The Straits Times, 15 January 1933

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    36 1 THE SUNDAY TIMES THE LEADING SUNDAY NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. No. 57 Sunday, January 15th, 1933. Price 10 cents. THE SUNDAY TIMES The Leading Sunday Newspaper in Malaya, No. 57. Sunday, January 15th, 1933. Price 10 cents.
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    AUSTRALIANS' SENSATIONAL START: FOUR FOR 51.
    1253 1 Larwood And Allen Bowl Well. BRADMAN AND McCABE FALL IN LEG TRAP. \m Excellent Recovery. I- nu i.«ls innings e*JM to an end for .'ill. I'aynter having given a wonderful display, ci mpiling his 77 runs, which included nine fours, in just over three
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    U.S. ATTITUDE TO JAPAN.
    104 1 CONCERN AT OCCUPATION THREAT. *New York, Jan. 14. because it i< felt that the British representations to Japan following events at Shanhaikwan were sufficient, the State Department does not contemplate instructing the American Ambassador to Tokio to make representations si.rili* to Sir Francis Lindley's, declares the
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    LAST TENNIS TEST.
    106 1 Crawford At Top Of His Form. Sydney, Jan. 14. In the fourth and last tennis tent, America and Australia drew with _ix matches each. McGrath w.». Van Ryn who straineda should* r. Crawford and Hopman beat Allinon and Van Ryn 11—9, 4 6, Cy—2, 6—2. Vines and
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    ATTEMPT ON SOONG.
    126 1 Several Suspects Taken Into Custody. An e-ho of th at'eiijt on Mr. T. V. .Soon^'.s life, made hf a gang of de reiadocs at the Shan^ai Nort^i Stajtian last year, was heard when a number of pflavns suspected of complicity in the affair were arrested and put
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    TAX COLLECTIONS LAG BEHIND.
    101 1 BRITAIN FACED WITH BUDGET DEFICIT. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London. Jan. 14. t Income tax returns to date show an unsatisfactory ponitio.i, Mid it is anticipated that the Cham c. lor of the Exche<ju«r may possibly atr.iin aprnal to the nation to make a gnat elTort
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    FORGOTTEN RULERS.
    221 1 Dr. Winstedt On Early Malacca History. "%At Malacca High School Hall on Thursday evening the Hon. Dr. R. 0 Winstedt. British Adviser. Johore, adAressod members of the Malacca Histori<M Society on An Historical view-point •f Malacca." He spoke for about att i»our before a dktinguished audience including the
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    PRINCE ALI KHAN.
    40 1 Prince \li Khan left Penang yesterday morning for Rangoon. A 'cable was received in S ngaporr last night from the agent of the Aga Khar in Rangoon to the following effect: "Prince Ali Khan arrived safely Cheerful."
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    CRIMINAL LUNATICS AT LARGE.
    66 1 MADMEN'S ESCAPE FROM INSTITUTION. (From Our Own Correspondent.) •■■'iluii. Jan. 14. There wa< a great txeitement and ap jnlnnsion in the ricinity of Brampton State Institution for the Criminal lasane whe.i it Ix-'amc known that four madmi'n ha»' (.stapetl fi-om custody. Two were later recaptured, but
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    FOOTBALL COMPETITION.
    515 1 Freakish Results To Last Week's Contest. Sunday Times readers appear to be admirable students of the form of Home football clubs, for of the ten matches set n the competition which appeared in our ssue of Jan. 1, nine results were predicted correctly by exactly 60 readers. I
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    SELANGOR WIN MALAYA CUP.
    1880 1 Memorable Battle At Kuala Lumpur. PRICE BREAKS A RIB. Singapore Handicapped In Great Fight. Selangor won the Malaya Cup. defeating Singapore by tight points to three. A memorable battle was fouvht with pluck and tenacity. Singapore had the misfortune to lo»e Price alter fifteen minutes' play,
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    How Cupid Was Clean Bowled.
    2185 2 CRICKETER'S ROMANCE ENDED WHEN RAIN STOPPED PLAY. Gill's 75 "Breach" Damages. How Cupid was clean bowled on an afternoon when rain slopped play was related at I ewes Assizes, where a wellknown Sussex professional crrckeler was successfully sued for breach of promise of marriage According
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    CRAB SUBMARINE.
    79 2 "Baby" With Scoop For Pearl Oysters. A baby submarine, invented by Mr. Simon I^ake. which can crawl forwards, backwards, and sideways over the ocean bed, has been demonstrated before army and navy officers and engineers off City Island, New York. The submarine needs a "mother ship." In its
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    English Cabaret Girls' Life In Malta.
    839 2 AMAZING FACTS. Enticed There By Bogus Agents. The Colonial Office has been informed of the terrible plight of certain English dancing girls who are working in some of the cabaret shows in Malta. These girls have signed co-called "contracts" in London, and \vh?n they
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      43 2 E^Bfi^Bß^S^ai^f'f aa IHYf JfTjyirillr^ Policies issued against FIRE, LIFE, MARINE, MOTOR VEHICLE, PERSONAL ACCIDENT, BURGLARY, ETC., ETC. FULL COVER GRANTED AT COMPETITIVE RATES. THE PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE C?l™ t (incorporated in Engtand.) Branch Office for Malaya: 17-18, Mercantile Bank KuiMin*:. Staagßptffe Sun. T. 3.
