The Straits Times, 17 January 1939

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  • 39 1 The Straits Times TESTABUSHED NEARLY A CENTURY. 1 THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA 24 PAGES SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1*». PRICK S CENTS. The Straits Times U I'ACJEM, SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 17. 1939 PRICE 5 CENTS,
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    • 183 1 Singapore: mo. cecil st. cphone S4ti>. For Up-to-date TAILORING.. MIEN CHONG o/ r*ai satisfaction t% m Colemitn St. Singapore. J>t»r 1 ni 4S16 room, dining room and veiandah DLLLX PA I NTS used rnnovGBOVT ENQUIRIES *fb THE BORNEO CO., LTD. mniirwi m<m wmi -mm niiifa uuoca. THE CARS THAT AUSTIN
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    • 348 1 KUALA LUMPU.T "3. .UVA ST. ('PHONE 3683 H l\ l^' s cw Millinery! \40 mA i**" 7 P erl llt e ats l^ ey give you a II fc^^mfffwk :ti* new slant on life. .an exhilarating Jf^KuKfMIt^ new personality. They demand that k f^k you sweep up your hair into
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    • 22 1 Madame Page, Late 02. Picodilly. London. OPENS New dept. Gowns Designed Created in her work rooms. $5 $SO 13, BATTERY ROAD, SINGAPORE.
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  • 84 2 ME Mrs. Ec Beng Hlan nee Chan Sal En«. age 52, passed away on Saturday, January 14. at 235 c, Balestier Road, Singapore, leaving behind her husband, 4 sons, Ec Thlan Kee, Thian Chin, Thian Slang and Thian Han, 2 daughters, Ec Chee Hua
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 337 2 SITUATIONS VACANT CONDUCTOR REQUIRED for rubber estate In Johore. Must be able to use a road tracer and take charge of a small factory and factory books. Commencing salary $50 per month with increases for efficiency. Apply to Box No. 515. Straits Times. "ENGINEERS GUIDE TO SUCCESS"— 2OO Courses. FREE,
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    • 706 2 SITUATIONS WANTED EXPERIENCED EUROPEAN seeks position In different kind of work, moderate salary. Apply Box No. 526, Straits Times. EXPERIENCED DUTCH LADY typist knowledge of languages, administration seek* position. Apply Box 527. Straits Times. RUBBER PLANTER twelve years thorough experience all branches planting available now for post as Manager or
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    • 538 2 BOARD RESIDENCE BAST A.NOLIA 3. Oxlry Rue Tele II Enquire nevf Rates, at 3 Lit d Rd. Bd opt. THE MANSION. P*l?ate Hot*! Oxlp> Rise Tele ***** rtooms available SMALL ROOM vttc. $35 Brd. opt. mod. san. Garages. 11. St. Nicholas Flat:. CORNER HOUSE 1 large furnished room vacant. Mrs.
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    • 428 2 TENDERS I SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. TENDERS are Invited for the supply and delivery of one Portable Coal Conveyor for the Gas Dcpl. Copies of Specification can De obtained at the Tender Room. Tenders close at 12 noon on 8th March, 1939. C. H. OOLDIE Municipal Secretary. SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. TENDERS are invited
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    • 193 2 IBUSINESS CARDS Etc. PRINCE EDWARD CLINIC Medical Massage Electricity 14 Capitol Fluis Phone 7.?54 (Stuniford Rd. Corner) educational" FRENCH ENGLISH taught by modern method, quick results. Modern designing and Interior decorating taught by Paris School graduate, 47 Killiney Road. TUITION In French, Spanish, piano. Mathematics and Sciences (for School Ccrtlflcate),
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 704 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA I AND APCAR LINE. (Incorporated in fcll'rr* T nmmuLAß and oriental s.n. ca MAIL PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN Tonnage Due Spore. RANPURA ".000 Jan. 27 RAWAIPINDI 17.000 Feb. 10 BURDWAN 6.070 Feb. 11 CANTON 13 500 Feb. 24 SOMAT
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    • 462 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. ruii-urDormteo U> Iao»n« GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CL'NARD WHITE iJAR LTD. SHORT TRIPS TO JAP AH VIA aOMCKONC AND SHANGHAI. s* HAKONE MARD Feb 8 ss. HUSIMI MARU Feb 20 M. HAKOZAKI MARU Mar 6 s.s. SUWA MARU Mar. 20 tm.s. TERUKUNI MARU Mar. 31 Kound trip llrkets
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    • 744 3 iii f i*7 j^a t^3 r t^ l fmJi lb3w 'ki BANGKOK UNI CBTNA/JAPAN UNI Luxurious One Class Uotorshlpa. Most Big Cargo Vessels wttb limited but comCablru> Have Ad]olnln« Private Bath. fortable Passenger AccomniodatloD VSJVBS2S ■iKff'SWSSSB: x.= port S a. d palest.^ S "T? i MaW P iVT ii P
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    • 679 3 MANSFIELD G0. 7 LTD, Ocean Buildinc. Collyer Qyay Sinj3po- 8 Ttf. 5151. Chartered Bank Building. Penang Tel. 1265. BLUE FUNNEL LINE. FAST SERVICES MARSEILLES, LONDON. N. CONTINENT AND GLASGOW (In conjunction with the Glen Line) Due Saila AENEAS Mars., L'don. R'dam, Bremme:havcn, G'gow In port Today ACHILLES L'don, ,I'dam. H'burg.
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS
    • 106 4 London, July 16. AIR MARSHAL Sir WiUiam G. S. Mitchell lias been appointed Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, RAF, Middle East, with effect on April l according to an Air Ministry announcement. This appointment marks an extension of the policy inaugurated In 1937 when the
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    • 40 4 Melbourne, Jan. 16. OAIN today enabled the bush fires to be definitely checked. The damage Is estimated at nearly £3,000,000. A relief fund of £200,000 was opened today, and public contributions already total £50,000 sterling. Reuter.
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    • 49 4 London, Jan. 14. *THE British fund for the relief of distress in China now amounts to more than £163.000. Mr. Gordon Thompson, secretary to the fund, states that donations continue to come In steadily, but the need of the fund grows greater.— Reuter.
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    • 258 4 US WARD Wear-net: From Penant, Ipoh. and RnaJ* Lumpur. Arrives ever? evening. Qantas: From Australia: Arrives THIS afternoon. K.L.M.: From Netherlands Indies: Arrives THIS afternoon. K.L.M.: From Europe: Expected THIS evening. Imperial: From Europe: Expected tomorrow morning. K.N.l.L.M.: From Netherlands Indies: Arrives Tuesday afternoon. K.N.I.L.M.:
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    • 378 4 Toaay Aden ■.■Imperial) S pjn East Africa (Imperial) 2 p.m South Africa (Imperial) 2 p.m Burma (Imperials 2 p.m. Whole Canada (Imperial) 2 Dm China and Shanghai (Imperial) 2 p.m. Egypt. Suaan ana Palestine (Imperial) ..2 o-m Qreat Britain and Ireland (Imperial) 2 D.m Europe Great Britain
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    • 127 4 Correspondence for transmission by air via "Netherlands" must be fully prepaid and clearly superscribed "By X.L.M." Mails will close from Malacca as follows: Today. Australia, New Zealand, Java and Timor Dllly by air (Qantas) 8 p.m. Tomorrow. Medan by air (Netherlands) 1.15 p.m. Java and Southern Sumatra by
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  • 96 4 New York, Jan. 16. THE following quotations were those ruling when the Stock Exchange closed today:— DOW-JONES AVERAGES Yesterday's Today's Close. Close. Changes. 30 Industrials 148.26 148.26 unchanged 20 Rails 31.95 31.68 off .27 15 Utilities 23.49 23.50 up .01 40 Bonds 90.43 90.51 up .08 Business done—total
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  • 153 4 Quotations Will Be Pointer To Palestine Talks Cairo. Jan. 17. THE Arab Conference opens tomorrow under the chairmanship of the Egyptian Premier, Mohamed Mahmoud Pasha. The Palestine delegates consider the conference extremely important as it will probably provide a pointer to the success or otherwise of
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  • 22 4 Mails from China expected totiaj Jan. 17, by Potsdam. Mails from Japan expected today. Jan. 17, by Hakodate Maru.
