The Straits Times, 1 March 1939

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    39 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY. J THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA 2* PAGES. SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1939 PRICE S CENTS The Straits Times 2H PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1939 PRICE 5 CENTS.
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      379 1 fl (PHONE 5471). Try MIEN CHONG TAILORING We only ask for a trial order. i\m Coleman St. Singapore. Phone 4816 "HIS MASTER'S VOICE" RADIOS AND RADIOGRAMS Your Gateways .to the World! EIGHT-VALVE ALL-WORLD EIGHT-VALVE ALL-WORLO :^B^^^^^J I Model 469 Mo4 el 459 I H I li ha= toiT was ;baod»
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      24 1 FINAL EDITION UM m Madame Page. DRESSMAKER and DESIGNER TailormarJe" Gowns for All Occasior.i in Stock $5 $30 13, Battery Road., Singapore. Tel: 6327.
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      852 2 At Bungsar Hospital. Kuala Lumpur, on February 28, to wife of M. B. Holland, Port Swcttenham.—a son. TAN—LIM The engagement is hereby announced of Mr. Tan Tiang Seng, the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Tan Poh Tye, to Mis; Llm Suan Nco. the second daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
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      769 2 FOR_ S ALE SHELVADOR. Refrigerator Phaiie 3333. FOX SALE a dispensary In good location. Owner leaving colony. Apply Box 84?, S. T. UOLDEN RETKTFVERS— Pedigree pups of championship strain. Box 880 Straits Times. STRUCTURAL BTEEL JolsU Even Anglo plates Round and Flnt Bars Hindhede At Co Ltd SIAMESE KITTENS, male
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      777 2 HOUSES FLATS, TO LET TO LET, from March 1, Modern compound house, 19. Foole Road (off Katong Read). Four bedrooms with bathrooms attached. Apply within or 29, Bournemouth Road. katono, SEASIDE vacant anytime, beautiful bungalow with tennis court. 5 large rooms, furnished or furniture for sale. Reasonable rent. Apply 843,
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      466 2 MOTOR VEHICLES 1934 15.9 STANDARD SALOON. Excellent condition tax paid insured. (500. Box 878 Straits Times. AUSTIN 16 SALOON 1933 model thoroughly good order and condition. Well shod. $500 Apply Box 862 Straits Times. USED CARS: Austins, Ford. Mcrris. Singer, Standard, Hillman Minx, etc. Eastern Auto Co Ud Singapore. 1937
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      273 2 PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE. DRESSERS' EXAMINATION An examination for dressers will be held in Singapore. Penang and Malacca, on the 3rd. 4tii and sth April, 1939. Estate dressers who have had th 2 necessary training may enter for this examination. Further particulars may be obtained on application to the Chief Medical
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      183 2 BUSINESS CARDS Et& MASSAGE HALL > MANICURE AND MASSAGE Mrs. HARU and Miss HANA 60, WATERLOO STREET, Telephone 7467. i THE SINGAPORE BOARDING KENNELS AS FROM IST MARCH, 1939 WILL BE UNDER THE MANAGE. MENT OF a McMILLEN OF THE SINGArORE RIDING SCHOOL, BUKIT TIMAH ROAD. TELE. 2292. MISCELLANEOUS EUROPEAN
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      694 3 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. (Incorporated in England.) PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N. Co. MAIL PASSENOER AND CARGO SERVICES OUTWARD (nOM LONDON fOR CHINA AND JAPAN Tonnage DueS'pore. SOMAU 6.800 Mar. 10 CORFU 15.000 Mar. 10 CHITRAL 15,000 M»T 24 CARTHAGE 15,000 Apr. 7 BANGALORE 6,000 Apr 8 RAJPUTANA
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      525 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (Siooroorated to Japmni GENERAL, PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD TO LONDON Penang. Colombo. Aden, Sues, Port Sal* Naples. Marseilles. Gibraltar, London. Antwerp. Rotterdam and Hamburg Vessel; rrvnnaee O\w Ball t YASUKUNI MARU ..11,900 Feb. 28 Mar. 1 KASIMA MARU 9,900 Mar. 16 17 HAKONE MARU 10.400
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      707 3 ''r^^'^UUalMallaW HOLIDAY CRUISES TOr BANGKOK SAIGON By Lnxnrlons One Class Motonblps Displacement Tons From Penang P. Sham Malacca Spore tn.a. "MEONIA" (11,000) 14/3 15/3 16/3 18 S IM "AI.SIA" (12,500) 4/4 5/4 6 4 8/4 m.% "SELANDIA" (U. 000) »5/4 26 4 27 4 «9/4 I NEXT llOl.idw CRL'ISE March
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      741 3 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. Orran Building. Collvet Quay Singapore Tel 51 SI. Chartered Bank Building Penani T>1 IT. 8. BLUE FUNNEL LINE. FAST SERVICES MARSEILLES. LONDON N. CONTINENT AND GLASGOW (in conjunrtlon with the Glen Line) One Sail* DEUCALION Mars. L'don. R'dam. H bur?. Crow In port Mar. 1 OLENEARN Mars.
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    Wall Street Quotations
    471 4 New York, Feb. 28. *T"HE following quotations were those ruling when the Stocic Exchange closed today:— DOW-JONES AVERAGES Yesterday's Today's Clost Clone Ciianges 30 Inlustrials 146.62 147.30 up .68 20 Rails 31.61 32.48 up .87 15 Utilities 25.60 25.85 up 2b 40 Bonds 90.77 90.96 up .19
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    BROKERS' COMMENT
    186 4 OWAN CULBERTSON AND FRITZ report on yesterday's New York markets Stocks advanced as much as two points largely as a result of the statement by Secretary of the Treasury Morg3nthau that no new Government financing was planned for March. Buying interest then slackened but offerings were light. Bonds
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    CABLE AND WIRELESS OPEN STATION IN BRAZIL
    154 4 /■•ABLE AND WIRELESS LTD. anounces the opening on Feb. 25 of a new telegraph office at Natal Brazil. This port Is situated approximately 150 miles north of Pernambuco and Is becoming of considerable Importance as a point where airmail planes from South America
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE
      168 4 Toflaj Djambi Si K. Toengkal (Toba) 1 p.m Indo-Chlna (Yucnsang) ..3 p.m. Medan (Both) S pm Muntok and Palembang (Patras) 3 p.m. Pontianak iKhoen Hoea) 3 pm Reneat Tembilahan (Majang) 4 p.m Philippine Islands (Arendskerk) 4 p.m. Java Souin-West Sumatra a -East Borneo. Celebes, uoluccas Sc Timor
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      MANCHU BORDER CLASH
      33 4 Harbin, Feb. 28. ONE Soviet soldier was killed and another was taken prisoner on Sunday when three Soviet soldiers are alleged to have crossed the eastern Soviet-Manchukuo border. Eastern News.
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      Air Mail Arrivals And Departures
      284 4 INWAJUI Wearnes: From Penanc. Ipoh. and Koala Lumpur. Arrives ever? evening. X.L.M. From Europe Doe last evening: Arrives THIS eveninf. X.L.M.: From Netherlands Indies: Arrives tomorrow afternoon. Qantas: From Australia: Arrives Friday afternoon. Imperial: From Europe: Doe Friday morninf. K.N.I 1..M.: From Netherlands tndle*: Arrives
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      SURFACE MAILS EXPECTED
      21 4 Mails from China expected today, Mar. 1. by Soudan. Mails from CMna expected tomorrow, Mar. 2, by Santhia.
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      CONTE BIANCAMANO
      40 4 The Conte Biancamano is due at 5 pjn. tomorrow from Shanghai, Hong Kong and Manila. She will berth at the S.H.B. wharf and is expected to sail at 9 p.m. for Colombo, Bombay, Port Said, Naples and Genoa.
