The Straits Times, 8 March 1936

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    36 1 THE SUNDAY TIMES THE LEADING SUNDAY NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA No. 220. Sunday, March 8, 1936. Price 10 cents. THE SUNDAY TIMES The Leading Sunday Newspaper in Malaya. No. 220. Sunday, March 8, 1936. Price 10 cents.
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    GERMAN TROOPS MARCH INTO THE RHINELAND
    1591 1 Herr Hitler Denounces Locarno And Versailles Treaty Clauses FIGHTING SPEECH AT SPECIAL REICHSTAG SESSION Hostile References To Soviet Russia And France TERMS UPON WHICH NEW TREATY WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE GERMAN TROOPS HAVE ENTERED THE RHINELAND IN CONTRAVENTION OF TREATY OBLIGATIONS. In a document handed
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    ALLEGED FILM MONOPOLY
    157 1 U.S GOVERNMENT SUES £153,000,000 GROUP i AN allegation that powerful cinema interests bought up all the firstilms available so that the procranjr.icb cf the three chief picture j him h in the city of St. Louis should suffer, has. been made in the New' York District Court.
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    ITALY ACCEPTS
    90 1 [JEOOT.VnONt ¥0R PEACE •Tir: Council of Ministers in Home haa accrpttd the Committee of I li.:. \;rti's peace proposals n;i has already accepted. appeal to the two countries was la the following resolution:! Tliis committee, acting by virtue of! the rmndate given by the Council on D( 19
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    FAIRBANKS MARRIED
    35 1 Paris, Saturday. :is Fairtanki and Lady Ashley married here this morning. Reutcr. Ihe wedding took place at the Straits Chinese .'.^iliaJist Church M-sterday of Mr. Chia Toll Hock and Miss Lim Keng Slew.
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    Australia's Flying Doctor
    178 1 I*VR. Clyde Fenton, Australia's fam- ous "Flying Doctor," landed at Seletar from Australia yesterday afternoon on his way to Swotow, where his aged n:ol!ipr is i!!. fol'owins the sudden death of her «-nly daughter. Dr. Fenton almost kept pace with the Qantas machine, although, hehvi to fly
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    DOCTOR DEAD IN ROAD ACCIDENT
    53 1 Dr. A. S. Muttu. senior deputy medical officer, Negrl Sembilan, was killed late last night when the motorcar he was driving fell in a ravine by the Seremban-Port Dickon Road, telephones our Seremban correspondent. Dr. Muttu was a well-known resident of Seremban and vice-pre-sident of
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    PILOT KILLED
    48 1 Gibraltar. Saturday. The pilot of one of the hydroplanes from the aircraft carrier Furious was killed here when his plane plunged into the sea. The other two occupants escaped unhurt. The present catastrophe has been preceded by several similar accidents within a relatively short time. Aneta-TianS-Ocep.n.
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      70 1 airm& m>m@ fut>a VUUWUt -.ike fresh Raspberries is sealed in the Flavour Cone. When you add boiling water to Lushus, the flavour cone dissolves quickly, the flavour is released and you have a sparkling table jelly, rich in fragrance, and —^v with a fresh flavour that rivals /^b&l}^^. the natural
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    Colony Cavalcade
    1761 2 A I'TER several weeks of very ur.comfortable weather in Singapore, in which most people have felt physically and mentally below par, it was delightful to awake yesterday morning and hear the rain drenching the thirsty earth and feel the unaccustomed bite in the air. It looks as though
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    The Tree Of One Tree Hill
    68 2 This is one of the few or i final Juncle trees which survive in tho suburbs of Singapore It is also the tree which gives One Tree Hill its name. Its height can be judged from the rubber trees rrowing around it. The property
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      73 2 I mf on to lhc table Sttected Fish of tempting flavour, unusual Wffk foo<l value > an< rich vitamin content can always be obtain\fk\ at the c id storaflrc d B ts (Ap HALIBUT SMOKED SALMON l^yLX PLAICE DUTCH KEG HERRINGS \&A DOVER SOLES ROLMOPS |^i> LEMON SOLES FRESH HERRINGS
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    VIOLATING THE SANCTITY OF THE DESERT
    596 3 MODERN WAR TERRORS WHERE ANCIENT KHANS RODE How Mongolia Was Proved Cradle Of Our Race EXPLORER-CAMERAMAN TELLS THE SUNDAY TIMES MONGOLIA, the "land of flowers and long grasses, still held its secrets from the Western world. The high plateaus and forbidding wastes, from whence
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    GOBI DESERT DISCOVERIES
    472 3 MX Shacklcford said that the Iliird Asiatic Expedition went to Asia to disc-over if Mongolia was reall> the "cradle of the race" the 1 mother of the life of Europe and America. The expedition was totally unpre- pared for the sudden and complete proof of the theory,"
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    MORE MONEY FOR THE POST OFFICE
    164 3 SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES A DDITIONAL expenditure on the development of the Post Office, and extra money to the British Broadcasting Corporation, are the chief features of a supplementary estimate for £2,724,860, which was Issued recently. The principal totals are: Treasury, £50.000; Colonial Office. £131,000; Ministry
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  • IN SINGAPORE TODAY
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      HOTELS
      274 3 SEA VIEW HOTEL: Special Tiffin and Special Dinner. CINEMAS ALHAMBKA: Our Little Girl with Shirley Tesaple. 3.15 —6.15 —9.15. CAPITOL: Mutiny on The Bounty with CkUIM Laughton. 3.15 —6.15—9.15. GLOBK Mil 1 Id. GREAT WORLD. Shipmates Forever with Dick Powell. 7.15— i.ii. (iRKAT WORLD: The Count of Monte Cristo
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      SPORTS:
      95 3 fODAY: Yachting: Six-Metres sweepstake race 10 a.m.; B Class team race at 10.10 a.m.; C Class first race for Trlx Cup at 10.20 a.m. ('ikkrt: S.C.C. tournament. Etceteras vs. Public Services 8.8. I at S.C.C: S.R.C. tournament. Merchants and Ni'm;( s( ripts vs. Municipal Services 1 p.m. at S.R.C:
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      SINGAPG.tE MAILS CLOSE
      55 3 Today: Australia. New Zealand. Java and Timor DUly by air (Qantas) 7 p.m Monday. Eelawan Medan (Op ten Noort) 9am Karimon (Hang Yon) ..9 a.m Pengerang (S. Soon Heng) 9 a.m Inoo-Chlna <G. G. Roume* 11 a.m Denmark (Parcels only) (Africa) 3.30 p.m Java and Southern Sumatra
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    236,000 Acres Of Rubber Smallholdings Untapped
    511 3 236,000 Acres Of Rubber Smallholdings Untapped MORE PROFIT IN SELLING COUPONS i A DVERSE weather and end-of-the- i quarter shortage of coupons were togc liter responsible for a general slowing up of tapping activity in Malayan smallholdings towards the end of last year. The condition of smal! holdings In the
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    MUAR CIVIL SERVICE CLUB
    70 3 At a general meeting of the Muar Civil Service Club the following officebearers for 1936 were elected: President, H. H. Tungku Ahmad: Hon. Secretary. D. Headly: Hon. Treasurer. J. Campbell: Committee. W. Llnehan. A. D. Campbell, H. L. Weir and D. J. Forbes. This club is
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    SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS
    78 3 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca. The following were successful in the London Chamber of Commerce Examination held in Malacca last November. Typewriting: Messrs. Choc Lim Poh (distinction) and Ong Cheng Tee, Miss J. Leong and Miss Yek Qui Leng. Shorthand: Miss Lim Guat Lian (distinction) 60 words and
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      296 3 Wakened by indigestion PAIN GONE-?W ASLEEP AGAIN IN 5 MINUTES Do you know chat awful feeling of wakening in the middle of tbe nigh* with the pains of indigestion gnawing at your inside? Read how one sucb •ufferer ended his trouble find that now 1 am turnea fi). if I
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      132 3 TIDE TABLES SINGAPORE. Today. H. W. 11.20 a.m., S ft. 2 in., 11. 5S p.m., 8 ft. 6 in. L. W. 5.25 a.m.. 2 ft. 8 In., 5.50 p.m.. 1 ft. 2 in. POST SWEYTENHAM. Today H. W. 5.49 a.m., 12 It. 7 In., 6.12 p.m.. 13 ft. 3 In.
