Malaya Tribune, 26 February 1937

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    40 1 The Malaya Tribune Malaya's National Newspaper: Guaranteed Largest Sales Vol XXIV. -No 48. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1937 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune. Singapore: Friday, Feb. 26, 1937. The Malaya Tribune 24 PAGES. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1937 FIVE CENTS,
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      44 1 Read. The SUNDAY TRIBUNE Dominant In Malaya «j* LACTOGEN toa whh Bafy Boo^^^jacent Acop yo,the LACTOGEN Baby Book Q|| SUS, W I t will be gladly given free to any mother who V Bung.ar Rd Kuala Lumpur 1 > cmllsla studios Fryer Rd Ipoh ff^mamjmuj/
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      11 1 THE NEWS 1 WITH YOUR I BREAKFAST Try The HORNING TRIBUNE
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    MINERALS IN HUNAN AND YUNNAN
    176 2 Malayan Chinese Are Interested TYES of Chinese industrialists home and in Malaya and ether > abroad are turned toward Yin Hunan with a view to the exno' 1 d of mineral resources found in qi Jn in the two provinces. al ™"S.<nce Preparations are being
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      911 2 »i 1 rifi&fa "HAROM MtUATT I ;7( f»'i* \Cv The Perfume of luring and fascinating fragrance—exquisite I —individual—and distinctive. I \f C-3 LOTIONS ESSENCE fttlj7 -EAU-DE-COLOGNE —BRILLANTINE. Created by -m V J J. F. Schwarzlose Soehne G.m.b.tl. V*tf2m?h' Ber,in- Imported by —Schiffner Co., Ltd. Singapore. M. HASSAN, 34, 36 37,
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      757 2 Red Cross Pundol Lotion is a surest emedy for White Spot Skin Disease iPanor) Ringworms and Itchy. Guaranteed Cure or money refunded Per oottle small 25 centa, large 45 cents, postage extra, by money order. Obtainable at P. A. Mohamed Sultan Co 84 306 t> 308, North Bridge Road, Singapore.'
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      341 2 NOTICE TELUK ANSON RUBBER j ESTATE, LIMITED. Notice is hereby given that the Twenty-eighth Ordinary General Meeting of this Company will be held at the Registered Office, Hongkong Bank Chambers, Collyer Quay, Singapore on Saturday. 3rd April 1937, at 12 o'c'iock noon at which the Directors will recommend that a
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      242 2 SARSAPARILLA TONIC Blood builder and purifier, cures various tropical diseases. Price per bottle $1.00. Small bottle 50 cts. Agents: A. S. MOHAMED KASSIM CO., 79, Hill Street, Singapore. i d. t. urn SUPERIOR i»i< ki i;s t Palatable Distinctive Unexcelled D.T. Lim Company 353, North Bridge Road, i SINGAPORE. "YQU
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    SHIPPING NEWS & NOTICES THE TRAINING SHIP INDEFATIGABLE
    583 3 SHIPPING NEWS NOTICES THE TRAINING SHIP INDEFATIGABLE Captain Superintendent To Retire the end of March Rear-Admiral A Stanley K. Miller retires from :he position of Captain Superintendent of the Liverpool training ship Indefatigable, a :d will be succeeded by Commander R. E. Jeffreys, D.S.C., R.N., Admiralty liaison officer in Liverpool
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    FINLAND'S SHIPPING
    131 3 Dislocation By Severe Frosts Helsinki, Feb. 4. Severe frosts have resulted in the complete dislocation of Finland's shipping and postal services. Postal service with the more distant countries has been completely upset, and no letters or newspapers have Leen c'elivered from England for the three days. Icebreakers are
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    JAPAN'S LARGEST WARSHIP
    72 3 Union News. Tokyo. Ccnipletejy modernized, the feTO; ton battleship Matsu. Japan's largest warship, was put to sea from the Yoko''tboSrTihfglant warship is Admiral Chief of the combined and first nee.,s tnroite to an undisclosed destination for the annual spring manoeuvres The official specifications of the battleship are:
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      448 3 STEAMER SAILINGS BRITISH INDIA S. N. Co.s SAILINGS: OUTWARDS. Due Tonnage. Spore. 1937. RANCHI 17,000 Feb. 20 CATHAY 15,000 Mar. 12 BURDWAN 6,070 Mar. 13 RAJPUTANA 17,000 Mar. 2t, RANPURA 17,000 Apr. i SOMALI 6,800 Apr. 9 RAWALPINDI 17,000 Apr. 23 BANGALORE 6,000 May 3 CORFU 15,000 May r t
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      639 3 I M. B B K. j i I KOKUSAI LINE 1 (KOKUSAI RISEN KAISHA) (Incorporated in Japan) J For JAPAN, LOS ANGELES, NEW YORK (via Panama) j j Due Due Sailing Due Penang Spore Spore via New York ms KOMAKI MARU In port Feb. 27 Tsingtao *pr 13 Jms KURAMA
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      456 3 PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. BANGKOK LINE Luxurious One Class Motorships. Most Cabins have adjoining private bath. Excellent Cuisine. FOR MARSEILLES, LONDON, ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. 1937 From From From From M.S. S pore Malacca P.S'ham P'ng VTEONIA 16-3 16-3 17-3 19-3 FHRIA 30-3 30-3 31-3 2-4 ALSIA 6-4 6-4 7-4
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      571 3 STEAMER BALLLNtiB /7 NOKDDEIITBCHER p\V"~ *mjm LLOYD NORO Incorpcratec Iq LLOYD Germany). The undemoted are the Company"i intended fixtures OUTWARD FOR MANILA, HONGKONG. SHANGHAI, NORTH CHINA ft JAPAN Jue Spore. IWS7. s.s. "MAIN omits Hongkong, Shanghai North China also calls Iloilo Feb. 28 s.s. "ISAR" omits Singapore, Japan Ports calls
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    CANADIAN NEWS LETTER
    1123 4 Proper Dieting "FISH THE IDEAL PROTEIN" Halifax. rjpHE ever-increasing need for careful dieting by business men in large urban centres mainly as a result of almost total lack of exercise is leading to an ever-increasing consumption of fish. Canada is well equipped to supply many of the
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    BRIDGE POPULAR IN INDIA
    64 4 Bombay. Contract Bridge has become so Dopular in India that an All-India tournament is being organised at Lucknow. It Will be held simultaneously with a chess tournament. Prizes will be offered and the entrance tec has been fixed at th e modest sum oi 1 6d.
