Malaya Tribune, 25 August 1937

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    41 1 The Malaya Tribune Malaya's National Newspaper: Guaranteed Largest Sales Vol. XXVI.- -No. 199. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1937 FIVE CENTS The Malaya Tribune Singapore: v »«d.. Aug. 2">, 1937. The Malaya Tribune 24 PAGES. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1937 FIVE CENTS.
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    Fined For Loving Native Girl
    231 2 Against White Man s Law THE story of a white man's love for a Lubra, an Australian aborigine, was tcld in the police court at Darwin, in the Northern Territory, when John Charles Palmer was accused of unlawfully removing a Lubra. named Mandie rrom lhe
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    DEATH UNMASKS DOUBLE LIFE
    358 2 Secret Friendship Between Man And Woman I i SECRET and intimate friend h. I ft was revealed recently bctw»-43-year-old hucoand and father, tor several months had led a dcubl life, and a woman who d.ed with in a blazing car. The man. John Walker, of Wall:;,
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      534 2 fTWSH STOCK OF:— Long Baths m east Iron white porcelain enamelled with chromium plated Hot Cold taps, 0" overall price $35.00 each. EE n- 36.50 60" do 38.00 Table temp. a lM- f rang* to" select from 52.00 upwards. For aM requirements in ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING. GAS, Consult; M. HASSAN, 34,
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      694 2 "NICE" and "SAN REMO"—new villa* i excellent location, charming view, ad 1 modern conveniences, entrance 200 yarns further from Bth mile-stone, East Coast Road, will be ready for occupation short 1 ly. Please apply to Secretary. United Reality Co., Ltd., 117, Emerald Hill Road. Thane 6655. FOR SALE—Smoke Deli Havana
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      390 2 ROAD NOTICE. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the timber bridge over the Linggi River on the main Singapore-Penang Road, situated 2 miles South of Seremban, is closed to all lorry and omnibus traffic of a »ross weight exceeding 2 tons until further notice. An alternative route is Indicated by airection
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      331 2 TUCK TYPEWRITER CO., No. 6-A, Change Alley, instead of 28-A, Change I Alley, Singapore. Tdephone No. 2633. rsrand Ne<v Port- able Typewriters, 4 ml rßf> r? grmt Bank* with ii.ng lish. Keyboard fitted with Standarc Pica Types Automatic Key set Sr Tabulator. Also Dealers in New Secondhand Type- Js&&t£s&'dmSL Stockist,
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      7 2 o*. SOL'C RGEHTS HCnP.U UJPUOH &> CO.. LTD.
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    SHIPPING NEWS & NOTICES WHEN THE TRAMP SUBSIDY ENDS
    464 3 SHIPPING NEWS NOTICES WHEN THE TRAMP SUBSIDY ENDS Owners Accept Principle Of Co-Operation TRAMP shipping owners from all parts of the country met in private at the Chamber of Shipping recently to discuss plans for the continued cooperation in the industry when tne Government subsidy expires at the ena cf
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    MUST BE SUSIDISED
    131 3 British Shipping In The Pacific Vancouver, B.C. "The question of a subsidy for Britiol shipping* between Canada and Australia has got to be solved." This is the Dpi nion of Mr. A. G. Ogilvle, Premier cf Tasmania, stated in an interview here. Who's going to sail in
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      423 3 STEAMER SAILINGS BRITISH INDIA (Incorporated in England). P. 0. S. N. CO.'S SAILINGS OUTWARDS. Due Tonnage. Spore. 1937. CORFU 15,000 Aug. 27 SOMALI 6,800 Aug. 27 NALDERA 16,000 Sept. 10 CARTHAGE 15,000 Sept. 24 BANGALORE 6,000 Sept. 25 COMORIN 15,000 Oct. 3 BHUTAN 6,100 Oct. 13 RAN CHI 11,500 Oct.
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      117 3 INDO CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD., tlncorporared in England). Direct Service to Japan via Hongkong and to Calcutta via Penang. Taking cargo on through Bill of Lading for Canton, Macao, Swatow, Amoy, Chefo, Tientsin, Newchwang, Yangtse ports. Formosa the Philippines, etc. FOR PENANG AND CALCUTTA Arr. SaiU. HOSANG Aug. 26
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      590 3 M. B. K. I KOKUSAI LINE (KOKUSAI KISEN KAISHA) (Incorporated In Japan) For JAPAN, LOS ANGELES, NEW YORK (via Panama) 1 Due Roe Salttaf Dm r Penan* Spore Spore via Mew York ms| KANO MARU Aug. 22 Aug. 25 Aug. 26 Keelung Oct. 4 m s KIYOSUMI MARU Sept. 6
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      449 3 IyWJ Br J WmmM PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. BANGKOK LINE.* Luxurious One Class Motorshlps. Most Cabins have adjoining private bath. Excellent Cuisine. FOR (GENOA), MARSEILLES, LONDON, ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. From From From From M.S. Spore Malacca PJS'ham P'ng BORINGIA 31-8 31-8 1-9 3-9 •FIONIA 21-9 21-9 22-9 24-9 LALANDIA
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      475 3 STEAMER SAILINGS §NORDDEL'TSCHER LLOYD (Incorporated in Germany). The undernoted are lhe Company'! intended fixtures:— OUTWARD. FOR MANILA, HONGKONG, SHANGHAI, NORTH CHINA AND JAPAN. Due B'pore 1d37. I "ODER" omits Manila, Hongkong and Japan—call* Shanghai and Hankow Aug. 26 I "FRANKEN" omits Shanghai —calls Manila, Hongkong, Dalren, Taku Bar, Tsingtau and
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    Unaware That She Was Divorced WOMAN CLAIMS DAMAGES
    510 4 From Solicitor NOW BARRED FROM ALIMONY Leeds. j JJNAWARE that she was divorced from her husband, Mrs. Vera Victoria James, of Lady Somersetroad, Tufnell Park, London, lived with him for four years. She claimed damages at the West Riding Assizes, here recently,
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    IRON BAR HOLDS UP TRAIN
    84 4 An iron bar, placed, it is believed, by children between the live rail and the permanent way. stcpned an electric train on the Chislehurst loop line nt St. Mary Cray Station (Southern Railway) recently and delayed for nearly an nour a steam boat-train following. The
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    COAL PROSPERITY
    355 4 Demand Outstrips Supply Westminster. rOAL Is sharing in British prosperity, and Captain Crookshank. Secretary for Mines gave the country recentlv ch'e brighest account of the industry which r it has heard for years. He was in a position to use such unwanted phrases as "the demand for coal
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    CAT SAVES MAN AND WIFE
    67 4 ***** —a cat—was suffering from arched paws after saving the Lives o/ Mr. and Mrs. a. Maidment ot Ki"hstreet. Billericay Essex, when fire LroKc out recently i n the shop above which they wero asleep. The cat woke them by scratching and crying at their
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    CANADIAN ARCTIC PATROL
    472 4 Scientists And Surveyor.Set Out Montreal, Quebec WITH a group of leading Canadian scientists and surveyors on board the little steamer Nascopie is slipping down the St. Lawrence on the annuai Arctic patrol. The scientists will conduct an extensive survey in the Arctic Aichipelago Experts of the Canadian
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    ENCOURAGING THRIFT
    74 4 Helsinki, Finland. The sum of £2.500 has been gran'tu by the postal savings bank authorities io start savings bank accounts for poor school children. Und?r th's scheme every poor child i>n the recommendation of his teacher, will be eiven a savings bank book w: a deposit of 50
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      266 4 GRADUATE OF THE TOKIO >lASSAGE SCHOOL MR. MRS. AKAJI, 210-2, Queen Street, Singapore near Post Office. DUNLOP FOR DURABILTY l'lilmobiose Syrup COUGH LUNG TONIC. Excellent remedy to care all affections of the respiratory organs, Catarrh Cough, Cold, Bronchitis, Hoarseness, Influenza, Asthma, Tuberculosis, etc. 52.70 per large bottle. TUSSOFECT LOZENGES for
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      408 4 Kidney Trouble Cured Quick By New Discovery /Wor. Praise CytUx- Work, in IS MinaL Cleans (hit Acids and Poisons— jhl SrhKh fS? 1 formula Purifies Blood—Brines New rWĔ&w. own practice ""m ma 1 U- y ars with excellent roWgour in 48 Hours mmwPA MJlts °y stox listen* the W Passage
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      123 4 FOR 1 PUPPIES 11,1 Too much ;r£<ii means too much heat for your dog'l Wood. And especially in a hotclimate this causes him torture throu-li continual scratching, Jack of appetite, mo-><iiness, lrritabilitv and loss of energy. You can remedy the trouble by cuttin- down his meat supply and substituting LACTOL.
