The Straits Times, 2 December 1934

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  • 36 1 The Straits Times THE LEADING SUNDAY NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA. No. 154. Sunday, December 2, 1934 Price 10 cent*. The Straits Times The Leading Sunday Newspaper in Malaya. No. 154. Sunday, December 2, 1934 Price 10 cents.
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  • 583 1 All Three Services To Take Part In Big Manoeuvres 5 A. M. EDITION 21 WARSHIPS OF CHINA FLEET H.M.S. Veteran H.M.S. Witch Arrive GREATEST MANOEUVRES IN THE HISTORY OF THE COLONY SUNDAY TIMES EXCLUSIVE NEWS MILITARY LXERCISES ON A BIGGER SCALE THAN EVER BEFORE
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  • 178 1 AT REQUEST OF GEN. CHIANG Helping. IN pursuant of instructor.* gi tii by Gen. Chiang Kai-shek before his departure from Peiping the Bureau of Social Welfare of the local (Viunicipal Government has prepared nine regulations calculated to "maintain good morals" in Peiping. The regulations will be promulgated
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  • 83 1 THE MARKET SHOWS DULL TONE Daily Prices Current For R.M.A. No. 1. K. Ribbed Smoked Sheet. Noon. Saturday. Buyers Sellers Spot (loose) 2114 21 (F. 0.8.) Current month.. 21« i M•, Jan.- Mar. 22 i tt% Apr.-June 24 .'l', July-Sept. 25 WH Tone of Market Dull. Latest
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  • 69 1 London, Saturday. RUBBER. (Quotations as supplied by Symington and Wilson.) Spot (Buyers) 6*id (Sellers) 6«-id. Jan-Mar. 6Vid. Apr.-June 6 11/164. July-Sept. 6?»d. Market Quiet. SILVER. Spot 24 S M d. For' ard 24* 4 d. Gold £6 19s. 9'jd. CROSS RATE. London-New York, 4.98 New York-London, 4.97 i
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  • 47 1 The wedding took place at St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday alternoon of Mr. Robert Ralph Stracey, son of the late Mr. A. E. Stracey and Mrs. Stracey, of County Antrim and Madras, and Miss Ursula Bartholomeusz. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Bartholomcusz, of Singapore.
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  • 98 1 5 DEAD IN MELBOURNE FLOODS FIFTEEN HUNDRED HOMELESS ARGE areas in Melbourne the centenary city were devastated by floods yesterday. Five people are dead and 1,500 homeless, and some of the centenary decorations have been torn to pieces by heavy rain and gales. The floods, says Reuter. were the worst
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  • 49 1 DETECTIVE-INSPECTOR ARRESTED London, Saturday. The French detective-Inspector Bony has been arrested following the cas r in which he unsuccessfully sued a newspaper for alleged "libel "arfslrrg out of allegations concerning his connection with Stavlsky. the arch-swindler whose suicide precipitated so grave a public scandal in France— Reuter.
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  • 77 1 Eastbourne (Sussex). Mr. Victor Oger. aged 29, of Church End, Flnchley, London, fell 400 ft. over Beachy Head. He has no broken bjnes. as far as can be ascertained at present. Mr. Oger was found, still conscious on tne beacn. am. later explained how at right he
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  • Article, Illustration
    6 1 Lord Baden -Powell tries the blow-pipe
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  • 679 1 "B.P." MEETS SINGAPORE SCOUTS GOOD WISHES FOR JAMBOREE THE Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore, was gaily beflagged and presented an unusually animated appearance yesterday afternoon when a good gathering of the Singapore public joined the Wolf Cubs, Boy Scouts, Rover Scouts. Brownies, Girl Guides and Rangers from Singapore. Johore, Malacca and
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  • 48 1 HERE ARE A FEW MORE OF THE FEATURES WHICH WILL APPEAR IN THE 72-PAGE CHRISTMAS ISSUE OF THE SUNDAY TIMES, TO BE PRINTED ON DEC. 16. H.E. THE GOVERNOR, SIR SHENTON THOMAS, HAS VERY KINDLY WRITTEN A CHRISTMAS MESSAGE TO READERS OF, THE SUNDAY TIMES.
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  • 20 1 MARY JOHNSTON'S BRILLIANT NOVEL, "TO HAVE AND TO HOLD," HAS BEEN CONDENSED AND WILL BE PRINTED IN SHORT STORY FORM.
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  • 18 1 CHRISTMAS GREETINGS TO EMINENT MALAYANS "QUIZ" WILL SIGNIFY HIS RETURN TO MALAYAN JOURNALISM WITH A DELIGHTFULLY HUMOROUS CONTRIBUTION.
