The Straits Times, 12 March 1939

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  • 38 1 THE SUNDAY TIMES No. 377 THE LEADING SUNDAY NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA Sunday, March 12, 1939 FirtAL EDITION Price 10 Cents THE SUNDAY TIMES The Leading Sunday Newspaper In Malaya No. 377 Sunday, March 12, 1939 Prico 10 Cents
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  • 285 1 Refortified Trincomalee As Aid To Singapore TWIN SENTINELS SAFEGUARD EMPIRE ROUTES Aden Is Also Being Strengthened THE £20,000,000 stronghold teat is Singapore— on which £2,000,000 is being spent this yearis only one of the Gibraltars that Great Britain is building in the East. The Naval Estimates
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  • 34 1 li iv l.ors ;md ynung wonirn recently left London in the s.s. Orford for Australia They are e:ni;ratins by arrangement with the Church cf EncLind Council of Umpire Settlement.
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  • 141 1 PALESTINE SOLUTION? Proposals By Britain London, Saturday. IT in understood that the proposals which the British Government will present to the Arab and Jewish delegate* «a the future oi Palestine early next week will be completed during this week-end. They are expected U> difler in some lever's tram suggestions whtah
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  • 37 1 Chungking. Saturday. TriiE total casualties In the recent Japanese bombing attacks on Ichang. Yangtse River port above Hankow, are not yet available but they are believed to be well over I,soo— Reuter.
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  • 156 1 London, Saturday. TJ.I position of British ship- ping in the Orient is reviewed by The Times in a leaicr. which describes the proposals in the report of the Imperial Shipping Committee in deserving of practical consideration. The position of our
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  • 45 1 London, Saturday. HTHERE was a small outbreak of Are In the P. and O. Carthage, bound for the Far East, between London and Southampton. The nre was quickly detected and extinguished. The cargo was slightly damaged. The ship Is sailing according to schedule.
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  • 279 1 Two British Warships In Rescue Drama London, Saturday. 'TWO dramatic wireless messages from the British steamer Bellwyn addressed to all stations and to British warships were picked up at Land's End last night. The first tflesaaff* was partially Jammed, but apparently sought to report that the Bellwyn had been ordered
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  • 26 1 La Rochelle. Saturday. A BATTALION of Senegalese sharp-shooters entrained here last night for Marseilles, where they will embark for Djibouti.— Reuter.
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  • 351 1 Stalin Lays Down Soviet Foreign Policy Moscow, Saturd&. i ADDRESSING the eighteenth congress of the Communist Party, Josef Stalin enunciated the Soviet foreign policy. "We stand for peace, improvement of trade relations among all countries on a basLs of mutuality, close good neig'-bourliness with all: Powers having a common frontier
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  • 95 1 Ifftom Our Onn CorrpspondenL) London, Saturday. 1 r "Julet. London 8 5 1..J. t d Apr.-Junr iKA. 8 T 16d. Julv-Srpt. 8 7 lSd. t -d. !»c. i B'..d. M 9 16d. > Ul Ss. «d. Mir -Apr.. Bs. 6d. rALM OIL W. African soil. UJ 111 Gd
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  • 29 1 Dr. Kordt. the (German Charge d'A.Taires in London photographed arriving on board the Gorman training ship Svhlesv U-llo'.stein during her visit to Kalmouth r.cently.
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  • 254 1 Attitude Of Great Britain, France And Soviet *¥*HE war in China from the viewpoint of Great Britain, France and the Soviet was discussed at a conference on China in London today. Sir Archibald Sinclair, presiding, said the dictatorship powers bad J j common interest in exploiting the j
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  • 51 1 Vatican City, Saturday. pARDINAL Maglione, iorm?r Papal Nuncio In Paris, has been appointed Papal Secretary of State in place of Cardinal Pacelll, now Pope. There has been practically no doubt about the appointment, although Monsignor Tardinl had also been mentioned, but Tardini Is not a
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    • 53 1 More than 20,000 Copies of last week's issue of THE SUNDAY TIMES were pat ii.tu circulation, but there was an insufficient number of copies available to meet the demands of Singapore newsvendors after up-coantry orders' had been filled. Today's printing order has been revised accordingly, but We Still Do Not
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    • 45 1 I VISIT j CHOTIRMALL S I FOR DRESS MAKING Phone:— 79s7 41-43. HIGH STKH I. \l ft S\ some nickel-plated case, A^(s, SpCFgif?' r-^-V^Mf '^jK tocrat 'one-pirce' razor JU^o^^W _~-*'*^a^H^§fHp >7 and ten Giliette blades f"j m *Lk-L^^Sts and enjoy perfect shaves- IPOH SINGAPORE TAIPEN3_
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  • 517 2 Chinese And Malay Convicted WEIGHTED BODY IN MINING POOL (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Saturday. ONE of the most notable murder cases heard in Malacca came to a close yesterday after an eight-day trial, Lim Kirn Teck 20, a Chinee, and Saman bin Ngah 39, a Kedah
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  • 95 2 (From Our Otcn Correspondent.) Kucla Lumpur, Saturday. wwiT on the head by a cricket ba:i urtile he was watching a toccer match, 11-year-old Indian toy, Marimuttu, was kW d at the Sentul Railway field. He teas looking at a soccer match tn progress at one end
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  • 185 2 Alleged Haul Of Chandu Off Singapore A CHASE alter a motor sampan by a Revenue launch resulted in the discovery of chandu and equipn.nt for signalling, Mr. A. H. Capel. Customs Officer, told the Singapore Criminal District Ccurt yesterday. Three Chir.esr, Or.g Hock. Ow Tong and Lav Fong, were charged
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  • 79 2 *THE Trallic Advisory Committee ap- pointed as a result of trie recommendations of the Trimmer Report seeking any suggestions or criticisms from public bociic; or individuals concerning traffic problems, including the regulation and control of traffic. Such suggestions should be adduced to the Secretary. Traffic Advisory Committee.
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  • 60 2 THE case of M. W. Frugntiet, C G 1 Rodrigo and V. H. Williams, who are on charges including cheating and forgery, appears on the list for the trial at the second s?ssion of the Singapore Assizes wliit' open tomorrow. The list contains 11 cases, of
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  • 96 2 Syed Alwee, Muslim Leader, Dies In Singapore fPHE death took place at the General Hospital, Singapore, yesterday, of Syed Alwee bin Ahmad Alsri. J.P., C.H., was secretary of the Mohammedan Advisory Board an a teacher at Victoria School. Syed Alwee was one of the leaders of the local Mohammedan community
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  • 68 2 Los Angeles, Saturday. JUIIKHAIL GORIN, manager of the local office of Intourist, the official Soviet tourist agency, and Hafla Salich, a naturalised American citizen, were convicted under the espionage act today. Gorin's wife, Natasha, was I acquitted. Salich was found guilty of transmitting to Gorln,
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  • 96 2 A VERDICT of death by suicide was returned by the Singapore Ccroner, Mr. W. G. Porter, yesterday at an inquiry into the death of a Malayalee coolie, Madhavan Nair, employed at the Naval Base, ficletar. Madhavan Nair was discovered by a friend on a rubber
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  • 23 2 An explosion in a Turnish coal mine at Kozlu caused the death o'. 30 men and the entombing of 16 others.
