The Straits Times, 9 February 1936
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Title Section18 1936-02-09 1 THE SUNDAY TIMES THE LEADING SUNDAY NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA No. 216. Sunday, February 9, 1936. Price 10 cents18 words
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Article109 1936-02-09 1 K.N.I.L.M. BRIDGES LAST GAP OPENING the first stage of the Soursbaya-Manlla air service to be operated by the K.N.1.L.M.. a Douglas liner piloted by Captain de Graaf took off yesterday at 8 a.m. for Ballk Papan. The plane carried a full complement c! 14 passengers, including109 words
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Article, Illustration47 1936-02-09 1 Flight-Lieut. S. Riccard wearing the new forage cap to be worn by the R.A.F. So far only those officers and airmen going on the flight to Japan have received n llew C »PFurther consignments will arrive later. The caps are hlu< with a gold crown and badge.47 words
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Article33 1936-02-09 1 Kobe. Saturday. A party of seven Afghan youths arrived here this morning aboard the Anyo Maru. They propose to stay four or five years to study Japanese colleges —Aneta-Trans-OceanAneta-Trans-Ocean - 33 words
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334 1936-02-09 1 ADDITIONAL REGIMENT COMING IN 1937 Present Infantry Strength Will Be Trebled IT WAS OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THAT THE 1 FUTURE GARRISON OF SINGAPORE WILL COMPRISE THREE P\TTALIONS OF INFANTRY, OF WHICH TWO WILL BE. RIFLE BATTALIONS AND THE THIRD A MACHINE-GUN BATTALION. The infantry strengthAneta-Trans-Ocean - 334 words
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Article, Illustration149 1936-02-09 1 rE engagement Has been announced of Baroness Anne-Marie Slatin, only child of the late Baron Sir Rudolf Slatin Pasha, British Inspector-Gen-eral of the Sudan, and Dr Hans Henry Winsterstcin Gillespie, of London. Baron Slatin Pasha, who was born near Vienna in 1857, was famous for his exploits in the Sudan.149 words
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Article64 1936-02-09 1 200 CIVILIANS MURDERED Canton, Saturday. More than 200 civilians were bayoneted to death when the Reds under Shiao Ken and Ho Lund entered the Kweichow city of Pingyueh, according to travellers from that province who arrive.: in Canton today. The Red troops thoroughly looted theSin Chew Jit Poh - 64 words
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Article66 1936-02-09 1 Pulping. Saturday. Severe earthquake shocks were left at Lanchowfu, capital of Kansu, yesterday. Many houses In the city, collapsed where the casualties are still unknown. The north-western section of that province was entirely devastated In the earthquakes of 1920 and 1925 which ranged among the mostSin Chew Jit Poh - 66 words
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Article, Illustration95 1936-02-09 1 HPHE squadron of Singapore 111 flying boats that is making the R.A.F. goodwill night from Singapore to Japan will take off from Seletar at 7 a.m tomorrow. Air-Commodore Sydney Smith, Air Officer Commanding the R.A.F., Far East, and the officers who will accompany him on the95 words
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Article36 1936-02-09 1 The Cunard White Star Line has decided on principle to build a sister ship to the new 80.000-ton liner Queen Mary now nearing completion. The sister-ship will probably be named King George." Aneta-Trans-Ocean.Aneta-Trans-Ocean - 36 words
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Article, Illustration37 1936-02-09 1 The pipes and drums of the Royal Ii lii-killing. Fusiliers who played to the delight of the crowd at the North vs. South Rugby match in Singapore yesterday. —Sunday Times Photograph37 words
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Article50 1936-02-09 1 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang. Saturday. A Chinese named Tang Hens, against whom a charge of attempted murder of a young Chinese couple, sub-tenants of his, had been framed and who had been let out on ball of $500 pending the preliminary Inquiry, was found hanging this morning.50 words
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Article45 1936-02-09 1 Tokio, Saturday. Mount Asama. an active volcano near Karuizawa, erupted this afternoon with terrific rumbling. However, no damage is so far reported. Kyoto is already suffering by crippled traffic facilities as a result of a blizzard and a fairly heavy earthquake, Aneta-Trans-OceanAneta-Trans-Ocean - 45 words
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Article49 1936-02-09 1 Tientsin, Saturday. Practically all the Icebound boats here have been freed with the exception of the Chinese ship Sulkong, which sprang a leak owing to the pressure of the Ice. The vessel Is now burning her decks for fuel. However, there Is no danger.— Reuter.Reuter - 49 words
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Article43 1936-02-09 1 Pclplng, Saturday. It is officially announced that Father Joseph Clarence Burns, attached to the Mary Knoll Mission, has been kidnapped by six bandits at Tunhua. East Klrin. A detachment of 30 Japanese soldiers have been sent to pursue the captors. Reuter.Reuter - 43 words
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Article27 1936-02-09 1 Shanghai. Saturday. It is rumoured that the Central Government has offered the post of Communications Minister to Dr. Lo Wenkan, former Foreign Minister.— Sin Chew Jit Poh.Sin Chew Jit Poh - 27 words
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109 1936-02-09 1 200 Miles In li Hours POLICE OFFICIAL' SERIOUSLY ILL pOLLOVrING an S.O.S. from Pekan, the old capital of Pahang, where Mr. M. Foster, Commissioner of Police, Pekan, is seriously ill, a float-plane from H.M.S. Hermes, with Dr. Fitzgerald and Dr. Hawes, of Singapore, in109 words
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Article188 1936-02-09 1 TROOPS SHORT OF FOOD AND WATER Addis Ababa, Saturday. /CONTINUED heavy rainfall, only teasing for a few hours at a time, is making operations on a large scale impossible on both fronts. On the southern front, however, persistent guerilla warfare is being carried on by IsolatedAneta-Trans-Ocean - 188 words
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Article70 1936-02-09 1 Shanghai, Saturday. Mr. Ariyoshi, retiring Japanese Ambassador to China, accompanied by his wife, left for Tokio this morninj In the Chlchibu Maru. It was snowIng when he went on board last night, and among the- hundreds of people who saw him off were Mr. Hsu Shlh-ying,Sin Chew Jit Poh - 70 words
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Article78 1936-02-09 1 Noon, Saturday. Buyers Sellers No. 1 K. R.S.S. in cases (F. 0.8.) Feb. 25 'i 25% Good F.A.Q. in cases (r.0.8.) Feb. 25 3/16 254 No. 1 K. R.S.S. (Spot Icose) awardable Spore 25 1 16 25 3/16 February 25 'i 25 ■<„ March 25*h 25'^ Apr.-June 25178 words
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Advertisement12 1936-02-09 1 UNIVERSAL DAY-NIGHT NEON SIGNS. LUSTROUS IN THE DAY LUMINOUS IN THE NIGHT.12 words
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Advertisement156 1936-02-09 1 For Neon Lighting Consult Universal Neon Lights Ltd. 28-.V jvcnaßli Road. Phone 3137. Skntrhn A Particulars Krrr. Prices Cheap. SUBCf "Sledge Brand" (sweetened Sweetened Condensed CONDENSED)^ SWISS MILK is pure rich *<_ Milk collected from selected \r*^&~ cows which graze upon the J*^^ /r^P verdant and health giving %£^Aij£L I156 words
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Page 1 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous173 1936-02-09 1 CROSSWORD PUZZLES CEVERAL readers have written drawing our attention to an unfortunate error which occurred in the Crossword Puzzle printed in The Sunday Times on Sunday last, Feb. 2. Three of the "Definitions Across .\iis 43, 44 and 45, were omitted. The error was made in London by the compiler173 words
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Article1884 1936-02-09 2 Singapore Shocked —An Illiterate Horde —On Fort Canning Ships' News In Flags. IT is a long time since any speech has caused so much discussion locally as that in which Mr. H. R. Cheeseman declared that nearly half the children of school age in Singapore were not going1,884 words
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Article, Illustration45 1936-02-09 2 This picture was taken from a point to the left of the present-day Straits Merchant Service Guild building on Raffles Quay. The beginnings of the Raffles Quay reclamation can be seen, jutting out to the right. --Sunday Times Photograph45 words
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Article, Illustration42 1936-02-09 2 The shipping signal station is maintained for the Singapore mercantile community, but nowdays it is easier to ring up the inquiry office at Tanjong Pagar than to focus a telescope on to Fort Canning. Sunday Times Photograph.42 words
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Article, Illustration10 1936-02-09 2 A LEADING FIGURE IN ISLAM IN MALAYA Sunday Times Photograph10 words
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Advertisement92 1936-02-09 2 It does seem strange that such a simple article of diet should add so many customers to our lists, but there is no getting away from facts. Our cheese is so tasty that folks will have it and there are so many varieties. m CARTON CHEESES Dutch Edam Kraft 892 words