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    HOW THE FORCES ARE PLACED
    152 5 EXTENDED FRONT AT SHANGHAI Reuter. Shanghai. Aug. 24. CHINESE forces in the Shanghai area amount to about twelve divisions, of winch five divisions, or 50,000 men, arc in direct contact with the Japanese while two are held in reserve. The Sino-Japanese front line extends approximately
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    JAPANESE OBJECTIVE
    159 5 Reuter. From a point on the island, the Chinese line runs a little way in fro.rlhe river to Paoshan, a Yangtse town ship beyond Woosung. Now. howeve.. the Japanese have succeeded in landing part of their reinforcements whicl" amount altogether to three divisions, or 54,000 men, and have
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    New Japanese Commander
    32 5 Reuter. Shanghai. Aug. 24 IT is announced that the Com-mander-in-Chief of the Japanese Forces in Shanghai, General I wane Matsui, former Commander-in-Chief in Formosa, has already assumed command here.—Reuter.
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    MIDDLESEX GOING TO SHANGHAI
    181 5 Cruiser Stands By INDIAN BATTERY READY Reuter. Passengers may live on board the s THE British Naval authorities state that H.MS. Suffolk is proceeding to Hongkong from Woosung to stand by for the transport of the Middlesex Regiment to Shanghai. The Indian Mountain Battery of the
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    ITALIANS WIN AIR RACE
    252 5 Lone British Entry Arrives Fourth Reuter Wireless. Damascus, Aug. 20. RACING through the night at speeds of 200 m.p.h. or more competitor* in the 3.870 miles air race from Istres. France" to Damascus and back to Paris who started last night began to arriv. hrre early
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    INSTALLED WIRELESS
    49 5 Singapore. ruescuiy. In the Fourth Magistrate's Court today a Tamil named Muthuvelu. of Roberts Lane, was charged with having installed a wireless receiving set on Feb 22 and July 28 without obtaining licence. The accused claimed trial and the case "was postponed till Aug. 31 for TPntinn
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    OVER 100 AIRMEN KILLED
    145 5 Chinese Estimate Of Japanese Losses I Shanghai. Aug. 24. SINCE hostilities started in Shanghai it is estimated that, so far, Japanese slrmen killed and missing have passed the 100 th mark: more than 50.000 troops have been mobilised: and $100,000,000 has gone by way of military
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    BRITAIN'S FINANCES
    125 5 Revenue Up, But So Is Expenditure London, Aug. 24. increase of over 12 per cent, in thf yield of income tax last week compared with the corresponding week of 1936 js a feature of the exchequer returns. which show that total ordinalv revenue amounts to £245.904.532, compared with
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    LITTER NUISANCE
    57 5 Strong Action Being Taken In England British Official Wireless. London, Aug. 24. A CAMPAIGN to reduce the litter nuisance in England's countryside received prominence when about forty people were summoned at Arundel yesterday for offences against anti-litter by-laws. Fines ranging from five shillings to one pound were imposed
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    SOVIET FLYERS
    56 5 Fruitless Search For Missing Men Reuter Wireless. Barrow (Alaska), Aug. 21. JAMES Mattern, the American airman, landed this morning after a fruitless search for the missing Soviet flyers. Mattern spent several hours in the air battling with fog.—Reuter Wireless. Moscow, Aug. 21. Fifteen aeroplanes will participate in an
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    ITALY'S NEW DREADNOUGHT
    50 5 Reuter Wireless. Genoa, Aug. 22. In the presence of the King and Queen Italy's second 35.000-ton battleship Littorio was launched. The ship was named by the wife of one of the workmen engaged in the building. She smashed the traditional bottle of champagne over the battleship's bows.
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    BRITISH NOTE ON COMPENSATION
    174 5 Japanese Opinion SHOULD BE SENT TO CHINA Reuter. Tokyo, Aus. 24. THE Japanese Foreign Office cnflrms receipt of a British memorandum requesting indernnirlcation for losses sustained by the British in the Shan eh ai area as a result of the hostilities. The Foreign Office spokesman stated
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    STUDY OF SOIL IN SUMATRA
    153 5 Netherlands Agricultural Professor Singapore, Tuesday. Professor HUDIG arrived In Singapore on the "Dempo* 1 to-day on his way to Java. He joined the ship at Belawan. after having completed soil studies in certain parts of Sumatra. Attached to the College of Wageningen. Holland, as an
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    TRADE UNIONS AND WAR
    141 5 Opposition To Arms Policies Melbourne. July 23. FE Australian Trades Union Congress has formulated the following principles of anti-war policy (1) Organisation of the masses against war; (2) OpDosition to the rearmament policies of the British and Australian Governments: <3) suppor: for such a policy of
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    RADIOLYMPIA
    77 5 1937 Show Opens To-Day British Official Wireless. London, Aug. 24. HUNDREDS of workmen will be engaged all night in putting the finishing touches to the Radio exhibition which opens at Olympia to-morrow morning. Worldwide reception and television are the principal features which will be emphasised by exhibitors on the
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    RUMOUR DENIED
    67 5 No Export Prohibition Of Siamese Rice <From 0'j.r Oicn Correspondent t Bangkok, Aug. 24 FE Secretary of the Minister of Economics denied the accuracy of a Bangkok rumour that the Government is considering the prohibition of the export of rice, which gained currency following an official notification that
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    WOMAN DOCTOR ON WAR HORRORS
    313 5 FORMER SINGAPORE BOXER BEATEN UP Reuter. Shanghai, Aug. 24. AX Englishwoman. Dr. Agnes Towers, of Lancaster, who is Resident Surgeon at the Lester Hospital, bears the brunt of attending to the Chinese injured in the Settlement as *he result of the warfare. Dr. Towers, interviewed
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    18,000 FOREIGNERS EVACUATED
    81 5 Surprise For Chinese Refugees Reuter. Shanghai, Aug. 24. THE Empress of Canada is leaving for Hongkong on Aug. 25 with 1,000 foreign refugees of all nationalities, mainly British, bringing the total number of foreign evacuees to approximately *****. Five-hundred Germans and 212 Americans left for Hongkong and
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    THE LATE MRS. MARY DAVID
    225 5 1 of the late Mrs. A. C. took place from her rest 29, Penang Road, Singapore en 15, was attended by a er of relatives, friend* and others. Th< R v Father E. M. Be!et performed the last rites. Mtj David was the wife of
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    GERMAN DIPLOMATIC DEAD
    67 5 Naval Attache To London Embassy British Official Wireless. London, Aug. 24. rpHE death occurred at The Hague toA day of the German Naval Attache in London, Rear-Admiral Wassner, who was on his way to resume his duties after three months' leave. Admiral Wassner who was fifty-one vears
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      101 5 1 ACCOUNTANCY a profitable PROFESSION The importance of Accounting is steadily increasing for it is the nivot on which rmodern basine c s revolves. Why not study at home in your spar? time enjoy the results that will follow. T et us send you further information. International! Correspondence Schools (Colonial),
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      333 5 GASTRITIS The Truth Yon cannot hope to Re* really better from your stomach trouble until you knew the exact cause of it. Then only can yoe treat it scientifically and feel your pain go for good. If you are troubled with flatulence, it you feel unpleasantly full after ordinary meals,
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    REUTER'S COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    401 6 LONDON COMMODITIES London, Aug. 24. Tone Steady Steady Spot Buyers. 8% ***** +116 Sellers. 8% 8% Sept. Buyers. 813 16 tffc +I|l6 Sellers. 8 7 8 8 15 16 +1116 Oct. Dec. Buyers. 815 16 9 +1116 Sellers. 9 9 1;16 1,16 jan.iMar. Buyers 9116 9 1
