Morning Tribune, 7 February 1936

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  • 14 1 THE MORNING TRIBUNE VOL l-No. 6. SINGAPORE, yBI»A» Feb. 7, X 936. FIVE CENTS.
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  • 215 1 Imperial Airways' New Development NEGOTIATIONS CONCLUDING Experimental Flights Were Highly Successful IT is expected that Imperial Airways will open their regular air mail and passenger service between Sin «r pore and Hongkong next month, according to a Reuter message from London. The experimental flights which
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  • 62 1 QUESTIONS ASKED IN COMMONS London, Feb. 6. IN the Commons, replying to Mr. Spears Mr. Duff, Mr. Cooper said accommodation would be ready for the additional garrison artillery who are being despatched to Singapore next trooping season. A* regard* the two additional infantry battalions half the aocomodation
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  • 79 1 Imperial Conference POSTPONEMENT UNTIL NEXT YEAR London Feb. 6. REUTER cables that it is understood that tUe Imperial Conference which was due to be held m London m 1036 ■has been postponed to 1937 m order to meet the wishes of the Dominion prime Ministers, owing to the Coronation, *Weh
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  • 171 1 Wage Dispute In Ipoh i From Our Own Reporter) Ipoh, Thursday. 4 SERIOUS strike developed this morning among the foundry workers m Ipoh, over a hundred of whom are involved m a down tools agreement with the expectation of a 40 per cent, increase m wages. The
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  • 44 1 IT is understood, states a British Official Wireless message from London, that four leading shipbuilding firms have been asked to piepare designs for a sister ship to the White Star Cunard liner Queen Mary, now nearing completion at Clydeside.
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  • 162 1 Shipping Chaos In China Shanghai, Feb. 6. pFFORTS to re-provision steamers trapped m the ice by means of sledges failed on account of the rough surface of the ice packs, which m. some places are piled up thirty feet and stretching from 50 to 60 miles
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  • 138 1 Strike Said To Be Collapsing London, Feb. 6. fpHE strike m the Sinithfield meat market continues. Employers, m course of a long statement issued to-day, claim thftt progress was being made through conciliation machinery set up with agreement of both sides on the e&amination of
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  • 49 1 Washington,, Feb. 5. MR. Cordell Hull, m a talk with the press, revealed v that series of cqnferences regarding means of promoting international trade recovery are taking place with Sir Ronald Lindsay. Mr. Hull hoped that substantial accomplishment would result, although hitherto neither Government had advanced concrete proposals Reuter
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    • 75 1 |Jritl«h defence plans page 2 Hheat policy In Canada 2 -'dim market pviots 4 'inrial ?|ew« 5 r: n«nia items 7 Arr >«nd Malava 8 <; O.C. visits Port Dickson 9 ""He decapitated 9 j; 1 Mires 10 and 11 >» omen's topics 12 and 13 Z hi Z**i wewi
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  • 158 2 Defence Loan Abandoned OPPOSITION OF TREASURY Work Financed By Bills TREASURY opposition may cause the Government to abandon the idea of folio wiri? a public loan m order to sti'engttien the defence forces and bring vhem up to normal, according to Reuttr messages from London. The scheme proposed was to
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  • 248 2 Ab Holding For Premium Ottawa, Jan. 31. IN pursuance of its new policy to sell wheat at the world price rather than hold for a premium, the Canadian Wheat Board has sent a representative to Britain to promote good will among British importers, i He Is
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  • 40 2 hi l^ c 0 J! rard stage co medlan making his film debut m Paramount* "Rose of the Rancho/' rose to sudden stage lame through his ability to singular* impersonate prominent stars of staee and screen. B
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  • 36 2 Virginia Weidler, Paramount* 7-year-eld Infant prodigy, now In "Peter Jfcbeteon," Is one of six children of Mrs Marsraret Weidler, former opera star There are three boys and three girls; ml act m films.