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      52 2 YESTERDAY 1 SWORE. AND NOW ME*S W WHAT ON EARTH rf& I I RFCAUSF I WANTED flS\ EJ%*NAk.Jf«ENOSHIR W\^ TRYING TO JMDUCE.D '^V. TOMORROW ST^ T^ 1 WITH WHE. /C^mi BORROW MOMEY //_^tv' V°U TO 4 J> v SOMF J I I (Copyright, 193J, by The Bell Sy diutc. Iiv
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    Cash Prizes For Football Enthusiasts.
    805 3 NO ENTRANCE FEE REQUIRED. $100 Offered For Best Forecast Of Ten Results. A further football competition has been arranged. $100 IS OFFERED FOR THE BEST FORECAST OF THE TEN FOOTBALL MATCHES GIVEN BELOW, WHICH ARE SCHEDULED TO BE TLAYKD ON SATURDAY NEXT, Jan. 21. NO
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    CARPET MAGIC.
    115 3 Lxports Up And The Home Market Captured. The exports of British made carpets for November were tUMJSU an increase of £2.j,2i)l on the figures of a year ago, ling to the latest official return. .More than £1 8,000 worth of carpets '.vei< Mi.t to Australia and £5,000 worth
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    "DEAD" MAN REVIVED.
    132 3 Practical Test Of New Life-Saving Apparatus. A "dead" man was brought to lif-j at Blackburn. The man, John Pickup, received a strong electric shock at the works of Mi-sm Tolkein, chemical manufacturers, »n.l tell unconscious. When an ambulance arrived his breathing: seemed to have essjMd. On the
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    NEW DRAUGHTS GAME.
    133 3 New sssi can be added to a game of draughts if the men are numbered. Each man is given a definite value from 1 to 100, and the •ys^Mßjaywi in the usual way. t \< pi VksA it is the total value of the men left^W^fce board
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    Woman Faces Death On Scaffold.
    1367 3 IMPENDING FATE OF FORMER BEAUTY QUEEN. Outcry For Clemency. Six weeks hence, unless the governor decides in the meantime to exercise his prerogative of mercy, a woman will die on the gallows in Arizona the second of her sex to forfeit her life to the
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    Osteopathy And Bloodless Surgery.
    1050 3  - Osteopathy And Bloodless Surgery. J. E. GUY THE NEW REVOLUTION IN MEDICAL SCIENCE. Solving An Age-Old Problem. By The FAMOUS AMERICAN OSTEOPATH. In the great majority of cases disease is caused essentially by faults made in attempts to adhere to the natural laws that govern us. We have a body
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      113 3 V Siu^daj^ Times Football Competition. TbAJolfflklng are the matches selected for this .week' «^mplbtition. They are to be played on the gf-oupfy of the first-named club on Jan. 21. v^' Read c&jtef&ily tfce instructions given above '/Jn<f the "nformatio^supplied below. The figures JW^lti'ts indicate^' #ie results in the corresi pdhftnjg
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      187 3 SIR MALCOLM CAMPBELL says: "I preawt that the future of this car is absolutely assumed." 'Having tried it (the Ten-Four). 1 am convinced that it will appeal to the general motoring public from every point of new, 1 wntf;* Sir Malcolm Campbell in 'The Field.' "Here i; a real motor
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    APPROACH FORCING.
    1239 4  -  R. E. KEMP. BRIDGE NOTES. The Informatory Double. MISTAKKS TO HE AVOIDED. (BY TODAY we will i'e:il with two hand-; when occurred in different duplicate matches, 'n each ,1 itch om i<le n-d the approaeh-forciaa; sy.-tem, and t hi* oth«M- side tlic two cliiU. In the mat h
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    SHAH TO SELL CROWN JEWELS.
    223 4 PERSIAN TREASURY LN DIFFICULTIES. The Shah of l'e>sia, whose Treasury is hi firtancia l dinVulties. has decided to s- l. in either Lon<lon or Paris, two of the most precious of the Persian Croxvn jewe's. They are the modern Peacock Thron". nominally valued at £6,000.000,
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    Mainly About Malayans.
    1682 4 HY THE WANDERER. fato Tvleplumv Discovery Mr* Arthur's Position Mfmorirs Of Hinklrr From I'lantvr To Ptulrv (Jmrchiioint! In Malaxn A CMaWM Four-ln-Ilanrf Mr. Hnhpr And The Financiers Wv W ant More Money THE revelation in the Straits Time; that Singapore <\u'd hay telephone communication with Croat Britain
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    GIGOLOS FORM A TRADE UNION.
    167 4 GIGOLOS FORM A TRADE UNION. BICU WOMEN Tin l<> REDt C* RATES. NKW YOKK'S gigolos the sli'.kly tanad out young men who hire their -ervices to rich and lonely women a dame partners and entertainers have f o'-'<le<l a union. The city's hot :ls are -still full of well-to-do middle-aged
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    WHOLESALE INFANTICIDE.