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    NYALAS RUBBER ESTATES
    258 6 ;i Profit Five Times That Of Last Year A DIVIDEND of ten per. cent, is profa posed by the Directors of Nyalas Rubber Estates, Limited, whose report for the financial year ended May 31 last shows that the net profit for the year amounted to $63,385, as
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    MALAYA'S TRADE
    88 6 j Big Increase Recorded In July THE Registrar-General of Statistics, S.S. and F.M.S., reports that Malaya s gross exports in July were Z2B?' j£ •WMfc as compared with $49,781,000 in July of last year. Gross 2? «5»? 7 77 000 compared with $61,317,000 in July last year. The
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    BRITISH MOTOR-CAR INDUSTRY
    82 6 300,000 Private Cars This Year British Official Wireless r rT T London, Aug. 24. TAL output of the British moccr industry for nine months oune 30 was 300,034 private cars and taxis and 91,125 commercial vehicles representing an eleven per cent increase of output over the corresponding
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    PRODUCE
    179 6 Singapore, Aug. 25. R. JSiam) W. Coast No. 1 per Koyan $170 R. (Slam) W. Coast No. 2 per Koyan $160 R. (Siam) W. Coast No. 3 per Kovan $155 Siam Rice Sinwhay N. l $250 Siam Rice Sinwhay N. 2 $22> Siam Rice Sinwhay No. 3 ifos Siam
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    MONEY ORDER SERVICE
    6 6 Service t0 Sha^hai
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    FRASER & CO.'s SHARE REPORT
    896 6 FRASER CO.'s SHARE REPORT EFFECT OF THE FAR EAST CRISIS PHRASER and Co.'s weekly report on the share market, dated Aug 24 states: J3SS*«?** week und er review attest on throughout the world ha 7 nl -rally been focussed on Chin? -and 4 t™sggS* 'adventures, and afthouth tic a S
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      571 6 m S. j Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Ltd. j i (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements). i CAPITAL Authorised $40,000,000.00. Issued and Paid Up $10,000,000.00. J S HEAD OFFICE, CHINA BUILDING, CHILIA STREET, SINGAPORE. TELEPHONES Managing Director 3172 Secretary 4944 f General Manager 3513 Accountant 3026 J Telegraphic Address: "OVERSEA" S LONDON
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      260 6 THE EASTERN BANK LIMITED. 'Incorporated in England* SINGAPORE BRANCH: 6, D'Almeida Street. Authorised and Subscribed c Capit i ll £2.000,00 C Paid-up Capital £1,000 ME Reserved Fund 500.00 C HEAD OFFICE: LONDON Branches Bombay, Calcutta, Colombo, Karachi Madras. Amara, Baghdad, Bahrein' Basra. Kirkuk, Mosul a d Singapore CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened
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      20 6 SOUTH BRITISH INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD. (Incorporated in New Zealand.) MARINE INSURANCE W. J. DEXTER. Manager. Tel. 5926. j, riniayson Green.
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    LOCAL STOCKS AND SHARES
    828 7  -  Quotations By Fraser And Co. Singapore. Aug. 25, 10 a.m. MINING Fraser Co. Buyers. Sellers. Ampat Tin 6|6 7|Asam Kumbang 36!- 37;Austial Malay 58;- 60|'-cd Ayer Hitam 34 9 36j6 Ayer Weng 1.3*5 1.40 Bangrin Tin 26,- 27 Batu Selangor 2.15 2.20 Burma Malay 316 33
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    MANILA GOLD SHARE MARKET
    49 7 Singapore, Tuesday. Messrs. S. E. Levy and Co., Singapore have received cabled news from Manila giving the following prices:— Last Sale Prices Previous To-day Pesos Antamok 0.73 0.7? Benguet Consol dadated unquoted 10.25 I.X.L. 0.62 0.60 San Mauricio 0.94 0.92 United Paracale 0 67 0.66
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    THE AMERICAN MARKET
    532 7  -  Daily Report By S. E. Levy Co. 1 Singapore, Wednesday. i WE are indebted to Messrs. S. E. Levy and Co., Singapore, for the following on American Market con- dltions:— Messrs. White, Weld and Co., Ne.v York, report to us by the cab.e as follow:— STOCKS In
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    FRASER & COMPANY.
    224 7 FRASER COMPANY. LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Singapore, Aug. 25, 10 a m Total for Books Close financial Company Dividend Date Ex Div. s year Payable Date to da'e. TIN To Austral Malay 3 3 /4%Int. Sept. 3 M sept. 10 Sept. 4 10 ft 3 3 4% Bonus. Ipoh Tin
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    DEBENTURES AND LOANS
    209 7 -v 'I 3% 1935 red. 1975-1985 $4,000,000 SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL: f Int Apr 1 Oct. 1 99 100% ci. C 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 Int. 3% 1937 red i 9 62 $2,750,000 Mar. 31, Sept. 30 103% 105% norn a mt. May 15. Nov. 15 99% 100% c.i
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    TO-DAY'S MARKET POSITION
    535 7  -  Report By Fraser And Company Singapore, Aug. 25. TIN three months £260 down 55'-. Business on the London Stock Exchange was on a small scale yesterday, and Far Eastern issues again declined but the tin section keeps very steady. London are bidding for Kramals and Gopengs, Southern
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    EXCHANGE
    170 7 SELLING Singapore, Aug. 25. London T.T. 2j4 ljl6 London demand 2[A I|l6 London 4 months' sight 24% Lyons demand 1540 Switzerland 251 Hamburg demand 142 New York demand 58 316 Montreal demand 58 Batavia demand 105% Samarang demand 104% Calcutta, Bombay and Rangoon demand 154% Madras and Colombo demand
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    TIN
    16 7 Singapore, Aug. 25. The price of tin at noon in Singapore to-day was:— $129% (unchanged).
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    RUBBER
    22 7 The price of rubber at noon in Singapore io-day was:— Buyers 30% (down 1 8 Se lers 80% (down V 8).
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    MONEY MARKET
    65 7 Normal In Spite Of Far East Upheaval Reuter Wireless. London, Aug. 21. ON the money market conditions continued to run a normal course and n no way disturbed by the Far BVt ipheaval. Loan remained easily obtainable and on the whole borrowers naid a sl'ghtly lower rate for
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    STERLING EXCHANGE
    96 7 British Official Wireless New York ***** 32 Montreal 4.98 11 16 Heigrade 217 Geneva 21.71% Amsterdam 9.03% Milan 94 3 /4 Berlin 12.40 Stockholm 19.39% Copenhagen 22.40 Oslo 19.90 Vienna 26% Prague 143 3 16 Brussels 29.61 Madrid norn Lisbon 110 3|16 Paris 132 53 64 London. Aug.
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    FREER MONEY
    75 7 American Banks Reduce Discount Rate Reuter Wireless. Washington. Aug. 20 THE Federal Reserve Board has ap- proved a reduction from 2to 1-12 per cent, hi the discount, rate of Hit Van'a. and Chicana R r sTve Bank.: -hp Board states that with Incrrmaed recovery demands of agriculture, industry
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    COTTON CHOP LEGISLATION
    54 7 Reuter Wireless. Washington, Aug. 20. The House of Representatives has passed a resolution pledging Congress to give cotton crop control legislation a right of way in the next session ot Congress. The resolution, which contains minor amendments to a resolution :he Senate has adopted, returns to th»»
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    WORLD TRADE INCREASE
    50 7 Reuter Wireless Geneva, Aug. 23. The gold value of world trade dkrn.g he second quarter of 1937 was ten per higher than in the first accordin< to the League statistical bulletin. In tne same period the volume of worlu trade increased by three per cent.— Reuter Wireless
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      138 7 S. R LEVY CO. Shanghai, Hongkong, Manila, Singapore. Investment Bankers and Brokers 1n Securities and Commodities. Daily Foreign Market Cable* and Quotation Service. Members: NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE. COMMODITY EXCHANGE, INC. OF. N.Y. NEW YORK COFFEE SUGAR EXCHANGE. CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE. CANADIAN COMMODITY EXCHANGE. SHANGHAI STOCK EXCHANGE. HONGKONG SHARE
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    "TROOPSHIP" COMES TO SINGAPORE
    208 8 Something New In Screen Fare AT THE CINEMAS HAVE you heard of "Troopship," the British film which created box office records at Heme? You may have wondered when it was coming to Singapore. Well, here it is a* the Pavilion, under a new name, "Farewell Again."