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  • 341 2 A Conference Suggested London, Feb. 6. rl Japanese action m the Far East and Italy's action m East Africa was referred to by Mr. Lloyd George m the debate on foreign affairs m the House of Commons to-day. He was not m favour of giving away bits of
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  • 36 2 London, Feb. 6. ROAD accident figures for Britain last) week were 110 killed and 3130/ injured. In the corresponding week of j last year the figures were 140 killed and 3140 injured.— British Wireless.
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  • 127 2 GENERALS BECOMING AGGRESSIVE Peiping, Feb. 6. ASSURED of support from General Han Fu Chu, the Shantung Governor, General Sung Che Yuen is sti f fening his attitude towards tl Japanese. General Tada, the Japane. Commander, threatens severe mtasur if General Sung does net show concilia tion. It is
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  • 201 2 IF you look carefully you will see the same four men m every picture directed by W. S. "Woody" Van Dyke. Two of these men were his directors, when "Woody" was an actor m a stock company some twenty-flve years ago. The other two are Just friends, men
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    24 2 Dr. Hu Shih, "Father of the Chinese Renaissance" who is to be deported from Peiping, it Is reported, on the demand of the Japanese.
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  • 60 2 Heavy Purchases From U.S.A. Washington, Feb. 5. IjUGURES are issued by the State Department which reveal large purchases of aeroplanes, machineguns and bombs made m the United States by China during the past month. Consignments exceeded 3,000,000 dollars m value and accounted for almost three-quarters of the
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  • 177 2 JOAN CRAWFORD'S GLAMOUR THE glamorous Joan Crawford— "glamorous" is the inevitable adjective to apply to this lady is the star of the M.-G.-M. production, "I Live My Life," which opened last night at the Capitol. She is seen as a rich girl who has all the whims and
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  • 82 2 Gdynia, (Poland). A Polish girl, who had endured six weeks cooped up In a clothes cupboard to be with a sailor she loved, has been found on board a Swedish ship by the police here. Throughout the ship's voyages, the girl could leave her cramped, dark hiding
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  • 40 2 One reason Randolph Scott was chosen for his role m Paramount's "So Red the Rose" is that he's a true southerner. Born m Virginia of Nortn Carolina parents, Randy still has a touch of southern accent.
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  • 35 2 London, Feb. 6. CTERLINO on New York to-day was v auoted at 5.01- 1 2 and m Paris at 74-*****. The stock markets are quieter. War Loan 106- 5/ Gold price 140' lid.— British Wireless.
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    106 3 IT was announced recently that a beacon light for aircraft is to be built on the hill m Penaag m ordrr to direct pilots wishing to land at the aerodrome of Bayan Lepas. There are no details yet as to what form the beacon will take, but this
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  • 223 3 POLICE LIST FIRST MADE UP IN 1928 Chicago, Jan. 31. THE original public enemy list was dug 1 up again -to-df v lg* authorities sought connecting links m the torture death of an unidentified man and the shotgun execution of an Al Capone lieutenant. The two
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  • 36 3 Chamber of Commerce notices to the contrary, Ethel Merman, working m Bing Crosby's "Anything Goes" at Paramount, is one Hollywood star who doesn't like California, and heads for New York after every picture.
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  • 112 3 K.L. SANITARY BOARD AND GOVERNMENT (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday. AT to-day's monthly meeting of the Kuala Dumpur Sanitary Board, Mr. John Hands asked when it came to the confirmation of the minutes of the last meeting, whether there had been any reply to the resolution which
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  • 226 3 Gift To National Trust A HILL WITH FAMOUS VIEWS London, Jan. 31. AVER 2,100 acres of the Sugar Loaf, just nofth of Abergavenny, have been presented to the National Trust. This is the second largest single gift of land which has ever J)een given to the Nation. It is provided
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  • 30 3 Mac West, currently starring In Paramount's "Klondike Lou," made her stage debut m the role of Little Eva m "Uncle Tom's Cabin," at a theatre m Brooklyn.
