The Straits Times, 31 May 1936

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  • 39 1 The Stra its Times. THE LEADING SUNDAY NEWSPAPER IN MALAYA FINAL EDITION No. 232 Sunday, May 31, 1936 Price 10 cents. THE SUNDAY TIMES The Leering Sunday Newspaper In Malaya. No. 232 Sunday, May 31, 1936 Price 10 cents.
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  • 637 1 Crisis As Result Of Troop Train Bomb Outrage PRETEXT FOR DIRECT ACTION Suspicious Authorship Of The Incident NO CONFIRMATION RECEIVED OF ACTUAL DAMAGE Shanghai, Saturday. THE whole of China is stirred by the Tientsin bomb outrage which, it is thought, may prove the spark
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  • 165 1 Vienna. Saturday. ffTHE i amcus composer Franz Lehar has won hi. action for slander against woman named Mrs. Lanik-Laval. who for the past three years has conducted a systematic campaign against him both here and abroad, accusing him of having utilised her own libretto for
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  • 127 1 Berlin, Saturday. The first telephone conveisatiou ever held between two desf *m;r I took place on Thursday when an engaged couple»the man, aged twentyfive, in Leipzig, and the woman twentythree, in Berlin, conversed for six minutes on a newly-instaV.ed televislonphone: which enables each party t>> see
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  • 39 1 Tientsin, Satu day. Customs re\enue losses in North China caused by the Japanese smuggling are estimated at over $*,000.000 for the first thr^e weeks of May The range of goods smuggled is ol the increase.— Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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  • 158 1 II7ITH looters' bullets as confetti and the cries of injured people providing a grim wedding march, Mr. George Steer, The Times" (London) and the "New York Times" correspondent In Addis Ababa, was married to Mile. Margarita Herrers, correspondent of a French newspaper, at the British Legation in
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  • 98 1 AIR COLLISION INQUIRY BEING HELD AT AIR BASE AN official inquiry into the collision between two R.A.F. bombers near Penang on Saturday week is now being held at the Air Base, S"!etar. Sergeant-Pilot A'ec George Sollls, the sole survivor of the collision, and Flight- Lieut. King and other occupants of
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  • 65 1 Amoy, Saturday. A steady influx to Amoy of Japanese "ronin" (bad characters) from Formosa during the past few weeks is causing anxiety to the Chinese authorities. The Japanese refuse to undergo search by the CustoTS officials and It is suspected that the new arrivals are
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  • 60 1 Late News HOME CRICKET London, Saturday. Rain which fell throughout the country nearly all day seriously interfered with county cricket games. Scores before the rain came down At Nottingham Notts 49 for 4 vs. Surrey. At Leicester Northants 49 for 1 vs. Leicester. At Worcester Warwick 10 for 0 vs.
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  • 52 1 Thomson won 2 up. Cards on list nine holes were Thomson, *****445 3 36. Ferrier, *****444 4 36. Early play in page 23. Also other late sport including Monday's race handicaps. K. L. BOXING In a boxing match at Kuala Lumpur last night Aimee Raphael beat Frank Malinao
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  • 186 1 PATROL BOATS IN WATERS NEAR SINGAPORE AUSTRALIA'S FEAR OF JAPANESE HPHE Australian Government proposes to place fast patrol boats in the waters south of Singapore to deal with Japanese sampans. The activities of Japanese fishermen in Northern Australian waters has at- i tracted a good deal of attention in the
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  • 111 1 Rome, Saturday. To accelerate the development of the economic life of Abyssinia and safeguard the country against the outbreak of epidemics. Gen. Grazlani has Issued two decrees, the appointing an economic advisory committee, which will deal with all applications for permission to start new companies to
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  • 75 1 AT Pakanbaroe, a KJU.LM. aerodrome in Sumatra, cows were used to keep the grass down. as it was thought that they woult be cheaper than machine-mowers. Recent events, hoioever, have convinced the aerodrome authotitles that machine-moicers are cheaper than cows. All the cows have been eaten
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  • 221 1 Important Finds In Perak (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Saturday. IMPORTANT prehistoric human remains have been found by Professor van Qteln Callenfels, the wellknown Dutch archaeologist, while carrying out excavations at Phln Soon mine, Sungei Siput. Attention to the fact Perak appears to have been
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  • 209 1 SNAPPING JAWS NEARLY GET SAILOR A MEMBER of the crew of H.M.S. Cornwall, the cruiser which has been lying in Singapore Roads during her voyage to England, is the only sailor in history who has nearly been bitien by a crocodile aboard a warship. Before the
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  • 67 1 Hong Kong, Saturday. Dr. Sun Fo. head of the Nanking delegation to Canton, arrived in Hong Kong today en route back to Shanghai. He is accompanied by Messrs. Hsu Sung-chleh and Fu Plng-chang. In view of the reported abandonment of the state burial for Mr. Hu
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    • 62 1 HYGEK^L THE NEVt PINE DISINFECTANT FOB HOUSEHOLD USE RICH FRESH MILK WITH THE RISK REMOVED bearJ&brahd THE ORIGINAL AND GENUINE NATURAL SWISS MILK Delicious milk from the mountain valleys of Switzerland, prepared in its na ural state with its health giving vitamins. Endorsed by the medical profession as the best
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  • 1631 2 The Great Ormsby-Gore Myth Our Pet Aversion? The Famous Tour As Seen By A Newspaper Man AS one who met Mr. OrmsbyGore during his Malayan tour in 1928, and knew the inside of the controversies in which he became involved, I should like to reply to those who
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  • 37 2 This picture shows the climax of the flowering of the Talipot palm In the Botanic Gardens, Singapore. It will n->w die, after this, the one and only flowering of its life.
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  • 384 3 Hunter Flying Here To Shoot Male OneHomed Rhinoceros (Frcm Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. Yyjß. MARTIN STEVENS, assistant editor of The Field, the English weekly publication, will fly to Malaya about the middle of next month to obt.iin a male specimen of the
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  • 32 3 A tablet to the memory of the five British schoolboys who died in ai blizzard In the Black Forest Is to be I orectcd on the scene by the Freiburg-Scliau?ins-Land Ski Club.
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  • 185 3 CEYLON LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR'S STRANGE ACCUSATION I IN view of the recent appointment of Mr. Mr. W. G. A. Ormsby-Uore as j Colonial Secretary, it Is Interesting to recall an amazing report that circled the globe late In 1929 when Mr. Ormsby-Gore, then Under-Secret *y of
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  • 251 3 A LREADY Malaya is in the hearts of myself and my family, and our leave is all the more enjoyable because at the end of It we will be going back to that very jolly country.— Sir Shenton Thomas. In such a feeling of irritation everything that
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  • 115 3 KORAN DILEMMA MOSLEM WHO COULD NOT BE SWORN When a young Indian Moslem was accused at En field police court of being a suspected person and of having in his possession a ring supposed to have been stolen, no Koran could be found on which he could take the oath.
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  • 438 3 DOES MARRIAGE HAMPER CAREERS? Young Chinese Debaters Say No! *l*i:E social freedom of modern girls was stressed by membsrs of the Chinese Christian Association when they debated the question of whether a present-day wife was an incentive to the husband's success or a millotone round his neck, or| that marriage
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  • 68 3 U. S. CANNED BEER IN SINGAPORE Claimed To Be "Barrel Fresh" pANNED beer is here! It arrived in Singapore a few days ago from San Francisco, having been imported by Gets Brothers. The particular brand is "Rainer's Special Export Beer." According to a statement on the can, the beer does
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  • 152 3 THE POPE THE WAR IN ABYSSINIA His Policy Defended To the Editor of the Sunday Times. Sir,— ln connection with the pronouncement of the three Anglican Bishops against Italy which was published in last week's Sunday Times and the remark of Dr. Furse, Bishop of St. Albans, on the faiiure
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  • 19 3 Under a new decree Spaniards may not take more than £16 out of the country without a special permit.