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  • 56 1 THESE FEATURES ARE IN ADDITION TO THOSE ANNOUNCED, WHICH INCLUDE SUCH WELL-KNOWN PEOPLE AS THE BARONESS ORCZY, MISS ROSITA FORBES, MR. R. F. FOSTER, HUGHIE GALLACHER, THE INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALLER, SLIM SUMMERVILLE, THE POPULAR FILM COMEDIAN, AND STRUBE AND LOW, LONDON'S FOREMOST CARTOONISTS. THERE WILL ALSO BE A MISSING LETTER COMPETITION
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  • 2163 2 The Londoner's Log 'THE sad thought has occurred that if only I could repeat verbatim everything H. G. Wells said today at luncheon, you fellows would be deluded into thinking me a man with an original brain. But, unfortunately, as pencil reaches the paper, I cannot remember any consecutive run
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 145 2 VI Vtt WVI .^Mtw Tumblers— eight IEB^H beautiful colours J^^SMI I iiir-UL-:'-';;!'- A wonderful opportunity for you to get one of these lovely Odol Tumblers in a shade which will match every colour scheme. AH you have to do to get one oi these beautiful tumblers is to buy to-day
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    • 112 2 IJIII IIIIIIIIJ !,T TI !""J!! |||f |jp|pj ■(U TJie Collars Favour In those exclusively smart circles where correct wear is almost a fetish, VAN HEUSEN Semi-Stiff Collars have long been accepted as an essential part of the wardrobe of well-dressed men. They are the only collars woven to the natural
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    • 80 2 JL VctsX%'J|\ FOR TEN W-J^. ALL J PEG RAZORS A KEEN BLADE AT A KEEN PRICE! Up to now cheap blades have never been really cheap— you couldn't depend on them. To-day Nacet brings you a blade made from the finest steel, possessing not only a keen edge, but an
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  • 1053 3 MAINLY ABOUT Volunteers WOMEN play a part in the defence of Singapore against any possible Invasion. The part they play is quite Important though, as usual, an Uv» direct one. It Is in allowing their menfolk to go Volunteering. The authorities recognised this sacrifice by our womanhood, and established a
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  • 236 3 caught the eye of a passer-by who took it from my car. May it bring him bad luck and worse partners! Thus the bridge set goes unre viewed. Sorry, Mr. Davis. 50 Years Stitched. "f\LD MAN" Loh Wing Fatt has stitching our pants for the past 50
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  • 74 3 Rangoon. A virulent type of malaria has broken out in th? Hanthawaddy District. Six villages, with a total population of over 500, have been affected. In one village 140 persons were affected, of whom 11 died. One death Is reported from another village. The Kyauktan Civil Hospital is
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 179 3 Our Crossword Puzzle HUP W/7//M' 1 WM* EH)* WM\s W/////A* 0 WMi W///M W/M wA H m WA W//A W/M W, (CLUES.) ACROSSw 25. Flower* 26. Strategical system 8. Woodman Ute 9 Husband lo! Scientific phenomenon Sf,?fJ" on 12. Flannel shirt te M 15. Political term Ba> Me m°™ndum. 19.
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  • Article, Illustration
    1963 4 A Stern Challenge To War-Mongers A Sunday Times Special Correspondent continues his anthori .ative account of the work accomplished and being: done at the Singapore Naval Base. "FACILITIES for recreation must of necessity be a factor of vital importance at the Singapore hc.ne of the British Navy
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  • 262 4 SUNDAY TIMES SPECIAL The oil tanks contain sufficient oil for the demands of a lar?e fleet over six months Continuous:? heavy new guns tprobab'.v calibre 3-i cm.) are brought in Soon t lie re will be stationed six air force s.;i:adrons in Singapore!" However that may b?. Bin reads with
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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    • 180 4 FOR HORSES. "AWURMA" Radlol. Bone-Radiol. Radlol Kidney ft For (Worming dogs) ssrurtr Jssr-SK and tonic. "B«lvttb" Stock Remote. and tar twaUng Dogs ar.d and complete range of forage, etc Puppies suffering from round or tape CALL OR WRITE TO worms. TONG LAM CO. Price $1.00 per bottle. 46/48. Peck S«ah
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  • 179 5 M.P. ON "INSANE TAXATION" EFFECT ON NATION AND WORKING CLASSES Mr. Samuel Samuel. M.P., who left estate valued at £1,516,920, "so far as at present can be ascertained," referred in his will to the effect on the nation and the working classes of the present Insane taxation." Alter stating that
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  • 149 5 £100,000 FOR GIRL New York. Nancy Leiter, niece of the Marchioness Curzon, has become a dollar millionairess In her own right. From now on, she will not have to struggle aljng on £1,000 a month. Nancy, who is still a schoolgirl recently went to law about the reduced allowance made
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    • 802 5 $500 FOR MISSING LETTERS i The Sunday Times Free- Can You Complete Twelve Entry Competition Simple Words? Today we repeat for the amusement of readers of The Sunday Times the Missing Letter Competition. Again there is no entrance fee and we offer a PRIZE OF $500 FOR 12 CORRECT SOLUTIONS.