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558 1936-02-09 3 "NOT BUILT WITH AN EYE TO WAR PURPOSES" New Tankers Capable Of Eighteen Knots AN emphatic denial that Japan was continuing to construct J fast high-powered ships w'th an eye to war purposes was made by Mr. Takeo Kuno, a highly placed official ofAgencies - 558 words
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Article, Illustration16 1936-02-09 3 •MISS 51AM— 1936." She is Nar.gsao Vanl Lauhakirti. daughter of (apt. Boon Chin Lauhakirti, of Bangkok.16 words
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Article185 1936-02-09 3 PRINCE PURACHATRA'S 1 HOUSE IN BANGKOK PRINCE Purarhatra of Siam, who 1 now lives in Singapore, has leas- Ed his palace in Bangkok to the; Siamese Government. It is not known yet what use the government will make of the palace. I Prince Purachatra, who is185 words
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Article45 1936-02-09 3 London, Saturday. The first honours of the reign, conslstinn of three C.V.O.'s sixteen M.V.O.'s have b( en conferred on the seventeen Naval and Army officers and two Naval Runners who helped to draw King Georges body to Westminster Hall and to Windsor. Reuter.Reuter - 45 words
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Article37 1936-02-09 3 When Lord Nufflcld passed through Ceylon on his way to Australia ne pave Rs 35,000 '62,625) to the School for the Deaf and Blind In Colombo. When in Singapore he gave $30,000 to local charities.37 words
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Article116 1936-02-09 3 MR. A. N. KENION ELECTED PRESIDENT (Prom Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh. Saturday. At the annual general meeting of the Kechll Club today there was a good attendance of members. Mr. S. D. Scott, presiding, pointed out that in spite of the difficult times the club had reduced its116 words
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Article103 1936-02-09 3 540 MEN LEAVE FOR MANDALAY (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Saturday. Capt. Fitzmaurice and Lieut. Breaks headed a party of 540 of the 2/20 Burma Rifles who entrained last night at Taiping for Prai from where they will be transported direct by the s.s. Karoa lying in the103 words
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Article122 1936-02-09 3 rv\K of the immediate results of sane- tions, says the Fascist Confederation of Industrialists, is the displacement of markets. Thus in the case of rubber, the bulk of Italy's purchases, averaging- 200 tons a month, have heretofore come from Malaya. But for some time past122 words
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64 1936-02-09 3 (From A Special Correspondent) DANGKOK politicians are congratu- la ting Phya Sorayudh Senl, Minister for Economic Affairs In Slam, on the birth of triplets to his wife. They are all boys. The minister now has 14 children. Khunylng Sorayudh and her babies are reported to64 words
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Article58 1936-02-09 3 The Conte Verde Is arrivins at Singapore at 6 a.m. on Monday Irom Trieste. Venice. Genoa. Naples, Port Said, Bombay and Colombo. She will remain in the Roads and fail again at 8 a.m. the same day for Hour Kong and Shanghai. Passengers must embark at Clifford Pier58 words
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Article, Illustration12 1936-02-09 3 Our Crazy Photographer Our Crazy Photographer visited the Ponggol Zoo last week.12 words
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Article1051 1936-02-09 3 Lodger 111-Rewards His Host: Five Cent Passage To China: Good Business As Beggar* RETURNING to his house after a rather tiring shopping expedition in Singapore, a Chinese squatter living near the 10th Mile, Ponggol Road, thought it was time for a little relaxation. He went to1,051 words
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Article151 1936-02-09 3 There Is an incomparable thrill in being able to both recognise the chance of a lifetime and make the most of It at the time, but it is the irony of life that such chances slip by unclaimed, and are rarely discerned until they151 words
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Advertisement444 1936-02-09 3 Doubled up iU with Stomach WP pains s* [X\ minutes m\ <— sc later One minute yon arc doubled op wltfi pain, duo to bloating t?as and burning acid In your stomach. Take two or three Chardox tablets, and two minutes later the pain has gone. Ckarciox is not a444 words
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Miscellaneous437 1936-02-09 3 IN SINGAPORE TODAY HOTELS MAILS EXPECTED SEA VIEW HOTEL: Special Tiffin and Mails from Europe, etc., (London) expected Special Dinner. tcday by air (Imperial) will be delivered to riMPMis boxholders at 7 p.m. General delivery of U1NE.MA& letters on Monday at 8 25 a.m. AI.IIAMBRA: Charlie Chan in Shanghai Malls437 words
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402 1936-02-09 4 CREDIT FACILITIES MAY IMPROVE Encouraging Trade Between Malaya And China JTCE Sunday Times understands that a branch of the Bank of China is likely to be established in Singapore in the near future. THIS BANK, WHICH IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST IN CHINA,402 words
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Article280 1936-02-09 4 IN SINGAPORE ON WAY TO LONDON DRILLIANTLY plumed Birds of Paradise, rare speoies of crows, pi «ri i us. cockatoos and jays, providing a magnificent range of colours but a strange discordant orchestra, arrived in Singapore by the Op ten Noort yesterday. Their value is thousands280 words
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Article210 1936-02-09 4 TO STUDY THREE YEARS IN BELGIUM Miss N. Suwa, 15-year-old violinist, passed through Singapore and Penang on the N.Y.K. liner Kashima Maru. Miss Suwa, who is considered to be one of the most promising violinists in the world today, played before an appreciative audience at the Japanese210 words
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107 1936-02-09 4 Woman Novelist On Way To Singapore. From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Saturday. An interesting visitor to Perak is Mrs. H. S. Hunter, who left Ipoh today for Singapore on the way to China and Japan. Mrs. Hunter, whose pen name is George Lancing," is107 words
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Article42 1936-02-09 4 The picture of a wedding in last week's Sunday Times was that of Mr. P.J. Xavier and Miss Praxedes Magdalene Hoeden at St. Joseph's Church, Singapore, and not, as stated, that of Mr. Cyril Lincoln and Miss Catherine de Rosarlo.42 words
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Article393 1936-02-09 4 Poultry Notes rpHF. work of a poultry adviser is A not easy and when advising a small poultry keeper I always place myself In bis particular position and think of the lessons I have learned in my experience in poultry rearing in tfae last 25 yean. The393 words
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Article250 1936-02-09 4 "Arabic Figures Should Replace Dots." (From A Correspondent > Penang, Saturday. The following new members were elected at the last committee meeting of the Straits Settlements (Penanij> Association: C. P. Llston, Dr. Cheah Cheng Poh, R. N. Elliot and A. H. West. A suggestion was received from Mr.250 words
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Article128 1936-02-09 4 WEDDING GIFTS FOR MR. A. T. EDGAR (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Saturday. At a parade of the M. S. V. R. held at Sitiawan. Sergeant A. T. Edgar was presented with a silver salver suitably engraved as a wedding present from members of his platoon. Making the128 words
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Article39 1936-02-09 4 Excitement is thought to have caused the death of Mrs. Mary Jan; Walker, of Egerton Street, Pendleton, Salford, about an hour after her daughter's wedding. Mrs. Walker, who was about 50, had been in Indifferent health for some time.39 words
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Article, Illustration703 1936-02-09 4 Canned Beer $90,000,000 Is The Stake THE brewers didn't ask for it. The public never dreamed of it. The bottlemakers wouldn't believe it. But the can-makers saw how a $3,000,000 container business might be a $90,000,000 one. A small war but a merry703 words
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Advertisement347 1936-02-09 4 i' i On* corn— one Radox footbath— cora gonel Two more corns— two mort Radox footbaths— two more corns vanquished! What a qulcK and simple ending to years of agony 1 Of course, thli woman has told all her friends about Rariox But Bho couldn't tell every ■offerer, as she347 words
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Advertisement68 1936-02-09 4 FOR THE ATTENTION OF POULTRY BREEDERS. IX you want best and most economical results, feed your Poultry on Calthrop's Laying Meal, Chick Meal ie Breeders' Meal, accurately balanced, perfectly nutritious and «U->UBclent for their respective purposes. Write or phone for Price List, pamphlets A S.S. Vet. Dept's. Advisory Leaflets to:68 words
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Advertisement78 1936-02-09 4 Marvellously compact and efficient, the I!■ Wmß&vyy "Retina" is perfectly simple to use. and We&s closes completely, protecting the lens. The latter is the fast f 3.5 "Xenar" J J*\ k^^B^V fitted to q compur shutter giving a f' ne reserve of speed for poor light, and producing needle-sharp negatives78 words
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Article, Illustration400 1936-02-09 5 AEROPLANE CRASH IN SEA NEAR PENANG Malay Who Heard Something And Thought It A Fish (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Saturday. The inquiry into the death of R. C. Stiven, manager of Harper. Gilfillan and Co., who was killed on Jan. 13400 words
