The Straits Times, 1 December 1937

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    38 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NEARLY A CENTURY.] THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1937 24 PAGES PRICE 10 CENTS The Straits Times SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1937. PRICE 10 CENTS 24 PAGES
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      558 1 S!NO<VPO?«v: 140. CECIL ST. ('PHONE 5471). KUALA LUMPUR I 25, JAVA ST. (PHONE 3683) 5TUO»*|J 757 5 rcrfume Sprayer 59.75 B CUTEX TRAVELLING V ljj?— 1 ii JMfe^- Ml'- JSk QIELQt'ES PERFUMK V t r Rw sft #sHe^iH^^H^^H -aKy^t <Jy Small $2.75 \m l^fei/ In ZZ P Case in Beauty
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  • DOMESTIC OCCRRENCES
    • Obituary
      DEATH
      99 2 GAN —Mr. Gan Hock Chye. Rubber Broker age 36, eldest son of Mr. Mrs, Gan Tiang Poh passed away peacefully at 8.40 a.m. on Sunday, November 28 1937 at his residence No. 16, Joo Chiat Lane, off Joo Chiat Road, leaving behind him nis aged parent*, wife Madam Koh
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      446 2 WYNNE— At Maternity Hospital, Singapore. on Nov. 29. to Nancy, wife of M. U. Wynne a son. TRUMBLE— To Sheelah, nee Noone, at the General Hospital. Malacca, on November 28, a son Terence Hugh. FKATT In London on Saturday, Nov. 27. to Mary Eva, wife of D. F. Pratt of
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      875 2 FOR SALE I AMERICAN-BOSCH RADIO Receivers. Ask lor trial. Easy terms can be arranged Eastern Auto Co., Ltd.. Singapore. FOR SALE complete modern household furniture. In use for only one year. Owner leaving Colony. Apply Box No. 177. S. T. MODERN drawing room suite, carpet, rotan furniture Iron beds. Dover
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      729 2 AUCTION NOTICES (Bl ORDER OF THE LIQUIDATOR) GRAND ATTRACTIVE AUCTION SALE of rare and unique collection of most beautiful handwoven, genuine Persian centre carpets and rugs of exquisite patterns and designs in multi-colours and various sizes including a few exceptionally beautiful antique carpets depicting portraits of ancient figures, mosques, Tree-of-Life
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      737 2 PUBLIC NOTICES THE SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION. NOTICE Is hereby given that the Rubber Market will be cloted officially on Monday. Dec. 9, 1937, being a Public Holiday. By Order of the Committee, OATTEY k BATEMAN, Secretaries BEST RUSSIAN CAVIAR BLACK STURGEON SINGLE GRAINS $7.85 cts. PER POUND
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      601 2 TENDERS SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. Tenders are invited for the supply of 3.00 C to 5,000 Galvanised Nightsoil Palls for 1938 Drawings detailing materials and sizes of th? pail may be Inspected at the Office of the Bupt., Town Cleansing, Municipal Offices Tender form and specification may be obtained at the Tender
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      197 2 B^^^\ Have your hair a* /jr^M beautiful as possible— |ff|HBj**"~* have it done oj W\- FIGARO ff^^ You have no dJ»W appointment. European indies' Hair Dressers. with experts In attendance. 93. Bras Basah Kii and Raffles Hotel Phone 2868. BUSINESS CARDS ETC. MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE Mrs. HARU and
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      105 2 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Singapore Within Outside Without Malaya Malaya P^^| c die usual bank discount. ADVERTISEMENT RATES ThTchWK«, and instruction, for CLASSIPBED ADVERTISEMENTS are as under:— STb T^TTXe each^r Siscrtton up to one inch. Over one inch 25 "^e^SeV inch for classified advertisement* is as under.— $2 J5 $5.15 $6.60 $8.00
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      689 3 P. &0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated to England) MAIL PASSENGER AND CAROO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N. Co. UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN Due Tonnage. Spore 1937 RAWALPINDI 17.000 Dec. 3 CORFU 15.000 Dec.
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      532 3 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) (Incorporated in Japan) GFNERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD. TO LONDON. Naples, Marseilles, .ondon, Antwerp anJ Rotterdam Vessels Tonnage Jue Call HARUNA MARU 10.500 Dec. 8 9 KATORI MARU 10.000 Dec. 22 23 5 ka«hima MARC inooo lan -i YASUKUNI MARU 12,000 Jan.
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      641 3 BANGKOK LINE Luxurious One Class mo'.orrhips. M.it Cabins have adjoining private bath. Excellent Cuisine. FOR (GENOA) MARSEILLES, LONDON, ROTTERDAM. HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN From From iTom Prom Spore Malacca Port Penan.: M.S. Sham •ALSIA 12/12 1212 13/12 14/12 BORINGIA 4/1 4/1 5/1 7 1 FIONIA 25/1 25/1 26/1 28 1 Calls
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      283 3 1 gRI'SIDRNT LINE~RSI TRANS-PACIFIC SAILINGSVU HONOLULU Prom Arrives H'kong 8. P. Pres. Hoover Dec. 17 Jan. 3 Pres. Coolidge Jan. 8 Jan. 26 Pre;. Wilson Jan. 26 Feb. 15 Pres Hoover Feb. 5 Peb. 23 Pres. Cleveland Feb. 23 Mar. 15 Pres. Coolidge Mar. 5 Mar. 23 RATES AS LOW
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      1006 3 REPRESENTING. fctmYMQ THE BLUE FUNNFL LINfC (Ocean The Hua Kbiow SUamshio Co Ittt) til Steam Ship Co., Ltd. and China Mutual Cunard White Star ltd. Sit am Navigation Co Ltd.* Aberdeen A Commonwealtn Line Tbe Straits steamship Co Ltd. Shaw Savill A Albion Co Ltd The China Na?i£a"on Co Md.
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  • SHIPPING & MAILS.
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      PASSENGERS HOMEWARD IN RANCHI.
      255 4 PASSENGERS HOMEWARD IN RANCHI. The following passengers for Colombo. Bombay and Europe are leaving in Ranchi which sails from Singapore at 9.30 a.m. on Friday and sails from Penang on Saturday evenIng: •Mr. A. S. Arumugam, Mrs. E. R. Arnold, Mrs. G. Anderson, *Mr. P. Bartram, *Major and Mrs. G.
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      PASSENGERS
      40 4 The following disembarked in Singapore yesterday from the President Harrison which arrived from America and Manila: Lt.-Col. W. A. Gutsell, Messrs. W. G. Howse, R. C. Porter, and S. Azuma, Mrs. M. Lehr and Miss R. M. Mac Curdy.
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      SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
      196 4 Friday, December 3. Holland (Parcels only) (Sibajak) 8 a.m Great Britain and Europe generally (Sibajaki 8.30 a.m 1 Java, South-West Sumatra, S.-East Today Medan (Reljnst) S P m Muntok Palembang (Thedens) 3 pm Pontlanak (Khoen Hoea) ..3 P-»-Tarempa (Scott Harley) 4 pjnPhilippine Islands (Gaasterkerk) 4 Pm. Ceylon
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      AIR MAILS.
      244 4 INWARD Wearncs: From Penan k Kuala Lumpur: Arrives every evening other than Sundays. K.L.M.: From Netherlands India: Arrives tomorrow evening. K.L.M.: From Europe: Arrives tomorrow evening. Imperial: From Europe: Due Friday evening. Qantas: From Australia: Due Sunday afternoon. OUTWARD. Wearnes: To Kuala Lumpur and Penang: Mails close 6
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      FROM MALACCA.
      194 4 Correspondence for transmission by air "via Netherlands" must be specially and clearly superscribed "By K.L.M." Mails will close at Malacca as follows: Today. Penang (Internal Bervlce) P-m. China, Japan, East Siberia, Philippines, Western U.S.A. and Western Canada (TUawa) «PJ»Tomorrow. Iran. 'Amsterdam and London by air (Netherlands) 115 p.m.
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    LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.
    355 4 London, Nov. 30. The following are today's closing middle prices on the London Stock Exchange: Shares ol £1 denomination unless otherwise stated: The above are dealers' middle prices: Job- bers' margins, brokerage and stamp duty are not included. du or Fall Conversion u>an S p.e. 1944-64 1H*
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    FEDERAL SECRETARY DUE BACK.