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    • 20 3 v P^^ ■*i kJ s V lI f J M T I Mm 1m v t r^Sl i OBTAINABU IBKODOHOCT
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    • 65 3 TIFFIN: 91.00 Scotch Broth Fish A La Palace Roast Fricandeau of Veal Spinach Lyonnaise Potato Cold Meat Salad Chocolate Ice Cream Cheese, Fruit, Coffee. TRY OUR SPECIALTIES. F ILEujfl Baked Alasca, Hors D'oeuvre Varies "Capitol" A Choice of over 100 other dishes. 'PHONE No. 4906! i H HENKES H GENEVA
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  • 299 4 London, 6.30 p.m. Feb. 5. Share of £1 denomination unless VA prrtftV Rlce or fall otherwise stated Previously Yesterday nice or i»u War Loan, 3% P.c 106% 106% Com. Union Assce. (Units) HV 2 HH Prudential Assce. "A" 38% 38% Royal Aatce. <£1 share
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    32 4 The wedding at the Presbyterian Church yesterday of Miss Catherine Wilson and Mr. R. Wakeford is reported m another page. Here is a picture of the bride and groom after the ceremony.
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  • 255 4 i 31 DEAD IN A BRAZIL DISASTER Santos, Brazil, Jan. 31. AN explosion aboard a nitrateladen Swedish ship m the harbour caused the death of at least 31 pe xsons m Britt Marie, sunk almost immediately after the blast. CONFUSION fin creat was the confusion along vhe Fsixrss
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  • 166 4 During the week ending Jan. 25, exports from Malayan ports amounted to 52.899 cases, of which: 46,693 <88 prr cent.) cases were to the United Kingdom, 971 < 2 per cent.) cases to tiie Continent of Europe, 2 300 5 per cent.) cases to Canada, and 2,435 <
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  • 43 4 (Established m 1880) Capital Subscribed (Fully paid up) Y. 100.000,000 Reserve Fund V.127,450,000 Head Office: YOKOHAMA SINGAPORE BRANCH, MEYER CHAMBERS, RAFFLES PLACE. Manager, H UNAGAMI. Tel: No. 6049 Manager's Room. 5921 5922 General Office. 5923 6472 Compradore's Desk.
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  • 57 4 LONDON TIN RUBBER Market Remains Firm (From Our Financial Corretpondcnt London, Feb. 6, 6.30 p.m. The closing prices were as follows: LONDON RUBBER Market Tone: Firm. Spot 7 5,32 (up 3|32) Apr.jJune 7*4 (up 3|32) LONDON TIN Spot, £203% (previously £203 i/ 2 Apr.|June, £197 (previously £197*4 CRO6S-RATE London New
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  • 85 4 f Incorporated m the Straits Settlements) DIVIDEND NO. 22. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a First Interim Dividend of 5 per cent, fo- the year ending 31st. Aupust. 1933. will be paid to Shareholders on the Register on 26th February, 1936. NOTICE IS ALSO HERFBY GIVEN thut
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  • 90 4 f Incorporated m the Straits Settlements) DIVIDEND NO. 2. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a First Interim Dividend of 10 per cent, lor ihe year ending 30th September, 1930, will be paid to Shareholders on the Register on 26th February, 1936. NOTICE IS ALSO HEREBY GIVEN '.hat
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  • Japan's Commerce In
    • 588 5 Important Statement By Finance «j Minister Shanghai, Jan. 19. HPHE statement of Dr. H. H. Kung, Minister of Finance, emphasizing the efforts of the Nanking Government! to maintain public confidence m domestic bonds, failed to pre- ent the nervousness which prevails m the local Chinese bond market and
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    • 170 5 Suggestion In Parliament London, Feb. 5. f N the House of Commons this afternoon, Mr. George Lansbury, a former leader of the' Opposition, moved a resolution m favour of summoning, through the League of Nations, an International Conference to deal with economic factors, which, the motion claimed,
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  • 458 5 Pacific NEW COMPANY TO FORM Exploiting The (By Air Mail) London, Jan. 21. JAPANESE newspapers (quoted by the "Trans-Pacific" of Tokyo) report a number of important commercial developments m the Pacific. Leading Osaka businessmen (says the "Hochi") have begun to turn their attention toward heavier investment m the industries of
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    • 171 5 DARRYL ZANUCK. world-famous Producer of "HOUSE of ROTHSCHILIT "FOLIES BERGERE" "CLIVE of INDIA" "LES MISERABLES" and other Outstanding Screen Triumphs now Startles the film world with A NEW ACHIEVEMENT m MUSICAL COMEDIES *r*^r7T^ THE MANY^ENTHUSIASTIC PRESS PREVIEWS OF "When the U ?peL ft Jrili "Anna Neagle scores the British THESE
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    • 184 6 THIS IS HOW IT WILL MARK YOU FEEL! S^^ Ft M 615 #H*T "Stobmy Weather" A STORM /)F MAD AND ML RRY' MOMENTS f fAfft AND rt r FURIOUS FUN! ROBERTSON HARK E M Wj^Jm and U B (late of Ipoh). A <^^ STORY BY BEN TRAVFRS J[ Gaumont-British Picture.
