Malaya Tribune, 5 February 1935

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    40 1 The Malaya Tribune McliycCs First National Newspaper: Guaranteed Largest Sales Vol. XXIL- -No. 30 SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1935 FWh CENTS. The Malaya Tribune. Singapore: Tuesday. Feb. 5. 1935. Malaya Tribune 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1935. FIVE CENT^
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      189 1 R,,,,} The Srtbmte Dominant In z^Malaya I AKEROL. I Even the Best of Tobaccos causes dryness and jTTfci >LL EMIES) irritation of the throat—Relieve it with Lakerol J^\m}%JP i \i pastilles. They are soothing and keep the mouth i fresh and allow no tobacco odour. KKOM ALL (V v fc
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      118 1 1 Bouquet Those who do not use HIMALAYA BOUQUET TOILET PREPARATIONS"" I cannot know just how perfectly delightful they are. Perfumed with the I fragrance of flowers from the mountains. Himalaya Bouquet captivates f senses w^n a delicate an( fascinating allure. DARBY l (Sarawak). MAAS-4. mm cc' > IN Mint
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    Shipping News & Notices. DOORS CONTROLLED FROM BRIDGE
    784 2 Shipping News Notices. DOORS CONTROLLED FROM BRIDGE New System Of Piracy Protection THERE must be more people than one could suppose interested in the subject of flags and oiaus' Of ship-own-ers' house-flags, if we n».iy judge by the nun.Ler of flag books -.nd "sheets" publishe t in recent montns and
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    EMPRESS OF BRITAIN
    64 2 Abundant Provisions For World Cruise Torus of food will bo eaten by passengers on the lines Empress of Britain which hart left England on a round-the-world luxury cruise. stores include: 100,000 lb. of Turkey *****0 lb. of Pocato-:3 luo.oou lb. ol flour. 52.000 lb of meat and
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    VESSEL DAMAGED
    37 2 I fi lc s l? r, Ki ar t>el onging to the Butter- s§*j^5 d Swire Company, liit a rock near The bottom of the vessel is badly I damaged, but all passengers and the
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    CHINESE MASTERS
    252 2 Question Of Recognition In Hongkong Canton, Jan. 25. fONCERNING the request of the Nanking Government to the Hongkong authorities for the recognition of passenger licences for Chinese steamers and certificates granted to Chinese masters in command of vessels of the China Merchants' Steam Navigation Co, Ltd.. the' Central
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    NEW ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION
    50 2 A new venture is being planned by tl:e Byrd Antarctic Expedition. Cn condition that the ice is favourable, Admiral Byrd's wooden ship, the Bear oi Oakland, will engage in a new expedition to the east of Kinn Edward VII Land, finishing up at Valparaiso in South America.
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    SHIPBUILDING IN FRANCE
    619 2 Too Many Yards For The Work IN the recent debates In the French Chamber of Deputies on the country's shipyards, it was stated that as long ago as April, 1930, the National Economic Council declared that shipbuilding in France should be reorganised and rationalised. M. William Bertrand,
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      367 2 U&AMgft SAILINGS. HP* P& Oand BRITISH 1 N DIA f. m i>. S. N. Co. s SAILINGS. OUTWARDS. Due Tonnage. Singapore. 1336. BHUTAN o.lOt. Fob. 14 CAATHAGE > 3.0 i 0 Feb. 15 BEHAR 6,00' Feb. 28 CATHAY 15,000 Aar. 1 SOUDAN b.600 Mar. IS CORFU Mar. 15 1 RANCH
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      297 2 PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. TO GENOA, LONDON. ROTTERDAM HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. From From From From Spore. Malacca. Prt Penan* M.S. Sham. i MEONIA 10-2 19-2 20-° 99.9 A LSI A 12-3 n»-3 BORINGIA 2-4 2-4 3-1 X ERRIA 23-4 23-1 2-1-4 25-4 LALANDIA 14-5 14-5 15-6 17-f, JUTLANDIA 1-6 4-6
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      460 2 N. Y. K. LINE GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS for CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD. (Incorporated in Japan.) To London via Naples, Marseilles. Next Sailing*—• 1935 s.s. FUSHfMI MARU Feb. 8 s.s. HAKOZAKI MARU Feb. 21 m.s. TERKUNI MARU Mar. 6 s.s. HAKUSAN MARU Mar. 21 s.s. HARUNA MARU April 4 MINIMUM FARES
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      518 2 STEAMER SAILINGS. NORDDEUTSCHER (Incorporated in The undernot<ed are the Company's intended fixtures: OUTWARDS. 1935. "COBLENZ." for Manila, H'kong, S'hai, N. China and Japan Feb 4 "SAALE," for Manila, H'kong, S'hai, N. China and Japan Feb. 12 S "I.AHNV for Manila. H'kong, S'hai, N. China and Japan Feb. 23 HOMEWARDS. For
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    LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE
    227 3 Shiirp Rally In Gil! Securities London, Jan. 30. vk Exchange financial diffi!T *ing certain comrnodi- < untinued to restrict busino weakness was apnd< cry in nearly all secl uined dull. ralian minings, however, at lapsed. Commonwealth billing 3 9 to 10- on a disv> iopment cable in
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    CANADA'S FISHING INDUSTRY
    30 3 Ottawa, people are directly fishing industry in re than sixty different and shell fish are mi on's commercial :o various species v for other thon food pnrposes.
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    Financial News & Views. LATEST SINGAPORE SHARE QUOTATIONS
    32 3 Financial News Views. LATEST SINGAPORE SHARE QUOTATIONS The following mining share quotations are issued by Fraser Co., exchange and stock brokers. Rubber quotations are those of Fraser Co., and Lyall and Evatt:
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    MINING
    457 3 S ngapore, Saturday, 1 p.m. following mining snare quotations are issued by Fraser and Co., exchange and stock brokers: Issue. Value Buyers. Sellers. 4 Ampat Tin 4 3 4 9 £1 Asam Kumbang Tin 34 36£1 Austral Malay 6lf- 62'$5 Ayer Hitam Tin 13 6 14 6 $1 Ayer
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    DEBENTURES AND LOANS I
    156 3 SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL SSUFD BY FRASER CO _JE ?i? EANOi: AND STOCK BROKERS Bat aw Selleri 5% 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 Interest Mar. 31, Sept. 30 110 I*l nom. 4V 2 red. 1947 $1600,000 Interest Mar. 31 Sept. 30 H4tt H6Vfe norn $1,000,000 Interest Mar. 4V0% 1909
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    RUBBER
    414 3 Smgapore, Saturday, 1 p.m. The following rubber share quotations are Issued by Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt. Issue. Value. Fraser Lyall and Shares. and Co. Evatt. 1 Allenbv 1,85 1.95xdl.90 2.00 1 A. Gajah 1.50 1.60 1.50 l.bO 1 A. Hitam 2.37»/ 2 2.42 2 2.50 2.60
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    GENERAL
    341 3 FRASER CO/8 QUOTATIONS a CLOSING QUOTATION? V t 11 Buyers Belles Q. > $2 $2 A. Brick Ord. 1.30 1.40 I $10 $10 Atlas Ice 10.00 10.75 £1 £1 B- Amer. Tobacco 124 128i $10 $5 B Malava Trustee 5.75 6 00 £1 £1 C. Tin Pref. 7 p.c.