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    TRAVEL BUREAU FOR EXPLORERS
    310 4 Opened By Museum 0| Geography Munich. IN Information Bureau for explorers has been opened by the Oe»m-n Museum of Geography in Leipzig T r has been equipped to tell explorers h L to raise money, where to go, and uhVt to take. Scientists planning trips to
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    TERRITORIAL ARMY
    194 4  -  Scheme To Provide More Officers (By Air Mail London, Feb 9. IjNDER the title of "Officer Producm y Units" the War Office announce* that lour units of the Territorial Armv are to oe recognised for the recruiting and training of men to hold commissions as officers. The four
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    SAVED FROM POVERTY
    140 4 Boy Supports Mother With Shirley Temple's Gift Belgrade. A magnificent accordion, said to havt been a present from Shirley .Temple the child film star, is saving an 11 -yearold Yugoslav boy and his mother fron; poverty. The boy, Henry Brajkevitch, is the son of a Yugoslav painter
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    MRS. LOTTIE PARKER
    83 4 Death Of Author Of a > Down East" New York Mrs. Lottie Blair Parker, who wr the record-breaking play "Way Dow East," has died at her home, at Great Neck, Long Island. She was 78 years of age. Mrs. Parker began writing "U' av Down East" in
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      14 4 1 r aw)S y A M I ft-I MarcovitcK life STANDARD SIZE a. w
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      274 4 "Me first!" The Children's Choice! Children as a rule, object strongly to medicine, and it is kn no small measure due'to the fact that Baby s Own Tablets are pleasant in taste that they enjoy an ever increasing reputation in homes where there are children. "Mv little ones call them
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      314 4 REJUVENATE VOIR GLANDS i LIVE UP TO 100 TEARS j B governs the LU Bflwhole gland..ap FiHVH ■V' I tt MB In(1u c n c c <> f Glands at this age activity- hlte and Black fi S ures influence influences period of shown above give a corngrowth physical full
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    REUTER'S COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    462 6 LO\l>o\ iO M MOIM 111% RUBBER London. Feb. 25. Pievious To-day Change Tone Very steady Strong Spot Buyers. 10 9 16 10', +316 Sellers 10 1116 10 7 a +3 16 March Buyers. 10 9 16 10 3 4 +316 Sellers. 10 11 16 10 7 8
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      826 6 y Overseas-Chinese Banking Corporation Ltd. j c ftncorporated in the Straits Settlements). j Successors to i The Chinese Commercial Bank Limited, The Ho Hong Bank Limited and I The Oversea-Chinese Bank Limited. i CAPITAL: i Authorised $40,000,000.00 Is.« ued and Paid Up $10,000,000.00. HEAD OFFICE, CHINA BUILDING, CHULIA STREET, SINGAPORE.
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      226 6 WHEN NATURE'S LAX, TAKE CHOCOLAX Nature sometimes for various reasons, cannot do her job properly. The result is that your system is left full of poisons and toxins, Z-^~^^~ that may cause you serious illness. jT That's the time for Chocolax to I (CHOCOLAX .help out nature and to make
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      204 6 GRACE majeaJbetux^eaave* Olf YOU LOOK tV NO,NOT REALLY S0 WORN OUT IATtLY i SICK ,EDITHi ..mdoOR are you sure you re just headaches %1|A C A .cO NOT S,CK ALL THE TIME" *OH, I HAD THE SAME PERHAPS THAT WOULD MAKE TROUBLE, DEAR, AND ME FEEL BETTER. I THINK I
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    STOCKS AND SHARES
    1681 7 by Fraser and Co Lyall and Evatt, Exchange and Stock Brokers MINING ITaier Co. Lyall Evatt Buyers Sellers Buyers Seller* •<-Ampat Tin 5iy 2 5 6 5 6 6tt Asam Kumbang .33 6 34 6cd 34 35 11 Austral Malay 54 56 -xd 54 56-xd Ayer Hitam
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    TO-DAY'S MARKET POSITION
    133 7 (From Oiw Financial Correspondent) Singapore, Friday morning. RIBBER Singapore: 36> y cts.. up >, ct. Market Tone: Steady Quiet. London: 10*, d., up 3 16d. Market Tone: Quiet after firm. New York: 21% cts., unchanged Market Tone: Quiet. The market is very quiet this morning and although
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    SHARE MARKETS
    592 7 Messrs. Fraser And Co.'s Report MINING. Tin 3 months £249 up 80 Cable indications from London indicate r- firmer market there in Tin shares There are buyers for London Tins. Pa bangs, Ayer Hitams and Pengkalen, amongst others. Locally, the marke s also firmer and there are bette;
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    FRASER & COMPANY.
    161 7 FRASER COMPANY. LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS ft* Total for Company Dividend Eeoks Close financial Date Ex. Div. year Payable Date to date TIN. Aust. Malay 6d Feb. 23 To Mar 2 Feb. 24 2. r Asam Kumbang 6d Feb. 26 M Mar. 5 Feb. 27 2VV% Jelebu 6% Int. Feb.
