The Straits Times, 31 December 1937

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1 4 The Straits Times
  • 38 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A C3NTURY] THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA 21 PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1937 PUKE 10 CENTS The Straits Times 21 PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31. 1937 PRICE 10 CENTS,
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 413 1 SIVGAPOriE 140, CECIL ST. ('PHONE 5*71). BJ twm B> a B» I Bl BRINKmQIINiCO (lOICI 0 R 0 SOLE AGENTS THE BORNEO CO- LrD. (/ncorpfT-ated in England I SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR IPOH PENANG —.MALACCA. ClLi C fj*^^ Bt^fiWW'Bfw^Vnflß^ mi's K\MOIS "QUIKREF- POCKET DIARILx Iflfi^ Bf BrBkBL?Bc? Bf S&^BaPR 3^ bI
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    • 79 1 KUALA LUMPUR 25. JAVA ST. fPHONE 3633) ROBINSON'S DELICIOUS COFFEE SELECTED BEANS SPECIALLY BLENDED FROM !W^!SIjlPR^ FRESHLY ROASTED AFRICA P^H^^BiW AND KENYA |(RESHLY^ROAST^ GROUND DAILY ARABIA |v^@|^[?@li/Ki iiisißiVAiiFn toviifflV /f^'^ UINKIVALLtU (MOCHA) PS»W Ilh JisA Kjj^ lft^S|W THROUGHOUT JAVA Kapore&kualalumH (ROBUSTA). '^^^■Hi^^«^ MALAYA. PRICES:— *fi Ib. TIN $0.40, 1 Ib.
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    • 10 1 foto-portrait o at studio 33 by f oto -artist only
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  • The Straits Times
    • 35 2 P/iDDAY.— On December 31, 1937, at No. 64 Road. Singapore, suddenly. Helen Augusta Padday at the age of '.1 years. The funeral will take place at the Bidadan Cemetery at 5 p.m. today. Deeply
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    • 52 2 The family of the late Mr. T. A. Palmer wish to expren th<ir thanks to I'll relatives am' who cttended the funeral a* well as ho s;nt wreaths and letters of con- nre. J W Hale wishes to thank all those :,t Wreaths A- Letters 01 .ondoience Lxath i-f
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    • 561 2 Tlir enita"MTiem ts announced between Guy Oronner of Singapore, and Olga M. of Muar. .Johore, only daiiKhU-r of Mrs. I. B. Gunner of Wtnchmore Hill, U>nTn< engagement is announced o; lan wm of the late Mr. Roderick Noble and S. W. Canuron, Rosemarkir. RfKS-.shlr. and Gv en. youngest daughter of
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    • 496 2 SITUATIONS VACANT I A VACANCY occurs for a thoroughly exrerienced European Assistant on a larpe Rubber Estate. Apply with copies of testimonials to Box No. 300, Straits Times. STORES CLERK, a vacancy exists for a really intelligent and energetic young man in one of the leading firms of European importers.
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    • 766 2 SITUATIONS VACANT STATE OF PERAK PUBLIC WORKS DEPT. Technical AsuteUnt*. Vacancies exist for Technical Assistants In the Public Works Department, Perak. Applications from candidates in their own handwriting and endorsed Technical Assistant giving age, nationality, country of Birth, qualifications, experience, present occupation, earliest date available for duty and accompanied by
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    • 798 2 AUCTION SALE of well-made polished teak household furriture. portable gramophone with rtcords, etc. Etc. 'The property of Mr F. E. Sommerecker) To be held at No. 17, Ewe Boon Road. On Sunday January 2nd. 1938 at 11 A.M Exprfss Lists issued On view Saturday. THE SINGAPORE AUCTIONEERS AUCTION SALE of
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    • 760 2 PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE. MCAULJFFE. DAVIS HOPE announce that as a result of their amalgamation with the London firm of TURQUAND. YOUNGS i CO. the name of the Eastern firm will be altered to MCAULIFFii, TURQUAND. YOUNGS CO. as from Jan. 1, 1938. STRAITS HOMEWARD CONFERENCE AND STRAITS GIJLF A RED
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    • 235 2 Fo look smart if not rnough but to k-ok Ustinctive is what :^^S S^M ,ou -.humid Insist You L^^BP! E?st have complete satis- C^sf£l HW faction If ycu se». C. FIGARO w Fwropron Ladies' Hair Dreiser*. M, Bras Basah Rd. and KaOln Houl Phone 2868. BUSINESS CARPS ETC. MASSAGE HALL
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 738 3 P. &0. BRITISH INDIA ANC APCAR LINES. i>orau-a to England' MUL PASSENGER ANL CARGO SERVICES PENINSULAR AND 3RIENTAL SN i Cc L rOER C.ONI RACT WiTH HIS MAJESTY S OOV2RNMENT I ONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE OUTWARD FROM LONOON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN Due Tonnage. Spore MM CHITBAJ It
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    • 517 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS* (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) (Incorporated In Japan) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD. TO ».ONOO> Naples. Marseilles, .ondon Anttrem an. Rotterdam Vessels Tonnage )ue ill F < <^ l m m*RU in (M 0 lan t YASUKUNI MARU 12.000 Jan. 18 19 HAKONE MARU 10.500 Feb 2
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    • 630 3 BANGKOK LINE. Luxurious One Class motorships. Most cabins have adjoining private bath. Excel'.ent cuisine. FOR MARSEILLES, LONDON. ROTTERDAM. HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN From: Spore Malacca Port Penan; Sham BORINGIA 4 1 5/1 FIONIA 25 1 25 1 26 1 27/1 LALANDIA 152 15/2 16 2 17 2 I JUTLANDIA 8 3
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    • 239 3 TRANS-PACIFIC SAILINGS VIA HONOLULU From Arrives H'kona S.F. Pres. Coolidg? Jan 8 Jan 26 Pres. Taft Peb. 9 Mar. 1 P»-es. Cleveland Feb 23 Mar 15 Pres. Coolidge Mar. 5 Mar 23 RATES AS LOW AS £75.7.2 SINGAPORE TO EUROPE VIA U.S.A. ROUND-THE WORLD SERVICE Sails Arrives An vts Spore
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    • 1032 3 REPRESENTING. c=s ia^; IMMJV*I«I THE BIUE FUN\*L LINK (Ocean The Hua Khiow SUamshio C» 10-. 'i MO. Steam Ship Co. Lta and China lulual Cunard White Stai <'d Ht.am Navigihon Co Ltd.) Aberdeen St C'ommonwealtn Line Tnc Straits Steaovhip Co LU. SfetM Savill St \lhion Co Ltd Tb< china Na.'i;a'>on
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS.
