlea; R.A. cB.M.) vs. Police. Horkry: Trial gam- on S.R.C. ground: CSC vs C' R f So-ecr: Married w. Single. Wilson Shi-lc. Treasury-Audit S.U. "at home," J.C.5..1 ground. TOMORROW. Ilcekey: S.C.C. vs. Colt--;; Khalsa \>: V.M.C.A. Juniors.
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      ROAD TAXATION. Malayan Uniformity Advocated.
      637 16 ROAD TAXATION. Malayan Uniformity Advocated. I i (he Kditor of the Straits Times. CHI. Typical of the small town, parochial-minded little big ire have functioning on <<mmiUees throughout this counxy is the local committee which ■ecently flatly refused to consider tn a'l-Mahiyan car ta\ .»n financial f rounds." I think
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    ITALY TO SEND TRADE MISSION TO JAPAN.
    63 16 Experts For Manchukuo. Following Italy's recognition of Manchukuo as an independent State negotiations arc now being^arx^UMli in Rome for ltalyti^M^ii**'*"S« 0 T I i an d re^^ogolo^ l tt& experts in y^^RffnTation work there. An l^flßin trade mission will shortly leave for Japan,
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    WAZIRISTAN WAR ENDING.
    350 16 Campaign That Cost £1000,000. *THE situation in Waziristan. on India's troubled North-West I Frontier, has improved so much thai many units of the forces which have been fighting the Fakir of Ipi and his tribesmen are being returned to their peace stations, it is announced. These include
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    51 16 After their record Might oi i.> hours 35 minutes from France, the French aviators P. Codos. M. Heine and J. Gimier, arrived in Buenos Aires in their aeroplane Lav rent Guerrero." Picture shows (from left) Gimier, the radio operator. Codos, the pilot. M. MarcelPeyrouton, French Ambassador, and Heine, th» seconu
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    DIVORCE ORDINANCE. No Automatic Changes In The Colony.
    433 16 DIVORCE ORDINANCE. No Automatic Changes In The Colony. To the Editor of the Straits Times. OIR,— I trust the attention of readers of the Straitj Times will, by the publication of this letter or ty th^ i pronouncement of some more authoriI tative person, be called to the error appearing
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    PROPAGANDA IN COMIC OPERA
    102 16 TOPICAL LIBRETTO. NO opportunity is being los. to make Germans "colony conscious," wrtt3s a Berlin correspondent. j When the nineteenth century camic opera of the Austrian composer Kail I Millocker, "The Beggar Student, was j revived at the People's Theatre. Ber j lln, a number of
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    Lord Hewart "Prefers Lords."
    95 16 Lord Hewart "Prefers Lords. Three "Reasons Why. W HY Lord Chief Justice Hewart prefers the House of Lords to the House of Commons was told by Mr. Norman "Jirkett, X.C at a London dinner at which Lord Hewart was a guest: 1. It assembles later than the Housof Commons and
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    SECRET AIR DEBATE DEMANDED.
    344 17 "New Squadrons Held Up, Members Allege. ASKCRET session of Parliament to discuss the present strength of the British Air Force, compared with that of other countries, is being demanded by Mr. W. 3. Perkins, Conservative M.P. for Stroud, Gloucestershire, who was recently successful in obtaining a
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    Hound And A Fox Fall Over Quarry
    156 17 C»ORNERED in a quarry near Mine- head, with the hounds of the '■Vest Somerset pack on his trail, a tox climbed a hundred feet up the rock lace to a ledge. The hounds raced into the quarry, followed his trail to the bottom
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    70 17 The Straits Chinese Methodist Church has contributed the sum of $1436.73 to the China Relief Fund. The Rev. and Mrs. J. A. Jagoe are leaving for Europe in the Ranchi on Friday. The Rev. Jagoe has been attached to the Royal Air Force at Seletar. A resolution presented to the
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    Doctors To Be Listed For " Emergencies." Service In Event Of Mobilisation.
