Malaya Tribune, 4 February 1938

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    41 1 The Malaya Tribune Malaya's National Newspaper: Guaranteed Largest Sales VoL XXVII.- -No. 29. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1938 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune. Singapore: Friday, Feb. 4, 1938 The Malaya Tribune 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1938 JIVE CRnfljg 5
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      90 1 Try The .g MURftl\<M TIUBIWEjf "BULLDOG" 8 guinness yf/? STOUT Jl^y L *n<i BODY BUILDER I W~ GUINNESS IS GOOD X\\ RsS FOR YOU ■c agents QmimE c (sfe W.P.S. 4A. MILK AT ITS BEST [SINGAPORE'S FAVOURITE lllt\\l> HEALTHY BABY, I Dul m whs llg^ig^ Blue Cross Milk Is Especially
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      145 1 #ead The 1 SUNDAY I T«f ill WE Dominant T o-day s White Label H Announcement There are women izzz who would rather 11^ ====zizzz dye than let others ~n know they are grey And some people would sooner die than be deprived of DEWAE'S I J SOLE AGENTS: MME,
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    SHIPPING NEWS & NOTES SAVING IN ATLANTIC FARES
    392 2 SHIPPING NEWS NOTES SAVING IN ATLANTIC FARES Concessions By Cunard White Star Line ROUND-TRIP excursion fares to America for residents in Great Britain during certain periods of the year are announced by the Cunard White Star Co. These new fares, which are equal to about one-and-a-half times the single wea
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    LINER RECONDITIONED
    185 2 Sun Deck Transformed Into Sports Centre During her recent lay up at Brooklyn the sun deck of the Norddeutscher Lloyd liner Columbus has been transtormed into a recreation centre. This work, which was carried out by tho Atlantic Basin iron Works of Brooklyn, at Pier lio; North River,
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      485 2 STEAMER BAILINGS. P. 0.. BRITISH INDIA (Incorporated in England). P 0. S. N. CO.'S SAILINGS. OUTWARDS. Du2 Tonnage. Spore 1938. KAISAR-I-HIND 11,500 Feb. 11 BANGALORE 6,000 Feb. £2 NALDERA 16.000 Feb. RANPURA 17,000 Mar. 11 BHUTAN 6.100 Mar. 12 BEHAR 6.000 Mar.« RAWALPINDI 17,000 Mar. 2o CORFU 15.000 Apr. 8
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      75 2 8.1. (APCAR) SAILINGS. For HONGKONG, AMOY JAPAN. Leave Singapore. TALMA 10,000 Feb. 10 SIRDHANA 8,000 Feb. 24 SHIRALA 8,000 Mar. 10 For PENANG, RANGOON CALCUTTA. SHIRALA 8,000 Feb. 5 TILAWA 10,000 Feb. 21 SANTHIA 8,000 Mar. 5 p&o BRITISH INDIA PASSENGER FREIGHT SERVICES For all information apply to: P 0.5.N.C0.,
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      505 2 M. B. K. I KOKUSAI LINE (KOKUSAI KISEN KAISHA) i (Incorporated in Japan).. r>„„ oMrto 'l J For JAPAN, LOS ANGELES, NEW YORK (via Panama). Due. Due. Sailing Due. I Penang Spore Spore via. New York Cms KONGO MARU Feb. Feb. 6 Feb 8 Keelung Jw" jm s KIRISHIMA MARU
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      409 2 PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. BANGKOK LINE. Luxurious One Class Motorships. Most Cabins have adioining private batfl Excellent Cuisine. m FOR MARSEILLES. LONDON. ROTTERDAM. lIAMBTJRG AND COPENHAGEN. From From From From M S Spore Malacca P Sham P'ng LALANDIA 15-2 15-2 16-2 17-2 JUTLANDIA 8-3 8-3 9-3 10-3 MEONIA 29-3 29-3
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      415 2 STEAMER SAILINGS. §norddeutschf:h LLOYD (Incorporated In Germany). The undernoted are the Company*! intended fixtures:— OUTWARD For MANILA, HONGKONG, SHAIi NORTH CHINA and JAPAN Due B*p 1936. I s.s. "WIEGAND" for Bangk k only Ii &jl "GNEISENAU" omits North China I I mis. "SAALE" omits Mai and Japan S.s. "SCHARNHORST "on
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      672 3 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS PUBLIC NOTICES Singapore Municipality TENDERS. an non invited for the materials or service. For Municipal Tender Room of Sulphate of lina for period of tv :U- r -:'»a, 4 p.m., April 4, 1938. C. H. GOLDIE, Municipal Secretary. \l I lON SALE OF tSEIIOLD SINGAPORE PROPERTIES ETC. the
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      818 3 PUBLIC NOTICES SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. Vacancy for one Charge Engineer. The Municipal Commissioners require Oi c Charge Engineer for .service at their Power Station, the appointment being <>n the permanent .staff (Senior Officers' Salary Scheme) and being in the first instance on a three years' Agreement. The Plant has a capacity
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      594 3 PUBLIC NOTICES SINGAPORE IMPROVEMENT TRUST. Tenders are invited for the supply and delivery of metal windows and doors to site of proposed block of flats and .shops at Eng Hoon Street. Plans, Specification and Form of Tender may be obtained at the Office of the Singapore Improvement Trust on Daymen
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      575 3 PUBLIC NOTICES THE COMPANIES ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 151). In the matter of T. IJ. ROGERS CO., LIMITED. (In voluntary liquidation!. At an Extraordinary General Meeting cf the members of the above-named Company, duly convened, and held at No. 82, Robinson Road, Singapore, Ott Saturday, ihe 29th day of January, 1938, the
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      443 3 PUBLIC NOTICES BANKRUPTCY ORDINANCE (CAP. 45). IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE STRAITS SET! LEMENTS. SSI II EMENT OF SINGAPORE. In Bankruptcy. No. (i of 1938. 1 Re K. S. DORAISAMY, of Maxwell j Ko.nl Postmen Quarters, Shiga" i pore, Pressman. Receiving Order made 2ist January. 1938. Date <:t Adjudication
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      301 3 POSITIONS VACANT WANTED Salesmen and ltll canvassing coffee and tea. (;«ixl com• mission offered. Anglo-Indian Ttading Co, 1328, Middle Road. WANTED immediately English teachers male or female. Apply stating particulars .salary, subjects, etc. Bex No. 82, Kuching Sarawak. 11l ANTED Ry European Merchant Firm competent billing clerk (Chinese), i Must
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    REUTER'S COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    420 4 LONDON C OMMODITIES London, Feb. 3. RUBBER Previous To-day Change Tons- Quiet Quietest Spot Buyers 7 6 7 8 —Jl Sellers 7 116 7 —116 Ist Forward (March) Buyers 7 116 615 16 —Vs 9f Sellers 7» 8 7116 1 6 2nd Forward (Apr.] June) Buyers 7
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    MALAYAN TIN EXPORTS
    61 4 885 Tons Go To Japan In January CXPORTS of smelted tin Irom Malaya during January amounted to 6,256 tons, according to the statement issued by the Registrar-General of Statistics. The destination of the exports was as follows:— United Kingdom 1.070 tons U.S.A. 2.245 Continent of Europe 1.331
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    THE SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSN.