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    TIN PROSPECTS
    354 3 Bigger American Demand This Year Prospects for tin for 1935 again depend mainly on the extent of the American demand, states the British Metal Corporation in its review of base metal conditions in 1934. There seems a good chance of the motor output being further increased at least
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    PROBLEM OF SURPLUSES
    91 3 Proposal To Divide Export Markets Reuter Wireless. Washington, Jan. 30. The creation of an international board *o divide the world's export markets mong producing and manufacturing "■a*ions was oroDosed to a senate committee by Senator Daniel Roper. Secretary for Commerce who proposes that he board start with
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    EMPIRE TIMBER
    82 3 Canada's Resources Valued At $1,689,000,000 Ottawa. An area of 1.150.000 square miles or nbout one-third of the total land area the Dominion of Canada is covered by forests. Merchantable timber is at 165.880 000 cubic feet valued at $1,689.000 000 and young growth is Placed at 400.000 000
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    BRITISH TEXTILE
    63 3 Exports Show Further Increase Reuter Wireless. London, Feb. 1. Figures published by the Manchester Chamber of Commerce show a further increase during December in British exports of cotton and artificial silk. The total for the year amounts to 48.541,737 square yards valued at £2.152.588. This is an increase
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    PEANUT OIL.
    16 3 Ottawa. Honkkong shipped 4,847 gallons of edible peanut oil into Canada during October last.
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    SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
    83 3 I DAILY PRICES CURRENT I I 1 for K M.A. No. I. X. Ribbed Smoked Sheoc Singapore, Friday, noo*. Buyers. Sellers. Spot (loose) 20% 20% (FOB.) Current month 21 21% Apr 1 June 23 23% July Sept. 24% 24% OctvDec. 25% 25% Tone of Market: Quiet
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    THE FRANC
    127 3 Determination To Keep It Stable i Reuter Wireless. Paris, Jan. 3i. DETERMINATION to keep the Franc stable on a basis of gold through thick and thin was the substance of a statement by M. Tannery recently appointed Governor of the Bank of France at the annual meeting. He
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    CANADA'S TOY TRADE
    212 3 Nearly 50 Per Cent. Made By Local Workers j Ottawa. Nearly half of the dolls and toys sold In Canada last year were made by Canadian workers These are valued at around $750,000 yearly. On the other hand. Santa Claus purchased dolls to the value of $73,868
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    PETROL FROM COAL
    169 3 Proves Most Satisfactory Says Air Ministry Colonel W A. Bristow. the chairman and managing director of Low Temperature Carbonisation, issued a statement on the subject of the use by the Royal Air Force of motor spirit made from British coal. He had, he said, the authority of
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    TREASURY BILLS
    48 3 British Wireless. London, Feb. L The totai amount applied for in tenders for £25.000,000 Treasury Bills was £35.130,000. The amount allotted in bills at three months was £23,980.000. This average rate per cent, was 4 2 13d. as compared with 3,10.91 d, last week.— British Wireless.
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    KUALA KRAU RUBBER
    459 3 Sale To Hoscote Company i Approved I IT an extra-ordinary meeting of the Kuala Krau Rubber Company, I wmcn was heid ai 1-4, Great Tower 1 street. L.C., resolutions were passed approving the sale of the company's underi laKUik ud assets to the Hoscote Rubber r..siat£s and
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    PETROL PRICES
    105 3 Asiatic Petroleum Co. (S.S.), Ltd. I Prices for Shell Motor Spirit and various brands of Kerosene are as follows: Shell Aviation Spirit in 4-gallon drums per British Imperial gallon $1.19 Shell Motor Spirit ex pump per British Imperial gallon $0.82 Shell Motor Spirit to 4-gallon drums per British
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    STANDARD-VACUUM OIL CO.
    52 3 The following are the prices of Socony gasoline and kerosene: BENZINE Socony Motor Gasoline (ex pump) ncr British Imperial Gallon $0.12 Socony Motor Gasoline (Vi drums) per drum $3.45 Boconv Motor Gasoline (Ya tins) per tin $3.70 *QSRO6KNB Devoe's Imperial Brilliant (per tin) $2.43 Sylvan Arrow (per
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      217 3 Ml! YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK LIMITED, v BERS, RAFFLES PLACE dp t. Folly Paid Ten 100.000.000 ..Yen 124,250.000 HEAD OFFICE: YOKOHAMA. •t Alexandria, Batavia, Berlin. en, Hamburg, Hankow, Hari "Mekong, Hsinking, Karachi, Los Angeles. Manila. Moji. j a. New York. Osaka. Paris. K'anctnn. Rio de Janeiro. San Fran Seattle. Shanghai, Soura-
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      23 3 THE F ASTERN UNITED ASSURANCE CORPORATION, LTD. fOX MARINE, MOrOD CAR PERSONAL ACCIDENT WORKMEN'S COMI"ENBATK)N n INSURANCE. HEAD OFFICE :6D. OcH St- «tscs*w*
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      78 3 Ned erlandsche HsndeMMaaUchapfij* »N. (NETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETY). Established in Amsterdam, 1824. HEAD OFFICE: AMSTERDAM. WITH BRANCHES IN ROTTERDAM AND THE HAGUE, BATAVIA, Branches throughout the Dutch East Indies and in the Straits Settlements, India, China, Japan and Arabia LONDON BANKERS The National Provincial Bank, LIBBWC Correspondents in the principal Cities
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      181 3 Oversea-Chinese Banking fcrrcrjlfcii Ltd. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements* SUCCESSORS TO THE CHINESE COMMERCIAL BANK, Ltd., THE HO HONG BANK. LtsL AND THE OVERSEA -CHINESE BANK. Ltd CAPITAL Authorised $40,000.000.00. Paid Up $10,000,000 00 HEAD OFFICE: CHINA BUILDING. CHULIA STREET SINGAPORE. LOCAL BRANCH; 458. NORTH BRIDGE ROAD BOARD OF DIRECTORB: Chee
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      540 4 M. HASSAN, 36 87, BRAS BASAH ROAD, SINGAPORE. We undertake all sorts of work In electrical, gas and water service line. We give prompt attention to all ovfjers either big or small. \V r hy not consult us about your requirements Estimate submitted upon reI quest without charge or oblitfa-
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      651 4 MERCANTILE INSTITUTE, 61, WATERLOO STREET. Mom ing. Afternoon and Evening Classes. Receives students from Primary to Senior Cambridge. London Matriculation das* will be formed if sufficient student* enrol. Loramercial studies open to boys and gitte. THONE: 5755. S g MODERN $£0 BALLROOM I I £ff DANCING. Mm Private Lesson.-, Daily,
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      672 4 SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. Notice to Consumers of Electricity in connection with the celebration of the Silver Jubilee of His Majesty King George V. The Municipal Commissioners have reduced the price of electricity to six cents per unit for the exterior illumination of buildings during the celebration of His Majesty's Silver Jubilee.
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      381 4 EXCLUSIVE SPRING jjj I 1935 MODELS jjj The Leading House In Malaya jjj S That Represents The Last Word g Cj In Shoes Comfort And Quality. 3 H Prices Moderate. 5j 201, 202, Queen Street. I SANG KEE Co. Qj (Established 1902). S jjj HIGH-GRADE X Footwear Manufacturers. [jj FREE
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      358 4 ti" ii i i i i i I lit INMMMMMHM I TOCK TYPEWRITER CO. 28-A, CHANGE ALLEY, Z i SINGAPORE. I I Telephone No. 2633 I Stockists of Erika New I Brand Portable Type- I writers, 4 Banks with fR1 English K.eyooards fit- i 2 ted with Standard Pica m
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      372 4 R Admittedly there are Scores and Scores of is I WATCH, CLOCK GRAMO 1 I PHONE REPAIRERS in I Singapore, but I Yick Woh Hing I 429, NORTH BRIDGE ROAD 3 (Near Middle Road) I can honestly claim to have enough I experience to safely handle all delicate watches, etc.
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    VERDICT OF MURDER
    268 5 Assailant In Batu Caves Tragedy 'From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur. Saturday. An inquest into the death of a Chinese, Cnoo Lan, a pork seller, whose body was found half a mile away from Batu Caves, on the road leading to Ulu Gombak on D c 26.