    72 4 my|fe. C. b. AHEARNE, the Federal Secretary, Is expected back In Kuala Lumpur from Home leave in mid- December. Mr. Hugh Fraser, who ha« been act- 1 Ing In his place, will then act as Under-Secretary, while Mr. E. E. W.\ Pretty, now acting Under-Secretary will
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    CLEARANCES
    58 4 Nov 29: Hin Lee (T'ganu); uowrefjell (Nor); Kunishima Maru (Japan): Kamuning, Pangkor, Flevo, Mata Harl Kangaroo, Silver Gull, Meran (Brit). Nov. 30: Rlmau, Hong Kwong, Hong Thong, Hong Lam, Rahman, Rantau. Jerantut. Esm«aMa (Brit); Hindenburg (G«r): Ngow Hock. Halvdan (Nor); Vyner Brook* <Sar); Nagato Maru. Toba Maru (Japan): Polyphemus,
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      741 4 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. (Incorporate id P M 8.) LLOYDS AGENTS:— BOOKING AGENIS WMM KLVS AND «!IAM STATES RAILWAYS TELEPHONE: Freight 5433— Pasaace 5431. CANADIAN iry^rrPAciric < ttcoroorated Is englana) TUB -EMPRESS* BOUTS turn TEANS-PAC'int SEKVICEB HONOLULU m Oin* EMPRESS to VANCOUVER— ACROSS CANADA 0) TRANSCONTINKNTAI TRAIN wllfcw ehuce-tbeßor oj i^NADIAN
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      352 4 liUwjSiiiS^PEß sC P- i^l ELLERMAN BUCKNALL ISTHMIAN STEAMCHIP STEAMSHIP CO.. LTD. COMPANY. .incorDor*^ a Bn«lana) (Incorooratw u> 0.8 A.) FOR HAVRE, LONDON -J O ROTTERDAM HAMBURG VIA SDfcZ CAN^ 3eU lSm A R V l^R R Dec^ Kg tCTTY OP ATHENS In port Dec. 2 FAIRFIELD CITY Dec. 21 Dec
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      474 4 *1AIJVYAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE. Daily Weather Report. 6tatlons yesvjiaay i^ast nigtit max rain- onght mir temo fab s'shine temp •F inches ors. "F West Coast Alor Star 83 0.01 0.5 72 Bayan Lepas (Penang) 85 0.01 0.9 71 Sitiawan 85 0.01 2.0 72 Bukit Jeram 85 Nil 4.5 71 Malacca 87
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    WOMEN'S MATCH IN THE MUD.
    205 5 j Hockey. Europeans Beat V.'s By Three Goals. Gallantly braving yesterday after- noon s weather conditions. 20 enthusiasts, nine representing the European women and eleven of the Y.W.C.A.. spashed away on the SH.B. ground yesterday before deciding they had j had enough shortly after half-time.
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    MALCOLM CUP FINAL.
    102 5 Golf. (apt. Rendell Lieut. Gibson Win By One Hole. The final of the Malcolm Cup competition, played over the Garrison Go'f I Club course, resulted in Capt. W. P I Rendell and Lieut. W. S. Gibson beat- ing Lt. Col. H. Golding and Capt. J. D. i
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      349 5 j^Q2£Y BAH OPFN TILL midnk;ht LAST NIGHT EPPVfIDK9i CLAUDETTE 4|fc^| %j Jj m% r. j\ j^ ■J3BbSH UhQ^mSbb IH sr\RK»>ING COMEDY— ROMANCE I MET HIM IN PARIS A Paramount Picture with •MB.TTM DOPGLAS' also ROBERT YOUNG' Tomorrow— THE SCREENS MOST SPECTACULAR ACHIEVEMENT LLOYDS of JLfi M*% JLy JP^ Picture Aith
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      76 5 I MALAYAN PREMIERE DECEMBER 10 th at the PAVILION IRENE DUNNE in COLUMBIA'S J RIOTOUS Comedy "THEODORA GOES WILD" Proclaimed by the Press and Public in London during its ex- tended run at Regal. Marble Arch, as Irene Dunne's finest s= film to-date IlHlHllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllilHlHl A Grand Warner Musical Programme ALHAMBRA
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      81 5 I ff\ CHARLIE P| ANO MEDLEYS |oNi> on REX RECORDS MARLBOROUGH 6.15 Tonight s 9.15 HURRICANE HANSA I with MISS NADIRA. i VICTORIA THEATRE the s::;ga^or£ amateur dra::at!C committee presents BRITAIN'S NATIONAL OPERA A GILBERT SULLIVAN PRODUCTION. THE PIRATES of PENZANCE SPLENDID ACTING BEAUTIFUL COSTUMES LOVELY SCENERY GLORIOUS SINGING, (Specially
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      46 5 When looking for GIFTS Choose an everlasting one From U. S. de SUVA Manufacturing Jeweller 106. Orchard Road. "GOLD LEAF" rEA REVIVES YOI' 'Alarm goes off: still half asleep— GALA fioo k ~m oj¥l i DECEMDEO •REMIERE C API T~6~L 3«h ||l^HOTpiJ| SINGAPORE S ~-r^ ~m
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      151 5 WHAT IS Of\ TODAY. THE Straits Times is publishing this daily feature to give readers a comprehensive summary ot entertainments, meetings, sports events, social functions and other outstanding happenings. Organisers of meetings etc. are invited to •ubmit diary dates. Hotels. RAFFLES HOTEL: Cocktail dance. j 6 30 p.m. to 8
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      91 5 MARLBOROUGH: Hurricane Hausa 6.15 and 9.15 p.m. RITZ: Ace Drummond. Complete Serial. 7 45—11 p.m. GA3RICK: Modern Bride and Bombardment of Canton. 7—11 p.m. GLOBE: Special Programme 7.00 9.30 p.m. ROYAL: Pattinather. SKI: White Ange'. Amusement Park, Dance Hall, Etc. Singapore GREAT WORLD CABARET: Dance 6 p.m. to midnight. NEW
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  • AROUND THE MARKETS.
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      Rubber Jumps 12 Cents On Quota Announcement.
      515 6 uota (B\ Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Dec. 1. I The general improvement in the cutlook during yesterday's markets n increased this morning by the announcement of the rubber production quota for next quarter. This has been determined at 70 per cent and rubber
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      AMERICAN STOCK AND COMMODITY PRICES.
      495 6 THE following quotations are pub-. Itshed by courtesy of Messrs. S. E Levy and Co. Singapor? Messrs. Whire Weld and Company, New York, report by cable regarding yesterday's markets: STOCKS. The recent action of the market is constructive in that it failed to attract a
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      EXCHEQUER RETURNS.
      87 6 EXCHEQUER returns show that revenue last week was £10,536.561 j compared with £9.060.534 in the corresponding week last year. The total ordinary revenue to date amounts to £426.194.464 compared with £403.107.437 at the corresponding date of ist year The total expenditure, less self-ba-ancing items is £547.900 803 compared
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      CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
      91 6 Wednesday, Dec. 1, Noon. No. 1 X. R. S. S. in cases (F.O.B.) Dec. 25 25»/a Good F. A. Q. in bales (F.O.B.) Dec. 24 24*4 No. 1 X. R. S. S. (Spot loose) Awardable Quiet steady. Latest Cable: London Spot Sheel 7-Tad. New York
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES-LATEST LOCAL QUOTATIONS.
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      MINING.
      539 6 All shares quoted above are fully paid. Issue Val. Frasers Co. Lyall Fvatt Buyers Sei.'ers Buyers Sellers 4/- Ampat Tin 4/4!£ 4/10 Vz 4/3 4/9 £1 Asam Kumbar.J 31/- 33/- 31/- 33/£1 Mistral Malay 48/- 51/-n. 43/- 50/5/- Ayer Hitam 25/6 27/-xd 26/- 27/6 1 Aver Weng O.*5 0.90
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      GENERAL.
      295 6 2 2 Alex Br'ck Ord. 150 1.60 150 160 2 2 do V/2 r .'c Prefs. 2.27'/ 2 2.35 2.25 2.35 10 10 Atlas Ice 800n. 8.00n. 1 1 E M. Broadcasting 0.45 0.55 0.50 0.60nom 10 5 B. M. Trustee «0C 6.75 5 00 6 75 £1 £1
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      DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
      231 6 SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL. 1901 red. 1940 $*****0 Int. Mar. 31 Sept. 30 102 104 norn ji'<" 1907 red 1947 $1600,000 4*" tot! Mar.' 31 Sept 20 103 1 10 norn .»"•< IUO9 red 1955 i>;.000,000 Int Mar '31 Sept JO 113 HI norn *<' iqn red 1963 «'2.
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      RUBBER SHARES.
      328 6 luanB (Shares are $1 unless otherwise stated) Frasei Co. Lyall I Allenby 1*0 150 145 AlorGajah 110 1.20 1.15 Amal Malav 1-55 1-65 1.60 gmmSP \i\ gSffiS 3 5 IS Bassett 0.50 0.55 0.60 latuLmtang IZ* \ffi ill Rpdford 100 107 i,o 1.05 Bedford 100 1.10 1.05 l^ren.