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    • 172 6 The Screen's AUuring "Dancing Lady" «ft*UiZ«l wJtk her q C h English Matinee Idol! Even better than NO MORE LADIES I- -CAPITOL I' J?S JOAN CRAWFORD More Ravishing, More Adorable than ever J m a brilliant M.-G.-M. Comedy! "1 LIVE MY LIFE" With BRIAN AHERNK, popular English Star ©f Bcr«tii
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  • 32 7 Cicely Courtneidge and Prank Morgan m M.-G.-M.'s "The Perfect Gentleman." This Is Miss Courtneidge's first Hollywood picture, and it will be screened at the Capitol shortly. 1
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  • 152 7 Emperor's War Message IF forced into war, Ethiopia will fight to 1 the last man. That Is the substance of an exclusive Interview for the talking motion picture which Emperor Halle Selassie granted L. Wechsler, producer of Paramount's "Wings Over Ethiopia," soon to be shown. In his own Amhartc language,
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  • 110 7 Baby Leltey Grown-UP DABY Leßoy is not going to sit around where people can see him with mud on his overalls. Consequently, when he slipped off a bench while sitting on the act of "It's a Great Life," m which he Is featured with Joe Morrison and Rosalind Keith, and
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  • 107 7 Wendy Barrie As 'Prop-Man' nrENDY Barrle stepped down from her acting perch recently, assumed the Job of "prop-man" for a time, and persuaded Aida, sway-back morie horse, to eat ice-cream cones much against Aida's wishes. The script of Paramount* "Millions In the Air" calls for John Howard, featured with Mist
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  • 96 7 Grosby Hunts For House BINO Crosby apparently kn't- happy unless he is building houses. He built a home at Toluca Lake. .Then he bought an acreage at Rancho Santa Fe and built a house there. After that he built his father and mother a home at Toluca Lake. Now he
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  • 46 7 Paramount studios hare given Director Robert Florey a long-term contract as a result of his direction of Carl Brisson, Arline Judge and William Frawley m "Ship Cafe." Florey's next for Paramount will be "Rich Man's Son" with John Howard, Marsha Hunt, Robert Cummirigs and Johnny Downs.
