Malaya Tribune, 4 January 1938

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  • 40 1 The Malaya Tribune Malaya's National Newspaper: Guaranteed Largest Sales Vol. XXVII -No. 2. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1938 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune Singapore: Tuesday, Jan. 4, 1938. The Malaya Tribune 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1938 FIVE CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 140 1 J breakfast'" Try The*^*'£S re? huh ;xtj| ANTI GLARE Jto^sk <OLOI R E I) fiiP x2^ I'O.TIA N ft° LORCRET ?I i: m E x t %i .-J^ Bfiapid-llardeninsj Rapid-hardening "Color crete" is marketed in-Buff and Red in N T «APID-HARDENING. «•SLKRSS f° f 2E»L -pid-hardening Portland is employ ed
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    • 133 1 Sole Agents:-SIME, &ARBY Co.; Ltd.,. Si ng and Nejn Sembiian. WPS 5 Merely cleaning your teeth is not enough. Dentists everywhere advise that gums, too, must be cared for if teeth are to be permanently sound and brilliant. FORHAN'S toothpaste is specially compounded by an eminent dental specialist to do
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    • 38 1 Read TheWM SVXBAY TRIBIXJS t Dominant In Malaya < r Aerated Water Ice Manufacturers. f j Remember KMT'S Dir'UT BOOKS IV IVIII 1 PRINTING and j j STATIONERY. j G. H. KIAT CO., LTD., 6 8, Robinson Road, Singapore.
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  • 860 2 SHIPPING NEWS NOTES SPECULATION IN SHIPPING What Merchants Owners Must Oppose SPECULATION in freight rates is discussed in the monthly circular of the Baltic and International Maritime Conference. It is stated that speculation in the shipping trade is not consistent with sound business principles for the reasons given in the
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    • 427 2 STEAMER SAILINGS. P& Oand BRITISH INDIA (incorporated in England). 1» 0. S. X. O.'S SAILINGS. OUTWARDS. Due Tannage. Spore 1933. CARTHAGE 15.000 Jan. 14 SOMALI t 6,800 Jan. 14 < OMORIN 15,000 Jan. ?3 KAISAR-I-HIND 11,500 Feb. 11 BANGALORE X 6,000 Feb. 12 NALDERA 16,000 Feb. 25 RANPURA 17,000 Mar.
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    • 666 2 M. B. K. j j KOKUSAI LINE, j| (KOKUSAI RISEN KAISHA) I (Incorporated in Japan). For JAPAN, LOS ANGELES, NEW YORK (via Panama). II Due. Due. Sailing Due. I Penang Spore Spore via New York l imls KONGO MARU Feb 2 Feb 5 Feb 7 Keelung Mar. 18 t m
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    • 382 2 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. From From From From M.S. Spore Malacca PJS'ham P'ng BORINGIA 4-1 5-1 FIONIA 25-1 25-1 26-1 27-1 LALANDIA 15-2 15-2 16-2 17-2 JTJTLANDIA 8-3 8-3
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    • 435 2 STEAMER SAILINGS. NORDDEUTSCHER INORDS (Incorporated in LLOYD Germany). The undernoted are the Company's intended fixtures:— OUTWARD. For MANILA, HONGKONG, SHANGHAI, NORTH CHINA and JAPAN. Due Spore. 1938. mjs. "FULDA" omits Shanghai, Taku Bar —also calls Iloil Jan. C s.s. "WD2GAND" for Bangkok only Feb. 3 s.s. "GNEISENAU" omits North China
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  • 1393 3 Severe Official Tests VALUE OF SIMPLE PRECAUTIONS UR, Geoffrey Lloyd, Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Home Office, in a speech on the second reading of the Air Raid Precautions Bill in the House of Commons, gave some account of experiments carried out to test the efficacy of recommendations made
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  • 330 3 "Unless She Steps In The Conflict" "T HAVE been away from the heart of affairs for four months, but it seems to me that if Britain doesn't step Into the Sino-Japanese conflict, we are going to lose our interests in China", said Wt- Huehe Knatchbull-Hugessen former
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 1252 3 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS POSITIONS VAC Am I WANTED—Chinese Salesman wHh bazaar experience. Salary and Commission, good prospects to the right man. Apply Box No. 3, 0,0 Malaya Tribune, Singapore. WANTED— A Doctor to hold license and practice in a new Dispensary in Singapore. Apply with full particulars to Box 464 c
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    • 390 3 MALAYAN DELICACIES WE OFFER DELICIOUS SELECTION! DAINTY SAOU PEARLS. DAINTY SAGU CUBES. FLAVOURDJG ESSENCES. CAKES COLOURING. GREEN PEAS FLOUR in Colours PICKLES READY MADE SAMBALANS. CURRY CONDIMENTS. CURRY POWDER. MAKASSAR RED FISH KRUPOK UDANG. KRUPOK IK AN KETCHAP BATAVIA. CRYSTALIZEL TAMARIND CRYSTALIZED NUTMEG REFINED PALMSUGAR. Etc. Etc. D. T. LIM
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    • 395 3 STRAITS TYPEWRITER AGENCY, (Established 1914) 14A, Change Alley, Singapore. Typewriter Repairers and Stationers. "CORONET" ribbons and Carbons, Overhauling &lor cleaning of m|es in Office undertaken. Tel. Nos. 7770, 7532, 7534, 752 C. 2481. Delicious meals and refreshments up to 2 a.m. Can be had at THE PRINCE RESTAURANT AND CAFE,
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  • 473 4 m LONDON COMMODITIES London, Jan. 3. Previous To-day Change RUBBER Tone Dull Steady Spot Buyers 6% 613|16 —116 Sellers 615 16 6% —lIM Ist Forward (Jan.) Buyers 6Ta Sellers 615 16 2nd Forward (Feb.) Buyers ***** 6T B SeUers 7 116 ***** —Vs 3rd Forward (Aor.|June) Buyers
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  • 918 4 CONFUSED &> INCONSISTENT 'EXPLANATIONS'' (By Air Mail) London, Dec. 15. JN considering American securities prices it must never be forgotten that Wall Street, to an extent unknown in London, is a clearing-house for the nation's emotions as well as for its certificate transfers. Hence the deluge
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  • 33 4 (Frca Cvt Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Jan. 3. According to the Ministry of Economics Siams current year's rice crop allows for 1,600,000 metric tons to he exported if markets can be found.