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    EXCHANGES.
    202 6 Tlie following ;»re the exchange :^.tes thw mrrijin? according I daily circular issued oy the Hong Kon| and Shanghai Banking Corporation: srn.iNG. London TT 2 4 132 London demand 2/4 \/H London 4 montns sight 2-4 i'l6 Lyons demand 1115 Switzerland demand 251 Hamourg demand 142 New York demand
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    DROUGHT-FRENZIED PEOPLE RAID TRAINS.
    63 6 Buenos Aires, Nov. 30. MEN and women and even uniformed police in the droughtstricken town of Santiago del Estero attacked the State railway trains a seize the engine boilers. Except for light and occasional rains, the drought has lasted a year. At the Government's request the
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    NEW CAPITAL ISSUES.
    35 6 London, Nov. 30. New captal issues in November amounted to £12,400,000 against £13,855,000 in October and £20,939,000 in November last year. The total for the 11 months ended November is 153,082,000.-Britlsh Wireless.
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    PRODUCE.
    157 6 Singapore, November 30. 12 noon. Bur.r Seller Gamtser Hambi-.rg Cube «5.S0 Java Cut* 511. uu Pepper. White Muntok $14.25 White Black 75 Jopro. Mixed *4.30 Sun Dried $4 55 jptoca Small Flake *4.20 Fa:r Flake J3.90 Medium Pearl 54-80 Small Pearl *<•■*<> ba(7O Flour No I Llngga S2.77V2 «2
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      25 6 ROYAL EXCHANGI ASSURANCE. 'Incorporated in England A.D. I«H) FIRE, MARINE, LIFE, MOTOR CAR WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION. Branch Office for Malaya: Chartered Bank Chambers, Singapore APB 1.
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      23 6 as supplied to P. W. O. throughout Malaya Rubber Plantations, etc. ge stocks of spares carriec* Sole Agents for Malaya: McALISTER CO., LTD
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
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      JAPAN LOSING TEXTILE TRADE.
      571 7 INDIA BENEFITS FROM WAR IN EAST. MALAYA IMPORTS FROM INDIA. Bombay. U/HILK Japan is preoccupied with her war in China. Indian cotton manufacturers are experiencing a boom in overseas trade, exports going up by leaps and bounds. The quantity of Indian piecegoods absorbed during the six
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      FRASER AND COMPANY'S WEEKLY REPORT.
      917 7 Distinct Move Toward More Hopeful Outlook. MESSRS Frasor and Co., in their weekly share report issued at the clos? af business yesterday, write: Since our last report nothing has occurred in the sphere of international politics either in the East or West to Indicate any
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      TEA QUOTA INCREASED.
      210 7 LOWER PRICES LIKELY TO RESULT. London, Nov. 30. •"■"•HE International Tea Committee has announced that the tea export quota for (he year. Apr. 1. 1938 to Mar. 31. 1939. has been fixed ft 02' 2 per cent, of the standard experts", compared with 27'^. per cent, previousjiy.
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      EXCHANGES.
      83 7 London, Nov. 30. Paris 147 5 64 Athens 547.. New York 4.99 i sellers Montreal .4.99 Rio 2 2132 Brussels 29.38U markot rates Geneva 21.60' i Belgrade 216 Amsterdam B.BB'j Buenos Aires unquoted Milan 94 29 32 Montevideo 69 13/16 Berlin 12.38\ sellers official Mad* a nominal Bucharest 677'
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      FRASER & COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS.
      174 7 FRASER COMPANY LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS. Singapore. Nov. 30, 5 p.m. Total for I Company Dividend TIN. I £:.ErHittm Tir 20% Int. Nor. 10 Batu Selangor 5% Int. Dec. 9 Imnna Malav 6d. Im. Dec. 11 Hong Kong Tin 40 > Final Kstu Tin 6d In: Nov. 27 is Bonus
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      483 7 HONG KONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated in the Colony of Honp Kongi The liability of members w limited to tb i'irt in manner prescribed by Ordinance No. 6 of 1929 ol the Colony. Authorised Capital $50,000,000 Issued and Fully raid -Up t10.000.000 Reserve Funds: Sterlmß 6.500.000 Hwie Rons Currency t10.000.000
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      576 7 BANK OF CHINA (li)corporatea in China by Special Charter.) It. Cecil Street Singapore Telephones: Manager's Office 6144 Exchange Oept 6441 General Offlce 5188-9 Cable AMress: "CHI MiKl'O' Paid Up Capital Ch S 4l.*0».O00 00 Reserve Funds in excess Ch S 4.809.900 00 Total Assets approximate Ch SI 800.000.000.00 HEAD OFFICE:
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      515 7 CHARTERED BANK OF. INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. tlncorporatea in Engiaro ov Royal Charier 1853) Paii* Oo Capital in 800.000 shares ot £5 each 13.000.009 Res-erve Fund £3.000 OM P.f serve Ltat>i;itv of Ptopnetors £3 090 <W* HEAD OIFK t: 38. Bisftopsgat* London IC I A»or Star Hone Kong Kingocn An.ritsar
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    LORD HORNE ON COLONIES.
    646 8 "MUST BE EXPLICIT WITH GERMANY." TRADE PACT AS AID TO PEACE. insCOUNT Home, speaking at a luncheon of the Empire Industries Association at the Hotel Victoria recently, referred to the question of the former German colonies. Among statements he made on the subject were: •I deplore
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    MONEY FOR SHIPS.
    25 8 Shipowners were advanced £3,052,604 in the year ended March 31 for building 50 new vessels, subject to 97 old ones being demolished.
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    Long & Short Story.
    76 8 Long Short Story. •ywo women filed into Baltimore Divorce Court recently. One was short, the other was tall. They gave their names as Mrs. Harold Lone (the tall one), and Mrs. Harold Short (the small one). The judge glowered (writes the Dailv Express New York correspondent, and asked: "Is this
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    GROWTH OF THE GERMAN NAVY. TWO NEW 35,000-TON BATTLESHIPS.
    159 8 GROWTH OF THE GERMAN NAVY. TWO NEW 35,000-TON BATTLESHIPS. DETAILS of German warships now under construction are given in the "Year Book of the German Navy" for 1938, which has just been published in Berlin. These are: Two 35,000-ton battleships, armed with eight 14.9in and 12 5.9in guns; Two 19.250-ton
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    KEEPING WITHIN TREATY LIMITS.
    194 8 Large Submarine Fleet. THE new German shipbuilding programme keeps strictly within the limits of the London Naval Treaty of 1935, which allots to Germany 35 per cent, of the total man-of-war tonnage of the British Commonwealth, writes the Daily Telegraph Naval Correspondent. In submarine tonnage Germany
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    CHINESE TAILORS SEEK WAGE RISE.
    57 8 Efforts to obtain higher wages have made by Singapore Chinese tailors, who are now awaiting a reply from their employers. The men, who have eight demands want increases ranging from five to 60 per cent, shorter working hours and observance of ptiblic holidays. No reply
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    BOY'S GALLANTRY.
    42 8 The Royal National Lifeboat Institution has awarded an inscribed watch, £1 and a letter of appreciation to Anthony G. Jeune, 14, of Beaumarls, Anglesey, who went alone in a dinghy on August 5 to rescue a man and two women.
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    Herr Hitler Wants To Meet Marlene.
    106 8 HERR Hitler saw Marlene Dietrich's latest picture, Angel," a few days ago, writes the Daily Express Berlin correspondent. He Hked the picture, liked Marlene, and expressed a wish to meet her when next she visits the land of her birth. A stiff rebuke was
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    HARBOUR BOOMS AT GIBRALTAR.
    68 8 HARBOUR BOOMS AT GIBRALTAR. GIBRALTAR. The boom defences which were placed at both entrances of the Admiralty harbour at Gibraltar lor six months a couple of years ago, and were later removed, were recently again placed at the southern entrance to the harbour. The naval authorities stated that these booms
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      306 8 PERTUSSIN A LEADER AMONG REMEDIES! Will promptly relieve Cough* Bronchial Catarrh and A»thma. A Boon in Whooping Cough Delicious in flavour and contain* no narcotics. Per $1.50 Bottle Sold everywhere Distributors:GRAFTON LABORATORIES and MEDICAL OFFICE. Gland Discovery Restores Youth In 24 Hours Sufffrere from loss oi vigour, nervousness, weak body,
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      89 8 TO TESTATORS. Administration of estates by a corporation form 'd and highly qualified to act as Trustees' and E::ecutors Is everywhere admUted to offer greater security than Is obtainable frcm personal Trustees. This docs not mean changing your Bankers. Solicitors or others who have handled your business. If you appoint
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    JAPANESE TEAR DOWN U.S. FLAG AT SHANGHAI. Consul Protests At Insult.