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  • 583 3 HOTELS SIA VIEW HOT:!.: Orxx-ial Tl.Tln and Cpeoir.! Dinner. CINEMAS AI.HAMSRA: Hi Gauchn with Stoffi DUB*. 3.15— 6. 1E— 9.15. CAPITOL: Oil Screen— Coronado On Gtanc— aetano Girls. |.lf 6.15 9.15. GLonr: theatre, great world: Cl-.-irinu' Cress Road with Dercic Oklham June Clyde. 7 p.m. 9.30 p.m
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  • 78 3 4 MARYSVILLE, Ca.ifornia, iruit grower put tyres to a neir use recently. Upper California was subjected to a frost far below zero, threatening to ruin the blossoming fruit crops in the orchards. This enterprising grower purchased 10,000 old automobile tyres and burned them in his orchard
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  • 65 3 The Police Band will play on Tuesday at Telok Ayer at 5.30 p.m. March, Lorraine (Louis Ganne); Overture, Raymond (Ambrolse Thomas) Selection, Tonl (Stephen Jones) Fox-trot, (a) You are my Lucky Star (Naclo Herb Brown); "Song March, (b) Make It a Party (Raymond Wallace); Cornet Solo, None but
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  • 198 3 Took off 31 lbe. with Kruschen Why continue to be lat I Why continue to be afraid to step on a weighing machine for fear of what It may show? Once yau start on Kruschen, being weighed Is no longer an ordeal, but a pleasure.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 193 3 and stop that Cold I m, PHOTOGRAPHS. Copies of the Local Photographs appearing in this issue can be obtained from the Manager SUNDAY TIMES At 50 cents a copy including postage. Please Enclose Remittance When Ordering. Better the proved car than the most 153 m BLit OyftO f 1 r*
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  • 942 4 MALAYA CAN MAKE NO FURTHER CONCESSIONS Lesson For Home Authorities From Buffer Pool (From Gw Own Correspondent > Ipoh, Saturday. HPHE significant statement that "Malaya has now reached a point at which she will make no further concessions, permitting the expansion of the
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  • 130 4 OXFORD RUGBY BLUE'S EDINBURGH POST. Mr. Cecil Herbert Evans. MA. an Oxford Rugby Blue, has been appointed headmaster of Merchiston Castle School Edinburgh, a famous Rugby school. Mr. Evans was captain of the Tonbridge Fifteen for three years. At Brasenose College. Oxford, he was in the Oxford Fifteens
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  • 78 4 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Alor Star. On the occasion of the transfer of Tuan Syed Hassan, Assistant Land Officer, Sungei Patani, to Bandar Bahru in the same capacity, a farewell dinner was given to him by his friends at the Semlling Club. His successor Is Haji Shaari,
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  • 20 4 Five Jews sentenced at Frankfort for smuggling currency were fined a total of £54,400 and given various terms of Imprisonment.
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  • 175 4 MR. M. DUKES CO-OPERATORS VOTE OF CONDOLENCE The Selangor Government Servants Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society, Ltd., has passed a vote of condolence on the death of Mr Marcus Duker The chairman, Mr. M. W. Navaratnam, moved: "That the Selangor Government Servants Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society, Ltd., records its
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  • 62 4 American Douglas air-liners are now being used on the Bass Strait air service between Melbourne. Victoria, and Launceston and Hobart, Tasmania, instead of D.H 88 machines. It was decided to replace the D.H. 86 four-englned type with Douglas liners after two disasters with D.H.86
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  • 358 4 BRUNETTE AND BLONDE MISS Jasmine Bligh and Miss Elizabeth Cowell, television an-nouncer-hostesses, nave now officially joined the staff of the 8.8.C. Until the television service at the Alexandra Palace begins, they will make frequent appearances before the microphone in programmes of light music, beginning
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  • 1097 4 Johore Planters Raise Estate Su bscription SULTAN ACCEPTS PRESIDENCY U. P. AM. "GROSSLY OVERPAID" JOHORE planters who attended the meeting of their Association at Johore Bahru yesterday were startled when a suggestion W as made by a committee member that terms should be dictated to the I'nitcd Planters' Association of
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 338 4 No. 93 "Untidy Sox Usually Mean Untidy Work We Won't Employ a Careless Dresser" say 96 out of 100 ~-^k employers Ytmr C-ursnlrr 0/ <..rl,r SW/i/«r/MM Don't let sloppy sox stand in your way of success, especially when the new Paris Garters are more comfortable to wear than going garterless,
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    • 229 4 WANTED LADIES' HAIRDRESSER. Apply Box No. K. Sunday Times. "FOR SALE. Oakland. 8 cylinder, 4 door sedan, good condition, bargain. Owner baa left Singapore. Apply American Consulate General." NEW ENERGY FOR TIRED MEN AND WOMEN. Strengthening Vitamins in Tasteless Tablets. Now men and women who arc rundown and tired and
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  • 92 5 THREE KILLED IN BLOOD FEUD JUDGES RUN AWAY Belgrade. Throe men were killed and seven badly wounded when judges tried to determine the ownership of a well in Montenegro. A blood feud between two clans was respons ble. The well 13 situated on the borderline of lands claimed by the
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  • 110 5 Monte Carlo. Monte Curio is rapidly recovering, its previous prosperity. Since the beginning of the new financial ye*ar of the casino on April 1, there has been an Increase of nearly 50 per cent, in the number of visitors compared with the same period last
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  • 87 5 CREATING 3,500,060 JOBS IN US. £300,000,000 PROGRAMME Washington. Work schemes for the unemployed are costing the Federal and local authorities of the United States Ctf a month per person. This compares with the previous expenditure on direct relief of £6 12s. a month per person. Figures published by the Works
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  • 97 5 Geneva. Soviet Russia. France, Belgium, Holland and South Africa are to pay more to belong to the League. Contributions from six South American States will be reduced. Under the new payments, contributions will be Increased by amounts ranging from £40,000 for Soviet Russia to £4.000 for France
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  • 95 5 FORTUNE TELLER SUED FOR £13,000 DREAM THAT DID NOT COME TRUE Paris. A Swedish girl, who had dreams of making a wealthy marriage. Is suelng a woman fortune-teller here. She alleges that she has been defrauded of £13.000. Six years, she states, she sought the advice of the woman to
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  • 543 5 SECOND LETTER FROM MYSTERY DONOR ""PHE mystery of the laughing Buddha has been revived. Not that the Buddha has been lost. Far from it. That little effigy, with his broad smiling face, which arrived in Shanghai so mysteriously in March, 1934, is installed at the
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  • 280 5 SMELTING ORES BY USE OF MAGNETIC WAVES Tokio. rvEMONSTRATION of Mr. Hideyukl Kikuchi's announced method of smelting ores by the use of magnetic wave* may take place In Toklo within a few weeks, it is understood, but for the present the process is still the secret of
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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  • 408 6 Photographs Banned STRICT ADHERENCE TO KORAN LAW (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. I7IGHT miles outside Kuala Lumpur is the only karapong im Selangor where the law of the Koran is so strictly adhered to that tin- women completely cover their heads and faces with
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  • 334 6 "MY PLACE IS IN THE HOME" MRS. Osami Nagano, wife of the Admiral -ho headed Japan's delegation to the London Naval Conference has recently been enjoying some publicity on her own account In the Japanese Press. The enterprising reporters of Tolcto's numerous dally newspapers who have I
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  • 83 6 KULIM THRIFT AND LOAN (From Our Own Correspondent.) Alor Star. The annual general meeting of the Kulim Government Servants' Co-opera-tive Thrift and Loan Society was held last week at the Ibrahim Club, Kulim The following were elected officebearers for the year. Chairman: Che Ahmad (Chief Clerk. District Office), hen. sec.
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  • 255 6 HOW TO CLAIM $100 PRIZE MONEY No all correct solution was received In connection with The Sunday Times $100 Crossword Puzzle Competition printed in the issue of May 17 and !the prize money is shared equally by seven readers who submitted entries conjtalnlng one error only.- Their
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  • 418 6 FIRST IN MALAYA TO BE BUILT BY MISSIONARIES "TMIK only missionary school of its 1 kind in Malaya is being built! in Singapore. It is a school in which both English and Chinese will be taught. In all other missionary schools the teaching is either English or vernacular.
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  • 121 6 i From Our Own Correspondent.) Alor Star. A very successful show was staged by the Karr.pong Bahru Girls' School last week. There was a distinguished gathering among whom were the ?aja Muda. the British Adviser and thp Secretary to Government. The first item was a display of
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  • 33 6 King Leopold of the Belgians, his 'laughter. Princess Josephine, 9, and his elder sen. Prince Baudouln, 5, were present at the ceremony in Laeken Church of crowning the Virgin and the Infant Jesus.