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Article114 1936-02-09 5 INCREASE EXPECTED BY LONDON London, Saturday. MANY Mincing Lane operators confidently expect the Netherland Indies export duty on native rubber to be Increased in the course of the next few days. It is pointed out that now the price has reached 7':,d. native exports wil'114 words
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Article232 1936-02-09 5 Band Concerts And Hygiene Lectures New Delhi. INDIAN officers, rather than British, should be used for "recruitii'g tours." That is one of the proposals in a novel "uplift" scheme row laid before the Government by the Army Headquarters in India By means of it, the232 words
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Article106 1936-02-09 5 FLT.-LIEUT. ROSE IN KENYA Kisumu (Kenya), Saturday. Fit. -Lieut. Tommy Rose, who is attempting to br.'ak the record for a flight from England to Cape Town. arrived here at 8 a.m. and resumed the flight at 925 a.m. local tims. On his last attempt on this recordReuter - 106 words
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Article26 1936-02-09 5 New York, Saturday. The death frnm heart failure has taken place of Mr. Charles Curtis, a former vice-president of the United atcr.26 words
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Article781 1936-02-09 5 LIGHT ON DESIGN OF SHIPS 9 BADGES TTHE choosing and designing of bad- ges for ships of the Royal Navy is being placed in the hands of the Royal College of Heralds. The change Is due to the retirement cf Major ffoulkes who was the instigator781 words
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1282 1936-02-09 5 PRESIDENT VIEWS THE SEASON More than fifty men, thirty looking remarkably fresh in spite of an afternoon's hard fighting, gathered in a secluded dining room at Raffles Hotel last night and sang their annual praises to the Game of Rugger and to one another.1,282 words
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58 1936-02-09 5 Dr. J. M. Boyce, of Polkton, North Carolina, reports the birth of twins, two weeks apart. tD Mrs. Clyde Sikcs, a farmworker. A IVi lb. joy was born first and died after fifty-five hours. A 2 lb. girl was born a fortnight later,58 words
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Article18 1936-02-09 5 Oil exports from the United States to Italy In December were nearly doubled compared with the previous month.18 words
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Advertisement74 1936-02-09 5 EDUCATIONAL. A|HI llril than ru.- I.n.ted from qualified Commercial Teachers, of both sexes, for appointment under a v. e'-l established English Commercial Colleje proposing to operate In Singapore. Applicant should address their renlies, giving particulars of a^e, training, qualifications and sabry expected to COMMERCIAL EDUCATOR P.O. Box 161, SINGAPORE, 0.P.0.74 words
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Advertisement76 1936-02-09 5 WDDDS OINTMENT THE UNIVERSAL CURE FOR ALL SKIN DISORDERS 'J. If you are suffering from a J ■S'J-f' j -""T, wound, running sores, boils, L < J 1 V< 'a abcess, excema, dhobie itch, £j t 'y^f/^S'^-x i A prickly heat, facial pirn- .'c 7 'v^y/- ••^'P^^JWm pies or other76 words
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901 1936-02-09 6 MALAYAN OFFICIAL'S VISIT TO PHILIPPINES Manufacturing Centre At Manila jy[AN. T LA as a world manufacturing centre for margarine, white lard and other edible fat products is visualised in the report on the coconut industry in the Philippine Islands, pub-lishc-d by901 words
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Article355 1936-02-09 6 LANDMARK IN HISTORY OF SETTLEMENT IN every square mile in the town of Singapore there live 16,140 people This figure is arrived at from last week's Municipal statement that within their area of nearly 31 wiuare miles there are now 500.355 residents. It is the first355 words
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Article99 1936-02-09 6 Kampong Feast Leads To Police Court. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Talping. A Ma.ay. Harun b n Tah.r, rhot a deer in Eatu Kurau a few da: s ?go and gave a feast to his kampon^ friends It came to the ears of the police, and Harun v.as99 words
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Article219 1936-02-09 6 CREW OF JAPANESE TRAWLER FINED IJOW a Japanese fishing trawler had made a trip to a point off the coast of Sumatra and there picked up a consignment of unccuponed rubber which was brought to Singapore via the Johore Straits was related in the second police court yesterday.219 words
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Article146 1936-02-09 6 BUT GIRL DIES OF MALARIA A Chinese New Year tragedy was related In the Singapore Coroner's court yesterday, when Mr. W. G. Porter held an inquest on Wee Cheng Neo, a seventeen-year-old Chinese girl who died in hospital on Jan. 26 after jumping out of a window146 words
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Article174 1936-02-09 6 Opening Door To Japan (From A Special Correspondent.) OIAM'S intention of amending her trade agreements with Great Britain, France and other European countries and concluding a new pact with Japan is again being discussed in Bangkok. Most of the existing treaties shortly fall due for revision. In174 words
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Article141 1936-02-09 6 D°TVFR ON CHARGESi OF RASH DRIVING £HIA Ah Heng, a Henghus Chinese bus driver, was produced before Mr. Norman Grice, second Singapore police magistrate, on nine charges of rash driving, the firr*. two Df which concern the death of two bus passengers. The charges are a141 words
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Article, Illustration49 1936-02-09 6 When Lieutenant (E.) Robert Winter-Evans, of H.M.S. Cornwall, was married to Miss Helen Margaret Stumpf, of Manila, at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, Singapore, brother officers of th« bridegroom formed an arch of swords and the bridal car was towed from the Cathedral by ratings from H.M.S. Cornwall.49 words
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Article158 1936-02-09 6 "LIKE GAJAH A PLANDOK" MAJOR KIDD RECALLS AN EARLY DANCE (From Our Own Correspondent. > Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. A LARGE and cosmopolitan crowd was present at the newly-er?cted Bukit Blntang Dance Hall and r rant when Major G. II Kidd. Chairman of the Kuala Lumpur Sanitary B^ard, declared the building158 words
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Article269 1936-02-09 6 MODERN MARKET FOR BAGAN LUAR JUBILEE ARCADE NEARING COMPLETION (Prom A Correspondent.) Penang, Saturday. A N up-to-date market which comx prises a new block of buildings at Bagan Luar, Province Wellesley erected by the Pe.iang Harbour Board, will shortly be opened. The buildings have been given the name of Jubilee269 words
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Advertisement154 1936-02-09 6 THE SECRET OF SUCCESS AND THE FULL ENJ3YMEKT OF LIFE IS VITAL FORCE! When your Vital Forte is low. your Mental Power becomes impaired, your Nerves unstable, and your Heart weakened. Maintain and Increase your Vital Force by taking 'PHYLLOSAN' Tablets. They enrich your t .ood with the essential substance154 words
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Miscellaneous946 1936-02-09 6 WIRELESS PROGRAMMES °^'&ttss£Vtfss in German. 6.20 Concert of Light Music. i i 1 29 News and Re 1 lew of the Wee'- in "^icB.B.C. SSirt.iS!*™"^",- R? ndino I "Beethoven, arr. lish. 7.35 Concert y. Light Musk (contdf. Kreislen. Cicely Hoye: Humoresque (Do- 8.20 Close down. TransmMon f V, Ho U)946 words
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Article, Illustration888 1936-02-09 7 t AST week we left our express gathering speed outside an unspecified London terminus. Let us suppose we are travelling to the East Coast from Liverpool Street. The train must pull up the bottleneck gradient to Bethnal Green, there, if Southend, Clacton, Fclixtowe, Lowestoft or Yarmouth be888 words
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Article656 1936-02-09 7 FRED J. MELVILLE - FRED J. MELVILLE Stamp Collecting By 'THE great popularity of air post col- lecting has led to the admission Into collections of many things that the old-style stamp collector would have excluded. The a«r post collector takes the broad view that all kinds of messages conveyed by656 words
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Advertisement466 1936-02-09 7 JUBILEE STAMPS ASTOUNDING OFFER. Complete Mint Set of Crown Colonies Price £8:6:0 (Post free) Cash waiting-Old correspondence, collections and loose stamps. Please resist r nil packages. E. ZINOPOL'LOS. 30, St. Martin's Court. Charing Cross Rd London, W.C.I, England. 'Estb. 40 years) WANTED RARE STAMPS OF THE FAR EAST SEND US466 words
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Advertisement222 1936-02-09 7 RARE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS STAMPS. I am always la a position to offer rare Straits Settlements and States stamps at very reasonable prices. Want Lists will receive my prompt personal attention SELECTIONS SENT ON APPROVAL TO ANT PART OF THE WORLD. My Speciality:— RARE BRITISH COLONIALS OF AIL PERIODS. T. ALLEN,222 words
