Morning Tribune, 4 January 1937

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  • 13 1 THE MORNING TRIBUNE VOL. 1.-No. 287 SINGAPORE, MONDAY, January 4, 1937 FIVE CENTS
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  • 355 1 .MM Ell TIIAWLKIW OM\ 17 I I V Mi r MISSILES FALL SHORT I.MIJMXS SEIZE A SPANISH WftßfiKl London, Jan. 1 FOLLOWING upon the detention ol the German ship Palos at Bilbao a few days ago and the seizure by the Spanish government troops of
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  • 161 1 Germany And Italy •THE final draft of Germany's reply to I Anglo-French non-intervention proposals is now expected to be ready nexi week and is likely to undergo some change before final approval M given by Hitler. It is understood that Baron von Neurath made it clear to the English
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  • 27 1 Queer. Mary, accompanied bv the Prinr-ess Roynl. mad.p a Christmas shopping tour of Whiteley's, West-bourne-yrove, and purcriased srveral rfolls. insistiiir that they should be of British manufarture.
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  • 30 1 Gar bo Honoured Stockholm. Jan. 1. The King has can tarred on Greta r -;irbo the^icdal Llttons et Artibus, the hcst Swedish distinction for literary i:d artist* work. Reutert Wireless
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  • 164 1 London, Dec. 31. k I-TER midnight to-night there will be theoretically no check upon increases m world n Jies. Britain will herald the jew Year Jb-morrow by laying down at irkenhea<f and on the Tyne two new battleships, the Prince of Wales and
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  • 41 1 Troop Train Destroyed Madrid, Jan. 1. THIRTY-FIVE coaches filled with insurgent troops and supplies travelling from Talavera to the Madrid front were blown up by dynamite mines laid by the government forces in the Aranjez sector southward of Madrid Reuter Wireless
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  • 112 1 London. Jan. 3 IN Rome this morning the British AmI bassador. Sir Eric Drummond. v'isiied the Italian Foreign Secretary and he and Count Ciano signed on behalf of their respective Governments ;t declaration concerning the assurances with regard to the Mediterranean which have be:n the subject of discussions
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  • 75 1 Jugo-Slavia And Bulgaria Belgrade. Jan. 1 NEGOTIATIONS for a pact of friendship bet wee -i Jugo-Slavia and Bulgaria guaranteeing present frontiers and ensuring political and economic co-opei-ation have reached an advanced stage and are believed to be aimed at Bulgarias entry into the Balkan Pact. Apparently Bulgaria
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  • 232 1 Bright Prospects rHE industrial outlook at the end of the old year is generally very hopeul. Oyer 1.500,000 t ons of new shipping beins constructed next year in Bngish yards. The combined building programme 01 Me four chief railways includes 512 lo•omotives. including 44 of the
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  • 36 1 Bangkok, Dec. 31. Bangkok critbrated the New Year with itc annual fancy-dress ball at the Sports Club this evening. Over 400 persons sat down to supper, which was under t?)e supervision of Lee
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  • 700 2 S.S.A. Members Object To New JNotn i itcc A MOVEMENT to obtain dirett representation in the Municipal commission Is afoot in the Strait* Settlements (Singapore) Association. The last meeting of th«» Committee, held on Dec. 21. appointed a subcommittee to draw up a resolution in the
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  • 94 2 Touched By N eic Year Greetings Vienna. Dec. 01. WITH reference to the many thousand-* uf letters from all parts of the world received at the Castle Enzesfeld by the Duke of Windsor, the following statement was to Reuter's correspondent to-day: "The Duke of Windsor is very
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  • 63 2 Marseilles. Jan. 1. A OUOHLY contrived bomb, consisting n I an explosive a! mil clock and elec battery, exploded In a lorry carry i for flu- ship Ciudad Debarcelona ting at tim quay to return to a n <-• vernment port. The attempt lestroy the cargo
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  • 73 2 i British Embassy In Spain Madrid, Jan. 1. U7HILE the British Embassy is being transferred to Valencia it has now been decidea that the British Consulate will remain, thereby affording relief to members of the British colony. The most acute problem tor the reduced British colony at present
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  • 60 2 Unity And Co-operation Never Stronger MR Lyons in New Year's Eve broad- east declared that unity and cooperation oi the Empire were never stronger than at present and he forecast that the forthcoming Imperial Conference In London would show unanimity regarding defence and trade I which will iurther
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  • 104 2 Cunard Contract For Birkenhead London. Jan i. ANEW Atlantic liner between 30.000 and 40,000 toiLs will be built at Birkenhead for the Cunard White Star. It k understood this Wii 1 be the bTR Cammell Lairds have built since the bamaria in 1920 and will be
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  • 150 2 Header Last Year Than In 1935 London, Jan. 1. CASUALTIES on British roads in 1936 were heavier than in the previous year according to figures issued by the Ministry of Transport. In 1936 6.489 persons were killed and 225.689 injured compared with 6.522 and 218.798 respectively In 1935
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  • 25 2 Surrey County Council have decided to purchase the late Lord Marshall's estate. Shabden Part Chipstead. for £65.000 for inclusion in the Green Belt preservation scheme.