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      108 7 GUARANTEED When occasion requires such ■B* t specially strong carbolic Wj|j soap you want to be safe— OU Want t0 c SUre 1 en Calvert's Medical Soap. People who have used it for years will tell you so, too. ERTS 520% CARBOLIC MEDICAL SOAP Beautiful Sheets For The Home Beautiful
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    AIR MAIL DESPATCHES
    97 8 Java and Southern Sumatra: Netherlands, closing 4 p.m. Monday. Hongkong, Canton. 'Shanghai, Kobe ■'Manila and vU.S.A.: Imperial, closing 7 p.m. to-morrow. Medan. JaskS. tAmsterdam§ and London?: Netherlands, closing 12.45 p.m. to-morrow. Australia. New Zealand, Java and Timor Dilly: Qantas, closing 7 p.m. Sunday. Per.ini». Siam. Burma. India,
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    MAILS EXPECTED
    117 8 Mails expected from Europe 'London Parcel maiis» ty the P. and O. Ranch; due at Singapore to-day. Time of delivery ol parcels at 9 a.m. to-morrow. Mails expected from Hollanu <-to., by an Laut to day. Mails expected from Western by Centaur to-day. Mails expected from Australia, Netherlands
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      428 8 PREMIER HOTEL \j I Cocktail Dance 6.30 to 8.30 p.m. J Dinner and Dance (informal) 9.30 to miomght and Complete Change of Programme by S Harvey Young j S Famous American Comedy Dancers r Non-diners $1.00 I To-morrow-Special Race Dinner I Tuesday, March i and Ball, Cabaret— Harvey and of
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      73 8 YOU SHOULD EAT NESTLES O&TS^ FOR EXTRA PUNCH NESTLES QUICK OATS SUN TALKIE (NEW WORLD) 7.30 p.m. TO-NIGHT 3.36 p.m. SPECIAL DOUBLE ACTION FEATURE PROGRAMME. ESTHER RALSTON in "BLACK BEAUTY" A FAMOUS STORY MADE INTO A MASTER PICTURE! SUPPORTED BY BUCK JONES in "SUNSET OE POWER" A THRILLING UNIVERSAL WESTERN
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      18 8 ENSURE BETTER VISION BeautY Curves I NEW CHINA OPTICAL CO.. I 71. nigh Street, Singapore. I Phone 3786.
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      616 8 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS The appointments of Shorthand Typisi and Chauffeur in the Singapore, have been filled. Ail appi. cants are thanked. WANTED IMMEDIATELY— Austin 10 Saloon model 34.36 or Morris 8 Saloon model 35 36 pay cash. Apply 39, tflppei Cross Street, Singapore. Exchange your spare Malayan stamps for high values
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      462 8 WANTED— By European Commercial House well educated and intelligent Eurasian Lady Stenographer with previous office experience. Apply wit,, copies of testimonials stating salary re quired to Box No. 79, Malaya Tribune Singapore. SINGAPORE IMPROVEMENT TRUST. Tenders are invited for the execu'. of alterations to 11 houses at Tew Ch i
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      295 8 j--<— T -Lj r^-*" j POSTAL INTELLIGENCE j <• STEAMER MAILS DESPATCHES TO-DAY FOR PER DATE AND TIME Rengat and Tembilahan Banka Feb. 26 1 p.m. Mauritius Roggeveen Feb. 26 2 p.m. Muntok Op ten Noort 26 2.30 p.m. Java, South-West Sumatra, S.-East Borneo Celebes, Moluccas and Timor Dilly Op
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    CHINESE BECOMES MAGISTRATE
    283 9 FIRST APPOINTMENT IN SINGAPORE Mr. Tan Thoon Lip Singapore, Thursday, j i is several years now since a local Chinese has been appointed to k position of Magistrate, and in r apore a Chinese has never sat the Bench. The distinction of being the fir.< hinese to
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    ROMAN FISH POND FOUND
    184 9 On Site Of English Girls' School Alexandria. IN the course of excavations on the s -te of the new English Girls' College, a fine piece of Roman mosaic and a fish pond, dating back to the third century, were accidentally discovered The mosaic, the main portion
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    CHINESE ORANGES
    91 9 First To He Marketed In Covent Garden Reuter. W TT London. Feb. 25. HAT are believed to be the first orange< from China were marketed in covent Garden to-day. It reported that they represent an effort of the Ci 'nes* growers to enter the market w vJ3? tne
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    53 9 Mr K. C Das. the managing director of Messrs. Calcutta CheVnteal Oo\ Lid.. Calcutta, who has been to Japan on a business tour, will arrive at Kuala Lumnur. next week and will stay with the Far East Branch Manager. Mr B X Guha Thakurat at his residence at Kuala Lumpur
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    FREAK WEATHER
    80 9 Heat Wave Followed By Deluge Of Ice Perth. Western Austraha. Gasping in terrific heat, residents ot Wubin. a small country town in Western Australia, were suddenly deluded with ice. The reason for this extraordinai y phenomenon was a cloud-burst troich caused local floods and was followed by 3
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      70 9 MILK AT ITS BEST I S1 N G APOBE S lAV O I It IT E II It A\ D A HEBIIHy BABY, ill Hi BW I Blue Cross Milk Is Especially Made For Babies. It Con- j tains The Nourishing- And Essential Ingredients Baby Specialists Recoir.mend. Be Sure You
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      75 9 RAILWAY tS&l^ MATERIAL f|^pjj^ TRAILS SWITCHES CROSSINGS T URN TABLES —TIPPING WAGONS LOCOMOTIVES Etc. LARGE STOCKS ALWAYS AVAIL A P> L E 0 P I) IFFE R E N T SIZES AND WEIGHTS AT MINIMUM PRICES. j SINGAPORE KUALA i-UMPUR PENANG POH. Masters. OLD Shoes Are More COMFORTABLE For "QUALITY
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      384 9 CLUB DIARY —i£i. ere are numerous Clubs and of which are readers of the Malaya Tribune" This Diary is pro vided specially for them. Secretaries ft?*!???*? 1 t0 in keeping it up-to-date and complete. Happening Z general interest wiU still be included *te of Events." The "Club iJiary can cover
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      431 10 MURDER IS I And how you'll howl when a movie star 1 GRAND OPENING 6.15 to-night 9.1 o |/I||PIIINP I detective and a lady writer of m^siei y\ I ™LM UlJll In VI m nove i s find themselves suspected in a ZZ ZZ MATTER! I real life murder! Imagine
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    BIG TIN MERGER
    183 11  -  London And Anglo Oriental ♦By Air Mail rOLLOWJNG sanction by the Court ol ama of ara "gement and amalgamation between London Tin £?r 10n Ltd and Anglo-Oriental Mining Corporation. Ltd. snareholdeis aieir°eS? fi T are asked t0 surrender their certificates lor the 7» 2 per Cent for
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    25 11 Mr. W. H. Hipwell, Senior Executive Engmeer Kuala Kangsar, was on a !E r ftS? 11 1 'Sitiawan and i iimnt > jagt wprk on duty.