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Advertisement75 1936-02-09 7 PRINCE OF WALES UfiTEl L^or^..- 7 london F^yafei Situated in the heart of the capital-mid-way between Kensington Palace and Hyde Park Comer: offering quiet luxury, largely finely furnished bedrooms. excellent cuisine, complete but unostentatious service. Modern hot and cold water installation throughout. The choice of discriminating people for more than75 words
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Advertisement197 1936-02-09 7 PALACE HOTEL 'Phone Museum 4050 (IS linet). BLOOMSBURY STREET, London, W.C.I. Why not live in the greatest comfort talk the minimum cost? 250 rooms, 50 bathrooms renovated throughout. New beds, redecorated rooms, and, of course, hot and cold water, gas fires and telephones. Near Oxford Street, the centre of London,197 words
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Advertisement522 1936-02-09 7 LONDON GOODWOOD HOTEL Q I KtNSBORO TERRACE, HYDE PARK H. C. water and reading light in bedrooms. lift. Ni<rht porter. Oarage Adjacent. Excellent Cuisine Daily Terms from 10 '6d. Weekly from 3 gns. Bed Breakfast C 6 to 8/6. New ronnges and Billiard Room. Tarlf from Resident Proprietor or the522 words
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Advertisement372 1936-02-09 7 LONDON CALLS lTr irt INSIvSTENTLI /MW and enjoy at either JEr^^A. HOTEL REMBRANDT <^4J^ j^<»iaw South Kensington. S.W Aj^^^<^ lacing the Victoria and P|ff *S3l Albert Museum. >SSy?b or HOTEL RUBENS Buckingham Palace Road facing Buckingham Palace Ever? attention in Dleasing surroundings. PERFECT QUIKTUDE THESE COMFORTABLE HOTELS WITH ACKNOWLEDGED RENOWNED372 words
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Article, Illustration846 1936-02-09 8 PLIGHT OF DESCENDANTS OF EARLY SETTLERS People Who Are Too Poor To Build An Attap House By A Staff Reporter PATHETIC in the extreme is the plight of the needy fisherfolk of Malacca who are descended from the first European conquerors of that settlement— the846 words
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Article194 1936-02-09 8 TRANSFER TO SINGAPORE FROM MALACCA (From Our Own Correspy.dent.) Malacca. At the end of this month Mr. E. C. Martin, manager of Sime. Darby Co., goes on transfer to the Singapore office. During his stay here Mr. Martin has playrrf a .eac'ng role in the town's194 words
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Article, Illustration62 1936-02-09 8 The wedding took place in Malacca recently of Mr. Charles M. Gomes and Miss Flora de Witt. Left to right, Miss A. Ferrandis, Mr. P. L. Manascc. Miss W. de Souza, Miss L. de Witt, bridegroom, bride. Mr. R. A. Dias, Mrs. V. E. Dias, Mr. V. E. Dias. On62 words
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Article360 1936-02-09 8 METER WHICH DID NOT REGISTER (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. lUDGMENT was reserved by the Chief Justice (Sir Samuel Thomas), in the Kuala Lumpur Supreme Court yesterday, in the appeal of Nk Wai Peng against his conviction by the magistrate, ana! fine of $150 or360 words
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Article31 1936-02-09 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca. Mr. R. E. McCandlish, manager of the Malacca branch of Borneo Motors Ltd., is leaving on transfer in a few weeks' time.31 words
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Article450 1936-02-09 8 AGED PHYSICIAN'S ESCAPE (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. 'THAT he believed himself about to die and attacked the doctor who was treating him was the allegation against Tons Fatt, charged at -he Selangor Assizes today, before Mr. Justice Pedlow, with voluntarily caus- ing grievous hurt450 words
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Article72 1936-02-09 8 (Prom Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca. Mr. F. J. McAra, of Sime. Darby Co., Ltd., is going on transfer this week to Penang. By his departure the Malacca Club will lose a popular all-r^und sportsman and they can 111 afford to do so nowadays. He was one of the72 words
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Article33 1936-02-09 8 Dr. P. T. K. Nayar, Assistant Surgeon, General Hospital, Alor Star, will sail for England at the beginning of next month on eight months study leave. He will be accompanied by Mrs. Nayar.33 words
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Advertisement129 1936-02-09 8 come to LANKA STORES 28, RIVERSIDE. MALACCA. for CRICKET GOODS A WIDE RANGE OF BATS, LEG GUARDS, BALLS, GLOVES ETC.; TO CHOOSE FROM MODERATE PRICES FOR SPORTS PRIZES PRESENTATIONS S, s MOW HIS HAIR STAYS NICE U^Kfcj^Hß AND TRIM ■-•^tW,, r I^^^Hn ta^ c 8 more than water to hold129 words
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Advertisement590 1936-02-09 8 Symptoms Of Eyestrain Do yow eyes (ret red and burn after you have used them a little while. T Bo you develop hradarhr after reading or sewing or (loin; other fine work for a time? Ii Do you sometimes have to look twice before you can see an object that590 words
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1367 1936-02-09 9 Will The King Come To Malaya |T was no surprise to read that the eport that King Ldward proposes to make an Empire tour, Including a visit to Malaya, *as premature. The Dally Herald diplomatic correspondent must be a little imaginative, for1,367 words
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Article92 1936-02-09 9 XXXVIII— THE EMPIRE King George is dead, King Edward reigns, The Empire stands secure. Knit by a gract,.)us monarchy, Staunch in a common cause Progress and peace Us purpose. Firmly it shall endure, Strong in its loyal Ugions, Safe in its honoured latvs. No envy shall our content92 words
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Advertisement56 1936-02-09 9 SMELL MOTOR OILS won't make your car go so fast, .that Jt flics 9 ft DU I they will ensure that easy trouble free running at all speeds that makes motoring a real_ pleasure. One of the many reasons why you can rely on Imbrication by sheli Advertisement of the56 words
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Advertisement178 1936-02-09 9 ij^nar 9Bv m m 9■ IB 3h as SHI HK Miap|^^^Hr wr BpßHjlMH&ttj^ jmm^^ mm ll HKhhh w GET IN and out with ease SIT DOWN with comfort Austin designers have always realised that to be able to sit upright In comfort and enter and leave the car with ease178 words
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Article1186 1936-02-09 10 Nathaniel Gubbins - By Nathaniel Gubbins ACCORDING to The Minneapolis Shopper's Guide, A commodity called a bride Bos been overproduced by Kindly Mother Hatcher, Who is always anxious to mate yer A'a provide a reasonable choice For us boice. The Minneapolis Shopper's Guide says the world has now A1,186 words
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Article848 1936-02-09 10 Ely Culbertson - By Ely Culbertson IVHEN a suit is headed by three adjacent honours, the question of which card to lead is simplified. Ton lead the top of any sequence except with an ace-king, for which the proper lead is the king. The problem is far more complicated when you848 words
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Advertisement241 1936-02-09 10 When you buy WRITING INK always make sure you get The most reliable Ink in the world and the standard by which all Writing Inks are judged. For 100 years proved to jSrt^w be the best for hot |E§g£j %oift\ climates. I Stephens Blue Black Writing I pa||||j|9J Stephens' Scarlet241 words
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Advertisement97 1936-02-09 10 Kill Kidney Trouble Quick Thousands of sufferers from Kidney trouble and Bladder weakness have ■topped Getting Up Nights. Leg Pains. Circles Under Eyes, Swollen Ankles, Nervousness. Stiffness. Rheumatism. Dlzzlnesa. Lumbago, Burning, Itching, SmartIng. Acidity and Loss of vigour by a Doctor's new discovery called Cystex (Sisstex). Gently soothes, tones, cleans,97 words
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Advertisement104 1936-02-09 10 Sharper than ever What an amazing difference Gillette's new electrical process has made to razor blades. For it puts two tempers into one blade— soft at the ends where It bends to the razor and incredibly hard at the sides for sharpening to a supercutting edge. Even if you're not104 words
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Article, Illustration361 1936-02-09 11 Fallacy About Trafalgar "TTO many members of the British Empire, naval history still remains a strange compound of prejudice, sentimentality, and archaeological chit-chat. "Fleets loom up with grand but disconcerting Irrelevance out of the mist of 'our naval heritage,' commanded by weird figures grasping bowls,361 words
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Article278 1936-02-09 11 Three of the Three Million. By Leonhard Frank. The Bodley Head. 7s. 6d. IUO book of statistics, no white paper or government report could bring home to the reader the plight of the unemployed as does this simply told and powerful story of three German278 words
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993 1936-02-09 11 EX-SOLDIER AND REAL LUXURY" nptfE list of talking books, forthcoming or in use, for the blind now includes 60 or 70 titles. One of the latest books for which permission for recording has been granted is Mr. Peter Fleming's "Brazilian Adventure," The993 words
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Advertisement385 1936-02-09 11 IN CONNECtION WITH THE FAMOUS LEIT7 LENSES. SPECIALLY CORRECTED AND BUILT FOR THE LEICA SIZE, WHICH TURNS OUT THE OUTSTANDING PICTURES! DO NEVER BELIEVE THAT THERE IS ANOTHER LENS, WHICH IS "ALSO SUITABLE" SCHMIDT &> CO. 89, BRAS BASAH ROAD RAFFLES HOTEL BUILDING, SINGAPORE, THE OPTICAL HOUSE [vogue 65, STAMFORD385 words