    110 4 DAILY PRICES CURRENT Singapore, Thursday noon. Buyers. Sellers No. I.X.R.S.S. in cases (F. 0.8. Feb.* 23 316 23 3 8 Good F.A.Q. in bales (F. 0.8. Feb.) 22 1 8 22 5 16 No. I.X.R.S.S. <&pot-loose,t (awardable Spore) 22 7 8 23 do.
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    PRODUCE
    183 4 Singapore Feb. 3. P. «Siarn» W. Coast No. 1 per Koyan $158 ft. iSiann W. Coast No. 2 per Koyan $153 R. iSiami W. Coast No. 3 per Koyan $147 Siam Rice "Lowhway" No. 1 $205 Siam Rice "Lowhway" No. 2 $185 Siam Rice "Lowhway" No. 3 $170 Siam
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      459 4 ANNOUNCEMENT. J The Directors and Management j of the I j Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation, Limited, have pleasure in announcing the establishment I of their new Branch Office at j No. 253, South Bridge Road, I Singapore, j s s which will commence business on Monday, 7th, February, 1938. S THE
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      142 4 jDOCTORS PRAISE I TO BE THE BEST TONIC FOR THE NERVES GLANDS ONE OF THEM SAID THAT IT FULLED HIM BACK TO THE TWENTIES. 1| There is nothing to fortify the body so well as DIBIL. With the first three days' dose of DIBIL tonic tablets you will heI come
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      155 4 CHATWOOD Strongroom Doors I r/ie Chatwood Strongman Doors arc for «R <>' vho desire to give that wealth the prefect** that its m demands. These vault doors are Fireproof. Floo-ivrooj and protect > rioters or the skilled burglar n ah a bloic-pipc. DESCRIPTION OF STRONGROOM DOOR AS ILLUSTK v I
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    LOCAL STOCKS AND SHARES
    731 5  -  Quotations By Fraser And Co. Singapore, Feb. 3, 5 p.m. MINING Fraser Co. Buyers. Sellers. Ampat Tin 4 6 5 A. m Kumbang 30 6 32 6 50 55 -cd A] i r Hitam 24 3 25 6 0.70 0.75 B mgrin Tin 23 6 24
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    MANILA GOLD SHARE MARKET.
    48 5 Manila, Feb. 3. Last Sale Prices. a Previous To-day Antamok 0.59 o 61 Pesos Benguet Consolidated 9.70 9 70 Consolidated Mines 0.011 0 012 h k" 068 0.68 Masbate 0 .19 0 ->n I *r Mauricio 0 70 0 72 United Paracale 0.54 0.54
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    NEW LINER
    144 5 Bigger Than Her Sister Ship British Official Wireless. London, Feb. 3. THE New Cunard White Star liner, 1 which, at her launching by the Queen in Septemcer wil ue uauucu ~.t El'zabeth, will have a length overall of 1.020 feet, compared with 1,020 feet of the Queen Mary,
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    THE AMERICAN MARKET
    428 5  -  Daily Report By S. E. Levy Co. W Singapore, Friday. E are indebted to Messrs. S. E. Levy and Co., Singapore, lor the following on American Market renditions:— Messrs. White, Weld and Co, New York, report to us by cable as follows:--STOCKS The tendency for the volume
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    RUBBER EXPORTS
    21 5 Iho estimated export of dry rubber from Malaya. Brunei and Labuan for the month of January was 35,500 tons
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    ERASER & COMPANY.
    203 5 ERASER COMPANY. LIST OF CURRENT DIVIDENDS Company D.vldend Book, Close 2*jLjs Date Ex Div. year Payable Date to date TIN: To Singapore, Feb. 3, 5 p.m. Austral Malay 9d. 3d. Bonus. 5 Burma Malay 6 Special Bonus Feb. 3 F->b m m. a K. Ka„,untin g M 3a ßo Feb.
