The Straits Times, 8 March 1933

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  • 38 1 The Straits Times [ESTABLISHED NBABLT A CENTUET.] THE LARGEST r AND MOST INFLUENTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. JACKS. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1933. PRICE 10 CENTS. The Straits Times 20 PAGES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1933 PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 81 1 LaPORE: 78. CECIL ST. ('PHONE 8181 T. 1 '1 Tonighl 9.15 OCTOR I K. ■Phone 5261-2. i P^^9 BRI ISrl dclX 3.1 BEDROCK PRICES m HMimiiwuiiii J^ j CHOP JVM DON'T FAIL TO AVAIL YOURSELF OF W^^V llll\ THIS UNPRECEDENTED OFFER W^"V lna\ $18.00 PER CASE OF 48 BOTTLES f|flH||ll|ffll
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    • 24 1 ,Jfeitf^'Vj U f l P PUR: 25 J*VA-ST. CPHONE .*****. PAVILION,' I h 6.15 Tonight 9.15 i WOmUM PARADISE. I Phone G903. L I
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 485 2 P. 0., BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated in England.) MAIL, PASSKNC.ER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N. CO. UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT. LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARD FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. Tonnage. Due Spore. 1933. X BHUTAN 6,000 Mar. 12 CHITRAL 15.000
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    • 691 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. I^l sJ (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.) TO LONDON. Naples, Marseilles. London, Antwerp Rotterdam and Middlesbrough. Vessels. Tonnage. Due Sail t FUSHIMI MARU 10,W)0 Mar. 9 10 HAKOZAKI MARU 10,400 Mar. 22 23 t TERUKUNI MARU 12,000 Apr. 4 6 HAKUSAN MARU 10,400 Apr. 19 20 HARUNA MARU 10,400 May
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    • 465 2 BURNS PHILP LINE. (Incorporated in Australia.) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAYi ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by the wellknown steamer MARELLA (7,865 tons) and the s.s. MANGOLA (3,352 tons) (Cargo only). The s.s. MARELLA is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia, cabins
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    • 502 2 HE EAST ASIATIC CO., LIMITED. ({pcorporat d in Denmark.) Telephone 5323. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE. TO GENOA, LONDON, ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG AND COPENHAGEN. From From From From Spore Malacca Port Penang Swett. FIONIA 8/3 10 3 ERRIA 283 28/3 29/3 31/3 LALANDIA 18/4 18/4 19/4 21/4 MEONIA 9/5 9/5 10/5 12/5
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    • 1131 2 SHIPPING. THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE (Ocean THE HUA KHIOW STEAMSHIP <<> Steam Ship Co.. Ltd* and China (1932). LTD. Mutual Steam Navigation Co.. Ltd.) THE SARAWAK BTEAMSHTP <O LTD. THB STRAITS STEAMSHIP CO, LTD. THE CUNARD STEAMSHIP CO.. LTD. THE CHINA NAVIGATION CO., LTD. THB AUSTRALIAN ORIENTAL LINK, U4 The
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  • Sporting News.
    • 187 3 Return Between Sullivan And Graham. Nicky Sullivan is to get his chance of wiping out his defeat by Aircraftsman (irahani on Saturday at the New World Arena when these two will be matched over 10 three-minute rounds. Their fim Meeting some time ago provided an excellent fight, l>ut was
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    • 333 3 The following are the Indian Association teams for week-end cricket matches: Ajrainst K.I. OB Saturday al 2 p..n. at the I A. Bround Bufcuu, Mallul, Al>l>asblioy, Raja liam, Vaiina. Anuii chand, Harifovind, Noordtn, A. A. H— r. D. K. Samy and Kennedy. Kcserws, raranjoti ami Taciha. Against B.C.R.C.
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    • 143 3 The YJC.C.A, {union will play a watcrpola inaU-h BgtUßai the Wilt. -hi re Bcgiment on Sutimlay, Mar. 18, at the V.M.C.A. swimmini: pool. Fort Canning, at 5 p.m. The following are invited to take part in practice mati !i tomorrow at 4 p.m. Caps Chiam Koon Nam, Lini Thye
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    • 246 3 New Welterweight Title Holder. San Francisco, Feb. '12. Young Corbctt won the world welterweight championship here tonight, decisively defeating Jackie Fields in a tenround title bout. The Fresno boy, who was the ten to '•ven favourite, was credited with taking seven rounds, Fields two and one was even.
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    • 99 3 Member Of Famous Family Of Cricketers. The death took place at Willington, Btfe, of the Rev. F. W. Kingston, a member of the famous Northamptonshire family of cricketers and footballers. Eh was one of nine brothers who at different times played cricket for the ■junty, and
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    • 51 3 The following have been selected to represent Raffles Institution against R.A. 2nd XI today in a friendly football match on the school ground: Jwce Yeow; Seng Quee and Abdul Razak; Ah Hong, Yew Leng and Mohd. Said: Beng Wan, S. M. Ally. A. (i. Vail erg, Kirn Chua and Syed
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    • 194 3 Tiida), March R. rulllllt S.A.F.A. league (Div. 2): Wil'..shircH vs. Straits Cattle Co., Jalan Besar; I>iv. Chinese 111 vs. Marine 11. Anson Rd. Stadium; Raffles 1n.,1. vs. R.A. I!, K.I. gf4, Thursday, March 9. Ko..tball: S.A.F.A. League (Div. 1): S.C.C. rs. R.A.F.. Padang: Div. 2. Police vs. Harlequins.
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  • 20 3 The co-operation of clul> secretaries is ri'ijucsii'd la keeping this diary of sporting rviiits an mate and up to date.
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  • 88 3 Regular Service To Be Organised. Moscow, Feb. 20. This ypar, seven river vessels are to make a 700-kilometre voyage on the Arctic Ocean, from the Lena River to Ihe Kolyma River. This expedition is to serve as the basis for organixing a regular steamship service in the basin
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  • 14 3 The m.v. Centaur arrived in Hinga pore yesterday with 2,449 sheep.
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  • Shipping News.
    • 180 3 KKPONG, Brit., 1.322 ton?, from BungkoK h-:i, for unc. O. G. MEKI.I.V. Fr. 9a3 tons, from Saigon 8-3, for Saigon 1.1-3. CENTAUR, Brit., 1 MOO tons, from Frcmantlc 7-: i. for Fremantle 14-3. &U1 SANG. Brit., li>«2 tons, from Hong Kong for I'enang. Calcutta H-;i. GEN. METZINGER, Fr.,
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    • 130 3 Wednesday. March 8. Ships alongside the Wharves or expected to Arrive. KEPPEL HARBOUR. Main Wharf Lch. "Hygeia.'' Lch. "M.-r-cury," Tha Cable, Lch. "Alert." Oil Wharf H.M.S. "Rainbow." Coal Wharf Nil. VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS. Tanjong Pagar. Albert Dock Nil. Victoria Dock Valcntijn. kcpprl Harbour. King's Dock Nil.