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    • 669 5 ESTABLISHED if IOOCk AT mn^M^th SPARE CATION- afll.llT?S72! 9 Ifflffft. lOVEU OVKR AL TRAIN- mfcmmMfcvjmilg'l »oveaksohjn. ING FROM THIS i£fiF§9fi^Mnf|ffift'' hyV because op COLLEGE IS A CAR- PBpT£b?wSbl Sha^HaKH STUDENTS. THERE Ib NO VOO CAN HAVE A o COLLEGE GAINING .JN^MOST ANY CAREE* nE2SL-- ctfffiU. .SLa^ A. M.I. Fix* B.
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  • 1348 7 G.E.P. COLLINS' BOOK ON BALI LIFE OF THE ISLAND FOLK RECORDED Twin Flower. By G. E. P. Collins Jonathan Cape. 7s. 6d. THIS is a book which has a threefold claim on the attention of Malayan readers. First, the story opens in Singapore and then continues in Bali, an Island
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  • 79 7 Nagpur. Vithoba Tell, of Umrer Tahsll, was sentenced to death by the Additional Sessions Judge of Nagpur on a charge of aurder. The prosecution case was that Vlthoba's brother Mania left the village for a short while, keeping his herd of cows in Vithoba's shed. When Mania
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  • 1221 7 CHINA 'S RE VOL UTION CONTINUES GOAL A LONG WAY AWAY OPPOSITION TO FASCISM China's Problems and Their Solution. By Mr. Wang Ching-wet (Prime Minister of the Chinese National Government). China United Press. Shanghai U.S. *2.50. LJERE Is an authoritative book on the more important political, economic and social problems
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  • 317 7 The Fireside Book. Selected by Arthur Stanley. GolUnez 7s. 6d. This is a companion volume to "The Bedside Book" and is intended to be a friendly companion at the fireside, offering a wide choice of reading from various sources under intriguing headings, including Friendly
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 160 7 BOOKS AND MAGAZINES Every book and magazine in print Is obtainable from MUDIE'S. Novels In Colonial Editions can be supplied at lowest prices. MUDIE'S lists of secondhand and new remainder book bargains, and any publishers' lists, sent post free on application. MUDIE'S Export Dept: 95. Southwark Street, London, S.E.I, ENGLAND.
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    • 228 7 JMjfl B CLARED IN RESPECT OF THE OCaJ^V W Every Year A Bonus Year! V^ That is What Insurance with the j^\. Prudential Means. 4r^>\ r All policy holders of with profit poli- V cies receive a bonus on December 31st every year that the policy is in "V. force.
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  • 859 8 SETS EXAMPLE BY BUYING EARLY By Our London Fashion Correspondent. Sunday Times Office, Fleet Street, Nov! 13. JJOVEMBER gloom blots out the view from the office window, a depression over West Iceland is moving east, while another depression over Denmark is also having an
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  • 551 8  - Hollywood BEAUTY SECRETS mftx f ACTOR ov HOLLYWOOD MAKE UP GENIUS |>ROBABLY right now you re plan- ning new additions to your wardrobe for the New Year. But you can't buy a new face, no matter how worn it may look at times. Above sports frock or dinner gown you
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  • 771 8 Seen In Singapore PROBLEM OF BUYING GIFTS By OUR WOMAN CORRESPONDENT THE excitement of the races is now over and, with Christmas round the corner, so to speak, the harassing problem of choosing gifts arises once more. In all the various stores in town there is a much larger display
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  • 373 8 JF.LLU..I LOAF.— Take a "tin-shap-ed" loal of bread that is not too now and cut a slice right of! the toy lengthwise. Scoop out nearly all the crumb irom the bottom of. the loaf and the top. leaving about half to one inch of bread all round the
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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    • 23 8 BLDG. NfW Thing! COMING SOON! Smart Distinctive Dresses and Hats Novelties and Gifts for The Holidays WATCH THE PAPERS FOR FURTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS. I
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    • 28 8 PALAIS Des MODES Just received a beautiful collection of Exclusive Evening Gowns also a shipment of Very Smart Costumes and Coats fo> Steamer Wear. 20, HIGH ST., SINGAPORE.