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    MALACCA NEWS
    210 5 Stole Friend's Money And Clothing (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca. Feb. 2. In the District Court before Mr. B. R. Whitehouse. Hadiar an Indian Mohammedan, claimed trial to the charges of house-breaking and theft. Inspector M. Boyle of the Central Police Station prosecuted. Alleged to have been friendly
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    JOURNALIST HONOURED
    30 5 Alexandria. Mr A S. Merton, Cairo Correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, has been honoured by the French Government. He has been made a Chevalier of the t Wnnnur
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    MARKET LIST
    469 5 Details Of Current Prices Singapore, Feb. 1. MEAT Beef steak, kati 30 Beef, stew or curry, kati 25 Fillet steak, per lb. 45 Mutton, Australian, per lb. 30 Fork, lean, kati 40 Pork, lean and fat (1st quality), kati 3) POULTRY 4 Capons (locally reared), kati 50 Ducks,
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    CYCLISTS COLLIDE
    163 5 Serious Accident At Kuala Lipis (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lipis, Feb. 3. At 6 p.m. on the evening of the 2nd a serious collision between a motor-cycle and a bicycle at the junction ol the road leading to the hosDital directly opposite ths Government Recreation Reading-room. The
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    NAZIS CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY
    155 5 Herr Hitler Reviews His Achievements Berlin, Jan. 30. IN celebration of the second anniversary of the. coming of the Nazis into pow?r. Herr Hitler has issued a proclamation in which h? states that as the outbreak of war marked a turning point in historv. so d!d the
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    BIRTHDAY PARTY
    200 5 Shia Khoja Community Celebrates The Shia Imami Ismaili community of Singapore held a tea party yesterday at 5 p.m. in honour of the celebration of the birthday of H.H. the Right Hon. Agakhan. Sir Sultan Mohamed Shah. P.C.. G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., K.C.I.E., G.C.V.O., L.L.D.. First Class Chief of the
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      7 5 i Details from: Spot Radio, Ltd., IMMMi
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      98 5 is gray. y^^P'^s^^ap^i^j^ 73 Warm Studios 4. When your whole heed feels stuffed xfyO^S^^llS.Cold.S up and sore, turn to Chamberlain's |aBBBSS)fif«OU?, Cough Remedy. It soon opens conges- j CH couM*Si, I ted air passages, soothes inflamed I throat membranes and relieves sore throat. > Yet it contains no narcotics. Pleasant
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      419 5 ]Yireless TO-DAY'S EMPIRE PROGRAMME I ack Petersen-Walter Neusel Contest Ts Empire Wireless prome is as follows: Bi«t Ben. The BBC. Oschestra. Leader, Alfred O nductor, T. H. Morrison. ralk: India. The Rt. Hon. Lansbury, M.P. New Victoria Cinema lirected by Sydney Phasey. New Victoria Cinema. Greenwich time Signal at rhe
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      211 5 BERLIN, SHORT-WAVE STATION Wireless Programme For To-Day THE wireless programme for to-day as announced by the German Short- wave Station Berlin Broadcasting 1 House, is as follows: 4.05 p.m.—DJB, DJN Announcement (Germ., Engl.) German Folk Song Programme Forecast (Germ., Engl I 420 p.m.—For the Young Folks: We Celebrate Carnival. Paula
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    JUST WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW TO-DAY’S SHIPPING
    365 6 SHIPPING BILL Parliament Passes Third Reading London, Feb. 1. IN the House of Commons, the ShipPi™! B iiL wa cad for the third time The chief provision is a subsidy of £2,000,000 for assistance to tramp shipping Mr. Runciman emphasised the subsidy
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    VESSELS ARRIVED
    142 6 Singapore. Tuesday. Siberg. Dutch. 1.128 tons; from Batavia 4-2. to Tanjong Pandan 8-2 Swarhes Hordt. Dutch, 2,814 tonsfrom Saigon 4-2, to Batavia 5-2 Mabella. Norwegian. 840 tons; from Bangkok 5-2. to Bangkok 5-2. Marly. Norwegian. 656 tons; fnm Bangkok 5-2. to Bangkok 6-2. Tohiti. Dutch. 6,013 tons; from
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    MONEY MARKET
    200 6 SELLING Singapore, Feb. 2. London 4 months' sight 2|4 7|32 London 3 months' sight 214 3, lti London 60 days' sight 2|4 5;3^ London 30 days' sight 2[4 1 London demand 2 4 332 London T.T. 24 3|32 Lyons and Paris demand 860 Hamburg demand 140 New York
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    STERLING EXCHANGE
    87 6 Paris 74 9 32. New York 4 87> 8 Montreal 4.87 4 Brussels 21 01 1 2 Geneva 15.14V?. Amsterdam 7.24" 4 Milan 57?£. Berlin 12.21. Madrid 35 27 32. Stockholm 26 3 4 Copenhagen 22.39 V 2 Oslo 19.90J/ 2 Vienna 26 4 Prague 117>a. Helsingfors 2261'
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    ALLEGED ARSON
    136 6 Geisha Arrested By A Hair I Tokyo. A Single hair has led to the arrest of a geisha in the summer resort of Shuzenji (Japan). A lire broke out in one of the geisha houses there and was found to have been started by a pile of newspapers
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    DIARY Of TUI DAY] | WHAT'S ON?
    119 6 DIARY Of TUI DAY] WHAT'S ON? Public Functions And Sports Fixtures TO-DAY, FEB. 5 High Tides.—o.27 a.m., 11.49 a.m Perak Turf Club Races, second day Tennis: S.C.C. Chinese New YeiTournament. Golf: Keppel Club, Chinese New Competitions. TO-MORROW. FEB. G High Tides —0.56 a m., 12.35 p.m Hockey: Sikh Police v.
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    AMUSEMENTS
    55 6 ALHAMBRA —"Son of Kong." APOLLO.—Chinese pictures. CAPITOL.—"Kid Millions." EMPlRE.—Chinese talkie. GREAT WORLD.—Cabaret Dancing, j Side-shows, Dean's Grand Opera, Chinese Wayangs, Cinemas. Talkies, etc. MARLBOROUGH.—Chinese talkie. NEW WORLD.—Cabaret Dancing, Malay Operas. Chinese Wayangs. Cinemas. Talkies, etc. PAVILION.—-Mister Cinders." RITZ.—"The Losl Special"—complete serial—l 2 chapters. ROXY.—"Tarzan and His Matt." preceded by
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    HARBOUR BOARD
    117 6 SHIPS ALONGSIDE THE WHARVES OR EXPECTED TO ARRIVE Singapore, Feb. 5. East Wharf (Entrance Gate 1) Mayebashi Main 22. Main Wharf (Entrance Gate 3) J. V. Oldenbarnevclt 18; Soerabaya 1G; Ajax !4; Kedah 11; Kud->t 8; Lycaor. Empire Do<": (Entrance Gate 3) Kajang 30 Iriabank 32; Karoa 34;
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      508 6 I aßßi rinil||| iMi'iiiiiiiianitaiTiiTiirM^Muiiiiniiiiuiiituiia I SINGAPORE HOTELS I <•■iiiiiiii■tii,i,,,,,,,,,, tkit t I bEA VIEW HOTEL I TO-NIGHT I S FORMAL I SPECIAL DINNER DANCE DANCING FROM 8.15 P.M. I DANCE MUSIC BY OUR NEW BAND jjj ENTERTAINMENT PROVIDED BY S VALENTIN A VLADIMIROVA j RUSSIAN PRIMA BALLERINA I I E.