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  • 67 3 Further Attempt To Salvage Icebreaker. Leningrad, Feb. 23. A conference has been held here for the purpose of deciding on further measures for the salvaging of the Soviet icebreaker, Malygin, which ran aground off Spitzbergen in a violent storm on Jan. 3. It has been decided to send
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 552 3 NORDDEUTSCHER Ml, LLOYD. LKk~j«il (Incorportcd la nil ivi^ Germany.) The undermentioned are the eompany'e intended fixtures OUTWARD. I S SAAI.K for Manila, Hong Knng, Shanghai, North China and Japan Mar. 16 1 LIPPE for Manila and Japan Mar. 9 FULDA for Manila, Hone Kong, Shanghai, N. China Japan Mar. 29
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    • 383 3 DOLAI ITlAMffilF LJNB caWAMHUCAN MAIL LJNS a>KtL_ ft, *t P Hki g%^ s» TO EUROPE Panama Canal v America v Canada 1 Suez BT PRESIDENT LINERS 24 to 53 days of real comfort Enjoyable Economy Swimming Bath— Excellent Cnlslne. Large cabins with beds. Hot and Cold running water In every
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    • 576 3 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. Incorporated in England.) "ELLERMAN" LINE. Freight Service to UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. Via Torts and Suez Canal OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG, SHANGHAI A JAPAN Sto.imer s.s. CITY OF SHANCHAI Apl. Apl. 29 HOMEWARDS. s.s. CITY OF MANILA for Havre, London, Rotterdam Hamburg Apl. 15 ApL
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 199 3 SINGAPORE WEATHER REPORT. Stations 1'esterday Last night Max. Rainfall Bright Min. temp. ins Sunshine temp. °F hrs. °F Alor Star !»4 0.71 5.7 73 K. Trengganu 87 Nil 5. 7 TJ Bukit Jei>m 87 Nil 7.9 73 Mersing 82 0.01 0.1 70 Singapore 87 0.71 0.1 72 C. D. STEWART.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 557 4 H:«4 Office: 78, Cecil Street, Singapore. Phones: 5151-5152. Tel: "Timei" Singapore. Kuala Lnmpnr Office: 25, Java Street. Phone: 3683. London Office: 8, Bolt Court, Fleet Street, London, E.C. 4. Phone: Central 4430. Tel.: "Leadmalaya" London. London Advertising Representative: 24, Old Jewry, London. E.C. 2. City 3r>.'iO. Tel. Reutraffic London, American
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    • 641 4 HOUSES. FLATS TO LET TO LET, Botanic "Garden View," 2, Clury Road.* Apply 41. N'assim Roni. 6 it 16, Angullia Park, Oil Extraction Factory, 92, Robinson Rd. Angullia A Co. SMALL European bungalows, tennis at Calmoral Crescent. Apply Balmoral Rd. TO LET, SHOP, FLAT, Amber Mansions.' Apply Spore Building Corp.,
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    • 594 4 BUSINESS PREMISES TO LET OFFICES TO LET, 24-B. Battery Road, 2nd floor. Apply Guthrie Co., Ltd. OFFICE. Robinson Road, 3.700 sq. feet, j first class property. United Engineers. TO LET, No. 110, Robinson Road, suitable for office store. Apply S. Manasceh Co., 5-2, Malacca Street. TO LET, OFFICES at 4
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    • 553 4 FOR SALE KELVINATOR ELECTRIC REFRIGERATORS USED KELVINATORB Low prices, easy terms, full guarantee. KELVINATORS KENTEO Malayan Mechanical Equipment Co. 14, Robinson Road. Tel. 3464. ATTRACTIVE BUILDING LOTS FOR SALE. 300 Lots each of 5,000 S.F. in area < t JaUn Ngee Heng within the Town Board Limit about IV* Miles
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    • 760 4 PUBLIC NOTICE BUSINESS CARDS. kian hin co., MASSAGE HALL No. 107, Beach Road. MANICURE AND MASSAGE. 88, Wayang Street, 134 a, Rochore Road. Mrs. HARU and Mm HAN A Singapore. 60, WATERLOO STKKKI, Telephone 2059. Telephone 7467. NOTICE. RE TRANSFER OF SHARES BALANCES AM. KALI I Notice is hereby given
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  • 456 5 Mr. Sehested's Vision Of The Future. (From Oto Own Oowwpondeat.) PeMIlg, Ma.. 7. The annual ■MWitlill of the Penang Engineering Association was held dining the week-end. The principal tmtftamring worlu which I had l.'.an undertaken iince 1928 were inspected by members. These works in- j eluded the
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  • 49 5 Rugby, Mar. 6! It is expected that the Premier and Sir John Simon will leave for Geneva in the next few days to attend the Disarmament Conference The Cabinet Committee of Disarmament hrld a mettirg last nipht and the Oa'uinet again met this morning.— Brit is. i Wirt'less.
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  • 217 5 Another Successful Raid By Revenue Officers. On Information recehWJ I Monopolies I parly made a CTOM-COUOtry jOUl'My from I Tamponis Road yesleulay shortly after I noon to an abandoned rubber plantation at the sixth mile Chailgi Road. They di- center distilling in progress in a rsvhM and immediately
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 249 5 HOTECS RAFFLES HOTEL MALAYA'S PREMIER HOTEL. TONIGHT S.S. "RESOLUTE" IN PORT. i TEA DANCE 6.15-8.15 P.M. SPECIAL CRUISE BALL CABARET WITH HUGO JOSEPHINE in entire chains of programme EXTENSION TILL 2 A.M. BOOK NOW PHONE 5381. mm m m w*> <+*•'* m »> jm ADELPHi~SEAVIEW HOTEL HOTEL FAVoußrra TIIK )KAI
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    • 152 5 THE WORLD EXPECTED IT &ffg/eoiic HAS PONE IT Pint in the quality field at the tentational Price of $325 There at last is a quality Refrigerator at a price every family can afford, .scientifically shelved to permit full use of every cubic foot of space. Multi-powered to assure eomplett refrigeration
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    • 80 5 SCHOOL CHILDREN. All parrnU nuirhl to haw ih.ir children s ijcs examined to ascertain whether visi'm is perfect. The school period of life imposes great activity upon the eyes, therefore if optical defects exist much distress arises in tho absence of ifln^-st'*. We will advise you frcfiv. Consult ELLISON S.
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    • 36 5 l()R ANYTHING I AMI j EVERYTHING REQUIRED I OH RADIO DK.WV ON I'lli: LARGEST RADIO STOCKS IN THE EAST. H urn:. PHONE ok <am. RADIO SERVICE Co. OK MALAYA 2. OBCHAKD BOAD, Sl\c VPORE. I'HONK mt'
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 438 5 SINGAPORE RADIO TIME TABLE BY OUR EXPERT. STATIONS. Metres. WED. THI'KS. I'M. SAT. SIN. HON. TUE& KUALA -LUMPUR 48.2 I 7to It p.m. 7-9 p.m. t<> P.m. BANDOENG MM c...:0-io p.m. 6.30-10 p.n;. 8.30-10 p.m. 6.30-10 p.m. 6..°.0-10 g.m. G.:iQ-10 p.m. 6.30-10 pin. VSIAD "(Singapore Amateur) 42.M 6.-8 p.m. B-8
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  • INDIA, BURMA AND CEYLON WEEK BY WEEK.