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  • 15 2 The United States Supreme Court has ruled that sit down strikes are illegal
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  • 179 2 Policeman Put Cakes In One Basket, Sentenced "Y°U were a police officer giving evidence and it was absolutely essential the court should rely on It," said Mr. L. B. Gibson, Singapore I Criminal District Court Judge, yesterday, convicting a policeman, Khaus Khan, of perjury. Khan; who admitted two charges of
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  • 164 2 Policeman 's Pet Python Wakes Street A PYTHON lying asleep on the staircase was found by Mr. Taher, an employee of A. Monamed All, at 103 Market Street, when he was on his way to the top storey of the building to go to bed early yesterday morning. His shouts
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  • 225 2 F. M. S. POLICE CHIEF ABOUT TO RETIRE (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. /^HARLES Henry Sansom, C.M.G., Inspector-General of Police, Federated Malay States, since 1931, retires at the end of this month after 34 years service. Mr. Edward Bagot, Chief Police Officer, Selangor, will be acting-Inspector-Genera!, it is
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  • 73 2 Atlantic Blue Riband Berlin. T\R Dorpmueller, Gorman Minister or Transport, has announced that Germany had not given up the struggle for the blue riband of the Atlantic. For this purpose new liners would dp built to replace the Bremen, 51.656 tons, and the Europa. 49,746
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 715 2 IN SINGAPORE TODAY CINEMA ALHAMBRA: All' Mil I I ArriVill^ -Kciuuciy Mooruhlnc- with The Ritz r LTItUI r\Jll»dl8 Brothers and Tony Martin, 11 a.m.. 3.15. 6.1S and 9.15. 4 11k capitol: Aim I IPfiMi'turpQ "Danger Patrol" with Sally EUcrs and U IS\ IJCII lUI \J» John Beal. 3.15, 6.15 and
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  • 186 3 Representative Government Is Promised To Slovaks Prague, Saturday. THE threatening situation in Czecho-Slovakia, fol- lowing the Slovak separatist move and the firm measures taken by the Central Government at Prague to suppress it, appears to be clearing. A new government truly representative of
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  • 102 3 Talks With Cardenas Meet Success \:co City. Saturday. IT is officially announced th President Cardenas and Mr. Donald Richberg. representative of the i Standard Oil Company, have reached r.ient on a settlement of the expropriated oilfields repute No detuils ol the agreement are Only study of
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  • 161 3 Remedies Taken By Force VILLAGE DRAMA Belgrade. A REMARK AIiLE story. some- what reminiscent ot medieval witch lore, comes from Kuma. in Srem. Two elderly sister.-. Darin ka and Zhivka Krnyuvats. both of whom are locally reputed to be witches, are suing Dragutin Janr.ch and a number
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  • 98 3 AFIJi .-'•■i.G.i.i S6 pvan as a pri- I MMier in Siberia lean L^henciea. aged 60. has just returned to his home in the village of Itcani in Suceiva. N< rthcrn Rumania H«r had heard rut! in.- .'roni home yea's Most of his U.ne was
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  • 83 3 Authorities Afraid Pearl Show Indesirab'e TWO young girl divers. Shizu Ota (It), and Sato Seko (17). who give demonstrations ol pearl-diving in a hug? glass tank 1 at the San Francisco World's Fair applied to the Mk Prefectur.V, authorities for paijports. itai bMMwr, tn» !ti-
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  • 82 3 Chungking. Saturday, ■ym Chinese Government is re- ported to be giving serious attention to a proposal for an asylum in China for Jewish refugees. The locality has not yet been decided. The Prime Minister. Dr. 11. H. hum. originally proposed to establish a Jewish
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  • 108 3 AIR CHIEF BACK FROM SARAWAK AFTER his first official visit lo Sarawak, the Air Officer Commanding. Royal Air Force. Far East, Air Vice Marshal J. T. Babington. returned to Singapore by Short Sunderland flying-boat last evening. At Sarawak he was entertained by the Rajah. Sir Charle. Vyner Brooke, and visit
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  • 75 3 A KORAN of the ninth century, sail to have been buried with Harou.i Al Raschld. the Caliph of Bagdad, whose court is described in the "Arabian Nights" tales, is to be on public view in London for the first time. It is one of
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  • 66 3 AT a party given by the Wuhan i Songsters and Yeh Yue Amateur J Dramatic Society at the Air View Restaurant yesterday, it was announc- ed that the Songsters and Society would give a combined perlormance at the Great World early next month in aid of the China
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  • 45 3 lie v.eddinc of Mi,, Nadu Macklin, daughter of (apt. and Mrs. Noel Matk'.in. to the (omle Jean de Btquet de Caraman, took place recently at St. lhartea Parish Church Weybridge. The bride's sister Is Miss MU Macklin. the Olympic skater.
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  • 509 3 »THE tall ol yesterday's disturbances Czecho-Slovakia arc spai up and In Slovakia is three dead— two ultimately digested. Hlinka guards and a German woman. Today Bratislava Is orderly. Czech troops and gendarmes are patrolling the streets and car-loads of prisoners, mostly officers of the Hlinka quaare to
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  • 246 3 Conflicting Views Of The London Press London. Saturday. WHILE leader writers and diplomatic correspondents are unanimous In the degree of interest they evince In the S ovak crisis, their angles ot interpretation differ. The Times says that Central Czecli Government Is apparently anxious to earn fulfillment
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  • 201 3 FOOTBALLERS FAREWELL DINNER "THE opportunity of wishing the Singapore Chinese Football Association's soccer team every success in the tour to Manila and Hong Kong was made by Mr. Tay Lian Teck, presiding at a dinner held by the S.C.F.A. last night. (Details in page 31). The function was held in
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  • 113 3 QFFICERS at Newcastle on-Tyne recruiting office opened their ey^s wide when 26 -year-old Christopher Edwards walked in. Though themselves outsize, they had to look up to him he stands 6ft. 61r. in his socks. Christopher wanted to join the Colastream Guards. They not only accepted him, bu»were
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  • 74 3 1 From Our Own Correspondent, t Kuala Lumpur. Saturday. f-HINESE hostesses at $1 a dance reaped a small fortune for the China Distress Fund tonight, v hen a twoday ball organi.se by the women's :rtion of the fund committee ended. BnMflJ hundred oeople of
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  • 148 3 Ex-Comedian's Deal MR. ALFRED ESDAiLE. managing director of the Prince of Wales Theatre— 2o years ago he was a E3- a-week light comedian on provincial music halls— has announced that he is head of a syndicate which has bought the London Casino. His partner the deal
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  • 96 3 Good Prospects Of The Coming Anglo-German Trade Parleys London, Saturday. i THE talks which Mr. Oliver ley, President of the Board oL" Trade, will have in Berlin on Mar. 17 and 18 will concern coal, electrical goods, iron and steel, and allied subjects involving abotrt SO cent, of Great Britain's
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  • 88 3 A MARINE. W. E. ClemenUun. 20- year-old Tynesider attached to H.M.S. Dorsetshire, was found shot in a boarding house In the French Concession this morning A service pistol was found beside him He was rushed to hospital but died half an hour later. Sergeant
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  • 88 3 BJIISSING for 18 years, a nurs? entitiITI ed to £900 by the will of her father has just been traced in London. She Is Nurse Maria Adeline J whose father was vicar of Santo:), t.me of Man. Nurse Jones lelt the island in 1321 and
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  • 47 3 London. Saturday. •T*HE Admiralty announces that con- sequent on the accelerated expansion an additional number (if commissions in the executive branch of the Royal Navy will bs given to officers of the mercantile marine not necessarily members of the Rcyal Reserve.— Reuter.
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  • 36 3 Burgos. Saturday. A CCORDING to a broadcast by G.-n. Mlaja this morning, the rebels who were bo ding out against the Republican Junta at Communist hcadq In Madrid have surrendered unconditionally.—Reuter.
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    • 308 5 IN the course ol a world tour, jx>re to broadcast and give a John Valentine, an internation- recital. ally known Americt n character He will broadcast from the I has arrived in Sin^- BMB C. station on Mar. 15 and Mar. 20 from
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    • 296 5 Big Job For Robert Taylor lUJCTRO GOLDWYN MAYER S two t j:rent ventures into the open air .re Stand Up and Fight.' in which Robert Taylor beat* Wallace Beery, and Song of the West." in which Nelson Eddy indulges in fisticuffs with Victoi McLaglen I The Taylor epic concerns thr
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    • 230 5 LJOLLYWOOD has begun its annual game of picking the new stars or 1939 from the newcomers and supporting players of 1938. The most favoured nominations are: (men* Richard Greene, John Garneld, Jeffrey Lynn, John Payne, Richard Carlson: (women) Nancy Kelly, Ellen Drew. Louise Campbell, Frances
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    • 186 5 T*HE full orchestral concert to be given by the Singapore Musical Society at the Victoria Memorial Hall tonight will be the farewell appearance of the conductor, Mr. John Tryner. who Is retiring shortly. Details about the three soloists. Professor Harry Ore, R. A. Waddle and Eva Clark and
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    • 287 5 May Need New Sponsors TPWO outstanding stars who will probably have to look for new spon ors are Fred Astaire and Warner Baxter. Fred's last teaming pic f ure with Ginger Rogers, "Carefree," has not won back the returns its investments demanded and RKO executives are said to feel that
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    • 49 5 AFTER most successful seasons at up-country centres, the Marcus Show stage revue will open at the Capitol Theatre on Tuesday. It is probably the most spectacular stage attraction to be presented at Singapore. There are 80 artists. Including 50 girls. The opening performance will be "Broadway Vanities."
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    • 40 5 Wallace Beery's next starring pic ture for Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer will be "Sergeant Madden." Joseph von Sternberg will direct the film. Beery has just finished work in "Stand Up and Fight/ in which he is co-starred with Robert Taylor.