    163 17 Doctors To Be Listed For Emergencies. Service In Event Of Mobilisation. DVEKY doctor in Britain is to be included in a national emergency survey being organised by the British Medical Association. The association has issued correspondence on the subject which indicates that the step is a precaution!ary measure designed to
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    57 17 Lord Baden- Powell, the Chief Sco<tt, is noio on his way from Low' on to Rhodesia to inspect a section of his Empire army of 1,000,000 Boy Scouts. He is accompanied by Lady Baden -Poioell. Picture shows the Chief Scout chatting with the driver of the motor coach in ivhich
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    EXPECTED LIFE AND ITS CASH VALUE. Judge On Peculiar Claim.
    615 17 EXPECTED LIFE AND ITS CASH VALUE. Judge On Peculiar Claim. mj|R. Justice Greaves-Lord, in the i Kings Bench Division recently j awarded £1.500 damages for the loss j of the normal expectation of life re- I specting a girl of eight who was kil- i led by a dray. During
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    OLD JOKE COMES TRUE.
    108 17 Banknotes To Light His Cigarettes. pOUND notes were burned in public by a mysterious stranger at Slough, writes a Sunday Chronicle correspondent. Crowds followed the man, aged abouc 50, who every now and then would stop and set a light to £1 notes. As the notes
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    Commons Accept Attlee's Explanation.
    212 18 London, Dec. 14. I^IAJOR C. R. ATTLEE, leader of the opposition, made a personal statement in the House of Commons yesterday regarding a censure motion proposed by a Conservative on th 3 ground of alleged breach of faith. It was claimed he had committed a breach
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    JAPAN'S PETROLEUM PURCHASES. 63,000,000 Gallons From British Borneo Alone.
    134 18 JAPAN'S PETROLEUM PURCHASES. 63,000,000 Gallons From British Borneo Alone. London. Dec. 13. JAPANESE imports of petroleum were the subject of a question in the House of Commons today jy Col. H. W. Burton (Un., Sudbury>. In a written reply, Capt. D. Euan Wallace. Parliamentary Secretary of the Board of Trade,
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    EDEN DENIES ITALIAN PRESS CANARD.
    100 18 Britain Not Taking Azores. London. Dec. 14. REPLYING to a question whether he was aware of the statement published in Government-controlled Italian press that Britain intends to annex the Azores Is ands, now Portuguese territory, the Foreign Secretary Mr. Anthony Eden said: "I am aware
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    A FORTUNE LOST.
    111 18 Man Who Won £20,000 Seeks Job. A MAN who won £20,000 in a lottery in Portuguese East Africa has returned to England, work'ng his passage as a deck-hand on a liner, and Ls seeking a job in London. Ten years ago Captain Eddy Reed, one of the
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    NELSON'S DESK FOR NATION.
    25 18 Mr. Joseph H. Jacobs, the London shopowner. has presented Nelson's writingdesk to the nation In celebrpI tlon of his 70th hirtrwi.-iy
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    NEW P. AND O. LINER.
    28 18 The P. and O. liner Stratheden. oullt ut Barrow, left recently for Blrkenhead and will bejln her LondonAustralia maiden voyage on Christma^ Eve.
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    Mr. Eden On Demands To Settlement.
    216 18 Mr. Eden On Demands To Settlement. London, Dec. 13. QUESTIONED by Lieut-Commander R. Fletcher (Labour, Warwick* In tr.e House of Commons today in regard to the demands the Shanghai Municipal Council has received from the Japanese military authorities, Mr Anthony Eden in a written reply said he was informed that
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    Indo-China As Main Outlet Of The Chinese.