    • 1316 6 JOINX SELECT COMMITTEE. Framing Future Constitution Of India. A motion by Mr. S! M. Bose, urging adequate representation of Bengal before the Joint Select Committee to be appointed by Parliament to examine the proposals of His Majesty's Government regarding the future constitution of India, was passed
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    • 600 6 One Political Body. INQUIRY DEMAND INTO ALWAR AFFAIRS. New Delhi, Feb. 19. A meeting of the Executive Board of the All-India Moslem Conference v i; held today in the Western Hostel under the presidency of Mr. Muhammad Yamin Khan. M.L.A. The following resolutions, among others, were adopted
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    • 182 6 Question of Loss Re-opened. The Ceylon Daily News understands that the Financial Secrf-tary is at present inquiring into a considerable financial loss incurred by the Government as the result of certain consignments of iron imported for the Railway Department falling below the required standard and proving unsuitable for
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    • 281 6 Special Meteorologist Appointed. Bombay, Feb. 21. Dr. S. C. Roy, officer in charge of th.> daily weather section of the Meteorological Department in Poona, has been appointed Special Meteorological to the Government of India in connection with the two attempts, one by air and the other by
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    • 267 6 Upper House Assent For Bill. New Delhi, Feb. 20. Four Bills were passed by the Council of State today which sat for only an hour to dispose of official biviness. These were a Bill to amend the Indian Marine- Act, a Bill amending the Indian Forest Act, a
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    • 248 6 Irrigation Scheme For 500,000 Acres. Colombo, Feb. 27. At Minipe, on the left bank of the Mahaveliganga, there is an anicut which marks the beginning of a channel ninety miles long. It is attributed to the great Parakrama Bahu and is regarded as the most gigantic achievement of
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    • 616 6 Pressing Problem Of Finance. New Delhi, Feb. 1G. The Aero Club of India an<l Burmalas I consider its position, is the keystone of the organisation of all flying, other than commercial flying, in this coun'iv," said the Hon. Sir Prank Noyce, speaking at 1 the annual
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    • 181 6 DUMPING." Action by Europeans To Combat It. New Delhi, Feb. 10. The resolution tabled by Mr. H. i>. Mody. in the Assembly, for the protection of indigenous industries against unfair competition or dumping is finding support from a large number of unofficial members, including; Europeans. Among: thos; 1 who have
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    • 889 6 Better Demand. JAPAN'S SALES JUMP UP. The chk'f feature of interest recently ha:; been the substantial sales, covering a wid range of Roods, effected by Japa- nese importers at considerably reduced prices. These transactions have been po*s<ble on account of the further depreciation wii>h has
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 64 6 M WELL-TAILORED CLOTHES Jfl pfl^/ impart to the wearer a dignity P^^^L^^/K^/ "nd bearing, which can be \M =i= \\j achieved by no other means. For this reason the large '/T If clientele of H. B. Winter invariably returns time and time again, for their H flaau V| requirements. Vv
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 200 7 ALUAMBRA The Independent Theatre with the Pick of the World's Pictures. ifcraaiis i Only Alhambra backed by M.G.M. can bring you such sensations as this! OPENING TODAY: Matinee at 3 p.m. DWARFING THEM ALL! A GOOD-NATURED GIANT TURNED INTO A KILLER by a ruthless woman Wallace Bee ry is back
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    • 239 7 LAST NIGHT'S AUDIENCE THRILLED BEYOND WORDS! We earnestly advise pttrons NOT to bring kiddies to tee it nightly! rll A Brilliant yL ij English Actor JM i n Th c Ye ar s most sensational Picture! Box Office Phone 5261. LIONEL ATWILL in First National's amazing Thriller, LoctomJ UNUSUAL! V
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    • 200 7 /T^\ NICWTLy 6.15 C 9.15 P.M. YOU'LL BE TICKLED TO DEATH AND OH HOW SURPRISED GET READY TO LAUGH AT ERNST LUBITSCH'S SAUCY PRODUCTION "TROUBLE in PARADISE" WHAT A NIGHT! II I UIIAT AN ap.iui.icis ci:i.,:iik \i i; HF jQS |r "*S I ahi.k iiiin-.u mii.i. THE Si: CON!) fl
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  • 167 8 Tin Quotations Up. LONDON RUBBER FIRMER. (By Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Wednesday. Today's Prices Rubber, 6 cents per lb. Tin, Singapore price $76 per picul. Yesterday's Prices: Rubber, Ixtndon. 2 3/32d., up l/32d. New York, closed. Tin, London, (3 months.) £147 5s., up 5s. (Spot), C14I 15s.,
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  • 84 8 Noon, Mar. 8. R.S.S. equal to London Standard: Buyers. Sellers Spot (loose) 6 6 1 lfi (F.O.B.) ..6 5 16 6% Standard R.S.S. on Tender: Buyers. Sellers Mar. ..6 1 16 61/., Apr. 6>/ 8 6 3/16 May .6 3/16 6 5 K> Apr.-June ..6
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  • 163 8 Singapore, Mar. 8. Gambier 6.00 (Cube) No. 1 unpicked t JO.OO Copra 4.50 mixed 4.0" Sago flour, Sarawak 1.90 White Pepper 21.00 Black Pepper 15.50 Pearl Sago 4.25 n small 4.00 medium 6.00 No. 1 125 catties gross 4.15 No. 2 125 catties gross 4.20 Rice Siam $138 to
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  • LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
    • STOCKS AND SHARES.
      • 429 8 Issue Val. Pd. £1 £1 Asam Kumbang £1 £1 Austral Malay 5/- 5 Ayer Hitam Tin £1 £1 Bingrin Tin 1 1 Batang Padang 1 1 Batu Caves 1 1 Bukit Arang £1 £1 Burmah Malay fi XI r.henderiang 1 1 Hitam Tin 1 1 Hong Fatt 5/- 5/-
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      • 280 8 Issue Val. Pd. Buyers. Sellers. 2 2 Alex. Brick. Ord. 0.50 2 2 Alex. Brick Prefs. 1.05 £1 £1 Brit. Am. Tobacco 4.10.0 10 5 British Malaya Trustee 5.20 £1 £1 Con. T. S. 7« Prefs. 21 6 £1 £1 Con. T. S. Ord. 15 1 1 Cycle and
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      • 138 8 Singapore Cold Storage 7 p.c deb. of 1926 red. 1931-36 100 101 d. ■ingaDore Municipal 5 p.c. at 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 10* HOnoro. Singapore Municipal 4V4 p.c of 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000 104 105 nom. Sasaporc Municipal 4V4 P-C-of 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 104 105 norn
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      • 364 8 Fraser and Co. and Lyall and EvattV Quotations. Today's Price Fraser Lyall Evatt Co. Allenby ($1) 0.45 0.55 0.45 0.60 Alor Gajah ($1) 025 0.35 0.30 0.40 A. Hitam ($1) 0.50 0.66 0.50 0.60 A. Kuning ($1) 0.10 0.05 0.15 A. Malay ($2) 0.75 1.00 0.76 u.yo A.
