Malaya Tribune, 8 February 1935

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    40 1 The Malaya Tribune Mcliya's First National Newspaper: Guaranteed Largest Sales Vol XXIL -No. 33 SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1935 FIVh CENTb. The Malaya Tribune. Singapore: Friday, Feb. 8, 1935. Malaya Tribune 20 PAGES. SWGAPOBF FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1935 five cents;
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      171 1 H<mJ The j (Tribune I Dominant j 1i 1I 1 illtlliillllI Ii(Iill(1(iutJ1>tJllltII ~,,,,,,,,,,,,1,,,,' «»«»i 't»ii'tHt:iiiiii!«: < ~iumHia..nimiinti CROFTS POWER TRANSMISSION MACHINERY m SHAFTING I PULLEYS r LLARS and 1 FRICTION J£ 'm MACHINK-'an I CLITCHES flt| 1 I FARING I RED UCING and om f Mi!! Gearing .f»r# GEARS r
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      193 1 a>W^^^»^^i^^^^»W^^2lM» N 1,1 every en^r tainment Th War S 8 Part freshment in its mild i stimulus. Order it, serve >\ X iL Dewar'a is socially J#£gr 7 y^V^^v- acceptable, the whisky f j MliiP The SCOICH WfiJSKY i Sole Agents !SI ME, DARBY CO., LTD., Sin^re 'J^ 3 Sae^'
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    Shipping News & Notices. EFFECT OF FOREIGN SUBSIDIES
    954 2 Shipping News Notices. EFFECT OF FOREIGN SUBSIDIES British Co/s Last Ships Sold THE sale for breaking up of the large modern Trans-Atlantic British liners Minnewaska and Minnctorika of 22,000 tons gross eacn, means the disposal of the last of the vessels oi the Atlantic Transpor. Company. and the cessation of
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    STOWAWAYS IN LINER
    297 2 Adventure Of Two New York Business Men Two Americans who went on board i the liner Majestic at New York with visitors' passes appeared before the Southampton magistrates charged with 1 stewing themselves away in the ship. j They were Frederick William Mag- uire. 32, described as
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    PIRATES ROUTED
    53 2 Nantung. Jan. 24. An exceptionally large haul of pirate firearms and boats was effected by the river police at Nantung near Yphdu to-day. When the pirates sighted the police the.v fled, leaving 12 boats behind. The police found 174 rifles, 117 pistols and a large quantity of ammunition
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    LIENYUN HARBOUR
    44 2 Tungshan. Jan. 24. The wharves and harbour works •a the Lienyun Harbour is expected to be completed by May. At present the first wharf can accommodate two 3.000--ton vessels. Cargoes ar? being unloaded day and night on these wharves. •Shun Pno. i
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    COLD HOLDS UP SHIPPING
    50 2 Tsingtao, Jan. 15. The s rong north wind which descended on this city yesterday has brought the temperature down to a record low level. All shipping has been held un. Shun Pao." Nanking. Jan. 15. Three persons ail male, have died of the extreme cold.—"Shun Pao."
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    THE QUEEN MARY
    281 2 Order For Twenty Four Steel Lifeboats THE contract for the 24 steel life-boats for the Cunard q.s.t.s. Queen Mary, now fitting out at Clydebank-du biggest order of its kind ever placedi n this country-has been given t 0 Hu-'L MXcan and Sons (Ltd.). Govan. The lifeboats will
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      405 2 TEAMER SAILINGS. I» R&0«d BRITISH' I IN DIA r O. S. N. Co s SAILINGS. OUTWARDS. Doe Tannage. Singapore. 13H6. BHIH N 6,100 Feb. 14 CAS [AGE 15-22? E5" ?,a Bl HAR 6jO(K Feb. 28 CATHAY 15,000 *n"ar. 1 <j,6PO Mar. 13 I i 15.00<> MaT. 15 17.000 Mar. 29
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      393 2 5 w 1 lfi M?!*-*\ '^^E—^-^A PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. TO GENOA, LONDON. ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. From From From From S'pore. Malacca. Port Fenang. M S. S ham. v MEONIA 10-2 19-2 20-2 22-2 ALSIA 12-:? 12-8 13-3 15-3 BORINCI A 2-4 2-4 3-4 5-4 EPRIA 23-4 23-4 24-4
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      459 2 N.Y.H.LINE GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS for CUNARD WHITE STAR LTD. (Incorporated in Japan.) To London via Naples, Marseilles. Next Sailings— 1935 s.s. HAKOZAKI MARU Feb. 21 m.s. TERKUNI MARU Mar. 6 s.s. HAKUSAN MARU Mar. 21 s.s. HARUNA MARU April 4 s.s. KATORI MARU Apr. 19 MINIMUM FARES TO 1st class
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      517 2 STEAMER SAILINGS. c Jj£ NORDDEUTSCHER (Incorporated in i Germany). The undernoted are the Company's intended fixtures:— OUTWARDS. 1935. "SAALE," for Manila, H'kong, S'hai, N. China and Japan Feb. 12 B "NECKAR," for Manila. H'kong. S'hai, N. China and Japan *eb. 2.A HOMEWARDS. For Rotterdam, Hamburg Bremen. "DONATJ," also calls Genoa,
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    TO-DAY'S MARKET POSITION
    116 3 RUBBER IMPROVES SLIGHTLY lerate Support l Auction y ßy Our Financial Correspondent) Singapore, Friday, morning, jo-day s Prices (Singapore), 20 ;< cts., "P U ct. :et Tone: Steady. rapore), 1141/2, down lesterday's Prices:— (i 1 fed., ui> 1 16d. Tone: Steady, quiet. 12!» 16 cts., up 116
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    PETROL PRICES
    125 3 Asiatic i'etroleum Co. (S.S.). Ltd. Shell Motor Spirit and va- Kerosene are as follow*S. Av.r on Spirit in 4-gallon British Imperial 'Y'T s P! ri t; ex pump per •a! gallon $0.82 Spirit to 4-gallon P er British Imperial it P n r 4-gallon tin $3.6? V' 1
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    Financial News & Views LATEST SINGAPORE SHARE QUOTATIONS
    15 3 Financial News Views LATEST SINGAPORE SHARE QUOTATIONS ft— Co.. 8 tt! BUbber 9UOtBtioM thoBe f
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    MINING
    476 3 The followin gap re 10 a -m. and stock exch ange Issue. 4 alU Ampat Tl n £1 Asam Kumbang Tin 34 33 6 H Austral Malay 6 1|- 62 g Ayer Hitam Tin 13 6 14 6 S Ayer Weng 2 2.l7'Axd £1 Bangrin Tin 2 4 6
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    DEBENTURES AND LOANS
    160 3 SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL SSUED BY FRASER b CO.. EXCHANGE AND STOCK BROKERS. Ruven Seller*. 5% 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 Interest Mar. 31, Sept. 30 110 1?2 nom. %V>% 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 Interest Mar. 31, Sept. 30 H4 1 H6V 2 norn *i 000.000 Interest Mar. 1909 red.