    283 9 JAPANESE TEAR DOWN U.S. FLAG AT SHANGHAI. Consul Protests At Insult. AMERICAN AND ITALIAN VESSELS SEIZED. Shanghai, Nov. 30. TlfE United States' Hag was torn from the mast of an American-owned vessel moored off the French Bund today and thrown by the Japanese into the water. The Italian flag also
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    CHINA SAVES HER ART TREASURES.
    81 9 Being Rushed From Nanking To Interior. Nanking. Nov. 30. I*o prevent China's priceless art treasures falling Into the hands of the Japanese, the Chinese authorities have begun removing them to an undisclosed destination in the interior. They include the collection waich was exhibited at Burlington
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    Ludendorff's Health Causes Anxiety.
    29 9 Berlin, Nov. 29. Anxiety i<= felt for the health of Gen. Ludei.doiff, who for some time has been suffering from an infection of the blauder.—Reuter.
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    ITALY BANS FRENCH NEWSPAPERS.
    46 9 Rome, Nov. 29. The French newspapers l'lntransigeant and Figarc have been banned ir Italy, presumably for their alleged attacks on Italy in connection with the speech of M Campinchi, French Minster cf Marine, whom Italian newspapeis accuse of making an anti-Ita'ian speecn.—Reuter.
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    34 9 The United States Immigration Department has upheld the order forbidding Mme. de Fontanges. the French woman journalist who was recently tried in Paris lor shooting the Comte de Chambrun, to enter the United States.
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    Nanking Food Stocks Running Short.
    110 9 Nanking Food Stocks Running Short. OTOCKS of provisions in Nanking! are running short in spite of the Chinese Government's assur-l ance that the stocks will la.st several months, says Aneta-Domei. All Government offices have completed removal from Nanking, except military institutions. Thrc-3 Japanese air raids sine? the Chinese decision to
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    REPATRIATED SEAMEN REACH LONDON.
    191 9 Decline To Comment On Singapore Incidents. (From Our Own Correspondent. > London, Nov. 20. SIXTY-TWO British seamen who had been engaged in England ior fleet auxiliaries at Singapore have arrived in England in the liner Naldera Most of them declined to comment on Incidents at the
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    Japanese People's Gift Of 156 Warplanes.
    71 9 Japanese People's Gift Of 156 Warplanes. Tokio, Dec. 1. a TOTAL of 156 warplanes have been manufactured in Japan with popular subscriptions and presented I to the Army and Navy since the out- break of Sino-Japanese hostilities. The Asahi Shimbun started the I drive for popular subscriptions to a fund
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    PRINCE BERNHARD MAKES PROGRESS.
    66 9 Clear Mind, No Compiicaticns. Amsterdam, Nov. 30. DHINCiS BERNHARD'S physicians aro satisfied with the progress of his i lness following his motor accid.-nt.: says a communique issu?d this after-1 noon. Consciousness has completely l returned and the patient, who is showIng signs of interest in his
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    Plan For Safety Zone In Nanking Takes Shape.
    64 9 Nanking, Nov. 00. Hoping to avert blood.shed if the war spreads to Nanking, an inter- j national committee is proceeding with plans for a safety zone, to which the; Japanese authorities have, as yet. shown no disposition to agree. The majority of
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    Permanent Japanese Force For Shanghai ?
    32 9 Permanent Japanese Force For Shanghai It is learned that a crack frontline Japanese division is going to Shanghai where it is expected to be stationPd. possibly as a permanent garrison, says Reuter.
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    We Shall Keep Mandated Islands, Says Tokio.
    89 9 We Shall Keep Mandated Islands, Says Tokio. Tokio, Dee. 1. THE Ministry of Overseas Affairs in a statement declares that it is the fixed policy of the Japanese Govern- ment to retain the mandated islands iv the south Pacific irrespective of changes in the international situation. This has been repeatedly
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    JAPAN TAKES SHARE OF CABLE CHARGES.
    76 9 P lacing Censors In Offices. Shanghai. Nov. 30. THE Japanese army will shortly install censors in the Eastern, Great Northern and Pacific companies to supervise all telegrams, it is 0.-jci-ally confirmed. The Japanese authorities have requested the three companies to turn over their landing
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    SWISS WANT IRADE TREATY WITH BRITAIN.
    63 9 London, Nov. 30. The President of the Board of Trade. Mr. Oliver Stanley, yesterday received the Swiss Minister and Swiss trade delegation, wh'ch is headed by the delegate of the Swiss j Federal Council for foreign trade and commerce. The delegation has arrived in
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    Fertile Shanghai Farms Laid Waste.
    194 9 Shanghai Nov. 30. Q\CV THRIVTNf fnrmlan(rl« NCE-THRIVING farmlands around Shanghai are now the scene of death and desolation. t A foreigner, who managed to travel from Shanghai to Sungkiang, a distance of only 20 miles to the southwest, told a Reuter correspondent that in the
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    AMUSEMENTS
    127 10 SINGAPORE. GASBICK THEATRE. GEYLANG Modern Bride and Bombardment ot Canton—Double Feature Cantonese Talkies at 7.45 p.m. GLOBE THEATRE Special Programme GREAT WORLD—THE SKY TALKIE Big Broadcast of 1937. HAPPY WORLD Cabaret Dancing Talkies Otatmas Theatres and Side Shows. NEW WORLD Side Shows. Cabaret. D%ncu>« Talkies Theatre* Ciomu. RITZ. GEYLANG
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 1, 1937. A Square Deal.
    877 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 1, 1937. A Square Deal. By its decision to reduce the export quota for the first quarter of 1938 by 20 per cent, to 70 per cent., the International Rubber Regulation Committee has fulfilled the highest hopes of the great majority of producers. The
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    S.S. APPOINTMENTS.
    150 10 New Singapore Magistrate. The following appointments are notified in the SJS. Government Gazette The officer officiating as Collector of Estate Duly Straits Settlements, to be a Collector for the purposes of the Stamp Ordinance. Mr. E. C. G. Barrett, M.C.S.. to officiate as Fourth Magistrate, Singapore. I Mrs.
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    Engagement.
    41 10 i The engagement is announced of Mr. Forbes Guy. of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank. Muar, Johore, and Miss Nancy Isabel (Niky) Keene, elder daughter of the late Mr James Keene And Mrs. Keene. of the Weir End. JRoss, Herefordshire.
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    Long Silence Of Eugene O'Neill. A GREAT DRAMATIST.
    835 10 Long Silence Of Eugene O'Neill. A GREAT DRAMATIST. I ADMIRERS of Eugene O'Neill are! continually looking to the press dispatches for news of the production j of a play of plays by the author. Be- i yond rumours, however, there seems to be nothing certain. The last reports which came
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    Chinese Royalty At Home.
    520 10 THERE is another thing I must tell you about something of more importance than these New Year's calls —the visit of the Foreign Ministers' wives to the Imperial City. It is stated, and said to be true, that Her Majesty, the Empress Dowager, had never seen
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    The Lavender Of England.
    165 10 I ONCE heard from a window on a London street a woman singing the i lavender call. It was not the pretty song so often seen in children's books lof music, but another complete and J poignant melody, and once and twice j and then far-off
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    NOTES Of The DAY.
    685 10 NOTES Of The DA Y. Italian Art. THE smartest dining room In Malaya should be that in the new Mtana of the Sultan of Johore. The walls will be of wrought iron against a background of green material, while trie n.assive dining table also will be of wrought iron, with
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    Empire Airboat To Make 30,000-Mile Survey Trip.
    281 11 Empire Airboat To Make 30,000-Mile Survey Trip. GREATEST COMMERCIAL FLIGHT WORLD HAS KNOWN Will Visit Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands. AN a 30,000-mile survey flight along the air routes of Empire, the new airboat Centaurus is expected to leave Southampton on Friday, according to a Reuter message from London. She
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    20 11 Ihe Duke and Duchess of Windsor as they watched the races from their box at the Autueil racecourse near Paris.
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    Anglo-French Policies Are In Complete Harmony.
    599 11 Anglo-Fren ch Policies Are In Complete Harmony. MTTTLAL realisation of the seriousness of the situation in the Far East and a willingness to co-operate with other powers similarly placed were features of yesterday's successful AngloFrench talks in London. It was felt, however, that no useful result could be achieved at
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    FRANCE & GERMANY PLEASED.