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      121 6 ftp" m ii; GREAT WORLD SHOW j I EXTEND THEIR SEASONAL GREETINGS f 113I 13 TO ALL FRIENDS AND PATRONS DURING THE CHINESE NEW YEAR. jjj A MOST COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMME: j UNITED PERA (2) FIRST CLASS CANTONESE 8 WAYANG. (3) LOW SAI THOR GO AN. (4) QUEEN'S S CINEMA. (5)
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      91 6 FIGARO Ladies Hairdressers. PERMANENT WAVING By European Experts. $8. $10 and $15 only. RAFFLES HOTEL. (Room 120) at 93. Bras Basah Road. TELEPHONE 2868. I ISHI\(i 01 X PATRONS AII YPPV IMMISIM KOI a, I Mi. I TO-NIGHT !—A STAR SUPKR CHINESE TALKIF I BUTTERFLY WU in j "REMINISCENCES" FIRST
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      435 6 POSTAL INT{LLIG{NC{ I i SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE TO-MORROW Java and Southern Sumatra (Netherlands) G a.m. Pamangkat. Sambas and Sinekawang (Tomohon) 8 a.m. Pengerang (S. Soon Heng) 9 a.m. Karimon, (Tong Keng) 9 a.m. Rengat and Tembilahan (Majang) 11 a.m. Trengganu (except Kretay) (Asdana) 2 p.m. Muntok. Palembang and Pladjoe (Thedens)
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      123 6 Lunar Athletic and Musical Party: Funeral of Mr. Choa Jcon Hean's mother. TO-MORROW, FEB. 6 May fair Musical Tarty: New Year visit to Mr. Khoo Soo Ghee (Patron) 11L Cross Street. 7.30 p.m. Fall in, Ai Tong Old Boys' Society, Amoy Street. THURSDAY, FEB. 7 Mayfair Musical Party: New Year
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    Motoring Notes & News
    775 7 Motoring Notes News untitled MOTORING POLICIES king Driving Easier n .nouncements of many firms in this country, for 1935 are very far ci iriservatfve. imply bristle with inol design that. make impler and more com- ..laxy of springing I it 1 it. appearance. .tsion of the front 1 n;c cases
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    "ANOTHER TRIUMPH"
    408 7 Fine Performance Of New 6 Cylinder A SHORT time ago, the Melbourne newspaper Truth was mv.ted to test and eminent upon the performance of a 15 h.p six-cynnuer Morris, and extracts l*m .he ensuing report are quoted beAfter remark.ng on the pulling power t£ Q **s hin as
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    MULTI-PURPOSE VEHICLES
    206 7 The Latest Dennis Product "Proteus'" is the name given to the latest Dennis municipal vehicle from the mythological Greek sea-god of that name, who "took many forms." The production of the Guildford concern is convertible to 9 different municipal transport services with interchangeable bodywork. These duies comprise s.reet
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    PRAISE FOR THE EIGHT
    418 7 Success Of New Morris Venture THE new Morris Eight is having an extremely good reception in all parts cf the world, and there appears little doubt that this car with its lively yet economical performance, combined with unusual body space, is fulfilling a genuine demand on
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    NEW TYRE PRODUCED
    271 7 Mileage Demand Met By The j Goodyear Co. A new automobile tyre, designed to give greatly extended mileage on modern nigh speed automobiles is announced by Good- year. The new tyre, known as "G-3," was 1 developed to reduce last tread wear which nas become rather common
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    THE MERSEY TUNNEL
    122 7 Remarkable Engineering Achievement The- completion of the Mersey Tunnel list year was lightly hailed as the final episode of a remarkable engineering undertaking, and figures published from time to time showing the number cf vehicles using this new link demonstrate what a boon it is proving to
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    TURNER COMING TO SINGAPORE
    207 9 American Ace's New Flight Philadelphia, Jan. 23. CAPTAIN Roscoe Turner. American speed ace and holder of the transcontinental air record, to-day announced that he will take off from Panama for a rcund-the-world fligh some :ime in the near future. Turner did not set a definite da.c
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    "PURE CZECH WEEK"
    149 9 Foreign Words And Phrases To Be Excluded Prague. The word "gentleman" is indispensable. This view is taken here in connection vith a suggestion which has been made by the Prague daily "Narodni Politiks" or a "pure Czech week" in which al! journalists .should try tto write and
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    BURGLAR ALARM
    83 9 Lighted Warning Outside Tremises Copenhagen. An automatic Sherlock Holmes" has been invented in Denmark. The device, which quietly lights up a notice outside premises into which burglars have broken, has just Droved its worth. o men passing a provision shoo saw the Hp hted warning outside and on
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    HOUSING CONDITIONS AT HOME
    174 9 Bill To Decrease Overcrowding Reuter Wireless. London, Jan. 30. j THE second most important measure in th2 parliamentary session, namely, the Housing Bill, designed to decrease overcrowding and re-design poor class residential areas in large towns, was considered by a full House of Commons For the
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    STARTLING MESSAGE
    129 9 W f ould-Be Suicide 'Phones Police 1 New York. "Hello! Police?—My girl and I are going to commit suicide—right now!" This was the message received at Branx police headquarters from a public telephone booth in the vicinity. The policeman who answered the telephone endeavoured to keep the desperate
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    CHRISTIANITY BANNED
    33 9 Orders Of Japanese In Manchuria Peiping, Jan. 15. The Japanese authorities in Manchukuo have Issued instructions prohibiting the propagation of the Christian faith in the territories under Manchvkuo rule Shun Pao.
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    RATS UNDERMINE SUBURB
    82 9 Duisburg, Rhineland. Rats have undermined the whole of the Garden Cm uouir> of Duisburt;Hamborn. The pavements have collapoled in several places and houses are threatened. At first il was believed thu*. the collapse was due to the caving-in of some disused coal-mines. Examination, however, has revealed a
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    MR. LLOYD GEORGE
    712 10 N Ol for a Jon lim e has an announcement in connection with British politics created such interest as that made on Saturday. It was stated that a group of Ministers had approached Mr. Lloyd George with a view to per suading him to join the Government,
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    34 10 The death of Mr. C. L. Groundwater occurred in Edinburgh on Jan. 11 after a short illness. Mr. Groundwater, who was a consulting engineer, lived in Bangkok for over 30 years, retiring in 1932.
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    DEBATE ON INDIAN REFORMS
    144 10 Absence Of Excitement At Opening Reuter. New Delhi, Feb. 4. THE galleries of the Legislative Assembly were crowded for the opening of the debate on the new Indian Reforms. but there was an absence of excitement. The motion by Mr. Bulabhai Desai, leader of the Opposition»
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    DEATH OP U.S. DIPLOMAT
    24 10 New York, Jan. SI. Tho death is announced of Mr. Richard Wasburn Child, ex-Ambacsador Italy, from pneumonia. —Reuter WireJer.? 1
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    Notes and Comments Club Sweeps
    281 10 THE public have had the opportunity during the last few days of reading lengthy opinions by Malayan judges on the vexed question of the. sale of tickets tn sweepstakes organised by Turf Clubs to unauthorised people. In each case members of clubs were charged with
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    Restrictions In N.E.I.
    158 10 nESTRICTION of native rubber pro- duction is to be enforced in certain districts of the Netherlands East Indies from April 1. The areas concerned ar? Tapanoeli, Ach'n and the east coast of Sumatra, and there, presumably, restric- tion of native rubber will bi carried out lin the
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    Holidays.