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    RUBBER
    385 3 Singapore, Friday, 10 a.m. ft rPlL fo o w in rubb€r &har€ Quotations and *E!tt f and C and LyalJ Issue. shirt. ISfS L y* n Shares. and Co. Evatt. Allenby 1.85 1.95xd 1.85 1.95 A Ga Jah 1.50 1.60 1.50 1.60 li* K* H i tam 237 2
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    GENERAL
    334 3 ERASER COS QUOTATIONS a 14 a CLOSING QUOTATION? 2 5 -c a 5 '5« Mm Sellers $2 $2 A. Brick Ord 130 140 S2 S2 A. Brick 7» 2 Pre. 1.75 185 $10 $10 Atlas Ice 10.00 10.75 1 £1 B. Amcr. Tobacco 123 128 $10 $5 B. Malaya
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    MONEY MARKET
    202 3 France Likely To Remain On Gold Pax-is, jan. 28. ABATEMENT of tne bullish wave on ft foreign exchanges, regarding the mn£ OSS lble revaluati of the American dollar, is arousing widespread interest In the opinion of the market exuerts £j fact that the Bank of France has i'lis
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    WHISPERING CAMPAIGN
    273 3 Nervousness Follows Crash Of Well-Known Firm tm London, Jan. 31 Financial difficulties of the well-known grata firm of Strauss and Company are causing nervousness in othei markets than the Baltic Exchange, and more especially in Mincing Lane where i amours arc rife among the brokers One observer likens
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    £70,000,000 PLAN
    447 3 I To Nationalise Coal Mining Royalties ll/HEN the Chancellor of the Exchequer announces in the House of Commons details of the Government's plan rroof f 6 oal mini ng royalties in Great Britain, he will reveal that thfcost to the nation will be betwppn £70.000,000 and £80.000.000 between
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    PEPPER MARKET CRISIS
    334 3 No Serious Reaction On Other Commodities Reuter. London. Feb. 7. THE negotiations In the papper crisis appear to nave slightly lifted the pr v ous rosettes regarding settlement day to-moirow. Nevertheless the stocks of pepper m London in 1931 rose i ram 1,370 tons to 13,600 and
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    FRENCH BOURSE
    161 3 ieavy Gold Purchases By U. S. Banks Reuter. p a ns 7 ENCOURAGED by the suiong intervention of the. American Exchange Fund coupled with the virtual certainty that no alteration w.'ll be made in the gold content of the dollar, American banks have been heavy buyers of gold
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    SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
    74 3 DAILY PRICKS CURRENT, for X M.A. So. I X Ribbed Smoked Sheet. Singapore, Friday, noon. Buyers. Sellers. Spot (loose) 20% 20~, (F. 0.8.) Current month 20% 21 Feb. March 21% 2P/2 Apr'] June TI 7 2'i July Sep.-. 24% 24 > Oct. Dec. 25 25% To/ie
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      88 3 THE SOUTH BRITISH DURANCE COMPANY, LTD.--porated in New Zealand). "RE, MARINE, MOlo. AND WOKKMLN S COMPENSATION. L. C MARGOLIOUTH, »™CE: 2. FINLAYSON GRbSS?"" THE EASTERN BANK LIMITED i?K.°J porat d in England). SINGAPORE BRANCH: *M».-i > 4, D A,n »*ida Street. cT i and Subscri "bed **ti£n ct i «2,000,000
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      27 3 me L. I THE eastern UNITED ASSURANCE CORPORATION. LID. FIR7S, MARINE, MOrOD CAR, PERSONAL ACCIDENT COMPENSATION INBURANCB. BEAD OFFICF: 1«D, CeeO 8L L<i JOftW«ON. Gwm ral MgMPt
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      78 3 Nederlandscbe Handel-Maatschappijj, X vi (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, Limited. Correspondent* in tha principal Cities
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      65 3 j WITH ANNUAL INTEREST I OF 2«/ 2 p.a. PAID QUARTERLY. A SAVINGS ACCOUNT is your easiest way to save. A! the odd cents pot carefully aside and regularly deposited will very quickly give you ready money for any possible emergency. Easily accessible and always available you should hesitate no
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      303 3 <HK YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK LIMITED, VIKYER CHAMBERS, RAFFLES PLACE Capita! Fully Paid Yen 100.000,000 Reserve Fund Yea 1J4.250.000 HEAD OFFICE: YOKOHAMA. ■RANCHES at Alexandria, Bataria, Berlin. 2TE W»" 10 Hankow, H.V mm .Honolulu. Hongkong, Hsinking, Karachi, Kobe, London. Los Angeles. Manila, Moii, Nagasak, Najroya, New York, Osaka, Paris, piping, Rangoon,
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      589 4 M. HASSAN, Hi 37, BRAS BASAH ROAD, SINGAPORE. j *vc undertake all sorts of work Hi electrical, gas and *ater service line. We give prompt attention to all onjers either big or small. Why not consult us about your requirements Bfttimate submitted upon jrequesl without charge or ftbftg*MALAYA TRIBUNE. PIIONi::
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      399 4 WANTED WANTED—Tochers (Outstatinn). Apply Mercantile Institute, Singapore. WANTED— Housekeeper (Indian). Apply Hok No. 469, c o Malaya Tribune. "~WANTED—A PARTNER wi h a capital of $10,000 f(,r a well established and paying farm business. One with theoratical or practical experience in Agriculture, Veterinary Science or Cc icral Farm ng preferred.
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      658 4 NOTICE. I, the undersigned Madam Chan Kam Neo of No. 99, High Street, Singapore, hereby give notice that since the 18th Tanuary, 1935 my daughter Lee Beng Chan has left my custody and control of her free own will and that I am under no liability for any debts contracted
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      501 4 SINGAPORE TURF CLUB NOTICE. FEBRUARY MARCH RACE MEETING, 1935. SATURDAY 23R1),' WEDNESDAY 27TH FEL. SATURDAY 2ND. MARCH. FVTMFS CLOSE a- 12 o'clqck noon on WfA)NESI)AY. I.iTH FEBRUARY, 193b SWEEPS.—-A $6 UNUMTTETJ SWEEP STAKE FOR MEMBERS ONLY will I h Id oi each Race day. Applications for tickets must be made
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      363 4 CAKES and BISCUITS Kwe Sagoon Kwe Koya Kwe Blanda Kwe Melati Kwe Boloe Kwe Simpret Lumpok Durian Ginger Cakes Honey Cakes Citroen Peel Cakes Royal Mixed Biscuits Sultana Biscuits Royal Assortment Biscuits Vanille Diamond Biscuits Tea Wafers Biscuits etc., etc. Price lists on application. D. T. LIM CO., 353, North
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      234 4 LATEST 1935 MODELS on view at yick woh mm i 429, NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. 5 Blades for 10 Cenis Razor with 1 Blade 30 Cents Obtainable everywhere. Agents: SCHIFFNEK CO. 6, North Bridge Rd.. Sin gapore. DIABETES, i N URIA PARALYSIS, MANIA, PILES SKIN DISEASES, LEPR< )S i CONSUMPTION, ASTH
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    MALARIA RELIEF FUND
    39 5 I'ltiui ,\i 1 he Great World Cabaret being obtainc ft the. Great World <Ai «->»(3 of tiie R "I ef Fund. Band will not be "o.r.nothr.r en- Band will and dancing wiii jciu. > until 2 a.m.
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    POLICE BAND
    30 5 I {J* direction WUJ play the. foi1210k Ayer to--3 iJ p.m. Boat Kern; Over- Jacket," Biitono "Prebert; Selection. JJ X W Brown; -n 'v V; or> Matt; Myddloton.