    171 4 Woman Murders Her Seven Babies. A woman found guilty of wholesale infanticide was sentenced to two years' imnrisonnunt by the Ix>t Assizes at Cahors France Her name is Camillo Tournie. As raa insult al an anonymous letter, I ih police 'ound buried under a heap of ataaaa aa
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      113 4 CtHLDHEirS CORNER !So. 57. HERE'S THE JSOSE. "I'll go al once and bring the pot of glue," "That sound you heard it must have been her shriek." "Then wa ran fix her nose," said Sally Shrew He searched among the ferns then with his beak. It seemed to hurt a
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    SHRINKING LIST OF DOLLAR FORTUNES.
    503 5 From 513 To 75 Within Two Years. New York. Dae. U. By a grim coiiuide'ici-, Mr. Donald B. Maelntyre. a one time hicago dollar millionaire, leapt to death from the twen'vtirst stony of tka St. >'<ritz Hatti, New York, this morning, shortly after the Treasury
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    LAWYER OFFERS TO TAKE POISON.
    295 5 TO SWI V M\\ ACCUSED OF Ml IDEjL Has there ever before been a lawyer so supri mely confident in the innocence of his client a man sentenced to death for murder by poisoning- -that he was willing to risk his life to prove his
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    SEARCH FOR THE LOOT OF CONQUERORS.
    915 5 Plun<Jer Of Mighty Campaigns Buried In Asia. J N the depths of Turkestan, one of the cradles af the world, preliminary arrangements are being maws for an adventure which, if successful only in part, may well prove one of th greate-t tr<a sure hunts
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    AN ENDLESS JOB.
    72 5 Forty Years Paintinjj The Forth Bridge. One job that is never finished is the l>aint»og of the Forth Bridge. Since it was buiK forty-two years ago squads of men have been constantly employed applying th i protection against veather decay. It takes three years for a .-quad
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    SILENCE OF THE CABINET.
    1379 5 Secrets That Are Kept Inviolate In The Nations Interest. The aVecf on the public mind of the rather ponderous di.-cussion in the House of Lords on Cabinet Secrecy may well be other thun that which was designed. It was manifestly intended to re-affirm the sound constitutional
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      93 5 ALWAMBRA 0 D A V Opening at Matinee at 3. p.m. JACKIE COOPER LEWIS STONE CONRAD NAGEL x LOIS WILSON v fif Look through :ho eyes of v '\t- J l"> into :i MrunKe world-- his y.^Jt /'^^^4* his own futher un outenst, WM Jtr* jm T/ himself flounderin<> in
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      73 5 RESERVATIONS PHONE 6903. Matinee Today 3.15 (CHILDREN HALF PRICE) NOW IT CAN BE TOLD! WHAT HAPPENED %A 1 Clive Brook Charles Ruggles Adrienne Allen The Famous English Star of Loose Ends Respected by ihe commun ty, devoted io hit wife until he taw the girl who moved next door. What
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    The Dinner Party.
    338 6 It is a distressing fact that dinn 1 parties are still looked upon as an in; titrtion necessary but often deplorably dull. This is perhaps dv.- to the dearlh <>f general conversation and the tendency ut couples to concentrate on t-ach oth_T only. At least it accounts
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    A Profession For
    1020 6 Those With Deft Fingers. YOU younger women of today can hardly understand that there was a time when any feminine poiYssions other than thos.' ot govwnwm, school mann i nurse was considered "hardly rt able." Now the choice of occupations confront. ing a young woman leaving school
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    Vogue Of Jade.
    161 6 AN exhibition of old iade at the Musee GaiaMt has collected the >><•- Parisian society to look at it and has brought back to fashion that mot-t becoming o f the secondary piecious stone*. Every woman with any real jade of her own iv bringing it out
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      104 6 WHITEAWAY'SJ STOCKTAKING SALE THOUSANDS OF USEFUL BARGAINS IN ALL DEPARTMENTS. I MEN'S WATERPROOFS. MXi Italy t<> eloar at gruailv radoaad pries. Rnbher liaed. All si *<■•«, Krom '.'M" to 42" NaSSSa Sale $5.00 each. 1 50 Ladies' Felt and Straw Ready to Wear Hats in all the leading shades. Usual
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      101 6 RENE ULLMANN (MILLINERY DEPARTMENT) LADIES' HATS. LADIES' HANDBAGS, POWDER BOXES and CHROMIUM FANCY BRACELETS and NECKLACES. DRESS ORNAMENTS. MATERIAL FOR DRESSES BY "DRESS LENGTH." EVERYTHING VERY SMART. RENE ULLMANN, CAPITOL BUILDING. STAMFORD ROAD. SINGAPORE. I ami h. coben. uA~t*1 IS IZ U $md Floor Maynard Bulldini, If Batttry Road. Td.
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    THE ISLE of VENGEANCE.