    121 18 Indo-China As Main Outlet Of The Chinese. Shanghai. Dec. 13. IT is stated here that since the Japanese advance in northern and central China has had the effect of almost entirely cutting off the Chinese Government's access to the sea. the Chines? authorities are now endeavouring to improve communications between
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    DARING RUSE FAILS
    109 18 Japanese Drop On Nanking In Parachutes. For the first time in actual warfare, the Japanese on Sunday night landed troops in Nanking city from planes by parachutes, according to Chinese reports. The manoeuvre failed as a result of Chinese vigilance, it is stated. An undisclosed number of
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    Leslie Howard Tries Comedy In Stand-In.'
    1528 19 Leslie Howard Tries Comedy In Stand-In.' The Brighter Side Of London Life. (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Dec. 2. ANNA NEAGLE and Herbert Wilcox, ambassadors of British films, have arrived back in London after a 20,000 mile trip throughout America to sell their great British picture, "Victoria the Great." The
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      273 19 FREE! PBte-^ mk A jar of Sailor Savouries for 5 Skippers top There's a difference about Skippers labels. Exchange your v <■ labels with your usual that has made them world famous, dealer or with the for every little fish is specia'ly Anßlo-Siam Corpora- tionLtd., Mercantile selected, mature, tasty— vet
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    King In Duchy
    144 20 (Left) IN SPITE of torrential rain a large Somerset crowd greeted the KING at Stoke-under-Hambden during the second day of His Majesty's tour of the Duchy of Cornwall estates. THE LADY MAYORESS OF LONDON. Lady I'wyford, is assisted by MISS ENNIS TWYKORD in stirring the Mansion House
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  • The Straits Times RADIO SUPPLEMENT
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      Masthead
      14 1 The Straits Times RADIO SUPPLEMENT FOUR PAGES. SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15. 1937. No. lit.
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      Scrapbook For 1913; New Version.
      187 1 Scrapbook For 1913; New Version. (y*£ of the first occasions on which wireless u>as •ned to bring help to a ship :n distress was in MM, ■h '.'tanks to SOi> calls. $21 of uiewyri and cow v>er> rez-i-t.ec from the BruisA st?<rmer 10. which was destroyei <>y lire in mid-Atlantic.
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      Gilbert Murray On The Air."
      169 1 The contrast between the worlu as he imagined it when a boy in Australia and the world as he later found it to be. will be described by Professor Gilbert Murray In the seventh talk of the series from Daventry entitled As I Bee It,"
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      Film Effects Televised.
      86 1 Television a fortnight ago visited the studios of the Associated British Corporation at Boreham Wood, Klstree. During the programme technicians showed how it is possible to alter the weather conditions of a street for filming purposes from snow. fog. rain and sunshine all within a few minutes.
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      Stradivarius Programmes.
      171 1 Two programmes commemorating the bicentenary of the death of Antonio Stradivari, the great vtolinmaker, will be broadcast from Daventry this week A dramatic biography oi Stradivari, written by Joan Adeney Easdale, will be produced by John Richmond; and Arthur Catterall, using a "strad," will play Vitali's Chaconne in
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      The Goddess Fortune."
      67 1 The Goddess Fortune. r TH£ scenes back-stage when, at the shortest possible notice, an understudy has to take over a star part, are graphically described in "The Goddess Fortune," a play with a surprise climax that will be broadcast in today's Daventry programmes. The play, which wl. be produced by
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      New Rotating Towers At Huizen.
      714 1 New Rotating Towers At Huizen. Wonders never cease, says a Dutch Magazine— Pisa witli iU leaning tower, and now Huizen has its rotating towers. That is what is being brought to this former rustic ashing village on what was formerly the Zuyder Zee. Two hundred and twenty feet above a
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      " Messiah " From Daventry.
      189 1 Messiah From Daventry. Selections from Handel's "The Messiah," perhaps the most famous of oratorios, will be broadcast from Daventry. F;>ur well-known artists Isobel Baillie (soprano) Catherine Stewart (contralto). Parry Jones (tenor), and Harold Williams (Australian baritone) —will take the solo parts. Accompanying them will be John Willis at the organ,
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      League Test Relay.