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  • 79 4 WHITE, WELD AND CO New York, report by cable to S E Levy and Co.:— With volume restricted, the tone was uncertain to firm at best. The market does not yet indicate the likelihood of the imminence of an important move. Building shares were acting well and there
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 609 4 BGUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated id f.MS.) LLOYDS AGENTS:BOOKING AGENTS F.M.S RAILWAYS AM) SIA.M STATES RAILWAYS TELEPHONE: treicht 6433 Cliuct 5421 xKt JnHMMftka y^^iti v a Cbiiaua .1 Norm America— KflHfi-iSS mftiC'fJ'l Europe. Fast through trains direct GSfT^lFiMlSflll^^i from snlps slde at Vancouver In Jrl^ I^Wt VQX^/^Hi Canada's Evergreen Playground ■Pwg|gj^jSS™ffl)/gW
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    • 716 4 The Remedy That Has Definitely Mastered BAD CIRCULATION For Blood, Veins, Arteries and Heart NO AILMENT resulting from poor or sluggish circulation of the blood can resist the curative action of Elasto Varicose veins are restored to a healthy condition, the heart becomes steady, the arteries supple, skin troubles clear
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  • 350 5 AIR ATTACKS ON OPEN TOWNS 35,000 Civilians Dead In Japanese Raids Chungking. •pHE extensive warfare conducted by the 'Japanese Air Force on Chinese non-combatants since the war has claimed a shockingly heavy toll. From July 7, 1937, to Novem- ber 30, 1938, a period of 17 months, 35.157
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  • 63 5 Mr Brian Grover, the Englishman who gate up his job, learned to fly and went to Russia by air to find the Russian girl whom he had married four years ago is sec here reunited with her after he had successfully obtained permission for ncr tc
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  • 398 5 Chungking. EVERY year China exports 80 i^er cent, of her total production of 1,250,000 quintals of wood-oil to foreign countries, the bulk going co i the United States where China enjoys a monopoly worth $70,000,000 annually. The war has not seriously affected the
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  • 442 5 At the present time there is still one piaea on the earth where the confusion of tongues continues to exist. We must not look for this modern Babel in either Europe or America, but in a small island opposite th« -southern point of
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  • 415 5 When you flush out the poisonous waste and acids that are clogging the millions of delicate filtering tubes of ihe kidneys you are going a long way toward helping nature to purify the blood—this means you'll live a longer, happier and healthier life.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 153 5 AN AlMlfcStVT COMPOUND RKADY PM IMMEDIATE LSE. NO HEAT NO 90LKMNC KEQLIRED. TARZAN'S GRIP MENDS ANYTHING Useful in every home, SO cents per tube Obtainable everywhere Sole Distributors: GRAFTON LABORATORIES. Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. 1939 AMERICAN H. M. V. RADIOS HUB i. M; Has* sgjjflHl Modfl 10 Ql— lo RCA
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    • 61 5 tno the NbC^v nuisance of yj[< 13 S.S.Cmi£uf. FOR ALL ENGINIUING SUPPLIES SAFE SPEEDY WAY TO FLUSH KIDNEYS OF HARMFUL ACIDS AND POISONS Keep Bladder Free From Irritation and Stop Getting Up Nights Look, Act and Feel Younger Physically Attractive Actively AKve W^k DUNLOP FORT nes there is more in
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES-LATEST LOCAL QUOTATIONS
    • 629 6 RUBBER FAILS TO MAINTAIN RISE BETTER INQUIRY FOR SHARES By Our Financial Correspondent Singapore, Jan. 17. CONDITIONS in the local market yesterday again demonstrated the latent strength underlying xisting apathy. There seemed a definite tendency for inquiry to broaden and for prices to harden and it was
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    • 20 6 Issued by Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt, Exchange and Stock Brokers Singapore, Monday, Jan. 16, 5 p.m.
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    • 259 6 8fi> Maynard Si Co Ltd $30,000 i Int. Apr. 30 Oct. 31 90 100 nom SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL. 5% l'JOl red 1940 $400,000 tat Mar 31 Sept. 30 102'/ 2 103", nom Wr 190? red 1947 Sl.600.000 Int Mar 31 Sept. 30 108'/ 2 110 nom iV 2
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  • 84 6 Tui-day, Jan. 17, Noon. No. IX R.S.S. (Sp.,t loose; 27 i 27!* No. IX R.S.S. f.o.b. in cases January 27»i 27fi U.F.A.Q. R.S.S. f.o.b. In bales January 27 U 27 's FAQ. R.S.S. fob. in bales January w 26»i 11 II XX QUOTATIONS No. IX
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  • 181 6 Swatow demand 3034 Saigon demand 2037/ 8 Manila demand 108" 2 Bangkok demand 125' Japan demand 198 Australia demand 2/1034 New Zealand 2/10 9/16 BUYING London-New York demand 4.67.43 London T.T 2/4 London demand 2/4 1/32 London 30 days* sight 2/4 1/16 London 60 days' sight 2/4 1/16 London
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  • 347 6 Price Trend Lower On Larger Turnover L:ndon, Jan. 16. The following are todays clcstng middle quotations. Shares are of £1 denomination unless otherwise stated The Quotations for American stocks are In American currency. Ccn. Loan 5% 1944-64 109',d Fund Loan 4% 1963-90 107% Waj Loan 3M p.c.