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    • 200 8 I SELLING. Singapore, Mar. 8. London, 4 months' sight 2/3 27/32 London, 3 months' sight 2/3 13/16 London, 60 days' sight 2/3 25/32 London, 30 days' sight 2/3 3/4 London, demand 2/3 23/32 London, T.T. 2/3 11/16 Lyons and Paris, demand 1,000 Hamburg, demand 165 New York, demand
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  • 72 8 From 0.-.ir.a ar.d Japan, by Tokushima Mai v, due at Singapore 5 p.m. today. l-'rom China and Japan, by Fusjiimi Maru, due at Singapore daylight lorn ct w. r rom Philippine Islands, by President Harrison, due at Singapore daylight on Saturday. From China end Japan, by Rio de
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  • 233 8 Today. North and K.-:st India (SoJNUm) Urn, Pontianak (Sinekawnng) 3pm Bcnka Island, Pladjoe Palemban* (Thedens) 3 pin. DJambl (Tobelo) .3 Philippine Islands, China and Japan (Znidarkerk) ..4 p.m, Aim mini and Natuna Islands 1 p.m. Deferred Departure. Sarawak and .Siliu (Vyner llniiha) 4 p.,r. Tomorrow. Ponanr, Prwrtaea
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  • 32 8 By Kaisar-I-Hind Poelau Koebiah Rancbi Andre Lcbon Karou Spore Londoa Jan. 6 Jan. 28 Jan. 19 Feb. 11 Tan. 20 Fab. 11 leb. 8 Mar. < *'eo. tf Mar. 4
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 121 8 WHEN you wear a "LUVISCA" Shirt and Collar, you reach the "nineteenth hole" still fresh and easy. These garments silky in appearance, well-cut and strong are made expressly for good service. Obtainable in patterns giving the right touch to both sports and business wear. The day ended, "LUVISCA" Pyjamas are
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 135 8 ARRANGEMENTS FOH THE WEEK. Today. March 8. Rotary Tiffin, Mr. Roland Braddell on "Hollywood Impressions," Adelphi Hotel. 1 p.m. Police Band, Bntnnical Gardens, 9 p.m. Thiirnday. March 9. Annual mlg. of St. Andrew's Church Mission, St. Andrew's School Hall, fi.30 p.m. Friday. March 10. Annual meeting of Society of Yorkrhiremea
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
    • 993 9 Malacca Electric. DECREASED PROFIT REPORTED. The annual genera) meeting of Malacca Electric Lighting, Ltd. was held yesterday in French Bank Buildings with the Hon. Mr. P. M. Robinson in the chair. Others present were Mr. W. H. Mscgiegor and Mr. C. V. Bailey, and Mr. .1. A.
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    • 621 9 Fraser and Co.'s Weekly Report. Fraser and Co.'s report, dated Mar. 8, tates Since our last report conditions in the money markets of tho world have undergone some dramatic changes, and it is a little difficult at the moment to visualise how completely in one week the financial
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    • 63 9 During the week ending February 25, exports of tinned pineapples from Malayan ports amounted to 18,837 cases, of which 11,912 cases were to the United Kingdom. 3.085 cases to the Continent of Europe. 2.640 cases to Canada and 1,200 cases elsewhere. Total exports for the period January 1, to
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    • 718 9 Pro-Control Speech At Kuala Lumpur. The seventeenth annual general meeting of Cunnemara Limited was held at the registered office of the company, No. 1, Embankment, Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday, of the chairman, Mr. F. B. Cough. !>residnig. After notice convening the meeting was read by a representative
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    • 174 9 Programme of drills up to and for week ending March 12: Wednesday, Mar. 8, 5.15 p.m.. Headquarters, S.R.A. tv), Battery Parade; 5.15 p.m., Headquartei-j, "D" (Eurasian) Coy., Company Parade; 5.15 p.m., Headquarters, M.G. Dateon (Eur.), Platoon Parade. Thursday, Mar. 9, 5.15 p.m., Headquarters, S.R.E. (vi. Section a*d Weapon
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    • 263 9 Closing Quotations In London. (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Mar. 7. Closing quotations today of the' princi pal British stocks are given below The rise or fall is in relation to the price of Mar. 2. GOVERNMENT STOCKS, BRITISH. Bis* or Fall Conversion Loan .V IIR-Si
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    • 94 9 Rugby, Mar. 6. 'oreign exchanges are: Amsterdam 8.67 1 Berlin 14 33 32 Athens 595' ■> Belgrade 250~ Bombay 1/6 1/8 Brussels 24.85 Bucharest 590 Copenhagen 22 7/16 Geneva 7.87 Vi Helsingfors 227 Hong tfong 1 3 3, 4 Madrid 41 11 16 Lisbon 110 Milan 68% Montreal 4.21
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    • 22 9 The Air Mail Karachi London dispatched by s.s. Rajula on Feb. 16 was Jol.vcicd in London on Mar. 7 (19 days).
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 598 9 BANKING. NEDERLANDSCH, INDISCHE HANDELSBANB N. V. established ISM at iMlirtut, 7 Authority Capital Old*. IM.OM.ON Paid up Capital GIdi. B5,000,00( Reserves Gldi. 24,190,114 HEAD OFFICE AMSTERDAM. BRANCH OFFICES: THE HAGUE, ROTTERDAM. OVERSEAS BRANCHES. Eatavia: Head office for Dutch Bas< todies. BRANCP OFFICES I DUTCH EAST INDIES Ampenan, Bandoeng, Chenbon, GoronUlo,
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    • 6 9 Thty iaoS you Moniy? OX PACI
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    • 21 9 NOTICE. The inc.ni-y < nler service to the Philip-] pi no Islands and Canada via Hong Kong I hi.s been temporarily suspended.
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    • 302 9 BANKING. NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL-MAATSCHAPPIJ, N. V. (NETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETY) Established In Amsterdam 1824. HEAD OFFICE AMSTERDAM WITH BRANCHES 13 ROTTERDAM AND THE HAGUE, HEAD OFFICE FOR THE EAST: BATAVIA. Branches throughout the Dutch East Indies and in the Straits Settlements, India, China, Japan and Arabia. LONDON BANKERS Tm« National Provincial Bank,
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  • 129 10 AMUSEMENTS— Singapore. AUIAMBRA. -Flesh with Wallace Berry, Kurcn Mnrlcy Ricurdo Cortez. 6.15—' 9.15. Phone 6909. CAPITOL. Doctor X with Lionel Atwil! 6.15—9.15. Phone 6261-2. GREAT WORLD— SKY TALKIE.— Constance Bennett in Common Clay. STAR TM.hilE, GREAT WORLD— Harold Lloyd in Feet First. MARLBOROUGH.— Igloo A!so Scandal For Sale. 6.15—9.15. NEW
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  • 799 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MAR. 8, 1933. THE S.S.C.S— AND CRACKERS. Final judgment on Government's scheme for the formation of the Straits Settlements Civil Service as a branch of the Malayan Civil Service to which nonKuropean British subjects shall be admitted must be postponed until fuller details are available
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  • 353 10 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Mr. D. A. M. Brown, of Penanjr. baj benn re-elected President of the Senior Golfers' Society of Malaya. The Rev. Bishop Edwin F. Lee an'l Mrs. Lee expect to arrive back in Singapore by the Sibajak on June 13. Hazel Deplcr of the Methodist Supreme Court, Penang, has
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  • 1144 10  -  W. J. Passinirham Gold Stronghold of The Bank of England. (By Secrets of the world's most famous bunk, the Bank England, arc made knmt n in m thul the neir building in Threadnredlc Street is near ing completion and in thv article Inline, hi/
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  • 803 10 "HELLO!" S The London Daily Telegraph of Saturday, February 11. contains Img report <f the surrender of the Dotes warship De Zeven Provincii-n. The heading says: From a special correspondent. By telephono. Batavia, Friday." How ni«u for the Daily Telegiaj>h that tlhe Story "broke" in ar>
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  • 914 11 DRAMATIC RESIGNATION OF THE "YOUNG MARSHAL." CHIANG KAI-SHEK GOES NORTH. For Counter-Attack On Jehol. PLANS READY. All Who Retreat to be Shot On the Spot. A brief Kculer message from Peipine this morning states that Marshal Chant; Hsueh-liang, the Younu Marshal" has resigned and it is presumed from this that
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  • 312 11 Short Commons During Next Quarter. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 7. From April to June of this year Malayan tin miners will be producing only 23 per cent, of their assessed capacity, which will be the lowest level ever known in
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  • 187 11 French Reference To Colonies. Geneva, Mar. G. There was a sensation today at tho jrencral commission when the question of overseas' troops was discussed and a special committee appointed to consider details. Herr Nadolny (Germany) hoped that Germany would be considered as interested. M. Sarraut (France), the Colonial