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    • 119 5 CAPITOL Opens Today. '"Danger Patrol" (Sally Eilers. John Beal. Harry Carey), an RKO Radio drama. Opens Tuesday.— The Marcus Show, stage revue. PAVILION Now On.— "The Shining Hour" (Joan Crawford. Margaret Sulla van. Robert Young. Melvyn Douglas an M.O.M. drama. Opens Tuesday.— "Vacation From Love" (Dennis O'Keefe,
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    • 468 5 HOMEWARD BOUND? GENUINE PEWTER NUMEROUS ARTISTIC DESIGNS ALL DUTY-FREE into GT. BRITAIN Whether you are Jl<>in4 liome or not t!ii> season, Malayan Pewter is ideal for gifts, souvenirs, presentations, and weeding gifts. Engraving can be done at very reasonable pcictfc i Call and see the big attractive displays at Maynard
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  • 214 6 Naval And Air Forces Will Attack Island During Black-Out CARRIER-BORNE aircraft will form part of the attacking force when 23 naval craft of the China and East Indies Stations cruisers, an escort vessel, destroyers and submarines hold war games off Singapore during the island's first compulsory
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  • 397 6 ALTHOUGH exercises on a larger scale have been held in previous years, increased significance attaches to this year's operations, in view of recent change In the Far Eastern defence pattern. Manoeuvres will not be confined to the Friday morning operations in which all available naval vessels
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  • 244 6 A WARNING that the new BurmaYunnan road, China's backdoor, will be impassable when the rains come, was given to The Sunday Times yesterday by two French newspapermen who have motored 14,000 miles from Pa -j to Saigon by way of this road. The
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  • 42 6 Two noted Indian pilots, brothers named Sharma. were killed when their 'planes, Indian National Airways machines, collided 20 miles from Karachi. Mr. and Mrs. H. Freeman Marks, of the Gospel Hall. Taiping, have gone on a missionary tour of Kedah.
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  • 102 6 DESCRIBING himself as a hand-bill distributor, a 19-year-old Cantonese, Hong Swee Heng, appeared before Mr. L. C. Goh, In the Singapore Fifth Police Court yesterday, on a charge of possession of housebreaklng Implements in Orchard Road, on Mar. 2. Hong was convicted and sentenced to three weeks'
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  • 582 6 European Says He "Lost His Head In Crash STOLEN MOTOR-CAR BURNED CAUSING DEATH CHARGE EVIDENCE C C. S. Tillbrook, a 22-year-old European office assistant on 1 trial yesterday on a charge of causing the death of a Chinese by negligent driving, told the Singapore Traffic Court District Judge he lost
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  • 145 7 MUNICIPALITY TO GIVE SPECIAL DIET TO EVERY EXPECTANT MOTHER Combating Difficulties Of Chinese Tradition TAR-REACHING changes in the Munici- pal Infant Welfare Department will be made when it is fully proved that the ante-natal work started last year is bearing fruit, The Sunday
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  • 326 7 Hundreds Of Lives Could Be Saved DEFORE his retirement last week. Dr. Hunter was considering the possibility of supplying unpolished rice at cost price at the municipal clinics. In the long run, he contended, it would be much cheaper to do this than to supply expensive drugs. Beri-beri and other
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  • 139 7 Italian Bishop On "Barbaric" Raids Sian. Saturday. IN an Interview with the Central News Agency. Rev. Mgr. P. Vannl. Vicar I Apostolic of Sian. strongly condemned recent Japanese bombing and destrucI lion of Franciscan mission buildings In Sian, capital of Shensi. The Italian flag was prominently dlsi
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  • 54 7 <).-. >■ J3th day of each mouth, the 13 members of London's famous 1 hirtrtn Club lunrh together and celebrate the occasion by defying most of the popular superstitions. They open umbrellas indoors, spill the salt, cross knives and, in short, enjoy themselves Immensely by proving themselves immune
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  • 233 7 SOVIET NAVAL EXPERTS TO VISIT U.S. Warship Orders May Be Given RUSSIA'S PLANS FOR BIGGER FLEET I HEAR from a reliable foreign source th<«t Adml. isakofT, Soviet Vice -Commissar for Naval Affairs, and seven other naval experts in warship confctruriion, have already been granted American visas permitting them to go
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  • 22 7 A barrage balloon which broke away in England m&de a safe landing nfar tlu- small town of Vera«». Western Denmark
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  • 164 7 New Currency For North China Chief Cities Included In The Federal Zone Peiping. Saturday. /CERTAIN confusion reigning here, since the introduction yesterday of the niw rules as regards circulation ol Federal Reserve Bank notes in North China was cleared up today when it was definitely announced that Peiping, Tientsin, Tslngtao
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  • 42 7 Vienna. Saturday. •TOREE-HUNDRED Aryan political prisoners are being released today under an amnesty to commemorate the anniversary of the anschluss. Dr. Schuschnigg, the former Chancellor, and the former Burgomaster. Schmitz. are excluded. No Jews will benefit under the amnesty. Reuter.
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  • 45 7 LIERBERT MUNDIN. the well-known comedian, was killed In a motor-car collision at Hollywood recently. He appeared on the stage in Australia In 1928 and has appeared In several films, notably Cavalcade." Mutiny on the Bounty and David Copperneld."
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  • 30 7 pOMMENTING on the United StatesBrazilian economic agreement. Mr. Sumner Welles. Under-Secretary of States, said yesterday that nothing else was under consideration with any other Latin American country.— Reuter.
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  • Article, Illustration
    16 7 Mrs. Hoppe-Kinross. the well-known painter, shopping in Knightsbridge, London, accompanied by her tame cheetah.
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  • 45 7 Hong Kong, Saturday. A TIENTSIN dUpatch says In the Japanese air raid of Feb. 10 on Lam-how, capital of Kansu. over which a dog-fight occurred. 63 Japanese airmen were killed, including one Colonel Uero. a first lieutenant. Central News.
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  • 74 7 Kwciiin. Saturday. TH^WO Japanese naval bombers shot down by Chinese troops on Hainan Island on Feb. 10 have been located. Four Japanese bodies were found near the wreckage. Meanwhile, the Japanese forces in Hainan are continuing their inland advance in an attempt to "mop up"
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    • 108 7 STEADILY GROWING POPULARITY! The las: few years in the history of the LNiFED INDIA have witnessed a spectaculnr succession of one brilliant achievement after another. Speak in£, particularly, of fresh business, new Policies assuring for Rs. 15,400,000 were issued during 1938, as against Rs. 12.300.000 during 1937. and Rs. 9,000,000
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  • 375 8 registration of bicycles is possible in Singapore from next year, The Sunday Times understands. Some months ago the Municipal Commissioners asked for review of the position to be made by he I Vehicles Registration Department, and it is likely that a report will be pre sented
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  • Article, Illustration
    45 8 Mr. One Thian Boon and Miss Chow Chew Ilia married at the Singapore Chinese Consulate. Mr. Lim Cheng Hoc and Miss Ong Soo Ben married at the Singapore Chinese Consulate. Mr. Van Eng Seng and Miss Son Bee Eng married at the Singapore Chinese Consulate.
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  • 77 8 From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban. T^HE funeral of Dr. J. L. OorlofT, Assistant Medical Officer, Jelebu, took place at the Catholic cemetery, Seremban. A service was held at the Church of the Visitation, Seremban. Dr. J. L. OorlofT was born and educated in Singapore. He wos
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  • 37 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Saturday The annual exhibition cf handicrafts of tf)2 Negri Sembilan Malay Schools tooic place at the Rahang Malay School and was well attended. The exhibits were of a high standard.
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  • 32 8 The Police band play tomorrow at Katong Park at 6.00 p.m.: March, National Emblem (Bagley); Overture, Tancredl tßossini); Selection, Madam Eutterfly 'PuccinO; Spanish Serenade, La Paloma 'Yradier); Selection, Aida (Verdi).
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  • 28 8 The Rotterdam LJoyd mv. "Baloeran is expected at Singapore from Europe on Tuesday at noon. She will sail for Batavia in the afternoon of the same day.
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  • 332 8 "TELL US HOW TO LIVE LONG" 89-Year-Old Coroner Tells Indians J^ LETTER from a doctor In the Punjab, where (he people are old at 30, has reached 89-year-old Sir Samuel Brijchouse, veteran Lancashire coroner, asking him for the secret of his hag life. Dr. N. A. Kuraishij, M.8., Ch.B., >f
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  • 43 8 <From Our Own Correspond :nt.i Ser:mban. Before Mr. Justice Aitken, a ses ton of the Negri Sembi!a.i AtstKfi, will ocgin on March 13. There are only three cases on the list so far, two of th?m being on the capital charge.
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  • 32 8 From Our Own Corresponueir.' Seremban Mar. Tht Yar.!j di Pertuan l*esai oi Negri Sems/:an nstted the "testrojW, H.M.S. Diamond, when it arrlvi Pert Diikson. The destroyer left on liateb 6.