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    HOT ENOUGH TO FRY AN EGG
    141 11 Interesting Experiment In Queensland I I i Brisbane, Queensland, Feb. 15. DECENTLY there appeared in an v American journal a paragraph which stated that it was so hot in one particular town that the inhabitants were able to fry eggs on the footpath. To
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    DOMESTIC COPPER
    111 11  -  Further Advance Feared In U.S.A. (By Air Mail New York, Feb. 9. THE continued advance in the price ol copper abroad has increased the tension regarding the domestic price here. Domestic sales yesterday totalled 19,628.000 lb., compared wi-h a combined turnover of 5,216,000 lb. for Friday and Saturday.
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    20 11 Mr. L. Rayman. M.C.S. has been appointed to act as Financial Adviser Treasurer, Federated Malay Ft TA Malayan CivM Servic
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      228 11 A HAPPY COMEDY SHOW! OPENING NEXT CHANGE IPAVI L I Q N I r~ They fought each other right up to the altar! I CT "If I'm ever crazy enough to ask you to marry me.. J I've thought of that please smash meon the nose!" myself, mister... Adolph Zukor
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE DEATH
    78 12 MRS. YEO HOCK CHENG (nee Chua Chin Neo) passed away peacefully a her residence No. 19 Owen Road, cn 24'ch instant, at the age of 66. She leaves behind 5 sons, Yeo Phee Teck Fhee Jin, Phee Kiat, Phee Cheow and Phee Yam, 3 daughters, 6 daughters-in-law,
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    SCANDALMONGERS
    706 12 IT is an unhappy comment oil the trend of the age that a resident of London, Mr. VV. E5. D. Allen, found himself compelled to write to the Times recently as follows: "In connection with th Press persecution initiated as the result of a casual and utterly harmless visit
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    STATEMENT BY MR. LIU LU YING
    224 12 Believes In Only "Three Principles" Shanghai. Feb. 20. MR. Liu Lu Ying, the Kucmintang ollicial who has been arrested on a charge of complicity in the ;»s. avnation of Mr. Tung Yn Ten and General Yang Yung Tai, i= nov detained in a house
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    TWO DROWNED
    44 12 Plane Crashes Into Samshui River Canton, Feb. 26. An adviser to the Shensi provincial Government and the pilot were drowned when a plane crashed into the at Samshui. Kwangtung, on Wednescav. The bodies have not yet betn 'ccovered —Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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    PERSONAL ITEMS
    86 12  -  (By Air Mail (From Our Onn Correspondent) London, Feb. 17. Colonel H. C Harrison, D.5.0., who will be remembered as G.S.O. at Singapore has been appointed Commander of th 3 14th Infantry Brigade with effect irom June 29 next. Helen, daughter of the late Mr. W. Kellie-Smith of
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    NOTES & COMMENTS Penang Slum Clearance
    163 12 NOTES COMMENTS Penang Slum Clearance ,N important point, has been raised a m. th> acquisition in connection with th. acq nf land tor slum clearance In P~ lh Government has made a giant o. 3500.000 to tne Penang Municipal cc™ missioned tor the purpose, bit anting only 69-years leases for
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    The Singapore Example
    144 12 ftUR contemporary is at a loss to im J derstand this grabbing" attitude on the part of the Government, and strongly soportc the stand on tne question taken by Mr. C. R. Samuel. Mr. Samuel pointed out that in Singapore in the case of land alienated for
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    Malayan Pineapples
    168 12 VALUABLE a', tide by Mr. G. D. P Olds. B.So on further experimental work on pineapples in Malaya appt in the present issue of t.h e Malayan Agricultural Journal. It is pun. by the editor of the Journal that Lbe experiment have advanced kn wtp regard to manuring
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    Horses On The Road
    204 12 HLCENTLY our Penang correspondent commented on the iule of the roue! regarding led horses, which have to proceed on the right hand si A Penang leader has been moved lo make further comment as follow.v -Tt is more than time to wipe <>i:» archaic laws of
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    Topics Of The Day
    376 12  -  By "Looker On” CATS are said to suffer from a form j oi influenza. That is why mice are voiding them so markedly. A Eiectric fans aic now being employed lor refreshing boxers between rounds, 'iowels, however, are still used lor throwing-in. A believer in reincarnation
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      147 12 .J. f j SMART AND ATTRACTIVE j NICKEL CHROME WRIST j I WATCH i LUMINOUS FIGURES i FIFTEEN I JEWELS Wfl*^ j PRICE $13.50 1 I Robinson Co., Ltd. I S lv ,u,nPr KUALA LUMPUR. SINGAPORE .-fr LITTLE 7^^^ 7 MINIATURE DE LUXE CAMERA T'AKFS SNAPSHOTS OR TIME F XPOSURFS
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      13 12 RAILWAYS ARE STILL THE BACKBONE OF MODERN TII ANS I» O lIT i
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    AMERICAN RUBBER BOMBSHELL FAILS TO EXPLODE HOLD-OFF STRIKE TO END?