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  • 160 6 By Threat To Cease Customs Service rj[ London, Jar 16. •pus market for Chines- bonds was lomp.etely paralysed after the threat to th c service on Customs loans Knowledgable quarerr are not xncliner. to regard the threat as Indicative of a change in the Ch'n-se attitude in
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  • 262 6 NOT SO PROGRESSIVE AS IN U.S.A. London, .Fan. 16. REPORTS of a progressive i covery in America arc not yet shared by Great Britain and Europe gtnerallv, mainly owing to political uncertainties and lack of confidence, according te a comprehensive survey of world economic conditions oublished
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  • 159 6 a,,^ London, Jan. 16. LONDON dealers, although surprised, are not unduly perturbed by reports that pressure is bein^ brought on the United States government to ban purchases of foreign silver. While It is realised that such purchases cannot go on for ever wellinformed circles ara
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  • 18 6 Th* f i, London. Jan. 16 The following were todays closing mean rates:— assist rr
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
    • 111 7 Total Distribution 40 Per Cent: $150,000 To Reserve DIRECTORS' REMUNERATION TO BE FIXED A NET profit of $1,021,276 was earned by Petaling Tin Ltd. in the year ended Oct. 31. This compares with $2,422,323 Interim dividends paid during the year totalled 35 per
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    • 695 7 THE report of the directors states j that the capital was increased from 52. 000.000 to $4,000,000 in Unitary 1938 and that the subse- quern, issue to shareholders of 200,000 shares of $1 each was overBubscribed. In ndditicn to the usual deputation on tbe basis ot
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    • 169 7 Dividend Reduced 1 FYcm Our Own Correspondent! London, Jan. 5. AS I cabled you today British Tin Investment Corporation has decided to pay a final dividend on the ordi- nary shares of 4 per cent, actual (44J pence per share >. less tax at 5s
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    • 287 7 KILLED BY SPRINGS UNDER SEA Nassau, Bahamas, Jan. 2. ARTIFICIAL sponge cultivation has just suffered a serious set-back in thp Bahamas by the loss of a bed comprising 180.000 sponges, representing Ive years' labour and an Investment of £5.000. which died overnight at Water Cay channel,
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    • 387 7 Reconstructed Dredge Working Satisfactorily THE Tavoy Tin Dredging Corporation, Ltd-, announces the issue to shareholders of 215.000 shares of 2s each at i par in the proportion of one for ten. The existing shares are auoted around |par. The new shares when issued, and the
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    • 129 7 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Company Dividend UN EC Kamunting 3d Pun?ah 9d. di». M. bonus Petaling s"^ final Southern Klnta 2.". tnt. leas ta Takuapa id. RIBIIFK Gleaealy s°; Books Close J»n. 27 Jan. 20 Jan. 24 Dec. 2* Jan. X Jan. 13 Singapore. Jar. 1 Date 8x
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    • 264 7 TOTAL NOW EXCEEDS £140,000,000 Berlin. Jan. 4. FE report of the German State Railways for the past year, reviewed in the Berlin Financial Press today, reveals that the condition of the railway monopoly gives cause for anxiety In 1929 there were 4000 more locomotives and 80,000
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    • 108 7 DFXEMBER FIGURES LOWER NETHERLANDS Indies tin experts for December, amounted to 1.229 tons, compared with 1,455 tons in November. Exports for the fourth quarter of 1938 totalled 4.602 tons, against a cuota of 4,394 tons. Tin exports for the whole year 1938 amounted to 21,001 tons,
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    • 179 7 Lt.-Col. J. H. M. Greenly I*HE new advisory panel of lndustrii alists set up by the Prime MlnlsI ter to help in the development of the I rearmament programme, has elected as its chairman Lt-Col. J. H. M Greenly, i Col. Greenly Joined the panel
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    • 147 7 Big Adverse Balance Rome. Jan. 2.. j "TRADE returns with Sotrth American States show that Italy' 3 exports to those countries are far below her Imports from them. Efforts are being made to persuade Argentina, Brazil. Chile, and other re- publics that it Is to
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 486 7 OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING 1 CORPORATION. LTD. (Incorporated In the Stratta Settlements CAPITAL Authorised $40,000,360 no Issued Paid Up M 0.000.000.00 Hod Office: China Building Chulla Street, Singapore. Telegraphic Address "OVERSEA" LONDON BANKERS: Midland Bank. Ltd. Lloyds Bank. Ltd.. NEW YORK BANKERS: Irving Trust Co, Chase National Bank BRANCHES: Amoy. Bangkok B.itavla.
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    • 353 7 BANK OF CHINA (Incorporated In China ov Special Charter*. IZ. Cecil Street. Slncipoie Telrphitne*: Manager's Office M4t AmL Manager* (XT** «44t KTcname Oepl «»H General Office SIM-t Cable Addrers: tMRMf PaM tip Capital Ch S 4g.«M.*MM Reserve Fundi in cne« of < h SJM.N* M Total Asset? aanroilmaleti Ch. M
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 173 8 TAKE A TRIP TO PARIS with THE JONES FAMILY TODAY AT 3 -IS. 6-15 and 9-15 P.M. AT THE AIR-CONDITIONED ALHA M B R A THE VACATION EVERY FAMILY^^-^ I ffV L^^ -^sa\ »n6ir iE\ 4r i 1^ k i Dart T I -jSCffl "4 DBSI lßc/lA a £i^i flfl
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    • 198 8 TOMORROW I P 3 EN sHgwsT T AT THE CAPITOL THE ONE BRIGHT EVENT IN A WORLD OF STRIFE AND POLITICAL UPROAR! BBJk.. "^*-M ?P*sH *Qf '-^Hlk. j^™^S3 188 wflk^flk \iSI B B^B '^fciii I»^t^bl BwflHßk «_^bb bb\ fIT Ti^?T^B« :^3s P^^^? -^BH 88l ik'^JißVfll bMk i\ t k I
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    • 308 8 CAPITOI POSITIVELY LAST I SCREENING of M.G.M.'s Memorable Triumph T7~ TONIGHT at 6 p.m. only Bth Day and acclaimed by Enthusiastic Crowds at EVERY No LATE SHOW OWING TO c, f CHARITY PERFORMANCE OF onOW <<THE HOUSE OF ROTHSCHILD" ANTOINIfTI I .'J Years to Produce! 2* HOURS TO SHOW! CAPITOI
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  • 252 9 WHILE three new British films are packing cinemas up and down the country, British studio floors are only Id p«-i cent, active. Why is this? Biggesl success of the year stems to be "The Citadel," which has already been seen by 150,000 people at the Empire.
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    96 9 THE Era." official mouthpiece of j declares blu ltly: The City's confidence has been sadly shaken Nevertheless, it is adopting a man who, having by a share-pusher, re- with the Stock Exchange. I ild bricks. I i nee of gold oar will probably See a ci-._r.ge using
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  • 189 9 Gracie Said: "No!" pRACIE FIELDS, who ha* left Hollywood for England, was a:ked by Twentieth Century Films tD appear on th« 3 New York stage for one week. And Gracie was willlnc en conditions. "They are asking me to do four shows daily," she said "but if New i'ork audiences
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  • 213 9 FILM STUDIO'S "INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENT" ENTERTAINMENT REVIEW B\ STRAITS TIMES FILM CORRESPONDENT nLAYERS m Walter Wanger's "Trade Winds" now in production at United Artists studios are referring to Stage 5. where most of the interior tcenes are being made, as 'The International Settlement." On one day recently W anger visited the
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  • 377 9 DATRICIA Ellis, the blonde ingenue of more motion pictures than she cares to recall, relaxed on green divan in her penthouse apailment 32 storeys above Park Avenue, and explained why she has given up the movies for music. This Queen of the B's,' under the tutelage
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  • 99 9 Entertainment And Charity 'TO.Y/GHT the audience at the Capitol will not only see one of George ArUss's best fJms, hear a brilliant musician render Rachmanioff and take part in the auction of a radio set, but also assist a deserving charitable cause the Singapore Jewish Refugee Fund. The fl'tn is
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  • 182 9 ISA MIRANDA, the Italian star, didn't go home after all. She Is in a maelstrom of preparations to start her Initial American picture. Story conferences, wardrobe fittings, portrait sittings, conferences with cameramen, dialogue directors, Director Robert Fiorey, and Interviews with newspapermen are a dally schedule for the blonde as
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  • 1232 9  -  MAXWELL STEWART By Ba llroom Exp ert Talks On "HANGING to keep fit" is an old slogan but perfectly true, and I am able to tell you something about modern ballroom dancing and its aid to health. In the first place ballroom dancing is entirely
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    • 289 9 BhaaJc tkaZ FIRST— ::-Jt iicks Vtipoßub bri'.kly nn tht throat and chest. 4 *JSfe NEXT— rub Vapoßub briskly on the back, N^j^H .s■■ between and below the shoulder-blades. THEN -to strengthen and lengthen its famous double-action spread Vapoßub thi.k on the chest, and cover with warm flar.neL IT takes so
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  • 381 11 Press Comment On British Note To Japanese Government London, Jan. 16. THE plainness of the language of the British note to Tokio, protesting against Japan's policy in China and declaring that Britain is not prepared to accept or recognise any changes in
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  • 28 11 Hassan Pasha Sabry, the Egyptian War Minister, has resigned. It is stated he was unable to agree with his colleagues in regard to army pay, reports Reuter. i
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  • 231 11 UNDERSTANDING' OF CHINA INCIDENT' Tokio, Jan. 16. COMMENTING on the British note which the British Ambassador, Sir Robert Craigie, handed to the Foreigw Minister, Mr. Hachiro Arita, on Saturday, political observers point out that the best way for Britain and America to remove uncertainty and
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  • 69 11 Chungking, Jan. 16. UNDER cover of heavy artillery fire, Japanese infantry and cavalry in the North River sector of Kwangtung I launched an offensive in the direction of Tsunghua, north-east of Canton |and east of the Canton-Hankow Rail- way. according to official military dtspaches received
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  • 30 11 Reuter learns in Berlin that Herr von Ribbentrop, German Foreign Minister, will g:> to Warsaw for the celebration, on Jan. 26, of the fifth anniversary of the German-Polish non-aggression agreement.