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  • 66 11 Mr. Matsuoka and Chinese Minister. London, Mar. 7. The British Broadcasting Corporation announces that statements on the Chinese and Japanese points of view regarding the Manchuiian situation will be broadcast in the national programme at 9.20 p.m. <;n Mar. 11. Mr. Matsuoka, the chief Japanese delegate at Geneva,
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  • 63 11 Will British Battalion Be Withdrawn London, Mar. 7. Speaking in tbe House of Common"!, Mr. A. Duff Cooper, the Financial Secretary to the War Office, assured MajorGeneral Sir Alfred KTnox, (Cons., Wycombe) that the question of the withdiawal if the battalion from Shanghai would be discussed with
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  • 57 11 Swift Collapse Of Military Regime. Athens, Mar. 7. The military regime established by General Plastiras yesterday has broken up. On* person was killed and 20 were wounded when the military attempted to overcome demonstrators against the dictatorship. Plastiras has retired frtm the scene, and a provisional Cabinet has
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  • 104 11 Remarkable Story. ALLEGED SECRET AIR BASES. London, Mar. 8. The Daily Herald's diplomatic correspondent splashes a story that Japanese plans for a system ot disguised air bases in ths Dutch East Indies en route from forinoE* to Australia lay behino the recent breakdown of the negotiations
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  • 319 11 No Sign of General Agreement. Rugby, Mar. 6. Replying to questions in the House of Commons, the Foreign Secretary, Sir John Simon, said that there was no indication of universal ajfieement with the decision of the British Government flcrbidding the export of arms to China and Japan. That
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  • 130 11 Six Figure Losses To Insurance. London, Mar. 0. Losses by insurance companies running into six (inures, through what counsel described as a "vast conspiracy fraud," were described at Bow Street police court this morning at the opening of the case against eleven men and one woman on a
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  • 88 11 Effect of American Crisis. London, Mar. 6. On the Stock Exchange today business was considerably restricted by the American crisis, but apart from some weakness in Kaffirs, the movements were generally unimportant. German issues opened higher following the election results but later fluctuated widely. Except for the dollar
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  • 16 11 Tokkx, Mar. 8. Exchange operations have been reopened except as regards American dollars. Reuter.
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  • 609 11 Mr. Homer S. Cummings. APPOINTMENT MEETS WITH APPROVAL. .Washington, Tuesday. Mr. Franklin D. Roosevelt, the President, has accepted the resignation of Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, Governor-General of the Philippine Islands. Pending the arrival in Manila of Mr. Homer S. Cummings, the new GovernorGeneral, Mr. John Holliday, the Vice-Governor-General
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  • 132 11 Low Allocation Of TreasuryBills. London, Mar. 4. The rapid flight of funds to London is causing some embarrassement as to how fully to employ it and this week's £45,000,000 Treasury Bills were allotted at 11s. 4d. which is the lowest rate recorded this year. The banking news
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  • 248 11 Did Not Want to Sail For Japan. London, Mar. 1. A dramatic announcement was made at today's conference of the British AntiWar Council that the crew were prepared to leave a ship due to sail for Japan if assured of financial support. The announcement resulted in the
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  • 117 11 Police Fired on From House. Berlin, Mar. 5. 1 here were clashes in the course of the election in s^me parts of the country. A number of dead and injured are repotted. At Breslau, a Nazi auxiliary policeman was shot dead and several people injured. The police declare
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  • 93 11 Mr. Bernard Shaw Visits Tokio. Tokio, Mar. 7. Mr. Bernard Shaw is open minded and is dividing his attentions between notabilities whose views are diametrically opposed. Yesterday he addressed a meeting of leaders of the proletarian party. Today he visited the House of Peers in session and
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  • 64 11 Reduction In Figures For February. Rugliy, Mar. 6. The Ministry of Labour returns shows a reduction of 46,427 in the total number of peisons unemployed on February 20 as compared with one month ago. The number of insured persons in employment was 9,360,000 which is 55,000 more than one
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  • 47 11 VERY SATISFIED. Ex-Kaiser And The Nazi Success. Doom, Mar. 6. The ex-Kaiser expresses himself as "very satisfied'' with the Nazis victory, but he would personally have preferred a greater success for the Hugenberg Party (which put the monarchist question in the forefront of its programme). Router Wireless.
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  • 1005 11 Mr. Roosevelt's Address To Governors. EMERGENCY POWERS. Hollywood Studio Stops Salaries. There have been no fresh development* in the banking crisis in the I nilt-il States. President Roosevelt addressed a conference of (iovern«rs on the need for a uniform banking system throughout the cminln Special plans to
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    • 87 11 ON OTHER PAGES. Radio Programme 5 India Page 6 Around the Markets. By the Financial Correspondent 9 Connemara, Ltd. Meeting 9 Malacca Electric Lighting 9 To Defy War, Fire and Flood. —By W. J. I "ass in ({ham 10 Rata Shoes for Malaya 12 Colony's Trade Commission 12 Children's Concert
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  • 479 12 Wiltshire Band and A Ventriloquist. The oidinai'v staving accommodation the V'i 1 Rail whs not sufficient last ni^K for the hundreds who turr.ed :ii. i < hil lien's Concert of ihe year and additional chain hastily requiail oned for what provrd to be one oi
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  • 92 12 r urther Postponement In Klan? Case. l-'i-om i >vi Own Correspondent.) Klang, Mar. 7. A further postponement until April 7, was allowed this morning in the case itt which Capt I-eif Thlle. of the s.s. Mabella, ig charged with voluntarily causing grievous hurt to Yonp Yah Chin, a
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  • 173 12 How Over $3,000 Was Collected. The following is the result of the N'egri Sem'.ilan Poppy Day Fund: Bale of wreathe by Mrs. Braddon $168.60. Sale of poppies collected by Mn W*ollard 65.5Q, Mrs. Boyd and Mrs. Hannigan srj.TO. Mrs. Huett and Mri. Woolley 1225. Miss Jeff 10.
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  • 84 12 Capture Of Five Men Near Kuala Lumpur. i r ivm Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 7. Seven < hinese coolies splashing acro-s a mining pool at one o-'elock in the morning was the upectacle seen by a party Of pome near Kuala Lumpur yesterday. r'iv*
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  • 440 12 Bata Ambition Being Realised. Some months prior to his death in an eir crash last July, the late Mr. Thnmas Bata, the Czechoslovakia shoe kin?." visited Singapore on a business trip to the Vu< To the Straits Times he outlined a big ambttten; unhappily il
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  • 264 12 Misadventure Verdict At Inquest. The- inquiry into the death of a middleaged Straits-born Chinese woman who was knocked down in Geylang Road by p. motor-car driven by Inspector Rajali bin Abdul Manap, of the Johore Bahru police, was concluded yesterday when a verdict of death by misadventure was
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  • 130 12 Accused Fail To Find Sureties. Norman Albert Jansen. the Eurasian, an/1 Poh Kim Senjc. the Chinese, who are detained on charges of trafficking in t nped Siamese ten tical notes again appeared before Mr. A. W. Hay, the Siijrapore Second Police Magistrate, thi.< morning when counsel made
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  • 20 12 U.K. the Governor (Sir Cecil Clementi) will k-ave Siniraj>.>re for Kuaja Lumpur n Mar. 12, and will return on Apr.