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  • 392 6 (From Oar Own C*rre*pandent.) Ku.Ua Lumpur. i MR. R GOPAL AVER, Assistant Controller of Labour, and Mrs. Gopal Ayrr were hosts to a large number of people of all nationalities at their residence in Batu Road for f»ur days last week, the occasion being
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 294 6 MAKES TEETH ivHiTE I UACLEANS I whitens and 4 polishes the teeth 4 and keeps the mouth f,, fresh and healthy Singapore! "practice limited" to the eye Spttialiiin<: Otular Muadt Anomalies. Ctmtpliratrd defecU of vision. Glaswes if nvtdco R. A. THOMPSON, D.O.S. (Dr. of Ocular Science) 4, Arcade (Ground Floor).
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    • 2 6 TIGER BEER
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    • 109 6 7 p.m.— 9.15 p.m. TONIGHT HERE'S THE SHOW YOU'VE BEEN SHOUTING FOR! The King and Quoen of Son? and dance in their first great show together Al singing 7 swell song hits Ruby stepping her most spectacular numbers in a thrilling btory of Broadway's Hotspots. 8 other stars Benuty chorus
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous

  • 147 7 ALL LEFT TO WIFE Sydney. ■T^HE will of Air Commodore Sir Charles Kingsford Smith has been admitted to probate. He left £12,875, his wife being the sole beneficiary. The amount left by Sir Charles will cause some surprise, in view of his statement in 1934 that
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  • 49 7 It is reported from Sofia that the death sentences on the former Minister of the Interior. Colonel Krum KolefT, and on Colonel KalenderofT, who were convicted of having tried to use the Army to overthrow the Tosheff Cabinet in October, 1935, have been commuted to penal servitude for life.
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  • 18 7 Ernest Glendlnnlng a British actor well-known on the New York stage, died at South Coventry, Connecticut, aged 52.
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  • 159 7 1 LIKE A THAMES BARGE nPHERE was a humorous exchange between the Earl of Derby and Lord Smell, chairman of the London County Council, at the 26th annual luncheon of the Hotels and Restaurants Association of Great Britain at the Savoy Hotel. Lord Snell, describing
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  • 29 7 Baron van der Schueren, Berlin correspondent of the Rotterdam newspaper "Maasbode," has been ordered to leave Germany within 10 days owing to the alleged "anti-Nazi spirit" of his reports.
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  • 15 7 The Nazi salute has now been introduced for the first time Into the German Army.
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  • 760 7 Stamp Collecting By Fred J. Melville CUSHION rules in stamp -collecting as in most other things, but she is not so fickle in philately as in women's modes. Fashion may set a new enthusiasm going: every few years, bat the earlier vogues continue and generally become
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  • Article, Illustration
    45 7 TT was recently proposed that this picturesque old bridge over the River Aide in Suffolk should be demolished and replaced by a wider and more modern structure. A protest has been made, however, and it is possibk- that it may be saved.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 255 7 A BARGAIN IN STAMPS For Is. Post Free. <or Its equivalent In current unused .nsrups of any country). WE will ssnd you 50 different British Colonials. 100 different New Europeans. 20 different Air Stamps, 1.000 Stamp Mounts, a perforation gauge and a specimen copy of the Philatelic Journal of Great
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    • 127 7 THE STAMPS OF THE TREATY POSTS OF CHINA AND OF FORMOSA by Captain H. R. Oldfleld. LL.B. A complete history of this little known (rroup of stamps. Price 4/9 post free. The Philatelic Journal of Great Britain. The eldest British Philatelic magaslne, now In its 46th annual volume. Monthly 4d,
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    • 367 7 18, CONDUIT STREET, LONDON, W. I. IS A FAVOURITE MEETING PLACE FOB MALAYANS. h. gTdiss. (late of Singapore.) Managing Director of Conl Co.. Ltd., the well known High-Class Tailoring business, invitee those coming home on leave to pay him a visit. All orders received by him will be executed in
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    • 360 7 TWO RESIDENTIAL HOTELS. Highly recommended for Overseas Visitors and families hone on leave Unsurpassed for Comfort. Cuisine Service, Homeliness. GRANTLEIGH HOTEL, INVERNESS TERRACE. HVUE PARK. London's Most Modern Residential Hotel. Lift, H.IC. water, gas flre and telephone in every bedroom. Central Heating. Inclusive terms from 3'i gns. p.w. Double from
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 495 7 Today's Wireless Programmes EMPIRE STATION TRANSMISSION 4. Three ol the following frequencies wi'J be U.-td: GSI 15.26 Me s (19.66 m.\ GSO 15.18 Me s (19.76 m.). 11.75 Mcs <25.53 m.). USB 9.51 Me s (SI.M tn.). 12 a m.-BiR Ben. The Children's Hour.* caidinals Mug," a dialocue story by
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    • 499 7 the Dust (3) Kashmiri Song (4) Till I Wake (Woodforde-Fmden). Orchestra: Over*ur?. Poet and Peasant (Suppt). Edward R^ach and Orchestra: I dear you Callli.g me (Marshall). Nirvana (Stephen Adams). Orchestra: Intermezzo and Barcarolle (Tales of Hoffman) (Oflenbach), March. Old Comrades (Telkej. 10.35 p.m.— Sport* Talk.* 10.50 p.nj The Serge Krtsh
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    • 151 7 NIROM. 6.2* a.m.— 7*s a.m. YDA 3.040 k/c (98. 68 m.). mad YDB 9.61* k/c (51. 2 m.) 10.50 a.m.— l 50 p.m. TDA COM kc/l (19.67 m.), mad YDB ll,8«0 k/i (25.3 m.) 5.50 p.m. to closing IDA S.IM k/c (98. M a.) and YDB 9.619 k/c (31.2 m.)
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    • 118 7 9.25 p.m.— At the Nirom Bridge Table. 9.44> p.m. Popular proframme. I«.SS p.m.— Lifht Recorded Music. 11.25 p.m. Close down. CALCUTTA. Station V.U.C., CalcntU 6.1*9, XC (49.10 m). 5 16 p.m. Church service relayed from St. Paul's Cathedral. 6.31 Members of Basanti Vidyabithee present: "The Mirage." Composed by But to
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  • 1223 8 SINGAPORE MAY AGAIN BE VENUE OF VITAL PARLEYS Rival Delegates' Bid To Win Over Wang Ching-wei WITH the arrival here on Tuesday of Mr. Chow Lv, successor to the late Mr. Hu Han-min as chief brain of the Yuan Lo (Elder Politicians') Party of
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  • 110 8 REFORMATORY GIRLS ENTERTAINED Washington. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, wife of the President, entertained at the White House seventy white and coloured Cinderellas from Washington's National Training School for Oirls. Following her recent Inspection she termed the school where girls fought rats away from thur food as "mediaeval
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  • Article, Illustration
    55 8 Assembling from all parts of England, members of the Order of Crusaders, in their colourful robes and carrying (he banners of the Order, visited St. Paul's Cathedral for the first time to attend the annual St. George's Day service with the Legion of Frontiersmen. The picture shows Crusaders entering St.
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  • 588 8 By Our Woman Correspondent It was intensely hot at the race course at Bukit Timah yesterday but that In no way deterred some of the women racegoers wearing smart frocks although masy of them were hatless. I am sure the wearers of two-piece
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  • 249 8 DEATH OF NOTED SPORTSMAN (From Onr Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Saturday. A large representative gathering was present to pay the last tributes to Chin Mcc Onn, whose funeral took place this evening at the Connolly Road Cemetery, where Goh Yin Foo conducted the funeral service. The pall bearers
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  • 280 8 YEOMANRY REGIMENT'S DISTINCTION 4 CHRONOLOGICAL survey of battle and campaign honours with their locations and dates has been compiled by Major W. C. Likeman. of t^.e Army Educational Corps. (Aldershot, W. May and Co. 3s. 6d. net.). There is plethora of books for military students, and a
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  • 50 8 San Qiicntbi. Jose Gonzales. the 30-year-old Filipino awaiting execution for a murder committed in San Diego, staged a futile but furious attempt to escape. He clubbed one guard and fought desperately with another for five minutes before he was overpowered. It is believed that Gonzales became "prison crazy."