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  • 153 4 Big Increase Over 1936 MALAYAN gross rubber exports fo* 1937, tabulated in a statement issued by the Registrar-General of statistics dated Jan. 3. shows an output for December of 56,791 tons, a total for the year of 681,638 ton*. This compares with 520.142 tons exported in 1936.
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  • 188 4 Singapore. Jan. 3. 11. (Siami W. Coast No. 1 per Koyan $161 R. (Siam) W. Coast No. 2 per Koyan $150 R. (Siam) W. Coast No. 3 per Koyan $150 Siam Rice "Lowhway" No. 1 $20 i Siam Rice "Lowhwav" No. 2 $l p .< Siam Rice "Lowhway" No.
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  • 105 4 DAILY PRICES CURRENT. Singapore, Monday noon. mm Buyers. Seller.^ No. I.X.R.S.S. in ca^es (F.Q.B. Jan. I 22 7 23 Good F.A.Q. in bales (F. 0.8. Jan.) 22 22'« No. I.X.R.SJS. (Spot-loose-(awardable Spore I 23 3 4 22 7 8 do. Jaruary 23 23
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 491 4 Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Ltd. <incorporated in the Straits Settlements) CAPITAL: Authorised $40,000,000.00. Issued and Paid Up $10,000,000.00. HI AD OFFICE, CHINA BUILDING. CHULIA STREET, SINGAPORE. IELEPHONES: I Managing Director 3172 Secretary 4944 General Manager 3513 Accountant 3926 Telegraphic Address: "OVERSEA" LONDON BACKERS' NEW YORK BANKERS: Midland Bank. Ltd. Irving Trust
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    • 94 4 THE EASTERN BANK LIMITED. Incorporated in England) SINGAPORE BRANCH: 6, D Almeida Street. Authorised and Subscribed Capital £2,000,000 Paid-up Capitai £1.000,000 I Reserved Fund 500 000 HEAD OFFICE: LONDON Branches: Bombay, Calcutta, Colombo, Karachi, Madras, Amara, Baghdad Bahrein, Basra, Kirkuk, Mosul and Singapore. CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and money received on
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    • 54 4 SAFE DEPOSIT A specially constructed strong-room, protected by a heavy entrance door, contains a large I number of private safes each fitted with a deed j box. These are obtainable at a rental of $5 j p.a. upwards according to the size of the safe required. further particulars from P
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    • 31 4 THE EASTERN UNITED vJSrJKANCE CORPORATION UMTTKP ire, marine, motor vkhicle, ur(;lajri, personal acci *BNT, WORKMEN'S COIUPENSA ?ON AND PUBUC LIABIUTV INSURANCE cccix BTKjrnr. gtw*A*>OKa W. E. ACRAMAN. Acting GtenenJ Manager i
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  • 814 5  -  Quotations By Fraser And Co. j iirrapore, Jan. 3, 5 r m. MINING Fraser Oo. Buyers. Sellers. Ampat Tin 4'4»/ 2 4]10y 2 A. am Kumbang 32 34 Ausl ral ?»Ir.lav 50 55 r Hit am 25 27,- We g 0.77V2 0.82 V 2 xd Eangrin
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  • 99 5 Paris 147 19 64 New York 5.00 15 16 Montreal 5.00 1 16 Brussels 29.49V2 Geneva 2.1.62% Amsterdam 8.98 3 8 Milan 95% Berlin 12.43% Stockholm 19.40 Copenhagen 22.40 Oslo 19.90 Prague 142 5 s Madrid nominal Vienna 26% Lisbon 110 3 16 London, Jan. 3. Rio 2
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  • 602 5  -  Daily Report By By S.E. Levy Co. Singapore, Tuesday. WE are indebted to Messrs. S. E. Levy and Co., Singapore, lor the following on American Market conditions:— Messrs. White, Weld and Co., New York, report to us by cable as follows: STOCKS President Roosevelt's speech contained essentially
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  • 110 5 FRASER COMPANY. LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Singapore. Jan. 3. 5 r.m. Total for Comoany Dividend Books Clcse &n ™m Company Date Ex Dlv year Pavable Date t0 date To IsSfiST JS 1 EES S5 5 2y 2 %°lnt- Dec-24 .a, 5 Dec. 27 2%% Int. Dec. 24 Jan. 5 Dec.
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  • 224 5 5* Maynard &Co Ltd., $30,000 int. Apr. 30, Oct. 31 yo SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL: 5* 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 Int. IQ4 nQm Mar. 31. Sept. 30 4K* 1907 red. 1947 $1 600,000 Int. nQ n£)m Mar. 31, Sept. 30 4V 2 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000 Int. m n5
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  • 147 5  -  Report By Fraser And Co. Singapore, Jan. 4. MINING. Thiee months Tin in London la 5- easier at £181.15, while New York is V s better at Conditions on London Stock Exchange yesterday appeared to be on the easy side and Tin shares shared in the decline
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  • 17 5 Singapore, Jan. 4. The prico of tin at noon in Singapore to-day was:— *88»/ 2 (down $>£).
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  • 17 5 The price of rubber, at noon in Singapore to-day was: Buyers 22' (down Sellers 22% (down
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  • 298 5 Singapore, Tuesday. MINING Buyers Sellers Ampat 4 4i/ 2 410% Ayer Hitams 25 3 26 3 Fargrins 23 6 24 6 I atu Selangors 1.48 1 53 Chanderiangs 20 6 22J ..am Tin 0.40 0.45 T,n 24.6 26 Long Fatts 1.05 1.08 lar s Hydraulic
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  • 60 5 3iVHE Controller of Rubber, Malaya, reL ports that, the estimated export ol dry rubber from Malaya, Brunei ana Labuan in December was 50,000 tons. Tne Controller of Tin reports that the estimated total exports of tin and tin in-ore from MUaya in December baseit on an
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  • 68 5 Pictures 200 Years Old On Exhibition London, Jan. 3. The Royal Academy winter exhibition of 17th century art in Europe opened to-day. With one maginiricient exception namely "El Grccos Nativity" lent by th King of Rumania, all the nictures shown are owned in FngTand. and a great
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  • 188 5 £10 Million Expansion Programme London, Jan. 3. THE British Iron and Steel Federation, summing up the trade position in their end-of-the-year review says that the steel industry enters upon 1938 at a record rate of output, in the hope of reducing undelivered orders to more
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  • 141 5 Reuter. Stock Exchange In A Quandary London, Jan. 3. ON the Stock Exchange to-day uncertainty was felt regarding the future American silver pohcy and caused operators to mark time. Business consequently was meagre in most sections. Gilt edged securities responded to buying by big institutions, together with
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  • 275 5 Messrs. Lewis and Peat, Ltd., in t.:eir weekly rubber report from London, dated Dec. 21, state: There has been very little doing during the week, and prices are unaltered The publication of the American questionnaire figures for November, showing c onsumption some 4,800 tons under October and stocks
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  • 659 5 a WE have undertaken some work in connection with the manufacture of vulcanised products during the past three years that we are in a better position than any other organisation in the Island to deal with the subject of rubber manufacture." Mr. T. E. H.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 76 5 II S. E LEVY CO. Shanghai, Hongkong, Manila, Singapore. Investm*'- 4 B inkers avd Brokers in Securities and Commodities. Daily Foreign Market Cable and Quotation Service. Members: NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE. COMMODIIY; hiXCH XCE, INC. OF N.Y. NEW YORK COFFEE <S SUGAR EXCHANGE. CHICAGO BOARD OF UiADE. CANADIAN COMMODITY EXCHANGE.