    144 13 LONDON PRICE ADVANCES HEAVY FORWARD PURCHASES BY ITALIANS YEWS from London to-day indicates tVat tte bombshell wl ldii American consumers dropped in the rubber markel recently has failed to explode. The buyers' hoH-off /!u to an ear,v end > as
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    UGLY MOOD AMONGST U.S. STRIKERS
    154 13 Reuter. London, Feb. 25. J7">! LOWING to-day's sharp advance in rubber well-informed cir!es are keenly speculating whether it signifies the end of the •hold off" strike on the part of United States consumers. Ii is pointed out that the disclosure of the British (Government's rearmament
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    STRIKERS FROM FACTORIES
    119 13 Santamonica, Feb. 26. SERIOUS situation is threatened in connection with the Douglas aircrafi factory strike. The Granl Jury lias voted 400 indictments of felony and conspiracy charges and 200 fficers have been sent to th 3 factory under orders to arrest the strikers and re-possess the plant
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    MOTOR DISPUTES
    99 13 Union Request To Chrysler President Reuter. Detroit. Feb. 24. THE United Automobile Workers' Union has telegraphed to Mr. W: P. Chrjsler, president of Chrysler Motors, requesting a "national conference" at the earliest possible moment in order u> work out a collective bargaining agreement. The Union, which is sidll
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    FIRE ON DUTCH SHIP
    39 13 FIRE ON D UTCH SHIP Landing the damaged bales of kap k at the S.H.B. wharves this morning after a fire which occurred in the Dutch ship, Marnix van St Aldegonde, on the way to Singapore. See page 14
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    CANADA AND THE COLONIES
    716 13 FAVOURABLE TREATMENT IN NEW TRADE PACT Reuter. British Official Wireless. T„_ London, Feb. 26. HE text of the new trade agreement between the United Kingdom and Canada, signed on Feb. 23. r?vcals that Canada will apply the mr.st-favourrd foreign nation treatment to coknial goods.—British Offi cial
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    BY-ELECTION
    47 13 Conservatives Retain Richmond Reuter. London, Feb. 2b. THERE was no change in the by-election 1 at Richmond to replace Sir William Ray (retired): The voting resulted. Major Watt (Conservative) 20,546. Mr. Rogers (Labour) 7.709. Sir William Ray had a majority of 19.480 at the General Election.-Reuter.
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    6 13 AUSTRALIA 77 FOR 2
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    FRENCH AIRMEN
    65 13 Good Progress On Flight To Japan Reuter. Karachi, Feb. 25. MESSRS Denis and Libert, the ITI French airmen, vho are attempting to reach Tokyo within 100 hours of leaving Paris, landed here at 9.32 a.m. and left for Alahabad at 10.25 a.m. —Reuter. Allahabad. Feb. 25. Den s
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    35 13 Sin Chew Jit Poh. Nanking. Feb. 26. The Third Plenary Session of the CF C. has appointed Col. Chen Chine Yun commander of the Kwangtung Air Force at Canton.—Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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    MISSION HOME BROKEN UP
    126 13 IN JAPAN Two Englishwomen Injured Reuter. Tokyo, Feb. 25. WO Englishwomen, Miss M nnie 1 Karoldy and Miss Rose Saville and two Japanese girls vvtre rendered unconscious and three Engl shwomen and eleven Japanese girls received lesser Injures at the han's of a Japanese brothe'-keeper and
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    SECOND RESIGNATION
    30 13 Sin Chew Jit Poh. Nankin? Feb. 26 General Chang Chun, the Foreign Minister, ins'sts on resigning. He has bordered his resienation a second time. —ffn Chew Jit Poh.
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    1276 13 TO CRITICS Direct Challenge To Labour Reuter. VIGOROUS reply to critic of the Defence Leans 15 II was made in the debate on the nvond reading by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who challenged the Labour feeders will straightforward qaestfcm as
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    FIRE ON BOARD DUTCH SHIP NEAR SINGAPORE QUELLED IN 15 MINUTES
    262 14 BY CREW 200 Bales Of Kapok Destroyed Singapore, Friday. A FIRE broke out on board the Dutch mail liner Marnix van St. Aldegonde at 4.20 p.m. yesterday while the vessel was on her way to Singapore from Batavia en
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    SINGAPORE MUSICAL SOCIETY
    220 14 Orchestral Concert To Be Held MEMBERS of the orchestra of the Singapore Musical Society are adv'sed that an orchestral concert, under the conductorship of Mr. John Tryner has been arranged to take place about the end of April, and that rehearsals will commence on Mar. 8 at
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    THE GORDONS
    50 14 Parade Before Leaving For Singapore Reuter. Gibraltar. Feb. 24. THE 2nd Batt. Gordon Highlanders, commanded by Lieut-Colonel Burney. paraded at full strength today for a farewell inspection by the Governor and C.-in-C, Gen. Sir Charles Harington. They will embark on the transport Dorsetshire for Singapore on March. B.—Reuter.