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Advertisement573 1936-02-09 11 Reveals Secret of Personal Influence Simple Method that Anyone Can Use to Develop the Powers of Personal MagnetIsm. Memory, Concentration, Will-Power and to correct Undesirable Habits through the wonder-science of Suggestion. 80 page Book Fully Describing (his Unique Method and a Psycho-Analysis Character Delineation FREE to all who write at573 words
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Article, Illustration3023 1936-02-09 12 Memories Of Great New El T"HE starting point of this narra- tive of my experiences in tho Kelantan goldfields was Singapore In the year 1923 when the city was agog with the gold fever. This malady was brought about by the re-opening of the goldflelds which had laid3,023 words
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Advertisement131 1936-02-09 12 Unvarying in quality year in and year out CRAVENA MADE SPECIALLY TO PREVENT SORE THROATS vMßjßn| *3rj: ik!i§iuiiS Kthe frlshsess of fflkßtKO&riMm Wr PACKING TIME VfIHH a is preserved v ithin I BHy *^Y9i Hf £^9 the airtight 'TßU- I A9f VAC tin an] pro- I H|^^^|^^^fl tects the cigircttrs131 words
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Article, Illustration2199 1936-02-09 13 1923 Rush To A Dorado One afternoon the penggawa's brother-in-law told me there was a huge wild boar in the padl and. would not move despite their noise of tins and banging of bamboo. Would I come and shoot It? Thinking of my two dogs having some2,199 words
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Advertisement997 1936-02-09 13 IE I THE WORLD— RENOWNED Ujjff^^^WfdmMtL NATURAL MINERAL WATER mimW\mW mfmfmLtWm* Rottled 3S it fIOWS from -^r* effects m mkwW ■V IN CASES O» *1& f/ STOMACH 4 LIVB. TROUBLE. 60UT, RHEUMATISM S? /^jCarvau^ikVCn*^Eaßu M appetising, they are, at the aame time, very wholeaome and nourishing. Start wing them to-day997 words
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327 1936-02-09 14 The Straits Times EDITORIAL, MANAGERIAL AND ADVERTISING OFFICE Cecil Street, Singapore. TOTIDEM VERBIS QCARCELY has the American beer drinker emerged from the shadow of prohibition-Imposed criminal sordidness, than a totally unexpected battle is staged in the avowed Interests of his health, happiness and comfort. Mention was made In a recent327 words
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Article, Illustration1332 1936-02-09 14 Singapore Refuge For The Tamil In Trouble Or In Need TREAT THE TAMIL COOLIE AS A SCHOOLBOY. TREAT THE MALAY AS THOUGH HE WERE YOUR HALF-GROWN SON. TREAT THE CHINESE AS A MAN. THOSE are the axioms of one of the most experienced planters in the Malay Peninsula. They apply,1,332 words
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Article547 1936-02-09 14 HOW LORD KELVIN LOST A WAGER A ss. bet about the atom, made when atoms were less familiar than they are today, was described by Lord Rayleigh when he delivered his presidential address before the Physical Society in London. Lord Rayleigh gave a series of547 words
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Advertisement304 1936-02-09 14 TELEFUNKEN mdkwm SUPER-OCEAN <wßs9s> 859 WLK. IH H IB f B V- law* I FOR WORLD-WIDE RECEPTION. FOR INFORMATION APPLY EASTERN RADIO Co, Penang. SEOW KUAN Co, SINGAPORE. NERVIOOR" A STRENGTHENING TONIC (CUtUO FHOSPHATTS win M WITHOUT FOR MATES) INCREASES VITALITY j GeneralV/eakness Loss ofNervePower Huxley's Lost Energy c^SJKy Ml304 words
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Advertisement177 1936-02-09 14 The New World Cabaret TEA DANCE (ADMISSION FREE) TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY AFTER DINNER DANCES (ADMISSION 50 CTS.) EVERY NIGHT FROM 9 P.M. TO MIDNIGHT PIANO TUNING REPAIRS REMOVALS HIRE E. CHARLES. Phone 2902. 74, Orchard Rd. PERAK TURF CLUB FEBRUARY MEETING 1936 SATL'xCrtAT, FEBRUAKT 8, 1938 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12,177 words
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Advertisement107 1936-02-09 14 to SAIGON and return to SINGAPORE via BANGKOK (Saigon to Bangkok overland); steamer fare lit cl. Singapore/Saigon and Bangkok/Singapore $100.— SINGAPORE— SAIGON— HONG KONG— BANGKOK— SINGAPORE Ist cL round trip fare $140.00. SINGAPORE— HONG KONG— SHANGHAI— MANILA— SAIGON— BANGKOK —SINGAPORE: Ist class round trip fare $200.00. SPECIAL EXCURSION FARES FROM107 words
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Article, Illustration1104 1936-02-09 15 A Staff Reporter - By A Staff Reporter Prepared At Insistence Of The Younger Generation HOW IN HERITANCES ARE AFFECTED Petition By Penang Women 20 Years Ago PUBLICATION of the tex lof the Monogamous Marriages Bill which Government has intimated its intention of introducing before the Straits Settlements1,104 words
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Article, Illustration141 1936-02-09 15 BRANCH NOW FORMED AT SEREMBAN (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. ABOI'T ton European residents of the Seremban district 'are now .receiving instruction in flying and are being formed into a branch of the Kuala Lumpur Flying Club. Each Wednesday Mr. A. Newark, the I141 words
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150 1936-02-09 15 To the Editor of the Sunday Times Sir,— ln the Sunday Times last week I read an article entitled "A Griffin Shocks an Old Stager" in which "John," after a month in Singapore, i shocks "Orang Gilah" with his views lon social questions in the150 words
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Article125 1936-02-09 15 Even For Loving Couples Berlin. DIVORCE Tor certain people, even if they are in love with each Dther, is likely to be made compulsory in Germany soon. A committee has just drawn up proposals which, if adopted by the Government, will give the courts powers to dissolve mairiages125 words
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Article51 1936-02-09 15 CONTRACT FOR PLANT GOES TO GERMAN FIRM The contract for the plant for the first paper factory in Slam has been given to a German firm, whose price was about £100.000. The mill will use bamboo and will have an output of ten metric tons in 2451 words
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Article83 1936-02-09 15 A woman "Bluebeard," who made oil with the fortunes of her nine "wives," has been arrested in Kadlevka, Russia, and charged with swindling. The police state that the woman, Anna Zavarlkina, dressed as a man and paid court to her victims. Immediately after each wedding Anna made her83 words
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Article182 1936-02-09 15 SOVIET BUYS HIS LATEST PICTURE EVIDENTLY adopting Charles Chaplin as a disciple of their social beliefs the Soviet State Cinema Trust has bought Chaplin's latest picture, "Modern Times." The Trust's officials boast that they have persuaded "Comrade Chaplin" to alter the end of his film. It182 words
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Article147 1936-02-09 15 NOT INCLUDED IN BORNEO LEASE Manila. 'TWELVE small Islands lying between North Borneo and the Philippines have sprung into prominence again owing to the renewal of a claim to their ownership by the Dayang Dayang Hadja Piandas Princess of Sulu. None of them measures more147 words
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Article115 1936-02-09 15 Police Find He Cannot be Photographed A man who cannot be photographed is puzzling the police at Ostrava, in Moravia. After his arrest for alleged suspicious behaviour, Ivan Slag, a Russian, was photographed by the police photographer, but when the plate was developed it was found to be115 words
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Article59 1936-02-09 15 A professional hunter. S. Kalugin, has shot and killed a tiger weighing 400 pounds near Welshaho, on the eastern section of the North Manchuria Railway. The beast was tracked and held at bay by the hunter's dogs, while, with one bullet, Kalugin earned $1,300 which was the amount59 words
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Advertisement49 1936-02-09 15 CHOOSE A ZEISS SUPER IKONTA THE CAMERA THAT DOES THE FOCUSSING A Rollfilm Camera which iS& ivu-.^-.-r-'^^i-r^'.-^AV can be focussed with the JySm |B^^S^SSnS?i«^^il accuracy and precision of —^mi^^M K sing screen. This is made THE SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT CO. 2 Finlajwn Green, Singapore, S.S. P.O. Box 92. MAAS. 1.49 words
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Advertisement82 1936-02-09 15 BUY MILK YOU KNOW IS SAFE COW GATE LTD. have great pleasure in announcing "DOMO MILK POWDER" This must not be confused with the famous Milk Food for Babies. DOMO DOMESTIC MILK POWDER is made by the Spray Process from English Milk obtained from West Country pastures, free from dangerous82 words
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Article, Illustration520 1936-02-09 16 A Staff Reporter - By A Staff Reporter "HARSH" REGULATIONS IN SINGAPORE Greater Part Of The Town In Banned Area IN the early days of folding pocket cameras every world traveller was expected to return home with a collection of photographs taken during his tour. Today, however, a520 words
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Article262 1936-02-09 16 Supernatural Eyesight AMAZING POWERS OF A CHINESE A DEFINITE rival to those master craftsmen who engrave the Lord's Prayer on a pinhead or the 23rd Psalm on a erain of rice, has been found in China in Mr. Fung Shih-ju, of Kuangtung, whose sight easily beats that of even the262 words