    • 139 4 Daily Weather Report. stations Yesterday Last night Aiax. rain- bright mm temp, fall s'shine temp *F inches hrs. °F Vest Coast. fUor Star 87 0.35 1.3 73 9ayan Lepas (Penang) 89 0.04 7.7 74 Sitiawan 89 1.30 8.4 72 3uklt Jeram 89 0.75 6.7 72 Malacca 86
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    • 14 4 Mails from China and Japan expected on Jan. 4, by Toyama Maru.
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    • 194 4 ToCar Bengkalto, P. de Kock, Padang, Pakao Baroe, Siak 6. Pandjang Tinombo) Pm Pamangkat, Sambas and Singkawang (Boelonnani o.m. Sarikei and Sibu (Angby) *Pm Aden (By Train) 7 P-m North America except W. Canad* and W. States of D.S.A. (By Train) PmSouUi America (By Train) 7 p.m.
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    • 109 4 INWARD. Wearnes: From Penang and Kuala Lumpur; Arrives every evening other than Sundays. Imperial: From Europe: Arrives THIS evening. X.L.M.: From Netherlands India: Arrives tomorrow evening. Qantas: From Australia: Due Sunday afternoon. X.1..M.: From Europe: Arrives Sunday evening. Ot'TWARD. Wearnes: To Kuala Lumpur and Penanc: Mails close 6
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    • 137 4 Correspondence for transmission by air "via Netherlands" must be specially and clearly superscribed "By K.UM." Malls will close at Malacca &s follows: Today. Penang (Internal Air Service) 6 p.m. Hong Kong. China. Japan. Philippine Islands, Guam, Honolulu b U.S.A. by air (Imperial) ft Pan American). 6 p.m. Great
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    • 146 4 Friday, December 31. Skip* »lmtrtdt the Wharves or expected to arrive. Entrance Exit KKPPIX HARBOUR Main Wharf Norseman, Lcb. Curlew. Oil Wharf Nil. Coal Wharf Nil. VESSELS IN DBT DOCK* Tanjong Pacar Albert Dock Nil. Victoria Dock Mapia. Keppel Harbour Kings Dock Nil. No. 1 Dock
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    • 361 4 Ixmdon, Dec. 30. The following are today's closing middle prices on the London Stock i Exchange: Shares of £1 denominations unless >therwise stated: ywter- Rise to. or Pali I inversion laoau 5 p.C. 1944-64 114>4 -r >* funding Loan 4 P.O. 1960-90 112'4 War Loan, 3 p.C
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    • 597 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated in FJd.S.) LLOYDS A(»ie.MTS:~ BOOHING AGENTS F.M.S RLiS. AND SIAM STATES RAILWAYS TELEPHONE Freight 5433— Passage 5431. CANADIAN =$ge: pacific (Incorporated In England) THE "EMPRESS" ROUTE offers TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES via HONOLULU «r direct IMPRESS to VANCOUVER— ACROSS CANADA by TRANSCONTINENTAL TRAIN wKhwl change— thence by CANADIAN
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    • 653 4 ImcSSm ster eC n.?!r n In Strait* Settlements) >W*|il^^^^l ELLERMAN BUCKNALL ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. COMPANY. (Incorporated in England) (incorporated In U B.A.> FOR HAVRE, LONDON. boston new iork a baltimomb ROTTERDAM A HAMBURG via suez canal Via Porte aad Sacm CaMI DW Snils STEEL NAVIGATOR Jan. 22 Jan
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 338 4 TIDE TABLE. SINGAPORE Today H. w. 9.24 a.m. 9.2 ft.: 11.01 p.m. L W. 3^42 a.m. I 1 ft.: 4.25 p.m. 1.5 ft. Saturday. January 1. H. W. 10.04 a.m. 9.4 ft.; 11.35 p.m. 8 6 ft L. W. 4.16 a.m. 5 ft.; i 58 p.m. 12 ft. Sunday, January
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 268 5 HOXY BAR orEN TILL MIONIGHT TONIGHT 6.15-9.15 l^aaflHipWHCFfES TENDER ROMANCE I V' A BET VMIDST THRILLING I >^,^^ i; ADVENTURES t HBad£MaiL^a>B9^B9!Sffi IRENE" DUNNE" Jerome Kern *nd Osc»r Hammerstcin 1 HIGH, WIDE HANDSOME' A Paramount Picture with RANDOLPH SCOTT-DOROTHY L AMOUR Matinees. Tomorrow and Sunday 2 P.M ROMEO AND JULIET
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    • 530 5 New World Cabaret Wishing our Patrons A Happy New Year. Gala New Tear's Ere ft Grand Fancy Dress -r/~k\//r-LJT BalL Valuable Prises will be »i»en lor th< HJlylKiti l neat ,nd Most Orijinal Costumes for Ladies and Gentlemen ft also Several Consolation EXTENSION 2 A. M. Prfae, Crackers Novelties Balloon*
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    • 191 5 IS WRONG LIGHTING I M RUINING THEIR EYES? ba^afll^^ B^^*4p|l tit afe^M jP^" rT^Wßp^ >i* 3i a^K —S^^a^K^^^^^ .da^al a^H# tf^a^a^al O»^ suffers from defective sight! Don't let defective eyesight handicap THEIR. progress get your home lighting tested! Don't let your children go through life under the cloud at bad
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  • 511 6 More Cheerful Outlook: Tin And Rubber Prices Improve. (By Our Financial Correspondent.; Singapore. Dec. 31 While there is not the same cheerfulness and optimism in market* as ta usual at this time of the yiar it is encouraging to be able to report a distinct improvement trm
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  • 52 6 9.41 )<ii York 4'ty., AUmbi ***** 5 00' 4 sellers 2J3 64 mark.-! i.ites ii -dde :ie Kilt* unciuotfd 12 I] Uontevidei 20V M«d. 0 nominal Buoharfsi Dombav 'uu 22.« rokohajca i/m 19 90 H Kon L 1 3d Bhanghgl 12 j-;6d »poi IS 8 15d. Porvud it jod.