    6313 7  -  JACK McLAREN OUR NEW SERIAL STORY— By New Readers Start Here The "Silver l!ell," a pearling lugger, I sailing along the Salomon Island coast discovers a culter ashore on a reef. Henry Sutherland, the skipper, changes the "Silver BeflV course, but as he approaches the stranded
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    TOTIDEM VERBIS.
    644 8 The Straits Times Planting Correspondent may !><• correct in predicting that th" majority of the planting community will support the P.A.M. Council in urginp Iliat lh<- Kuhher Research In: lit ut«- iih|iiii should Ix- conducted l»y a coinniitte.' of t\si- !<■ :il laymen and one technical expert, and
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    MYSTERY OF THE BUSH TELEGRAPH.
    1241 8  -  Pierre Quiroule, HOW NEWS TRAVELS IN THE JUNGLE SECRET THAT BAFFLES EUROPEANS. By The Writer of Mystery Stories. IT is a well-known fact, in South Africa at all events, that the natives are able to transmit news by communicating with one another from hilltop to
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    Believe it or notbeing The Assertions of Ananias
    1874 8 But one short w.-ek ago Ananias predicted that 19:1:5 would produce banyak susah for everyone. And within 48 h.u.s said Ananias was busily collecting the Arst instalments of his ration of taxi susah. "I^ancastrian" started it. Apparently I've hashed up one of
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    X-TRA SPESHUL.
    17 8 She was only the Town Clerk's daughter liut you should have Keen the Itorough Surveyor
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    16 8 I as) Word- < f a «V«il Street Editw I iill s*y iiui: ran !>«• no restriction. 1
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      259 8 AMUSEMENTS. SINGAPORE. AXHAMBRA THEATRE. DIVOIM K l\ TlfK FAMILY With J.n kit- Coont-r and LoWOI Ston*. 6.lo kll P.m. I'hone 6909. CAPITOL THEATRE. MAID OK Till: MOI NTAINS with Nanrv llrown and Harry Welrhman. <;. i :.—!»i sjb. Pnons 5261-2. &LARLBOROUGH THEATRE. PAKIJATIiA I ll— f I HARAXAM. ti.l5 Ml
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    WILTSHIRES BEAT R.A.F.
    1132 9 Clean Football. AIRMEN PUT UP A SOUND DISPLAY. Wiltshires R.A.F. I. Another surprise awaited those who went to see the match between the Wiltshires and the R.A.F. at Tanglin ye d-iy, for the K.A.F. gave a surprisingly r^ood display considering the/ were playing together for the Brat
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    LINDBERGH BABY SECRETS.
    140 9 "IF YOU AGREE TO MY TERMS." If you agree to my terms I shuil reveal important information conct-ning the Lindbergh baby kidnapping This offer in an unsigned lettei to Police Commissioner Mu!iooney. of \cv>York, has revived hope throughout the United States that thy ten-months teiy of the
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    CENTURY-OLD WILL DISPUTE.
    916 9 IMPORTANT .11 DGMENT IN MIIMSK TASK. An importaiit judgment on the question I of legitimacy wa.- delivered by the Chief I Justice (Sir William Murison) in the Court of Appeal fitting with Mr. Justice Whitley and Mr. Justice Thorne. The appeal was against a judgment of Mr.
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      151 9 Well above the Average Cow Gate builds the healthy 0^* o \^<Z^ virile child, not die fat and flabby /T^a^gJH o^ o^\^^^ baby ot the ordinary artificial food. < T*d&^ B %0&^ That is why mod ern Mothers the H^^^ V fi cA^^te* lN rt o world over are turning
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    THE EMPIRE LISTENS-IN.
    377 10 THE EMPIRE LISTENS-IN. King's Broadcast. HEARD BY BRITONS THE WORLD OVER. The King's (real message to the Empiie, bioadci-i on the afternoon of Christmas l>;tv was cleurly heard in most parts ot !h«- tai flung British Commonwealth. British subjects in every corner of the glob* sitting by English firesides, wailing
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    RUBBER CONTROL DEMAND,
    234 10 MEETING <:o\\km:i> at !in hi. A meeting of rubfiec growers will be held at the Town Hall. Ipoh, on Thursday next under the auspices of the Malayan Estate Own ;ation to consider the following resolution! 1. Thiit it is essential tn the pro of the country that
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    BRITISH SHIPPING REPRISALS.
    396 10 FIGHT IGAINST FOREH.N SIBSIDIES. Negotiations have been in progre-s recently between British shipowners and the Board of Trade. The result may be a complete chan.ee in shipping |H»licy and a return to Navigation Acts which were repealed in Inder those Acts the British coasting trade was restricted
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    ALL FOR SEVENPENCE.
    272 10 Special Train For One Passenger. A special train for sevenpence That was the astonishing experience of a Daily Herald representative. Six coaches, driver, and guard, a real entourage pulsing over a real four-foot war! The sort of boyish dream that never comes true. But let him tell
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    CRUELTY TO 40 SHEEP.
    601 10 Terrible Suffering." PROPRIETOR OF A CATTLE COMPANY FINED $200. The proprietor of the Oriental Cattle Trading Company, a well-known local company, was yesterday fined $200 or in default two months' rigorous imprisonment, by Mr. A. C. Boyd, the fourth police magistrate, when found guilty of cruelty
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    THE HAPPILADS.