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  • 299 12 Sittings to be Held In Public. The fust meeting of the Siu-it* Settle-' nicnts Trade Commission was held in the Legislative Council Chamber on Monday MM the following communique has been •s.-uied by tne president: "A commission has been appointed to inquire into the Trade of the
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  • 292 12 Another Triumph For Ernst Lubitsch. When a picture is an Ernst Lubitsch pi-oduction it bears the stamp of ,a man who has the art of the cinema at his lingei-tips, who is the despair of imitatois and always jtives his audiences th<» something different." Some say that
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  • 28 12 The Coroner's inquiry into the death of Mr. T. O. Mayhew, who was found drowned, has been postponed until Mar; '3 at 10.:40 a.m.
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  • 178 12 Privy Council Reverses Court's Decision. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London; Mai. 7. The Privy Council has given judgment in favour of the Commissioner of Stamps, S.S., in both consolidated appeals against ithe trustees of the estate of Mr. Oei Tiong Ham, the Java "Sugar JCinK." The
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  • 129 12 European Finds Himself In Police Court. The old invitation "Have a drink?" had unfortunate consequences for a European t named W. E. Richardson, of 90, Rochore l'oa<l, who was charged as a result before Mr. J. F. F. Greg);, the Third Magistrate, yesterday, with attempting to (rive
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  • 136 12 I A meetjng of committee no. 1 of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners, generally -approved, as a guide, the following principles in the exercise of discretion for the allowance of late claims for refund of rates: (a) absence from the Colony, (b) sickness, (c) obvioi'ly inadvertent and isolated omissions
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  • 35 12 A fifUui-yc;r-old Chinese boarder at the Oldham Hall School dipped while piactising the high jump on the school playgiound yist?rday evening and was taken to hospital with a fractured left hand. j
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  • 27 12 The transport Lancashire is due at Singapore at 7 a.m. on Saturday, bringing reliefs for the Singapore Garrison, and v.ill berth at godown 50-."> l.
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  • 469 12 Ail Except OneSingapore The sidewalks of the world have made Mark Hellinger, Broadway's brightest columnist, gloomy. Last October, Hellinger, who writes a dailv column for the Hearst group if newspapers left New York on a journalist's most wonderful consignment to tell his readers about the highways
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  • 272 12 Doctor X Proves A Real Thriller. Anyone wanting to see a real thriller, one which almost makes the flesh creep and the hair .»u>.!id on end, is cdvised to go to the Capitol and see Doctor X the latest First National picture, which opened last night. It is
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  • 80 12 Donations received by the European Unemployment Committee last month were as follows: Clubs $1,700.10, Incorporated Society of Planters 560.1, Royal Society of St. George (Selangor) 308.42, Penang St. Andrew's Society 100, Raffles Hotel Revue 356, Mr. J. A. Russell 100, Singapore Presbyterian Church 69.46, Mrs. G. C. Bucknell,
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  • 53 12 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 7. Messrs. Munjjo Park and L. G. H. Wilfchaw completed the return journey from Medan this morning in a Kuala Lumpur Flylnjr Club aeroplane. They were somewhat troubled l>y clouds between L'.ihiii and U,(MM) tnkt over tiie Straits tut there
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  • 361 12 Court Questions All In Writing. There was an unusual happening in tho Criminal District Court jreatorday during the course of the trial of iwn Chinese when owing to the romplainant's iotal deafness all qmrtiwu had to be put in writing. The two accused, Yiow Yam ('hong
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  • 185 12 Governor's Detailed Visit Of Inspection. As a prelude to a detailed inspection of the work in profTOM, U.K. the Governor (Sir Cecil dementi) stood on top cf an inspection tower off Grove Road early this morning and took a sweeping view of the Civil Aerodrome arising; out of
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  • 131 12 Flight from Moscow To Petropavlovsk. ■factor, Fel>. 2<t. riidaiuttcd by thu failure of their colleague, Vo(li)|iiaiii>v, to make tin- 23,000kilometre flight from BfOKOW to P«tropavlovsk in Kamchatka and back, time well-known Soviet airmen, Karich, Demchenko and Krassniy, have indic-ate<l to the authorities of the Civil Air Fleet readiness
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  • 134 12 Over $500 Paid As Compensation. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 7. The Chinese clerk who accidentally killed a Tamil coolie whan firing at a sparrow with a .22 Remington rifle pleaded guilty before the Kuala Lumpur magistrate to causing death by a rash act. The prosecuting
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    • 46 12 10 0 wNrcfi-=i}\ BRITISH l BREWED I j&\ COMPARE THESE PRICES CH OP JUM PINT SIZE Case of bottles $21.00 CHOP JUM. QUART SIZE Case of 48 bottles $18.00 DUTY PAID AND DELIVERED. SOLE AGENTS: WILLIAM JACKS CO. mum LTD. SINGAPORE, KUALA LUMPUR, PENANG and IPOH.
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  • Singapore Football League Season Opens—Good Win For The S. R. C.
    • 1106 13 Referee's Mistake. S.R.C. BEAT R.A. IN OPENING MATCH. S.R.C. 4 R.A. 2. The opening match of the First Division of the S.A.F.A. L- ague, S.K.C. vs. K.A.. was marked by a very unusual hap-re-n-ing. After the referee had blov/n the whistle for timo it was
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    • 573 13 Little Assistance To Selectors. Colours 4 Whites 1. As is usually the case with trial matches the one at the S.C.C. yesterday provided a very poor class of football ard except in one or two instances ga\e little assistance to the Selection Committee to which falls
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  • 1678 13 Lail Singh Again. ASHWOUTH LEIJSSIUS, BAT WELL. (Uy Our Cricket Cm-respondent.) The trial games arranged at both the B.C.C. and S.R.C. ground! lu^t week-end .-aclly affected l>y rain. Although play was possible <>n .iuntiay for about three hours, the conditions were all ■gainst good cricket. Tim- honours
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  • 173 13 Ladies' Race for San try Cup. The Royal Singapore Yacht Cli!'< announce that the series of three races for the Santry Challenge Cup for ladies will take place on Mar. 11 and 25 ami Apr. 8. The start of the tirsi- race on Saturday next will be at 4.55
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  • 122 13 Fixtures for This Season's Competition. The following are the fixtures for the Southern Section of the Malaya Cup Competition this season: May 27 (Saturday) Malacca vs. Johort>, at Malacca. June 8 (Thursday) Johore vs. Malaya Command, at Johore. June 10 (Saturday) Ne K ri Sembilai vs. Singapore, at
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  • 85 13 Negri Sembilan Open Singles. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Scremban, Mar. 7. The Negri Sembilan open badminton tournament has now reached the semifinal stage. Saturdays results were as follows: Lim Eng Bee beat Kathiravelo >, 15—12, 15—12 Yeow Sun Loon beat han Yoon Kan, 15 5, 7—15, 15 6; Fooig
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  • 31 13 Sepoy Lines G.C. Ladies' Medal. The Sepoy Lines Golf Club ladies' monthly metlal (bogey) competition was won by Miss K. Stewart who returned a card 2 up or.- bogey.