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      637 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporated in FM.B.) TELEPHONE: Treieht 5"t3 Passage 5451 CANADIAN :sysE=PAciFic i uiloi uoiaied tn England) TOE «MMr ROUTE ..Hera rKAWS-MCIKIC BEBVICEB »la BON'h LL jr dlreel «MPRKSS to VANCOUVER-ACROSS CANADA b, TKANSI ONTINENTAL TRAIN Wiib-•Brchaner-thrnce by CANADIAN PA<:iKll ATLANTIC SERVICES TO ENGLAND M Ibr rONTINKNI— aII nnd«
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      70 4 SHIPPING NOTICE MS "JUTLANDIA" ASRIVED 24/2/39. Consignees of cargo per the above motorshlp from Europe are hereby notified that a general survey of all cargo landed in a damaged condition will be held at Godoan No. 12 at 9 a.m.. Bonded "D" at 2 p.m. and Acid Store at 3
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      173 4 LEGAL NOTICE/ REDuOffj I^UITJUICfI RED lioM ORAN^GEJUICE NOTICE BBBUY Uiu'ENthat theTradi Maries and/or designs depleted above are ths exclusive property of Praser Neave, Limited of Singapore, and are used by them In connection with fruit Juices and other beverages prepared and bottled by the said Company and sold throughout Malaya
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      451 4 MALAYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE Daily Weather Report Stationa vestcraay Last ■fcbl max. rain- bright miitemp fall s'shine tewc Inches hr« *F West Coast. Alor Star 95 Nil 8.9 72 Bayan Lepas (Penang) 91 Nil 7.3 72 Sitiawan 93 Nil 9.5 73 Bukit Jeram 92 Nil 9.4 71 Malacca 87 Nil 9.1
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    THE NILE, THE "CREATOR OF EGYPT"
    516 5 Egypt has been created by the Nile, it lives by this river. In olden times, Herodotus showed that Egypt was a gift Irom the Nile. Actually, Egypt could be called the "rainless country all the water required for the needs of cultivation and the
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      208 5 PERTUSSIN A LEADER AMONG REMEDIES! Will promptly relieve Coughs Bronchial Catarrh and Asthma. A Boon in Whooping Cough Delicious in flavour and contains no narcotics. Per $1.50 Bottle Sold everywhere Distributors: MEDICAL OFFICE, SINGAPORE and 6RAFTON LABORATORIES, LTD. Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. BRITAIN S°BEST MOTOR CYCLE (Meihanital perlettioii |hk*w<dJflH for
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      694 5 DUCK ACTION M with SAFETY is the KEYNOTE of y^55 YffHEN Headaches Pain High Temperatures, and I ttfSSpA 1 »V numerous conditions of ill-health appear you want I |V I RELIEF, and Quick Relief, to get back to normal. This GXm w where the use of 'ASPRO' is so valuable.
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      394 5 SINGAPORE TODAY ZHL 2Z5 metres. 2HP S0.96 metim p.m. 5.00 Hokkien Amoy music. t 5.30 Pelping drama. 6.50 Chinese musical Interlude. 7.00 Hawaiian music. t 7.30 Time, weather and news announcements. 7.50 "Singapore Log." 8.00 "Old Favourites. "t 8.20 "St. David's Day." Oreetlnga and song. Relayed from London. 8.60 News
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      135 5 Broadcasting EMPIRE STATION TODAY TRANSMISSIONS 2 AND 3. GSH 21 47 oc/i (13.87 OL)| OSQ 17.7' ■M/f (1S.8« m.); OSF 15.14 mc/i (19.82 m.): GSJ 11.63 me/* (13.93 m): GSD 11.75 me i rttM m.1 p.m. 6.05 Big Ben. BBC Northern Orchestra. 6.50 "Music from the movies."* 7.35 "Empire Exchange."*
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      140 5 TRANSMISSION 5 GSO f.M me/I (31.il m.|. CWB CS1 mt/i (31.W m.) GSL «J1 me/a It m.) a.m. 6.40 "World affairs."* Talk by H. V. Hodson. 6.55 "I Remember."* Presented by Percy Edgar. '7.40 Welsh folk-songs, with Harp. 8.00 News and announcements. 8.05 Greenwich time signal. 8.20 Big Ben. Royal
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      103 5 PENANG TODAY ZHJ 6.08 mc'i (49.JI m.1. p.m. 5.55 Chinese music. 7.00 Music from the movies.' Belayed frogi London. 7.30 Studio concert. 8.00 Dance and variety. 8.55 News bulletin. 9.00 Close down. CALCUTTA TODAY me 6.10 rne'i (M.I m) p.m. 6.50 For the countryside. 7.50 Indian music and songs. 9.55
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES—LATEST LOCAL QUOTATIONS
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      AROUND THE MARKETS
      471 6 RUBBER CONTINUES TO ADVANCE RAUB GOLD OUTPUT HIGHER By Our Financial Correspondent. Singapore, Mr.r. 1. EVIDENTLY encouraged by tM brighter political outlook and the improving statistical position, rubber this morning has made another advance and values at the opening are about one-quarK-r cent higher than yesterday's close.
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      London Stock Exchange
      314 6 London. Feb. 28. The following are today's closing puddle quotations. Shares are of £1 Uc nomination unless otherwise stated. The quotations for American stocks •re in American currency. Con Toan 5";. 10'.4-«4 111H l:!Hl Loan 1960-90 108% War loan !tt p.c 88 Com. Union Asfcc (Units) 9
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        MINING
        582 6 All snarej quoted above are fully paid k££ue vai fia^ei «i Co. tyaij it Bvatt Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers 4/- AmDat Tin 3/6 4/- 3/6 4/5/- Austral Amal 4/6 5/tl Auatral Ma.ay 40/- 45/-cd 40/- 50/5/- Ayei mian 21/- 22/- 21/6 .22/6 1 Ayei Wcr.g 0.65 0.70cd 0.57 0.62
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        GENERAL
        437 6 2 2 Alex Brick Ord. 1.30 1.40 2 2 do 'Vi r Prefs. 2.20 2.30 10 10 Atlas Ice 4.75 5.25 1 1 B M Broadcasting 0 50 0.60 10 e B M. Trustee S75 7.50 a £1 Con T. 8 ~.Vo Pret 20'- 21/3 £1 n Con. T.
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS
        258 6 5% Mayr.ara Co. Lia $30,000 Int Apr. 30 Oct. 31 90 100 nom SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL l'JOl rea 1940 $400,000 Ira Mar 31 Sept. 30 102V4 103>^ nnm IV? 1 1907 red 194? SI. 600.000 Int Mar 31 Sept 30 WSVi 110 nom iVi'A iy(^ red 1955 $1,000,000
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        RUBBER SHARES
        372 6 (Shares are SI unlras otherwise stated) Frasei fe Co LyalJ fc> Ulenby 1.25 1.30 1.25 1.35 Uor Oajah 0.90 0.97 > b 0.95 1.00 imal Malay 1.40 1.45 145 1.55 \yei Hitam 090 1.00 0.90 1.00 *yei Mole* 0.90 0.95 0 90 1.00 Panaa 1.22'a 1.30 1.25 1.30
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    EXCHANGES
    181 6 The following are the exchange rates this morning according to the dally circular Issued by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation:— SELLING London T.T 2/3 25/32 London demand 2/3 25/32 Lyons demand 2015 Switzerland demand 237% Hamburg demand 134 New York demand 54 3/16 Monlrrnl demand 54^ Batavia
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    TRADING CONDITIONS NOW IMPROVING
    680 6 Fraser And Company's Share Market Review IN a weekly report on the share market, issued at the close of business yesterday, Fraser and Company, write: During the past week there has again been a welcome improvement In trading conditions. The Chancellor of the Exchequer announced on
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    RAUB GOLD OUTPUT JUMPS
    86 6 THE output of fine gold from Raub Australian Gold Mining Co. Ltd. for the four weeks ended Feb. 25 was 2,026 ounces, compared with 1,842 ounces in the preceding four-weekly period. In making this announcement the local secretaries say that the crushing battery treated 5,252 tons
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN
    97 6 Wednesday, Mar. 1, noon. No. IX R.S.S. (Spot loose) 28; i J8 7 s No. IX R.S.S. f.o.b. in cases March ..29 29 !i G.F.A.Q. R.S.S. f.o.b. in bales March 28>A 28? i P.A.Q. R.S.S. f.o.b. in bales March Zl% 28 FUTURE QUOTATIONS No. IX
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    9 6 London, Feb. 28. Shellac was easier today on pronttaking.—Reuter.