    170 11 FRANCE GERMANY PLEASED. Italy Disappointed. EXPRESSING the view there is every reason for congratulation as regards the talks, the Paris newspaper le Temps says: "If there really was any attempt to create a split between France and Britain, it completely failed and the Franco-British bloc is demonstrated as a reality
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    NANTAO AGAIN IN FLAMES.
    80 11 ALTHOUGH the Chinese troops evacuated the Shanghai area nearly three weeks ago and Nantao has been occupied by the Japanese garrison, huge fires are still ray glng a wide area in Nantao. The conflagration is believed to be of incendiary origin. Foreign eyewitnesses who visited Nantao
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    Seek Peace Now, Dace Warns China.
    131 11 Milan, Dec. 1. A HINT that China had better appeal to Japan for peace while she can still get good terms is given in an unsigned article in Mussolini's newspaper II Popolo d'ltalia, believed to have been written by II Duce. It says that
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    Japan's New Hands-Off Warning.
    359 11 No Intervention In East, Says Premier. Tokio, Dec. 1. DRINCE KONOYE, the Prime Minister, in a press interview, stated that Japan at an opportune time may possibly denounce or propose the revision of the Nine-Power Pact, which provides other Powers with a pretext for intervening in
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    Nanking Ready For Last Stand As Invaders Close In.
    358 11 WANKING has become an armed camp. Barbed-wire barricades are ready to block the streets, buses have ceased running and outside the city trenches and other defence works are being built. General Chiang Kai-shek, who spent yesterday inspecting defences round the city,
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    NEW CIVIL AVIATION COMMITTEE.
    102 11 London, Nov. 30. IN announcing the new personnel of the committee to enquire into civil aviation, the Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, stated in the House of Commons that Lord Swinton, Secretary for Air, had considered representations put to him from several quarters that the committee
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    Duke's Libel Action.
    31 11 JLfR. GEOFFREY DENNIS, author of "Coronation Commentary," photographed after the libel action brought by the Duke of Windsor, in which the Lord Chief Justice made some scathing remarks.
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    Does Japan Want To Ruin City Of Shanghai?
    163 11 Shanghai, Nov. 30. '■'I^OES Japan wish dcliberatily to ruin Shanghai as one of the great cities (if the world?" asks the Ameiieanowned Evening Post and Mercury. The desire expressed by every warv'aging nation of m.xlern times not to junidh civilian populations has
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    Warship Fires On British Plane Near Hong Kong.
    175 11 Hong Kong. Dec. 1. IT is officially learned that the firing on a pane from H.M.S. Eagle occurred 40 miles south-east of Waglan Lisjht. outside Hong Kontr. It is stated that the aircraft, which was enta^ed in exercises. after emerging from a
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    20 Per Cent. RUBBER QUOTA CUT PLEASES MARKET.
    475 12 Wave Of Buying In Mincing Lane Follows Decision. SHOULD OFFSET FALL IN U.S. CONSUMPTION. But May Mean Over $5 Million Less In Trade For Malaya. rpHE International Rubber Regulation Committee yesterday fulfilled the market's most optimistic expectations by announcing: a cut in
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    EX-COLONY JUDGE STRUCK BY CHANGES IN FIVE YEARS.
    256 12 Mr. P. J. Sproule On Holiday Visit. UKRY gratifying" was how Mr. P. J. Sproule. former senior puisne judge of the Colony and acting Chief Justice, described the admission of locally-born young men to the Straits Settlements Civil Service, on his arrival
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    Wearing A Topee —But Shivering.
    24 12 Wearing A Topee But Shivering. o diers tittle boy, complete mn helmet, shivering in the ■ng cold of Southampton on arrival from the East.
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    Australian Girls To Tour Malaya.
    116 12 Australian Girls To Tour Malaya. SO sueeanful was the Malayan tour in 1936 of youths from the Young Australia League that another visit has been arranged :iexc year for girls. On Jan. 16. 38 girls and two officers will arrive in Malaya from iad will be taken through che country
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    GOOD MUSICAL FROM WARNER STUDIOS.
    91 12 It The Cinema. Oudy. Willing and Able." (Ruby Keeler. l.cc IMxon, Ross Alexander.) Warner Brothers- At the Alhambra. A LTHOUGH the story Is weak, as is the case in most musical films, this is bright entertainment with a wide appeal Ruby Keeler. dancing star of
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    Singapore Approves Quota Cut.
    60 12 T"HE general opinion in 1 Singapore regarding the cut in the quota is that it is the best step that the Committee could have taken. Prices were firmer at the opening this morning and at levels about l 1^ cents higher than at yesterday's close. There
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    Official Move To Prevent Indian Unemployment.
    291 12 Official Move To Prevent Indian Unemployment. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 1. CTEPS to ensure that there shall be no increase of unemployment among Indian estate labourers were immediately taken by the Indian Immigration Committee this morning after the announcement of the impending rubber quota cut was made.
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    38 12 Mrs. Elizr.beth Davie Park, wife of Mr. James H. W. Park, formerly Colorail Engineer. S.S. Public Work 3 Department, died at 18. Tyson Road. Forest Hill. London. S.E 23 on Nov 21 writes the Straits Times London correspondent.
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    Shipping Chief.
    53 12 MR. E. STRAATMEIER, chairman of the X.P.M. board of directors. Batavia and formerly local agent in Singapore for many years, photographed as he passed through yesterday, on the Nederland Line vessel Johan van Oldenbarnevelt on his %oay back to Batavia. He retires at the end of this year.
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    U.S. Seaman Gives $10 For China.
    50 12 AN American engine oiler, J. D. Green, of the Dollar liner President Harrison, yesterday walked into the office of a Singapore Chinese newspaper and made a donation of $10 to to the China Relief Fund. He asked that the money be forwarded to China.
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    No Tin Tonnages Revision ?
    67 12 No Tin Tonnages Revision (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Nov. 30. IT U understood from a most reliable source that rumours now circulating to the effect that the International Tin Committee is considering the question of revision of standard tonnages under j the present agreement are without foundation. j It
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    IPOH RACES—NO SCRATCHINGS.
    55 12 I ""piiERE are no scratchlngs for tii<! races at Ipoh tomorrow—the first day of the Perak Turf Club's Skye Meeting, the weights for which are on Page 15 today. The double totes will be on Races 4 j and 5 and Races 7 and 8. and the
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    24 12 I I Madame Felicia Dletz has met wltli an accident to her hand and Is unable for the present to fulfil her musical engagement!
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    BETTER RAIL BALLASTING ON JOHORE SECTION.
    362 12 Speed- Up Of Work As Sequel To Derailment (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Dec. 1. THE programme for improving the standard of stone ballasting on the railway line between Johcre Bahru and Kluung Is being accelerated as a result of the derailment of
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    SIR GEORGE TRIMMER HEADS TRAFFIC COMMITTEE.
    253 13 SIR GEORGE TRIMMER HEADS TRAFFIC COMMITTEE. Inquiry Agreed To Seven Months After Municipal Suggestion. PARKING AND COURTS TO BE EXAMINED. OIR George Trimmer, chairman of the Singapore Harbour Board, has been appointed chairman of the committee which Is to investigate the city's many traffic problems. The decision has been reached
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    Stones In Handkerchief As Weapon
    152 13 Stones In Handkerchief As Weapon Gunners Get Two Years' Gaol. pUNNER Alfred Budd and Gunner Harry Whitehead, both of the Royal Artillery (Blakan Mati) were each sentenced to two years' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. Justice Home, at the Singapore Assizes, yesterday, on a charge of robbing a Chinese taxi driver
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    TOWN HALL PROJECT.
    75 13 A copy of a scheme for the administration and management of the New Singapore Public Hall was considered at the last meeting of the committee of the S.S. (Singapore) Association. It was resolved to leave the matter f'ver pending receipt of a reply from the Colonial Secretary
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    Fire Precautions At Cinemas: More Questions.
    132 13 Fire Precautions At Cinemas: More Questions. F pHE position with regard to fire emergency measures in two Singapore cinemas had progressed very little since the last meeting," said Mr. E. Gregory-Jones to the committee of the S.S. (Singapore) Association. It was pointed out to the Committee that this matter had
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    SHIP'S OFFICER KNOCKED DOWN BY CAR.
    235 13 SHIP'S OFFICER KNOCKED DOWN BY CAR. Driver On Grievous Hurt Charge. "THOMAS Stanley Carruthers was charged yesterday in the fourth police court with causing grievous hurt to Mr. James Hamilton, wireless operator on the Straits Steamships vessel Kistna, by driving a car in a rash manner. The accident occured in
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    BIG GIFT TO RELIEF FUND.
    41 13 /Sne of the biggest donations receivv ed by the China Relief Fund Committee for some time has been made by Mr. Yap Geok Twee. Mr. Yap contributed $100,000 in addition to buying $100,000 of liberty bonds.