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  • 22 8 Sir Bede Clifford, Governor of the Bahamas, and Lady Clifford have returned to Nassau by air after visiting President Roosevelt in Washington.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 535 8 Him FITI SHERLEY'S The secret of keeping a dog healthy in hot climates is in giving less meat in the daily diet and substituting Sherleyi LACTOL. While giving the same nourishment as raw H ilcx-s not overheat the blood, or over* t load the dicntivr orcao^. Jut* i W Xrl
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  • 647 9 Malayan Musings qpHE credit for the Brightest Idea in May goes to Dr. Chong Tak Nam, a member of the Kinta Sanitary Board, for Suggested suggesting that Coronation the FMS Gov«Jcsturo ernment should remove those pettifogging and unwarrantable food taxes to mark the Coronation. That's a neat way out of
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  • 550 9 |T Is truly a sign of changing times when a Johore State Councillor pleads for organised training of Malay youths as Th<J Problem artisans-electrl.* Of Work clans motor For Malays mechanics and drivers, and so forth. But he Is right. In those directions must
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  • 251 9 55—THE JOLLY COUNTRY ["Malaya that jolly country At the end of my career I shall be grateful for having known the country and the people therein."—Sir Shcnton Thomas.] Malaya is a happy land, where everyone is gay, Where the sun is always shining (when the rainclouds slay away),
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 60 9 SHELL FLOOR POLISH IS USED EXCLUSIVELY ON THE DANCE FLOOR OF THE NEW SWIMMING CLUB THE MANAGEMENT OF THE SINGAPORE SWIMMING CLUB REALIZE THAT THE DANCE FLOOR OF THE NEW CLUB HOUSE REQUIRES THE BEST POLISH AND CONSEQUENTLY USE SHELL FLOOR POLISH EXCLUSIVELY SHELL FLOOR POLISH JS OBTAINABLE AT ALL
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    • 271 9 A. i.miniiimiiiii "*~-r^BfF*T*? JMRMBHKB Ty. JT mmijii 'M wjLfjj if i^ '^iiiiii l y- j The Bedlord Chassis range offers commercial vehicles from /uK r^t 'kT t^AJ^V mil 10 cwt. light delivery to the forward-control model to carry mm v Or^ w>-^' 4 tons. There are a variety of wheclbase
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  • 1085 10 I WAS led by the nose, like other tourists. Folders slyly hinting that 1 might find The Paris of the East" 640 miles northnor'east of Singapore drove me ashore without delay from the line moored in the hot and brownish waters of the Riviere de
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  • 343 10 Two-Pedal Control Nearly Ready NO CLUTCH OR GEAR LEVER 'THE motor-car of the future will be controlled by two pedals only, accelerator and brake. This simplification, for which Inventors have long been striving, is nearing completion. Recently I drove a car with no clutch pedal, writes
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  • 122 10 SEVEN ROUNDS OF 18 HOLES IN ONE DAY A NOVEL golf competition in Hankow is reported. It appears that R. Brown and J. Englund took a challenge that they could not play seven rounds of eighteen holes of golf in one day. They started at 6
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  • 35 10 New York. Judge Jacob Panken in the Court of Domestic Relations, ordered Mrs. George Plcken, proprietor of a thriving business, to pay $5.75 a week towards the support of her unemployed husband.
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    • 1012 10 WE ARE STARVING! "I am starving Clarence!" "And so am I Cuthbert. Since the family installed that H.M.V. Refrigerator, I have not had a bite to eat." "Oh! do you remember the good old days when they had an ice chest? We could always wriggle into that." "Yes, and so
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    • 276 10 m 1 1 TO STOMACH SUFFERERS THE amazing e;..-e» etfecteo by Maclear Brand Stomacr h even In c .<-* where -il else has failed, have brought on to chk market !o many irmtatic.is of Its name and Its appr ran"-, out you muu be very careful to insist on the
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  • 1682 11  -  Nathaniel Gubbins By fHE idea that international affairs should be conducted :ding to the rules of English <iubs seems to be growing in this country. COME months ago it was su§ jested in my favourite funny dally newspaper that we shou'd have nothing to do with
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    • 2 11 TIGER BEER
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    • 478 11 FURNITURE MnDERHI^TiP finely execut d wkil tne lK st material bu mUVknnigilU, distinctive note of appeal and adds mort Charm and Beauty to Your Home. Entrust us with your requirements and you will not be disappointed. Having extended our factory and Increased our stjft of highly skilled craftsmen we are
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    • 464 11 CONTRACT BRIDGE tjv TUC irmiw AriN 4H 4S Pass Pass B\ Thh rUUK AUi.^ Db Jasa Pass Redbl IN ;i recent article wo gave an ex- 5H p ass p aS3 55 air,,)!e of a redouble which merely p ass piss Pass increased Declarer's loss, and pointed r{)una Qf b|dd;ng
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  • 747 12 Village Boy Who Determined To Study In America My Testimony. (The autobiography of Dr. John Sung.) Translated from the Chinese by E. Tipson. Caxton Press Ltd. WHEN a reporter sought an interview with Dr. John Sung, "the flaming: Evangelist," during his visit to Singapore
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  • 281 12 Prima Donua. By Juy (Jpilmt. Denis Archer. 7s. (id mHIS Is a novel of the romantic type, with a charming heroine will drawn secondary characters and cleverly contrasted scene:. Jenny Lamw, daughter of a desperately poor family in the famous Blue Mountains of Kentucky, is
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  • 107 12 The 1936 edition of Deane's "Public and Preparatory Schools Year Book" the official book of reference of the Headmasters' Conference and of the Association of Preparatory Schools —is to hand. It is a good half-guinea's worth for Malayan parents who are face to face with that anxious
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  • 142 12 The Achievement of Happiness. By Boris Sokoloff, M D., Sc. D. Denis Archer. Bs. bd. rpHE author believes that this is the first book on happiness to be written from the biological point of view. He points out that much human happiness depends on our general constitution, our physical
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  • 151 12 A Lawyers Notebook. By C. H. W. P. Malayan Law Journal Office, $3.50. This is a small book for lawyers by the compiler of that more ponderous work, the Malayan Digest —Dr. C. H. Withers Payne. It should be very useful to local lawyers, especially those with
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  • 315 12 HURLED INTO A TURBULENT FAMILY Set Them As A Banner. By John Le Strange. Murray's Imperial Library. MOET Them As A Banner," is the story j of a family of robust, turbulent and gifted people of striking good looks, told from the point of view ofj a solitary small boy
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  • 464 12 STARTLING PICTURE OF THE NEXT WAR Day of Wrath. By Joseph O'Neill. Gollancz. 7s. 6d. |^i|R. O'Neill places his day of wratn in 1952. and although we are not convinced that aviation will have ma Je quite such gigantic strides during the next 16 years,
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  • 319 12 "Deep Shafts." By Louis Hodgkiss. Denis Archer, 7s fid. JTX) one who, like the reviewer, has lived for many years in the heart of a coalfield, this book is more than impressive. It reveals bluntly and faithfully Just hoy the minors live and die. And others should
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  • 188 12 Charming In A Scottish Setting Wrens Nest. By Madeline SI- h ait Mcl rose. 7s. 6d. The Empty World. By D. L. Stevenson. Jenkins' Colonial Library. \WREN f S Nest" Is a very charming story of the West Coast of Scotland and of a very delightful and sensible girl. Jenny
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  • 350 12 World Disaster With 22 Survivors mAISS D. E. Stevenson, a cousin of the great Robert Louis, shows mum ingenuity in her romance 01 n,e future, "The Empty World." The occupants of a trans-AtlaniiC air liner. 22 in numb;r. arrive in England after a terrible passage to find
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  • 191 12 The Other Oh>. An Aiiinfoioiiraphy. By Dorothy Whipple. Michael Joseph. Bs. (id. ALTHOUGH it is the fashion -o ac- claim all autobiographies by women writers as masterpieces, and t!. sent reviewer has always enjoyed Mfc s Whipple's novels, unqualified cannot be given to the account of Miss Whipple's
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    • 135 12 '•> '3ML ~"9r' tiSr^'i --v*3 •■jK' i- v M J J r<> tried V Jr A must brands wKFJpjtim of cigarettes *\M in my time noiv **j«| Tre settled down NQ > to Craven i A 9 i^l&*i- *jsE<&tw& because ~u^t Z^^St <rfk# mm jm fl| "EASY- ACCESS" INNER FOIL
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  • 873 13 COUNTRY ENTERS A NEW STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT Stability Of Prices During The Past Two Years DRITISH Malaya is now embarked j upon a third and perhaps most important stage of her development.. It is common knowledge that in the early day-; of the rubber boom,
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  • 299 13 CALL FOR NEW TYPE OF IMMIGRANT A USTRALIA needs British imml- grants, but not for work on the 1 land. That point of view was expressed by Mr. Latham Withall, Secretary and Senior Executive Officer of the Cham- ber of Manufacturers of New South Wales. He
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    28 13 Gallons of molten tar were spilled ove. the roadway when a tar tanker overturned on the Embankment near Albert Bridge, London. Traffic was held up 'or some time.