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  • 31 2 A -Areath sent as a direct tribute from the German Navy waws placed on the Submarine War Memorial in London at the annual memorial servicp of the Submarine Old Comrades' Association.
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  • 122 2 SPECIALIST FOR POPE Condition Is Worse Vatican. Jan. 2 THE blood-clot in the Pope's leg hj dispensed, according to an authon tative statement. The patient's pah consequently has considerably decree sed. There is now talk of installing a .speci arm-chair to £iw the Pope relief from the constant strain of
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  • 136 2 Recovery After Big Drop London, Dec. 31 THERE was a spectacular drop In ru ber prices in the early hours of i day when the spot price dipped to unc< tenpence, subsequently rallying sharplj to IOUd This value is considered by the m^ jority opinion to mark the
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  • 22 2 Lord Wakefield has decided to pro vide a recreation ground for the children of Hythe as a permanent memoria of the Coronation.
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  • 480 3 CHINA CREDITS PLAN Mr. Kirkpatrick In Singapore Singapore, Saturday. MR. W. M. Kirkpatrick, who has been appointed representative in China of the Export Credits Guarantee Department of the Board of Trade, spoke on his mission in an interview with the Malaya Tribune on board
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  • 147 3 U S. Labour \More Trouble In Motor Trade Washington. Jan 1. THE United States is threatened by a I very sirious labour trouble. Over 70.000 are striking i n the motor industry, i n addition to those in the shipping stoppage, in which President Roosevelt has declined to intervene. Trade
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  • 152 3 With one month still to run. the output activity of the Clyde shipyard., during 1936 has already exceeded each ,ol the last five years of shipyard work Ninety-two vessels have been launched in the past 11 months, the aggregate tonnage of 283.622 exceeding the 1931 output figure by
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  • 238 3 Big Development In Britain London, Jan 1 THE telephone system of the United Kingdom came under unified control 25 years ago and the last 16 years oi that period have been a time of rapid development. There are now 5 582 exchang?s and 2.711,087 telephone stations, with 11.111.820
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  • 88 3 Two medals, styled "Kedah Long Ser-I vice Medal and Kedah Police Medal," hav e just been instituted. The former is confined to present or past members of the Kedah Civil Service and all members of the Kedah Police Force are eligible for the latter which shall be granted for conspicuous
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  • 181 3 But Promulgation Deferred Nanking, Jan. 1. THE promulgation of a mandate pardoning Marshal Chang Hsueh Liang has been deferred until next week, following the sentence of the court martial to ten years imprisonment; in view of his voluntary surrender and other mitigating circumstances he will be
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  • 99 3 Mr. Walter Runciman, President of the Board of Trade, writing to the Chamber of Shipping of the United Kingdom, warns shipowners that the tramp shipping subsidy may cease at the end of 1937. He hopes that it will be passible for the industry to organise itself to ensure
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    • 32 3 v \\d /ft'7r^lU "»i^. hl# Mi *.^^*mM^ri <*\ A I?L H urn J^fx. Hil^M^mk HI *3 ;L FROM ALL HIGH CLASS DEALERS II I H DISTRIBUTORS: 11 A II J\ MIX riMIAN. Singapore
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    • 26 3 /o^j\ M MAN A LION" h$£W?J RAPID HARDENING CEMENT /^KC^. WATCHES SOLD THE WORLD OVER. NO MORE TO BE SAID. AT EVERY DEALER. MOXTOR Ltd, AGENTS
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  • REUTER'S COMMERCIAL SERVICE
    • 126 4 KUBKEK London. Saturday, Dec. 2 Last Prire To-day Change Tone Quiet Closed Spot Buyers. lo'.j Sellers. 10 :1 8 Jan.Mar. Buyers. 10 3 16 Sellers. 10 'j Apr.|June Buyers. 10 3 16 Sellers. iu> July|Sept. Buyers. iO 1 16 Sellers. lo'» London. Saturday, Dec. 2 PALM OIL (Malay)
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    • 54 4 London. Saturday. Dec. 2 Previous To-day Change Distillers Dunlop Rubber General Electric Imperial Chemical Industries Imperial Tobacco Anglo-Dutch Canadian Pacific London Tin Rubber Plant. Investment Trust Linggis Closed. Ayer Hitam Southern Kintas Pahangs Umdon Asiatic Kaffirs (West Witswatersrand) Shell Transport War Loan H.K. S. Bank Chartered Bank
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    • 16 4 London. Dec. 31. TIN Standard. Previous To-day Chanpe Spot (afternoon closing price) Closed. Forward
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    • 28 4 London, Jan. 2. It is officially stated that the Duchess of Kent and the infant princess continue to make very good progress.- British Official Wireless
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    • 25 4 London. Saturday. Dec. 2 Previous To-day Change GOLD £7 17 Closed Fine Bar per oz. SILVER Spot 21-5 16 months forward 21-5 16
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    • 124 4 Good Tone At Year's Closing London, Jan. I. THE tone on the Stock Exchange is verj satisfactory In all sections and the markets closed the year's final account with substantial gains especially amon^ leading industrials. Rubbers resumed the advance in spite of the fluctuations in the commodity Rubber
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    • 78 4 London. Jan. 2. Hi, Majesty 'lie King has become patron of King Edward's Hospital Fund lor London, and has appointed the Duke Ol Kent to succeed him a.s president oi the fund. Last night's London Gazette con ed the appointment of the Duches.s ol Gloucester as Dame Grand
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    • 83 4 London, Saturday. Dec. 2 Previous To-day Change T.T. on Paris (closing middle rate) 105 12 105 13 -I- .01 T.T. on Amsterdam (closing middle rate) s.OGU 8.96 1 14 T.T. on Shanghai (closing selling rate) is. 219 32 Is. 219 32 T.T. on Hongkong (closing selling rate) ls.