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      BORNEO PLANTERS ATTACK RUBBER COMMITTEE
      1149 7 Price Average Should Govern Exportable Allowance BASIC QUOTA REPRESENTS STATE'S PRODUCTIVE CAPACITY ADDRESSING the annual gen-, oral meeting of the North Borneo Planters' Association at Beaufort recently, Mr. F. R. H. Carew, the retiring chairman, said This is the last time I shall have j
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      GOLD MINING IN CANADA
      402 7 RECORD PRODUCTION IN 1&8 Ottawa, Canada. GOLD mining in Canada again broke all r?cords in 1938, when production totalled 4.679,685 fine ounces valued at $164,561,123 compared with 4.096,213 flue ounces valued at $143.326,493 in 1937. The output which includes the gold bullion from gold mines, gold
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      TRADE PROSPECTS BRIGHTER
      252 7 8.0. T. President Takes Optimistic View i London, Feb. 28. ABBLJEF that industrial acuvity in Britain was fully ready- for an upswing was expressed by the President of the Board of Trade, Mr. Oliver Stanley, in a speech at Birmingham last night. If and as international tension
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      GOOD BUSINESS AT F.B.I. FAIR
      173 7 EXHIBITORS WELL SATISFIED LARGE ATTENDANCE OF OVERSEA VISITORS CXHIBITORS at the Olympia and Li Earls Court sections of the British Industries Fair which is still proceeding have expressed themselves as well satisfied with the results of the first week of the Fair which ended on
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      SINGAPORE PRODUCE PRICES
      194 7 Rice quoted per koyan—10 picols. Other commodities quoted per picul ezceot where otherwise stated. Singapore. Feb. 28, noon. Buyers Sellers Gambler 5 7.50 Hamburg Cube $13.50 Java Cube 512.00 PepperWhite Muntok $13.75 White $13.25 Black 5 8 75 Copra Mixed $3.50 Sun Dried $3.80 Sago Flour No.
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    INCREASE IN GERMAN SHIPBUILDING
    120 7 Many Foreign Orders Berlin. Feb. 13. CHIPPING completed in German >;»rds during 1938. according to the annual report issued by the Gcrmanisclu' Lloyd, amounted to 475.000 register tons, against 400.000 tons in 1937. Ol this total, the largest proportionnamely. 18 ships, of a total tonnage of
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    ACREAGE ALIENATED FOR MINING IN F.M.S.
    49 7 AT tlie end of January the total area of land alienated for tin-mining in the F M S. was 184,191 acres of which 122,175 acres were in Perak: 44.06*5 acres in Selaogor: 9,194 acres In Negrl j Sembllan and 8.756 acres in Pahang.
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    TIN-ORE EXPORT DUTY COLLECTED
    76 7 IN January the amount of revenue collected by the Malayan Government from the duty on tin-ore exported was $1,077,987 compared with $♦58,622 in December 1938 and $1 069,329 in January last year. The big difference between the January and December figures is accounted for by the
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    BAUXITE AND IRON-ORE EXPORTS IN JANUARY
    29 7 IN January Johore exported 43,698 tons of iron-ore and 5.288 tons of bauxite compared with 34.414 tons and 6,982 tons respectively in December.
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    FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS
    76 7 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Books Company Dividend Close Singapore, Feb. 28, 5 p.m. Total for Date Ex Dlv. financial year TIN. Payable Date to date Austral Malay 9d. No. 48 3d. bonus Feb. 24 Ay(r Wong 5% int. Mar. 6 Raub 5! final 2cl. bonus Mar. 8 Mar.
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    JUMP IN U.K. STAPLE FIBRE SALES TO U.S.
    81 7 Lead Over Japan 'TWE United Kingdom displaced Japan last year as leading supplier of staple fibre in the U.S.A. The total imports in 1938 amounted to 23.225,000 n>., against 20,610,000 lb. in 1937. The U.K. sent 12,034,000 lb. in 1938, against 3,095,000
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    MINEHEAD STOCKS OF TIN-ORE
    49 7 OTOCKS of tin-ore on mines in the F.M.S. at the end of January totalled 13,547 tons equivalent to about 10,228 tons of tin metal. This compares with 15,143 tons of ore equivalent to 11,433 tons of tin metal at the end of the preceding month.
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    TIN DREDGES WORKING AND CLOSED
    31 7 (VF a total of 126 dredges in the F.M.S. at the end of January, 59 were working, 56 were closed down and 11 were under construction.
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      558 7 PUBLIC NOTICES CHANGI FARM OFFICE. 48, Dickson Road. The Public is kindly Informed that the above firm has taken new offices at No. 4, Penang Road, Amber Mansions." All future correspondence, etc. should therefore be addressed to No. 4, Penang Road. TOH-ALLANG CHINESE TIN, LIMITED. NOTICE Is hereby given that
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      213 7 BANK OF CHINA (Incorporated In China by Special Chartex). 12. Cecil Street Singapore. Telephones: Manager s UOlce 6444 a Ant Manager'! Office 6443 a Exchange Dept 6441 General Office SISS-t Cable Addrea: "CHUNGKUO." Paid Op Capital Ch. S 40.000.000.M Reserve Funds In excess of Ch S 5.200.000. M Total Assets
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      255 8 The Star Match YOU Demanded! Now Together For The First Time in a Thrilling Love Drama. Bffi^ ALHAMBRA pig* DAILY AT 3.15, 6.15 9.15 P.M. W j^m^B ,J# Warner Bros, present |Mpf g M FLYNN, Wtr^L BETTE X JflT DAVIS, IN MYRON BRINIG'S GREAT STORY fe TH£ SISTERS' WITH ANITA
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      259 8 I^OA^IJLLOIt I LOUD APPLAUSE FROM A THRILLED m 6.15 TONIGHT 9.15 AUDIENCE MATINEE AT 3.15 "ONE OF THE BEST FILMS SEEN IN YEARS" —Daily Mirror (London). "SPLENDID FILM NOT TO BE MISSE D"— Hong Kong Telegraph. "A FILM THAT WILL DO EVERYONE A LOT OF GOOD TO SEE." —Truth (Australia).
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      218 8 The ONLY SHOW in Town where you can get a real good LAUGH! CAPITOL 3 SHOWS TODAY JOEL BROWN f§^S^ Wrestling with "MAN-MOUNTAIN" m DEAN gladiator) M 'L,,v fcjjj^S. "°V They Laughed when he sat down f *N|^k In his football pants! ggjj 'lliey yigrled when he tried to mm
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    SENSATIONAL CHANGE IN HITLER'S POLICY ALLEGED
    244 9 Colonies Play Main Part In European Peace Plan London, Feb. 28. A SENSATIONAL change in Herr Hitler's policy is an- nounced by the Daily Express Berlin correspondent who quotes a high official of the Wilhelmstrasse. The correspondent alleges that Germany is ready to offer
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    Independence Of Rumania
    87 9 Independence Of Rumania CAROL STRESSES NATIONAL ENTITY Bucharest, Feb. 28. "W E sliall leave lntact *o future generations the patrimony Inherited from our ancestors." declared King Carol when he received members of the Government on the occasion of the first anniversary of the promulgation of the authoritarian constitution. King Carol
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    Death To All Within Quarter Of A Mile
    161 9 Washington, Feb. 27. I /QUESTIONS about a new exploV sive said to be possessed by Germany have been asked at secret hearings of the Senate Military Affairs Committee. This was revealed by the publication today of testimony taken at the hearings. Major-General
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    MR. PIROW'S CRYPTIC COLONIES REMARK
    99 9 Pretoria. Feb 27. U/HATEVER mieht be the ultimate fate of South-West Africa and Tanganyika, whoever held the territory would have to pay compensation,'' declared the South African Defence Minister. Mr Oswald Pirow, at a meeting of the Union Parliament, according to the Johannesburg Dally Express.