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  • 500 8 (By The Snuday Times Seremban Correspondent.) TPHE recent ceremonies at Kua'.j Kangsar, in connection with the installation of the Sultan of Peprak recall to mind similar ceremonial when the present Yang dl Pertuan Besar ol Negri Sembilan was installed in office In 1934. The present writer
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    • 149 8 'announcing CHEVROLET A 1939 < '^Bc'SsififEsii^^^^TOMlHiHsH^ J^WBBMMsi^^^^^^"~'lsMlyg^sg^gf PERFECTED HYDRAULIC BRAKES. Fitted for BODYWORK An even higher standard of excellent 4th successive year as standard equipment bodywork incorporated in 1939 models. CONVENTIONAL SPRINGING Exclusive Chevrolet *On De Luxe models only -conventional springing prevents side sway rolling on VACUUM OPERATED REMOTE CONTROL
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  • 231 9  -  Onlooker -Read Of John Tryner Eva Clark Harry Ore Robert Waddle A.St.AlbanSmith MAKING his farewell ap- a ranee tonight as conr ai the Singapore y*B concert in v trial Hall John Tryner, the rei chief accountant of the Sai Harbour Board who ha> spent 19 years in
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    138 9 MR TRYNER has collected a ;inific?nt library of music from Bach to Hindemi'h and a collection of scores. The entire library has been placed at the disposal cf the Musical Society lor which local musicians both professional and amateur are indebted to him. Keenly interested in modern
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  • 110 9 ALREADY well known locally Eva Clark, who appears as soloist tonight at the Musical Society's concert in the Victoria Memorial Hall, sang at tne first Musical Society concert which Mr. John Tryner conducted. Engaged in many musical activities, Eva Clark is organist and choirmaster of the Presbyterian Church,
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  • 94 9 DROFESSOR HARRY ORE, who appears as soloist in tonight's Musical Society concert was born in St. Petersburg, and educated musically in Germany, which country he left at the outbreak of the Great War. The greater part of his nic since, has been spent in the Far East.
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  • 126 9 pOUEHT WADDLE, who appear* at the organ !n Handel's concerto for organ and orchestra at the Musical Society's concert tonight ii a fire pianist in addition to being organist at St. Andrew's Cathedral. He played the St. Clair organ at the opening Musical Festival in the Victoria
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  • 125 9 AFTER 30 years in Malaya, Mr. A. St. Alban Smith, famous for his gifts of Malayan animals, birds and reptiles to the London Zoo, has decided to retire In this country, owing to War injuries. During many years of planting, his hobby has been the trapping of
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  • 157 9 CNAKES captured by Mr. St. *3 Alban Smith have had their venom used for the preparation by Mount Sinai Hospital of a cobra scrim for the cure of intense pain ana viper venom for the cure of haemophilia. Last week, the veteran planter and zoological collector took
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  • 114 9 the Singapore Uh -icipal Health Officer who left on relit intent last Friday, had been emmtets'i uith the Middleton Hospital since he came to the Colony 26 years ago. He visited it often as bacteriologist to attend post-mortems aid later beccme its
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    • 252 9 S* I nl sa '•'"••>>•••■ Mw.i la MI.I Wm 1 «J B pa too r~. u~. II MODELS V ef i^mll mmbk9«lMm, ariM*. wgo, Got. r A Mod«l tt ?M. H t C LwA%. f SR 200 of work is the practical cnuor^ IPIt^S pjo hop..) hjT_ behind International Harvester
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  • 108 10 WOODEN EAST WHARF TO BE REPLACED BY STONE STRICUTURE WORK on the $1,100,000 scheme for the replacement of the East Wharf at Singapore is to be begun at the end of this month. Permission for the work to proceed has been given by
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  • 25 10 The International Dance Library hr'd a gala of international dances in Paris. Here *re three of the Javanese dancers perfnrminr
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  • 49 10 ■n de Foucaucoart. Inspector- 1 C Ministry of Finance, I »i.d his wife have been killed in an t lane crash In the desolate Ti- j b<sti rr nuntains. which rise to a height I r: mere than 730 It in central 6ahara.
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  • 52 10 The Countess of Pembroke was, in her absenct. lined 50 francs, about ss. at the civil court in Nice lor causing bodily harm with her car to a French youth while she was staying at ESe, near Nice, last April. A liow Japanese destroyer, the Natsuihio, v.is launched
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  • 54 10 Hundreds of letters to the City of London Corporation have saved the 200-year-old cricket pitch at Woodford Green, E., and caused the sch:me to build a 50-foot roadway through the pitch to be abandoned. Woodford Green Cricket Club is believed to be the
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  • 73 10 Immigration Buildings May Be Modernised THE work will he done by the Harbour Hoard's engineering staff, instead of by contract, as was the Wcs-t Wharf extension. Although the godowns will be the rame as those on the West Wharf extension, the wharf ItaUf will be ciiilcrent. being piled instead of
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  • 321 10 "Criticism Fair If Honest" Says Judge A*!*. Jl-sTICE CREAVESI¥I LORD, speaking of book reviewers in the King's Bench Division, said: "It is of the utmost importance that we should uphold perfect freedom cf expression in criticism, so long as that criticism is hont'st and keeps within
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  • 76 10 MR. V. F. MEISLING, crime reporter of the North-China Daily News, Shanghai, was given a dinner by a number of high police officials at the Police Club, Foochow Road, on the occasion of his departure on home-leave. Among those present were: Capt H. M. Smyth.
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    • 232 10 MOTHER HILL Vll HWW THIS PICTURE hilt mother will never to make them better, has been frame this picture, she will never the business of Westinghouse forget the happiness that it for more than fifty years. During brought. Thanks to the magic this time, too, Westinghouse of electricity, she can
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    • 495 10 Brylcreem \V</ 1 l\W\vi\y\. fl l^ c wor^ testify to is the perfect Hair Dressing S LOSS of V IK4L WEIGHT^jI HOSPITAL BED/ Those who arc losing weight steadily, is this Halibut Live! Oil ih. day by day, live in the shadow of a tiny drop tquak in Vii tmm
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  • 325 11 Crime Society's Choice Ihr Ml Syndicate. By Judson P Phillips Hunt and Blavkrtt. 7s. fid. Death Oversea*. By Charles Barry Hunt and BUckett. 3s. 6d. lvf Been U L«od— By Tempi* Bailey. Hurst and Blackett. U. fid. Wi: Judson Phillips is a well-known :ui thrillers in tb- United States, but
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  • 637 11 Italian Inroads Into Lands Bordering The Red Sea The Riddle of Arabia. By LadisUs Fmraeo. Robert Hale Ltd. 12s. 6d. net. IT is realised that, with Britain still in control of Gibraltar, Palestine and the Suez Canal, she is still the paramount Power in the
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  • 223 11 Crooked Eclipse. By E.l-.v*rd Kitrcirald. Michael 'osepb. Is. 6d. ••/BROOKED Eclipse" is a well written and interesting novel, but it Is certainly depressing. The hero is Bamberger, a Jewish doctor in Germany, keen on Mi work. ,->nd enjoying life in a carefree manner. As the Nazi party
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  • 209 11 '.My Brother was Mozart." By Benson Wheeler Claire Lee Purdjr. John Murray. 6s. |N '"My Brother v.as Mozart." the musician's sister. N'aunel. Is depicted as te.'Ung the story of her brother's life to Petro, a boy musician. As we read wo become Just as fascinat d as Petro tc
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  • 334 11 These Names Made Words— 39 VVERY day we use words which commemorate ttie fame oj some man or \coman or placa that would otherwise be forgotten. Few people know how these names carrn to be common words and in this special Sunday Times series of short articles the story ct
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  • 340 11 Easy To Read Novels Alab&m'. By Donald Henderson Clarke. Werner Laurie. 7s. 6d. Almost a Lady. By W. H. Lane Craoford. Ward Lock's Colonial Library. His Excellency's Wife. By H. M. E. Clamp. Michael Joseph. 7s. 6d. HTHIS Is a little collection of light i novels of the easy- to-read
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    • 21 11 Will you Maclean your teeth to-day? "...course I will" MACLEANS PEROXIDE TOOTH PASTE If yoa ottf mM dcac:ln«.r. ir> \Wc re*
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    • 1000 11 GREEN CIRCLE LIBRARIES 18-F. BATTERY ROAD, SINGAPORE. ALL THE LATEST PUBLICATIONS AT CHEAP RATES. NEW BOOKS EVERY MAIL. SPECIAL RATES. OUTSTATION MEMBERS. CLUB MESSES. HOURS Or BUSINESS:- 8.30 A.M. TO 6 P.M. Coughing, Strangling Asthma, Bronchitis Curbed in 3 Minutes Do you have attacks of Asthma or Bron- Canada, liad
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  • 497 12 Pioneer Of Air Surveying Now In Singapore pRUISINU two miles above Sintfapore is often seen a civilian aeroplane; inside it .sits a nan ratinp a precision camera through the floor of the machine. The shutter clicks every few seconds and several square miles of city and country
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  • 133 12 WR. Henry Bishop, A.R.A.. was elected a Royal Academician, and Mr. Robert S. Austin, the engraver, and Mr. C. R W. Nevinson were elected Associates of the Royal Academy last week. Mr. Nevinson was for long a rebel against the "Academy tradition." He has experimented
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  • 78 12 Gaol For Romanes With An Aryan Girl Berlin. A JEW who had a love affair with an, Aryan girl in Nuremberg has been sentenced to eight years' penal servitude for violating the Nuremberg, 'race shaming" laws. He was also deprived of his civic right for five years. Sentences
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  • 442 12 Adventures In Many Parts Of The World dry Kftaoa 'it stven months and io)K one year to compile the maps In Loidon. The next part of world to bj photographed was Rio de Janeiro, whera the Prefect engaged them to do a scale job for town planning. "We sent out
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    47 12 The wedding took place last month in the Old Parish rliurrh. npar, Fife, of Miss Joan Savi, only daughter of Mr. Vittor G. Savl. Cfcltf (onsttble of Fife, formerly Chief Police Officer, Singapore, and Mr. Charles E. Gascolrne. of Bilbao, Spain, and of the Sarawak Civil Servir-
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    • 733 12 RHEUMATISM&BACKACHE now known to be caused by BAD KIDNEY ACTION Ttm asatftaal dlscoTfrks flk dran raw. urr. sick kldnrrs and bladder and to •f rrcrnt years can har* **i remove acids and poisons from Tour system sa*re far-reacnla* effect j i salcly. quickly and surely, yet contains r.o span the
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  • 878 13  -  Crux Australis it THAT band of Malayan Civil Service men who believe Government servants entered the world on a silver platter and that the public were pushed through the letterbox has not died out. The head of one Government department in Singapore has tried to perpetuate this
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  • 633 13 0 -i brought up an in tf re sting subject in the Sanitary Board meeting last week -that of introducing silence zones in the Federal Capital. adequate reply was given by the Chief Police Officer. Selangor. and it is doubted whether such an .tion has arisen in the
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    • 375 13 VITAL FORCE \^H I V W '<t IS UNLESS you are a rare exception in these busy times there it not a function of your mind or body but will be the better for PHOSFERINE it is neither more nor less than a combination of recognized nerve-foods prepared for instant
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  • 105 14 Mr. Tay Lian Teck Puts Building Plan Before Government THE erection by Government of between 100 and 200 residential houses, to be sold to Singapore clerks on hire purchase payments spread over 15 years, is urged by Mr. Tay Lian Teck in a memorandum which
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  • 451 14 INOCULATION CASE FAILS Jury's Verdict For Wellcome's lUDGMENT, with costs, wa.- pven by the President, Mr Justice, llaguire, in Dublin High Court recently, for the Wellcome Foundation Ltd., manufacturing chemists. of Enow Hill Buildings, London, E.C. Mr. Michael Kineally, a teacher in th» Irish College at Ring,
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  • 46 14 A LTHOUOH the required entry of A 31,000 recruits to the RAF. has been exceeded, there will be deficiencies in certain grades of pirmen Air observers are urgently needed. About 650 have been obtained, but nearly 1,000 more are required.