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    • 103 4 Police Action In U.K. London, Jan. 1. rE police will take steps_a»ainst the wearers of Red Shirts From to-day, according to a warning by the Police Commissioner to Mr. Fenner Brockway, stating that the uniform signifies the wearer's association with the Independent Labour Party and comes within the
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  • 1417 5 Issued buFraser and Co. Lyall and Evatt, Exchange and Stock Brokers 'Shares are $1 unl» otherwise stated) Fraser Co. Lyall Evatt Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers l-ABUMU W% 59 56 01- A.am Kumbang 32 34 32 34 Ausiral Malaj 55,- 56 -xd 55 57 s Wtr Hitam 23
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  • THE LOCAL MARKETS
    • 107 5 Singapore, Saturday morning. Singapore: .'57" cts. Market Tone: Steady. London: No market. New York: So market. Singapore, Saturday evening. Little dealing has gone on locally today but a little speculative inquiry in the absence of sellers has pushed values to a level well above the other markets business being
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    • 11 5 Singapore, Saturday noon. London: 0 market. New York: X<> market.
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  • 258 5 Germany Incensed With Prince Berlin, Jan 2. AFTER all. .the Princ sses Sieglinde. Eli zabeth. Lippe Detmold are to ho allowed by the Nazis to attend tne wedding of their cousin. Prince Lippe Bie<terfeld. to Princess Juliana of Holland Their passports had been confiscated as part of
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  • 28 5 Aimed .mo masked men leaped irom i n Miller Street, Londonderry and seized £168 rrom Alderman WUliani J Bradley, aged 68. cretarv of a i >ndonderry thrift duo
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  • 25 5 An Air R k< Precautlom Organlm at 1 salary ol between C4OO and £45n year Is to be appointed by the St Marvlebone Borough Council.
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  • 176 6 Mala yans At Home Dayang Muda In London IBY An M Onn Correspond'' London. Dec W THE Dtyani Mud; 1 ol Sarawak bai him returned to London. Lieut -Colonel D. A. Hutchlnaon, whose surveying work In the Malay States will I),- remembered, haa been appointed Chief Technical Examiner ol Works
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  • 56 6 A mbulance 24St Calls Attended Last Year THK number of calls attended during the year 1936 was 2.456. The cases are classified a:; follows. Motor car accidents 336; motor lorry accidents 154; motor bus accidents 42 trolley car accidents 76; collapse case 2'2(). attempted suicide 62; shooting o r stabbing
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  • 31 6 When collecting straw for cattle a young tanner found his father. Edgar Taplin. of Home Farm. Hedge End. near Southampton, .shot dead under a rick with a sporting gun beside him.
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  • 39 6 Whih Capt. R. P. Gile.s. of Down Thomas, near Plymouth, was motoring recently, a cockerel crashed through the windscreen and shattered it. but landed unhurt in the back of th» car. and i now in Capt Gile poultry run.
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  • 189 6 SELLING Singapore, Dec. 31. London T i 'Londor. demand 4 J London 4 months' tight Lyons demand 4 Hamburg demand **f "New York demand J'/J I Montreal demand •>' I Bat a via demand J l 4 ISamarang demand IUtJ 'Calcutta, Bombay and Rangoon demands J?T. 8 Madras and
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  • 196 6 Singapore. Dec. 31. R. fSiann W. Coast No. 1 per Koyan $171 R. iSiami W. Coast No. 2 per Koyan $150 R. iSiami W. Coast No. 3 per Koyan $134 R. <Siam> "White" No. Al $250 P. <Siam> "White Rice" No. 1 $222 R. ISiami "White Rice" No. 2
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    • 125 6 !\ccl<*rlaiitl*€*li<* lluiMlrlMaatse happijj. \.V. (Netherlands Trading Society) BANKERS AMSTERDAM Established by Royal Charter A.D. 1824. Paid Up Capital f 40,030,000 Statutory Reserve Fund 5,000,000 Special Reserve 1,000,000 Chairman of the Board of Directors H. C. REHBOCK Managing Board: D CRENA DE lONGH President. M TAUDIN CHABOT Director. A A PAUW
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    • 61 6 OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED FRBE yourselves from the FEAR of BURGLARS by keeping your VALUABLES (jewellery or impoi tant documents) in SAFE BOXES in our VAULTS at CHINA BUILDING, CHULIA STREET. SINGAPORE. You hold YOUR OWN' KEYS, and ONLY YOU can have access to those safe boxes, SO that
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    • 288 6 Sin (fa pore Chamber Of Commerce Rubber Assn. DAILY I'KH KS I KKENT. Binfmpore, Saturday noon. Buyers. Sellers i No. I.X.R.R.S. In case.s i F.0.8. January 37 13 16 37 15 16| Good F.A.Q. in cases (F.0.8. January* 37 3 4 37 T 8 I No. I.X.R.S.S. < Spot-loose >