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    DEBENTURES AND LOANS
    160 5 rd *oo.Ltd. $30,000 Int. •J1 95 105 n °m ORE MUNICIPALHi l: 4 0 $400,000 Int. 3*. Sept. 30 »...102 104 norn v 1 94 7 $1,600,000 Int. I Ji te P*. 30 108 110 norn WW $1 000 000 Int int 113 115 norn F ot
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    TO-DAY'S MARKET POSITION
    131 5  -  Report Ry Fraser And Co. MINING Tin Sin g aDor e, Feb. 4. down~4^ m £]805 and New York 40-4 .-en* i £jZV 40 News from outside markets u?«J£ discouraging this oon and Wall street areXh?ctiy oil colour, Wall Street in particular was yen weak with another
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    TIN
    16 5 Singapore, Feb. 4 The price of tin at noon in Singapore to-day was: $881. (down
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    RUBBER
    19 5 The price of rubber at noon in Singapore to-day was: Buyers 22% (down H); Sellers 22 'i (down
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    EXCHANGES
    207 5 The following ar e the exchange rates this morning according to the dany circular issued by the Hong Kong and Snanghai Banking Corporation. SELLING Singapore, Feb. 4. London T.T. 2 1 London demand 2 4 London 4 months' sieht 2 4 132 Lyons demand 178 5 Switzerland demand 25'
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    MEDICAL STAFF AT NAVAL BASE
    142 5 Query In Commons Set Aside Reuter. London, Feb. 3. jVjn. Shakespeare, on behalf of Mr. DufT Cooper, replied to a question by Mr. Gower in the Commons to-day whether consideration can be given to the appointment of a senior surgery assistant and surfferv assistants at
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    RELAPSE OF FRANC
    142 5 Conditions Still Very Uncertain Reuter. London, Feb. 3. THE sudden relapse of the French franc 1 this morning from the overnight level of 152.78 to 153.50 has not surprised foreign exchange circles. It is pointed out that conditions in France are still very uncertain, and the recent
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    Lyall And Evatt's Share Quotations
    301 5 Singapore, Friday. MINING Buyers Sellers Bangrins Batu Selangor fifi 24 J? Chanderlania V 0 6 »i Hitam Till o 38 Hongkong Tin 2 49 tt» Hong Fatta 1 06 1 in Idiis Hyd. l S l o f Ipoh Tin 2 3 2 f; ss.*
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      290 5 I LEVY Gt CQ Shanghai, Hongkong, Manila, Singapore ,nre.— n ß«n*er. and Brokers t n Securttim I flazZy Fom on lfar*«t cable and j Members: II NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE. COMMODITY EXCHANGE, INC OF NT NEW YORK COFFEE SUGAR EXCHANrm CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE 3 ££a£SJA?J COMMODITY EXCHANGE SHANGHAI STOCK
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    WHAT'S ON
    96 6 Public Functions And Sports Fixtures TO-DAY, FEB. 4 Hockey: S.R.C. v. V.M.C.A. S.R.C, S.R.C. II v. R.A.F. 11, Seletar; Colts v. Fort Canning, Colts. Open-Air Boxing (Preliminaries), Happy World, 9 p.m. Don Cossack Choir, Victoria Theatre, 9.30 p.m. Police Band Performance, Katong Park, 6 p.m. TO-MORROW, FEB. 5
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    HARBOUR BOARD
    116 6 Singapore, Feb. 4. Ships alongside the Wharves or expecttet to arrive. East Wharf (Entrance Gate 1) Plancius 22. Sheers Wharf (Entrance Gate 1) Nil. Main Wharf (Entrance Gate 2) Bentferiue 18; Wiegand 14. Empire Dock (Entrance Gate 2) Silv.erwillow 30; Shirala 32; Hoegh Transporter 34; Lossiebank, Adrastus 36.
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    AIR MAIL DESPATCHES
    114 6 Australia. New Zealand, Java 9W& Timor Dilly Qantas, closing 10 pm. todaKuala Lumpur and Penang: Internal \ir Service, closing 6 a.m. to-morrow. Siam Hongkong. 'Canton, •Shangha Kobe. Manila and U.S.A.: Imperial, rlosine 6 a.m. to-morrow. Cl vMldan JaskS. t Amsterdam! and +London!: Netherlands, closing 7 p.m. to
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    MAILS EXPECTED
    197 6 Mails expected from r umDur by Air (Internal Service) to-day. oXeriefoT boxhoiders' letters only 7.30 Pm to-day and general delivery of letters 8.25 a.m. to-morrow. Mails expected from Europe etc_ .London) by Air «Imperia J» to-day. De liveries of boxhoiders' letters 800 p.m. to-day and general delivery of
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    THE SPIRIT OF EXPLORATION
    122 6 Admiral Sir Wili:am G.C.8., M.V.0.. Will discuss the urge that sends men and women out into tne unknown in a talk on 'The Spirit o; j exploration,' shortty to be broadcast trom Daventry. A distinguished sailor.) md an ex-President of the Royal Geo- craphical Society, Admiral
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    VESSELS ARRIVED
    132 6 Menrik. Norwegian 761 tons. trom STtSS. s £m Djambi 9 itn biambi via Mocara Saba 3 lenan„ Dutch. 724 tons, trom M.cmwas Baa**--A Saia 2 SlSSTSSfe'tons trom OsaKa 32. to Port Swettenham 5 Hai Hing. Norwegian, 1.445 tons, from Swatow 2.2. to Penang 4.2. SUvTr WlUow. British. 3,385
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    COST OF LIVING
    108 6 Huge Petition For Cut In Tariffs British Official Wireless. London, Feb. 2. THE Liberal leader. Sir Arcnibaid Sinclair presented a-; the Bar of the Commons to-day a petition 804 000 persons on the increased cost of living. The petition, on behalf of which the Liberal Party has
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      156 6 TWght j Cocktail Dance 6.30 to 8.30 p.m. j Dinner and Dance (in'oi mal) 9-30 to midnight j Cabaret Attraction j j BISTER FLO j S Tar, Dancers. Nn-diners $1.00. j Monday Next New Attraction j S KYRA, ROBY HARRY j Talented Continental Artistes. I RAFFLES ORCHESTRA directed by Dan
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      157 6 An Important Point To Watch In A Child's Early Training. Children should be brought up irom their earliest years to realise the importance of regularity of the daily habit, and nothing should be allowed to interfere with this function. When a laxative is necessary, and every child needs one at
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      206 6 I 1 Don't envy those women who take m -*%'mm© their < difficult days in their stride. ffW m v Be like them. Banish the cause ot r o mP* a your suffering instead of just rew. aaitlia lieving it. Just think of being pain--1 f ree Fit to work.
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      313 6 POSTAL INTELLIGENCE* I STEAMER MAILS DISPATCHES TO-PAT FOR PER DATE AND TIME Feb 4 1 P HQ. rtengat and Tembilahan Banka 42 pm. Dungun, Kemaman and Kemasek Larut 4 9 Q nm Muntok Plancius p Java, South-West Sumatra, S.-East, Borneo, Celebes, Moluccas and 4 92 m D m Timor Dilly
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      132 8 T -OPENS- j TO-DAY til j AT THE S lalhambra) i DRAMA WITH THE FURY OF A TYPHOON SWEEPS j OVEPv THE SCREEN in Columbia's j "HELL-SHIP! MORG AN" j MUTINY j SRULES THE RAGING WAVES! SHOCKING drama on a j FLOATING HADES OP HATRED I j Turbulent S j
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      314 8 MARLBOROUGH I ti.l6 TO-NIGHT 9.15 Miss MADURI North India's i Greatest Sonestress in MADURI" 1 i t Read The SUNDAY TRIBUNE Dominant In Malaya U2 \R« I C v *i ß ht at 7.45 ~m TWO Shows For JWMfijfflß WALTZ" Second Show: pkoPLRTY" First Show: Jean Harlow Rober f n
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      120 8 PRAISE—NEVER SUCH CROWDS FOR 'xJm' ~J "DOUBLE WEDDING" i jS. "WAS GREETED WITH ROARS OF LAUGHTER" Straits Times. V,Vd. "FINE COMEDY OUTSTANDING SUCCESS" Maiaya Tr.: f ANOTHER WINNER for'the CAPITOL j j All the Thrills of "M U TINY ON TH X j BOUNTY"—AII the Exotic Tropical Romance) \of "JUNGLE
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    TIMELY RESCUE
    178 9 Waideck Expedition Party In British Guiana W Georgetown, British Guiana. Jan. 25 ORD has been received that the motor launch "Wolf Cub," owned by a gold miner named De Souza has rescued the Waideck expedition, composed of Theodore J. Waideck, the New York explorer, and his wife, Joe
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    NOT GAMBLING
    50 9 Singapore, Thursday. Six Stra'ts-born Chinese women and a male Chinese were acquitted this morninc by Mr. W. G. Reeves, the Third Magistrate, when he found insufficient evidence to convict them on a charge of gambling in a common gaming house at Yeo Chu Kang Road on Jan. 18.