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  • 31 14 Sir Kr"in iM Dorman Smith, the new >lini.«t«T of Aerirulture. photo--riohr.) with Prince Feisal and other delegates to the Palestine conference, at a hor- show in London.
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  • 94 14 LEAKS OF LOVE! Rennes. pRETTY 16-year-old Lisettc (the courts forbid disclosure of the name of a juvenile) appeared before the Juvenile court charged with causing ten leakages in the gas-pipes of the house where she teas employed. Her plea was that she had fallen madly in love with the handsome
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  • 138 14 INVISIBLE GLASS American Scientist's Discovery tyscovEßY of a mulct) wblen claimed to make glass as invisible and transparent as air na* been announced by an American scientist, Dr. Katherine B. Blodgett. The varnish is said to enable glass to transmit more than 99 per cent, ol light, i 92 per
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    • 177 14 tir~tfT% A WEEK AGO \JfJjf Hf e held no hope f^^^J^^T^ or happiness NOW THRIVING ON THE If i WWE OF LIFE 1\ Al«°a> t fhe felt ttalc an J iat, lifcleii and worried U —ne\a really ill never well but the coul J not Heat-anaemia m tbe cay. Gradually
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    • 104 14 fOURTttN-eH (GOODWOOD) ZtahuUa acxekhjoiioit Gtta... For those who desire superlative performance combined with smoothness and dependability, the Austin Fourteen is without equal where medium powered car? are concerned. The aluminium-head engine on the Fourteen has set the fashion for the rest of the Austin range. It. has given a considerably
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  • 1666 15  -  Nathaniel Gubbins OOMEBODY has written to an editor complaining that people get too much entertainment and are becoming spoilt and finicky. When I was a boy," he grumbles, I thought I was very lucky to see a magic lantern show once a week. Young people today
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  • 24 15 "A RESOUNDING BLOW FOR PEACE." Even the Japanese when they invaded China couldn't have put it better than that.
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  • 399 15 |_|i v >VO<>D BROUN hM written an int restinir artic'.e in -*-h ch he tk>c!:.n.s that while he enjoys Contract, he would just as soon play for a nominal stake; whereas, the 1 kcr must be played j for m a l>ecause of the element of ulurT. Ho
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    • 178 15 OBTAINABLE FROM SINGAPORE. JOHORE. MALACCA. NEGRI SEMBILAN. SELANGOR. PERAkT~PENANG~& P. WELLESLKY. KK.IMH. if I HOCk OOnu n Hln Hock Guaa Hi" Agcnry 266. Car- 1 O. W. Wilon Co.. Raffles Quay; Ktanj Co.. X Bahru: Hock Co, 47. Trcachcr St.. narvon St.. Nau«: s<ltrc Pltlnl; Ban 2/m 'm' X It™
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  • 163 16 The Sunday Times EDITORIAL MANAGERIAL AND ADVERTISING OFFICE: Cecil Street. Singapore Opinion More Traffic Lights SO successful has been the system of traffic lights in Orchard and Stamford Roads, that an extension to other busy thoroughfares might well be considered. When the scheme was first introduced there wt*s u)me opposition
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  • 300 16 Permitted Advan tageously MUCH of the recent optimism regarding the outlook for this country in the current year found welcome confirmation In the sharp rise in the value of overseas trade in January- which was disclosed In the official returns issued this week. After months in which we have seen
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  • 1697 16 Joseph Ducroux, Alias Serge Lefranc, Is Unmasked IT was April 27, 1931. Joseph Ducroux, leaning against the rail of the ship that brought him closer to the wharf, was outwardly calm as he contemplated Singapore. His thoughts, howaver, milled around the task set him by his employers, the Third international.
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    • 317 16 BaaaaWjrV^r^Tv^^a^l TRY OVH TAILCKWC only solicit >uur trial order. MIEN CHONG j S~w. i ;no*r vv-to-date Tailor 34. CtltcM St. Phone 4816. Jr j-* a^ WORLD'S NEED OF QUALIFIED ENGINEERS Bright Prctpacn aid t<q Opportunltlaj ♦or tha Tra'nad Man I NOW li tha ttma to gat cut of tha rut
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    • 118 16 Tne NEW WORLD CABARET TODAY TIFFIN DANCE 1.30 to 430 p.m. Admnnon Free. TONIGHT 9.30 TO MIDNIGHT Admission 50 ci*. PIANO TUNING -REPAIRS REMOVALS HIRE CHARLES. Phone 2902. 212, Orchard Rd. S Unbreakable Waherproof Wrist- Watch Guaranteed lOyeafl $13.15 Sold in London Stores for tttnti RtfuniM If ml Parfacthr Satlttsctcnr.
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    • 39 16 Your voyage to England is part of your home leave. Travel home via the Cape, the attractive route for the discriminating. First class through passage from £97. Full information from Pass. Dept., X.P.M. Line: ilncorp. in Holland) (Phone 5451)
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  • 174 17 Programmes Relayed Upcountry By Land Line AND MORE MONEY 8.M.8.C. Agrees But Would Prefer New Short- Wave Station Instead DELAY of Singapore radio programmes by land line I* to Kuala Lumpur and Penang for broadcast from stations in those centres is envisaged by the Government
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  • 244 17 Laughs From The Courts WIVES were more successful than husbands last week in raising the best laughs in the courts. Here are the lauuhThe Wives--1 y husband ntvt more than one drii'k an evenine. But he could make do the work of 20. Actually uc ;;sc the mrelcss only to
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  • 76 17 A LLEGED to have threatened assault to P. Cooper, a European, by shaking a fist at him, Liow Sai Kirn. a 29--year-old Hainanese, appeared in the Singapore Second Police Court, yesterday. A charge of criminal intimidation was explained to Liow Sai Kirn and the case was
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  • 25 17 Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen, newly appointed British Ambassador to Turkey, arrived at Istanbul, where he was greeted by his predecessor, Sir Percy Loraine.
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  • 73 17 IVAN STOPS ALL TRAINS He Wanted To Dance W?OR locking up a railicuy station and stopping trains by setting all signals at danger while he held a dance in the waiting room, Ivan Kerimbekov, station master of Baku, oil port on the Caspian Sea, has been gaoled for five years.