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  • 425 6 'THE following quotations are published by courtesy of Messrs. S E. Levy and Co.. Singapore Messrs. Whit* Weld and Company. New York, report by cable regarding Yesterdays markets: FTOCKfi The marker is largely a reflection of !h< usual year-end adjustments. How(ver we believe it will
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  • 145 6 EXCHANGE EQUALISATION ACCOUNT. Holds i*l 5,000.000 In Cold. T London I> M HE Treasury has issued the following statement: •On June 28. 1«J37 Hi Hk- House o! Commons the Chancellor of the Exchequer made a statement v to the hokilngi i the Exchange Equalisation Account .it the end ol March
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  • 82 6 London. Dec 30 Q' Jt Btock Exchange to<iay several v (acton combined to impart a more cheerful undertone but buiints.s continued on a small aca* with the end 0' account influences causing --ome i. regularity Home rail 1 were particular); fum 0.1 th: excellent fco'iday traffic
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  • STOCK AND SHARES- LOCAL QUOTATIONS
    • 659 6 issue vaj. Frasers Co. Lyal) Evatt Buyers Sei.'ers Buyers Sellers 4/- Ampat Tin 4,41,., 4,101/2 4 41, 4 ]oy £1 Asam Kumban? 32/- 34/. 32/. 34/. £1 Austral Malay 50/- 55/- 50/- 55/5/- Ayer HiUm 25,- 27/- 25/3 26/3 1 Ayer Weng 0.77 2 0.82 >/ 2 xii 0
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    • 457 6 2 2 Alex Br^cK Ord. 150 1.60 2 2 do 1V 2 Prefs. 2 30 2 37>/ 2 lO 10 Atlas Ice 8 00n. 1 50 )»;<■. > 2 25 2 35 8 OOn 1 1 e M Broadcasting J45 0 55 1C 5 B M Trustee HOC 6
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    • 247 6 $■/<, Maynard Co Ltd. J30.000 Int Apr 30 Oct. 31 95 105 nwn ';INGAPOKE MUNICIPAL v,; 1901 red 1940 $40t '.CO Int. Mar 31 Sept. 30 102 104 num 4V/i 1907 rco. 1947 b- 600.000 Int. Mar. 31 Sept 30 .108 no nom •i'-iVt 190S red. 1955
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    • 401 6 Fraser Co Lya)l Evatt Allenby 1.47 2 1.55 1.50 1.60 Alor (jajah Amal Malay Ayer Hitam Ayer Molek Ayer Panas Bassett Batu LiMang Bedford Septa Borelli afrogas Brunei Un Bukit Kati) Bukit K B Bukit Keponj; Bukit nman *S1O) .'i-angkat Serdanp :onnemara "lenealy Plantanons Hamilton Haytor !ndragin Jcram
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  • 84 6 Friday, Decanter 31, Xoon. No. 1 X. R. S. S. in cases (F. 0.8 t Dec. 23. 23 )tj Good F. A. Q. in bales (F.0.8.l Y)(x 22 ••"> 1G 22 7 lfc No. 1 X. R. S. S. (Spot loose) Awardablc- 22 January 23
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  • 204 6 The following are the exchange rates this morning accord.ng to the daily circular issued jy the Hon c Konjj and Shanghai Banking Corporation mlunu. London IT j[/4 1/321 London demand 2/4 V 32 I London 4 months sight 2, 4 1/16 Lyons demand 1720 Switzerland demand 251 j Hamburg
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  • 163 6 Mn^iMiM l«n»,.t«- Jl, i^ r .<.<.n. Bu\t iI Gambier jj^ Hamb'jrf. Cnb» $15 5( Calx j])0< Mpper Whitt Muntok Whitt in v Black ,«oi Copra. Mix. r Sun Dnert tapioca Small Flak. Fair Flakt Medium Pc:itj Small Ptari Sago Flour Nc. Llngga Fa"- 12.52 Sarawal Low F:iir Palembanf Ban.);.
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
    • 485 7 COMMODITY FOLLOWS STOCK DECLINE. CONSUMPTION STILL FALLING. LEWIS 3t PEAT (SINGAPORE' LTD in their weekly report on the rubber market issued yesterday, write: Conditions before Christmas were so quiet that it seemed unKkely that anything would occur to ruffle the surface until after the New Year. Contrary
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    • 91 7 £800,000 Orders. < t Toronto, Dec. 21. A BOUT £800,000 is to be spent in Ca- nada on raw materials, tools and machinery by a leading Japanese industrial corporation— the Sumitomo Honsha. A spokesman said to-day that iie was t j making extensive purchases
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    • 1122 7 Decline Not Due To Basic Economic Weakness. REARMAMENT WILL STIMULATE INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY. IN their monthh' review of the American markets for December, Messrs. S. E. Levy and Co. write Reviewing the course of the American markets during November, we made the suggestion that, just as mistrust of
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    • 61 7 Complaints Lead To U.S. Inquiry. New York, Dec. 20. MR. H. CUMMINGS, tiie AttorneyGeneral, stated today that the increase in the price of newsprint is now under intensive investigation as a result of complaints from newspapers. These, said Mr. Cummings, declare that the price is higher than can
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    • 271 7 THE fourth annual ordinary general meeting of Jitra Rubber Plantations. Ltd., was held in London on Dec. 2). Mr. A. P. Hadow (the chairman' said that the result of the year's working i showed some improvement compared with the long period of lean years ex- perienced by
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    • 197 7 (Incorporated In Eua'mdt. Capita! Authorised £3.000.000 Capital Suoscr'bed £1,800,000 Reserve Fund and Rest £1.247.829, Capital Paid up f1.050.0UC .!<>\Kl OF DIBECTORS. Tlie Rigat Hon. Lorn Catto ol Cilrncattc. Sir Charles Alexander Innes, X. C.S.I. C.I Im. Sir Thomas Smith. Kt.. P. R. Chalmers. Esq..