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    RECOGNITION OF GEN. FRANCO
    170 9 RECOGNITION OF GEN. FRANCO Logical Culmination," Says The Times London. Feb 28 i A SHARP cleavage in feeling is re- vealed by press commentators on the British recognition of Franco. The Times says recognition of the successful party and support of its leader in the maintenance of Spanish independence is
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    RADIO SABOTAGE
    112 9 Operator Sentenced To 20 Years' Prison Moscow. Feb. 27. %MIKHML VOZNESENSKY, 25, rorm- erly chief radio operator of the Soviet station at Tranquillity Bay, in the Arctic Circle, was sentenced to 20 years' Imprisonment without the right 1 of appeal for sabotage. H: was accused of deliberate sabotage
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    GERMANY TO BUILD NEW ATLANTIC LINERS
    85 9 Berlin. Feb 28. "THE proposed construction of new trans-Atlantic liners to replace the Bremen and Europa, former hold- ers of the Atlantic blue riband, was announced by Heir Dormuller, ad- dressing the German Society for World Economics. He said Germany would resume hei bid
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    NEW BELGIAN CABINET RESIGNS AFTER WEEK
    43 9 Brussels, Feb. 27. T^HE new Belgian Cabinet formed by M. Pierlot. Catholic Senator, on p eb. 21 has resigned. This followed an inncuncement by the Socialist Mlnisers that they were unable to colla>orate in the Government.— Reuter.
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    SHANGHAI TENSION NOW EASING
    96 9 Shanghai, Feb. 28. between the Japanese mtll- tary and the Shanghai Municipal Council eased somewhat today. Extra I Japanese troops stationed at the entrances to the Settlement have been withdrawn, and the strength of the sentry posts has returned to normal. In Tokio. Sir Robert Craigie,
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    AMERICAN AS THE NEXT POPE
    109 9 Washington, Feb. 27. A SENSATION has been caused here by forecasts hy the Rom* correspondents of the Ntw York Times and other American newspapers that there Is a great possibility tiiat the new Pope, who is to be elected this week, will not be an
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    Troops For Libya
    170 9 MORE QUESTIONS IN COMMONS London, Feb. 28. •J*Hl<: recent dispatch of Italian 4roopa fa Libra was a^in raised in the House of ComOMNM. Mr. Arthur Henderson <Lab. Stafford > said that, while agreeing It might not be a technical breach of the AngtoItallan Agreement, It was a
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    BRITAIN GETTING INTO AIR STRIDE
    163 9 Labour Questions On Profit Rings" London, Feb 28 THE Air Minister. Sir Kingsley Wood. referred In the House of Comn to the cost of planes and saH there wmindications that Brit3in now was get- 1 ting fully into her stride "Our costs are definitely lower
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    NO ANTI-SEMITISM IN JAPAN
    46 9 Tvlcio, Feb. 27. WHILE Jews desiring to enter Japan would be subject to Immigration laws they would never be denied entry simply because of their nationality, declared Mr. Arita, the Foreign Minister, when replying to questions in the House of Peers— Reuter.
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    REPUBLICANS FEAR REPRISALS
    57 9 Tangier, Feb. 28. ryrsQUIET has been caused here among pro-Government Spaniards in view of the British and French recognition of Franco. In spite of the official Nationalist assurance of the .;p. f ety of all who are not blacklisted, about 50 Spainards sailed for Casablanca last night,
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    FIRE DESTROYS SEVEN AUSTRALIAN PLANES
    36 9 Melbourne, Feb. 28. rVAMAGE estimated at .€50,000 was done by a flre which destroyed sewn areoplanes, including a 14seater machine, at Ansett Airways nangar at Esscndon commercial aerodrome outside Melbourne.— Reuter.
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    AMUSEMENTS
    193 10 SINGAPORE RAFFLES lIOTKL Cocktail Dance 6.30 to 6.30 p.m. Dinner-Dance (Informal) 9.30 to Midnight. GARRICK THEATRE, GEVLANG Taierchwang Battle Virtuoui Lady. Double Feature Cantonese Talkies at 7.45 p.m. GREAT WOULD Cabaret: 6.30 to 8.45 9.30 p.m. to Midnight. Globe Theatre: The Kid Comes Back. Bky Talkie: Devil's Squadron. Uttle
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MAR. 1, 1939. A Growing Danger
    1112 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MAR. 1, 1939. A Growing Danger Government's attitude toward the question of prostitution was restated by the Colonial Secretary at Monday's meeting of the Legislative I Council, and the negative character J oi the official comments on Dr j J. E. Smith's speech marred the
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    IDLE YOUTH IN THE HOME
    543 10 Worried Parents In Singapore WORK AS "TUKANGS" To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— More than one parent has written to your valued paper during the last year deploring the fact that when their children leave school there Is no employment to be found
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    MR. TAN KAH KEE'S OPPOSITION
    279 10 Seven-Day-Week Reform In Singapore To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— l would like to endorse Chinese Employee's remark that Mr. Tan Kah Kce's opposition to Sunday closing will make him most unpopular amongst Chinese employees. It can be asserted without the least lear
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    HOOTING BAN
    357 10 Some Questions By A Motorist OTHER ROAD USERS' CO-OPERATION To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir.— With reference to the new hooting regulations coming into force on Mar. 1. I don't think motorists in general are against the idea of the hooting ban. but some of us
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    UNPOLISHED RICE IN SINGAPORE
    206 10 Housewife Wants To Know Where To Buy It To the Editor of the Straits Times Sir.— We are constantly being told that we should eat' unpolished rice instead of the usual polished rice, but with irritating perverseness our advisers omit to add where unpolished rice can
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    DR. SMITH'S SPEECH
    184 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— The reaction to Dr. J. E. Smith's speech at the dinner given by the Singapore Eurasian Association last Saturday is very strongly marlied in Eurasian circles. The "Eurasian bear with a sore head" gets its soreness not from the
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    NOTES Of The DAY
    782 10 Johore Gardens THE Malays as a race have never been interested in gardening, boyond planting a few herbs and flowering shrubs around their houses for the womenfolk, so it is noteworthy that two of the finest gardens in this country are those of Tungku Ahmad and
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    GEN. FRANCO'S LETTER TO BRITISH GOVERNMENT
    1081 11 Commons Debate On Recognition Issue SPAIN'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS FOREIGN INTERVENTION Mr. Attlee's Attack On Mr. Chamberlain's Policy DITTER attacks on Mr. Chamberlain and the Government were made by the Labour and Liberal Opposition during the debate in the House of Commons last night on
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    "U. S. Devaluation Is Not Intended"
    351 11 Washington, Feb. 28. IJRGING the renewal of presidential authority to change the gold value of the United States dollar, before the House of Representatives Coinage Committee, Mr. H. Morgenthau, Secretary of the Treasury, made it clear that the Administration does not intend to change
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    'Why We Do Not Want Germany As A Neighbour In Africa'
    112 11 Bulawayo, Feb. 28. "CUROPE has learned to define patriotism as a desire to kill one's neighbour, and that is one of the reasons why we do not want Germany as a neighbour in Africa," declared Mr. Holdengarde, Mayor of
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    1939 NAVAL ESTIMATES
    404 11 Highest Ever In Great Britain London, Feb. 28. A HIGH official of the Admiralty states that, although the Naval Estimates for 1939 are the largest ever presented in Great Britain, it was almost certain that they would even be higher next year. Borrowing of £80,000,000 and an
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    PLAN FOR LARGER N.I. FLEET READY
    53 11 The Hague, Feb. 28. UEER J. J. M. WELTER, Minister of Colonies, declared in the Lower Chamber today that the Government has under consideration the necessity for a further increase in the Netherlands Indies Fleet, plans for which are ready if the international situation
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    "China Darkest Hours Over"
    141 11 Gen. Chiang's New Army Of 2,400,000 Men London, Feb. 28. "T BELIEVE that the darkest hours have passed for my country and the world, and that light is dawning within China and outside among her friends." Thus declared Mr. Quo Tal-chl, the Chinese Ambassador to Britain,
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    WAR "HYSTERIA" DENOUNCED
    208 11 Senator Says America In No Danger Washington, Mar. 1. npHE United States was in no danger, said Senator Worth Clark during the debate on the Air Force and Army Rearmament Bill, when he denounced the hysteria in which the Bill had been drafted "It has just taken
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    PRESIDENT AZANA RESIGNS
    15 11 Geneva, Mar. 1. TPHE formal resignation of President Azana Is officially announced.