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    HER WAIST WAS BEGINNING TO BULGE
    205 4 Dressmaker's Fear of Losing Her Figure ThU dressmaker was naturally distressed :.c began to put en weight. She knew I how important it WM for her to dress well. It i- no wonder, therefore, that she Is oelishted with the result of taking Kru'chen
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    NATIONAL PARK AS THE SHOW PLACE
    1084 4 A REAL SANCTUARY FOR WILD LIFE Chief Game Warden Visualises The Possibilities "IF THE KING GEORGE V. NATIONAL PARK IS DEVELOPED ON PROPER LINES, IT WILL BE A VERY VALUABLE ASSET TO MALAYA IN 50 YEARS." This statement conies from Mr. Theodore Hubback, Chief
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    Cape Town—England Speed Flight
    127 4 Cape Town England Speed Flight ALTHOUGH flying a course approximately 700 miles longer than that taken by Mrs. Amy Mollison, former holder, Flight Lieutenant Tommy Rose smashed the Cape flight record by thirteen hours, reaching Cape Town Just 3 days 17 hours and 38 minutes arter leaving Lympne, England. Three
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    NORTHERN MOTOR RALLY
    275 4 FOLLOWED BY GYMKHANA (From A Correspondent) Penang. Saturday. *rHE reliability trial organised by the Penang and Kedah branch of the Automobile Association of Malaya, over a course from Kepala Batas to Sungel Pat&ni was h,eld on Wednesday. The run ended at the Sungei Patani rest house. Later,
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      453 4 f "Cant hardly"^ I "He don't" Your Mistakes in English STAND OUT! VTOU cannot hide your mistakes In English they stand out sharply, giving others an unfortunate Impression of you. You may not make such glaring errors as He don't," You was. I ain't." But perhaps you may make other
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      340 4 }|jir FREE To every Evcr.Rcidy purchaser of «^r Safety Razor BLules this supremely efficient Ever-Ready Safety Razor presented absolutely FREE —From all stores— Buy today— before supply Is exhausted! Ever-Ready VIVSNA THE MASTER TONIC NERVE, VIGOUR VITALITY FOR MEN WOMEN OLD YOUNG. THE CALCUTTA CHEMICAL CO., LTD. 8. Raffles Chambers,
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      242 4 CROSSWORD PUZZLE RESULT HOW TO CLAIM $100 PRIZE MONEY No reader succeeded in solving correctly the Crossword Puzzle printed in The Sunday Times on Feb. 23 and the $100 prize money is divided equally between seven entrants, each of whom submitted solutions containing one error only. The winners are: C.
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    HOPE OF SETTLEMENT IN STRIKE AT NAVAL BASE
    186 5 Excavation Coolies Back In Their Lines ALTHOUGH the majority of them have not accepted the part settlement of wages offered by the sub-contractors, the 200 Chinest coolies employed on excavation work at the Naval Base, who struck seven days ago on a
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    Catalina Wild Mountain Goat As Caddie
    67 5 GOLFERS have used many different caddies one Hollywood film actress actually used a pet chimpanzee and others, more Ingenious, have invented mechanical "marvels," but Hermine Sierks of Santa Catalina Island, California, created a sensation when she brought along a magnificent Catalina wild mountain goat
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    AROUND THE COURTS
    556 5 A Poor Hand At Gambling: Man Who Barked His Shin: Woman Saved From Watery Grave THREE Chmcsc weve charged in one of the local Police courts lasti week wi.h c a mint; in public. Two oil them pleaded guilty but the third I with a smile of
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    SUPER-DREADNOUGHT
    97 5 VESSEL IMMUNE FROM TORPEDOES SHELLS Stamford, Conn. Lester P. Barlow, Inventor of aeroplane bombs used for the first time during the Great War, has announced that he had designed a new type of super-dreadnought immune from torpedo, artillery and air bomb attacks. He stated that the United States Naval
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    HITLER'S SISTER
    86 5 MARRIES PROFESSOR AT AGE OF 50 Herr Hitler has lost his sisterFruuAngela Raubal who for years has mothered him, bossed him, cooked his meals, and darned his socks at Haus Wachenfeld, his Alpine retreat. He has lost ncr to tall. dark, handsome Professor Hammitzsh, of Dresden. Prau Angela
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    PLEASANTRIES OF TRAVEL
    354 5 RAILWAY MAKES SOME SUGGESTIONS The following set of Ironical rules has been drawn up by the LubeckBuchencr Railway: Seize your own compartment at once by putting something on every seat and ho'ding the door. Let the other passengers worry how they get a seat. Always put your
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    EXPULSION THREAT TO PEIPING STUDENT AGITATORS
    61 5 Peiplng. Saturday. Students agitating for strikes and refusing to sit for their examinations will be deprived of their right to continue s< "tooling, declarer a notification issued by the Hopei-Chahar Council— Kwong Wah Ylt Po. Mr. William Arthur Claydon. senior English master at Blackburn
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    A PROMISE OF MYSTERY
    187 5 MAGIC CIRCLE THROWS A CHALLENGE The Malayan Magic Circle, of Singapore formed recently by a group 'of leading amateur magicians, is throwing out a challenge to the public. It U that Neither a coffin nor an iron tank can be constructed from which escape is not
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    VOLUNTEERING IN PENANG
    158 5 A DEMONSTRATION PLATOON (From A Correspondent) Penang, Saturday. ITOLUNTEERINO in Penang has not received the support It deserves. Despite this, the Penang and Province Wellesley Volunteer Corps did very well in the Malayan meet held last year and took first place among the volunteer forces. The training
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    BRILLIANT CEREMONIAL AT ASTANA ISKANDARIA
    1634 6 Officers Of State Installed In Office MUST TRAVEL TOWARDS RISING SUN AND CROSS RIVER Ruler's Face And As tan a Roof Not To Be Seen For Seven Days (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh. DRTLLIANT and imposing scenes marked the ceremonial a hie h was observed