    248 10 pXCEPT for ite newspapers, which more than usually active, these d Malaya has been celebrating eh in New Year by a general closing of offir and cessation of work. It !s a pleai custom which allows the various races to celebrate each other's festivals and it illustrates how all
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    All Day Tennis
    205 10 A TENNIS tournament has been itt progress at the S.C.C. during the Chinese New Year, and women as as men have. be:n hard at it every day throughout a long week-end. No serious casualties have been reported, bu' last August, it will be rcmembr.rtd. in the Malayan
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    Topics Of The Day
    273 10 By "Looker-On" 1 I MERICA has the balmiest airs," says n a traveller. Known as dance tunes. A A prison warder says that university men are always well-behaved convicts This makes one more argument ir favour of higher education. A ft "Dance Band Buying Gold Saxophones,"
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    Britain And France To Revise War Treaty NEW APPROACH TO GERMANY
    1175 11 {ESl'LT OF LONDON TALKS Air Conventions Is The Empire Being Neglected Reuter. a\ agreement has been reached between Britain and Fiance regarding revision ot certain clauses of the Versailles Treaty to allow Germany greater arms equality. It is hoped
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    SALE OF C. E. R. LINE
    256 11 6,000 Russians To Be Discharged 1 Ha:bin. Jan. 12. SiX_ thousand Soviet employees of t***™ Railway will be ie ♦2fS arge when railroad line nea Ssffi2*B 10 in the near future, it was said to-day. i-ocai merchants exposed consider S e S, y ove
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    TWENTY-FIVE KILLED
    48 11 Trains Collide In South-East Manjhuria Shanghai, Feb. 5. A IE.KKIBLE train disaster occurred at Chinchow, in south-east Manchuria, yesterday. Two trains collided while travelling at a fast pace in opposite directions. Twenty-five passengers, it is aseeiiained. were killed. The two trains were wrecked.—Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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    CHARHAR DISPUTE
    156 11 Results Of The Peace Parley Shanghai, Feb. 5. THE results of the Sino-Japanese peace parley at Tatan have been announced as follows by the Peiping Military Council. The conference was held at 11 a.m. last Caturday and an agreement was reached. The east Charhar affair was due to
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    CHINESE ACTOR HERE
    131 11 j Mr. Sit Kok Sin On Malayan I Tour I Mr. Sit Kok Sin, the well-known actor on the- Chinese stage and screen, is m Singapore. He is touring Malaya to study conditions. 1 Mr. Sit Kok Sin will be remembered for his roles in "Peh Chien
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    ON OTHER PAGES
    25 11 FINANCIAL NEWS. 3. WIRELESS PROGRAMMES, 5. CLUB DIARY, 6. MOTORING TOPICS, 7. SPORTS NEWS. 14 and 15. THE ADVANCE OF TELEVISION, 17.
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    IRISH CITIZENSHIP BILL
    102 11 Senate Passes Committee Stage Reuter Wireless. Dublin, Jan 30. THE Senate agreed t 0 the committee stage cf the Citizenship Bill without a division. De Valera announced that the Aliens' Bill will come into operation abcui the same time as the Citizenship Bill. The Government amendmen tc
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    TELEVISION
    169 11 Government Approval Oi Committee's Recommendations Reuter Wireless. London. Jan. 31. The Post-Master-General announced that the Government approved of the general recommendatons" made by the Television Commhtee and he was about to take steps to implement them. The 8.8.C. will be entrus:ed with broadcast television and will make a substantial
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    MR. T. N. MILLER
    174 11 Well-Known Tientsin Resident's Death F r lit* V T A familiar fieure for menv years in Tientsin, Mr. Thomas N. Miller died at the German-American Hospital on January 6 at me as,e of 46, following ccmplications af er an operation. The late Mr. Miller had played
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    THEATRE DISPUTE
    126 11 Both Sides To Meet Lahour Minister Reuter Wireless. London, Jan. 30 The dispute between British Equity and the Drury Lane Theatre continues bu it now appears there is hope for settlement. In accordance with the Minister of Labour's suggestion both sides agreed to send representatives to a meeting
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    FRANCE AND ITALY
    78 11 German Curiosity Regarding Non-interference Pact Reuter Wireless. Berlin, Jan. 31. Simultaneously with the news from Rome that Mussolini had received the German Ambassador, it is officially stated here the German Government has instructed the Ambassadors in Paris and Rome to put a number of questions regarding the
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    NO LIMITATION OF ARMS LIKELY
    113 11 Russian Development JAPANESE MENACE IN SOUTH CHINA Reuter. London, Feb. 4. THE Manchester Guardian states that it is idle to blame Russia for rearming when everyone is rearming. The enormous development and high efficiency of the Russian Army in the Far East had caused the
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    AIR JOY RIDES
    332 11 Chines? New Year In Johore 'From Our Own Corresponde7itt Johore Bahru, Feb. 4. CHINESE New Year to-day was declared a puolic holiday by the Government. All Chinese business houses were closed and draped with red cloth at the tVranct and from an early hour in the morn
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    JAPAN'S AGGRESSION IN CHINA
    108 11 Dispute Over Delineation Of The Border Reuter. London, Feb. 4. IN the House of Commons, questioned In regard to the Manchukuo disturbances. Captain Eden, Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, after refeiring *o Sir John Simon's reply in which he said that there was no call for
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    THREE MEN ACQUITTED
    141 11 Charge Of Theft Of Marine Motor Fails Singapore, Tuesday. Alleged to have stolen a marine motor engine and a quantity of sundry goods and some cash, a Chinese and two Indians were tried before the Third Magistrate, Mr. J. M. Brander, on Saturday. The complainant, a Chinese,
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    GENERAL ELECTION FORECAST
    105 11 Cabinet Reconstruction APPEAL TO COUNTRY IN JANUARY Reuter. London, Feb. 4. THE Daily Telegraph, which is usually in close touch with Government opinion, says that it is accepted in Cabinet circles that there will be a reconstruction of the Government in Autumn as a prelude Ito an
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    HAMILTON RD. ROBBERY
    75 11 Armed Miscreants Still At Large Singapore. Tuesday. No arrests have been mad? in connection with the armed robbery that occurred in a house in Hamiltcn Road on Sunday night. The police, however, hope eventually to trace the culprits. It will be recalled that a gang ot Cantonese,
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    Accountant's Suicide In Shanghai
    840 12 BRITON FOUND SHOT Flat Tragedy DAUGHTER'S GHASTLY DISCOVERY A VERDICT of suicide while temporarily insane was returned at the inquest on Mr. William Stanley Webb, who was found shot in his apartment in Shanghai. The deceased went to China in 1924 as an accountant for the
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    GERMAN CABINET CHANGE
    33 12 Reuter Wireless. Berm, Jan. 30. mm Kurt BchmUt, Reich Minister in^ onomiCK has w*P>e<l owing to lllnesa since August of last year Doc or Schacht will continue ls actminster.—Reuter Wireless.