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  • 360 17 f HEATER financial aid for the 8.M.8.C. was announced in The Sunday Times last month. It is now possible to give the amounts for 1939. They are $4,000 from Straits Settlements C vernments and $9,000 from the Feck -\tecl Malay States Government. The Straits Settlements grant was
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  • 221 17 Paris Tells Women: 'Be Feminine" Paris. FASHIONS will be news in Paris this month when the dictators show the world what women may wear in 1939. Here are some of their decrees Decree No. 1 Be Feminine. Skirts will be a trifle longer for Jay. Even the str-aightest of tailormades,
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  • 145 17 Good Response To Air Reserve Proposal INHERE has been an eneoui response to the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve plan announced officially on Friday. Applications for enrolment have been received and It is expected that Just as much enthusiasm will be shown in up-country centres as in Singapore. It is
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  • 276 17 Flowers On Bidadari Grave SINGAPORE GIRL'S SCHOLARSHIP CONDITION Dhl'.U SE h;i^ huh n scholarship. a Singapore >choolgirl. 17-y tar-old Mm KIIi-m fhanir. of the Methodist l.irK' School, will place lewtn to* j morrow at the grave of an Vine- rican girl tourist who died hero 14 years ago and was
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    • 60 17 IB9r >~- I m frriwi m *tHB£S w\J 1 is matured in wood in th« largest Win* Cellar in th* World under strict Government supervision. KEY BRANDY is produced by the Co-operative Winegrowers Association of South Africa, an association that has at its disposal the pick of th* grapes of
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    • 89 17 More Health Happiness for Malaya l/ Here she comes with her rich gift IS^ t *m- J 0 m^+^~_ J S^* i'rom the green pastures of England wJ^ Factory packed with its fresh whole- "^I^BMB^^^^b^fcMBjMjBWBBBII some nutrition intact— Co *v Gate <*""""' <<a> '^MMP l| n^M ■Z*" Mia >4B|H| Milk
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  • 1080 18 Larger Turnover With Higher Prices *THE SUNDAY £S FINANCIAL RESPONDENT TTHE improved conditions which were reported in the last review have continued throughout the past week with further improvement in some directions. Fortunately there have been no political disturbances and statements have been confined to announcements
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  • 77 18 Saturday, Mar. 11, noon. No. IX R.S.S. (Spot loose) :8\ 29 So. IX R.S.S. r.o.b in cases March 29 29H G.F.A.Q. R.S.S. f.o.b. in bales March 28 9/16 2811/16 F.A.Q. R.S.S. f.o.b. In bales March 25!6 28>4 FUTURE QUOTATIONS No. IX R.S.S. on Registered tender
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  • 109 18 Manila, Saturday. XHE following were yesterday's a quotations and this morning's quotations for gold shares on the Manila Stock Exchange. All the shares have a par value of 10 centavos, and the quotations are in pesos. Yesterduy Today asked bid asked bid Antamok 0.45S 0.444 0.45
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  • 103 18 nURINO the week ending Mar. 4. 1939. exports of canned pineapples from Malayan ports amounted to 94 689 cases, of which: 88.513 (93 per cent.) cases were to the United Kingdom, 1.934 (2 per cent.) cases to the Continent of Europe, 3.443 (4 per cent.) cases
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  • 52 18 Singapore, Mar. 11, noon. Buyers Sellers Copra Mixed $3.45 Sun Dried $3.75 Pice Slam Broken No. 1 $120 Slam Broken No. 2 $118 Slam No. 1 $219 Slam No. 1 $200 Saigon No. 1 $131 Satgon No. 2 $127 Slam parboiled No. 1 $4.44 Rl«m Stock No.
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  • 1294 18 SINGAPORE STOCK AND SHARE PRICES Fraser And Co.'s List SATURDAY, BIAS. 11. 1939: 1 P.M. MINING Barer* 8«U«n Ampat Tin (4s) 3s 6d 4a Austral AmaJ. (ss) 4s 6d 5s Austral Malay (t) 39s 44s Ayer Hitam (ss> 21s 22a Ayer Weng (Jl) .63 .68 Bangrin Tin IBs 6d 20s
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  • 198 18 List Supplied By Messrs. Fraser Co. SATURDAY, MAR. 11, 1939 1 P.M. Company Dividend Books TIN Close Date Ex Dlv. Katu 6d. No. 20 Mar. 10 Mar. 17 Mar. 11 Kramat Pulal 2'/ 2 Int. Mar. 1 Mar. 16 Mar. 6 less tax Raub sd. final. 2d
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    • 707 18 Youthful Vigour Restored In 24 Hours W/ Glands Fortified L^C^B by New Discovery W^m/^. 'Do you f*cl old before your tlmeT Are you tired, run- I BBBAa Men down, worn out, and unable to keep up with the speed I i j^lk v and pleasures ol modern UfeT Do you
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    667 19 KG. Wells Writes Of BURMA is getting into the headlines. It is becoming prominent for two distinct reasons. One is that it is rapidly becoming the new highway into China, the primary line of communicitioa between China and ihe UVstern world, and the ■MOmI i-< that the British Government
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  • 778 19 Cards For All rIS is not an article on safety first. The heading is merely intended to Induce you to try this new patience i same. The name is derived from the fact that all the cards in the pack are set out in four rows, resembling streets,
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    • 318 19 fa ****v*/ LARGE SIZE (8 oz.) 65? (Contains as much as a large bottle.) '^^'^y^.''^^^!:^-*^ HANDY SIZE (4 oz.) 35$ "M^«fi SIMPLE subtraction shows that i:T||jpMß!i' T r buying Andrews in the Economy w2ts psN^- '^><iS?».^| Tin saves you US cents on the large E^v' &5/'\f^* (8 oz.) size, and
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    • 527 19 Every sip of SANATOGEN cfLA of y ts[ HEALTH Convalescence after malaria, fever and other serious iDneab is often a long and difficult process. But weaktMH caw be quickly overcome. Take Sanatogen! All the elements for building up the strength of blood and nerve cells are contained in Sanatogen. Even
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  • 2876 20 THIS WEEK'S GOOD DAYS FOR:— BUYING: Business deals' Tues 14th— Sat 18th. Personal shopping: Wed. 15th— Fit 17th— Sat. 18th. SELLING: Wed. 15th— Fri. 17th. ENTERTAINING: Wed 15th— Frl. 17th— Sat. 18th. SPORT: Tomorrow 13th— Wed 15th— Sat. 18th IN a general way, during this particular week, the last shall
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  • 487 20 LI ERE, grouped according to month of birth (irrespective of year), is a statement ot probabilities to be e xprctce thL« week JANUARY (Dec. 23 -Jan. 20.)— Get down to brass tacks. This week is good for severely practical affairs. Good luck financially, particularly towards the
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    • 376 20 Practice Limited if^J; To The Eye. \f*r K. A. THOMPSON Dr. of Ocular Science. Govt. Licentiate (U.S.A.) 1 M v.l. (London). f Honorary Member; World's Central oumil. (International Honorary Fraternity Physicians and Ocular Scientists.) T! Member; Better Vision Institute, I >. A. Doctorate Degree; (4 Years Personal Attendance Course) Northern
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  • 540 21 The Brunette Has A Big Advantage When She Uses Make-Up To Help Her Charms IF'//£.V H OMMI 'o the make-up accentuation o/ natural feminine beauty, and the creation oj feminine glamour, being a bruncttz Is largely an advantage. Brunettes, urn. c blondes, brownettes, and redheads, don't have
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  • 575 21 Suits Becoming Younger Every Season London, Mar. A. TAILORED miti seen. t 0 bteoaM younger and younger every MMi m. Though the new designs tit tightly, their jackets are shorter, and their skirts docidcdly brief despite reluctance on the put of ir.anv women to adopt the shorn r skirt length.
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    • 205 21 Brunette W%c WU Or 'S^kkBlonde jM P S NEW PEONY MAKE-UP W for this SMBNSI I .--hadi* «>t rcony, I'urple, Blue GfWS) and Sapphire Blue. Ask for the Sew Colour Harmony Chart at the tfjjtf* Av&H, (air-i-onditioned) MAYNARDS BATTERY RD. YOUNGER every MORNINGIggSam TO-NIGHT TO-MORROW MORNING MlMthWfl lit ..lirr t...
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    • 140 21 mm f »yi mm Accent \our Beauty with llii* New Make-Up All i iollyw ood cr> that colour is beauty'i ihw iniscuoa, Mm Factor, HoUjm created Colour Harmony Makc-L'p hannofl of Powder, Rouge and Lipstick r to bring ojc the individual beauty of blonde, brunette, brownctte, and redhead. Originated for
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  • 89 22 IF you have chosen one of the many striped jackets whLh skirts, and have not yet decided on the accessories, you should look around for a blouse which matches the coat as nearly as possible. Smart dressmakers are using silks printed with stripes, or speckles, just as
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  • 96 22 JLIUSLJN has made its de-ut as a smart material this season for lYock.s for evening parties. It Is rarely white, but always follows the tradition of being spotted, sprigged or tufted. Frocks of pencil-sllmness are cut from black sprigged muslins, ail very charming whether edged with lace
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  • 1263 22 First Catch Your Man POSITIVELY the last thing I should dream of doing would be to criticise women. From anysuch foolhardiness and vain conceit as that, angels and ministers of grace defend us. Yet there are moments, it must be confessed, when traitorous thoughts will keep on weaving into one's
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    • 301 22 Sensational Change In Face Powder Fashion No more hard made-up look NEW POWDER INVISIBLE ON SKIN GIVES MARVELLOUS NATURAL BEAUTY Smart French women have started a new %t>que. They have found a lace powder :.os a peach bloom complcxioa without trace of shine all day lonj;. narr 'Jckalcr^ I new
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  • 651 23 CUNNY days remind us that the tops of highly polished dining-tables are, ■Im, easily damaged, unless protected by something really reliable, such as cork mats. Attractive wooden holders into which are slipped hot glass oven dishes and hors d'oeuvre plates are other useful protectors.