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    VALENTINES: NEW AND OLD
    758 6  -  Fred J. Melville By "TflK British Post-office lent its pow- erful aid this year to the efforts of stationers and art publishers to revive the Valentine. The Postmaster-General and his advisers can scarcely expect to restore St. Valentine's Eve to its old position as the peak
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      527 6 THE STAMPS OF THE TREATY PORTS A BARGAIN IN STAMPS OF CHINA AND OF FORMOSA For Is. Post Free. by Captain H. R. Oldfleld. U».B. (or its equivalent in current unused A complete history of this little known stamps of any country) group of stamps. WE will send you 50
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      380 6 "TRUSSES ABOLISHED by Beat ley's Wonderful #jra Haw Air Cushion |»S( Instant r.-lii>ffmni r.n'iturrtfvra M-*r\ k h > 'Wit '»»"> vvlird in tinted Jil ah ii-lnon. Cannot «l(p HnkU rupture grntly but (Irmly until id ni»tc««en Ui»uw unite. A «<mI*"** 1 J"ful »lm r lr hut IM ctwuvo ,frm Trial
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    POLICE BAND
    74 7 The Police Band will give the following programme on Friday at Telok Ayer at 5.30 p.m. Grand March Fame and Olory (Matt) Overture, Rosamr.nde (F Schubert) Selection. Viennese Memories of Lehar (Arr Henry Hail) Waltz. Eton Boating S^r.g (Karl Kaps) Solo for Trombrne and Euphonium, Seng. Asleep in
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    BRITISH TRADE FAIR
    91 7 The 1936 British Trade Fair, which Is to be opened by the Hon. Mr. A. 8. Small, will be held r the Great World Amusement Park, Kirn l\ ng Road, from May 1-May 9 Inclusive. Over 180 stalls have been allotted in the general and engineering sections
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    MYSTERY OF A "BIG NEW ENTERPRISE"
    309 7 MYSTERY OF A "BIG NEW ENTERPRISE" Notice On An Office Door |N a neatly furnished office) In Winchester House, Singapore, sat a man who reckoned in thousands. Over the door hung a gilded nameplate, from which one gathered that the firm was that of Messrs. John Ree and Co., Ltd.
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    In England Now
    320 7 •T*HE wind blows cold across the fields, but signs are not wanting that the reign of winter is all but over. On the southern side of hedgerows and walls shoots of fresh green are appearing amid the leaves, the legacy of autumn. Autumn-sown fields are looking well
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    GOODBYE TO COL. LERMIT
    386 7 VOLUNTEERS' TEA PARTY (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Saturday. Yesterday a tea party held at the Malay Company's Headquarters, officers and men of all ranks, companies, and races of the Malacca Volunteer Corps mustered to bid farewell to their popular Commanding Officer, Lt. Col. A. A.
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      73 7 PRINCE DF WALES HOTEL ggggw. LONDON r^™^ Situated In the heart of the capltal-mld-way between Kensington Palace and Hyde Park Corner: offering quiet luxury, largely finely furnished bedrooms, excellent cuisine, rcmpletr but unostentatious service. Modern hot and cold water installation throughout The choice of discriminating people for more than 40
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      166 7 MONTREUX, on the lovely Lake Geneva. Dry and sunny climate. When on leave make your home for a few weeks at the Hotel Belmont. Weekly terms 4 Gns. Including tips, taxes and baths. English cheques accepted. Muller, Manager. ST. MARGARET'S SCHOOL THF GRANGE CRAWLEY DOWN SUSSEX Mn. ft. Jf. McCall
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      875 7 LONDON CALLS jr- LONDON INSISTENTLY GOODWOOD HOTEL COME! QUEENSBORO TERRACE, hyde PARK and enjoy at either JB&\jL H. &C. water and reading light In uftTc nruDDlinT yy/ j^» bedrooms. Lift. Night porter. HulcL RIMBRAHDI <*'<>^^ Oarage Adjacent. Excellent Cuisine Dally Trrms from 10/6 d. South Kensington, B.W. Weekly from 3
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      524 7 WIRELESS PROGRAMMES 8.8.C TRANSMISSION 2. The following frequencies will be usedGSJ 21.53 Me (13.93 m.l, and OSG 17. 7"» Me s (16.36 m.) P-m 7.20 Bl* Ben. A Short Religious Service from the Studio.* Order of Service: My Spirit Longs for 'inee (S.P. Ill); When Two or Three (Page 18);
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      287 7 ing. "The Kaiser's Throne." A Scene from the Palatinate. 11.20 Close DJA, DJN. NIROM. e.Zt am 7.«S a.m. Yl>.\ 3.048 k c iM. 68 m.l. and YDB TtflO k'C (31.2 m 10.50 a.m.— l 50 p.m. YDA 6.04* kc/ (4* •7 m.) and YDB 11.860 k/c (25.3 ra.) S 50
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    BRITISH WHARF SEIZED
    167 8 ACTION BY JAPANESE NAVY Tientsin, Saturday. A SERIOUS Anglo-Japanese dispute has arisen over the action of the Japanese navy in occupying a wharf at Taku, seaport of Tientsin, with a view to transforming it Into a wharf exclusively for the berthing of Japanese warships. The British Consul
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    JAPANESE AID FOR SHANSI
    126 8 ANTI-RED OFFER BY GEN. TADA REPORTED Tientsin, Saturday. Japanese military assistance has been offered to Gen. Yen Hsi-shar:, Pacification Commissioner of Shansl. to cope with the Red invasion in that province, it is scml-offlcially learned in Tientsin today. This offer was made by Major-Gen. Tada. commandcr-ln-Chief
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    53 8 Tea party given by the President and members of the Kuantan Kilat Reading Room to Che Sulairnan bin Mat Darmo on the occasion of his transfer U> Koala Lipis. The Kuantan Malay Musical Party's orchestra was in attendance. Group taken at the 18th annual Social of the Paya Lebar Sunday
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    MAIN WORK AT NAVAL BASE COMPLETED
    650 8 One Of World's Biggest Engineering Projects TRANSFORMATION OF SWAMPS AND I PLANTATIONS Eit Years' Toil By Thirty Europeans And 3,000 AIN CONTRACT OF THE SINGAPORE NAVAL BASE, :H WAS BEGUN BY SIR JOHN JACKSON (SINGAPORE) IN 1928 TO THE DESIGN OF THE CIVIL ENGINEER-IN-F
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    27 8 Four younff Chinese racegoers at Bukit Timah yesterday. Left to right: Miss Quee Yee, Miss Swee Hone:. Miss Yoke Chin, and Miss Quee Font. Sunday Times Photograph.