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    HONEYMOON IN DONKEY CART
    23 5 Milan ••ouplf f rom Vienna honeymoon travel- donkey can m a tar D a «i«n acid up in Florence
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      17 5 fljr®i| BEECHAM'S PILLS FOR Uv enshness, '"digestion, j Biliousness V Li i k Sold Everywhere "■ld's Medicine
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      147 5 I Eyesight Specialfsts. j Glasses If Needed. Difßcnlt Cases Solicited. f J I >< Raffle Square (Lnf ranre ti,r<, UK h I FraakeTd) f A 1 (LONDON) aMaMM Cocoa-beans of only the finest quality, roasted by their own special method, make Van Houten's Cocoa better, richer and cheaper than any
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      650 5 RERUN, SHORT-WAVP STATION Wireless Programme For To-Day Til* Wireless programme for to-dnv J announced by the. German S -v Siat.on, Berlin BrnnH ort is as follows:— Bloadc asUng 4 05 p.m. DJB, DJN Arm™,,, Engl.». German' Fo ramme Forecast (Germ pL? g 20 p.m. Woman's Hour gi K ■i .'0
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    JUST WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW— TO-DAY'S SHIPPING
    233 6 VESSELS ARRIVED Sibajak, Dut„ 7.357 tons, from Scurabaya 7—2; for Rotterdam B—2. Kutsang, Brit., 3,643 tons, from Calcutta B—2; for Hongkong, Amoy, Japan o 2 Lima Maru, Jap, 4,297 tons, from Newport B—2; for Nagasaki 9—2. Clara Camus, Ital., 4,416 tons, from
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    HARBOUR BOARD
    117 6 SHIPS ALONGSIDE THE WHARVES Oil EXPECTED TO ARRIVE Singapore, Feb. East Wharf (Entrance Gate 1) Himalaya Maru Main Wharf (Entrance Gate 3) Clumber Hall 18; Gorgan 14 Clara Camus 11: Agamemnon 8; Op ««n Noon 6. iiilti «i Empire Dock (Entrance <Hte S) Thutland Castle 30; City of
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    MAILS EXPECTED
    42 6 The local Agents of the Air holders Will be sent out b> .he 8.-. a.m. delivery on Monday. Presidert From Philippine Islands, Johnson. due Singapore at dajhgn to m Fro°m China and Japan, by Arizona Mam, due Singapore to-morrow. i
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    MONEY MARKET
    197 6 SELLING Singapore, Feb. 8 London 4 months' sight London 3 months sight > London 60 days' sight 2 4 5,3 London 30 days' sight London demand JjJ London T.T. j 2 4 Lyons and Paris demand Hamburg demand New York demand DD Batavia and Sourabaya demand Samarang demand
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    STERLING EXCHANGE
    86 6 Paris 74 13 32. New York 4.88 5 16 Montreal 4 88%. Brussels 21.03*/2Geneva lS.lS Amsterdam Milan 57 3 4. Berlin 12 23. Madrid 35 29 32. Stockholm 19.40. Copenhagen 22.39V2 Oslo 19.90' 2Vienna 26 J/ 4. j Prague 117 3 i- Helsingfors 226V 2 Athens 515. Bucharest
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    PRODUCE
    209 6 Singapore, Feb. 8. R. .Siam) W. Coast N. 1 per Koyan $123 R (Siarn» W. Coast N. 2 per Koyan *12l R Sam) W. Coast N. 3 per Kojafl $120 rVp B. Siam N. 1 per Koyan $126 Rice. B Siam N 2 per Koyan $123 Siam. A 1
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    DIARY OF THE DAY WHAT'S ON?
    215 6 Public Functions And Sports Fixtures TO-DAY, FEB. 8 ligh Tides.—l.s7 a.m.. 2.07 pjn. iXr. Rifle Meeting, Bukit Tim ah Range, 2 pm. 3olf: Keppel Club, Women*', B (Bogey). TO-MORROW. FEB. 9 High Tides.—2.3o a.m.. 2.55 p.m. Football: M F.A., Malayu Kebak lan I v.
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    AMUSEMENTS
    68 6 ALHAMBRA. —''Son cf Kong." APOLLO. —"Lobhi-Pitha.' H: talkie. CAPITOL—"Bird Of Parad:> EMPIRE. —Chinese talkie. GREAT WORLD.—Cabaret Danciu* Side-shows, Dean's Grand Opera Chinese Wayangs, Cinemas, Talkies, eic. MARLBOROUGH.— 'Krishna L NEW WORLD—Cabaret Dane!!* Side-shows, Malay Onwas ChiT* Cinemas, Talkies, etc. PAVILION. —"Girls Will Be B RlTZ.—"Beyond Bengal" and T Thin
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    AIR MAILS DELAYED
    36 6 Information has been re Lv. the outward Netherlands A 1 Mai to-day has been delayed. Idate and time cf delivery will be announced In the ro Daily List as soon as informa available.
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    VITAL TO HEALTH
    94 6 Dr. Walter EL George, gr Medical Department ft' th I.idian-a. says in a recent lett< i mer Health Commissioner have always been concerned jmulsation of information publV in ma'fitainiag health ami There is little quest* n J functioning Kidney and B a vital to health. Kidney I
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      446 6 .«^.MiirililllllUWlHlMMW»™^^ SIN&&PORM MOIHS i IS— mm S SEA VIEW HOTEL 1 ENTIRELY RENOVATED, I 1 moii cr ASIDE RESORT. p I EVERY ROOM WJH, «2" I 1 FORMAL I I j SPECIAL I I ENTERTAINMENT PROVIDED BY 1 VALENTINA VLADIMIROVA I I V RUSSIAN PRIMA BALLERINA. I 8 1? RTirWANAN
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      108 6 I SINGAPORE AUCTIONEERS. I Aiictiim Sale Of ffi HouschoM furniture of every descr'p- X tion including one upright German ffi piano, Royal Empire Monach type- X writers, electric lamps and irons, re velvet, silk and cotton cloths, marble and clay statues, scented toilet soap, jU Indian floral pattern centre carpets
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      26 6 FIGARO Ladies Hairdre^-ry PERMANENT WAM>' By European Experts. $8, $10 and $15 )M RAFFLES HOTEL, i**?* 1 at 93, Hras Baaafc R» aa TELEPHONE 28«^^J 1
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      141 6 DAILY WEATHER REPORT Malayan Meteorological Service Yesterday. Lasixsigat Max. Bright MijxTemp. Rainfall. Sunshine. Teini». hiauons. Deg. F. Inches. Hours. Deg. P. Alor Star 90 NU 10.8 67 Stiawan 92 Nil 10.4 72 Kota Bharu 85 Nil 10.9 65 Bukit Jeram 89 Nil 7.2 71 Malacca 88 Nil 10.7 72 Singapore:
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      484 6 SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE TO-DAY (Kutsang) 2 p.m. otTsi 2 p.m. Stawf of v ,00 ten Noorti 2 p.m. SSSSSS Lia: ,Op 2.30 p.m. Java Soiuh-West Sumatra, S,a East Borneo Celebes. Mo! ccas and T. DUO 230 pm Belawan and Medan .Tniombo. 3 p.m. Indo-China 11 la Ed endalei 4 p.m.