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    CHINA-BURMA AIR SERVICE
    37 11 Rangoon, Feb. 28. IN Imperial Airways machine of the old Atalanta type has only Just arrived from Calcutta, indicating that the announcement of the Inauguration of the regular Chungking-Rangoon service tomorrow is somewhat premature.—Reuter.
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    DEADLOCK IN PALESTINE TALKS CONTINUES
    385 11 Jews To Resist Minority Status London, Feb. 28. TT is understood that the situation between the British and Jewish delegations has not been changed as a result of this afternoon's informal talk. Two informal talks, today and yesterday, have failed to break the deadlock in
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    DANZIG UNIVERSITY CLOSED DOWN
    153 11 More Demonstrations In Warsaw Warsaw, Mar. i. A CCORDING to Polish sources tne Danzig authorities have complied with a Polish request to close the Dr. Izig Polytechnic. Police charged repeatedly in the streets of Warsaw yesterday to disperse demonstrating students who tried to march to the
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    EVACUATION OF CITY BEFORE AIR RAIDS
    427 12 Singapore Plans For Camps In Rural Areas COULD BE BUILT QUICKLY IN ANY EMERGENCY DLANS for the transference of the inhabitants of thicklypopulated areas of Singapore, in the event of threatened air raids, are being made by the Air Raids Precautions Department the Straits
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    HOLLANDERS FLY TO N. I.
    204 12 HOLLANDERS FLY TO N. I. Pass Through On 1 Business Trip j TWO Hollanders, Justus Heymans and W. D. Rous, arrived at Singapore in a light aeroplane yes- terday afternoon after a 12-day trip from Amsterdam on a business i and pleasure trip to the Netherlands Indies. They left for
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    TONGKING WRECK REFLOATED
    126 12 •THE wreck of the fire- gutted 6.640- ton Danish East Asiatic Company's freighter. Tongking, which was abandoned in shallow water n?ar Penang lv.st April, has been refloated by Japanese salvage workers, according to advice received by the Master Attendant at Singapore. Salvage workeis at rena.'ig and tried
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    ALLEGED THEFT OF TAXI BY EUROPEANS
    90 12 ALLEGED THEFT OF TAXI BY EUROPEANS re minutes alter the theft of a I ixi from Lavender Street last night, police recovered the vehicle in Koad Just tkiore midnight. two Europeans tin- taxi at the New World. Empress ot Britain at I Keppel Harbour and then to I c wire-
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    $130 STOLEN
    31 12 A SMALL purse containing $130 In cash belonging to Miss Isobel Waddell, a European employee of Mansfield and Co.. Ltd., was stolen from a table In the company's office.
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    CRISIS RECRUITS COST $7,250
    80 12 ECRU ITS who joined the Singapore Volunteer Corps at the time of the crisis in September, and as the result of an appeal by the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, cost the Colony $7250. Of this sum, $5,000 was spent on 20,000 yds. of khaki drill cloth,
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    TOURISTS ON LONG CRUISE
    250 12 Fewer Travel On Empress Of Britain EFFECT OF LAST YEAR'S CRISIS %17ITH a considerably smaller number of world cruise pas- angers, owing to cancellations made during the September crisis by Americans, who are loath to leave their country on account of the international situation, the 43,000-ton
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    Develop The Empire, Says Lawyer
    170 12 Develop The Empire, Says Lawyer THE belief that dominions and colonies should be Industrially I developed and could manufacture goods themselves is held by Mr. H. Clifford-Turner, an eminent London financial lawyer who is a passenger on the Empress of Britain, which arrived at Singapore yesterday. "There Is a section
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    Roosevelt Likely To Go To White House Again
    298 12 —Woman Political Leader's View OOOSEVELT is a very much hated man by some but a very much loved man by the majority, and while we have never elected the same president three times running it would not be a surprise if Roosevelt
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    TOWN QUIETER UNDER HOOTING BAN
    232 12 sense no difference. We wero never bothered by horns so much as the noise of worn-out lorry gears an 3 trolley-bus wheels." His office h in Collyer Quay. "What lam happier to see is the ba:; on hooting at rights because I live In Stamford
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    STOP PRESS
    39 12 London, Mar. 1. A MEETING between Herr Hitler and Signor Mussolini near the Brenner Pass is unofficially forecast by Berlin correspondents, the object of which is to review the axis policy foUov.iag recent changes in Europe. Reuter.
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    FIRE ON MOUNT FABER
    115 12 House Threatened By Flames RESIDENTS HELP BRIGADE ■pWO houses were threatened by an extensive lallanj? fire which swept the eastern slopes of Mount Faber yesterday but good work by the fire brigade prevented any damage to them. The flames, which had been fanned by a strong
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    AMERICAN CRUISER DUE TOMORROW
    158 12 •pHE 7,000-ton U.S. cruiser Marble- head, from the U.S. Asiatic Fleet, will arrive at Singapore tomorrow on a four-day visit on her way to Penan? and Rangoon. The U.S. cruiser's visit to Rangoon will be the first time that an American naval vessel has called there
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    29 12 Warships here for exercises from the China Station will be manoeuvring without lights in the vicinity of Singapore tonight and tomorrow night and again on March 13 and 14.
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    Disorderly At Police Station: Man Fined
    133 13 Disorderly At Police Station: Man Fined "IT IS A SERIOUS thing to be disor- derly, but to be guilty of disorderly conduct in a police station aggravates the olfence." Thus commented Mr. Conrad Oldham to Wee Chang Heng. a middleaged Chinese timber merchant. In the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday,
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    ALLEGED THEFT FROM MONEY-CHANGER
    164 13 CLAIMING trial to a charge of thaft of $180 in Straits currency from a money-changer in Chulia Street, on Feb. 7. a middle-aged Hokkien. Ang Ah Bail, appeared before Mr. K. A. Blackei In the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday. Mr. Mark Morrison prosecuted and Mr.
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    DROVE WITHOUT A LICENCE
    40 13 LG. LEE. a European, was yesterday fined $2. in the Singapore Traffic District Court, when he pleaded guilty to a charge of driving his car along North Bridge Road, on Jan. 1, without a driving licence.