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    "TURN OFF THE MOON"
    152 8 More Musical Fare At The Capitol "TURN Off the Moon," the Paramount 1 picture at the Capitol, is another of those musical affairs with plenty of humour. As Charles Ruggles is command-er-in-chief in the latter department, it is well looked after. He is always a favourite
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    "WAIKIKI WEDDING"
    70 8 Rescreening At The Alhambra "U/AIKIKT Wedding", the South-Sea Island musical romance with Bing Crosby and a host of stars, was shown at the Alhambra Theatre last night in response to public demand. The picture is filled with lilting Hawaiian melodies and snappy dances by grass-skirted cuties. v, J£
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    MALAY ON KIDNAP CHARGE
    427 8 Bound Over For Six Months 'From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday. EVERYTHING ended well for young Sa'at bin Man who was charged this morning at the Selangor Assizes with kidnapping a thirteen year-old Malay girl Ramlah, from the lawful guard anship of her father at
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    ARRIVAL DATES CHANGED
    67 8 Messrs. Harrisons, Barker and Co Ltd cargo and freight agents for the Norddeutscher Lloyd, announce changes in arrival dates The Gneisenau arrives at Singapore on Sept. 6 (instead of Sept 3) and sails next day for Holland. Hamburg and Bremen. The Trave (for Europe* arrives on Sept.
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    AIR MAIL DESPATCHES
    101 8 Java and Southern Sumatra: Netherlands, closing 7 p.m. to-day. Medan. Jask; Amsterdam? and London.*: Netherlands, closing 1.30 p.m. io-day. Australia, New Zealand, Java and Timor Dilly: Qantas, closing 10 p.m. tomorrow. Kuaia Lumpur and Penang: Internal Air Service, closing 6 a.m. Saturday. Hon-rkong. Canton, Shanghai, ♦Kobe. Manila
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    MAILS EXPECTED
    123 8 Mails expected from Netherlands Indies by Air (Netherlands) to-day. Deliveries of boxholders* letters only at 3.30 p.m.. and delivery of letters and parcels at 4.05 p.m. Mails expected from Europe etc. (Amsterdam) by Air <Netherlands». Deliveries of boxholders' letters only at 7 p.m. and general delivery of letters
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    MAILD DELIVERED
    19 8 Mail despatched from Singapore by Air (Netherlands) on Aug. 18 was delivered in London yesterday (Aug. 24).
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    DEFERRED DEPARTURE
    26 8 The s.s. Cap Padaran for Indo-China. Mails previously announced as closing at -1 p.m. on Aug. 24 will now close at 9 a.m. to-day.
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    HARBOUR BOARD
    143 8 Singapore, Aug. 25. Ships alongside the Wharvea or expected to arrive. East Wharf (Entrance Gate 1) Rajula 22. Main Wharf (Entrance Gate 2) Rajputana 18; Bulan 16; Glcniffer 13 Hong Peng 9; Cyclops 7. Empire Dock (Entrance Gate 2) Karagola 30; Kano Maru 32; Lossiebank 34; Shakespear Empire
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    WHAT'S ON?
    189 8 Public Functions And Sports Fixtures TO-DAY, AUG. 25 Football: S.A.F.A. League, Div. I, S.C.C v. R.A.. S.C.C. Friendly. R.A.F Town Office» v. Hongkong anc Shanghai Bank. Clerical Unior ground. Hockey: S.R.C. Six-a-Side, S.R.C. Tennis: S.C.C. Autumn Tournament S.C.C. TO-MORROW. AUG. 26 Football: S.A.F.A. League, Div. II S.C.F.A. II
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    PASSENGERS BY AIR
    112 8 Arrivals and departures bv K L M planes: Arrived from N.E.I, by the PH-ALV Mr. G. W. Kerr, Mr. R. f. GoL-ssele,' Mrs. J. A. Vieriing, Mr. J. Verdam Left by the PH-ALV. For Mcdan. Mrs. J. A. V. "rhng, Mr. and Mrs K Nomura, Mr H.
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    NOTICE TO MARINERS
    88 8 A„„., Sjngapore, Monday. RRANGEMEMTS have been made for shipping agents at Hongkong to be kept informed by Naval Authorities of the situation in Shanghai and China Ports north of Shanghai, says a notification issued by the Master Attendant, Singapore to-day. British vessels proceeding to these ports are
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    M. V. VICTORIA
    29 8 The Lloyd Triestino liner Victoria is due at Singapore at 9 a.m. to-morrcw (Thursday) and will sail for Colombo and Europe the same day at Ipm
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    $1,458 CLAIM FOR DIAMONDS
    954 8 MERCHANT GETS JUDGMENT AGAINST WOMAN Singapore, Tuesday. A CLAIM for $1,458.60 and interest to date on ia promissory note, and costs, formed the subject matter cf a civil suit that occupied the attention of Mr. Justice Home in the High Court to-day. The plaintiff was Mr.
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    SANTANDER IRON BELT
    133 8 Broken In Spanish Rebel Advance Reuter Wireless. Paris, Aug. 22. "THE i ron belt" of Santander constructed in imitation of the famous defences of Bibao has been broken in v c western s-ctor according to the as correspondent with the insurgency marching on Santander and thinsurgents are
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    THE D'ARTAGNAN
    42 8 The DArtagnan is expected to arrive at Singapore from Marseilles via Port Said Djibou-i, and Colombo, on Saturday, Aug. 28, at 7 a.m., and sail on the d y a V 2 noon for Sai on HontKong, Shanghai and Kobe.
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    VESSELS ARRIVED
    54 8 w? a ?n b, i? riti f h 573 tons from Kuantan <J4 8 to Kuantan via ports 26 8 o*o ly t er, x> D tcfl U27 Batavia 24.8 to Batavia 27 8. f,? en »y an He y den Dutch, 640 tons DeT27 B 8. laWan
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    KIDNAPPING CHARGE AGAINST MALAY
    260 9 Alleged Threat To Kill Girl (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Monday. A YOUNG Malay, Sa'at bin Man, A appeared to-day at the:Selangor Assizes, before Mr. Justice E. A. de Buriatte, on a charge of kidnapping a young Malay girl. Ramlah. from the lawful guardianship of
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    MILITARY TATTOO
    89 9 Cheap Rates On F.M.S. Railways IN connection with the Military Tattoo to be held in Singapore, next Friday, Saturday, Monday and Tuesday, the F.M.S. Railways are granting excursion rates for visitors from up-country. These will he available from Aug. 26 to Aug. 31. inclusive for the journey to
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    ITALIAN SCOUTS
    67 9 Visit To Johore Bahru (From Our Oicn Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Aug. 24. MINETY Italian Scouts who are visiting P* the East have been invited by the Government of Johore to spend this afternoon in Johore Bahru. They wll b e entertained to tea at the Royal Johore International
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    FREE EDUCATION IN FRANCE
    666 9 FOUR YEAR -OLD REFORM A SUCCESS M Singapore, Tuesday. AXING a tour of Java are a party of French men and women who are the personification of French 1 culture—members of every profession being represented in tiie party. The party arrived in Singapore by the Dempo"
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    ALLEGED KNIFE ATTACK
    108 9 Woman Removed To Hospital (From Oi r Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Aug. 24. ONG TECK KIM, a vegetable gardener living at th e 3rd. mile. Kebun Teh, near the Japanese Cemetery, was charged before Sheikh Abu Bakar bin Yahya 'S;cond Magistrate) w.th having caused hurt to his
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    42 9 Mr. William E. Evans, an engineer in ;he emoloy of United Engineers, Ltd.. is now in the General Hospital following an accident over the weekend at Pekan Baroe, Sumatra, when his left foot was reported to have been crushed by a steelroiler.
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    AIRWOMAN'S WILL
    63 9 Bequests To Pilots Guild By Lady Bedford London, Aug. 23. THE airwoman, the Duchess of Bedford, who died on March 22 at some place unknown when she disappeared on a solo aeroplane flight over the Fenland floods, left £355,779. She bequeathed £3.000 and her aeroplanes to her private
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    DEATH OF WELLKNOWN MALACCA RESIDENT
    39 9 'PLANE PANICS CITY Paris. A young pilot, his war 'plane crippled at a height of 800 feet, zig-zagged over the heads of thousands of panic-stric-ken people in the heart of Paris, went into a glide towards the Alexander 111.