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    WANTS TRIP IN THE QUEEN MARY
    155 8 AUSTRALIAN AIRWOMAN FLYING TO ENGLAND EiIRS. F. M. Bobby Terry, a well- known Australian airwoman, arrived in Singapore yesterday in the Qantas plane from Australia. She is going home to England to make the first trip in the giant Cunarder Queen Mary. Mrs. Terry,
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    WOMEN AT THE RACES
    782 8 ORIGINALITY IN DRESSES By Our Woman Correspondent U7OMEN were in a businesslike mood at the races at Bukit Timah yesterday. From the early afternoon I met them everywhere rushing: to the totes in the hopes, no doubt, of either i swelling their winnings or recouping thel»
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    EARL BEAUCHAMP
    62 8 EXPECTED IN SINGAPORE FROM AUSTRALIA Earl Beauchamp, who owns large properties in England and was once Governor of New South Wales, will arrive at Singapore from Sydney this week. He will go on to Europe, but he does not Intend to visit England. Earl Beauchamp recently built a
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    17 HOUSES DESTROYED IN TAIPING FIRE
    59 8 fFrom Our Own Correspondent.) Taiplng. Saturday. Thirty families were made homeless today by a fire in Tupai Lane which destroyed 17 attap houses. The fire started in a kitchen and spread with great rapidity. The fire brigade, assisted by the police, prevented the fire
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    FILLED ALBUMS
    40 8 Rumours have been circulating in Singapore that Cadburys and Frys are ceasing to give prizes for filled albums This is not true and prizes will be given for filled albums from both Cadburys and Frys until further notice.
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    5 TEACHERS EXECUTED IN EAST HOPEI
    105 8 ALLEGED PLOT AGAINST YIN JU-KENG Tientsin, Saturday. Five teachers who were arrested at Tungchow on Thursday on grounds of plotting the overthrow of Yin Ju-keng, head of the so-called East Hopei Autonomous Government, were executed yesterday by order of Yin Ju-keng. It is alleged
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    FRESH FUKIEN FLOOD
    41 8 Thousands Affected In Chaoan Area Amoy, Saturday. A large area in the Chaoan district In South Fuklen near the Kwangtung border has been flooded following the bursting of dykes. Thousands of people are affected.— Kwong Wah Ylt Po.
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    LARGEST BOOK-PRINTING PLANT IN RUSSIA
    57 8 Preparatory work Is in progress for the construction of the largest book printing and binding enterprise In the USSR., which will be situated alongside the Kama Paper mills. 35 kilometres from Perm. The new plant will turn out 120.000.000 books a year. Its machines will
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    NEW HOPE FOR EXHAUSTED MEN AND WOMEN.
    193 8 Youthful Vigour in Tasteiecs Tablets. Many men ana women, now dragging out hopeless lives, too weakened and tired to do more than exist, could be restored to vigorous enjoyment of life in a few weeks if they tool: enough vitamins. For It is
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      35 8 GREAT EASTERN OPTICAL CO. 275. Sooth Bridie Road. Singapore. (Optician Mr. C. V. FAN). Tele. 2164. CHARGES CHEAPER THAN ANYWHERE. 1. Sight tested, glasses supplied trom $4 2. CROOKB LENSES completed »itfi tram* Irom $6
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    Malayan Musings: Casual Comments On This And Thai
    1458 9 JJARD things were said by M Leggatt, at the I.S.P. meeting, about a certain type of rubber company director Leggatt ljUt I guess tn<?y I^ts 'Em were mlld beslde Have It what may be heard in places where planters fjregather in an
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    MALAYAN JINGLES
    112 9 42 -THE ANSWER Why does it rain at five o'clock When you don't mind rain at eight Why's what you want e'er out of stock Why is the air mail late Why is there nothing in the news Why are the leaders tame Why does Mickey no more
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      239 9 Better the proved car than the most j j ii O £j r* g £V r* WW M fj Tr I mm I experiment! /T S A(.l OVEP W\TH US ipi jffi-_^M V.UDLOWI OLD PAL THEY'VE Wk REDUCED THE PR/CE OF 11 -|^^^iw'W SHELL TOX Pictured above is the Austin
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    Sitting On The Fence
    1327 10  -  Nathaniel Gubbins "|F your husband fails to notice that you are wearing a new frock do nrt ask for comment. Invite discussion from such angles as the curious sources of the new fabrics, the modern development of dyes, and the industrial end of fashion changes. This
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    Winning Contract: By The Four Aces
    622 10 Winning Contract: By The Four Aces QUR opponents in the final round of the Vanderbilt Cup, Louis IH. Watson, Edward Hymes, Jr., Hi6H carp values Sam Fry, Jr., or the and M. D. four-aces system c'jimmie"') Mai■■■^■■■■rß er, were also ffflrlSnFj employing the LsLksCsBEJ Four Aces sysf»]lJ^a|2m tern. f f«j
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    Narrative Like A Mighty River
    868 11 Books Of The Week The Reader Swept Along Fabricius's Three Stories In One The Son of Marietta. By Johan I ;i!ir:ciu.s. (Jollaiuz. f)s. 6d. THIS long novel, almost as I bs m Anthony Advere," is divided into three bocks and might well have been m?de
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    An English Traveller's Theory Of Leisure In The East
    1345 11 •TH) anjbody who is ordered a sea voyage for a rest and a change from the daily toil which has momentarily been too much for him, and who j elects to travel East, the rest may or; may not come before
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    ROBES FOR CORONATION WILL COST £160,000
    84 12 nEERS and peeresses will spend £160.000 on tl elr Coronation robes, which they are now ordering. The cloth crimson velvet of a deep ecclesiastical hue— takes six months to manufacture in the north of England. Nearly 1.600 robes have to be made. Robes cost
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    CANTON SCHOOL FOR RETURNED CHINESE
    46 12 The Kwangtung Overseas Affairs Commission is drawing up plans for the erection ol a returned-overseas Chinese school at Canton. When this is established, boys and girls returned from abroad will be able to obtain a good education at a small cost.
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    CHINA'S STUDENTS
    43 12 According to latest statistics issued by the Nanking Ministry of Education it is stated that there are 1.914 middle schools with 409.586 students in China. The number of normal schaols amounted to 864 and their total number of students is 99.60C5.