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      159 6 from 1 p.m to midnight. Light refreshments. Broadway Musical Party: Music practice, Mr. Tan Ah Goo's residence, 22, Talan Kembangan (off Changi), 7.30 p.m. Upper Serangoon Recreation Club: Serangoon Open Air Talkies, 8 p.m., benefit show. Musical Party: Music pracice, M' Ong Kirn Seng's residence, 19, T.crong Pukit Pasoh Road,
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      664 8 X THE FAMOUS STORY THAT HAS THRILLED THE WORLD NOW THE SENSATION OF TH SCREEN J U |ll n||||| i ttth t iHiirm i j j OPENING TO-DAY! I^^^^^^!^^ I Dolores Del Rio Vlluring, Vivacious, Ravishing mw 1 J As UTANA Beautiful Vir in Princess of the Islands 0 jP.V-7t?~
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    JAPAN'S NAVAL POLICY
    120 9 Singapore Regarded As Aggressive Base Reuter. Tokyo, Feb. 6. IN the Die.t the Navy Minister signified that the favoured revision of article 19 of the Washington Pact by the inclusion of the Hawaiian Islands and Singapore in the status quo areas because they were aggressive bases, and
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    FLAGSHIP ARRIVES
    91 9 Lifted By Floating Dock At Singapore Singapore, Thursday. HJfr.B. KENT, the 10,000-ton cruiser which is the flagship of the China Sauadron, arrived from Hongkong yesterday and was lifted by the floating dock far cleaning and inspection. The process took about six hours, it !s reported, and immediately afterwards
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    PRISON SUICIDE
    101 9 No Blame Attached To The Staff Singapore. Thursday. THE death of a Chinese prisoner named Lim Chai Tye who was found hanging In the punishment i cell in the Criminal Prisons, formed the subiect of an inquest held before the Singapore Coroner. Mr. W. G. Porter, tc-dey. and
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    WHEN WOMEN FALL OUT
    140 9 Hammer Alleged To Have i Been Used Singapore, Thursday. A Ch'nese woman named Chua Peck Whatt who was produced on a chare-* jof causine mischief by hous? trespass pleaded guilty before Mr. Oakley, the Third Magistrate to-day. The accused's husband, who is a Straits-born Chinese, is
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    STOLE A WALLET
    97 9 Six Months Rigorous For Old Offender Singapore, Thursday. Charged with theft of a leather wallet belonging to Mr. W. A. Sainton, a passenger on beard the s.s Aeneas, an Indian named Mohamed Ibrahim pleaded guilty before Mr. Oakley, the Third Magistrate to-day. The accused is said to
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    LOCAL LALLANG FIRE
    28 9 I At half-past nine last night there was a small lallang fire at the 4th miiL j Tanjong Rhu. which the brigade extinguished without difficulty.
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    WENYUEN TAKEN FROM REDS
    120 9 I''our-Day Battle With Slie-nsi Troops Shanghai, Feb. 7. A REPORT trom Chungking states that the Reds at Wenyuin have retreated after settine: fire to many houses in the city. The Shensi troops assisting in the campaign against the Reds in Szschuen have ejitered Wenyuen. General Tang
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    CAR IN DITCH
    87 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Feb. 7. Returning home to Padang Rengas from Ipoh, Captain Rumphrys, the well-known owner and trainer, was involved in r> motor-car accident last night. L was pitch dark and Cap: Humphrys' car collided with a btu travelling in the opposite direction. The
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      722 9 mediums PERFECTION The New World Ltd. i\\ ERY NIGHT AT %39 PJL j High living By his 2 lady partners 16th, 17th 18th, February 8 ;u ILLUMINATED PROCESSION depictmg the varied I punishment in He!l. Special Shanghai artists, well 1 Chinese classics ana Co* fucianism, have been special- I to
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    BY-ELECTION SHOCK
    676 10 £JABLED news from Britain yesterday was of more tnan usual interest. Three of the more important messages n.ight be regarded as having a bearing on each other—the result of the byelection at Wavertree. the riot 0 t unemployed at She...eld and the renewed pledge of Dominion status for
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    EFFECTS OF QUOTAS
    146 10 Lettsr From Mr. J. 1. Miller MR. J. I. Miller, the Registrar of TPxtile Quotas in the Straits Settlements, writes as follows— Will you kindly allow me to correct a small point in your leadng article yesterday which might be misunderstood. You say "Under the quota sysam
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    AIR CONVENTION
    39 10 Italy Waiting To See Germany's Reaction Reuter. Rome, Feb. 8. It is understood that Italy is inclined to await Germany's reaction to the London Agreement before reaching a decison as regards her participation In the Air Convention.—Reuter.
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    EXPENSIVE WATCH STOLEN
    52 10 Singapore. Friday. A burglary is reported to have occurred at the residence of a European living in Ewe Boon Road, on Jan 4 during his absence. A gold pocket watch with a platinum chain and a gold and silver match-box attached were stolen. The articles are valued
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    18 10 The Air Mail despatched from Singapore on Jan. 28 was delivered in London on Feb. 7 (10 days).
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    38 10 The Slyer Jubilee of the Right Rev Bishop Perros has been celebrated In Bangkok. Tunku Nong, the son of Tunku Mohamed Jewa, who went to England to further his studies, Is to enter Wrekin Pol We Wellington. Rhron»h?re
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    Notes and Comments The "Buku Merah"
    142 10 Notes and Comments The Buku Merah" THAT indispensable adjunct of any office in Malaya, the Singapore and Malayan Directory, has made its appearance for 1935. This is the 56th issue of the directory, for wlvch Printers, Ltd., are responsible, and the appearance of the fanuiiv red book is very welcome.
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    rmadas In The Pacific
    244 10 games unprecedented in tb« If naval history of the world are scheduled to take plac? in the Pacific during the months of May. June and July, for the entire fleets of the American and Japanese Navies will be participating in naval manoeuvres which are to be
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    "The Reign Of King George The V"
    236 10 ANE of the most striking' restores V the King's Silver Jubilee eel: bra-.,. < will be the simultaneous sere nine; r all parts of the British Empire jf thfilm "The Reign of Kng Gorge th« V," the scenario for which was written by
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    Traffic Control
    242 10 Tr affic Control %NY attempts ..o bring about a satis- factory measure of traffic control are. usually met with a c'rtan -aunt of resistance by those who ar involved in them, namely th: motorist and the pedestrian. In England 'read hogs" have shown themselves particularly reluctant to conform to the
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    Topics Of The Day
    258 10 By "Looker-On" 1 BOUT the only cxerc'se some people XI take—states a brother "wisecraker —is jumping at conclusions. That is all very well, but the. troub o with most people is to find time to take the exercise which is said to be so necessary. Fat
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    Attempts To Destroy The India Federation BY-ELECTION SEQUEL
    162 11 SLKI01S VIEW BY CONSERVATIVES India Assembly on Of Federal London, Feb. 7. jT is certain that a most serious will be taken in Conservative headquarters as a result of the Wa by-election, which -was nounced in the morning blow to the Government,
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    UNEMPLOYMENT
    173 11 N: •> istance Scheme Defended Reuter Wireless. London, Feb. 5. THE er for Li.bour. Mr. George I S' n. ide a conciliatory reply in i'. H of Commons to-day to the It\i:. from members of he working of the r Assistance Act which culrr... the c'i graceful scene ano
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    EMPIRE STATESMEN
    120 11 Hig Conference In London This Year Reuter Wireless. London, Feb. 5. 'he first time since the Parlia- me visit in 1916, delega- t preventative of Empire Legislaw meet in I "ndon this year as rv f the Uniiei Kingdom Branch Parliamentary Association founder 0 time of King George's
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    39 11 FINANCIAL NEWS. 3. RFLEBS PROGRAMMES, 5. < I-UB DIARY. 6 'INEMA TOPICS. 7. CLERICAL UNION ENTERTAIN MR. TAY LIAN TECK. 12. -vIUAR PLANTERS MEET, 12. JPORTS NEWS, 14 and 15. MAT A VAN PT ANTTNO TOPICS IR.