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 535 7 HONG KONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated lc the Colony of Hone Kong) The liability of members t* limited to tfc extent and lr. manner prescribed by Ordinance No. 6 of 1929 01 the Colony. Authorised C»p1Ul $50,000,000 Issued and Pullv Pald-Up I3C.OOO.O00 1 Heaerve Pund»: Sterling 6.500.000 Hong Kong Currency
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    • 146 7 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS. Singapore, Dec. 30. 5 p.m. Total for Books Close Qnanclai Company Olvldend e b!e year TIN. Ayer Weng 2>4% Final Dec. 28 Jan. 4 Dec. 30 7K% Pattani 5% Int. 15% Southern Klnta 6% Int. Dec. 23/28 Jan. 13 Dec. 24 18% Srngel Luos
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    • 211 7 BANK OF CHINA Incorporated m Cnina oj Special Charter U. Oril Street SimupoiiTelephone*: Managers Offuc 6114 rxchant. Oept 6141 Onrral OffW 5188-S Cable AMns; "CHU.NGKl'O" raid I'p Capital (hi 4* 00».»»0 M Reserve Fund* ■a eiceas I I.8M.M* M Total Assets mpproximatfl. C h SI .8M.*M.M« M HEAD OFFICK: SHANGHAI
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    • 511 7 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. (Incxpcratea m Cng.«r.o o» Royai Jhanei IMkl Pale' Up Casual ,n MP.C00 ihare* <* «5 each £3.000.00t Reserve Funo £3.000 00* Reserve Uaotlitv it fiopneton C3.0O0.0OO nt,.io Mimi J» Punowtatr Looota tt 1. A;oi Star i'.oTif kodr ttmcoon Amrltsar Hollo Saigon Bangkok Ipoh
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  • 194 8 LOST... WEIGHT WON... VITALITY! lor.cc Languid— Now Full Of "Pep" j In two weeks, she lost 5 lbs. Three we;ks later, another 5 lbs. had gor.o. When she was burdened with her unwanted fat she wa.s always languid I now she is full of activity. The method she followed is
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 179 8 GOLD SEAL PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS. Aspirin Tablets in Tablets Backache and Kidney Tablets Fruit laxatives Toiisilitis and Sore Throat Lozeng?s Sulphur Tablets Brompton Throat Lozrnges On'.y Drugs of Tested Purity are WMti in these products. Sold by MEDICAL HALL LTD. and all Chemists and Stores Distributors. GRAFTON LABORATORIES. PYE RADIO FAMOUS
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    • 277 8 t J^\^>** 0 THE GREAT SUCCESS OF BOLTRN- w »^^V\ VITA in promoting sleep arid incrcasinu eneT OV due to the high quality c/ the f to 9' ve the digestion because of tis rich Last nighfs /fhW^sm^ Bourn-vita is j/ m helping her NOWI t J 1 Bourn-vita lias
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 239 8 SINGAPORE TODAY /III 1.33 mr s (225 m.) p.m. 6.00 Malay m 6.45 Children's programme < English V 7.00 "Pages from our Scrapbook of 1937." 7.30 Time, weather, news and announcements. 7.45 "From the Studio Armchair." Weekly newsletter. 8.00 Chamber music. t 8.35 'Five Years ol Empire Broadcasting."! Talk by
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    • 172 8 Broadcasting. EMPIRE STATION. TODAY TRANSMISSION 2. p*»GSJ 21.53 me/i (13 93 m>; GSH 21.47 me s (13.91 m.); GSG 17.79 me s |1MI m); GSO 15.18 vac s 119.76 m.) p m. 6.05 Big Ben. Grand Christmas Concert* will be held in the Landithy Hall. Madron, Cornwall. 6.50 Organ recital
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    • 132 8 I 11.05 "Five Years of Empire Broadcasting." Talk by the Director of the Empire Seivice. 11.20 News and announcements. 11.35 Greenwich time signal. i 11.45 Musical interludes 11.50 "Made In Great Britain —3: Stourbrklg? Glass. 12.20 Close down Electrical recording, t tJramonhonr record* HONG KONG TODAY ZBW 9.52 Me s.
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    • 165 8 NIROM. TODAY TDC 15 15 Me/I (19 8 ml PMN 10.26 me s (29.3 in.) p.m. 5.50 Ti.nc signal. Opening announcement. 5.54 Holland at Home. 6.20 New Year"s Eve Chjrch senke. 7.35 News bulletin. 7.50 Marches. 8.05 New Year speeches. 8.20 Music. 8.40 Marine Chapel at Soera h r?a. 10.05
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  • 297 9 Japan Thought All Foreign Ships Had Left Locality. London, Dec. 30. THE Japanese attack on the British warship Ladybird was due Jo the units concerned taking for granted that in the then existing circumstances, all foreign warships and merchant vends had gone from the scene
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  • 38 9 Army Of Chinese Amazons Join Reds Against Japan. AN irn»y of well-trained women fighters from Kwangsi have joined the Eighth Route (Communist i Army in Shansi in the fijhi against the Japanese, according to Chinese dispatches, reports Reuter.
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  • 266 9 Strikers Resume In Paris. Private Transport Workers Still Out. Paris. Dec. 30. THE 100,000 municipal strikers in Parla resumed work this mornin? A delegation of the administrative committee of the General Labour Confederation saw M. Mormoy. Minister of the Interior. M. Faure, Minister without portfolio, and M. Mommet. Minister of
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  • 81 9 Sale In London. London, Dec. 30. The famous stamp collection of the late Mr. William Crocker of San Francisco has arrived here for sale at auction. This extremely valuable collection *as most carefully guarded throughout the journey from the Pacific Coast to England and was insured with
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  • 68 9 EXPLOITING MANCHUKUO'S MINERALS Mukden. Dec. 30. Two new companies have been formed in Manchukuo for the exploitation d the country's mineral wealth. The companies will begin mining operations next spring. One will exploit zinc, lead and copper min°s at Tienpaoshan in the Chlentao region, while the other, a Japanese concern,
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  • 56 9 According to reports from tb.3 Shansi front, the Chinese forces are converging on Taiyuan from thre? directions. The Chinese forces are in control of 18 districts in North and Central Shansi. the Japanese being only able to maintain their gains m parts of the
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  • 170 9 More Jf»™nese Properties Blown Up. 17XPLOSIONS broke the stfTlnwH o: A^ ti, e piaVit in Tsin^tao KBiantaBS nort on which Japanese troons are advancing) as the Chinese up man Japanese property, including a brewerv. warehouses and a dye factory. The Chinese dry docks and repair shops were
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  • 282 9 Chinese Catholic Leader Murdered. MR. Lo Pa -hong, mlllicr.aire chairman of the standing committee of the newly-formed Civic Association. which was created for the purposi c; helping tn rehabilitate the Chinese areas around Shanghai, was shot In the French Concession as he was leaving a friend's house and died two
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  • 72 9 Ring Of Pill Boxes Guards Military Base. Shanghai, Dec. 30. FOR the purpose of rendering the approaches to Hankow impregnable. Gen. Cblang K.ii-.-?h?k baa ordered the construct' on of 800 steel and concrete blockhouses, which wil! b? equipped with anti-aircraft guna, heavy machine-^uns and trench mortars, according
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  • 50 9 JAPAN REOPENS WESTERN SUBURBS OF SHANGHAI Shanghai, Dec. 30. The Japanese officially announce that Hungjac and other Japaneseoccupied area.s in the western suburbs r>f Shanghai will be reopened 10 both Chinese and foreigners from tomorrow, reports Reuter. This follows the opening earlier this week cf area-? ncrth cf Socehow Cree'.c.