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    How Malaya House Works For You
    1403 12 An Outpost In The Heart Of The Empire INFORMATION GIVEN ON EVERY TOPIC A Londoner's Impression Of Singapore (From Our Own Correspondent.) London. /VST at the corner of thronged Trafalgar Square, busy with its streams of 'buses, taxis, cars and scared pedestrians, is a
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    ROUND THE WORLD CRUISES BY AIR EXPECTED SOON
    591 13 THIRTEEN-DAY TRIP FOR $4,000 I Waiting For Inauguration Of North Atlantic Service AMERICAN PLANS READY SINGAPORE travel agencies will soon be offering M round-the-world-in-13-days aerial cruises. The trip will cost about $4,000. The world can already be circled by regular air services,
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    FATHER'S BAN ON STAGE CAREER
    392 13 DAUGHTER WOLLD FORFEIT LEGACY f\IRECTIONS for penalising a daught- j er should she choose the stage j as a career are contained in the will I of Mr. Charles Richard Steele, of Cosel- i la, the Drive, Belmont, Surrey. Mr. S'/eele, latt senior partner of
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    BUSY AMATEUR BUILDERS
    99 13 It is estimated that nearly 1.000 amateurs in Gr?at Britain country are constructing single-seater aeroplanes similar u> the Flying Flea designed by the Frenchmen, M. Mlgnet. Ten of these machines have flown in Britain and 141 in France. One man .s r>mpleting his machine at a fried
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    GERMAN PETROL SUPPLIES
    141 13 AMPLE FOR AIR FORCE Paris. /^ERMANY'S p.'ans to ensure such a production of synthetic petrol as may eventually make her Independent 1 of supplies from other countries is the subject of an article by General Baratler, the distinguished military writer, in the Temps. It is estimated that
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    £100,000 FOR DESERT DEFENCES IN EGYPT
    68 13 Alexandria. The Egyptian Government has granted credits of nearly 100,000 for defence measures on the Libyan DeMtt border. These will be spent on roads and fortification works in the desert. Britain is expected to share some of this cost. In all the Egyptian Oovernrr.nt
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    HONEY CAKES
    92 13 LJONEY cakes are suitable for the nursery tea-table, and are quickly and easily made. Put half a pound of honey into a basin; melt a quarter of a p>und of butter until soft, but not oily, and beat in with two eggs and the grated rind and juice
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    CREAMED PARSNIPS
    123 13 Parsnips are useful vegetables and are perhaps not served as often as they might be. Besides having them Just boiled and served with pork or beef, they may be creamed and so make a separate dish. For this, pare and slice some parsnips put them into salted, boiling
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    GIRLS OF TODAY
    242 13 BISHOP CALLS THEM "SHAMELESS" Melbourne DIRTH control has made free love and Is the c-rse oX the younger generation Such is the burden of a fighting speech against the "shamelessness" of the girls of today by which one of the three oldest bishops in the Roman Catholic
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    Bandit Outrages In Hopei
    83 13 HTHE results of banditry in Hopel Pro- vtnce last year are being revealed by the authorities in charge of the rehabilitation work. Thirty-seven villages in this province were visited by bandits. This is a larger number than those affected in 1934. Thousands of people have been
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    The Straits Times EDITORIAL, MANAGERIAL AND ADVERTISING OFFICE: Cecil Street, Singapore. TOTIDEM VERBIS
    447 14 The Straits Times EDITORIAL, MANAGERIAL AND ADVERTISING OFFICE: Cecil Street, Singapore. TOTIDEM VERBIS JWIAN is essentially a sceptic, and, paradoxically, he is as proverbially curious as the cat. In the history of transport these elements have always been uppermost. From the days of Galileo when a great discovery was scoffed
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    The Dutch Take Malacca
    1556 14 New Version Of Event Which Echoed Throughout The Malaysian World TO realise how great was the stir caused by tne capture of Malacca by the Dutch, how the noise of that event echoed throughout the Malaysian world, it is necessary only to remember that the Portuguese
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    THE PEOPLE THE JUBILEE FUND WILL ASSIST
    817 15 Pitiful Stories Of The Distressed And Destitute $3,500 TO BE SPENT EVERY MONTH Twelve- Year-Old Hawker Supports Mother And Five Children 11' 110 are the distressed and destitute who will be assisted by the Silver Jubilee Fund when it functions three weeks hence
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    DAZZLING HEADLIGHTS
    268 15 New Laws In England On April 19 rpilK Ministry of Transport's regulations on the anti-dazzle problem will berome law in England next month and will become compulsory on April 19. This decision will make thousands of drivers liable to prosecution unless they have their cars' lighting systems altered.
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    PRIESTS LETTER CREATES ANGER
    128 15 Hong Kong, REFERENCE by the Rev. Father Ryan, of Hong Kong, to the Unitea States as a country "most conspicuous for its low sex life" hes aroused a storm of indignation among the Ameircan residents, of the Co.'ony. The remark toas contained in a letter addressed
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    DIAMOND JUBILEE
    78 15 VETERAN LAWYER OF KHULNA BAR Khulna. To serve as a lawyer at the age of 101. is the experience of Mr. Panchanan Biswas, the oldest member of the Khulna Bar. whose colleagues celebrated the diamond jubilee of his practice recently. He began his legal career at a comparatively
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    MR. J. H. THOMAS'S SON
    49 15 Mr. Leslie M. Thomas, son of Mr. J. H. Thomas, has accepted an Invitation to become prospective National candidate for the Leek division of Staffordshire and has agreed to drop his National Labour Party label entirely at the request of the Leek National Association.
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    Lord Moynih an And "The Right To Die"
    271 15 LORD Moynihan, the eminent English surgeon, President of the Voluntary Euthanasia (Easy Death) Society which urges the legislation of the "right to die" where a person suffers from an incurable and painful disease, was in Ceylon recently. He told The Times of
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    AIMEE SUED FOR £80,000
    188 15 FORMER GIRL EMPLOYEE ALLEGES SLANDER A LLEGING that Sister Aimee Me- Pl.erson had called her "a devil from hel!," Miss Vivian Denton, former girl publicity agent at the Angelus Temple, has filed a suit for slander, claiming £80,000 damages, against the "hot gospeller." Miss Denton, who
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    HIGH LIFE AMONG CONVICTS
    330 15 Drink, Dope. And Card« In Gaol WF'.ik; FLANNELS FOR HOT WEATHFR linoi?. AMAZING disclosures coin ruling the way in which convicts in the prison here managed to enjoy forbidden pleasures have been made following the murder of Richard L»eb. one of the central figures in the
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    NEWSPAPER COMMENT ON PEPPER TRIAL
    1972 16 Pillory For 'Cornering 'In Middle Ages ANTI-SOCIAL OPERATION ONLY NOW Sober Old Family Firm Which Became Norn De Guerre Of Reckless Gamblers ON the conclusion of the Pepper Trial at the Old Bailey, wh2n Howeson, Bishirgian and Hardy were sent to prison, Illuminating comments on
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    139 16 SEEING INDIA IN ALL HER INFINITE DIVERSITY Trivandrum. "I am limited by the conditions of modern journalism and cannot spend my time in Ashrams, but must see India as a whole In all her Infinite diversity, said Major Francis YeatsBrown, the well-known author and student of Indian yoga.