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  • 639 13 MAIN EVENTS IN NEXT MONTHS PRINCIPAL events, sporting And general, which will take place in Australia during: June and July are: JUNE Ist., Shooting: Male Pheasant shooting conunences, Kin? Island, Tasmania. Ist. 6th. Racing: Queensland Turf Club Meeting, Ascot, Brisbane, Q" nd. 3rd., Golf: Bundaberg c t Club— open
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  • 660 13 Poultry Notes THE OLDEST BREED IN THE EAST |T has been said that the Malay Game Is the oldest breed In the East and that its crossing with the Indian Game has produced the Aseel. the aristocrat of the Malay family. Fowls are never fed in Malaya and
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    • 64 13 SINCERE'S COUGH SPECIFIC Large 90 cts. Small 50 ct«. |F~Z^S^U SINCERE'S ||jS* I IMONIS DRAUGHT. jj 6S| SINCERE DISPENSARY. LIMITED. 1 jf|£ WHOLESALE St RETAIL CHEMISTS DRUGGISTS. llAl^-S Distributors for British Malaya:— T.C.P. T.B.P. Preparations, also products of British Alkaloid* Ltd. and Continental Drug Co. of 'ndla. (lead Office: 59,
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    • 210 13 llljti t% ii^^^l In"' 1 #1 P^ I B 1™ \JMI TBt ::i: II |E I SB flk R EA^- happiness comes from fl^ exercise of all your powers *^o^jJ" feeling of weakness that makes life so fc ''Mi ItolT colourless and flat. Be strong, healthy lif lAifililr and vi
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  • 624 14 The Straits Times. EDITORIAL. MANAGERIAL AND ADVERTISING OFFICE Cecil Street Singapore. Totidem Verbis The Policy Of The A.B.M. 11/ HAT struck many people, on reading the cabled report of the annual dinner of that London organisation, the Association of Bri- tish Malaya, was the fact that the president is a
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  • 1835 14 MEMORIES OF Early Days In FRASER'S HILL nURING th c recent search for the origin of the name CarCosa, it became clear to us that in a country from which so many people retire during middle age a great deal of history gets lost and that places about which everything
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    • 238 14 111 Il\ I M\Y lGth, 193 G. PRICES GREATLY REDUCED REFRESH YOUR RADIO WITH K\III/ -<- Zd BETTER TONE! QUICKER START! MORE POWER! sr.vi PRicr list from SEOW KUAN COMPANY, DHOBY GHAUT SINGAPORE. SIGHT VOGUE COMFORT 0 o* s6 o/ caY "f^ 6 65, Stamford Road, SINGAPORE. EU COURT BUILDING
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    • 41 14 The New World Cabaret TEA DANCE (ADMISSION FREE) TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATIBDAY M IKK IHNVt.K DANCES (ADMISSION 50 CTS.I EVERY NIGHT FROM 9 IV M. TO MIDNIGHT rFI AMO I TUNING REPAIRS REMOVALS HIRE E. CHARLES. Phone 2902. 74. Orchard R<J.
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    • 29 14 on SHORy leave a v A X.P.M. 50% REDUCTION j^W (For permanent residents of Malaya only) For details please apply to. Ay X.P.M. LINE. 1 Firlayson Green, Tel. 5451.
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  • 967 15 127,355 Pounds Intercepted In Six Months LURE OF QUICK-MADE FORTUNES Barefaced Methods Give Way To Cunning Ruses IOHOKE rubber smugglers are losing in the battle they began against the Johore Department of Customs in 1934, soon after restriction came into force in Mr.laya. In spite
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  • 224 15 CAPE TOWN AS NAVAL BASE Greater Even Than Singapore UNION'S PROPOSAL TO BRITAIN Johannesburg, May 17. IT is staled that when the Minister for Defence, Mr. Pirow, arrives in London his principal business' wiil be to discuss plans for making Capr Town »he largest base of the British Navy in
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  • 23 15 The pilot and both passengers were killed when a Swiss Chilian aeroplane crashed at Certara, in the canton of Tcssin, in a storm.
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  • 252 15 K.N.I.L.M. SERVICE EXTENSION Balik Papan Link With Tarakan JAVA MANILA SOON THE K.N.I.L.M. will extend its Sourabaya-Borneo service, which it opened with Douglas liners early in March, from Balik Papan to Tarakan in two months. A new aerodrome has been built for the K.N.I.L.M. by the Asiatic Petrols nm Company
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  • 104 15 Insomnia can be cured without drugs or even the less harmful expedient of stuffing the ears with cotton wool. Counting sheep is a waste of time. All that Is necessary to ensure restful sleep is for the sufferer to calm the nervse and muscles of the stomach
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  • 78 15 NEW CARDINALS VATICAN PREFECTS TO BE APPOINTED Vatican City. The Pope will hold a secret Consistory on June 15 and a public one on June 18. He will create only two new Cardinals— Mgr. Meriati. Prefect of the Vatican Library, and Mgr. Tlsserand. Pro-Prefect. Mgr. Tlsserand was a brilliant member
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  • 186 15 APPARATUS KEPT OUT OF SIGHT A LITTLE group of connoisseurs stood round a glass case In the New Horticultural Hall. Westminster. With the enthusiasm of jewellers examining priceless pearls, they carefully matched their specimens. Colour, shape and quality were equally important, but they were not precious stones.
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  • 115 15 'widespread moral laxity in scotland A REPORT on social work, to presented to the Genei Assembly of the Church of Scotlal !in Edinburgh, will include coi ments on "a widespread moi laxity" stated to exist amo Scottish young people, especia girls. 'Many young girls in our lai towns and cities."
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  • 67 15 COL. POWNALL'S TOST I The War Office announces tliatj H. R. Pownall. D.S.O M.C.. has bl appointed deputy secretary of t Committee of Imperial Defence. This is a n«w -»pj!>srtntm«lT in ~c< nection with the reorganisation of t Committee. which was recent announced as part ojf the
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    • 117 15 in every cup of j Cows Gate j CHOCOLATE MILK How difficult it is sometimes to get children to take the daily milk ration, and how anxious one feels even when they dot Is the milk really safe and pure— one hears such awful things nowadays? But here in Cow
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  • 1061 16 Mr. H. Huntsman I lEUT.-Colonel R. A. L. L Fink, 0.8. E., M.C., Commandant of the Straits Settlements Volunteer Forces, is among the well-known Malayan officers who will leave the Colony this year. Lieut.-Col. Fink is of The Royal Scots. Under his direction the importance of the
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  • 675 16 Malayan B. B. C. 's Building On Hill Off Thomson Road LOW, LONG, AND IN MODERN STYLE THE building which is to house the British Malaya Broadcast- in; Corporation headquarters in Thomson Road is situated on the summit of a hill amid quiet surroundings. Until a proposed new road passing
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  • 78 16 'PLANES CUT IN TWO FRENCH PILOT KILLED IN AIR COLLISION. Pans. In a collision between two aero planes above the Marseilles airport one was cut in two and M. Paul Prleur, 23. the pilot, was killed. Capt. Boutroux. the pilot of the other machine, jumped with his parachute and landed
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  • 206 16 BENCH'S DECISION AFTER COMPLAINT Bagpipes may be played on four days a week for periods of not more than 20 minutes at a time between 6.30 p.m. and 8 30 p m. This was the decision of Wirrall (Cheshire) county magistrates at Birkenhead when,
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    • 141 16 A good game of tennis and then a CARLSBERG FOR QUALITY APB S To Save-U-Trouble Get A Copy Of 'he Quick wa y Key For Crosswords trial features: 1. It can be convenlr »Uy carried In the pocket U.\ All CLUE wordd hi ving th« same number or J*Us=s— together.