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  • 68 7 Offered a come-back chance more than a year ago by Mac West m "Belle of the Nineties," George Walsh, athletic star of silent films, has been granted a new opportunity by Paramount m Miss West's current picture, "Klondike Lou." Walsh's work m the earlier West film never reached
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  • 114 7 Filmite Proves Patriotism AN amusing incident m the filming of So Red the Rose" occurred recently when an assistant to Director King Vldor had to be cooled of his pronounced southern sympathies. The man responsible for the casting of both Union and Confederate soldiers m this saga of the South
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  • 86 7 A troupe of Western actors, larger In number than many "Wild West" shows which once toured the country giving exhibitions under canvas, have gone to Big Bear to film Zane Grey's "Nevada" for Paramount. Included m the troupe, besides the 25G actors and technicians were 65
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    • 60 7 SIMULTANEOUS Screeninf To-nifht EMPIRE 7 PJVI. NIGHTIY 9 TM. <.lIVM> 7.30 (NEW WORLD) 9.30 SIT KOK SIX with TONG SOOT HIN m "The Handsome Husband" THE EASTERN UNITED ASSURANCE CORPORATION LIMITED. (Incorporated m the Straits Settlements) j FIRE, MARINE, MOTOR, ACCIDENT WORKMEN'S COMPEN- SATION INSURANCE UNDE RTAKEN. FULL PARTICULARS AND
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    • 128 7 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's MOST GLORIOUS MUSICAL gH^^^H^l^^^fcßS PICTURE! ißß^^^^^^^^^^VSßHi t World's Greatest Entertainers— I wm J V A J Beautiful Girls— Most Specta- fej cular settings and popular Song |BfIHHHI (Hits! f l^ '^i "BBOADWAV «y»" 19 30" SEE THE WORLD'S SENSATIONAL TAP DANCING BY ELEANOR POWEIX with an outstanding cast JACK
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  • 306 8 The MORNING TRIBUNE Singapore: Friday, Feb. 7, 1936. WHAT DO THEY. WANT? I I>RITAIN will not sponsor another world economic conference at the present time, but is sympathetic to the idea. That is all that emerges from the Front Bench speeches m the Commons debate on the war peril. The
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    482 8 IN all probability the fact that yester- day was the anniversary of the founding of the settlement of Singapore would have passed unnoticed by the majority of people but for the publication of the notification by the Master Attendant to shipping that ships m harbour were not to
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  • 175 8 Inspector S. Dodds of the Butterworth Police Station, has been transferred to Penang. He was formerly m Singapore. Mr. J. W. E. Adams, of Johore, has returned from leave and has resumed his position as a trustee of the "Malayan Planters" Provident Fund The S.S. "Cap Tourane" is due
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  • 49 8 Moscow. An ancient clay jug containing 500 valuable silver coins has been unearthed by workmen excavating soil for an extension to Moscow's underground railway. The coins were minted m the 17th century and are believed to have been hidden during a revolt against Peter the Great.
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  • 332 9 VISITS MALAY REGIM&WT Conference With Officers Seremban, Feb. 6. niHE Malay Regiment at Port Dick- son was yesterday inspected by the new G.0.C., Major-General W. G. S. Dobbie. His Excellency, accompanied by Mrs. Dobbie, arrived at Serembm from Singapore and proceeded by car to Port Dickson
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  • 145 9 REPORTS FROM SHIPS FOR AIRCRAfT DEFERENCE to the arrangements rtiicto have been made with certain «iti.«h ships for the supply by wireless ilod weather reports four time? o s contained m the "Marino Ob- and an extension of the system iving ruch reports at shore stai forecast.
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  • 201 9 rB Presbyterian Church. Singapore, was the scene of a pretty wedding yesterday when Miss Catherine A. Wilson, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. Wilson of Alloa, Scotland, married Mr. R. Wakeford, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Wakeford, of Reading, Berks. The Rev.
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  • 141 9 NARROW ESCAPE IN CRASH London, Jan. 23. MISS Ishbel Mac Donald, elder daughter of Mr. Ramsay Mac Donald, the exPrime Minister, had a narrow escape from injury when her car skidded and was knocked into a hedge by another car. She was driving from her father's home at
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    29 9 There are to be new X.P.M. ships m Malayan waters next year. Here is one of the "T" boats which at present ply between Singapore and the Dutch islands.