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    • 46 6 THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LTD. (Established in 1880' Capital Subscribed (Fully I paid up> Y.1Q0.000,000 Reserve Fund Y. 1 30,900.000 00 Head Office: YOKOHAMA SINGAPORE BRANCH. MEYER CHAMBERS. RAFFLES PLACF. Manager T. YAMAMOTO Tel: No. 6049 Manager's Room. 5921 5922 General Office. 5923 6472 Compradore's Desk
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    • 307 8 411 1 lit ***** I H f H I W|J w •^SEVENTH DAY! and Still Knjoyinff the Greatest V, •8» Popularity of any picture yet screened! T| •5* YOU cannot afford to miss this (ireat M-O-M-•fr Triumph *8| LAST FEW SCREENINGS fwffT 'ROMFO? 1 W^^W lYvrlfl Li vr.> mem: lITI
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    • 196 8 P" PAVILION j^L^k POSITIVELY LAS^TWO SHOWN (D iP^il R.K.O/S HILARIOUS /MUSICAL WBfcJsF COMEDY MAKES EXCELLENT f YL jl^ SCREEN ENTERTAINMENT 111- I^J \§T HELEN [{RODERICK iJmkM-Mmtt T^tmm: gavuoht British Oh my gosh I It'» Horace's wife "Fresh' NEWS from "Top Hat OPENING AT THE PAVILION TO MORROW Universal .^^BMbk %^fl
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  • Article, Illustration
    80 9 A declaration that he did n< t believe in perpetual peace was made by Sienor Mussolini, when he spoke at Littori.i to the rural population of the re- < ia med Fontine .Marshes. "Whi e we Fascists reject the irresponsible fable of perpetual peace, which ha> never existed in the
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  • 308 9 J apart 9 s Position In Asia Shanghai. WHILE the publication of reports of a German-Japanese agreement against Russia has caused a sensation in China, comment is still withheld pending confirmation. The reported agreement coincide*] with Japanese policy towards China an.j| the continual insistence of
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  • 242 9 Hongkong-Macao Ship To Be Scrapped AFTER a changeiul career, ihe m.v. venezia is to end her. days u IL -crap neap. bu.it. It u said, as a yacht for a millionaire, the venezia was oougnt In Italy by Chinese interests and brought to China, wnere after a period
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  • 103 9 S< rricc Popular With Italians Rome 'inv Ci T Abiiba can now be hun up by day n tC ephone -subscriber on anv wen three in th e afternoon and »cn m the evening. lti »ns tak. place over tr- orephone circuits and are *hen UP an d
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    53 9 t;v :.in, ,.,u>0 miles from her native Sadan, Princess Kouka has OTered by a producer searching he cojntry for suitable film loca i m r y Kouka h s never beW» Africa rnd speaks rre ch besides hrr native dialed. Pictare of I»rinces> Koi- 1 laU# n at n<*r London
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    • 79 9 FROM THE BOUNTY' TO BROADWAY'S BRIGHT LIGHTS! --,3^. Here's CLARK GABLE, co-starred with Jj&i feh vivacious MARION DAVIES |Hf In Warner's Hi»; Spectacular [usical Extravaganza i io neitiici in !.'•>< W l| Cosmopolitan Production) Opening at the CAPITOL Wednesday A Vou'll sec stage spectacles that will amaze you! Vou'll hear
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  • 871 10 POUR LONDON MARKET REVIEW BY AIR MAIL The Week In The Market: Upward Trend Of Commodity Shares: Will Rubber Rise Much Higher? Concern In (From Our Own Correspondent) London. Dec. 24. MARKETS broke up for the Christmas holiday in a cheerful mood After so much political excitement in recent weeks,
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  • 160 10 I AST year's report ui the Ruboer Re- venerating Co, was mnewhat disappointing. But as Mr. Percy Tarbutt explained at the meeting, a relatively ■mall Improvement In earnings wm achieved despite a loss on the lirst quarter, due to labour troubles. There is reason to believe that these
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  • 26 10 Dr. C. J. Boyd, Health Officer. Kuala Kangsar, and Mrs. Boyd arc at present on leave in Brastagi. They are expected to return on Jan. 5.
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  • 356 10 INTEREST in Britain'! balance of overseas payments will be further stimulated by Sir Robert Kindersley's annual compilation, and particularly by the conclusions to which the figures lead their eminent collator. The statistics themselves afford further welcome evidence of the recovery in Britain's income from overseas. The provisional
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  • 50 10 His Excellency the High Commissioner has adopted a new style in travelling the special saloon in which he travelled from Kuala Kangsar to Kuala Lumpur recently being attached to a good* train instead of the mail train. At Kuaia Lumpur the special saloon was attached to the night mail train.