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  • 102 13 Japanese Davis Cup Players at S.C.C. .Tiro Satoh, Ryosuke Nunoi and Eikicni Itoh, three members of the Japanese Davis Cup team, who will be passin.i; through Singapore on Thursday on their way to Europe, will tnke part in a series of exhibition games at the S.C.C. The following
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    • 73 13 —BRAND NEW CARS LESS THAN HALF PRICE In order to clear the few remaining models, Brand New Willys -Knight Touring Cars priced at $3,000 nre now offered at $1,200. The WiHys-Knijjht in design and action is perhaps the most individual of all motor cars. It is a marvel of comfort
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    • 66 13 LAWN TENNIS JAPANESE DAVIS CUT TEAM EN ROUTE EUKOPE Comprising of Messrs. JIKO SATOH. RVOSI'KE M Mil EIKICHI ITOH will play following Exhibition Match at the S.C.C. GROUND on Thursday 9th, commencing 4.30 p.m. Doubles: Nunoi Itoh vs. Dr. de Souza de Souza Doubles: Satoh Itoh vs. R. Smith N.
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    • 54 13 Other Sporting News Appears On •I'ajje 3. /ag>oci ci ct n ci ci n n n n ci nnnnn c nPTr»Sr^\ _J ft WSf* '^^sai BssTi'^l* *^^sai ■Hsa^o^'' C ww n GMB^gk and to see CPB pl| Wallace Beery in lUt "FLESH" l cfflPgm at the ALHAMBRA |U^ TONIGHT I
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    • 185 14 IjA Tl »c &&.C. fiadiogram/TB Wti 25* G E> C Ra d«offram comliinin.r an dee. :Wt i !m"! m gramophone and a short wave receiver ■a»1 I v -n o u ]y ins <rum e"t of its kind in Malaya '«i wIU bnn m Ix>nclon and foreign broad- II jBJ
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  • The Straits Times Wireless Supplement
    • 5 14 The Straits Times Wireless Supplement
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    • 892 14 Earlier Empire Broadcast For Malaya Results Of Listeners' Reports pared with the very earliest ays of broadcasting. The man relatively near the transmitter could rereiw s;.;'sfV ly on an easily-operated crystal set, Uit pecple farther afield had to dm what wen then raga-ided at extremely t mptfeated piecei of tefaatiflc
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    • 145 14 TODAV 6 p.ni.-t;.15 p.m. Children's Hour. 7 p.m.-7.20 p.m. Classical music. 7. Jo p. m. -7. 10 p.m. Talk. ..Ml p.m. -s p.m. Classical music. 8pjn.-9p.nl. Harry de Haan's Orchestra Kn^emhlo I'lTanjji'r Hobet) '.'.1(1 p.m. -10 p.m. Cabaret. llll KSIIAY. MARCH 0. 7 p.m.-T.L'O p.m. I.ichl music. T.Jo p.m.-7.40
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      11 14 The effects dvp»-«mmt of the -B.H.C at tforfc during a play.
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    • 1222 14 The Press has loudly acclaimed the I policy of Empire Broadcasting, and has sentimentally pictuted to its readers the lonely Englishman in the outposts of the Empire at last being able to enjoy the benefits of wireless, says "L.N." :n World Radio. The technical papers have pointed out
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  • EMPIRE STATION CALLING
    • 512 15 Empire Radio Programme. TODAY. !).">0 p.m. Time Signal from Bi^ Ben. News Bulletin. 10.5 p.m. Concert l>y the Northern Studio Orchestra, directed hy John Bridge, from a Manchester studio. IL'.-i> p.m. Bookl Mora old Favourites, a talk by Miss E. M. Delafield. Im::.", p.m. Interlude of Gramophone records. 10.50-11.50 p.m.
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    • 477 15 Notes By A K. L. Listener. LISTKNIXC-in lias Keen good in Kuala Lumpur in the last week aEar us the more distant stations arc concerned though medium distanc > ml BUch as Bandoeng and Sourabaya haw as usual bMB subject to a larg-' ■mount of atmospherics. Dnvontry and Paris seemed
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    • 394 15 Monday. Tuesdcy. Thursday. Fiiday. Saturday. Sunday. 7.30 to 7.50 Physical Jerks. Physical Jerks. Physical Jerks. Physical Jerks. Physical Jerks. Physical Jerks. Physical .kik 10 to 10.15 Short Religious Service. Short Religious Service. Short Religious Service. Short Rciifriojs Service. Short Religious Service. Short Religious Service. Short Religious Service. 10.15
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    • 707 15 Dots And Dashes. In view of the fact that certain channels allotted to other countries and borrowed by Germany must now be returned to their owners, a re-arrangement is to take place in the wavelengths or some of the transmitters. It is expected that the 5 kilowatt Freiburg-im-Breisagau station, and
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    • 241 15 RADIO artists whose performances are broadcast to the Empire may ex- pect to receive increased fees. This is the outcome of negotiations between the British Actors' Equity Association and the B.B.C. All that is required now is the formal ratification of the Council of Equity,
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    • 187 15 Q. I have had excellent results with a second-hand receiver that I purchased from a friend some 3 months ago, but I have already had trouble with two pairs of head-phones and one loud speaker. I am told that these have "burnt out." Surely this should not
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  • 928 16 Clan Head Says 'Yes': Law Says 'No.' ENTICING ALLEGED. USUAL RITES BUT NO WRITING. I In- ,nnitu nt of iiriiiii ill marriage required in criminal prosecution in an cnticine away a married unman charge w.is farther etaahaejaea' in a case continued before Mi. A. Hay. the
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  • 72 16 Splendid Progress Being Made With New Railroad. Moscow, Feb. 20. Construction of the Moscow-Donbas trunk line is proceeding rapidly. Although surveying was begun only in February of last year, over 16 million cubic metres Of earth have been moved already, nearly as much as during three years
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  • 60 16 The seeing centre of the Malayan Arts and Crafts Society. Baflss Hotel, has a laige consignment of new style beach hats, hand bags and belts to match, as well as some hand-made evening bags in untarnishable silver thread. For those going home or wishing to buy gifts
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  • 263 16 Husband Killed and Wife Injured. A mm dor charge MM ix'fo:o Mr. Justice Mills sad a special jury in the Assize <ourl today. Santokh Sir>rh. alias Makhan Singh, a Bengali. w as charged wflfa murder and attempted murder c( a compatriot, Jamal Singh, and the letter's
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  • 144 16 Man With Eight Previous Convictions. Massulamani. a young Straits-born Tamil, who had pleaded uuilty to a charge of theft of six liottk's of beer before the Second Magistrate and who had admitted eight previous convictions when he was produced before Mr. H. A. Forrer, the Criminal District Judge,
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  • 162 16 Three Months' Imprisonment For Defalcations. A Mullah bin AMul Rahman Alhabshee, a young Arab rent collector in the employ of Hasan. Alkafi" and Co., of the Arcade, who had pleaded guilty on March 1 to a charge of criminal breach of trust, was sentenced this morning to three
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  • 106 16 Prison For Possession Of Arms. I wish people would not do these silly things," remarked Mr. H. A. Forrer, the "liminal District Judge, this morning in si ntencing Tan Kim Liang to three months' 1 igorous imprisonment for the possession of arms and to a fine of $40
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  • 57 16 On Dec. 17 last, in the course of an article on the subject of rubber roads, we stated that Mr. H. W. Cowling was coinventor, with Mr. Ci. Parry Davis, of the ScJar Rubber "rocesses. Mr. Parry Davis now writes to ask us to point out* that 'he
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  • 31 16 Miss Riboet's Co. will present a variety piogramme at the New World tonight, comprising vaudeville crinibcrs and kronchongs. Gagak Solo, a drama in a Javanese Sultan's court, is a coming attraction.