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  • 60 9 tendon, Feb. 6. A RUSSO-RUMANMN treaty is shortly to be announced as tbe result of conversations between M. litvinofT and M. Tttulesca m london and Paris, accordinf to the Morninc Post's diplomatic correspondent, who says it provides for mutual assistance within the framework of the Covenant of tbe
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  • 255 9 Wall Collapses Under Hint A CHINESE coolie working oo the buildings at the oty racecourse, Kampong Java, had his head severed from his body when a wall on which he was working collapsed under him. He was engaged m demolishing the wall m course of the scheme of
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  • 162 10 WHERE THE LIN INBER GHS STAY lime Knight, Metro-Qoldwyn -Mayer player, keeps In splendid physical c ondition by spending her free dU^s from the studio on the sands and seashore of the Pacific where she exercises and enjoys water sporta Here she is with her surf board. oan Crawford and
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  • 1032 12 ttERE are spine ottt-of-the-ordlnary ways of serving fist and My art tff dtft^sfthjile to explain to your cooxje. titan L«eaa may dc substituted to* sole. B«st jsh for stuffing: is KAN KUKAU A LA GARONNf; Two slices Ikan Kurau; I garlic clove; 4 teblespoonfuls olive oil;
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  • 429 13 Fyou want to give a really original tiffin part: why not try Club House sandwiches and let your guests make their own? It's lots of fun and, incidentally, a very easy way of serving a large number of people. Have your table set m the usual way
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  • 321 13 F'S the unexpected m food that raises a party to that enviable position of being the topic of conversation long after the last finger bowl has been replaced m the cupboard. So often when the final course of a Party dinner is planned, the hostess, m
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  • 22 13 Some people believe +hat they get a better flavoured cake if they add tne flavourings to the creamed shortening and sugar mixture.
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  • 19 13 Sauces and relishes famous with lamb are- Mint caper, onion, currant, mint or guava jelly, spiced jams and pickles.
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  • 68 13 To frost a cake evenly to the very edge and prevent the icing from running down the sides, double a piece of stiff paper and pin it closely about the cake, letting the paper extend about an inch above the top of cake. Spread icing, and do not remove paper
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    • 458 14 BRITISH INDIA OUTWARDS. Due Dae Tonnage Spore. Tonnafe Spore. 1936 I^6 SOMALI 6,810 Feb. 12 RAJPUTANA 17,000 Apr. 10 CORFU 16,000 Feb. 14 BEHAR 6,000 Apr. 19 RANCHI 17,000 Feb. 28 CHTTRAL 15.W0 Apr. 24 BANGALORE 8,000 Mar. 12 SOUDAN 6,600 May 6 NALDERA 16,000 Mar. 13 RANPURA 17,000 May
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    • 335 14 S A TO FRENCH PORTS j i l^ltjUs' HOMEWARDS. j CAP TOURANE For MarseUles, Nant«s,^ JJJ^*£^"S J j I OUTWARDS (from MarseiUes). ig36 l S For Saigon, Tourane Haiphong. i CAP ST. JACQUWB Mar. 6 ANOO w Mar. 11 > I CAP PADARAN Apr. 9 "Takes from ant plac^ma^tomaeseiix^isoc I
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  • Singapore Harbour — News Of The Day
    • 332 15 MR. F. PETERSON SAILS Prominent New York Broker MR. Fred Peterson of the firm of Fred B. Peterson Co., Inc., prominent New York rubber brokers, was a passenger on board thi Silver Willow yesterday noon, bound for Los Angeles after a stay of several weeks m Singapore, Java and Indo-China,
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    • 162 15 CLYDE SHIPYARDS Brighter Prospects This Year The year 1935 has been a recovery year for Clyde and Scottish shipyards In launching output the Clyde, with its 22 active yards, still leads the world. Its output is reckoned at 74 vessels of *****0 tons. Shipyards on the east coast of Scotland
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    • 47 15 f< Arrivals and departures of Indian Cl abour during January were as follows:— P State aided: 80 adults. 12 mw ors. A viva]*, ordinary deck passengers--1 ndults, 123 minors. a '•nurtures- 2.584 adults. 281 minors. H vtv-one State-aided labourers arriv- a] f( at Penang by the Rajula.