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  • 43 9 London, Dec. 30. The King has approved of the appointment of Mr. William Robert Mackness of His Majesty's consular service, to be His Majesty's Miniscer resident at Port Au Prince. si) feeding Mr. F. M. Shepherd, who is shortly relinquishing the appointment.—British Wireless
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  • 384 9 THIRTY Japantse bombers r villages yesterday in attcm dustrial establishments. Can with concrete dug-outs, and the A Reuter correspondent was interviewing General Wu Teh Chen, Governor of Kwangtung. this morning, when air raid syrens were sounded all over Canton, followed a few
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  • 189 9 GASTRIC ULCER "NEARLY COST Mfc MY LIFE" The hour', and dutie.-. of a r»ilvr»7 worker tend to make him liabU to h trouble Mt n iil« n:\n. X r i an oper itio ''v dieted for months, yet still h returned, Ins appetite failed h > work pot beyond him.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 400 9 HOTELS. j _j, nXwinrH TONIGHT NEW YEAR'S EVE i GALA DINNER FANCY DRESS CARNIVAL i tnsr i*\risi\n carnival novelties, crackers. BALLOONS ETC. PRIZES FOR BEST MOST ORIGINAL COSTUMES LOVELY GIFT FOR EVERY LADY DINER MIDNIGHT SURPRISE EXTENSION TO i A.M. DINERS (only* SrOO ■■ifntfr- cannot be guaranteed unless reserved. IMF
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    • 123 9 INSURANCE FIRE ACCIDENT MOTOR FIDELITY GUARANTEE-MARINE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION THE LONDON ABSO&ANCI KONG KONG FIHE INSCE.. CO.. LTD. PHOENIX ASSURANCE CO.. LTD.. WESTERN ASSI'-lANCE OO CNION INSCE SOCIETY OF CANTON I 'ID EAGLE STAR INS CO LTD BRITISH AMERICA ASSI-SANCI 00 GUTHRIE Co., Ltd, (incorporate! .11 S t>. 1 FOR ALL
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  • 127 10 SINGAPORE. AHH Till HOTEL Special Dinner Ball. GARBICH THEATRE. GEYLANG The Clutching Hand iWhole Serial) at 7.30 p.m. GLORE THEATRE Soul At Sfa. GREAT WORLD—THE SKY TALKIE Holy Terror. HAPPY WORLD Cabaret DaoclDg. Talkies Cinemas. Theatres and Side Shows. NEW WORLD Side Shows Cabaret. Dmcin* rslkieg Tb'-atrec Sc Cinema*.
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  • 952 10 The Straits Times Singapore. Friday, dec. 11, 1937. Eire. According to the files in tho Straits Times library, at least a dozen experts on constitutional law have offered opinions on tho new Constitution adopted by the Irish Free State this week. Ther-j is some slight divergence of views as to
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  • 1087 10 TALES FROM BURMA JUNGLE. rpHIS is the second of two extracts from a series of articles byMr.W.S. Thorns in the Rangoon Gazette on the hunting of wild elephants. He confirms the story of the way in which a herd of elephants will do all in its
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  • 551 10 I JT WAS November and darkness set in I early, besides which there was a j howling and icy ga'e blowing over the stormy plains of Northern Castile. I was almost the only passenger in i i the train. It grew quite dark, and the lamps
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  • 645 10 NOTES Of The DA Y. 'Jumbo. JUVENILE highlight of the Chrlsti mas party at Flagstaff House was provided by the bright infant who found on the lawn a small handk« rj chief with an elephant embrold in the corner. After pondering for several moments, she ambled confidently towards General Dobbie,
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  • 163 11 Pictures, Bought For £40, Sold To National Gallery For £14,000. Milan. Dec. 30. \iUCH excitement has been ere- i ted m Venetian art circles by a report that the National Oa Ury London, has purchased four small paintings attributed to Gr.rgione. The paintings, which, it H at a ted were
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  • 150 11 China Will Accept An Honourable Peace. Hankow. Dec. 30. i CHINESE circles are anxiously waiting to know the real meaning of the statement by General Matsui, Japapese Commander in the Vangtse Delta, that Japan has no territorial ambitions in China They declare that China will be K lad to stop
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  • 109 11 Japanese Forces Harried By Guerilla Bands. CHINESE guerilla tactics are meeting with considerable success in the Yangtse delta, reports Aneta-Trans-Ocean. A Japanese communique issued at Shanghai admits that considerable guerilla fighting is going on in the Yangtse region occupied by the JapanBands oi Chinese raiders, about 200 ttrong, are ambushing
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  • 129 11 London, Dec. 30. The Foreign Secretary. Mr. Anthony Eden, has relumed to London from Yorkshire, where he spent Christmas, and hopes to leave London next week for a few days' holiday In the south cf Prance. He will attend the Council of the I i ague
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  • 19 11 Chinese planes attacked four Japantransporti in Hangchow Bay yeslay, bombs sotting two of the vessels nhfozp -NAnvanc Slant? Pan
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  • 203 11 HAROLD ICKES MAKES BITTER ATTACK. "Sixty Families" Control Nation's Wealth. AMERICAN Cabinet denunciation of monopolistic practices in big business was continued yesterday in a broadcast by the Secretary of the Interior, Mr. Harold Ickes. The irreconcilable conflict between the power of money ard the power
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  • 135 11 Dr. Sun Fo On Mission To Britain. Hankow, Dec. 31. Reports that Dr. Sun Fo, who is passing through Singapore next week on his way to Europe, has been appointed Ambassador in Moscow in succession to Dr. Chiang Ting-fu, are authoritatively denied The spokesman of the Chinese Foreign Office declared
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  • 163 11 Consumption In 1938 May Be Reduced. London, Dec. 30. THE price of rubber is now considerably below the level which the International Rubber Regulation Committee considers desirable, stated Mr. Van Geldern, head of .he Dutch delegation to the committee, in an interview today with the
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  • 42 11 The Chinese are abandoning the North China squadron now blocked in Tsingtao Harbour. The commander has ordered the dismantling of all guns in the warships to be transferred to the coastal batteries, says Sin Chew Jit Poh
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  • 40 11 Haifa, Dec. 30. The death sentence has been passed by a military court at Nazareth on an Arab arrested in possession of a rifle and ammunition in recent operations on the Galilee Hills— Reut«r.
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  • 163 11 Amsterdam. Dec. 30. WHEN Princess Juliana's baby is born salutes will be fired in all Dutch i warships and garrisons, it is officially announced. If the baby is a prince, 101 guns will be fired if a Princess, 51 guns. A similar salute will be
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  • 71 11 Reciprocal Trade With East Af ica. Rome. Dec. 30. A SUPPLEMENTARY trade agreement between Italy and Japan, signed here today, extends existing Italo-Japanese trade facilities to Italian East Africa, with which it is understood Japan will trade on a basis cf strict reciprocity to the extent
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  • 236 11 King Dismisses Ministry For Attack On Palace. Cairo, Dec. 30. THE Egyptian Cabinet has bean dismissed by King Farouk and a new Ministry has been formed by Mahmoud Pasha. The change is an outcome of dissension between the Palace and the Cabinet over the los i
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    20 11 Japanese troops, rdth an anti-aircraft gun mounted m a truck.during the incident-filled "Victory March- which celebrated the fall of Shanghai.