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  • 102 11 Chungking, Jan. 16. IN the first serious air raid an Chungking, the emergency capital, today 21 Japanese planes dropped bombs on both banks of the Chialing River and western suburbs of Chungking. The casualties are officially estimated at between 300 and 400 persons. Anti-aircraft guns
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  • 120 11 Barcelona Old Prophecy Barcelona. Jan. 16. IN spite of the Nationalist threat Barcelona remains calm the people recalling nn old-time prophecy that Spain would be invaded but the invaders would be driven back when they reached the gates of Barcelona. The Republican withdrawal is proceeding in an orderly fashion notwithstanding
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  • 273 11 Swift Advance On Barcelona Burgos, Jan. 16. JUBILATION is the keynote of official Nationalist accounts of victories on the Catalan front. It Is claimed 82 villages were captured yesterday, and that virtually the whole of Tarragona Province and three-quarters of Lerlda Province are now in
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  • 50 11 Shanghai, Jan. 16. FATHER Jacquinot, famous charitable worker, arrived here yesterday from Chungking, where he has been .interviewing Government authorities. I He told Reuter that Madame Chiang j Kai-shek handed him a cheque for $50,000 to use in his welfare work in Shanghai -Reuter.
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  • 521 11 Spain Was Chief Topic In Rome Talks GRAVE PLIGHT OF REPUBLICANS Geneva, Jan. 16. IT is understood Lord Halifax told M. Bonnet, French Foreign Minister, ac a dinner given last night by the British Foreign Secretary, that the Spanish question was the main subject of Anglo-Italian conversations in Rome, and
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    • 184 11 HOTELS TONIGHT DINNER DANCE (informal) 6.30 to 8.30 p. m. 9.30 to midnight COMPLETE CHAWCE Or PROGRAMME THE DAREDEVIL PRESTONS SKATING SKILL THRILLS ON WHEELS Dinner $3.00 Non-diners 51.60 RAFFLES ORCHESTRA directed by Dan Hopkins ADELPHI HOTEL TONIGHT SPECIAL DINNER DANCE MUSIC BY KELLER'S POPULAR BAND DINNER $3. NO AFTER
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  • 1020 12 The Straits Times SINGAPORE TUESDAY,JAN,17,1939 Tung Oil Hopes Many erlorts have been made is this country to interest the wagei earning classes in the purchase by i instalments of bonds in various overseas undertakings. In many cases most extravagant promises have been made as to the probable j yield on
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  • 39 12 "ATEMELAYU" A nnal letter from this spjkes:iin of 'OOdccn Malay aspirations. YOUNG ISLAM. A plea to wealthy Muslims to finance an Islamic school Instead of a Singapare rest-house. "PERANAKAN." A straits Chinese rcpiies to "Young China."
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  • 694 12 Scope For A City Organist THE BAER RECITAL To the Editor of the Strait* Times. Sir,— An event took plaeo In this town on Sunday night which deserves much more attention that It is likely to get, in the usual course. I refer to the organ recital by
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  • 115 12 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— l have had an interview with the Director of the Air Raid Precautions Department. I deplore very much the poor response by the Indians in this important matter which concerns them, their families, their community and Singapore In general.
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  • 775 12 Three Millions In Its Membership Muslims and others in British I Malaya will be interested in the s following account of the Islamic Union Party of Indonesia, an important organisation in Java. The i writer is H. M. Ideriess, LIB., and t the article is reproduced
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  • 701 12 I.C.S. And M.C.S. AMONG the various prominent people from Malaya who will be In Delhi during the forthcoming negotiations on the question of emigration will be the Indian Agent, Mr. C. S. Venkatachar, the first member of the Indian Civil Service who has held that post
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  • 518 13 Volunteers Leave All Republican Units LORD HALIFAX ON BRITISH DESIRE FOR PEACE How Political Exiles Are Being Repatriated Geneva Jan. 17. WHEN the League Council began its public sitting yesterday it had before it a report drawn up by a committee of three
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  • 83 13 Gibraltar, Jan. 1". COMBINED fortress and home Beet exeretoea to test the defences <>: Gibraltar will be carried out between Jan. 22 and 24 it i> olTirially stated. Black out organisation of certain milltarj and civil parts n also be tried out under conditions strictly approximate W>
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  • 289 13 HUNGARY AND THE REICH Foreign Minister In Berlin Berlin, Jan. U'>. TIIK Hungarian Foreign Minister.. M. Oaky, arrived in Berlin today on a two-day \isit to confer with Hi it von Ribbentrop. i with her neig.i- ally v.i h Rumania, are cxed during ths i sst that, as the amiP
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  • 401 13 Signor Gayda Italy's Honour IL DUCE WRITES ON SPAIN l/lOLENTLY anti-French tone again pervaded the Italian 'ress yesterday. Signor Gayda, in the Giornale i'ltalia, accuses the French of provocation, ana says that things have rome to a point between France md Italy where not only a dispute ibout
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  • 57 13 Rio de Janeiro, Jan. 167 THE establishment of a "Rio- Washington Axis" against extraterritorial influences will be discussed when Senhor Aranha, Brazilian Foreign Minister, goes to Washington next week at the invitation of President Roosevelt, it is stated unofficially here today. Commercial problems interesting both countries will
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  • 272 13 London, Jan. 16. CCOTLAND YARD is investigating two mysterious explosions t in London today, the biggest of t which occurred outside the Central j Electricity Board's control room in t Southwark. Innumerage windows j were shatteied but nobody was hurt. An explosion of a
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  • 162 13 SIGNOR GAYDA 'S LATEST: "GUNS WILL GO OFF' "IN the end the guns will go off of their own account," declares Signor Gayda, Italian propagandist, in an article in the Ciornale d' ltalia referring to the campaign of abuse which is reachins a dangerous point in the Italian and French
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  • 237 13 London. .lan. 17. ''ANCE again those who think the Spanish civil war is drawing to its close will be proved mistaken," declares a statement issued by the Spanish Embassy in London. The statement says, The latest enemy advances have hardly diminished either the effectives
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  • 176 13 CATALANS URGED TO SURRENDER Burgos, Jan. 16. A MESSAGE from Gen. Franco, urging the Catalans to lay s down their arms "in view of the inevitability of our victory." was broadcast from Nationalist stations today. The message adds: "We are marching against Catalonia— not to i destroy but to save
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  • 127 13 London. Jan. IG. AN initial order for 120,000 tons of steel sheets and accessories to make 400,000 unit shelters has been placed by the Home Office. This follows the recent announcement by Sir John Anderson, Lord Privy Seal, that the Government would provide steel
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  • 144 13 London, Jan. 16. CIR DAWSON BATES, Northern Ireland Minister for Home Affairs, referring to the issue of a proclamation by the so-called "Irish Republican Government and the Irish Republican Army" claiming that the Republic of Ireland is alrendy in existence, declared that the recent outrag-s on tlie
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  • 296 13 France To Make Demarche Paris, Jan. 16. THE French Government ia shortly making a demarche to Japan, asking for further information on recent declarations by Japanese statesmen concerning Japanese policy in China and the application of the Nine-Power Treaty. Similar demarches have b. v made by
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    • 118 13 FlaVOUr that has never •RECIPE., been matched and which has mndc lor takiaf or boiling Pineapple Hams famous in Malaya for fINEAPPLE HAM over twenty yean. Only the finest soak for fmir hman hams -.ire selected for the special curing thrn'cOTnpVtf" tmm process which produces tlioir wonderful SSJ?"^7^? "^2 flavour
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  • 66 14 Iff. Wt.liam St.rlr.iy, late nf the Malayan Civil Service, ichich. he says, represents his con\.m cf the ••Sp'.rit of Pogrom, the hard, cruel and relcnt'css persecution o/ thi Jews." Mr. Stirling, uho note lives in London, is rapidly building up a big reputation as a sculptor