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    VOTING IN THE ASSEMBLY
    346 11 No Faith In Promises Of Statesmen Reuter. Madras, Feb. 7. WE cannot any longer put faith in Brit s atesmen w spokesmen of the Wh Wrtn 10 ai Samuel Hoare 0 new pledge for Domin on Status, tho, i LCry in India he said > had
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    EQUALITY FIRST
    99 11 Germany And Pact Negotiation Reuter Wireless. Berlin. Feb. 5. GERMANY wants equality first and will then negotiate on the pacts proposed in the Anglo-French agreement, declares Herr Alfred Rosenberg in the Government organ. Voelkischer Beobachter. "We are convinced that a general agreement concluded In perfect freedom between Germany
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    LONDON TALKS
    153 11 French President Pleased With Results Reuter Wireless. Paris. Feb. 5. At the Cabinet meeting to-day President Lebrun congratulated M. Fiandin and M Laval "on the happy results" of j Jie London talks. M. Flandin told the Chamber that the London agreement would in no way interfere with the
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    JAPAN'S INFLUENCE IN CHINA
    407 11 Powers Watchful MINISTERS MAKING I INQUIRIES I Shanghai, Feb. 8. j THE Powers are paying keen atten-1 tion to the latest developments in Sino-Japanese affairs. The Foreign Ministers at Peiping have been instructed by their re-' spective Governments to visit Nank- i ing shortly and make
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    CHEATING CHARGE
    73 11 Brought Against European At Ipoh (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Thursday. A European named D. Brown was charged before the ftrst magistrate with attempting to cheat Mohamed Ishaque. clerk to Hather Bacha and Co., by presenting a cheque for $250 and falsely reoresentjng that it was valid The
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    A FALSE CHEQUE
    92 11 (From Our Oicn Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Thursday. When Kong Siew Kong, an Englishspeaking Chinese, was to-day charged with cheating Mr. A. Dragon of $10 by falsely representing that he possessed money in the bank and by tendering a cheque which he knew to be worthless, Court Chief
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    A "THOROUGH SAMSENG"
    77 11 (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Thursday. Court Chief Inspector A. E. Jakeman referred to an Indian, Pampayan, as a "thorough samseng" and a never-do-well when the man was produced in tho First Magistrate's Court th s morning charged with voluntarily causing hurt to another Indian at
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    LATEST NEWS FROM CHINA
    124 11 Arsenal Jerry-Builder Fined $50,000 Hongkong, Feb. C. THE contractor of the building at the Pakiang Arsenal which collapsed recently, has been fined $50,000 which will be given to the Government as expenses to put up another building He has been detained for trial on a criminal
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    "NO FOUL PLAY"
    202 11 Man Cut To Pieces By A Train (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping. Feb. 6. THE finding of a decapitated and dismembered body of an unknown male Tamil about a hundred yards from the Kota railway gate formed the subject of an inquiry before Che Must?pha Albakri. the
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    WAR PENSIONS
    91 11 Cost Great Britain £45,000,000 Last Year Reuter Wireless. London, Feb. a. I\he number of persons in Britain In receipt of war pensions or allowances la 1.053.000. according to the latest report of the Ministry of Pensions, being 53,500 fewer than he previous year. The decline is due in
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    "ROVING CRIMINALS"
    86 11 (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Thursday. Described as "roy ng criminals" twc young Chinese. Lee Ah Tiam and Lou Ah Sun. ware to-day sentenced by Mr. J. P. Biddulph to one. month's rigorous imprisonment and six months' rigorous imprisonment respectively. The accused claimed trial on charges of
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    UNCUSTOMED GOODS
    55 11 (From Our Own Correspondent) Klang. Feb. 7. Charged with failing to declare 130 new bicycle chains, on which the duty amounted to $78.01, at Port Swettenham on Jan. 25. Chan Chong, of Kuala Lumpur was convicted by the Klang Magistrate to-day and fined $235 or six months' r.i.
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    ARTIST'S DEATH
    18 11 I Fryeburg (Maine), Feb. 7. J The death is announced of the artist, Douglas Volk.—Reuter. Reuter.
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    INDIAN ESTATE LABOUR
    20 11 The Raiula arrived at Penang on Thursday bringing 1,563 State-aided labourers from Madras for Malayan rubtvr estntes
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    THE NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
    199 11 Issue May Be Financial One Reuter Wireless. London, Feb. 5. SPECULATION Is rife in political circles concerning the date of the next general election which mus occur not later than October. 1936, when the present Parliament legally expires. Usually, elections are held after budgets but owing
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    LEAGUE APPEAL TO PIRATES?
    255 11 M.P.'s Suggestior CO-OPERATION WITH CHINESE Reuter. London, Feb. 7. IN the House of Commons, Lieut.Com. P. G. Agnew, Conservative Member for Cambourne, suggested that the British Minister in China be instructed to confer with the Chinese Government as regards the steps which can be taken with
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    Clerical Union Entertain Their President At Dinner
    1071 12 Appointment To Legislative Council No Promises But Will Welcome Proposals Singapore, Friday. THE Clerical Union entertained their president the Hon. Mr. Tay Lian T4 ck to dinner last night in honour of his appointment to the Legislative Council. Replying to the toast Mr.
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    MR. TAY'S SPEECH
    1067 12 Post Of President Made Simple By Members Reply to the toa-t. Mr. Tay Lian Teck said:— •"First of all. lot me thank you. on behalf of my wife and myself, for the honour you have done us in inviting us to this function here. It has metuit
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    LOCAL ACCIDENTS
    171 12 Chinese Severely Bitten By A Dog A Malay boy sustained a fracture of tne shoulder in falling down a 10-foc: slide at Telok Kurau English School. He was conveyed by ambulance to the General Hospital. An omnibus proceeding along Serangoon Road to Tampenis this morning is said to
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    "ARSENIC WITCH" TO DIE
    122 12 End Of Sensational Poison Trial Reuter Wireless. Debreczen Feb. 5. IfRS- John Nagy, the "arsenic witch" ]f| the principal in the trial of seven women and two men, all peasants, indicted on a charge of possoning their next-of-kin with arsenic soaked from fly papers, has been
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    "MAGNANIMOUS ACTION"
    150 12 Indian Cook Who Defied A Warning (From Our Oicn Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Thursday. When Velupillay. an Indian cook, was charged with trespass at a house in Penang Road it was alleged that accused had been warned both by the occupier of the house, Mr. Shelton. and the police
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    FIGHT IN TRAS STREET
    81 12 Clash Between Local Rival Gangs Singapore. Friday. The peace of Tras Street, in the Tanjong Pagar area, was disturbed kx about cne o'clock this morning when two rival gangs of Chinese clased. Blows with sticks and bare fists were freely exchanged, but before the fracas could
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    DIAMOND BROOCH LOST
    47 12 Singapore. Friday. A European woman has reported the loss of a diamond and platinum brooch valued at £60. The article, which was used for evening wear, was lost somewhere between Nassim.Road and the Capitol Theatre, between 9 p.m. and 11.45 p.m. on Jan. 31.