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    RESCUE OF ARCTIC SCIENTISTS
    80 9 Icebreaker Leaves For Greenland Reuter. Moscow, Feb. 3. A DRAMATIC radio message, telllrg of the rescue plans ordered by the Soviet Government, has been transmitted to Ivan Papanin and ris four Soviet scientists companions, who are drifting help'essly on a ledge of an ice floe 50
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    CAPT. M.A.F. MASON
    314 9 British Officer's Death In Shanghai WHILE* playing squash at the Country Club on Jan. 5, Captain M. A. B\ Mason, of the First Battalion Durham Light Infantry, was suddenly seized with a heart attack and died soon afterwards. Captain Majon. who leaves a mother and two sisters,
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    WOMAN KNOCKED DOWN
    47 9 A Chinese woman sustained severe abrasions over the right side of her face and a small lacerated wound over the scalp, when she was knocked down by a motor van, oooosite the Coconut Grove She was later taken to the General Hospital by ambulance.
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      316 9 WHY I USE' INew Veet' ends all unwanted hair in 3 minutes without trouble, mess or bother. 2 New 'Veet' leaves the skin soft and smooth without trace of stubble. 3 New Veet' is just like a dainty white cream- -sw-etly scented and pleasant to use. 4 New 'Veet' avoids
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      62 9 lEBERHARD WATCHESI combine accurate timekeeping with beauty. I Large selection of wrist I and pocket models at THYE CHIANG CO., LTD., 100, North Bridge Rotid. ■■■ill EXPERT LADIES t HAIRDRESSERS. Permanent Waving $5.00—17.50. Other charges equally reasonable. Perfect hairdresslng the best materials, the latest and most comfortable machines. (Halrdrying 10—20
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      250 9 S CAPITOL..Soon I Inlw^tioh live here any more" ska I_Carter's little Lbrcr fill lOr PRACTICE LIMITED TO THE EYE. SPECIALIZING Ocular Muscle anomalies. CrossI eyes. Complicated \V cases of defective vision. >A Glasses if needed. R. A. THOMPSON, D.O.Sc, (Dr. of Ocular Science). 4, ARCADE, GROUND FLOOR. 'Phone 3002. Consultation
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      384 9 SPECIAL ATTRACTION AND AMUSEMENTS FOR THE CHINESE NEW YEAR AT MALAYA'S PREMIERE AMUSEMENT PARK "as I t kw would I sc i GET READY FOR THE BIGGEST THFILLS OF YOUR LIFE IMPORTED AT GREAT EXPENS R FROM EUROPE FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT For The First Time in Malaya' "FLIGHT TO THE
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    ENGAGEMENT.
    38 10 CHAN —OON. This is to announce the engagement of Mr. Chan Khek Beng. eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Chan Liar Chye, to Miss Oon Joon Lian (Daisy, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oon Ee Thiam.
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    THE EXPIRING LEAGUE
    681 10 WHILE Japan continues, to expend her resources in an attempt to subdue China, the sorry farce of the League of Nations still proceeds. A resolution was passed by the Council "deploring the continuation of hostilities between China and Japan," but as to any steps being taken to
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    Government House
    333 10 Thursday. Jan. 27. At 11.00 a.m. Vice-Admiral The Hon. Sir Alexander Ramsay. Commander-in-Chief. East Indies, called on His Excellency at Government House and afterwards His Excellency returned the call on board H.M.S. "Norfolk". Friday. Jan. 28. The following were the guests at a dinner given by His Excellency
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    King's House
    138 10 Monday, Jan. 24. In the afternoon His Excellency and Lady Thomas were present at a football match <Selangor vs. Islington Corinthians) at the Stadium, Kuala Lumpur. Tuesday, Jan. 25. His Excellency presided at a meeting of the Federal Council held at the Council Chamber, Government Offices, Kuala Lumpur
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    NOTES & COMMENTS The Cotton Trade
    163 10 NOTES COMMENTS The Cotton Trade ALTHOUGH it is now six months since large scale hostilities in the Far East broke out, Li is still difficult to guage accurately their effects on the cotton frade of the world in genera! and of Lancashire in particular, says the Manchester Guardian It seems
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    The Malayan Market
    156 10 AMONG particular markets which appear to have been affected by the fighting, Malaya is perhaps the most interesting. There is a large Chinese element in the Malayan trading community and a fairly rigid boycott of Japanese goods is being conducted. But most of the Chinese are making
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    Pressing Sales
    209 10 ¥f-. some south American and also in seme Continental countries there are signs that Japan h pressing sales of its cotton goods in order to secure foreign exchange for the purchase of armaments and raw materials and it has made some progress as a lesult of the better
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    Better Cooks
    250 10 ££i interesting feature of Bril costly educational system is thai a boy may leave school unable to wrin accurately the simplest letter, and girl without knowing how to hull a i egg, says a London commentator Their ignorance of th" most elementary tasks would be incredible not common
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    Topics Of The Day
    245 10  -  By Looker On A LONDON barber fines his assistants every time they cut a customer. He evidently keeps a petty gash account. New Zealand's sheep, it is stated, total 28,967,247. We hope that whoever counted them cured his insomnia A magistrate declared recently that there are
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      309 10 FINEST TABLE SALT *'55vSl SPECIALLY PREPARED I FOR ALL j .T 1 HOUSEHOLD I Specialty prepared L> household purpoMA s?j l-sssssas. H PURPOSES is 1 1 HIGH QUALITY LOW PRICE PER 1 lb. PACKET 12 CENTS j ROBINSON CO.. LTD. SINGAPORE, KUALA LUMPUR. V f~T~\ FERGUSON'S I |St South African
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    NIGHT OF AIR ATTACKS Big Battle For Fortress Is Looming Near
    812 11 WILL ENEMY ATTEMPT TO LAND ON WEST? Singapore, Friday. THE presence of a defending submarine near the coast of Johore shortly after midnight last night is believed to have caused the abandonment of an attempt by Blueland forces to
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    Amendment Of Constitution Of Ceylon?