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  • 86 14 Mr. L. Rayman To Be Appointed *i|R. LAZARUS RAYMAN, M.C.S.. will succeed Mr. William Bartlcy as Singapore Municipal President when Mr. Bartlcy retires shortly, it is believed. The likelihood oi Mr. Rayman bein^ appointed has been known for some time. ?.Ir Rayman. who is uted 19, was
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  • 147 14 M L A. Thomas Takes Over Tomorrow lUEW ChJet Police Officer in Singapore frcm tomorrow will be Mr. Leslie Arding Thomas, who since 1937 has been Chief Police Officsr, Selangor. Mr. E. E. H. BeCK, who has been actIng Chief Police Officer, will take charge of
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  • 64 14 THE Bo cU en the read from Kota Tinggi to Mersing have subsided but the road is reported to be still impassable. The dppth ot water between the 45th and 16th mile was three feet last and betwern the 42nd and 45th mile, one foot six
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  • 24 14 MANCHUKUO TO SIGN PACT Tokio. Jan. 17. M/.NCHUKUO will formally sign the urn Pact In the middle "< February, a report lrom Hslnking Eastern New.v
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  • 208 14 Malayan Market Flooded With Sarong Lengths SIMPLE DEVICE CHECKED BY CHANGING OF SCHEDULE JAPANESE evasion of Malaya's textile quotas has resulted in the market being flooded with Japanese sarongs far in excess of the quantity permitted under the quotas. This was done by the simple
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  • 125 14 Mr. Thorby's Tour Of The Fortress visited the Air Base and Naval Base yesterday, Mr. H. V. C. Thorby, Australia's Minister for Works and Civil Aviation, who is at Singapore to study defence works to assist <the Commonwealth in carrying out its I huge armament programme, is
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  • 70 14 A YOUNG Malay. Daud bin Mohamed Said, who was, together with two Chinese youths, originally charged with robbing a fishmonger, Goh Tlan Seah was convicted on an amended charge of voluntarily causing hurt and was sentenced to a day's imprisonment by Mr. L. B. Gibson
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  • 30 14 Mr. K. S. Patton, the United States Consul-General in Singapore, and Mrs. Patton have left on a visit to India and will not be back until the end of March.
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  • 78 14 ON the Wearnes' Air Services experimental flight to Sarawak during the week-end the aeroplane carried copies of The Sunday Times and The Sunday Tribune. Tbese newspapers were quickly taken by Kuchlng residents, it being the first time they had had the opportunity of reading the
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  • 196 14 Till-. 0] i:e wide, sparsely populated ip*cei of the British Empire to the overflow from crowded Europe is urged by tyj famous 76 year-old German-Jewish politiI and .^(X'iologist, Dr. Franz Oppenheimer, who passed rday in the Mints liner Felix I i
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  • 66 14 A PROPOSED speed limit of 30 miles an hour for motor-cars in the Municipal area of Singapore has not been forgotten by the authorities. The Straits Times understands that the Government has approved of the idea of instituting a speed limit as recommended by the
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  • 224 14 May Go To Island For Picnic LOADING OF SHIP BY LIGHTER |£ING ANANDA MAHIDOL, 13-year-old boy ruler of Siam, remained in quarantine yesterday at Singapore aboard the Danish motor vessel Selandia, on which he is returning to Europe after a visit to his homeland. The ship
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  • 133 14 Indian Estate Manager Summoned 'From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Jan. 16. ALLEGED to have stored 37 piculs and 38 katties of smoked and unsmoked rubber sheets on Jan. 7 while he was allowed rubber coupons to the total of four piculs and 20 katties
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  • 61 14 DLEADING guilty to a charge of stealing two starting handles from a motor car in Victoria Street on Sunday morning, a 24-year-old Chinese, Heng Bock Keng, who appeared In answer to the charge In the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday, had his sentence postpaned until Jan.
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  • 43 14 MR. O. E. VENABLES ACTS AS FEEDER AL SECRETARY Mr. O. E. Venables, M.C.S., has been appointed to act as Federal Secretary, Federated Malay States. Mr. A. T. Newboult, M.C.S., has been appointed to act as Under Secretary to Government, Federated Malay States.
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  • 49 14 The Bar icas well represented at the morning service at St. Andrews Cathedral prior to the opening of the first Singapore Assizes. In the foreground are Mr. G. L. Howe, Crown Counsel, and Mr. J. P. Pennefather Evans, Superintendent of Police.— Straits Times picture.
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  • 309 14 THAT the S.S. Government's permission might have to be sought to find haven f or Jewish refugees on an island off Singapore, if the Shanghai ban on further refugees was enforced, was the view expressed by a leading member of the Singapore Jewish community
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  • 242 14 Suggestion By Dr. Kunzru (From Our Own Corrc.spcndent.) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 17. DANDIT Hridaya Nath Kunzru, at a meeting of 700 Indians at the Town Hall last night, suggested the formation of a trade union as a means to improve conditions of Indian labourers in Malaya. He
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  • 61 14 London Jan 17. THE Spitfire fighter, latest R.A.F. plane which wat recently on show at the Paris Aero £x"..i' tion, made a record flight from Le Bourget to C'oydon today. The "pitflre flew 205 miles in <1 minutes, an average speed of 300 mil \s
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    • 50 14 2f Switch on the wonderful Osram Coiled Coil Lamp and get. up to 20% extra light! W _j^^ MADE IN ENG1.ANI Listen in to the G.E.C. Military Sand f)\->gtamme from the B.M.B.C. every Thi stlay a; 7.4H p.m. (Advertisement of The General Eletric Co., Ltd* of England. "Magnet House," Singapore)
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  • 25 15 Chief Justice In Wig Robes Chief Justice, S.S., Sir Percy McEluuine. in uig and scar'.et robes n before the opening of the Singapore Assizes yesterday.
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  • 161 15 $20,000 For New Chinese Girls' School Building WELL over S.-J.OOO including a donation of half the amount by Mr. Aw I Haw. well-known Singapore philanthropist, has been collected by the Cheng Feng Girls' School in aid of the school building fund. This \v..s ."..r.ounced w' en pi;.:'^s o! the .~c'
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  • 56 15 D. an HUI. an Annamlte memof a ship's crew, appeared Mr L B Gibson, In the rtrict Court yesterday on a n uf about $35 worth nunent chandu. I trial and the case itponed until Jan. 25, baii being urn o( $350. rawak and Lady
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  • 407 15 "Fighting Mad," Says Officer Describing Incident THREE MONTHS' GAOL FOR MAN WHO WAS SEEKING JOB A STORY of a fierce struggle between a Tamil, arinec with a clasp-knife and described as "fighting: mad,' and two European Staff Sergeants, an additional police constable and a
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  • 59 15 ARRESTED In eonntcUon with a shooting incident in Waterloo Street on Thursday night in which a Chinese was Injured, Wong Chuen, 35-year-old Cantonese, appeared before Mr. K. A. Blacker, in the Singapore Fourth Police Court, yesterday. A charge of attempted murder was explained to him and
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  • 173 15 Wuhan Choir Drawing Big Audiences A LREADY well-known in Singapore for their choral singing, the Wuhan Songsters gave another good performance at the New World last nl [ht, the second night of a season which will extend till Saturday at the park. Enthusiastic applause from a packied ha.l followed the
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  • 54 15 "THE East Coast railway line, which was blocked just north of Kuala Grls by a slip following heavy monsoonal rain last week, has been cleared and normal working was resumed yesterday. The "Sakai Express" left Turn pat yesterday and arrived in Singapore this morning. It
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  • 724 15 A STORY that he had awakened a Malay girl at midnight by prodding her with a stick and then taken her to a vacant house in Fulau Übin, where she had stayed the night, was told by a young married Malay motoV
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  • 448 15 SINGPORE-SARAWARK AIR SERVICE IN NEAR FUTURE Bi-weekly Schedule Forecast After Survey Flight COLLOWING the experimental survey flight of the Wearne Air Services' four-engined DHB6 aircraft from Singapore tc Kuching, Sarawak, and back during the week-end it is likely that a regular bi-weekly service will begin in two or three months.