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  • 328 6 "CYNICAL" Japan Cannot Dictate Reuter. Hankow. Jan. 3. IKE concmsus of opinion here is thai, the second German attempt at nediatioa between China and Japan will fail as the Japanese terms arc stated to be too stiff for even the Chinese pacifists against acceptance. Mr.
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  • 62 6 Quick Work Saves Petrol Tank Sur-npore. Tu«sl ty Farly this morning two engines were rushed from the Central Fire Staiion, lIilJ Ft? jet, to Kampong Bahru Road, acre a motor steamroller was found a'ui:>./t.Si .nage was dour to the sunerstrueD l '<"' pn*! wooden as-ning of the
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  • 336 6 Visitors Impressions PUBLIC DO NOT UNDERSTAND Reuter. Shanghai, Jan. 3. VIVID picture of conditions in Japan was painted by a British j resident of Tokyo passing through Shanghai to-day. 1 He says that there is no widespread or spontaneous enthusiasm for war against China, which
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  • 85 6 Singapore. Tuesday. The following are passengers bv the Boringia which left Singapore for Europe to-day:— Mr. B C Allan, Mrs. J. C. Turner, Mfcs Maureen Turner, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Leuthold, Miss M. Leuthold, Master J Leuthold, Mrs. L. Zeiler, Mrs. J. Bright, Master John Bright, Mrs. C.
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  • 127 6 v Medan, Jask§, tAmsterdam* ana •iLcndon§: Netherlands, closing 7 p.m. to-day. Penang, Siam, Burma, India, Irac,. Palestine. Egypt, E. and S. Africa. Great Britain, Ireland, Europe. Nigeria. Gold Coast and N. and S. America: Imperial, closing 10 p.m. to-day. Java and Southern Sumatra: Netherland?, closing 7 a
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  • 198 6 Mails expected from Penang and Kuala Lumpur by Air (Internal Service) today.* Deliveries of boxholders' letters cnly 7.30 p.m. today and general deiive.y of letters 8.25 a.m. to-morrow. Mails expected from Netherlands Indies by Air (X.L.M.) to-day. Deliveries of boxholders' letters only 5.30 p.m. today and general delivery
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  • 30 6 The s.s. Boringia for Denmark (Parcels only). Mails previously announced as do ing at 8 a.m. to-day was closed at 9 30 a.m. on the same day. i
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  • 18 6 The Air Mail (Netherlands) despatched from Singapore on Dec. 29 1937, was delivered in London yesterday.
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  • 118 6 Public Functions And Sports Fixtures TO-DAY, JAN. 4 Hockey: Singapore State Trial, S.C.C; A.C.S. v. Victoria Institution of X.L.. Farrer Park. Rugby: S.C.C. "A" v. Riff Raffs, S.C.C St. Andrew's "A" v. Fort Canning, Farrer Park. Tennis: Tournament at S.C.R.C. Police Band Performance, Telok Ayer, C p.m. TO-MORROW,
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  • 154 6 Maiudu, British, 982 tons, from Sandakan Jan. 3, to Labuan Jan. 8. Meerkerk, Dutch, 5059 tons, from Rotterdam Jan. 3. to Yokohama Jan. 4. Perak, British, 519 tons, from Penane: Jan 3. to P. Swettenham Jan. 5 Silverbeech. British, 3189 tons, from New York Jan. 3, to P.
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  • 559 6 Committee Meeting Minutes FOLLOWING are, inter alia, minutes of the Committee of Singapore Ratepayers' Association, held at the offices of the Association. Hongkong Bank Chambers, Singapore, on Thursday, Dec. 30. Municipal (Amendment No. 2) Bill 1937. The Secretaries stated that a Report prepared by the Sub-Committee had been
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  • 152 6 ALHAMBRA.—MaIa and Mamo Clark in "Robinson Crusoe Ol Clipper Island' (concluding chapters)—6.ls and 9.15. CAPITOL.—Stan Laurel and Olivei Hardy in "Way Out West" 6.15 and 9.15 p.m. PAVILION.—Mr. Paul Muni in "The Lite Of Emile Zola" 6.15 and y.15 p.m. MARLBOROUGH—"Fairy Of Ceylon" (Hindustani) 6.15 and 9.i5 p m
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  • 58 6 The Lloyd Triestino liner Conte Biancamano is due at Singapore from Europe at 9 p.m. to-morrow and will leave for Hongkong and Shanghai at 11 p.m. the same day. Tne Conte Verde, homeward bound. ,is due at Singapore at 7 a.m. on Thursday and will sail for
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  • 183 6 Lighting Plans For Celebrations Sydney N.S.W., Dec. 17. FOR the illumination oi tne Sydney Harbour Bridge during the 150 th AnIniversary Celebrations mere will be the biggest concentration of beam candle power ever seen In Australia. The Minuter in Charge of Celebrations (Mr Dunningham) in a statement to
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  • 129 6 ships alongside the Wharves or expected to arrive. Whart (Entrance Gate 1) Toyama Maru 22 Sheers Wharf (Entrance Gate l) Nil Main Wharf (Entrance Gate 2) Kashrma Maru 18; Jeypore 16; Deucalion 14; Kedah 11; Manoeran 9; Bellerophon 7. Empire Dock (Entrance Gate 2) Granville 30; Tweedbank 34;
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  • 98 6 (From Our uwn uorrcsponaentj Batu Pahat. Jan. 3 The Chinese Chamber of Commerce was the scene of the first group wedding in Batu Pahat on New Year's Day. Miss Huan Soo Eng of Batu Pahat became the wife of Mr. Tee Siow Kee, also of Batu Pahat Mr.