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  • 375 10 Legal Dole Regarded As Poor Compensation Budapest THE HOME Minister's new order prohibiting begging in Budapest and in the health resorts has met w th resistance on the part of the professional beggars, and the humours of the situation increase daily, writes 'The Observer's" correspondent. The order
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  • 78 11 Forcing ships to swk the nearest harbour and leaving a trail of damage in its wake, a seventy miles an hour gale recently swept the British coasts. Heavy seas battered over the front at Brighton and anxious watch was kept at all South Coast
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  • 312 12 MORNING TRIBUNE Singapore: Monday, January I. 1937. THE RUBBER PRICE DUBBEB at a Shilling pound was confidently talked about immediately alter the Christmas holidays, when the price jumped up to 40 cents Straits, but the setback after that boomlet has shown that tho market position does not justify such a
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  • 811 12 NOW that the disastrous effects of the WOrM llump have pMied away, and v.c on the road to prosperity, what doe the Now Year hold for Malaya UMI Itfl people? Bearing In mind always the ternbie lessons that the slump taught us. it would be wiM to step
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  • 169 12 Mr. F. J. Bryant, the Ipoh lawyer. baa returned from leave. Mr. A. Pearce. 0.C.P.D.. Kampar, left last week lor Home, on furlough. Tuan Syed Noordin. late Magistrate Taiplng, has sailed from Penang for Egypt ana Mecca. Mr. A. Inglls. Assistant Engineer Pubnc Works Department, Ipoh. is leavm| this
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  • Article, Illustration
    124 12 An exhibition of rrplicas of British :tml Furonean Crown Jewels and other Iloyal Reca!ia is to be held <n th<* seal future at the Regal (lalleries. near Leicester Square. London Here are some of the exhibit^ In a showcase. On left is a Jewe l< e Sword :n centre is
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  • 1062 13 'Garden Of Eden In Central New York MANY LOVELY Sensational Court Disclosures New York. CKNSATIONAL disclosures were made when the Court of Special Sessions investigated what was said to be a modern "Garden of Eden" in central New York, says a corres pondeni of the "News of the World. Trading
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    42 13 Poss Ponselle, one of America's best -known opera singers, who has appeared at Covent Garden, was married to Carle A. Jackson, son of thr Mayor of Baltimore, Maryland. U.S.A., in New York. The bride and jjroom photographed after the ceremony. Planet News
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    • 21 13 'PIION 5933 Telegraphic Address: 5934 GOODWOOD GOODWOOD PARK HOTEL CHARMINGLY SITUATED IDEAL FOR VISITORS AND TOURISTS. unrrvalled Facilities for Private Entertainments.
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    • 144 13 m^mmmmmmmmmmmmmmammmmmmmmmaaamaammmmmcaammmmmmM FOAMITE DIAL-SEAL 1^ As in the fcrir.er mode!, :he valve seals both the inner 3WB|l tsfcamber and th( nozzle oort vrith the result r:;a: each mt O 31 CXsm P artment is isolated from the other, and also from the fef^^^Hi a!rr 05 P Le:(1 T* 56 mechanifm for
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  • 255 14 ROYAL CUSTOM AT WIN M OBSERVED NDSOR Members of the Accession Council arrived at St. James* Palace for the swearing-in of King George VI. Lord Willingdon, Master of the Cinque Ports and ex- Viceroy of India, arriving at St. James' Palace for the swearing-in ceremony. Planet News Walter Greaves, a
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  • 1254 16 Solve the problem of ADJOINING ROOMS ROOMS thai are con nee ed by double or toldmu doors, or by a curtained archway, so that tiu\v can De used always or only occasionally as one room present not only proDiems in the way of decoration, but opportunists 10. more interesting treatment
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  • 523 16 Have You Got A Favourite Colour? YOU know as well as I that there is really nothing new under the sun. As for colours In decoration— well, they're the same old colours, and it's up to us to give them charm by matching them in a new way. Strange as
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    • 124 17 A f (WRIST'S^HOPPINCi T! i.i iih; i LUGGAGE CARRIER i SINGAPORE f LUGGAGE i CARRIER CO. Baggage Contractors Forwarding Agenti. I Booking* Agenta for F.M.B. Railways. Baggage Agents for:— V Blue Funnel Line !East Asiatic Line Nederland Line 8.1.5.N. Co., Ltd., I !etc. etc. Tel. Address.— "LUGGAGE" PHONE 2424 or
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    • 115 17 Specializing subnormal SJfc^^fc^^^b rlsion, problerr I cases yftfltif'^Y^ Glasses If f needed. ft. A. THOMPSON, D.O.Sc, (Doctor of Ocular Science) 4, Arcade, Ground Floor. Phone 3002. 35 Tears European Clinical Experience DRY CLEANING lluriol Quick Cleaners for same day service Goods handed in by 10 a.m. can be collected b>
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    • 193 17 CHEMIST quite easily be remedial > 1 by the use of Innoxa aids to beauty. I No matter how active your IKe. or how hot the day, you can preserve that charm inf matt ikln lurface which is so admired. I 1 I In five simple stafes Innoxa I offers
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  • 176 18 £1 ,650 C OMPENSA TION Musician's Death In Liner Collision A SUM of £1.650 was awarded at Liverpool Assizes against the Blue Star Line in a case which was settled to the v.idow and two children of William Howard Holcroft, a member of the orchestra of the Cunard White Star
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    • 454 18 BY P&OandBRITISH INDIA LINES Outwards. Due Due Tonnage S y pore. Tonnage Wgm. duittam 6 100 Jan 16 CATHAY 15,000 Mar. 12 rnwJn 15 000 Jan 15 BURDWAN 6,070 Mar. 13 BEHAR 6000 *E 25 RAJPUTANA 17,000 Mar. 26 ?A IthAGE 17 000 Jan. 29 RANPURA 17,000 Apr. 9 snunAN
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    • 186 18 M. M. LINE (Incorporated in France) (MESSAGERIES MARITIMES) General Agents for Cie GENERALE TR AN SATL ANTIQUE Air-FRANCE MAIL PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES Homeward .for Colombo, Djibouti, Port Said and Marseilles CHENONCEAUX 14,825 T. Jan. 10 JEAN LABORDE 11,414 T. Feb. 2 ARAMIS 17.536 T. Feb. 13 ERIDAN 9,928 T. Mar.