    75 11 British Official Wireless. London, Feb. in a written answer the Colonial >. r<- uv informed a Commons ber thai he has asked the Governor pi Ceylon to repori fully on rorfcing of the constitution. On re riot of the report he wiil nsM'f bether the
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    STRONG ACTION OFF SPAIN
    288 11 FRENCH MOVE Submarines To Be Attacked Reuter. Faris. Feb. 3. 'I lIF French Government to-night 1 expressed readiness to give orders to its warships on patrol in the Mediterranean to attack and if possible destroy aM submarines found sabrucfged outside (territorial wat This affects the maritime
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    THE "BLACK-OUT"
    118 11 Harbour Board Premises Are Included WE have been asked by the secretary of the Singapore Harbour Board to publish the following notice with regard to the "black out" which is to be carried out between the hours of 2 and 4 a.m. to-morrow: The statement published in the
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    SLUM CLEARANCE IN BRITAIN
    156 11 New Measures Planned SUBSIDY SCHEME LIKELY British Official Wireless. London, Feb. A BILL the second reading of which is expected to be moved next week has been introduced by th*; Minister of Health to make provision for lurther state assistance for slum clearance and elimination of
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    BRITISH POLICY ON BOYCOTT
    107 11 Matter For Industrial Settlement Reuter. London, Feb. 3. ASKED by Mr. Mander in the Commons to-day what the Government policy was in regard to the workers' refusals to load war and other material destined for Japan, Mr. Ernest Brown said that the refusals are a mattor
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    TEN DEAD IN AIR CRASH
    69 11 Tragedy During U.S. War Exercises Reuter. San Diego. California, Feb. 3. A REPORT from Navy headquarters states that ten were killed to-day when two patrol bombers, the largest planes employed by the United Stages Navy, collided in mid-air and were totally destroyed 70 miles from
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    TRINIDAD REPORT
    111 11 Labour Adviser Already Appointed British Official Wireless. London, Feb. 3. QUESTIONED in the Commons on the Trim dad Commission's report, the Colonial Secret-ary said that while he accepted the report and its recommendations generally he must await the views of the Government of Trinidad on many ma'-ters of
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    BRITISH SHIPBUILDING
    36 11 British Official Wireless. London, Feb. 4 Of 2.690,580 tons gross of merchant shipping launched in the world la >t year, 920,822 tons were from shipping yards in Great Britain and Ireland British Official Wireless.
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    Clouston To Try For Australia Record
    93 11 British Official Wireless. London, Feb. 3. WITHIN a few days Flying Offirer A. E. Clouston and Mr. Victor Ricketts will take off from Croydon aerodrome on a record flight attempt to Australia, New Zealand and back. To-day their aeroplane—the record breaking De Havilland Comet
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    STATE OWNERSHIP OF LINERS
    90 11 U.S. May Change Over NEW AMBASSADOR'S VIEWS Reuter. Washington, Feb. 3. 'JiJIE Federal Government mux within a reasonably short time be forced to own and operate the entire merchant fleet of the United States, declared Mr. J. P. Kennedy who was recently appointed Ambassador to Britain.
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    GREAT SLUMP ON WALL STREET
    233 11 UNEASINESS Worst Slide Since 1935 Reuter. New York ,Feb. 3. ON Wall Street to-day many stocks crashed through the lowest levels since 1935, with l.sscs to five or more points. Selling in virtually all groups was started by the sharp break in the American Telephone
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    FRENCH NAVY
    73 11 New 35,000 Ton Ships Planned Reuter. Paris, Feb. 3. IMMEDIATE beginning of two 35,COO tons battleships in addition to tli-j 1938 construction programme i requested in a report of the Navy Coi:.mission to the Chamber. The report says this will b° n rtp'y to the two similar battleship;
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    APPEAL FOR PROTECTION BY CHINESE BUS OWNERS TRANSPORTBOARD MEETING
    977 12 NO MONOPOLY Application Granted On Conditions Kuala Lumpur, Thursday. A STRONG appeal to the Transport Board to protect the interests of Chinese bus companies, and to prevent a European Company, Messrs. Wearne Bros., getting a monopoly of certain routes in Kuala
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    EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS
    251 12 Many Visitors To Y.W.CA. MR. GERARD P ADOLFS, the wellknown Netherlands Indies painter, is exhibiting some striking examples of his work at the Y.W.CA.. Raffles Quay, until Sunday. An artist who can be regarded as being in the first rank where pictures of the tropics are concerned.
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    NEW CUNARDER
    167 12 Launching: By Queen In September British Official Wireless. London. Feb. 2. rpHE King and Queen will visit Clydc- bank on September 27, whfi Her Majesty will launch the new Canard White Star liner, sister ship to the Queen Mary, from the yard of Jchn Brown end Company. The
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    NEW RAILWAY
    43 12 Soviet Plans To Cross Mongolia Reuter. Moscow, Feb. 3. Construction has started on a railway from Ulanude Buryat, the Mongolian capital, to Kiakhta close on the Outer Mongol frontier. The railway, 200 miles long, is expected to be completed this year.—Reuter.
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    JOHORE DIVORCE PETITION
    440 12 Muar Teacher Granted Decree (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Feb. 3. THE first petition for divorce instituted I in the States of Johore since the enactment came into force on June 1, 1937, was heard in the Supreme Court before Mr. Justice J. V. G. Mills.