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Article40 1936-02-09 16 Budapest. Julia Beige, a domestic servant at Debrecen, Hungary, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment for stealing her mistress's false teeth. Her defence was that her mistress starved her and that she wanted to make her starve too.40 words
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Article32 1936-02-09 16 Two American Army bombers collided when engaged In night exercises over Honolulu and crashed in 'flames Two members of the crews made successful parachute landings, but the six other members were killed.32 words
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Article, Illustration208 1936-02-09 16 A Staff Reporter - By A Staff Reporter. I TALKED yesterday with a 17-year- old Indian girl who has come to Singapore from South Africa. The first thing that struck me. when I questioned her, was her excellent English. Both vocabulary and pronounciatlon were quite remarkably good for a208 words
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Article97 1936-02-09 16 Rome. Rinaldo Jacohini, who had been coachman to five Popes, has died, aged ninety-one. He was the last, too, for the horses have been exchanged for motor-car 3, and the ornate state coaches he drove are now in the Vatican Museum. Jacchlnl worked in the Papal97 words
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Article65 1936-02-09 16 Prague. Mr. Zdenek Koubek, once famous as Miss Zdenka Koubkova, the woman athlete, has decided to return aIT the cups and trophies he won as a woman. Koubek has again been medically examined and has been found to be stni preponderantly declining to womanhood. According to65 words
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453 1936-02-09 16 A Staff Reporter - H> A Staff Reporter. PLAN GETTING UNDER WAY CING A P O R E'S $8,000,000 sewaxe scheme, to supplement and eventually displace the existing disposal works at Alexandra Road, is gradually getting under way. A recent Government Gazette notification gave particulars of an area of one453 words
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Advertisement33 1936-02-09 16 CADBURY'S MILK CHOCOLATE BLOCKS .^g^^ O oz (A CTS 4 m1 I Wl mWsBSISSSSSwFSISI BOZ J A IIHL^SS&aSaMr j\ ALSO NUT MILK, MILK FRUIT and NUL BOURNVILLE, BOURNVILLE FRUIT and NUT MAAS— El/36.33 words
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Advertisement209 1936-02-09 16 mei y I IWmmZ^r mm ft Aery jj A hacking, racking cough is nature's danger signal. More aerioua ills may follow. That's the time for Chamber* lain's Cough Remedy— the safe, proven remedy that doctors have been recommending for more than 50 yean. Chamberlain's clears the air passages, breaks up209 words
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Advertisement309 1936-02-09 17 PHILIPS LAMPS BMBBHi ECONOMISE ON THE BIGGEST |||||;'7 ITEM IN THE PRICE OF LIGHT. J j Do >ou know that uhrrras your lamps only cost mm I ■■■■■nil I S onc-lrmh ot the toUl cost of light, the electricity H thrv irqmrr <<«t.s as much as NINE-TENTHS? KB Jt is309 words
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Advertisement306 1936-02-09 17 W m^« TT t ilelp &MsMgm your <F),^S^# children V^/^T to J&m'\ If v iB orous health TI jJT i M "r^VERY mother can help her jf^g m 'wk W^Jit'le ones to radiant health m^m m\ 1 JU< giving them a nutritious, •mm LW^ r J^—~ balanced diet. That is306 words
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Miscellaneous712 1936-02-09 17 $200 FREE ENTRY CROSSWORD PUZZLE INCREASED AWARDS IN CROSSWORD COMPETITION $125 FIRST PRIZE, $75 SECOND PRIZE Owing to the necessity for cancelling the Crossword Puzzle competition printed in last Sunday's issue, which is explained in Page One of this issue, The Sunday Times offers for the competition printed below $200,712 words
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1471 1936-02-09 18 S.S.(M.)A. COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATIONS "Anti-Dazzle Bulb The Only Sure Means'* GLARING headlights on road vehicles are as troublesome in Malacca as in other places and a sub-committee of the Straits Settlements (Malacca) Association was appointed tr examine this problem. THE SUB-COMMITTEE, CONSISTING OF MESSRS. LOH KIM1,471 words
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Article188 1936-02-09 18 KUALA LUMPUR STREETS ARE NEATER BAN ON PROJECTING SIGNBOARDS (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. •Tilt vigorous campaign n the Kuala Lumpur Sanitary Board against projecting shop signboards has led to ;i great improvement in the appear;mif of some of the main streets of the town. Cluing along Batu Road,188 words
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Article234 1936-02-09 18 WHY FILM STARS DIE YOUNG Hollywaod. WHY do film stars so often die young? Hollywood doctors krow the answer, understand the reasons behind the deaths of all those famous ones wh3 passed away before 40, such as> John Gilbert, 38; Renee Adoree, 35; Jack Pickford. 30; Lily234 words
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Article83 1936-02-09 18 CAN BE SILENCED BY NEW EXPLOSIVE' New York. A new high explosive, iodide of nitrogen, so powerful that a house-fly alighting on it will explode it, was described by Professor Wood to the American Association for the Advancement of Science at St. Louis. Professor Wood said he would83 words
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Article, Illustration21 1936-02-09 18 iMoMrners lining the road when the body of Kins George was taken from Sandringham on the way tp London and Windsor.21 words
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293 1936-02-09 18 RUBBER LAND BETTER AS BUILDING LAND "CINGAPORE is definitely expanding more and more into the country districts, and much of the rubber land has considerably more value for building purposes than for agricultural pursuits." This statement Is made by Mr. Q. D. P. Olds, agricultural293 words
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Article87 1936-02-09 18 Shilling Stamps And 5 Per Cent. Interest Railway fares, payable by instalments, will be available on the four main railways of Britain. The scheme was experimentally operated last year, and was an immediate success. One shilling stamps will be sold at every booking office. Buyers will87 words
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Article240 1936-02-09 18 JAPANESE OIL FROM COAL PLAN SURVEY IN NORTH CHINA Daircn. JAPANESE surveyors and engineer* have begun an intense survey of the coal resources of North China specially in the provinces of Hopei and Shansi, with a view to discovering: the approximate supplies available for conversion into oil. The Japanese programme240 words
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Article, Illustration11 1936-02-09 18 A group of happy children at the Po Leung Kuk, Singapore11 words
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Advertisement103 1936-02-09 18 VIRILE MEN REAL happiness comes from the full of all your powers both .^jSjßralT mental and physical. Get rid of that *Ifjor^jJ* feeling of weakness that makes life so ■ill UHHia: life in every way! Brand's Essence of Chicken will help JHH^ you this wonderful tonic restorative "Sfei Oil- reserves103 words
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Article, Illustration508 1936-02-09 19 Recruits To The Army In Search Of Beauty Max Factors Advice CTREAM-line trains streak across continents giant clipper ships soar over vast unconquered expanses of ocean the world progresses. No one was able to accurately predict the amazing changes in the scientific world of the past five years. No one508 words
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Article, Illustration429 1936-02-09 19 A Story "r"OME along! All out!" cried the park-keeper. "Let me have one little swing?" pleaded Doris. "I pushed Jackie and Jean, and now they were going to push me." "Sorry! Can't help that!" said the keeper. "Time's time!" and he Jangled his keys. Below the swing there429 words
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Advertisement388 1936-02-09 19 How to Cure Your SKIN ERUPTION Why suffer humiliation from the scrutiny ECZEMA of passers-by? If your free is maired by a disfiguring eruption, an angry rash, or uc- iIJ/>ni C ITS' LJ sightly blotches, a cours of Cuticura treat- UnUDI 9 II Vlt m=nt will quickly dear 'ou skin.388 words
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Advertisement220 1936-02-09 19 Freckles ■Wt'A.'^aaaW Seer.tly and Quickly Remoo*dt SUtou'i fracklt Craam birarbra tatai out wkUa yam Lm>m Urn akla nofl mad while— (ka com. Blades freah. claw and natural. Far *7 yaan tlnaaaaili of mil kara eadoraad IL So caay Co Baa. Tka flrat Jar praraa Ua ma«ic warta. Stillmans Freckle Cream220 words
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302 1936-02-09 20 Doreen Ahlers - By Doreen Ahlers Attractive Furniture For The Garden TTHERE are a great number of people who find that playing bridge affords them the most pleasant kind of amusement and relaxation. But sometimes, it does seem rather annoying to have to sit around a card-table in302 words
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Article518 1936-02-09 20 BOUDOIR BOULEVARD New Version Of The Coat Front THIS season's delightful ver- sion of the coat-front is also J a novelty, for new skirt-and- i jacket ensembles are being tailored in frock materials, such as washing silks, linens, i cambrics, fancy crepes and taffeta. Style and elegance are combined in518 words
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Article, Illustration32 1936-02-09 20 NEW materials abound, but spotted white organdie is still a great favourite. The latest whim is to trim it with grass green velvet when an informal evening frock is designed.32 words