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    NO MUZZLE FINES.
    48 13 CINES of $10, $5 and $5 respectively were imposed on a Chinese woman, Ng Ah Mai, another Chinese, Teo Ngua. and a Malay, Nassir bin Ahmad,'for allowing their dogs to be out of doors without muzzles. The accused pleaded guilty and the dogs were destroyed.
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    Princess Weds All-in Wrestler.
    253 13 "I've Got To Prove I'm Worthy Of Valerie," Says Wrestler Gregory. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Nov. 22. 44 OHE has nobody in the world now, except me. Her family have all deserted her. I've got tc prove that I am worthy of her sacrifice," said
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    HARDSHIPS OF RABIES CONTROL.
    119 13 Transport That Will Not Carry Dogs. IIARDSHIPS caused to dog owners by the compulsory inoculation of dogs following the outbreak of rabies in Singapore were mentioned in a letter read at the last meeting of the Straits Settlements 'Singapore) Association committee. The letter pointed out the
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    MR. J. LAYCOCK TO RETIRE FROM COMMISSION.
    71 13 MR John Laycock, who has been a member of the Municipal Commission for several years, does not intend to seek reappointment when his period of office expires on Dec. 31. This decision was announced in a letter from Mr. Laycock read at the
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    277 Summonses Against Penang Employers.
    380 13 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Nov. 30. "•"THE Labour Department has no desire to prosecute any employer. We first and foremost look after the interests of the labourers and also see that the provisions of the Labour Ordinance are not contravened. For these reasons, 277
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    Shanghai Cargo Pours Out Of Singapore.
    224 13 Shanghai Cargo Pours Out Of Singapore. 50,000 Tons Stored Here During War. piFTY thousand tons of cargo bound for Shanghai, which have had to be stored in Singapore godowns owing to hostilities barring shipping fmm China's main port, is beginning to move northward. Since the Japanese made themselves masters of
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    MUNICIPAL AMENDMENT BILL.
    98 13 MUNICIPAL AMENDMENT BILL. •T*HE Straits Settlements < Singapore > Association has appointed a special committee to draw up a report on the Municipal Amendment Bill now before the Legislative Council. I One of the clauses in the bill gives i Municipal Commissions authority to build houses for their officers and
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    SCOTLAND'S DEFENCE FALTERS.
    604 14 Rest Win Annual Rugger Match At S.C.C. NOT disheartened by the number of tries piled up against them in this, their week of celebration, the Scotland XV fought nobty aga-nst the Rest, who defeated them by 22 points (two goals and four tnes) to three (one try),
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    SINGAPORE'S XV TO MEET JOHORE.
    114 14 It followmff team has been selected to represent Singapore in the Malaya Cud tie with Johore on the padang on Saturday: A. E. Minns: G. D. A. London. l». M. Henderson. A. P. Crai«ie. B. A. Elliott; K. A. Haddacks. I. G. John: A X
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    MEDICAL STUDENTS' VICTORY.
    200 14 Police II Beaten By Five Points. The Medical College rugger fifteen beat the Police second string by five roints (one goal) to nil on the College ground yesterday. Rain marred the game, and the going was heavy making it a forward battle. On the whole, ti.e play
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    SCOTLAND vs. REST.
    98 14 Association Football. The following are the teams for the soccer match. Scotland vs. the Rest at the S.CC. today: Scotland: W. F. Mayor: A. Buchanan icapt F. A. McCafltery. A. Cromarty. C C. Webster. J. Welsh: Lt. W. D H. Duk?. R. J Forbes. W. C. McKean.
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    48 14 m- i.ew.y formed Banka Sports Ctofc iove*t team wh» beat tIM Chinese Sports Vinoriatioß 3 last week-end. Left to right: Ba«k row Nam Tjoek. Kaa« Ue*. Tkiaa le«k, Soon San. S*mt Kwee. Pa* Tone. Mook Vi'on Front row— thong Hec, Tee Stan, l.ian Sia, Cb«e Tune. Ch«e Sent.
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    36 14 Rideoat. more— mi to the Singapore hockey trial, robs Thoy of the ball, while G. Row cMMes mining a* jnst in case he is wanted. Sullivan is run nine down on the right. Straits Times Picture.
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    F.A. CUP—DRAW FOR SECOND ROUND.
    120 14 F.A. CUP— DRAW FOR SECOND ROUND. Queen's Park Rangers To Visit Swindon. YESTERDAY the draw was made for the second round »f the F.A. Cup competition matches to be played on Dec. 11 and it resulted as fallows, cables Renter Scarborough vs. Bromley. Wrexham vs. Walker Celtic or Bradford City.
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    Ella Dorothy The Winner.
    546 14 FINAL YACHT RACE FOR MILNER CUP. The Royal Singapore Yacht Club had on Sunday a thrilHng final race for the Mflner Challenge Cup, in which great keenness was shown. Three yachts, Kathleen. Ramona and Ella Dorothy, had been equal on points after the previous races and
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    SINGAPORE'S HOCKEY XI UNCHANGED.
    604 14 Winning Side Reaffirm Form In Trial Game. POIiLOWING yesterdays trial game on the padang, the Singapore hockey selectors decided to rely, for Saturday s game in Singapore with Negri Sembilan, on the team victorious over Selangor last week-end AERIA; MUTHUCUMARU AND MOREIRA: HODGKINSON. CRN OEHLERS (CAPT).
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    TEST MATCH CHANGE.
    370 15 To Pr^verL "Playing For Keeps." "V1:l: irhtcl Tests between Eng-! land a'ld Australia next summer! will he played as expected —four; •lays earh and the last played to a finish, if after the decision of the fourth fcame the difference in matches won is not greater than
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    THE SPORTS DIARY.
    91 15 TODAY. Rugby: PotteC \s. H.M.S. TtTTOt. Rackey: SRC. Ist vs. S.C.C. Ist: S.C.C. 2nd \s. S.R.C. 2nd: C.S.C. \s. 1.A.; Colts vs. R.A F. Headqrs. Bmmt: S-oUand «t. Rest, S.C.C. TOMORROW. Ruirhy: St. Andrew's vs. Riff-Rafts. Hockey: S.C.C. RE.; S.J.I.— Pest n. Present; R.I. is. Etr-.fi; O.H.R.C.
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    22 15 The Cubs baseball team, who beat the Royal Engineers on the S.J.I, ground by 14 2 runs m a seven innings match.
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    WEIGHTS FOR TOMORROW'S RACES AT IPOH.
    327 15 WEIGHTS for tomorrow— first day of the Perak Turf Club's Skye Meeting at Ipoh are issued as under: Race 1: Horses. Class 5, Div. 4, 6 furs: Happiness 10.10 Brown Lady 10.3 Miss Labis 10.6 Allegiance 9.13 George Robey 10.4 Peony Hill 9.4 Dazzle
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    19 15 The Royal Engineers baseball team, who lost to the Cubs in a seven innings match on the S.J.I, ground.
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    SOCCER MATCH LEADS TO RIOT.
    243 15 9 Killed, 37 Injured In Kenya. A football match, it is revealed, was the real cause of the recent riot at Isiolo, Kenya, the camp where 500 native deserters from the Italian army have been interned for many months. In the riot ten men of
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    SURPRISE IN SEGAMAT TOURNAMENT.
    202 15 Lawn Tennis Teck Siang May Meet Mahadev In Final. (from Our Own Correspondent.) Segamat. Nov. 28. A great surprise was created in the handicap -4awn tennis tournament of the Segamat branch of the Johore Teachers' Association, for a challenge cup presented by Mr. Cheah Koon Hwee.
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    FRESHMEN'S SPORTS AT FENNER'S.
    478 15 FRESHMEN'S SPORTS AT FENNER'S. Easy Victory For Light Blues. Oxford and Cambridge Athletic Presidents must have been satisfied with the exceptionally high standard reached in the Freshmen's match at Fenner's. Cambridge won by 72 points to 43. and the introduction of the point system Justified itself, as had they counted
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    K.L. CASUALS' VISIT TO SINGAPORE.
    155 15 Hockey. Visiting Singapore between Dec. 4 and 7, the Casuals' hockey team of Kuala Lumpur will play three matches here. The first is against the Innisldllings at Tanglin. on Saturday, and in view of the inter-State game, this match will begin at four o'clock and
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    THE CLUB VERANDAH.
    674 15 School vs. Old Boys Pleasurable Game:: Czechs Soccer Stars Playing England Today— Next Yea r's Derby—Should Home Rugger Season Be Curtailed Conducted By "ECHO." IT will have been noticed that a series of hockey matches between local schools and old boys' teams are being played just now;
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    R.A.F. BOMBS IN TRIBAL RISINGS.