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    SIR SHENTON OPENS NEW HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN
    1341 13 Sunlight And Sea Air Combined With Modern Science FIRST ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTION TO BE STARTED IN FAR EAST "THIS magnificent hospital with its wards open to sim- light and sea air combines the healing powers of nature with the most scientific and up-to-date equipment
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    RENTS UNLIKELY TO COME TO MALAYA
    87 13 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Feb. 28. THE decision of the Duke and Duchess of Kent, announced today, to travel to Australia in the P. O. liner Strathaird in the middle of October is officially considered to rule out the possibility of a visit
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    Collyer Quay Parking
    118 13 COR mcuiy years there has Uen 1 an erroneous belief among motorists that cars parked along Collyer Quay have to be parked facing the buildings. In an effort to ease congcstl:n at rush hours, motorists are now being asked to park in eith;r direction. It is particularly
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    TUNGKU MOLEK DIES IN JOHORE
    84 13 I THE Strnits Times regrets to an- nounce the death at the Johore I General Hospital in the early hours :of this morning of Tungku Zahrah. well-known in Johore as Tungku Mo- let. who had been suffering trom typhoid Sne wns 17 years of age
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    JOE BROWN BECOMES A SUPERMAN
    94 13 At The Cinema "The Gladiator" (Joe E. Brown, June Travis and Man Mountain Dean) Columbia. At the Capitol. •T*HIS is the wide-mouthed comedian at his best, the superman serum ol a scientist giving him such great strength that he becomes a star footballer and tosses
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    SINCERE STORY ABOUT COUNTRY DOCTOR
    155 13 "THE SISTERS" "A Man To Remember" (Edward Ellis, Anne Shirley and Lee Bowman). R.K.0. -Radio At the Pavilion. ¥N its unambitious way, "A Man To Remember" is a sincerely moving story of the life of an apparently unsuccessful country doctor. Edward Ellis carries off mosc
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    "FAR EAST SITUATION IS COMPLICATED BY POWERS"
    276 13 Educationist's View W IT is very unfortunate that China and Japan, two countries which should be in accord, are in conflict. The Far East situation now is complicated by too much interference by European powers," declared Dr. F. B. Robinson, president of the
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    STOLEN CAR STILL MISSING
    64 13 MO TRACE has been reported yet of a blue Morris Minor motor-eir S 4615, belonging to a Chinese, Chan Soo Wong, which was stolen from Lavender Street on Feb. fi. Police believe that that the thief may have taken the car up-country. Anyone with any knowledge
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    MR. C. H. KOH GOES ON LEAVE
    55 13 MR. C. H Koh. Assistant Official Aj- signee and formerly Traffic District Judge and Sixth Magistrate, sailed lor •Shanghai on Monday afternoon. Hi i-» expected to be away lor a month. In the meantime. Mr G. H. Poh of Johannes and Sammy, is
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    ARE PEACE PROSPECTS STEADILY IMPROVING? "Workers' V. C."
    3015 14 ARE PEACE PROSPECTS STEADILY IMPROVING? "Workers' V. C." 1939's Big Problem? way Ralph Lynn, Capitalist From Our Own Correspondent London, Feb. 18. WHILE I was walking through Lincoln's Inn Fields this morning I glanced at the derelict A.R.P. trenches dug across the timehallowed lawns last September. The great mounds of
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    FUTURE OF STATES PEOPLES CONFERENCE DISCUSSED
    255 16 Incorporation With National Congress Reported Likely Ludhiana, Feb. 19. THE opinion that the "satyagraha" campaign in Hyderabad (Deccan) is inopportune, was expressed by the States Peoples Conference, which concluded its session during the week after passing a number of resolutions relating to various States.
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    PLIGHT OF LIMBDI SUBJECTS
    44 16 Ahmedabad, Feb. 22. FIFTEEN-HUNDRED people have migrated from Limbdi State and more are leaving by special trains. The Congress Government of Bombay is understood to have been requested to give the men shelter and look after their safety and comfort.
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    MYSORE REFORMS COMMITTEE
    39 16 Bangalore, Feb. 21. CONGRESS members are not attending the meetings of the Mysore Reforms Committee which is being held here with a view to settling the matter relating to the composition of the Assembly and franchise.
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    BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FORGES AHEAD
    157 16 Educational Progress During Last Year Bombay. DEMARKABLE progress In educa- tional activities in the Bombay Province is recorded in a note issued by the Government of Bombay, on the educational progress of the Province. From sixty thousand, the schoolgoing population increased in the past year to
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    BENGAL MINISTER'S RESIGNATION
    98 16 Re-distribution Of Cabinet Portfolios Calcutta. Feb. 20. THE Governor of Bengal has accepted the resignation of Mr. Shamsuddin Ahmed as a member of the Council of Ministers, says a press note. The following re-distribution of portfolio! has also been announced: P will take over the Cor. .ution
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    NEW PRIME MINISTER OF JAIPUR
    50 16 New Delhi, Feb. 21. IT is learnt that Mr. H. J. Todd who has been President of the Council of State of Bharatpur since May 1036 will succeed Col. Sir Boauchamp St. John as Prime Minister of Jaipur when tbe latter retires on Mar. 31.
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    TAGORE LAW LECTURER ARRIVES
    41 16 Bombay, Feb. 21. I^R. J. H. Morgan, formerly counsel lor the Chamber of Princes, has arrived in India. He is proceeding to Calcutta to deliver the Tagore Law Lectures on "Federalism and the Government of India Act."
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      NATIONALISATION OF TEMPLES
      181 16 Proposed Reforms In Madras Kurnool, Feb. 20. •THE Government has in view a scheme for the reorganisation and, if he might say so, the nationalisation of all the Hindu temples in the Presidency, observed Dr. T. S. S. Rajan, Minister for Public Health, replying to the address
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      Ancient Culture Recalled
      185 16 Not "Snake-Charmers Rope-Climbers" I_ Shanghai, Feb. 11. NDIA'S Trade Commissioner to Japan, Dr. R. R. Saksena, addressing the local Indian Merchants' Association, urged Indians to prove to the world that "India is more than a nation of snakecharmers and rope -climbers." "India is more than a nation
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    Future Of Sind Cabinet
    237 16 PREMIERS TALKS WITH SARDAR Karachi. IN an interview with the Associated 1 Press, Khan Bahadur Allah Bux, Premier, who recently returned to Karachi from Bombay expressed complete satisfaction at the extremely reasonable attitude of Sardar Patel. He was glad to find that it was being duly
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    HUSBAND "SAW ANIMALS WHICH WERE NOT THERE"
    513 18 Young Ex-Wife's Evidence In Angullia Will Case SIR DAVID GALLOWAY ON TESTATOR'S STANDARD OF INTELLIGENCE A YOUNG Singapore Malay woman, who said that her former husband "saw animals which were not there," gave evidence in the probate suit of Essooff Mohamed Salleh Angullia,
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    New Landing Platform For Local Pier
    180 18 New Landing Platform For Local Pier OPERATED IN SAME WAY AS LIFT ANEW platform is to be built at the Master Attendant's pier, Singapore, to facilitate the loading of malls into launches. The old pontoon type landing caused considerable trouble, through being buffeted against the Master Attendant's Pier and was
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    ALLEGED FALSE REPORT TO POLICE
    143 18 ALLEGED to have made a false report, in which he accused his brother of threatening to kill him with a pistol unless he paid a subscription to a society. Chew Slew Hai, a 25-years-old Hokkien, appeared in the Singapore Second Police Court, yesterday. Chew Siew
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    FORMER PREMIER OF PERU IN SINGAPORE
    130 18 THE largest foreign community In Peru, South America, ni Japanese. ;aid Mr. A. E. de la R Aguero. a former Prime Minister of the Republic of Peru and Mayor of Lima, who arrived at Singaixre yesterday by the liner I Yasukuni Maru. after a
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    "BLOOD RESISTING SONGSTERS' TROUPE"
    99 18 DLEADING guilty to a charge of be- ing members of an unlawful society— the Blood Resisting Songsters' Troupe four Chinese youths, Ang Tang. Yap Mah Choo, Tan Boor. Chia and Ho Piaw Peck were convicted by Mr K. A. Blacker. Singapore Fourth Police Magistrate, yesterday. Each
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    ITALIAN PILOT, BOUND FOR MALAYA, CRASHES
    85 18 AN Italian Breda 39 plane which was due in Singapore this week on a Eastern flight has. it is learned, ended its journey abruptly in the sea between Athens and Brlndisi. its starting point. The plane was being flown by Professor Beonio Brotthlerl whose
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    SAPPERS STEAL CAR OWNED BY OFFICER
    67 18 A FINE of $25 each to be paid In two months, was imposed on two Sappers. R. Nowell and W. Hamblet, In the Singapore Second Police Court when thsy pleaded gu'lty to stealinc a motor car belonging to an officer of the Royal Engineers,
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    33 18 The salesmen of Malayan Breweries Ltd. are contemplating forming a sports club and all interested are asked to attend a meeting to be held at the Rex Hotel on Friday at 6 p.m.