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    "MOGHUL PRINCE"
    153 16 SENT TO PRISON AT DELHI FOR THIRD TIME Delhi. For the third time Habibur Rahman, who calls himself the grandson of Akbar 11, was sentenced to three months' simple imprisonment by Mr. F. B. Pool. Additional District Magistrate, for the a.leged illegal possession ot Government land. He was
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      395 17 $100 FREE ENTRY CROSSWORD PUZZLE DO NOT PAY FOR CURRENT THAT IS NEVER TURNED INTO LIGHT. That would be like paying a bill in n shop that had never supplied you ■with Roods Yet that is the kind of service you get from th- so-ca'.l-ed cheap lamps: a large portion
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      422 17 A NEW FACE POWDER FASHION SWEEPS THE COUNTRY Smarr Women Bjm| Have Learned §gMsm&; from Paris Ww>fm&? £y~<£ In an interview Mile. Yvonne Kg f K. a mannequin ol one of the M f <*^" r leading Pans dressmakers, said: KJF ♦^f V^VV' > -Smart French women have /JKSk .J
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    MURDER EXPERT
    268 18 DIES WHILE PLANNING A HOLIDAY I rvR Hugh Millar Gait, the famous *J pathologist and murder expert, who gave evidence ii. two of the most famous murder trials of this century, died from a sudden heart attack at his Beaumont, Jersey, home on Feb. 16. while he and
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    REMEDIES FOR THE EVILS IN CHINA
    1755 18 The Disease: Neurasthenia Sinica DR. LIM BOON KENG'S DIAGNOSIS Treatment For Country's Regeneration rHINA was suffering from a disease which he called Neurasthenia Sinica, declared Dn Lim Boon Keng, formerly a Str&its Settlements Legislative CouncHlor and now President of Amoy University, speaking at the
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    113 18 Trained By Indian Arai7 Officers DOLITICAL conditions within Tibet are quiet, writes a correspondent of the North-China Daily News. In recent years the Lhassa Government has developed an efficient, if not ponderous, military system. Ancient firearms wrre disrarded and replaced by modern guns and ammunition. Many
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    'Stolen' Brides Who Do Not Resist
    164 18 How Poor Couples Avoid Expensive Ceremony There exists in western Chekiang a system of marriage whereby brides are stolen from their homes, either with 'or without their consent, says the Peiping Chen Pao. A man may go to his would-b3 i bride's home to
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    2,925 LIBRARIES IN CHINA
    58 18 There is at present a total of 2,925 libraries in China, according to figures compiled by the. Ministry of Education on the basis of reports from the various provinces. Slkang and Sinklang. however, have not yet sent in their reports. The list includes technical, general, school
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    Spectacles Are Not Enemies Of Beauty
    831 19 Spectacles Are Not Enemies Of Beauty Max Factor Says 4 PROMINENT oculist recently estimated that approximately 60 per cent, of the world's population should wear eye-glasses. Possibly he was a bit overenthusiastic. But, at any rate, every woman faces the prospect of some day having to don them. Therefore, she
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    619 19  -  K K By niITrnNO gUTrONS for the modern Chinescostumes have become more beauti ul than ever, especially thosa with glittering stones in the centre. Some buttons have jade for the centre, some ruby and many other different kinds of stones to match wif.^ the costumes worn. The
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    CHILDREN'S CORNER
    78 19 Princess Spindrift DRINCESS SPINDRIFT, light of foot. With eyes jf softest summer blue— Tell me what warm visions rare Come to you? Dreams of kingdoms yet to be Tapering .pires in Fairylana, Such as only children may Understand? Kings, Princesses, Fairies, Gnomes People earth and cloud and air,
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      371 19 AN ALL-STAR EVENT! Warner Bros, team the star sensation of "Happiness Ahead" with the fascinating lover cf "The Painted Veil" to head 1935's fast great dramatic cast! JOSEPHINE in }Ht '<^Bp^*^** From the protffic pen of the man who wrote "OF HUMAN BONDAGE" eo-jtarrinj: Georfe Brent (the popular romantic hero,
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    PRESENTS FOR BRIDESMAIDS
    170 20 /"\NCE upon a time, the brldegroo.n bought as many pendants as there were bridesmaids, and was sure he was right because the pendant was the standardised gift. Later. brooches made attractive alternatives. But a* little variety Is always liked, and quite recently six beaded hand bags— the
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    Ordinary Frocks But— Extraordinary Details
    364 20  - Ordinary Frocks But Extraordinary Details By Muriel Rapson THERE are all sorts of gay and sparkling fripperies to be found in the shops just now which will give a touch of glamour to quite an ordinary frock, and transform the wearer into somebody who certainly merits a second glance if
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    Boudoir And Boulevard
    380 20 Boudoir And Boulevard AN the choice of a handbag, women spend a lot of money and a lot of time, because such accessories are important enough to "make" or "mar" the ensemble. There are new square handbags in soft suede in pale colours, and lovely slim, square designs in box
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    DESSERT SANDWICH
    107 20 This is a delicious recipe, richer than the ordinary kir ci, and makes a large cake. Cream together half a pound of castDr sugar anc 1 seven ounces of butter. And a little grated lemon rind and four well beaten eggs. Mi* thoroughly until smooth and then add
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    Designs In Furnishing Fabrics
    431 20 ADMIRING some original designs in furnishing fabrics the other day, I noticed they were all patterned with large, clear designs, each ex--1 pressing movement and gaiety of colour. On mushroom coloured satin one's I eye went up from one tall plumed hat with dangling eye veil
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      433 20 tijff^ r&i Introduce Bisto to your kitchen and you will f^Sj^jEj^S find new zest and added flavour in all your m^^Ol me?* dishes. Bisto was just made to take the MBff^Bl dullness out of meals. You've no idea -vhat ■MK&I9I flavour and life Bisto gives to food and how tlyflH||H
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    2344 21 THE races on Saturday (this is being written in advance) seem likely to bring out a large crop of new clothes, and snappy lines in linen suitings seem likely to be first favourites. These always look cool, even if they are not, and after them nearly tailored silk and
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    Flowers On Handbags Are The Vogue
    442 21 AT first, it was the inconvenience of the corsage bouquet when dancing which introduced the vogue for flowers on handbags. But, at a premiere of a successful play in; Town the other evening, a number of smart women found the flower-on-the-bag vogue quite the
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    HOME FOOTBALL: ASTON VILLA SURPRISE STOKE
    298 22 Blackburn Take Points From The Wolves FOOTBALL rames played at home yesterday resulted, says Reuter, as follows DIVISION I Arsenal 1 Huddersfleld 1 Birmingham 0 Bolton 0 Blackburn 1 Wolves 0 Chelsea 1 Sheffield Wed. 2 Grlmsby 0 Preston 0 Leeds 1 Brentford 2
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    CHEOW TEIK'S FINE BATTING
    162 22 UNLUCKY TO MISS HIS CENTURY (From Our Own Correspondent.) Per.ang, Saturday. After a poor start, mor" than half thair side being out lor 82. The Authentic; wont en to score 212 rune in tn:ir match with the Penang Cricket Chib which started today on t.i -^planacie.