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  • 63 11 The Hague, Dec. 30. The ex-Kaiser has officially signified his consent to the marriage of the second son of the former German Crown Prince, Prince Louis Ferdinand, to the Grand Duchess Kyra, daughter of Grand Duke Klnl of Russia. A strictly private celebration of the engagement
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  • 416 11 Fascist Rumania May Upset Little Entente. Bucharest, Dec. 30. CEARS that the new proFascist regime in Rumania might change the alignment of the Little Entente have been aroused. Tele-rams have been exchanged between the Rumanian and Czechoslovak Foreign Ministers, M. Micescu, and Dr Krolta. M Micescu said he desired to
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  • 80 11 America Ousts Japanese Fishers. Washington, Dec. 31 TWELL-IXFORMED quarters state President Roosevelt has requested the pussage of a bill to effect the gradual elimination of Japanese alien fishing boats from American waters, which icas introduced at the special session of Congress by Mr. Royal S. Copeland, chairman of the Senate
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  • 80 11 JAPANESE RESUME PUSH IN SHANSI. Attempt To Gain Control Of Lung-Hai Railway. Following the expiry of their ultimatum to Gen. Yen Hsi-shan, Gc iernor of Shansi, the Japanese have resumed operations in that province Chinese positions near Taiyuan. the capital, were subjected to violent Japanese air attacks. It is believed
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  • 100 11 Ixmdon, Dec. 30. THE British Government notes with satisfaction that the Japanese apologies and other statements in regard to the shelling of the lfiinboat Lad] bird at Wuhu cover Rttadu on merchantmen as well as warships, it is learned in ollicial circles. While
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  • 117 11 "JAPAN'S VERSION IS NOT ACCEPTED." British Reaction. London, Dec 31 THE first British reactions to the Japanese Note on the Ladybird incident are to note that Japans version differs from the wellautbenticated version In the British Note on Dec. 16. Th? Japanese version is not accepted." writes the i Daily
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  • 49 11 Hankow, Dec. 3u THE "last train from Madrid" lei Hankow today for Hong Konc. car rvin« 55 men, 130 women and 12 children of ten nationalities, included 63 Britcns and 167 American: Thoir national flags were spread alor. the whole length of the 13 coaches Reuter.
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  • 121 12 $10,000 Worth Of Illicit Chandu Four Of Ship s Crew Charged. poiiß Chinese member:, oi the of th? Norwegian steamer appeared before Mr. F. V. i*h in the District Court this morning, charged with Importing 1,173 tahils of non-Oovernment chandu, worth nearly $10,000. in ..iy hours of this morning. They
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  • 99 12 I VIED SaUeh bin Ahmad, a prominent lar.d dwilt in Bombay. appeared In the Third Singapore Court /p.st.Trtiv on three charges of falsefy'Uß accounts of Ismail Mansoor and iiree different dates, a total of win •>.■) cents. Th< charges were explained, and t was postponed to Jan.
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  • 257 12 SINGAPORE PREPARES ROUSING WELCOME FOR NEW YEAR. Greetings At Hotels, Clubs And Services. SINGAPORE has prepared to give the year 1937 a graceful k exit tonight and the year 1938 a rousing welcome. It is iikel.v that the traditional celebrations tonight will overshadow those of the last few years. Hotels,
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  • 95 12 PENANG RACES. The Scratchings For Tomorrow. THE following are the aeratchlncs for; tomorrow, the second day cf the Penar.g Turf Club's Gold Cup Meeting: llur^-.. CUx. I. I>>v. 1. J IM W«U-*Hi-Bee I Horses, CUm t, lUr. furs- 5i > s Horses. Class l)iv. i. furs. -f.uiW Macgfe, Honey GUI.
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  • 51 12 (From Our Own Correspondent.* Seremban, Dec. 30. YONG CHIN a Chinese was charged before the Seremban Magistrate with having voluntarily fouled the water of a spring in Labu with poison. He claimed trial and the case was postponed, ball of $50 being allowed, i Page 12
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  • 61 12 'THERE loill be no issue of ihe Straits Times on New Year's Day. but the Singapore Free Press will be published as usual tomorrow morning. There 7cili be no Saturday night street sales edition of The Sunday Times, but up-country and Singapore editions wtß be published as
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  • 122 12 Emden Calls For Mails. THE German naval training cruiser Emden. which paid a visit to Singapore last year, paid an unexpected short call today in order to pick up her mails from the North German Lloyd liner Potsdam. The Emden has been cruising Jn Netherlands Indies waters during tils month
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  • 74 12 MAJOR A. D. SPARK, the new secre tary of the Singapore Air Raids Precaution* Committee, is to be invited by the S.S. (Singapore) Association to address a public meeting on the question of air raid protection. Members of the Straits Chinese British Association, the
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  • 677 12 Reply To Sir Ian Hamilton, rVF.N if the powerful defences of Singapore fell to an invader. island could never be held mainst the "thunderous attacks of \x\ Navy," declares Sir Herb -r t RataeH, eminent British miliI ulhortty. criticising state•k (ieneral
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    28 12 THE SULTANAH OF JOHORE, photographed nith MISS C ROBERT SON. her niece, before their departure in the P. and O. liner Ranpuro for England today.— Straits Times Picture.
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  • 207 12 CONSTABLES' NIGHT "ARREST." DATKOLLING in Raffles Plate at four o'clock this morning, a police corporal and constable, silent in their rubber shoes and carrying only torches, say/ a flicker of movement in Malacca Street. Padding softly in that direction, their torches picked out a python
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  • 24 12 An affray Involving Tamils in Dunlopl Street, shortly after 9 p.m. yesterday.) resulted in four wen being taken to} I hospital with head Injuries.
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  • 65 12 RUSSIAN music, folk songs and dances by bearded Cossacks will be heard in Singapore in February when the famous Don Cossack choir (lancers begin a season at the Victoria Theatre The choir are on a tour round the world. They left Paris in 1936 and have
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  • 54 12 A VERDICT of death by misadventure was returned by the Singapore Coroner today following an inquest into the death of Sergeant John Patrick Donovan, 31. o; •C" Company. 2nd Batt. Gordon Highlanders, who was found lying on the concrete base below the verandah of his quarters on the
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  • 187 12 EMPIRE RADIO CHANGES WILL HELP MALAYA. Sequel To 8.8.C, Official's Visit. SIX-HOUR EVENING PROGRAMMI AS a direct result of the recent \isit to Malaya uf Mr. .1. 15. Clark, of the Uritish Uroadcastin;' Corporation, important changes in the frequencies ot the 8.1 J.C. Empire traasnissions available to Malayan listeners will
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  • 143 12 ST. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL 6..i0 a.m.. Holy Comn.; 7.30 an; 8 am Choral Eucharist; 10 a.m., Children* service; 5.30 p.m.. Evensong and sermon, Preacher: The Archdeacon. w>t'itday.s. Hoiv Comn. on Monday. Wednesday jihl Friday at 8 a.m.- Holy Comn. on Tuesday and Saturday .v T a.m.; Holy Comn.