    16 10 Mr. Lim Kol: Tai has consented to be I'aiion oi the Happilads Athletic Party.
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    A MALAYAN COLONY IN LONDON.
    484 10 VFTEHxNOO.N CALLS IN REGENT'S PAUL (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Dec. 11. I have just visittd a colony of Malayans in London representative of families which are very rarely seen by the aver age resident a Malaya. The colony of which I speak r< within
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    MR. ROOSEVELT.
    80 10 Formulating Foreign Affairs Policy. New York, .lan. 14. Mr. Koosevelt ami Ml Swa-von have been discussing United States pertieipatior in the Disarmament Conference, war dc-t.ts and other foreign affairs. The Herald-Tribun-. 1 (In lares this is another indication 'hai Mr. Roosevelt is ng with the l'l.nnulauon of foreign
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    BOMB-PROOF OFFICES FOR UNIONS.
    341 10 Machine-Gun Guard Against Bugaboo." Trade union officials w< rk behind bulletproof doors and under ,i roof reinforced against bomb attack* Police ii a building opposite have a muehine-tjun trained on the entrance to the union offices. Such precautions are necessary in Chicagt> now, because of *he
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    D.S.O. 's ESCAPE FROM LEGION.
    338 10 I'KKILOI S DASH \t ROSS SPANISH PBONTDSat. After serving far two fanra v/Hh Frerxh Legion hi the dc <ii spent nearly nin<- n a FVanrh military prison in Marasco, a Bn officer claiming to be Captain Rsiai d Wilson Jones, D.S.O. tofathaT v.Mh :iii English
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    COTTON TRADE.
    134 10 Comment On Proposal To Form New League. i v anting on the coUon on t hi- < 1 i lint ami ea*r%'' that i;i India and the <\ loom no import (|-.it k I nue be placed on British goods and that 1 fluties ihoald be inpoac I
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    MARAUDERS IN MAURETANIA.
    313 10 i vncs from mo in; OKO. Ai"'WKRF[IL maraii.in,' k,i,,| :i I .ly :;<><» rill,-, I. i fanatical tribesman Sniara, has en Vauretania from Rio <le On. ning to at nek the French P'lvts. The unruly Spanish colony of Rio do Oro has becon-e the harbourage of dissidents
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      32 10 \l f'IUII t;^ II f Tsn^^gej j_ r i \^jr L.BB" •> ■e^ssssimß^i KaJF/J f f'-^r Go through life tj(lr W3JGt_ V -i) with the ri^ ht spirit a&*v^a^J| aU JgHsn^nnnV- >* ~U~.,r* Ml
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    DRAMAS IN THE SEVEN SEAS.
    790 11 SPECTACULAR PEATS OF V WRECK OFFICER. A modern British s adog who sailed the ■eves seas in a liltlt >•><> <l n .-tramcr salvin-, wrracka from ilw bh'tals t eacherous water.] of the wo 1 1. This i the story o' Commodore Sir Frederick Young,
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    GARIBALDI'S SERVANT.
    194 11 Woman Who Was Present At IX-ath Of "Tlk Liberator." 'Che death has i.ccurr.'d at leghorn, iU »li<> ngo of eighty -three, of Filomen i Natali, oaec the domcsiir servant of Garibaldi, and the last of a little gro.io who sjpv tlv Libe'-ntnr die in \AHIi. Ki!.>mona closed the
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    LONDON CRIME DOUBLED.
    376 11 DEVICES TO IMPROVE POLICE SERVICE. Lord Trenchaid, the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, has under consideration a number of important schemes to check the alarming increase in crime which has taken place in London. Although crime statistics for the year will not be completed for some weeks,
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    AMUSEMENT PARK FOR KUALA LUMPUR.
    50 11 The craze for amusement parks is sp-eading throughout Malaya. The 'ant ifsue of the Sunday Times contains d a picture of the opening of Gayland at Malacca, and in the above photograph there are seen the beginnings of the Hollywood amusement park in Kuala Lumpur.
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    SIEW SIN SIA.
    46 11 Members of the Siew Sin Sia are notified that the sixth anniversary celebrations will I o held on Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 21 and 22, at Mr. Aw Boon Haw's bungalow, :>'« milestone Pasir Panjang. A Teochew orchestra will be in attendance on Saturday.
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    HERO OF FACTORY EXPLOSION.
    276 11 INJI RED M \!N SAVES GIRLS IN PANIC. Th" heroism o<" an inju^l enginror saved th<> livs of at least half-a-dor,en mill girls in an explosion on Dec. 28 at a weaving-shed belonging to the Hall Lee Manufacturing Company, Westhouffhton, Lancashire. A cogwheel, weighing two tons,
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    "GHASTLY FAILURE."