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    • 74 8 RENE ULLMANN MILLINERY DEPARTMENT. A new shipment of very smart GOWNS for afternoon and evening. HATS and the latest NOVELTIES for CHRISTMAS PRESENTS NOW ON VIEW. RENE ULLMANN CAPITOL BUILDING. STAMFORD ROAD. X'MAS SALE COMMENCING TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4th. DRESSES From $3.00 f CT 11. BATTERY ROAD, SINGAPORE. PHONE 3164. i
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  • MORE 'THRILLING MOMENTS'
    • 99 9 Little Girl Throws Her Red Coat Over Mad Bull's Head HOW a little girl checked the ruth of an infuriated bull by throwing over its head her red woollen coat i» told in one of the "Thrilling Momenta" detcribed by Sunday Time* readers. Further contributions to this popular feature are
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    • 642 9 I EXPERIENCED one of the most thrilling moments of my life many years ago at Newera Eliya, Ceylon. A iriend 6i my family who was stationed at Newora Eliya as District Medical Officer, invited some of us over to spend a wtek-end with him
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    • 322 9 rwas when I was stationed In Selama. way back In the early nineties, that tne following incident occurred. A regular monthly visitor to the district had arrived at the rest house where, for want of quarters, I was occupying a room. Our conversation that evening drifted
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    • 334 9 I WAS. with my brothers and sister, living with relations at Taiplng when one of my aunts, knowing of our partiality towards pancakes, decided one afternoon to treat us. She gave me a nve-cent piece with instructions to obtain three eggs, which were
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    • 448 9 IN 1928 we were living Just outside Malacci in a house on the Klebang Road and we had a very large compound. In fact, it was so large that our kebun could not possibly keep up with it, so he would content himself with
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    • 264 9 A COMEDY IN THE D ARK IT was sometime in the middle ot j March this year. At about 9 o'clock I with my, brothers, went to bed. Before we went to bed we were talking of robbers and bandits. At about 1.30 a.m. In the morning my eldest brother,
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  • 1924 9  - UNLUCKY HEIRS TO THRONE OF SELANGOR Malayan Reminiscences J. C. P. By IN my last article dealing with the present dynasty of the Sultans i of Selangor, Raja Allang who was i responsible for the oral trans- mission of the tradition to me, was made to say that Sultan Snlleh
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 105 9 CREAMY If you could make ice-cream with ci .am, how very creamy it would be Yes, but how very expensive, too! Make \\Jf it with "Ideal" Milk and it will be just as though you (^^dSlx^^m) had made it with cream. TO MAKE fcs/^^^^^SSSjP l^^^ Milk with an equal quantity
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  • 344 10 The Straits Times The Straits Times TOTIDEM VERBIS Mr. Hirota, the Japanese Foreign Minister, delivered another of his Look-What-a-Good-Boy-am-I speeches In Tokio on Friday. These attempts by Japanese statesmen to' justify acts upon which 95 per cent. of the world frowns are becoming so frequent that they will defeat their
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  • 842 10 Six DAYS' News SUNDAY— Radio telephone service between Malaya and the Philip pines to come into operation. Italian Bank rate raised to 4 per cent., indicating policy of restricting credit. National welcome accorded to Dutch airmen Parmentier and Moll on arrival at Amsterdam from Melbourne. Fifty-three miners feared dead In
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  • 355 10 Je ne suis pas de votre avis I am not one of your birds. Elle avait la bouche rose et !es dents comme de Vemail She had a red nose and teeth like emeralds. En face dv caniche. With a face like a poodle. II ne faisanf. Hen
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  • 46 10 (Ananias News Factory.) Koala Lumpur, Saturday. Th*re Is a strong rumour here that when the Hon. Mr. M. B. Shelley retires early next year, the Hon. Mr. T. S. Adams will act as Chief Secretary. The post of Chief Secretary will then be abolished.
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  • 27 10 Note: There must be some mistake about the above message. It was addressed to me indubitably so but I feel someone has blundered. Where's the joke? An.
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  • 24 10 High Water, 6.48 a.m. 7.8 ft, 7.28 p m. 7.2 ft. Hockey: Ceylon Sports Club vs. RAF., Seletar. Oolf Island Club, Captain's Cup.