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  • 72 6 (Wavelength 49.3 metres) TO-DAY 7.00 p.m. Signal and Programme. 7.05 p.m. Rex Recorded Dance Music. 7.35 p.m. Messrs. Lean and Co.'s Share Report. 7.40 p.m. Pianoforte Selections and Medleys. 8.00 p.m. Weekly Sports Talk oy Mr. M. Saravanamuttu. 8.30 p.m. Forum Theatre Orch. (B B C. Rebroadcast) 8.b5
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  • 70 6 (From Our Own Correspondent j Batu Pahat, Jan. 3. Mr. R. A. Alfred, a teacher in the Government English School. Batu Pahat, let', for Bombay yesterday on three months' leave. From Bombay he will visit northern India before going to Ceylon where he will spend the rest
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 117 6 TO-NIGHT—COCKTAIL DANCE 6.30 to 8.30 p.m. j S DINNER DANCE (informal) 9.33 to midnight. j NO ADMISSION CHARGE. j 10-MORROW—First Performan' i i cf the well-known Artiste j j ROGOTTA. Character, Acrobatic Novelty Dancer. j S JAN. 26th.- Australia's 150 th Anniversary Carnival. j Dinner Tickets $5.00. Dinner Dancing Entertainment.
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    • 163 6 MEW FORCE 10l TIIFUL VIGOIR VITALITY in 30 Minutes! There is no need for a lengthy and tiresome treatment for weks or months if you feel weak or old before you are young. The latest remedy of a great G?rman Scientist by the name MAN POWER PILLS give astonishing and
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 566 6 I POSTAL mTELUGENCE j 1 i STEAMER MAILS DISPATCHES TO DAY FOR PER DATE AND TIME Netherlands Indies:— Bagan and 4 3 nm. Selat. Pandiang Hong Thong Jan. 4 i p.m. Fort de Kock, Padang, Pakan 4 3 pm Baroe and Siak Hong Kwong n 3 p.m. Bengkalis and L.
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  • 676 7 FUNERAL OF MR. MACDONALD < At Lossiemouth SIMPLE AND MOVING SERVICE JT would take the Cunningham.? Graham who wrote "With the Si rth-east Wind," describing Ke.'r Hardie's funeral, to do justice to the closing scenes of Mr. Ramsay Mac Donald's funeral at Lossiemouth to-day, writes "The Observer's" sr.ocial corresoondent. The
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  • 153 7 It is announced in the Johore Governm< at Gazette that. Mr. C. A. Vlieland has been granted leave, with effect from Dec. 17. Major Mohamed Tahir bin Mohamedon been appointed to act as Supermendent of the Istana Besar. His Highne.s the Sultan has been ased to confer the
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  • 887 7 THE TRUTH OF STALIN'S REIGN rpilE first completely uncensored message from Soviet Russia in the lost ten years was made available to the Sunday Chronicle recently. It tells the truth, the whole truth about Stalin's amazing ten-year reign cf terror, hitherto hidden from the wcrtd.
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  • 64 7 Singapore, Monday. Patrick Clarke and Denas Campbell, two Royal Inniskilhng Fusiliers who are charged with theft of a motor-car belonging to Mr. H. A. Aussem, in Stamford Road, on the afternoon of Dec. 24. appeared before Mr. E. C. G. Barrett in the Third Police Court, this morning,
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  • 208 7 Hungarian Invention To Be Tested Budapest. THE problem of drought is Hungary's greatest natural difficulty, and many unsuccessful attempts to find the secret of producing artificial rain have been made. The provincial Press reports that a new and hopeful system has been made public by the
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  • 127 7 Berlin. There are more chickens than people in many of the leading European countries. This is revealed by figures issued in connection with the fifth Annual Exhibition of Small Animals "to be held in Leipzig next January. Germany claims to have the greatest number of chickens
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  • 199 7 Worth £10,000 But Died In Poverty Johannesburg. AN 80-year-old man who died in extremely poor circumstances in a hovel at Fordsburg on the Rand was, it has been discovered, worth nearly £10,000. The old man's name is given as Kenneth Kemp and, according to a passport found on
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 183 7 TUBERCULOSIS "Bronchitis, Bronchial Catarrh, and Asthma cured v/ith UMCKALOABO." Dr G Cornu, Geneva, writes, "On the whole in all pulmonary cases I have 1 regularly obtained favourable, and, in some cases, remarkable effects." .D° A Sechehaye in "Report to the Geneva Medical Society" states, "51 patients who have remained faithful
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    • 236 7 HEADACHE AFTER HEADACHE Now She's Free From Them A woman writes:—"I would like everyone who suffers from headaches to try Kruschen Salts. Eefore taking Kruschen I was seldom free from a headache. But since I have "been taking it regularly I have hardly had a headache, for which I am
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 340 8 y POSITIVELY LAST TWO SHOWS jEj_Wf ALHAMBRA Your Final Chance of ConI ROBINSON t 1 %It II To-night Ito-n22w Night at 7.45 p.m. lillifllll ll mg A wo shows For one Payment Second Show: Francis Lederer ft Ann Sothem She roped a Count with her bank account..and found..sne ropea a
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    • 264 8 Positively LAST NIGHT, of This Riotous j Comedy Hit That Brought in 1938 with j A Smile! CAPITOL f]fS.U 1 1 THE LAUGHS ARE You'll GUARANTEED! Scream When they sing .when they danC^^BK' f\ S£| at ...the West goes wild and |H d Dancing [mfcjmth excellent supporting "shorts 0 including
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    • 233 8 AT EVERY PERFORMANCE THE IS 7TH TRIUMPHANT DAY PAVILION 6-15-9-15 NICHTLY -One of the greatest characterisations in the history ot motion picture Qr t» FREE PRESS. 'ZOLA' is a superb picture" —STRAITS TIMES. ~~AtTLast! A Grand STAGE SHOW.... Better Bigger thaft Anything since THE MARCUS COMPANY j CAPITOL. Opening Weds.