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    Repulse Prepares For Royal Trip To Canada
    57 18 Repulse Prepares For Royal Trip To Cana da The battle-cruiser Repulse is now bzing prepared at Portsmouth to take the King and Queen across the Atlantic in May, for the royal visit to Canada and the United States. Picture shozes Cuptain E. J. Spconer DS.O., talking to Commander J. L.
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    STOWAWAYS HIDDEN IN VESSEL'S CARGO
    337 18 Captain Fined: Not Aware Men Were Aboard APPEARING before Mr. L. C. Goh, in the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday, a European, R. Duncan, master of the s.s. Helga Moller, pleaded guilty to a summons charging him with having two male Chinese on board the
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    Elephant Riders Must Obtain Permission
    226 18 Elephant Riders Must Obtain Permission SINGAPORE TRAFFIC REGULATIONS SINGAPOREANS contemplating leading, driving or riding a camel or an elephant through the streets, will have to be careful to obtain the written permission ot the Chief Police Officer, if tne new traffic regulations presented to Legislative Council are approved. Similarly those
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    PAPAYA JUICE TO STOP WOOL SHRINKING
    83 18 London. Feb. 18. THE department of scientific and in- dustrial research today disclosed It wps studying an entirely new process of producing unshrinkable wool by utilising "living organisms" or "enzym?s" which act on wool. One of the most promising enzymes is said to be
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    DR. J. S. WEBSTER
    55 18 MEMBERS of the General Hospiuil Recreation Club bade an Informal farewell yesterday to Dr. J. S Wfl ster. lecturer in radiology and formerly Professor of Medicine at the Kinx Edward VII College of Medicine who goes on leave shortly prior to retirement. A group photosraph was
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    K.O. WIN FOR BATTLING KHOO
    255 19 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Feb. 28. THE first knockout In Penang for some time was last nirht when Battling Khoo. former featherweight champion of Penang, made short work of his opponent. Kid AH, in what was to have been a ten-round allair at the
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    15 19 The Loyals tcrcer team who lost two-nil Id the S.C.C. on Monday.— Straits Times picture.
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    MILLWALL BAN B.B.C. COMMENTATOR
    208 19 MILLWALL have informed the BBC. that they contemplate banning a well-known B.B.C. sports commentator *rom their pround. The Den. Ne'.7 Cross. The threatened ban arises out of the fourth-round F.A. Cup tie between Millwall and Grimsby, which ended in a draw at The Den on Jan.
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    MAYFAIR B.P. TIES FOR THIS WEEK
    287 19 Men's Singles Matches To Start Today Members and associates of the Mayfair B.P. are requested to note that the open singles championship for members only '.league system) will begin today, and the following events will begin after the tournament has been 1 concluded. Open
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    FAR EAST TEAMS AT BISLEY
    418 19 Pavilion Would Be Assistance To the Edilor of the Straits Times. Sir, It must have occurred to these who have had tha pleasure of visiting 'Bisley and viewing the Empire shoot- ing matches that certain competitors, including those from the Far East, suffer great personal
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    Y.M.C.A. TENNIS RESULTS
    92 19 POUR ties were played off yesterday at the opening of the V.M.C.A. tennis tournament. The results are below. "B" Class, championship, singles: L. C. Goh beat A. S. A. Pakir, 6—3: 2—6; 6—3; H. S. Ong beat 8. K. Gaw. I—6; B—6 6—3. "A" Class, championship singles:
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    THE SPORT DIARY
    22 19 TODAY Soccer: S.R.C. vs. R.A.F., S.R.C.; 8.H.L., A.P.C. vs. Singapore Cold Storage, S.H.B.J.S.C; S.C.C. vs. Chinese, S.C.C. Tennis: ¥.M.O.A.
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    Wei-Hai-Wei Cup Final
    316 19 R. 5. G. C. BEAT ISLAND CLUB IN the final round played at the Island Club over the week-end, The Royal Singapore Golf Club beat the Island Club by four matches to three. Following are detailed results (R.8. G.C. players mentioned first). W. Eldred 1 vs Y.
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    WELSH XV TO PLAY IRELAND
    71 19 The Welsh rugby team to play Ireland s4 Belfast on Mar. 11 Is Howard Da vie s (Swanseal: Sydney Williams (Aberavon), Wilfred Wooller (Cardiff). M. J. Davies (Oxford), C. Matthews (Bridgend); Haydn Tanner (Swansea); W. Davies (Swansea i W. Travers (Newport), Leslie Davies (Swansea!, Wen
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    TOMMY FARR TO RETURN TO AMERICA
    269 19 Next Opponent May Be Tony Galento London, Feb. 16. TOMMY FARR, former British and Empire heavy-weight champion, returned to England yesterday, ready at any moment to make a dash to America for a fight with Tony Galento, the New Jersey bartender, who is ranked
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    S.A.F.A. LEAGUE MATCHES
    266 19 First Division Games On Monday TWO first division matches will open the S.A.F.A. League next Monday. The Gordons will play the Loyals at Changi and the Manchesters and the Malay Football Association will meet at Anson Road. Other fixtures finalised and approved by the S.A.F.A. up to
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    M.C.C. WIN AGAINST NATAL
    62 19 The M.C.C. beat Natal by "in« wickets in the three-day match at Pietermaritzburg when they dismissed the »iome side tor 219 (Wright six for 55) in their second innings and compiled 110 for one wicket (Hutton 53 not out and Edrich 45 not out) in their
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    HOME BOMB SHELTERS DEMONSTRATED BEFORE DELIVERY
    42 20 Air raid protection shelters for the householder are now being delivered all over Britain. Here is one of the two which were on display at Charing Cross Underground station, where many thousands of passengers inspected it.
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    56 20 r J his effigy representing an unemployed man was exhibited at a demonstration hv the unemployed workers movement in Trafalgar Square, where the famous <\t!in of the man who did not get winter relief was also displayed. .Mr. i -in- ,t Brown, to whom an appeal is nu4( on the
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    24 20 (Above): The United States Ambassador to Britain, Mr. Joseph P. Kennedy, being interviewed aboard the Queen Mary on his return to Southampton from America.
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    22 20 (Right): Concrete being pierced by a bomb in a special demonstration arranged for M.I .s and the Services of bomb deflection methods.
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    28 20 Lord Hindlip, the peer who went to America to learn to be a business man, with his bride, formerly Harris, after their wedding at Chelsea Register Office. M
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      18 1 in A Malayan Bungalow STRAITS TIMES WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT h PAGES. SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 1, 1939. PRICE 5 CENTS.
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      The Breath Of Scandal To Touch Me
      1138 1 "I Should Hate- HAVE been asked to say what I know about women in all parts of the world, as I see them as a news reel cameraman. The answer is PLENTY. As an Englishman I must say that the women of England
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        90 1 BEST SMILE OF THE WEEK *1 DONT KNOW WHETHER. YOU'D CALL IT A $UCC€SJfUL Tf {I OF HYPNOTISM ORNOT* But a sparkling mould of Lushus Jelly Dessert IS HYPNOTIC it keeps drawing plates back for more- The flavour is richer because it is sealed in the patented Flavour Bud a
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        300 1 FASCINATING JEWELRY 18, Battery Road, m 1st Floor. Phone 7143 A HEALTHY BODY FOR YOUR BABY! A I^LIM gives your baby all the $A\ valuable milk elements that \\m 1 babies need. For Kllm Is pure, JJ^Fs I fresh milk powdered Its water •^■fcjl L y removed by an exclusive
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      BEAUTIFUL MODELS FOR MARCH COURTS
      989 2 A Mais In Mayfair Combine And— A Matter Of Etiquette lON DON dress designers are paying a great deal of attention to gowns for the March Courts, and a woman whose name is famous in the fashion world includes several beautiful models in her show.