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547 1936-02-09 20 THE pendulum has swung back again in colour schemes for the home, and mauve which died some time ago is back again. It is soft and flattering in the bedroom, whether for plain walls or those treated with the fashionable547 words
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Article137 1936-02-09 20 For preventing roughness in hands that are much In water the following recipe is effective. About ten cents' worth of beeswax, after belntj finely chopped, is put into a basin with an eggcupful of sweet oil and placed In the oven. When the wax is melted stir gently137 words
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Advertisement410 1936-02-09 20 V^ Her cue came when he said "Look at those common painted lips"! And most men hate that /^Sbi*/ painted look. That's why so many women are J|) changing to Tangee lipstick. It can't make you |L look painted —it isn't paint Tangee brings out y k your own natural410 words
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Advertisement282 1936-02-09 20 Big Assortment J\ /HATs| y and Novel ties f\ L*A LJv At Vogue's! HATS THAT FLATTER ARE THE THINGS THAT MATTER m AND HERE'S A FASHION SCOOP a ttonderful collection in scores of breathtaking new models, all of the newest Trimmed favourites in the PARIS opennings. it's revolutionary Jean Patou.282 words
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Article, Illustration2633 1936-02-09 21 By Our Woman Correspondent THE postponed lawn tennis tournament at the S.C.C. was blessed with lovely weather, and although the prevailing high winds made ball control somewhat difficult, a number of very interesting matches were played. Noting the almost universal wearing of shorts on the courts it is amusing2,633 words
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Advertisement48 1936-02-09 21 MILK DRINKING is tne wisest of habits It is so simple if you use Ideal. 9 Just empty a "tall" (16 oz.) tin into an "Ideal" dilution bottle, fill up with water and you have 5 to 6 tumblers of pure milk— guaranteed by Nestles. j PEAL MILK48 words
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1618 1936-02-09 22 Marland Saddles Three Winners DAVIES' BRILLIANT RIDING (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Saturday. (apt. H. F. HloxhanVs Herbe Folle, ridden by Davies, broke the Ipoh course record for seven furlongs today, the first day of the Perak Turf Club professional meeting, by1,618 words
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Article422 1936-02-09 22 PACK OF GREEN YOUTHS BEAT MINSTRELS "A" (From Our Own Correspondent) Alor Star. THE football season In Krdah has started and every week there are at least two or three friendly matches. There is every reaso tc believe that this season will be a very successful422 words
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189 1936-02-09 22 TAIPING FOOTBALL SCHOOL FIXTURES AND HOBBS CUP i From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping. FOOTBALL is nov in full swing in the local English Schools. King Edward VII School have already ar- ranged their inter-school fixtures for the coming season and their first fixture is on Feb. 25 when they travel189 words
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Article30 1936-02-09 22 The monthly meeting of the Chinese Friendly Association will be held tomorrow at the Association premises., 126 Albert Street. Light refreshment will be served alter the meeting.30 words
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Article, Illustration827 1936-02-09 22 Open Singles, Open Doubles And Handicap Doubles TVJOT content with winning the women's open singles, and the women's open doubles with Mrs. Strickland, Mrs. Warden achieved further success yesterday afternoon when she won the women's handicap doubles in the S.C.C. Chinese New Year827 words
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Article150 1936-02-09 22 RAMBLERS TO MEST CHIN KEE ONN^ TEAM (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping. Taiping Ramblers, a lawn tennis team organised by Capt. Lilley which had a most successful season last year beating all comers, are opening the season with an Interesting fixture against a formidable Ipoh team captained by150 words
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Article34 1936-02-09 22 The annual general meeting of the Ma' ay a Football Association will be held at the Balestter Road Pavilion, today at 10 a.m. for the election <* office bearers for the year 1930.34 words
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153 1936-02-09 22 STAFF BEATEN Cricket At Sultan's College (From Our Own Correspondent; Alor Star. The Sultan's College beat the Erics (staff of the College) at cricket last week by 57 runs. The Erics scored 53 runs, out of which H. I. Abbas contributed a useful 23. Most of the* batsmen failed badly153 words
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Article232 1936-02-09 22 A.C.S. START SEASON PROMISINGLY IN the first cricket match of the season in Singapore, played yesterday, the Anglo-Chinese School gave the V.M.C.A. Juniors a severe trouncing on the Association ground at Prince Edward Road. Taking first knock the School compiled a total of 210 runs for232 words
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Article238 1936-02-09 22 PEARCE'S SUCCESS AT IPOH SWIMMING GALA (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Saturday. For the second year in succession W. E. Pearce won the Storch Cup at the Ipoh Swimming Club quarterly gala and the cup now becomes his own property. The cup was presented by Mr. D.238 words
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Article71 1936-02-09 22 M.C.C. vs. HAWKES BAY MATCH DRAWN Napier, Saturday. The match between the M.C.C. and Hawkes Bay was drawn. Play was not possible yesterday owing to rain. Today Hawkes Bay. batting first, were dismissed for 85. Langridge being deadly with eight wickets for 25. The M.C.C. declared at 171Reuter - 71 words
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Article85 1936-02-09 22 (From Our Own Correspondent* Segamat. Some good bowling was teen on the town padang in the first practice cricket game of the Segamat Cricket Club. A. Nadason had a nice spell with the ball and accounted for five wickets, including a hat trick at a cost of only85 words
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Miscellaneous85 1936-02-09 22 CROSSWORD PUZZLE RESULT Two competitors share the $100 offered in The Sunday Times Crossword Puzzle on Jan. 26. Each submitted an entry containing only one error and there were no correct solutions. The winners are: E. K. Ong, Vehicles Registration Office, Pcnang and Miss Philomena Sta Maria, 103, Lrwnbok Rd.,85 words
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Article, Illustration1782 1936-02-09 23 Superiority In Forward Play DEFENCE CONTINUALLY THREATENED Southern Centres Fail To Take Opportunities SUPERIORITY in forward play ar.d the failure of the South- crn centres to make full use of opportunities offered gave victor! to the North fifteen when the annual North vs.1,782 words
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Article29 1936-02-09 23 Bulawayo, Saturday. At the close of play the Australians had made 77 for two against Rhodesia. Rain held up play most of the day. Reuter.Reuter; UP - 29 words
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Article158 1936-02-09 23 IRELAND beat England at Rugby on Saturday at Dublin by six points to three s,ays Reuter. When Ireland met New Zealand she was beaten by 17 points to 9. England beat the All Blacks. The teams were: IRELAND: D. P. Morris; J. T. Doyle, R. McMahon, A.158 words
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Article128 1936-02-09 23 NISSAR'S BRILLIANT TRUNDLING Madras, Saturday. INDIA won the fourth and last Test against the Australians today by 33 runs after a most exciting finish. In the first innings the Indians put up 189 runs and the Australians replied with 162. The Australian b?tsmen were completely beaten byReuter - 128 words
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Article126 1936-02-09 23 ROBLESS 100 NOT OUT (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang. Saturday. L. Robless. of the Penang Recreation Club, had the distinction of scoring the first century in Malayan cricket this season this evening on the Esplanade when the Recreation Club were opposed to the Malay Cricket Ciub.126 words
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Article57 1936-02-09 23 The S.C.C. milliards tournaments will be concluded this week. On Monday K C. Gillett (—2O) meets Marshall i--50) tn the semifinal of the handicap event. The winner plays E. H. Bowerman (—10) in the final on Tuesday. On Wednesday the championship final of 500 up between H. Gray57 words
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Article43 1936-02-09 23 Nineteen cards were taken out for the February women's spoon (bogey) at Keppel G.C. and the following were returned Miss M. Evans 1 up Mrs. A. McK. Lew All square Miss B. H. Egger 1 down Mrs. E. Litchneld 1 down.43 words
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30 1936-02-09 23 Garmlsch, Saturday. In the Olympic Games ice hockey Great Britain b;at Japan 3—o and Canada beat Austria 5—2 The winners enter the -eml-final.— »*uter.30 words