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    • 128 18 i\.Y.K.IJL\I<: GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS CUNARD WHITE STAR, LTD.. (Incorporated In Japan). To LONDON, via Penang. Colombo, Aden, Port Said, Marseilles Gibraltar s.s. fushimi ma::u Jan. 1 s.s. HAKOZAKI MARU Jan. 21 m.s. TERUKUNI MARU Feb. 3 Kates to Ist Class 2nd class Naples 1497 $540 1317 $343 Marseilles 514 557
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 270 18 I POSTAL INTELLIGENCE* s j STEAMER MAILS DESPATCHES* TO-DAY Mpri9n Plancius ,,4 9 a.m. PeneeranR s Soon Hen^ .,4 9 a.m. EdSchtaa G. G. Pasquier 4 11 a.m. New Zealand* Gorgon ,,4 7 p.m. Australia, Eastern Southern and Western Gorgon 4 7 p.m. TO-MORROW Pamangkat, Sambas and Singkawang Tobelo ,,5
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  • THE THE HARBOUR
    • 225 19 Improvement In Profits During Last Year IMPROVED results are shown in the 1 report for the year to Sept. 30 last of British India Steam Navigation Co.. which is controlled by Peninsular and Oriental Profits at £172,035 show a rise of £27,180. This figure is struck after providing
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  • 16 19 A special Watch-Night and Candle Lighting Service was held in Wesley Church on New Year's Eve.
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    • 302 19 in n\s pii ilp line. (Incorporated in Australia) NEXT SAILINGS. Due Sails. MARELLA Jan. 28 Feb. 2 MERKUR Feb. 28 Mar. 3 Special cheap round trip tickets from Singanore to Australia issued at the following rates. First Class passe n^ is muy transfer at Singapore. Brisbane, Sydnjy or Melbourne to
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    • 446 19 rPVy^l T0 rRE^CH PORTS \V~^-^~l g| n[^ HOMEWARDS. CAP VARELLA For Marseilles, Nantes, St. Nazaire Bordeaux Feb. 4 OUTWARDS 7 (from Marseilles). CAP G VARELLA Saig n> T Urane Hai Phong J^ 36 7 DALNY Jan. 13 CAP. TOURANE J J FARES FROM ANT PLACE, MALAYA TO MARSEILLES 9504. 8.8:
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    • 183 19 Mill'* IX IMM K SHIPS ALONGSIDE THE WHARVES OR EXPECTED TO ARRIVE %Godown Gate No. 20 1 20 1 20 1 Gustav Diederichsen 20 Toyama Maru 18 3 Silindoeng 16 3 Ajux J4 3 Afrika H 3 Belleroplion 9 3 Hong Kheng 7 3 Mirzapore 30 3 Chinese Prince 32
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    • 2051 21 «fc-*— p 735 p.m.— Concert of Ught Music -j. M \%i I■■ Vj Km /M 181 V 8 P-V— News and Economic Re- (Wavelength 25 57 metres) S^FJ^ M.m.^Ld MmimmrMV view in German and Call DJQ AV 8.35 p.m.— Hitler Youth Programme. ft c ft MT° f 1 We would
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  • 410 22 Answer To Japan And Germany Moscow THE linn belief of the Soviet leaders that a united crusade on the part of a number of States would sooner or later be undertaken against the Soviet Union- a belief which has been repeatedly proclaimed here in and out
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    59 22 The New Year Land and Sea Sports attracted competitors from all over Malaya, and proved an outstanding success this year. These pictures of the Sea Sports were taken by the Tribune photographer. The two on top are of the winners of events for Malay water-craft, while that on the right
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  • 2301 23 DETAILS OF NEW TIN SCHEME LOCAL MINERS AGREE MALAYA'S vrwimm row u.i; IS 71.910 THE final draft of the agreement for the international control of tin. as rmroved by the International Tin Comlittee at its meeting in London o n Dec. 11 1936 is forwarded for publication by the Under-Secretary
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  • 257 23 Sir Grafton Elliot Smith London. Jan. 2 THE death is announced of Sir Grafton Elliot Smith, the famous anthropologist.— Reuter. Sir Grafton Elliot Smith, Kt. (Or. 193-T: M.A.. Litt. D.: D Sc M.D.. Ch M F.R.C P.. and F.R.S.. 1907. was Professor of Anatomy in University College. University
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  • 24 23 The Ulster Government has decided to restore the 15 per cent, cut made In Cabinet Ministers' salaries in urn which totals £3.000 a year*
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  • 94 24 LISTENERS SATISFIED Excellent Tone Quality THE British Malayan Broadcasting Corporation commenced making tests on a 225 meter wave length on Jan 1. for one hour daily, and the reports of listeners so far received are unanimous that the broadcasting is very satisfactory, being of excellent tone and
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  • 208 24 Mr. Joseph C. P. Hin Miss Mary Lye Singapore. Saturday. THE Rev. Father Cardon officiated at the Church of the Sacred Hear'. Tank Road, when the wedding of Mr Joseph C. P. Hin. a Senior Master ot the City High School, and Miss Mary Agnes Lye Foong Kiow,
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  • 236 24 European Charged In rjohore (From Our Oitti Reporter) Johore Bahru, Saturday. AT a special Bitting Of the Police Court this morning, before Sheik Abu Bakar bin Yahya. man named Frank Vincent was charged with being In possession of stolen property namely, a motor-car. J. 1922. owned by Mi.