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  • 620 9 £250 For Alleged False Imprisonment IT the Manchester Assizes recently before Mr. Justice Singleton, Dennis Isambard Lever, solicitor, sued Mrs. Iris Howarth and Mr. John Milner, two Manchester magistrates, claiming damages for alleged false imprisonment. After the case had been opened a settlement was announced, and Mr
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  • 119 9 22,000,000 Gallons Drunk In Finland Each Year Helsinki. Finland is one of the chief milk constuning nations of the world, according to the newspaper Hudvudstadsbladet." In one form or other, it states 22 000,0000 gallons of milk are consumed annually by the 280,000 inhabitants ol Helsinki,
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  • 95 9 A female chimpanzee was born at the London Zoo recently. The mother is Fifi and she will not have anything to do with her ihfant, so the baby has been "put on the bottle." Dr G M. Vevers, Superintendent to the Zoological Society, said that the
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  • 838 9 ROOSEVELT THE DEPRESSION Vigorous New Campaign AMERICA'S BANE SECTIONALISM New York. characteristic energy and resiliency, the President has assumed the leadership of a new campaign to arrest the decline which has seized the American economy. His programme is an artful mixture of reflation and reconstruction. Government spending will be speeded
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  • 212 9 French Journal Closed Down In Canada Montreal. Quebec. MR. Maurice Duplessis, the Quebec Pre- mier, has exercised for the first time his authority under the much disputed "Padlock Law" by closing the offices of the weekly newspaper, "La Carte," published in French. "La Clarte" is
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 7 9 Mm •ole Agent: ta SCHMIDT SHOTEN, LTD.
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    • 153 9 <,ll\M> CYCLING MEET (Uiggest Event of the Year O I AT JALAN BESAR STADIUM. I > m 1. Two Miles Open Championship tL4 2. Five Miles New-Corners. 1§ t g 3. 100 Yards Slow Cycle Race. FEB. £*j §j 4. School Boys (5 miles). 193«. 33 j5. Six Miles Open
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    • 340 9 iJAe Tkw ix)oJdM CABARET I 1 TO-NIGHT I I NON-STOP DANCE FROM 9*o UNTIL MID-NIGHT —"ADMISSION 50 CTS. ill TO-DAY 1 I NON-STOP TEA DANCE I FROM 6 P.M. UNTIL 8.30 1 -NO ADMISSION CHARGE j HAPPY CABARET j j NEW CHARMING DANCE HOSTESSES FROM HONGKONG I j AND SHANGHAI
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  • 71 10 The Misses Padday wish to express tne.. thai." ks to all friends who attended the funeral of their mother as well as those who sent wreaths and letters ot condolence. Messrs. T. Nadaison, T. S'omasundrum. T Camalapan and family beg to thank all those relatives and friends
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  • 83 10 Mrs Tck Hong Kiat (nee Madam Tan Chim Neo>, aged 56 years, passed aw?.y peacefully at 4 a.m. on Saturday, 1st January, 1938, at her residence. No. 141. Thompson Road, Singapore. She leaves beside her loving husband, one son. Mr. Tok Beng Chuan, ore dauglw. Tck Beng Choo (Mrs.
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  • 734 10 TN past years we have had cccasion to draw attention to the fact on many occasions that public service in Malaya was somewhat sparsely recognised. Honours lists were scanty where this country was concerned, and in particular Asiatic public men figured very seldom indeed among those whose merits
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  • 107 10 Firmness Of Com idity Markets Reuter. New Ycrk, Jan. 2. THERE are some signs that the trc>le decline curve is flattening ov.t, according to the monthly letter of the National City Bank. The commodity markets are firmer, evidently reflecting actual needs, because there is no change
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  • 66 10 Police Discovery In Tripoli Reuter. Jerusalem, Jan. 3. ACCORDING to Arab sources, the Lebanese police have seized a large h?ul of arms at Triooli, where rifles, revolvers, machine guns and dynamite were discovered. sunoosedlv ready for removal by Palestine terrorists. An Arab was hanged at Acre for illegal
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  • 2424 10 ONE of the good old fashioned habits in- which we indulge freely at this time of the year is looking back over the twelve months that have passed and assizing the significance of events which have occurred. It is a
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  • 217 11 EMERGENCY PLANS COMPLETE GOVERNMENT TAKE OVER MAINTAINING PUBLIC MORALE IS CHIEF AIM (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Jan. 3. TJNOEB the advice of a soldier the 8.8.C. has been prepared for any war emergency. Plans for immediate Government control of radio entertainment and propaganda are already complete.
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  • 60 11 Reuter. Londcn, Jan. 3. 11 is believe:) that the airwaman Maryse lliisz who is missing since lafi en over Jask at 04.15 G M.T. < a Jan 2, may have been forced to bud in the mountains of Iran, in which ease H is
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  • 136 11 Reuter. Lcndon, Jan. 3. THE tone and übstance of President Roosevelt's speech to Congress (see page 13) is much welcomed in authoritative British circles. The President's heartening remarks in regard to democracy are considered particularly timely and are entirely shared, as also a y e his
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  • 175 11 Palestine Reform COMMONWEALTH STATUS? Reuter. London, Jan. 3. jgRITlSH Zionists met under the presidency of Lady Reading tonight to pass a resolution affirming the rights of Jews to create their own state. The resolution records that oppcsii.on to any Palestine solution is based rn making the
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  • 49 11 Bitter Cold And Thick Snow Reuter. Barcelona, Jan. 3. the bitter ".old and several feet of snow both sides are fiercely battling for Teruel. The Government claim that the republican flag is flying over the civil Government building, wh'ch their forces captured thia morning.—Reuter. STOP PRESS
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  • 71 11 Resentment Over The Suspension Reuter. Cairo. Jan. 3. AN uproar broke out in Parliament when the Secretary read the prorogation decree. Nahas Pasha, the Premier, called to order when he rose to speak, remained en his feet, shouting, In the name of the Fatherland." The President
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  • 91 11 New Governor Appointed From May London. Jan. 3. SIR Hyde Gowan having expressed a desire for domestic reasons to be relieved in the spring of 1938. the King has accepted his resignation as from May 27, 1938, and approved the appointment of Mr. F. V. Wylle at present
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  • 63 11 Historic Dispatches For The Museum London, Jan. 3. Among interesting documents which have been added to the public record office museum is a file of despatches sent to the Admiralty by Lieutenant Bligh, describing mutiny on his ship "Bounty" on April 22, 1789, and his subsequent journey
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  • 90 11 Reuter. Hongkong, Jan. 4. THE Government announces the revival of the emergency regulations enforced in 1931, giving very wide powers. Any vagrant may be arrested and banished without trial from Hongkong under the regulations. Censorship of telegrams and letters is possible and seizure of buildings for
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  • 143 11 Pompous Procession DICTATORS MEET IN SPRING Reuter. Rome, Jan. 3. A NEW railway station will be built in Rome for Herr Hitler's visit in the spring. The distance from the present station to the Palazzo Venezia is too short for the magnificent Roman car which it
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  • 31 11 Residents Have Passes Now Reuter. Shanghai, Jan. 3 Over 5,000 Chinese ex-residents, with special passes, crossed the western perimeter of Shanghai into Japanese occupied territory which re-opened this morning.—Reuter
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  • 23 11 London, Jan. 3. The death has occurred of Mrs. Des mond Humphreys, veteran novelist, who wrote under the pen name "Rita"— Renter. Reuter.