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  • 77 10 Nothing doing here today. The money goes to writer of the verses which appear in the last column. He won't let me print his name, but authorises me to say that he is no relation to Ella Feeler Silksox. Here's to a temperance supper With water In glasses
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  • 243 10 Owner of a four-legged roadster Dig the ground over thoroughly and then pant The police trailed them a hundred years behind. The bride-elect will be honoured with a series of affairs before her 22nd wedding. Friends of Mr. and Mrs. S. F. are parents of a seven and
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  • 211 10 Today, by a stroke of good fortune. I can offer you something original In the way of pomes a few luverly stanzas on the subject of LES GIRLS. My name is Tanglin Tilly, My address The Sunday Times I know all the latest scandal And all the naughty rhymes
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  • 192 10 I'm known as Katong Katie And I live near Katong Park. I love the Katong sunshine But its nicer after dark. On a moonlight night at Bcdofc Or within the Grove Estate. If you want to spend a happy time Just send for Katong Kate. I'm Katey, Vrry matey, I'm
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  • 25 10 PS.— Copyright in the above verses Is reserved— l mean it!— and reproduction. ev.*n in Command Orders, is forbidden without the written permission of ANANIAS.
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  • 391 11 BETTER RECEPTION OF 8.8.C. PROGRAMMES WAVELENGTH CHANGE TODAY The Saigon Station To Reopen MALAYA is on the eve of tremendous developments in radio broadcasting. Of most immediate importance is the announcement last night that the British Broadcasting Company are today changing the wavelength of their
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  • 38 11 Man Of 106 Advertises For Work At the age of 106 a man is looking for work. He inserted the following advertisement in a London newspaper "Man, aged 106, active and of youthful appearance, highlyeducated linguist, needs employment."
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  • 165 11 a broadcasting service, but the decision is subject to the approval of the Governor-in-Council KING'S BROADCAST The King will again speak to the Empire in this year's Christmas Day programme, to be broadcast from the Empire station at Daventry. The programme will be broadcast from 1.55 to 3.10 p.m.. Greenwich
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  • 589 11 A "LONG DRINK"— THIEF CAUGHT AFTER 2 YEARS SINGAPORE COURT STORIES Malay Who Impersonated A Detective Axe Murder Attempt Charge ANE afternoon in October 1931 v two Chinese strolled into a grocer' shop in Jalan Besar, Singapore. One bought a dozen bottles of whisky, while the other ordered the assistant
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  • 137 11 JUDGE AND WIFE WHO WAS SLAPPED "If every wife who was slapped by her husband murdered him there would be no men left alive." said Judge Doreau (himself a marr.ea mm). presiding over the Paris trial of the Annamese Eurasian, Madame Lallemand, who admits having killed her
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  • 102 11 DAY EXPRESS ENGINE DERAILED The following statement was Issued by the F.M.S. Railways at Kuala Lumpur yesterday The day express passenger train from Kuala Lumpur to Pral arrived at Its destination 2 3 i hours late yesterday owing to the derailment of the engine at a point
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  • 157 11 McALPINE FORTUNE DWINDLING TWO BARONETS DIE WITHIN 14 DAYS Just 13 days after succeeding his father In the baronetcy. Sir Robert McAlpine. son of the founder of the great building and contracting firm, has died. He passed away suddenly at. the age of sixty-six years, while on the lin-r Warwick
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  • 156 11 BIG 1934 INCREASE FIGURES FOR OCTOBER AS 1934 draws to its close the better times through which Malaya has been passing arc reflected more and more impressively in her trade returns. Ov c r $200,000,000 represents the difference between the value of Malayan trade up to the end
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 199 11 TIGER BEER INSURANCE IN FORCE 111] TRIPLED IN 5 YEARS. J j m„ At the end of 1923. the total jfr J Insurance In Force of the (1923) g Asia Life Company was 6.044.000 At the end of 1928. the total j was almost exactly 3 times that (1928) of
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    • 86 11 FAMOUS STANDARD LINES OF MEN'S WEAR AT LOWER PRICES mHjL AERTEX SINGLETS ~lj^^ QUALITY 931 NOW $2.25 Mv AERTEX TRUNKS hJEr4iM quality 93l now $2.50 AERTEX SINGLETS QUALITY 1616 NOW $2.75 WHITE MAYFAIR Q DRESS TIES jff\^^^^^Jl now $1.00 MAYFAIR TAILORED DRESS TIF VIYELLA SOCKS IN PLAIN AND RIBBED STiICH
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  • 459 12 LADY OWEN LOSES APPEAL. 1 ADY (EDMEE) OWEN, widow, of Sir Theodore Owen (who died in 1926), unsuccessfully ap-l pealed to the Court of Appeal,! London, against Mr. Justice Far- 1 welVs judgment in the Chancery Division. The Judge held that she was bound to re-transfer to
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  • 178 12 SELLS PICTURES IN THE STREET THE Italian countess, Anna Monici, who smuggled herself into England in a fishing smack in 1923, was sent to prison and afterwards deported is back in London again. She is trying to sell her paintings outside the National Gallery, where she
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  • 88 12 MEXICAN BRIDE FOR LORD CONWAY Seventy-eight-year-old Lord Conway of Alllngton has applied for a licence at the Caxton Hall Register Office, London, to marry Mrs. Iva Law- son. beautiful Mexican widow of Captain Reginald Law&on, a cousin of Lord Burnham. The bride's age Is given as
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  • 271 12 POLICE FIRE ON ZULUS RIVAL TRIBE SAVED FROM MASSACRE DETACHMENT of police patrolling near Wecnen, Natal, was compelled to fine on a crowd of 1,000 Zulus to prevent the massacre of a rival tribe. Three Zulus were killed. The incident followed a renewed outbreak of the six-year-old feud between the
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  • 142 12 AND SOME QUEER FISH London. Archdeacon Shaw, a corresponding member of the Zoological Society, who has returned to London from the Sudan on leave, brought with his as a gift to the Zoo two small African lung fishes, I each encased in a cocoon of
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  • 20 12 (England beat Italy, so-called world soccer champions, by 3 foals to Z at Highbury. London.)