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    FOUND GROANING
    55 14 Singapore, Friday. A Chinese was found yesterday afternoon at Sin Koh Street, lying on the floor of a house in a semi-conscious state. A dark yellow fluid was oozing from his mouth, and he was groaning in pain. The cause of his condition ls not known. He was
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    GIRL KNOCKED DOWN
    41 14 Singapore, Friday. A ten-year-old Chinese girl was knocked down by a cyclist yesterday morning at the junction of Middle Road and North Bridge Road. She received minor Injuries on her body, and a compound fracture on her leg.
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    MOTOR FATALITY VICTIM
    214 14 Cathedral Service For Miss McCullough Singapore, Friday. A MEMORIAL service for the late Miss Hazel McCullough, who was killed in the motor accident at Pasir Panjang ißoad on Wednesday, in Mr. W. H. Beaton, was also killed, was held at St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday, and attended by
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    CATHOLIC ACTION
    61 14 The next ot the series of the Catholic Action of the Church of St. Joseph, Leaders' Course lectures, will be held at the Mercantile Institution, Queen Street, on Saturday, commencing at 5 p.m. These lectures are open to all and admission is free. Subjects:- Philosophy. Time and Space,
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    FOUNDRY WORKERS ON STRIKE
    215 14 In K.L. DEMAND FOR MORE WAGES (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Thursday. rpWO hundred workmen from the Weng Fatt Foundry in Sungei Besi Road, went on strike this morning on the refusal of the foundry proprietors to accede to a request for an increase in
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    CORONATION BONUS
    41 14 Extra Allowances For Unemployed Reuter. London, Feb. 26. ALL people drawing unemployment pay for the week ending May 8 and the succeeding week will be given half a crown as Coronation bonus and one shilling for each dependent child—Reut-r.
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    FELL 15 FEET
    61 14 Singapore, Friday. A Chinese workman attending to seme repairs at the Gillman Barracks was injured by a fall from the scaffolding yesterday morning. He fell a height of fifteen feet. The man had severe contusions on hi? body, and injuries on both his ankle jcirits. He also
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    STAMFORD CLUB
    28 14 Raffles College graduates are reminded ol the hrst annual general meeting of the Stamford Club, which will be held at Raffles Institution at 8 p.m. to-day.
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    CLAIM FOR $5,000 DAMAGES
    599 14 Breach Of Contract $60 AWARDED IN JUDGMENT Singapore, Thursday. "OECAUSE a person thinks he has a good cause of action is no reason °for making fantastic and inflated claims just for the purpose of taking the case out of the District Court into the High Court.
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    DEL RIO BACK IN SINGAPORE
    186 14 Spanish Dancer's Final Performance MANUELA del Rio, the noted Spanish Ifl dancer, again captivated the audience in her farewell performance at the Victoria Theatre last night, each of the twenty items on the programme being received with great enthusiasm. Her dances were marked by the
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    FIERCE FIGHTING AT OVIEDO
    210 14 REBEL CLAIM Government Attacks Repelled Reuter. London, Feb. MESSAGES from both sides in Spain dwell on the fierce fighting in Ar;turias, especially around Oviedo. The insurgents state that th« attackers were repelled with enoinious losses but Government renorl, show that the city of Oviedo is he
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    200 MEN STRIKE IN SINGAPORE
    163 14 Workers On Cigarette Labels Singapore, Fnuay. NEARLY 200 workers at the factory ot the London and Eastern Printing Co Ltd., in Hoe Chiang Road, went on str.se yesterday as a protest against ceru.recording of work done. A Tribune reporter who visi'c. ine factory this morning
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    JAPANESE REPLY
    114 14 Post Offices On Board I Steamers I u«i KY>h JC Sin Chew Jit Poh. Shanghai REPLYING to the Chinese Japanese authorities e^^ in n rhc the establishment of kl a ruSlianghai Maru and Nagasaki two Japanese steamers-doy Chinese postal jurisdio• The Italian reply to tho protest in the
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    ETHIOPIAN CHIEF SHOT
    181 15 RAS DESTA Last To Resist The Italians Rome, Feb. 25. R.\S DESTA, the last of the great Abyssinian chiefs to resist the Italians, has been captured and hot by an Italian filing column.— Keuter. A month ago General Graziani moved his headquarters from Addis Ababa to Irrgalen
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    9 15 JAPANESE SOLDIERS ATTACKED 13 Killed By Chinese Bandits Reuter.
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    JAPANESE SOLDIERS ATTACKED
    339 15 Tokyo. Feb. 26. ANICHI NICHI message from Chiamussu states that on Wednesday afternoon three hundred bandits attacked thirteen Japanese troops escorting a military survey party at Holichen. North East Manchuria, and wiped out the thirteen after a two hours' struggle. Thirty Hun»hutzes attacked another survey party in the same vicinity.
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    British Liner Damaged By Mine 300 PASSENGERS ENDANGERED
    452 15 GAPING HOLE Sequel To Spanish Mine-Laying Reuter. Marseilles, Feb. 25. T HE Union Cast te liner Liandoven Castle, on the way from Englan to Perl Natal, and due here to-day has put in to Port Vendrea with two of its holds flooded,
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    INDIAN ELECTIONS
    33 15 Congress Party Success In Madras Reuter. Madras. Feb. Hi. THE Congress Party has so far 1 won 11« temta out of 160 results declared in a House of 215 in Madras.—Renter.