    101 11 Dr. Campbell Morgan On Democracy. A packed congregation was present at Westminster Congregational Church to welcome Dr. Campbell Morgan on his return after thirteen years from America. He said that the troubles of the world were rooted in governmental failure. Many persons had struggled to find some new
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      158 11 saR& sfyH l *^e' I^^^^b^HbV VI I I 2m •♦■'^^^^^^afa^B* s^aV. laß^h^ Pepsodent polishes teeth as it removes film This double-action tooth paste brings a rapid improvement in the appearance of your teeth SOME tooth paste* will remove three roost important things necessary film, but they may harm tooth to
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    393 12 The Far Eastern Crisis. At tin end ut BOXI nioi.th .Messrs. Jarrolds. Limited of Paterttostav Row. London E.C.I, will publish ano'hei- important book on the Far Eastern crisis by Col P. T. Etherton and Mr. Hessetl Tiltman. The book,' which will appear ui.der the tithof "Japan Ml
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    14 12 John wtt-n's frontispiece lor <•> P«> Dorelia by Dorothy Ina Kstcliffe. (Bodley Head 10s. W.).
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    The Everyday Victorians.
    663 12 I Remember. Hy J. J. Bell. I'm, Press. We have aaard much about the great Victorians and their way of living. Now Mr. Bell sets out to complete the picture by describing thi torians. or, in more ordinary terms, the everyday Victorians who made up the background
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    Two Mediocre Books.
    889 12 Dark (iethryn. By Helen H. Ross. London Lißhts. Hy Vere Lockwood. Jenkins Colonial Library. The quality of the novels publish^: Jenkins Colonial Library varies considerably and it cannot be said that either of the stories under review today attains the highest standard which has been set. The
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    12 12 Woodcut, by Erie Kavilion* in th- Golden Cockerd I'r-.ss "Twelfth Niit ht."
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    A Hero's Story.
    764 12 The Scarlet Slripe. By Taffrail." Hcdder Stoughton. 7s. 6d. Like most of the author's previous 'books, The Scarlet Stripe deals mainly with the sea and he is well at home in de-« libing the adventures of his hero, a r.aval surgeon, Koliert Spry, who joins during the
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    Mr. Eric Gillett.
    140 12 Last autumn some new Wordsworth .etters were published in The Times in two articles by Mr. Brie Gillett relating to Maria Jane Jewsbury, a close friend of Dora Wordsworth, Mrs. Hemans, and other literary celebrities of her time, and elver sister of .l-.-raldine Jewsbury, the novelist and
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      183 12 THE WRITING PAD WITH THE WORLD WIDE REPUTATION. Manufactured bj JOHN DICKINSON CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England). POST BOX 160. SIMiAPORK. AND SOLD BY ALL STATIONERS IN MALAYA. INTERESTING BOOKS. IWnUMMC THE \MKUM RAWL, bj Johnn> W ci-smullrr. WurldV faiit<-Ht Nwimmcr $6 3t TIIK KKSTITrTION OF THK KltlllK AM) OTHKIt
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      209 12 OUR CROSSWORD PUZZLE I f I s rwf \m 1* r rr ml Hi 55 IP iJ IP 35 Pi 3* I—mss1 mss f^^r^wm^ r^1 jyg ZM 4? tr ST" w* v^ HP" P— i# W* 7 P 5l %k£ WL W'W" (CLUES.) ACROSS. n. I. Ceenet :> C»eifor( jfi.
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    SCOUTING PROGRESS IN MALAYA.
    1742 13 Increased Membership During 1932. COMMISSIONER'S REPORT OF YEAR'S WORK. IN spite or the fact that 1932 has beat thr worst •"slump" year on record v. have bad a fairly successful year from our scouting point of view, states Mr. Frrnk C. Sands, Commissioner, Boy Scouts A\sociation
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    37 13 c At a meeting of the cricket section of the Selangor Chinese Recreation Club. Mr. Ng Bow Poo was elected captain iff the 1933 season. Mr. Hoh Chup Yoon vice-captain, and Mr. Kvok Kin Ken? hon secretary.
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    WAH CHONG B. P.
    129 13 Monthly Committee Meeting. Members of the committee are informed that there will be the usual monthly committee meeting today, at residence of the President, Mr. Tan Chong Beng, Tan Hup Horn.' and Co., No. 2°»o, Teluk Ayer Street, at 7.30 p.m. Ah this meeting is an
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    SUNNYSIDE B. P.
    58 13 Mr. Loow Kirn Fatt, the popular Selangor State badminton player, was entertained by members of the Sunnyside Badminton Party to a dinner at the Onn Kee Restaurant prior to his departure tor Singapore to join the tutorial staff of the Victoria Bridge School. Speeches were delivered by
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    ENGLAND SWEPT BY CATTLE DISEASE.
    93 13 TWENTY-EIGHT COUNTIES AFFECTED. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Jan. 1 1. Starting from Reading, foot and mouth disease has spread rapidly and is now sweeping through 28 English counties, inflicting severe loss to farmers and dealers and dislocating markets and the movement of stock. The
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    CASE POSTPONED.