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  • 938 13 Guthrie And Co/s Claim Dismissed With Costs. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 30. "AMI EE LIM'S evidence was clear, consistent reasonable it explains the undisputed facts," declared Mr. Justice ("ussen, completely exonerating Mr. Ong Ee Lim, the cinema proprietor and principal
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  • 175 13 Banker's Yacht In The Roads. Queen Of Scots On World Cruise, T^HE graceful 605-ton Queen of I A Scots, luxury steam yacht own- ed by Mr. Anthony .Drexel, an j American banker, arrived from Penang yesterday, on a cruise to Netherlands Indies from England. Built at Glasgow nearly 30 years
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  • 262 13 Largely Attended Bidadari Service. ''THE funeral of Captain Alexander Snow who died in Singapore on Wednesday, was largely attended yesterday, the Rev. Stephen Band officiating at the service at Bidadari! Cemetery. j Capt. Snow was doyen of the Singa- pore Pilots" Association when he retired
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  • 110 13 Suggestions At S.S.A. Meeting. WHEN the rabies outbreak was dis- cussed at the last meeting of the Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association, a member suggested that as rabies was unknown in New Zealand and Australia and as there had not been a case in England since
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  • 135 13 i Special Competition At Glasgow Show. '< A MATEUR cinematographers throughI** cut the Empire will have an opportunity of showing their films to a wider audience next May at the British Empire Exhibition in Glasgow. Scotland. A Film Festival, open to all residents in the Empire,
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  • 47 13 'THAT the present state of worlo affairs justified .he increased expenditure" was the opinion of the Straits Settlements < Singapore t Association committee expressed at the last meeting when the bill to increase the expenditure on the l:cal defences of the colony was considered.
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  • 329 13 Association's New Scheme. TPO assist the education of a poor boy and girl of the community the Singapore Eurasian Association is to create two scholarships, which will operate from next year, it was announced by Mr. H. R. S. Zehn tier, presiding at yesterday's annual
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  • 34 13 Mr A. W. Ker has been appointed representative of the Straits 32ttlements iSingapore) Association on th. j Trimmer Committee which is to investigate traffic problems in Singapore
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  • 123 13 Port Liquor Restrictions Working Well DESTRICTIONS imposed upon (he sale <\f liquor on ships in port are. it is claimed, working smoothly and there have been no complaints, it «as reported at the last committee meeting of the Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association. Pursers and stewards had cooperated well with the
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  • 80 13 A DENIAL that the Chinese labour force of 3.000 had passed a resolution to cease work was received fronDungun yesterday by the Singupon agent of the Nippon Mining Companj which owns the Bukit Besi < Trent;ganui iron ore mine. Japan's largest iron holding in
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  • 58 13 From Our Own Correspond Jonoie Bahru. Dec. 30 DEC'AUSE oi' alleged interference by Malays with a married Chii.' woman, a fight occurred at Kulsi Besar Estate betveen Malaya and Chines" yesterday, one Malay being killd. one Chinese ssriously injured by a stab would in
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  • 716 14 Four Unconverted Tries At Fairer Park. RATHER disappointing play was seen in the rugger encounter between the St. Andrew's Old Boys "A" and the R.A.O.C. yesterday at Fairer Park, drawn at six points all, with two unconverted tries each. To a slight drizzle
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  • 350 14 CHANGES are made in the outsider of the Army Rugby XV chosen to meet Selangor in the final of the Malaya Cup competition at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, Jan. 15. Findlay-Shirras, who was unavailable for the game against Singapore, has recovered and will
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    22 14 BKAti'Y AND GRACE: Miss Marian Mansfield in mid-air in one of her dives at the Swimming Club pool yesterday. Straits Times Picture.
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  • 235 14 DERFECT timing, excellent judgment and all the grace of a beautifully developed body combined to make Miss Marian Mansfield's diving exhibition, at the Singapore Swimming Club yesterday, perhaps the best ever seen in Singapore. Nearly 2,000 people
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  • 57 14 Billiards. CHALLENGE SHIELD TIE. Wont; Soo Tong (Siong Boo A.A.i beat Ng Ching Koon iSC.R.C.) 300 to 240 in a first round tie In the Singapore Billiards Association Challenge Shield competition at the Happy World last night. Soo Tong made a break o' 34 Or. Sunday at 8 p.m. Yeo
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  • 83 14 (From Our Own Correspondent" Ipoh. Dec. 30. At the Jubilee Park tonight Dommy Reyes, 7.12, defeated Kid Arenas, 7.11. The Kuala Lumpur Filipino (Arenas* was disqualified in the sixth round for hitting low. after receiving two warnings. Reyes was leading on points when the fight was
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  • 410 14 Boxes Well To Beat Kid Carpentier. TOMMY CARRIE chalked up another victory at the Happy World 1 Stadium last night. He created a surprise by stopping such an experienced boxer as Kid Carpenter in the fifth round of a bout of six "threes." Carpentier had a
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  • 223 14 Lawn Tennis No piay was possible in the S.C.R C invitation tournament yesterday, owing to rain. Ties for next week are TUESDAY Mixed Doubles Handicap (Uttal* Dr. Miss Daisy Fon?s and Yap A'i Hlan. (—3> vs. Miss Conslgllere and C, Ess. 9>
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    • 131 14 DISTINCTIVE FOOTWEAR BY LOTUS Owing to the /^\X \5 B^\ constant change I \>-^ l^^^^k^ Ladies' Shoes, we find it impossible DAY SHOES tO illuBtrate COURT SHOES many new styles In Brown Kid continually ar- In Brown Suede From 59.50 pair riving. From $9.50 pair. J J^^^ A QUIET AND
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  • 1110 15 HOW SINGAPORE CREW BEAT MIRI FOR ROWING TROPHY. Brilliance Of Hills And Messer. (From A Special AN liiursday, Dec. 23, at Miri on Yacht Club's rowing i Inter-Port Challenge Fours Cup The visiting crew, as planned,] embarked with enough hard work' behind them to make the voyage a rial perios)
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  • 237 15 BUNNY AUSTIN TO PACK UP' Britain Must Rebuild Davis Cup Team. i lughe* ha> ing given mi H W Austin ha« followed n I), hat he. too, i i ,ii,i mi vi Davw Cupl mi' startlii ruraosred some i-ii).n\ could hardly b 2 all over cen-i arliei roui i ng