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    • 106 16 NEW. EFFICIENT. AND PROMPT RF.LIEF FROM STOMACH TROUBLES A new delicious tasting antacid powder of up-to-date formula is being marketed under the name Bisma-Rex by United Drug Co., Ltd. of Nottingham. It neutralises acid, soothes tho membranes, relieves the stomach of flatulence and aids the digestion of foods liable to
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    • 351 17 WUUUb OINTMENT. j>TH E UN IV ER SAL CURE FOR ALL 'I It you are suffering from a SKIN DISORDERS wound, running sores, boils, ;> ..<. 1 ""X H alic«'ss. cxcema. dhobie itch, >J c <~-.~.' /v.-T.A I 'i prickly heat, facial pimples c,«; < aS or other skin disorder,
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    • 315 17 I I or those who want economy as well a* I shaving comfort, the world-famous Valet I Auto Strop Razor still stands supreme. Stropped in ten seconds, cleaned in tea I *f seconds. Nothing to take to pieces. Nothing I to unscrew, and every blade provides forty I H| to
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    • 546 17 $100 FREE ENTRY CROSSWORD PUZZLE MONEY PRIZES FOR CROSSWORD ENTHUSIASTS OUR WEEKLY "MUST BE WON" OFFER The Sunday Times offers today $100 for a correct solution of the Crossword Puzzle printed below. Should no reader succeed in solving the puzzle correctly, the $100 will be awarded in respect of the
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    • 54 18 FREE GIFTS contains 4 coupons, a £-lb. tin 2 coupons and a i-lb. &£&^F^T < >u^ i lull m WONDERFUL GIFTS FOR OLD AND YOUNG. i^^^^ ill Illustrated booklets can be obtained from ail dea J^/:: W V^^^BE^aK^^^S. sS^»^s§^^^^^^ |f/ GIFTS MAY BE SEEN AND OBTAINED FROM: BOURNVILLE COCOA GIFT
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  • 608 19 Ways To Protect Your Skin From Burning Resisting, Ravages Of The Climate YOU girls and women who envy the easy-to-tan members of your sex, consider the case of poor Rochelle Hudson. Just a few hours in the sun will make Rochelle's skin noticeably darker. She doesn't burn, mind
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  • 238 19 Our Pets I HAVE upon my mantel shelf Those solemn Three Wise Apes; They're carved in some quaint Indian stone Three little squatting shapes. No ill they hear, no ill they see, No ill their tongues' have sojrn— How easy to be like these three If one were
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  • 24 19 FLOWERED CHIFFON Flowered chiffon fashions this evening gown from F.mme, of Shaftesbury Avenue. The shirred neckline and shoulder line caps are the main features.
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  • 141 19 This is a cheap spice bread to cut and buter. Line one two-pound or two one- pound loaf tins with greased paper. Sift a pound of flour into a bowl, and rub into it a quarter of a pound of lard. Add half a pound of sugar,
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  • 53 19 Golden syrup sauce is a favourite with children and it can be served with almost any kind of pudding. It is simply and quickly made as follows Warm a tablespoonful of golden syrup add two ounces of butter ■•nd a cupful of hot water. Mix well and
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    • 429 19 Blackheads Enlarged S Pores Gone in 3 Any womaiiß BkT can now I^B w^r easily banish black heads and enlarged I '~-.^'JLf pores, and huvc a new white skin in 3 days by the use of IhP* Tokalon Vanishing Skin- I food. This contains pro- I jg^^^ lairjr I ream
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    • 389 19 ©jfge/initelfc/i/icienca 4 (Eahe Jo (Ehances (BseGlhinosol. > InOW AL/O CHINO/OL /OAPj^ 3^ j FOR ALL PURPO/E/. 1 SOLE AGENTS: SCHIFFNER CO.. LTD. |ChincsclJ JJ^ ww "The accent of your make-up ca n't be foreign to your frock says ELIZABETH ARDEN. fwtk~~%£~->*^4t. fs The colour ot > our d«""ss I\. X^^/^^Kt^^/
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  • 352 20 Much-Hidden Features Which Are Now Given Attention UAIRDRESSING modes are now intended to show the whole of the ears. Even if this style is unbecoming to you, (and it probably won't be when you are used to it) yet you must still show
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  • 668 20 ijTVER a matter for fascinating speculation is the bride's bou"quet. One recent bride had her shower :of white roses tied with gold tissue. But it is the posy-shaped bouquet which is becoming most fashionable. The "posy" follows I traditional lines and is edged with a
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  • 49 20 Many grown-ups will welcome eggs if mushrooms are added for flavour. A bit of anchovy paste also adds zest to the mildly flavoured egg. Poached eggs on a bed of hot, nicely seasoned spinach served with Hollandaise sauce makes an attractive and satisfying piece de resistance.
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  • 33 20 WEARING a muff with a brief fur Jacket is fashion's latest contribution to cosiness in Europe. Here is a lovely example of the use of mink in this connection.
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  • 756 20 ERASER'S Hill continues to be a popular rendezvous these days and stray "passersby" will find the "House Full" sign up everywhere. It is now the end of the wet season on the Hill and the advent of the dry monsoon heralds a really busy time especially
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  • 114 20 •THESE are usually appreciated at the nursery tea-table. Sift half a pound of plain flour and a pinch of salt into a mixing bowl and rub in finely four ounces of butter. Add five ounces of castor sugar, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, and two ounces of desiccated
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  • 102 20 •"THESE are economical biscuits. Sift half a pound of plain flour into a bowl with a pinch of salt, and rub In three ounces of butter. Add three ounces of castor sugar, and make into a stiff paste with a large egg. Add a few drops of vanilla
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  • 133 20 'THIS is an easily made ca;u of excellent flavour and cons' Cream together four ounces ot butter and four ounces of caster sugar. Beat two large eggs, add to the butter and sugar, and heat thoroughly i r several minutes until the mixture is thick, creamy, and without
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  • 93 20 Put one and a half pints of water, quarter of a pound of sugar, and the rind of one lemon into a pan and bring to the boil. Then sprinkle in three ounces \>f seed tapioca and cook gently till it is' clear. Next wipo. peel,
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    • 297 20 At Vogue's! T J where the Sinmß^T^x ffapore smart -drrss)m>i rd Ladies are quirk j£k to rccegnfee arrestJ^^H 'V.'.' inely smalt clothes, I f^E will find consi*--1 :ins'y from thes I distinctive Models— •-^,^jSL^S^' Evening and Cocktail Gowns Just unpacked! Real M.f-tery In Styling and skill in I Srwing! THESE
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    • 141 20 Freckles Secretly and Quickly Removed! Stlllman's FreckH Cream bleaches them out while yon Bleep. Leaves the Hkin soft and white— the com. Pexion fresh, clear and natural. or 37 years thousands or users have '.idorscd IL 80 ea*j to use. The first Jar proves Its magic worth. Stillman's Freckle Cream
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    2893 21 #y o£7£ WOMAN CORRESPONDENT TITIZEN and Citizeness have been fulminating in the columns of one of the morning papers about these really so-harmless not?s. According to them, we are all very ordinary men and women here in Singapore, and it is a waste of time and newspaper space to
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    • 46 21 itim v*.° %^j!^^^^ coupon. JJappy, SXayA Aconroftt* -lACTOGEN" Bab, Book (*^)ViHB AI I It CT \A£ II" H -iijiii i -i \^m oil Cloys 9 wiiii ulli our off.en. o' w.u b. itm br po« i/A V 5 V v K\ /^ff] [■■■J/^i^ /^SI \E? \WlMi
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  • 1274 22  -  FDWARD, by the grace of E God— During the reign of King 4 xc V a social revolution i place in this country. It accompanied by no violence, and most people were hardly aware that it was going on, but it was there none
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    44 22 11 .11. the Sultan of Johore was at the gangway of the liner Gneisman when state officials and friends on the wharf bade farewell n his sailing for Germany. His Hie less is seen in conversation with Mr. Haencke, a German residen; of Singapore.