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  • 195 24 They Crash Cars For A Living! Singapore. Saturday. MEET Mr. Neil Oldfield and Mr. Die 1 i Action i Action, the eel brated "Hell Drivers" of the Chrysler Corporation, builders of Dodge. Plymouth and Chrysler cars. They arrived in Singapore bv the P. O. Rawalpindi yesterday and will
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  • 41 24 Stating that he was a retired IrTB!an judge. James i eslic McCallum. aged 57, of Cheam. Surrey, was at Win.bledon recently fined UO and £6 16s. 6d. costs for driving under the influence of drink, and W*i disqualified for B year.
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  • 974 24 BRITISH FILMS ARE GETTING BETTER Taking Hold In Critical U. S. Market THE Third Annual Report of the Bn-, tish Film Institute to which refer:nce was made In the Monthly Bulletin for June and July. 1934. was recently published following its presentation to the annual igeneral meeting on Oct. 8.
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  • 164 24 Dedicates Life To {ts Service London, Jan. l. THE King in a New Year message extends to all peoples of the Empire his warmest wishes for their welfare and happiness and recalls "the sad circumstances" in which the Duke of Windsor's reign was cut short. The
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  • 140 24 Hitler's New Year Message Berlin, Jan. 1. "I MOMENTOUS year in the history of Germany's armed forces has come to an end. Our regiments again stand on the Rhine," says Hitler in a New Year message to the German Army He concludes with an exhortation i he
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  • 191 24 E ducation Mr. Sastri's Remarks At Malacca From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Saturday. THAT ihe work of education is never lost and that no earthly reward can adequately pay for it were some of the statements made by the Rt. Hon. V. S Sastri yesterday at a small party held
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  • 17 24 Mr. F. S. Wayman. Assistant Englnpei. Malayan Public Works, has been seconded for s rvica in Johore.
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  • 39 24 Sir Robert Burton-Chadwick, a former Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade, who is aged 67. has resigned from the board of British Con tinrntal Airways, Ltd.. because, as he says. "I want a bit more time to myself."
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  • 1474 25 HIGH SCORING MARKS HOME SOCCER Charlton Still Fighting For Leadership TALL scoring was the feature of 1 Saturday's home football results >i* cabled by Reuter), the best feat hline !n Div. 1 of the Scottish League where Motherwell trounced visiting Abon 9-1- In Div. 2 of the Scottish League, Airdrie
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  • 837 25 HEAVY COURSE SCRATCHINGS AT PENANG Good Dividends; McPherson 's Two Winners (From Our Oicn Reporter) Penang, Saturday. I LARGE crowd attended the las t day of the Penang races this afternoon. The going was fairly good and the dividends useful. Scratchings were heavy. THE BIG SWEEP Total Pooi $40,258 Ist
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  • 50 25 In the Kcppel Golf Club New Year's Day approaching and putting competition, twelve cards were taken ouL The Competition resulted in a win for K Bald. January Medal <Bog:yi: The monthly medal for January will be played for on Saturday and Sunday next, Jan 9 and 10.
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  • 29 25 The extraction of iron from sand on the beaches of Italy's seaside resorts is claimed to have been made possible by a process invented by Attilio Crea, an Engineer
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  • 32 25 Professor Haldane. of the London University is conducting k&s mask experiments in a Madrid hospital with a view to finding a simple and effective mask suitable for civilians. Reuter Wireless
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  • 33 25 Paris Jan 2. The Chamber by 467 votes to 75 passed the budget as amended by the Senate. The Chamber also adopted the Senate's version of th«? Fiscal Reform Bill.- Reuter
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  • 42 25 To Benefit By About 1 HO Millions? London, Jan. 2. JH£ King George V National Memorial 1 Fund now amounts to £*****5 During the memorial week, Jan 14-20 Liven date. It is suggested that t£ aggregate British Official Wireless
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  • 537 26 Volunteers Good Rugger Good Work By Forwards Makes Openings For Backs Singapore, Saturday. IN a continuous drizzle, the Volunteers defeated trie Police at rugger on the Padang to-day. Play was mainly between the forwards and in, this department the Volunteers were superior both in the tight and in the loose.