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  • 208 11 London, Jan. 3. FOR the first time the Arabic speaking peorles '>f the Near East this evening heard a programme broadcast In Arabic from London. After music and announcements, messages of greeting were read by representatives of the Arabic speaking peoP les Prince Saif
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  • 55 11 The Duke and Duchess of Windsor left Paris to spend the Christmas at the Vilia Lou Viei, near Cannes, belonging to their friends, Mr. and Mrs. Hermann Rogers. The Duke wore a dark suit and the Duchess was entirely in black. It was at the villa that the Duchess stayed
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  • 288 11 Shanghai. Jan. 4. i TT is learnt that the leaders of the Central Government are overwhelmingly in favour of continuation of the war despite the renewed efforts on the part of Dr. Trautmann, German Ambassador to China, to m*=d ate. The Chinese view
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  • 246 11 EVEN SIAM! Battleships Are Bigger (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Jan. 3. "rpHERE is hardly a naval Power A of any importance which has net felt impelled to join in the common impulse to bring its fleet up to date. Even a country so inconspicuous at
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  • 30 11 London, Jan. 3. i At the invitation of the Spanish GoI vernment, nine Labour members of Parliament left London this morning to visit j Spain.—British Official Wireless.
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  • 1959 12 PHONE CALLS Hearing Postponed To Jan. 9 <From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Jan. 3. ALTHOUGH the hearing was concluded on Dec. 21 last before Mr. J. B Weiss (First Magistrate) into three charges of criminal breach of trust preferred against Mohamed
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  • 145 12 Second Harbour Tragedy In A Week Singapore, Tuesday. THREE Indian coolies met their deaths under tragic circumstances in Singapore last night, when they were overcome by fumes in the Dutch liner, Meerkerk in the Singapore Harbour. Although artificial respiration was applied and they were rushed to
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  • 213 12 Death Of An F.M.S. Pensioner (From Our Own Correspondent) Klang, Monday. rpHE death took place last night at M. 10.30 at his residence in Jalan Raiya East of Mr. Li Kim Chan, J.P., a Government pensioner and a very old resident of Klang. The deceased
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  • 299 12 THE following editorial is reproduced from this morning's Morning Tribune: Our attention has been drawn to an advertisement appearing on page 298 of the Advertiser's Weekly of 25, 1937 inserted by the Straits Times Group 40-43, Fleet Street, London. The advertisement reads "Million-net sales won't
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  • 1297 12 CHAIRMAN'S OUTLINE OF POLICY (From Our Own Reporter) Seremban, Monday. fJiHE newly-formed F.M.S. transport Board held its first inquiry meeting at the Seremban Supreme Court this morning, when nine applications were on the list for hearing. Mr. S. W. Nelson, Chairman, presided and at the outset
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  • 91 12 Workers Set Hp New Establishment Singapore, Tuesday. It is understood that 600 of the 1,000 Chinese tailors who went on strike about a month ago, and refused to return to work if their demands for higher wages were not acceded to, have formed a new, establishment. The original
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  • 40 12 Singapore, Tuesday Mr. Issaku Okamoto, the new Japanese Consul-General for Singapore, arrives by the N.Y.K. liner, Kashima Maru. to-day Mr. Okamoto succeeds Mr. Kiichi Gunji. who leaves shortly for New Zealand to take up a Consular appointment there.
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  • 32 12 Mr. D. S. Waite. editor of the Singapore Free Press, will be the speaker at the luncheon of the Singapore Rotary Club to-moricw. His subject will be "Fourth Year Impressions."
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  • 27 12 Mr. Aelian Gunaratne, who was for many years employed as a newspaper worker in Malaya, died in Ceylon or. Christmas Day, at the Rumania Hospital.
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  • 1030 13 A TRADITION World In High Tension Reuter. Washington, Jan. 3. UNSWERVING faith in the future of democratic government was expressed by President Roosevelt in his eagerly-awaited address to-day at the second regular session of the 7">th Congress. He said that in spite of
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  • 61 13 Paris police investigating the C.S.A.R. affair raided a garage on the Boulevard Piopus. o: the east side. There they found a store of weapons, including six light Loichkiss machine-guns, two of which came from the mobilisation depot a*. Lacn, and 80 rifles. The owner of the garage is missing Our
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  • 115 13 Victim In A Serious Condition Singapore, Monday. AN alleged stabbing affray in Pasir Panjang Road yesterday afternoon had a sequel in the Second Police Court this morning, when a middleaged Chinese, Sim Ah Poh, was charged before Mr. F. V. Duckworth with having voluntarily caused grievous hurt to
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  • 58 13 The Singapore Fire Department Accident Ambulance Service attended 288 calls last month, of which 20 were to cases outside Municipal limits. The calls were classified as follows: Motor car accidents 28, motor lorry accidents 18, motor bus accidents 5, trolley car accidents 12, collapse cases 26, attempted suicide
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  • 315 13 Chinese Sentenced For Retention Singapore, Monday. A FINF of $50 (in default two months' rigorous imprisonment) was imposed on Lim Quee Koh to-day by Mr. F. V. Duckworth, the Second Magistrate, who found him guilty of having dishonestly retained stolen property belonging to a comoatriot, Koh Guan
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  • 113 13 New Eurasian Platoon Formed (From Our Own Reporter) Ipoh, Monday. A EURASIAN volunteer platoon, the first of its kind in Perak. was formed in Ipoh this evening. Fifty names were included in the list that was submitted to the State Adjutant, Captain H. Creedon. and of this number,
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  • 104 13 Justifying The Cause Of Japan Singapore, Monday. HOW the enthusiasm of the Japanese people over the Sino-Japanese war is maintained impressed a tourist, Mr. J. W. Deyling, an American investor from Seattle, who arrived in Singapore to-day. In an interview with a Tribune representative, Mr. Deyling emphasised that
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  • 74 13 Case Against A European Postponed Singapore, Monday. Mr. D. A. Rushton, a European, was this morning charged before Mr. E. C. G. Barrett, the Fourtn Magistrate, with driving his motor-car in a rash manner along River Valley Road on the afternoon of Sept. 17, and causing grievous hurt
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  • 70 13 Victim's Death Announced In Court Singapore, Monday. Charged with voluntarily causing grievous hurt to one Chia Chey Chai on Dec. 25 at Crawford Street, Kee Ah Ngoh was this morning produced before the Second Magistrate (Mr. F. V Duckworth). >' His worship was informed by Court Inspector Wray
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  • 481 14 SIX SPRINTS AND TWO MILE EVENTS THIRD DAY OF NEW YEAR GOLD CUP MEETING WEIGHTS for to-morrow's card of eight races, marking the third day of the Penang Turf Club's New Year Gold Cup race meeting, are given below, together with handicaps for three events
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  • 17 14 Incidei t in hocke> match at the S.C.C. yrsterday when the Cricket lub met the Skins. (Tribune).