    364 16 Effect Of Action At Waziristan. ROYAL A r Force co-operation on the Frontier of India brings about speedier decisions, and reduces the loss of life and suffering incidental to warThis aspect of the influence of air power is vividly illustrated in the report from General
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    COUNTERFEITED CHANDU TUBES.
    119 16 Prison And Fines For Johore Chinese. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru, Nov. 29. PLEADING guilty to using instruments for counterfeiting Johore Government chandu tubes. Tay Geok Seng and Tang Hing Kirn. Hokkiens. were sentenced to six months' rigoious imprisonment each by Mr. J. B. Weiss, the
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    CONCEALED THEY WERE BANKRUPTS.
    108 16 Tamils Face Cheating Charges. pONCEAUNG tne fact that they were undischarged bankrupts, and inducing a Chinese to deliver to them the sum :l $90, r< suited in two Tamil Mohammedans, appearing In the Third Court, en cheating charges. They 'vere AOdul Karim bin Hyatm. and Shukar
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    TAMIL VOLUNTEERS CONGRATULATED.
    96 16 (From Our Own Correspondent i Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 29. LIEUT Colonel \V M. James. Officer Commanding 2nd (Selangor) Battalion FM.S. Volunteer Force, at jni at horn-? held at the Hotel Majestic this evening to celebrate the 22nd anniversary of the Tamil Platoon, congratulated its members on their
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    SULTANAH GIVES AWAY PRIZES.
    76 16 (From Our Own Correspondent* Johore Bahru, Nov. 29. T»HE Su'tanah of Johore gave away the prizes at the annual prize distribution cf Nge Heng English School this evening. Two special prizes ol $100 and $50. presented annually by the Sultanah to the most promising pupils were
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    POLICE BAND.
    109 16 The Police Band will play as follows: Tomorrow, at Tetok Ayer at S pJ». March. "The Thin Red Line Kenneui J C^rtSs from the Suite, "Ballet Rime".... Ll air»cterisUc i £Z£ Ula BM3ta7 Oarden" Albert W. Ketelbey. Section "The Orchid". Lionel Monckton. i^S foxtrot. "Oh! You Mystery Tune'
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    MALAYAN INDIAN AMBULANCE FOR CHINA.
    17 16 Contributions to the Malayan Indian ambulanc* fund f« China now total $587.55.
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    Shaw Rewrites Shakespeare; Maurice Braddell Play; George Arliss Again.
    1503 18 Shaw Rewrites Shakespeare; Maurice Braddell Play; George Arliss Again. The Brighter Side Of London Life. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Nov. 19. THIS has been quite an interesting week in the entertainment world. The star of the week, I suppose, must be given to the Command iVariety Performance, at the
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      265 18 Asthma Germs I Killed in 3 Minutes j Choking, gasping, wheeling Asthma and I Bronchitis poison your system, ruin your I iken your heart. Mendaco. I :\]<t ion of an American physician, I Ilins Asthma Germs in 3 minutes, punliis th« blood «nd builds now vitality I vou ran sleep
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      102 18 Did you MACLEAN your teeth to-day? ta ml Zm HP I dsPB*f JBhL Ah! I see you did J^ '11 -P-P better andcheaper shaving Insist on Gillette don't think that you will save money by using inferior low-priced blades. It U false economy. To reduce your shaving costs to a
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    EIGHT AMERICANS TRIED TO KIDNAP KAISER.
    634 19 ifoj To Content With His Ash Tray. TACFS of an almost unbelieveable^ war story how eight Americans tried to kidnap the Kaiser from Amerongen, in Holland have just been revealed in London. They wished to take him to Paris to face his trial. They
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    Gladstone Speaks Again.
    100 19 Gladstone Speaks Again. WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE'S voice echoed again, rising and falling with all the skill of the accomplished politician, at the first annual Gladstone memorial dinner held in the National Liberal Club, London, recently. It came on a gramophone record made in 1889, and put on by Mrs. Dorothy
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    JAPANESE ARRESTED.
    52 19 Seen Photographing U.S. I Fort Nahant, Mass, police took Into custody two ese merchanics on charges of photographs of Fort Ruckman. ingarrisoned cantonment gua.d>e north-east entrance of Boston men were turned over to the custodian, who questioned and released them Japanese are subject to further oning after examination
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    Woman Finds Mountains Under Sea.
    299 19 A WOMAN has discovered a hitherto uncharted range of submarine mountains between Jan Mayen and Bear Islands, in the Arctic Ocean. She is Miss Louise A. Boyd, American Arctic explorer, now in London on her way home from her fifth Arctic expedition. How important this
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    Killed Rabbit For A Birdie.
    54 19 Mr. E. S. King, the champion of Moss Vale Golf Club, New South Wales, killed a rabbit with a drive from the fifth tee, and holed out for a birdie. His drive to the 240-yard hole struck the rabbit on the head, and cannoned off
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    Policeman, Seeking Body, Descends 500 ft. Cliff
    46 20 Policeman, Seeking Body, Descends 500 ft. Cliff THE HERO of notorious Beachy Head cliff at Eastbourne is POLICE SERGEANT ARNOLD, who, with special crash helmet and telephone apparatus, is seen being lowered 500 ft. to search for a missing man. He holds the King's Police Medal.
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    31 20 AS THIS PLANE, flown by COLONEL MORAGGLIO and CAPT. TERRASSIER, was about to land at Almaia aerodrome, the landing gear fell away and the machine "pancaked," but passengers climbed out unhurt.
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    30 20 DURING HIS 40 YEARS on the Yangtse. CAPT. R. POTEHUNT, senior Admiralty pilot, has taken many British warships safely through treacherous waters. Now he is back in Britain to retire.
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    30 20 THIS POLAR BEAR at the London Zoo has been enjoying the recent cold spell and puts the edge on his ap petite with a bathe and a shake like this.
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    24 20 ON DEVIL'S POINT, Devonport, soldiers of the 2nd Battalion the Kings (Liverpool) Regiment paused to watch stately H.M.S. Birmingham, undergoing her final se* trials.
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  • The Straits Times RADIO SUPPLEMENT
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      14 1 The Straits Times RADIO SUPPLEMENT FOUR PAGES SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 1, 1937. No. 117.
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      "God's Admiral" From Daventry
      163 1 jyOBERT Blake. generally acknowledged to be. next to nelson, the greatest of English admirals, will be the subject of a sequence for radio by Froom Tyler, whtch listeners to Daventry will hear on Sunday. The title of the broadcast, "God's Admiral," expresses the spirit of the
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      Australia Seeks New Talent.
      122 1 Australia Seeks New Talent. ?iccru»;s. moutn organs, and comos-and-tLssue paper were raised in a chorus of hope in Sydney a few weeks ago when the Australian Broadcasting Commission started auditions designed to uncover new talent. All kinds of music Were reproduced on every possible type of Instrument. We hear everything
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      Atmospherics & Short Wave Reception. ORIGIN OF INFLUENCES.
      582 1 Atmospherics Short Wave Reception. ORIGIN OF INFLUENCES. •THERE are two fundamental type? o short wave interference, the short and long period types. .The long period type of interference often lasts for day 3 at a time. It is observed practically all over the world, since all waves of the 3hort
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      Victorian Days Recalled.
      157 1 Recollections of Queen Victoria, recalled by a man who was born only IS years after she came to the throne in 1837, will be heard by listeners to a talk from Daventry on Monday. The speaker will be the Rt. Rev. Sir David Hunter-Blair. Among the incidents
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      Home Soccer Relay.
      157 1 The second half of the Association football match between Charlton Athletic and Everton, to be played on Charlton's ground on Saturday December 4. will be described by Ivan Sharpe in the programmes from Daventry. Charlton won promotion from the Third Division of the English Football League to
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      Yodelling From Berlin.
      67 1 Everyone knows what yodelling is, but all listeners do not know of the popular custom of singing impromptu scngs— jokes or tits of wisdom about life in the form of verses of two or four lines set to a simple melody. On Monday at 4.5 p.m. the
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      50 1 Tired housewives need no longer have to leave their homes to visit fashion shows to see the latest displays of new season's models. The 3 B.C. have recently been televising fashions and here are ttoo mannequins facing the television cameras at Alexandra Palace. A FASHION SHOW IN YOUR OWN HOME.
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      GERMANY PRESENTS BRIDAL MEDLEY.
      59 1 WITH the title, "Wedding Cake, Have a Piece," from the operetta, "The Gypsy Baron," by Johann Strauss, the German short wave station will present at 8.35 p.m., Malaya Time, on Saturday a medley of wedding music from opera and operetta. The "Wedding Cake,'' prepared hy Hermann
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      African Music.