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    • 104 15 r SHIPS ARRIVING TO-DAY. t Godown. Entrance. Gate. i Plancius 22 1 Mninam 20 1 r Tokushima Maru 18 3 f Kola 15 3 Ajax 9 3 Kepong 7 3 1 Shyogen Mau 30 3 i City of Hankow 32 3 I Sirdhana 34 3 Penrith Castle 37
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    • 117 15 Arrivals at the Raffles Hotel yesterday included: Lt. Col. J. A. Parker en route to Bangkok. Mrs. Philip Whitmarsh for South Africa. Mr. and Mrs. Barker Mill from Batavia. Mr. J. Wishart, of Seremban. Mr. David J. Looker and Mr. Rudolph Pollak of Kuala Lumpur. Mr. T. A.
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      18 15 Mr. F. B. Peterson, a prominent New York broker, who passed through o iig4>o-c jc'^i-jiuay bee i>uory m
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    • 71 15 King At B. I. F. Fair FIRST ENGAGEMENT SINCE ACCESSION London, Feb 5. ?T is understood that H.M. the King hopes to visit th* London Section of the British Industries Fair shortly after its opening on Feb. 17. This will be His Majesty's first public engagement since his succession. Thi?
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    • 77 15 London, Feb 5. The death has occurred of Admiral Stanhope Hawke.— -Reuter Wirelew. The Hon. Admiral Stanhope Hawke, son of the 6th Baron Hawke and heirpresumptive to the 7th Baron, was born on April 16, 1863. He entered the Navy m 18T6. and became Lieutenant ten years later.
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      25 15 A view of the spacious sports deck on the new P. and O. Strathmore, which is the most comfortable ship the company has yet built.
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    • 286 15 Points About The Strathmore THE "Strathmore," the largest vessel yet built for the P. and O. Company, Is the culmination of a hundred years of experience to sea travel. Built for the service between Europe and India and AustnUMte^jk it to <S*£2«& anticipate*, jn
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    • 77 15 New U.S. Consul General For Singapore Mr. Monett Davis, acting American Ccnsul-General at Shanghai, has been transferred to be Consul General at Singapore. Mr. Louis Oourley. Consul at Hongkong has been appointed Consul at Shanghai. Mr. Clayson Aldridge. now m Athens, has bsen appointed Second secretary to
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    • 1653 16 S:S.g:S: SSe M 5Si.. K. Lumpur ■TITO TUF niMA transmissions mty*********™**™ \%WIX M.MM.KJ Ifitlllll 080 l^- a a S »d OBT Tp^-CA^lßMV^oadc^, A 9.20 p.m. Big Ben The New par^ s x and 2 the Band of HM Col( j_ -^••^-•^••^••-"-^-^•g* Georgian Trio. From the Isle of Erin stream Guards
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  • 306 17 MISSION OF MERCY Modern Florence Nightingales (By Air Mail) London, Feb. 1. ¥jX)UR British nurses led by Ger- trude Lady Decies are to leave London shortly for Abyssinia on a 'Florence Nightingale" mission. These fearless women will be the first unit of European women nurses to
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  • 393 17 "ACT OF A WILD BEAST" Johore Judge's Censure Of Convicted Chinese (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Feb. 5. •*f don't believe a word of what you A have said. You have admitted to me that the woman and little boy had nothing: to do with your c aiiKhter's disappearance."
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  • 181 17 Shanghai Police ALLEGED USE OF FORCE QUERIED London, Feb. 5. INFORMATION was sought by Lord Marley m the House of Lords regarding the alleged use of force against unarmed student demonstrators by the police, including Britons, m the International Settlement of Shanghai last December, but his formal motion on the
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  • 172 17 French Bank Rate Down NOW AT ALMOST NORMAL LEVEL London, Feb. 6. AFTER six changes In as many months the French Bank fate' again stands at the more normal level of 3y 2 per cent. To-day's reduction by a half per cent, comes at a time when M. Sarraut, the
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  • 295 17 NOW AN ORIENTAL PORTSMOUTH (By Air Mail) Alexandria, Feb. 1 rPHIS place especially after dark is more like Portsnouth on a Saturday night than an Eastern town to-day. The chancre has been bfWljftlt about since the concentration m the harbour of the units of the Fleot. And the am'able
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  • 33 17 Gary Cooper, co-starring with Marlene Dietrich m Paramount's "Desire," is an expert with the rifle, and L* is the only Hollywood actor ever to have shot big game m Africa.