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  • 947 12 PILLOWING is Fraser and Co.'s list i of closing share prices In Singapore yesterday: j MINING. Amp.t Tin (4s) 4a 3d 4s 7V4d Asam Kumbang (1) 33s 35s Austral Malay (£> 59s 61s c.d 1 Ayer HI tarn Tin (ss) It* 3d 16s 3d 1 Aver Weng
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  • 133 12 6% 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 Interest Mar. SI, Sept. SO 109 113 nom. 4\i% 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 Interest Mar. SI, Sept. SO 111 116 nom. 4ft% 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000 Interest Mar. 31, Sept 30 111 116 nom. 4% 1913 red. 1963 $3,000,000 Interest Mar. 31, Sept.
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  • 262 12 TO FOUND A SCHOOL OF ARTS Maymyo. The drum of fortune at Dublin has brought riches to two Indians employed in the Military Engineering Service at Maymyo, Upper Burma, for they were the holders Of one of the Irish Sweep tickets on Wychwood Abbot, who won the Cambridgeshire.
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  • 70 12 Calcutta. References to the continued industrial depression in Bihar and Orissa and the damage to sugar factories caused by the earthquake of January la are made In the Government review of the report of the Director of Industries of the province for 1933-34. The sugar Industry, which
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 386 12 TODAY'S RADIO PROGRAMMES LOCAL BROADCAST OF RECORDS Following are today's wireless proErammea:— "Z.H.1." Wave Length 49.9 metres Owned and operated by Radio Service Co., of Malaya Ltd.. Broadcast House. Singapore:— 11 am -1 30 p.m. Recorded Music. KUALA LUMFUB. Programme to be broadcast by the Malayan Amateur Radio Bociety. at
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    • 199 12 -J 20 The 8.8.C. Northern Orchestra, Leader. Alfred Barker. Conductor, T. H. Morrlsoa. 11.5 Sporm Talk. 11.30 Eugene Pint and his Tango Orchestra. 11.50 Weekly Newsletter. a.m. 11.5 The 8.8.C. Orchestra (flection C.) Conducted by Warwick Bralthwalte. Joan Coxan (Soprano) 13.50 A Recital by Josef Hofman (Pianoforte) PHOHI-HOLIAND. T.O Dutch
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  • 650 13 STOKES COLOURED CAREER FAMOUS SOCCER CLUBS. JLIOST of the 88 clubs that constitute the Football League have known misfortune at some stage of their career. None has experienced more of the buffetings of Fate than Stoke. The original club was formed In 1863, one yeai after Notts County, whe are
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  • 225 13 FORTUNE SMILES AT LAST suspended for four years. When the game was resumed and a general stock-taking was In progress, Stoke applied for re- admission to their original home, the Football League, and were accepted, as members of the Second Division. TURN OF THE TIDE They began shakily in 1921,
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  • 363 13 "STOP THAT DRIFTING" AND TRAIN YOUR MIND FOR SUCCESS Sir Herbert Austin, Chairman of the famous Austin Motor Company, and one of the foremost Business Leaders, mak'.-s a stirring appeal to readers to take up Pelmanlsm and train their minds for success. "To command opportunity and compel
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  • 665 14 been long resumed when Chestnutt went through and scored again under the posts for Bartram to convert easily. There had been a period of steady pressure by the Rest, but one or two movements back had been smothered, and then Chestnutt cut through with the. aid
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  • 88 14 Batavia Saturday The Netherlands East Indies Government has changed the export -egulatlons on both estate and native •übber. From Dec. 15 only officially recognised estate-owners and dealers are ?ntltled to hold stocks over 100 kilojrams. Native owners only are en--itled to hold stocks not
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  • 49 14 (Fcorn Our Own Correspondent Penang. Saturday. The annual rugger match between Scotland and The Rest was played his evening on the Esplanade and •esulted irf an easy win for The Rest >y 31 points (two goals and seven riesi to three points <a penalty goal>.