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  • 295 14 Mrs. D. Duncan Abbott Win Golf Foil rsomes A t The Island Club THE bland Club January mixed foursome competition held on Sunday last over the fir.>>t nine holes resulted in a win for Mrs D. Duncan and E. D. J. Abbott with a net score of 33 3 4
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  • 145 14 Chines? New Year Charity Carnival A CHARITY cycling carnival consisting of twelve events is being organised by Mr Ong Ciun Beng of 86, El erald Hill Road to be held at the Jalan Besar Stadium on Feb. 1 next in aid of a charitable cause —the China Relief
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  • 255 14 Interesting Game At The S.C.C To-Morrow AN interesting game of rugby football has been arranged for tomorrow when the Army XV, who meet Singapore in the Malaya Cup final in Kuala Lumpur on Jan. 15, meet a team representing the Rest of Singapore on the S.C C. ground
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  • 138 14 TN the semi-final of the Small Units hockey competition at Tanglin yesterday, the 30th Fortress Co., Royal Engineers beat the 11th Heavy Battery, Royal Artillery, by 3—l after extra time had been allowed, there being no score v/hen full time was called. Gunner Gatsby was outstanding for the
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  • 65 14 K.L. Team Plays Soccer At St. Joseph's The Victoria Institution «occer team, which is now on a Singapore tour, met the St. Joseph's Institution at the S.J.I. ground yesterday, the game being aban doned late in the second half owing to heavy rain. The V.I. led 2-nil, both
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  • 211 14 Yesterday's Training Gallops (From Our Oion Reporter) Penang, Monday. SLOW gallops were seen on the second track this morning when long string of horses came out for work in fine weather. WHERE AM I and DARE DEVIL kept company at a smart pace and were given
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  • 56 14 The hockey match at the Police Depot yesterday, between the S.C.C. Ist and the Police, had to be abandoned after 15 mmutes' play owing to a thunderstorm, with the score standing at one-all Hewan opened the scoring for the Club and Janmeja Singh equalised for the Police.
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  • 95 14 Col. R. G. Atkins Wins The Hose Cup THE Hose Cup competition was played at the Garrison Golf Club during the New Year holidays ?nd resulted Li a win for Col. R. G. Atkins with a net. score of 02. The following were the best returns* Lt. Col.
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  • 146 14 Sco ttish Leag ties In Action Reuter. London, Jan. 4. YESTERDAY'S game* in th. 1 English I and Scottish Leagues resulted as follows: ENGLISH LEAGUE DIV. 3 NORTHERN Accrington 4 Wrexham 0 Port Vale 0 Rothci nam G SCOTTISH LEAGUE DIV. 1 Aberdeen 4 Ayr U.
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  • 798 15 ON PADANG 5 Minutes From Full Time WELL served in all departments, despite the fact that their team w is not at full strength, the Royal Imiiskitling Fusiliers were trading by !ir»*e clear goals in their hockey ii itch on the
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  • 420 15 To Visit Australia Next Winter? THE Melbourne Herald last month 1 presaged a visit to Australia by an Indian cricket team next year. A Bombay message to that paper states:— India expects, to send a first class cricket team to Australia in the 1938-39 season, with Jam
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  • 181 15 VICTORIAN cricket officials seem to have got ail hot and bothered over the Queensland Association's ban on the use of webbed wicket-keeping gloves. Victorians evidently see in the Q.C.A. edict an attempt to embarrass their keeper. B. Barnett. At the time the ban was issued, the Q.C.A. was
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  • 612 15 Success Of Aga Khan's Stables ALTHOUGH his total of £30,655 is little in advance of that of the previous j year, £29,055, it Is the envy of every other j owner, for it. places His Highness the Aga Khan at the head of the owners' table for
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  • 140 15 Deadly Bowling By O'Reilly Adelaide, Dec. 21. wEW South Wales beat South Australia H by 33 runs in the Sheffield Shield match concluded to-day. A feature of the match was the howling of O'Reilly, who captured 14 wickets for 98 runs in the two innings. Bradman
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  • 195 15 Getting* Ready For The Corinthians (From Our Own Correspondent > Malacca, Tuesday. SPECTATORS saw one long stretch of colourless football, frequently interspersed with wild scampering for the ball by players yesterday, when the Malacca A.F.A. held their first State trial in preparation for the forthcoming match against the
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    • 291 15 I i *l m»»;„. •:*>:•■•«.. A rowing race in progress at the New Year Sea Sports in Singapore. Note lhe Union .lacHS on the singlets of the boys in the leading boat. (Tribune). »4 Tropical iun—tropical dampness both can play havoc with your outI side property. Protect It by regular
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  • 305 16  -  Spoilt By Their Ailments /CHILDREN who, because of ailments,, have been spoilt, were discussed recently when the Conference ot the National Special Schools' Union was resumed at Cousty Hall, Westminster. Mr. R. C. Morton, headmaster of Woodlane Open Air School, London, said that many of the children who
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  • 93 16 A donkey reputed to be 86 years old, named Jenny, owned by Mr F. W. Western, of Holme, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, died recently. She formerly belonged to Mr. H. M. Llndsell. of Biggleswade, and made her last public appearance in Biggleswade 10 years ago when she took part in
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  • 518 16 "Are Often Left To Starve" TN the oource of his report on unem--1 ployment in Selangor tor December. Mr. John Hands says, inter aha. The following extract from the Social Year Book 1937" published in New York shows the development of unemployment relief in the United
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  • 152 16 Surplus Of £71,993 For The Year Sydney N.S.W., Dec. 17. The Sydney Harbour Bridge showed a .surplus of £71.993 for trie year ended June 30, as compared with a deficit of £2,900 for 1933-36 and a deficit of £47,395 in 1934-35. According to the annual reoort of the