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        171 2 for exclusive DINNER EVENING GOWNS CAPITOL BLDG., PHONE SINGAPORE. 3 8 38. DRESS -MAKING By Our Experienced Cutters CUT, STYLE FINISH GUARANTEED CHOTIRMALL'S —41 -43, HIGH STREET KNOTTY: fF I FT H AVENUE knots Mm* bands of soft kid across your insU-p si perfect pump for your smartest trear. White....
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        356 2 r>*s\ G0 BACK T0 HOME ith 6A6E HATS /r^p^^S-^S^ We've just received a new collection of f^Wi^Hfei^] 1939 spRiNG MODELS < and ever y kind J jln m) you might think of> !s there: side rolls, c Trf9aMfl^Hfl>A high crowns, classic toques, wattean /O^BiSflEMr 5\ berets, doll hats, smart sportsters.
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      Ring The Changes With Blouses
      544 3  -  Georgina Thea A Seven Piece Outfit For $25 F• By feel Justified in expending $2.25 a yard on the striped silk which Georgina discovered in Raffles Place. This is one of the best printed crepes de chines in Singapore it is striped in different shades
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        257 3 NESTLE MULTI-TRIUMPH Is the most up-to-date permanent wav>#SgSg3% ing machine made. Ij^SSSr It is auUmatic. jMBShm <*tK shexk-uroof and safe. Cnf2W J This machine is beBWg* ing used in KBP. TPB^ v Try it with your next !)crm. The charge b $6.00 only. (Worth twice the price). KAYE5 BEAUTY PARLOUR
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        559 3 Mother !^M Bfeg^^ ill g-j|M It!*" 'mT^jmmSm '-f fm ,Jmmm mml />' f\ C/j«t'^ ■W i S mWjmm E««^|^» /i,i» i 1 V^l JH -mmmV J.B" if^^H OT ssj I'ew lads escape these painful erup- of sound flesh and new skin tions, to some they are a constant and Cuticura
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      African Pink, Cuban Red And Dominion Blue
      1151 4  -  Diana Dane London Fashion Review By EVERYBODY is talking colour just now. Maybe it is because we must talk of something cheerful to take our minds off things. Maybe it is the way women have of tossing away the jitters which seem to
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        85 4 Vy t^} \IJ" Ci Jb X 1 da^^^ -J ma.de. —-^y -x so near fe^Vto nature's food !l t The success flic m °dern Glaxo Is due ta ffT fe T f tirp— expert calculation. Before a tin was sold, leading ■'f I l« r! ll| "ii ho «P ital
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        90 4 REMEMBER— •m r^" You Were a Why not be just as kind to your okin v feS «Ucy smoothness, its fragrant c.^ln!-' I I Jnt/septi c Will IML JOSEPH TRAVERS tt, SONS, LTD., sinjaporf, Tenant and K. Lumpur. THE [lOtfe OF j£. wjßt iit|H 1^" &&^^^^m •^pj jE -jHk wKS
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      BACK STAGE WITH THE TRAVELLING THEATRE
      282 5 DACK-STAGE of any theatre Is an abundance of material for the photographer. Pictures on this page give an idea of some of the scenes the audience does not see when the Sim Kong Revue of Shanghai is staged in the company's travelling theatre The
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      Should The Age-Old Dowry System Be Abolished ?
      844 6  - Should The Age-Old Dowry System Be Abolished Indra Peiris c BY T -S w Antagonism Towards It Growing Flowers Make Hats I HAVE often wished that I were a boy. Life is so much simpler for the male than for the female of the species. One of the most forceful
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      Knuckle Kneading For Beauty
      338 6  -  Marion Morton By ANK of the latest ideas which ha* come into the realm of beauty is that of kneading the facial muscles with the knuckles of the hand instead of massasing with the finder tips. For this kneading, some experts use no cream, bul a
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      Scraps And Pieces
      198 6 THE idea of wearing one's heart on one's sleeve lifts a modern counter-part in the decoration s»>en on some of the new gloves. It consists of the finely embroidered writing around the wrists of short gloves of suede or fabric. The writing is always of a romantic
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      Under The Stars And Stripes
      40 6 <| ]LfRS. A. V/ERNLI (left), a Hollander, toasts thz United States wth !> l Mrs. N. Cook at the Washimton Birthday Ball held by the I <§ American Association of Malaya at the Sea View Hotel last veck.
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      The Art Of "Making Up"
      278 6 The Art Of "Making Up" /Victoria Chappelle On JHAVE never looked on myself as a Public Benefactor, but it is beginning to be obvious that some of my friends and acquaintances so regard me. Otherwise, why do they telephone me and ask my advice at a moment's notice as to
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        260 6 CXiality M 4 SBasaWu LLAX- ITY first that is the guiding principle in JT ff WKSSL-u! tnc manufacture of 'Ovaltine. Upon its supreme &> JA *h!v<>j^ quality and unrivalled nutritive properties millions i&V m' Ji of people rely for health and fitness.' IH Ij M jf > The whole Ovaltine
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      Doctor & Bride
      46 7 Doctor Bride I)R. J. K. MONRO and hi* bride after their wedding in London on January 28 last. They are due back in Singapore en March 10. Dr. Monro, xcko is well known here, is Professor cf S;:rgery at the King Edward VII. College of Medicine.
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      A Local Doctor In The Slums Of Singapore
      1136 7 A Local Doctor In The Slums Of Singapore JT looks very like a jumble sale. Rugs and ancient umbrellas, cooking pots and pans, stores of rice, and always an indescribable pile of junk That is how you find the Chinese travelling, as deck passengers, to Singapore, eager to reach the
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      Do You Blow Your Own
      533 7  -  J.C. By H COMETIHES I think you an not a very kind person my hostess said after I had lunched at her flat. You never seem to praise anything I do, or have, or wear She spoke in a bantering way, but I detected a
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        94 7 OM AID Hriny. Kclrhup a«lds a o*Sitf t ii C yis\^\ spire and zest to any ft f^U)M*o\ VL dish. Good oooks use it ''fl^flH.vW*'* bAVV generously. From the uiHi" 11^ j IJV ver y ft 1 8 taste, you wiD 1 ;i|»|>r«Mi:il«- it> j_'o<xi- jfl Y^k\\ ii'"-*. will know
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        352 7 Just arrived a large and exquisite shipment of Ladies' silk underwear. These are cut in special style and designs to befit the ideas or 193!) Also hannkenhiels. table clollis. luncheon mats, counterpanes hand-bags, cloisonne warrs. p r<elain wares, jade trees, teak and camphorwood chests, etc. ALL SUPERIOR QUALITY and LOW
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      A MARKETING GUIDE
      814 8 Special To The Straits Times FRUITS Descriptions. Approximate Prices Notes. Apples (green) 5/6 cts. each According to slue. Apples (red/ 06 each Fair else. Bananas (green) 01 each Largo. Bananas frerti ......02 cuoh Drarer. Scarce. Bananas <yellow> 08 for ten Small. Chlcoes 1% each Unripe. Grape* (red)
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      Various Virtues Of Vegetable Juice
      320 8 TALKING some time ago to a woman of 40, I ventured to ask the secret of her wonderful school girl complexion." Wonderful, because it was transparently fair, beautiful and flawless, and there was not even a hint of "make up." "Oh! That is simply because
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      Delicious Trifle
      165 8 LJEKE is a recipe for making a delicious trifle. Select a large-sized pine- I apple, cut up and pot aside suffi- J cient for decoration. Bring to the boil a quarter of a pint of water and three ounces S of sugar, then add the sliced pineapple. Stew
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      Choice Cameron Highlands Tomatoes
      182 8 TRUITS and vegetables are very plentiful in the local markets at present. Large supplies of excellent grapefruits and oranges have just arrived from California and are selling at ten cents and five cents each respectively. Choice tomatoes from Cameron Highlands are a welcome addition to market
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      Trim Lamb This American Way
      66 8 QOZIE American friends have introduced the first new trimming for lamb in years: Peas in mint jelly. Lots of mint, chopped, dropped into aspic jelly with the cold cooked peas was, they said, the way to do it. Well, that jelly is far nicer than
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