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    OVERSEAS CHINESE
    149 12 Status Of Those In The Philippines Washington, Jan. 23. AMERICAN .supporters of the, China r Association to-day were considering pEimmtUig a resolution urging that a!! honourable means be taken to protect tiic political and economical status of 60,000 Chinese in the Philippine Islands after independenceThe projected resolution would
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    LATEST CHINA NEWS
    104 12 Financial Panic In Shanghai Shanghai. Feb. 5. Thr» Central Government has empowered Mr. Li Chun, the Minister :o Peru, to negotiate a navigation treaty with Peru. Banks and firms closed for Chinese New Year Day yesterday. Large quantities of crackers were fired. Mayor Wu Teh Cheng, in
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    NANKING AND CANTON
    99 12 Central Government May Be Reorganised Hongkong, Feb. 5. Information has bsen received m Canton to the effect that negotiations for co-opcration and unification between Nanking and Canton have now reached a stage where the reorganisation of the Central Government is being considered. Nanking, it is stated, recently
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    LOCAL ACCIDENTS
    120 12 Cyclist Seriously Injured By Ricksha Singapore, Tuesday. A motor accident which occurred at the junction of Geylang Road and Katong Road yesterday afternoon resulted in a Chinese and a Eurasian being I injured. Both received lacerated wounds I over the forehead and were taken to i hospital by
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    KING'S JUBILEE
    83 12 Loyal Addresses From Houses Of Parliament London, Feb. 2. The presentation of Loyal addresses of congratulation from both Houses of Parliament to the King on the occasion of the jubilee celebrations of his accession to the Throne will be one of the many interesting functions in connection with
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    MISSING FLIERS SAFE
    67 12 Reuter Wireless. Paris, Jar.. 30. The missing fliers returning from their record breaking trip to Madagasar have turned up at Cairo. Nothing previousy had been heard of tnem since Sunday morning when they made a forced landing in the bush In the neighbourhood of Darcssalaam owing to
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    WEDDING AT BATU GAJAH
    326 12 Mr. J. F. Gregory And Miss Kathleen Davies (Fro?n Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh. Monday. THE marriage took place on Saturday Feb. 2, at Holy" Trinity Church' Batu Gajah. of John Francis Gregory, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Gregory, of Demton, Dartmouth Devon and Sybil
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    PHILIPPINE AFFAIRS
    132 12 Features Of Commonwealth Constitution Reuter Wireless. iiwii Manila, Jan. 30. The constitution for the Philippine Commonwealth has been completed by the convention after six months' labour. If President Roosevelt approves of the constitution, a national plebiscite will be held on March 19 when a vote will be taken
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    THE CINEMAS
    318 12 SON OF KONG King Kong Sequel At The Alhambra KING KONG made film history, and the R K.O. Company naturally decided to attempt to repeat an outstanding success. "Son of Kong" is now at tne Alhambra, and attracted capacity audiences during the holidays. lt takes up the story
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    SAAR MINES
    82 12 Public Offers Assistance To Enable Repurchase Reuter Wireless. Berlin, Jan. 31. The Government has refused dozens of offers of golden trinkets to assist the repurchase of the Saar Mines. An official statement says this willingness to sacrifice furnishes proot of ideal patriotism but such sacrifice is unnecessary. The
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    THE SAAR
    41 12 Franco-German Agreements Signed Reuter Wireless. Basle. Jan. 30. France-German agreements settling comnurcia: and financial problems arising from the transfer of ihe Saar have bept: .signed. They include agreement sa. regards customs, m.nie ary transfers and banking arrangements. Reuter Wireless,
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    MORE GRASS FIRES IN SINGAPORE
    184 12 Local Brigade's Busy Day Singapore, Tuesday. GRASS and jungle throughout the island continue to keep the Fire Brigade busy. Following six calls yesterday, two were received tnis rnornmg and at the t.me of going to press these two fires are still having vhe attention of
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    CHINESE MAGICIAN ENTERTAINS
    668 12 Mr. Chang Wei Chung EXCELLENT OPENING PERFORMANCE THE art of training the hand to deceivo the eye by its swiftness has always been supposed to have originated in the East, with which mystery has ever been associated Consequently, when an entertainment of this sort by an Oriental
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    MARTYRS CANONISED
    77 12 Reuter Wireless. Feb. 1 The Pope has decided in favour of the canonisation cf Sir Thomas afore and John Fisher. Bishop cf Rochester who were beheaded in the reign ot Henry the Eighth for refusing to give their oath to the Act of Succe.ssio:. which would have entailed
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    FATAL FIGHT IN SAGO MILL
    526 13 \)v en Bottle Used As Weapon m Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Feb. 3. T .d broken end of the neck of appeared to be a b g be~r which was used as a weapon eirawd -nto the lungs of a man, x .iOiied at
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    IGNORANCE NO EXCUSE
    126 13 Lorn Driver Fined $100 For Overloading Fr -•> Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Feb. 3. A c 1.. irese lorry driver named Teo Kow was charged before, Sheikh B ikar Second Magistrate) Johore with carrying excess weight to xtent of 2 tons 2 qrs. and 21 lbs.
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    FATAL STABBING
    65 13 Quarrel Between Chinese In Geylang Singapore, Monday. Shortly before 8 o'clock last night an at on between two Chinese, near 'unction of Geylang Road and no 33, culm'nated in one of the n b r insr fatally stabbed. V.'hen the police arrived on the scene assailant had disappeared.
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    WEST AUSTRALIAN SECESSION
    30 13 Reuter Wireless. London, Jan. 31. The House of Lords unanimously d to the appointment of a joint parliamentary committee to consider the West Australian petition. —Reuter Wireless.
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    OFFICIALS THROWN OVERBOARD
    202 13 Haiun Maru Affair Recalled Tokyo, Jan. 24. THE Nippon Dempo correspondent at Takao, Formosa, reported to-day iVT th Prosecution demanded ten ears imprisonment for Captain Sakam^ an d sentences ranging from six s££ris tw 2 ears for members of the crew of the Haiun Maru accused of
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    NEW DEPUTY AGENT
    163 13 Activity At Malaya House (By Air Mail) London. Jan. 23. IF Malaya, its products, difficulties and charms are not speedily more known and appreciated at Home *han ever they have been, it will not be the fault of Mr. Jago who is digging aimself in as Deputy
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    45 13 Asiatic Inspector Yahaya. Assistant D.C.P.D.. Kuala Lipis. suddenly took ill on the Ist inst. whilst in h.'s office it Police Headquarters and had to De admitted to the General Hospital. Kuala Lipis. for treatment, where he will renain as an mmate for some time. I
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    PHYA DEVAHASTIN
    188 13 Prison Sentence Quashed On Appeal As already announced by telegram, the Appeal Court in Bangkok reversed the decLsion of the Criminal Court sentencing Phya Devahasiin to two years' imprisonment for an alleged offence agains: the State: The Appeal Court after reviewing the facs cf the case decided that
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    GRASS FIRES
    128 13 Three Outbreaks In One Day In Singapore Singapore, Monday. Grass fires have been very frequent in Singapore recently on account of the hot weather. There have been several cases during the past three weeks and a further three fires broke out in different parts of Singapore yesterday. In
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    SEREMBAN CORONER'S COURT
    98 13 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, FeD. 2. A verdict of suicide by drowning was returned by the Seremban Coroner, Mr. R. J. R. Curtis, at the mquest into th° death of a Chinese patient of the. General Hospital. Seremban. named Ha Taik. who was found drowned in
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    FINED 50,000,000 PESETAS
    77 13 And Then He Was Executed Reuter Wireless. Madrid, Feb. I. THE heaviest sentence ever passed on a Spanish soldier was partly carried out when ex-sergeant Vasquez. one of the ringleaders in the recent revolt, was shot &i Oviedo. Ht was also fined 50 million pesetas. Another ringleader,
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    AROUND MALAYA
    490 13 Personal Pars About Local People HIS Excellency the Governor is due to arrive at Malacca on his first official visit on Feb. 9. He will leave for Singapore the. following day, travelling by special train from Tampin. Mr. J. Dewar, Surveyor-Gener a!, F.M.S. and S.S.. has left for
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    NEW JEWISH PAPER
    63 13 Reuter Wireless. London, Jan. 31. A new paper called the Jewish Daily Post is being issued in London tomorrow and will apr>rt- daily, including Sundays but not on Saturdays. The policy includes support of the Government of the dc.y and unquestioning allegiance to the Sovereign. Messages of
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    Jack Petersen Decisively Beaten By German Boxer
    140 14 BADLY PUNISHED BY NEUSEL A Terrilic Fight FACE PEPPERED BY PUNCHES Reuter. London, Fen. 4. JACK Petersen, the British and Empire Heavyweight Champion, was decisively beaten by Walter Neusel, the German boxer, at Wembley. The fight was scheduled to go fifteen rounds, but
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    SERIOUS SETBACK
    210 14 I'etcrsen Disappoints His Supporters Reuter. Any slight hopes that Jack Petersen might develop into a world champkn are dispelled by this setback. Neus. is good, but he has not been consid:re world championship class and the con vincmg wa> in which he disposed 01 Petersen makes it certain
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    INTER-PORT SOCCER
    39 14 Shanghai Outclassed By Hongkong Hongkong. Feb. 5. Hongkong defeated Shanghai in the annual inter-port soccer match here yesterday by seven goals to one. The visitors were outclassed by the fast and clever home combination.—Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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    CARNERA STAGES A COME BACK
    211 14 S< Boxer Mauled In Six Rounds Rio J).- Janeiro, Jars. 22. PI! I MO Camera, i-he giant Italian from whom Ma\ie Baer lil ted h world's heavy•igir championship, to-night ably demons!rated that he is hy no means out i lh»> fit tic running when lie
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    RACING IN INDIA
    81 14 Ir is understood that the Maharajah Oi Idar and Mr. Bhikaji Nasserwanji alia j GallODer, the tipster, were called before the Stewards of the Western India Turf Club recently in connection with thr> allegations made in a recent police court case. The enquiry is still proceedin p
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    Second Day Of Perak Meet
    430 14 Handicaps For To-Day*s Races THE following vie the handicaps for the second day, in Ipoh to-day, oi tne Perak February race meeting to be run. Race 1. Horses, Class 2. Div. 5. s.x furs.—Armide y.O, Justicia 8.11, 3.J0 Suy Out 8.10. Austral Waters a-*° valdaraao
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    JAPANESE AT TENNIS
    88 14 Results Of Triangular Contest In the second annual triangular tennis contest in which teams from Sembilan, Johore and Singapore met in Singapore over the holidays, Negri Sembilan came, out victorious beating Johore by 5 malche.s to 2, and Singapore bv 4 to 3, thus carrying away the
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    WOMEN CRICKETERS
    280 14 Comments After Recent Tests J |N the members' pavilion at the Sydney 1 I Ciicket ground recently, grumbles were heard from some of the Lords of Cricket about the English and New South Wales women cricketers not beI ing allowed to use the dressing-iooms in j die pavilion.