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  • 514 15 Amateur Boxing Encounter. It %va< left until the last ol the 12 j lights to decide the issut in the J international amateur boxing match between Knglaml and Germany at the Albert Hall on Dec. IC. With his country losing by six events to five. Kleinhcldermann. «f
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  • 471 15 Mr. F.C. Johnson's Departure Postp: A Golfing Curiosity Tommy Fa rr 's Ran k i n g Th ird To Louis And Schmeling The Rackets Champion. Conducted Hy ECHO BOXING In Blngapon It u bav< tii services ol Mr F C Johii^ and p 11 ral enthusiast,
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  • 57 15 TODAY KuKbj: C t F-Ol m Anrii' Him ki .< < H H C Y M C CSC Sikh PoBa vi I fl DMi|: Displa; M SC.< t TOMORROW tm to Land Sports: Btadium 2 30 p irj Kuf-i-: JOhOT* VI H M S TWTC 1 Lawn
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  • 110 16 Chinese Just Wanted To Leave, No Strike On Japanese Estate* (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Dec. 29. THERE was no question of a strike among Chinese coolies working on Japanese rubber estate in Bahau. but by mutual arrangement the Chinese had been paid off and had left the estate on
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  • 187 16 STRONGER NAVY FOR POLAND. British Firm To Give Advice. OOLAND has concluded an agreement with the shipbuiding flrm of Samuel White and Co.. Ltd, of Cowes. for specialist advice in carrying out schemes for the strengthening of her fleet and of her Baltic port of Gdynia. Although Poland has done
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  • 1167 16 CHURCH Of tNGLANO ST. PBTERS CHURCH, Stamford Road Sing* pot f Today at lI. Zt) p.m. Wa'.rh-night service and &ermon. Sermon "Thoj tu.se made my days a-s handhroadths New Year*! Day. at 12 Midnight. Hoi/ Cmimuniim service. Sermon "Lord, let It alone thi. year also, .sun Jay, at
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  • 231 16 I THE following new books are now on 1 is.su* at the Raffles Library: NON-FICTION. So This is Kenya! Illustrated. BrodhUMt-HIU; Anne of Austria: The Infanta Queen. Illustrated. Muriel Buchanan, Th^ Chansitit; Scene. Arthur CildT-Mar-shall: Ten Days Off, George Dunn: Ru.s.,l* 1 Civil W~.r:
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  • 58 16 'From Our Own Correspondent* Seremban, Dec. 2$ ANOTHER Sakai boy appeared in th>? Seremban magistrate's court today This time it was Sip bin Jinati. who was charged with assisting in the concealment of stolen property— a bicycle —at Seremban. He claimed trial and the case was postponed
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  • 32 16 Mrs Sarah Adcock. of Hicham. Norfolk, who celebrated her 104th birthday a few days ago. received :i telegram of congratulation from tru* King and Queen 1 while cooking i'i preparation for Christmas.
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  • 31 16 The Marchioness of Douglas ani Clydesdale, yesterday her first public engagement since her marriage on Dec. 2, named the destroyer Bedouin, launched from the Leven yards of Wni. Denny Bros, Dumbarton.
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  • 1953 18 AN IMPRESSIVE ACHIEVEMENT EN SMOKEHOUSE DESIGN. Planting Topics. Economical And Efficient Unit Sheet Ready For Packing In Four Days. BY OUR PLANTING CORRESPONDENT. IN these 'lays ulk-ii the reduction <>t eetatt costs of production of very gift importance considerable attention is being given to the Bkoderi i<iig oi factory equipment
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    • 96 18 ESTATE FACTORY SUPPLIES jx.>...*i>«:.>..r,.>.-; a To our many Planter Friends, I A HAPPY AND A PROSPEROUS I I NEW YEAR Diethelm's Singapore i ;*> (•> I s M I. t I I fe W.P.S. WITH THE PRESENT PRICE OF RUBBER MANURING PAYS HANDSOMELY RESULTS OF 8* YEARS TRIAL p. 1.
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  • 979 19 (From Our Own Correspondent London, Dec. 22. A WELCOME reaction from tho extreme pessimism of recent wwka is leading a seasonable cheerfulness to London's rubber market. Though prices have yet to make :iny determined move upwards, many factors are combining to flirt a remarkable improvement m
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  • 116 19 Sir T. Barlow Chairman. Manchester, Dec. 20. SIR THOMAS D. Barlow will be first chairman of the new £250,000 Lancashire site company, particulars of which will be made known at a meeting of Lancashire local authorities In Manchester on Jan. 7. It is hoped that
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  • 52 19 JAPANESE EXPORTS TO ETHIOPIA. Pact With Italy. Milan, Dec. 20. IT is understood that an Italo-Japa- i nese agreement regarding trade in "'hlopia has been virtually concluded. Under its terms Japan will be able '■am to export to Ethiopia textiles and otbec goods. In return, she agrees to buy Italian
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    • 9 1 ®te §tmit% Mivm Racing Supplement FRIDAY. DECEMBER 31, 1937
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    • 1085 1 Dash Reviews Tomorrow's Form s^ SECOND DAY OF GOLD CUP MEETING pitOSi'ECTS for tomorrow the second day of the Penan/5 Gold Cup are discussed below. Owing to fact that scratching* were not ible in time to be excluded from the review, selections are
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    • 468 1 Dodd Best Jockey For 1937 Season W.L. WHITE HAS RIDDEN 11 FIRSTS IN 38 RIDES yyiTH the close of 1937 racing one looks back to the side of the sport that has the biggest interest for backers, who after all are the tliat keep the racing going. I Almost every
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    • 77 1 Horses Class 1. Div. 1 CALVADOS (Nan) Tliebez. Horses Class 1. Div. 2 SAKNDEN, Starlight. Morses Class 3. Div. A 1S( ARA (Nap; Royal Wor ling ton. Horses Class 4. Div. 1 QUICK MONET, Santa Anita. Horses (lass 4. Div. U GOLD POINT. Fair King. liorses
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    • 96 1 COLAIi TIME, ivinner of the first rare at Penang on Monday, is a lico-yror-old that wade his first appearance on a Malayan race track at the Singapore meeting last mouth. This was his third uulinx and he is perhaps the first l«?o-y ear-old
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    • 29 1 The information contain J in t hi.-. Form (iuide has been sjk«i:il!> compiled for the Slr;;its THrrnr (iroup. and the copyright therein i.s strict Iv t><»rvH Ha coanilSTß.
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    • 10575 2 Free Press Straits Times Horses, Cl 4, D. 1. 5 Furs Amazing 9.0 Mr. Tusrries rh.e.fc. by Stingo— White Maiio W, Turlryi. No recent form. Wait-and-See 8.13 Mr A Van Tooren's b.a g. Dignity— >J.:rgot i.t. feral). I lth. 8 lens. (14 itra.) 7.13 (Fanning 3). never in the picture,
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    • 595 3 Van Break elen Stable Hold Strong Hand. i PLEVEN of Malaya's best horses to be run at Penang tomorrow of a great race. The event will be winner is not going to be easy to Wicklow Bay heads the list with 9 0
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    • 54 3 PNTRIES for the Gold Cup to be run tomorrow week, the final day ;Of the Penang meeting are as follows. Wicklow Bay 9-0 Measure t-t Jack Druce 8-12 Barford 8-5 Pure Gold 8-12 Where Am I 8-3 I Vandal 8-10 BeaudekJn 8-1 Knight's Eye 8-9 Aerial
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