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  • 315 15 TUSSLE IN SEA: COURT STORY Incident Off St. John's CHANDU ALLEGEDLY IN SAMPAN A TUSSLE between Malay lisln p. men and Chinese in ihc sea off St. John's Island was described in the Criminal District Court before Mr. L. B. Gibson yi -icniav during the trial of two men. Tan
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  • 289 16 Cautious In Comments On Increased Powers Of Arrest LESS DELAY LIKELY IN DISPOSAL OF MINOR OFFENCES MOTORISTS acclaim the provision for summary action ITI against jaga kreta boys, trick cyclists and the slow-driving motorists in the new Singapore traffic regulations, but are cautious in their
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  • 187 16 Sequel To Lorry-Van Collision /"*H\VEE Lai Wee, a young Eng'.ish- Chinese, who was on a charge of causing the deaih of a compatriot by negligent driving, was acquitted by Mr. C. H. Koh, in the Sixth Police Court yesterday. Accused's defence was not called upon. Th?
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  • 107 16 TWO Chinese, Wee Hock Chin and Tan Kwang Cheng, appeared in the Singapore Traffic Court yesterday charged on three counts of causing hurt to three different persons by driving negligently at the junction of j Aljunied R>ad and Sims Avenue on Sunday morning. They claimed
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  • 55 16 pONVICTED of theft of ass trunk from a shop in Victoria Street, a Chinese, Kwek Teng Chiang, was fined :.50, or, in default of payment, two months' imprisonment, by the Singapore Second Police Magistrate, Mr. Conrad Oldham, yesterday. He was stated to have four previous
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  • 59 16 HALF KATES FOR N.I.HOLLAND PHONE CALLS (From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia. Jan. 16. LJALF RATES for private radio-tele- 1 phone calls from tha Netherlands Indies t> Holland will be introduced experimentally in February. The half- 1 rate will be seven and a-half KuiWers i for thrse minutes. Business calls, however,
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  • 85 16 <From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia, Jan. 16. pOUNT FELIX VON LUCKNER. famous German wartime sea raider, v. ill not visit Singapore in his yacht Seeteufcl in which he i* travelling around the world spreading the Nazi creed. He spent some weeks in Java after his
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  • 136 16 Prefers Rottan To Supervision By Police REQUEST TO COURT BY PICKPOCKET A REQUEST for the rottan in preference to a year's police supervision, made by Ismail bin Ali, was disallowed by Mr. Conrad Oltiham. yesterday, in the Singapore Second Police Court. Ismail, who was convicted of the theft of a
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  • 86 16 A preliminary inquiry into a murder t ciiarge preferred against a Chinese, j Yew Sim Song, in connection with the j I death cf Lee Kirn Pong, in a house in I Sungei Onan, Pulau Tekong, on Dec. 11. I was yesterday postponed until Jan. 19
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  • 214 16 Detective On Alleged Attempt To Stab Him FRUIT SELLER ACQUITTED CUGGESTING that a close investigation should be made into the case, Mi. K. A. Blacker, Singapore Fourth Police Magistrate, yesterday acquitted a Chinese fruit seller, Quai Ah Bah, who was alleged to have attempted to stab a Chinese detective with
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  • 67 16 'From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia, Jan. 16. J7FFORTS to introduce taxi-dancers in cabarets in Batavia after the style of Slnagpore, Bangkok and Saigon have so far been unsuccessful. One of the dance halls planned to import dance hostesses from Singapore and Saigon but this has not
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  • 528 16 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Jan. 4. j CONGRATULATIONS to Sir John Hay on the knighthood conferred upon him in the New Year Honours List were forthcoming from Malayans of many generations at the Association of British Malaya's annual
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  • 90 16 The General Committee of the Medical College Union for the year 1938—193!) (left to right) Messrs. ThiagarajaU (Hockey) S. Sandosham (Cricket) Lee Siew Choh (Rugby football) Yong Kon Vui (Athletics) Wong Ah Teck (Soccer); Chong Foong Seong (Tennis); Poon Wei Leng (Hon. Asst. Treasurer) Chong Soon
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  • 294 16 her but without success." Mr Ong added. Counsel said that he was asking for an adjournment, and that it might b» necessary for him to wi poena by post, Mr. K. Aditan, for the defendant, agreed to an adjournment to a date
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  • 31 16 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia, Jan. 16. j DATA VIA S first air-conditioned cinema has just been opened. Many official guests were present at the opening night.
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  • 2205 17 To Ih- Kditor of th-. Straits Times Sir.-Since the publication of my letter under the head ng "Malay Nationalism" In your Issue of Dec. i'3, I have been closely following your correspondence columns. As I feel that this matter should be settled once and for all.
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  • 459 17 "Peranakan" And Alien Chinese Viewpoints COLONIAL REPLY TO "YOUNG CHINA" To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.— Vie ved from a propagandist angle "Young Chinas letter in the Straits Times of Jan. 14 is a fine piece of work. The alien Chinese here will cheer him loud and long
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  • 345 17 Need For Malayan School MUSLIM LEADERS OF THE FUTURE To (he Editor of the Straits Time*. Sir, I am enthusiastic over Nawab jSardar Akhtar's suggestion that Singapore lould have a Musafarkhana. I i agree that it Is a necessity for poor Muslim travellers. But I am Inclined to
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  • 76 17 Sydney, Jan id AIR Vice-Marshal Williams, Chief n Staff of the Australian Air Forcf-. is going to England for two years' experience with the R.A.F. This decision follows the report of the investigation into the Australian Air Force made by the British Air Force Marshal
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  • 189 18 "Instrument Of Instructions" To Congress Ministries Bardoli, Jan. 13. Mahatma Gandhi attended yesterday afternoon's session of the Congress Working Committee meeting which discussed the minorities question. It is understood that Mr. Gandhi's scheme on this question would be in the nature of an "instrument of
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  • 94 18 Strike Threatened At End Of The Month Cawnpore, Jan. 11. SIGNS of recrudescence of labour trouble in Cawnpore are becoming appaix ni The Mazdoor Sobha < workers organisation' has intimated the management of the Muir mills that if the worker who was discharged today is not
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  • 72 18 Sequel To Agitation In Hyderabad Hyderabad. Jan. 11. THE Chief Justice has caused notices to be issued to a number of lawyers in the city and the districts convicted in connection with the recent Congress "satyagraha" requiring them to show cause why they should not
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  • 110 18 THK annual number of the Indian r? -view. Madras ti published by G A Natesan Co.). for 1938. contains many articles cf absorbing interest, as in previous years. The volume opens with a learned article Horn the pen of Dr A Berriedale Keith, the eminent constitutionalist on
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  • 61 18 RANPUR DISTURBANCES REGRETTED Peoples Jiody Appeals For inquiry Tribunal Cuttacl:. Jan. 13. mi... vi col the Orissa i Ooaieccace haa passed a resolution cundoling the death of Majur Baiialfcette. condemning the act ol mob violence n Ranpur on Jan. 5 and urging the Vicero> to appoint a m J-hgli Court
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  • 49 18 Madras. Jan. 10. Ml i; a Kama Rao. advocate of < "iuda. was shot early yesterrning Lutca mat .i man Hashed a In tlie bedroom and fired wiiich three hit Mr. Rao. Jan. 11 i MHtan oi the Assembly will coi I ap«i will last toi a week
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  • 44 18 Jaipur, Jan. 13. THE Jaipur Praja Mandal has been declared unlawful according: to a correspondent, who adds that Mr. Jamanial Bajaj who is president has constituted himself as sole member of the Mandal, absolving all other members from the responsibility.