      102 1 A commentary by Lance B. Todd or the second half of the Rugby Leagui Test Match between England and Aus tralia. to be played at HuddersfieU on Saturday, will be broadcast iron Daventry Of the 37 games played between tin two teams since the series of Tes
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      How A Circus Is Planned.
      102 1 An insight into the hard work and careful planning that go to the making of a circus will be afforded listeners to Daventry on Friday, when a commentator will describe the busy scsnes in Bertram Mllls's training quarters at As:ot. Listeners will be told, among
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      CHEAPER RADIO SETSJ IN NEW YEAR? Trends In British Industry.
      336 1 CHEAPER RADIO SETS IN NEW YEAR? Trends In British Industry. OERIOUS fears are entertained in the English radio industry that the price structure will break down in the near future, says the Financial Times. Some of the major companies have announced formally that their prices will not be decontrolled— that
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      Technical.
      95 1 Quarterly talks on technical by Sir Noel Ashbridge. the BBC:. Controller of Engineering, are to be i new feature of the programmes from. Daventry. The first of the talk! which will complement and alternate with the Empire Programme Director';, i quarterly broadcast.-!— will be heard on c Friday. Ir.
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      Car Radio In Great Britain.
      150 1 Car Radio In Great Britain. WHY is it that car radio ha caught on in England, asks Garry AUlghan in the Evening Stand ard. Compared with America, where it originated, car radio Is rare i ere. and when my car stops while the radio is on, a small crowd Immediately
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        690 2 WEEK'S BROADCASTING PROGRAMMES FOR MALAYA. TODAY SINGAPORE ZHL 1.33 me s (225 ml ia 6.00 Teochew music. T 7.00 Hawaiian music. t "Oh Rosalita" played by Linn Milford and his Hawaiian Players. "I Like You" and "Ahe Nani Kanal" played by Sol Hoopii and his Novelty Quartet. "Flower Lei" and
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        655 2 MELBOURNE. VK 2ME 9.59 Mo s (31.2 m.) p.m. 4.20 Opening announcement. 5.20 With the world's famous orchestra. 6.20 News bulletin and sporting results. 6.30 Tour of the world. 6 SO Leading Dance Band 7.20 Close down. NIROM YIX 15.15 Me/i (1*8 m.) PMN 10.26 Me i (29.2 in.) P.m.
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        663 2 7.05 Sportsmen Talking": W. W. Wakefield, 7.20 The Celebrity Trio. Admirals Galiiard (Moffat). Can I Forget you? (Jerome Kern). Dance of Puck (Leslie Woodgate). June Night on Marlow Reach (Reginald King). Ronda Notturna (Arrlgo Ramponi). Autumn Crocus (Billy Mayerl). Love is the Perfect Thing (Predric Baycoi. Saltardla (Frank Bridge) 7.20
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        719 2 8.40 Popular concert by the Studio Oich. 9.35 Music. 9.48 Exchange rates. 9.50 Time signal. 9.52 Dance music. 10.20 Close down. CALCUTTA p.m. 6.56 Time signal. For the Rural Areas. 7.26 Bengali songs and music. 8.11 Musical variety entertainment. 9.26 The Jantri Sanglia Orchestra. 9.41 Talk: "In Numbers" (2)— Numbers
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        454 2 7.20 "Christmas Is Coming!"' An impression of London preparing for the holiday season. Devised by Ursula Branstoa. Produced by Leslie Stokes. 7.50 Henry Hall and Dance Orchestra. 8.35 Quarterly technical talk 1.* By Sir Noel Ashbridge, Chief Engineer of the British Broadcasting Corporation. 8.50 News and announcements. 9.05 Greenwich time