      125 1 Music in African life will be the subject of a sertes of talks by Percival R. Kirby, Professor of Music and History ot Music lii the Wltwatersrand University. .Johannesburg, that will start from Daventry on Monday. An unrivalled authority on his subject. Professor Kirby will deal In his
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      Radio Fire Alarm.
      164 1 A false alarm will reach the headquarters of the London Fire Brigade on Friday. Men, engines, and escapes will race to answer it. though the staff on duty will know that the call Is a bogus one. The turn-out will be staged solely for the purposes of
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      Japan Tells The World.
      133 1 When the BBC. builds new transmitters at Davsntry'for broadcasts in foreign languages the marked success cf short-wave transmissions from Japan will have to be taken into account. Since March. 1936. Tokio has been transmitting programmes in English. German and French to Europe, America. Asia and Africa.
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      Effect Of Radio On Listeners.
      261 1 Effect Of Radio On Listeners. A project to study the effects of radio upen the listener and upon everyday life is being sponsored by the Princeton (New Jersey) University School of Public and International Affairs, it is announced by Dr. Harold W. Dodds. president of the University. Made possible by
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      "Matric" By Radio
      132 1 "Matric" By Radio CEYLON SERVICE. Educationists welcome the Colombo Broadcasting Station^ latest venture to provide students .sitting for th* London Matriculation and the Senior Cambridge examinations with revision, courses In some o! the more important subjects. These courses will make no pretence to being either complete or thorougn. Rather, the
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      Television By Wire Lines.
      144 1 Sir George Lee. engineer-in chief of the G P. 0.. London, has suggested that television programmes, could be distributed by wire to subscribers, thus making home reception as widespread a^ sound reception. The suggestion was mac"c in his presidential address to the Institution. of Electrical Engineers.
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      Sir Josiah Stamp On The Air.
      120 1 Sir Josiah Stamp, one of Britain.; mest eminent economists, will tell li.steners to Daventry what he thinks about a subject of his own choosing in the next talk in the series, "As I See It." on Saturday. Sir Josiah. who is chairman of the
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        482 2 WEEK'S BROADCASTING PROGRAMMES FOR MALAYA. TODAY SINGAPORE ZHL 1.33 me s (225 m.) 6.00 Mandarin cinema music. Gramophone records 6.50 Chinese music played by Monsieur Dufour with Accordeon. 7 00 Dance music. Gramophone recordr. 7.30 Time, weather, news and announcements. 7 50 Talk: "Books of the Month November" by Margaret
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        623 2 10.20 "Palace of Varieties. il.20 News and announcements. 11.35 Greenwich time signal. 11.40 "Matters of Moment." Talk by the Flight Hon. the Earl of Lytton, K.G., G. C.S.I., G.C.I.E,. in a series tot listeners in India. 11.55 Ballet music. t 12.20 Close down. electrical recording, t Unun*»bonr records. BERLIN. DJB
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        337 2 TOMORROW SINGAPORE p.m. 6.00 Indian music, damophone records. 6.30 Teochew music. Gramophone records. 7.00 Pianoforte recital. Gramophone records. "Studies. Op. 10" (Chopin >. Played bj Alfred Cortot. "La Cathedrale Engloutie" i Debussy). Played by Arthur Rubinstein. -Presto and Passinato. Op. 22" (Schumann) Played by Vladimir Horovitz. 7.20 "Sportsmen talking" Steve
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        334 2 pine Rag Red Pepper Tiger Rag) (arr. Rapley). Overture, Mignon (Ambrolse Thomas, arr. Artok). 7.20 "Sportsmen Talking": Steve Donoghue and Geoffrey OUbey. 7.35 Violoncello recital by Prank Ford. Vlto: Mazurka (Propper) Woodst illness The Butterflies (Hamilton Harty) 7.50 "At the Black Dog." Mr. Wilkes at home In his own bar-parlour.
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        259 2 8.00 News in Spanish. 8.10 News in Portuguese. 8.20 Gramophone records. S.3J Circe down. 1PA-J. U.M me-* (19 (8 m) p.m. 6 20 Gramophone records. 7.05 Talk on current JTench event* <tn Spanish) 7.20 News in English. 7.35 Concert relay. e.05 Talk on French eventa. C.20 Concert relay. C.50 News
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        395 3 LYNDHURST. 1.50 Chime?. Fifteen minutes of popular music. 9.05 Sporting uews and notes. 9 20 News in French. •i 4(1 National m ws bulletin. 9 50 Queensland and North Australian news bulletin. 10.00 News, markets and weather for North ■alia. 10.20 bummer orchestral hour. 11.12 Interlude. 11.20 Ballad Recital by
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        802 3 Macdonald) and an Englishman (Anthony WeymouCi) discuss the week's news from Lonuon. 7.00 Recital ty Arnold Matters (Australian bass-baritone). Jteegar'c Song (Armstrong Gibbs> By the Bivouac's Pitful Flame i Hamilton Harty). Silent Noon: The Ballad of Semmerwater (M. van Someren-Godfrey). Take. O Take those LJps Away I Peter Warloc*) Cities
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        770 3 LYNDHURST. p.m. 8.50 Chimes. Fifteen minutes of popular music. 9.05 Sporting news and notes. 9.20 Chimes. "Current Bocks Worth Reading." 9.40 National ..ews bulletin. 9.50 Queensland and North Australian new? bulletin. 10.00 News, markets and weather for North Australia. 10.20 The National Dance Orchestra, conducted by Al Hammett. 10.40 Brass
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        346 3 Suite Frescoes: (l> Vienna 1913 (S) Sea Shanties c3' The Bandstand. Hyde Park (Haydn Wojdi. Dance, GiDsy Dance (Evans, arr. Grant Lennox i. Alpine Memories larr. Wimer). Solitude (Ellington). Chinese Legend i Schulenburg. arr. EUingeri. Horsey. Korsev (Box and Cox. arr. Zalva) 10.05 Jack .Payne with Band.* 10 35 The
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        318 3 NIROM. a.m. f>.20 Gymnastics. 6.35 Recorded music. 6.50 Time signal. Recorded music. 7.50 Close down. 10.20 Opening announcement. 10.54 Talk for women. 11.15 Opera r>roeramme 13 .50 Time signal. Weather report. 1 i 56 Symphony Orchestra plays Strauss. p m. 12.20 Portuguese programme. 12.50 Luncheon music by the Studio orch.
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        351 3 SUNDAY SINGAPORE am. 11.00 Light orchestral concert. Relay from the S(.i View Hotel. p.m. 1.00 Miscellaneous programme cf gramophone records 1 .30 Interval. 5.45 Organ recital. Relay from the Presbyterian Church. 6.00 Church service. Relay from the Presbyterian Church. 7.00 Chamber music. 7.30 Time, weather, news and announce" ments. 7.40
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        480 4 EMPIRE STATION. <Continuea from PAGE II1> I* 20 "Gods Admlral"-aobert Btake CHn-eral-at-Se».' A sequence for radlo^jy Froom Tyler. Characters In the sequence Include Kobcr. Blake of BrUjwater In Somerset, sorr.tUme commndmg the Naval Forces of En-land; CM er Cromwell; Colonel U.e Hon. Nathan** FVnnes. sometime Governor of the Ctty of
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        424 4 8 50 'Random Pages." Musical miscellany. 9 00 "A Sermon for those who may not like Sermons." •■Jesus, the Man I Know. 9 20 Recordings of famous overseas artists. 10.20 This Weeks Story. 10.35 'Melody Music." by the A. B.C. Light Orchestra. Conductor, Al. Himmrtt. 11.10 Talk on international affairs,
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        542 4 TRANSMISSION Z. 6 ™5 Big Ben. Music Hall.* Including George Formby. With the BBO Variety Orch«str», conducted by Charles Shadwell. 7 05 "Memories of Queen Victoria." Talk by the Right Rev. Sir David Hunter B-air. Bt. 7 15 "Made In Great Britain"— 2 Yorkshire Chocolate.' ThU is the second of
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        599 4 9.40 Gramophone records. 9.50 Light music with Mme. Himonet-Koch (vocalist! and M. Rene Amm (tenors. .1.15 Rates of exchange and French stock.' (rentes). [1.20 Close down TPA-i II. M m«'» <** ■•> 12.35 News in French. Market prices, rites of exchange. 1.05 News in Arabic. 1 20 Concert relay ROME
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        552 4 l "0 -Mode In Great Britain"— 2 Yorkshire Chocolate This is the second of a series of programmes which aim at gtvine a cross-section of the country and of the industries and interests of its people. This programme will take you into a chocolate factory at York, to hear something
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