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    'PLANE PANICS CITY
    104 9 bridge, and came down on the River ceine. As the 'plane was sinking the pilot— Flight-Sergeant Jean Paulhan—clamberCd He U was taken to hospital with slight bruises and shock. M. Paulhan was taking part in a parade of France's fighting forces, which opened the "Fourteenth" celebration* (anniversary of the storming
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      606 10 I "FAREWELL AGAIN" I: Look Who's Here CHARLIE RUGGLES Surrounded by a Bery of Sun-Kissed Beauties in New Musical Comedy Hit! rmnwAv I 3 SHOWS T DAY CitPITOL 3_ l5 6 _is-9-15 r—— mm ——i i i With Excellent Supporting Programme including "PGPEYE" in 'TWISKER PITCHER" slrfGL Latest PARAMOUNT BRITISH
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    EXECUTIONS IN RUSSIA
    21 11 Dr. untitled Assistant Director of Sanitary Services, Ceylon, who was interviewed by the Tribune in Singapore yesterday. Tribune). EXECUTIONS IN RUSSIA
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    MALARIA EXPERT HERE
    805 11 Moscow, Aug. 22. Eight alleged counter-revolutionaries accused of sabotage j.n central Russian munition plants and plotting the assassination of executives have been executed after sentence of death was passed by the Leningrad Court Martial on Friday.—Reuter Wireless. MALARIA EXPERT HERE MALAYA LEADS Methods Followed In Ceylon Singapore, Tuesday. THAT anti-malarial
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    TRIPLE MURDER CASE
    217 11 Two Detained Men Released 'From Cur Oum Reporter) Kuala Lumpur. Tuesday. DERUMAL Naikar and Gian Singh, tne two men held in connection with the triple murder at Selayang weie released this morning when Mr. R. O W. Davis, Officer in Charge of Dectivcs. Selangor, made an application
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    THE REAL ISSUE
    794 12 LX)R twelve days the second Shanghai War has raged and although tremendous damage has been done and many lives have been lost, in the International S.itlement as well as outside it. no-one seems to have any clear idea as to what is the main strategy of the
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    BATHS FOR EVERY MINE
    152 12 Miners' Welfare Plan In Britain London. Aug. 24. PLANS have been prepared for the provision cf pithead baths at practically every coal mine in Britain during the next seven years. The scheme is outlined in the report for 1936 of the Miners' Welfare Fund In the
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    HOLIDAY VISITORS
    115 12 Record Figures For 1937 London, Aug. 24. oi the number of foreign visitors to Britain for July, issued by the home office, continue to show pn increase over last year, which was liseU a record year. Excluding the numerous visitors from tr-e DominiO!U, whose arrivals ar» not k
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    NOTES & COMMENTS Johore Roads
    198 12 NOTES COMMENTS Johore Roads JV is good news for Malayan motorists that at long last a bridge is beii g built over tht river at Muar, North Jjhore. The State Government has vcted a sum of $80,000 for the work, v, h:ch will take several months and is likely to
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    Miss Katharine Cornell
    112 12 |T was announced some weeks ago that Miss Katharine Cornell, the famous American actress, contemplated making a world tour and including tiie East In her itinerary, she proposes to bring a company of over 30 people and t present a repertoire of plays including "Romeo and Juliet."
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    As A Malay Girl
    204 12 Roy Henderson, Miss Cornell advance representative, is now in oingapore in the course of a world tcur te make preliminary arrangerr.e-.vs, having come here from Java after va.iting New Zealand and Australia In conversation with a Tribune representative, he pointed out tnat a world our with
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    Courses In Photography
    179 12 courses in photography are being introduced with success into the curriculum of local schools, the object being 10 give students a found tion that will ensure a reasonable degree of success in picture making. Not only Is photography a most satisfactory hoboy in itself, says the introductory
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    Topics Of The Day
    402 12  -  By "Looker On" IN a rec nt law ruse Mr. Juetlce A. Forest of Monacal ruled that caws have as mucn right in th road as the motor-car. Ihis confirm.-, .vhat cews seem to have Ki.own all along. The good golfer is never really dismayed, we
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    GRAPHIC STORIES OF SHANGHAI HORROR EYEWITNESSES ARRIVE IN SINGAPORE MALAYAN GIRL'S EXPERIENCES
    132 13 GHASTLY DAYS DEAD AND WOUNDED PILED ON THE STREETS SPECIAL TRIBUNE INTERVIEWS GRAPHIC descriptions of the horrors of war at Shanghai were given to Malaya Tribune representatives this morning when the P. O. Rajputana, which was the first
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    MANGLED & TWISTED BODIES
    77 13 MANGLED TWISTED BODIES QHASTLY scenes were witnessed in Nanking Road and in Avenue Edward VII (in the French Concession). Bod es and vehicles, mangled and unrecognisable, were mixed up in indescribah'e confusion on the roads and it took days to clear up the debris. The damage in the French Concession
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    SPECTACULAR AIR FIGHTS
    3094 13 Sin D apore, Wednesday. FROM an early hour this morning, eager eyes peeied in an easterly direction from the East Wharf for the first sign ol the -Rajputana" the P. O. steamer which has come so much into the limelight of news as a refugee boat from
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      29 13 supMOn£R-t Vvlmer, the original Natural flavour Catsup, has a rare home-made appeal. T here's a treat in store for you and yours try a bottle to-day. M 1 I'■
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    LAND, SEA AND AIR ATTACK ON ALL FRONTS Big Japanese Push Begins At Shanghai CHINESE HOLD THEIR GROUND
    93 14 FIERCE PEIPING BATTLE JAPANESE AIR RAIDS ON ANHUEI TO view of the big Japanese push at Shanghai by land, sea and air, the Central Government of China, has reorganised the existing Cabinet
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    NANKING AGAIN ATTACKED
    308 14 Reuter. Sbanghai. Aug. 24. AN attack on all fronts by land, sea and air was waged by the Japanese this morning, but despite bombs and shells, the Chinese held their ground. Firing was particularly heavy from the direction of Woosung, where the Japanese regulars attempting to nrnetra*«e
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    WARSHIPS BUSY
    147 14 Raking Shell Fire Of Chinese Lines Reuter. Shanghai, 1.55 a.m. fYIVERTING attention from Poot**ung, Japanese warships this afternoon concentrated their fire on the Chinese lines on the Shanghai side of the river and shelling was still in progress late in the evening. The first Chinese aerial activity in
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    JAPAN REAL OBJECT
    61 14 Sin Chew Jit Poh. Shanghai, Aug. 24. It is reported that the Japanese are nlanning to mobilise 400.000 troops to launch a grand-scale attack on Nankow and the erstwhile semi—autonomous provinces, proving that Japan's real and main objective is the conquest of North China. The present war
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    JAPANESE LANDING
    637 14 Chinese Claim It Was A Failure Reuter. Shanghai. Aug. 24. The confirmed facts of yesterdaymorning's landing of Japanese troops off Woosung are as follows: Hordes of enemy troops made a rush for the Bund on board tugs near Wanchopan, and more than a thousand actually landed. The Chinese
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    MR. ROLAND BRADDELL
    84 14 Case Postponed Owing To His Illness (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur. Tuesday. MR. Roland Braddell, who is ap--1" pearing for the defence in the Prince's Cabaret case is reported to be lying ill at Cameron Highlands. He was to have appeared to-day at the adjourned hearing
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    LANCASHIRE WILL BENEFIT
    72 14 If War Continues Much longer Reuter. London, Aug. 25. THE Financial Times Manchester correspondent states that Lancashire manufacturers of cotton piecegoods are already being asked to quote prices for making cheap cloths supplied to some Dominion and South American markets by Japanese makers, following doubts In regard
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    Postal Services To China Suspended
    33 14 THE Post Office announces that awing to the suspension of regular sailings between Malaya and Shanghai the insured letter and insured parcel services to China are temporarily suspended.
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    WILL NOT ATTACK RUSSIA
    125 14 Italy's Anti-Bolshevism Plan Is Defensive Reuter Wireless. Rome, Aug. 21. SIGNOE G A\DA interpreting ivlus.scUni'a speech at Palermo in the paper Giornale d Italia says Italy coes not intend to impose the Fascist doctrine on any non-I'alian Mediterranean territories and she doe<not aspire to a hegemony
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    MAN OVERBOARD
    41 14 Singapore, Wednesday. AN the arrival of the Larut from Trengganu yesterday afternoon, a report was made to the Harbour Master. S.ngapore, that an Indian deck passenger was discovered missing during the voyage. He was presumed to have fallen overboard.