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    CHAMPIONS BEATEN BY THE REST
    302 22 DR. STRAHAN SCORES TWO GOALS (From Our Own Correspondent.) Alor Star. Tunku Yacob's XI, champions of the Kedah Hockey Association League, played the Rest and lost by four goals to one. Dr. Strahan opened the scoring for the Rest after receiving a good centre from
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    Penang Chinese Recreation Club Sports
    67 22 The Penanc Chinese Recrer.tion Club sports were a crcat success. Top is Yesr; Eah Chert winning the hirh jump, and Lim Khye Soo. third In the Ion« jump. Centre is the start of the girls' rac; (50 yards) won by Mrs. Low Hooi Seah, thi/d
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    159 22 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Mar. 6. The tennis tournament organised by the Negrl Sembllan Club has now been brought to a close. In the semifinal of the handicap doubles, yesterday, Tuan Sheikh Ahmad and Inche Abu Bakar +30 beat E. I. Pennlah and M. KrUhnapUlay (s>:r)
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    1052 22 League tables correct to Friday are as follows: Goals P. W. L. D. F. A. Pts. Sunderland (2) 31 21 6 4 86 47 46 Huddersfield (16) 31 15 8 8 48 44 38 Derby (6) 30 14 7 9 44 29 37 Stoke (10) 31 15
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    Elkins After Malayan Golf Honours
    483 22 WILL HE REGAIN CHAMPIONSHIP? By Our Kuala Lumpur Correspondent. WHEN Easter comes round W. H. Elkins will, on his home course at Kuala Lumpur, try to win bark the title of Malayan Golf Champion, which he won in 1931. Since then the Paterson Craik duo
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    GIRLS' SPORTS
    98 22 EASY WIN FOR ST. MARY'S OLD PUPILS (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. There was a large attendance at the Girls' Sixth Annual Sports day held this afternoon at the Victoria Ins itutlon ground. St. Mary's old girls broke a scries of records held by the Methodist
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    SEVEN FURLONG RECORD BROKEN THRICE AT BUKIT TIMAH
    2746 24 SINGAPORE SPRING MEETING OPENS WITH A SURPRISE PERFECT CONDITIONS Knight's Eye's Splendid Run In Big Race 1 A STRONG cool breeze tempered the bright sunshine and made conditions very pleasant for the large crowd of racegoers who thronged the stands at Bukit
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    164 24 TENNIS AGAINST ASAHAN S'ARTY 'From Our Own Correspondent* Malacca, The Jasin Recreation Club traveled to Asahan ar.d played a series of ten lawn tennis matches against the Ai>ahan Party. The visitors won all the games. Results are Jasln players mentioned first: H. C. Hammett and R C.
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    165 24 The Overseas Telegraph Chinese SUS Association held Its third annual general meeting at Mr. Song Tlan Choc's residence, opposite the Geylang English School, on Sunday, Mar. 23. In the course of the year the Association enjoyed the happy position of having rendered financial assistance to eight bereaved
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    176 24 NEW ZEALAND'S BIG LEAD Christchurch, Saturday. IUEW ZEALAND established a comfortable first innings lead in the fourth and final unofficial Test match against the M.C.C. today. Opening on a slow wicket yesterday, in which Griffiths was particularly effective, the tourists fared very poorly and were dismissed
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    188 24 SEVEN STATE PLAYERS IN WINNING SIDE (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Saturday. In ideal weather and watched by a large crowd the Mercantile Co-opera-tors today defeated the Government Co-operators by two is>als to nil in the final soccer match for t'r.e Gammans Cup. The
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    62 24 (Prom Our Own Correspond ?nt> fcgamat. The Segatnat School Juniors gave a splendid display cf speed and combination when they beat the Simpang Tiggah Malay School by six goals to nil on the School padang. With such talent to choose from, the English school should find no
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    S. C. C.'s POOR CRICKET DISPLAY ON THE PADANG
    340 25 DISMISSED FOR 62 BY THE GUNNERS Exciting Finish To S.R.C. Practice Game HINGSTON 44 NOT OUT p LAPSING before the bowling of Wrston and Viant the S.C.C. eleven rude a poor showing when it met the I' A. on the Padang
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    SEGAMAT CRICKET
    206 25 CLUB DRAW FIRST GAME WITH RAILWAY INST. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Segamat. The Segamat Cricket Club opened their cricket season with a draw against the Gemas Railway Institute. Crmas Railway Institute: D. G. Mack b Rennie 2; S. Rasialt b Frank I; Yacob c. Si b Nadason 24;
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    CARNERA WINS
    94 25 T.K.O. OVER ISADORE GASTANAGA New York, Saturday. i'rimo Camera, the giant Italian, today gained the decision in his ten round contest with Isadore Gastanaga on a technical knock out in the: fifth round. Camera, a former world's heavyweight champion, is making a desperate bid for another attempt at
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    PENANG TOURNAMENT
    240 25 Good progress was made in the Penang Open finales md aoubles junior ehampionsliips which were played at the Volunteer Drill Hall last week. Most of the games were keenly contested and five out of the nine matches were decidd on the rubber set. Further ties will be ,>layed
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    ONLY SEVEN RUNS DIFFERENCE
    441 25 rriUE practice game at the S.R.C. A ground between elevens from that club led by the captain, H. N. Ralhetchct, and the vice-captain, H. R. Bartels, provided an exciting finish, the former's team winning by seven runs. The captain's side scored their 140 runs in about
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    FIVE-A-SIDE SOCCER AT KUALA LUMPUR
    289 25 'From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. The flve-a-slde knock-out soccer competition of the Selangor Club was successfully concluded today before an I Interested crowd. The final resulted in I a victory for the Whites who held an advantage in corners over the Colours i
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    7 25 The Selangor Recreation C lub cricket team
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    TAIPING LEAGUE FOOTBALL
    292 25 MALAY UNION TIPPED AS WINNERS 'a 'ping. TTHE Taiping and District jo t ball League is starting in earnest on Monday- Sufficient entries have been received this year to run two divisions as in former years. In the first Division, five teams have entered, and the last
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    SCORES THREE GOALS
    55 25 (From Our Own Correspondent; Segamat. The Segamat Chinese Recreation Club's 'A' team drew at football 3 3 with the English School In a return fixture. A feature of the game^was the splendid display given by Musa bin Abu Tallp, the school right wing, In scoring all the
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    111 25 I EE Moh Hon of Port Dlckson can be termed "Negri's most versatile sportsman. There Is hardly any branch of sport In which Lee Moh Hon la not interested. Moh Hon, who is attached to the Customs Department at Port Dickson, arrived in Negri Sembilan only last year having been
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    OOI KOR SENG CHAMPION
    446 25 PENANG CHINESE SPORTS (From A Correspondent) Penang, Saturday. AS generally anticipated, much interest was centred on the sports meet organised by the Chinese Recreation Club, the Resident Councillor, Mr. A. M. Goodman, and Mrs. Goodman being among those present. Mrs. Goodman gave away the prizes. Dr.
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    TOWN DRAW WITH SCHOOLBOYS
    187 25 (From Our Ow:i Correspondent) Segamat. On the School padang a Town XI met the Government English School at football the game ending in a draw, 3 3. The visitors were the first to score, through Osman, shortly after the kick-off. Soon Ahmad added another. But Ismail
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    BILLIARDS TOURNAMENT
    29 25 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiplng. The Talping Railway Institute has started a billiards handicap tournament for a cup presented by Storch Brothers. Sixteen entries have been received.