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    ALLEGED INTIMIDATION
    74 12 Singapore, Thursday. The case wa.s postponed to Feb. 9 for mention after a charge of criminal intimidation was explained to Raja Singh, a middle-aged man, befoa? Mr. W. G. Reeves, the Third Magistrate, this morning The accused, who claimed to be employed at the Seletar Air Base, was
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    PARTY FOR DUTCH CHILDREN
    98 12 Royal Birth Celebrations On Plancius Singapore, Friday. EIGHTY Dutch children went on board the "Plancius" immediately she arrived this morning from Belawan. They were shown round the ship, and then entertained at a party, during which they were served with cakes and light refreshment. This marked
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    LOCAL WEDDING
    124 12 Passenger A sent Of The X.P.M. MR. Marnix Pieter van Mussenbroek Medan passenger agent for the X.P.M.. was married at St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday to Miss Nell Sherratt Elgie, of Natal. South Africa. Mr. Mussenbroek is well-known in Singapore, where he was formerly stationed. The Rev. D. E.
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    NYON PATROL
    70 12 Change In Command At Valencia British Official Wireless. London, Feb. 2. THE British cruisers H.M.S. Southampton and H.M.S. Newcastle have proceeded from Gibraltar to Valencia where the Rear-Admiral commanding the Second Cruiser Squadron is due to take over command of the British zone in the Western Mediterranean piracy
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    DEAD BABY
    109 12 Disposal Charge Against A Girl Singapore, Thursday. Toh Siew Cheng, a young Teoehew girl who was charged with having secretly disposed of the dead body of an infant at Ah Hood Road last year, was this morning bound over by Mr. W. G. Reeves, the Third Magistrate, to
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    31 12 The Lloyd untitled liner untitled is due at Singapore from Europe at 8 a.m. on Sunday and will probably sail the fame day at 2 p.m. lor Manila, Hongkong and Shanghai.
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    CHARGES AGAINST A BOXER
    266 12 Case Again Postponed To Monday Singapore, Friday. THAT it cost him more than $300 a month to live in Singapore, that he proposed to leave in the near future, and that he was willing to stay here for another four years if his expenses were met,
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    DRUNK IN DRIVER'S SEAT
    189 12 European Fined At Kuala Lumpur (From Our Own Reporter) Kuala Lumpur, Thursday. WHILE on patrol in the small hours of the morning of Nov. 29, two police men found a car which had run off tho road down an embankment at the se cond and a
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    EUROPEAN ACQUITTED
    57 12 Charge Of Dangerous Driving Fails Singapore. Thursday. In the fourth Police Court this morning before Mr. G. C. G. Barrett, Mr G E. Black was charged with dangerous driving on Oct. 13 last in the vicinity of Newton Circus. After hearing the evidence of Inspector Goodship and another
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    POLICE BAND
    56 12 The Police Band will play the following programme at Katong Park this afternoon, beginning at six o'clock. 1. March, "Colonel Bogey", Alford. 2. Overture, "Crown Diamonds". Auber. 3. Selection, "Cavalcade", Coward 4. Waltz. "The Golden Waltz", Winter. 5. Solo for Cornet, "Berceuse de Jocelyn" Godard. G. Oriental Phantasy.
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    WALL STREET AND BRITAIN
    42 12 Reuter Wireless. New York, Feb. 3. The greatest interest is being displayed in Wall Street, in Britain's relaxation of the ban on foreign borrowings which is expected in time to expedite and assist British business abroad .—Reuter Wireless.
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    WOMAN POISONED
    48 12 Singapore, Friday. A Chinese woman was removed by ambulance to the General Hospital from .a house in Syed Alwi Road early this morning. She was alleged to be suffering from lysol poisoning, and her condition is reported to be critical. When admitted, she was still unconscious.
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    HARBOUR TRAGEDY
    36 12 Singapore. Friday. A 54-year-old Chinese coolie named Goh Chek Lee was fatally injured when he fell in a coal hole on board the Oscar when the vessel wa.s lying in the Singapore Harbour yesterday.
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    CIVIL COURT ACTION
    176 12 IN SINGAPORE Dispute Over Rubber Options Singapore. Ifcanday. IN the Court of Appeal »-4ay, their lordships Mr. \v. tiee Whitley, Mr. Justice a'Beckcp ler rell and Mr. Justic** Howes do'ivered judgment in the civil suit in which Mr. E. A. Beavis cbimed $61,280 from Mr. Foo Chee
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    RAFFLES LIBRARY
    295 12 New Books For Issue To-Morrow THE undernoted newly added fiction and fiction works «01 be ready for issue at Raffles Librar- to-morrow: Half a Life Left, Illustrated, J C Barnes; The Riddle oi Napoleon. Illustrated. Raoul Brice; Memoirs. 1869-1924. Illustrated, The Rt. Hon. J. R. Clynes; Such is
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    ALLEGED HURT
    74 12 Accused Confined In ~v' Hospital Singapore, Thur daj A case aeainst a raspected eribed In th° charge book known Cantonese"' was this morning mentioned In the Third Police C The charge against the reported to be still c< I General Hosoital lock-uo, causing hurt with a knlfi named
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    TAXI OVERTURNS
    38 12 Three Chinese Taken T" Hospital Four Chinese paatengers an to have been injured overturned at 10Va Woodlands, shortl) afl day morning Three of them wen Tan Tock Sen H while tho four* The n\i> y. are
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    INDIAN LABOUR
    13 12 The R&Juia ha; ar.iy.i at I bringing :s::i Slate uded Madras.