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    GARRISON GOLF CLUB
    97 14 Results Of Governor's Cup Competition The Governor's Cup was played on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 2 and 3, at the Garrison Golf CourseThe following were the best returns; Major L. A. J. Graham 3 Up S. H- Moss 1 Up Brigadier. General. A. T. Shakespear All Square
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    LITTLE MEN AT GOLF
    143 14 Challenge Match Against Tallest I "It's a pity about small men. When it comes to golf they are at a great disadvantage." The oldest (or it may have been the youngest) member of West Middlesex I Golf Club put down his glass and awaited I an
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    TWO NEW PLANES DUE
    51 14 Nanking, Jan. 17. Two new aeroplanes purchased by the China National Aviation Corporation, which will be put into service on the Shanghai-Hankow-Chengta run, are expected to arrive in Shanghai some time in March from th? United States. Two more will arrive lat-er in the year.—Sin Wen
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    Quadrangular Hockey Tourney In Kuala Lumpur
    70 14 Good Wins For Selangor And Combined Teams TWO interesting games in the quadrangular hockey tournament n Kuala Lumpur were played ovar the week-end, both games beinj most keenly contested. In Sunday's game, the Selangor Colts beat th Perak Colts by three goals to one
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    SELANGOR COLTS WIN
    763 14 Perak Beaten By Three Goals To One (From Our Own Reporter; Kuala Lumpur, Sunday. r g<HE thirci match of the Malayan I Celts' Quadrangular heckey tournament ended in a well deserved win xo: Selangor over Perak by 3—l when these two teams met cm the Railway Institute
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    COMBINED SIDE
    800 14 Scratch Team Beaten In Keen Game Kuala Lumpur. Mc id PLAYING excellently, the Malayan C defeated Mr. Jumeaux's XI on Padang to-day by the only scored in a hockey match. The game was full of thrills, it was an even struggle most ol time but the Colts had
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    Malayan Lady Champion Beaten By Newcomer
    618 15 HOLIDAY TENNIS SURPRISE \RKIJNG display 15V MISS CURTIS Ladies' Singles Final i Report of S.C.C. Tournament Singapore, Monday. :> cerest in to-day's Ties round the Ladies' Singles < h the finalists were Mrs. M iayan Lady Champion, Curtis, a newcomer to was playing for
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    TO-DAY'S PLAY
    573 15 Scmi-Finals In Mixed doubles Singapore, Tuesday. The semi-finals of the Mixed Open Doubles attracted a deal of interest when play in the S.C.C. Holiday Tennis Tournament was continued this mornRoy Smith and Miss Toby had a fairly easy passage in their match against G. O. Hovil and Miss
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    DAVIS CUP TENNIS
    129 15 Draw For European Zone Reuter Wireless. THE draw for the first round in the Davies Cup in the European zone has resulted j as follows:— Czechoslovakia will meet Yugoslavia: Japan meets Holland: New Zealand meets j Australia. In the second round. Poland meets South Africa and the
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    Home Football Gossip
    501 15 Youngest Winger In League CARDIFF City claim that they have the youngest wingers in League football. Glyn Jones, the amateur out-side-right, is 18, and Reginald Pugh, the outside-lrft, 17. Jones and Pugh played as juniors for the same club. Glynhafod. in the Aberdare Valley League. The ex-Hull
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    VICTORIA WIN
    103 15 Sheffield Shield Cricket i Brisbane, Jan. 21. 1 vN the Sheffield Shield cricket match, Victoria defeated Queensland by 10 wickets. Queensland, who, at close of play, on Saturday, had totalled 111 for the loss of wickets, in their second essay, were all out for 186. Bensted scored 61,
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    STRAITS CHINESE R.C.
    28 15 The Straits Chinese Recreation Club will be celebrating its Jubilee Year in 1940 and not this year as was inadvertently stated in the Sunday Tribune.
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    83 15 Irish League clubs seem to be the magnet for English managers. At the moment Scottish clubs seem to be out of favour. John Leathern, the Glentoran and Irish League half-back, is th« latest to take the eye of an English Club. He goes on trial to Chelsea. Leathern played for
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    R. E. Win Garrison Hockey Championship
    455 15 Wilts Beaten By Solitary Goal In Poor Game THE final hockey match between the Royal Engineers and the "A" Company Wilts Regiment for the Garrison Hockey Championship Cup at the Police Depot yesterday ended in a win for the Islanders by one goal to
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    NATURE IN THE RAW INDOORS
    481 16 A Reporter Unclothed! LOWDOWN ON NUDISM "AT HOME" I London, Jan. 9. A VILLA in Finchley. But so different from other villas, for here is the headquarters of a nudist colony, and here, for the first time, writes a reporter, I was present at an
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    WANDERLUST
    82 16 90-Year-Old Woman Who Cannot Stop Travelling New York. A 90-year-old woman of Barcelona— s.nora Francesca Duurlo—is one of the most remarkable travellers in the world She has:— Had audiences with five Popes Been six times round the world Mastered six languages. She has just left here for Peru with
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    DOG "BLACKS OUT" A TOWN
    92 16 Munich. The town of Kammerburg, in North Bavaria, was plunged into darkness for five hours—by a dog. A chimney-sweep had just finished his work and was emerging from a chimney into the room of a house when the deg, which was in the room, caught
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    WOMAN CHEATED OF OVER £700
    938 16 Young Man's Tales About Spiritualism ((By Air Mail.) London, Jan 23. AFTER swindling a woman boardinghouse keeper of her life-savings— a sum of over £700—a young man calmly admitted in court that he had squandered all his ill-gotten gains on pleasure. In addition to posing
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    FAR EAST WAR IMMINENT
    203 16 Views Of American Journalist Washington, Jan. 23. PROFESSOR Grover Clark of Welleslej College, speaking before the National Conference for the Cause and Cure of War. sal-d to-day that the danger of war in the Far East has increased. He attributed this to the failure of the
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    THE ADVANCE OF TELEVISION
    679 17 c's !lepoi k t I til I POGRAMS1ES 4 YEAR i Air Mail) London, Jan. 23. v- leneraT will prert of the Televi- Parliament, oarh i 1 1 j »n television iszv and recom 'injr of picture j ;-<so(.'iation with j ■:'t wavelengths I me res)
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    SAVED HIS WIFE
    147 17 I Te rrible Problent During Flood Manila, Philippine Island. TERRIBLE problem had to be decided by a man of Samphloc. Tayabas c in ing a rising flood which had driven mm and his family from their home lo tne ton of a mango tree. As the flood
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    CZECH DIVORCES
    86 17 Husbands May Claim Alimony Pragu°. °i husband who has divorced his wife may claim alimony from her f he i poor and his wife has mon-y—this is of the proposals made by a committee of Czech legal experts. Other proposal are: Before marriage, huS'r.-snd and wife may agree
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    ARCTIC FLIGHTS
    269 17 Soviet T<y Make Scientific Investigations 1 Moscow. TWO flights, lo the Arctic, the first un-. dertatfciri (during 'the long polar night, will shortly be made by Soviet mors. The .first will be a 2,000 mile flight from Moscow to Vaigach Island, near Nbvaya Zemlya, in the Arctic regions.