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  • 148 16 Man Stabbed In Busy Street In Eastern Anatolia In spite of the drastic steps to crush vendettas (blood feuds) in Eastern Anatolia, the spirit which ese len S th y family quarlels still breaks out from time to time A villager of Azapkeuy, in Eastern Anatolia, has
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  • 775 16 In 1940 UPHILL FIGHT FOR REPUBLICANS Washington. ALTHOUGH President Roosevelt's second term of office still has three years to run. Party Leaders are already beginning to look for a possible successor to take possession of the White House in 1910. The Republicans particularly arc turning their attention
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  • 139 17 Government's Sports Programme Ankara. The Turkish Government attaches great importance to keeping the nation fit Following the example of his predecessor. General Ineunu, Djelal Bayar, the present Premier who recently succeeded him. has laid down a far-reach-sports programme in his policy. Under this scheme there will be
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  • 322 17 I How Industry Is Hit By j Four-Year Plan i Berlin, i THAT decrees issued under the Four- Year Plan often act like a twoedged sword is demonstrated by two examples. The first is furnished by the annual report of the Ruhr Chemie Company of Oberhausen,
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    • 301 17 f—T" -IM Renew ??E r with/ SANATOGEH The true tonic food *m •m, v v«M THE RADIO PYF 55* NATURAL TONE, i'oe Boon Leon? Radio Dept., 62, Selegie Road, Singapore. THE 1938 LEADER! "His Master's Voice (American Radio) With All The Latest In Radio Full Particulars from Sole Agents KEE
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    • 1301 17 Malayan Listeners Radio 'aSrJS&sr^u® r 1 Robinson). Mickey Went Whistling PRW^ B M r X F EMPIRE 10.50 Pm. Harold g~ Z the 8.M.8.C. PROGRAMMES on^Lmes he Uni n Cinema KingSt n 850 Announce- U 217 m. The News and Announce- G ~ch Time Signal at 9.05 Singapore Station On
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  • 900 18 Present Laws i IS A STANDARD OF PURITY NEEDED? rjO the laws and regulations governing the supply of water in this country require amendment and tightening? Many authorities hold that they do, because as they exist at present, the public will be surprised to learn, there
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  • 18 18 Mr. Tille Remedios and Miss Eivina Da Silva. after their wedding at Mr IItUS S f S» ycsterday-Ttioune.
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  • 658 18 More Cigarettes And Fewer Pipes London. i REPORT issued by the Imperial EcoA nomic Committee shows that the amount of tobacco smoked in this country is increasing, and that there is a marked tendency for cigarettes to disnlace pipes The report also states that sales of
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  • 518 18 The Current Singapore Prices Singapore, Dec. 31. MEAT Beef steak, kati 42 Beet stew or curry, kati 38 Fillet steak lb. 6° Mutton Australian per lb. 40 Mutton, Indian per lb. Pork, lean, kati 44 Pork, lean and fat (Ist quality) kati 34 POULTRY Capons (locally reared), kati
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  • 27 18 1937 was a year of safer flying in British Air services. Despite an increase in mileage only 67 lives were lost against 85 in 1936.—British Official Wireless.
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  • 735 18 New Species Of Fish FINDS BY BRITISH EXPLORERS OEVEN Cambridge University graduates returned recently from the ranges of the Andes, on the border of Bolivia and Peru, having in the course of several months' research wrested from the great tropical lake of Titicaca, situated in the
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  • 55 18 The Police Band directed by Mr. J C. Hitch, will play the following programme at Telok Ayer this afternoon, beginning at six o'clock: March, "The God of Thunder, HowgiU; Overture, "Pique Dame." Valse, "Confidence," Robinson; Cornet Solo, "When the Ebb-Tide Flows." Gordon; Pot-Pourri, "Lionel Monckton Melodies." arranged by
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    • 622 18 VICTORY OVER ASTHMA! a MIRACULOUS EFFECT of ONE EPHAZONE TABLET ASTHMA BRONCHITIS B»?ONCHTAL ASTHMA, WHFK/IVC, BRFATHING DIFFICULTY. SHORTNESS OF BREATH, GASFfTfG FOR AIR, T.B. and STUBBroken In 30 SECONDS As These Sufferers It is unnecessary to endure Asthma suffering. It ty.Ai is now in your power to end every attack—no
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  • 200 19 A Bullet In The Leg Police-constable Alexander Carmichael, stationed in the Willesden Greer, district, was shot in the leg recently when he was tak'ng part in an attempt to capture two men, who are alleged to have been trying to break into a tobacconists' kiosk
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    • 146 19 EYEWEAR Safeguard your eyes—they are your greatest possession. It is dangerous to neglect them. CONSULT NEW CHINA OPTICAL CO., 71, High Street, Singapore. X A "DIAMOND" BED IS A OUT OF GIFTS TO HOME MAKERS. The bedstead is the centre of the home Price, beauty and endurance should be considered
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    • 386 19 Nurse rolled in agonu fife* pa"* mm How exceptionally heavy Is the |j burden of a nurse who, while devoting '4^l--her life to relieving the suffering of /IXI others, is forced to fight intolerable pain herself. That was the agonising experience of Nurse D. W. is y her letter:— instantaneous
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    • 652 19 Malayan Lis teners Radio S:S IS: Sy rarame iContinuea from page 17) programme (COn BERLIN STATION man's Orchestra g ™> £g fflfc,* La 8 P by Studio Orches- TO-MORROW mitre? (9 540 kcM iSf uSL tra conducted by Boris Marieff. 9.20 p.m.-0.20 a.m. Experimental SwTa7 £2 9.05 p m Fritz
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  • 40 20 The New Year was ushered in at the big hotels, cabarets and elsewhere in Singapore by revellers who made merry until the small hours. Pictures show groups of merrymakers, some of them in fancy dress (Tribune).
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    • 129 20 Read The TRIBUNE For Beat SPORTS REPORTS w 1938 LET'S TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT THE "BIG" "LITTLE" 9 H. P. In spite of its small H.P. rating, the "STANDARD 9" will take 4 full size adult* Built to precision STANDARDS like its "big; brothers" the 9 H.P. offers the cheapest
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