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    HOARD OF TRADE ESTIMATES
    106 15 Larger Excess In Visible Imports Reuter. London. Feb. 25. THE net result ot the Board of Trade's estimates of Britain's oalance of International payments in 1936 is £19,000.000 against a credit of £33.000,000 for the previous year. This Ls entirely due to the larger excess in
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    37 15 The annual re-union dinner of the Chinese Association will be held on Saturday. Mar. 6. at 7.30 p.m.. at 5 Short Street. I Mrs. Kao Ling Pai has kindly consented to give away the tournament I prizes.
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    FIFTH AND DECIDING TEST BEGINS TO-DAY A FEW FIGURES AND FACTS
    1050 16  -  WHY ENGLAND SHOULD WIN AUSTRALIA MAY MAKE HISTORY With a victory (By "Forward" THE fifth Test match of the present M.C.C. tour begins 1 to-day at Melbourne, and will decide the Ashes. England have won two and Australia two,
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    AUSTRALIA WINS TOSS
    140 16 BATTING ON PERFECT WICKET Melbourne, Feb. 26. riE fifth and decioing Test match between England and bc^'ul to-day in sunny tud hot weather, which 60.000 people braved. The wicket was perfect (states Reutcr» Teams. AUSTRALIA ENGLAND Badcock Wwtt Bradman (capt> Fingleton rSiilnd Fleetwood Smill IffJSiiici Gregory Hammond
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    FINGLETON'S TWO "LIVES" IN ONE OVER
    193 16 THERE wa.s no wind Bradman sent Fingleton and R onan the innings to the bowling of Allen and Fames. Misfoitune dogged England from the start. Fin&Uion had stored only one when he survived an appeal for leg before by Fames; then he was dropped
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    FOOTBALL TEAMS
    43 16 V MC A. v. S.R.C. on ihe SRC. ground to-day at 5.15 pjn.: G. Ferguson: Ttaiaxa Teck. N. Jackson; A. Zezula. G. K. Leembruggen; P. Bwyny. J. Bleha, Kirn Wee. A. Noden, Bak Song. Reserves: Chan Joo Tiang. Tan Kwan Seng.
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    SCORE BOARD
    34 16 AUSTRALIA U FOR LUNCH. AUSTRALIA—IST INN Fingleton not out Ri ß g c Ames b Fames Bradman not out Bxta 2 Total <for 1 wkt.. at lunch) Fall of wickets: 1 42.
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    BATA'S TROUNCED
    77 16 Chinese Bank Score i our Without Rep!> Singapore 1 u THE Overseas Chinese Bank strong for the Bata Shoe C they met on the F. N. ground dav in the Business House L» From the start the Bank i-.r >• game. Yipp. the Bata Shoe u did very
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    WEEDON AGAIN
    105 16 Helps Midds To Score (i o;i Cricket Win Singapore, i 1 y. Lt. Weedon. «ho In a ms St. Andrew's and the M dt Wednesday scored a brilii; again distinguished him-eii bat at Gilman Barracks when in a crick: t match ir Midds and a '.ram from th
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    FOOTBALL TEAMS
    55 16 Government Services F A Regiment on Saturday :,r Julan Besar Stadium: Saia CP Or Sictck (Immig ation» Bakar tm I Juma: «G PO >, H Ti& (G.P.0.), A. Rahim lO PO P Ong (G.P.O. Taib A (G don (G.P.O. >, Abdul Hamid Mann Bakri I Marine i Reaervi
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    AVERAGES FOR THE FOUR TESTS
    252 16 THE following arc the averages of the England and Australiai the four Tests which have already been played on this tour AUSTRALIA BATTING Ings. N.O. H-S. HI. Bradman 8 0 270 JJ! Finch-ton I I 138 Ml McCabe !,:5 Gregory 1 0 50 Chiiperfield I
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    SELECTIONS FOR TO-MORROW LAST DAY'S RACES
    143 17  -  IN SINGAPORE Nine Events On Card By "WINNING POST" MXLI selections for to-morrow's races, the last day of the Singapore nutting, are as follows: g„, tlaai I, cliv. 1, I', miles: lest] Knight's Eye vpjnes, thm 1, div. 2, V\ miles: Nutcracker foesav ay
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    RECS BEAT NAVY BY 5-2
    340 17 Poor Conditions For Hockey Singapore. Friday. jLTHOUGH the S R C. B" beat the Navy bv 5—2, and a slippery and -round did not conduce to any st uic ard of play, yesterday's Kr n the padang was interesting. P v is nut so one-sided
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    GRAND NATIONAL PROBABLES
    260 17 List Of Jockeys And Runners Reuter. Thp fA London, Feb. 25. HE following Is the latest list of tho P/obable jockeys and runners for the forthcoming Grand National < Mar Golden Miller (Walwyn; Royal Mail (Williams) Drinmore Lad < Morgan t what Have You (Mr. Street), Ready
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    GAME OF MISSED CHANCES
    339 17 League Defeat For F. N. Singapore, Friday. THE Straits Times showed a marked improvement yesterday, when they beat Fraser and Neavc by one goal 10 nil, but the standard oi play on both sides wa.s extremely poor. The match was a Business Houses' League game. The
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    NORTH v. SOUTH HOCKEY?
    170 17  -  I F.M.S.—Colony Match To Go (BY FORWARD" Singapore, Friday. IVN the eve of the departure toy night of Singapore's players for Kuala Lumpur for to-morrow's FJVI.S.-Colony hockey match, the composition of the Colony team had still not been hnallv decided upon. Anyhow. Dawson (over whom the
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    LOCAL YACHTING
    128 17 Programme Of Events At R.S.Y.C. Singapore. Friday. TO-Day. there will be ihe usual races at the R.S.Y.C. for "B" and "C" classes, starting at 5.30 p.m and 5.25 p.m. respectively. To-morrow, the "B" class will start al 2.15 p.m. on the annual race to Changi for the Aeolus
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    S.C.C. BILLIARDS
    34 17 Championship Final On Wednesday The final of the Singapore Cricket Club billiards championship (500 up) between Mr. A. D. Baker and Mr. u. Gray will be played on Wednesday at 6.30 p.m.