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    • 319 16 .\t*o Ok f* ill t> r^^m f A nice problem some of STILL GO/Hr y>^ "urliicntk in the "Straits" ftl CSp wkk have set us! "Lead the O^ Jy (j .y way," they said, "»ivc us Rk a whi>ky specially suited fk^^T\>^ to ihe hot climate we \VoE§mmmk C avc
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  • 950 17 Annual Meeting. LABQCtB SUPPLY INQUIRY. The annual general meeting of the North Borneo Planters' Association was ■hold in the Beaufort Club <>n 1-" «.-!>. li' with the Hon. Mr. M. IT— tllM in lli> clriir. Others present vtN Messrs. N. lilaikweii, .1. Bryant, <". Brewer, H. A.
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  • 546 17 Judge's Comment. PUNISHMENT MUST BE ADEQUATE. As a MQtMl to the death of a Malay boy of about 12 years of age in S<nangoon Ifoad in the afternoon of Dec. 16 last, a Chinese lorry driver. Tan Kim Him. was arraigned refere Mr. Justice Mills
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  • 51 17 Chinese Shoots Himself In Bed. Malacca, Mar. 7. Reference to his affair at the post office ahcut which (he had no need to worry was made at the inquest on Wee Enjj Suan, who shot himself in bed with a Iwriowed jcutN when a verdict of suiside was
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  • 264 17 Routine Orders by Lieut-Col. M. J. T. Reilly, M.C., Commanding S.S.V.F. Singapore, Mar. H. The Commandant wishes heartily to congratulate all officers. N.C.Os. and members of the Volunttors who were on parade in the Guard of Honour, Quarter Guard anil Demonstration Sections and Platoons o-i the occasion of
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  • 21 17 The annual ceremony in commemoration of the Lord Buddha at the Tiger Temple, Race Course Road, will take place un Fjiday.
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  • 489 18 Hawaiian in Toils. GAOL, SUPERVISION AND THE ROTAN. Alexander van Toni Rivicrd has woven s-ueh a tangled web of crime around himself that he is finding 1 it difficult to extricate, himself from its toils and yesterday raid the penalty when he was sentenced y Mr.
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  • 103 18 At tha annuul HMftiac of the Btrmitu Juvenile Union (Boon Wah Kok) th;' j following officials were elected: Patron, I Mr. Choo Lye Huat; president, Mr. Weu I lock Lai; vice-presidents, Messrs. Bong, Teck HOC Yto Kirn Tay. Neo H«OW Peok i :i!id l.iin Choon Siew; lion,
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  • 369 18 Why Soviet Refuses To Join. MOSCOW, Mar. 7. The Soviet has declined the invitation of the League of Nations to join the advisory committee of 21 on the SineJapanese dispute. M. I.itvinoff, in a long telegram to SiiEric Drummond, the Secretary-General of the League, explaining the refusal,
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  • 393 18 Volunteers Recapture Kailu. Shanghai, Mar. 8. While considerable success has attended the Japanese invasion of Jehol, their avowed intention of driving every Chinese soldier over the Great Wai! into China proper has not yet been accomplished, and the Chinese at certain points within Jehol are rallying and putting
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  • 326 18 Whole Case One Of Obstruction." An allegation that "tho whole of this action is one of obstruction and not a l>ona fide one was made by Mr. S. B. Tan, counsel for the defendant, this morning; in the Supreme Court before tho Chief Justice (Sir William Murison) in
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  • 24 18 The band of the President Harrison has been engaged for the dance to be held at the Tanglin Club on Saturday next.
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    • 263 18 THE BRITISH MALAYA TRUSTEE EXECUTOR COMPANY, LIMITED. (Krgi.strrrrf unHrr the Tnml "mpanics Onl.naiK.- \'J2H) Capital called ii|i %W2fiS0 Kesorve Liability of Sharaholders $152,050 DIRECTORS: Sir David Gallowav, Kt.H. (Chairman) w. B. lta\.icr. \c a. 0. R. S. Bateaua < A, B. H. Meyer I.. C. Marjroliouth Gaw Klu-k Khiam. BBCSETASOSa
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    • 173 18 THE SMALL COOLER WITH A LARGE Air-cooled noiseless in operation requiring no BsP-MmiK I motor and operated by either jfas, electricity iv ANB JPQL^H O) kerosene the All British ELECTUOLUX HINOK is the most convenient self-contained auteima' "T refrigerator produced. It has a remarkable storair'..' Ir^HW^ l^^ ~"7lj] capacity yet
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  • 2711 19 STORMY WINDS DO BLOW THE LONDON TRANSPORT HILL: A CONSERI ATIVE GESTURE OF IMMENSE IMPORTANCE THE GOVERN' MENTS I POLICY HARD TRITHS AND SOUND METHODS A COMPLETE COORDINATION OF PI BLIC ASSISTANCE? "LLOYD (.FORCE'S XI n AND THE LIBER \L LEADERSHIP CROW INC INTEREST
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  • 104 19 Moscow, Feb. 23. Serious allegations that a certain Japanese ordered him to destroy the civil air base at Ustholsheretzk, Kamchatka, and other buildings important to the Soviet, has been made by a Japanese named Kaisawa, who was arrested in connection with an outbreak of fire at the
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  • Correspondence.
    • 1262 19 Review of Processes And Products. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, In a previous letter to the Straits Times, dated Oct. 25. 1932, I recalled the earlier experiments carried out in this country by the R.R.I, in connection with crumb rubber and gave some details of
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    • 1170 19 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, With referenco to my letters in the Srtraits Times of Feb. 20 and 23, i.llow me to point out certain exact facts connected with the questions of filtration or creaming of latex by the public, free from all patented
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    • 352 19 "MISOGYNIST MUSSOLINIS." To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, —With complacent disregard for its members' opinions, the Singapore Turf Club has issued a circular to the effect that ladies' free mktis are now withdrawn. At the general meeting the chairman said. "Your committee definitely invites diaeaaaioa on this point
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    • 316 19 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—The Hindu marriage has beeoini t difficult problem for solving in courts of law. where the burden of proving the validhy of the marriage i>" a fact in issue for criminal eases, lOctl Ml abduction and crticing away the -<>- kited
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  • 28 20 Chinese Trenches From The Air. AN IBRIAL view of the Chinese trenctes in the Taling Valley, Jehol, where preparations were made to <reslst th. Japanese onslaught. (Planet News.)
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    23 20 i ItINCE C. KOMARAKUL-NAGARA. or Siam. acted as cox of the Oxford boat, during a recent practice for tle Beat Race. (Planet News.)
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    17 20 THE HAMBLRG-AMERIKA liner "Resolute," luxury triple-screw steamer, which is due in Singapore today on a world cruise.
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    18 20 A CRUMBLED section of the Great Wall of China after a bombardment by Japanese artillery. (Planet a| News.)
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    15 20 LONG EAGLE 11,- Durty Foot, and Slater (right to left), ««»M£-J« f^StHJUS^ Anth n>>B 8Uble
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