    401 13 Charge Of Retaining Stolen Property. The manager of a second-hand shop in Victoria Street, in company with another Chinese, was before Mr. A. W. Hay, the second police magistrate, yesterday, charged with dishoi.estly retaining stolen propetty. Mr. W. W. Hill, of Messrs. W. Hill and Company, sanitary engineers,
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    BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS
    66 13 Amateur Sporting Association. Memlici'K of the Amateur Sporting Association are reminded that the following events will be contested today; walking competition, arithmetic race, egg and bpoon race, three-legged race, obstacle race, putting the shot, tug-of-war, and novice badminton tournament, in celebration of the Association's thirteenth anniversary at the
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    PING PONG.
    41 13 The Singapore Ping Pong Association announces that the tournaments for this year will soon be held. Clubs or registered parties desiring affiliation are advised to communicate with the hon. secretary. Mr. Choo Kwai Low, co. Government Health Office, Singapore.
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    15 13 Thean Choon Hing annexed the greateot number of priiea at the N.S. Chinese Athletic sports.
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    WOMAN WHO TOOK MAN'S NAME.
    246 13 "WHEN KNIGHTS WIKI BOLD' AUTHOR WES. While the curtain rose on tin- rewwt and hearty farce, "When Knight) Bold," in London on Boxiag Day, tw pieces of turf had fallen over tii- cwflhi of the frai! an<l delicate old lady who wrote this amazing noiv-stop
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    AUTOMATIC STOP.
    150 13 Trains That Cannot Go Wrong. A device which automatically slow, down and stops a train when the signal is against it has been htWHjM in:on 2,200 miles of track by the Great Western Railway at a cost of C 260.000 This safer railways plan follow- ftmi of experiment.
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    UNISON B.P.
    80 13 At the annual saml mctiag bcM recently, the (lection of oHlw-beareri for the current year reaultod a- folio* .lent Mr. Gmi Bag Tlnam, 9kmpresidents- Messrs. Kh<><> l'e< k Kun and Foo Siak Chuan. linn, secretary Mr. S<-a»i Geok Pan, hon. asst. secretary M F,ng Koon, hon. treasurer Mr.
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    ROVERS B.P.
    82 13 MpiuUt.s ..r bun r.^immt-.n Party are MHrik to Mtfl ihai the I 1 new tadgrs. designed by Mr. l.im Geok Tee (vice-president), air ready for .^al-' at 70 cents each. Every member i petted to buy one. The fffwn »»»■<»« graphs of the anniv< isay celebration can be
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    LIMBER UP WINS BIG RACE.
    686 14 GOOD DIVIDENDS AT PENANG. Large Attendance And Heavy Betting. DONORA PAYS $68. Big Sweep Worth $52,880. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Jan. 14. Fine weather and good going favoured loday's nesting. There was a large gathering and betting on the tote was heavy. Several good
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    THIRD ROUND OF F.A. CUP.
    216 14 High Scoring in Southern Division. London, Jan. 14. The following are the results of matches played in the third round of the Football Association Cup today. Hull City 0 Sunderland 2 Oldham Ath. 0 Tottenham H. f> Brighton 2 Chelsea Hradford City 2 Aston Villa
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    GOLF.
    198 14 Keppel vs. Island Club Match. The following are the teams for the match, two ball foursomes, Keppel vs. Island Club, to be played at Keppel today, ■MM players mentioned first: 8.30 Paterson and Lowson vs. Bateman and Hiyoshi. 8.35 Craik and Irving -Jone.s vs. Rappa and li«e Ken»? Typ.
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    13 TO NIL!
    69 14 Public Services "A" Trounced By South Johore. A Pubaic Services "A" fifteen ware defeated by South Johore by 13 clear points (two goals and a try) in a rugby match at Johore yesterday. Kirke scored the first try, which Dudgeon converted. The second try by McCombie was
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    R.A.F. WIN.
    31 14 An S.C.C. "A" iifioen who visited Scletar yesterday were beaten in a match against the R.A.F. by 16 points (two [oafi and two tries) to six points (two tries).
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    POLICE BEATEN AT HOCKEY.
    817 14 M.C.U. Win. KEENLY CONTESTED MATCH. M.C.U. 3 Police 2. The Medical College Union defeated the Police in a keenly contested hockey match on their own ground yesterday by the odd goal in five. Both sides- had good goalkeepers who carried out several saves. There was more'
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    MISSED CHANCES AT TANGLIN.
    734 14 COMMAIND OFFICERS SCRAPE A WIN. Malaya Command Office's 1; O.R.A. 0. So many chances were missed at Tanglin when the Malaya Command officers were opposed to the Old Rafflesians' Association at hockey yesterday afternoon that when the former eventually did score they hardly deserved the point.
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      83 14 Assets exceed $12,000,000. Assurance in force over $35,000,000. The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements.) HEAD OFFICE Great Eastern Life Building, Cecil Street, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE I 27, Old Jewry, E. C. The Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England and complies
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      96 14 OoMething to be thankful for— Life would be very drab if we did nothing but criticise. Usually we can find many things to be thankful for and therein lies our salvation. All the bad things might be worse and many of the good j things better, but nothing I can
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    A MALAYAN SPORTING DIARY.