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    HOME FOOTBALL
    21 17 London. Feo. 25. Second Division matches played today:— Coventry 0 Leicester 2. Swansea 2 Sheffield Utd. 1. —fteu er
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    26 17 Y.M.C A. Members are requested to note that the life-saving classes are now held on Mondays and Fridays at th. pool from 5 to 6 p.m.
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    BRADDOCK-LOUIS HITCH
    110 17 WORLD TITLE Must First Beat Schmeling Reuter. Chicago, Feb. 25. Bradaock-Louis fight on June I -6 will not be for the former's title unless Braddock fights and beats Schmeling on June 3, which fight (as arranged originally) is, however, most unlikely. Through this technicality, the Madison Square Garden
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    LOCAL CRICKET
    271 17 Teams For Week-End Trial Singapore. Friday. THE following are the teams for the 1 cricket trial to be played on the padang to-morrow and Sunday. Play will commence at 11 a.m. on Sunday and at 2 p m to-morrow: L. Alvis, T. A. D. Hewan. A S. A
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    THE PUBLISHERS DISAPPOINT
    340 18 Soccer Defeat By Heap Eng Moh XI Singapore, Friday. AFTER their splendid performance against Patqrson Simons whom they defeated by 6—0 earlier in the week, the M.P.H. fell short of expectations when they were defeated by Heap Eng Moh by three goals to nil in their Business
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    PASSENGERS BY AIR
    377 18 Arrivals By K.LM. And K.N.I.L.M. THE following passengers arrived to I Singapore by X.L.M. and K.N.I.L.M. P Ardved from N.E.I by X.L.M. plane ••Rietvink": -Mrs. W. G Remmeit*. Mr Wilhelm Stahl, Mr. and Mrs J van Dulm. Mr. Wilhelm Wormaer and Mr. H. J. H Haas Left
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    105 18 Ex-Immigration Officials Acquitted Singapore, Thursday. LIM Wee Soon and Abu bin Amman, formerly in the employ of the Immigration Department, who were on a charge of accepting an illegal Gratification of $4. and abetment respectively were acquitted by Mr. H. A Forrer, District Judge. Criminal District Court, to-day,
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    330 18 HARI RAY A HAJI To the Editor of the Male >n 7 Sir. —I should like tj t v:>. •omments on Mr. H D ,alk on the meanin ol r.;ii, The visits to holy pla ,raids are not part of tie I'hey arc left to individu;
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    280 18 (To the Editor of the Mr Sir.—The remarks L>.. Mi iiu t and Mr. Vytopil are causing quite ur and make many who h. vl nibb;i interests very nervy of the incia-stry'j future. It is the duty ol ever: ":ue citizen of Malaya to nip in tl.c bud
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    'PHONE CONSCIOUS
    138 19 1 Long-Distance Calls In India IvrntA New Delhi. NDIA ts becoming phone conscious Long-distance telephone calls na^shg,n^roU?hx Lt* P rinci Pal trunk exchanges ot India during the flrn week tnis >ear numoered 35 000 For the S P cat d f 1936 the Figures for the following weeks
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    90 19 "Anglo-Eif yptian Union" Formed Cairo. An "Anglo-Egyptian Union" has been formed here to promote social and cultural relations and to footer friordship «nd understanding between the Biitish Empire and Egypt. A council of 24 members consisting of prominent British and Egyptian personalities has been appointed. The chairman
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    210 19 Scottish Cup Third Round I T HE Allowing are the fixtures for topmSSSZ ln the home football c SCOTTISH CUP--3rd Round. East Fife v. Celtic Duns v. Motherwell St. Mirren v. Cowdenbeath Morton v. Patrick Clyde v. Dundee. Hamilton v. Hearts Aberdeen and Queen of South byes.
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    TO-MORROW'S RACES
    140 19 Scratchings And Order Of Running the following are the scratchings and 1 cider of running for to-morrow's races:— RACE 1 Ponies, class 2, div. 2. G furs.. 845 pjn.: Perfect Lady 7 4 ifovalong G. 7 RACE 3 Ponies, ilass 'I. div. I, G furs.. 2.45 p.m.: Queens
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    CRICKET TEAMS
    42 19 V.M.C.A. vs. Meddlesex Regt. at Anson Road on Saturday at 2 p.m.. Lee Fong Lim (capt.), G Day, N. Hay. r. Xavier. K. Leembruggen, B. Varma. B. M. Barker, M. Armstrong. Tan Guan Ciat, A. Mathaniels. C. Angus, Reserve. Newman.
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      311 19 CHINESE WOMAN ROBBED Singapore, Friday. A Chinese woman is alleged to hai tern assaulted and robbed of her wrist watch at Lorong Lalat last night. The assailant struck her some blows on the face, and dislodged one of her teeth THE TRUE TONIC FOOD j Obtmlamblm mf mil Otmfcti mm
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    351 21 Voting Nazi To Institute Card-Index Control I Nazi, born in Bradford (Yorks) tarted a drive which will before him cast-iron control ove~ the activities and destiny of Germans living abroad, ineiud--00 m Great Britain. square-jawed Ernst Wilhelm aged 34, head of the foreign tion of the Nazi
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    119 21 !!M IJirds And Pigeons Die Tn Warsaw Warsaw. pigeons and sparrows have a result of the severe 'Winter Help" appeal has d on behalf of Warsaw's birds uthorities. orning hundreds of the dead collected in the streets and replacement last winter of a horse-drawn vehicles by V
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