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  • 81 18 Ruler's Birthday Gift To Subjects Bhopal, Jan. 11. THE State celebrated the Nawab's birthday today when reforms were announced inc'uding two n:ort elected seat.; in the Legislative Counci and five more elected seats in the municipal board. A new Bhopa Municipal lioard o local administration
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  • 69 18 Shillong. Jan. 12. THE Assam Government is consider- ing the question of raising a loan in the open market of fifty lakhs mainly to spend it on the rural uplift work. The final anno ancement is expected shortly. The Government is also considering the question of the
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  • 66 18 Bangalore, Jan. 13. THE Viceroy and the Marchioness of Linlithgow have arrived here. The Viceroy was received with a civic address. His Excellency presented new colours to the First Battalion of the Wiltshire Regiment. Lord and Lady Linlithgow will visit Sikfcim in the spring of 1939
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  • 40 18 ShiUcng, Jan. 11. THE next, session of the Assembly will meet on Mar. 9. Another move is afoot to table a no-confidence motion against the Ministry during the coming session. The final decision is expected, shortly
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  • 45 18 Bombay, Jan 10. CIR Zafrullah Khan who arrived presided over the governing body of the Duflerin which is making the final selection of fifty cadets for the Dufferin. The qualifying examination was held recently. Fifty-three candidates were successful out of 150.
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  • 40 18 Lahore. Jan. 12. It Is reliably learnt that the Punjab Government has passed orders for premature release of two terrorist prisoners Jehangir Lai and Nanad Lai. who will be released in the course ol today
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  • 26 18 Bombay, Jan. 11. THE Bombay Disturbances Enquiry Committee concluded recording evidence and will submit Its report to ihe Government in due course.
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  • INDIAN NEWS ■
    • 33 18 he brilliant scene when the Viceroy and L?-dy Linlithgow left Belvedere. their Calcutta residence, to entertain their guests at a garden party held in the grounds during: Christmas week.
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    • 648 18 the Scottish guard of the express Mr. R. Mac Donald. and a Russian engineer M. Comic. Two Europeans and one AngloIndian passenger were extricated from a first-class compartment and removed to the Dhanbad hospital. The names are not available in all
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    • 60 18 Sirajgun], Jan. 10. •THE Peoples Association at a meet1 ing passed a resolution requesting the Bengal Government to take proper measures for the protection of the town against the probable erosion by the river Brahmaputra. According to the meeting during the next flood season the main
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  • 221 18 Sincl Premier's Sensational Disclosure During Debate Karachi, Jan. 12. THE no-confidence motion in the Sind Assembly againsl 1 the Premier Khan Bahadur Allabux was defeated by ii votes to 7 after a three-day debate. The Congress Party remained neutral as also
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  • 43 18 New Delhi, Jan. 13. 'THE Government of India has decided to levy duty on raw silk entering into India from Burma where it has found itt way across the Sino-Burmese frontier according to a press communique issued today.
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  • 55 18 Allegation Against Villagers Cawnpore, Jan. 12. rO British soldiers, Lance-Cor-porals Hancox and Berryl of the Second Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment, were admitted to the British Military Hospital with injuries received, it is alleged, at the hands of villagers about seven miles from Cawnpore where they had been
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  • 62 18 Lond -n, Jan. 5. THE King has been pleased to direct that Mr. Jus ice M. R. Jayakar. a judge of the Federal Court of India, be sworn to the Privy Council and be appointed a member of the Judicial Committee of the Privy
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  • 31 18 Cuttack. Jan. 11. The Subedar who was seriously injured In the recent Ranpur disturbance has been brought to Cuttack for admission to the hospital. He is still in a serious ciftidition.
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  • 63 18 Twenty-Two- Year-Old Pilot Killed Bombay, Jan. 13. THE Tata's south-bound plane which was reported missing from Jan. 11 between Hyderabad and Madras has been found at Erpedu, sixty miles from Madras, where it has crashed. The pilot, Mr. S. H. Engineer, who was the sole occupant,
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  • 47 18 MAHASABHA AND SATYAGRAHA Bombay. Jan. lfl. j IN accordance with the resolution of the Hindu Mahasabha session Mr. V. D. Savarkar, president, has announced the personnel of the committee of fifteen "to consider ways and means of direct civil disobedience I movement in the Nizam's State." I
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  • 1941 20 I From Our Own Correspondent London, Jan. 7. CINCE the cold, sobering k dawn of Jan. 1, most of us home here have been wondering pretty frequently, I imagine, what the next twelve months hold in store for us. The newspapers, sensing the universality
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  • 1461 21 population of 47,000,000 •with an average income, I believe— though the Board of Trade does not say so —of about £145 p.a. or. say, 55s. a week) Workless Grow Articulate SO much for the rich Now let me tell you
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  • 227 21 New Bridge Laws TPWO important changes in Bridge scoring are proposed by the United States. One is the promotion of the value of the minor suits clubs and diamonds to rank equal with hearts and spades for game making purposes. This would be effected by allotting II points a trick
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  • 42 21 FIRST GERMAN MINISTER TO SAUDI-ARABA I King Ibn Saud of Saudi-Arabia has given ass:nt to the appointment of the first German Minister at Jedda. He will bo Dr. Grobba. who wl!! present hla credentials later in the month, reports Router firm Berlin.
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  • 48 21 'ii:^ licy of j unis phr, :^3;i'.ipl r. c I Premier's arrival at Tunis. The Ban on the right is homing the ribbon of the "Order of th-s Blood" w*th which the Bey decorated the Premier, entitling them to call each other "cousin."
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  • 187 21 ■yHE production of coins at the Royal Mint In 1937 was more than double the average annual turn-out for ten years, more than 417,000,000 coins being struck. Recording this in his annual report, the Deputy Master and Comptroller of the Mint (Mr.
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  • 17 21 The Empress of Japan 1* expecting a happy event in the middle or Februai. repot ks Domei.
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  • 169 21 TTKE cniy intact tomb of the Egyptian dynasty has been discovered by Mr. Walter Emery, the young British archaeologist, 3f) feet, below the desert at Sakkara, report. A meal set for the great nob buried in the tomb was found not to have been
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  • 55 21 MARRIAGE BOOM IN BRITAIN THE marriage market is b according to the Registrar-Gener-al's report tor England and v. I936f issued recently. The number of mum... year— 354,044. or 17.4 per tn population -is. apart fr <m 1915, 1919 and 1920. a record. Since the 1931 cen«u the [jjPj' ua has
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  • 234 22 Five-Two Margin In Anson Road Hockey THE Y.M.C.A. beat the 35th. Fortress Co. by five goals to two in the hockey match played at Anson Road yesterday afternoon. The winners comined well and Lyne was the ir best man in defence. Suratta and Galstaun
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  • 30 22 HOCKEY FIXTURE BROUGHT FORWARD The ch.te cf the Europeans and ResL annual match ha.s been brouslu forward from Jan. 31 to Jan. 30. It will b? on the S.C.C. padar.".
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  • 457 22 I^HE Cricket Club "A" team were the most impressive of the six teams playing in the seven-a-side rugby tournament which started on the padang yesterday. The team beat the Pulau Brani Sappers by 15 points (three goals) to nil. The S.C.C. "B\ playing
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  • 117 22 SIME DAR BY GOLF COMPETITION IN honour of the retirement of Mr. H. fi. Russell, the Sime Darby Golf Club held a competition at the Island Club. The results were as follows: O. W. Piercy 82—14=68 C. J. Clackett 90—18=72 S. T. Rees 122—49=73 F. J. McAra 88—14=74 H. A.