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Article331 1936-02-09 23 CELTIC OUT DESULTS of league football games and ties in the Scottish Cup. played yesterday, were as follows says Reuter: Aston Villa 1 Blackburn R. 0 Che'sea 0 Grimsby T. 4 Huddersfield T. 1 Liverpool 0 Mlddlesbro' 0 Portsmouth 1 Sheffield W ..3 Stoke CReuter - 331 words
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Article1027 1936-02-09 23 League tabks correct to Friday are as follows: I i Goals W. L D. F. A Pts underland (2) 26 18 5 ***** 39 [uddersflelri (16) 27 14 7 6 41 39 34 )erby (6) 27 13 7 7 41 28 33 irsenal (1) •25 11 71,027 words
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Article, Illustration1683 1936-02-09 24 A Special Correspondent - By A Special Correspondent Famous Clubs: Famous Players 19 Manchester City CAPPED 51 TIMES FOR WALES Manchester City's Great Array Of Stars MANCHESTER City can truly be termed a club of great players. Looking back through the annals of the club that was formerly known1,683 words
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Advertisement223 1936-02-09 24 FACIT CALCULATORS. (Chromium Plated.) Will Add, .fa^flfl JEhk Hand Subtract, M Ift Multiply, I 'Ik Electric and Divide, V^^ Models At Supplied to various Government Departments, Commercial Firms, Rubber Dealers, etc. This is one of the neatest, smallest ana mow reliable Calculators on tne market and operates on the generally223 words
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Advertisement158 1936-02-09 24 a himiii»mi n f*^ i^B -X." ■(F .^^WwSiS^^^^^ .J^^^k f T Jttt m^M 1 tr«tn in iiit. IE V|^H I IBr -^tvwCSHkjl^^ wrim twi«« m I gK! I 1&lr /vL^W^r JdlH^l I^^^ >Bfc I^E{ -hiN It light TELLS WHEN TO REFILL-NEED NEVER RUN DRY! AN AMAZING AND REVOLUTIONARY PEN BY158 words
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Advertisement109 1936-02-09 25 g7 j/ tiSSAW 7 7 C' 7 V^ i n wn //Captain John omitn 3^ V {i iii iij j r~~~ y^ h had only considered the le^^- p /li> tnendlu advantages of a r^^ =^v- J=^ f^ j^^^\4j glass of cool sparkling •^f P JSSL A&M S l J^^Hf!109 words
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Article, Illustration832 1936-02-09 26 Our Badminton Correspondent - By Our Badminton Correspondent S.B.A, Meeting Expected To Be Held Soon NEED FOR COMMITTEEMEN TO HAVE AMPLE SPARE TIME TiiK scvcnlh annual general meeting of the Singapore Badminton -otiution will in all probability be held cither during the last week isf (his month832 words
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Article80 1936-02-09 26 The following players will reprc-rnt the National B.P. "B" t*am against the Eag'.e B.P. "A" team of Pulau BVanl in a return match tomorrow at the former's court, consisting of five singles and two loubles at 1 p.m.: Tan Kok Ann. Koh Leong Kirn, Low Hock Chiang,80 words
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Article, Illustration158 1936-02-09 26 The Klang Greenland Badminton Party entertained their President, Mr. T. Doraiappah, to a tea party at the Klang railway restaurant on the eve of his departure on leave to Ceylon. The District Officer and Mrs. Irvine were amongst those present. Mr. V. K. Chinniah presided. The speakers were. Mr. R.158 words
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Article92 1936-02-09 26 At the 28th annual general meeting cf the Singapore Shorthani Writers' Association, held last Monday, the following were elected office-bearers for 1936: Patrons, Mr. Cheang Peng Moh and Mr. M. R. Menon, F.1.P.5., P.1.5.A.. A.C.R.A., president. Mr. K. R. Naidu; Wee -president, Mr. Song Teck Hee; hon. secretary,92 words
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Article, Illustration783 1936-02-09 26 The Chinese Association annual report for 1*35 states there Is an excess of expenditure over income to the amount of $483.05. This la dua to spending on the Jubilee celebrations, contribution to the JuhUee Fund and the buying of t. jazz set for t. orchestra. Thes« Items783 words
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Article107 1936-02-09 26 The Mercantile Institute Literary Union held its annual preliminary meeting on Friday, Jan. 31, at the Institute, Waterloo Street, when the following office bearers for 1936 were elected. President: Mr. S. Sancaraplllai; secretary Mr. T. K. Vellu; treasurer Mr. T. W. K. Warrier; asst. secretaries Mr. Chan Scic107 words
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Article112 1936-02-09 26 The first monthly committee meeting of the Horlicks Badminton Party will be held today at Mr. Ang Dens Lay's residence, 36. Crane Road, at 11 a.m. Members are notified that the seventh anniversary will be held at Mr. Aw Boon Haw's seaside bungalow, Pasir Panjang, on Mar. 14112 words
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Article93 1936-02-09 26 In a friendly badminton match of three singles and two doubles, the Tamil Reform Association beat the Tamil Brotherhood Party by 4 l on the latter's court on Saturday, Feb. 1. Results. (T.R.A. players mentioned fin t) T. Rajoo beat N. Rajah: 9—15. 15 7 and 15—93 words
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Article, Illustration9 1936-02-09 26 Foo I,um Cboon, Selangor 5 935 badminton s'ngles champion.9 words
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Article332 1936-02-09 26 At Mr. Aw Boon Haw's bungalow the Lads United B.P. celebrated their fifth anniversary last Sunday. About 80 per cent, of the members were present. The most Interesting events of the day were the treasure hunt and the egg race. The former was very ejclting and the332 words
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Article154 1936-02-09 26 The twelveth annual funeral mooting of the Oel Khee Association was held at tha Club House, 34, Middle Road, Singapore, last Wednesday and tha following were elected office-bearers for the ensuing year: —Patron, Mr. Low Peng Hoc, p.-esiaent, Mr. Tan Kay Toh (re-elected), vtot-pn Messrs. Wee Ah154 words
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Article, Illustration134 1936-02-09 26 The Playfair Athletic Union tournaments Will be held o n the Burlington Building courts. Coleman Street, beginning in March: Singles open league (handicap), 11 each player; men's doubles, 50 centa per pair; mixed doubles, 25 cents each player; singles handicap <K. O. system). 25 cents each player; entries134 words
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Advertisement15 1936-02-09 26 TIGER.ITES,! TIG i It BEER is GOOD Beer FRASER NEAVE LTD., DISTRIBUTORS FOR TIGER BEER.15 words
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Article, Illustration523 1936-02-09 27 " Echo - By "Echo" AGREEMENT REACHED ON DETAILS New Association Expected In Operation Soon Kuala Lumpur. THE amalgamation of the Selan K or Football Association and the Selangor Association Football League is going through all right, and before len s the new body— the Football Association of523 words
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Article, Illustration381 1936-02-09 27 HARD GAME AGAINST ALOR GAJAH <From Our Own Ccrrespo:nUi-t > Malacca. Malay Reg. 1. Alor Gajah 0. EVIDENCE of the greatly improved form of the Alor Gajah Recreation Club hockey side was apparent in an interesting match on the Malacca Club Padang against the Malay Regiment381 words
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Article, Illustration30 1936-02-09 27 The Selangor Chinese Recreation Club Rut. by team with Mr. Loh Kong Imm (president) in the centre, Mr. Knocker (coach) on his right and Mr. Mardonald (referee) on his left.30 words
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Article437 1936-02-09 27 " Argus - By "Argus" BOWLERS HOPING TO GET MORE WICKETS "TflE rut tain was rung down on the Rugby football season in Malaya yesterday, and hockey fixtures having all been completed we shall see no more of these games until October next. In the meantime cricketers and soccer players437 words
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Article, Illustration15 1936-02-09 27 Mrs. Saunders In play during the Chinese New Tear lawn tennis tournament at the S.C.C.15 words
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Article204 1936-02-09 27 been adhered to, so that the players could play friendly games with League sides and gradually build up a good side for the Cup competition later In the year. The Police have had their wish granted. At the end of the 1934 season, when they finished runners-up to204 words
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Article701 1936-02-09 27 TARA SINGH GIVES A FINE DISPLAY (From Our Own Correspondent) Segamat. 'THE Segamat hockey team visited Muar on Friday and drew one-all with a representative hockey team of that town. It must be said in fairness to the visitors that their team was not the best701 words
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Advertisement173 1936-02-09 27 CHINA is all for the old. and well-tried— old traditions, old methods and old friends. Perhaps that is why Eno's "FruiC Salt*' finds such an extensive market in the Far East The world-wide fame of this fine old British preparation and its record of success during more than half a173 words
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Article18 1936-02-09 28 The Leading Sunday Newspaper in Malaya. No. 216. Sunday, February 9, 1936. Price 10 cents18 words
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Article, Illustration175 1936-02-09 28 Mrs. Sarah Spencer of Wootton, Bedfordshire, was killed instantly, her husband, a shipping agent and founder of the Dunkirk Olympic Football Club, was so badly injured that his arm had to be amputated, and their son. Alfred Spencer, is in hospital with a serious nervous breakdown following175 words
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