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        300 3 LYNDHURST pm. 8.50 Ctiinn.-. Fifteen minutes of popular 9.05 Sporting news and notes. 9 20 Chimes. "Current books worth reading" P. 40 Nationai news bulletin. 9 .SO Queensland and North Australian news bulletin. 10.00 News. markets and weather for North Australia. lu L 1 The National Dance Orchestra Conductor Al
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        336 3 SATURDAY SINGAPORE p.m. l'i.45 Light orchestral concert played by Keller's Famous Hungarian Band. Re-ay from the Adclphi Ho^el. 2.00 Interval. 6.00 Cantonese iiusic.t j 6.40 Children's programme (Chinese). 7 00 Light orchestral music played by the Victor Celeste Trio: "Peasant Dance" Hartmann > "Andante" Halvorsen) "Lullaby" (Wtnge). "Slow Movement"' i
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        393 3 TRANSMISSION 2. pm 6.05 Big Ben. "Scrapbook for 1913."* A new edition of the first programme in the "Scrapbook" series, broadcast from London on December 11. 1933. Presented by Leslie Baily and Charles Brewer. The programme announced by Frederick Grisewood i compere of the first "Scrapbook") and Patrlc Curwen (compere
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        608 3 PARIS. TPA-4 11 72 me s (25 CC m.) d am C 6.35 Concert relay. 7.35 News In French. Matket prices, rates i of exchange. 8.00 News in Spanish. 8.10 News in Portuguese. 8.20 Gramophone record?. 8.35 Close down. ll'A-i IS 24 me s (14 M m.l p.m. 6.20 Gramophone
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        700 3 TRANSMISSION 5. GSD 11.75 me s (25.53 m.i; GSD U.M it s 125.53 ml; CSC 9.58 me s (31.32 in. I; iSB 9.51 me s 131.55 m.l am 6 40 "Sportsmen Talking."*: W. W. WakeHeld. M.P. 6 53 Orchestral music. t 7. OS Music Kail." including Bennett and I Williams
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        481 3 PARIS. TP'.-I 11 :2 mi iC.1 «0 m a in 6.35 Concsrt n ".35 Nt*» m French. 7T.ni-.rt price*, rales Of CXlh 8.00 Ne>\s in Spanl-h. 8.10 News in Portuguese. 8 20 Talk tv II. Aivhinard 'in En> 8 35 Close down. rPA-i is i* nwt Hit ailt m.) p
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        511 4 MONDAY SINGAPORE i t lime k dm (10 Mi'sir and WMtdtM Mt>. 3. By LnJ*sy Granville. 30 Time, weather, new- snd announcements. rchestral concert. K:r pire Kxchanse Relay from London. ft SO News and announcements. Relay t n in Ixmrii n ■■Par.eant of Beauty."' i M Dunce music Relay Uom
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        471 4 10.50 'In Town Tonight."' Fifth Season: 139th Edition. Edited by A. W. Hanson. 11.20 News and announcements. 11 35 Oreenwich time signal. 11.40 Dance music. t U 55 Reginald Dixon. at the organ o! the Tower Ballroom. Blackpool. A Godard Cycle 'Urbach.. Hometown (Kennedy). Snow Fairies (Lowryi. The Clock is
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        397 4 NIROM. am 6.20 Gymnastics. 6.35 Recorded mu.-.i-6.50 Time signal. Recorded mu&ic. 7.50 Close down. 10.30 Announcement 10.54 Classical cone?':. 11.30 Morning service. 11.50 Time bijjnal. Wiatnjr renoit. pm. 12.40 Luncheon ■O'lc.-.t -Iittellvv selccio.a. 1.10 News bulletin. 1.20 Melodies that »re nev_>r forgotten. 2.10 News bulletin. 2.20 Close down. 5. SO
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        890 4 TRANSMISSION 5. am P.4P Selections from Handel's Oratorio "The Messiah." Isobel Biillie i soprano i Catherine Stewart i contralto; Parry Jones (tenon; Harold Williams (Australian baritone > John Wills (organ A section of the BBC Chorus. The BBC Empire Orchestra: ;onductor. Eric Fogg. Orchestra: Overture. Parr Joiies: Recit., Comfort ye;
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