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  • 312 22 A SPLENDID example of Ihe progressive modernisation of industry in Singapore is found in a new automatic hydro bo.tlewashing machine installed in the aerated water factory of Framroz and Co. in Telok Aycr Street. Constructed of heavy gauge Hrltlsli material this "Cyclops" machine
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  • 250 22 THE KING HOLDS UP CABARET PIANISTS ASKED TO STAY AT PARTY 15AWICZ and Landauer, famous Viennese piano duettlsts, accepted an engagement to play at a private party given at Lees Place, Park Lane, recently. It was not until they reached the house that they discovered that the King and the
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    • 267 22 JUST RECEIVED NEW SHIPMENT of the latest styles in ladies afternoon shoes and sandals in various colours. We shall be glad to show you all our latest designs without any obligation at our renovated shoe store at Capitol Building. Shoe Co., Ltd., Singapore. Buy British LINE AND HALFTONE PROCESS BLOCKS
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  • 1853 23 YEARS ago, a small boy used to go fishing at Windsor Park, Belfast. It was mostly waste ground in those days and a jam jar was big enough f .o r.ccommodate the catch from the ponds scattered about its nirfaee. bof fT*W up to see
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  • 61 23 The following have teen selected to play for the V.M.C.A. vs. Social AthJ letic Party on the Anscn Road ground on Thursday, it 5.10 p.m. J. Ferguson. Tan Hak Was, Kwoh Kani Wah. Chan Joo Tlang. (>. Day. W. Mitchell. P. Swynv. C. Grer.ier. Lim Kirn Wee. A
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  • 192 23 BRITISH OPEN FINALISTS SQUARE AT EIGHTEENTH London. Saturday. In the British open amatrur golf championship final being played at St. Andrews Hector Thomson, a member of the British Walker Cup team, and Jim Ferrler. the Australian champion, were all square at the 18th hole. The weather was cold and overcast.
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  • 157 23 TRIANGULAR BADMINTON TOURNAMENT In the triangular badminton tournament at Ip>h yesterday results were: Ist Women's Doubles. —Miss Dorothy Low and Miss Betty Ho <Sl.) brat Miss Julip Wciik and Miss Helen Khong (Pk.) 15—5, 15—11. Ist Men's Stogies—Foo Lum Choon ML) lost to Tan Cheng Phor (Pk.) 15 —10, 15
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  • 128 23 THREE SCHEMES PUT TO MEMBERS (Fiom Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Satin day. At a special meettng of the Penanp Turf Club today the committee was authorised to borrow a sum net exceeding $350,000 for the purpose; of a new race course at Brooke Rojg. The
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  • 320 23 The following are the results of last week's matches in the S.C.C.- lawn bowls triples championship tourna-1 ment. E. J. Cassels' team beat A. Ferguson's team 10—8, H. R. L. Dyne's beat P. Carmichael's 17—11, H. R. Wilsons beat C.V. Miles' 21—6. C.V. Miles j beat O. P.
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  • 313 23 Weights for Monday's Singapore Summer Skye Meeting are: Race 1. Horses Class 5. Div. 4. .V; furs. 2.30 p.m. Bonny Breaker 11.0, |Tandubas 10.10. Brown Lady 10 5 :ian- nan's Garden 10.2. Ji a Aerial 10.0, Green Mark 9.9. Minamo 9 7 Dukfl Menin 8.4. Race 2.
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  • 189 23 Results of races at the Great World last night in the All-Malayan cycle meeting: Two miles. Schoolboys" Championship: 1, 'Herman Hoeden: 2. Tan Leong Chye <K.L>; 3. Alfred de Silva (K.L.t. Time: 4' 14 4 3". Three Miles Open Championship: 1. Hum i bin Mawi; 2. Arift bin
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    • 233 23 rA Sound Investment in British Industry CENTURY FIXED TRUST CERTIFICATES offer an opportunity to Investors to spread sums from approximately £20 upwards over a selected list of 100 FIRST CLASS BRITISH COMPANIES Wide Spread Greater Security —Stability of Income At a price of 2 I I per Sub-LiiiL hatted on
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  • 1919 24 DR. TULL HEADS PONY 25-YEAR-OLD WIND UP Betting Quite Brisk And Dividends Good BRILLIANT weather and good going favoured the opening day of the Singapore Turf Club Summer Skye meeting at Bukit Timah yesterday. The riding was not particularly good particularly at the start*
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  • 228 24 McNEE SHINES ON HIS RETURN TO SOCCER (From Our Own Correspondent.} Malacca. THE Europeans played the Chinese Football Association at a friendly game of soccer on the Malacca Club Padang, and the match ended in a win for the Chinese by the odd goal in three.
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  • 68 24 The all-Malayan P. W. D. lawn tennis championship began this morning the first round resulting as follows Lai Nang Fun (Perak) beat L. B. M. Arlffin (Selangor) G— 3. 6—2. Selvamanlkam (Pahang) lost to Parthan (Perak) I— 4— Majid Salleh (Johore) beat De Almeida (Singapore) 6 o, 6
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  • 103 24 AFFECTED BY SOIL THROWN UP THERE was a certain amount of com--1 ment at the conclusion of the professional race meeting at Singapore that the eyes of both horses and jockeys were affected by chemicals used on the track. The Singapore Turf Club authorities asked
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  • 361 24 CHINESE FAVOURED FOR THE CUP (From Our Own Correspondent) Segamat. The annual district football league, which was not run last year owing to some slight misunderstandings between the local teams, will be in full swing this week. The opening match is on Monday. The Chinese are the
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  • 168 24 TAIPING SOCCER SAVI CUP WON AGAIN BY KUALA KANGSAR (From Our Own Correspondent.! Taiping. The Taiping Police Circle did well to win its way to the final of the "Savi" Cup soccer competition this year, but failed to snatch the trophy from their Kuala Kangsar conferes losing by 4 goals
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  • 434 24 FRIENDLY GAME WITH SELANGOR (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca. *|*HE final rehearsal prior to Malacca's next cup-tie football fixture against Johore a fortnight hence, will be in the shape of a friendly game between Selangor and the home eleven next week. The team against Selangor wiil be:
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  • 242 24 WEBB CUP SEGAMAT'S IMPROVED CRICKET TEAM •THE Johore English College will have to fight very hard to beat tn° Segamat English School at cricket for the Webb Cup, to be played at Johore Bahru on June 19. It will be remembered that the College has won on the last two
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  • 334 24 POSITIONS in the local football league tables up to date are as follows FIRST DIVISION P. W. L. D. FA Pis. RAF. (6) 9 6 2 1 26 13 13 Innis. Rest. 8 4 1 3 25 9 11 Chinese (2) 8 5 2 1 16 11
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  • 194 24 ALL OUT 22 JOHORE C.C. BEAT GUNNFRS (From Our Own Correspondent.) Jo', ore Bahru. The Johore Cricket Club scored another win when they b?at the Royal Artillery (Blakang Matii at Blalcan Mati by 96 runs. Scores and bowling: JOHORE CRICKET CLUB Ahmad bin Suleiman c Vlant b Hayden 21. Khoo
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  • 185 24 Mercantile Institute Ist vs. Clerical Union Ist on Thursday at tha Clerical Union ground. Balestier Plain C. Alphonao Soon San, Ahmat Tamby; A. Philemon. Seng Quee. Cheng Ho N. d'Roza. Oman, M. S. Merlcan. T. K. Vellu. Sian Hock. Reserres: H. O. Humphries, S. Din, Tee Sian. Lai
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  • 712 25 Six For 15 On Perfect Wicket THE REST DISMISSED FOR 134 •TIIK opening day of the Clarke Cup match between the Europeans' and the Kt^t yesterday on the S.C.C. ground was a triumph for the m-dium paced bwlinj? of H. L. Ward. On a
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  • 64 25 MAL A CCA'S SIDE WEAKENED (Fror: Our Own Correspondent K Malacca. Mr. W T Rjwc is unable to Dlay for Tlalacca in the inter-Stite cricket natch a. iist Be!angOf on Sunday and Monday. A. S Lir.gam. therefore is a' certainty. Capt. D. Cj'.ville. who skippered Malacca against Ntgit, cannot assist,
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  • 422 25 SELANGOR MAKE 332 AFTER POOR START (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Saturday. A SOLID century by Noon and a brilliant 91 by Foster war responsible for the recovery of Selangor in their first innings in the inter-State match against Penang on the Penang padang today after failures
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  • 117 25 ATHLETIC MEETING AT KUALA LUMPUR P.W.D. Championship Won By| V. R. Sabapathy (F*rom Our Own Correspondents Kuala Lumpur. Saturday. Favoured by fine weather and a large gathering, including the British Resident. Hon. Mr. T. S. Adams, '^c seventh annual athletic sports of the Malayan Pubic Works and Drainage and Irrigation
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    24 25 The RAF. team which beat the Middlesex Regiment in a first division tame by two r.oajs to one at the Anson Road Stadium yesterday.