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    SCHEME SPOILT
    133 17 Legislator Who Bought A Winning Ticket I i Austin. Texas. Hoping to funtier his campaign tgrunst the alleged illegal operation of bookmaking establishments near here. Mr. Henry Kyle, a member of tho Stat:Legislature, bought a ticket on a race horse. He intended to hold it up to th:
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    SURPRISE TREAT
    116 17 A Pint Of Wine A Day For Every French Sodier Paris. Every soldier in the French Army r. to be served with a minimum of a pin of wine a day during the coming year Economic considerations govern thi surprise "treat." which is warmly welcomed by the Poilu.
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    ABELARD AND HELOISE
    86 17 Gramophone Record I,a id On Tomb .Paris. A gramophone rscorcl of Schubert'. •Serenade" has been laid before th. tomb of the famous eleventh-century lovers Abclard and Heloise in the Pere Lachaise jemctcry, Paris. i'.cvv.rs are always piled high rcur,. t.ic tomb for it is the popular t::lie."
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    FRANCE'S ARMY
    87 17 Necessity For Increase Of Military Service Fails. Ihe necessity lor an increase of military service in France in 1935 is foreseen by Genera! Tourncs writing in tin Echo de Paris.'' The G"ncral declares that Germany possesses a peace time force of 600.0% men of whom 300,00 are in
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    STAINLESS STEEL TEETH
    61 17 Helsingfors. Steel teeth are being made by the Soviet Moss tamp steel factory, according to "Vechernaya Moskva." A delivery of 100,000 steel dental crowns and 20,000 plates has beei complied, and plans are in hand for the mass production Ct "rustics*; sfeel masticators.'' This scheme involves ah
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    DEAD MEN'S HANDS
    259 17 Worn As Mementoes By Papuan Tribes Port Moresby, Papua. TRIBES who. "wear' the hands of their dead relatives as mementoes were discovered by Patrol Officer Hides on a journey through the Mountains of Papua in search of some "wanted" men. The hands, he found, are removed from
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    FOOTBALLERS PLAINT
    149 17 Association's Right To Use His Photograph Disputed Prague. Does a football club, in paying for a player's services, acquire the right to make what use it likes of his photograph? Ladislav Zenisek. who played bacK for Czechoslovakia in the world-cham pionship final with Italy last year, has raised
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    CALL TO ALMS
    181 18 Lorries As Collecting Boxes Sofia. BUGLES call the citizens of Sofia to give aims to the poor and workless now. g The ougles are blown by men in military lorries which move slowly along trw streets. Placards hang from the lorries, saying: Help the Poor of Bulgaria
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    £3 DEBT COSTS £20,000
    200 18 i'e Ot Land Which Later Rose In Value Nice. Haircuts and shaves worth £3 have ccst t French family £20.000. riiis is how it has happened: M. Louis Leroy owed his baron- 76 francs iat that time worth about £3> for haircuts and shaves. Air was
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    AWARDED £1,000
    148 18 (iirl Who Cracked Her Spine In Water Circus Toronto. Ontario. Miss Belle Lichman. a 20-vear-old Canadian girl, has been awarded 5.000 ocliars 'abou £1.000» by the Assize j Court nere because she clacked her "pine at he Canadian National Exhibition held in Toronto two years ago. I I
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    CHILD GANGSTERS
    116 18 j Hand Rounded Up Rut Leader Escapes Lay Palmas, Canary Islands. A band of child gangsters, their ages ranging from 11 io 14. has been rounded i up here. Bu »hcir chief. a 13-year-old boy knewu as "Chinatown," has escaped. I his boy so terrified the children that
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    URSCHEL KIDNAPPING
    110 18 Gangsters' Defence Lawyers Arrested Oxlahoma City. Two lawyers, James Mathers and Ben Laska, have been arrested here on charges of having participated In the £50 000 ransom money paid to the kidnappers of Mr. G. F. Urschel, the aged oil millionaire. The Department of Justice, who announced the
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    "YOUNG EINSTEIN"
    170 18 Mathematical Genius Of Seven-iYear-Old Boy Nicosia, Cyprus. YOUNG Einstein" the seven -year-oid son of a Nicosia afcoe-maker, may receive a first-class education, probably in England. A former Aide-de-camp of Sir Ronald Storrs. late Governor of Cyprus, has taken the boy under his patronage until he is of an
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    CHARMED LIFE
    189 18 Man Survives Two Shots In The Head New York Leo Schild went sorrowfully to the cemetery where his former wile lay buried. Standing by her grave he drew i revolver and hied a shot into his eye. The shot failed to kill him. Regaining consciousness. Schild tired a
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    STARVED TO DEATH
    178 18 Tragic Fate Of Provincial Youth In London London. A young man who came to London from the Provinces ,o seek his fortune. and who was found dead from starvai tion was the subject ot an inquest at iv"» n. London. "Like many another foolish young men in
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    AMERICA'S GANGSTERS
    144 18 I* Tightened By Recent Killings Of Members? Washington. That the Gangster World of America has been thoroughly frightened by the recent killings of Dillinger, Charle: (Pretty Boy) Floyd and George <Bat tace i Nelson by agents of the Department of Justice, is the hope and belie! of the
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    MADE PEACE WITH AXE
    75 18 Peasant Sentenced To Death For Murdering Son Nicosia, Cyprus. A peasant of Dora rushed to Inter, vene in a fight to the death between two young men. ceu Seizing an axe the peasant laid about him, and one of the combatants fell to the ground—dead found
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    381 19 Theory D SUITOR AS W V< NDIARY suitor, alter a c woman to whoir in advances, had c to a seaside mother, and in the flames and heory adopted by it the death of motor engineer, I Western-road. in the rums of rkanaur-a venue, used as a
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    18 19 I Yorktown, Va. >Us and mementos of all I :ht to the surface from
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    283 19 England—New YorkEngland In Two Days <By Air Mail) London. Jan. 18. A SOLO flight from England to New lork and back in two or three days DiviH amb,tion of Pilot Officer David Llewellyn, son of Sir William demy presldent of th Royal AcaV0 i 1 1 y early
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    MODERN "PIED PIPER"
    100 19 Town Freed Of 100,000 Rats j Munich. The town oi Marktredwitz in Northern Bavaria had a plague of some 100,000 rats; I r has them no longer. The City Council took it upon itself to play the part of "Pied PiDer" and it enrolled 'all unproductively unemployed
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    U.S. NAVY CASUALTIES
    98 19 Motor-Car Accidents Top The List j Washington. Motor-cars—not "Davy Jones' Locker —proved to be the biggest menace to American sailors during the past year, The annual report of Rear-Admiral Ressner. Surgeon-General to tho Navy, shows that l.ioo out of fi.ano injuries caused accidentally were the result of
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    JURY AWARDS WOMAN £158
    1359 19 DARLING LOVE-BIRD'S EMPTY VOW (By Ai*Mail). London, Jan. 23. LOVE letters, which counsel described as "passionate," were brought into court in a suit-case, and selected extracts read to the jury during a breach of promise suit. It was brought by a woman of 40 who travelled
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