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    GARDENER'S THEFT
    202 12 Stole Room Mate's Wages (From Our Oivn Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Thursday. A MALAY driver employed by Mr. Gopal Iyer, th? Controller of Indian Labour, was the complainant in a case heard before Mr. J. P. Biddulph this morning,, when Manikam, a gardener, was charged with the theft of
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    ITALIAN UNEMPLOYMENT
    135 12 Men To Supplant Women In Factories Rome. The substitution of men for women in Italian offices and factories is one of the new measures adopted in the drive to reduce Italian unemployment. "It is not dignified that a man should be forced to remain at home awaiting the
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    CHRISTMAS TRAGEDY
    139 12 Liverpool How a young man died as the result of an accident while playing ping-pong with his brother on Christmas Day was revealed at an inquest here. Christopher Flannery, carpenter, described how his brother Edward, aged 18, was playing table tennis with him in his ioft, on a
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    PIRACY GUARDS
    53 12 The Sirdhana arrived from Hongkong to-day with 805 passengers, of whom 789 travelled on deck. There were 10 anti-piracy guards. Passengers for Singapore include Messrs. G. Taylor, F. H. Bradley, Arthur Jenkins. Ja<. Donaldson, Tham Hoi LeFong, Chan Cheong and Loh Ching Chen Kuo Son Shi and Mrs
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    DEATHS OF SEAMEN
    127 12 According to the returns of deaths or seamen repo. to the RegistrarGeneral of Shipping during November last year the following were included: Teong Ah Hing last place of abode 82 Tras Street, Singapore at board Ampullaria from fractured Lim Say Hock (greaser), last place of abode, 11,
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    PASSENGERS ON SIBAJAK
    49 12 Passengers by the Sibajak fromSourabaya to-day include: Mr. C. H Barber, Miss H. M. Holland, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Coeber and servant. Miss H A Mackall. Mjrs. A. S. Geel-Rinsma. Miss G. L. Priddle. Mr. J. C. M. Rohr_mann, Mr. Liauw Dong Hin and child.
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    IMPERIAL DEFENCE SCHEME
    275 12 Why South Africa Stays Out Reuter Wireless. Capetown. Feb 5 THE reasons why South Africa is nor prepared to join in a poi scheme for Imperial Defence v given by Mr. Pirow. Minister for 'Dofence, in a noteworthy speech when dressing the Imperial Press Conference He declared
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    ATTEMPTED SUICIDE
    157 12 Took Caustic Soda And Then Burnt Her Face Singapore. Friday. A Chinese woman, after taking a glass cf caustic soda, found the pain so unbearable that she rubbed the remainder over her face. This had drastic results. Ho San. the accused, appeared before Mr. Oakley, the Third Magistrate
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    FORMER TRUSTEE SUED.
    1705 13 Accounts In Dispute interesting civil SUIT Singapore, Thursday. 4\ interesting civil matter, in A which the plaintiff is Syed Salmi Alwee Alhabshee and the deis Mr. C. M. Van Cuylenburg, s trustee of the plaintiff's was disposed of by the Chief Sir Walter Huggard in the Court
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    Fighting Resumed In Mongolia
    199 13 RUSSIANS TAKE PART Machine-Guns Used JAPANESE REPULSE ATTACKS Shanghai, Feb. 7. REPORT has been received in Changchun to the effect that 200 mixed Mongolian, Russian, Chinese and Korean troops, equipped with machine guns, counter-attack-ed Khalkamiao, in Outer Mongolia, on Tuesday night. The Japanese and Manchukuo troops
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    A K.L. APPEAL
    152 13 Ceylon Malaria Epidemic Relief SIR, —You have no doubt heard of the terrible national calamity that has befallen Ceylon. Although the Malaria Epidemic is gradually subsiding, letters arriving from all parts of Ceylon describe extensive suffering among the poorest classes. Within living memory Ceylon has never suffered
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    RASH DRIVING CHARGE
    85 13 Chinese Boy On Cycle Badly Injured (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Feb. 7. A Chinese driver was to-day charged with rash driving and causing hurt to a Chinese boy riding a cycle, at the third mile. Gopeng Road, past the Swimming Club The driver was apparently turning
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    BURNT TO A CINDER
    75 13 Malay House Near Ipoh Destroyied (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh. Feb. 7. The hot weather was the principal cause of a fire which completely destroyed a Malay dwelling one mile from Ipoh in the main trunk road. The house was built of wood and attap and
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    LORRY DRIVER ACQUITTED
    105 13 Singapore, Thursday. In the fourth magistrate's court this afternoon before Mr- C. H. Whitton, Choo Sic Mien was charged with driving his motor lorry, No. J1663, on the Dec. 23, in a negligent manner and thus colliding with Kheng Kee Chee a cyclist. Khenj? Kee Chee the
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    NO BONUSES PAID TO INDIA TEAM
    197 14 Manager's Denial AMATEUR STATUS IN QUESTION Durban, Jan. 7. MR. S. L. SINGH, the South African manager of the All-India soccer team, interviewed by Reuter, denied that any bonuses had been paid to members of the team. According to Calcutta advices a i sub-committee
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    SYRIAN CHRISTIAN UNION
    64 14 The following will represent the Syrian Christian Union, v. the Bushy Park Sports Party at volleyball tomorrow. Saturday, Feb. 9. at 5 p.m. a Kampong Bahru. C. K. Matthew. P. O. Ocmmen. K. T. Zachariah, A. Aziz. K. C. Cherian. C. I. Chacko. P. v. Thomas. K.
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    GERMAN COACH FOR AFRICA
    27 14 The South African athletic authorities have appointed Dr. Ernst Joke, technical adviser to the 1928 German Olympic team, to coach South African athletes.
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    WORLD OLYMPIAD
    94 14 Frescott. the S.C.C. centre-forward, jjet.ing well on to ihe ball in yesterday's soccer match against the S.R.C. WORLD OLYMPIAD Hope Of Bringing Event To Tokyo Now Lowered Tokyo, Jan. 23. LOCAL sports circles were disheartened to-day following the receipt of a cablegram from Baron Michimasa Soyeshima, Japanese Olympic Ambassador." indicating
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    PERAK FEBRUARY RACES
    368 14 Committee meeting there. Italy will also make a formal bid. Before going to Oslo, Baron Soyeshima planned to visit Rome to confer with Ambassador Yotaro Sugimura. who is an adviser to the Japan Athletic Federation. He also indicated before his departure that he might call on Premier Mussolini to discuss
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    MATCH DRAWN
    234 14 Drifting Home 7.13. Valdarado 7 13. Singing Bird 7.12. First Bid 7.11. Troy Stick 7.10. Horses. Class 4. Div. 1. Five and-a-half furs—Jonathan 9.0. Shilleleagh 8 12 VetßCity 8.9. Double Speed 83. La Coloniale 8.3. First Verb 8.0. Voltage 5.0. Catspaw 7.13. Gallant Maggie Ml George Edwardes 7.19. Canute 7.6,
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    FOOTBALL TRAGEDY
    92 14 Georgetown, Feb. 7. THE match between the M.C.C. tourists and British Guiana was drawn. The home team, who batted first, scored 102. and the M.C.C. replied with 421. towards which Hendren contributed 148. British Guiana put up the huge score of 284 for 2 wickets in their second innings when
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    SIONG BOO ATHLETIC ASSN.