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    SCHOOLBOYS BEAT THEIR ELDERS
    550 25 Varma's 7 For 21 Against Strong Chinese Team Schoolboys put up excellent displays in two cricket matches in Singapore yesterday. Raffles Institution beat a Chinese eleven by S(* runs, and St. Andrew's School heat the Khalsa Association by 35 runs. GOOD STAND FOR THIRD WICKET A
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    R.A.O C. SOCCER DEBUT
    374 25 HOLD FORT CANNING TO GOALLESS DRAW Fort Canning 0; R.A.O.C. 0. •■pHE Royal Army Ordnance Corps made their debut In local League soccer yesterday. They took the field in the Second Division against last year's Third Division Champions, the Fort Canning eleven, who have been promoted,
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    U.C.F. ASSOCIATION
    47 25 - The United Confederate Funeral Association is now opening a membership campaign which will close on Mar. 31. During this period no entrance fee will be made. Application forms may he obtained front the honorary secretary at the Association's premises. 183, Joo Chiat Road (top floor)
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    POOR KEEPING RESPONSIBLE
    342 25 RANGERS WELL BEATEN BY EUROPEANS (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca. "THE Malacca Club, with two Malay players, beat the youthful Ranters aide at football by six goals to one on the Padang yesterday. The score, however, does not accur--1 ately reflect the run of play as feeble
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    "THE DOG" BEATEN FIVE WICKETS WIN FOR V.M.C.A.
    72 25 "THE DOG" BEATEN FIVE WICKETS WIN FOR V.M.C.A. (From Our own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. The V.M.C.A. defeated the Selangor Club by five wickets and six runs on the formers' ground today. Tho club batted fir:t and made 11C. Foster was highest with 25. George Laßrooy bowled best wltta three
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    SINGAPORE LEAGUE FOOTBALL GETS UNDER WAY
    860 26 CRICKET CLUB'S DRAW WITH MALAYS Annual Meeting Of Boxing Board Tomorrow By "Argus" E.UU'F football, cricket, boxing and rut-in? are all claiming close attention. The first League soccer m.iUhes, played last week, have produced interesting results and the games arranged for this week are
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    20 26 (below) who met in a league match last week. The Airmen won by four coals to one. —Sunday Times Photoaravhx.
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    KEDAH TENNIS
    201 26 Che Abdul Rahim Again Singles Champion The annual championship meeting of the Kedah Lawn Tennis Association, he.d at the Kulim Club ended lost week. A feature of the tournament was the fine display of the Che Abdul Rahim, of Kulim. who easily beat T. E. Upton in the
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    7 26 The Kuala Lumpur V.M C.A. cricket team.
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    TAIPING FOOTBALL
    98 26 (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping. Several good football matches were played during the week. Taiping Customs, who unfortunately have not entered the League, played a great game to beat the nimble schoolboys fiom the King Edward VII Schorl by 3 goais to 2. In another friendly match the
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    CRICKET BEGINS IN NEGRI
    441 26 Seneviratne And Sheikh Mustapha In Good Form (By Our Seremban Correspondent.) T^HE cricket season in Nerri Sembilan began last week and some good scores were registered. W. Seneviratne, the State player and secretary of the Negrl Sembilan Cricket 1 Committee, hit a useful 68 not out
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    S.A.P. SOCCER
    153 26 The following will represent the Social Athletic Party at soccer agattut the Brighton Lads' Party at the S.C.P.A. ground today (Sunday). Kick off at 5.10 p.m. Billy Loh Jnee Yeow, Tolc Som Mul, Teo Ban Teck. Sng Al Lye, Chan Chang Kwang, Boh Kirn Svec, Tan Chin Chua,
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    FOOTBALL STADIUM
    77 26 i From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiplng. At long last Taiplng is to have a football stadium. The site selected Is the Trump Road Padang. The site Is not ideal for a football ground as it lies In the sun east and west. Further, the ground needs much levelling.
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    Two Centuries Already In Selangor Cricket
    914 26  -  "Echo" BOVELL'S 101 NOT OUT WITH FIVE SIXES By Kuala Lumpur. IS it that the batsmen have quickly found form or that few of the bowlers have not yet found a length? There has already been some very free scoring in Selangor cricket in
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    SINGAPORE BADMINTON ASSOCIATION'S ANNUAL REPORT
    1011 27 COMMITTEE'S YEAR OF HARD WORK Heavy Expenditure On Eight Championship Events By Our Badminton Correspondent 'THE long awaited annual report of the Singapore Badminton Association has just been issued and will be presented for formal approval and adoption at the seventh annual general meeting of
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    SPHINX BADMINTON PARTY
    146 27 In a friendly game of h»dT^n*4y. played on their court, oir Makepeace Road, the Sphinx Badminton Party defeated thj Serar.goon Rangers Badminton Party "B" /an by five games to two. Scores as follows: (Sphinx B P. mentioned lint): Siotlcs: J. de Souza lost to Leong Seng 4—
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    KULIM BADMINTON
    139 27 Fixtures »or the first ro^ncl of the Kullm district badminton tournament are: Singles: Mar. 10: M. 8. Pitchat Pulai vs. Ku Hamzah, Mar. 16: Tan Khcng Beng vs. Dlelenberg ,Mar. 16: A. Michael vs. Eiubee b. Sadin, Mar. 16: Sivallngam vs. Yew Yew Huat, Karam Singh, Yew Yew
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    GRANGE BADMINTON PARTY
    88 27 A meeting of the Grange B.P. «a-» held last Sunday and the following were elected office-bearers for the year 1936:— H0n. secretary and treasurer, Chan Teck Seng; asst. Hon. secretary and treasurer, Chia Sin Peng; hon. sports captain, William Tan (re-elect-ed); hon. auditor, T. K. Goh; committee.
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    S.B.A. ANNUAL REPORT IN DETAIL
    3706 27 An extraordinary general meeting of the Singapore Badminton Association will be held on Saturday, Mar. 14, at 2.30 p.m. M the Clerical Union, Rangoon Road, Singapore, to consider and, if appro Ted. to pass the revised rules and regulations. Following this meeting the seventh annual
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    21 27 Group of Selanffor badminton pla yers in Kuala I.umpur when Mrs. Lo ke Yew presented the prizes to 1935 w inner.
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    SUNNYDALE B.P.
    62 27 The Sunnydalc Eaci:uinton Party will b 2 giving an ct horn; in th^ir cub pre nire-, tomorrow (Monday) on th; occa-(on of tbe opening of two cen<ent courts. th» flrt of their kind in Kucla L*umar. and a! r o to welcome the return cf th?ir prciiUcn-. Mr.
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    GIRL CHESS CHAMPIONS
    94 28 1 laU, sor, of General Nuri Pasha, the Irak Foreign Minister, arrives a.t Cro> don (Tcdromr I y cjr .imbalance after having been rushed 4.000 miles to London to receive treatment for injuries received in an air crash. Above The Girls' Open Chess Championships in progress at
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    NIAGARA F A L L S FROZEN
    134 28 Niagara Falls, caught in the crip of U>e worst winter America has experienced for many years, is frozen harder than at any r bWMb llvinr memory. The Falls have been reduced to a mere trickle of water and curious sightseers flock!:-; from *-T-'rrd.
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