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  • 444 14 ARSENAL'S 7-GOAL VICTORY I>Y their magnificent victory of seven goals to nil over the Wolves yesterday, Arsenal took the lead in the English Football League. They are level in points with Sunderland and Stoke but have a superior goal average. Yesterday's results, cabled by Reuter, were: RUGBY
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  • 612 15 MALAYA CUP RUGBY SELANGOR LOSE PERAK PACK 3-4-1 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Saturday. IN the Malaya Cup match today Perak beat Selangor by 21 points (3 goals, 1 penalty goal and 1 try) to 5 (1 goal. There was only one change In the Selangor team. Leach (centre inre*?quartet
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  • 33 15 Sydney, Saturday. In the New South Wales tennis championships finals today, Crawford beat Perry by 7—5. 2—6. 6—3. I—6, 7 5, and Miss Dorothy Round defeated Mrs. Westacott 6—2, 6—o.— Reuter.
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  • 361 15 Inter-State Hockey SELANGOR'S EASY WIN AT KUALA LUMPUR (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. Selangor beat Negrl Sembilan by s—o5 0 in the inter-state hockey here today. The Selangor defence was Impregnable and the forwards played with a perfect understanding. The visitors put up a
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  • 326 15 NOTES FROM SEREMBAN <From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban. Considerable dissatisfaction i: being caused in hockey circles in the Negri owing to the manner in which State teams are being chosen. The team to play Selangor yesterday was not announced until the day previous. One wonders why the
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  • 40 15 (From Our Own Correspondent.) > Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. Judgment was reserved in a suit today before the magistrate where 8. M. Sharma, a local advocate, was sued by his former clerk. L. N. Rajah, for $80 salary and costs.
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  • 751 15 NOVICES DEFEAT THE ROSERAY The first match In the Inter-club championship tournament was played off yesterday at the Clerical Union Hall between the Roseray Badminton Party, who were runners-up for the last three years, and the Novice Badminton Party and resulted In a victory for the latter party
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  • 279 15 FIVE DISPLAY WITH TEST PLAYER (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. News has reached here of the exceptionally fine performance of Lall Singh. the well-known Malayan cricketer. In a tournament In India. Playing for the Retrievers against a Hyderabad eleven In the Moln-ud-Dowla tournament, he
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  • 457 15 The Medicals, with a more efficient pack, held tne advantage for tfie major part of the game, allowing the home men to force them back only on rare occasions, and their nine points were fully deserved, although Raffles should have availed themselves of one or in ire
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  • 659 15 LITTLE HAS TWO MOUNTS AND WINS ON BOTH From OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. I>IG dividends once again were paid at today's amateur races. The highest was $63 paid by Movalong in the first event. There were 16 course scratchlngs. The attendance was
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  • 1420 16 I^ARLY morning and a heavy grey sky An alarm clock rings. Stan refuses to budge out of his warm if slightly uncomfortable bed. Is it morning already? Can't a fellow get a bit of rest in the morning? Such a filthy, chilly morning too. He snuggles closer to
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  • 122 16 Bridgeport (Connecticut). Edith Dodds Weatherburn. of Gateshead, England, appeared here to answer a divorce suit by her husband, and described how she had saved sufficient money to make the 2,500 miles journey in order to fight the case After hearing her story Judge Ernest Simpson not
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  • 179 16 ROYAL MARRIAGE DISSOLUTION "HOLLYWOOD PARTIES" Copenhagen. The King of Denmark is to dissolve the marriage that took place In 1924 between his cousin. Prince Erik, and Miss Lois Booth, the millionairess daughter of the Canadian lumberking. According to Danish law. the King has sole power to decide all marriage I
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  • 294 16 For what counsel called "an Impudent confidence trick played on Sir Albion Banerji, a distinguished retired member of the Indian Civil service, Maudsleigh John Dudley. 58, an author, was sentenced to two years hard labour at the Old Bailey, London. He pleaded guilty to conspiring with
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    • 493 16 PERAK TURF CLUB DECEMBER AMATEUR MEETING 1934 friday, dec. 7, 1934. sat; irda y, dec. 8, 193 1. VISITING MEMBERS muat be Introduced by members of the Club and MIST APPLY TO THE SECRETARY'S OFFICE. CHENG ROK Bl ILDING. BREWSTER ROAD. IPOH. NOT LATER THAN 5 P.M. ON THE DAY