    453 14 I Welsh Goalkeeper Charged With Manslaughter THE death of a young footballer in Swansea Hospital, following a game between Cwm Athletic and the South Wales Transport, had a sequel recently at Swansea Poiic: Court when Charles Donovan, the goalkeeper for the Cwm Athletic team, was charged with the manslaughter of
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    Padang Football Rivals Waste Chances
    1102 14 Ninth Anniversary Celebrations Members of the Siong £00 Athletic Association arc reminded of -die ninth annual general meeting which will be held en Saturday, at 2.30 p.m. at the Association s premises, 128 B, Robinson Road. The ninth anniversary celebration will be held on the same day as tha-. of
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    GOLFER UNPERTURBED
    131 14 Collapse Of Bridge During Tournament Collapse of a bridge into a canal—a dozen spectators thrown into the water —a famous golfer flung down the banking. This was the dramatic climax to the 12,500 dollar (£2,500) Miami-Biitmore golf tournament, which was won recently by Olin Dutra, the American Open
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    AUSTRALIAN GOLFERS
    140 14 Proposed Visit To England Next Year If the suggestion made by Gene Sarazen is followed, W. Bolger. the Austiulian open champion, and D. Spence. whe finished third in that event, will vis.. England and America next year. Sarazen, who has been touring "down under" with the American team,
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    PERRY TO REMAIN AN AMATEUR
    719 15 Definite Decision ut DEFEND THE DAVIS CUP v the British lawn f 1 champton, has definitely r ain an amateur. He lt Wimbledon and defence of the Davis vi r WalUfl Myers, a leadon the game, in the •ecial talk recently on p and 0.
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    TWO YOUNG TENNIS PLAYERS
    190 15 Bromwich And Huxley Impress TWO young Australians, John Bromwich, and Arthur Huxley, are giving promise of developing into splendid tennis players and so well has Huxley played recently that a suggestion has been put forward that he and Quist might form Australia's Davis Cup Doubles pair.
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    ISLAND CLUB GOLF
    219 15 Qualifying Round For Lady Captain's Prize The qualifying round in the above competition was played off on Wednesday afternoon, the best eight cards to qualify. Mrs. Bateman and Mrs. Raitt tiefl for last place, and the tie is to oe played off to-day. Friday, Feb. 8. The
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    PHYSICAL CULTURE
    471 15 Plea For Wider Use In Education A PLEA for a system of education in j which the training of the body was regarded as important as the tram tog of the mind was made by £ofessoi L P. Jacks when addressing the tnird quinquennial conference for school masters,
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    CHINESE MAGICIAN
    37 15 Change Of Programme At The Week-End Mr. Chang W=i Chung the celebrated Chinese lurion '?t; *"Vaw big houses ir«;. C e ewh«eP opened a Mr° rt Chang n will' an entirely and entertain his audience.
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    STRAITS CHINESE R.C.
    30 15 Ibmbe» ore teml.de d «»tthet«JJ» Court i will be opened foi play on ou Bm until further notice. A meeting of the tennis members WW and convenor.
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    FILIPINO BOXER
    256 15 Trouble Over Visit To Japan Tokyo, Jan. 24. 1 EFFORTS of the Japan Professional Boxing Federation succeeded io-day in obtaining official permission lor Jose Villanueva to enter Japan to ta*e nart in two forthcoming bouts at Tokyo. After having been detained for two days at the Yokohama harbour
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    ANSON ATHLETIC ASSOCN.
    108 15 The following were elected omce- i b arers for the ensuing year: President, Mr. Boon; VicePresidents, Mr. Kwek Hon Bee, Mi Tan Laf whatt. Mr. Tan oheok Chwee and Mr Tan Tua Tow. Hon. Secretary and iVealurer Mr. Pw Cheow; Hon. Ass* T -easurer. Mr Kam Eng
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    GARRISON YACHT CLUB
    177 15 Inaugral Match Against H.M.S. Terror THE Changi Garrison Yacht Club held T its inaugural match on Sunday la.t 1 against the H.M.S. Terror. in tie cutter race over a course of one mile the. Terror got away first-and ?hSuSh the Club put up a good fight, Sl
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    WRESTLER KIDNAPPED
    67 15 Danish Champion Prevent!* From Fighting Port Elizabeth (Cape). Thor Jensen, the Danish wrestling that Jensen could not make an appearand "because he has been *ten PL The spectators in the cheap seats h p ri ,he ring seats and shouted their dUapproval of substitute fighting BoRa No k
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    Home Football Gossip
    190 15 Interesting Problem Of Nationality Httrry Roberts, the Arsenal centiehatf is a Welsh-speaking native of Oswestry, but he got a cap lor Eng land. It so happens that he was bom on the Sassenach side ot the river. T iS U u£ Ssuncfof R bi G Ct Jen£n
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    GUNBOAT JACK AGAIN
    23 15 Hyderabad (Deccani. Jan. 27. In a teh-round contest at the Ameiican Shows last night, Gunboat Jac, bolder, outpointed Fall Merchant.
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    JOHORE LABOUR CRISIS
    706 16 A Deplorable Turn I CHINESE REPLACED BY INDIANS > meeting 0 f the Muar Planters' that the Witte Ch-nese iaoour was ma ntaine d that the increase in Place ChfnTse'tap^/r^! 11 th. latter bccanTe avLiab^' 1 ab Ur Ma/aT2! ,0 S any of tl er M Ch%
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    226 16 DeJightful Comedy At The Pavilion THE CINEMAS CPLENDID acting and lively fun are J combined in the n PW nr-U v film. "Girls Will r? i Sh °Tedyshowin* at the Pavilion' BOyS nOW thSTbeS* TyrJl of his best roles £tl Seen m one but «od
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    89 16 Marshal Chiang's Campaign Gains Favour Shanghai, Jan 23 Leaders of the various Chinese women's organisations in Shanghai are in favour of General Chiang Kai Shek's Plan against bobbed hair and wavinV according to a survey made by the umes representative. na These leaders were of the oninion th^i
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    SENSATIONAL TRIAL IN MEXICO
    196 17 iv \h>ii Charged With Sedition Mexico City. Feb. 1. lows sensation in Mexir alleged plotters are J al on charges of sedition. ows the unearthing last u( d plot hrough which, prosecution, it was .pualise anti-government ;i an tempt to revive the put, between church thus
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    81 17 Printed i otball Report While < i t I> in Progress Washington. his rival editors in rejail match was told by _wii to a group of col_athered at the Whi* Pi osevelt. at college, was ..e Harvard newspaper. \v annual foobtall matcn .-ii! round he was deterthe Yale
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    NAZI VICTIM'S PLIGHT
    95 17 1"roni Hospital To Concentration Camp Berlin. A: vi>r. .o the Berlin prison hos•i>vei" lrcm serious injuries Nazi concentration camps. Heiimann, the well-known Oe politician and publicist, was c. > another concentration camP cur; near the Dutch frontier. Heiimann who is 53 years oi formerly a Socialist Democratic
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    "JUNE IN JANUARY"
    23 17 Paris the w-ther is so m>\ r i outside on the cafe tevs at niaht. 3 arc blooming in Norn.i'.nnv
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    SOUND INSULATION
    474 17 House In Which Noises Cannot Be Heard •By Air Mail) London, Jan. 24. A HOUSE of silence—which will be full of noises that nobody can hear—is to be built in London. Professors, architects, builders, engineers and industrial firms all over the country are co-operating in building this house
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    ROBBER EXECUTED
    128 17 A "Socially Dangerous And Incurable Thief" Moscow. Alexei Nikolaev has been shot as a "socially dangerous and incurable thief." For ordinary cases of theft in Soviet Russia, the maximum penalty is ten vears' imprisonment, but Nikolaev was persistent offender whose career for the past five years had been