    2170 15  -  FORWARD. Climax Of The Ruuun Season Yesterday's Match In Prospect (.itminti Colon y-F.. M.S. Hwkey (,4tntest Some Possible Players Talent In The Three Settlements Chinese Sports In The \egii. By Friday. SPORT in Sclaiigor lias been very t|iiic! during the past week hut tomorrow th' final
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    LEAGUE TABLES.
    928 15 Arsenal Losing Their Advantage. The following were the positions in the English and Scottish Leagues before yesterday'« matches Barrow 21 M Southport 24 10 9 Siockport Co. 24 W':i.-ai: 24 -.'i^id T. 2 1 :i II) Bnrreaster R. 22 Rochdale 24 !0 < rewe Alex. 2.S 10 11
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    ASTRONOMER ROYAL.
    257 15 Man Who Tells You The Time Retiring. The man who kt-ops time for the whole world is say in if pood-bye next month. Sir Frank Dyson, for 22 years AstviI nomer Royal at Greenwich, is retiring. He will be succeeded, it is announced, by i Mr. H. Spencer
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    PILGRIMS FOR ROME.
    404 15 PILGRIMS FOR ROME. BRITISH SHIPPING LINES 111 KNsVII. British shipping lines will benefit by the Holy Year proclaimed by the Pope on Christmas Eve, as it is expected that j two or three hundred thousand pilgrims will go to Rome, many of them from America. Pilgrims generally spend three or
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    GIRL PREVENTED FROM TAKING VEIL.
    210 15 NOW SAYS SHE PREFERS TO MARRY. While walking with her mother and to a convent where she intended to take the veil, Signorita Valentina <! Pruco, the beautiful daughter of wealthy parents of Avellino, near Naples, was kidnapped by three masked men. The leader of
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    ONE-ARMED HERO'S CUP OF SORROW.
    746 15 FRANTIC \S CHILDREN 1)11 IN FIRE. Six lttle children in the liedioom of a small house in Price Street, Birmingham, had waited eagerly with sparkling eyes and glowing cheeks for the long-expect ;-d visit of Santa Clau-. But there was no Santa Clans, no Christmas
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      18 15 TOYS Large Assortment carried in All our BRANCHES. SPECIAL PRICES for THE TRADE. TAN KAH KEE Co., Ltd.
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      75 15 M. EZEKIEL SONS, Qualified Ophthalmic Opticians, Raffles Chamber*, Singapore. Branch: Noordwijk, 35, Batavia, Jaya. WANTED. Tliroc ini<th<-rlr-x Eutopesn ifirls npr»-l I l IJ, x icspcct ively, <li sire th»- frinilii•f few Kuropenn tfirls simi :ir BOM t•< j BJUMM and outings. Will p;ir-'ii', .umniuriicnto with thoir father I Box H,
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      52 15 LALL SINGH REQUESTS THE PLEASURE OF THE COMPANY OF CRICKETERS AND SPORTSMEN OF SINGAPORE AT ADELPHI HOTEL FROM NOW TO JAN. 18th. TO VIEW AND SELECT THE FINEST BRITISH PRODUCTION OF CRICKET BATS AND OTHER SPORTS MATERIALS. SPECIALLY SELECTED AND MADE AVAILABLE FOR SPORTSMEN OUTSIDE THE BRITISH ISLES, FOR THE
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    AN AIR-MINDED PRINCE: MALAYAN RECORD.
    55 16 I'rince Ali Khan, son (if the Afja Khan, who is <>:i a \i. ii to this ere a ted :i Malayan retard whtn Im flew Ircm I'cnani; to .nit- ;imi bach in one djajr, rin- piolure <h««s th« I'rinre Itinj; pjreeted vrkca hi- laaies] ;1
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    30 16 lie Sacred Hi-art Hijfh School at IVr.h which is conducted by the Notre I.nm«- des Mlsjrfaaa, Tl:is is or.c of lheV(^t(rn Australian srhools wiiich arc inviting; Ruropean pupils from M.i'rya.
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    30 16 'I he march of pngi Mi A number of Singapore tongkang owners are fitting their craft »itli motor tn^isKs which enable "tble the speed of anything attainable by manual exertion.
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    21 16 A Hot Job Coolies pouring tar into minute cracks in the roadway. These Singapore workmen appear to be enjoying a joke.
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    28 16 'I lir -cene in the Gutsch tunnel after a collision between two electric trains near Lucerne, Switzerland, in which nine people were killed and many injured. I'lanet Keys.)
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    27 16 M :rah Wri/.ht. ;;rcd tt.">. presenting a bouquet to I'rinri-ss Helena Victoria at a t*« party to old iVk at Hr-n>-\ V.M < A. hostel. London. (Planet New-.)
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      11 16 A. FLINTER 6, Raffles Place, >-i<> om*m*mt, ..i i SINGAPORE. Z
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      348 16 GULL BAH AR The Genuine Tonic Hair Oil. i Bwttywktn. COMMERCIAL UNION ASSURANCE CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England) Fire, Life, Marine. Accident, GnaraaUa and Motor. Assets £60.000.000. Arthar C. Potts, Manager ft Underwriter, Eastern Branch, Singapore. You want to know of ""1 A COO!) IMI I. St HOOL KOK Xl
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