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    Japanese Air Assault On Hankow NOTE HANDED TO LEGATIONS
    625 13 NEW DRIVE Women Children To Leave Reuter. Shanghai, Feb. 3. i sACilNCi a very intensive bombi iiig. and probably a large scale vtension of ground operations the i.|,;inese Embassy in Peiping has h i tided a note to the legations, in
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    MR. JUSTICE N.H.P. WHITLEY
    558 13 Bids Goodbye To Bench And Bar Singapore, Thursday. ON his last appearance in the Maayan Courts, tributes were paid to Mr. Justice N. H. P. Whitley, who is shortly leaving Singapore to take up his appointment as Chief Justice of Uganda s>outn Africa. His lordship sat
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    WOMAN'S DEATH
    172 13 Inquest Opened In Singapore Singapore, Thursday. a N inquiry into the death of a middleA aged Teochow Chinese woman, who was found lying unconscious with several stab wounds in her body In a bush near the railway lines at Ayer Rajah Road in the ear y hours of
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    MOSCOW RECALLS
    79 13 Army Chiefs Withdrawn From Japan Reuter. Moscow, Feb. 3. THE Soviet Government have recalled 4 Red Arm" commanders attached to Japanese regiments for training under the exchange agreement, which has been operating for several years, and also requested the Japanese to withdraw their attaches. Four Japanese, including two
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    NEGRI ESTATE FIRE
    321 13 BIG LOSSES 70,0001b. Of Rubber Destroyed i (From Our Oicn Reporter) Seremban, Thursday. DAMAGE roughly estimated at the moment at about $20,000 was caused on Senawan»? Estate, five miles out of Seremban on the Tamnin Road, when fire broke out shortly after midda- to-day, completely destroying the
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    COLOUR FILM AT THE CAPITOL
    255 13 AT THE CINEMA Tropic Beauty In "Ebb Tide" PARAMOUNT have given of their best in "Ebb Tide." one of those all too rare colour productions which are as attractive for the beauty of their scenes as for the story they have to tell. And "Ebb
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    FRANCO'S TRIBUTE
    70 13 Honours For Pressmen Killed Reuter. Salamanca, Feb. 3 THE three newspaper correspondents who were killed in the Teruel area on New Year's Day (Jan. 1) have been posthumously awarded by Gen. Franco with the military cross for meritorious services. The three journalists were Mr. E. R. Sheepshanks, Reuters
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    41 13 After being knocKed down by a taxi in Bukit Timah Road, early yesterday afternoon, a Chinese boy cyclist was removed to the Tan Tock Seng Hospital, with a lacerated wound over the scalp, ad abrasions over the right shoulder, both knees.
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    Final Day Of Perak Races CARD OF NINE EVENTS
    400 14 IN IPOH Weights And Selections (From Our Own Reporter) Ipoh, Thursday. lUFIGIITS for to-morrow the third r»nd |:»s day of the Perak Turf Club's February professional race meeting in Ipoh, are as follows: RACE ONE Horses, lass 2. Div. 4, C
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    The Scratchings
    25 14 IJORSES not accepting at noon x to-day were: Fas 2rn Knight. Wee Jock, Princess Hermia Despatch Boy. Walt*, Tiger, Miss Nova and Sly.
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    Race Selections By "Argus"
    102 14 (SELECTIONS by "Argus" for toV morrow's races in Ipoh. subject to scratchings, are as follows Horses, Cl. I—Div. 1, 5 furs. str. SUNHINE SUE. Rain borough. BBfe.r?- 1, mile and dist. MOUNTAIN STREAM. Wicklow Bay. Horses, Cl. I—Div. 2, C furs. WEE JOCK. Celestial. Hcrscs, Cl.
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    WEI-HAI-WEI CUP GOLF
    105 14 Garrison v. Sepoy Lines At Tanglin fTHE following are the Garrison Golf Club and Sepoy Lines Golf Club teams for the first round in the Wei-Hai-Wei Cup competition, to be played fimi 3 n Sunday 'Garrison names vs% s a harp M fo? r MilHng (7) w
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    SOCCER VISITORS
    82 14 Entertained By Sultan Of Johore Johore Bahru, Friday. TJ H. the Sultan of Johore once agair *1 proved himself a prince of snorts men when he entertained the WiSSom Connthians at a luncheon at theßata .vtsieraay. in the course of a witty speech His Highness advised the footballers
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    To-Night's Boxing
    17 14 A REMINDER is given of to-night's "Prelim card ef six fights at the Happy World.
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    BOUQUET FOR THE CORINTHIANS
    558 14 An Admirer's Comments And Suggestions A CORRESPONDENT signing himselt "an unashamed enthusiast and admireof the Corinthians" writes: "Might I as an ordinary member of the football following public of Singapore say how delighted all of us must leel at being given another opportunity of viewing tiie
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    Y.M.C.A. TENNIS
    96 14 AN open tennis tournament, sanctioned n by the Mi.T.A. will be held by the Singapore V.M.C.A. or* their courts at Bras Basah Road commencing on March Entries close on Feb. 15 with the Gen Secretary. The events and entrance fees are as follows: Cmn men's singles $3.—.Open men's
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    "ROASTED" BY CRITICS
    432 14 Budge Strikes Wrong Note Sydney. rjONALD BUDGE has been roasted by v critics and fans of lawn tennis. His lackadaisical play in the exhibition with yon Cramm (which the American lost 6—1.6—3» invited this from those who looked-on. A world's champion, such as he is. and an
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    First Women's Inter-State Hockey TRIAL ON PADANG YESTERDAY
    506 14 GOOD GAME Match vs. Selangor To -morrow IN a women's hockey triaJ erd afternoon -n the Si;, p adan 4 Whites beat Colours by th, to nil. The trial was held with a picking the side 1«, m: et i Saturday. En
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    The Selected Side
    52 14 The following side was selected for Saturday's match: >4 rs [rug. tniet, Mrs. L. ML Pennefatln r reap! and Mrs. E. A. Joy: Miss BI;ss, M, Lewis and Miss Spiers: Miss D Clark. Mrs. Strickland. Mis- Wilson. Miss N. Oehlers and Mrs. SewHl Reserves: Miss d'Sylva and
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    Farr To Fight Baer On Mar. 11
    46 14 Reuter. New York, Feb. 4. rpOMMY FARR has agreed to tight A Max Baer in New York on Mar. 11 over 15 rounds. The promoter promised that the viinner will later meet th" winner of the Schmcling-Louis contest.— Reuter.
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    FIGHTERS OF TO-DAY
    172 14 Jack Johnson Is Scornful I THE older Jack Johnson gets the less he thinks of modern pugilists. The latest declaration of the former negro heavyweight champion of the world, and petfatos the finest defensive fighter the world has ever seen, was There ain't no fighters to-day. At
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    DAVIS CUP
    85 14 Result Of First Round Draw Reuter. Washington, Feb. 4. THE following is the draw for the firsi round of the Davis Cup, European zone. France vs. Netherlands. Poland vs. Denmark. Ireland vs. Italy. Czechoslovakia vs. Yugoslavia. Britain vs. Rumania. The following drew byes into tne second round (top
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    Bernal Beats Little Palace In Close Fight DIAMOND DEFEATS YOUNG TEDDY
    699 15 ;-,T NEW WORLD Nene Gets Verdict Over Newcomer IVHEN Ine verdict was niven in W i tic Kernels favour in the iain event at the New YVojpM box;,st nigbt l*** the flvueisht. thre* hi* glove* ihe rin? and mmg
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    Results At A Glance
    40 15 Little Beraal 7.1"* t beat l ittle ralace 7.10',. Joe Diamond 1C.14 »>eal Y<mng Tcddi H».0 I ?f'ir Nene 8.11 '>i*at T. Uquerro S. I i jm Summers 7.11' drew '.vi'h Hoy Tony 7.15 1 i.