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    TELEVISION FOR £5
    107 17 Girl Scientist Patents Her Invention Budapest. 'undergraduette' of Budapest, Mile. Rosi Biborka. claims to have Invented a new method of television. She hit upon the. idea while working on her thesis. "A Practical Solution of Television." with which she hopes to get her doctor's degree Rosi claims
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    CANTON-HANKOW RAILWAY
    240 17 Through Traffic To Open Soon Canton, Jan. 29. rHROUGH traffic on the Canton-Han-kow Railway will begin in May this year upon the comple-ion of the unfinished section of the railway from Pingshek, in Northern Kwangtung. to l-Chang in Southern Hunan, a traffic afficial of the railway administra-ion stated
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    163 17 R.A.F. Officer's Dive To Death •By Air Mail.* Salisbury. Wiltshire Jan. 22, An autogiro piloted by Flying Officer Lewis Walter Oliver, of th R.A.F. has crashed near lure and th a pilot has been killed. This is believed to be the first fatal autogiro accident in England. The
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    130 17 Girl Who Assisted Her Mother In A Fight Warsaw. Christine Mandziars, a thirteen yea.* old child has been sent to a reformatory for killing a woman in a fight in which she went to the assistance of her mother. Christine's mother had had a quarrel with her
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    132 17 Man Falls From Train Into Sea Madras. A young Indian had a miraculous- escape' from death when he fell into the sea in the darkness ol night from a train which was passing over the Pambam bridge. The Pambam bridge which is one of the longest in India
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    KILLED TWO MEN
    106 17 Gaol For Police Sergeant Who Fired Out Of Fear Belgrade. Sergeant Anton Povh. of the Belgrade Police, might have been charged with murder, but instead they sentenced Dim "for being afraid." One nieht he tried to arrest Uvo drunken youths. They attacked him, and in self-defence he
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    239 17 No One Type Will Give Good Service I No one type or make of spark plug yet developed will give good service un- der all conditions. In addition to the fact that different engines are designed mechanically for different plugs, varying driving or operating conditions—high compression— higli speed—heavy
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    109 17 Eight Injured When Lorry Strikes Car SEVERAL people were serkMKßly injured as a result of a motor accident in Hongkong on Jan. 30. The accident a par y of eight Chinee, including several students when iron bars protruding from a lony rapped through the windscreen and
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    1373 18 Establishment Of The U.P.A.M. Points Which Should Be Cleared Up Meaning Of The Term "Honorary Member (By "Pertinax") Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 7. JHE United Planting Association oi U the subject of this week s article. ™L ha 7 c l read T nd what purF^ll o^ 6
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    143 19 < U'rican Liquor Traffic Revelations Johannesburg, Transvaal. R r 200 of South Africa's "bootlr Elicit distillers of a l'l known as mampoer— osecuted in the Transvaal ;e war waged on them n police headquarters, the Customs and Excise !Ied about 15,000 rr-car during their cam:np
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    VOCATION SELECTION
    128 19 1 -acy To Help Boys hoo-e Careers London. unembered an injustice luol has left a £2.500 employing a psy...v io help boys choose \i. Alfred Corner, who died ly at the age of 72. nat he leaves Huisli's Taunton. Devon, oyment of a psychovientifically to exvear the boys
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    154 19 People Becoming Keen On The Church Cape Town. In a v Brit churches the backi)c..e of congregation is the 1 declared the Bishop oi Li Garbett, discussing the a::;tuc; oi Your.;; England towards the is arrival here. Aftu War there was a tendency eople to drift away
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    96 19 Fortieth Case Within A Few Months Paris. r French Chateau has been u the Chateau de Surviile, at Mon reau iLoiret), owned by the Coun.ess de Quelen. •i-> brings the number of French aux burgled within the past lew up tu forty. 'hieves got away with a gold
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    49 19 Geneva. D va workman has tried to cut a* own hand with an axe. urexl himself, but not fatally, ood over his gas oven with all the turned on. tally, be collapsed, but he was vere.d before it was too late and >. making good progress in hosUtal.
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    BRONZE AGE DISCOVERY
    310 19 Mould Of Battle Axe Found In Cornwall Truro. Cornwall. Five thousand years ago a warrior of the Bronze Age east a battle axe from a mould. The mould was lost. Now in 1934 the same mould has been used to cast another battle axe. A quarryman employed
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    148 19 Death Of Dog Which Helped To Lay Cables London. "Miss Strip" is dead. She was only a dog—but she was v paid worker and had helped to lay hundreds of miles of electricity cables For many years, she had been employed by Messrs. Crompton Parkinson, an "engineering
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    BERLIN'S RELIGIOUS SECTS
    85 19 Berlin. There are no fewer than 603,150 •Unbelievers" (i.e., persons who do not belong to any church or sect) living m Berlin, according to the figures of the census of June 16, 1933. now made public. The population of Berlin is approximately 4,000,000. The number of Catholics
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    DIONNE QUINTUPLETS
    168 19 Now Distinguishable By Coloured Frocks Callander, Ontario. THE Dionne Quintuplets are now distinguisable—by colours. They have cast off their white dresses and have donned coloured frocks, by which they will from now on be known. Here are their official colour ratings: Yvonne, red; Annette, yellow; Cecile, green; Emilie,
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    155 19 "Comet" At 200 Miles Per Hour To Anywhere London. An aeroplane of the same type as tha which won the Mildennull-Mel-bourne Air Race may now be hired as an aerial taxi. The following adverisement appeared in tho London press recently. "By 'Comet' at 200 miles per hour by
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    BIRTH RECORD
    139 19 Nine Children In Eighteen Months Broekville, Ontario. Canada has produced another "set" of quintuplets—but it all happened 100 years ago. Somebody was searching through old records here and found authentic proof that in 1834 a Mrs. Duval of Williamsburg (Ontario» gave birth to quintuplet boys, one of whom
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    130 19 Child Collects Farthings For Hospital London. Millionaires may use their millions to endow hospitals but little Joan Caley, oi Yiewsley, Middlesex, is doing equally fine work for charity with Farthings! Five years ago Joan's life was saved by the doctors of the Paddington Green Hospital for Children
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    251 19 With Gun That Could Not Fire Copenhagen. COUNT August Moltke, aged 68, has held an armed burglar at bay in his house here for over half an hour— with an ancient shotgun that could not i have fired a shot. The Count was awakened suddenly at
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    105 19 Fox Killed In Cellars Of Peer's Mansion London. A iox has been killed In the ancient cellars of Rufford Abbey, the seat of Lord Savile. After meeting at Weliow (Nottinghamshire) the Rufford Hounds, for which the Jomt-masters are the Marquis ot Titchfield and Colonel Thompson, enjoyed a-good
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    59 19 Foreign Professors Engaged To Give lectures Istanbul. Turkish University students are taking uu Latin. The Faculty of Law at the University here has instituted a voluntary Latin course, which is being largely attended. Foreign professors have been engaged to give lectures, and the swingover towards European
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