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  • 972 17 MAYFLOWER'S ANNIVERSARY The Mayflower badminton party celebrated their seventh anniversary at Mr. Aw Boon Haw's bungalow. Paslr Panjang, last week-end. Immediately after tea. members participated In various sports events. Thirty four members and guests sat at the official dinner. The president. Mr. Lav Pau Song, stated that
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  • 543 17  -  ELY CULBERTSON By r|NE of the least understood and most underestimated factors in the play of a hand at Contract Bridge is the factor of Time. Actually, the entire game is built around this principle. The race is one of suit-establishment —the effort of the defending players
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  • 638 17  -  CUEMAN By ONE has only to look at the pictures of stances of billiards players of some 30 years ago and compare them with those in fashion today to realise how radical is the change that has been effected. Almost without exception the players of today get
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  • 97 17 London. H. W. Austin, England 3 No. 2 lawn tennis player, says. "I shall not turn professional until after the Davis Cup. I have had a professional proposition put to me, and I am still considering It I have also had a film offer, but then I
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  • 1507 18 SINGAPORE have waited patiently for six months fully expectinr to hear that they had won the InterPort shooting trophy for the first time for 20 years, but they waited in vain as Shanghai managed to top their score by 11 points and thus registered their seventh successive
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  • 353 18 To the Editor of the Sunday Times. Sir,— ln last Sunday's issue you mentioned the probability of another women's quadrangular hockey competition taking place in Kuala Lumpur during the next Chinese New Year holidays. This news is particularly welcomed by hockey enthusiasts of both sexes here, but it
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  • 162 18 DRUIDS LODGE Mr. J. V. Rank, well known as an owner of horses under both Jock y Club and National Hunt Rules, has bought the famous racing establishment Druids Lodge, in Wiltshire, with its farms and gallops. He proposes gradually to collect all his horsees in training under both sets
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  • 1028 19 Malayan Ranking List TAN CHENG PHOR AT THE TOP Kuala Lumpur. IN response to several requests. I have compiled a ranking list of the ten best badminton players in Malaya at the present time. Prior to the recent Triangular Tournament, A. S. Samuel the Selangor Champion,
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  • 597 19 INTER-CLUB TOURNAMENT Singapore. TOHE open intcrclub championship tournament which is now in progress promise to be more interesting than ever, as it will be seen from the result of the draw that all the clubs are evenly matched. Both the holders, the Diehard Badminton Party, and the runners-up, the Roseray
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  • 297 19 WEIGHT-LIFTING CHAMPIONSHIPS IN SINGAPORE NEXT YEAR At a meeting held in Penang in connection with the 1935 Malayan Weight- Lifting Championships, It was decided that the venue should be Singapore and the time during the August holidays. Those present were Messrs. 00l Tiang Guan (repre -anting the Penang Health Culture
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  • 131 19 N.S. HOCKEY. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Nov. 24. The Malay Regiment, playing at their own ground at Port Dlckson. defeated the Punjab Association by one goal to nil. The Regiment played a steady game. their defence being very reliable. The Punjab Association are to be congratulated for losing by
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  • 69 19 The following have been Invited to play rugby for the S.C.C. "A" vs. the R.A. on Wednesday, Dec. 12, on the Padang: A. E. Minns; J. C. W. Kemp, R. F. Heath, J. C. Cooke, E. F. Murphy; D. O. M. Owen, C. T. Owen; J. A. Allen, S. Webb,
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  • 73 19 The following have been Invited to play Rugby football for B.C.C. vs. R.A. Ist XV on Monday, Dec. 3. at S.C.C. W. Hannay R. C. Land, F. T Tremlett. J. C. Cooke, and E. F. Mur phy D. O. M. Owen and A. H. Wil Hams A. F. Hewett. W.
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  • 69 19 The following have been invited to play rugby for the B.C.C. vs. HM S. Terror on Wednesday, Dec. 5, on the Pad an g: A. E. Minn*; P. H. Burgess, E. A. Matthews. P. W. Holt, J. C. W. Kemp; EL J. If. Hesketh, C. T. Owen; J. W. Muncey,
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    160 20 Happy Girl Guides at Jalan Besar Stadium. H. E. the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, and Lord and Lady Baden-Powell arriving yesterday at Jalan Besar Stadium where they watched the rally o, Scouts and Guides of Singapore, Malacca, Johore and Kelantan. Mr. Charles Laughton, the English actor, on a holiday from
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