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  • 29 26 Budapest, Jan. 1. Tii,. death la announced of Archduke Frederick Hapsburß. uncle of ex-King Alfonso tnd Commander-in-Chief of tl An >t To-Hungarian Forces in the Great War.— Router Wireless.
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  • 27 26 Tan Juan Teik and her two daughters. Misses Tan Luan En K and i an i Wan Enc of Ipoh. are in Penanß on a short holiday.
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  • 14 26 "Muted String" was withdrawn from (Dalys Theatre receniiy after a run of throe weeks.
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  • 441 26 Game With Indians Was Battle Of Defenders Singapore, Sunday. rOSE who journeyed up to Tanglin this evening to see the hockey match between the Combined Services and the Indian Association— two of the strongest teams in Singapore were disappointed. The Indians kept to
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  • 494 26 P. T. Will Not Be Compulsory In Britain London THERE is to be no system of compulsory physical training in Great Britain, where the subject has been arousing much interest for some months. This is inferred from a speech by Mr. Oliver Stanley, President of the Board of Educationi on
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  • 133 26 "Green Belt" Plan For Warsaw Warsaw. W*u SA W ma y ne day b e as tho city of Trees." Over 50 miles of roads in and around the Polish capital have been planted with trees this autumn as part of a vast .scheme in ausurated last
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  • 31 26 Mrs. Rachel MacArthur, of Trinitv Urthd Edinbur^' celebrated her IMth f^ K ay J ecently The of an Edinburgh doctor, she was born a" m ihe reien of Gt rfe IV
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  • 227 26 Johore 's Rugby Loss Association Secretary Transferred To Perak (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru. Jan. 2. MR. E. T. Dean, Hon. Secretary of the Johore Rugby Football Club, who is Assistant Engineer in the P.W.D.. Johore Bahru. will be leaving on transfer to Ipoh on Jan. 4, to assume
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  • 214 26 General Progress Recorded Geneva. THE market value of industrial sharp.* has risen in the USA. by 82 per cent, since March, 1935. The coi responding index for Canada has risen by 61 per cent, in the same period, and there are striking if less pronounced advances in other
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  • 24 26 Jewellery and furs valued at £430. the property of Miss Muriel Peters, were taken lrom her home at Fountain Court, Laurie Park, Sydenham, recently.
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  • 27 26 Trooper Edward Huntsdale, aged 19. of the 15th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards, Colchester, was lost overboard from the steamer Ulster Queen while travelling from Belfast to Liverpool.
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  • 20 26 The Grimsby trawler Offa has been seized by a Norwegian Government inspection vessel for alleged illegal fishing in Norwegian waters.
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  • 1238 27 TEST MATCH SURPRISES UOtt I J It* <«■ ATI- HAVOC O\ A STICKY WICKET HOLD declarations by both Bradman B and Allen, coupled with remarkable battta* failures on a wicket rendered treacherous by rain, gave the second aav-s Plav Ift the 'third Test match n-e
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  • 105 27 London, Jan. 2. T° DAYS rugger results: England 16 Rest 0 Bedford 34 Rasslyn Park 8 Blackheath 11 US. Portsmouth 17 Bristol 5 Cardiff 3 Gloucester 29 London Scottish 13 Richmond 6 Bath 6 St. Bart's Hosp. 3 Harlequins 3 Swansea 10 Leicester 3 Old Merchant Taylors 16
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  • 67 27 At Limitation Of Clubs London, Jan. 2. THE United States Golfing Association's limitation of clubs decision has had 3 very mixed reception in England. The English Professional Golfers' Association is likely to lodge a collective protest to the Royal and Ancient, since it la generally felt that business
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  • 102 27 Singapore. Saturday j Five men from the R.A.F.. Briscoe, Cooper. Keep. Ferrow and Hill, were charged this morning before the third magistrate Mi. W. G. Reeves with committing theft of motor-car valued approximately $1,000. belonging to M. Lee. The accused pleading guilty statec they had a few drinks
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  • 26 27 Walter Spooner, of Hertford Roau, Enfield Highway. Middlesex, died recently from burns received in an explosion at the Brimsdown power station, Enneld, where he was employed.
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  • 129 27 Good Win A t Seremban <From Our Oun Reporter) Seremban. Saturday. DLAYING more spiritedly than their opponents, Selangor <th e Kofth'a Cup finalists> defeated Negri-Malacca by 19 points (two goals and three tries to thr:e points (a tryi, here to-day. Both teams were not at full strength,
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  • 154 27 Successful Visit Upcountry 'From Our Own Reporter > Ipoh, Saturday. THE R.A.F. R.N. rugger team from 1 Singapore thrilled a big crowd considerably when they scored a good rugger victory over the Perak XV or the padang here to-day by 23 points (four goals and a penalty goal)
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  • 21 27 Dr. K. McNab, of the Malayan Medical Service, has been seconded for ser vice in Johore, vice Dr. I. T. Dickson
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  • 240 28 The child in this picture was found half-naked and starved among the ruins of her home in Madrid, after her parents had been killed in an air raid. She was discovered by a passer-by, who is seen wearing an overcoat and heavy muffler. The child has
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