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    WON SCHOLARSHIPS
    92 14 Singapore, Wednesday. Twenty-four Chinese students, under the leadership of Dr. Chang Chang Shao a gratuate of the National Medical College, arrived in Singapore by the "Raiputana" on their way to further their studie* in England. They are all scholarship students urder the Boxer Indemnity Fund, and will be
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    WITCHCRAFT TALE IN COURT
    632 14 Extortion Case UNUSUAL FORM Oi CHARGE Singapore, Tuesi' FE apparent elasticity ot hum credulity, even in the face oi most improbable circumstances, demonstrated to-day in the SMagistrate's Court when Niu San, a 69-year-old Chinese, unf a story to Mr. F. V. Duckworth attempted extortion, a'legeu to
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    Murdered Girl Unable To Write WHO SENT LETTER TO INSPECTOR?
    795 15 DRAMATIC EVIDENCE SCHOOL TEACHER ON CAPITAL CHARGE Singapore, Tuesday. I'HAT her younger s ster was un Mto write En riis'i or Chics and *ha* the letter received by Inspec or P t?r Bails, Inspect riu Charge of the Paya Lebar
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    SPURIOUS $10 NOTES
    138 15 Penang Police Effect Arrests 'From Our Own Reporter) Penang, Aug. 24. COUNTERFEIT $10 notes totalling over 000 were se zed and five men arfd when a rad was carried out by local Detective Branch on a Chinese in Burmah Road this afternoon iv after 4 o'clock. A
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    STREET ACCIDENTS
    146 15 Woman Knocked Down At Jalan Besar IA LAN Besar near Syed Alwi Road was the scene of an accident in which an old Chinese woman was knocked down by a motor-car yesterday. She had extensive minor injuries and a wound on the back of the head. The mbu]
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    THE CASUALTIES
    238 15 Terrible Damage In French Concession THE full extent of the two terrible ir raid tragedies in the French Concession and tne International Settlement, Shanghai, on Aug. 14 has become known as a result of the P. and O. Rajputana, which took the first refugees from Shanghai, arriving at
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    MR. NORMAN EBBUTT
    48 15 Great Farewell From Berlin Reuter Wireless. Berlin, Aug. 21. Mr. Norman Ebbutt, The Time*' correspondent who has been expelled from Germany by the Government, left ror London to-day. Over fifty of his colleagues and friends cheered him as h e left the station. —Reuter Wireless.
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    COUNCIL MEETING ON MONDAY
    352 15 West Coast Road WHEN WILL IT BE BUILT? GOVERNMENT will be asked at Monday's meeting of the Legislative Council when the road from Pasir Panjang or Jurong Read to Tanjong Klim is to be constructed. The Hon. Capt. N. M. Hashim will press this question. Capt.
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    STOLE CAR FROM BARRACKS
    189 15 Four Europeans In Court Singapore, Wednesday. ARRESTED at Kluang, while en route for Penang, four young Europeans, dishevelled ar.d unshaven, were produced before Mr. F. V. Duckworth, the Second Police Magistrate, this morning and charged with the theft of a motor-car, belonging to Mr. A. G.
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    RESIDENT KILLED IN BAHAMAS
    127 15 14 REFUGEES Arrival At Cuba Almost Naked Reuter. London, Aug. 25. FOURTEEN British and American 1 refugees from the island of Inagua, in the Bahamas, has arrived at Cuba almost naked, having used their clothes for sails when their motor broke down. The fugitives, who are
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    COMMISSIONERS AND A LAW CASE
    110 15 Questions By Mr. S. B. Tan THE following questions will be asked by Mr. S. B. Tan at the meeting of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners to be heia on Friday:— On whose advice was the statutory defence under the Public Authorities Pro- tection Ordinance pleaded
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    40,000 TROOPS STAND BY AT WOOSUNG
    58 15 Japanese Have Landed Only 10,000 Reuter. Shanghai, Aug. 25. FE Shanghai authorities confirm that a Japanese gunboat was sunk at Woosung yesterday and a destroyer badly damaged. It is estimated that less than 10.000 troops have been landed at Woosung at present, but other
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    LATE MRS. H. BAUMGARTEN
    171 15 Death In Singapore After Short Illness THE death took place to-day at her residence No. 14, Swanage Road, Singapore, after a very short illness, of Mrs. Helen (Nellie) Baumgarten, wife of Mr. Harry Baumgarten, choirmiu>ter of the Church of St. Joseph. She was 53 yenrs of
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    FARR AND LOUIS MEET TO-MORROW NIGHT BROWN BOMBER FAVOURED
    176 16 BETTING 4-1 But Fair Es Quietly Confident Reuter. New Tcrl:. Aug. 24. TOMMY FARR, th c i rmer hotel bootboy. whose ri c hi the boxing world is cne of the mort amazing in the hist ry of the ring, meets
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    NICHOLAS DISQUALIFIED
    83 16 Unsatisfactory Ending To Penan# Fight (From Our Onn Corresvonden!j Penang. Tuesday. THERE was a disappointing ending to the main fighi 'n to-night's boxing at Wembley Park. Al Nicholas, the Singapore Indian, (S.IS being disqualified in the ninth round of a 10round contest against Young Choon '9-2* for "not
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    HENRY COTTON
    48 16 Marienbad. Aug. 21 Henry Cotton won the Czechoslovakia Open Coil Championship with an aggregate score of 279, having round j oi 70—72—G9—68.—Reuter Wireless Cotton, it will be remembered wen c challenge match with Densmore Shute, the American chanroion. recently, for the title of world golf champion.
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    MARIGOLD B.P.
    66 16 The following ties in the Marigold open singles tournament will be played this week-end at the Party's court: On Saturday, at 4. 15 p.m.: Cheng Hoe VS. Thco Piew; Bong Soo vs. Cheng Hock; Ngian Lira v.>. Chia Heng. On Sunday, at 4.15 p.m.: Hoon Seng vs. Kirn
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    INDIANS vs. S.C.C.
    58 16 The following will represent tfie Singapore Indian Association at cricket against the S.C.C. on Saturday at I.A. ground at 2 p.m: H. S. Bull. Waz:r Singh. S. S. Vanna. M. B. Singh. Cooper Sandcsham, Hargovind, Tharam Smgh. R S. Sithamparam Selakhan Singh, Chcor Singh. S. Cruz Reserve*:
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    Skins Miss Last League Chance
    628 16 Of Catching Up Chinese Singapore, Wednesday. rE slender chances of the Royal fnniskilling Fus'tiers robbing the Chinese of Firs 4 Division League honours disappeared yesterday when they were hrtd to a goalless draw by Mie Middlesex Regiment at the Anson Road Stadium. The Midds. sprang
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    S.A.F.A. LEAGUE TABLES
    47 16 First Division Chinese Hm^Af&t as? II Sis* 4 a Crlciet Cub 4 3 8 3 13 "2 Second Division S&r» Sit**!* C,i>c 10 0 0 1 11 30 1 Incident in the soccer match between the M.P.H. and Skins II at the Anson Road Stad urn. (Tribune).
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    S.R.C. TENNIS
    160 16 Tournament Results And Ties Singapore. Wednesday. YESTERDAY'S results and ties for Fri- day. in the lawn tennis tournament at the S.R.C. are as follows: Singles Handicap "A" R. G Lange (—3» beat A. M. Valberg (_l5, 6—2; 3—6; 6—3. H. M. de Souza t-3> beat D M Leicester
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    JOHORE BADMINTON
    121 16 Ng Ngoh Tee Loses To Wong Peng Yee (From Or Own Corrc<pondc:i, Johore Bahru. Aug. 22. The finals in the Men's Junior Singles open Singles and the mixed doubles of the Johcre Bahru District championship tournament were played during the week end on the Ayer Moleh School Cour
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    MALACCA BADMINTON
    106 16 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca nual tournament P an| re the results a f matches so far p lay ed are JloliowsMEN'S SINGLES wo. from Dr Vi ok Pong Sun be.? G S ua J n T^^cS B 2 'i s h- 2 Chee ,n V™Y R JUNIOR
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    TANGLIN CLUB
    189 16 Tennis Tournament Results Singapore, Wednesday. THE following are the results of ties 1 played in the Tanglin Club Tennis Tournament yesterday. Dyne Cup:—Mrs. Ainger GriffithJones r4 beat Mrs. Watherston del Tufo —15.2 4—6. 6—3. 7—5. Mixed Doubles Open.—Lady Addison Mac?hereon beat Mrs. Clarke Bateman 6—l, 6—l. Griff Cup:—Bennett
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    WAH CHONG B.P.