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  • 239 17 CONFERENCE ON POLICY IN CHINA A TOKYO message states that the staff of the Japanese War Office conferred yesterday morning. General Tsogai, who has returned to Japan from North China, attended and reported on the situation. It was decided t? increase the J&panese garrison strength m
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  • 53 17 WHEELER DIVORCE Comedian's Wife Brings Charge Of Desertion Hollywood, Jan. 29. Mrs. Bernice Wheeler has sued for livorce from her husband Mr. Bert Wheeler, the comedian, on the charge of desertion. Frances Farmer, Seattle girl recently signed for films by Paramount, has arrived m Hollywood. Her first film assignment will
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  • 1050 18 FILIPINO WINS ON T.K.O. Young Johnson Disqualified (By "Left Hook") Singapore, Friday. m repeated rights to the face, swinging telling lefts to the jaw, rocking his opponent's head back continually with effective jabs and staggering him with left and right hooks, Joe Eagle smashed his
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  • 118 18 "Charlie Chan In Shanghai" CHARLIE Chan fare never fails to prov vide splendid entertainment, but when the famous detective is seen m a Shanghai setting, there is an added interest to the picture. "Charlie Chan m Shanghai" which opened at the Alhambra yesterday, shows the latest adventures of
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  • 31 18 A block on Alpine drive, Beverly Hills, is called "singers' row" because Gladys Swarthout, star of "Rose of th" Rancho," Lawrence Tibbett and Nelsor. Eddy occupy adjoining houses.
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  • 687 19 Mrs. Warden Wins Ladies Title THREE FINALS YESTERDA V Progress Of S.C.C. Tourney Singapore, Thursday. rrHREE finals were decided to- day m the S.C.C. Chinese New Year Tennis Tournament. They were the Ladies' Open Singles, Ladies' Open Doubles and the Men's Handicap Singles. Mrs. Warden won the ladies' tingles, beating
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    17 19 One of the Hindu penitents carryi ng his Kavadi m Singapore yester day, the festival of Thaipusam.
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  • 50 19 MANCHUKUO DEFIANCE OF SOVIET Tokio, Jan. 31. MANCHOUKUO is prepared to meet force with force on the Mongolian border, said a Rengo dispatch from Hsinking, capital of the Japanese-fos-tered state. Officials of Manchoukuo are determined to meet Mongolian "encroachments" with 'armed resistance, the dispatch added.
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  • 26 19 The Paramount expedition which filmed "Wings Over Ethiopia" encountered many obstacles m filming the picture m Africa, namely cannibalistic natives and wild animals.
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  • 158 19 ABYSSINIANS HOLDING SIDAMO Addis Ababa, Feb. 6. THE consensus of opinion here is that the Italians intend to continue activities m the south and be content with the stalemate position m the Tigre While the latest Italian communique announces the resumption of General Graziani's offensive, the Abyssinian
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  • 471 20 CAPTAIN'S SHIP SINKS UNDER HIM Adrift In An Open Boat After Storm (By Air Mai!) Durban, Feb. 1. A THREE-DAY battto with giant Mat followed by 14 houn adrift m an open boat has been the ordeal exptritnoed by Captain H. Schiwnmann, now arrived m Durban by the German liner
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  • 185 20 FURTHER DETAILS BY RADIO CULLER details of the Anglo-South African iron and steel agreement, reported yesterday by Reuter, are to hand by the British official Radio service. A new development m inter-imperial 'industry relations is marked (says the message) by the announcement that an agreement for
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  • 68 20 THE Earl of Willingrdon is the likely mcccwof to Lord Reading as Lord Warden cf the Cinmie Ports, states the "Evening Standard." The appointment carries a salary of £3.000 a year and two famous Tudor castle? as residences. Mr H. J. Mitchell, at present a director, succeeds Lord
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