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  • 106 23 OLACi\ and oir-black stockings in sheer sillis are to steal much cl the attention now bestowed en fleshy-pinks. Some of these cobwebby black stockings are made with double toe pieces, which is a very practical idea. As one layer wears into a hole, it is cut away, and
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  • 97 23 DESPITE all the femininity in the new fashions— or perhaps because of it— such masculine ideas as waistcoat points now adorn the fronts of smart new afternoon dresses. To ally such borrowed trappings with a really fluffy ensemble is not, somehow, incongruous. Collars of pique, for all
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  • 309 23 I like s» cold cream that goes Into your skin without a great deal of coating. Life Is exacting enough these days, with everybody working most of the time, and when you find z cream that Just naturally takes the hint you give it and soaks into jour
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  • 313 25 Honeymoon Murderer Escapes Electric Chair pRANK Figliolia, the honey moon murderer," is to be sentenced in New York for killing his bride three hours after their weddinir. The story of this strange crime begins in 1934, when Fif?liolia, then aged 19. met Dorothy Tauman, aged 15. She was an orphan
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    • 493 25 CROSSWORD PUZZLE RESULT Forty-six eempetitors MMMtM in solving correctly The Sunday Times Crossword Puzzio printed in our Issue of Feb. 26, and they therefore share the $100 prize olVered. Their names and addresses are SINGAPORE Mrs. C. A. Eber. c/o Messrs. Montor Ltd., The Arcade; Sonnie Yap. 41. Ean Kiar.i
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  • 2299 26  -  "Nomad" TPHE first week's results in the S.A.F.A. league competitions have produced sufficient surprises to ensure that soccer is going to be full of interest this season. Perhaps the most surprising result was the defeat of the R.A.F. at the hands of the Police in Division One.
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  • 251 27 Prospects Brighter Than Last Season (By The Sunday Times Seremban Correspondent.) NEGRI SEMBILAN sport is In the early stages of the season's soccer and cricket programme. Soccer practices are being held and prospects for the coming season appear to be bright if the number of young
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    32 27 Tbe lawn tenrvs players who took part in an exhibition during the Sultan of Perak's 'stal.'ation celebrations. Left to right: Kamis, Yadi, the Sultan of Perak. K L. Grot, Yon bin Mian.
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  • 233 27 From Our Own Correspondent) Muar, Friday. JUIAKING their flrst appearance this season. Kok Chaing's team, a tcjni consisting mainly of Chinese cricketers, beat the Junior team ol the Indo-Cey"onese Association in a one innings match played at the Police ground. KOK CHAINO S XI N. Stanley lbw.
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  • 338 27 THE R.A., Cbangi, were visitors to Blakan Mati on Friday and what promised to be a keen soccer game finished as a goalless draw. Changi had the misfortune to lose their centre-forward early in the first half, following a collision with Mitchell, the Blakan Mati goalkeeper. Changi
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  • 106 27 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Batu Pahat. f\UE to start today is the basket ball league of Batu Pahat districts. Games will be played in Renggit, Yong Peng. Ayer Etam and Batu Pahat. All final matches will be played In Batu Pahat. The following «re the entries
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  • 87 27 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Sesamut, Saturday. THE Scßamat Cricket Club played their first Home and Home match on the town pad?.u;» today when Barr's XI met Whatmore's XI and had t? admit defeat by 57 runs. Batiing first, Barr's team ware all out for 65 run?, Barr
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  • 37 27 The L.O.U. medal for March at the Keppel G.C. was won tey Mrs. E Gknny with a score of 106— 3« 70. The April women's spoon will be played for on Wednesday, Apr. 5.
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  • 208 27 (From Our Own Correspondent) Klang. THE Klang Club beat H. M. S. West- cott at cricket here by nine wickets. H.M.S. WESTCOTT. L. S. A. Ross c Freeman b Tru- bridge 0; L. C. K. Watson b MacDonald 0; E. A. Wilkinson b Mortimer 11; Witherdon
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  • 268 27 LAST-MINUTE RALLY BRINGS VICTORY (From Our Own Correspondent) Muar. A fine rally during the last fifteen minutes of play enabled the Muar Chinese football team, last year's league j champions, to beat the Muar Hospital Sports Club by four goals to two when the sides met in a friendly match
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  • 79 27 'Prom Our Own Correspondent) Batu Pahat. TH£ table tennis competition starts today. In the men's section 13 teams will Uke part, Old Students Assn., A and B teams, Yiap Eu, Chen Slew School, A, B, and C teams, Tiong Hua, Yew Yew, Kong Nam, Chin Nam, i Ping
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    • 331 27 NATURE'S CURE FOR ACHES, PAINS, LIVER TROUBLE, etc. Here is good news lor those who sm:! rheumatism, or whose sluc^i-li !i v- 1 them tired, irritable, an Njtur* herself h.i» prevKled tbt me .mil now man has brought it to your d.or. la many parts of the e.irth Ihrr* spring
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  • 1792 28 SELANGOR GOLD CUP MEETING OPENS QUIETLY P.W.D.'s Easy Win Over s. c. c. Clifton Lad Pays $75 In Third Race SOFT GOING AFTER HEAVY OVERNIGHT RAIN (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Saturday. fOOL weather made for delightful racing on the first day of the Selangor Gold Cup meeting. The
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  • 255 28 I*HE S.R.C. held their second cricket trial on the padang yesterday. R H. Bain's team beating P. F. de Souza's side by 44 runs. BAIN'S fIUN R. H. Bain b Loveday 18 N. Sullivan b Thoy H. Balhetchet b Thoy 3 L. Da Silva b Martens
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  • 108 28 The fottmrin* will play sore r r r the S C.R'.C. against the 3 CO. on Monday on the Padan&: Patrick Yee, K. T. Ooi,; Yee Cheok Wc.h, S'.vee Lim Swanc, Chan Chim Bock. Checn?. Chee Lim. Sebastian Tlvn. Sze T.Ut. Oan Kee Tiang. Anthony Chong. Gan Ke<?
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  • 215 28 1 The following members have accepted Ito play for S.C.C. vs. RAF. today at 11 a.m. at Seletar: A. D. Dant, A. Foster. W. K. Jagger, T. O. D. A. Cooper. R. A. U. Todd, Lt. J. Pierce, F. V. Read P. Bartram, R. H. Pickard. J. H.
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  • 255 28 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. A SEVENTH wicket partnership of 110 runs by C. O. Labrooy and T. Mori was responsible for the V.M.C.A. beating the Selangor Eurasians Association by 129 runs in a cricket match on the V.M.C.A. ground today. Mori,
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  • 216 28 OLAYING their first cricket match of the season, the Angle-Chinese School beat the Indian Association by 65 runs. A.C.S. Hop. Wing lbw. Nadarajah 4 Hock Chye c Dhoss b Sandosham 17 Chang Siew lbw. Sandosham 5 Cecil Wong o Angullia b Tharam Singh 20 E Duraisamy
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  • 32 28 Owing to a misunderstanding the Royal Engineers, Changl, did not play their cricket m.'.teh against the V.M.C.A. on the Association ground yesterday. The Association held a practice game instead.
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  • 182 28 gT. ANDREWS School cricket te;nn were beaten by the M.F.A. at St. Andrew's ground yesterday. ST ANDREW S SCHOOL N. Capcl c Taha b Leyman 26 J. Anchant run out 8 D. Meyer b Aman 7 A. Neulrouner c Oman b Leyman 17 S. Deans
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  • 33 28 IN a second division <a> league fixtun. 1 played at Yio Chu Kans Road, yes terdajr. Post Office defeated Ifental Hospital by five goals to nil. Half-time score was 3—o.