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    BADMINTON & TENNIS IN KLUANG
    196 15 BADMINTON TENNIS IN KLUANG Prize-Giving And Dinner rHE presidents and committee members of the Kluang District Badninton Association and Kluang Mukim Tennis Tournament jointly gave a Mala:, iinner on Jan. 29 at the Malay Club, kluang, which over 100 people attended Just before dinner. Inche Esa bin Ahnad. District Officer.
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    EYSTON'S PLANS
    232 15 Going To Beat His Record CAPT George Eystnn, who recently established a world's land speed record at 312 m.p.h., arrived home in Aquitania, his mind occupied with plans 10 return to the salt beds of Utah in a few months with his 5.000-h.p. Thunderbolt to put his record
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    HOME RUGBY
    135 15 Wales v. Scotland At Murrayfield fHE following is the Welsh side fo; the rugby international at Murray field to-morrow Jenkins. Clement, Idval Rees, Wooller. Bassett. Tanner, Jones, 3. Morgan. Travers, H. Rees. F. L. Morgan, Watkins. Macarley; Vickery and A M. Rees. The Scottish team will be: George
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    AIRMEN AGAIN DEFEATED
    178 15 Runaway Victory Of N.A.A.F.I Staff THE N. A. A. F.I. staff attached to the R.A.F. Station scored another runaway victory against the Volunteer Ait' Force Club in- a friendly badminton match ty eight games to one. The matches were played at the Women's Social Club ground on
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    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
    164 16 (To the Editor of the Malaya Tribune) Sir.—Due to the celebrations in the Roman Catholic Churches on the occasions of the engagement and wedding of Princess Juliana, and now at the birth of Princess Wilhelmina Elizabeth Emma, the impression has been given to the general public
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    CENSORSHIP
    118 16 Nothing Known At Foreign Office Reuter. London. Feb. 3. QUESTIONED in the Commons to-day by Peter Mac Donald. in regard to censorship in China, Mr. Eden, in a written reply, said that the Japanese authorities In Shanghai are claiming the right to censor messages from Britain to British newspapers
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    ASSIZES SEQUEL TO CREEK MURDER
    1922 16 YOUNG CHINESE TEACHER CHARGED Singapore, Thursday. HOW the finding of the nude body of a young Chinese girl in a creek at Tamnenis, led to the uncovering by the Police of :i most revolting murder, was related to Mr. Justice Home and a special .jury
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    KEDAH VOLUNTEERS
    73 16 Opening Of Now r ;ii Hall 'From Oar Own Reporter, T TT Penan* p»h HE ceremonial opening i construed Kedah V„l u quarters drill hall built at a $50,000. was performed bRegent at Alor Star last A dinner was held in honour occasion Over 100 people wen sent,
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    POLICE PROTECT BANDITS
    87 17 Belgrade. The police at Bosanska Gradishka had great difficulty In protecting some prisoners from an infuria f ed crowd which was trying to lynch them. The men were two bandit brothers. Mihailo and Branko Tomitch. who were being brought from gaol to the court to be tried
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    NEXT WEEK'S MUSIC
    118 17 The first series of special programmes of Spanish music will be broadcast from Daventry hi Transmission 5 on Feb. 9. when the artists will be Diane Yon Dommelin (Soprano) and Alfonso (Guitar >. Well-known artists in '.he same weekV programmes from Daventrv (Feb. 6-Feb 12). will include
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    119 17 It takes genius tc make literature cut of ihe me;c ftealing cf an overcoat (row ar tasJvmfiC'mt Government clerk, hi: that is Just wiiat the Russian write' Gcgol. did in his novel "The Overcoat." The book hes been adapted as a play for broad:asung by J. Miller and
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    RUGBY FOOTBALL
    136 17 Match Between Ireland And England If the same at Twickenham In 1937 is anything to go by. exciting play can be expected when Ire and and England mcc! in the International Rugby football match in Dublin on Feb 12. T. L. M. Fu«re. who is well known to
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      1195 17 To-Day& Programmes Via hi ran Listeners* Radio PROGRAMMES OF BRITISH EMPIRE Berlin station H.M.B Q. PROGRAMMES DJA 31.38 metres (9,560 Kcs); DJB 19.74 metres (15,200 kcs); DJN 3L45 ni r a metres (9,540 kcs); DJE 16.89 mestation On Potpourri Of Viennese im uuiiim) mi mq imi 225 Metres Music tres
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    ANGLO-U.S. TRADE TALKS
    1319 19 World Markets DOMINIONS' VITAL INTERESTS (By Air Mail) London, Jan. 20. FTER months of patient preparaA the negotiations for a agreement between Great am and the United States, the 0 largest trading countries in the Id, are expected to open formalWashington about the middle ol February, writes
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    95 19 Britain's Firm Stand With Japan British Official Wireless. London, Feb. 2. IN a Commons answer to-day the Foreign Secretary stated that the British Ambassador in Tokyo had under instructions impressed on the Japanese Government the extreme importance which the British Government attached to the maintenance and protection of
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    81 19 New Film Contract For Three Pictures Hollywood. Sonja Henie, tiie Norwegian skating film-star, has been given a new contract by Twentieth Cc nury-Fox for three pictures in 1938, It is announced here. Although no actual figures are given, it is thought that she will be paid about £25,000
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    FRENCH RAILWAYS
    201 19 Divided In Five Regions Paris. REORGANISED under five main geographical regions the chief railway lines of France have been taken over with the beginning of the year by the newly-formed French Railways National Company. The aim of the change is rationalisation There is some decentralisation of control so
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    64 20 Group photograph of the cricket teams of the Singapore and Selangor Indian Associations, who met in their annua! cricket match for the India n" trophy in Kuala Lumpur last week-end. (Tribune). The hockey team of the Colts who were hosts to the Singapore and Perak Colts in
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