    73 16 nf A «ii^Sf th^s m,l<J general meeun* hPiH of?? 11 hon Bihninton Pory Sdence nSS C ong Beng's r£ ih/fSn 1 Geor S c Street. Sing? pore the following were electee omce-bearers for the year 1937-1938 wearers f~r em Ml Yeo H p a B-ng hon s»rer.
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    'Kliney' Cup & Tournament Tennis
    88 16 'Kliney' Cup Tournament Tennis Programme For 2nd Round Singapore. Wednesday THE semi-finals in the "Klinev" Cup inter-club tennis tournament which is being run on Davi. uu lines, each ti2 con.»>ist*ng oj r r singles and ore doubl s match wi-i be played this week as fallows': S.C.R.C. vs. Y M
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    S.C.C. TENNIS
    238 16 Play In The Autumn I Tournament Singapore. THE results of the games played 1 day afternoon in the S.C.C a tennis tournament are as und "A" Class Singles Handicap H. H. Markham (+3» beat W J v Warden (—15.4) 3—6. 6—2. 6—4 "A" Class Doubles O. Fuller O.
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    WORLD'S FASTEST BO WLER IN TROUBLE AGAIN SUSPENDED BY NOTTS
    335 17 H. LARWOOD County Cricket Results Reuter. London. Aug. 21. AN .fficial statement has been issued by the Secretary oi the Nottinghamshire County Cricket iub to the effect that Harold Larwood has been suspended f.r the remainder of the season for
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    CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE
    220 17 1 DOSITIONS to date in the county cricket championship table are as follows:— 1st. P.W.L.W.L. g u 15 5 3 4 M'sex < 2» 21 15 4 1 1 0 315 233 73.9 Yoiks <3» 26 16 2 4 4 0 390 272 67.7 Derby <1» 26 13
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    ENGLISH TURF
    54 17 Call-Over On The St. Leger Reuter. London, Aug. 24. THE call-over on the St. Leger is as fol- lows: 11-4 Midday Sun. 95-20 Sultan Mohamed (taken and offered i. 17-2 Perifox (offered). 100-11 (takeni. i.-l Cold Scent "taken and offered*. 10-1 Fair Copy. 100-9 Solfo "offered). 100-3 Goya
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    SCOTTISH SOCCER
    36 17 Reuter. London, Aug. 25. Mid-week games in the First Division o: the Scottish League resulted a< follows Partick T. 4, Hamilton A. 3. St. Mirren 2, Aberdeen 1. Falkirk vs. Rangers (not played).— Reuter.
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    MALACCA BOXING
    316 17 Johnson Outpointed By Fernandez Malacca. Monday. IN a well fought contest Ignacio FernI ar.dez »10.2» won on points over Young I Juhnson <9.!3» on Sunday night at the Malacca City Park, in the main bout of a card of lour events. Johnson was tied up by the clever
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    R.A.F. TOWN OFFICE SOCCER XI
    245 17 I Beat Casuals In Friendly Match J Singapore. Wednesday. THE friendly match played yesterday 1 on the Clerical Union ground I ween the R.A.F. (Town Office; and the Casuals, provided interesting footbull, from which the Airmen emerged victorious by two goals to one Just before
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    TO-DAY'S SOCCER AT THE S.C.C.
    65 17 THE following have accepted to play 1 for the S.CC. vs. K.A. on the Pauang to-day, in th? First Division cf the o.A.F.A. League: F. ML Adam; It. C. F. G. Pearse. F. A McCafferv; t. C. Webster, J. H. Abbott. K. C. Gillctt; W.
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    S'PORE BADMINTON
    112 17 Entries are invited for the following events in the open badminton championship tournaments. The closing da'e for all events is Sept. 6: Ladies Open Singles. Mixed Doubles. Mens Open Doubles. Ladies" Open Doubles Men's Open Singles. The entry fee is $1 per competitor foi the ladies' events, $2
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    S.R.C. BILLIARDS
    106 17 Championship H'cap Tournaments FOLLOWING are the results to date m 1 the billiards tournament at the S.R.C: Singles' Handicap "A" W H Mosbergen (—100) beat L A. Woodford (—25) w.o K. C. Wylie (Scr.) beat E L? Merrier (—25) (300 -207) Singles' Championship Dr. E S Monteiro beat
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    SATURDAY NIGHT'S FIGHTS
    215 17 Attractions Of Happy World Card Singapore. Wednesday. /CONSIDERABLE interest is being centred in the fights arranged for Saturday night at the Happy World, ai-ena, the mn, attraction of which will be the clash between Nai Som Pong, the Siamese wly> is after Family's uJood. and Joe Diamond,
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    NEW GOVERNOR OF TIMOR
    542 18 FORMER HIGH OFFICIAL OF AFRICAN RAILWAYS Singapore, Tuesday. HIS Excellency, Mr. A. Neves da Fontoura and family passed ihrough Singapore on the "Dempo" tc-day on ihe'r way to Timor Island. H.E. Mr. A. Neves da Fontoura was en h s wav to fill his first appointment
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    KENYA AUTHORITIES WORRIED
    145 18 Abyssinian Refugees As Bandits Reuter Wireless. Mombasa. Aug. 23. THE infiltration of refugees from Abyssinia is causing the Government anxiety in consequence of hardships they have been experiencing and the danger of roaming bands becoming bandits. Reinforcements of European and native police consequently have been despatched to
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    GAMBLING RAID
    261 18 Four Men Fined At Johore (Fron Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru. Aug. 24. CEVERAL detectives and police ra ded a coffee shop situated about half a mils inland from the mam road at Kempas on the night of Aug. 18 and arrested eleven Chinese found gaming at "Pai
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    DEATH OF LAWYER'S WIFE
    177 18 Largely Attended Funeral In Seremban From Our Own Reporterj Seremban, Tuesday. WITH tregic suddeness, the death took place at hei residence In Circular I?cad la Big it cf Mrs. P. N. Son. Ife cf D'\ P. N. Sen, and mo:her 3f Mr. A. K. Ben, the
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    13 18 Dr. W. J. Vickers. Senior Health Of-ficer, Kedah, is .n Alor Star Hospital.
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    PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN NEGRI
    289 18 Birthday Of Yang DiPertuan Besar (From Our Own Reporter) Seremban, Tuesday. TO-DAY is a pubhc holiday in Negri Bembllan hi honour of the birthday of His Highness Lhe Yang Di-Per-tuan Besar. All Government efflcts and banks are closed and most of the shops in Seremban and
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    JAPAN TAKING BIG RISKS
    359 18 BRITISH VIEW Chinese Propaganda In America Reuter. New York, 2i THE Chinese Ambassador. Dr r T. Wang. broadcast a to Amenta in place of Chiang Kai Shck ",,ho'e 'reft broadcast from China was cnnrH. led owinjr to disorganisation of tho radio net-work hy the bomhi n?
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    19 18 Mr. A. Beeman. chief clerk. untitled Department. Alor Star, is retiring fi the Kedah Government Service 02; Sept. 7.
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    LEAGUE COMMISSION ON PALESTINE
    626 18 TRIBUTE TO MANDA TOR V CONTROL British Official Wireless. London, Aug. 24. THE full report of the Permanent Man- date Commission of the League Council on the Royal Commission's proposals for Palestine have now been sent to members of the Council and a summary of the
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      138 18 I CLUB DIARY VT\er« are numerous Clubs tn Singapore members ot wkich are readers oj the "Malaya Tribune." This Diary U provided specL~.ly for them. Seer* lories are invited* to co-operate in keepit up-to-date and complete. Hapoeninos of general Interest tcfll still be mcluaed in the "Diary of Events.'* The
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    SELANGOR SULTAN'S ANNIVERSARY
    288 20 Forty Years Reign And Birthday 'From Our Gun Corrcjpundent) Klang. Monday. FESTIVITIES on a very elaborate scale all ever the State will mark the fortieth anniversary of His H ghness the Sultan of Belangor'i accession to the throne, and hi. c birthday, which fall on Sept. 11.