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  • 93 22 The Akuzawa Cup played for over the week-end at the Island Golf Club was wor by C. Ishida with a nea score of 133. Some of the best cards returned were: C. IshlUa v2G> 87 and 86: 133 net; Y. Nalcayama (10) 73 and 81:
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  • 157 22 *|*HE S.R.C. II beat the I'-.E. n at hockey on the S.R.C. ground yesterday by two goals to one. Indicative of the keenness of play, the score was one -nil in favour of the Recs. at the end of the first half. On resumption the
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  • 280 22 Dr. E. L. Thomson Heads Qualifiers ihe qualifying round of the Garrison Golf Club championship cup competition played on Saturday resulted as follows: Dr E. Laldlaw Thomson 3b— 3s 6s Capt. D. P. Stevenson 37 39 —76 Lt. Col. N. Clowes 3b— i}i= n Major M.
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  • 124 22 I. A. R. Peebles has been appointed captain of Middlesex for tile coming season, and will play throughout the summer. R. W. V. Robins, the retiring captain, will play in the Whitsuntide match and nay make other appearances. Born in Scotland in 1908, Peebles played for
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  • 329 22 Strong Team Likely To Play Against Rest "pEN goals were scored in the European hockey trial played on Ilia padang yesterday, the Whites beating the Colours six goals to four. Eight of the 10 goals were scored in the second half and the
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  • 26 22 TODAY Bniby: s.C.C. scve:i-a-side; S.R.C. vs. Loyals, S.R.C. Hotkey: S.C.C. vs. R.E. Malays, S.C.C. S.R.C. vs. Police, depot- Singapore team.) practice, C.S.C. 1
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  • 33 22 F.A. Cup third round rep'ays yesi;rday resulted: Southend 4, Chesterfield 3 (after extra time) No.ts F. 0. lludcJ-.vfi l<i 3. In the second replay Middiesboro beat Bolton 1— <0 at Leeds.
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  • 160 22 Good Finish After Bad Start J^OYALS scored five goals against the Chinese in a hockey match played at Alexandra yesterday but did not have things their own way, the losers scoring three in reply. The Chinese had two goalj on the board after the first 15
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  • 69 22 Today's prac!ice hockay matcli b;>iween two Singapore t^ams will be played at the Csylon Spor.s Club ground instead of t!i3 Singapore Rscrea'lon Club padang as originally fixed. Tha game is between the team ta meet Negri Sembilan on Saturday, and the one to meet Joliore on Friday
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  • Article, Illustration
    21 22 Johnny Ritchie tackling two Sappers during yesterdays aame beiwet iiiz Rzcs and RE. which the Recs icon two-one.— Straits Times pxtur
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    • 66 22 .■I WHO WILL WIN?^ HAPPY WORLD G^ j STADIUM r 20th JANUARY, 1939. Ufif W** FIRST BOUT 8.45 ~PM~ M^JM B MIDDLE- WT. CHAMPIONSHIP M J^P^l FRISCO W M 1 SOMPONG y I 3ANTAM-WT. CHAMPIONSHi.'' MS OF SINGAPORE. m MORTELL vs. ABAYAN SOM POKG (holder) (challengetr) FRISCO 132 LBS. 15-3M-RDS.
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  • 439 23 Disciplinary Committee Met Five Times Last Season Oar Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Jan. 16. -PHJ. Dc i] o f tfae Selangor Football Association in the third o be presented at the annual general meeting on expresses it I opinion that unless stern measures art
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  • 45 23 In reply to the MC.C, total of 224 »c*in*t the Border Province at Ea»t London, the Home *»<•« made 275 (Evans 88. Doirlint 61. WUklnbon four for 63, Perks three for tot. MC.C. 7« for one wicket 'Hut ton none, Edrich 5« not o«t).
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  • 230 23 POST OFFICE BEAT R. A. M. C. Kee Siang Scores Hat-Trick A HAT-TRICK by centre-forward BUng and a goal by Madon Kav, a Port Office Club side a 4-0 win «,ver a H A M C team In a friendly football fcume played on the Post Office Ciub ground, Sernngoon
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  • 149 23 Tiie following have been elected as :SLce bearers rir 1939 for "-he MayblosPMMhK M. M. AJcacree .-e-tJler^e;: "xf- rodent E. g««n Aihausfcee; serxetair, 3. Mittar- ~?asurer. S. Acubalca:>ij»;ar mcitar. 3. Omar Matt.ar: sport; ipiaj:. 3. Hassan Maitar: -ommittee. S. i.'.iiiau Maitar and 3. Omar Mattar. Saiimuiton rem] i.n^es
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  • 67 23 "vf-nty-Teven -j.ras vere taken out or the January medal at Keppel Golf tab ma resulted .n i win for W —er with Z down. iftH sweeps resulted: SATTTRDAY flat nine: H. J. Pennle 1 np -')ntl nine: C. W Watson 1 down SITNDAY First nine: V FYrer
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  • 21 23 A committee meeting of the Roxy hntn B.P. will be held at Mr. Tap's residence at 11.30 a.m.
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    21 23 A Sapper trying to take the 9*U past Rocs' deienders in |«>sfmi<ty'« hc<*ep match which the SRC. won 2—l.—Strmits Time* picture.
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  • 220 23 A SINGAPORE women's hockey tram weiv defeated by a combined side in a fixture pkpti M tho G.S.C. ground yesterday, by tVM goals to one. Three men filled in paps in the combined side, and one of them scored the side's first jroal
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  • 310 23 'From Our Own Correspondpnt Talplnw, Jan 13 A well contested game of hockf7 was seen in Taiping on Saturday when the j h>ckey team or the Anglo-Chinese School Old Boys' Association, Ipoh.| met the 1st Battalion 2n'l Punjab' Regiment In a friendly fixture. The soldiers
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  • 106 23 At the annual general meeting held iast Saturday, at the Club's premises No. 27 Amber Road, the following wero elected as office-bearers for the ensuing year: President, Mr. Urn Hon«t Yeow: vlM>-prr*i-lents. Mr. lam Hock Sene, Low Frng Or. Gnb i3ng Chun: lion, .secretary. Mr. 81m Kwhir
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  • 46 23 A meeting of the Singapore nun Johore members of the Non-Ben*rs 1 will be held at the S.C.C. on Jan. 2» at 6.30 pm. (following the Cricket Meeting of Die SCO to decide on matches to be played this season; to '■lnct B Captain.
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  • 411 23 'Teachers Chinese Share Four Goals Our Own OOffMpWrfBnt) Muar, Jan. 16. DEfllMTE a wrt. and soaey ground. 'iniir a tut esmr of hockey was srrvrd up at the U'lvernment Ehgllsb BdKPOi k"»im'I yppiprday evening when thr Mmr ciiinesn met the Government English B'hftol Teachers tn
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  • 99 23 'IiYom Onr Own Correspondent Johore Bahru, Jan. 15. Preparatory to their match against the F.M.S. Depot Police on Jan. 21, the Depot Sikhs Police met the Novices A' team at hockey on the Depot g.ound today. A keenly contested i»ave victory to the Sikhs
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  • 68 23 WOLVES' PLAYERS GO TO TORQUAY Torquay Dnited, once again "in the doldrums" in the Third Sooth table, secured two p'aycr? who may >ielp them to improve their lowly position. Both were obtained from the Waive* Arthur Wilson, centre hnK, and Walter Wlldman, an Inside forward Wivon, who wa.it to Mollneujc
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  • 635 23 Sports Chatter Good Hockey Likely In Europeans Rest Match THRE Europeans vs. Rest animal m:\tch fhis year should be n r able ore it both sides put up the expevWi struggles. Two «*v>n£ teams sr.wld be on the field— the Europeans with a difficult and dogged defence and the Rest
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