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  • 226 28 CT. JOSEF /.'S Institution suffered a heavy defeat at the hands of the RE. "Chang!) cricket team yesterday on the school ground. Scores: R.E. (Changh Grayson c and b Galistan 62 Long b Olivero 12 Hawksby c Campbell b Galistan 44 Muston c de Souza b
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  • 85 29 New York, Saturday. OEDRO MON'TANEZ. of Puerto Rico. beat the former British lightweight champion. Kid Berg, on a I technical knock-out in the fifth round of a scheducd ten-round fight to claim a fight with the world wclter\v\isht and lightweight champion. Henry Armstrong. Berg
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  • 216 29 BUDGE TRIUMPHS No Test Play New York. Saturday. JN the first of a series of 36 professional lawn term's matches, played at Madison Square Garden. Donald Budge beat Fred Perry, 6—l G— 3. 6—o. There was a crowd of 8.000, and receipts totalled £3 000. For 49 minutes Budge dealt
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  • 257 29 Belfast, Saturday. WALES beat Ireland here today on a rain-sodden ground in an international Rußby match by seven points (one dropped goal and one try) to nil. The teams were:— Ireland: Murphy. Moran. Mckibben. TorMB Hcadon: Cromty, Morgan: Alexander. Irwin, Maync, Slouchlln. Ryan, Sayers, Techari, Boyle Wales:
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  • 340 29 C'Ol'K .Malayan records were smashed by competitors in the fourth Singapore weightlifting championships, 1939, staged by the Singapore Amateur weight-lifting Federation at the covered stadium last nijht. The record breakers were Won^ Seah Kee, who lifting 264 lb. in thr featherweight two hands clean ana
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  • 278 29 Loyals Beat The Manchesters DLAYING at the Stadium yesterday in the first division of the league, I -ovals beat the Manchesters by the only ffoal of the match, scored late in the second half. It was an exceptionally keen game with both sets of
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  • 230 29 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday A GREAT display of fine batting and quick scoring was given, by boys of the Victoria Institution who were se: 154 runs to get wuhin two hours in order to boat or draw with the Selangor Club—and
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  • 187 29 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Segamat, Saturday. SOME One lawn tennis was seen at Segamat when Yadl and Kai::< gave an exhibition at the Governmen; Enplish Schoo! while on their way back to Singapore from Kuala Kangsar. It was unfortunate that Yon bin Mian, the all-Johcre champicn,
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  • 42 29 The Welsh soccer team to play Ireland on Wednesday is John (Swancca) or Poland (Wrexham). Turner (Charlton». Hughes (Birmingham); Green (Charlton). T. Jones (Everton). Dearson < Birmingham >: Hopkins (Brentford). L. Jones (Arsenal). Glover (Grimsby), B. Jones (Arsenal), Cumner Arsenal).
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  • 28 29 Moravia beat Minesweepers by four goals to nil in a second division <b) soccer fixture plr.yed at the Naval Base, yesterday. Half time score was 2-0.
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    27 29 A. L. Henry, Kuala Lumpur sportsman excelling in soccer, cricket and billiards. He opened the cricket season this year with 103 not out against the Sikh Union.
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  • 415 29 (From Our Own Correspondent) fr.esamat. •TTiE Gcnuang Cricket Club has 1 arranged 17 matches for the season and four of them are twoday affairs. The first big match is against the United services on Saturday, and Sunday, Mar. 18 anc! 19, at Genuang. Alter a match against
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  • 55 29 The following have accepted to piay scccer for S.C.C. "B" vs. SC.R.C. *?n Monday at S.C.C. W. N\ Rotheiv F. C. S. Tillbrook. A. Ferguson; R. N. Elliott, C. J. Bembroke tCapt.), C. 11 White J. D. Morrison, W. Tan den Bosch. A. Glanville, F. W. Dunhill, L.
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  • 74 29 V.M C.A. lawn tennis tournament ties for Tuesday: "B" class 1 semifinal', H. S. Ong vs. A. Paklr. "A" class: T. Kobayashl vs. Yap Ah Hian. Knowles Cup: Kamis vs. S. A. Dawood. Results of Saturday's ties: "C" class, Ivan van Geyzel beat C. J. Moxon 6 4,
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  • 1504 29 O KM ITS of yesterday's English ani the league tables up-to-date: AMATEUR INTERNATIONAL England 8 Scotland 3 ENGLISH LEAGUE DIVISION I Birmingham 3 Wolves 2 Bolton 1 Brentford 1 Charlton 3 Blackpool 1 Chelsea 5 Grimbsy 1 Leeds 4 Arsenal 2 Leicester 0 Huddersfleld 1 Liverpool 4 Portsmouth
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  • 60 29 CUP— THIRD ROUND Wigan 7 Bradford 0 Ketghley 0 Leeds 2 Wakefleld 5 Halifax 5 Salford 20 Pramley 0 LEAGUE GAMES Batley 8: Wirines 2. Huddersfield 17: Broughton 2. Hull K R. 17; Liverpool 5. Leigh 0: Featherstone 0. Rochdale 3; Swinton 15. St. Helen- R. 17: Dewsbury
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  • 86 29 I .Saturday TPHE Eng ish badminton championj ships ended here today with T. j Madsen (Denmark 1 winning the singles title by beating the holder. R. Nichols. 10—15, 18—13, 15—7. In the semi-final Modscn beat A S. Samuel, the Kuala Lumpui player, J7— ls, 15—9, 15—11,
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  • 96 29 Army 3; Territorial Army 13. Bedford 23; Guy"s Hospital 3. Blackheath 31; Llanelly 3. Bristol 0; Cardiff 0. Coventry 9; Richmond 15. Devonport Scry. 0: Toquay A. 9. Harlequins 15: O.M.T. 3. Leicester 17: Bath 3. London Scottish 3; United Sen. L Manchester 17; Moseley 6. Northampton 8;
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  • 637 30 How It Could Be Improved To Help Seniors liy The Sunday Times Badminton Correspondent TOR the past few years the manage- ment committee of the Singapore Badminton Association bU been adopting the same method of drawing up the local tournament programme, namely, starting oil the men and
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  • 260 30 Samuel 'S Latest Letter "I CONSIDER my Sussex achieve--1 ment as the best of the lot so far," writes A. S. Samuel in his latest letter, because I managed to beat F. C. Sharp. R. C. F. Nichols (allEngland champion) and H. E. Baldwin, all English internationals, in straight sets.
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  • 109 30 Playing at the home court last Sunday the Sphinx B.P. beat the United A. P. by six games to om Results (Sphinx first): Cyril Wee b«. Tham Ah Yew 15—7. 15—6; Mxa Lange beat Iltyd Rodrigues 15—11. 15-6; Julian de Souza lost to C. B. Nair 13—13
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  • 87 30 Members of the Jollilads Sporting Association are reminded of the teaparty that is to be held at the Association's premises today to entertain Messrs. Lee Hai Choo and Kee Yew Leng who are going on tour with the S C.F.A. to Manila and Hong Kong. The United
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  • 734 30 ON behalf of the Selangor players, who arc taking part in the AllMalaya c^iampionship tournament at Penang during the Jiaster holidays, the local officials have obtained permission from the headmaster of Victoria Institution for the use of the Hall on Saturdays and Sundays until the en 2 of
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  • 307 31 Tour To Manila And Hong Hong GAMES TO BE PLAYED UNDER FLOODLIGHTS FICLVDING four members of the Selangor State side, the B.CF.A. football team will leave for Manila tonight by the Victoria. Twenty players will make up the tourin? side, which will ■tay in Manila for
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  • 307 31 'From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, AFTER one unsuccessful attempt, the Malacca Cricket Association managed to get together seven members to hold Its annual general meeting which took place at St. Francis Association. Mr. P. G. P-;:r.adaia presided, the pitiidi nt. Mr. E. V. O. Day, having left the
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  • 112 31 •From Our Own Correspondent) B.tu Pahat. DATU Pahat will lose another keen. and enthusiastic sportsman with the transler of Inche Ismail bin Mohamed Doon. Assistant Engineer Batu Pahat, to Pontlan. The Malays will especially miss him now that the cricket season here has begun. He is a keen
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  • 136 31 (Prom Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, S«. -rday. *pALL scoring was the feature of the cricket match at Seremban when the Negri Sembilar. Club beat th? Seremban Hillrangers. The Club were the first to bat and a first wicket partnership between E. Alexander and A. Kunaretnam was
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    11 31 The S.C.R.C. crkket team (above) which beat the Malay F.A. (belov.)
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  • 181 31 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Klang. TTHE Port Swettenham Recreation Club lost at cricket to the Klans High School on the school ground. P. SRC. T. Ponnudural b Lazid 7; Ayoub b Hamid 20; L. Danker c b Lazld 2; Sunny b Lazld 5; Dalhan b Humid 0;
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  • 348 31 Boxing Notes I£EEN rivalry always exists between boxers in the Navy and those representing the other two Services. During the forthcoming manoeuvres there will be many warships in port and arrangements arc being made for a competition for the India Cup, to be held
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  • 75 31 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Patu Pahat. ENTRIES for the local football league which begins on March 15 have been closed and as was expected all the leading teams except the Military have Joined. It is a great disappointment that the soldiers are not taking part. It is
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    12 31 The I.M.C.A, Juni3r football team which drew I—3 with Oldham Hall (below).
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  • 269 32 Models Of Earthly Luxuries Burned At Funerals I*WO to three weeks after the funeral of a wealthy nonChristian Chinese, his family burns paper models of houses, mot">r-cars, rickshas and of such other lv iries they think he or she should enjoy in the world to which they believe he or
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  • 71 32 A horse and horseman complete to send to the other world. Relatives burn these if the dead person love* horses, or to give him animal Instead of motor transport. Camphor boxes elaborately done in paper for after-funeral rites. The boxes are for the clothes
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