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    PASSENGERS BY RAJPUTANA
    377 20 FE following passengers are sailing by the P andO. liner Rajputana which is leaving Singapore for Europe on Friday. Aug. 27, at 9.30 am.:— Mr. H. P. Armstrong. Mrs G. C Ashwor h, E. J. Allham. A T. Pd Mr. J. J. C. Buckley. Mr J M.
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    BRITISH FLEET OFF CHINA
    507 20 Centred In The North INTERESTS TO BE PROTECTED British Official Wireless. London, Aug. 2.°>. FjISPOSITION of British warships in Chinese waters, according I i an Admiralty statement, is as t*< llows: at Shanghai the cruiser D. and escort vessel Falmouth; al Woosung. flotilla leader Duncan, destroyer
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    FUNERAL ASSOCIATION
    146 20 Office-Bearcrs For Current Year At the 18th annual general meeting )f the United Confederate Funeral A. ociation held last Sunday, the followng members were elected to serve on he committee of management for the year 1937—38: President, Mr. Gan Hock Chye (reflected). Vice-Presidents Mr. Scow Soo Chin f
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    40 20 Mr. Tan Beng Lay of the Municipal Zlleclrlcity Department, and a student oi he School of Accountancy through the lome Study Agencies of Malaya, has passed the Intermediate Examination of he Corporation of Accountants, Glasgow, held here in June last.
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    23 20 Mr. Ee Peng Llang of Messrs. untitled md Eber has passed the Intermediate Examination of the Corporation of Accountants held in June last
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      596 20 Malayan Listener** Blaflio (Continued from page 19) RADIO COLONIAL FRANCE Rhapsody No 2 Brahms) (Miss Gordon TO-DAY The Fountain (C. Debussy». New Year (Georges Enescot Wavelength 19 68 metres (15.243 Kcs.). A Present 'Georges Enesco». 6.20 p.m —Gramophone Records. (Misa d'Arvor.) 7.05 p.m.—Talk on Current French Sonata No. 2 for
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      159 20 (Continued from previous column, 9.20 p m. N.ws and Eronortvc Re rl W in Errr'i h on DJE. DJN, DJQ u< Dutch on DJB 6.35 p.m. To-day in Germany. Sour.d Pictures. 9.50 p.m. 3*x silhouettes for puuu by Max Dorothea Klotz. 10.05 p.m. Dog Days. A summc: p!ay nn warmth
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    MAN & WOMAN AS MAGISTRATES
    870 21 MAN WOMAN AS MAGISTRATES Could Not Agree CASE REFERRED TO ANOTHER BENCH UUHEN Mr. J. Allen, court missionwry al Manchester, reported at adjourned hearing of a matrilial case that he had been una to reconcile the couple, the istrates, a man and a woman, announced they could not agree. The
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    "CRIMINALS IN TRAFFIC"
    80 21 Berlin. Intoxicated drivers and intoxicated pedestrians who cause an accident wl:l not only be arrested on the spot H recently ordered, but their full nam" unci address will henceforth be published ••i the press, according to a new d -v ay Herr Himmler. head of the Germ
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    "WITCH" ARRESTED
    223 21 Alleged Swindle Of £760 New York. A "WITCH" has been arrested by the New York Police on a charge oi having put her "powers of witchcraft' to no good use. She is Mrs. Florence Fiacco, aged 1-5, and she has been accused on a charge «.f grand larceny.
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    GIRL'S TRAGIC WISH
    116 21 Handed Herself For A Frock Vienna So that she might be buried In ocrutiful white dress like her litclo plavmate, Roszl Juhasz, a 13-year-Ui rirl. committed suicide at Kishoeroe^z Hungary. Rcszi's friend, Aranka, was drowneo ir a well, and before the funeral Roszi raw her lying In
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    "TALKING LETTERS"
    71 21 Moscow. Soviet scientists who are spend; t;? the winter at North Pole will be able to hear the voices of their wives and friends on "talking letters" which are being sent to their camp. Icebreakers leaving on Arctic cruises are earning 300 of the letters. These :onsist of
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    IDENTITY OF "MAD MAJOR"
    237 21 Police Seeking To Solve Mystery DOLICE are seeking to solve the mv- stery of a man known as "the Maa Major," aged about 45, who died on tne operating table in hospital at Yeovii without anyone knowing his identity Under the name of Major John Huxley
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    FRENCH COST OF LIVING
    211 21 Nearly Six Times Pre-War Figures ,tm Paris. The cost of living In France is now very nearly six limes the pre-wa-figure, according to official statistics jvst published. Taking 100 as the basis In 1914 the cost of living in Paris for the first three months of
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    "AMATEUR SPIRIT" OF THE BRITISH
    634 22 German View MODERN TIMES NEED HARD WORKERS Berlin. ADMIRATION for the "amateur spirit" of British life, but grave doubts whether Britain can maintain her place in the world without men who are willing to devote their whole energies to their tasks, is expressed by the
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    LESS UNEMPLOYMENT
    233 22 Decrease Of 16.3 Per Cent. THE report, issued recently, of the Unemployment Assistance Board for 1936 shows a aecrease in the unemployment register of 16.3 per cent, over the wiiole country for 12 months. The total number of applicants on the registers of employment exchanges was: On Jan.
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    DIVING SUIT TRAGEDY
    122 22 Swimmer Choked While Doing Good Turn uananoque. Ontario. Mr Thomas H Bickle. aged 21, son of B well-known Toronto business man. choked to death in a diving suit here at the bottom of the St. Lawrence River, while doing a good turn for some friends His friends
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    PRESENT NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
    380 22 Sir John Simon On Its Advantages SIR John Simon, Chancellor cu Exchequer, in a spcech ai c. wich, Cheshire, recently, empire: the advantages of the present .s\. of National Government, "based ou t co-operation ot men and won: more parties than one. and o; u. and women
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      118 22 Longer life for clothesthanks to SUNLIGHT SOAP Your clothes will soon wear out if you allow your dhobi to use inferior soaps. The top illustration, an enlargeraent ot" an actual photograph, IW^^^^^M^k shows how the heating and rubbing lilllra^ necessary with cheap .soaps results in l^^pS^-v=fcf =:|Hgsp;q}M broken threads and
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    AFRICAN"AIR CIRCLE" PLANNED
    645 23 AFRICAN"AIR CIRC LE" PLANNED 11 Will Link Up 10 Territories Johannesburg. African air circle" an airway -V i 7,500 miles connecting 10 African •ries, now being pla ned in South All i Cel. n w air service will carrv South .■'Mil mails and pa-jengers all'the way the Cape the mouth
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    NO PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS
    32 23 Ecrlin. "There are no private individuals any In Germany." This declaration was made by D:*. L?y, head of the i ab < i-'-'O'ii in a sueech in the H jit-.e
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    GAS DRILL IN U.S.
    203 23 Training For 600 Civilians r o a c, J?, 1 Niagara, New York. /I drill for civilians in the Slates is to begin shortly. i ians nave been made for extensive i irucaon in chemical warfare of some in the civilian .mlitary P ming camp at
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    "CHAMPION LIAR"
    185 23 c A Medal" Says Accusal r 1 t to have a medal for being rlc s hi mi ion liar,'' was the aid 1 been made to the ce b> Arthur Ball, aged 20, who was Staffordshire, n hs' hard lebour for jtaining money by false pretences. i
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    "JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE"
    86 23 le Homicide m Self-Defence turned by a Stepney lest on Arthur Cook, ncr House, Nelson-street v" idi d following a wound •caret Hatton, a widow, a d that Cook lodged at her iif in drunk en July 19 nd i .atcd quarrelling. He threw s d s c
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    69 23 He!siarfors. Tourist < is to the Arctic will a result of niece Soviet exploration work. nest of the North lent! its, thousands of d a wish to visit pad the Soviet 11 treau is reported io be s number of excur- durirw ;le next few months.
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    DROPPED DEAD
    140 23 Before One-Month Bride London. IINITED STATES millionaire, John U Edward Mullins, dropped dead .n the presence of his fourth bride after dinner in the Italian liner. Rex. when the liner was three days out from New York on the way to Europe. He was 31 and had been
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    FATHER KILLS "IN MERCY"
    133 23 Son Suffering From An Incurable Disease New York. fJAS a father the right, out of meicv to shoot a son suffering from an incurable disease? That is the question being debate t here following the d'scoverv that a eialist at Seattle. Washington Dr Guy Peterkin, aged
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