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  • 44 25 Results of ties in the V.M.C.A Whitsun tennis tournament yesterday I were Championship Singles: Yadi beat Dr. Chia Teck Yuan. 6—o. 6—l. Championship Doubles: Lim Boor. Hin and Pang Chiap Song beat Dr. Sheares and K. M. R. Menon, 6—l, 3 3.
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  • 274 25 CUP GAME AGAINST PENANG (From Our Own Correspondent Penang, Saturday. A GOAL scored three minutes after the resumption in the second half gave Selangor victory in the first Malaya Cup match in the northern section against Penang here today. On the run of play, Penang should
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  • 267 25 JUNIOR BADMINTON rE games playeHd at the Clerical Union Hall yesterday in the men's junior badminton singles and doubles were, to say the least, very dull compared to br.e games played earlier in the month and although two of the games went to three sets yesterday, the standard of play
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  • 173 25 The following are the results of the heats in the Fifth All-Malayan cycle race meeting, held at the Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday afternoon: Two Miles. Schoolboys' Championship: Lai Singh. Alfred de Sllva (X.L.X Sim K!m Poh and Tan Leone Chye (K.L.). Thret 1 Miles Open Championship: Ham bin
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  • 490 25 WIN HARD STRUGGLE WITH DIEHARDS K.A. F 2; Middlesex R. 1. THE result of the First Division encounter yesterday between the X.A F. and the Middlesex Regiment may be characterised by the simple phrase a tale of two penalties. They came in quick succession
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  • 98 25 London, May 19. England 4 Scotland t. A fast and scientific game at Villa Park yesterday resulted in England beating Scotland in the twenty-fifth Schoolboy International tootbali match. The visitors showed many of the more subtle and finer points of the game in the opening half, but
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  • 403 25 OLD BOYS' REUNION CELEBRATIONS (From Our Own Correspondent) Alor Star. Saturday. The Sultan Abdul Hamid College Old Roys' Association has given a programme of entertainment with great success. The attendance was the biggest in the history of the Association. Several outstation members were present. In the
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  • 148 25 NORTHERN CHAMPIONS RESULTS (From Our Own Conesponcert.) Ipoh, Saturday. The following are the first round results of the North Perak lawn tenr.is championships: Men's Doubles— Lilley and Chin Sen 800 beat Lim Wah Seng and Mr Chjv Hong 6—l, 6—l. Ooi Seng Chaye ana Ho oca' Kandavanam and
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    17 25 A picture taken durine the heats at the Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday in the All-Malayan cycle meeting.
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  • 212 25 COLONY'S FINE START IN GUILLEMARD CUP WIN EVERY SINGLES MATCH F. M. S. Lead In McCabe Reay Cup (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. |IN the Colony vs. F.M.S. lawn tennis matches for the Guille--1 mard and McCabe Reay Cups, which started here today the Colony swept the board
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  • 281 25 PROBABLES PILE ll* SEVEN OO\LS <From Our Own Correjp2r.d«nt.) Ait,r Star. A NOTHER State football triai was played last week and on the whole the game was hardly impressive. In this trial the players from the South and North K;dai were mixed and two teams were drawn.
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  • 1221 26 MALAY-BADMINTON PAIR MAY MAKE LOCAL HISTORY CHANCE OF SINGAPORE DOUBLES TITLE Discouraging Women's By Our Badminton Correspondent DLAY in the Singapore men's junior singles and doubles championship tournaments in continuing uninterruptedly is spite of other attractions and so far all cxpct-itions of seeing a high standard of play this year
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  • 114 26 Playing at the school's ground on Friday the Social Athletic Party defeated the St. Joseph's T/istltuticn in a friend y football match by 4 goals to 2. Scorers for the wli tiers were: Yeow Cheng Ho?. Tan Chin Chua, Chua, Tlan Seng, and Ng Peng Cher, while Paul
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  • 76 26 Members of the Chinese Fiiendly Assoelai on arc requestrd to note that p.t tho last spt-c^al g.-rxral rr.tetlng which was held at the Arsoclatlon premises 126 Albert Street. en Tur nlr.y It <vas decided to purchase another new set of funeral requisites. A compulsory $2 will be
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  • 220 26 The August Badminton Party will visit Puloe Samboe today to play several matthes at badminton. 3 singles and 2 doubles, ping peng, 7 tlesand soccer (Chln- oio team Ihe undermentioned players will bo selected to represent the Party Badminton Wee Eng Siang, Yap Miew Slew, Qwek Chip
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  • 24 26 A special general meeting of the Merrlda'.e B.P. will be held at Premier Instltu- tion, 55, Cuppage Read, today at 3.30 pjn.
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    68 26 The Limstead Badminton Tarty champions of the junior inter-team tournament held by the rcnang Badminton Association. They are thereftre winners of the Penan* Buddhist Association challenge shield. Kneeling (left to right) Tan Kirn Hen* and Lim Ewe Chyc; standing (left to '*ht), Chee Phul Cheant. Yeoh Swce Teik. Kcop* Slew
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  • 85 26 (Prom Our Own Correspondent). Seremban. At the annual general meeting of the Negri Sembilan Badminton Association, a letter from Mr. J. L. Woods, the president of the Perak 8.A.. on the subject of the Malayan Badminton Association and the proposed visit of Mr. J. Devlin to Malaya,
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  • 1185 26 PLEA THAT UNNECESSARY NOISE BE AVOIDED (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. ALL eyes are centred on the third annual triangular badminton tournament between Perak, Penang and Selangor, which opened ycster- j day and will be continued today and tomorrow at the Pcrak Turf
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  • 628 26 PENANG'S CHANCES AT IPOH By "Shuttlecock" Penang. AS was confidently anticipated by their supporters, the Limstead Badminton Party which is one of the most noted badminton parties 'in Malaya, have annexed the PenI ang Buddhist Association shield for the junior inter-team championship. This additional feather to their
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  • 678 27  -  "Leighton" By j j i i i i 1 Form Shown In The Trials Completely Upset FEW CHANGES NEEDED AFTEi; the way in which the Johore football side has been boosted as being a much better combination than any that has relirrsentcd the State one
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  • 470 27 NEGRI CRICKET TWO TRIAL SIDES SUGGESTED (From Our Own Correspondent.) Sf remban. "THOUGH low scoring was the order of the day in the Negri Scmbilan-Pcrak cricket match, the game was most exciting. Negri Sembilan should be congratulated on their wonderful display in getting the Perak side out for small totals.
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    21 27 The comb.iad teams of the Singapore Recreation Club and the Medical Services which met at football last week. —Sunday Times Photograph.
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  • 158 27 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca. The following have been selected to play for Malacca against Selangor at cricket during the Whitsuntide holidrys C. A. de Vries (Captain), wlc- ke-, keepeer and forceful, stylish bat J. M. Lee. steady bat, fairly good Held; Goh Kirn L-wee, a
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  • 449 27 BASKET BALL YAYU A. A. CLEAR OBSTACLE TUiE Yayu A.A., the favourites I this year's open basket-ball championship, cleared a formidable obstacle for the title by beating the Chung Wo A.A. by a marrin of 14 points. The score was 38 points to 24. There was a good crowd at
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    18 27 The Roman House team, first in the 440 yards relay race at Radin Mas School sports last week.
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  • 531 27 TWO VISIT PENANG OTHER MALACCA By "Springbok" Kuala Lumpur. "THERE cannot be many States in Malaya who on the same day, have fulfilled three sports fixtures away, as Selangor are doing this week-end. Cricket teams have been sent to Penang and Malacca, and the State's chosen
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    22 27 The Outram Road School team whic'.i vis first in the inter-school hurdles race at the Radin Mas School sp <rts last week.
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  • 70 27 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping. At the second annual sports of the Lady Treacher Girls' School, Taiping, Head's House who won the championship and their captain, Miss LokeSau Yoot, deserves much praise. Malay schools from all over Perak also held the finals of their games and drill competitions
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  • 100 27 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Alor Stir. The Sungei Patarl i '.ub lawn tennis tournament ended last week and Mrs. {R. S. Chantler gava away the prizes to: Men's singles, champion, W. E. N. JN>rthcote Green, runr.er- up. C. O. Tyndale Powell; Mixed doubles handicap, I
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  • 222 28 GENERAL VIEW of the Royal Artillery Dramhead Service at the Horse Guards, in which seven brigades of the Royal Artillery took part. The Royal Artillery bands from Woolwich and Portsmouth took part in the service and march, which was designed to a?J recruiting
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